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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter July 7, 2020 Federal Judge Andrew Carter last week refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen, Showtime and CBS. The lawsuit was filed by former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and his wife Kayla Moore, who claim that Cohen slandered Moore as a pedophile on his now-canceled show “Who is America?” After the judge denied Cohen’s request to dismiss the $95 million lawsuit, the case will now proceed to discovery, where the Moores announced that they intend to take the depositions of and obtain evidence from Cohen and other relevant individuals…
Kaepernick, Disney announce partnership deal ESPN.com July 7, 2020 Colin Kaepernick will be featured in an exclusive docuseries produced by ESPN Films as part of a first-look deal with The Walt Disney Co. The deal between Kaepernick’s production arm, Ra Vision Media, and Disney was announced Monday. The partnership will focus on telling scripted and unscripted stories that explore race, social injustice and the quest for equity. It also will provide a platform to showcase the work of minority directors and producers. “I am excited to announce this historic partnership with Disney across all of its platforms to…
Roger Stone asks appeals court to keep him from prison By Josh Gerstein POLITICO July 7, 2020 President Donald Trump’s longtime political adviser Roger Stone is mounting a last-ditch bid to get a federal appeals court to put off the 40-month prison sentence he is facing after being convicted of trying to thwart a congressional investigation into alleged ties between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia. Attorneys for Stone asked the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday for an emergency stay of U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s ruling last week putting Stone, 67, under house…
California tells six additional counties to close indoor businesses, all bars By Justine Coleman TheHill July 7, 2020 California on Monday told six more counties to close indoor operations for many businesses and all bars as the state experiences a surge in COVID-19 cases. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced during his press briefing that Colusa, Madera, Marin, Merced, Monterey and San Diego counties have been added to the list of those instructed to close bars and indoor operations for certain businesses. The state’s list currently includes 23 counties ordered to close indoor operations of restaurants, wineries, movie…
Violent weekend: 10 dead in 30 shootings in New York City on Sunday alone By Derick Waller ABC7 New York July 6, 2020 It was a weekend plagued by gun violence across New York City as the surge in shootings continues, with 11 people killed in two days and 30 shootings with 10 homicides on Sunday alone. Police say 48 people were victimized in those 30 shootings, and the recent abnormal spike is causing concern and outrage. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that he believes the most central issue for the violence is that the New York…
Duckworth emerging as a contender to be Biden’s running mate By Sean Sullivan Washington Post July 6, 2020 As Joe Biden pushes ahead with his search for a running mate, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) has quietly emerged as a serious contender, according to three people with knowledge of the selection process, one of several developing dynamics as the search enters its final weeks. Duckworth is a Purple Heart recipient and veteran of the Iraq War, the only finalist with military combat experience — and as a woman of Thai and Chinese descent, one of several candidates of color…
Donald Trump’s shrinking electoral map By Gabby Orr, Marc Caputo POLITICO July 6, 2020 Donald Trump’s campaign once spoke of expanding his electoral map into blue-leaning territory like Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico and New Hampshire. Now, winning at least a handful of those states has become a matter of survival. States that top campaign officials had said they had the luxury of pursuing are no longer considered add-ons to the president’s electoral vote tally but backstops to keep him afloat, according to multiple people close to or involved with his reelection operation. Continue Reading…..
Trump Is Running Out of Time By Michael Reagan Newsmax July 6, 2020 There’s a stark choice facing America in the November election. Citizens can vote for jobs and reelect Donald Trump. Or, they can vote for mobs and elect Joe Biden. It’s not any more complicated than that. Confusingly, it appears that Donald Trump — of all people — has forgotten that fact. Continue Reading…..
Colin Kaepernick Calls July 4th ‘Celebration Of White Supremacy’ By Cathy Burke Newsmax July 6, 2020 Football player and racial justice activist Colin Kaepernick issued a fiery denouncement of Independence Day, calling it a “celebration of white supremacy.” In a fierce rebuke, Kaepernick tweeted his condemnation along with a video of actor James Earl Jones reciting Frederick Douglass’s July 5, 1852, speech “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?” “Black ppl have been dehumanized, brutalized, criminalized + terrorized by America for centuries, & are expected to join your commemoration of “independence,” while you enslaved our ancestors,”…
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