A Fanatical Sect Has Hijacked British Politics
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/opinion/boris-johnson-election.html
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Clarence Thomas’s Astonishing Opinion on a Racist Mississippi Prosecutor | The New Yorker
“In 1996, Curtis Flowers allegedly murdered four people in Winona, Mississippi. Flowers is black. He has been tried six separate times before a jury for murder. The same lead prosecutor represented the State in all six trials.” Flowers was convicted in the first three trials, and sentenced to death. On each occasion, his conviction was overturned by the Mississippi Supreme Court, on the grounds of misconduct by the prosecutor, Doug Evans, mostly in the form of keeping African-Americans off the juries. Trials four and five ended in hung juries. In the sixth trial, the one that was before the Supreme Court, Flowers was convicted, but the Justices found that Evans had again discriminated against black people, and thus Flowers, in jury selection, and they overturned his conviction. (The breathtaking facts of the case and its accompanying legal saga are described at length on the American Public Media podcast “In the Dark.”)
Source: Clarence Thomas’s Astonishing Opinion on a Racist Mississippi Prosecutor | The New Yorker
‘These People Aren’t Coming From Norway’: Refugees in a Minnesota City Face a Backlash – The New York Times – When the Norwegians began emigrating to Minnesota, what were the Ojibwe saying about the pale faces moving in?
“I think of America, the great assimilator, as a rubber band, but with this — we’re at the breaking point,” Ms. Crockett said. “These aren’t people coming from Norway, let’s put it that way. These people are very visible.”
Paul Manafort Seemed Headed to Rikers. Then the Justice Department Intervened. – The New York Times – Trump pads cell for Mannyboy
He is now likely to be held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, a federal detention center in Lower Manhattan, while he awaits trial. He may also remain at the federal prison in Loretto, Penn., where he is serving his sentence, and brought to New York for hearings, according to the people with knowledge of the matter. The former Justice Department officials and current state prosecutors, who regularly handled the transfer of federal inmates to state custody, said they were surprised that the second-highest official in the Justice Department would take an interest in the case. The decision is usually made by the warden at the prison where the inmate is being held. Justice Department officials were unable to say who made the decision in Mr. Manafort’s case; the Bureau of Prisons, which is part of the Justice Department, did not respond to a request for comment.
Trump Asserts Executive Privilege on 2020 Census Documents – The New York Times – “All Hail King Donald Wannabe!”
After the assertion, the House Oversight Committee postponed a vote to recommend that the House hold two cabinet secretaries in contempt over the matter.
Trump Asserts Executive Privilege on 2020 Census Documents – The New York Times-“All Hail King Donald Wannabe!”
After the assertion, the House Oversight Committee postponed a vote to recommend that the House hold two cabinet secretaries in contempt over the matter.
Trump claims he wouldn’t have allowed CIA to recruit Kim Jong-un’s relatives | World news | The Guardian “WTF?”
“I saw the information about the CIA with respect to his brother, or half-brother, and I would tell him that would not happen under my auspice that’s for sure. I wouldn’t let that happen under my auspices,” Trump said.
Chicken Farmers Thought Trump Was Going to Help Them. Then His Administration Did the Opposite. — ProPublica
Chicken farmers who considered themselves staunch Trump supporters say their worsening circumstances since he took office are making them reconsider their votes. Mike Weaver, a West Virginia farmer, said he gave up raising chickens this year after the company wanted him to waive his right to sue — something the Obama administration’s rules would have prevented. “I made excuses for him for a while, thinking he’s going to eventually get a grasp on the dire situation small family farmers are in,” Weaver said of Trump. “It hasn’t happened yet. If it doesn’t happen by the next election, I’m going to tell everybody some of the promises he made were never kept and I don’t see it changing.”
Trump likens Irish border to wall between US and Mexico | US news | The Guardian Translation: he does not have a clue what he is talking about
Trump echoed their confidence in Shannon. “There are a lot of good minds thinking about how to do it and it’s going to be just fine. It ultimately could even be very, very good for Ireland. The border will work out.”
Source: Trump likens Irish border to wall between US and Mexico | US news | The Guardian
Rhode Island bishop sorry for saying Pride events ‘harmful for children’ | World news | The Guardian
he did not mean to cause offense. – supports lying to get out of fix though!
Source: Rhode Island bishop sorry for saying Pride events ‘harmful for children’ | World news | The Guardian
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