The University of Maryland is offering a course called "Intro to Fat Studies: Fatness, Blackness and Their Intersections" this spring. The three-credit course will be taught by Professor Sydney Lewis on Tuesdays and Thursdays and looks at "fatness as intersectional," particularly highlighting "the relationship between fatness and blackness," according to the course description. When contacted twice by The Center Square, Lewis did not respond. "Intro to Fat Studies" will examine "fatness as an area of human difference subject to privilege and discrimination that intersects with other systems of oppression based on gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and ability." "We approach this area of study through an interdisciplinary humanities and social-science lens which emphasizes fatness as a social justice issue," the description said.
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday promised massive hikes in tariffs on goods coming from Mexico, Canada and China starting on the first day of his administration. The move, Trump said, will be in retaliation for illegal immigration and "crime and drugs" coming across the border. Read more
For Sexual Assault And Adultery Allegations
"You can't lead an entire organization and all these people if you can't lead by example," Leslie Marshall said. Read more
A federal judge dismissed charges Monday against President-elect Donald Trump for allegedly trying to steal the 2020 election, at the request of Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan agreed to the request and ruled with Trump's lawyers agreeing that "there is no indication that the dismissal is 'part of a scheme of prosecutorial harassment' or otherwise improper." The request was expected after Smith asked Chutkan to halt all deadlines in the case. Longstanding department policy bars prosecuting sitting presidents, so Smith was expected to wind down both federal cases against Trump after he won the Nov. 5 election.
Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., on Friday took to X to condemn New York Governor Kathy Hochul as "the new Joe Biden." Hochul, he wrote, appears to be in denial of her "vulnerabilities as a Democratic nominee." The remark likely refers to President Joe Biden's decision to run for reelection despite his relative unpopularity. "A Democratic incumbent who is less popular in New York than Donald Trump is in grave danger of losing to a Republican in 2026"an outcome not seen in 30 years," he wrote. Rep. Torres also seemingly referred to Biden's eleventh-hour decision to exit the 2024 presidential race as the leading cause of President-elect Donald Trump's victory. A similar situation in New York, he said, could lead to the state having a Republican governor. Read more
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a key architect of the right-wing Project 2025 planning document, Russell Vought, to return as head of the Office of Management and Budget. The Trump loyalist wrote the chapter of Project 2025 that lays out how to redefine the executive branch by firing thousands of civil servants. He has also supported deploying the military domestically. Read more
DEI programs are unpopular. This isnt a conservative speaker.
President-elect Trump's pick for "border czar," Tom Homan, on Sunday threatened funding for states that refuse to cooperate in the federal government's deportation plans. Fox News's Mark Levin, in an interview with Homan aired Sunday, said the border czar will have "a very, very powerful weapon that the Democrats, when they're in power, use against Republican administrations, state and local, all the time: federal funding." "If you have a governor who says, I'm not gonna cooperate. ... I'm gonna block you,' well, then, federal funds should be slashed to that state, and I mean hugely so, so the people of that state understand that the governor is the responsible party, that the mayor's the responsible party," Levin added. Read more
Flash displays of hate and white power are happening more frequently in the United States, a trend that experts say is a reaction to changing demographics, political turmoil and social catalysts. More than 750 such incidents have taken place since 2020, according to the Anti-Defamation League, with more than half of them occurring in the last 18 months." "National experts describe a familiar pattern: Small groups of mostly masked men chant and wave swastika or white power flags in public and yell racial slurs at targets as varied as immigrants, Black people, Jews and L.G.B.T.Q. people.
WASHINGTON " Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a motion to drop all four felony charges against President-elect Donald Trump in connection with his effort to overturn his 2020 presidential election in the lead-up to the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S Capitol.
Nothing captures the dramatic ideological transformation of the Republican Party more vividly than President-elect Trump's proposed cabinet. A pro-abortion-rights Kennedy running HHS (RFK Jr.). A pro-union centrist running Labor (U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon). A former elected Democrat as director of national intelligence (Tulsi Gabbard). A former George Soros adviser, who now promises Trumponomics will turn around the economy, running the Treasury (Scott Bessent). Read more
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Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order that would remove transgender service members from the military as soon as his first day in office. Read more
In an appearance on NBC News's Meet the Press, Schiff was asked if he agreed with Rep. Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) assessment that President Joe Biden bore some blame for the loss due to staying in the race so long. When pressed, Schiff shifted blame away from Biden, instead distributing blame across his entire party. "Look, I think the entire Democratic party bears the responsibility, myself included, and the former president ... mounted an effective campaign, and you have to give them credit for that," he said. "But the challenge that we have is we need to put forward a bold vision for how we're going to move the economy forward, make the economy work for every American," Schiff continued. "To me, the existential question is: if you're working hard in America, can you still earn a good living? And too many people doubt that that's possible."
As you can see in the picture. They were all Democrats once.
After World War II, IBM worked to influence the new balance of power by locating facilities for the production of its electric typewriter across Europe. Read more
