Downplaying Trumpism Is Dangerous
Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Trump on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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Ten Republicans within the House of Representatives helped bestow on Trump the ignoble distinction this week of being the first president to be impeached twice, charging him with âincitement of insurrection.â
But the vast majority of Republicans in the House either remained silent or produced further falsifications diverting attention away from Trump and their own role in inciting the violent insurrection. For instance, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) claimed that impeaching Trump will turn him into âa martyr.â
Lawsuit alleges that Cumberland County Jail violated pregnant inmate’s rights
The federal civil rights lawsuit alleges that handcuffing a pregnant inmate violates jail policy as well as federal and state law.
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An Androscoggin County woman is suing Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce and five county jail employees, alleging she was handcuffed while pregnant, and that her right to privacy was violated when two county corrections officers were stationed in the hospital delivery room while she gave birth two months later.
Jaden Brown, 30, no address listed, and her Portland-based attorney, Sarah Churchill, filed the federal civil rights lawsuit Monday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Portland.
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By Owen Amos
image captionJohn Harding s customers have included Joan Collins, Vanessa Redgrave, Roger Moore and Kristina Tholstrup, and Rod Stewart
For 35 years, the rich and famous came to John Harding s central London salon to get their hair cut, coloured, and styled. Joan Collins; Vanessa Redgrave; Rod Stewart; Tony Curtis; Kristina Tholstrup and occasionally husband Roger Moore; Sarah Churchill; and many more.
The salon was on Elizabeth Street, Belgravia; a place where leafy garden squares reflect in the polished brass plates of embassies and hedge funds. There were lots of wealthy people in the area, says John, now 77. Lady this and Lady that.