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Alito’s Wife: Flag Was “International Signal Of Distress”

The Washington Post reports: The wife of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. told a Washington Post reporter in January 2021 that an upside-down American flag recently flown on their flagpole was “an international signal of distress” and indicated that it had been raised in response to a neighborhood dispute. Martha-Ann Alito made the comments when the reporter went …

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CNBC: Truth Social Traffic Down 39% Over Last Year

CNBC reports: Nearly two-and-a-half years after its launch, Truth Social is struggling to hang onto its small U.S. user base, according to new data on the microblogging platform launched by former President Donald Trump’s media company. So far in May, U.S. daily visits to Truth Social have dropped more than 21% from April, and more than 35% compared to March, …

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CDC Urges Mpox Vaccinations Ahead Of Pride Events

NBC News reports: As concerns mount about a large outbreak of an especially virulent form of mpox in central Africa and an uptick in U.S. cases since early last year, the mpox vaccine appears to give long-term protection, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. In a separate report, the CDC indicated that overall new mpox infections across …

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Fraud Trial Begins For Bannon’s Billionaire Sugar Daddy

Courthouse News reports: Exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui scammed supporters out of more than $1 billion under the guise of launching a movement against the Chinese Communist Party, prosecutors said during opening arguments Friday in Manhattan federal court. Guo — also known as Miles Guo and Ho Wan Kwok — is accused of lying to prospective investors and promising them …

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Democrats Seek Meeting With Chief Justice Over Alito

Axios reports: Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) requested a meeting with U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts “imploring” him to ensure Justice Samuel Alito recuses himself from Jan. 6-related cases, Durbin’s office announced on Friday. Alito is facing growing calls from Democratic lawmakers to recuse himself from cases related to the 2020 election and the Capitol insurrection after …

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Libertarians Brawl Over Trump’s Convention Invite: “I Would Like To Propose We Tell Trump To Fuck Himself”

Politico reports: Donald Trump won’t be speaking to his usual self-selected crowd of adoring red-hatted MAGA fans when he addresses the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday. As delegates gathered at the Washington Hilton on the eve of his speech, the party’s decision to host the former president, which had split the organization, erupted Friday into open revolt. Fuming delegates at …

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Cotton Posts Christian Nationalist Flag Outside Office

The Daily Beast reports: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), who is reportedly a top contender for Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick, has jumped on the bandwagon of flying the Christian nationalist “Appeal To Heaven” flag. While Cotton correctly identified the flag’s Revolutionary War origins, it was more recently co-opted by religious pro-Trump insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol. The flag Cotton …

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DOJ Seeks Gag Order Over Trump’s Assassination Lies

CNN reports: Special counsel’s office prosecutors on Friday asked a federal judge in Florida to place a gag order on Donald Trump that would limit his ability to comment about law enforcement that searched his Mar-a-Lago resort. The request – a first in the classified documents mishandling case – comes after the former president has repeatedly and misleadingly criticized the …

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