#In late June, the Iowa Supreme Court blocked a recent law that requires women to submit to a 72-hour waiting period before they can get an abortion, saying "its restrictions are not narrowly tailored to serve a compelling interest of the state."
#The U.S. Supreme Court in upholding President Trump's Muslim ban means shutting out refugees, babies, families and students from the U.S. for their religious beliefs. The ruling on "Crisis Pregnancy Centers" means that fake, anti-abortion centers can withhold medical information and cut off access to care for women seeking safe, legal abortions. The ruling that unions can be forced to represent people who refuse to pay dues makes unions weaker and corporate interests stronger. The myopia on the Muslim ban is astonishing, as Trump made it very clear that it was a Muslim ban, and it applies almost exclusively to Muslim-majority nations.
#U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood has said that only 161 documents out of 300,000 reviewed so far in the Michael Cohen case are not protected by attorney-client privilege.
#The comedian known as "Stuttering John" managed to get through to Trump on Air Force One and impersonate himself as Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), raising an issue of security, as Air force One is considered to have special security measures. Menendez, who had recently had a hung jury on corruption charges, was congratulated by Trump for fighting his investigation.
#Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has posted a series of tweets supporting the protesters in Iran and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has posted four different videos on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter encouraging Iranians to protest against the regime. Israel and the U.S. have formed a joint working group focused on internal efforts to encourage protests in Iran.
#The Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded that the "intelligence community assessment" is a "sound intelligence production." Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) has seen "no reason to dispute the conclusions of the intelligence community" that Russia colluded in the 2016 election to help Trump and denigrate Hillary Clinton.
#Under the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918, more than 1,500 people were prosecuted. Historians remember the World War I crackdown on dissent as "one of the greater restrictions on civil liberties in American history." That crackdown and the internment of 120,000 Japanese-Americans in World War II, help to refute the contention of many that fighting in a war increases the freedom of U.S. citizens.
#The Stoneman Douglas High School students touring the country to press for gun control were followed by members of the Utah Gun Exchange, riding in an armored vehicle that had a giant replica machine gun, a replication that is designed with a propane-powered mechanism to create realistic-sounding machine gun fire. During the March for Our Lives protest in Salt Lake City, many adult men showed up with guns.
#The "Star" newspaper did a statistical analysis showing that in 2017, Trump said about 26 words for every false word. In 2018, the count has been 14 words for every false word. Daily lies are now 5.1, up from 2.9 in 2017.
# Israel is in the process of amending its nation-state law; however, it has prompted large demonstrations by the Druze community, because it believes it doesn't give adequate protection to minority communities. It would permit judges to give priority to Israel's Jewish character in their rulings.
#Federal Judge Peter Messitte decided on July 27 that the case against Trump based on the Constitution's Emoluments Clause can proceed, finding that it is likely that Trump is taking payment from foreign governments in violation of the clause. Trump has said that the payments have been "gifts," but the judge refers to receipt "of any kind whatever." The judge said that: "Plaintiffs have plausibly alleged that the President has been receiving or is potentially able to receive 'emoluments' " in violation of the Constitution.
#Donald Trump signed the Trump Foundation tax returns in four different years when they contained demonstrably false information.
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