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☆ Trump's most loyal supporters in Congress are calling for an immediate halt to US support for Ukraine
  + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Eleven House Republicans have backed a measure calling for an immediate halt of US aid to Ukraine. A recent poll found nearly two-thirds of American support continued aid to Ukraine. A non-binding resolution introduced Thursday would, if passed, express the sense of Congress that the US "must end its military and financial aid to Ukraine." A recent Gallup poll found that nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the US should continue to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia, even if that means prolonging the conflict. "We will not fight the third World War in Ukraine," he said.
☆ Students who participated in a strike at Temple University are being told they will lose their tuition and health care benefits
  + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Temple University is eliminating free tuition for graduate students who participate in a strike. In a statement, Temple confirmed students will be denied tuition benefits "while they are on strike." On average, such workers make $19,500 a year, according to the Temple University Graduate Students' Association (TUGSA), a union that represents nearly 750 affected workers. Stephen Orbanek, director of communications at the university, told Insider that those who choose to participate in the grad-student strike will be denied not just their pay but their tuition benefits. Temple is not the first institution to cancel health benefits for striking employees.
☆ Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro addressed right-wing activists at Trump resort in Miami amid calls for him to be ejected from the country
  + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro addressed right-wing activists at a Trump resort on Friday. Bolsonaro did not address how long he plans to extend his stay in Florida. Instead of going back, however, the right-wing politician has sought to extend his stay in the United States, to the chagrin of Democrats and others who want him ejected. On Friday, Bolsonaro beamed as supporters cheered him at a campaign-style event organized by Turning Point USA, a youth-oriented conservative activist group, and hosted by the Trump National Doral golf resort in Miami. "Liberty is like a great love, we must care for it every day," Bolsonaro said, addressing the crowd through a translator.
☆ Trump probably won't win his $50 million lawsuit against Bob Woodward with experts saying the suit 'turns the First Amendment on its head'
  + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Former President Trump claims he owns the audio rights to interviews conducted by Bob Woodward. But legal experts say it's unlikely a court will agree with Trump, who claims he's owed $50 million. "The case centers on Mr. Woodward's systematic usurpation, manipulation, and exploitation of audio of [former] President Trump," states the complaint, filed with a federal court in Florida. The audiobook didn't go on sale for another two years — after, Woodward says, he decided its release served the public interest. "Filing a lawsuit over publishing those interviews turns the First Amendment on its head."
☆ Kanye West paid white nationalist Nick Fuentes nearly $15,000 out of his 2020 campaign funds
  + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Kanye West paid nearly $15,000 to white nationalist Nick Fuentes, per campaign finance records. Fuentes traveled with West to meet with former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. A new filing from the occasional rapper's presidential campaign shows those relationships have not come cheap. West's campaign also made payments to another far-right provocateur, Milo Yiannopoulous. According to campaign records, Yiannopoulous pocketed nearly $50,000 from the West campaign: $9,955 for a "Domain Transfer," dated the same day as the meeting with Trump, and $40,000 in mid-December for "Campaign Wrap Up Services."
☆ Pelosi attack suspect says he was motivated by politics, telling police that Democrats had been 'persecuting' Trump
  + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
The man charged with attacking Paul Pelosi told police that he was motivated by hatred of Democrats. David DePape echoed former President Donald Trump, claiming that the 2020 election was stolen. In the days following the arrest of David DePape, some allies of the former president suggested the attack was not politically motivated, insinuating it was a domestic spat. "When Trump came into office, what they did went so far beyond spying on a rival campaign," DePape said. "Not only were they spying on a rival campaign, they were submitting fake evidence to spy on a rival campaign, covering it up, persecuting a rival campaign.
☆ Prosecutor appointed by Trump Justice Department used claims from Russian intelligence to obtain emails from a George Soros aide: NYT
  + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
John Durham used Russian intelligence claims to obtain a US citizen's emails, per The New York Times. Durham was appointed by former Attorney General Bill Barr to examine the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation. But Durham pursued a dubious claim from Russia involving Hillary Clinton and an aide to George Soros. They "were said to make demonstrably inconsistent, inaccurate or exaggerated claims," the Times reported, "and some US analysts believed Russia may have deliberately seeded them with disinformation." As Russian intelligence analysts themselves had told it, Moscow had hacked Leonard Benardo, executive vice president of Soros' Open Society Foundations, and in doing so uncovered a plot at the highest level to sway the 2016 election.
☆ Ukraine is burning through artillery shells. Now the US is increasing production by 500%.
  + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The US is aiming to increase production of a key artillery shell used by Ukraine. The hope is to manufacture 90,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition by 2025. Under the latest proposal, the US aims to within two years produce up to 90,000 rounds 155mm of ammunition every month, The Times reported, citing a US Army report. As of January 18, the US had already committed to providing Ukraine with at least 160 M777 Howitzers and just under 1.1 million of the 155mm artillery rounds they use. Currently, the US produces just over 14,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition every month.
☆ The Proud Boys' initiation manual has a detailed 'No Wanks' policy
  + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Charles R. Davis | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A Proud Boys "initiation ceremony manual" details the far-right group's policy on masturbation. "A Proud Boy may not ejaculate alone more often than once every thirty days," states the group's "initiation ceremony manual," the document reads. An excerpt from a Proud Boys defense motion filed January 23, 2023 in US District Court in Washington, DC. InsiderThe Anti-Defamation League considers the Proud Boys a violent, right-wing extremist group whose members commonly engage in misogynistic, Islamaphobic, transphobic, and anti-immigration rhetoric. As detailed by journalist Andy Campbell in his book, "We Are Proud Boys," members of the group are expected to adhere to the policy if they wish to advance to the second of its four tiers of membership.
☆ A Supreme Court marshal found no 'credible leads' that justices or their spouses leaked the draft Dobbs decision — but also didn't ask them to swear on it either
  + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The Supreme Court marshal said Friday that she interviewed the justices after the draft Dobbs leak. A month later, the Supreme Court issued its final 6-3 ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, prompting several states to impose strict restrictions on the termination of a pregnancy. In the statement issued Friday, Supreme Court Marshal Gail A. Curley said she had spoken to all the justices during the course of her investigation, some more than once. According to the report issued Thursday, investigators spoke to 97 court personnel, all of whom were required to swear to the truth of what they were saying. Some, the report noted, had indeed "admitted to telling their spouses about the draft opinion or vote county, so they annotated their affidavits to that effect."
☆ An Alabama 'election denier' is leading efforts in the state to withdraw from a national organization that combats voter fraud
  + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Alabama's top elections official is withdrawing the state from a nonprofit known as ERIC. Founded in 2012, ERIC began as a collaboration by election officials in seven states, four of them Republican. A powerful outlierOfficials, including Republicans, have credited the organization with helping clean up their voter lists and prevent fraudulent votes. A former state legislator, Allen was dubbed an "election denier" by the States United Democracy Center, a bipartisan group that promotes election integrity, over his support for overturning the results of the 2020 election. With or without Alabama, he said, ERIC will continue to focus on "improving the accuracy of America's voter rolls and increasing access to voter registration for all eligible citizens."
☆ Texas spent nearly $9 million busing migrants over the holidays, according to records obtained by Insider
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Texas spent just under $9 million busing migrants across the country over the holidays. In total, Texas has now spent roughly $29 million on the program since April 2022. According to public records obtained by Insider, Abbott's migrant bus program cost the Texas Division of Emergency Management $8.97 million over the November and December holidays. Many of those on these Texas buses are people seeking asylum — a legal right — fleeing poverty and political persecution in countries such as Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela. In November, Domingo Garcia, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, argued that the millions spent busing migrants would have been better spent elsewhere, according to WFAA.
☆ Republican candidate's wife arrested, charged with casting 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in the 2020 election
  + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
According to prosecutors, Taylor cast 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in the 2020 election. Jeremy Taylor, the husband, is an elected Republican. In all, prosecutors allege, she engaged in 26 counts of providing false information and voting, three counts of fraudulent registration, and 23 counts of fraudulent voting. The aim, prosecutors allege, was to get her husband, Republican politician Jeremy Taylor, elected to public office. But Taylor was more successful in the fall 2020 general election, where he ran as a Republican candidate for the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors.
☆ The US Navy seized over 2,000 rifles from a wooden sailboat traveling to Yemen, claiming the weapons were sent by Iran
  + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The US Navy said Tuesday it had seized 2,116 "AK-47 assault rifles" from a sailboat near the Gulf of Oman. A US admiral accused Iran of trying to send the weapons to Yemen's Houthi rebels. The Houthis seized Yemen's capital in 2014, forcing out the country's Saudi-backed government. In a statement, the US Navy said its service members on January 6 confiscated 2,116 "AK-47 assault rifles" after spotting the sailboat in international waters near the Gulf of Oman. The US Navy said it had seized more than 2,100 "AK-47" assault rifles.
☆ Jair Bolsonaro could be deported if the US decides he's causing 'adverse foreign policy consequences'
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro came to Florida late last year on a visa. To deport him, the Secretary of State could rule that Bolsonaro is harming US foreign policy. Late last year, Bolsonaro, while still Brazil's head of state, came to Florida, with people spotting him everywhere from fast-food joints to grocery stores. Under federal law, Bolsonaro could be deported if the Secretary of State has "reasonable grounds" to believe that his presence in the country "would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States." Under that provision, Bolsonaro could be deported whether or not he has even been charged with a crime.
☆ The Oath Keepers promised to defend liberty — and ended up trying to overthrow American democracy
  + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
The Oath Keepers were founded in 2009, pledging to stand up to tyranny. The Oath Keepers, to be sure, are not to be confused with a charming but a little bit problematic ex. A look at the list of 10 orders the Oath Keepers insisted its members — cops and soldiers — would not carry out reveals as much. Thanks to the magic of the Internet Archive, however, we can see just how they were received on the Oath Keepers' website at the time. But there is, in my take, nothing different about the underlying threat that Oath Keepers posed from day one."
☆ Trump's top DHS official told the Jan. 6 committee he doesn't remember Trump repeatedly calling the 2020 election 'rigged.' Trump used the word 'rigged' in 3 tweets 24 hours after losing the election.
  + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Trump official Ken Cuccinelli claims to not remember Donald Trump calling the 2020 election "rigged." "I am not prepared to validate that word," Cuccinelli told investigators, according to testimony released Friday. And "Rigged Election Hoax!" "Is it fair to say," an investigator asked, "that seeds of distrust were sown with respect to the 2020 election — after the November 2020 election?" In May 2020, for example, he asserted that the presidential contest would be "the greatest Rigged Election in history."
☆ Reversing a Trump-era decline, more people are now coming to the US — and fewer are leaving
  + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Net international migration to the US is projected to increase for the first time since 2016. Net international migration refers to the number of new immigrants minus those who have left. "This is the first time net international migration increased since 2016, marking the largest single-year increase since 2010," according to the bureau. Net international migration is calculated by counting the number of new immigrants coming to the US and subtracting the number of people who have left the country. The increase in net international migration comes despite a Trump-era border measure known as Title 42 remaining in effect.
☆ George Santos, newly elected New York Republican, accused of lying about being Jewish
  + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
George Santos may have lied about having Jewish heritage, according to a report published Wednesday. Santos is a Republican from Long Island who was elected this past November. The Forward, a Jewish publication, found no evidence his grandparents were Jewish, as he'd claimed. But while Santos can in fact trace his family tree back to Brazil, The Forward, a Jewish publication, found no evidence to support the claim any of his ancestors were Jewish. In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Matt Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, called on Santos to address the latest controversy.
☆ Incoming GOP congressman accused of lying about his employment history and where he went to college defends himself with a false Winston Churchill quote
  + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Charles R. Davis | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Long Island Republican George Santos has been accused of fabricating his biography. In a statement Monday night, Santos's attorney quoted Winston Churchill. The statement posted on George Santos' Twitter account attributes a Victor Hugo quote to Winston Churchill. It goes on to quote the former Conservative UK prime minister who led Britain during World War II: "As Winston Churchill famously stated, 'You have enemies? As a representative for the International Churchill Society told the fact-checking website: "Churchill never said it."
☆ FEC asks Congress to take action on 'scam PACs' that raise millions for campaigns but only enrich their founders
  + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The FEC is urging Congress to help it take on "scam PACs" that defraud donors. Such PACs raise money for political campaigns but end up enriching their founders instead. All six FEC commissioners urged lawmakers to grant them more power to protect donors. Per the FEC, such political action committees "solicit contributions with the promise of supporting candidates," but then disclose "minimal or no candidate support activities while engaging in significant and continuous fundraising." Bell raised at least $346,000 through the PACs, according to prosecutors.
☆ Head of Ukraine's military says he has 'no doubt' the Russians 'will have another go at Kyiv' as Putin adds more troops to his army
  + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, head of Ukraine's armed forces, said Russia wants to regroup for a new offensive. "The Russians are preparing some 200,000 fresh troops," General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, head of Ukraine's armed forces, told The Economist, referencing recent Russian mobilization efforts. Russian attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure, in many ways, come from a position of weakness. The Kremlin had prepared for no more than three months of war, Zaluzhnyi said. What the country's armed forces need now is a chance to regroup, possibly under the guise of peace.
☆ Russian security teams are scrambling to hunt down Ukrainian spies as locals in captured towns direct fire and gather critical intel
  + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Behind enemy lines, Ukrainian civilians are helping their country target Russian positions. In Kherson, local activists used Telegram to send photos and coordinates for Russian troops. In occupied Kherson, a man who performed at weddings before the war said he had pivoted to planting explosives under Russian soldiers' vehicles. Ukrainian forces can act on the intel in under 15 minutes, putting fire on Russian positions. Russian forces have felt the effects, and these everyday spies are becoming a priority for Russia.
☆ Far right protests targeting the LGBTQ community show a troubling correlation with violent attacks
  + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Right-wing extremists have held at least 55 protests targeting LGBTQ people this year, ACLED reported. That is up from just 16 such protests in 2021, an increase of over 340%According to ACLED, a monitoring group, far-right activity is "strongly" linked to violence. Groups such as the Proud Boys conflate the reading of books by members of the LGBTQ community with the predatory "grooming" of kids. Such deadly attacks are often carried out by self-styled vigilantes who are not formally members of any far-right group, Roubadeh Kishi, director of research at ACLED, said in an interview. "It usually ends up being a resurgence of some kind of old narrative, packaged in a new way," Rishi said.
☆ Ukraine says Russia has abducted more than 13,000 children since the invasion began. A rights watchdog called it a war crime
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Russia has deported 13,000 children from Ukraine since the start of the war, an official said Friday. Throughout the war in Ukraine, Russia has faced numerous allegations of atrocities and war crimes, many of which are backed by substantial evidence. Russia asserts that the deported children are orphans. In May, Russia changed its laws to allow Ukrainian children to be granted Russian citizenship, paving the way for them to be given to Russian families. Van Esveld said around 160 Ukrainian children have reportedly been adopted under that process.
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