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Steve Bannon, a top adviser to former president Donald Trump, was found guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress Friday for refusing to comply with a subpoena to testify and provide documents to the Jan. 6 committee. He now faces a maximum of one year in prison for each count. Bannon was subpoenaed by …
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Privacy advocates and internet rights groups are voicing concern over the latest draft of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADDPA). The bill, which passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday, is the most sweeping data privacy bill in decades. But concessions made to get Republicans on board with it have …
Lawmakers are calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate TikTok following reports that U.S. user data was accessed in China. In an open letter this week, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) urged FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan to open a formal investigation after …
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Via Jerone Davidson for Congress on Twitter These days, the GOP is falling all over themselves to outdo each other with outrageous ads involving guns. Lauren Boebert’s “I will carry my Glock” ad comes to mind, as does Marjorie Taylor Greene’s assault weapon giveaway video, and it’s no wonder that SNL roasted this routine all …
NewsNation While covering the January 6 hearings for NewsNation, former Fox News editor Chris Stirewalt dropped a bombshell that he will be testifying in front of the House Select Committee on Monday. Stirewalt was fired from the network after he defended the decision to call the state of Arizona for Joe Biden during the tumultuous …
Getty Image On Wednesday, after six weeks of testimony and two days of deliberation, Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard came to an end. The jury decided in Depp’s favor, unanimously agreeing that he and his legal team had proven that Heard defamed him in a Washington Post op-ed. Both sides released …
Tuesday saw one of the worst school shootings in United States history to date. A mass shooter killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Within hours of the shooting, right-wing figures began spreading a lie that the killer, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, was a transgender woman. Ramos, who was male, …
Via ABC/YouTube Few have had more disastrous couple months than Rudy Giuliani did in late 2020. There was the Four Seasons Total Landscaping debacle. The black mystery goo. And the Wild Wine Lady witness who was supposed to show incontrovertible proof of voter fraud. She did not. But while Giuliani went on to a future …
Amazon Labor Union President Christian Smalls detailed Amazon’s union-busting effort in testimony today before the Senate Budget Committee. Smalls was invited by Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to speak at a hearing on taxpayer money going to companies accused of violating labor laws, specifically Amazon. Smalls was asked by Sanders to describe the pressures …
Newly leaked footage of Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) is making people believe his claim that other members of Congress invited him to orgies and used cocaine in front of him. Many believe the GOP is punishing Cawthorn for making these claims in late March. A leaked video of a nude Cawthorn thrusting his pelvis into …
QAnon guru Ron Watkins, who is currently running for Congress in Arizona, is being mercilessly roasted online over his performance during a primary debate on Wednesday with his fellow Republican candidates. Appearing alongside candidates Walt Blackman and Andy Yates, Watkins attempted to convince the state’s voters why he should be chosen to represent Arizona’s Congressional …
A Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania’s third congressional district running on a platform of social, racial, and economic justice is making waves on TikTok with a video referencing one of her former professions: stripping. According to her campaign website, Alexandra Hunt is a public health researcher and girls’ soccer coach——as well as a former exotic dancer. …
