Former Czech Football Association deputy head Roman Berbr and other soccer officials have been sentenced for their involvement in a match-fixing scandal. Berbr was convicted of embezzlement and received a three-year suspended sentence and a two million Czech crown fine (around £68,000), according to the verdict issued by the county court in the western city […]
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MAGA pastor’s sexual abuse scandal underscores the right’s hypocrisy on LGBTQ people
Take that mask off, I wanna see what’s under them achievements Why believe you? You never gave us nothing to believe in ’Cause you lied about religious views, you lied about your surgery You lied about your accent and your past tense — all is perjury. Shoutout to Kendrick Lamar for giving us all some […]
Toyota shareholders demand vote against chairman Toyoda as automaker embroiled in testing scandal
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota’s chairman Akio Toyoda will be facing some disgruntled shareholders this week, as two major proxy groups demand a vote against keeping the grandson of the founder on its board. The vote expected at the June 18 annual shareholders meeting comes after Toyota apologized recently over fraudulent certification tests for vehicles, a […]
Toyota shareholders demand vote against chairman Toyoda as automaker embroiled in testing scandal
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota’s chairman Akio Toyoda will be facing some disgruntled shareholders this week, as two major proxy groups demand a vote against keeping the grandson of the founder on its board. The vote expected at the June 18 annual shareholders meeting comes after Toyota apologized recently over fraudulent certification tests for vehicles, a […]
Neil Goldschmidt, ex-Oregon governor whose career crashed after a sex abuse scandal, dies
Former Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, one of the state’s most powerful figures before revelations that he had sexually abused a teenager, died Wednesday, two days before he would have turned 84. As the young mayor of Portland in the 1970s, Goldschmidt was an electrifying figure. While many American cities were falling apart, he presided over […]
Nicolle Wallace Flags A ‘Slow-Moving Scandal’ Involving Donald Trump And Fox News
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace accused Fox News of not giving its viewers the full picture when it came to former President Donald Trump’s latest wild 2024 campaign rally speech. The conservative network did not broadcast all of the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s weekend ramblings in Las Vegas, Wallace noted on Monday’s episode of “Deadline: White House.” […]
Supreme Court will take up Meta’s bid to end lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider shutting down a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. The justices agreed to hear Meta’s appeal of a lower-court ruling that allowed the class action to go forward. Investors […]
Hypocrite James Comer’s Email Aliases Exposed After China Weed Scandal
Charlatan Comer was caught yet again doing something he’s criticized Biden for. In a desperate attempt to impeach Biden, the House Oversight chair has long accused Biden of using pseudonymous emails to dodge public records and help obscure his involvement in his messy son’s chaos. In a pristine example of “every accusation is a confession” […]
Maddow Blog | Criminal charges in GOP’s fake elector scandal reach new heights
The Republican efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election were multifaceted, but among the striking partisan tactics was the fake electors scheme: GOP officials and operatives in key states created forged election materials and sent the documents to, among others, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. Archivist, as if the materials were […]
Toyota halts some shipments amid growing Japan auto safety scandal
This Feb. 14, 2013, file photo shows the Toyota logo on the trunk of a Toyota automobile at the Pittsburgh Auto Show in Pittsburgh. Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda stopped the sale and delivery of some vehicles after Japan’s transport ministry found irregularities in applications to certify certain models amid a growing auto safety scandal. […]
Fauci distances himself from NIH scandal ahead of House COVID hearing
Anthony Fauci, the former government scientist seen as the face of the government’s response to COVID-19 pandemic, is distancing himself from former aides at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who were seemingly trying to evade public records laws. In his opening statement published online ahead of a Monday hearing, Fauci said he […]
John Roberts Rejects Senators’ Request To Discuss Samuel Alito’s Flag Scandal
Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday rejected Senate Democrats’ request to meet to discuss the Supreme Court ethics firestorm surrounding Justice Samuel Alito. “I must respectfully decline your request for a meeting,” Roberts wrote to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who chairs a subcommittee on the federal courts. […]