Lessons of History and Trying To Avoid the Same Mistakes

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A 2018 Senate investigation that found there was “no evidence” to substantiate any of the claims of sexual assault against the US supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh contained serious omissions, according to new information obtained by the Guardian.

The 28-page report was released by the Republican senator Chuck Grassley, the then chairman of the Senate judiciary committee. It prominently included an unfounded and unverified claim that one of Kavanaugh’s accusers – a fellow Yale graduate named Deborah Ramirez – was “likely” mistaken when she alleged that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a dormitory party because another Yale student was allegedly known for such acts.





The suggestion that Kavanaugh was the victim of mistaken identity was sent to the judiciary committee by a Colorado-based attorney named Joseph C Smith Jr, according to a non-redacted copy of a 2018 email obtained by the Guardian. Smith was a friend and former colleague of the judiciary committee’s then lead counsel, Mike Davis.

Smith was also a member of the Federalist Society, which strongly supported Kavanaugh’s supreme court nomination, and appears to have a professional relationship with the Federalist Society’s co-founder, Leonard Leo, whom he thanked in the acknowledgments of his book Under God: George Washington and the Question of Church and State.

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Revealed: Senate investigation into Brett Kavanaugh assault claims contained serious omissions

2018 investigation in the lead up to supreme court justice’s confirmation found ‘no evidence’ to substantiate claims of sexual assault

www.theguardian.com

 

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This week is National Parks Week, a celebration across the United States in honor of the natural landscapes that have been protected as national parks and monuments.

Although national park lands are perceived as “untouched,” Indigenous peoples have been stewards of these lands and have ancestral ties since time immemorial. National parks were actually created by violently removing Native people from our homelands.

Some parks, including the Grand Canyon and sites that are sacred to Indigenous communities, are under threat from mining and fossil fuel extraction.

At Native Organizers Alliance, we’re working with Tribes, Native communities, and grassroots organizers across the country to grow the movement to re-Indigenize and protect national parks.

Re-indigenizing national parks includes incorporating traditional Indigenous ecological knowledge in park management and conservation, as well as increasing co-governance agreements between the federal government and Tribal Nations. These are steps needed towards correcting historical wrongs and ensuring greater protection of Mother Earth.


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Talking about bad mistakes, how about missing THIS?

The results are OBVIOUS today.
Downplaying the communist infiltration of EVERYTHING was a MISTAKE.

 

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• Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey openly criticized Elon Musk’s leadership of the company in a series of social media posts Friday.
• Dorsey said “it all went south” and that Musk “should have walked away” from the acquisition.
• He made the remarks in conversation with users on another social platform he has invested in, Bluesky.
• The critiques reflect a notable change in tune from Dorsey, who once called Musk the “singular solution” to take over Twitter.

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Jack Dorsey criticizes Elon Muskâs leadership at Twitter: âIt all went southâ

Twitter's former CEO Jack Dorsey openly criticized Elon Musk's leadership of the company in a series of social media posts.

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Dorsey criticizes Musk: world news?

 

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[ Why is Governor Greg Abbott calling these victims illegals? ]

 

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[ Ban books, ban sex, not guns ]

Author Nora Roberts shared her shock at her books being banned in Florida.

Martin County School district banned eight of Roberts's novels as the result of protest from the activist group Moms for Liberty. The group cited alleged pornography as the reason for banning the books. Among the eight books are Roberts's Bride Quartet installments. Bride Quartet is a series of books following friends who are looking for love while running a wedding business, and most end in each getting married.

“I’m surprised that they wouldn’t want teenagers to read about healthy relationships that are monogamous, consensual, healthy, and end up in marriage,” Roberts said of Moms for Liberty in a comment to the Washington Post. The author did admit all the books contain sex.
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“All of it is shocking,” Roberts said. “If you don’t want your teenager reading this book, that’s your right as a mom — and good luck with that. But you don’t have the right to say nobody’s kid can read this book.”

The district also banned Judy Blume's Forever... in a string of banned books in line with Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) library guidance for schools. Blume's book, which also recently became a film adaptation, Are You There God? It's Me Margaret has also been banned in some locations across the state. She claimed she wrote it in an effort to help girls understand puberty.

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Romance novelist Nora Roberts 'surprised' to see books banned in Florida for sexual content

Author Nora Roberts shared her shock at her books being banned in Florida.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

 

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Some FL moms are not very smart.

 

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[ I see. ALL of them are "illegals". The victims, the shooter. All Hispanic. Must be in the country illegally. There are no asylum laws for Hondurans (the victims) ]

 

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