White Supremacists, Conspiracy Theorists Are Targeting Cell Towers, Police Warn
Extremist groups joined forces in the weeks after the election to target critical infrastructure and “incite fear,” an NYPD intelligence report said.
Politics
What Biden’s Talking Filibuster Could Look Like
Ending today's filibuster rules would not be radical for Biden — just a return to how things worked when he entered the Senate in 1973.
Liberal Think Tanks Outline Steps to Resuming Student Loan Payments in September
But Biden had expressed openness to extending the payment moratorium beyond that point.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Amazon Retaliated Against Chicago Workers Following Spring Covid-19 Protests, NLRB Finds
Workers are now waiting to see how, and if, Amazon will agree to settle the claims.
Cuomo’s “Women’s Equality Party” Might Just Be the Most Cynical Political Move of His Career
Cuomo deployed the “WEP” to back male machine candidates over women with a real shot at winning.
The Coronavirus Crisis
CIA Headquarters Got Vaccinated in Early January, Rankling Intelligence Officers Abroad
“Nobody gives a shit about the overseas workforce,” a former CIA officer complained.
Secret Brazil Archive
In Sharp Rebuke, Brazil Supreme Court Rules Judge Who Locked Up Lula Was Biased
By ending Lula's political ban and finding that ex-judge Sergio Moro was biased, the Supreme Court shook up Brazilian politics.
Inside Gab, the Online Safe Space for Far-Right Extremists
The hacked data from Gab contains 65 gigabytes of data, including 4 million Gab accounts, 31,000 groups, and 39 million posts.
A Year Later, Tara Reade Works to Correct the Record
An attorney for Tara Reade has approached a swath of media outlets demanding they correct a claim that she lied about graduating from college.
Primaries Matter: Why This Time Is Different for Andrew Cuomo
The New York governor had constructed a wall around himself that has been washed away by twin, reinforcing political currents.