#Ap Political News

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#ap news #us politics #colorado #right to repair

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A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled Wednesday that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a man shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 can proceed against Rittenhouse, police officers and others.

The father of Anthony Huber, one of two men shot and killed by Rittenhouse, filed the lawsuit in 2021, accusing officers of allowing for a dangerous situation that violated his son's constitutional rights and resulted in his death. Anthony Huber's father, John Huber, also alleged that Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, conspired with law enforcement to cause harm to protestors. John Huber is seeking unspecified damages from city officials, officers and Rittenhouse.

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman on Wednesday dismissed motions filed by Rittenhouse and the government defendants seeking to dismiss the civil rights lawsuit.

In allowing the case against Rittenhouse and the others to proceed, the judge said that Anthony Huber's death "could plausibly be regarded as having been proximately caused by the actions of the governmental defendants."

Rittenhouse attorney Shane Martin said in a phone interview that it's important to note the ruling doesn't address the merits of the case, it only allows it to proceed to the next phase.

"While we respect the judge's decision, we do not believe there is any evidence of a conspiracy and we are confident, just as a Kenosha jury found, Kyle's actions that evening were not wrongful and were undertaken in self defense," Martin said.

Attorneys and private investigators for John Huber spent over 100 hours trying to locate Rittenhouse, tracking down addresses in seven states before they found the home of his mother and sister in Florida. The lawsuit was served on Rittenhouse's sister, who said that he wasn't home. Adelman said that was sufficient to qualify as being served.

Rittenhouse had argued that the case against him should be dismissed because he wasn't properly served with the lawsuit. Adelman dismissed that, saying that Rittenhouse "is almost certainly evading service."

"Rittenhouse has been deliberately cagey about his whereabouts," Adelman wrote. "Although he denies living in Florida, he does not identify the place that he deems to be his residence."

Attorneys for the law enforcement and government officials being sued did not immediately return emailed messages seeking comment.

The ruling puts Anthony Huber's family "one step closer to justice for their son's needless death," said Anand Swaminathan, one of the attorneys for parents John Huber and Karen Bloom.

"The Kenosha officials that created a powder keg situation by their actions tried to claim that they cannot be held accountable for their unconstitutional conduct; that argument was soundly rejected today," Swaminathan said in a statement.

Rittenhouse was charged with homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangering for killing Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and wounding a third person with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle in the summer of 2020 during a tumultuous night of protests over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white Kenosha police officer.

Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges in November 2021 after testifying he acted in self-defense. Rittenhouse's actions became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S.

Rittenhouse went to Kenosha from his home in nearby Antioch, Illinois, after businesses were ransacked and burned in the nights that followed Blake's shooting. He joined other armed civilians on the streets, carrying a weapon authorities said was illegally purchased for him because he was underage.

Rittenhouse first killed Rosenbaum, 36, in the parking lot of an auto dealership and as Rittenhouse ran from the scene he stumbled and fell. Anthony Huber, 26, struck Rittenhouse with his skateboard and tried to disarm him. Rittenhouse fell to the ground and shot Anthony Huber to death and wounded demonstrator Gaige Grosskreutz, 27.

This case is one of several ongoing civil lawsuits filed in the wake of the shootings. Grosskreutz last year filed a similar lawsuit against Rittenhouse.

Rittenhouse has maintained a high public profile, particularly on social media, where he is an outspoken advocate for gun rights. He has nearly 1 million followers on Twitter and has spoken at conservative gatherings.

#us politics #news #abc news #abc 7 Chicago #ap news #2023 #kyle rittenhouse #kenosha #kenosha protests #gun violence #gun rights #vigilantism #racial injustice #2020 protests #Wisconsin #Anthony Huber #Anand Swaminathan #John Huber #Shane Martin #Judge Lynn Adelman #wrongful death lawsuit

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If anyone, and I do mean anyone, here has information on what's going on with Florida's Education system or any Ron DeSantis laws relating to lgbtq+, medical, or schools I beg you to send me the links

Important Florida News below the cut

As a Florida high schooler, most of us have no idea what's going on except for what specific teachers choose to inform us of. We are all aware of the "Don't say gay" thing and that it applies to kindergarten through third grade. However, I have heard rumors that this has been modified to more grade levels and no one, including administration will give us direct answers on it. My school very nearly got rid of AP Psychology due to the governors thoughts, we were one of the few to thankfully get it back last minute. Another recent development is the new "phone rule" as it is commonly referred to. The entire student body and most teachers find it to be over generalized and a nuisance. Teachers have expressed concern over losing their jobs for possibly allowing us to use our phones. The way it is set up- that we "can only use phones for educational purposes" -prohibits us from even checking the time or briefly scrolling on our phones at the end of a class, even with administrative permission. Many Floridians in the school system are worried about the heavy book censoring along with these other issues. I have heard the term "private education" thrown about in different ways than private schooling. It is bad and we need help, but to make a change we need to know what's happening, and make others know too. So spread the word and please do what you can.

#florida #politics #education #news #florida schools #education system #please help #help us #lgbtq #lgbtqia #florida lgbt #censorship #banned books #ap psychology #ron desantis #i usually dont post serious things but this was necessary

[khaotunq]

Just bc I've seen the post 8 times on my dash today but I don't wanna harsh the op's joy because it is not their fault the headline was insanely misleading: in case no one else has said, Thailand have not legalised gay marriage, not yet. The bill proposing the legalisation has been ratified by the party submitting it and passed to parliament, which is still extremely positive and lovely and to be celebrated, but it has not passed the bill yet.

#i'm trying to be nice and this isn't the op's fault #reporting and publishing should be responsible not just buzzwords #the headline was LEGALISED GAY! but the content of the article was a link to the ap article from october #i believe it was due to go to parliament yesterday or today but i may be misremembering #either way the only major political news in th at the moment is about #the mp ice rukchanok lese majesty breach #and even that is just western reporting i haven't seen much on thai news sites about it

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With public universities under threat, massive protests against austerity shake Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Raising their textbooks and diplomas and singing the national anthem, hundreds of thousands of Argentines filled the streets of Buenos Aires and other cities on Tuesday to demand increased funding for the country’s public universities, in an outpouring of anger at libertarian President Javier Milei’s harsh austerity measures. The scale of the demonstration in…

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#AP Top News #Argentina #Argentina government #Buenos Aires #Colleges and Universities #General News #I #politics #world news

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Chile, not Fani throwing out them RICO charges! 🤣

#politics #donald trump #republicans #gop #racketeering #fraud #corruption #organized crime #4th indictment #georgia #2020 election #rico law #ap news #article

[nokingsonlyfooles]

One-Third.

Of all the news that's bothered me today, this one bothers me the most. So I'll mention it.

I'm not in the habit of telling people what to think, or do. I'm an anarchist, that's not my brand. And sometimes I don't even know what to think or do.

So! Despite the wall and the crimes against humanity, Trump yeeted fewer human beings back across the border in four years than Obama did in his first four. And being deported in a sweeping, ultranationalist fervour is not the end of one's story. The family pictured above were ejected in Eisenhower's Operation Racial Slur, because brain rot is nothing new in my country of origin. They came back legally, reunited, prospered, and now they make tamales for the holidays like I do. It's hard to crush the people your economy depends on, isn't it? They just won't stay down!

Cartoonish evil posturing is not very effective. Silence, subtlety and charisma are much better at achieving their goals. I am left wondering if fewer people would be willing to let the genocide slide if Trump were funding it, and quoting Hitler about it to the media.

But I shouldn't wonder that. Of course more people would yell about it if Trump were doing it. They know what Trump is! He never lets you forget it! He'd be screaming about eradicating the Arab Menace on Fox News 24/7. When he passes out from lack of oxygen, they'll rerun his greatest hits. Biden, on the other hand - Hey! At Least He's Not Trump. And, judging from other articles, that seems to be the platform he's running on. Again.

I carried water for Obama when he was in office. I was a hell of a lot younger and less cynical, but I bought that a person would not put children in cages if there were any other option. I do not buy that anymore. And I barely remember hearing anything about the deportations until his term was almost up. He was only sending back the criminals, you remember that? Did you accept it as politically expedient like I did, or were you smarter than me?

That water I carried was full of lead, you should not drink it no matter what the nice man in the tan suit says.

This is why I'm not up for choosing the lesser evil. Stories like this suggest that, if we tote up the numbers like soulless accountants, the calculations for most/least harm are fucking fucked. Kant is bullshit and I am not a goddamn utilitarian. I'm not about to vote Idiot and keep my fingers crossed that he's too loud and stupid to do much damage. I don't know what opportunities for damage will occur in the next four years, or who will be in the best position to take advantage of them.

Polling suggests that most Americans don't want to make this choice any more than I do. But we're goin' ahead anyway, and we've already decided two evils will be the only viable candidates, months ahead of the primaries. You'll just hafta guess the lesser one! Have fun weighing all those human lives against each other!

I can only reiterate: Don't ask me this. I don't have the answer. And I'm not going to do the math, the math is evil too. I shouldn't even be TEMPTED to do math like this. Please call me when you have a candidate who doesn't want to harm anyone. I am no longer responding to folks asking me who I'm willing to throw under the bus.

#us politics #news #ap news #immigration #lesser of two evils #and just plain evil #evil math #if we say 1/2 of our 2 party democracy wants to end democracy then they're both auditioning to be the last party standing before the end #so they can end it instead #because “sorry only one party now - but it's the GOOD one” is not democracy anymore #i don't wanna know how many folks would be fine with that if their party was the GOOD one

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show me the mugshot that's all i want please

#current events #news #ap news #donald trump #drumpf #political #politics #us politics #crimes

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#hannukah #george w bush #bush #politics #video #ap #news #figure

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2/23/24 ... AP News..

"Federal regulators have granted Native American tribes more power to block hydropower projects on their land after a flurry of applications were filed to expand renewable energy in the water-scarce U.S. Southwest.

Previously, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted developers approval to move ahead with planning even if tribes objected. That practice came to an end last week. Now, a new commission policy allows tribes to quickly veto proposals...

“It applies anywhere that a hydropower project might be proposed on tribal lands throughout the United States,” said Aaron Paul, an attorney with Grand Canyon Trust, a conservation group...

The Hopi Tribe, which is completely surrounded by Navajo, urged the commission to cement the policy announcement in a formal rule, worrying a different administration would be less favorable to tribes and change the policy...

Environmental groups and some members of the Navajo Nation argue the projects require enormous amounts of water in a part of the country that already doesn’t have enough. Roughly one-third of the 175,000 people on the Navajo Nation don’t have running water at home...."

suggest reading entire article, and if parts surprise you, read books and research how the US has still engaged in 'passive' genocide against the Native Americans who those in other 'power' races have usurped.

Many in the GOP forget they are direct descendants of immigrants, and rant pretty ignorantly against immigration. They seem to think they are the native people of the USA. They are not.

#AP News 2/23/24 #Native American rights #current administration works to restore what it can #USA politics

[daloy-politsey]

Okay. Here’s another game. This is for US people only. In the tags, say what state you’re from and what social science classes you took each year in high school.

#new york #9th grade: world history #10th grade: AP world history #11th grade: AP US history #12th grade: AP US government and politics; Economics #the economics class wasn't AP but it was with a local college so I was able to get college credit

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https://apnews.com/article/pregnancy-emergency-care-abortion-supreme-court-roe-9ce6c87c8fc653c840654de1ae5f7a1c

Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom

#ap news #us politics #abortion rights #abortion laws

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A year and a half before he was arrested in the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting that left five people dead, Anderson Lee Aldrich allegedly threatened his mother with a homemade bomb, forcing neighbors in surrounding homes to evacuate while the bomb squad and crisis negotiators talked him into surrendering.

Yet despite that scare, there's no public record that prosecutors moved forward with felony kidnapping and menacing charges against Aldrich, or that police or relatives tried to trigger Colorado's "red flag" law that would have allowed authorities to seize the weapons and ammo the man's mother says he had with him.

Gun control advocates say Aldrich's June 2021 threat is an example of a red flag law ignored, with potentially deadly consequences. While it's not clear the law could have prevented Saturday night's attack — such gun seizures can be in effect for as little as 14 days and be extended by a judge in six-month increments — they say it could have at least slowed Aldrich and raised his profile with law enforcement.

"We need heroes beforehand — parents, co-workers, friends who are seeing someone go down this path," said Colorado state Rep. Tom Sullivan, whose son was killed in the Aurora theater shooting and sponsored the state's red flag law passed in 2019. "This should have alerted them, put him on their radar."

But the law that allows guns to be removed from people deemed dangerous to themselves or others has seldom been used in the state, particularly in El Paso County, home to Colorado Springs, where the 22-year-old Aldrich allegedly went into Club Q with a long gun at just before midnight and opened fire before he was subdued by patrons.

An Associated Press analysis found Colorado has one of the lowest rates of red flag usage despite widespread gun ownership and several high-profile mass shootings.

Courts issued 151 gun surrender orders from when the law took effect in April 2019 through 2021, three surrender orders for every 100,000 adults in the state. That's a third of the ratio of orders issued for the 19 states and District of Columbia with surrender laws on their books.

El Paso County appears especially hostile to the law. It joined nearly 2,000 counties nationwide in declaring themselves "Second Amendment Sanctuaries" that protect the constitutional right to bear arms, passing a 2019 resolution that says the red flag law "infringes upon the inalienable rights of law-abiding citizens" by ordering police to "forcibly enter premises and seize a citizen's property with no evidence of a crime."

County Sheriff Bill Elder has said his office would wait for family members to ask a court for surrender orders and not petition for them on its own accord, unless there were "exigent circumstances" and "probable cause" of a crime.

El Paso County, with a population of 730,000, had 13 temporary firearm removals through the end of last year, four of which turned into longer ones of at least six months.

The county sheriff's office declined to answer what happened after Aldrich's arrest last year, including whether anyone asked to have his weapons removed. The press release issued by the sheriff's office at the time said no explosives were found but did not mention anything about whether any weapons were recovered.

Spokesperson Lt. Deborah Mynatt referred further questions about the case to the district attorney's office.

An online court records search did not turn up any formal charges filed against Aldrich in last year's case. And in an update on a story on the bomb threat, The Gazette newspaper of Colorado Springs reported that prosecutors did not pursue any charges in the case and that records were sealed.

The Gazette also reported Sunday that it got a call from Aldrich in August asking that it remove a story about the incident.

"There is absolutely nothing there, the case was dropped, and I'm asking you either remove or update the story," Aldrich said in a voice message to an editor. "The entire case was dismissed."

A spokesperson for the district attorney's office, Howard Black, declined to comment on whether any charges were pursued. He said the shooting investigation will also include a study of the bomb threat.

"There will be no additional information released at this time," Black said. "These are still investigative questions."

AP's study of 19 states and the District of Columbia with red flag laws on their books found they have been used about 15,000 times since 2020, less than 10 times for every 100,000 adults in each state. Experts called that woefully low and hardly enough to make a dent in gun killings.

Just this year, authorities in Highland Park, Illinois, were criticized for not trying to take guns away from the 21-year-old accused of a Fourth of July parade shooting that left seven dead. Police had been alerted about him in 2019 after he threatened to "kill everyone" in his home.

Duke University sociologist Jeffrey Swanson, an expert in red flag laws, said the Colorado Springs case could be yet another missed warning sign.

"This seems like a no brainer, if the mom knew he had guns," he said. "If you removed firearms from the situation, you could have had a different ending to the story."

#us politics #news #npr news #npr #Colorado #club q shooting #Anderson Lee Aldrich #red flag laws #gun violence #gun rights #gun control #felony kidnapping #menacing #bomb threat #Rep. Tom Sullivan #The Gazette #Second Amendment Sanctuaries #Sheriff Bill Elder #associated press #ap news #mass shootings #mass shooters

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Azhar, contesting on a Congress ticket, will face stiff challenge as BRS candidate and current MLA Maganti Gopinath, the AIMIM’s Mohd Rashed Farazuddin and the BJP’s Deepak Reddy aim to consolidate votes

#news #political news #breaking news #business news #latest news #telangana news #ap news

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In 2007, Owens, a senior at Stamford High School, made headlines for a very different reason: she was the victim of an alleged racial hate crime, which, peripherally, involved the son of Democrat Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, then-mayor of Stamford.

The incident set off a chain of events that, she said, eventually sparked her political ideology. Two years ago, Owens wouldn’t even have called herself a conservative.

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The voicemails left on Owens’s phone by four boys in a car altered her life, Owens says.

“They started off by telling me that they were going to kill me ‘just because’ I was black,” Owens wrote in a 2016 op-ed published in Hearst Connecticut Media. “They warned me that if they found me at home, they were going to unload a bullet into the back of my head.”

Owens told the principal and the story spread quickly to state and national media, especially when Malloy acknowledged that his son was in the car.

The NAACP held press conferences with Owens. Police and FBI investigated the incident and one seventeen-year-old boy, who Owens says was a friend of hers, was arrested.

Owens’s family sued the Stamford Board of Education for failing to protect her and won a $37,500 settlement.

“If I was a leftist or if I was a true Democrat, I would relish in victimhood. I would love that. I would say I’m black, I’m a woman, I can’t do anything and it’s all your fault. That situation in high school would be the pinnacle of my life,” she said. “But I hated it. I cowed away from it. It ate me alive because I felt there was permanence in what was said about me.”

In response to Owens’s experience in high school, she decided to launch an anti-cyberbullying website - essentially a searchable database of offensive speech found on social media. She launched a Kickstarter to fund the effort and received a flood of criticism in response. She somehow jumped to the conclusion that liberals posing as Trump supporters online were behind the attacks because they did not want her to “unmask” them, Owens said.

This experience was Owens’s “red pill” - or conservative awakening, a la “The Matrix.”

She dropped out of the University of Rhode Island in her junior year, and devoted the next year to re-educate herself. She read works by Ann Coulter, Milo Yiannopoulos, Ben Carson and Thomas Sowell.

Now 29, no one would dare mistake Owens for a victim.

In her first YouTube video posted in August 2017, Owens came out as a conservative.

In the parody video, Owens’s parents - played by Owens - are accepting when she says she is a lesbian (she is not), but appalled that she is a conservative. In real life, Owens and her parents did not have a sit-down about her new ideology, Owens said.

“I was not surprised,” said Robert Owens, Candace’s father who now lives in Arizona. “We don’t agree on some issues, which I care not to mention, but I will say I support her in bringing both sides to the table; Democrats should not assume they have our vote because we are African Americans and Republicans should not ignore African Americans because they assume we are going to vote Democrat.”

#us politics #2022 #tiktok #candace owens #the daily wire #@peyytunia #naacp #National Association for the Advancement of Colored People #racists #racism #discrimination #fact check #video #2007 #Stamford High School #ap news #ap