wondered how long before someone made a movie about it. Not long it seems, Spielberg has obtained the movie rights. I am looking forward to this movie.

https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/rachel-maddows-podcast-ultra-is-headed-to-hollywood-as-steven-spielberg-acquires-film-rights/

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"Kucherena said on Friday that Snowden was “happy” and that Russian citizenship would prevent him from being extradited.

“He of course is happy and thankful to the Russian Federation for his citizenship – he’s now a fully fledged citizen of Russia,” Kucherena said. “And most importantly, under the Russian constitution, he cannot be given up to a foreign state.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/02/edward-snowden-gets-russian-passport-after-swearing-oath-of-allegiance

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So can Russia now send him to the front to fight on their behalf?

edit change of state

OK just in that county, she gained about 5k votes, I saw the numbers and thought he was showing the result - he was just showing the county sorry for the mixup.

You can read it here:

www.politico.com/f/?id=00000183-90b6-d824-a1d7-b7be49d40000

because of the hurricane in Florida. No date given for when it will happen

I am not sure if someone has already posted this but you can read the transcripts from the DOJ/Trump hearing on Thursday here:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22274704-trumphearingtranscript

According to a new Florida poll, Rep. Val Demings is leading Sen. Marco Rubio 48%-44% in the state's US Senate contest.

https://www.politicususa.com/2022/08/16/val-demings-marco-rubio-florida-senate.html

Is it possible to dream for a Blue wave in Florida??

If the house approves a bill and sends it to the senate but the senate does not bring it up for a vote and then there is an election, can the new senate bring the bill up for a vote and as long as they vote for it as is, can it then be sent to the president for signature?

What I am trying to determine is, if the house sends over a number of bills this session and the republicans gain the house but dems get a bigger majority in the senate and eliminate the filibuster; can they then pass the bill to go to Biden for signature?

Our CBC is covering live Biden's meeting with the PM of Spain for the NATO summit but not the US stations, what is wrong with this picture?

illicit drugs. Adults will be able to possess small amounts of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA and drug abuse will be treated as a health matter not a criminal matter. BC was the first province to apply to the Federal govn't for an exemption.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/opioid-crisis-bc-canada-1.6471878