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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Thousands came to Washington and other US cities to push for passage of voting-rights legislation.</li><li>House Democrats have passed voting legislation, only to see it stymied by the Senate filibuster.</li><li>Advocates are pushing to counter restrictive voting bills that are being enacted in many states.</li></ul>Thousands of people on Saturday marched in the nation's capital to commemorate the 58th anniversary of the <keyword id="11972551" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="march-on-washington" source="Orion">March on Washington</keyword> in 1963 - seeking to push Congress to pass federal voting-rights legislation to counter the raft of restrictive voting bills being implemented in states across the country.Organizers for the <a href="https://marchonforvotingrights.org/">March On for Voting Rights</a>, which in addition to Washington, DC, is taking place in Atlanta, Houston, Miami, and Phoenix, are using the event to call out voter suppression and push for fair elections.On the way to the National Mall, marchers advocated for lawmakers to pass voting-rights measures that have stalled in Congress - the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-house-passes-hr-1-democracy-reform-voting-rights-package-2021-3">For the People Act (H.R. 1)</a> and the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-house-passes-john-lewis-voting-rights-bill-with-no-gop-votes-2021-8">John Lewis Voting Advancement Act (H.R. 4)</a>.The <keyword id="11949146" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="for-the-people-act" source="Orion">For the People Act</keyword>, the Democratic Party's marquee voting-rights bill, would end partisan gerrymandering, expand early and absentee voting, establish national standards for voter registration, and blunt voter purges, among other things. The bill would also mandate that states offer mail-in ballots and same-day voter registration, which conservatives have long resisted in many states.The House has passed the sweeping bill, but it has stalled in the Senate - Democrats need 60 votes to advance the legislation and Republicans have refused to sign on to H.R. 1, even <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/senate-republicans-block-passage-of-democrats-flagship-voting-rights-bill-2021-6">filibustering the bill</a> in June - fueled by opposition from former President Donald Trump, who has long propagated unsubstantiated claims of voting fraud.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-white-house-staff-aides-guide-2021-1">The ultimate White House org chart to 600+ members of Biden's staff and who makes six figures</a>The John Lewis Voting Act, named after the civil-rights icon and longtime Congressman <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rep-john-lewis-has-died-2020-7">who passed away last year</a>, would notably <a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/how-to-restore-and-strengthen-voting-rights-act">restore</a> federal pre-clearance requirements from the <keyword id="11940459" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="voting-rights" source="Orion">Voting Rights</keyword> Act of 1965 that were weakened in the 2013 Supreme Court decision Shelby County v. Holder. For decades, states and jurisdictions with histories of discrimination were required to obtain permission from the federal government before making voting changes or new legislative maps.The legislation, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-house-passes-john-lewis-voting-rights-bill-with-no-gop-votes-2021-8">which passed the House</a> in a 219-212 party-line vote on Tuesday, faces an uncertain future in the Senate. Democratic Rep. <keyword id="11972555" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="terri-sewell" source="Orion">Terri Sewell</keyword> of Alabama, who represents the cradle of the civil-rights movement, is the sponsor of H.R. 4 and invoked the legacy of Lewis in calling for passage of the bill."Here we are, marching to do our own work. As long as a Supreme Court is hellbent on rolling back voter rights, Selma is now," she said. "As long as we have a Senate that is so entrenched with having a procedural vote called a filibuster and not restoring our voting rights, Selma is now."She added: "Old battles have become new again. Modern day suppression is alive and well, and we have to do our part to roll it back."<div type="image" title="March On Washington voting rights" height="3438" width="5156" msid="85729275" hostid="261"></div><h2>'You're not going to filibuster away our voting protections'</h2>Democrats control the Senate in the 50-50 chamber by virtue of Vice President Kamala Harris's tiebreaking vote, but the party has been unable to meet the 60-vote threshold to overcome legislative filibusters on its voting-rights bills.Progressive lawmakers have urged moderate Sens. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/manchin-voting-rights-bill-for-the-people-act-elections-2021-6">Joe Manchin</a> of West Virginia and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-kyrsten-sinema-slammed-the-filibuster-she-now-supports-2021-6">Kyrsten Sinema</a> of Arizona to weaken or eliminate the filibuster in order to pass voting-rights legislation, but they have steadfastly chosen to keep the practice in place, pointing to a need to preserve bipartisanship.The Rev. <keyword id="11972552" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="al-sharpton" source="Orion">Al Sharpton</keyword>, one of the organizers of the march, gave a rousing speech in support of voting rights - arguing that the filibuster could not stand in the way of progress."We will not sit by and allow you to filibuster our right to vote," he said. "We paid too high a price. People died to give us the right to vote. People spent nights in jail to give us the right to vote. People lost their lives to give us the right to vote."He added: "There is no filibuster that can stand in the way of a people determined to get their rights. That's why in the blistering heat, we came to Washington to say, 'You're not going to filibuster away our voting protections.'"Despite the legislative setbacks, civil rights and labor leaders have called voting rights an extension of the ideals espoused by the Rev. Dr. <keyword id="11972553" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="martin-luther-king-jr-" source="Orion">Martin Luther King Jr.</keyword> in his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.On Saturday, King's son, <keyword id="11972554" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="martin-luther-king-iii" source="Orion">Martin Luther King III</keyword>, spoke out forcefully for federal voting-rights legislation."We are a force of nature," he said. "This is a battlefield of morals and you are armed with the truth and the truth is a flame, you cannot extinguish. People have done it before, and we'll do it again. We will demand federal voting rights until we have them. So don't give up. Don't give in. Don't give out. You are the dream, and this is our moment to make it true."Democratic Rep. <keyword id="11972556" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mondaire-jones" source="Orion">Mondaire Jones</keyword> of New York, a first-term lawmaker who <a href="https://twitter.com/mondairejones/status/1350474105624125442?lang=en">has called for the abolition of the filibuster</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mondaire-jones-calls-on-stephen-breyer-supreme-court-retirement-2021-4">an expansion of the Supreme Court</a>, warned the crowd of GOP rule if voting-rights legislation falls by the wayside."If we fail to act in this moment, we are on a path by which democracy dies in darkness," he said. "Allow me to paint a future of that dark future for you. Thanks to partisan gerrymandering, the party of Donald Trump will take back control of the House next year, even as Democrats continue to win more votes nationwide."He added: "The party of Donald Trump would also take back the United States Senate through voter suppression in states like Georgia, and we gotta make sure that Raphael Warnock comes back to the Senate."Organizers of the march also advocated for myriad proposals, such as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bet-founder-billionaire-calls-for-reparations-black-americans-2021-6">reparations</a> for descendants of slavery, a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-a-15-minimum-wage-would-mean-businesses-workers-employment-2021-1">$15 minimum</a> wage, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/student-loan-debt-cancellation-payment-pause-borrowers-disabilities-defrauded-2021-6">student loan debt</a> cancelation, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/washington-dc-statehood-respect-full-representation-power-2021-3">statehood for Washington, DC</a>, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/police-reform-george-floyd-blm-congress-biden-2021-3">criminal justice reform</a>, among other issues.

'Old battles have become new again': Thousands march in Washington, DC, and across the US in push for voting-rights legislation

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Biden administration announced Monday that Alabama will get $1.4 billion in broadband funding.</li><li>Sen. Tommy Tuberville celebrated the news, calling the funding "crucial" for rural broadband.</li></ul>On Tuesday, Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama celebrated the fact that his state will receive $1.4 billion in federal funding to expand access to the internet statewide."Broadband is vital for the success of our rural communities and for our entire economy," he <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTuberville/status/1673662699018788870?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. "Great to see Alabama receive crucial funds to boost ongoing broadband efforts."The wrinkle: nearly two years ago, Tuberville voted against the bill that's providing that money.The funding comes from the <a href="https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/funding-programs/broadband-equity-access-and-deployment-bead-program-0">Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program</a>, an initiative established under the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration and authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which was signed into law in late 2021.On Monday, the <a href="https://internetforall.gov./news-media/biden-harris-administration-announces-state-allocations-4245-billion-high-speed-internet">White House announced state allocations</a> for more than $42 billion in funding, allowing states to administer grants to develop high-speed internet. At $1.4 billion, Alabama is receiving more than all but six states in funding under the program.Tuberville joined most other Senate Republicans in opposing the bipartisan infrastructure law in 2021, <a href="https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-statement-on-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill/">declaring in a statement</a> that his state "needs a robust investment in real infrastructure" but that the bill is "loaded with giveaways to big cities and pet projects that have little to do with real infrastructure.""I've said all along I'd be for a bill that invests every penny of every dollar in improvements to our roads, bridges, waterways, and rural broadband," Tuberville said at the time. "Unfortunately, Democrats have missed an opportunity to deliver the bill that the American people truly need."Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama — the only member of the delegation to vote for the 2021 bill — was <a href="https://twitter.com/RepTerriSewell/status/1673710726211579904?s=20">quick to note the apparent hypocrisy.</a>But Tuberville spokesman Steven Stafford argued that the senator simply wants his state to get their "fair share" of federal funding, now that the bill has become law."Coach voted against the infrastructure bill because it wasted Alabamians' tax dollars. It spent too much to get too little in return for Alabama," said Stafford. "But now that it is [the] law of the land, the people of Alabama deserve their fair share. Coach is proud to advocate for this funding to go to Alabama."Tuberville has long styled himself as a proponent for rural broadband.He's <a href="https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-continues-to-advocate-for-rural-broadband/">advocated</a> for including expanding rural broadband as part of an upcoming farm bill, and he <a href="https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-supports-rural-broadband-deployment-in-new-bill-protecting-grant-funding/">introduced legislation</a> earlier this year to shield broadband grants from being taxed as income.In a recent floor speech, Tuberville said that his top priority as the ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy is "expanding broadband access to unserved populations who need it most so our rural communities are not left behind."

Sen. Tommy Tuberville voted against a bill that just gave his state $1.4 billion for rural broadband. He's celebrating it anyway.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Alabama has seven seats in the US House of Representatives, each of which is up for election.</li><li>Only one of Alabama's two US Senate seats is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/results-katie-britt-will-boyd-alabama-election-senate-race-candidates-2022">up for election this year</a>.</li></ul>Alabama is holding US congressional elections on November 8. Polls closed in the state at 7 p.m. local time. Given the state has multiple timezones, the first polls closed at 7 p.m. EST and the last polls closed at 8 p.m EST. Only one of Alabama's two US Senate seats is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/results-katie-britt-will-boyd-alabama-election-senate-race-candidates-2022">up for election this year</a>. Republican Katie Britt is running against Democrat Will Boyd to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Richard Shelby. Britt handily defeated Rep. Mo Brooks in the GOP primary in June. Both Senate seats are currently being held by Republicans.Alabama has seven seats in the US House of Representatives, each of which is up for election. Currently, six of the seven seats are held by Republicans and one is held by a Democrat, Rep. Terri Sewell, who's running for reelection in the state's 7th Congressional District.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A US House member said the US Trade Representative had "too nice a smile" to do her job.</li><li>Now Katherine Tai is winning kudos on Twitter for her quick response.</li></ul>US Trade Representative Katherine Tai is winning kudos on Twitter for her response to inappropriate remarks from from a GOP House member, who said during a congressional hearing that he feels "sorry" for her and has "too nice a smile" to do her job."Well, let me just take off the nice a little bit," Tai said. "I don't need your pity. I stand up for the American people. And when I speak people listen because I represent the interests of the United States."During a House committee hearing, Republican Rep. Greg Murphy of North Carolina told Tai that Republicans are frustrated because the US is distracted, China is advancing and it "just does not appear we are moving the needle on trade." "I personally think you're too nice a person to be in the job that you're in," he said, adding that she's "handicapped" by administrators that she must report to. "Negotiators are usually very, very tough and sometimes mean people. They aren't nice people like you are. And if you look at what's happened with us, we are absolutely handcuffing the United States because we worry more about green things."The US is at a disadvantage, he said, and "personally I feel sorry for you. You're stuck in the middle of that."Tai laughed at first and said she knows to be nice to members of the House Ways and Means Committee. "I've never been faulted for being too nice," she said.Then Murphy responded, "You have too nice a smile."Tai replied, "I also don't need you to feel sorry for me. So, please don't."Female members of Congress responded to the clip as it made the rounds on Twitter."I sat in the room with <a href="https://twitter.com/AmbassadorTai" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@AmbassadorTai</a> as we negotiated the strongest labor, environmental, and enforcement provisions in U.S. history. No one is a tougher and more capable negotiator on behalf of America's trade interests and values," <a href="https://twitter.com/RepTerriSewell/status/1639359281991409680" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted Rep. Terri Sewell</a>, an Alabama Democrat.Rep. Jan Schakowsky, an Illinois Democrat, <a href="https://twitter.com/janschakowsky/status/1639360934886924288" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote: "You tell 'em sister."</a>"You don't need his crocodile tears," she added. "Thank you for your tireless work on behalf of our country."A member of Biden's Cabinet, Tai is the principal trade advisor, negotiator, and spokesperson on U.S. trade policy. She previously served as chief trade counsel and Trade Subcommittee staff director for the House Ways and Means Committee and as chief counsel for China trade enforcement at the Office of the US Trade Representative, <a href="https://ustr.gov/about-us/biographies-key-officials/katherine-tai-ambassador" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according to her biography</a>.She earned degrees from Yale University and Harvard Law School and is fluent in Mandarin.

US Trade Rep fires back at GOP House member who said she has 'too nice a smile' to do her job: 'I don't need your pity'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>US <keyword id="45713" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Lawmakers">lawmakers</keyword> said they took cover and made calls to loved ones as a pro-Trump mob breached the US Capitol on Wednesday.</li><li>"I need to talk to my kids, I thought to myself, because I may never talk to them again," Rep. Susan Wild said.</li><li>Rep. Jason Crow — a former Army Ranger — also said he made a call to his wife to tell her he loved her and "might have to fight my way out."</li><li><keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> was meeting for a joint session to certify the election results when the violent siege broke out and left five people dead, including one police officer.</li></ul>In a viral photo taken during the siege at the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, Rep. Susan Wild can be seen lying on the ground, clutching her chest, as Rep. Jason Crow crouches over her and holds her hand.As police officers began barricading the doors to the <keyword id="7173" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="house">House</keyword> floor, lawmakers made calls to loved ones, according to an account Wild shared with <a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a35151993/susan-wild-capitol-lockdown-interview/">Elle</a>.Wild, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, said House leadership and the lawmakers on the lower floor had evacuated, while the ones with her in the gallery, the upper level, were searching for a safe exit. Then they heard shouts of: "Get down! Get Down!""That's when people started making phone calls," Wild told Elle."I need to talk to my kids, I thought to myself, because I may never talk to them again," she said.Wild said she called her adult children over FaceTime to tell them she was safe, but her son said: "We hear gunshots and breaking glass in the background. How can you say you're OK?"Members of the House and the Senate were meeting for a joint session of Congress on Wednesday to certify President-elect Joe Biden's win when a mob of Trump supporters broke into the Capitol.The riot resulted in five deaths, including one police officer, and dozens of arrests. It also delayed the election certification, which <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-objecting-to-electoral-votes-in-congress-live-updates-2021-1">took place hours later</a> after the Capitol was cleared and Congress was able to reconvene.Crow, the Colorado congressman, recounted his experience to <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jason-crow-capitol-attack-mob-january-6-1111073/">Rolling Stone</a>, saying he realized the danger they were in when he saw the Capitol Police barricading the doors with furniture."I called my wife," he told the magazine. "I told her I loved her and told the kids I loved them and told my wife I might have to fight my way out."During the chaos, Crow, a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-army-ranger-capitol-siege-by-pro-trump-mob-2021-1">former Army Ranger</a> with multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, assisted colleagues, including Wild, who told Elle he was her "personal hero that day."Wild said Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama also made calls to her husband and her mother to tell them she loved them.Crow recalled to Rolling Stone that he went into "Ranger mode" as the lawmakers could hear banging on the doors, gunshots, and flash-bang grenades.He said the scene lasted for 15 minutes before the police were able to escort the remaining House members out of the chamber and to a secure location.Congress was able to reconvene hours later after the building was cleared.<h3>Read Wild's and Crow's full accounts at <a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a35151993/susan-wild-capitol-lockdown-interview/">Elle</a> and <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jason-crow-capitol-attack-mob-january-6-1111073/">Rolling Stone</a>.</h3>

US lawmakers shared the desperate calls to loved ones they made while trapped in the House chamber as a pro-Trump mob banged on the doors

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the new edition of <keyword id="9095853" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="insider-today">Insider Today</keyword>. Please <a href="https://www.insider.com/insider-today">sign up here</a>.<h2>QUOTE OF THE DAY</h2>"Our state appetizer, calamari, is available in all 50 states." — <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/19/calamari-rhode-island-comeback-dnc/">Rhode Island Democratic Party Chair Joseph M. McNamara</a>, interrupting his state's roll-call endorsement of <keyword id="99719" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Joe-Biden">Joe Biden</keyword> to tout the local seafood. <h2>WHAT'S HAPPENING</h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/postmaster-general-will-suspend-service-changes-until-after-election-2020-8">Postmaster general will suspend all service changes until after the election</a>. In the face of immense public outcry, Louis DeJoy said he'd delay his operational reforms until after the election. Post offices will maintain retail hours. Overtime will be permitted. Mail-processing facilities won't be cut back.Rave reviews for the second night of the Democratic convention. The party <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-formally-attains-democratic-nomination-for-president-2020-8">officially nominated Biden</a> for president with a glorious coast-to-coast (and beyond) video montage from 57 states, territories, and districts. Jill Biden also gave a much-praised speech, and more Republicans (Cindy McCain, Colin Powell) explained why they're choosing a Democrat over Trump. Tonight is star-studded: Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Elizabeth Warren, and Barack Obama will headline, and Kamala Harris will give her much anticipated acceptance speech. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/world/covid-19-coronavirus.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage#link-2b2713a52b2713a5">Top health officials delayed emergency FDA approval of blood plasma COVID treatment.</a> The Food and Drug Administration was poised to approve the treatment, which is derived from survivors of COVID-19, but last week Anthony Fauci and the National Institutes of Health director intervened, arguing that the clinical data is not yet strong enough to justify the approval. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-supports-oracle-buy-of-tiktok-larry-ellison-donor-2020-8">Trump seems to favor Oracle's bid to acquire TikTok's US operations.</a> Oracle boss Larry Ellison is a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-support-2020-4">Trump supporter</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oracle-billionaire-larry-ellison-is-fundraising-for-donald-trump-2020-2">donor</a>, and Trump seems to want Oracle, not Microsoft, to acquire ByteDance's US operations. Last week, Trump gave ByteDance 45 days to start a US sale or risk being shut down.<h2>VIEWS OF THE DAY</h2><div type="image" title="Erik Prince" height="1000" width="2000" msid="77641588" hostid="261"></div>So you can just lie to Congress now?In June 2019, the Senate Intelligence Committee wrote a criminal referral letter to the US attorney's office in Washington, DC, for Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, former Trump adviser <keyword id="3581499" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Steve-Bannon">Steve Bannon</keyword>, Donald Trump Jr., and <keyword id="4323281" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Erik-Prince">Erik Prince</keyword> (a modern-day mercenary, extremely wealthy Trump donor, and brother to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos). The <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-08-14/senate-committee-sought-investigation-of-bannon-raised-concerns-about-trump-family-testimony">Los Angeles Times</a> broke this story on Friday, and <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/senate-made-criminal-referral-trump-jr-bannon-kushner-two-others-n1237155">NBC News</a> and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/senate-intelligence-committee-donald-trump-jr-jared-kushner-stephen-bannon-erik-prince/2020/08/15/a7905a84-def5-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html">The Washington Post</a> have since confirmed it.The letter was bipartisan, signed by Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, the panel's chairman at the time, and Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia. It raises concerns that these people may have misled Congress in their testimony about the investigation into Russia's ties to the Trump campaign.The committee said it had questions about issues with testimony from Trump Jr., former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, and Kushner because it contradicted things said by Rick Gates, a former associate of Paul Manafort, who is serving out a prison sentence in home confinement. Those may or may not have been outright lies.Prince, Bannon, and Sam Clovis (a lesser known Bannon associate also involved in this Russia mishegoss) get a more severe treatment from the committee's letter. Those men are suspected of making false statements outright. According to the LA Times, they may have lied about a meeting they planned in Seychelles along with Rick Gerson, a hedge-fund manager, and Kirill Dmitriev, the head of a Russian sovereign fund. Congress suspects they were attempting to establish a back channel to communicate with the Russian government.It's unclear what happened once this letter got to the US attorney's office. Sometimes letters like this get shrugged off because they seem like partisan witch hunts (but this one was signed by both parties) or because they don't actually detail a crime (lying to Congress is undoubtedly a crime). So where's the action? The American people need to see it.The Trump administration has been a test of this country's faith in the rule of law from the beginning. Trump promised to drain the swamp, but there are few things swampier than getting to lie to Congress just because you're the president's donor or campaign manager. I guess — to borrow a turn of phrase from the man himself — if you're the president's son, "they let you do it." <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/linette-lopez">— Linette Lopez</a><div type="image" title="Screen Shot 2020 08 19 at 12.42.24 PM" height="1433" width="2866" msid="77641592" hostid="261"></div>DNC night 2 was a much better show, even if somewhat misleadingI'm not saying the <keyword id="805524" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Democratic-National-Convention">Democratic National Convention</keyword>'s producers might have read <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dnc-night-one-joe-biden-eva-longoria-democratic-national-convention-2020-8">my column yesterday</a>; I'm just saying they took my advice.Out were the squirm-inducing minutelong interviews with "just regular folks"; in were more speeches and more face time with luminaries of the party's past and present.The most effective bit of programming was unquestionably the roll call. Once an interminable episode of mostly anonymous delegates holding pole-shaped placards bearing their state's name on the cramped floor of a basketball arena, the coronavirus created an opportunity for each state (and territory) to have its moment in the spotlight.Roll call kicked off with Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell placing her delegation's vote for Biden with Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge — the site of the civil-rights march led by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965 — in the background. Instant stars were created by Rhode Island's <a href="https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1295918471600103424">calamari-touting</a> delegate and <a href="https://twitter.com/ScarletAvengers/status/1295904540240347143">the Louisiana kid</a> holding up a poster of Joe Biden's aviator sunglasses. Matthew Shepard's parents representing the Wyoming delegation and <a href="https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/politics/khizr-khan-represents-virginia-in-roll-call-dnc-night-2-still-wants-trump-to-read-constitution/65-006f47c0-10e5-484f-8460-751440d3419b">Khizr Khan representing Virginia</a> were also strikingly powerful moments.The parade of disaffected Republicans for Biden also continued last night, with ringing endorsements (and denunciations of Trump) from Chuck Hagel, Colin Powell, and Cindy McCain. Like night 1, a lot of this was directed toward a part of the electorate that doesn't like Trump but is not all that enthused about a future Democratic Party represented by young socialists such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.AOC might have gotten only 90 seconds to speak, where she seconded the nomination of Sen. Bernie Sanders to lead into the roll call vote, but she and her cohort would have far more influence on a Biden administration than the mostly retired Republicans who vouched for their pal Joe. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/anthony-l-fisher">— Anthony Fisher</a><div type="image" title="Screen Shot 2020 08 19 at 12.35.31 PM" height="1431" width="2862" msid="77641597" hostid="261"></div>The Democratic roll call was the most inspiring moment of the entire campaign.Fisher, I don't think you're appreciating the roll call enough. It was absolutely magnificent, the most inspiring thing on television this entire campaign! It was the road trip we all dream of making in the pandemic, a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/us/politics/dnc-roll-call.html">"Magic School Bus" tour</a> of the whole nation, its landscapes, its history, its present, and its people.We began on the Edmund Pettus Bridge celebrating Rep. John Lewis, saw the shores of the Pacific with a deliriously excited Rep. Barbara Lee, commemorated the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with a young college student in the Tennessee hotel where its passage was announced, shared the sorrow and determination of Matthew Shepard's parents in Casper, Wyoming, reveled in the "Fight Club" vibe of the Ohio union organizer Josh Abernathy, basked in the sunshine of the US Virgin Islands, visited New Mexico's Pueblo of Sandia with tribe member Derrick Lente, and reveled in the unapologetic calamari hawking of the Rhode Islanders.We learned about the issues that are preoccupying Americans in different parts of the country, from the Colorado family, New York nurse, and Nebraska meat-packer struggling with COVID-19, to the Iowans recovering from one of the worst storms in state history, to the Florida father hoping to stop the gun violence that took his child's life at Parkland, to the Gold Star father mourning the racist violence that besieged his city of Charlottesville, Virginia, to the Utah mayor affirming her state's excellent experience with voting by mail.This roll call was not merely a mild improvement on the shouty convention-hall roll calls of the past. It is a genuinely brilliant new tradition that must — and will — become the standard.At a time when we're atomized, narrowly restricted to our homes, limited in our social interactions, it showed us America at its most expansive and wonderful, our variety of landscapes and skies, the multiplicity of issues that concern us, the depth of our history (the 19th amendment, the Tulsa race massacre, and the civil-rights movement were just a few of the capsule reminders). And most of all, it showed us the variety of us. Young and old, immigrant and native-born, Indigenous, Black, white, Hispanic, island people, mountain people, and plains people.It was a Walt Whitman poem come to life. We are large. 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She <a href="https://splinternews.com/laura-loomer-is-at-it-again-1831755717">trespassed on Nancy Pelosi's</a> property as an act of protest, again failing to get arrested. She did manage to get arrested in 2017 <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumpkins-cry-free-speech-and-stab-it-in-the-back">when she disrupted a Shakespeare in the Park production</a> of "Julius Caesar," using the same shutdown-of-speech tactics she claims to oppose when acted out by the progressive left.Loomer is such an obnoxious exhibitionist that <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-muslim-activist-laura-loomer-banned-from-cpac-after-harassing-reporters">she was barred in 2019 by the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)</a> — about as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cpac-2020-trump-worship-hating-socialism-bullied-victim-left-2020-2">Trump-friendly a venue</a> as you're likely to find — for harassing reporters. Unlike the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia-bio-age-beliefs-qanon-2020-8">QAnon-supporting Marjorie Greene</a>, Loomer has almost no chance of winning the heavily Democratic district (which happens to include Mar-a-Lago, making President Trump and first lady Melania Trump constituents). The GOP primary was a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-candidates-florida-21st-congressional-district-trump/2020/08/16/a8d710b8-de2d-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html">rogue's gallery of fringe candidates</a> with no support from the national party.But <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1295932138290917376">Trump congratulated Loomer on her primary win</a> anyway. Despite Loomer being an inconsequential candidate, she represents a significant and vocal portion of the Trump base, and he dares not to offend it this close to Election Day. — AF<h2>BUSINESS &amp; ECONOMY</h2><div type="image" title="mike Lindell MyPillow my pillow " height="529" width="1057" msid="77641604" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-lindell-founder-ceo-mypillow-donald-trump-ally-2020-8">MyPillow CEO has a stake in the company that developed the COVID-19 "cure" Oleandrin.</a> Trump ally Mike Lindell has been pushing to get FDA approval for the unproven remedy, and now the president says the feds will "take a look at it."<a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/apple-stock-price-market-cap-valuation-hits-2-trillion-milestone-2020-8-1029517431">Apple becomes the first US-listed company to hit a $2 trillion market cap.</a> Aramco, a Saudi oil giant, briefly hit $2 trillion in December.<h2>LIFE</h2><div type="image" title="tiger king" height="797" width="1594" msid="77641607" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://www.insider.com/tiger-king-zoo-closed-after-animal-exhibition-license-pulled-2020-8">The USDA shut down the "Tiger King" zoo in Oklahoma.</a> Federal officials suspended the animal-exhibition license of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park because of animal-welfare violations.<a href="https://www.insider.com/swiss-town-covered-in-chocolate-snow-lindt-factory-malfunction-olten-2020-8">A gentle chocolate snow fell on a Swiss town.</a> A ventilation malfunction at the local Lindt factory released a cocoa cloud that dusted houses nearby.<h2>THE BIG 3*</h2><div type="image" title="Mike Tyson" height="1000" width="2000" msid="77641611" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://www.insider.com/roy-jones-jr-is-threatening-to-cancel-mike-tyson-exhibition-2020-8">Roy Jones Jr. is threatening to withdraw from Mike Tyson fight.</a> Jones is annoyed that promoters pushed back the fight from September to November to increase the audience and wants compensation for the two-month delay. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/long-term-coronavirus-immunity-t-cells-2020-8">Everyone infected with the coronavirus develops immunity, according to a new study.</a> The study finds that even people with mild or asymptomatic COVID cases develop immunity thanks to virus-fighting T cells.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/revealed-donald-trump-letters-to-vladimir-putin-miss-universe-russia-2020-8">"I'm a big fan of yours."</a> Trump's fawning letters to Putin were included in the Senate Intelligence Committee report showing the connections between his campaign and the Russians. *The most popular stories on Insider today.

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div>Alabama federal judge Mark E. Fuller, charged with beating his wife in a hotel, is facing intense bi-partisan pressure to resign that is influenced by a string of domestic violence cases plaguing the NFL, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/us/judge-mark-fuller-of-alabama-urged-to-resign.html?_r=0">reports The New York Times</a>.
The incident occurred Aug. 9, when Fuller's wife Kelli told police he had hit her in the mouth several times, pulled her hair, and dragged and kicked her during an argument at a Ritz-Carlton hotel. The two had reportedly been fighting because Kelli thought he was having an affair with a <keyword id="6355470" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Law">law</keyword> clerk. Responding Atlanta police noted Kelli had mouth and forehead lacerations.
For his part, Fuller told police he had defended himself after his wife threw a glass at him. He is undergoing a pre-trial diversion program that may result in the expungement of his misdemeanor charge, according to The Times. That requires a drug and alcohol evaluation, followed by Fuller's participation in a family and domestic violence program once a week for 24 weeks, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/09/opinion/toobin-wife-beating-not-a-private-matter/">CNN reports</a>. 
The allegations sound eerily similar to the Ray Rice domestic abuse incident involving his then-fiance Janay Palmer, which also took place in a hotel, where security camera <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ray-rice-video-2014-9">footage</a> showed Rice punching his wife unconscious after a dispute and then dragging her out of an Atlantic City elevator. Like Fuller, Rice has avoided prosecution by agreeing to a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/roger-goodell-defends-ray-rice-suspension-baltimore-ravens-2014-8">one-year intervention program</a> that will see his charges expunged upon completion.
Fuller has said he is "working to resolve these difficulties with my family," as Rice has done with his now-wife. But unlike Rice, who has been <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ravens-cut-ray-rice-2014-9">suspended indefinitely</a> by the NFL, Fuller plans to return to his career as a judge. "I also look forward to ... returning to full, active status in the Middle District of Alabama," he has said, according to CNN.
The outcry against Fuller demonstrates that the Ray Rice incident, in addition to other recent domestic violence cases among NFL players like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nfl-star-adrian-peterson-exempt-list-2014-9">Adrian Peterson</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jonathan-dwyer-arrested-2014-9">Jonathan Dwyer</a>, has led to less tolerance of those actions in general. "The judge is brought down to the level of football players," University of Pittsburgh law professor Arthur D. Hellman told The Times. "You don't normally see people talking about those two occupations in the same paragraph."
Some prominent politicians who have made their voices heard this week are using the example of Rice to call for Fuller's removal from the federal bench. "If an NFL player can lose his job because of domestic violence," said Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell in a statement, "then a federal judge should definitely not be allowed to keep his lifetime appointment to the federal bench."
Fuller's actions are being reviewed by the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which has decided to give Fuller's caseload to colleagues while his charges are pending. The judges could apply sanctions if they believe Fuller's behavior outside the court weakens public confidence in him as a judge.
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/15/opinion/granderson-mark-fuller/">ESPN columnist and CNN contributor LZ Granderson</a> says this is the time for Congress to use its powers for impeaching federal judges, although that is rare and no easy task. Since 1803, only 15 judges have been impeached, with four of those being acquitted and three resigning. But Granderson argues that it is hypocritical for some members of Congress to send letters to the NFL protesting second chances for players who assault women when Congress hasn't taken any action against Fuller.
"If the 113th Congress - particularly those members so concerned about the "War on Women" - truly wanted to lead on this issue, it would roll up its sleeves and remove the man who allegedly pulled his wife's hair, threw her on the ground, dragged her, kicked her and struck her multiple times in the face," Granderson argued.

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