buzzfeed--2020-07-09--The Supreme Court Ruled Prosecutors In New York Can Get Trump’s Tax Returns

Trump slammed both decisions , tweeting : “ Courts in the past have given ‘ broad deference ’ .
BUT NOT ME !
” Responding to the decision in the grand jury subpoena case , he tweeted that it was “ all a political prosecution ” and that it was “ not fair ” that he had “ to keep fighting in a politically corrupt New York.
” Roberts also wrote the 7–2 opinion in the congressional subpoenas case , joined by the court ’ s liberal wing again as well as Kavanaugh and Gorsuch .
Although the court didn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the committees could win in the end , it ’ s still something of a victory for Trump because it at least delays the issue .
Democrats have been trying to get his financial records for more than a year .
In a separate decision also released on Thursday , the court revived a fight between Trump and House Democrats over congressional subpoenas for Trump ’ s financial records — a majority of the court ruled that the lower courts , which had sided with the congressional committees , failed to fully consider @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and kicked the cases back down for more proceedings .
The majority decision was written by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. , who was joined by the justices from the court ’ s liberal arm .
Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch , Trump 's two nominees to the court , agreed that Trump was not absolutely immune from the subpoena .
The New York case centered on a grand jury subpoena for eight years of Trump 's tax returns as part of an investigation by New York District Attorney Cy Vance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ payments made to two women , Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal , who claimed to have had affairs with Trump before he took office .
Thursday ’ s decision does not mean the public will get to see Trump ’ s tax returns , however .
By law , documents subpoenaed as part of grand jury investigations are secret , though they could later become public if used as evidence in trial .
Trump has refused to release his tax returns , first as a candidate and later as president .
The decision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argued that as president he should be completely immune from a grand jury subpoena , and to the Justice Department , which didn ’ t embrace Trump ’ s immunity argument but pushed for a higher standard for state prosecutors to meet before they could get the president ’ s records .
WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that state prosecutors in New York can subpoena years of President Donald Trump ’ s tax returns .
Vance said in a statement that Thursday ’ s ruling was a “ tremendous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of justice and its founding principle that no one – not even a president – is above the law.
” “ Our investigation , which was delayed for almost a year by this lawsuit , will resume , guided as always by the grand jury ’ s solemn obligation to follow the law and the facts , wherever they may lead , ” Vance said .
House Democrats vowed to continue to press their subpoenas in the lower courts .
Rep. Adam Schiff , chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issued subpoenas for Trump 's financial records , said in a statement that they were disappointed the court had adopted a new standard for weighing these types of congressional subpoenas going forward .
`` The Supreme Court ’ s remand of this case to permit the lower courts to apply the new standard will serve to delay the Committee ’ s investigation — and , given the risk of foreign influence over this President , such delay is dangerous — but we remain confident that we will ultimately prevail .
And in light @ @ @ @ @ @ @ morning , he appears to believe the same , '' Schiff said .
In the grand jury subpoena case , Roberts wrote that there was a long history of legal precedent to support the idea that sitting presidents can be subpoenaed , going back to the early 1800s .
Addressing Trump ’ s position that a president should be immune specifically against a grand jury subpoena in a state criminal investigation , Roberts rejected Trump ’ s arguments that this type of subpoena would distract from his official duties , create a “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and make him a target for harassment .
“ To be sure , the consequences for a President ’ s public standing will likely increase if he is the one under investigation .
But , again , the President concedes that such investigations are permitted under Article II and the Supremacy Clause , and receipt of a subpoena would not seem to categorically magnify the harm to the President ’ s reputation , ” Roberts wrote .
The Justice Department had argued that a grand jury subpoena for a sitting president ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a “ heightened need standard ” — that prosecutors should have to show that the documents were necessary for specific charging decisions and that the subpoena was the only option to get them .
But Roberts noted that Trump hadn ’ t claimed executive privilege over the documents and wrote that private records shouldn ’ t get the same protection as official records .
Roberts wrote that Trump still had options to challenge the grand jury subpoena — he could raise the same types of legal challenges that any other person could make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a criminal investigation , and he could even make arguments specific to his position as president , such as that a grand jury subpoena was intended to interfere with his official duties .
“ Two hundred years ago , a great jurist of our Court established that no citizen , not even the President , is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding .
We reaffirm that principle today and hold that the President is neither absolutely immune from state criminal subpoenas seeking his private @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of need , ” Robert wrote .
Kavanaugh and Gorsuch didn ’ t join the entirety of Roberts ’ opinion , but agreed that Trump was not absolutely immune .
Kavanaugh wrote in a concurring opinion , joined by Gorsuch , that in any future challenge raised by Trump or another president to this type of subpoena , they would have adopted a different , stricter standard for judging whether prosecutors could get a president ’ s records .
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito Jr. wrote dissenting opinions saying they would have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to meet before being able to subpoena and actually get a sitting president ’ s records .
In the case of the congressional subpoena , Roberts again began with a history lesson , noting that fights between the executive and legislative branches over access to documents stretched back to President George Washington .
But until recently , he wrote , the two branches had worked things out among themselves and not involved the courts .
Roberts rejected Trump and the Justice Department ’ s arguments that congressional subpoenas for a president ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more “ demanding ” standard that the court had adopted before in cases involving former president Richard Nixon ’ s White House tapes during the Watergate scandal .
Trump ’ s financial records were personal and not related to his job as president , and there was no claim of executive privilege , Roberts wrote .
“ The standards proposed by the President and the Solicitor General—if applied outside the context of privileged information—would risk seriously impeding Congress in carrying out its responsibilities , ” Roberts wrote .
But he wrote that it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president and couldn ’ t be treated like any other congressional demand for documents .
“ Far from accounting for separation of powers concerns , the House ’ s approach aggravates them by leaving essentially no limits on the congressional power to subpoena the President ’ s personal records , ” Roberts wrote .
Quoting from Alexander Hamilton ’ s Federalist Papers , he continued : “ Without limits on its subpoena powers , Congress could ‘ exert an imperious controul ’ over the Executive Branch and aggrandize itself at the President ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feared.
” Roberts laid out a four-part standard for how the lower courts should consider the separation of powers issue going forward .
He wrote that judges should consider if Congress “ reasonably ” could get the information elsewhere ; insist that a subpoena only demand documents that are “ reasonably necessary ” to fulfill Congress ’ legislative goals ; “ be attentive ” to how much specific evidence Congress gives to show it needs the records to carry out a legislative purpose ; and , finally , “ carefully ” consider the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president .
Thomas dissented , writing that he believed Congress had no power to issue a legislative subpoena for anyone ’ s private documents , whether or not they were related to a president .
If Congress wanted documents from a president , it had to be in the context of impeachment , Thomas wrote .
Alito wrote his own dissent , saying he agreed with the majority that Congress could subpoena a president ’ s documents , but he didn ’ t think Roberts ’ test was strict enough .
The justices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a trio of lawsuits that Trump filed trying to shield his tax returns and other financial records .
Two of the cases involved subpoenas issued by House Democrats , and the third involved a grand jury subpoena issued as part of a criminal investigation by Vance .
The subpoenas were sent to financial institutions that held Trump 's records — accounting firm Mazars USA , Deutsche Bank , and Capital One — but the companies declined to take a position , leaving it up to their client , Trump , to duke it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's office .
Trump repeatedly lost in the lower courts , but the Supreme Court paused rulings that would have forced Mazars and the banks to turn over records when the justices agreed to hear the case in December .
During arguments before the Supreme Court , Trump ’ s lawyer tried to distinguish his situation from cases that former presidents Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon ultimately lost when they went before the court to fight efforts to probe their affairs .
The Supreme Court ruled in 1974 that a grand jury could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the White House , rejecting his immunity argument .
Two decades later , the court ruled in 1997 that Clinton was not immune from facing a civil lawsuit in state court related to issues that predated his presidency .
In the New York district attorney 's case , Trump 's personal attorneys argued that he should be protected by absolute immunity from any criminal investigation while he 's in office .
The Justice Department , which has backed Trump but did n't push the absolute immunity argument , instead argued that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to subpoena information about a president to first go to court and meet a high standard for proving they had a special need to do so .
In the congressional subpoena cases , Trump argued that the Democrat-led committees lacked legislative authority to investigate him and demand his records .
House Democrats argued that their authority to issue subpoenas was `` extremely broad '' and that they did n't have to articulate up front exactly what legislation they were considering in order to carry out an investigation .
Three Democrat-led House committees subpoenaed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and each offered its own reasons for doing so .
The Committee on Oversight and Reform said it wanted to explore whether Trump committed crimes before taking office , whether he had undisclosed conflicts of interest , whether he was complying with a constitutional prohibition against accepting financial benefits ( known as the Emoluments Clauses ) , and whether he ’ d complied with financial disclosure rules .
The Committee on Financial Services indicated it was interested in probing how US regulators enforced anti–money laundering laws , and the subpoenas would shed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ questionable ” financing provided by banks to Trump and his company .
And the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said it wanted Trump ’ s records as part of a broader investigation into Russian influence in US political systems , and specifically whether foreign actors had leverage over Trump , his campaign , his businesses , or his family members .
Two federal appeals courts — the DC Circuit and the 2nd Circuit — ruled in favor of House Democrats .
This is a developing story .
Check this post for updates @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Vance said in a statement that Thursday’s ruling was a “tremendous victory for our nation’s system of justice and its founding principle that no one – not even a president – is above the law.”
“Our investigation, which was delayed for almost a year by this lawsuit, will resume, guided as always by the grand jury’s solemn obligation to follow the law and the facts, wherever they may lead,” Vance said.
House Democrats vowed to continue to press their subpoenas in the lower courts. Rep. Adam Schiff, chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, one of the three committees that issued subpoenas for Trump's financial records, said in a statement that they were disappointed the court had adopted a new standard for weighing these types of congressional subpoenas going forward.
"The Supreme Court’s remand of this case to permit the lower courts to apply the new standard will serve to delay the Committee’s investigation — and, given the risk of foreign influence over this President, such delay is dangerous — but we remain confident that we will ultimately prevail. And in light of the President’s tweets this morning, he appears to believe the same," Schiff said.
The New York Case
In the grand jury subpoena case, Roberts wrote that there was a long history of legal precedent to support the idea that sitting presidents can be subpoenaed, going back to the early 1800s. Addressing Trump’s position that a president should be immune specifically against a grand jury subpoena in a state criminal investigation, Roberts rejected Trump’s arguments that this type of subpoena would distract from his official duties, create a “stigma” that would undermine his authority, and make him a target for harassment.
“To be sure, the consequences for a President’s public standing will likely increase if he is the one under investigation. But, again, the President concedes that such investigations are permitted under Article II and the Supremacy Clause, and receipt of a subpoena would not seem to categorically magnify the harm to the President’s reputation,” Roberts wrote.
The Justice Department had argued that a grand jury subpoena for a sitting president’s personal records should have to meet a “heightened need standard” — that prosecutors should have to show that the documents were necessary for specific charging decisions and that the subpoena was the only option to get them. But Roberts noted that Trump hadn’t claimed executive privilege over the documents and wrote that private records shouldn’t get the same protection as official records.
Roberts wrote that Trump still had options to challenge the grand jury subpoena — he could raise the same types of legal challenges that any other person could make when facing a demand for documents in a criminal investigation, and he could even make arguments specific to his position as president, such as that a grand jury subpoena was intended to interfere with his official duties.
“Two hundred years ago, a great jurist of our Court established that no citizen, not even the President, is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding. We reaffirm that principle today and hold that the President is neither absolutely immune from state criminal subpoenas seeking his private papers nor entitled to a heightened standard of need,” Robert wrote.
Kavanaugh and Gorsuch didn’t join the entirety of Roberts’ opinion, but agreed that Trump was not absolutely immune. Kavanaugh wrote in a concurring opinion, joined by Gorsuch, that in any future challenge raised by Trump or another president to this type of subpoena, they would have adopted a different, stricter standard for judging whether prosecutors could get a president’s records.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito Jr. wrote dissenting opinions saying they would have adopted stricter standards that prosecutors would have to meet before being able to subpoena and actually get a sitting president’s records.
The House Case
In the case of the congressional subpoena, Roberts again began with a history lesson, noting that fights between the executive and legislative branches over access to documents stretched back to President George Washington. But until recently, he wrote, the two branches had worked things out among themselves and not involved the courts.
Roberts rejected Trump and the Justice Department’s arguments that congressional subpoenas for a president’s personal records should be held to a more “demanding” standard that the court had adopted before in cases involving former president Richard Nixon’s White House tapes during the Watergate scandal. Trump’s financial records were personal and not related to his job as president, and there was no claim of executive privilege, Roberts wrote.
“The standards proposed by the President and the Solicitor General—if applied outside the context of privileged information—would risk seriously impeding Congress in carrying out its responsibilities,” Roberts wrote.
But he wrote that it mattered that these subpoenas involved a sitting president and couldn’t be treated like any other congressional demand for documents.
“Far from accounting for separation of powers concerns, the House’s approach aggravates them by leaving essentially no limits on the congressional power to subpoena the President’s personal records,” Roberts wrote. Quoting from Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist Papers, he continued: “Without limits on its subpoena powers, Congress could ‘exert an imperious controul’ over the Executive Branch and aggrandize itself at the President’s expense, just as the Framers feared.”
Roberts laid out a four-part standard for how the lower courts should consider the separation of powers issue going forward. He wrote that judges should consider if Congress “reasonably” could get the information elsewhere; insist that a subpoena only demand documents that are “reasonably necessary” to fulfill Congress’ legislative goals; “be attentive” to how much specific evidence Congress gives to show it needs the records to carry out a legislative purpose; and, finally, “carefully” consider the burdens a subpoena would impose on a president.
Thomas dissented, writing that he believed Congress had no power to issue a legislative subpoena for anyone’s private documents, whether or not they were related to a president. If Congress wanted documents from a president, it had to be in the context of impeachment, Thomas wrote. Alito wrote his own dissent, saying he agreed with the majority that Congress could subpoena a president’s documents, but he didn’t think Roberts’ test was strict enough.
The Subpoenas
The justices heard arguments by telephone in May in a trio of lawsuits that Trump filed trying to shield his tax returns and other financial records. Two of the cases involved subpoenas issued by House Democrats, and the third involved a grand jury subpoena issued as part of a criminal investigation by Vance.
The subpoenas were sent to financial institutions that held Trump's records — accounting firm Mazars USA, Deutsche Bank, and Capital One — but the companies declined to take a position, leaving it up to their client, Trump, to duke it out in court with lawmakers and Vance's office. Trump repeatedly lost in the lower courts, but the Supreme Court paused rulings that would have forced Mazars and the banks to turn over records when the justices agreed to hear the case in December.
During arguments before the Supreme Court, Trump’s lawyer tried to distinguish his situation from cases that former presidents Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon ultimately lost when they went before the court to fight efforts to probe their affairs. The Supreme Court ruled in 1974 that a grand jury could subpoena tapes that Nixon recorded of conversations in the White House, rejecting his immunity argument. Two decades later, the court ruled in 1997 that Clinton was not immune from facing a civil lawsuit in state court related to issues that predated his presidency.
In the New York district attorney's case, Trump's personal attorneys argued that he should be protected by absolute immunity from any criminal investigation while he's in office.
The Justice Department, which has backed Trump but didn't push the absolute immunity argument, instead argued that the court should require state prosecutors who want to subpoena information about a president to first go to court and meet a high standard for proving they had a special need to do so.
In the congressional subpoena cases, Trump argued that the Democrat-led committees lacked legislative authority to investigate him and demand his records. House Democrats argued that their authority to issue subpoenas was "extremely broad" and that they didn't have to articulate up front exactly what legislation they were considering in order to carry out an investigation.
Three Democrat-led House committees subpoenaed financial institutions for Trump’s records, and each offered its own reasons for doing so. The Committee on Oversight and Reform said it wanted to explore whether Trump committed crimes before taking office, whether he had undisclosed conflicts of interest, whether he was complying with a constitutional prohibition against accepting financial benefits (known as the Emoluments Clauses), and whether he’d complied with financial disclosure rules.
The Committee on Financial Services indicated it was interested in probing how US regulators enforced anti–money laundering laws, and the subpoenas would shed light on what Democrats characterized as “questionable” financing provided by banks to Trump and his company. And the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said it wanted Trump’s records as part of a broader investigation into Russian influence in US political systems, and specifically whether foreign actors had leverage over Trump, his campaign, his businesses, or his family members.
Two federal appeals courts — the DC Circuit and the 2nd Circuit — ruled in favor of House Democrats.
This is a developing story. Check this post for updates and follow BuzzFeed News on Twitter.


buzzfeed--2020-07-09--The Leaders Of Sleeping Giants Are Splitting Over A Dispute On Credit And Titles

Nandini Jammi is leaving the activist organization she helped build with Matt Rivitz over a dispute about titles , credit , and equality .
Since 2016 , copywriter Matt Rivitz and marketer Nandini Jammi have run Sleeping Giants , a social media campaign group that has pressured companies to stop financially supporting far-right media .
They persuaded more than 4,000 companies to pull ads from Breitbart .
They helped drive Bill O'Reilly from Fox News .
They have independently run affiliates in nearly a dozen countries .
And today , they are splitting up over a dispute centered on titles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ My life has revolved around Sleeping Giants for nearly four years now , and I had accepted that this movement was more important than whatever I ’ ve been going through , ” Jammi told BuzzFeed News .
“ But it was clear that even though I was doing the same level of work as Matt , he did not consider me an equal.
” Sleeping Giant 's decentralized structure — in which Jammi and Rivitz initially split duties without one of them formally being in charge — allowed it to move quickly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conflict over the public face of the group would never be resolved — and eventually broke it apart .
Jammi said that she treated Sleeping Giants as a full-time job and led several of its successes , but Rivitz never properly recognized her leadership .
Social media has made it easier for activist groups — from Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter — to take decentralized forms , lowering the barriers to participation .
“ It is the ultimate form of early 21st-century activism .
It can be three people in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rojas , a professor of sociology at Indiana University Bloomington , told BuzzFeed News .
But decentralization comes with its own problems .
Jammi is now leaving the organization she helped build at a moment when the activist group is urging advertiser boycotts against Facebook .
In an all-volunteer organization where no one is paid , titles and credit took on an even greater significance .
“ I ’ m still going to be here working everyday to solve the issues we first brought awareness to when we first started this campaign , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still be here supporting the activists and organizations who are fighting this fight around the world.
” According to the many published accounts of Sleeping Giants ’ genesis , and interviews with Rivitz , Jammi , and others who worked with the group , its story goes like this : Rivitz , an ad industry veteran who lives in California , started Sleeping Giants on Nov. 16 , 2016 , with a Twitter account .
In its first two weeks of operation , the account quickly amassed more than 1,000 followers and successfully @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Breitbart , he said .
Jammi , who lives in the Washington , DC , area , had the same idea later that month , arguing on Twitter that Old Navy should stop advertising on Breitbart .
( It was the first ad she saw when she went to the site . )
Rivitz messaged Jammi after reading a post she published on Medium on Nov. 24 in which she laid out her case , and the two began talking about a collaboration .
They soon developed a rough division of labor .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ today has nearly 300,000 followers , and Jammi the smaller Facebook page , which today has more than 71,000 .
Along with a small group of volunteers , they began notching victories , pressuring major advertisers from Audi to Zillow to add Breitbart to their advertising blacklists .
In April 2019 , Steve Bannon , the former executive chair of the site , said Breitbart ’ s ad revenues fell 90 % as a result of the campaign .
Jammi and Rivitz worked together , but also took the lead on different projects @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign targeting Robert Mercer , the former co-chief executive of hedge fund Renaissance Technologies , and also pressured Stripe , PayPal , and other platforms to stop processing payments for far-right activists and groups .
She also pushed for Bank of America to stop doing business with private prisons , among other campaigns .
Rivitz vetted and organized international chapters of Sleeping Giants , set up driving billboards around Amazon and Facebook campuses to pressure them to sever ties with Breitbart News , campaigned against YouTube and Facebook giving a platform to Infowars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and ran the e-commerce store among other projects .
On July 16 , 2018 , conservative news site the Daily Caller outed Rivitz as what it called the group ’ s founder : `` Sleeping Giants was founded by Matt Rivitz , an award-winning ad copywriter based in San Francisco , a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has found , '' the site wrote .
Two days later , the New York Times presented a different account .
In a profile titled , in the plural , `` Revealed : The People Behind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paper described Rivitz as having been `` identified as the account ’ s creator , ” and that he `` runs the account with Nandini Jammi , 29 , a freelance copywriter and marketing consultant , along with other still anonymous contributors . ''
`` Shortly after Mr. Rivitz started the account , it caught the attention of Ms. Jammi , an American who lives in Berlin , '' the New York Times wrote .
Jammi said she had asked Sapna Maheshwari , the Times reporter writing the profile , to call her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her , telling Jammi that she would be interviewed as a “ member of Sleeping Giants , ” according to Twitter direct messages that Jammi shared with BuzzFeed News .
“ Given that we never discussed her title previously , I was definitely surprised to hear that she had named herself cofounder , ” Rivitz said .
“ As I did not believe that was her role , having come on after I had already established the campaign , I corrected the record according to this belief.
” In the end , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ either Rivitz or Jammi .
( Maheshwari , who previously worked as a reporter at BuzzFeed News , declined to comment . )
For Jammi it was the first signal that their relationship might not have a happy future .
In August 2018 , Jammi told Rivitz she was worried about being “ sidelined.
” “ Having a title represents opportunities — to write , speak and be invited to the table to contribute to a discussion we have both been helping to shape ...
I ’ ve been working with you on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that we were partners on the project , ” Jammi wrote in an email to him on Aug. 12 .
“ However , I ’ m starting to feel wary of being sidelined .
I ’ m wary that this above ambiguity could keep me from realizing my ambitions and the impact I want to have as a pro marketer/WOC in my space.
” “ Jesus .
I feel horrible about this and had no idea , but I ’ m glad you reached out and let ’ s talk about roles and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Rivitz wrote in response .
“ As you said , we ’ ve never talked about it and it ’ s time now that everything is out in the open .
You deserve a ton of credit for all of this and you ’ ll get it .
Promise.
” Rivitz said he later told her that although he was the founder , “ Sleeping Giants is a flat organization , ” and that she could choose her title .
More than a year later , after Jammi and Rivitz had privately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ herself a cofounder , including on her LinkedIn and Twitter pages , because she felt it was the only way to remain visible .
But whatever her exact title , a number of people who worked with Sleeping Giants told BuzzFeed News they thought Jammi was one of the organization 's leaders , if not a founder in her own right .
“ I would consider them both founders , ” EJ Gibney , a researcher who has volunteered on and off for Sleeping Giants since December 2016 , told BuzzFeed News .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ both been involved since the very beginning.
” Gibney added that he had never seen Jammi have to seek approval for an idea from Rivitz .
Both people , he said , appeared to hold the same level of responsibility .
But Britton Taylor , another early volunteer , thought Rivitz had a better claim to the title of founder , even though , he said , “ I know for a fact that [ Jammi ] has done a shit ton of work … and she ’ s been instrumental to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think of a term like founder , even that is a little murky for me , ” Taylor added .
“ If you have a startup , there 's a document that says you own shares in the company .
But because this is decentralized , because it started anonymously , because there 's a bunch of people involved , there 's no such contract.
” Others disagreed .
One longtime volunteer and friend of Rivitz ’ s , who goes by the online handle Barret Williams , told BuzzFeed News they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Regardless of her title , Jammi was a major part of the organization .
Jammi 's unhappiness came to a head in June 2019 , when Sleeping Giants was shortlisted for an award from the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France .
Rivitz did not tell her he had entered Sleeping Giants into the competition or invite her to go with him .
She found out by noticing pictures of the south of France on his Instagram .
“ People started reaching out to me , congratulating me , asking me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jammi said .
“ I didn ’ t even have the opportunity to go.
” “ It was the worst week of my adult life , ” said Jammi .
“ I stopped eating , I couldn ’ t even function .
I mean , Sleeping Giants is my entire life .
I have spent every day on this .
It ’ s my second job , I have put in tireless amounts of effort — as much as he has at least.
” Jammi was at a loss , wondering why she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Rivitz said he mainly traveled to Cannes on his own dime for a speaking engagement and never expected Sleeping Giants to be shortlisted , much less win .
“ Cannes does not pay for travel for any nominees or winners of awards , ” he said .
A few days later , Jammi tweeted about the experience , along with her headshot and an offer to do public speaking .
“ Hey guys , I co-run @ slpng_giants with Matt .
Sadly I could not join him at # CannesLions last week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she wrote .
“ WoC are rarely seen or heard in tech and marketing , but we deserve a seat at the table too.
” Jammi also commented sarcastically on Rivitz ’ s Instagram page , “ Incredible how much you ’ ve achieved all by yourself !
” After the posts , Rivitz called her to reprimand her for airing their private grievances in public , Jammi said .
She said Rivitz accused her of wanting to hog the spotlight and being involved in Sleeping Giants for the wrong reasons .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of this campaign , as the attacks against me [ on social media ] were ongoing , ” Rivitz said .
“ I asked Nandini if she was in this for personal reasons rather than the mission itself.
” Jammi took the call while she was visiting Laura Calabrese , a close friend who lives in New York .
Calabrese told BuzzFeed News she overheard Jammi ’ s side of the call in her living room .
After the call , Jammi looked stunned , Calabrese said .
“ She was clearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wasn ’ t in this for the right reasons , ” said Calabrese .
“ I heard her say she wanted a seat at the table and wanted to make connections so she could keep doing the work she was doing more effectively .
“ I definitely remember she said he accused her of being in it for the glory.
” Since their fight last June , Jammi and Rivitz have communicated only sporadically .
Jammi had doubts about breaking from Rivitz formally , thinking that the work of Sleeping Giants was more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relationship further soured because Rivitz declined to give Jammi access to the organization ’ s official email inbox , which she said would have helped her see speaking opportunities and media requests that were related to Sleeping Giants ' work , but came only to Rivitz .
Jammi felt that not being able to use a Sleeping Giants email address made her seem less official .
Jammi said she asked for access to the inbox repeatedly over months .
Rivitz said that in one instance he refused to give her the password after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2019 , in which she wrote , “ I let myself be gaslighted by a progressive male activist who made me question my worth and the value I bring to our movement.
” Rivitz thought it was obvious who she meant .
“ It became clear that we had an expanding gulf of trust after Nandini ’ s public attacks on me on social media , ” Rivitz said .
“ Right or wrong , this resulted in my reluctance to share the email account password.
” The two temporarily reconciled in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which Rivitz said he apologized for their argument .
But the gulf between them proved too much , leading to the final rupture .
Jammi said she now plans to work on new campaigns related to Facebook and Fox News with other activist groups .
But she wants to make clear the contributions she made to Sleeping Giants .
“ I don ’ t want Matt being the one to tell my story to the world , ” Jammi said .
“ I ’ m not a helper .
I ’ m not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an optional part of the story .
Sleeping Giants wouldn ’ t be what it is today without me.
” ●

They soon developed a rough division of labor. Rivitz ran the Twitter account, which today has nearly 300,000 followers, and Jammi the smaller Facebook page, which today has more than 71,000. Along with a small group of volunteers, they began notching victories, pressuring major advertisers from Audi to Zillow to add Breitbart to their advertising blacklists. In April 2019, Steve Bannon, the former executive chair of the site, said Breitbart’s ad revenues fell 90% as a result of the campaign.
Jammi and Rivitz worked together, but also took the lead on different projects, both said. Jammi led a campaign targeting Robert Mercer, the former co-chief executive of hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, and also pressured Stripe, PayPal, and other platforms to stop processing payments for far-right activists and groups. She also pushed for Bank of America to stop doing business with private prisons, among other campaigns.
Rivitz vetted and organized international chapters of Sleeping Giants, set up driving billboards around Amazon and Facebook campuses to pressure them to sever ties with Breitbart News, campaigned against YouTube and Facebook giving a platform to Infowars’ Alex Jones, and set up and ran the e-commerce store among other projects.
On July 16, 2018, conservative news site the Daily Caller outed Rivitz as what it called the group’s founder: "Sleeping Giants was founded by Matt Rivitz, an award-winning ad copywriter based in San Francisco, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has found," the site wrote.
Two days later, the New York Times presented a different account. In a profile titled, in the plural, "Revealed: The People Behind an Anti-Breitbart Twitter Account," the paper described Rivitz as having been "identified as the account’s creator,” and that he "runs the account with Nandini Jammi, 29, a freelance copywriter and marketing consultant, along with other still anonymous contributors."
"Shortly after Mr. Rivitz started the account, it caught the attention of Ms. Jammi, an American who lives in Berlin," the New York Times wrote.
Jammi said she had asked Sapna Maheshwari, the Times reporter writing the profile, to call her a cofounder, but that Rivitz overruled her, telling Jammi that she would be interviewed as a “member of Sleeping Giants,” according to Twitter direct messages that Jammi shared with BuzzFeed News.
“Given that we never discussed her title previously, I was definitely surprised to hear that she had named herself cofounder,” Rivitz said. “As I did not believe that was her role, having come on after I had already established the campaign, I corrected the record according to this belief.”
In the end, the article ran without specifying a title for either Rivitz or Jammi. (Maheshwari, who previously worked as a reporter at BuzzFeed News, declined to comment.)
For Jammi it was the first signal that their relationship might not have a happy future.


buzzfeed--2020-07-10--The Trump Administration Told A Judge ICE Should Not Release Parents And Children Who've Been Detain

The Trump Administration Told A Judge ICE Should Not Release Parents And Children Who've Been Detained Together

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The US government told a federal judge late Thursday that immigrant families should not be released from custody more than a week after children were ordered released from ICE detention centers across the country , setting up scenarios in which they could be separated .
The government ’ s position comes after a June 26 order by US District Judge Dolly Gee in a separate case to release immigrant children detained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 17 .
Citing COVID-19 concerns , Judge Gee said Immigration and Customs Enforcement ’ s ( ICE ) family detention centers were “ on fire ” and that there was no more time for half measures to protect them from infection .
Attorneys for the Trump administration said the court should deny a motion for a preliminary injunction to promptly release all families in ICE detention .
Immigrant advocates said the government ’ s filing sets up a potential separation of children from their parents in custody should Judge James E. Boasberg agree @ @ @ @ @ @ @ choose between separation and exposing their children to a deadly virus because the government refuses to release them unless the judge orders the families released together , ” said Amy Maldonado , one of the attorneys on the case .
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in March as advocates sought the release of all families from three family detention centers located in Texas and Pennsylvania .
The advocates said that the families were at risk of contracting COVID-19 while in custody , citing medical experts who said that social distancing measures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government said ICE has implemented measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus and that the motion to immediately release families would fail to protect them from COVID-19 .
“ Petitioners would still be at risk of contracting COVID-19 while among the public at large , ” the government argued .
Attorneys for ICE also denied allegations that it was incapable of protecting immigrant families from contracting COVID-19 .
But even if the Judge Boasberg disagreed the remedy would be to improve conditions inside the family detention centers , not order the release @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pushed back against the claim that immigrant families face irreparable harm in being forced to choose between family separation or continued detention of children ordered released by Judge Gee .
“ The court should , and must , reject petitioners ’ attempt to recast this case as a case about family separation , ” ICE attorneys said .
As of Thursday , there were 319 immigrants -- at least157 of which were children -- in custody at the three family detention centers .
At the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 among immigrant families detained there .
There have been 35 total cases at the facility .
There have been no positive cases at the other two ICE family detention centers .
Last month , Judge Gee , who oversees a 1997 court settlement known as the Flores agreement that says the government ca n't detain children for more than 20 days , ordered the release of immigrant minors at ICE facilities by July 17 .
Previously , an independent monitor tasked with tracking how children in family detention centers are treated as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the risk of immigrant minors and families contracting coronavirus inside one of the facilities continued to grow because some staffers failed to wear masks or observe social distancing requirements .
Judge Gee referenced the spotty or total lack of compliance to wearing masks and social distancing in her order .
“ I ’ m hoping it doesn ’ t take another dead child for the courts to take this seriously because we ’ ve had enough children die , ” Maldonado said .

The US government told a federal judge late Thursday that immigrant families should not be released from custody more than a week after children were ordered released from ICE detention centers across the country, setting up scenarios in which they could be separated.
The government’s position comes after a June 26 order by US District Judge Dolly Gee in a separate case to release immigrant children detained at ICE facilities for families by July 17. Citing COVID-19 concerns, Gee said Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) family detention centers were “on fire” and that there was no more time for half measures to protect them from infection.
Attorneys for the Trump administration said the court should deny a motion for a preliminary injunction to promptly release all families in ICE detention.
Immigrant advocates said the government’s filing sets up a potential separation of children from their parents in custody should Judge James E. Boasberg agree.
“Parents will be forced to choose between separation and exposing their children to a deadly virus because the government refuses to release them unless the judge orders the families released together,” said Amy Maldonado, one of the attorneys on the case.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in March as advocates sought the release of all families from three family detention centers located in Texas and Pennsylvania. The advocates said that the families were at risk of contracting COVID-19 while in custody, citing medical experts who said that social distancing measures were impossible in detention settings.
The government said ICE has implemented measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus and that the motion to immediately release families would fail to protect them from COVID-19.
“Petitioners would still be at risk of contracting COVID-19 while among the public at large,” the government argued.
Attorneys for ICE also denied allegations that it was incapable of protecting immigrant families from contracting COVID-19. But even if Judge Boasberg disagreed, the remedy would be to improve conditions inside the family detention centers, not order the release of parents and children.
Government attorneys pushed back against the claim that immigrant families face irreparable harm in being forced to choose between family separation or continued detention of children ordered released by Judge Gee.
“The court should, and must, reject petitioners’ attempt to recast this case as a case about family separation,” ICE attorneys said.
As of Thursday, there were 319 immigrants — at least 157 of which were children — in custody at the three family detention centers. At the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas, there are 24 current cases of COVID-19 among immigrant families detained there. There have been 35 total cases at the facility. There have been no positive cases at the other two ICE family detention centers.
Last month, Judge Gee, who oversees a 1997 court settlement known as the Flores agreement that says the government can't detain children for more than 20 days, ordered the release of immigrant minors at ICE facilities by July 17. Previously, an independent monitor tasked with tracking how children in family detention centers are treated as part of the court agreement, said the risk of immigrant minors and families contracting coronavirus inside one of the facilities continued to grow because some staffers failed to wear masks or observe social distancing requirements.
Gee referenced the spotty or total lack of compliance to wearing masks and social distancing in her order.
“I’m hoping it doesn’t take another dead child for the courts to take this seriously because we’ve had enough children die,” Maldonado said.


buzzfeed--2020-07-10--Her Case To Be In Congress Is Unique. She’s Running Because She Doesn't Think It Should Be.

Desiree Tims has worked in Washington , and she did n't see people like her — a Black woman who knows what it means to be working-class .
Now she 's trying to flip a Republican seat in Congress .
DAYTON , Ohio — Desiree Tims moved back home on a Tuesday .
That Saturday , the Ku Klux Klan marched on Courthouse Square .
Two days later , devastating tornadoes whipped through the area .
A few months after that , a mass shooting in a popular nightlife district left nine dead .
During her decade away in Washington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House internship , worked for two prominent senators , and earned a Georgetown Law degree by taking night classes .
If she left with one takeaway , it was that so few of those she observed in power — and so few of her peers close to power — had life experiences remotely comparable to hers .
Black .
Born to a teenage mother .
Raised by her grandparents in a neighborhood many political professionals obsessed with labels would simply identify as working-class if white people lived there .
First in her family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after easy A ’ s at public schools , a mental grind at a private university .
The question she was always sure everyone was asking : Can this little Black girl from West Dayton do it ?
It ’ s a question that now underpins her campaign for Congress in Ohio ’ s 10th District .
When Tims returned last year , her name on the deed of the brick ranch she grew up in , she hadn ’ t planned to seek office so soon .
But the tragedies that had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this moment , 2020 , groaning under the weight of crises that have magnified the injustices put upon people of color , has the makings of upheaval that could carry someone like Tims .
She won her primary in April with 70 % of the vote , but without the national progressive energy or attention that recently lifted young Black congressional candidates such as Jamaal Bowman and Mondaire Jones against white , establishment-aligned choices in New York .
The victories encouraged Tims , who would be the district ’ s first Black representative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that for so long , so much has been decided by so few people who are too alike , she frames her run quite literally as a fight for representation .
“ I get very passionate about it , because it 's very frustrating when you see that up close , the neglect that is consistent in the halls of Congress , ” Tims , 32 , said in an interview at her childhood home .
“ So instead of begging and advocating people to do the right thing , let 's just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who are running in safe Democratic districts , Tims is attempting to unseat Rep. Mike Turner , a nine-term Republican .
Democrats have targeted him for years without success , but Turner ’ s margin of victory was cut by more than half between 2016 and 2018 , from 31 points to 14 .
Black turnout in the district dropped from 73 % to 59 % between the two previous presidential elections and was 43 % in 2018 , according to data provided by Tims ’ polling team .
Her advisers see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ young Black candidate and a base motivated to defeat President Donald Trump — who carried the district by 7 points last time — turns out enough votes to win .
Tims announced her candidacy days after the shooting last August .
Dayton hasn ’ t had much of a rest since .
The coronavirus pandemic has hit hard , with a recent spike in COVID-19 cases prompting the mayor , and days later the governor , to require masks in public places .
The national outrage over systemic racism after the deaths of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been profound in a city where the 2019 KKK rally , which attracted only nine members , was an emotional and financial burden .
Tims participated in the anti-racism protests here in May .
And she views several disturbing incidents — like the six bullets fired through the storefront of a local Democratic Party headquarters where a Tims sign and Black Lives Matter sign hung in the windows — as a threat to her .
“ Sometimes when you 're living in the whirlwind of history , you can ’ t appreciate the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” said Bob Mendenhall , a Tims supporter and co-owner of Blind Bob ’ s , a tavern in the neighborhood where last year ’ s shooting occurred .
“ Like , the old world is dead , and the new world has n't arrived yet .
And we are in this transformational period .
I try to find a silver lining .
Maybe COVID-19 can make us all slow down for just a second , and reflect on what we want this country to be.
” Tims has scored nice endorsements from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Sherrod Brown and New York ’ s Kirsten Gillibrand .
And Gillibrand has joined forces with two other senators with national profiles , Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California , to raise money for her campaign .
Tims , though , is largely unknown to voters here — a point the National Republican Congressional Committee , in defense of Turner , stressed in an April memo .
Before the primary , her name had never appeared on a ballot .
She hadn ’ t been preparing for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ school language arts teacher , now the head of a local teachers union and excited about her candidacy , recalled Tims as a “ bright and enthusiastic ” student , but never pictured her as a politician .
Nan Whaley , Dayton ’ s mayor and one of the savviest Democratic activists in the state , has known Tims for barely a year .
To her supporters , this only reinforces that Tims has the fresh eyes the district needs .
“ Symbols and substance rarely have an opportunity to be handmaids for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Peter Matthews , Tims ’ pastor at the McKinley United Methodist Church .
“ The fact that she would bring a Georgetown Law degree back to West Dayton and offer herself for service , that ’ s a pretty big deal .
For other young kids , not just African American , but kids of all stripes in a city desperate for hope , she ’ s putting herself out there front and center.
” Tims ’ grandfather — Papaw , she called him — loved watching Wheel of Fortune .
He would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the words was especially tough for him .
He hadn ’ t made it past the first grade in Opelika , Alabama .
There were fields to work , a family depending on any ounce of income he could contribute .
Eventually he ’ d be part of the Great Migration from the Deep South to the Midwest , from sharecropper to steelworker , settling first in Middletown , Ohio .
“ I always remember him sitting at the table , spelling the words out , ” Tims said .
“ He was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
All of the time he was like , ‘ What is this word ?
How do you spell this word ?
’ And , you know , I ’ m doing something else , and I ’ m like , ‘ Yeah , yeah , yeah , add an E. ’ I didn ’ t appreciate it at the time , but not everyone was sitting with their grandparents or their parents , teaching them English , and how to spell , and how to say things.
” Tims ’ mother and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was born and divorced not long after that .
She grew up in the tiny ranch , with her mom and her maternal grandparents — Papaw and Grandma — and for a while her great-grandparents .
“ My grandmother was the matriarch , and her word meant a little more , ” Tims recalled .
There were few kids her age on the block .
She would cut through the backyards of the cul-de-sac to go play with friends at the Y or walk to visit her dad , who lived nearby with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of workers .
Tims ’ mom went back to school to be a nurse .
Papaw worked at a steel mill in Middletown for years , commuting a half-hour each way after moving to West Dayton .
“ When they talk about the Midwest and Middle America , they show this white guy with Popeye arms , like toot toot , like coal mines and steel mills , ” Tims said .
“ And I ’ m like , yeah , there are Black people in the steel mills .
There are Black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , coincidentally , is the hometown of J.D .
Vance , whose 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy tapped into a white working-class zeitgeist that surrounded Trump ’ s election .
The book became highly politicized — Vance used it to promote a conservative point of view .
But Tims sees him as somewhat of a kindred spirit .
“ Until the end of it , ” she said , “ that book is amazing .
I thought he nailed it.
” She recalled the part where , while studying at Yale , Vance panicked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fancy dinner .
“ I was like , I feel seen.
” Politics was always in the background .
Grandma paid close attention .
And Tims recalled accompanying family to civil rights marches , but not quite processing the experience .
“ I was like , Oh , we ’ re going to a festival or a parade .
I didn ’ t get it.
” Tims excelled at Paul Laurence Dunbar High , named for the Black poet and playwright from Dayton .
For college she chose Xavier , a Jesuit school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but far enough to have her own life .
She was soon in another world .
“ I got a D , ” she said with a gasp .
When she asked classmates who were coasting how they got by , she learned how their time at private or wealthier public schools prepared them , or how a paper they wrote in 10th grade could be recycled for college .
“ I was pissed because I felt like I got cheated , ” she said .
“ I missed a lot of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the library .
And a lot of times it was the dictionary to the left of me , an actual reading assignment to the right.
” The lesson was not lost on her .
She would think of Papaw playing Wheel of Fortune with his pencil , writing down the words he didn ’ t know .
“ How , ” she would wonder , “ can I drive back up I-75 to Dayton and say it ’ s too hard ?
” Tims spent her nights browsing CareerBuilder .
Her grandmother spent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ young presidency of Barack Obama , and picturing her granddaughter as part of it .
Tims had knocked on doors for Obama in 2008 , but the family had no Washington connections to work , no favors to call in .
Grandma , though , insisted she try for a White House job .
“ I was like , ‘ You need to clasp your pretty little hands together and get on your knees and pray for Procter & Gamble or General Electric , ’ ” Tims recalled .
“ She just kept @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t until months later , after Wells Fargo had rehired and relocated her to Virginia , that the White House called Tims to follow up on the internship application she had completed in five minutes and long forgotten .
She was so sure a friend was playing a joke that she hung up the first time .
But the timing was convenient .
She was miserable in her new job as a personal banker .
She had accepted the posting because she figured she ’ d at least be closer to Virginia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In reality she was more than 200 miles away in McLean , an affluent DC suburb .
Things in Washington were like that for Tims .
Her surroundings could be disorienting , if not intimidating .
On the first day of her White House internship , she had no idea she was sitting next to Valerie Jarrett , the Obama confidant , until starstruck colleagues made a fuss .
Her work included a rotation through the Office of Presidential Correspondence , where she “ read all of Obama ’ s hate mail , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Engagement , which Jarrett ran .
“ I was never much enamored by people like Valerie Jarrett , ” Tims said .
“ I was inspired by them … but it wasn ’ t like ooh and aah , because I was on a mission to get the information , to bring it back home.
” Tims had opportunities to stay at the White House after the internship ended but wanted to learn more about policy and legislation .
She said she submitted her résumé to Brown ’ s Senate office at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on civil rights , judicial , and education issues .
She later moved on to Gillibrand ’ s staff , where she specialized in agriculture and women ’ s issues .
Eventually she was elected president of the Senate Black Legislative Staff Caucus , but she could not shake the same feelings she had at Xavier : that her life experiences , not just her skin color , placed her squarely in the minority .
“ What I found was most of those people are from privileged backgrounds , regardless of race or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ How are you relating to someone who said they can ’ t afford groceries on Friday ?
They don ’ t understand what it ’ s like to ration out gas , because you can ’ t take all of your trips , because you need to make sure this full tank lasts two weeks.
” Tims ’ point of view was beginning to align with her own political ambitions , but first she wanted to get away from Capitol Hill .
She took a job at a childcare advocacy group while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the ways she would use what she learned in Washington to help Dayton .
“ It ’ s a challenge , because she didn ’ t come to it the way some do , ” Brown said in a telephone interview .
“ But it ’ ll make her a better public official , because she ’ s seen it from the outside [ and the ] inside that way.
” And that , really , is the point of the campaign .
The experiences of Desiree Tims — this little Black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ internalized it for all those years — form the core of every argument she makes to be the next representative for West Dayton .
Putting herself out there carries a cost .
Her campaign manager says they have “ taken appropriate steps to document threats with law enforcement.
” Tims sees and hears more nasty and racist vitriol than ever on social media and in her community .
The burden of speaking out fell on her when a local state senator asked if COVID-19 rates are higher among Black people because “ the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their hands as well as other groups.
” As a child , marches were fun , a chance to follow .
As a Black candidate , protests over systemic racism and police brutality bring an expectation to lead .
Tims worries that a Facebook post advertising her plans to participate in a May 30 protest in downtown Dayton made her a target .
As she drove to the protest that morning , she noticed her car , which had been parked in her driveway , had a tire losing air .
The problem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in .
“ That ’ s what stuck with me — it ’ s not a nail , ” she said .
When she left the protest that afternoon , she received the call that the Greene County Democratic Party headquarters in nearby Xenia , where signs for Tims ’ campaign and Black Lives Matter are prominently displayed , had been shot up overnight .
A month earlier someone had chucked a piece of concrete through the storefront window .
There have been no arrests , and the cases are closed .
An @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was “ no overt indication ” of a racial motive or hate crime .
Doris Adams , the party chair , believes otherwise , recalling arguments she ’ s had at parades with those who criticized the party ’ s support for the Black Lives Matter movement .
“ They didn ’ t leave a calling card saying it was that , ” she said .
“ But that was the window they hit .
Both times.
” Rev .
Matthews , Tims ’ pastor , drove her to survey the damage from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had ruined her tire .
“ Obviously I was full of dismay , but I had to remind her that heroes live with courage out loud , ” he said .
“ I think these instances have reminded her that she ’ s doing the right thing.
” They have .
So , too , have the instances that reward Tims ’ hope that voters , not just in the Ohio 10th but around the country , are ready for new representation , whether that ’ s Jamaal Bowman or Mondaire Jones in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Virginia ’ s 5th District .
Webb , who won a four-person primary last month , would be the first Black doctor to be a voting member of Congress .
Like Tims , he is trying to pull off an upset in a Republican-leaning district that Democrats see as competitive .
“ It ’ s certainly inspiring to see people in my generation , millennials — to see Black people , to see gay people , to see people whose great-great-grandfather wasn ’ t a state senator go run for Congress and win @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to her large margin of victory in the primary , a contest where she was able to win white , Black , and Latino votes across the district ’ s urban , suburban , and rural areas .
“ The common denominator is we all want opportunity , ” she said .
“ We all want access to the American dream .
And that is the best language that I can speak : opportunity .
So people definitely are taking a look — Can this little Black girl from West Dayton do it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 've already done it.
” ●

DAYTON, Ohio — Desiree Tims moved back home on a Tuesday. That Saturday, the Ku Klux Klan marched on Courthouse Square. Two days later, devastating tornadoes whipped through the area. A few months after that, a mass shooting in a popular nightlife district left nine dead.
During her decade away in Washington, DC, Tims completed a White House internship, worked for two prominent senators, and earned a Georgetown Law degree by taking night classes. If she left with one takeaway, it was that so few of those she observed in power — and so few of her peers close to power — had life experiences remotely comparable to hers.
Black. Born to a teenage mother. Raised by her grandparents in a neighborhood many political professionals obsessed with labels would simply identify as working-class if white people lived there. First in her family to attend a four-year college, but after easy A’s at public schools, a mental grind at a private university. The question she was always sure everyone was asking: Can this little Black girl from West Dayton do it?
It’s a question that now underpins her campaign for Congress in Ohio’s 10th District. When Tims returned last year, her name on the deed of the brick ranch she grew up in, she hadn’t planned to seek office so soon. But the tragedies that had visited Dayton accelerated the timeline. And this moment, 2020, groaning under the weight of crises that have magnified the injustices put upon people of color, has the makings of upheaval that could carry someone like Tims.
She won her primary in April with 70% of the vote, but without the national progressive energy or attention that recently lifted young Black congressional candidates such as Jamaal Bowman and Mondaire Jones against white, establishment-aligned choices in New York. The victories encouraged Tims, who would be the district’s first Black representative. As the country confronts the truth that for so long, so much has been decided by so few people who are too alike, she frames her run quite literally as a fight for representation.
“I get very passionate about it, because it's very frustrating when you see that up close, the neglect that is consistent in the halls of Congress,” Tims, 32, said in an interview at her childhood home. “So instead of begging and advocating people to do the right thing, let's just replace them.”
Unlike Bowman and Jones, who are running in safe Democratic districts, Tims is attempting to unseat Rep. Mike Turner, a nine-term Republican. Democrats have targeted him for years without success, but Turner’s margin of victory was cut by more than half between 2016 and 2018, from 31 points to 14. Black turnout in the district dropped from 73% to 59% between the two previous presidential elections and was 43% in 2018, according to data provided by Tims’ polling team. Her advisers see a path where the combination of a young Black candidate and a base motivated to defeat President Donald Trump — who carried the district by 7 points last time — turns out enough votes to win.
Tims announced her candidacy days after the shooting last August. Dayton hasn’t had much of a rest since. The coronavirus pandemic has hit hard, with a recent spike in COVID-19 cases prompting the mayor, and days later the governor, to require masks in public places. The national outrage over systemic racism after the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor also has been profound in a city where the 2019 KKK rally, which attracted only nine members, was an emotional and financial burden. Tims participated in the anti-racism protests here in May. And she views several disturbing incidents — like the six bullets fired through the storefront of a local Democratic Party headquarters where a Tims sign and Black Lives Matter sign hung in the windows — as a threat to her.


buzzfeed--2020-07-10--Equinox Instructors Feel Betrayed And Scared As Gyms Start To Open

“ I 'm a poor person… I just do n't get how they 're comfortable with those losses happening at the bottom .
It 's just so weird and greedy to me.
” When Monica Davis , a Southern California barre and cardio class instructor , teaches a group fitness class , it takes her about an hour to commute to the gym , an hour to put together a playlist , another hour to plan the class itself , an hour to teach it , and another hour to commute back home .
Davis works for Equinox , an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than 80 locations across the US , Canada , and the UK .
Before the coronavirus outbreak hit , she was being paid $ 60 a class .
When the gyms closed , Equinox paid Davis 75 % of what she ’ d been making while teaching .
Now , gyms in the US are beginning to reopen despite rising COVID-19 cases nationally , meaning group fitness instructors like Davis are facing the prospect of teaching classes indoors , to sweating , panting students — many of whom , instructors like Davis say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ masks .
Columbia University health policy professor Irwin Redlener said during an interview with BuzzFeed News earlier this spring that even if gyms spaced out equipment , there would still be a lot of close contact between members and staff , which could spread the virus further .
Redlener said that without sufficient testing and contract tracing , gyms wo n't be safe .
As gyms reopen , he said , `` if the virus actually ends up being still prevalent and we 're not aware of who has it , who doesn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the safety of both the employees of the gym and the customers.
” But despite the risk , Equinox is asking its group fitness instructors to come back to the gym and teach classes at a discounted rate , keeping the teachers at their 75 % pay , rather than restoring their pre-COVID-19 rates .
Instructors have also been asked to help clean the group fitness studios after classes , without additional pay , as part of an effort to more frequently deep-clean the studios , according to company emails shared with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ instructors based in California and Washington , DC , and reviewed nearly two dozen emails , which include ones from instructors sent to Equinox management raising their concerns as well as company responses and announcements , and Facebook conversations between instructors .
The messages show an overwhelming nervousness and frustration from instructors being asked to return to work before they feel safe — and to do so not only without hazard pay , but for a reduced wage .
“ Everybody was like , Okay , record scratch .
What ?
” Davis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ News .
“ Now I 'm working for $ 45 for five hours of work .
That comes out to what , $ 9 an hour ?
Now in essence I 'm under minimum wage.
” ( Minimum wage in California , where Davis works , is $ 12 per hour , but she is paid on a per-class basis and her prep work isn ’ t accounted for . )
Another Equinox instructor who has worked in both New York and Washington , DC , gyms , who asked to remain anonymous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simply : “ I honestly think it 's ridiculous .
I think it 's absolutely ridiculous.
” The instructor now lives in DC , and when she was asked to come back to work she said she wasn ’ t comfortable .
“ Everyone 's kind of loosened up a bit , but I do n't think that means that I can go into a sweaty , hot environment where , you know , part of my job is like touching people .
I 'm obviously not going to do that , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manager said ] ‘ You ’ re going to be be paid 75 % of your normal rate until Equinox gets back on its feet , ’ I was kinda like , What the fuck , Equinox ?
” The DC instructor was told that if she didn ’ t come back to teach within two months of her location reopening , she would be considered an inactive employee and be required to reaudition for her role .
“ I am really leery about going inactive and being kicked off the payroll , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being sketchy about it , ” she said .
Instead , she said she believes no instructor should be considered “ inactive ” if they don ’ t immediately return because of the pandemic .
Liz Levitan , a spokesperson for Equinox , said the DC employee had received inaccurate information .
“ After 8 weeks we simply rehire an employee who goes inactive in payroll .
No audition is required , ” she wrote in an emailed statement to BuzzFeed News last Thursday .
“ In our clubs that we have reopened @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 100 % of our teams.
” But that same morning , Equinox ’ s executive chair Harvey Spevak announced that the company was furloughing some instructors and other employees who have not returned to work , including the DC instructor and Davis .
According to a source close to the company , 1,500 employees were furloughed .
According to Spevak ’ s announcement , which was shared with BuzzFeed News by two Equinox employees , active employees of open clubs will continue to receive their “ initial opening compensation , ” and some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as active employees , including “ Group Fitness Instructors with greater than 14 classes/week.
” But the announcement made no mention of inactive employees at open locations like Davis and the DC instructor who had not yet returned to teach out of fears for their safety .
They both soon learned via email that they were among the furloughed group .
Three days later , neither employee had received any more information about if or how they could return to teaching when they felt safe .
“ I ’ m pissed , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ message to BuzzFeed News .
“ I ’ m pretty mad that no one called me before I got the email and that STILL no one has reached out.
” Levitan said in a statement that Equinox was proud to compensate its employees for as long as it did while gyms were closed .
“ We have already welcomed back 95 percent of our team in the markets in which we have reopened , and it is our hope and our intention to welcome back as much of our team as possible as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ With city and state governments in New York , New Jersey and the Bay Area unable to give us any certainty regarding reopening , we have no choice but to furlough certain members of the team in our unopened markets.
” In a follow-up statement after BuzzFeed News asked for clarification on the terms of the furloughs , Equinox spokesperson Samantha Bonizzi said , “ As markets reopen , instructors have been and will continue to be welcomed back with no re-audition necessary.
” But Davis is an instructor in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prior to being furloughed , she ’ d had a conversation with her manager about returning to the gym .
She said she was given just two days to sign an agreement that would lock in her pay cut and bring her back to work .
“ [ I said , ] ‘ You guys are asking the people at the bottom of your food chains to take this hit and bear the breadth of lost revenue , and I just kind of want you to know that like , I 'm a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a poor person to now earn 25 % less , ’ ” she told BuzzFeed News .
“ I just do n't get how they 're comfortable with those losses happening at the bottom .
It 's just so weird and greedy to me.
” Another Southern California instructor wrote an email to Spevak on June 13 calling the pay cuts “ disappointing and devaluing.
” If you 're someone who is seeing the impact of the coronavirus firsthand , we ’ d like to hear from you .
Reach out to us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ In addition to the hourly rate decrease , our duties have been expanded and most important so [ has ] our vulnerability to the virus , ” the instructor wrote .
“ The increased measures are not a safeguard to being in a room of breathing , sweating people even with social distancing.
” The instructor signed off , “ On behalf of myself and all group fitness instructors who have devoted years to Equinox ( 16 years personally ) , it is only fair to pay us our original teaching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we can return to work as a valued employee.
” Although she ’ s young and healthy , Davis is still nervous about the safety of returning to work , even if she were to be paid in full .
“ Gyms are , if nothing else , recycled air and body fluids , ” she said .
“ Even on our best day — I 'm somebody who is in really good health and I have really strong lungs because I exercise for a living , I take a multivitamin — but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Equinox has said it intends to follow all guidance from the CDC , which Davis said is good in theory , but she thinks it ’ s unlikely to happen in practice .
“ I 'm thinking , yeah , that 's great , you know , that 's great in a vacuum .
But when you start dealing with Equinox clientele , it 's like , these are really spoiled , entitled people , ” she said .
Already , at least one Equinox member has tested positive for COVID-19 since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a notification they got from the company announcing that a member at the Beverly Hills location who tested positive had been in the gym the mornings of June 20 and June 22 .
“ The member was primarily in the Group Fitness Studio , cardio area and strength floors , ” the email said .
Only people who were in the gym at that time got the notification , and many instructors learned about the positive case in the Facebook Group .
Levitan confirmed the case , and said the company had only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of caution ” and hadn ’ t closed for cleaning because the gyms are cleaned three times throughout the day and once more overnight .
On Thursday , July 2 , another instructor shared a similar notification they ’ d gotten after an employee at Equinox ’ s Century City location had tested positive .
( Equinox did not respond to a request for comment on the case . )
Another Southern California instructor , who teaches yoga and asked to remain anonymous so she could speak freely about Equinox , said she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ return was handled poorly .
“ I got an email from my manager basically saying , ‘ I hope you guys are still in great shape , because we 're opening Tuesday.
’ The email was so blasé , ” she said .
“ Just , oh , we 're supposed to have stayed in good shape for the past three months ?
Our world was shut down.
” She said she was also frustrated because there was no personal check-in when employees were asked to return .
“ It was just sort @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was no reach out for managers or like , ‘ Hey , checking in .
Are you high risk ?
Do you want to come back to work ?
’ That type of thing .
‘ Do you have childcare ?
’ ” she said .
She said she feels like managers have been “ guilt-tripping ” employees to come back to work because they were paid 75 % of their fees during the shutdown .
“ People pushed back , and the manager said , ‘ Oh , but we paid you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and there was a whole guilt trip going on.
” The instructor also said she was upset because while Equinox paid instructors their discounted rate while the gyms were closed , it did not do so for maintenance staff .
“ So we got 75 % , but the [ maintenance staff ] … were not paid for three months , which I find disgusting , ” she said .
Levitan , the Equinox spokesperson , confirmed that maintenance staff was not paid during the shutdown .
“ Despite the pressure of having @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have kept much of our workforce with as minimal reduction in pay as possible and are continuing health coverage for all employees enrolled , ” she said in an email .
“ A subset of employees unable to work have been furloughed , and that decision was made based on a variety of factors , including new government legislation passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
” Now that employees are returning to work , it ’ s still unclear to them whether members and staff will be required to wear masks in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re teaching .
It ’ s something that ’ s been a frequent topic in a Facebook Group of Southern California Equinox group fitness instructors , screenshots of which were shared with BuzzFeed News by two employees .
“ I wear a mask and constantly think I should drop my classes , ” one instructor recently wrote .
“ Better spacing at [ Equinox ’ s ] Hollywood [ location ] , but does that really matter when [ a ] student sneezes ?
” Several other instructors wrote in the group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ person in their group class wearing a face mask .
“ I felt [ the students ] didn ’ t actually love that I was wearing one , but maybe I ’ m projecting and was uncomfortable because they weren ’ t wearing masks , ” one posted in the group .
“ One girl asked if I preferred they wear masks .
I said I preferred they wear them , but if it ’ s too uncomfortable that ’ s okay .
So , no one wore them.
” While it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she wrote , “ their sweat freaked me out , ” and it took extra energy to pretend it didn ’ t bother her .
In a June 19 email to group fitness instructors , a West Hollywood manager clarified the rules .
“ You do not have to wear a mask when you teach , ” the manager wrote .
“ But , if you are walking around the club before or after your class , please wear a blue mask or the black Equinox mask .
We are trying to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Levitan said in an email to BuzzFeed News July 2 that Equinox ’ s rules adhere to local law .
In California , where masks are required , Levitan said , “ Our teams are provided with face masks and gloves and as mandated by local law , members are required to wear a mask and gloves at all times.
” Last Thursday , after gyms in California had been open for about a week , one member posted in the Facebook Group to ask how instructors have been feeling and whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feel safe ?
Do I feel like [ Equinox ] is looking out for me with managerial support ?
Not really , ” one instructor responded .
Another instructor outlined his concerns in a June 24 email to Spevak and Equinox ’ s head of HR , noting that he was told that gloves , too , were optional in the gym .
“ How are gloves ‘ optional ’ ?
” he wrote .
The instructor wrote that he teaches in several locations in the Los Angeles area and that at some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ glaringly obvious.
” The instructor attached photos of spin bikes that were stationed just 3 feet apart , only half of the CDC ’ s recommended 6 feet of distance to help stop the spread of the virus .
“ If there were to be an outbreak of Covid 19 at Equinox , given the current conditions , it will happen in the group fitness space , ” he wrote .
The instructor said he is at high risk for severe illness should he contract the virus , so he ’ s been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ raised concerns in the past to management , he was “ met with excuses as to why things will not change.
” “ When I suggested to members that they should wear a mask because I had taught a lot of classes that day and probably a high risk for exposure , I was called by management and told not to say anything as it was perceived as offensive and that members signed a waver [ sic ] so it is at their discretion , ” the instructor wrote .
“ I was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that bikes ( specifically ) would not be moved and house rules , masks ect [ sic ] ... .would not be enforced because their primary concern was revenue not on member safety .
If there is any indication that the gym is not safe , then members might cancel , new members might not join and refunds might be requested.
” Levitan , the Equinox spokesperson , said in an email that any bikes in use in cycling studios are spaced 6 feet apart , and if any bikes are closer than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because they are not in use .
To ensure that , Levitan said the saddles on unused bikes are removed .
The instructor attached two pictures of the cycling studio to his email , which showed the saddles on all bikes .
Davis said the situation has been personally devastating to her after dedicating years of her life to the company .
Before , she said , she felt safe because of how many LGBTQ people and people of color she worked with .
She referenced Equinox ’ s owner , Stephen Ross @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SoulCycle and faced calls for a boycott of the brands after he hosted a fundraiser for President Donald Trump last summer .
“ I 'm a woman of color .
I just feel like my workplace , Equinox , who I devoted three really loyal years of my life to , who I stuck by after some Stephen Ross Trumpy bullshit , it 's like I just always felt so supported , ” she said last week .
“ This image that Equinox is feeding is so far and away opposite once you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Once you start getting to like the executive level , it is all , trust me , Trumpy , greedy , capitalist-y bullshit.
” ●

Levitan, the Equinox spokesperson, confirmed that maintenance staff was not paid during the shutdown.
“Despite the pressure of having no revenue during club closure, we have kept much of our workforce with as minimal reduction in pay as possible and are continuing health coverage for all employees enrolled,” she said in an email. “A subset of employees unable to work have been furloughed, and that decision was made based on a variety of factors, including new government legislation passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Now that employees are returning to work, it’s still unclear to them whether members and staff will be required to wear masks in the gyms or in the classes they’re teaching. It’s something that’s been a frequent topic in a Facebook Group of Southern California Equinox group fitness instructors, screenshots of which were shared with BuzzFeed News by two employees.
“I wear a mask and constantly think I should drop my classes,” one instructor recently wrote. “Better spacing at [Equinox’s] Hollywood [location], but does that really matter when [a] student sneezes?”
Several other instructors wrote in the group saying they’d been the only person in their group class wearing a face mask.
“I felt [the students] didn’t actually love that I was wearing one, but maybe I’m projecting and was uncomfortable because they weren’t wearing masks,” one posted in the group. “One girl asked if I preferred they wear masks. I said I preferred they wear them, but if it’s too uncomfortable that’s okay. So, no one wore them.”
While it was nice to teach people in person, she wrote, “their sweat freaked me out,” and it took extra energy to pretend it didn’t bother her.
In a June 19 email to group fitness instructors, a West Hollywood manager clarified the rules.
“You do not have to wear a mask when you teach,” the manager wrote. “But, if you are walking around the club before or after your class, please wear a blue mask or the black Equinox mask. We are trying to keep everyone looking the same who works here.”
Levitan said in an email to BuzzFeed News July 2 that Equinox’s rules adhere to local law.
In California, where masks are required, Levitan said, “Our teams are provided with face masks and gloves and as mandated by local law, members are required to wear a mask and gloves at all times.”
Last Thursday, after gyms in California had been open for about a week, one member posted in the Facebook Group to ask how instructors have been feeling and whether they feel safe. “Do I feel safe? Do I feel like [Equinox] is looking out for me with managerial support? Not really,” one instructor responded.
Another instructor outlined his concerns in a June 24 email to Spevak and Equinox’s head of HR, noting that he was told that gloves, too, were optional in the gym.
“How are gloves ‘optional’?” he wrote. The instructor wrote that he teaches in several locations in the Los Angeles area and that at some locations, “inadequate social distancing is glaringly obvious.”
The instructor attached photos of spin bikes that were stationed just 3 feet apart, only half of the CDC’s recommended 6 feet of distance to help stop the spread of the virus. “If there were to be an outbreak of Covid 19 at Equinox, given the current conditions, it will happen in the group fitness space,” he wrote.
The instructor said he is at high risk for severe illness should he contract the virus, so he’s been hypervigilant, but when he’s raised concerns in the past to management, he was “met with excuses as to why things will not change.”
“When I suggested to members that they should wear a mask because I had taught a lot of classes that day and probably a high risk for exposure, I was called by management and told not to say anything as it was perceived as offensive and that members signed a waver [sic] so it is at their discretion,” the instructor wrote. “I was told in confidence from one manager, that bikes (specifically) would not be moved and house rules, masks ect [sic] ....would not be enforced because their primary concern was revenue not on member safety. If there is any indication that the gym is not safe, then members might cancel, new members might not join and refunds might be requested.”
Levitan, the Equinox spokesperson, said in an email that any bikes in use in cycling studios are spaced 6 feet apart, and if any bikes are closer than 6 feet, it’s only because they are not in use. To ensure that, Levitan said the saddles on unused bikes are removed. The instructor attached two pictures of the cycling studio to his email, which showed the saddles on all bikes.
Davis said the situation has been personally devastating to her after dedicating years of her life to the company. Before, she said, she felt safe because of how many LGBTQ people and people of color she worked with. She referenced Equinox’s owner, Stephen Ross, who also owns the spinning brand SoulCycle and faced calls for a boycott of the brands after he hosted a fundraiser for President Donald Trump last summer.
“I'm a woman of color. I just feel like my workplace, Equinox, who I devoted three really loyal years of my life to, who I stuck by after some Stephen Ross Trumpy bullshit, it's like I just always felt so supported,” she said last week. “This image that Equinox is feeding is so far and away opposite once you start sort of peeling back the layers. Once you start getting to like the executive level, it is all, trust me, Trumpy, greedy, capitalist-y bullshit.” ●


buzzfeed--2020-07-10--Jada Pinkett Smith And Will Smith Just Addressed All The Rumors About Their Marriage — Here's What W

Jada Pinkett Smith And Will Smith Just Addressed All The Rumors About Their Marriage — Here's What We Learned

`` Luckily enough , you and I were also going through a process of healing in a much different manner @ @ @ @ @ `` I would definitely say that we did everything we could to get away from @ @ @ @ @ realize that that was n't possible . ''

"Luckily enough, you and I were also going through a process of healing in a much different manner," Jada said. "I would definitely say that we did everything we could to get away from each other, only to realize that that wasn't possible."


buzzfeed--2020-07-10--I Caught My Boyfriend Watching Porn While We Were Having Sex — Should I Dump Him?

And just to be 100 % clear : I 'm not here to shame anyone with a kink — watching @ @ @ @ @ a perfectly normal and healthy activity when both parties are down for it !
But @ @ @ @ @ people who would force their partner to participate in any type of sex — kinky @ @ @ @ @ in between — against their wishes .

And just to be 100% clear: I'm not here to shame anyone with a kink — watching porn during sex can be a perfectly normal and healthy activity when both parties are down for it! But I am here to shame people who would force their partner to participate in any type of sex — kinky, vanilla, or anywhere in between — against their wishes.


buzzfeed--2020-07-10--This Expert Explained The Real Difference Between Name Brand And Generic Drugs

According to Dr. Brown , there are a lot of reasons a drug might not have a generic version , @ @ @ @ @ because there is a tremendous amount of litigation in the generic drug industry .
`` @ @ @ @ @ sue for patent infringement to delay generics being approved .
There are also instances where @ @ @ @ @ generic companies to not make a generic version .
Also , as I mentioned before @ @ @ @ @ product can be patented , including the active ingredient , the formulation , the chemical @ @ @ @ @ ingredient , and so on .
Furthermore , making a certain drug may just be @ @ @ @ @ might not want to take the risk , '' he added .

When it comes down to deciding between a name brand and a generic drug, Dr. Brown said there are two broad categories of drugs where a name brand drug is the best option: Those with narrow therapeutic indices and/or serious consequences and complex generic product. "Narrow therapeutic indices are drugs that, if you change the dose — even a small amount — it can change the safety or effectiveness profile substantially. While complex generic product is broadly defined by the FDA as drugs that have complex formulations. Because most drugs do not fit into these two categories, they are less of a concern when it comes to choosing between the generic version or name brand."


buzzfeed--2020-07-10--The Forces Fighting Congress’s Bill To End Surprise Billing Are Acting Like They’ve Already Won. The

The Forces Fighting Congress’s Bill To End Surprise Billing Are Acting Like They’ve Already Won. They Likely Have.

WASHINGTON — One year ago members of Congress declared surprise medical billing an unjust market failure and vowed quick action to fix it .
Both political parties agreed .
Who could defend the growing cases of massive bills for people who go to the emergency room and are unknowingly treated by out-of-network doctors ?
One 2019 study found that 4 out of 10 emergency room visits resulted in a surprise bill .
But that fix has yet to arrive , in part because of a massive ad blitz from private-equity companies that have bought up physician staffing firms and profit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ districts across the country were inundated with ads attacking Congress ’ s plan as an insurance industry scheme that would cause doctor shortages and hospital closures .
Two attempts to pass legislation fell apart after pitched , last-minute negotiations between and within parties .
This month Congress has a third and final chance to pass surprise billing legislation by tacking it onto a must-pass coronavirus aid bill .
But that effort seems to be dying a slow death while the public is distracted by the COVID-19 pandemic .
Multiple congressional aides told BuzzFeed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including surprise billing in the next COVID aid package , though those talks could ramp up closer to the deadline .
President Trump supports ending surprise billing but hasn ’ t mentioned it since May .
And private equity has gone silent .
As recently as April , Blackstone Group and KKR & Co. — two private equity firms that have invested in physician groups — were spending millions on ads in states where vulnerable senators are up for reelection .
Then in early May , the ads stopped altogether .
There have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taylor , director of government relations for Families USA , said she thinks the silence from private equity is because the companies believe they have already won and don ’ t see the coronavirus bill as a threat .
“ Last year when it was clear that there was a lot of momentum in Congress to ban surprise billing , you couldn ’ t turn the channel without seeing ads backed by private equity firms trying to slow down the process , ” she said .
“ They have deep pockets , so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lack the resources to continue that effort , and much more probable they are betting that Congress won ’ t move forward with legislation.
” One problem for those backing an end to surprise billing is that COVID-19 has sucked the attention away from other public health issues .
Another is that the issue does not hew to party lines in any predictable way .
Both parties have advocates and both have members who don ’ t want to be seen as cutting doctors ’ pay during a pandemic .
There are still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ medical billing fix .
Senate Health Committee Chair Lamar Alexander is retiring and has made it clear he wants to end surprise billing before he does .
Ranking Democrat Patty Murray is on board .
In the House , Energy , and Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone and ranking Republican Greg Walden are pushing it forward .

WASHINGTON — One year ago members of Congress declared surprise medical billing an unjust market failure and vowed quick action to fix it.
Both political parties agreed. Who could defend the growing cases of massive bills for people who go to the emergency room and are unknowingly treated by out-of-network doctors? One 2019 study found that 4 out of 10 emergency room visits resulted in a surprise bill.
But that fix has yet to arrive, in part because of a massive ad blitz from private-equity companies that have bought up physician staffing firms and profit from surprise bills. Swing states and districts across the country were inundated with ads attacking Congress’s plan as an insurance industry scheme that would cause doctor shortages and hospital closures.
Two attempts to pass legislation fell apart after pitched, last-minute negotiations between and within parties. This month Congress has a third and final chance to pass surprise billing legislation by tacking it onto a must-pass coronavirus aid bill.
But that effort seems to be dying a slow death while the public is distracted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Multiple congressional aides told BuzzFeed News there are no active negotiations about including surprise billing in the next COVID aid package, though those talks could ramp up closer to the deadline. President Trump supports ending surprise billing but hasn’t mentioned it since May. And private equity has gone silent.
As recently as April, Blackstone Group and KKR & Co. — two private equity firms that have invested in physician groups — were spending millions on ads in states where vulnerable senators are up for reelection. Then in early May, the ads stopped altogether. There have been no ad buys since.
Jen Taylor, director of government relations for Families USA, said she thinks the silence from private equity is because the companies believe they have already won and don’t see the coronavirus bill as a threat.
“Last year when it was clear that there was a lot of momentum in Congress to ban surprise billing, you couldn’t turn the channel without seeing ads backed by private equity firms trying to slow down the process,” she said.
“They have deep pockets, so it’s unlikely that they suddenly lack the resources to continue that effort, and much more probable they are betting that Congress won’t move forward with legislation.”
One problem for those backing an end to surprise billing is that COVID-19 has sucked the attention away from other public health issues. Another is that the issue does not hew to party lines in any predictable way. Both parties have advocates and both have members who don’t want to be seen as cutting doctors’ pay during a pandemic.
There are still powerful figures in Congress pushing a surprise medical billing fix. Senate Health Committee Chair Lamar Alexander is retiring and has made it clear he wants to end surprise billing before he does. Ranking Democrat Patty Murray is on board. In the House, Energy, and Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone and ranking Republican Greg Walden are pushing it forward.


buzzfeed--2020-07-10--Gwyneth Paltrow Gifted Her 14-Year-Old Son With A Boobs Puzzle To Keep Him Busy During Quarantine

Back in February , while on Jimmy Kimmel Live !
, Gwyneth talked about how Moses is a fan of @ @ @ @ @ , “ Actually , my son said to me the other day , he was @ @ @ @ @ I thought it was really embarrassing that there were vibrators on your website , and @ @ @ @ @ s a great thing ! '
He ’ s like , ‘ You ’ re @ @ @ @ @ You ’ re a badass.
’ I was like , ‘ Thank you !
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Back in February, while on Jimmy Kimmel Live !, Gwyneth talked about how Moses is a fan of her sex-positive blog, saying, “Actually, my son said to me the other day, he was like, ‘At first I thought it was really embarrassing that there were vibrators on your website, and now I think it’s a great thing!' He’s like, ‘You’re a feminist, Mom. You’re a badass.’ I was like, ‘Thank you!’”


buzzfeed--2020-07-10--Coronavirus Couture Is Now A Thing That Exists

The most eye-popping look of the collection , though , has to be this one : `` Its A-line volume @ @ @ @ @ your own safe zone while venturing out into the world . ''

The most eye-popping look of the collection, though, has to be this one: "Its A-line volume guarantees you will remain in your own safe zone while venturing out into the world."