Author: nick
Sometimes, you’re on the train or enjoying a bite to eat on a restaurant’s patio and you catch a whiff of an oddly sweet scent. A moment later, you see a puff dissipate around a nearby stranger and realize: You’re smelling a vape pen or an e-cigarette. So what exactly are you inhaling? A lengthy list of chemicals, it turns out. And recent Food and Drug Administration decisions have the potential to increase how often you’re exposed to these substances. On May 5, under presidential pressure, the FDA for the first time authorized fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for people ages 21 and…
From yesterday’s decision by Judge Hector Gonzalez (E.D.N.Y.) in Harr v. City of N.Y.: In 2003, in connection with the invasion of Iraq, the United States Department of Defense developed a deck of playing cards, titled “Iraqi Most Wanted,” to help familiarize troops with members of Saddam Hussein’s government and inner circle. Approximately 20 years later and days after UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, was shot and killed, Plaintiffs James Harr and Comrade Workwear, LLC developed a deck of cards, modeled after the U.S. military’s deck, titled “Most Wanted CEOs.” … Plaintiffs’ cards: featured a well-known corporate executive, their affiliated company,…
Would you pay 8 dollars for a gallon of gasoline? I know that may sound crazy to many of you, but that is what some residents of Los Angeles are paying right now. Sadly, the west coast is more dependent on oil from the Persian Gulf than anywhere else in the continental United States, and now the last tanker that departed before the war with Iran began has arrived. What this means is that gas prices are going to go even higher on the west coast. In fact, some gas stations may soon need to add another digit on their…
The president dropped his justified lawsuit against the IRS and administrative claims against the DOJ to instead seek financial relief for J6ers and other victims of government abuses. Source link
Democrats will try to make sure Republicans pay a political price if they support the president’s new payout scheme. Source link
On Monday, the US Department of Justice announced that Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, of Marina Del Rey had been indicted on federal charges for illegally paying homeless people to register to vot… Source link
Nancy Pelosi is officially wading into the race to replace her in Congress, endorsing San Francisco supervisor Connie Chan after weeks of more subtly expressing her support. Source link
Scott Ritter says Russia will strike command centers in Kiev, as well as German and English factories after Ukrainian attacks cut Russia’s oil exports 20 percent. Ray McGovern disagrees, saying Russia will continue to cautiously avoid hitting Germany or England to prevent a NATO-Russia war. Please Donate to the Spring Fund Drive! Source link
For at least the past several years, in the middle of the night on the last day of the legislative session, Illinois lawmakers have been asked to vote on budgets of over 3,000 pages mere hours after first seeing them. With more than $56 billion in play, you’d think there’d be a better process in place. Instead, Illinois’ budgeting leaves lawmakers and taxpayers in the dark. Year after year, the state bypasses basic steps to ensure transparency and accountability. Illinois needs a more responsible process, built on early revenue estimates, independent analysis, and spending decisions that align with them. Start with a…
I am not a fan of Bill Maher. I saw him perform when I was a Summer Associate in 2008 in Washington, D.C. I found him far more smug than funny. Whatever. Not my cup of tea. But I was moved by his recent segment titled “New Rule: No Jews, No News.” He makes the obvious, and powerful point, that modern discourse about “colonialism” and “genocide” is simply anti-semitism dressed up in academic garb. It is also noteworthy that there were only scattered applauses in the crowd. The reliably liberal audience was unsure whether it was safe to laugh. Watch…