After her nonsensical assertion that “RICO is not a crime,” rather than crack open criminal law for dummies, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has reiterated her claim. “RICO is a statute under which specific crimes may be considered – kidnapping, robbery, arson, etc.,” the New York Democrat posted on X. “You need to name the crimes […]
For 99% of the people who care about the stock market, it is good when the price of stocks goes up. It’s understandable, then, for the media to portray it as good when stock prices go up and bad when stock prices go down. What’s more, stocks are, in effect, infinitely divisible. If stocks go […]
March Madness is here, and you should enjoy it before greed destroys one of the greatest spectacles in sports. March Madness is one of the greatest American sporting events, debatably the second biggest cultural event in sports behind the Super Bowl. It is quite possibly a perfect tournament, with 68 teams ranging from historic powers […]
U.S. Admiral John Aquilino, head of Indo-Pacific Command, said "all indications" point to the Chinese military being ready for a potential invasion of Taiwan by 2027, the date China's leader Xi Jinping has set for a possible military operation. Aquilino testified in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that China's People's Liberation...
A Los Angeles man is suing over 50 women for negative posts they allegedly wrote about him on social media, claiming the messages are false and defamatory.
A woman is upset no one informed her or any other relatives that her adult son, who is deaf, had been stabbed and hospitalized overnight because police never sent him an American Sign Language interpreter.
The stock market continued its record-setting rally Thursday with the Dow Jones Industrial average notably flirting with 40,000 as technology shares made major gains. The Dow jumped nearly 350 points, or 0.9 percent, putting it within striking distance of the major milestone. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite have jumped 0.6 percent and 0.7 percent,...
A federal judge shut down former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s (D) latest attempt to regain ballot eligibility by quoting Dr. Seuss, underlining the former governor’s fall from political star to laughingstock. Blagojevich sued the state of Illinois in 2020, alleging the General Assembly’s decision to remove him from office and bar him from running again...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is slated to testify Thursday afternoon before the House regarding the economic outlook of the United States. Earlier Thursday, Yellen made the case for President Biden’s 2025 budget proposal, which includes tax hikes for the wealthiest Americans and an expanded child tax credit. During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the president’s budget...