Новости за 25.03.2022

Clarence Thomas’s wife believes a lot of the same things that QAnon supporters believe. In texts sent to Donald Trump’s former Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, in the lead-up to the January 6 insurrection, Virginia Thomas, who goes by “Ginni,” urged him to keep fighting the results of a lawful and legitimate election. She couldn’t wait for Trump’s legal team to “release the Kraken and save us from the left taking America down,” she texted. 

The spouses of Supreme Court justices rarely, if ever, make news. They typically do not seek out the spotlight or comment on political issues. They do not usually engage in activities that could create conflicts of interest. Those who are lawyers themselves take jobs that keep them far away from the high court’s docket. Martin Ginsburg, a renowned tax attorney and the husband of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, became better known to the public toward the end of his life for his excellent cooking than for his legal career. Читать дальше...

Climate denial is not hot, according to new data offering some conditional hope for the species. Data from online dating site OkCupid, recently shared with The Hill, found that climate denial was the biggest dealbreaker for users on the popular dating app, surpassing differences on gun control, abortion and other issues. Over the past year, the app has asked 250,000 people if it was important that a potential paramour care about the planet, and 90 percent said it was. This reinforces data that OkCupid made public last year... Читать дальше...

Over the last several weeks, cracks have emerged in the foundation of Donald Trump’s hold on the Republican Party. Although his endorsement record was always more checkered than he likes to claim—a truism that covers all of Trump’s boasts—in recent weeks, his hand-picked candidates have faltered across the country. On Wednesday, he withdrew his endorsement of Alabama senate candidate Mo Brooks—the root cause seemingly being the hardcore Trumpian loyalist’s mighty struggles with his campaign warchest and his poling numbers. Читать дальше...

The confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson introduced to the American public someone who embodies the hopes and dreams of many Americans. Jimmy Kimmel delivered its verdict: “You are a horrible woman.”

Working at Amazon warehouses is notoriously punishing on the body. Jobs often require workers to lift, carry, twist, bend, and perform repetitive motions, and the company enforces a breakneck pace by digitally monitoring workers’ rate of production and the amount of time they’re not working (beyond their legally required lunch break). Workers who fail to hit their targets face discipline and eventually termination. No wonder so many are injured on the job: While the warehousing industry has injury... Читать дальше...

Here’s what happened this week

On Thursday, the January 6 committee announced that it would hold a hearing next week to consider whether to recommend Congress hold Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in contempt of Congress.

Scavino was the Trump White House deputy chief of staff for communications. He’s been one of the most comically slippery former Trump staffers under the committee’s scrutiny. Last October, his attorney said he was not ready to cooperate with the committee. Then the committee served him with a subpoena... Читать дальше...