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An ex-Washington police officer is convicted of lying about leaks to the Proud Boys leader

WASHINGTON — A retired police officer in the nation’s capital was convicted Monday of lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group. “There is nothing disloyal about him at all, and it’s a sad day for him.” Tarrio eventually pleaded guilty to burning the banner stolen from a historic Black church in …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Opinion | The Evolution of Marco Rubio

New York Times

When the first round of Donald Trump’s cabinet selections was announced last month, I was in Germany, participating in a round-table conversation on the future of American foreign policy. As populist nationalism consumed the Republican Party, Mr. Rubio shifted to accommodate Mr. Trump’s worldview. Even a cursory look at Mr. Rubio’s political evolution over the years suggests that his ultimate …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Ex-police officer denies leaking confidential information to Proud Boys leader

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A retired Washington, D.C., police officer charged with lying about his private communications with former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio testified on Friday that he never leaked sensitive police information to the far-right extremist group leader. Taking the witness stand at his federal trial, former Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond said he was upset that a …

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3 weeks ago

Proud Boys Leader On Tap To Testify In Trial Involving Alleged Corrupt Cop

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys currently serving 22 years for seditious conspiracy, to appear for possible testimony in the trial of Shane Lamond, a former D.C. Metropolitan Police lieutenant facing multiple felony charges for allegedly obstructing a probe into the Proud Boys and repeatedly …

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54 years, 11 months ago

As FBI Director, Kash Patel Could Offer January 6 Rioters Retribution Against Their Enemies

Wired

On Sunday evening, president-elect Donald Trump fired off a post on Truth Social asking, presumably rhetorically, whether President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter would apply to “the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years.” Trump routinely invoked the “J-6 Hostages”—rioters who participated in the Capitol insurrection four years ago—throughout his presidential campaign, and vowed to free …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Police officer became ‘double agent’ for Proud Boys, prosecutor says

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A police officer accused of leaking confidential information to Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio became a “double agent” for the far-right extremist group after its members burned a stolen Black Lives Matter banner in the nation’s capital, a federal prosecutor said Monday at the start of the officer’s trial. Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond was a …

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1 month ago

Nikki Haley calls Tulsi Gabbard a ‘Russian sympathizer’ and rips Kennedy Jr. for lack of healthcare expertise

Live Mint

Nikki Haley, the former US Ambassador to the United Nations, has sharply criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for their cabinet positions in his upcoming administration. Haley’s criticism of Tulsi Gabbard On her SiriusXM show, Nikki Haley Live, Nikki Haley launched a criticism of Tulsi Gabbard, who has been nominated to serve …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump gets congrats from a U.K. official who once denounced him as a 'Nazi sympathizer'

NPR

Trump gets congrats from a U.K. official who once denounced him as a 'Nazi sympathizer' LONDON — Donald Trump’s victory is awkward for global leaders who once denounced him. Among those who’ve sent the president-elect congratulations is British Foreign Secretary David Lammy — who once called him a “racist” and “Nazi sympathizer.” In 2017, Lammy tweeted that if Trump were …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Steel and Tran locked in tight race for California’s 45th Congressional District

LA Times

The competitive race between Republican Rep. Michelle Steel and Democratic challenger Derek Tran for an Orange County swing district was too close to call Tuesday night, as votes continue to be counted. twitter facebook envelope angle-double-right angle-down angle-up long-arrow-right Congressional District 45 The 2024 race against Tran proved to be a costly and acrimonious campaign as the Democratic Party pushed …

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3 months ago

Sorry, Washington Post: Whitewashing a Nazi sympathizer isn't "debate"

Salon

Readers of my Contrary to the common belief, Americans are not less historically conscious than Europeans; in fact, the reverse is true. What of Brands’ assertion that Lindbergh “loathed politics?” Lindbergh's father was a congressman whose isolationism and views about banking conspiracies the son eagerly adopted; during his father’s stint in Washington, Charles attended Sidwell Friends School, the nursery of …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Endorsement: Rep. Michelle Steel needs to go. Derek Tran for the 45th Congressional District

LA Times

The 45th Congressional District is due for change. Rep. Michelle Steel may officially represent the district in northern Orange County, but her extreme-right values and occasional dishonesty make her a poor fit for her constituents. In contrast to Steel, he is a believer in helping Americans gain quality, affordable education and healthcare — and respecting their freedom to make their …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Selena Gomez gets her due, Netflix and FX top HBO and 2 Queen Elizabeths get nominated for Emmys

Associated Press

With less overall entries due to the shortened TV season, this year’s Emmy nominations probably won’t spark any protest campaigns. Emmy nods and a snub for Oscar winners Emma Stone, the best actress winner at this year’s Oscars for “Poor Things,” did not get nominated for Showtime’s “The Curse.” Stone was mentioned in a number of predictions as a possible …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Shogun's Anna Sawai secures well-earned victory at 2024 TV Critics Association Awards | See full winners list

Hindustan Times

The critics finally gave Anna Sawai her due at the 40th Television Critics Association Awards on Friday, where she clinched the unforgettable victory for individual achievement in drama for her role as noblewoman Toda Mariko in FX’s hit series Shogun. 2024 TCA Awards Winners List Individual achievement in drama: Anna Sawai for Shogun Nominations included Jodie Foster for True Detective: …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Amanda Burrell of Team Downey and HBO’s ‘The Sympathizer’ wants to get audiences talking

LA Times

There’s no question that Hollywood is in the midst of a slowdown. The company has had several major successes lately, with HBO’s Vietnam War-era miniseries “The Sympathizer” and Netflix’s fantasy drama “Sweet Tooth.” Burrell is optimistic that the entertainment industry will figure out where audiences are and what they want to see. We often ask ourselves over here at Team …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

‘The Sympathizer’ author reveals the ‘red line’ he wouldn’t let HBO series cross

LA Times

In the Emmy-season premiere of The Envelope video podcast, we sit down with Maya Erskine, star of Amazon Prime Video’s acclaimed reimagination of “Mr. Even with Donald, the way they’ve described working on “Atlanta,” they weren’t big budgets, so it always felt like students coming together to like make their project and make something happen. Olsen: Donald’s mother plays his …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

The Sympathizer, review: Vietnam war spy series the most fun Robert Downey Jr has been in a decade

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Peter Sellersian gimmick casts the Iron Man star …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

“It's not about nihilism": "The Sympathizer" boss decodes the series' ending revelations

Salon

Endings are hard, aren’t they? This question doesn’t come up in my conversation with Don McKellar about the finale of “The Sympathizer.” But it is one he and his co-showrunner Park Chan-wook thought out carefully, striking a balance between accurately interpreting Viet Thanh Nguyen's 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and appropriately rendering certain turns for a visual medium. Torture unearths previously …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Queers for Palestine protesters arrested after blocking exit to Florida's Disney World, chanting ‘free Palestine’

Hindustan Times

A group of anti-Israel protesters from a Florida chapter of Queers for Palestine were seen blocking access to Walt Disney World before being quickly arrested on Saturday, May 11. Queers for Palestine protesters arrested after blocking exit to Florida's Disney World The small crew, wearing keffiyeh, blocked the Disney exit of Interstate 4 in Orlando using their vehicles. The group …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Actor "Sympathizer" Soldier Spy: How Australia's Hoa Xuande became the ultimate double agent

Salon

Hoa Xuande has been waiting to get some good lines. It all comes down to language in "The Sympathizer," in which Xuande plays Captain, a bilingual double agent whose ability to speak fluent Vietnamese and English makes him an invaluable asset for everyone he encounters. Robert Downey Jr. in "The Sympathizer" As those who technically lost the war, it's the …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Robert Downey Jr set to make his Broadway debut this year

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Robert Downey Jr is making his Broadway debut in a new …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

"The Sympathizer" pokes holes in "the authenticity that the Auteur is very obsessed about"

Salon

The following contains spoilers for "The Sympathizer" Episode 4, "Give Us Some Good Lines" From the moment Nicos Damianos makes his entrance in “The Sympathizer” we recognize precisely who he is, other than the fourth character Robert Downey Jr. plays in the series. Since he’s shooting what he believes will be his great masterpiece on the Vietnam War experience, “The …

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8 months ago

"Sometimes I would push away our audience": "The Sympathizer" director Park Chan-wook feels for us

Salon

South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook wants us to picture fireworks while watching “The Sympathizer.” That image inspires his visual interpretation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2015 novel and as he explains to me through an interpreter, it recurs time and again onscreen. “The Sympathizer” enters the Captain’s story nearly a year into his imprisonment, and many drafts into writing …

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8 months ago

Kieu Chinh, star of The Sympathizer and The Joy Luck Club, reflects on her 50-year career in Hollywood

ABC

In LA recently, Kieu Chinh saw something she'd never seen before: an enormous billboard on Sunset Boulevard emblazoned with the face of a Vietnamese actor, with the name of a Vietnamese author printed underneath. It was a proud moment for Chinh, the 86-year-old actor best known for her role in the 1993 film The Joy Luck Club. "It's the first …

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8 months ago

‘The Sympathizer’ depicts war from a Vietnamese point of view, but how does the community see it?

LA Times

Hoa Xuande in the closing scenes of Episode 1 of “The Sympathizer.” The series and how it depicts the Vietnam War have been a topic of discussion in California’s Vietnamese community. Never before has a television series garnered so much excitement, attention and concern among California’s expatriate Vietnamese community, the world’s largest, as “The Sympathizer.” HBO’s seven-part espionage thriller depicting …

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An ex-Washington police officer is convicted of lying about leaks to the Proud Boys leader

Opinion | The Evolution of Marco Rubio

Ex-police officer denies leaking confidential information to Proud Boys leader

Proud Boys Leader On Tap To Testify In Trial Involving Alleged Corrupt Cop

As FBI Director, Kash Patel Could Offer January 6 Rioters Retribution Against Their Enemies

Police officer became ‘double agent’ for Proud Boys, prosecutor says

Nikki Haley calls Tulsi Gabbard a ‘Russian sympathizer’ and rips Kennedy Jr. for lack of healthcare expertise

Trump gets congrats from a U.K. official who once denounced him as a 'Nazi sympathizer'

Steel and Tran locked in tight race for California’s 45th Congressional District

Sorry, Washington Post: Whitewashing a Nazi sympathizer isn't "debate"

Endorsement: Rep. Michelle Steel needs to go. Derek Tran for the 45th Congressional District

Selena Gomez gets her due, Netflix and FX top HBO and 2 Queen Elizabeths get nominated for Emmys

Shogun's Anna Sawai secures well-earned victory at 2024 TV Critics Association Awards | See full winners list

Amanda Burrell of Team Downey and HBO’s ‘The Sympathizer’ wants to get audiences talking

‘The Sympathizer’ author reveals the ‘red line’ he wouldn’t let HBO series cross

The Sympathizer, review: Vietnam war spy series the most fun Robert Downey Jr has been in a decade

“It's not about nihilism": "The Sympathizer" boss decodes the series' ending revelations

Queers for Palestine protesters arrested after blocking exit to Florida's Disney World, chanting ‘free Palestine’

Actor "Sympathizer" Soldier Spy: How Australia's Hoa Xuande became the ultimate double agent

Robert Downey Jr set to make his Broadway debut this year

"The Sympathizer" pokes holes in "the authenticity that the Auteur is very obsessed about"

"Sometimes I would push away our audience": "The Sympathizer" director Park Chan-wook feels for us

Kieu Chinh, star of The Sympathizer and The Joy Luck Club, reflects on her 50-year career in Hollywood

‘The Sympathizer’ depicts war from a Vietnamese point of view, but how does the community see it?