Monthly Archives: September 2022

Hundreds of politicians, military personnel, and police are on the membership list of the extremist Oath Keepers group

The Oath Keepers group was founded in 2009 by Steward Rhodes, who has been charged in connection with the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. William Campbell/Corbis via Getty Images A leaked database from the Oath Keepers extremist group contains more than 38,000 names. The list includes 373 people stated to be working in law…

Today’s mortgage and refinance rates: September 8, 2022 | 30-year fixed rates steady

Average 30-year fixed mortgage rates calmed somewhat and may have reached a peak for how high they’ll go ahead of the next Federal Reserve meeting. But any surprising economic data could still cause some volatility.  Inflation has showed signs of slowing, but it’s still well above the Fed’s target annual rate of 2%. The Fed…

Michael Cohen doubles down on claim that Trump may have kept classified documents to blackmail the DOJ into not indicting him

Michael Cohen. Carlo Allegri via Reuters Michael Cohen discussed the report that the FBI found classified nuclear documents at Mar-a-Lago. Cohen told MSNBC Trump may have kept the papers to blackmail the DOJ into not indicting him. For Trump, it is “all about power,” Cohen said. Donald Trump’s former fixer, Michael Cohen, doubled down on his…

Tim Cook’s response to improving Android texting compatibility: ‘buy your mom an iPhone’

At the 2022 Code Conference, Tim Cook responded to a journalist’s question about RCS text messaging by suggesting they buy an iPhone, The Verge reported. Asked how Apple could improve communication between iPhone and Android users, he said “I don’t hear our users asking that we put a lot of energy into that.” When the…