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Egg prices are Donald Trump’s fault

During the campaign, Donald Trump stood before a table of groceries, a box of eggs included, and promised: “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on day one.” It’s now past day 14, and eggs prices are hitting record highs. Or to use a Trumpian locution, egg prices are the worst they’ve been in history. You surely heard that Waffle House raised the price of its breakfasts by 50 cents an egg? Or that 100,000 eggs -- valued at $40,000 -- were just stolen from a single store in Pennsylvania? Where are prominent Democrats emoting in supermarket aisles, ...

Demolition of USAID is a scandal

A “special government employee,” wealthy beyond the dreams of Croesus, chose as his first target the poorest and most vulnerable people on Earth. On Sunday evening, Elon Musk and his peach-fuzz goons locked employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development out of their email accounts, shut down the agency website, announced that nearly everyone would be fired and crowed that USAID had been fed into a “wood chipper.” President Onlooker muttered approvingly that the agency had it coming because it was dominated by “radical left lunatics.” Musk called them ...

Bobby Kennedy Jr. an unhealthy choice

For anyone doubting whether America is ailing and headed for an unhealthy next four years, President Donald Trump’s exquisitely characteristic blaming of a midair collision of an airplane and a helicopter over the Potomac River on the promotion of racial diversity should be a wake-up call. Unfortunately, it won’t be; Americans decided fair and square that they were fine having a narcissistic con man run the country. As the Bible teaches, we reap what we sow. Two weeks into another Trump presidency, what we are sowing is pretty chilling. We’ve got a Defense Secretary in command of ...

Trump’s ‘vicious assault’ on ICC is no surprise

Donald Trump’s vicious assault on the international criminal court is no surprise. His last administration slapped sanctions on it over its investigations into potential war crimes in Afghanistan, including by the US, and into the actions of Israeli forces. But his new executive order goes even further, attacking the fundamentals of the court and endangering its functioning. The US never joined the ICC, fearing scrutiny of its own actions and those of its allies. Joe Biden damaged both the court and US claims of commitment to the “rules-based international order” when he ...

Fast-moving storms leave piles of snow across New England

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Englanders stocked up on both Super Bowl snacks and staples like bread and milk this weekend ahead of a fast-moving storm that dropped up to a foot of light, fluffy snow. The parking lot was packed and the checkout lines were long at a Market Basket grocery store in Epping, New Hampshire, on Saturday, WMUR-TV reported. None of the shoppers seemed to panic about the storm, which cleared out by Sunday morning well ahead of kickoff time. Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service, said the storm moved from the Great Lakes into the ...

Rescuers recover body, search for 28 people in China landslide

BEIJING (AP) — Emergency teams in China’s southwestern Sichuan province raced against time Sunday to locate 28 people after a landslide triggered by rains killed one person and buried homes. Nearly 1,000 personnel were deployed following the landslide in the village of Jinping in Junlian county on Saturday. Some officers navigated through the remains of collapsed buildings, using drones and life-detection radars to locate any signs of life with the help of locals who were familiar with the area, state broadcaster CCTV said. Two injured people were rescued and about 360 others ...