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Capitol rioter who said Jan 6 was ‘fun’ sentenced to 6 years in prison – Raw Story – Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism

A Virginia man who claimed he had “fun” at the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 was sentenced this Friday to six years in prison, The Washington Post reported. Prosecutors initially recommended a prison sentence of 15 years and eight months for Markus Maly, describing him as a “lifelong criminal” w…
— Read on www.rawstory.com/markus-maly/

‘It’s a crime’: Legal experts say Marjorie Taylor Greene may have admitted to violating federal law – Alternet.org

By closely allying herself with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) has become much more of an insider than she was a year ago. But Greene is no less a conspiracy theorist than she was in 2021 or 2022, and that includes bribery claims she has been mak…
— Read on www.alternet.org/marjorie-taylor-greene-2661167763/

World has lost battle to stop glaciers melting and sea level rising, UN meteorological chief says | World News | Sky News

“There’s no return to the climate that we used to have in the last century, so that’s gone… and we will live with these consequences and higher temperatures.”

Source: World has lost battle to stop glaciers melting and sea level rising, UN meteorological chief says | World News | Sky News

Boeing sued for intellectual property theft of NASA Artemis rocket tools | Space

The complaint was filed in a Seattle, Washington federal court on Wednesday (June 7) and attests that Boeing’s attempted replication of Colorado-based Wilson Aerospace’s technology was the cause of leaks aboard the International Space Station (ISS), and the source of last year’s hydrogen leaks during repeated attempts to fuel and launch NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for its Artemis 1 mission. The full complaint can be read online here.

In a press statement, Wilson Aerospace president and founder David Wilson, Jr., added that “Boeing has not only stolen our intellectual property and damaged our company’s reputation but has used the technology incorrectly and at the expense of astronauts’ safety, which is beyond despicable.”

Source: Boeing sued for intellectual property theft of NASA Artemis rocket tools | Space

Donald Trump kept secret nuclear files, indictment says – DW – 06/09/2023

In one case, Trump — after leaving the White House — allegedly showed someone on his political committee a map detailing a military operation in a foreign country, according to the indictment.

In a second example put forward by the Justice Department, Trump allegedly showed a military “plan of attack” to a writer, a publisher and two of his staffers — none of whom had security clearance to view the information.

Source: Donald Trump kept secret nuclear files, indictment says – DW – 06/09/2023