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The far-Right activist Tommy Robinson is reportedly being bankrolled by Tesla and X owner Elon Musk, months after the convicted criminal caused a rift between Musk and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Robinson has faced a slew of legal setbacks in recent months, including losing an appeal to shorten his 18-month prison sentence for contempt of court after he repeated libellous comments about a Syrian refugee. The activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also lost a challenge against his segregation in jail in March and was charged under the Terrorism Act for failing to disclose his mobile phone PIN...

Tommy Robinson is appealing against his jail sentence for contempt of court, according to court listings. The news comes as the controversial activist remains caged in a 'closed wing' amid reports he has a 'mark on his head' and could be 'killed by a lifer'. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is serving an 18-month prison sentence for contempt of court after breaching an injunction. After being sentenced in October last year, Robinson was admitted to HMP Belmarsh, but 'on his first day he stated he had a conflict with followers of Islam', the High Court heard. He was...

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, an MSNBC contributor and staunch critic of President Trump, said he’s quitting after owner Jeff Bezos’ “significant shift” in the paper’s mission — joining an exodus of journalists at the beleaguered broadsheet. “The announced ‘significant shift’ in our section’s mission has spurred me to decide that it’s time for my next chapter,” Robinson announced in a memo to fellow staffers on Thursday. “I wish nothing but the very best for the paper and for all of you. I won’t be a stranger, and I’ll be reading your unparalleled work every single day.” Bezos, the billionaire...

NEW YORK — Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, will host a new weekly podcast series starting this month featuring a special guest pulled from the world of entertainment, sports, health and business. "IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson" will address "everyday questions shaping our lives, relationships and the world around us," according to a press release. IMO is slang for "in my opinion." Some of the guests slated to speak to the former first lady and Robinson, executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, include the actors Issa Rae and Keke Palmer and psychologist Dr....

North Carolina’s former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) said he would terminate his lawsuit against CNN on Friday following its report released during his gubernatorial run last year about inflammatory comments he made on a pornographic website. “The fact of the matter is this: the price we have paid in entering the political arena will never be recognized. There is no dollar amount high enough. While it has been the honor of a lifetime to serve the people of North Carolina, the continued political persecution of my family and loved ones is a cost I am unwilling to continue to...

Nigel Farage says he wants to "mend fences" with Elon Musk, after the billionaire Trump adviser called for him to be replaced as Reform UK party leader. Just before Christmas, Farage told journalists his party was in "negotiations" with Mr Musk, the world's richest man, about a potential donation. But come the new year, the relationship had soured, with Tesla boss Mr Musk saying Farage "did not have what it takes" to lead the party. Farage suggested the snub was over a disagreement about Mr Musk's support for the jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Speaking on LBC, Farage said he...

Reform UK party insiders admit being “blindsided” by Elon Musk’s decision on Sunday night to take out a knife (metaphorically, of course) and stab Nigel Farage in the back and front. “The Reform party needs a new leader. Farage doesn’t have what it takes,” Mr Musk posted on X, the social media platform he owns. As recently as Christmas, the two were so close that Mr Musk was reported to be pondering a $100 million donation to Reform through the UK branch of Tesla, his electric car company. They posed for a photograph at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida...

Mykalai Kontilai, the broadcast executive-turned-entrepreneur who bought Jackie Robinson's first major and minor league professional contracts and then used them to launch a sports memorabilia/auction business, pleaded guilty to wire fraud Thursday in Las Vegas. He will be sentenced Dec. 4 and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, according to the Department of Justice. Kontilai, 55, purchased Robinson's Montreal Royals contract for the 1946 season and Robinson's 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers contract for $2 million in 2013, subsequently using their purported value to lure investors into his sports memorabilia/auction business called, at various times, Collector's Café or Collector's...

R&B legend Smokey Robinson dissed women and minorities who are voting for former President Donald Trump in a video in which he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. “Wake up,” the singer proclaimed. “I really don’t understand how any person of color or any woman could find it in their hearts to vote for Donald Trump,” Robinson declared in a video posted to his social media on Thursday. “I’ve never felt the need to campaign publicly until now,” the “The Tears Of A Clown” singer said. “This is the most important election of my lifetime, and as far as I’m concerned,...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WGHP) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced a multi-million dollar lawsuit against both a major news network and a local musician over multiple published reports that Robinson claims are defamatory. On Tuesday, Robinson and his attorney, Jesse Binnall, who represented former Pres. Donald Trump in multiple cases including his unsuccessful attempts to have the 2020 election thrown out, announced in a Tuesday morning news conference that they had filed a defamation lawsuit. They accuse The Assembly and CNN of publishing false articles in September that allege that Robinson frequented a pornographic video store and pornographic message...

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff slammed former President Trump Thursday evening for not disavowing North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R), calling his previous praise for the gubernatorial nominee “shameful.” In an interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki, scheduled to air Sunday, Emhoff was asked about past comments reportedly made by Robinson, including calling himself a “Black Nazi. “The fact that Donald Trump was right here in Wilmington, right where I am sitting, where he could not disavow Mark Robinson. He was trying to ignore it, but he did not disavow what Robinson said,” Emhoff told Psaki, who previously served as White...

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that if the reports about Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, making controversial comments on a pornography website’s message board are true, he is “unfit to serve.” Host Kristen Welker said, “Let’s start with the embattled gubernatorial candidate in North Carolina, Mark Robinson. Of course, it’s alleged he put these posts up, very controversial, on a pornographic website. He said he didn’t do it. Former President Donald Trump in North Carolina didn’t mention him and has not dropped his endorsement. Do you think that former...

Rumors have been spreading today that Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate and Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson – known for his bombastically extreme anti-LGBTQ+ statements – is dropping out of the 2024 gubernatorial election less than 50 days before Election Day because a CNN story with numerous new accusations is about to be published.

Postal contractor Midwest Transport Inc. is winding down... An Illinois-based trucking and logistics company, which contracted with the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail has notified over 650 employees, including more than 480 drivers, that the carrier is ceasing operations ... Former truck drivers for Midwest Transport Inc. (MTI), headquartered in Robinson, Illinois, told FreightWaves that they received telephone calls from their regional managers late Thursday notifying them the company was winding down operations. ... According to an email sent to MTI employees and drivers about the closing late Friday, which was obtained by FreightWaves, the company stated that postal...

English activist Tommy Robinson has been served another contempt of court notice over allegedly making false statements about a Syrian refugee. Robinson, a long-time critic of Islam and an anti-grooming gang activist, faces being sent back to prison after the Attorney General’s Office issued him with a second contempt of court notice, The Telegraph reports. He is alleged to have violated an injunction from the High Court on two occasions earlier this year, including during a protest in London’s Trafalgar Square. The court had banned Robinson from making claims about Syrian teenager Jamal Hijazi, who successfully won £100,000 in damages...

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Robinson, with his wife present, makes an admission.

British activist Tommy Robinson has reportedly fled the country ahead of a contempt of court hearing and after allegedly being arrested under “anti-terror” legislation. According to the Solicitor General, which launched the latest court case against Robinson on contempt of court charges over a 2021 libel case, claimed ahead of Monday’s scheduled High Court hearing that the activist was no longer in the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom. It came after Robinson Kent Police confirmed that a 41-year-old man had been detained Sunday under the Terrorism Act at the English Channel Tunnel, which connects Britain to France.

Anti-grooming gang activist Tommy Robinson has been arrested under anti-terrorism legislation, his supporters claimed in a post on Robinson’s verified X account on Sunday. During a large demonstration in central London on Saturday, Tommy Robinson screened his banned film Silenced in front of supporters, following which the activist was reportedly arrested by police.

Tommy Robinson live speech on 'Free Speech' in Canada, now free after immediate arrest in Alberta after his first speech - the irony. Passport taken, no reason given - since returned, they backed down.