AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar7 hours ago“Lack of any remorse”: Judge tears into Sam Bankman-Fried as he sentences him to 25 yearsverified_publisherSalon - By Igor DeryshFTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years on Thursday after he was convicted of defrauding the company’s customers. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered the crypto billionaire to more than two decades in prison after Bankman-Fried’s lawyers recommended a sentence of five to seven …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar11 hours agoBiden just can’t stop stepping on his own good intentionsverified_publisherSalon - By Brian KaremAnyone else ready for a time out for an important commercial message or a snack – because I’m worn out. Tuesday showed the tale of two presidents in its most condensed form.At the same time President Joe Biden walked into the White House’s Roosevelt room to address the stunning collapse of the …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar11 hours ago“They don’t have the courage to say the N-word’: Baltimore mayor rips right-wing “DEI mayor” attacksverified_publisherSalon - By Igor DeryshBaltimore Mayor Brandon Scott hit back at critics who called him a “DEI mayor” after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse this week. Right-wing social media users bizarrely labeled Scott, who was elected with over 70% of the vote, “Baltimore’s DEI mayor” following a press conference on the collapse. …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar11 hours agoAccuser was paid $480,000 to drop sexual assault lawsuit against CPAC head Matt Schlapp: reportverified_publisherSalon - By Igor DeryshThe Republican operative who accused American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp of sexual assault was paid $480,000 to drop the lawsuit, according to CNN and The Daily Beast. Schlapp prior to the reports touted that his accuser had dropped the lawsuit and claimed he had been exonerated. “From …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar14 hours agoTrump Bibles make a mockery of Christianity — which is why MAGA will eat them upverified_publisherSalon - By Amanda MarcotteEarlier this week, Donald Trump unveiled his newest grift to squeeze money out of his cult followers: Trump-branded Bibles. Claiming the book contains the "King James version" and "also includes the Founding Father [sic] documents," Trump promised "you have to have it for your heart, for your …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar14 hours agoWhich dictators are most like Donald Trump?verified_publisherSalon - By Chauncey DeVegaThroughout the 20th century to the present, the American right has embraced authoritarian and other anti-democratic values both here and abroad. Domestically, this has taken the form of suppressing the labor movement, the civil rights movement(s), and other attempts to create a real social …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar14 hours agoHollywood's backlash to Jonathan Glazer's Oscar speech only proves his pointverified_publisherSalon - By Norman SolomonLast week, Variety reported that “more than 1,000 Jewish creatives, executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter" denouncing the Oscar speech by Jonathan Glazer, director of the Holocaust-themed drama "The Zone of Interest." The angry letter amounts to a tightly scripted …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar22 hours agoEx-Trump lawyer John Eastman faces disbarment for his part in the 2020 election messverified_publisherSalon - By Kelly McClureIn a 128-page opinion handed down on Wednesday, California Bar Court judge Yvette Roland recommends that Ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman have his law license revoked, highlighting his part in the attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election as being a major ethics violation. "In view of the …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar1 day agoLindsey Graham and other officials react to the death of senator and VP nominee, Joe Liebermanverified_publisherSalon - By Kelly McClureJoe Lieberman — independent four-term U.S. senator and Al Gore’s Democratic running mate in 2000 — died at the age of 82 on Wednesday, due to complications from a fall in New York, according to a statement from his family. The first Jewish candidate on the national ticket of a major party, Lieberman …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar1 day agoRight-wingers blame the Baltimore bridge collapse on everything short of the Mothmanverified_publisherSalon - By Kelly McClureEarly Tuesday morning, a section of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River after the Dali, a 213-million-pound cargo vessel, lost power and crashed into a structural pillar. As a team from the National Transportation Safety Board is gathering evidence for their …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar1 day ago"Cannon is a bad judge": Legal experts say Trump taking advantage of judge's "rookie problem"verified_publisherSalon - By Tatyana TandanpolieAs the pre-trial proceedings in Donald Trump's Florida criminal case drag on, some legal experts are increasingly skeptical that the case will go to trial this year. Others worry it won't see a trial at all. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointee overseeing the case, in which the …
AvatarSalonAvatarAvatar1 day ago"I wasn't able to really do my job": State Dept. official quits in protest of Biden's Gaza policyverified_publisherSalon - By Julia ConleySaying her job at a State Department office that advocates for human rights in the Middle East has become "impossible" as the Biden administration continues to back Israel's assault on civilians in Gaza, foreign affairs officer Annelle Sheline resigned from her position on Wednesday in protest of …