The 2024 election is over. But Kamala Harris’ fundraising emails keep coming — and sound as urgent as ever. “Even a quick donation of $50 is enough to help us in this fight,” said one email sent two weeks after Election Day. “And with only hours left to hit our goal today, NOW is the […]
Category: Current Events
Canada & Mexico make nice with Trump over tarrifs
The United States’ neighbors seem eager to avoid a major trade-and-tariff standoff with Washington as Donald Trump returns to the White House, but Beijing is readying for round two after trading blows with the Republican president during his first administration. Though Trump has long expressed support for tariffs, he set off an international firestorm this […]
Germany & Sweden prepare for full scale war
Germany is developing an app to help people locate the nearest bunker in the event of attack. Sweden is distributing a 32-page pamphlet titled If Crisis or War Comes. Half a million Finns have already downloaded an emergency preparedness guide. If the prospect of a broader conflict in Europe seems remote for many, some countries […]
Elon Musk considers slashing IRS budget
Billionaire Elon Musk, who will play a role in the new Trump Administration as a co-head of the newly planned, informal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) commission, has often floated proposals on his social media platform, X. On Wednesday, the entrepreneur asked his millions of followers if Congress should grant a recent $20 billion dollar […]
Who will Dem’s next presidential candidate be?
Democrats are licking their wounds after Vice President Harris’s defeat to President-elect Trump, but already are looking toward who might lead their party in a 2028 presidential contest. It’s a fight that looks wide open. The certainty is that Trump himself will not be on the ballot, since the Constitution limits him to two terms. […]
Is it really the turkey making you sleepy?
Many of us feel sleepy after eating turkey and all the fixings on our Thanksgiving dinner table, but why? While we often blame our post-dinner drowsiness on the tryptophan in turkey, experts say that isn’t the full picture. Tryptophan is one of 20 essential, naturally-occurring amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins, according […]
“Honey Packets’ a new college student sex trend
A new sex trend among college students is getting attention on TikTok − and it has doctors worried. That trend is using honey packets, a controversial supplement marketed for sexual enhancement. In a TikTok with over 400,000 views, students at Arizona State University snicker as they either tout having taken the supplement themselves or note […]
Kamala’s postelection relaunch didn’t go well
Vice President Kamala Harris’s attempts to “chart a new way forward,” as her doomed campaign slogan went, after her recent election loss has many crying foul. After Harris conceded the election to President-elect Donald Trump, she headed to Hawaii to recharge as the Democratic Party did some soul-searching about why they lost the popular vote […]
Trump will implement tariffs on 1st day in office
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said that he would impose new tariffs on imported goods from Canada, China, and Mexico during the first day of his new administration. The former president, who won re-election earlier this month, said that the tariffs would be one of his first executive actions as the new commander-in-chief. He also […]
DEI has made America meaner & more hostile
Diversity, equity & inclusion has made society meaner — mean enough to accept Hitlerian terms when describing out-groups and seeking to exact revenge on perceived oppressors. This was all common sense to many of us years ago, but it’s nice that we now have a study that substantiates our perception. The report, released Nov. 25 […]
New Kamala Harris video goes viral
A clip of Vice President Kamala Harris commenting on her 2024 presidential election defeat has gone viral on social media. Earlier this month, Harris lost the election to her Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump who won the Electoral College, the popular vote and the seven battleground states that were widely expected to decide the race. On […]
Jack Smith ends Trump case after wasting $500m
The first of two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump was dismissed by a federal judge Monday after special counsel Jack Smith began efforts to unwind the previously high-stakes cases. After much anticipation, Smith’s office moved to dismiss the Jan 6 criminal case in Washington, D.C., and the classified documents case in Florida. U.S. District […]