Santa Claus visited El Paso County, Colorado, weeks early this year to apply for a concealed handgun permit from the local sheriff’s office. “Guess who came in to receive his Concealed Handgun Permit today?” the county sheriff’s office tweeted with a Santa emoji. “Did you know the El Paso…
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Thomas Catenacci The top Democrat on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee sent letters to ten fossil fuel firms demanding information on methane emissions and leaks. Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson informed the companies that the panel has opened an investigation into whether the fossil…
Read More Democrats Launch Another Probe Into Fossil Fuel Industry Over Emissions Data
Sebastian Hughes Departures from Vice President Kamala Harris’ office have Democratic operatives worried about Harris’ impact on future female candidates and the potential harm being associated with her could cause, according to a report from Axios. Harris’ chief spokesperson Symone Sanders announced she would be leaving her…
Read More REPORT: ‘It’s Going To Set Women Back’: Dems Worry Dysfunction In Harris’ Office Will Hurt Other Female Candidates
Thomas Catenacci The Washington Post published an article Thursday arguing that gasoline prices aren’t actually very high despite “recent commentary” on the issue. Rising gasoline prices are a consequence of inflation, which affects all sectors of the economy, Severin Borenstein, faculty director of the Haas…
Read More Washington Post Contributor Says Gas Prices ‘Actually Aren’t That High’
Ailan Evans Several U.S. State Department officials had their Apple iPhones hacked by an unknown entity who used foreign spyware to access data on their devices, Reuters reported. The hacks were carried out using spyware from Israeli technology firm NSO Group, which reportedly develops surveillance…
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Andrew Trunsky The nonpartisan Cook Political Report on Friday shifted eight high-stakes gubernatorial races toward Republicans as Democrats continue to face political headwinds. Ratings in Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada, three pivotal battleground states, shifted from “Lean Democratic” to “Toss Up.” Each has a first-term Democratic incumbent —…
Read More Cook Political Report Shifts Eight Governor’s Races Toward GOP
Ailan Evans Hayley Hodgson, a 26-year-old Australian woman, recounted her two-week confinement in a COVID-19 quarantine camp in an interview with UnHerd published Thursday. “You feel like you’re in prison. You feel like you’ve done something wrong, it’s inhumane what they’re doing,” Hodgson said in an interview with UnHerd.…
Read More ‘You Have No Choice’: Woman Recounts Harrowing Experience Trapped In Australian COVID Quarantine Camp
Andrew Trunsky West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin came out against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for large businesses late Thursday, saying he would vote against the measure when it likely comes up next week. “Let me be clear, I do not support any government…
Read More Manchin Comes Out Against Biden’s Vaccine Mandate For Large Companies
Thomas Catenacci The Democratic Party’s lead fundraising arm for electing members to the House cheered a two-cent reduction in the average price of gasoline on Thursday. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) tweeted a graph of gas prices between Nov. 15-29, showing that the average cost at…
Read More Dems Pop Champagne Corks Over 2 Cent Reduction In Gas Prices, Praise Joe Biden
Andrew Trunsky The Senate late Thursday cleared a stopgap bill to fund the government through mid-February, after an 11th-hour agreement led a pocket of conservative Republicans who were prepared to force a shutdown to allow for the measure’s expedited passage. The bill, which funds the…
Read More Government Shutdown Averted After Senate Passes Short-Term Funding Bill