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Baa Baa Brighouse

Calling all those who signed up for the Baa Baa Brighouse Agatha Christie Book Club - Murder On The Orient Express - it's time for the big reveal!

Introducing 'Murder On The Orient Express', a 100g skein of hand dyed Aran Tweed Wool. There are two skeins in each box.

Included in the box is a copy of the HarperCollins hardback edition of the book, a postcard, a pin badge and a bookmark.

Boxes are already on their way. Happy knitting!

Picture shows two skeins of yarn, one behind the other, in shades of navy blue, lilac, gold and white. Behind the yarn, stood on its end is a hardback copy of Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express. The book is navy blue with, gold text on the front and a white, lilac and gold and navy patterned border. In front of the yarn, from left to right, is a postcard, a pin badge and a silver bookmark.
Picture shows two skeins of yarn, one behind the other, in shades of navy blue, lilac, gold and white.
Picture shows an open A4 box containing two skeins of yarn in shades of blue, lilac, gold and white. Park of a book in the same colours can also be seen. The rest of the contents is obscured by the sides of the box.
Picture shows a closed A4 box tied with gold ribbon.
#yarn#knitting#crochet
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RememberUsAlways

"lock her up" - a quick #history

"‘Guilty!’

The delegates responded with a resounding: “Guilty!”

“We don’t disqualify Hillary #Clinton to be the president of the United States,” #Christie said. “The facts of her life and career disqualify her.”

Clinton’s campaign quickly responded to Christie’s speech."

#newsrewind
#trump
#guilty
#republicans
#2016election
#election2024
#2024Election

cnn.com/2016/07/19/politics/do

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Chuck Darwin

How GOP Megadonor #Jeffrey #Yass Can Clean Up on #TikTok’s Forced Sale

The Pennsylvania billionaire has former TikTok detractors backing off a ban, but he’ll be sitting pretty if a US takeover happens. 

A top Republican donor, Yass publicly discouraged Trump from running in the 2024 election. Yass initially supported Florida Governor Ron #DeSantis before spreading his bets between Vivek #Ramaswamy, Chris #Christie, and Tim #Scott.

But as Trump once again steamrolled his primary competitors, Yass reached out and ♦️asked him to speak at a retreat for a powerful right-wing business PAC♦️, the #Club #for #Growth, which has pulled in $61 million in donations from Yass since 2010.

The Club for Growth also happens to be employing former Trump adviser Kellyanne #Conway to lobby on behalf of TikTok on Capitol Hill.

The retreat seemed to go exactly as planned.

Trump praised Yass as “fantastic,” and he emerged as a critic of a TikTok ban. “If you get rid of TikTok, #Facebook and #Zuckerschmuck will double their business,” Trump posted last week on Truth Social.

“I don’t want Facebook, who cheated in the last Election, doing better. They are a true Enemy of the People!”

Yass, meanwhile, is now a certified Trump crony.

The 68-year-old is the richest man in Pennsylvania, with an estimated fortune of about $28 billion derived from options trading and venture-capital investments
—including a sizable interest in TikTok.

Local politicos and activist groups have long faced off against Yass and his bottomless war chest in fights over education, social welfare, and unions.

Arielle Klagsbrun, deputy campaign director at the Action Center on Race & the Economy ( #ACRE ), described Yass as a “next generation #Koch brother…someone who is rigging the rules to privatize our schools while also not paying his fair share of taxes.”

“His disdain for teachers’ unions, in particular, is profound,” said Klagsbrun, characterizing Yass’s influence as “corporate #authoritarianism in our democracy.”

ACRE is pressing Pennsylvania elected officials to refuse to take money from Yass in the 2024 cycle.
thenation.com/article/society/

The Nation · How GOP Megadonor Jeffrey Yass Can Clean Up on TikTok’s Forced SaleThe Pennsylvania billionaire has former TikTok detractors backing off a ban, but he'll be sitting pretty if a US takeover happens. 
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William Lindsey :toad:

"Christie was the last high-profile GOP contender who was fighting for whatever remains of the soul of a Republican Party that, for all intents and purposes, has evolved into an authoritarian cult of personality with Trump as its center—posing what the former governor described as a real and present threat to democracy and national security."

~ John Nichols

#Republicans #Trump #Christie #AuthoritarianCult #democracy

thenation.com/article/politics

The Nation · Chris Christie’s Exit Marks the End of the Fight for the Soul of the GOPHe told the truth about the threat posed by Trump. DeSantis and Haley will never do that.
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Nonilex

#Christie has been clear about this from the jump.

#TimScott went after the *radical left* & was all #Christianity evangelism & unifying the church w/the state.

The audience is awful, totally into Ramaswamy’s horror show.

They’re all putting forth the false narrative that the economy under Biden is poor, which is all incorrect if anyone bothered to look at facts.

They’re attacking the border & playing to #racism. If Scott mispronounces #Iran one more time… it’s a long vowel “e” sound folks.

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Rob / OGTrekker

#Christie should sue, if necessary, to get #Trump’s name off the ballot.” I’d expand Calabresi’s call for Christie to sue to include #Hutchinson as well, especially since he seems to be well aware of the arguments in favor of Trump’s #disqualification. #14thAmendment

Why Chris Christie needs to sue Donald Trump under the 14th Amendment msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio

MSNBCWhy Chris Christie needs to sue Donald Trump under the 14th AmendmentBy Hayes Brown
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Mike Drop with Mike Madrid

In 2016, Chris Christie's support of Donald Trump was essential. Although he has become one of Trump's sharpest critics, Christie has not apologized for his part in getting Trump elected. Does this create a trust problem? Does it matter when there is no anti-Trump lane in the GOP?

“He’s an enabler. You’re an enabler until you make amends. Are you willing to make amends?” Mike Madrid

@mikemadrid

#Politics #Debate #GOP #Christie #Trump

politico.com/news/magazine/202

POLITICO‘I Could Use a Little More Self-Flagellation’Before Chris Christie became Donald Trump’s sharpest critic, he was an important early booster. Does he need to apologize for that?
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Mike Drop with Mike Madrid

Despite Trump being MIA at tomorrow night's debate, it is unlikely any of the other candidates will be able to have a breakout performance.

"The only characteristic that matters to the base Republican voter is fealty to the leader. So the person who helps themself the most in the debate may be the one who plays to Trump the most." Mike Madrid

#GOP #Debate #Trump #DeSantis #Christie

@mikemadrid

vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/re

Vanity FairRepublican Strategists Are Still Holding Out Hope for a Post–Donald Trump GOPBy Chris Smith
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