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March For Truth Protesters Demand Independent Russia Investigation

Thousands of protesters gathered around the country in a series of “March for Truth” rallies, on Saturday. Demonstrators were calling for a congressional independent commission to investigate connections between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. In full view of the White House, protesters demanded answers in the ongoing Russia probe. Chants of “Investigate Trump!” and “Resist,…

Jack O’Neill, surf legend behind the modern wetsuit, dies

Jack O’Neill, the eye patch-wearing surfing pioneer who helped invent the wetsuit and created one of the world’s best-known surf brands, has died at the age of 94. O’Neill – who went on in later life to champion marine environmental causes – died of natural causes on Friday at his oceanfront home in Santa Cruz, California, his family said in a statement. He was 94. The ocean lover wanted to be…

Donald Trump faces new revelations as Comey prepares to testify

Ex-FBI chief to tell Senate committee about campaign inquiry role, as president reportedly described him to Russians as ‘nut job’ The former FBI director James Comey is to testify in public during the US inquiry into Russian interference, it has been announced, as a series of damaging revelations pile further pressure on the embattled president Donald Trump. Comey, who was sacked by Trump on 9…

Congress Just Gave Trump Awful News About His Next Golf Trip

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) has formally introduced a bill into Congress that would require Trump to reimburse the government for funds spent on travel to his own properties, such as Mar-a-Lago in Florida and the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, NJ. Lieu’s bill, the Stop Waste and Misuse by the President (SWAMP) Act, states that Trump’s travel “results in the American taxpayer effectively…

Michael Flynn Refuses To Cooperate With Senate Intelligence Committee

He so far has not complied with a subpoena for documents related to his contacts with Russia. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn is so far refusing to cooperate with the Senate Intelligence Committee, which has issued a subpoena for documents related to his interactions with Russian officials. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told reporters Thursday that…

Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador

During the May 10 meeting at the White House with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak, Trump began describing details about an Islamic State terror threat related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft, according to current and former U.S. officials. (Photo: Russian Foreign Ministry Photo/The Washington Post) President Trump revealed highly…

Mother Jones is raising $500,000 to do their own investigation of Trump Russia ties

Mother Jones is taking donations “to get to the truth on the Trump team’s connections to Russia.” The magazine plans on raising $500,000 through a crowdfunding campaign “to make sure truth prevails over power.” To be clear: We can’t, and shouldn’t, assume that where there’s smoke, there’s fire. But at this point, that doesn’t matter. What Trump or any of his associates did in 2016 may or may not…

Anti-DRM artists march on the World Wide Web Consortium today

Today, activists will gather in Cambridge, Mass to march to the offices of W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee to urge him to keep DRM out of the standards for the open web. The controversial project to standardize DRM for streaming video on the web started in 2013 and culminated last month with a poll by W3C members whose results are confidential (though the W3C has chosen to publish the outcomes of…

It’s Mental Health Awareness Month: Trumpcare’s dangerous impact on mental health care

Last week, I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly uninsurable. While tracking the Trumpcare vote (AHCA), I felt like Princess Leia, helplessly watching the Empire destroy her home planet. Yes, the Senate still has to vote on it, and no, I’m not saying that Republicans are evil. But for me and so many Americans, Obamacare (ACA) got…

Obama is gay, Hillary will die in prison, and real-life hobbits discovered, in this week’s tabloids

Two weeks after the ‘National Enquirer’ promised “World War 3 is coming!” the president’s favorite media mouthpiece announces: “Trump’s Plan For World Peace!” As plans go, it’s a doozy. President Trump will “project a persona suggestive of unpredictable, even erratic, behavior on the world stage. This will deter America’s enemies from provocation since they will not know how the president will…

South Bay Ducati Bike Night at Santana Row

Nor Cal Ducati D.O.C. is a group of enthusiasts who share a passion for the Ducati brand. They believe in safe and responsible riding on the street and utilize the track to improve riding skills. They emphasize maintaining their Ducati’s in top condition while developing camaraderie through shared riding experiences. Nor Cal Ducati conducts monthly Ducati Bike Night dinner events throughout the…

Donald Trump fires FBI director Comey over handling of Clinton investigation

Move was condemned as ‘Nixonian’ and raised concerns over the FBI’s investigation into alleged links between Trump aides and Russia James Comey has been fired as director of the FBI over his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, the White House announced on Tuesday. The move came as CNN reported that a grand jury had begun issuing subpoenas to associates of Michael Flynn, the…

A scientist who studies protest says “the resistance” isn’t slowing down since President Trump’s inauguration

Sociologist Dana Fisher moved to Washington for the protests. She’d been studying environmental activism for more than a decade at Columbia University, and when she was offered a job as director of the Program for Society and the Environment at the University of Maryland six years ago, it seemed like an ideal opportunity to get close to the action. But little action came. In Fisher’s first five…

Trump’s remarks about Muslims could be what ends the travel ban, testimony suggests

Federal appeals judges cites comments Trump made on the campaign trail in which he promised a ‘total and complete shutdown’ of Muslims entering the US Testy exchanges between judges and lawyers over Donald Trump’s travel ban on Monday indicated that the legality of the president’s executive order could be determined by his prior comments about Muslims. The pointed questioning came during an…