There is an old Soviet tale about Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. At lunchtime, he would retreat into his office and stare at the map of the world. The map was centered on the Soviet Union. The old Bolshevik would just glare at it as if it were a giant chessboard awaiting Moscow’s next move.
When New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul takes over as governor in two weeks, it won't be the first time she's entered high office by replacing a man who behaved badly.
According to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, at least $2.7 million from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has gone to support a project at the University of Pittsburgh that includes the possible removal of organs and tissue from pre-born babies who are still alive.
Homicides in Washington, D.C., surpassed coronavirus deaths in the city "by a nearly 3-to-1 ratio in July as the nation's capital continues to grapple with an uptick in murders," reports Fox News.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is pulling ads from Fox News after they refused to run a commercial, saying that it claimed there was "voter fraud" in the 2020 election. The news means that Fox News will lose one of its biggest advertisers.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is an avid supporter of the "defund the police" movement, yet she is reportedly also a strong proponent of funding her own personal security force, which includes a former Blackwater contractor.
Elon Musk—Tesla and SpaceX CEO—openly shamed left-wing satire news outlet The Onion while encouraging his Twitter followers to read right-wing The Babylon Bee, on Thursday.
