August 2023

Maui County Sues Hawaiian Electric for Allegedly Causing Deadly Wildfires

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 25, 2023 16 Comments

Records obtained by The Washington Post show Hawaiian Electric "hauled away fallen poles, power lines, transformers, conductors and other equipment from near a Lahaina substation starting around Aug. 12." ...

Long Island U. Demands Members of Student Club Attend LGBT Training for Saying Men Cannot be Women

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 25, 2023 8 Comments

"We are not going to let the university bully us into censoring ourselves."...

Environmentalists Sue US Forest Service Over Plans to Thin Forest around Big Bear

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 25, 2023 21 Comments

Hopefully, the water officials in the Big Bear area will allow resources to be used when the inevitable wildfire does break out....

George Washington University to Arm Campus Police, Over Objections of Students and Faculty

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 25, 2023 4 Comments

“This is an attack on the poor and the working class. This is an attack on DC residents, who will almost certainly be brutalized by an armed GWPD.”...

Self-Absorbed NY Times Reporter Whines About Jewish Religious Practices at Western Wall While Trying To Cover Mayor Eric Adams Visit

Posted by Stacey Matthews on August 25, 2023 23 Comments

“As journalistic integrity, honesty, and impartiality has grown obsolete, the new norm for attention starved reporters seems to be the need to insert themselves into the story."...

NJ Governor Sues Schools To Halt Parental Notification Of Gender Social Transitioning of Their Kids

Posted by Jane Coleman on August 25, 2023 32 Comments

NJ Parent: “They’re making it like they’re suing the Board of Ed. [But] they’re suing the parents and they’re suing the taxpayers who support the Board of Ed.”...

Trump Booked and Released From Fulton County Jail, Posts Picture of Real Mugshot

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 24, 2023 91 Comments

"This is yet another SAD DAY IN AMERICA!"...

House Republicans Demand Fulton County DA Explain ‘Politically Motivated’ Trump Indictment

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 24, 2023 45 Comments

"Your indictment and prosecution implicate substantial federal interests, and the circumstances surrounding your actions raise serious concerns about whether they are politically motivated."...

Biden Admin Directs $1.4 Billion into New Covid Research, Vaccines, and Therapies

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 24, 2023 32 Comments

How much have the wildfire victims of Maui received so far? $8.5 million....

UPDATE: Georgia Judge Approves October 2023 Trial Date for One Trump Co-Defendant

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 24, 2023 37 Comments

She wants to try to prosecute 19 defendants in less than two months. Good luck. It takes forever to put together a big case against one defendant....

VIDEO: Migrants Enter U.S. Through 114 Gates Welded Open Along Arizona Border

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 24, 2023 41 Comments

“We thought the agents were going to tell us something. But we just walked in.”...

Penn State Offering In-State Tuition to Illegal Immigrants Despite Budget Crunch

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 24, 2023 3 Comments

“Undocumented students, with or without DACA, can be eligible for in-state tuition if they meet Penn State’s residency requirements.”...

https://youtu.be/2DimtcHEGD4?si=m4RY1FLzexNLpXvU

Yale Police Union Distributes Campus Safety Flyers Featuring Grim Reaper to New Students Causing Outrage

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 24, 2023 31 Comments

"These pamphlets included disturbing and inflammatory rhetoric about the safety of Yale’s campus and its home city of New Haven, aimed at creating fear among new students and their families."...