D.C. Statehood Facing Long Odds in the Senate

Infini Wednesday June 23, 2021 by T: 582-7800 Chef www.arubatoday.com facebook.com/arubatoday Urvin instagram.com/arubatoday Croes Page 8 Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper D.C. statehood facing long odds in the Senate WASHINGTON (AP) — Propo- nents of statehood for Wash- ington, D.C., vowed Tuesday to keep pushing even though the prospects were dim as the bill began working its way through the Senate. "Our democracy is truly in the hands of this Senate," Mayor Muriel Bowser told the Sen- ate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Com- mittee. "We will not quit until we achieve full democracy. ... We will keep pushing until D.C.'s tragic disenfranchise- ment is rectified." In Tuesday's hearings on a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the 51st state, Democrats framed it as a long-standing injustice finally being made right. The nation's capital has a larger population than Wyoming or Vermont, and its estimated 712,000 residents pay federal taxes, vote for president and serve in the armed forces, but In this March 22, 2021, file photo advocates for statehood for the District of Columbia rally near the Supreme Court and Capitol they have no voting represen- prior to a House of Representatives hearing on creating a fifty-first state, in Washington. tation in Congress. Associated Press Continued on next page A2 Wednesday 23 June 2021 UP FRONT

Continued from Front An identical statehood bill cord saying they oppose Republicans, however, dis- passed the House in 2020 D.C. statehood. missed the bill as a cynical but died in the then-Repub- D.C. has long chafed under Democratic power play lican-controlled Senate. its relationship with Con- since the District votes solid- Now, with the 2020 elec- gress, which essentially has ly Democratic. They claim tions leaving Democrats in the power to veto or alter statehood was never the control of both chambers any local laws. The limita- intention of the Founding of Congress and the White tions were put in stark relief Fathers and insist that Con- House, statehood advo- last summer during a series gress doesn't even have cates had hoped for a dif- of protests over the killing the power to change D.C.'s ferent outcome. of George Floyd in Min- status. This version of the legisla- neapolis and against gen- "What Congress cannot tion passed the House in eral police brutality. After do is override the Consti- April by a 216-208 vote a night of widespread van- tution anytime it becomes along party lines, but the dalism, President Donald inconvenient for a majority Senate is a long shot. The Trump went around Bowser in Congress," said Sen. Josh Senate is split 50-50 with and called in a large fed- Hawley of Missouri. "The Vice President Kamala Har- eral force to restore order Constitution endures and ris as the tie-breaker. Not downtown. that is the fundamental long after the House vote, On Jan. 6, when a mob of premise of our Democratic however, Democratic Sen. Trump supporters physically republic, and I fear that Joe Manchin of West Vir- overwhelmed U.S. Capitol premise is being threat- ginia essentially blunted Police and invaded the ened by this legislation." whatever momentum that Capitol building, Bowser did The bill proposes creating statehood had gathered not have the authority of a In this March 22, 2021, file photo Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel a 51st state with one repre- Bowser, testifies at the House Oversight and Reform Committee by saying he opposed pur- governor to call in the Na- sentative and two senators, hearing, on D.C. statehood on Capitol Hill in Washington. suing it through an act of tional Guard. Instead, that while a tiny sliver of land in- Associated Press Congress. request went to the upper cluding the White House, Even with Manchin's sup- levels of the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol and the his death in 1895. was founded." port the measure would there was a notable delay National Mall would remain The bill comes as D.C. The effort has also become have been vulnerable to in the Guard deployment as a federal district. statehood is receiving un- intertwined with America's a Republican filibuster. Bar- while dozens of D.C. po- Instead of the District of precedented levels of pop- ascendant racial justice ring a dramatic reversal by lice officers rushed into the Columbia, the new state ular and political support. movement, with progres- Manchin or unexpected building as reinforcements. would be known as Wash- It received a formal en- sive activists framing it as defection by a Republi- Bowser at the time quickly ington, Douglass Com- dorsement from the White an issue of civil rights and can, the measure appears pointed out the ironies of monwealth — named after House, which called Wash- political enfranchisement. stalled. Washington residents risk- famed abolitionist Freder- ington's current status "an The proposed state would And moderate Republi- ing their lives to defend a ick Douglass, who lived in affront to the democratic be approximately 46% cans like Maine Sen. Susan Congress where they didn't Washington from 1877 until values on which our Nation Black. Collins are already on re- have a vote.q 15 GOP governors urge release of Census redistricting data By ADRIAN SAINZ has postponed release of ous position, and presents Associated Press redistricting data until mid- compounding delays in Fifteen Republican gover- August. operations at every level nors sent a letter Tuesday But the letter also said the of government," said the to the U.S. Department of ongoing delay puts states letter to Raimondo, an ap- Commerce urging that the "in a nearly impossible situ- pointee of Democratic U.S. Census Bureau release ation to redraw lines prior President Joe Biden. redistricting data as soon to the 2022 election cycle" The Census is completed as possible, saying further in U.S. House and state leg- every 10 years and is essen- delays would hurt efforts to islative districts. tial for determining popu- redraw congressional and The governors asked that lation numbers and other legislative districts. redistricting data be re- key demographics. Census The letter addressed to leased this month or as data is used for redrawing Commerce Secretary Gina soon as possible. congressional and legisla- M. Raimondo said the gov- "Further delaying the re- tive districts, determining In this May 5, 2021, file photo Vice President Kamala Harris, left, ernors recognize the dif- lease of redistricting data how many congressional and Secretary of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo partici- ficulties associated with negatively impacts redis- seats each state gets, and pate in a roundtable with women-led small business owners in completing the decennial tricting efforts nationwide, deciding how $1.5 trillion in Providence, R.I. Census during the coro- places state governments federal spending is distrib- Associated Press navirus pandemic, which in an unnecessarily precari- uted each year. q A3 U.S. NEWS Wednesday 23 June 2021 Biden urges shots for young adults as variant concern grows By ZEKE MILLER sent a failure for the admin- er Americans have felt like Associated Press istration, telling reporters, COVID-19 is not something WASHINGTON (AP) — The "We don't see it exactly like that impacts them, and U.S. government is stepping something went wrong." they've been less eager to up efforts to get younger Still, administration officials get the shot," Zients said. Americans vaccinated said they were redoubling "However, with the delta for COVID-19 as the White their focus on vaccinating variant now spreading House acknowledges it younger Americans age across the country, and will miss two key vaccina- 18-26, who have proved to infecting younger people tion benchmarks and as be least likely to get a vac- worldwide, it's more impor- concern grows about the cine when it's available for tant than ever that they spread of a new variant them. get vaccinated." that threatens to set the The nationwide rate of The variant is taking root country back in the months new vaccinations has as there are warning signs ahead. dropped off precipitously about a possible surge in The delta variant, first iden- over the past month even cases in unvaccinated cor- In this June 18, 2021 file photo, President Joe Biden speaks tified in India, in the last as shots have become about COVID-19 vaccination shots, in the State Dining Room of ners of America. Rural sec- two weeks has come to more available, with fewer the White House in Washington. tions of Missouri, including represent more than 20% than 300,000 Americans Associated Press Springfield and Branson, of coronavirus infections now getting their first dose have seen a dramatic spike in the U.S., the Centers for per day on average — a one dose. Among those 18- Zients and government in COVID-19 hospitaliza- Disease Control and Pre- pace that, if sustained, will 24, it's 47%. experts said the rise of the tions in recent weeks that vention reported Tuesday. have the U.S. not reaching "Where the country has delta variant should moti- health officials attribute in That's double what it was Biden's 70% goal until late more work to do is particu- vate younger Americans to part to the delta variant when the CDC last report- July at the earliest. larly with 18 to 26 year olds," get vaccinated. spreading among younger, ed on the variant's preva- Officials are also increas- Zients said. "The reality is many young- unvaccinated residents.q lence. ingly. concerned about re- "The delta variant is cur- gional variations in the vac- rently the greatest threat cination program. in the U.S. to our attempt More than 16 states and to eliminate COVID-19," Dr. the District of Columbia Anthony Fauci, the nation's have vaccinated 70% of top infectious disease ex- their adult population. But pert, said at a White House others — particularly in the briefing on the virus. "Good South and Midwest — are news: Our vaccines are ef- lagging substantially be- fective against the delta hind, with four not having variant." yet reached 50% vaccina- He added: "We have the tion rates. tools. So let's use them, and The White House said crush the outbreak." meeting Biden's vaccina- The White House on Tues- tion goals is less important day acknowledged that than the pace of the na- President Joe Biden will tion's reopening, which is fall short of reaching his exceeding even its own goal of vaccinating 70% internal projections as the of all American adults with overwhelming majority of at least one shot by Inde- the nation's most vulner- pendence Day. But it tried able people are fully vac- to paint an optimistic pic- cinated and cases and ture nonetheless by stress- deaths are at their lowest ing that the nation had rates since the earliest days reached that threshold for of the pandemic, aver- those aged 30 and older aging about 11,000 new and expects to meet it for infections and fewer than those age 27 or older by 300 deaths per day. More the July 4 holiday. states are opening back Biden also expects to miss up, with Michigan on Tues- a second goal — fully vac- day becoming the latest to cinating 165 million adult do away with a mask man- Americans by July 4. White date and virus restrictions. House COVID-19 coordi- The state had the nation's nator Jeff Zients projected worst outbreak this spring. it will take several more "We have succeeded be- weeks to hit that num- yond our highest expecta- ber. On Monday, the U.S. tions," Zeints said. crossed 150 million fully Americans at highest risk vaccinated. for complications from CO- White House press secre- VID-19 are overwhelmingly tary Jen Psaki rejected the vaccinated, according to idea that the missed July 4 CDC data, but only 53% benchmarks would repre- aged 25-39 have received A4 Wednesday 23 June 2021 U.S. NEWS Background checks blocked a record high 300,000 gun sales By LINDSAY WHITEHURST The data shows how nec- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The essary the legislation is, said number of people stopped Sarah Burd-Sharps, Every- from buying guns through town's director of research. the U.S. background check "There's no question that system hit an all-time high background checks work, of more than 300,000 last but the system is working year amid a surge of fire- overtime to prevent a re- arm sales, according to cord number of people new records obtained by with dangerous prohibitors the group Everytown for from being able to buy fire- Gun Safety. arms," she said in a state- The FBI numbers provided ment. "The loopholes in the to The Associated Press law allow people to avoid show the background the system, even if they just checks blocked nearly meet online or at a gun twice as many gun sales in show for the first time." 2020 as in the year before. Gun rights groups have About 42% of those denials pushed back against the were because the would- proposal, and Alan Got- be buyers had felony con- tlieb, founder of the group victions on their records. the Second Amendment The increase in blocked gun Foundation, said the in- sales largely tracks with the In this March 25, 2020, file photo semi-automatic handguns are displayed at shop in New Castle, crease in denials might be record-setting surge in sales Pa. partly because more states that took hold along with Associated Press have been updating their the coronavirus pandemic records of restricted peo- and has continued into this states require background them, said Adam Winkler, 0.01%, were federally pros- ple. There are sometimes year, through historic dem- checks only for sales at a UCLA Law professor spe- ecuted, largely due to lim- false positives as well, he onstrations against police federally licensed dealers. cializing in gun policy. ited resources for the time- said. "A day doesn't go by brutality, deep political di- But the legislation faces an "Some may have a felony intensive investigations, ac- that our office doesn't get visions and an insurrection uphill battle getting any conviction on their record cording to a U.S. Govern- complaint calls from peo- at the U.S. Capitol. Republican support in the and not think about it," he ment Accountability Office ple who've been denied It comes as Congress has Senate. said. report. wrongly," he said. failed to pass major legis- According to the data, the Making a false statement Everytown's research found The data also comes as a lation on guns despite the rate of barred would-be in connection with a back- that 16% of would-be gun growing number of conser- Democratic majority and gun buyers also increased ground check is a felony buyers in 2020 were pro- vative-leaning states drop President Joe Biden's push. somewhat over the previ- punishable by up to 10 hibited by state law, like requirements for people to A bill that would strength- ous two years, from about years in prison and a hefty the extreme-risk protec- get background checks en background checks is 0.6% to 0.8%. That could fine, but few people are tion orders or red-flag laws and training to carry guns stalled in the Senate. The be in part because many prosecuted for what would passed in several states. in public. House in March passed of the people who tried to amount to lying on the form Another 12% were related Texas last week became the legislation requiring get guns in 2020 were buy- filled out before a gun pur- to domestic violence, ei- the latest state of about 20 the checks on all sales and ing them for the first time chase, he said. ther people subject to a to drop permitting require- transfers, as well as an ex- and may not have been In 2017, just 12 of the protective order or con- ments amid a push that panded 10-day review aware that they were le- 112,000 people denied victed of a misdemeanor began gathering steam for gun purchases. Most gally barred from owning a gun purchase, about domestic violence crime. several years ago. q Sons of Confederate Veterans sue to return Georgia monument age last year after a judge DeKalb County Judge Clar- road to go down," attorney in Decatur agreed with the ence Seeliger's ruling last Walker Chandler, who filed city's argument that it had year said it had become the lawsuit, told WXIA-TV. become a threat to pub- "an increasingly frequent In an email to the Atlanta lic safety during protests target of graffiti and van- Journal-Constitution, De- about racism and police dalism, a figurative light- catur City Attorney Bryan brutality. ning rod for friction among Downs called the suit a The suit was filed Wednes- citizens, and a potential "tardy, vexatious attack on day, two days short of a catastrophe that could properly entered rulings by year after the monument's happen at any time if indi- a Georgia court of law." removal, news outlets re- viduals attempt to forcibly He said the group had ported. remove or destroy it." more than three months The group suggests that His final order, in Septem- to try to intervene before Workers remove a Confederate monument with a crane Thurs- city officials colluded to get ber, said the obelisk should Seeliger's final order but did day, June 18, 2020, in Decatur, Ga. around a state law protect- never be returned to the nothing. Associated Press ing historic monuments, the square. "The Petition they have now Atlanta Journal-Constitu- "The world is full of contro- filed is factually incorrect, DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The ter) obelisk to a site in front tion reported. versy. And if we were to legally flawed, and proce- Sons of Confederate Vet- of a Georgia courthouse. It contends that the monu- say anything that causes durally deficient," Downs erans group has sued to The monument was taken ment was not found to be controversy is a public nui- wrote. "In short, it is a lost return a 30-foot-high (9-me- down and moved to stor- a public nuisance. sance, that's an endless cause."q A5 WORLD NEWS Wednesday 23 June 2021 Kim sister derides U.S. official, dismisses chances for talks By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM comment on Kim Yo Jong’s TONG-HYUNG statement. Associated Press As a precondition for the SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — talks’ resumption, North Ko- The powerful sister of North rea has repeatedly called Korean leader Kim Jong on the United States to lift Un dismissed prospects for its “hostile policy” toward it, an early resumption of dian apparent reference to plomacy with the United the U.S.-led sanctions and States, saying Tuesday that regular military drills with U.S. expectations of talks South Korea. would “plunge them into a But experts say the Biden greater disappointment.” administration won’t ease Kim Yo Jong’s blunt state- sanctions or make other ment indicates that the major concessions before diplomatic impasse over North Korea takes concrete North Korea’s nuclear pro- steps toward denucleariza- gram is likely to continue tion. unless the North suffers North Korea may only ease greater pandemic-related its stance if it can no longer economic difficulties and endure its ongoing eco- needs urgent outside assis- nomic hardship, some ex- tance, some experts said. perts said. Kim Jong Un has Hope for a restart of nucle- In this Feb. 10, 2018, file photo, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, waits for admitted North Korea fac- ar talks flared briefly after the start of the preliminary round of the women’s hockey game between Switzerland and the es what he described as its Kim Jong Un said last week combined Koreas at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. “worst-ever” crises, due to that his country must be Associated Press drastically reduced inter- ready for both dialogue Shin Beomchul, an analyst no intentions to match a said Washington and Seoul national trade caused by and confrontation, though with the Seoul-based Korea level of action the North is remain committed to seek- pandemic-related border more for confrontation. U.S. Research Institute for Na- demanding,” Shin said. ing the complete denucle- closings, mismanagement, National Security adviser tional Strategy, said North On Monday, during a visit arization of the Korean Pen- the economic sanctions Jake Sullivan called Kim’s Korea has been communi- to Seoul, Sung Kim, the top insula through diplomacy. and crop-killing storms last comments an “interesting cating the same message U.S. envoy on North Korea Lee said he hoped North year. signal.” for months that it has no in- affairs, said Washington is Korea would return to the The deadlock “could be On Tuesday, Kim Yo Jong tention to return to talks un- willing to meet the North negotiating table at an prolonged unless there’s a derided Sullivan’s response. less the United States offers “anywhere, anytime with- early date and called the change in the conditions “It seems that the U.S. may meaningful concessions, out preconditions.” But he current situation “a very facing the North, such as interpret the situation in likely in the form of eased stressed that the Biden ad- good chance” to resume greater economic or pan- such a way as to seek a economic sanctions. The ministration would contin- talks. demic-related difficulties,” comfort for itself,” the of- Biden administration, for ue to pressure North Korea Sung Kim later met South Shin said. ficial Korean Central News its part, doesn’t want to with sanctions over its nu- Korean President Moon Analyst Cheong Seong- Agency quoted her as budge either, he said. clear and missile ambitions. Jae-in, and the two said Chang at the private Se- saying. “The expectation, “Both parties are locked in Just before Kim Yo Jong’s they would strive to re- jong Institute in South Korea which they chose to har- a waiting game North Ko- statement was released sume U.S.-North Korea said Kim Yo Jong’s state- bor the wrong way, would rea wants the United States on Tuesday, Sung Kim met talks, Moon’s office said. ment suggested North Ko- plunge them into a greater to make concessions first, South Korean Unification The South Korean govern- rea isn’t ready to rejoin talks disappointment.” and the United States has Minister Lee In-young and ment didn’t immediately anytime soon. q

Dutch talks on forming coalition government still deadlocked THE HAGUE, Netherlands after Dutch national elec- ruling coalition remain forces to command a ma- of the complex political (AP) — Nearly 100 days tion, talks to form a new deadlocked, the official jority in the 150-seat lower relationships” and said who has led weeks of ne- house of Parliament and Rutte’s and Kaag’s parties gotiations said Tuesday. ideological differences now need to take the next The conservative People’s between them are so far step. Party for Freedom and blocking progress toward Hamer recommended Democracy led by three- the next government. that the two party lead- term Prime Minister Mark “At the moment, there is ers use the coming weeks Rutte won the most seats no combination possible” to draw up a document in the three-day election among six parties from sketching out a policy that ended March 17, but across the political spec- blueprint for the next gov- the splintered result has so trum that have expressed ernment. The document far prevented the forma- readiness to be part of can then be used for a re- tion of a new govering co- the next government, said sumption of coalition talks alition. Mariette Hamer, a former in mid-August. The other big winner was lawmaker leading coali- In the absence of a new the centrist D66 party led tion talks. government, Rutte’s last In this Thursday, April 1, 2021 file photo, caretaker Dutch Prime by caretaker Foreign Minis- Hamer said in a report to administration has been Minister Mark Rutte listens to the debate in parliament, in The ter Sigrid Kaag. But at least Parliament that the stale- ruling the country in care- Hague, Netherlands. four parties will have to join mate “cannot be the end taker mode.q Associated Press A6 Wednesday 23 June 2021 WORLD NEWS Putin hails WWII heroes, warns of degrading Europe security By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV expansion to embrace for- MOSCOW (AP) — Russian mer Soviet bloc countries in President Vladimir Putin on Central and Eastern Europe Tuesday marked the 80th and ex-Soviet Baltic repub- anniversary of the Nazi at- lics for the deteriorating se- tack on the Soviet Union by curity. hailing the country’s World “We hoped that the end War II heroes and calling of the Cold War would for efforts to strengthen Eu- be a common victory for ropean security. Europe,” Putin said in the The Nazis invaded the So- article. “But a different viet Union on June 22, 1941, approach has prevailed and the country lost a stag- based on the expansion of gering 27 million people in NATO, a relic of the Cold what it calls the Great Pa- War. Fourteen new coun- triotic War. The enormous tries, including the former suffering and sacrifice have Soviet Union republics, left a deep scar in the na- joined the organization, tional psyche, and the Vic- effectively dashing hopes tory Day marking the end of for a continent without di- World War II in Europe that viding lines.”Moscow saw is celebrated in Russia on NATO’s expansion as a May 9 is the nation’s most threat to its security, and important secular holiday. Russia-West ties sank to “The day of June 22 still Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony in memory of those killed during WWII as post-Cold War lows after evokes anger and sorrow he takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, Russia’s 2014 annexation of in the hearts of all genera- Tuesday, June 22, 2021, marking the 80th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Ukraine’s Crimean Penin- tions, causing pain for the Associated Press sula that followed the oust- destroyed lives of millions tal, dealt them a crushing those tragic events” and role in defeating the Nazis. er of the Moscow-friendly of people,” Putin said in a defeat in the Battle of Stal- noted that “overcoming In an article published Tues- Ukrainian president. speech at the Unknown ingrad in 1943 and then mutual enmity and recon- day in the German weekly “The whole system of Euro- Soldier’s Tomb at the Krem- drove them back across ciliation of the Russian and Die Zeit, Putin emphasized pean security has now de- lin wall. “Those trials, those Europe all the way to Berlin. German peoples had key that “despite attempts to graded significantly,” Putin terrible years, are literally German Chancellor An- importance for the desti- rewrite the pages of the wrote. “Tensions are rising imprinted into our memo- gela Merkel called Putin nies of postwar Europe,” past that are being made and the risks of a new arms ry.” on Tuesday to “express the Kremlin said. “It was today, the truth is that So- race are becoming real.” The invading Nazi forces empathy with the unmea- emphasized that preserv- viet soldiers came to Ger- He insisted that prosper- quickly overran the west- surable woes and suffering ing security on the conti- many not to take revenge ity and security in Europe ern part of the Soviet Union brought by the war that nent now is also possible on the Germans, but with a could only be achieved and came as close as 30 ki- was launched by the Nazi only through joint efforts.” noble and great mission of through joint efforts and lometers (less than 19 miles) regime,” the Kremlin said. The Kremlin has been anx- liberation.” noted that “Russia is in fa- to Moscow. But the Red “Both parties underlined ious to see international He hailed postwar efforts vour of restoring a compre- Army rebounded and rout- the importance of preserv- recognition of the nation’s to restore mutual trust but hensive partnership with ed the Nazis near the capi- ing the historic memory of wartime sacrifices and its blamed NATO’s eastward Europe.”q Australian prison to be evacuated after mice move in By ROD McGUIRK mates is our No. 1 priority so the prison will include in- CANBERRA, Australia (AP) it’s important for us to act vestigating ways to protect — A plague of mice that now to carry out the vital the facility from future mice has ravaged vast swathes remediation work,” Severin plagues, which are a phe- of eastern Australia has said. Millions of mice have nomenon largely unique to forced the evacuation of caused havoc in the grain- Australia. a prison while authorities growing region of Austra- Plagues usually happen repair gnawed electrical lia’s most populous state for when rain follows several wiring and clear dead and months, devouring crops years of drought. The cur- decaying mice from walls and haystacks as well as in- rent plague is the worst and ceilings. vading homes, businesses, that many can remember Around 200 staff and 420 schools, hospitals and pris- in some areas. inmates will be transferred ons. Severin said the mice infes- from the Wellington Cor- The most common com- tation was worst in prison rectional Center in rural plaint about the plague is buildings that weren’t built New South Wales state to an ever-present stench of from concrete. In this May 19, 2021, file photo, mice scurry around stored grain other prisons in the region mice urine and decaying “The mice have got into ... on a farm near Tottenham, Australia. during the next 10 days flesh. People report be- wall cavities, into roof spac- Associated Press while cleaning and repairs ing bitten by mice in bed. es. They’re dead but then take place, Corrective Ser- Mouse carcasses and ex- they start obviously decay- Government mouse re- during the Southern Hemi- vices Commissioner Peter crement in roof guttering ing and then the next prob- searcher Steve Henry said sphere winter. Severin said on Tuesday. are polluting farmers’ water lem is mites,” Severin told mice numbers had begun But numbers could explode “The health, safety and tanks and causing sickness. Australian Broadcasting to plateau as the species again if conditions are right wellbeing of staff and in- The remediation work at Corp. always stops breeding in the spring.q A7 WORLD NEWS Wednesday 23 June 2021

China, Canada spar at U.N. body over human rights failings GENEVA (AP) — Canada ough and impartial investi- minorities have been held. and 40 other countries on gation” into cases of crimes “We urge China to allow Tuesday urged China to al- against Indigenous peoples immediate, meaningful low “immediate, meaning- and faulted racism and xe- and unfettered access to ful and unfettered access” nophobia in Canada. Xinjiang for independent so independent observers “We urge Canada to im- observers, including the can visit its western Xinjiang mediately stop violations High Commissioner,” Ca- region, while a Chinese en- of human rights,” he said, nadian ambassador Les- voy demanded that Cana- adding that U.N. bodies lie Norton said, referring to dian authorities “stop vio- should “keep following the the U.N. High Commissioner lations of human rights” at human rights issues in Can- for Human Rights Michelle home. ada.” Bachelet. The mutual finger-pointing, “Canada has also repeat- Bachelet’s office has been which preceded admis- edly used human rights as trying since the start of her sions from Canada’s en- Zachary Orchard, of the Shoal Lake 40 First Nation on the an instrument to promote tenure in 2018 to arrange a Manitoba and Ontario border, poses for a photograph while voy about shortcomings in its political agenda,” Jiang visit to Xinjiang and she said attending a ceremony and vigil for the 215 children whose her country’s rights record, remains were found buried at the former Kamloops Indian said. Monday she hoped to car- came in a debate at the Residential School, in Vancouver, British Columbia, on National Canada presented a ry one out by year’s end. Human Rights Council, the Indigenous Peoples Day, Monday, June 21, 2021. statement from 41 mostly The statement from Nor- U.N.’s top human rights Associated Press Western countries that ton also called for an end body. increasingly pushing back Indigenous peoples and echoed widespread con- to “the arbitrary detention The showdown in the large- against the criticism of its the recent discovery of the cerns among human rights of Uyghurs and members ly virtual council session ex- human rights record. remains of more than 200 groups about detention of other Muslim minorities,” posed an ongoing rift be- Chinese envoy Jiang Duan children at an Indigenous centers in Xinjiang, where and also expressed con- tween the West and allies inveighed against Cana- boarding school in Cana- hundreds of thousands of cerns about human rights of China, which has been da’s past mistreatment of da. He called for a “thor- Muslim Uyghurs and other in Hong Kong and Tibet.q Newly sanctified Tunisian cemetery for migrants filling fast By MEHDI AL-AREM and LORI his vision of the “Garden of so that one day the families, HINNANT Africa” that would be the the fathers, the mothers, the ZARZIS, Tunisia (AP) — Most of final resting place for hun- tribes and the countries know the headstones have dates dreds of anonymous men, that their children are in a but no names. Row after row women and children whose heavenly place, the first step of palest white, practically bodies have washed up on to heaven,” Koraïchi told The gleaming in the Mediterra- the shores of this coastal Tuni- Associated Press. nean sun. sian city in recent years. Zarzis is a port city where mi- The cemetery in Zarzis is near- For him, it was a duty “to make grants bound for Europe fre- ly exactly as Rachid Koraïchi a burial ground, one with quently wind up after their pictured it when he sketched presence and intelligence, boats go astray in the Medi- terranean’s uncertain cur- rents. One of its cemeteries is already filled with those who died trying to make the cross- ing. Zarzis residents refused to bury migrants in the local Muslim cemeteries. So Koraïchi decided that the newly dead needed their own burial ground and he bought a plot of land in hon- or of his brother, who himself drowned in the Mediterra- The cemetery for migrants who have died trying to reach nean while trying to migrate Europe, in the village of Zarzis, Tunisia, Saturday June 12, to Europe. “They died in the 2021. A newly sanctified cemetery for Tunisia’s migrant dead same waters, they died in the is filling quickly. same sea and were taken by Associated Press the same salt,” he said.q A8 Wednesday 23 June 2021 local New beginnings after the kitchen table and beyond with new restaurant: Infini by Chef Urvin Croes

PALM BEACH — After spear- heading The Kitchen Table for five years, receiving notable recognitions in USA Today, The Daily Meal and earning the #1 spot on Tripadvisor’s list of Fine Dining Restaurants in the Carib- bean, Chef Urvin Croes has now moved on to higher heights. In- fini, his new chef’s table, which managed renowned Chef Den- opened at the Blue Residences nis Huwaë’s Restaurant Daalder in November 2020, allows the in Amsterdam, is a true storyteller. Michelin-trained Aruban cu- From the moment she serves the linary artist to create gastro- Salinity welcome drink and the cu- nomic experiences unconfined linary tale begins, she takes you on by cultural or regional expec- an adventure around the world tations. The former The Kitchen to discover never-before-tasted Table space has since been combinations. Then, towards the renovated into a suitable cu- end of the night, it is his time to linary studio to host this vision. shine — Pastry Chef Jean-Claude In describing these changes, Werleman, that is. After spending Croes says: “We opened up the the last two years perfecting his entire kitchen and elevated the recipes in the Pastry Department of dining tables so guests have a the Ritz Carlton Aruba, Werleman front row stadium-like view of joins Infini to continue exploring his each step of the preparations. passion for experimenting with col- The spotlights, which we care- ors and bold flavors. fully choreograph, follow the plates’ transition from blank “It’s time to show that Aruba is a canvas into culinary works of catarian menu dedicated to Lent, turned to Aruba, Chef Maduro is culinary destination of its own” art.” of which Croes has to say: “I want- thrilled to be reunited with his first “The goal is to leave our visitors ed to focus on the finest fish in the mentor and hopes to secure Aru- speechless. The look on their faces “It is a flavor that you cannot de- world, they are the protagonists ba’s space on the global map of whenever they take the first bite fine, but you can create.” of this season.” Visitors can expe- unique culinary experiences. Simi- says it all and it is priceless’’, shares He had been sitting on the first rience the second Chef’s Impres- larly, after four years working in the Croes, with a smile. Reclaiming the menu for over a year. Inspired by sion until May 2021, at which point two-Michelin starred restaurant spot of number one restaurant in umami, one of the five basic tastes, Croes and his team will reveal ex- Spectrum, Chef de Partie Moises the Caribbean is also in sight, but and also Japanese for “essence of citing new flavors for the summer. Ramirez returned home to share this time he will not stop there. “In deliciousness”, Chef Croes strived his vast experience in formulating the end, we want Aruba to be to organically produce this palate “Without a great team, there is no recipes with meticulous attention recognized for its culinary mastery. in each dish of the eight-course great chef” to detail and consistency. Further We have trained the best culinary Chef’s Impression. “It is a flavor that “There is very little I can do by my- down the kitchen line, Chef de artists right here on the island and you cannot define, but you can self. Without a great team, there is Partie Alvaro Yi, who has worked they have proven themselves in- create. Take our popular langous- no great chef”, says Croes, while at the two-Michelin starred FG ternationally in the most renowned tine for example; we combined raving about the six young profes- Restaurant, is all about expressing kitchens in the world. Now it is time elements that are rarely paired sionals sharing his kitchen. All grad- himself through cooking and plat- to show that Aruba is a culinary together: the bitter, sour and salty uates of Aruba’s EPI College and ing to create art that you can eat. destination of its own. Who knows flavors of the lemon cream, kom- familiar faces to the Chef as each Mixologist Marc-Anthony Rannis where that will take us; hopefully to bucha, green grapes, watercress one has completed their culinary brings eight years of experience in infinity and beyond.” and achiote, fused with the sweet internship under his guidance. In the fine dining industry to Infini. His and delicate taste of the langous- fact, Infini’s Chef de Cuisine, Ash- fine craftsmanship is displayed in Infini located at Blue Residenc- tine induce ultimate umami.” win Maduro, was Urvin’s very first the unparalleled wine pairings and es currently serves an eight- student, before relocating to Am- signature cocktails, which include course Chef’s Impression to up After hosting the first menu for sterdam, where he worked at sev- his personally homemade syrups, to 21 guests starting at 6:30PM. three months, the Executive Chef eral Michelin-starred restaurants, garnishes and fresh local ingredi- To make reservations visit www. introduced a second tour de force including &moshik (formally &Sam- ents. Maître D’ and Junior Somme- infiniaruba.com or call +297- in February 2021 — this time a pes- houd Places). Having recently re- lier Jessica Theysen, who previously 699-3982 q A9 LOCAL Wednesday 23 June 2021

As part of the airport’s corporate strategy to be the most sustainable airport in the region: AUA Airport receives Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 2

ORANJESTAD – Aruba Air- efforts to manage and re- with LED lighting, the place- nationally recognized ac- ‘Reduction’, ‘Optimiza- port Authority N.V. (AAA), duce its carbon emissions. It ment of electrical timers creditation together with tion’, ‘Neutrality’, ‘Transfor- company that manages is the ideal program for the in and around the airport our service providers at the mation’ and ‘Transition’. and operates Queen Bea- Airport to support Aruba terminal and the introduc- airport. We are happy, hon- trix International Airport to become inclusive, safe, tion of more efficient air ored and proud to obtain Thanks to the Airport Car- (AUA Airport), with the am- resilient, and sustainable conditioning equipment, this new accreditation and bon Accreditation pro- bition to be the most sus- while taking urgent action amongst other efforts. I can guarantee that the gram AUA Airport can tainable airport in the re- to combat climate change “As part of the corporate team will continue to be as contribute directly to the gion, proudly announces and its impacts, according strategy, which is being de- committed and dedicated Sustainable Development its latest achievement, the to goals #11 and #13 of the veloped together with all moving forward,” said Ju- Goals (SDG’s) as set by the Airport Carbon Accredita- United Nations Sustainable AAA employees, the team rgen Benschop, COO at United Nations and ad- tion Level 2. Development Goals. at AUA Airport is very dedi- AAA. opted by AAA as its lead- By achieving the Airport cated towards the reduc- Airport Carbon Accredita- ing principles. These are a AUA Airport entered the Carbon Accreditation tion of the airport’s carbon tion is the only institutionally collection of 17 interlinked Airports Council Interna- Level 2, the so called “Re- footprint. Despite the ob- endorsed, global carbon global goals designed to tional’s (ACI) Airport Car- duction level” ACA high- vious effects of 2020, the management certification be a "blueprint to achieve bon Accreditation (ACA) lights AUA Airport’s efforts team continued pursuing program for airports and a better and more sustain- program back in 2018 and to measure, manage and our efforts in mitigation of independently assesses able future for all". The SDGs has since taken numerous reduce its carbon footprint. our carbon footprint. Level and recognizes the efforts were set up in 2015 by the actions in favor of the en- The actions taken to mea- 2 means that we are on of airports to manage and United Nations General As- vironment. ACA is the only sure, manage and reduce the right path and provides reduce their carbon emis- sembly and are intended global, airport-specific pro- its carbon footprint include the confidence to achieve sions through 6 levels of to be achieved by the year gram that certifies airports’ the replacement of all lights the next levels of the inter- certification: ‘Mapping’, 2030.q

Honorary guests at Playa Linda Beach Resort

PALM BEACH — Recently, Kimberley Richardson of the Aru- ba Tourism Authority had the great pleasure to honor Aru- ba’s loyal and friendly visitors as Goodwill Ambassadors of Aruba. The symbolic honorary Goodwill Ambassador cer- tificate is presented on behalf of the Minister of Tourism, as a token of appreciation to guests who visit Aruba 20 years and more consecutively.

Today I had the great pleasure to honor the lovely couple Mr. Harold & Deborah Gray, Ms. Laurissa Coombs, & Ms. Serena Eskridge all coming to Aruba for over 20 years!

This lovely group of wonderful people stated that they love the island very much, especially for its year-round sunny weather, nice sandy beaches and picturesque sunsets, delicious variety of foods, its safety, and Aruba’s warm and friendly people whom have become like family to them.

Richardson together with the representatives of the Playa Linda Beach Resort presented the certificates to the hon- orees, handed over some presents and also thanked them for choosing Aruba as their favorite vacation destination and as their home-away-from-home.q A10 Wednesday 23 June 2021 locAL

Attractions and Sightseeing locations in Aruba ORANJESTAD — There are enough sightseeing locations on the island to fill up a month-long vacation. Aruba's beaches are a big attraction, and although it’s great to spend long days just relaxing on the beach and listening to the ocean, there are also plenty of opportunities to get to know Aruba's most attractive sights, historical and natural attractions, and muse- ums. Check out these attractions you don’t want to miss!

Blue Horses in Downtown, Oranjestad This series of 8 sculptures were created by native Aruban artist Os- aira Muyale. She named the proj- ect Paarden Baai, which translates to “Horse Bay”. The statues were installed in 2015 and pay hom- age to the rich history of Aruba’s horse trading industry. In the 17th Century Aruba was used by many countries (Europe, South America, Caribbean islands, and the Medi- terranean) as a trading post. The most popular being cattle and horse trading. Horses were once brosio, Bonifacia, and Celestina. parishioners in the year 1958. The Bubali Bird Sanctuary the most important sources of live- The sculptures embody strength, grotto, a shrine built into the rocks is Watch more than 80 species of mi- lihood for Aruba. nobility, grace, beauty and free- located in Seroe Preto, just off the gratory birds from the Bubali watch For 4 centuries the horse and cattle dom. They represent the historical main road to San Nicolas. tower, overlooking their resting trade ran strong. At any given time moment where the horses jumped and breeding area. The observa- Aruba was home to herds of thou- from the ship decks into the Ca- A statue of the Virgin Mary, weigh- tion tower allows birdwatchers to sands of horses that roamed the ribbean and swam to the Aruban ing 700 kilos, was hoisted into place get a true birds' eye view. Migra- island. Aruba being the perfect Bay. in the grotto. Every year, on Febru- tory birds, looking for lush vegeta- trading post encouraged an ex- ary 11 (feast of Lady of Lourdes), tion in which to nest, find an oasis tremely diverse culture and is the When you visit Aruba be sure to ex- a procession leaves from the St. within the Bubali Bird Sanctuary. reason almost all Arubans speak plore downtown Oranjestad and Theresita church in San Nicolas to The nearby water treatment facil- more than 1 or 2 languages. try to find all 8! the grotto, where a mass is per- ity empties into two inter-connect- Each of the 8 bright royal blue formed. The grotto is located road- ed man-made bird ponds. Birds horses is unique and carries its The Lourdes Grotto side and can be visited daily. Just that inhabit the sanctuary include own name and personality. Pic- Named in commemoration of the make sure you park safely in the herons, egrets, gulls, skimmers, tured above is the mare Sinforosa, famous French religious landmark, event you wish to stop for pictures coots, ducks and more. Located but you can also find Saturnina, was created under the guidance at this location. within walking distance of the Escapia, Rosalina, Eufrosina, Am- of a priest named "Erkamp" and Palm Beach resorts, the Bubali Bird Sanctuary offers some unique bird watching opportunities. You can’t miss it as it is located just in front of the historical Old Dutch Windmill. Make sure to bring your camera as many of these birds will randomly fly by the observation tower giving a little show. This is a great place to bring kids for a unique and possibly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be so close to the untamed. The happiest island in the Caribbe- an is so much more than just sun, sand and sea.q A11 business Wednesday 23 June 2021 Millennial Money: Should you take money advice from Reddit? By LAURA MCMULLEN of bankruptcy. The top reply NerdWallet was from someone saying Should you take money how they had to do the advice from a stranger on same in their 20s and that it the internet? In Reddit's r/ will be OK. personalfinance chan- AS FOR THE ADVICE — IT'S A nel, anonymous users ex- 'MIXED BAG' change tips on buying The r/personalfinance homes, choosing insurance "Wiki" page is on Reddit plans and managing very but separate from the fo- personal, nuanced money rum. It's stuffed with useful, situations. (Think: "How do sound guidance on top- I handle my dying dad's ics like how to budget and debts?") much more. 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You can also posters must be profession- upvote, downvote or reply Being active and intention- about financial decisions, says, "people can choose als because their tips are to other people's content. al with money helps you says Logan Murray, a Tem- what resonates with them." "spot on." But "there's also Posts and replies with the make the most of it. But for pe, Arizona-based certified Millions of people sharing a lot of advice out there most upvotes rise to the many, money is confusing financial planner. their money experiences that's better off ignored." top. Reddit is organized by to manage and uncom- "Seeing peers move on with may also help you feel less Curtis Bailey, a Cincinnati- communities, called sub- fortable to discuss. their finances may encour- alone. After all, Eble says, based CFP , has also seen reddits, based on interest. 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With this strategy, he debt and had to file for ample. q American Airlines cutting flights as summer season starts By DAVID KOENIG operation." She said Ameri- ever, American encour- DALLAS (AP) — American can is making the most aged thousands of workers Airlines will cut hundreds of cuts on routes where it has to quit or retire and now flights over the next three multiple flights to provide finds itself with a smaller weeks to avoid overload- backup options for rebook- staff as travel demand ap- ing its operation as de- ing passengers on other proaches pre-pandemic mand for summer air travel planes. levels. rises faster than once ex- Leisure travel is picking up Jantz said American has pected. as more Americans get employees on reserve, but Spokeswoman Sarah Jantz vaccinated against CO- bad weather at Dallas-Fort said Tuesday that the cuts VID-19 and states continue Worth International Airport could average 50 to 60 to ease travel restrictions. and Charlotte Douglas In- flights a day the rest of June More than 2 million travel- ternational Airport in North and between 50 and 80 a ers passed through airport Carolina can cause crews day in the first half of July. security checkpoints Sun- to exceed federal limits on This June 2, 2021 photo shows an American Airlines aircraft at That is potentially more day and again Monday, how long they can work. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va. than 1% of its schedule. with Sunday's crowds mark- She said the airline is also Associated Press On Tuesday, the airline had ing the highest number in affected by labor shortag- scrubbed 130 flights and 15 months, although still es at vendors that provide flights a day through July, as. Last week, technology more than 200 others were below 2019 levels. catering drivers and peo- about 87% of its schedule problems caused Dallas- delayed by afternoon American and other U.S. ple who push wheelchairs. for the same period in 2019, based Southwest Airlines Central time, according airlines have been barred The cutbacks come after according to data from to delay several thousand to tracking service FlightA- from furloughing workers American moved aggres- aviation researcher Cirium. flights and cancel hundreds ware. during the pandemic as sively to restore service The airline industry's difficul- more. More than 400 South- Jantz said the cuts are a condition of billions they that was cut during the ties this month haven't been west flights were running "building in additional resil- received in federal aid to pandemic. American had limited to American, which behind on Tuesday, ac- ience and certainty to our help cover payrolls. How- scheduled around 5,800 is based in Fort Worth, Tex- cording to FlightAware.q A12 Wednesday 23 June 2021 technology How Big Tech created a data 'treasure trove' for police ago, said Cindy Cohn, executive director of the Electronic Frontier Founda- tion, a digital rights group. That's created what Cohn calls "the golden age of government surveillance." Not only has it become far easier for police to trace the online trails left by suspects, they can also frequently hide their requests by obtaining gag orders from judges and magis- trates. Those orders block This Aug. 11, 2019, file photo an iPhone displays the apps for Big Tech companies from Facebook and Messenger in New Orleans. notifying the target of a Associated Press subpoena or warrant of law enforcement's interest PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — of disclosures. in their information — con- When U.S. law enforce- Consider Newport, Rhode trary to the companies' ment officials need to cast Island, a coastal city of stated policies. a wide net for information, 24,000 residents that at- Of course, there's often a they're increasingly turning tracts a flood of summer reason for such secrecy, to the vast digital ponds tourists. Fewer than 100 of- said Andrew Pak, a former of personal data created ficers patrol the city -- but federal prosecutor. It helps by Big Tech companies via they make multiple re- prevent investigations get- the devices and online ser- quests a week for online ting sidetracked because vices that have hooked bil- data from tech companies. someone learns about it, lions of people around the That's because most crimes he said —"the target, per- world. – from larceny and finan- haps, or someone close to Data compiled by four of cial scams to a recent fatal it." the biggest tech compa- house party stabbing at a Longstanding opposition nies shows that law en- vacation rental booked on- to such gag orders has re- forcement requests for line – can be at least partly cently resurfaced in the user information — phone traced on the internet. wake of the Trump-era or- calls, emails, texts, photos, Tech providers, especially ders. Apple in 2018 shared shopping histories, driving social media platforms, of- phone and account data routes and more — have fer a "treasure trove of infor- generated by two Demo- more than tripled in the U.S. mation" that can help solve cratic members of the since 2015. Police are also them, said Lt. Robert Salter, House Intelligence Com- increasingly savvy about a supervising police detec- mittee, but the politicians covering their tracks so as tive in Newport. didn't find out until May, not to alert suspects of their "Everything happens on once a series of gag or- interest. Facebook," Salter said. "The ders expired. Microsoft also That's the backdrop for amount of information you shared data about a con- recent revelations that can get from people's congressional aide and had to the Trump-era U.S. Justice versations online -- it's in- wait more than two years Department sought data sane." before telling that person. from Apple, Microsoft and As ordinary people have Brad Smith, Microsoft's pres- Google about members of become increasingly de- ident, last week called for Congress, their aides and pendent on Big Tech ser- an end to the overuse of news reporters in leak in- vices to help manage their secret gag orders, arguing vestigations -- then pursued lives, American law en- in a Washington Post opin- court orders that blocked forcement officials have ion piece that "prosecutors those companies from in- grown far more savvy too often are exploiting forming their targets. about technology than technology to abuse our In just the first half of 2020 they were five or six years fundamental freedoms."q -- the most recent data available -- Apple, Google, Time Share Resales + Realty Facebook and Microsoft together fielded more than Own or Rent a piece of the Rock 112,000 data requests from For up to 70 % Oﬀ stay @5 Star Resort local, state and federal * All inventory available officials. 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facebook.com/arubatoday/ A14 Wednesday 23 June 2021 people & arts Should reporters challenge or ignore election disbelievers? By DAVID BAUDER spokesman Paris Dennard AP Media Writer whether he accepted the NEW YORK (AP) — Matt results of the 2020 election Negrin's campaign to ban as legitimate. "It's a yes or "election deniers" from no question," Moran said. television news failed to Biden was president, Den- achieve his original goal, nard said. He wouldn't go which was to prevent a sig- further. Moran kept try- nificant number of Ameri- ing, asking whether he cans from believing the lie was scared to answer or that Donald Trump didn't didn't believe democracy lose the presidential elec- worked last November. tion to Joe Biden. "You can be an American Instead, it has provoked a citizen who can accept persistent debate over the the fact that Joe Biden is role of political journalists, president as well as being along with illustrating how concerned about election television news and the integrity," Dennard said. politicians who depend Todd's May 11 interview upon its cameras have Chuck Todd appears at the 2018 NBCUniversal Upfront in New York on May 14, 2018, from left, with Rep. Dan Crenshaw changed. Chris Wallace moderates a debate between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and devolved into a fight when Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at UNLV in Las Vegas on Oct. 19, 2016 and CNN Negrin, a former journal- news anchor Jake Tapper at the WarnerMedia Upfront in New York on May 15, 2019. Todd Wallace the Texas Republican was ist and now producer at and Tapper host Sunday morning shows on NBC, FOX News and CNN respectively. asked about his support Comedy Central's "The Dai- Associated Press for an effort to overturn the ly Show," wrote a Decem- election. Crenshaw said it ber column for The Wash- While it's not a formal poli- not legitimately elected. moderator, Chuck Todd, was "time to move on" and ington Post saying that TV cy, Tapper said he hasn't Confronting deniers is not alluded to this while writ- attacked the "liberal and journalists who invite Re- booked election deniers on a subject many in the busi- ing for Politico in January. pro-Democratic media" for publicans on the air should CNN's "State of the Union" ness are eager to address A handful of GOP senators continuing to bring up the begin by asking if they be- and on his weekday show, publicly. No one on NBC's make themselves available subject. lieved Biden won the elec- "The Lead." "Meet the Press," ABC's for interviews, he wrote, "Don't start that," Todd said. tion. If they don't say yes, "It's a discussion I think ev- "This Week" or CBS' "Face but they're few and far be- "There's nothing lazier than the interview should end. eryone in the news media the Nation," for example, tween. that." He's aggressively contin- should be having," Tapper would speak to The Associ- Unless they need to reach The interview soon ended. ued the effort on his per- told Politico. "Should those ated Press about it. a broader electorate, "I understand where the 'in- sonal Twitter account, who shared the election What would Tim Russert do? many Republican office- vite and confront' people saying mainstream news lie that incited the deadly The former "Meet the Press" holders don't see the point are coming from," said Jay programs that book office- attack on the Capitol and host was the acknowl- of such faceoffs, said Alex Rosen, a New York Univer- holders who voted against that continues to erode edged king of Sunday Conant, a GOP consul- sity professor and author of accepting election results confidence in our democ- morning political talk shows tant and founding partner the PressThink blog. "But in are helping to spread mis- racy be invited onto our before his death in 2008, of Firehouse Strategies in practice, the confrontation information. airwaves to continue to and his former producer Washington. with a determined fabulist Many in the news business spread the Big Lie? Can said Russert believed in "If you're a conservative, or denialist rarely works out believe that stance goes our viewers count on these exposing ideas that many the truth is, you don't care to the viewer's advantage." too far, that a journalist's politicians to tell the truth found repugnant. Russert too much about liberal vot- Few interviewers have the role is to question ideas about other topics?" memorably interviewed ers," Conant said. "They're ability to effectively expose and point out inaccura- Wallace, of "Fox News Sun- former KKK leader David never going to support you, hypocrisy on live television, cies or outright fictions, not day," has said he's willing Duke in 1991. and there's not much ben- Negrin said. to pretend they don't exist. to talk to all sides and has But Betsy Fischer Martin, ex- efit to subjecting yourself to Even when a journalist can, Two Sunday morning hosts, no rules about the order ecutive producer of "Meet a tough interview." politicians will take from the Jake Tapper and Chris Wal- of questions. "I don't think the Press" from 2002 to 2013, Frank Sesno, a former invitation to come on the lace, recently revealed moral posturing goes well wonders how many such CNN Washington bureau air a message that they themselves as polar oppo- with newsgathering," Wal- opportunities exist now. chief, lands on the side of can say whatever they sites on the point. lace said in a statement In today's climate, many interviewing deniers. Yet want and will still have a last month. politicians prefer friendly TV he wonders whether that platform. When Florida Sen. Rick Scott venues, like Fox News for would be worthwhile if The online provocateur appeared on his show Feb. conservatives or MSNBC for questions are ignored, talk- said that he's been pleased ARUBA 28, Wallace asked whether liberals. ing points spouted or emp- that television producers CLEAN Biden won the election "fair "It's human nature in many ty fights instigated. and hosts are at least think- and square." Absolutely, ways that you want to pick "It's not a question of ban- ing about these issues. Scott replied. a program that is going to ning them," said Sesno, "It's been (nearly) six months Led by Trump, suspicion give you more of a plat- professor at George Wash- since the insurrection, eight about the 2020 results has form than a tough inter- ington University. "You just months since the election, remained, despite elec- view," said Fischer Martin, don't want them on the air and I think a lot of hosts just tions officials calling it se- executive director of the because they're not going want to get back to nor- cure and the dismissal of Women in Politics Institute to be a good guest." mal — interviewing Repub- court challenges. A Quinni- at American University. Some recent interviews licans, interviewing Demo- piac University poll taken six Booking deniers is less of prove his point. crats," Negrin said. "That's months after the election an issue when many don't ABC News' Terry Mo- what they do. IS MORE found 29% of Americans, want to be booked in the ran grew exasperated "But, to me, it's impor- and 66% of Republicans first place. last month in repeatedly tant to remember what DUSHI surveyed said Biden was The current "Meet the Press" and fruitlessly asking GOP happened."q A15 sports Wednesday 23 June 2021 Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned again, misses Tokyo Olympics By GRAHAM DUNBAR casing of a blood vial with AP Sports Writer a hammer so that it would GENEVA (AP) — China's not be valid for testing. most famous swimmer got The World Anti-Doping a second chance to avoid Agency appealed to CAS a doping ban and com- when a tribunal appointed pete at the Tokyo Olym- by swimming governing pics, and lost. body FINA only warned the This time, however, Sun Olympic champion about Yang's ban is less likely to his conduct. end the three-time Olym- WADA requested a ban pic champion's career. of two-to-eight years for a A new panel of judges at second doping conviction. the Court of Arbitration for Sun served a three-month Sport banned the 29-year- ban in 2014 imposed by old Sun on Tuesday for 4 Chinese authorities after years, 3 months — about testing positive for a stimu- half the eight-year sanction lant that was banned at handed down after the first the time. The ban was not trial in 2019. announced until after it The verdict ended Sun's ended. hopes of defending his WADA welcomed the lat- Olympic title in the 200-me- est CAS ruling on Tuesday, ter freestyle in Tokyo next noting that its concerns month. But the ban was about FINA's inconsistent in- backdated to February In this Tuesday, July 23, 2019 file photo, China's Sun Yang celebrates after winning the men's 200m terpretation of anti-doping 2020, meaning Sun could freestyle final at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. rules were upheld again. return for the 2024 Paris Associated Press "The decision by the Swiss Olympics when he would Federal Tribunal to set aside be 32. was overturned on appeal over three days last month a failed attempt to take the (original) CAS award The judges found Sun "to to Switzerland's supreme and fast-tracked ahead of blood and urine from the was limited to a challenge have acted recklessly" court, which ordered a the Tokyo Olympics, which swimmer by a sample col- made against the chair of when he refused to let anti- fresh trial. open on July 23. lection team who made the CAS panel and had doping officials leave his Federal judges ruled the For the retrial, Sun's Gene- an unannounced visit to his nothing to do with the sub- home with a sample of his first guilty verdict was taint- va-based legal team was home in China in Septem- stance of this case," WADA blood. The formal charges ed because the chairman aided by lawyers who suc- ber 2018. director general Olivier Nig- were for refusing to give of that three-person panel cessfully represented Rus- It turned confrontational gli said. a sample and tampering at CAS showed anti-Chi- sia's anti-doping agency after midnight when he Sun's eight-year ban had with a doping control. nese bias in social media and athletes in previous questioned the officials' been imposed after a rare Sun denied wrongdoing comments. CAS hearings about dop- credentials. It led to Sun's CAS hearing held in open and his original eight-year The retrial was heard by ing violations. entourage ordering a se- court and streamed live ban imposed last year different judges by video Sun's case centered on curity guard to smash the online. q AP source: Middleton, Holiday, Love commit to Tokyo Games By TIM REYNOLDS pics for Holiday and Mid- Tokyo. AP Basketball Writer dleton, and the second for Middleton was part of the Jrue Holiday is planning Love — who was on the most recent U.S. men's se- to try to follow in his wife's U.S. team that won gold at nior national team, playing footsteps and win an the 2012 London Games. for coach Gregg Popov- Olympic gold medal. Another gold medalist from ich — who'll also lead the Holiday has committed 2012 was the player then Olympic team — at the to USA Basketball for next known as Lauren Cheney, 2019 Basketball World Cup month's Tokyo Games, who won her second con- in China, where the Ameri- along with his Milwaukee secutive Olympic gold as cans were a disappointing teammate Khris Middleton part of the U.S. women's seventh. and Cleveland forward soccer team. She's now The additions of Middleton, Kevin Love, said to a per- known as Lauren Holiday, Holiday and Love put the son with knowledge of the after marrying Jrue in 2013. Americans relatively close decisions. And now, it's her husband to having a full roster for Milwaukee Bucks' Jrue Holiday drives past Brooklyn Nets' Landry Shamet during the first half of Game 3 of the NBA East- Holiday and Middleton who is pursuing the gold the Tokyo Games. Others ern Conference basketball semifinals game Thursday, June are planning to play at medal. who have committed so 10, 2021, in Milwaukee. this point even if the Bucks Jrue Holiday was part far: Miami's Bam Adebayo, Associated Press make the NBA Finals, the of the select team that Brooklyn's Kevin Durant, person said. The person helped the 2012 team pre- Golden State's Draymond also intends to play and during the Nets' postsea- spoke to The Associated pare for the Olympics, and Green, Washington's Brad- has made that commit- son run — will actually al- Press Tuesday on condition has been part of other USA ley Beal, Boston's Jayson ment to USA Basketball, low him to be part of the of anonymity because the Basketball experiences Tatum, Phoenix's Devin though there is concern team. team has not yet publicly along the way — but nev- Booker and Portland's Da- over whether his hamstring The Americans start train- released the roster. er anything as significant mian Lillard. injury — which sidelined ing camp in Las Vegas on It would be the first Olym- as the chance to play in Brooklyn's James Harden and slowed him at times July 6.q A16 Wednesday 23 June 2021 sports Torrey Pines deserves another Open for men and women By DOUG FERGUSON typical of a U.S. Open. Four AP Golf Writer players who were within SAN DIEGO (AP) — Torrey one or two shots of the lead Pines now has staged two made double bogey on U.S. Opens, and it would be the back nine. The winner, hard to find any flaws. Rahm, was the only player The public course along the to not drop a shot on the Pacific bluffs gave us Tiger back nine. Woods going 91 holes over The USGA still has to decide five days on one good leg the fate of Chambers Bay, to win his third U.S. Open, which had the champion and Jon Rahm returning it wanted (Jordan Spieth), to No. 1 in the world after but not in the manner he becoming the first player in won. Dustin Johnson went the 126-year history of the from a 12-foot eagle putt Open to birdie the last two for the win to a three-putt holes in a one-shot victory. bogey to lose because of Until next time, Torrey Pines. greens that barely had any Except in this case, until grass. when? Even if Torrey Pines has to The next opening on the wait 13 years, it deserves a U.S. Open schedule is 2028 third U.S. Open. and seven years seems too Torrey is in the spotlight ev- soon. Plus, the USGA is mov- ery January for a PGA Tour ing toward a rotation of five stop that plays just as tough courses — Pebble Beach, as a U.S. Open except the Oakmont, Shinnecock Hills, turf is softer. Pinehurst No. 2 and Winged Patrick Reed shot 210 in his Foot — with room for other three rounds on the South courses sprinkled into the Course during the Farmers mix. Insurance Open. The low Is there room for Torrey 54-hole score for the U.S. Pines? There should be. Open this year was 208. Before the week started, Plus, it typically is the week- there was a feeling this end between the NFL con- might be the last Open at ference title games and Jon Rahm, of Spain, reacts to his putt on the 17th green during the final round of the U.S. Open Golf Torrey Pines for some time Championship, Sunday, June 20, 2021, at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. the Super Bowl. Golf fans — if ever — especially with Associated Press know Torrey, even if the Los Angeles Country Club hang gliders are as memo- giving the USGA another der par, won a duel against the U.S. Open from ending and it was equally strong rable as some of the holes. California course in 2023. Phil Mickelson on the back in regulation until Monday, this year. But there's a chance for Another question: Would nine. barely, with Lucas Glover No gimmicks. No secrets. the USGA to return to Torrey the U.S. Open even have "If that had flopped, they winning his only major. With dry weather, the fair- with another champion- returned had Woods would have sacked me Bethpage Black now is ways were fast enough ship. missed that 12-foot birdie right away," Fay said with a aligned with the PGA of they didn't have to be Two weeks before the re- putt on the 18th hole in laugh. America — a PGA Cham- overly narrow. The greens turn to Torrey Pines, the 2008 to force a playoff, or if It was no coincidence that pionship two years ago, the were firm without bring- U.S. Women's Open was Rocco Mediate had made three months after Woods Ryder Cup in 2025 — and it ing back ugly memories of at Olympic Club in San his birdie putt from 20 feet won at Bethpage, the hosted a pair of PGA Tour Shinnecock Hills in 2004 and Francisco, which previous- on the 18th hole in the play- USGA awarded the 2008 postseason events. 2018. ly hosted five U.S. Opens. off? U.S. Open to another pub- Torrey hasn't disappointed. Mickelson even approved, Nothing adds to prestige "Having the champions you lic course, Torrey Pines. Two Not in January for the Farm- strong praise considering than history, and Olympic is want helps," said David Fay, more daily-fee courses, ers Insurance Open. Not in his beefs with the USGA. just a start. the executive director of Chambers Bay south of Se- June for the U.S. Open. "I'm very surprised that The Women's Open will be the USGA when Torrey first attle in 2015 and Erin Hills The ultimate backhanded in the 30 years that I've at Pebble Beach for the was awarded a U.S. Open. in Wisconsin in 2017, were compliment is to suggest played the U.S. Open, this first time in 2023, and the It was Fay's idea to go to added to the schedule. not even the USGA can is the best I've seen," Mick- championship is booked Bethpage Black in 2002, Bethpage only had to wait mess up a U.S. Open at Tor- elson said. "I thought they through 2025. That's when the first truly public course seven years for another U.S. rey Pines. It was the ideal did a remarkable job, and the USGA needs to con- to host the U.S. Open, and Open. test in 2008 when Woods I'm really proud and hap- sider only traditional men's it was a huge hit. Woods, That one flopped. and Mediate were the only py that it's here at Torrey. I venues for the women. the only player to finish un- A rain-soaked mess kept players to finish under par, think this afternoon is going Winged Foot is said to be to be awesome. under consideration for "It's going to be a good fin- a Women's Open. Pine LIKE US ON ish." Needles gets the Women's He got that part right. Open next year, but future Ten players were separat- trips to North Carolina likely ed by one shot at one point will be at Pinehurst No. 2. when the final group was Torrey Pines would be ide- on the front nine. Separa- al for the Women's Open. tion came from bad deci- It tends to put on a pretty Facebook.com/arubatoday/ sions, bad lies, bad shots, good show.q