Home Tag "Chuck Crumpton"

Uncivil War-What Are People Afraid of (The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal)

Costs of Fear and Division, and a Way Out. The host for this show is Chuck Crumpton. The guests are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. Fear, division, disinformation, racism and polarization strategies and tactics, origins and effects, why they achieve such acceptance and dominance, and what may be the alternatives for better choices, directions and […]

Trump’s Two Criminal Indictments,Leads GOP (American Issues Take One)

Trump Continues Presidential Run. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guest is Chuck Crumpton. The popularity for a presidential candidate should plummet if they support white supremacist groups(‘good people on both sides’), disrespect dead war veterans (referring to them as ‘suckers and losers’), and state John McCain wasn’t a […]

2023 Choices and 2024 Directions (It’s Time for Responsible Change)

2023 Conflicts and 2024 Elections. The host for this show is Chuck Crumpton. The guests are Benjamin Davis and Tim Apicella. Debt ceiling, budget, educational censhorship, reproductive rights, immigration, environment, governance issues, conflicts and what they may tell us going forward. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nwd_k1ZzTRKT9Ewmfw-_FS Please visit our ThinkTech website […]

Debt Ceiling-Budget Negotiations (The Rule of Law in the New Abnormal)

Competing Strategies, Tactics, Directions. The host for this show is Chuck Crumpton. The guests are Vernellia Randall and Tim Apicella. Evaluating competing negotiation strategies, tactics and factors in US debt ceiling and budget negotiations and their relations to and impact on the public interest. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6l97L9SHRP40PaPAEyZaWsL Please visit […]

Attacks on Open Inclusive Education (It’s Time for Responsible Change)

Open Learning and Critical Thinking Threats. The host for this show is Chuck Crumpton. The guests are Benjamin Davis, David Larson and Tina Patterson. GOP MAGA attacks on and threats to open learning and education and critical thinking, and whether and how to survive them. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nwd_k1ZzTRKT9Ewmfw-_FS Please […]

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- Adam Liptak
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to CFPB Funding

A decision against the agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, could have cast doubt on all of its regulations and enforcement actions. [...]

- Matina Stevis-Gridneff
Calls to Pause Slovakia’s E.U. Election Campaigning Raise Questions

At least one party, the opposition Progress Slovakia, said it would suspend its campaign, in a move to help “end the spiral of attacks and blame.” [...]

- Eric Lipton
Serbia Approves Plans For a Hotel With Jared Kushner in Belgrade

The redevelopment plans for a bombed NATO site in Belgrade in partnership with the government provoked immediate criticism in Serbia. [...]

- Glenn Thrush and Luke Broadwater
Biden Asserts Executive Privilege in Fight Over Recording of Special Counsel Interview

The move comes as House Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in contempt over his refusal to turn over audio of President Biden’s conversations with the special [...]

- John Koblin

The seven-year run of the hit series, which ends on Thursday, mirrors the story of the television business during that time. [...]

Suspect charged with attempted murder of Slovak PM Fico

Robert Fico's condition is still "very serious" after he was shot several times on Wednesday. [...]

Starmer sets out what Labour would do first

The Labour leader promises more teachers and more NHS appointments in major pre-election speech. [...]

Boy, 5, dies in fall from block of flats

A neighbour says the boy's parents are "inconsolable" after his death in east London. [...]

Ex-Post Office IT boss blocked Vennells' number

Lesley Sewell tells the Horizon inquiry she was "not comfortable" being contacted by the former chief. [...]

Reality TV stars charged over investment plugs

Lauren Goodger, from The Only Way is Essex, is among those accused of promoting the unauthorised scheme on Instagram. [...]

A regional court ruled that police may not remove a forest encampment erected by environmentalists opposing Elon Musk's factory expansion plans. A vote on a downsized expansion is taking place [...]

Selahattin Demirtas, the former leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party, has been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison in Turkey for allegedly inciting the deadly Kobani riots in [...]

A major state-supported environmental group in Germany is suing the federal government, claiming it will fail to meet its own climate change targets and thereby break German law. The case [...]

The ruling ANC is projected to lose its majority in the May 29 elections. For many voters, the polls offer another shot at restoring hope in South Africa's democracy. [...]

Germans have long been known for their diligence, sense of duty, reliability and productivity. Recent data suggests that Germans are working fewer hours. But that doesn't tell the whole story. [...]

- Rachel Treisman
The NFL responds after a player urges female college graduates to become homemakers

Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs urged female graduates to embrace the title of "homemaker" in a controversial commencement speech. The NFL says he was speaking "in his personal [...]

- Ximena Bustillo
Michael Cohen continues cross-examination in Trump's criminal hush money trial

Once an ally of the former president, now Cohen is in his third day of testifying against him. He alleges Trump knew about the deal with an adult film star [...]

- Claudia Grisales
Those sickened by U.S. nuclear testing program take their fight to Congress

People who live near the areas where nuclear weapons were tested say their communities still suffer harm and are pressing Congress to renew funding to help them. [...]

- Drew Hawkins
Here's what's holding back Medicaid expansion in Mississippi and other Southern states

More than a million people could get health care if these states would pass laws expanding Medicaid. Most residents want the expansion but entrenched politics stands in the way. [...]

- NPR Washingtion Desk
Supreme Court upholds funding structure for CFPB

The opinion was written by Justice Clarence Thomas, who reversed the decision of the 5th Circuit. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented. [...]

- Rachel Weiner
- Shayna Jacobs

Michael Cohen returned to the witness stand to be cross-examined in Donald Trump’s trial on allegations of business fraud related to a hush money payment. [...]

- Associated Press

Donald Trump’s defense has brought up an embarrassing episode from Michael Cohen’s past [...]

- Raf Casert | AP

In an increasingly vitriolic political climate, the last thing needed in the runup to the June European Union elections was an assassination attempt on one of the bloc’s most controversial [...]

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