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Conservative Magazine's New Samuel Alito Flags Spark Backlash

Published Jun 08, 2024 at 12:06 PM EDT | Updated Jun 08, 2024 at 12:57 PM EDT Conservative editorial magazine National Review is facing backlash online for selling flags honoring embattled Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. According to the magazine, one flag is loosely based on the "Appeal to Heaven" flag commissioned by George Washington during the American Revolution. The other is based on the Bennington battle flag, a banner associated with a revolutionary battle that took plac ...

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Federal court hands MyPillow and Lindell a loss when it comes to compelling 'attenuated at best' testimony of DOJ

Jun 8th, 2024, 11:39 am A Minnesota pillow magnate has been barred from enforcing subpoenas against two government-affiliated individuals he hoped to use for the basis of his defense against defamation claims. The underlying controversy would be familiar to readers as the $1.3 billion lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against MyPillow and their CEO Mike Lindell. The stalwart Donald Trump ally repeatedly and baselessly accused two voting machine companies of rigging the 2020 presidenti ...

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Trump to escalate blame on trial judge Juan Merchan if sentenced to prison

Sat 8 Jun 2024 09.00 EDT Donald Trump is determined to avoid jail, but if he does get handed a prison sentence after his conviction on 34 felony counts in New York last week, the former president’s inner circle is certain he will lay the blame squarely at the judge’s feet, sources familiar with the matter said. The precise way Trump might blame the judge, Juan Merchan, remains unclear because Trump has been avoidant of the issue and the matter was not resolved when he huddled with his top adv ...

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North Korea resumes flying balloons in likely bid to drop trash on South Korea again, Seoul says

June 8, 2024, 11:43 AM SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea resumed flying balloons on Saturday in a likely attempt to drop trash on South Korea again, South Korea’s military said, two days after Seoul activists floated their own balloons to scatter propaganda leaflets in the North. Animosities between the two Koreas have risen recently because North Korea launched hundreds of balloons carrying manure and trash toward South Korea in protest of previous South Korean civilian leafletting campaigns ...

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Biden campaign highlights Trump's Arpaio kiss

06/08/24 2:20 PM ET President Biden’s reelection campaign launched a quick response digital ad Saturday that features former President Trump kissing former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on stage. The kiss came at a rally Thursday where the former president brought out the 91-year-old Arpaio onstage, hugged him and blew an air kiss in the vicinity of the former law enforcement officer’s right ear. “I don’t kiss men, but I kissed him,” Trump told the crowd at the Dream City Church in Phoe ...

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Conservatives want to 'Bud Light the F*** out of' Kohl's after Wisconsin retailer refuses RNC sponsorship

11 hours ago Conservatives are calling for a boycott of department store Kohl’s over its refusal to sponsor the Republican National Convention, which is being held in the state where the retailer is headquartered. Some posters have even pledged to “Bud Light the f*** out of” Kohl’s in reference to the boycott that took a massive bite of sales of the popular beer after its partnership with transgender Dylan Mulvaney. The Republican convention is set to take place in Milwaukee between July 15 ...

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US speeds up purchasing for Strategic Petroleum Reserve as oil prices dip

June 7, 2024 4:20 PM EDT Updated 12 hours ago WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration said on Friday it has increased purchasing of crude oil to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve following its historic sale from the stockpile in 2022. The Department of Energy on Friday issued two solicitations to buy a combined 6 million barrels of crude for delivery to its Bayou Choctaw site in Louisiana from September through December. If those offers and previously annou ...

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Sandy Hook families agree to Alex Jones' bankruptcy liquidation

June 7, 2024 5:37 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) - Families of the Sandy Hook massacre victims claimed victory in Alex Jones' bankruptcy case on Friday, accepting the conspiracy theorist's proposal to sell his assets, including InfoWars, to partly pay legal judgments to them for his lies about the 2012 U.S. school shooting. Jones, who filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection 17 months ago, has given up trying to reach a bankruptcy deal that would reduce the $1.5 billion th ...

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Top Law Firms in US Opioid Lawsuits to Get Hundreds of Millions in Fees

June 7, 2024, at 6:23 p.m. (Reuters) - A court-appointed panel on Friday recommended how to divvy up a pool of $2.13 billion in legal fees from nationwide drug industry settlements over the U.S. opioid crisis, with top firms set to receive hundreds of millions of dollars. The panel gave national firm Motley Rice the largest share, with 18.6% of the funds, or $396 million. Other firms with large shares include New York-based Simmons Hanly Conroy, with 11.4%, or $244 million; California-based ...

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Colorado Republicans call on party chair to resign after "hateful" Pride remarks

Published: Jun. 8, 2024 at 12:52 AM EDT|Updated: 8 hours ago COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - The push to oust the Colorado Republican Party chair following his comments on Pride Month is exposing divides within the GOP. An email went out on Monday from party chair Dave Williams declaring, “God Hates Flags”, “God Hates Pride”, among other rhetoric demonizing the LGBTQ+ community. A post on X, formerly known as Twitter, calls for the burning of all Pride flags. Jefferson County Republican Par ...

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Thousands gather outside White House to protest war in Gaza

20 min ago - June 8, 2024, 6:01 PM EDT / Updated June 8, 2024, 9:37 PM EDT WASHINGTON — Thousands of people from cities across the country gathered outside the White House on Saturday to protest the Biden administration’s policies toward the Israel-Hama ... (NBC News)

U.S. provided support to Israeli forces in rescue of 4 hostages in Gaza

1 hr ago - Updated on: June 8, 2024 / 8:05 PM EDT The United States provided support to the successful Israeli security forces raid that rescued four living hostages from captivity in Gaza on Saturday, two U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News. The U.S. military ... (CBS News)

Migrant arrests drop at US-Mexico border as Biden asylum ban rolls out

1 hr ago - June 8, 2024 7:34 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) - The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border dropped on Friday, a senior U.S. border official told Reuters, saying it signaled a restrictive new B ... (Reuters)

Harris escalates criticism of Trump, calling conviction 'disqualifying'

2 hrs ago - 06/08/2024 06:20 PM EDT Updated: 06/08/2024 07:27 PM EDT Donald Trump’s behavior should disqualify him for the presidency, Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to tell a state Democratic Party dinner in Detroit on Saturday night, in one of ... (Politico)

Trump campaign preps for Las Vegas rally after heat cases in Phoenix

2 hrs ago - June 8, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. EDT Former president Donald Trump's campaign is taking steps ahead of a rally on Sunday in Las Vegas to prevent sweltering conditions from leading to heat exhaustion or other heat-related injuries like those seen at a recent ... (Washington Post)

3 private citizens launched to space and back on Virgin Galactic's Unity spacecraft

3 hrs ago - 06/08/24 5:39 PM ET Three private citizens launched into space and landed safely back on Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spacecraft, completing the company’s second spaceflight of 2024 and 12 missions to date. Virgin Galactic’s seventh co ... (The Hill)

House Ethics Panel Looks Into Nancy Mace's Use of Reimbursement Program

4 hrs ago - June 8, 2024, 5:18 p.m. ET The House Ethics Committee has begun reviewing Representative Nancy Mace’s use of a reimbursement program for lodging and other expenses of Congress members working in Washington, according to a committee member famili ... (New York Times)

Gantz scraps anticipated resignation announcement following news of hostages' rescue

12 hrs ago - Today, 4:24 pm War cabinet member Benny Gantz on Saturday canceled a news conference planned for the evening, during which he was expected to announce his National Unity party was leaving the government. The decision came after the military’s su ... (The Times of Israel)

Trump to escalate blame on trial judge Juan Merchan if sentenced to prison

13 hrs ago - Sat 8 Jun 2024 09.00 EDT Donald Trump is determined to avoid jail, but if he does get handed a prison sentence after his conviction on 34 felony counts in New York last week, the former president’s inner circle is certain he will lay the blame s ... (The Guardian)

Biden campaign highlights Trump's Arpaio kiss

13 hrs ago - 06/08/24 2:20 PM ET President Biden’s reelection campaign launched a quick response digital ad Saturday that features former President Trump kissing former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on stage. The kiss came at a rally Thursday where the ... (The Hill)

UN chief will declare that both Israel and Hamas are violating children's rights during war

14 hrs ago - Jun 8, 2024 2:55 PM EDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. secretary-general will tell the Security Council next week that both Israel and Hamas are violating children’s rights and leaving them exposed to danger in their war to eliminate each ... (PBS News Hour/AP)

Biden aide raises possible increased deployments of U.S. strategic nuclear weapons

14 hrs ago - June 8, 2024 8:32 AM EDT Updated 9 hours ago WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - The United States may have to deploy more strategic nuclear weapons in coming years to deter growing threats from Russia, China and other adversaries, a senior White House ai ... (Reuters)

North Korea resumes flying balloons in likely bid to drop trash on South Korea again, Seoul says

15 hrs ago - June 8, 2024, 11:43 AM SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea resumed flying balloons on Saturday in a likely attempt to drop trash on South Korea again, South Korea’s military said, two days after Seoul activists floated their own balloons to scatte ... (ABC News/AP)

Federal court hands MyPillow and Lindell a loss when it comes to compelling 'attenuated at best' testimony of DOJ

16 hrs ago - Jun 8th, 2024, 11:39 am A Minnesota pillow magnate has been barred from enforcing subpoenas against two government-affiliated individuals he hoped to use for the basis of his defense against defamation claims. The underlying controversy would be fam ... (Law & Crime)

Conservative Magazine's New Samuel Alito Flags Spark Backlash

17 hrs ago - Published Jun 08, 2024 at 12:06 PM EDT | Updated Jun 08, 2024 at 12:57 PM EDT Conservative editorial magazine National Review is facing backlash online for selling flags honoring embattled Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. According to the magazin ... (Newsweek)

Climate crisis creates a health crisis, WHO reports

18 hrs ago - June 08, 2024 8:54 AM GENEVA — Scientific evidence documented in a series of articles presented by the World Health Organization this week highlights the harmful impact of climate change at key stages of the human life cycle. “These provid ... (VOA)

New Jersey Democrat introduces bill to combat abuse against elderly LGBTQ population

19 hrs ago - 06/08/24 11:08 AM ET Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) announced new legislation this week that would help combat abuse against elderly LGBTQ Americans by establishing a task force within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to focus on solutions for the issu ... (The Hill)

'Unfit for office': Rep Victoria Spartz called out over 'manic' behavior of throwing furniture at staff

20 hrs ago - Story by Debapriya Bhattacharya • 8h • 2 min read WASHINGTON, DC: Rep Victoria Spartz (R-In) has been reportedly named the 'worst boss' on Capitol Hill as former staffers opened up about the abuses they faced in her office, according to the ... (msn.com)

Colorado Republicans call on party chair to resign after "hateful" Pride remarks

Yesterday - Published: Jun. 8, 2024 at 12:52 AM EDT|Updated: 8 hours ago COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - The push to oust the Colorado Republican Party chair following his comments on Pride Month is exposing divides within the GOP. An email went out on Monday f ... (CBS11/KKTV Colorado Springs)

Trump loyalist pushes 'post-constitutional' vision for second term

Yesterday - “A battle-tested D.C. bureaucrat and self-described Christian nationalist is drawing up detailed plans for a sweeping expansion of presidential power in a second Trump administration. Russ Vought, who served as the former president’s budget ... (Washington Post)

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