Month: May 2023

Conservative Rapper’s ‘Boycott Target’ Song Criticizing LGBT ‘Agenda’ Reaches Top of iTunes

A song by a conservative rapper taking aim at Target for “targeting” children with their controversial LGBT “Pride” merchandise has made it to the top spot on Apple iTunes. The song, titled “Boycott Target” by Forgiato Blow, whose real name is Kurt Jantz, has even knocked high-profile artists including Taylor Swift off the number-one spot. Filmed inside a Target store,…


Civil Servants Threaten to Strike Over Rwanda Policy

A union representing Home Office workers has threatened to strike over the government’s plan to send illegal immigrants to Rwanda. The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has already been involved in a legal challenge against the policy. The union’s head of bargaining Paul O’Connor said some civil servants fear they would be forced to carry…


Mount Hope Supervisor Matthew Howell Seeks Reelection

Town of Mount Hope Republican Supervisor Matthew Howell said he is seeking a second term to continue serving the community that generations of his family call home. His top priority is to keep the tax levy stable and make the town economically viable in the long run by growing revenues and attracting businesses that fit…


Republicans Move on Contempt Charges for FBI Director; Taliban Using US Weapons Against Iran | Live with Josh

Republicans are now moving to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress. The House Oversight Committee previously gave Wray six days to provide a document that they claim shows evidence against Hunter Biden and other members of the Biden family. After having not handed over the document, the charge is now going forward….


[LIVE NOW] Republicans Move on Contempt Charges for FBI Director; Taliban Using US Weapons Against Iran | Live with Josh

Republicans are now moving to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress. The House Oversight Committee previously gave Wray six days to provide a document that they claim shows evidence against Hunter Biden and other members of the Biden family. After having not handed over the document, the charge is now going forward….


Japan to Test Beaming Solar Power From Space in 2025

Japan is exploring ways to beam solar power from space, a project expected to be tested out in 2025 even as concerns remain about costs involved in such projects. Space-based solar power will involve placing solar panels in space at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers (22,369 miles) to generate electricity. The solar power that is…


ANALYSIS: Debt Ceiling Deal Unfreezes Student Loan Repayments, Here’s What Borrowers Should Know

Roughly 40 million borrowers of federal student loans will soon need to start paying their bills again, under a deal reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to bring temporary relief to the recurring debt ceiling crisis. The 99-page-long legislative package (pdf), which McCarthy expects to pass a full vote in…


Truck Driver Indicted on Manslaughter Charges After Deadly Oregon Crash That Killed 7 Farmworkers

PORTLAND, Ore.—The driver of the semitruck involved in a fatal crash on Interstate 5 in Oregon earlier this month that left seven farmworkers dead has been indicted on charges of manslaughter, court documents show. A grand jury in Marion County Court on Tuesday indicted Lincoln Smith, a 52-year-old truck driver from California, on 12 counts,…


Manson Follower Leslie Van Houten Should Be Paroled, California Appeals Court Rules

LOS ANGELES—A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be released from prison on parole. The appellate court’s ruling reverses an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who rejected parole for Van Houten in 2020. She has…


Cleveland Fed President Says There Is No ‘Compelling’ Reason to Pause Rate Hikes

Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, said there was no “compelling” reason to wait for another interest-rate hike, in a recent interview. Mester told the Financial Times in a recent interview that more must be done to bring U.S. inflation under control, rather than await for more economic results. Some Fed policymakers have suggested that…