Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor
Washington Post - Sun Jan 3, 2021
President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to "find" enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that election experts said raised legal questions. More»
Mitch McConnell's Louisville home vandalized with graffiti
CBS News - Sun Jan 3, 2021
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's home in Louisville, Kentucky, was vandalized early Saturday morning. More»
Speaker Pelosi's house vandalized with the head of a dead pig
Raw Story - Fri Jan 1, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) woke up Friday morning to find her home vandalized by a confused voter angry about not getting a $2,000 stimulus check. More»
Colorado Republican Incites Violence Against Health Workers by Publishing Their Home Addresses
Raw Story - Thu Dec 31, 2020
The leader of the Republican Party chapter in Parker, Colorado has apologized after he declared "war" on public health officials and publicized their home addresses. More»
Wisconsin Hospital Employee 'Intentionally' Destroyed 500 COVID Vaccine Doses
Associated Press - Thu Dec 31, 2020
AURORA, Wisconsin - Police and federal authorities are investigating after a Wisconsin health system said an employee admitted to deliberately spoiling 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine. More»
Now Airing on the Local News in Tennessee: Ads for Georgia Candidates
New York Times - Fri Dec 25, 2020
The Georgia Senate runoffs are so awash in political cash that the ad wars are spilling into neighboring states. More»
"Intentional" Explosion in Downtown Nashville
Daily Mail - Fri Dec 25, 2020
Nashville police have confirmed the huge explosion that shattered windows and shook the ground before dawn on Friday morning was a bomb and they are now using sniffer dogs to comb the area to look for any more devices. More»
A Second Hacker Group May Have Also Breached SolarWinds, Microsoft Says
Hacker News - Wed Dec 23, 2020
As the probe into the SolarWinds supply chain attack continues, new digital forensic evidence has brought to light that a separate threat actor may have been abusing the IT infrastructure provider's Orion software to drop a similar persistent backdoor on target systems. More»
Trump vetoes $740 billion defense bill, breaking with Republican-led Senate
CNN - Wed Dec 23, 2020
President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the sweeping defense bill that both chambers of Congress recently passed by veto-proof majorities, setting up a possible veto override that would pit members of his own party against him. More»
Trump's private bankers resign from Deutsche Bank
CNN Business - Tue Dec 22, 2020
New York, NY - The private bankers responsible for lending to President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner have resigned from Deutsche Bank, the bank said. More»
Judge Threatened a Mother With Contempt of Court for Getting Her Child a COVID-19 Test
ProPublica - Sat Dec 19, 2020
Ohio juvenile court Judge Timothy Grendell has been outspoken about his belief that the COVID-19 pandemic is overblown. More»
Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems
Reuters - Thu Dec 17, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO, California - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it found malicious software in its systems related to a massive hacking campaign disclosed by US officials this week, adding a top technology target to a growing list of attacked government agencies. More»
Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught
Politico - Thu Dec 17, 2020
The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the US nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that hackers accessed their networks as part of an extensive espionage operation that has affected at least half a dozen federal agencies, officials directly familiar with the matter said. More»
Millions Of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Stuck In Warehouses Until Federal Orders, Pfizer Says
Huffington Post - Thu Dec 17, 2020
Millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are languishing in warehouses awaiting shipment instructions from the Trump administration — even as states are clamoring for them - vaccine manufacturer Pzifer said in a statement Thursday. More»
"We want them infected": Trump appointee demanded "herd immunity" strategy, emails reveal
Politico - Wed Dec 16, 2020
HHS science adviser Paul Alexander called for millions of Americans to be infected as means of fighting Covid-19. More»
US treasury hacked by foreign government group
The Guardian - Sun Dec 13, 2020
Hackers backed by a foreign government have been monitoring internal email traffic at the US treasury department and an agency that decides internet and telecommunications policy, according to people familiar with the matter. More»
Democracy Is In Danger And The Threat Is From Within
Dan Rather - Sun Dec 13, 2020
During World War II, there was a very real and rational fear that American democracy would not survive. More»
Number of Women Alleging Misconduct by ICE Gynecologist Nearly Triples
The Intercept - Fri Dec 11, 2020
OCILLA, Georgia - At least 17 women treated by a doctor alleged to have performed unnecessary or overly aggressive gynecological procedures without proper informed consent remain in detention at Irwin County Detention Center, a privately run facility in Georgia housing US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detainees, according to a briefing and written materials submitted by attorneys and advocates to Senators in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill. More»
Supreme Court Rejects Texas' Effort to Overturn Election in Fatal Blow to Trump's Attempted Coup d'Etat
NBC News - Fri Dec 11, 2020
WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Friday brushed aside the lawsuit filed by Texas that sought to overturn Joe Biden's election victory in four battleground states. More»
Florida state police raid home of Rebekah Jones, data scientist who challenged DeSantis on coronavirus statistics
Yahoo News - Tue Dec 8, 2020
Law enforcement authorities in Tallahassee, Florida, on Monday raided the home of a data scientist who had been fired by Governor Ron DeSantis after refusing to manipulate numbers. More»
Trump's Final Days of Rage and Denial
New York Times - Mon Dec 7, 2020
WASHINGTON - Over the past week, President Trump posted or reposted about 145 messages on Twitter lashing out at the results of an election he lost. More»
Trump Stooge Banned from the Justice Department After Trying to get Case Info
Associated Press - Sat Dec 5, 2020
WASHINGTON - The official serving as President Donald Trump’s eyes and ears at the Justice Department has been banned from the building after trying to pressure staffers to give up sensitive information about election fraud and other matters she could relay to the White House, three people familiar with the matter tell The Associated Press. More»
Tens of thousands without power, hundreds evacuated as new fires erupt in California
CBS News - Fri Dec 4, 2020
LOS ANGELES, Ca - Southern California utilities cut power to tens of thousands of customers Thursday to reduce the risk of sparking new wildfires - but new blazes popped up regardless, forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes. More»
Stung by Social Media, Trump Threatens to Veto $1 Trillion Defense Bill
News and Guts - Wed Dec 2, 2020
President Trump’s ongoing feud with social media companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter has taken a serious turn: he’s threatening to veto a nearly $1 trillion funding bill for the US military if he doesn’t get his way. More»
'It's a slaughter,' Doctors Say of New Coronavirus Wave
Yahoo News - Thu Nov 19, 2020
WASHINGTON - Saturday was supposed to see the University of Virginia's football team face off against Louisville - but then the coronavirus got in the way. More»
Whatever It Is, It's Probably Not Hair Dye
New York Times - Thu Nov 19, 2020
Rudolph Giuliani gave a news conference on Thursday in which, as he continued to cast doubt on the results of the presidential election, it appeared he was starting to melt. More»
U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps
Vice - Wed Nov 18, 2020
A Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain that sends ordinary people's personal data to brokers, contractors, and the military. More»
Lawsuit: Tyson managers bet money on how many workers would contract COVID-19
Iowa Capital Dispatch - Wed Nov 18, 2020
A wrongful death lawsuit tied to COVID-19 infections in a Waterloo pork processing plant alleges that during the initial stages of the pandemic, Tyson Foods ordered employees to report for work while supervisors privately wagered money on the number of workers who would be sickened by the deadly virus. More»
Trump blocks Biden's incoming staff in unprecedented ways
Politico - Tue Nov 17, 2020
For the first time in more than half a century, an outgoing administration is stonewalling an incoming one at every level - with no intention of relenting. More»
Inmates help move bodies as they pile up at El Paso Medical Examiner's office
KTSM-TV - Sat Nov 14, 2020
EL PASO, Texas - An El Paso County Sheriff's spokesperson confirms that inmates at the County Detention Facility are assisting the El Paso Medical examiner with the overflow of bodies at the morgue. More»