McConnell’s “funny turn” (we’ll call it that) does provide a further argument for term limits in government: what is the point of having politicians who can’t be removed except by the Almighty, especially when they are ill? #uspol #uspolitics #politics
@taylorlorenz Texas gop really is just straight up killing education.
More kids are working dangerous jobs in the U.S. amid weaker labor laws and child migration.
CBS News reports: "In the last 10 months, federal regulators have found almost 4,500 children working in violation of federal child labor laws, an increase of 44% from a year earlier."
#Labor #ChildLabor #Children #Business #Migration #Immigration #News
Via @KlasfeldReports:
The Manhattan DA wants a federal judge's permission to access the "full transcript and video recording" of #Trump's deposition in the #EJeanCarroll case, calling it "relevant and material" to the hush-money case.
Context: DA previously cited Trump's Access Hollywood remarks. #legal https://t.co/mDyqzao0U4
New — Dating site fraudster Peaches Stergo, who swindled an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor out of his $2.8 million life savings, sentenced to more than four years in prison —> https://themessenger.com/news/dating-site-fraudster-who-swindled-holocaust-survivor-88-for-2-8-million-gets-4-years-in-prison?utm_source=onsite&utm_medium=latest_news
I’m sure the meeting between DT lawyers and prosecutors involved a lot of laughter. Some fatalistic and cynical, but mostly full-body, tears streaming down your face, pounding the conference table, barely able to breathe because of the epic absurdity of the criminal clown defendant, and ended with prosecutors basically telling DT lawyers, “It must really suck to be you.”
BREAKING: Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta gets barricades in place.
DA Fani Willis previously asked judges not to schedule trials for first 2 weeks of August.
Trump indictments -- a dozen or more, including maybe of Lindsey Graham -- are coming.
Two Post-doctoral Research Fellow Positions, What Works Hub on Global Education, Blavatnik School, University of Oxford
Deadline: 7 August 2023
#PostDoc #Research #Education #GlobalEducation #Economics @phdlife @academicchatter
https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/postdoctoral-research-fellow-what-works-hub-global-education-two-posts
FPOTUS Trump says his lawyers explained to Special Counsel that he "was advised by many lawyers" in his #January6th efforts.
Model prosecution memo published @just_security explains succinctly why an "advice of counsel" defense will most likely falter.👇
https://www.justsecurity.org/87236/trump-on-trial-a-model-prosecution-memo-for-federal-election-interference-crimes/
Looks like next week.
BREAKING: White House rules out pardon for Hunter Biden
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