Month: September 2024

Daily Caller Republican South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson was hospitalized after collapsing Tuesday night at an event in Washington, D.C, his office announced. The 77-year-old congressman, who has represented South Carolina’s 2nd District since 2001, was at a Ukrainian Independence Day celebration when he fell ill, according to Politico. He received immediate medical assistance from a doctor in attendance before being transported to a local hospital. Wilson’s son, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, confirmed his father’s condition via X. I just spoke to my mom who is currently at the hospital with my father. Doctors have confirmed to us that he has experienced stroke-like symptoms. I was able to speak with him moments ago and I am incredibly thankful that he is stable and being monitored by medical professionals — Alan Wilson (@AGAlanWilson) September 11, 2024 READ THE FULL STORY

The Federalist Taking a page out of her boss’s playbook, Vice President Kamala Harris told major whoppers during her Tuesday night debate against Donald Trump. With help from left-wing activists masquerading as debate moderators, Harris whitewashed her extreme record, lied about Trump’s policy positions, and more. Here are some of the biggest falsehoods she told throughout the evening. 1. ‘Middle-Class Kid’ Harris claimed that she grew up a “middle-class kid.” That is not true. As previously noted by journalist Megyn Kelly, Harris’ father was a professor at Stanford University, while her mother was a biomedical scientist at UC Berkley. READ THE FULL STORY

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Washington Examiner Dolton, Illinois, Mayor Tiffany Henyard, dubbed “America’s worst mayor,” spent $85,000 on a party for the suburban Chicago village while she faces an investigation for taxpayer-funded expenditures. Henyard spent $50,000 in taxpayers’ money on one hour of entertainment from two musical artists and then over $35,000 on other costs such as staff, activities, and equipment, according to WGN-9. The event did not have a high turnout, according to former Dolton trustee Valeria Stubbs. “That was a flop,” she said. READ THE FULL STORY

The Hill SpaceX launched four private citizens into orbit early Tuesday morning for an ambitious flight that aims to venture farther into space than most astronauts have flown before — aside from the 24 Apollo astronauts who have been to the moon. The daring flight, called Polaris Dawn, also seeks to include the first-ever spacewalk conducted by private citizens, though they will not venture away from the capsule.   Professional astronauts routinely conduct spacewalks at the International Space Station, but they are considered one of the riskiest parts of the spaceflight, according to The Associated Press. The spacewalk is scheduled for Thursday, midway through the five-day flight. READ THE FULL STORY    

Politico The European Union’s top court backed a €2.4 billion (about $2.6B) EU antitrust fine for Google, a welcome boost for regulators battling Big Tech. The Court of Justice said Google’s practice of favoring its own shopping search results over rival services “was discriminatory.” The ruling can’t be appealed. Judges said that EU law forbids behavior that prevents “the maintenance or growth of competition in a market in which the degree of competition is already weakened, precisely because of the presence of one or more undertakings in a dominant position.” READ THE FULL STORY    

NBC News The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Monday to remove former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from state ballots ahead of the general election. The 4-3 ruling upholds an appeals court ruling Friday that said Kennedy’s name should be taken off the ballot. A lower court had previously denied Kennedy’s effort to be removed. It also means ballots will need to be reprinted. “We acknowledge that expediting the process of printing new ballots will require considerable time and effort by our election officials and significant expense to the State,” Justice Trey Allen wrote in Monday’s majority opinion. “But that is a price the North Carolina Constitution expects us to incur to protect voters’ fundamental right to vote their conscience and have that vote count.” READ THE FULL STORY

The Daily Caller Conservative radio host Mark Levin announced on Monday that he suffered a major injury and will likely require surgery. Levin said he fell over the weekend and tore his quadricep, a group of muscles at the front of the thighs, and his right knee. The injury will likely require him to be in surgery before he returns on-air. “Unfortunately, I had a very bad fall this weekend and tore my quadricep between my right knee and thigh,” Levin said. “I’ll likely be in surgery in the next day or two. I’ll be back on air as soon as I can. God bless.” READ THE FULL STORY