Month: April 2021

Deep Dive (April 30): Sen. Cruz Blasts Biden’s Multi-Trillion Spending Plans

A new Supreme Court ruling may make it more difficult to deport some illegal immigrants. The high court said the single word, “a,” made all the difference between an immigrant staying or being sent back. Justice Neil Gorsuch said, “At one level, today’s dispute may seem semantic, focused on a single word, a small one at…


Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Casting Dead Mother’s Ballot

A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to five years’ probation after admitting to casting an illegal ballot during the Nov. 3 election. Bruce Bartman, 70, apologized to Common Pleas Court Judge Richard Cappelli during a hearing on Friday, saying he “made a stupid mistake” when he illegally cast a mail-in ballot for his deceased mother. The…


NYC School Chief Calls to End Competitive High School Entrance Exam Dominated by Asians

New York City should stop using standardized tests to determine who gets a seat in its prestigious specialized high schools, said New York City Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross-Porter, as the number of black and Hispanic students admitted to those schools dropped to new low this year. Ross-Porter, who resumed office in February following former Chancellor…


Government Cannot Force You to Take the COVID Vaccine

The autocratic power assumed by the government during the COVID crisis has had the same effect on technocrats that blood in the water does to sharks: They are in a feeding frenzy. Their latest hoped-for power grab is to have the federal or state governments force us all to be inoculated against COVID. Such calls…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (April 30)

Big oil companies Exxon Mobil and Chevon report earnings. Both back in the black for the first quarter, boosted by higher oil prices. New York City is set to fully reopen soon. NTD takes it to Wall St to see whats happening there. We talk to a CEO and business leaders at different stages of…


I Dreamt of Richard Pryor Last Night

Last night, I dreamt of Richard Pryor. I don’t often remember my dreams but was awakened at 4:30AM by a weather alert on my cellphone for a storm that never transpired. I knew Richard fairly well at one point. I worked with him from approximately 1979 for a couple of years on a film— “Bustin’…


More Than 90 People Found Packed Inside Texas Home in Possible ‘Human Smuggling’ Operation

Houston police discovered a house with more than 90 people packed inside in what appears to be an alleged human smuggling case, according to authorities on Friday. At a press conference, Houston Police Assistant Chief Daryn Edwards said the Houston Police Department responded to a kidnapping call at a separate location on Thursday night. They…


More Than 90 People Found Packed Inside Texas Home, Some Have COVID Symptoms: Police

Houston police discovered a house with more than 90 people packed inside in what appears to be an alleged human smuggling case, according to authorities on Friday. At a press conference, Houston Police Assistant Chief Daryn Edwards said the Houston Police Department responded to a kidnapping call at a separate location on Thursday night. They…


New York Man Admits to Sabotaging NYPD Car During Black Lives Matter Protests

A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty after he was accused of trying to cut the brake lines on an NYPD vehicle amid the George Floyd protests and riots last year. Jeremy Trapp, 25, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court on Friday to one count of destruction of a vehicle, said the Department of Justice (DOJ) in…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Hotel Rwanda’: Keeping One’s Compassion in a Time of Genocide

PG-13 | 2h 1min | Biography, Drama, History | 4 February 2005 (USA) I recently watched a tourism video that focused on the capital of Rwanda, a beautiful city called Kigali. One of the things that stood out to me was how immaculate it is—it reminded me of a quaint Japanese town. I knew about…