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Here’s a ‘dead’ person on Social Security in Seattle, with plenty to say
Seattle Times - Sun Mar 16, 2025
“DOGE Has 10 Staffers at Social Security in Hunt for Dead People,” the headlines read this past week. More»

State Department Plans $400 Million Order for Armored Trucks From Musk’s Tesla
Seattle Times - Thu Feb 13, 2025
Tesla, whose CEO, Elon Musk, has been advising President Donald Trump on how to cut government spending, is likely to receive a lucrative contract to supply armored versions of its Cybertruck pickup to the State Department, according to public documents. More»

Trump Orders US to Leave World Health Organization
BBC - Tue Jan 21, 2025
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO). More»

Trump Tells America The Comeback Begins 'Now' as He is Sworn in as President: 'The decline is over'
Daily Mail - Mon Jan 20, 2025
Donald Trump promised a new golden age of America after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday. More»

Marjorie Taylor Greene Rails Against “Gazpacho” Police
News & Guts - Thu Feb 10, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene is once again handing out gifts to comedy writers. More»

Florida Health Official Put on Leave After Encouraging Staff to Get Covid Vaccine
The Guardian - Wed Jan 19, 2022
A health official who helped lead Florida’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been put on administrative leave as state officials investigate whether he tried to compel employees to get vaccinated. More»

Biden’s Low Profile on Guantanamo Rankles as Prison Turns 20
Associated Press - Sun Jan 16, 2022
Advocates for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center were optimistic when President Joe Biden took office. More»

Infamous anti-vaxxer Marjorie Taylor Greene owns stock in the three major vaccine companies
Daily Kos - Thu Dec 23, 2021
Perhaps it will come as no surprise to you that despite the fact that Republican Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene rails against the COVID-19 vaccine, she doesn’t mind making money from it. More»

Alex Jones Liable in All Sandy Hook Defamation Suits
New York Times - Mon Nov 15, 2021
WATERBURY, Connecticut - A superior court in Connecticut granted a sweeping victory to the families of eight people killed in a 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. More»

Trump adviser Steve Bannon indicted by federal grand jury for contempt of Congress
NBC News - Fri Nov 12, 2021
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday, charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions from the House Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot. More»

Missouri Republican Senator Hawley Outs Himself as an Incel, Blames Liberals
USA Today - Tue Nov 2, 2021
US Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, said Sunday that there was a "crisis of American men," attacking liberal ideology and an array of political beliefs and cultural touchpoints that he believes are degrading traditional ideas of masculinity. More»

CIA officials under Trump discussed assassinating Julian Assange
The Guardian - Mon Sep 27, 2021
Senior CIA officials during the Trump administration discussed abducting and even assassinating WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, according to a US report citing former officials. More»

Front-Runner For Country's Dumbest Governor Signs Order Letting Georgia Businesses Ignore Covid-19 Rules
CNN - Fri Aug 20, 2021
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed an executive order Thursday allowing businesses to disregard local rules regarding Covid-19 - a move decried by Democrats, as coronavirus cases in the state rise. More»

Capitol Police Officer Testifies To The Racism He Faced During The Jan. 6 Riot
NPR - Tue Jul 27, 2021
As pro-Trump insurrectionists poured into the US Capitol on January 6, a Black Capitol Police officer passionately testified Tuesday that he faced racist epithets, the likes of which he had never heard while serving in uniform. More»

Montana GOP lawmaker told cops he was 'constitutionally exempt' from arrest after being pulled over for reckless driving
Raw Story - Tue Jul 20, 2021
On Tuesday, the Montana Free Press reported that Jason Ellsworth, the Republican President Pro Tempore of the Montana Senate, has been charged with reckless driving and obstructing a peace officer following an incident that took place in May. More»

Oregon GOP legislator ousted over state Capitol breach
USA Today - Fri Jun 11, 2021
SALEM, Oregon — The Oregon House of Representatives ousted Republican Representative Mike Nearman Thursday night, the first time in state history a sitting Oregon lawmaker has been expelled. More»

Trump 'is telling people he will be reinstated as president by August'
Daily Mail - Tue Jun 1, 2021
Former President Donald Trump is telling people that he will be reinstated as president by August according to a report, after his original National Security Advisor Michael Flynn said a Myanmar-style coup should happen. More»

Activists and ex-spy said to have plotted to discredit Trump ‘enemies’ in government
New York Times - Fri May 14, 2021
WASHINGTON - A network of conservative activists, aided by a British former spy, mounted a campaign during the Trump administration to discredit perceived enemies of President Donald Trump inside the government, according to documents and people involved in the operations. More»

Trump's DOJ secretly obtained phone records of Washington Post reporters
CNN - Sat May 8, 2021
President Donald Trumps Department of Justice secretly obtained phone records of multiple Washington Post reporters, the newspaper reported on Friday. More»

Ethics Chief Slams Cruz’s Warning To ‘Woke’ CEOs As ‘Most Openly Corrupt’ Ever
Huffington Post - Sun May 2, 2021
Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) threat to “woke” CEOs was slammed Sunday as likely the “most openly corrupt” message ever from the Senate, declared Walter Shaub, former head of the Government Office of Ethics. More»

Citigroup Will Pay NY Mayoral Candidate, Former Exec Ray McGuire $5.7 Million Over Next Few Years
NBC New York - Thu Apr 22, 2021
Former Citigroup executive Ray McGuire, who is running to be mayor of New York, will receive a total of more than $5 million from the Wall Street bank from 2022 through 2025. More»

Sarah Palin Reveals Covid-19 Diagnosis
NBC News - Thu Apr 1, 2021
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is urging everyone to continue social distancing and wearing face masks after revealing that she and members of her family tested positive for Covid-19. More»

White House staffers ousted due to marijuana policy
Politico - Fri Mar 19, 2021
The White House on Friday sought to downplay the number of staffers whose jobs have been derailed by their prior cannabis use. More»

Officials located December recording of Trump call in a trash folder on Georgia investigator's device
CNN - Sun Mar 14, 2021
Officials in the Georgia Secretary of States Office located a recently released recording of former President Donald Trumps call to a state investigator in a trash folder on her device, a state official familiar with the situation confirmed to CNN. More»

Georgia secretary of state's office opens inquiry into Trump phone call
NBC News - Mon Feb 8, 2021
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffenspergers office has opened an investigation into former President Donald Trumps January 2 phone call with Raffensperger, where Trump urged him to overturn the states election results. More»

The Capitol riot wasn't a fringe 'uprising'. It was enabled by very deep pockets
The Guardian - Mon Jan 18, 2021
While law enforcement officials in Washington ought to be held accountable for their alleged culpability in the deadly violence at the US Capitol earlier this month, and the off-duty cops and members of the military who participated in it ought to be disciplined, the attempted auto-coup cannot solely be understood through the lens of policing and security. More»

Giuliani associate told ex-CIA officer a Trump pardon would 'cost $2 million
The Guardian - Sun Jan 17, 2021
An associate of Rudy Giuliani told a former CIA officer a presidential pardon was "going to cost $2 million", the New York Times reported on Sunday in the latest bombshell to break across the last, chaotic days of Donald Trumps presidency. More»

French computer programmer dies in suspected suicide after he donated more than $500,000 in Bitcoin to far-right activists in the US
Daily Mail - Fri Jan 15, 2021
A French computer programmer transferred more than $500,000 in Bitcoin to far-right activists just before his death last month, including some involved in last weeks US Capitol riot, officials said Friday. More»

Large bitcoin payment made to far-right individuals before U.S. Capitol attack
Reuters - Fri Jan 15, 2021
Payments in bitcoin worth more than $500,000 were made to 22 different virtual wallets, most of them belonging to far-right activists and internet personalities, before the storming of the US Capitol, cryptocurrency compliance startup Chainalysis said on Friday. More»

National Rifle Association says it has filed for bankruptcy
Reuters - Fri Jan 15, 2021
The National Rifle Association on Friday filed petitions with a US bankruptcy court seeking protection from creditors by restructuring, the gun rights advocacy group announced. More»

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