The Daily Populous

Paul Manafort earned $600,000 a month from pro-Russia party, says Ukrainian report

Authored by pri.org

Donald Trump’s former campaign chief, Paul Manafort, was indicted Monday on multiple charges in the United States’ ongoing special investigation into Russian interference.

An internal investigation in Ukraine concluded that Manafort earned larger sums than he previously reported as a political consultant in the Eastern European country.

There are at least two other funds the Ukrainian investigation identified, and maybe more, each allegedly supported by oligarchs with ties to the Kremlin.

An internal report states that Manafort was paid $600,000 a month over four years, reaching the $28.5 million total, according to a source who has seen the report.

Manafort ran Trump’s presidential campaign from May to August 2016, when he resigned amid reports about Manafort's past work for pro-Russian Ukrainian businessmen.

He maintains — as do his friends and supporters — that entries in the ledgers in the Ukrainian investigation are forgeries.

Related: Paul Manafort and two other former Trump aides are charged in Russia investigation. »

Harrison Ford Was the Reason Mark Hamill Returned to ‘Star Wars’

Authored by screencrush.com

Those were some of Mark Hamill ’s fears upon being asked to return for the new Star Wars trilogy.

“I was just really scared,” Hamill said of a 2012 meeting where George Lucas told him and Carrie Fisher about plans for the new films.

But, alas, Ford signed on to bring back Han Solo and Hamill was forced to opt in. »

Federal move to undo internet freedom would make US more like Russia, not less

Authored by thehill.com

According to the bill’s own legislative findings and its sponsors’ remarks, more than $1.4 billion was spent on online political advertising last year.

Of that amount, some $100,000 (less than 0.01 percent) has been reported thus far as coming from Russian interests.

The bill would impose a much broader standard, under which any “paid internet, or paid digital communication” could be regulated. »

What’s killing America’s new mothers?

Authored by qz.com

With an estimated 26.4 deaths for every 100,000 live births in 2015, America has the highest maternal mortality rate of all industrialized countries—by several times over.

More women die of childbirth-related causes in the US than they do in Iran (20.8), Lebanon (15.3), Turkey (15.8), Puerto Rico (15.1), China (17.7), and many more.

It’s certainly representative of a bigger problem, that women in the US are not getting the medical attention they need. »

'House of Cards' Ending With Sixth and Final Season at Netflix

Authored by hollywoodreporter.com

Netflix is currently in production on a sixth and final season of House of Cards, the landmark drama that signaled its aggressive push into original programming.

Official word on its conclusion, which has been in the works since the summer, comes at a problematic time for Spacey.

(Netflix released a reaction of its own, saying those at the streamer are "deeply troubled" by the allegations.). »