After the 2022 election, California Representative Eric Swalwell might get in trouble for his extravagant spending on child care. During the heat of the campaign, politicians can use campaign funds to pay for child care, but they must stop doing so after the election is over. An ethics watchdog group has claimed that Swalwell breached that requirement by spending around $17,000 for child care between November 14, 2022, and the end of the year. According to Kendra Arnold, executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, it would be unethical for the candidate to use campaign funds to…
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Buffett acknowledges in his now-famous annual letter as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway that “fiscal imbalances have repercussions.” During his annual letter to shareholders, billionaire CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Warren Buffett issued a stern inflation warning and slammed the “disgusting” behavior of some of the company’s money managers. “Fiscal imbalances have implications,” the late financial maestro Warren Buffett said. Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and the company’s second-oldest employee at 99, shares Buffett’s responsibility for managing Berkshire’s operations and finances in a way that achieves an acceptable result over time and preserves the company’s unparalleled staying power when…
‘Go the heck away,’ Scott Adams cartooned, “from Black People.” Scott Adams’ racist podcast statements and subsequent defense of them led to the removal of his popular comic strip “Dilbert” from many publications. “If almost half of all Blacks are not cool with White people – according to this survey, not to me – that’s a hate group,” Adams stated in his “Coffee with Scott Adams” video, alluding to a Rasmussen poll published this week. The statement “That’s a hate group, and I don’t want anything to do with them” He went on to state that he had moved to…
Political statements, including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) declarations, were voted out of UNC’s promotion and tenure procedures. To curb the spread of “woke” ideas, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill approved a resolution banning diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) announcements and preferential treatment of certain groups in employment. On Thursday, the Board of Governors at UNC boldly decided to prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements and required speech requirements for admission, promotion, and tenure. The university “shall neither solicit nor require an employee or applicant for academic admission or employment to affirmatively ascribe to or opine…
Recently, a 6-foot-6-inch Florida student became violent and knocked out a female school staff member when she confiscated his Nintendo Switch video gaming console. An angry adolescent runs towards a female instructor, who turns to view her as she is shoved to the ground. A 270-pound Matanzas High School student in Palm Coast repeatedly stomps on a paraprofessional until she falls unconscious after being struck 15 times. Many members of staff witnessed the assault on the teacher and acted promptly to protect the instructor from further harm. While she was injured, she is expected to make a full recovery. Videos…
President Joe Biden’s wife, Jill, announced Friday that he will run for reelection. The 80-year-old President Biden’s decision to seek reelection has been the subject of much conjecture over the previous two years. In an interview with the Associated Press, Jill Biden conceded that, other than the time and place of the official announcement, there is “pretty much” nothing left to determine as to whether or not her husband will run for president. She asked the site’s readers, “How many times does he have to say it for you to believe it?” His exact words were, “He claims he’s not…
To hear President Joe Biden tell it, a trip to the East Palestine hamlet hasn’t been on his mind since the devastating train accident earlier this month. On February 3, 2019, a tragic train accident occurred in a tiny town in Ohio due to an overheated wheel bearing in one car. Residents within a mile of the wrecked train were evacuated, and a controlled burn of the vinyl chloride it was hauling was initiated. In eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, residents saw massive black plumes of smoke billowing from five train wagons. The smoke was later determined to be vinyl…
Markle and Prince Harry have been parodied in a “South Park” episode. Samantha Markle, Meghan Markle’s estranged half-sister, has spoken out against the February 15 episode of “South Park” that included a harsh portrayal of Markle and Prince Harry. Even though Markle and Harry have been making media appearances and filming a docuseries for Netflix, Samantha believed the episode “The World Privacy Tour” did an excellent job of conveying their desire to keep a low profile. Samantha called the “South Park” episode “hysterical” in an interview with GB News. Her observation that the public relations sector is “laden with journalists,”…
Co-host of the liberal talk shows The View Residents of East Palestine ‘voted’ for Trump’s destabilizing policies. Co-host of “The View” Joy Behar is taking additional criticism after she appeared to condemn people in East Palestine for voting for Trump. Pennsylvania resident Ashley Bennett, who is only a few miles from the derailment site, claimed that Trump is unfairly singled out for leftist criticism, but that the problem is not political. During his appearance on “Fox & Friends” on Friday, Bennett emphasized that “it’s not time to play politics.” On February 7, a hazardous train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio,…
New York City Councilwoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez expressed dismay at the very discriminating’ remarks made by a Japanese government official. New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is taking heat for comments she made about Japan’s lack of tolerance during a congressional visit to that country. As part of a nearly 40-minute-long Instagram video, Ocasio-Cortez called out Japan, expressing dismay at a member of the Japanese government’s “extremely discriminating” statements towards the LGBT community. A member of the Japanese administration “was captured in off-the-record comments expressing highly discriminating words towards LGBT people,” she said in a live-streamed Instagram video on Monday. “I think…
The director of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has dubbed the Biden administration’s explanation that deregulation efforts by former President Donald Trump were to blame for the railway crash and chemical explosion in East Palestine, Ohio, “misinformation.” Before the controlled burn of industrial chemicals was begun on the car on February 3 to reduce the potential of an explosion that might have thrown shrapnel across the small town, local and state officials evacuated all inhabitants within one mile of the derailment. Massive plumes of black smoke, containing vinyl chloride, a human carcinogen used in the production of PVC, emanated…
With a doctor’s recommendation, terminally ill patients and hospice patients in North Carolina will soon be able to legally consume cannabis. After passing another committee on Thursday, a bill that would legalize medicinal cannabis usage under strict limitations will be brought to the floor of the Senate the following week. A favorable vote was cast in the Senate Rules Committee, after earlier this week’s favorable votes in the Judiciary and Finance Committees. Senator Bill Rabon (R-Brunswick County), a longtime advocate for medicinal marijuana, is the rules committee’s chair. The law is nearly identical to one that easily cleared the Senate…
On Wednesday, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, and Gavin Newsom, the incoming governor of California, attended the opening of Tesla’s new technological hub in Silicon Valley (D). Tesla intends to remodel the former HP headquarters so that it may serve as a hub for its worldwide engineering operations. The famous Democratic politician and successful businessman addressed a news conference there on Wednesday. ‘The future happens in California first,’ as the adage goes. In an interview, Newsom proclaimed that California was “changing the world” because of the state’s historic investments, talent pipeline, and partnerships with companies like Tesla. Towards this end,…
As of Thursday, the Missouri attorney general has initiated the process to have Gardner removed from office. State Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a lawsuit against St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Thursday, claiming that Gardner’s recklessness warrants her removal from office. At the press conference, one individual in the crowd cried that Gardner had experienced “racist harassment,” which caused a commotion. To justify her handling of the bond-jumping case involving 21-year-old Daniel Riley, Gardner held a press conference. Riley attacked young volleyball player Janae Edmondson, who was in St. Louis on Saturday with her family for a competition.…
During the most recent episode of “Verdict,” Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas criticized Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for his handling of the East Palestine, Ohio, train catastrophe. Cruz’s comments come as Buttigieg visits the town for the first time in weeks after a train crashed there, dumping massive amounts of dangerous chemicals, which were then set on fire, prompting concerns about the potential health effects on the local population. “Look, it’s ludicrous that Joe Biden hasn’t been to East Palestine yet,” Cruz stated. “You have a city in the United States that was on fire because of a big…