Category: News
Russia-linked political Facebook ads and Twitter accounts released by House Intel Committee
On November 2, 2017 by KennaHouse Democrats just released a trove of data, metadata, Facebook ads, and Twitter accounts run out of the Kremlin’s troll farm. A team of reporters at Daily Beast reports on how ads were created by people working for the Russian government’s cyberwar arm, and literally paid for in rubles with no questions asked by Facebook.
NPR top news editor accused of sexual harassment by multiple women
On November 1, 2017 by Kenna“The worst part of my whole encounter with Oreskes [was] the fact that he utterly destroyed my ambition,” says one victim. Michael Oreskes is now NPR’s Senior Vice President of news. He is accused by two women of sexual harassment dating back a number of years, including “unwanted physical contact with them” while he was
‘To Donald Trump,’ by Leland Melvin, former NASA Astronaut and NFL Player
On September 24, 2017 by KennaLeland Melvin is the astronaut in that fabulous NASA photo with his two dogs. He is an engineer and former NASA education leader, and the author of ‘Chasing Space: An Astronaut’s Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances.’ He shared this essay with friends today, and I thought you’d like to read it, too.—XJ
Harvey hits hard, TX governor issues mandatory evacuations as ‘catastrophic flood’ risks loom
On August 27, 2017 by KennaGovernor Greg Abbott of Texas just gave an update on the impact of Harvey, formerly a category 4 hurricane, and now a tropical storm that made landfall near Corpus Christi late Friday night. There are no confirmed storm fatalities yet. At this time, 338,000 power outages are reported across the state. The governor is issuing
Mueller investigating Flynn’s role in seeking Clinton’s stolen emails to help Trump campaign
On August 26, 2017 by KennaSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller and his team of investigators are looking into whether former Trump cabinet member Mike Flynn may have been part of an effort to get a hold of Hillary Clinton’s emails, hacked by Russia. The Wall Street Journal reports that Republican activist Peter Smith led an effort to connect
Boomers are news-illiterate couch vegetables stuck in front of their yelling, ad-saturated televisions
On August 25, 2017 by KennaA Pew Research study found that “younger adults are more likely than their elders to read the news,” but there are other ways of seeing the data. Overall, more Americans prefer to watch their news (46%) than to read it (35%) or listen to it (17%), a Pew Research Center survey found
Justice Department to downsize scope of warrant for DreamHost’s user data on anti-Trump site Disruptj20
On August 23, 2017 by KennaThe Justice Department will scale back a very broad request for data connected to an anti-Trump website, after accusations the demand violated the free speech rights of politically engaged citizens. From Reuters: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia had previously issued a broader search warrant in July
Bannon back at Breitbart after Trump White House ouster: ‘I’ve got my hands back on my weapons’
On August 19, 2017 by KennaHold on to your butts, America. Steve Bannon is, as an ally told one reporter, “unchained” after being relieved of his White House duties as Trump’s strategic advisor In an interview this evening, Bannon tells the Weekly Standard he’s returning to run Breitbart.com, as he was before becoming Trump’s campaign manager exactly one year and
$50 million lawsuit: Eric Bolling vs. Yashar Ali over Fox News host sexting scandal
On August 10, 2017 by KennaWhat hell hath Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker wrought? The Fox News host Eric Bolling is suing social media star and Huffington Post contributor Yashar, who last week reported Bolling sent grotesque sexual messages to female colleagues some years ago. Just received a summons. Eric Bolling is suing me for defamation –
Sessions declares new Trump war on ‘leakers’
On August 7, 2017 by KennaNoted racist and current U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is sucking up to President Donald Trump this week by going on the attack against “leaks” on Friday. Sessions, who was too racist to get a job in Washington in the 1980s but is just racist enough to fit in 2017 warned of an impending crackdown
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