ProPublica asked about Alito’s travel. He replied in the Wall Street Journal.
Questioned about an undisclosed fishing trip hosted by a GOP billionaire, the Supreme Court justice instead shared his rebuttal in a rival media outlet — before the investigative journalists could publish their scoop
By Paul Farhi @washingtonpost
'In 2018, more than three dozen people, including oceanographers, submersible company executives and deep-sea explorers, warned that they had “unanimous concern” about the craft’s design, and worried that the Titan had not followed standard certification procedures. In a 2019 blog post, the company said that “bringing an outside entity up to speed on every innovation before it is put into real-world testing is anathema to rapid innovation.” https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/20/us/titanic-missing-submarine/heres-the-latest-on-the-missing-submersible?smid=url-share
Alfred S. McLaren, a retired Navy submariner and president emeritus of the Explorers Club of New York City, agreed. “I’ve had three people ask me about making a dive on it,” he said in reference to the lost submersible. “And I said, ‘Don’t do it.’ I wouldn’t do it in a million years.”
Some experts fear an innovative submersible maker was ‘cutting corners.’
‘In July 2016, I described Trump as temperamentally unfit to be president—erratic, unprincipled, unstable, obsessive, a serial liar, and a misogynist who made racist appeals and who suffered from what, at the time, I called a “personality disorder.” On the day after Trump’s inauguration, I wrote, “A man with illiberal tendencies, a volatile personality and no internal checks is now president. This isn’t going to end well.” It hasn’t.’
Corporate and political opponents of President Biden’s signature economic package have intensified their campaign to kill a broad swath of the law before it takes effect
here, via Seth Abramson: 'FFS this explains literally everything
If you give RFK Jr. the time of day after learning that he’s advised by the biggest ratf*ckers in the MAGA cult—Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn, and Roger Stone—just admit you’re a rabid Trumpist interning with a psycho psyop collab' #RFKjr#rightwing#mikeflynn#rogerstone
What the hell izzat? Some f**king mobile dog washing service. So. What? Like you park this van in a lane, bike lane. Sit there with some gas-powered generators making all sorts of noise—so—What?! So you don’t have to wash your own dog? You can’t take the dog to a pet place?
Wash the damn dog in your bathtub. Everyone’s so damn privileged—selfish. Make tons of noise w a parked van & generator in the neighborhood. What is wrong w this culture.?! #rant#rantover
On December 7, 2021, NAUTA found several of TRUMP’s boxes fallen and their contents spilled onto the floor of the Storage Room, including a document marked “SECRET//REL -- wow. #MAL#MarALago#trump#TrumpIndictment#NationalSecurity
“SECRET//REL 13 Case 9:23-cr-80101-AMC Document 3 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/08/2023 Page 14 of 49 TO USA, FVEY,” which denoted that the information in the document was releasable only to the Five Eyes intelligence alliance consisting of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. #trumpIndictment#MAL#Maralago#trump#NationalSecurity
Russian Asset, #ChuckGrassley is criticizing Bernie Sanders for having dialogue with the Biden administration.
Now, Grassley is spinning anti-govt conspiracy theories 'deep state'. This man is purchased. #rideandroast#iowa#gop#corrupt
Grassley is #defundthepolice
