Posts by Kevin Harson
Photo shows North Korean artillery arriving in Russia
A photo circulating on social media shows North Korean artillery pieces that have been shipped to Russia as Pyongyang continues to support Moscow’s war against Ukraine. A Russian Telegram channel published the photo on Thursday, showing two guns being transported by rail. They have been identified as North Korean M1989 Koksan 170 mm self-propelled howitzers.…
Read More‘Wordle’ today #1,245 Answer, hints and clues for Friday, November 15
We’re one day away from the weekend and while we might be planning to rest from work, we are not taking a break from our Wordle streak. The daily word game is owned by The New York Times after it bought the puzzle from its creator, Josh Wardle, in early 2022. One theory explaining its…
Read MoreNYT ‘Connections’ November 15: Answers and clues for game #523
Friday is finally here and so is another Connections puzzle to solve—and Newsweek has provided all of the help you need. Launched by The New York Times in June 2023, Connections is the news outlet’s second most-played game after the hugely popular brainteaser Wordle. According to the publication, Friday’s game difficulty is 3 out of…
Read MoreRFK Jr.’s stance on abortion could backfire, ex-Bush official warns
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been tapped to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), could see his abortion stance backfire in Senate confirmation hearings, according to conservative pundit Scott Jennings. Kennedy endorsed President-elect Donald Trump after suspending his independent presidential campaign in August, while promising that he would help Trump “make…
Read MoreTrump’s latest DOJ appointments don’t “bode well,” legal analyst warns
President-elect Donald Trump‘s decision to appoint his personal criminal defense attorneys to a position in the Department of Justice (DOJ) “does not bode well,” legal analyst Barbara McQuade warned. Trump announced Thursday that he was nominating Todd Blanche as his next deputy attorney general and Emil Bove as principal associate deputy attorney general. Both attorneys…
Read MoreDemocrat “excited” and wary of RFK Jr. nod as Trump health chief
Democratic Colorado Governor Jared Polis remains wary but is “excited” by President-elect Donald Trump‘s decision to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist who was included on a 2021 list of the 12 people spreading the bulk of misinformation about…
Read MoreTrump speaks on RFK Jr. nomination: “Nobody’s going to do it like you”
President-elect Donald Trump praised Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while speaking at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday night, saying that “nobody’s going to be able to do it like you.” Trump nominated Kennedy for Secretary of Health and Human Services earlier in the day, a move that will likely rattle the public health community given Kennedy’s long history…
Read MoreTrump has lost nearly $800 million in his own stock since the election
President-elect Donald Trump has lost nearly $800 million in his own stock since the 2024 election. Trump owns 114.75 million shares of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), according to Reuters. On Election Day, the stock price closed at $33.94 per share, making Trump’s stake in the company, which owns Truth Social, worth close to…
Read MoreTrump’s Cabinet picks will test Senate independence
WASHINGTON — Since he began taking over the Republican Party nearly a decade ago, President-elect Donald Trump has demanded increasing levels of loyalty from lawmakers who serve in Congress. With few exceptions, they have gone along, refusing to convict him in two impeachment trials and, even after he was convicted of 34 felonies, helping him…
Read MoreU.S. ambassador bashes Mexico’s security efforts. Mexico’s president pushes back
MEXICO CITY — In a blistering critique, the top U.S. diplomat in Mexico said the country is not safe and that its leaders should stop denying widespread violence, invest more in security and increase cooperation with the United States. “To say there is no problem is to deny reality,” U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar told reporters this…
Read MoreLitman: In Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump has chosen the anti-attorney general
How detrimental will President-elect Donald Trump’s second term be to the rule of law? We got the answer with Wednesday’s announcement of his intent to nominate Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general: worse even than the worst-case scenario we had imagined. This isn’t just hyperbole from a harsh Trump critic. It’s a sober assessment,…
Read MoreHarris Lost Catholic Voters Because She Didn’t Try To Win Them | Opinion
The morning I found out Kamala Harris wasn’t going to the Al Smith Dinner, I was dumbfounded. Critics might argue that the event is about cozying up to conservative New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan and his wealthy friends. But based on my 15 years of experience doing faith-based political organizing work, I saw that it…
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