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A Yale Professor Recommended a ‘Good-Looking Blonde’ Student for a Job With Epstein. He’s Not Sorry
(Headline USA) Yale University says a prominent computer science professor will not teach classes while it reviews his conduct, after newly released documents show he sent Jeffrey Epstein an email describing an undergraduate as a good-looking blonde while recommending her for a job. Messages between David Gelernter — who made headlines in 1993 when he…
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House GOP Pushes Strict Proof-of-Citizenship Requirement for Voters Ahead of Midterm Elections
(Headline USA) House Republicans are rushing ahead on Wednesday on legislation that would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements ahead of the midterm elections, a longshot Trump administration priority that faces sharp blowback in the Senate. The bill, called the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE America Act, would require Americans to prove they are citizens…
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When Should You Sell Your Gold and Silver
(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey opened with a story from his childhood about a quarter superglued to a school cafeteria floor. In the 1980s, a quarter could actually buy something. If it had been minted before 1965, it would have contained 90 percent silver.…
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Did Ilhan Omar Invoke Execution While Attacking Trump?
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Ilhan Omar D-Minn., implied Wednesday that President Donald Trump would face execution in Somalia, suggesting that “pedophiles” are put to death there after labeling him the “leader of the Pedophile Protection Party.” Omar made the bizarre suggestion in an X post responding to a video clip in which Trump criticized Somali immigrants…
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Trump Administration Briefly Closes El Paso Airspace, Blames Mexican Cartel Drone Incursion
(Headline USA) A Mexican cartel drone incursion prompted an hourslong closure of airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas that was lifted on Wednesday morning, the Trump administration said. Just hours earlier, the Federal Aviation Administration had announced a 10-day closure grounding all flights to and from the airport. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said…
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FBI Warrant Called ‘Recycled Election Conspiracy Theories’
(Kim Jarrett, The Center Square) A search warrant for the Fulton County Election Board offices is part of a plan to “dramatically remake” elections, said Lauren Groh-Wargo, CEO of Fair Fight Action. The FBI raided the Georgia office on Jan. 28, taking physical ballots, tabulator tapes, ballot images and voter rolls. The intention behind the…
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San Francisco Sued Over Reparations Fund for Black Residents
(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) A lawsuit is challenging a San Francisco ordinance that establishes a reparations fund for Black residents. The ordinance, signed in December by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, a Democrat, is aimed at addressing systematic harms. Even so, the Pacific Legal Foundation said this is wrong. “The purpose of the lawsuit…
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SCOOP: OKC Bomb Plotter Sues Prison for Sex Abuse
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In 2017, Oklahoma man Jerry Drake Varnell was the target of a sting operation to bomb a bank. In that case, the FBI initially determined that Varnell, who is schizophrenic, “does not appear to have the means to actually commit this act.” Nevertheless, the FBI had an informant introduce him to…
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Stacey Plaskett Begged Epstein for Cash Using a Pseudonym
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., concealed her identity in an email using a pseudonym to solicit money from longtime associate Jeffrey Epstein, according to a recent report covering DOJ-released emails. In one email, dated May 5, 2017, Plaskett used the pseudonym “LeRoy Daughter,” an apparent reference to her father, LeRoy Plaskett, to request funding for…
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Openly Gay Texas Judge Speedlin Gonzalez Suspended After Indictment
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Texas’s first openly gay judge was suspended without pay after being indicted in a criminal case involving allegations of courtroom abuse of power. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct suspended Judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez on Thursday after a Bexar County grand jury indicted her on charges of official oppression and unlawful restraint involving defense attorney…
