(WED 10/12/22)
Tune in to the likely last public hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Thursday, 1 p.m. Eastern time on most news networks (except Fox). Check back here Friday for analysis and commentary and enter your own opinion in the Comment boxes or email editors@thehustings.news.
Zaporizhzhia Hit – The nuclear power plant in Ukraine lost power for the second time in five days after another Russian missile attack in retribution for the explosion on Vladimir Putin’s bridge to Crimea, AP reports. The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant suffered a blackout to its remaining outside power source, which is needed to keep the plant cool to avoid a meltdown.
Russia has arrested eight people in connection with Saturday’s bridge explosion, NPR reports.
Biden’s warning: In an exclusive interview Tuesday on CNN, Jake Tapper asked President Biden about Russian President Putin’s threats to detonate a nuclear weapon in his war against Ukraine.
“I don’t think he will,” Biden responded. But he added that the U.S. ready with a response. “He, in fact, cannot continue with impunity to talk about use of a tactical nuclear weapon as if that’s a rational thing to do.”
--Edited by Todd Lassa
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...meanwhile... (TUE 10/11/22)
Gallup Poll Says – Americans’ trust in the three branches of federal government continues to falter, Gallup says in a new poll released Tuesday, with 43% trust in the executive branch, 47% for the judicial branch and just 38% in the legislative branch. That executive branch level is at near-Watergate lows, The Hill reports. Gallup says the three branches each had no less than two-thirds trust levels when it first published the poll in 1972.
Gallup says respondents expressed more trust in their state and local governments. You can find details on the Gallup poll here: https://news.gallup.com/poll/402737/trust-federal-government-branches-continues-falter.aspx
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Emergency G7 – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address an emergency virtual meeting of the Group of Seven nations Tuesday to request, once again, better defense systems and long-range weapons, The Washington Post reports, as Russia continues to bombard key Ukrainian cities as retribution for the explosion Saturday on Russia’s bridge to Crimea.
--Edited by Todd Lassa
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(MON 10/10/22)
It's Indigenous Peoples Day (U.S.), Columbus Day (23 states) and World Mental Health Day.
Reminder – The next and potentially last public hearing of the House Select Committee Investigating the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol is Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern time.
Coverage and Commentary: Watch this space Friday for three-column coverage including analysis and commentary.
Trump's Take: The ex-president again took news media to task Saturday at his Minden, Nevada rally, for never turning a camera around on his crowds to "show how many people are here," (per Newsweek); "They never do it. They're corrupt. ... You know the biggest crowd I've ever seen? January 6th."
--Edited by Todd Lassa