Author: Freedom Watch

A District Judge Just Gave DOJ a Precise Rationale for Prosecuting Trump By Dennis Aftergut Slate Magazine February 22, 2022 Last week, the federal district court for the District of Columbia broke new ground in the law of the presidency. It ruled for the first time in the country’s history that a former commander in chief may be held liable in a civil lawsuit for the harm caused by his conduct while he served. In Thompson v. Trump, Judge Amit Mehta rejected former President Donald Trump’s bid to dismiss three consolidated lawsuits brought by 11 congressional representatives and…

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Phil Mickelson apologizes for ‘reckless’ Saudi golf comments, says he needs ‘time away’; KPMG ends relationship with Mickelson Golf Digest February 22, 2022 Phil Mickelson has issued an apology for his comments regarding his involvement with a proposed Saudi-backed golf league. In a November interview that was made public last week, Mickelson told golf writer Alan Shipnuck that he acknowledged the Saudi government are “scary mother****ers” and that “they killed [Washington Post reporter and U.S. resident Jamal] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay.” However, Mickelson said he…

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‘Significant’ UK sanctions to be signed off at early morning Cobra meeting By Dan Sabbagh the Guardian February 21, 2022 Boris Johnson will chair a meeting of the UK’s emergency Cobra committee on Tuesday morning to sign off a package of sanctions against Russia after its military occupation of the two breakaway states in eastern Ukraine. The initial signs were that the package would target “those complicit in the violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity,” after Russian troops were ordered to enter the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk for the first time overnight. Downing St said that Johnson…

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A fourth Covid-19 shot might be recommended this fall, as officials ‘continually’ look at emerging data By Jacqueline Howard CNN February 20, 2022 (CNN)As the world approaches the second anniversary of the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic by the World Health Organization, on March 11, more nations are rolling out — or are discussing the possibility of — fourth doses of coronavirus vaccine for their most vulnerable. In the United States, leading public health officials say they are “very carefully” monitoring if or when fourth doses might be needed. Fourth vaccine dose boosts antibodies, researchers say, but likely…

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