An Anonymous Juror in Breonna Taylor’s Case Just Made a Startling Statement – Mother Jones

in a statement on Tuesday, the anonymous grand juror said that Cameron did not give the jury an opportunity to pursue homicide charges against the two officers who shot Taylor, Jon Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove. “The grand jury was not presented any charges other than the three Wanton Endangerment charges against Detective Hankison,” the juror wrote. “Questions were asked about additional charges and the grand jury was told there would be none because the prosecutors didn’t feel they could make them stick.”

“The grand jury didn’t agree that certain actions were justified, nor did it decide the indictment should be the only charges in the Breonna Taylor case,” the juror wrote. “The grand jury was not given the opportunity to deliberate on those charges and deliberated only on what was presented to them.”

Source: An Anonymous Juror in Breonna Taylor’s Case Just Made a Startling Statement – Mother Jones

Opinion | The Intelligence Director Who Is Undermining Trust and Truth – The New York Times

Mr. Ratcliffe, like Maj. Gen. Willoughby before him, seems to think his job is to serve only his boss, who requires that everyone agree with him at all times. As General MacArthur is often quoted: if you control intelligence, you control decision-making. Intelligence professionals call this politicization and see it as a poison that can harm national-security decision-making.

We can see today, through Mr. Ratcliffe, just what can happen when the office is politicized.

Rather than operating as an honest steward of the large and important intelligence community, Mr. Ratcliffe appears to regard the nation’s secrets as a place to hunt for nuggets that can be used as political weapons — sources and methods be damned. Even if the particular material he declassifies is not especially sensitive, the failure to provide proper context, sourcing or background only serves to confuse the public and distract voters.

That may be the point. Creating a fictional narrative for political purposes requires corrupting a system that relies on in-depth, contextual and all-source analysis. However, if you are sending damaging signals to allies, potential sources or even your own officers, it is child’s play to concoct any story you wish by plucking selective details from the millions and millions of pages held by the intelligence agencies.

FBI Investigating Threatening Emails Sent To (some) Democrats In Florida – WUFT News

“We will know which candidate you voted for,” the email said, though ballot selections are secret under Florida law. The email directed Democrats to change their party affiliation to Republican “to let us know you received our message and will comply.”

Attempting to threaten or intimidate voters in federal elections is a federal crime punishable by fines and up to one year in prison.

The emails appeared to be sent from a computer server associated with the officialproudboys.com internet address, but control over the account – which was originally created in March 2017 – was changed Monday night, according to internet records. The website was offline by Tuesday afternoon.

Source: FBI Investigating Threatening Emails Sent To Democrats In Florida – WUFT News

Election 2020: Mendham (Borough) GOP falsely says voters can’t vote in person – New Jersey

Republicans in this Morris County town are telling voters they will not be able to vote in person on Nov. 3 unless they are visually impaired, a statement at odds with New Jersey’s policy on in-person voting during the coronavirus outbreak.

A letter sent to voters last week, signed by members of the Mendham Borough Republican Committee, trashes Murphy for “usurping your American rights for his political gain” and barring voters from casting ballots in-person. It acknowledges that voters who go to polling places on Nov. 3 can vote using provisional ballots, but also says, “you will not be able to vote unless you are on the Morris County Board of Elections list for visually impaired voters.”

This is false. When Murphy ordered that the Nov. 3 election will be conducted largely by mail, he did not bar voters from casting ballots in person. His order, later given the approval of the state Legislature, limits the use of voting machines to voters with some disabilities, not only those with visual impairments. Other voters who show up to polling places on Election Day must vote by provisional ballot, a paper ballot similar to the one voters received in the mail.

Source: Election 2020: Mendham GOP falsely says voters can’t vote in person

Nearly Two Weeks After Schools In COVID-19 Hotspots Closed, Uncertainty About When They’ll Reopen – Gothamist

Parents and principals living or working in New York City’s red and orange zones said they’re waiting in suspense over whether their schools can reopen after being forced to close two weeks ago. Governor Andrew Cuomo — who ordered schools in those zones to close — said he’d make an announcement about them on Wednesday.

“We’ve literally gotten nothing,” said Michael Perlberg, principal at M.S. 839 just south of Prospect Park.

“Parents are getting really frustrated,” said Heather Dailey, who sends her son to P.S. 219 in Flushing.

For some principals, reopening would be a return to the new normal during the pandemic, but there are worries the city and state will order school buildings to open their doors with very little time to alert parents. One Brooklyn principal, who declined to be identified because she wasn’t authorized to speak to the press, said she’s “bracing” to be told on Wednesday to reopen her school the next day. She said these last-minute directives mean “constantly reacting instead of forward thinking.”

Source: Nearly Two Weeks After Schools In COVID-19 Hotspots Closed, Uncertainty About When They’ll Reopen – Gothamist

All of the times President Trump said Covid-19 will disappear (We needed a leader not a cheer leader – read this whole thing)

It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear. And from our shores, we — you know, it could get worse before it gets better. It could maybe go away. We’ll see what happens. Nobody really knows.

President Trump
February 27, 2020

We’re prepared, and we’re doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.

President Trump
March 10, 2020

It’s going to go away, hopefully at the end of the month. And, if not, hopefully it will be soon after that.

President Trump
March 31, 2020

But a lot of movement and a lot of progress has been made in a vaccine. But I think what happens is it’s going to go away. This is going to go away. And whether it comes back in a modified form in the fall, we’ll be able to handle it.

President Trump
April 28, 2020

And I think we are going to be very good with the coronavirus. I think that, at some point, that’s going to sort of just disappear, I hope.

President Trump
July 1, 2020

Source: All of the times President Trump said Covid-19 will disappear

Woman, 94, travels more than 1,000 km to cast vote in U.S. election after absentee ballot lost | National Post

The voting office assured her the ballot had been mailed but as of Oct. 10, Madison still hadn’t received it. As someone who had been voting for the past 50 years, she was not prepared to miss voting on what she described to CNN as “the most important vote that we’ve ever had.” Two days later, she and her son set off from Zion at 6:30 a.m. on the long journey toward Detroit, arriving at the city hall at around midday. Donning a black mask with the word “vote” on it, Madison rolled her wheelchair into the polling station, with the help of her son, and cast her ballot. “At least I made it,” Madison said. “I made it and voted for the people I wanted to vote for, and I hope they win. But I felt satisfied that I was not going to miss voting.” On the same day, Madison and her son drove back to Illinois.  “I’m glad I (voted),” Madison told CNN, “because I haven’t seen a ballot yet.” Madison, who has a history of political activism, urged others, young and old, to come out and vote. “We must vote,” she said. “You just start at 18 and keep on going to until the very end … They all count.”

Source: Woman, 94, travels more than 1,000 km to cast vote in U.S. election after absentee ballot lost | National Post

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