Does ‘guilty’ verdict change the race?
DOES ‘GUILTY’ VERDICT CHANGE THE RACE? Former President Donald Trump’s supporters, nearly all of the Republican base plus millions who see Trump as a better choice for the White House than President Joe Biden, will see the guilty verdict against Trump in New York as deeply unfair and deeply politicized. But Alvin Bragg, the Democrat […]
Man who made thousands of harassing calls to Congress pleads guilty
Ade Salim Lilly, a 35-year-old man from Queens, New York, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of threatening to kill a congressional staff member and calling members of Congress more than 12,000 times in just over a 21-month period. He faces fines of up to $500,000 and a maximum seven-year prison sentence. In one call, Lilly […]
Colleges should be educating students, not priming activists
It seems a rarity when a student graduates unaffected by the activist mentality plaguing college campuses. The accolades such activists elicit from legacy media certainly don’t help. Case in point: A New York Times article titled “A final graduation requirement: Making sense of protest” celebrates Mariame Sissoko, president of the Student Government Association at Barnard […]
Third human case of bird flu in dairy worker, CDC confirms
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday announced the third human case of bird flu, contracted by a dairy worker amid the nationwide outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza among cattle. CDC Principal Deputy Director Nirva Shah told reporters that the dairy worker was infected with the H5N1 virus from a different […]
San Francisco City Hall removes ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag after Alito controversy
San Francisco removed an “Appeal to Heaven” flag that flew outside city hall after Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was in the spotlight for hanging one himself. On Saturday, city officials swapped the flag with an American one. The city said the “Appeal to Heaven” flag was originally raised on Flag Day in 1964 at […]
Trump hush money verdict unlikely to sway most voters: Poll
A new poll released Thursday had some positive news for former President Donald Trump‘s reelection chances as he awaits a verdict in his New York hush money trial. The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist national poll showed 67% of registered voters nationally wouldn’t be swayed by a guilty verdict against Trump, while 15% said it would make them […]
Texas Republicans embrace normalcy – Washington Examiner
Runoff primary elections were held in Texas on Tuesday night for several races that were proxy battles between controversial State Attorney General Ken Paxton and more traditional Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott. While the results in some state races favored Paxton-backed candidates, the night was mostly a success for Republicans more serious about governance than […]
Pritzker says budget passed early morning because ‘everybody wanted to go home’
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is heralding a budget that Republicans say was crammed down taxpayers throats in the dead of night. After the Senate approved the state budget package late in the evening Sunday, the House took the measure up in the early morning hours Wednesday. The measure spends $53.1 billion […]
NATO foreign ministers meet in Prague seeking ways to get Ukraine more flexibility and air defense to counter Russian advances
BLINKEN: ‘WE’VE ADAPTED AND ADJUSTED’: NATO foreign ministers are meeting in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, as pressure grows to provide Ukraine with not just more air defense but also the flexibility to use long-range weapons in cross-border strikes on Russian positions. During a visit to Moldova ahead of today’s meetings, Secretary of State […]
Surprise! Paul Krugman thinks you’re the problem
All you need to know about the legacy news media is that they hate you and think you’re a moron. Once you get this, the rest falls into place. Last week, New York Times writer and noted “man of the people” Paul Krugman wrote his umpteenth column accusing people of being confused about the state […]