Amid the continuing Democratic Party meltdown over what to do about an increasingly incompetent incumbent president, former President Donald Trump released the most detailed document yet outlining a policy vision for a second term in office. Like the candidate himself, the 2024 Republican Party platform has its flaws and is sometimes more sizzle than steak, […]
One thing the Army doesn’t tell you when you enlist and choose your military occupational specialty is that very often, especially on a deployment, a soldier will be ordered to perform jobs very different from the one for which he trained. In my last column, I told you about Staff Sgt. Corinthian Kelly, the expert […]
Somewhere between 80 and 100 people robbed a 76 gas station on Hegenberger Road near the Oakland Airport last week, ultimately causing more than $100,000 in losses. The thieves came in waves, owner Sam Mardaie told a local news station. “Everything is destroyed. This is what I feed my family,” Mardaie said. “Whatever they couldn’t […]
Going to church won’t protect you from hurricanes or other disasters, but it sure will help you out afterward. And even if you’re not religious, the best insurance plan might be to live in a churchy community. That’s not a matter of faith — it’s the finding of economics. Three economists recently published a paper […]
If President Joe Biden‘s goal in tonight’s press conference were to avoid being outed from office through the 25th Amendment, he would have succeeded. But in trying to save his campaign, he utterly failed. Biden clearly showed he is not completely non compos mentis. In general, he is aware of what is going on, and […]
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) group withdrew its conditional endorsement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) after it said she is not supportive enough of the Palestinian efforts to end the Israel-Hamas war. In a memo Wednesday, the DSA credited Ocasio-Cortez for her "courageous positions on Palestine," but took issue with some of her recent...
President Biden held a critical news conference at NATO’s Washington summit on Thursday evening as the fate of his reelection campaign hangs in the balance. The event came exactly two weeks after the disastrous debate performance in Atlanta that sent Democrats into a frenzy of panic and prompted a number of lawmakers to urge the...
Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) became the 11th House Democrat to publicly call on President Biden to withdraw from the election and said the president's press conference Thursday evening didn’t change his mind. Schneider joined CNN’s Kaitlan Collins after Biden’s press conference where he said he though the president did “a fine job.” “He showed a...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday warned against underestimating President Biden, describing him as a "very focused" leader following this week's NATO Summit in Washington, D.C. Scholz, who has been a vocal supporter of Biden's leadership in recent months, was asked by PBS News if he still believes the president can defeat former President Trump...
Body camera footage from Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-Pa.) car accident last month has been released by the Maryland State Police. The video, obtained by The Washington Post, shows Maryland State Police officers responding to the crash that left Fetterman’s black Chevrolet Traverse and a red Chevrolet sedan with heavy damage. According to the video, police...