07 January 20
Rose McGowan | Weinstein Trial Evokes "Dark Hope" in Survivors
Rose McGowan, The Hollywood Reporter
McGowan writes: "I've been asked to articulate what it's like to at last see Harvey Weinstein - a man who stole so much of my life - be tried by a jury. The answer: I hold a Grand Canyon of pain so deep that I have what feels like tundra frozen over me."
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Rose McGowan, The Hollywood Reporter
McGowan writes: "I've been asked to articulate what it's like to at last see Harvey Weinstein - a man who stole so much of my life - be tried by a jury. The answer: I hold a Grand Canyon of pain so deep that I have what feels like tundra frozen over me."
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper's chief of staff is stepping down. (photo: Evan Vucci/AP)
Defense Secretary's Chief of Staff to Step Down
Wesley Morgan and Connor O'Brien, Politico
Excerpt: "Eric Chewning, chief of staff to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, is stepping down at the end of the month, the latest in a series of high-profile civilians to leave the Pentagon."
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Wesley Morgan and Connor O'Brien, Politico
Excerpt: "Eric Chewning, chief of staff to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, is stepping down at the end of the month, the latest in a series of high-profile civilians to leave the Pentagon."
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A display featuring missiles and a portrait of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is seen at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran, in 2017. (photo: Reuters)
Iran Threatens to Hit US Bases With Medium- and Long-Range Missiles
Patrick Wintour and Julian Borger, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Iranian military forces have said they are prepared to use medium- to long-range missiles to attack US bases in the Middle East, in revenge for the assassination of the country's most senior general, Qassem Suleimani."
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Patrick Wintour and Julian Borger, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Iranian military forces have said they are prepared to use medium- to long-range missiles to attack US bases in the Middle East, in revenge for the assassination of the country's most senior general, Qassem Suleimani."
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National Security Adviser Mike Flynn listens to President Trump during a listening session with cyber security experts in the Roosevelt Room the White House. (photo: Jabin Botsford/WP)
Michael Flynn Deserves Up to 6 Months in Prison, US Says in Reversal for Former Trump National Security Adviser
Spencer S. Hsu an Rachel Weiner, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Federal prosecutors Tuesday recommended that former national security adviser Michael Flynn serve up to six months in prison, reversing their earlier recommendation of probation because of his drawn-out attacks against the FBI and Justice Department."
Spencer S. Hsu an Rachel Weiner, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Federal prosecutors Tuesday recommended that former national security adviser Michael Flynn serve up to six months in prison, reversing their earlier recommendation of probation because of his drawn-out attacks against the FBI and Justice Department."
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But at last year’s Dec. 18, 2018, sentencing hearing, Sullivan lambasted Flynn’s attorneys for also suggesting prosecutors overreached and for appearing to play down his offenses. Under questioning by the judge, Flynn repeated under oath that he admitted he was guilty as Sullivan recited at length his misstatements to Vice President Pence, senior White House aides, federal investigators and the news media before and after Trump’s January 2017 inauguration about the nature of his foreign contacts
“Arguably, you sold your country out,” Sullivan told Flynn, warning he might impose prison time. Flynn’s lawyers agreed to postpone the proceeding so that he could continue to show his good faith cooperation.
Flynn also informed the government of “multiple instances” in which he or his attorneys received communications from White House or congressional sources that could have affected his decision to cooperate or cooperate fully, including messages from Trump to “stay strong” and that “the president still cared for him.”
Prosecutors disclosed that it was Flynn himself who told prosecutors of a sensitive voice-mail message that one of President Trump’s attorneys left for Flynn’s lawyer seeking to suss out if he was about to cooperate and if so to do so while protecting the president, a transcript of which was quoted in Mueller’ report and released in full as part of Flynn’s proceedings.
If “there’s information that implicates the President, then we’ve got a national security issue,” said Trump’s lawyer, whom sources have identified as John Dowd. “So you know, … we need some kind of heads up,” he added. “Um, just for the sake of protecting all our interests if we can, without you having to give up any … confidential information … remember what we’ve always said about the President and his feelings toward Flynn and, that still remains.”
Flynn resigned from his top White House post in February 2017 after the White House said he misled Vice President Pence and other administration officials about his contacts with Kislyak.
Flynn was succeeded by H.R. McMaster, an Army lieutenant general at the time of his hiring by Trump. McMaster was forced out in March 2018 after sparring with conservatives and disagreeing with Trump on key foreign policy strategies including Russia, Iran and North Korea.
Trump’s third national security adviser, John R. Bolton, was also ousted in September. Earlier this week Bolton expressed willingness to testify in a Senate impeachment trial of Trump over the president’s alleged attempt to pressure Ukraine to investigate political rival former Democratic vice president Joe Biden, while withholding nearly $400 million in military aid.
A for-profit immigrant detention center in Nevada. (photo: VICE)
ICE Detention Center Captain Was on a Neo-Nazi Website and Wanted to Start a White Nationalist Group
Tess Owen, VICE
Owen writes: "A senior employee at a for-profit immigrant detention center in Nevada was active on the neo-Nazi site Iron March and aspired to establish a white nationalist chapter in his area."
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Tess Owen, VICE
Owen writes: "A senior employee at a for-profit immigrant detention center in Nevada was active on the neo-Nazi site Iron March and aspired to establish a white nationalist chapter in his area."
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'I did not expect, not ever, to be scared to death' ... Elizabeth Wurtzel in New York in 2015. (photo: Dan Callister/Rex/Shutterstock)
Elizabeth Wurtzel, Journalist and Author of Prozac Nation, Dead at 52
Sian Cain, Guardian UK
Cain writes: "Elizabeth Wurtzel, the journalist and author who chronicled her life with depression in the bestselling memoir Prozac Nation, has died at the age of 52."
Sian Cain, Guardian UK
Cain writes: "Elizabeth Wurtzel, the journalist and author who chronicled her life with depression in the bestselling memoir Prozac Nation, has died at the age of 52."
Writer David Samuels, Wurtzel’s friend since childhood, told the New York Times that Wurtzel had died in New York from metastatic breast cancer on Tuesday. Wurtzel, who tested positively for the BRCA genetic mutation, was an vocal advocate for BRCA testing in her journalism, while refusing pity for herself. Writing in the Guardian in 2018, she noted: “I hate it when people say that they are sorry about my cancer. Really? Have they met me? I am not someone that you feel sorry for. I am the original mean girl. I now have stage-four upgrade privileges. I can go right to the front. But it’s always been like this. I am a line-cutter. Which is to say, I was precocious. I was early for history.”
Puerto Rico. (photo: AP)
6.4 Quake in Puerto Rico Cuts Power to the Island, 300K Households Without Water
Danica Coto, Associated Press
Coto writes: "A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn on Tuesday, killing one man, injuring at least eight other people and collapsing buildings in the southern part of the island."
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Danica Coto, Associated Press
Coto writes: "A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn on Tuesday, killing one man, injuring at least eight other people and collapsing buildings in the southern part of the island."
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