Who is behind the Utah Voter Verification Project? A Tribune investigation uncovers some troubling tactics and connections.
Michigan school shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley has been appointed an attorney by the court after his parents hired their own high-profile legal team but not a lawyer to represent their son on his murder and terrorism charges. Paulette Michel Loftin, a little known defence attorney based out of Rochester, Detroit, was appointed by court officials on Thursday to represent the 15-year-old alleged mass shooter. Read more
In recent comments, several high-profile Democrats have stated their opposition to vaccine mandates, specifically applied to private businesses. The most recent Democratic lawmaker to voice her concern was Michigan Gov. GRETCHEN WHITMER. Once considered to be Biden's vice president, Whitmer said she opposes mandates, citing the impact on the state's workforce " as Michigan grapples with upticks in cases and residents are split on whether or not to get the vaccine. "We're an employer too, the state of Michigan is," Whitmer said on Monday, according to the Daily News in Greenville. "I know if that mandate happens, we're going to lose state employees. That's why I haven't proposed a mandate at the state level. Some states have. We have not, we're waiting to see what happens in court." Read more
After months of investigating Chinese state-owned telecommunications companies for national security risks, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Oct. 26 issued an order on one, China Telecom: It can no longer provide telecommunications services in the United States.
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I've never seen a courthouse with any private organizations name on a room. Why does the United Daughters of the Confederacy have their name on the door of a room in a courthouse in Tennessee? Read more
Not "the House." The Democratic Party-Controlled House prepares to pass a Defense Bill that increases Pentagon spending by more than Biden requested.
A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip charging Robert Fehring with mailing letters threatening to assault, shoot, and bomb LGBTQ+ affiliated individuals, organizations, and businesses. Fehring was arrested this morning and will make his initial appearance this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Steven I. Locke.
A nickel mine stretching nearly 4 square miles scars the forest above Bartolome's farmland. The mine, Rio Tuba, plays a vital role in satisfying the global demand for a mineral more coveted than ever due in part to the explosion of the electric car industry. The raw nickel dug out of the ground here ends up in the lithium batteries of plug-in vehicles manufactured by Tesla, Toyota and other automakers, according to an NBC News review of company filings and shipping records. Read more
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) took time out from making up Islamophobic stories about fellow lawmakers to tweet a photograph of herself and her four young children holding assault rifles in front of a Christmas tree. "The Boeberts have your six, @RepThomasMassie!" the gun-loving, conspiracy theory-endorsing Republican wrote on Twitter late Tuesday, referencing a similar image that Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) shared online last week. "(No spare ammo for you, though)," she added.
For those who find a specific part of Roosevelt's response to Pearl Harbor to be out of character and appalling it may have to do with literal treason that took place in Hawaii the day of Pearl Harbor and several days afterwards.
Jussie Smollett told his hoax attack trial on Monday that CNN host Don Lemon warned him Chicago police did not believe he was the victim of a racist homophobic attack, in what is being seen as another example of the network's hosts using their clout and sources to help their friends. Lemon, who is also gay, is said to have warned Smollett back in 2019 that Chicago Police Detectives were dubious about his story that he'd been beaten in the middle of the night by two white men wearing MAGA hats. Smollett told his trial yesterday that Lemon warned him that Chicago PD detectives had told him they didn't believe the story.
In the days following Kyle Rittenhouse's acquittal, Kenosha, Wisconsin protestors directed their attention toward fighting for justice for Chrystul Kizer, who was charged in 2018 with first-degree intentional homicide " the same charge as Rittenhouse. Kizer and her supporters maintain she was a sex trafficking victim.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced a budget proposal on Thursday that includes plans to establish a militia that would answer solely to him. Unlike the Florida National Guard, the Florida State Guard wouldn't receive federal funding or embark on federal missions.
That's right the women's tennis Association has more positive masculine traits then all of the cowards running Hollywood.
A former D.C. National Guard official is accusing two senior Army leaders of lying to Congress and participating in a secret attempt to rewrite the history of the military's response to the Capitol riot. Col. Earl Matthews, who held high-level National Security Council and Pentagon roles during the Trump administration, slams the Pentagon's inspector general for what he calls an error-riddled report that protects a top Army official who argued against sending the National Guard to the Capitol on Jan. 6, delaying the insurrection response for hours. Matthews' memo includes detailed recollections of the insurrection response as it calls two Army generals " Gen. Charles Flynn, who served as deputy chief of staff for operations on Jan. 6, and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt, the director of Army staff " "absolute and unmitigated liars" for their characterization of the events of that day. Matthews has never publicly discussed the chaos of the Capitol siege.
