Idaho’s new hands-free cellphone law, which requires people to put their electronic devices in hands-free mode while driving, goes into effect Wednesday. The new law applies even when drivers are stopped at a red light or stop sign. It essentially bans holding a cellphone while operating a vehicle, a news release from the Idaho State …
Chief Justice John Roberts again jumped the aisle, siding with the Supreme Court’s conservatives in a landmark decision issued Tuesday, striking down a Montana law preventing taxpayer-funded scholarship money from going to the state’s religious schools. Roberts authored the opinion in the court’s school choice case, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, backing a Montana …
Well done, Tapped. Local Idaho public health officials are acknowledging a Moscow establishment for responsibly reporting a coronavirus case to protect the public. The North Central District of Idaho Public Health reports that an employee at Tapped-Taphouse & Kitchen has been diagnosed with coronavirus. The individual was working at Tapped June 23rd through the 25th. …
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A controversial video went viral Monday showing President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump brandishing guns as a mostly peaceful group of reporters approached the White House. Trump held an AR-15 and Melania waved around a semiautomatic pistol as reporters neared the White House, presumably to ask questions. https://babylonbee.com/news/controversial-video-of-trump-and-melania-brandishing-guns-as-reporters-near-white-house/
Front page, above the fold in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Riddle me this: how can you disobey a recommendation? Liberals pretend that recommendations and laws are the same. They are not. Which is why recommendations are not enforceable, much to the chagrin of our City Council. About 1,000 people — most or all of whom did not …
The Democrat Party began attacking Mount Rushmore on Monday night from their official Twitter account and referred to upcoming Independence Day celebrations at the famed monument as “glorifying white supremacy.” “Trump has disrespected Native communities time and again,” the Democrats wrote. “He’s attempted to limit their voting rights and blocked critical pandemic relief. Now he’s …
The following is the full text of an opinion piece written by climate activist and energy expert Michael Shellenberger which was originally published by Forbes but pulled a few hours later. Shellenberger, a Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment” and Green Book Award Winner, told The Daily Wire in a statement hours after Forbes deactivated …
Defund the police, people are going to protect themselves and their property otherwise. A group of protesters in Missouri who famously found themselves facing an armed husband and wife may soon be facing multiple charges. As a group of demonstrators marched toward the home of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s home on Sunday night to …
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is proposing to slash the city’s police department budget by $1 billion, even as crime is spiking in the Big Apple. In a Monday morning press conference at City Hall, the Democrat said the saved money would be diverted to “young people.” “My office presented to City Council a …
Counter-protesters gathered outside a statue of Teddy Roosevelt in New York City on Sunday, defending the monument of the 26th president of the United States from protesters advocating its removal. During the counter-demonstration, Gavin Mario Wax, president of the New York Young Republican Club, gave an impassioned speech about standing up to left-wing activists and protesters who …
An overnight shooting in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, home to the Capitol Hill Ongoing/Occupied Protest (or CHOP), left one dead and one in critical condition, according to Seattle media. It is, at least, the fourth such incident in less than a week, at the first to take place after Seattle city officials vowed to “retake” …
If you allow thugs to run wild and also defund the police, citizens are going to take to protecting themselves. Openly. Armed residents in St. Louis, Missouri, reportedly guarded their property on Sunday evening as demonstrators marched through their neighborhood. Columbia Missourian journalist Daniel Shular recorded a video of the couple and posted in on …
All are equal. Some are just more equal. We’ll defund police for you, but keep them for ourselves. The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously on Friday, 12-0, to approve an amendment that would eliminate requirements from the city’s charter for the city to have a police department. “Under the current charter language, the city council …
From the AP: BOISE — Hospitals are preparing for a potential influx of older patients after a recent spike in coronavirus infections among young people visiting bars who are likely bringing the illness home to their parents and grandparents, a health expert said Friday. Barton Hill, vice president and chief quality officer of St. Luke’s …
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This article ran in the Wall Street Journal. Hate Crime Hoaxes Are More Common Than You Think A political scientist found that fewer than 1 in 3 of 346 such allegations was genuine. Jason L. Riley reports for the Wall St. Journal, June 25, 2020, that Wilfred Reilly, an assistant professor of political science at Kentucky State …
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Back in April, I estimated that the death rate from Covid-19 will be around 0.3% — close to a bad flu year. I’m sticking to that. Newly published antibody test results from half a dozen parts of the country confirm that COVID-19 infections in the United States far outnumberconfirmed cases. The ratio of estimated infections …
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More coming on “no platforming”. Catholics and other supporters showed up on Saturday to defend a statue of St. Louis’ namesake from desecration and destruction by hundreds gathered to protest alleged racism. As Catholic leaders and followers prayed openly in front of the statue of King Louis IX and even offered a “history lesson” to …
Speaking on Newsmax’s “Saturday Report,” Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX), ripped into the mainstream media that has been focusing on the spike in coronavirus cases in Texas and Florida, saying of the numbers in the last month, “If you look at the deaths, the precious lives that have been lost, New York deaths are up over …
