Amazon has told Parler it will suspend the company’s AWS hosting services access at midnight (Sunday). According to The Washington Post, users of the site praised Wednesday’s Capitol riot while violating the e-commerce and web hosting giant’s terms of service. Amazon says Parler’s inadequate content-moderation practices was the violation. A …
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No Prison Time For White Man Who Drove Into Crowd Of Racial Injustice Iowa Protestors
A white man who intentionally drove his car into a crowd of Iowa City “racial injustice’ protestors back in August, dodges prison time after a guilty plea. Michael Ray Stepanek, 45, who struck many during his recklessness, told police the crowd needed “an attitude adjustment,” which is why he did what …
Read More »Biden Sides With Borrowers As He Plans To Forgive $10,000 In Student Debt
One of President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign promises included student-loan relief, and it is a promise he seems to be holding true. Announced by an aide, Biden will immediately ask Congress to suspend $10,000 in student debt for all borrowers. Once in office, Biden will be under immense pressure to increase the …
Read More »Man Charged After Allegedly Texting He Wanted To Shoot Nancy Pelosi, Feds Say
As more disturbing details emerge about some of the Capitol insurrection participants, CNN reports that one man sent text messages to his friends that he wanted to shoot and run over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. allegedly sent a text message saying he was thinking of “putting a bullet in …
Read More »Colorado Attorney General Announces Grand Jury Investigation Into Elijah McClain’s Death
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced that he is opening a grand jury investigation into the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. McClain, 23, was a Black massage therapist who was stopped by Aurora police while walking home from a store with iced tea. McClain struggled with officers and died days …
Read More »CEO Says His “Worst Decision” Of Life Was Breaching The Capitol
The CEO of a marketing firm outside Chicago has been identified as one of the many people arrested on Wednesday during the breach of the capitol. He is calling it the ‘single worst decision’ of his life.” Bradley Rukstales, the 52-year-old president of Cogensia, confirmed his arrest by Capitol Police for unlawful …
Read More »Some Congressmen Who Fought Off Rioters Still Voted With Trump
On Wednesday, while the House and Senate were certifying Joe Biden’s win, rioters breached the Capitol building. “The mob literally reached the doors of the House Chamber, and the Police were short-handed,” Rep. Pat Fallon wrote on Facebook. Inevitably, members of Congress had to get involved in stopping intruders from …
Read More »American Airlines Pilot Threatens To ‘Dump’ Trump Fans In Kansas If They Did Not “Behave”
Trump supporters have really shown out over the past few days, and the pilot on an American Airlines flight has had enough. On a Friday flight out of Washington, DC, the pilot threatened to land early and dismiss passengers if they did not “behave.” Prior to departure, passengers on AA …
Read More »Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air Plane Feared To Have Crashed After Taking Off From Jakarta
A Sriwijaya Air plane carrying 62 people on board is feared to have crashed shortly after it took off from Jakarta early this morning. According to CNN, Indonesia’s Head Of National Transportation Safety Committee, Suryanto Cahyono, announced that the aircraft, Sriwijaya Air flight 182 from Jakarta to Pontianak, in Indonesian Borneo, …
Read More »Horned Hat Wearing Capitol Rioter Arrested: Came To DC “At The Request of The President”
The pro-Trump rioter who was photographed in the U.S. Capitol carrying a 6-foot spear and wearing a horned helmet has been arrested and charged, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said in a press release. According to NBC News, 33-year-old Jacob Anthony Chansley, from Arizona, was taken …
Read More »Newly Released Security Footage Shows Oregon State Rep Opening Door For Protesters
Newly released security footage shows a Republican state legislator opening a side door, which allowed protesters of Oregon’s COVID-19 restrictions to enter the Capitol building. CNN reports that according to spokesman Timothy Fox, Oregon State Police have opened an investigation into state Rep. Mike Nearman. Tina Kotek, Oregon Speaker of the House, said …
Read More »D.C. Police Treated Insurrectionists At Capitol Much Differently Than BLM Protesters Stats Show
The Capitol’s recent storming by Donald Trump’s supporters highlighted a stark contrast in the treatment between perceived “patriots” and those that took part in the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer. According to CNN, DC police arrested five times as many people during the height of the BLM protests, compared …
Read More »Alabama Man Charged With Bringing 11 Molotov Cocktails To Capitol Riots
A 70-year-old Alabama man has been federally charged with possessing eleven Molotov cocktails during Wednesday’s violence in the Capitol. Lonnie Coffman was arrested on Friday after Capitol Police responded to a report of possible explosives close by the National Republican Club at 12:47 p.m. on Wednesday. Shortly after, they received …
Read More »Georgia Attorney Admits His Involvement In Capitol Riot: “The Deep State Cannot Stop Us”
A practicing Georgia attorney has admitted his involvement in the Capitol riot that took place Wednesday. In an exclusive interview with the Atlanta Newspaper, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, attorney McCall Calhoun said he was among the many that stormed the Capitol doors on Wednesday when a mob—self-described as “Anti-Communist Counter-Revolutionary—breached the U.S. …
Read More »Man Holding Nancy Pelosi’s Lectern In Viral Photo Arrested
Florida authorities have apprehended the man seen in a viral photograph carrying Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern through the Capitol’s halls during Wednesday’s violent pro-Trump attack. Adam Johnson is said to be the man waving at a camera as he casually strolls through the Capitol halls holding the lectern. He was …
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