Biden: Violent protests ‘not protected’ President Biden on Thursday was sharply critical of aspects of protests that have swept across college campuses nationwide in response to the war in Gaza, condemning vandalism and trespassing even ... 05/2/2024 - 4:36 am | View Link
Higher ed faces difficult headwinds Tuition eising faster than inflation. Call this one the higher cost of higher education. For decades, tuition has risen faster than inflation. Specifically, tuition nationwide has increased about ... 05/2/2024 - 2:38 am | View Link
Republicans are winning the messaging war as university administrations battle campus protesters The House Republican power play is all at once deeply cynical, classic “us versus them” politics, and a wedge issue to divide Democrats. But, so far, it has worked. 04/30/2024 - 10:35 pm | View Link
Minnesota state park summer tours now taking reservations Minnesota state parks will offer tours introducing visitors to the Iron Ranges’ mining history, prairie life, and the longest cave in the state. 04/30/2024 - 4:05 am | View Link
Congressman Ro Khanna visits campus to discuss key issues with students Congressman Ro Khanna from California met with students at UW-Eau Claire to discuss voting issues and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Khanna is supporting the Biden-Harris Campaign and is meeting ... 04/30/2024 - 3:54 am | View Link
Ukraine estimates that over half of all Russian casualties are due to small, cheap FPV drones are just modified consumer items. Last year, Russian radio jammers often brought them down, to the point that Ukraine was losing upwards of 10,000 a month. Since then, the technology has advanced and their jammers don't work anymore.
Rumours have been swirling about Cuellar for over two years, ever since the FBI raided his home in January 2022.
Cuellar maintains his and his wife's innocence and vows to fight the charges. Since he had no challengers, Cuellar will be on the ballot in November for the Democrats in TX-28.
A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Rudy Giuliani was not only respected, but revered as "America's Mayor." The hero of 9/11 (which he'd tell you every other sentence). He never deserved any of it, of course.
He was always a nasty piece of work, a philanderer, racist and, frankly, an asshole who couldn't get along with anyone.
Progressive policy experts took aim at corporate greed and profiteering during a Thursday U. S. Senate hearing on "shrinkflation," the process of reducing the size or quantity of a product while selling it at the same price.
At the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
hearing—entitled "Higher Prices: How Shrinkflation and Technology Can Impact Consumers' Finances"—Chair Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) began by acknowledging that "prices today are far too high, and families are having a harder time finding a fair price, seeing more of their paycheck vanish into thin air."
"All of this is happening while corporate profits hit record highs," the senator continued.
MSNBC's Katy Tur and Axios' Jim VandeHei managed to have a very long conversation about the effects of right wing propaganda without ever mentioning the words right wing propaganda. I guess I should quit being astounded by stuff like this, but it continues to amaze me how people in our corporate news media dance around naming just who exactly is responsible for turning most Republicans' brains into mush.
Here's the transcript of the beginning of their exchange from her show this Thursday, and notice the words that aren't used here.
Donald Trump's TIME interview will shock you. It is a long piece, but every American needs to read it. This country must wake up and realize what we face in the 2024 election: it's all hands on deck. TIME reporter Eric Cortellessa explains:read more