Open Mic for the week of 9/25/2023
Get out of bed. Stumble to the kitchen.
Pour myself a cup of ambition.
Category: Ten Second News
Speaker McCarthy Directs Formal Impeachment Inquiry
Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced he is “directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.”
From The Washington Post: A shaken Washington copes with surging violence: ‘This is not normal’
“I feel like I need a trauma counselor,” she said. “This is not normal.”
Shivanthi Sathanandan posts to Facebook that she has been Carjacked
The 2nd Vice Chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party has posted to Facebook that she has been carjacked
From Politico: An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
California would be the first state to explicitly ban the practice, but the process has been divisive.
Proud Boys Leader Tarrio Gets 22 Years For Jan 6th Offenses
All in all, the trial and sentencing of former Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio feels just about right after getting the longest sentence to date for January 6th.
From the New York Times: All That Empty Office Space Belongs to Someone
What happens if the nearly 100 million square feet of workplace real estate stays empty?
Open Mic for the week of 8/28/2023
On this day in 1793, the Siege of Toulon in the French Revolutionary wars began.
From the AP: In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged barricades survived
The road closures — some because of the fire, some because of downed power lines — contributed to making historic Lahaina the site of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.
Open Mic for the week of 8/21/2023
On this day in 1911 Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre by three Italian handymen
University of Chicago agrees to pay $13.5 million to students after being accused of participating in a ‘price-fixing cartel’ with other prestigious schools to limit financial aid
The University of Chicago became the first of 16 top schools to settle claims it engaged in a scheme to keep financial aid packages low.
Horror and Heartbreak in Maui Recovery
The term apocalyptic is probably overused, but for the town of Lahaina and island of Maui the “one mile every minute” wildfire was exactly that.
The Bigger Question To The Richard Hanania Kerfuffle
Jamelle Bouie answers the seemingly obvious question of the Richard Hanania online discourse: “Why an Unremarkable Racist Enjoyed the Backing of Billionaires”
AG Merrick Garland Upgrades Hunter Biden Investigator David Weiss To Special Counsel
AG Merrick Garland has granted David Weiss’s request to be given Special Counsel status as he investigates various allegations against Hunter Biden.
Biden Invokes IEEPA Executive Order On Outbound Investments in China, Hong Kong, Macau
President Biden has issued an IEEPA Executive Order to ban certain transactions and regulate technology investment by designated foreign entities.
Ohio Issue 1 Soundly Defeated
The Ohio state GOP went hard for Issue 1, a measure to raise the amendment threshold of the state’s constitution from simple majority to 60%, and were trounced for their trouble.
Fight Over Restoring Voting Rights to Prior Felons Intensifies
After years of efforts by many to help convicted felons restore their voting rights after their sentences are served, some states are pushing back.
