Supreme Court, US-Haushalt 2022, Joe Bidens Besuch in Europa und das Engagement der USA

Folge 14: Supreme Court, US-Haushalt 2022, Joe Bidens Besuch
in Europa und das Engagement der USA 


 


(aufgenommen am 1. April 2022)


 


Housekeeping


Online Talk & Discussion: The U.S. Military and Us


Online-Lesung: Paradise Blues – Reisen in die Natur und die
Geschichte der USA


Online-Veranstaltung: TV Thursday – Reboots & Revivals





Supreme Court Nominierung von Ketanji Brown
Jackson Foto: "Ketanji Brown
Jackson" (Public
Domain) by bswise


Biden made a campaign pledge to put a Black woman on the Supreme
Court. (The New York Times)


Nuclear option: Why Trump's Supreme Court pick needs only 51
votes (CBS News)


The Confirmation Hearing of Ketanji Brown Jackson (The New York
Times, The Daily Podcast)


Absurde Fragen an die Kandidatin (TAZ)


Supreme Court approval rating tanks as Biden weighs Breyer
replacement (Axios)


Half of Trump's supporters think top Democrats are involved in
child sex-trafficking (YouGov)


Collins to Back Jackson for Supreme Court, Giving Her a G.O.P.
Vote (The New York Times)


 


Haushalt 2022 verabschiedet


Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Congress)


The Odd Story of the Law That Dictates How Government Shutdowns
Work (The Atlantic)


Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
(Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, CRFB)


What is a continuing resolution? (Peter G. Peterson Foundation)


Continuing Resolutions: Overview of Components and Practices (CRS
R42647)


How Congress’s dependence on short-term funding keeps us stuck in
the past (Vox)


Roll Call 65 | Bill Number: H. R. 2471 (HoR)


Progressives grit their teeth as defense wins big in spending
bill (Politico)


Roll Call 66 | Bill Number: H. R. 2471 (HoR)


Visualizing the $13.6 Billion in U.S. Spending on Ukraine (The
New York Times)


Five things to know about the $1.5T spending bill Congress just
passed (The Hill)


Lawmakers release fiscal 2022 spending deal (E&E News)


House Dems clear $1.5T spending deal after stripping Covid aid
(Politico)


House passes overdue $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill
(Roll Call)


House Passes $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill as Democrats Drop Covid
Aid (The New York Times)


Once again, Congress comes together on the main thing it can
agree on — sticking it to future generations (The Washington
Post)


Democrats Pass $1.5 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill After Democrat
Disarray (Breitbart)


The clock is ticking: Ukraine needs more support now (The Hill)


The Violence Against Women Act is finally making a comeback
(MSNBC)


Senate passes biggest-ever US military budget with unanimous
Democratic support (World Socialist Web Site)


 


Biden und die USA in Europa


Biden's Europe trip has achieved one key goal (CNN)


The President Should Avoid Public Speaking (Wall Street Journal)


Remarks by President Biden on the United Efforts of the Free
World to Support the People of Ukraine (The White House)


Kampfjets zur Radarabwehr in Spangdahlem stationiert (SR)


Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing,
March 30, 2022 (Department of Defense)


Gen. Tod Wolters testifies at United States Senate Committee on
Armed Services (EUCOM)


More US troops likely to deploy to Europe amid Russia-Ukraine
war, general tells senators (Stars and Stripes)


Biden and Western leaders plan new ways to punish Russia for its
war in Ukraine at emergency summits (CNN)


 


Ginni Thomas und der Supreme Court
Foto: "Ginni Thomas" (CC BY-SA
2.0) by Gage Skidmore


The political leanings of the Supreme Court justices (Axios)


Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States
(The White House)


Trump Meets With Hard-Right Group Led by Ginni Thomas (The New
York Times)


Exclusive: Trump's "Deep State" hit list (Axios)


Is Ginni Thomas a Threat to the Supreme Court? (The New Yorker)


Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting
efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show (The Washington
Post)


What do Ginni Thomas' texts mean for Justice Thomas? At the
Supreme Court, it's up to him. (CNN)


The Supreme Court’s Clarence and Ginni Thomas Scandal Is
Unprecedented (Rolling Stone)


Calls for Recusals, Resignations, and Even Impeachment: Democrats
Escalate Ethics Campaign Around Clarence Thomas (Vanity Fair)


Letter by Elizabeth Warren et al. (Congress)


Ocasio-Cortez to Clarence Thomas: Resign or face impeachment (The
Hill)


 


Transatlantic Treat


Bruce Willis


Foto: "Bruce Willis" (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Gage
Skidmore Instagram-Post von Rumer Willis


Concerns about Bruce Willis’ declining cognitive state swirled
around sets in recent years (LA Times)


Bruce Willis beendet wegen Krankheit Schauspielkarriere