New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with bribery and taking illegal campaign contributions from foreign sources, an unsealed indictment has revealed, throwing the United States’ largest city’s government into turmoil.

In a five-count indictment on Thursday, Adams was charged with crimes such as conspiracy, wire fraud, and bribery. Prosecutors have accused him of offering favours and influence in exchange for luxury travel and airline benefits.

Adams, a 64-year-old Democrat who became the first of the city’s 110 mayors to be criminally charged while in office, has denied the allegations and said he has no plans to step down as mayor.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5785682

Let's hope it goes through. 🙏🙏

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20725066

Jake Johnson
Sep 25, 2024

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20724665

Jake Johnson
Sep 25, 2024

CBO: GOP Social Security Plan Would Cut Benefits by Thousands, Not Extend Solvency

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-social-security-cuts

from #CommonDreams
Jessica Corbett
Sep 25, 2024

"Their goal is to destroy our #SocialSecurity system," one advocate for seniors said of #Republican politicians.

#politics
#USA #US #USPolitics #politics #USElections #DemocraticParty #Trump #KamalaHarris #Harris #Biden #press #news #media
@usa

NEW YORK - Columbia University announced on Monday the revision of its anti-discriminatory guidelines, introducing new policies explicitly addressing the use of terms like "Zionist" when employed to target Jews or Israelis, in an effort to combat antisemitism and provide clearer criteria regarding harassment. The 73-page document prohibits coded language and includes a detailed checklist for students filing complaints.

Columbia's actions emulate those of other universities, such as NYU, which announced last month that anti-Zionist discrimination may violate its student conduct rules.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20185803

She says it in this new video: https://x.com/SaeedDiCaprio/status/1838960476199211454

More context:

https://innocenceproject.org/cases/marcellus-williams/

Marcellus Williams, who was convicted of murder 21 years ago, has been executed in the Midwestern state of Missouri despite concerns raised over the integrity of the case.

The United States Supreme Court, the last body that could have overturned Williams’s death sentence, declined to intervene in the case on Tuesday.

Wesley Bell, whose office handled the original prosecution, had sought to block the execution due to concerns about the original trial.

“Even for those who disagree on the death penalty, when there is a shadow of a doubt of any defendant’s guilt, the irreversible punishment of execution should not be an option,” Bell said in a statement before the execution.

Her video originally on tiktok explaining herself: https://www.tiktok.com/@chappellroan/video/7418361967166950699

Mirror source: https://x.com/ChappellRoanNow/status/1838740467351195695

cross-posted from: https://expressional.social/users/Peter_Link/statuses/113195075987512155

CNN's Tapper, Bash Urged to Apologize for 'Reprehensible' Lies About Rashida Tlaib
from #CommonDreams

Brett Wilkins
Sep 24, 2024

"At this point, there is virtually zero chance that #CNN, #JakeTapper, and #DanaBash don't know that #RashidaTlaib never said what they are claiming," said one observer.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/rashida-tlaib-false-allegations

#ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendStudentProtesters
#EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#PalestinianLivesMatter
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
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Caroline Ellison, the former crypto executive and romantic partner of the disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced to 24 months in prison in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday. Ellison was a central figure in the FTX bankruptcy saga and key witness for the prosecution in the $8bn fraud trial that ended with Bankman-Fried’s conviction.

Ellison served as the CEO of Alameda Research, which was the trading arm of the now defunct FTX crypto exchange. The collapse of FTX, once valued at $32bn, was directly linked to revelations that it was attempting to financially prop up Alameda with fraudulent accounting. Subsequent investigations and criminal charges found that both FTX and the hedge fund had used billions in customer funds for risky trades and lavish personal spending.

The US government’s two foremost authorities on humanitarian assistance concluded this spring that Israel had deliberately blocked deliveries of food and medicine into Gaza.

The US Agency for International Development delivered its assessment to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the State Department’s refugees bureau made its stance known to top diplomats in late April. Their conclusion was explosive because US law requires the government to cut off weapons shipments to countries that prevent the delivery of US-backed humanitarian aid. Israel has been largely dependent on American bombs and other weapons in Gaza since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks.

But Blinken and the administration of President Joe Biden did not accept either finding. Days later, on May 10, Blinken delivered a carefully worded statement to Congress that said, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of US humanitarian assistance.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to deliver an address at the United Nations General Assembly later this week. On Thursday, September 26, several anti-imperialist organizations, organized under the Shut it Down For Palestine Coalition, are holding a demonstration denouncing Netanyahu’s visit and demanding that he be arrested for genocide and crimes against humanity.