San Francisco will roll out a pilot program in October that will pay “high risk” individuals not to shoot one another, Fox News reported. The program, which is sponsored by the Dream Keeper Fellowship, will pay 10 people “who are at high risk of being on either end of a shooting” $300 per month to forego the…
Democrat Val Demings: ‘Shameful’ DeSantis, GOP Would Want to Stop Paying People More to Stay Home than to Work
June 16, 2021 by
Democrat Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), a candidate for U.S. Senate in the state of Florida, is slamming her state’s GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republicans like her opponent Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for a move to cut off federal unemployment insurance benefits that have for months paid people more to stay home than to work.…
If the Trump/Putin Press Conference Shocked You, You’re Not Paying Attention.
July 17, 2018 by
Disgraceful. Embarrassing. A complete lack of grasp of the situation. Such were the observations about President Trump’s performance at the joint press conference with Vladimir Putin. Everyone is free to like or dislike the way Trump navigates the world, but I would suggest those descriptions are more suited to the swarm of wild overreaction. It […]
Trade Deficits Paying for China Military Buildup.
June 9, 2018 by
One little detail largely escaped media notice when Chinese president Xi Jinping met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on May 8. The visit coincided with China’s launch of its first indigenous aircraft carrier in the town where the two met, perhaps sending a message to friend and foes of both China and North Korea: The […]
There Is No ‘United Nations.’ So Let’s Stop Paying For It.
December 22, 2017 by
The worst people in the world gathered in New York on Thursday to condemn the United States for exercising its sovereign right to establish its embassy in Israel at Israel’s capital. The United States, which funds the lion’s share of the United Nations, hosts the organization in its most populous city, and offers $50 billion […]
Ex-Mexican Prez Doubles Down: Not Paying For Trump’s ‘F**king Wall’
February 27, 2016 by
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox called for Donald Trump to “withdraw” from the presidential race Friday because Trump wants to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. In an interview on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria Bartiromo” on Friday, Fox said the presidency of the United States “is so elegant, it’s so full of power […]