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www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

Bolsonaro to Face Trial Over Electoral Fraud Claims

The News Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, is scheduled to go on trial this month on charges that he abused his power as president to make baseless attacks against Brazil's election systems.If convicted, he would be ineligible to run for office for eight years.A panel of seven judges in Brazil's electoral court will decide the case, which is scheduled to start on June 22.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

Bolsonaro to Face Trial Over Electoral Fraud Claims

The News Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, is scheduled to go on trial this month on charges that he abused his power as president to make baseless attacks against Brazil's election systems.If convicted, he would be ineligible to run for office for eight years.A panel of seven judges in Brazil's electoral court will decide the case, which is scheduled to start on June 22.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
World politics

Bolsonaro Returns to Brazil, Ending Self-Imposed Exile

BRASILIA Jair Bolsonaro, the former right-wing president of Brazil, returned home on Thursday morning after a three-month self-imposed exile in the United States following his defeat last year in an election that tested the stability of one of the world's biggest democracies.He returns to a series of investigations that could see him arrested and face prison if found guilty for his role in spreading baseless claims that Brazil's election system was vulnerable to fraud despite reviews by independent security experts showing otherwise and that the left was bent on stealing the vote.
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Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Neo-Nazis, Far Right Protesters Storm Drag Queen Story Hour in Ohio

Protesters of the story hour touted swastikas, spewed Nazi jargon and threatened violence.Screenshots from video of anti-drag protesters and activists defending an event in Wadsworth, Ohio.Ford Fischer via Twitter Hundreds of far right protesters, including neo-Nazis and members of other white nationalist groups, stormed a drag queen story hour at a park in Wadsworth, Ohio, on Saturday.
Truthout
2 years ago
Left-wing politics

Marjorie Taylor Greene Tries to Justify Presence at White Nationalist Conference

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) spoke at a white nationalist conference over the weekend - and even after facing widespread criticism, the far right lawmaker has continued to defend her presence at the event.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Prosecutors say January 6 defendant violated travel conditions by attending CPAC

A man charged with participating in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol violated the terms of his court-approved travel conditions to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference, according to federal prosecutors.Gabriel Garcia sought permission from the court to travel to Washington, DC, from Florida to observe the January 6 trials for the Proud Boys and another January 6 defendant.
Nytimes
2 years ago
US politics

Democratic Group Says Trump Is Breaking Campaign Law by Not Declaring for 2024

A Democratic super PAC said it is filing a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Monday accusing Donald J. Trump of violating campaign finance law by spending political funds on a 2024 presidential bid without formally declaring himself a candidate.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Television

The Best of Late Night This Week

Trish BendixReporting on culture Trish BendixReporting on culture Richard Drew/Associated Press Former President Donald Trump was the talk of late night this week, including his new book, his comments at the Conservative Political Action Conference and his potential 2024 running mate as well as the discovery that Tucker Carlson privately reviled him.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Trump featured in song by January 6 prisoners choir

A new single released by a choir of men who are in prison for their participation in the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, features a recording by former President Donald Trump as the backtrack.The song, Justice for All, features the incarcerated men, referred to as the J6 Prison Choir, singing The Star-Spangled Banner from a jail in Washington, DC, mixed with Trump reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Television

Jimmy Fallon Recaps Trump's Off the Rails' CPAC Speech

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep and lets us get paid to watch comedy.Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.During a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, former President Donald Trump made what Jimmy Fallon referred to as some pretty intense promises.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Media industry

Fox's Jeanine Pirro is back in the hot seat in $1.6 billion election defamation case

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, shown here addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2017, has been placed at the center of a $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems over false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential elections.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Hungarian nationalist PM Orban to deliver speech at CPAC

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungary's nationalist prime minister will speak at a conference of prominent U.S. conservatives this summer, the latest sign of tightening relations between Hungarian and American conservatives.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Office for Students chair didn't know he was sharing platform with far-right journalist

The chair of England's university regulator, who was criticised for participating in a conference in Hungary on the same platform as a notorious far-right journalist accused of antisemitism, has said he did not know who he was appearing alongside.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Ex-Arkansas governor says more voices' in 2024 GOP race are good for our party'

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who's weighing a run for the Republican presidential nomination, said Sunday that more voices in the 2024 race are good for our party.Hutchinson made his remarks on CNN's State of the Union after a fellow former GOP governor, Maryland's Larry Hogan, announced that he would not run for president because he didn't want his candidacy to help Donald Trump nab the Republican nomination.
Bitcoin News
2 years ago
Cryptocurrency

US Senator Says He's Bullish on Bitcoin Because It's Decentralized, Uncontrollable - Featured Bitcoin News

US Senator Bullish on Bitcoin
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz from Texas spoke favorably about bitcoin at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Thursday.
LGBTQ Nation
1 year ago
Education

Lauren Boebert blasts sex-ed classes. Twitter reminded her she was a teen mom

While speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) stated that public school students should be banned from learning about how LGBTQ+ people have sex."There are schools that are teaching worse than just gender ideology," she said."I mean they have comprehensive sex-ed.
LGBTQ Nation
1 year ago
Education

Students walk out on Mike Pence's speech where he appeared to suggest he's running in 2024

A group of Georgetown students staged a walkout during a speech on campus by anti-LGTBQ former Vice President Mike Pence at an event where he appeared to suggest that he'll be running for president in 2024
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Stephen J. Lyons: A left-leaning 66-year-old searches for balance in unbalanced times

In the Orwellian universe in which we now marinate, that uncomfortable reality in which rumors seamlessly transform into facts, and disinformation invades our bloodstream like a mutant virus, I wonder what the proper balance is while cowering under the bed and wearing a helmet, face mask and noise-cancelling headphones.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, endorsed by Trump, wins Republican primary

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton waves after speaking during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Hilton Anatole in July 2021 in Dallas, Texas.
Truthout
2 years ago
Left-wing politics

Trump Outraged That His Social Media Site Has Had Many Problems So Far

Donald Trump's social media site Truth Social continues to have issues, and the former president is not happy about it.
the Guardian
2 years ago
World news

Ron DeSantis fuels US presidential run speculation with CPAC speech

Ron DeSantis, the right-wing Republican governor of Florida, has fueled speculation about a future US presidential run with a high profile speech lambasting Joe Biden, the media and what he termed "wokeism".
the Guardian
2 years ago
World news

Trump accused of campaign finance violations in FEC complaint

A Democratic fundraising organization has announced that it is filing a complaint to the Federal Election Commission in which it accuses former president Donald Trump of violating campaign finance laws by spending political funds for a 2024 presidential bid without officially declaring his 2024 candidacy.
www.npr.org
2 years ago
Law

Jan. 6 panel concludes Trump likely broke laws in trying to overturn election

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 26 in Orlando, Fla.
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