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CNN: Biden Admin Considering Using Private Firms To Conduct Warrantless Surveillance Of U.S. Citizens The Daily Wire May 3, 2021 President Joe Biden's administration is reportedly considering working with private firms to monitor “extremist chatter by Americans online” because the federal government is legally limited to what they can do without a warrant. The report said the federal government is also banned from using false identities to gain access to private messaging apps and groups. The government can scan public social media profiles. “The plan being discussed inside DHS, according to multiple sources, would, in effect, allow the…
Cheney calls out Trump’s latest attempt to promote ‘BIG LIE’ amid criticism from within her own party By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju CNN May 3, 2021 (CNN)Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, publicly rejected former President Donald Trump’s most recent false charge that he would’ve won the 2020 election if not for “fraudulent” votes, her latest rebuke of the former president that has put her at odds with many members of her own party. Cheney has repeatedly pushed back on Trump’s baseless assertions that there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election. She was…
GOP Sen. Roger Marshall, who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, says he’s ‘so ready to move on’ By John L. Dorman Business Insider May 3, 2021 “I was concerned then, and I still am today, that six states broke their own laws or their own constitution. But it’s time to move on. It’s time for this country to heal. It’s time for a spirit of forgiveness to be happening.” Read more: Meet Merrick Garland’s inner circle of 18 officials. They’ve got a packed plate investigating major police departments and even Rudy Giuliani. Days before the January…
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Bush: ‘Anglo-Saxon’ ideals show pro-Trump Republicans ‘want to be extinct’ By Martin Pengelly the Guardian May 2, 2021 Ahead of a special election on Saturday to replace a Texas congressman who died after contracting Covid-19, former president George W Bush said the ascendancy of supporters of Donald Trump suggest Republicans “want to be extinct.” The special election is in the sixth district, whose Republican representative, Ron Wright, died in February. Twenty-three candidates will compete: all but one of the 11 Republicans are tied to the apron strings of Trump, the former president who still dominates the party. Continue…
Oregon Lawmaker Who Opened State Capitol To Far-Right Protesters Faces Charges NPR.org May 2, 2021 Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Polk County, chats with fellow representatives on the House floor on April 11, 2019, at the Capitol in Salem, Ore. He faces criminal charges after allowing far-right demonstrators to breach the state Capitol in December 2020. Kaylee Domzalski/OPB Oregon state Rep. Mike Nearman, the Polk County Republican who allowed far-right demonstrators to breach the state Capitol in December, now faces criminal charges. According to court records, Nearman has been charged with first-degree official misconduct, a class A misdemeanor, and second…
Newsmax settles a defamation lawsuit from a Dominion executive at the center of election conspiracy theories and issues an apology By Jacob Shamsian Business Insider May 1, 2021 Dominion executive Eric Coomer reached a settlement with Newsmax, which he sued for defamation. Newsmax pushed false theories Coomer was in an “Antifa conference call” to rig the election. Coomer is still suing others, and his legal efforts are separate from Dominion’s own lawsuits. An executive at Dominion Voting Systems moved to dismiss Newsmax as a defendant in a defamation lawsuit Friday after reaching a settlement with the right-wing media…
Trump allies worry Giuliani raid sent ‘strong message’ to ex-President’s inner circle By Gabby Orr CNN May 1, 2021 (CNN)A Wednesday raid by federal agents of an apartment and office belonging to former New York City mayor and one-time Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has left allies of the former President feeling uneasy about what could come next, according to sources close to Trump. “This was a show of force that sent a strong message to a lot of people in Trump’s world that other things may be coming down the pipeline,” one Trump adviser told CNN. The…
Capitol Police official who said to watch for ‘anti-Trump’ forces on Jan. 6 was deputy chief By Kyle Cheney POLITICO May 1, 2021 The Capitol Police’s highest-ranking commander on the ground during the Jan. 6 insurrection, Eric Waldow, is the official who urged officers to watch out for anti-Trump protesters in the massive pro-Trump crowd, according to congressional and Capitol Police sources. That directive, delivered on the morning of Jan. 6 via a Capitol Police radio transmission, has alarmed lawmakers who were already worried that the leadership of the Capitol Police had failed to appreciate the gravity of…
Justice ramps up Giuliani probe By Rebecca Beitsch and Harper Neidig TheHill April 30, 2021 The FBI’s search of Rudy Giuliani’s office this week signals that federal law enforcement is significantly ramping up its investigation into former President Trump’s ally and onetime legal adviser. Little is known about the scope of the investigation, but reporting suggests that the focus could be on Giuliani’s work on behalf of foreign clients, including Ukraine, and his failure to register as a foreign agent while serving as the president’s personal attorney. And former Department of Justice officials say that such an investigation…