That iconic scene first came to mind when the bodycam video of Tyre Nichols’ death was recently released. All five cops involved in the sadistic beating are Black, setting off a familiar reverberation around the country—including surprise that Black cops can be as brutal as white ones. The Black community already knew that having people in power who look like us isn’t necessarily a salve. But really, everyone should know this....
What do we want for these young people? At least three things. First and most obviously, to learn the verbal, mathematical and other thinking tools they’ll need to successfully navigate the world. But that’s not all. We also want them to become responsible citizens. This means, among other things, becoming aware of the noble aspects of our history as well as the shameful aspects, so they grow into adults who can intelligently participate in our democracy....
In a lingering moment of foreboding, Forster sat down to write a story that reads today as one of the most prescient and disturbing works of science fantasy I know. Largely forgotten or ignored by literati, “The Machine Stops” has been embraced in recent years by the technology-minded crowd as a sinister vision of a completely wired and globalized society. In it, all the people on earth live their lives through an omniscient-seeming mechanism that handles their communications over bluish screens and, indeed, addresses the needs of all their senses....
But for all her trepidation, Laura Bush has emerged as a self-assured campaigner. She has shilled for her husband on her own in two dozen states, and she often delivers her stump speech without notes. Privately, she is an invaluable sounding board for Bush. Last Easter, while his parents were visiting his ranch in Crawford, Texas, Bush got hung up on the wording of a statement he thought might be too harsh....
This doesn’t mean that planes will cease to fly or that mass travel has ended. (An intriguing fact: in 1971, fewer than half Americans over 18 had flown; now more than 80 percent have.) Air travel isn’t dead, though some airlines may be. What looms is a Darwinian process that favors efficient carriers, because September 11 obliterated the industry’s economics. Before, the airlines handled about 9 million passengers a week; now, that’s recovered to about 7....
Oleandrin is being developed for this purpose by Phoenix Biotechnology (PB) and has been pushed to administration officials, including the president himself, by Andrew Whitney, an executive at the company, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson and Trump backer and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell—who recently took a stake at PB and was appointed to their board. On Sunday, Axios reported comments from Lindell regarding an Oval Office meeting in July in which the extract was discussed as a potential coronavirus treatment....
Remember that ridiculous opening weekend that we had this season? Next year won’t be quite like that, but we do have several great nonconference games on the 2017 college football schedule to look forward to. That’s part of the College Football Playoff age, and there means we’ll get another memorable month to start the season. MORE: Way-too-early Top 25 for 2017-18 Here are the 14 best September nonconference games we’re looking forward to:...
It will be the former president’s first rally of 2022 and offers a potential preview of the role he could play in a crucial midterm election year. But the former president is also facing pressure, with the ongoing investigation into January 6, 2021 and multiple lawsuits Trump has also recently clashed with Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on the question of voter fraud in the last presidential election....
The criticism comes after Wallace clashed with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski over unfounded claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, and had a tense exchange with Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) about the filibuster. Trump remains suspended from social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, but he has been communicating with the public through brief written statements issued by Save America PAC. “Why does Fox News keep Chris Wallace?...
“Asa Hutchinson, the lightweight RINO Governor of Arkansas, just vetoed a Bill that banned the CHEMICAL CASTRATION OF CHILDREN,” Trump said in a statement to reporters. “‘Bye-bye Asa,’ that’s the end of him! Fortunately for the Great State of Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders will do a fantastic job as your next Governor!” Hutchinson, a staunch conservative who has been Arkansas’ governor since 2015, is term-limited and cannot run in the 2022 gubernatorial election....
Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, also said Sunday during a television appearance that he hopes Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress this week will bring the “damning” but lengthy report “to life” for Washington lawmakers. Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan asked Schiff to respond to GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney’s claim that Trump’s verbal attacks toward the progressive “Squad” members — progressive Democratic Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley, all women of color — is “about policy, not about about race, not about politics....
In a statement, Trump condemned recent political adverts from groups such as The Lincoln Project and MeidasTouch that claimed the reason why Youngkin has not appeared with the former president during his campaign trial is that he is “embarrassed” by Trump and “wants nothing to do” with him. Trump has frequently backed Youngkin during the election against his Democratic rival Terry McAuliffe. However, despite his huge influence in the Republican party, Youngkin appears to be distancing himself from the twice impeached former president while he attempts to win votes in a state Trump lost to Joe Biden in 2020 by 10 points....
For example, in 2009, Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi paid Trump $150,000 to stay at one of Trump’s properties. Although Qaddafi’s stay was canceled after neighbors objected, Trump told Face the Nation that he still received the money, and in 2011, Trump told CNN that he charitably donated all of the money. However, according to The New York Times, Trump’s 2009 tax returns only reported $22,796 in business and personal cash gifts that year....
To those in Joe Biden’s circles, however, the action, tantamount to unraveling the country’s civil service system, was regarded as a direct threat: a portent of the damage Trump can do while he’s still in power over the 78 days between Election Day and Inauguration Day, when the power of the presidency officially changes hands. And Trump’s actions in the period immediately following Biden’s victory have done nothing to allay those concerns....
At around 7 p.m. last night, Trump Jr. shared a meme about Fauci to his 4.5 million followers on Instagram via a story. “I’m gonna just jump out ahead on this and say I don’t think Fauci killed himself,” read the meme, seen by Newsweek. The words were photoshopped onto a photo of Leonardo DiCaprio drinking a cocktail. A slew of people accused Trump Jr. of threatening Fauci after his post was screenshotted and shared to Twitter....
Former President Donald Trump’s eldest son spoke to Fox News’ flagship morning show Fox & Friends on Tuesday morning and take aim at recent examples of what critics have called “cancel culture.” Trump also defended the recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida following online claims that the stage was shaped like a symbol associated with the Nazis. This appears to have been a coincidence. Fox News’ Ainsley Earhardt asked Trump about recent instances of so-called cancel culture....
In a series of tweets on New Year’s Eve, the president vowed that Iran “will pay a very BIG PRICE!”, after protesters breached the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and set fire inside in retaliation to America’s weekend airstrikes against Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah. Demonstrators shattered windows, burned items from the location and flung rocks over the wall, and some threatened to camp indefinitely outside the vicinity. The siege eventually ended on Wednesday after the Pentagon deployed hundreds of additional troops to the Middle East to defuse the situation....
Trump’s former senior adviser Stephen Miller gave his followers a rare look inside the ex-president’s Mar-a-Lago office, in Florida, when he uploaded the photo on Monday. The image showed Miller standing next to Trump in his Florida office and captioned the photo: “Just had a terrific meeting with President Trump!” But, eagle-eyed social media users might have noticed standing on a desk behind Millar was a small statue of President Trump....
Cohen, the former Trump lawyer who has become one of his fiercest critics, made the remark in a tweet late Monday that linked to a New York Times story reporting that the government has recovered more that 300 documents with classified markings from the former president. The Times cited anonymous people who had been briefed on the matter, but Newsweek was not able to independently verify the report. “I have said it before and I will say it again…Donald had those documents for nefarious reasons!...
Trump’s comments come as CNN begins a shakeup of the news network, a move that has divided its viewers. Last week, it was revealed that Lemon’s show, Don Lemon Tonight, would no longer be aired as he takes on a new role on a morning show instead. Posting on his social media platform on Monday, Truth Social, Trump wrote: “A small step for television, a giant step for mankind....
