Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
On Tuesday, October 16, President Donald Trump started tweeting. “The United States has strongly informed the President of Honduras that if the large Caravan of people heading to the U.S. is not stopped and brought back to Honduras, no more money or aid will be given to Honduras, effective immediately!” “We have today informed the…
Scott Olson/Getty Images North America Justifying his decision to attend a political rally and address the Future Farmers of America convention on Saturday — both just hours after a gunman opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 — President Donald Trump lied about the aftermath of September 11, 2001. “I remember when we had…
Gov. Tom Wolf, center, walks with Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Elected officials from Pittsburgh and around Pennsylvania are reacting to a shooting at a Squirrel Hill synagogue that has left multiple people dead and several injured. “This is an incredibly sad day for all of us,” Gov. Tom Wolf told reporters gathered near Tree of…
There are fatalities after a man opened fire during a Shabbat service on Saturday morning. Four police officers have also been shot and wounded. A suspect has been arrested. Multiple people have been killed, and four police officers wounded, after a gunman opened fire in a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday morning. A suspect…
On Thursday, viewers of MSNBC’s Morning Joe were treated/subjected to co-host Mika Brzezinski waxing philosophical about the recent wave of mail bombs that have been sent to prominent Democrats who have, coincidentally, been singled out by President Donald Trump over the past several months. While Mika began by blaming Trump’s rhetoric for creating an environment…
Image: Gizmodo Somewhere in the heart of Facebook HQ, a shadowy team toils behind the closed doors of what would appear to be an average conference room. This is Facebook’s War Room, and it’s the thin line standing between us and chaos. Gizmodo did not visit the War Room, but early Thursday morning, almost simultaneously,…
The Secret Service said Wednesday that it had intercepted packages containing “potential explosive devices” addressed to former secretary of state Hillary Clinton in New York and former president Barack Obama in Washington. The devices were recovered not long after an explosive device was found in a mailbox at the Bedford, N.Y., home of George Soros, the liberal…
TAPACHULA, Mexico — As the migrant caravan advanced through Mexico en route to the US on Monday, 15 days before midterm elections, President Donald Trump attempted to stoke new fears, tweeting that “criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in.” “I have alerted Border Patrol and Military that this is a National Emergy [sic],” he…
A landlord says Eagan Avenatti, the longtime law firm of Michael Avenatti, right, has failed to pay more than $213,000 in rent for its office suite in Newport Beach. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels, was hit with a personal judgment of $4.85 million…
When more than 500 white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and members of the alt-right marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, they weren’t just showcasing their startling numbers and their hateful creeds but also their organizational capacity. There were guest speakers, rideshares, demonstration permits, and houses and hotels rented out—everything you’d expect from a group staging a large protest. But…