Day: November 2, 2023

Dick Durbin joins far left of his party in calling for Israel-Hamas ‘cease-fire’

11:00 pm November 2, 2023

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., argued for a “cease-fire” between Israel and Hamas during a CNN segment on Thursday, putting him in line with far-left members of his party, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. Durbin, the second-highest ranking Democrat in the Senate, told CNN host Poppy Harlow he believes there should […]

ND politician accused of traveling to Prague for sex with minor took taxpayer-funded trips to city: report

10:55 pm November 2, 2023

A former North Dakota legislator charged with traveling to Prague with the intent of paying for sex with a minor used state funds to pay for at least three trips to that city and to other destinations in Europe, according to a group that organized the travel. Travel records from the North Dakota School Boards […]

Wisconsin Democrats introduce prison reform package as lockdowns proliferate

10:52 pm November 2, 2023

Democratic lawmakers introduced a sweeping legislative package Thursday to address deteriorating conditions in Wisconsin prisons as a chronic staffing shortage has led to months-long lockdowns and a federal lawsuit. The state’s perennially overcrowded prison system has been grappling with a lack of staffing that has only grown worse in recent years. The state’s adult institutions […]

High school students walk out of class in protest of transgender bathroom policy: ‘They ignore us’

10:30 pm November 2, 2023

Students at a high school in Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) walked out in protest of the district’s gender policy that allows non-binary, gender-fluid and transgender students to use whichever school bathrooms and locker rooms they want based on their chosen gender. Around 50-100 students at Woodgrove High School participated in the walkout to protest Policy […]

Police fatally shoot man wanted in California machete attack after he pulls knife at Sagebrush Cantina

10:18 pm November 2, 2023

Officers fatally shot a knife-wielding man on the patio of a popular Southern California restaurant after pursuing him from the scene of a nearby machete attack, police said. None of the many customers inside the Sagebrush Cantina were hurt in the Wednesday night incident and the victim of the machete attack was not seriously injured, […]