Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is calling for impeachment proceedings to begin against President Donald Trump, saying the political risks are worth having “accountability and justice” at the highest levels of government. “It’s not something that I take lightly. It’s an incredibly serious, sober decision that we should take as a country,” O’Rourke said Tuesday […]
Read More‘Terrible Idea’: Senators Slam Trump Plan To Pardon Vets Accused Of War Crimes
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s reported plans to pardon several U.S. servicemen accused or convicted of war crimes elicited bipartisan criticism in the Senate on Tuesday. “I think it’s a terrible idea to pardon someone who is legitimately convicted of committing war crimes. It’s unthinkable,” Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) told HuffPost when asked about the […]
Read MoreSan Francisco Police Claim Journalist Whose Home They Raided ‘Committed A Crime’
San Francisco’s police chief, Bill Scott, sought to justify a controversial raid of a journalist’s home by saying police were investigating reporter Bryan Carmody as an “active participant” in a crime for leaking a police report about the death of Public Defender Jeff Adachi earlier this year. “We do believe that Mr. Carmody committed a […]
Read MoreDonald Trump Threatens To Blow Up Infrastructure Talks
Click:wps官网 President Donald Trump on Tuesday made an already difficult task even more challenging for lawmakers by calling on Congress to ratify his Mexico-Canada trade deal before passing any bipartisan infrastructure bill. The demand, which Trump laid out in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ahead of […]
Read MoreAndy Beshear Wins Democratic Primary For Kentucky Governor
Andy Beshear, the attorney general of Kentucky, won the state’s Democratic nomination for governor on Tuesday. He emerged triumphant from a contentious three-way race that included a spirited challenge from his left and from the state’s House Democratic leader. Beshear, the 41-year-old son of the state’s last Democratic governor, is due to take on Gov. Matt […]
Read MoreThe ‘Game Of Thrones’ Series Finale Didn’t Give Us The Ending That Was Promised
Warning: spoilers, duh. Winter came and went Sunday, as did all our hopes and dreams for the series finale of “Game of Thrones.” In Episode 6 of Season 8, “The Iron Throne,” Daenerys Targaryen is killed by Jon Snow, who rejoins the Night’s Watch and is reunited with Tormund and Ghost. Also: Drogon incinerates the […]
Read MoreLord Jamar Nails Why Removal Of ‘Old Town Road’ From Country Music Chart Was Racist
Rapper Lord Jamar slammed the argument that racism wasn’t behind Billboard’s removal of Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” from its country music chart in March. DJ Vlad, host of a popular YouTube show, made that claim in an interview with Lord Jamar. The artist deftly rebuffed DJ Vlad and broke down the double standards […]
Read More‘Game Of Thrones’ Did Not Nail This WTF Detail In Daenerys’ Final Scene
This post is dark and full of “Game of Thrones” spoilers. Another mistake is coming. The eighth and final season of “Game of Thrones” was a whole lot like “Where’s Waldo” for overlooked details that make absolutely no sense in the world of the show. There was the infamous coffee cup, a partially hidden water […]
Read MoreParents Of Dead West Point Cadet Can Use His Sperm To Produce Child, Judge Says
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The parents of a 21-year-old West Point cadet fatally injured in a skiing accident can use his frozen sperm to produce a child, a judge ruled while noting potential ethical considerations. Supreme Court Justice John Colangelo’s ruling, dated Thursday, gives Peter Zhu’s parents the ability to attempt conception with a […]
Read MoreBorder Agent Called Immigrants ‘Subhuman S**t’ And Racist Slurs In Text Messages
A Border Patrol agent in Arizona, who faces federal charges for allegedly hitting an undocumented immigrant with his truck, routinely used profanities and racist slurs to describe immigrants he apprehended at the border, according to federal court documents reported Sunday by the Arizona Daily Star. Among a trove of text messages cited by prosecutors, Matthew […]
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