Watchdog says AT&T gave over $100K to Abbott, GOP lawmakers after vowing to support voting rights | TheHill

The Texas-based telecommunications company also reportedly gave Abbott a $100,000 contribution on June 22, the same day he called for a special session to pass Republican-backed voting restrictions.

The GOP-led state Senate passed an elections bill Tuesday, a day after Democrats in the state House fled to Washington, D.C., to block consideration of the bill by denying Republicans the quorum necessary for a special legislative session.

The reported contributions from AT&T come after CEO John Stankey said in April amid a wave of voting restrictions being proposed in GOP legislatures that the company believes “the right to vote is sacred and we support voting laws that make it easier for more Americans to vote in free, fair and secure elections.”

Source: Watchdog says AT&T gave over $100K to Abbott, GOP lawmakers after vowing to support voting rights | TheHill

Right-wing Activist’s $500 ‘Freedom Phone’ Actually Cheap Rebranded Android Model Made in China – Slashdot (Me: as per usual, right-wing lies and fakery)

“But it turns out the same smartphone is actually from China, and probably just a cheap knock-off.”The Freedom Phone comes from Erik Finman, who unveiled the device earlier this week. He claims the product has everything Trump supporters could dream of, including an “uncensorable” app store, preinstalled conservative-friendly apps including Parler and Rumble, and even its own anti-surveillance operating system called FreedomOS… However, The Daily Beast noticed the Freedom Phone looks strikingly similar to a budget smartphone device from a Chinese vendor called Umidigi. The device is called the Umidigi A9 pro, and you can actually buy it over on the Chinese e-commerce site AliExpress starting at $119. Finman later told The Daily Beast that the Freedom Phone was indeed sourced from Umidigi, a company that’s based in Shenzhen, China… Source: Right-wing Activist’s $500 ‘Freedom Phone’ Actually Cheap Rebranded Android Model Made in China – Slashdot

It’s Only A Matter Of Time

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This, from a press release by the Department of Justice, U.S. District Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California, yesterday, July 16th

According to court documents, Ian Benjamin Rogers, 45, of Napa, and Jarrod Copeland, 37, of Vallejo, began planning to attack targets they associated with Democrats after the 2020 Presidential election and sought support from an anti-government militia group. According to the indictment, the defendants planned to use incendiary devices to attack their targets and hoped their attacks would prompt a movement.

The indictment describes how Copeland and Rogers used multiple messaging applications and discussed the attacks on numerous occasions. For example, in late December 2020, Copeland told Rogers he contacted an anti-government militia group to gather support for the movement and in January 2021, Rogers told Copeland “I want to blow up a democrat building bad.” Copeland agreed, saying, “I agree” “Plan attack”.  The agreed to…

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Why do we need planning?

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All of us have dreams and ambitions. Having reached this crucial stage of my life of thinking about my future, it occurred to me how important it is to plan and set goals! Steve Maraboli, an American writer, interestingly said: “If you don’t know exactly where you’re going, how will you know when you get there?”

Planning gives us a sense of direction, and it orients us in the clear direction we are to follow. None of us want to attempt a humongous task directly – that is absolutely daunting (been there!). However, we can plan the huge task in such a way that it will look like tiny doable bits of tasks. You may also agree with me that once the big task is broken down, we feel like it looks much more achievable, and it does in fact become more achievable.

I am personally using the power of…

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Pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

Vivaldi translation: ”Silence is a kind of emptiness. A ragged void that allows us to hear the echo of reason itself. “

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” O silêncio é uma espécie de vazio. Um vazio relapso que nos permite ouvir o eco da própria razão. “

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« La Magia de la Amazonia » and « Amazon Rainforest Magic » et « La Magie de l’Amazonie » ESPAÑOL – ENGLISH – FRANÇAIS – Libros de aventuras fantásticas para niños – Cuentos de la vida de los yanomami en la selva amazónica – para edades de 8 a 12 — Barbara Crane Navarro — Tiny Life

Cotton-headed Tamarin Saguinus oedipus — Palm Oil Detectives

Barbara Crane Navarro

Cotton-headed Tamarin Saguinus oedipus Critically Endangered Location: Colombia Also known as the Cotton Top Tamarin, the Cotton-headed Tamarin lives in the humid forests in the south to dry deciduous forest in the north of Colombia. Although they are recorded from primary and secondary forests. Cotton-headed Tamarins are plucky #primates living in the rainforests of #Colombia[…]

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We Are Water Protectors — Green Life Blue Water

Barbara Crane Navarro

Stories and prophecies surrounding Mother Earth and Father Sky are abundant in indigenous folklore where Indigenous People have long protected the earth from those who would seek to abuse her resources. That’s why it is so wonderful to see that storytelling tradition carried on using today’s media outlets. Carole Lindstrom, an Anishinaabe/Metis enrolled as a[…]

We Are Water Protectors — Green Life Blue Water

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