(Kristina Wong) President Joe Biden announced in an op-ed Tuesday evening that he has decided to send advanced rocket systems to Ukraine, marking an increased capacity for Ukrainian forces to hit Russian targets as well as deeper U.S. support in the war.
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India: World’s Largest Coal Miner to Import for First Time in 7 Years amid Power Crisis
(Gabrielle Reyes) The state-run Coal India will soon import coal for use in public utilities to offset the effects of a nationwide power shortage in April, Reuters reported on Saturday citing a letter by India’s federal power ministry issued that same day.
More Results than Tests: Beijing Arrests Dozens of Lab Staffers for Coronavirus Fraud
(Gabrielle Reyes) Police in Beijing recently detained dozens of staff members from three local diagnostic laboratories for allegedly tampering with Chinese coronavirus test samples to cut costs, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Monday.
Report: Frustrated Joe Biden Reminds Staffers He Is the President
(Charlie Spiering) President Joe Biden is not happy about his staffers repeatedly stepping in to clarify his statements, according to a report, and feels it necessary to remind them he is the president.
Kim Kardashian Endorses Outsider Rick Caruso for L.A. Mayor
(Joel B. Pollak) Kim Kardashian has joined the list of celebrities endorsing billionaire businessman Rick Caruso (D) for mayor against establishment choice Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) in the upcoming June 7 election.
Joe Biden Taps Australia for Emergency Baby Formula: Flying 1M+ Cans Across the Pacific
(Simon Kent) Joe Biden announced late Friday that Australia will ship more than 1.25 million cans of baby formula by the planeload to the U.S. to help address the nationwide shortage.
GOP Rep. Comer: Dems ‘Were Too Quick’ to Call for Gun Control Before We Got Facts about ‘Problems’ with Law Enforcement Response
(Ian Hanchett) On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member Rep. James Comer (R-KY) stated that Democrats “were too quick to point fingers” and too quick to call for more gun control policies in the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, TX before all the facts about the shooting were known and that now that additional information about the shooting has come to light, there are many pieces of information about “problems with the response from law enforcement” to the shooting and he has additional questions about school security.
LGBTQ Cancel Mob Comes for Ricky Gervais over Transgender Jokes: Netflix’s ‘Most Transphobic Show Yet’
(David Ng) The LGBTQ cancel mob has taken out its pitchforks for Ricky Gervais, condemning his latest Netflix comedy special as “dangerous” and the streamer’s “most transphobic show yet.”
Hollywood Celebrities Capitalize on Texas School Shooting: ‘F**k the GOP and Their Obsession with Guns’
(David Ng) Hollywood celebrities wasted little time capitalizing on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, urging voters and lawmakers to support more gun control while also blaming the shooting on Republicans and other supporters of Second Amendment rights.
Gavin Newsom: ‘I’m Hopeful’ Kamala Harris Will Be ‘the Next President of the United States’
(Nick Gilbertson) California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Thursday that he is “hopeful” Vice President Kamala Harris will be “the next president of the United States.”
Team McCormick Expects to Defeat Oz in Pennsylvania Recount Battle
(Kyle Becker) Republican operative David Urban anticipates businessman David McCormick will pull ahead of Dr. Mehmet Oz in the coming days in the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary, and that McCormick would survive the likely recount.
Maher: ‘We’re Literally Experimenting on Children’ with Gender Transitions for Children
(Ian Hanchett) On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher argued that the solution in the debate over gender transitioning for children “can’t always be that anyone from a marginalized community is automatically right,” “Because we’re literally experimenting on children.” And “Weighing trade-offs is not bigotry.” He further argued, “If we can’t admit that, in certain enclaves, there is some level of trendiness to the idea of being anything other than straight, then this is not a serious, science-based discussion, it’s a blow being struck in the culture wars using children as cannon fodder.”
Climate ‘Marshall Plan’ — U.N. Joins World Economic Forum Call to End Oil, Gas, and Coal Use
(Simon Kent) U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for an end to oil, gas, and coal use in favor of renewable sources as part of a self-described global climate Marshall Plan.
Project Veritas Sting Catches Twitter Employee Mocking Elon Musk as ‘Special Needs,’ Admitting Wokeness Hurts Profitability
(Lucas Nolan) James O’Keefe’s investigative journalism group Project Veritas recently published undercover footage of a Twitter employee admitting that the platform’s woke “ideology” is why the company is not profitable. The employee also mocked Elon Musk as “special needs” for having Asperger’s syndrome.
FDA Commissioner: ‘Don’t Think We Need the Defense Production Act’ – ‘There Is Formula out There’
(Ian Hanchett) On Monday’s broadcast of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert M. Califf argued that invoking the Defense Production Act isn’t needed to fix the baby formula shortage because baby formula manufacturers have already increased production, there has been more formula purchased over the last month than the month before the recall, and “there is formula out there. It’s just not in the right place at the right time.” Because of supply chain disruptions due to Abbott shutting down one of its plants.