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Man charged with shooting Portland federal courthouse attended Salem “Stop the Steal” protest
An armed man upset about the results of the 2020 presidential election fired five shots into the side of Portland’s federal courthouse on Friday, according to court documents filed in federal court Sunday. Cody Levi Melby, 39, reportedly climbed over t ...[Read more]
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Joe Biden wants to give you a $2,000 stimulus check — and it could be quick
t has been less than two weeks since Americans started getting their second coronavirus relief payments — "stimulus checks" — and the anticipation about a third phase is already heating up. President-elect Joe Biden has called the current $600 round o ...[Read more]
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Republican AGs group sent robocalls urging march to the Capitol
An arm of the Republican Attorneys General Association, a national group representing the top law enforcement officers in their states, sent out robocalls encouraging people to march to the U.S. Capitol the day before the building was stormed by a pro-Tru ...[Read more]
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Coronavirus news: WHO warns no herd immunity in 2021; Moderna says vaccine immunity lasts a year
- Portugal’s president tests positive; Lebanon tightens restrictions as infections skyrocket; ‘Reckless’ Christmas rule relaxation blamed for Ireland surge. - Immunity from Moderna Inc’s Covid-19 vaccine should last at least a year, the company sa ...[Read more]
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Brexit: Dutch officials seize ham sandwiches from British drivers
Dutch TV news has aired footage of customs officers confiscating ham sandwiches from drivers arriving by ferry from the UK under post-Brexit rules banning personal imports of meat and dairy products into the EU. Officials wearing high-visibility jackets a ...[Read more]
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Chinese internet stocks soar as phony tech war fades
Inaction against China’s largest internet companies with a combined market value of $1.3 trillion follows a recurring pattern in Washington’s phony war against China. ...[Read more]
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We Should Know Exactly Who Funded Last Week’s Right-Wing Riot
Last week’s right-wing riot at the Capitol was egged on by politicians and organizations that have received substantial dark-money funding from corporate interests. It's past time to enact reforms to end the era of dark money — and find out who exactl ...[Read more]
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The Right Is Planning More Armed Coup Attempts, According to the FBI
According to posts on far-right sites like TheDonald.win, energy appears to be coalescing around an armed nationwide assault on state capitals all across the country. “The specified locations include the U.S. Capitol and the Mall in Washington, the Utah ...[Read more]
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93% of Black Lives Matter Protests Have Been Peaceful, New Report Finds
The vast majority of Black Lives Matter protests—more than 93%—have been peaceful, according to a new report published Thursday by a nonprofit that researches political violence and protests across the world. The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data P ...[Read more]
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Social scientist on failed pro-Trump coup: ‘People are mistaking ridiculous with not serious’
If anyone is still asking if it's fair to classify Wednesday's attack at the Capitol as an attempted coup, the short answer is yes. But Atlantic magazine contributor Zeynep Tufekci, who has lived through four coups in Turkey, told NPR the public needs to ...[Read more]
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Los Angeles telling ambulance drivers ‘not to transport’ patients likely to die as pandemic worsens
With an even more contagious strain of COVID-19 spreading rapidly, the U.K. has announced a third round of lockdowns that involve some of the strictest measures taken so far. The national lockdown and stay-at-home order has tight restrictions on who is al ...[Read more]
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