California school board president who led conservative culture war loses recall vote
Joseph Komrosky, who decried critical race theory and called Harvey Milk a pedophile, was recalled by 51% of Temecula voters Voters in Temecula, California, have ousted the local school board president who thrust the political body to the forefront of rightwing culture wars seeking to eliminate discussions of race and gender identity from the classroom. Joseph Komrosky on Thursday lost a recall vote with 51% of voters favoring his removal. Temecula – a predominantly white city of 100,000 resi ...
Tesla Cybertrucks vandalized in Florida with some choice messages attacking Elon Musk.
Dozens of Tesla Cybertrucks were vandalized in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this week. The Cybertrucks were spray painted with a message attacking Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Cybertrucks have become a symbol of ire for Elon Musk's many critics. Tesla Cybertrucks have become symbolic. But probably not in the way Tesla CEO Elon Musk hoped. Nearly three dozen Cybertrucks were vandalized this week in Florida with disparaging messages aimed specifically at Musk. A 35-second viral video showing the aftermath ...
Trump's PAC, Which Pays His Legal Bills, Is Nearly Out of Cash
The political account that former President Donald Trump has been using to pay his sizable legal bills has dwindled to less than $4 million in the bank, after accounting for its debt, according to new federal election filings. So far in 2024, Trump is averaging nearly $5 million per month in spending through his political action committee, which is called Save America, with an overwhelming share going to legal bills. That means that as of the end of May, Trump had barely enough cash left to cov ...
"We need morals back": Lauren Boebert preaches Ten Commandments on Bannon podcast
Published June 21, 2024 8:06PM (EDT) Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) defended a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments be hung in the state’s classrooms, arguing to Steve Bannon that America needs morals. “We need morals back in our nation, back in our schools. If there's anything we are going to present in front of our children, it’s going to be, it should be the word of God,” Boebert told Bannon on his “War Room” podcast. “It’s not some woke fad of the day that you can get canceled for be ...
CDK Hackers Want Millions in Ransom to End Car Dealership Outage
June 21, 2024 at 5:16 PM EDT Updated on June 21, 2024 at 5:32 PM EDT A group that claims to have hacked CDK Global, the software provider to thousands of car dealerships in North America, has demanded tens of millions of dollars in ransom, according to a person familiar with the matter. CDK is planning to make the payment, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. The hacking group behind the attack is believed to be based in eastern Europe, the perso ...
Dentist praising 'The Great Donald Trump' threatened politician, reverend, hundreds of others for years: Feds
Jun 21st, 2024, 5:13 pm A 60-year-old dentist from Tampa, Florida, who praised “The Great Donald Trump” and sent no less than 100 violent and threatening messages to over 40 victims including a reverend, politician and others who he allegedly insulted with bigoted or racial slurs, has been arrested. Richard Kantwill was indicted on June 11 but not arrested until June 18, a public arrest record shows. Federal prosecutors in the U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida revealed some of ...
Jack Smith Has a New Request for Aileen Cannon
Published Jun 21, 2024 at 10:36 PM EDT Special Counsel Jack Smith is asking U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to urgently grant his request to thwart what he called "foreseeable danger to law enforcement" posed by former President Donald Trump. Smith filed a motion last month seeking to modify the conditions of Trump's release by preventing him from speaking about law enforcement related to his federal classified documents case, also known as a "gag order." The move came d ...
The Secret Service in Chicago has to handle security for two party conventions
June 21, 2024, 4:06 PM One Secret Service office in Chicago is responsible for securing both the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention and no stone is left unturned -- from large-scale security measures to making sure residents in Chicago and Milwaukee aren't missing trash pickup. The Secret Service Chicago Field Office is responsible for the entire states of Illinois, Wisconsin, the Quad Cities portion of Iowa and the northern part of Indiana, a "huge land ma ...
Missouri attorney general to sue New York over Trump prosecutions
Fri 21 Jun 2024 11.20 EDT The Missouri attorney general, Andrew Bailey, has confirmed that he is suing the state of New York for election interference and wrongful prosecution for bringing the Stormy Daniels hush-money case to a trial that saw Donald Trump convicted of 34 felonies. Bailey, a Republican politician appointed by Missouri’s governor, Mike Parson, last year, said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that he would be filing a lawsuit “against the State of New York for their direct att ...
Teamsters President To Address Republican Convention At Trump's Invitation
International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien plans to address the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next month, in what would be a rare appearance by a high-profile labor leader at the GOP’s quadrennial meeting. Former President Donald Trump announced the news on his social media platform Truth Social on Friday, saying O’Brien had “accepted my invitation.” “Sean, I look forward to seeing you represent the Teamsters in Milwaukee,” Trump said. “Together we can Make Ame ...
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Trump's PAC, Which Pays His Legal Bills, Is Nearly Out of Cash
5 hrs ago - The political account that former President Donald Trump has been using to pay his sizable legal bills has dwindled to less than $4 million in the bank, after accounting for its debt, according to new federal election filings. So far in 2024, Trump i ... (New York Times)
California school board president who led conservative culture war loses recall vote
8 hrs ago - Joseph Komrosky, who decried critical race theory and called Harvey Milk a pedophile, was recalled by 51% of Temecula voters Voters in Temecula, California, have ousted the local school board president who thrust the political body to the forefront o ... (The Guardian)
Tesla Cybertrucks vandalized in Florida with some choice messages attacking Elon Musk.
9 hrs ago - Dozens of Tesla Cybertrucks were vandalized in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this week. The Cybertrucks were spray painted with a message attacking Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Cybertrucks have become a symbol of ire for Elon Musk's many critics. Tesla Cybertruc ... (Business Insider)
'We will kill you all': Trump supporters send 'upsetting' death threats to Manhattan DA
13 hrs ago - Carl Gibson June 22, 2024 8:10AM ET ............... NBC News reported Friday that in the last three months alone, there have been dozens of death threats made against Bragg, his family and his staff, according to the New York Police Department (NY ... (raw story)
Biden, allied Republicans trying to rally GOP women in swing-state suburbs away from Trump
13 hrs ago - 5 hrs ago DOYLESTOWN, Pa. – Thirty miles north of Philadelphia, upscale subdivisions such as Colonial Commons interrupt dairy farms, centuries-old roadside stone houses and the winding Neshaminy Creek that flows between Doylestown and Newtown. B ... (The Tribune-Democrat/AP)
Pro-Ted Cruz group draws scrutiny for receiving money from his podcast's company
14 hrs ago - June 22, 2024 at 9:04 a.m. EDT A super PAC supporting Sen. Ted Cruz’s reelection campaign has received nearly $800,000 in receipts from the company that distributes the Texas Republican’s podcast, an arrangement that is attracting scrutiny ... (Washington Post)
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15 hrs ago - June 22, 2024, 4:55 AM EDT MEXICO CITY — U.S. government inspections of avocados and mangoes in the Mexican state of Michoacan will gradually resume, U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar announced Friday, a week after they were suspended over an assault ... (NBC News/AP)
GOP targets a Biden executive order on voter registration ahead of the fall election
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Jack Smith Has a New Request for Aileen Cannon
17 hrs ago - Published Jun 21, 2024 at 10:36 PM EDT Special Counsel Jack Smith is asking U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to urgently grant his request to thwart what he called "foreseeable danger to law enforcement" posed by former President Donald Trump. Smith ... (Newsweek)
NASA again delays Boeing Starliner's return to Earth, new target date still undetermined
17 hrs ago - June 21, 2024 / 9:28 PM EDT NASA and Boeing managers have again decided to extend the Starliner crew capsule's stay at the International Space Station, passing up a June 26 re-entry to allow more time for analysis and testing to make sure helium lea ... (CBS News)
"We need morals back": Lauren Boebert preaches Ten Commandments on Bannon podcast
18 hrs ago - Published June 21, 2024 8:06PM (EDT) Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) defended a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments be hung in the state’s classrooms, arguing to Steve Bannon that America needs morals. “We need morals back in our nati ... (Salon)
North Korea appears to construct walls near DMZ, satellite images reveal
19 hrs ago - June 21, 2024 / 6:07 PM EDT North Korea has started construction on what appears to be tranches of wall near its border with South Korea, new satellite imagery shows. The satellite images captured on June 17 and provided to CBS News by Planet Labs ... (CBS News)
CDK Hackers Want Millions in Ransom to End Car Dealership Outage
20 hrs ago - June 21, 2024 at 5:16 PM EDT Updated on June 21, 2024 at 5:32 PM EDT A group that claims to have hacked CDK Global, the software provider to thousands of car dealerships in North America, has demanded tens of millions of dollars in ransom, according ... (Bloomberg)
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US military must face lawsuit over discharge of LGBTQ veterans
20 hrs ago - June 21, 2024 5:13 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago June 21 (Reuters) - A federal magistrate judge in San Francisco has refused to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the U.S. military violated the constitutional rights of more than 35,000 LGBTQ veterans by failin ... (Reuters)
Dentist praising 'The Great Donald Trump' threatened politician, reverend, hundreds of others for years: Feds
21 hrs ago - Jun 21st, 2024, 5:13 pm A 60-year-old dentist from Tampa, Florida, who praised “The Great Donald Trump” and sent no less than 100 violent and threatening messages to over 40 victims including a reverend, politician and others who he allege ... (Law & Crime)
Trump campaign refunds Winklevoss twins after bitcoin donations exceed limit, Bloomberg News reports
21 hrs ago - June 21, 2024 4:14 PM EDT Updated 12 hours ago June 21 (Reuters) - The billionaire Winklevoss twins, founders of cryptocurrency company Gemini, were refunded after their bitcoin donations to Donald Trump's presidential campaign exceeded the maximum a ... (Reuters)
The Secret Service in Chicago has to handle security for two party conventions
21 hrs ago - June 21, 2024, 4:06 PM One Secret Service office in Chicago is responsible for securing both the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention and no stone is left unturned -- from large-scale security measures to making sure resi ... (ABC News)
At least 3 shot during repass service at Salvation Army center in Chicago suburbs
Friday - At least three people were shot when gunmen opened fired during a service at a Salvation Army community center in Blue Island, Illinois, Friday afternoon, a suburb of Chicago. Blue Island police said a repass, or repast, service was under way Friday ... (CBS via AOL News)
Michigan GOP lawmaker facing possible sexual assault, assault, felony weapons charges
Friday - LANSING -- Lansing police requested three felony charges against a Republican state lawmaker after he was arrested following a disturbance early Thursday morning, records show. Records the Free Press obtained Friday through the online Michigan State ... (USA Today VIA AOL)
