Month: August 2022

First Half of $1,600 SSI Checks Going Out This Week

People who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are slated to get the first of two payments for September starting this week. Normally, SSI payments are issued every month, but September is one of three months in 2022 where payments are issued twice in a single month, according to the Social Security Administration’s schedule (pdf). Some will get…


First Half of $1,600 Checks Going out This Week

People who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are slated to get the first of two payments for September starting this week. Normally, SSI payments are issued every month, but September is one of three months in 2022 where payments are issued twice in a single month, according to the Social Security Administration’s schedule (pdf). Some will get…


Senators Demand FBI Interview Following Recent Whistleblower Claims

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) have demanded that two top FBI officials appear for an interview to explain details about the agency’s alleged interference in the investigation of a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, and his foreign business dealings. In a letter obtained by The Epoch Times,…


EPA Waives Fuel Rule in 4 States After Indiana Refinery Fire

CHICAGO—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) temporarily lifted a federal rule for fuel sales in four states in response to a fire last week at an Indiana oil refinery that could affect prices and supply. The emergency waiver was granted Saturday for Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, EPA Administrator Michael Regan said. In a letter to…


House Fire in Garden Grove Injures Firefighter

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—An Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) firefighter suffered a burned neck while battling flames in a Garden Grove house Aug. 27. The fire was reported at 12:58 p.m. Saturday in the 12000 block of Magnolia Street, said OCFA Capt. Sean Doran. OCFA video showed thick black smoke flowing out of the house as…


Hundreds of Students Protest Western University’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Requiring Booster Shot

Hundreds of students marched across the campus of Western University on Aug. 27 in protest against its COVID-19 vaccine policy that makes it the only university in Canada to mandate three shots for all staff and students. Students leading the march were seen carrying a banner reading “Enough Is Enough” while chanting those words. The…


America’s Pandemic Dictatorship

Commentary With the stroke of a pen, President Joe Biden established a new plan that strongly resembles legislation. However, no one in the legislative branch of government agreed to it or had anything to do with its creation. The president’s student loan forgiveness plan is just the latest exercise in what amounts to government-by-fiat in…


His Opponents Fear Another Trump Presidency: Roger Stone

Political strategist Roger Stone sees similarities between the raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida home and the FBI’s raid on Stone’s home in 2019. Stone was targeted by former FBI director Robert Muller’s team while it was investigating potential Russian interference during the 2016 presidential election. The investigation ultimately found no evidence of collusion…


Why the DC Bureaucracy Hates Trump: Jesse Binnall

Jesse Binnall, attorney and partner at Binnall Law Group, says the FBI’s raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida home was politically motivated and insists Trump has done nothing wrong. “They’re trying to hang him up on bureaucratic paperwork, laws, which, frankly, he is absolutely innocent of. I think that’s because they know if these…


DOD Green-Lighted Fake Trump-Russia Doc in 2016: Ret. Colonel John Mills

This interview was conducted by NTD for its special documentary “Raid on America,” which premiered on Aug. 24. Ret. Colonel John Mills spoke to NTD’s Paul Greaney about staffing a fake document that tied former President Donald Trump to Russia. Mills says the document was produced right after the 2016 presidential election. “I was called…