Month: July 2021

• MP Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned her Democratic counterparts “to be careful” which Republicans to include on the committee of inquiry into the January 6th Capitol Riot.
• “There is evidence that some of these people were involved and we cannot let them be part of the investigation,” she tweeted.
• Only two House Republicans voted for the committee after the party torpedoed a bipartisan commission last month.
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MP Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned her Democratic counterparts to “be careful” which Republicans they let sit on the special committee to investigate the January 6 uprising because she claimed some GOP members were “involved”.

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted almost entirely along the party lines to form a special committee to investigate the January 6th events. The 13-member committee consists of eight members selected by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and five members who “after consulting with minority leaders.” Republicans torpedoing a bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol insurrection , called the special committee “manipulated from the start”.

“We need a special committee to investigate the January 6th terrorist attack domestically,” the congresswoman tweeted on Wednesday evening. “But we also have to be careful with Republicans who might be on the committee. There is evidence that some of these people were involved and we cannot bring them into the investigation.”

A number of Republican lawmakers, including Reps Paul Gosar, Matt Gaetz, and Andrew Clyde, have tried to minimize the Capitol riot and to spread conspiracy theories about the events.

Since January, Ocasio-Cortez has said repeatedly that she and some of her Democratic counterparts feel unsafe around certain Republican members, including those who supported dangerous conspiracy theories like QAnon and lied about the 2020 election result.

Other lawmakers, including Republican MP Liz Cheney, have suggested that Republican Congressmen were implicated in the deadly attack on the Capitol. Cheney was one of only two Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote for the select committee on Wednesday.

Cheney, who has been ousted by the GOP leadership for repeatedly blaming Trump for the uprising, said members of her party are concerned about being found guilty, encouraged, or otherwise involved in the attack.

“A number of members of my own party are very concerned about a January 6 commission,” Cheney said. “This kind of intense, narrow focus threatens people in my party who may have played roles that they shouldn’t have played.”

A picnic in June was the first personal meeting of the daughters of Abraham since February 2020.

ARLINGTON, Texas – Janice Harris Lord always believed that the more time you spend with someone, the more you have in common.

And the more similarities are found, the easier it is to build a friendship.

The time together while eating is even better.

Lord burst into tears as she watched friends nearly 20 years old come to a long-awaited picnic on Lake Arlington.

All brought food, wore smiles, and opened their hearts and arms to hugs.

“I thought we might have some today who wanted to mask and distance themselves, but everyone is just so ready,” said Lord. “Ready for real relationships again.”

After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Lord longed to do something to build bridges. She is a Christian and felt that she could learn a lot from other faiths.

So she invited Jewish and Muslim women for a casual meeting with some Christian women.

Almost two decades later, their interfaith experiment has grown into a well-organized group called the Daughters of Abraham.

There are several chapters in North Texas and beyond.

A global pandemic threatened to paralyze it, but it didn’t.

Abraham’s daughters moved their meetings to Zoom and taught even their oldest members to use the platform.

“Our participation has not diminished. We had a good 30 people on each zoom, ”said Lord.

They could only see each other virtually as a chaotic year unfolded around them – COVID, social justice protests, a polarizing election, a riot, and rockets flying in the Middle East.

It was enough to test the faith of many Americans.

But it never tested their interfaith friendships – they grew stronger despite the distance.

“That is so much of what the daughters of Abraham are, that is what the religions have in common,” said Jean Humphreys of Arlington. “Not the differences.”

At the picnic in June – the daughters’ first face-to-face meeting in 16 months – sat across from Humphreys Nadia Rayan from Fort Worth.

The group laughed and ate casseroles and Bundt cakes, and shared recipes from their religious communities.

Rayan said it was hard to describe what it felt like to finally see her Christian and Jewish friends in person.

“I’m so happy to see everyone,” she said. “A feeling that I can’t really explain.”

The world has changed in 16 months, but the Lord said the foundations of daughters of Abraham had not changed.

“We never, never forego our very strong belief that peace can come. It can come, ”she said.

“If we can do this for 20 years and still get along and still love each other and have no arguments, peace is possible.”

Watch out, Dilyn! Rishi Sunak receives his new red Labrador puppy, Nova, who will compete next door with Boris Johnson’s Jack Russell

• Chancellor Rishi Sunak welcomed the eight-week-old Labrador Nova into the family
• After liking Boris’ dog Dilyn, Rishi’s daughters pushed him to get one
• A source says Mr. Sunak tried to put it off but ended up giving in to requests
• The family will hope Nova behaves better than Dilyn, who previously left the Prime Minister with a hefty repair bill after chewing antique furniture at Checkers

By Katie Feehan for Mailonline

Released: 8:32 p.m. EDT, June 30, 2021 | Updated: 8:37 PM EDT, June 30, 2021

Downing Street is getting another dog after Chancellor Rishi Sunak brought home a new puppy.

The eight week old red Labrador named Nova posed for a picture with his owner in Mr. Sunak’s office yesterday.

According to the Sun, his children urged him to get a dog after they liked the prime minister’s Jack Russell Dilyn.

Pictured: Chancellor Rishi Sunak welcomed eight-week-old Labrador Nova into his family

A No. 11 source told the newspaper, “Rishi fought but eventually gave way and the whole building cooed over him.”

The pup is a fan of fried chicken and is napping in its owner’s red budget box.

Rishi hopes his newest family member will behave better than neighbor Dilyn, who has become a permanent fixture since his adoption by Boris Johnson and Carried in 2019.

The two-year-old dog rescued from a puppy farm has made headlines for all the wrong reasons since arriving on Downing Street.

Pictured: Dilyn the Jack Russell with the owners, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie

Earlier this year, the Prime Minister’s pet chewed on antique furniture and books at Checkers and messed up the floor.

Mr Johnson was left with a heavy bill, telling friends he had to pay the bill for “doing things well.”

That same month, the dog sparked an argument on Downing Street by placing a leg over a senior assistant’s handbag in the 10th garden.

Dilyn will now have to share the garden with Nova, Rishi’s new dog, as the total number of canines on Downing Street is now equal to the number of cats.

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