Here is Elon again: Here’s what the U.S. Government wasted $900 Billion of your tax dollars on in 2023. The Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) will fix this. America deserves leaders that prioritize sensible spending. pic.twitter.com/uKmNmAF4yk — America (@america) November 15, 2024 Good work! Except for one thing: $895 billion of his $900 billion is ...continue reading "Elon Musk knows nothing about government efficiency"
We just warned folks that Donald Trump would be one of the most anti-free speech Presidents in history, and he seems to have no qualms living down to that reputation. Donald Trump’s history of frivolous lawsuits against media outlets shows his disdain for free speech, and he shows no signs of stopping. The Columbia Journalism […]
CHICAGO – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement regarding President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): “Mr. Kennedy is entirely unqualified to lead our federal health programs. While masquerading as a crusader against corporate influence or for the concerns of children and parents, Mr. Kennedy pushes quack science that will cause more disease and death. His theories are unsubstantiated and dangerous. This position has life-and-death responsibilities. America deserves nothing less than a serious person to fill it. Mr. Kennedy is not that person.”
EDWARDSVILLE - SIUE will welcome Maria Beaver Hussman, an Ojibwe educator, seamstress and crafter. From 12–2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, Hussman will share stories and crafts in the Lovejoy Library at SIUE. Attendees can make dreamcatchers and listen to Hussman’s stories about Ojibwe culture. “She’s just interested in sharing her culture and Native American culture in general with people,” said Simone Williams. “It’s a way to relate the work that we do on campus with the outside community, and also just ways of expressing different ways of learning. I don’t believe that there’s one way to learn, even though we’re in an academic setting. You can take bits and pieces from these different storytellers and apply it to your life.” Williams, Diversity and Engagement Librarian and an assistant professor at SIUE, organized Hussman’s visit to Lovejoy Library. She explained that Hussman sells traditional and contemporar
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King Crimson songwriter and lyricist Peter Sinfield passed away Thursday at the age of 80. The news was announced on social media by King Crimson founder, and longest lasting member, Robert…
A Clayton-based private equity firm has made its second solar industry investment through a partnership with a California-based provider of solar carports.
A heartfelt collection of World War II love letters, recently discovered in a Missouri thrift store donation, will soon be reunited with a beloved family member.
Today the Washington Post presents us with the Top Ten RFK Jr. Conspiracy Theories. This is great service journalism, but it's too damn long for those of us with busy lives. So as a further service, here is Shorter RFK Jr, a brief compilation of just the conspiracy theories themselves: Kennedy has falsely linked vaccines ...continue reading "Top ten RFK Jr. conspiracy theories, now in handy index card format"
A court in Switzerland has ruled that a watch Yoko Ono gave John Lennon shortly before his 1980 death does in fact belong to Ono, and not a watch collector…
Elon Musk, as is his wont, casually endorsed a tweet last night saying there were now 83 levels from top to bottom in the federal bureaucracy. ZOMG! Is that true? No. This is based on a study by Paul Light of Brookings, and if either Musk or the original poster had bothered to read past ...continue reading "Would you like to be an associate assistant deputy assistant secretary?"
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