#karoun

[hauntinghope]

Rotini and Karoun Milk Cheese Casserole

[colfernarvaezwrites]

Rotini and Karoun Milk Cheese Casserole

[maranull]

Thought I'd try invading with my old character again.

I had forgotten I made her this good looking. Also the in-game time was lovely for this pic, I had to.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Read Alejandro Mayorkas' letter in response to the MTG/Trump impeachment gambit. It's a superlative document. And I've never been more proud to have once been his law partner. https://www.documentcloud.org/.../24391336-dhs-secretary...

[Robert Scott Horton]

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Update on effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas.

A House committee voted to advance the impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the House floor for a vote. As of Tuesday evening, it seems likely that the resolution will pass, but with a three-vote margin in the House, the outcome is not certain.

A NYTimes analysis piece explains the obvious—that Mayorkas has not committed constitutional “high crimes and misdemeanors.” See NYTimes, Karoun Demirjian, Impeachment Case Against Mayorkas Ignores Government’s Immigration Powers.

As Demirjian explains, the number of migrants detained at the border far exceeds the available facilities to house detainees. So, the federal government must exercise discretion in deciding which migrants to continue to hold in detention. The unsurprising answer is that the federal government prioritizes the detention of detainees who pose a national security threat or have criminal histories.

It is that exercise of discretion that the House believes is an impeachable offense. Demirjian writes,

What the charges do not take into account, however, is that Mr. Mayorkas also has the legal authority to determine which migrants to prioritize for detention, given limited bed space and long backlogs in the immigration courts.

The Senate will not convict or remove Secretary Mayorkas. The impeachment is a performance worthy of the theater of the absurd and Mao’s “reeducation camps” in the Cultural Revolution. And it is a complete waste of time by a Congress whose major accomplishment this year is extending the deadline for passage of a 2024 budget that should have been approved no later than June 30, 2023.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

[pupsmailbox]

NATURE ID PACK

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PRONOUNS ⌇ amaranth/amaranth. aster/aster. bee/bee. bee/bees. bless/blessed. bloom/bloom. bloss/bloss. bloss/blossomself. bud/bud. camell/camell. camellia/camellia. carnati/carnation. chirp/chirp. ci/cir. cloud/cloud. colum/columbine. columbine/columbine. comfort/comfort. dais/daisy. dawn/dusk. dew/dew. dog/dogwood. dog/wood. ey/em. fe/fer. fer/fern. fern/fern. field/field. fir/fir. fleur/fleur. flor/flor. flor/flora. floral/floral. flori/florid. flow/flower. flower/flower. freesi/freesia. fruit/fruit. fuch/fuchsia. garden/garden. grass/grass. green/green. grow/growth. hawth/hawthorn. hawth/thorn. hi/hits. hib/hibiscus. honey/honey. hy/hys. hya/hyacinth. hyacin/hyacinth. h✦/h✦m. ir/iris. jas/jasmine. jessa/jessamine. jour/ney. laven/lavender. le/leaf. leaf/leaf. leaf/leave. lil/lily. lotu/lotus. lu/luna. mag/magnolia. mar/mar. matcha/matcha. misel/mistletoe. mo/moth. morning/morning. moss/moss. mossy/mossy. narc/narcir. narcissus/narcissus. nature/nature. orch/orchid. pe/peony. peace/peace. peak/peak. per/peri. peri/periwinkle. petal/petal. pi/pix. picnic/picnic. plum/plum. pollen/pollen. pop/poppy. prick/prick. pur/purple. qu/quest. rain/rain. rhod/rhode. ros/rose. rose/rose. sa/sap. sage/sage. sakura/sakura. scent/scent. se/ser. shine/shine. shroom/shroom. sh✦/h✦r. si/strike. smile/smile. soft/soft. sol/solar. spikes/spike. spring/spring. sprout/sprout. star/star. stem/stem. sun/sun. sun/sunrise. sun/sunset. syr/syringa. tea/party. tea/tea. thist/thistle. thorn/thorn. th✦y/th✦m. tul/tulip. vi/vier. vi/viol. wi/wild. win/winkle. wind/wind. wister/wisteria. yucca/yucca. zinni/zinnia. ☀️ . 🌱 . 🌳 . 🌷 . 🌿 . 🍎 . 🍏 . 🍵 . 🐝 . 🐞 . 💐 . 💐.🌷 . 🕷️ . 🦋 . 🦟 .

[goblininawig]

A Galaxy of Hope | Update | Din Djarin x You

A Galaxy of Hope

Din Djarin takes a simple job, escorting you to your future husband's home. But nothing goes as planned, and your journey together leads in a different direction entirely.

The Stranger (Chapter 1)

Din Djarin is attacked by pirates, and forced to land on a planet for repairs. It just so happens to be the planet that you're living on. And his appearance sets things into motion that will change your life forever.

The Forest (Chapter 2)

The Mandalorian is your escort as you journey through an ancient forest, heading to your future husband.

The Dishonor (Chapter 3)

You and the Mandalorian arrive at Lord Karoun's city, where nothing goes as you expected.

The Decision (Chapter 4)

The Mandalorian makes an offer you choose to accept.

The Gauntlet (Chapter 5)

You and the Mandalorian stop on Cantonica for supplies.

The Rodian (Chapter 6)

You travel with Din Djarin from Cantonica to Eriadu.

The Retreat (Chapter 7)

You help Din recover from his injury.

The Bond (Chapter 8)

You and Din grow closer during your stay on Eriadu.

The Blaster (Chapter 9)

You learn a new skill, and Din resumes his search through the Outer Rim.

The Dalliance (Chapter 10)

You and Din spend the night on Lothal.

The Marketplace (Chapter 11)

You and Din travel from Lothal to Felucia.

The Death (Chapter 12)

You travel with Din from Felucia to Mon Cala, where he's attacked again.

[caspersgraveyard]

older vs younger siblings: mein karoun toh saala character dheela hai

[akhrikashh]

زندگی تجھ سے ہر سانس پر سمجھوتا کروں؟

شوق جینے کا ہے مگر اس قدر بھی نہیں!

- zindagi tujhse har saans per samjhota karoun?

Shok jeene ka hai magar is qadar bhi nahin

[mariacallous]

On January 6, 2021, when Capitol Police evacuated the House chamber, McCarthy went to his office, accompanied by Bruce Westerman, a Republican congressman from Arkansas. Once the rioters breached the building, security officers took McCarthy to a military base, where he joined Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer. Westerman, who stayed behind, grabbed a Civil War sword from a display in McCarthy’s office and hid in the Minority Leader’s private bathroom.

Of the top four leaders in the House and the Senate, McCarthy was the only one on regular speaking terms with Donald Trump. Members were texting McCarthy, begging him to tell the President to call off the rioters. When he reached Trump by phone, the President reportedly said, “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.”

Before the insurrection, McCarthy had told his members that the vote to certify the election would be a “vote of conscience”: there wasn’t a party-line position, so no one would be punished for how he voted. But this also meant that members were on their own at a time when many of them were receiving death threats from constituents. The only member of the Republican House leadership to take a strong stance against the President’s lies was Liz Cheney, of Wyoming. At first, McCarthy refused to clarify his position and wouldn’t answer when members asked him for direction. The factions weren’t clearly divided along ideological lines. A group of fierce conservatives, including Chip Roy, a congressman from Texas and a member of the Freedom Caucus, thought it was a bad idea to oppose certification. When another congressman asked McCarthy how the leadership saw the vote, he responded sharply, “You want me to give you your voting card?”

On January 3rd, McCarthy made his position clear—and went a step further. According to “Unchecked,” by Rachael Bade and Karoun Demirjian, he allowed staffers for Jim Jordan—a former nemesis from the Freedom Caucus, a rabid Trumpist, and a vociferous election denier—to set up a special area next to the House floor to recruit votes against certification. When House moderates and some of McCarthy’s own staff objected, the journalists write, he “dismissed their concerns out of hand.” (McCarthy’s office denies this.)

[faendan]

I WROTE A STORY ABOUT THIS ON REDDIT! I'm so excited. I wrote a story about a healer named Saneqil, and the relationship between helaers and Karoun (Death). I had this idea first (not in a testy way - I'm just happy that other people like the idea).

“So, your patron is the God of Death?” Yeah. “So, are you a necromancer? A great Warrior?” …Nah, I’m a Doctor.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

* * * * *

Meanwhile, the struggle in the House of Representatives today looked like a preview of the 2024 election. 

Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), a staunch supporter of former president Trump and a key figure in the attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, is pushing hard for election as speaker, emphasizing how imperative it is for the House Republicans to enable the House to get back to business. As Karoun Demirjian outlined in the New York Times, Jordan and his allies have deployed a pressure campaign against those Republicans opposed to him, as she puts it, “working to unleash the rage of the party’s base voters against any lawmaker standing in his way.” 

This is the same tactic that the extremists have used for decades to move the Republican Party to the right. But there is a different dynamic at play in this speakership crisis. Jordan and his allies created the crisis in the first place by supporting Trump’s demands to shut down the government, tossing out former speaker Kevin McCarthy because he would not agree to shut down the government, and refusing to abide by the vote of the Republican conference to accept the choice of the majority: first McCarthy and then Representative Steve Scalise (R-LA).

There is another way in which this moment is different. Jordan is a flamethrower who was one of the original organizers of the right-wing Freedom Caucus. Republicans saw McCarthy, who was an excellent fundraiser, as a pro-business Republican who worked with the far right, but Jordan is the real deal: a far-right extremist. Republican donors have already suggested they are not enthusiastic about working with him to fund Republican candidates.

The third way this moment is different is that putting Jordan in the speaker’s chair makes him, along with Trump, the face of the Republican Party going into the 2024 election. Representative Pete Aguilar (D-CA) previewed the many downsides of Jordan as speaker when he nominated Democratic minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for the speaker’s chair. Aguilar blamed extremism and partisanship for the unprecedented chaos of the House and urged the Republicans to embrace bipartisanship to do the work the American people had sent them to Washington, D.C., to conduct. 

Aguilar noted that Jordan was “the architect of a nationwide abortion ban, a vocal election denier, and an insurrection inciter.” He has “spent his entire career trying to hold our country back, putting our national security in danger, attempting government shutdown after government shutdown, wasting taxpayer dollars on baseless investigations with dead ends, authoring the very bill that would ban abortion nationwide without exceptions, and inciting violence on this chamber. Even leaders of his own party have called him ‘a legislative terrorist.’” 

Aguilar pointed out Jordan’s opposition to disaster relief, veterans’ relief, support for Ukraine, and military aid to our allies, including Israel, and added: “This body is debating elevating a speaker nominee who has not passed a single bill in 16 years. These are not the actions of someone interested in governing or bettering the lives of everyday Americans.” Jordan as speaker would mean the Republican Party would “continue taking marching orders from a twice-impeached former president with more than 90 pending felony charges.”

Even without mentioning Jordan’s involvement with the cover-up of a sexual assault scandal at Ohio State, Aguilar put Republicans on notice that placing Jordan at the head of the party would have brutal consequences in Democratic campaign ads. 

When House members voted for speaker, the Democrats were unified behind Jeffries, who won all 212 of their votes. Jordan won only 200 of the 217 votes necessary to become speaker, with 20 Republicans voting for someone else. His allies initially said they would call a second vote tonight but changed their minds, apparently realizing that another loss would weaken his candidacy significantly. They say they will hold another vote tomorrow.

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

[antonio-velardo]

Antonio Velardo shares: Johnson Digs In Against Border Deal as Negotiators Try to Salvage It by Karoun Demirjian

By Karoun Demirjian The speaker said the emerging bipartisan immigration deal would be “dead on arrival” in the House, after senators conceded that the opposition of former President Donald J. Trump may have doomed it. Published: January 26, 2024 at 01:08PM from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/ugdprqJ via IFTTT

[maranull]

Another pic.

Thought I'd try invading with my old character again.

I had forgotten I made her this good looking. Also the in-game time was lovely for this pic, I had to.

[goblininawig]

Galaxy of Hope | Update | Mandalorian x You

A Galaxy of Hope

Din Djarin takes a simple job, escorting you to your future husband's home. But nothing goes as planned, and your journey together leads in a different direction entirely.

The Stranger (Chapter 1)

Din Djarin is attacked by pirates, and forced to land on a planet for repairs. It just so happens to be the planet that you're living on. And his appearance sets things into motion that will change your life forever.

The Forest (Chapter 2)

The Mandalorian is your escort as you journey through an ancient forest, heading to your future husband.

The Dishonor (Chapter 3)

You and the Mandalorian arrive at Lord Karoun's city, where nothing goes as you expected.

The Decision (Chapter 4)

The Mandalorian makes an offer you choose to accept.

The Gauntlet (Chapter 5)

You and the Mandalorian stop on Cantonica for supplies.

The Rodian (Chapter 6)

You travel with Din Djarin from Cantonica to Eriadu.

The Retreat (Chapter 7)

You help Din recover from his injury.

The Bond (Chapter 8)

You and Din grow closer during your stay on Eriadu.

The Blaster (Chapter 9)

You learn a new skill, and Din resumes his search through the Outer Rim.

The Dalliance (Chapter 10)

You and Din spend the night on Lothal.

{Updated the mood board}