Two images of Republican Sen. Josh Hawley are shown during a House January 6 Committee hearing House January 6 committee/screenshots The Jan. 6 committee showed the photo of Sen. Josh Hawley raising his fist in solidarity with protesters. Then they played a video of him running from the protesters he helped rile. Twitter users had…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2022. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Rep. Adam Kinzinger said House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy was “scared and begging for help” on Jan. 6. Jared Kushner…
Sarah Matthews, former deputy White House press secretary, testifies before the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th on Thursday. Win McNamee/Getty Images House Republicans attacked a January 6 committee witness in real-time on Thursday. But the witness, Sarah Matthews, still works for Republicans in Congress. The GOP’s Twitter account later deleted the attack…
An unedited video of then-President Donald Trump recording an address to the nation on January 7, 2021, is displayed on a screen during a hearing by the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the US Capitol. Al Drago/Getty Images House January 6 investigators showed Trump recording his speech a day after…
Today Facebook announced a pretty substantial change to its app. First off, the main feed you see when you open the app is now called Home, which makes sense and is way overdue. But that’s not the big news. The big news is that there’s now an additional tab in the app, called Feeds. And…
Who doesn’t want to know what it’s like to pet a giraffe? | Image: Sony Sony released a ten-minute-long trailer for The Last of Us Part 1 on Thursday, where the game’s directors talk through some of the improvements coming in the PlayStation 5 remake of Naughty Dog’s iconic game. The trailer takes plenty of…
“Buy now, pay later” (BNPL) startups have gained traction by targeting consumers, but BNPLs for businesses are also starting to take off. One example is Fairbanc, which is based in Singapore but focused on Indonesia. It allows small businesses to take out short-term credit to purchase fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) inventory. Fairbanc announced today it…
U.S. Supreme Court associate justices Samuel Alito (L) and Elana Kagan. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Justice Elena Kagan said the “legitimacy” of the Supreme Court hinges on it not appearing partisan. She said precedent should be overturned only in extreme cases, following the reversal of Roe v. Wade. One lawyer told Insider following precedent helps the…
House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol hold a prime-time hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on July 21, 2022. Win McNamee/Getty Images Secret Service agents with Pence’s security detail made “very personal calls over the radio” on January 6, 2021. A former White House security official told…
The House January 6 committee displayed a photograph of Trump in the Oval Office shortly after the “Stop the Steal” rally. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images House January 6 investigators said there was little record of Trump’s actions on January 6. The presidential diary was “silent” about Trump’s behavior on January 6, Rep. Elaine Luria said. Rep….