Five things to know about Biden's farewell address that also served as a warning to the country WASHINGTON -- With only days left in the White House, President Joe Biden was saving a few surprises for his farewell address Wednesday evening. Instead of simply summing up his term in office, he ... 01/15/2025 - 2:51 pm | View Link
Biden warns of dangers of ‘oligarchy’ of ultra-rich, ‘tech-industrial complex’ running country Watch live as President Joe Biden delivers a farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office. The speech starts at 8 p.m. 01/15/2025 - 12:23 pm | View Link
President Biden warns of 'oligarchy' as he bids farewell to five decades in politics Joe Biden, who will be replaced by Donald Trump in five days, defended his legacy and the importance of American democracy in an Oval Office address ... 01/15/2025 - 11:19 am | View Link
Biden final approval rating as he leaves office matches lowest of presidency: Poll President Biden’s approval rating as he leaves office matches the lowest of his presidency in a recent poll from CNN. In the CNN poll released on Wednesday, 36 percent said they are supportive of ... 01/15/2025 - 5:16 am | View Link
Biden’s Presidential Legacy: An Era of Change, Forever Marked by Trump But hobbled by inflation, illegal immigration and his own advancing age, Mr. Biden leaves office as an unpopular one-term president, turning over the Oval Office to a man he considers a fascist and a ... 01/15/2025 - 5:08 am | View Link
Washington, DC stands out as a refuge for reproductive rights: Unlike the 20-plus states that have moved to restrict abortion since the US Supreme Court’s June 2022 Dobbs decision, DC has no mandated waiting period for abortion, no parental notification laws, and no limits based on gestational age.
But DC is also unique in its status as the nation’s capital, which makes its governance susceptible to federal meddling.
Two days before Donald Trump was re-elected president, he told rallygoers that he wouldn’t mind if somebody shot through a crowd of journalists. Some of his supporters laughed a bit, some cheered. It was typical fare.
The same weekend, Trump called journalists “monsters” and “horrible, horrible, dishonest people.” In the past, he has cheered a journalist shot with a rubber bullet as a “beautiful sight;” he heaped adoration on a candidate who body-slammed a reporter.
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As the Los Angeles area fires rage on, tens of thousands of people are left displaced. Those who lost homes to the flames are scrambling to find new or temporary housing, but face a massive barrier: Many listing prices on the market have shot up—by a lot.
Last Tuesday, California Gov.
Meta made a number of changes to suck up to Yambo. The company ended its fact-checking program in the United States, stopped scanning new posts for most policy violations, and created carve-outs in its community standards to allow nasty speech about transgender people and immigrants. (Naturally, the company also sacrificed its DEI program on the Altar Of Orange.) Via Platformer.com:
Behind the scenes, the company was also quietly dismantling a system to prevent the spread of misinformation.
The Republican Party of Wisconsin is slated to hold their state convention on May 17, 2025, and it's already shaping up to be something to behold, based on this Xitter post by Brett Galaszewski, who happens to be involved with both the Republican Party of Wisconsin and Turning Point Action.