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Multiple police-driven vehicles used to transport Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot have reportedly racked up multiple traffic tickets that have gone unpaid despite the mayor’s advocacy for stricter speed cameras in the city. The mayor’s office responded to the report in a statement Tuesday. Two of the SUVs used to shuttle Lightfoot throughout Chicago have accumulated three speed … Read more

Peter and I are endlessly grateful to my Nana and Pop for the opportunity to celebrate our wedding at the White House. We can’t wait to make our commitment to one another official and for what lies ahead. — Naomi Biden (@NaomiBiden) April 4, 2022 Sooo not sure how best to update but was supposed … Read more

By Charles Kennedy Germany plans to introduce a levy for all its gas consumers beginning in October as the government looks to avoid a wave of collapsing gas-importing and gas-trading companies amid record-high natural gas prices, a new bill seen by Reuters showed on Thursday. Russia is further reducing flows via Nord Stream this week, to just 20% … Read more

First, the FBI raided a private business to seize safe deposit boxes and assets belonging to hundreds of people who were not suspected of having committed any crimes. Now, prosecutors are trying to keep the public in the dark about why the brazen forfeiture effort was undertaken in the first place—and are offering little justification … Read more

Members of “The Squad,” a group of left-wing members of the House of Representatives, accused firearms manufacturers of using white supremacy in the marketing of firearms Wednesday. Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts made the claims during a hearing of the House Oversight and Reform Committee targeting the marketing … Read more

When Washington Post reporter David Weigel retweeted a joke in early June, he probably didn’t expect to be suspended without pay for a month, or for it to lead to a newsroom blowup culminating in another reporter’s firing and a very public black eye for the Post. Comedian Dave Chappelle probably didn’t expect to have his show at First … Read more

by laflammaster https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recession&offset=&limit=100&action=history Caption: I wonder why so many edits https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recession&offset=&limit=100&action=history Caption: Something happened on 25th… Past: 2 quarters of negative growth (GDP) Now: Subjective metrics – not just GDP, nothing clearly defined.

‘China’s President Xi Jinping warned Joe Biden ‘those who play with fire will get burned’ during a two-hour call Thursday morning amid rising tensions over Taiwan, according to Chinese state media. The fifth call between the world leaders since President Biden took office comes amid simmering tensions and a potential impending visit to Taiwan from … Read more

Kim became extremely popular among Rising viewers. She developed a loyal audience size vastly larger than what 95% of employees of large liberal media corporations have. That's because she does what they won't: questions rather than slavishly parrots official orthodoxy. — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 28, 2022 Yesterday, Kim announced she had left Rising, in … Read more

Everyone is sitting around for 20 minutes without masks, then they're told to put them on for the camera. It's all just for show. pic.twitter.com/6hiXX8qAQJ — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) July 28, 2022

by Chris Black All that has mattered for over a decade is how much free cash The Fed has funnelled to banks, and how many shares corporations can buy back. AAPL repurchased $22BN in stock in fiscal Q3. — zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 28, 2022 The real economy never recovered after 2008 and has continued to … Read more

https://twitter.com/theheraldsun/status/1552421073617989634 https://archive.ph/wip/bJ9qH 🚨 | WHO – Advising a sex lockdown among men who have sex with men 💥 This by reducing number of sexual partners, or reconsidering having sex with someone. They add that 98% of detected #monkeypox cases are among men who have sex with men. pic.twitter.com/RYbyTpuZLr — Jamie Jenkins (@statsjamie) July 28, 2022 … Read more

We’re regressing BREAKING: Portland restaurant comes up with innovative new idea to promote racial equity: Creating separate sections for black and white diners. "We want to provide a safe space for our diners of color to ease the trauma of living in this racist society," the owner said. — Jeff Charles, Asker of Questions🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) … Read more

Over fifty House Republicans are now calling on Biden to take a cognitive test and it’s easy to understand why. Democrats called on Trump to take one and not only did he do it, he aced it. Why can’t Biden do the same? We again write to you to express concern with your current cognitive … Read more

A potentially deadly bacteria was found for the first time in water and soil samples in the U.S., prompting the CDC to alert doctors and public health experts throughout the country on Wednesday to take it into consideration when examining patients. https://t.co/NHnlCNKI0X — The New York Times (@nytimes) July 28, 2022

The Tavistock transgender clinic is to be shut down by the NHS after a review found it is "not safe" for children. But the NHS is now promising to set up eight regional centres in its place. https://t.co/I3jjweBZ57 — Toby Young (@toadmeister) July 28, 2022