On Monday, we posted about a fiery clash on The View between Joy Behar and Meghan McCain which — even by the show’s normal standard for heated debate — could only be considered intense. According to a report, the real fireworks began after the show went to break — leading one of the hosts to threaten to quit. The Daily Mail claims that Joy Behar continued to […]
Bloomberg Weighs 2020 Run and Selling Company
Michael Bloomberg is raising eyebrows with a recent radio interview in which he said he’d probably sell his namesake company if he ran for the presidency in 2020. The New York City mayor tuned news executive turned potential presidential contender told Radio Iowa last Tuesday about the possible move, adding, “quite honestly, I don’t want all the reporters […]
Military Environmental Disaster: Newburgh Forced to pay NYC 170,000 Monthly for Water
It’s a city’s worst nightmare. The primary water supply for Newburgh New York was not just contaminated, but poisoned with dangerous levels of a chemical known as PFOS. The Official name is: Perfluorooctane Sulfonate. (Newburgh is an hour and a half north from Manhattan) Whether you feel this is Deja vu, with Flint Michigan, what […]
GOP senators rip Saudi prince after briefing: ‘There’s a smoking saw’ | TheHill
Senators emerged from a briefing with CIA Director Gina Haspel blaming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the death of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi and promising further action. “There’s not a smoking gun, there’s a smoking saw,” Sen. Lindsey Graham(R-S.C.) said, referencing Trump administration comments that there is no “smoking gun” linking the crown prince […]
Kevin Hart to Host Oscars in 2019 | Hollywood Reporter
Kevin Hart is officially set to host the 91st Academy Awards ceremony. “I will be sure to make this years Oscars a special one,” the comedian wrote Tuesday afternoon in an Instagram post, adding, “now it’s time to rise to the occasion.” The star is emceeing the event for the first time. First-time producers Donna […]
Bruce Springsteen Thinks Trump Will Win in 2020
Cover your ears, Democrats. Bruce Springsteen has some ominous predictions for the left in 2020. “I don’t see anyone out there at the moment… the man who can beat Trump, or the woman who can beat Trump,” he told The Sunday Times Magazine in an interview published Sunday. While the all-American rock star’s fan base has is comprised partly […]
Can Amazon and the Largest Housing Project Coexist?
Will Amazon change the world of some residents of the Queensbridge Houses or will it just be the status-quo. Is it possible we could look back at this deal, a decade later and conclude Amazon was the best thing to ever happen to the Queensbridge Houses? This may be a tough sell to some, who […]
DJ Khaled, Floyd Mayweather Jr. charged for cryptocurrency fraud – CNN
San Francisco (CNN) Music producer DJ Khaled and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. were charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday with promoting investments in initial cryptocurrency coin offerings without revealing that they’d been paid. The SEC has said that cryptocurrency coins sold in initial coin offerings may be considered securities and subject to federal securities laws. Both […]
In memory of Michael Griffith and Cedric Sandiford | New York Amsterdam News
A coterie of journalists was called to the podium by Vinette Pryce, herself a recipient of an award from the family in 2011. Each of them, including this reporter, said a few words about their role and what it meant to them and their careers. Dominic Carter, Joseph Fried, Mary Murphy, Peter Noel, Magee Hickey […]
Former Brooklyn Bar Association president Arthur Aidala advocates for bail reform – Brooklyn Daily Eagle
“If you don’t think money plays a tremendous part in our criminal justice system, your head is buried in the sand,” Aidala said during a recent radio appearance on AM970 with host Dominic Carter. “At every single level money plays a role.” Source: Former Brooklyn Bar Association president Arthur Aidala advocates for bail reform – […]