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Jan. 6th Committee member Jamie Raskin on Trump: “People are hungering for justice and for accountability and consequences” – CBS News CBS News December 6, 2022 After more than a thousand interviews and hours of televised hearings, one of the highest-profile Congressional investigations since Watergate, the January 6th Committee, will soon release a sweeping report. The looming question: will the report urge the Justice Department to prosecute former President Donald Trump? For now, the committee is coy. But Maryland Democrat Jamie Raskin, one of its leading members, has reached his own, personal conclusion on whether Trump committed a…
Supreme Court Justice Alito jokes about Black Santa and Ashley Madison during arguments in same-sex weddings case NBC News December 6, 2022 Justice Samuel Alito joked about Black Santa, children in Klan robes and dating websites as the Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case weighing a web designer’s bid to avoid working on same-sex weddings because she is a conservative evangelical Christian. Web designer Lorie Smith of Colorado opposes same-sex marriage on religious grounds and is seeking an exemption from a state law that outlaws discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in public accommodations. Smith…
Emhoff to host Jewish leaders for discussion of antisemitism By Associated Press POLITICO December 6, 2022 Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, will host Jewish leaders this week to discuss a rise in antisemitism and efforts to fight hate in the United States. The White House roundtable on Wednesday follows a surge in anti-Jewish vitriol spread by a famous rapper, an NBA star and other prominent people. Emhoff is the first Jewish person among the top four officials — the president, vice president and their spouses — in the executive branch of government, and he…
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TheBlaze December 5, 2022 Fans of the iconic Disney theme park ride Splash Mountain have a little over a month to take one last ride. Disney will close Splash Mountain permanently on January 23 because, the company says, it promotes “racial stereotypes.” The ride, which opened in 1989, is based on the 1946 Disney film “Song of the South.” The film has fallen out of favor in recent years because, critics say, it offers a racially insensitive depiction of Reconstruction in the American South just after the end of the Civil War. “I’ve felt, as long as I’ve been…
Georgia runoff: full steam ahead for Democrats as they aim to solidify Senate majority the Guardian December 4, 2022 A marathon election campaign will enter its final sprint on Tuesday when voters in Georgia decide the last seat in the US Senate — and shape the next phase of Joe Biden’s presidency. Opinion polls suggest a narrow lead for incumbent Democratic senator Raphael Warnock over his Republican challenger, former American football star Herschel Walker. Victory for Warnock would give Democrats 51 seats in the 100-seat Senate, a stronger hand than they currently hold in an evenly split chamber…
White House to Trump: ‘You cannot only love America when you win’ By Craig Howie POLITICO December 4, 2022 The White House on Saturday responded to Donald Trump calling for the suspension of the Constitution to overturn the 2020 election, saying in a statement, “You cannot only love America when you win.” “The Constitution brings the American people together — regardless of party — and elected leaders swear to uphold it,” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said. “Attacking the Constitution and all it stands for is anathema to the soul of our nation, and should be universally condemned.”…
Five Stray Thoughts on the Oath Keepers Verdict By Roger Parloff Lawfare December 3, 2022 I already offered my account of the strengths and weaknesses of the evidence in the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy prosecution on Monday morning. For their part, the daily media have by now aptly explored the key takeaways from the jury’s Tuesday evening verdicts in that case. For readers’ assistance, here is a useful chart of the jury’s verdicts on each of the 10 counts as they relate to each of the five defendants. In addition to the guilty/not guilty binary, I have a…
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