EPA threatens to withhold funds from California over air quality…
September 24, 2019
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday threatened to withhold billions from California’s highway funds over the state’s purported failure to tackle air pollution. The warning is the latest skirmish in an ongoing feud between California and the Trump administration. Last week, the EPA moved to roll back aspects of the Clean Air Act, which California has for years used to set its own emissions standards.
The federal government mandates how much pollution can be in the air. Lots of places in the country don't meet those standards. But no state has more problems than California, where 85 percent of the population — 34 million people — is breathing dirty air.
Chuck Schumer talks Trump Impeachment – Ukraine Whistleblower & Transcripts…
September 24, 2019
Massachusetts bans all vaping products for 4 months in the toughest state action taken yet…
September 24, 2019
Calling the burgeoning number of cases of lung injury from vaping a public health emergency, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said the ban will immediately apply to marijuana and nicotine e-cigarettes and extend through Jan. 25, 2020. It must be approved by a health council that is nearly certain to do so. Baker’s office said that, as of Tuesday, 61 cases of suspected vaping-related illnesses in Massachusetts have been reported to the state Department of Public Health. That’s an increase of 23 over the previous week.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces impeachment probe into Trump…
September 24, 2019
13 Junior Marines Charged in Human Trafficking Scheme…
September 24, 2019
Twelve members of 1st Battalion, 5th Marines – all in the rank of lance corporal – along with a Marine assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, “will face military court proceedings for UCMJ violations” for offenses that include failure to obey an order, drug offenses, endangerment, larceny, perjury and allegedly transporting or conspiring to transport undocumented immigrants, 1st Marine Division officials said in a Friday statement. Nine of the Marines remained in confinement in the military brig at Camp Pendleton, a division spokeswoman, Maj. Kendra Motz, told USNI News Monday
Boston Dynamics Launches Spot…
September 24, 2019
Boston Dynamics is putting Spot to work. The company has announced a new leasing program for its Spot robot (formerly SpotMini), which is aimed at construction, entertainment, and other automation-friendly industries. But is the world ready for this semi-autonomous quadruped?
Trump to release transcript of phone conversation with President Zelensky of Ukraine…
Pelosi, top Democrats privately discuss creation of select committee for impeachment...
September 24, 2019
....You will see it was a very friendly and totally appropriate call. No pressure and, unlike Joe Biden and his son, NO quid pro quo! This is nothing more than a continuation of the Greatest and most Destructive Witch Hunt of all time!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2019
Alan Dershowitz asks judge to dismiss defamation case against him from Virginia Giuffre …
September 24, 2019
The first salvos in a federal court case pitting two of the nations most powerful lawyers against each other were heard Tuesday in New York, as famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz argued that his Twitter attacks against a woman accusing him of sexual abuse are protected free speech.
The defamation case promises to provide lurid new details about Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case, including whether other powerful men were involved in procuring young women from Epstein for sex. Among the names thrown out at the hearing Tuesday was Leslie Wexner, owner of Victoria’s Secret, whom Dershowitz said will be called as a witness should the case go to trial.
German consumer group finds that using reusable bamboo coffee cups can be bad for your health…
September 24, 2019
Testing 12 different bamboo cup brands, Stiftung Warentest found that most released ‘very high’ amounts of melamine and formaldehyde after contact with a hot drink. At first glance, food and beverage containers made from bamboo seem like a good choice for environmentally friendly consumers. Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant on the planet, so there’s no shortage of sustainable material. Plus, bamboo containers are reusable and can, therefore, replace the disposable containers used by coffee shops and other food and beverage outlets. According to data cited by German consumer organisation Stiftung Warentest foundation, disposable coffee cups create 40,000 metric tons of waste each year in Germany alone. However, a recent test by the consumer group, that investigates and compares goods on the German market, has shown that by switching to a bamboo cup you might be risking your health in the process.
Navy launches probe after spate of suicides on US warships…
September 24, 2019
Federal agents are probing the recent spate of suicides committed by sailors assigned to the USS George H.W. Bush — including a fourth case in July, according to a report. Authorities began investigating the suicide of Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Robert John Bartulewicz III in July, but federal agents launched a new probe after three other sailors from the same aircraft carrier killed themselves last week, the Navy Times reported... Navy officials rejected suggestions that the cases point to an “epidemic,” the Navy Times reported. “The sailors did not serve in the same departments, and there does not appear to be a connection between their deaths,” Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg told the outlet.
Attorney For Anti-Trump ‘Whistleblower’ Worked For Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer…
September 24, 2019
The anonymous person who filed a formal, uncorroborated complaint against President Donald Trump for allegedly asking a foreign leader to investigate corruption related to Joe Biden now has a legal team that includes a Democratic operative who worked for Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.).
Andrew Bakaj, now a managing partner at the Compass Rose Legal Group, interned for Schumer in the spring of 2001 and for Clinton in the fall of the same year, according to Bakaj’s LinkedIn page. More recently, Bakaj has worked as an official in the CIA and Pentagon and specializes in whistleblower and security clearances in his legal practice.
Pelosi Moves Forward With Impeaches and Cream…
September 24, 2019
Devin Sloane, a Los Angles business executive receives 4 months in prison for paying $250K to get son into USC as fake water polo recruit…
September 24, 2019
He is the second parent to be sentenced in the nation's college admissions scandal after actress Felicity Huffman received 14 days in prison this month. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani also sentenced Sloane to 500 hours of community service over two years and a $95,000 fine... Sloane, 53, is the founder and CEO of waterTALENT, a water treatment company. The judge ordered him to report to prison Dec. 3.
Court grants Motion for Acquittal for Bijan Rafiekian (Flynn Intel Group/Turkey/FARA case)…
September 24, 2019
BREAKING: Court grants Motion for Acquittal for Bijan Rafiekian (Flynn Intel Group/Turkey/FARA case).
"The evidence was insufficient as a matter of law for the jury to convict Rafiekian on either count"
Huge blow to DOJ National Security Division. pic.twitter.com/bOPdMoHpeb
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) September 24, 2019
Wife of “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary charged in fatal boat crash…
September 24, 2019
Police say the wife of "Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary has been charged with careless operation of a vessel in a fatal boat crash in Canada. Ontario Provincial Police say 56-year-old Linda O'Leary of Toronto is scheduled to appear in court on October 29.
Two boats crashed on Lake Joseph near Seguin, Ontario, on August 24, killing a Florida man identified as 64-year-old Gary Poltash and a 48-year-old woman identified as Susanne Brito. Brito died in the hospital days later. O'Leary said after the crash that he wasn't piloting the boat at the time.Federal agents raid Springfield, Cicero offices of Illinois Sen. Martin Sandoval…
September 24, 2019
Shortly after 12:30 p.m., at least eight men left the Senate Democratic offices carrying two cardboard boxes, two brown bags labeled “evidence” and what appeared to be a desktop computer, wrapped in plastic. They loaded everything into two SUVs. An FBI spokesman confirmed that agents were at the capitol Tuesday conducting “authorized law enforcement activity,” but declined to comment further. The spokesman had no immediate comment when asked about the search of Sandoval’s Cicero office.
Pelosi speaks at Atlantic’s Ideas Summit…
September 24, 2019
China Gives New Waivers for Tariff-Free U.S. Soy Purchases…
September 24, 2019
Companies receive 2m-3m tons in tariff waivers for U.S. soy. Firms already bought at least 20 cargoes on Monday, people say...
500 Scientists Write U.N.: ‘There Is No Climate Emergency’…
September 24, 2019
“Climate science should be less political, while climate policies should be more scientific,” the declaration states. “Scientists should openly address the uncertainties and exaggerations in their predictions of global warming, while politicians should dispassionately count the real benefits as well as the imagined costs of adaptation to global warming, and the real costs as well as the imagined benefits of mitigation.” The scientists underscored the importance of not rushing into enormously expensive climate action before fully ascertaining the facts.
HOAX: Little Girl Seen Crying in Viral Video at Global Warming Rally Is a Child Actress – She Was Just a Child Prop for the Left…
September 24, 2019
As we reported on Monday — One terrified little girl in Australia couldn’t even talk to reporters about climate change without crying. She broke down in tears while talking to reporters about climate change junk science... But that was not your typical emotional teen. The girl in the video is an Aussie child actress.