WSJ: Schools move past COVID precautions: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-schools-put-covid-19-safety-measures-in-rearview-dividing-some-parents-11660309201 .
WSJ: Relaxation of COVID workplace guidelines: https://www.wsj.com/articles/relaxed-cdc-covid-guidelines-seen-as-boost-for-return-to-the-workplace-11660334360 .
Polio continues spread in New York City area: https://apnews.com/article/health-new-york-city-wastewater-climate-and-environment-8df014e9b38a70606c04234492bb3fb4 .
J&J to stop selling talc globally: https://www.aol.com/news/j-j-stop-selling-talc-211759995-133724236.html . Given the legal liability this has generated in the US, this decision seems wildly overdue.
WSJ: Is the world population peaking at 8 billion?: https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-population-is-about-to-hit-8-billionand-some-argue-it-is-near-its-peak-11660252977 . Most demographers agree the world population will peak in the next 100 years. Also, the article properly identifies the key sensitivity in these projections, which is the rate of fertility decline in Africa.
WSJ: UK heads toward recession as inflation bites: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-economy-shrank-in-second-quarter-as-inflation-hit-households-11660302163 .
House Democrats pass the Inflation Reduction Act: https://news.yahoo.com/landmark-climate-and-health-care-legislation-passes-the-house-214046402.html . The bill now heads to Biden’s desk for a very public signing ceremony. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-set-to-pass-democrats-climate-healthcare-and-tax-package-11660296604 . Still more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-in-joe-manchin-and-chuck-schumers-reconciliation-deal-on-climate-health-and-tax-policy-11658973323 .
Opened OJ search documents show presumptive evidence of criminal activity: https://www.aol.com/news/trump-says-nuclear-weapons-issue-122108215-200627978.html . Under the statutes involved, no one can remove highly classified documents from a secure location. If any other American did what OJ did, they end up in the slammer, period. Here, where the documents were subpoenaed in June and still not turned over, the case is that much stronger. This really gets down to the idea that no one is above the law. So the time draws nearer for this clown to face the consequences of his crimes. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-asks-judge-to-unseal-mar-a-lago-search-warrant-11660245559 . Still more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-retrieved-classified-documents-from-mar-a-lago-heres-what-classified-means-11660328572 . And: https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-search-mar-a-lago-fbi-11660267417 .
OJ’s alleged defense that he declassified the documents would require evidence of an affirmative act to do so. However, under the statutes involved, that is not an applicable defense. Also, this suggests the DOJ anticipated that defense in choosing the charging statutes. More: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-allies-say-declassified-mar-lago-documents-experts-say-unclear-w-rcna42311 . When Jamie Raskin was asked to comment today, he responded, “[OJ] is a one-man crime wave”. So true …
Tax fraud case against The OJ Organization can proceed: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-judge-rules-criminal-case-against-the-trump-organization-and-former-cfo-allen-weisselberg-can-proceed/ . The legal poo is getting deeper and deeper … WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-organization-given-october-trial-date-in-new-york-tax-fraud-case-11660319901 .
OJ makes increasingly desperate claims in his own defense: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-denies-report-fbi-sought-nuclear-documents-mar-lago-search-rcna42766 . As mentioned above, the document declassification argument is unlikely to stick. His assertion that all the FBI had to do was ask is a bald-faced lie, as the documents were subpoenaed in June. His claim that Obama’s records included classified material (some on nuclear info) was immediately shot down by NARA. This claim, however, suggests OJ’s kept documents covered nuclear secrets, contrary to his assertion that this is a hoax.
OJ’s claim that the FBI is framing him wins the desperation prize. First, it practically admits that he had classified material in his possession. Second, the idea that the FBI would plant evidence against a former president is not only not credible, but it flashes “bizarre”. When are the Republican politicians who lined up behind this fool going to back away?
January 6 insurrectionist sentenced to 87 months in prison: https://news.yahoo.com/ex-virginia-police-officer-sentenced-to-more-than-7-years-in-jail-for-role-in-jan-6-riot-230102953.html . The sentences get longer as DOJ moves up the food chain.
Salman Rushdie on ventilator after knife attack: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62528689 . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/salman-rushdie-attacked-at-new-york-event-11660320109 .
Anne Heche declared legally dead: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/anne-heche-death-obituary-car-crash-190632934.html . This confirms the implications of the previous reporting.