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close Video Jon Stewart goes back to Washington to fight for veterans Jon Stewart sets his sights on helping veterans who have fallen ill due to prolonged exposure to burn pits. Jon Stewart is at it again. Over a year after helping 9/11 first responders receive access to a crucial compensation fund, the comedian and advocate has turned his focus toward helping the nearly 200,000 veterans who've said their health was compromised by their exposure to burn pits while serving overseas. "The parallels are incredible. I'd say the only difference between what happened with the 9/11 community and what's happening with the veteran community is the 9/11 community was injured by toxic exposure from an enemy attack," Stewart said in an interview with Fox News' Investigative Unit. "The veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan have been injured by the United States. We did this to ourselves. The smoke, the toxins, those pits were dug by contractors hired by the … [Read more...] about Jon Stewart back in Washington in new fight for veterans looking for burn pit relief

Project Veritas reportedly used the dating app Tinder to lure a CNN technical director into spilling his guts about the network. James O’Keefe published a video recording of CNN technical director Charlie Chester calling the information put out by the network “propaganda” on Tuesday. Mediate reported that O’Keefe and others used a woman pretending to be a nurse to go on dates with Chester. The two allegedly went on five dates, where he revealed information about CNN. WATCH: Look, these were anon sources “close to CNN” talking to Mediaite. We don’t know exactly what that means or to what degree this story is true, but WOW, if it was, this guy was F*CKING THIRSTY. (RELATED: ‘Our Focus Was To Get Trump Out Of Office’: Project Veritas Video Appears To Show CNN Tech Director Discussing Network’s ‘Propaganda’) Who goes on five dates with someone when it’s pretty obvious they aren’t going to get anything out of it? Maybe he thought he was, but if so—he was really … [Read more...] about Mediaite Reports CNN Guy Went On 5 Tinder Dates With Veritas Undercover Operative

Flat rents and moderating food costs weren’t enough to prevent a spike in gasoline prices from driving a four-fold increase in metro Denver’s previously subdued inflation rate last month, according to an update from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics . Consumer inflation in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area, which is measured every two months, accelerated at a 1.6% annual pace in March, up from a 0.4% annual pace in January and a 0.3% pace in November. Denver’s inflation remains below the 2% pace averaged last year and the 2.6% annual pace measured in the U.S. in March. It isn’t raging, but after going dormant, inflation is increasing in ways consumers will notice. As anyone filling up the tank lately knows, gasoline prices aren’t where they were last year . Motor fuel costs in metro Denver are up 35.3% from March 2020 and up 22.1% from January, according to the BLS. Electricity prices are also on the rise, and energy costs of all types are up 18.6% year-over-year. … [Read more...] about Surging gasoline prices reignite metro Denver’s inflation rate

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for March 23 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The White House is backing off its plan to nominate Elizabeth Klein to be the deputy secretary of the Interior Department, marking the second nominee President Biden has been forced to backtrack on in just over two months in office. A White House spokesperson told Fox News on Tuesday that Klein's nomination was never officially submitted and that she will not be formally nominated to be the Interior Department deputy secretary. Biden's presidential transition organization announced Klein as his pick for the post on Jan. 18. The spokesperson added that the White House is hoping to announce more appointments to the department in the coming weeks. President Joe Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, … [Read more...] about White House pulls Biden Interior nominee after Murkowski opposition, backtracking on second nominee this month

What are the chances the Biden Infrastructure Plan passes as-is? Since it is impossible to have a probability of below zero, I’ll opt for zero. Something will pass; it’s just that Sen. Joe Manchin Joe Manchin House committee approves DC statehood bill Romney, Sinema teaming up on proposal to raise minimum wage The Hill's 12:30 Report: Biden defends Afghanistan withdrawal after pushback MORE (D-W.Va.) hasn’t figured out exactly what’s in (billions for abandoned mine clean-up ) and what’s out ( 28 percent corporate tax ). Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan is not policy — it isn’t even a coherent plan. It’s a grab bag of promises intended to mollify every part of the rickety, squabbling Democratic Party coalition — with a play for union voters who went for Trump in 2016 and 2020. In other words, just politics. ADVERTISEMENT But it is effective politics, with its constituent parts enjoying substantial public support. According to a recent … [Read more...] about ‘Just say no’ just won’t work for Senate Republicans