Trent Walker, Author at News Addicts

29 Dec

World Bank Lost Track of at Least $41B in Funds Fighting Climate Change

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Oxfam — the British NGO — found that a huge chunk of the World Bank’s spending on climate change-related issues was “missing.”Thank heavens for fact-checkers like the Australian Associated Press — a Poynter Institute-accredited fact-checker from down under — which set us all straight: “An Oxfam report did not find…

29 Dec

Kari Lake Makes Decision on Her Future in Politics

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Fresh off her second electoral defeat in as many years, Arizona Republican Kari Lake issued a statement on any future plans to run for office while speaking at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest conference earlier this week.Lake, who was defeated by U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) in the race for the…

29 Dec

Trump Posts Cryptic Message About Bill Gates

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President-elect Donald Trump dropped a cryptic message on Truth Social Friday, claiming Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates had requested to visit Mar-a-Lago while seemingly directing a personal message to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.“Where are you? When are you coming to the “Center of the Universe,” Mar-a-Lago. Bill Gates asked…

28 Dec

Texas Secures Major Immigration Win, Halts Biden’s Dismantling of Border Wall

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The Biden Administration announced Friday that it will stop selling off materials slated to be used for building a border wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.Friday’s capitulation comes just weeks ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, who has vowed to make border wall construction a top priority after the…

28 Dec

Report: Jack Smith’s Team Panics, Hires Lawyers Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration

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Biden Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith — who brought two highly controversial criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump — is rushing to secure legal representation ahead of anticipated criminal prosecution from the Trump DOJ, according to a report from Rolling Stone.Citing two sources familiar with the matter and…

28 Dec

Darkest Revelations Exposed About Epstein and High-Profile Figures in His Orbit in 2024

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Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, returned to national infamy this year after a federal judge ordered the unsealing of hundreds of documents about allegations against him in a civil lawsuit.While Epstein’s brother, Mark, is not alone in questioning the government’s conclusion that he…

28 Dec

Retiring Congresswoman Turns on Swamp, Calls for Handover of Power

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One Democrat lawmaker hopes to set an example for some of her colleagues by stepping aside.On Thursday, The Boston Globe reported Democrat Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire made the decision to retire. Speaking of her would-be role for the opposing party during a second term for President-elect Donald Trump,…

28 Dec

Putin Issues Apology to Azerbaijan After Deadly Plane Crash

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized for the fact that an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed after entering Russian airspace, but did not say whether Russia was responsible for the incident.The Kremlin press office confirmed in a statement on Saturday that Russia’s air defense systems were active when the plane attempted…

28 Dec

Florida Democrat State Rep. Hillary Cassel Flips to Republican Party

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Florida State Rep. Hillary Cassel announced Friday that she is switching her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican.Cassel, who represents Florida’s 101st House district, announced the switch in a Twitter post. She cited concerns over the Democratic Party’s “failure to unequivocally support Israel” and what she calls its disconnect from…

28 Dec

Dem Lawyers Urge Congress to Ignore Electoral College, Stop Trump, Make Kamala President

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In yet another attempt to impede Donald Trump from gaining the presidency, on Thursday, The Hill ran an opinion piece by two lawyers, one of whom had served as president of the New York City Bar, in which they urged Congress to reject the Electoral College vote in order to…