We begin today with the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board making the right decision by demanding the shoe salesman resign.
Trump, 78, has been in politics for eight years marked by chaos, corruption and incivility. Why should we go back to those days?
Trump constantly destroys the country to build himself up. The shining city on the hill. In America, it's just mourning. […]
Trump said more than that 30 lies During the discussion More than 30,000 false facts During his four years as president, he dodged questions from CNN hosts, refused to take responsibility for his actions, and blamed others, primarily Biden, for everything wrong with the world.
The debate served as a reminder of what the next four years will look like for Trump. More lies, complaints, narcissism, hatred. Supporters say they like Trump because he says what he thinks. But he mainly spews raw sewage.
Trump attacks the military. He disparages the Justice Department and the judges. He disparages the FBI and the CIA. He picks fights with allies and coddles dictators.
It's about time. I wonder how many editorials major media outlets have published in the past eight years calling for Trump's resignation.
Jon Allsop of the Columbia Journalism Review says real-time fact-checking of Trump in last Thursday's debate may have helped, but not by much.
If much of the pre-debate conversation focused on CNN's format change, the lack of real-time fact-checking, the network's most scrutinized feature of the night, was by no means a new invention. Discussion facilitator in the CPD era We also explicitly avoided this.. To be fair to them and CNN, real-time fact-checking is difficult, especially when Trump is involved, and the question of where to draw the line is inevitably contentious. But it is difficult to conclude that the alternative, for example an argument in which Trump could say without a backlash that Biden is weaponizing the legal system against him, is satisfactory. Some observers have suggested that it is the candidates' job to fact-check each other. But this risks politicizing the concept of truth. In the end, Biden's hyperbolic-sounding fact-checking Trump was unlikely to carry the appropriate weight. was That is factually correct. And the less said about Trump fact-checking Biden, the better. […]
While real-time fact-checking may have helped expose Trump’s inconsistent answers, journalists across the media landscape also have a responsibility to frame the debate after the fact. Again, Biden’s vacillation is a big story. But it’s also partly optics (at least in the continued absence of much evidence that his decision-making is impaired), and partly because reporting on it in the aftermath of the debate too often drowns out the content. In some ways, the debate embodies in miniature what the media has come to see as an overly simplistic and broader picture of this presidential race. On the other hand, Trump… Well, what's left to say about that? You want to do a puzzle? Because the photos are more focused, the discussion is only strengthening it now. There is certainly some truth in the photos, but we need a much wider lens.
Chris Geidner of LawDork believes recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court have made it much harder for the federal government to operate.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Neil Gorsuch ruled Thursday that it would be difficult for the federal government to operate.
In one case, conservatives have repeatedly blocked the agency from administratively enforcing the law, despite Sotomayor's strong opposition in favor of liberal judges. How many times have you been blocked? Roberts disputes this point.
In another case, conservatives made it easier for opponents to block new rules from going into effect while the case was pending, as Justice Amy Coney Barrett was a vocal opponent of her and the liberal justices. How much easier? We don’t know, since Gorsuch won’t even admit to what he’s doing.
6-3 decision SEC v. Jarkesy It could shake up the ability of enforcement agencies to enforce decades of law and force courts to take virtually any enforcement action that requires fines. Roberts' opinion argues that such a decision requires: seventh amendmentYou have the right to a jury trial.
Newsweek's Catherine Fung points out that people weren't the only ones to condemn the Supreme Court's actions. The judiciary itself has taken similar action.
Even within the judiciary, voices criticizing the Supreme Court are growing. Judges from across the ideological spectrum and at various levels are becoming increasingly vocal in warning America about the future of democracy.
Among those critics is retired judge David S. Tatel. Tatel, a Clinton appointee who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for nearly 30 years, recently wrote in a new memoir: Vision: A Memoir of Reality and JusticeOne of the reasons he resigned from the court in January was because he was fed up with the Supreme Court's “low regard” for judicial principles. […]
Criticism of the Supreme Court has not come solely from the left. Retired Justice J. Michael Luttig, a conservative who was a contender for the Supreme Court seat under President George W. Bush, has become one of the court's most outspoken critics.
Kevin Newsom, a Trump-appointed U.S. Circuit Judge, also criticized the Supreme Court when he spoke at a symposium in February. Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Newsom took issue with how the current court has relied on historical “tradition” to justify its landmark rulings. Federal appeals judges said this approach 'risks leaving too much to the discretion of individual judges.'
El Pais' María Moníca Monsalve S. (English) looks at the increased likelihood of heat waves hitting the United States and Latin America.
Over the past two months, Mexico has experienced: The most extreme heat wave It has never been recorded. In late May, more than 150 howler monkeys died in the city of Cunduacan, in northern Tabasco, apparently unable to adapt to the high temperatures. At the national level, there have been at least 125 heat-related deaths and 2,308 infectious diseases since March 2024. heatstroke It was reported that the Yucatan Peninsula in southern Mexico reached a high of 125°F on June 13.
The situation was not much different in neighboring countries. Highest monthly temperature records were set in Guatemala and annual temperatures were set in Honduras. Meanwhile, in the American Southwest, “more than 34 million people live in areas where authorities have issued heat warnings, and dozens have suffered heatstroke at political rallies,” explains a recent analysis. world weather attribution (WWA). The academic project also warns that climate change caused by human activities makes these deadly heat waves 35 times more likely to occur in North and Central America.
Finally, today's BBC News' Paul Kirby reports on the far right's hopes for a victory in the French parliament, with two early general elections taking place today in France.
Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella's National Rally (RN) are well ahead in the opinion polls. It's been three weeks since they won the European elections. President Emmanuel Macron surprised his country by immediately holding a referendum.
A high turnout of 49 million voters is expected in this important election, with polls in the biggest cities closing at 8pm (6pm GMT) when the first exit polls are released.
The election will be held in two rounds, and most of the 577 seats in the National Assembly will not be decided until a second runoff election next Sunday.
The campaign lasted just 20 days, but it quickly refined existing promises on immigration, crime and insecurity, as well as helping to cut taxes to address the cost-of-living crisis.
Jordan Bardella wants to become the RN's first prime minister, and his party is confident it will win dozens of constituencies outright in the first round of voting.
Have a great day everyone!