Bush era ethics lawyer says Trumps are “organized crime family”
Posted by Catherine Reed / December 11, 2019Richard W. Painter, the former chief White House ethics lawyer under George W. Bush, has called the Trumps an “organized crime family,” and told Democrats to “go after all of them.” Painter focused on the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution in his accusations. “This president has been receiving profits and benefits from foreign governments, and …
Read More2 articles of impeachment against Trump announced
Posted by Annie May / December 11, 2019House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, one for obstruction of Congress and one for abuse of power. If (and when) approved, the will go to the Senate. The White House said that it would not intend to defend President Trump in the impeachment hearings. That indicates it feels confident that the Senate …
Read MoreChina claims (without evidence) it freed all Muslims in concentration camps
Posted by Ivan Trendafilov / December 10, 2019China has claimed that all the Uighur Muslims and Kazakhs it has imprisoned in concentration camps have “graduated” and are happy. Family members of the detained, however, say that their relatives are still missing. China is liking making this claim after massive outcries via new media. First, A teenage girl used the Chinese-owned app TikTok …
Read MoreTrump impeachment votes will see hundreds of protests
Posted by Annie May / December 10, 2019According to David Sievers, the campaign director for progressive public policy group MoveOn, said that there are 401 protests scheduled for the night before the House vote on Trump’s impeachment. The protests are expected to bring out 70,000 people. MoveOn also scheduled the United We Dream, Stand Up America, and the Women’s March. Despite the …
Read MoreMassive march marks 6 months anniversary of Hong Kong protests
Posted by Thomas Bush / December 9, 2019Both to commemorate the half-year anniversary of the beginning of their protests and to demand concessions from Beijing, as many as 800,000 Hong Kong citizens took to the streets in a peaceful march. “If the government still refuses to acknowledge our demands after today, we should and will escalate our protests,” said one protestor. It …
Read MoreGhislaine Maxwell, woman who recruited victims for Epstein, is still on the lam
Posted by Robert Leonard / December 9, 2019Virginia Giuffre, in her first UK interview, told the BBC that she stands by her claim that Prince Andrew sexually abused her, and Jeffrey Epstein trafficked her. Her interview was in response to Prince Andrew’s public denial on the BBC, in which he bizarrely claimed that he cannot sweat––a rebuttal to her claim that he sweated …
Read More500 legal experts say Trump committed impeachable offenses
Posted by Robert Leonard / December 8, 2019More than 500 hundred legal scholars and law professors have signed a letter saying that Trump “engaged in impeachable conduct.” “But if the House of Representatives impeached the President for the conduct described here and the Senate voted to remove him, they would be acting well within their constitutional powers. Whether President Trump’s conduct is …
Read MoreFormer Russia ambassador: Trump’s claim of Ukrainian election meddling probably made Putin “joyful”
Posted by Jimmy Cooper / December 8, 2019Trump’s former Ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman, said that Trump’s claim that the Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election is likely exactly what Putin wanted. “He’s probably joyful that he has the world talking about something he may have been behind,” he said, “That’s the way they operate in Moscow, to try to sow seeds …
Read MoreWhite House says it won’t defend Trump in “completely baseless” impeachment
Posted by Catherine Reed / December 7, 2019In a strongly worded letter, the White House suggested that it did not intend to defend President Trump in the impeachment hearings. “House Democrats have wasted enough of America’s time with this charade,” wrote White House counsel Pat A. Cipollone, “You should end this inquiry now and not waste even more time with additional hearings.” …
Read MoreElon Musk off the hook for calling a guy a pedo
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 7, 2019Elon Muck was found not liable for defaming the British cave explorer he called a pedophile. During the incident, Musk dramatically sent a (useless) submarine to Thailand to save those kids trapped in a cave. When one of the cave divers who helped rescue that trapped Thai soccer team criticized Elon Musk’s tiny submarine plan, Musk …
Read MoreSanders surges in CA, Biden and Warren fall
Posted by Catherine Reed / December 6, 2019According to a new poll, Warren and Biden have fallen in California polls. The new leading primary candidate is Bernie Sanders. Bernie Sanders is surging in other polls, too. According to recent polls, he is in the lead for the New Hampshire primaries with 26% of Democrats supporting him. Right behind him sits Pete Buttigieg at 22%. …
Read MoreNew charges allege R. Kelly bribed his way to underage marriage with Aaliyah
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 6, 2019R. Kelly married Aaliyah when she was only fifteen––he legally married here. No one knew how he did that, until now. Federal prosecutors have accused him of bribing an Illinois government employee to get Aaliyah a fake ID, which led to the marriage. R. Kelly has already been charged with 11 new felony counts of sexual …
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