♫Oh, Mexico | It sounds so simple, I just got to go CNN: Elizabeth Holmes made an “attempt to flee the country” by booking a one-way ticket to Mexico departing in January 2022, shortly after the Theranos founder was convicted of fraud, prosecutors alleged in a new court filing Friday. Holmes was convicted last January of defrauding investors while running the failed blood testing startup Theranos. In November, she was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison. She has appealed her conviction and does not start her prison sentence until this spring, a waiting period that prosecutors described as “generous” and due to her being pregnant. Prosecutors argue that Holmes should start her prison term sooner than the scheduled April 27, 2023 because she remains a flight risk. Especially since she “has the means to act on that incentive.” Holmes’ attorneys claim she bought the ticket in advance of the conviction she thought she’d avoid. She had a wedding to attend in Mexico.
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A man expected to testify in Genaro García Luna's federal trial has accused the ex-security chief of helping to reveal the informant's identity to a cartel.
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Seven months after the fall of Roe, the battlefield has shifted.
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Medicare Advantage is a money-making scam. I should know. I helped to sell it.
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By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 8 January, large crowds of people dressed in colours of the Brazilian flag descended on the country’s capital, Brasília. They invaded federal buildings, including the Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace, and vandalised public property. The attack, carried out by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, came as no […]
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The package will include more Bradley armored vehicles and for the first time, Stryker armored vehicles.
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By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost It is always the same when Japanese premiers travel to Washington to summit at the White House. Nothing seems to happen and nobody pays much attention even when important things happen, when we should all pay attention, and, when we do pay passing attention, we usually get it […]
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Quelle surprise! Change on crucial issues of climate and inequality is unlikely to emerge from the World Economic Forum.
Tech companeis laying off tens of thousands of employees, underscoring their fixation on short-term performance metrics.
IA's new music review dishes up some bold flavours, with Triple J's Hottest 100 hot tip King Stingray and David Bowie's 'Queen Bitch' putting some sizzle on the menu. 'Let's Go'!' read now...According to McCarthy here the Biden people cracked:
President Biden: I accept your invitation to sit down and discuss a responsible debt ceiling increase to address irresponsible government spending.
— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) January 20, 2023
I look forward to our meeting.
We’ll see….
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They’re doing it again If you’ve been watching the recent febrile reporting about the Biden documents you can be forgiven if you felt like you’ve seen this movie before. You have. The Washington Post published a story yesterday about the Biden documents case that pretty much explained and exonerated the administration’s handling of the matter. It also said that it doesn’t matter because it looks bad and everyone’s talking about it so it’s very bad, possibly fatal, for Biden. Ironically, the only thing that might spare him is the plethora of legal issues plaguing Trump and the fact that his document scandal is arguably much worse. On the other hand, I’m already seeing “we know Trump is a corrupt scumbag, we expect more from Biden” so who knows? How does this sort of thing happen?