For a growing number of critics, the breakthrough verdict against Monsanto for $289 million over its Roundup weedkiller is an indictment of the company’s corporate culture but also of academics who were used by the company to discredit scientific studies linking the herbicide to cancer. Former groundskeeper, Dewayne Johnson, 46, reportedly has only months to […]
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Mueller Team Rests in Manafort Fraud Trial…
Prosecutors wrapped up their case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Monday afternoon, as the judge agreed to instruct jurors they cannot find Manafort guilty for omissions made by his company because the indictment only names him individually. That information can be used as evidence, however, to determine Manafort’s intent or “willfulness” to […]
Scientist Blasts Media “Misinformation” Linking Wildfires To Global Warming
With wildfires engulfing over 620,000 acres of California, there’s been a concerted media campaign to single out man-made global warming as the primary force behind the deadly blazes. But that’s not what the data suggests, according to University of Washington climate scientist Cliff Mass. “So there is a lot misinformation going around in the media, […]
Jury Finds Monsanto Must Pay $289 Million in Roundup Cancer Trial…
A San Francisco jury on Friday found that Monsanto must pay $250 million in punitive damages to a school groundskeeper because its Roundup weed killer caused his fatal lymphoma, the first such verdict against the agrochemical giant. The 12-member unanimous jury awarded plaintiff Dewayne Johnson $39.2 million compensatory damages, finding Monsanto chose not to warn […]
Manafort Judge Delays Testimony After Special Counsel Complains…
The fiery judge presiding over the special counsel’s tax fraud case against former Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort suddenly delayed new testimony Friday, following a strong “push back” from Mueller’s team. “Judge T.S. Ellis III mysteriously delayed testimony Friday in the case of ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, pushing off the day’s proceedings for hours […]
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Grassley: Supreme Court Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh Hearings to Begin September 4…
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today announced that the hearing for Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States will begin on September 4. Today’s announcement follows the largest cumulative production of Executive Branch material ever received in the course of evaluating a Supreme Court […]
DOJ’s Bruce Ohr’s Handwritten Notes Exposing What Fusion GPS Told About Trump…
A memory stick quietly exchanged in a coffee shop. An admission of a “Hail Mary” leak. An unmistakable effort to push the Russia investigation closer to Donald Trump’s inner circle with uncorroborated tales. Those are just some of the highlights from the day that Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson — paid by Hillary Clinton’s campaign […]
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Contributions Pour Into Trump Legal Defense Fund for Aides ‘Devastated’ by Mueller Probe…
Donations to a special “Patriot” fund created to help President Trump’s aides and allies pay massive legal bills because of the Russia “witch hunt” are starting to pour in, even before those managing it have begun to raise money in earnest. Documents to the IRS provided by the Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust show second […]
Special Master Completes Review in Cohen Case…
The special master appointed to review materials in the case involving President Trump’s former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen said Thursday that she has completed her review of the materials seized during an FBI raid earlier this year. Special Master Barbara Jones stated in the filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of […]
Emails Show Christopher Steele Lobbied DOJ Official on Behalf of Russian Oligarch…
At the same time Christopher Steele was compiling a dossier accusing the Trump campaign of colluding with the Russian government, the former British spy was lobbying Department of Justice official Bruce Ohr on behalf of a Russian oligarch with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The connection between Steele and the oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, […]
Rudy Giuliani: Robert Mueller is Now Implicated in Collusion and Soft Coup Attempt (VIDEO)…
Interesting. As previously said: the biggest takeaway from the documents today, showing the 2017 communication between Christopher Steele and Bruce Ohr, is the fact that Steele viewed Robert Mueller as part of the soft coup team. In this interview Rudy Giuliani goes further than ever before in calling out the nature of the DOJ/FBI investigation; […]
Rand Paul Delivers Trump Letter to Putin Administration…
President Trump sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin along with Sen. Rand Paul when he traveled to Moscow this weekend, the Kentucky Republican and Russian officials confirmed. “I was honored to deliver a letter from President Trump to President Vladimir Putin’s administration,” Paul tweeted. “The letter emphasized the importance of further engagement in […]
Closing Arguments Made in $412M Roundup Cancer Trial…
Attorneys for a Bay Area man dying of lymphoma asked a San Francisco jury Tuesday to award their client $412 million in damages against Monsanto for failing to warn that its popular Roundup weed killer can cause cancer, in the first-ever trial over the herbicide’s alleged carcinogenicity. Describing plaintiff DeWayne Johnson’s four-year battle with cancer, […]
FBI Accountant Maps Paper Trail in Manafort Case…
In a bid to unravel hours of elaborate testimony about Paul Manafort’s financial records Wednesday afternoon, defense attorneys zeroed in on one detail they painted as particularly curious – the former Trump campaign chair’s signature on various tax and loan forms. After Manafort’s onetime assistant Rick Gates wrapped up his testimony Wednesday morning, the jury’s […]
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Trump Imposes First Round of Sanctions Against Iran Since Nuclear Deal Exit…
The Trump administration on Monday plans to reimpose the first round of sanctions against Iran since the U.S. withdrew from its nuclear agreement with the country earlier this year. Monday’s deadline marks the end of a 90-day “wind-down” period the administration provided to companies and individuals doing business with Iran after exiting the Joint Comprehensive […]
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Monsanto Rests Its Case in Roundup Cancer Trial…
A Chicago oncologist suggested Friday that a groundskeeper’s aggressive lymphoma was inherited and not caused by Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer, in a California jury trial over the herbicide’s alleged carcinogenicity. Although Rush University’s Timothy Kuzel didn’t directly call the man’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma an inherited disease, he testified about various emerging treatments grounded in the theory […]
Yosemite Valley Remain Closed Indefinitely as Firefighters Claw Back Containment of Ferguson Fire…
Firefighters battling the 24-day-old Ferguson Fire in Yosemite National Park regained containment of the blaze to 38 percent Monday, after the blaze gained ground on fire teams Sunday. The fire, which began July 13, has burned 91,502 acres and was only 35 percent contained over the weekend. Yosemite Valley remained closed indefinitely as park officials […]
Justice Department Is Silent About Why it Has Failed to Preserve Comey Emails in FOIA Case…
The Department of Justice has refused to take any steps to preserve work-related emails former FBI Director James Comey had on a personal account that The Daily Caller News Foundation and Judicial Watch requested under the Freedom of Information Act, the conservative watchdog will file in court Friday. “There is nothing but complete silence about […]
Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration Must Fully Restart the DACA Program…
A federal judge ruled on Friday afternoon that the Trump administration must restart the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Judge John Bates stated in his opinion that the Trump administration failed to provide sufficient justification for ending President Obama’s program. The program itself provides temporary opportunities for children who were brought into the […]
Privately, Intel Officials Back Shutting Out Brennan, Clapper by Lee Smith…
President Trump has been criticized for politicizing the intelligence community by threatening to strip the security clearances of former top officials including John Brennan and James Clapper. But numerous past and present senior intelligence officials say that the Obama administration started the politicization — and that revoking the clearances of those who abuse the privilege […]
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