Juggled plan for McCarthy-Tsai meeting does Taiwan no favors

nikkei.com Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at the think tank RAND Corp. in Santa Monica, California, and adjunct professor in the practice of political science and…

Jan. 6 rioter charged with stealing Nancy Pelosi's laptop and gavel sentenced to 3 years

theweek.com A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Riley June Williams of Pennsylvania to three years in prison for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. Williams,…

Woman who stormed Pelosi's office sentenced to 3 years in prison

axios.com A Pennsylvania woman who was accused of helping rioters steal a laptop from then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Thursday to 36…

This rising GOP star embodies the Christian right’s bigotry

msnbc.com North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, according to a report from Talking Points Memo, has for years used his Facebook feed to promote racist, antisemitic, homophobic and…

Kevin McCarthy met Ashli Babbitt's mom ahead of GOP visit with Jan. 6 prisoners

nbcnews.com WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday met with the mother of Ashli Babbitt, the Jan. 6 rioter shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer, one month after…

The woman charged with stealing Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the Jan. 6 riot is going to prison

fortune.com A Pennsylvania woman linked to a far-right extremist movement was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol, where she invaded then-House…

Judge sentences Jan. 6 defendant who breached Pelosi’s office to 36 months in prison

politico.com A Jan. 6 defendant who surged with the mob into Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and helped strategize ways for the mob to overcome police resistance was sentenced Thursday to…

Far-right 'Groyper' Riley Williams set to be sentenced for storming Capitol on Jan. 6

nbcnews.com WASHINGTON — A far-right extremist who was "obsessed" with white nationalist Nick Fuentes and is set to be sentenced Thursday for storming the U.S. Capitol and directing a…

Kshama Sawant: Workers Strike Back

nakedcapitalism.com Yves here. I hate to again be the skunk at the party but Kshama Sawant’s saber-rattling reform list falls well short of her ambitious aims. First, setting too many goals is…

Producer claims Fox News coerced testimony in Dominion case

siliconvalley.com By Randall Chase and Nicholas Riccardi | Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. — A Fox News producer has filed a lawsuit claiming the network pressured her to give misleading…

Fox News producer claims network was coerced to give misleading testimony in Dominion libel case

pbs.org A Fox News producer has filed a lawsuit claiming the network pressured her to give misleading testimony in a separate lawsuit that alleges Fox slandered a voting machine…

Trump applies his I’m-rubber-you’re-glue tack to N.Y. prosecutor

msnbc.com Among Donald Trump’s favorite rhetorical strategies is the I’m-rubber-you’re-glue tactic. It is, to be sure, juvenile and ineffective, but the former president has…

Fox News Producer Claims Fox Lawyers “Intimidated” Her Before Dominion Deposition

vanityfair.com Among the dozens of Fox News employees deposed in Dominion Voting Systems's $1.6 billion defamation suit against the network was Abby Grossberg, a TV producer who has worked…

Opinion: Mehdi Hasan and MSNBC’s Problem With Prosecute-a-President Wishcasting

mediaite.com At a moment when the media has reached a fever pitch in coverage of the possible, if not likely indictment of Donald Trump – with the left cautiously optimistic justice may…

Chris Rock Tells Crowd "Arresting Trump Will Make Him More Popular Than Ever"

zerohedge.com Chris Rock Tells Crowd "Arresting Trump Will Make Him More Popular Than Ever" Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, Comedian Chris Rock made a salient point during a…

Producer claims Fox coerced testimony in Dominion libel case

go.com WILMINGTON, Del. -- A Fox News producer has filed a lawsuit claiming the network pressured her to give misleading testimony in a separate lawsuit that alleges Fox slandered…

Fox News producer alleges Tucker Carlson's team plastered photos around the office of Nancy Pelosi in a bathing suit 'revealing her cleavage'

businessinsider.com Tucker Carlson. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A Fox News producer alleges Tucker Carlson's team posted photos of Nancy Pelosi in a bathing suit around the office. The…

Producer accuses Fox News lawyers of ‘coercive’ coaching in Dominion case

theguardian.com A Fox News producer who worked on Tucker Carlson’s flagship show has claimed in a pair of lawsuits that network lawyers “coached” and “intimidated” her into giving…

Nancy Pelosi swimsuit pictures in Tucker Carlson's office raise questions

newsweek.com Nancy Pelosi was pictured wearing a plunging swimsuit on the walls of the office for Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News, a new lawsuit by one of the network's employees has…

Report: more private equity invested in Mass. in 2022 than the state budget

bostonherald.com Despite any doom and gloom about the state economy, rising inflation and increases in the cost of living and doing business, Massachusetts came in sixth among states ranked…

Donald Trump wants his '74 million' supporters to sign a petition railing against his potential arrest. Those who sign it are asked to donate $3,300 and more

businessinsider.com Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before his speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at Gaylord National Resort & Convention…

Chris Rock says arresting Donald Trump is like arresting Tupac Shakur: 'He's just going to sell more records. Are you stupid?'

businessinsider.com Comedian Chris Rock joked that indicting former President Donald Trump would only serve to attract the latter more supporters. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post…

Fox News producer files explosive lawsuits against the network, alleging she was coerced into providing misleading Dominion testimony

cnn.com A Fox News producer on Monday filed a pair of explosive lawsuits against the right-wing talk channel, alleging that the network’s lawyers coerced her into providing…

Fox Producer Says She Was Set Up in Dominion Case

nytimes.com Abby Grossberg said Fox News lawyers had pressured and intimidated her into protecting executives and on-air talent, while putting her own reputation at risk. The producer,…

‘Crazy B*itch’: The 7 Most Explosive Allegations Against Fox News By an Ex-Tucker Producer Suing the Network

mediaite.com FILE – Images of Fox News personalities, from left, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Maria Bartiromo, Stuart Varney, Neil Cavuto and Charles Payne appear…

Chris Rock Riffs On Potential Donald Trump Arrest At Mark Twain Prize Ceremony For Adam Sandler

deadline.com As he accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Adam Sander peered at the bronze bust of the legendary humorist and, per the AP, said, “As I look at this goofy award…

Pelosi lamented that Biden would help raise 'a million dollars' for Marjorie Taylor Greene by mentioning her in a speech

businessinsider.com Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images President…

Gen Z Takes the Dems

vanityfair.com The president may be an octogenarian, but there seems to be a generational shift happening among Democratic leadership. After years at the helm of the House, Nancy Pelosi…

Chris Rock Jokes Paul Pelosi Is The ‘Only Guy Who Knows How I Felt’ After Being Slapped

forbes.com Chris Rock said Paul Pelosi, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband who was violently attacked in his home last year, is the only person who knows how he felt after…

Alvin Bragg sends email to staff addressing Donald Trump protest calls

newsweek.com Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sent an email to his staff stating they will not be intimidated after Donald Trump called for protests to break out if the former…

Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with Donald Trump over protest calls

newsweek.com Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has dismissed Donald Trump's calls for protests to break out should he be arrested in connection with an investigation into hush…

Marjorie Taylor Greene shares reason she "can't" vote for GOP budget

newsweek.com Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, revealed on Saturday a major requirement that is needed in order for her to support a GOP budget proposal for…

Niall Horan Performs At White House As Part Of Joe Biden-Leo Varadkar St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

deadline.com Irish singer Niall Horan performs at a St. Patrick's Day reception for U.S. President Joe Biden and Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the East Room of the White House on March…

Twitter Urges Court To Reject Trump Claims Over Suspension

mediapost.com Former president Donald Trump has no valid claim that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was suspended from Twitter, the company is telling a federal appeals…

German Cabinet minister to visit Taiwan, 1st in 26 years

marketbeat.com Germany's education and research minister is making an official trip to Taiwan next week, officials said Friday. It will be the highest-level visit by a German official…

Thank FCC Chair Rosenworcel for Saving Local News

newsweek.com At a time when local journalism faces an extinction-level threat, with overall newsroom employment falling 26 percent between 2008 and 2020, newspaper employment shrinking…

The tech industry’s latest reckoning: Should it be blamed for SVB’s failure?

nbcnews.com The tech industry got what it wanted Sunday when the federal government announced it would ensure Silicon Valley Bank depositors would get all their funds back following a…

Former Dems including Clinton donor, Obama official dominated SVB’s board of directors

foxnews.com The board of directors of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), which collapsed in less than 48 hours last week, was packed with staunch Democrats, according to a report. Last week,…

Obama official, Hillary donors, improv actor: Meet SVB’s board of directors

nypost.com One is a Hillary Clinton mega-donor who went to a Shinto shrine to pray after Donald Trump won the White House. Another worked for President Barack Obama before her own…

Ronna McDaniel is the Republican Party chair again. Here's how she pulled it off

semafor.com DANA POINT, Ca. – Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel secured a fourth two-year term term on Friday, fending off challenges from a California party activist…

Senators aren't ready to let Kevin McCarthy negotiate a big boy bill just yet

semafor.com House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is fuming over being cut out of a massive bill to fund the government through next year and the Senate thinks that’s just adorable. With…

Biden signs historic bill protecting same-sex marriages

semafor.com Biden signed the bill on the White House's South Lawn before a cheering crowd of several dozen people. Before the signing, both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate…

History may yet judge Joe Biden’s presidency as transformational

economist.com D presidency, the Washington Post kept a running tally of his lies, ultimately counting 30,573 “false or misleading claims” in four years. It has kept up that work under…

The new geopolitical epoch

economist.com P calls this the “decisive decade”. Yet the label scarcely captures the moment—the start of a post-post-cold-war epoch in which the American-shaped world order may be…

A new Pentagon map shows how China is beefing up what a top US general calls its 'dangerous position' in the South China Sea

businessinsider.com Structures on the artificial island built by China in Cuarteron Reef in the Spratly Islands, seen on October 25. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images China and several of its neighbors…

Why Trump is being called out in the Silicon Valley Bank collapse

businessinsider.com Former President Donald Trump. Andrew Harnik/AP Some Democrats have been blaming Trump-era regulations for Silicon Valley Bank's collapse. In 2018, Trump signed into law a…

Brothers Hired to Stage Jussie Smollett Attack to Tell Their Story in ‘Attacking Jussie’ Podcast for Lionsgate Sound (Exclusive)

thewrap.com Lionsgate Sound will launch its first companion podcast with a six-part podcast series in connection to Fox Nation’s “Jussie Smollett: Anatomy of a Hoax,” TheWrap can…

Nancy and Paul Pelosi mingle with celebrities at Vanity Fair Oscar party

newsweek.com Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi switched Washington, D.C., for Hollywood on Sunday night, when she and her husband, Paul Pelosi, attended the hot-ticket Vanity Fair Oscar…

Blinken plans to ask for China’s help fighting fentanyl

semafor.com The Biden administration plans to ask China to resume its help combatting the fentanyl trade, following a months-long collapse in cooperation between Washington and Beijing…

Inside the Vanity Fair Oscar Party With Everyone, All at Once

vanityfair.com There were no fingers turning into hot dogs at the Annenberg Center Sunday night, and it’s not clear there was any traveling between multiverses. But it’s pretty clear that…

No ‘appetite’: Lawmakers in consensus on opposing potential Silicon Valley Bank bailout

thehill.com In a rare show of consensus, congressional lawmakers from both parties on Sunday said they would oppose any potential bailout options for Silicon Valley Bank, which…

Nancy Pelosi At SXSW: Former House Speaker Hopes Silicon Valley Bank Will Be Bought By Rival Bank; Talks About “Cult” & “Thug” Republican Party

deadline.com WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 10: U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) delivers remarks at a press conference on equal pay at the U.S. Capitol on March 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. House…

"Dear Conservatives, I Apologize..."

zerohedge.com "Dear Conservatives, I Apologize..." Authored by Dr. Naomi Wolf via 'Outspoken' Substack, My "Team" was Taken in By Full-Spectrum Propaganda... There is no way to avoid this…

Farmworkers Union, a ’60s Liberal Icon, Seeks a California Revival

nytimes.com This article was reported across several cities in the Central Valley of California. Veronica Mota, who has worked seasonal jobs for two decades, said that on farms without…

Biden official praises China's response to this issue

newsweek.com Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently praised China's efforts to combat climate change despite being among the top producers of the world's annual carbon emissions…

Kelly: A Handy January 6 Fact Sheet

zerohedge.com Kelly: A Handy January 6 Fact Sheet Authored by Julie Kelly via American Greatness, In another example of Washington’s inexorable slide into banana republic territory,…