WadingThruPolitics (2025)

20/11/2022

Thomas Simonetti for The Washington Post Washington Post: “Former president Donald Trump declared this week in his 2024 campaign announcement that the single gravest threat to “our civilization” was the Justice Department, which has been investigating his alleged mishandling of classified documents and his role in the effort to prevent his successor from taking office.” “When Attorney General Merrick Garland…...

Thomas Simonetti for The Washington Post Washington Post: “Former president Donald Trump declared this week in his 2024 campaign announcement that the single gravest threat to “our civilization” wa…

20/11/2022

President Biden Turns 80, Making Him the First Octogenarian in the Oval Office - New York Times

New York Times: “ If he was watching from the White House, President Biden might have winced last week when Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared in her speech on the House floor that “the hour has come for a new generation to l...

07/04/2022

ABC News: “The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, paving the way for her to become the first Black woman to sit on the nation's highest court.” “Just before the 53-47 bipartisan vote, during a rare occasion when senators announce their votes standing at their desks, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called it ‘an even greater moment for America as we rise to a more perfect union.’ "

https://wadingthrupoliticsnews.wordpress.com/2022/04/07/senate-confirms-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-supreme-court-in-historic-vote-abc-news/

ABC News: “The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, paving the way for her to become the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s highest court.” “Ju…

25/03/2022

Washington Post: “Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in a series of urgent text exchanges in the critical weeks after the vote, according to copies of the messages obtained by The Washington Post and CBS News.”

https://wadingthrupoliticsnews.wordpress.com/2022/03/25/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-to-pursue-efforts-to-overturn-the-2020-election-texts-show-washington-post/

Washington Post: “Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to pursue unrelenting efforts…

11/03/2022

New York Times: “Congress cleared the first major federal spending legislation of President Biden’s administration on Thursday, approving a $1.5 trillion measure with substantial increases for domestic and national security programs, along with $13.6 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine as it battles Russia’s invasion.”

https://wadingthrupoliticsnews.wordpress.com/2022/03/11/congress-clears-1-5-trillion-spending-bill-including-ukraine-aid-new-york-times/

New York Times: “Congress cleared the first major federal spending legislation of President Biden’s administration on Thursday, approving a $1.5 trillion measure with substantial increases for dome…

10/03/2022

New York Times: “The 2020 census undercounted the country’s population by 18.8 million people, the Census Bureau said on Thursday, acknowledging that the count had underrepresented Black, Latino and Indigenous residents.” “At the same time, the census overcounted the number of white and Asian residents, the bureau said.”

https://wadingthrupoliticsnews.wordpress.com/2022/03/10/2020-census-undercounted-u-s-population-by-nearly-19-million-new-york-times/

New York Times: “The 2020 census undercounted the country’s population by 18.8 million people, the Census Bureau said on Thursday, acknowledging that the count had underrepresented Black, Latino an…

08/03/2022

Associated Press: “A Texas man was convicted on Tuesday of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, a milestone victory for federal prosecutors in the first trial among hundreds of cases arising from last year’s riot.” “A jury also convicted Guy Wesley Reffitt of interfering with police officers who were guarding the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and of obstructing justice for threatening his two teenage children if they reported him to law enforcement after the attack. Jurors deliberated about three hours and convicted him on all counts.”

https://wadingthrupoliticsnews.wordpress.com/2022/03/08/1st-trial-in-capitol-riot-ends-with-conviction-all-counts-associated-press/

Associated Press: “A Texas man was convicted on Tuesday of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, a milestone victory for federal prosecutors in the first trial among hundreds of cases…

02/03/2022

Washington Post: “Mexican smuggling gangs have sawed through new segments of border wall 3,272 times over the past three years, according to unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection maintenance records obtained by The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act.”

https://wadingthrupoliticsnews.wordpress.com/2022/03/02/trumps-border-wall-has-been-breached-more-than-3000-times-by-smugglers-cbp-records-show-washington-post/

Washington Post: “Mexican smuggling gangs have sawed through new segments of border wall 3,272 times over the past three years, according to unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection maintenan…

26/02/2022

Washington Post: “President Biden announced Friday the nomination of federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer, a historic choice that fulfills the president’s pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court and would make Jackson, 51, just the third African American in the high court’s 233-year history.”

https://wadingthrupoliticsnews.wordpress.com/2022/02/26/biden-nominates-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-the-supreme-court-washington-post/

Washington Post: “President Biden announced Friday the nomination of federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer, a historic choice that fulfills the president…

25/02/2022

Washington Post: “Three former Minneapolis police officers who were at the scene with Derek Chauvin as he pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck were convicted Thursday of violating Floyd’s civil rights in a case that is likely to increase scrutiny over how officers are trained to intervene with rogue colleagues.”

https://wadingthrupoliticsnews.wordpress.com/2022/02/25/former-minneapolis-officers-found-guilty-of-violating-george-floyds-civil-rights-washington-post/

Washington Post: “Three former Minneapolis police officers who were at the scene with Derek Chauvin as he pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck were convicted Thursday of violating Floyd’s civi…

23/02/2022

Axios: “Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Tuesday ordered state agencies to investigate gender-affirming care for transgender kids as child abuse.

https://wadingthrupoliticsnews.wordpress.com/2022/02/23/texas-gov-orders-state-agencies-to-investigate-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-kids-as-child-abuse-axios/

Axios: “Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Tuesday ordered state agencies to investigate gender-affirming care for transgender kids as child abuse.

22/02/2022

Washington Post: “A federal jury has found three White men guilty of committing a hate crime and other violations when they chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in coastal Georgia two years ago, determining they were motivated by racial animus because he was Black.”

https://wadingthrupoliticsnews.wordpress.com/2022/02/22/three-white-men-guilty-of-hate-crimes-charges-in-connection-with-ahmaud-arbery-murder-washington-post/

Washington Post: “A federal jury has found three White men guilty of committing a hate crime and other violations when they chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in coastal Georgia two years ago, determi…

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