Comment on Defense Rests in Bob Menendez Trial

Early on the morning of July 31, a group of about 70 people arrived at the anodyne office of the cargo company Atlas Air, in White Plains, New York. They were members of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ)—an activist group that focuses on equity issues in New York City—there to stage a fake “press conference” to highlight the Department of Defense’s contracts with Atlas Air. A man in a gray pinstripe suit played the CEO of the company, which is the single largest operator of 747 freighter jets in the world.

It began with Tim Walz on Morning Joe. Auditioning for the Democratic nod for vice president, the Minnesota governor steamed through complaints about the Republican politics of the present. Sen. JD Vance, Walz said, “gets it all wrong” when he talks about small-town values. “It’s not about hate. It’s not about collapsing in.

Denver employers will have to pay their hourly workers 52 cents more next year after the city’s minimum wage rises to $18.81 per hour on Jan. 1. For tipped workers, the minimum wage will be set at $15.79 per hour if those workers make at least $3.02 in tips per hour. City officials announced the forthcoming new rates in a news release Thursday.

In 2020, Sharon Giovinazzo, who is blind as a complication of multiple sclerosis, wanted to vote independently—and in person. She knew that electronic voting machines in Little Rock, Arkansas, then her home, were her only option. Giovinazzo called an Uber to take her and her guide dog to the polls. The first three canceled on her.

Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance’s past comment that Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democratic leaders are “a bunch of childless cat ladies miserable at their own lives” is the line that keeps on living. Never mind that Vance’s comments are false. Harris is a mom: her two stepchildren recognize her as their parent, as does their biological mother. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Of course, having children shouldn’t be a pre-requisite for office—part of the job of a political leader is being able to understand the challenges of people who are different from them.

Yet another reminder that Trump is a loser, this time from the greatest gymnast who has ever lived. Source: NBC Simone Biles loves her 'Black job.' The Olympic gymnast, who won two gold medals in Paris making her the most decorated U. S. gymnast, took a swipe at former President Donald Trump in a post Friday on X. The 27-year-old shared a post from singer Ricky Davila who celebrated Biles as she posed for photos clutching her medal and a "Goat" necklace. "Simone Biles being the GOAT, winning Gold medals and dominating gymnastics is her black job," Davila wrote. "I love my black job," Biles responded, adding a black heart emoji. The post appears to be in response to remarks Trump made at a June debate. "They’re taking Black jobs now and it could be 18, it could be 19 and even 20 million people," he said about the role immigrants play in the U.