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Pelosi rejects stock-trading ban for members of Congress: ‘We are a free-market economy. They should be able to participate in that.’ By Bryan Metzger Business Insider December 15, 2021 Speaker Pelosi rejected the idea of barring Congress members and their spouses from trading stocks. “We are free-market economy. They should be able to participate in that,” she said. Progressives, such as Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have called for such bans. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected the idea of barring members of Congress and their spouses from holding or trading individual stocks while in office. Continue…
December 15, 2021
Senator Blumenthal Delivered Speech at Communist Party Awards | National Review National Review December 15, 2021 The event was used in part to recruit new members to the organization, and presented certificates of special recognition from the Senate to three winners of the Connecticut People’s World Committee’s annual “Amistad Award,” according to the Yankee Institute, a free market think tank in Connecticut. The committee is an affiliate of the Communist Party USA and the Marxist People’s World news site. “I am really excited and honored to be with you today and share in this remarkable occasion,” Blumenthal said,…
By Peter Hasson Fox Business December 15, 2021 The National Football League’s “Inspire Change” partners, which receive financial backing from the multibillion-dollar league, include multiple groups that have openly advocated for defunding the police, a Fox News Digital review of the program found. Groups who have received funds as part of “Inspire Change,” the NFL’s social justice initiative, include the Vera Institute of Justice, the Oregon Justice Resource Center and the Community Justice Exchange. All three of those groups support defunding or abolishing the police, a review of their public statements shows. Continue Reading…..
Federal judge tosses Trump lawsuit to block income taxes from being released to Congress NBC News December 15, 2021 A federal judge threw out former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit seeking to block a House committee from getting his tax returns. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden said efforts by Trump’s lawyers to block the handover were wrong on the law. “A long line of Supreme Court cases requires great deference to facially valid congressional inquiries. Even the special solicitude accorded former presidents does not alter the outcome,” McFadden wrote. Continue Reading…..
Fox News stars privately blamed Donald Trump for prolonging the Capitol riot, then took a different position on their shows By Tom Porter Business Insider December 14, 2021 Fox News hosts immediately after the Capitol riot used their shows to deflect blame from Trump. But new text messages sent to Mark Meadows showed them taking a very different position in private. They show the likes of Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham pleading for Trump to intervene. Continue Reading…..
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Kim Kardashian passes California’s ‘baby bar’ law exam By Jack Guy CNN December 13, 2021 (CNN)Kim Kardashian has passed a law exam and moved a step closer to being able to practice as an attorney in the state of California. Kardashian revealed that she passed the exam at the fourth attempt in an Instagram post published Monday. “OMFGGGG I PASSED THE BABY BAR EXAM!!!!”, Kardashian wrote, alongside an image of herself in a bright blue dress, looking into a mirror. Continue Reading…..
The US cut a Taiwanese minister from a video feed after she displayed a map showing her country as separate from China By Bill Bostock Business Insider December 13, 2021 A Taiwanese minister was cut from a video feed of President Joe Biden’s democracy summit minutes after she presented a map showing her country as separate from China. The State Department blamed a technical error, though Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the matter, that it was deliberate. China insists that Taiwan is part of the country, whereas Taiwan, which has been self-governing for decades, is fiercely opposed…
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