West Virginia state legislator resigns for participating in Capitol riots
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 11, 2021A West Virginia state legislator has resigned after participating in the Capitol riots. The delegate, Derrick Evans, is also facing federal charges. A mob of right-wing rioters stormed and briefly occupied the U.S. Capitol following a rally in which Donald Trump once more claimed to have been the victim of a rigged election. Six of those …
Read MoreApparently the Capitol riots could have been way more violent
Posted by Josh Taylor / January 10, 2021As shocking as it might sound, the nation is apparently lucky after the January 6 Capitol riots. Police found a variety of indications near by that could have been used to cause real mayhem, including an Alabama man with 11 molotov cocktails and a number of firearms. He has been arrested, along with a slew of rioters …
Read MoreNewspapers around the country vehemently condemn Trump
Posted by Jimmy Cooper / January 10, 2021Newspapers around the country, including The Washington Post, Houston Chronicle, Baltimore Sun, Capital Gazette, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer and USA Today have all published vehement criticisms of Donald Trump, following the violence he stoked among right-wing rioters, which led to the storming and brief occupation of the U.S. Capitol. That event followed a …
Read MoreSlew of Jan. 6 rioters arrested
Posted by Catherine Reed / January 9, 2021A slew of rioters who invaded the Capitol on January 6 have been arrested. Among them: an Arkansas man who had his foot on Nancy Pelosi’s desk in a now infamous photo; a Florida Man who was seen carrying Pelosi’s lectern; and the Arizona man known as the QAnon Shaman. A mob of right-wing rioters …
Read MoreTwitter bans Trump
Posted by Annie May / January 9, 2021Twitter has permanently banned Donald Trump, citing rumors circulating of a January 17 armed protest. Following Trump’s rabble-rousing, which led to a group of out-of-control rioters storming the United States Capitol, Twitter suspended Trump’s account for 12-hours and forced him to delete several tweets. Several weeks ago, President Trump angrily ranted about Twitter (on Twitter, …
Read MoreSix GOP congresspeople among Capitol rioters
Posted by Annie May / January 8, 2021A mob of right-wing rioters stormed and briefly occupied the U.S. Capitol following a rally in which Donald Trump once more claimed to have been the victim of a rigged election. Six of those rioters were were Republican lawmakers, meaning six Republican lawmakers were part of an insurrection against the United States of America. Let …
Read MoreFacebook blocks Trump through Biden’s inauguration
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 8, 2021Facebook has banned Trump from its platform for the rest of his term following the violence at the Capitol. Following Trump’s rabble-rousing, which led to a group of out-of-control rioters storming the United States Capitol, Twitter also suspended Trump’s account for 12-hours and forced him to delete several tweets. Twitter has promised to ban Trump …
Read MoreTwitter locks Trump’s account, threatens to ban him
Posted by Josh Taylor / January 7, 2021Following Trump’s rabble-rousing, which led to a group of out-of-control rioters storming the United States Capitol, Twitter suspended Trump’s account for 12-hours and forced him to delete several tweets. Twitter has promised to ban Trump if he continues to incite violence. Several weeks ago, President Trump angrily ranted about Twitter (on Twitter, as usual), implying …
Read MoreRadical right-wing mob storms U.S. Capitol
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 7, 2021A mob of right-wing rioters stormed and briefly occupied the U.S. Capitol following a rally in which Donald Trump once more claimed to have been the victim of a rigged election. Earlier this week, Louie Gohmert, a Congressman from Texas, has suggested that “violence on the streets is last resort for Trump supporters who hope …
Read MoreSouth African COVID variant immune to antibody treatments
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 6, 2021A strain of COVID found in South Africa appears to “obviate some of our medical countermeasures, particularly the antibody drugs,” says Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former FDA chief. Both Scotland and England have announced national lockdowns in the face of the new, highly-infectious strain of COVID. This new strain of COVID has been found in …
Read MoreTrump aims to golf in Scotland during Biden’s inauguration; Scotland says no
Posted by Annie May / January 6, 2021Donald Trump apparently had a flight scheduled to Scotland during Biden’s inauguration, but Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, said that Trump cannot enter the country due to the lockdown. Donald Trump has spent a whopping 313 days of his presidential term golfing. That’s ten months, or roughly a quarter of his presidency. Trump told …
Read MoreTrump under fire for pressuring Georgia officials to “find” enough votes for him
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 5, 2021Donald Trump personally pressured Georgia officials to “find” enough votes for him to overturn the Joe Biden’s win, a move that might end up getting him investigated on criminal charges once again Weeks ago, according to a Politico report, Trump personally pressured over 150 Republican lawmakers into helping him overturn the election. The electoral college decided in favor …
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