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- Michigan Legislator Charged With Assaulting Stripper, Waving Gun, Knowing How To Party
>There is something so very, very exciting about seeing the words *politician, dancer, gun, Republican, *and *3 A.M. *in immediate proximity to each other. All the elements of a hilarious scandal — presuming the dancer is okay — right there in one convenient location. Our antenna goes up and our nose starts twitching like a coked-out rabbit. It is especially welcome in the midst of this dreary presidential election season, a flare gun firing off in the darkness. We call it the full Molly Ivins. > >And with that, let us give a warm Wonkette welcome to one Kornelius “Neil” Friske (yes really), a 62-year-old hard-right Republican member of the Michigan state House of Representatives. Friske was arrested overnight Thursday in Lansing after police responded to a report of a man waving a gun and possibly shooting it. The details are still sketchy, but the cops apparently found reason to arrest Friske on the spot. He has not been formally charged yet, but the Lansing police “requested felony charges of sexual assault, assault, and a weapons-related offense against Friske.”
- Company Linked to Federal Execution Spree Says It Will No Longer Produce Key Drugtheintercept.com Company Linked to Federal Execution Spree Says It Will No Longer Produce Key Drug
Absolute Standards told Connecticut lawmakers it hasn’t made or sold pentobarbital since December 2020 and that it doesn’t plan to resume.
- Appeals court won’t delay July 1 start of Steve Bannon’s prison sentence | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com Appeals court won’t delay July 1 start of Steve Bannon’s prison sentence | CNN Politics
A federal appeals court Thursday night rejected Steve Bannon’s bid to delay the July 1 start of his criminal contempt-of-Congress prison sentence.
A federal appeals court Thursday night rejected Steve Bannon’s bid to delay the July 1 start of his criminal contempt-of-Congress prison sentence.
- Donald Sutherland Dies: Revered Actor In ‘Klute’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘Hunger Games’ & Scores Of Others Was 88deadline.com Donald Sutherland Dies: Revered Actor In ‘Klute’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘Hunger Games’ & Scores Of Others Was 88
Donald Sutherland, the revered actor who starred in scores of films and TV shows, died June 20 in Miami after a long illness. He was 88.
Donald Sutherland, the revered actor who starred in scores of films and TV shows, died June 20 in Miami after a long illness. He was 88.
- John Kerry warns that Project 2025 would be "absolutely unimaginable and destructive"www.salon.com John Kerry warns that Project 2025 would be "absolutely unimaginable and destructive"
Biden's former top climate change adviser spoke with Salon about the stakes for climate change in the election
- Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to pay $1.5B Sandy Hook debt. Company bankruptcy is dismissedapnews.com Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to pay $1.5B Sandy Hook debt. Company bankruptcy is dismissed
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is facing a court-ordered sell-off of many of his personal assets while the future of his Infowars media platform remains up in the air.
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is facing a court-ordered sell-off of many of his personal assets while the future of his Infowars media platform remains up in the air.
- Lindsey Graham Blocks Democratic Bill Mandating SCOTUS to Adopt Code of Ethicstruthout.org Lindsey Graham Blocks Democratic Bill Mandating SCOTUS to Adopt Code of Ethics
Supreme Court justices are currently the only federal judges in the US not bound by an ethics code.
- Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict access to abortion pillwww.nbcnews.com Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict access to abortion pill
The court found that anti-abortion doctors who questioned the FDA’s easing of access to the pill did not have legal standing to sue.
- More states have strengthened child labor laws than weakened them in 2024: This year, state advocates were better equipped to organize in opposition to harmful billswww.epi.org More states have strengthened child labor laws than weakened them in 2024: This year, state advocates were better equipped to organize in opposition to harmful bills
Click here for the latest version of our 50-state maps showing the status of legislation to roll back or strengthen child labor protections. Early this year, we detailed the continued state legislative attacks on child labor protections as well as bills to strengthen child labor standards. Despite t...
- Hunter Biden Found Guilty Of Federal Charges Related To Gun Purchasedeadline.com Hunter Biden Found Guilty Of Federal Charges Related To Gun Purchase
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was found guilty today of three felony counts related to the purchase of a gun in 2018. A jury in Wilmington, DE rendered its verdict after three hours of deliberations. The verdict was covered across all major news networks, although news cameras were n...
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was found guilty today of three felony counts related to the purchase of a gun in 2018. A jury in Wilmington, DE rendered its verdict after three hours of deliberations. The verdict was covered across all major news networks, although news cameras were not allowed in the […]
- Breaking down the South's economic underperformance: Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: Part Twowww.epi.org Breaking down the South’s economic underperformance: Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: Part Two
States that have embraced the Southern economic development model are underperforming when compared to regions that did not implement this model.
- Trump Demands Biden Remove Ad of Him Calling Dead Soldiers ‘Suckers’ and ‘Losers’www.thedailybeast.com Trump Demands Biden Remove Ad of Him Insulting Dead Troops
The former president said only a “psycho” or a “very stupid person” would’ve made such statements.
- Georgia Republican convicted in Jan. 6 riot walks out during televised congressional primary debateapnews.com Georgia Republican convicted in Jan. 6 riot walks out during televised congressional primary debate
A Georgia congressional candidate convicted for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has walked out of a televised debate with a fellow Republican.
- What Is Project 2025?time.com What Is Project 2025?
If you were on Twitter or TikTok over the weekend, you might have seen people talking about Project 2025.
- Watchdog: Thomas Accepted More in Gifts Than All Other SCOTUS Members Combinedtruthout.org Watchdog: Thomas Accepted More in Gifts Than All Other SCOTUS Members Combined
Since 2004, Clarence Thomas has accepted more than $4 million in donations, much of it undisclosed.
- Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crashapnews.com Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash
William Anders was killed when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state.
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>SEATTLE (AP) — William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90. > >His son, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Anders, confirmed the death to The Associated Press. “The family is devastated,” he said. “He was a great pilot and we will miss him terribly.” William Anders, a retired major general, has said the photo was his most significant contribution to the space program along with making sure the Apollo 8 command module and service module worked. > >The photograph, the first color image of Earth from space, is one of the most important photos in modern history for the way it changed how humans viewed the planet. The photo is credited with sparking the global environmental movement for showing how delicate and isolated Earth appeared from space. > >NASA Administrator and former Sen. Bill Nelson said Anders embodied the lessons and the purpose of exploration. > >“He traveled to the threshold of the Moon and helped all of us see something else: ourselves,” Nelson wrote on the social platform X. > >. . .
- Cultural Issues and the 2024 Electionwww.pewresearch.org Cultural Issues and the 2024 Election
Voters who support Biden and Trump have starkly different opinions on many issues, and these two groups are divided internally as well.
- US Air Force tests nuclear-capable long-range missile | CNN Politicsedition.cnn.com US Air Force tests nuclear-capable long-range missile | CNN Politics
The US Air Force on Wednesday tested an unarmed nuclear-capable long-range missile, according to the Air Force Global Strike Command.
The US Air Force on Wednesday tested an unarmed nuclear-capable long-range missile, according to the Air Force Global Strike Command.
- Georgia court of appeals indefinitely pauses the election subversion conspiracy case against Donald Trumpwww.cnn.com Georgia court of appeals indefinitely pauses the election subversion conspiracy case against Donald Trump | CNN Politics
A Georgia appeals court has halted the election subversion conspiracy case against former President Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants until a panel of judges rules on whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified, according to a new order filed on Wednesday.
- “This Is War” — Tommy Tuberville Tells Americans to Choose a Side After Trump Convictiontruthout.org “This Is War” — Tommy Tuberville Tells Americans to Choose a Side After Trump Conviction
You're either for our great country…or you're against that," Tuberville stated in his incendiary defense of Trump.
- Biden signs executive order dramatically tightening borderwww.nbcnews.com Biden signs executive order dramatically tightening border
He has faced political pressure as migrants have continued to arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border.
- Kenneth Chesebro Charged In Wisconsin—Here Are All The Former Trump Lawyers Now Facing Legal Consequenceswww.forbes.com Kenneth Chesebro Charged In Wisconsin—Here Are All The Former Trump Lawyers Now Facing Legal Consequences
Wisconsin is now the third state to bring criminal charges against Trump's lawyers over the 2020 election.
- Pride organizers urged to ensure Jewish people can safely participate in eventswww.washingtonblade.com Pride organizers urged to ensure Jewish people can safely participate in events
A Wider Bridge sent letter to Capital Pride Alliance, other event organizers.
A Wider Bridge sent letter to Capital Pride Alliance, other event organizers.
- Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquitwww.yahoo.com Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquit
A juror was dismissed Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and offered her more money if she would vote to acquit seven people charged with stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic. “This is completely beyo...
- Sandy Hook families ask bankruptcy judge to liquidate Alex Jones' media companyapnews.com Sandy Hook families ask bankruptcy judge to liquidate Alex Jones' media company
Relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are asking a bankruptcy judge to liquidate conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company, including Infowars, instead of allowing him to reorganize his business.
- Trump supporters try to dox jurors and post violent threats after his convictionwww.nbcnews.com Trump supporters try to dox jurors and post violent threats after his conviction
On social media and web forums, users called for jurors, judges and prosecutors to be killed after the former president was found guilty on 34 felony counts.
- Guantánamo Prosecutors Accused of “Outrageous” Misconduct for Trying to Use Torture Testimonytheintercept.com Guantánamo Prosecutors Accused of “Outrageous” Misconduct for Trying to Use Torture Testimony
A torture Victim’s lawyer said the Guantánamo military commission is trying to use testimony extracted by torture.