Doug Maine

Writer, editor; into music, cities, baseball, culture, travel, human rights, open gov't; jazz radio host Fridays 9p-mdt at wwuh. org; hablo español

[Doug Maine @DougMaine1]

@HWarlow Hi, nice photos. Number 4 is the Bex–Villars–Bretaye railway (BVB) in Switzerland.

The locations of these trams (as arranged) are:
1-Milan 2-Trieste
3-Istanbul 4-somewhere on the BVB

[Doug Maine @DougMaine1]

@wherewelive @wnpr I don't have any personal experience with Airbnb, but I've read a bit about the impact in places like Barcelona, where long-term tenants have been evicted from popular areas, with those left behind finding their lives negatively impacted by rowdy, mostly younger Airbnb guests.

[Doug Maine @DougMaine1]

@seestone74 @HuddledMasses1 @POTUS Because the whole system of usurious loans and exorbitant college costs needs reform. When they sign, many students aren't fully informed about loans and debt, differences between federal, subsidized or un-subsidized, and private loans. See 3zaaP9f

[Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche]

Here’s the video of President Trump saying he hasn’t heard of Americans with symptoms of the coronavirus not being able to get tested.

Note: Dr. Fauci today clearly said the demand for tests is not being met at this time.

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

Dr. Fauci every time Trump speaks

[Eduardo Rodriguez @eduardorod5]

does not matter what your personal result is, this is a team and we always have each other . since I was a child I never thought I would have the chance to start in the sport I love most in my life and even less play a world series where emotions are lived in an indescribable way

[Sen. Patrick Leahy @SenatorLeahy]

BOTTOM LINE: It’s not just “Bart O’Kavanaugh,” or minimizing his contemporaneous drinking or misogyny in his yearbook. On issues big and small, anytime Judge Kavanaugh is faced with an incriminating or difficult question under oath, he cannot be trusted to tell the truth.

[Senate Democrats @SenateDems]

.@SenatorLeahy: If truth under oath means anything at all, Judge Kavanaugh has disqualified himself over and over and over again.

[Sen. Patrick Leahy @SenatorLeahy]

Leahy Addresses The Senate On The Kavanaugh Nomination And The FBI Report https://t.co/ZegzQUs5Pm

[Sen. Patrick Leahy @SenatorLeahy]

I agree with Justice Stevens. Judge Kavanaugh’s partisanship and temperament would do lasting damage to the credibility of the Court — an often overlooked consequence should he be confirmed.

[Sen. Patrick Leahy @SenatorLeahy]

This FBI investigation was meant to shed light on the allegations. The White House instead used it to stifle the voices of dozens of individuals who had information that could corroborate the allegations. But no one can silence the voices of Americans who stand with survivors.

[Sen. Patrick Leahy @SenatorLeahy]

Every minute of Dr. Ford’s testimony was credible. I’ll never forget what she can never forget: the “uproarious laughter” of Kavanaugh and his friend. I believe Dr. Ford, and I stand with her and other survivors. #IBelieveChristine

[Sen. Patrick Leahy @SenatorLeahy]

NEW: Here is my point-by-point breakdown of just a few of the times that Judge Kavanaugh has misled the Senate under oath. Read a summary with links to all of the threads, with documents: https://t.co/lBVXIDqIJL

[Sen. Patrick Leahy @SenatorLeahy]

Ex. 5a: Media reports have shown that Kavanaugh was involved in WH debates about the capture and detention of U.S. citizen “enemy combatants” without access to lawyers. https://t.co/LTahAD6XAR

[Sen. Patrick Leahy @SenatorLeahy]

Exhibit 5: Kavanaugh stated under oath that he “was not involved…in the questions about the rules governing detention of combatants,” a highly controversial set of policies pursued by the Bush WH in the wake of 9/11. False again.

[Sen. Patrick Leahy @SenatorLeahy]

THREAD #5: A point-by-point breakdown of Judge Kavanaugh's claims about his work on a Bush administration detention and interrogation policies.

[Sen. Patrick Leahy @SenatorLeahy]

Ex. 5b-d: Emails also show that Kavanaugh prepped the AG for a hearing on post-9/11 detention policies, was looped in on legal questions regarding detention, & was included on efforts to spin torture days after the ignominious Torture Memo was public.

[Doug Maine @DougMaine1]

Dirty Hands -- "Renaissance Technologies, Wellington Management Group and 24 other funds hold over $4 billion in stock in General Dynamics, GEO Group and CoreCivic—three firms making money off the Trump administration’s policies at the southern border."

[Amnesty International USA @amnestyusa]

Victory! Amnesty Turkey chair, Taner Kılıç, to be freed after more than a year behind bars. https://t.co/7u5QiX0Ama