Indiana Republican says US attorney ‘declined’ to prosecute threat against his daughters and wife
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) has questioned why federal prosecutors declined to bring charges against a man who threatened his family when the Justice Department has prosecuted similar threats against Democrats, but the Justice Department denies there is a double standard. Aaron Thompson, 33, of Fort Wayne, pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges in October […]
Triple Threat Tag Team Match Breaks Out On Ohio Golf Course, And My Oh My, What An Idiotic Show
Get your popcorn ready for this entertaining ignorance! The internet is talking about this fight video, and quite frankly, I don’t blame ’em. According to net-goers, this brawl popped off during Father’s Day at Raccoon Hill Golf Club in Kent, Ohio, which GolfPass has ranked as a four-star course. (RELATED: Golf Channel’s Johnson Wagner Has […]
‘Greatest Threat to Democracy Today Is Joe Biden’
Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that “the greatest threat to our democracy today” is President Joe Biden. A partial transcript follows: JOHN CARL: So this marks President Trump’s first visit to the Capitol since before the attack on January 6th. I want to leave you with what […]
Biden’s missing second term plans, get real on Houthi threat and other commentary
Middle East Watch: Making the Houthi Threat a Reality “The need for cheaper ways to defend against Houthi attacks on warships is real,” it warned. Dov Zakheim of The Hill“Iran has long supported the Houthis,” but “what is little more than a collection of tribal rebels has held the world’s largest superpower back for almost […]
J.D. Vance Would Pose the Greatest Debate Threat to VP
Ashley Etienne, former communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris, said on CNN’s “Laura Coates Live” on Friday that a debate would be a threat to the vice president if former President Donald Trump chose Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate. “One of the things we’re hearing from The New York Times is […]
FCC names its first-ever AI scammer in threat alert
The Federal Communications Commission has officially named the first artificially intelligent robocall scammer, but is it too late? After all, Royal Tiger has already gotten away with numerous fraudulent activities that affected millions of Americans. Let’s talk about what these headlines mean for AI scammers in general, what you should look out for going forward, […]
Sanders drops subpoena threat against Novo Nordisk
health care Full text Republican Rep. McMorris Rodgers proposes reforms to strengthen NIH Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (D-Wash.), Republican chairwoman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, has released a series of proposals aimed at reforming the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help the U.S. “maintain an innovative advantage” over its adversaries. The proposals […]
Mario Gabelli legal threat affected doomed Paramount merger
Legal threats from investor Mario Gabelli were a “major factor” in the collapse this week of Shari Redstone’s $8 billion deal to merge Paramount Global with “Mission: Impossible” production partner Skydance Media, The Washington Post has learned. Redstone was facing a lawsuit from Gabelli for more than $100 million over the deal when she made […]
Contempt of Congress is not an idle threat
If most Americans think of “contempt of Congress” as a foreign concept, they’re right. Our Founding Fathers imported it from the Mother Country long before independence. In Britain, “Disrespect for Parliament. ” In the United States, every colonial assembly and parliament used the contempt power to compel testimony and documents, and to lock up villains. […]
Climate Change Poses No Existential Threat. Nada. Not Any.
A refreshing article in the Washington Examiner demonstrates what I have repeatedly said for more than a decade: climate change does not pose an “existential threat.” In fact, that’s the title of the article: “Climate change is not an ‘existential threat.’” In discussing the energy crisis that has arisen during Joe Biden’s brief tenure as president of […]