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2:24 Today, Sunday January 28, 2024, is the 38th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle explosion that took the lives of an entire crew, a loss that deeply grieved Americans across the nation, per WGAL. The seven NASA astronauts were killed 73 seconds after liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, according to History.com. The site noted that prior to the disaster, the launch was delayed for several days because of weather and technical issues.

“CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil reported how he and his team couldn’t find anybody outside a New Hampshire grocery that was “feeling good about the economy.” While previewing an upcoming CBS News segment set to air on Sunday, Dokoupil mentioned how people complained about higher food prices, despite macro signs that the economy is improving. The co-host claimed that President Biden continues to try and sell his economic achievements — aka “Bidenomics” — ahead of the 2024 presidential election. While speaking to local New Hampshire CBS anchors, Dokoupil reported, “People are really bummed out about the economy here in New...

There is no such thing as a natural disaster only the failure of humans to prepare for events beyond their control, a United Nations office warns. In a display of almost Orwellian doublespeak, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) further cautions “a hazard can only become a disaster once it impacts on society or community. A hazard is natural, disasters are not.” The words of warning are contained in an online assessment published by the organization, stating at the outset “We often hear about ‘natural disasters’ in the news or from NGOs and international organisations (even some...

2023 MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS of the Biden-Harris Administration

The layoffs, which mostly hit commercial operations and related corporate functions, comes one day after the robotaxi subsidiary dismissed nine “key leaders.” The moves are fallout from the company’s response to the Oct. 2 incident in which a pedestrian was dragged 20 feet by a Cruise self-driving car after being hit by another vehicle. Since the incident, the company has suspended all trips on public roads and halted production of a new robotaxi, among other moves. ... General Motors’ Cruise on Thursday announced internally that it will lay off 900 employees, or 24% of its workforce ... The layoffs, which...

General Motors’ autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Cruise, has announced the layoff of 24 percent of its workforce as part of a strategic restructuring focused on a single market for its disastrous robotaxis. UPI reports that Cruise, the robotaxi startup owned by General Motors, has revealed significant staff reductions in a recent blog post. Thursday’s announcement details the layoff of 24 percent of its full-time employees. This decision, according to the company, is due to a strategic shift to simplify and concentrate its efforts. The focus now is to launch an exceptional service in one city initially, using the Bolt platform as...

President Biden’s reelection campaign said the president is cleaning up the economic disaster left behind by former President Trump, in hailing the strong jobs report released on Friday. Labor Department data showed the U.S. economy added 199,000 jobs in November, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent, which was above economists’ expectations. “Joe Biden has now created more jobs in less than three years than any president created in four, cleaning up the economic disaster [Trump] left behind,” Biden-Harris 2024 spokesperson Seth Schuster said in a statement.

Senate Republicans who are concerned about former President Trump’s viability in a general election now see Nikki Haley as the last, best chance of denying Trump the GOP presidential nomination and averting what they see as a potential general election disaster. GOP senators who don’t support Trump acknowledge he could win the presidency, given President Biden’s weak job approval ratings, but they view Haley as much more electable because she does not alienate independent and suburban women voters like Trump does. They are worried that if Trump is the GOP nominee, it could still lead to a disastrous result for...

The Washington Post's Leigh Ann-Caldwell said Sunday that "Bidenomics" has become a "negative word" within the Democratic Party as President Biden has struggled to get his economic message across to translate with voters. NBC News "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker asked Caldwell about Biden's "low marks" on the economy. She added that Democrats believe he needs to shift away from the "Bidenomics" messaging. "'Bidenomics'’ has really become a negative word, especially among Democrats because it’s not working," she said. Caldwell said she was texting with some Democratic lawmakers over the weekend and that they said it was "not looking...

CAPTAIN Shane Murdock says the air industry is ‘poised on the precipice of disaster’. A pilot for more than 40 years and a qualified air accident investigator, he has found official data that back up his claim of impending global catastrophe. He adds: ‘When correlated, the data indicate there is an enormous problem that is having, and will have, a significant impact on aviation safety worldwide. There is enough evidence to be sending out red flags.’ There have been many tragedies this year. Phil Thomas, a young graduate of the Cadiz, Spain, flight training academy, fell ill and died suddenly...

The thrill has gone from all the BIG spending bills from Biden. After its surprising bounce last month (on a seasonally-adjusted basis, because it crashed NSA), US Industrial Production was expected to decline 0.3% MoM in October. It was worse – down 0.6% MoM from a downwardly revised September print (from +0.3% to +0.1%). October’s decline is the worst since Dec 2022 and the YoY drop of 0.8% is the worst since the COVID lockdowns. AND Federal stimulypto is wearing off (M2 Money growth surge peaked in February 2021, but has slowed into negative growth starting in August 2022. Notably,...

A charity for a disease that can cause serious pain and pregnancy complications for females has appointed a transgender woman to be CEO. Endometriosis South Coast (ESC) is described as an "inclusive" charity set up to support those diagnosed with endometriosis or adenomyosis. These two diseases occur when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus or into the uterine muscular wall itself. ESC recently announced that Steph Richards, a transgender woman who uses she/her pronouns, was named the new CEO of the charity. The announcement included a picture of Richards alongside a quote that read,...

So it’s been unsettling to find out the Avengers are Earth-bound, after all. “The Marvels,” the 33rd installment in the MCU and the sequel to 2019’s billion-dollar behemoth “Captain Marvel,” cratered with $47 million in North America and $63 million internationally — the lowest opening weekend in the franchise’s history. Before this weekend, the worst debut belonged to 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk” ($55.4 million, not adjusted for inflation), which premiered at the dawn of the MCU.

Hawaiian life on Maui goes on as though there was no horrendous fire in Lahaina in August. Tourists are back, although not snorkeling with dead bodies floating in the ocean; the state is doing a land grab around Lahaina, under the guise of land being donated; islanders have stopped talking about the fire. No one is now mentioning that the most elaborate alarm system in the U.S. failed to warn residents of the fire, or that water was not released for five hours until permission was given by farmers who control the use of 61% of the reservoir water in...

An explosion at a chemical plant in Texas on Wednesday has prompted nearby communities to shelter in place as officials work to determine whether any chemicals were released into the air. The blast happened at Sound Resource Solutions along U.S. Highway 59 in Shepherd. The city in located in San Jacinto County about 60 miles northeast of Houston. One person suffered first-degree burns to the face and second-degree and third-degree burns to the arms, FOX26 Houston reported, citing a source. The individual was being treated at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center.

If you have eyes are you able to see ? Other countries especially the United States need to step up. It's your neighbor. All the countries around could help Mexico and help get your civilians tourists out as soon as possible ! THIS IS MAJOR ! Get our people out ASAP !

Never before have we talked to so many top government officials who, in private, are so worried about so many overseas conflicts at once.Why it matters: We don't like to sound dire. But to sound a siren of clinical, clear-eyed realism: U.S. officials say this confluence of crises poses epic concern and historic danger. (snip)Former top intelligence officials tell us domestic unrest is one of their biggest fears — whether it's triggered by court rulings against former President Trump or protests over war in the Middle East. (snip) But there has been a total collapse of people's trust in the...

On Forbes Newsroom, California Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman floated the idea of former President George W. Bush becoming the next Speaker of the House. “He could come back,” Sherman said. “Obviously, I’m not a real fan of how the Iraq War went, but I would think that any reasonable Republican would be somebody that Democrats could work with — if it was part of a system where you didn’t have five of the most extreme Republicans blocking important legislation and saying, ‘If you bring that to the floor for a vote, we’ll knock you out of your Speakership.’” Sherman said...

RNC Research I wrote earlier about a couple of the teaser clips from the "60 Minutes" interview with Joe Biden.Those were bad, but the complete interview was even worse. First, we should note that there was a little bit of water-carrying for Joe Biden with host Scott Pelley saying that the president was fitting them into his busy schedule on Thursday. Can't make it up.@60Minutes's @ScottPelley carrying water for Biden before the interview even airs.Pelley claims Biden had to "wedge" the interview into his busy schedule.He had a 10am briefing and a 4:30 meeting that day. That's it. pic.twitter.com/i7Fb26TmpN— Mark...

Many high-profile and important political figures have endorsed Donald Trump’s 2024 re-election bid for the White House. This long list includes at least three governors, 11 senators, and 51 house members — not to mention a seemingly endless list of political commentators and analysts. But perhaps one of the most meaningful endorsements is from Trent Conaway, the mayor of East Palestine, Ohio. The small town has become emblematic of Biden’s destruction of America. (Trending: The Failures of Joe Biden Are In Full Bloom)