by ProPublica | Jul 25, 2022 | Human Rights & Justice, Quick Facts
His last night as a prisoner in North Florida, Kelvin Bolton couldn’t sleep. Fifty-five years old, with a wispy goatee the same color as the gray flecks in his hair, he was about to get out after serving a 2 1/2-year sentence for theft and battery. The last time he’d...
by Common Dreams | Jul 24, 2022 | Quick Facts, Opinions & Commentary, Politics, Corruption & Criminality
Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone thinks that Mike Pence should receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom for refusing Trump’s demand to commit a felony and subvert a presidential election. That’s how low the bar for heroism among Trump administration alumni...
by Colorado Newsline | Jul 23, 2022 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality, Quick Facts
Elections officials from 33 states, gathered for a conference under tight security, warned that the next few election cycles will be affected by paper shortages and the potential for threats from inside elections offices. The meeting of the National Association of...
by Common Dreams | Jul 23, 2022 | Quick Facts, Progress & Solutions
A federal jury on Friday found Steve Bannon—who served as former President Donald Trump’s chief strategist—guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the...
by Marty Kassowitz | Jul 22, 2022 | Opinions & Commentary, Quick Facts
Last night’s prime time broadcast of the January 6th Committee hearing was compelling to say the least. The material presented left an indelible message that Trump intended the violence that happened, encouraged it and amplified it. It was and is a dark stain on...
by Common Dreams | Jul 22, 2022 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality, Quick Facts
The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General has opened a criminal investigation into the Secret Service’s destruction of text messages sent the day of and before the January 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol. “This is to notify you...