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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline The House voted Thursday to eject Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee over controversial tweets about Israel, fulfilling House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)’s promise to oust her and two other Democrats from their committees after the previously Democratic-controlled House removed two Republicans from committees in 2021. Key Facts The House voted 218-211 on party lines on a resolution to eject Omar, with one member, Rep. David Joyce (R-Ohio), voting present. The resolution cited Omar’s 2019 tweet suggesting the U.S.’s relationship with Israel is “all about the Benjamins,” a comment many lawmakers from both parties criticized as an antisemitic trope, but Democrats view the move as revenge for the Democratic-controlled House’s decision in 2021 to remove Republican Reps. Paul Gosar (Ariz.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) from their committees over a string of incendiary … [Read more...] about House Votes To Remove Ilhan Omar From House Foreign Affairs Committee

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline A suspected Chinese spy balloon hovering over the U.S. passed over northeast Kansas on Friday afternoon, according to Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), as defense officials remain tight-lipped about where they believe the balloon might travel to next. Key Facts Numerous photos posted to social media suggested the balloon moved through the Kansas City area Friday afternoon, while the crew of a private jet flying over the city reported the sighting of a “derelict ballon (sic) adrift.” Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said at a news conference Friday the balloon is moving “eastward and is currently over the center of the continental United States,” without offering specifics on the location. The balloon was spotted over Montana on Wednesday after moving over Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and then passing through Canada, according to the Pentagon. Defense officials have not said whether … [Read more...] about Where Is The Chinese Spy Balloon? Senator Says It Moved Over Kansas

Canada is already home to an eclectic diverse global diaspora. (Representational Photo/Source: Michael Descharles via Unsplash) The United States of America, the poster child for capitalism, an economic behemoth, a geopolitical goliath, and a bastion of tech supremacy. Yet, the US has spent the last decade being worried about its place in the pantheon of economic powerhouses. Innovation and the evolution of the times mean there is a sense of inevitability of a newer, more ambitious, and resourceful nation dislodging the US from the top of the totem pole. A more pronounced worry for Washington has been that of a country stealing its best resources, hijacking its ideas, and piracy of its unique products. To be fair there is no such country starting with C that’s taking away or rather welcoming America’s top talent. Before we go down this rabbit hole, I’ll say no, not China, but it's Canada. The Great White North is warming up to immigrants as it always has, but particularly to many … [Read more...] about Oh Canada! Warmer times for immigration in the Great White North

Former Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio ripped House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Thursday, calling McCarthy a “chicken shit” who will “punch down.” “I just think he’s chicken shit. Like between me and you,” Ryan told former Obama administration official David Axelrod on “The Axe Files” podcast . (RELATED: Failed Senate Candidate Tells Bill Maher The Democrats’ Brand Is ‘Toxic’) “He will take a shot,” Ryan added. “He will punch down. He will punch down at someone who can’t defend themselves.” Ryan claimed that McCarthy attacked Dr. Brian Monohan, then the attending physician for the House of Representatives, over a mask mandate during debate on the appropriations bill that funds the legislative branch. Monohan recommended that masks be required in July 2021 following an increase in COVID-19 cases, the New York Post reported . LISTEN: “I just left speaking with Dr. Monahan from the House. He said he used the CDC recommendation on a report that hasn’t been printed … [Read more...] about ‘Chicken Sh*t’: Failed Dem Senate Candidate Rails Against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

Jairam Ramesh's remarks came after the opposition stepped up its attack on the BJP-led government over the Adani issue and slammed it for not taking action against the business conglomerate. (File image: Reuters) Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed on Friday that a senior government official has described the recent developments involving the Adani Group as a "storm in a tea cup" and said the cup belongs to none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "A responsible senior official has dismissed the Adani affair as a storm in a tea cup. Well, he accepts it as a storm. As for the tea cup, it is of none other than the PM himself. No ordinary tea cup!" the former Union minister wrote on Twitter. His remarks came after the opposition stepped up its attack on the BJP-led government over the Adani issue and slammed it for not taking action against the business conglomerate. US-based short seller Hindenburg Research has accused the Adani Group of stock manipulation and … [Read more...] about Congress leader Jairam Ramesh takes dig at PM Modi over Adani issue

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin In late January Chevron CVX announced fourth quarter and full year 2022 results. Chevron earned a record $36.5 billion profit in 2022, more than doubling 2021 earnings. In addition, Chevron increased its quarterly dividend by 6%, and announced a $75 billion stock buyback : “The Board also authorized the repurchase of the company’s shares of common stock in an aggregate amount of $75 billion. The $75 billion authorization takes effect on April 1, 2023, and does not have a fixed expiration date. It replaces the Board’s previous repurchase authorization of $25 billion from January 2019, which will terminate on March 31, 2023, after the completion of the company’s repurchases in the first quarter 2023.” The Biden Administration Responds This stock buyback announcement got immediate attention from the Biden Administration. In a series of tweets, White House spokesperson Abdullah Hasan wrote: and … [Read more...] about If Chevron Can Sell Shares, Why Can’t They Buy Them Back?

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The first hearing of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee kicked off today for the 118 th Congress. The hearing, The State of Transportation Infrastructure and Supply Chain Challenges , featured new Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Ranking Member Rick Laursen (D-CA). The supply chain, labor, and regulation of freight rail, America’s best scoring infrastructure which drove $1 trillion to the US economy in 2021, were topics of the hearing. Roughly half of the $1.2 trillion of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) falls under the jurisdiction of this committee. Chairman Graves laid out priorities of the committee, noting that America’s transportation network is essential and integral to American competitiveness, movement of goods and people, and quality of life. He noted how Covid-19 exposed the vulnerabilities of America’s transportation networks and was exacerbated by misguided regulation. A … [Read more...] about Freight Rail Pushes Past Pandemic Driving Billions To US Economy

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin On January 20, the day President Joe Biden was inaugurated, Luke Scarmazzo, who is serving a 22-year sentence in federal prison for operating a medical cannabis dispensary in California, realized that he was going to remain in prison. During the final days of the Trump Administration, he was told that he would be pardoned and released. “When I saw Biden getting sworn in, I knew that it wasn’t gonna happen,” Scarmazzo says during a phone call from Yazoo City, MS-based FCI Yazoo City, where he is currently incarcerated. For some reason, Scarmazzo’s case wasn’t approved at the last minute. After eight years of lobbying the Obama and Trump Administrations, Scarmazzo now has to start all over with the Biden Administration. Scarmazzo and his business partner, Ricardo Montes, opened California Healthcare Collective medical cannabis dispensary in 2004 in Modesto, CA. Though their  business was legal under California’s … [Read more...] about The Inside Story Of A Trump Pardon Gone Wrong

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Wondering whether your Congressperson is actually doing a good job? Is there some type of metric besides number of times the Congressperson tweeted expressions of outrage and used ALL CAPS? Well, it could help to see what’s really happening with the health of people in your Congressional District. After all, improving the lives of people in the district is kind of what a House of Representatives person is supposed to do, right? Say, for example, more people in your District are binge drinking than any other District. You may, in turn, be inclined to tell your Congressperson, “Maybe it’s time to bottle up the rhetoric and figure out what’s going on here” That’s why the new Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD) , just launched by a team from the New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, can be a useful tool to help separate out the Congresspersons … [Read more...] about New Dashboard Shows Key Health Measures In Each Of 435 Congressional Districts

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Honda's revamped Clarity fuel cell sedan is a technological marvel, but hydrogen fuel stations ... [+] remain scarce. (Honda) Honda The dogged persistence Honda has shown in its decades-long quest to perfect hydrogen as a zero-emission replacement for gasoline can be seen as quixotic or futile. But the quirky company that makes motorcycles, lawnmowers, jets, humanoid robots, boat engines and a few million cars soldiers on, along with GM, Toyota and Hyundai, in the face of haphazard government support for hydrogen, minimal consumer awareness and withering critics like Elon Musk , a tireless advocate for Tesla’s battery-powered cars. All the sweat equity Honda engineers have invested in its fuel cell program, year after year, has yielded a remarkable new version of the Clarity sedan, the most compelling argument yet for the potential hydrogen cars still hold. Yet for all its technological sophistication, … [Read more...] about Honda’s Dogged Hydrogen Push Yields A Remarkable New Clarity Fuel Cell Sedan