Obituaries In Worcester MA | Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Obituaries In Worcester, MA | Worcester Telegram & Gazette https://digitalarizonanews.com/obituaries-in-worcester-ma-worcester-telegram-gazette/
Walter H. “Snookie” Knapik, 82, of William Ward St., passed away peacefully on Sat. Sept. 17, 2022 at home after a 15-month battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
He is survived by his wife Aline M. (Boudreau) Knapik, with whom he celebrated 60 years of marriage on Sept 1st; 2 sons W. Robert Knapik of Uxbridge, and Paul M. Knapik and his partner Margaret Fitzgerald of Whitinsville; 5 grandchildren Dr. Laura Knapik and her husband Ian Kaplan, Samuel Knapik, Alyssa Knapik and her fiancé Corey Patterson, Jayce Knapik and his companion Mariah Deroches, and Bretton Knapik; his brother Robert J. Knapik and his wife Terry of Scottsdale, AZ, his Aunt Janet Rabitor; many cousins, nieces, and nephews. He was brother of the late Judyann Kearnan and was predeceased by nephew Richard Kearnan. Born in Whitinsville, MA on June 8, 1940, he was the son of Walter S. and Alice E. (Rabitor) Knapik and lived in Uxbridge all his life.
Mr. Knapik worked as a computer operator for New England Power Service Company for over 30 years, retiring in 1999. A 1959 graduate of Uxbridge High School, he was a standout 3 sport student athlete, playing basketball, football, and baseball, batting over .500 his senior year. He served in the US Army National Guard in the Whitinsville Barracks. He coached Uxbridge Little League for many years, was a life member and past president of the Uxbridge Rod and Gun Club, and belonged to the Whitinsville Golf Club where enjoyed the thrill of hitting 2 hole-in-ones, coming 10 years apart, both on Hole 7!
A lifelong musician, Snookie played trumpet since 4th grade. He played in the high school band, the US Army Band at Fort Drum, NY, a polka band (Snookie was ever so proud of his Polish Heritage), and in later years in the Blackstone Valley Community Concert Band.
Walter was an artist who enjoyed the challenge of watercolor painting, which included, since 1999, the Christmas card that he and Aline would send to family and friends who eagerly anticipated its annual arrival. He was a member of the RI Watercolor Association.
His family would like to thank family and friends, including his neighbors Tim and Dana, all of whom who were so supportive during Snookie’s illness. They are especially grateful to the UMass Memorial oncology clinic team of Dr. Jan Cerny, Lindsey, and Andrea, the oncology nurses, and the PCA’s especially Cheryl and Tory. The care and skill of all of them made it possible for Walter to live to see each of his grandchildren celebrate one more birthday, and to see his oldest granddaughter graduate from medical school and attend her wedding. Mere words could never express the family’s profound gratitude to oncology nurses Laurie Budnick and Beth Duncan.
His funeral will be held on Thurs. Sept. 22 at 11 am in Tancrell-Jackman Funeral Home, 35 Snowling Rd., Uxbridge. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home are Wed. Sept 21st from 4:30 to 7:30 pm and Thurs. prior to the service from 10 to 11 am. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to: the Adam Bullen Memorial Foundation, 8B Concord Ct. Webster, MA 01570, or to the People First Food Pantry, PO Box 506, Uxbridge, MA 01569. To leave a condolence message for his family please visit: http://www.Jackmanfuneralhomes.com.
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Youngkin To Stump For Arizona https://digitalarizonanews.com/youngkin-to-stump-for-arizona/
September 19, 2022 11:44 AM
As the midterm elections kick into high gear, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is reportedly poised to stump for Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake later this month.
Youngkin’s planned backing of Lake comes as part of a larger midterm election blitz in which he plans to flex his political might to rally support for GOP hopefuls in battleground states as the midterm elections enter the homestretch, Politico reported.
GOP HEAVY HITTERS STUMP FOR REPUBLICANS IN MIDTERM HOMESTRETCH
“Republicans make better governors than Democrats. Gov. Doug Ducey championed hallmark education reforms and the state’s largest tax cut during his term. Arizona deserves another Republican governor,” Youngkin said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.
So far, Youngkin’s campaign stops have included Nevada, Colorado, and Michigan, with plans to traverse Kansas later this week, per the report. However, his support of Lake marks one of the most nationally renowned MAGA-aligned candidates Youngkin has courted support for during the midterm election cycle.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin gestures as he talks with employees during opening ceremonies for the new offices of Empower AI Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in Richmond, Virginia.
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He will reportedly host fundraising and political events, according to the outlet. An unabashed supporter of former President Donald Trump and promulgator of 2020 election denialism, Lake generally pulls from different corners of the conservative movement than Youngkin.
Youngkin won the governorship in a heated battle with former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) last year in the traditionally blue state of Virginia. He campaigned heavily on opposition to stiff COVID-19 suppression measures, particularly in schools, to help peel off suburban parents from the Democrats.
His victory in the off-year election sparked speculation that Republicans would surf the red wave in the midterm elections in 2022.
Lake, by contrast, is running for governor in a traditionally red state that has begun morphing purple. Once the dominant party, the GOP no longer has either of the two Senate seats in the state, lost the most recent presidential election, and barely holds the majority in the state legislature.
She won her heated GOP gubernatorial primary narrowly with the backing of Trump, while former Vice President Mike Pence and outgoing Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey backed Karrin Taylor Robson. Ducey has since backed Lake after she won the GOP nod, as uneasy Republicans have begun to coalesce around her ahead of the midterm elections.
Youngkin contends that it is paramount to support Republican gubernatorial candidates. His breakthrough in Virginia has garnered speculation that he could harbor 2024 ambitions.
“Republican governors are leading the country. Just look at how well red states are doing compared to blue states. Red states are seeing better economic recovery post-pandemic, safer communities, and education systems that empower parents and put students first. There’s no doubt about it,” he said in a statement, which did not address his specific Arizona campaign plans.
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Lake currently touts a 1-point edge over Democratic contender Katie Hobbs, according to the latest Real Clear Politics polling aggregate. Other speculated 2024 hopefuls, such as Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, have rallied in support of Lake as heavyweight Republicans embark on a national campaign tour ahead of the midterm elections.
Earlier this year, Youngkin launched two political action committees and has appeared at national conservative events as he continues to build his conservative brand. The Washington Examiner reached out to a Lake representative for comment.
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Analysis | Trump Asks QAnon To Stand Back And Stand By
Analysis | Trump Asks QAnon To Stand Back And Stand By https://digitalarizonanews.com/analysis-trump-asks-qanon-to-stand-back-and-stand-by/
Luckily for her, Rebecca Lanis wasn’t home when her father shot and killed her mother and severely wounded her sister earlier this month. So she was able to help offer one explanation for the otherwise inexplicable act: Her father had collapsed into the world of conspiracy theory after Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election. That includes the conspiracy known as QAnon, which Lanis in a Reddit post blamed unequivocally for muddying her father’s mind.
“It’s like he got possessed by a demon,” she wrote.
This is not the first time that QAnon has been intertwined in a murder. In early 2019, a man purportedly in the sway of the conspiracy theory shot to death a reputed gangster on Long Island. At the time, Marymount Manhattan College psychology professor Cheryl Paradis explained to The Washington Post that political rhetoric, like popular culture, could shape the paranoid delusions of the mentally ill. But in a May 2019 bulletin, the FBI made clear that it saw QAnon as something more dangerous.
“The FBl assesses anti-government, identity based, and fringe political conspiracy theories very likely motivate some domestic extremists, wholly or in part,” it read, “to commit criminal and sometimes violent activity.” That included potential “targeting of specific people, places, and organizations, thereby increasing the likelihood of violence against these targets.”
On Jan. 6, 2021, this warning was made manifest. Prominent among those who stormed the Capitol were explicit adherents to QAnon — the dangerous idea that there is a cabal of powerful pedophiles including prominent Democrats and cultural elites that Trump is silently working to dismantle.
And after years of playing footsie with the movement, Trump has begun openly embracing it — even as the federal government’s years of warnings about violence linked to domestic extremism grow louder.
Trumpism and QAnon are inextricable, as I wrote in August 2018. (The headline: “There’s a virus in Trumpland.”) QAnon’s portrayal of Hollywood and political elites not just as culture-war opponents but as actually evil was simply an elevation of the anti-elite rhetoric that’s at the heart of Trump’s political pitch. But it also, as one Trump rally attendee told me then, helped to reframe Trump’s messy presidency as ordered.
“It’s like there’s a larger design,” he said. “Despite all the chaos the country is going through, there is a backbone of what’s taking place behind the scenes.”
When he was president, Trump’s team generally tried to keep the movement at a distance. Likely recognizing that associating closely with a deranged conspiracy theory had more downside than up-, Trump supporters reported being asked to hide overt symbols of support for QAnon.
But as his reelection bid neared, Trump began to explicitly praise the movement. First, he offered his congratulations to Marjorie Taylor Greene for winning a House GOPprimary in Georgia — when Greene was primarily known nationally as someone who had embraced QAnon. Asked about the idea a few days later, Trump shrugged.
“I don’t know much about the movement other than I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate,” he said to a bemused White House press corps. Asked specifically about the idea that he was serving as a warrior against a satanic cabal of pedophiles and cannibals — a more extreme iteration of the theory — Trump didn’t say no but, instead, “If I can help save the world from problems, I’m willing to do it.”
The Daily Beast’s Will Sommer, who has a book documenting QAnon coming out early next year, noted at the time that QAnon had been champing at the bit to see Trump asked specifically about their movement. His failure to disavow it was seen by hardcore adherents in the same way that members of the Proud Boys viewed his failure to disavow that right-wing extremist group during a 2020 presidential debate: as a tacit endorsement.
Then Trump lost. The Capitol riot failed to keep him in power. Q — purportedly a government insider whose cryptic posts on fringe websites had been grist for QAnon’s conspiracy mill — stopped writing.
But the movement kept pressing forward and its theories kept spreading. The first two years of President Biden’s tenure have been riddled with accusations about rampant pedophilia on the left, from decrying Democrats as “groomers” to trying to paint Biden’s Supreme Court nominee as soft on pedophiles — as Greene, now a member of the House, did earlier this year. This wasn’t all explicitly intertwined with QAnon, but it leveraged the political and cultural energy of the movement.
“It’s kind of a spectrum of Q to at this point,” CNN’s Elle Reeve, who is writing a book on extremism, told me after the Jan. 6 riot: “people who are like, ‘no, I’m not that deep into Q, but who can’t get behind taking out pedophiles? No one likes pedophiles!’ ”
Meanwhile, polling indicated that a sizable portion of the population continued to adhere to even the most bizarre elements of what QAnon had long claimed. Meanwhile, the Biden administration continued to warn about the danger posed by domestic extremism, including QAnon.
“The fact that Q is more palatable to more people makes it much more dangerous,” Reeve said, comparing it to White nationalist rhetoric. “Because it means, of the huge group that believes in it, the small number who are willing to take violent action will be like an absolute larger number.”
That there’s a huge group that believes Trump is the nation’s salvation against evil has not escaped the former president’s attention. Last week, he elevated a QAnon meme on the social-media platform he owns.
There are three explicit QAnon references there: the Q on the lapel, the reference to a “storm” and the tagline WWG1WGA. That’s a shorthand for “where we go one, we go all,” a sort of informal QAnon motto.
Then Trump spoke at a rally in Ohio on Saturday, targeting the 2022 midterms. He wasn’t the only speaker; Greene addressed the audience to loud applause. So did J.R. Majewski, a Republican House candidate who Sommer noted has embraced QAnon rhetoric.
And then there was the music. Trump often ends his rally speeches with canned riffs meant to rouse his audience’s patriotism or partisanship. At the rally on Saturday, though, the riff was accompanied by unusual music — music that the New York Times described as “all but identical to a song called ‘Wwg1wga.’” Hearing the tune, people in the audience at the rally raised their index fingers as an apparent reference to the “one” in the motto.
To the Times, Trump’s team denied that the song was linked to QAnon. But, again, the difference between embracing the fringe and failing to denounce the fringe can be subtle. When Trump was asked to tell the Proud Boys to stand down but he instead said they should “stand back and stand by,” one member of the group said that its membership tripled. Proud Boys were later a central part of the violence on Jan. 6.
Now Trump, constantly looking to demonstrate his political strength as he nears an announcement on a likely 2024 bid, is giving QAnon adherents repeated signals that he’s their ally.
“I think Trump or someone in his orbit is definitely ramping up their QAnon outreach, and the Ohio rally reflects that,” Sommer said in a direct message on Monday morning. “He’s playing this WWG1WGA song at a rally when it’s already been pointed out that there’s an obvious QAnon connection. He’s posting more explicit Q content on Truth Social. There’s definitely been a change in tenor from Trump’s camp on QAnon toward more explicit endorsement that I think is hard to miss.”
Meaning that it’s not hard to miss as an outside observer. For those looped into QAnon, the odds of missing Trump’s apparent outreach are about nil. Particularly given that its aims and Trump’s are in sync: returning him to power.
Just this month, someone under the sway of QAnon apparently attacked his family before being killed by law enforcement. The danger of bolstering the movement’s ludicrous beliefs seems fairly obvious, particularly at a moment when political violence seems increasingly at hand.
But, as Trump said in 2020, QAnon adherents “like me very much, which I appreciate.” With 2024 rapidly approaching, we can easily imagine that Trump, never one to fret much over political violence, would like QAnon to stand by.
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Helen Mayr Of Carroll https://digitalarizonanews.com/helen-mayr-of-carroll/
Helen Mayr of Carroll
September 19, 2022 at 10:35 am Kelley Derner
Helen Jane (Collison) Mayr, age 93, of Carroll passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2022, at St. Anthony Hospital. Even up until most recently, she said she was not going anywhere yet, but due to her fast approaching and latest illness, life took her in another peaceful direction.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, October 8, 2022 at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll. Officiating will be Peg Scheidt. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery in Arcadia.
Following the burial, please join Helen’s family at the Sharp Center (226 W. 8th St. – Carroll) for Hor d’oeuvres and cocktails to celebrate her life.
Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll and online condolences may be left for the Mayr family at www.sharpfuneral.com.
Helen was born on December 19, 1928, in Arcadia, Iowa and was the daughter of Vincent and Margaret (Beiter) Collison. She grew up and attended grade school in Arcadia and then graduated from St. Angela Academy-All Girls High School in Carroll (Now Kuemper) in 1945, and then moved to Denver, Colorado to attend Loretto Heights all girls Catholic College.
Helen was married to Leo R. Mayr on June 16, 1951, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Arcadia by Fr. Stork. The couple made their home in Harlan where Leo worked as an accountant. Helen and Leo moved to Carroll in 1953 where Leo was manager of KCIM Radio Station and the two of them then started their family.
Helen loved life. She enjoyed many years each summer with her family at their favorite vacation spot on Pelican Lake in Ashby, Minnesota. In the recent years they enjoyed visiting their condo in Okoboji. Helen loved to fish, cook, play cards and competitive bridge with her friends, bingo, puzzling, and spending time with her family. She was a great companion to her husband Leo and a wonderful Mom to her 5 surviving children.
Helen is survived by her son John Mayr of Carroll; Four daughters: Margie Bierl and husband Kevin of Scottsdale, AZ, Heidi Mayr of Cleveland, OH, Molly Amundson and her husband Steve of Scottsdale, AZ, and Ann Mitchell of Phoenix, AZ. Six grandchildren: Ariel, Austen, and Alexa Bierl; Kelsey and Hannah Amundson; and Ryan Mitchell; Two great grandchildren: Brooks and Bradie Bierl; and her sister-in-law Jan Collison of Rockwell City; and many nieces and nephews.
Helen was preceded in death by her husband Leo Mayr, her parents Vincent and Margaret Collison, her brother John Collison of Rockwell City, Her sister Mary Boell of Minnesota, a daughter Jane in infancy, and a son Anthony in infancy.
We wish to express our gratitude for the friendship and love you have given Helen throughout the years and your sympathy is greatly appreciated.
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Boeing Expands Mesa Campus With New 150000-Square-Foot Fabrication Center
Boeing Expands Mesa Campus With New 150,000-Square-Foot Fabrication Center https://digitalarizonanews.com/boeing-expands-mesa-campus-with-new-150000-square-foot-fabrication-center/
Center will be home to production of materials for future combat aircraft
By: Ron Davis, Phoenix Business Journal
Posted at 8:36 AM, Sep 19, 2022
and last updated 2022-09-19 11:37:28-04
MESA, AZ — Boeing Company has wrapped up the construction of a new addition to its Mesa campus.
The Virginia-based aerospace company announced this week that construction was completed on its advanced composite fabrication center, which will be home to the production of materials for future combat aircraft.
The 155,000-square-foot fabrication center is located on Boeing’s Mesa campus at 5000 E McDowell Road, located just to the south of Loop 202. With the construction phase now complete, the center is expected to be fully operational this fall.
Boeing told the Business Journal that it will bring on another 150 employees to work at the fabrication center.
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Inbox: He Knows What He’s Doing https://digitalarizonanews.com/inbox-he-knows-what-hes-doing/
Bryan from Madison, WI
Better.
Agreed.
Graeme from Tucson, AZ
That feels like the performance and gameplan I was expecting last week. Heavy on the running backs. Defense staying disciplined (in the main) and the offense slowly growing into the game. Some mistakes for sure but definitely a more cohesive display. What was the main difference in your opinion?
Absolutely the focus on the running backs. They touched the ball on 37 of 66 plays. I thought Jones in particular showed what makes him a special player. His feet are so quick and shifty he’s always finding extra yards. When he’s in the flow of the game, his burst seems to come a half step sooner and makes him even harder to stop.
Kenton from Rochester, MN
I loved how Aaron Rodgers spread the ball around in the passing game: three receptions by four players, two receptions by three players and one reception by one player. That should keep opposing defenses guessing, right?
It’s more out of necessity than desire, but if the running backs can continue to produce in a way that commands defensive attention, openings should exist for plenty of contributors in the passing game.
Margo from Solvang, CA
Wow! It seemed like we could do no wrong during the second quarter. We played great complementary football, scoring a bunch and showing a ferocious defense. How do we keep that going against Tampa Bay next week?
I don’t know, Margo (sorry, couldn’t resist). Honestly, though, anyone with the secret to that would never lose a football game. It’s hard to dominate an opponent in this league, and we saw games Sunday that had periods of dominance go both ways. When the momentum did shift last night, the Packers responded on both sides of the ball with the goal-line stand and 55-yard strike to Christian Watson. In the long run, those moments will mean more than the second quarter, because prolonged dominance is so rare.
Janet from Auburn, WA
I thought the two jet sweeps to Christian Watson were huge. Sure, they didn’t go for big gains, but it sets up so many other options for the offense. It will be fun once he gets involved in the passing game, but for now I love this threat out of the running game.
It always feels to me the jet-motion stuff helps keep the defense honest.
Jared from Rochester, MN
Congratulations to the Pack for the win and that’s the most important. However, some holes introduced themselves during the game. We had the mistakes on the offense and also the bad run defense. What do you think is the most important going into Tampa Bay? Sure up that run defense or don’t make those mistakes on offense? I lean toward the run defense because it looks like the Bucs are leaning on Fournette.
The botched handoff and shotgun-snap timing are the easy fixes. Those are purely self-inflicted. It’s a given the Bucs will test the Packers’ run defense, and probably with more than just Fournette. Maybe the film will look different, but it didn’t feel as though the Packers were getting gashed with big holes as much as missing tackles.
Nathan from Philadelphia, PA
The defense had a stretch in the middle of the game of allowing just 10 total yards on 13 plays, sandwiched between a couple of long drives. What happened to seemingly flip the switch on and back off (and maybe on again with the goal-line stop)?
The Bears did themselves no favors by getting away from the run too early. In that stretch you’re referring to, the Packers got sacks on first-and-10 and second-and-3. Those aren’t downs I’m turning the offense over to Fields. Even when they did run the ball successfully, Fields was still woefully ineffective as a passer – 7-of-11 for 70 yards (30 on one play)? Woof. That won’t cut it in the NFL. Numbers like that render 180 rushing yards practically meaningless.
Bob from Riverside, CA
Mike, it sure seems hard to find special-teams stats online. Did Dallin Leavitt get two or three great special-teams stops? He seems like the real deal.
He is. He’ll get downgraded for his penalty, but he was credited with two coverage tackles, and his impact stood out. He knows what he’s doing on teams.
Pete from Hillsborough, NC
Mike, I’m with you. The scrums at the end of running plays are ubiquitous. It surprises me the NFL allows it, given their focus on player safety. They are injuries just waiting to happen (ankle, knee, hip, concussion…). Has there been any talk of trying to reinstitute some sort of penalty?
Not that I’ve heard. Sadly, I suspect it’ll take a serious injury occurring for any major reconsideration.
Dave from Waterford, OH
Hi guys, hope you’re doing well. Of these two possibilities, just wondering which one you think will occur before the other: the Bears winning their second Super Bowl or an NFL kicker making a 70-yard field goal?
70-yarder, and that’s not meant as a knock against the Bears. Did you see that game-winning 50-yarder by Brett Maher in Dallas yesterday? That hit the net about three-quarters of the way up. He absolutely crushed it.
Vince from Auburn, WA
I thought Allen Lazard‘s presence played a huge role in Sunday’s win. Not only from a receiving standpoint, but especially his blocking ability. He is so unselfish and opens up so many off-tackle running lanes. Who do you believe is the next best blocker in the receiver room?
Cobb’s always been effective, and I don’t know how good he is just yet, but I love the way Watson always sticks his nose in there. He appears plenty willing, which is half the battle.
Tony from Chanhassen, MN
Do you talk about the Packers much outside of work, or do you need a break once you are done for the day?
It depends to whom I’m talking.
Will from Milwaukee, WI
Aaaahhhh. That was more like it! Gotta love that everyone knew Jones was going to be featured and he performed so well. How do you explain yet another master class from Aaron Rodgers against the Bears? It’s uncanny.
The Rodgers stats vs. Chicago are mind-boggling. Here are a few: 24-5 against the Bears (including the broken collarbone game in ’13), seven consecutive zero-INT games against the Bears, 125-plus passer rating and multiple TDs in five straight (longest streak of any QB in league history against a single opponent), 11 total games with 125-plus passer rating (also most ever vs. one opponent), and 15 games with a 100-plus passer rating, with the Packers 15-0 in those games.
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American Held Captive In Afghanistan For More Than 2 Years Is Released In Prisoner Swap
American Held Captive In Afghanistan For More Than 2 Years Is Released In Prisoner Swap https://digitalarizonanews.com/american-held-captive-in-afghanistan-for-more-than-2-years-is-released-in-prisoner-swap/
(CNN)Mark Frerichs, an American held captive in Afghanistan for more than two years, has been released in a prisoner swap, a senior Biden administration official confirmed Monday.
“Bringing Mark home has been a top priority for President Biden and his national security team,” the official said.
Haji Bashir Noorzai, a prominent member of the Taliban, who was in prison in the US on drug trafficking charges for 17 years, was granted clemency as part of the deal, the official said.
Frerichs, a Navy veteran from Illinois, was kidnapped in late January 2020 while he was doing construction contract work in Afghanistan. He was believed to be held by the Haqqani network, which is a faction of the Taliban. He was missing for less than a month before the US signed a peace deal with the Taliban.
Frerichs was able to walk on his own onto the aircraft, a source familiar with the matter said, and his physical and mental condition appear good. He is currently in Doha, Qatar.
Frerichs’ family praised Biden for securing his release, with his sister, Charlene Cakora, saying in a statement, “there were some folks arguing against the deal that brought Mark home, but President Biden did what was right. He saved the life of an innocent American veteran.”
“I am so happy to hear that my brother is safe and on his way home to us. Our family has prayed for this each day of the more than 31 months he has been a hostage,” Cakora said. “We never gave up hope that he would survive and come home safely to us.”
Earlier this year, The New Yorker published a video of Frerichs pleading for his release — the first time the Illinois native had been seen in years.
“I’ve been patiently waiting my release,” Frerichs says in the brief video, which he says is being recorded on November 28, 2021.
Since her brother’s kidnapping, Cakora has called on the US government to do more to secure his release, escalating those calls in the lead-up to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
Earlier this year, the Biden administration secured the release of Afghan-American Naval reservist Safi Rauf and his brother Anees Khalil, a US green card holder, who had been detained by the Taliban since December.
Months of negotiations
The Biden administration undertook months of negotiations with the Taliban to secure Frerichs’ freedom, a senior administration official said Monday, and the President decided in June to grant clemency to Noorzai if it would lead to the captive American’s release.
Speaking on a call with reporters, the official said it became clear that releasing Noorzai was “the key to securing Mark’s overdue freedom,” but the decision on clemency for the Afghan drug trafficker was a “difficult” one.
The administration does not see an equivalency between Noorzai, who was carrying out a 17-year sentence in the US, and Frerichs. Noorzai was not held at Guantanamo Bay, despite reports saying he was, the official said.
“We consulted with experts across the US government, who assessed that Noorzai’s (release) to Afghanistan would not materially change any risk to Americans emanating from the country or the nature of the drug trade there,” the official said.
Weeks after Biden made the decision on Noorzai, the President authorized the strike that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul.
“As we also said publicly at the time, we told the Taliban immediately after the strike, that we would hold them directly responsible if any harm were to come to Mark, and that the best way they might begin to rebuild trust with the United States, with the world, was to immediately release Mark,” the official said.
The official said the window of opportunity for the swap finally presented itself this month, and the administration “acted very quickly.” But they would not say where Frerichs had been held during his more than two years of captivity, nor would they say if the US had given the Taliban anything else for Frerichs’ release.
A second senior administration official said the US would continue to make clear to the Taliban that they must end hostage taking if they are to gain recognition by the international community.
The first official would not say if the Taliban is holding any other Americans home. They said they were aware of the matter of American filmmaker Ivor Shearer and his producer, who the Committee to Protect Journalists said were detained by the Taliban in August, but did not provide further details.
This story has been updated with additional details.
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Stocks Fall Monday In Volatile Trading Ahead Of The Fed Decision This Week
Stocks Fall Monday In Volatile Trading Ahead Of The Fed Decision This Week https://digitalarizonanews.com/stocks-fall-monday-in-volatile-trading-ahead-of-the-fed-decision-this-week/
Stocks waver in volatile trading session ahead of Fed meeting, financials move higher
Stocks seesawed on Monday in a volatile trading session ahead of another key Fed decision later this week.
Many investors are betting on a 75 basis point hike at the conclusion of the central bank’s policy meeting on Wednesday — although a 100 basis point increase is not off the table, according to some analysts. The fear is fueling concerns that the Fed won’t be able to tame rising prices without steering the economy into a recession.
Amid this backdrop, the S&P 500’s financials sector gained 1% as investors bet on higher rates boosting their profit margins. The sector typically benefits in a rising-rate environment since banks and lenders are able to charge more to borrowers.
Industrials and consumer discretionary moved 1% higher.
— Samantha Subin
Stock market may be oversold, strategists say
The late morning recovery for stocks on Monday could be a sign that the market is oversold after last week’s steep declines.
RBC’s Lori Calvasina said in a note to clients on Sunday that growth stocks have been pulling back since being overbought in mid-August but that shift could be nearing the end of the road.
“Increased hawkish rhetoric from the Fed, a move up in the 10-year yield, and last week’s CPI print were the triggers for the underperformance we’ve seen in Growth recently, but the stretched positioning made this segment of the market vulnerable to these negative catalysts. While it’s too early to say that Nasdaq positioning has bottomed (it’s still a bit above historical lows), it’s important to note that the unwind does appear to be later-innings based on what we are seeing in this data,” Calvasina wrote.
And at Oppenheimer, John Stoltzfus said in a note that market valuations show it might be time for the selling to pause.
“We should note that the market appears to be oversold as the forward multiple of the S&P 500 is now back near to where it was before the market hit its low on June 16, prior to its summer rally,” Stoltzfus wrote.
— Jesse Pound, Michael Bloom
U.S. homebuilder sentiment falls
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market index fell three points in September to 46, marking the ninth straight month of declines.
It’s a sign that homebuilders are losing confidence in the market as mortgage rates rise and shows a stark drop from sentiment hovering at 83 in January.
Any reading below 50 is considered negative.
— Samantha Subin, Diana Olick
Consumer discretionary stocks move higher
Despite Monday’s continuation of last week’s sell-off, the S&P 500’s consumer discretionary moved slightly higher amid gains from cruise and travel stocks.
Shares of Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean and Carnival rose 1.2%, 3.1% and 2.3%, respectively. Marriott, Hilton and Wynn Resorts also added more than 1% each, along with airline stocks United, Delta and JetBlue. American Airlines gained 2.8%.
— Samantha Subin
Stocks open lower on Monday
Stocks opened lower on Monday as rates surged ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting slated to commence Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was last down 187 points, or 0.61%. The S&P 500 slid 0.6% and the Nasdaq Composite toppled 0.57%.
— Samantha Subin
Bitcoin drops 5% to its lowest level in 3 months
Bitcoin fell to its lowest level in three months on Monday as investors dumped risk assets amid expectations of higher interest rates.
The world’s largest cryptocurrency dropped 5% to an intraday low of $18,276, reaching its lowest level since June 19. Bitcoin is down 7.2% this month and on pace for the second straight negative month after plunging 15% in August.
— Yun Li
A 12-year mantra for stocks is coming to a close, Morgan Stanley says
A tougher policy stance from the Federal Reserve is putting a damper on a 12-year-long Wall Street mantra, according to Morgan Stanley.
Over the last 12 years, “it was common to hear some variation of ‘TINA’ (There Is No Alternative), the idea that one needed to be long stocks and bonds because cash offered so little,” wrote Morgan Stanley’s Andrew Sheets in a note to clients. “Low yields were not the primary reason why stocks rallied over that time; global equities and global equity earnings simply rose by the same amount (~100%).”
Now, that narrative is shifting as the central bank tightens monetary policy and investors have a slew of higher-yielding and lower-volatility offerings they can buy, including cash and short-term fixed income securities.
Sheets believes investors are adapting to a new normal with a less friendly Federal Reserve that looks far from a pivot and is unlikely to take an easy policy stance during difficult times ahead.
“The market is still facing late-cycle conditions: inflation that is too high, policy that is tightening, a yield curve that’s inverted, and a slowdown in growth that is ahead not behind,” he wrote.
— Samantha Subin
Goldman cuts GDP outlook, forecasts higher chance for recession ahead
Goldman Sachs sees higher interest rates, lower growth and elevated risks of a recession ahead.
The Wall Street firm over the weekend cut its GDP forecast for 2023 and now sees growth of just 1.1% for the year, down from the previous expectation of 1.5%.
That dovetails with an increase in its expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, which it sees totaling 1.75 percentage points through the end of the year as the central bank looks to bring inflation under control.
“This higher rates path combined with recent tightening in financial conditions implies a somewhat worse outlook for growth and employment next year,” economist Joseph Briggs wrote in a client note dated Friday evening.
Goldman also now expects the unemployment rate to rise to 4.1% by the end of 2023, from its current level of 3.7%, and to 4.2% by the end of 2024.
Taken together, the firm sees the tighter financial conditions boosting the probability of recession over the next 12 months to 35%.
—Jeff Cox
A 100 basis point hike would ‘unnerve’ Wall Street, says CFRA’s Stovall
Hiking rates more than the anticipated 75 basis points could distress Wall Street and up the chances of overtightening, CFRA’s Sam Stovall said.
“We think a 100 bps hike would unnerve Wall Street, as it would imply that the FOMC is overreacting to the data rather than sticking to its game plan, and would increase the likelihood that the FOMC will eventually overtighten and lessen the possibility of achieving a soft landing,” he wrote in a note to clients Monday.
Of the 56 rate hikes that have occurred since World War II, the central bank has upped interest rates by 100 basis points only seven times.
Following those hikes, the S&P 500 recorded average returns of -2.4%, -1.3%, and 0.1% over respective one, three and six-month periods, he added
— Samantha Subin
10-year Treasury yield jumps above 3.5%, hits highest level since 2011
The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield rose to 3.5% on Monday morning, hitting its highest level since 2011 as investors brace for a higher-for-longer period of interest rates amid the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflations.
Treasury yields rose above the board last week after the August consumer price index report showed a surprise increase in prices. However, the 10-year largely held near its June highs of 3.495% before taking another leg higher on Monday.
The 10-year last traded at a yield of 3.506%, up nearly 6 basis points. Yields move opposite to price, and one basis point is equal to 0.01%.
— Jesse Pound
S&P 500 could retest bear market low, chart analysts say
Chart analysts think the S&P 500 looks increasingly set for a retest of the bear market low, as Wall Street enters a potentially volatile week with a looming Fed meeting.
“We’ve sided with a higher low in the S&P 500, and believe a ‘less intense’ lower low has become more likely following rollovers in select mega-cap stocks,” Oppenheimer’s Ari Wald wrote. “The crux of our view is that mega-cap weakness is masking improving breadth which we think bottomed in June.”
The S&P 500 hit a closing low of 3,666 in mid-June.
CNBC Pro subscribers can read more here.
— Patti Domm, Fred Imbert
Adobe shares slide after Wells Fargo downgrade
Wells Fargo downgraded Adobe shares to equal weight from overweight, sending the stock down more than 1% in premarket trading.
“Following a string of disappointing earnings results, Adobe shocked the software world announcing its intent to acquire Figma for ~$20Bn (1/2 cash, 1/2 stock),” Wells Fargo wrote. “While the product/strategic fit is clearly aligned, it’s the price tag that is likely to lend credence to the bear case, at least for now.”
CNBC Pro subscribers can read more here.
— Sarah Min
CNBC Pro: This ETF carries risk — but outperforms when volatility spikes
As volatility rears its head once again, investors looking for a short-term trade could opt for this ETF with a track record of outperformance in times of extreme market moves.
“It is probably the prospect of very quick and sizable gains when everyone else in the market seems to be losing their shirts that I believe is appealing about this fund,” Daniel Martins, head researcher and portfolio strategist at DM Martins Research, said.
Yet, despite the potential for high returns, the ETF carries a high level of risk, and is not for every investor.
Pro subscribers can read more here.
— Zavier Ong
CNBC Pro: Buy these inflation-beating funds to protect your money, strategist says
As inflation remains stubbornly high, where can investors hide out given that U.S. stocks and bonds alike have been volatile?
There are three types of funds that look appealing right now, according to Mark Jolley, global strategist at CCB International Securities...
Queen Elizabeth II To Be Buried In Windsor After State Funeral
Queen Elizabeth II To Be Buried In Windsor After State Funeral https://digitalarizonanews.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-to-be-buried-in-windsor-after-state-funeral/
23m ago
Committal service for Queen Elizabeth II begins at St. George’s chapel
Britain’s King Charles III and Prince William arrive for Queen Elizabeth II Committal Service at Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, September 19, 2022. Gregorio Borgia/AP
The committal service for Queen Elizabeth II got underway Monday afternoon at St. George’s Chapel on the royal family’s Windsor estate.
The service will include singing by the choir of St. George’s Chapel, including Psalm 121 with music composed by Sir Henry Walford Davies.
The service will be led by the Dean of Windsor, David Connor.
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in to St George’s Chapel for a committal service at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, September 19, 2022. Joe Giddens/AP
The choir will also sing the Russian Contakion of the Departed, which was sung at the funeral of the queen’s late husband, Prince Philip.
The committal service will be the last part of Monday’s historic events viewed by the public. Later Monday evening, a private service for royal family members only was to be held at St. George’s Chapel.
35m ago
Senior royals rejoin funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth II in Windsor
King Charles III and other members of the royal family rejoined the funeral procession for Queen Elizabeth II, after it made its way from London to Windsor Castle on Monday afternoon.
The king, his siblings Princess Anne, Prince Edward and Prince Andrew, as well as the king’s sons Princes William and Harry, walked with the queen’s coffin for the distance between Windsor Castle and St. George’s Chapel, where the queen was to be laid to rest in the family crypt.
The senior royals followed the queen’s coffin, carried by soldiers, up the steps into St. George’s Chapel.
Pall bearers carry Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin into St. George’s Chapel on the grounds of the royal Windsor Castle estate in England, September 19, 2022. CBS News
55m ago
Queen’s funeral procession enters Windsor Castle grounds
Emma, the monarch’s fell pony, stands as the Ceremonial Procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Windsor Castle for the Committal Service at St George’s Chapel, in Windsor, England, September 19, 2022. Aaron Chown/AP
The procession of the hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin entered the grounds of her home, Windsor Castle, on Monday afternoon.
10:14 AM
Queen’s coffin arrives in Windsor ahead of Committal Service
The hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin stopped briefly as it arrived in the town of Windsor, west of London, on Monday afternoon, so troops from the British Army’s Grenadier Guards could take their places flanking the vehicle for it’s slow, final push to Windsor Castle.
The state hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrives in the town of Windsor, England, September 19, 2022, ahead of her committal service at Windsor Castle. CBS News
Once the procession reaches the grounds of Windsor Castle, it will be joined by King Charles III and the other senior members of the royal family.
10:05 AM
Royal Standard raised over Windsor Castle as king arrives for his mother’s committal service
The Royal Standard, a flag representing the Sovereign and the United Kingdom, was raised over Windsor Castle on Monday as the hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin made its way through west London toward Windsor.
The standard always flies above any royal castle or palace when the sovereign is there, so it being raised on Monday was a sign that the late queen’s son, King Charles III, had arrived at the royal residence ahead of the committal service for his mother.
Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest at the family’s cemetery at St. George’s Chapel, on the Windsor Castle grounds.
30m ago
What the regalia on the queen’s coffin represents
Queen Elizabeth II made her final procession through London on Monday after the state funeral service was held for her at Westminster Abbey. Throughout the process, her coffin was heavily decorated in regalia, all representing various aspects of the queen’s life and legacy.
Royal contributor Tina Brown told CBS News that the items that draped and sat on top of the queen’s coffin added historic symbolism to this “moving moment.”
“It’s really the last time we get to wrap Elizabeth in the splendor of the nation’s pageantry,” she said. “You know, this is the last time. It’s a thousand years of British history — its whole weight — on the move.”
Tina Brown on the historic significance of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral 05:42
Click here to learn more about the items that decorated the queen’s coffin, and what their significance to the throne is.
8:02 AM
Queen’s funeral service ends – What happens next?
After the conclusion of the official state funeral service at Westminster Abbey, the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is being processed through central London to Wellington Arch. Big Ben is tolling every minute during the procession, and guns are being fired in Hyde Park.
Watch: Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral service at Westminster Abbey 01:07:52
At 1 p.m. (8 a.m. Eastern): The queen’s coffin will be transferred to the state hearse from the gun carriage on which it is being processed through London to the state hearse. There will then be a royal salute, and the national anthem will be played. The queen’s coffin will then be driven from London to Windsor.
At approximately 3 p.m. (10 a.m. Eastern): The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is expected to reach Shaw Farm Gate in Windsor. There, it will join a funeral procession that will go to Windsor Castle.
At 3:40 p.m. (10:40 a.m. Eastern): In the castle grounds, King Charles III and other members of the royal family will join the funeral procession. Members of the royal household will be positioned behind the coffin.
At 3:53 p.m. (10:53 a.m. Eastern): The procession is expected to reach the steps of St. George’s chapel at Windsor Castle. The queen’s coffin will be taken from the state hearse and carried in procession into the chapel for the committal service.
At 4:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. Eastern): A committal service will take place, with about 800 people attending. Guests will include members of the queen’s household. The choir of St. George’s chapel will sing before the queen’s coffin is lowered into the royal vault.
7:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. Eastern): A private ceremony for the queen’s family will take place in the King George VI memorial chapel. She will be laid to rest alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
Britain lays Queen Elizabeth II to rest 63 photos
9:33 AM
Ukraine’s first lady attends queen’s funeral as war rages in her country
The first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday to pay her respects to the late monarch, “on behalf of all Ukrainians.”
“It is very important for us to know that such a world leader of an epoch, a leader with an impeccable reputation and morals, was with us,” Zelenska told CBS News partner network BBC News on Sunday.
A great honor for me to be present at the farewell to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on behalf of all Ukrainians. Her attention to was an important signal of support. She wished us better times and shared our desire for freedom. We will always remember it with deep gratitude. pic.twitter.com/4DJqhLbIUn
— Олена Зеленська (@ZelenskaUA) September 19, 2022
Ukrainians “know that the Queen shared the values that Ukraine stands for today: freedom, the right to one’s own home, language, culture and country,” she said. “We have repeatedly heard words of support from her.”
Zelenska was in London without her husband, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who remained in at home to continue leading his country’s fight against Russia’s invasion. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal also attended the funeral, Reuters reported.
The first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, views the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II lying in state in Westminster Hall, at the Palace of Westminster, London, September 18, 2022. Jacob King/AP
10:45 AM
Why was the actress Sandra Oh part of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral?
Among the heads of state and members of royal families to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday was Canadian actress Sandra Oh.
Known for her roles in the shows Killing Eve and Grey’s Anatomy, Oh was able to attend the funeral because she had been appointed to the Order of Canada earlier this summer.
The Order of Canada is the second highest civilian honor in Canada, and Oh was honored for her “artistic career filled with memorable stage, television and film roles in Canada and abroad.”
Oh was part of the Canadian delegation at the queen’s funeral, which was led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and she processed with of the holders of The Victoria Cross, The George Cross and the Orders of Chivalry.
8:38 AM
Queen’s coffin transferred to hearse for her final trip to Windsor
The queen’s coffin is being transferred to the state hearse from the gun carriage on which it was processed through central London.
As the late monarch begins her final journey from the British capital to her home in Windsor, about an hour west of London by car, there was to be a royal salute by a military brass band, followed by another playing of the national anthem.
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is transferred into a state hearse for the trip from central London to Windsor, following her state funeral on September 19, 2022. CBS News
8:25 AM
King Charles III leaves handwritten note on the queen’s coffin
A handwritten note from King Charles III was placed on top of the coffin carrying his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, for her state funeral on Monday.
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Remembering The Life Of Shirley Dennison https://digitalarizonanews.com/remembering-the-life-of-shirley-dennison/
Shirley Lee Dennison, 89, of Ottumwa, died September 16, 2022 at Addington Place in Ottumwa.
Shirley Lee Dennison was born in Brashear Mo. on July 10, 1933 to David and Helen Lucille Pierce. She moved to Eddyville, IA in 1938. They then moved to Lockman where she attended school through the 8th grade. Shirley moved in with her grandmother, Bertha Garret in Kirksville, Mo. for her first year of high school. She then moved with her parents to Keokuk, IA where she graduated high school in 1951. She married James W. Dennison on December 24, 1951. They moved to England for 2 years while James was in the Army. Shirley was proud to tell you she was there the year the Queen Elizabeth was coronated more than 70 years ago! They had 3 children, Vicki (Mark) Johnston of Mt. Pleasant, Jody (Terry) Rupe of Ottumwa and Robert (Susan Parker) Dennison of Scottsdale, AZ. 5 grandchildren: Emily Rupe (Caleb Burton) of Ottumwa, Jason (Wendy) Johnston of Waterloo, Misti (Scott) Schumaker of Winfield, IA, Adam (April) Johnston and Kayla Johnston of Mt. Pleasant, IA. Nine great grandchildren: Paxton and Drake Gould of Ottumwa, Brynjar Johnston of Johnston, IA, Shyanne Johnston of Cedar Rapids, IA, Baylee (Tristan) Hart of Stockport, IA, Callee (Kyle) Hill, Luke Pfiefer and Christina and Aleah Johnston of Mt. Pleasant. Four great-great grandchildren, Blayne and Croix Hill of Mt Pleasant, IA, and Colsen and Memphis Hart of Stockport, IA. Shirley is also survived by a sister Jane (Mike) Dunning of Columbia, MO. sister-in-laws Rose Ann LeMaster and Pat Elder of St. Francisville, MO. and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, brother JD Pierce, sister Ruth Denham and grandson Bryan Rupe.
Shirley went to LPN nursing school in Ottumwa in 1961, She then worked 10 years in the Emergency Room at Ottumwa Hospital. The last 2 years she also worked on her days off as an EMT-A located at St. Joe Hospital. In 1976 Shirley went to work for Dr. Robert Blommer where she stayed until she retired in 2000. Dr. Blommer and Judy remained very good friends throughout her life. Shirley also ran a garage sale every weekend on Finley St. for over 40 years helping many families clothe their children! She also worked part time at her daughter’s gift store, Bargains and Deals, for many years after her retirement. In December of 2016 Shirley moved to The Lodge Independent Living at Good Sam. Here she met many special friends. She loved “the gang’s” nightly talks. Her final years were spent at Addington Place in Ottumwa where once again she made great friendships and cherished the staff there who were always so loving in their care. Shirley loved to cook for her family and friends and could always put together huge meals, seemingly in a snap. Shirley never stopped being a nurse. She was always nursing people wherever she lived and it was truly her life’s calling. She loved her family above all else and will be missed beyond words.
Her body has been cremated. Graveside services and inurnment will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, September 20th at Shaul Cemetery with her niece, Kendra York officiating.
In lieu of flowers we ask you to visit someone in a care facility, bake for someone you care about, mail a card to someone dear to you, or donate to a charity meaningful to you. Mom always loved her dogs and alternatively, donations to Heartland Humane Society, PO Box 1150, Ottumwa, IA 52501 would be welcome.
Reece Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Published on September 19, 2022
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QAnon Believers Are Claiming Credit For Mysterious 'one' Salute That Greeted Trump At Latest Rally
QAnon Believers Are Claiming Credit For Mysterious 'one' Salute That Greeted Trump At Latest Rally https://digitalarizonanews.com/qanon-believers-are-claiming-credit-for-mysterious-one-salute-that-greeted-trump-at-latest-rally/
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Rick Scott Still Wants the Facts About Hunter Biden Controversies
Rick Scott Still Wants ‘the Facts’ About Hunter Biden Controversies https://digitalarizonanews.com/rick-scott-still-wants-the-facts-about-hunter-biden-controversies/
Rick Scott is ready for Republican scrutiny of the President’s son, Hunter Biden, if Republicans take back the Senate this year as he expects.
The subject had renewed interest given Biden’s appearance on 60 Minutes Sunday evening.
“Let’s get the facts,” Scott said, regarding potential GOP investigations of Hunter Biden during a Monday interview on the Fox Business Network.
“No one wants to go after somebody, but we do expect to get the facts,” Scott said. “You’re the President of the United States. Your son’s doing business in places around the world. We ought to know exactly what’s happening.”
“I think he needs to come clean, tell us exactly what’s going on. He needs to come testify. We need to know exactly what the FBI has been doing. We’ve got to get the facts for the American public,” Scott added on Mornings with Maria. He has already urged a Senate Homeland Security Committee investigation of Biden.
Monday’s comments come after 60 Minutes interviewer Scott Pelley asked Biden about Republicans being “likely to go after your son Hunter once again,” urging the President to say “whether any of his troubles have caused conflicts for you or for the United States.”
The President continues to say there is no conflict of interest presented by his son.
“I love my son, number one. He fought an addiction problem. He overcame it. He wrote about it. And no, there’s not a single thing that I’ve observed at all from (that) that would affect me or the United States relative to my son Hunter,” President Biden said.
Like many Republicans, Scott has said repeatedly that Hunter Biden issues weigh on voters’ minds, calling for “the facts” on more than one occasion. Even before Joe Biden entered the White House, Scott was urging former President Donald Trump to appoint a special counsel.
“I think this is going to get worse and worse for the Biden family,” Scott said in April, after Fox News reported of Biden’s Chief of Staff soliciting money from Hunter Biden for the the Vice President’s Residence Foundation.
“I think they’re going to have done a lot of bad things. But let’s hear the facts. Whatever the facts are, the facts are. They need to quit lying.”
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LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman To Meet With Congress This Week: Report
LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman To Meet With Congress This Week: Report https://digitalarizonanews.com/liv-golf-ceo-greg-norman-to-meet-with-congress-this-week-report/
September 19, 2022 10:35 AM
LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman, a former golf champion with over 89 tournament wins, is reportedly planning to meet with members of Congress this week as the upstart golf tournament reckons with criticism over its ties with Saudi Arabia.
Part of the goal of the Capitol Hill visit is to help reshape LIV’s public image and counter the PGA Tour’s “attempts to stifle our progress in reimagining the game,” Politico Playbook reported.
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“LIV Golf is coming to the Hill this week to meet with lawmakers from both parties,” spokesman Jonathan Grella told the outlet. “Given the PGA Tour’s attempts to stifle our progress in reimagining the game, we think it’s imperative to educate members on LIV’s business model and counter the Tour’s anti-competitive efforts.”
Over the summer, the Department of Justice announced it was investigating the PGA Tour for allegations of anti-competitive practices. The PGA had suspended 17 members at the time who agreed to compete in a LIV Golf event.
LIV CEO Greg Norman.
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The PGA has long been a dominant player in the golf world, but LIV has emerged as an upstart competitor over recent months. The tournament has received criticism for receiving funding from the Saudi sovereign wealth fund. LIV has used this funding to dole out lucrative contracts to attract high-profile golfers to its events. This has fomented uproar from families of 9/11 victims and led to protests.
Groups such as 9/11 Families United and 9/11 Justice have panned LIV Golf and players who have participated in its events for accepting “blood money” from the kingdom. They have referenced FBI reports reviewing connections between Riyadh and the terrorist attack that killed roughly 3,000. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia.
Additional concerns have been raised about U.S. intelligence reports linking Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Salman has vehemently denied responsibility for Khashoggi’s death, and the kingdom has denied culpability for 9/11.
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LIV appears to have at least one prominent politician in its corner. Former President Donald Trump has agreed to host two LIV events this year, including one at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster that took place from July 29 to 31 and another one slated for Trump National Doral Miami in October. He is also reportedly poised to host a third event next year.
The Washington Examiner reached out to a representative for LIV Golf for comment.
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GOP Senator Says He Wont Back Grahams Proposed National Abortion Ban
GOP Senator Says He Won’t Back Graham’s Proposed National Abortion Ban https://digitalarizonanews.com/gop-senator-says-he-wont-back-grahams-proposed-national-abortion-ban/
Another Republican senator says he won’t support the bill Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) introduced that would ban most abortions nationwide after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said abortion policy should be left up to states during a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“At this point, to have Congress step back and to tell all of the states that we know better than them how to handle this is probably not the right direction to go,” Rounds said, adding: “I think the states are in a better shape to explore and to find the right direction on a state-by-state basis.”
The senator, who as South Dakota’s governor signed a bill in 2006 that sought to ban most abortions there, is the latest in a growing list of Republicans to have voiced opposition to Graham’s bill. That bill, introduced Sept. 13, would allow some states’ stricter abortion laws to remain, but impose new restrictions on other states.
Though the GOP has traditionally championed limiting the procedure, the party is split on whether Congress should impose abortion rules on states. Previous attempts to do so have been unsuccessful, and Rounds said Graham’s latest bill is unlikely to pass the House and Senate.
Neither senators’ office responded to a request for comment from The Washington Post late Sunday.
The overturning of Roe v. Wade earlier this year made it so that states set their own abortion policies — and that’s how it should remain, Rounds said.
Since the Supreme Court struck the long-standing precedent, legislators in 22 states have moved to further restrict abortion access. Now almost one-third of women ages 15 to 44 live in places where the procedure is banned or mostly banned. But the cascade of legislation prompted by Roe’s overturning stands in stark contrast to the opinions most Americans hold.
Several polls indicate that the majority of Americans favor abortion rights. A July Pew Research Center poll showed that 62 percent of those surveyed said abortion should be legal in all or most cases. In a Washington Post-Schar School poll from that same month, 65 percent of respondents indicated that the end of Roe v. Wade represented a “major loss of rights” for women, and almost a third said abortion will be one of the “single most important” issues when they vote in November.
Still, Graham on Sunday said he was “confident the American people would accept a national ban on abortion at 15 weeks.”
“And to those who suggest that being pro-life is losing politics, I reject that,” he said on “Fox News Sunday.”
However, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) last week distanced himself from Graham’s bill, saying “most of the members of my conference prefer that this be dealt with at the state level.” Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin also said states should set abortion policies.
With a 15-week benchmark, Graham’s bill is less restrictive than some of the most hard-line abortion laws — such as the near-total bans in Indiana and West Virginia or the heartbeat bills in Texas and Georgia. However, if it was to pass, Graham’s bill would roll back access in some blue states that have laws protecting abortion rights — for instance, in New York, California and Illinois.
As Republicans speak out against Graham’s bill, Democrats have seized on the party’s divisions.
“Republicans are twisting themselves into pretzels trying to explain why they want nationwide abortion bans when they said they’d leave it up to the states,” Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said last week.
Two days after the Supreme Court struck down Roe, Graham said that “there’s nothing in the Constitution giving the federal government the right to regulate abortion.”
“Let every state do it the way they would like,” he told Fox News’s Martha MacCallum.
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Trump Goes On Late-Night Truth Social Rant In First Return To Mar-A-Lago After FBI Raid
Trump Goes On Late-Night Truth Social Rant In First Return To Mar-A-Lago After FBI Raid https://digitalarizonanews.com/trump-goes-on-late-night-truth-social-rant-in-first-return-to-mar-a-lago-after-fbi-raid/
Former President Donald Trump on Monday accused the FBI of “ransacking” his home during their August search for classified documents after returning to his Mar-a-Lago residence for the first time since the raid.
Trump announced on Sunday that he would fly back to Mar-a-Lago for the first time since the Justice Department recovered hundreds of classified documents and found dozens of empty folders marked classified last month. Trump has repeatedly claimed that the search was unwarranted even though a federal judge signed off on the search after being presented with evidence that a crime had occurred.
“I’ll soon be heading to the scene of the unwarranted, unjust, and illegal Raid and Break-In of my home in Florida, Mar-a-Lago,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I’ll be able to see for myself the results of the unnecessary ransacking of rooms and other areas of the house. It has already been proven that so much has been wrongfully taken, it is not a ‘pretty thing.’ So sad! The 4th Amendment, and much more, has been totally violated, a grave invasion of privacy.”
The Fourth Amendment protects Americans against unlawful search and seizure, not against searches executed in response to a lawful federal warrant. The search was executed after the DOJ learned that Trump’s team falsely certified that they had returned all classified documents taken to Mar-a-Lago earlier this year, including from inside sources.
Trump returned to his Palm Beach resort on Sunday after spending most of the last five weeks at his properties in New Jersey, New York and Virginia. Trump took to Truth Social again after 1 am to complain that the FBI agents did not take off their shoes while searching his room.
“Arrived in Florida last night and had a long and detailed chance to check out the scene of yet another government ‘crime,’ the FBI’s Raid and Break-In of my home, Mar-a-Lago,” he wrote. “I guess they don’t think there is a Fourth Amendment anymore, and to them, there isn’t. In any event, after what they have done, the place will never be the same. It was ‘ransacked,’ and in far different condition than the way I left it. Many Agents – And they didn’t even take off their shoes in my bedroom. Nice!!!”
Trump previously groused about the FBI agents after the DOJ publicized a photo showing top-secret document covers found during the raid.
“Terrible the way the FBI, during the Raid of Mar-a-Lago, threw documents haphazardly all over the floor (perhaps pretending it was me that did it!), and then started taking pictures of them for the public to see,” he wrote on Truth Social. “Thought they wanted them kept Secret?”
Trump during a rally earlier this month also claimed that the FBI searched the room of his 16-year-old son Barron, though legal experts have cast doubt on his allegation.
“They rifled through the first lady’s closet drawers, and everything else,” he claimed. “And even did a deep and ugly search of the room of my 16-year-old son — leaving everything they touched in far different condition than it was when they started. Can you believe it?”
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Trump’s comments come amid a legal battle with the Justice Department over the documents. Trump, weeks after the search, filed a motion requesting a special master to review whether any of the documents were privileged even though an FBI “filter team” had already reviewed the documents for potentially privileged materials and planned to return them, according to the DOJ. A Trump-appointed federal judge last week ordered the review sought by Trump and blocked the DOJ from continuing its criminal investigation during the review, prompting criticism from legal experts.
The Justice Department on Friday asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to lift the judge’s order barring them from accessing about 100 documents with national security classification markings, warning that the order “irreparably harms” the criminal probe and “needlessly” requires the “disclosure of highly sensitive records” to Trump’s lawyers.
The filing said that the judge’s order could harm national security and enable efforts to obstruct the probe.
“The government’s need to proceed apace is heightened where, as here, it has reason to believe that obstructive acts may impede its investigation,” the filing said, adding that the order may also prevent the FBI from identifying “other records still missing.”
President Joe Biden on Sunday told CBS News that he has not spoken to officials about the documents because “I don’t want to get myself in the middle of whether or not the Justice Department should move or not move on certain actions they could take.”
But Biden recalled his shock at seeing the FBI photo of top-secret documents found at Mar-a-Lago.
“How that could possibly happen?” Biden recalled thinking. “How anyone could be that irresponsible? And I thought, ‘What data was in there that may compromise sources and methods?'”
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Role Explained Of State Trumpeters Who Played The Last Post At The Queen's Funeral
Role Explained Of State Trumpeters Who Played The Last Post At The Queen's Funeral https://digitalarizonanews.com/role-explained-of-state-trumpeters-who-played-the-last-post-at-the-queens-funeral/
By Brendan McFadden
Freelance reporter and late editor
The Last Post was performed at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Monday.
Trumpeters sounded the military fanfare, which dates back to the 1790s, following a recommendation by the Archbishop of Canterbury and a blessing by the Dean of the Abbey David Hoyle, who led the service.
A two-minute silence was observed throughout the country, before another fanfare, Reveille, was sounded by the trumpeters and the congregation sung the national anthem.
i examines who played The Last Post at the Queen’s funeral and what their role is.
Who played the Last Post?
The Last Post post was performed by four state trumpeters from the British Army’s Household Cavalry led by Trumpet Major Julian Sandford.
Musicians from the state trumpeters are drawn from all ranks of The Band of The Household Cavalry – and have to have been members of the The Royal Corps of Army Music and attended riding school before being selected for the role.
When on parade, the trumpeters wear Household Cavalry uniforms but when senior royalty are present such as the Queen’s funeral, the band wears the distinctive state dress, which consists of the world-famous gold coat and blue jockey caps.
State dress is the oldest continually worn uniform in the British Army and was first purchased by the Lord Mayor of London for the restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
Trumpeters perform at more than 50 state ceremonial events each year, including diplomatic receptions, state visits, royal banquets, the state opening of Parliament and the Commonwealth Service of Thanksgiving.
They also play military fanfare at film premieres, award ceremonies and other television and film performances.
They typically perform at historic venues such as the Guildhall, Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral and Buckingham Palace.
The musicians were led in their performance at the Queen’s funeral by Trumpet Major Julian Sandford.
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As part of his role, Major Sandford has to train selected troopers from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment – some of whom have no musical experience – to become mounted trumpeters.
In 2020, he led the trumpeters in performing the Royal Salute to mark the arrival of The Queen at the Royal British Legion’s Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.
Discussing his role Major Sandford said: “It is by developing, preparing and rehearsing a team thoroughly that results in a successful performance each time. It is an honour to lead such a talented team of trumpeters, and a privilege to play at these historic events.”
What is the Household Cavalry?
The Household Cavalry is a union of the two most senior regiments in the British Army – The Life Guards and The Blues & Royals.
Th regiment is comprised of the Household Cavalry Regiment and the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
The Household Cavalry Regiment is involved in army operation, and uses anti-tank weapons, remotely piloted air systems, and information activity.
The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment performs ceremonial duties and includes the state trumpeters.
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The importance of lighting can’t be overlooked when it comes to interior or exterior design. Lighting can affect your mood if done correctly (or incorrectly for that matter). The right lighting transforms and perfectly complements the function and style of any space.
The team at Creative Designs in Lighting (CDL) has been working with the most esteemed clients on the most exciting projects in town for 44 years. The firm’s fearless leader is none other than Walter Spitz, who got his start in theatrical and concert lighting while working on the crew for Supertramp back in the day. The firm’s long-term clients are as dedicated to Spitz and his team as some rock stars have followers.
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His rockstar-inspired look is paired with his serious commitment to client service. Spitz leads a team of artists who bring the latest lighting technologies and a comprehensive approach to every project from first concept to the final aiming of lights. No matter the project, great lighting design can enhance the ambience, making you wonder how you lived in the dark for so long.
“Lighting brings out the architecture in any space,” Spitz says. “We can take an already extraordinary room and make it even better by adding some drama.”
Located in Scottsdale, AZ, Creative Designs in Lighting specializes in both interior and exterior architectural lighting design. The award-winning firm has completed a wide range of projects including luxury residential estates, restaurants, corporate office spaces, clubhouses, resorts, retail plazas and truly unique artful buildings.
“Lighting brings out the architecture in any space,” Spitz says. “We can take an already extraordinary room and make it even better by adding some drama.”
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Creative Designs in Lighting is a full-service design firm that can be your go-to for not only interior architectural and landscape lighting, but also master planning, full-scale mockups and digital simulations, photometric calculations and energy-saving lighting control solutions.
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Corium Announces Publication Of ADLARITY (Donepezil Transdermal System) Clinical Trial Data: Drug Exposure Equivalent To Oral Donepezil With Favorable GI Side Effect Profile | BioSpace
Corium Announces Publication Of ADLARITY® (Donepezil Transdermal System) Clinical Trial Data: Drug Exposure Equivalent To Oral Donepezil With Favorable GI Side Effect Profile | BioSpace https://digitalarizonanews.com/corium-announces-publication-of-adlarity-donepezil-transdermal-system-clinical-trial-data-drug-exposure-equivalent-to-oral-donepezil-with-favorable-gi-side-effect-profile-biospace/
ADLARITY is the only once-weekly transdermal system delivering the most widely-prescribed medication for patients with Alzheimer’s dementia
Uses Corium’s well-established proprietary CORPLEXTM technology
, /PRNewswire/ — Corium, Inc., a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company leading the development and commercialization of novel central nervous system (CNS) therapies, announced publication of its phase 1 healthy volunteer study results for ADLARITY (donepezil transdermal system) in the peer-reviewed Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. The article, “Comparison of Steady-State Pharmacokinetics of Donepezil Transdermal Delivery System with Oral Donepezil,” reports that Corium’s novel once-weekly Alzheimer’s dementia treatment delivered drug exposure equivalent to oral donepezil while presenting lower gastrointestinal (GI) adverse events overall compared to oral donepezil. The article is currently available online and expected to be published in the hardcopy of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Volume 90, Issue 1, on October 25, 2022.
“Transdermal delivery offers meaningful potential benefits over oral administration, including ease of use, maintenance of steady concentrations of drugs, reduced gastrointestinal adverse effects, and better treatment compliance. The availability of a transdermal formulation of donepezil gives clinicians, patients, and their caregivers an important new option to consider when treating dementia of the Alzheimer’s type,” said study co-author Pierre N. Tariot, M.D., director of the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute in Phoenix, AZ.
The FDA approved ADLARITY in 5 or 10 milligram per day (mg/day) formulations in March 2022. ADLARITY is the first and only once-weekly patch to continuously deliver consistent doses of donepezil through the skin. Donepezil is the most prescribed medication in a class of Alzheimer’s drugs known as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. ADLARITY also is the first approved prescription drug product using Corium’s proprietary CORPLEX transdermal technology, which has been used for years in consumer products.
“The study demonstrated the equivalent exposure of Adlarity to oral donepezil and supports the use of ADLARITY as a compliant and safe once-weekly dosing regimen for treatment of patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type,” said Charles Oh, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Corium. “The trial also shows Corium’s commitment to addressing the unmet needs of patients with CNS disorders.”
ADLARITY Transdermal System: Equivalent to Oral Donepezil Exposure, Fewer GI Adverse Events Overall
In the trial, investigators compared the extent of donepezil exposure from the once-weekly ADLARITY to a once-daily oral donepezil formulation in 60 healthy adults (NCT04617782). The trial included three treatment periods of 5 weeks each. In the first period, all the participants received ADLARITY weekly, which provided 5 mg/day of donepezil. In the second period, participants were randomized to receive either 10 mg/day once-weekly ADLARITY or 10 mg/day daily oral donepezil, followed by switching to the alternative treatment, ADLARITY or oral donepezil, in the third period. All the participants knew which treatment they received in this open-label trial. Investigators examined the amount of donepezil in the participants’ blood, including the maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) and the total amount of drug exposure (area under the curve or AUC).
Per FDA guidance, two pharmaceutical products are bioequivalent if the 90% confidence interval of the geometric mean ratio (GMR) for AUC and Cmax is within 80–125%. The study concluded that the GMR for AUC and Cmax were within the bioequivalence range when comparing the 10 mg/day ADLARITY transdermal system to 10 mg/day oral donepezil.
Investigators recorded similar incidences of total adverse events (AEs) across treatments, including 53.3% of participants receiving 5-mg/day ADLARITY, 54.5% for 10-mg/day ADLARITY, and 57.1% for oral donepezil. Investigators noted no serious AEs, AEs leading to treatment discontinuation, or deaths during the study.
In the study, fewer overall gastrointestinal AEs occurred with administration of 10-mg/day ADLARITY than 10 mg/day oral donepezil: 14.5% vs. 53.6%, respectively. The respective incidence rates were 5.5% vs. 17.9% for constipation, 1.8% vs. 30.4% for nausea, 3.6% vs. 12.5% for diarrhea, 5.5% vs. 1.8% for abdominal pain, and zero vs. 5.4% for vomiting.
ADLARITY Availability
Corium is taking a phased approach to launching ADLARITY, with initial product launch this fall. Initially, a dedicated team of field sales representatives and an established virtual sales team will educate physicians about ADLARITY and provide educational materials and resources for their patients. As Medicare and Medicaid coverage becomes available, Corium will broaden launch efforts, with a nationwide launch planned for 2023.
Physicians interested in receiving more information or resources can request field representative support via Adlarity.com. Corium also is supporting patient access to ADLARITY under CoriumCares, a patient access and support program offering information about copay assistance for eligible commercially-insured patients, product trial, and reimbursement. More information is available at www.Adlarity.com or by calling (800) 910-8432.
About Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and irreversible brain disorder. It involves changes in brain tissue including abnormal buildup of proteins as well as loss of neuron function. The resulting damage leads to the loss of remembering, reasoning, and thinking abilities. The related behavioral changes include the loss of independence in activities of daily living and self-care. Dementia ranges in severity from mild, when it is just beginning to affect a person’s functioning, to moderate, to severe, when the person must depend on others for the basic activities of day-to-day life. Patients with advanced Alzheimer’s disease may be unable to chew and swallow easily.
An estimated 6.2 million Americans were living with Alzheimer’s disease in 2021, with a possible rise to 13.8 million by 2060. Globally, more than 55 million people have dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease may account for 60 to 70 percent of patients, according to the World Health Organization. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in 2020, more than 11 million Americans provided an estimated 15.3 billion hours of unpaid care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Indication and Important Safety Information for ADLARITY (donepezil transdermal system)
INDICATION
ADLARITY is indicated for the treatment of mild, moderate, and severe dementia of the Alzheimer’s type.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
CONTRAINDICATIONS
ADLARITY is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to donepezil or to piperidine derivatives or with a history of allergic contact dermatitis with use of ADLARITY.
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
• Application site skin reactions: Skin application-site reactions have occurred with ADLARITY. These reactions are not necessarily indicative of sensitization; however, allergic contact dermatitis may occur and should be suspected if application-site reactions spread beyond the size of the transdermal system, there is evidence of a more intense local reaction, and symptoms do not significantly improve within 48 hours of transdermal system removal.
• Anesthesia: ADLARITY, as a cholinesterase inhibitor, is likely to exaggerate succinylcholine-type muscle relaxation during anesthesia.
• Cardiovascular conditions: Cholinesterase inhibitors, including ADLARITY, may have vagotonic effects on the sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes. These effects may manifest as bradycardia or heart block in patients both with and without known underlying cardiac conduction abnormalities. Syncopal episodes have been reported in association with the use of donepezil.
• Nausea and vomiting: Donepezil has been shown to produce diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. Although in most cases these effects have been transient, some cases lasted 1 to 3 weeks. Patients should be observed closely during initiation and titration of ADLARITY.
• Peptic ulcer disease and gastrointestinal bleeding: Cholinesterase inhibitors, including ADLARITY, may increase gastric acid secretion. Patients should be monitored closely for symptoms of active or occult gastrointestinal bleeding, especially those with a history of ulcer disease or those receiving concurrent nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Clinical studies of donepezil tablets in a dose of 5 mg/day to 10 mg/day have shown no increase, relative to placebo, in the incidence of either peptic ulcer disease or gastrointestinal bleeding.
• Genitourinary conditions: Although not observed in clinical trials of ADLARITY, cholinomimetics, including ADLARITY, may cause bladder outflow obstruction.
• Seizures: Cholinomimetics, including ADLARITY, are believed to have some potential to cause generalized convulsions; however, seizure activity may also be a manifestation of Alzheimer’s disease.
• Pulmonary conditions: Cholinesterase inhibitors, including ADLARITY, should be prescribed with caution to patients with a history of asthma or obstructive pulmonary disease.
ADVERSE REACTIONS
The most common side effects (3%) of ADLARITY 10 mg/day TDS were headache (15%), application- site pruritus (9%), muscle spasms (9%), insomnia (7%), abdominal pain (6%), application- site dermatitis (6%), constipation (6%), diarrhea (4%), application site pain (4...
Senses Fail Confirm Hell Is In Your Head U.S. Tour
Senses Fail Confirm ‘Hell Is In Your Head’ U.S. Tour https://digitalarizonanews.com/senses-fail-confirm-hell-is-in-your-head-u-s-tour/
Senses Fail have announced their ‘Hell Is In Your Head’ U.S. tour in support of their upcoming new eighth album. Support comes from Like Moths To Flames, Magnolia Park, Oxymorrons and Can’t Swim in select markets.
HELL IS IN YOUR HEAD TOUR
W/LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES, MAGNOLIA PARK
OXYMORRONS AND CAN’T SWIM
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4-Nov Denver, CO Summit Like Moths to Flames / Can’t Swim [TIX]
5-Nov Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck Like Moths to Flames / Can’t Swim
6-Nov Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge Like Moths to Flames / Can’t Swim [TIX]
7-Nov Detroit, MI St. Andrew’s Hall Like Moths to Flames / Can’t Swim [TIX]
9-Nov Toronto ON The Phoenix Concert Theatre Like Moths to Flames / Can’t Swim [TIX]
10-Nov Asbury Park, NJ The Stone Pony Like Moths to Flames / Can’t Swim [TIX]
11-Nov Brooklyn, NY Elsewhere Like Moths to Flames / Can’t Swim
12-Nov Boston, MA Crystal Ballroom Magnolia Park / Can’t Swim [TIX]
13-Nov New York, NY (Le) Poisson Rouge Magnolia Park / Can’t Swim
15-Nov Pittsburgh, PA Enclave Magnolia Park / Can’t Swim
16-Nov Richmond, VA The Broadberry Magnolia Park / Can’t Swim
17-Nov Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle Magnolia Park / Can’t Swim
18-Nov Atlanta, GA Terminal West Magnolia Park / Can’t Swim
19-Nov Orlando, FL House of Blues Magnolia Park / Can’t Swim [TIX]
13-Dec Austin, TX Mohawk Oxymorrons / Can’t Swim
15-Dec Mesa, AZ Nile Theatre Oxymorrons / Can’t Swim
16-Dec Pomona, CA The Glass House Oxymorrons / Can’t Swim
17-Dec Los Angeles, CA Troubadour Oxymorrons / Can’t Swim
18-Dec Sacramento, CA Goldfield Trading Post Oxymorrons / Can’t Swim
UK/EU TOUR W/SILVERSTEIN, COMEBACK KID & KOYO:
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24- Nov Munster, DE, Skater’s Palace
25- Nov Eindhoven, N, Dynamo
26- Nov Stuttgart, DE, Im Wizemann
27-Nov Hamburg, D, Fabrik
29-Nov Schweinfurt, DE, Alter Stattbahnhof
30-Nov Munich, DE, Backstage Werk
01-Dec Frankfurt, DE, Batschkapp
02- Dec Cologne, DE, Live Music Hall
03-Dec Berlin, DE, SO36
05-Dec Prague, CZ, Meet Factory
06-Dec Vienna, AT, Flex
07-Dec Leipzig, DE, Conne Island
08-Ded Antwerp, BE, Trix
10-Dec Birmingham, UK, O2 Institute
11-Dec London, UK, Electric Ballroom
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Hurricane Fiona Slams Dominican Republic After Knocking Out Power In Puerto Rico And Causing
Hurricane Fiona Slams Dominican Republic After Knocking Out Power In Puerto Rico And Causing https://digitalarizonanews.com/hurricane-fiona-slams-dominican-republic-after-knocking-out-power-in-puerto-rico-and-causing/
Puerto Rico hit by Hurricaine Fiona, 5 years after Hurrican Maria
Puerto Rico hit by Hurricane Fiona, 5 years after Hurricane Maria 02:14
Hurricane Fiona roared over the Dominican Republic on Monday after knocking out power across all of Puerto Rico, causing damage the governor said was “catastrophic.”
No deaths had been reported, but authorities in the U.S. territory said it was too early to know the full scope of damage from an expansive storm that was still forecast to unleash torrential rain across Puerto Rico on Monday.
Up to 30 inches was forecast for Puerto Rico’s southern region. As much as 15 inches were projected for the eastern Dominican Republic.
“It’s important people understand that this is not over,” said Ernesto Morales, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Juan.
He said flooding reached “historic levels,” with authorities evacuating or rescuing hundreds of people across the island.
Hurricane Fiona approaches Puerto Rico on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. NOAA
At 8:00am ET, the National Hurricane Center said that “hurricane conditions” were continuing over portions of the Dominican Republic. “Heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding” continued across the majority of Puerto Rico.
“The damages that we are seeing are catastrophic,” said Gov. Pedro Pierluisi.
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 19, 2022
Deanne Criswell, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said in a statement to CBS News Sunday night that the agency was “actively supporting” Puerto Rico and “immediately deployed hundreds of FEMA personnel before the storm made landfall.”
“Our focus right now is on life-saving efforts and response to immediate needs such as power restoration,” Criswell said.
Before dawn on Monday, authorities in a boat navigated the flooded streets of the north coast town of Catano and used a megaphone to alert people that the pumps had collapsed, urging them to evacuate as soon as possible.
Brown water rushed through streets, into homes and consumed a runway airport in southern Puerto Rico.
Fiona also ripped asphalt from roads and washed away a bridge in the central mountain town of Utuado that police said was installed by the National Guard after Hurricane Maria hit in 2017 as a Category 4 storm.
The storm also tore the roofs off homes, including that of Nelson Cirino in the northern coastal town of Loiza.
“I was sleeping and saw when the corrugated metal flew off,” he said as he watched rain drench his belongings and wind whip his colorful curtains into the air.
Fiona was centered 35 miles southeast of Samana in the Dominican Republic, with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph on Monday morning, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. It was moving to the northwest at eight mph.
Tropical storm-force winds extended out for 150 miles from the center.
Forecasters said the storm’s was expected to emerge over the Atlantic in the afternoon and pass close to the Turks and Caicos islands on Tuesday. It could near Bermuda as a major hurricane late Thursday or on Friday.
Fiona hit Puerto Rico on the anniversary of Hurricane Hugo, which slammed into the island in 1989 as a Category 3 storm, and two days before the anniversary of 2017’s devastating Hurricane Maria – from which the territory has yet to fully recover.
That hurricane caused nearly 3,000 deaths and destroyed the power grid. Five years later, more than 3,000 homes still have only a blue tarp as a roof.
Authorities announced Monday that power had been returned to 100,000 customers on an island of 3.2 million people, but power distribution company Luma said it could take days to fully restore service.
A flooded road is seen during the passage of hurricane Fiona in Villa Blanca, Puerto Rico, on September 18, 2022. JOSE RODRIGUEZ/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. President Joe Biden had declared a state of emergency in the U.S. territory as the eye of the storm approached the island’s southwest corner.
Puerto Rico’s health centers were running on generators – and some of those had failed. Health Secretary Carlos Mellado said crews rushed to repair generators at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, where several patients had to be evacuated.
Fiona previously battered the eastern Caribbean, killing one man in the French territory of Guadeloupe when floods washed his home away, officials said.
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The FBI search of Trump’s Mar-A-Lago home was conducted based on a legal search warrant. The search retrieved boxes of documents which should have been handed over to the National Archives, including over 300 classified documents, some classified top secret. Documents included national security information involving intelligence gathering, clandestine operations in foreign countries, and nuclear capabilities and defenses of foreign countries. Could any foreign intelligence agents have accessed these documents?
Trump says he declassified the documents. Is there something in writing referencing his declassification process? When I was in the Navy in the 50s and 60s I held a top secret cryptographic clearance. Classified documents had to go through a formal procedure to be declassified or reclassified (up or down). The agency originating the classification had to initiate the declassification or reclassification and agencies and departments utilizing the documents had to provide input to the formal procedure.
Why did Trump take these documents? Was he planning on utilizing them to approach Putin and negotiate real estate deals in Russia? or maybe in China? or in North Korea? After all, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un are Trump’s Communist tyrant friends.
Trump absconded with highly classified documents that could be used against the U.S. He is untrustworthy, un-American, and a threat to our national security.
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Post Politics Now: Its A Big Week On The World Stage For Biden
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Today, President Biden is returning to Washington after attending the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London. It’s a big week on the world stage for the American president: He is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly, hold a meeting with new British Prime Minister Liz Truss and host a reception for world leaders in New York.
On Sunday night, Biden made multiple headlines in an interview that aired on “60 Minutes,” declaring that the coronavirus pandemic is over and saying U.S. troops would defend Taiwan in the event of an attack from China. Biden also hedged about whether he plans to seek reelection in 2024, saying that is his intention but that “it’s just an intention.”
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5 a.m. Eastern time (10 a.m. in London): Biden and first lady Jill Biden attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Analysis: Democrats push to avoid a Medicaid cliff for new moms
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Half the states have taken advantage of a provision of President Biden’s coronavirus relief bill making it easier to extend Medicaid benefits to a full year after birth for low-income new mothers.
Writing in The Health 202, The Post’s Rachel Roubein says that while the option has had notable success, there’s one key caveat: Congress only authorized the pathway for five years. Without additional action by lawmakers, extra postpartum coverage in these states will expire on April 1, 2027. Rachel writes:
On our radar: Reps. Cheney, Lofgren preview Electoral Count Act bill
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It’s quite possible the House will vote this week on legislation to change the Electoral Count Act, the 1887 law that governs the certification of the presidential election.
Writing in The Early 202, The Post’s Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer note that Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), the House Administration Committee’s chairwoman, and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) previewed their bill in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday night.
Here are some of the details, according to their op-ed:
Analysis: What an election denier could do if elected secretary of state
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In many states, the secretary of state is the chief elections official. It’s a crucial job, but not one that many Americans have heard of, much less paid attention to.
But secretary of state races are starting to get a lot more national attention and money, The Post’s Amber Phillips writes. Per our colleague:
Former president Donald Trump and his allies have succeeded in boosting 2020 election deniers as candidates this primary season, and in many states, they’ve won the Republican nomination. That means, by next year, election deniers could be in charge of their states’ elections, including in key swing states for the 2024 presidential race.
Among the things rogue secretary of states could do: make it harder to vote, allow for endless audits, refuse to sign off on election results and sow distrust.
You can read Amber’s full analysis here.
Analysis: Why Elise Stefanik may be moving up by moving down
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Ambitious politicians don’t often seek a demotion. But that’s basically what Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) did last week when she announced she would run again for the position of House Republican conference chair.
Writing in The Early 202, The Post’s Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer says that if Republicans retake the House, as they expect to, that position would move down a peg from the No. 3 spot in House GOP leadership to No. 4 in the hierarchy because the party would pick up the speakership.
On our radar: Biden says running again is ‘just an intention’
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President Biden said in an interview that aired Sunday that it’s “much too early” to make a firm decision about running for president again in 2024, leaving open the possibility that another Democrat could appear atop the ticket in two years.
“Look, my intention, as I said to begin with, is that I would run again,” Biden told CBS’s Scott Pelley on “60 Minutes.” “But it’s just an intention. But is it a firm decision that I run again? That remains to be seen.”
“I’m a great respecter of fate,” Biden added. “And so, what I’m doing is I’m doing my job. I’m going to do that job, and within the time frame that makes sense after this next election cycle here, going into next year, make a judgment on what to do.”
The latest: Biden, in London, honors the queen and avoids diplomatic disputes
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President Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived Monday morning at Westminster Abbey in London for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
The Post’s Toluse Olorunnipa reports that Biden on Sunday visited Westminster Hall in London to view the queen’s coffin, his first official act of condolence during a brief visit to the United Kingdom to attend the funeral of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.
Per our colleague:
As he stood before the coffin, Biden took a deep breath before making the sign of the cross and then placing his hand over his heart. With the visit, the president and first lady Jill Biden, became the latest — and highest-profile — visitors to the royal lying in state that has drawn thousands of people in queues stretching for miles.
“She was the same in person as her image,” Biden said Sunday after signing a condolence book for her. “Decent, honorable and all about service.”
Biden’s itinerary is being closely watched by the British public, from his arrival on Air Force One on Saturday night, to which British officials he chooses to engage, to his use of the presidential limousine known as “The Beast” while other world leaders are relegated to buses.
You can read the full story here.
Noted: Biden says ‘the pandemic is over’
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President Biden declared the coronavirus pandemic “over,” in apparently off-the-cuff remarks that reflect the growing sentiment that the threat of the virus has receded, even as hundreds of Americans continue to die of covid each day.
“We still have a problem with covid,” Biden said in a “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday night. “We’re still doing a lot of work on it … but the pandemic is over.”
The Post’s Dan Diamond reports that Biden made the remarks Wednesday during the interview at the auto show in Detroit, referencing the crowds at the event. The annual auto show had not been held since 2019. Per Dan:
Noted: Biden says U.S. troops would defend Taiwan in event of attack by China
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President Biden has again confirmed that U.S. troops would defend Taiwan in the event of an attack from China, the clearest recent statement that Biden has made about how far the United States would go to support Taiwan militarily.
The Post’s Amy B Wang reports that in an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday evening, Biden told host Scott Pelley that the United States would defend Taiwan “if in fact there was an unprecedented attack.”
Amy writes:
China claims Taiwan, a self-governing democracy that is home to 23 million people, as its own territory, and has asserted it could one day use force to take control of the island.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine more than six months ago, Biden had emphasized several times that U.S. military forces would not fight Russian troops on Ukrainian soil. Pelley pressed Biden on whether the situation would be different in the event of an attack on Taiwan.
“So unlike Ukraine, to be clear, sir, U.S. forces — U.S. men and women — would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion?” Pelley asked.
“Yes,” Biden replied.
You can read Amy’s full story here.
Take a look: On the Sunday shows, guests debate transporting migrants
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The decisions by Republican governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida to transport migrants north to largely Democratic areas were an intense topic of conversation on the Sunday talk shows. Democrats accused the governors of engaging in cruel political stunts, while Republicans argued that the Biden administration needs to overhaul the nation’s border policies.
The Post’s Mahlia Posey pulled together the highlights, which include appearances by Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and New York Mayor Eric Adams (D).
Analysis: Happy 15th birthday, Fact Checker!
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The Washington Post Fact Checker is 15 years old today, although strictly speaking that statement might merit a Pinocchio.
The Post’s Glenn Kessler writes that with a burst of four fact checks on the morning of Sept. 19, 2007 — of statements by Osama bin Laden, former senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska), Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and former senator Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.) — our former colleague Michael Dobbs launched the Fact Checker.
Per Glenn:
By coincidence, the new feature appeared a few weeks after the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times) unveiled PolitiFact. The original idea was that the Fact Checker would run through the 2008 election, so Dobbs closed up shop on Nov. 4, 2008, just 14 months later.
But Washington Post editors noticed that thousands of readers, searching the internet for information, every day kept coming back for the original campaign fact checks, even months after they were first posted. There was clearly a hunger for nonpartisan, fact-based research on public policy topics. So the Fact Checker was relaunched almost 12 years ago under my direction.
You can read Glenn’s full piece here.
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House Oversight Committee Has Begun Receiving Trump Financial Documents After The Settlement Of The Court The Union Journal
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House Oversight Committee
After a settlement to stop litigation over the papers was struck earlier this month, the former accounting company of former President Donald Trump, Mazars, has started providing financial records to the House Oversight Committee.
In April 2019, the House oversight committee issued the first subpoena for Trump’s financial information, beginning a protracted legal battle over the records.
The Democratic representative from New York and chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee, Carolyn Maloney, stated in a statement to CNN that “the Committee has begun to receive papers from Mazars and expects to receive more in accordance with the settlement.” These records are necessary for the Committee to determine the scope of former President Trump’s wrongdoing and conflicts of interest and to pursue changes to stop future abuses.
The House Oversight Committee Has Begun Receiving Trump’s Financial Documents:
She did not mention the specific papers Mazars had so far forwarded to the Committee. According to the New York Times, the Committee started receiving the records, which broke the news first.
The House Oversight Committee has been fighting for a long time to get financial records from Mr. Trump as part of its investigation into claims of conflicts of interest, inadequate financial disclosures, and infringements of the Constitution’s emoluments clauses, which prohibit the president from having received profits from a domestic or foreign government aside from his official compensation.
The House Oversight Committee, Mr. Trump, and Mazars negotiated a compromise last month, enabling the panel to collect significant financial records.
According to the agreement, Mazars must hand over any records from 2014 to 2018 that show any false or unreported information about Mr. Trump’s assets, income, or liabilities; communications are about any potential worries that the financial information provided by Mr. Trump’s companies was inaccurate; and records from November 2016 to 2018 about the Old Post Office Building, a federal building in Washington that Mr. Trump’s company converted into a hotel through a construction project.
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Opinion | Trumps Frightening Rally In Ohio Shows The Media Still Doesnt Get It
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Donald Trump has gone full QAnon. As he spoke during a rally for Ohio Republican candidates on Saturday, a soundtrack associated with the conspiracy theory played. That elicited one-armed salutes — another QAnon symbol — from many attendees.
The display bore an uncanny resemblance to the infamous Nazi salute. The delusional incitement and zombielike response should put to rest the notion that President Biden (or anyone) should be “reaching out” to these people. They are unreachable, and pretending otherwise misleads voters.
No Republican should ever escape an interview or news conference without being asked to condemn this monstrous event. The cynical GOP leaders who know that Trump is unfit for office and that many of his cult-followers have become violent should not be treated as ordinary party hacks. They are enablers of a dangerous movement. Yet they continually evade persistent, aggressive questioning.
Compare this with the mainstream media’s response to Biden’s recent speech condemning the MAGA movement. Biden — though he generously (and inaccurately, in my book) distinguished the movement from the Republican Party writ large — highlighted the MAGA movement’s far-right extremism and its refusal to ascribe to the basic tenets of democracy (e.g., renunciation of violence, sanctity of elections). Yet many in the mainstream media turned up their noses. “Biden should have been more welcoming,” they said. “He’s too divisive!”
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And herein rests the fundamental failure of the mainstream political media. Far too many continue to disguise the political reality we face. They refuse to use appropriate descriptors to describe Republican conduct, such as “fascist” or “racist.” Instead, they mislabel radical authoritarians as “conservatives.”
If this were a foreign country, the media would accurately describe the MAGA movement as a far-right cult. Yet in the United States, too many reporters cannot help themselves in normalizing the movement.
“It seems to be very deep in the mainstream press’s DNA to strain for equality when none exists,” said Margaret Sullivan, media critic and author of the upcoming memoir, “Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life.” She adds, “Maybe journalists just don’t have the language to truly get across how disturbing and abnormal some if this stuff is. If so, it’s high time to grapple with that.”
And it’s not just Trump who has displayed the GOP threat to democracy. Consider also Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s inhumane transportation of asylum seekers to liberal states or cities to make a political statement. News reports suggest these people may have been tricked or lied to about where they were going and what awaited them at their destination. If so, there may be criminal as well as civil implications. California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and others have asked the Justice Department to investigate.
Regardless of the legalities, the tactic is straight from the Jim Crow handbook. Though the GOP applauded DeSantis’s disdain for human beings fleeing dictatorial repressions, his actions followed in the steps of White citizen’s councils from the 1960s that bused thousands of Black Southerners to Northern communities. Politico reports:
Throughout the South, Citizens’ Councils as far and wide as Macon, Ga., and Selma, Ala., Shreveport, La., and Jackson, Miss., lied with impunity, assuring Black residents that jobs and housing awaited them in their new home states. This was never the case, particularly on Cape Cod, where the off-season unemployment rate normally hovered near 20 percent. One man whom the Citizens’ Council had explicitly promised a job and home on the Cape told reporters that he felt hoodwinked. “I’d like to get my hands on those two men who shot me full of baloney about coming up here,” he fumed.
DeSantis is the alternative to Trump, we are told. But alternative does not mean always better.
The two Republicans prioritize intentional cruelty and unabashed xenophobia. Whether it is ripping children from parents’ arms or denouncing Mexican immigrants as “drug dealers” and “rapists,” they and other Republicans vying for consideration in 2024 seem entirely comfortable with dehumanizing vulnerable people. It is abject racism, and the vast majority of their party either applaud them for it or remain mum.
Yet mainstream media hosts rarely manage to bring up the Jim Crow origins of DeSantis’s scheme when interviewing Republican lawmakers. They do not compel lawmakers to explain how using humans as props is legal or decent. Instead, the favored oh-so-polite conventions hold: a mildly probing question, followed by a filibuster answer and then a change of topic. Such performances are insufficient to illuminate the vileness of the party propounding these stunts.
As the GOP becomes more brazen, the media seem to shrink further from their responsibility as truth-tellers and democracy advocates. Our democracy hangs in the balance.
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'A Day Of Reckoning' Is Coming For Donald Trump. But It Might Not Be Jail: Former Federal Prosecutor
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America’s democracy crisis will not end anytime soon. Donald Trump and his acolytes in the Republican-fascist party continue to incite acts of right-wing violence, including terrorism, on a nationwide scale as part of their plan to end American democracy and replace it with authoritarianism and one-party rule.
The Big Lie continues to spread across the United States. A majority of Republicans now subscribe to the repeatedly disproven theory that the 2020 Election was somehow illegitimate, that Trump is the “real” president and Joe Biden is a pretender and usurper. “MAGA” is American neofascism; it has fully conquered the Republican Party.
America’s democracy crisis will not end anytime soon. Donald Trump and his acolytes in the Republican-fascist party continue to incite acts of right-wing violence, including terrorism, on a nationwide scale as part of their plan to end American democracy and replace it with authoritarianism and one-party rule.
The Big Lie continues to spread across the United States. A majority of Republicans now subscribe to the repeatedly disproven theory that the 2020 Election was somehow illegitimate, that Trump is the “real” president and Joe Biden is a pretender and usurper. “MAGA” is American neofascism; it has fully conquered the Republican Party.
This moment of crisis demands bold, immediate leadership and collective action, not just from Biden and other leading Democrats but from rank-and-file-Americans as well. But the urgency of stopping Trump and his forces is hamstrung by how the rule of law in a democracy operates slowly and justice often takes a very long time — if it ever does arrive.
Will Donald Trump eventually be prosecuted, convicted and then imprisoned for his apparent high crimes, which may include violating the Espionage Act? Attorney and author Kenneth Foard McCallion believes that the answer is probably no.
McCallion is a former Justice Department prosecutor who also worked for the New York State Attorney General’s office as a prosecutor on Trump racketeering cases. As an assistant U.S. attorney and special assistant U.S. attorney, he focused on international fraud and counterintelligence cases that often involved Russian organized crime.
McCallion is also the author of several books, including “Profiles in Cowardice in the Trump Era” and “Treason & Betrayal: The Rise and Fall of Individual-1.”
In this wide-ranging conversation, he offers his view that Donald Trump, along with his inner circle and his businesses, operate like an organized crime family. McCallion says these attributes and behavior help to explain Trump’s affinity for foreign demagogues and other corrupt elements, including Eastern European and Russian criminal organizations.
McCallion reflects on his personal experience prosecuting Trump and his organizations, and the challenges of going up against a man he describes as a likely sociopath and a skilled pathological liar.
McCallion explains the approach that Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice will likely take in prosecuting Trump for the government documents he stored at Mar-a-Lago and the events of Jan. 6. Any such prosecution will require both overwhelming irrefutable evidence and a simple and direct story to tell a jury about Trump’s misdeeds. McCallion also says that contrary to some media reports, Trump can definitely still be prosecuted even if he announces he is running for president.
Toward the end of this conversation, McCallion outlines a likely scenario for the final disposition of such a prosecution. He believes that Trump may be brought down by a litany of civil lawsuits that will cripple him financially, not by a high-profile criminal case in which the former president is “perp-walked” in handcuffs and then sent to prison.
This conversation has been edited for clarity and length.
How are you feeling, given everything that’s happening? With your expertise and experience, how do you process all these events? What are you seeing?
The next book I’m working on is actually titled “Civil War II,” but the ending is yet to be written. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been shocked at the extent of what we are learning about the Espionage Act and the hiding of secret government documents by Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
Why did he do that? I don’t know. But I do believe that kind of hubris, and that inability to really let go of the mantel of the presidency, may in the end be his undoing. Trump has certainly left himself open for being prosecuted for serious crimes related to espionage and various other things.
There are encouraging signs. I was quite delighted that a friend and former mentor of mine, Raymond Dearie, who is a retired district judge from the Eastern District of New York, where I was in the U.S. attorney’s office, will most likely be the special master [reviewing the Mar-a-Lago documents]. I was worried that the Justice Department and the attorney general had dozed off and napped for several months, but it appears they are hard at work now.
The Jan. 6 committee really gave the Department of Justice a lot of impetus and momentum. There are also good indications that justice may actually be done with the New York attorney general’s [civil] case, and perhaps the Manhattan DA’s [criminal] case too.
Is there actually anything shocking about any of the things Trump and his allies have done? Donald Trump has been a public criminal for decades. Jan. 6 was in many ways a predictable event and was announced beforehand. My point of view is pretty simple. We know who Donald Trump is. There is a long pattern of his evil behavior. What is “shocking” about any of this? He is utterly predictable.
Those of us who know Donald Trump also understand that he is probably beyond reformation and may actually be psychopathic. However, I think it’s important to say that Donald Trump’s behavior and presidency, and what he continues to do, has been a shock to the democratic system. We cannot lose the capacity to be outraged at Trump’s behavior. We need to have that sense of outrage in order to protect the country’s democratic institutions, which are under attack right now.
Where are the consequences for Donald Trump and his apparent criminal acts and other wrongdoing?
I do believe that the Justice Department probably should have moved much faster with the Mar-a-Lago documents, given that we are entering an election season. However, we need to uphold the principle that no man is above the law no matter what time of year it may be, political happenings or not.
It’s never a convenient season for the rich and powerful to be held accountable. It’s almost a perfect storm at this point between the Department of Justice investigation, the New York attorney general’s investigation and various civil suits against Trump. The pot is boiling now in several different respects. One or more of these investigations will almost certainly lead to the undoing of the Trump Organization.
There is also significant personal liability for Donald Trump for the obstruction of justice and for a long list of crimes that are now being investigated. Attorney General Garland and the Justice Department really have to follow through this investigation to its logical conclusion. The evidence is overwhelming. Any honest prosecutor is not going to want to say, “I pulled my punches,” or, “I let Donald Trump go just because he’s the former president.”
You have a lot of experience with Donald Trump. You faced him and his organization as a prosecutor. When you saw his candidacy in 2016 and then saw him win the election, what were you most afraid of?
I worked with the organized crime section of the Justice Department when I went up against Donald Trump and his lawyer, Roy Cohn. We were primarily investigating labor racketeering, involving unions that were dominated by various organized crime families, including the Teamsters and others. In our investigation, we found that Donald Trump and some other developers used their connections with organized crime to get immunity from strikes by entering into corrupt contracts — promising “no-show” jobs, for example. These corrupt contracts gave Trump and others a competitive advantage.
It quickly occurred to us, and I think it’s apparent to all of us now, that Trump and his organization are just another organized crime family. They try to maintain the code of silence, but that hasn’t been entirely successful. There is a complete disregard for the law. In terms of fraudulent intent, even if they could have made money honestly, Trump and his people — like many organized crime-controlled companies — try to cut corners.
They take advantage of their connections with organized crime and their connections with corrupt foreign leaders, such as Putin. Russian organized crime always had a very close connection with the Trump organization. After Trump’s casinos in Atlantic City went under and the banks started pulling back their financing, Trump and his organization and his development projects have been financed through shady money from Eastern Europe and Russia, from the oligarchs.
They have been Trump’s lifeblood for his financing. His worldview has always been oriented towards the countries where oligarchs and dirty money are prevalent. Donald Trump was dead set on attempting to convert the United States into a replica, to some extent, of the antidemocratic, authoritarian, oligarchical systems we see in Hungary, Russia and various other parts of Eastern Europe.
Given your experience with Trump, what did the news media and the American public fail to understand about this man? Or perhaps, what were they afraid to acknowledge?
Many people naively thought that Trump, despite his outlandis...
In Full: The Orders Of Service For Queen Elizabeth II's State Funeral And Committal Service
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London (CNN)The funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II will be conducted by the Dean of Westminster at Westminster Abbey, starting at 11 a.m. (6 a.m. ET), with the Archbishop of Canterbury giving the Sermon and Commendation.
The Queen’s great-grandchildren Prince George and Princess Charlotte will form part of the royal family procession behind the Queen’s coffin as it is carried into Westminster Abbey
During the service, the choir will sing a specially commissioned piece, “Like as the hart,” a setting of Psalm 42 by the Master of the King’s Music, Judith Weir.
Other music selected for the state funeral include the hymn “The Lord’s my shepherd,” which was also sung at the then-Princess Elizabeth’s wedding to Prince Philip in 1947, and the anthem “O Taste and see how gracious the Lord is,” which was composed for the Queen’s coronation in 1953 by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
The nation will observe a two-minute silence towards the end of the hour-long service after which the Sovereign’s Piper of the Royal Regiment of Scotland will play the traditional lament, “Sleep, dearie, sleep.”
Full order of service
Music before the service
Matthew Jorysz, Assistant Organist, Westminster Abbey, plays:
Fantasia of four parts, Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)
Romanza (Symphony no 5 in D), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) arranged by Robert Quinney (b 1976)
Reliqui domum meum Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016)
Meditation on ‘Brother James’s Air’ Harold Darke (1888–1976)
Prelude on ‘Ecce jam noctis’ Op 157 no 3 Healey Willan (1880–1968)
Psalm Prelude Set 1 no 2, Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
In the Country Op 194 no 2, Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)
Fantasy on ‘O Paradise,’ Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003)
Elegy Op 58 Edward Elgar (1857–1934) arranged by Matthew Jorysz (b 1992)
The Sub-Organist plays:
Andante espressivo (Sonata in G Op 28), Edward Elgar Sospiri Op 70, Edward Elgar, arranged by Peter Holder (b 1990)
The Choir of Westminster Abbey sings the Sentences, during which the Procession of the Coffin moves through the Abbey
I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
John 11: 25–26
I KNOW that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God; whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. Job 19: 25–27
HE brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
1 Timothy 6: 7; Job 1: 21
William Croft (1678–1727)
The Choir of Westminster Abbey and the Choir of the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace, sing:
Thou knowsest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
THOU knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears unto our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee. Amen.
Henry Purcell (1659-95)
I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord: even so saith the Spirit; for they rest from their labours. Amen.
William Croft
The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle MBE, Dean of Westminster, gives the Bidding
IN grief and also in profound thanksgiving we come to this House of God, to a place of prayer, to a church where remembrance and hope are sacred duties. Here, where Queen Elizabeth was married and crowned, we gather from across the nation, from the Commonwealth, and from the nations of the world, to mourn our loss, to remember her long life of selfless service, and in sure confidence to commit her to the mercy of God our maker and redeemer.
With gratitude we remember her unswerving commitment to a high calling over so many years as Queen and Head of the Commonwealth. With admiration we recall her life-long sense of duty and dedication to her people. With thanksgiving we praise God for her constant example of Christian faith and devotion. With affection we recall her love for her family and her commitment to the causes she held dear.
Now, in silence, let us in our hearts and minds recall our many reasons for thanksgiving, pray for all members of her family, and commend Queen Elizabeth to the care and keeping of almighty God.
A brief silence is kept.
O MERCIFUL God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the resurrection and the life; in whom whosoever believeth shall live, though he die; and whosoever liveth, and believeth in him, shall not die eternally; who hast taught us, by his holy Apostle Saint Paul, not to be sorry, as men without hope, for them that sleep in him: We meekly beseech thee, O Father, to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness; that, when we shall depart this life, we may rest in him, as our hope is this our sister doth; and that, at the general Resurrection in the last day, we may be found acceptable in thy sight; and receive that blessing, which thy well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, through Jesus Christ, our mediator and redeemer. Amen.
Hymn: The Day Thou Gavest, Lord Is Ended
THE day thou gavest, Lord, is ended
the darkness falls at thy behest,
to thee our morning hymns ascended,
thy praise shall sanctify our rest.
We thank thee that thy Church unsleeping,
while earth rolls onward into light,
through all the world her watch is keeping,
and rests not now by day or night.
As o’er each continent and island
the dawn leads on another day,
the voice of prayer is never silent,
nor dies the strain of praise away,
The sun that bids us rest is waking
our brethren ‘neath the western sky,
and hour by hour fresh lips are making
thy wondrous doings heard on high.
So be it, Lord; thy throne shall never,
like earth’s proud empires, pass away;
thy kingdom stands, and grows for ever,
till all thy creatures own thy sway.
Tune: St Clement
The Right Honourable the Baroness Scotland of Asthal KC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, reads the First Lesson.
NOW is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
1 Corinthians 15: 20–26, 53–end
The choir sings The Psalm
LIKE as the hart desireth the water-brooks : so longeth my soul after thee, O God.
My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living God :
when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?
My tears have been my meat day and night : while they daily say unto me, Where is now thy God?
Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself : for I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God;
In the voice of praise and thanksgiving : among such as keep holy-day.
Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul : and why art thou so disquieted within me?
Put thy trust in God : for I will yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance.
Words: Psalm 42: 1–7
Music :Judith Weir CBE, Master of the Queen’s Music (b 1954)
composed for this Service
The Right Honourable Elizabeth Truss MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reads the Second Lesson
LET not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.
Thanks be to God.
John 14: 1–9a
Hymn: The Lord’s my shepherd
THE Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want;
he makes me down to lie
in pastures green; he leadeth me
the quiet waters by.
My soul he doth restore again,
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