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Shrinking 82nd Avenue: John Charles Responds to Tyler Frisbee
By John A. Charles, Jr. At TriMet’s December 10 board meeting, director Tyler Frisbee lectured attendees on the need for 82nd Avenue business owners and motorists to embrace the reduction of roadway capacity by 50 percent so…
Misspelled Daycare Center Exposed By Nick Shirley Suddenly Sees Burst Of Activity
After independent journalist Nick Shirley posted a viral video on Friday showing a Minnesota daycare center with a banner reading “Quality Learing Center” empty, the center appeared active on Monday, the New York Post…
Resurfaced 2018 Video Shows How Somali Scammers Used Day Care Centers To Scam State
A resurfaced 2018 video from a Minneapolis-area TV station shows how Somali scammers allegedly bilked Minnesota out of millions of dollars for services that they never provided.Independent journalist Nick Shirley touched off…
HUD Finds Biden Admin Gave Out Billions In Housing Aid To Dead And Ineligible Tenants
A newly released report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found that billions of taxpayer dollars were routed to ineligible recipients — including deceased individuals — through federal rental…
CIA Launched First Known US Strike Inside Venezuela
The CIA was responsible for a drone strike on a port in Venezuela on Christmas Eve that marked the first known U.S. attack inside the country, according to people familiar with the matter.The strike targeted a remote dock…
President Trump’s First Year Of His Second Term Got Results
President Donald Trump’s return to the White House has been marked not by vague pronouncements but by measurable outcomes. On the economy, at the border, in matters of law and order, and in foreign policy, his first 11 months…
Ready for another pay decrease from the state? It happens Jan. 1
After Washington state’s minimum wage increases take effect on New Year’s Day, many workers might expect their paychecks to feel a little larger. For many, they won’t — not for long, anyway. Higher prices for the goods and…
Foreigners Scheme To Keep Their H-1Bs As Trump Admin Throttles Cheap Labor Pipeline
Temporary Indian workers sidelined by the Trump administration’s tighter vetting policies are organizing by the thousands to keep the pipeline of cheap, foreign labor flowing.The State Department’s new social media vetting…
Los Angeles Fire Captain Reportedly Prioritized Saving Endangered Plants Over Stopping Fire
Days before the Palisades Fire in California spiraled out of control, one fire captain refrained from deploying bulldozers regarding concerns over “endangered plants” in the region, according to the Los Angeles Times.The…
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When you consider the coming of the American Revolution to the colony of North Carolina 250 years ago, you might be tempted to take for granted the remarkable circumstances that had to come together in short order to create…
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