Slyler Buckner A 26-year-old man was taken into custody on Sunday after one person was killed and seven others were injured at a Memorial Day festival in eastern Oklahoma. Skyler Buckner turned himself in to the Muskogee County Sheriff’s office. According to witnesses, people ran for cover after gunfire erupted following an argument. “Bullets were
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In this article NFLX Reed Hastings, Co-CEO, Netflix speaks at the 2021 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. October 18, 2021. David Swanson | Reuters The media and entertainment industry prides itself on its mastery of classical storytelling’s three acts: the setup, the conflict and the resolution. It’s safe to declare the
US President Joe Biden is visiting the scene of country’s largest school shooting in a decade to meet and comfort victims’ families. The president and First Lady Jill Biden will visit a memorial at the school in Uvalde, Texas, attend a church service and also meet with survivors and first responders. It comes as investigators
On Sunday’s Meet the Press, anchor Chuck Todd used the opening segment of his show to ridicule the calls for thoughts and prayers for the nineteen young children and two teachers who were shot and killed in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde Texas. Instead of joining decent Americans in praying for
While the left is busy trying to find a way to fold the Uvalde school shooting in with explanations of what Memorial Day is all about, I will write about the origins of Memorial Day and how it holds lessons for the United States today. Around 42% of Civil War dead could not be identified,
John Maynard Keynes, the architect of a school of economic thought regarded by many as just a notch above quackery, once called the gold standard a “barbarous relic.” An honest and time-honored medium of exchange such as gold (or paper money redeemable in gold) stood in the way of Keynes’ snooty preference for lots of
Eccentric billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk plans to open an all-night Tesla restaurant in Hollywood, California. Yahoo Finance reported that Musk’s restaurant will be diner-style and patrons will be able to pay with the meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin. The business will also feature a drive-in movie theatre that is home to two 245 ft. LED
As inflation spirals out of control and pandemic-related stimulus runs dry, Americans are increasingly finding it hard to save money. This past April, the U.S. personal savings rate fell to 4.4%. According to data from the U.S. Commerce Department, this is the lowest this metric has been since September 2008, Yahoo Finance reported. “In a
One of the downsides of a 24/7 news cycle is that it allows far more time for media types to fill airspace with bad takes, as was recently the case during Univision’s coverage of the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Watch as Linea de Fuego host Luis Carlos Vélez introduces a debate on gun
I find myself shaken and stricken after the latest mass shooting, the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, that saw 19 children and two teachers slain in cold blood, more so than I did after other mass shootings in recent years. Part of that is biographical: As an ex-Texan, the son of an elementary school
Thieves stole a golden jeweled tabernacle from St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn, New York this week. The tabernacle at the church dates back to the 1890s. Via News12 Brooklyn This was just the latest attack on a Catholic Church in recent months. The Daily Mail reported: TRENDING: “2000 Mules” Investigator Gregg Phillips Drops
A help wanted sign is displayed in the window of a Brooklyn, New York business. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Cracks are forming in the U.S. labor market as some companies look to curb hiring while others are desperate for employees. Microsoft, Twitter, Wayfair, Snap and Facebook-parent Meta recently announced they plan to be more
While statistics show most of America’s “active shooter” incidents are over within minutes, it took police in Texas up to an hour to storm the classroom where gunman Salvador Ramos massacred 19 children and two teachers. At a remarkable news briefing amid growing pressure on the authorities to explain the response time, a top official admitted
After decades of celebrating liberal activists for exerting pressure on corporations to end racism, clean up the environment, support abortion rights and “voting rights,” the media is now panicking over belated counter-actions by conservatives against such corporate activism. A New York Times front-page story Friday by environmental beat reporters David Gelles and Hiroko Tabuchi laid out the
The National Rifle Association (NRA) held its annual convention on Friday, less than a week after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The shooting prompted several people to back out, including entertainers, due to public pressure. Donald Trump, however, was not intimidated and delivered his planned speech. “Now is the time to find common ground,”
Michael Ramirez Ramirez, who studied premed at the University of California, Irvine, originally considered journalism a hobby. But he was hooked when his first cartoon for the college newspaper, lampooning candidates for student office, had the student assembly demanding an apology. “Editorial cartoons should be smart and substantive, provocative and informative. They should stir passions
According to leaked audio from a top-secret meeting of Chinese military officials, China may soon launch an invasion of Taiwan. The Times of India reported that an audio clip revealing dialogue between officials from China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), surfaced on YouTube marking the first time since the formation of the People’s Republic
This weekend, the leaders of France and Germany pleaded with Russian President Vladimir Putin for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine to no avail as Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy each refused to make concessions to their counterparts and end the fighting in the eastern regions of Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor
Joe Scarborough really needs to keep an eye on the programming on his own network, MSNBC. If he did, he’d realize just how absurd was his claim earlier this week that only a “paranoid minority” thinks that there’s any danger that guns could be taken away from law-abiding Americans. Case in point, Saturday morning’s The Cross
Many Americans today cannot explain the origins or reasons why we commemorate Memorial Day, though they know it involves a long weekend and hot dogs. The significance of the national holiday is lost amid the distractions of daily life. It’s often associated more with barbecues, swimming pool openings, and summer weather than any deeper meaning.
It’s hard to know which senator from Massachusetts is worse, Elizabeth Warren or Ed Markey, who recently called the Supreme Court illegitimate and called for packing the court. Markey also said the recent seats that went to conservative justices were stolen. Isn’t this the sort of thing Democrats and the media have called conspiracy theories?
Tracy McGrady Source: Ones Basketball League This time, Tracy McGrady is trusting his ideas. The basketball Hall of Famer has funded real estate projects, he’s backed a sports and entertainment agency, and committed to a cryptocurrency partnership before the sector lost billions in value. Now, McGrady is investing in his own company, Ones Basketball League,
In a series of sheds on the edge of a Texas airfield sits the training centre that has set the national standard for how American police deal with active gunmen. It is barely a hundred miles from Uvalde, where 19 students and two teachers were shot dead at their school on Tuesday. The admission by
In the wake of the horrific shooting in Uvalde, Texas, there was plenty of comment from the leftwing media. All of it conspicuous in what it doesn’t say. They don’t want to to talk about the culture of death in this country and that, when it comes to abortion, journalists are all for it. Whether its The
Following the release of Ricky Gervais’ Netflix special Supernature, the outrage mob was quick to show how triggered they were that the British comic had the audacity to make a few jokes at the expense of transgender mania. “The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs. Those f—ing dinosaurs,” Gervais’s bit began. “I love the new
Schedule Summary: President Joe Biden will travel to Uvalde Sunday. Please check back with CDN often as the White House frequently updates the president’s schedule and live streams come online later in the day. Live stream links will activate as streams become available ALL TIMES EDT 7:40 AM Depart Delaware en route to Uvalde, Texas 12:00
Beef prices are likely to continue rising as U.S. based cattle ranchers continue to shrink the size of their herds. This move is expected to further constrain U.S. beef production in the coming months, the Wall Street Journal reported. Data from the federal government confirms that rising costs for feed and other expenses are encouraging
China and Russia vetoed a recent resolution in the United Nations (U.N.) sponsored by the U.S. that would have imposed new sanctions on North Korea for its continued launching of intercontinental ballistic missiles that can be used to carry nuclear weapons. The Associated Press reported that the vote held by the U.N. Security Council had
MSNBC’s Morning Joe is a show where all of the conversations are typically dominated by main host Joe Scarborough and co-host Mika Brzezinski. Viewers who actually possess some form of sanity are usually subjected to the two hosts constantly ranting, complaining, and crying wolf on the GOP. In general, those poor people who tune in
Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen appeared before a Hong Kong court Tuesday on charges of “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces.” The charges brought against the cardinal are emblematic of a permanent deterioration in the city-state—one that should prompt the Vatican to reconsider earlier attempts to pursue closer relations with China. While the Hong Kong government
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