West Virginia’s fund to clean up abandoned coal mines is in such dire shape that it threatens to stick taxpayers with hundreds of millions — perhaps even billions — of dollars in cleanup costs. And yet, little is being done to turn things around....
The City Council in Portland, Oregon, approved $2.6 million for permanent police body cameras in a unanimous vote, a crucial step toward the city no longer being among the last major U.S. police agencies without the technology....
On Dec. 30, 2020, Jeffrey Clark was nervous. He had just been told that Donald Trump was “very happy” with him.
“I’m praying,” the Justice Department official told Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), who less than two weeks earlier had arranged for Clark to meet the president. “And wonder if I’m worthy or ready.”
“You are the man. I have confirmed it,” Perry replied. “God does what he does for a reason.”
I think they’re trying to figure out how to spin, “But it’s not our fault!”
Cause it sure as hell is … thinking consumer spending was the problem, when it really was companies price gouging the fuck out of us … which hasn’t stopped yet.
The remarks by the lawyer, Steven Sadow, came as the judge overseeing the case wrestled with how to set a trial date given Trump’s other legal entanglements and the looming campaign next year. Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden in the 2024 election....
Hundreds of migrants are still sleeping on floors or in tents outside city police stations. Some who remained this week huddled near tents wearing parkas, knit hats and even ski goggles to cope with the cold weather and falling snow....
Yes I am because I’ve lived on the streets and couch-surfed while unhoused. I know what it’s like to be refused help when temps are well below zero and there’s nowhere to go.
You think too small, which is a problem. Just because you don’t live next to a massive pollution-pumping manufacturer doesn’t mean many others don’t.
Start thinking of your community in relation to all the communities in your city/state/nation/world. Then you may understand what evil NIMBYism really is.
Hendrickson’s concerns about Loyal Source included what he described as 40 percent staffing deficits, employees working without proper clearances and licenses, and billing errors resulting in overpayments of millions of dollars, among other issues, according to his attorneys.
This for-profit shit has got to stop, whether it’s jails for adults or minors, healthcare or any public service.
Get it out of the greedy paws of capitalists and put it back under the gov’ts control where it belongs.
“As someone who plays a lesbian journalist on ‘The Morning Show,’ I am more offended by it as a lesbian than I am as a Jew,” the actress said at another point in a new interview.
It was Jan. 5, 1975. Crouch, then 18, was in net for the Junior A Markham Waxers, playing against the Royal York Royals at a rink in North Toronto. As he recalls it, the play was routine. The outcome was not....
Police say a dead longhorn cow was found on the lawn of an Oklahoma State University fraternity on Friday, the day before the school’s football team plays the University of Texas Longhorns in the Big 12 championship game....
As the deadline lapsed, Reuters journalists in Khan Younis in southern Gaza saw eastern areas come under intensive bombardment, sending columns of smoke rising into the sky. Residents took to the road with belongings heaped up in carts, fleeing for shelter further west....
Florida Republican party chair under investigation for alleged sexual assault (www.theguardian.com)
Christian Ziegler mentioned in heavily redacted police documents that includes the word ‘raped’, reports say...
Rep. George Santos expelled from Congress on bipartisan vote (www.washingtonpost.com)
West Virginians Could Get Stuck Cleaning Up the Coal Industry’s Messes (www.propublica.org)
West Virginia’s fund to clean up abandoned coal mines is in such dire shape that it threatens to stick taxpayers with hundreds of millions — perhaps even billions — of dollars in cleanup costs. And yet, little is being done to turn things around....
City Council in Portland, Oregon, approves $2.6M for police body cameras (apnews.com)
The City Council in Portland, Oregon, approved $2.6 million for permanent police body cameras in a unanimous vote, a crucial step toward the city no longer being among the last major U.S. police agencies without the technology....
Children making AI-generated child abuse images, says charity (www.bbc.com)
Details of Scott Perry’s role in Trump efforts to stay in power unsealed (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/GWLGf?wr=true
US says Mexican drug cartel was so bold in timeshare fraud that some operators posed as US officials (abcnews.go.com)
Canadian factory downturn deepens as new orders hit 15-month low (www.reuters.com)
The S&P Global Canada Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to a seasonally adjusted 47.7 in November from 48.6 in October....
Trump should not face trial in Georgia if he wins 2024 election, lawyer says (www.reuters.com)
The remarks by the lawyer, Steven Sadow, came as the judge overseeing the case wrestled with how to set a trial date given Trump’s other legal entanglements and the looming campaign next year. Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden in the 2024 election....
Israel tells civilians to leave parts of Gaza as fighting resumes (www.the-star.co.ke)
The Israeli military has dropped leaflets warning residents in parts of southern Gaza to flee for their safety as bombing resumes....
Chicago homeless migrants shelter faces backlash (www.reuters.com)
Hundreds of migrants are still sleeping on floors or in tents outside city police stations. Some who remained this week huddled near tents wearing parkas, knit hats and even ski goggles to cope with the cold weather and falling snow....
Whistleblower alleges failures in medical care at U.S. border facilities (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/asC2Q?wr=true
Julianna Margulies Says ‘Entire Black Community’ May Have Been ‘Brainwashed to Hate Jews’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
“As someone who plays a lesbian journalist on ‘The Morning Show,’ I am more offended by it as a lesbian than I am as a Jew,” the actress said at another point in a new interview.
Decades after he nearly died, hockey player asks why neck guards still aren't mandatory (www.cbc.ca)
It was Jan. 5, 1975. Crouch, then 18, was in net for the Junior A Markham Waxers, playing against the Royal York Royals at a rink in North Toronto. As he recalls it, the play was routine. The outcome was not....
Dead longhorn found on Oklahoma State fraternity lawn the day before championship game with Texas (apnews.com)
Police say a dead longhorn cow was found on the lawn of an Oklahoma State University fraternity on Friday, the day before the school’s football team plays the University of Texas Longhorns in the Big 12 championship game....
War resumes in Gaza after truce collapses (www.reuters.com)
As the deadline lapsed, Reuters journalists in Khan Younis in southern Gaza saw eastern areas come under intensive bombardment, sending columns of smoke rising into the sky. Residents took to the road with belongings heaped up in carts, fleeing for shelter further west....