Month: July 2022

Every Senate Dem but Sinema Backs Bill to Compromise First Amendment Freedom of Speech

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is the only one of the Senate’s 48 Democrats whose name doesn’t appear as a co-sponsor of the “Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2021,” also known as the DISCLOSE Act. First introduced in its current version in February 2021 by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the…


Every Senate Dem but Sinema Backing Bill to Compromise First Amendment Freedom of Speech

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is the only one of the Senate’s 48 Democrats whose name does not appear as a co-sponsor of the “Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2021,” also known as the DISCLOSE Act. First introduced in its current version in February 2021 by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.),…


Michael Zwaagstra: Obsessing About Identity in Schools Is Not Healthy

All students can learn. This should be a basic maxim for every teacher. The last thing any good teacher does is write students off before giving them a fair opportunity to learn. All students, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, or religion, deserve a quality education. Obviously, students do not all come from the…


Daily Commuter Crossword

​ …


Pelosi Says Husband Never Purchased Stocks Based on Information She Provided Him

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is facing questions about whether her husband, Paul Pelosi, made stock purchases based on information she gave him. During an exchange with a reporter on Thursday, Pelosi responded with “no” and “absolutely not” when asked about whether she handed information to her husband, a multi-millionaire California stock investor. In recent…


Jumble Daily (Mon-Sat)

​ …


AT&T Plunges as CEO Suggests Americans Can’t Afford to Pay Phone Bills

AT&T Inc. said some subscribers are taking more time to pay for their bills, causing the U.S. wireless carrier to cut its annual free cash flow forecast by about $2 billion. That sent its shares down by as much as 11 percent on Thursday. By 2 p.m. ET, AT&T’s stock was down by about 7.9 percent….


Vaccine-Derived Polio Case Discovered in NY as Officials Issue Alert to Hospitals

The New York State Health Department on July 21 confirmed a polio case and called on health care providers to look for more infections. Officials said a resident of Rockland County, located about an hour from New York City and next to the highly populous Westchester County, tested positive for the virus. The New York…


Vaccine-Derived Polio Case Discovered in New York as Officials Issue Alert to Hospitals

The New York State Health Department on Thursday confirmed a polio case and called on healthcare providers to look for more infections. Officials said a resident of Rockland County, located about an hour from New York City and next to the highly populous Westchester County, tested positive for the virus. The New York health agency…


Solar Storm to Hit Earth’s Magnetic Field on July 21

Something is happening to the sun. One of the regions of the solar atmosphere currently exhibiting sunspots caught the attention of observatories on July 11, when there was a sudden increase in ultraviolet and X-ray brightness. The next ones to notice were the amateur radio communities on either side of the Pacific Ocean, when their…