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'Total outrage': White House condemns Israeli settlers' attack on Gaza aid trucks
(The Guardian) The White House has condemned an attack on an aid convoy heading to Gaza by Israeli settlers who threw packages of food into the road and set fire to the vehicles. Video of the incident on Monday at Tarqumiya checkpoint, west of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, showed settlers blocking the trucks and throwing boxes of much-needed supplies on the ground. It is a total outrage that there are people who are attacking and looting these convoys coming from Jordan, going to Gaza to deliver humanitarian assistance, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters.
DOJ requests judge order Steve Bannon to begin prison sentence
(ABC News) Federal prosecutors on Tuesday requested the judge overseeing ex-Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon's criminal contempt of Congress case to order that he begin his four-month prison sentence, after an appeals court last week upheld his conviction. Prosecutors said there is no legal basis for Judge Carl Nichols to continue the stay on Bannon serving his sentence after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' conclusive ruling that rejected the basis for Bannon's appeal on all grounds.
Speaker Johnson to appear at courthouse amid Trump hush money trial
(The Hill) Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will appear at the Manhattan courthouse Tuesday as former President Trump sits for another day of his hush money trial. Johnson is the latest Republican lawmaker to visit the court amid Trumps ongoing criminal trial, which has kept the former president largely off the campaign trail as he vies for another term in the White House. Rep. Cory Mills is also joining Trump at the courthouse on Tuesday, the Florida Republican told The Hill.
Judging From Trump's Reaction, Michael Cohen's Testimony Is Crushing
(PoliticusUSA) Trump seems to know that he is not winning the trial. At some level, he also appears to understand that Michael Cohens testimony is very bad for him. Outside the courthouse, Trump was in panic mode, spending minutes throwing everything at the wall and hoping that something stuck.
Americans must prepare for another round of election denial
(Jennifer Rubin/Washington Post) We know it is coming. The array of contestants in four-times indicted former president Donald Trumps vice-presidential beauty pageant have repeatedly refused to say they unequivocally will accept the election results. Trump has already begun to lie about Democrats enlisting illegal immigrants to vote. If the MAGA forces do not win, Americans can expect an enhanced replay of 2020 election denial amplified by Truth Social, Elon Musks X and Chinas TikTok. Americans must collectively prepare for it and for any violence MAGA forces (from the gang who argued Jan. 6, 2021, was legitimate political discourse) might incite.
Blinken, in Kyiv, says U.S aid arriving at 'challenging' time for Ukraine
(Reuters) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told President Volodmyr Zelenskiy during a trip to Kyiv on Tuesday that part of a major U.S. aid package had arrived in Ukraine and that more was on its way that was going to "make a real difference". Blinken's trip is the first by a senior U.S. official since Congress passed a long-delayed $61 billion aid package last month. Kyiv's outmanned troops are battling a new Russian offensive in the northeast as well as assaults in the east.
Greg Abbott Threatens New Showdown With Joe Biden Administration
(Newsweek) Governor Greg Abbott has warned Texas A&M University "they are jeopardizing state funding" amid media reports it will comply with a Biden administration update to Title IX, which extends legislation to ban discrimination over gender identity.
Stormy Daniels Feared For Her Life At Trump Trial - Wore Bulletproof Vest
(TMZ) Stormy Daniels was so concerned bullets would rain down on her at the Trump trial last week that she wore a bulletproof vest to the NYC courthouse ... this according to her attorney. Stormy's lawyer, Clark Brewster, sat down with CNN Monday night to discuss the testimony his porn star client gave from the witness stand at the Trump hush money trial in Manhattan. During the interview, Brewster revealed Stormy had "a lot of fear" about "the security coming into New York."
Trump Was Incredibly Bad At Presidenting
(Political Wire) Jonathan Bernstein: I was one of the political scientists who participated in a rank the presidents survey and it was easy to place Trump dead last, given everything. But the truth is that even if Trump had followed and accepted the law, including the Constitutional emoluments provision, and even if he didnt provoke an insurrection in support of his bid to overturn an election he lost, and even if he didnt have a history of sexual assault, and even if he didnt regularly make bigoted remarks and encourage bigotry he was still quite a bit worse at the regular parts of presidenting than any of the modern presidents, at least.
- Civil LibertiesJustices Jackson, Sotomayor call out Supreme Court for rejecting due process appeal
- Cable News ClipsLIVE: Trump on Trial: Inside the courtroom as Michael Cohen takes stand - Live Q&A - Scheduled for Tues 5/14 5PM ET
- Liberal YouTubersWE NEED A "WALTER CRONKITE MOMENT" FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES 5.14.24 - Countdown
- Editorials & Other ArticlesSam Bankman-Fried Is Not Entirely Wrong
- Liberal YouTubersWE NEED A "WALTER CRONKITE MOMENT" FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES 5.14.24 Countdown with Keith Olbermann
- EconomyProducer Price Index (PPI). aka Wholesale Price Index, May 14, 2024. Graphs.
- Liberal YouTubersTrump Posts Videos of Himself FREAKING OUT after Trial - Meidas Touch
- Cable News ClipsSpeaker Mike Johnson to appear at NYC courthouse in support of Trump - Morning Joe - MSNBC
- Foreign AffairsShocking China Spy Revelations; US Hits China With Tariffs; South China Sea - China Update
- Cable News Clips'They ruled through fear': Richard Engel on Hamas' rule in Gaza - Morning Joe - MSNBC
- BirdersSinging bunting
- PhotographyRadiant Raptor (x-posted from Birders)
- Weather Watcherssonora ca am temps
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- American HistoryOn this day, May 14, 2022, ten people, all African Americans, were murdered in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.
- BirdersMale and female northern orioles
- Music AppreciationLove And Happiness/Rest In Peace David Sanborn
- Music AppreciationLove And Happiness/Rest In Peace David Sanborn
- PetsI forgot to share the Mother's Day greeting from the kidcats
- American HistoryOn this day, May 14, 1607, Jamestown was founded.
- Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity☦️ Orthodox Theology
- Atheists & AgnosticsKnock, knock...
- Women's Rights & IssuesLest we forget...
- Women's Rights & IssuesSaudi Arabia is rebranding itself as a moderate country, but what's the truth? Just ask our female activists
- Jewish GroupA nice opinion piece I found on FB about what is and isn't antisemitism.
- Women's Rights & IssuesFemale journalists under attack as press freedom falters
- Women's Rights & IssuesAustralia's Albanese declares 'national crisis' after killings of women (trigger warning)
- Women's Rights & IssuesSexual Assault Awareness Month: Silenced No More (trigger warning)
- Women's Rights & IssuesBusting Five Myths About Birth Control
- Women's Rights & IssuesBringing Domestic Violence Victims Back to Life (trigger warning)
- MichiganMild winter resulting in nightmarish tick season in Michigan
- United KingdomNo evidence foreign students are abusing UK graduate visas, review finds
- VermontInjured bear in Manchester; PSA from Vermont Fish & Wildlife
- Latin AmericaCosta Rica Announces Electricity Rationing Plan Amid Drought
- Latin AmericaGrupo Frontera's hybrid Mexican music went global. On a new album, their genre-melding has no limits
- Latin AmericaPolice arrest brother and lawyer of Peru's president over alleged influence peddling
- Latin AmericaIn progressive Argentina, the LGBTQ+ community says President Milei has turned back the clock
- CaliforniaCalifornia's wealthiest farm family plans mega-warehouse complex that would reshape Kern economy
- District of Columbia*Jenn Psaki on Amanpour, PBS
- WashingtonCounterprotest remains peaceful as pro-Israel group marches near encampment on UW campus
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Wholesale prices rose 0.5% in April, more than expected
22 min ago - Published Tue, May 14 2024 8:30 AM EDT Updated 21 Min Ago Wholesale prices jumped more than expected in April, putting up another potential roadblock to interest rate cuts anytime soon. The producer price index, a gauge of prices received at the whol ... (CNBC)
Congress blew the deadline for a plaque honoring Jan. 6 officers by over a year
47 min ago - May 14, 2024, 7:00 AM EDT WASHINGTON As Congress plans to honor law enforcement for National Police Week in Washington, those who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack are still awaiting a permanent memorial in the building ... (NBC News)
Commerce Department moves to secure internet traffic
1 hr ago - 4 hours ago The Commerce Department has started implementing new internet routing security measures to fend off nation-state hackers and other malicious cyberattacks. Why it matters: Improving the department's internet security can keep hackers from ... (Axios)
DOJ requests judge order Steve Bannon to begin prison sentence
1 hr ago - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday requested the judge overseeing ex-Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon's criminal contempt of Congress case to order that he begin his four-month prison sentence, after an appeals court last week upheld his conviction. Pro ... (ABC)
Greg Abbott Threatens New Showdown With Joe Biden Administration
1 hr ago - Published May 14, 2024 at 4:35 AM EDT | Updated May 14, 2024 at 8:15 AM EDT Governor Greg Abbott has warned Texas A&M University "they are jeopardizing state funding" amid media reports it will comply with a Biden administration update to Title I ... (Newsweek)
Biden hiking tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum -- adding to tensions with Beijing
1 hr ago - By JOSH BOAK, FATIMA HUSSEIN, PAUL WISEMAN and DIDI TANG Updated 4:36 AM CDT, May 14, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) The Biden administration announced plans to slap new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, alumi ... (AP)
Blinken, in Kyiv, says U.S aid arriving at 'challenging' time for Ukraine
2 hrs ago - May 14, 2024 8:09 AM EDT Updated 4 min ago KYIV, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told President Volodmyr Zelenskiy during a trip to Kyiv on Tuesday that part of a major U.S. aid package had arrived in Ukraine and that more w ... (Reuters)
Biden signs bipartisan bill banning imports of Russian uranium
2 hrs ago - Mon 13 May 2024 22.07 EDT Joe Biden has signed into law a bipartisan bill that bans the import of enriched uranium from Russia, in the latest effort by Washington to apply further pressure on Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine. The ban on i ... (The Guardian)
'Total outrage': White House condemns Israeli settlers' attack on Gaza aid trucks
3 hrs ago - It is a total outrage that there are people who are attacking and looting these convoys coming from Jordan, going to Gaza to deliver humanitarian assistance, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters. Israels siege o ... (The Guardian)
Arizona Supreme Court grants stay, preventing 1864 abortion ban from taking effect
3 hrs ago - 05/13/24 8:52 PM ET The Arizona Supreme Court on Monday granted state Attorney General Kris Mayes request to delay the enforcement of the states 1864 abortion ban, preventing it from taking effect for the next several months. The state& ... (The Hill)
Giuliani Turns to YouTube After Lies Land Him in Hot Water at Radio Station
4 hrs ago - Published May 13, 2024 7:07PM EDT Former Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has turned to social media in order to keep spreading the false conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election that got him kicked off the air at New York City radi ... (Daily Beast)
Man who crashed U-Haul into White House barrier pleads guilty
4 hrs ago - Updated 7:06 PM EDT, Mon May 13, 2024 CNN A Missouri man pleaded guilty on Monday in an attempted attack on the White House with a rented U-Haul, the Justice Department announced. Sai Varshith Kandula pleaded guilty to one count of willful ... (CNN Politics)
Mississippi enacts transgender bathroom ban in public schools
5 hrs ago - May 13, 2024, 6:12 PM EDT Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill into law Monday that would bar transgender people from using bathrooms that correspond with their gender identities in the states public schools. The legislation, titled the ... (NBC News)
Justice Department vows crackdown on election-related threats
6 hrs ago - 05/13/2024 04:29 PM EDT Top Justice Department leaders promised Monday to respond swiftly to threats against officials overseeing this years elections and to combat the increasing use of sophisticated technology to disguise the origins of any d ... (Politico)
Walmart to lay off hundreds of corporate staff and relocate others, WSJ reports
10 hrs ago - May 13 (Reuters) - Walmart is cutting hundreds of corporate jobs and asking most remote workers to move to offices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Meanwhile, workers at the U.S. retail giant's smal ... (Reuters)
U.N. staff member killed in attack on car marked with U.N. flag in Rafah
10 hrs ago - A U.N. staff member employed by the U.N. Department of Safety and Security was killed while traveling in a U.N. vehicle from Rafah to the European Hospital in the southwest corner of Khan Younis, according to a statement Monday by Farhan Haq, deputy ... (Washington Post)
Melinda French Gates resigns as co-chair from the Gates Foundation
10 hrs ago - Melinda French Gates, one of the world's wealthiest philanthropists, announced Monday she is resigning as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation a foundation she has helped lead since its start in 2000. In a post on X (formerly kn ... (NPR)
Major airlines sue Biden administration over fee disclosure rule
12 hrs ago - Major U.S. airlines are suing the U.S. Transportation Department over a new rule requiring upfront disclosure of airline fees, the latest clash between air carriers and the Biden administration. Lobbying group Airlines for America, along with America ... (Reuters)
The United Nations on Monday clarified that the overall number of fatalities in Gaza tallied by the Ministry of Health
14 hrs ago - The United Nations on Monday clarified that the overall number of fatalities in Gaza tallied by the Ministry of Health in Gaza remains unchanged, at more than 35,000, since the war broke out between Israel and Hamas on October 7. According to Haq, ... (CNN)
Foreign terrorist organizations could target Pride month events: FBI, DHS
14 hrs ago - May 13, 2024, 2:07 PM Foreign terrorist organizations may seek to exploit "LGBTQIA+-related events and venues," including events during 2024 Pride month -- celebrated in June, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security warned in a recent public serv ... (ABC News)