Midday rundown: Alec Baldwin charged, Trump set to return to Twitter

KARAH RUCKER: TRUMP IS POISED TO START TWEETING AGAIN.
AND A STATE BILL WOULD ALLOW 12-YEAR-OLDS TO GET VACCINATED WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT. BUT FIRST…TOPPING OUR NEWS THIS AFTERNOON. ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN WILL BE CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEADLY SHOOTING ON THE RUST MOVIE SET.

THIS IS STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS. UNBIASED. STRAIGHT FACTS.

ALEC BALDWIN CHARGED IN FILM SET SHOOTING

PROSECUTORS ANNOUNCING THURSDAY MORNING THEIR PLANS TO CHARGE ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN THE ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING ON THE RUST FILM SET THAT KILLED A CINEMATOGRAPHER.

THE PERSON DESIGNATED TO OVERSEE WEAPONS ON THE FILM’S SET, HANNAH GUTIERREZ-REED, IS ALSO FACING THE SAME CHARGES AS BALDWIN.

THE CHARGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE FILED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN HAS PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED GRIEF OVER THE SET SHOOTING IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS.

ALEC BALDWIN: “She was someone who loved by everyone who worked with and liked by and admired by admired by everyone who worked with her.”

SCOTUS REJECTS BID TO BLOCK GUN LAWS

IN THE SPAN OF ONE WEEK…THE SUPREME COURT HAS SIDED WITH THE STATE OF NEW YORK TWICE OVER IT’S NEW GUN RESTRICTIONS AND AGAINST FIREARM DEALERS WHO SAID THE NEW LAWS WOULD VIOLATE THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

THE NEW GUN LAWS IN NEW YORK INCLUDE MEASURES THAT REQUIRE SECURITY SYSTEMS INSIDE GUN SHOPS, REQUIRE BACKGROUND CHECKS ON CUSTOMERS BUYING AMMUNITION, AND PROVIDE RECORDS OF GUN SALES TO GOVERNMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES UPON REQUEST.

FIRE-ARMS DEALERS SAID THE NEW LAWS INFRINGED ON THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT. WHILE THE SUPREME COURT, WITHOUT COMMENT ON THE CASE, REJECTED THEIR CLAIM.

THERE ARE STILL PORTIONS OF THE LAW BEING CHALLENGED IN LOWER COURTS —

THAT COULD STILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE NEW LAWS.

HOMICIDES LARGELY CONCENTRATED TO BIG CITIES

THE U.S. HAS BEEN RATTLED BY A CRIME WAVE SINCE THE PANDEMIC. HOMICIDE RATES HAVE SPIKED SINCE 2020, SHATTERING GRIM MILESTONES.

BUT A NEW REPORT IS ARGUING MURDER IS NOT A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM, BUT RATHER A PROBLEM “IN A SMALL SET OF URBAN AREAS.” CONCENTRATED TO JUST A FEW COUNTIES.

ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH RELEASED THIS WEEK, 42 PERCENT OF AMERICA’S MURDERS IN 2020 TOOK PLACE IN JUST ONE PERCENT OF ALL COUNTIES. NEARLY HALF OF ALL HOMICIDES HAPPENED IN JUST 31 COUNTIES. AND THE TOP FIVE PERCENT OF COUNTIES WITH THE HIGHEST HOMICIDE COUNT, ACCOUNTED FOR 73% OF MURDERS IN THE U.S. MORE THAN HALF OF ALL COUNTIES RECORDED NO HOMICIDES. AND ANOTHER 16 PERCENT RECORDED JUST ONE MURDER. 

TRUMP’S POISED RETURN TO TWITTER

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO TWITTER, AND IS ASKING META FOR PERMISSION BACK ONTO FACEBOOK SO HE CAN USE THE PLATFORMS FOR HIS 2024 CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENCY.

JONATHON ALLEN | NBC SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER: “When he was banned from twitter and facebook the day after the January sixth riot, those were supposed to be permanent bans, then facebook’s oversight board said it was going to be a two year ban and be revisited, so there’s a lot of indication from that side that they don’t intend for this to be permanent.”

AS HE AWAITS A RESPONSE FROM FACEBOOK, TRUMP ALREADY HAS THE GREEN LIGHT FROM TWITTER AND HIS CAMPAIGN TEAM IS REPORTEDLY READY TO START TWEETING AGAIN.

ELON MUSK IS APPARENTLY PREPARING FOR BACKLASH, NOT ONLY FROM USERS, BUT HAS SUGGESTED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COULD ALSO BECOME INVOLVED.

ELON MUSK SAYING IN A TWEET THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION MAY TRY TO WEAPONIZE FEDERAL AGENCIES AGAINST TWITTER SINCE THE PLATFORM IS WELCOMING BACK THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

12 YEAR OLD VAX RIGHTS

A BILL BEING DEBATED AMONG CONNECTICUT LAWMAKERS WOULD ALLOW CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 12 YEARS OLD TO RECEIVE VACCINES WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT.

THE BILL WOULD ALLOW CHILDREN TO GET VACCINATED WITHOUT A PARENT’S APPROVAL. AND IT’S NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THE COVID-19 VACCINE.

RIGHT NOW IN THE STATE, YOU HAVE TO BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER TO GET VACCINATED UNLESS YOU HAVE A PARENTS WRITTEN OR VERBAL PERMISSION.

WASHINGTON D.C. PASSED A SIMILAR LAW TWO YEARS AGO ALLOWING A CHILD AS YOUNG AS 11 TO GET VACCINATED ON THEIR OWN.

MEDIA MISS ON THE LEFT

AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS, WE AIM DOWN THE MIDDLE. WHEREAS OTHER MEDIA MISS THE TARGET.

THE STORY YOU JUST HEARD HAS LARGELY BEEN COVERED BY THE RIGHT.

BUT WAS UNDER-REPORTED BY THE LEFT.

IF YOU’D LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT OTHER STORIES THAT ARE BEING UNDER-REPORTED BY ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, CHECK OUT THE “MEDIA MISS” TOOL ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE NEWS YOU’RE MISSING FROM THE MAINSTREAM.

SCHOOL LIGHTS STUCK ON FOR 18 MONTHS

FOR A HIGH SCHOOL IN MASSACHUSETTS, IT LOOKS LIKE SCHOOL IS ALWAYS IN SESSION, DAY OR NIGHT. THAT’S BECAUSE THE SCHOOL CAN’T FIGURE OUT HOW TO OVERRIDE IT’S LIGHTING SYSTEM TO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF.

SO FOR A YEAR AND A HALF NOW, ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE SCHOOL HAVE REMAINED ON. AND IT’S BECOMING A PROBLEM WITH TAXPAYERS WHO PAY FOR THOSE LIGHTS.

THE SCHOOL EXPECTS TO MAKE THE REPAIRS NEEDED NEXT MONTH. IN THE MEANTIME, TEACHERS ARE SHUTTING OFF BREAKERS NOT CONNECTED TO THE MAIN SYSTEM AND ARE UNSCREWING LIGHT BULBS FROM FIXTURES IN THE CLASSROOM.