4 Dead, Police Injured, Dozens Arrested After Siege At The U.S. Capitol
NPR - Thu Jan 7, 2021
Washington, DC, officials say four people have died, including one in a shooting inside the US Capitol, and dozens of police officers were injured after a mob of supporters of President Trump stormed the nation's legislative building, temporarily shutting down a vote to certify his successor's win. More»
Facebook Bans President Trump From Posting For The Rest Of His Presidency
NPR - Thu Jan 7, 2021
Facebook said Thursday it is banning President Trump until the end of his presidency and possibly longer. More»
Trump mob surrounds Texas, California, Michigan, Georgia, Oregon AND Kansas state capitols
Daily Mail - Wed Jan 6, 2021
A mob of angered Trump supporters has occupied the front lawn of Washington's Democratic Governor Jay Inslee's mansion as they also surrounded state capitols in Texas, California, Georgia, Michigan, Kansas and Oklahoma. More»
Trump supporters have breached the Capitol building
Daily Mail - Wed Jan 6, 2021
The United States Capitol building is in lockdown after hundreds of supporters of President Trump stormed the barricades surrounding its perimeter and were met with police who used pepper spray during Wednesday's historic joint session of Congress which was convened to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's victory. More»
U.S. Capitol declared "secure" after pro-Trump mob stormed complex
Associated Press - Wed Jan 6, 2021
Officials have declared the US Capitol complex "secure" after heavily armed police moved to end a nearly four-hour violent occupation by supporters of President Donald Trump. More»
Trump calls his Capitol mob 'GREAT PATRIOTS' and claims they rioted because election was 'viciously stolen'
Daily Mail - Wed Jan 6, 2021
President Donald Trump continued his series of mixed messages as the law enforcement officials cleared the Capitol building of his mob of supporters who disrupted the congressional certification of Joe Biden's victory. More»
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»
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»
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»
Ron DeSantis in hot water after warrant to raid Florida scientist's home turns out to be fraudulent
Palmer Report - Fri Dec 11, 2020
Earlier this week, state police in Florida conducted an armed raid of COVID data scientist Rebekah Jones' home, seizing her electronic devices and pointing guns at her kids, in retaliation for the fact that she blew the whistle on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' COVID coverup. 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»
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»
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»
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»
Trump's loss: A culmination of self-destructive decisions
CNN - Sun Nov 8, 2020
When the White House essentially relocated to Air Force One over the final weeks of the campaign, President Donald Trump had a common reaction whenever he saw his rival Joe Biden appear on one of the airplane's many televisions. More»
Trump Dumps 3 Agency Leaders In Wake Of Election
NPR - Sat Nov 7, 2020
The Trump administration abruptly dumped the leaders of three agencies that oversee the nuclear weapons stockpile, electricity and natural gas regulation, and overseas aid during the past two days, drawing a rebuke from a prominent Republican senator for one of the decisions. More»
Steve Bannon lawyers want off his criminal case after ex-Trump advisor discussed Fauci beheading
CNBC - Fri Nov 6, 2020
The criminal defense lawyers for former top Trump advisor Steve Bannon will seek to withdraw from the case, just a day after Bannon discussed having FBI Director Christopher Wray and federal infectious diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci beheaded. More»
Justice Department tells prosecutors that they can send "armed agents" in to investigate voter fraud
Raw Story - Wed Nov 4, 2020
Justice Department officials sent out a letter to prosecutors early Wednesday morning saying that prosecutors could install armed agents at vote-counting areas to oversee the tabulations and investigate voter fraud. More»
Rudy Giuliani wants Twitter CEO jailed over limitations on unverified Hunter Biden story
The Independent - Fri Oct 30, 2020
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has said that Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter should be "in jail" for blocking the spread of the controversial Hunter Biden story. More»
Trump Predicts Biden Will Be Assassinated Just Weeks Into His Presidency
Crooks & Liars - Wed Oct 28, 2020
Campaigning at one of his Super-spreader Covidpalooza rallies in Lansing, Michigan, Donald Trump gleefully predicted that Joe Biden will be assassinated. More»
FBI says Iran and Russia have US voter information
BBC - Wed Oct 21, 2020
US national security officials have reported Iran was responsible for sending threatening emails to Democratic voters. More»
Leading Medical Journal Calls For End To Trump Administration
Huffington Post - Wed Oct 7, 2020
In a rare political statement from a scientific journal, the New England Journal of Medicine released an editorial Wednesday lambasting the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling on Americans to vote President Donald Trump out of office next month. More»