Month: June 2024

WaPo: “The former police chief of the school police force in Uvalde, Tex., has been indicted in connection with the botched response to the 2022 shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead at Robb Elementary. Uvalde County jail officials confirmed that Pedro “Pete” Arredondo was booked at the facility on 10 felony counts…

WaPo: “The number of migrants crossing the U.S. southern border illegally has dropped more than 40 percent in the three weeks since President Biden announced broad restrictions on asylum claims, administration officials said Wednesday. U.S. agents have taken fewer than 2,400 migrants into custody per day over the past week, down from more than 3,800 at the…

WaPo: ““Access to abortion is on the ballot this November,” Mucarsel-Powell, a former South Florida congresswoman who lost her seat to a Republican in 2020, told the crowd that had assembled to watch her accept the endorsement of the local and state chapters of the Service Employees International Union. “And if we want to stop…

Newsbusters: “For the Tuesday installment of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, Marlon Wayans broke out his Quan character as he interviewed former Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade to ask if the affair with D.A. Fani Willis was worth ending democracy…. Since Wayans was playing a character, he never asked Wade explicitly about whether the tradeoff…

AP: “From his home office in small-town Kentucky, a seasoned political operative is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the policies of Republican Donald Trump, a highly unusual and potentially chilling effort that dovetails with broader conservative preparations for a new White House. Tom Jones and his American Accountability Foundation are digging into…

WaPo: “The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a Tennessee law that bans gender transition care for people younger than 18. The case will be the first opportunity the justices have to consider the constitutionality of such restrictions, which more than 20 states have passed since 2021. The Biden administration urged the court to decide whether…

WaPo: “A Texas woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly tried to drown a 3-year-old girl in a swimming pool, police said, adding that they are recommending the incident be treated as a hate crime. The Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group, identified the…

Political Wire: “Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told Fox News that unless the Supreme Court grants presidential immunity, President Biden should be prosecuted for crimes related to forgiving student loan debt. Explained Graham: “There’s nothing in our law that allows him to forgive student loans. If you’re out there working and didn’t go to college, Joe Biden’s forgiving…

WaPo: “In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court has rejected a law requiring the placement of the Ten Commandments in public schools. “The pre-eminent purpose for posting the Ten Commandments on schoolroom walls is plainly religious in nature,” the court’s unsigned decision stated. “The Ten Commandments are undeniably a sacred text in the Jewish and Christian…

WaPo: “Even in a decade marked by hatred and violence, what happened here on a sultry June night 60 years ago shocked the nation for its brazenness. Amid Freedom Summer, a daring effort to register Black Mississippians to vote, three young civil rights workers came to town. It was a perilous time. Black churches were being…