Sandmann announced the settlement via Twitter on Friday, noting that the terms were confidential. He has previously reached settlements with the Washington Post and CNN, whom he sued for $250 million and $275 million, respectively. Lawsuits against the New York Times, CBS, ABC, Rolling Stone, and Gannett are ongoing. The …
Read More »A failed social experiment is causing America’s crime wave
There are the occasional sociopolitical questions that prove surprisingly easy to answer. Today’s example? If a big city district attorney decided to release violent criminals early, set them free with minimal or no bail, and refused to prosecute suspects to the full extent of the law, what would happen? Career …
Read More »White House points to surprising cause of crime wave
“A root cause in a lot of communities is the pandemic,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Thursday when questioned about reasons for a surge in lawlessness, including mass looting incidents. Psaki didn’t elaborate on the alleged connection between Covid-19 and the shelf-clearing thefts at luxury goods …
Read More »If the EU doesn’t hammer Italy for rejecting gay hate crime bill, it’ll prove it’s one rule for the West & one rule for the rest
The Italian Senate has rejected a bill that would have amended the country’s penal code to ban discrimination on the grounds of sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and disability. The bill, which would have made anti-LGBT violence and misogyny a hate crime, was rejected by 154 to 131 votes. …
Read More »Misdemeanor complaint in ‘sex crime’ case against Andrew Cuomo filed in NY court, likely to be charged with ‘forcible touching’
The name of the alleged victim and details about the case were not revealed by the court clerk who first leaked news of the potential charges to media outlet New York Focus. According to a separate Times Union report, sources in the Albany Court system say the charges were initially …
Read More »Tara Reade: American Crime Story: Impeachment perfectly captures the sordid interplay of sex, power, and politics in Washington
American Crime Story: Impeachment is like American fast food; tasty, quick and probably not very good for you. There is sex and politics delivered in a palatable PG 13 sort of way. It is a docudrama, where the actual events are as melodramatic as they were in the 1990’s, when …
Read More »No crime for guy: ‘James Bond’ star Daniel Craig reveals he visits gay bars to avoid ‘aggressive d**k swinging’
During a Tuesday appearance on SiriusXM’s Lunch with Bruce podcast, Craig told host Bruce Bozzi – who is gay – that he’s “been going to gay bars for as long as I can remember.” Craig explained that one of the reasons he prefers visiting gay bars is because of “the …
Read More »Key witness in FBI case against Assange held in custody to stop his ‘crime spree’ in Iceland – media
Sigurdur Thordarson, also known under the moniker ‘Siggi the Hacker’, was placed into custody in Iceland last month, the newspaper Stundin said, citing his lawyer. A judge agreed with the police that if Thordarson remained free, he would continue an ongoing spree of crimes in the European nation. He is …
Read More »Russian Communist leader accuses cops of committing ‘a crime’ as they surround building of party lawyers working to annul e-votes
Speaking on Tuesday afternoon, Gennady Zyuganov branded the action as “completely unacceptable.” From September 17-19, Russian citizens went to the polls to choose from 14 parties and other independent candidates vying for 450 seats in the country’s parliament. On September 20, after the results were revealed, the Communist Party declared …
Read More »US ‘hegemony’ has ‘failed miserably’ & sanctions amount to ‘crime against humanity,’ Iran’s president says in fiery UN address
In a pre-recorded speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Raisi outlined major grievances with Washington while laying out a vision for his own country’s foreign policy, arguing that the world had rejected the US’ failed “hegemonic system.” To underscore the point, he cited two major events this …
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