Mehmet Oz Busted: Black Woman He ‘Comforted’ At Event Was Reportedly An Aide
Oz’s GOP Senate campaign gave a woman involved in a September “community discussion” over $2,000 at the end of June, according to FEC data.
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Debate Audience Laughs When Sen. Ron Johnson Insists He Was ‘Set Up’ By The FBI
The Wisconsin Republican rips the bureau after Democratic rival Mandela Barnes points out the FBI warned him he was being groomed to be a “Russian asset.
Witness Who Said Trump Ordered Mar-A-Lago Files Moved ID’d As Former White House Aide
The Navy veteran is captured on surveillance video transferring documents at Mar-a-Lago, The Washington Post reports, adding credibility to his account.
‘I’m Going To Punch Him Out’: New Jan. 6 Video Shows Pelosi’s Reaction To Trump Speech
“I’m going to go to jail, and I’m going to be happy,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says in the clip.
Jan. 6 committee votes to subpoena the ‘center’ of the insurrection: Donald Trump
On Thursday, the Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol voted unanimously to subpoena former President Donald Trump more than a year after he incited an insurrection that left multiple people dead and more than 100 police officers severely injured.
The vote came after the committee held what was billed as its final expected hearing before it issues a report later this year.
Ukraine update: Ukraine approaches strategic Svatove, as Russian Telegram invents phantom wins
Yesterday I noted that Russian Telegram had been hyping up a supposed offensive out of Kreminna, pushing west toward Lyman.
According to pro-Russian Telegram https://t.co/IXWllJFJlQ Russian forces took (or retook, unclear) Terny and Novosadovoe along the Luhansk & Donetsk border, west of Kreminna. pic.twitter.
A subpoena for an insurrectionist named Donald gets reactions from Twitter
If you didn’t know it already, Thursday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing included a unanimous vote to subpoena Donald Trump to testify and supply documentation in service of the committee’s ongoing investigation into the events that led up to the assault on the Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C., in 2021.
Seniors, disabled people to get inflation relief with big boost in benefits
Seventy million Americans are getting a healthy raise in January, and it’s coming not a moment too soon. The Social Security cost of living adjustment for 2023 is 8.7%, the biggest increase in four decades. Unfortunately, it comes with persistent inflation and big increase in the consumer price index—8.5%.
U.S.-Saudi relationship crumbling quickly as U.S. accuses kingdom of siding with Putin
The relationship between the United States and the journalist-killing Saudi Arabian monarchy is deteriorating quickly after the OPEC Plus decision to further cut world oil production, a move publicly blasted by the United States as an attempt to bolster consortium member Russia’s efforts to starve Europe of energy in the coming winter as means of pressuring European nations into reducing their support for Ukraine.
Why Conspiracy Theorists Always Land on the Jews
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Late on Saturday, Ye (formerly Kanye West) tweeted to his 31 million followers that he planned to go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.
Americans Deserve to Hear From Trump
The House Select Committee on January 6 ended what may be its final public hearing today with what is almost certainly a futile gesture: The members voted unanimously to subpoena former President Donald Trump for testimony and documents about his effort to subvert the 2020 presidential election and his incitement of a mob that attacked the Capitol.The odds that they will get their way are effectively zero.
The Masks We’ll Wear in the Next Pandemic
On one level, the world’s response to the coronavirus pandemic over the past two and half years was a major triumph for modern medicine. We developed COVID vaccines faster than we’d developed any vaccine in history, and began administering them just a year after the virus first infected humans. The vaccines turned out to work better than top public-health officials had dared hope.
Two Voices from Russia & Ukraine on Putin, Resistance Inside Russia & Their Views on Anti-Imperialism
Russia launched a fourth day of missile strikes against multiple Ukrainian cities and towns Thursday, targeting Ukraine’s electricity systems and leaving many areas without power. The escalated attacks come after President Vladimir Putin had accused Ukraine of blowing up a key bridge connecting Russia to Crimea last week. Meanwhile, the United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn Russia’s annexation of four territories seized from Ukraine.
“This Time Feels Different”: Iran’s Women & Youth-Led Protests Continue to Grow Amid Brutal Crackdown
Anti-government protests in Iran, first sparked last month by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, have moved into their fourth week. The youth and women-led protests cross class and ethnic divides, and the demands have grown in scale and scope, with many, even in the clerical community, now calling for the complete abolition of the Islamic Republic.
Biden administration scrambling to get more people boosted before winter
Amid confusion and fatigue, only a fraction of eligible Americans have gotten the new Covid-19 booster.
On Pennsylvania’s campaign trail, the doctor will see you now
The state’s medical sector is campaigning in unprecedented ways, motivated by abortion and concerns about their profession.
Arizona appeals court reinstates injunction blocking abortion ban
The ruling means that abortions can again take place in Arizona, at least for now, unless the state Supreme Court steps in.
U.S. will divert travelers who have been to Uganda to 5 airports as Ebola outbreak worsens
All passengers, including U.S. citizens and residents, who have been in Uganda in the last 21 days will be flown to airports in New York, Newark, Atlanta, Chicago or Washington.
Fed’s Powell ignores politics — and may pay a heavy price
It’s a rare moment for a Fed chair to toss aside all political considerations and ignore frantic investors.
The Fed’s Powell is squeezing the global economy
The Fed’s interest rate hikes have fueled market turmoil by boosting the value of the dollar and feeding higher borrowing costs.
The Fed is declaring war on inflation. It could lead straight to recession.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has pledged to do whatever it takes to curb inflation.
U.S. inflation falls for 2nd straight month on lower gas costs
Despite the signs of moderating price increases, inflation remains far higher than many Americans have ever experienced and is keeping pressure on the Federal Reserve.
G-7 announces price cap deal on Russian oil in win for Yellen
The plan touted by the U.S. Treasury secretary aims to diminish the Kremlin’s revenue while preserving the global oil supply.
“People Do Have Power”: Frances Fox Piven at 90 on Movements, Preserving Democratic Rights, & Fascism
As the United States heads into another recession and labor organizing is surging, we speak with leading sociologist and longtime social movement scholar Frances Fox Piven as she turns 90 years old. “We’re at another juncture: a bitter contest about democratic rights,” says Piven, who claims the U.S. has always been a “limited democracy.
Texas Family Of 5 Sentenced Together For Breaking Into U.S. Capitol On Jan. 6
The parents got jail time and their three adult children were sentenced to probation and home confinement.
Social Security Recipients Expected To Receive Big Boost To Benefits
The increase, to be announced Thursday, is likely to be the largest in 40 years.
Michael Cohen Says He’d Fear For His Safety If Trump Were Reelected
Trump’s former personal attorney said he was certain he was on his ex-boss’s “enemies list.
Alex Jones Will Likely Be Broke ‘For The Rest Of His Life,’ Ex-Prosecutor Says
A former U.S. attorney said the Infowars host is financially doomed even if he tries to wiggle his way out of paying nearly $1 billion in damages.
Ukraine update: Russia can’t maintain terrorist missile barrage, and their supporters are pissed
Battlefields are loud, but in the sense of movement, the Ukrainian front lines have been stable. Russians are happy to dig new fortifications and weird WWII-style straight trenches, and Ukraine is happy to let HIMARS and Excalibur precision-guided artillery shells degrade Russian artillery, command and control, and logistics in the rear. Unseasonably wet weather and the return of the famous mud isn’t helping.
Breakthrough battery technology able to charge average EV battery in just 10 minutes
A project funded in part by the Defense Department, Energy Department, and other federal agencies sure looks like it was worth the money. Researchers were able to develop a charging device that can recharge a standard electric vehicle battery in just 10 minutes. Such swift charging helps alleviate what’s known as “range anxiety,” defined as the fear that an EV will run out of power before reaching a charging station.