Hacking Group Claims Control Of Belarusian Railroads In Move To ‘Disrupt’ Russian Troops Heading Near Ukraine
A group of pro-democracy hackers calling themselves “Cyber Partisans” said they had infiltrated the Belarusian rail network in an effort to “disrupt” the movement of Russian troops into the country as tensions over a potential renewed invasion of Ukraine grow. The “hacktivists,” who announced the cyberattack in posts on Twitter and Telegram, said that they […]
Biden Administration Withdraws Its Vaccine-or-Test Mandate For Businesses
The Biden administration on Tuesday said it is withdrawing its vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses with at least 100 employees after the Supreme Court earlier this month blocked the requirement from being enforced, ruling that it was a federal overreach. Given the Supreme Court’s decision, the Biden administration filed a motion on Tuesday to have the existing […]
NY State Supreme Court Judge Strikes Down Governor's Mask Mandate
A New York State Supreme Court judge has struck down Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mask mandate for schools and public locations. According to a court document, Judge Thomas Rademaker said that neither the governor nor the state health commissioner had the authority to enact the mandate without the state legislature, since the governor no longer has […]
Supreme Court Shoots Down McCarthy’s Challenge to Proxy Voting
The Supreme Court will not take up Kevin McCarthy’s lawsuit challenging proxy voting rules in the House, a final nail in the coffin to House Republican opposition to the chamber’s absentee voting procedures prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit, filed by Minority Leader McCarthy and fellow House Republicans in May 2020, calls the House’s […]
BDE: Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Miriam Naor dead at 74
Miriam Naor, the former president of the Israeli Supreme Court, passed away Monday at the age of 74. Born in Jerusalem in 1947, just months before the establishment of the State of Israel, Naor graduated from Hebrew University’s law school in 1971. Naor was appointed to the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in 1980, where she was […]
Anti-Vaccine Mandate Activists March In D.C. – A City That Mandates Covid Vaccines – To Protest Mandates
Thousands of protesters from across the country – including some of the biggest names in the anti-vaccination movement – gathered Sunday for a rally against vaccine mandates in the nation’s capital. Almost two years into a pandemic that has killed more than 860,000 Americans, the gathering on the National Mall was a jarring spectacle: A […]
Sanders Says Republicans Are ‘Laughing All The Way To Election Day’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday said Senate Republicans are “laughing all the way to Election Day” because “they have not had to cast one bloody vote” on the Democrats’ roughly $1.2 trillion social spending and climate package, which is stalled in the upper chamber. “What has bothered me very much is the Republicans are laughing all the […]
Man Pushed Onto Subway Tracks in NYC
A man was pushed onto subway tracks at a Lower Manhattan station Sunday, suffering minor injuries, police said. The 61-year-old victim landed on the roadbed on the southbound A/C line at the Fulton Street station around 11:30 a.m., cops said. The victim was able to climb back onto the platform while not making any contact […]
NYC Dems Now Praise Cops After Calls to Defund Them
After the fatal shooting of New York City police officer Jason Rivera, 22, that has also left Wilbert Mora, 27, critically wounded and fighting for his life, Democrats who have called to defund the NYPD are now praising police. The NY Post reported on the remarks of New York Democrats after Friday night’s shooting of […]
Omicron Could Be Peaking In The US — But Experts Urge Caution
A downtick in COVID-19 cases is raising hopes that the omicron wave has peaked in the United States. To be sure, new case numbers remain high and hospitals are still overwhelmed in many areas. But, especially in the earliest hard-hit states like New York and Massachusetts, cases are clearly declining, and experts say cases appear […]