With Hurricane Ian bearing down on Floridait’s completely understandable why the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection postponed Wednesday’s scheduled hearing. No new date has been scheduled, though it will be coming soon and is likely to be another doozy of a hearing. As Heather “Digby” Parton, notesthe word is that the committee will … Read more
It is the first time that a seditious publications case has gone to trial since the 2019 protests and the imposition of a national security law on Hong Kong by Beijing in 2020 It is the first time that a seditious publications case has gone to trial since the 2019 protests and the imposition of … Read more
A Hong Kong court has convicted five speech therapists of sedition after they published a series of illustrated children’s books about cartoon animals, in a case critics say highlights tightening restriction on freedoms in the Chinese city. The disbanded General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists, an industry group, in 2020 and 2021 published stories … Read more
In the month of June, as the House January 6 committee revealed alarming new details on former President Donald Trump’s coup attempt, corporate trade groups and Fortune 500 companies donated more than $819,000 to the Republican members of Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 election results. That’s according to a new analysis provided to Common … Read more