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閉会後に一転して決まった「政策活動費の廃止」

「岸田政権の最大の助け船になったのが維新と自民の党首会談だった。それを今になって『私たちは政策活動費には反対だ』という。『10年後公開』というとんでもない置き土産はどうしてくれるんだ。もう第二自民党という立場は金輪際やめてもらいたい。政党としてありえない」

立憲民主党の泉健太代表は6月28日の記者会見で、いつも以上に強い口調で批判した。批判の矛先は日本維新の会である。

日本維新の会の迷走が止まらない。先の通常国会で最大のテーマとなった政治資金規正法改正案では、馬場伸幸代表が岸田総理と党首会談を行い、３つの項目において合意したことで自民党提出の法案に衆議院で賛成した。

ところが、そのうちの１つだった旧文通費の改革がこの国会でできないとわかるや、「自民党に騙された」「これからは自民党と大喧嘩する」と騒ぎ立てて参議院では一転して反対に回るというドタバタ劇を演じたのだ。

馬場代表は「二院制なんだから衆議院と参議院で賛否が異なるのはおかしいことではない」と強弁したが、その主張は当然ながら理解されるものではなかった。

他党からの批判にとどまらず、維新の地方議員や支持者からも疑問の声が上がり、6月26日午前10時から国会内に幹部らが集まり、地方議員向けのオンラインでの「説明会」が開かれたのである。

冒頭、馬場代表から挨拶があり、ここでマスコミはシャットアウトとなった。そこから藤田文武幹事長が今回の政治資金規正法改正案についての説明がなされ、遠藤敬国対委員長からは自民党など他党とのやりとりについての経緯が説明された。さらに、音喜多駿政調会長からは「政策活動費の公開はなぜ10年後なのか」など疑問視されている点への説明がなされた。

こうして党幹部からひとしきりの説明があった後、大阪からオンラインで参加していた大阪府知事の吉村洋文共同代表が２つ疑問点をぶつけた。

「結局、（自民党の）誰がどう騙したのか」

「（馬場代表が言う）大喧嘩とはどこまでを考えているのか」

前者については遠藤国対委員長が説明した。

「騙したトップは総理です。それから麻生副総裁、茂木幹事長。3人の意の中で、木原誠二さんに『維新と調整して、自民・公明・維新の枠組みでこの法案を成立させるように』という指示をしている」

「自民党に騙された」と主張する遠藤敬国対委員長（筆者撮影）

5月29日の夜、遠藤氏のもとに困り果てた様子の木原氏から「総理からの強い意向だ」と電話があり、そこから急転直下で自民党と維新の合意文書が作られていった。

ここで遠藤氏は「旧文通費改革を実行することが条件だ」と強く主張し、木原氏が「総理もそれはやる意向だ」と応じたことから合意に至ったものの、その後に約束が履行されなかったため「騙された」と主張しているのである。

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Usher and Janet Jackson headline 30th Essence Festival of Culture

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NEW ORLEANS -- The best of Black culture's policymakers, thought leaders, creatives, spiritual gurus, business movers and shakers, health experts and, of course, musical talent are poised to converge in New Orleans over the Fourth of July weekend as part of the Essence Festival of Culture.

The festival kicks off Thursday and runs through Sunday. This year, it celebrates 30 years of entertainment, networking and thought-provoking conversations to inspire solutions for issues facing urban communities. The underlying premise remains the same: purposeful partying.

Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to hold a conversation with Essence CEO Caroline Wanga during the Global Black Economic Forum on Saturday at the festival. The visit comes amid calls by some for the replacement of President Joe Biden on the Democratic presidential ticket following his debate with former President Donald Trump. Those types of in-depth dialogues, covering a wide-range of topics, can be expected throughout the event.

“This experience was built to celebrate 25 years of Essence magazine, Black womanhood,” said Hakeem Holmes, vice president for the Essence Festival of Culture. “Black women built this festival, Black women poured into this festival. They had a good time at this festival, made relationships and networked — all at this festival — and then they brought what they learned home with them."

Since its beginning, the festival has morphed into a multi-generational event that seeks to touch the entire Black family, by offering "a little bit of everything for everyone,'' Holmes said.

Much of that transition, Holmes said, is thanks to the city that's hosted the event every year except one. In 2006, Houston hosted the festival, while New Orleans dealt with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Lisa Alexis, director of Mayor Latoya Cantrell's Office of Cultural Economy, said 30 years of Essence has had a $327 million impact on the city.

“It started as a party with a purpose, but over the years they've expounded on that," Alexis said. “We now have the Black Global Economic Forum, the film festival, a wellness area, a marketplace. Our businesses have the opportunity through this partnership to be a part of the vendor market, and we're able to share and support one another as our cultural entrepreneurs look to grow.”

That kind of paying it forward is what helps keep the festival relevant, Holmes said.

“Relevancy is driven by our relationship to this community,” said Holmes, a New Orleans native. “We are constantly listening. … We have what folks want to see throughout this event. We have people who are coming to have conversations about things they can actionably take as next steps when they return home. And, we have the parties, too!”

Holmes said keeping long-term fans engaged in the festival is always a challenge.

“It's like expecting something new while maintaining the familiar,” he said. “I think it's like going to church every Sunday. You're gonna get a different sermon by the same person, but for whatever reason, every Sunday you're touched differently. That is the essence of the festival. It's a community gathering. It's a homecoming. It's a reunion. And I think that is what attracts and keeps people engaged.”

Holmes said the festival will be available in person and virtually (via essence.com ). "We're giving folks everything they want in a consolidated amount of time during the day and then at night, they can go and have a good time,” he said.

That good time includes a Friday night concert inside the Superdome featuring Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Friends as they, too, celebrate 30 years of Cash Money Records and its Millionaires. Juvenile, Busta Rhymes, T-Pain, The Roots and Mannie Fresh are scheduled to perform. R&B singers Jacquees and Ari Lennox and country artist Mickey Guyton also will take the stage.

Usher headlines Saturday and celebrates the 20th anniversary of his “Confessions” album, which includes hits like “Yeah,” “Burn,” “Caught Up” and “Bad Girl.” "Confessions'' has sold more than 10 million units in the U.S. Others scheduled to perform include Charlie Wilson, Ayra Starr, Big Boi, Donell Jones, Lloyd, Method Man, Sheila E. and TGT — a trio featuring Tyrese, Ginuwine and Tank.

Janet Jackson is the headliner Sunday, the final night. Victoria Monét, Keke Palmer, Teedra Moses, Tank and the Bangas, Dawn Richard, SWV, Jagged Edge, Bilal and Anthony Hamilton will also perform. The four-day event will close with the return of the all-white party and a special tribute to Frankie Beverly & Maze, curated by Grammy award-winning producer and songwriter, Bryan-Michael Cox. Beverly has said that he is stepping away from performing live, and the group has been on a farewell tour.

For the festival's first 15 years, Frankie Beverly & Maze closed the event with a massive performance, watched by thousands singing along to the group's hits, including “Before I Let Go,” “Joy and Pain" and “Happy Feelin's." In 2010, a new event producer ended the tradition to the disappointment of many festgoers despite the talent tapped to close, including Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige and Lionel Richie.

“This is our big send-off to Frankie & Maze," Holmes said. "It will be a mix of him singing and others singing to him. This will be a true, here-are-your-flowers moment.”

This year, Holmes said, organizers seek to celebrate milestones.

“To have both Usher and Janet on the same bill. Such pioneers in their genre. What we're ultimately seeing in this 30th year is a passing of the torch in culture and musically. Having Victoria Monét on the same night as Janet. That's what you'll see on the night-by-night. Chronology of acts that are reminiscent, that speak to multi-generations and give the people who they want to see,” he said.

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　日本三大祭りの一つ「祇園祭」の山鉾（やまほこ）巡行を前に、2日、巡行の順番を決めるくじ取り式が行われました。

　くじ取り式は、祇園祭のハイライト、山鉾巡行の順番を決める儀式で、先陣争いが絶えなかった室町時代に始まったとされています。

　34基の山と鉾のうち、あらかじめ順番が決まっている10基を除く24基の順番をくじを引いて決めます。

　前祭（さきまつり）で、長刀（なぎなた）鉾に続く、今年の山一番を引き当てたのは「油天神山」で、後祭は「黒主山」に決まりました。

　前祭は17日、後祭は24日で、山鉾が都大路を練り歩きます。

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　「ふじのくに芸術祭」は、広く県民の皆様に芸術作品の発表や鑑賞をする機会を提供し、県民の方が自ら行う文化活動を支え、静岡県の文化向上発展を図ることを目的として開催しています。もともと「静岡県芸術祭」という名称で開催されていましたが、平成23年度(第51回)からは「ふじのくに芸術祭」として年間を通した事業展開を行っております。昭和36年に始まった「静岡県芸術祭」から数えると、今年で64回目の開催となる長い歴史を持つ、県内で最大の総合芸術祭です。

　昨年も多くの県民の方に作品をお寄せいただき、個性豊かで魅力あふれる作品に感激いたしました。また、多くの県民の方が展示会にご来場いただき、文化活動の広がりや静岡県の文化向上発展につながった芸術祭であったと思います。

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　そんな「ふじのくに芸術祭」では、美術部門(美術展、写真展、書道展)、文学部門(文芸コンクール、高校生短歌・俳句・川柳コンクール)の2部門、5事業の作品募集が6月15日（土曜）から、始まっております。また、音楽・舞台芸術部門（合唱コンクール、演劇コンクール）の募集も開始しております。それぞれ募集期間が異なりますので、詳しくはチラシを御覧ください。「ふじのくに芸術祭」はどなたでも参加できる芸術祭ですので、県民の皆様には、文化・芸術の発表の場として多くの作品をご応募していただければと思います。

　また、今後は合唱や演劇、クラシックバレエ、邦楽演奏会といったコンクールや舞台芸術、今年から新設された障害者文化芸術部門の作品展示会などが開催されます。当部公式X(＠shizuoka_to_go)でも開催日程をお知らせしていきますので、そちらもご確認ください。

　「ふじのくに芸術祭」はいつでも、どこでも、誰でも、文化芸術に触れ楽しむことができる芸術の祭典です。多くの皆さんのご応募、ご来場をお待ちしております。

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5月26日に、クリーブランドでの個展が無事に閉幕しました。オープニングから展示終了までの4カ月間、いろいろな出来事がありました。たくさんの経験をし、これからの自分を考える事も増え、新しい仲間にも出会いました。

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キャンペーンの詳細は下記の通りです。

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　『しがぎん』でNISAを始めている方も、まだの方も！
　夏のNISAキャンペーン

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　2024年7月1日（月）～2024年9月26日（木）

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Posthumous book by Ukrainian author Victoria Amelina will document war crimes since Russian invasion

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NEW YORK -- A posthumous book by Victoria Amelina, the Ukrainian author killed last year during a Russian missile strike, will be published in February upon the war's third anniversary.

“Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary,” which draws upon Amelina's interviews with 11 women who had been documenting war crimes since the Russian invasion, was left unfinished. Her husband, Oleksandr Amelin, was among those who helped edit and complete the book, which will include a foreword by Margaret Atwood.

“A powerful testament to the courage and determination of women at war, the book follows the paths of female journalists, writers, human rights defenders, lawyers, and volunteers who document war crimes in Ukraine while the war is still ongoing,” according to St. Martin's Press, which announced the project Monday, exactly a year since Amelina’s death.

“It is also a personal war journal that chronicles the author’s transformation from novelist and mother into a war crimes researcher."

The 37-year-old Amelina was the author of two novels and a children’s book. She traveled to areas liberated from the Russians and recorded survivors' testimony. At the time of Amelina’s death, Columbia University had awarded her a residency in Paris that would enable her to work on her book. Her interview subjects included Oleksandra Matviichuk, the human rights lawyer and the winner in 2022 of a Nobel Peace Prize.

Amelina was a member of PEN International, the literary and free expression organization.

“This book is the voice of Ukraine fighting for its freedom and future,” Tetyana Teren, executive director of PEN Ukraine, said in a statement. “This book is the voice of a writer who, in the most difficult time for her country, chose the role of testifying about the war crimes of the Russians and seeking punishment for the perpetrators."

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An Arizona museum tells the stories of ancient animals through their fossilized poop

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WILLIAMS, Ariz. -- One way to help tell how a Tyrannosaurus rex digested food is to look at its poop.

Bone fragments in a piece of fossilized excrement at a new museum in northern Arizona — aptly called the Poozeum — are among the tinier bits of evidence that indicate T. rex wasn’t much of a chewer, but rather swallowed whole chunks of prey.

The sample is one of more than 7,000 on display at the museum that opened in May in Williams, a town known for its Wild West shows along Route 66, wildlife attractions and a railway to Grand Canyon National Park.

The Poozeum sign features a bright green T. rex cartoon character sitting on a toilet to grab attention from the buzzing neon lights and muffled 1950s music emanating from other businesses.

Inside, display cases filled with coprolites — fossilized feces from animals that lived millions of years ago — line the walls. They range from minuscule termite droppings to a massive specimen that weighs 20 pounds (9 kilograms).

Poozeum's president and curator, George Frandsen, bought his first chunk of fossilized feces from a shop in Moab, Utah, when he was 18, he said. He already loved dinosaurs and fossils but had never heard of fossilized poop. From there, his fascination grew.

“It was funny. It was gross," he said. "But I learned very quickly it could tell us so much about our prehistoric past and how important they are to the fossil record.”

Coprolites aren’t tremendously common but they can make up the majority of fossils found at some sites, and people have learned more and more about them over the past few decades, said Anthony Fiorillo, executive director of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.

It can be hard to identify them and in some cases, specimens that appeared to be coprolites — with their pinched ends and striations — were examined further and ultimately reclassified as something else.

“There’s a number of sedimentary processes that can produce an extrusion of soft mud to a different layer,” he said. “So think about your toothpaste, for example. When you squeeze it, there can be some striations on that toothpaste.”

Fossil enthusiast Brandee Reynolds recently visited the museum with her husband after finding it was a short detour from a road trip they had planned.

“I mostly find sharp teeth and things like that,” she said. “I haven’t really found a whole lot of coprolite, but who doesn’t love coprolite?”

A highlight of Frandsen's collection is a specimen that holds a Guinness World Record for being the largest coprolite left by a carnivorous animal. Measuring more than 2 feet (61 centimeters) long and over 6 inches (15 centimeters) wide, Frandsen said it's believed to be from a T. rex, given where it was found on a private ranch in South Dakota in 2019.

Frandsen also holds the record for the largest certified coprolite collection of 1,277 pieces, earned in 2015 when it was verified at the South Florida Museum in Bradenton, Florida.

His collection now stands at about 8,000 specimens. He doesn't have the room to display it all in the museum in Williams and features some online.

No need to worry about any smell or germs, Frandsen said. Those evaporated millions of years ago, when the feces were covered with sediment and replaced by minerals, making them rock-hard.

Location, shape, size and other materials like bones or plants can determine if something is a coprolite, but not necessarily which creature deposited it, Fiorillo said.

“I think the majority of us would say, let’s pump the brakes on that and just be happy if we could determine carnivore, herbivore and then look at possibly those food cycles within each of those broad groups,” said Fiorillo, a trained paleontologist and author of books on dinosaurs.

Ideally, Fiorillo said he hopes fossils that are rare and can add to the understanding of the prehistoric world find their way into the public sphere so researchers can use them as they form hypotheses about life long ago.

Like Frandsen, Fiorillo said he was captivated by fossils when he was young. He pointed to private quarries in Wyoming's Fossil Basin where the public can hunt for fossilized fish, plants and even coprolites. People also can visit a research quarry to learn about paleontology at the nearby Fossil Butte National Monument.

If a child goes home inspired after finding a fossil or seeing one on display at a museum, then that's awesome, Fiorillo said.

“Maybe they’ll be the next generation,” he said.

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