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The real reason Republican senators should have opposed Todd Blanche
For a brief moment late last week, it looked like acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s bid to get the word “acting” removed from his job title was in serious trouble. But that moment appears to have passed, as two key Republican senators just signaled that they will vote to move his nomination forward.
Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) halted Blanche’s nomination because of concerns about a $1.8 billion slush fund that Blanche helped create as the Justice Department’s acting leader, as well as some objections to a collusive deal between President Donald Trump and the IRS that could have shut down tax investigations into Trump, his family, and his businesses. Both senators announced on Monday that they will no longer block the nomination.
Though these two senators, both of whom are retiring in January, did extract some minor concessions from the Department of Justice in return for their votes, they objected to only a small fraction of Blanche’s efforts to transform the DOJ’s lawyers into Trump’s personal advocates and enforcers. The fact that Blanche is likely to be confirmed, despite his sycophancy toward Trump, suggests that any meaningful guardrails on a weaponized Justice Department have ceased to exist.
Cornyn and Tillis both currently serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee. That committee, where Republicans currently have a two-vote majority, was originally scheduled to vote on Blanche’s nomination Thursday — but that vote would have failed if Cornyn and Tillis rejected the nominee. And, now, it’s likely to go ahead.
Cornyn and Tillis’s objections to Blanche were quite narrow in scope. They demanded a written order from Blanche “terminating the anti-weaponization fund,” a reference to the $1.8 billion slush fund that could be paid out to Trump’s allies, including participants in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Blanche originally established this fund in a May 18 order. On Sunday night, he tweeted out a new document terminating his May 18 order.
Cornyn also objected to the breadth of settlement between Trump and the IRS — which could be read to permanently cut off that agency’s power to audit Trump, his companies, or many members of his family — but only sought to narrow this settlement’s scope.
For the most part, however, the two senators did not object to Blanche’s broader efforts to weaponize the Justice Department against people who’ve displeased Trump, including the use of law enforcement to cow Trump’s critics. As both deputy attorney general and as acting attorney general, Blanche oversaw several highly dubious prosecutions brought against Trump’s perceived enemies and prominent Democrats.
A video introduced in federal court, for example, indicated that Blanche personally instructed law enforcement officers to arrest Newark’s Democratic Mayor Ras Baraka — an arrest that led a federal magistrate judge to scold the DOJ for “using the immense power of the government to pursue weak cases or to make examples without sufficient cause.” Under Blanche’s oversight, the DOJ’s also brought flimsy charges against individuals like former FBI Director James Comey and New York state Attorney General Letitia James, who investigated Trump for potential wrongdoing. (One minor exception: Tillis did previously pressure Blanche to drop an investigation into former Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.)
So, while Cornyn and Tillis successfully pushed Blanche to make some small concessions in order to secure their votes in the Judiciary Committee, neither senator appeared interested in a confrontation over Trump and Blanche’s broader efforts to transform the DOJ into a revenge-seeking agency. And now, it appears likely that Blanche will be confirmed — and that those efforts will continue.
What did Blanche actually agree to do in order to get Cornyn and Tillis’s votes?
Earlier this year, Trump, the Trump Organization, and Trump’s two oldest sons sued the IRS, claiming that it failed to prevent a contractor from leaking some of Trump’s tax documents. The president originally demanded a $10 billion payout from the federal government, and the lawsuit triggered widespread concerns about a conflict of interest, because Trump was both the plaintiff and the chief executive of the government he sued.
On May 18, a little over a month after Blanche became the federal government’s top lawyer, Trump (and the other plaintiffs) entered into a “settlement agreement” that did not include a $10 billion payday for Trump but that did include several provisions favorable to Trump, his family, and his companies.
Among other things, the settlement announced the creation of the “anti-weaponization fund,” which would distribute money to an unknown group of people who claim they were unfairly targeted by previous administrations based on decisions by five individuals appointed by Blanche. It also included a provision claiming that the IRS (and potentially other federal agencies) is “FOREVER BARRED” from pursuing any claims that “have been or could have been asserted by Plaintiffs” — open-ended language which sparked fears that a wide range of potential investigations into Trump, his family, or his companies could be shut down forever.
In response to Cornyn and Tillis’s objections to this settlement, Blanche tweeted out a brief order on Monday, stating that his own May 18 order establishing the anti-weaponization fund “is rescinded and shall have no force or effect.” According to Tillis, the DOJ also “acknowledged in a binding written order that the audit settlement is limited to the plaintiffs and the scope does not extend beyond the defendants in the lawsuit.”
So, Blanche walked back the specific order that he signed to establish the $1.8 billion slush fund, but he did not repudiate the part of the settlement that immunizes Trump, his two oldest sons, and the Trump Organization from many tax investigations. According to Tillis, the DOJ merely said that this part of the settlement does not apply to parties (including federal agencies) that were not parties to Trump’s original lawsuit.
Though this deal appeared to have been enough to secure Cornyn and Tillis’s votes, and most likely to ensure Blanche’s confirmation in a Republican Senate, it is unlikely to placate Democrats. As Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) tweeted Tuesday morning, Blanche’s new order “doesn’t prevent payouts to violent insurrectionists in the future,” and it “leaves in place a tax-immunity deal that could help Trump skip taxes on the $2.3 billion he made last year.”
And the question of whether the DOJ may bring politically motivated charges against figures like Baraka, Comey, or James appeared to not even be part of the deal struck between Blanche, Cornyn, and Tillis.
One reason why the two senators exacted such meager concessions may be because they didn’t have a very strong hand to play against Trump. Because Blanche is currently the Senate-confirmed deputy attorney general, he can remain head of the Justice Department, in an acting role, for as long as Trump is president. Indeed, when negotiations between Blanche and the two senators appeared to hit an impasse late last week, Trump threatened to “keep Todd as Acting A.G., and push hard to get the Anti-Weaponization Bill” if Cornyn and Tillis wouldn’t support Blanche.
But that doesn’t change the fact that Blanche’s concessions are thin gruel. His statement on the slush fund merely confirms that “there is no Fund” right now. And, under the terms of the apparent deal reached with Cornyn and Tillis, Trump, his sons, and his primary business still gain broad immunity from a wide range of tax investigations.
So, while Cornyn and Tillis may have given Trump and Blanche a brief scare, they never put up much real resistance to Trump’s nominee.
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Прогулки по Казани. От водовоза до робота-доставщика
И тут боковым зрением я почувствовал какое-то движение на другой стороне перекрёстка. Я резко повернулся. Ничего особенного вроде не происходило. Для меня загорелся зеленый свет, и я мог выйти на проезжую часть. И вот когда мой путь подходил к концу и уже начал мигать желтый свет, я видел ЭТО.
Это был белый сундучок на колёсах с флажком и проблесковым маячком. «Сундучок» стоял на колёсиках перед пешеходным переходом и, как я понял позже, тоже ждал зеленого света светофора. Я резко ускорился, но в этот момент для «сундучка» загорелся зеленый свет, и он тронулся в путь. Я как завороженный смотрел на него, забыв про телефон с фотоаппаратом. Мне очень понравилось, как он уступил дорогу идущему ему навстречу пешеходу. Пока я соображал, он свернул за угол.
Я решил осмотреться на перекрестке. Здесь идет какое-то строительство, как показалось сначала, очередного офисного здания. Но присмотревшись, оказалось, что строится жилой комплекс под названием «Академик», на заборе висела цитата выдающегося советского академика Арбузова А.Е.:
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The US House of Representatives ethics committee on Monday recommended that Chuck Edwards, a Republican congressman, face censure after determining he “fostered a hostile work environment and engaged in sexual harassment” by giving gifts and lavishing attention on two young female staffers.
The bipartisan panel began investigating the second-term North Carolina congressman earlier this year, after receiving complaints about his conduct. In a report approved by Democratic and Republican committee members, they determined there “was substantial reason to believe” Edwards broke House rules by singling out the two unidentified aides for special treatment that made them uncomfortable and harmed relations with other employees.
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Two People Have Died in the Cyclospora Outbreak
Two people in Michigan have died from cyclosporiasis, state health officials announced on Aug. 3. They are the first reported deaths from a record Cyclospora outbreak that has sickened thousands of people across the U.S.
“The reported deaths are a sobering reminder that cyclosporiasis is usually not life-threatening, but it can become very serious in vulnerable individuals,” says Rodney E. Rohde, chair of the Medical Laboratory Science Program at Texas State University.
The two people who died had “significant underlying health conditions that may have been impacted by cyclosporiasis and dehydration,” according to an update on the Michigan health department’s website. The health department said it wouldn’t provide additional information on the two cases.
The U.S. is experiencing the largest Cyclospora outbreak in its recorded history, with more than 18,000 cases confirmed or suspected across 45 states since May 1, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Michigan, which has been particularly hard-hit by the pathogen, is at the center of a multi-state spate of cases linked to shredded iceberg lettuce. More than 11,200 cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported in the state since June 22, and more than 190 people have been hospitalized, according to Michigan officials.
Cyclospora is a parasite that spreads through human feces, typically via contaminated food and water. It can cause frequent, watery, and explosive diarrhea that can last days or weeks. More than 400 people have been hospitalized from cyclosporiasis across the country since the outbreak began, according to the CDC. Deaths from the parasite are uncommon in the U.S., food-safety experts say.
“While most people recover from cyclosporiasis, individuals with underlying medical conditions or those in higher-risk groups may be more susceptible to serious complications, especially if prolonged diarrhea results in dehydration,” says Wade Syers, a food-safety specialist at Michigan State University Extension. “Anyone experiencing persistent diarrhea, signs of dehydration, or worsening symptoms should seek medical attention, particularly if they are in a higher-risk group.”
People who are elderly or have weakened immune systems, including people who are undergoing chemotherapy or who have advanced HIV, are at greater risk of cyclosporiasis complications, says Rohde. Early diagnosis and treatment with antibiotics, along with aggressive fluid replacement when needed, can significantly reduce the risks of complications, he says.
To reduce potential exposure to Cyclospora, food-safety experts recommend buying intact heads of lettuce and whole fruits and vegetables over bagged, boxed, or pre-cut produce. They also advise people to wash produce thoroughly under running water and follow other food-safety best practices, such as keeping raw meat and vegetables separate when preparing and cooking food. Cooking food to an internal temperature of at least 158°F can kill Cyclospora.
Rohde says people should follow food-safety guidance to keep themselves safe from foodborne illnesses, but for most healthy people, “these deaths should increase awareness, not panic,” he says.
House Ethics panel recommends censure for Chuck Edwards after harassment allegations
After a months-long investigation, the ethics committee recommended censure for Edwards because of "persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers."
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The bipartisan panel began investigating the second-term North Carolina congressman earlier this year, after receiving complaints about his conduct. In a report approved by Democratic and Republican committee members, they determined there “was substantial reason to believe” Edwards broke House rules by singling out the two unidentified aides for special treatment that made them uncomfortable and harmed relations with other employees.
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MLS on Monday confirmed it was “aware of reported antisemitic and discriminatory language directed at a New England Revolution player” and that the matter is under investigation.
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Finally, at long last, Michigan’s messy Democratic primary is circling for a landing. As far as intra-party clashes go, it is one of the most turbulent the Democrats have waged in recent memory—and it may hint at the mess that could be lurking in 2028.
Most signs point to surging populist Abdul El-Sayed having a good showing on Tuesday over Rep. Haley Stevens, the Establishment favorite who has struggled to catch fire. Many consultants predict Michigan will be the most expensive primary on the Democratic side this year—even as it reveals the limits of money. Emerson College released a survey last week showing El-Sayed, a former public health official and podcaster, up 15 points. If Tuesday night's results look anything like that, it would mean some $60 million in outside money was unable to boost Stevens and El-Sayed’s left-leaning platform and pointed critiques of Israel did not tank his candidacy, as many centrists had predicted it would.
Michigan, where Donald Trump won both times he reached the White House, provides a useful miniature of what the loitering gallery of presidential aspirants will face across the country in two years. Not all lessons will be welcome for the would-be candidates, nor will they be fully understood until we know the outcome in November.
But if the tone in this race’s final days is a hint, it signals that the win-at-all-costs footing that has defined the era of Trump has crept into the Democratic ether. Acrimony doesn’t even begin to get at the mood on the ground, according to operatives in both camps. In a recent podcast interview, El-Sayed called Stevens “the least capable candidate in America.” Stevens responded with a message on her social media on Thursday that showed how raw feelings have become: “Everyone in America understands you want to blame all of your problems on Jewish Americans.”
This primary is about as perfect a snapshot as you could find of the tensions playing out among Democrats. In a swing state like Michigan, Stevens was widely acknowledged as the stronger candidate to go against the presumptive Republican nominee, former Rep. Mike Rogers. Her supporters include outgoing Sen. Gary Peters, and party heavyweights like Chuck Schumer (but not, notably, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who was Stevens' former House colleague, but has stayed out of the primary). Meanwhile, El-Sayed—who would be the country’s first Muslim U.S. Senator—has captured the imagination of the left wing of the Democratic Party, drawing visits from Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. At the same time, his unrelenting criticism of Israel has opened wounds inside the Jewish community in Michigan—and beyond—as his detractors say he is venturing into dangerous anti-Semitic territory. Add in the race and religion factors animating the race, and Tuesday’s primary in Michigan could lay bare which litmus tests are likely to shape the 2028 presidential contest.
The issues in Michigan matter as much as the approach to campaigning. El-Sayed is promising wholesale change to politics, a progressive upheaval of traditionalist incrementalism, an outsiders’ indifference to tradition. Stevens is running almost a mirror campaign, one rooted in her technocratic experience in Barack Obama’s administration and pragmatic restraint.
El-Sayed wants Medicare for all. Stevens wants to improve Obamacare and introduce a public healthcare option.
El-Sayed wants to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Stevens wants reforms.
El-Sayed wants to stop providing aid to Israel. Stevens has been a consistent pro-Israel vote. That issue has become the dominant one in the primary, as El-Sayed paints Stevens as a puppet for Israel and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which has spent $30 million on her behalf. Stevens casts El-Sayed, whose parents immigrated to the United States from Egypt, as too focused on issues beyond the state’s borders. “He’s made this whole race about Israel and AIPAC,” she said during a church stop on Sunday. “And I have made it about lowering costs for Michiganders, about standing up for the state that we love.”
The list goes on and on but over the weekend, it seemed this increasingly contentious primary was rooted in almost anything but the issues. Both candidates appeared to get that the tone of the rhetoric has spiraled. The Detroit News captured the self-realization that unfolded over the weekend, after a parishioner of Fellowship Chapel in Detroit said to Stevens, “We know you’re gonna kick that Muslim’s butt." Stevens tried to deflect, telling the man, “You know what, we’re here for Michigan,” and then later emphasized to reporters, "Look, that’s not what my campaign is about."
Later in the day, the News relayed, El-Sayed did his own bit of defusing. "In the attempts to focus on all of the conflict in this race, I think you miss the joy of the folks who are out here doing this,” he told reporters. “I wish more people saw what it felt like to be a part of a movement where you're inspired by what could be."
The Democratic Party, as it stands, is a party that seems completely adrift. The Democratic National Committee is both broke and broken, a New York Times bombshell last weekend detailed. The party’s priorities are a scattershot of ideas with no unifying narrative. Michigan’s results may offer a hint about where Democrats are heading, but the outcome alone is far from a guaranteed predictor. After all, some in the party are still smarting about the 2008 presidential primary and more than a few are still stammering about the 2016 one. In both cases, an Establishment candidate who happened to be a woman faced a charismatic leader whose campaign became a movement. In both cases, the losing candidate was Hillary Clinton.
Democrats are still—almost two decades on—trying to figure out what it all means, and how voters’ tastes have changed in the interim. That’s why it’s a sure bet that 2028 hopefuls (and their consultants) will be watching Michigan’s election dashboard very, very closely Tuesday night.
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Собрались однажды продакты, разработчики и отдел дизайна и решили: хватит терпеть жалобы на устаревший и запутанный интерфейс. Был сервис деск-лабиринт, стал продукт с умной навигацией — минус половина элементов, без боли адаптации, с добавлением привычных паттернов.
Привет, Хабр! Меня зовут Света, проектирую интерфейсы в ITSM 365. Мы с командой стояли у истоков дизайна первой версии системы, потом упростили его и распространили на новые продукты, сейчас запускаем интерфейс 2.0. Расскажу и покажу, что было раньше и как мы это изменили.
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Каждый год на Хабре и в профильных чатах кто-нибудь обязательно хоронит 1С. Аргументы всегда звучат логично: технологический консерватизм, громоздкость, немодный стек. Если посмотреть на рынок, может показаться, что "желтая империя" действительно сдает позиции, отдавая кусок за куском сторонним сервисам.
Битва за определенные ниши действительно проиграна. Однако саму войну 1С не проиграет, и на это есть объективные причины.
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We always like a bit of good democracy news — such news being in overall short supply — and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared to deliver some last night.
Blanche is currently jockeying for the permanent AG gig, which would put him in charge of the Justice Department. But his confirmation process stalled over bipartisan objections to President Donald Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund,” a $1.8 billion reparation program for people who claimed the government had wronged them.
On Sunday, in acknowledgement of those objections, Blanche confirmed in writing that the Justice Department had rescinded the fund and had no plans to revive it. It’s a rare reminder that the Senate’s confirmation power can still constrain the White House, even if many Republican lawmakers would rather not rock the boat. And the presidential boat was very much rocked by the dustup over Blanche’s confirmation.
In a post on Saturday, Trump insisted that he’d get some version of the fund even over senators’ objections. And on Monday, he told reporters that he didn’t sign off on the rescission. Notably, the two Republicans who forced that surrender — North Carolina’s Thom Tillis and Texas’s John Cornyn — will both depart the Senate in early 2027.
All the president’s slush funds
The anti-weaponization fund is just the latest of Trump’s attempts to siphon federal money into an account that he or his allies control. In fact, the quest to secure such a slush fund is a defining feature of his presidency — and several of his previous, less egregious attempts have been more successful. Those include:
- Venezuelan oil accounts: Since the US toppled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, proceeds from the sale of Venezuelan oil have gotten routed into special US Treasury accounts, which are labeled as Venezuela’s sovereign property — but only released at the direction of the secretary of state.
- The Board of Peace: Trump’s controversial coalition for rebuilding Gaza was conceived as a pay-to-play operation: Member countries get seats for a mere three years unless they pony up $1 billion to the Trump-controlled organization. While more than 20 countries have signed on, Reuters reported in April that only two had actually made contributions.
- US sovereign wealth fund: Trump first floated this idea of a government-owned wealth fund, which would allow him to direct federal investment in private companies, during his first term. While it never got off the ground as such, the administration has since acquired equity stakes in at least a dozen firms.
“The long-term risk is not just that Trump might be doing something illegal,” Tad DeHaven, a policy analyst with the Cato Institute, wrote for Vox earlier this year. “The long-term risk is that his presidency is normalizing treating the receipt and disbursement of money as instruments of personal power.”
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- Yesterday’s trivia: Last Friday we asked you for the Vietnamese word for festival. That would be “tết,” as in the 1968 Tet Offensive — a brutal military campaign that began during Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebrations.
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Inquiries have focused increasingly on Elisabeth-Jane Ross’s last few hours alive and police believe they hold the key to revealing why the 38-year-old was targeted.
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Кривенгард был заложен в лето 23-е от начала правления короля Страструппа на скальном мысу у излучины Малой Невки, где река делает поворот и всякий, кто идёт с севера, вынужден либо переправляться под стенами, либо огибать болото и терять четыре дня. Первый его хозяин, поставил на мысу одну башню и деревянный частокол, чего хватало, покудова не пришли те, кому этого не хватило. С той поры замок перестраивали одиннадцать раз, и каждая перестройка была ответом на осаду, которая уже случилась, а не на ту, которая случится.
Оттого стены Кривенгарда не имели ни правильности, ни соразмерности и планов стройки, а северная куртина была толще южной вдвое, потому что в лето 27-е с севера подошли с тараном. Южная же осталась тонкой, ибо оттуда не подходил никто, и всякий раз, когда заходила речь о том, чтобы её усилить, находились дела важнее, срочнее и вчерашнее.
Ворота были устроены так, что туда проходила только телега брата Ансельма, а всякий приезжий возчик ругался, что приходится перегружать товары, но всякий житель замка объяснял приезжему, что так сделал сам брат Ансельм, который жил в крепости со дня её основания. Спрашивать, впрочем, никто не ходил, ибо спрашивать было неловко, а брат Ансельм еще и отвечал так, что переспрашивать становилось ещё неловчее, ибо чувствовать себя дураком никто не любит.
В северной стене, между третьим и четвёртым зубцом, был оставлен зазор шириной в ладонь и ни один из ныне живущих не знал его назначения. Знали только, что в 25-м году каменщик Юбер по собственному разумению заложил его известью, а через день в трапезной обрушился потолок, после чего зазор восстановили и более к нему не прикасались.
К году, о котором пойдёт речь, гарнизон Кривенгарда насчитывал сто двадцать человек, из них пол сотни настоящих ратников, восемь десятников, и пять старейшин, а прочие кузнецы, конюхи, повара, водоносы, королевский астролог, двое алхимиков и семеро писцов. Еще появилось восемь башен, три двора, два колодца, четыре кузни, голубятня и писцовая палата, в которой по описи, тысяча девятьсот сорок шесть свитков с описанием разных вещей и комнат крепости, но недавно читаных из них было около двухсот.
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