June 10, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Yahoo News reports: In the wake of former President Donald Trump’s felony conviction last week for falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment to a porn star, President Biden (46%) now leads his Republican rival (44%) in a two-way race for the White House for the first time since October 2023, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. …
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June 10, 2024 Christianists, Trump cultists
Religion News Service reports: Worship leader and conservative activist Sean Feucht has filed a lawsuit against the city of Spokane, Washington, claiming the city council violated his religious freedom when it passed a resolution last year condemning an event he headlined and referring to him as an “anti-LGBTQ extremist.” The lawsuit is the latest chapter in a controversy over an …
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June 10, 2024 News, Politics
Bloomberg News reports: Hunter Biden’s defense team rested their case Monday without his testimony, leaving only closing arguments before the jury will be instructed to deliberate whether he is guilty of violating federal firearm laws. The decision to rest caps a week of dramatic and often personally poignant testimony in which the family members and former lovers of President Joe …
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June 10, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Law & Crime reports: 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. In November 2022, the …
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June 10, 2024 Business, Politics
The Associated Press reports: Months after Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees agreed to end a protracted legal fight, the two sides are set to approve an agreement that could result in the company investing up to $17 billion into its Florida resort and opens the door to a fifth major theme park at Walt Disney World. The five DeSantis-appointed …
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June 10, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Hill reports: Former President Trump defended his supporters who rioted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and called them “warriors” at a Nevada rally on Sunday. “Those J6 warriors – they were warriors – but they were really, more than anything else, they’re victims of what happened,” Trump said at the rally, speaking to a crowd of supporters. …
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June 10, 2024 Christianists, Republicans
Public Information reports: One of the country’s most hotly contested gubernatorial contests is taking place in North Carolina, where Lt. Governor Mark Robinson (R) — known for his extremist views on LGBTQ rights, abortion, and other issues — is facing off against Attorney General Josh Stein (D). About five months from Election Day, polls show that the race is essentially …
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June 10, 2024 Climate Change, Environment
Axios reports: Flooding — which has gotten increasingly severe in an era of extreme weather — costs the U.S. economy an estimated $179.8 to $496 billion per year in 2023 dollars, according to new data from Democrats on the Senate Joint Economic Committee. The estimates are the equivalent of over 1% of 2023’s gross domestic product, the report notes. It …
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June 10, 2024 News, Travel
ABC News reports: An Austrian Airlines flight suffered significant damage from hail, which took off part of the airplane’s nose on Sunday, the airline said. Flight OS434 was flying from Palma de Mallorca, Spain, to Vienna, Austria, when it hit a “thunderstorm cell,” Austrian Airlines said in a statement to ABC News. The hail caused damage to the cockpit windows, …
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June 10, 2024 Extremists, Trump cultists
“They got fundraisers all over X, all over Facebook with my name. ‘He’s attacking us right now. He’s hiding money. Get him give us give us money.’ That’s why, they they’ve raised so much money. “Hundreds of millions reportedly off of my name as the bad guy, and then they’re the victims, and it’s just all B.S. total horse shit. …
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