Federal agencies react positively to proposed federal budget even though it’s dead on arrival in the Republican House – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Not wasting any time and showing what federal leadership looks like, President Joe Biden released a $7.3 trillion budget proposal on Monday for fiscal year 2025 that is packed with…
Terrorism
U.S. Elections in 2024 Are Secure from Foreign Interference, FBI Director Wray Says
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — FBI Director Chris Wray began the new year with a public appearance to assure the American public and the academic community that, in spite of a growing number of foreign actors and nation-states seeking to disrupt the democratic process in the U.S., the Bureau is well-positioned to defend against…
Big Problems Require Big Solutions: How to Save Democracy and the Planet
Judge Sets Trump’s Federal Election Conspiracy Trial for March 4, the Day Before ‘Super Tuesday’
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. â The presiding judge in the federal election conspiracy trial of former President Donald Trump rebuffed defense counsel attempts to delay the trial until after the 2024 election, setting a trial date for March 4, the day before the “Super Tuesday” primary on March 5. U.S. District Judge Tanya S.…
Senate Report Details Law Enforcement and Intelligence Failures Leading Up to Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Senate committee released a scathing report on Tuesday with details of how the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies repeatedly ignored, downplayed or failed to share warnings of violence before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in 2021. The report from the…
F.B.I. Headquarters Move Could be a Legacy Project for Greenbelt’s Congressman, Steny Hoyer
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some people say you shouldn’t talk about politics at family gatherings on holidays like Thanksgiving, as incendiary as that can be these days. But as power is shifting in the nation’s capital city and the Capitol building, and with juicy political plums to be plucked after Christmas, you…
President Biden Goes on the Offensive Against Violent Extremism
Staff Report – PHILADELPHIA, Pa. â Speaking in prime time outside Independence Hall where American democracy was forged, President Joe Biden went on the offensive Thursday night by issuing an unprecedented warning of a “clear and present danger to democracy,” declaring that our democratic values are under assault by forces of extremism loyal to “pseudo-fascist”…
Trump Fiddled While the United States Capitol was Overrun
“We must remember that we cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.” – Liz Cheney “Every American must consider this. Can a president who is willing to make the choices Donald Trump made during the violence of Jan. 6 ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again?” –…
Democracy is the Silver Frame Upon Which the Golden Apple of Democracy Rests
House Select Committee Investigating Trump’s Insurrection on Jan. 6 Provides Clear Evidence of Trump’s Culpability in Seventh Hearing – By Glynn Wilson – The obvious seditious conspiracy to halt the Electoral College vote certification on January 6, 2021, and to break the peaceful transfer of power for the first time, was planned and incited by…
Trump’s Criminal Presidency Returns to Prime Time
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump’s criminal presidency will be back on the news tube front and center Thursday night when the House Select Committee investigating the seditious insurrection and unprecedented attack on the United States government and Capitol convenes the first hearing to begin showing its evidence to the American people.…
Why 18-Year-Olds in Texas Can Buy AR-15s but Not Handguns
The massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, highlights disparities in how federal laws regulate rifles and handguns. The shooter bought two rifles days after his 18th birthday. By Kiah Collier and Jeremy Schwartz – ProPublica and The Texas Tribune – Co-published with ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. The fact that the gunman responsible…
Havana Syndrome Clearly Caused by Directed Energy Weapon
Will the American People Be Told the Truth About Who is Responsible? By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The mysterious Havana Syndrome, called an “alleged set of medical symptoms with unknown causes experienced mostly abroad by U.S. government officials and military personnel,” is so mainstream now that it has its own Wikipedia page. So…
House Upholds Vote by Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol to Hold Mark Meadows in Contempt of Congress
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House voted 222 to 208 to recommend holding Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress Tuesday night after the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol voted unanimously on Monday to hold the former White House Chief of Staff and member of Congress…
Select Committee on Capitol Attack Moves to Hold Trump Adviser Steve Bannon in Criminal Contempt
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol met Tuesday night and voted unanimously to hold Trump brain trust Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for blatantly defying a Congressional subpoena to produce documents and testify about his role in inciting the insurrection and attempted…
High Ranking Capitol Police Official Accuses Leaders and Congress of Not Telling the American People the Truth
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s looking more and more like the American people will never be told the whole truth about Trump’s insurrection and attempted coup d’état on January 6, 2021. The political news site Politico broke a story Friday afternoon based on an anonymous, “scathing” whistleblower letter to high ranking members…
House Select Committee Investigating Capitol Insurrection Issues New Subpoenas
Mark Meadows, Daniel Scavino, Kashyap Patel and Stephen Bannon Targeted – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued a new round of subpoenas on Thursday seeking documents and testimony from four individuals with close ties to the former president who were working…
Capitol Police Issue Statement Announcing Discipline of Six Officers for Improper Conduct During Jan. 6 Insurrection
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Buried under the sad news on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on America on Saturday, and an inconclusive declassified report on the role of Saudi Arabia in the attacks, the U.S. Capitol Police quietly published a short report on the role some officers played…
House Oversight and Reform Committee Gets First Shot at Questioning Trump Military and Justice Officials in Charge During Capitol Insurrection Jan. 6
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee had their first shot this week at questioning Trump’s acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller about his role in botching the military response to the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6., along with the questionable advance intelligence handling of…
Half of American Voters Now Realize Climate Change is a ‘Critical Threat’
Public Opinion Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – Is the glass half full or half empty? It’s unclear whether we should report this as good news, meaning we are making progress informing the American public to pay attention to climate change news, or bad news showing that half of Americans are ignorant boobs. According to…
Congress Moves to Establish Independent Commission to Investigate Capitol Insurrection
By Glynn Wilson – An independent commission will be established by Congress to investigate the Capitol insurrection on January 6 and the interference with the peaceful transfer power, according to a letter sent out Monday to Democrats in the House and posted online by House Speaker Nanci Pelosi. “Security is the order of the day:…