‘Spying & threats’: Assange complains of ‘more subtle’ silencing than Khashoggi

Julian Assange has accused his Ecuadorean hosts of spying and feeding information to US authorities, and slammed attempts to block his journalistic work as a more subtle way of silencing than the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Suggesting there were “facts of espionage” inside the embassy, the WikiLeaks co-founder expressed concern during a hearing in Quito […]

Walking Dead's Tom Payne Complains About Jesus' Unrealized Potential Ahead of That Big Fall Finale Twist

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Sunday’s midseason finale of The Walking Dead. Watch first, read later. If there was one person who wasn’t dismayed that Jesus became the Whisperers’ first victim in Sunday’s midseason finale of The Walking Dead, it was Tom Payne, who played the Hilltop’s reluctant leader. “It was a mutual [decision], and […]

Comcast complains it will make less money under Calif. net neutrality law

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) California’s net neutrality law will cause “significant lost revenues” for Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company said in a court filing this month. Comcast described the net neutrality law’s potential impact on its ability to charge online service providers and network operators for network interconnection. “The paid interconnection provisions will harm […]

‘Mentally tortured’ Tommy Robinson complains of no TV during prison stint, likens it to GITMO

Recently released Tommy Robinson claims he was ‘mentally tortured’ in prison complaining of no TV, inability to eat prison food and being moved to facility with larger Muslims population. Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the former leader of the English Defence League (EDL) got a 13 month sentence in May for contempt of court. On […]

Trump says Nunes memo ‘totally vindicates’ him, complains that everyone only talks about ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’

In a tweet Saturday morning, President Donald Trump said the GOP memo that was released Friday “totally vindicates” him in the Russia investigation. The tweet undermines claims from House Speaker Paul Ryan that the memo is a completely separate matter from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. The memo claims that top law-enforcement officials acted […]

Trump reportedly complains about why he can’t just have ‘my guys’ at the ‘Trump Justice Department’ do his bidding

President Donald Trump reportedly complained about why he can’t get “my guys” at the “Trump Justice Department” to do his bidding. The comments were published in a Saturday Washington Post report. President Donald Trump has complained in recent weeks that he doesn’t understand why he can’t just order “my guys” at the “Trump Justice Department” […]

Netanyahu complains to UN chief Israel is being treated unfairly

The UN is treating Israel unfairly by diminishing its ties to Jerusalem and not doing enough to curb arms deliveries to Hezbollah, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, complained to visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday. Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at the UN in the presence of Guterres, who is in the Middle East to try […]

Trump complains the media ‘will never be satisfied’ after his ‘additional remarks’ on Charlottesville

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst President Donald Trump railed against the media on Monday, hours after he delivered his latest remarks on the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, suggesting reporters “will never be satisfied” with the way he responded to the violence. Trump initially addressed the violence during an unrelated event on Saturday. Republicans and Democrats […]

Senator complains about “cost increases” in NASA’s fixed price contracts

Enlarge / Sen. Richard Shelby, (R-Ala.) speaks during a Senate Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing in 2016. (credit: NASA) As part of the annual US budget process, the NASA administrator meets with the appropriations subcommittees in the Senate and House to discuss the president’s budget request. Under the new president, NASA doesn’t […]