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What drove the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer into Al Franken denialism?
The defenders of Sen. Al Franken are perhaps the single most embarrassing group of allegedly progressive people in the Democratic coalition. Franken, who resigned from the Senate in January 2018, was accused by eight different women of sexual...
Topics: Senate
Guardiola blasts ‘false’ report of Man City ‘disrespect’ in China
Hong Kong (AFP) – Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola blasted a report in Chinese state media as “false” on Tuesday after the Premier League champions were accused of showing “utter disrespect” during their tour of...
Topics: China, Hong Kong
Trump meets with top US tech leaders to discuss sales to Huawei as he moves to soften restrictions...
President Donald Trump met with executives of top US tech companies on Monday — including Google, Intel, and Qualcomm — to discuss restrictions against sales to Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.
The meeting between Trump and top...
Topics: Donald Trump, Huawei, Google, Intel, Qualcomm (business)
Trump’s USDA plans to take 3 million Americans off of food stamps
The US Department of Agriculture will propose a rule on Tuesday that would strengthen restrictions on food stamp recipients — cutting approximately 3.1 million Americans from the program, according to Reuters. Currently, 43 U.S. states allow...
Topics: Reuters
Mexico says it has been successful in slowing down the flow of Central American migrants to the U.S.
Since June 7, migrant flow through Mexico has dropped by 36.2 percent, the country's foreign minister told reporters on Monday.
Marcelo Ebrard credits the Mexican government's decision to deploy 20,000 members of a new militarized police force to...
Topics: Police
America's Own Decepticon "Starscream" F-15 Is Ready to Do Battle with Iran
Dario Leone
Security, Middle East
Get ready.
The escalating tensions follow an announcement last month by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of new sanctions against any country, including U.S. allies, that imports Iranian oil, the country’s top...
Topics: Iran, Mike Pompeo
Will Democrats ever stop falsely blaming tax cuts for the $1 trillion deficit?
You can say one thing about the Democratic Party’s messaging: At least it’s consistent.
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Topics: Taxes
Will Lockheed Martin (LMT) Continue Strong Earnings Growth in Q2?
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Topics: Lockheed Martin
How to Start a War with Iran 101
Peter Harris
Security, Middle East
The tit-for-tat between Washington and Tehran has grown increasingly dangerous on Donald Trump’s watch.
The Anglo-American “special relationship” might be at a low ebb, but events in the Persian Gulf have...
Topics: Iran, Tehran, Donald Trump
That Headline Aged Badly, NY Times: ‘No, Democrats Don’t Want ‘Open Borders’'
One interesting omission from The New York Times is a vital 2020 issue that the Times isn’t fact-checking Donald Trump on anymore: His accusations that Democrats favor “open borders.” Perhaps that’s because even some of the...
Topics: Donald Trump
UK watchdog warns financial advisors of fake Bitcoin email campaign
Con artists will try anything to make their schemes appear legitimate to unwitting victims. In a recent email doing the rounds to financial advisors, scammers have been impersonating the UK‘s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) luring victims into a...
Topics: United Kingdom, Bitcoin
The Algos Are Starting To Sell Stocks Ahead Of Next Week's FOMC
Over the weekend, we pointed out that in addition to the biggest conundrum facing markets in 2019, namely that the higher stocks rise, the greater the (now record) outflows from equity funds, there has recently emerged another especially bizarre...
Topics: FOMC
‘They’re trying to gag Mueller’: Ex-White House attorney worries Bill Barr’s scheme will...
Attorney General Bill Barr is trying to “gag” special counsel Robert Mueller before his public testimony before Congress on Wednesday, former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal worried on MSNBC on Monday. “When you see these new...
Topics: White House, MSNBC
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien? Burglars Break Into Prince’s Paris Flat, Steal Jewellery Worth $560,000
Police in Paris are already investigating the incident which took place late last week, when Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy along with his wife and two children were out of their apartment in the French capital.
Topics: France, Paris, Police
Pakistani PM Khan: I Won’t Allow 'Criminal' Nawaz Sharif to Enjoy AC, TV in Jail
New Delhi (Sputnik): Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said he will not allow the jailed chief of the Pakistan Muslim League and his predecessor Nawaz Sharif access to air-conditioning and television in prison.
Topics: India, New Delhi, Pakistan
Apple brings Walkie Talkie back to the Apple Watch
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
Apple is today rolling out software updates across iOS, watchOS, and the HomePod as it prepares for much bigger releases with new features coming this fall. The iOS 12.4 release introduces a new “iPhone...
Topics: Apple, Tech Photos, Ios, Iphone, Mobile Technology
BRING IN THE ROBOTS: Rep. Rashida Tlaib Calls for a $20 Minimum Wage
Far-left Rep. Rashida Tlaib is now calling for a $20 an hour minimum wage, which would be absolutely crushing for smaller businesses.
Rep. Tlaib made the remarks at an event for the One Fair Wage campaign, which seeks to “pass legislation in...
Ex-Florida House Candidate Lied About Treating 32 Pulse Shooting Victims
Elizabeth McCarthy claimed to have removed 77 bullets from dozens of injured clubgoers. She's now admitting it was a lie.
Silence the 'squad' by rebutting their terrible ideas
To prevent policy action by the "squad" of far-left congressional Democrats (Reps. Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley), conservatives should seek to debate them at every opportunity. Doing so, we can persuade...
Topics: Debate
Daily Deals (7-22-2019)
The Google Pixel Slate normally sells for $799 and up, and Microsoft’s Surface Pro 6 usually has a starting price of $899. But right now both of these tablets are on sale for $100 off — and both Microsoft and Google are throwing in a...
Topics: Google, Microsoft, Microsoft Surface, Tablets
Google Is ‘Buying’ People’s Faces With Gift Cards
Worried about your privacy online? You probably shouldn’t sell the rights to your face to a tech company. Google employees are taking to the streets of New York City and asking random people for their face data. Google employees are...
Topics: Google, Google (GOOG)