Folge 14: Supreme Court, US-Haushalt 2022, Joe Bidens Besuch in Europa und das Engagement der USA 

 

(aufgenommen am 1. April 2022)

 

Housekeeping

Online Talk & Discussion: The U.S. Military and Us

Online-Lesung: Paradise Blues – Reisen in die Natur und die Geschichte der USA

Online-Veranstaltung: TV Thursday – Reboots & Revivals

Supreme Court Nominierung von Ketanji Brown Jackson
Foto: „Ketanji Brown Jackson“ (Public Domain) by bswise

Biden made a campaign pledge to put a Black woman on the Supreme Court. (The New York Times)

Nuclear option: Why Trump’s Supreme Court pick needs only 51 votes (CBS News)

The Confirmation Hearing of Ketanji Brown Jackson (The New York Times, The Daily Podcast)

Absurde Fragen an die Kandidatin (TAZ)

Supreme Court approval rating tanks as Biden weighs Breyer replacement (Axios)

Half of Trump’s supporters think top Democrats are involved in child sex-trafficking (YouGov)

Collins to Back Jackson for Supreme Court, Giving Her a G.O.P. Vote (The New York Times)

 

Haushalt 2022 verabschiedet

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Congress)

The Odd Story of the Law That Dictates How Government Shutdowns Work (The Atlantic)

Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns (Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, CRFB)

What is a continuing resolution? (Peter G. Peterson Foundation)

Continuing Resolutions: Overview of Components and Practices (CRS R42647)

How Congress’s dependence on short-term funding keeps us stuck in the past (Vox)

Roll Call 65 | Bill Number: H. R. 2471 (HoR)

Progressives grit their teeth as defense wins big in spending bill (Politico)

Roll Call 66 | Bill Number: H. R. 2471 (HoR)

Visualizing the $13.6 Billion in U.S. Spending on Ukraine (The New York Times)

Five things to know about the $1.5T spending bill Congress just passed (The Hill)

Lawmakers release fiscal 2022 spending deal (E&E News)

House Dems clear $1.5T spending deal after stripping Covid aid (Politico)

House passes overdue $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill (Roll Call)

House Passes $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill as Democrats Drop Covid Aid (The New York Times)

Once again, Congress comes together on the main thing it can agree on — sticking it to future generations (The Washington Post)

Democrats Pass $1.5 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill After Democrat Disarray (Breitbart)

The clock is ticking: Ukraine needs more support now (The Hill)

The Violence Against Women Act is finally making a comeback (MSNBC)

Senate passes biggest-ever US military budget with unanimous Democratic support (World Socialist Web Site)

 

Biden und die USA in Europa

Biden’s Europe trip has achieved one key goal (CNN)

The President Should Avoid Public Speaking (Wall Street Journal)

Remarks by President Biden on the United Efforts of the Free World to Support the People of Ukraine (The White House)

Kampfjets zur Radarabwehr in Spangdahlem stationiert (SR)

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing, March 30, 2022 (Department of Defense)

Gen. Tod Wolters testifies at United States Senate Committee on Armed Services (EUCOM)

More US troops likely to deploy to Europe amid Russia-Ukraine war, general tells senators (Stars and Stripes)

Biden and Western leaders plan new ways to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine at emergency summits (CNN)

 

Ginni Thomas und der Supreme Court
Foto: „Ginni Thomas“ (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Gage Skidmore

The political leanings of the Supreme Court justices (Axios)

Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States (The White House)

Trump Meets With Hard-Right Group Led by Ginni Thomas (The New York Times)

Exclusive: Trump’s „Deep State“ hit list (Axios)

Is Ginni Thomas a Threat to the Supreme Court? (The New Yorker)

Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show (The Washington Post)

What do Ginni Thomas‘ texts mean for Justice Thomas? At the Supreme Court, it’s up to him. (CNN)

The Supreme Court’s Clarence and Ginni Thomas Scandal Is Unprecedented (Rolling Stone)

Calls for Recusals, Resignations, and Even Impeachment: Democrats Escalate Ethics Campaign Around Clarence Thomas (Vanity Fair)

Letter by Elizabeth Warren et al. (Congress)

Ocasio-Cortez to Clarence Thomas: Resign or face impeachment (The Hill)

 

Transatlantic Treat

Bruce Willis

Foto: „Bruce Willis“ (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Gage Skidmore
Instagram-Post von Rumer Willis

Concerns about Bruce Willis’ declining cognitive state swirled around sets in recent years (LA Times)

Bruce Willis beendet wegen Krankheit Schauspielkarriere