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The Supreme Court declined to hear New Hampshire’s challenge to Massachusetts’s pandemic-era policy of taxing out-of-state residents who used to work in Massachusetts but switched to telecommuting from their New Hampshire homes during the pandemic.Billions of dollars in income taxes paid by people who worked from home during the pandemic were at stake in this case, and conceivably in other states such as New York that even in the absence of a public health emergency tax nonresident income.According to New Hampshire, the Massachusetts tax rule goes against New Hampshire’s state sovereignty, its residents’ economic interests, and runs afoul of the...

♦ We find out on December 1st (after the election) that AG Bill Barr previously appointed John Durham as a special counsel to investigate criminal matters on October 19, 2020. AG Bill Barr notified the Associated Press (Michael Balsamo) and the Senate Judiciary Committee on the *exact same day. The sequence is: Barr tells the media, then Barr tells congress: *It is critical to understand how the DOJ system operates at a political level -when they have a very specific political intent- while noting the dates of activity and the dates of notification of that activity; two very different dynamics....

Scottie Pippen accused his former NBA coach Phil Jackson of being a racist on Monday in the latest of act of candor from the Basketball Hall of Famer. While appearing on “The Dan Patrick” Show, Pippen was asked about recent comments he made to GQ, in which he said Jackson made a “racial move” by not giving him the last-second shot in a 1994 playoff game against the Knicks. SNIP “By saying a racial move, then you’re calling Phil a racist,” Patrick asked Pippen. “I don’t got a problem with that,” Pippen replied, to which Patrick followed up, “Do you...

PARIS — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, speaking in an interview after a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France, said the United States and France were “on the same page” in their determination to resist the possibility of a Chinese-led world order that would be “profoundly illiberal in nature.” On his first visit as secretary to France, where he lived for nine years in his youth and attended high school, Mr. Blinken said “our purpose is not to contain China” or “try to hold China back.” But when it comes to defending a free and open international order,...

The majority of young adults (Gen Z), ages 18-24, in the United States have a negative view of capitalism, according to an Axios and Momentive poll. Poll findings show that 54 percent of young adults have a negative view of capitalism. In comparison, only 42 percent of Gen Z respondents said they have a positive view of capitalism.

A South Carolina attorney has been suspended from practicing law after making incendiary Facebook posts, including one about George Floyd’s murder, sparked complaints. Lawyer David Paul Traywick was handed a six-month suspension and ordered to take a diversity class earlier this month by the state Supreme Court, The State newspaper reported. The attorney will also have to undergo an anger management assessment with a licensed therapist before his license is reinstated, the outlet reported.

E-cigarette company Juul Labs will pay $40 million and make changes to its business practices to settle the first state lawsuit that alleged it marketed to teens, North Carolina state attorneys announced on Monday."Under this consent order, Juul cannot sell mint. It cannot sell mango, it cannot sell crème brulee, or any other flavor," without authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration, Stein said in a news briefing after a court hearing on Monday. "Juul must abandon all marketing strategies and content that appeals to young people. Juul will be prohibited from influencer advertising, outdoor advertising near schools, sponsoring...

The Milwaukee Police Association’s president says city leaders are doing “NOTHING” about exploding crime, and he called on them to hire more officers to replenish the ranks of those lost to retirement amid plunging morale caused in part by the city leaders’ anti-police rhetoric. “Today is a sad day for Milwaukee. What is sad is the fact that crime in Milwaukee is on the rise,” Dale Bormann Jr. wrote in a news release. For a second weekend in a row, Water Street “has been out of control. There have been fights, there have been shootings, there have been people out...

Trump lawyer: Manhattan DA won't charge former president Cy Vance's team plans to bring narrowly focused charges in its probe of the Trump Organization, says Ron Fischetti.Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has indicated he does not currently plan to charge the Trump Organization with crimes related to allegations of "hush money" payments and real estate value manipulations, according to a personal lawyer for Donald Trump.Ronald Fischetti, a New York attorney who represents the former president, said on Monday that in a meeting last week, he asked Vance’s team for details on charges they were considering.

Gives numerous examples of leftards and big tech suppressing free speech. Aliens decided to abandon invading earth, due to stupidity of humans.

Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) is introducing a new bill that will replace law enforcement with “community-led first responders" as crime skyrockets across the nation. NBC News reported the bill would establish a Division on Community Safety within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and would "focus on supporting those disproportionately criminalized by police."

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is set to hold a Senate Rules Committee hearing in Georgia next month with a focus on the federal takeover of elections. Klobuchar will hold the hearing on July 19, marking the first time a field hearing has been held in 20 years, according to The Hill. A press release for the event from Klobuchar’s office states that the witnesses, who have not been announced, will discuss “recently enacted legislation to restrict voting in the state and the need for basic federal standards to protect the freedom to vote.

On July 18, 2019, federal agents with a warrant searched the El Dorado County home of a Sacramento Metro Fire captain looking for illegal machine gun parts. It didn’t take long to find a trove of weapons.

The President arrived at his farewell visit to the White House at the invitation of the President of the United States, who wished to thank Rivlin for his years of activity as President for promoting partnership, hope and understanding in the State of Israel and its neighbors. At the start of the meeting, the Presidents made statements to the media. Biden said that “Iran will never get a nuclear weapon on my watch. Israel has the right to defend itself." .....

Facebook has hit $1 trillion in market capitalization. Facebook stock spiked nearly 5% in late-day trading aided by a favorable legal ruling that dismissed an antitrust complaint brought by the FTC. The social media company is the fifth U.S. company to hit the milestone, joining Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Google-parent company Alphabet.

As we have been documenting daily (most recently in “More Container Ships Score “Astronomical” $100,000/Day Rates“), even as some signs of price normalization emerge, most notably the recent drop in commodity prices (lumber, copper)…… widespread supply-chain disruptions remain and have become a serious challenge in many parts of the US economy, with large effects on both output and inflation. The Goldman chart below shows that businesses report the worst supplier delivery delays in decades and expect delivery times to remain longer than normal through year-end and potentially well into 2022. In special questions included in regional business surveys, a substantial...

Democrat identity politics means that Joe Biden is as good as lying when he promises or calls for unity. We must turn to God. What holy scripture or other great wisdom or literature can help us here?

Joe Biden has a lot of respect for the America-hating Olympic hammer thrower who turned her back on the American flag, says Jen Psaki.White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday was asked about Gwen Berry, the race activist who disrespected the US on the world stage.Biden “has great respect for the anthem” but also “part of that pride” means “respecting the right of people to peacefully protest,” Psaki said.The Biden White House backs the America-hating Olympian who turned her back on the US Flag as the National Anthem played during the medal’s ceremony.VIDEO:CLICK ABOVE ARTICLE LINK FOR THE VIDEO...

Click here to read the full articleSen. Mitt Rom­ney (R‑Utah) in a Sun­day inter­view said he accept­ed Pres­i­dent Biden’s walk-back of Fri­day com­ments in which the com­man­der-in-chief said he would only sign a bipar­ti­san infra­struc­ture deal Rom­ney and oth­er GOP sen­a­tors had signed on to if a larg­er pack­age backed only by Democ­rats also reached his desk.Biden walked back those com­ments in a state­ment released Sat­ur­day after the remarks pro­voked out­rage among Repub­li­cans and threat­ened the bipar­ti­san infra­struc­ture deal.“I do trust the pres­i­dent, and he made very clear in the much larg­er state­ment that came out over the week­end …...