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Richmond Orders Removal of Confederate Statues on City Land
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney on Wednesday ordered the immediate removal of all Confederate statues on city land, saying he was using his emergency powers to speed up the healing process for the former capital of the Confederacy amid weeks of protests over police brutality and racial injustice.Work crews began removing a statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson early Wednesday afternoon. Flatbed trucks and other equipment were also spotted at several other Confederate monuments along Richmond’s famed Monument Avenue.
Another famous statue on city land is that of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam had previously ordered the most prominent statue along the avenue, that of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which sits on state land. The removal has been stalled pending the resolution of a lawsuit from at least two people who oppose its removal.The statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson stands at the Manassas Battlefield Park in Virginia. (Photo: Diaa Bekheet). Jackson was a commander in the Battle of Manassas, which marked the first major land battle of the Civil War.Stoney said he was also moving quickly because protesters have already toppled several Confederate monuments and is concerned that people could be hurt trying to take down the gigantic statues.
“We have an urgent need to protect the public,” Stoney said in a statement.
Stoney’s move came on the day a new state law took effect granting control of the monuments to the city. The law outlines a removal process that would take at 60 days to unfold.
But during a City Council meeting Wednesday morning, Stoney balked as the council scheduled a special meeting for Thursday to formally vote on a resolution calling for the immediate removal of the statues.
“Today, I have the ability to do this through my emergency powers,” Stoney said. “I think we need to act today.”
About an hour later, work crews were spotted near the Jackson statue.
Videos posted on Twitter showed workers being lifted in a crane to the top of the statue and attempting to attach something to it.
During Wednesday’s meeting, city councilors expressed support for removing the statues, but several councilors said the council needed to follow the proper legal process.
Interim city attorney Haskell Brown said any claim that Stoney has the authority to remove the statues without following the state process would contradict legal advice he has previously given the council and administration.
Stoney and several city councilors said they were concerned that the statues have become a public safety hazard during weeks of protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
In Portsmouth, one man was seriously injured as protesters tried to pull down a Confederate statue.
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By Polityk | 07/02/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Ex-Bush Officials Launch Super PAC Backing Biden Over Trump
A group of former George W. Bush administration and campaign officials have launched a new super PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the latest in a growing number of Republican groups to come out in support of Biden over President Donald Trump.The group, 43 Alumni for Biden, has recruited at least 200 former White House officials, campaign aides and Cabinet secretaries who worked under Bush to join the push against the Republican incumbent. They’re planning to roll out supportive testimonial videos featuring high-profile Republicans and launch a voter turnout effort in key states, aimed at turning out disaffected Republican voters. News of the group was first reported by Reuters.Kristopher Purcell, who worked in the Office of Communications in the White House and in the State Department during the Bush administration, said many of the members of the group still consider themselves Republicans but see the need to defeat Trump as beyond their personal politics.”You don’t have to agree with a president on all of his policy decisions or agenda. We ask them to go to the White House and do what they think is in the best interest of the country. That’s what we as alumni of George W. Bush did, and we think Joe Biden will deliver that as well,” he said.The group has been in touch with the Biden campaign and other Republican groups opposed to Trump to coordinate some of its activities going forward, and it’s alerted Bush’s office of their activities, though it remains unaffiliated with the former president directly.In a statement, Erin Perrine, the Trump campaign’s director of press communications, said “this is the swamp — yet again — trying to take down the duly elected president.””President Trump is the leader of a united Republican Party where he has earned 94% of Republican votes during the primaries – something any former president of any party could only dream of,” she said.Still, this is just the latest group of Republicans supporting Biden to come out publicly amid criticism of Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and race relations in the country.Two groups, Republican Voters Against Trump and the Lincoln Project, have already been airing ads in key states boosting Biden and attacking Trump. And last month, a group of Republican operatives opposed to Trump launched Right Side PAC, which is aimed at turning out disenchanted Republican voters.
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By Polityk | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Без “права на правду”. За что голосуют холопы опущенного карлика пукина 1 июля 2020
Принимая участие в голосовании по поправкам к Конституции, путляндцы должны вспомнить о “праве на правду” и миллионах жертв советской эпохи, погибших от пуль СС или НКВД, останки которых так и не были обнаружены и чья память не была почтена
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By Vyborec | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Опущенный карлик пукин зовёт на обнуление из бункера на фоне хромакея
Ну что можно сказать, опущенный карлик пукин в своем бункере уже хорошо обжился, помимо всех удобств в виде бассейна и тренажерного зала, ему там установили туннель для дезинфекции, так теперь оказывается еще и хромакей повесили, видимо он решил повторять за мной и записал обращение на фоне Ржевского мемориала
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By Vyborec | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
У венедіктової та геращенка проблеми з законом. Генпрокурор проти Конституції, а товстозадий за тортури
Блог про українську політику та актуальні події в нашій країні
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By Vyborec | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Эрдоган действует: опущенный карликовый лепрекон теряет Ливию, С-400 отправят на разделку
Эрдоган действует: опущенный карликовый лепрекон теряет Ливию, С-400 отправят на разделку
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By Vyborec | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Мертвая хватка: Трампу поставили вопрос в лоб
Мертвая хватка: Трампу поставили вопрос в лоб
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By Vyborec | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Україна технологічно не готова до повноцінного запровадження дистанційного навчання – Бабак
Голова парламентського комітету з питань освіти та науки, представник партії «Слуга народу» Сергій Бабак в інтерв’ю Радіо Свобода заявив, що Україна не готова до дистанційного навчання в умовах, пов’язаних із коронавірусом викликів.
За його словами, наразі дистанційна освіта і онлайн-освіта в Україні не можуть замінити очну освіту, а лише можуть слугувати «додатковим інструментом» для отримання знань.
«Робити її повноцінною? Вона ще до цього не готова технологічно і це зовсім інші методи викладання», – сказав Сергій Бабак.
Водночас він додав, що саме дистанційна освіта може бути виходом в умовах пандемії, попри критику, в тому числі з боку батьків.
«Щодо першого вересня. Я розумію, що люди не хочуть дистанційної освіти. Я розумію, що часто це свої власні інтереси («Мені немає з ким залишити дитину»)… Я все розумію. Є дуже багато причин і всі вони мають право на життя. Єдине, що в мене є до всіх батьків просте запитання: а якщо 1 вересня заборонять дітям іти в школу, що робити? Взагалі нічого не робити? Тоді, може, все ж таки краще дистанційна освіта? Ну, це хоч якийсь елемент доступу до знань», – сказав Бабак.
23 червня т.в.о. міністра освіти і науки Любомира Мандзій заявила, що робота шкіл у новому навчальному році, який розпочнеться 1 вересня, залежатиме винятково від епідеміологічної ситуації. Вона наголосила, що Міносвіти не переводить школи на обов’язкову дистанційну форму навчання.
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By Gromada | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Дніпрі з’явилися графіті з портретом Романа Шухевича
На Січеславській набережній у Дніпрі з’явилися графіті із портретом головнокомандувача Української повстанської армії Романа Шухевича. Його створили громадські активісти до дня народження відомого українського політичного діяча, головнокомандувача УПА, повідомив Радіо Свобода один з ініціаторів Андрій Куліш.
Новий об’єкт, за його словами, створили за кілька годин у місці, яке має неформальну назву «арт-квартал».
Поряд з портретом розмістили слова Романа Шухевича: «Мудрого не одурити, чесного не купити, сильного не здолати».
У листопаді 2015 року в Дніпрі на виконання «законів про декомунізацію» змінили назви 259 об’єктів топоніміки. Тоді в місті і з’явилась вулиця Романа Шухевича. Пропозиція ж щодо перейменування однієї з центральних вулиць міста на вулицю Степана Бандери так і залишилась пропозицією.
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By Gromada | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
AP-NORC Poll: White Democrats Grow More Critical of Police
As a national reckoning over racism and policing grips the nation, white Democrats are far more likely now than they were a few years ago to think police brutality is a serious issue — a dramatic shift in public opinion that some say could shape the November presidential election.
A majority of white Democrats today say police officers are more likely to use deadly force against a Black person than against a white person, according to a recent poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, not unlike five years ago.
But for the first time, the poll shows significant changes in how white Democrats view police brutality and the consequences: 64% now describe police violence against the public as very or extremely serious, compared with 29% in July 2015.
Race and policing in America have been thrust into an international spotlight amid an already tumultuous presidential campaign after a series of high-profile police killings of Black Americans that has sparked global protests and demands for structural change. The campaign had already been fraught with racial tension fueled by the coronavirus pandemic and its ensuing economic fallout, which both have disproportionately impacted people of color.While racial inequity has long been a focal point of African Americans, experts say many white Americans, particularly white Democrats, are now grappling with the longstanding impacts of systemic racism in ways they never have before.
San Diego resident Chris Chapman, a white woman and a Democrat, said witnessing George Floyd’s death was particularly jarring for her.
“I think the brutality of that event, it really raised the consciousness, at least for me,” Chapman, 68, said. “It shocked people who really hadn’t yet gotten to the place where they thought that could happen.”
Most white Democrats say that they disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of racial issues and that he has only sowed further division at a time of immense unrest. Trump on Sunday tweeted and later deleted a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,” a racist slogan associated with white supremacists.
But the big question is whether this racial awakening among white Democrats translates into increased turnout at the polls favoring presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, said Ashley Jardina, assistant professor of political science at Duke University and author of the book “White Identity Politics.”
“This kind of shift in public opinion is pretty unprecedented especially when it comes to matters of race,” Jardina said. “If you just ask people who’ve become more racially progressive who they are they going to vote for, they’re going to be more supportive of Joe Biden, but are they going to take the time to actually show up and vote? That’s what we don’t know,and that’s what’s really important.”
The poll also found that Democrats are far more likely than they were in 2015 to say the justice system treats officers too leniently when they cause injury or death in their job, as compared with fairly or too harshly. The increase is especially sharp — 40 percentage points — among white Democrats. Now, 86% say the justice system is too lenient with officers, up from 46%. Black Democrats are even more likely than they were in 2015 to say that, 87% vs. 71%.
Massachusetts resident Krystyna Colborn said she’s observed several police violence protests in her community, which she sees as a sign of an increased willingness to take action to usher in a new president following Americans witnessing “death upon death” of Black Americans at the hands of police.
“I don’t think it will benefit Donald Trump,” Colborn, a 74-year-old white Democrat, said. “I think he has people who are behind him solidly and they will not change, but I think there are white people who are going to vote against Donald Trump. I will vote for (Biden) because he’s a Trump alternative, and I think there may be other people who are in that same position. It’s the people who are beginning to realize this, who I think will have the most influence.”
And tapping into those potential voters will be key looking toward November, Progressive Turnout Project Executive Director Alex Morgan said. The political action committee announced in late June a $52.5 million effort to canvass key battleground states, including Wisconsin and Georgia, to reach voters who didn’t turn out in 2016.
“Voters are recognizing that this is the most consequential election of our lifetimes,” Morgan said. “We’re standing with protesters and activists who are speaking out against police brutality and structural racism, and I think we’re going to see folks turn this pain and outrage of this moment into lasting change at the ballot box.”
Democrats continue to say overwhelmingly that police more commonly use deadly force against a Black person. White Democrats are now more likely than they were in 2015 to say police more commonly use force with Black people, 87% vs. 62%.
Jeffrey Boord-Dill, a 62-year-old white man and professor who lives in Kentucky, said his eyes have been opened in new ways in recent weeks to racism and it’s pushing him toward action to make sure his voice is heard in November.
“I have been in a state of dissatisfaction and pretty much anger for almost four years because of what the Trump administration and Republican Party backing him up has done to this country in terms of race baiting and putting people against one another,” Boord-Dill, a Democrat, said. “My students are the ones who I am so proud of who are going out and marching, and they’re not pulling any punches at all. That’s the change that I’m seeing and that makes me the most hopeful that maybe we’ll be able to start to solve this problem.”
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By Polityk | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
‘Fully Briefed’ Trump Calls Russia Bounty Report ‘Fake News Media Hoax’
U.S. President Donald Trump is dismissing reports suggesting Russia may have offered a bounty to Taliban-linked militants for attacks on U.S. forces after top aides said he was fully briefed on the intelligence. In a series of early morning tweets Wednesday, the president called the reports “just another HOAX!” and said the source for the original report in The New York Times “probably does not even exist.” Trump also cited a statement from the Pentagon that military officials have “no corroborating evidence.” UPDATE: @ChiefPentSpox statement from 11:26pm Monday on alleged #Russia|n bounties for US,coalition forces in #Afghanistan@DeptofDefense “continues to evaluate intelligence that Russian GRU operatives were engaged in malign activity …To date DoD has no corroborating evidence” pic.twitter.com/tbSSUOXLLY
— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) June 30, 2020″Do people still not understand that this is all a made up Fake News Media Hoax started to slander me & the Republican Party” the president wrote on Twitter. “I was never briefed because any info that they may have had did not rise to that level.” “No corroborating evidence to back reports.” Department of Defense. Do people still not understand that this is all a made up Fake News Media Hoax started to slander me & the Republican Party. I was never briefed because any info that they may have had did not rise to that level
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) FILE – Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 12, 2020.”If this does not count as treason, I don’t know what does,” Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton said during a call with reporters Wednesday. “If the most junior officer in the United States military ignores an intelligence report delivered to him or her, as we know this intelligence report was delivered to the commander-in-chief, then that junior officer would absolutely be in prison.” “This is undebatable dereliction of duty,” he added. Trump’s likely opponent in November’s presidential election, former Vice President Joe Biden, expressed similar sentiments while talking to reporters Tuesday. “The idea that somehow he didn’t know or isn’t being briefed, it is a dereliction of duty if that is the case,” Biden said after a speech in Wilmington, Delaware. Americans should “conclude that this man isn’t fit to be president of the United States of America,” he added. ‘Confusion’ over intelligence reportBut key Republican lawmakers have defended the president and the White House, saying the unverified intelligence was handled properly. FILE – Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman James Inhofe, R-Okla., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, June 30, 2020.”There’s some confusion as far as our own intelligence, and it just didn’t rise to the level of the president at that time,” Sen. Jim Inhofe, the Republican chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in comments on the senate floor Tuesday. “Our intelligence agencies aren’t in complete agreement on this, even now.” Despite the lack of agreement on the intelligence about the alleged Russian plot to pay Taliban-linked fighters to attack and kill U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, U.S. officials insist the threat was not taken lightly, and that precautions were put in place. Officials have also said the intelligence was shared across the U.S. intelligence community and with allies whose troops were potentially at risk. MORE: @CIA “will continue to pursue every lead; analyze the information we collect with critical, objective eyes; and brief reliable intelligence to protect US forces deployed around the world” per Haspel
— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) June 30, 2020On Tuesday, the White House blamed intelligence officials who leaked information about the alleged bounty program in Afghanistan for potentially blowing almost any chance of coming to a consensus on whether the threat was real. Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany criticized “rogue intelligence officers” for putting the lives of U.S. troops in danger, saying the leaks, and the attention being given to the unproven allegations, is weakening the country. “There is no good scenario as a result of this,” she told reporters. “Who’s going to want to cooperate with the United States intelligence community? Who’s going to want to be a source or an asset if they know that their identity could be disclosed?” “This level of controversy and discord plays directly into the hands of Russia, and unfortunately, serves their interests,” she added. Congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson and White House Bureau Chief Steve Herman contributed to this report.
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By Polityk | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
У Києві в червні було побито п’ять температурних рекордів – метеорологи
П’ять температурних рекордів було побито в Києві з 10 до 12 червня, повідомила Центральна геофізична обсерваторія імені Бориса Срезневського.
«За даними спостережень метеостанції Центральної геофізичної обсерваторії імені Бориса Срезневського середньомісячна температура повітря червня у Києві становила +21,7°С, що на 3,5°С вище за кліматичну норму. За рейтингом найтепліших за 140 років цьогорічний червень зайняв шосте місце. У Києві з 10 по 12 червня було побито аж 5 температурних рекордів. 8 днів у місяці були з максимальною температурою вище +30,0°С», – йдеться в повідомленні.
За даними метеорологів, найхолодніше у Києві було 2 і 3 червня, коли мінімальна температура під ранок опустилась до +5,5°С, а найспекотніше – 11 червня, коли максимальна температура після полудня піднялась до +33,3°С.
your ad hereBy Gromada | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Дорулились: путляндская нефть теряет Европу, а пукинский “поворот на Восток” становится мифом…
Опущенному карлику пукину не видать ни евро, ни юаня: его эффективные менеджеры дорулились…
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By Vyborec | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Последнее обращение опущенного карлика пукина перед уходом в адскую вечность
Опущенный карлик пукин в последний раз перед обнулением обратился к своим холопам
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By Vyborec | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Начались страшные мучения умирания бывшей “энергетической сверхдержавы”
Начались страшные мучения умирания бывшей “энергетической сверхдержавы”
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By Vyborec | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Газпром в ауте: очередной удар по кремлевскому курятнику опущенного карлика пукина
Газпром в ауте: очередной удар по кремлевскому курятнику опущенного карлика пукина
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By Vyborec | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Ориентация Губки Боба – главная озабоченность придурков скабеевой и попова
На федеральных каналах не нашлось более важной темы, чем обсуждение ориентации выдуманного персонажа американского мультфильма
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By Vyborec | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
«Енергоатом» хоче через суд позбутися контролю Міненерго
Національна атомна енергогенеруюча компанія «Енергоатом», яка об’єднує всі діючі атомні електростанції в Україні, звернулася до господарського суду Києва з позовом. В ньому вона просить визнати недійсним статут підприємства, затверджений наказом Міністерства енергетики в грудні 2019 року і який, за версією держпідприємства, встановлює над ним надмірний контроль. Про це йдеться у позові «Енергоатому» до Міненерго, який є у розпорядженні Радіо Свобода.
Експерти галузі вважають такі дії «безпрецедентними», адже це «це вперше, коли «Енергоатом» оскаржує дії свого акціонера».
Статут «Енергоатому» в чинній редакції передбачає, що тільки за погодженням з Міненерго компанія має право безоплатно передавати належне їй майно іншим юридичним та фізичним особам, складати фінансовий план, затверджувати загальну організаційну структуру підприємства та його підрозділів, чисельність та штатний розпис.
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«Чинна редакція статуту містить значну кількість норм, які порушують права та законні інтереси компанії, а також створюють перешкоди та унеможливлюють нормальну й ефективну роботу суб’єкта господарювання – суб’єкта ринку електричної енергії – державного підприємства», – йдеться у позові «Енергоатому».
«Затвердження статуту «НАЕК «Енергоатом» уповноваженим органом можливе лише за умови розгляду і прийняття відповідного рішення правлінням. Однак правління НАЕК «Енергоатом» не приймало такого рішення», – стверджується у документі.
Крім того, будь-які зміни до статуту «Енергоатому», підкреслюють у держпідприємстві, попередньо повинні узгоджуватися з Європейським банком реконструкції і розвитку (ЄБРР) та Європейським співтовариством з атомної енергії (Євратом).«Однак чинна редакція статуту не була погоджена ЄБРР та Євроатом в установленому порядку і навіть не направлялася», – йдеться у позові.
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Т.в.о. міністра енергетики Ольга Буславець у коментарі Радіо Свобода повідомила, що їй відомо про таке звернення «Енергоатому» до суду.
«Надала відповідним службам опрацювати це питання. Це були внесені зміни до статуту «Енергоатому» попереднім керівником міністерства. Тому після надання правової оцінки будуть прийматися відповідні рішення», – заявила Буславець.
Голова профільної громадської організації «Бюро комплексного аналізу та прогнозів» Сергій Дяченко вважає такий крок з боку «Енергоатому» «безпрецедентним».
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«На моїй пам’яті це вперше, коли «Енергоатом» оскаржує дії свого акціонера – Міністерства енергетики. Держпідприємства, як і всі інші підприємства, повинні мати право вести самостійну господарську діяльність. Але «Енергоатом» занадто довго був потужним джерелом корупції. Тому додатковий контроль з боку акціонера – Міністерства енергетики – це правильне рішення», – каже він.
Відповідно до інформації Єдиного реєстру судових рішень, підготовче засідання по справі призначено на 22 липня.
«Енергоатом» – найбільший виробник електроенергії в Україні, компанія відповідає за безпеку експлуатації всіх діючих АЕС країни.
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By Gromada | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Hickenlooper Wins Primary to Set Up Key US Senate Race Against Gardner
Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper won the Democratic primary for Senate on Tuesday, setting up a November matchup with incumbent Republican Senator Cory Gardner. Hickenlooper, who ran an unsuccessful campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, captured 60% of the vote to defeat Andrew Romanoff. The contest between Hickenlooper and Gardner will be one of the most closely watched as Democrats try to take control of the Senate from Republicans. In another Colorado race, Lauren Boebert, a businesswoman who advocates strong gun rights and who opened her restaurant in defiance of state coronavirus restrictions, defeated five-term incumbent Congressman Scott Tipton in the Republican primary for the 3rd congressional district. Tipton had the endorsement of President Donald Trump, but after the race was called Tuesday night the president tweeted congratulations to Boebert on a “really great win!” Former state lawmaker Diane Mitsch Bush will be Boebert’s opponent in November, after defeating James Iacino in the Democratic primary Tuesday. In Oklahoma, Republican Senator Jim Inhofe easily won his primary Tuesday. His November opponent will be Democrat Abby Broyles, an attorney and former television reporter, who defeated three primary challengers.Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman James Inhofe, R-Okla., speaks to reporters following a GOP policy meeting on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in Washington.In House races, Democrat Kojo Asamoa-Caesar won his primary and will face incumbent Republican Congressman Kevin Hern. Republican Congressman Markwayne Mullin easily defeated two challengers to set up a November race with Democratic challenger Danyell Lanier. Republican Congressman Tom Cole handily won a four-way race and will next go up against Democrat Mary Brannon. Democratic Congresswoman Kendra Horn won her primary Tuesday, but will have to wait until a late August runoff election to find out her opponent. There were nine Republicans competing in that party’s primary, and with no candidate earning the necessary 50% of the vote, candidates Terry Neese and Stephanie Bice advanced to the runoff. Voters in Oklahoma also narrowly approved an expansion of the Medicaid health insurance program for low-income residents over the opposition of state leaders who expressed concerns about future costs for the state. The expansion will bring coverage to tens of thousand of people who meet the eligibility requirements of single incomes up to $17,200 or $35,500 for a family of four. In Utah, former Governor and U.S. ambassador to China and Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. was locked in a tight battle with Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox and two other candidates for the Republican nomination to be the state’s next governor. The winner will face Democrat Chris Peterson in November. With 75% of precincts reporting, Cox had a lead of 37% to Huntsman’s 34%. There were close battles Tuesday in both the Democratic and Republican primaries for the 1st congressional district, with candidates vying to fill the seat of retiring Republican Congressman Rob Bishop. Darren Parry led Jamie Cheek 53% to 48% with 60% of precincts reporting in the Democratic race. Republicans Blake Moore and Bob Stevenson were both at 30% of the vote with 80% of precincts reporting. In the 4th congressional district, Republican Burgess Owens defeated three challengers in a primary battle for the right to go up against incumbent Democratic Congressman Ben McAdams. Earlier Tuesday, election officials in Kentucky announced results from last week’s elections after counting a huge number of mail-in ballots. Former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath won the Senate Democratic nomination, setting up a November contest against one of the most powerful political figures in the country, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. McGrath, who lost a bid for a House of Representatives seat in 2018, faces an uphill fight against McConnell, a long-standing political fixture in the mid-South state and staunch supporter of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda in Washington. But numerous national Democratic leaders, including Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, are supporting her. In many U.S. elections, voters have come to expect results on the night of the election, but with concerns about in-person voting because of the coronavirus pandemic, states have seen an increase in mail-in votes. Election experts have cautioned that could very much be the cast come November 3, when the nation votes for president, all 435 House seats and 35 of the Senate’s 100 seats. New York voters are still waiting on some results from last week’s primaries as well, but election officials said mail-in ballots will not be counted until next week. Prominent outstanding races include the 16th congressional district in which former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman led Congressman Eliot Engel, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, 61% to 36% before the mail-in votes. In the 12th district, congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, held a slight lead over lawyer and activist Suraj Patel before the mail-in ballots were counted in their race.
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By Polityk | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
White House Focuses Ire on Intelligence Leaks
The White House is blaming intelligence officials who leaked information about an alleged Russian bounty program in Afghanistan for potentially blowing almost any chance of coming to a consensus on whether the threat was real. Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Tuesday criticized “rogue intelligence officers” for putting the lives of U.S. troops in danger, while defending the decision not to brief President Donald Trump on what she described as unverified intelligence. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks to the press on June 30, 2020, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington.McEnany also used her opening comments to berate The New York Times, which first broke the story about allegations Russia offered bounties to Taliban fighters to kill U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan. “There is no good scenario as a result of this,” she told reporters. “Who’s going to want to cooperate with the United States intelligence community? Who’s going to want to be a source or an asset if they know that their identity could be disclosed?” McEnany further warned that the leaks, and the attention being given to the unproven allegations, is also weakening the country as a whole. “This level of controversy and discord plays directly into the hands of Russia, and unfortunately, serves their interests,” she said. The comments came as lawmakers and Trump’s likely opponent in November’s presidential election, former Vice President Joe Biden, spent the day sounding off on new White House briefings as new details on the intelligence continued to emerge. Media outlets, including The New York Times and CNN, reported some of the information on the alleged Russian plot had been included in the Presidential Daily Brief, a daily summary of the top intelligence issues, in late February. Other reports suggest Trump was given written information about the matter earlier this year. Reporters sit socially-distanced as Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Del., June 30, 2020.“The idea that somehow he didn’t know or isn’t being briefed, it is a dereliction of duty if that is the case,” Biden said, while taking questions from reporters after a speech in Wilmington, Delaware. Americans should “conclude that this man isn’t fit to be president of the United States of America,” he added. Other top Democrats also voiced frustration following briefings at the White House with Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. “Very concerning to me was that their initial response was that they just wanted to make sure we knew that the president didn’t know anything,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman, Rep. Adam Smith, told reporters. “That’s actually not normal.” “Based on what we heard today, it was information that (a), the president should have known about and (b), based on what we were told today, he did,” Smith added. Other senior Democratic lawmakers also expressed concerns about the administration’s handling of the intelligence and specifically, its inclination to downplay the possible consequences. “Nothing in the briefing that we have just received led me to believe it is a hoax,” said House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer. Other Democrats said they were more concerned about what happens next. Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) talks to reporters on April 21, 2020 in Washington.”Instead of dithering about what he knew, what he didn’t know, he should have a plan,” said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. “And above all, go after (Russian President Vladimir) Putin.” Despite the criticism, the White House and some Republican lawmakers insisted the handling of intelligence suggesting Russian agents were offering to pay for the deaths of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan was handled properly. “What is briefed to the president is when there’s a strategic decision to be made,” McEnany said. “In this case, it was not briefed to the president. … It was not credible.” Sen. Jim Inhofe, the Republican chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, agreed. “There’s some confusion as far as our own intelligence, and it just didn’t rise to the level of the president at that time,” he said. “Our intelligence agencies aren’t in complete agreement on this, even now.” Earlier today I received a briefing from the White House’s National Security Advisor, Chief of Staff, and the DNI regarding the New York Times article claiming Russia offered bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops and that President Trump was briefed on these matters.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) June 30, 2020In a statement late Monday, the top Defense Department spokesman said that while officials there were aware of the intelligence, the Pentagon “has no corroborating evidence” to back up the initial intelligence reports. UPDATE: @ChiefPentSpox statement from 11:26pm Monday on alleged #Russia|n bounties for US,coalition forces in #Afghanistan@DeptofDefense “continues to evaluate intelligence that Russian GRU operatives were engaged in malign activity …To date DoD has no corroborating evidence” pic.twitter.com/tbSSUOXLLY
— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) June 30, 2020Still, the Pentagon said it took additional precautions to protect troops. Other top intelligence officials also suggested the unverified intelligence was shared across the U.S. intelligence community and with allies whose troops were potentially at risk. MORE: @CIA “will continue to pursue every lead; analyze the information we collect with critical, objective eyes; and brief reliable intelligence to protect US forces deployed around the world” per Haspel
— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) June 30, 2020Additional media reports say intelligence about the alleged plot had been sent to the White House last year and focused on an April 2019 car bombing that killed three Marines. Some officials say Trump often does not read his daily briefing and instead prefers oral briefings several times a week. McEnany said Trump has now been briefed on “what’s unfortunately in the public domain.” “The president does read, and he also consumes intelligence verbally,” she added. “This president, I will tell you, is the most informed person on planet Earth when it comes to the threats that we face.” Katherine Gypson and Steve Herman contributed to this report.
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By Polityk | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Judge Suspends Publication of Tell-All Trump Book
A New York judge is temporarily blocking publication of a tell-all book that could be tremendously embarrassing to President Donald Trump. State Supreme Court Judge Hal Greenwald put on hold Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, written by Trump’s niece, Mary Trump. Its publication date is July 28. Greenwald said he will make a final decision about publication after hearing the validity of a claim by the president’s brother, Robert, who demands that Mary Trump abide by a family agreement not to write any books about the Trump family without permission of other family members. Mary Trump’s lawyer, Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., called the restraint on the publication a clear violation of the First Amendment. “This book, which addresses matters of great public concern and importance about a sitting president in an election year, should not be suppressed even for one day,” Boutrous said. Robert Trump’s attorney, Charles Harder, called the actions of Mary Trump and her publisher, Simon and Schuster, “truly reprehensible.” “We look forward to vigorously litigating this case and will seek the maximum remedies available by law for the enormous damages,” he said. Mary Trump is the daughter of the president’s elder brother, Fred Trump Jr., who died of a heart attack in 1981 after a struggle with alcoholism. Information about the book has already been taken down from Simon and Schuster’s website. The publisher called the book a “revelatory authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him.”
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By Polityk | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Вибух на полігоні у 2017-му: обвинувальний акт щодо керівника стрільб спрямували до суду
Військова прокуратура Дарницького гарнізону Центрального регіону України повідомила 30 червня, що спільно з Державним бюро розслідувань скерувала до суду обвинувальний акт щодо військового в справі про загибель та поранення військових у серпні 2017 року.
Слідство встановило, що під час навчальних стрільб на військовому полігоні на Київщині старший керівник стрільб не впевнився у відсутності перешкод для стрільби та не стежив за дотриманням заходів безпеки.
«Вказаний капітан ЗСУ, не отримавши доповідь про вибуття військовослужбовців з командно-спостережного пункту, дав дозвіл мінометному розрахунку на постріл з 120-міліметрового міномету. Внаслідок цього відбулось пряме попадання у спостережний пункт, в якому знаходився особовий склад. Внаслідок розриву 120-міліметрової міни двоє військовослужбовців загинули на місці та чотири отримали тяжкі тілесні ушкодження», – повідомляє прокуратура.
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Дії військового кваліфікували за статтею про «недбале ставлення військової службової особи до служби» в умовах особливого періоду, яке призвело до тяжких наслідків. В разі доведення провини йому загрожує від п’яти до семи років.
4 серпня 2017 року Військова прокуратура Дарницького гарнізону Центрального регіону України повідомила, що відкрила провадження через вибух на одному з полігонів Київської області. Перше повідомлення містило дані про загибель одного військового та поранення ще п’яти.
your ad hereBy Gromada | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of State Funding for Religious Education
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state of Montana’s exclusion of religious schools from a tax credit program for scholarships is unconstitutional, delivering an important victory to advocates of school choice and public funding for religious education. The 5-4 ruling along ideological lines marks a big win for the Trump administration, which has elevated the cause of religious freedom and sided with three mothers who challenged Montana’s ban on using publicly funded scholarships for religious education. Writing for the conservative majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said the ban “discriminated against religious schools and the families whose children attend or hope to attend them in violation” of the U.S. Constitution’s free exercise of religion clause.FILE – In this image from video, presiding officer Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, January 28, 2020.“The Free Exercise Clause ‘protects religious observers against unequal treatment’ and against ‘laws that impose special disabilities on the basis of religious status,’ Roberts wrote, citing a previous court decision on religious liberty. The court’s four liberal justices dissented from the majority opinion. “Because the state court’s decision does not so discriminate, I would reject petitioners’ free exercise claim” under the U.S. Constitution, liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote. FILE – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg attends Georgetown Law’s second annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture, October 30, 2019, in Washington.The U.S. Constitution’s first amendment protects the “free exercise” of religion and prohibits the government from “establishing” a religion. State constitutions have similar provisions. The question before the justices was whether the so-called Free Exercise Clause barred Montana, a state in the western United States, from denying public benefits such as scholarships to students at religious schools. In 2015, the state legislature in Montana established a program that provides tax credits to people who give money to organizations that award scholarships to students at private schools. Most private schools in Montana have religious affiliations. The Montana constitution prohibits government funding for religious institutions. In keeping with this separation of church and state provision, the Montana department of revenue ruled that the scholarships could not be used at religious schools. Three mothers with daughters at a Christian school challenged the rule. They argued that the state discriminated against them “on the basis of their religious views and the religious nature of the school they had chosen.” FILE – Kendra Espinoza of Kalispell, Montana stands with her daughters Naomi and Sarah outside the U.S. Supreme Court, January 22, 2020, in Washington. Espinoza is the lead plaintiff in the caseThe Montana Supreme Court ruled against them, striking down the program as a violation of the state constitution. That led the mothers to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Trump administration sided with them as did a host of religious rights advocates. In the majority opinion, Roberts wrote that the U.S. Constitution’s Free Exercise Clause barred Montana from applying its “no-aid provision” to religious schools. In addition, he wrote, “the Montana Supreme Court had no authority to invalidate the [tax credit] program on the basis of that provision.” The U.S. Supreme Court is the court of last resort in the United States and its rulings become the law of the land. That means that states may no longer exclude religious schools from their private education assistance programs. The White House hailed the ruling as a victory for school choice and religious freedom. “The Trump Administration believes that school choice is a civil rights issue, and that no parent should be forced to send their child to a failing school,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement. “President Donald J. Trump will fight for school choice, and he will always defend our first freedom: the free exercise of religion.” School choice – or the ability to attend a school other than a public school in your neighborhood – is a long-running controversy in the United States. While conservatives say parents and students should be given a choice, liberals say this would undercut public education.FILE – Attorney General William Barr speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, April 1, 2020.Attorney General William Barr called the decision “an important victory for religious liberty and religious equality in the United States.” “As the Court explained, religious people are ‘members of the community too,’ and their exclusion from public programs because of their religion is “odious to our Constitution” and “cannot stand,'” Barr said in a statement. The Justice Department had filed a brief in support of the three mothers. School teachers and other advocates who campaigned for a ruling in their favor denounced the decision as an assault on public education. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said the opinion represented “a seismic shock that threatens both public education and religious liberty.” “It is a radical departure from our Constitution, American history and our values,” Weingarten said. “As Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in her dissent, this ruling is ‘perverse.’”
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By Polityk | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Former US Fighter Pilot Wins Kentucky Democratic Senate Primary
Former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath won the Senate Democratic nomination in the U.S. state of Kentucky Tuesday, setting up a November contest against one of the most powerful political figures in the country, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.
A week after voting ended and with the extended vote count nearly completed, McGrath defeated state lawmaker Charles Booker by a margin of about 45% to 43%, with other minor candidates splitting the remainder of the ballots.
McGrath, who lost a bid for a House of Representatives seat in 2018, faces an uphill fight against McConnell, a long-standing political fixture in the mid-South state and staunch supporter of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda in Washington. But numerous national Democratic leaders, including Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, are supporting her.
McGrath raised millions of dollars more than Booker, an African American, in campaign funds. But he drew close in the final weeks before the June 23 vote after national progressive Democratic politicians endorsed him in the wake of national protests against police abuse of minorities.
McGrath and Booker had traded small leads since election day as local jurisdictions turned in their results from mail-in voting.
Kentucky received requests for nearly 900,000 such ballots, an unusually high number that came in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with voters opting to not risk their health by going to polling places.
Some election experts are already saying that the extended vote counts in party primaries that have turned Election Nights into Election Weeks in the U.S. are a harbinger of what could happen in the Nov. 3 national election, when Trump is seeking reelection against his presumptive Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Other slow vote counts because of mail-in ballots in the June 23 Democratic congressional primaries in New York have left the political fate of two longtime House members in doubt.
Before counting the mail-in votes, former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman, who had never run for office before, held a lead of 61% to 36% over Congressman Eliot Engel, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, held a slight lead over lawyer and activist Suraj Patel before the mail-in ballots were counted in their race.
Results in both of the New York races could be announced later Tuesday.
Voters are headed to the polls in three other states Tuesday, with party primary elections in Colorado, Utah and Oklahoma.
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By Polityk | 07/01/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Три основні причини падіння рейтингу зеленого карлика. Чому українці перестають довіряти президенту?
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