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Big tech’s lobbying arm and the Koch brothers’ network of donor class organizations are cheering on President Joe Biden’s amnesty plan that would pack the United States labor market with more foreign visa workers for business to hire over American graduates and professionals. This week, Biden’s amnesty plan was introduced in Congress by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) as Democrats look to increase foreign competition in the U.S. workforce while more than 17 million Americans are jobless. Among other things, the plan would: Put nearly all illegal aliens in the U.S. on an eight-year path to citizenship Provide $4 billion in...

Excerpt: A Multnomah County judge has become the latest Oregon jurist to reject a challenge to Gov. Kate Brown’s sweeping emergency powers, dismissing a lawsuit filed last year by three Republican state lawmakers and a Washington County business owner.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced the National Right to Work Act to preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations or to refrain from such activities. The bill currently has 15 ­­cosponsors. “The National Right to Work Act ensures all American workers have the ability to choose to refrain from joining or paying dues to a union as a condition for employment.” said Dr. Paul. “Kentucky and 26 other states have already passed right to work laws. It’s time for the federal government to follow their lead.”...

Doesn't the President typically give The State of the Union by now? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2021_Joe_Biden_speech_to_joint_session_of_Congress

President Joe Biden is preparing to sign an executive order to review U.S. supply chains for large-capacity batteries, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals and semiconductors that power cars, phones, military equipment and other goods. The United States has become increasingly reliant on imports of these goods — a potential national security and economic risk that the Biden administration hopes to address with the planned 100-day review and the possibility of increased domestic production, according to administration officials who insisted on anonymity to discuss the order. However, Biden will also look to work with international partners to ensure a stable and reliable supply...

Republican legislative leaders are accusing Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration of trying to sabotage their effort to reassert their authority in determining the length of an emergency disaster declarations in Pennsylvania. They say the governor’s Department of State intentionally worded two proposed constitutional amendments that will appear on the May 18 primary ballot in a way to try to make them fail to garner voter support. “This wasn’t a mistake,” said Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman, R-Centre County, about proposed amendments’ wording. “The governor is so desperate to cling on to power that they crafted this language on the May...

THE CHINESE ARE LEAVING US IN THE DUST! AN INTERNET SURVEY OF RECENT CHINESE ACHEIVEMENTS China a has to put an end to its old practice of following others countries’ footsteps, and is now conducting research into a 180,000-ton double hull aircraft carrier because compared with a monohull aircraft carrier, it has exceptional advantages. It will have a huge capacity, capable of carrying 125 J-20 fighter jets enough to destroy any existing aircraft carrier in the world. The double hull carrier will have two identical runways for simultaneous taking off and landing. October 2013. A nuclear submarine servicing port will...

Fox Business host Stuart Varney ripped the draconian lockdowns inflicted by states in the U.S. in an editorialized segment of his show. Varney didn’t mince words when he began his segment with the following statement: “Enough is enough!” He continued: “I think I can say that America is truly tired of lockdowns and absolutely fed up with school closures. The pandemic is winding down, and it’s high time public policy reflected that.”

President Joe Biden will deliver his State of the Union address.

After Californians poured into the streets of cities across the state to protest police brutality and racism last summer, elected leaders pledged to implement reforms.

Maloney’s remarks reflect an intraparty struggle that plagued Democrats last cycle, when House Democrats expected to expand their majority but instead saw their edge in the chamber narrow dramatically. In the aftermath of the election, some moderate Democrats blamed rhetoric from the party’s progressive wing around socialism and defund the police for the lackluster general election results. Republicans have long sought to make political hay from Democrats’ left flank, working in last year’s election to tie President Joe Biden to progressive lawmakers like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). That work by the GOP has continued as...

Today’s Required Reading comes from former staffer for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Lindsey Boylan. Ms. Boylan spent years working for Cuomo, and tells a story of a workplace environment characterized by constant bullying and sexual harassment coming from the Governor and his male staff. It is a putrid story that is all too typical in the corporate and political world: One in which a powerful man engages in the most reprehensible behavior imaginable but intimidates people whose livelihoods depend on his good graces into remaining silent and covering for him. The thing about this particular situation is that Cuomo’s...

All told, seven people died in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6. But only Ashli Babbitt’s death was directly caused by violence that day. She was a rioter killed by a Capitol Police officer, who fired the only shot by any person during the 4½-hour siege. Yet the story of who he is and why he opened fire remains shrouded in mystery. More than six weeks after Babbitt succumbed to a single gunshot wound to the upper chest, authorities are keeping secret the identity of the officer who fired the fatal round. They won’t release his name,...

Sales of new homes soared in January to a blistering seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 923,000, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. That puts sales 4.3 percent above the revised December rate of 885,000 and 19.3 percent above the January 2020 estimate.

The multidecade-long bull market in Treasurys has delivered rich gains to patient investors, but a 2021 bond-market selloff is likely inflicting significant pain on some market participants. Though many were expecting yields to rise this year as the reflation narrative gained ground, few were prepared for the rapid rise in long-term bond yields since the start of this year. Yields move in the opposite direction of bond prices.

The Pentagon has urged Beijing to stop sending government vessels into Japanese waters, following more incursions by China's coast guard vessels near the Senkaku Islands over the weekend. Beijing's continued deployment of ships near the islets controlled by Japan "could lead to miscalculation"—or physical and material harm, Department of Defense spokesperson John Kirby said Tuesday. Two Chinese coast guard ships entered the territory waters of the uninhabited Senkakus on both Saturday and Sunday, said Japan's maritime authority. They marked nine such incursions reported this year. The disputed islands in the East China Sea are also claimed by China and Taiwan,...

The FED Is Down…All Money Transfers Halted February 24, 2021 CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE Welcome to Biden’s America where everything breaks, crashes and blows up! It appears that The Fed is “down” as all FRB Services are currently offline including ACH and FedWire… Translation: the official establishment-sanctioned method of transferring money in America is currently offline!

A former staffer for Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo alleged Wednesday that he kissed her without her consent. Lindsey Boylan originally accused Cuomo of sexual harassment in December but waited to share details of her allegations until Wednesday. “We were in his New York City office on Third Avenue,” she said. “As I got up to leave and walk toward an open door, he stepped in front of me and kissed me on the lips. I was in shock, but I kept walking.” ============================================================================== A former staffer for Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo alleged Wednesday that he kissed...

NBC continues to face criticism for a series of incidents that have been labeled "anti-Semitic," with a scene from the show "Nurses" taking heat for a scene that has been widely condemned for the way it portrayed a Hasidic patient who refused a bone graft from a "goyim," an Arab or a woman. The resurfaced clip comes as NBCUniversal was already facing criticism for a joke made on "Saturday Night Live" this week as well as a segment on MSNBC earlier this month involving Mehdi Hassan. The American Jewish Committee’s (AJC) head of young leadership Seffi Kogen tweeted a clip...

Bruce Springsteen pleaded guilty Wednesday to drinking with fans at a New Jersey park — but dodged charges of DWI and reckless driving because prosecutors said he wasn’t drunk during the November incident. The disposition in the high-profile case was announced during The Boss’ arraignment on the three misdemeanor charges stemming from his Nov. 14 arrest at Gateway National Recreation Area in Sandy Hook. “I had two small shots of tequila,” the “Born in the USA” singer admitted in his signature raspy voice during the virtual hearing, as he copped to a single count of drinking in a closed area.