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Former President Trump Donald Trump Trump announces new tranche of endorsements DeSantis, Pence tied in 2024 Republican poll Lawmakers demand changes after National Guard troops at Capitol sickened from tainted food MORE is pressing Republican Party organs to stop using his name and likeness for fundraising and merchandise sales. Two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill that lawyers for Trump sent cease-and-desist letters Friday to the Republican National Committee (RNC), the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). The three groups are the largest fundraising bodies for the Republican Party. ADVERTISEMENT Trump has long been known to tout his marketing expertise from his long career in real estate and was protective even while in office of how lawmakers and party organs used his name to benefit themselves and other candidates. “President Trump remains committed to … [Read more...] about Trump presses GOP to stop using name for fundraising

Rapidly escalating tactics used to control a Denver jail inmate went way beyond what the circumstances required the day Marvin Booker died while under restraint, a federal trial witness said Tuesday. Texas corrections consultant Steve Martin testified at a trial in federal court that using a neck hold on Booker at all, let alone for more than two minutes, was excessive. “It’s considered a dangerous, high-risk tactic. It can tear and impede the air passages,” Martin said. “It was grossly disproportionate to the level of resistance that was offered by the inmate.” Martin also criticized deputies’ use of a Taser and the decision to use physical force when Booker disobeyed orders to go to a cell and instead went to retrieve his shoes. Martin suggested that the situation that led to Booker’s death July 9, 2010, could have been defused with words instead of force. While acknowledging during cross-examination that Booker repeatedly ignored valid orders to go to a holding … [Read more...] about Expert: Force used on Denver inmate was “grossly disproportionate”

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his top lieutenants cited a report altered by his top aides to make it seem like they were handling the COVID-19 outbreak in nursing homes better than other states. A New York State Department of Health report published in early July disclosed 6,432 COVID-19 deaths at nursing homes, despite the department knowing at the time that nearly 10,000 nursing home residents had died of the virus. Cuomo used the figures in the report to claim his state performing better than 45 other states. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his top lieutenants cited a report altered by his top aides to paint a false narrative of his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak in nursing homes in comparison to other states. The New York State Department of Health knew that nearly 10,000 nursing home residents had died of COVID-19 by early July, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Despite this, top Cuomo aides convinced the health department … [Read more...] about Here’s How Cuomo Used Undercounted Nursing Home Deaths To Mislead The Public

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Tensions continue to run high in Rochester in the wake of Daniel Prude’s death in police custody, which was ruled a homicide . On Friday night, Rochester police used tear gas to disperse a demonstration against Prude’s death and police tactics used before he died. READ MORE: Internal Investigation Underway After Rochester Police Officer Pepper Sprays Woman In Front Of Her Child Largely peaceful protesters demonstrating against the suffocation death of Daniel Prude marched Friday outside police headquarters in Rochester, NY — as officers doused some activists with a chemical spray & repeatedly fired an irritant to disperse crowds https://t.co/1DqBfsY5MF pic.twitter.com/iJUE0xHMdP — CBS News (@CBSNews) September 5, 2020 Tactics, including the use of spit hoods and the response to mental illness are now under a microscope. MORE : Disturbing Video Shows Encounter That Resulted In Death Of Daniel Prude In Rochester Police … [Read more...] about Rochester Police Use Tear Gas To Disperse Protesters Against Death Of Daniel Prude

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Cross Connection,” House Budget Committee Chair John Yarmuth (D-KY) stated that under the coronavirus relief bill, “there will be people who could use” the $1,400 direct payments “who will not get it, but, again, 250 million people will.” Yarmuth said, “I think that what you have to say is we’re giving a lot of money to state and local governments. They can use that money in a variety of ways. They can set up assistance operations and plans for people in need. The fact is that you can’t use, as many people have said, a scalpel to do national legislation. You have to do — make broad decisions and come up with answers, and this is one of the things that we have to do. And there’s no right level. If you set up a system based on need, it would take probably at least six months to set it up, and then you’d have to create a huge bureaucracy to actually consider people’s personal situation. You just can’t make policy that way on the national level. So, … [Read more...] about House Budget Chair Yarmuth: Some People Who Could Use Direct Payment Won’t Get It