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Police in Walla Walla, Washington recently busted a burglar with over 100 rolls of toilet paper in his ill-gotten haul, KHQ reports. The local sheriff’s office said they arrested a man who had been spotted stealing from a home by someone in the neighborhood. When they tracked the man down a few hours later, they found he was […]
This week, with Trump still refusing to formally concede despite losing the election, the General Services Administration informed Joe Biden and his team that the usual transition processes could now begin. In a social distancing-friendly interview with Lester Holt on Tuesday night, Biden said key discussions immediately kicked off between his team and the current administration […]
Unfortunately, 2003 brought with it a feature-length monstrosity by the name of Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story. And even more unfortunately, the Rudy-related events of 2020 have resulted in a particularly insufferable moment from the James Woods-starring concoction resurfacing in all its Very Bad Acting horror. While it’s generous to refer to this moment in […]
David Dinkins, who made history when he won the 1989 mayoral election in New York City, died Monday at the age of 93. “I intend to be the mayor of all the people of New York,” Dinkins, who became NYC’s first Black mayor at the time of his election, said when taking office. “This administration will […]
President-elect Joe Biden was informed by the General Services Administration Monday that the Trump administration is ready to move forward with the formal transition process, nearly three weeks after Biden was declared the winner in the 2020 presidential election. “Please know that I came to my decision independently, based on the law and available facts,” GSA chief Emily Murphy said in a letter. […]
The Trump campaign released a statement Sunday, denying that attorney Sidney Powell is in any way associated with their legal team. “Sidney Powell is practicing law on her own. She is not a member of the Trump Legal Team,” the statement from Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis read. “She is also not a lawyer for the President in […]
CNN reports Georgia has concluded its statewide audit of the 2020 presidential election, and can confirm that Joe Biden convincingly defeated Donald Trump by over 12,000 votes. State officials have also determined that there were no signs of widespread fraud or irregularities. Almost 5 million votes were cast in the state. “Georgia’s historic first statewide audit reaffirmed that the state’s new secure […]
Remember those claims that Apple slowed down some older phones to extend battery life? Well, now the tech giant will have to pay up. Per CBS News, Apple reached a settlement for $113 million in a case that alleged it intentionally slowed down phones, and misled users about the purpose of certain updates. The larger issue […]
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday that the city will close public schools in order to combat the rising COVID-19 numbers. The Associated Press reports that all school buildings will be closed for in-person learning “until further notice.” All students will be taught online only for the time being, although as […]
On Tuesday, Donald Trump fired a top official at the Department of Homeland Security who had made it a point to publicly dismiss some of the baseless conspiracy theories that continue to be peddled as an explanation for why the president lost. The director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Chris Krebs, was dismissed […]
