Ocasio-Cortez calls for Clarence Thomas to resign.
PUTIN MAY BE ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES, BUT TRUMP STILL WANTS HIS HELP Former U.S. President Donald Trump is once again asking Russian President Vladimir Putin for help, saying in an interview he thinks Putin would know how to find damaging information about President Joe Biden's son. It's been nearly six years since Trump called on Russia to "find" emails from then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and subsequent investigations determined that Russia did honor that request. [HuffPost] OCASIO-CORTEZ CALLS FOR CLARENCE THOMAS TO RESIGN Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined progressive calls for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to step down amid a barrage of criticism over his wife's involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Thomas has failed to recuse himself from cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. [HuffPost] UKRAINIAN SAILOR WHO TOLD WARSHIP TO GO F**K ITSELF GIVEN HERO'S WELCOME Roman Hrybov, the Ukrainian sailor whose response to a Russian warship quickly became a symbol of the bloody conflict, has returned home and been awarded a medal for his service. His garrison on Snake Island was released last week as part of a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. [HuffPost] SANDY HOOK FAMILIES REJECT ALEX JONES SETTLEMENT OFFER Infowars host Alex Jones offered to pay $120,000 per plaintiff to resolve a lawsuit by relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who said he defamed them by asserting the massacre never happened, according to court filings. The families rejected the offer, with lawyers saying Jones was trying to escape a public reckoning. [AP] |
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BIDEN SIGNS EMMETT TILL ANTI-LYNCHING ACT INTO LAW Biden signed into law legislation that makes lynching a federal hate crime, a landmark move after more than a century of attempts to acknowledge lynching as a "uniquely American weapon of racial terror." The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is named for the Black teenager who was brutally killed while visiting family in Mississippi in 1955. His death became a flashpoint of the civil rights era. [HuffPost] RUSSIA-UKRAINE PEACE TALKS, EXPLAINED Representatives for Russia and Ukraine have gathered in Istanbul for peace talks that are gaining momentum. Find out more about what exactly each side wants, and whether there's actually hope for a breakthrough. [HuffPost] BIDEN'S BUDGET WOULD PERMIT FEDERAL FUNDING OF ABORTIONS For the second year in a row, Biden omitted the Hyde Amendment from his budget proposal to Congress for fiscal year 2023, keeping his promise to support reproductive health in a year when abortion rights are in peril. The amendment has been criticized as anti-choice and blatantly racist, as it disproportionately affects low-income women and communities of color. [HuffPost] PELOSI: IT'S UP TO CLARENCE THOMAS TO RECUSE HIMSELF House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reminded Democrats that Supreme Court justices are held to lower ethical standards than Congress. Pelosi made the remarks in a private caucus meeting where she was asked what Democrats could do to hold Thomas accountable after reports about his wife's effort to overturn election results. "It's up to an individual justice to decide to recuse himself if his wife is participating in a coup," Pelosi said. [HuffPost] KEVIN MCCARTHY NOT HAPPY ABOUT MADISON CAWTHORN'S ORGY ACCUSATIONS House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he's going to talk with Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) about his recent claims that leaders he "looked up to" in Washington, D.C., had invited him to orgies and also did cocaine in front of him. Since Cawthorn isn't known for being friends with Democrats, many people assumed he was referring to his fellow Republicans. [HuffPost] |
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