Administration to reassure him that donald trump had no plans to attack china in an effort to remain in power and that the u. S. Was not collapsing. Yet despite his assurances, general milley was so concerned about trump that later that day he convened a meeting with top commanders to remind them that the procedures for launching a nuclear weapon called for his involvement in such a decision. The book also sheds light on just how close the u. S. Came to a fullblown international crisis with china. From the times in the days leading up to the 2020 election the book reveals american intelligence showed that the chinese believed trump planned to launch a military strike to create an international crisis that he could claim to solve as a lastditch effort to beat joe biden. General milley who has become increasingly concerned about china s growing military power and the potential for one misread one misread move to set off combat between the world s superpowers first called general lee on a
Majority, the case was dismissed on the procedural basis of lack of standing. The court held that a texasled coalition of gopcontrolled states and two individual plaintiffs had not suffered any injury and therefore had no right to bring suit. Trump appointees brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett voted in the majority on a ruling that leaves in place the entirety of the affordable care act. Justices samuel alito and neil gorsuch dissented. So, willie, big news, big news from the supreme court this morning. Especially when you look at that vote by amy coney barrett. We heard from a lot of progressives and a lot of democratic senators that she was on a mission to destroy the affordable care act. Not the case yesterday. And not the first time that courtappointed justices have sided with the court s liberals. In 2014, neil gorsuch was the swing vote. In 2019, brett kavanaugh surprised many when he sided with the court s liberals, ruling that iphone users could produce antitrust lawsuits ag
he was only 50-years-old, for him to die with long time wit addiction has to be mentioned. his legacy is rich. i hope part of his legacy is to remind people that this sicknick is killing us, affects everywhere and no one is immune and it is a life sentence. people think it is just kids but it is not. people have it their whole lives. a lot of people get it in mid-life. think of what happened in minneapolis, we talk about george floyd and what his girlfriend said about how they both had pain issues and became addicted. you think of so many artists, artists of all different genres of music who lost their lives and struggled with addiction and some of them we didn t know. did we know about prince having an addiction? i never heard of it. so many people do and that s the reason why we keep on saying, people needed to see the humanity of george floyd. it is not a perfect person but nobody is a perfect person. the reason i was smiling when you were saying that because i don t t
feel for his wife and his kids, and i wish them well. yeah. and i just hope, part of his legacy is to remind people that this sickness is killing us. it affects everyone, everywhere. no one is immune, and it is a life sentence. yeah. we just lost so much of our talent and greatness. people think it s just kids. it isn t. people have it their whole lives, they struggle with addiction. a lot of people get it, in mid-life. think about what happened in minneapolis, right? yeah. we talk about george floyd and and what his girlfriend said about about how they, both, had pain issues. and then, became addicted. you think about so many artists. i mean, you know, artists of all different genres of music who lost their lives and who who struggle with addiction. some of them, you didn t even know. did we know that prince had an addiction issue? i never heard it. no, i never heard it. but so many people do, and that s the reason why, you know, we keep saying people
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