Group Including Magic Johnson Makes $6 Billion Bid to Purchase Commanders
Commanders owner Dan Snyder has reportedly asked for $6 billion to buy his football team. A group, including Magic Johnson, has now submitted bids matching that exact number. The group making bids includes Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris, defense contractor Mitch Lares and NBA legend Magic Johnson. ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported the news. The […]
Pro-American Group Sues D.C. over Expanded Noncitizen Voting
The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has filed a lawsuit challenging a new Washington, DC law that extends voting rights to certain noncitizens. IRLI submitted He filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven DC residents, including two former Republican candidates, who opposed the district’s recently enacted Local Voting Rights Amendment Act. The law, which went […]
Trans Group on Nashville Shooting: ‘Anti-Trans Hate’ Has ‘Consequences’
A Twitter profile named Trans Resistance Network said Monday that “anti-trans hate” will have “consequences” in connection with the murder of six people at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. According to a statement by the Trans Resistance Network, the woman who killed six people, including three children, in Nashville said, “Besides beating others by […]
Viewer who accessed group chat in Paltrow case says opening link was just “common sense”
An online detective who discovered group chats later filed as evidence at the Gwyneth Paltrow ski field trial said breaking into the texts took “maybe two minutes,” even if it confused the barrister. Michael Fletcher — a CourtTV viewer who cracked the code and sent a Meetup group message to Paltrow’s defense team — told […]
CS Lewis, Tolkien, Orwell among works tagged as triggers for ‘far-right’ extremism by anti-terrorism group
The UK government’s counter-terrorism department has reportedly flagged key English-language literature as a potential trigger for right-wing extremism, and one author whose work is on the list undermines the agency’s strategy. Classic authors such as CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien, George Orwell, Joseph Conrad and Aldous Huxley were included in a list of potentially problematic texts […]
Former Lincoln Project Strategist Steve Schmidt Calls Out Group For Lack Of Transparency
Former Lincoln Project strategist Steve Schmidt took to Twitter to accuse the group of making huge profits in exchange for reaching out to voters. Schmidt responded to a tweet by Afghan veteran and former Democratic politician Jason Kander. (Related: ‘I gave them an ultimatum’: Never-Trump-Lincoln Project ‘must be reformed or shut down,’ founder says) @Reed […]
North Korean forced into marriages, sex slavery in China’s ‘Red Zone,’ human rights group says
Hundreds of thousands of North Korean women have been forced into marriage, sold into sex slaves, and forced to work in prison camps after fleeing the tyrannical state and trapped in China’s so-called “red zones.” ing. A new study released Friday by international human rights law firm Global Rights Compliance details the horrifying scenarios many […]
3 dead, one critical after group overdoses in New Rochelle: police
Police said three people died of an overdose in New Rochelle on Saturday afternoon and one was critically ill. New Rochelle police said they received a call from a man about 2:45 p.m. to report that three other unresponsive men who were with him may have overdosed on drugs, police said. said in a statement. […]
PGA Tour Bible Study Group helps golf’s Scottie Scheffler
On Thursday, 26-year-old American golfer Scotty Schaeffler will begin defending the Masters title he won last year. He won the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, winning the tournament’s legendary green his jacket and his $2.7 million. Carrying his bag again is his trusty caddy and fellow Christian, Ted Scott. Some might call the two […]
China detains staff, raids office of US due diligence firm Mintz Group
Chinese authorities raided the offices of US corporate due diligence firm Mintz Group in Beijing and detained five local staff, the company said, just as it was hosting an international economic forum. It aroused concern among them. The news of the raids and detentions follows months of diplomatic tensions, including the downing of a suspected […]