Monthly Archives: July 2022

Infowars parent company files for bankruptcy as defamation trial for Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook conspiracy claims nears decision on awarding damages to victims

Alex Jones, the founder of right-wing media group Infowars, addresses a crowd of pro-Trump protesters after they storm the grounds of the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol earlier, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. Trump supporters gathered in the nation’s capital today to protest…

U.S. Bank illegally used customer data to create sham accounts to inflate sales numbers for the last decade. Now they’ve been fined $37.5 million plus interest on unlawfully collected fees.

US Bank U.S. Bank was fined for using customer data to open sham accounts and new lines of credit without permission.  Employees were pressured to access customer credit reports and open new accounts to inflate sales numbers. The bank is required to pay $37.5 million and return any illegal fees and charges — with interest….

Trump lawyer vows to sue CNN for linking the former president to an Adolf Hitler theory

Former President Donald Trump gives the keynote address at the Faith and Freedom Coalition during their annual conference on June 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee. Seth Herald/Getty Images Lindsey Halligan, an attorney for Donald Trump, said she planned to sue CNN for defamation. She said the network defamed the former president by calling his election…

Trump advisers joked that Steve Bannon’s only job at the White House was to leak stories to the press, according to Jared Kushner’s new memoir

Former White House senior strategist Stephen Bannon leaves the Federal District Court House after being found guilty of being in com tempt of Congress on July 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Former Trump adviser Jared Kushner wrote that he and Steve Bannon clashed in the White House.  Bannon threatened to “break” Kushner…

Uber will start showing drivers how much they’ll be paid for accepting a trip

It says it’s trying to make things more flexible for drivers. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber says that it’s “completely reimagined the way drivers accept rides” with a feature called “upfront fares,” which shows drivers exactly how much they’ll be paid for a trip and where they’ll end up after dropping…