Trump co-defendant Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case Mr Nauta has retained a Florida-based defence attorney, Sasha Dadan The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023
The Peaky Blinders Creative Team Sent Out A Message After Ron DeSantis Used Cillian Murphy Footage Without Permission After Governor Ron DeSantis used a portion of Peaky Blinders footage in a recent political ad, Cillian Murphy and the show's creatives responded. Cinemablend · Jul 6, 2023
Surveillance footage of Trump boxes paved way for FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search Prosecutors suspected Trump kept classified documents because only a small number were returned from many boxes The Guardian - US · Jul 6, 2023
9th Circuit conservatives blast homelessness ruling, say issue is 'paralyzing' US West Some of the most powerful conservative judges in the United States took collective aim Wednesday at the idea that homeless people with nowhere else to go have a right to sleep in public, excoriating their liberal colleagues for ruling as much. Los Angeles Times · Jul 6, 2023
Missouri newspaper condemns Josh Hawley for posting fake quote Kansas City Star says Fourth of July quote posted on Twitter was made up after pointing out offensive Juneteenth comment The Guardian - US · Jul 6, 2023
Wis. veto funds schools for 400 years Republicans decried Tony Evers' "powerful veto authority" after he vetoed individual numbers in the bill Salon · Jul 6, 2023
Ohio voters are likely to decide the future of abortion rights Abortion rights groups collected tens of thousands of signatures to put the issue on ballots this fall The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023
Trump’s co-defendant in classified documents case still hasn’t hired a lawyer Walt Nauta still needs a local lawyer to appear for him in a Florida court The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023
Election rulings temper Supreme Court’s conservative streak WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court shrugged off partisan criticism this term and again delivered conservative decisions in major cases about race and religious rights, but the justices declined a chance to do the same in some key election cases that could end up benefiting Democrats. Tribune News Service · Jul 6, 2023
DeSantis doubles down on ‘homophobic’ anti-Trump ad: ‘Totally fair game’ Florida governor says former president was ‘pioneer in injecting gender ideology into the mainstream … he’s now campaigning saying the opposite’ The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023
Prof: Unsealed doc suggests more charges "The real story is what is left that is redacted,” says former U.S. Attorney Barb McQuade Salon · Jul 6, 2023
National GOP recruiting Mayra Flores, ousted from her South Texas seat, to run again for Congress The Los Indios Republican won a special election in 2022 but lost to U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez five months later in the general election. The Texas Tribune · Jul 6, 2023
Justice Sotomayor and the Manipulation of "Race" Justice Sotomayor decides who is a person of color based on whether it supports her views regarding structural racism. Reason · Jul 6, 2023
Don’t weaken enforcement of anti-patronage Shakman decrees Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough’s office might emerge from under anti-patronage hiring monitoring, even though critics say the office does not meet good-government standards. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 6, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 6, 2023 Be aware of the pitfalls when it comes to getting a criminal record expunged Even if an individual obtains an expungement from local law enforcement, the FBI is not required — and often won’t — expunge the record from its National Crime Incident database, a retired suburban police chief warns.
The Week · Jul 6, 2023 Supreme court closes door on affirmative action in university admissions For decades, the admissions policies of many prestigious US universities have been deliberately skewed to increase the number of black students. And with very good reason, said Jerome Karabel in The New York Times.
The Guardian - US · Jul 6, 2023 Union wins at New York farms raise hopes for once-powerful UFW Five hundred farmworkers have unionized – the biggest success in years for the union co-founded by Cesar Chavez
The Guardian - US · Jul 6, 2023 Trump valet arraigned over role in classified documents case Walt Nauta faces six charges, including conspiracy to obstruct justice, corruptly concealing a record and making false statements
Salon · Jul 6, 2023 Why MAGA loved a fake liberal "Erica Marsh" was obviously not real, but MAGA Twitter just can't quit their addiction to disinformation
Ballotpedia · Jul 6, 2023 Oregon voters to decide measures related to ranked-choice voting, impeachment Welcome to the Thursday, July 6, Brew.
The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023 Newly unsealed portions of Trump documents affidavit shed light on how surveillance video led to Mar-a-Lago search Justice Department makes public new parts of the affidavit that led to agents searching former president’s home
Tribune News Service · Jul 6, 2023 VIEWPOINT 1: How great was Gerald Ford? Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew had never gotten along well. It likely didn’t pain the president much to acquiesce in the ousting of his vice president over illegal kickbacks while the president struggled to keep his own job. It was 1973, and Nixon still gave every indication that he wanted…
Chicago Tribune · Jul 6, 2023 Commentary: If there is a Kennedy in your past, you might weigh a Kennedy for president in your future Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running for the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee. Anxious Democrats are taking note.
Chicago Tribune · Jul 6, 2023 Editorial: What path lies ahead for ‘sojourner’ Barack Obama? As President Joe Biden finds himself struggling with approval ratings that remain stubbornly resistant even to good economic news, Washington’s chattering classes have begun to resurrect a question that was prominent in 2020: Could former President Barack Obama be the magical healer Democrats need to reinvigorate disenchanted Democrats?
Tribune News Service · Jul 6, 2023 Commentary: The one ethics rule the Supreme Court needs before its next term The Supreme Court may be beginning its summer recess, but the furor over the justices’ ethical lapses is still gathering steam. We now know that both Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have gone on lavish vacations with court litigants without disclosing the trips or recusing themselves from their benefactors’…