Just the News CEO Solomon files motion to hold St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gardner in contempt

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner has failed to turn over requested records despite a court order.

Just the News CEO and Editor in Chief John Solomon filed a motion Tuesday requesting that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner and her office be held in civil contempt for failing to produce records by the required deadline. Solomon made the records request roughly 14 months ago, under state Sunshine Laws, seeking information on George Soros, the Safety and Justice PAC, the Missouri Workforce Housing Association and several other groups and individuals. The motion was filed in the St. Louis Circuit Court and requests that the court impose a $100 a day penalty on Gardner's office, retroactive to Aug. 31 and until the records have been turned over.

In addition, the motion, signed by attorney David E. Roland of the Freedom Center of Missouri, requests Gardner's office pay the costs associated with the the legal action. In July 2019, Solomon filed the request to obtain records of "all records of contacts between Kimberly Gardner and her staff with the following individuals and entities from Jan. 6, 2017 through July 3, 2019: Scott Faughn; Al Watkins; Jeffrey E. Smith; JES Holdings LLC; Jeff Smith; the Missouri Workforce Housing Association; Michael Vachon; Soros, the Soros Fund Management; Safety and Justice PAC; Open Society Foundation; Scott Simpson; Katrina Sneed; Phil Sneed; State Rep. Stacy Newman; State Rep. Jay Barnes.” The court on July 31, 2020, issued a judgment requiring Gardner's office to supply the records that Solomon had requested "within thirty days of the entry of [the] Judgment.

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/john-solomon-files-motion-hold-st-louis-circuit-attorney-civil-contempt-over

JOHN SOLOMON, v. ST.LOUIS CIRCUIT ATTORNEY.

https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2020-09/Motion%20for%20Civil%20Contempt.pdf

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR CONTEMPT

https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2020-09/Memo%20in%20Support%20of%20Motion%20for%20Contempt.pdf

This is interesting..the Attorney for Gardener is Lopa Blumenthal, she was the attorney who represented the individual who supposedly recorded audio in the Michael Brown Death Incident..

Top House Democrat Richard Neal bests Massachusetts primary challenger Alex Morse

House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal defeated challenger Alex Morse in their Massachusetts primary, surviving the latest test for establishment Democrats from the party's left. Neal, 71, had a single-digit polling lead on Morse ahead of their Tuesday primary for western Massachusetts's 1st Congressional District. But the incumbent still outraised and outspent the 31-year-old mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, who's been in office for almost a decade and backs "Medicare for all" and the "Green New Deal." Neal earned endorsements from the likes of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, in part due to his leadership of the House Ways and Means Committee. The panel is influential in federal lawmaking because it shapes tax policy.

But Morse touted support from New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and far-left group Justice Democrats, among others. Liberals argued Neal hadn't used his standing to support working families and sweeping reform. Instead, they alleged he prioritized campaign donors, including pharmaceutical companies, and knocked his preference for incremental change. Morse and his allies criticized Neal for not seizing President Trump's tax returns and opposing left proposals, such as one aimed at cutting surprise medical billing. In response, the 31-year congressman, first elected in 1989, talked up his work on the Affordable Care Act, creating renewable energy incentives, and lowering prescription drug costs.

University of Massachusetts Amherst College Democrats marred the race last month after they accused Morse of leveraging his position as an elected official and former guest lecturer to make students feel uncomfortable in social media messages. Morse, who is unmarried and gay, disclosed consensual relationships with students, though none under his instruction, and apologized for making anyone feel uneasy. It later emerged that the College Democrats, at least one of who wanted a Neal internship, engineered the claims. The Neal-Morse contest caps a turbulent year for liberal Democratic activists. Centrist 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden beat their White House hopefuls, Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Forgoing the presidency, they turned their attention to down-ballot primaries. They then successfully ousted House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel, a long-term lawmaker from New York, and legacy Missouri Rep. William Lacy Clay via Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush. No Republican is running in Massachusetts's Springfield-anchored 1st District. Neal also faced a surprisingly competitive primary in 2018.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/top-house-democrat-richard-neal-bests-massachusetts-primary-challenger-alex-morse

Political dynasty takes hit with Joe Kennedy III's primary loss to Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey

The bitter, personal Democratic primary between Rep. Joe Kennedy III and Sen. Ed Markey to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate has ended in defeat for the political scion, quashing hopes of a Camelot restoration. Kennedy, first elected to Congress in 2012, trailed Markey, who came to the Senate in a 2013 special election after 37 years in the House, by double digits in a spate of polls before their Tuesday primary. The defeat marks the first Kennedy loss in Massachusetts in modern political history. "Obviously, these results are not the ones we're hoping for," Kennedy told reporters and supporters late Tuesday. "But to everyone who fought with us, for everyone who stood with us, for everyone who believed in us and gave us their sweat, their tears, their hearts, and their souls to this fight, I am so proud of what we accomplished, what we built together."

The battle drew a line in the Democratic Party. Markey earned endorsements from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democrats' campaign arm, and his colleague, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who taught Kennedy at Harvard Law School and whom Kennedy backed in her White House bid. New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also threw her support behind Markey; the pair co-authored the "Green New Deal." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, though, were in Kennedy's corner, as were many other House Democrats, including former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke. Kennedy, the grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, and Markey's fiercest clashes were over the congressman's lineage, a line of attack once considered sacrilegious in Massachusetts politics. Markey ripped former Rep. Joe Kennedy II, his rival's father, for siphoning $2.8 million in leftover campaign funds into a super PAC to boost his son. "I'm sure your father's watching right now. Tell your father right now that you don't want money to go into a super PAC that runs negative ads," Markey told the younger Kennedy during one of their debates in August.

Markey, too, twisted the words of President John F. Kennedy, his opponent's great-uncle, in one of his own ads. “We asked what we could do for our country. We went out, we did it,” Markey said. “With all due respect, it's time to start asking what your country can do for you.” Kennedy III called a rare press conference to respond, telling reporters he was proud of his descendants' "contribution and their history" but recognized "a legacy is earned." Between the late president and his brother, Ted Kennedy, the Senate seat currently held by Warren was occupied by a Kennedy for more than half a century. There was speculation a Joe Kennedy Senate primary win, tantamount to a general election victory in deep blue Massachusetts, and success for his cousin-in-law Amy Kennedy in her New Jersey congressional race would usher in a new Camelot era where the members of the political dynasty enjoyed power at the same time. Amy Kennedy, whose father-in-law is Ted Kennedy, is vying to oust turncoat Rep. Jeff Van Drew on Nov. 3. Van Drew ditched the Democratic Party in 2019 over impeachment and last week vouched for President Trump at the 2020 Republican National Convention.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/political-dynasty-takes-hit-with-joe-kennedy-iiis-primary-loss-to-massachusetts-sen-ed-markey

FBI and FAA investigating reports of 'a guy in a jetpack' 3,000 feet in air near Los Angeles airport

The FBI is looking into reports from pilots in California that someone was flying a jetpack thousands of feet in the air near the path of incoming aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport. The incident occurred Sunday evening. The Federal Aviation Administration told the Washington Examiner that two flight crews reported what “appeared to be someone in a jetpack as they were on their final approaches to LAX around 6:35 p.m. PDT Sunday.” “The FBI is aware of the reports by pilots on Sunday and is working to determine what may have occurred,” a spokesperson with the FBI told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday. Fox 11 obtained audio where pilots can be heard reporting the sighting.

“Tower, American 1997, we just passed a guy in a jetpack,” one pilot told air traffic controllers. “Off the left side at maybe 300 yards or so, about our altitude,” the pilot added when asked about where he saw the jetpack. “We just saw the guy pass by us in the jetpack,” a second pilot reported. “Person in a jetpack reported 300 yards south of the LA final at about 3,000 feet, 10-mile final,” an aircraft controller warned another plane in the area after receiving the reports. “Only in L.A.,” one pilot quipped. Steve Cowell, an aviation safety expert, told Fox 11 that he “absolutely” believes the pilot reports of the jetpack. “There’s no question in my mind that that American pilot was very definitive about what he saw out his window,” he said. “Even the most technologically advanced jetpacks can only fly very briefly, so it’s possible this person may have gone up and then come down and then driven away.” The Washington Examiner reached out to the FAA’s Western-Pacific Region office for further information but did not immediately receive a response.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fbi-and-faa-investigating-reports-of-a-guy-in-a-jetpack-3-000-feet-in-air-near-los-angeles-airport