City officials in Bellingham, Washington, ordered the removal of a homeless encampment ahead of schedule after reports of possible violence by “outside agitators” from Portland and other cities. Bellingham is located about 90 miles north of Seattle, with a population of about 89,000 people. Bellingham Police and Public Works crews removed the encampment from the
Month: January 2021
Pakistan’s Supreme Court sparked international outrage Thursday by ordering the release of a man who was convicted in the gruesome 2002 murder of late Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl before being acquitted last year. What are the details? Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh has been on death row since his conviction for luring Pearl to
Since last spring, CNN’s Prime Time host Chris Cuomo has been pushing unfounded conspiracy theories that Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was trying to cover-up and manipulate coronavirus numbers in the Sunshine State. But in a bombshell report from the New York State Attorney General Letitia James Thursday, it turned out that it was Chris’s brother,
Now they’re coming for the bacon. An Oregon state lawmaker has proposed a bill to eliminate all “processed meats,” including beloved bacon, sausage, and hot dogs, from hospitals, prisons, nursing homes, and other places where people are stuck. This includes not only the patients and inmates but staff and visitors, too. Processed turkey meat? Out.
Most scholars believe that the Constitution allows Congress to impeach former officials, including former presidents, but Stanford law professor Michael McConnell points out that isn’t the question facing the Senate today. McConnell writes to Eugene Volokh at Reason: Whether a former officer can be impeached is beside the point. Donald Trump was President of the
On New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s watch, COVID patients were put into nursing homes, which lead to the deaths of thousands of senior citizens. Now we are finding out that the numbers are far worse than anyone knew. And this report is coming from the office of New York’s attorney general, a Democrat. Townhall reports:
Vlad Tenev, co-founder of Robinhood, speaks during an event in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 10, 2016. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Financial trading app Robinhood was served a federal class-action lawsuit on Thursday, after the app restricted trading in GameStop and other stocks surging in value from investors on social media. Robinhood’s decision came after members of a Reddit
It’s hard to argue with his conclusions. As Brooks points out, there’s a big price being paid by children who are not attending school: The broader data on school closure is horrendous. Mental health problems have increased. Many children have simply vanished from official oversight. Schools in Hillsborough County, Fla., started the year missing 7,000 students. The children who
Robert Delahunty and John Yoo are in good company in thinking that the Constitution forbids the Senate from convicting a former official in an impeachment trial. But I think their argument for that view has two great weaknesses. The first is that they wrongly take the other side of the debate to “concede. . .
Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz (R) made a trek to Wyoming on Thursday to speak at a rally calling for the ouster of fellow GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, lambasting her to the crowd after she joined House Democrats and nine other Republicans in voting to impeach President Donald Trump. What are the details? Cheney, a member
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California lashed out at Republicans and called the party a “dangerous cult” over a report that the names of Democrat lawmakers were found on a list possessed by a man caught near the U.S. Capitol with a gun and ammunition. The 71-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday at the Capitol
In a bombshell report out Thursday, The New York Times exposed how New York State’s Health Department was undercounting nursing home deaths by up to 50 percent. It was a staggering revelation considering Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo was the one who ordered elderly COVID patients be returned to their long term care facilities. But later
Climate Czar John Kerry held a press conference on Wednesday ahead of President Joe Biden signing an executive order that will cause every department and every member of the Cabinet to be thinking a lot about the weather for the first six months of their jobs. It creates new task forces, requires in-depth strategic plans,
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) announced plans this week to hold a rally in Cheyenne, Wyoming on Thursday afternoon. This comes after Liz Cheney, the third most powerful House Republican, smeared and voted to impeach President Trump. Cheney is a committed Trump-hater and the Republicans in the House appear to accept this. They put Liz Cheney
South Dakota governor Kristi Noem speaks to the press in Atlanta, Ga., December 6, 2020. (Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters) At the state and federal levels, proposals banning abortion on the basis of a prenatal Down-syndrome diagnosis are making progress. In South Dakota, Republican governor Kristi Noem has drafted a bill that would protect unborn children diagnosed with
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry speaks while White House national climate advisor Gina McCarthy listens during a press briefing at the White House, January 27, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Biden administration officials have pledged to seek cooperation with the Chinese Communist Party on questions of combating climate change, and they’ve promised that their negotiations would not
Watch some of this if you have time, just so that you fully understand that it’s *not* really an attack on Cheney for voting to impeach Trump. That’s part of it, of course — Trump Jr even calls in at 19:30 of the clip — but it’s actually a full-spectrum assault on Cheneyism, especially her
Former Secretary of State John Kerry, who now serves as a President Biden’s special envoy on climate, may have some answering to do following revelations that his family still owns a gas-guzzling private jet. What are the details? While Kerry preaches climate consciousness and combatting fossil fuels for the new administration, he apparently doesn’t speak
Hunter Biden purportedly still owns a stake in a Chinese private equity firm, despite scrutiny about his overseas business dealings. Hunter joined the board of BHR Partners in 2013, when it was created. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said in August 2019 that “BHR was formed in November of 2013 by a merger
Almost four years to the day, the hosts of The View slammed President Trump for issuing four executive orders in his first week in office as an abuse of power. At the time, Whoopi Goldberg falsely claimed that President Obama had waited “months” to issue any executive orders (he did 5 his first week.) Now that
On Thursday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called for a congressional hearing to investigate the Robinhood stock trading app after it decided to block investors from purchasing stock in response to investors increasing the price of GameStop and AMC stock. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) opposes AOC on almost everything, but he agreed with her on this.
My new Bloomberg Opinion column is about how the schools’ response to COVID strengthens the case for educational choice. An excerpt: White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain is pretending that the unions are not posing an obstacle. The problem, he says, is that schools need $130 billion extra to implement safety measures. It’s an excuse. Using CDC
(Natural News) On Tuesday, Jan. 19, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new action items that would put the agency one step closer to regulating “forever chemicals” in drinking water. The toxic chemicals, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), have contaminated drinking water in the U.S. over the past few decades. More than two
(Natural News) Cloves are the aromatic buds of the evergreen tree, Syzygium aromaticum. This potent spice is found in both whole and ground forms and is a versatile food ingredient used for seasoning pot roasts and adding flavor to hot beverages and desserts. In Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, clove is used to treat influenza, cough, digestive problems, toothache, nausea
(Natural News) Reports from mainstream media show that the pandemic has claimed over 400,000 American lives, but some legislators tell a different story. On Tuesday, Dec. 29, two Minnesota state representatives revealed that death totals have been inflated in the state. During an interview on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Republican Reps. Mary Franson and Scott Jensen demanded an audit to
Newsmax host Rob Schmitt slayed pompous idiot John Kerry in his show open on Wednesday night. This was after John Kerry, the Biden Administration’s Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, told unemployed Keystone Pipeline workers to go work to make solar panels. Joe Biden killed tens of thousands of jobs his first week in office when
(lucadp/Getty Images) Trading app Robinhood on Thursday restricted buying or trading in GameStop stock along with several other formerly obscure stocks that are spiking following a scramble of social media driven trading activity this week. The popular stock market app informed users that they could close out positions on the highly volatile stocks but could
House Clerk Cheryl L. Johnson and acting House sergeant-at-arms Timothy P. Blodgett lead House impeachment managers to deliver an article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump on the Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 25, 2021. (Melina Mara/Reuters) The Democrats’ late hit will only end up costing them. The Democratic congressional leadership is determined to
Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California announced Wednesday night that he will introduce a resolution calling for newly-elected Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to be expelled from the House of Representatives, citing reports of her “repeated endorsements of sedition, domestic terrorism, and political violence.” What are the details? Gomez tweeted, “I don’t need to explain
A recent survey of nursing homes found that more than 65% say they will no longer be in business by this time next year due to the added costs brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report. What are the details? The 19th reported that according to a survey conducted by the
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