A White Employee Is Suing the City of Seattle for Alleged Racial Discrimination "If I disagreed or offered another opinion, I was told I had cognitive dissonance," Josh Diemert says. Reason · Feb 13, 2023
Georgia is seeking to define ‘Cop City’ protests as terrorism, experts say Actions by police match rhetoric from state politicians seeking to define a largely peaceful protest movement as terrorism The Guardian - US · Jan 28, 2023
Hacker Guccifer who infiltrated Clinton and Bush emails slams DC ‘hypocrisy’ in first interview out of prison Romanian hacker made initial discovery that triggered Clinton email saga The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023
Here’s What Happened In The 8-Car Pileup In SF Blamed On Tesla’s FSD The Tesla Model S, which reportedly had Full Self-Driving active, signals a lane change, moves to the fast lane, and then suddenly stops, without having any car or obstacle in front of it. InsideEVs · Jan 11, 2023
Musk's free speech hypocrisy exposed Musk is so committed to free speech he wants to use the power of the state to suppress public info about him Salon · Dec 15, 2022
Twitter purges left-wing users: report "Musk appears to have outsourced decisions about who to ban from Twitter to the platform's right-wing extremists" Salon · Dec 1, 2022
Did Sam Bankman-Fried's Millions Buy the Media's Loyalty? The mainstream coverage of SBF and FTX is more than a little blasé. Reason · Nov 21, 2022
First ever video of ICE using controversial method to force feed hunger striker US uses force-feeding at multiple facilities The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2022
DHS' Crusade Against Misinformation Is Another Example of Anti-Terror Mission Creep While the Department of Homeland Security pressured tech companies to censor their users' posts, it also branded election deniers as potential terrorists. Reason · Nov 2, 2022
DHS Still Policing Disinformation Despite Dissolving Disinformation Governance Board The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI regularly report misinformation and disinformation to tech companies for potential removal. Reason · Oct 31, 2022
Vladimir Putin's 'chef' who funded Russian troll farms used UK lawyers to fight sanctions Notorious oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin recruited western legal firms to aid him with developing a plan to counter EU and US sanctions against him, hackers have revealed Daily Mirror · Oct 22, 2022
Oakland police want to arm bomb-defusing robots with lethal shotguns Human rights advocates worry about use of armed robots The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Dr. Oz busted using "paid staffer" Oz accused of misleading the media with staged photo-op Salon · Oct 14, 2022
Dr Oz accused of misleading public over encounter with gun violence survivor – who was a member of his staff ‘She was not presented, in my recollection, as anything other than a grieving family member’ The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022
Salon · Oct 12, 2022 MBS accused of "election interference" Saudi Arabia is slashing oil production before midterms in what some are calling a "hostile act" against Democrats
Salon · Oct 10, 2022 Piglet rescue: Activists acquitted "There's a big difference between stealing and rescue," defendant Wayne Hsiung told the jury
Reason · Oct 6, 2022 Libel Lawsuit by Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Against The Intercept Rejected A federal court held that Prince was a public figure, and hadn't offered enough plausible allegations that the defendants knew the statements were false or likely false (the so-called "actual malice" showing).
Tribune News Service · Oct 3, 2022 Pharma-funded FDA gets drugs out faster, but some work only ‘marginally’ and most are pricey Dr. Steven-Huy Han, a UCLA liver specialist, has prescribed Ocaliva to a handful of patients, although he’s not sure it helps.
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022 Texas detention warden and brother arrested after two migrants are shot, one fatally, while walking on road Michael Sheppard, 60, and his twin brother Mark Sheppard have been charged with manslaughter
The Guardian - US · Sep 30, 2022 Pelosi reportedly resisted Democrats’ effort to impeach Trump on January 6 – as it happened Intercept says House speaker rejected immediate push to impeach Trump on day of Capitol attack – follow the latest politics news
Salon · Aug 30, 2022 Jan. 6 Secret Service official retires Trump "enabler" Tony Ornato abruptly stepped down two days before Jan. 6 interview, The Intercept reports
Salon · Aug 8, 2022 What happened to Glenn Greenwald? Once a defender of trans rights and friend of Chelsea Manning, Greenwald has drifted toward the culture-war right
The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2022 Jamal Khashoggi’s American lawyer sentenced to three years in UAE prison following detention at airport UAE state media reported that Asim Ghafoor was convicted of tax evasion and money laundering
The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2022 New Guardian US editor appointed Guardian News and Media today announces the appointment of Betsy Reed as new editor of Guardian US
Salon · Jul 2, 2022 Facebook's post-Roe censorship The move comes just after Meta vowed to cover travel expenses for employees seeking out-of-state abortions