‘Not our president’: after Macron’s visit, New Caledonia’s Kanak demand their own future | New Caledonia
“I don’t understand why people who don’t live here are discussing our fate.” A 52-year-old indigenous Kanak man who gave his name only as Mike was speaking from a checkpoint just north of New Caledonia’s capital, hours before the French president’s arrival in a Pacific region that has been paralyzed by violent protests. The protests, […]
KOBACH: Liberals Hijack Online Child Safety Bill, Handing Khan-trol To FTC
A bill currently pending in Congress, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), would require social media companies to refrain from advertising age-restricted products, like tobacco and gambling, to minors and to let parents, schools and minors report certain harms. As originally proposed, it was a good bill. Unfortunately, leftist lunatics hijacked the reasonable, commonsense legislation […]
A Little More Poison
Taking “the hair of the dog that bit you” means curing a hangover with another drink in the morning. Nobody follows that principle as public policy, but current government practice regarding gambling and drug use subscribes to the same logic. For instance, there haven’t been too many Puritans around in a long time who objected […]
They Want Us To Eat Bugs, And That’s Exactly What They’re Doing At A Minor League Baseball Game
Could you please buy me some peanuts and… some cicadas? When you think of ballpark food, cicadas (or any other insects) aren’t usually what comes to mind, but that was different Tuesday night at Toyota Field, home of the Rocket City Trash Pandas, the Double-A minor league affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. They were […]
Former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett to appear on ‘Survivor’
A former Obama administration speechwriter is fleeing into the wilderness — to compete on the next season of “Survivor.” Jon Lovett, one of the hosts of the liberal podcast “Pod Save America,” will appear on the 47th season of the CBS competition series. His appearance on the long-running show was confirmed with the release of […]
California gov signs bill to help doctors evade Arizona’s abortion law
Arizona abortion doctors can now travel to California to get around a resurrected 160-year-old pre-state law. Making abortion illegal It criminalizes abortion in almost all circumstances. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, who just returned from speaking at the Vatican Climate Summit in Rome, signed Senate Bill 233 on Thursday afternoon. “Arizona Republicans have attempted to […]
Coast Guard suspends search for 3 missing after boat capsized in Alaska
The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday called off the search for three people missing after their boat capsized in the Gulf of Alaska. The Coast Guard said it received a distress call Wednesday morning from the 21-foot Hughes Craft vessel near Iarick Bay, about 35 miles southwest of Seward. Charter boat capsize may have been […]
Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell Border Bill Flops in Senate Vote
A border bill pushed by Democratic and Republican Senate leaders failed in a floor vote with only 43 votes, far short of the 60 votes needed to begin debate or the 50 needed to pass. 50 Senators Voted Seven senators opposed the bill, including four Republicans. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) was the only Republican to […]
Johnson says Netanyahu to address joint session of Congress ‘soon’
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) announced Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress “soon.” “Tonight I am pleased to share one more thing with you: We will shortly be inviting Prime Minister Netanyahu to the Knesset to hold a joint session of Parliament,” Johnson said at a news […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar dismisses harassment of Jewish UCLA student by anti-Israel protesters
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Thursday downplayed an incident in which anti-Israel protesters harassed Jewish students on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and criticized the university for not doing enough to protect the protesters. The female members of the Squad Viral Video In one incident in April, a student wearing […]