Month: June 2024

Biden Should Withdraw, And So Should Trump – WSJ  The Wall Street Journal

1. Trump Trials: Supreme Court to decide Trump’s immunity in D.C. Jan. 6 case – The Washington Post  The Washington Post
2. Trump immunity decision in balance as Supreme Court caps term  The Hill
3. Trump calls for those arrested for Jan. 6 attack to be freed immediately  POLITICO

Shavkat Rakhmonov happy to “remind” Ian Garry how their sparring sessions went after call out from the Irishman  Sportskeeda

Переговоры по условиям завершения войны России с Украиной могут пройти по принципу согласования зерновой сделки, заявил президент Украины в интервью.

WHCA statement on press access for CNN hosted presidential debate | White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) https://t.co/XUvKLrJWFW

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Toronto — Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, said Sunday that it canceled more than 800 flights affecting tens of thousands of passengers as an unexpected strike by plane mechanics entered its third day.

Around 680 workers, whose daily inspections and repairs are essential to airline operations, walked off the job Friday evening, despite a directive for binding arbitration from the federal labor minister.

The strike is happening during the Canada Day long weekend, the busiest travel week of the year in the country.

Both the airline and the Airplane Mechanics Fraternal Association have accused the other side of refusing to negotiate in good faith.

WestJet Airlines President Diederik Pen has stressed what he calls the “continued reckless actions” of a union making “blatant efforts” to disrupt Canadians’ travel plans, while the association claimed the Calgary-Alberta, based company has refused to respond to its latest counterproposal.

In an update to members Sunday, it said that mechanics were “the victim of WestJet’s virulent PR campaign that you are scofflaws,” citing “calumnies” against workers around their right to strike.

The job action comes after union members voted overwhelmingly to reject a tentative deal from WestJet in mid-June and following two weeks of tense talks between the two  

parties.

As the clock ticked down toward a Friday strike deadline, the impasse prompted Labor Minister Seamus O’Regan to step in, mandating that WestJet and the union undertake binding arbitration headed by the country’s labor tribunal.

That process typically sidesteps a work stoppage. WestJet certainly thought so, stating the union had “confirmed they will abide by the direction.”

“Given this, a strike or lockout will not occur, and the airline will no longer proceed in canceling flights,” the airline said Thursday.

The mechanics took a different view. The union negotiating committee said it would “comply with the minister’s order and directs its members to refrain from any unlawful job action.” Less than 24 hours later, workers were on the picket lines.

Imagine these scenarios: A marine biologist publishes a book saying the Titanic never happened. A sportscaster calls out the wrong sports team as the winner. A malignant narcissist says Democrats are killing babies three days after birth. In each scenario, there is no pushback.

Well, then, people might start to believe the Titanic is a tall tale. After all, no one has pushed back against this marine biologist’s claims. The wrong sports team would be rewarded. After all — nobody corrected the sportscaster’s snafu. And a lying liar’s claims of Democratic baby killing might make some BELIEVE that monstrous claim.

In the wake of Thursday’s debate, people are talking — about the moderators. Jake Tapper. Dana Bash. WHERE THE HELL WERE THEY? I say this because although they may have been there physically, their souls seemed out to lunch.

They, indeed, weren’t present at the debate as Donald Trump lied and lied and lied and lied and lied and lied and lied and lied and lied. “Faces of the Collapse of American Media.” Yes, that’s what these two are being called. They are being mocked mercilessly by scores of angry debate watchers who watched these pieces of petrified wood sit uselessly and dumbly, unable to open their mouths for even one fact check.

“Jake Tapper and Dana Bash should never be allowed to moderate a presidential event again.” These two “reporters” should have expected this blowback. From the beginning, this writer had concerns, especially about Tapper.

“Apparently debate moderation means a person who can read questions off a card.” – Charlotte Clymer. She is correct. You — or I — or ANYONE READING THIS ARTICLE could have done better. CNN had a chance on Thursday, a chance to get back in the game, to show they are still relevant, that they’re not the useless elevator muzak of politics that they have become.

They failed. This was one of the biggest, loudest political failures I can think of. CNN should be ashamed as thousands of Twitter users told (and are telling) them. A moderator is NOT supposed to be a lump of coal, a piece of wood, or a kindling unable to start a fact-checking fire by using their MOUTHS to tell the country that lies are being spoken. Instead with their silence, they merely fanned the flames of incompetence.

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The Russians announced a missile attack in Crimea. The Kerch bridge is closed — online.ua  News.online.ua