Michael Chertoff, executive chairman of The Chertoff Group and the Department of Homeland Security Secretary under George W. Bush, speaks during the Concordia Annual Summit in New York City on Sept. 23, 2019. Chertoff and Clinton administration Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick will lead a “review and assessment” of the DHS’ Disinformation Governance Board. Michael Chertoff, executive chairman of The Chertoff Group and the Department of Homeland Security Secretary under George W. Bush, speaks during the Concordia Annual Summit in New York City on Sept. 23, 2019. Chertoff and Clinton administration Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick will lead a “review…
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I met Joe about five years ago. He was unemployed and had no money. I was a beautician who had just completed her training. I didn’t have a shop or equipment to start my own business so I did a few odd jobs here and there to put food on the table. I loved him and I knew in time he would get a job and help out with the bills. Over time, our rent expired and we moved to a new neighborhood. Somewhere busy and bustling with life. That way, we could get access to jobs and business opportunities.…
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland was testifying before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday. It’s safe to say it did not go well.Joe Biden and his team have claimed that they are doing everything they can to relieve the rising prices of gas. That’s just not true. As I wrote earlier today reporting on Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s testimony before the Senate, Biden canceled three oil and gas lease sales scheduled in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska, thus cutting off millions of acres from possible drilling. On top of that, Granholm’s response was…
Then-President Donald Trump gestures toward Democratic rival Joe Biden during their debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct. 22, 2020.Then-President Donald Trump gestures toward Democratic rival Joe Biden during their debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct. 22, 2020. (Jim Watson – AFP / Getty Images)One might say a jewel in the crown of Donald Trump’s presidency was the astounding rise of the stock market.Early in his tenure, economists such as Stephen Moore were predicting that the Dow Jones Industrial Average could reach 30,000 — and it did. The day after the former New York businessman…
I am a young mother of a little child and we have been married for only three years. My husband used to be a good man and we had a long relationship before we got married. We dated for two years and he was a great person then. He respected me and made sure he treated me like a woman. He never did anything that would hurt me and even when we had issues, we openly spoke about them and made peace. While I was getting married, I had no doubt whatsoever. I was happy and also assured that I…
A 911 dispatcher and a teen went to a police station to report that a man was stalking them. However, they were told they would need to return days later to file criminal charges.Within a few hours, both women were dead. In February 2021, the two women reported to police that Nickelson had assaulted them, stolen the teen’s phone and threatened to kill them, according to a civil lawsuit related to the case and reported by Town Talk.The women showed police how Nickelson followed them and was parked nearby, sending threatening texts.But they were told they would have to return…
He said he was “fighting for a dying race” and “fighting extinction” after his deadly rampage against Black people. He was caught before he could execute the next part of his plan: burst into a nearby synagogue and gun down “as many Jews as possible.”A troubled student who spent hours surfing the internet, he was inspired by websites that “spoke the truth about the demise of the white race.” He plotted for months to kill Blacks, Jews and Hispanics, and he apologized to some of those he shot at because “They were whites.” This sounds like Payton Gendron, who killed…
Choice Christopher, the SUG Vice President of Delta State Polytechnic, has recounted the humiliation she faced after getting pregnant out of wedlock. She took to her Facebook page on Wednesday, May 19, to show off her daughter who is now grown, and shared the struggles she went through after getting pregnant at a young age. According to her, she was mocked, suspended from her church and ridiculed by her age mates.However, she choose to keep the pregnancy and today, her child can easily be mistaken to be her younger sister.Professing her love for her daughter, Choice wrote,“When I was pregnant…
Note: we are republishing this story in light of recent reports that suggest more and more people all across the country are performing random acts of kindness even amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. Army Ranger Lt. Col. Robert Risdon Jr. stopped at a Mobile, Alabama, Taco Bell with Jason Gibson, the Columbus Lions football coach. While in the restaurant, two boys walked in and began asking the customers if they were interested in buying the homemade sweets they had with them. Neither Risdon nor Gibson had any cash on them, but when Richardson discovered that the boys…
The alleged Buffalo shooter once detailed a grisly account of beheading a cat — an incident that left him feeling absolutely nothing at all.18-year-old Payton Gendron documented the killing in a digital journal entry on Discord — which was public for a time before being taken down — in which he describes slicing up a feral gray tabby cat that was apparently attacking his family’s own pet cat in their garage The alleged Buffalo shooter once detailed a grisly account of beheading a cat — an incident that left him feeling absolutely nothing at all. 18-year-old Payton Gendron documented the killing in…