2024年12月27日 · Layoffs are also common as companies, even when experiencing massive profits, still downsize. Over half of workers, 53%, say they “feel replaceable,” according to Forbes.And one need only look to the games industry to see why—despite $184 billion in sales, there were over 10,000 layoffs in 2023, according to Polygon. It’s numbers like that that make clear the issue isn’t workers ...

2024年12月23日 · As commander-in-chief, the president also has commutation power over those on military death row. Those four people are: Ronald Gray, who raped and murdered two women, and attempted to rape and murder a third; Hasan Akbar who killed two and injured 16 soldiers in an attack on Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait during the Iraq invasion; Timothy Hennis, who was originally acquitted in state court for ...

2024年12月23日 · So far, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is the only Republican to come out and say he’s not voting for Johnson. But other Republicans say they’re undecided, with Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) telling Axios it would be up to Democrats to save Johnson. “If Mike Johnson wants to continue to be the speaker, he’s going to have to get Democrats to support him.

2024年12月12日 · Saying he will be the one to decide—in consultation with anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—which vaccines the federal government should cut, Donald Trump on Thursday again invoked the false and widely debunked conspiracy theory that links autism to the life-saving drugs. The President-elect’s remarks were met with concern and condemnation. “When asked in an […]

2024年12月9日 · President-elect Donald Trump confirmed his commitment to ending constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, and initiating the mass deportation of American citizens — including minor children — with at least one undocumented parent, a pledge he emphasized throughout the 2024 campaign. “I’m talking about parents who might be here illegally, but the kids are here legally,” NBC […]

2024年11月13日 · American consumers narrowly escaped dramatic increases in the cost of their morning coffee and Valentine’s Day flowers after President Donald Trump on Sunday announced, then quickly rescinded, a 25% tariff on all imports from Colombia — with plans for a whopping 50% tariff to be imposed one week later. Trump’s tariffs were in retaliation for President Gustavo Petro refusing two U.S ...

2024年11月27日 · Phelan “donated $834,600 to Trump’s joint fundraising committee, Trump 47,” back in April, according to The Hill.In August, at his $38 million Aspen estate, Phelan hosted a “$25,000 to $500,000 a couple” fundraiser that reportedly generated $12 million for Trump. “The dinner, which Trump reportedly flew in for on a private jet …

2024年12月26日 · Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie have joined former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) call to release the “congressional sexual slush fund,” a list of congresspeople accused of sexual harassment.

2024年12月17日 · As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes the rounds on Capitol Hill, talking this week with Republican senators about his contentious nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, and as the media continues to unearth even more highly controversial statements the anti-vaccine advocate has made, almost 20 GOP lawmakers have begun to voice their support for the Trump nominee, while Democrats ...

2024年9月17日 · Frum replied, “They’re going to rename the Streisand Effect after this guy.”. For those who don’t know, the “Streisand Effect” in short, is when an attempt to tamp down something leads to it being given a lot more attention. That’s exactly what happened when Vance on Monday told Democrats to “tone down the rhetoric,” which he …