Trump again attempts to stoke racial divisions in housing message - CNN

July 30, 2020
Trump again attempts to stoke racial divisions in housing message - CNN Trump again attempts to stoke racial divisions in housing message - CNN Reviewed by Moltivie on July 30, 2020 Rating: 5

Donald Trump says 'nobody likes me' and cuts short presser after difficult questioning - The Sun

July 30, 2020
Donald Trump says 'nobody likes me' and cuts short presser after difficult questioning - The Sun Donald Trump says 'nobody likes me' and cuts short presser after difficult questioning - The Sun Reviewed by Moltivie on July 30, 2020 Rating: 5

Florida hit with 216 coronavirus deaths, breaking a record for the second day in a row - Miami Herald

July 30, 2020
Florida hit with 216 coronavirus deaths, breaking a record for the second day in a row - Miami Herald Florida hit with 216 coronavirus deaths, breaking a record for the second day in a row - Miami Herald Reviewed by Moltivie on July 30, 2020 Rating: 5

Judge blocks administration from implementing 'public charge' rule for immigrants during pandemic - CNN

July 30, 2020
Judge blocks administration from implementing 'public charge' rule for immigrants during pandemic - CNN Judge blocks administration from implementing 'public charge' rule for immigrants during pandemic - CNN Reviewed by Moltivie on July 30, 2020 Rating: 5

From 2 million to 1,000 - CNN

July 30, 2020
From 2 million to 1,000 - CNN From 2 million to 1,000 - CNN Reviewed by Moltivie on July 30, 2020 Rating: 5

Tracy Morgan, Megan Wollover announce separation after almost 5 years of marriage - Fox News

July 30, 2020
Tracy Morgan, Megan Wollover announce separation after almost 5 years of marriage - Fox News Tracy Morgan, Megan Wollover announce separation after almost 5 years of marriage - Fox News Reviewed by Moltivie on July 30, 2020 Rating: 5

Anthony Davis' status to play vs. the Clippers remains 'unclear' - Woj | SportsCenter - ESPN

July 30, 2020
Anthony Davis' status to play vs. the Clippers remains 'unclear' - Woj | SportsCenter - ESPN Anthony Davis' status to play vs. the Clippers remains 'unclear' - Woj | SportsCenter - ESPN Reviewed by Moltivie on July 30, 2020 Rating: 5

AG Barr Calls Black Lives Matter Protests in Portland ‘an Assault’ on U.S. Government in Testy Hearing

July 29, 2020

AG Barr Calls Black Lives Matter Protests in Portland ‘an Assault’ on U.S. Government in Testy HearingIn his first appearance ever before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr declined to say that political concerns weren’t animating the Trump administration’s use of federal troops to crack down on Black Lives Matter demonstrators.Asked by Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) if he’d discussed the politics of the crackdown with Trump or anyone in his inner circle, Barr didn’t specifically mention the Department of Justice operations but confirmed that the election “comes up” in his conversations with the president. “I’m a member of the Cabinet,” said Barr, “and there’s an election going on.”Pressed further by Nadler on the topic, Barr demurred: “I’m not going to get into my discussions with the president.” Bully Boy Bill Barr is America’s Ultimate Chaos AgentAs well, Barr indicated he views protesters in Portland, Oregon, not as demonstrators demanding Black liberation or defending themselves from an unwanted federal intrusion but as insurrectionists.“What unfolds nightly around the courthouse cannot reasonably be called a protest,” Barr said in his highly anticipated testimony. “It is, by any objective measure, an assault on the government of the United States.”Later, in response to GOP questioning, Barr thundered “is that OK?” in outlining demonstrators’ alleged offenses against federal officers. “I reject the idea that the Department has flooded anywhere and attempted to suppress demonstrators… We are at the courthouse defending the courthouse, we’re not out there looking for trouble.” Barr’s rhetoric represented the latest escalation by the Trump administration in demonizing the protests, which are part of what has become the largest sustained movement in American history. A Monday statement from the U.S. Marshals, a component of the Justice Department, called elements within the protesters “violent extremists,” a term typically used by the U.S. government to describe domestic terrorists, though a Marshals spokesperson said the reference was unintentional. “In the wake of George Floyd’s death, violent rioters and anarchists have hijacked legitimate protests to wreak senseless havoc and destruction on innocent victims,” Barr contended. Democrats fumed through the hearing on what they saw as Barr’s hypocrisy on that count. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) asked Barr whether he was aware of the pro-Trump protests in Michigan targeting Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, which featured heavily armed demonstrators. Barr said no. “You are aware of certain kinds of protesters, but in Michigan when protesters carried guns and Confederate flags and called for the governor of Michigan to be shot and lynched, somehow you are not aware of that, somehow you didn’t know about it, so you didn’t send federal agents in to do to the president’s supporters what you did to the president’s protesters,” charged Jayapal. The testimony from Barr, which has been more than a year in the making, has been hotly anticipated by Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill as an opportunity to litigate a number of his actions as Trump’s attorney general. Over the past year, Barr has overseen a reduction in the desired sentence and then the commutation of Trump ally Roger Stone’s conviction; the withdrawal of the criminal case against another Trump ally, Michael Flynn; the tear-gassing of Black Lives Matter protesters in D.C.’s Lafayette Park; an effort to oust the New York federal attorney handling sensitive investigations into Trumpworld; the transference of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort from prison to home confinement; and the deployment of armed, militarized federal agents against protesters in Portland over the objections of local and state elected officials. The growing portfolio of outrages that Barr has assembled has been overwhelming for House Democrats, some of whom have embraced the idea that the only remaining avenue for holding the attorney general—who has already been held in contempt of Congress—to account is to impeach him. But getting Barr on the House Judiciary witness stand, which was originally set for March and then later postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, is widely seen as the first step in whatever House Democrats decide to do next.In his opening statement, Nadler previewed the crux of Democrats’ case by arguing that Barr has been Trump’s fixer. “Your tenure,” Nadler told Barr, “is marked by a persistent war against the department’s professional core in an apparent effort to secure favors for the president.”Barr shot back that he was trying “to reestablish the rule of law.”Trump Administration Plots Crackdown by Feds in Cities NationwideThe attorney general’s handling of nationwide protests proved the focus of the hearing from the beginning. Federal agents, including the Marshals and others from the Department of Homeland Security, cited vandalism against the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse in Portland as a justification for their persistent presence. Barr, in his opening statement, called such vandalism the work of “hundreds of rioters.” Yet the federal response has generated the majority of the violence at the protests, which has included shooting protesters in the head with rubber bullets; breaking the hand of an unarmed Navy veteran; frequent pepper-spray dousings and tear-gassings; and street arrests without probable cause by minimally identified federal agents driving unmarked vans. Barr equivocated on whether federal agents can arrest protesters without probable cause, saying they could “not strictly” arrest someone because they were proximate to someone they believed was violent. But he demurred about whether such a thing represented an actual arrest, saying “that would require an intensive review” into each circumstance. It remains unknown exactly how many people in Portland have been arrested by federal agents during the July deployments. At one point, late in the hearing, Barr called pepper spray a “very important nonlethal tool” against “rioters” and added, “When people resist law enforcement, they’re not peaceful.”“There is no precedent for the Department of Justice actively seeking out conflict with American citizens, under such flimsy pretext, or for such petty purposes,” said Nadler. He said Barr “aided and abetted the worst failings of the president.”Elected officials, from Oregon’s governor to both its U.S. senators to the Portland mayor, have denounced the federal presence as a provocative escalation of violence. Barr and acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf have vowed to remain until the protests are quelled. ‘Shaking in Their Boots’: Trump Wanted a Portland-Style Offensive in ChicagoLast week, Barr justified a coming “surge” in federal law enforcement to Chicago, Albuquerque, and other cities—expected to last through the November election—by citing the Black Lives Matter protests as a source of public disrespect toward police. Black Lives Matter activists and their allies in Chicago are seeking an injunction against the use of Portland-style federal violence. After acknowledging “it is understandable” for Black Americans to distrust police, Barr said it was “an oversimplification” to view “some deep-seated racism generally infecting our police departments.” Defunding police is “grossly irresponsible,” he said, portraying crime as a “massively greater” threat to Black lives than police. Nadler countercharged: “At your direction, Department officials have downplayed the effects of systemic racism and abandoned the victims of police brutality; refused to hold abusive police departments accountable for their actions; and expressed open hostility to the Black Lives Matter movement.”But later in the hearing, Democrats also pressed Barr over his handling of criminal prosecutions stemming from Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) repeatedly asked Barr why Stone appeared to get special exceptions for leniency based on his age and conduct. “Can you think of any other cases where the defendant threatened to kill a witness, threatened a judge... where the DOJ claimed those were mere technicalities?” asked Deutch. “Can you think of even one?” Barr raised his voice in response, asserting the judge agreed with his analysis, though the witness in question, Randy Credico, did say he felt threatened by Stone. Democrats also tried to nail down definitive answers from Barr on a number of other subjects, such as whether he believed increased voting-by-mail increased the risk of voter fraud as Trump has alleged. Barr said it did. Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) also raised concerns Trump would move the date of the election or even reject the results, given Trump’s arguments about absentee voting and the possibility that final results won’t be known for some time after Election Day. Barr tersely responded, “if the results are clear, I would leave office.” GOP Senators Will Say This Much: Trump Photo Op Wasn’t a Good LookBarr also seemed to dismiss the convictions and guilty pleas reached by Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, saying that the Justice Department would not prosecute “some esoteric, made-up crime, but [rather] a meat-and-potatoes crime.”On Tuesday, Barr—who wrote in his prepared opening statement that he is not “the President’s factotum”—received a warm reception from Republicans, for whom the attorney general has become a hero. The top House Judiciary Republican, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), said last month the attorney general was doing “the Lord’s work.” “Spying. That’s why they’re after you, Mr. Attorney General,” Jordan said on Tuesday, before proceeding to portray the Black Lives Matter protests as violent through an extensive video that showed no police-induced violence.   A day before Barr’s hearing, a D.C. National Guard officer present at the Lafayette Park protest on June 1 told a different House committee that “the use of force against demonstrators in the clearing operation was an unnecessary escalation of the use of force.” Barr has denied accounts placing him in command responsibility for suppressing the protest. But the officer, West Point graduate and Iraq veteran Adam DeMarco, recounted Barr conferring with the Park Police shortly before they advanced to clear protesters from the square for Trump’s photo op. “From my observation, those demonstrators—our fellow American citizens—were engaged in the peaceful expression of their First Amendment rights,” DeMarco told the House natural-resources committee on Monday. “Yet they were subjected to an unprovoked escalation and excessive use of force.”Barr, questioned by Jayapal, dismissed his comments. “I don’t remember DeMarco as being involved in any decision-making,” he said, implying DeMarco was not credible since he “ran as a Democratic candidate in Maryland.” Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.




from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

AG Barr Calls Black Lives Matter Protests in Portland ‘an Assault’ on U.S. Government in Testy Hearing AG Barr Calls Black Lives Matter Protests in Portland ‘an Assault’ on U.S. Government in Testy Hearing Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

The White House is building a massive 'anti-climb' wall following protests. These photos show the evolution of White House fencing over the years

July 29, 2020

The White House is building a massive 'anti-climb' wall following protests. These photos show the evolution of White House fencing over the yearsThe "anti-climb" component for a new White House perimeter has been in the works since July 2016, but construction of the wall has ramped up recently.




from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

The White House is building a massive 'anti-climb' wall following protests. These photos show the evolution of White House fencing over the years The White House is building a massive 'anti-climb' wall following protests. These photos show the evolution of White House fencing over the years Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

'We cannot stand idly by': Senators demand Mitch McConnell call vote on John Lewis voting rights bill

July 29, 2020

'We cannot stand idly by': Senators demand Mitch McConnell call vote on John Lewis voting rights billThe US House of Representatives has agreed to rename a bill that reinstates key elements of the Voting Rights Act after John Lewis, the late Civil Rights leader and congressman who died on 17 July.A group senators have also demanded Senate Republicans bring the measure to a vote after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tabled legislation in 2019.




from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

'We cannot stand idly by': Senators demand Mitch McConnell call vote on John Lewis voting rights bill 'We cannot stand idly by': Senators demand Mitch McConnell call vote on John Lewis voting rights bill Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

Police searching for mother of boy found wandering alone

July 29, 2020


from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Police searching for mother of boy found wandering alone Police searching for mother of boy found wandering alone Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

177 Questions to Inspire Writing, Discussion, Debate and Reflection

July 29, 2020


By BY THE LEARNING NETWORK from NYT The Learning Network


177 Questions to Inspire Writing, Discussion, Debate and Reflection 177 Questions to Inspire Writing, Discussion, Debate and Reflection Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

If Our Masks Could Speak

July 29, 2020


By BY THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN from NYT Opinion


Masks, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), United States Politics and Government, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Coronavirus Reopenings
If Our Masks Could Speak If Our Masks Could Speak Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

Banksy and Rembrandt Boost Sotheby’s Sale to $192.7 Million

July 29, 2020


By BY SCOTT REYBURN from NYT Arts


Auctions, Art
Banksy and Rembrandt Boost Sotheby’s Sale to $192.7 Million Banksy and Rembrandt Boost Sotheby’s Sale to $192.7 Million Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

Niels Lauersen, Fallen Fertility Doctor to the Stars, Dies at 84

July 29, 2020


By BY PENELOPE GREEN from NYT New York


Infertility, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Deaths (Obituaries)
Niels Lauersen, Fallen Fertility Doctor to the Stars, Dies at 84 Niels Lauersen, Fallen Fertility Doctor to the Stars, Dies at 84 Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

‘I Just Don’t Get It’: Republicans Balk at Funding F.B.I. Building in Virus Bill

July 29, 2020


By BY KATIE ROGERS AND EMILY COCHRANE from NYT U.S.


United States Politics and Government, Stimulus (Economic), Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (2020), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Federal Budget (US)
‘I Just Don’t Get It’: Republicans Balk at Funding F.B.I. Building in Virus Bill ‘I Just Don’t Get It’: Republicans Balk at Funding F.B.I. Building in Virus Bill Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

Barr Clashes With House Democrats, Defending Responses to Protests and Russia Inquiry

July 29, 2020


By BY NICHOLAS FANDOS AND CHARLIE SAVAGE from NYT U.S.


Police Reform, George Floyd Protests (2020), United States Politics and Government, Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates, Special Prosecutors (Independent Counsel)
Barr Clashes With House Democrats, Defending Responses to Protests and Russia Inquiry Barr Clashes With House Democrats, Defending Responses to Protests and Russia Inquiry Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

Trump Is Dog-Whistling. Are ‘Suburban Housewives’ Listening?

July 29, 2020


By BY JENNIFER WEINER from NYT Opinion


Black People, Race and Ethnicity, Whites, Women and Girls, Presidential Election of 2020, Suburbs, Segregation and Desegregation, Black Lives Matter Movement
Trump Is Dog-Whistling. Are ‘Suburban Housewives’ Listening? Trump Is Dog-Whistling. Are ‘Suburban Housewives’ Listening? Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

Minneapolis Police Link Mystery ‘Umbrella Man’ to White Supremacy Group

July 29, 2020


By BY NEIL MACFARQUHAR from NYT U.S.


George Floyd Protests (2020), Black Lives Matter Movement, Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings
Minneapolis Police Link Mystery ‘Umbrella Man’ to White Supremacy Group Minneapolis Police Link Mystery ‘Umbrella Man’ to White Supremacy Group Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

How the $1,200 stimulus checks in the HEALS Act could differ from the first payments - CNBC

July 29, 2020
How the $1,200 stimulus checks in the HEALS Act could differ from the first payments - CNBC How the $1,200 stimulus checks in the HEALS Act could differ from the first payments - CNBC Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

Americans warned not to plant mysterious seeds appearing in the mail - The Guardian

July 29, 2020
Americans warned not to plant mysterious seeds appearing in the mail - The Guardian Americans warned not to plant mysterious seeds appearing in the mail - The Guardian Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

Europe faces down a second coronavirus pandemic wave - NBC News

July 29, 2020
Europe faces down a second coronavirus pandemic wave - NBC News Europe faces down a second coronavirus pandemic wave - NBC News Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

British PM Boris Johnson defends Spain travel ban amid coronavirus spike, says Europe has signs of second wave - Fox News

July 29, 2020
British PM Boris Johnson defends Spain travel ban amid coronavirus spike, says Europe has signs of second wave - Fox News British PM Boris Johnson defends Spain travel ban amid coronavirus spike, says Europe has signs of second wave - Fox News Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

Starbucks shares jump as investors shrug off coffee chain's loss and hope worst of the pandemic is behind it - CNBC

July 29, 2020
Starbucks shares jump as investors shrug off coffee chain's loss and hope worst of the pandemic is behind it - CNBC Starbucks shares jump as investors shrug off coffee chain's loss and hope worst of the pandemic is behind it - CNBC Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

MacKenzie Scott, formerly Bezos, says she has given away $1.7 billion of her wealth so far - CNN

July 29, 2020
MacKenzie Scott, formerly Bezos, says she has given away $1.7 billion of her wealth so far - CNN MacKenzie Scott, formerly Bezos, says she has given away $1.7 billion of her wealth so far - CNN Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

AMD up sharply with server processor sales driving earnings beat and strong guidance - Seeking Alpha

July 29, 2020
AMD up sharply with server processor sales driving earnings beat and strong guidance - Seeking Alpha AMD up sharply with server processor sales driving earnings beat and strong guidance - Seeking Alpha Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

Apple's China iPhone sales jump 225% in the second quarter as recovery continues, research shows - CNBC

July 29, 2020
Apple's China iPhone sales jump 225% in the second quarter as recovery continues, research shows - CNBC Apple's China iPhone sales jump 225% in the second quarter as recovery continues, research shows - CNBC Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

'Ellen' Show Accused of Toxic Behavior by Dozens of Staff - Inside Edition

July 29, 2020
'Ellen' Show Accused of Toxic Behavior by Dozens of Staff - Inside Edition 'Ellen' Show Accused of Toxic Behavior by Dozens of Staff - Inside Edition Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

Marlins' 2020 season is paused by MLB after COVID-19 outbreak among players, coaches - USA TODAY

July 29, 2020
Marlins' 2020 season is paused by MLB after COVID-19 outbreak among players, coaches - USA TODAY Marlins' 2020 season is paused by MLB after COVID-19 outbreak among players, coaches - USA TODAY Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5

RAPTORS at SUNS | SCRIMMAGE HIGHLIGHTS | July 28, 2020 - NBA

July 29, 2020
RAPTORS at SUNS | SCRIMMAGE HIGHLIGHTS | July 28, 2020 - NBA RAPTORS at SUNS | SCRIMMAGE HIGHLIGHTS | July 28, 2020 - NBA Reviewed by Moltivie on July 29, 2020 Rating: 5
Subscribe to: Posts ( Atom )
Powered by Blogger.