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Josh Hawley Tucked Hilarious Message Into Spelling of Bill That Bans Lawmakers from Trading
Full disclosure: I’m almost uniformly against lawmakers coming up with cute acronyms for legislation. I’ll make an exception for GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, however. On Monday, Hawley introduced a bill that would ban members of Congress and their immediate family from stock-trading while they were in office. He’d previously introduced the bill in…
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Amazon Says Proposed Website Tweak ‘Not Going to Happen’ After White House Blasted It as ‘Hostile and Political’
The White House unleashed a fiery rebuke of Amazon Tuesday, accusing the retail giant of a “hostile and political act” over reports it planned to display the added cost of President Donald Trump’s tariffs next to product prices. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered the sharp criticism during a press briefing marking Trump’s 100th…
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Income Taxes Nuked for Those Making Under $200k
In every way imaginable, President Donald Trump stands as a living indictment of America’s corrupt ruling class. From former President Jimmy Carter’s “malaise” to former President Joe Biden’s moldering brain — a lengthy period of unprecedented turpitude interrupted only by the sunny optimism of former President Ronald Reagan and the defiant populism that produced Trump’s…
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NYT Admits It: Female Blackhawk Pilot Rejected Male Co-Pilot’s Life-Saving Directive 15 Seconds Before Fireball Erupted
The New York Times waited until the very end of its lengthy story about the January collision between a U.S. Army helicopter and a passenger jet in Washington, D.C., to reveal that the female copter pilot failed to follow her male flight instructor’s direction, leading to the tragedy. Army Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach was taking…
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White House Vows Veto of Senate Resolution That ‘Would Undermine US National and Economic Security’
The Trump administration issued a formal veto threat Monday morning regarding a bipartisan resolution that would terminate the president’s emergency powers underpinning his sweeping global tariffs. The Senate is set to vote as early as this week on a resolution to rescind Trump’s national emergency declaration justifying the imposition of broad tariffs on imported goods.…
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Purdue University Mascot Train Involved in Fatal Crash on Indiana Road
Purdue University’s vehicular mascot was involved in a fatal car crash in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, on Thursday afternoon. The locomotive-shaped truck, called the Boilermaker Special, was driving north on U.S. 52 when it veered into an oncoming car headed south, killing the other driver. The university released a statement that day. “The two students who…
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NFL Gets Fan Backlash for Kicking Off Draft with a ‘Woke’ Stunt
Those who push a woke racial narrative should at least have to answer one question. In short, if 19th- and 20th-century segregationists would have approved of it, should you? Thursday night in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the National Football League, evidently unfazed by the broader public rejection of woke racial division, kicked off the first round…
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‘Dumb Phones’ Are On The Rise For A BRILLIANT Reason…
While the popularity of dumb phones might be waning worldwide, a surprising trend is emerging in the United States as a growing number of people, particularly among Gen Z, are embracing these simpler mobile devices. Manufacturers such as HMD Global, the company behind Nokia phones, continue to sell millions of early-2000s-style mobile devices, including feature…
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Mystery Billionaire Will Pay You $185K to Live on Private Island…But There’s a Catch
I’m sure many people have the dream of getting away from it all and enjoying some rest and relaxation on an idyllic private island in the Caribbean. Well, that dream can actually become reality for one lucky couple, all thanks to a mystery billionaire who is willing to pay $185,000 for them to spend a…
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Jury Rules Against Sarah Palin in Critical Defamation Case
A federal jury delivered its verdict on Tuesday in Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. The outcome is a setback for the polarizing former Alaska governor. Palin, a prominent Republican, sued the Times over a 2017 editorial, according to NPR. She claimed it falsely linked her campaign rhetoric to a 2011 mass…
