Convicted Killer Wins Office In Trump-Leaning Maine District
One of the state’s most conservative regions… In Tuesday’s Bangor, Maine, City Council election, voters chose Angela Kelly Walker, Susan Faloon, and Daniel Carson from a field of nine candidates competing for three seats. Though the positions are technically nonpartisan, all three councilors-elect are progressives, according to the Bangor Daily News. Walker, a recovering addict, […]
Virginia Teacher Wins $10 Million Lawsuit After Being Shot By 6-Year-Old Student
A Virginia jury found that an assistant principal acted with gross negligence when a then-6-year-old student shot his first-grade teacher in a lawsuit filed over the 2023 shooting. The jury awarded the teacher, Abby Zwerner, $10 million in damages, with award interest beginning on June 1, 2024. The panel of three men and four women sided with […]
Fashion Magazine Names Biological Men ‘Women Of The Year’
Glamour UK, a leading women’s fashion and lifestyle magazine, has sparked widespread debate after naming a group of nine transgender-identifying men as part of its annual “Women of the Year” feature. The magazine unveiled the honorees under the title “The Dolls,” a term often used within transgender communities to refer to one another. “As trans […]
Trump Announces Deal To Lower Prices On Obesity Drugs
The Trump administration announced a landmark agreement Thursday with pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to lower prices on their blockbuster GLP-1 medications—treatments widely used for diabetes and obesity—under President Trump’s “Most Favored Nation” policy aimed at putting American patients first. Under the new deal, both companies have agreed to sell their injectable GLP-1 […]
Trump Nominates Steve Pearce To Lead Bureau Of Land Management, Signaling Shift For Controversial Agency
Important and influential… WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce of New Mexico has been nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the Bureau of Land Management, a federal agency that oversees nearly 245 million acres of public land and a vast mineral estate beneath it. Pearce, 78, served in the House from 2003 to […]
Democrat Congressman Flips Tune On Filibuster After Trump Calls For Eliminating It
Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin appeared to shift his opinion on eliminating the filibuster this week despite supporting the measure during Joe Biden’s presidency. Trump had previously called for an end to the Senate custom, but on Wednesday, he gave his most forceful and detailed case against it. In a three-and-a-half-minute video posted to Truth Social, the president began […]
Immigration Activists Urge Dodgers To Decline White House Visit Following World Series Win
Immigration activists are calling on the Los Angeles Dodgers to reject an invitation to the White House celebrating their World Series victory, saying the team’s visit would “normalize” President Donald Trump and betray the city’s immigrant communities. The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) made the appeal in an Instagram post on Wednesday, urging the […]
Will Trump Defy Mexico To End The Cartel Crisis?
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Mexico’s president has flatly denied reports the U.S. is planning to send troops into Mexico to confront the country’s powerful cartels, noting she had repeatedly rejected such offers from President Trump. “It’s not going to happen,” Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday. “We do not agree with any process of interference or […]
End The Senate Filibuster, Restore Constitutional Majority Rule
The filibuster is often treated as an essential feature of the Senate, a dignified safeguard of deliberation that separates the upper chamber from the House. That picture is attractive but misleading. The Constitution identifies when supermajorities are required, and ordinary legislation is not on that list. The historical record shows that early Senate practice was […]