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Trust-fund 'journalist' Sulome Anderson waged lawfare in bid to shut down The Grayzone - judge rightly tosses 'frivolous case'

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton·June
The Grayzone
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:33 UTC
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Sulome Anderson sued to get the The Grayzone shut down
Entitled heiress Sulome Anderson waged a McCarthyite lawfare campaign to destroy The Grayzone. We can now expose her and the powerful forces behind her deranged legal assault.
"Because of the lawsuits my family won against Iran, I had all the money in the world to spend on drugs, and I made some dealers a lot of money." -Sulome Anderson, 2016

"I'll destroy him :)" -Sulome Anderson on defendant Ben Norton, 2017

"I'm not stupid enough to take it this far without legal grounds." -Sulome Anderson on her plans to sue The Grayzone, 2018
The District of Columbia Superior Court has rejected a frivolous, million-dollar lawsuit claiming libel, defamation, and tortious conspiracy filed by writer Sulome Anderson against The Grayzone's editor Max Blumenthal and assistant editor Ben Norton.

Judge William M. Jackson's June 16, 2021 decision put an end to the entitled heiress' three-year-long campaign to smear and bankrupt The Grayzone with the help of a powerful DC lawyer closely linked to the Israel lobby.
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16 injured in LA police 'controlled explosion' of huge illegal fireworks stockpile

Shweta Sharma
Yahoo! News
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 11:12 UTC
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© ReutersA damaged truck is seen at the site of an explosion after police attempted to safely detonate illegal fireworks seized in Los Angeles.
A large explosion ripped through a South Los Angeles neighbourhood on Wednesday injuring at least 16 people, in what local media described as a botched "controlled explosion" of illegal homemade fireworks.

Those among the injured included more than a dozen Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officials.

An LAPD bomb squad team was in the process of seizing a large stash of more than 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks when a bomb squad truck that belonged to them exploded, according to a statement from the police department.

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Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who oversaw Iraq war, dies at 88

Amanda Macias
CNBC
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:01 UTC
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Donald Rumsfeld
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has died at the age of 88, according to a statement released Wednesday by his family.

"It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald Rumsfeld, an American statesman and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. At 88, he was surrounded by family in his beloved Taos, New Mexico," the statement read, without specifying when Rumsfeld died.

"History may remember him for his extraordinary accomplishments over six decades of public service, but for those who knew him best and whose lives were forever changed as a result, we will remember his unwavering love for his wife Joyce, his family and friends, and the integrity he brought to a life dedicated to country."

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'Critical Pace Theory': Air Force mocked for creating walking instead of running test, allowing easier push-ups

Ben Zeisloft
The Daily Wire
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:01 UTC
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The United States Air Force announced modifications to its aerobic test that would allow airmen to choose walking instead of running.

On Monday, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass and Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly revealed during a live chat that the new test will begin a six-month trial period next year.

As military news company Task & Purpose reports:
The new test, which the service will begin to experiment with in January 2022, will allow airmen to choose between running, shuttle run sprints, and walking for the aerobic portion of the test. Shuttle run sprints involve sprinting back and forth between two markers about 25 meters apart. They could then choose between planks and sit-ups for the core strength measure.

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Allison Mack cries in court as she's sentenced to three years in jail over sex cult case: 'I made choices I will forever regret'

Clémence Michallon
Independent
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:37 UTC
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Allison Mack has been sentenced to three years in prison for her involvement in the NXIVM sex cult.

The former Smallville actor appeared in court on Wednesday for her sentencing hearing. She had pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy.

"I made choices I will forever regret," she said during the hearing at a Brooklyn federal court, also telling the judge she was filled with "remorse and guilt".

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18 people confirmed dead in Florida condo collapse


CBS News
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:33 UTC
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© Gerald Herbert/APPeople stand near a make-shift memorial outside St. Joseph Catholic Church near the Champlain Towers South residential condo on June 29, 2021, in Surfside, Florida.
The death toll in the condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida, climbed to 18 on Wednesday after additional victims were recovered. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the two bodies recovered Wednesday afternoon were those of a 4- and 10-year-old child.

No one has been pulled alive from the rubble since last Thursday, hours after the condominium crumbled in the middle of the night. More than 140 people remain unaccounted for.

The collapse is not only one of the worst disasters in South Florida, but also in the country's history.

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British Columbia First Nation says remains of 182 found near former school


Toronto Sun
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:00 UTC
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© Justin Tang /THE CANADIAN PRESSDried flowers rest inside a pair of child's running shoes at a memorial for the 215 children whose remains were found at the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School at Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, June 4, 2021.
The Lower Kootenay Band in British Columbia says a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site close to a former residential school.

In a news release, the band says the community of aq'am began using the technology last year to search a site near Cranbrook that is close to the former St. Eugene's Mission School, which was operated by the Catholic Church from 1912 until the early 1970s.

It says the search found the remains in unmarked graves, some as shallow as 90 centimetres to 1.2 metres.

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Taiwanese boy, 7, dies after judo instructor, classmates body-slam him nearly 30 times

Edmund DeMarche , Stephanie Pagones
Fox News
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:42 UTC
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A 7-year-old boy in Taiwan who was allegedly body-slammed 27 times during judo practice — by both his classmates and coach — suffered a brain hemorrhage and was ultimately removed from life support, a report Tuesday said.

The BBC, citing the Taipei Times, reported that the coach has been charged with assault and using a minor to commit a crime, but his charges would likely be upgraded to include or be replaced by "injury causing death."

The boy reportedly attended a judo practice in April and suffered a brain hemorrhage after the repeated injuries. He slipped into a coma and was on life support for 70 days, according to the reports.
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Robinhood hit with $70M record FINRA fine for misleading customers

Suzanne O'Halloran
Fox Business
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 21:59 UTC
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Robinhood will pay a record $70 million fine, the largest ever slapped down by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

The regulator found the popular trading platform misled millions of customers, allowed unqualified accounts to trade options and mishandled a widespread outage in March of 2020.

The penalty sends a "clear message" about breaking the brokerage industry's rules.

"The fine imposed in this matter, the highest ever levied by FINRA, reflects the scope and seriousness of Robinhood's violations, including FINRA's finding that Robinhood communicated false and misleading information to millions of its customers," said Jessica Hopper, executive vice president and head of FINRA's Department of Enforcement in the disclosure.
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CNN's 'The Lead with Jake Tapper' has shed 75% of its audience since January

Brian Flood
Fox News
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 21:47 UTC
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CNN’s "The Lead with Jake Tapper" has shed a staggering 75 percent of its audience since the liberal network experienced a January spike in viewers
CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper" has shed a staggering 75% of its audience since the liberal network experienced a January spike in viewers.

Tapper's program averaged 2.8 million viewers in January but settled for only 706,000 in the 4 p.m. ET timeslot from May 31 through June 23, losing three-quarters of its audience in the process. Tapper's second-quarter viewership is down 49% compared to the first quarter.

CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper" has shed a staggering 75 percent of its audience since the liberal network experienced a January spike in viewers.

While January featured a historic news cycle with the Capitol riot, the inauguration of President Biden and the lead-up to former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, his direct timeslot competition on Fox News has lost a fraction of the viewers that "The Lead" has. "Your World with Neil Cavuto" has kept 1.1 million of the 1.5 million that tuned in during the jam-packed first month of 2021.
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