Fox News host Laura Ingraham falsely claimed on Monday night that anti-fascist activists were behind the disastrous wildfires currently ravaging the West Coast, a rumor that has been repeatedly debunked by local authorities and the FBI. Taking issue with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden blasting President Donald Trump as a “climate arsonist” for denying climate change is a key factor in the blazes, The Ingraham Angle host groused that the former vice president didn’t appear to have a plan for combatting the fires. “Did Biden anywhere in that speech lay out his solution to prevent any wildfires in the future or […]
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President Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump knocked on doors in Florida on Tuesday for Laura Loomer, the bigoted conspiracy theorist and notorious internet troll vying for a seat in Congress. Before she won the Republican primary in Florida’s deeply-blue 21st District, Loomer was most famous for chaining herself to Twitter’s front door while wearing a yellow Star of David, spreading conspiracy theories about the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, being permanently banned from Uber Eats for calling for an Uber without a Muslim driver, and bragging about being a #ProudIslamophobe. None of that has discouraged Trump campaign surrogate Lara Trump from hopping aboard the Loomer […]
A home near Iowa, La., was crushed by a snapped tree after Hurricane Laura made landfall with 150 mile-per-hour winds Thursday. The area is facing two disasters at once. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption toggle caption Kirk Siegler/NPR A home near Iowa, La., was crushed by a snapped tree after Hurricane Laura made landfall with 150 mile-per-hour winds Thursday. The area is facing two disasters at once. Kirk Siegler/NPR In Orange, Texas, just across the Sabine River from Louisiana, a line of cars hundreds deep snakes along a highway shoulder and into a parking lot. A local supermarket has set up an […]
President Trump listens to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, center, as he tours damage from Hurricane Laura, in Lake Charles, La. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Trump listens to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, center, as he tours damage from Hurricane Laura, in Lake Charles, La. Alex Brandon/AP President Trump visited Louisiana and Texas on Saturday afternoon to survey damage caused by Hurricane Laura. The storm killed at least 14 people and caused as much as $12 billion in damage. Air Force One first touched down in Lake Charles, La., to scenes of debris, downed trees and […]
A neighborhood in Lake Charles, Louisiana, one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Laura earlier this week. Residents have just started returning to survey the damage. Aubri Juhasz/WNNO hide caption toggle caption Aubri Juhasz/WNNO A neighborhood in Lake Charles, Louisiana, one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Laura earlier this week. Residents have just started returning to survey the damage. Aubri Juhasz/WNNO After pummeling the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Laura has been downgraded several levels to a what’s called a remnant low, moving through Arkansas and into the Mid-Atlantic. But even in its weakened state, the storm continues to cause […]
A home damaged by Hurricane Laura is seen in Hackberry, La., Friday. Damage estimates from the storm range from around $4 billion to $12 billion. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption toggle caption David J. Phillip/AP A home damaged by Hurricane Laura is seen in Hackberry, La., Friday. Damage estimates from the storm range from around $4 billion to $12 billion. David J. Phillip/AP Hurricane Laura unleashed terrible winds on the Louisiana coast, but its effects are “looking relatively tame from an economic perspective” – especially when compared to other powerful storms, according to an early analysis by Moody’s Analytics. Laura is […]
Parnell McKay, the civil defense director of Pass Christian, Miss., looks over the town’s main business district on Aug. 23, 1969 after Hurricane Camille passed through. Jack Thornell/AP hide caption toggle caption Jack Thornell/AP Parnell McKay, the civil defense director of Pass Christian, Miss., looks over the town’s main business district on Aug. 23, 1969 after Hurricane Camille passed through. Jack Thornell/AP Hurricane Laura, which hit the coast of Louisiana early Thursday as a Category 4 storm packing winds of 150 mph, is one of the most powerful storms in decades to hit the area. How does it compare to other […]
A fallen tree limb in the front yard of a house in Lake Charles, La., after Hurricane Laura made landfall on Thursday. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images A fallen tree limb in the front yard of a house in Lake Charles, La., after Hurricane Laura made landfall on Thursday. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images In the small town of Bell City, La., trees were down everywhere on Thursday morning. And just about wherever there was a felled tree, there was someone with a chainsaw getting it out of the way. Dylan Guidry, […]
Scattered debris and a damaged trailer in Holly Beach, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. Eric Thayer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eric Thayer/Getty Images Scattered debris and a damaged trailer in Holly Beach, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. Eric Thayer/Getty Images In a Thursday afternoon update, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said that while the impact of Hurricane Laura was less catastrophic than initially predicted, the storm significantly damaged many communities and remains a threat to parts of several southern states still in its path. FEMA officials said on a call with reporters that it is working […]
Hurricane Laura blows trees near the Golden Nugget Hotel in Lake Charles, La., as it comes ashore early Thursday. The storm is blamed for four deaths, all caused by trees falling on homes. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Hurricane Laura blows trees near the Golden Nugget Hotel in Lake Charles, La., as it comes ashore early Thursday. The storm is blamed for four deaths, all caused by trees falling on homes. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Hurricane Laura has caused at least four deaths in Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards says. All of the deaths reported due to […]
Hurricane Laura struck the US Gulf Coast early Thursday, leaving a path of devastation in its wake as it moved inland after making landfall in southwestern Louisiana near the coastal town of Cameron. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) indicated in its latest update that Laura was situated near Arcadia, Louisiana, and was moving northward at a pace of 15 mph. Although Laura did initially make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, the storm quickly weakened and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm after moving inland. At present, Laura has maximum sustained wind speeds of 65 mph, with tropical […]
Chris Johnson views destruction at his home on Thursday, in Lake Charles, La., after Hurricane Laura moved through the state. Johnson stayed in his home as the storm passed. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption toggle caption Gerald Herbert/AP Chris Johnson views destruction at his home on Thursday, in Lake Charles, La., after Hurricane Laura moved through the state. Johnson stayed in his home as the storm passed. Gerald Herbert/AP Hurricane Laura, one of the most powerful storms to hit Louisiana in living memory, left destruction and misery in its wake, with debris from homes and businesses strewn about, flooded streets, uprooted lampposts […]
A street is seen strewn with debris and downed power lines after Hurricane Laura passed through Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Thursday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images A street is seen strewn with debris and downed power lines after Hurricane Laura passed through Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Thursday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Hurricane Laura knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of utility customers in Louisiana and Texas and forced thousands to evacuate. As of 11:30 a.m. ET Thursday, 553,931 customers were without power in Louisiana, and in Texas, 137,376 people were in the dark, according to the […]
Hurricane Laura approaches the Gulf Coast of the U.S. on August 26. The storm rapidly intensified before it made landfall. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Hurricane Laura approaches the Gulf Coast of the U.S. on August 26. The storm rapidly intensified before it made landfall. AP Hurricane Laura’s top wind speeds nearly doubled in just 24 hours as it approached the border between Texas and Louisiana. The wall of water it pushed in front of it grew until forecasters warned that it would produce “unsurvivable” storm surge. Laura’s rapid intensification is one hallmark of climate change. As the Earth warms […]
Hurricane Laura’s arrival at the Louisiana coast early Thursday prompted the National Hurricane Center to warn: “Take action now to protect your life! NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East hide caption toggle caption NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Hurricane Laura’s arrival at the Louisiana coast early Thursday prompted the National Hurricane Center to warn: “Take action now to protect your life! NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Hurricane Laura is destroying buildings, sparking flash floods and bringing a “catastrophic” storm surge to southwestern Louisiana Thursday morning, remaining a fearsome hurricane more than seven hours after making landfall. Laura rapidly intensified into an extremely dangerous storm as it neared land, with the Gulf […]
Having pleaded with residents to flee the oncoming Hurricane Laura, US Gulf Coast authorities are now advising those left behind to shelter in place. But it seems some didn’t get the memo and are facing nature’s fury head-on. The National Hurricane Center is warning remaining residents to shelter in place immediately and to treat any and all imminent extreme winds “as if a tornado was approaching” as the Category 4 storm lashes eastern Texas and Louisiana. Also on rt.com Category-4 Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Louisiana as authorities warn of ‘catastrophic’ destruction (VIDEOS) Meanwhile, people were given a rare glimpse into […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1a/1080286667_0:56:3073:1784_1200x675_80_0_0_a8ec5ee6ded569925a75eb06a8e92534.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008261080286712-us-energy-firms-shut-310-facilities-in-gulf-of-mexico-as-storm-laura-nears—govt-bureau/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US energy firms have shuttered some 310 facilities on the Gulf of Mexico and evacuated employees from those places as Hurricane Laura approached the oil-and-gas rich state of Texas, a government bureau said on Wednesday. “Personnel have been evacuated from a total of 299 production platforms, (or) 46.5 percent of the 643 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico,” the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team, said in a statement. Separately, it said personnel were evacuated from another 11 drilling rigs at the Gulf – making up […]
As hundreds of thousands of residents fled their homes along the Gulf Coast in anticipation of Hurricane Laura, officials warned the “catastrophic” Category 4 storm could bring with it an “unsurvivable” storm surge. Hurricane Laura, which has strengthened to a Category 3 storm with winds upwards of 125 mph, is set to intensify further before making landfall Wednesday evening or early Thursday along the Texas and Louisiana coast. The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday the storm is expected to make landfall as an “extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane” with “catastrophic storm surge.” The storm will bring with it heavy rain across […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1a/1080284829_0:60:3070:1786_1200x675_80_0_0_6b5752cebfc6f43549f2ae0ff22bd4dd.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008261080284888-us-weather-center-says-laura-now-major-hurricane-may-turn-into-catastrophe-tonight/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Hurricane Laura is expected to strengthen into a major category 4 storm and could prove catastrophic when it hits the Northwest Gulf Coast of the United States on Wednesday night, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) announced on Wednesday morning. “Laura strengthens into a major hurricane,” the NHC said in a warning. “Potentially catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds, and flash flooding expected along the Northwest Gulf Coast tonight.” Steps to protect life and property should be pushed through at accelerated speed in the next few hours before the hurricane hits,” the […]
The National Hurricane Center predicts that Hurricane Laura will make landfall as a Category 4 storm. National Hurricane Center Hurricane Laura is swirling in the Gulf of Mexico and is projected to hit the Texas and Louisiana coasts Wednesday night as a major hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters project that some coastal areas near the Texas-Louisiana border could see “unsurvivable” storm surge, which could impact areas up to 30 miles inland. Laura is currently a Category 3 hurricane that is forecast to grow into a Category 4 hurricane Wednesday afternoon. The hurricane’s maximum sustained winds have increased to […]
Hurricane Laura formed early Tuesday morning, as the storm’s center crossed into the Gulf of Mexico. Laura is forecast to make landfall along the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East hide caption toggle caption NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Hurricane Laura formed early Tuesday morning, as the storm’s center crossed into the Gulf of Mexico. Laura is forecast to make landfall along the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Hurricane Laura will make landfall as a major hurricane, with winds of around 115 mph and a storm surge up to 11 feet, when it strikes near the Louisiana-Texas […]
As two major storms are forecast to bring inches of rainfall and dangerous storm surges to the US Gulf Coast, thousands of residents have started making preparations ahead of what many weather experts are referring to as a “one-two punch” from Mother Nature. According to the US National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) most recent updates, the twin hurricane threat to the US South was downgraded somewhat early on Monday, as Hurricane Marco weakened back to a tropical storm. However, the same cannot be said for Tropical Storm Laura, which is expected to make landfall late Wednesday as a Category 2 hurricane. In […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/15/1080240257_0:375:2000:1500_1200x675_80_0_0_71861cc1d449195cf5e8afe7fc1c7ed6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008231080251083-trump-authorizes-emergency-relief-aid-to-puerto-rico-hit-by-storm-laura/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump has approved emergency assistance to Puerto Rico, which has been hit by Tropical Storm Laura, the White House said in a statement. “Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and ordered Federal assistance to supplement Commonwealth and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Laura beginning on August 21, 2020, and continuing,” the Saturday statement says. According to the release, the disaster relief efforts will cover all municipalities in Puerto Rico and will […]
Laura Loomer has won her Florida House District 21 primary. Laura, 26, is currently running for office in Florida’s 21st district — which happens to be the voting residence of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania. WATCH HER VICTORY PARTY LIVE: TRENDING: “This is a Warning For What’s Coming!” – Veteran and California Business Owner Fed Up with Covid Lockdown Orders Puts County Board of Supervisors on Notice (VIDEO) Vote Laura Loomer for Congress today! — Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) August 18, 2020 Loomer is one of the most banned political commentators, and now candidates for office, in the nation — […]
A South Florida CBS affiliate, CBS 12, posted the primary election results for over a half-dozen races last night to their website, days before the final votes are to be counted. Florida’s final absentee ballots and in-person election day voting occurs on Tuesday from 7am to 7pm. Despite this, congressional candidate Laura Loomer, who is running in the Republican primary to take on far-left career politician Lois Frankel, found herself shocked to see that 100% of precincts reporting their tallies late Sunday night. The “results” showed the establishment candidates facing Loomer with a lion’s share of the votes and the journalist […]
Convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell doesn’t have many public allies these days. But one person has emerged as the media’s favorite defender of hers: an ex-convict and former part-time blogger who some critics say is full of it. Voracious consumers of tabloid news are well aware of Laura Goldman by now. Over the past few months, she’s accumulated an impressive amount of citations across global media as a “friend of Ghislaine Maxwell,” starting long before Epstein’s former girlfriend was arrested last week in New Hampshire. But after Maxwell was taken into custody, Goldman’s media presence ratcheted up […]
Fox News host Laura Ingraham spoke in stark and apocalyptic terms about the coming election on Monday night, warning viewers that “more chaos is coming” and that they needed to “suit up for this battle” because it was do-or-die time. The right-wing primetime star opened up her Monday evening broadcast by sniping at “conservatives on the sideline in this battle” while the country “is under attack,” taking aim at Never Trump Republicans for trying to help elect Democrats this cycle. She also blasted conservative politicians who she claimed weren’t stepping up to fight back as Black Lives Matter protests rage across […]
Dave Chappelle released an unannounced Netflix special in the early hours of Friday that tears into the media and calls on America to listen to the protest movement that has risen up to demand an end to more than a century of oppression. The comedian said he couldn’t bring himself to watch the killing of George Floyd for a week, but as soon as he did, he understood why the U.S was witnessing one of the most widespread protest movements in 50 years. “This kid thought he was going to die, he knew he was going to die. He called for […]
Wednesday night on Fox News, Laura Ingraham defended New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees’ right to an opinion about Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. Noting that Brees is a “person” who has “some worth,” she said, “I mean, this is beyond football, though. This is totalitarian conduct. This is Stalinist!” This is the same Laura Ingraham who told LeBron James in 2018 to “keep the political commentary” to himself and “shut up and dribble.” On Thursday, James used Ingraham hypocrisy to make the point that #BlackLivesMatter activists have been trying to make for years. “If […]
Fox News host Laura Ingraham was so upset Thursday night over the backlash New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has received for saying he’d “never agree” with NFL players kneeling to protest police brutality that she compared his critics to Josef Stalin. A day after Brees supported #BlackoutTuesday, a social media campaign expressing solidarity with George Floyd protesters, Brees was asked by a Yahoo reporter what he thinks about “players kneeling again when the NFL season starts” and what his responsibility would be as a leader. Brees, much as he did when Colin Kaepernick first began kneeling during the national anthem […]
Fox News host Laura Ingraham attempted to explain to African Americans on Thursday night that President Donald Trump can empathize with inequality and police brutality due to his “own experience” with federal investigators during the Russia probe. With protests raging across the nation over the death of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis police custody, Ingraham lectured protesters over the demonstrations devolving into violence and looting. After chastising the non-Fox media for supposedly fanning racial flames over the police killing and subsequent protests, Ingraham then decided to address the black community as a whole to tell them how they should properly […]
For over two decades, Laura Smith has been fighting for justice against the man who sexually assaulted her 5-year-old son. While she was on a late-night grocery run in May 1993, Mattieo Condoluci, a former nightclub bouncer who she had just moved in with, sexually assaulted her son. When she returned to their home in Ormond Beach, Florida, she found her son in the bathroom violently crying, Smith told The Daily Beast on Wednesday. “I knew something was instantly wrong,” Smith said, recounting how Condoluci tried to claim her son had just “wet the bed.” “My son had never wet the […]
Friday night Laura Ingraham admitted she thinks maybe it’s time to stop coddling granny. “If you want to stay at home, stay at home. But for the rest of us, we’ll make our own decisions. Since the so-called experts say it will be around forever, it’s time to move on with our lives. The testing issue is just another Democrat red herring. More impossible hoops.” So she finally said the quiet part loud—that testing and tracing were too complicated and hard to do, ergo they were a Democratic conspiracy, as opposed to the truth, which is that Donald Trump has broken […]