The $1.7 trillion, the 4,155-page omnibus budget package, was presented by House appropriators early Tuesday morning (about 1:30 am ET), allowing legislators plenty of time to evaluate it before the government shutdown on Friday. The plan would increase defense expenditure by $76 billion, to a total of $858 billion, and fund the government through September 2023. The sum of $773 billion stays within the borders of the United States. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), the minority leader in the Senate, sees the more significant rise in defense expenditure compared to domestic spending as a success for the GOP. Conservatives blocked the Democrats’…
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The regular flu season in the United States has been terrible this year, and that’s on top of the shortages. The prevalence of other respiratory disorders has also increased. So far (16 December), 15 million instances of influenza have been reported, resulting in 150,000 hospitalizations and 9,300 fatalities; 30 of these deaths have been among children. All recorded indicators of influenza activity have risen over the past year, from 13 million illnesses to 120,000 hospitalizations and 7,300 deaths. The number of verified cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) rose that month, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and…
After news spread that South Dakota’s health department had partnered with a transgender advocacy group participating in a “gender summit” next month, Republican governor Kristi Noem announced the resignation of her state health secretary this week. Sources say Noem was clueless about the health division’s collaboration with the group. The Daily Signal reports that Noem announced that Joan Adam would leave her position as state health secretary on Monday. Notably absent from Noem’s announcement on Adam’s retirement was any mention of the issue surrounding the transgender advocacy group. Noem remarked in a news release, “Joan has lived a life of…
In September 2021, Tariq Mohammed Intezar was released from prison. On Wednesday, ICE reported that they had deported an Afghan national who had been paroled into the United States last year and had pled guilty to the sexual assault of a 3-year-old girl. On September 8, 2021, 25-year-old Tariq Mohammad Intezar was one of more than 88,000 Afghans who traveled to the United States on parole at Dulles International Airport as part of the disengagement effort from Afghanistan. According to a statement made by ICE, he pled guilty to sexually abusing a three-year-old girl and was subsequently convicted of the…
Two ex-FTX executives, Sam Bankman-Fried and Nishad Singh were reported to have agreed on Tuesday to repay $3 million to the Senate Majority PAC. This group aids Democratic candidates. The company’s former CEOs chipped in $1 million to the Senate Majority PAC, which spent $160 million on the most recent midterm elections. All three Democratic campaign arms—the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee—have made the same assurances. Likewise, bankruptcy lawyers work to recoup losses for their client’s customers and shareholders. CNBC reported on Tuesday that a representative for the Senate Majority PAC…
Any Republican senator who votes for the 4,155-page omnibus proposal negotiated with the Democrats would have their careers destroyed, according to the newly elected Republican majority in the House. This threat comes after eleven Republican candidates, led by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), took control of the House on Wednesday. Several Republican House members, including Chip Roy (TX), Matt Gaetz (FL), Scott Perry (PA), and Andy Biggs (AZ), sent a letter to their colleagues on Tuesday expressing their displeasure with the policies of the Republican senators who voted quickly in favor of the omnibus deal with Democrats. When conservative members…
On Monday, the select committee convened on January 6 and voted to request that the Justice Department investigate several potential criminal charges against former President Donald Trump in connection with the riot in the Capitol. After an 18-month investigation, the committee decided to submit many allegations against Trump, including obstruction of an official process, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement, and inciting, helping, aiding/comforting an uprising. On Monday, the committee that will be abolished once Republicans take control of the House next year had a meeting in which its last report was approved for…
Since the suggestions are non-binding, they serve primarily as a symbol. On Monday, the House January 6 Committee agreed to propose that former President Donald Trump be charged by the Justice Department in connection with the disturbance on January 6, 2021, at the United States Capitol. In the end, the committee convened by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) voted to recommend that Trump be charged with impeding an official action, conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to make false statements to the federal government, and inciting an uprising. Committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) stated in his opening remarks…
According to a batch of “Twitter Files” published on Monday, the FBI and other intelligence community officers blocked the New York Post’s “laptop from hell” series. Journalist Michael Shellenberger’s discovery of internal Elon Musk documents suggests that federal agents worked with Twitter’s upper management to censor and disparage the Post’s reporting on evidence of now-President Joe Biden’s business involvement with corrupt and adversarial foreign governments both after and before the October 14, 2020, disclosure of the contents of Biden’s laptop. Shellenberger claims there was “a concerted attempt by officials of the intelligence community (IC), directed at top executives at the…
Title 42 has been used over 2.5 million times since March 2020, when it was first introduced to discourage immigration. Despite preparations being made in cities on both sides of the border for the expiration of Title 42, an immigration restriction enacted during the outbreak, the White House has stated that the wall would not open. During Monday’s White House press briefing, News Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tried to avoid questions about the long-term effects of the expiration of Title 42. “Let me clarify this point, so there is no misunderstanding. However, even if Title 42 was nullified, that didn’t mean…
The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, put together a special committee to examine what happened on January 6, 2021. The committee has finished its work. The committee will tell the Department of Justice about four possible crimes that Trump could be charged with. If you’re willing to think about them, here are four suggestions. Trump’s legal team made up evidence in the United States to support his claim that he had nothing to do with starting or helping a violent uprising. Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro, Mark Meadows, and Jeffrey Clark are his close friends. The Department of…
With thousands of illegal immigrants expected to arrive soon, El Paso, Texas, proclaimed a state of emergency. Mayor Oscar Leeser declared a state of emergency due to the surge of illegal immigrants. The mayor gave a press conference in which he reiterated that he could not ensure the safety of the local population until the reinstatement of Title 42 on Wednesday. When I inquired with our federal partners whether they would be prepared for the influx of 4,000, 5,000, or 6,000 persons on Wednesday, I was met with the expected response: “no.” In response, Leeser took swift and decisive action.…
In the courts, opponents of Title 42 and the Migrant Protection Protocols have filed their complaints. This week’s injunction prevents the Biden administration from ending a program that detained migrants in Mexico until their immigration hearings, and it’s the latest legal snag for the government. As their cases proceeded under the Migrant Protection Protocols, a federal court in Texas temporarily halted the Trump administration’s effort to repatriate migrants to Mexico on Monday (MPP). Temporary court tents have been erected as a deterrent to illegal border crossings. As soon as the new president took office, he stopped the policy used by…
Former assistant Letitia James (D) of New York’s attorney general is suing James and her former chief of staff for allegedly covering up sexual harassment and assault. According to Fox News, a 33-year-old woman named Sofia Quintanar filed a complaint against Brooklyn fundraiser host Ibrahim Khan on Thursday. She accused Khan of shoving his tongue down her throat after an argument. After James was suspended for over two months for an alleged assault, she filed suit, claiming he misrepresented to the public where he was. Despite concerns for her career, Quintanar said she was committed to doing the right thing.…
After stating late last week that her “shameful behavior” will not be accepted on Twitter in the future, Twitter CEO Elon Musk terminated left-leaning Washington Post writer Taylor Lorenz on Saturday night. Lorenz stated on her blog that “I received zero communication from the company on why I was suspended or what agreements I broke.” She said she was let go because she tweeted @ Musk to get his take on a story, and he didn’t respond. She boasted, “In my 13-year career in social media, I have never received a single term of service or community rules infraction for…