An entire police force resigned leaving a South Carolina town in a public safety crisis. McColl Police Chief Bob Hale and the town's four officers all resigned. read more
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.
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
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."
#12 Not to the fools that post them as factual news threads. More obvious to some than others.... obviously. True that.