Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii is urging her Republican colleagues to be “open-minded” when it comes to joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< nominee. Following the official announcement of Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement on Thursday, Hirono appeared on CNN and praised Biden’s vow to nominate a Black woman to the highest court in the …
Read More »Monthly Archives: January 2022
Ukraine crisis puts Army's 82nd Airborne on heightened alert, among other units now identified
The military 82nd Airborne division is one of several military units on heightened alert as Russian forces continue a military buildup on the Ukrainian border. “I can say today that these units include elements of the 82nd Airborne Division based at Fort Bragg, which regularly, I think you all know, …
Read More »Nancy Mace's push to legalize cannabis gets support from Amazon: Time to end the 'federal war on a plant'
Rep. Nancy Mace, a GOP freshman lawmaker from a swing us-regions coastal district, is making a Republican case to legalize marijuana on the federal level, and Amazon just offered a major endorsement of her plan. The e-commerce giant said Tuesday that it backs Mace’s “comprehensive reform that speaks to the …
Read More »State Dept vows Nord Stream 2 will be a 'hunk of metal at bottom of the ocean' if Russia invades Ukraine
The State Department on Thursday unequivocally warned that if world-regions invades conflicts the Nord Stream 2 pipeline will sit unused at the bottom of the ocean. The controversial pipeline has become the U.S. and NATO’s biggest bargaining chip in its attempts to preserve Kyiv’s sovereignty. RUSSIA: US, NATO RESPONSES TO …
Read More »CDC should track more COVID-19 breakthrough infections to get ahead of the pandemic, experts warn
The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the best way to prevent infection and slow the spread of COVID-19 is to get vaccinated, but the total number of breakthrough cases is unknown because the agency only monitors the most severe on a monthly basis, according to Medpage Today. …
Read More »Dolly Parton says she dresses up for husband Carl Thomas Dean to ‘keep things spicy’
dolly-parton” target=”_blank”>Dolly Parton< on Wednesday. “Every day, I put on some makeup and fix my hair because I think, ‘Well, the whole world, I’m out here and everybody else sees me all dressed up, and I’m not going to just kind of go home and just flop on him.'” “Nobody …
Read More »Psaki declines to reveal when Biden learned of Breyer retirement
executive press secretary Jen Psaki declined to comment on details behind the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer during a press conference Thursday. Asked when the president was made aware of Breyer’s decision to retire, Psaki said only that the administration had no influence over his choice. “This was …
Read More »'Maus' book about the Holocaust banned in Tennessee school district: report
ATHENS, Tenn. — A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about holocaust” target=”_blank”>the Holocaust< in 1992 for the work that tells the story of his Jewish parents living in 1940s Poland and depicts him interviewing his father about his experiences as a Holocaust …
Read More »Harris will play central role in Supreme Court pick, Psaki says
Vice President Kamala Harris will play a “central role” as President Biden considers who he will nominate to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Thursday officially notified the president of his intent to retire at the …
Read More »Education Secretary Miguel Cardona calls on US to 'reset' after COVID-19 and 're-imagine education'
education Secretary Miguel Cardona laid out his vision for reopening America’s education” target=”_blank”>schools< Within the last month, a national parents’ group sent Cardona a letter outlining a variety of recommendations it wanted him to make for states in reopening. Shortly before that, Fox News Digital reported on an email indicating …
Read More »