Trump ordered that the term Homo sapiens be changed to Hetero sapiens. In history books and on websites, the airplane from which the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima will no longer be identified as the Enola Gay, but rather the Enola Straight. Trump also ordered billionaire Mark Cuban, who supported Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, to change his name to Mark American. If he does not do so, he will be charged with terrorism.   read more

Critics argue that the state’s $5 million advertising campaign implies that photo ID will be required, which could discourage some voters who lack such ID to mistakenly believe that they should not even try to vote. They point to a bus ad featuring a large photo ID with “SHOW IT” in big block lettering; the ad also says photo ID is not mandatory, but in much smaller type. Further, it took the state more than two weeks to remove billboard ads stating the IDs were mandatory.   read more

Suggesting that climate “volatility can be an opportunity,” Cargill CEO Greg Page explained last year that “The big part of our business is the physical handling of tens of millions of tons of food. If we believe the world is headed toward a varied weather pattern, those services become more important.”   read more

The single biggest source of funding for the Democrats’ gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina, was an $8 million loan from Bank of America that was secured by Duke Energy. The Republicans leaned heavily on wealthy individuals to finance their convention in Tampa, Florida. Topping the list was Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who contributed $5 million. Another key contributor was Bill Edwards, who gave $4.6 million through two of his companies.   read more

1. Tax crimes—6 years 2. Securities and commodities fraud—6 years 3. Damage to religious property—7 years 4. Nuclear materials offenses—8 years 5. Kidnapping of a member of Congress, the Supreme Court or the president’s cabinet—8 years 6. Damaging certain computers—8 years 7. Murder of foreign officials or official guests—8 years 8. Torture by a law enforcement officer—8 years   read more

While serving as director of the budget development staff, Bergeron was in contact with hedge fund analyst and short-seller Steve Eisman, who complained to Bergeron that the rumored weakening of regulations pertaining to for-profit colleges was driving up stocks in companies that owned such colleges. In 2011, Bergeron was accused of lying about the Department of Education’s awareness of the activities of Eisman and other short-sellers.   read more

The statements undercut government assertions that the Internet publication of the documents on July 25, 2010, harmed the U.S. On July 27, Obama said : “The fact is these documents don't reveal any issues that haven’t already informed our public debate on Afghanistan; indeed, they point to the same challenges that led me to conduct an extensive review of our policy last fall.”   read more

Between 1972 and 1991, Burge and the officers under his commands forced confessions from literally hundreds of black males, some of them juveniles, by slamming telephone books on top of suspect’s heads, using a cattle prod or a violet wand to shock their faces, anuses and genitals, engaging in mock executions, putting plastic bags over their heads, cigarette burnings and severe beatings.   read more

Barrera learned English when she started the first grade, at a time when speaking Spanish was forbidden at school. She later recalled that the Spanish ban “probably served to stop a lot of other learning that I could have done, because it brought with it…questions about what was okay to use at home with family and what was not. And never seeing yourself and finding yourselves in the books at school was also probably something that stayed with me for a long time.”   read more

An enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Joyce Silverthorne was director of the Tribal Education Department for the Tribes from 1999 to 2007, and served two years as Montana Education Superintendent Denise Juneau’s P-20 Education (i.e., preschool to college) policy advisor starting in December 2008. She also served as a gubernatorial appointee to the Montana Board of Public Education for 10 years.   read more

From 1991 to 2011, the annual number of murders in DC dropped significantly, from 482 to 108. But about 43% of all homicide cases from 2000 to last year remain unsolved (1,006 out of 2,294). And less than a third of cases have led to a conviction for murder or manslaughter, according to an investigation by The Washington Post. In 15% of cases, the case is closed without an arrest.   read more

Among the 46 pages of regulations are ones that dictate the size of examination rooms and hallways in clinic buildings, require the installation of hands-free faucets on sinks with at least 10 inches between the faucet and the bottom of the sink, require that computer servers be placed in a separate room and that water coolers be installed in lobbies. The clinics have two years to make the changes.   read more

The U.S. Army first occupied Fallujah, a city of more than 300,000 people about 45 miles west of Baghdad, in April 2003. But it was the following year, following the dismembering of four U.S. mercenaries, that the Americans launched their deadliest attacks, which included the use of white phosphorus. The authors of the study found children with birth defects had five times the level of lead in their hair than healthy children. Also, mercury levels were six times above normal.   read more

From July 2011 to May 2012, Yudin served as acting assistant secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, overseeing the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. In June 2012, he took over as acting assistant secretary of Education for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. He is listed on the website of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Institute, a non-partisan, tax-exempt educational and research organization, as an openly gay political leader.   read more

He was a special advisor to the NIDRR director, as well as NIDRR’s deputy director. After the Department re-organized RSA in 2005, Esquith served as director of the State Monitoring and Program Improvement Division. He also completed an extended detail at the Office of Management and Budget as a program examiner.   read more

According to The Center for Public Integrity, which tracked this transfer, the $1.5 million passed through three RGA accounts in Washington D.C. before making its way to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Common Cause Executive Director Barry Kauffman called the multi-transferred funds “an elaborate money-laundering scheme, which is legal.”   read more

In the current dysfunctional campaign finance system, partisan groups are able to receive 501(c)(4) status from the IRS. This tax designation is supposed to be for organizations dedicated to promoting social welfare. But big-money operations like Crossroads GPS (Republican) and Priorities USA (Democrat) are really dedicated to influencing election outcomes, and that’s where the IRS could play a key role in stemming the million-dollar collections of these groups.   read more