Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A former member of the now defunct Proud Boys from Washington state was sentenced to six years in federal prison this week after he was found guilty of multiple felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during and after the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The wife of a photographer from Tuscaloosa, Alabama has been arrested in China and disappeared on the night of Wednesday, Dec. 27 — two days after Christmas — from the airport in Nanjing, not far from Shanghai. Her husband Mark Lent, formerly a photographer with the Tuscaloosa News,…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the same day when President Joe Biden addressed the nation from Valley Forge warning about the existential threat to democracy posed by Donald Trump, the United States Supreme Court chose to try to usurp the news in a Friday afternoon announcement that it would indeed take up…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A radical, right-wing Trump supporter in New Hampshire has pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to harass and intimidate two journalists employed by New Hampshire Public Radio. The harassment and intimidation of the victims included the vandalism – on five separate occasions – of the victims’ homes…
By Danielle J. Brown – Maryland Matters – ANNAPOLIS, Md. — In the new landscape of abortion discourse following the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the United States Supreme Court, Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin and other Democrats are calling on top social media sites to combat potentially harmful misinformation related to abortion access and…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Texas police chief was sentenced to 11.2 years in Federal Prison this week after a judge convicted him of four felonies for his conduct during the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Alan Hostetter, 59, of Poolville, Texas, formerly of San Clemente, California, was sentenced by…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Next to Donald Trump himself, the guy who belongs high on the list of those who should be behind bars for threatening democracy itself and screwing up the world is Steve Bannon. He helped Trump get elected in the final months of the presidential election in 2016 by…
By Jennifer Shutt – Maryland Matters – ANNAPOLIS, Md. — After years of wrangling between politicians in Virginia and Maryland, it appears the new Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters will be built just north of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, according to a statement from the General Services Administration. The Greenbelt site appears to have…
The Dead on Arrival Bill Included a Partisan Poison Pill to Cut Federal Spending – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a crass attempt to appear to side with Israel in its war with Hamas in Gaza the new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson brought up a bill which included $14.3 billion…
Staff Report – Freedom of the Press Foundation – An Alabama newspaper publisher and reporter were arrested last week and charged under a grand jury secrecy statute for the “crime” of reporting on a grand jury subpoena provided by a source. The publisher, Sherry Digmon, was arrested again — this time for soliciting ads from…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, along with 41 other state Attorneys General, filed a series of federal and state lawsuits against Meta this week, alleging that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram and Facebook and its other social media platforms with the intent of…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission and 17 states filed a lawsuit against the online retailer Amazon started by Jeff Bezos on Tuesday, setting up a long-awaited antitrust fight with the e-commerce giant that could alter the way Americans shop for everything from toilet paper to electronics. Maryland Attorney General Anthony…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — After spending some time this week thinking about the world of 1687, when Sir Isaac Newton and the Royal Society of London published Principia Mathematica — with a little MAGA Republican distraction thrown in — I’ve stumbled on to another epiphany. Newton’s Laws Work:…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The former national chairman of the right-wing, pro-Trump Proud Boys organization was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison this week for seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two former leaders of the right-wing, pro-Trump Proud Boys organization have been sentenced on multiple felony charges, including terrorism, related to their roles in the attack of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, for actions that disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying the…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two former leaders of the right-wing, pro-Trump Proud Boys organization were sentenced to long prison terms this week for seditious conspiracy and acts of terrorism for their leading roles in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rudi Giuliani is liable for defaming two Georgia election workers by repeatedly declaring they mishandled ballots while counting votes in Atlanta during the 2020 election, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell ruled that the liable case against Giuliani may now proceed to the damages…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three more Trump supporters from Ohio, California and Kentucky have been found guilty or pleaded guilty to federal crimes for attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, disrupting a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Ohio Man Found Guilty of…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump and 18 others were indicted by an Atlanta grand jury on Monday in a vast racketeering case, accusing Trump and some of his former top aides of orchestrating a “criminal enterprise” to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. The 41-count indictment,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four more Trump supporters have been tracked down, arrested and charged for attacking the United State Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, actions that threatened to disrupt a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Florida Man and Woman Arrested…
