Mike Pompeo doesn’t reckon himself a media critic, but the secretary of state can’t help but grin at the hysterical coverage that attends the Trump administration’s every move on the world stage. The latest example came last week, when reporters and liberal foreign-policy types managed to convince themselves that Team Trump was prepping a full-scale Read more about Mike Pompeo explains the Trump Doctrine[…]
Imagine, for a moment, what the political reaction would be if a leading Republican senator met with an antagonistic foreign power, say Russia, in the midst of high-tension standoff between President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin? Such a scenario seems nearly inconceivable. Yet, it’s exactly the situation Sen. Dianne Feinstein created when hosting Iranian Foreign Read more about How is this not colluding with America’s enemies?[…]
An MS-13 gangster was found guilty on Thursday of conspiring to kill a man for wearing a No. 18 Peyton Manning jersey. Jose Suarez, also known as “Chompira,” was convicted on murder, racketeering and assault charges for the Jan. 29 killing of Esteban Alvarado-Bonilla in a Long Island deli, according to federal prosecutors. see also Read more about MS-13 gangster convicted of killing man for wearing Peyton Manning jersey[…]
Best Buy forecast second-quarter sales and profit above estimates on Thursday, as more people signed up for the consumer electronics retailer’s subscription-based tech support services and shopped on its website and app. Click Here: The company reported a better-than-expected profit in the first quarter, but did not raise its full-year forecast, taking into account a Read more about Geek Squad, online shopping lift Best Buy’s second-quarter profits[…]
Nasdaq’s CEO should probably get off social media. Adena Friedman, the head of Wall Street’s second-largest stock exchange, got dragged into Manhattan federal court on Thursday over a business dispute with a fund manager — and a key piece of evidence was her response to an upset businessman who messaged her on LinkedIn. Nasdaq has Read more about Nasdaq CEO’s social media habit lands her in court[…]
Mark Zuckerberg just can’t quit political ads. Facebook executives considered banning political ads after it was revealed that Russia used the social network to influence the 2016 presidential election, but the company’s billionaire CEO decided against it, according to a Thursday report. The social network has, however, removed ad-sales employees’ incentives to run political ads Read more about How Facebook is changing its political ad-buying policies[…]
Tourists are hiking for miles on a remote Scottish island to catch a glimpse of a piece of driftwood shaped like a naked woman. The large piece of wood — affectionately named The Lady of Balnahard — washed ashore at the northern tip of Colonsay, Inner Hebrides. The peculiar timber near the island’s Balnahard Beach Read more about Hikers have a serious woody for a piece of driftwood shaped like a naked woman[…]
Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez livestreamed on Instagram her panicked reaction to a tornado warning in Washington DC on Thursday afternoon. The Bronx Democrat shared video of a downpour shot from her House office in Capitol Hill. “Guys, they just issued a tornado watch in D.C.,” she says in the video. She then pans over and Read more about Ocasio-Cortez shares panicked reaction to DC tornado warning on Instagram[…]
A mischievous 3-year-old boy in the UK really wanted a teddy bear — so badly that he climbed into an arcade claw machine to grab one, and got trapped, according to a new report. Natalie Draper, 37, brought her son Noah to an indoor play center in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, on Wednesday, The Sun reported. The Read more about This boy really wanted a teddy bear \u2014 and he paid the price[…]
Facebook removed more than 3 billion fake accounts from October to March, twice as many as the previous six months, the company said Thursday. Nearly all of them were caught before they had a chance to become “active” users of the social network. In a new report, Facebook said it saw a “steep increase” in Read more about Facebook removed 3 billion fake accounts in just 6 months[…]