The highly-anticipated
Anacostia River Splash, postponed once again due to E. Coli levels, is expected to be made up on
July 13.
However, the event has been
delayed three separate times, making some parkgoers nervous that the makeup will
not happen due to water safety.
Some parkgoers who spoke with DC
News Now said they would not want to risk an illness by jumping in the
water. “I’m all for recreation on the water, but I don’t think
they’re ready,” Eddie Kessie said.
Back when I worked in the Anacostia River we were supposed to get Hepatitis A shots to be able to touch to water.
Yesterday we got the news that the Supreme Court had ruled that all
president's and ex-presidents, even Donald Trump had complete immunity for
acts committed under the imprimatur of their office, while having no immunity
for acts committed as private citizens. Herr Professor Jacobson at LI explains
what this means for the Trump persecutions going forward.
Immunity Hot Take: The DC Case Against Trump Is Virtually Over. "That doesn’t mean Jack Smith won’t keep trying to fight it."
At Da Caller, Check Out The Most Insane Sentence In The History Of Polling "But the most absurd spin came courtesy of a
Democracy Corps
survey of Democratic-leaners’ reactions to the debate. “President Biden
was hurt badly by the debate, but Donald Trump didn’t benefit on any measure,
except the vote,” reads a summary of the survey report."
The Victory Girls hear Irrelevant Nikki Haley Chimes In "Haley told The Wall Street Journal that given how poorly Biden
performed on Thursday night, the Democratic Party will likely replace the
current nominee with a younger, more coherent candidate. She said: ‘They are
going to be smart about it: they’re going to bring somebody younger, they’re
going to bring somebody vibrant, they’re going to bring somebody tested.’"
On June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court held in Fischer v. United
States that a violation of 18 U.S.C. Seç. 1512(c)(2) could not be based on
allegations involving illegal protest activities, i.e., “by entering and
remaining in the United States Capitol without autority and committing an
act of civil disorder and engaging in disorderly and disruptive conduct.” In
doing so, the Court vacated of every District Court Judge in the District of
Columbia who had answered that same question with the opposite finding —
except for one.
On December 17, 2021, Matthew Perna was charged
by the Biden DOJ with violating Sec. 1512(c)(2) “by entering and remaining
in the United States Capitol without authority and committing an act of
civil disorder, and threatening Congressional officials, and engaging in
disorderly and disruptive conduct.”
Pursuant to a pre-indictment
plea agreement that had been negotiated between Matthew, assisted of an
experience criminal defense attorney, and the Biden DOJ, Matthew entered a
plea of “Guilty” to that charge the same day.
On February 25,
2022, only 70 days after pleading guilty and two weeks prior to his
scheduled sentencing, Matthew Perna took his own life.
Jasmine Therese Montemayor Henry (born June 19, 2004) known by her stage
name Jaz is a Filipino-Australian singer and model under Cornerstone
Entertainment. She is a member of the girl group G22.
She made
her first solo debut on November 30, 2017 with her first single, "This Is
The Night".
TV alarms went off last night for a possible horrible thunderstorm last night, with 80 mph winds and ping-pong ball sized hail. The storm fizzled, and went around us with just few raindrops. However, in its wake came delightful cool air, a stiff breeze, and blue sky with fluffy clouds.
The wind also blew the tide out, resulting in a pretty easy walk up the beach, and lots of gravel and shells to sort through
I found 27 fairly ordinary teeth, and this nice stubby crocodile tooth.
The Supreme Court ruled on former President Donald Trump’s immunity appeal, finding that presidents have immunity from criminal prosecution for “official acts” taken in office.
Trump’s appeal, which seeks to dismiss the case brought by special counsel Jack Smith based on Trump’s claim that he has absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts during his presidency, has long delayed his trial in Washington, D.C., bringing proceedings at the district court to a grinding halt as the Supreme Court sorted out the dispute. Trump was indicted last August on four felony counts relating to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
“Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority,” the court held in a 6-3 ruling. “And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. There is no immunity for unofficial acts.”
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion that the ultimate analysis on which of the allegations in Trump’s indictment are considered official acts subject to immunity is “best left to the lower courts.”
“Certain allegations—such as those involving Trump’s discussions with the Acting Attorney General—are readily categorized in light of the nature of the President’s official relationship to the office held by that individual,” Roberts wrote. “Other allegations—such as those involving Trump’s interactions with the Vice President, state officials, and certain private parties, and his comments to the general public present more difficult questions. ”
Roberts wrote that Trump is “absolutely immune from prosecution for the alleged conduct involving his discussions with Justice Department officials.”
However, Roberts also wrote that Trump asserted “a far broader immunity than the limited one we have recognized.”
“He contends that the indictment must be dismissed because the Impeachment Judgment Clause requires that impeachment and Senate conviction precede a President’s criminal prosecution,” Roberts wrote. “The text of the Clause provides little support for such an absolute immunity.”
About what I expected. Now the lower courts can spend years trying to figure this one out.
As strange as it seems, how much coffee or caffeine an individual drinks
might be partly inherited from their parents. Previous research on twins has
suggested that caffeine-related traits are
36–58%Trusted Source
heritable.
To investigate these relationships, scientists use
so-called genome-wide association studies (GWAS). In short, these studies
analyze participants’ whole genomes to identify gene variants associated
with a given trait. . . . As strange as it seems, how
much coffee or caffeine an individual drinks might be partly inherited from
their parents. Previous research on twins has suggested that
caffeine-related traits are
36–58%Trusted Source
heritable.
To investigate these relationships, scientists use
so-called genome-wide association studies (GWAS). In short, these studies
analyze participants’ whole genomes to identify gene variants associated
with a given trait.
“We were also able to confidently identify specific genes that influenced coffee consumption, including some that influence how quickly caffeine is metabolized,” Thorpe told Medical News Today.
In both the U.K. and U.S. datasets, the scientists noted positive associations between coffee consumption and health outcomes, including substance use and obesity.
MNT spoke with Michael Foti, PhD., an assistant professor of internal medicine at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York who was not involved in the study. We asked what a “positive association” between coffee and obesity means: “This study found that certain genes were found consistently among enough participants to say the two may be linked.”
In agreement, Thorpe told MNT that “the genetics of coffee intake positively overlapped with the genetics of obesity and related traits.” She also added an important caveat: “This does not mean that coffee intake promotes obesity. Rather, it means that the genetic differences among individuals that influence coffee intake also influence obesity.”
