Lee Baxter🫘

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Jewelry Junquie; Kitty Mom; Night Owl; Musical theater/ballet fan; Bread baker(Yum!); Law&Politics nerdette DMs open🚫crypto, please! It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. — Mark Twain

A WSO (Weapon Systems Officer) in the military is an aircrew officer who operates an aircraft's weapon systems and sensors, typically seated in the aft cockpit of fighter or bomber aircraft. Often called a "Wizzo," they specialize in mission management, radar operations, and defensive/offensive systems, allowing the pilot to focus on flying. Wikipedia +2 Key Responsibilities and Details: * Mission Focus: WSOs manage navigation, weapon systems, and communication during combat or training missions. * Aft Crew Member: They are crucial in two-seat aircraft like the U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, B-1B Lancer, and previously the F/A-18D Hornet. * Weapon Systems Officer vs. Pilot: While not the primary pilot, WSOs in the USAF, USN, and USMC are commissioned officers who receive their own "wings of gold" or equivalent upon completing training. * Combat Focus: They are responsible for target acquisition and employing radar-guided missiles, infrared missiles, and precision-guided bombs. Wikipedia +5
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Loyola Law School constitutional law professor Justin Levitt suggests that Civil contempt is the best way to get officials to follow court orders and civil contempt is non pardonable offense. “Civil contempt sanctions are more likely to work in this case than criminal sanctions, Levitt continued: "The sort of authority used for punishment, to sanction past wrongdoing, is the criminal contempt power. But the version more likely to command executive attention is instead part of the civil law, and more forward-looking. It is immune from any power to pardon. It doesn’t rely on another branch to execute. And it’s less likely to be repurposed as a martyr’s badge of honor. All this makes civil contempt a more effective tool for extracting future performance."
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Posted on LinkedIn by Cecilia Lorena Brady: USAID people: don't forget where we started. The pause on foreign aid did not surprise me (after all, it was described in Project 2025). But the swiftness, its indiscriminate nature and the cruelty of the pause have. The Executive Order painted foreign assistance as antithetical to American interests and American values. Nothing could be further from the truth. I am linking in the comments a reminder of President Kennedy's vision for foreign assistance, a video that USAID created on its 50th anniversary in 2011. It's narrated by Kennedy's vision, spoken in his own voice. I used to use this 2-minute video when I led internal trainings as USAID staff, to ask my colleagues to remember why they were doing this work in the first place. On Friday afternoon, after 5 days of talking about Private Sector Engagement, I asked them to remember their motivation for working at USAID. And to remember the history of the Agency. And now I'm asking that of you. Please, USAID people (staff, implementers, supporters), don't forget where we started, now more than 60 years ago. We will get through this. The Agency may be irreversably harmed; jobs are being lost as I write this. I am not downplaying those blows -- after all, I lost my own USAID job 8 years ago in the early days of the first Trump Administration. But Americans are bigger than this. We are more generous than this. And we're all in this together. As President Kennedy said at the end of this video: "In the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."
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Partial quote by Ben Wittes of LawfareMedia.org: I’m sorry, but I’m just not calling them skeets. I’m not calling them posts. I’m not calling them spouts. I’m calling them tweets, damn it. I’m using the verb “to tweet” or “to tweet out.” And I’m calling it a “tweet thread.” Even if it’s not on X. Even if it’s on Mastodon. Even if it’s on Threads. Even if it’s on Bluesky. I don’t give a shit. I’m calling them tweets. The case for this is simple: It’s what we all mean. A tweet is a short-form entry on a micro-blogging platform—any micro-blogging platform. The verb “to tweet” means to make a short-form entry on a micro-blogging platform. Yes, the word has its origins on a specific site, but at this point, it’s just a word. It has no brand affiliation. And let’s face it: Even if it did have a brand affiliation a couple of years ago, Elon Musk abandoned the word “tweet” when he abandoned the name Twitter for the site.
Hunter. Here's the reality. No USAtty would have charged this case given the underlying facts. After a 5 year investigation the facts as discovered only made that clear. Had his name been Joe Smith the resolution would have been - fundamentally and more fairly - a declination. Pardon warranted. Ask yourself a vastly more important question. Do you really think Kash Patel is qualified to lead the world's preeminent law enforcement investigative organization? Obvious answer: hell no. Dec 1, 2024
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She says: "I believe Trump was sent by God." He replies: "Why? Did he run out of locusts?"