Posted by Andrew Branca
on July 09, 2013148 Comments
By far the biggest news of the day came mid-afternoon when defense attorney Mark O'Mara informed Judge Nelson that his next witness, Elouise Dilligard, would be his last of the trial, and that he expected the defense to rest their case tomorrow. Given the expectations...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on July 09, 201320 Comments
I've flagged the pathway to citizenship (even more so than other forms of legalization) as the critical issue in the immigration debate.
Granting citizenship to adults who came here illegally is horrible policy which historically has proven a huge carrot to increased illegal immigration regardless of...
UPDATES below the post.
Multiple outlets are reporting that NSA leaker Edward Snowden has accepted asylum in Venezuela, and the news is spreading like wildfire. But there doesn't seem to be reliable confirmation of this news, as most reports appear to be based on a single source - a Russian lawmaker who deleted his relevant tweet.
I've been monitoring this for the last two hours and was waiting for actual confirmation, but the news cycle doesn't appear to want to wait. Here's how it's all gone down on Twitter so far. Make sure you read to the end.
Several news outlets tweeted earlier today that Snowden had accepted asylum in Venezuela, based on a tweet from Alexey Pushkov, a Russian lawmaker close to the Kremlin.
https://twitter.com/AP/status/354609751511924736
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/354607382564835329
https://twitter.com/ReutersWorld/status/354610306347053057
Shortly thereafter however, that lawmaker’s tweet was memory holed.
https://twitter.com/b_fung/status/354610393261412352
Posted by Andrew Branca
on July 09, 2013695 Comments
Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Trial live, all day, with streaming video. Continuing commentary will be posted in the Twitter feed of selected contributors below the first video feed, and breaking news will be added at the bottom of this post.
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Posted by William A. Jacobson
on July 09, 20136 Comments
Many weeks ago we suggested that one outcome of Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian civil war on behalf of Assad, particularly the conquest of Qusayr, would be car bombings in pro-Hezbollah sections of Beirut.
That prediction appears to be coming true.
Via The Daily Star of Lebanon:
A...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on July 09, 201322 Comments
The #fem2 hashtag is "A catch-all for Feminist tweets, sometimes combined with #p2."
The Pebble Mine is the latest worst thing ever to happen to the environment.
From Nick, with the subject line "Portland Crazy":
I couldn't help but think of you when I saw this near the...
The Guardian today released a second part of its exclusive video interview with NSA leaker Edward Snowden, purportedly recorded on June 6th, as a follow-up to the initial interview released on June 9th.
A couple highlights, transcribed from today's video release:
"We were actually involved in misleading the...
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Posted by Andrew Branca
on July 08, 2013165 Comments
The defense team of Mark O'Mara and Don West began their first full day of presenting their case to the jury today, although so far this morning it's been nothing but O'Mara. Rumors are that the defense plans to call ~25 witnesses, and they moved...
The defense will kick off its case Monday morning in the court martial of US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning, who stands accused of leaking more than 700,000 files, many of which included classified information, to Wikileaks. The prosecution rested its case last week...
Posted by Andrew Branca
on July 08, 2013558 Comments
I trust that everyone had a safe and satisfying extended (for some of you) 4th of July weekend.
Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Trial live, all day, with streaming video. Continuing commentary will be posted in the Twitter feed of selected contributors below the first video feed, and breaking news will be added at the bottom of this post.
[caption id="attachment_55250" align="alignnone" width="432"] George Zimmerman, day 10 of Florida v. Zimmerman[/caption]
During the lunch recess, or immediately thereafter, we will TRY topost a mid-day update. We'll then follow up with the usual detailed end-of-day wrap up, including video and embedded Tweets, at the usual time in the evening.
Yesterday I posted up an analytical piece of Mark O'Mara's request for a judgment of acquittal. O'Mara's motion was well-reasoned and supported by Florida's case law. It was, of course, doomed to peremptory denial by Judge Nelson. In that piece I've linked almost all of the case citations made by O'Mara to full-length copies of the decisions, so you can see the sources for yourselves, if you like (most of the decisions are gratifyingly brief). You can see that here:
Last Thursday, July 4, I had posted up a review of the trial to date, with some prognostication of how things may role out in the coming days. To take a look at that, click here:
(NOTE: If you do wander over to the LOSD blog, be sure to come back to Legal Insurrection to comment, as nearly all my time is spent here for the duration of the trial.)
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Posted by William A. Jacobson
on July 08, 20137 Comments
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If you want to mark a day when the Egyptian civil war started, this may be that day.
Breaking reports indicate that pro-Muslim Brotherhood protesters -- it's unclear if just protesters or an organized armed group -- attempted to storm an army barracks where Mohamed Morsi was being held, and the army responded with gunfire killing dozens of protesters.
Via NBC News:
At least 42 were killed and 322 injured in clashes early Monday near the Republican Guard headquarters in the Egyptian capital, according to a Ministry of Health source.
Supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi had been holding a sit-in near the compound.
Reuters cited the Egyptian military as saying "a terrorist group" had tried to storm the building early Monday. A Ministry of Defense official said that 200 people were arrested after protesters attacked the site around 4 a.m. local time (10 p.m. ET on Sunday). Some were armed with guns, Molotov cocktails and knives, according to the official. One officer was killed and six troops wounded, the military said.
However, Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood and its allies accused security forces of attacking protesters. NBC News was not immediately able to reconcile the differing accounts.
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on July 08, 20133 Comments
Cruz, that is.
And he's hoping to make your wish come true.
From J, taken in Charlottesville, VA:
Update (h/t Twitchy)
https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/354292225192124416...
