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Overnight News Digest for October 5, 2022 (Forgiveness Edition) [1]
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Date: 2022-10-05
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True Justice. Finally.
For decades, conservative justices have made a specific point to support many of their rulings on race: They insist that the Constitution is entirely “colorblind,” prohibiting any consideration of race under all circumstances. During oral arguments in Merrill v. Milligan on Tuesday, a case they will attempt to use to eradicate what remains of the Voting Rights Act, they advanced this theory once again. This time, however, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson refused to cede ground to their revisionist history. In a series of extraordinary exchanges with Alabama Solicitor General Edmund LaCour, Jackson explained that the entire point of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments was to provide equal opportunity for formerly enslaved people, using color-conscious remedies whenever necessary to put them on the same plane as whites. It was a masterclass in progressive originalism that illustrated exactly why Jackson is such a crucial addition to this ultra-conservative court. ...And Jackson was having none of it. “I don’t think we can assume that just because race is taken into account, that that necessarily creates an equal protection problem,” Jackson told the Alabama solicitor general. “I understood that we looked at the history and traditions of the constitution, at what the Framers and the Founders thought about. And when I drill down to that level of analysis, it became clear to me that the Framers themselves adopted the equal protection clause, the 14th, the 15th Amendment, in a race-conscious way. That we were, in fact, trying to ensure that people who had been discriminated against, the Freedman, during the Reconstruction period, were actually brought equal to everyone else in society.”
x Justice Jackson tells the Alabama solicitor general that the Framers of the 14th Amendment did NOT intend it to be “race neutral or race blind,” so taking race into account to protect minority voting rights is perfectly constitutional. Progressive originalism at work. pic.twitter.com/aCXAq2CnJu — Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) October 4, 2022
My President!
Kenya’s rising climate star tells how her speech at Cop26 grabbed a world leader’s attention, and urges policymakers to go beyond mere pledges. At last November’s UN climate change conference (Cop26) in Glasgow Wathuti’s speech enumerated the struggles low-income countries face feeding their populations due to the climate crisis. “As we sit comfortably here, more than 2 million of my fellow Kenyans are facing climate-related starvation. In this past year, both our rainy seasons have failed and scientists say that it may be another 12 months before the water returns again. Meanwhile, our rivers are running dry, our harvests are failing,” she said. “Our store houses stand empty. Our animals and people are dying.” Her speech caught the attention of the US president. “I saw Biden’s security team trying to signal to the president that it was time to leave but he waved them off. He wanted to listen. Perhaps I had something he really needed to hear,” she says.
x “I saw Biden’s security team trying to signal to the president that it was time to leave but he waved them off. He wanted to listen. Perhaps I had something he really needed to hear,” she says. — Jeremy Bloom (@jeremybloom) October 4, 2022
This is my President!
x Biden: “No one fucks with a Biden.” pic.twitter.com/3W3iIONNrq — Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) October 5, 2022
x Biden rolling up his sleeves while DeSantis eats humble pie.
Quite the visual.pic.twitter.com/3WnnTI6Y7j — Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) October 5, 2022
x Hang this photo by @evanvucci in the Louvre. pic.twitter.com/HsTz0rDH3H — No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) October 5, 2022
This was two days ago:
x It’s like he’s hired Chris Christie’s presidential campaign consulting team. I mean at least smudge some mud on those … what are they, knee-high galoshes??… to offer a bit of realism… and the campaign vest is an… interesting touch for a “serving the people” photo-op….
https://t.co/upybKHZZgM — Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) October 4, 2022
Oh, and this was also two days ago, I know, but it’s SUCH a breath of fresh air after TFG did nothing but throw paper towels and then abandon the island for the rest of his term:
x BREAKING: President Biden announced the ‘Puerto Rican grid recovery modernization team’ which will be led by U.S. Energy Secretary @JenGranholm. He said the team will help “repair the grid quickly & drive decisive progress on the game plan for P.R.’s clean energy transformation. pic.twitter.com/FvtMngPyoj — David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) October 3, 2022
Meanwhile, “Not my President” Elon Musk managed to say some incredibly stupid things on Twitter, of all places, offering a peace plan that basically let’s Putin get away with way too much (although I’m sure in his naiveté he didn’t see it that way). This is the best explanation I’ve seen as to why Putin “wants to negotiate” and Ukraine isn’t interested:
x We all want the war to end and no one wants escalation. The difference is that some want the rapist to stop raping while others want the rape victim to stop fighting.
cc: @elonmusk — WeLoveNATO ✙ (@WeLoveNATO) October 4, 2022
You may not be aware, but the UK is doing one of the single STUPIDEST “climate actions” ever conceived (even stupider than “carbon capture” — even stupider than “clean coal”, and that’s saying something). They are cutting down forests, grinding them up into wood pellets, shipping them across the ocean, and then BURNING THEM as “renewable energy”.
Here’s the result:
A company that has received billions of pounds in green energy subsidies from UK taxpayers is cutting down environmentally-important forests, a BBC Panorama investigation has found… Ecologist Michelle Connolly told Panorama the company was destroying forests that had taken thousands of years to develop. "It's really a shame that British taxpayers are funding this destruction with their money. Logging natural forests and converting them into pellets to be burned for electricity, that is absolutely insane," she said. ... Panorama wanted to see if logs from primary forests cut down by logging companies were being transferred to Drax's Meadowbank pellet plant. The programme filmed a truck on a 120-mile round trip: leaving the plant, collecting piles of whole logs from a forest that had been cut down by a logging company and then returning to the plant for their delivery.
And it gets worse:
x In 2006 I helped to establish the first climate camp near Drax. That week there was a failed attempt to symbolically shut down the power station. Four years later we discovered the reason for the failure. Two activists I knew were revealed as uncover cops. This is their legacy.
https://t.co/NfXS0zWqCh — Keir Milburn (@KeirMilburn) October 4, 2022
Election 2022
The campaign season is in full swing… And thanks to some amazingly bad Maga candidates, chances of holding the Senate are looking better and better:
Herschel Walker says he doesn’t know his accuser. That’s weird. It’s the mother of one of his kids. She spoke out today, and she has a lot to say. The woman, a registered Democrat whose years-long relationship with Walker continued after the abortion, told The Daily Beast that her chief concern with revealing her name was because she is the mother of one of Walker’s own children and she wanted to protect her family’s privacy as best she could while also coming forward with the truth. (Walker has publicly acknowledged the child as his own, and the woman proved she is the child's mother and provided credible evidence of a long-term relationship with Walker.) After Walker denied the report, one of his three sons, conservative social media influencer Christian Walker, released a series of angry statements and videos condemning his dad as a liar, and alleging that the University of Georgia football hero had threatened to murder him and his mother—Walker’s ex-wife.
Moving on to Pennsylvania, where Dr. Oz is looking more and more like Dr. Frankenstein:
Columbia's internal investigation found that Oz's research team inflicted extensive suffering on canine test subjects in violation of the Animal Welfare Act. In a scandal that will surely make Mitt Romney—who famously strapped his family dog atop the roof of his car for a road trip—look like a PETA activist, a review of 75 studies published by Mehmet Oz between 1989 and 2010 reveals the Republican Senate candidate’s research killed over 300 dogs and inflicted significant suffering on them and the other animals used in experiments. ...Dog abuse allegations against Oz are a drop in the candidate’s proverbial bucket of scandals at this point—but given the all-American tradition of loving dogs more than humans, it might be hard to brush this one under the rug.
x GENIUS! The Fetterman campaign released these stickers today: pic.twitter.com/w1UQ9ct5vc — Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) October 6, 2022
x There are impressive political ads, then this comes along and sets a new standard pic.twitter.com/B2K1Qt4icc — James Moore (@JamesMoore_org) October 3, 2022
And let’s not forget Ohio
x 🚨 Decision Desk HQ just changed our rating to a TOSS-UP. 🚨
We have what it takes to win this race. But it’s no secret that far-right Republicans are funneling over $30 million into Ohio to buy JD Vance this Senate seat. We have to fight back and capitalize on this momentum. — Tim Ryan (@TimRyan) October 5, 2022
And the House:
x GREAT NEWS: Twitter has lifted its censorship and says we can post our ad to expose extremists who want to ban abortion even when the life of the mother is in danger.
Please RT to send this far and wide.pic.twitter.com/1cXz2BqeDq — Max Rose (@MaxRose4NY) October 4, 2022
And in general:
x This is how to go on offense on the economy and inflation. Imagine the Spanish version running in states like AZ?
pic.twitter.com/3pE0oATbLw — Rachel Bitecofer 📈🔭🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@RachelBitecofer) October 5, 2022
My President!
x Congress should codify the protections of Roe v. Wade and do it once and for all.
But right now, we're short a handful of votes, so the only way it's going to happen is if the American people vote in November. — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 5, 2022
Why is the price of natural gas so high? Because our patriotic oil companies who insist we must open up more land for them to drill on “for US energy independence” are shipping it ALL OVERSEAS.
x EIA says LNG exports are a key to US Henry Hub spot price about doubling in 2022 compared in 2021. Record-high LNG exports are growing source of gas demand. Since 2021, volume of LNG exports has exceeded gas consumed in the commercial sector. Wow!
https://t.co/gjlunGIrZH pic.twitter.com/qrUtGagNpE — John Raymond Hanger (@johnrhanger) October 4, 2022
And the price is only going to get higher, thanks to our… “friends” the Saudis.
x Cutting oil production in November helps the Russians and does us no favors.
https://t.co/hBkikBRMiW — Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 6, 2022
This is my President! Biden is doing something about it!
The proposed deal would require Caracas to open talks with political opponents, with the aim of free elections in 2024 The Biden administration is preparing to scale down sanctions on Venezuela’s authoritarian regime to allow Chevron Corp. CVX 0.57%▲ to resume pumping oil there, paving the way for a potential reopening of U.S. and European markets to oil exports from Venezuela, according to people familiar with the proposal.
x Monster @WSJ scoop... The Biden admin. is preparing to ease sanctions on Venezuela to allow @Chevron to resume pumping oil there, paving the way for a potential reopening the country's access to US/EU oil markets
https://t.co/x1DsFZlxDB — Andrew Scurria (@AndrewScurria) October 5, 2022
x Today again, the world has learned again the hard lesson that dependence on fossil fuels provided by dictators and cartels threatens our security and prosperity. Going green is not just good for the planet but good for peace, democracy & economic stability. — Michael McFaul (@McFaul) October 5, 2022
x I hope that we as Americans can meet this moment, where we’re once again reminded of the power oil companies have, and see it as a stark warning that in order to become energy independent and empowered we must economically invest in green & renewable technology on a large scale. — Olivia Julianna 🗳 (@0liviajulianna) October 5, 2022
Meanwhile, Trump’s appointee to head the World Bank, David Malpass, has been taking heat over his inability to admit that climate change is a thing, while shunting billions in investment dollars to egregious fossil fuel projects that are locking us in to accelerating climate chaos.
Funding for “upstream” oil and gas projects from the World Bank was meant to stop from 2019, but the Big Shift Global, a coalition of more than 50 NGOs, has found the bank and its subsidiaries funding oil refinery and gas processing since then. As the bank is also instrumental in helping to catalyse investment from other donors and the private sector, its direct funding of $14.8bn to fossil fuel since the Paris agreement is likely to be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to assistance to high-carbon development, according to the report published on Thursday. ...Last month, Malpass refused to affirm climate science when confronted by a journalist. Though he subsequently sought to clarify his position, the former US vice-president Al Gore has called for his resignation, and the White House “condemned” his words. The Guardian also understands that several leading governments are engaged behind the scenes in exploring ways in which he could be removed from post.
And speaking of crime…
x I explain how silly crime stats are here, and how terrible they are as a measure of true safety:
https://t.co/mpTzNFnfVJ — Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) October 5, 2022
In the department of “This is absolutely disgusting but of course we should have expected it:
In addition to the regular questions about allergies, asthma, chronic illness, and other medical issues, the form—which was obtained by a number of local news outlets—also includes five questions specifically for “females only” that ask about their menstruation history. They ask about things like the student’s first period, the typical length of their periods, and the time between periods… The problem stems from the state’s recent move to storing the forms digitally, meaning they’re hosted by a third party. Additionally, according to The Palm Beach Post, “all of that medical data is then turned over to the athlete’s school, contrary to other states that require only the physician’s signature page to clear them to play.” In our post-Roe v. Wade reality—and especially in a red state like Florida with an aggressively anti-abortion legislature—this is exactly the sort of scenario that raises red flags. Sharing this medical information with schools (which are typically not constrained by HIPPA privacy rules) is bad enough, but hosting them on a third party brings up even more valid privacy concerns. According to The Florida Times-Union, the app in question (Aktivate) says it doesn’t sell or share student information, but it is subject to subpoena and government enforcement proceedings… We have already seen how this sort of information can be used by law enforcement to investigate potential miscarriages or abortions.
But at least we’ll always have Paris:
x To ensure cars didn’t take back control of Paris streets as the pandemic was “ending,” (like they have in so many cities), Mayor @Anne_Hidalgo made sure that 60k parking spaces and many streets were permanently transformed to seating for restaurants, people places and bike-lanes. pic.twitter.com/lkgwexh8sF — Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) October 4, 2022
And we’ll leave you with a happier musical note:
x 10 year old Victory Brinker singing Der Hölle Rache.
This isn't an easy aria for adults to sing, let alone a 10 year old! pic.twitter.com/gYyTasFprN — Yashar Ali 🐘 یاشار (@yashar) October 5, 2022
What do you feel like singing about? Tell us down in the comments!
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