Day: September 14, 2023

Biden slams ‘MAGAnomics,’ ignores Hunter’s legal woes in first speech since indictment

9:00 pm September 14, 2023

In his first speech since the indictment of his son, Hunter Biden, on federal firearms charges, President Biden addressed a crowd in Largo, Maryland to make the case for “Bidenomics.” Biden devoted much of the speech to bashing Republicans’ economic agenda, which he pejoratively referred to as “MAGAnomics,” after former President Donald Trump’s 2016 slogan: […]

Brazil’s Supreme Court sentences Bolsonaro supporter to 17 years in prison for storming government offices

8:13 pm September 14, 2023

Brazil’s Supreme Court handed a 17-year prison sentence Thursday to a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed top government offices on Jan. 8 in an alleged bid to forcefully restore the right-wing leader to office. Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira, 51, is the first of several participants in the uprising to be prosecuted. In […]

‘My Unorthodox Life’ star Julia Haart breastfed her younger brother: ‘That’s a mindf–k’

8:11 pm September 14, 2023

“My Unorthodox Life” star Julia Haart is revealing details of her life in the Orthodox Jewish community she grew up in. Haart, now 52, admitted that she had breastfed her brother while she was also breastfeeding her oldest daughter. The Netflix star explained that her youngest brother is actually a couple of months younger than […]

Criminal prosecutions in St. Louis surge after resignation of progressive prosecutor

8:07 pm September 14, 2023

Criminal prosecutions have more than doubled in St. Louis since the city’s progressive prosecutor resigned under fire, a newspaper analysis found. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch found that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore filed more than 1,400 case over the three-period that started with his May 31 swearing-in. That compares to 620 cases filed over […]

House Dems cross party lines, demand Biden admin expand oil drilling

8:05 pm September 14, 2023

A group of House Democrats penned a letter Thursday to several top Biden administration and White House officials, demanding the immediate continuance of uninterrupted offshore oil and gas leasing. The Democrats — led by Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas — called for the Department of the Interior (DOI) to immediately issue its legally mandated plan for […]