Pennsylvania man charged with threatening to kill FBI personnel
Authorities arrested a Pennsylvania man for allegedly making violent threats against FBI personnel online following the agency’s search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Adam Bies, 46, was arrested on Friday and is charged with influencing, impeding or retaliating against federal law enforcement officers. Court documents show Bies allegedly made multiple threats on the right-wing social media website Gab in the days following the Mar-a-Lago sear
Read MorePress: Why I sent a check to Liz Cheney
In my 40 years as a political activist – voter, volunteer, campaign manager, statewide candidate and chair of the California Democratic Party – it’s the toughest decision I’ve ever made. I’d considered it for a long time, but the latest news from Mar-a-Lago made me finally do it. Even though I know she’s going to lose tonight’s Wyoming Republican primary (the latest polls showing her 30 points behind), I went online and made a contribution to Rep. Liz Cheney’s reelection campaign. It was not former President Trump’s rea
Read MoreWhy Vladimir Putin must be humiliated
The conventional wisdom has it that Vladimir Putin must not be humiliated, lest he do something crazy. The conventional wisdom is wrong. Putin requires no humiliation to do something unhinged, and his humiliation is the only way to end the Russo-Ukrainian War and give Russia a chance of returning to civilization. Humiliation is not about insulting Putin, nor is about exposing his personal peccadilloes. Humiliation is about handing Putin a complete and total defeat on the battlefield, one that will not enable him to “save face” and make a semi-plausible case for some form of Russia
Read MoreThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump seeks big wins today against Cheney, Murkowski
It’s a tale of two lawmakers today as a pair of those who voted to oust former President Trump from office are on the ballot in key primary matchups while the ex-commander in chief continues to find himself at the center of the investigatory world. Today’s primary slate is headlined by contests featuring Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), the two most prominent GOP lawmakers who are standing for reelection this fall after voting to impeach and convict, respectively, Trump for his actions on Jan. 6
Read MoreEvergreen places six-figure ad buy highlighting Michigan, Nevada clean energy investments
Environmental group Evergreen Collaborative are running a six-figure ad campaign in two markets on Tuesday that highlights clean energy initiatives supported by Democratic governors facing close re-election races in November. The group said the campaigns, which begin on Tuesday in the Reno, Nev. and Lansing, Mich. markets, are part of its new effort to support state progress on clean energy after Democratic lawmakers passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes the largest-ever federal investment aimed at climate change. President Biden is expected to sign the bill on Tuesda
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