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.
After her primary defeat, GOP Rep. Liz Cheney tells @jonkarl that she will focus on working to keep election deniers out of office.
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 21, 2022
“I’m going to work against those people, I'm going to work to support their opponents. I think it matters that much.” https://t.co/mlOfKksR4m pic.twitter.com/dzFjKbf7J8
A federal appeals court temporarily paused a district court's order requiring that Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina appear before a grand jury probing plots to illegally influence the 2020 election results in Georgia. https://t.co/flJD1vKcaA
— CNN (@CNN) August 21, 2022
Former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney says that he saw Trump rip up non-classified documents during his time in the White House.https://t.co/ugef8jVkXt
— Axios (@axios) August 21, 2022
"Isn't law enforcement – isn't it innocent until proven guilty as well?"
— CNN (@CNN) August 21, 2022
CNN's @jaketapper questions @DanCrenshawTX about the seizure of classified documents from former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home and the backlash from other Republicans. @CNNSotu #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/trZdcu09GS
The daughter of a key Putin ally was killed Saturday after her car exploded in a possible contract killing, the country’s main investigative body says. https://t.co/mFGQf1daEu
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 21, 2022
Six months ago, Oleksandr Usyk was patrolling the streets of Kyiv with an automatic rifle and defending Ukraine from the invading Russians.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 21, 2022
Saturday, he won a rematch in Saudi Arabia to retain his heavyweight titles. https://t.co/LZ9jQ8NCwS
First Lady Jill Biden had been isolating in South Carolina since last Tuesday, when she tested positive toward the end of a family vacation. https://t.co/zBYNVzsBPa
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 21, 2022
Minorities are bearing the brunt of monkeypox cases in the U.S., new data from the CDC shows. https://t.co/LuOTqQXrla
— ABC News (@ABC) August 21, 2022
Jurors in the trial of two men accused of wanting to kidnap Michigan’s governor have heard repeatedly about their marijuana use — mostly from the defense who have argued that the men sometimes said outrageous things when they had been smoking pot. https://t.co/PPBZHaekut
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 21, 2022
An Arizona judge ruled that the Mormon church can't withhold information in a sex abuse lawsuit under the state's "clergy-penitent privilege."https://t.co/7HqfDof4xf
— Axios (@axios) August 21, 2022
Climbers, hikers, and adventure enthusiasts now have one less thing to worry about as they trek up Mount Kilimanjaro: Wi-Fi access. https://t.co/tsUVpR5nNm
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 21, 2022
