Today’s Top 5:
Ever heard of President Reagan’s “Star Wars” program? This may be the real deal in Maui as to its implementation!
Meanwhile, FEMA Director Deanne Criswell says the search for remains in the “burn area” is 87% complete and that the search will take several more days. Why THAT number? How does she know they’re 87% complete? Are we to trust a government official’s word?
2.Secret Service Arrests Chicago Woman for Alleged Threats to Shoot Donald and Barron Trump
A Chicago-area woman was arrested by Federal agents Monday on a complaint accusing her of sending email threats to shoot former President Donald Trump and his youngest son Barron, according to federal prosecutors and a criminal complaint.
AP reports Tracy Marie Fiorenza, 41, was taken into custody on a charge of transmitting threats to kill or injure, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago.
3.Three pilots ‘die suddenly’ in one week
An IndiGo airline pilot Thursday collapsed at the boarding gate in Nagpur airport and was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to Hindustan Times. According to preliminary reports, 40-year-old Captain Manoj Subramanyam suffered a “sudden cardiac arrest.”
The day before, a Qatar Airlines pilot on flight QR 579 from Delhi to Doha died suddenly on board. The 51-year-old was reportedly traveling as a passenger.
“He was very fit and his untimely demise has come as a big shock for everyone who knew him,” said a colleague, reports the Times of India.
Three days before, a LATAM flight from Miami to Santiago, Chile Monday was forced to divert to Panama City after its pilot died suddenly in the lavatory.
4.GOP Presidential Candidate Larry Elder to Sue RNC, Contends He Met Debate Requirements
Republican presidential candidate Larry Elder announced he will sue the Republican National Committee (RNC) to get on the debate stage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wednesday night, contending he has met all of its requirements and “establishment leaders” are trying to stifle his voice.
“I said from the beginning that it appeared the rules of the game were rigged,” Elder stated in an emailed press release on Tuesday. “Little did we know just how rigged it is.”
Meanwhile, all of the “qualified candidates” will be mass-debating together in Milwaukee tonight on live TV! Count how many times each candidate mentions the word “Democracy” and you’ll have an idea of how much of a Democrat these GOP candidates actually are!
5.Thousands lose power as Texas braces for deluge from Tropical Storm Harold
The skies began to darken over southern Texas on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Harold hurtled toward the state, just as California began cleanup from the historic storm system Hilary.
Texas, still grappling with the effects of one of the hottest and driest summers on record, is now bracing for a deluge. As Harold continued on its westward trajectory after sweeping through the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters warned it could drop up to 7in of rain in some areas with risks of flash flooding.
“Tropical storm force winds will accompany the system as it progresses inland, as well as rough surf along the coast,” the National Weather Service said in a discussion on Tuesday. The meteorologists added that as the system pushes into other areas of the south-west there may be “additional flash flooding concerns, especially near the more flood-prone slot canyons in Utah on Thursday”.
An “irrational hatred” behind the movement to jail former President Donald Trump could lead the United States towards a “Civil War-like split”, Brexit’s Nigel Farage warned this week.
Writing from Milwaukee ahead of the first Republican Party debates of the presidential primary season, Mr Farage noted that his longtime political ally and friend will loom large over the contest, despite refusing to take part in the debates. Yet, the divisiveness seen within the so far primary will pale in comparison to what could befall the nation as a whole if the government actually imprisons the former president, the Brexit leader warned.
WORLD NEWS
Farage: Jailing Donald Trump Could Lead to a ‘Civil War-Like Split’ in America
An “irrational hatred” behind the movement to jail former President Donald Trump could lead the United States towards a “Civil War-like split”, Brexit’s Nigel Farage warned this week.
Writing from Milwaukee ahead of the first Republican Party debates of the presidential primary season, Mr Farage noted that his longtime political ally and friend will loom large over the contest, despite refusing to take part in the debates. Yet, the divisiveness seen within the so far primary will pale in comparison to what could befall the nation as a whole if the government actually imprisons the former president, the Brexit leader warned.
South Africa Welcomes Xi Jinping with Highest Honors for China-Led BRICS Summit
Genocidal communist dictator Xi Jinping landed in South Africa in the early morning hours of Tuesday to a personal welcome from President Cyril Ramaphosa, a traditional dance troupe, and the nation’s armed forces in anticipation of this week’s BRICS summit.
Ramaphosa and other senior South African government officials greeted Xi’s plane in Johannesburg. The visit is Xi’s second time leaving China this year; the Chinese dictator met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow in March.
Xi abstained from leaving the country, and only rarely left Beijing, for the first two years of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
Government officials in British Columbia, Canada, urged residents of wildfire-affected areas this weekend to stop taking hoses, sprinklers, and other firefighting gear from the government’s rescue teams, lamenting that critical equipment is disappearing.
Residents who spoke to CTV News confirmed that civilians are taking the equipment and trying to put out the fires themselves. They also said that, in many regions, civilians are the only groups of people actively trying to put out fires.
Pakistan Confirms Secret Diplomatic Cable Showing U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan
For a year and a half, Pakistani politics has been gripped by word of a diplomatic cable said to describe U.S. State Department officials encouraging the removal of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan from power. Last week, The Intercept published the contents of the cable, known internally as a cypher, which revealed U.S. diplomats pressing for the removal of Khan over his neutral stance on the conflict in Ukraine.
Since it was published, the response to the story from Pakistani and U.S. officials has been both defensive and contradictory.
Pakistan’s leadership quickly began to question the authenticity of the document. Former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari — who is part of the political opposition to Khan — had gone public suggesting that the published cable was “inauthentic,” arguing that “anything can be typed up on a piece of paper.” Even so, he blamed Khan and said the former prime minister should be tried under Pakistan’s Official Secrets Act for potentially leaking classified documents.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in the days after the cable was reported, told local media that the leak represented a “massive crime,” while hedging about whether its contents were true. Just days later, though, Sharif confirmed the document in an interview with The Guardian. “Khan said he had the [cable] but he had lost it,” Sharif, who handed over the government to a caretaker prime minister on Monday, said. “Now it has been published on a website.”
Neither Sharif nor Bhutto Zardari have provided evidence of Khan’s involvement in the leak of the document, which was provided to The Intercept by a source inside the Pakistani military. On Wednesday, a month after it announced an investigation, the Pakistani government filed charges against Khan for mishandling and misusing the cable.
Despite confirming the document’s authenticity, Sharif said that the cable — which quoted U.S. diplomats, furious with Khan for his alleged “aggressive neutrality” toward Russia, threatening Pakistan with “isolation” should he stay in power — did not represent a conspiracy against the former prime minister.
U.S. NEWS, POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Information Security Officer Will Be Appointed in Trump Election Case
The Justice Department (DOJ) is appointing a classified information security officer (CISO) in the case special counsel Jack Smith has brought against former President Donald Trump over his efforts to challenge the 2020 election results.
The motion was filed on Aug. 22, along with a motion to enter the agreed upon protective order. The officer was identified only in sealed orders.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan had earlier approved a limited protective order that did not restrict President Trump’s access to any records he already had access to, and could access sensitive information that was part of the case but could not publicly share the sensitive information without court authorization. She allowed the DOJ to mark several types of materials as sensitive.
2 Trump Co-defendants Surrender to Georgia Jail
The first two co-defendants of former President Donald Trump have been booked into the Fulton County Jail in Georgia, online records show.
Scott Hall, a bail bondsman who is accused of conspiring to illegally access voting machines in Georgia’s Coffee County in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, was booked on Aug. 22.
Another co-defendant, former Trump attorney John Eastman, also was booked into jail, records show.
They and all 19 defendants in the alleged election fraud case are accused of violating Georgia’s racketeering law. They contested the Georgia election results.
In doing so, they allegedly illegally tried to keep President Trump in office, according to the indictment filed on Aug. 14.
Each co-defendant also faces specific additional charges; 41 total charges were filed, many of which include multiple defendants.
Legal Scholar Sees Flaws in Georgia Indictment, Efforts to Humiliate Trump
The criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump in Fulton County, Georgia, comes with the implication that he’ll be booked in like a common criminal, but the arrest and the trial itself might not play out the way Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis planned.
After unveiling a sweeping 98-page indictment against President Trump and 18 other co-defendants, Ms. Willis set an Aug. 25 deadline for the president and the other defendants to turn themselves in to the Fulton County Jail for booking. Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat has also said he would take the former president’s mugshot as part of the process, a move not seen in the three prior criminal indictments against the former president.
In an interview with NTD News’ “Capitol Report,” William A. Jacobson, a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School, said the former’s president’s status as a Secret Service protectee complicates matters for the Fulton County officials seeking to play up his arrest.
Numerous Arguments Filed to Remove Georgia Trump Case From State Court
Multiple codefendants of former President Donald Trump charged over contesting the 2020 general elections in Georgia have now filed notices of removal, requesting the state case be moved to federal court where they will likely have charges or the entire case dismissed based on immunities or additional defenses outlined in the U.S. Constitution.
The nature of each notice differed greatly, pulling from various precedents and listing ever more additional defenses.
Only one notice is needed in order to move the entire case from state to federal court.
Supreme Court Asked to Review Top Virginia High School’s Race-Based Admissions Policy
A group of parents and students is asking the Supreme Court to review the admissions policy of a top-rated high school in Virginia that they say engages in illegal racial discrimination against Asian American students.
The case gives the court’s conservative-leaning majority an opportunity to expand on its landmark June 29 ruling that struck down the use of racially discriminatory admissions policies at U.S. colleges—a longtime goal of the conservative movement. It is unclear when the justices will consider the new petition.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard two months ago that for too long, universities have “concluded, wrongly, that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned but the color of their skin.”
“Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice,” he wrote in the ruling, which does not cover military academies.
Biden Pushes New Student Loan Repayment Plan Weeks After Supreme Court Rejection
The Biden administration confirmed it is rolling out an income-driven student loan repayment plan for borrowers on Tuesday, coming before loan repayments are slated to start again in the fall.
President Joe Biden announced the SAVE plan alongside Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and other members of the administration, saying that under the program, borrowers who make about $15 per hour won’t have to make any payments. People earning above that threshold will save some $1,000 each year as compared with other repayment plans, according to a statement from the Department of Education.
“Borrowers applying for the SAVE plan will see their new payment amount before submitting their application, and it will be displayed on their servicer’s website when their first bill is sent. Most borrowers who apply for the SAVE plan in the coming days can expect to have their new monthly payment amount for their first payment in October,” according to the Department of Education.
Judge Awards Journalist Andy Ngo $300,000 in Lawsuit Over Portland Attacks
Journalist Andy Ngo was awarded $300,000 in damages on Aug. 21 after a judge ruled in his favor in a lawsuit accusing three alleged Antifa rioters of having physically attacked him.
Multnomah County Circuit Judge Chanpone Sinlapasai found the three defendants, Corbyn (Katherine) Belyea, Madison “Denny” Lee Allen, and Joseph Evans—who now goes by the legal name of Sammich Overkill Schott-Deputy—liable for assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress during the virtual court hearing at the Multnomah County Courthouse in Portland, Oregon.
The three defendants, who did not defend themselves in court and were found in default after not responding to Mr. Ngo’s complaint, were also ordered by the judge to equally split the damage payments among themselves.
Responding to the ruling, Mr. Ngo, editor-at-large for The Post Millennial news site, called it a “victory” but still a “small vindication for the disappointing jury verdict earlier this month at trial.”
During that trial, a jury in Portland cleared two activists of all civil liability in a lawsuit filed by Mr. Ngo alleging attacks against him beginning in 2019.
More than 100 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workers are staying in five-star hotels in Maui on the taxpayers’ dime while thousands of people are homeless due to the wildfires, according to a report.
James Franey of the Daily Mail broke the news that government bureaucrats are staying at luxurious hotels frequented by Hollywood’s elite — with FEMA officials reportedly budgeted $1,000 a night for each worker. The three high-end hotels are the Fairmont Kea Lani, Four Seasons, and the Grand Wailea Astoria which are all located a “45-minute drive away from the fire-ravaged town of Lahaina,” according to the outlet.
Civil Forfeiture: How the Government Makes Billions by Taking Americans’ Private Property
Police officers raided Cristal Starling’s New York apartment when they suspected her then-boyfriend of dealing drugs, in October 2020. And while Ms. Starling was never suspected or charged with any wrongdoing, police seized $8,040 of her hard-earned cash.
But because law enforcement seized Ms. Starling’s money through a process called civil forfeiture, they were under no obligation to return it. And they didn’t.
Instead, they transferred it to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). It’s still there.
Meanwhile, Ms. Starling’s ex-boyfriend was acquitted after a jury trial.
“Criminal forfeiture happens after a criminal conviction,” Kirby Thomas West, an Institute for Justice (IJ) attorney, told The Epoch Times. “Civil forfeiture, on the other hand, happens often when there’s no criminal process at all.”
2ND AMENDMENT
St. Louis Democrat Mayor Announces Plan to Ban AR-15s in City Limits
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones (D) announced plans Tuesday to ban AR-15s and AK-47s inside city limits.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that a bill containing the ban will soon come before the Board of Aldermen and will contain other gun controls as well
The AR-15 rifle is once again under fire by gun banners—who ignore the fact that rifles of any kind are seldom used in crime, and seem to despise anyone who dares to own one. Many who are ignorant on firearms even consider the gun a “weapon of war,” suitable for nothing but murder and mayhem.
That couldn’t be further from the truth. Fact is, the AR-15-type rifle is the most popular rifle in America for many reasons. Here are my Top 10 reasons to own an AR-15, in no particular order:
- Self-Defense
- Fun/Recreation
- Teaching/Learning
- Hunting
- Tinkering
- Farm/Ranch Use
- Competitive Shooting
- Disaster Preparedness
- Bringing Women Into Shooting
- America’s Rifle
No Charges for Concealed Carrier Who Shot Alleged Robber While Holding Six-Pack
The concealed carry permit holder who shot an alleged robber while holding a six-pack of beer in Cassopolis, Michigan, will face no charges.
Breitbart News reported that 35-year-old Cordelius Anthony Martin allegedly entered the store and announced a robbery. Surveillance video shows that a customer was in the store at that time with a six-pack of beer in his hand.
WATCH: Resident Opens Fire on Alleged Intruder Dressed as Maintenance Worker
Alleged would-be intruders — one of whom apparently masqueraded as a maintenance worker — attempted to enter an apartment by kicking the door but were dissuaded when the resident opened fire.
FOX News reported that the incident occurred in Dallas, Texas, around 6 p.m. Saturday.
The apartment resident, Ethan Rodriguez, was home when the doorbell rang and he answered it digitally. He said he heard the voice of 30-year-old Aaron Contreras outside the door and on the doorbell video, he saw that Contreras was allegedly standing there pretending to be a maintenance worker.
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Efforts to Protect US Intensify Amid Global Shift From Dollar
Calls from Congress and state houses to the private sector for out-of-the-box thinking, such as repegging the currency to gold or declaring precious metals to be legal tender, are growing.
With inflation plaguing the economy as the U.S. dollar is increasingly being sidelined in international trade, potentially even at risk of losing its status as the global reserve currency, lawmakers in Washington and state capitals are touting gold and precious metals as the solution.
From congressional efforts that would once again back the U.S. dollar with gold to state-level initiatives to facilitate commerce in precious metals, proposals are proliferating. Some have already advanced.
Private-sector players are getting in on the action, too, arguing that gold can be a defense against economic calamity as foreign governments and central banks stockpile record amounts of precious metals.
In a series of interviews with The Epoch Times, state and federal lawmakers working to restore gold as money argued that this was the best way to defend the dollar, stabilize the economy, rein in government spending, and protect U.S. interests.
A bill introduced in Congress this year by U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.), dubbed the Gold Standard Restoration Act (H.R. 2435), would redefine the dollar in terms of a fixed weight in gold. The legislation would also require authorities to exchange paper currency for gold.
IRS Accused of Backdating Penalty Approvals in Crackdown on Conservation Easement Tax Breaks
Court filings show that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been accused by three Georgia businesses of backdating proposed penalty approvals for improperly claimed tax breaks on conservation deals.
Petitions filed last week in the U.S. Tax Court by the three businesses—Arden Row Assets, LLC, Basswood Partners, LLC, and Delwood Partners, LLC—allege that an IRS supervisor intentionally and improperly backdated approvals for millions of dollars in penalties associated with so-called conservation easements.
Conservation easements are legal agreements in which property owners agree to restrict the use of their land for conservation purposes. By giving these agreements to charity, they can claim tax breaks.
America’s Big Three Entitlement Bankruptcies Are Inevitable
America’s federally sanctioned entitlement programs, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, each face bankruptcy in the next few years. Medicare and Medicaid were created in 1965 as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society legislation. Social Security was created in 1935 to provide retirement income for Americans who reached the age of sixty-five. These three entitlement programs consume about fifty cents of every federal budget dollar, or $2.7 trillion in fiscal year 2023.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Submarine Mode?: ‘Full Self-Driving’ Software Guides Tesla into California Floodwater Pond
A Tesla Model 3 owner learned the hard way not to trust his car to drive itself after his electric vehicle (EV) ended up in sunk in floodwaters outside of Mono City, California, while using Elon Musk’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) software.
Road & Track reports that the incident occurred when the Tesla’s driver, identified only as Ryan, was cruising down the highway just outside of Mono City at 60 mph with Full Self-Driving turned on. Despite encountering a sign indicating flooding on the road ahead, neither the car nor the owner reacted to the warning. Pools of water were clearly visible on either side of the roadway, and more water was apparent on the road ahead of the sign. However, no attempts at deceleration were made before the vehicle made contact with the floodwater pool.
Microsoft Removes AI-Assisted Travel Articles Containing Bizarre and Offensive Recommendations
Microsoft has taken down a series of travel articles that were created using a combination of AI-assisted “algorithmic techniques” and human review, following criticism for their bizarre and offensive content. Beyond their more inappropriate travel suggestions, the articles featured helpful tips such as informing readers that seafood is “any form of sea life regarded as food by humans.”
Business Insider reports that Microsoft recently removed a string of travel articles that contained embarrassing and offensive recommendations. The articles, published under the “Microsoft Travel” banner, were created using a mix of algorithmic techniques and human review. However, the company has faced backlash for the content of these articles, which included bizarre and inappropriate suggestions.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
GARDENING, FARMING & HOMESTEADING
Blue eggs may not be as common as brown or white eggs, but they certainly add a unique touch to any egg carton. While most people are familiar with the idea of brown and white eggs, blue eggs are a bit more elusive.
In this article, we will explore some of the different breeds of blue egg-laying chickens, including their unique characteristics and egg-laying habits. Whether you are looking for a colorful addition to your egg carton or simply want to try something new, here are a few breeds of chickens that lay blue eggs.
HEALTH
ANALYSIS: America Grapples With Plummeting Fertility Rates
Here’s a thought … How about stopping this “jab” and “booster” nonsense?
Fertility Rates Fall as Young Americans Opt to Remain Childless
News Analysis
As governments’ fears shift from a world with too many people to a world with too few, four analysts gathered at the Cato Institute last week to strategize about how the United States can reverse its trend of falling fertility rates.
In introducing the panel, Vanessa Brown Calder, Cato’s director of Family Policy Studies, said, “I think I can say for all of us, the issue of fertility and family policy is not merely a theoretical one.
“In fact, everyone contributing to the conversation is either a mom or will be one soon,” Ms. Calder said. “Three of the four of us are pregnant and all three trimesters are represented.”
The discussion took place amid reports that hospitals across America, particularly in rural areas, are closing maternity wards because of a shortage of babies.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that this trend of shuttering maternity wards has led to a situation in which “roughly 2.2 million women of childbearing age lived in so-called maternity deserts in 2020, according to March of Dimes, which it defined as counties without a hospital, a birth center, and doctors and nurse midwives with experience delivering babies.”
“There’s just not enough babies to be had,” said Dr. Michael Cruz, chief operating officer of OSF HealthCare in Pontiac, Illinois.
This has led to rising maternal death rates in the United States, which are currently at the highest rate since 1965, and are now higher in America than in any other high-income country. And it only adds to a seemingly irreversible trend of a graying population with fewer and fewer children.
ens of thousands of mothers are suing the makers of Tylenol for using the popular over-the-counter pain reliever during pregnancy, which resulted in them giving birth to babies diagnosed with autism.
Tens of thousands of mothers are suing the makers of Tylenol in a class-action lawsuit that claims its use during pregnancy led babies to be born with autism.
A study from the NIH found that pregnancy exposure to acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol, may increase a child’s risk for autism and ADHD.
Karleen DeGroodt is among the mothers in the lawsuit and discussed her use of Tylenol during pregnancy and her son’s autism during an appearance on NewsNation’s “Prime.” (Full article.)
Last October, a federal judicial panel consolidated dozens of these lawsuits alleging that acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and generic versions of the drug, can cause autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
TorHoerman Law is one of the law firms representing these mothers, and they have produced the following video explaining the lawsuit.
DOJ settles price-fixing charges against generic drug giants
Two major generic drug companies Monday settled charges of criminal price fixing with the Department of Justice (DOJ).
The U.S. division of Israel-based Teva will pay a $225 million criminal penalty over five years, and the U.S. division of India-based Glenmark will pay a $30 million criminal penalty, the DOJ announced.
The two companies entered into a deferred prosecution agreement, in which they admitted to participating in antitrust conspiracies and paid penalties in exchange for not being charged.
The DOJ said both companies will also divest from making pravastatin, a widely used cholesterol medicine that lowers the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Both companies will face prosecution if they violate the terms of the agreements, and if convicted, they would likely face mandatory removal from federal health care programs.
Teva must also donate $50 million worth of two additional drugs to humanitarian organizations that provide medication to Americans in need.
COVID RELATED NEWS
COVID-19 Mask Mandates Returning to Some Hospitals, Offices
There are reports circulating that colleges, hospitals, and some officials have started to re-implement COVID-19 mask mandates, although hospitalizations still remain relatively low.
Atlanta’s Morris Brown College announced on social media this week that it is re-implementing its mask mandate over what it said was an increase in positive COVID-19 cases among students at the Atlanta University Center. The college also said it would mandate isolation and quarantine regimens under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines as well as contact tracing.
“All students and employees are required to wear face masks (staff may remove in their offices while alone),” the announcement said.
Disturbing Trend: Maternal Death Rates Have Soared 50% in America Since Vaccine Rollout
“The CDC separately has told us 65% of women who delivered a baby in the United States took a shot either before the pregnancy or during the pregnancy.”
Former University of Houston Star Reggie Chaney Dead at 23
Former University of Houston basketball star Reggie Chaney, a member of the Cougars 2021 NCAA Final Four squad, has died. He was 23 years old.
No cause of death has been released. But, those who knew Chaney have taken to social media to express their grief at his passing.
GOOD NEWS
Actor Taylor Kitsch, star of Friday Night Lights and the sleeper streaming hit WACO, said that he moved from Los Angeles to Montana with the aim of seeking peace.
Kitsch, a former Canadian, made his announcement to The Hollywood Reporter, saying that his personality never fully fit in with Los Angeles.
ICYMI
‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ Makes Unprecedented No. 1 Debut on Billboard Hot 100
Fame and fortune in equal measure have found country singer Oliver Anthony with his breakout viral hit “Rich Men North of Richmond” debuting Monday at the very top of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.
In doing so, Billboard reports the new Virginia icon becomes the first artist ever to launch atop the list with no prior chart history in any form.
Anthony spoke exclusively to Billboard, telling the outlet,“The hopelessness and frustration of our times resonate in the response to this song. The song itself is not anything special, but the people who have supported it are incredible and deserve to be heard.”
His now No. 1 song takes aim at the moneyed elites in Washington, DC, the backroom dealmakers happy to cruise through life while everyday men and women sweat and toil just to get by.
Father of Tennessee Titans’ Caleb Farley killed after player’s house explodes
The father of Tennessee Titans cornerback Caleb Farley died overnight in an explosion that destroyed the NFL player’s home and left another person injured, authorities said.
Robert M Farley, 61, was found dead in the debris of the Lake Norman, North Carolina, house on Tuesday morning, said Kent Greene, director of Iredell County Fire Services and Emergency Management.
First responders arrived at the house a few minutes after midnight on Tuesday and found Christian Rogers, 25, exiting the collapsed structure, Greene said. Rogers, a friend of the family, was taken to hospital with a concussion. He is “awake and alert”, Greene said, but has not yet been discharged.
The Chance of Being Killed by Foreign‐born Terrorists Is 1 in 4.3 Million Per Year
Two major public events made a lasting impression on me as a child. The first was the 1992 Los Angeles riots. We had moved out of Burbank 18 months before, but my mind was still on Burbank and LA generally. I remember watching the riots on TV and listening to adults talk about them, especially those who remembered the 1965 Watts riots and had their own stories of dealing with LAPD officers. The second major event was the 9/11 attacks, which occurred right before my 18th birthday during my senior year in high school. Nobody who watched the towers come down live on the news will forget it.
In the decades since, the country certainly hasn’t forgotten 9/11 – and for good reason. The 9/11 terrorist attacks were the deadliest in world history – by a factor of four or nine, depending on how expansive a definition of terrorism you use. The resulting domestic surveillance, overseas wars, and immigration restrictions have shaped much of politics to this day.
To understand how big a threat terrorism is and the potential hazard some immigrants and other foreign‐born individuals pose to the United States, the Cato Institute released a new paper today, Terrorism and Immigration: A Risk Analysis, 1975–2022. The report analyzes the number of foreign‐born terrorists, the murders they committed in their attacks, and other information about them for 1975–2022. This new Cato policy analysis is an update of earlier papers on the topic.
In sum, the report shows that the chance of being killed by a foreign‐born
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