Unruly Passenger Moons the Rest of the Plane
There’s an Air Lingus joke waiting to be written. JD Hasty sent this in with the quip “If Golden Corral Had Wings.” Air travel just ain’t what it used to [Read More]
April 2019
POTUS signs executive order to fast-track pipelines
DC: President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders aimed at speeding up oil and gas pipeline permitting, including limiting the ability of activists and states to block key [Read More]
Air Avenatti Seized By Feds
Yesterday, federal authorities descended on the Santa Barbara airport and seized a private jet co-owned by attorney Michael Avenatti. The warrant for the $4.5 million dollar twin-engine Honda HA 420 was [Read More]
Former Obama Aide Expects To Be Indicted In Case Related To Mueller Probe
DC: Gregory B. Craig, who served in the Obama administration as a White House counsel, is said to be expecting charges pursuant to the Mueller investigation. The New York Times reported Wednesday [Read More]
First: A Medical School In Texas Agrees to Stop Using Race in Admissions
ET: A medical school in Texas will no longer consider race in its admissions decisions—the first in the nation—as the Trump administration seeks to roll back affirmative-action practices put into place [Read More]
The PENCIL ACT
DC: Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz unveiled his new resolution targeting House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff for his handling of the Russian collusion theory, during Tucker Carlson’s Wednesday show. [Read More]
House Oversight Republicans Calls for Cohen to be Investigated for Lying Again to Congress
ET: WASHINGTON—Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee are calling on Oversight Chair Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) to refer former personal attorney to President Donald Trump Michael Cohen to the [Read More]
Pentagon Awards $976 Million in Border Wall Contracts
ET: The Department of Defense awarded two contracts worth nearly $1 billion on April 9 for the construction of border walls in New Mexico and Arizona. The department awarded $789 million [Read More]
Utah Passes the Country’s First “Free-Range Parenting Bill”
Motus AD: “A preoccupation with safety has stripped childhood of independence, risk taking, and discovery—without making it safer.” – Hanna Rosin, The Overprotected Kid What could go wrong? For one thing kids [Read More]
Kim Kardashian Studying to Become a Lawyer, Sets Goal to Take Bar in 2022
“To me, torts is the most confusing, contracts the most boring, and criminal law I can do in my sleep. Took my first test, I got a 100. Super easy [Read More]
‘1 million Palestinians to settle in Jordan under Trump plan’
IP: A report released Friday morning claims that the soon-to-be released Middle East peace plan drawn up by the Trump administration – dubbed the “Deal of the Century” – includes [Read More]
Republican Senators Revive Skills-Based Immigration Bill
WFB: Freshman Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) joined Sens. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) and David Perdue (R., Ga.) Wednesday to reintroduce an immigration bill that seeks to boost American economic [Read More]
Hickenlooper Ducked Responsibility Regarding Police Beating, Says Victim’s Father
WFB: The father of a victim in a police brutality case from Denver 10 years ago is again calling out John Hickenlooper, alleging that while mayor, Hickenlooper dodged requests for [Read More]
Ex-Obama White House counsel Greg Craig expects charges in lobbying investigation, lawyers say
The first of many dems to come, hopefully culminating with Obongo. USA Today- Former Obama administration White House counsel Greg Craig expects to be charged in a foreign lobbying investigation [Read More]