Monthly Archives: August 2022

Republicans may have shot themselves in the foot by hammering the DOJ to release the Mar-a-Lago search warrant

Former President Donald Trump speaks at CPAC. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Many of Trump’s GOP allies have clamored for the DOJ to release its Mar-a-Lago search warrant and supporting documentation. On Thursday, the DOJ moved to do just that, asking a court to unseal portions of the warrant. Legal experts and political strategists say Trump’s backers…

Mitch McConnell’s wife Elaine Chao, who served as Trump’s Transportation Secretary, met with the January 6 committee: report

Elaine Chao at the 2022 Concordia Lexington Summit in Lexington, Kentucky. CNN reported that Chao spoke with the January 6 panel. Jon Cherry/Getty Images Elaine Chao, Trump’s former Transportation Secretary, met with the January 6 panel, per CNN. Chao, who is also Mitch McConnell’s wife, swiftly resigned the day after the Capitol breach. Chao was…

Facebook rolls out new privacy test for messages after facing backlash for handing over chats to Nebraska police of girl accused of having an illegal abortion

Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Photo by Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty Facebook announced Thursday that it would test end-to-end encryption as the default setting in Messenger.  This comes after Facebook faced backlash for turning over chats to Nebraska cops investigating an alleged illegal abortion. End-to-end encryption is a way to securely communicate so that Facebook can…

These critically endangered albatrosses are being plagued by mice

Steffen Oppel/Hakai Magazine This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Steffen Oppel remembers his first close encounter with a Tristan albatross. It was a calm day on Gough Island, a tiny British overseas territory in the South Atlantic halfway between…

Feds were looking for classified documents about nuclear weapons during raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, Washington Post reports

Donald Trump answers questions from reporters after making a video call to the troops stationed worldwide at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach Florida, on December 24, 2019. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images The FBI was looking for nuclear weapons documents at Mar-a-Lago, sources told The Washington Post. It’s unclear if the documents concerned weapons…

Meet Judge Bruce Reinhart the magistrate who approved the FBI search warrant into Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home receiving threats from MAGA supporters

Former President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach estate, Mar-A-Lago was searched by the FBI Monday evening. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images, Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images Former President Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago was searched by FBI agents on Monday. The judge who approved the search warrant has received threats and increased attention. Here’s what we know…