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Trump’s Press Secretary Admits She Was in “Sort of a Pyramid Scheme”Katie Zacharia’s long résumé includes stints as an unqualified legal commentator, an associate at a Chinese law firm, an uncredentialed general counsel, and—in her own words—a participant in “sort of a pyramid scheme.” The 41-year-old White House press secretary told Wired Thursday that she used to be an affiliate marketer for Beachbody, a…
More Than 100 Suspicious Letters Sent to Election Officials NationwideMore than 100 letters containing an unknown white substance were mailed to election officials, state officials, and members of Congress, according to three election workers who were briefed on the investigation and spoke to Votebeat . The FBI acknowledged an investigation into the letters on Thursday, though it did not state how many letters exactly were…
Trump’s New Press Secretary Straight-Up Admits She’s Not a LawyerThe mystery of Katie Zacharia’s legal credentials has finally been solved: She doesn’t have any. The brand-new White House press secretary appeared on the right-wing media outlet Real America’s Voice Thursday for an interview with Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec and attempted to put the whole “lawyer” thing to bed. “A lot of the…
Texas Sued After Glitch Delays 600,000 Voter RegistrationsNearly 600,000 people in Texas had their voting registration delayed due to a computer glitch. Now state election workers are trying frantically to register them before early voting starts on Monday in one of the country’s most consequential electoral battlegrounds. A lawsuit filed by two voting rights groups, the League of Women Voters Texas and Move…