This Week's UPDATES
Happy Father's Day, and Happy First Few Days of Summer, I get the feeling that this will be a summer to remember. Whether were all cooped up in our a/c houses, whether we're outside in the hot sun, we'll have to try to make the most of these next few months despite the COVID-19 pandemic still going on. Great News, the 7-Day Round-Up is back, but it's looking a lot different from the past couple of weeks, I'm still getting use this new iMac as some of the key and actions on the new keyboard are not the same as the old one.
7-Day Round-Up | ||
Sunday | Gianna Floyd, 6-year-old daughter of George Floyd, becomes a Disney shareholder. | |
Monday | Supreme Court law protects both gay and transgender workers from discrimination. | |
Tuesday | Television Academy announce Jimmy Kimmel as host of the 72nd Emmy Awards. | |
Wednesday | New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo claims NYC is “on track” for Phase 2 of reopening. | |
Thursday | Sen. Amy Klobuchar withdraws from consideration to be Joe Biden's vice president. | |
Friday | Three players in the Tampa Bay Lightning organization test positive for COVID-19. | |
Saturday | NBA announced its 2020 Draft will take place on October 16 after the 2020 Finals. | |
I was hoping to have a story about the MLB and its Players' Association finally coming to an agreement to get the 2020 season started, but it didn't turn out that way this past week. While the MLB owners have agreed to give players their full prorated salaries, there has not been a disagreement with how many games will be played. It was fought last Wednesday that both side had agreed to a 60-game season proposed by the owners, but last Thursday, the players offered a counterproposal for 70 games. The MLB commissioner had rejected 70- games on behalf of the owners last Friday for health concerns due to the coronavirus would make it too difficult to play a longer season. So now, the MLB commissioner announced that the MLB will not make another plan to players for more than 60 games and allowed them to vote this weekend. For the players, this is a "take it or leave it" situation, they can either agree to the 60-game plan or let the Commissioner mandate a schedule between 50 and 60 games. While baseball fans wait for a final "final" decision to be made, let's see a new Max Sports Rundown.
WWE
SmackDown results
- Matt Riddle defeated AJ Styles
- Shorty G defeated Mojo Rawley
- The New Day defeated Lucha House Party
- Sasha Banks defeated Nikki Cross
205 Live results
- Oney Lorcan defeated Chase Parker
AEW
Fyter Fest match card
- Jon Moxley vs Brian Cage for the AEW World Championship
- Kenny Omega and Adam Page vs Best Friends for the AEW World Tag Team Championship
- Cody vs Jake Hager for the AEW TNT Championship
- Hikaru Shida vs Penelope Ford for the AEW Women's World Championship
- Chris Jericho vs Orange Cassidy
Our Main Story this week is about John Bolton, the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and the former National Security Adviser under President Trump's administration. By now we all know that this man played a big role in the Trump–Ukraine scandal and the impeachment inquiry against President Trump, he had refused to attend his scheduled deposition late last year, and threatened to take legal action if he was subpoenaed. Bolton said he was willing to testify, but wanted a federal court to first rule on a lawsuit by his former deputy seeking a court ruling on the competing claims of the Trump administration and Congress. But early this year, things started to change when Bolton announced that he would testify during the Senate impeachment trial should he be issued a subpoena to do so. A week afterwards, The New York Times reported that Bolton wrote in his memoir "The Room Where It Happened" that the President had told him in August 2019 that he wanted to continue freezing the Ukraine aid until officials there pursued investigations into Democrats, including Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. The Times also stated that "Drafts of the book outline the potential testimony of the former national security adviser if he were called as a witness in the president's impeachment trial." Unfortunately, things fell through in a hurry as the Democrats failed to get the votes they needed for an impeachment trial after the Senate, controlled by the Republican, rejected (51 to 49) a measure to consider calling new witnesses and evidence. So fast forward to last Tuesday, Trump's administration sued to block publication of Bolton's memoir and were seeking to confiscate his $2 million advance for breach of contract, they asserted that he hadn't submitted his book for prepublication security review as he had agreed to receive his security clearance. Last Wednesday, the Justice Department asked a federal judge to issue a restraining order to block publication of the book, which had already been printed and shipped to distribution warehouses for its official release this coming Tuesday. Media outlets have acquired copies of the book and begun publishing articles about its contents, which brings us to the main point of this story. Yesterday, a federal judge rejected the Trump administration's attempt to block the upcoming publication of the "tell-all memoir" by John Bolton, but would point out that actions raised “grave national security concerns.” Tonight in a ABC News special set to air at 9PM on ABC, Bolton will take part in an exclusive interview by ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz as he explains even more harsh details about his memoir. But more before, check out this political #TwitterTrend showcasing the reaction to the federal judge that rejected the request made by Trump's administration to block "The Room Where It Happened."
Los Angeles Times @latimes
Bolton book tells all about Trump — except what makes him tick.
Axios @axios
JUST IN: A federal judge on Saturday denied the Trump administration an emergency temporary restraining order to block the release of former national security advisor John Bolton’s book, "The Room Where It Happened."
Spencer Hsu @hsu_spencer
BREAKING: U.S. judge denies Trump administration request to block publication former security adviser John Bolton's book: "While Bolton’s unilateral conduct raises grave national security concerns, the
government has not established that an injunction is an appropriate remedy.
Zoe Tillman @ZoeTillman
NOW: A federal judge will *not* block the release of John Bolton's book, noting the "horse is already out of the barn."
But: The judge makes clear Bolton is likely to lose the case (DOJ has argued the govt should get the profits b/c Bolton violated NDAs) https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6953444/6-20-20-Bolton-TRO-Order.pdf
John Roberts @johnrobertsFox
Judge Royce Lamberth scolds @AmbJohnBolton, but allows release of his book to go ahead as scheduled on Tuesday
Yashar Ali Elephant @yashar
News: Judge Royce Lamberth has denied the Justice Department's attempt to block John Bolton's book from being sold and distributed to customers.
It's essentially already been released since booksellers have copies in their possession.
Judge Lamberth was appointed by Reagan
Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck
As @BobbyChesney and I predicted on @NSLpodcast:
Per Judge Lamberth, the government *can’t* stop release of Bolton’s book (no kidding), but it probably *will* be able to stop him from making any money off of it.
CELEBRITY of the WEEK
Martha Raddatz
Born: February 14, 1953
Chief Global Affairs Correspondent for ABC News
Often fills-in as anchor of ABC's This Week
That's your Celebrity of the Week, Try to Have a Safe Summer.
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