Red Wave:  Speaking in Arizona in his first speech to influence the mid-term elections, former President Donald Trump predicted on Saturday that “a great red wave is going to begin right here in Arizona” and vowed that “this is the year …

The Phony War: Ukraine government agencies were the target of a cyber attack yesterday in what may have been a prelude to a Russian invasion. The Russians have armor and 100,000 massed on the border and an attack on Ukrainian computer …

Stack One: Stewart Rhodes, the leader and founder of the far right Oath Keepers militia, has been arrested by the FBI and charged with seditious conspiracy and other crimes for his part in plotting to storm the Capitol last Jan. 6th. …

Witness to an Insurrection: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has refused to cooperate with the committee investigating the January 6th insurrection. The committee had formally requested a voluntary  interview with McCarthy, in particular about a telephone conversation he’s admitted having with then President …

Five Alarm: Nineteen people died yesterday, nine of them children, in a fire in a West Bronx apartment building.   Another 44 were injured, 13 of them critically, after the occupants of the third-floor apartment where the fire started left in a …

Malice Murder: A Judge in Brunswick, Georgia yesterday sentenced a father and son convicted of murdering black jogger Ahmaud Arbery to life without the possibility of parole plus 20 years.   Travis McMichael, 35, his father, Gregory McMichael, 66, had both been convicted of …

Big Lie, Big Truth: In a blistering speech in which he never mentioned Donald Trump by name, President Joe Biden breeched traditional etiquette and protocol yesterday in a speech denouncing his predecessor,  his propagation of the big lie that the 2020 election …

The Quiet Coup:  One year since the Capitol insurrection, law enforcement is on alert this morning for a repeat of the attempted coup against the government of the United States. It’s a year late. A coup, if there is to be …

Sleeping with Elephants: Armed with messages Sean Hannity sent in the days surrounding the January 6th insurrection, the House committee investigating the riot is seeking to question the Fox News  host.    Hannity acted as a participant in political discussions rather than a journalist covering …

Bad Blood: A jury in San Jose, California yesterday found Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the Theranos blood testing company, guilty of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, each carrying a penalty of up to …