Weekly update - Happy Friday!!!
Jul 01, 2022 3:01 pm
Hi there,
Here's a weekly update for July 1st, 2022...
🗒️ Georgia Senate Race: Warnock Opens Up 10 Point Lead Over Walker
In the race for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock leads 54 – 44 percent over Republican challenger Herschel Walker, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of Georgia registered voters released today.
In Quinnipiac's January 2022 poll, the race was very tight with 49 percent of voters supporting Walker and 48 […]
Bill: This is good news. But don't let off the gas. FLOOR it. Bury Walker.
🗒️ Video: Mike Flynn Pleads the 5th When Asked If Jan. 6 Violence Was Justified
The January 6 committee revealed on Tuesday that former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn pleaded the Fifth Amendment when asked whether he believed the violence on January 6, 2021, was justified.
The revelation came amid former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony before the committee during a discussion about a pre-January 6 meeting […]
Bill: Ex Con says what? "The FIFTH!"
🗒️ ‘Joy and pride’: Black women celebrate Ketanji Brown Jackson joining Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman to join the Supreme Court.
Many Black women celebrated the historic moment.
Bill: MORE good news! It won't change anything on the SCOTUS in terms of outcomes, but I am hoping she has some sway soon. EXPAND the Court. And change its name.
🗒️ Rubin: Vladimir Putin is the unabashed lord of war crimes in the 21st century
Russian President Vladimir Putin is pursuing a deliberate strategy of laying waste to cities, towns, and villages using long-range artillery, bombs, and rockets, since his troops are unable to defeat Ukrainian forces in close battle.
When a 2,000-pound Russian missile slammed into a crowded shopping mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday — killing at least 18 people buying bathing suits or blenders — that was par for the course for Russia.
Only the day before, Sunday, a barrage of Russian missiles pounded a quiet civilian neighborhood in the center of Kyiv, smashing a high-rise apartment building....
Bill: He's a really wealthy & powerful THUG.
🗒️ Inflation in 19 countries using euro hits record 8.6%
Inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro currency hit a record 8.6% in June, pushed higher by a steeper strong increase in energy costs fueled partly by Russia's war in Ukraine
FILE - A customer pays for vegetables at the Maravillas market in Madrid, on May 12, 2022.Inflation figures for Europe will be released Friday, July 1, 2022, as Russia's war in Ukraine has worsened the worldwide surge in consumer prices.
For months, inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro has risen at the fastest pace since record-keeping for the currency began.
(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)The Associated Press
LONDON -- Inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro currency hit a record 8.6% in June, pushed higher by a strong increase in energy costs fueled partly by Russia's war in Ukraine.
Food prices also picked up pace....
Bill: See, it's not just the US so how in the hell would Biden fix it?
🗒️ Russian trial of American basketball star Brittney Griner opens
(CNN)The two-time US Olympic basketball gold medalist Brittney Griner arrived at a court near Moscow on Friday where her trial is expected to start, after officials claimed she had cannabis oil in her luggage in February, a week before Russia invaded Ukraine.
Griner, 31, a Phoenix Mercury player who plays in Russia during the WNBA's offseason, was arrested February 17 at a Moscow airport.
Russian authorities accused her of smuggling significant amounts of a narcotic substance, an offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Griner is currently being kept at a pre-trial detention center north of Moscow.
Her detention has been extended for six months pending the trial's outcome, according to her lawyer....
Bill: Odds she gets a fair trial? Less than zero.
🗒️ Cheney presses primary foe on false election claim
The Capitol insurrection dominated Thursday's debate in Wyoming as Congresswoman Liz Cheney faced her four Republican primary challengers.
Cheney pressed her Trump-backed opponent on whether she agreed with Trump's 2020 election fraud claims.
Bill: I don't like Liz Cheney. But she's doing good work and I commend her for it. Without her, I think this Jan 6 Select Committee would have gone nowhere.
We all forget she's Dick Cheney's daughter. She's no pushover. I mean, that dude bided his time for over ten years to take down Iraq and Hussein.
🗒️ Several police officers wounded in eastern Kentucky shooting
Several police officers have been shot and wounded while trying to serve a warrant in eastern Kentucky
ALLEN, Ky.-- Several police officers were shot and wounded while trying to serve a warrant in eastern Kentucky on Thursday, authorities said.
A suspect was taken into custody and at least one person was killed, Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt told WYMT-TV.
The sheriff's department described the shooting as "deadly" in a Facebook post early Friday, without providing further details.
Hunt had told local media that the suspect opened fire on deputies who were serving a court-issued warrant Thursday evening related to a domestic violence situation....
Bill: Cops always say domestic violence cases are always the most dangerous.
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Bill
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