John's guest Shlomi Kofman began his term as Israel’s Consul General to the Pacific Northwest in August 2017. Prior to this appointment he served as a Policy Advisor to the Deputy Foreign Ministers at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Headquarters in Jerusalem, Israel.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday night that her office’s investigation into the Trump Organization is now a criminal one.

James is seeking information in a probe of whether the Trump Organization lied about the worth of its assets to secure loans or tax benefits.

 

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A celebratory affair turned deadly shortly after midnight on Tuesday when a gunman opened fire on a party bus traveling through Oakland, killing two people on board and injuring several others, authorities said. “It does not appear that the shooting was random,” CHP Officer Edgar Vega said. “It does appear that they had a target in mind.”

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Today, top House Republicans urged their colleagues to oppose bipartisan legislation creating an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Also, the House passed a modest measure aimed at combating a surge in hate crimes directed at Asian Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic, its final step before being signed into law.

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In a private meeting last month with big-money donors, the head of a top conservative group boasted that her outfit had crafted the new voter suppression law in Georgia and was doing the same with similar bills for Republican state legislators across the country. “In some cases, we actually draft them for them,” she said, “or we have a sentinel on our behalf give them the model legislation so it has that grassroots, from-the-bottom-up type of vibe.”

Republican efforts to pass new voter restrictions have been so aggressive that their effects are hard to predict. Elections, moreover, don’t run themselves; they’re run by people. And these new laws point to an even more troubling problem that threatens to undermine our democracy :the GOP’s eroding commitment to democratic values.

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The Supreme Court on Monday plunged back into the contentious debate over abortion, agreeing to hear a case that will give its newly expanded conservative majority an opportunity to pare back the constitutional right to abortion established nearly a half century ago in Roe v Wade.

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CNN’s Fareed Zakaria investigates the roots of the radicalization of the modern Republican party with: A Radical Rebellion: The Transformation of the GOP, which premiers Sunday, May 16 at 5:00pm PST on CNN. Will this be objective and should we pursue it?

Happy movies with Jan Wahl!

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A video from a recent Heritage Foundation meeting leaked in which voter suppression plans are clearly presented.

Texas lawmakers pass a bill to ban abortion after six weeks. Is this too early?

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Do you believe that we have an obligation to make sure the world is vaccinated? 

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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will vote in June whether to make the official stance against politicians who support abortion access.

Also, Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s standing among California voters has plummeted this year after liberals in the state have soured on Feinstein’s centrist approach, according to a new poll.

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