Today is the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing at #Normandy, #France, where ~160k #Allied troops pulled off the largest invasion by sea in history. From that point on #America was in charge of #AlliedForces & it was the beginning of the end of #WWII
Judge rules #SteveBannon must go to #prison by July 1 while appealing #contempt case
The former #Trump adviser is challenging a 4-month prison term for contempt of Congress after failing to appear before a House panel investigating the #Jan6, 2021, riot.
U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols agreed after a nearly hour-long hearing. “I don’t believe that the original basis for my stay of Mr. #Bannon’s sentence exists any longer. I no longer consider that his appeal raises substantial questions of #law of a kind likely to reverse his #conviction,” Nichols said, citing that panel’s ruling.
‘#Putin Will Do That For Me’: #Trump Drops Campaign Clip Claiming #Russia Will Release @WSJ Reporter Only If He’s Reelected
Trump released a campaign clip on Tues in which he doubled down on the wild claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin will release jailed WSJ reporter #EvanGershkovich if he’s reelected president.
…Johnson “has named Reps #ScottPerry PA) & #RonnyJackson (TX) to the House Intelligence Cmte. The #Intel Cmte oversees the entire intelligence community & gets some of the most sensitive intelligence about the #US & its allies.”
Both #ScottPerry & #RonnyJackson have grabbed headlines in recent yrs for all the wrong reasons. Jackson’s on-the-job behavior while working in the WH as #Trump’s physician led to headlines like this: “Rep Ronny Jackson made sexual comments, drank alcohol & took Ambien while working as White House physician, Pentagon watchdog finds.” Jackson was later demoted from retired admiral to retired captain by the #Navy due to the #Pentagon’s investigation into his behavior.
#ScottPerry, who coordinated w/ #Trump allies surrounding the #Jan6th attack on the US Capitol, was involved in his own scandal. “Federal judge orders texts, emails on Rep Scott Perry’s phone be turned over to prosecutors in 2020 election probe,” read a CBS headline from 2023. Perry & Jackson’s past scandals led commentators & journalists to react w/both surprise & scorn at #MikeJohnson’s decision to place them on the #Intelligence Cmte.
It's as if #TFG is president, given the current #nationalsecurity threats. These two Reps shouldn't have been able to run for reelection, they & #MAGAMike were part of the sedition caucus. The DOJ hasn't held them accountable for their actions.
SOH Johnson has named Reps Scott Perry & Ronny Jackson to the House Intel. CMTE.
The Intel CMTE oversees the entire intelligence community & gets some of the most sensitive intelligence about the US & its allies.
9 #witnesses in the #criminal cases against #Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages, new jobs, & a grant of shares & cash from Trump’s media co.
…#Trump’s attorney, David Warrington, sent #ProPublica a cease-&-desist letter demanding this article not be published. The letter warned that if the outlet & its reporters “continue their reckless campaign of defamation, President Trump will evaluate all legal remedies.”
“House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday appointed two far-right Republicans to the powerful House Intelligence Committee, positioning two close allies of Donald Trump who worked to overturn the 2020 presidential election on a panel that receives sensitive classified briefings and oversees the work of America’s spy agencies.” https://apnews.com/article/868039d95bc245634644514d2a5abe48
— #TheBigLie#NationalSecurity#congress
The new schedule reflects the array of #legal issues that #JudgeCannon has yet to resolve amid efforts by Trump’s legal team to #delay the #TrumpTrial.
Pete Buttigieg PERFECTLY explains how Republicans ignore real problems to push bigoted laws, fascist, christian nationalist agendas. This Pride Month, let's remember we must push back harder than ever and fight for true equality. It's time to hold them accountable and vote them out this November!
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg PERFECTLY explains how Republicans ignore real problems to push bigoted laws, hatful fascist, christian nationalist agendas. This Pride Month, let's remember we must push back harder than ever and fight for true equality. It's time to hold them accountable and vote them out this November! #vote
Not good. "The Proud Boys are back. Four years after the failed effort to overturn Trump’s 2020 electoral defeat, the violent all-male extremist group that led the storming of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, is rebuilding and regaining strength as Trump campaigns to return to the White House..."
“#America just witnessed a confused, desperate, & defeated Donald #Trump ramble about his own personal #grievances & lie about the American #justice system, leaving anyone watching with one obvious conclusion: This man cannot be president of the United States,” #Biden communications director Michael Tyler said in a statement.
Starlink terminals continue to be sold in #Russia, used to kill Ukrainians.
Despite assurances from marketplaces that the terminals are not available for ordering and the Russian authorities' ban on using the systems, some sellers are putting the terminals up for sale under a different brand so that they will not be removed from the trading floor.
Only on the Russian marketplace "Ozon" managed to find 12 #Starlink terminals at a price of $1600.
Verdicts in Hong Kong’s biggest trial against democratic opposition come >3 yrs after police arrested 47 #democrats in raids at homes across the city. They were charged w/ #conspiracy to commit subversion under a #NationalSecurity law imposed by #China.
Beijing in 2020 imposed the sweeping #NationalSecurity#law that led to a spate of #arrests of democratic campaigners as well as closures of #liberal#media outlets & #NGOs. Hong Kong's democratic opposition had sought for decades to pressure Beijing to allow full #democracy in the city.
2 BC businesses have been ordered to cease operations by the #Canadian government on #NationalSecurity grounds.
Ottawa has ordered #dissolution of #BluevecTechnologies Inc. & #PegauniTechnology Inc. following a national security review, said Innovation, Science & Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on Friday.
He did not say what kind of national security threat the two companies pose, but suggested the #Burnaby based firms received #ForeignInvestment.
The #DOJ policy statement on when officers can use #LethalForce —misrepresented by Trump & his supporters as proof of an assassination plot at #MarALago —was also in the paperwork for the consensual search the #FBI conducted of #POTUS Biden’s Wilmington home, looking for #ClassifiedDocuments.
4 months after the #FBI raided #MarALago, Trump’s attys discovered 4 docs marked #classified in his personal bedroom.
That revelation was among several cited by US District Judge Beryl Howell in a newly unsealed 2023 opinion that found prosecutors had presented compelling #evidence that #Trump#knowingly stashed #NationalSecurity docs in his home & then tried to conceal them when the #DOJ tried to retrieve them.
Related: Chief Judge Boasberg denied#Trump “body man” #WaltNauta’s request to transfer some #GrandJury materials from DC to #Florida, says #Nauta failed to make specific case.