Fraudsters got ahold of almost $100 billion in pandemic relief funds, according to the Secret Service. Federal dollars allocated in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act have “attracted the attention of individuals and organized criminal networks worldwide,” the agency said in a Tuesday press release. The stolen …
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Sen. Joe Manchin delivered a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Biden‘s legislative agenda. The conservative Democrat from West Virginia said he can no longer support the Build Back Better social spending plan, nor would he be in favor of changing filibuster rules to pass voting rights legislation. “I cannot …
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John Eastman, who pressured former Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 presidential election, intends to invoke his Fifth amendment right against self-incrimination, while at the same time claiming that he did nothing illegal. Politico reported the news on Friday. Eastman is one of several anti-democracy activists who were …
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Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) is a right-wing extremist who has hobnobbed with white supremacists, pushed conspiracy theories about the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, and, as Rolling Stone reported last month, helped plan the events that turned violent on Jan. 6. He’s also a deeply strange man who has …
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Kyrsten Sinema has developed a reputation for taking loads of cash from special interests and then bucking her own party’s agenda. Now, it appears that several companies affiliated with the Direct Selling Association, a multilevel marketing trade group, have been funneling money to the Arizona senator, who just so happens …
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The district attorney for Manhattan has convened a grand jury in a case looking into the Trump Organization‘s finances, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The grand jury will hear evidence in the case and possibly hand down indictments. This is the second grand …
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Mark Zuckerberg in 2020 bowed to demands from Vietnam’s government to censor posts with anti-state language rather than risk losing an estimated $1 billion in annual revenue from the country, The Washington Post reported on Monday. The decision to side with Vietnam’s government led to a significant increase in censorship …
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Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the January 6th Select Committee and the National Archives in his latest desperate attempt to prevent the committee from acquiring White House records related to the insurrection, Politico reportedon Monday. The lawsuit, which was filed in D.C. district court on Monday, called the …
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Remember the pee tape? Donald Trump sure does. During a private speech at a Republican retreat in Palm Beach on Thursday, the former president assured the crowd full of wealthy donors, lobbyists, and elected officials that getting doused in urine is not one of his sexual proclivities. “I’m not into …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci sounded cautiously optimistic about the nation’s battle against Covid-19, saying that the stats are “going in the right direction” as case numbers decline across the country.Still, the doctor urged caution, telling CNN’s Dana Bash in an interview Sunday morning, “We have to just be careful that we …
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