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Newly Revealed Texts Show Oath Keepers Plotting To Continue Insurrection
Oath Keeper William Todd Wilson of North Carolina pleaded guilty last week to seditious conspiracy. He is the third member of the rightwing group to do so. The Oath Keepers is an umbrella organization of heavily armed anti-government extremists led by former Ron Paul aide Stewart Rhodes. → Read More
Newly Revealed Texts Show Oath Keepers Plotting To Continue Insurrection
Jackson had made fiery remarks at the Ellipse immediately before the assault on the Capitol, but he was trapped with the other legislators during the attack. It’s unclear how he made his way back there.“Dr. Ronnie Jackson – on the move. Needs protection. If anyone inside cover him. He has critical d... → Read More
Newly Revealed Texts Show Oath Keepers Plotting To Continue Insurrection
Oath Keeper and self-proclaimed seditionist William Todd Wilson told a federal court on Wednesday that, after the attack, he heard Rhodes talking on the phone to someone whom Rhodes believed had a direct line to Trump. Whoever it was reportedly denied Rhodes’ demand to speak to the president.Rhodes ... → Read More
Select Committee Depicts Meadows As Point Man In Trump Coup
The J6 committee filed a motion in court arguing that Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows should be compelled to testify about his role in the plot to overturn the election. The filing uses Meadows’ text messages and witness testimony to paint a detailed picture of Meadows. → Read More
Select Committee Depicts Meadows As Point Man In Trump Coup
The officials found no evidence of significant fraud in any state, but Trump and his allies kept pushing. “Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen,” Trump said, according to notes taken by former senior Justice Department official Richard Donoghue and sha... → Read More
Select Committee Depicts Meadows As Point Man In Trump Coup
In their motion, the committee had to explain why Meadows’ claims of executive privilege are worthless. In order to make that case, the committee painted a detailed picture of what Meadows was up to in the weeks before the insurrection.The record shows that Meadows coordinated with a clique of far-r... → Read More
Don’t let COVID-19 vaccines expire
In late December, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order imposing up to a $1 million fine and loss of all state licenses for health care workers who → Read More
Life Inside a Pre-Release Center: Like Prison, But More Work
Pre-release centers are meant to rehabilitate incarcerated people—by making them juggle low-wage work and imprisonment. → Read More
De Blasio is worried about NYC’s supply chain, should you be?
Mayor Bill de Blasio raised eyebrows when he told MSNBC on March 18 that “we don’t know what the future of our supply chain will look like.” The mayor didn’t elaborate on what he meant by that, but he went on to talk about his fears that many New Yorkers who can’t work during the new coronavirus outbreak won’t have money for food or other necessities if major federal help is not forthcoming. → Read More
Closing schools was the right call but here’s what must come next
In a recent briefing, Dr Michael J. Ryan, the grizzled executive director of the World Health Organization, laid out the lessons he learned about coronavirus from years of beating back Ebola in West Africa. “Be fast, have no regrets. You must be the first mover. The virus will always get you if you don’t move quickly,” Ryan said, “If you need to be right before you move, you → Read More
Did bail reform really cause a crime wave?
New York state’s sweeping new bail reform law is under attack by the police, conservative media outlets, some district attorneys, Republicans and even some Democrats. Bail reform eliminated cash bail for a wide range of offenses and forced judges to impose the least restrictive kind of pretrial supervision that is likely to ensure a defendant will come back to court. → Read More
You can’t just decriminalize sex work without regulations
In June 2019, state Sen. Julia Salazar proposed the first piece of legislation in New York history to completely decriminalize sex work. → Read More
Why New York has such a low rate of gun death
New York state’s death rate from guns is a lot lower than you might think from watching “Law & Order” or gangster movies. Pop culture would have you believe that the Gowanus Canal’s main pollutant is decaying corpses, while local news and opportunistic politicians can make it seem like violent crime is omnipresent. → Read More
Don’t let Harvey Weinstein have a nice night out
For all the talk of “cancelculture,” it’s becoming increasingly clear that powerful men who abuse women don’t necessarily face long-term consequences for their actions. Their industries, friends and fans are only too ready to welcome them back into the fold after the flimsiest apology and the briefest step out of the spotlight. → Read More
Marianne Williamson’s philosophy is a New York phenomenon
Actress, #MeToo activist and resistance icon Alyssa Milano shocked fans by announcing last Tuesday that she would be attending a fundraiser for New Age guru and Democratic presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson. → Read More
What New York can learn from Mexico about marijuana legalization
Proponents of recreational marijuana legalization in New York state were dismayed when the measure was dropped from the state budget agreement in late March. And they verged on apoplectic when Gov. Andrew Cuomo said earlier this month that it lacks the votes to pass this year. → Read More
Is the Albany Power 100 list sexist?
Editor’s Note: In response to past criticism that our annual Albany Power 100 list underrepresents women, we asked feminist journalist Lindsay Beyerstein to analyze this year’s list. We gave her advance access to the list and gave her complete freedom to reach her own conclusions. → Read More
The Breach: Jeff Sessions and His Brutal Vision for the Department of Justice
In our season finale of The Breach, Adam Serwer of the Atlantic joins host Lindsay Beyerstein to discuss Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his radical plans for the Department of Justice, which threaten civil rights enforcement at federal agencies; sentencing reform; bathroom access for transgender students in public schools; and so much more. → Read More
The Breach: Gutting Medicaid to Spite the Poor
President Trump's budget would cut Medicaid spending nearly in half and slash nearly $13 billion from Department of Health and Human Services. Trump’s budget also calls for an end to all federal funding for Planned Parenthood. Dr. Diane Horvath-Cosper is a fellow at Physicians for Reproductive Health and an abortion provider in Maryland, and she joins host Lindsay Beyerstein to discuss the… → Read More
The Breach: North Korea's Nuclear Strategy
Mainstream media pundits often portray North Korean leadership as erratic and irrational, but according to guest Ankit Panda, Kim Jong-Un's nuclear strategy is anything but haphazard. On this episode of The Breach, Panda and host Lindsay Beyerstein discuss everything you need to know about the escalating situation between North Korea and the United States. → Read More