A Jacksonville jury convicted 42-year-old Patrick Moran Jr. of trying to “entice minors to produce images and videos depicting child sexual abuse” and being in possession of “materials depicting the sexual exploitation of children,” the DOJ said in a statement on Thursday. Moran is facing a minimum of 15 years …
Read More »‘Am I making you uncomfortable?’: Cuomo faces SEVENTH sexual harassment accuser as Senator Schumer joins calls for his resignation
Journalist Jessica Bakeman took the pages of New York Magazine on Friday to accuse the governor of “textbook” sexual harassment, saying he “shocked and humiliated” her in public with inappropriate touching and suggestive comments. At a holiday party at the executive mansion in December 2014, Bakeman, then 25, says she …
Read More »‘This is Nazi Germany!’: Airline faces calls for boycott after Jewish family booted from flight over mask-less BABY
In a series of videos that were posted to Twitter on Sunday, the family could be seen making its way off the Frontier Airlines flight as other passengers shouted, “This is Nazi Germany!” and “This is gonna go all over the news!” According to the US-based Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs …
Read More »NYT columnist faces conflict of interest accusations after singing praise for Facebook ‘Groups’ feature in tech giant’s blog post
A 900-word post by Brooks appeared on a company blogging platform on Tuesday, stressing the importance of “trust” in online communities in a thinly-veiled promotion of Facebook’s “Groups” feature. The piece coincided with a new study on Groups, funded by the company, which Brooks went on to endorse in a …
Read More »Too few black faces, too many white women: As a top BAME exec leaves the BBC, it stands accused of becoming ‘Karenised’
Given the revolving door of back-slapping, overpaid executive media gigs in Britain, which generally consist of haranguing a small army of grunts via iPhone while swanning from one lunch meeting to another (lockdown notwithstanding), ordinarily a sacked hack’s hard luck story wouldn’t rustle one’s notebook. However, having held down jobs …
Read More »School faces backlash after allowing kids to ‘opt out’ of Black History Month to ‘exercise their civil rights’
In a letter sent to families by Maria Montessori Academy Director Micah Hirokawa, the school said complaints from a handful of families had led to them offering the decision for everyone to “exercise their civil rights to not participate in Black History Month at the school.” Hirokawa wrote in a …
Read More »Russian opposition figure Navalny back in court, faces defamation charge after labeling World War II veteran a ‘traitor’
The country’s authorities opened the case against Navalny after he called 94-year-old Ignat Artemenko a “traitor” for appearing in a video, published by RT in Russian in June 2020, encouraging people to come out and vote in the upcoming plebiscite on proposed constitutional changes. The advertisement also included Russians from …
Read More »Protesters call to ‘IMPEACH Liz Cheney’ at Wyoming rally as hawkish rep faces GOP backlash over vote to oust Trump
A sizable crowd gathered at the state house in Cheyenne on Thursday – estimated around 300-strong by a local reporter – to call for Cheney’s ouster, frequently erupting into chants of “Go home Cheney!” and “USA!” Footage of the protest captured by videographer Brendan Gutenschwager has circulated online. The third-ranking …
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Read More »Tokyo faces state of emergency over coronavirus case surge as Japan prepares to host Olympics
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday that he was considering a state of emergency for Tokyo and the three neighboring prefectures. The governors of the four regions have urged Suga to take action amid a spike in coronavirus cases. The Japanese leader said that he would also mobilize …
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