âThere Is a Tension Thereâ: Publishers Draw Fire for Signing Trump Officials
Kellyanne Conway, Mike Pence and William Barr have book deals. That is raising new challenges for publishers trying to balance ideological lines with a desire to continue representing the political spectrum.
Kellyanne Conway and William Barr, both former members of the Trump administration, are working on books.Credit.Al Drago for The New York Times
Things were already strained at Simon & Schuster.
After backing out of a deal with Senator Josh Hawley, a prominent supporter of former President Donald J. Trump, the company announced this month that it would publish two books by former Vice President Mike Pence. Dana Canedy, who joined Simon & Schuster as publisher last year, called Mr. Penceâs memoir âthe definitive book on one of the most consequential presidencies in American history.â Thatâs when much of the staff erupted in protest.
Justice Barrett Ignores Ethical Concerns To Hear Koch Outfit s Lawsuit
Reprinted with permission from Alternet
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is facing backlash for her refusal to recuse herself from a case involving the Koch billionaires who spent a substantial amount of money on political ads ahead of her confirmation.
According to
Thomas More Law Center v. Bonta. Both cases center on First Amendment opposition to a California law requiring select non-profit groups to disclose donor information to the U.S. Department of Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The top petitioner listed in the case is a non-profit organization spearheaded by billionaires David Koch and Charles Koch. When Barrett was nominated for the nation s highest court by former President Donald Trump, the group shelled out more than $1 million to cover the cost of advertisements to amplify Barrett s image.
Sheriff says he ll ask judge to release body-cam video of shooting
A North Carolina sheriff says his office could ask a judge as soon as Monday to release body camera footage of his deputies fatally shooting a Black man last week. Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten also said he would first check with the State Bureau of Investigation to ensure that releasing the video would not compromise their probe of the shooting. Andrew Brown Jr., 42, was fatally shot by deputies serving warrants Wednesday in Elizabeth City, where about half of the 18,000 residents are Black. Few details of the shooting have been released. Witness accounts and scanner traffic recordings indicate Brown was shot in the back while fleeing in a vehicle.
what you have written, which is a great piece in
The Atlantic, and you so eloquently lay out your point, which is that defiance is not the problem, and our compliance is not the solution. And I think it really encapsulates the conversation that is happening right now over so many different cases of black people being shot and killed by police. Explain this to us because there s a refrain that if people would just comply with what officers say, everything would be all right.
IBRAM X. KENDI, THE ATLANTIC: Well, certainly, and the police the piece was inspired by Adam Toledo s killing. And on the video,