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10 months ago
US politics

TV news covered the court hearing with wall-to-wall coverage.

It's becoming a familiar playbook.Two months after exhaustively covering former President Donald J. Trump's arraignment in a Manhattan courtroom in a separate case, the national television news media was back in force in Miami on Tuesday afternoon.Three of the major broadcast networks ABC, NBC and CBS interrupted their usual afternoon programming to cover the news.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Letters: Justice Clarence Thomas' actions threaten the integrity of the US Supreme Court

In 1991, lawyer Anita Hill tried to warn the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about Clarence Thomas' character flaws.The committee, chaired by then-Sen.Joe Biden, found itself in the uncomfortable position of confirming or rejecting him as the nominee to replace the late Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Gender

Finally getting the measure of the north | Brief letters

Seven years ago, I wrote to you about the Guardian referring to masts as high as the Shard and suggested comparing tall structures with the Blackpool Tower instead for the benefit of us up north (Letters, 2 March 2016).Last week, an article on the tallest wind turbine in England did just that (Report, 9 February).
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

The case of the Supreme Court that just can't seem to stop talking

Supreme Court justices have spent longer this term on arguments than in past terms.Olivier Douliery /AFP/Getty Images The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have, at least in modern times, been known for their discipline when it comes to talking.But of late, they have been talking and talking ... and talking, sometimes more than doubling the amount of time allotted for oral arguments.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Television

Seth Meyers Calls Out Fox News Hosts for Falling Speechless

Meyers said hosts couldn't "settle on a coherent narrative the way they usually do," as indicated by a long, awkward pause during a live broadcast about Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

An Old Question Returns to Washington: Is It Ever OK to Protest in Front of Someone's Home? - Washingtonian

On Wednesday, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeffrey C. McKay wrote a letter to Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, who has come under increasing pressure from conservatives to provide more protection for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who lives in Fairfax.
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www.mediaite.com
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Biden Torn Apart By Conservatives for Joking About Ice Cream Before Addressing Nashville Shooting: Absolutely Ridiculous'

President Joe Biden was accused by conservative critics of being tone-deaf for using his first public appearance since the Nashville school shooting to make jokey, lighthearted comments instead of immediately addressing the massacre.Three children and three adults were killed at The Covenant School on Monday when a 28-year-old attacked the building before she was shot dead by the police.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Television

'The Bob's Burgers Movie' Is Coming. Here Are 10 Great Episodes.

Need a primer or refresher before the movie debuts?These are the essential "Bob's Burgers" episodes to watch.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Television

'The Bob's Burgers Movie' Is Coming. Here Are 10 Great Episodes.

Need a primer or refresher before the movie debuts?These are the essential "Bob's Burgers" episodes to watch.
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Slate Magazine
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Joe Biden Finally Got to Be the President of Trains

Things looked bad in the world of trains.The freight-rail industry and the unions representing their workers were stuck in a stalemate leading up to a Friday deadline.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gets her own bobblehead

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled its bobblehead of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday.
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www.mediaite.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Lindsey Graham Predicts War in Ukraine Will End After Russians 'Take Putin Out'

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on Wednesday that Russia's war in Ukraine will end when President Vladimir Putin is neutralized by the hands of his countrymen.Putin ordered Russian forces to invade Ukraine in February and take the capital of Kyiv to remove President Volodymyr Zelensky from power.By most accounts, Putin expected a relatively fast and decisive victory, but Russian forces have been bogged down since the first few weeks of the invasion.
the Guardian
1 year ago
UK politics

Nadhim Zahawi's corporation tax review raises more questions than answers

adhim Zahawi's musings on business taxes may become irrelevant at any moment, but this week's chancellor of the exchequer arrived with an idea to kick around: delay, reform or simply cancel his predecessor's hike in corporation tax from 19% to 25%, due to take effect from next April.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Win for Ted Cruz as supreme court strikes campaign contribution limit

The six conservatives who dominate the US supreme court ruled in favour of the hard-right Texas senator Ted Cruz in a case seeking to remove limits on campaign finance spending, in a ruling that one dissenting justice said would open the door to "quid pro quo corruption".
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