alanwessman.bsky.social
Former candidate for Utah County commissioner in 2024, United Utah Party. Politically moderate. Former Utah House candidate, district 64 (Spanish Fork). Husband, dad, hiker, misplacer of common household items.
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Ooh, can you elaborate on that last one? More for avoiding sketchy info sources generally (scammy marketing), or are those a growing vector for targeted scams?
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“Emergency charcuterie” lol
An “acuterie,” perhaps?
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Yes! Which the scammers will often try to make as anguishing as possible, by implying that a failure to act immediately will be disastrous (your kid will be held in jail, you’ll miss the huge payout, the IRS will come after you, etc.)
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I like it! I’ll generalize this as “seek a second opinion from someone with tech savvy and critical thinking”
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Voices were passively used, ideas were shared, hearts were touched, minds were inspired. 😄
Seriously though, the sense of urgency is a major technique used by scammers and one definitely to teach the audience to look out for. Thanks!
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I have my own ideas based on my professional experience and personal practices, but I want to gather ideas from all over now before I shape them into a presentation.
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This is the kind of extraordinarily creative judging that movement conservatives lambasted for DECADES. Also, it is noteworthy that at NO POINT ANYWHERE IN THIS OPINION has there been any discussion of the original meaning or the "history and tradition" of the free exercise clause.
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Also underlying these claims is a profound insecurity in the power of their own beliefs. Why are they so vulnerable to contrary views or perspectives? You have heard these things you don't like and have rejected them. Why not trust that your children, raised in your image, will as well?
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Based on that, my top international city in my own experience would be Kyoto. Domestically, San Francisco and (cheating a bit on definition of city) the west coast of Maui.
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My criteria:
- visually beautiful & distinctive
- welcoming
- lots of things for couples to do together
- good food options
- some effort/expense to visit it so it’s a special occasion when you do
- mix of exciting and quiet spaces
- good lodging
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Whatever the right answer is, I'm pretty damn sure it makes no sense to say we'll find it by trying to assess whether or how much a nationwide injunction is analogous to some kind of order issued by courts in the early republic or in England's High Court of Chancery before the American Revolution.
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In particular, the Court had enormous discretion over what vehicle to use to announce its new rule sharply limiting nationwide injunctions. Why choose a case involving what is probably the most egregiously anti-constitutional action an Executive Branch could take?
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Digging in a little bit more, I see SG Prelogar raising the issue in:
Garland v. TX
AZ v. Myorkas
Murthy v. MO
Biden v. Feds for Medical Freedom
Becerra v. Braidwood
Dept. of Ed. v. Colleges of TX
Biden v. TX
FDA v. Alliance for Hipp. Med.
TX v. Cook County, IL
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Here is the full Federal Register notice, which strongly suggests that DHS's press office outright lied about the rationale behind Noem stripping TPS from hundreds of thousands of people by falsely claiming DHS believes Haiti is now a safe country. www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
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Despite DHS's false claims that Haiti is a safe country, Secretary Noem confirms in the formal notice terminating Haitian TPS that DHS is keenly aware that Haiti is not a safe place, citing Amnesty International reports that Haiti is "in the grip of a severe humanitarian and human rights crisis."
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Can mainstream LDS members object to any materials that feature greed, neglect of the poor, dishonesty, concealment of crimes, or abuse of power, since these are all things that the Book of Mormon teaches against?
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The Trump administration is 100% lying when they claim Haiti is safe, as even their own government agencies say it is not.
Here's what the US government itself still says about Haiti. This is NOT a safe place to send people. It's a death sentence.
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
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If this action is not blocked in court, this would mean that by this fall, the Trump admin would have "de-documented" over ONE MILLION PEOPLE, stripping their ability to work legally and subjecting them to possible deportation.
Hundreds of thousands of them entered legally.
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A problem with this decision that goes way beyond the law is that we live in a country where decidedly NON-religious viewpoints are increasingly bolted onto religion. When your church is saying climate change is a lie and vaccines are evil it's untenable to teach anything under this model
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The courts invent doctrines like qualified immunity, absolute immunity, and presidential immunity to protect rights-abusing public officials from accountability, but when it comes to protecting our rights, the courts feel the need to be very conservative in their powers.