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July 10, 2020
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Supposedly conservative Supreme Court defies Trump . . . The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court, with Chief Justice Roberts leading the way, has distinctly staked out its independence from President Donald Trump by delivering a series of setbacks to him and his administration in pivotal cases. The court ended its nine-month term on Thursday by rejecting Trump’s sweeping assertions of presidential immunity in a ruling that paves the way for a
New York prosecutor to obtain the president’s financial records, which he has sought to conceal. The court also rejected Trump’s broad arguments for preventing Congress from obtaining similar records and sent the matter back to lower courts for further consideration. Those rulings were only the latest setbacks for the Republican president in the past month from a nine-member court that until this term generally backed him in big cases. The court also ruled against Trump in blocking him from
rescinding an immigration program created by his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama, in expanding LGBT rights and in striking down a restrictive Louisiana abortion law defended by his administration. Roberts was in the majority in all of those rulings. Reuters
Schools are hoping to reopen, but science is uncertain . . . Children are clearly at low risk of serious illness from covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. Research suggests they’re also less likely to get infected to begin with. But it’s unclear to what extent they can still transmit it to each other and to vulnerable adults — such as their teachers or family members. “The data that is clear is that children
do not get serious consequences of infection compared to adults,” Anthony Fauci said. The anecdotal evidence, he said, is that children do not transmit the coronavirus to adults as readily as adults infect one another. But, he acknowledged, “the definitive study has not been done.” Washington Post
Plasma therapy offers hope . . . Convalescent plasma therapy has given doctors hope that an effective treatment for the coronavirus is already here, even if the evidence of its successes is anecdotal. “It is a very safe procedure, and it is also very effective because we have seen patients who we were able to get them off the ventilator fairly quickly,” said Dr. Sohail Rao, executive vice president of the DHR Health system in
Texas. Convalescent plasma therapy is an experimental treatment in which doctors take blood from a patient who has recovered from COVID-19 and whose body has antibodies that it created to fight the virus. Doctors then take the liquid part of the blood, called plasma, and transfuse it into the patient’s blood. Washington
Examiner
Maryland man could be among first successfully vaccinated against COVID-19 . . . A Maryland man believes he could be one of the first people successfully vaccinated against coronavirus after his body produced antibodies in response to a trial. David Rach hailed the 'promising' results from a
trial at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, where US drugs giant Pfizer and German firm BioNTech are gearing up to mass-produce the vaccine if it proves effective.
Rach, a graduate immunology student at the university, said his body was generating more antibodies than the levels seen in recovering virus patients after he was the first person injected in the trial. Daily Mail
China finds virus in shrimp . . . China said samples of imported shrimp tested positive for the coronavirus, raising questions again over whether the pathogen can spread through food or frozen products. The virus tested positive on both the inside and outside of the shrimp
packaging, said China’s General Administration of Customs. The samples were from three Ecuadorian plants, and imports from those processors will be halted, it said.
“The test result doesn’t mean the virus is contagious, but reflects the loopholes in companies’ food safety regulations,” said Bi Kexin, director of the food import and export safety bureau in the customs department. Bloomberg
Et tu, shrimp?
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Poll finds Biden leading by just four points . . .
A new Hill-HarrisX general election poll has some encouraging news for President Trump. Joe Biden’s lead over Mr. Trump has dropped in recent weeks. “The poll found Biden’s lead has narrowed from last month’s bump, where Trump was trailing the former Vice President by 10 percentage
points,” the poll analysis said. Mr. Biden’s lead is now down to four percentage points in the poll of 933 registered U.S. voters conducted July 3-4. “Forty-three percent of registered voters said they would support Biden for president if the election were held today. By contrast, 39% of voters said the same of Trump,” the analysis said. Washington Times
It's amazing, and it happens all the time. Our political pundits see something happening, and they think that's the way things will be months down the road. And then they're shocked when things change. Even though things always change. Trump can still easily win reelection.
Today's Trump schedule
Video || Pelosi thinks it's fine if mobs tear down statues . . . This is perhaps the worst part of the problem we face today. Our leaders are afraid to stand up to the mob. “People will do what they do,” Pelosi said when asked if statues should be taken down as the result of a vote
by a commission rather than toppled by a mob raging in the night. Thoroughly disgusting. The Speaker of the House approves of rank lawlessness. We are in a bad place. White House Dossier
Two thirds disapprove of Trump's handling of coronavirus . . . President Donald Trump is facing broad disapproval for his management of the two major crises gripping the nation, with two-thirds of Americans giving him low marks for both his response to the coronavirus pandemic and his handling of race relations, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday. Evaluation of Trump's oversight of the COVID-19 crisis reached a new low since ABC News/Ipsos began surveying on the coronavirus in March, with 67% disapproving of his efforts. One-third of the country approves of the president's oversight of the pandemic. ABC News
Supreme Court rules Democratic prosecutor can see Trump tax returns . . . The Supreme Court Thursday rules Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., a liberal Democrat, has the authority to subpoena the records from Trump’s private accounting firm.
But in a ruling that may help keep the returns private, at least through Election Day, the Court said Congress can’t have them.
According to the Washington Examiner: President Trump’s accountants will have to hand over years of financial records and tax returns after the Supreme Court ruled that he did not have immunity from a grand jury investigation in New York. The justices voted 7-2. White House Dossier
Biden would force religious groups to pay for abortions
De Blasio cancels all large events — except Black Lives Matter protests . . . Mayor Bill de Blasio is permitting Black Lives Matter protesters to continue marching through city streets while canceling all large events through September. Speaking on CNN Thursday night, de Blasio said the demonstrators’ calls for social justice were too important to stop after more than a month of demonstrations have not led to an outbreak of
coronavirus cases. “This is a historic moment of change. We have to respect that but also say to people the kinds of gatherings we’re used to, the parades, the fairs — we just can’t have that while we’re focusing on health right now,” de Blasio told host Wolf Blitzer. New York Post
Sorry, New York. You voted for this guy.
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China will retaliate against US sanctions over Xinjiang as feud escalates . . . China said Friday it will retaliate against U.S. officials and institutions following Washington’s imposition of sanctions on three local officials of the ruling Communist Party over human rights abuses in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. China “strongly opposes and condemns” the Trump administration’s decision to bar the three officials
from entering the U.S., the latest in a series moves taken against China as relations deteriorate over the coronavirus pandemic, human rights, Hong Kong and trade. CNBC
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Seoul mayor kills self after sexual harassment charges . . . Park Won-soon, 64, was found dead in the woods of Mount Bugak near his official residence in central Seoul, shortly after midnight. He was first reported missing by his daughter Thursday evening, who said he left a message "sounding like a will" before he vanished. Park said he is "sorry" to everyone and specifically mentioned that he is sorry to his family for "causing
only pain." The mayor was reportedly facing a probe into the allegations after a female former secretary filed a criminal complaint on Wednesday over unwanted "physical contact" and "inappropriate" messages. In accordance with the law, the case was automatically terminated upon the mayor's death. Yonhap News Agency
Pneumonia deadlier than coronavirus said to be seeping across Kazakhstan . . . Kazakhstan is facing a deadly 'unknown pneumonia' more dangerous than coronavirus, China has claimed. The alert comes as the Kazakh authorities have admitted both a 'second wave' spike in Covid-19 but also a sharp rise in pneumonia cases. The Kazakh health ministry insisted on Friday the Chinese pneumonia claim was 'not true' despite an apparent surge in cases not
confirmed as coronavirus. Daily Mail
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AOC, Julian Castro lead call to boycott Goya foods after CEO praises Trump . . . The CEO of Goya Foods, which bills itself as the country's largest Hispanic-owned food company, praised President Donald Trump during a visit to the White House on Thursday. Social backlash followed. The hashtags #Goyaway and #BoycottGoya soon began trending on Twitter, while some Latinos also expressed
disappointment with the CEO's praise for a president who they say continuously attacks Latinos. "Oh look, it's the sound of me Googling 'how to make your own Adobo,'" U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Twitter. USA Today
Hispanic "leaders" move to destroy a successful Hispanic company that provides authentic Hispanic food because of its chief's political views. Next thing you know, they'll say Amazon shouldn't come to New York City and create tens of thousand of jobs.
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Supreme Court rules half of Oklahoma a Native American reservation . . . The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday recognized about half of Oklahoma as Native American reservation land and overturned a tribe member’s rape conviction because the location where the crime was committed should have been considered outside the reach of state criminal law. The justices ruled 5-4 in favor of a man named Jimcy McGirt and agreed that the site of
the rape should have been recognized as part of a reservation based on the historical claim of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation - beyond the jurisdiction of state authorities.
The decision means that much of eastern Oklahoma is legally considered reservation land. More than 1.8 million people live in the land at issue, including roughly 400,000 in Tulsa, Oklahoma’s second-largest city. Reuters
I don't know. Given everything else, this almost seems normal.
Penn State faculty deletes a "disgusting" tweet stating that conservative views matter . . . After intense backlash, the Pennsylvania State University liberal arts department deleted a tweet ensuring conservative students that their voices matter. The original tweet was a picture with the title “Dear Students: You Belong Here” followed by various affirmations of black, Muslim, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ students. It also had a message for
conservatives: “Dear conservative students, your viewpoints are important.” Campus Reform
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Students ask Satan for help ridding campus of conservative group . . . Student activists are demanding that a Texas public university remove a conservative group from campus and have even invoked satanic witch rituals to aid the campaign. Students at the University of North Texas created a petition calling for the removal of the school's Young Conservatives of Texas chapter for "hateful actions." The petition,
signed by the UNT College Democrats, the multicultural group MUEVE, and the queer alliance group GLAD, claims the conservatives "harassed" LGBT groups and multicultural organizations. One activist took the campaign a step further by performing satanic witch rituals against the group's female leader. Washington Free
Beacon
I think Satan would be glad to help.
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