By Craig Silverman – ProPublica – Oprah Winfrey looked upset. The photo caught her midsentence, her left hand jabbing at the camera. “They are twisting everything,” the TV icon was quoted as saying, under a red “BREAKING NEWS” banner. The ad featuring the Winfrey image and quote ran on the conservative website DC Swamp Tales.…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was interesting to see what CIA Director William J. Burns had to say about all the craziness going on in the world and the role of “intelligence” in a recent Washington Post guest column, especially considering he had previously turned down an interview…
Secret Vistas – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you find yourself in the Washington region and happen to be traveling down the Baltimore-Washington Parkway to see all the monuments and museums in the nation’s capital city, you might notice an exit sign for Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens. If you have the…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Well, just as I was considering retirement from the news business, Donald Trump is running for president again, even as he faces multiple lawsuits over his character and business — and multiple indictments and charges for his behavior before, during and after his time…
Staff Report – Tuesday was the hottest day on Earth since at least 1979, with the global average temperature reaching 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit (17.18 degrees Celsius), according to data from the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction. As a result, some scientists believe July 4 may have been one of the hottest days on Earth…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is understandable why many Americans are having mixed feelings about celebrating Independence Day this year. So many things seem conflicted in our divergent feelings about what freedom, liberty and independence mean in these trying times when the vox populi seems so divided. Many…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thank Lady Justice that the Supreme Court has adjourned for the summer — before they do any further damage to American Democracy. No doubt Justice Sam Alito is off on an all expenses paid fishing trip somewhere, maybe Alaska,…
Legal Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — With another stroke of their blood-soaked computer keyboards, the activist judges on the Trump-Bush conservative Supreme Court might as well have taken an axe to the Constitutional separation of powers and splintered the power of the Executive branch to make policy on matters it is…
Legal Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is great to find out on Thursday, June 29, 2023 — thanks to a conservative majority on the Supreme Court — that on the eve of American Independence Day, the United States has finally reached the zenith of its founding, self-evident pledge, “that all…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two more radical, right-wing domestic terrorists who supported Donald Trump’s insurrection and attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, face consequences for their violent actions on that infamous day in American history. Colorado Man Sentenced For Assault on Law Enforcement During Capitol Breach A Colorado man…
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…
“You shoot an arrow into a far-distant future, when you appoint a justice” to the United States Supreme Court. — President Dwight D. Eisenhower The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The first of the summer heat and humidity arrived in the nation’s capital this week, and unfortunately, I’m not heading…
Fanone Calls for the Indictment of Trump – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A radical, right-wing militia member and avid Trump supporter from California who tased Metro Police officer Michael Fanone during the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in federal prison this week…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration made moves this week to strengthen the nation’s energy independence, advance low-carbon fuels and support agricultural communities as well as fight climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels for energy and transportation. The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule under…
Public Opinion Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A year after voters in the United States attached record-high importance to abortion as an election issue after the Supreme Court overturned decades of settled law to make its legality questionable again, a new Gallup poll finds the issue retaining its potency especially for…
By Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski – ProPublica – In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme Court justice was on vacation at a luxury fishing lodge that charged more than $1,000 a day, and after catching a king salmon nearly the size of…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A detailed investigative report in Monday’s Washington Post just confirmed much of what I have been warning about for months, no years. Since being appointed by President Joe Biden, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Attorney General Merrick Garland was too afraid of appearing to be politically partisan…
“This is an amazing book by an amazing author. Heinrich is a naturalist of the first rank, champion ultramarathoner, woodsman of skills seldom seen in modern times, and not least, as Mind of the Raven illustrates, a nature writer of uncommon talent. By living with the ravens for many years, literally at home and in…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — After Donald Trump faced arraignment on charges Tuesday for mishandling classified documents critical to national defense, conspiracy to obstruct justice by concealing the possession of said documents and making false statements to the FBI, there was only a small contingent of Trump supporters gathered…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the continuing effort to fund the development of high speed internet across the country from revenue allocated in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in November 2021, the Biden administration announced the release of $714 million this week to connect thousands of rural residents, farmers and business owners in…
