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Sydney Kamlager-Dove, a Democrat representing California’s 37th district in Los Angeles, began her opening remarks in a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing Tuesday with a comment directed to me. “To distract from the dumpster fire this administration is pursuing,” she said, the Republicans were “elevating a serial sexual harrasser as their star witness.” Right after the hearing, she re-tweeted the comment on X and BlueSky, writing, “After this, Republicans gave Matt Taibbi time to defend himself. It’s telling that he didn’t.” There is not much a person like me can say to a member of Congress hiding behind the protections...

ST. AMANT — A woman was arrested Friday after allegedly burning down a St. Amant camper while its occupant was still inside. Nicole R. Mellon, 43, is accused of arson and attempted murder, State Fire Marshal investigators said. Mellon and the camper’s occupant allegedly argued hours before the camper went up in flames. A neighbor woke the occupant after the fire was set on Monday, and the occupant escaped the camper safely. The St. Amant Fire Department was called, however, neighbors extinguished the fire with a hose before firefighters arrived.

Menu ADVERTISEMENT Biden Judge Signals She May Block Trump’s EO on Transgender Troops, Says the Assertion That Only Two Genders Exists is “Not Biologically Correct” by Cristina Laila Feb. 18, 2025 8:00 pm79 Comments TruthTweetShareGettrGab Judge Ana Reyes / Wikimedia Commons A federal judge on Tuesday signaled she would side with a group of transgender soldiers who sued to block President Trump’s executive order on transgender troops. Judge Ana Reyes, a Biden appointee, grilled DOJ lawyers on Tuesday and said that Trump’s executive order asserting there are only two genders is “not biologically correct.” “With the DOD policy expected to...

Seven men who committed a string of child sex abuse offences against two teenage girls in Rotherham have been jailed for a total of 106 years. The men were all convicted in June, after a nine-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court, which was the result of an investigation by the National Crime Agency's Operation Stovewood. The victims, who were aged between 11 and 16 at the time of the offences were both in care. They were groomed and often plied with alcohol or cannabis before being raped or assaulted...

The word “bombshell” is overused, but what just went down in Georgia was more like a nuclear blast. UPDATE: BIG FANI TESTIFIES LIVE… WATCH: ORIGINAL STORY:Caught in the fallout are Big Fani Willis and her lover, Nathan Wade. The case against Trump in Georgia is now in serious doubt. Furthermore, Big Fani and Nathan Wade appear to be in serious legal jeopardy, facing anything from sanctions to disbarment to even felony charges.To recap, the judge in Trump’s Georgia case ordered a hearing to decide whether or not Fani Willis and her boyfriend ought to be thrown off the case due...

Donald Trump claimed the Fulton County district attorney who is expected to slap him with a fourth indictment soon is having an affair with a gang member in a wild tirade in New Hampshire on Tuesday. 'They say there's a young woman, a young racist, in Atlanta, and they say, I guess, they say she was after a certain gang, she ended up having an affair with the head of the gang or a gang member,' Trump claimed, referring to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. 'This is a person who wants to indict me. She's got a lot of...

Co-hosts of ABC's 'The View' suggested "Republicans are behind" the classified documents found on properties owned or accessed by President Joe Biden. "You know what I think? I’ve never seen a luckier person than Donald Trump Just as we're this close to getting him, somehow these documents appear!" co-host Joy Behar said. "Does it feel like oppo-research to you? Does it feel like the Republicans are behind it?" co-host Sunny Hostin asked.

Vice President Kamala Harris' stepdaughter, Ella Emhoff, flashed her abs in a cropped jacket on Tuesday while enjoying the last day of Paris Fashion Week. The 22-year-old — who is the daughter of Harris' husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, and his first wife, Kerstin — attended the Miu Miu fall 2022 ready-to-wear show wearing an outfit by the Italian label. The budding knitwear designer struck a pose in a light blue cropped moto-inspired jacket and a pair of baggy high-waisted denim logo pants that cinched her waist with a white drawstring. Her dark curls were worn loose around her shoulders,...

A woman now faces arson charges after a Northeast Portland restaurant was set on fire last month. The fire at Reo's Ribs on 42nd and Sandy left the eatery heavily damaged. Earlier this week, police released an image of a suspect taken from surveillance video and asked the public for help in identifying that person. On Saturday, Portland Fire and Rescue said a citizen had called police with a tip after recognizing the suspect in the news. Portland Police said the suspect, now identified as Jennifer Lynn Cole, was arrested Friday night without incident. Cole now faces second-degree arson charges.

Andrea Jenkins, Minneapolis City Council vice president, along with state Sen. Jeff Hayden and neighbors, say they want to commemorate the Memorial Day event that cost Floyd his life and fueled worldwide demands to fundamentally change policing. "This is a conversation that is happening. There will be something memorializing George Floyd's life," said Jenkins, who represents the area. Possibilities include a traffic roundabout, a peace garden, or perhaps a sculpture, said Jenkins, who added that she has spoken with Gov. Tim Walz and several members of Congress about the idea. . . . Morales talked about a memorial that could...

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) at the weekend retweeted a post on Twitter which said in part “F**k a National day of prayer,” in relation to President Trump’s call for Americans of all faiths to pray for all those affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Late Saturday, anti-gun activist David Hogg posted a tweet, saying, “Don’t let this administration address COVID-19 like our national gun violence epidemic. F**k a National day of prayer

Hillary showed off her new look last night at a fancy Broadway event with husband, Bill. Snip~ It appears as though she’s had some kind of round of botox injections or plastic surgery, as the 72-year-old appeared wrinkle-free through the cheeks and the bags under her eyes are now gone.

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — The newest addition to the San Francisco skyline is a work of art — a mural depicting Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, designed to draw attention to climate change. Andres “Cobre” Petreselli, an internationally renowned artist, is painting the activist teen with big blue eyes and a Mona Lisa smile. The mural is still a work in progress, as Cobre is spending his days hoisted high up on a platform about 10 stories above Mason street, on the side of the Native Sons building near Union Square. Thunberg is the 16-year old from Sweden who has inspired...

The brother of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos' girlfriend, former TV anchor Lauren Sanchez, criticized the tech billionaire's decision to try to preempt the National Enquirer's scoop on their affair. Michael Sanchez told Fox News' "MediaBuzz" Sunday that he had been negotiating with the Enquirer's parent company, American Media Inc., to soften a forthcoming story on the couple's extramarital affair when Bezos' longtime security adviser Gavin de Becker "launched World War III against AMI" by advising Bezos to undermine the scoop with what Sanchez called a "misleading" tweet about Bezos' divorce from wife MacKenzie. "Everything that Gavin has advised...

Federal prosecutors are reviewing Mr. Bezos’ claim that he has been extorted, according to two people briefed on the matter who were not authorized to discuss it publicly. And those prosecutors have planned a meeting with Mr. Bezos’ representatives, one of those people said. If American Media is found to have broken a law — any law — it would be in violation of a [previous] deal with federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York.

I am very excited for this new episode in our national drama, in which the world’s richest man publicly accuses allies of the president of extorting him with private photos of his genitalia if he doesn’t stop accusing them of politically driven hatchet jobs.For dramatic purposes, it can’t end any other way except with Bezos producing evidence that Trump himself put the Enquirer up to digging up dirt on him, as revenge for the Washington Post’s negative coverage of POTUS. And then we’ll have a fun national debate over whether it’s wrong for the president to use scandal sheets...

A reporter at the Washington Post says that an investigator hired by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos believes that text messages leaked to the National Enquirer between Bezos and his girlfriend may have been sent to the magazine by someone in government. In an appearance on MSNBC on Thursday, Post reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia said that Bezos's security consultant Gavin de Becker believes that National Enquirer obtained text messages from Bezos through inappropriate means. Bezos on Thursday said in a blog post that the Enquirer was attempting to force him to call off his investigation of the tabloid under the threat of...

One of the biggest and most salacious stories currently, involving the world's richest man and one of the most powerful and an upcoming mega billion dollar divorce - the kind the media loves to go on and on for weeks and months - and yet there is a not a mention of Bezos anywhere. Just out of curiosity I scanned the standard MSM sites : abcnews.com - no mention cbsnews.com - no mention nbcnews.com - no mention huffingtonpost.com - no mention nytimes.com - no mention wapo.com - no mention seattletimes.com - no mention latimes.com - no mention chicagotribune.com - no...

PARIS — At least three topless women jumped a barricade to confront President Trump's motorcade Sunday as he traveled to a ceremony to commemorate the centennial of World War I's end. The incident occurred as Trump drove along the Champs Elysees roadway from the U.S. ambassador's residence toward the Arc de Triomphe, where more than 60 world leaders gathered to mark Armistice Day. Femen, a feminist group that has staged similar topless protests, claimed responsibility, saying on Twitter the women were protesting the "hypocrisy" of the event. The words "fake" and "peace" were written on one woman's body as she...