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BREAKING: While agreeing that climate change is caused by burning fossil fuels, a federal judge dismisses New York City’s climate change suit against oil giants.

The ruling echoes a similar finding in California.

Background: courthousenews.com/big-oil-fights…
"Global warming and solutions thereto must be addressed by the two other branches of government," U.S. District Judge John Keenan said, punting the climate crisis to Trump and the GOP-dominated legislature.

Over in California, Judge Alsup did the same. courthousenews.com/judge-kills-ci…
A key passage in the ruling, acknowledging Trump's intent to pull out of the Paris climate accords and falling back on the same separation of powers issues that have scared off his West Coast colleague.
“Climate change is a fact of life, as is not contested by defendants,” the judge wrote. “But the serious problems caused thereby are not for the judiciary to ameliorate."

Developing story: courthousenews.com/nyc-climate-ch…
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Prosecutors claim that indicted attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya fabricated supposed findings from a mutual legal assistance treaty. @PeteBrush dug up that Russian MLAT, and it's signed by "S.A. Karapetyan."

A top Russian prosecutor with that name died in a copter crash last year.
Just as prosecutors allege, the Russian MLAT clears itself and vilifies an "Investment Company" throughout, in particular, Bill Browder's Hermitage Capital.

Here's a story on the death of Karapetyan, whose name matches the one on the doc's signature. rferl.org/amp/russian-pr…
It should be noted that figures connected to the Prevezon case, believed to be tied to Russian organized crime, have a habit of encountering misfortune.

After Magnitsky's death in a Moscow prison, his family's attorney survived a four-story fall from his Moscow apartment.
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In which attorneys for an accused Russian troll farm - an actual fake news operation founded by a man nicknamed "Putin's chef" - cry foul on reporters accurately quoting a federal judge. ⬇️
(Note: Despite my ironic usage of the phrase "fake news" in relation to Concord Management, the more accurate phrase for the outfit would be disinformation mill, as "fake news" is a meaningless propaganda term.)
Meanwhile, rebuked by a Trump-appointed judge, Concord Management's defense team carries on with its legal strategy: trolling-so-hard.

Their latest missive:

documentcloud.org/documents/5677…
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🚨 MAJOR: Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian attorney in the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting, charged with obstruction of justice in the Prevezon case.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said she fabricated evidence.
Remember when Donald Trump, Jr. claimed that he "mostly talked about adoptions" with Veselnitskaya at the Trump Tower meeting?

That's Russia's response to sanctions over the death of Sergei Magnitsky, a key figure in the Prevezon case.

Background: courthousenews.com/judge-enforces…
The sealed indictment was docketed on Dec. 20, 2018.

You can find the unsealed 18-page indictment here. documentcloud.org/documents/5677…
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#Update: Video of the electric fire at the ConEd power plant, in New York!
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NEW: Federal prosecutors in New York City signed an agreement with tabloid publisher American Media, Inc. in which it will not be prosecuted in exchange for cooperation in their investigation into payments made to keep a woman quiet about allegations against Donald Trump in 2016.
The feds’ deal also required AMI to admit that it made the payment in concert with Trump’s campaign and that it did so to keep Karen McDougal from talking publicly about the sexual relationship she says she had with Trump.
AMI also agrees to cooperate “in the future” with Justice Department investigators, the announcement said.

Previously, AMI had denied it had “caught and killed” the story to protect Trump.
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BREAKING: Michael Cohen, President Trump's ex-lawyer, is making a surprise court appearance before a federal judge in New York
MORE: Michael Cohen reaches new plea deal with Mueller this morning. Expected to enter guilty plea for false statements to Congress coupled with dozens of hours of testimony potentially damaging to Pres Trump- - Special Counsel values testimony. - @GStephanopoulos
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Here is the motion by the government to strike the entire opening statement by El Chapo's lawyer because it was "rife with impropriety" documentcloud.org/documents/5113…
The motion includes verbatim quotes from El Chapo's lawyer Jeffrey LIchtman, including some of his greatest hits yesterday. Strap in, these are wild.
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BREAKING: NYPD is responding to reports of a suspicious package in the Time Warner Center in New York City, where CNN is located. The building is being evacuated [AGAIN].
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Scientists are once again warning about #climate armageddon. Thousands vetted the best science out there. More extinction, death and disease is in store if we don't act fast.

But I think we should focus on something uncomfortable: for many people, this is meaningless. /1
Let’s be clear: the IPCC report is a tour de force. Over 90 scientists spent years writing it, based on over 6,000 peer reviews. It says the planetary warming ALREADY caused “will persist for centuries to millennia.” It says we’re not acting fast enough to cut pollution. /2
The report adds to the vast global scientific consensus, based on an overwhelming body of evidence, that we’re pushing the planet into DANGEROUS and destructive warming conditions, by burning fossil fuels at industrial scales, and dumping carbon pollution into the air. /3
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