Six Important News Stories You Need To Know

Here's a thread of six important news stories you need to know that didn't get the coverage they deserve. Please click through for the full impact of these stories.

1. A grassroots immigrant advocacy group filed a complaint seeking criminal charges in Springfield, Ohio, against former President Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R), over their role in elevating false allegations about Haitian immigrants abducting and eating local pets, claims they allege had a “direct impact” in spurring the 33 bomb threats that rocked the southwest Ohio city.

   https://thehill.com/latino/4897028-haitian-immigrants-springfield-ohio-criminal/?email=8f654419ccd40d14cb8520ff1e5076cddfb237dd&emaila=a8f0c90ccc8ee1766005c741aded3171&emailb=3f250c1208b02dc5362df0a2966fd1bf8067aae16765f47a0bb42de25c80ca90&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=09.24.24%20RS%20-%20Breaking%20Alert%20-%20Ohio

2. #SistersInLaw didn't cover Project 2025 this week so I'm adding a warning that it proposes the dismantling of NOAA and ignoring climate science

   Lawyers Defending American Democracy <hello@ldad.org>

3. Smith filed a request to file a full disclosure of the evidence against Trump in the DC election interference case so Judge Chutkan can decide what charges are prosecutable under the ridiculous SCOTUS immunity decision. Naturally, the former president's attorneys argued in a court filing that the prosecution's plan to present all arguments at once was improper and a "false hit piece" because Trump does not want voters to know the facts and strength of the case against him.

   https://search.app/pYpZFcSQ4uCTi4Pm8

4. Supreme Court’s Gun Rulings Leave Baffled Judges Asking for Help

   https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/us/supreme-court-guns-second-amendment.html

5. EXXON sued by CA for lies about recycling. The state alleges the oil company deceived “the public to convince us that plastic recycling could solve the plastic waste and pollution crisis.” Only 5% of plastics are actually recycled, polluting our waters, our bodies. 

   https://wapo.st/4gBjNBl

6. Senate hearings re SCOTUS immunity decision show stark contrast in how Republicans and Democrats see the consequences for the rule of law. The decision makes Nixon's statement that "if the president does it, it's not illegal" the law of the land. Who wants to live in a country where that is now true?

   https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4896859-supreme-court-decision-immunity/