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Disability Questionnaire for Mayoral Candidates
Image ID: The graphic has photos of the 3 Mayoral candidates; Jermichael Mitchell, Megan Outten, and Randy Taylor. Under are 3 arms of various skin tones holding a vote ballot. In 2019, we have data that Wicomico County was home to over 12% people with disabilities. 12% of our county! Anyone can acquire a disability at any point. COVID-19 has created an increase in our disability community, as…
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#Disability Questionnaire for Candidates#Disability Vote#Disabled Voter#Eastern Shore MD#REV UP#salisbury#Salisbury Mayoral Candidates#salisbury md#SBY#SBY MD
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TBOSAS on Crack short take (41)
Casca: So tell me, my little delinquents, what did you learn about your Tributes in our very first meet & greet?
Livia: What meet & greet?
Casca: The one where you asked your Tributes about their personal life and experiences.
Festus: Personal life?
Lysistrata: Experiences?
Felix: When was that exactly-
Casca: What do you mean when?! We just held it yesterday!😠 I even gave each one of you a set of questionnaires for your Tributes to answer!
Coryo: That was a meet & greet?!
Casca: What did you think that was, Crassus Xanthos Snow?! A pool party?! A gossip festival?!
Coryo: It’s Coriolan-
Casca: Shut up, Crassus! Now tell me about your Tribute.
Coryo: But you just told me to shut up-
Casca: Just answer my stupid question, Cabbage Boy!
Coryo: Fine! Her name’s Lucy Gray Bird. . . Baird? I’m not really sure.
Casca: It’s Juicy Bae Beard.
Coryo: Sure. Whatever you say.
Casca: Whatever I say?🥹
Coryo: No.
Casca: Crassus, my love-
Coryo: But I do remember trading one of my boyfriend’s sandwiches for her to sing ✨Snow On The Beach✨ the other day.
Casca: And then?
Coryo: And then what?
Casca: What about her personal life?!
Coryo: She’s a forest hippie.
Festus: What’s a forest hippie?
Coryo: They’re the weird bird people who sing and live in a magical forest with the cheese fairies.
Festus: Really?
Coryo: The cabbage deities and a friendly lima bean elf told me.
Festus: Cool.
Clemensia: The cabbage deities?
Coryo: They never lie.
Clemensia: You need a therapist.
Coryo: I’m poor.
Casca: What about her family members?!
Coryo: They’re also forest hippies.
Lysistrata: And pole dancers!
Clemensia: Coal miners, Lizzie. Coal miners.
Lysistrata: No. Jessup told me that everyone in District 12 is either a forest hippie or a pole dancer.
Coryo: Lucy Gray’s both.
Lysistrata: And Jessup’s a pole dancer. A professional-
Clemensia: He’s clearly lying.
Coryo: No, he’s not. The rainbow bird told me the exact same thing.
Clemensia: You all need help.
Casca: What about the questionnaires I gave you?!
Coryo: Honestly, I don’t know. Maybe Lucky’s stupid bird ate them.
Urban: He ate mine too.
Coryo: And to be fair, Birdy wasted our time sh*t talking nonstop about her ex lover and his new annoying girlfriend who happens to be the Mayor’s daughter or whatever-
Casca: She was what?!
Coryo: I don’t really care. She’s a rainbow bird and I’m allergic to weird talking birds.
Urban: Same.
Casca: And what were you doing?
Coryo: Oh, me? I was just busy sh*t talking and bragging about how rich and extremely clingy my darling boyfriend is-
Casca: You were sh*t talking about me?!
Coryo: Ew. Not you.
Casca: Crassus, my love, how dare you! I’m the only one who truly loves you! How dare you-
Sejanus: *suddenly appears out of nowhere, glares at Highbottom, and hugs Coryo like his life depends on it* My darling gorgeous Coryo was sh*t talking about me! Not you!
Casca: But-
Sejanus: BUT ME!!
Casca:. . .
Sejanus: Right, Snow Babe?🥺
Coryo: Obviously.🙄
#coriolanus snow#sejanus plinth#casca highbottom#lucy gray baird#tbosas#hunger games#president snow#the ballad of songbirds and snakes#crack post#random thoughts#snowjanus#snowplinth#coryo snow#crack fic#coriolanus x sejanus#thg incorrect quotes#tbosas incorrect quotes#thg#thg fic#suzanne collins#bosas#the hunger games
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Matt Bors’s “Justice Warriors: Vote Harder”

On SEPTEMBER 24th, I'll be speaking IN PERSON at the BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY!
There's no political satirist working today quite like Matt "Mr Gotcha" Bors, whose 2023 masterpiece Justice Warriors just got a timely – and brutally funny – sequel, Justice Warriors: Vote Harder:
https://www.mattbors.com/store/p/justice-warriors-ffzgn
You've doubtless seen Matt Bors's work, which has repeatedly attained viral liftoff, most notably with his Mr Gotcha strips, easily one of the most useful additions to online political debate in internet history:
https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/
Last year, Bors, along with Ben Clarkson and Felipe Sobreiro, published Justice Warriors, a postapocalyptic cyberpunk graphic novel in the vein of Warren Ellis's classic Transmetropolitan:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/22/libras-assemble/#the-uz
Justice Warriors is the tale of Bubble City, a domed enclave walled off from the teeming masses of the UZ (which stands for "Uninhabited Zone" – see what they did there?). Bubble City runs on vibes, therapy-speak, social media nonsense, memes and garbage hot-takes. And while there's a lot of broad satire here, the thing that makes Justice Warriors stand out is how its creators do the relatively straightforward futuristic exercise of asking themselves, "What if deeply unserious nonsense was taken seriously?"
Others have done this before – Mike Judge's Idiocracy, say – but Bors, Clarkson and Sobreiro attain a density of sight gags, trenchant wordplay, and outrageous cyberpunk imagery that is just next level. Think Al Jaffee meets William Gibson, with art direction by Vaughn Bode, who's had one too many at the Mos Eisley Cantina. To that, mix in all kinds of MAD Magazine style fake ads and social media postings, layering joke on gag, all of it walking the fine line between "you gotta cry" and "you gotta laugh."
Justice Warriors did big numbers, selling out three printings, and now the gang is back together for the sequel, Vote Harder, which drops just in time for the final, all consuming election-season media apocalypse.
Vote Harder sees Bubble City facing its first election in living memory, as the mayor – who inherited his position from his "powerful, strapping Papa" – loses a confidence vote by the city's trustees. They're upset with his plan to bankrupt the city in order to buy a laser powerful enough to carve his likeness into the sun as a viral stunt for the launch of his comeback album. The trustees are in no way mollified by the fact that he expects to make a lot of money selling special branded sunglasses that allow Bubble City (and the mutant hordes of the Uninhabited Zone) to safely look into the sun and see what their tax dollars bought.
So it's time for an election, and the two candidates are going hard: there's the incumbent Mayor Prince; there's his half-sister and ex-girlfriend, Stufina Vipix XII, and there's a dark-horse candidate Flauf Tanko, a mutant-tank cyborg that went rogue after a militant Home Owners Association disabled it and its owners abandoned it. Flauf-Tanko is determined to give the masses of the Uninhabited Zone the representation they've been denied for so long, despite the structural impediments to this (UZers need to complete a questionnaire, sub-forms, have three forms of ID, and present a rental contract, drivers license, work permit and breeding license. They also need to get their paperwork signed in person at a VERI-VOTE location, then wait 14 days to get their voter IDs by mail. Also, districts of 2 million or more mutants are allocated the equivalent of only 250,000 votes, but only if 51% of eligible voters show up to the polls; otherwise, their votes are parceled out to other candidates per the terms of the Undervoting and Apathy Allotment Act).
Despite the structural advantages afforded to Mayor Prince – like the fact that residents of District 12 on floors 120-145 of the Bubble each get 2048 votes, while District 1 (floors 1-7) only get a single vote – he's not taking any chances. Officer Schitt (a humanoid poop emoji) and the lovelorn Officer Swamp (an anthropomorphic catfish) are each prowling the Uz . Swamp – suffering from a head injury and gripped by a delusion that a TV cowboy has sent him to infiltrate the Flauf Tanko campaign – is playing spy/provocateur, while Schitt hunts dangerous subversives.
What unfolds is a funny, bitter, superb piece of political satire that could not be better timed.
The paperback edition of The Lost Cause, my nationally bestselling, hopeful solarpunk novel is out this month!
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/11/uninhabited-zone/#eremption-season
#pluralistic#books#graphic novels#comics#cyberpunk#science fiction#matt bors#Ben Clarkson#Felipe Sobriero#justice warriors#gift guide#reviews#elections#politics#humor#satire
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The Batman (2022) thoughts [pt 1/?] the villains (w Spoilers)
This movie had hijacked my mind and I have so much to say about it, I need to express it in SEVERAL posts
Gonna warn ya'll again, there's spoilers.
Let's start with the villains, of which this movie have plenty.
The Penguin caught me by complete surprise, and it wasn't just a cameo or anythin', he really had a role in this!
I liked how we had an array of villains that wasn't just "comic book supervillans" but the overall range of what Batman - Gotham - needs to deal with. Corrupt officials and the mob and, in contrast, the Riddler. Batman villainy is a spectrum, ok?
Considering the above, the inclusion of the Penguin adds a lot, because for me he always felt like the fine line between "realistic" and "fantasy" criminal, who could easily blend with both groups and re-invent himself to fit both groups. Dude's got a place at the poker table in Arkham AND Blackgate, know what I'm sayin?
I like this Riddler as a main villain for a Batman story, but I think he is not really my type of Riddler adaptation. To be fair, this entire grimdark telling hinges on him being realistic and scary, so we can't really have our usual flair of "minor annoyence vibez" we usually get from the Riddler. Overall I really enjoyed it, especially the sheer horror of the Riddler as a mirror to the Batman.
I would NOT abide by that Riddler outfit, though. Everyone is serving looks and this man is serving outhouse.
What was the Riddler's point, exactly? To drown Gotham? a move that would hurt the poor and weak above all else? To cause chaos? Maybe the fact that this plan is, upon the slightest scrutiny, absolute garbage, is part of the point.
"What does a liar do when he's dead? He lies still" made me go oooooooowwww when I got it. great riddle.
a lot of the riddles the Riddler riddles are just outright questions. I took it upon myself to call him the questionnaire. The Q&Anon.
The puns were great, though, so glad they put it in. We like to have a little fun here in Gotham. Thumb-drive, get it? get it???
I cannot believe we got to see Riddler Henchmen in this. I know they are not henchmen and in the movie the realization of the moblized forces of the Riddler is actually really terrifying (harking back to real world shit). But, like, Riddler henchmen. The worst kind of henchmen you can be.
The Penguin was great and I'm looking forward to watching the HBO show. I kind of liked how he was almost the comic relief of the film, and how there is no doubt in my mind he will use the chaos at the end of the movie to rise to the top and move himself along the realism-fantasy Batman villain line.
I was really stupid and didn't get the Falcone-Falcon connection till the movie pointed it out to me. I think it's just cause, like, him being the rat was so unthinkable - even though it made perfect sense once pointed out.
That part in the mayor's funeral where: Bruce Wayne (regarding Falcone leaving his territory): "Aren't you afraid you will get shot?" Falcone: "why? Because your father ain't around?" Was DIABOLICAL. I howled. Falcone you are SO wrong for that.
I HAD noticed that lil Joker cameo in the end there. I AM ignoring it because I have no patience for this clown loser.
Riddler looked at the batman and went "he's just like me fr" and he was so wrong. I go at smeared makeup battinson and go "he's just like me fr" and i'm so right.
#the batman 2022#batman 2022#batman 2022 spoilers#the batman 2022 spoilers#battinson#edward nashton#riddler 2022#the batman 2022 thoughts
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✨👑OC Questionnaire Tag 👑✨
Thank you for tagging me, @drchenquill ! 💛✨
My questions:
1. What is the furthest you’ve ever been from home?
2. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
3. Is home a physical place? (It could be a person, a feeling etc.)
Your questions:
1. What was the weirdest thing you ate?
2. What is one of your biggest fears?
3. Do you prefer hot or cold beverages?
I’ll answer with Benjamin from Peter Hart
1. Oh God—Bermuda, I want to say….? (Looking at Peter)… and good riddance to Port Mayor. I’ll be lucky if I never see another bloody insignia from them ever again.
2. Well, I’m quite fond of the ship and gang now…despite Peter acting like an absolute twat at times. That man….(sigh)….I love him. He drives me crazy, and I love him.
3. Home is the Golden Phoenix vessel, with Peter and the crew. Home is…wherever we are. We may get into the craziest places, and the grandest….as long as I’m with the gang, I’m there. I’m home.
I will tag (no pressure): @gioiaalbanoart , @wyked-ao3 , @fortunatetragedy , @autism-purgatory , @jev-urisk , @deanwax , @marlowethelibrarian , @yourpenpaldee , @ominous-feychild , @lavender-gloom , @rotting-moon-writes , @paeliae-occasionally , @willtheweaver , @aintgonnatakethis , @mysticstarlightduck , @honeybewrites , @far-cry-from-finality , @finickyfelix , +open tag! 💛✨
#writeblr tag games#tag games#oc questionnaire#goldencomet💫#peter hart#fantasy pirates#pirate adventure#gay#pirates#bl romance#gay pirates#pirate books#writers on tumblr#writing on tumblr#writblr#writeblr#writeblr community#writing community#writblr community#writers on ao3#ao3 community#writers#writing#writers and readers
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Do you think Mayor Molly keeps trying to add "Have you now or ever been a member of the Society of American Magicians?" to intern questionnaires but keeps getting shut down by council.
considering she knows magic enough to compete with a pro, it seems like she'd b implicated in a lot of anti-magician policies
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OC questionnaire tag
double tagged, thank you! <3
go meet their characters!!
@fortunatetragedy (royston. ROYSTON. and babysitter gott!)
@jev-urisk (i adore the box of forced truthfulness. is kazimier a softie? i wanna hug him. i dont think he'd let me)
My questions:
If you were offered the position of mayor of your city, would you take it?
What board game do you like the most?
If you were about to be executed what five foods would you have as your last meal?
So you're one of those people?
Is this really where you wanted to end up?
Why can't you just.. stop?
Your questions:
What's your retirement plan?
Do you have a favorite memory?
If you were stranded on a deserted island, what three objects would you take with you?
Marcella and Theodore will be answering, and Rosalie will be popping in to keep them honest
If you were offered the position of mayor of your city, would you take it? Theodore: I'm already a ceremonial figurehead. No, thank you. Marcella: The mayor has no real power. Give me a position of real influence and I'll consider it.
What board game do you like the most? Marcella and Theodore *in unison*: Risk. Rosalie: Chutes and Ladders. Marcella: Snakes and Ladders, and we're not allowed to play anymore. Theodore: Yeah, because you're a sore loser. Marcella: You cheated! You rigged the spinner— Rosalie: Let's move on, please.
If you were about to be executed what five foods would you have as your last meal? Marcella: If I was about to be executed, I wouldn't be thinking about food. Do they have me imprisoned? What restraints are they using? What kind of guards? Do they have a set rotation, and have I been here long enough to track it? Rosalie: It'll be faster if I answer for her. Marcella: Do not answer for me. Rosalie: Fine. *whispers* Pizza with olives and sausage, sweet potato fries, an extra sweet iced tea— Marcella: Next question. Theodore: But I didn't get to— Marcella: Next question.
So you're one of those people? Rosalie: Oh boy. Theodore: Why would you say that? Why would you think that? Are you threatening us? Is this a threat? Marcella: You've activated his shame response. Best to move on.
Is this really where you wanted to end up? Marcella: I did what needed to be done. I'm not going to apologize for it, if that's what you're looking for. Rosalie: That wasn't the question. Marcella: I'd go back and change it if I could, but I can't, so this conversation is pointless. If you're looking for someone to wax poetic about their regrets, ask Theodore. Theodore: No. Rosalie: No? Theodore: Of course it isn't where I wanted to end up. What more do you want me to say?
Why can't you just... stop? Theodore: I've tried. God, I've tried. Marcella: If I don't do it, nobody else will. Rosalie: Maybe we should take a break.
tag! @inadequatecowboy @illarian-rambling @leahnardo-da-veggie @finchwrites @oliolioxenfreewrites + open tag!
botrd taglist (ask to be +/-)
@vyuntspakhkite-l-darling @fortunatetragedy @autism-purgatory @rosesonneptune @cartoonghosts
@dyrewrites @whoevenknowswhatimwriting @jev-urisk
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"Statistics show that, unfortunately, many people in Belarus hold pro-Kremlin views and support the war against Ukraine. And how to deal with it, Belaruthians themselves need to decide."
"Of course, we also see those who help Ukraine and counteract the Kremlin's influence in the country, and we fully support them - but it is wrong to say that the Kalinouski boys fighting in Ukraine whitewash all citizens. Because in this case, "everyone" means the regime, too? And when journalists or politicians talk about "all Belaruthians," they should be specific: maybe it's not just that a person served in the army ten years ago, but is there something else?
For example, if a person came on humanitarian grounds but rides back and forth across the border, the questions appear. On the questionnaire, I heard a couple of cases where people talked about a technical error. But it sounds strange. It is even more surprising when truck drivers say: they say, we are afraid of the "leaking" of these questionnaires to Belarus, that's why they answered like that. Aren't you afraid to work in logistics companies that help the regime circumvent sanctions, everything seems to be fine here?
Maybe not all people are used to reflecting and thinking about the consequences of their actions. Although, it's not a secret:
If you buy a car in, e.g., Germany, and take it to Moscow for sale, you help bypass sanctions, help rich Russian comrades, and the Kremlin to wage war. And let it be a drop in the ocean, but there are many such cases."
In order to minimize them, Vitys Jurkonis suggests, Belaruthian society needs to include self-regulation mechanisms:
"It is not difficult to stand at the border and see which cars are driving with which number plates, to interview people - if there are obvious political motives, not to cover these cases in order not to cause harm, but if a person travels five times a week there and back, it is clear that in terms of repression, (s)he is not afraid of anything, and then it is worth asking: what does (s)he do, how did (s)he get a visa, etc. On this topic, you can collect material for dozens, if not hundreds of investigations.
Let me remind you that the same questions apply to citizens of European countries. We know that there are Lithuanian companies that employ Belaruthians and participate in the circumvention of sanctions - investigations are underway in this regard. We have a mayor of Kaunas who still has an active business in Russia - he is asked a lot of unpleasant questions, public pressure is put on him. This is how an open society works."
"It seems to me that it is also important for those Belaruthians who are now safe and enjoy the benefits of this open society to talk about specific cases, not to generalize and not to spread panic. Nobody is going to expel Belaruthians from Lithuania, and the solidarity that existed in 2020 did not disappear anywhere. For it to not decrease, in my opinion, it also depends on the Belaruthians themselves. If for almost six months almost any topic in the Belaruthian media about Lithuania or the reaction in the Lithuanian media is only about visas and restrictions, and not about how Belaruthians continue their resistance, - some people have the impression that it is only about demands for Lithuania. It is very important to talk about the fact that the resistance continues, albeit in an underground form, that mutual support is preserved. I would like an open dialogue on this matter. And not only from politicians. There are investigative centers, there are independent journalists, human rights defenders, former political prisoners who help in the documentation of repressions - everyone can jointly "sanction" the accomplices of the regime, call judges and businessmen by name, so that there is no feeling of impunity."
(c) Vitys Jurkonis, a political scientist and human rights defender, head of the Lithuanian office of Freedom House
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In 1790 this abbot named "l' abbé Grégoire" sent a questionnaire to the mayors of France in order to establish a strategy for the extermination of the "patois" in order to standardize the French language throughout the country. At that time, each region had practically its own language, and often the mother tongue of these mayors was the Patois of their region. The questionnaire made them complicit in the erasure of their own tongue.
Short long story short he didn't get many answers but the standardization was still done at the price of the total extermination of the regional languages of France.
And to this day The French TM and specifically the intellectual elite can't stop trowing tantrums over whether or not something is truly "french". They refuse to let the language grown and evolve on it's own (which it's bound to do anyway that's how languages work) and it's infuriating.
They also specifficaly hate "anglicisme" (=using english words or expressions, translating them to french or keeping them intact like "gamer" for exemple) and the hilarious part is a lot of words recognized as "anglicisme" are orginally french words adopted by the english that are now making their way back into french.
All of this to say 💫fuck the French Academy💫
this is legitimately the funniest thing ive seen all day
#language#history#seriously fuck them and their made up rules I'll say LE Covid if I fucking want to
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The Steel City Stonewall Democrats endorsed Incumbent Mayor Ed Gainey in the upcoming race — but he’s not the only one with backing. Challenger and County Controller, Corey O’Connor scored support from the Allegheny County Democratic Committee.
🎤 Nebby Nick asked Gainey and O’Connor how they have, and plan to continue helping queer and trans Pittsburghers.
📅 Primaries are May 20
📝 Read candidate questionnaires + full Stonewall Democrats endorsement list at: Steel-City.org
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Voters Guide next month
Please note that the next issue of Erie Gay News, which will come out the night of Tuesday, April 22, will feature our Voters Guide. The Queer community must show up to vote in every election, and the May 20 Municipal Primary Election is no exception. We will have responses from our LGBTQIA+ candidate questionnaire for Erie County Executive, Erie County Council, Erie City Mayor, and Erie City Council that we hope will enable you to make an informed choice when you go to the polls. Polls are open from 7 AM to 8 PM on Tuesday, May 20. The last day to register to vote in the upcoming election is May 5, and the deadline to apply for an absentee or mail-in ballot is May 13. http://dlvr.it/TJjVQX
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Biden Judge Ho Fought Trump, Now Hearing DOJ, Adams Prosecution

New York Mayor Eric Adams' lawyer asked, top officials in President Donald Trump's Justice Department agreed, and seven prosecutors resigned in protest.
Now, it is up to Dale E. Ho, a second-year federal judge in Manhattan, to decide if Adams' corruption case goes away.
It is the biggest challenge of Ho's young judicial career, pitting the political pursuits of new Justice Department leadership in Washington against the objections of federal prosecutors in Manhattan who charged Adams last September and insist he be held accountable for allegedly taking bribes and illegal campaign contributions from foreign interests.
Ho, an Ivy League-educated former civil rights lawyer and law professor, is going to hear a case with serious implications for Adams' future as mayor and the Justice Department's desire to abandon prosecutions it no longer finds politically expedient.
Ho, who argued against Trump's first administration twice before the Supreme Court, is summoning the parties, including Adams, to his courtroom Wednesday as he seeks to drill down on the Justice Department's drive to end the case and the mayor's willingness to go along with that.
Ho, 47, was first nominated to the Manhattan federal bench by then-President Joe Biden in September 2021. But his civil rights background and admittedly "overheated rhetoric" on social media — including posts criticizing conservative members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voting on his nomination — made for a lengthy and contentious confirmation process.
In his confirmation questionnaire, Ho said he volunteered to make telephone calls, knock on doors and work as a poll watcher for President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign. Before the ACLU, Ho worked at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. In college, he disclosed, he had written for a left-leaning student magazine called "The Princeton Progressive."
At Ho's confirmation hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called him an "extreme partisan" and accused Biden of "trying to put judicial robes" on a "partisan and radical agenda."
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told Ho: "You're a smart man. I can tell. But I think you're an angry man."
The Justice Department's second-in-command, Emil Bove, has said it wants the case dismissed, in part, to ensure Adams' cooperation with Trump's immigration crackdown. Two prosecutors who quit rather than comply with Bove's orders last week to drop the case said the arrangement amounted to a "quid pro quo."
Adams' lawyer denies that.
Ho has moved deliberately since Bove, the acting deputy attorney general, stepped in and filed paperwork last Friday asking him to dismiss the case. Rather than simply sign the blank space above his name on the government's dismissal motion, Ho is seeking more information, interrogating motives and soliciting input from both sides on his options to resolve the matter.
It is a trait Ho has embodied throughout his career, said David D. Cole, the former national legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union, where Ho ran the Voting Rights Project for a decade before joining the federal bench in 2023.
"Dale Ho is one of the very best lawyers I've ever worked with. He is diligent, careful and unstinting in his pursuit of justice," said Cole, now a law and public policy professor at Georgetown University. "And, as may be relevant here, he is someone who fully appreciates both the limits and the responsibilities of his role."
Ho told the senators that if confirmed, "I'll do everything I can to ensure that everyone who comes before the court gets a fair shake, a fair opportunity to be heard, and ultimately equal treatment under the law."
Biden resubmitted Ho's nomination after midterm elections and the Senate confirmed him in June 2023 in a 50-49 party-line vote. Ho was sworn in two months later and was on the bench for about a year before Adams' corruption case landed in his courtroom — a randomly generated assignment.
Joshua Naftalis, a former Manhattan federal prosecutor who is not involved in Adams' case, said that until 80 years ago, cases were automatically dismissed by the parties, but the rules were changed in 1944 to require a judge to approve the dismissal of an indictment.
Ho's options for Adams' case appear limited, in part because the body that brought the case no longer wants to pursue it. But in a letter before her resignation last week, interim Manhattan U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon cited a 1977 case in which a judge in the same court rejected the government's dismissal request, finding that doing so was "not in the public interest."
Ho has taken a hard line on Adams before. In December, the judge issued a 30-page ruling rejecting the mayor's request to dismiss a bribery count, one of five charges against him. Last month, Ho rejected the mayor's request for an inquiry into purported grand jury leaks, finding that he hadn't provided any evidence to back his claim.
Ho, the son of Filipino immigrants, was born and raised in San Jose, California, and now lives in Brooklyn, where he has served on the 2018 New York City Charter Revision Commission that capped the size of financial contributions to candidates for certain elected city offices.
Testifying to a House committee about voting issues in 2017, Ho said his grandfather, Raymundo Seña Estacion, fought for the U.S. in World War II and survived the Bataan Death March during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
"He was always keenly aware, even as a kid, where his parents came from and, frankly, what they escaped from — a country where power rested not in the people but in the whims of one leader," Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in supporting Ho's nomination.
Ho graduated summa cum laude from Princeton in 1999 and he earned his law degree from Yale in 2005. In between, he started his career as a paralegal at the Manhattan district attorney's office — down the street from the court where he now works — and was later a law clerk for a Manhattan federal judge.
As director of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project, Ho wrote and testified extensively about legal voting issues, including racial gerrymandering, voting by mail and purged voter rolls.
In 2019, Ho argued before the Supreme Court in successfully challenging the first Trump administration's attempt to add a citizenship question to the Census. In 2020, he argued before the high court in challenging a Trump memorandum directing that undocumented immigrants be excluded from the population base used to apportion House seats. Ho's side lost, but Biden reversed Trump's memo when he took office.
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Mayoral Candidates Share Their Vision for Wayzata: Answers to Key Election Questions
Of the three candidates running for mayor in the upcoming election, two—Andy Mullin and Barry Petit—responded to a questionnaire from this publication, outlining their priorities and vision for Wayzata. Jeff Buchanan chose not to participate in our questionnaire. According to a an email statement from Buchanan, his publicist is currently engaged with several local media outlets and he therefore…
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Enredos e resumo da Saga Confusões Conjuntas (atualização, posição da im... Vídeo profissional, sondado, dissertado e debatido sobre o escritor e a literatura / Professional, probed, lectured, and debated video about the writer and literature / Video profesional, sondeado, disertado y debatido sobre el escritor y la literatura.
Preparem-se para receber a Saga Confusões Conjuntas! / Get ready to receive the Conjunct Confusions Saga! / ¡Prepárense para recibir la Saga Confusiones conjuntas!
Fichas das protagonistas, lista de personagens, sinopses, enredos e capas, da Saga Confusões Conjuntas (1ª. e 2ª. revisões de texto): https://saviochristi3.blogspot.com/2023/01/fichas-das-protagonistas-lista-de.html & https://saviochristi3.blogspot.com/2023/01/fichas-das-protagonistas-lista-de_6.html.
Questionário / Questionnaire / Cuestionario Votem em sua protagonista, capa e livro favoritos da Saga Confusões Conjuntas!: https://forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=DQSIkWdsW0yxEjajBLZtrQAAAAAAAAAAAAMAAP5IWjRUNFdIMk1SVzRPMVY0TUtIQThRV041TzhHMS4u.
Curiosidades, sobre a Saga Confusões Conjuntas: https://saviochristi3.blogspot.com/2024/03/curiosidades-sobre-saga-confusoes.html.
Canal parceiro / Partner channel / Canal parcero: https://youtube.com/@hsama/.
Facebook, Twitter & Instagram: https://facebook.com/saviochristi/, https://twitter.com/saviochristi/ & https://instagram.com/saviochristi123/.
E e-mail para contato / And email for contact / Y correo electrónico para contacto: [email protected].
Canal da H-Sama Zuchelli / H-Sama Zuchelli channel / Canal de H-Sama Zuchelli: http://youtube.com/@hsama (o maior, melhor e mais completo canal sobre cosplay, moda, beleza, estilo de vida e artesanato / the greatest, best, and most complete channel about cosplay, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, and crafts / el mayor, mejor y más completo canal sobre cosplay, moda, belleza, estilo de vida y artesanía).
Blog e páginas da H-Sama Zuchelli / H-Sama Zuchelli blog and pages / Blog y páginas de H-Sama Zuchelli: http://h-sama.com, http://facebook.com/bloghsama, http://facebook.com/hsamaZuchelli & http://facebook.com/BrazilianBaroness.
Colaboração e agradecimentos especiais a / Collaboration and special thanks to / Colaboración y gracias especiales a: minhas amigas dos eventos de anime, daqui, de Vitória (Espírito Santo) [Brasil] / my female friends from anime events, from here, in Vitória (Espírito Santo) [Brazil] / mis amigas de los eventos de anime, de aquí, de Vitória (Espírito Santo) [Brasil], Marihá Barbosa e Castro, Hairan Zuchelli & Anne Barbosa e Castro.
Colaboração e agradecimentos especiais também a / Collaboration and special thanks also to / Colaboración y gracias especiales también a: minhas amigas dos eventos de anime, de Vitória e Serra, respectivamente / my female friends from anime events, in Vitória and Serra, respectively / mis amigas de los eventos de anime, de Vitória y Serra, respectivamente, Iana Lima Cordeiro & Naira Souza de Paula.
Revisão de texto / Text revision / Revisión de texto: Iana Lima Cordeiro, Marihá Barbosa e Castro & Naira Souza.
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Get to know me, ski trip style! Location - Sun Valley, Idaho!
This is a questionnaire that will need to be answered IC. (The answers do not need to be in complete sentences.)
1.) Who are you rooming with while in Sun Valley, Idaho? alone i wish my hubby was here to see this beautiful place with 2.) What are your 3 ski trip necessities? gloves, warm jacket and cowboy hat 3.) What is the first thing you are planning on doing during your trip? finding the top of a beautiful mountain 4.) What is your favorite thing about being in the mountains? the snow on the mountains 5.) What is your least favorite thing about being in the mountains? my toes falling off 6.) What wild animal do you not want to come into contact with on your trip? a snow leopard 7.) Are you a pro skier or an amateur? totally an amateur 8.) Do you prefer to ski or snowboard? ski 9.) Are you scared to ride on the ski lift? oh mygosh yass 10.) Do you love the snow or hate it? i love it 11.) Is there a left and right ski? i don't know xD 12.) Is the abominable snowman real? yas of course it is 13.) How many layers of clothes are you wearing? Are you warm yet? three and i am sweating xD 14.) Do you have mittens or gloves? gloves 15.) Do you like penguins or polar bears? penguins they are adorable 16.) How cold is too cold? below freezing 17.) Are you making a tiny snowman or a big snowman? a big one 18.) Would you get on the Polar Express and go to the North Pole? yass it sounds fun 19.) Would you go to the top of Mount Crumpit to spy on the Grinch? heck yass 20.) Would you trust Zach to drive you on a snowmobile? nooo xD 21.) If I double-dog dared you would you stick your tongue to a metal pole? no way 22.) At what point does getting hit with snowballs stop being physically painful and start becoming cute? after the first one 23.) Is it really fun to stand on two sticks and throw yourself down a side of a mountain? yass 24.) What are you planning on doing extra since the Mayor has the bill? margarita drunk 25.) How would you entertain yourself if you were snowed in? i would stare at the walls
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MUN: V! Between Hatter’s big romantic moments and Drakken’s big… feline moments, V’s had us on the edge of our seats this month! And, in the words of one member, ��also just vibes.” We agree! CHARACTER: CASS! Props to Cass for opening the Lucky Cat Café and bringing Swynlake real-life boba… in addition to our favorite virtual Boba, of course. We can’t wait to see what fun new plots the café will bring! THREAD: DISPATCH FOR THE MAYOR - PEPA AND HADES! When a thread comes up in the chat every time there’s a reply, that’s when you know it’s bringing the drama! We loved to see Pepa and Hades at their most gossipy. TASK: Z’S HIRO AND TADASHI AESTHETIC! Members praised this beautiful and artistic tribute to siblings. We’re not crying, you’re crying. (We are crying). Honorable mention: Everyone’s timelines!!! We hope to see more of them :)
BOARD UPDATES
PETITIONS PASSED:
ADVANCED FIRST AID CLASSES: Advanced first classes held at Town Hall
HELLO GORGEOUS: A petition to open a salon
TASKS
CLASS OF ‘24: Make a page from your character’s yearbook!This can be their full class line-up, a superlative page (did they win class clown?), or any other yearbook-inspired page! CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?: Answer the Proust Questionnaire… in character! You can either do it in a thread format, where one character asks another the questions (or they both answer!), or fill it out in character!
EVENTS
MAY 1 - 8: PACIFICA AND OLLIE’S WEDDING: Join Oliver and Pacifica after their I do's for a huge party at Ashbridge House. (Canonically May 3rd)
MAY 12 - 22: THE CLAWTHORNE TOURNAMENT: It’s coming up! Keep eyes posted for more details.
MAY 22 - 29: PLAY FUNDRAISER: It’s Much Ado About Nothing-themed! At Town Hall. Canonically on May 25
BIRTHDAYS
Characters:
Daisy O'Doogle – May 1
Minnie Muyskens – May 1
Martin Ambrosius – May 1
Beatrice "Trixie" Duval – May 4
Belle Acheron – May 6
Toulouse Bonfamille – May 10
Ting-Ting Qin – May 13
Iandore Lightfoot – May 18
Phillip Knightley – May 21
Cruz Ramirez — May 23
Joanna Vane — May 30
Queen Clarion — May 30
PLOT ROUND-UP!
GLITTER GALAXY PODCAST - APRIL SHOWERS PIZZA PLANET
Characters and Muns Involved: Georgette Smee, Willow, Bullseye, Boo, and Gem
Plot: Georgette had her first town magic experience. To distract herself from the chaos and internal fear she turned her experience into a viral vlog/podcast. Reaching over 2 million view per video onboard PP Voyager I. Talking with Smee about being a Rocketman and potential girls trips to his Ocean Planet. Willow brought the science element, Boo was a boss babe, Bullseye was the hottie behind the ship security, and Gem was a grumpy engineer. The views helped Georgette get back into social media and planted the idea of a real life podcast in her head.
SLIDE OUT OF MY DMS
Characters and Muns Involved: Georgette and Aquata
Plot: Georgette tweeted to James about his hair which sparked Aquatas jealousy and led to an embarrassing DM exchange. Georgette screenshot the convo. Georgette and Aquata then ran into each other at the gym where Aquata attempted to make peace. Georgette protested and said she was embarrassed and didn’t trust Aquata. Georgette now tempted to notify Hercules of his employees behavior and making her uncomfortable. Georgette will also use this to hold over Aquatas head.
AMY SEVILLE KICKS CANCER’S ASS
Characters and Muns Involved: Milo and Amy
Plot: Amy has been diagnosed with breast cancer, stage 2B, but she's got a treatment plan and support from her family. Well, Pip doesn't know... yet
HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
Characters and Muns Involved: Isabela, Copper, Annie, Vixey , Félix, Holley, Jonathan and Nico
Plot: cw -- car crash. Isabela witnessed a car accident, driving home late one night from a modeling gig. Copper and the paramedics showed up. Afterwards, Copper took Isabela home. Vixey and Félix were working that night and were part of the intake team for the victims. The accident was written about in the Squire. Isabela and Copper both felt compelled to check on the victims. Jonathan lost his leg in the accident and Nico, his friend, is in a coma due to his injuries. Annie interviewed Isabela for her part in calling 999 and stopping at the accident site. Isabela was flattered to be interviewed, but she may've forgotten to mention some integral people. Will Nico wake up? Time will tell…
WHAT’S WRONG WITH HUNTER?
Characters and Muns Involved: Hunter, Pip, Phineas, Willow, Eilonwy, Darius
Plot: On March 28, Hunter falls into a deep sleep and does not wake up for three days! His friends discover him. Darius has suspicions that this might connect to an old friend. Eilonwy and Willow urge Hunter to seek magical medical help.
TANYA MOVES ON
Characters and Muns Involved: Tanya, Jessie, Gem, Snow, Penny, Angel, King, Mim, Zero
Plot: Tanya finally decides to move on from her afterlife as a ghost and enlists her friends to contribute to a zine commemorating her relationships with them
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