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Joe Biden’s allies are bracing after Donald Trump erased the president’s financial edge.

An ordained minister accused of drugging and raping a woman and molesting a child was arrested in Spokane Friday.

Russell Anders, 55, was arrested Friday morning at his home on the 1800 block of West Gardener Avenue in Spokane by a United States Marshals’ task force on an outstanding federal warrant.

Anders is charged with second-degree rape and first-degree voyeurism in Spokane.

On multiple occasions, a woman woke up after having drinks with Anders feeling off, according to court documents. She eventually was able to access his laptop and found videos of Anders having sex with her while she was unconscious after putting sleeping pills in her drinks, according to court records.

She also found sexually explicit videos of children on the laptop, she told police.

Anders was indicted last year in federal court in Seattle on one count of producing child pornography, along with possessing depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

He also has pending Seattle cases, including charges of child molestation and sexual exploitation of a minor, among other similar crimes.

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In a recent interview with The New York Times, Whitmer was asked why President Joe Biden has so far struggled to earn widespread credit for the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law among voters.

Her response? Voters have been worn out by the pandemic and many just haven't been tuned in to what's happening in Washington.

"I think the pandemic's taken a toll. People are stressed out," Whitmer told the Times. "They're just trying to pay the grocery bill, get the kids off to school, show up at their job, and maybe get a little bit of sleep at night. They're not consuming everything."

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At 70, and with a list of endorsements from centrist Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, Latimer is far from the exciting prospect Bowman was four years ago. He is, however, a vocal advocate for Israel – in the final debate between the pair he declined to criticize Israel, something Biden has previously done – who visited the country before launching his campaign against Bowman in December. He has won the support of Aipac, and was endorsed by the Jewish Democratic Council of America in March.

Much of the money has been spent on attacking Bowman. The UDP has invested $14.5m in the race – $9.8m of which has gone towards knocking Bowman, and just $4.8m on promoting Latimer.

If Bowman is defeated, there is a potential impact beyond just politics in the Middle East. Some younger, progressive Democrats feel that the primary campaigns against Bowman and other Squad members could drive young voters away from the Democratic party.

At least a dozen colleges and universities have changed their policies to make it harder to protest the war on Gaza. More may follow this summer.

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This article evoked memories of living through the dissolution of the USSR, an experience characterized by gradual deterioration rather than a single cataclysmic event.

Each day brought new disheartening news and incremental decline, until eventually reaching a tipping point where the cumulative weight of issues overwhelmed the entire social structure, causing it to unravel.

Looking back, what was most interesting was how effortlessly one could acclimate to a new status quo amidst mounting challenges. As long as issues accumulated at a pace manageable enough for adaptation, individuals would readily embrace alterations in their lives and continue onward. This widespread phenomenon served to stifle any substantial efforts aimed at halting the descent into decline.

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• He’s picked his VP
• He hasn’t told them yet
• They’ll be at the debate

This article by Ben Rhodes, a former Deputy National Security Advisor for Obama, proposes a significant shift in US foreign policy.

He suggests that the US should abandon its primacy mindset and move away from the political maximization and Western-centric perspective that has led to mistakes in the current Biden administration.

He argues that meeting the moment requires moving towards the future, rather than trying to regain lost hegemony. Rhodes acknowledges that the world has changed and the US should view itself as a power coexisting with others, rather than dominating.

Rhodes points out the absurdity of framing democracy vs autocracy as a confrontation with specific adversaries when Western democracies are struggling. He suggests that instead of trying to change other countries' systems, the US should focus on detoxifying its own democracy.

Jackson, 78, was just 21 years old when he joined the Birmingham A's as one of a few Black players on the minor league team and at the height of violent racial strife in the American South.

“Fortunately, I had a manager and I had players on the team that helped me get through it, but I wouldn't wish it on anybody,” Jackson said on the Fox Sports panel for the Negro Leagues tribute game on Thursday.

When Jackson arrived in Alabama in the 1960s, the city of Birmingham was making headlines for its open abuse of Black Americans.

Led by Bull Connor, the notorious city commissioner of Birmingham, racial tensions were at a fever pitch, marking a peak with the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, which claimed the lives of four young Black girls.

“I walked into restaurants and they would point at me and say 'the n***** can't eat here.' I would go to a hotel and they said, 'the n***** can't stay here,' ” Jackson said.

“We went to Charlie Finley's country club for a welcome home dinner, and they pointed me out with the N-word. ‘He can't come in here.’ Finley marched the whole team out,” Jackson recalled, referencing the Alabama native and Major League Baseball franchisee Charles Finley.