This is Independence Holiday in the USA.

July 4th is a long standing tradition in the USA to celebrate adoption of the Declaration of Independence (click here). The Revolutionary War (click here) was being fought while this declaration was drawn up and signed. The war was officially over in 1781, but, fighting continued until 1783. The United States Constitution would not be drawn up and in effect until 1789 (click here). After the USA Constitution was signed and brought to bear as the law of the land, the Twelve Amendments (click here) was drawn up in 1789. Only Amendments three through twelve were ratified in 1791. So, the coveted First Amendment was actually the Third Amendment in the first draft of the amendments.

That said, this Independence Day finds many Americans disillusioned and disadvantaged because of radical decisions by the USA Supreme Court. This 246th commemoration of Independence Day is troubled. In 2023 will be the 250th celebration of July 4th. I am certain there is anniversary celebrations already underway for next year. Hopefully, by this time next year there will be new legislators in the US House and Senate that will return function to the USA.

This Supreme Court confuses their religious and/or political affiliations with interpretation of the Rule of Law. This time next year, on the 250th July 4th needs to prove to all Americans that elections matter and with a moral majority in the federal legislature the country and the people are safe.

It needs to be investigated, but, it seems mostly an unfortunate accident.

One bomb does not equate to "Russia in ruins," as it is in Ukaine. This is an interesting accident in that the Russian people need to know there is a war proceeding and the degree of which Ukriane has suffered. This can serve as an example of what Russia has done to Ukrainians since February 24th.

While this accident is upsetting it is important Ukriane target military installations and not civilian areas. Ukraine has run a war anchored in excellent standards of international treaties. Ukraine should maintain those treaties at the center of their defense of their land. There is absolutely nothing wrong with striking Russia in military instillations, however, Russian civilians are out of the question.

This war is known internationally as "Putin's War." It is important it remain that way.

July 3, 2022
By Henri Astler

Russia has accused Ukraine over explosions (click here) which reportedly killed three people in the city of Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine.

The regional governor said the blasts hit dozens of residential buildings and air defences had been activated.

The Kremlin said that Sunday's attack had been a deliberate attempt by Ukrainian forces to target civilians.

Ukraine dismissed the claim, saying the Russians had lied about similar incidents in the past.

Belgorod - a city of 370,000 that lies just north of Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv - has been attacked on several occasions since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February.

The latest incident happened in the early hours of Sunday morning....

Americans have invaded Sky/Cloud City.

Why would Supreme Court justices expect to have peace and order in their lives when the rest of the country doesn't?!?!?!?

July 2, 2022
By Ariane de Vogue and Veronica Stracqualursi

Sky City Haya (click here)

The marshal of the Supreme Court has asked Maryland and Virginia officials (click here) to direct law enforcement to enforce state and county laws prohibiting picketing outside the homes of Supreme Court justices, according to letters obtained by CNN.

Col. Gail A Curley sent letters to Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Democrat Marc Elrich, the county executive of Montgomery County, and Democrat Jeffrey McKay, Fairfax County board of supervisors' chairman.

The letters, released by a court spokesperson on Saturday to reporters and sent as the court ended a blockbuster term which saw historic decisions on guns, abortion and climate, refer to protests that have taken place "for weeks on end." Curley called in the letters for the officials to direct police to enforce the laws.

According to Curley, "large groups of protesters" have "picketed" justices' homes in Maryland and Virginia, "chanting slogans, using bullhorns, and banging drums."...

Article 2, Section 2 of the USA Constitution

The religious and political zealots of the USA Supreme Court are dismantling the USA Consitution.  

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

The agencies, by definition, are part of the Executive Branch. The Executive Branch does not legislate. The Secretary of the EPA serves at the pleasure of the President. The entire ruling by Robert's Court is idiocy.

The Late President George H. W. Bush was concerned about Earth's climate. He recognized this was a global concern and the USA had a place in it.

December 3, 2018
By Scott Waldman,

...Through legislation he signed in 1990, (click here) Bush started the National Climate Assessment, a sweeping study documenting climate change’s impacts on the United States. The Trump administration released the latest iteration on Black Friday and has since downplayed its definitive body of research, making false claims about its accuracy and inadvertently drawing more attention to the clear science that shows Americans will be increasingly at risk as a result of climate change.

Bush’s presidency came during a different time, when bipartisan actions to reduce greenhouse gases and other pollutants seemed possible, observers said. The very existence of the NCA is a reminder that Republicans in Washington once crafted aggressive climate policy....

President Clinton (click here) had extensive policies and was eager to address greenhouse gases whenever he could.

President George W. Bush addressed the issue of Clmate Change early in his presidency.

June 11, 2001

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. (click here) I've just met with senior members of my administration who are working to develop an effective and science-based approach to addressing the important issues of global climate change....

This is an issue that I know is very important to the nations of Europe, which I will be visiting for the first time as President. The earth's well-being is also an issue important to America. And it's an issue that should be important to every nation in every part of our world.

The issue of climate change respects no border. Its effects cannot be reined in by an army nor advanced by any ideology. Climate change, with its potential to impact every corner of the world, is an issue that must be addressed by the world.

The Kyoto Protocol was fatally flawed in fundamental ways. But the process used to bring nations together to discuss our joint response to climate change is an important one. That is why I am today committing the United States of America to work within the United Nations framework and elsewhere to develop with our friends and allies and nations throughout the world an effective and science-based response to the issue of global warming....

President Obama reached out to China specifically to have the two largest economies, the USA and China, to enter into agreements to bring about a resolve to end the dangers of Climate Change.

November 11, 2014

President Obama (click here)  Announces Ambitious 2025 Target to Cut U.S. Climate Pollution by 26-28 Percent from 2005 Levels

Building on strong progress during the first six years of the Administration, today President Obama announced a new target to cut net greenhouse gas emissions 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.  At the same time, President Xi Jinping of China announced targets to peak CO2 emissions around 2030, with the intention to try to peak early, and to increase the non-fossil fuel share of all energy to around 20 percent by 2030....

When I said the USA Supreme Court under Chief Justice Roberts is guilty of gross malpractice, I meant it. It is obvious the Robert's Court is out of control and way outside the parctice of the Rule of Law.

September 3, 2016
By Mark Landler and Jane Perlez

Hangzhou, China — President Obama and President Xi Jinping of China (click here) formally committed the world’s two largest economies to the Paris climate agreement here on Saturday, cementing their partnership on climate change and offering a rare display of harmony in a relationship that has become increasingly discordant.

On multiple fronts, like computer hacking and maritime security, ties between China and the United States have frayed during the seven and a half years of Mr. Obama’s presidency. The friction has worsened since the ascension of Mr. Xi as a powerful nationalist leader in 2013.

Yet the fact that he and Mr. Obama could set aside those tensions to work together yet again on a joint plan to reduce greenhouse gases attests to the pragmatic personal rapport they have built, as well as to the complexity of the broader United States-China relationship, a tangle of competing and congruent interests....

These agreements directly come from the powers of the President.

November 10, 2021

U.S. - China Joint Glasgow Declaration on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s. (click here)

l. The United States and China recall their Joint Statement Addressing the Climate Crisis of April 17th, 2021. They are committed to its effective implementation and appreciate the intensive work that has taken place to date and the value of continued discussion.

2.The United States and China, alarmed by reports including the Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report released on August 9th, 2021, further recognize the seriousness and urgency of the climate crisis. They are committed to tackling it through their respective accelerated actions in the critical decade of the 2020s, as well as through cooperation in multilateral processes, including the UNFCCC process, to avoid catastrophic impacts...

China EXPECTS the USA to maintain it's promises and agreements. In reaction to the Robert's Court gross malpractice, China immediately reminded the USA of it's responsibilities.

July 1, 2022

Beijing (Reuters) - The United States must meet its international obligations (click here) on climate change and do more than "shout slogans", China's foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting Washington's ability to cut power sector emissions.

The Supreme Court voted to constrain the authority of the U.S.'s Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal- and gas-fired power plants under the Clean Air Act, sparking dismay among environmentalists....

Every national leader on Earth is completely aware of the dangers of the climate crisis. It is time to end the foot dragging and the US Congress, as if they don't have their hands full with January 6th, must begin a review of the malpractice of the Robert's Court. It is completely obvious the court is out of control. Robert's can't keep the court secure without leaks and absolutely has abdicated his leadership to the right wing extremists since Coney-Barrett showed up and is running her own game from inside the court.

Could it be the Flint Water Tragedy is finally finding itself out of the corruption within the Michigan legal system?

The people of Flint, Michigan have a right to hear from an independent prosecutor regarding the charges of manslaughter, murder and/or gross negligence of the government officials of the time the tragedy in this American city. Murder has no statute of limitations.

July 1, 2022

By Ron Fonger

Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud, right, and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy wait to answer questions from Flint residents during a community meeting with Flint water prosecutors on Friday, June 28, 2019 at UAW Local 659 in Flint, two weeks after dismissing the charges in the criminal cases.

Flint water prosecutors (click here) have filed new court motions aimed at putting their criminal cases against nine government officials, including former Gov. Rick Snyder, back on course.

Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy filed motions in Genesee County courts on Friday, July 1, seeking to comply with a state Supreme Court ruling that says state law does not authorize one-person grand juries to file criminal indictments directly....

...Attorneys for Snyder had announced after the Supreme Court decision on Tuesday, June 28, that they would move to dismiss two Flint water criminal charges pending against their client, but Friday’s filings by the attorney general show they will face a fight before that happens.

Snyder and eight other current and former city of Flint and state of Michigan employees were indicted for crimes related to the water crisis in January 2021. Newblatt acted as a one-man grand jury in the prosecutions, but the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling says that while he had the authority to investigate and issue subpoenas, he did not have the authority to indict.

It didn't take long. The entire world of professionals, through their journals, know what morons sit in six seats on the Supreme Court.

"Nature" has been consolidating information to it's subscribers for decades. Probably from at least the 1960s regarding climate. The first journal of Nature published in November 1869.

"Nature" is widely read and respected. It will profounding effect issues with the USA. These professionals, as of I consider myself one, have been working hard at bringing knowledge to the community and the public, including government for a long time now. Their work is selfless and continuous. This decision by Roberts' is not going over well among reasonable and important people.

Right now, the Roberts' Court is nobody. They are corrupted lawyers with a permanent seat of power. Their power is not as it should be.

30 June 2022
By Jeff Tollefson

The US Supreme Court (click here) has limited the regulatory tools that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can use to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, dealing a massive blow to US President Joe Biden’s climate agenda. Academics and environmentalists lamented the loss of authority, as well as the precedent it could set for the EPA — and potentially other US agencies trying to tackle major societal issues in innovative ways.

“It’s a very dangerous decision,” says Lisa Heinzerling, a legal expert at Georgetown University in Washington DC. “As an agency, if you are trying to tackle an important [new] question, and you’re trying to do it in a creative way, then this case should give you pause.”...

Calls for Papers (click here)

This court is making everyone crazy. They refuse to recognize THE TRUTH about the world we live in today.

NATO is facing rebuke from China and Russia.

We are equal then, because, NATO allies rebuke China and Russia over creating threats to the global order. The West has facts on it's side and the Asia rouge nations do not.

June 30, 2022

NATO was facing rebukes (click here) from Moscow and Beijing on Thursday after it declared Russia a “direct threat” and said China posed “serious challenges ” to global stability....

The USA does not have sovereign authority in other countries.

These are also climate refugees. A human being has to have land to live on and Central America has received some of the worst of Atlantic hurricanes. There is also a pattern that brings the storms from the Pacific, too. There have been loss of crops, mudslides and landslides.

We saw what the climate crisis did to Yellowstone Park. That is basically what is happening to Central America. These countries don't necessarily have the resources to maintain their people when these impoverished communities are devastated.

Central America doesn't get a chance to recover before their is another storm upon them. The hotter the troposphere, the worse it can get.

Picture above is from the USA EPA archives. The federal agency is responsible for the well being of migrant workers. Their health is not to be in danger while working in the USA. This photo is from 1970.

YOUNG MIGRANT WORKER (click here)  WEEDS SUGAR BEETS FROM 7:00 A.M. UNTIL DUSK FOR $2.00 AN HOUR

June 30, 2022
By Adam Liptik

Washington - The Supreme Court (click here) on Thursday rejected a challenge to the Biden administration’s efforts to end a Trump-era immigration program that forces asylum seekers arriving at the southwestern border to await approval in Mexico.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the majority opinion, joined by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh and the court’s three liberal members. Justice Amy Coney Barrett agreed with much of the chief justice’s analysis.

The challenged program, known commonly as Remain in Mexico and formally as the Migrant Protection Protocols, applies to people who left a third country and traveled through Mexico to reach the U.S. border. After the policy was put in place at the beginning of 2019, tens of thousands of people waited in unsanitary tent encampments for immigration hearings. There have been widespread reports of sexual assault, kidnapping and torture....

I struggle for words for this majority of the Supreme Court except stupidity. Corrupt is another good word.

There is nothing here that is malicious. All actions to combat the climate crisis is a benevolent act. 

The global community needs to come up with a strategy to end the greenhouse gas emissions in the USA. The global community should minimize exporting any commodity to the USA that produces greenhouse gases. Tariffs need to be leveraged against the USA of these products. Trade restrictions for not limiting and ending greenhouse gas production by the enormous consumer base of the USA must be part of the strategy. 

The idea the USA is not a leader to end a climate catastrophe is unconscionalbe. What can be done is for states in the USA can still lead. Trade relations with states of the USA can bring about change. California has very aggressive climate policies and it should not be punished by the global community. The global community should work with the states to end the pollution of greenhouse gases.

June 30, 2022

The Supreme Court on Thursday (click here) limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon emissions from power plants, dealing a blow to the Biden administration’s efforts to address climate change.

The vote was 6 to 3, with the court’s three liberal justices in dissent, saying that the majority had stripped the E.P.A. of “the power to respond to the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.”

The ruling appeared to curtail the agency’s ability to regulate the energy sector, limiting it to measures like emission controls at individual power plants and, unless Congress acts, ruling out more ambitious approaches like a cap-and-trade system at a time when experts are issuing increasingly dire warnings about the quickening pace of global warming....

Men often accompany women to their abortions. Now, they are getting sterilizations.

That regression of society didn't take long.

Men have surrendered.

They don't want unwanted children. Abortions are about the men as well as the woman. Pregnancies are not necessarily welcome by the man involved. That is a very big fact and reality of modern society.

June 29, 2022

By Meena Venkataramanan

Thomas Figueroa (click here) always knew he didn’t want children. Growing up in Central Florida, he remembers his classmates getting pregnant as early as middle school and had considered getting a vasectomy for the past few years.

But after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, he rushed to schedule one. He registered Monday for a vasectomy with Doug Stein, a Florida urologist known as the “Vasectomy King” for his advocacy of the procedure.

“It is something I put on the backburner of my mind until very recently, when the Supreme Court decision happened,” said Figueroa, 27, who lives in Tampa. “That was basically the triggering factor right there. It pushed my mind to say: ‘OK, I really do not want children. I’m going to get this vasectomy now.'”

Figueroa is not alone. Urologists told The Washington Post that they have seen a spike in requests for the procedure in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

Stein said that before Friday, he received four or five vasectomy requests a day. Since the court’s decision was announced, that number has spiked to 12 to 18 requests per day.

“It was very, very noticeable Friday, and then the number that came in over the weekend was huge and the number that is still coming in far exceeds what we have experienced in the past,” Stein told The Post. “Many of the guys are saying that they have been thinking about a vasectomy for a while, and the Roe v. Wade decision was just that final factor that tipped them over the edge and made them submit the online registration.”

Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists names award winning journalists.

June 24, 2022

From breaking news coverage of Derek Chauvin’s conviction (click here) for murdering George Floyd to comprehensive investigations into police misconduct to in-depth reporting on COVID-19, the 2022 Page One Awards from the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists (MNSPJ) highlighted the best of journalism during a challenging year.

Our Peter S. Popovich Award, given annually to the person or organization that best exemplifies the fight for First Amendment rights, went to Jared Goyette. Police fired a projectile at Goyette’s head while he was reporting on protests after Chauvin’s murder of George Floyd in 2020. 

Goyette, a freelance journalist at the time, wasn’t alone in being targeted. He and other injured journalists went on to serve as plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against the city of Minneapolis, the Minnesota State Patrol and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Read more about Goyette’s story and the lawsuit here.

Deena Winter of Minnesota Reformer was named Journalist of the Year for strong reporting on police misconduct during protests after the murder of George Floyd, the bankruptcies of My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell and more standout coverage. Judges noted the sheer scope of her reporting skills deserved “the highest praise.”...

If Alito isn't leaking decisions he is using the Shadow Docket to sink voting rights.

Over dissents from the three liberal Justices, #SCOTUS issues unsigned, unexplained shadow docket order putting Louisiana's congressional maps (which a district court blocked) back into effect and adding the case to the merits docket for next

The Louisiana congressional map is in violation according to the Voting Rights Act of 1964.

This may was vetoed by the Louisiana Governor.

February 18, 2022
By Wesley Muller, Julie O'Donoghue and JC Canicosa

The White Republican majority (click here) in the Louisiana Legislature exerted its influence on political redistricting with maps that maintain their control across a state that has grown increasingly diverse. Lawmakers concluded a special session Friday with the approval of new lines for Louisiana’s seats in Congress, keeping five majority-White districts and one majority-Black.

Updated maps for the state school board, Public Service Commission and the Louisiana House and Senate also kept the same share of minority districts, despite Census data that show Louisiana with a Black population of 33% and 40% of residents who identify as a minority.

To keep district lines where they want them, GOP legislators will likely have at least two more major hurdles to clear: possible vetoes from Gov. John Bel Edwards and lawsuits from civil rights and voter advocacy groups.

“I remain adamant that the maps should reflect the growth of the African American population in our state over the last 10 years, allowing for minority groups to have an opportunity at electing candidates of their own choosing,” Edwards said in a statement after lawmakers adjourned, “and I do have concerns that several of the maps do not fulfill that moral and legal requirement.”...

There is a method to solve the gerrymandering problem and was the method used before gerrymandering was invented. When the USA Census states there is a population increase there are more US Representatives added rather than manipulating the map. It is a method with respect as it provides more assistance to citizens than simply shifting the same number of US Representatives around the country. 

There are currently 435 US House of Representatives. There were not that many when there were 13 original states.

Hello, America. 

Cassidy Hutchinson has a full understanding of the federal government at it's highest levels.

“No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.”

— U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 2, clause 2

She should consider runninng for office. She would be great.

Trump

“…great malice of forethought…”

Trump and any of his family, former cabinet and/or staff that continues to have national security access should be suspended until further notice. The exception to that is Former Vice President Pence and anyone providing truthful information to the January 6th Committee.

The USA Joint Chefs has the capacity to convene tribunals of personnel past and present that could be a national security threat.

Russian excuses for deaths in mall does not track with the truth.

June 28, 2022
By Paul D. Shinkman

Russia on Tuesday claimed its missile strike (click here) on a shopping mall in central Ukraine that killed more than a dozen civilians in fact hit a military munitions depot, defying international condemnation of an apparent war crime at a time Western countries supporting Kyiv are moving toward new strategies to break the increasingly deadly conflict there.

“The hangar was bombed, where European and American weapons and ammunition arrived,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday morning during a meeting with ministers of the Caspian states....

An earlier attack was on Kyiv's residential areas. It was this strike matched with that of the shopping mall that lead me to the conclusion the river was being used to hit the people of Ukraine. Both these strikes resulted in the death of children. That is genocide. It is completely indiscriminate in the place where the bombs land. If Russia does not have the capacity to avoid areas where innocent people and their children live, work, attend school and shop then Russia should not be conducting such attacks. To continue these strikes matched with the deaths since the beginning of Russia's illegal invasion dictates it is genocide.

June 26, 2022

...One person died and at least six were wounded (click here) in a Russian missile strike that hit a residential apartment block in Kyiv. The city’s Deputy Mayor, Volodymyr Bondarenko, said four of the injured were admitted to the hospital as search and rescue operations continue.

Bondarenko also said a kindergarten was hit in the missile strike but no one was injured, and video from Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs showed a large missile funnel in the backyard of the kindergarten.

Those injured in the residential block included a 7-year-old girl, he said. Her mother, a 35-year-old woman named Katerina, was rescued from the rubble and put into an ambulance. She is a citizen of Russia, but had lived in Kyiv for a long time....

There is every reason to believe these strikes are facilitated by Belarus, especially along the river. If Belarus continues to support Putin's genocide it is as guilty as the Russian military and Putin himself.

These strikes coincides with NATO's meeting and additional sanctions. It could be inferred NATO is in Putin's sights and the USA is correct in putting more troops in Europe.

Something is going on with COVID-19.

There  (click here) is a significant increase of new cases, hospitalizations and 

deaths.

Michiganders are notorious for not using masks.

June 28, 2022

By Arjun Thakker

Over the last week, (click here) Michigan reported 14,353 new COVID-19 cases, an average of 2,050.4 per day, and 174 new deaths, according to data released Tuesday by the state health department.

The daily average for new cases increased by 34.4% compared to last week, and the daily average of new deaths represent a 152.2% increase from the previous report.

These increases are only for a six day week and not a full seven day week in Michigan.

Last week, the state changed its weekly data release from Wednesdays to Tuesdays, reporting only 6 days of cases and deaths for last week....

The Red State culture is just that much of a threat.

I thought, at the time the Supreme Court dissolved the right for every American woman to have a safe and legal abortion, which companies would regret their migration to states like Texas.

Now is an opportunity for Blue States to extend invitations to companies that may have left the state. The Republicans never thought it through as to what may happen in the wake of the practice and policy of extremism.

I am not surprised Governor Baker is looking to bring business back to Massachusetts or new business wanting to make the move. One of the reasons business in the USA flourishes is because of the large number of consumers, but, also because of freedom. Companies have less management concerns in the USA and are heard in DC to their hurdles to prosperity. Not that all decisions side with corporations, but, they do have a voice. 

Oppression; yes it is oppression; such as the cancelling of Roe v. Wade makes doing business and maintaining employees more difficult. Women employees will become less desirable. Women will find it more difficult to be employed. Pregnant women in the work place will be common place and will add to a negative impact on companies with medical and family leave. It is possible to drain an entire office if there are women all become pregnant at the same time. Don't say it can happen, the birth rate after a long electrical black out increases nine months later.

No one in their right minds will want to live in a state such as Texas where rights of citizens are fluid and chronically under threat. The Bible Belt of the USA has always been the highest level of poverty and now it is clear as to why.

June 28, 2022
By Susannah Sudborough

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (click here) said Monday that the state may “encourage” employers headquartered in states that have effectively outlawed abortion to relocate to or expand their operations in the Bay State, The Boston Globe reported.

Massachusetts has some of the strongest abortion protections in the country, and state lawmakers are considering doing more to defend the right to an abortion through funding for reproductive healthcare access, State House News Service (SHNS) reported Monday.

“I do believe that having listened to and heard from a lot of companies over the course of the past several days about what this decision means with respect to their workforces and their benefit plans, that .there may in fact be a big opportunity here for Massachusetts to encourage some employers to either come here or expand their footprint here, as we are a state that takes this issue seriously,” Baker said....

Mark Meadows’ was invested in the coup.

Mark Meadows found Trump’s plot to coup the 2020 election convenient because he never lawfully lived in the district he represented in the US House. Meadows had reasons to look the other way.

What is hideous about Trump’s ambitions to be at the Capitol to the point where he assailed his own Secret Service agent is the reality was it was a mob. No matter how much Trump believes “these are my people” his survival of the day was not guaranteed. If January 6th went very wrong everyone including Trump could have been dead and the power of the country would have fallen to the Governors to instill Marshall Law while linking to the military.

The reality is that if one AR-15 made it into the Joint Session with everyone still there and Trump and his entourage present everyone could be dead. The entire governing body of the federal government could have been wiped away. White Supremacists were/are using Trump as a vehicle.

The Secretary of State is third in line with an intact federal government. The federal government would be in disarray.

January 6th Committee Meeting - June 28, 2022

 1:00 pm 

The committee and witness arrive to room.

1:02 Chaiman Thompson has opened the meeting. The witness is seated.

The mission of the committee is entered into the record today. The Select Committee has a massive amounts of evidence to the investigation. There is some difficulty getting all the information, but the witnesses today and in the past are courageous to bring information to the committee.

Vice Chairwoman Cheney reviewed those that have given testimony. She states the witness today, Ms. Cassidy Hutchinson (click here), has important information as an assistant to Vice President Pence. She knew a great deal about the activities of the Trump White House. Future hearings will clarify the information from Ms. Hutchinson today.

1:08 Ms. Cassidy Hutchinson is introduced by Chairman Thompson and she is sweared in.

She has served in sensitive government jobs. She was a special assistant to the President. Her day was fluid as there was no strick agenda on any given day. She was also responsible for security to Mr. Meadows and the president. She became a trusted and important person to Mark Meadows. She handled whatever the Chief of Staff Meadows needed for the day. She infers she was carrying out the president's requests through Mr. Meadows.

A map of the West Wing of the White House. Her desk was between the Oval Office and others. There is a short distance from the Oval Office and her office. It takes a few seconds to walk to the Oval Office from her office.

Vice Chairwoman Cheney states Ms. Hutchinson was able to understand the planning for the insurrection of January 6th. Giuliani states to her after a meeting in the Oval Office, "You must be excited about January 6th." She spoke to Mr. Meadows after the that interaction with Giuliani and Mr. Meadows stated he was aware of "things might get real, real bad on January 6th."

When hearing Giuliani and Meadows response Ms. Hutchinson became scared for what might be transpiring on January 6th and the planning for January 6th. 

December 2020, Mr. Radcliff was nominated by Trump to oversee US Intelligence. Mr. Radcliff felt the insurrection of January 6th was not something the White House should be involved in. It would be bad for the president's legacy. Director Radcliff stated things could get out of hand.

Mrs. Hutchinson states the post election period was filiing complaints and moving toward an obstruction of the placement of Joe Biden in the presidency. "Occupy federal buildings and invading the capital building," by Mr. Donoghue. "Patriots must be at the Capitol Building to prevent Biden from office." The White Supremacists entered conversations in the White House the closer it got to January 6th. "Congress itself is the target on the January 6th." 

January 4th call the national security advisor Robert O'Brien wanted to speak to Mark Meadows to talk to him about the anticipated danger on the 6th. Tony Ornado was also someone Mr. O'Brien wanted to talk to because he was the most responsible for security of White House staff and he was the conducit between the White House and the Secret Service.

"..we had info reports stating there could be violence on the 6th..."

Wshington, DC police arrested armed persons with weapons on the evening of the 5th. 

Mags (magnatomitors) screened people that had weapons of a variety was allowed in the meeting on the elipse. Near the elipse were people with AR-15s and glock style pistols. They were outside the Mags. Men carrying AR-15s at 14th and Independence Ave at 0800 on the 6th and at the 1100 hour of January 6th. 

Meeting with Tony Ornado and Mark Meadow at 1000 on the 6th revealed the fact the White House knew the variety of weapons including deadly weapons were in the crowd/mob.

She remembers Mark Meadows not verbalizing acknowledgement of the dangers. Mr. Ornado states he made Donald John Trump aware of the weapons in the mob. Mr. Meadows did not act on the concerns of Mr. Ornado.

1;31 Texts messages ORM. The president was furious because he wanted the arena of the elipse maxed in size to allow all those attending in the arena. She was in the tent area behind the stage. Trump was concerned about the camera view to provide a view of a very numerous attendees. Trump was furious about the people with weapons being left out of the arena and demanded the Mags be removed. "The armed people were not there to hurt him." 

The attendees of the arena with weapons did not want them confiscated if they went through the Mags. Trump wanted the Mags removed. He stated it twice. Donald John Trump was aware the people in the arena at the Elipse with or without weapons would be marching to the Capitol. There were some persons wearing body armor.

The mob walked to the Capitol after Trump's direction to do so. Security on the scene made the assessment there was not enough security at the Capitol to contain the mob. It was becoming clear to those staffing that day, including the Secret Service, that the violence was overwhelming the Capitol. The police were overwhelmed and it was being discussed. Mark Meadows was talking secretly to someone on the phone. Ms. Hutchinson was not allowed to hear what Meadows was saying in the Control Car. The door was slammed shut to Ms. Hutchinson twice. At one point Mr. Meadows asked how much longer was Trump's speech at the elipse. 

The violence before Trump's instructions to march to the Capitol occurred because the White Supremacists were at the US Capitol already and by 10 AM. Those plans were made in a car garage the night before at the very least. So, Trump's speech to instruct the mob at the Elipse was simply more people to assist with the coup of the Joint Convened Congress.

Scheduled Movement is on the official schedule to be known to the staff and Secret Service as well as the public. That is set days before in anticipation of security in place. 

OTR is less planned and does not have to be known to the public/press.

January 3rd Cipilloni briefly stated "We need to make sure this doesn't happen...." We would have legal complications if the insurrection went forward. Ciplloni stated, "Please don't let the movement happen." Because of charges of potentially obstructing justice and defrauding the electoral count. Cipolloni was worried it would be viewed as inciting a riot.

Nick Luna stated he wanted to speak at the Capitol. Max Miller stated the president would be driving to the Capitol. Trump brought up the subject. Mr. Lima states he was aware of the desire of the president to march or accompany attendees to the Capitol.

NSC staff believed that MOGUL (the president) was going to the Capitol and was looking for the best possible route. The day of the insurrection the NSC was aware of the calls by Capitol Police asking for help. McCarthy called Ms. Hutchinson explained the president just said he was marching to the Capitol. McCarthy states figure out the movement of the president because he was not going to the Capitol. Mr. Ornado was made aware.

Scheduled movement was not clear about Trump's arrival to the Capitol. Mr. Hutchinson was not aware of Trump's plans on January 6th once reaching the Capitol. A speech possibly at the Capitol and/or entering the Joint Session during the Electoral Vote Count.

She returned to the White House and Mr. Ornado asked her to his office. Bobby Engle was the chief officer in the Trump detail. Trump entered The Beast and was told he was not going to the Capitol. Trump became irrate and demanded to go to the Capitol. He was told they would be going back to the West Wing and Trump became physical to disable the driver and redirect the travel of the car to the Capitol.  The facts were not disputed to Ms. Hutchinson.

Kayleigh McEnery knew of Trump's whereabouts. 

In a brusque statement, (click here) McEnany claimed that “there is only one word for anyone who suggests I was ever a White House employee: liar.”

The transmission of the January 6th committee meeting is being interriupted on MSNBC by claimed discontinuance of the signal. North State Communications in North Carolina.

Ms. Hutchinson states she witnessed Donald John Trump throwing china and food when he was ill tempered. Bill Barr states when he offered to resign Donald John Trump slammed the desk in anger.

2:01 pm Committee taking a break for 10 minutes.

Using my phone is a better idea.

Television looks better. I think there are many people watching this and the signal has to be boosted from time to time.

2:15 pm Committee is back and Vice Chairman Cheney began with an introduction of Mr. Stone and General Flynn and their pledging. Flynn was pardoned and Stone's sentence was commuted.

January 5th Mark Meadows called Stone and Flynn on the 5th. Mr. Hutchinson is unaware of the contents of the conversation. The Willard Hotel was called the War Room. Meadows was discouraged to go to the Willard Hotel that evening. Giuliani and his associates were not trustworthy to Ms. Hutchinson. Mark Meadows did not go to the Willard Hotel but dialed into the meeting.

"Was the violence on January 6th was justified morally or legally? Does General Flynn believe in the peaceful transfer of power. Flynn asks, "The Fifth" to all questions.

2 to 2:05 pm The "rioters" were getting closer to the Capitol. Mark Meadows was in his office. Ms. Hutchinson asked Meadows if he was watching the crowd on the television. Meadows states he saw the events on television but the president wanted to be alone at that moment. Neither Meadows or Trump expressed concern or a need to end the march as they were closer in proximity of the Capitol.

Cipolloni barrelling down the hallway and asked for Mark Meadows. He started to shake his head and opened the door to Meadows office. Meadows states the President does not want to do anything about the violence. Cipolloni stated there was grave concern for the violence. Trump was doing nothing and not discussing it with his staff.

2:15pm a tweet went out. It might had been 2:14 pm on the 6th. The conversations in the Oval Office dining room was about the hang Mike Pence chants. A couple of minutes later Cipolloni stated that Mark Meadows needed to do something more. The president states to Meadows the mob was doing nothing wrong. "Their" is the rioters at the Capitol. 

Trump defends the insurgents about the chant of hanging Mike Pence. 

2:24 pm - Trump tweet - The Vice President does not have the courage to do what needs to be done. Ms. Hutchinson states to the best of my ability and  as a staff felt personally sad, disappointed, disgusted and frustrated. She believes the insurrection was unpatriotic. "The Capitol Building was being defaced for a lie." She feels she has not recovered from the emotions she had that day. Basiscally she was highly conflicted that day.  PTSD?

The "Mike Pence didn't have the courage" was a warning to some of the staff and there were resignations. DeVos there is no misunderstanding the impact of Trump and Chow stated she was deeply troubled in a way that she cannot set it aside. 

Three camps that day in the White House:

l. working to get him to take action

2. a more neutral group - advisors toeing the line and knew Trump didn't want to take action

3. deflect and blame - blame antifa as the mob is not their people

White House Council Office wanted a strong statement to cause the "rioters" to stop and leave the Capitol.

3:00 PM written on the Chief fo Staff note card a potential statement for Trump - illegal phrase and it was disregarded and never issued

Ivanka wanted Trump to send people home. She wanted Trump to tell the insurgents to go home peacefully. 

Laura Ingraham wrote to Trump. Did she or any of her associates go on the air to condem the violence? I didn't think so.

Laura O'Donnell stated Leader McCarthy believed it was Un-American and he condems the violence. Disappointed and sad, this is not who we are...this has to stop now. I conveyed to the president what needs to do and asked him to do that. (televisions "hot" 24/7")

Republican Senator on video told Trump to end the violence.

4:17 pm - Trump calls for peace and expresses affirming statement to his affection for them. Trump never condemned the attack.

January 6th evening 

3:31 pm Hannity asked Mark Meadows to have Trump ask the insurgents to leave the Capitol.

Wow, the staff formulated a defeat of Trump's directives and having Vice President in charge of the country. Impeachment and 25th Amendment is real and people will quit. 

The Cabinet Secretaries was discussing the 25th Amendment and Ms. Hutchinson was aware and reported it to Mark Meadows.

Pat Filbin wrote a speech for Trump on January 7th to address the events of the 6th. Filbin and Cipilloni were rejected by Donald John Trump. Calling the insurgents violent and prosecuting them. Trump didn't believe the insurrectionists were not wrong but Pence was wrong that day. Trump stated he would like to pardon the insurgents.

Pat Philbin (click here) is based in the firm’s new Washington office. In almost thirty years of practice, including service in senior roles in the federal government, Mr. Philbin has gained deep experience in a broad range of matters from litigating disputes for Fortune 100 companies, to responding to congressional investigations, to crisis management involving legal issues that make front-page news stories. In addition to handling critical litigation matters, Mr. Philbin will draw on his extensive experience both in and out of government to counsel clients confronted with complex legal issues that present challenges on several fronts and may require interacting with the legislative branch and executive agencies as well as seeking solutions in court. In his varied experience as a litigator, he has presented argument in myriad state, federal, and tribal trial courts, in eight of the thirteen federal courts of appeals, before the International Court of Justice at The Hague, and before the United States Senate sitting as a Court of Impeachment.

Mr. Philbin spent over fifteen years as a litigation partner at a major international law firm where he litigated matters at both the trial and appellate levels for Fortune 100 clients....

Mark Meadows encouraged the speech to include pardoning the insurgents. Giulianli wanted a presidential pardon as did Mark Meadows in relation to the insurrection.

2:50 pm Vice Chairwoman's closing statement. She states the country is in debt to Ms. Hutchinson. I second that. Both ladier are very brave. 

A practice that raised significant concern if witnesses were contacted to influence their statements to the committee. 

Being a team player is important and Trump reads transcripts. THOSE ARE DIRECT THREAT TO FEDERAL WITNESSES.  It sounds like racketering. 

2:54 Chairman Thompson states regardless of poor memories of some witnesses, due to people like Ms. Hutchinson the truth will be known.

2:55 pm Adjorned.

continued....

The One Man Grand Jury charges are vacated and sent back to the lower courts.

There should be a Grand Jury convened to determine the charges to the Flint nine.

June 28, 2022
By Arpan Lobo

The Michigan Supreme Court (click here) sided with a trio of former state officials charged for their involvement in the Flint drinking water crisis, issuing an opinion Tuesday that a lower court judge erred in using a "one-man grand jury" to issue indictments against the officials last year.

The unanimous opinion, with one justice not participating, calls for the cases against former state officials Nick Lyon, Nancy Peeler and Richard Baird to return to the Genesee Circuit Court for preliminary examinations.

In 2021, Genesee County Circuit Judge David Newblatt charged the group, and six others — including former Gov. Rick Snyder — for their involvement in the Flint water crisis, without a preliminary examination, which allows for cross-examination of witnesses before trial. Appeals to Newblatt's decision were rejected, bringing arguments to the Michigan Supreme Court.