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Inside William Barr’s Breakup With Trump By Jonathan D. Karl The Atlantic June 28, 2021 Donald trump is a man consumed with grievance against people he believes have betrayed him, but few betrayals have enraged him more than what his attorney general did to him. To Trump, the unkindest cut of all was when William Barr stepped forward and declared that there had been no widespread fraud in the 2020 election, just as the president was trying to overturn Joe Biden’s victory by claiming that the election had been stolen. In a series of interviews with me this…
The Capitol rioter known as the ‘Q Shaman’ will take a test in prison to establish if he is mentally competent to stand trial By Tom Porter Business Insider June 28, 2021 Jacob Anthony Chansley, known as the ‘Q Shaman,’ will undergo a psychological test in prison. The test is aimed at establishing if he can stand trial. Chansley, who wore horns and fur during the riot, is among the most recognisable faces of the January 6 insurrection. Jacob Anthony Chansley, the January 6 Capitol rioter dubbed the ‘Q Shaman,’ will take a test in prison aimed at…
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Blinken, Lapid meet in Rome amid reset US-Israel relations AP NEWS June 27, 2021 ROME (AP) — Hush-hush diplomacy. In-person visits. Hush-hush diplomacy. In-person visits. And a very public no-surprises agreement on Iran. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met in Rome on Sunday as their new governments look to turn the page on former President Donald Trump and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose close alliance aggravated partisan divisions within both countries. Now, with Trump sidelined in Florida and Netanyahu leading the opposition, President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett…
Inside William Barr’s Breakup With Trump By Jonathan D. Karl The Atlantic June 27, 2021 Donald Trump is a man consumed with grievance against people he believes have betrayed him, but few betrayals have enraged him more than what his attorney general did to him. To Trump, the unkindest cut of all was when William Barr stepped forward and declared that there had been no widespread fraud in the 2020 election, just as the president was trying to overturn Joe Biden’s victory by claiming that the election had been stolen. In a series of interviews with me this…
After controversy, U.S. Catholic bishops say there will be ‘no national policy on withholding Communion from politicians’ Washington Post June 27, 2021 Days after a vote that triggered a tsunami of Catholic debate about Communion and politics, leading U.S. Catholic bishops working on an upcoming document about the sacrament are now de-emphasizing direct confrontation with President Biden or other Catholic politicians who support abortion rights. Seventy-five percent of members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted during their annual spring meeting on June 17 to go ahead with the drafting of a position paper on the “meaning…
ESPN analyst says US Olympic team ‘scared’ to send all-black basketball roster and added token white player Yahoo News June 27, 2021 America is too afraid to send an all-black basketball team to the Olympics, according to an ESPN analyst who lamented the addition of the team’s lone white member. “I’m excited about the roster, and I assume, and I know, we’re going to win the gold. But I’m disappointed in something,” said ESPN sports analyst Jalen Rose during a segment on his show, Jalen & Jacoby, before criticizing five-time NBA All-Star Kevin Love, who is white, for…
MLB Changes Color of American Flag on Radical All-Star Uniforms InsideHook June 27, 2021 Already somewhat of a hot-button topic after being moved from Atlanta to Denver following Georgia’s passage of discriminatory voting laws, the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game is once again stirring up controversy, albeit for a far more trivial reason. Leading to much mockery, MLB unveiled the caps and jerseys players will be wearing for the annual Midsummer Classic next month at Coors Field, the home of the Colorado Rockies. As a nod to the state hosting the game, MLB — which has had…
‘Almost no idea more un-American’: Pence breaks with Trump on Jan. 6 By Quint Forgey POLITICO June 26, 2021 Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday offered his most forceful rejection yet of former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election on Jan. 6, but declined to directly criticize Trump by name or assign him any blame for inciting the deadly Capitol attack. Instead, Pence — speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. — insisted he was not constitutionally empowered to reverse the election results when he presided over the counting of…
Macy Gray doubles down on calls for replacing ‘dated, devisive’ U.S. flag By Ryan Smith Newsweek June 26, 2021 Macy Gray has doubled down on her criticism of the U.S. flag as she continues to call for a new redesigned version with stars that would represent “everyone’s skin tone.” The singer elicited a strong response with her op-ed for MarketWatch, published on Thursday, in which she said the current flag “no longer represents democracy and freedom” and was “tattered, dated, divisive, and incorrect.” She suggested Old Glory’s popularity at the U.S. Capitol riot showed that for many it…