Oh, shit; looking forward to that ep.
This season was a competition for the queens favorite charities, so it’s already been quite interesting.
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Not quite sure this is the best place for it, but there didn’t seem to be any message in the Follow-up topic to reply to on this matter. It’s a setback for Ken Paxton in Texas.
If Paxton appeals this, could Catholic Charities cite their ‘strongly held religious belief’ in loving thy neighbor (a la Burwell v. Hobby Lobby) to support providing food and shelter to migrants? They could quote any number of passages from the Gospels where Christ strongly suggests to His Apostles that they care for others.
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No matter what Murdock and Barr manage to pull off now, the trust is virtually irrevocable, meaning the 3 relatively decent offspring could still fight and win against their extremist brother.
Meanwhile, no mention of whether there’s any trust for his kids from his third marriage, although they did get partial payout from a corporate sale so they’re not destitute.
Rupert Murdoch is locked in a secret legal battle against three of his children over the future of the family’s media empire, as he moves to preserve it as a conservative political force after his death, according to a sealed court document obtained by The New York Times.
Mr. Murdoch, 93, set the drama in motion late last year, when he made a surprise move to change the terms of the Murdochs’ irrevocable family trust to ensure that his eldest son and chosen successor, Lachlan, would remain in charge of his vast collection of television networks and newspapers.
The trust currently hands control of the family business to the four oldest children when Mr. Murdoch dies. But he is arguing in court that only by empowering Lachlan to run the company without interference from his more politically moderate siblings can he preserve its conservative editorial bent, and thus protect its commercial value for all his heirs.
Those three siblings — James, Elisabeth and Prudence — were caught completely off-guard by their father’s effort to rewrite what was supposed to be an inviolable trust and have united to stop him. Lachlan has joined on Mr. Murdoch’s side. Remarkably, the ensuing battle has been playing out entirely out of public view.
Last month, the Nevada probate commissioner found that Mr. Murdoch could amend the trust if he is able to show he is acting in good faith and for the sole benefit of his heirs, according to a copy of his 48-page decision.
A trial to determine whether Mr. Murdoch is in fact acting in good faith is expected to start in September. Hanging in the balance will be the future of one of the most politically influential media companies in the English-speaking world.
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Yeah. Remarkable what you can keep out of the media when you own most of the media
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Funny how that works, huh?
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You ask good questions here.
I can hardly wait for the next episodes.
This is the truest definition of the old phrase “fighting fire with fire” and even its latest terminology for the practice is a kind of poetry–and I am so ready for poetic justice:
And please–all y’all–keep us posted.
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So who’s gonna make the apology to La-Z-Boy?
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ETA: Paging Dan Brown! It’s Opus Dei. You missed a spot.
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That’s my fear too. This Supreme Court has already made steps in that direction, and I can easily imagine them overturning a Harris win. A relatively close one, that is, which is why I hope her margin is even higher than Biden’s 7 million votes.
If not, I wonder what military leaders would do? If Biden, as Commander in Chief, ordered them to somehow step in to save democracy, would they do it? Could that work?
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That would be real civil war, bloodshed in buckets.
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Yeah. Better to just let Tromp take over.
Wait… 
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Exactly… If it comes to that, it’s bloodshed either way. Which is why it needs to be a landslide of historic proportions.
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Would it, though? A lot of MAGAts talk tough, but against the Feds, much less the US Military? Not much of a matchup, really.
Lots of isolated violence, likely, but not really a conflict on a large scale.
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the problem is that if the supreme court says one thing, but the president says another - some in the military may not know what to do. they may refuse to follow any orders, or they may make up their own minds. it isn’t a door worth opening. we have no idea how it will play out
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But we do know how fascism under T**** will play out. In a choice between the two, preventing SCOTUS from illegally anointing a defeated T**** is the only real option.
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But if a challenge makes it to them, and they overturn a clear Dem win, who would do the preventing?
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