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Amanda Garrett also agarrettabj @ THREADS.net retweeted
6 Dec 2023
i've watched this video now several times. im speechless.
5 Dec 2023
The presidents of @Harvard, @MIT, and @Penn were all asked the following question under oath at today’s congressional hearing on antisemitism:
Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate [your university’s] code of conduct or rules regarding bullying or harassment?
The answers they gave reflect the profound moral bankruptcy of Presidents Gay, Magill and Kornbluth.
Representative @EliseStefanik was so shocked with the answers that she asked each of them the same question over and over again, and they gave the same answers over and over again.
In short, they said:
It ‘depends on the context’ and ‘whether the speech turns into conduct,’ that is, actually killing Jews.
This could be the most extraordinary testimony ever elicited in the Congress, certainly on the topic of genocide, which to remind us all is:
“the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group”
The presidents’ answers reflect the profound educational, moral and ethical failures that pervade certain of our elite educational institutions due in large part to their failed leadership.
Don’t take my word for it.
You must watch the following three minutes. By the end, you will be where I am.
They must all resign in disgrace.
If a CEO of one of our companies gave a similar answer, he or she would be toast within the hour.
Why has antisemitism exploded on campus and around the world?
Because of leaders like Presidents Gay, Magill and Kornbluth who believe genocide depends on the context.
To think that these are the leaders of Ivy League institutions that are charged with the responsibility to educate our best and brightest.
On the bright side, our congressional leaders deserve accolades for showing tremendous leadership and moral clarity in their statements, by the questions they asked, and the respectfulness with which they conducted the hearing.
It was a masterclass of how our government and democracy should operate.
If you have time, please watch the entire hearing. Throughout the hearing, the three behaved like hostile witnesses, exhibiting a profound disdain for the Congress with their smiles and smirks, and their outright refusal to answer basic questions with a yes or no answer.
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Dahmer's dad died. He had lived in southwest Medina County in a house outside Westfield Center. Never knew that.
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Here's the video I was referring to about violence...also, deeper in video, Cheney calls out an Ohio lawmaker (only copy I could find online...not endorsement of this group who tweeted it)
5 Dec 2023
Liz Cheney on the Republican Party: “The party has become, in many ways, seized by a cult of personality.”
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Nicolle Wallace tonight interviewed Liz Cheney, who said she asked Condoleezza Rice if any country had ever gone through a period as tumultuous as what we're in now & survived. Rice, Cheney said, paused a long time & said: 'Not without extreme violence.'
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Wallace then asked Cheney if that violence was Jan. 6. No, she said, that violence could be yet to come... Yah, can't stop thinking about that...
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I have reached shawl age, when I need something knit wrapped around my shoulders to keep warm(though, to be fair, husband keeps thermostat at "just so pipes don't freeze" temp)
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Will Ohio see similar when marijuana becomes legal (with caveats) Dec. 7? You can smoke, vape, gummy, grow...
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Amanda Garrett also agarrettabj @ THREADS.net retweeted
5 Dec 2023
Updated with some details from the House bill:
🌱keeps home grow as it was in Issue 2, keeps THC limits the same
💵adds 10% tax on cultivators, changes where tax revenue goes
🚭applies indoor smoking ban to marijuana
cincinnati.com/story/news/po… via @enquirer
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What do judges, lawyers, sheriff's deputies in courthouses have to say? Are concealed guns a good thing there, particularly in domestic cases...but also criminal, civil, etc.?
5 Dec 2023
Two gun bills are on the floor tomorrow: HB 272, to allow concealed guns in buildings with courtrooms and HB 51, which would prevent local law enforcement from enforcing federal gun laws.
Republicans remove emergency clause from 51 in rules and reference committee.
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In the thread:"I've seen my share of evil firsthand around the world in wars of the Middle East/Ukraine...I've seen heinous cruelty/dehumanization/mutilations..looked evil men in the eye. But I've never seen so many evil men (100s thousands)show such joy in committing their acts"
4 Dec 2023
I just watched the roughly 45-minute footage of October 7th at a private screening in NYC. Here are my immediate thoughts minutes after watching it. 🧵
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Akron released recommendations Monday for future of the Innerbelt... With so much vacant office space likely becoming housing downtown, I wonder how that may impact this swath of former freeway beaconjournal.com/story/news…
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Some #Ohio lawmakers want to overturn much of the #marijuana issue voters passed in November. Among other things, they propose: Killing ability to grow weed at home, boosting pot tax rate, spending taxes differently, & limiting number of dispensaries....
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Hail & thunder on December day in NEO
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Amanda Garrett also agarrettabj @ THREADS.net retweeted
3 Dec 2023
A special weather statement has been issued for Akron OH, Cuyahoga Falls OH and Stow OH until 4:15 PM EST
ALT This graphic displays a special weather statement plotted on a map. The statement is in effect until 4:15 PM EST. The statement includes Akron OH, Cuyahoga Falls OH and Stow OH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA AND NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EST. The threats associated with this storm are wind gusts up to 40 MPH and pea sized hail. Seek shelter in a sturdy structure until the storm passes.
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Amanda Garrett also agarrettabj @ THREADS.net retweeted
1 Dec 2023
And, here it is: Fulton County Judge McAfee: If your client wins the presidency, can this case be tried?
Sadow (Trump's lawyer): I believe under the Supremacy clause this trial would not take place at all until he left the WH
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He didn't believe a husband could rape his wife in their shared home?
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George Santos just exited Congress after vote to expel him. I would like to think this is peak (or valley) TMZ-level politics...but no. There's more. Maybe at least the drag circuit will have a new player. Does Hermes take returns?
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Medina is always picture perfect(minus the trucks that rumble by the square), but it's extra at Christmastime Always thankful for those who pushed back on an idea to tear down historic square in 1970s b/c it couldn't compete w/malls. Who won that historic battle?
30 Nov 2023
HGTV picked the best Christmas towns in each state, and this town earned honors in Ohio. beaconjournal.com/story/ente…
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Amanda Garrett also agarrettabj @ THREADS.net retweeted
30 Nov 2023
Shane MacGowan has died, aged 65. In a 1997 BBC documentary, he and his parents reflected on life in Carney Commons, County Tipperary, where he spent some of his childhood.
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