Month: April 2023

Feds Have No Data on How Regulations Reduce Emissions: Audit

The federal government does not know the extent that regulations are reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, despite committing $200 billion to address the climate. An April 20 report released by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Jerry DeMarco, indicates that Environment and Climate Change Canada does not attribute emission results to specific regulations….


Man Arrested for Allegedly Tossing 2-Month-Old Puppy Over Tujunga Fence

LOS ANGELES—A 25-year-old man was behind bars April 20 for allegedly tossing a caged puppy over a fence and into the Tujunga Wash—an act that was caught on home security video and widely viewed. Daniel Arias of Tujunga was arrested Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). He was booked on suspicion of…


Trial Begins for Man Charged With Deadly Road-Rage Shooting in Costa Mesa

SANTA ANA, Calif.—With his girlfriend and their 4-year-old son watching, a 42-year-old man jumped out of his pickup truck and opened fire on a group of friends and cousins in a road-rage dispute in Costa Mesa on Thanksgiving Day, a prosecutor told jurors April 20. Lee Queuon Walker is charged with one count of murder…


Call for China Appeasement: Premier Says PM Should Bring Entourage of State Leaders to Meet With Xi

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the nation’s state leaders should come together to visit and meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, says Western Australian (WA) Premier Mark McGowan. The Labor Premier McGowan is currently touring China—WA’s largest trading partner—and has been vocal in his support for stronger economic ties with Beijing and critical of…


Quebec Education Minister Bans Prayer and Other Religious Practices in Public Schools

Quebec’s education minister has banned prayer and other religious practices in the province’s public schools, saying that it is to preserve the “secular characteristic.” Bernard Drainville issued a directive on April 19, saying the National Assembly adopted a motion affirming the secularism of Quebec, and that having places of prayer in public schools goes against…


House Republican Women Tout Passage of Bill Barring Trans Athletes in Women’s Sports

Women in the House Republican caucus celebrated the passage of a bill on Thursday that would bar athletes born as male from competing in sports designated for women and girls. The bill, H.R. 734—the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023″—states that it is a violation of Title IX of the Education…


San Diego Basketball Star Mikey Williams Pleads Not Guilty in Shooting Case

EL CAJON, Calif.—San Ysidro High School basketball star Mikey Williams pleaded not guilty April 20 to felony counts of assault with a firearm and shooting at an occupied vehicle stemming from a shooting that happened outside his home in Jamul. Williams, an 18-year-old social media star with a multimillion-dollar endorsement portfolio who committed to play…


TikTok Gaslighting Governments on Data Protection, FCC Commissioner Warns Australian Senate

CANBERRA, Australia—The United States federal communications commissioner (USFCC) has warned the Australian government not to trust TikTok to keep any user data it collects out of the hands of the Chinese communist regime. USFCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said that TikTok could not be trusted to keep data safe from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and…


Teixeira Whistleblower Case Raises Troubling Questions

Commentary Last week, 21-year-old low-level Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Douglas Teixeira was arrested and charged with violating the Espionage Act and leaking sensitive defense material.  Among other things, the leaked top-secret documents showed that the Biden administration has been misleading the public about the reality of the situation in Ukraine, overstating the country’s success…


Larry Elder Announces 2024 Presidential Run

Republican conservative radio host Larry Elder announced he will run for President of the United States. “I’m announcing that I’m running for the presidency of the United States,” he broke the news on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Fox News on April 20. “I have a moral, religious, and patriotic duty to get back to a…