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Thursday, June 6, 2024

Remembering D-Day: 80 Years Later

Seth Leibsohn: Eighty years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered the largest mass prayer in history up to that point. A radio broadcast for our boys in Europe, about to embark on what General Dwight Eisenhower described as “the greatest amphibious assault ever attempted.” D-Day. In that prayer, FDR described our fight as a “crusade” and asked his fellow Americans to pray to God for His will to “prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy.” In some units, 90 percent of the troops were killed or wounded. But the assault managed to cross the beach and drive the Germans inland. We had established our toehold in northern Europe and the war would soon be over. God bless those boys, those men, and this country (Townhall Review). U.S. Army: Eighty years ago, the United States’ Greatest Generation faced battle in a conflict that would turn the fate of World War II. Across the globe, units are honoring and remembering the efforts of the armed forces through various commemoration events (U.S. Army).

Appeals Court Halts Election Case Against Trump As It Determines if DA Fani Willis May Continue on Case

Associated Press: An appeals court has halted the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others while it reviews the lower court judge’s ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case. The Georgia Court of Appeals’ order on Wednesday prevents Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee from moving forward with pretrial motions as he had planned while the appeal is pending. While it was already unlikely that the case would go to trial before the November general election, this makes that even more certain. The appeals court on Monday docketed the appeals filed by Trump and eight others and said that “if oral argument is requested and granted” it is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 4. The court will then have until mid-March to rule, and the losing side will be able to appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court (Associated Press). Daily Wire: The former president has broadly denied wrongdoing across multiple cases. A judge delayed a federal classified documents case trial indefinitely. The Supreme Court is considering an immunity question in a federal election case. Only one, an election-related “hush money” case in New York, has gone to trial. A jury found Trump guilty on all counts last week. Trump has vowed to appeal the decision (Daily Wire).

ACLU Allocates $25 Million for Pro-Choice Causes, Candidates for the November Election

Just the News: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) plans to spend more than $25 million on the November elections and will particularly focus on pro-abortion state constitutional amendments. This year, the ACLU is spending the largest amount of money it ever has on elections. Prior to this year, the largest investment the ACLU made in an election cycle was 2020, when it spent $16 million. The ACLU has created its first federal super PAC, the ACLU Voter Education Fund, which will disburse the funds (Just the News). NBC: The group will also allocate money toward supporting the proposed ballot measures seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitutions in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada and New York, as well as specific redistricting reform efforts in Ohio (NBC).

Major Fast Food Restaurant in California Shuts Down 48 Locations Due to Minimum Wage Hike

Daily Mail: California’s $20-an-hour fast food minimum wage has its first casualty. Mexican chain Rubio’s Coastal Grill is shuttering 48 restaurants in the state – because of the ‘rising cost of doing business in California.’ ‘While painful, the store closures are a necessary step in our strategic long-term plan to position Rubio’s for success for years to come,’ a Rubio’s spokesperson added (Daily Mail). National Review: Californians are expected to vote in November on whether the state’s overall minimum wage should be increased to $18 per hour, an increase that could offset some of the financial damage incurred from the wage hike. At the very least, it would bring the statewide minimum wage closer to the one required for fast-food workers. Since it went into effect April 1, the law has led to raised prices and job cuts across the board in the state (National Review).

Evanston, IL, First City to Offer Reparations to Black Residents, Faces Lawsuit

Washington Times: The first U.S. city to offer reparations to Black residents now faces a federal class-action lawsuit alleging its program discriminates against non-Black residents in violation of the Constitution. The conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch filed the class-action suit last month against Evanston, Illinois. The city of about 75,000 people outside Chicago in Cook County became the first locality in 2021 to implement a reparations program for Black people. Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit on behalf of six residents who say they would apply for the city’s payment program except for the fact that they aren’t the right race. With the aim of redressing housing discrimination, Evanston’s program first offered $25,000 in grants for purchasing a home or making home improvements. It now also offers cash payments as an option to applicants. The city has allocated $20 million to the program and plans to pay this year 80 direct descendants of residents who were subjected to housing discrimination. The program is funded via a tax on cannabis (Washington Times).

Dozens of Anti-Israel Protesters Take Over Office of Stanford President, Get Arrested Hours Later

NBC: More than a dozen pro-Palestinian protesters at Stanford University were arrested — and some immediately suspended from school — on Wednesday after they briefly took over the president’s office, authorities said. In the latest provocative campus action calling for divestment from Israel in the wake of the country’s war with Hamas, students and alumni entered President Richard Saller’s office at about 5:30 am. They vowed to “remain inside the building and are refusing to leave until their demands are met,” the spokesperson said in a statement. But within three hours, the building appeared to be back in university control after campus police and Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputies took action (NBC). Daily Caller: Universities have been grappling for weeks with pro-Palestinian protesters who have erected encampments and taken over buildings in order to get schools to agree to divest from Israel. Columbia University police broke up another encampment Sunday during the school’s annual alumni reunion (Daily Caller).

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House Votes to Sanction ICC for Investigating, Prosecuting U.S. or Allies

Times of Israel: Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday to sanction the International Criminal Court for requesting arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The vote passed 247 to 155, with all 205 voting Republicans backing the measure alongside 42 Democrats. The vote amounted to Congress’ first legislative rebuke to the war crimes court since its stunning decision last month to seek arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel and Hamas. The move was widely denounced in Washington (Times of Israel). Axios: The nine-page measure would impose sanctions on anyone involved in ICC investigations or prosecutions of Americans or citizens of U.S. allies that are not ICC members, such as Israel (Axios).

United Nations Atomic Agency Rebukes Iran’s Nuclear Advances

Wall Street Journal: The United Nations atomic agency formally rebuked Iran over advances in its nuclear program and failure to cooperate with the body, a measure that Tehran has threatened to retaliate against. The rebuke—the first formal censure resolution of Iran by the agency’s board of member states since November 2022—was led by European governments. The Biden administration had initially opposed the move and threatened to abstain but ultimately voted in favor. The U.S. team only confirmed Wednesday morning it would back the measures and not abstain, according to two European diplomats. Russia and China opposed the resolution, but they have no veto on the 35-member International Atomic Energy Agency board. Iranian officials have said in recent days that they would take fresh steps to advance their nuclear program or reduce IAEA oversight if the censure resolution is approved (Wall Street Journal).

Ukraine Uses Weapons From U.S. to Strike Russia

Associated Press: Ukraine has used U.S weapons to strike inside Russia in recent days. The weapons were used under recently approved guidance from President Joe Biden allowing American arms to be used to strike inside Russia for the limited purpose of defending Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Biden’s directive allows for U.S.-supplied weapons to be used to strike Russian forces that are attacking or preparing to attack. It does not change U.S. policy that directs Ukraine not to use American-provided ATACMS or long-range missiles and other munitions to strike offensively inside Russia (Associated Press). Hill: Russia is still bombing Ukraine with guided bombs and pressed for more “air defense systems and permission from the United States to fire ATACMS missiles at Russian military airfields” (Hill).

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Disney, Florida Agree to $17 Billion Investment in State

Associated Press: Months after Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees agreed to end a protracted legal fight, the two sides are set to approve an agreement that could result in the company investing up to $17 billion into its Florida resort and opens the door to a fifth major theme park at Walt Disney World. The five DeSantis-appointed supervisors who oversee the Disney World district voted Wednesday to give initial approval to a new development agreement that both sides had agreed to negotiate after a March settlement ended their state court lawsuits against each other. A second vote was required for final approval (Associated Press). Washington Examiner: Disney would donate 100 of its 24,000 acres in Florida for the construction of infrastructure projects. Half of the construction projects would be contracted with companies based in Florida. Disney would also be required to spend at least $10 million of the $17 billion investment on affordable housing in central Florida. The agreement with Disney and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District would last 15 years (Washington Examiner).