[ad_1] The chief of the Richmond, Virginia, police department told reporters Sunday that Black Lives Matter and antifa rioters set fire to a multi-family home with a child inside while blocking access for firefighters to get through to save the child. Richmond Police Chief William Smith broke down while speaking about the horrible burning deaths
Month: June 2020
[ad_1] On May 29, Hulu premiered its second season of Ramy, a show about a Muslim-American man living in New Jersey. While the first season tried to showcase the complexities of an Egyptian-American immigrant family, the second season went full raging leftist, calling the U.S. army “the world’s most corrupt army” [Episode 2, 14:33] and
[ad_1] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo holds his daily briefing at New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y., May 7, 2020. (Mike Segar/Reuters) New York governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday that New York City would implement a mandatory curfew and increase its police presence to 800 officers
[ad_1] Voter Michael Grabowski holds an “I Voted” sticker, Peru, Ill., March 17, 2020. (Daniel Acker/Reuters) In today’s Morning Jolt, I ripped most of America’s current political leaders for habitually forming their beliefs based upon comforting narratives rather than the facts in front of them. After arsonists set fire to buildings, looters ransacked stores, and
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. public companies sold more than $60 billion in shares in May, the biggest monthly haul ever, as they capitalized on a stock market rally fueled by hopes that the COVID-19 pandemic is subsiding. FILE PHOTO: Traders wear masks as they work on the floor of the New York Stock
[ad_1] Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Miss., March 8, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) As Dan McLaughlin writes, Joe Biden has no idea how guns work. Today the candidate suggested that cops who are rushed by “unarmed person” with “a knife or something” should be trained to “shoot them in the
[ad_1] Law enforcement personnel stand guard as protesters rally against the death of George Floyd, Brooklyn, N.Y., May 31, 2020. (Caitlin Ochs/Reuters) This week we’re all thinking a lot about the role of police in minority communities, and specifically the question of whether suspects are more likely to be killed if they, like George Floyd,
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With cities across America in turmoil over the death of George Floyd, a U.S. lawmaker plans to introduce legislation this week that he hopes will end a pattern of police violence by allowing victims to sue officers for illegal and unconstitutional acts. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Justin Amash (I-MI), recently having
[ad_1] The first round of trade agreement talks between the U.S. and the United Kingdom took place online, with negotiators engaged in “positive and constructive” discussions in nearly 30 different groups, covering all aspects of a comprehensive trade agreement. Negotiators concurred that the envisioned Free Trade Agreement—which has become more critical as the two trading
[ad_1] David Haddock and Daniel Polsby, professors at Northwestern University, took up some crucial questions about riots back in 1994. Day in and day out in any big city, police blotters will reflect the existence of a fairly steady background supply of theft, mugging, arson, and homicide. But this jumble of criminal mischief does not
[ad_1] People loot Soho businesses after the protests in New York, June 1, 2020. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) George Floyd was deprived of the ultimate civil right — the right to live — by a lawless police officer. The State of Minnesota has charged that officer with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. If convicted, former police officer
[ad_1] A protester holds a sign in Portland, Ore., May 31, 2020. (Terray Sylvester/Reuters) An independent autopsy commissioned by the family of George Floyd found that Floyd died from asphyxia caused by pressure to the neck and back, which stopped blood flow to his brain, attorneys for the family told reporters. Floyd also had no
[ad_1] Ahead of a Monday night that would likely see more chaos, looting, and riots on the streets of the nation’s capital, National Guard troops made their way onto White House grounds to bolster Secret Service and local police protecting President Trump. In response to the images coming in, CNN was appalled. Chief White House
[ad_1] Jamal Brown Biden’s campaign is all in with the violent left-wing terrorists. President Trump on Monday unloaded on the nation’s governors during a call and told them to step up enforcement to quell the violent left-wing terrorists looting businesses and burning down buildings. Instead of encouraging law and order, Biden’s national press secretary Jamal
[ad_1] Former President Barack Obama speaks during an Obama Foundation event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 13, 2019. (Lim Huey Teng/Reuters) Former president Barack Obama writes today on the riots: “The small minority of folks who’ve resorted to violence in various forms, whether out of genuine anger or mere opportunism, are putting innocent people at
[ad_1] Sen. Tom Cotton talks to reporters following a classified national security briefing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 8, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) On Fox News and on Twitter this morning, Arkansas GOP senator Tom Cotton called for the use of federal troops to quell violent riots if necessary: And, if necessary, the
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labeled with a “Vaccine COVID-19” sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken taken April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) – The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: The Volkswagen logo is seen on a vehicle at the New York Auto Show in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court ruled Monday Volkswagen AG may face “enormous” additional liability in the “Dieselgate” scandal finding that
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler signed on Monday a rule limiting state powers to block energy infrastructure projects, setting up a fight with some Democratic governors who say Washington is stripping their ability to protect their states’ interests and combat climate change. FILE PHOTO: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler testifies
[ad_1] A counter protester holds a sign outside of the Boston Free Speech Rally in Boston, Mass., August 19, 2017 Perhaps the most nonsensical talking point offered by Antifa apologists was to claim that the group couldn’t possibly be nefarious or violent because its members are anti-fascists — it says so right there in the
[ad_1] Author and radio host Lenard Larry McKelvey, known professionally as “Charlamagne tha God,” went H. Rap Brown on ESPN’s First Take television show Monday. He claimed America earned every bit of the social unrest over its 400 years of white supremacy. The militant Brown said during the racial unrest of the 1960s that if
[ad_1] President Donald Trump responds to a question during a news briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 6, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) There is a time for careful nuance, and then there is a time for the foghorn. Violent, racially charged disorder in our nation’s cities, and the involvement of Antifa, evokes memories
[ad_1] Editor’s note: A ray of hope in these troubled times is that nearly 12,000 donors have contributed almost a million dollars to a GoFundMe for Korboi Balla, who lost his unopened bar in the Minneapolis riots. Here’s an article from The Daily Caller News Foundation sharing Balla’s story. A black firefighter who invested his life
[ad_1] Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Del., March 12, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Joe Biden can best capitalize on the rioting following the death of George Floyd in the same way he can best capitalize on anything in 2020: by keeping quiet and out of sight.
[ad_1] Artists Christo (right) and Jeanne-Claude during a news conference in Zurich, Switzerland, in 2006 (Reuters) In Impromptus today, I begin with the space launch, that thrilling event. I also walk down Memory Lane to the Challenger (1986) and the moon landing (1969). Further in the column, I discuss protests, riots, China, Russia, etc. When
[ad_1] Audio clips are being posted from President Trump’s conference call with governors that took place Monday morning. The media said Trump was “unhinged.” Listen and decide. Listen for yourself: Unhinged- the audio where Trump lashes out at governors and says they need to crack down on protesters. Says NYPD needs to be unleashed. pic.twitter.com/8zVbbemrze
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has little choice but to stick with his Phase 1 China trade deal for now despite his anger at Beijing over the coronavirus pandemic, new Hong Kong security rules, and dwindling hopes China can meet U.S. goods purchase targets, people familiar with his administration’s deliberations say. FILE
[ad_1] Headlines like a recent one in the New York Post said, “Costa Rica latest country to legalize same-sex marriage.” But it wasn’t really Costa Ricans who made it happen. Instead, Costa Rica became–like the United States five years ago–the victim of a multi-layer attack of judicial activism. In an interview with Family Research Council, Jose L.
[ad_1] WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised black community leaders in Delaware, on Monday he would earn their support amid nationwide police brutality protests, saying he would create a police oversight board within his first 100 days in the White House. U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden
[ad_1] To place the career of Clint Eastwood in perspective, consider Clark Gable continuing to star in hit movies for so long that he was in the multiplexes at the same time as Back to the Future. Eastwood has enjoyed starring roles in major hit movies in every decade from the 1960s through the 2010s.