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In Unusually Political Speech, Alito Says Liberals Pose Threat to Liberties

He should be impeached for improper behavior as a judge!

The conservative justice’s pointed remarks, which he made in a speech to the Federalist Society, reflected thoughts he has expressed in his opinions.

As School Closures Loom, Parents Push City To Keep In-Person Schools Open Despite Virus Surge

How many grandparents and some students have to die before people say – priority is life and not what I want or think is best?!? Elementary school students stand on a line inside P.S. 188 in Manhattan.

Elementary school students stand on a line inside P.S. 188 in Manhattan.

“My older daughter, every single day that she goes to school is the best day of her life. I mean, she just needs this.” [ more › ]

Google breakup should ‘be on the table’ says Sen. Klobuchar, who is a possible Biden pick for attorney general

Facebook would make more sense – Google is successful and leader because it gives best service. Microsoft and Apple are more controlling than Google. If people don’t like Google search, there are many good alternatives. Klobuchar praised the Justice Department for leaving open the option of so-called structural remedies in its recent antitrust lawsuit against Google.

Ukrainian President Zelensky, chief of staff hospitalized with severe cases of COVID

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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky and the head of his office, Andry Yermak, have been hospitalised after they contracted coronavirus earlier this week, a presidential official said on Thursday.

Zelensky and Yermak are being treated at Kyiv’s Feofania Clinical Hospital. “He first went home, but decided to move to Feofania, to accurately isolate and not expose anyone. There are better conditions for patients”, a presidential spokeswoman said, referring to the president’s health.

On Monday, Zelensky revealed that he tested positive for COVID-19. Other top officials, including the finance and defense ministers, were also reported to be infected.

On Wednesday, Zelensky’s cabinet voted to impose a national lockdown at weekends.

On Thursday, the country registered a record 11,057 new coronavirus cases over the previous 24 hours, with 198 new deaths. So far, it has registered a total of 500,865 infections and 9,145 deaths.

Police arrest two in alleged plot to attack Philly voting center: What we know

Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard stand guard across the street from City Hall in Philadelphia on November 2. | Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

The men were arrested outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where vote counting is taking place.

Police in Philadelphia are probing an alleged plot to attack the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Thursday night after receiving a tip that a group traveling north from Virginia in a Hummer planned to storm the location of vote-counting efforts.

No one was harmed; the police arrested two men in connection with the alleged plot, and no attack or other violence was carried out.

Photographs taken by Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Jessica Griffin and Hamilton Nolan of In These Times Magazine show that the Hummer in question had decals linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory.

QAnon decals on back window of Hummer parked near Pa. Convention Center and under investigation after police got a tip that occupants were armed and targeting the Convention Center where vote-counting in presidential election is underway. pic.twitter.com/SKAUhcmBvQ

— Robert Moran (@RobertMoran215) November 6, 2020

The arrests come hours after President Trump alleged the ongoing count in Pennsylvania and other states was illegal and his son called for “total war,” but it’s important to be clear that the men’s motivations for the alleged plot remain unknown.

Here’s what we do and don’t know about the situation:

What we know

  • Two men were taken into custody in Philadelphia on Thursday night, according to CNN and Philadelphia’s Action News.
  • The individuals drove a Hummer from Virginia to Pennsylvania, according to multiple sources. The Philadelphia radio station KYW and a journalist for In These Times Magazine reported the vehicle sported a sticker supporting the QAnon conspiracy theory.
  • Action News and KYW report the arrests were made Thursday night after police were alerted to a potential plot to attack the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where vote counting is taking place. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, police were alerted to be on the lookout for multiple people coming to Philadelphia from Virginia Beach to “straighten things out” at polling places.
  • According to Philadelphia’s Fox 29, several weapons, including an AR-15, were found in the men’s vehicle.

What we don’t know

  • Exactly how many people were in the vehicle
  • The individuals’ motivations or planned activities