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January 12, 2025
Democrats vie for top DNC job in first officer forum
January 11, 2025, 6:45 PM The Democratic National Committee held the first of four officer forums on Saturday afternoon, and qualifying candidates for top leadership roles laid out their platforms and strategies while attempting to differentiate one another from the now-crowded field. Candidates needed to secure the support of 40 DNC members to make it on the virtual stage -- and will need to maintain that support to qualify for the three subsequent forums. Each of the four forums will focus ...
Go to discussionVance Says Violent Jan. 6 Protesters Shouldn't Be Pardoned
By Wendy Benjaminson January 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM CST ............... President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly vowed during his campaign that on his first day in office he would pardon the protesters who stormed the Capitol to stop the certification of the 2020 election, which President Joe Biden won. Five people died as a result of the violence and the hundreds injured included 174 police officers. Some 127 defendants were convicted on at least one charge related to the riot. “If you pro ...
Go to discussionRudy Giuliani's Florida condo and World Series rings at stake in trial over assets
Jan 11, 2025 4:10 PM NEW YORK — After he was found in contempt twice in one week, Rudy Giuliani faces another potentially treacherous week ahead at a trial to determine whether his Florida condominium and three World Series rings must be turned over to two Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation award against him. The former New York City mayor was found in contempt on Friday by a Washington judge for repeating false claims that the workers corruptly counted votes in the 20 ...
Go to discussionUSDA report finds Boar's Head listeria outbreak was due to poor sanitation practices
January 11, 2025 5:45 PM ET A U.S. Department of Agriculture report has found that "inadequate sanitation practices" at a Boar's Head facility in Virginia contributed to a listeria outbreak that left 10 people dead and dozens hospitalized around the country last year. The report, released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), reviewed the listeria outbreak linked to the deli meat supplier's facility in Jarratt, Va. In one case, in ...
Go to discussionSteve Bannon Goes Nuclear on 'Truly Evil' and 'Racist' Elon Musk, Pledges 'To Take This Guy Down'
Steve Bannon unloaded on Elon Musk, calling him a “truly evil guy” who must be run out of the MAGA movement. Musk spent more than a quarter of a million dollars to help return President-elect Donald Trump to the White House. The billionaire Tesla CEO and owner of X has been a fixture at Mar-a-Lago ever since, with some reports indicating Musk’s near-constant presence is wearing on Trump. “I will have Elon Musk run out of here by Inauguration Day,” Bannon, a former Trump White House adviser, told ...
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