Negotiators for the Democratic House and the Republican White House walked away from the table on Friday night without reaching a deal. No future meetings are scheduled and, with the Senate going on recess starting Monday, prospects for Congress to get something done on a 4th pandemic relief bill are slim. On Friday night at
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A local official in Michigan is refusing a chorus of demands for him to resign over his startling use of an offensive racist slur to explain why he wasn’t wearing a face mask. A reporter from the Leelanau Enterprise caught the interaction at the Tuesday meeting of the Leelanau County Road Commission. Commissioner Tom Eckerle,
Toymaker Hasbro has agreed to pull a new Trolls doll from shelves after outraged parents launched online campaigns exposing how the doll “gasps and giggles” when a button located on its “private area” is pushed, with critics saying that it is an attempt to groom children. What are the details? A petition calling for the
Economist Stephen Moore shot back at liberals and media acolytes triggered at a Wall Street Journal op-ed he co-wrote calling for President Donald Trump to suspend the payroll tax for the rest of the year. Moore addressed his article’s core arguments that the president can suspend the payroll tax “without congress” on Wednesday’s edition of
Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D-Portland) and her security detail appear to have violated Brown’s own mask mandate, according to a post that has gone viral on Facebook. In addition, a member of that security detail, an Oregon state trooper, has yet to be publicly recognized for rescuing a teenage girl from drowning. A witness to
Police arrested a man in Treasure Island, Florida, after he allegedly grabbed a child when he refused to take his mask off. The bizarre incident occurred at Ricky T’s Bar & Grille on Sunday, according to police. According the arrest affidavit, 47-year-old Jason Copenhaver approached the child and asked him if he was wearing a
During a press conference at President Donald Trump’s New Jersey resort Friday evening, a reporter attempted to corner the president while suggesting attendees who weren’t wearing masks were breaking the law under the state’s COVID-19 restrictions. But the president drew cheers and applause when he assured the journalist that the invited guests were well within
WNBA players openly campaigning for a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate sure look and act like a political action committee. Many of the players are wearing “Vote Warnock” shirts as a show of opposition to Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler, a U.S. senator seeking re-election who previously wrote a letter to the WNBA commissioner
Ventura County, Calif., has voted to order a church to stop conducting services and sermons due to the CCP coronavirus pandemic. The pastor, Rob McCoy, has continued to hold services, exerting his First Amendment right to practice his religion. McCoy, pastor of Godspeak Calvary Chapel, says he’s willing to go to jail over the principle.
Canadians are reportedly tracking down and reporting American illegals, The New York Times reports. What are the details? The outlet reports that the angry Canadians are seeking out Americans who have reportedly illegally crossed the northern border. Canada closed its borders to tourists in March amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and its citizens remain concerned over
How’s this for chutzpah? Less than three months before the election, Letitia James, the Democrat Attorney General of New York, who in 2018 called the NRA a “terrorist organization,” brings a lawsuit seeking to “dissolve,” i.e. destroy, the NRA. But she insisted on Morning Joe that “this lawsuit has nothing to do with politics.” James
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer admitted Friday that regardless of any other COVID-19 relief efforts, the economy won’t be able to recover unless the schools are opened, according to The Hill. Schumer, along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have been locked in negotiations with the White House and Republican leadership, trying to agree on
Pro-police “back the blue” protesters held a small rally in front of a Virginia police precinct when they thought they spotted an important-looking black SUV. The rule of thumb is that when you’re in Southern California and you think you’ve seen a star of a movie or TV show, you have. In Washington, D.C., and
Fair Wayne Bryant has been in prison since 1997. He was convicted of stealing a set of hedge clippers and was given a life sentence. Last Friday, the Louisiana Supreme Court declined to hear Bryant’s appeal of the sentence, meaning the 62-year-old man will likely die in prison, Fox News reported. The judge was able
President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Thursday that will prohibit U.S. transactions with Chinese technology giants Tencent and ByteDance. The orders, which go into effect in 45 days, will effectively ban Tencent’s WeChat app and ByteDance’s TikTok app. The executive order escalates the already-tense tech war between the U.S. and China. President Trump invoked
In an era dominated by digital platforms, many large newspapers across America depend on revenue from such outside sources as China Daily, the official propaganda publication of Chinese communism. which has spread communism to American readers through the use of paid articles and advertisements. However, the executives at the New York Times decided to FINALLY
The group that House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler insists is a myth attacked an elderly woman who stood up to antifa thugs trying to set the East Portland Police Precinct on fire. Portland Police reported that the woman stood in front of the East Precinct, apparently taking a stand against efforts to burn it. They shrieked
Los Angeles Lakers basketball star LeBron James laughed off criticism from President Donald Trump over NBA players choosing to participate in kneeling protests before their games. James told reporters on Wednesday that the game of basketball would do fine without the president watching. “I really don’t think the basketball community are sad about losing his
A Republican congressman with links to Liberty University declared Thursday that Jerry Falwell Jr. should resign his post as president of the institution, citing his “ongoing behavior” that the lawmaker called “appalling.” What are the details? Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.), a former pastor, tweeted, “Jerry Falwell Jr’s ongoing behavior is appalling. As a Music Faculty
You can’t write comedy this good. In opening Thursday’s PrimeTime, host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo, whose nickname comes from the dumb brother in The Godfather and who failed to correctly identify a rhino on a cognitive assessment test, raged at President Trump and insisted he was bungling the COVID response because “his judgment may not just be
On Thursday, after the 68th consecutive night of violent riots in Portland, Mayor Ted Wheeler (D-Portland) finally urged activists who seriously desire police reform not to join the murderous and destructive antifa mob wreaking havoc in his city. Better late than never? While Wheeler finally issued a full-throated condemnation of the violence, he also warned
A congressman urged the Department of Justice to investigate what he called a “disturbing trend” of attacks and vandalism on churches across the nation. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) made the request in a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday after a rash of attacks on Catholic churches in his district. “Since June,
An Alabama high school principal’s effort to prepare students for returning to school amid COVID-19 restrictions has gone viral, after he created a parody of MC Hammer’s “You Can’t Touch This” to explain the new rules while declaring: “It’s the CDC, not me!” What are the details? Dr. Quentin Lee, the principal of Childersburg High
Like its heroes, HBO Max’s Doom Patrol is kind of a mess. The former DC Universe show is yet another example of TV writers thinking the concept of superheroes being noble people doing the right thing is too boring. Instead, we get a raunchy series that has the gall to have Jesus drop an f-bomb.
Armed sheriff’s deputies are manning checkpoints across New York City, as well as the airport, bus, and train stations, wanting to know where you’ve been and where you’re going. The checkpoints have been initiated to slow the spread of the coronavirus, which has hit New York City harder than any other major U.S. city. I’m
A University of Utah police officer is under fire after reportedly showing colleagues explicit sexual photos of a 21-year-old student who later ended up dead. Newly released reports allege that Officer Miguel Deras inappropriately showed his fellow officers explicit images and that Deras’ fellow officers “inappropriately commented on the photos.” What are the details of
A group of protesters marched from the United Federation of Teachers headquarters to the New York City Department of Education offices on Monday, displaying a number of props designed to convey the dramatic message that the Department of Education was killing them. According to the New York Post, the protest included about 200 people, “many”
In an era where governments use news outlets to launder their state propaganda as objective news, one Big Tech company is now beginning to take a decent stand by labeling government and state-affiliated media. Twitter Inc. announced that going forward, the company “will label some state-backed media accounts, as well as accounts belonging to ‘key
The world was assured by Democrats that if Donald Trump’s “stormtroopers” left Portland, antifa and Black Lives Matter riots would simply stop. And yet another riot was declared on Wednesday night in Portland on Day 69 of the riots. Tonight’s group outside of East Precinct’s entrance doors setting fire. https://t.co/8SnwFd7Zof — Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) August
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) continued to voice his frustration with Republican colleagues who are considering another massive coronavirus relief package with little regard for the budget, Axios reported. Congress is working toward another economic stimulus and relief package, and while Republicans have resisted some of the Democrats’ most costly proposals, they appear poised to make