Day: December 29, 2024

I’m a blue state mayor and the future of homelessness scares me

8:30 pm December 29, 2024

The brief life of the Ghost of Christmas Present passed upon the stroke of midnight on Wednesday, and children began the countdown to the appearance of his brother, one year from now. This Christmas, as I do every Christmas, I read Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” There is a scene, right after the departure of […]

Azerbaijan president accuses Russia of ‘absurd’ plane crash cover-up, says flight was ‘shot down’

8:19 pm December 29, 2024

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused Russia of executing an “absurd” cover-up after its air defenses allegedly “shot down” a passenger plane last week. Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the “tragic incident” this weekend, but the Kremlin has not formally stated that Russian air defenses shot down the plane. At least 38 people were killed […]

China directs largest military build-up since 1930s Nazi Germany, expert warns, citing Pentagon report

8:14 pm December 29, 2024

China is conducting the largest military build-up seen since that of Nazi Germany during the 1930s, one expert warns, after a new Department of Defense report detailed Beijing’s operations including bolstering weapons and psychological warfare. In a piece for The Federalist, Chuck DeVore, chief national initiatives officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, referenced the […]

DAVID MARCUS: MAGA’s H-1B ‘civil war’ is exactly how politics is supposed to work

8:07 pm December 29, 2024

There are two pieces of very good news that have come out of the infighting over H-1B visas for foreign skilled workers in Trump World this week. The first happy accident is that tensions are already easing, much to the chagrin of liberals who hoped they were witnessing a permanent schism. The second, even better […]

DNC chair candidate says lack of gender diversity in the race is ‘jarring’: ‘Conversation is way off’

8:03 pm December 29, 2024

DNC chair candidate Nate Snyder, a former Department of Homeland Security official, lamented that there was a lack of gender diversity in the race during a recent interview. “It is a bit jarring too, to where the gender diversity is in this race and the conversation, it’s also way off,” Snyder said during an interview […]