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https://apnews.com/article/trump-rededicate-america-250-prayer-gathering-e65950eac5f7aed8be529333cbd301b3

I think MM is getting his undies in a wad about this, which the AP says thousands attended, and the Fox article includes a tweeted video that looks fairly crowded. 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-reads-bible-thousands-pack-national-mall-america-250-prayer-rally

Part of the Freedom 250 stuff, the whole event is here a quick scan through the 8 hours looks like it wasn't a packed house but looks fairly well attended.  Not everyone is going to stay in the seat/spot for that whole thing, giving plenty of opportunity for image manipulation.  Not that the DUmp needs any evidence, "words we agree with=reality"

I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise given that this was broadcast on MSNOW, but somehow it still surprises me. Katy Tur was asking her panel of guests about something that Speaker Mike Johnson had said Sunday at the "Rededicate 250" rally on the mall in Washington, DC.
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Here's Tur's reaction when bringing it up on MSNOW to her panel of guests.

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What about this passage from Mike Johnson declaring that our rights do not derive from government? They come from you, our creator and heavenly father. Is this him putting God over the Declaration of Independence?

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Coppins didn't want to lose his gig at MSNOW by pointing out how nonsensical and dumb her question was, so he just tries to sidestep it and move on to something else. But I'm not and MSNOW regular so I'm under no such obligation.

What Tur says here is so confused that I'm not sure what her point was. Usually when someone is confused I can kinda sorta see how they got there, but not this time. The suspicious passage she's referring to is just a paraphrase of the Declaration of Independence which reads:

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...

Pulliam, during Monday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, criticized California’s attorney discipline system, calling it a “kangaroo court” and comparing the proceedings against Eastman to “Star Chamber” tactics and “the Spanish Inquisition.”

Eastman, a constitutional scholar and former dean of Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law, was formally disbarred by the California Supreme Court last month following recommendations from the State Bar Court related to his legal advice to President Donald Trump after the 2020 election.

Pulliam began by emphasizing Eastman’s legal credentials and stature within conservative legal circles.

“John Eastman is a very distinguished legal scholar, went to the University of Chicago Law School, got a PhD from the Claremont Graduate School,” Pulliam said. “He founded the Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence and taught for many years at Chapman University Law… He was dean there… he’s participated in hundreds of Supreme Court cases, filing amicus briefs, et cetera. Very smart guy.”

Pulliam detailed how Eastman’s legal jeopardy stemmed from his role advising Trump on disputed election procedures and the constitutional authority of then-Vice President Mike Pence during the certification of electoral votes.

“John Eastman gave advice to the president and they were trying to influence Mike Pence as vice president to put a hold on the counting of the electoral votes until some of these issues had been resolved,” Pulliam said.

Pulliam argued that the constitutional and historical questions surrounding disputed electors were unsettled and not outside the bounds of legitimate legal debate.

I guess the World Health Organization (WHO) discovered it couldn’t hype up the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship.

WHO declared the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a global health emergency due to 300 cases and 88 deaths.

The majority are in Congo. Only two cases have appeared in Uganda.

However, the outbreak has not met the criteria of a pandemic.