Andrew Blake

Apple I computer, Apple II schematics sold at auction for combined $1.3 million

Apple memorabilia, including rare and signed artifacts from the company's humble beginnings, sold for six figures Friday during an online auction that featured two dozen items dating back to the mid-1970s.

December 18, 2020

Enrique Tarrio, Proud Boys leader, says he set fire to ‘Black Lives Matter’ sign taken from church

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio dared police to arrest him Thursday for recently setting fire to a "Black Lives Matter" banner that members of his group had stolen from outside a church in Washington, D.C.

December 18, 2020

Michael Flynn proposes Donald Trump seize voting machines, ‘basically rerun’ presidential election

Michael T. Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, again denied the outcome of the recent White House race Thursday and suggested deploying the military to "basically rerun" the election.

December 18, 2020

Parliamentarians ask for meeting with WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange ahead of imminent extradition ruling

A group of British parliamentarians has asked to speak with Julian Assange ahead of a decision expected soon in the jailed WikiLeaks founder's extradition case, the leader of the effort announced Thursday.

December 17, 2020

Ricky Schroder plans to protest Biden inauguration: ‘If that means getting arrested… so be it’

Ricky Schroder plans to risk being arrested while protesting the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden, the former "Silver Spoons" and "NYPD Blue" actor stated on social media Wednesday.

December 17, 2020

Donald Trump urged to take on ‘deep state’ by pardoning leakers Snowden and Assange

President Trump is being urged to pardon Edward J. Snowden and Julian Assange by supporters of either secret-spiller who argue him doing so would be a blow against the so-called "deep state" he detests.

December 17, 2020

Joe Scarborough accuses GOP Sen. Rand Paul of inspiring violence for alleging election was ‘stolen’

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Thursday accused Republican Sen. Rand Paul of inspiring supporters of President Trump to commit acts of violence by alleging the recent White House race was "stolen."

December 17, 2020

Geraldo Rivera urges ‘knucklehead’ Donald Trump supporters to accept election defeat

Geraldo Rivera appealed Wednesday to fellow supporters of President Trump to stop being "knuckleheads" and accept that he lost to Democratic challenger Joseph R. Biden instead of threatening secession.

December 17, 2020

Twitter shutting down Periscope, live streaming video app

Periscope, a live video app Twitter acquired in 2015, is shutting down roughly six years since launching, it said Tuesday, citing factors it said have made it no longer sustainable to maintain.

December 16, 2020

Tucker Carlson blames George Soros for rapes, murders, prompting fresh call for advertiser boycott

Tucker Carlson blamed liberal megadonor George Soros late Tuesday for Americans being "robbed, raped and killed," causing the Fox News host to face fresh calls for advertisers to boycott his show.

December 16, 2020

Lindsey Graham denounces calls for Donald Trump to pardon ‘traitor’ Edward Snowden

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham clashed Wednesday with leaker Edward J. Snowden after the South Carolina Republican slammed recent pleas for President Trump to pardon him.

December 16, 2020

Facebook lifting pause on political ads for Georgia runoffs

Facebook announced Tuesday it will lift its pause on political advertising in the U.S. to accommodate candidates running for the Senate next month in special runoff elections being held in Georgia.

December 15, 2020

Amanda Chase, Virginia gubernatorial hopeful, urges Donald Trump to declare martial law over defeat

Virginia state Sen. Amanda F. Chase, a Republican candidate for governor, called Tuesday for President Trump to declare martial law to stop President-elect Joseph R. Biden from succeeding him soon.

December 15, 2020

Paul Whelan family hopeful for American’s release from Russian jail after Putin congratulates Biden

Relatives of Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine jailed in Russia, reacted optimistically to President-elect Joseph R. Biden being congratulated Tuesday by his future counterpart in the Kremlin.

December 15, 2020

Matt Gaetz: Donald Trump ‘well-served’ to pardon NSA leaker Edward Snowden

Rep. Matt Gaetz, Florida Republican, advocated Monday for President Trump to pardon wanted leaker Edward J. Snowden while pushing for what he predicted would upset the GOP establishment and others.

December 15, 2020

Geraldo Rivera: Donald Trump damaging ‘fabric of our democracy’ by still not conceding to Joe Biden

Geraldo Rivera urged his longtime friend President Trump to stop doing what he described as being detrimental to democracy and admit defeat already to President-elect Joseph R. Biden.

December 15, 2020

Trump supporters chant ‘Destroy the GOP’ near White House while protesting loss to Biden

Nick Fuentes, a far-right commentator among the Trump supporters rallying Saturday in Washington, D.C., led a group of fellow protesters there in calling for the destruction of the Republican Party.

December 12, 2020

Enrique Tarrio, Proud Boys leader, visits White House as Trump supporters rally in D.C.

The White House played host Saturday to Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the controversial mens-only group called the Proud Boys whose members President Trump famously told to "stand back and standby."

December 12, 2020

Joe Biden recognizes Paris Agreement anniversary by vowing U.S. rejoins on first day of presidency

Joseph R. Biden on Saturday marked the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement on climate change by promising the U.S. will rejoin the treaty as soon as he takes office as president.

December 12, 2020

Diamond and Silk propose military intervention after Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn election

Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson, conservative commentators best known as Diamond and Silk, respectively, urged the U.S. military Friday to help keep the Trump administration from ending.

December 12, 2020