A Republican in the Florida Senate introduced a bill to ban activities that would change weather patterns. Although no such activities exist that have the ability to change the weather, state Sen. Ileana Garcia introduced the “Weather Modification Activities” bill to prohibit any actions that would affect the weather. The legislation would ban “the injection, […]
Kashyap “Kash” Patel, President-elect Donald Trump‘s pick to lead the FBI, has been a Trump loyalist for years. The two have shared the same distrust of the FBI, but Patel has made his thoughts of overhauling the FBI known through interviews and his book, Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth and the Battle for Our […]
Meta may have gone too far when it came to moderating posts on Facebook and Instagram during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Global Affairs President Nick Clegg. On Monday, Clegg said the company’s moderation practices were overzealous during a call with reporters, according to the Verge. “We know that when enforcing our policies, our error […]
Ken Martin, a front-runner in the race to become the next Democratic National Committee chairman, proposed sweeping reforms to help his party rebound from staggering losses on Election Day. With outgoing DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison retreating from a renomination battle after voters handed Democrats setbacks at the White House and both chambers of Congress, Martin […]
Ben & Jerry’s shared a petition from the American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday asking social media users to sign it to show their support for “gender-affirming care.” The petition was shared on the ice cream brand’s social media account on the eve of the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments on Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1, […]
President-elect Donald Trump called into Senate Republicans’ policy retreat on Tuesday, according to multiple sources familiar with the meeting, an early sign of their close coordination as the GOP prepares for unified control of Washington. Senate Republicans huddled for hours at the Library of Congress, a stone’s throw from the Capitol, to discuss their priorities […]
The Republican Governors Association calls on congressional leaders in both the House and Senate to take up a new farm bill by the year’s end. A letter signed by 17 GOP governors addressed to House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell outlines […]
The Republican-controlled North Carolina state Senate overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D-NC) veto on a bill that would strip executive power from the state’s newly elected Democrats and give it to state legislators. While Senate Bill 382 was branded as a third round of relief to western North Carolina after the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, […]
IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley expressed hope that the incoming Trump administration will properly investigate the Biden administration’s Justice Department and the “malthesis” that permeated its investigations into Hunter Biden. Shapley, one of two IRS whistleblowers who provided information on the investigation into Biden’s taxes, argued that President Joe Biden was correct in claiming that his […]
The Trump transition team is standing firmly behind Pete Hegseth, the nominee for defense secretary, in the face of new allegations that he mismanaged finances, engaged in sexual misconduct, and would get belligerently drunk while serving as the head of two nonprofit veteran organizations. “So, when it comes to Pete Hegseth, there aren’t any concerns, […]
