Donald Trump associate convicted in court
New York prosecutors are busy reminding us that the most surefire way of nailing Donald Trump for his crimes is to begin by nailing his underlings and associates for their related crimes. Similarly, if the DOJ does end up bringing a federal criminal case against Trump, it’ll surely be preceded by the arrests and convictions of people who can be made to flip on him.
Read full storyMichael Cohen comes out swinging
Few anti-Trump voices have been more vindicated than Michael Cohen. His claims during his 2019 testimony to Congress ended up serving as the basis for a New York criminal investigation that’s now begun bringing indictments against the Trump Organization. And his 2020 book “Disloyal” has become a New York Times number one bestseller. Now Cohen would like to remind everyone that the Trump administration went to extraordinary – and abusive – lengths to try to stop him from publishing it.
Read full storyEven Fox News is now running disclaimers against Donald Trump
Fox News ran the following disclaimer in all CAPS while airing Trump’s C-PAC speech Sunday in Dallas, leaving no doubt they are well aware his claims that the election was fraudulently stolen are hogwash, and proving they have grave concerns they will lose pending lawsuits against them, or have to pay some very hefty settlements: “The voting system companies have denied the various allegations made by President Trump and his counsel regarding the 2020 election.”
Read full storyTexas Republicans just got schooled
Sometimes, we make certain assumptions about young people, one of which is that their elders know better. That is not always true, and we need to take time to listen to young people. Proving that point, 17-year-old Kyle Huang recently schooled the Texas legislature on their new restrictive voting laws according to Daily Beast.
Read full storyDonald Trump and his family are starting to leak about how much they hate each other
When members of a high profile family find themselves accused of being a crime family, they usually try to at least publicly stick together – no matter what they think of each other – in the hope of collectively surviving the deluge. When things unravel to the point that they begin sniping at each other and scapegoating each other through the media, it’s a surefire sign that they fear some or all of them are going down.
Read full storyPresident Biden just nailed it
Although it doesn’t get nearly the same media traction as the legislation passed by Congress that he formally signs at his desk, President Biden’s executive orders so far have been pretty significant at changing American lives for the better. Today, he signed a pretty important one that could bring back net neutrality which the FCC repealed back in 2017 – making the internet a more competitive playing field for the U.S. economy.
Read full storyPresident Biden sticks it to Mitch McConnell
Now that the White House has largely returned to normalcy and media efforts to spin non-events into Biden scandals are laughably going up in flames, they’ve largely turned to the drama in a 50-50 Senate with as much legislation as they possibly can. The problem is that the stories about the Senate and Congress in general tend to play “both sides,” that both Democrats and Republicans are equally responsible for the gridlock and failure to work together, despite the numerous instances that prove one side is considerably more responsible than the other when it comes to not wanting anything done. Mitch McConnell has openly admitted his dedication to obstructing the agendas of not one but two Democratic presidents, regardless of how beneficial the agenda is to the rest of the country.
Read full storyCalifornia spent $13M in taxpayer money to guard empty homes amid homeless crisis: report
LOS ANGELES—The California Department of Transportation paid more than $13 million to have security at 120 vacant homes, Fox 11 reported exclusively. The report said Caltrans paid $9 million to the state’s highway patrol from November to April and another $4 million to a private security firm for five months. Caltrans told the station in a statement that the homes were purchased 60 years ago when the state wanted to connect the 710 freeway to the 210 in Pasadena.
Read full storySuspect captured in Georgia country club triple homicide
Georgiadeputies captured a suspect in connection with a triple homicide at the Pinetree Country Club in Cobb County last week that left a golf pro and two out-of-state men dead.
Read full storyQuincy to name 2 streets after modern-day military generals
The city of Quincy is naming two roads after modern-day military generals with strong ties to the city. The City Council recently voted to name two new roads being constructed as part of a new bridge and park project underway downtown General McConville Way and General Joseph F. Dunford Drive, The Patriot Ledger reported.
Read full storyUS launches airstrikes on facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups on Iraq-Syria border
US launches airstrikes on facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups on the Iraq-Syria border in response to drone attacks. Strikes were launched by US military Sunday night, and targeted two facilities in Syria, as well as one in Iraq.
Read full storyE-cigarette company Juul to pay $40 million in North Carolina lawsuit settlement
(CNN)E-cigarette company Juul Labs will pay $40 million and make changes to its business practices to settle the first state lawsuit that alleged it marketed to teens, North Carolina state attorneys announced on Monday.
Read full storyAt least 9 people have died from the Florida condo collapse as rescuers keep digging in search of survivors
(CNN)Families of more than 100 people still missing after a partial condo building collapse received sobering news Sunday, when the death toll reached nine and a fire chief said the situation looked dire.
Read full storyThis is what we know about those missing in the Miami condo collapse
(CNN)At least 159 people were unaccounted for Friday, a day after the collapse of part of a 12-story residential building in Surfside, Florida, authorities have said. Search and rescue teams have been feverishly scouring the site since shortly after 55 of the building's 136 units fell. Four people are dead, officials have said.Here's what we know about the missing.
Read full storyA 'heroic' man who fatally shot a gunman was himself killed by a responding officer, Colorado police say
(CNN)The man hailed as a hero for preventing further bloodshed after a gunman fatally shot a police officer in Arvada, Colorado, on Monday was himself fatally shot by police, Arvada police said in a statement Friday afternoon.
Read full storySen. Hagerty says Harris’ trip to El Paso only happened because of ‘backlash of public opinion’
GOP senator Bill Hagerty on Friday blasted President Biden for turning the border ‘into a turnstile’, and said Kamala Harris‘ visit to El Paso only happened because the administration was faced with a ‘backlash of public opinion’.
Read full storyThis Iowa county used to be named for a slave-holding former vice president. Now, it's named after a Black academic
Lulu Merle Johnson was born in the state and graduated from the University of Iowa with her PhD in 1941. Now, Johnson County, originally namCNN. (CNN)A county in Iowa was named after a slave-holding vice president. Now, it's named after the first Black woman to earn a PhD from the University of Iowa.
Read full storyDerek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in death of George Floyd
(CNN)Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year, was sentenced Friday to 22 and half years in prison. Chauvin, in a light gray suit and tie and white shirt, spoke briefly before the sentence was imposed, offering his "condolences to the Floyd family."Under Minnesota law, Chauvin will have to serve two-thirds of his sentence, or 15 years -- and he will be eligible for supervised release for the remaining seven and a half years.The sentence exceeds the Minnesota sentencing guideline range of 10 years and eight months to 15 years for the crime. Floyd's death sparked massive protests across the nation over police brutality.Judge Peter Cahill said the sentence was not based on emotion or public opinion. He wanted to "acknowledge the deep and tremendous pain that all of the families are feeling, especially the Floyd family," the judge said.In a 22 page memorandum, Cahill wrote that two aggravating factors warranted a harsher sentence -- that Chauvin "abused his position of trust or authority" and treated Floyd with "particular cruelty." Chauvin, the judge wrote, treated Floyd "without respect and denied him the dignity owed to all human beings."
Read full storyMiami building collapse: Woman, 64, living in condo was woken by ‘creaking noises’ the night before
A 64-year-old woman missing in the Miami condo tower disaster had told her son she was woken by ‘creaking noises’ in the building the day before it collapsed. Pablo Rodriguez told CNNThursday that his mother had complained the noises had been loud enough to wake her up at around 3 or 4am.
Read full storyCalifornia's Willow Fire only keeps growing as inland blaze shuts down Mt. Whitney trailhead
California'sWillow Fire has scorched nearly 3,000 acres since igniting last week and evacuations and concerns mounted Tuesday in and beyond Monterey County. The 2,848-acre wildfire, located in Monterey's Los Padres National Forest, was still 0% contained, though the Los Padres National Forest’s U.S. Forest Service said on social media that cooler temperatures and an increase in humidity had helped the efforts of the now more than 510 people working to douse the flames.
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