Jan. 6 defendant, who also attended 2017 Unite the Right rally, sentenced to 5 years (www.politico.com)
Missouri woman who served 43 years in prison is free after her murder conviction was overturned (apnews.com)
A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years of a life sentence was released Friday, despite attempts in the last month by Missouri’s attorney general to keep her behind bars....
Judge throws out rightwing affirmative action lawsuit against Texas university (www.theguardian.com)
Christina Sandera, Clint Eastwood's longtime partner, dies at 61 (www.usatoday.com)
Trans woman falsely identified as Trump shooter in far-right smear (www.salon.com)
"We're never gonna let that happen again": Trump's RNC speech confirms plans for a Big Lie 2.0 (www.salon.com)
Will Ohio strike down its draconian gender-affirming care ban? (www.motherjones.com)
Death of 40 Haitians in Boat Fire Shows 'Crucial Need' for Safe, Legal Migration: UN. (www.commondreams.org)
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Pelosi voiced support for an open nomination process if Biden drops out (www.politico.com)
Some California House Democrats don’t want the process to replace the president on the ticket to seem like a Kamala Harris coronation.
Project 2025’s extreme vision for the West - High Country News (www.hcn.org)
If Donald Trump is re-elected president in November, a coalition of more than 50 right-wing organizations known as Project 2025 will be ready with a plug-and-play plan for him to follow, starting with a database of potential administration appointees carefully vetted by coalition members; an online “Presidential Administration...
Student Loan Payments Paused for Millions Amid Court Fight Over Relief Plan. (www.commondreams.org)
The White House Has a Plan to Slash Plastic Use in the U.S. (www.nytimes.com)
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8 More Democrats in Congress Urge Biden to Step Aside. (www.commondreams.org)
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'Ticking Time Bomb': International Alarm as Poliovirus Found in Gaza Sewage. (www.commondreams.org)
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UK Urged to Cut Off Arms Sales to Israel After Restoring UNRWA Funds. (www.commondreams.org)
Kamala Harris Holds Emergency Call With Dem Donors (www.rollingstone.com)
Former Trump Org. CFO released from jail after serving 100 days for lying during investigation | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Harris to address major Democratic donors on Friday, source says (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will talk to major Democratic donors on Friday, according to a source familiar with the call, after President Joe Biden said he planned to return to the campaign trail next week even as more lawmakers called for him to step aside....
DNC officials defend virtual roll call vote (www.politico.com)
The Democratic National Committee is forging ahead with a virtual roll call to pick the party’s presidential nominee, even as a steady stream of congressional Democrats called for Joe Biden to exit the race....
Member of eBay security team sentenced in harassment scheme involving bloody Halloween pig mask (apnews.com)
The former senior manager of special operations for eBay Inc.’s. global security team was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Boston for his role in a cyberstalking campaign that included sending a preserved fetal pig, a bloody pig Halloween mask and a book on surviving the loss of a spouse to a Massachusetts couple’s...
Three courts agree that a woman deemed wrongfully convicted should be freed. She still isn't (apnews.com)
A circuit judge, an appellate court and the Missouri Supreme Court agree that a woman whose murder conviction was overturned should be free after 43 years in prison....
World Court Finds Israel Responsible for Apartheid (www.hrw.org)
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Seattle police officer fired over "vile" comments after death of woman fatally struck by police SUV (www.cbsnews.com)
A Seattle police officer has been fired for making callous remarks about the death of a graduate student from India after she was struck last year by another officer’s vehicle in a crosswalk....
Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory ‘unlawful’, UN world court rules (news.un.org)
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