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Analysis: Joe Biden’s dismal poll numbers are a feature, not a glitch, of his presidency By Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large CNN June 7, 2022 (CNN)President Joe Biden’s political honeymoon lasted six months. His messy marriage with the American public has now lasted almost twice as long. An analysis of Gallup’s polling on Biden’s job approval ratings since his January 2021 inauguration reveals that the President’s middling numbers are remarkably consistent over the past year. The last time that Biden had the approval of a majority of the American public in a Gallup survey was in July…
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USA Today June 6, 2022 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a St. Louis couple who could face indefinite suspension of their law licenses after they waved guns at a racial justice protest outside their home in 2020. Mark McCloskey, a personal injury attorney and Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Missouri, and his wife, Patricia McCloskey, drew national attention for walking onto their front yard with guns during a protest of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The protesters were walking to the home of the St. Louis…
How long can Ukraine keep fighting as its troop losses mount? Times of Israel June 6, 2022 ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine (AP) — As soon as they had finished burying a veteran colonel killed by Russian shelling, the cemetery workers readied the next hole. Inevitably, given how quickly death is felling Ukrainian troops on the front lines, the empty grave won’t stay that way for long. Col. Oleksandr Makhachek left behind a widow, Elena, and their daughters Olena and Myroslava-Oleksandra. In the first 100 days of war, his grave was the 40th dug in the military cemetery in Zhytomyr, 90…
Amber Heard support grows slowly in Hollywood after Depp trial verdict By Molly Mulshine Newsweek June 6, 2022 Now that a verdict has been reached in Johnny Depp’s defamation suit against Amber Heard, some celebrities are coming out of the woodwork to show support for Heard. The six-week trial gripped the world as it was broadcast live whenever court was in session. Depp sued ex-wife Heard for $50 million over three lines in a 2018 op-ed published in the Washington Post that she co-authored with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Heard countersued for $100 million over statements…
Biden wants to get out more, seething that his standing is now worse than Trump’s By Jonathan Lemire POLITICO June 6, 2022 President Joe Biden and his aides have grown increasingly frustrated by their inability to turn the tide against a cascade of challenges threatening to overwhelm the administration. Soaring global inflation. Rising fuel prices. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A Supreme Court poised to take away a constitutional right. A potentially resurgent pandemic. A Congress too deadlocked to tackle sweeping gun safety legislation even amid an onslaught of mass shootings. Continue Reading…..
Donald Trump endorses Kevin McCarthy for another term in Congress By Sarah Fortinsky and Chandelis Duster CNN June 5, 2022 (CNN)Former President Donald Trump endorsed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for another term in Congress on Saturday, calling him “an outstanding Representative for the people of California, and a strong and fearless Leader of the House Republican Conference.” The endorsement comes nearly two months after the release of tapes featuring McCarthy privately bashing Trump in the immediate aftermath of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The two have maintained a good relationship since that controversy first…
Schiff: DoJ decision not to indict Trump ex-aides Meadows and Scavino a ‘grave disappointment’ By Ramon Antonio Vargas the Guardian June 5, 2022 California congressman Adam Schiff — a member of the select House committee investigating the deadly Capitol riots — said Sunday it was “a grave disappointment” that federal prosecutors opted against charging two former Trump White House officials who ignored subpoenas seeking information on the January 6 attack. Schiff said on CBS’s Face the Nation that he couldn’t see why the federal justice department would treat Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows and communications…
After emailing employees about job cuts at Tesla, Elon Musk says the total headcount at the company will increase Yahoo News June 5, 2022 After sending an email about job cuts for salaried staff, Tesla CEO Elon Musk seemed to retract his statements in a tweet reply Saturday, writing that the number of salaried staff may not change drastically. Twitter account @WholeMarsBlog tweeted that Tesla’s headcount would increase over the next 12 months. Musk replied and said that the total number of Tesla employees hired would increase, but that salaried staff “should be fairly flat.” Continue Reading…..
DOJ declines to charge Meadows, Scavino with contempt of Congress for defying Jan. 6 committee By Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney, Nicholas Wu POLITICO June 5, 2022 The Justice Department has declined to prosecute two of Donald Trump’s closest White House advisers — former chief of staff Mark Meadows and social media director Dan Scavino — for refusing to cooperate with the Jan. 6 select committee, rejecting the House’s recommendation that the pair be charged with contempt of Congress. Matthew Graves, the U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C., delivered the news to House Counsel Douglas Letter earlier Friday, according to…