North Korea confirms missile launch. It poses a threat to other countries because of Kim Jong Un's dictatorship.
North Korea has test-fired a tactical ballistic missile equipped with a “new autonomous navigation system”, Leader Kim Jong Un vowed to boost the country’s nuclear force.
Testimony started w/a bang last week as David #Pecker, the fmr publisher of The #NationalEnquirer, said that he had entered into a secret plot w/ #Trump & #MichaelCohen to #CatchAndKill negative stories about Trump as he ran for president in 2016. #GaryFarro, the 3rd to testify, started off w/dry details about banking transactions. But #Farro is leading us to the #HushMoney payment
Merchan, issued his ruling as the #TrumpTrial began its third week, saying that #Trump’s statements, including on social media, had violated the #GagOrder. Prosecutors had asked that Trump be held in #contempt, citing 10 public statements that they said posed a “#threat” to the trial.
I recently saw a conversation between two people I respect that ended poorly. This being a social platform, shortage of mutual understanding is not surprising. Most of the time, I just back away slowly, but this time, the topic is important enough, and I think I can see a framing that can help make conversations about it less antagonistic.
April 4, 1968, #CivilRights leader Reverend #MartinLutherKing Jr., was shot & killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in #Memphis, #Tennessee. Considered one of the greatest Americans to ever live, he was assassinated 56 years ago today.
Today, the family of #CivilRights leader Rev #MartinLutherKing Jr. made a rare visit to #Memphis — where he was assassinated — to mark the 56th anniversary of his murder.
The King family members went to draw attention to what they see as a rising #threat of #PoliticalViolence today.
#GagOrder Against #Trump Is Expanded to Stop Attacks on Judge’s Family
Donald Trump had in recent days targeted the daughter of Juan #Merchan, the judge overseeing his #criminal trial in Manhattan, in blistering social media posts.
#Merchan points out that courts are typically concerned about #1A defendants’ rights, but that the “conventional 'David vs. Goliath' roles" are inverted here, & #Trump's statements pose a very real #threat to the judicial proceedings’ integrity.
#Merchan: “It is no longer just a mere possibility or a reasonable likelihood that there exists a #threat to the integrity of the judicial proceedings. The threat is very real. Admonitions are not enough, nor is reliance on self-restraint. The average observer, must now, after hearing Defendant's [#Trump] recent #attacks, draw the conclusion that if they become involved in these proceedings, even tangentially, they should worry not only for themselves, but for their loved ones as well.”
Joshua Russell had pleaded guilty to a fed charge of making an interstate #threat against #Hobbs, a Dem who was AZ’s chief #elections officer in 2022 & is now the state’s gov.
Earlier this month, a #Massachusetts man was sentenced to 3½yrs in #prison for making a #threat to bomb #Hobbs’ office in Feb 2021 when she was still the SoS.
In Feb, an #Alabama man accused of sending #DeathThreats to a social media account for the #MaricopaCounty#Elections Dept was charged w/making interstate #threats.
& an #Iowa man was sentenced to 2½yrs in prison for his conviction for threatening Maricopa County Supervisor Clint Hickman & AZ AG Mark Brnovich, both #Republicans.
The top U.S. #intelligence ofcl on Mon warned that the #war in #Gaza could embolden #terrorist groups, which are aligned in their opposition to the #UnitedStates for its support of #Israel.
“The crisis has galvanized #violence by a range of actors around the world. And while it is too early to tell, it is likely that the Gaza conflict will have a generational impact on #terrorism,” #ODNI#AvrilHaines, told an annual hearing on #GlobalSecurity#threats.
#SCOTUS wants $19.4 million in new funds to protect the justices & their homes
'Ongoing #threat assessments indicated that there are evolving risks that require continuous protection,' the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts wrote in its budget request to #Congress.
Though this isn't confirmed from our point of view, if true this is end of a more than year long campaign which began on Christmas day 2023. This was multiple campaigns from a number of different #antifascist groups acting independently and together involving sizeable #rallies, poster and sticker runs, vandalism, pressuring council and effective use of mainstream #media and #community building.
Whilst this seems like good #news for #SunshineWest, it doesn't mean the #threat is gone. #australia
Trump suggested that he would incite #Russia to attack “delinquent” #UnitedStates#allies, foreshadowing potentially far-reaching changes in the #WorldOrder if he wins the White House again.
Soon after Trump took office, his staff explained how #NATO’s mutual defense obligations worked. (The fact that he had to have it explained is sick).
“You mean, if Russia attacked Lithuania, we would go to war with Russia?” he responded. “That’s crazy.”
#Trump has never believed in the fundamental one-for-all-and-all-for-one concept of the #AtlanticAlliance. Indeed, he spent much of his 4-yr presidency undermining it while strong-arming members into keeping their commitments to spend more on their own militaries w/the #threat that he would not come to their #aid otherwise.
#Ginni#Gitmo#Thomas is a qanon fascist, she worked really hard to overthrow the government and the election, end America and install a tyrant, rapist, fraud, and coup leader. Ginni is a disgrace to America. Call out her crimes and her fraud everyday.
We see you Ginni. We see what you did. Your BFF Ken #Chesebro and you directed and advised #Coup plotter Mark Meadows.
Dear fascist coup plotter Ginni,
Sedition you say, Ginni?
Many republicans have been convicted of seditious conspiracy and Trump, Meadows and fellow criminals have been arrested and charged with many felonies in 4 jurisdictions. Many election crimes by your friends Ginni, DoJ is probably watching you.
TNA IMPACT! Discussion Thread 02/01/24
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