memeorandum: RFK Jr. lists voting address at Westchester home — that's in foreclosure and neighbors have never seen him (New York Post)

9:15 AM ET, May 20, 2024

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Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine — Today I am filing applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court in the Situation in the State of Palestine.

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CNN:

EXCLUSIVE: ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza war — The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes …

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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:

Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media says — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash Monday after an hourslong search through a foggy …

Reuters:

Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found — Hopes are fading that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have survived a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday after search teams located the wreckage.

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ABC News:

Iran's President Raisi dead in helicopter crash, former foreign minister blames US sanctions — The helicopter crashed in rough weather on Sunday in northern Iran. — Rescue vehicles are seen following a crash of a helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, in Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, May 19, 2024.

Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Helicopter Carrying Iran's President Has Crashed, State Media Reports

Arsalan Shahla / Bloomberg:
Iran State TV Says ‘No Sign of Life’ at Helicopter Crash Site

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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:

Exclusive: Justice Alito sold Bud Light stock amidst anti-trans boycott effort — At 4:37 p.m. on Sunday, August 13, 2023, far-right, anti-LGBTQ influencer Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok posted a pre-transition photograph of transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, calling her “a dude,” on Twitter, now known as X.1

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Liz Dye / Public Notice:

Why isn't Donald Trump in jail already? — Donald Smith would be in a cell by now! … “Why isn't Donald Trump in jail already?” — It's a fair question, particularly in light of the flagrant gag order violations in Trump's Manhattan criminal trial, both by the man himself and his surrogates.

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Judd Legum / Popular Information:

The truth about crime in DC — On May 15, Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) went to the floor of the House of Representatives and said he supported a federal takeover of Washington, D.C.'s criminal justice laws “to improve public safety in our nation's capital... as violent crime skyrockets.”

Sahil Kapur / NBC News:

America's largest LGBTQ rights group plans $15 million swing state blitz to re-elect Biden — The Human Rights Campaign is launching a spending push in six key states to rally “equality voters” — and warns that many still need to be persuaded to vote for Biden.

New York Post:

RFK Jr. lists voting address at Westchester home — that's in foreclosure and neighbors have never seen him — Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lists his residence to vote as a tony Westchester County address — which is in foreclosure proceedings for non-payment, court records show.

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David Smith / The Guardian:

Biden: what would Trump have done if the Capitol riots had been led by Black Americans? — The US president Joe Biden asks at civil rights event: ‘what do you think he would have done ... if Black Americans had stormed the Capitol?’ — Joe Biden has launched one of his most scathing attacks yet …

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Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:

Is This Suburban New York Charity a Terrorist Front Group? — The Westchester Peace Action Committee Foundation is named in a lawsuit alleging anti-Israel groups coordinate with Hamas — At first glance, the Westchester Peace Action Committee Foundation (WESPAC) seems unremarkable …

Axios:

Senate Democrats don't believe Biden's bad polls, either … - “No, I do not think that they are accurate,” Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) told Axios. … - “The polls showed that I was down when I entered my race. … - Now, Democrats say the polls are missing key voter dynamics on their side.

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U.S. Department of Defense:

Joint Statement From the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of National Defense of the Republic of Niger — Representatives of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of National Defense of the Republic of Niger met from May 15 to 19, 2024, in Niamey, Republic of Niger …