In recent weeks, Infowars — the go-to website for the tinfoil hat brigade — has seen its audience plummet after companies like Apple, Spotify, and Google removed the publication one by one from their platforms. Before it was removed, more than two million people were subscribed to the network’s YouTube channel, which had amassed billions […]
When Jay Jordan walked out of prison in 2011, after serving seven years for a robbery he committed in Northern California when he was 19, he was determined to get past his conviction and start a new life. He sought out work, first looking for employment as a barber, a job he had while he was in. […]
Police are entirely capable of resolving encounters with armed individuals without killing anyone, an extraordinary exchange of gunfire in Maryland proved on Wednesday. A Prince George’s County man fired his shotgun on officers who raided his home based on an inaccurate tip from a drug informant, striking two of them. One officer fired one shot […]
Beleaguered Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, reeling from accusations of sexual assault, has found an unsurprising ally in his push for the highest court in the land: the extreme right. White supremacists, white nationalists, and members of the so-called “alt-lite” have rushed to defend Kavanaugh’s candidacy, which has been battered by accusations that Kavanaugh attempted […]
Delaware has become the latest state to take a hard line against offshore fossil fuel efforts, with a bipartisan push to protect the coastal state’s waters from oil and gas development. Two bills allowing Delaware to both withhold permits from oil and gas drillers offshore and pursue legal action against them were signed into law […]
President Trump indicated Friday that he does not particularly care what Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, has to say. “Let her testify, or not, and TAKE THE VOTE!” Trump tweeted, referring to the possibility that Ford participates in a congressional hearing next week […]
Coal ash from a retired power plant could be spilling into the Cape Fear River upstream from Wilmington, North Carolina, according to the Associated Press Friday morning. Floodwaters also caused a power plant to be shut down overnight. On Thursday, Duke Energy issued a “high level” emergency alert from Florence’s floodwaters spilling into the north end of […]
Cody Wilson, the gun enthusiast who has been the center of national debate over 3-D printed guns, was arrested in Taiwan Friday after being charged with sexual assault in Texas, according to Taiwan News. Wilson, who missed his flight home from Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday, was wanted by Texas authorities for allegedly sexually assaulting a […]
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has lost tens of millions of dollars in membership dues since the 2016 election and is more than $30 million in debt, according to an audit obtained by OpenSecrets. The gun advocacy group previously alleged financial hardship in a lawsuit filed earlier this year, citing “serious difficulties obtaining corporate insurance” after […]
At 9:13 a.m. on Friday, Kellyanne Conway told reporters that President Trump didn’t need to be advised not to attack Dr. Christine Blasey Ford — the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her — because he knew it was the wrong thing to do. “There’s no reason to attack […]
President Trump’s former lawyer and longtime “fixer” Michael Cohen has officially flipped. Sources who spoke with ABC News Thursday afternoon said Cohen, who pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges in August, has spoken with Special Counsel Robert Mueller multiple times over the past month, for several hours each time. The sources said the men discussed […]
WASHINGTON D.C. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) addressed the annual Values Voters Summit on Friday and promised Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who is currently facing allegations of sexual assault, would be confirmed “in the very near future.” In front of a rapt crowd, McConnell promised not only that Kavanaugh would be confirmed, but […]
Floridians suffering from the devastating impacts of an ongoing toxic algae crisis plaguing the state are set to see some relief, even as Florida continues to grapple with the ongoing environmental disaster. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will receive $1 million to aid Florida communities plagued by “red tide,” the name given to […]
A gay former student is suing the Kenosha Unified School District in Wisconsin, claiming the district failed to protect him from bullying across multiple schools. According to the federal civil rights lawsuit, which was filed last week, Guadalupe Paredes, 19, said the bullying began in third grade, in 2007, before he knew he was gay and […]
In a pair of tweets Friday morning, President Trump lashed out at Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and her parents, insisting that the credibility of her story depends on whether she can produce documentation showing she reported Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual assault to police. Trump had said earlier in the week that he feels “so badly” […]
Republican Rep. Mimi Walters, who represents California’s 45th Congressional District, casts herself a “proven champion fighting for domestic violence victims.” She serves on the House Ethics Committee. She also accepted $5,400 — the legal maximum — in campaign contributions last July from Elliott Broidy, the man who paid $1.6 million to settle an abuse case […]
During Friday morning’s edition of Fox & Friends, hosts spread a completely irresponsible theory about Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh — that someone else might have perpetrated it and Ford is confused and mistaken about her attacker’s identity. “A fellow by the name of Ed Whelan, who had […]
The Trump administration is using the process of placing undocumented immigrant children with sponsors as a way to track down and arrest undocumented individuals, according to a CNN report. From early July through early September, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained 41 undocumented immigrants who came forward to take care of undocumented children in government custody, […]
Former Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry, who has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, has come under scrutiny from conservatives for his relationship with Iran. The Massachusetts Democrat told conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt that he has been communicating with Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif about the nuclear deal he […]
For years, the Estonian branch of the Denmark-based Danske Bank ignored repeated warnings about specific clients and the source of their money. The warnings came from regulators and government officials alike — even from the Russian Central Bank. Now, more than a decade later, we’re just beginning to understand the total cost of the bank’s […]