August 26, 2020 7:10 am
By Adrienne Cobb
New York AG Yesterday, New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a State Supreme Court judge to compel the Trump Organization and Eric Trump to comply with subpoenas for testimony and documents. The AG’s office is investigating whether President Trump and his company committed fraud by overstating assets to get loans and […]
August 18, 2020 6:11 am
By Adrienne Cobb
Disinformation and the election Trump publicly pressured Attorney General Bill Barr and U.S. Attorney John Durham to release damaging information on Obama and Biden before the election. Durham was appointed by Barr to investigate the origins of the Russia probe. Barr himself has stated that “we are trying to get some things accomplished […]
August 13, 2020 10:56 am
By Scott Stedman and Sophie Pierce
As COVID-19 quarantines began around the globe, seasoned sex workers and amateurs alike were left floundering and looking for new ways to earn a living. Many turned to a platform called OnlyFans, which allows content creators to sell nude pictures, videos, and homemade amateur pornographic films. Within months, OnlyFans exploded […]
August 10, 2020 7:40 am
By Adrienne Cobb
>>John Yoo returns<< Do you remember John Yoo? During the George W. Bush administration, Yoo worked in the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) under Attorney General John Ashcroft. While there, he authored the so-called Torture Memos, which provided a legal rationale for the torture of detainees during the War on […]
August 4, 2020 7:34 am
By Adrienne Cobb
Foreign interference Intelligence officials confirmed in recent days that foreign actors are actively seeking to compromise the private communications of “U.S. political campaigns, candidates and other political targets” while working to compromise the nation’s election infrastructure. Foreign entities are also aggressively spreading disinformation intended to sow voter confusion heading into the fall. […]
August 1, 2020 8:52 am
By Adrienne Cobb
The surge The coronavirus has officially killed more than 150,000 people in the United States, with Hispanics and Native Americans making up an increasing proportion of the deaths. The disease now accounts for nearly 20 percent of all deaths among those groups, higher than any other race or ethnicity in recent weeks. Conservative […]