Former President Donald Trump (Finally) Gets Invite To Queen Elizabeth IIs Memorial Service
Former President Donald Trump (Finally) Gets Invite To Queen Elizabeth II’s Memorial Service https://digitalarizonanews.com/former-president-donald-trump-finally-gets-invite-to-queen-elizabeth-iis-memorial-service/
After not receiving an invitation to the Queen’s funeral at Westminster Abbey, former President Donald Trump was invited to a memorial service for the late monarch in Washington, D.C.
Only President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were sent invitations to the funeral in London on Monday. According to The Independent, Trump, as well as all other living former U.S. presidents, received invitations to the service, which will be held on Wednesday, September 21, at the Washington National Cathedral.
As of Saturday morning, none of the former presidents, Trump, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George Bush, nor Jimmy Carter, have confirmed their attendance at the Washington memorial service.
The Bidens are flying to the United Kingdom on Saturday. On Sunday, President Biden plans to meet the U.K.’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, before attending the Queen’s funeral.
The invitations to the Queen’s funeral sparked controversy overseas since her death, as it was unclear if only the sitting president would receive an invite, or whether the invitation would also extend to former presidents—including one involved in numerous investigations.
There was some speculation that President Biden would have to make the call to invite his predecessor. Jake Tapper said on “The Lead,” that he thought it was “fascinating” that “it’s going to basically be left up to President Biden as to whether or not he brings other presidents with him to the Queen’s funeral.”
Earlier this week, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre put an end to such speculation: “The invitation was extended to the US government for the President and the First Lady only.”
On top of this royal drama, transportation to the Queen’s funeral has come under scrutiny, as foreign dignitaries have been asked to travel by commercial planes and share buses to travel to the service; helicopters and private state cars have been banned. Biden is one of a few exceptions, who is allowed to travel in his protected limo, known as “The Beast.”
“Can you imagine Joe Biden on the bus?” one foreign ambassador said in a WhatsApp message last weekend. Other foreign leaders are now requesting the Biden treatment.
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Trump Documents Case: Judge Dearie's Appointment As Special Master Welcomed Across Board | World
Trump Documents Case: Judge Dearie's Appointment As Special Master Welcomed Across Board | World https://digitalarizonanews.com/trump-documents-case-judge-dearies-appointment-as-special-master-welcomed-across-board-world/
Washington: When Florida Judge Aileen Cannon appointed Raymond J. Dearie, a former Chief Federal Judge in New York, to sort through more than 11,000 documents – including classified materials – that FBI agents seized from former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence last month, jurists across both the Republican and Democrats side hailed the move.
The 78-year-old Dearie, a former Chief Federal Judge in New York and the then President Ronald Reagan appointee, was described by his peer group lawyers and colleagues as an exemplary jurist who is well suited to the job of special master, having previously served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA), which oversees sensitive national security cases.
The Department of Justice also said he was acceptable to them after Judge Cannon rejected two candidates proposed by them.
In 2015, Dearie took the unusual step of reducing the prison sentences of three convicted Canadian terrorists, saying he had been “haunted” by the case and his growing sense that their sentences were unfair. Under federal law, Dearie had been required to sentence the men to 25-year terms for conspiring to acquire missiles on behalf of the Tamil Tigers, a rebel group fighting the government of Sri Lanka. He later cut those sentences to 15 years.
While the DOJ has been hit by Florida Judge Cannon’s ruling to slow down investigation into Trump’s classified documents case until Dearie reviews the documents in public interest to prevent reputational harm with a possible indictment of the former President, the DOJ has continued to maintain that a special master is legally unnecessary and should not be charged with reviewing any of the 100 or so seized documents marked as classified.
Appointing a special master to review these documents, prosecutors argued in numerous court filings, would slow down a criminal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified information and could pose a national security risk, according to multiple reports in the media outlets.
Here’s everything you need to know about Dearie and what he will be doing in this high-profile and unusual investigation.
What is a special master? A special master is an impartial outside expert who can essentially be viewed as a judge’s helper, said David R. Cohen, an attorney and longtime special master. In theory, the special master can help with whatever a judge needs.
In this case, Cannon appointed a special master to sort through the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago on August 8 to see if any should be shielded from criminal investigators because of attorney-client or executive privileges.
How did Judge Cannon choose Dearie? When Cannon granted Trump’s request to appoint a special master earlier this month, she asked the Justice Department and Trump’s legal team to jointly submit a list of potential candidates. In a subsequent joint filing, the Justice Department named two judges as candidates. Trump’s side proposed a lawyer who is not a judge, and Dearie. Trump’s lawyers then told the judge they did not believe any of the Justice Department’s candidates would be suitable special masters. The Justice Department said they thought Dearie would be acceptable. Days later, Cannon named Dearie for the high-profile job.
Is Dearie still working as a judge? Yes, Dearie still serves as a judge in Brooklyn federal court, albeit on senior status, which means he can take a reduced caseload if he chooses. He has also recently signalled that he plans to leave the bench. It is not immediately clear if the appointment will speed his departure from Brooklyn federal court or if court administrators will work out some other accommodation for the unusual dynamic of a judge appointing another judge a special master.
What will he do as a special master in this case? The Justice Department and Trump’s lawyers have held drastically different positions on what the special master should do in this case. Trump wants the special master to search through all the seized documents – including the classified ones – to see if any are protected by attorney-client or executive privileges and should not be used in the investigation.
On the other side, the Justice Department has questioned whether Trump, who is no longer President, can even invoke executive privilege – a power that Presidents can assert to shield communications from courts, Congress, or the public.
Either way, the Justice Department did not want classified documents to be part of the special master review, saying that privilege would not apply to them or to the unclassified documents, and that delaying investigators’ access to those sensitive documents could pose national security risks.
Ultimately, Cannon ruled in Trump’s favour. She also denied a bid by prosecutors to allow them to use the seized material in their ongoing criminal investigation before Dearie conducts his review.
How long does Dearie have to complete the job? Cannon ordered Dearie to complete his review by November 30. She said he should prioritise sorting through the classified documents, though she did not provide a timeline as to when that portion must be completed.
The Justice Department had asked in a previous court filing for the review to be completed by October 17. And Trump’s lawyers had said a special master would need 90 days to complete a review.
Does Dearie have the necessary clearance to sift through these highly classified materials? Because Dearie previously served on the FISA court, it will probably not take much time or effort to get him authorised to review the classified material, and he may not have to travel far to look at them. New York City has a number of federal facilities in which Dearie could review highly classified material, which is important since the storage and safekeeping of such documents is the crux of the case.
Can Dearie get help for his review? In theory, yes. Special masters typically have others help them review documents. But in this case, staff assistance could be complicated by the 100 classified documents, and whether any potential assistants have the necessary security clearances. It is possible that Dearie could end up reviewing that material on his own, and hiring others to help him with the non-classified documents.
Now what? The Justice Department is expected to file an appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta. Depending on what part of Cannon’s decision the government challenges, the appeal may or may not interfere with the special master’s review.
Once Dearie completes his review, he would deliver his recommendations to Cannon on what documents should be shielded from investigators. It’s up to Cannon to decide whether she will follow those recommendations.
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US-UK Relations Enter New Chapter As New PM King Settle In
US-UK Relations Enter New Chapter As New PM, King Settle In https://digitalarizonanews.com/us-uk-relations-enter-new-chapter-as-new-pm-king-settle-in/
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden heads to the United Kingdom on Saturday to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth II at a time of transition in US-UK relations, as both a new royal and a new prime minister are settling in.
The hawkish approach of Prime Minister Liz Truss to Russia and China puts her on the same page as Biden. But the rise of Truss, 47, who once called the US-UK relationship “special but not exclusive,” could mark a decidedly new chapter in the trans-Atlantic partnership on trade and more.
Of high concern for Biden officials in the early going of Truss’s premiership is her backing of legislation that would shred parts of the post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland. Analysts say the move could cause deep strain between the UK and the European Union, and undermine peace in Northern Ireland. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the move “would not create a conducive environment” for crafting a long-awaited U.S.-UK trade deal coveted by Truss and her Conservative Party.
“She’s signaled that she’s willing to go to the mattresses on this and that’s going to cause a rift not just between the UK and EU, but the UK and the U.S.,” said Max Bergmann, director of the Europe program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington and a former senior State Department official in the Obama administration. “It’s one that’s going to keep the White House up at night.”
Biden and Truss had been set to meet Sunday, but the prime minister’s office said Saturday they would skip the weekend hello, opting instead for a meeting at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, though Truss still planned to gather with other world leaders converging on London for the royal funeral. The White House confirmed the U.N. meeting just as the president boarded Air Force One.
The two close allies now find themselves in a period of political uncertainty on both sides of the Atlantic. Not unlike his fellow septuagenarian Biden, Charles faces questions from the public about whether his age will limit his ability to faithfully carry out the duties of the monarch.
Charles, 73, and Biden, 79, discussed global cooperation on the climate crisis last year while both attended a summit in Glasgow, Scotland. They also met at Buckingham Palace in June 2021 at a reception the queen hosted before a world leaders’ summit in Cornwall.
Truss finds herself, as Biden does, facing questions about whether she has what it takes to lift a country battered by stubborn inflation borne out of the coronavirus pandemic and exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unleashing chaos on the global energy market.
All the while, Britain — and the rest of Europe — is carefully watching to see what the upcoming U.S. midterm elections will bring for the Democratic American president after he vowed upon taking office that “America is back” to being a full partner in the international community after four years of Republican Donald Trump pushing his “America First” worldview.
“It certainly is a time of change and transformation in the UK,” said Barbara A. Perry, presidential studies director at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. She added, “What will happen to this Brexit, isolationist, getting out of NATO approach to the United Kingdom’s foreign policy, which Biden was able to overcome, at least for the last two years, by defeating Donald Trump? We don’t know what will happen in our midterms. We don’t know what will happen in 2024.”
Truss, a former accountant who was first elected to Parliament in 2010, hasn’t had much interaction with Biden. The U.S. president called her earlier this month to congratulate her. Truss, as foreign secretary, accompanied her predecessor, Boris Johnson, on a White House visit last year.
It’s been more than 75 years since Winston Churchill declared there was a “special relationship” between the two nations, a notion that leaders on both sides have repeatedly affirmed. Still, there have been bumps along the way.
Tony Blair was derisively branded by the British tabloids as George W. Bush’s “poodle” for backing the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq. David Cameron and Barack Obama had a “bromance,” but Obama also had his frustrations with the Brits over defense spending and the UK’s handling of Libya following the 2011 ouster of Muammar Gaddafi.
Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan forged a close alliance in the midst of the Cold War, with the prime minister once telling students that the Republican president’s “really good sense of humor” helped their relationship. But there were difficulties too, such as when Thatcher and members of her Cabinet bristled at the Reagan administration’s initial neutrality in the Falklands War.
The White House wasn’t expecting Truss’s announcement in May, when she was foreign secretary, that the government would move forward with legislation that would rewrite parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol. The agreement was part of the UK’s 2020 Brexit withdrawal from the EU that was designed to avoid a hard north-south border with Ireland that might upset Northern Ireland’s fragile peace.
Now, in the first weeks of Truss’s premiership, Biden administration officials are carefully taking the measure of the new British leader. Analysts say there is some trepidation in the administration that undercutting the Northern Ireland protoco l could plunge Europe into trade turmoil at a moment when Biden is working mightily to keep the West unified in confronting Russia over its aggression against Ukraine.
“Brexit could once again become the issue — the issue that can make it difficult for all of Europe to work together at a time when it is critical for Europe to work together,” Bergmann said. “If you’re the Biden administration, this is not the time for the two of your closest partners getting into fights.”
To be certain, there were areas of friction between Biden and Johnson, who had a warm rapport with former President Donald Trump.
Biden staunchly opposed Brexit as a candidate and had expressed great concern over the future of Northern Ireland. Biden once even derided Johnson as a “physical and emotional clone” of Trump.
Johnson worked hard to overcome that impression, stressing his common ground with Biden on climate change, support for international institutions and most notably by making certain Britain was an early and generous member of the U.S.-led alliance providing economic and military assistance to Ukraine in the aftermath of the Russian invasion.
The former prime minister also unsuccessfully pressed Biden starting days into his administration to begin negotiations on a new U.S.-UK trade deal just as the U.K. regained control over its national trade policy weeks before Biden took office and following the end of a post-Brexit transition period.
But Biden largely kept focus on his domestic to-do list in the early going of his presidency—passing trillions in spending on coronavirus relief, infrastructure, and more—and put negotiations on trade deals on the back burner.
Elliot Abrams, chairman of the conservative foreign policy group Vandenberg Coalition, said that Truss needs Biden to make a new U.S.-UK trade deal a priority. Queen Elizabeth’s funeral won’t be the setting for tough bilateral conversations, but it still marks a moment for the two leaders’ to begin taking stock of each other.
Truss, who succeeded Johnson after he was forced to resign in the face of a string of scandals, has lagged in the opinion polls. She also won her election with a smaller margin than her recent predecessors and is looking for an early win.
“I think if I were (Truss), I want recognition of the leading role Britain’s played, far more than any other country outside the United States in supporting Ukraine,” said Abrams, who served in senior national security and foreign policy roles in the Trump, George W. Bush and Reagan administrations. “And I think I’d want some positive economic message to give the British people, which could be that the free trade agreement negotiations are starting.”
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Mark Meadows Claimed Boxes Held At Mar-A-Lago Contained Only 'news Clippings'
Mark Meadows Claimed Boxes Held At Mar-A-Lago Contained Only 'news Clippings' https://digitalarizonanews.com/mark-meadows-claimed-boxes-held-at-mar-a-lago-contained-only-news-clippings/
According to the Post, National Archives attorney Gary Stern spoke with former deputy White House counsel Pat Philbin. Philbin told Stern that he had spoken to Meadows about concerns Trump had left the White House with presidential records. But according to Meadows, Trump didn’t have anything. Just that dozen boxes of clippings.
According to Meadows and Philbin, “Trump’s team was aware of no other materials.”
This is an enormous lie. First, there was the simply quantity of the documents Trump ferried away. The National Archives got 15 boxes back in January. The FBI took more documents in July. And FBI agents took 12 boxes in the search at Mar-a-Lago. On top of that, we know they didn’t take everything. Donald Trump and Mark Meadows may not be excessively clever, but there should be an assumption they can tell the difference between twelve and more than thirty.
Then comes the actual nature of the documents. Even if Judge Aileen Cannon chooses not to believe the FBI, the National Archives have already stated that they found more than 150 classified documents just in the materials that were handed to them in January. That was before another stack of classified documents was handed over in July. And before the FBI carried out it’s search in August. In all, there were over 300 classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
And, thanks to that one photo provided in a DOJ filing, we not only know that Trump has atrocious taste in carpet, but that these documents were clearly marked as containing some of the most sensitive information in existence.
It’s hard to mistake these for news clippings.
The blatantly obvious nature of the documents that Trump stole—and the fact that he kept many of the classified documents not among the boxes in storage, but in his office—shows that he absolutely knew what he had. Trump knew what he was taking. He also knew how critical it was to national security. He just didn’t care. Because he knew what it was worth.
A spokesperson for Meadows has responded to the Post story with a statement that Meadows, “did not personally review the boxes at Mar A Lago and did not have a role in examining or verifying what was or wasn’t contained within them.” It’s too bad that’s not what he told Philbin.
If Meadows didn’t personally review the boxes, but he told Philbin they contained only ‘news clippings,’ then where did he get that information? Meadows deserves a chance to explain. Under oath.
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Obituaries In Daytona Beach FL | Daytona Beach News-Journal
Obituaries In Daytona Beach, FL | Daytona Beach News-Journal https://digitalarizonanews.com/obituaries-in-daytona-beach-fl-daytona-beach-news-journal/
Carolyn Moss passed away peacefully on Thursday September 8, 2022 with her family at her side.
Carloyn was born in LaSalle, IL to James and Louise Collins. She was preceded in death by her husband Evan R. Moss, and her youngest son Thomas D. Ellinor.
She is survived by her remaining children: James M. Ellinor of Deland, FL, Cindi L. Ellinor of Crossville, TN, and David D. Ellinor and his wife Joyce of Lake Helen, FL. She is also survived by her sister, Susan Butcher of Tucson, AZ. She has three gorgeous Grandsons: Chistopher W. Angel, James S. Ellinor, and Evan J. Ellinor, as well as a Great Grandson, Neyland W. Angel.
Carolyn graduated from Mainland High School and went on to study music at Stetson University where, in her Junior year she was voted Miss Stetson 1954. She started her own company, Steel Commodities in Debary, FL, and was President of A Travel Place in Daytona Beach, FL. She was also a licensed Real Estate Broker.
In addition to her family, Carolyn’s passions were traveling and music. She was a world traveler and never lost her wanderlust. She and her husband “Dick” traveled the country in their motorhome for many years hiking and making new friends while always in search of their next adventure.
She brought her talents home to Central Baptist Church in Daytona Beach, FL as the choir director and leader of her beloved Jubilees Music Group who brought so much joy to nursing home residents throughout the area.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 11am on Oct 7, 2022 at the Central Baptist Church of Daytona Beach, FL. Memorial contribution can be made to Central Baptist Church at 152 Fairview Ave., Daytona Beach, FL 32114. For online condolences please visit the website of Lohman Funeral Home in Daytona Beach, FL.
Posted online on September 17, 2022
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King Charles III And Prince William Visit People Queuing To See Queen's Coffin | CNN
King Charles III And Prince William Visit People Queuing To See Queen's Coffin | CNN https://digitalarizonanews.com/king-charles-iii-and-prince-william-visit-people-queuing-to-see-queens-coffin-cnn/
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U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Big Tech's Right Regulate Online Speech
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Sept 16 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a Texas law that bars large social media companies from banning or censoring users based on “viewpoint,” a setback for technology industry groups that say the measure would turn platforms into bastions of dangerous content.
The largely 2-1 ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, sets up the potential for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the law, which conservatives and right-wing commentators have said is necessary to prevent “Big Tech” from suppressing their views.
“Today we reject the idea that corporations have a freewheeling First Amendment right to censor what people say,” Judge Andrew Oldham, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, wrote in the ruling.
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The Texas law was passed by the state’s Republican-led legislature and signed by its Republican governor.
The tech groups that challenged the law and were on the losing end of Friday’s ruling include NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association, which count Meta Platforms’ (META.O) Facebook, Twitter (TWTR.N) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube as members.
They have sought to preserve rights to regulate user content when they believe it may lead to violence, citing concerns that unregulated platforms will enable extremists such as Nazi supporters, terrorists and hostile foreign governments.
The association on Friday said it disagreed with forcing private companies to give equal treatment to all viewpoints. “‘God Bless America’ and ‘Death to America’ are both viewpoints, and it is unwise and unconstitutional for the state of Texas to compel a private business to treat those the same,” it said in a statement.
Some conservatives have labeled the social media companies’ practices abusive, pointing to Twitter’s permanent suspension of Trump from the platform shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of his supporters. Twitter had cited “the risk of further incitement of violence” as a reason.
The Texas law forbids social media companies with at least 50 million monthly active users from acting to “censor” users based on “viewpoint,” and allows either users or the Texas attorney general to sue to enforce the law.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Twitter hailed the ruling as “massive victory for the constitution and free speech.”
Because the 5th Circuit ruling conflicts with part of a ruling by the 11th Circuit, the aggrieved parties have a stronger case for petitioning the Supreme Court to hear the matter.
In May, the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, found that most of a similar Florida law violates the companies’ free speech rights and cannot be enforced. read more
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Your Guide To All The Food Festivals In Metro Phoenix: Food Trucks Oktoberfests And Pizza
Your Guide To All The Food Festivals In Metro Phoenix: Food Trucks, Oktoberfests And Pizza https://digitalarizonanews.com/your-guide-to-all-the-food-festivals-in-metro-phoenix-food-trucks-oktoberfests-and-pizza/
As the temperatures mellow out into double digits, metro Phoenix gets ready for a variety of fall festivals. According to the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, European immigrants began hosting fall fairs and festivals to promote their agricultural products and animal husbandry. After the industrial revolution drew more people away from farms and into urban areas, the popularity of these festivals waned. By the 20th century, food festivals had surpassed harvest festivals in popularity.
Nowadays, some regional festivals and state fairs still have an agricultural and livestock element, but the main draw for many attendees are the prepared food options. These festivals remain a great way for communities to share their heritage and culture through food.
Here in the Valley, we have dozens of festivals to choose from this year, ranging from celebrations of particular ingredients to international festivals.
Here’s your guide to all the fall food festivals happening in metro Phoenix and beyond.
Now closed: These 5 metro Phoenix restaurants have closed for good.
Garlic Fest
Currently in its ninth year, Garlic Fest celebrates Queen Creek Olive Mill’s garlic harvest. Taste organic garlic, take garlic 101 classes and shop for garlic accessories, garlic-flavored sauces, oils and pastas. Both the mill’s restaurant and food trucks will prepare garlic-inspired food, including a garlic cupcake. There will be live music and a beer and wine garden on weekends.
This year, they are also offering A Love Letter to Garlic dinner on Sept. 21, a five-course dinner, each of which includes garlic, even the dessert. Dinner price is $124.99 plus $39.99 for wine pairing.
When: Sept. 16 to 25 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Queen Creek Olive Mill, 25062 S. Meridian Road, Queen Creek.
Tickets and information: Admission is free. queencreekolivemill.com/pages/discover.
Mexico in a Bottle
Mexico in a Bottle has become the largest mezcal tasting event in the country and it’s coming to Phoenix for the first time on September 18. Guests can taste 150 variations of agave spirits from over 40 brands like Del Maguey, Wahaka, Fidencio, Rayo Seco, Mezcal de Leyendas, Fabriquero Sotol, Peloton de la Muerte, Camazotz Rum, Quiquiriqui, Santo Cuviso. There will also be food, music and art at the event.
When: Sept. 18 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Where: Walter Studios, 747 W. Roosevelt St., Phoenix.
Tickets and information: Early bird tickets are $60, general admission is $75 and industry VIP is $45. Processing fees apply. Tickets include programming, food and tastings. mezcalistas.com/mexico-in-bottle.
A massive culinary festival: is returning to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix.
Arizona State Fair
Celebrate this 133-year-old tradition, which started in 1884 and has been in its current location since 1905. Enjoy music, the circus, magic, $3 food items from noon to 6 p.m. every Friday, farm tours, the great American petting zoo and monster trucks.
When: Sept. 23 to Oct. 30.
Where: 1826 W. McDowell Road, Phoenix. 602-252-6771.
Tickets and information: $15 for general admission and $30 for VIP. azstatefair.com.
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Oktoberfest at the Fountain
Put on your dirndl and lederhosen, grab your Wiener dog and head over to Fountain Park for Oktoberfest celebrations with community tables, Wiener dog races, stein holding contests, kids’ activities and German foods like pretzels, hotdogs, sauerkraut, schnitzel and strudel. Be ready for music and dancing.
When: Sept. 23 and 24 from 5 to 10 p.m.
Where: Fountain Park at 12925 N. Saguaro Blvd., Fountain Hills.
Tickets and information: Tickets are $10 per person and free for children under 12. fountainhillschamber.com/oktoberfest.
Rockin’ Taco Street Fest
Currently in its 11th year, Rockin’ Taco Street Fest features tacos from 20 restaurants and food trucks, drinks like margaritas and micheladas and music. Other activities include a mechanical taco ride, lucha libre wrestling, taco and a hot chili eating competition.
When: Sept. 24 from noon to 9 p.m.
Where: 178 E. Commonwealth Ave., Chandler.
Tickets and information: $25 for general admission, excluding food. Free for kids 12 and under. forty8live.com/rockintacoaz.
AZ Feastivals
This weekly food truck event, which consists of 15 to 20 trucks and takes place in Gilbert, Mesa and Queen Creek has added San Tan Valley as a destination.
When: Every Saturday, starting Sept. 24 from 5 to 9 p.m.
Where: The new location is Central Christian Church, 2505 E. Ocotillo Road, Queen Creek. Check the website for other locations.
Tickets and information: Free to attend. Food purchase is additional. azfeastivals.com.
Old Town Fests
Old Town Scottsdale puts on four festivals from September to December: Sangria Fest on Sept 24, Margarita Fest on Oct. 22, Whiskey Fest on Nov. 12 and Wine Fest on Dec. 10.
Tickets and information: Visit oldtownfests.weebly.com and choose your favorite fest for prices and locations.
Downtown Chandler Oktoberfest
If you missed the first Oktoberfest in Fountain Hills, here’s your chance to experience polka, stein holding, Weiner toss and a brat eating contest. This year’s event is hosted by San Tan Brewing Co. and Pedal Haus Brewery and includes music, German food, local beer, craft cocktails and games.
When: Oct. 1 from 3 to 11 p.m.
Where: Dr. A.J. Chandler Park at 3 S. Arizona Ave., Chandler.
Tickets and information: Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 on the day of the event. Processing fees are additional. Kids under 6 attend for free. eventbrite.com/e/downtown-chandler-oktoberfest-2022-tickets-383127944997.
The bestOktoberfest: This metro Phoenix beer festival was named one of the best
Jamaican Jerk, Roots & Reggae Festival
This year, the Jamaican Jerk, Roots & Reggae Festival debuts in Phoenix. The celebration of Caribbean culture, music and food takes place in 30 states in the U.S. and internationally. Visitors can enjoy Jamaican cuisine from Ocho Rios Jerk Spot and Cool Vybz restaurants along with Island Boyz Jerk Spot food truck. The festival features musical guests, including Grammy Award winner, Mykal Rose of Black Uhuru reggae group and cultural dance performances. Local vendors and a kid zone round out the event.
When: Oct. 1 from noon to 7 p.m.
Where: Heritage Square. 113 N. Sixth St., Phoenix.
Tickets and information: Nonrefundable tickets are $40 for ages 12 and older, $25 for ages 7 to 11 and free for under 6. Processing fees apply. Tickets are available on eventbrite.com under the event’s name.
Pumpkin and Chili Party
This annual event takes place at the Schnepf Farm. With over 40 rides, a candy shop, a bakery, mini golf, a bonfire to roast marshmallows, a toy store and lots of food, the Schnepfs recommend planning a whole day at the farm. As for food, expect four types of chili, including a pumpkin chili, burgers and sandwiches, burritos, mesquite grilled pizza, funnel cakes, pies, cookies, brownies and bread. There will also be fireworks 30 minutes prior to closing time.
When: Oct. 1 to Oct. 30. Hours: noon to 9 p.m. Thursdays, noon to 10 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays and 10 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays.
Where: 24810 S. Rittenhouse Road, Queen Creek.
Tickets and information: $23.95 per person for general admission, $79.95 per person for a season pass, free for kids under two. Ticket prices do not include train, food, pumpkins or haunted bus. Tickets are nonrefundable.
Discounted tickets are available for military, police, firefighters and veterans. pumpkinandchiliparty.com.
Wickenburg Oktoberfest
Wickenburg Oktoberfest supports the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild. Visitors will sample brews from more than 50 Arizona breweries and other regional beers. Some of the returning breweries include State Forty Eight Brewery, Huss Brewing Co., The Beer Research Institute and O.H.S.O. There will also be German food trucks, games and live music at the event. Must be over 21 to attend.
When: Oct. 1 from 3 to 8 p.m.
Where: Stone Park, 164 E. Apache St., Wickenburg.
Tickets and information: General admissions is $40 and provides 4 p.m. entry and 15 tasting tickets. VIP is $60 and allows for 3 p.m. entry, 15 tasting tickets and a commemorative item. Designated Driver tickets cost $15. Tickets are nonrefundable. chooseazbrews.com.
Phoenix Greek Festival
Experience Greek food, music, dancing, jewelry and even some grocery items at this annual event. Learn about Greek history and take a tour of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church while you’re there.
When: Oct. 7 from 5 to 10 p.m., Oct. 8 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Oct. 9 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Where: 1973 E. Maryland Ave., Phoenix.
Tickets and information: $5 per day, available only at the event. Free for children under 12 and for people over 60 on Saturday and Sunday. phoenixgreekfestival.org.
Four Peaks Tempe Oktoberfest
Now in its 49th year and named one of the best in the country, the three-day festival will open with a horse-drawn carriage parade and the crowning of the king and queen. Expect four bratwurst service tents, German desserts, music and carnival rides, fun runs, dachshund races and fashion shows and, of course, plenty of local and German beers.
When: Oct. 7 from 5 p.m. to midnight, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to midnight and Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: Tempe Beach Park, 80 West Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe.
Tickets and information: Tickets are $20 for those over 21 and free for kids on Friday and Saturday. Admission is free for all ages on Sunday. fourpeaksoktoberfest.com.
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As You Wish Pottery Supports Make-A-Wish Arizona Throughout September; Special Sept. 17-18
As You Wish Pottery Supports Make-A-Wish Arizona Throughout September; Special Sept. 17-18 https://digitalarizonanews.com/as-you-wish-pottery-supports-make-a-wish-arizona-throughout-september-special-sept-17-18/
As You Wish Pottery will celebrate its 27th year of business by matching 100% of donations made by guests at all six Valley locations on their anniversary weekend, Sept. 17-18.
Beyond the celebratory weekend, guests can purchase a $1 Wish Star or round up their change to benefit Make-A-Wish Arizona during the entire month at any As You Wish’s Valley locations: Chandler, Mesa, Tempe, Glendale, Norterra and Desert Ridge.
Make-A-Wish Arizona grants more than 300 wishes per year to children with critical illnesses in Arizona and As You Wish Pottery is thrilled to be a part of making these priceless moments possible.
“We’re so proud to be a part of making wishes come true and we look forward to matching donations to make an even greater impact,” said Lori and Scott Neff, owners of As You Wish Pottery. “Giving back is a huge part of our mission as a local, small business and we couldn’t think of a better partnership than Make-A-Wish Arizona.”
As You Wish hosts painting parties for Wish Kids, supplies pottery and special wish stars for special Make-A-Wish Arizona events and raises money for Make-A-Wish Arizona each year through the sale of Wish Stars.
“Make-A-Wish Arizona is honored and appreciative that our partner, As You Wish, selected to celebrate their anniversary Sept. 17-18 by raising and matching funds for future wishes,” said Fran Mallace, president and CEO of Make-A-Wish Arizona. “As a partner for the past nine years, As You Wish has done much more than donate funds to create life-changing wishes. They have hosted fun wish kid activities, they have encouraged wish kid art parties to collect beautiful items for our event auctions and they have also raised more than $15,000 toward future wishes. We are excited to celebrate this anniversary and all they do to make wishes possible.”
Guests are also invited to celebrate with As You Wish by enjoying discounted studio fees, prizes and new items Sept. 17-18.
For more information on the great work that this organization does, visit their website here.
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WAPO: Rodrigo Chaves Sigue Los Pasos De Trump En Costa Rica
WAPO: “Rodrigo Chaves Sigue Los Pasos De Trump En Costa Rica” https://digitalarizonanews.com/wapo-rodrigo-chaves-sigue-los-pasos-de-trump-en-costa-rica/
QCOSTARICA – Ronny Rojas, a Costa Rican journalist, who works for Noticias Telemundo and is a professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Journalism, posted on the Washington Post an opinion piece on Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves, titled “Rodrigo Chaves sigue los pasos de Trump en Costa Rica“.
Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves. (Moises Castillo/AP)
Following is a translation and adaption of the article.
The aroma of Donald Trump Costa Rica’s Casa Presidencial (Presidential House) is difficult to hide. Since President Rodrigo Chaves came to power in this small Central American country in May, his character and style of governing have been compared to that of the former US president.
Perhaps the most obvious similarity is Chaves’ public confrontation with the Costa Rican press, especially with the media that exposed him during the presidential campaign by revealing the accusations of sexual harassment that Chaves faced while working at the World Bank, which cost him to be demoted from his management position and a three-year salary freeze.
Before winning the election, Chaves already announced that, like a “tsunami”, he was going to destroy two of the main media outlets in the country: Canal 7 (Teletica television Channel 7) and the La Nación newspaper.
In Costa Rica, it is said that there is a long way from words to deeds, but that does not seem to be the case with Chaves. Barely a month after assuming the presidency, his administration ordered the closure of Parque Viva, an event center of the Grupo Nación, which brings significant income to the journalistic company.
Costa Rican journalists see in this attitude an attempt by the president to settle accounts with the media that showed his failures to the public.
He has also called the media “rats” and personally singles out journalists from the podium where he spends more than an hour every Wednesday in colorful press conferences broadcast live over the internet, a practice reminiscent of live lawsuits between Trump and the American press at the White House.
He has asked the Ticos with a smile not to believe the press, to “don’t buy the smoke”, assuring that the only thing journalists want is to cause confusion. But he also assures that his government will defend freedom of the press “at all costs” and rejects the criticism saying that there is no closed media outlet in the country.
Rodrigo Chaves does not want Costa Ricans to believe the press and it could be because in recent weeks the press has reported how the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) —one of the strongest electoral institutions on the continent— found evidence to presume that the Progress Party campaign Social Democratic Party (PPSD), which brought Chaves to power, used a “dark financing scheme.”
In June, the TSE sent an extensive report to the Public Ministry (Prosecutor’s Office), which is investigating the matter, in which it details that the campaign would have received money from companies, individuals and even foreign citizens without reporting its origin and far from public control.
Costa Rica is one of the strongest democracies in Latin America and one of the 10 countries with the greatest press freedom in the world. However, the threats and the confrontational style of Chaves have already caused the country to be seen abroad on the same populist path and with an authoritarian course as other Central American nations such as Nicaragua – where the headquarters of the newspaper La Prensa was taken over by the government of Daniel Ortega and dozens of journalists have had to go into exile— or Guatemala, where the founder of the newspaper elPeriódico, José Rubén Zamora, has been under arrest since July accused of money laundering and other charges, after the media reported the Attorney General for allegedly allying with President Alejandro Giammattei “to attack judges and lawyers involved in anti-corruption cases.”
And not to mention El Salvador, where President Nayib Bukele accuses El Faro —one of his main critics— of money laundering without evidence.
The press is not the only stone that bothers Chaves. One of his first actions as president was to sign a decree to eliminate the mandatory nature of vaccines against COVID-19, contrary to medical recommendations, although it was later shown that he did not have the power to do so.
Together with his Minister of Health, he attacked the scientists of the National Vaccination Commission for refusing to remove the order to vaccinate children, adolescents, public and private employees, accusing them of “they like anomalous things”.
In early August, one of those specialists, Hugo Marín Piva, was excluded from the commission. Marín accused the government of being allied with anti-vaccine groups and pressuring the commission to comply with its orders without “the proper technical foundation.”
Very similar to when Trump threatened to impeach expert Anthony Fauci.
The problem is that, although the journalists shout to the heavens, it seems that Costa Ricans like Chaves’ confrontational style and embrace him in front of the critical press. Almost eight out of 10 Costa Ricans consider that his work has been “good or very good”, a record figure, according to a survey by the University of Costa Rica, one of the most credible.
At least until July, a majority supported the style with which Chaves has handled the media and considered him a firm president with leadership.
In this case, it could be that the effects of the pandemic on the Costa Rican economy, which registered the highest unemployment rate in Central America in 2021, or the recent corruption scandals in public works contracting, which led to the arrest of six mayors, dozens of officials and the owners of the largest construction companies in the country fed up the Ticos and fertilized the land where Chaves sowed his seed. Those were his campaign promises: “Restore hope” to unemployed people and entrepreneurs and fight corruption.
The obvious question is what will happen from now on. The president’s popularity will depend on what he can actually do to keep his promises. His party barely reached 10 seats in Congress and, like it or not, that is where any structural change is processed, so he is at the mercy of what he can negotiate with the opposition majority.
The cost of living and the economy are the main concern of the people and, despite a polarizing political campaign, the citizenry continues to strongly support the democratic system that sustains the country.
Specialists believe that Chaves’ high popularity is not a “blank check” or a “citizen mandate” for his government to disrespect democratic norms. Just as they support his president, at least for now, the Ticos also believe that he must comply with the laws.
And although the show and the confrontation with the press does not end and has complicated things for Chaves —on September 2 he dismissed his Minister of Communication without giving reasons, who later assured that the attacks on the press are a personal decision of the president and correspond to “open wounds” during the campaign—they can also generate a loyal fan base.
But it is to be expected that an authoritarian escalation on his part would not be welcome in a vain country, which likes to be recognized in the world as a “pura vida” little corner.
You can read the original, in Spanish, at Washingtonpost.com.
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O-Zone: Too Soon https://digitalarizonanews.com/o-zone-too-soon/
JACKSONVILLE – Let’s get to it …
Wally from Jacksonville
One very real concern I have with Trevor Lawrence is maybe he isn’t seeing the field as fast or as or as well as we all would’ve expected. That concern would be compounded by the relatively simple Clemson offense he came from. Maybe the learning curve is steep enough that Doug Pederson should retrofit his offense specifically for Trevor.
I don’t expect Jaguars Head Coach Doug Pederson to retrofit the offense. There was little-to-nothing about the Jaguars’ offense in Week 1 that Lawrence couldn’t/didn’t understand and there was little-to-nothing about the offense that didn’t work. Lawrence must make better decisions and more accurate passes in key situations for the Jaguars’ offense to run closer to maximum efficiency. That Lawrence wasn’t as good in these areas as he could have been in Week 1 isn’t cause for panic. But it is an example of where he is at this stage of his NFL development. I don’t know how quickly he will improve in these areas, but I sense there will be stops and starts and highs and lows this season. This also is not reason for panic and it’s also an example of where he is at this stage of his NFL development. He’s in his second NFL season and in his first season in a new offense. He was good at times in Week 1 and could have been better at times. How quickly will he be more consistent? That’s the No. 1 storyline of the Jaguars’ 2022 season.
JB from Saint Augustine
I hear a lot of coaches, including Doug Pederson, mention that a hurry-up offense can at times get a quarterback in rhythm. Quite a few have mentioned that Trevor is just better in those situations and when he’s just on the go. What is the hesitation to start games this way? Why don’t teams gameplan this on the first drive or two? Especially with an offense that seems to start slow. Is it easy to defend when everyone is coming in high energy? Is it an unwritten rule? Would Duval be chastised?
Teams typically don’t play up-tempo, two-minute offense throughout entire NFL games because of the strain it places on the entire team – particularly the defense. It’s fine to play up-tempo offense if you pick up first downs consistently. It’s wonderful and beautiful and exciting. If you don’t pick up first downs, then your defense is back on the field in a minute and a half or two minutes. It’s hard to win in professional football when you put your defense in that situation consistently.
Justin from North Augusta, SC
What’s up, O-Zone? As a Huuuuuge Clemson fan, I watched Trevor from freshman to National Champion to No. 1 1 pick in the NFL draft. He is special and he will be. People need to understand that last season our Jags maybe took two steps back with all the nonsense.
Justin, a huge Clemson fan, remains “all in.”
Jeremy from Gilbert, AZ
A slew of excuses are being made for how sloppy the Jags were at numerous points throughout the games and we’re blaming youth, new coach, systems, etc. How does that reconcile with the multiple practices Pederson cancelled leading up to the season? He said he was satisfied with what they had accomplished, so cancelling a practice here or there made sense. Hey, Jags: We’re still a mess way too often in the season opener (multiple illegal formation/shifts penalties, 12 men on the field, etc).
I don’t know that anyone has blamed youth, a new coach or new systems for the penalties committed in Week 1. Would three more minicamp practices in mid-June have helped? Would those three non-padded, non-contact practices made a major difference in a regular-season game three months later? Perhaps. If that’s what you want to believe, I suppose nothing written here would convince you otherwise.
JT from Palm Coast, FL
I wanted to be sure to mention James Robinson coming back this past weekend. If Game One was your first time watching the Jags, you would have never noticed that he was coming off of an Achilles less than a year ago. I’m sure it had to feel good for him. Cheers to his return!
One more fer J-Rob.
Peter from Duplek, Slovenia
Your thoughts on Roger Federer retiring? I know you’re a huge fan.
I was saddened by the news Thursday is Federer is retiring later this month, although it was hardly unexpected considering his age and the injuries he endured in recent years. I consider him perhaps my favorite athlete regardless of sport for many reasons: Skill level, grace and class foremost among them. I have learned in recent years as he has played less that I perhaps am as much a Federer fan as I am an overall tennis fan, and I wonder if I will follow the sport as closely moving forward. I doubt I am alone in that. Although has been passed in total grand slams by Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic I know I also am hardly alone in feeling that Federer defined the sport in a way that can’t be measured by numbers. As is the case with legends in any sport, there will be other greats. But there never will be another Federer.
Ryan from Apopka, FL
I can’t help and take a step back and ask you about Roger Federer. He announced his retirement from tennis after a 20-plus-year career and as arguably the greatest player of all time. Looking back, what was your favorite moment? Mine was his amazing five-set win over Andy at Wimbledon. As a Roddick fan I was pulling for him to get his second grand slam title, but it was one match I’ll never forget.
The 2009 Wimbledon title you mention was good. For me, the favorite Federer moment always will be: 2017 Australian Open final, fifth set, Federer up 4-3, Nadal serving, deuce, forehand winner down the line for Federer to end a 26-shot rally. It didn’t end the match, but if there was a shot that defined it – and a shot that set the tone for Federer’s remarkable career resurgence – that was it. Nadal to that point had been Federer’s nemesis, and it allowed Federer to sort of even up their rivalry in many ways. It was the sort of point Federer previously had lost to Nadal. It was a completely unexpected match and moment, with both players seeded low in the tournament because of injuries. In that sense, the entire tournament it felt like a gift. It was theater and emotion at the highest level. OK, that’s it for Federer talk. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Ed from Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
All we need this Sunday is a win. Dallas’ season is over. That’s another win that was probably predicted as a maybe loss. Why did you print so many negative comments? Are you getting more negatives than positive comments overall?
I answer questions in a way that best informs, entertains and interests the readers. I do my best to have each day be as informative and interesting – and as objective and as balanced – as possible given the circumstances of a given day. I often fail at this, but if I’m answering a lot of negative questions/comments it’s because I’m receiving a lot of negative questions/comments. That’s how it works.
Zac from Austin, Tejas
I think it’s going to be the Colts by at least two touchdowns, and you think it’s going to be the Colts by at least two touchdowns, and your opening line is going to be “last week they contended into the fourth quarter. Today, they did not.”
I don’t believe it will be the Colts by at least two touchdowns, although I do expect the Colts to win by a score or less. That probably won’t be my opening line.
Jim from New Smyrna
KOAF, Last year the team couldn’t get near the end zone and now this year, it is a struggle to get in. Is that about right?
Good eye.
Tudor from Saint Augustine, FL
Maybe I’m in the minority here, but given the atrocious Urban Meyer regime, I consider the 2022 season to be Trevor Lawrence’s rookie year. Let’s give him some real time under a REAL coach this season before we all lose our minds and call him mean names such as “Gabbert 2.0.” Too soon for such hurtful words IMO.
It’s a bit disingenuous to call 2022 Lawrence’s rookie season. Pederson has talked about Lawrence clearly having benefited from starting 17 games as a rookie. At the same time, Lawrence is playing a new offensive system with a slew of new skill players. That means he’s speaking a new NFL language with new teammates. Is it realistic to think he is playing as smoothly and instinctively as would be the case if he had been with Pederson and most of these teammates last season?
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The Ultimate Billionaire Tax Dodge https://digitalarizonanews.com/the-ultimate-billionaire-tax-dodge/
Entrepreneurs tend to hate paying taxes, and they love supporting pet causes. Now it’s becoming clearer how they can pass entire billion-dollar companies through a charitable loophole.
Why it matters: The tax code has incentives for owners to give their companies to non-profits. For the time being, such transactions remain relatively rare — but they seem certain to accelerate.
Driving the news: In the past year, at least two billion-dollar companies have been donated to obscure 501(c)(4) nonprofits — Tripp Lite, which makes electrical devices, and then, this week, Patagonia, which makes outdoor gear.
In both cases, the founders avoided paying any kind of capital gains or income tax on billions of dollars of value that they controlled and helped to create.
They also avoided paying gift tax — the tax that is normally payable whenever anybody makes gifts exceeding a lifetime limit of $12 million.
Details: Tripp Lite was donated by its founder, Barre Seid, to a group called the Marble Freedom Trust that immediately sold the company to Eaton Corporation for $1.6 billion, in a series of transactions documented by ProPublica and the NYT.
Patagonia was donated by its founder, Yvon Chouinard, to an entity he founded called the Holdfast Collective, designed to receive and spend the company’s profits in perpetuity.
Neither Marble Freedom Trust nor Holdfast Collective will ever pay any taxes on the billions they receive from Tripp Lite and Patagonia respectively.
How it works: The richest people in America tend to get that way not by earning money but by owning very large stakes in companies. When those stakes rise in value, no tax is payable unless and until they are sold.
If the stake is not sold at all but instead is given away charitably, then no tax is payable ever. Warren Buffett, for instance, has donated some $33 billion in Berkshire Hathaway shares to the Gates Foundation — shares that would generate billions of dollars in capital gains tax if he sold them himself, but that are not taxable when they’re first donated to a nonprofit and then sold.
The big picture: Hundreds of billionaires have signed the Giving Pledge, promising to give most of their wealth to charity. Until recently, it’s been very unclear how that is likely to work, in practice. But now there are models that can be replicated.
Mike Bloomberg, for instance, one of the signatories, could create a 501(c)(4) organization, working hand-in-hand with the existing Bloomberg Philanthropies, and donate Bloomberg LP to it, much as Chouinard did with Patagonia.
Even 501(c)(3) organizations are now allowed to own for-profit companies, under what’s known as The Newman’s Own Exception.
The impact: Patagonia and Tripp Lite will continue to pay corporate income taxes, unlike the many hospitals and universities that are run as businesses and control billions of dollars but that bask in tax-exempt status. But the U.S. government will never get a take of any of their massive decades-long increase in value.
Meanwhile: The fortunate recipients of Seid’s and Chouinard’s largesse are 501(c)(4)s — a set of organizations often known as dark-money groups. Unlike the more common 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s can get involved directly in electoral politics, giving money to candidates and campaigning for or against them.
Marble Freedom Trust and Holdfast Collective are at opposite ends of the political spectrum, but have similarly outsized ambitions.
Marble Freedom Trust is run by Leonard Leo, who helped to construct the Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative supermajority as Donald Trump’s adviser on judicial nominations. It’s expected to “supercharge efforts to further shift American politics to the right,” per ProPublica.
Details are scarce for who is running Holdfast Collective, but Axios Pro’s Megan Hernbroth reports that it “could remake the climate philanthropy space for decades.”
Between the lines: Both U.S. entrepreneurs were able to choose or even found nonprofits that were entirely aligned with their own visions. For the foreseeable future, the money will get spent in exactly the way that the billionaires wanted it to be spent.
What to watch: While Marble Freedom Trust is the more explicitly political of the two, the only way that Holdfast is going to be able to achieve its goals is by getting governments on board. Both organizations are ultimately in the business of spending money to try to bend democratic institutions to their will.
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Legal Expert: Trump's Dealings With Truth Social Merger May Have Violated The Law
Legal Expert: Trump's Dealings With Truth Social Merger May Have Violated The Law https://digitalarizonanews.com/legal-expert-trumps-dealings-with-truth-social-merger-may-have-violated-the-law/
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50 Migrants Arrive At Vice President Kamala Harris' Residence 3 More Buses To NYC
50 Migrants Arrive At Vice President Kamala Harris' Residence, 3 More Buses To NYC https://digitalarizonanews.com/50-migrants-arrive-at-vice-president-kamala-harris-residence-3-more-buses-to-nyc/
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Around 50 more migrants got off a bus outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington, D.C., Saturday.
Three more buses also arrived in New York City, as Texas continued to pressure sanctuary cities amid a surge of migrants crossing the southern border.
The D.C. bus carried people mostly from Venezuela, including a one-month-old baby. Aid workers quickly whisked the migrants away to a local shelter.
The transports come as the immigration issue has again rocketed to the forefront of national attention after planes carrying migrants arrived in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AGAIN IGNORES MIGRANT QUESTION, HUSBAND CALLS BUSSING ‘SHAMEFUL’
Around 50 more migrants arrived outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (Fox News Channel)
Around 50 more migrants arrived outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (Fox News Channel)
Three migrant buses arrived at New York City’s Port Authority terminal, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (Fox News Channel)
Three migrant buses arrived at New York City’s Port Authority terminal, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (Fox News Channel)
Two buses first arrived Thursday at the Naval Observatory in Washington, where Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff live.
Harris accused Republican governors of a “dereliction of duty” in a Vice News interview, and Emhoff called the arrivals “shameful” and a “political stunt.”
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Abrazo Arrowhead Unveils 1st Phase Of $3.6M Cardiac Suite In Glendale
Abrazo Arrowhead Unveils 1st Phase Of $3.6M Cardiac Suite In Glendale https://digitalarizonanews.com/abrazo-arrowhead-unveils-1st-phase-of-3-6m-cardiac-suite-in-glendale/
PHOENIX — The Abrazo Health Arrowhead Campus in Glendale unveiled its new Cardiac and Electrophysiology Suite, a $3.6 million project, on Wednesday.
Hospital doctors, employees and board members participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the cardiac catheterization lab, the first phase of the project, according to a press release.
The suite with state-of-the-art equipment will accommodate heart patients with procedures such as balloon angioplasty, stents and heart rhythm device placements.
“We are opening our brand new Cath and EP suite with the latest technology that we could invest in for cardiovascular care,” Abrazo Arrowhead Campus CEO Stephen Garner said in the release. “I’d like to thank everyone for their support for these improvements to provide advanced technology and health resources for our community.
“We are thrilled to have this new equipment because we have such a fantastic team who provides excellent clinical care. We want to make sure we have the latest technology to match their dedication and are really excited to start our first cases in this suite.”
The new heart treatment area of the building will help the hospital diagnose and care for a wide array of heart conditions.
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New York (CNN Business)Inflation has made it hard to buy much with a buck these days.
“If you had a $2 bill, perfect,” said Heather McCabe, a writer and $2 bill evangelist who runs the blog Two Buckaroo chronicling her spending with twos and other people’s reactions. “It’s a very useful thing to pay for a small amount.”
Yet the $2 note is the unloved child of paper currency.
It’s considered a curiosity to some and scorned by others in the United States. The myths around the $2 bill — nicknamed “Tom” by fans because it features Thomas Jefferson’s portrait on the front — are endless. Many Americans think $2 bills are rare, are not printed anymore or have gone out of circulation.
Wrong.
The Treasury Department’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) will print up to 204 million $2 bills this year, based on an annual order from the Federal Reserve System. There were 1.4 billion $2 bills in circulation in 2020, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve.
But $2 bills account for just 0.001% of the value of the $2 trillion worth of currency in circulation.
BEP doesn’t have to request new $2 bills each year, like it does for other bills. That’s because $2 bills are used so infrequently and last longer in circulation. The Fed orders them every few years and works down the inventory.
“Many Americans have pretty dubious assumptions about the $2 bill. Nothing happened to the $2 bill. It’s still being made. It’s being circulated,” McCabe said. “Americans misunderstand their own currency to the extent they don’t use it.”
Bad luck
The United States first issued $2 bills beginning in 1862, around the time the federal government first started printing paper money. Alexander Hamilton’s portrait was on the two until a new series was printed in 1869 with Jefferson.
But the deuce was unpopular and never gained a foothold with the public.
A major reason: The the $2 bill was considered bad luck. Superstitious people would rip off the corners of the bill to “reverse the curse,” making the bills unfit to use.
“He who sits in a game of chance with a two-dollar bill in his pocket is thought to be saddled with a jinx,” the New York Times said in a 1925 article. “They have been avoided as ill-starred.”
The two was also known for keeping controversial company. It was associated with gambling, where it was the standard bet at racetracks, and prostitution.
And during the nineteenth century, crony candidates frequently used $2 bills to bribe voters. Someone holding a $2 bill was thought to have sold a vote to a crooked politician.
The Treasury Department during the 1900s tried unsuccessfully several times to popularize the use of the $2 bill. In 1966, it gave up and discontinued printing the bills “because a lack of public demand.”
But a decade later, as the United States approached the bicentennial, the Treasury designed a new $2 bill series with a portrait of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on the back.
The aim was to cut the number of $1 bills in circulation and save the Treasury money on production costs.
But the relaunch in 1976 failed. People viewed the new version as a collector’s item and hoarded them instead of going out and spending them.
The Postal Service offered to stamp them only on April 13, the first day they were issued in honor of Jefferson’s birthday, unintentionally adding to the idea that they were commemorative bills -— a misconception that continues to this day.
“The press and public now tend to link the $2 bill with the Susan B. Anthony dollar under the general heading of ‘fiascos,'” the New York Times said in 1981.
There’s no rational reason why $2 bills aren’t as popular as other bills, said Paolo Pasquariello, a professor of finance at the University of Michigan. But people exhibit a preference for multiples of 1 and 5, he said.
Another reason $2 bills never took off: Cash registers, invented in the late 1800s, were never designed with a place to hold them, so cashiers didn’t know where to stash them.
“There wasn’t an alteration of cash registers for $2 bills,” said Heather McCabe. “The infrastructure of paying for things didn’t change. There was not an adjustment of how people work with that bill.”
If cash registers had a familiar slot for $2 bills, the bill would be more popular, she argued.
$2 subculture
But there are people who swear by $2 bills. In fact, communities and subcultures have developed around them.
US Air Force pilots who fly U-2 spy planes always keep a $2 bill in their flight suits.
Since the 1970s, fans of Clemson University’s Tigers football team have paid and tipped with $2 bills -— “Tiger Twos” — in other cities’ restaurants, bars, shops and hotels. The tradition started as a way to prove to Georgia Tech in Atlanta that it would benefit the city to schedule games against Clemson.
“There is a degree of popularity to them. There is a sense of excitement,” said Jesse Kraft, a curator at the American Numismatic Society. “But as far as putting them back into circulation, that’s the key that’s missing.”
Kraft is a proponent of adopting $2 bills more widely.
He notes that it’s about half as expensive for the Treasury to print a $2 bill than higher denominations, which come with costlier security features on the paper. It’s also more efficient to print $2 bills than $1 bills because the Treasury can print twice as much for the same amount of money and requires less storage.
John Bennardo, who made a 2015 film about $2 bills called “The Two Dollar Bill Documentary,” has made it his mission to “educate people and enlighten them and start using $2 bills in their life.”
In short, he concludes, $2 bills are underappreciated in the United States and a way for strangers to meet and engage.
“You will get remembered if you use a $2 bill,” Bennardo said. “It has this ability to connect people in way that other bills don’t. It opens up a dialogue between you and the cashier.”
“It’s a practical bill with inflation. But it’s social currency as well.”
CNN’s Harry Enten contributed to this article.
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ULM Vs. Alabama Picks And Best Bets For Week 3 https://digitalarizonanews.com/ulm-vs-alabama-picks-and-best-bets-for-week-3/
The No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide return home on Saturday to play host to the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks at 4 p.m. ET. The game will take place at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, AL, and will air on the SEC Network.
Louisiana-Monroe (1-1) picked up its first victory of the season when pummeling in-state foe Nicholls for a 35-7 win. Quarterback Chandler Rogers was in control for the Warhawks, going 20-25 through the air for 253 yards and two touchdowns and also added 55 yards and a touchdown on the ground.
Alabama (2-0), of course, narrowly escaped Austin last weekend with a 20-19 nailbiter victory over Texas. Down by two with less than two minutes left, quarterback Bryce Young marched his team down the field to set up a game-winning 33-yard field goal by Will Reichard with just 10 seconds left. The Crimson Tide won despite committing 15 penalties for 100 yards, the most of the Nick Saban era. Jase McClellan led the team in rushing with six carries for 97 yards and a touchdown.
Here’s all the data you’ll want, and a pick for the game!
SP+ Rankings
ULM: 124th overall, 115th offense, 126th defense
Alabama: 2nd overall, 2nd offense, 4th defense
Injury update
ULM
No new injuries to report.
Alabama
WR Tyler Harrell – Out (Foot)
ATS/Total
Against The Spread
ULM: 1-1 ATS
Alabama: 1-1 ATS
Total
ULM: Over 0-2
Alabama: Over 0-2
Returning/Overall Talent from 247Sports
ULM: 104th overall, 54th offense, 124th defense
Alabama: 50th overall, 72nd offense, 42nd defense
Current lines at DraftKings Sportsbook
Spread: Alabama -49.5
Total: 61.5
Moneyline: No moneyline
Opening line: Alabama -50
Opening total: 60
Weather
88 degrees, sunny, 6 MPH winds ESE
The Pick
Alabama -49.5
Alabama could decide to bench its starters in this one and it would still be an overwhelming blowout. The only thing preventing the Tide covering is if Saban decided to play things ultra conservatively in the second half and even then that might not be enough. Don’t overthink this, roll with the Tide.
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Immigration Might Be Overrated As Key To Hispanic Vote
Immigration Might Be Overrated As Key To Hispanic Vote https://digitalarizonanews.com/immigration-might-be-overrated-as-key-to-hispanic-vote/
September 17, 2022 06:35 AM
Joe Biden won 65% of the Hispanic vote in the last presidential election. He campaigned on defending the working class and fixing the U.S. immigration system. Two years into his presidency, he has so far failed to do so, and Hispanic voters are increasingly deserting the Democratic Party. With the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, this Washington Examiner series, Taken For Granted, will look at how Biden and Democratic Party policies are failing to connect with the Latino electorate, how Donald Trump and Republicans have benefited, and how it could swing the November midterm elections.
Democrats, and some Republicans, may have exaggerated the centrality of immigration to winning over Hispanic voters.
This, in addition to the failure of Democrats to pass immigration legislation when they’ve controlled both the White House and Congress, could be a factor in Latinos emerging as a possible swing vote ahead of the midterm elections.
President Joe Biden campaigned on an immigration overhaul and has largely allowed a record migrant surge to continue at the border throughout most of his presidency, even as his job approval rating on the issue tumbled into the 30s in most polls.
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Biden saw his national share of the Hispanic vote decline relative to Hillary Clinton in 2016. In parts of Texas and Florida, the losses were even worse, putting both states out of reach.
According to Civiqs, Biden’s job approval rating among Hispanics is 51% — improved from the summer and above his overall approval rating but well below his 65% vote share from this demographic in the last presidential race.
Biden and congressional Democrats sought to include immigration reforms in their sprawling reconciliation bill to address lagging support from Latinos. “Democrats are under pressure to find an immigration proposal that conforms with Senate budget rules ahead of a midterm election in which the party must motivate Hispanic voters to turn out,” is how a report in Bloomberg Government put it.
“I bring up every year that we’re slipping with Latino males who are becoming more and more cynical about the Democratic brand,” Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-IL), chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’s campaign arm, told the outlet. “The only thing they actually favor Democrats for is comprehensive immigration reform.”
The Senate parliamentarian ruled these immigration provisions were out of order as part of the partisan budget process. They did not end up in the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act, the scaled-down bill that did finally emerge from reconciliation.
But in 2020, immigration ranked eighth among Hispanic voter concerns, according to the Pew Research Center. Only 50% of Hispanic men rated it as very important to their presidential vote.
Neither are Hispanic views on immigration monolithic. An Axios-Ipsos poll released last month found that 51% of Hispanics believed it was most important to “help immigrants escape poverty and violence in their home countries and find success here,” compared to 43% who responded in favor of “secure U.S. borders and help U.S. citizens.”
Hispanic voters were further divided on this issue based on age, national origin, and party affiliation. While 73% of Hispanics from Central America said it was most important to help immigrants, for example, 58% of Cubans chose securing the border and helping U.S. citizens.
One Republican pollster told the Washington Examiner a trend among Hispanic men toward the GOP was first evident in the 2018 midterm elections, in which Democrats took control of the House in a rebuke of former President Donald Trump.
But Republicans have also at times viewed immigration as the primary way to appeal to Hispanic voters. After a disappointing presidential election loss in 2012, the Republican National Committee conducted an “autopsy” that concluded “comprehensive immigration reform,” a policy viewed by many conservative voters as amnesty for illegal immigrants, was central to winning over the Hispanic vote.
“If Hispanic Americans perceive that a GOP nominee or candidate does not want them in the United States (i.e. self-deportation), they will not pay attention to our next sentence,” the report stated. “It does not matter what we say about education, jobs or the economy; if Hispanics think we do not want them here, they will close their ears to our policies.”
“We were convinced that the Hispanic voters Republicans could attract most easily were those who agreed with White working class Republicans about the need for more immigration enforcement and less annual immigration,” writes Jim Robb in his forthcoming book Political Migrants: Hispanic Voters on the Move. “The RNC autopsy report, on the other hand, had advised trying to appeal to the Hispanic voters whose attitudes were the most different.”
President George W. Bush had won upward of 44% of the Hispanic vote in his 2004 reelection bid. He had supported unsuccessful legislative attempts to reform immigration that would have given legal status to a large majority of undocumented immigrants already in the United States. But the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), a key leader of those legislative efforts, won just 32% of the Hispanic vote as the GOP presidential nominee in 2008.
Four years later, Mitt Romney won just 27% of the Hispanic vote. Bob Dole took only 21% of Hispanics in the 1996 presidential race. Dole had supported the 1986 immigration amnesty but also the 1994 California ballot initiative Proposition 187, which curtailed taxpayer funds for illegal immigrants.
But Trump marginally improved Romney’s Hispanic vote share in 2016, if anything doubling down on a tough immigration enforcement message. Running for reelection, Trump won the highest share of the Hispanic vote of any GOP nominee since Bush in 2004.
Pandemic business closures, “defund the police,” and the rhetorical embrace of socialism by a subset of progressive Democrats were believed by strategists in both parties to have played a larger role in this swing than immigration. While Democrats could still regain momentum with these voters, as busing of immigrants explodes as a political issue, Republicans are now talking about becoming a multiracial working-class party.
Democrats may also be recalibrating. In his speech at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Gala, Biden mentioned the word “immigration” only once and “DREAMers” twice, though he did attack unnamed “Republican officials” for “political stunts” at the border.
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A shock Wall Street Journal poll taken earlier this year showed the two parties virtually tied among Hispanics in the generic congressional ballot and a hypothetical 2024 rematch between Biden and the former president, with most Hispanic men favoring Trump.
“Latinos are more and more becoming swing voters. … They’re a swing vote that we’re going to have to fight for,” John Anzalone, the Democratic pollster who worked on the Wall Street Journal survey, told the outlet at the time.
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GOP Lawmakers Introduce Mandatory Minimum Illegal Firearms | Five For The Weekend Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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Government & Politics
For a first offense, the bill proposes a sentence be a minimum of eleven months but under two years
Happy weekend, all.
Two Bucks County lawmakers say they plan to introduce legislation that would establish a mandatory minimum sentence for the illegal possession of firearms.
Republican state Reps. Frank Farry and Kathleen “K.C.” Tomlinson joined law enforcement officials in Bensalem Township on Friday to announce the new legislation.
“This legislation will send a message across the Commonwealth that felons who possess firearms will not walk away unpunished,” Farry said. “And we don’t just need to take that firearm out of the felon’s hands. We need to take the felon off the street.”
The legislation would establish a new mandatory minimum sentence for previously convicted offenders. For a first offense, the bill proposes a sentence be a minimum of eleven months but under two years.
According to lawmakers, the bill would then increase the mandatory minimum sentence for each subsequent offense.
“Our legislation creates serious punishment to hold these criminals accountable and hopefully send the message that these kind[s] of violent acts will not be tolerated,” Tomlinson said.
CeaseFire PA Executive Director Adam Garber expressed concern the bill wouldn’t target the source of illegal firearms – traffickers and some gun stores.
“For years, we have tried to only arrest our way out of a gun violence problem that has spiraled out of control,” Garber said. “The evidence makes it clear it hasn’t worked. While we must hold violent offenders accountable, until Rep. Tomlinson and Rep. Farry get serious about going after the source of illegal guns, we will continue to lose lives.”
As always, the top five stories from this week are below.
1. New Pa. poll points to trouble for Republicans on abortion | Mark O’Keefe
There are surprises in just about every political poll, but some numbers from the recent Franklin and Marshall College poll showed particularly astounding results.
In the poll conducted by Franklin & Marshall College’s Center for Opinion Research, John Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor, leads GOP candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz 43 percent to 30 percent in the Senate race with 20 percent undecided, while Josh Shapiro leads GOP state Sen. Doug Mastriano 44 percent to 33 percent in the race for governor with 19 percent undecided.
Nothing was surprising in those numbers. Both Fetterman and Shapiro jumped out to early leads and have continued to enjoy comfortable leads in both races.
Lt; Gov. John Fetterman in his Capitol office (Capital-Star photo by John L. Micek)
2. No, John Fetterman isn’t wearing a tie. And you need to stop talking about that | John L. Micek
So, this isn’t a “John Fetterman” column. And you know what we’re talking about here.
After more than two years on the statewide political stage, there’s already a well-established journalistic shorthand for Pennsylvania’s new lieutenant governor.
It’s the lather, rinse, repeat formula of “black clothes, bald head, tattoos, gosh he’s tall but skinnier, cheerleader for the struggling steel town of Braddock, Pa.” that’s launched a thousand profiles — including a recent one by NYMag.com.
And while all that’s true about Fetterman, it often feels like the media branding of Gov. Tom Wolf’s second-in-command overshadows the actual human behind it.
Supporters of former President Donald Trump have threatened violence against the FBI after the law enforcement agency executed a search warrant at the former president’s residence in Florida (Getty Images).
3. Trump isn’t going to jail. And that’s good news for Democrats | Bruce Ledewitz
Democrats are aware that the search of former President Donald Trump’s home by the FBI hurt the Party politically. This Aug. 17 headline from The New York Times, referencing the Inflation Reduction Act, says it all: President Takes a Bow, but Spotlight Stays on His Predecessor.
Yet, even with this knowledge, 88 percent of Democrats want Trump charged for fomenting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Slightly over half of Democrats think he will be.
Undoubtedly, Democrats are also hoping that state criminal investigations into financial improprieties and election interference will lead to prosecutions.
And now there is concrete evidence from the search of his home that Trump broke the law by possessing “top secret” documents. Since no one is above the law, surely now there must be a criminal case.
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee John Fetterman (L) and Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mehmet Oz (R)
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4. Oz clarifies abortion views, Fetterman capitalizes on conflicting views in Senate race
Pennsylvania’s position as an abortion battleground state is taking shape in the U.S. Senate race, with John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee, capitalizing on conflicting statements from Mehmet Oz, his Republican opponent, in the high-profile contest.
Fetterman, who said he would support codifying Roe v. Wade if elected, has recently focused on Oz, who clarified his stance on abortion this month, and his views on reproductive health.
Oz told reporters at a press conference in Philadelphia this month that he would not support criminal penalties for people who sought or doctors who performed abortions. Describing himself as “strongly pro-life,” he added that he supports exceptions for rape, incest, or if the mother’s life is at risk.
Tori Tambellini, former Starbucks employee and current organizer with Workers United (Pittsburgh City Paper photo).
5. From steelworkers to baristas: the new face of Pittsburgh’s evolving labor movement
Six months ago, Tori Tambellini barely knew what a union was; now, the recent college graduate wants to devote her career to the labor movement.
Having worked as a barista throughout the coronavirus pandemic years, Tambellini helped found the union for Starbucks’ Market Square location this spring, after organizers from other shops convinced her it could give staff a voice in workplace issues they’d long felt excluded from.
She was fired six weeks later in a move she sees as thinly disguised retribution from her employer. Instead of feeling cowed, though, Tambellini said she feels confident and energized.
And that’s the week. We’ll see you back here next week.
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The Lookout: A Roundup Of News From The Sierra Club
The Lookout: A Roundup Of News From The Sierra Club https://digitalarizonanews.com/the-lookout-a-roundup-of-news-from-the-sierra-club/
By the Numbers
421 parts per million: The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured in May. That’s 50 percent higher than CO₂ levels before the Industrial Revolution and a level Earth hasn’t seen in millions of years.
35: The percent increase in monarch butterflies that overwintered in Mexico last winter compared with the previous year.
0: The carbon budget left to accommodate new coal plants, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. To limit global temperature rise to 2.7°F, coal use needs to fall by 75 percent by 2030.
6,200: The number of new union jobs created by Ford and the United Auto Workers in their push to manufacture electric vehicles.
Alerts
Earth Comes First
Despite local opposition, the Federal Aviation Administration approved a license for the biggest rocket in history, SpaceX’s Starship. The project will expand operations in Boca Chica, Texas, an unincorporated community on the Gulf of Mexico. Explosions, fires, and water contamination from SpaceX threaten nearby communities as well as sensitive coastal ecosystems that are home to endangered species, including the ocelot and the snowy plover.
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Invisible but Deadly
A recent inspection by air above Bakersfield, California, revealed that two idle oil wells, located 370 feet from a residential neighborhood, are leaking massive amounts of methane, with concentrations of 50,000 parts per million and 20,000 ppm, respectively. Methane is a greenhouse gas that, in the short term, has 80 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. Oil and gas wells also leak a cocktail of chemicals called volatile organic compounds that are associated with asthma, cancer, and nervous-system damage.
» Read more: sc.org/bakersfield
Clean Schools
The Biden-Harris administration approved a program to replace diesel school buses. This year, under the new program, the EPA will distribute $500 million for schools to purchase electric buses. The program also allocates $4.5 billion for future years. Diesel engines are the single largest source of black carbon, a potent driver of global warming that is also terrible for public health; it’s associated with cancer, heart and lung disease, and asthma.
Victories
Win for Wildlife
In a major legal victory in July, a federal district court restored comprehensive Endangered Species Act protections for hundreds of species and their habitats when it threw out harmful regulations put in place by the Trump administration. The case involved a lawsuit filed by Earthjustice on behalf of the Sierra Club and other environmental groups, joined later by a group of states. “In the midst of a global extinction crisis,” said Sierra Club attorney Karimah Schoenhut, “the court’s decision to vacate the rules will help ensure that imperiled species receive the protections they desperately need.”
Clean Air for All
Following extensive organizing by the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign, Environmental Law Program, and Grand Canyon Chapter, the Arizona Corporation Commission voted to reject a proposal from the Salt River Project to expand the gas-fired Coolidge Generating Station. The proposed expansion included 16 new gas turbines and would have polluted the historically Black community of Randolph, which already suffers the environmental and health impacts of the Coolidge plant.
Don’t Try That on Us
The Kern County Superior Court has prevented the county from fast-tracking tens of thousands of new oil and gas wells. The court ruled that the attempt, which was based on a single environmental review, failed to meet the minimum requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. Most important in that ruling was the fact that the review failed to disclose the magnitude of effects on marginalized communities and didn’t address the impact of the wells on productive agricultural land.
Chapter Corner
No More Gaslighting
A new law in Colorado requires oil and gas companies to disclose the chemicals used in oil and gas production—information chemical manufacturers have long been able to hide, citing trade secrets. It also bans the use of PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” in these operations. The first-in-the-nation bill originated with and was drafted by the Sierra Club’s Colorado Chapter. To build support for it, leaders of the chapter worked hard to develop close relationships with key legislators, while members were persistent in calling and writing letters to their representatives. “Knowing that a particular list of chemicals is being used would be helpful for first responders, researchers, and public health officials,” said Ramesh Bhatt, the chapter’s conservation chair. “Hopefully this will force the industry to think about what they’re using.”
Leave the Ocean Alone
For 15 years, volunteers at the Angeles Chapter have rallied alongside Sierra Club California and ally organizations to stop a proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach. In June, they achieved a major win when the California Coastal Commission voted unanimously to deny development company Brookfield-Poseidon permits to begin construction. Concentrated brine from the plant would have created a marine dead zone, and emissions from the energy-intensive desalination process would have the potential to exacerbate the climate crisis, said Charming Evelyn, chair of the Angeles Chapter’s water committee. “California is saying we want to be carbon neutral, yet here we are building a plant that would put a bunch of greenhouse gases into the air,” she said.
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Campaign Updates
Making Electric Vehicles More Accessible
Lack of access to convenient charging is a major reason why people hesitate to adopt electric vehicles. In June, following months of advocacy from the Sierra Club’s Clean Transportation for All campaign, the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration said it would establish minimum standards for EV charging. “These will make the charging experience more convenient, in turn driving up EV demand,” said Hieu Le, a senior campaign representative for Clean Transportation for All.
Justice for Pueblo
Colorado’s newest and largest coal plant is set to retire early, thanks in part to efforts from the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign. In June, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission concluded deliberations for a settlement with XCel Energy, the company that owns the Comanche 3 coal plant. Based on this new settlement, the plant will retire no later than January 1, 2031. “This victory really can’t be understated,” said Anna McDevitt, a senior representative for Beyond Coal. “This is a plant that was built with the anticipation that it would operate until 2070.” Comanche 3 is located in Pueblo, a majority-Latino community, which has suffered from air pollution and groundwater contamination as a result of the plant. This settlement forces XCel Energy to pay taxes to Pueblo every year through 2040. “Pueblo community members are literally going to be able to breathe easier after 2030,” McDevitt said.
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Consequences In Life And Chess [letter] https://digitalarizonanews.com/consequences-in-life-and-chess-letter/
With all the craziness in the world, I’m glad it appears that Donald Trump is getting what’s due to him. I can’t believe he had classified and top-secret files with him, possibly for anyone to see.
If you have ever played chess, you can understand how Trump has seemingly been used as a pawn and, in turn, uses others as pawns.
The U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights give everyone the freedom to think for themselves. If you don’t want to be treated badly, don’t treat others badly.
Hopefully people are waking up to the fact that there are consequences in life and realizing that we must answer for our existence.
I hope this makes each person who listens to the news wiser. Regarding Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz, ask yourself if you want someone who has peddled diet pills in the government, or if you want someone who really has your back.
When all the pieces are cleared from the chess board and people get what they have coming, it’s checkmate!
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Trump Now Openly Embraces Amplifies QAnon Conspiracy Theories
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FILE – Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 3, 2022. Trump is increasingly embracing and endorsing the QAnon conspiracy theory, even as the number of frightening real-world incidents linked to the movement increase.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
After winking at QAnon for years, Donald Trump is overtly embracing the baseless conspiracy theory, even as the number of frightening real-world events linked to it grows.
On Tuesday, using his Truth Social platform, the Republican former president reposted an image of himself wearing a Q lapel pin overlaid with the words “The Storm is Coming.” In QAnon lore, the “storm” refers to Trump’s final victory, when supposedly he will regain power and his opponents will be tried, and potentially executed, on live television.
As Trump contemplates another run for the presidency and has become increasingly assertive in the Republican primary process during the midterm elections, his actions show that far from distancing himself from the political fringe, he is welcoming it.
He’s published dozens of recent Q-related posts, in contrast to 2020, when he claimed that while he didn’t know much about QAnon, he couldn’t disprove its conspiracy theory.
Pressed on QAnon theories that Trump allegedly is saving the nation from a satanic cult of child sex traffickers, he claimed ignorance but asked, “Is that supposed to be a bad thing?”
“If I can help save the world from problems, I’m willing to do it,” Trump said.
Trump’s recent postings have included images referring to himself as a martyr fighting criminals, psychopaths and the so-called deep state. In one now-deleted post from late August, he reposted a “q drop,” one of the cryptic message board postings that QAnon supporters claim come from an anonymous government worker with top secret clearance.
A Trump spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
Even when his posts haven’t referred to the conspiracy theory directly, Trump has amplified users who do. An Associated Press analysis found that of nearly 75 accounts Trump has reposted on his Truth Social profile in the past month, more than a third of them have promoted QAnon by sharing the movement’s slogans, videos or imagery. About 1 in 10 include QAnon language or links in their profile bios.
Earlier this month, Trump chose a QAnon song to close out a rally in Pennsylvania. The same song appears in one of his recent campaign videos and is titled “WWG1WGA,” an acronym used as a rallying cry for Q adherents that stands for “Where we go one, we go all.”
Online, Q adherents basked in Trump’s attention.
“Yup, haters!” wrote one commenter on an anonymous QAnon message board. “Trump re-truthed Q memes. And he’ll do it again, more and more of them, over and OVER, until (asterisk)everyone(asterisk) finally gets it. Make fun of us all you want, whatever! Soon Q will be everywhere!”
“Trump Sending a Clear Message Patriots,” a QAnon-linked account on Truth Social wrote. “He Re-Truthed This for a Reason.”
The former president may be seeking solidarity with his most loyal supporters at a time when he faces escalating investigations and potential challengers within his own party, according to Mia Bloom, a professor at Georgia State University who has studied QAnon and recently wrote a book about the group.
“These are people who have elevated Trump to messiah-like status, where only he can stop this cabal,” Bloom told the AP on Thursday. “That’s why you see so many images (in online QAnon spaces) of Trump as Jesus.”
On Truth Social, QAnon-affiliated accounts hail Trump as a hero and savior and vilify President Joe Biden by comparing him to Adolf Hitler or the devil. When Trump shares the content, they congratulate each other. Some accounts proudly display how many times Trump has “re-truthed” them in their bios.
By using their own language to directly address QAnon supporters, Trump is telling them that they’ve been right all along and that he shares their secret mission, according to Janet McIntosh, an anthropologist at Brandeis University who has studied QAnon’s use of language and symbols.
It also allows Trump to endorse their beliefs and their hope for a violent uprising without expressly saying so, she said, citing his recent post about “the storm” as a particularly frightening example.
“The ‘storm is coming’ is shorthand for something really dark that he’s not saying out loud,” McIntosh said. “This is a way for him to point to violence without explicitly calling for it. He is the prince of plausible deniability.”
Bloom predicted that Trump may later attempt to market Q-related merchandise or perhaps ask QAnon followers to donate to his legal defense.
Regardless of motive, Bloom said, it’s a reckless move that feeds a dangerous movement.
A growing list of criminal episodes has been linked to people who had expressed support for the conspiracy theory, which U.S. intelligence officials have warned could trigger more violence.
QAnon supporters were among those who violently stormed the Capitol during the failed Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
In November 2020, two men drove to a vote-counting site in Philadelphia in a Hummer adorned with QAnon stickers and loaded with a rifle, 100 rounds of ammunition and other weapons. Prosecutors alleged they were trying to interfere with the election.
Last year, a California man who told authorities he had been enlightened by QAnon was accused of killing his two children because he believed they had serpent DNA.
Last month, a Colorado woman was found guilty of attempting to kidnap her son from foster care after her daughter said she began associating with QAnon supporters. Other adherents have been accused of environmental vandalism, firing paintballs at military reservists, abducting a child in France and even killing a New York City mob boss.
On Sunday, police fatally shot a Michigan man who they say had killed his wife and severely injured his daughter. A surviving daughter told The Detroit News that she believes her father was motivated by QAnon.
“I think that he was always prone to (mental issues), but it really brought him down when he was reading all those weird things on the internet,” she told the newspaper.
The same weekend a Pennsylvania man who had reposted QAnon content on Facebook was arrested after he allegedly charged into a Dairy Queen with a gun, saying he wanted to kill all Democrats and restore Trump to power.
Major social media platforms including YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have banned content associated with QAnon and have suspended or blocked accounts that seek to spread it. That’s forced much of the group’s activities onto platforms that have less moderation, including Telegram, Gab and Trump’s struggling platform, Truth Social.
FILE – Supporters of President Donald Trump, including Doug Jensen, center, confront U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. The former president is increasingly embracing and endorsing the QAnon conspiracy theory, even as the number of frightening real-world incidents linked to the movement increase. On Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, using his Truth Social platform, Trump reposted an image of himself — wearing a Q lapel pin — overlaid with the words “The Storm is Coming.” (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
FILE – A QAnon conspiracy theory button sits affixed to the purse of an attendee of the Nebraska Election Integrity Forum on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. Former President Donald Trump is increasingly embracing and endorsing the QAnon conspiracy theory, even as the number of frightening real-world incidents linked to the movement increase. On Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, using his Truth Social platform, Trump reposted an image of himself — wearing a Q lapel pin — overlaid with the words “The Storm is Coming.” (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz, File)
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Biden Warns Putin Against Use Of Unconventional Weapons As Russia Suffers Losses
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President Biden has repeatedly said that any use by Russia of unconventional weapons would have serious consequences. Credit…Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
KYIV, Ukraine — President Biden has once again warned President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia against using unconventional or nuclear weapons to try to turn the tide of the war in Moscow’s favor, saying that such an action would “change the face of war unlike anything since World War II.”
Speaking in an interview with the CBS News program “60 Minutes” that is scheduled to air on Sunday, Mr. Biden said that the United States’ response would be “consequential,” though he declined to go into detail.
“You think I would tell you if I knew exactly what it would be? Of course I’m not going to tell you. It’ll be consequential,” Mr. Biden said, according to an excerpt from the interview. “They’ll become more of a pariah in the world than they ever have been. And depending on the extent of what they do will determine what response would occur.”
His warning was in response to an interviewer’s question, not in light of any newly released intelligence suggesting that the threat had changed.
The comments came as Russian forces have been left reeling from retreats on the battlefield in Ukraine and as Mr. Putin faces intensifying questions back home over how he has conducted the war.
The leaders of Mr. Putin’s two most consequential strategic partners, India and China, both raised concerns about the war this past week, puncturing the Kremlin’s message that Russia was far from isolated as a result of the war.
Some Western officials have expressed concern that the more cornered Mr. Putin feels, the greater the chance that he might turn to unconventional weapons like a tactical or low-yield nuclear weapon, which can be fired at relatively short distances, as opposed to “strategic” nuclear weapons that can be launched over much longer distances.
In April, the C.I.A. director warned about how Mr. Putin could turn to such weapons in “desperation.”
The director, William J. Burns, said it was a possibility that the United States remained “very concerned” about, although he said that, at that stage of the war, Washington had seen no “practical evidence” of the kinds of military deployments or movement of weapons to suggest that such a move was imminent.
Mr. Biden has repeatedly said that the use of such weapons would have serious consequences.
Despite the setbacks and the loss of tens of thousands of Russian soldiers in Ukraine, Mr. Putin has showed no signs of changing course. On Friday, he threatened to escalate his forces’ attacks.
In a news conference in Uzbekistan at the conclusion of a regional summit, Mr. Putin claimed that Ukraine was trying to carry out “terrorist acts” inside Russia and “to damage our civilian infrastructure.”
Ukraine has occasionally hit fuel and military targets in Russia’s border region but has denied targeting civilian infrastructure, and Mr. Putin offered no evidence to back up his assertion.
“We are, indeed, responding rather restrainedly, but that’s for the time being,” Mr. Putin said. “The Russian armed forces delivered a couple of sensitive blows there. Well, what about that? We will assume that these are warning strikes. If the situation continues to develop in this way, the answer will be more serious.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has sought to seize on his country’s military advances to bolster the resolve of Western allies, using it as proof that Ukraine is capable not only of mounting an effective defense, but also of driving Russian forces from the country and winning the war.
At the same time, he has called on the world to respond to the mounting evidence of atrocities in recently de-occupied parts of northeastern Ukraine.
“Exhumation of bodies continues at a mass burial site near Izium,” he said in his overnight address. “As of now, more than 440 graves have been found. It is too early to say about the number of people buried there — investigations are ongoing,” he said. “There is already clear evidence of torture, humiliating treatment of people.”
“The world must react to all this,” he said.
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A city block in Izium on Wednesday. Civilian infrastructure in Ukraine has been damaged throughout the war, with Ukrainian officials claiming the Russian military has targeted it purposefully.Credit…Nicole Tung for The New York Times
The discovery this week of hundreds of bodies buried in a forest near the northeastern Ukrainian city of Izium has cast a renewed spotlight on potential war crimes and prompted fresh calls to hold Russia accountable for any abuses committed during their occupation of the city.
Investigators say the discoveries recall the broad evidence of atrocities by Russian soldiers in towns like Bucha, near Kyiv. But many of the bodies have not been identified, and the causes of death, or even how many were civilians and how many were soldiers, are not yet known.
While the work to clarify how the deaths occurred in Izium continued, Antony J. Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, said on Friday that it was vital to push for legal accountability.
At a news conference in Washington, he said it was “important that even as the Ukrainians do everything they can to take back the land that’s been seized from them by Russia in this aggression, that at the same time we’re all working to build the evidence and document the atrocities that have been committed.”
“And in many instances, these will amount to war crimes,” he added.
Indiscriminate attacks on Ukrainian civilians have become a hallmark of Russia’s invasion, among them devastating strikes on hospitals, private residences and other targets that have killed and injured thousands.
After Russian forces withdrew from Bucha in April, they left signs of atrocities in their wake.
Investigators building cases for war crimes face immense challenges. More than six months into the war, there are as many as 20,000 continuing war crimes investigations, with multiple countries and international agencies at work, and a high burden of proof to reach a conviction.
In his nightly address on Friday, Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, repeated some of what had been found in Izium and said there was “evidence of torture, humiliating treatment of people.”
“The world must react to all this,” he said.
Next week, he will have the attention of the world’s leaders. The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to let him deliver a prerecorded address to the gathering of world leaders in New York, making an exception to its requirement that all leaders speak in person.
A war crime is an act committed during armed conflict that violates international humanitarian laws designed to protect civilians. The rules of war are codified in various treaties, including the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.
Complicating efforts to prosecute potential war crimes is that investigators are working while the war is still raging. The Kremlin has denied allegations against its forces, and Russia’s Defense Ministry has called graphic evidence of atrocities “fake.”
At The Hague in July, representatives from 45 nations, including the United States and European Union countries, heard testimony about atrocities and pledged about $20 million to assist the International Criminal Court, Ukraine’s prosecutor general and efforts by the United Nations.
Experts say the I.C.C., established in 1998 to handle cases of mass atrocities, could be an important avenue for accountability for Russia, though there are obstacles. Neither Russia nor Ukraine is among the court’s 123 member nations, but Ukraine has granted the court jurisdiction over crimes committed in its territory.
Potential war crimes are investigated as any suspected criminal activity would be, through interviewing witnesses, reviewing photos and videos, and collecting forensic evidence, including through ballistics analysis, autopsies and DNA testing. Prosecutors need to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that people knowingly committed the crimes.
Tougher to prove is how much heads of state knew about or were directly responsible for what happened under their command. The history of war crimes cases suggests prosecutors face a formidable challenge to holding Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, to account.
Three of the most prominent prosecutions in history — against Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia, Charles Taylor of Liberia and Saddam Hussein of Iraq — were brought against leaders who were out of power; no sitting president has ever been handed over to an international court.
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Brittney Griner, a W.N.B.A. star, in a court building outside Moscow in August. She has been held in Russia since mid-February.Credit…Pool photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev
WASHINGTON — President Biden met on Friday with family members of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, two Americans imprisoned in Russia whose release the United States is trying to negotiate with Moscow amid poisoned relations over the war in Ukraine.
Mr. Biden spoke with Mr. Whelan’s sister, Elizabeth, and then with Ms. Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, and her agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, to discuss his “continuing commitment” to bringing both Americans home.
It was Mr. Biden’s first in-person meetings with both families, though he spoke to them by telephone this summer. Jake Sullivan, Mr. Biden’s national security adviser, also attended Friday’s sessions.
The meetings reflect an effort by the White House to demonstrate compassion for Ms. Griner and Mr. Whelan, even as some critics say that Mr. Biden is not doing enough to persuade President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to release the two Americans.
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COURAGE IGENE HOSTS NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER CONVENTION 2022
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Courage Igene Set To Host 2022 Convention
MESA, ARIZONA , USA, September 17, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — COURAGE IGENE HOSTS NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER CONVENTION 2022
All Nations Church, Mesa Arizona will be having her annual convention (November to Remember) which is in line with the Church Annual Calendar. The convention has always been a special period where the church and her members thank God, bringing the best worship to God for his Goodness and Mercies and above all, give to the needy. It is a period the members of the church anticipate and appreciate God for previous Months.
This years 2022 “November To Remember” will be held in Mesa Arizona and it promises to be a soul lifting and Spirit edifying Program.
Speaking on the event, the General Overseer, Apostle Courage Igene who is the chief host, said he is inviting everyone to be a part of this year’s convention which will be great and superlative. “Over the years, we have had this program and people have been testifying of the manifestation of God in action“, he said.
Slated to be part at the program are Psalmist Shalonda, Psalmist Olubunmi, Psalmist Candice & THE ALL-NATIONS MASS CHOIR. The program will also feature Special International Gospel Singer, Songwriter, Recording & Performing Artiste: Psalmist Efe Grace from Ghana. All the listed Worship Ministers will be present to bring down God’s presence with their melodious voices.
Ministering at the event are Pastor Gedeon Guidi (All Nations Church, Tucson AZ), Bishop Thomas Ridgley (Maryland), Prophet Emmanuel Stephen (Nigeria), Host/Resident Pastor: Pastor Grace Ashu, among others.
The program is billed to commence in November 7th -13th, 2022, with the theme YOU WILL SEE THE GLORY OF GOD (John 11:40), starting from Monday November 7th – Friday 11th, 7pm (PROPHETIC REVIVAL SERVICE) while Saturday. November. 12th, 7pm is (SPECIAL VARIETY NIGHT BANQUET) and Sunday. November. 13th, 2pm (ALL WHITE GLORY SERVICE)
All Nations Church will be having this year’s program in one of their branch church, presided by Pastor Grace Ashu the host at 832 W. Baseline Road, Suite 18, Mesa Arizona, United State of America.
Apart from preaching and doing God’s work, Apostle Courage has over the years opened foundation that have reached out to the needy either physically, spiritually and financially. He has seen that the Church’s yearly convention is a success.
NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER CONVENTION has been one of the turning points that people should anticipate to wrap up the year.
Courage Igene is known for his practical biblical teaching, his visionary leadership and his passion to help people know Christ, get planted in God`s house and raise up an endtime army. He has preached the undiluted gospel of Jesus Christ with signs, wonders, and miracles following since he was twelve. He is also the president and founder of Joshua Generation Ministries.
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Frog & Firkin Football Frenzy: Complete Results And A Look At Week Six | ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com
Frog & Firkin Football Frenzy: Complete Results And A Look At Week Six | ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com https://digitalarizonanews.com/frog-firkin-football-frenzy-complete-results-and-a-look-at-week-six-allsportstucson-com/
Cienega QB Evan Weber. (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson)
Millennium improved to 3-0 on the year after the Tigers defeated Cienega 42-14 on the road Friday night but the Bobcats had to go without their head coach and with their third string quarterback. Justin Argraves was called away from the field prior to the game to take care of personal family issues and we send our best wishes in what must be a difficult time…
MILLENNIUM 42, CIENEGA 14
Millennium over Cienega 42-14 #azpreps365 https://t.co/yh2eQqAAXE
— AZPreps365 (@AZPreps365) September 17, 2022
FIRST QUARTER
MILL: Derek Berry 15 Run (Jason Weston Kick) 7-0 (6:26)
MILL: Zues Pindernation 9 Run (Weston) 14-0 (1:52)
MILL: Shahid Wilson 23 INT (Weston) 21-0 (:56)
SECOND QUARTER
MILL: Pindernation 6 Run (Weston) 28-0 (9:15)
MILL: Pindernation 3 Run (Weston) 35-0 (3:07)
THIRD QUARTER
CIEN: Evan Weber 46 pass to Gavin Peterson (Zane Colson) 35-7 (9:35)
MILL: Berry 4 Pass to Kyan Fields (Weston) 42-7 (6:35)
FOURTH QUARTER
CIEN: Weber 29 Pass to Taylor Hitchcock 42-14 (6:34)
A LOOK AT WEEK FIVE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
San Tan Valley Poston Butte 40, Mica Mountain 0
Kingman Academy 54, Catalina 0
.@LittWithBritt writes about Mica Mountain’s 40-0 loss last night at Poston Butte and what the banged-up Thunderbolts can take from their 1-2 start going forward. https://t.co/9H3BubbtDT
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) September 16, 2022
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
Basha 46, Salpointe 14
Final: Basha 46, Salpointe 14. pic.twitter.com/Uh9FOYkDHF
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) September 17, 2022
Canyon del Oro 38, Desert View 7
QB Caden Goldtooth threads the needle to running back Kendric Astacio for a sliding touchdown for the Dorados.
CDO – 24
Desert View – 7
24 seconds left in the half @AllSportsTucson @cdo_football @DESERTVIEW_FB @Cadeng18 pic.twitter.com/jVnhyjziJI
— Lori Burkhart (@loriburkhart) September 17, 2022
Goodyear Millennium 42, Cienega 14
Vista Grande 31, Ironwood Ridge 17
Buena 41, Nogales 0
Douglas 56, Cholla 49
Phoenix Alhambra 32, Rincon/UHS 10
Phoenix Thunderbird 55, Amphitheater 7
Chandler AZ College Prep 28, Walden Grove 20
SACKED! ACP seals the deal with a huge defensive stop on fourth down to secure a 28-20 win over Walden Grove pic.twitter.com/4CKiRxZWIF
— Brittany Bowyer (@LittWithBritt) September 17, 2022
Phoenix Sierra Linda 14, Empire 12
Final: Sierra Linda 14, Empire 12
Sierra Linda wins with a late heartbreaking TD. @AllSportsTucson pic.twitter.com/eieIEicw6v
— Kevin Murphy (@KevinMurfee) September 17, 2022
Flagstaff 59, Rio Rico 12
Sabino 55, Palo Verde 6
Pusch Ridge 59, Benson 0
.@HMorenoAZ details @PRCAFootball dominating Benson ahead of the Lions’ significant matchup at Thatcher next week in a battle of unbeaten 3A South teams. https://t.co/9V8ooWVy5E
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) September 17, 2022
Morenci 21, Willcox 14
Tombstone 56, St. John Paul II 0
Gilbert San Tan Charter 16, Tanque Verde 7
That will do it. San Tan Charter defeats Tanque Verde 16-7. pic.twitter.com/Vcoe0ozBJi
— AllSportsTucson.com (@AllSportsTucson) September 17, 2022
Phoenix Veritas Prep 27, Bisbee 8
Baboquivari 20, Kearney Ray 14
St. David 61, Heber Mogollon 44
San Manuel 58, Valley Union 6
Phoenix Cortez over Santa Rita (Forfeit)
BYES: Flowing Wells (1-1), Marana (2-0), Sunnyside (1-1), Mountain View (0-2), Tucson (1-1), Catalina Foothills (0-2), Sahuarita (0-2), Sahuaro (1-1), Pueblo (2-0).
A LOOK AHEAD TO WEEK SIX
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Salpointe (1-2) at Cienega (1-1)
Sunnyside (1-1) at Waddell Canyon View (1-2)
Ironwood Ridge (0-2) at Goodyear Desert Edge (2-1)
Phoenix South Mountain (2-0) at Tucson (1-1)
Canyon del Oro (2-0) at Marana (2-0)
Catalina Foothills (0-2) at Mica Mountain (1-2)
Mesa Red Mountain (2-1) at Mountain View (0-2)
Safford (1-4) at Sabino (4-0)
Pusch Ridge (5-0) at Thatcher (4-0)
Nogales (0-2) at Sahuaro (1-1)
Amphitheater (0-2) at Tempe Marcos de Niza (3-0)
Cholla (1-2) at Buena (2-1)
Sahuarita (0-2) at Rincon/University (0-3)
Rio Rico (1-1) at Douglas (2-0)
Pueblo (2-0) at Walden Grove (1-2)
Flowing Wells (1-1) at Avondale Agua Fria (0-3)
Morenci (4-0) at Tombstone (2-2)
Empire (1-1) at Glendale Deer Valley (0-3)
Pima (3-1) at Willcox (3-1)
Phoenix North Pointe Prep (0-4) at Tanque Verde (1-3)
Globe (1-3) at Catalina (0-4)
Palo Verde (2-3) at Benson (3-2)
Phoenix NFL Yet (2-2) at Bisbee (1-3)
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Elaine M. Combs Obituary (2022) Daily Journal Online
Elaine M. Combs Obituary (2022) Daily Journal Online https://digitalarizonanews.com/elaine-m-combs-obituary-2022-daily-journal-online-2/
Elaine M. Combs
MESA, Az. – Elaine M. Combs, 76, of Mesa, Arizona, passed away August 24, 2022, in Mesa, Arizona. She was born December 11, 1945, to August Wolk and Arlene Byington in St. Genevieve, Missouri.
After high school, Elaine went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in art at the Missouri School of Journalism, and earned the honor of Cum Laude. She also had two years of law school.
Elaine met her husband, Charles Combs, in 1976 at Williams Air Force Base and they married in spring 1977 at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were happily married for forty-five years. Elaine’s favorite flowers are white carnations.
Elaine was a businesswoman, and she started her own business from scratch; EMC Personnel Services was a business that provided security services. The biggest contract she had was with the City of Phoenix Airport, providing security guards for their parking lot. Her business also provided personnel (garbage collectors) for the city of Phoenix. Her Business grew to a five-million-dollar company in five years. She then sold it to a United Kingdom Company and retired. Elaine’s business was her baby, and she loved working every day. Another of her passions was to drive her Corvette and play with her five pets, her toy poodle, Petite Ms. Monique; and her four cats, Grayson (boy), Rocky (girl), Tanner (girl), and Lebock (girl).
Elaine is survived by her husband, Charles Combs; sisters, Dottie Baumann, and Jeanette Baumann; brothers, Charles Wolk, and Johnny Wolk; and all her pets.
She is preceded in death by her parents, August and Arlene; and her brother, Jerry Wolk.
Services were held September 13, 2022. Interment was held at the U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Arrangements by The Springs Funeral Services-North, www.tsfs.co
Published by Daily Journal Online on Sep. 17, 2022.
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Florida Governor Defends Migrant Flights To Martha's Vineyard Suggests More To Come
Florida Governor Defends Migrant Flights To Martha's Vineyard, Suggests More To Come https://digitalarizonanews.com/florida-governor-defends-migrant-flights-to-marthas-vineyard-suggests-more-to-come/
MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Mass., Sept 16 (Reuters) – Florida’s Republican governor on Friday defended his decision to fly dozens of migrants to the wealthy vacation island of Martha’s Vineyard from Texas, and said similar actions could follow as a political dispute over border security deepened in the run-up to U.S. elections in November.
DeSantis claimed credit for a pair of chartered flights on Wednesday that carried around 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, as part of a broader Republican effort to shift responsibility for border crossers to Democratic leaders.
At a news conference in Daytona Beach, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis blamed Democratic President Joe Biden for what he portrayed as a failure to stop migrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, as a record 1.8 million have been arrested this fiscal year.
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DeSantis said the Florida Legislature set aside $12 million to transport migrants out of the state and that his government would likely use the funds “to protect Florida.”
“There may be more flights, there may be buses,” he said to cheers and applause from backers in the crowd.
The state paid $615,000 to Vertol Systems Company Inc, an aviation business, on Sept. 8 as part of a “relocation program of unauthorized aliens,” Florida state data showed. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The flights to Martha’s Vineyard follow a busing effort by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, another Republican, that has sent more than 10,000 migrants to the Democrat-controlled cities of Washington, New York and Chicago since April. The Republican governor of Arizona also has sent more than 1,800 migrants to Washington.
Unlike those major cities, the island south of Boston is home to around 20,000 year-round residents and is known as a vacation spot for affluent liberals like former Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. read more
On Friday morning in Martha’s Vineyard, the migrants, a group of mostly Venezuelans including half a dozen children, boarded buses en route to a ferry to Cape Cod in transportation organized by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican. He said they would be housed temporarily at a Cape Cod military base.
The scene left some of the island residents who volunteered to shelter them in a church for two nights in tears. Locals had come together to donate money, toiletries and toys for the migrants. A local thrift shop donated clean clothes, restaurants took turns organizing meals and pro-bono lawyers flew in to help the migrants with paperwork and immigration cases.
“I want them to have a good life,” said Lisa Belcastro, who helped organize cots and supplies at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, which sits among expensive white-clapboard homes in Edgartown. “I want them to come to America and be embraced. They all want to work.”
Venezuelan migrants stand outside St. Andrew’s Church in Edgartown, Massachusetts, U.S. September 14, 2022. Ray Ewing/Vineyard Gazette/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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DeSantis, who is running for reelection in November and is often mentioned as a possible presidential candidate for 2024, said his administration flew the migrants from Texas, and not his own state, to the island getaway because many of the migrants arriving in Florida come from Texas.
In addition to re-election bids by DeSantis and Abott, November’s midterm elections will determine whether the Democrats retain control of Congress.
Many migrants who cross into the United States via the Southwest border are immediately expelled to Mexico or other countries under a COVID-19 pandemic policy. But some nationalities, including Venezuelans, cannot be expelled because Mexico will not accept them and many seek to apply for U.S. asylum.
The White House has decried the Republican governors’ efforts, saying migrants were being used in a political stunt.
“These were children. They were moms. They were fleeing communism. And what did Governor DeSantis and Governor Abbott do to them? They used them as political pawns, treated them like chattel,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a press briefing on Friday.
The legal basis for the Florida government to round up migrants in a different state remained unclear. U.S. government attorneys are exploring possible litigation around the governors’ efforts, a Biden administration official told Reuters.
The migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard said they had recently been admitted into the United States on humanitarian parole after fleeing Venezuela, and had been staying at a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, when they were approached by a woman who identified herself as “Perla.”
The woman persuaded them to board the flights by misleading them into thinking they were heading to Boston and would be provided shelter and assistance finding work for three months, they said.
Many said they told the people who organized the flights they had appointments with immigration authorities they needed to attend in other cities, said Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, the director of Lawyers for Civil Rights, a group in Boston assisting the migrants.
“The organizers of this scheme said ‘Don’t worry, that will be taken care of'” he said.
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Reporting by Jonathan Allen in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and Rich McKay in Atlanta; Additional reporting by Ted Hesson and Trevor Hunnicutt in Washington and Kristina Cooke in San Francisco; Editing by Mica Rosenberg and Jonathan Oatis
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Proposing more Benign World Order Famed Harvard Scholars Cite Irans measured Responses To US escalation
Proposing ‘more Benign’ World Order, Famed Harvard Scholars Cite Iran’s ‘measured’ Responses To US ‘escalation’ https://digitalarizonanews.com/proposing-more-benign-world-order-famed-harvard-scholars-cite-irans-measured-responses-to-us-escalation/
Seeing an America increasingly in decline, two famed scholars have proposed a “more benign” world order, and have praised Iran’s “measured” responses to acts of “escalation” by the United States as evocative of the world they envision.
American Stephen M. Walt and Turkish Dani Rodrik, both of them acclaimed scholars at Harvard University, wrote in a joint article for Foreign Affairs’ September/October 2022 issue that despite global upheavals, “one can… envision a more benign order in which the United States, China, and other world powers compete in some areas, cooperate in others, and observe new and more flexible rules of the road.”
“The global order is deteriorating before our eyes,” they wrote. “It is increasingly clear that the existing, Western-oriented approach is no longer adequate to address the many forces governing international power relations.”
They offered a “four-part framework” in which “all actions and issues would be grouped into four general categories: those that are prohibited, those in which mutual adjustments by two or more states could benefit all parties, those undertaken by a single state, and those that require multilateral involvement.”
They said that approach “would do much to increase trust and reduce the possibility of conflict,” including when states, even “hardened adversaries,” refuse to escalate or to respond to escalation with equally unruly behavior.
In a section subtitled “Acting, Not Escalating,” Walt and Rodrik cited Iran’s behavior in responding to massively escalatory acts by the United States under former President Donald Trump, including the “the shortsighted U.S. withdrawal” from the 2015 Iran deal (known as the JCPOA) and the “‘maximum-pressure’ campaign.”
“When the United States left the JCPOA in 2018, for example, Iran did not respond by immediately restarting its full nuclear program. Instead, it adhered to the original agreement for months afterward,” they said. Even later, and as other signatories failed to uphold their end of the bargain, Iran reduced its commitment “in an incremental and visibly reversible fashion, signaling its willingness to return to full compliance if the United States also did so.”
Trump unilaterally withdrew from the Iran deal in 2018, and launched what he called a campaign of “maximum pressure” on Iran in the hopes that the country would cave in and agree to a new agreement on American terms.
“Iran’s reaction to the Trump administration’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign was also measured,” Walt and Rodrik said, citing the US assassination of revered Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq in 2020, an act of provocation that led many to believe the US was provoking war. That act, the US scholars said, “did not lead Iran to escalate.”
General Soleimani was assassinated by the US military in Baghdad. In a statement, the Pentagon claimed responsibility for the act of terror. Iran promised revenge, but also initially responded by firing missiles at a base hosting US soldiers in Iraq. At least 109 American soldiers received brain injuries in that attack, according to the Pentagon.
Since Trump’s exit from the White House in 2021, the Iran deal has been the subject of renewed negotiations over its revival. Those negotiations have slowed down more recently, however, as US President Joe Biden refuses to reverse some of Trump’s actions.
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US Justice Department Appeals Halt Of Trump Classified Docs Review Iraqi News
US Justice Department Appeals Halt Of Trump Classified Docs Review – Iraqi News https://digitalarizonanews.com/us-justice-department-appeals-halt-of-trump-classified-docs-review-iraqi-news/
Washington – The US Justice Department on Friday appealed in part a judge’s decision to halt the review of seized documents from former president Donald Trump’s Florida estate, asking to continue its investigation of those materials marked as classified.
Federal investigators have been blocked since last week from reviewing thousands of documents taken by the FBI from Trump’s seaside mansion, after a judge sided with the former president and decided to appoint an independent arbiter to sort through the files.
The Justice Department, in its filing Friday evening, argued that Judge Aileen Cannon “fundamentally erred in appointing a special master and granting injunctive relief,” but would limit its appeal to just the “roughly 100 records bearing classification markings,” recovered from Trump’s estate.
Delaying the review of the classified documents, which it argues are government property, “impedes the government’s efforts to protect the Nation’s security,” the Justice Department said.
“It also irreparably harms the government by enjoining critical steps of an ongoing criminal investigation and needlessly compelling disclosure of highly sensitive records, including to Plaintiff’s counsel,” the filing added, referring to Trump’s lawyers.
Trump is facing mounting legal pressure, with the Justice Department saying top-secret documents were “likely concealed” to obstruct an FBI probe into his potential mishandling of classified materials.
He has denied all wrongdoing, and said the raid on his mansion was “one of the most egregious assaults on democracy in the history of our country,” while making it a major talking point at his political rallies.
The appeal will be heard first by a three-judge panel on the 11th Circuit, but could ultimately wind up at the Supreme Court.
On Thursday, Judge Cannon appointed Raymond Dearie to review the files, as the so-called special master.
The 78-year-old senior federal judge in New York was one of two people proposed by Trump’s legal team.
Dearie issued an order on Friday for Trump’s lawyers and the Justice Department counsel to meet with him in New York early next week.
Agenda items for the Tuesday meeting are to be submitted by either side by the close of business on Monday, Dearie ordered.
In addition to the documents probe, Trump faces investigations in New York into his business practices, as well as legal scrutiny over his efforts to overturn results of the 2020 election, and for the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by his supporters.
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