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Clarence Thomas takes a swing at Jack Smith, claiming the special counsel can't prosecute Trump
After helping grant Donald Trump for just about everything he did as president, Justice Clarence Thomas may also have provided federal Judge Aileen Cannon the excuse she needs to remove special counsel Jack Smith, RawStory reported. Last month, the former president's legal team and outside right-wing attorneys were granted time...
Record-breaking Category 5 Hurricane Beryl wouldn't be possible without climate change
In late May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the top hurricane forecasting body in the United States, published a report forecasting the most active hurricane season yet. Now that the season has begun, Hurricane Beryl — the first named hurricane from 2024 — arrived last week, and is already breaking records for its early intensity.
Trump's sentencing on 34 felony counts likely delayed after Supreme Court immunity decision
Former President Donald Trump’s request to delay his July 11 sentencing in the New York hush money trial will likely be granted, Law 360 first reported on Tuesday. On Monday, Trump’s legal team requested that his conviction in the hush money case be set aside and his sentencing be postponed, following the Supreme Court's "absolute immunity" decision.
Carl Bernstein says Biden is "sharp" at meetings but his alarming debate performance "not a one-off"
Journalist Carl Berstein, the former Washington Post reporter who helped reveal the Watergate scandal, said on CNN Monday that sources “very close” to President Joe Biden told him that the Democrat’s debate performance last week is not surprising, claiming that he has appeared similarly low energy more than a dozen times since 2022, The Daily Beast reported.
"All the evidence is about to come out": Legal experts say SCOTUS ruling could backfire on Trump
The shift from a republic to a rotating tyranny was years in the making but the final blow still managed to shock: A Supreme Court that had just declared it a crime to be poor and homeless ruled that Donald Trump, previously and perhaps soon once again the world’s most powerful man, cannot be prosecuted for anything that a president’s lawyer (or conservative jurist) might spin as an “official act.” Legal experts say the decision effectively legalized executive criminality, ensuring that whoever occupies the White House — at least any Republican — can do as they please with the powers of their office, effectively constrained only by the threat of impeachment, which is hardly any threat at all, or a loss in a free and fair election.
“This is a death squad ruling": Maddow says SCOTUS immunity ruling goes further than Trump asked for
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Monday underscored the gravity of a recent Supreme Court decision that is expected to allow Donald Trump to receive broad immunity from criminal charges for "official acts" taken while in office. The ruling, a 6-3 split along ideological lines, saw Chief Justice John Roberts deliver the majority opinion.
This is how Joe Biden can beat Donald Trump like a drum
Compare and contrast. That’s what a political campaign is for; candidates present their vision of where they will take the country, and why you should elect them to do it versus what the other candidate wants to do. So far, Joe Biden has been running as the candidate who...
Day two of Donald Trump's dictatorship
This is the mission statement for authoritarians and autocrats such as aspiring dictator Donald Trump and his MAGA movement. Donald Trump and his agents’ and allies’ revolutionary plans to end American democracy are not secret: they have been publicly announced and are detailed in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, on Trump’s own campaign website as Agenda 47, and throughout the right-wing “news” media disinformation echo chamber. And now blessed by the highest court in the land.
The Supreme Court rules that Donald Trump can be a dictator
If Donald Trump commits a crime in office, writes Justice Sonia Sotomayor in her dissent for Trump v. United States, "he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune."
"No real clarity": Supreme Court emergency abortion decision leaving Idaho physicians in the dark
Last week, the Supreme Court dismissed a case brought forth by Idaho that challenged doctors' ability to provide emergency abortions to stabilize a patient’s health and life. As a result, for now, Idaho’s near-total abortion ban does not take precedence over a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which is a welcome relief for many doctors on the frontlines.
Killswitch engage: Tumor-bursting nanorobots triggered by acid-sensitive origami switch
Scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden announced in a paper on Monday that they have developed nanorobots which kill cancer cells using a specialized trigger. The technology, first tested in mice, holds promise to one day provide treatment in humans. Nanorobots are microscopic machines used to perform tasks too...
John Roberts’ Supreme Court would have let Richard Nixon off the hook
Wherever Richard Nixon is today, I have no doubt he is smiling up at the Supreme Court. Just short of fifty years after he resigned from the White House, the nation’s highest court has come around to Nixon’s view that if the president does something it is by definition “not illegal.”
"New slaves": Kanye West, Milo Yiannopoulos sued by ex-employees alleging racism and bullying
More Yeezy employees are coming forward against Kanye "Ye" West, alleging that the rapper and fashion brand owner participated in fostering an environment rife with bullying against minority employees, exploitation of labor and unpaid wages and even exposing underage employees to pornography. In a lawsuit filed on June 29, NBC...
Republican pundit says Biden should drop out, cites poll that shows most voters want Trump to quit
A Republican pundit is being called out for saying President Joe Biden should drop out of the race and citing a poll that also shows most people think Donald Trump should be running either. Republican Scott Jennings, appearing on CNN Sunday, declared that Biden "is compromised" and should quit the...
Legal experts shocked at SCOTUS immunity ruling: "The president can basically be a king"
Legal experts are expressing concern about the widespread implications of the Supreme Court decision released Monday stating that Donald Trump and other past and future presidents enjoy “absolute immunity” for “official acts” taken in office. In the 6-3 ruling, the court's right-wing majority said presidents are...
"They should be fired": O.J. Simpson's In Memoriam inclusion at BET Awards draws criticism
Some attendees at Sunday's BET Awards were taken by surprise when O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star and actor, was among those featured in the In Memoriam segment of the show. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a "noticeable silence fell over the crowd" when Simpson's image was displayed. Aside from his athletic and cinematic feats, Simpson, who passed away in April from metastatic cancer, leaves behind a troubling legacy. Simpson was the primary suspect in a 1994 double homicide that saw the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman, the 30th anniversary of which was on June 12. Following a highly publicized trial, Simpson was acquitted; however, in 1997, the former running back was found liable for both killings in a civil suit filed by the victims' families and was ordered to pay $33.5 million in damages.
“May have just legalized murder by one individual”: Experts alarmed at “stunning” SCOTUS ruling
Donald Trump is immune from criminal charges for official acts carried out within his "core constitutional powers" while in office but not from unofficial acts, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The highly anticipated decision comes nearly seven months after Trump first submitted the legal challenge in his federal election subversion...
How was popcorn discovered?
This article was originally published on The Conversation. How was popcorn discovered? – Kendra, age 11, Penn Yan, New York. You have to wonder how people originally figured out how to eat some foods that are beloved today. The cassava plant is toxic if not carefully processed through multiple steps. Yogurt is basically old milk that's been around for a while and contaminated with bacteria. And who discovered that popcorn could be a toasty, tasty treat?
Hunter Biden sues Fox News over miniseries, claiming the outlet "distorts the truth"
Lawyers for Hunter Biden, the Biden son clouded by personal controversies and a recent conviction for lying on a form to buy a gun, filed a lawsuit against Fox News on Monday over a miniseries they had posted and then taken down from their digital streaming service. The program, titled...
Exclusive poll: 6 in 10 people who watched the debate don't think Biden can complete another term
A survey released Monday by Democratic pollsters BSG and exclusively provided to Salon found that people who watched last week's debate thought Donald Trump did better than President Joe Biden by a more than 2-to-1 margin, with six in 10 respondents saying they don't think the incumbent is likely to finish a second four-year term in office.
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