John Nightbridge

John Nightbridge is a veteran reporter, researcher, and economic policy major from UCLA. Passionate about world issues and potential ways to solve them is a significant focus of his work. Writing freelance and reading the news are John's passions at work. Outside of work, it's all about sky diving, surfing, and stock market modeling.

Man Paid $450,000 for Surprise Birthday Celebration Held By His Employer

Man told employer not to celebrate his birthday. He was awarded $450,000 after unwanted party. – NBC News Kevin Berling, who regularly suffers panic attacks, asked his employer not to throw him a birthday party because it would trigger a panic attack.  Against his wishes, his employer threw one anyway, and Kevin Berling quickly had a panic attack requiring him to flee the office and retreat to his car. He angrily texted the manager for …

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Florida Rejects 54 Publisher Math Textbooks Over Plugs for Critical Race Theory

Florida rejects 54 math textbooks over ‘prohibited topics’ including critical race theory – The Guardian A slew of Math textbooks for Kindergarteners to 5th graders included plugs for race essentialism which caused Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to reject the math books as he was quoted saying, “It seems that some publishers attempted to slap a coat of paint on an old house built on the foundation of Common Core, and indoctrinating concepts like race essentialism.” …

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Western U.S. Under Siege by Massive Wildfire in New Mexico

Wildfires rage in West, destroying homes and forcing thousands to evacuate – CBS News The Western U.S. is under siege again by another massive wildfire in New Mexico.  Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham made a promise for rapid resources and relief as the fire has already destroyed over 200 homes and killed at least two people.  Thousands have been displaced from areas of Ruidoso, which is anticipating hosting an annual horse race for memorial day. The …

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Kyiv Attacked as Russia Delivers Brutal Response to Sunken Warship

Kyiv Rocked by Explosions as Russia Steps Up Attacks – The Wall Street Journal Russia lost the “pride” of its Black Sea Fleet to a Ukrainian Missile, taking down up to 500 sailors on board.  In response, Russia directly targeted Kyiv for more strikes and has already left behind north of 900 civilian bodies (many shot by snipers or executed).  The latest travesties unfolding in Ukraine make one wonder,  How long before my country is …

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US and UK Children Have ‘Mystery’ Severe Hepatitis Causing Emergency Liver Transplants

UK, US health officials investigating cases of severe hepatitis with unknown causes in children – CNN A cluster of acute hepatitis cases among children in the US and UK have public health officials searching for the cause (like it is a giant mystery). ‘The World Health Organization has identified 74 cases of severe, acute hepatitis — inflammation of the liver — among children across the United Kingdom, it said in a news release Friday.’ ‘Alabama …

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SC Death Row Inmate Chooses Death by Firing Squad

South Carolina death row inmate chooses to be executed by firing squad over the electric chair – CNN When facing certain death, what would you choose to have massive amounts of electricity run through your body with potentially prolonged agony and pain or quickly die (in theory) in a blaze of bullets?  One South Carolina death row inmate has chosen the latter. Richard Barnard Moore, who murdered a convenience store clerk in 1999, is scheduled …

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Elon Musk Makes The Ultimate Move – Straight Buyout of Twitter

Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter: Live News, Updates, and Reaction – The New York Times Recently, Elon Musk was critical of the Biden Administration on many levels.  A random Twitter user commented, “You have the resources to do something about this, unlike the rest of us”  Elon Musk responded, “Interesting.”  Now we find ourselves three months down the road, and Elon is attempting a straight buyout and complete control of Twitter. Twitter could have …

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Texas Governor to Biden: Now It Is Your Problem

First Texas bus drops off migrants blocks from US Capitol in Washington, DC – Fox News. Governor Abbot of Texas came up with a new solution to the millions of migrants Joe Biden invited to walk across the border.  Round them up and bus them out straight to Washington D.C., where they will be unloaded and set free to free range on the streets of the U.S. Capitol.  His move is a pure gesture as …

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C.D.C. Stuck On Masking – Keeps Mandates for Planes

Masks Stay On: C.D.C. Keeps the Mandate on Planes – The New York Times The CDC is extending the federal transportation mask mandate through May 3 due to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases. Of course, the best way to handle an increasing problem is to do more of the exact same thing you were doing before the problem was increasing? This strategy is not working, so maybe they should consider banning humans who breathe through …

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Brooklyn mass shooting suspect calls in tip on himself

Suspect in Brooklyn subway train shooting called in the tip that led to his arrest, sources say – CNN Frank James was arrested without incident after calling crime stoppers on himself.  James is the suspected shooter of the Brooklyn Subway shooting of 10 people after deployment of various smoke grenades to cause general panic, chaos, and distraction before opening fire with 3 Glock 9mm magazines of ammunition into the crowd.  The motive for the shooting …

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