Month: June 2023

LIVE 9 AM ET: Special Counsel Durham Testifies to House Judiciary Committee on His Report

Special counsel John Durham testifies to the House Judiciary Committee on his report that examined the origins and justifications of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at 9:00 a.m. ET on June 21. …


Stock Market Today: Wall Street Falls and Takes a Step Back After Its Big Rally

NEW YORK—Stocks pulled back Tuesday in their first trading after a five-week rally carried Wall Street to its highest level since the spring of last year. The S&P 500 fell 20.88 points, or 0.5 percent, to 4,388.71. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 245.25, or 0.7 percent, to 34,053.87, and the Nasdaq composite lost 22.28,…


Trump Unveils Plan to ‘Squeeze’ US Spending, Cut Deficit

Former president Donald Trump has unveiled a plan to “cut waste, stop inflation, and crush the “Deep State” of entrenched bureaucrats,  his campaign said in a June 20 news release. Trump said that, if elected to a second term in office, he would invoke his presidential power to delay or halt expenditures that he considers wasteful,…


Prayers for Rain to Put Out Wildfires Were Answered in Alberta, but Next Came Floods

Alberta firefighters, farmers, and others may have wished for rain to help the firefighters battle raging wildfires that started at the end of April, but now the rain just won’t stop, causing evacuations, shelter-in-place orders, river advisories, and flood warnings throughout the Prairie province. Just a few days after more than 8,000 homeowners in Yellowhead…


Arkansas to ‘Fight’ Ruling Against Ban on Gender Transition Procedures for Minors

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday that Arkansas will “fight” a federal judge’s ruling that struck down the state’s ban on gender transition procedures for minors. U.S. District Judge Jay Moody, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, issued a permanent injunction against the Arkansas law on Tuesday, declaring the state’s ban on gender transition…


Beyond the Absurd: When Your Mother Encounters a Naked Man in the Change Room at the Public Pool

Commentary For years my mother has gone swimming several times per week at her local pool in Ottawa. The pool is a central part of her life, but recently her once-innocuous activity became unsafe. About two months ago, my mother finished her swim and went to the women’s change room to shower. Afterwards she wrapped…


Alberta NDP Demands RCMP Investigation Into Premier, Citing Concluded Ethics Investigation

EDMONTON—The day the newly elected cabinet of the Alberta government was sworn in, New Democrat Party (NDP) leader Rachel Notley and one of her Calgary MLAs sent a letter to the RCMP demanding an investigation into Premier Danielle Smith. The letter, dated June 20, is addressed to RCMP K Division and uses a report from…


[PREMIERING 6/21, 2PM ET] CDC Drops New Bombshell on the Vaccinated|Facts Matter

Tucked away inside Slide number 12 of the CDC’s recent presentation on vaccine efficacy is a truly startling datapoint. It showed that, in the most recent period of time, the efficacy of the vaccine actually turned negative (in terms of hospitalizations). Meaning: if 2 people contracted covid, and one of them was vaccinated, while the…


Southern California School District Considers Policy Notifying Parents of Students’ Trans Status

Should schools notify parents if their child wants to identify as transgender or non-binary? The question—which has recently been the subject of heated debate nationwide—is now being discussed by the Chino Valley Unified School Board in San Bernardino County, California. The board is currently considering a proposal—introduced on June 15 by Board President Sonja Shaw—that…


Trump Expresses No Regrets Over COVID Policies, Jan. 6 Speech

Former President Donald Trump says he has no regrets for his response to two major crises: the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–21 and the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump also said he is unsure whether America is ready to impose the death penalty on drug dealers, although that drastic step would eradicate the…