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Surely this prepubescent child did this on his own, without the prompting of his parents — we’re expected to believe that, anyways. “Thank you for being so brave,” the child asked in a question, which was read by Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold. “Would you help me tell the world I’m gay, too? I want to be brave like you.” Buttigieg told the child, Zachary Ro, that it didn’t seem like he needed advice on bravery, since he said it in a room full of people. “I don’t think you need a lot of advice from me on bravery,...

SACRAMENTO — Continuing his commitment to strengthen, innovate and grow California’s economy, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the creation of his Council of Economic Advisors. The Council will advise the Governor and Director of the California Department of Finance Keely Martin Bosler on wide-ranging economic issues and deepen relationships between the Administration and academic researchers to keep California moving toward an economy that is inclusive, resilient, and sustainable.The Council will be co-chaired by Laura Tyson, Professor at the Graduate School and Faculty Director of the Institute for Business & Social Impact at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business, and Fernando...

Police are investigating several jars of human remains found Monday underneath a Florida woman’s house. The Gainesville Police Department said Mary Baughman had a contractor out to give her a quote on work she wanted to be done on her house, but when he went to look for damage underneath the house, he found gallon-sized plastic jars of human tongues, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The labels on the jars were dated back to the late 1960s. Alarmed by what he saw, the contractor immediately called the police, according to chief inspector Jorge Campos. Although the jars had been...

A former adviser to President Bill Clinton speculated that Michael Bloomberg and Hillary Clinton are plotting a way for her to become the 2020 Democratic nominee even though she’s not in the race. “Here’s the deal that I think is going down. I think Hillary and Bloomberg have gotten together and cooked up a scheme,” Dick Morris told John Catsimatidis on The Cats Roundtable radio show on Sunday. He said Bloomberg would stay in the race, even if he has no chance of winning, in an effort to get at least enough support to keep Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders from...

A public high school in Towson, Maryland is being criticized by Republican lawmakers in the state because of a history lesson that compares President Trump with Nazis and communists. According to a report from The Baltimore Sun, a slide used in a presentation in an Advanced Placement history lesson at Loch Raven High School shows a picture of Trump, with the caption “Wants to round up a group of people and build a giant wall.” Underneath that is swastika with the caption "been there" and the communist hammer and sickle symbol with the caption "Done that." Another caption reads “Oh,...

In a shocking segment, MSNBC’s Katy Tur suggested that the FBI should be tracking young white men online to radicalize them, provide resources for creating explosives, and then arrest them. Tur was comparing young white men to ISIS terrorists in an interview with Frank Figliuzzi, the former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI. “When you’re looking at ISIS or you’re looking at radical Islamic terrorism, I covered a number of stories where the FBI would track young kids or young men and they would talk to them online and say ‘you know, here’s how you build a bomb,’ or...

Austria has stopped all train services with Italy to prevent a further spread of the coronavirus, tabloid OE24.at said on its website on Sunday. Austria’s interior ministry said earlier that Austria had denied entry to a train from Italy on suspicion that two travelers might be infected with the coronavirus.

---SNIP--- “At one time women and children were considered safe. We were off-limits,” said McCleary, 52, and cofounder of the group Moms Bonded by Grief. “It isn’t like that anymore.” On Friday, a pregnant woman was fatally shot while in a vehicle on Ninth Street between Dauphin and York Streets and, after doctors performed an emergency C-section, her baby died, too. Her identity has not been revealed by police, who have described the woman as being in her 30s. Relatives of shooting victims and advocates said Saturday that if a pregnant woman can become a casualty of the city’s soaring...

The last thing Kathy Gunst and Katherine Alford expected when they published their cookbook “Rage Baking” was that the rage would be directed at them. “We started hearing from a lot of women we didn’t know saying, ‘You stole, you plagiarized,’” Ms. Alford said. “We were quite caught off guard.” The book — which is subtitled “The Transformative Power of Flour, Fury, and Women’s Voices” — was meant to celebrate anger and activism in the kitchen. While it may do that, it also ignited a conversation on social media about race, appropriation, feminism and marketing. Shortly after “Rage Baking” was...

Figured we would start numbering the threads. Some points to keep in mind: 1. This thing is not “just the flu.” 2. 1/10th of the worlds population is in some sort of lockdown. 3. Generally, we don’t buy the Chinese numbers But if anything they are low. 4. Everyone is welcome to post, but don’t bore us with your “you are panicking” posts. They are tedious. It’s Sunday night and the Walking Dead is back. Let’s talk Coronavirus.

Published: Sep 20, 2019 Governor directs Department of Finance to create a Climate Investment Framework to leverage the state’s $700 billion CalPERS, CalSTRS and UC Retirement Program portfolio to drive investment toward carbon-neutral technologiesGovernor Newsom also signs legislation strengthening the state’s emissions standards and establishing the nation’s first “smog check” for diesel trucksSACRAMENTO – Just days before global leaders converge in New York City for Climate Week and months after California struck a major agreement with four automakers on vehicle emission standards, Governor Gavin Newsom today signed a landmark executive order to leverage the state’s $700 billion pension investment portfolio...

For a socialist, Sen. Bernie Sanders is doing pretty darn well. He’s a millionaire, he’s got three houses (including a lakefront home with an acre of frontage), and he loves his private jets. Oh, but don’t ever — ever — ask Bernie about his 1 Percent status. On Saturday, a woman tried to do just that — and she got forcibly removed from a campaign event in San Antonio, Texas. The woman — who was wearing a Trump shirt — shouted repeatedly at Sanders about his jet travel, even as he droned on about climate change (Sanders supports a policy...

Published: Feb 19, 2020 SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his State of the State address on homelessness before a joint convention of the California Legislature today.Below is the text as prepared for delivery:State of the State AddressCalifornia Governor Gavin NewsomFebruary 19, 2020Thank you, Madame Lieutenant Governor. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for welcoming Jen and me to your house.Madame Pro Tem, Members of this Legislature, fellow Californians.Thank you once again for the privilege of this podium.Traditionally, this is when Governors stand before you and report, with practiced grandiosity, that the “state of our state is strong and getting stronger.”And, largely, that...

Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to appoint the following individual to a key position in his Administration:Roger D. Carstens of Virginia, to be the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs.Roger D. Carstens is currently a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the Department of State, where he oversees the Bureau’s work in Near Eastern Affairs, Western Hemisphere Affairs, and the Office of Security and Human Rights.  Mr. Carstens previously worked overseas with international NGOs in Somalia and Jordan, where he provided humanitarian assistance and stability support to Syrian refugees and...

We are gratified by the Supreme Court ruling on Friday night lifting the final remaining injunction on the public charge regulation. As a result, the Department of Homeland Security will be able to implement its regulation on Monday. This final rule will protect hardworking American taxpayers, safeguard welfare programs for truly needy Americans, reduce the Federal deficit, and re-establish the fundamental legal principle that newcomers to our society should be financially self-reliant and not dependent on the largess of United States taxpayers.

Today, President Donald J. Trump made additional disaster assistance available to the State of West Virginia by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for Public Assistance projects undertaken in the State of West Virginia as a result of severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides during the period of June 22-29, 2016. Under the major disaster declaration issued for the State of West Virginia on June 25, 2016, Federal funding was made available for Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, and Other Needs Assistance at 75 percent Federal funding of total eligible costs. Under the President’s order today, the Federal...

In her dissent, Sotomayor wrote separately, addressing the DOJ's repeated demands for decisions based on "emergencies" that simply do not exist, as a means of getting rulings implemented quickly. And, sadly, the 5 conservative justices seem all too happy to give in to Trump. Sotomayor wrote that this decision to rule everything an "emergency" has “benefited one litigant over all others:" the Trump administration. The Supreme Court has been weaponized to provide Donald Trump with every racist and evil ruling he wants. Just a reminder that they are hearing cases related to his taxes in the coming months. Don't be...

Petition States As Follows:We, the undersigned, respectfully request that the President of the United States grant a full and unconditional pardon to Roger Jason Stone Jr.It’s time to stop the Deep State from working against our President. The people who have stood with President Trump have been slammed, censored, and are now going to prison, for nothing more than standing up to the Deep State and the Democrats. President Trump, now is time to say “enough is enough” and pardon Roger Stone.He stood with you against the hate directed at your campaign, and now he needs your help. Please give...

Arutz Sheva Staff reported that radical left-wing activist and Ha'aretz employee Jonathan Pollack renewed his participation in the violent riots against IDF soldiers in Kfar Kadum last Friday, just one day after being released from a two-month detention. In a documentation of his behavior conducted by pro-Israel organization Ad Kan, Pollack and other anarchists were seen along with masked rioters throwing stones at IDF soldiers, burning tires, and participating in other acts of violence. On a video making the rounds on social media, riot organizers appear to be congratulating Pollack on his release before the riot begins. Later, rioters are...

Judgment Day is not dissociated from the life we now live, for since the days of Christ’s Incarnation, the final stage of the economy of man’s salvation has begun—that of watching for the Heavenly Kingdom. Christ Himself revealed this truth in the beginning of His preaching when He said that the Heavenly Kingdom is at hand. Therefore, Christ’s Incarnation was the beginning of the end, and we now await the fulfillment of the end and the final revelation of the Heavenly Kingdom that will follow the Judgment of all men. For Christ told us clearly that: He has appointed a...