Tom Hanks and Hunter Biden among targets on Pelosi attacker’s hit list, police says Suspect David DePape tells police, ‘I know exactly what I did’ The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022
Accused Paul Pelosi attacker will proceed to trial, judge rules The man accused of bludgeoning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer in late October will be sent to trial on felony charges, a judge ruled Wednesday afternoon. Tribune News Service · Dec 14, 2022
Paul Pelosi’s alleged attacker also targeted Tom Hanks, Hunter Biden, Gavin Newsom, investigator says David DePape, the man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi in his San Francisco home, appeared at a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, held to determine whether there was enough evidence to proceed with a trial. Los Angeles Times · Dec 14, 2022
Trump backers are lining up to block Republican frontrunner for new House speaker When the 118th United States Congress convenes on January 3 2023, the first order of business for the House of Representatives is to elect a new speaker. The Conversation · Dec 14, 2022
Elon Musk is using the Twitter Files to discredit foes and push conspiracy theories The Twitter CEO's selective release of internal communications largely corroborate what is already known about the messy business of policing a large social network. WEKU · Dec 14, 2022
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Used Customer Assets to Fund Political Donations, Says SEC Plus: moral panic about department stores, the obvious cause of homelessness, and more... Reason · Dec 13, 2022
As Biden weighs a 2024 bid, his strategy hinges on 'the former guy' WASHINGTON — As former President Donald Trump announced his third bid for the White House last month, President Joe Biden was on the other side of the world, convening an emergency meeting of world leaders following reports of explosions on Poland's border with Ukraine. Los Angeles Times · Dec 13, 2022
TechScape: I read Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter Files’ so you don’t have to In this week’s newsletter: The leaks don’t reveal a hotbed of leftwing bias at the social media company – just a thin-skinned billionaire rehashing culture wars of years past The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022
Republicans look to target former intelligence officials who voiced doubts over Hunter Biden email story House Republicans are poised to use their control of key committees to target former intelligence officials and social media executives who they blame for casting doubt on reporting which was unflattering to Mr Biden The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022
Coal and gas price cap is a political stunt Email [email protected] or send a text message to 0427 154 176 (include name and suburb). Newcastle Herald · Dec 12, 2022
The right’s misplaced obsession with Hunter Biden What is this Hunter Biden obsession really about? Consider the timing. For seven years, the right has been explaining, excusing, avoiding and eventually cheering the most morally depraved figure in American politics. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 8, 2022
Elon Musk tells Jack Dorsey ‘most important data’ was hidden as former CEO asks for release of ‘Twitter Files’ “If the goal is transparency to build trust, why not just release everything without filter and let people judge for themselves?’” Dorsey asked The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022
I really do blame the media After 38 years as a political reporter, here's my assessment of the current D.C. press corps: A flaming car wreck Salon · Dec 8, 2022
Jonathan Bernstein: Republicans haven’t solved their Herschel Walker problem For a non-negligible minority of Americans, the biggest political story of the moment isn’t who won this week's runoff in Georgia. It’s the supposed conspiracy to suppress the truth about corrupt business dealings by President Joe Biden’s son Hunter. Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022
Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022 Musk says Twitter executive was ‘exited’ from company Jim Baker, Twitter Inc.’s deputy general counsel, was pushed out of the company over his handling of information, Elon Musk said in a tweet.
Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2022 Musk says Twitter lawyer fired amid Hunter Biden laptop dispute Elon Musk accuses executive of possibly suppressing information about Twitter’s handling of Hunter Biden laptop story.
Axios · Dec 7, 2022 Republicans launching investigation into handling of U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal The operation was clouded by a suicide attack that left 13 Americans and roughly 200 Afghans dead.
Salon · Dec 6, 2022 GOP's "psychological" Hunter obsession Even if GOP's Hunter claims are true, "it still wouldn’t amount to a fraction of what Trump did,” Republican says
The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022 The truth of Twitter’s role in the Hunter Biden laptop story and it’s not what you think Former FBI counterintelligence officials tell Andrew Feinberg it would have been unusual for there not to have been any contact between the bureau and social media giants
The Guardian - US · Dec 6, 2022 Trevor Noah: ‘Trump is like one of those guys who never stops trying to get back with his ex’ Late-night hosts react to Trump’s call to ‘terminate’ the constitution after Elon Musk’s Twitter Files do nothing to support Hunter Biden conspiracy theories
The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022 Elon Musk publishing Hunter Biden laptop Twitter files was ‘not healthy’, White House says ‘It won’t do anything to help a single American improve their lives’
Reason · Dec 6, 2022 Rep. Khanna on Twitter, Free Speech, and the Hunter Biden Story A Democratic member of Congress laments how Twitter handled the New York Post's reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop.
The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022 Republican senators turn on Trump over his attack on the Constitution: ‘He goes from MAGA to RINO’ “I don’t think there was an escape clause to not defend the Constitution,” Senator Roy Blunt tells The Independent.
Reason · Dec 5, 2022 What Twitter's Suppression of the Hunter Biden Laptop Story Tells Us About the Media Plus: The editors consider a listener question on the involuntary hospitalization of the mentally ill.
The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022 Voices: The media should apologize for ignoring the Hunter Biden laptop story — despite Elon Musk’s Twitter stunt There were reasons then to be skeptical — and lessons now to be learned