A GM employee poses with an example of the company’s next-generation lithium metal batteries at GM Chemical and Materials Systems Lab in Warren, Michigan, September 9, 2020. Steve Fecht | General Motors | Handout | via Reuters BEIJING — Growing demand for electric car batteries will cause prices of the main materials to surge, Goldman
AstraZeneca has defended its use of coronavirus vaccine data after US authorities suggested some results from a large American-led trial may have been based on “outdated information”. The Anglo-Swedish company said the study showed the jab was 79% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 illness and 100% effective against severe disease and hospitalisation. The trial of
Determined to not let any tragedy go to waste, each of the broadcast networks touted President Biden’s call for gun control on Tuesday following the mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado. But NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt went a step further, trying to browbeat viewers with a claim that America had experienced “more than 100”
The death of ‘Jeopardy!’ show host Alex Trebek left some big shoes to fill for those charged with finding his replacement. The struggle is exemplified by the number of guest hosts that have been chosen to keep the popular game show going until a permanent host is decided upon. The guest hosts fill in for
The United States of America was once a land squarely grounded in principles. That is, one fundamental philosophy and direction of movement as one united culture—of many cultures. What we encounter today, in our modern society, is a culture of many cultures and fundamental beliefs. With time comes mankind’s natural urge to divide when critical
Customer inspects a gun at a store in Phoenix, Ariz. (Reuters photo: Ralph D. Freso) From Forbes: 84%. That’s the share of voters who said they support requiring all gun buyers to go through a background check in a Morning Consult/Politico poll released earlier this month. That includes 77% of Republicans. However, far fewer – just
Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to sit down with former President Bill Clinton for a “one-on-one conversation” at a Clinton Foundation event this week, where the two will discuss “empowering women and girls.” What are the details? Politico reporter Christopher Cadelago broke the news on Twitter, sharing that a press release touting an event
A top advisor of the Biden administration snapped at an MSNBC host who challenged him on an “inefficient, overpriced” healthcare provision in the stimulus bill passed by Democrats. MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan pressed Cedric Richmond on why the bill provided $35 billion to support COBRA health care benefits for 2 million unemployed people instead of
With NBC Nightly News still helping out the Biden administration on Tuesday by refusing to admit there’s been a crisis on the border, the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) collectively omitted how President Biden was having officials dump busloads of illegal immigrants in tiny border towns with no transportation and no support to the
There is only one explanation for the continuing presence of thousands of soldiers at the Capitol: the transition of the United States from a constitutional republic to an oligarchy. What oligarchs fear most is the demos, the common people who historically rebel against rule by selfish elites. The oligarchs must surround the Capitol with troops
This year, March 24 marks “Equal Pay Day”—a day that’s supposed to symbolize how far into the new year women must work to earn what men did in the previous year. In 2020, the median earnings of all full-time wage-earning and salaried female workers were 18% lower than males. That would be a problem if
Ahmad Al-Issa Another day, another failure by the FBI, our “premiere” law enforcement agency. The Boulder, Colorado killer was publicly identified on Tuesday after his supermarket killing spree. 21-Year-Old, Syrian born Ahmad Al-Issa killed 10 ten people including 51-year-old police officer Eric Talley on Monday during a shooting spree at a King Sooper’s grocery store.
A few hours ago, I suggested that it was possible that Joe Manchin would revive his 2013 background check bill; that, if he did, it would be a tough sell for Democrats and Republicans alike (for different reasons); and that, whatever happened, he would likely not want to nuke the filibuster over it. CNN’s Manu
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images A group of 250 CEOs and business leaders sent a letter to New York’s governor and legislators expressing “alarm” at what they say could become the largest spending and tax increase
President Joe Biden has called for an assault weapon ban and the closure of background check loopholes, after the seventh mass killing this year in the US left 10 dead. In an address to the nation following the bloodshed at a supermarket in Colorado, the president said simply: “We must act.” And he called on
Facebook has obliterated GOP gubernatorial candidate Amanda Chase’s state Senate page as a critical Virginia election approaches. “Facebook appears to have permanently removed State Sen. Amanda Chase’s official state Senate page, according to email communications provided by the campaign,” Virginia Business reported March 22. “After multiple unsuccessful attempts by her campaign to get her public page
A 21-year old Muslim man brought a rifle into a grocery store in Boulder, Colo., and opened fire. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa killed 10 people, including a Christian police officer with 7 children, before getting apprehended by police. In Atlanta, Robert Aaron Long went on a shooting rampage at 3 different massage parlors, killing 8.
As Ed pointed out this morning, authorities have named the suspect in the Boulder, Colorado supermarket shooting. Ahmad al-Issa is apparently a foreign national and a believer in Islam but as Ed also noted, it’s looking like he may have some longer term mental issues. Heavy found some Facebook posts from 2019 in which he’s
National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. Asked by Bill Buckley in 1959, and answered by him too, WFB took three pages of the October 10 issue to explain the realities of conservative opinion journalism, and why it proved clear (well, Bill still expressed visions of financial steadying at some future — maybe quite future
A Chicago suburb has officially become the first city in America to offer reparations to black residents. What are the details? The city council of Evanston, Illinois, approved Monday the first part of its plan to make financial amends for its past racial transgressions. In an 8-1 vote, the city approved using $400,000 to provide
Wheaton College, a Christian liberal arts school in Wheaton, Illinois, announced recently that the institution was removing and updating an on-campus plaque memorializing Christian missionaries who were killed by the South American tribe they were witnessing to. The reason? The school wants to get rid of “pejorative” language on the memorial that refers to the
President Biden’s White House continue to deny that there’s a “border crisis.” But whoever is in control over there must surely realize that they have a media/political crisis on their hands. Take Tuesday’s Morning Joe. Joe Scarborough proceeded to unload on the administration’s handling of the crisis, seething: “The Biden administration right now, is the one that’s luring
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and his administration’s alleged efforts to hide the accurate number of related deaths beg the question: Is the cover-up worse than the crime? The Empire Center for Public Policy, a New York-based research organization, filed a request last summer under the Freedom
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was caught on camera shouting “I’m not going anywhere, darling,” at one of his adoring liberal fans. The admirer of the governor clearly does not care about his order to send Covid patients into nursing homes, which led to the deaths of tens of thousands of elderly residents. She is
On Monday, the Supreme Court granted review on the Justice Department’s appeal of a First Circuit panel’s vacating the death sentence imposed on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the convicted Boston Marathon bomber. It remains to be seen whether the Biden administration will see the case through. If it were to withdraw the appeal, that would moot the
An employee draws up a syringe and a container with the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine, in Schwaz, Austria. JOHANN GRODER | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — The European Union is “facing a serious situation” in rolling out Covid-19 shots, but it is “highly unfair” to accuse the bloc of vaccine nationalism, the region’s trade chief told
Jamie Foxx will play Mike Tyson in a TV series based on the former heavyweight boxing champion’s life and career, producers have said. The Oscar-winning actor joins movie legend Martin Scorsese and another Hollywood director, Antoine Fuqua, as executive producer. Fuqua, a filmmaker best-known for 2001 crime thriller Training Day, will also direct the limited
More and more people are starting to see the LGBTQ/cancel culture mafia for what it is. One female rapper recently slammed LGBTQ activists for “bullying” straight people, and even proposed starting a “Heterosexual Rights Movement” to combat the constant negativity coming their way. “Lip Gloss” rapper Lil’ Mama expressed her desire for a “Heterosexual Rights
This article is part 9 of an investigative series looking into reported corruption in the Missouri judiciary. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 St. Louis television station KMOV Channel 4 waded into the deep waters of the family court corruption by reporting part of the developing story in the Missouri family
An odd, even shocking turn here from an up-and-comer who’s clearly angling to run for president in 2024 if Trump doesn’t. Remember that Trump himself recently flagged the unfairness of trans women competing against biological women in his speech at CPAC. Republican state legislatures have taken up the issue too, passing a raft of bills