Thursday, August 25, 2022
Hungary’s Viktor Orban Faces a New Foe: Economics - The New York Times
"I was amazed that they loved him so much in Texas," Mr. Bod, the former central bank governor, said. "There is no free market here." On top of that, he added, "You can't carry a gun here, but you can get a free abortion."
Trump appears to concede he illegally retained official documents in filing
"If he's acknowledging that he's in possession of documents that would have any colorable claim of executive privilege, those are by definition presidential records and belong at the National Archives," said Asha Rangappa, a former FBI agent and former associate dean at Yale Law School.
"And so it's not clear that executive privilege would even be relevant to the particular crime he's being investigated for and yet in this filing, he basically admits that he is in possession of them, which is what the government is trying to establish," Rangappa said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/23/trump-illegal-documents-fbi-mar-a-lago
Former detective pleads guilty to civil rights violations in Breonna Taylor case
Prosecutors say that Goodlett, who was not involved in the raid, knew a claim made by Jaynes in the search warrant – that he "verified" from a US postal inspector Taylor's ex-boyfriend received packages at her address – was false. She also added a "misleading" claim to the warrant application that suggested Taylor's ex-boyfriend registered her address as his "current home address"…
Duo found guilty over plot to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer
It was the second trial for Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr after a jury in April could not reach a unanimous verdict. Two other men were acquitted and two more pleaded guilty and testified for prosecutors...
Democrats gain momentum: 5 takeaways from the last big primary night of 2022 - POLITICO
Trump's candidates are still chalking up wins, but the headwinds facing Democrats appear to have eased...
U.S. carries out airstrikes in Syrian camp used by Iran-backed militias | PBS NewsHour
"Today's strikes were necessary to protect and defend U.S. personnel," Central Command spokesman Col. Joe Buccino said in a statement...
Idaho librarian resigns over ‘atmosphere of extremism’ and ‘intimidation tactics’ | LGBTQ+ rights | The Guardian
"Nothing in my background could have prepared me for the political atmosphere of extremism, militant Christian fundamentalism, intimidation tactics, and threatening behavior currently being employed in the community," Glidden wrote in her announcement, the Spokesman-Review reported...
Several states see surge in women registering to vote following Supreme Court abortion ruling | The Hill
In Michigan, where legal battles are taking place over abortion rights, women out-registered men by 8.1 percent since the Supreme Court's June 24 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization...
Democrats nominate established candidates; gain new traction on abortion - The Washington Post
"Tonight, mainstream won," Maloney said in his victory speech. "Common sense won. Democrats want candidates who get results and bring home the win."
Archives asked for records after Trump lawyer agreed they should be returned, email says - The Washington Post
The previously unreported email — sent about 100 days after the former president left office with the subject line "Need for Assistance re Presidential Records" — shows just how early Archives officials realized that many documents were missing from the Trump White House. It also illustrates the myriad efforts Archives officials made to have the documents returned over an 18-month period, culminating with an FBI raid earlier this month at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida...
A Michigan town voted to defund its library. The fight started with Gender Queer: a Memoir - The Washington Post
People in this western Michigan farming town said the Patmos Library was "grooming" children and, according to fliers that one group printed, promoting an "LGBTQ ideology." They said bookshelves meant for young readers featured same-sex pornography. They called the staff pedophiles, McLaughlin said. Then one August morning, they voted to defund Jamestown's only public library, jeopardizing the institution's future as neighbors clashed over who gets to decide free speech in this deep-red corner of America...
Republican attacks on FBI, IRS point to larger move to delegitimize federal government - The Washington Post
"I do think that both the policies and rhetoric that took hold during the Trump presidency led many people to question the legitimacy of government," said Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees. "They delegitimized everything from the Constitution to elections to Congress to law enforcement to the missions of our agencies … So, he did succeed in delegitimizing government and people's trust in our institutions of democracy."…
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Kansas conservatives lose — again — after abortion rights recount
When they don't win races and votes they think they should — no matter how lopsided the result — they'll stop at nothing to discredit the process...
Summer Boismier of Norman High School in Oklahoma Gave Kids QR Code to Brooklyn Library List of Banned Books
She later learned that the complaint was connected to the QR code, which links kids to UnBanned, a Brooklyn Public Library program offering teenagers unlimited digital and audio access to banned or challenged books. The project has emerged at a time when lawmakers across the country have begun cracking down on texts somehow deemed hostile to white people or otherwise supposedly inviting shame among youth...
Archives warned of national security damage from Trump's classified Mar-a-Lago docs, letter shows - POLITICO
"Access to the materials is not only necessary for purposes of our ongoing criminal investigation, but the Executive Branch must also conduct an assessment of the potential damage resulting from the apparent manner in which these materials were stored and transported and take any necessary remedial steps," according to the DOJ letter. "Accordingly, we are seeking immediate access to these materials so as to facilitate the necessary assessments that need to be conducted within the Executive Branch."
Teacher ‘pay penalty’ hits new high - The Washington Post
Simply put, teachers are paid less (in weekly wages and total compensation) than their nonteacher college-educated counterparts, and the situation has worsened considerably over time."…
‘Queen of Canada’: the rapid rise of a fringe QAnon figure sounds alarm | Canada | The Guardian
She travels Canada in a flag-draped RV with an entourage. She greets supporters in small towns, who eagerly film the encounters on mobile phones. She's called on her disciples to execute healthcare workers and politicians who support mass vaccination campaigns.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/23/queen-of-canada-qanon-rise-conspiracy-alarm
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/23/queen-of-canada-qanon-rise-conspiracy-alarm
Why lawyers are ‘giggling’ at Trump’s new Fourth Amendment case
…Cutting through the thick layers of nonsense, the underlying point seemed to be that Trump, who took classified materials to his property and refused to give then back, wants the FBI to return the documents so that he can then turn them over to the National Archives — the agency that sought the materials in the first place, only to be rebuffed.
It's hard not to wonder whether the court filing is a genuine legal effort or a political stunt designed for the next fundraising appeal and fodder for conservative media outlets…
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/lawyers-are-giggling-trumps-new-fourth-amendment-case-rcna44358
Opinion | Trump’s latest Mar-a-Lago spin has a huge hole in it - The Washington Post
Of all the reasons to doubt the spin from Donald Trump and his defenders on the Mar-a-Lago matter, one of the biggest has to be this: The FBI investigation and search were in no small part driven by information that agents apparently gleaned from people around Trump himself...
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