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After controversy, U.S. Catholic bishops say there will be ‘no national policy on withholding Communion from politicians’ Washington Post June 27, 2021 Days after a vote that triggered a tsunami of Catholic debate about Communion and politics, leading U.S. Catholic bishops working on an upcoming document about the sacrament are now de-emphasizing direct confrontation with President Biden or other Catholic politicians who support abortion rights. Seventy-five percent of members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted during their annual spring meeting on June 17 to go ahead with the drafting of a position paper on the “meaning…
ESPN analyst says US Olympic team ‘scared’ to send all-black basketball roster and added token white player Yahoo News June 27, 2021 America is too afraid to send an all-black basketball team to the Olympics, according to an ESPN analyst who lamented the addition of the team’s lone white member. “I’m excited about the roster, and I assume, and I know, we’re going to win the gold. But I’m disappointed in something,” said ESPN sports analyst Jalen Rose during a segment on his show, Jalen & Jacoby, before criticizing five-time NBA All-Star Kevin Love, who is white, for…
MLB Changes Color of American Flag on Radical All-Star Uniforms InsideHook June 27, 2021 Already somewhat of a hot-button topic after being moved from Atlanta to Denver following Georgia’s passage of discriminatory voting laws, the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game is once again stirring up controversy, albeit for a far more trivial reason. Leading to much mockery, MLB unveiled the caps and jerseys players will be wearing for the annual Midsummer Classic next month at Coors Field, the home of the Colorado Rockies. As a nod to the state hosting the game, MLB — which has had…
‘Almost no idea more un-American’: Pence breaks with Trump on Jan. 6 By Quint Forgey POLITICO June 26, 2021 Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday offered his most forceful rejection yet of former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election on Jan. 6, but declined to directly criticize Trump by name or assign him any blame for inciting the deadly Capitol attack. Instead, Pence — speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. — insisted he was not constitutionally empowered to reverse the election results when he presided over the counting of…
Macy Gray doubles down on calls for replacing ‘dated, devisive’ U.S. flag By Ryan Smith Newsweek June 26, 2021 Macy Gray has doubled down on her criticism of the U.S. flag as she continues to call for a new redesigned version with stars that would represent “everyone’s skin tone.” The singer elicited a strong response with her op-ed for MarketWatch, published on Thursday, in which she said the current flag “no longer represents democracy and freedom” and was “tattered, dated, divisive, and incorrect.” She suggested Old Glory’s popularity at the U.S. Capitol riot showed that for many it…
Judge sentences Derek Chauvin to over 22 years for murder of George Floyd Yahoo News June 26, 2021 Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, more than one year after Floyd’s death sparked an international movement against police brutality. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill, who presided over Chauvin’s murder trial, handed down a sentence of 270 months for charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s May 25, 2020, death. Chauvin received a credit of 199 days served…
Trump Organization could face criminal charges in New York as soon as next week By Kara Scannell CNN June 26, 2021 New York (CNN)The Manhattan district attorney’s office has informed lawyers for the Trump Organization that it could face criminal charges in connection with benefits it has provided to company employees, a Trump attorney confirmed Friday. The charges, which could come as soon as next week, would likely involve allegations of a company effort to avoid paying payroll taxes on compensation it provided to employees, including rent-free apartments, cars and other benefits, a person familiar with the matter…
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Manchin and Sinema Now Face the Weight of History By Ronald Brownstein The Atlantic June 25, 2021 The battle over access to the ballot is entering a precarious new stage. Democrats and civil-rights groups are pursuing a two-track strategy to preserve their embattled hopes of passing federal legislation establishing a nationwide floor of voting rights. What happens next will likely determine whether Congress can act at all. Advocates are betting that a combination of what might be called inside proof and outside pressure will yield their best chance of persuading the last Democratic holdouts to restrict use of…
Manchin says Democratic-only infrastructure bill ‘inevitable’ By Jordain Carney TheHill June 25, 2021 Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said on Thursday that it was “inevitable” that Democrats would move forward with a separate, Democrat-only infrastructure package — it was just a question of what the size and scope will be. “Reconciliation is inevitable because basically Republicans I understand on the tax they don’t want to undo anything on the 2017 [bill]. For those who didn’t vote for 2017, there should be some adjustments. I’m open to that,” Manchin told reporters. Continue Reading…..