Paedophile left victim a 'shell of a person' after plying her with drugs and alcohol before carrying out abuse Neil Rowlands, 37, of Rhymney, took advantage of the victim who had a difficult upbringing and chaotic home life. 04/18/2024 - 3:40 am | View Link
Alcohol Awareness Month: Some Dubois County Numbers As Dubois County CARES recognizes April as Alcohol Awareness Month, the nonprofit organization is sharing some lesser-known statistics about Dubois County students from the 2023 Indiana Youth Survey. 04/18/2024 - 1:26 am | View Link
Every State That Shockingly Still Lets Underage Kids Drink Alcohol Oh, you thought every state in the U.S. doesn't allow underage drinking? All but only five states have some sort of exception that allows drinking alcohol under the age of 21. Yes, you can actually ... 04/16/2024 - 10:56 am | View Link
Drew Barrymore Shares the Important Reason She Stopped Drinking Alcohol Drew Barrymore, who has been candid about her alcohol and drug use in the past, shares why she wanted to stop for good. 04/16/2024 - 5:11 am | View Link
Inside George Lopez's Struggles With Alcohol Before His Lopez Vs. Lopez Season 2 Storyline George Lopez had such a hard time with alcohol that he included his sobriety in a season 2 storyline of his beloved sitcom Lopez vs. Lopez. 04/15/2024 - 11:15 am | View Link
Enthusiastic treason enabler Bill Barr said yesterday he will vote for the “Republican ticket” in the November presidential election. He said on Fox that it was his duty to pick the person "I think would do the least harm to the country." Ha, ha! What a lying weasel he is.
While Republicans once again blocked repeal of an ancient abortion statute, Democrats in the Arizona Senate worked on clearing a procedural path to bring a proposed repeal to a vote. Via HuffPost:
Although no vote was taken on the repeal itself, Republican Sens. T. J. Shope and Shawnna Bolick sided with 14 Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday in changing rules to let a repeal proposal advance after the deadline for hearing bills had passed.
The Kennedy family will come out in force to endorse Joe Biden at a campaign event in Philadelphia today, since Biden is likely more at risk from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s third-party challenge than Trump is. Via Axios:
RFK Jr.'s sister, Kerry Kennedy, will invoke the legacy of her slain father, former Attorney General Robert F.
Rep. Jamie Raskin laid into James Comer after the two got into a heated argument that lasted almost five minutes over the fact that Comer has not found any crime President Biden actually committed, but continually lies about it.
Since Republicans began investigating President Biden to aid Trump in his 2024 election bid, Reps.
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The Washington Post reported that the charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were dismissed after Republicans quashed their opportunity for limited debate and the creation of an impeachment committee. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s dreams of being the MAGA star of the day must have been so crushed once she learned she and the other House impeachment managers would never have the opportunity to perform make their case.
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Some senators appeared bored at their small desks as Republicans made procedural point after procedural point, forcing a series of failed votes to delay the trial and other matters.