From KMTR: A traffic stop of a speeding vehicle led to the arrest of three men, who claimed to be Occupy Portland demonstrators, and the seizure of incendiary devices, gas masks and fireworks. Traffic Safety Deputy Ryan Postlewait saw a
From NBC-New York: Downtown residents and business owners angry that their neighborhood has been occupied for two months by the Wall Street demonstration are staging a protest of the protest Monday, declaring that City Hall has let it get out
From Henry Blodget, Editor of BusinessInsider: Yes, this behavior may be widespread on Capitol Hill. No, there is no universe in which a reasonable person would consider this behavior ethical or in any other way okay. According to a new
You already know this, but it bears repeating. Last night, 60 Minutes aired its blockbuster report on possible insider trading by Members of Congress. Of course, being CBS, they tried to throw as many Republicans into the mix as possible,
From the Associated Press: OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Riot-clad law enforcement officers cleared out a weeks-old anti-Wall Street encampment in Oakland just before dawn Monday after issuing several warnings to Occupy demonstrators. Protesters appeared to put up little resistance to
From Newsweek: One of the more dramatic episodes in the book recounts the trading activity of Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus, of Alabama, who, as the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, was privy to sensitive high-level meetings during
The 60 Minutes report was just the tip of the iceberg. Expect a lot more over the coming weeks.
In Portland, in Salt Lake City, and across the nation, the elected representatives of the 99.999 percent are finally tiring of the antics of the .001 percent. Live stream from Occupy Portland (2:46 pm PST): Watch live streaming video from
Yes, THAT Gene Simmons, from The Sun (UK): This mess is our fault — corporations have no responsibility. Capitalism is the best thing that ever happened to human beings. The welfare state sounds wonderful but it doesn’t work. Governments hand
From the Associated Press: Oakland officials had issued written warnings similar to Saturday’s eviction notice before officers raided the encampment on Oct. 25 with tear gas and bean bag projectiles, arresting 85 people. Oakland became a rallying point for demonstrators
Be sure to tune into 60 Minutes tonight at 7pm EST. (Yes, we really wrote that sentence.)
Tonight, CBS and National Journal team up for another debate of the GOP candidates for President. The debate is reportedly focused on national security and foreign policy. It is safe to say this could be Rick Perry’s make or break
Breitbart News editor Peter Schweizer writing in Newsweek: When President-elect Obama came to Washington in late 2008, he was outspoken about the need for an economic stimulus to revive a struggling economy. He wanted billions of dollars spent on “shovel-ready
With a much-anticipated “60 Minutes” report on congressional insider trading set to air this Sunday night, Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s office has launched a preemptive strike against Stanford University Hoover Fellow and Breitbart News editor Peter Schweizer, the author of the
Things will get interesting over the next few days. Stay tuned and buckle up.
From the Salt Lake Tribune: As a result of a man dying overnight at Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Park, Police Chief Chris Burbank on Friday ordered Occupy Salt Lake protesters to vacate their camps at both the west-side park and
From CBS News: Martha Stewart went to jail for it. Hedge fund honcho Raj Rajaratnam was fined $92 million and will go to jail for years for it. But members of Congress can do the same thing -use non-public information
From CNBC: As many as a dozen members of Congress and their aides took part in insider trading based on foreknowledge of market moving information on Capitol Hill, disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff told CNBC in an interview. Abramoff, who
From the San Francisco Examiner: Ferry Building merchants and managers are fed up with the mayhem that has come with the nearby Occupy SF encampment. A spike in shoplifting, break-ins and reports of abandoned human waste — and a reported
Today, in 1918, World War One ended.
Today, in 1775, the United States Marine Corps was founded. It has proven itself among the best of the best. Happy Birthday.
UPDATE 4 (5:35 am PST): Oakland mayor Jean Quan has announced that the Occupy Oakland protest will be removed once again, as the city council plans a no-confidence vote in response to her failure to uphold law and order. UPDATE
UPDATE (10:14 pm PST): The victim is dead, according to the San Francisco Chronicle and KTVU. *** A shooting has been reported near the site of Occupy Oakland–the second shooting today at an Occupy demonstration, after an incident at Occupy
[youtube OrDLtkOud7w] Just hours after a concert by “gypsy punk” band Gogol Bordello at Occupy Vermont in Burlington, tragedy appears to have struck the encampment. From the Burlington Free Press: Police say a 35-year-old man in in grave condition after
From KGW News: Gresham Mayor Shane Bemis delivered an invoice to Occupy Portland for $1,546.52 on Wednesday morning. That’s the estimated amount of damage done to two Gresham police cars parked near the Occupy Portland encampment in downtown Portland on
