A Manhattan judge on Tuesday modified Donald Trump's gag order, freeing the former president to comment publicly about witnesses and jurors in the hush money criminal trial that led to his felony conviction, but keeping others connected to the case off limits until he is sentenced July 11. Judge Juan M. Merchan's decision " just days before Trump's debate Thursday with President Joe Biden " clears the presumptive Republican nominee to again go on the attack against his lawyer-turned-foe lawyer Michael Cohen, porn actor Stormy Daniels and other trial witnesses. Trump was convicted in New York on May 30 of falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal, making him the first ex-president convicted of a crime. In a five-page ruling, Merchan wrote that the gag order was meant to "protect the integrity of the judicial proceedings" and that protections for witnesses and jurors no longer applied now that the trial has ended and the jury has been discharged.
Columbia University Professors Awi Federgruen and Ran Kivetz have analyzed available data and conducted research whose "findings demonstrate that sufficient amounts of food are being supplied into Gaza," they noted in a summary of their findings presented to The Jerusalem Post. They note that it is "a myth that Israel is responsible for famine in Gaza." They argue that the International Criminal Court and UN have joined Hamas in blaming Israel for a "famine that never was, hoping to stop the war [in Gaza]." The two experts noted that the ICC has sought arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, on the grounds that Israel is "causing starvation as a method of war including the denial of humanitarian relief supplies [and] deliberately targeting civilians in conflict." read more
Claim: On Aug. 15, 2017, then-President Donald Trump called neo-Nazis and white supremacists who attended the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, "very fine people." Rating: FALSE
San Francisco is the worst-run city in the United States, according to a study from WalletHub that measured 148 of the country's largest metropolises. The study attempted to gauge cities' "operating efficiency," or how they spend and manage public funds, It used 36 metrics and measured them against the city's per-capita budget. San Francisco was the worst-ranked city in the study, and Oakland was right behind it. Gulfport, Mississippi, New York City, and Flint, Michigan rounded out the bottom five. Two other Bay Area cities were included in the study, San Jose (No. 111) and Fremont (No. 100). The highest-ranked California city was Huntington Beach at No. 65. The top of the list was populated by mostly smaller cities. Nampa, Idaho, Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky and Boise, Idaho were the top three.
Willie Mays, the electrifying "Say Hey Kid" whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball's greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays' family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night he had "passed away peacefully" Tuesday afternoon surrounded by loved ones.
Big bold headline on the front page: Gun Violence Public Health EMERGENCY!
Sycophant: Just because it's down doesn't mean it's NOT an EMERGENCY we need to deal with.
When The Grand Old Duke of York lyrics meet the theme song to Benny Hill.