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Rep. Eric Swalwell will resign from Congress following sexual misconduct allegations (Mariana Alfaro/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/13/eric-swalwell-resigns-congress/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260413/p113#a260413p113

California Gov. Gavin Newsom
has scheduled the special election to fill the House seat vacated by
Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress following sexual assault allegations.
The special election is set for
👉Aug. 18.
Newsom issued a proclamation on Tuesday to start the process for the election

Newsom sets date for special election to fill Swalwell’s House seat
Eric Swalwell resigned at 2 p.m. Tuesday, days after he was first accused of sexually assaulting a former staffer.

If Alito steps down (My feeling is that he deserves to be thrown out) then the Senate D's should refuse to confirm any Cheato nominated successor.
Better to let the SCOTUS seat stay empty rather than have yet another trump sycophant.
https://slate.com/news-and…

It Sure Looks Like This Supreme Court Justice Is Getting Ready to Retire
A flurry of recent hints has prompted new speculation that the court’s most reliably partisan conservative is eyeing the exit.

Schöne Geschichte eines wiedergefundenen Films in der Library of Congress #loc:
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/lost-19th-century-film-by-melies-dis…

Patriots DC Terrell Williams declared cancer-free following battle with prostate cancer https://www.nfl.com/news/patriots-dc-terrell-williams-declared-cancer-free-following-battle-with-prostate-cancer

On a whim, I went to the Royal Festival Hall to see Bruce Liu playing Ravel. Pretty cool. He makes the fiendishly difficult appear entirely effortless.
I think last time I went there, I was a callow youth. It's bigger than I remember!
#music #classical

The new emojis are out - at least the ones Apple includes in the next iOS update:
Distorted Face, Fight Cloud, Hairy Creature, Ballet Dancer, Orca, Landslide, Trombone, Treasure Chest
Another emoji originally was on the list for Unicode 17, then postponed to 18, and in October 25, it was removed from the draft. Probably because a certain company in the consortium took offense to it.
U 1FADD

The Trump administration has burned through🔥 “years” of critical munitions since the start of the war with Iran,
said three people familiar with the matter,
fuelling concerns about the rising cost of the conflict and the US’s ability to replenish its stockpiles.
The rapid depletion of weaponry included advanced long-range Tomahawk missiles, the people said.
It is a “massive expenditure of Tomahawks”, said one person familiar with the US military’s use of munitions. …

Trump's immigration chiefs are set to testify in Congress following protester deaths (Rebecca Santana/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-customs-enforcement-border-patrol-trump-congress-1fa0cc0c9297479fcc02b1dc5a706d37
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p37#a260210p37

Congressional candidate who made 'no negativity' pledge sought help finding dirt on rival (Matt Friedman/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/10/congressional-candidate-made-no-negativity-pledge-after-failing-to-get-help-finding-dirt-on-rival-00771175
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p32#a260210p32