Month: August 2022

Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, a far-right Republican and ally of former President Donald Trump, “didn’t answer a single question” during his Tuesday interview with the House committee investigating the riot on January 6, CNN reports. According to a source familiar with the matter, Mastriano, who is being questioned as a central supporter of Trump’s claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, was uncooperative and cut the virtual interview short by just 15 minutes after starting “It was clear that the committee was unable to comply with the regulations on the use of the depository authority and, moreover, has…

PALM HARBOR — The driver of a pickup truck veered onto a sidewalk along U.S. 19 and fatally struck an 11-year-old boy who was riding a bicycle Sunday, troopers said. A 21-year-old Tampa man was driving a Dodge pickup truck towing a boat trailer north on US 19 south of Grand Cypress Boulevard in Palm Harbor around 5:30 p.m. when he approached slow-moving traffic, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The driver of the pickup swerved to avoid a crash and hit the boy, who was riding his bicycle southbound on a sidewalk on the east side of the road,…

On the eve of a controversial vote on an abortion rights amendment, anonymous text messages hit the phones of Kansas voters. The message seemed clear enough, stating, “Women in KS are losing their choice on reproductive rights. Voting YES on the amendment will give women a choice. Vote YES to protect women’s health.” In fact, the opposite was true, with conservative state voters roundly rejecting the measure. The Washington Post would later report that the messages were paid for by a political marketing firm that received funding from a PAC run by former congressman Tim Huelskamp, ​​R-Kansas. Under Kansas law,…

As Megan Thee Stallion raps about her longings for love, a young woman is recorded in her bedroom, walking to her phone in sweatpants and a T-shirt. By synchronizing with the beat of the track, it goes down. This is usually the part where TikTok creators pivot and show off in a new, glamorous outfit. However, a 49-year-old man appears in a suit and tiemirroring the woman’s dancing pose before crouching on the office floor, with an American flag on a stand behind her. “Hey, are you registered to vote?” asks Ken Russell, a Democratic congressional candidate from Florida, crawling…

“We had a little swim out there!” Former Vice President Mike Pence told Friends of the Fair Friday at the Varied Industries Building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. Pence and fellow Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley took cover from a storm that quickly developed and drenched the fairgrounds. “I’m in Iowa for one reason and one reason only,” Pence told a group of reporters as storm clouds began to roll in over Midway. “And that’s what Iowa and America need six more years of Sen. Chuck Grassley.” A visit to the Iowa State Fairgrounds has long been a…

DEAR HARRIETTE: I was so engaged in the political theater of our world that I was overwhelmed. Since January, I haven’t paid this much attention. I know this is not right and I see the impact on my children. They were used to my husband and I debating the actions of the former president or the status of the United States Supreme Court. We got angry with Roe v. Wade, but we haven’t been involved much. I want my children to be part of the political process. How can we regain our interest? Political exhaustion Dear Political Wear: Many people…

Missiles fired from Chinese coast amid Taiwan tensions A senior Taiwanese defense ministry official was found dead on Saturday as the autonomous territory accused China of carrying out a “mock attack” with the country’s warships and aircraft carrying out missions in the Taiwan Strait. Ou Yang Li-hsing, the deputy head of Taiwan’s defense ministry’s research and development unit, died of a heart attack in his hotel room on Saturday, state media reported. The room had no signs of “trespassing” and his family had a history of heart disease, the official Central News Agency said. Meanwhile, the defense ministry tweeted on…