by Don Mooney Fort Worth, TEX—A much needed cash injection of $11 million is offered to by the city of Ft. Worth to remedy two problems: homelessness in the city; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary declining enrollment. The sale of most of its Carroll Park student housing complex, covering 20 acres […]
Politics
Closed! This city hall in North Texas shuts down after mass resignations
ABBY CHURCH January 20, 2023, 2:12 PM 1 / 2 Godley councilwoman seeks temporary restraining order against mayor in latest city drama Amanda McCoy/amccoy@star-telegram.com A staffing shortage and mass resignation has forced the shutdown of Godley City Hall. On Thursday, a series of white signs hung on the municipal building’s doors […]
Chinese Economic Wave Spark Protests In Kenya
by Don Mooney 3-1-2023 Nairobi, Kenya—Like a Tsunami the Chinese economic seed African leaders allowed China to plant are now coming to bare. Similarly when a foreign species is introduced in a native country it seems to overwhelm whatever population it was meant to support. Demonstrations come in the wake […]
Texas Educations Plan For Seperate But Unequal
The new Robin Hood: Take from the needy and give to the greedy POSTED ON FEBRUARY 9, 2023, 8:01 AM (LAST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 9, 2023, 11:27 AM) Here’s everything you need to know about school vouchers in Texas, DOMINIC ANTHONY WALSH / SARAH SELF-WALBRICK, KTTZ School vouchers aren’t a new idea. But over the […]
How Can You Not Love America?
Andy Humbles Nashville Tennessean Roughly 200-300 people attended a rally Saturday to protest a state bill that proposes to rename a portion of Rep. John Lewis Way in Nashville after former U.S. President Donald Trump. Hume-Fogg High School senior Safiyah Suara, the daughter of at-large Metro Council member Zulfat Suara, […]
Israeli protestors say justice reform could ‘undermine democracy’
Issued on: 12/02/2023 – 07:46 Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the street in several cities across the country Saturday, protesting judicial overhaul plans by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Critics say measures introduced by the new hard-line government would weaken the Supreme Court, limit judicial oversight and grant more power to politicians. Protesters […]
Another South Carolinian Makes It Official
Republican Tim Scott has said the support of his mom and a mentor turned his life around and taught him conservative principles. PHOTO: CAROLINE BREHMAN/SHUTTERSTOCK by Don Mooney 2-14-2023 4:40 am As the NFL season come to and end a new season of political football begins training camp.South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is […]
Carville on GOP heckling of Biden: ‘You saw real white trash on display’
BY JARED GANS – 02/09/23 12:33 PM ET SHARETWEET Democratic strategist james Carville said some Republicans’ heckling of President Biden during the State of the Union address on Tuesday demonstrated “white trashdom” in the GOP. “I tell people I have the equivalent of a Ph.D. in white trashology, and you saw real white trash […]
Jan. 6 rioter who carried Confederate flag sentenced to three years in prison
“I’ve lost my son, and I’ve lost my wife,” Seefried said. BY ZACH SCHONFELD – 02/09/23 3:13 PM ET A man who carried a Confederate battle flag through the halls of the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday. Kevin Seefried was found guilty last summer on […]
Money Can Buy You Love
Attorney General Ken Paxton agrees to apologize and pay $3.3 million to whistleblowers in settlement Paxton and the four whistleblowers asked the Texas Supreme Court to defer consideration of the case until they can finalize the settlement, after which they’ll move to end the case. BY JAMES BARRAGÁN FEB. 10, 2023UPDATED: 18 […]