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Northern Light said:
www.thedailybeast.com

No Cops Charged With Killing Breonna Taylor

One of the three officers involved in the botched raid was hit with lesser charges for firing bullets into neighboring apartments.
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No police in Louisville charged in relation to the death of Breonna Taylor.

One cop charged with 3 counts 'wanton endangerment'.

I believe our neighbours to the south are likely to have some more protests on their hands. (understandably so)
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Oh boy, here we go again. Let's hope protests will be peaceful. 😟

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Kentuckyâs Democratic governor authorizes National Guard deployment in Louisville

Gov. Andy Beshear says he has authorized a “limited” deployment of the National Guard as hundreds of demonstrators have gathered to protest a grand jury’s...
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Louisville Mayor Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Breonna Taylor Announcement

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is poised to announce whether his office will bring charges against the police officers who shot and killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in March.
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gabe said:
Oh boy, here we go again. Let's hope protests will be peaceful. 😟

www.marketwatch.com

Kentuckyâs Democratic governor authorizes National Guard deployment in Louisville

Gov. Andy Beshear says he has authorized a “limited” deployment of the National Guard as hundreds of demonstrators have gathered to protest a grand jury’s...
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Louisville Mayor Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Breonna Taylor Announcement

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is poised to announce whether his office will bring charges against the police officers who shot and killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in March.
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Already became violent. I wouldn't be surprised if this becomes another Portland.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1308944889468669952
 
gabe said:
Oh boy, here we go again. Let's hope protests will be peaceful. 😟

www.marketwatch.com

Kentuckyâs Democratic governor authorizes National Guard deployment in Louisville

Gov. Andy Beshear says he has authorized a “limited” deployment of the National Guard as hundreds of demonstrators have gathered to protest a grand jury’s...
www.marketwatch.com www.marketwatch.com

www.npr.org

Louisville Mayor Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Breonna Taylor Announcement

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is poised to announce whether his office will bring charges against the police officers who shot and killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in March.
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I too hope that it's peaceful. If it turns out violent, it would backfire and galvanize the GOP.
 
At least one police officer shot in riots in Louisville.

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Louisville metro police confirm officer shot during Breonna Taylor protest - CNN Video

CNN's Shimon Prokupecz reports on Louisville metro police confirming an officer was shot during the protests after the grand jury in the Breonna Taylor case announced the charges against one officer, Brett Hankison.
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There are some reports of a second officer shot, but I don't feel they are sufficiently corroborated yet.
 
An interesting piece in the New York Times discussing how the pledge to Defund the Police in Minneapolis fell apart.

www.nytimes.com

How a Pledge to Dismantle the Minneapolis Police Collapsed (Published 2020)

When a majority of City Council members promised to “end policing as we know it” after George Floyd’s killing, they became a case study in how idealistic calls for structural change can falter.
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Its a good read, though little in it surprises me.

A failure to grasp how the slogan/idea would be received by the broader community. (even 50% of the Black community came out in opposition)

A failure to explain the idea.

A failure to communicate or have a transition plan in place.

A desire to paint anyone with doubts as the enemy, instead of someone to be persuaded.
 
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Trump nominates staunch conservative Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court

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"Aunt" Amy and "Commander" Trump.
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U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and that he hopes will provide a needed boost to his re-election effort.

Barrett, a former clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, said she was "truly humbled" by the nomination and quickly aligned herself with Scalia's conservative approach to the law, saying his "judicial philosophy is mine, too."

Barrett, 48, was joined in the Rose Garden by her husband and seven children. If confirmed by the Senate, she would fill the seat vacated by liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsberg. It would be the sharpest ideological swing since Clarence Thomas replaced Justice Thurgood Marshall nearly three decades ago.

She would be the sixth justice on the nine-member court to be appointed by a Republican president, and the third of Trump's first term in office.

Trump hailed Barrett as "a woman of remarkable intellect and character," saying he had studied her record closely before making the pick.
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Judge Amy Coney Barrett is nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House Rose Garden on Saturday afternoon. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

Republican senators are already lining up for a swift confirmation of Barrett ahead of the Nov. 3 election, as they aim to lock in conservative gains in the federal judiciary before a potential transition of power. Trump, meanwhile, is hoping the nomination will serve to galvanize his supporters as he looks to fend off Democratic candidate Joe Biden.

For Trump, whose 2016 victory hinged in large part on reluctant support from conservatives and white evangelicals on the promise of filling the seat vacated by the death of Scalia with a conservative, the latest nomination brings his first term full circle. Even before Ginsburg's death, Trump was running on having confirmed in excess of 200 federal judges, fulfilling a generational aim of conservative legal activists.
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Trump joked that the confirmation process ahead "should be easy" and "extremely non-controversial," though it is likely to be anything but. No court nominee has been considered so close to a presidential election before, with early voting already underway. He encouraged Democrats to take up Barrett's nomination swiftly and to "refrain from personal and partisan attacks."

In 2016, Republicans blocked then-president Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court to fill the election-year vacancy, saying voters should have a say in the lifetime appointment. Senate Republicans say they will move ahead, arguing the circumstances are different now that the White House and Senate are controlled by the same party.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will vote "in the weeks ahead" on Barrett's confirmation. Hearings are set to begin Oct. 12.
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Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that a vote to confirm Barrett to the high court would be a vote to strike down the Affordable Care Act. Schumer added that the president was once again putting "Americans' healthcare in the crosshairs" even while the coronavirus pandemic rages.

Biden took that route of criticism, as well, framing Trump's choice as another move in Republicans' effort to scrap the 2010 health care law passed by his former boss, president Barack Obama.

The set design at the Rose Garden, with large American flags hung between the colonnades, appeared to be modeled on the way the White House was decorated when President Bill Clinton nominated Ginsburg in 1993.
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Amy Coney Barrett: Why are so many people concerned about COVID-19? Right now, only 2% of Americans have a COVID-19 case at least once in their lives. It's a very small percentage. It's just a scare tactic by the likes of CNN and MSNBC. The majority of people recovered from it. Go out and enjoy yourselves.
 
Northern Light said:
An interesting piece in the New York Times discussing how the pledge to Defund the Police in Minneapolis fell apart.

www.nytimes.com

How a Pledge to Dismantle the Minneapolis Police Collapsed (Published 2020)

When a majority of City Council members promised to “end policing as we know it” after George Floyd’s killing, they became a case study in how idealistic calls for structural change can falter.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

Its a good read, though little in it surprises me.

A failure to grasp how the slogan/idea would be received by the broader community. (even 50% of the Black community came out in opposition)

A failure to explain the idea.

A failure to communicate or have a transition plan in place.

A desire to paint anyone with doubts as the enemy, instead of someone to be persuaded.
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It's an echo of 'abolish ICE' which most interpret as 'abolish border security' which is going to be deeply unpopular. I don't know who's in charge of branding these movements, but they are really bad at it. "Defund the police" is pandering to the people who are most hardcore, and not going to be a rallying cry for the people in the middle that need to be convinced. And the policing in the US is deeply in need of reform. A wasted opportunity.
 
She's still a corporatist. Expect Obamacare to be struck down. There is a case beginning oral arguments on Nov 10.

The abortion access will probably take the form of death of a thousand cuts to access, and not overturning Roe. And being a federal judge is about aligning with SCOTUS precedent, vs setting it.
 
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Admiral Beez said:
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Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance (Published 2020)

The Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.
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From said article, a couple of items that caught my eye:

In fact, confidential records show that starting in 2010 he claimed, and received, an income tax refund totaling $72.9 million — all the federal income tax he had paid for 2005 through 2008, plus interest.

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Although he had more than enough credits to owe no taxes at all, his accountants appear to have carved out an allowance for a small tax liability for both 2016 and 2017.
When they got to line 56, the one for income taxes due, the amount was the same each year: $750.

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Mr. Trump reduced his taxable income by treating a family member as a consultant, and then deducting the fee as a cost of doing business.

Ms. Trump (Ivanka) reported receiving payments from a consulting company she co-owned, totaling $747,622, that exactly matched consulting fees claimed as tax deductions by the Trump Organization for hotel projects in Vancouver and Hawaii.

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There are also some interesting statements as to Mr. Trump's ongoing debts and liquidity.

A principle mortgage on Trump Tower in the amount of 100M comes due in 2022; but that's only one of many debts owing.
 
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