Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana’s restrictions on abortion providers. “Chief Justice John Roberts joined with his four more liberal colleagues in ruling that a Louisiana law that imposes restrictions on doctors who perform abortions violates a right the court first announced in the landmark Roe v Wade decision in 1973.” https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/supreme-court-rules-uphold-abortion-rights-200622132250859.html
China reportedly passes Hong Kong security law. “It would make criminal any act of secession, subversion of the central government, terrorism and collusion with foreign or external forces.” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53230391 These activities are outlawed in almost every country. What about advocacy of secession? How is ‘collusion’ defined? Is there anything being banned in Hong Kong that people in other countries are allowed to do?
Before Russians were allegedly helping kill American soldiers in Afghanistan, Americans were helping kill Russian soldiers there. “… Congress was continually prodding the C.I.A., the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the State Department to provide more support for the Afghan guerrillas, who limped along with relatively ineffective weapons until they got Stinger antiaircraft missiles in September 1986. They used the missiles to shoot down armored Soviet helicopter gunships…” https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/18/world/arming-afghan-guerrillas-a-huge-effort-led-by-us.html
Detroit police officer accused of driving SUV through crowd of protesters. “The video, filmed by protester Ethan Ketner, shows a DPD SUV drive through a crowd of protesters after some climbed onto the hood of the vehicle. After a few seconds, the car speeds up, knocking some protesters back and flinging others onto the hood.” https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/29/us/detroit-police-car-plows-protesters-trnd/index.html Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiKv85jUUaQ
U.S. House passes Obamacare expansion bill. “The legislation, which passed in a largely party-line vote of 234 to 179, would increase the 2010 health law’s subsidies that help people afford their premiums and add more federal funding for Medicaid expansion.” https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/505087-house-fires-back-trump-passing-obamacare-expansion
Supreme Court rules that president can fire and appoint directors of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at will. “All five of the Court’s Republican appointees agreed with this decision, while all four of the Court’s Democratic appointees joined a dissenting opinion by Justice Elena Kagan.” https://www.vox.com/2020/6/29/21307083/supreme-court-cfpb-seila-law-chief-justice-john-roberts-unitary-executive
Supreme Court refuses to hear cases appealing federal death penalty procedures. “Attorneys for the four inmates have argued that the (Federal Bureau of Prison’s) use of a single drug, rather than the three-drug cocktail required in many states, is a violation of a mandate that federal executions be carried out ‘in the manner prescribed by the law of the State in which the sentence is imposed’.” https://www.npr.org/2020/06/29/884656127/supreme-court-clears-way-for-federal-executions-to-resume
Supreme Court refuses to hear environmental groups’ appeal over border wall. “The Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and other environmental groups filed the cause in January, arguing the Department of Homeland Security did not have the authority to waive environmental requirements to speed construction.” https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/505013-supreme-court-wont-hear-border-wall-challenge
Joe Biden promises to partially reverse Trump tax cuts if elected. “Biden also said he would raise the corporate tax rate to 28%, which he said would raise an estimated $1.3 trillion over the next decade. The Trump tax cuts had shrunk corporate taxes to 21% from 35%.” https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/29/biden-tells-donors-he-will-end-most-of-trumps-tax-cuts.html
Experts question Federal Reserve’s purchases of corporate debt. “… the Fed is not only buying the bonds of struggling companies hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic but also some of the stalwarts of American industry — Microsoft, Visa and Home Depot just to name three companies whose debt the Fed holds directly. The Fed holds an expansive list of other companies indirectly, including names like Apple and Goldman Sachs, through exchange-traded funds it has purchased.” https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/29/the-fed-is-buying-some-of-the-biggest-companies-bonds-raising-questions-over-why.html
Radio program discusses the prison-industrial complex. “… it’s a multi-billion dollar industry. Incarcerated people do everything from building office furniture and making military equipment, to staffing call centers and doing 3D modeling.” https://www.npr.org/2020/06/29/884989263/the-uncounted-workforce And highly profitable, no doubt.
New York City’s mayor proposes $1 billion cut in police budget. “(Mayor Bill De Blasio) said that the funds will be shifted to programs impacting young people and ‘communities in a way that would help address a lot of the underlying issues that we know are the cause of so many problems in our society’.” https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/505098-de-blasio-agrees-to-cut-1-billion-from-new-york-police-budget
Iranian protest activist sentenced to death. “(Ruhollah) Zam ran a channel on the messaging app Telegram that spread messages about upcoming protests in 2017 and shared videos from the (demonstrations). That gained him widespread notoriety at the time, including from Iranian authorities wanting to end the protests.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/30/iran-sentences-journalist-ruhollah-zam-to-death
Human rights group claims at least 122 children have been killed during the ‘war on drugs’ in the Philippines, some not by accident. “Some of the children were deliberately killed according to the report, with police potentially targeting those who had witnessed another killing, or claiming they were acting in self-defence. In other cases, children were killed as proxies when the real targets could not be found, as a result of mistaken identities, or were hit by stray bullets, the report says.” https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jun/30/war-on-drugs-blamed-for-deaths-of-at-least-122-children-in-philippines
Coalition of progressive groups backs Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Ed Markey’s bill to redirect 10% of the military budget for social programs. “The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) currently under consideration in the Senate calls for a $740.5 billion military budget for fiscal year 2021. Last week, Sanders and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) unveiled an amendment that would reduce the proposed outlay by 10% and use the savings to ‘create a federal grant program to fund healthcare, housing, childcare, and educational opportunities for cities and towns experiencing a poverty rate of 25% or more’. Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) have introduced a companion amendment in the House.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/30/60-groups-demand-senate-pass-sanders-amendment-slash-out-control-pentagon-budget-74
Federal judge orders Trump administration to release man from indefinite detention. “Distilled to its core, (the government’s) position is that he should be able to detain Petitioner (Adham Hassoun) indefinitely based on the executive branch’s say-so, and that decision is insulated from any meaningful review by the judiciary,” wrote (U.S. District District Judge Elizabeth) Wolford. “The record in this case demonstrates firsthand the danger of adopting Respondent’s position. Respondent’s position cannot withstand constitutional scrutiny.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/29/federal-court-rules-trump-effort-detain-man-indefinitely-without-charges-cannot
Drug company accused of price-gouging taxpayers on coronavirus drug developed with tens of millions in federal money. “Consumer advocates reacted with disgust Monday to an announcement by Gilead Sciences that it will charge U.S. hospitals around $3,120 per privately insured patient for a treatment course of remdesivir, a drug which has proven modestly effective at speeding Covid-19 recovery times…. (Peter) Maybarduk pointed to Institute for Clinical and Economic Review research showing Gilead could still make a profit by pricing remdesivir at $310 per course.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/29/absolute-robbery-gilead-announces-3120-price-tag-covid-19-drug-developed-70-million
Former California police officer Joseph DeAngelo pleads guilty to 13 murders. “On Monday, DeAngelo appeared before Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Bowman, where he pleaded guilty to 26 counts total — 13 charges of first-degree murder and 13 charges of kidnapping for robbery. Investigators also believe he committed 62 rapes, uncharged because of the statute of limitations.” https://www.courthousenews.com/golden-state-killer-pleads-guilty-to-13-murders-admits-to-multiple-rapes/
Federal judge rules against New York landlords seeking to evict tenants during pandemic. “Three Westchester-based landlords — Elmsford Apartment Associates LLC, 36 Apartment Associates LLC and 66 Apartment Associates J.V. — brought a federal complaint alleging that (Governor Andrew) Cuomo’s (eviction moratorium) order violates the takings and due-process clauses of the 14th Amendment.” https://www.courthousenews.com/new-york-landlords-lose-challenge-to-eviction-moratorium/
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