| Trump and his followers are on the 'crazy train' with unhinged election conspiracies, Republican congressman says Posted: 12 Nov 2020 01:34 PM PST  President Trump is taking his followers down a path of increasingly unhinged conspiracies about millions of votes being altered by mysterious forces manipulating computer systems and voting machines, said Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-Va.
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| Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene, supporter of QAnon, denounces House mask requirement Posted: 13 Nov 2020 11:14 AM PST  Amid a raging coronavirus pandemic, the incoming Republican freshman said she "proudly told my freshman class that masks are oppressive."
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| Teen facing death penalty after being accused of murdering five relatives has shown ‘no remorse’ Posted: 13 Nov 2020 03:55 PM PST  'He has not shown any sign of remorse. While in detention, he has not talked about his family at all,' probation officer says
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| Sweden has admitted its coronavirus immunity predictions were wrong as cases soar across the country Posted: 13 Nov 2020 06:00 AM PST  Sweden's chief epidemiologist has admitted that the country is experiencing a second wave of coronavirus as cases and deaths from the disease surge.
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| The Dakotas are 'as bad as it gets anywhere in the world' for COVID-19 Posted: 14 Nov 2020 10:12 AM PST  Both North and South Dakota now face a predictably tragic reality that health experts say could have been largely prevented with earlier action.
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| Disgruntled Mississippi lawmaker wants his state to secede. Fine with me. Bye! | Opinion Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:40 PM PST  Dear Price Wallace:
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| Project Veritas could face legal liability for postal worker's ballot fraud allegations, experts say Posted: 14 Nov 2020 03:00 AM PST  Project Veritas accused the Washington Post of witness intimidation after it ran an article debunking ballot claims
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| 20 million Americans will get a COVID vaccine this year, administration says Posted: 13 Nov 2020 03:40 PM PST  The Trump administration promised that 20 million Americans would receive a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year.
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| Tucker Carlson Apologizes for Claiming 96-Year-Old Georgia Voter Was a Dead Man Posted: 14 Nov 2020 08:20 AM PST  Fox News host Tucker Carlson opened his show Wednesday by proclaiming that "truth really matters more than ever." What he was about to report was "not a theory," he said, adding: "It happened and we can prove it."But two days later, he opened with an apology. One of the voters he claimed had cast a ballot from the grave on Friday's episode—claims that were amplified by the Trump campaign and by members of Congress like Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)—had not actually done so after all.The late James Blalock of Newtown County, Georgia, whom he profiled in the earlier episode, had not actually voted in the 2020 presidential election as Carlson claimed. His widow, Agnes Blalock, who votes under the name Mrs. James Blalock, had."We've got some good news tonight, and an apology. One of the people who voted in last week's election isn't dead," Carlson said. "So apologies for that, and of course we're always going to correct when we're wrong. And we were."> Voter fraud is real. pic.twitter.com/3YFrT4CcI3> > — Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) November 12, 2020Carlson did not mention that another of the allegedly dead voters he profiled on his show, Linda Kesler, had not voted either. That vote was cast by Lynda Kesler, who—as sleuths at the fittingly named 11Alive News channel discovered—was alive and well and voting legally in the election."Linda Kesler of Nicholson was marked deceased in 2003 and did not vote. Lynda Kesler who has a different address, birthday, and zip who is entitled to vote—did vote," the Jackson County Board of Elections said.> President Trump's campaign accused four Georgia voters of fraud. Said they voted 'dead' in the presidential election. We tracked two of them down, alive & well. We simply knocked on a door and 96-year-old Mrs. James Blalock answered. @11AliveNews https://t.co/n9dLA70jJB pic.twitter.com/10cbPJTXB0> > — Brendan Keefe (@BrendanKeefe) November 13, 2020Carlson also didn't mention that, despite his allegations to the contrary, there is absolutely no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. Countless other claims of dead people voting have been debunked by major news organizations like CNN, which this week examined 50 of the more than 14,000 names on a list of allegedly dead voters being circulated by Trump supporters and found none of them had voted from the grave.In a joint statement Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security's Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council and Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees said the Nov. 3 election was "the most secure in American history."But Carlson remained defiant, claiming Friday that "a whole bunch of dead people did vote," and that he had "proved it" because he "showed you their names"—the exact same thing he had done for Blalock and Kessler. He did not add any more evidence to support this claim. Gaetz has so far yet to comment.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| FBI wanted to arrest Epstein at Virgin Islands beauty pageant months before plea deal cut Posted: 13 Nov 2020 02:31 PM PST  An FBI supervisor was "extremely upset" about being denied the opportunity to arrest Epstein in 2007, a Justice Department report says.
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| One of Biden's top coronavirus advisors calls for focused restrictions based on disease spread instead of a nationwide lockdown Posted: 13 Nov 2020 10:20 AM PST  "So we've got to follow science, but we've got to also be more precise than we were in the spring," Dr. Vivek Murthy said on Friday.
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| Rand Paul says coronavirus survivors should ‘throw away their masks’ while falsely claiming they’re immune Posted: 13 Nov 2020 09:01 AM PST  There is no evidence to indicate coronavirus survivors are immune to the disease caused by the novel virus
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| US military flew terminally ill Bahrain premier to America Posted: 12 Nov 2020 09:18 PM PST  The U.S. military flew Bahrain's terminally ill prime minister to America for hospital care two months before his death, the State Department acknowledged Friday, underlining the importance of the island kingdom. The care offered to Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa came just after the U.S. military similarly flew Kuwait's late ruling emir to the same Mayo Clinic hospital in Minnesota. Both countries host major U.S. military bases in the region and are considered major non-NATO allies, granting them military and economic privileges with America.
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| NASA ushering in new era with SpaceX Crew Dragon launch Posted: 14 Nov 2020 04:07 AM PST  The stage is set for the first operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts to the space station.
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| Sudan to host Russian military base Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:12 PM PST  The naval logistics center in Sudan will be Russia's first military base in Africa since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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| AOC asks if it’s ‘too socialist’ to want more stimulus relief for Americans Posted: 14 Nov 2020 08:55 AM PST  Meanwhile, lawmakers in Washington remain at a standstill on additional stimulus spending to prop up workers and the economy, and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) of New York isn't happy about it. The Democratic representative took to Twitter to plead that Americans are in need of another stimulus check, rent forgiveness and mortgage relief, among other requests, to address the ongoing health crisis and offset an unstable economic environment.
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| Geraldo Rivera has ‘heartfelt’ call with Trump, a ‘realist’ who will ‘do the right thing’ Posted: 13 Nov 2020 09:05 AM PST  President also asked TV host what he knew about Dominion Voting Systems
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| Prosecutors ask Barr to rescind memo on U.S. vote counting irregularities - Washington Post Posted: 13 Nov 2020 06:08 PM PST  U.S. prosecutors are asking Attorney General William Barr to rescind a memo issued earlier this week that instructed them to publicly investigate "substantial" allegations of vote counting irregularities, saying they have not seen the unusual activity, the Washington Post reported on Friday. The 16 assistant U.S. attorneys specially assigned to monitor the presidential election this month also said Barr's Monday memorandum had thrust prosecutors into partisan politics and that the policy change was not based in fact, according to the Post, which saw a copy of the letter. Barr sent his memo after days of attacks on the integrity of the election by President Donald Trump and Republican allies, who have alleged without evidence that there was widespread voter fraud.
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| Murder and mayhem: How farming in South Africa became a 'full-scale war' Posted: 14 Nov 2020 04:56 AM PST  When armed men broke into their farm in Free State province on Wednesday night, Mark Regal and his wife were already on high alert. Just the day before, their neighbour and fellow farmer Eddie Hills had died in hospital, a week after being stabbed in a robbery in which his father was tied up and shot. Aware that they too could lose more than just their property, Mrs Regal returned fire and killed one of the intruders, police said. But Mr Regal, 50, was overpowered and killed - the seventh farmer to be murdered in the province in six weeks. The spate of killings has inflamed racial tensions in South Africa, with the Free State's white farming community accusing the ANC-ruled government of doing little to help. Trouble first flared with last month's grisly murder of farm mechanic, Brendin Horner, 21, whose body was found tied by a noose to a fence near his cottage. When two suspects appeared in court a week later in the tiny town of Senekal, a white mob stormed the building, attempting to avenge Mr Horner's death on the spot.
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| Haiti is running low on fuel again as sweet deal with fuel supplier turns sour Posted: 13 Nov 2020 04:27 PM PST  Another sweet deal has gone sour in Haiti.
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| Chicago stay-at-home advisory will go into effect on Monday Posted: 12 Nov 2020 11:42 AM PST  The advisory calls on residents to cancel their traditional Thanksgiving plans.
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| Iron Dome batteries activated to fill cruise missile defense gap Posted: 13 Nov 2020 11:36 AM PST  The units that will operate the Army's interim cruise missile defense capability — Israel's Iron Dome system — are activated.
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| GOP captures second Democratic US House seat in California Posted: 13 Nov 2020 05:40 PM PST  Republican Young Kim defeated U.S. Rep. Gil Cisneros on Friday in a Southern California district, the second GOP candidate to snatch a Democratic-held seat in the state this year. The contest in the 39th Congressional District anchored in Orange County was a rematch from 2018, when Cisneros was one of seven Democrats who claimed GOP-held California districts that year. Kim overcame President Donald Trump's poor performance in heavily Democratic California, where he got only one-third of the votes.
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| Secret intelligence exists that ‘would cast Trump in very negative light’, warns ex-FBI chief Posted: 14 Nov 2020 06:54 AM PST  'It's almost incomprehensible to me that he would want that information out,' says Andrew McCabe
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| Ex-Wells Fargo chief hit with fine for misleading authorities Posted: 13 Nov 2020 08:28 AM PST  US regulators on Friday charged former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf with allegedly misleading investors, hitting him with a $2.5 million penalty.
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| The Wolverine Watchmen plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer also included a plan to burn down the state Capitol building, officials say Posted: 13 Nov 2020 09:22 AM PST  According to the Michigan Attorney General's Office, the group had also considered storming the Capitol to "take hostages" and "execute tyrants."
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| Chris Wallace: Republican-controlled Senate would give Biden excuse to pushback on progressives Posted: 13 Nov 2020 07:26 AM PST  'Fox News Sunday' anchor Chris Wallace lays out the stakes of the upcoming Senate runoffs in Georgia.
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| Biden's possible India links spark genealogical frenzy Posted: 13 Nov 2020 06:13 PM PST  Already bursting with pride at Kamala Harris's ancestry, India has now started digging up potential local roots for US President-elect Joe Biden.
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| Turkey's president plans provocative 'picnic' in symbolic Cyprus ghost town Posted: 13 Nov 2020 08:49 AM PST  Turkey's president is to make a provocative visit on Sunday to a once glamorous holiday resort that for nearly 50 years has been a surreal ghost town in the no-man's-land that divides the Greek and Turkish parts of Cyprus. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has infuriated many Greek Cypriots by saying he will have "a picnic" amid the ruins of Varosha, a town of abandoned high-rise hotels, dilapidated restaurants and overgrown gardens. The Turkish leader announced the visit to Varosha, which has been sealed off since Turkey's 1974 invasion of the island, during a news conference in Ankara last month. "We can have a picnic at Varosha," he said. "We see it on screen, now we want to see it for ourselves."
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| ‘It cost him his life.’ Suspect drowns trying to flee Doral police Posted: 13 Nov 2020 10:15 AM PST  A man died early Friday morning after running from police and jumping into a canal in Doral.
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| Booming population helped Dems in Georgia. Mississippi's 'brain drain' is keeping it red. Posted: 14 Nov 2020 01:30 AM PST  Political experts say Mississippi won't see nail-biter elections, especially at the nation level, anytime soon — thanks in part to stalled population growth.
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| New Alabama senator struggles with basic WWII history and says US fought ‘socialism and communism’ Posted: 13 Nov 2020 05:20 PM PST  It's not his only recent gaffe about history
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| Twitter flagged 1 in every 500 election tweets as 'potentially misleading' — but 1 in 4 people saw them before the labels were added Posted: 13 Nov 2020 05:27 AM PST  Twitter labeled 300,000 election tweets as "disputed" — this successfully slowed the spread of misinformation, it said.
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| Kentucky couple receives racist letters, bullets in mail months after neighbor allegedly painted swastika on their driveway Posted: 13 Nov 2020 11:34 AM PST  A couple with five children in Louisville has had their property vandalized with racist slurs repeatedly over the past several months.
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| Airbus hopes its $6.5 billion German Eurofighter sale will shine for Switzerland, Finland Posted: 13 Nov 2020 08:48 AM PST  The European defense giant inked a deal with the German Air Force this week after the country's parliament, the Bundestag, approved the budget earlier this month.
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| Chicago boy, 12, shot while picking up school supplies with father Posted: 13 Nov 2020 06:49 PM PST  A 12-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after he was shot multiple times in Chicago while shopping for school supplies with his father. Lamar Davis was sitting in a parked car in the city's Lawndale area on Wednesday, when a maroon SUV pulled up, rolled down a rear window and someone opened fire with a .45-caliber handgun, per the Chicago Tribune. "He was just sitting there in the car and someone shot him," Lamar's mother, Melissa Robinson, told the Chicago Tribune.
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| Austrian colonel 'spied on Nato for Russia' Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:19 PM PST  A retired Austrian colonel has been unmasked as one of Russia's key informants about Nato, whose intelligence was likely to have been used to plan the Salisbury poisonings. Martin Möller, 72 – identified by a pan-European operation involving MI6 – is believed to have dealt directly with the notorious Russian Unit 29155, which worked to destabilise Europe and carried out foreign assassinations, a Telegraph investigation has found. On Friday night, Mr Möller admitted he had shared some information in exchange for money, but claimed it only related to Austria and said it was "absolute fiction" that it could have caused any damage or led to the loss of lives. Earlier this year, he was convicted by a Salzburg court of betraying state secrets, of helping a foreign intelligence organisation to Austria's detriment and of divulging military secrets. The judge sentenced him to just three years and allowed him to go free immediately, prompting speculation that he was only a small-time spy. However, The Telegraph can disclose that Mr Möller had access to Nato's inner workings and that it is the "working assumption" of European security sources that he shared everything with the Russians from 2008 onwards. Mr Möller is thought to have handed over information about which poisons Nato forces were aware of and could detect easily – intelligence security sources believe was likely to have been used by Russia to select the Novichok nerve agent used in the attack on Sergei Skripal, a former officer in Russia's GRU spy agency, and his daughter Yulia, in Salisbury in 2018. The attack is believed to have been the work of Unit 29155. Möller's lawyer said the former colonel regarded the allegations as "absolute fantasy", did not know about Unit 29155 and that the information he passed on "had no practical value and only had to do with the situation in Austria".
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| Fears that the 'Garden of England' could be littered with bags of excrement left by 7,000 truckers caught in Brexit border gridlock Posted: 14 Nov 2020 01:48 AM PST  The government said it would install roadside toilets in Kent for truck drivers whose journeys could be delayed for up to two days.
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| Suburban Philadelphia voters surge with verve to oust Trump Posted: 14 Nov 2020 08:33 AM PST  Voters in Philadelphia's suburbs have whipped up wave after wave of anti-Donald Trump sentiment since 2016, hurling perhaps their biggest rebuke yet to the Republican this month. With turnout well above the state average, the four growing Pennsylvania counties hugging Philadelphia provided a decisive margin for former Vice President Joe Biden, lifting the Democrat to victory in the battleground state and to the presidency. Much of the credit in suburban Philadelphia goes to Democrats' turnout.
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| Trump campaign legal team scores court victory in Pennsylvania Posted: 12 Nov 2020 03:56 PM PST  Fox News chief White House correspondent John Roberts has the latest on 'Special Report'
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| Justice Samuel Alito called out for highly “partisan” speech on COVID-19 rules and same-sex marriage Posted: 13 Nov 2020 09:02 AM PST  The Supreme Court justice's "angry" Federalist Society speech makes a good case for court reform, scholars say
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| El Paso nurses speak out against 'irresponsible and insensitive' lifting of the city's shutdown order Posted: 13 Nov 2020 11:58 AM PST  "I'm just extremely exhausted — emotionally, physically," Idali Cooper, a registered nurse, said at a press conference. "It's very demoralizing."
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