News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
Rep. Adam Schiff: "If the most powerful person in the world can bring the full weight of the presidency down on an ordinary citizen who is merely doing her job, with a lie as big and heavy as a mountain, who among us is safe? None of us is." https://t.co/XXhJAyHp2w pic.twitter.com/Q8RgnspNUl
— ABC News (@ABC) June 21, 2022
GOP Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin wanted to hand deliver alternate, fraudulent electors to Vice President Mike Pence ahead of the joint session of Congress, according to texts the committee provided. https://t.co/rJUy1QyqzK pic.twitter.com/4iyxBLCbbr
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 21, 2022
Georgia Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger, who refused to comply with Trump's push to "find" votes, testified at today's Jan. 6 hearing.
— POLITICO (@politico) June 21, 2022
"The numbers don’t lie," he said, debunking Trump’s election fraud claims.https://t.co/I6Az7TkLtD pic.twitter.com/8L8rNhAMdb
"It has turned my life upside down," former Georgia election worker Shaye Moss says about how her life was impacted after former President Trump and his allies targeted her with false claims of voter fraud.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 21, 2022
"All because of lies," she says. pic.twitter.com/FpAqSmieZA
Pence says Democrats using Jan 6. to "distract attention" https://t.co/upk5VVENhT pic.twitter.com/fNXRWxeef2
— The Hill (@thehill) June 21, 2022
NEW: Texas officials called law enforcement's response to the Uvalde shooting "an abject failure."
— Axios (@axios) June 21, 2022
They said that "3 minutes after the subject entered…there was a sufficient number of armed officers…to isolate, distract and neutralize the subject."
https://t.co/S4f8mYx4hM
On unannounced visit to Ukraine, AG Merrick Garland meets with Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova on efforts to help identify, apprehend and prosecute those involved in atrocities in Ukraine.
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 21, 2022
"The United States is sending an unmistakable message: there is no place to hide." pic.twitter.com/22V4s9QUCC
JUST IN: U.S. citizen was killed in combat in Ukraine last month, State Dept. says, the second U.S. citizen reported to have been killed since the war began. https://t.co/h8nI9HiJHU
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 21, 2022
Covid-19 vaccinations for children younger than 5 are beginning across the United States, marking a milestone in the nation’s fight against the diseasehttps://t.co/hOlaAfMkZw
— CNN (@CNN) June 21, 2022
The state trial of former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng for their alleged role in George Floyd's killing has been moved up to October, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill ruled Tuesday https://t.co/0AaLPMFong
— CNN (@CNN) June 21, 2022
Chicago police officers won’t be allowed to chase people on foot if they suspect them of minor offenses. This comes more than a year after two foot pursuits ended with officers fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy and 22-year-old man. https://t.co/RGST6fS1Ct
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 21, 2022
The Supreme Court ruled that religious schools can’t be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease religious organizations’ access to taxpayer money. https://t.co/YiR787uSx3
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 21, 2022
