Month: February 2022

China Broke Its Promise to Import an Extra $200 Billion From America

News Analysis On Jan.15, 2020, then-President Donald Trump announced a historic trade deal with Beijing that had two deadlines for increased imports, summing to $200 billion, from China. Both deadlines passed after the election of Joe Biden, yet his administration has done nothing concrete in response. President Biden’s trade representative told Congress in a new…


How San Francisco Extorts Contractors | Matt Gonzalez

San Francisco recently had a corruption case that highlights how much power city officials have over contracts. My guest is Matt Gonzalez, former president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He explains the types of schemes playing out in the city government and what needs to change for there to be fair treatment of…


Issues Reported Before California Police Helicopter Crash

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—A pilot reported mechanical issues shortly before a police helicopter crashed nose first along the Southern California coast, killing one officer, authorities said Feb. 20. A Huntington Beach officer who was injured in the crash Saturday was released from a hospital Sunday morning, police said. Authorities haven’t identified the officer or detailed his…


J&J Unit Proposes Independent Exam If It Remains in Bankruptcy

A Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary proposed on Friday that it would submit to an independent examination of the corporate restructuring the healthcare giant undertook in an attempt to settle in U.S. bankruptcy court thousands of lawsuits alleging that J&J baby powder and other talc products cause cancer. Greg Gordon, a lawyer for J&J subsidiary…


Critical Race Theory Makes Its Way Into Mandatory Trainings at Top US Medical Schools, New Database Shows

Almost all of the nation’s top 25 medical schools are incorporating ideas related to critical race theory (CRT) into mandatory training programs for students and staff, warned a watchdog website documenting leftist indoctrination in K-12 and higher education. Critical Race Training in Education, a project founded by Cornell University law professor William Jacobson, has recently…


Gascón Continues to Backtrack His Policies

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón continued to backtrack some controversial policies over the weekend, reversing his ban on pursuing life sentences and trying juveniles as adults, and saying that a recent sexual assault case sentence may have been too short. Gascón issued a directive on Feb. 18 lifting his previous bans on pursuing life…


Canada Nice No Longer: Trudeau’s Totalitarian Response to Trucker Protests

Commentary On Feb. 14, Canadian deputy prime minister and minister of finance Chrystia Freeland announced a government crackdown on the now-infamous “Freedom Convoy 2022.” Freeland stated, “If your truck is being used in these illegal blockades, your corporate accounts will be frozen, the insurance on your vehicle will be suspended.” The announcement follows Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s declaration…


Davos Patricians Want Your Property, Your Country, and Your Freedom

Commentary In June of 2020, some four months into the calamity created by the CCP engineered COVID-19 pandemic, readers may recall that a virtual meeting of the “World Economic Forum,” attended by a fashionable cohort of Davos luminaries, revealed a cunning plan to remake the world order. After the 2020 meeting, World Economic Forum Chairman…


Putin Orders Russian Troops Into Ukraine Breakaway Regions

After Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will recognize the breakaway Ukrainian Donetsk and Lugansk regions as independent, he signed a decree on Monday ordering Russian military troops into the area. According to a decree issued by the Kremlin and signed by Putin, the Russian Defense Ministry is now authorized to send troops into the…


Putin Orders Russian Troops Into Eastern Ukraine Breakaway Regions

After Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will recognize the breakaway Ukrainian Donetsk and Lugansk regions as independent, he ordered Russian military troops into the area on late Monday. According to a decree issued by the Kremlin and signed by Putin, the Russian Defense Ministry is now authorized to send troops into the Donbas area…