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Federal Judge Orders Trump Mouthpiece Steve Bannon to Jail

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge ordered Donald Trump brain trust and mouthpiece Steve Bannon to surrender by July 1 to start serving a four-month prison sentence imposed for contempt of Congress for disobeying a subpoena to provide documents and testimony to the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6,…

Supreme Court Justice Alito Refuses to Recuse For Display of Controversial Flags

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By Glynn Wilson –  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Predictably and with righteous arrogance, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. declined to recuse himself on Wednesday from two cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol after reports that flags displayed outside his houses appeared to support Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” movement to…

House Democrats Demand Supreme Court Justice Alito’s Recusal Over Flag Controversy

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats on Capitol Hill are demanding that religious conservative Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito recuse himself on all cases related to Donald Trump’s incited insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, including the immunity motion before the court, after it was reported that an upside down American flag was photographed…

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

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Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A young Trump supporter from Bethesda, Maryland with Asperger’s syndrome, a neuro-developmental disorder, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges of assaulting law enforcement officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Steven Patrick Cook, 24, of Bethesda, pleaded guilty in the District of…

U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Colorado Court Ruling Banning Trump From Ballot as an Insurrectionist

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By Glynn Wilson –  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Supreme Court avoided the question of whether Trump incited an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, but struck down a Colorado Supreme Court ruling saying he was an insurrectionist and could therefore be banned from the Republican primary ballot in that state. In an unusual move…

Defiant Trump Supporter Who Sparred with Judge Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Federal Prison

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Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a case that clearly demonstrates how Donald Trump’s insane candidacy and presidency both attracted crazies and turned people even crazier, a man from New York was sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison this week for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on…

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Trump’s Immunity Appeal

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The god damn United States Supreme Court announced its agreement on Wednesday to take up the case of whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution on charges of engaging in a seditious conspiracy and inciting a violent insurrection in a corrupt plot to overturn the results…

Sorry, Tom Parker and the Alabama Supreme Court: Frozen Embryos Don’t Breath Air

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“Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” – Genesis 2:7 Fetuses and frozen embryos don’t breath air. Under the Microscope –  By Glynn Wilson –  WASHINGTON, D.C. — You can’t fix stupid. There…

Washington State ‘Proud Boy’ Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

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Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A former member of the now defunct Proud Boys from Washington state was sentenced to six years in federal prison this week after he was found guilty of multiple felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during and after the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,…

Tuscaloosa Photographer’s Wife Arrested in China for Suspicion of Sharing Secret Information with a Foreign National

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The wife of a photographer from Tuscaloosa, Alabama has been arrested in China and disappeared on the night of Wednesday, Dec. 27 — two days after Christmas — from the airport in Nanjing, not far from Shanghai. Her husband Mark Lent, formerly a photographer with the Tuscaloosa News,…

Supreme Court Agrees to Review the Colorado Decision to Ban Trump from the Republican Primary Ballot

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the same day when President Joe Biden addressed the nation from Valley Forge warning about the existential threat to democracy posed by Donald Trump, the United States Supreme Court chose to try to usurp the news in a Friday afternoon announcement that it would indeed take up…

New Hampshire Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy for Harassing and Intimidating Journalists

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Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A radical, right-wing Trump supporter in New Hampshire has pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to harass and intimidate two journalists employed by New Hampshire Public Radio. The harassment and intimidation of the victims included the vandalism – on five separate occasions – of the victims’ homes…

Democrats Question Social Media Giants on Spread of Abortion Misinformation

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By Danielle J. Brown – Maryland Matters – ANNAPOLIS, Md. — In the new landscape of abortion discourse following the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the United States Supreme Court, Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin and other Democrats are calling on top social media sites to combat potentially harmful misinformation related to abortion access and…

Texas Police Chief Sentenced to 11.2 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy To Obstruct Congress During the Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

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Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Texas police chief was sentenced to 11.2 years in Federal Prison this week after a judge convicted him of four felonies for his conduct during the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Alan Hostetter, 59, of Poolville, Texas, formerly of San Clemente, California, was sentenced by…

Steve Bannon Belongs Behind Bars, Not on Some Podcast Promoting Trump’s Extremism

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Next to Donald Trump himself, the guy who belongs high on the list of those who should be behind bars for threatening democracy itself and screwing up the world is Steve Bannon. He helped Trump get elected in the final months of the presidential election in 2016 by…

New FBI Headquarters Will Be Built in Greenbelt, Maryland

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By Jennifer Shutt – Maryland Matters – ANNAPOLIS, Md. — After years of wrangling between politicians in Virginia and Maryland, it appears the new Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters will be built just north of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, according to a statement from the General Services Administration. The Greenbelt site appears to have…

House Votes to Approve Aid for Israel With No Money for Ukraine

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The Dead on Arrival Bill Included a Partisan Poison Pill to Cut Federal Spending – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a crass attempt to appear to side with Israel in its war with Hamas in Gaza the new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson brought up a bill which included $14.3 billion…

Alabama Journalists Arrested for Investigating Mishandling of Covid Funds

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Staff Report – Freedom of the Press Foundation – An Alabama newspaper publisher and reporter were arrested last week and charged under a grand jury secrecy statute for the “crime” of reporting on a grand jury subpoena provided by a source. The publisher, Sherry Digmon, was arrested again — this time for soliciting ads from…

Meta’s Facebook and Instagram Harm Mental Health, Federal Lawsuits Allege

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Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, along with 41 other state Attorneys General, filed a series of federal and state lawsuits against Meta this week, alleging that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram and Facebook and its other social media platforms with the intent of…

A Coalition of States and the FTC Sue Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power

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Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission and 17 states filed a lawsuit against the online retailer Amazon started by Jeff Bezos on Tuesday, setting up a long-awaited antitrust fight with the e-commerce giant that could alter the way Americans shop for everything from toilet paper to electronics. Maryland Attorney General Anthony…