June 24, 2021: Insurrectionist Takes Plea Deal; U.S. Will Probe Native Schools Abuses; Socialist Victorious In NY

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The wheels of justice keep turning for those charged in the
January 6th assault on the US Capitol. An Indiana woman has
become the first to be sentenced, and a member of the Oath
Keepers pleads guilty while agreeing to cooperate with
prosecutors.


Meanwhile, following the grim discovery of
hundreds of buried Indigenous children at residential schools in
Canada, the United States government will investigate what
happened to Native American children in this country. Interior
Secretary Deb Haaland announced the historical probe this week.


And lastly, a socialist nurse has defeated an
entrenched Democratic machine candidate in the race for mayor in
Buffalo, New York. Don’t call it a miracle – it’s a sign of the
times.


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This courtroom update comes from the Associated Press. An Indiana
woman yesterday became the first of nearly five hundred
defendants to be sentenced for the January 6th insurrection at
the Capitol – and she avoided time behind bars. Anna Morgan Lloyd
of Indiana was ordered by a federal judge to serve three years of
probation, perform one hundred and twenty hours of community
service and pay $500 in restitution after admitting to entering
the Capitol. She pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge
under a deal with prosecutors. Lloyd, forty nine, apologized to
the court, the American people, and her family. At her
sentencing, Lloyd said she was ashamed the day became "a savage
display of violence." In seeking probation for Lloyd, prosecutors
noted that she was not involved in any violence and destruction.
Lloyd was invited by her hairdresser to drive to Washington to
hear Donald Trump speak. US District Court Judge Royce Lamberth
said he was giving her a break, but didn’t want others to think
that probation – and not a stiffer sentence – would be the norm.


Also yesterday, the AP reports, Graydon Young, a member of the
Oath Keepers extremist group, pleaded guilty to charges in the
insurrection and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in a major
step forward for the massive investigation into the insurrection.
It was also the first guilty plea in the major conspiracy case
brought against members of the Oath Keepers. Something tells me
their sentences will be a bit stiffer.


U.S. Will Probe Native Schools Abuses


This look at our national traumas comes from the New York Times.
The United States will search federal boarding schools for
possible burial sites of Native American children, hundreds of
thousands of whom were forcibly taken from their communities to
be culturally assimilated in the schools for more than a century,
the interior secretary announced on Tuesday. The initiative is
likely to resemble a recent effort in Canada, where the discovery
of the remains of two hundred and fifteen children at the site of
a defunct boarding school rekindled discussion of the traumatic
history and treatment of Native populations. Addressing a virtual
conference of the National Congress of American Indians,
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said the program would
"shed light on the unspoken traumas of the past, no matter how
hard it will be." The forced removals were a result of the
Civilization Fund Act of 1819. In the years after the law was
enacted, residential boarding schools were established across the
nation and used to house relocated Indigenous children,
suppressing American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian
cultures.


The Times says the new program, called the Federal Indian
Boarding School Initiative, will identify the facilities and
sites where there may have been student burials. It will also
mine records that were kept by the department, which had
oversight of the facilities. A final report will be sent to
Secretary Haaland by April 1. And there’s no question it will
make for painful but necessary reading.


Socialist Victorious In New York


Amazing news here, in case you missed it on the Majority Report.
NBC News reports that a socialist candidate in Buffalo, New York,
defeated the city’s four-term mayor in a major upset in Tuesday's
Democratic primary. India Walton beat Mayor Byron Brown, fifty
two percent to forty five percent, with one hundred percent of
precincts reporting. The Associated Press called the race late
yesterday morning. Walton told MSNBC yesterday, "I believe we won
because we organized. We have a message of care love and hope
that is resonant with working class Buffalo." If Walton, thirty
nine, wins the general election in November, she will become the
first socialist mayor of a large American city since 1960, when
Frank Zeidler left office in Milwaukee. Her chances of winning
are high since Buffalo hasn’t had a Republican mayor since 1965.


According to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Walton is a a
nurse and community organizer. She had the backing of the
Democratic Socialists of America as well as the Working Families
Party. She campaigned on a platform of boosting affordable
housing in the city and reforming the criminal-justice system.
Brown, a former state senator, had been entrenched as Buffalo's
mayor since he was first elected in 2005. A longtime ally of
Governor Andrew Cuomo, Brown served a stint as the chairman of
the state Democratic Party before relinquishing the post in 2019.
Now that’s one hell of an upset – and a big win for the American
left!


AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES:


The Guardian reports that the antivirus software entrepreneur
John McAfee has been found dead in his cell in Spain, hours after
the country’s national court approved his extradition to the
United States. He was wanted on tax-related criminal charges that
carry a prison sentence of up to thirty years. The Spanish
authorities say it was suicide.


The Tampa Bay Times reports that Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday
signed legislation that will require public universities to
survey students, faculty and staff about their beliefs. The
measure does not specify what will be done with the survey
results. But DeSantis suggested budget cuts could be looming if
universities are found to be "indoctrinating" students. As if he
needed an excuse to make cuts!


NBC News reports that the US Supreme Court yesterday limited the
ability of union organizers to enter the private property of
growers in order to reach farmworkers in California. In a
six-three decision, the court said unions violate the
Constitution when they enter a grower's private property without
paying. Which is outrageous, because California enacted its rules
on this because farmworkers often live on their employer’s
property.


According to CBS News, dozens of cows escaped a slaughterhouse in
Southern California and roamed free for over an hour on Tuesday,
injuring four people. One of the animals was fatally shot by
deputies after authorities said it charged at a family. That
ending is sad and somehow predictable, but at least those cows
went down fighting.


AM QUICKIE - JUNE 24, 2021


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