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NYT: FBI had up to 8 Proud Boys informants
Leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the FBI had as many as eight informants inside the Proud Boys organization. This week, lawyers for five Proud Boy members charged with seditious conspiracy said the information those informants gave the FBI could clear their clients. There are five Proud Boy members, including the group’s former… -
Russian mercenary fighting for Ukraine executed in video
Russia’s military and private mercenaries are known for their brutality. Over the weekend, the world got another example when a video titled “Hammer of Retribution” was posted recently to the Grey Zone Telegram channel. In the video, a man is seen with his head taped to what looks like a concrete wall. The man said his… -
Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue snafu could cost millions
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, said it’s hard to be him. Musk made the comment while speaking to the B20 business forum ahead of the G20 Summit. It’s likely hard to juggle being the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter, but critics say some of Musk’s problems are self-induced, particularly the current kerfuffle over… -
Amazon introduces new warehouse robot ‘Sparrow’
Amazon introduced the world to its Sparrow robot this week. The company said in a release Sparrow is Amazon’s “first robotic system in our warehouses that can detect, select and handle individual products.” Amazon said its workforce of around 750,000 warehouse employees “picked, stowed, or packed” around 5 billion packages last year, or about 13… -
Trump attacks former allies DeSantis, Youngkin
Former President Donald Trump is taking aim at two of his onetime Republican allies. In separate statements, Trump attacked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Virginia Gov. Glen Youngkin. On Friday, Trump posted to Truth Social: “Young Kin (now that’s an interesting take. Sounds Chinese, doesn’t it?) in Virginia couldn’t have won without me. I endorsed… -
How the war in Ukraine is impacting Russian students
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is impacting people all over the world. This week, the world learned how Russia’s war with Ukraine is impacting Russian school children. According to German broadcast outlet Deutche Welle (DW), Russian students have been required to take part in mandatory patriotism classes for the last two months. The class is… -
Putin’s enemies discuss ‘physically eliminating’ Russian leader
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine nine months ago. Tens of thousands of people are now dead. This week, the European news outlet Euractiv reported a group of anti-Russian activists and former Russian lawmakers have been meeting for months, discussing various ways of removing Putin from office. Euractiv reported the anti-Putin group… -
DOJ lays claim to $1 billion in stolen bitcoin
Federal prosecutors seized a sizeable fortune in stolen bitcoin last year. The pilfered cryptocurrency wasn’t kept in a safe or a lockbox at the bank. It was found in an old popcorn tin. For the last 10 years, the federal government has been looking for billions of dollars’ worth of bitcoin stolen from Silk Road.… -
John Kerry to propose expanded carbon credit program at Cop27
Government leaders and climate scientists from around the world are in Egypt for Cop27, the UN’s Climate Implementation Summit. John Kerry is the U.S. climate envoy to the summit. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, Kerry is expected to propose a plan he hopes will help developing nations stop using fossil fuels. Under Kerry’s plan,… -
A week after Musk takes over, Twitter begins widespread layoffs
A week into Elon Musk’s tenure as CEO of Twitter, the self-proclaimed “Twitter Complaint Line Operator” is following through with his promise to make the company profitable. He started with widespread layoffs. The first day Musk walked into Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters as CEO, he fired the former CEO Parag Agrawal. In the days that… -
Amid protests, Biden vows to ‘free Iran’
President Biden told a crowd of supporters that the U.S. is going to help free Iran. Iran wants Russia to help it develop nuclear weapons. And Iran may be moments away from launching an attack on Saudi Arabia. It was quite a week of developments for Iran, as the Islamic Republic stands on the brink… -
Montana attorney general: Democrats, YouTube circumvent democratic process
Montana’s attorney general wants YouTube to restore some videos that the streaming giant removed. Austin Knudsen said some Democratic lawmakers and others in the federal government are pressuring YouTube to routinely remove politically unfavorable speech. The Montana attorney general sent a letter Wednesday to YouTube’s CEO, Susan Wojcicki, expressing his concern over YouTube’s removal of… -
Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder may sell team
Dan Snyder, the controversial owner of the Washington Commanders, might not be an NFL owner for too much longer. The team announced on Wednesday that Snyder and his wife Tanya hired Bank of America to consider potential transactions. It’s not clear whether the Snyders intend to sell the whole team outright, some shares of the…