March 20, 2023 Politics, Technology
Gothamist reports: The mayor said his new plan, called “Charge safe, Ride safe,” will bring safe e-bike charging and storage stations across the city, including at NYCHA buildings and hubs the city establishes for delivery workers. Adams on Monday also signed a package of bills passed by the City Council earlier this month that include a ban on battery devices …
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March 20, 2023 Fake News, Fox News
The Daily Beast reports: Fox News is now taking legal action against one of its top producers in an effort to silence her amid the ongoing Dominion lawsuit. In a Monday complaint filed in the Supreme Court of New York, Fox News alleged that Abby Grossberg, a senior producer and head of booking for Tucker Carlson, has threatened the network …
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March 20, 2023 Police, Trump cultists
Congress Minutes reports: The Capitol Police are girding for the possibility of protests ahead of the potential indictment of former President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the situation. Their security posture will be elevated starting Tuesday morning, the people said. Police intelligence suggested, though, that more protests would occur around Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago and in New …
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March 20, 2023 Crackpots, Trump cultists
“If this is allowed to succeed, none of our liberties is safe. You know, today it’s a Republican who’s a target, tomorrow it’s a Democrat. And the day after tomorrow, it’s your Uncle Charlie or your nephew or your niece. There’d be no limits on what prosecutors can do to their political enemies. They’re going to do it to people …
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March 20, 2023 Extremists, Nazis
Miami’s NBC affiliate reports: A disturbing video making the rounds on social media shows a South Florida man’s racist rant. The clip shows the man confronting several police officers in West Palm Beach. “He’s getting in my face,” the man said to a female officer as he pointed to a male officer. Investigators said the West Palm Beach Police officers …
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March 20, 2023 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Politico reports: Law enforcement officials are meeting at NYPD headquarters in lower Manhattan on Monday afternoon to plan for a possible indictment of former President Donald Trump on charges stemming from payments to a porn star, a person involved in the planning told POLITICO. An indictment by a grand jury is expected late Monday or Wednesday, according to three people …
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March 20, 2023 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Reuters reports: Workers erected barricades around a Manhattan courthouse on Monday as New York City braced for a possible indictment of Donald Trump over an alleged hush-money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign. The barriers went up in preparation for what would be the first-ever criminal case against a U.S. president, two days after he urged his …
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March 20, 2023 Crackpots, Trump cultists
Media Matters has the transcript: Okay, couple things, people say, Charlie, what’s the solution? What’s the solution? Well, actually I’ve laid out a solution, and it’s very simple: you must acknowledge it’s a sad day in America, number one. The number two: you must suck it up and you must call on every attorneys general and every DA to say, …
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March 20, 2023 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Posted this afternoon to Trump’s Truth Social account: Ron DeSanctimonious will probably find out about FALSE ACCUSATIONS & FAKE STORIES sometime in the future, as he gets older, wiser, and better known, when he’s unfairly and illegally attacked by a woman, even classmates that are “underage” (or possibly a man!). I’m sure he will want to fight these misfits just …
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March 20, 2023 Extremists, Trump cultists
NBC News reports: Four members of the Oath Keepers were convicted of conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Monday, as a judge ordered jurors to continue deliberating the most serious counts against two additional defendants. Sandra Parker, Laura Steele, Connie Meggs and William Isaacs were found guilty of …
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