Ted Wilson remembered as 'respected' mayor, outdoorsman and family man Friends, family and acquaintances of Ted Wilson held a public memorial service for the former Salt Lake City mayor at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Friday. Wilson died April 11 at the age of 84. 05/17/2024 - 10:39 am | View Link
Sen. Ted Cruz on social media regulation and power of Big Tech Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) has spent more than a decade in Congress as a stalwart conservative and is currently the top Republican of the Senate Commerce Committee. On Thursday, May 23 at 11:00 a.m. ET, ... 05/17/2024 - 5:20 am | View Link
Post-Event Recap: Iconic TED Conference Celebrates 40 Years Since the TED conference was launched by Founder Richard Wurman in 1984, it’s estimated that TED Talks have been seen or listened to more than 30 billion times, accord ... 05/17/2024 - 4:24 am | View Link
Ted Cruz’s Reelection Has an Unexpected Foe Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s ballot drive in Texas may have unintended consequences for a Lone Star politician seeking re-election: Senator Ted Cruz . 05/17/2024 - 4:17 am | View Link
The Africa Channel Adds Free Streaming Option & FAST Channels; Strikes TED Talks Deal The Africa Channel has unveiled an AVOD option for its streaming service, a suite of FAST channels and a deal with the TED Talks organization. 05/17/2024 - 2:39 am | View Link
What is there to say about Marge Greene at this point? When Hobbes called humankind "nasty, brutish & short," he may not have known about it, but he was thinking of Marge.
So it was no surprise that after Republicans delayed hearings into the evening so they could visit the poor, cold, weak Trump during one of his many court cases, Marge helped ensure all hell broke loose.
The key was rising star Jasmine Crockett asked Greene, who was busy going off on random tirades, if she knew why she was there.
Here are three stories sending the same message: If you're a Republican, or at least avoid doing things Republicans don't like, you're an American. If you challenge Republicans, you're not an American, and you have only as many rights as Republicans are willing to grant you.
First story:
The North Carolina Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to ban anyone from wearing masks in public for health reasons, following an emotional debate about the wisdom of the proposal.
Republican supporters of the ban said it would help police crack down on protesters who wear masks.
It passed 30-15, with every Republican in favor and every Democrat opposed.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is under fire after news revealed that he flew the upside-down American flag—the same symbol adopted by some Trump supporters who deny the election results—outside his home in the days following the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Alito, of course, blamed his wife, but that story doesn't hold water for several reasons.
On this day in 1939 The Glenn Miller Orchestra began a three month engagement at the Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, New York. Today's musical selection, Tuxedo Junction.
Reality Chex: The Conversation.
Counterpunch: Donald Trump’s War on Science and the Environment.
American Journal News: Evolution denier Mark Robinson could reshape North Carolina’s education system.
Attention space nerds!
Fox News' Outnumbered program reacted very strongly to the congressional outbursts instigated by Marjorie Taylor Greene's mendacity which resulted in Emily Campagno blaming the disintegration of the Republican led House on President Biden.
"This is supposed to be the most noble, the most sacred, or among them, serving and representing the people," Compagno said." "If I want to see someone cussing out someone else, I walk outside my door.
“A state judge has ruled that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law,” the AP reports.