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Overnight News Digest November 29, 2022 [1]
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Date: 2022-11-29
Chicago Sun-Times: Business leaders to form political action committee to prevent City Council from making sharp left turn by Fran Spielman
Business leaders have taken a pass when it comes to fielding their own candidate in the crowded race for mayor of Chicago. But they’re apparently determined to prevent a City Council in transition from turning sharply to the left. Mike Ruemmler, who managed former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s 2015 reelection campaign, said Tuesday he plans to file paperwork in the next two weeks to form an independent expenditure committee bankrolled by business leaders for the purpose of electing moderate alderpersons determined to be, as he put it, “workhorses—not show horses.” “People who are interested in coming to the City Council to be part of the solution and not lob bombs from the sideline,” Ruemmler said. Pressed to describe what concerns him most, Ruemmler said, “A mindset of ‘my way or the highway.’ And the folks who have the city’s best interests at heart as a first priority, and maybe not their own, who like to work with their colleagues on solving problems seem to be fading away.” Veteran Ald. Nick Sposato (38th) has told the Sun-Times he is concerned the departure of more experienced, collaborative and mainstream colleagues could pave the way for the election of a new City Council that turns sharply to the left.
Washington Post: Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy by Spencer S. Hsu, Tom Jackman, and Rachel Weiner
A federal jury on Tuesday convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and a top deputy of seditious conspiracy for leading a months-long plot to unleash political violence to prevent the inauguration of President Biden, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The panel of seven men and five women deliberated for three days before finding Rhodes and lead Florida Oath Keeper Kelly Meggs guilty of conspiring to oppose by force the lawful transition of presidential power. But three other associates were not convicted of the historically rare and politically freighted sedition count. All five were convicted of obstructing Congress as it met to confirm the results of the 2020 election. Both offenses are punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Rhodes, 56, in a dark suit and black eye-patch from an old gun accident, watched impassively as verdicts were read.
New York Times: New York City to Involuntarily Remove Mentally Ill People From Streets by Andy Newman and Emma G. Fitzsimmons
Acting to address “a crisis we see all around us” toward the end of a year that has seen a string of high-profile crimes involving homeless people, Mayor Eric Adams announced a major push on Tuesday to remove people with severe, untreated mental illness from the city’s streets and subways. Mr. Adams, who has made clearing homeless encampments a priority since taking office in January, said the effort would require involuntarily hospitalizing people who were a danger to themselves, even if they posed no risk of harm to others, arguing the city had a “moral obligation” to help them. “The common misunderstanding persists that we cannot provide involuntary assistance unless the person is violent,” Mr. Adams said in an address at City Hall. “Going forward, we will make every effort to assist those who are suffering from mental illness.” The mayor’s announcement comes at a heated moment in the national debate about rising crime and the role of the police, especially in dealing with people who are already in fragile mental health. Republicans, as well as tough-on-crime Democrats like Mr. Adams, a former police captain, have argued that growing disorder calls for more aggressive measures. Left-leaning advocates and officials who dominate New York politics say that deploying the police as auxiliary social workers may do more harm than good.
NBC News: Trump doesn't have 'absolute immunity' over efforts to overturn 2020 election, judge says by Summer Concepcion
A federal judge on Monday rejected former President Donald Trump’s argument that he has “absolute immunity” in response to a lawsuit alleging he committed civil rights violations in his attempts to challenge the 2020 presidential election results. The lawsuit, filed by the NAACP, the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and others, accuses the former president and the Republican National Committee of efforts to disenfranchise voters through targeted harassment, intimidation and efforts to prevent the complete counting and certification of ballots after the 2020 election. notes that Trump’s lawyers previously argued that he is “absolutely immune” from damages for his actions within the “outer perimeter” of his official responsibilities as president. The ruling notes that Trump’s lawyers previously argued that he is “absolutely immune” from damages for his actions within the “outer perimeter” of his official responsibilities as president. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington sided with the civil rights groups, writing that Trump’s conduct after the 2020 election was “purely political and therefore well beyond the contours of presidential immunity.”
Guardian: Gangs of cybercriminals are expanding across Africa, investigators say by Jason Burke
Police and investigators fear organised gangs of fraudsters are expanding across sub-Saharan Africa, exploiting new opportunities as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the global economic crisis to make huge sums with little risk of being caught. The growth will have a direct impact on the rest of the world, where many victims of “hugely lucrative” fraud live, senior police officials have said. Experts attribute the surge in cybercrime in Africa to rapid growth of internet use at a time when police forces and criminal justice systems have been weakened by the economic consequences of a series of major challenges. “The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digitalisation around the world, but as life has shifted increasingly online, cybercriminals have exploited the opportunity to attack vital digital infrastructure,” said Prof Landry Signé, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of a recent report on the problem. “States across Africa have emerged as a favourite target of cybercriminals, with costly consequences.”
BBC News: Ukraine war: Nato pledges to provide more weapons and fix power grid by Jaroslav Lukiv
Nato has pledged to give more weapons to Ukraine and help fix critical energy infrastructure badly damaged by massive Russian missile and drone strikes. At a summit in Bucharest, the secretary general of the military alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, accused Moscow of "trying to use winter as a weapon of war". The Russian strikes have left millions of Ukrainians without electricity and running water in freezing temperatures. Ukraine has for months been asking Nato for more advanced air defence systems. could be interpreted as a war crime. Under the Geneva conventions, attacks on civilians, or the infrastructure vital to their survival, Earlier this week, Ukraine's prosecutor-general told the BBC that the Russian attacks amounted to genocide.
AlJazeera: China moves to curb protests, some COVID measures adjusted
Police in China have moved against protests taking place in multiple cities across the country, as authorities in some areas began to modify the harsh COVID-19 restrictions that are fuelling the unrest. The anger erupted after a fire in a tower block in Urumqi in the far western region of Xinjiang in which 10 people died after being overcome by toxic smoke. Protesters said firefighters had been unable to reach residents because of barriers erected as part of a prolonged coronavirus lockdown, although officials denied the building was sealed off. The Urumqi blaze led to protests in multiple cities across China, including the capital Beijing and the country’s biggest city Shanghai, as frustration at the prolonged lockdowns and harsh restrictions associated with the government’s zero-COVID strategy boiled over.
And last but not least
x Movement in the top four of the #CFBPlayoff rankings‼️
Alabama is the new No. 6 👀 pic.twitter.com/lomOz1eP2K — ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) November 30, 2022
Yes, Michigan destroyed THOSE people in Columbus by 22 points. That’s over with
Beat Purdue this coming Saturday, win the Big 10 Championship Game and return to the College Football Playoff this year. That what’s on my mind and nothing else.
Have a good evening, everyone!
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