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July 8, 2021

Kraken attorney claims that they cannot be sanction due to cases too numerous to mention

When one does not have authority to support one's claim, then it is not wise to pretend that such authority exists
https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1412973094222893060

July 7, 2021

Congressional Black Caucus takes sides in Ohio special election

Source: Politico

The already-nationalized special election for a congressional seat in northeast Ohio is getting even more divisive.

The political arm of the Congressional Black Caucus is wading into the race, tapping Shontel Brown, the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party chair, over Nina Turner, a progressive former state senator. Both women are Black.

It’s the latest notable group to take sides in the Aug. 3 primary, which has quickly turned into a proxy war for feuding factions of the Democratic Party.

Brown’s coalition includes Hillary Clinton, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and pro-Israel forces. The former incumbent, Marcia Fudge, now President Joe Biden’s Housing secretary, is staying neutral — but her mother has endorsed Brown.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/07/congressional-black-caucus-ohio-special-election-498596

July 7, 2021

Congressional Black Caucus takes sides in Ohio special election

This is good news https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/07/congressional-black-caucus-ohio-special-election-498596

The already-nationalized special election for a congressional seat in northeast Ohio is getting even more divisive.

The political arm of the Congressional Black Caucus is wading into the race, tapping Shontel Brown, the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party chair, over Nina Turner, a progressive former state senator. Both women are Black.

It’s the latest notable group to take sides in the Aug. 3 primary, which has quickly turned into a proxy war for feuding factions of the Democratic Party.

Brown’s coalition includes Hillary Clinton, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and pro-Israel forces. The former incumbent, Marcia Fudge, now President Joe Biden’s Housing secretary, is staying neutral — but her mother has endorsed Brown.
July 7, 2021

Alex Jones Asks Court To Make Hillary Clinton Testify In Sandy Hook Defamation Case

This is so crazy that it is funny
https://twitter.com/WildPalmsLtd/status/1411530102165413889

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-subpoenas-hilary-clinton-to-testify-in-sandy-hook-defamation-case_n_60df274fe4b0ad1785db454a

After losing repeated court battles in his fight against those who lost loved ones in the Sandy Hook school shooting, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is using a new legal tactic: blaming Hillary Clinton.

In a Thursday court filing, a lawyer for Jones asked a Connecticut court to begin the process of issuing a subpoena to obtain records and testimony from the former secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee, baselessly arguing that it was she who organized the multiple families now suing Jones for defamation related to the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting.

“The defendants in this case believe that this suit was filed six years after the
shootings at Sandy Hook as part of a vendetta inspired, orchestrated and directed in whole or in part by Hillary Clinton as part of a vendetta to silence Alex Jones after Ms. Clinton lost the presidential race to Donald J. Trump,” the court filing reads. “The litigation is brought and pursued in bad faith as part of a partisan effort to silence Mr. Jones for reasons wholly independent of the merits of the plaintiffs’ claims.

Juanita Jean's son, Mark Bankston, is quoted in this article

Houston attorney Mark Bankston with Farrar & Ball, who represents several Sandy Hook parents in Texas, mocked the latest Connecticut filing.

“A lot of people will make fun of this, but it’s just good lawyering,” Bankston joked to HuffPost. “Personally, I have a subpoena lined up for the estate of Elvis Presley and a document request relating to the Bermuda Triangle.”

“Obviously I’m not being serious,” he added. “Nothing about this deserves to be taken seriously.”

I wonder if there are other witnesses that Mark needs to depose
July 7, 2021

Agenda for Special Session is pretty disgusting

The trans sports ban and further restrictions on abortion are on the agenda including voter suppression and other RWNJ agenda items that failed last general session
https://twitter.com/jaspscherer/status/1412777091788009475

July 7, 2021

First nurse to receive COVID-19 vaccine will have her scrubs and vaccine card displayed in Smithsoni

This makes me smile
https://twitter.com/TUSK81/status/1412401520029495297

Sandra Lindsay immigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica when she was 18 years old. Now, she's going down in history for her role in the fight against COVID-19.

President Biden announced on Friday that Lindsay, who was the first person in the nation to receive a COVID-19 vaccine after the FDA authorized its use in December, will have her hospital scrubs, vaccination card and the badge she wore on the day she received her first dose displayed at the COVID-19 exhibit in the Smithsonian Museum of American History.

She was also awarded the "Outstanding American by Choice" award from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which recognizes naturalized citizens who have made "significant contributions to our country," Mr. Biden said, adding that she "represented the very best of us all."

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