Top Democrats launch inquiry into Trump’s brazen $1bn pitch to oil execs (www.theguardian.com)
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse calls audacious request ‘definition of corruption’ amid investigation into Mar-a-Lago meeting in April...
Who is Elizabeth Teckenbrock? Single mom who went viral for crying while baking own birthday cake says ex-husband is ‘Scientologist’ (haor.org)
Elizabeth Teckenbrock, 29, from Tampa, Florida, went viral after sharing a clip on TikTok showing the difficulty of being a single parent which has amassed more than 53million views
California inmates fight wildfires — but if prisons can’t supply enough crews, what’s next? (www.sacbee.com)
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Sonoma County jail inmates began a hunger strike a week ago, alleging jail staff weren't following COVID protocols. The jail is now quarantined with at least three positive cases. (www.pressdemocrat.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/sonoma-county-jail-hunger-strik…
Lengthy immigrant detention can be unconstitutional, US appeals court rules (www.reuters.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/lengthy-immigrant-detention-can…
Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/biden-immigration-border-crackd…
The number of deaths in ICE custody is already more than double all of last year (www.nbcnews.com)
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After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive (apnews.com)
HONG KONG (AP) — As the 35th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown neared, Rowena He, a prominent scholar of that bloody chapter of modern China’s history, was busy flying between the United States, Britain and Canada to give a series of talks. Each was aimed at speaking out for those who cannot....
1 dead, 24 shot in overnight mass shooting in Akron, Ohio (www.cnn.com)
A 27-year-old man was killed and 24 other people were shot after gunfire erupted early Sunday morning in Akron, Ohio, during what a police official said was a big birthday party....
Donors raise $233,000 to give US cart pusher, 90, chance at retirement (www.theguardian.com)
Thousands of people have donated about a quarter of a million dollars to a 90-year-old US air force veteran who has been financially supporting himself by pushing shopping carts at a grocery store in sweltering Louisiana – and now has the option of retiring if he wants thanks to the strangers’ generosity....
Kansas supreme court rules state constitution does not provide the right to vote (www.theguardian.com)
In a bizarre mixed ruling combining several challenges to a 2021 election law, Kansas’s supreme court has ruled that its residents have no right to vote enshrined in the state’s constitution....
Preliminary results project Claudia Sheinbaum to become Mexico’s first female president (edition.cnn.com)
Mexico is set to get its first female president, with preliminary results showing Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and Mexico City’s former mayor, is on track to win the country’s largest election in history....
‘No way out without bloodshed’: the right believe the US is under threat and are mobilizing (www.theguardian.com)
The posts are ominous....
A growing California wildfire spanning 14,000 acres is forcing residents to evacuate (www.cnn.com)
Stormy Daniels urges Melania Trump to leave husband Donald now - for two reasons (www.mirror.co.uk)
'I'm not going to let you continue': ABC host stops Trump lawyer from lying about Biden (www.rawstory.com)
Why investors are doubling down on Truth Social despite Trump's historic conviction (www.npr.org)
German Cop Dies After Being Stabbed At Anti-Islam Rally (www.ndtv.com)
Five people taking part in a rally organised by Pax Europa, a campaign group against radical Islam, were wounded in the attack....
‘Trust Jesus’ MAGA Bus Crashes Into Pole Ahead of Staten Island Pro-Trump Rally (www.thedailybeast.com)
Tulsi Gabbard’s Aunt Allegedly Stabbed, Beaten to Death with Hammer in Samoa (www.thedailybeast.com)
Trump says he's "okay" with jail or house arrest (www.motherjones.com)
Police investigate theft of more than 200 Pride flags in Massachusetts (www.theguardian.com)
Man who threatened to kill the Bidens, Obama, Hillary Clinton sentenced to federal prison (lawandcrime.com)
Alex Jones says Infowars could be shut down within hours (www.newsweek.com)
In what he described as an “emergency broadcast” on Saturday, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claimed that his far-right news company, Infowars’, studios in Austin, Texas, might be shut down by federal authorities soon....
Massachusetts teacher on leave after holding mock slave auction and using racial slur, official says (abcnews.go.com)
A fifth-grade teacher in Massachusetts has been placed on paid leave after a series of incidents including holding a mock slave auction, using a racial slur, and calling out the student who reported the slur, a school official said....
