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  • Study: Tires on Electric Cars Wear More Quickly, Have Less Durability

    03/27/2024 1:31:08 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 46 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/27/2024 | JOHN BINDER
    Tires on electric vehicles (EVs) have less durability and wear more quickly than tires on traditional gas-powered cars, a 2024 study shows. The revelation poses another problem for President Joe Biden’s quest to force Americans into EVs. The J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Original Equipment Tire Customer Satisfaction Study found that EV owners reported more tire wear compared to gas-powered cars, Automotive News reports: Findings from the study highlight EV owners having less satisfaction with the durability of their tires, expecting them to wear similar to gasoline-powered vehicle tires. However, EV tires naturally wear quicker because of greater vehicle weight and...
  • Former Watergate prosecutor weighs in on recent Trump gag order: ‘This is so unusual’

    03/27/2024 12:31:39 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 16 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/27/2024 | FILIP TIMOTIJA
    Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman said Wednesday that the gag order recently imposed on former President Trump in his New York hush money trial is “so unusual.” “I think what the viewers have to understand is, this is so unusual,” Akerman told CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield in an interview. “This never happens, in over 50 years of law practice, both as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer. Akerman emphasized the unprecedented nature of how Trump’s case has unfolded, and that his attacks on Judge Juan Merchan could get the former president in “harm’s way.” Not only is the gag order itself unusual,...
  • Bill Maher: ‘I’ll do everything I can to make sure’ Trump isn’t president again

    03/27/2024 12:23:19 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 58 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/27/2024 | JUDY KURTZ
    Bill Maher says he’s committed to ensuring that former President Trump doesn’t return to the Oval Office. “I’ll do everything I can to make sure that doesn’t happen, but none of us have much influence,” the HBO “Real Time” host said of Trump winning his rematch against President Biden, in an interview with Variety that published Wednesday. “What I have decided to do is not preemptively give up my nervous system to Donald Trump like I did last time, or maybe the last two times,” Maher, 68, said. “If he wins, he wins,” he added. “The country is polarized. It’s...
  • NCAA will push states to ban prop bets on college athletes

    03/27/2024 9:43:14 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 5 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/27/2024 | NICK ROBERTSON
    The NCAA announced Wednesday it will lobby state gambling boards to ban player proposition bets in an effort to curb harassment against individual student athletes. As March Madness tournaments get underway, the college athletics organization said prop bets — those made on the specific stat lines of players, like how many points, rebounds or turnovers they make in a game — are harmful to the sport. “Sports betting issues are on the rise across the country with prop bets continuing to threaten the integrity of competition and leading to student-athletes and professional athletes getting harassed,” NCAA President Charlie Baker said...
  • Baltimore Ship ‘Black Box’ Data Recorder Taken by Investigators as Search for Missing Continues

    03/27/2024 9:35:43 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 27 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/27/2024 | Oliver JJ Lane
    The investigation and recovery after the catastrophic bridge strike over the Patapsco River continues, with National Transportation Safety Board officials having boarded the MV Dali and professionals continuing to seek victims of the collapse. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials have now removed the MV Dali’s data recorder — like the famous ‘black boxes’ of commercial aircraft — which upon evaluation may contain further information about the cause of the loss of propulsion that seems to have contributed to Tuesday’s disaster. Among the more mundane reasons for the “lost propulsion” that would have left the ship not able to steer...
  • U.N. Chief Demands Slavery Reparations After ‘Generations of Discrimination

    03/27/2024 8:28:32 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 64 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/27/2024 | SIMON KENT
    U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has declared reparations are due now to compensate for the trans-Atlantic slave trade as a way to tackle “its legacy” in today’s society, including “systemic racism and white supremacy.” In a statement to mark the U.N. International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery, Guterres said the past “laid the foundations for a violent discrimination system based on white supremacy.” “We call for reparatory justice frameworks to help overcome generations of exclusion and discrimination,” Guterres said.
  • Chris Cuomo rips NBC’s reversal on Ronna McDaniel hiring

    03/27/2024 6:51:16 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 31 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/27/2024 | TARA SUTER
    NewsNation host Chris Cuomo criticized NBC’s News’s decision to oust former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor. “How is this not a ‘[former President Trump] and his people tried to rig the election, we don’t want ‘em around,’” he said on his show “Cuomo” Tuesday. “‘Cause they’ve had plenty of Democrats on that said that Trump won because of Russian election interference.” “Now, they didn’t do what Trump and his cronies did, but the idea that ‘This is so offensive, that we can’t even have someone who wants to discuss it,’” Cuomo continued. McDaniel’s ouster...
  • Cheney trolls Trump over Bible sale, suggests he read verse on adultery

    03/26/2024 5:55:15 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 91 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/26/2024 | SARAH FORTINSKY
    Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) took aim at former President Trump for launching an initiative to sell Bibles on Tuesday and encouraged him to read what the Bible says about adultery. “Happy Holy Week, Donald. Instead of selling Bibles, you should probably buy one,” Cheney wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in response to a screenshot of Trump’s Bible pitch on Truth Social. “And read it, including Exodus 20:14,” Cheney added, referring to the verse that commands, “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” In his latest effort to raise funds, Trump pitched his “God Bless...
  • Klobuchar: This Election Is About ‘Codifying Roe v. Wade into Law’

    03/26/2024 5:44:06 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 48 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/26/2024 | Pam Key
    Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that the election in November was about electing lawmakers “to codify Roe v. Wade into law.” Klobuchar said, “This all came out of Dobbs. We wouldn’t be having these arguments right now. This came out of Dobbs. We used to have protections for the women of this country. That was called Roe v. Wade. That Dobbs decision turned it on its head. now we are seeing a patchwork. If the judges went the other way on this, it wouldn’t just be states where abortion is banned, it would be...
  • Utah Senate Republican Candidate John Curtis Says Border Wall Carries ‘Pent-Up Racism’

    03/26/2024 2:04:10 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 40 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/26/2024 | SEAN MORAN
    Rep. John Curtis (R-UT), who is running for Senate to replace retiring Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), said in 2017 that former President Donald Trump’s border wall carries “pent-up racism.” Curtis is just one of the many candidates running to replace Romney. He was the mayor of Provo and considered himself a Democrat until 2006. During an online debate in 2017, he said, when running for Congress, that hopes to continue then-President Donald Trump’s agenda.
  • America has a housing problem. New Dems have a solution.

    03/26/2024 12:05:31 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 58 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/26/2024 | REP. NORMA TORRES
    You’ve probably heard of the “Not In My Backyard” — or NIMBY — movement, but you might not be familiar with “Yes In My Backyard,” an approach that embraces affordable housing development in every community. We face a national housing crisis, and Americans cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the needs of our neighbors, ignore the problem or hope someone else will solve it. We need more YIMBYs. As chair of the New Democrat Coalition’s Affordable Housing Task Force, I’m proud to lead our group of YIMBY Democrats in the House, and unveil the New Dems’ comprehensive Housing...
  • Poll: Joe Biden and Bob Casey Hold Slight Leads in Pennsylvania

    03/26/2024 9:52:17 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 41 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/26/2024 | NICK GILBERTSON
    President Joe Biden and Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) hold slight leads over former President Donald Trump and businessman Dave McCormick in general election match-ups in Pennsylvania, according to a poll. The Susquehanna Polling and Research poll, published Monday, found Biden with a five-point lead over Trump in a two-way presidential race. He registered 50 percent of support to Trump’s 45 percent. Another four percent of respondents were unsure who they would back, and one percent preferred someone else. Here is a screen shot of SP&R's last two polls in the PA POTUS race – Trump is down by 5 which...
  • Biden leads Trump in Wisconsin, tied in two other swing states: poll

    03/26/2024 8:54:43 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 42 replies
    NY Post ^ | 03/26/2024 | Josh Christenson
    President Biden has narrowly pulled ahead of former President Donald Trump in the key state of Wisconsin and is even with his predecessor in Pennsylvania and Michigan, according to a new 2024 election poll. Trump still leads Biden 47% to 43% across seven battleground states, per the March survey conducted by Bloomberg News/Morning Consult — but the Democrat is gaining ground against his presumptive Republican opponent for the first time in five months. Biden, 81, is backed by 46% of registered voters in Wisconsin while 45% support Trump, 77, in a head-to-head battle. Registered voters in Pennsylvania and Michigan broke...
  • Franken: If Trump Puts His Hand on the Bible, It Will ‘Burst Into Flames’

    03/26/2024 6:43:31 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 55 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/25/2024 | Pam Key
    Former Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) quipped Monday on MSNBC’s “Inside” that if former President Donald Trump testifies in his court cases and puts his hand on the Bible, it would burst into flames.” Host Jen Psaki asked, “As you’re watching this, and you see all the different messages the Democratic party is throwing at him, there’s a lot of material there, there’s no question, there’s the legal cases obviously his threat to abortion rights, the threat to the Affordable Care Act. What should people be doing? There’s almost too many to pick from. What is the right approach, in your...
  • Laura Silsby convicted in Haiti, but free to go

    03/26/2024 4:38:28 AM PDT · by ganeemead · 2 replies
    Anything like the Laura Sylsby story is a candidate for being scrubbed off the internet sooner or later and I want at least the one versionof the story I'm still finding to be around as close to forever as possible. The article notes: Laura Silsby convicted in Haiti, but free to go JONATHAN M. KATZ, Associated Press Writer May 17, 2010 Comments  ......U.S. missionary Laura Silsby, left, leaves a courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Monday, May 17, 2010. Silsby, the last of 10 Americans detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake, was released...
  • Joe Biden’s Campaign Rejects Idea It Is Recycling 2020 Strategy amid Grim Reelection Hopes

    03/25/2024 2:05:07 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 18 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/25/2024 | AMY FURR
    A report claims that the outlook for President Joe Biden’s (D) reelection hopes is not good. However, his campaign has pushed back on the idea that it is recycling its 2020 strategy, the news coming as Biden goes head to head with former President Donald Trump. Fox News on Monday cited a recent Time article about the situation, noting some are worried Biden is on the road to a massive defeat. The Fox report continued: Biden is “indeed in trouble,” Time correspondent Charlotte Alter wrote in the piece published Thursday, detailing his low approval ratings, how he trails or ties...
  • MSNBC’s Brzezinski: NBC Should Reconsider Ronna McDaniel’s Employment

    03/25/2024 12:44:30 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 25 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/25/2024 | Pam Key
    MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski said Monday on “Morning Joe” that she hopes NBC will reconsider its decision to hire former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel. Co-host Joe Scarborough said, “Former RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was on Sunday’s ‘Meet the Press,’ her first appearance since NBC News hired her as a political analyst. We were inundated with calls throughout the weekend about NBC’s decision to hire Ron McDaniel. We learned about it on Friday in the press. We weren’t asked for our opinion on the hiring. If we were we have strongly objected for several reasons, including but not limited...
  • Report: Letitia James Might Wait for Appeal Ruling If Trump Doesn’t Post $454M Bond Monday

    03/25/2024 9:19:35 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 19 replies
    NY Post ^ | 03/25/2024 | WENDELL HUSEBØ
    New York Attorney General Letitia James may reportedly wait for a New York court to rule on former President Donald Trump’s appeal to hold off posting a $454 million bond or have it reduced. Trump must post a liquid (cash, securities) bond by Monday’s deadline to block James from enforcing a civil fraud judgment. A New York Appeals Court could rule anytime this week on Trump’s appeal. The court generally issues rulings on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the Washington Post reported. “James might start slowly,” the New York Times reported Monday on her potential action against Trump. “She could even wait...
  • Return-to-office mandates can’t fix stagnant post-COVID worker productivity

    03/25/2024 8:52:11 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 52 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/25/2024 | GLEB TSIPURSKY
    More than two-thirds of managers report that they’re under immense pressure to squeeze more out of their workers, according to a recent Slack survey of 18,000 knowledge workers. Amid major concerns about stagnant or declining worker productivity in the post-COVID era, one would think government and corporate leaders might ask whether they themselves aren’t the ones doing something wrong. One thing many of them ignore to their own disadvantage is the extensive evidence that flexible hybrid work is more productive than forced in-office work for the same roles. For example, according to the annual report by the Office of Personnel...
  • ‘Morning Joe’ hosts say Ronna McDaniel won’t be guest after NBC hiring

    03/25/2024 7:18:29 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 26 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/25/2024 | SARAH FORTINSKY
    The hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” said Monday that former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel — NBC News’s new paid contributor — will not be asked to appear on their show as a guest, pointing to her role in helping former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski in their Monday broadcast sharply criticized the network for hiring McDaniel and called on NBC News to reconsider the decision. “To be clear, we believe NBC News should seek out conservative Republican voices to provide balance in their election coverage. But...