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Editor's Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in December, 2021Note: Excerpts are from the authors' words except for subheads and occasional "Editor's notes" such as this.
Dec. 4
Top Headlines
HuffPost, Parents Of Oxford High School Shooting Suspect Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter- WDIV-TV (Detroit), Parents of suspected Oxford High School shooter in custody after manhunt on Detroit’s east side
- New York Times, Biden’s New Virus Plan Aims to Keep Economy Open as Omicron Spreads
- Palmer Report, Opinion: The January 6th Committee is suddenly closing in on Donald Trump at high speed, Bill Palmer
Drought, Floods, Climate Change
- Washington Post, Snowfall may be nearly zero for years at a time in Mountain West because of climate change, study finds
- Washington Post, Record floods tied to climate change create a crisis in the world’s newest nation
- New York Times, A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster: The Spread of Barren Land
Virus Victims, Responses
- New York Times, President Biden’s approach for free rapid testing will require some legwork, like submitting receipts to insurers
- Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals: U.S. Deaths: 806,398
- Washington Post, 198.2 milliion in U.S. fully vaccinated
Attacks On U.S. Democracy, Elections, Capitol
- Palmer Report, Opinion: Liz Cheney has bad news for Donald Trump, Bill Palmer
- Palmer Report, Opinion: White House metadata? No wonder Jeffrey Clark is pleading the fifth – and it’s all landing in Donald Trump’s lap, Bill Palmer
World News
- Washington Post, Russia planning military offensive against Ukraine, U.S. intelligence warns
- New York Times, Congo Ousts Mining Leader in a Cloud of Corruption Claims, Eric Lipton and Dionne Searcey
U.S. Law, Courts, Immigration
- Washington Post, ‘Flash mob’ retail robberies spike as groups likely organized online hit stores piled with holiday inventory
Washington Post, In first interview from jail, suspect in Wisconsin parade rampage says he feels ‘demonized,’ Jonathan Edwards- Washington Post, Number of immigrants held in private facilities grows despite Biden’s promise to end practice
U.S. Politics, Governance
- Washington Post, GOP tactics herald a grim new era of governing for Biden and Democrats
- Washington Post, House Republicans express concern over party infighting, but not the Islamophobic rhetoric that set it off
- Washington Post, Government nears weekend shutdown as Republicans take aim at vaccine, testing mandates
Media News
Washington Post, Alec Baldwin says he isn’t responsible for ‘Rust’ shooting: 8 takeaways from his emotional interview, Sonia Rao- PBS Frontline, Investigation: What the Pandora Papers Reveal, Evan Williams, Will Fitzgibbon and Raney Aronson-Rath
- Washington Post, News organizations join Bannon’s battle to get Jan. 6 prosecution documents
- Washington Post, Twitter’s new CEO unveils big reorganization of social networking company
- Washington Post, Pegasus spyware was used recently to hack U.S. diplomats working abroad
Top Stories
HuffPost, Parents Of Oxford High School Shooting Suspect Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter, Ryan Grenoble, Dec. 3-4, 2021. Ethan Crumbley's mother
and father face charges in the wake of a Michigan school shooting that left four students dead and seven people injured.The parents of a student accused of opening fire at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, Michigan, will be charged with involuntary manslaughter, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said Friday.
James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of 15-year-old suspect Ethan Crumbley (shown aboved), will face four charges each, one for each of the four students fatally shot on Tuesday. Two of the four murder victims, Hana St. Juliana, left, and Tate are shown in adjoining photos. The shooting also
wounded seven other people.In a press conference explaining the charges Friday, McDonald described what she said were the steps leading up to Tuesday’s tragedy. She said these included failing to secure the firearm the shooter used, and overlooking clear warning signs ahead of time.
“While the shooter was the one who entered the high school and pulled the trigger, there were other individuals who contributed, and it’s my intention to hold them accountable as well,” McDonald said. “Gun ownership is a right, and with that right comes great responsibility.”
On Tuesday morning, hours before the shooting, a teacher came across a drawing that Ethan, a sophomore, had made, McDonald said. The drawing depicted a semiautomatic handgun and a person who’d been shot twice and was bleeding. Several captions accompanied the picture, according to McDonald, including “the thoughts won’t stop, help me,” “the world is dead,” and “my life is useless,” among others.
James and Jennifer were summoned to the school, McDonald said, and were instructed to take Ethan to counseling within 24 hours. The parents resisted taking him home, however, and sent him back to class.
Soon after, Ethan allegedly emerged from a bathroom, firing a 9 mm Sig Sauer pistol that McDonald said James purchased with him last Friday.
The prosecutor said that Jennifer texted her son after the news of the shooting had been made public, saying: “Ethan, don’t do it.”
Earlier in the week, after one of Ethan’s teachers caught him researching ammunition on his phone during class, his parents failed to respond to a voicemail and email from the school alerting them, according to McDonald.
WDIV-TV (Detroit), Parents of suspected Oxford High School shooter in custody after manhunt on Detroit’s east side, Kayla Clarke, Dec. 4, 2021. Son accused of killing 4, injuring 7 others in school shooting. The parents of a teen accused of carrying out a mass shooting at Oxford High School became wanted fugitives Friday when police couldn’t find them to bring them in to face involuntary manslaughter charges.
James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of mass shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley, 15, finally were arrested early Saturday morning in Detroit. Police said a business owner called 911 to report the suspects’ vehicle -- a black 2021 Kia Seltos SUV with the Michigan license plate number DQG 5203 -- in his parking lot on Bellevue Street near Jefferson Avenue. Jennifer Crumbley was spotted near the vehicle by the business owner, police said.
Police said she fled the area on foot after the 911 call was made.
“After an extensive search by DPD including Detroit K-9 units both of the fugitives were located and arrested by DPD. The two will be transported to the Oakland County Jail tonight,” reads a statement from Detroit police. “Kudos to the Detroit Police Department for this great response and work. We wish to thank all of the agencies that assisted on scene including Border Patrol, MSP, U.S. Marshals and our own Fugitive Team.”
The arrest was announced just before 2 a.m. Saturday. Police said the couple was found and apprehended in the basement of a building.
U.S. House Jan. 6 insurrection investigating committee members Liz Cheney (R-WY), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Jamie Raskie (D-MD) are shown, left to right, in a file photo.Palmer Report, Opinion: The January 6th Committee is suddenly closing in on Donald Trump at high speed, Bill Palmer, right, Dec. 3, 2021. Steve Bannon has
been arrested and is going to stand trial. Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has begun turning over evidence in the hope of avoiding arrest. Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark is preparing to plead the fifth in regard to what he and Trump did in relation to the 2020 election, even as he tries to fend off an imminent criminal referral. Ali Alexander has come out of hiding and says he’ll testify against everyone because, in his words, he doesn’t want to go to prison.
That’s a whole heck of a lot of progress of late, when you consider that just three weeks ago there were no big names known to be cooperating, and the pundits were still trying to convince us that the DOJ wouldn’t act on the criminal referral against Bannon. Now we’ve got key Trump people cooperating, pleading the fifth, awaiting trial, you name it. In other words, the January 6th Committee’s strategy is working – and now it’s all starting to come together comparatively quickly.The thing to remember here is that there simply are no magic wands that Trump’s people can use to get the January 6th Committee to just ignore them. As we’re now seeing, privilege isn’t a magic wand, partial cooperation isn’t a magic wand, pleading the fifth isn’t a magic wand, and whatever tactic any of them might try next won’t end up being a magic wand either.
Things truly are closing in on Donald Trump. As the committee gears up to hold very public hearings after the holidays, this is all about to get remarkably explosive in nature. And that’s before getting to the part where the committee inevitably subpoenas Trump himself, leaving Trump with the impossible choice of cooperating or being indicted for contempt.Drought, Floods, Climate Change
Washington Post, Snowfall may be nearly zero for years at a time in Mountain West because of climate change, study finds, Diana Leonard, Dec. 4, 2021 (print ed.). The study warns of potential water supply problems in about 35 to 60 years.A new study provides a glimpse into the future of Western U.S. snow and the picture is far from rosy: In about 35 to 60 years, mountainous states are projected to be nearly snowless for years at a time if greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked and ...
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