Biden commutes sentence of cancer doc who diluted chemo drugs

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Trump says he will eliminate Daylight Saving Time
"The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn't! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation," Trump wrote on social media.

January 6 arrests rose 24% in 2024, 75% in past 2 years, DOJ report says
There have been 1,572 people arrested by the FBI since Jan. 6, 2021. Nearly 70% of cases were misdemeanors.

Biden grants clemency to ex-doc sentenced to 20 years for diluting cancer patients' chemotherapy drugs
Meera Sachdeva, a Mississippi doctor, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2012 for defrauding Medicare and was required to reimburse $8.2 million to her former cancer facility.

Biden infuriates locals with clemency for fraudster who stole $53 million from her small city
Rita Crundwell stole so much from Dixon, the city had to cut its budget.

Oregon sees record overdose deaths in 2023 despite national decline
The state’s worsening drug crisis follows the implementation of one of the country’s most permissive drug policies. In 2021, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize possession of hard drugs.

Ben Shapiro: The Race Rape Hoax That Started It All Collapses
One of the astonishing things about the news industry is that many stories with an outsized national impact turn out to have been completely falsified upon further review.

Son tries to drop off father's dead body at sheriff's station and gets arrested for murder
"We don't have people just show up and say they have a dead body with them and they'd like to turn in. It’s not common."

Mayorkas Downplays NJ Drone Concerns, Claims They’re Likely Store-Bought, Harmless
“There very well may be drones in the sky, of course, but those are commercially available. One can go into a convenience store and buy a small drone."

New Jersey Mayor Says First Responders Told To Call Bomb Squad, Wear Hazmat Suits If Drone Is Discovered
"When you start putting things together that they’re telling us, critical infrastructure, no critical threat, they’re unwilling to shoot them down, they’re unwilling to do a temporary ban, and we can see them, they have lights on and something is not adding up.”

NJ senator says feds are too ‘fearful’ of public reaction to tell the truth about mysterious drones
“Whatever these drones are doing, the government really doesn’t want us to know,” Sen. Jon Bramnick said, calling on the Department of Defense to “come clean with the American public” about what was really happening.

Drone activity in New York shut down runways at NY airport
"This has gone too far," Hochul said. On Sunday, the governor said the federal government would be deploying a "state-of-the-art drone detection system" to New York to support investigations into the reported sightings.

Larry Hogan says he has witnessed mysterious drones above New Jersey, recorded them
"Last night, beginning at around 9:45 pm, I personally witnessed (and videoed) what appeared to be dozens of large drones in the sky above my residence in Davidsonville, Maryland (25 miles from our nation’s capital). I observed the activity for approximately 45 minutes," wrote Hogan.

Chris Christie says drones flew over his NJ home
Ex-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Sunday said drones have been flying over his home, too — and ripped Department of Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas for downplaying concerns about them.
- Related: Trump exposes what's behind drone sightings over Christie's home

Trump to speak at AmericaFest event in Phoenix. Dec 19-22
The president-elect is scheduled to be the headliner of the event, speaking with other big names like Tucker Carlson, Glenn Beck, Steve Bannon, Ben Shapiro, Donald Trump Jr., Charlie Kirk, Rob Schneider, Danica Patrick, and more.

George Stephanopoulos and ABC apologize to Trump, are forced to pay $15 million to settle defamation suit
ABC News will pay $15 million as a charitable contribution to a Trump presidential foundation and museum. The network will also have to fork over $1 million for Trump’s attorney fees.

Trump eyes privatizing US Postal Service, citing financial losses
Trump feuded with the mail agency in his first term. Privatizing it could shake up consumer shipping and business supply chains.

Politico: The Catholics in Trump’s administration could take GOP in whole new direction
Joe Biden will leave the White House in January as only the second Catholic to occupy it. But a number of Catholics are expected to soon fill the ranks of Donald Trump’s administration.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman To Donate To Trump Inaugural Fund; Google Execs Meet At Mar-A-Lago
The world's top tech leaders are trying to curry favor with the incoming president.

Ric Grenell to serve as Trump's presidential envoy for special missions
The president-elect said that Grenell will work in some of the “hottest spots around the world,” such as Venezuela and North Korea.

Van Jones says 'Trump is smarter than all of us,' says Dems 'look like idiots'
“This dude is a phenomenon, he is the most powerful human on Earth and in our lifetime."

DC waitress fired after saying she'd refuse to serve Trump officials
"I personally would refuse to serve any person in office who I know of as being a sex trafficker or trying to deport millions of people."

Romney To Trump Critics: ‘Give Him A Chance’
“I mean, people are saying, ‘oh, I don’t like this appointment or this policy that he’s talking about.' But those are the things he said he was going to do when he ran. So you can’t complain about someone who does what he said he was going to do.”

House GOP vows to refer ActBlue fundraising probe to incoming Trump Justice Department
Chairman Bryan Steil’s committee has probed ActBlue over lax security measures that may have allowed illicit foreign money to flow to American political campaigns.

Bedford: Who will win the battle for the Resistance 2.0?
As Trump’s presidency takes shape, Democrats are split on how to resist, with AOC vying for a leadership role against veteran Gerry Connolly. The fight reflects broader tensions between fiery activism and calculated legislative opposition.

Victor Davis Hanson: The Evaporation Of The Obama Mystique
Obama was the virtual architect of the Biden administration, one of the most unpopular and failed presidencies in American history.

Nancy Pelosi Undergoes Hip-Replacement Surgery After Fall on Trip Overseas
A spokesperson for the 84-year-old Democratic lawmaker said Pelosi “is well on the mend” following the surgery at a U.S. military base in Germany.

‘Our Squad Was Never Small,’ Squad Member Says In Farewell Floor Speech That Barely Anyone Attended
Outgoing Rep. Cori Bush gave her farewell address to a near empty room Friday after she lost her primary to a moderate Democrat.

WV lawmaker arrested after allegedly threatening to kill entire region's delegation over caucus beef
When an individual tried to stop de Soto from threatening people, his response was, "I did say I am going to kill people. I said I am going (sic) what is necessary to put them (sic) from office."

Carol Roth: Elon, Vivek, and the DOGE have a chance at a huge early small business win
Eliminating the Corporate Transparency Act’s burdensome Beneficial Ownership Information rule would offer millions of small businesses some much-needed relief.

Los Angeles approves $30 hourly tourism wage, hotels say they’ll convert to homeless shelters
Businesses say the large spike in wages will lead to closures, scaling back employees, and hotels backing out of agreements put in place for the 2028 Olympics — and could threaten the city budget.

American retail stores shutter at alarming rate in 2024
Retail store closures in the United States rose sharply in 2024, with over 7,100 closures announced through the end of November, a 69% increase from the previous year.

More than half of Gen X parents worry about financially supporting their kids into adulthood, survey shows
Gen X is a “sandwich” generation, facing the financial pressures of simultaneously supporting parents in retirement and kids as they come of age.

Memecoins like Fartcoin are riding Trump’s victory to huge valuations
Yes, it is totally useless. And yes, it has nevertheless tripled in value over the past week to a market capitalization of more than $700 million.

Trump Says Biden’s Border Wall Sale ‘Must Be Stopped’
“Joe Biden keeps talking about a smooth transition and unified government, and yet he races to sell desperately needed border wall for pennies on the dollar."

Senator Eric Schmit Calls On Pentagon To Halt Sale Of Border Wall, Says Gov Recouping Just .02% Of Taxpayer Cost
“A representative sale on December 11, 2024 concluded with four sections of border wall, accounting for almost 16,000 pounds worth of steel, selling for $105. If purely sold for scrap metal at the average cost of $694 per metric ton, the value of this lot is worth $5,219.”

Under Biden, docket for deportation explodes to 6.3 million
“Comparatively, the non-detained was at 3.26 million in FY 2020."

Netanyahu discusses hostages with Trump as Israeli officials say deal could be clinched in days
Netanyahu reportedly told Trump that the U.S. must pressure negotiators to agree to a much higher number of hostages being released and that Hamas is currently offering “an unacceptable number” to be freed within the “humanitarian” category.

Israel drops 'earthquake bomb' on Syria
"Colossal" explosions have filled the skies in Syria as Israeli strikes are said to have targeted military sites in "the heaviest strikes" in the area in more than a decade — with blasts that registered on earthquake sensors.

Brush with Russia in Baltic Points to New Flashpoint in NATO-Moscow Shadow War
Sabotage, warning shots, disruption of air traffic, and dangerous military maneuvering are all part of an intensifying clandestine campaign in Europe, officials say.

Canadian official threatens to cut 1.5M Americans’ power, ban US-made beer in potential Trump trade war
“We will go to the extent of cutting off their energy going down to Michigan, going down to New York State and over to Wisconsin,” Premier Doug Ford of Ontario threatened last week.

‘Kraven the Hunter’ flops
The Spider-Man spinoff “Kraven the Hunter” earned just $11 million, making it one of the worst openings for a Marvel-adjacent property.

The Postal Service’s electric mail trucks are way behind schedule
Defense contractor Oshkosh had only delivered 93 trucks by November — compared to 3,000 originally expected by now.

National Spelling Bee: It's acceptable to spell woman with a 'y'
The lists, distributed on school district websites for the current academic year, feature words for young students to practice, such as “giraffe,” “groceries,” and “neighbors.” Among these is “women,” with “womyn” cited as an acceptable alternative spelling.

College 'Q Center' offers 'gender affirming haircuts' at University of Binghamton
“We are cultivating an intersectional space where all queer students, faculty, and staff at Binghamton University are empowered to be their full, authentic selves.”

Bernie Sanders: Insurance CEO Murdered Because Of ‘Anger’ At Company’s Profits
"I think has happened in the last few months is that what you have seen rising up is people’s anger at a health insurance industry which denies people the health care that they desperately need while they make billions and billions of dollars in profit.”

Socialist clothing company founder creating ‘most wanted CEOs’ playing cards
He said it was inspired by the “most-wanted Iraqi” playing card decks distributed to U.S. forces during the 2003 invasion of Iraq to help identify key targets in Saddam Hussein’s circle. That deck helped soldiers “find and do what they needed to do” he said.

Montreal man died of an aneurysm after waiting in the ER for 6 hours
A man in Canada died of an aneurysm after spending six hours in an emergency room before giving up and going home.

Report: US Education Department unfairly targets Christian schools, career schools
Nearly 70% of penalties imposed by the Office of Enforcement targeted Christian and career colleges that represent less than 10% of college students.

Bible sales surge as Americans seek truth and hope in chaotic times
Bible sales are up 22% this year, far outpacing overall print book sales, as first-time buyers and non-Christians turn to scripture for answers.

OpenAI Whistleblower Dies Before Key Copyright Lawsuit Testimony
He allegedly held crucial evidence for multiple lawsuits against OpenAI, challenging the company's $150 billion AI business model over copyright infringement claims.

This Brazilian influencer has ‘the perfect female body’ — according to AI
“She has the perfect body in terms of definition and is ideal in the fitness world,” Playboy Australia reported.

Google says it accessed parallel universes with its new supercomputer
Google's quantum computing breakthrough last Monday has left the physicist who heads the project a believer in "the idea that we live in a multiverse."

Stephen A. Smith goes nuclear after learning the FBI had 26 confidential human sources at the J6 riot
"My big issue is that I'm really, really sick and tired of every time I turn around finding something else that the Democrats have lied about or downplayed or misrepresented along the way."

WNBA team owner claims Time should have featured 'whole WNBA' on cover, not just Caitlin Clark
"Why couldn't they have put the whole WNBA on that cover and said the ‘WNBA is the League of the Year’ because of all the talent that we have?"