Getting Up First: An Analysis of a Democrat-Industry Indictment in Coffee County, South Africa (with an Appropriate Report)
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Another section of the indictment deals with the effort to unlawfully copy election data in rural Coffee County, where Trump allies gained access to a voting machine and hired an IT firm to search for widespread voter fraud, which did not exist.
This essay was written by the host of Morning Edition and Up First. Prior to that, she was an international correspondent based in Cairo and was previously NPR’s national correspondent.
The Changing World of Pagonis: A Book that Changes the World of Intersex and Makes Sense of Its Future
The intersex advocate was raised as a girl. They were unaware of the reason they didn’t get a period. Doctors operated on them as children, but they didn’t know why. They didn’t know that the painful and invasive surgeries weren’t actually necessary.
The truth was discovered accidentally in a college freshman class. They were indeed intersex. It changed the world of Pagonis. It changed their understanding of their past and put them on a future path of activism. The book takes the reader on the same journey Pagonis lived. It’s filled with heartbreak, healing and triumph. They say they are finished telling the story of their past after this book. They will only look forward from now on. Listen here.
Source: Up First briefing: Trump’s Georgia indictment; DA Fani Willis; microbes and kimchi
Why some foods are better than others, and why should they improve with age? An analysis of pien’s kimchi-baking experience
Why do some foods improve with age, while others spoil? Pien went to learn how to make kimchi from Chef Cunningham. Through the process, Huang was able to appreciate the tiny organisms that turn cabbage, milk, soy sauce, and so much more into delicious things.
It’s an expression of gratitude that makes me and my man very happy. I was introduced to sauerkraut by my German family, which is a big part of my diet as an Asian American. Listen to learn the science behind and health benefits of the wonder-inducing process of fermentation. You can read the story here.
Several individuals who allegedly participated in that plan are also facing charges, including former Coffee County Election Supervisor Misty Hampton and Cathy Latham, a former Republican Party official in Coffee County.
“All the prosecutors need to show in order to bring a RICO charge is that these individuals were acting with a common purpose and that they engaged in a pattern of illegal activities in order to achieve that common illegal purpose,” he tells Morning Edition.
It could pose significant logistical challenges for an already-complicated case if all 19 defendants are tried together.
Defendants could choose to petition the court to argue that they won’t get a fair trial as a group and ask for their cases be separated from some or all of the others, according to NBC News.
They could also try to have the case moved from state to federal court, says Stephen Gillers, a professor emeritus at the New York University School of Law.
Gillers says a change of venue would benefit the defendants since a jury from a more conservative area would be better suited to hear their case. It could cause delays in the case for several months.
He expects a real fight over the conduct allegations in the next two months, predicting that the federal court might keep it.
At that point they would be arraigned, a process that involves hearing the charges, entering a plea and taking fingerprints and mugshots (which would be a first for Trump, despite this being his fourth indictment). The defendants could be charged together or individually.