July 15, 2024

I want to see pictures of the bullet

that allegedly hit his ear. And pictures of the bullets that struck others. I want to know if they all match and were fired from the same weapon.

I want to see bullet trajectory diagrams showing the location from which they were fired, and where they ended up.

I would like to at least see a drawing of the injured ear and where the injury was located.

July 9, 2024

United Airlines Boeing plane loses wheel after takeoff from Los Angeles and lands safely in Denver

This happened on Monday so I didn't post it in LBN

NBC
July 8, 2024, 8:09 PM EDT / Source: The Associated Press
By The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — A United Airlines Boeing jet lost a main landing gear wheel Monday while taking off from Los Angeles and later landed safely in Denver, the airline said.

There were no reported injuries on the ground or on board Flight 1001, United said in a statement.

“The wheel has been recovered in Los Angeles, and we are investigating what caused this event,” the statement said.

The Boeing 757-200 was carrying 174 passengers and 7 crew members.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/united-airlines-boeing-plane-loses-wheel-takeoff-los-angeles-lands-rcna160797

July 8, 2024

Get private investors out and families into Jersey City homes, councilmen say as federal lawmakers eye ban

NJ.com
By Joshua Rosario | The Jersey Journal

Three Jersey City councilmen are urging federal lawmakers to ban private companies from purchasing one- to four-family homes, saying the growing trend is hurting the city and its residents.

The city council is expected to vote Wednesday on the resolution sponsored by Councilmen Yousef Saleh, James Solomon and Frank Gilmore supporting the “End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act,” which is being considered by the House of Representatives.

The federal bill would ban companies like hedge funds, private equity firms, large corporations, and institutional nvestors from owning single-family homes and require they sell at least 10% of their inventory to families.

The federal bill would establish a $20,000 tax penalty per home for companies that own more than 100 single-family homes. The tax would fund down-payment assistance programs for families looking to purchase single-family homes.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2024/07/get-private-investors-out-and-families-into-jersey-city-homes-councilmen-say-as-federal-lawmakers-eye-ban.html
(paywall)

Investor ownership of homes can lead to huge rent hikes and displace long-term residents, and it is long past time something is done about it.

July 3, 2024

Hatch Baby recalls 919,000 power adapters on Rest 1st Generation sound machines over shock hazard

Source: NBC

In a notice posted on the Consumer Product Safety Commission's website, Hatch said it had received 19 reports of the plastic housing surrounding the AC power adapter coming off, leading to two reports of consumers experiencing a minor electrical shock.

The product is sold by Hatch online in addition to other retailers like Amazon, Target, BuyBuyBaby, Pottery Barn Kids and Best Buy.

Hatch said consumers should immediately stop using the recalled adapters and contact them for a free replacement. It said they should unplug and cut the cord on the recalled adapter, then submit a photo showing the model number and the cut cord at www.hatch.co/adapterrecall.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/rest-1st-generation-sound-machine-recall-power-adapters-hatch-baby-rcna160165

July 3, 2024

So Joe Biden had an off night, and now some Democrats want to dump him? Insane.

This makes me so angry I could spit.

Joe Biden is a great president. I stand by him 1000%.

The right-wing-controlled media, the MAGAt party and the Russians manipulating our media with propaganda are behind this massive hatchet job on our president. They are in all likelihood rubbing their dirty hands with glee.

Please, fellow Democrats who are wavering, don't fall for these manipulations. We are better than this. We are smarter than this.

I'm not surprised President Biden had jet lag, with his grueling schedule. All he needs is a day off and a good night's sleep, and he'll be up to speed and beyond.

July 3, 2024

Tyranny Expert Sums Up A Donald Trump Win With 2 Ominous Words

HuffPost
By Lee Moran
Jul 3, 2024, 06:39 AM EDT

Yale history professor Timothy Snyder shared a warning on X (formerly Twitter) about what will happen if presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump wins back the White House in the 2024 election.

“Unless Trump loses, America ends,” he wrote in his first of a five-post thread.

Snyder, an expert on authoritarianism and the author of “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century,” said the U.S. Supreme Court has “made this clear” with its ruling on Monday that Trump has total immunity for “official” acts carried out when he was president.

“As has Trump himself. Over and over,” he added.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/timothy-snyder-donald-trump-2024-election_n_66852648e4b038babc7da0ef

(I bolded the words in the second paragraph)

July 3, 2024

A Bugatti car, a first lady and the fake stories aimed at Americans

BBC
By Paul Myers, Olga Robinson, Shayan Sardarizadeh and Mike Wendling

A network of Russia-based websites masquerading as local American newspapers is pumping out fake stories as part of an AI-powered operation that is increasingly targeting the US election, a BBC investigation can reveal.

A former Florida police officer who relocated to Moscow is one of the key figures behind it.

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Our latest investigation, carried out over more than six months and involving the examination of hundreds of articles across dozens of websites, found that the operation has a new target - American voters.

Dozens of bogus stories tracked by the BBC appear aimed at influencing US voters and sowing distrust ahead of November’s election. Some have been roundly ignored but others have been shared by influencers and members of the US Congress.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c72ver6172do

This is worth reading

July 3, 2024

Why it looks like British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is about to lose his job

NBC
July 2, 2024, 2:52 PM EDT
By Patrick Smith

RICHMOND, England — Rishi Sunak has a habit of making history. He’s United Kingdom’s first British-Indian prime minister, its first Hindu leader, and at 42 he was the youngest to take the job in over 200 years. He’s also probably the richest person to govern from No. 10 Downing St.

Now 44, Sunak is about to mark new and less flattering records at the U.K. general election on Thursday. After a campaign beset by scandals, PR failures and alleged insider betting, he may very well lead his Conservative Party to its worst-ever defeat.

How did it come to this? Hanging over the electorate is a feeling that there is one set of rules for the elites in London— and another for the rest of Britain after years of Conservative Party rule. Living standards are being squeezed. The gap between the very rich — which includes Sunak — and the rest has continued to widen. There is the widespread perception that public services are not just struggling but are on the verge of failing.

The backlash against the Tories — the nickname for the Conservatives — is so strong that Sunak may lose his own constituency, which no prime minister has done before. The Conservatives have held the seat since 1910.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/british-prime-minister-rishi-sunak-conservative-election-loss-defeat-rcna157497

July 3, 2024

Trump PAC paid the law firm representing indicted legal adviser Boris Epshteyn in Arizona, records show

Source: NBC

July 2, 2024, 7:52 PM EDT / Updated July 2, 2024, 9:38 PM EDT
By Vaughn Hillyard and Lisa Rubin

New campaign finance records show that Donald Trump's political action committee paid the legal firm representing the former president's longtime adviser Boris Epshteyn ahead of his pending criminal trial in Arizona.

The leadership PAC, Save America, made two payments of $40,000 and $10,000 on May 14 to the Phoenix-based law firm Tully Bailey LLP. Named partner Michael Bailey, who was the U.S. attorney for Arizona from 2019 to 2021, has represented Epshteyn in the Arizona case since at least May 9, according to court records.

Epshteyn was among those indicted in April on state charges that he helped orchestrate the alleged fake elector scheme in Arizona to send electors for Trump to the U.S. Capitol to be counted instead of Joe Biden’s electors after the 2020 election. He has pleaded not guilty.

Bailey, who did not respond to multiple requests for comment, represented Epshteyn at his arraignment June 18, which was delayed, by permission of the court and with prosecutors’ consent, because of Bailey’s own obligations to another client outside the state.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pac-paid-law-firm-representing-boris-epshteyn-fake-electors-case-rcna160073

July 2, 2024

Five SCOTUS Justices' Comments on Prez Immunity Come Back to Haunt Them

Daily Beast
Owen Lavine
Updated Jul. 02, 2024 3:32PM EDT / Published Jul. 02, 2024 3:21PM EDT

Collective amnesia seems to have struck the conservative majority on the Supreme Court, especially around the question: Is the president above the law?

Five of the six conservative justices who ruled to give the president absolute immunity for “core” presidential duties seem to have made contradictory statements during their Senate confirmation hearings.

“No man is above the law,” Neil Gorsuch told Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) during his confirmation hearing in 2017.

Gorsuch even doubled down, calling the court’s landmark 1952 decision in Youngstown v. Sawyer, which reigned in presidential authority, a “brilliant opinion.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-immunity-scotus-justices-comments-come-back-to-haunt-them?ref=home?ref=home