UCLA struggles to recover after 200 arrested, pro-Palestinian camp torn down via latimes.com More than 200 people were arrested Thursday morning as police moved into the pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA, dismantling tents and pushing out protesters in a clash that lasted hours. The operation capped two days of upheaval on the Westwood campus that began when UCLA […]

US review of Afghanistan withdrawal to be released in April

by AAMER MADHANI AND ZEKE MILLER at apnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The results of the long-delayed government review of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan will be released next month, the White House announced Wednesday, with Congress and the public set to see an assessment of what went wrong as America ended its longest war. The August 2021 […]

US support for Taiwan spot at World Health Authority ‘violates’ one-China principle: Beijing

by Hayley Wong at scmp.com Beijing has slammed Washington’s support for Taipei to take part in the World Health Organization’s highest-level annual meeting, opposing the island’s observer status for the eighth time since Taiwan’s outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen took office. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken – who visited China last week – issued a statement on Wednesday to “strongly […]

Klamath Dam Removal Update – April 6, 2024

by Tom Cannon at calsport.org n a March 20 post, I related events in the Jan-Feb 2024 period of the Klamath Dam Removal Project.  The initial four-reservoir drawdown in January led to abrupt increases in streamflow, suspended sediment, and low dissolved oxygen levels above and below Iron Gate Reservoir (the lower reservoir).  This was followed by […]

CSU Sacramento Capitulates to Infantilized Student Protesters

The protesters are well-funded and taken care of with their matching tents, professionally printed signs, coordinated keffiyehs, and vile anti-Jew rhetoric by Katy Grimes at californiaglobe.com When will the firings begin? Why does the Columbia University President still have a job? She has so grossly mishandled the pro-Palestine protesters, she should have been escorted to […]

JUST IN: Arizona Supreme Court Overrules Sanctions and Attorney Fees Against Arizona GOP for Questioning 2020 Election

by Jordan Conradson at thegatewaypundit.com In a unanimous ruling, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Maricopa County Superior Court and Arizona Court of Appeals wrongfully sanctioned the Arizona Republican party in awarding attorney fees against them over a lawsuit challenging Maricopa County’s post-election hand-count audit procedures. “We hold that the attorney fees […]

The Looming Electrical Power Shortage

by Steve Goreham at wattsupwiththat.com People in developed nations take abundant electricity for granted. When asked where electricity comes from, most will point to their wall outlet. But many states in the US are headed for a serious and prolonged shortage of electrical power not seen in decades, driven by rising demand from the artificial […]