Charles Davis

Jan 6, 2025 | salon.com | Charles Davis

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer did not name Elon Musk directly, but it was clear who he was condemning when he told reporters that people were "spreading lies and misinformation" about child abuse in his country, falsely accusing the U.K. leader of failing to prosecute foreign-born predators. "We have seen this playbook many times — whipping up of intimidation and of threats of violence, hoping that the media will amplify it," Starmer said at a press conference Monday, the BBC reported.

Jan 6, 2025 | yahoo.com | Charles Davis

Charles R. DavisMon, January 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM UTC2 min readThe head of the U.S. Capitol Police has come out against pardons for anyone who attacked members of law enforcement, including those who did so during the Jan. 6 insurrection four years ago, telling The Washington Post that there should be consequences for those who assault police. According to the Department of Justice, about 140 police officers were assaulted on Jan.

Dec 11, 2024 | yahoo.com | Charles Davis

Pete Hegseth’s mother has a name: Penelope. In a 2018 email, she — Penelope Hegseth — called out her son as a man who had “abused” women (“belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses”) throughout his life.

Dec 5, 2024 | salon.com | Charles Davis

The National Weather Service has issued a tsunami warning following a large earthquake off the coast of Northern California. The alert, issued at 1:49 p.m. Eastern Time, covers coastal areas from Davenport, California, near Santa Cruz, to just south of Florence, Oregon.

Dec 4, 2024 | salon.com | Charles Davis

Justifying the decision to pardon his own son, President Joe Biden pointed to Republicans bringing “political pressure” on the criminal justice system, which he claimed had scuttled a plea deal and was why Hunter’s tax-and-gun issues risked landing him in prison for up to 25 years. “No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son — and that is wrong,” Biden said in a statement.