Newscasts
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Delivers Address at Party Conference [630am ET/330am PT]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers the closing address at his party’s conference in Manchester, England. MORE
Month: October 2019
Business
Oil and Gas Officials Privately Slam Trump Administration Incompetence
At a closed-door meeting this summer, oil and gas industry lawyers criticized the Trump administration’s failure to recruit enough qualified people to secure policy victories that would outlast this presidency, according to a recording of MORE
Immigration
Trump wanted to shoot immigrants in the legs, a moat with snakes and alligators
This is not who we are but it was a joke during the Obama administration: Sickeningly enough, Trump wanted to do just that. According to The New York Times, back in March, Trump ‘fumed’ about MORE
Entertainment
Former Fox News Contributor “Clueless” Stacy Dash Arrested for Domestic Abuse!
According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, Dash, 52, and a man became involved in an argument just before 8 p.m. Deputies said Dash pushed the man and slapped him in the face. Officials said MORE
Entertainment
The Beatles’ Abbey Road Turns 50 Years Old
The existence of Abbey Road is practically a miracle — when the Beatles emerged from the Let It Be sessions, the group was fraught with tension and on the verge of breaking up. They were arguing not only over music MORE
Health
Runner killed while finishing 50K race in southeast Kansas
Thomas Stanley, 33, of Andover, was less than a quarter mile (0.4 kilometer) from finishing the FlatRock trail race at the Elk City State Park when he was struck around 2:15 Saturday, said race director MORE
Politics
Pompeo: State Dept. officials won’t show up for impeachment depositions
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo fired a broadside at House Democrats on Tuesday, saying State Department officials scheduled to appear this week before committees conducting the impeachment inquiry would not be made available until “we MORE
US
Jury convicts ex-police officer Amber Guyger who fatally shot neighbor Botham Jean
Jury convicts ex-police officer Amber Guyger who fatally shot her directly upstairs neighbor Botham Jean, when she mistakenly entered his apartment and fired her firearm, instead of following standard police procedure for her department. Source: MORE
Books
Book Review: THE ECONOMISTS’ HOUR: FALSE PROPHETS, FREE MARKETS, AND THE FRACTURE OF SOCIETY
The title of the book refers to a period that Appelbaum defines as being between 1969 and 2008. For him, this was a time when the policies that economists almost universally endorsed—tax breaks, austerity, deregulation, MORE
Economy
US manufacturing survey shows worst reading in a decade
A gauge of U.S. manufacturing showed the lowest reading in more than 10 years in September as exports dived amid the escalated trade war. The U.S. manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index from the Institute for Supply MORE
News
Oldest living president, Jimmy Carter, turns 95
America’s oldest living ex-president in history marked another milestone Tuesday as Jimmy Carter celebrated his 95th birthday at his southwest Georgia hometown. If you want to wish Jimmy Carter a Happy Birthday, you can do MORE
Immigration
New York City bans the term, ‘illegal alien,’ fines up to $250K
NYC has banned the term, “illegal alien,” when used “with intent to demean, humiliate or harass a person” and could fine a person up to $250,000 for doing so. NYC has also banned discrimination or “harassment MORE
Impeachment
Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Is Six Points Lower Than Support for His Impeachment: Poll
President Donald Trump’s approval rating is six points lower than support for his impeachment, according to a new poll, following a sudden shift in opinion among voters about removing him from office. The Quinnipiac University MORE
News
Barr and Pompeo Involved With Contacts in Four Countries
A new report shows William Barr and Mike Pompeo have been involved with contacts in no less than four different countries in Trump’s attempt to discredit Joe Biden and the investigation of the Mueller investigation MORE
Impeachment
Liveblog - Impeachment Updates: 10-1-19
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on the July phone call where Trump asked his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate Joe Biden and his son. Here he is below LYING! pretending he has no clue pretty much MORE
News
Fact checking Trump’s latest tinfoil hat conspiracy
Short answer: NO ONE! A few days ago, Wing Nut Rag, The Federalist, made an erroneous claim that somewhere “between May 2018 and August 2019, the intelligence community secretly eliminated a requirement that whistleblowers provide MORE