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- The Hill
Petition calling for Clarence Thomas removal from Supreme Court gets 1M signatures
An online petition that calls for the removal of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has attracted more than 1 million signatures. The petition, titled “Impeach Justice Clarence Thomas,” was created on the public advocacy organization website MoveOn in May. The petition description cited Thomas’s vote to overturn Roe v. Wade as reasoning for his removal. …
- Politico
Opinion | Bombshell Jan. 6 Testimony Could Hurt a Justice Department Prosecution
And DOJ only has itself to blame.
- INSIDER
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney says he'll be 'happy' to leave office after July 4 shooting: 'I'm waiting for something bad to happen all the time'
"I'll be happy when I'm not mayor and I can enjoy some stuff," Kinney said after two police officers were shot on Monday night.
- Reuters
Swiss give cool reply to Ukraine call for seizing Russian assets
Switzerland has given a cool response to calls from Ukraine's prime minister to use frozen assets of ultra-wealthy Russians to help fund his country's $750 billion reconstruction project. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal told a conference in Lugano that $300-500 billion of Russian assets had been frozen by the United States, European Union and Britain, money he said could help rebuild wrecked schools, hospitals and homes. "We propose to find (a) formula to create national and international legislation for (creating the) possibility of confiscation of frozen assets in case of unprovoked aggression," Shmygal said, referring to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- The Telegraph
How Sajid Javid pulled the trigger two minutes after PM's apology
“It was a mistake and I apologise.” In a clip filmed for the 6pm news, an unusually deflated Prime Minister finally said sorry over his handling of the Chris Pincher scandal that has brought his government to crisis point.
- Fresno Bee
Too many Americans want a dictatorship, not democracy. That fails our national motto
Fresno attorney on push to let state legislatures, not the people, decide elections. | Commentary
- The Daily Beast
Putin’s Big Turning Point in the War Could Finally Be Here
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyRussian forces took a key region in eastern Ukraine over the weekend, thanks in part to Moscow stepping up its coordination and war planning, according to a British intelligence assessment released on Tuesday.This change in Russian forces’ approach to fighting in Eastern Ukraine could be the early signs of a brand new—and worrying—phase in Russia’s devastating war in Ukraine.While Ukrainian officials first denied that they had lost Ly
- The Hill
Kinzinger shares compilation of vulgar and threatening calls
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) shared a compilation of around a dozen vulgar and threatening calls to his congressional office to highlight an increase in threats of violence in politics. “Threats of violence over politics has increased heavily in the last few years. But the darkness has reached new lows,” Kinzinger said in a tweet accompanying the…
- Baltimore Sun
Maryland Gov. Hogan calls on state police to suspend ‘good and substantial reason’ standard for carrying a concealed gun
Gov. Larry Hogan has directed the Maryland State Police to suspend the state’s “good and substantial reason” standard for obtaining a permit to carry a concealed handgun in light of last month’s Supreme Court decision. “It would be unconstitutional to continue enforcing this provision of state law,” Hogan said Tuesday in a statement. “There is no impact on other permitting requirements and ...
- The Daily Beast
Putin’s Lies Have Kremlin TV Flailing and Fighting On-Air
GettyWhile Russian troops slowly advance in Eastern Ukraine, questions loom as to how far President Vladimir Putin is planning to take his invasion of Ukraine. During a recent press conference, Putin claimed that nothing has changed and everything is going according to the plan: “I have formulated the overall goal, which is to liberate Donbas, protect its people and create conditions that will guarantee the security of Russia itself. That is all.” His deliberately vague responses implied that Ru
- Yahoo Celebrity
'Fed up' Debra Messing says she got Biden elected during White House call about abortion rights: Report
Actress and activist Debra Messing reportedly unloads about White House's response to abortion rights in frustrated call with aides.
- Reuters
Russia's stated war aims begin catching up with reality
The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament said on Tuesday that Ukraine had become a "terrorist state" and was doing everything to ensure that Russia did not stop its invasion at the borders of the eastern Donbas region as advertised. The remark by Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin marked an escalation of Russian war rhetoric but ignored the fact that Moscow's forces already occupy large parts of southern Ukraine as well. It suggested that Moscow, fresh from seizing the last parts of Ukraine's Luhansk region on Sunday, might be preparing once more to expand its stated war objectives, which it reined back a month into the invasion after an assault on the capital Kyiv and an advance on the second largest city Kharkiv were beaten back.
- The Wrap
Fussing Over Camera Angles Is a Trump Family Tradition in New Trailer for Alex Holder’s Jan. 6 Documentary
No bombshells here – but a lot of Donald, Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr. fluffing up their shots
- The New Voice of Ukraine
Russians suffering huge losses as Ukrainian army holds them back in Donbas — Luhansk governor
Ukraine’s army is holding back the Russian invasion force on the border of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, the head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration Serhiy Hayday wrote on Telegram on July 6.
- Bloomberg
China Accuses US of ‘Technological Terrorism’ as Chip Curbs Grow
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- Bloomberg
Copper Crash Deepens as Recession Fears Loom Over Metals Trading
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- NBC News
Rep. Adam Kinzinger releases expletive-laced audio of numerous calls to D.C. office threatening violence
Adam Kinzinger released an audio compilation of calls or voicemails made to his office, most laced with profanity and threatening him, his family, or Liz Cheney.
- Reuters
Real estate giant appeals 'each and every part' of contempt order in New York Trump probe
Cushman & Wakefield, which appraised several properties belonging to Donald Trump, on Wednesday appealed "each and every part" of an order finding it in contempt of court related to subpoenas in a civil probe into whether the former U.S. president manipulated asset values. Justice Arthur Engoron of a New York state court in Manhattan had on Tuesday found Cushman, one of the world's largest real estate companies, in contempt and imposed a $10,000-a-day fine starting on July 7. He chastised Cushman for waiting until after its latest deadline to seek more time to comply with New York Attorney General Letitia James' subpoenas, saying it "has only itself to blame if it chose to treat the looming deadlines cavalierly."
- Business Insider
Universal Music employee says they were fired after emailing colleagues the day Roe v. Wade was overturned to criticize the company's donations to anti-abortion lawmakers
Michael Lopez said they got a "surprise Zoom video chat with HR" soon after sending the email. Universal disputes Lopez's version of events.