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Overnight News Digest for June 21 (Shortest Night Edition) [1]
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Date: 2023-06-21
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John Durham—the special counsel who was appointed by then-Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the FBI’s investigation of the Trump-Russia scandal and who utterly failed to produce evidence it was a hoax—testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. In doing so, he made false statements to Congress. He might even have lied. x THIS JUST IN: John Durham made false statements to Congress during his hearing today. @dfriedman33 and I have the receipts. Please read and share widely.
https://t.co/dkSoZQtObs — David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 21, 2023 ...The Manafort-Kilimnik connection—which the Senate Intelligence Committee report characterized as a “grave counterintelligence threat“—is one of the most serious and still not fully explained components of the Trump-Russia scandal. It belies all the claims of Trump and his crowd that the Russia investigation was nothing but a hoax orchestrated by a nefarious den of anti-Trump vipers within the law enforcement and national security communities. It is inconceivable that Durham is unaware of this troubling link. But by ignoring the well-documented contacts between Manafort and an identified Russian agent and asserting that there was no evidence of interactions between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence, Durham was supporting Trump’s never-ending coverup. x This is the exchange I’ve been waiting for.@RepAdamSchiff demonstrates Durham’s disregard of clear evidence of Trump Campaign-Russian collusion.
Durham admits he lacks knowledge of undeniable parts of record, indicates why his report ignores episodes.pic.twitter.com/7DI6kFKAab — Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) June 21, 2023 Durham’s investigation and report raised several questions about his aims. Was he running a fair and balanced probe or weaponizing a government inquiry to buttress Trump’s self-serving lies about the Russia scandal? Durham’s false statements to Congress about essential facts provide more reason for suspicion, and they further undermine his credibility. They might even merit their own investigation.
x Wait, an Alito free private luxury jet trip to Alaska with Paul Singer, the same Paul Singer who initially funded Fusion GPS’s oppo work on Donald Trump?
World sure is funny.
Gift link:
https://t.co/dN1PbqTuEz https://t.co/e9u6YucVzj pic.twitter.com/kxLMfVOO3S — Pete Strzok (@petestrzok) June 20, 2023
The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General has launched a criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the destruction of Secret Service text messages that may have been relevant to inquiries about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. x The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General has launched a criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the destruction of Secret Service text messages that may have been relevant to inquiries about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
https://t.co/Qf3PKUbCRk — Khashoggi’s Ghost 🇺🇦🌻 (@UROCKlive1) June 21, 2023 The results of the investigation could be referred to federal prosecutors, the sources said, depending on the results. The DHS Inspector General informed the Secret Service on Wednesday evening that the investigation is now criminal and that it should halt all internal investigations on the missing text messages, according to a letter detailed to NBC News.
Atlanta's municipal clerk has cleared the way for activists who oppose the city's planned public safety training center to start collecting signatures to put the question to voters. ...What they're saying: Dr. Mariah Parker, who filed the original petition and who appeared as plaintiff in a lawsuit against the city clerk, said the group is grateful that Waldon "fulfilled her legal obligation to recognize our repeated efforts to incorporate her requested changes in a timely manner." x BREAKING: The historic "Cop City" protest movement today forced the city of Atlanta to allow a citizen's vote on the construction of the police complex to go forward. Need 75,000 signatures to get on the ballot in November.
The vote will happen; Cop City will not.👊👊 pic.twitter.com/FXUA6P1fE6 — Steven Donziger (@SDonziger) June 22, 2023 ...The big picture: Organizers now have 60 days to collect the signatures of about 70,000 people, or 15% of registered voters who were eligible to cast ballots in the previous election.
Last weekend, Peter Hotez — scientist, pediatrician, vaccine expert — was bringing home a Father's Day cake when he was accosted by two people waiting outside his house. They shoved cell phones in his face and demanded that he debate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the conspiracy theorist and anti-vaxxer running a quixotic campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. x "'Debate me' has become a bad faith propaganda tool for the right, designed to legitimize lies & target critics for harassment. It’s ripped from the right's 'free speech' playbook, which demands bad actors get access to all platforms & audiences - or else"
https://t.co/7Qlig7swdi — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 21, 2023 ...Why would a call to honest, open debate lead to death threats and stalking? After all, in theory, people interested in debate are presumably open to new ideas and learning new things. “Let’s talk” shouldn’t be a reactionary rallying cry for (among others) Nazis. x As someone who's written popular-level science books and articles, I love explaining science to folks - 80% of all science can be understood by anyone regardless of background, in my opinion. But neither I nor anyone else is obliged to present in an inherently adversarial format.
https://t.co/zL8kjliK5f — John Scalzi (@scalzi) June 20, 2023 The problem is, “Debate me” has become a bad faith propaganda tool for the right, designed to legitimize lies and target opponents for harassment. It’s ripped from the right-wing “free speech” playbook, which demands that bad actors deserve access to every platform and every audience — or else.
Antarctica may be in serious trouble. Satellite images show that the amount of sea ice floating around the pristine polar continent remains far below long-term averages despite the south polar region moving into its peak winter period. x "Researchers at the British Antarctic Survey observed with trepidation in late 2022 and early 2023 as satellite images revealed that sea ice attached to the coast of Antarctica had been disappearing month after month at a pace never seen before."
https://t.co/wxEcVvK9Pc pic.twitter.com/J68GTT9S4q — Prof. Eliot Jacobson (@EliotJacobson) June 22, 2023 Researchers at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) observed with trepidation in late 2022 and early 2023 as satellite images revealed that sea ice attached to the coast of Antarctica had been disappearing month after month at a pace never seen before. And they continued to observe in near horror as this sea ice failed to sufficiently replenish after the colder months arrived. As of mid-June 2023, sea ice extent in Antarctica was about 0.9 million square miles (2.28 million square kilometers) below the average from 1981 to 2010 for that part of the year, according to the U.K. weather authority Met Office , and about 0.4 million square miles (1.15 million square km) below the previous June record low from 2019. The problem is, as Fretwell said, that "what happens to Antarctica doesn't just stay in Antarctica." The warming polar seas affect weather patterns all over the world and accelerate the melting of Antarctic glaciers that, in turn, will lead to faster sea level rise around the globe.
x "Insane", "Astonishing" Jet Stream Leaves Scientists "At a Loss" for Words
https://t.co/mpkQN2A9Wn — Peter Sinclair (@PeterWSinclair) June 21, 2023
Climate scientist Ed Hawkins put the idea “a picture is worth a thousand words” into practice back in 2018 when he created the graphics that have become known as “Climate Stripes.” These bar-code-like images turn a location’s annual climate data into rows of colored stripes that show yearly temperature and precipitation compared to the long-term average—red bars for warm years, and blue for cool ones; green for wet years, and brown for dry ones. x Today is #ShowYourStripes day where folks from around the world use the Climate Stripes image to show how the climate is changing where they live.
Find your own Climate Stripes for every state and county in the US at
https://t.co/OBr0sjrZ3l, and share.
https://t.co/q05KZdsZqn pic.twitter.com/mK9gZovKEK — NOAA Climate.gov (@NOAAClimate) June 21, 2023 Inspired by Hawkins’ images, our collection of Climate Stripes images is based on the NOAA climate record for U.S. states; counties; Washington, D.C.; and selected stations in Hawaii. x Today is not only the longest day in the longest hemisphere -- it is also #showyourstripes day. What stripes, you ask? The warming stripes, of course! They show how the temperature has changed anywhere in the world. Find yours here and share them too:
https://t.co/6h4DsPUvhm pic.twitter.com/JIJrHEv4vf — The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) June 21, 2023 Access the collection through the interactive embedded below.
Some of the interactive features work within the web page, but for best experience, open the Story Map in a new window. Then use the scroll bar to access the maps.
x This is absolutely bananas.
There is NOTHING like this on the instrumental record. Its likely impact is probably immeasurable.
But is it leading our news bulletins & on newspaper front pages?
Nope. pic.twitter.com/nxUVXAxLiB — John Gibbons (@think_or_swim) June 21, 2023
When California, Arizona and Nevada agreed last week to stop using 3 million acre-feet of Colorado River water — about a trillion gallons — in order to protect their drinking supply, they took aim at one especially thirsty user: hay. So-called “forage crops” like alfalfa and Bermuda grass, which are used to feed livestock, mainly cattle, require mind-altering amounts of water to cultivate. For the next three years, the states agreed to pay farmers who ordinarily grow livestock feed $1.2 billion not to. That alone is estimated to conserve the lion’s share of the trillion-gallon target. x Alfalfa hay, which is grown to feed cows, uses three times the water of every
household in all seven of the states the Colorado River supplies.
https://t.co/Pn5HqKehJn — High Country News (@highcountrynews) June 21, 2023 ...Alfalfa, meaning “fodder” in Arabic, is the nutrient-rich linchpin of the dairy and beef business. No other field crop produces more protein per acre. But that bounty comes with high water use. Alfalfa has a long growing season — another plus for farmers — a deep root system and a leafy, dense canopy that needs immense moisture to stay green. But that’s not the whole story: A century-old legal doctrine compels farmers to use as much river water as they’re allotted, or else lose access to the unused portion in the future. That perverse incentive, combined with the cheap Colorado River water afforded to many Western water districts, means that wasteful irrigation methods have not gone out of fashion. That includes a technique called “flood irrigation,” which is exactly what it sounds like: watering hundreds of alfalfa acres at a time by briefly flooding the field. ...In fact, much of the Colorado River is exported as hay. Rising demand for dairy products in the Middle East and skyrocketing beef consumption across the globe are driving up the demand; 40% of the alfalfa grown in California in 2020 was shrink-wrapped, containerized, and shipped to cows on the other side of Earth.
x Cornwall voted massively for Brexit and is 100% Tory-run.
It received over £1 billion in EU funding from 2000 and was to receive another £350m after 2020.
Instead, it was awarded £18 million and beaches covered in human excrement.
Brexit illustrated.
https://t.co/83uhPJdLQ4 — The Purple Pimpernel (@Eyeswideopen69) June 21, 2023
x Incredible view of the Pembina Complex the day it blew over the lookout tower. Didn’t take very long to get there. #wildfire #canada #Alberta
This footage is from earlier in the month. 📷: @AlbertaWildfire pic.twitter.com/7XyhnkCF9e — The Hotshot Wake Up (@HotshotWake) June 20, 2023
It’s not just Proud Boys that Moms for Liberty has allegedly gotten involved with, however. A VICE News investigation has uncovered links between numerous Moms for Liberty chapters and extremist groups like the Proud Boys, Three Percenters, sovereign citizen groups, QAnon conspiracist, Christian nationalists, and in one case, with the founder of the AK-47-worshiping Rod of Iron Ministries church in Pennsylvania. Around the country, Moms for Liberty has formed links with extremist groups and militias, which are joining forces with the “parental rights” group at protests and school board meetings, and in turn pushing the already far-right organization toward even more extreme ideology x RFK Jr. is speaking at the Moms for Liberty national meeting. So, let’s stop pretending their is any mystery what’s going on. — Inside Moms for Liberty’s Close Relationship With the Proud Boys
https://t.co/tOGj48dz3p via @vicenews — Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) June 21, 2023 “There's an ongoing campaign by these neo-Nazi groups to radicalize some of these more benign patriot MAGA groups—and it's working because I've seen more Nazi content creeping into posts from Moms for Liberty people recently,” a researcher, who is known as Trash City, and who closely tracks Moms for Liberty activity, told VICE News earlier this month. Earlier this month, a day after former President Donald Trump announced he would speak at the group’s annual summit alongside fellow Republican presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) designated Moms for Liberty as an “anti-government extremist” organization for the first time.
It’s not every day that Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson team up. But IndieWire has learned they will today: The three directors have scheduled an emergency call with Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav about the layoffs of Turner Classic Movies’ top brass. (UPDATE: Spielberg, Scorsese, and Anderson released a joint statement through Spielberg’s production company Amblin sounding an upbeat note about TCM’s future following multiple conversations with David Zaslav. Read it here.) x Turner Classic Movies has been a fixture in my life for as long as I can remember. It’s a holy corner of film history — and a living, breathing library for an entire art form. Please don’t fuck with @tcm.
https://t.co/k37stLFOTN — Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) June 21, 2023 ...These cuts come as WBD CEO David Zaslav recites what’s become his rosary: He wants Warner Bros. to be a studio for filmmakers. He wants to build bridges with directors who were burned by the previous regime under Jason Kilar, who responded to the pandemic with a unilateral move for day-and-date releases on HBO Max. Warner Bros. Film Group CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy said they hope even to lure Christopher Nolan back to the studio — his work was unaffected by Kilar’s decision, but he was so horrified by the logic that he left Warner Bros., his home of nearly 20 years, to make “Oppenheimer” at Universal. As logic goes, it’s hard to say that Warner Bros. is the best home for filmmakers when it’s also gutting their favorite TV network — the only one dedicated to celebrating cinematic history (and, incidentally, the greatest linear hub for showing off 100 years’ worth of Warner Bros. artistry). From the gangster movies and Errol Flynn swashbucklers of the 1930s to “The Exorcist” and “Blazing Saddles” in the ‘70s to “The Shining” and “The Color Purple” in the ‘80s and “Goodfellas” in the ‘90s, it’s all on TCM. WBD tapped into that legacy by opening its last investor call with a sizzle reel that started with a clip from Warner Bros.’ crown jewel, “Casablanca.” The studio even premiered a documentary called “100 Years of Warner Bros.” at the Cannes Film Festival this May. How is it not worth investing in the channel that reinforces that legacy 24 hours a day?
x Remember Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner and the price they paid on this day 1964 in Mississippi after fighting for voting rights: pic.twitter.com/EpeLODcALW — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) June 21, 2023
Get some sleep… the sun is coming up EARLY tomorrow...
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