News Dump for May 8, 2024

US

NPR – Archive of Japanese Americans detained in internment camps is available online
A list of over 125,000 Asian Americans incarcerated in Japanese internment camps during WWII is now searchable online.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/07/1249550566/archive-of-japanese-americans-detained-in-internment-camps-is-available-online
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CBS – Marjorie Taylor Greene backs away from imminent threat to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared to retreat from her threat to imminently trigger a vote to remove Speaker Mike Johnson as House leader after lengthy meetings with him this week.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-threat-mike-johnson-house-speaker-motion-to-vacate/

NBC – Florida’s 6-week abortion ban could set up clash with shield law states
The law prohibits telehealth appointments for abortion, but some groups are already using out-of-state physicians to prescribe the necessary medications.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/floridas-6-week-abortion-ban-clash-shield-law-states-rcna151052

AP – Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial
With Donald Trump sitting just feet away, Stormy Daniels testified Tuesday at the former president’s hush money trial about a sexual encounter the porn actor says they had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid to keep silent during the presidential race 10 years later. Daniels is expected to return to the witness stand Thursday, when the trial resumes.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-hush-money-gag-order-d853768fff5fafbdee55623579889140

CNN – Judge said he won’t tolerate Trump’s cursing and headshaking during Daniels’ testimony, transcript shows
“I understand that your client is upset at this point, but he is cursing audibly, and he is shaking his head visually and that’s contemptuous,” Judge Juan Merchan said to Trump’s defense attorney Todd Blanche during a mid morning break. “It has the potential to intimidate the witness and the jury can see that.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/07/politics/judge-merchan-trump-cursing-hush-money-trial-stormy-daniels/index.html

NPR – Biden decries surge of antisemitism since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel
President Biden condemned antisemitic incidents on college campuses in a speech during a solemn event at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday: the Days of Remembrance for the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/07/1249596520/biden-antisemitism-israel-gaza-protests

The Hill – ‘Nobody seems interested’ in helping Giuliani with accounting duties in bankruptcy case, lawyers claim
Rudy Giuliani is having a hard time finding someone to help with the accounting duties in his bankruptcy case and may have to do it on his own, lawyers said in a filing Tuesday.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4650416-nobody-seems-interested-in-helping-rudy-giuliani-accounting-duties-bankruptcy-case-lawyers-claim/

NPR – Toxic culture is the norm at the FDIC, outside review cites 500 employee complaints
An outside review of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation found a toxic workplace where hundreds of employees complained of sexual harassment, discrimination and other misconduct which went largely ignored by the agency’s management.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/07/1249715215/toxic-culture-workplace-fdic-goverment-employees-investigation-harassment

I knew that fucker was faking!
The City – Harvey Weinstein Sent Back to Rikers After THE CITY Exposed VIP Treatment
Doctors evaluated the disgraced media mogul and found he had no need to be in Bellevue Hospital.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/05/07/harvey-weinstein-rikers-vip-treatment/

CNN – Louisiana given until June 3 to redraw congressional map amid dispute over racial gerrymandering
The federal court that struck down Louisiana’s congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander is giving state lawmakers until the beginning of June to redraw the map themselves. In the meantime, the court is setting up a schedule for proposals for a new congressional plan to be considered by the court, in case the court itself must draw the new map.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/07/politics/louisiana-map-june-deadline/index.html

Daily Beast – The Moment a Republican Says This, Tune Them Out
When it comes to Republicans spouting the belief that the United States is a republic, and not a democracy, it’s time to put them on mute., according to The New Abnormal co-host Andy Levy.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-moment-a-republican-says-this-tune-them-out
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NBC – Explosives to be used to help free the Dali from Baltimore bridge wreckage
The remains of the final victim in the bridge collapse have been found, officials say.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/explosives-used-help-free-dali-baltimore-bridge-wreckage-rcna151135

WAPO – Conservative Trump-appointed judges say they will boycott Columbia University students
More than a dozen conservative federal judges are threatening to not hire law clerks who attend Columbia University or its law school starting this fall — an attempt to show the judges’ displeasure over the institution’s handling of pro-Palestinian protests.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/07/student-protest-judge-clerk-boycott-columbia-university/

NBC – Georgia governor signs election changes into law
The bill signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp will implement new rules in the battleground state. less than six months before Election Day.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/georgia-governor-brian-kemp-signs-new-election-changes-law-rcna151180

AP – Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress
A bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms was nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled Legislature on Tuesday as lawmakers pressed forward with a slew of other gun control bills on the 25th anniversary year of the Columbine High School massacre.
https://apnews.com/article/colorado-semiautomatic-gun-ban-519bbc3271f148aa00e35e32530789d7

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Daily Beast – RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain: Report
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said doctors concluded that a dark spot showing up on his brain scans was caused by a dead worm. He added that he doesn’t know what kind of parasite he’d contracted or where he’d got it, but speculated it may have been during a trip in South Asia.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-says-doctors-found-a-dead-worm-in-his-brain-report

Oh ferfucksake.
NBC – Georgia appeals court grants Trump’s request to consider whether Fani Willis should be disqualified in his criminal case
Judge Scott McAfee had ruled that Fani Willis would not be disqualified from the election interference case charging Trump and other co-defendants.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/georgia-appeals-court-grants-trumps-request-consider-whether-fani-will-rcna151231

Slate – OPINION: How Originalism Ate the Law, By Dahlia Lithwick
America is captive to a legal theory that dictates our laws on guns, abortion, and so much more. We need to act.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/05/originalism-ate-the-law-what-now.html

WORLD

CNN – US paused shipment of bombs to Israel amid concerns over potential use in Rafah incursion, US official says
The shipment, which was held back last week, includes 1,800 bombs weighing 2,000 pounds and 1,700 bombs weighing 500 pounds.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/07/politics/us-israel-bomb-shipment-pause-rafah-incursion/index.html

Newsweek – Kim Jong Un Demolishes Own Palace, North Korea Watchers Say
Several structures have been demolished at one of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s luxurious residences, new satellite images reveal.
https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-watchers-say-kim-jong-un-demolishes-own-palace-1898007

CNN – Super-aged Japan now has 9 million vacant homes. And that’s a problem
The number of vacant houses in Japan has surged to a record high of nine million – more than enough for each person in New York City – as the east Asian country continues to struggle with its ever-declining population.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/07/asia/akiya-homes-problem-japan-intl-hnk/index.html

Newsweek – Ukraine’s Crimea Bridge Bluster Appears to Have Paid Off
Russia appears to be no longer transporting military cargo for its war effort via the railway section of the Crimean Bridge, following repeated strikes by Ukraine.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-crimea-bridge-molfar-1897840

Guardian – Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’
Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/may/08/chinese-network-behind-one-of-worlds-largest-online-scams

SCIENCE

What a cool story!
ArtNet – Remnants of a Legendary Typeface Have Been Rescued From the River Thames
Doves Type was thrown into the water a century ago, following a dispute between its creators.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/doves-typeface-2454807

TEXAS

KCEN – U.S. soldier on leave before returning to Fort Cavazos, detained in Russia
Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, who is married to a Killeen woman, was arrested in Russia while trying to visit a longtime girlfriend.
https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/us-soldier-headed-back-fort-cavazos-detained-russia/500-e5e11a37-48e2-4985-8ec9-b1bbc3ec3ce3

MISC

AP – Panera to stop serving ‘Charged Sips’ drinks after wrongful death lawsuits over caffeine content
Panera didn’t say Tuesday whether the drinks were being discontinued because of the lawsuits or health concerns, and it wouldn’t comment on the timeline for removing them from stores. Panera said it’s introducing new low-sugar and low-caffeine drinks after listening to customers’ suggestions..
https://apnews.com/article/panera-charged-lemonade-drinks-caffeine-3d0f74907be3b755b71b7c47d2dfc85d

WAPO – Student who raised $400K for D.C. homeless man refunds money to donors
In a series of TikTok videos, Sanai Graden says she lost touch with Alonzo Douglas Hebron, who became evasive and stopped returning her calls.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/07/gofundme-dc-homeless-man-refunded/