Month: May 2023

CNN — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, now officially running for president, is no longer tiptoeing around former President Donald Trump, nor is he shy about his plans to loosen the powers of the presidency like never before if he wins the White House DeSantis, whose campaign raised $8.2 million in the first 24 hours, according to a campaign spokesman, has filled the hours since his failed launch on Twitter by taking his message to the familiar comforts of the conservative airwaves , where, in a dozen interviews, he attacked Trump as fiscally irresponsible and a supporter of amnesty for undocumented…

Medan, Indonesia – On the morning of May 21, 1998, Indonesia’s then leader Soeharto stood up at the Presidential Palace and addressed the nation. For weeks, protesters had filled the streets amid rising prices for fuel, cooking oil and rice as a result of the Asian financial crisis. The unrest had spread to cities across the country. Ethnic Chinese shops and businesses in the country were attacked and violent clashes took place between demonstrators – mainly students – and security forces. On May 12, four students had been shot dead during a demonstration at Jakarta’s Trisakti University. In total, more…

PetSmart Charities Funds UC Davis Faculty Chair The University of California, Davis College of Veterinary Medicine will use a $6 million gift to establish the PetSmart Charities Endowed Chair in Accessible Veterinary Care. The endowed faculty chair has not been filled, but a call for applications is expected in a few weeks, according to UC Davis. “It’s one of the most pressing issues of our time: building more equitable access to veterinary care,” said Aimee Gilbreath, president of PetSmart Charities. “Supporting an endowed faculty chair from this world-class veterinary school will help us gain access to knowledge and expertise to…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A far-right Pennsylvania state lawmaker said Thursday night he will not challenge Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, leaving the GOP field wide open as Republican Party officials try to recruit a candidate strong in the moderate state of the battlefield. to help secure a Senate majority in 2024. Doug Mastriano, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump in last year’s gubernatorial race but lost in a landslide, said in a live appearance with his wife that he will not run in the Senate “at this moment as things currently stand”. Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick…

Ten people, including two high-ranking Navy SEALs, have been singled out for possible prosecution in the training death last year of Kyle Mullen hours after completing the infamous “Hell Week”. A Navy official says the 10 are being identified in an investigation that concluded “multiple systems failures” led to the death of Mullen, 24, and the hospitalization of three other members of his class SEAL training after a week of nonstop physical stress, much of it in the frigid waters of Southern California in February 2022. A redacted copy of the investigation, in which most names have been redacted, is…

Seattle firefighters looking to advance their careers to become fire lieutenants must learn curriculum from social justice activists and books that embrace woke ideology. The Seattle Department of Human Resources (SDHR) fire lieutenant test includes books by several prominent progressive authors, including critical race theory (CRT) author Ibram X. Kendi. The SDHR-proven required reading to become a fire lieutenant includes controversial woke books, including the entirety of Kendi’s How to Be an Anti-Racist, as well as its introduction and acknowledgments, according to a Washington Free Beacon Report. TARGETS IN ‘REAL AND SERIOUS DANGER’ AFTER FORCING POLICY ON CUSTOMERS’ FACE, CRITICS…

CNN — Just days after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the speaker of the state House of presiding while drunk and called for his resignation, a GOP-led House ethics panel heard explosive testimony from investigators detailing what they described as years of misconduct by the lawyer. general, later recommending his dismissal. The week’s events marked an eruption of simmering tensions between two of the top Republicans in the most populous red state. The remarkable outburst of public acrimony has been years in the making. Paxton, a more conservative figure who aligned himself with former President Donald Trump and used…

By Acacia Coronado and Jake Bleiberg | Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton teetered on the brink of impeachment Thursday after years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption allegations that the state’s Republican majority had kept at bay silent until now. In a unanimous decision, a Republican-led House investigative committee that spent months quietly investigating Paxton recommended firing the state’s top attorney. The House could vote on the recommendation as soon as Friday. If he fires Paxton, he would be forced out of office immediately. The set of measures set up what could be a remarkably…