Energy Giant PG&E Is Filing Bankruptcy Over Their Liability For The Deadly California Wildfires

January 14, 2019, 9:50 am

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California’s largest investor-owned utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as a result of its liability for damages from the deadly wildfires that devastated Northern California and killed dozens of people. The company is facing a financial crisis, CNN reports, as it faces at least $30 billion in costs for the damages resulting from wildfires caused by its faulty equipment.

On Sunday, the company announced that its CEO Geisha Williams would be leaving and the company’s general counsel John Simon will be stepping in for the time being. On Monday, a regulatory filing revealed that it would file Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by the end of the month.

According to the filing, the bankruptcy is “ultimately the only viable option to restore PG&E’s financial stability to fund ongoing operations and provide safe service to customers.”

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Socialized Medicine Opponent Senator Rand Paul Plans To Have Hernia Surgery In Canada

January 14, 2019, 10:37 am

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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul plans to head to Canada to undergo hernia surgery according to his attorneys. According to the Courier-Journal, Paul, who is one of the most aggressive critics in the Senate against socialized medicine, is scheduled to have an outpatient operation at Shouldice Hernia Hospital in Ontario, Canada next week.

Paul was injured in November 2017 when his neighbor Rene Boucher attacked him while he was mowing his lawn. Boucher says that he assaulted the U.S. Senator over a pile of debris stacked near their shared property line. Rand recalled the experience as a “living hell.”

“It was sort of I guess a living hell for the first four or five weeks,” Paul said. “I couldn’t get out of bed without assistance, six broken ribs, damage to my lungs, two bouts of pneumonia. It was really a tough go of it. But each day I feel a little bit better.”

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Analysts: Recent Intelligence Leaks Devastating To Donald Trump, Even More Devastating To The United States

January 14, 2019, 10:57 am

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Over the past few days, a number of intelligence leaks have emerged to illustrate a picture of the President of the United States of America as a compromised asset for an aggressive rival foreign power. Should these reports be accurate and the allegations prove to be true, then we are living in perhaps the most pivotal moment in American history.

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New Hampshire Toddler Found Dead Outside Of Home In Freezing Temperatures

January 14, 2019, 7:22 pm

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Tragic news has come out of Newport, New Hampshire, after a barefoot 2-year-old wearing nothing more than her nightgown was discovered dead outside of her home – just a few feet from the front door – early Monday morning.

It was just after seven in the morning when Newport police responded to several 911 phone calls regarding an unresponsive toddler who also wasn’t breathing. The child – who was later identified by family members as Sofia Van Schoick – was believed to have wandered away from the home on her own but “was not able to regain entry,” according to the authorities.

According to Police Chief James Burrough, the temperature taken at the time authorities arrived was recorded to be eight degrees below zero. He confirmed the child’s cause of death to be “exposure to the elements and hypothermia which are consistent with the autopsy results.”

According to Yahoo News, Burroughs did believe the toddler’s death was an accident.

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Donald Trump Welcomes National Champions Clemson To White House With Fast Food ‘Paid For By Me’

January 14, 2019, 7:48 pm

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Last week, the Clemson Tigers won the College Football Playoff National Championship Game over the Alabama Crimson Tide. The young men on the team were set to visit the White House on Monday to be greeted by Donald Trump. During this stressful time of a government shutdown, the president didn’t want his guests to go hungry, so, he treated them to a fast food feast.

As previously reported by Inquisitr, Trump stated that he planned on welcoming the National Champions by giving them a buffet of fast food choices. He specifically name-dropped McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Burger King while also offering up some pizza as he believed those items were their “favorite food.”

On the evening of Monday, January 14, 2019, Donald Trump followed through with his promise of an all-American feast for the team. NBC News reported that the president spoke from the East Room of the White House and let everyone know this was all his treat.

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Newly Released Photos Show The Inside Of The Cabin Jayme Closs Was Held Captive In

January 14, 2019, 8:23 pm

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Jayme Closs, 13, is a survivor. When a man with a gun broke into her Wisconsin home, she heard her father being shot to death. As she and her mother Denise huddled together in an upstairs bathtub, 21-year-old Jake Patterson broke in with an intent to kill. Denise tried to protect her daughter with her own body but was eventually shot while the teen watched. Patterson then taped Jayme’s hands behind her back with duct tape and callously threw her into the truck of his car. He transported her to his home in a rural part of town and held her there for 88 days. Now, chilling photos have been released depicting Jayme’s three-month captivity, according to the New York Post.

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‘Senior Trump Official’ Reveals True Aim Of Government Shutdown Is To Force Out 80 Percent Of Federal Workers

January 14, 2019, 8:38 pm

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As Donald Trump keeps the government shut down for the 25th straight day on Tuesday, insisting that Congress grant $5.7 billion for the “border wall” that he promised during the 2016 presidential campaign, and declaring himself “not interested” in a compromise bill presented by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Monday, as The Guardian reported, a person identifying himself or herself as a “senior Trump official” revealed what may be the true purpose of the shutdown — and it’s not about a border wall.

The “official” published an anonymous op-ed on Monday on the conservative news site The Daily Caller— a site founded by Fox News host Tucker Carlson — and in the essay, revealed that the actual purpose of the shutdown is to “achieve lasting disruption” of the United States government.

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Donald Trump Privately Tells Aides He Wants US Out Of NATO, The One Thing Vladimir Putin Wants Most

January 14, 2019, 9:41 pm

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Three days after an explosive New York Times report revealed that starting in May of 2017, Donald Trump was under an FBI counterintelligence investigation to determine whether he was a Russian agent, a new report by the same paper on Monday said that throughout 2018, Trump stated his intention to achieve what experts say is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most coveted policy goals — the United States’ withdrawal from NATO.

Trumps has long expressed skepticism of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military and security alliance that will turn 70-years-old in April of this year. Even before his inauguration in 2017, Trump worried allies by dismissing NATO as “obsolete,” according to the BBC.

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New York Told To Brace For Up To A Foot Of Snow As Big Storm Heads East

January 15, 2019, 2:51 am

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People living in the New York metropolitan area have been warned they could face up to a foot of snow on the ground this weekend as a massive storm system, currently sitting over the Pacific, heads east.

According to the New York Post, the “Tennessee Valley” storm is expected to barrel its way across the Plains and Midwest before reaching the Northeast on either Saturday or Sunday.

Accuweather meteorologist Dave Dombek warned the Post, “This is a pretty significant, juicy storm… It could be a 24-hour storm.” He added that the storm was likely to drop “a messy mixed bag of snow, sleet and rain.”

Meteorologists are not yet clear about how much water this storm is carrying or exactly which parts of the country it will effect, but they have been clear that it is a severe one and have suggested that the people of New York prepare for the worst.

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High School Footballer Dies During Routine Surgery A Day After Committing To Play For North Carolina College

January 15, 2019, 3:18 am

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The star footballer at a South Carolinian high school died unexpectedly during routine surgery on his knee. The tragedy occurred just a day after he committed to playing collegiately for Wingate University in North Carolina.

The Daily Mail reports that Nick Dixon, who was a senior at Spartanburg High School, underwent routine surgery on Friday. The operation was to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a torn meniscus in his knee. But during the operation, Dixon suffered complications and he was declared dead at 3 p.m. EST.

Dixon, who was known to his friends and family as “Big Nick” was an extremely talented football player who played in a number of different positions, including linebacker, defensive lineman, and running back. As well as agreeing to play for Wingate University on a four-year scholarship, he had also previously been selected to play in the Shrine Bowl, an annual all-star game that brings together the best young athletes in the Carolinas.

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Gillette’s New Commercial Takes Aim At Toxic Masculinity, Asks ‘Is This The Best A Man Can Get?’

January 15, 2019, 6:42 am

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Gillette used famously the tagline “the best a man can get” in commercials, and the razor brand’s latest video, “We Believe,” switches the line around and asks the question, “Is this the best a man can get?”

According to a CNN Business report, the goal of the campaign is to inspire men to be positive role models for the men of tomorrow. The video with such lofty goals is controversial, drawing both positive and negative reactions. While many people appreciated the message promoting speaking out against things that are obviously inappropriate, others threatened to boycott the company altogether over a message they felt was about “toxic masculinity.” Gillette expected the offering would draw a wide range of responses.

Pankaj Bhalla, Gillette’s North America brand director, said, “We expected debate. Actually, a discussion is necessary. If we don’t discuss and don’t talk about it, I don’t think real change will happen.”

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Fox News Correspondent Gregg Jarrett: ‘It’s Time For The FBI To Be Halted’

January 15, 2019, 6:49 am

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There was once a time, as recently as the 2016 presidential campaign, when the Federal Bureau of Investigation was thought to favor the Republican Party. During one episode, late in that campaign, it was alleged (per the Washington Times) that FBI agents were leaking information to the then-Trump surrogate, now Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani.

Two years into the Trump presidency, it’s fair to say, opinions of the FBI by Trump supporters may have shifted.

Appearing this week on Fox News’ Hannity, network correspondent Gregg Jarrett called for the FBI to cease to exist in its current form.

Reacting to reports that the FBI launched a counterintelligence operation aimed at discerning whether President Trump is working on behalf of Russia, both Hannity and Jarrett alleged that the FBI is conspiring against the president.

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Donald Trump Tweets About Serving Fast Food Feast, ‘Over 1000 Hamberders,’ To National Champion Clemson Tigers

January 15, 2019, 7:01 am

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Over the past decade, it’s been hard to ignore the meteoric rise of social media, and in turn, the effect it’s had on our society as a whole. From the Ice Bucket Challenge to the #MeToo movement, it’s been humbling to see how the power and democratization of social media have allowed for positive change, paving the way for fundraising campaigns, internet-driven social movements, and so much more.

Of course, it’s also hard to ignore the blunders, and one has to look no further than President Donald Trump’s social media account to get a glimpse.

As previously reported by the Inquisitr, Donald Trump hosted a special event at the White House to congratulate the Clemson Tigers on their recent championship victory.

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Did Trump Just Cite Imaginary Poll Numbers In Favor Of His Border ‘Crisis’ Rhetoric? [Opinion]

January 15, 2019, 7:17 am

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President Donald Trump logged into his Twitter account on Tuesday morning, and issued out a flurry of tweets and retweets in a short period of time.

One of the tweets he sent out suggested that a majority of Americans now back his claims that the situation at the U.S. southern border is now a “crisis,” a term that Trump himself had begun using in order to drum up support for construction of a border wall.

The issue of the border wall is presently stalling negotiations on fully re-opening the government during this, the longest government shutdown in American history. Congress, specifically House Democrats, are refusing to the more than $5 billion in wall funding that Trump wants. The president is refusing to sign any bill to fund government programs until he gets the wall.

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FBI Suspected Donald Trump Was ‘Following Directions’ From Russia, ‘Executing Their Will,’ Transcripts Reveal

January 15, 2019, 8:05 am

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In May of 2017, in the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s sudden firing of Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, a group of top FBI agents and officials suspected that Trump may have been “somehow following directions” directly from the Kremlin, and “somehow executing their will,” according to James Baker, then the FBI’s top in-house lawyer, in previously secret congressional testimony obtained by CNN.

The revelations from the previously confidential transcripts of Baker’s testimony come just four days after a blockbuster New York Times report revealed that after Comey was fired, the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation of Trump to determine whether he was, in fact, an agent of Russia whose actions were designed to benefit Russia rather than the United States. The suspicions to which Baker testified appear to be at least part of the reason that investigation was opened.

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William Barr, Trump’s Pick For Attorney General, Says Mueller Would Not Participate In ‘Witch Hunt’

January 15, 2019, 8:38 am

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William Barr, Donald Trump’s pick for the position of attorney general, doesn’t seem to sync up with him on the top of Robert Mueller. On Tuesday, Barr answered questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of his confirmation hearings — and according to CNBC, he quickly made it clear that he doesn’t always side with Trump.

During the course of the hearings, Barr was asked by Republican Chairman Lindsey Graham about Mueller’s ongoing investigation. In particular, Graham asked Barr to comment on Trump referring to the probe as a “witch hunt” — a phrase the president has frequently used during the course of the Russian probe.

“Do you believe Mr. Mueller would be involved in a witch hunt against anybody?” Graham asked Barr during the hearings.

“I don’t believe Mr. Mueller would be involved in a witch hunt,” Barr responded.

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Jayme Closs 911 Rescue Call Released, New Photos Of Teen And Details Of Case Emerge

January 15, 2019, 9:48 am

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Additional details are emerging as the investigation continues into the case involving Wisconsin teenager Jayme Closs and her apparent kidnapper, 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson. Jayme disappeared on October 15, after her parents were murdered, and she escaped captivity just days ago. She has since been reunited with her extended family. Patterson had his first appearance in court on Monday, and additional updates continue to come to light regarding exactly what transpired over the past three months.

Jake Thomas Patterson has been providing a great deal of information to authorities, admitting that he killed Denise and James Closs in October — and that he had held Jayme at his home until she escaped. As the Inquisitr previously detailed, Patterson chose the girl after being stopped behind her school bus one day, and seeing her board the bus.

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John Wetteland, Former Major League Pitcher, Arrested For Child Sex Abuse

January 15, 2019, 9:59 am

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John Wetteland, a former major league relief pitcher who was the closer and World Series MVP on the New York Yankees’ World Series-winning team in 1996, was arrested this week on child sex abuse charges. According to the Dallas Morning News, Wetteland has been accused of “continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14.”

The 52-year-old Wetteland, a divorced father of four who lives in the Dallas area, posted $25,000 bond after he was arrested Monday.

The alleged victim was not identified.

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CNN Hosts Slam Trump’s ‘Sexist’ Salad Comment, Male Commentator Says They’re ‘Overreading’ It

January 15, 2019, 10:07 am

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The Clemson national championship football team visited the White House this week following their victory against the Alabama Crimson Tide, where they were treated to a fast food feast put together by President Donald Trump.

During the event on Monday, January 14, the president made a comment about the dinner spread that two CNN hosts labeled “sexist,” Newsweek reported — though a third did not see it the same way.

Speaking to the Clemson Tigers during their White House ceremony, President Trump explained his meal choice to the players amid the partial government shutdown.

“Do we have no food for you because we have the shutdown?” Trump asked. “Or do we give you some quick salads that the first lady will make, along with the second lady. They’ll make some salads.”

“And I said, you guys aren’t into salads. Or do I go out… and send out for about 1,000 hamburgers? Big Macs. So we actually did that,” he explained.

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Go Ahead And Call Steve King ‘Racist,’ NBC News Says, In Reversal

January 15, 2019, 10:55 am

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In an era in which there are all sorts of public controversies about race, media outlets are often criticized for not referring to comments as “racist,” instead using such euphemisms as “racially inflammatory” or “racially charged,” or even “controversial.”

Now, there’s been another such incident, growing out of the instance in which Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King appeared to praise white nationalism in a New York Times interview. Said interview ended up with King being condemned by much of the Republican Party, and also cost him all of his committee assignments.

Now, a memo has leaked from one media outlet laying out this tendency as a matter of policy- and the leaking of the memo led the network to reverse the decision.

An email from NBC News‘ standards department, obtained by reporter Yashar Ali of the Huffington Post and published Tuesday, described how employees of the news division should describe King’s remarks.

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