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Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will officiate at the wedding of a same-sex couple this weekend.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, clearly the most progressive of all current Justices on the Supreme Court today, will officiate at the wedding of Danny Rubens and Danny Grossman this weekend. They will be the fourth same-sex couple the 81-year old jurist has married. 

Rubens, who attended Stanford University and Harvard University Law School, is a former law clerk of Ginsburg’s. Grossman attended Northwestern University and the University of Michigan Law School, according to their Facebook pages.

In July, Ginsburg said the nation’s highest court will definitely take a same-sex marriage case, and decide it no later than June of 2016, or possibly earlier. She did not indicate which case or cases the Court would accept.

In August of last year, Ginsburg became the first sitting Supreme Court justice to officiate at a same-sex wedding. She married Michael M. Kaiser and John Roberts (no relation to the Chief Justice) in Washington, D.C. 

“I think it will be one more statement that people who love each other and want to live together should be able to enjoy the blessings and the strife in the marriage relationship,” Ginsburg told the Washington Post at the time.

Deadline Detroit notes that “Ginsburg’s officiating won’t create any conflict of interest issues before the court,” according to Robert A. Sedler, a Constitutional Law professor at Wayne State University.

“She has the authority under New York law to preside over the wedding,” he said. “Same-sex marriages are legal in New York.” He said her officiating is no indication of bias.

But not all are of the same opinion.

“When Ginsburg officiated last year, Joe Jervis reports, “Charisma News denounced Ginsburg as a ‘tool of Satan.'”

In October of last year, retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor also officiated at a same-sex wedding. She married a couple together for 36 years, Jeffrey Trammell and Stuart Serkin.

Other Supreme Court Justices have officiated at weddings also. As the Washington Post once reported, “Justice Clarence Thomas performed a ceremony for radio host Rush Limbaugh.”

 

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RIGHT WING EXTREMISM

Conservative School Board Member Storms Out of Meeting as She Faces Censure for Sex Ed Rant Gone Awry

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Conservative Lakota Local Schools board member Darbi Boddy this week stormed out of a meeting as her colleagues passed a motion censuring her for inadvertently posting a link to a pornographic website in a public Facebook post.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Boddy refused to apologize for posting the pornographic link on her official Facebook account, and she argued that it was something that people needed to see so they could know what is supposedly being taught to students.

“I’m not going to apologize for putting these sites up and I don’t regret putting them up,” she wrote in response to criticism. “A light needs to be shined on this material. I urge the community to examine them and ask yourself if you want to know whether they are in your school or not.”

In reality, the pornographic material posted by Boddy is not taught at any Lakota Local Schools.

Lakota school board president Lynda O’Connor and her colleagues held a vote to censure Boddy this week, and she remained defiant by walking out during the vote.

“I will not be a part of this political ruse!” she said as she left the meeting.

O’Connor, however, was less than sympathetic to Boddy’s cause.

“We are outraged that Mrs. Boddy would post such inappropriate content on her elected official social media account,” O’Connor said. “Furthermore, to make a public accusation that our curriculum contains such pornographic material is deplorable.”

Watch the video below or at this link.

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Elon Musk’s Attack on AOC Draws Far Right Twitter Trolls – and Charges of ‘Staggering’ Misogyny

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Whether you believe him or not (don’t), Elon Musk claims he is buying Twitter to protect “free speech” but he’s already turning the top social media platform into a home for the far-right – exactly as liberals warned.

On Thursday the billionaire was accused of sounding “just like Trump” when he posted a demonstrably false meme alleging conservatives haven’t changed since 2008, while the “center” and liberals have moved to the left – with liberals running to the extreme far left. Again, demonstrably false.

Apparently not thrilled by the massive negative response from the left, on Friday Musk tweeted, “The far left hates everyone, themselves included!”

About 20 minutes later, again apparently gauging reaction, he added: “But I’m no fan of the far right either. Let’s have less hate and more love,” acting as if he already owned the place – which he does not.

Friday night, Musk responded to a tweet from a powerful sitting member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). While she did not tag him, it was clearly about him.

“Tired of having to collectively stress about what explosion of hate crimes is happening bc some billionaire with an ego problem unilaterally controls a massive communication platform and skews it because Tucker Carlson or Peter Thiel took him to dinner and made him feel special,” she wrote.

News reported Friday suggested Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey asked Musk to buy the social media site – and “libertarians” like Thiel urged him on.

The Wall Street Journal reported hours earlier that Dorsey “was whispering in Mr. Musk’s ear that Twitter should be a private company, people familiar with the matter say.” The Journal also reported billionaire Peter Thiel, a strong Trump backer, had been urging Musk to get involved. Thiel is also a strong backer of Trump-aligned MAGA candidates.

So it’s no wonder that Musk responded to AOC in a most vile manner, sexualizing her remarks, which was a dog whistle – if not a clarion call – to the misogynistic far right, who came barking with glee.

This was Musk’s ugly response:

Emma Vigeland, the co-host and producer of The Majority Report with Sam Seder weighed in: “Congratulations on reaching yet another right-wing milestone, Elon: projecting your own creepy sexual fixations onto Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It’s a rite of passage!”

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Geraldine DeRuiter, “the voice behind the award-winning Everywhereist blog,” observed: “This is how the owner of this platform is choosing to engage with elected female officials. The misogyny is staggering.”

Here’s how the far-right responded to Musk’s tweet:

 

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Judge Rejects Trump’s Sworn Affidavit Claiming He Has No Documents NY AG Wants in His ‘Personal Possession’

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Donald Trump reportedly has filed a sworn affidavit claiming he has no documents the New York Attorney General has subpoenaed. The former president is currently in contempt of court and has been ordered to pay $10,000 a day until he hands over the documents.

ABC News reports Friday afternoon a judge has now rejected Trump’s sworn claim. He will continue to be fined $10,000 a day.

CNN’s Kara Scannell posted the affidavit. Its wording is very specific.

It states in part, “To the best of my knowledge…I do not have any of the documents…in my personal possession.”

 

 

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