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This month, the Goldwater Institute called on the Arizona Attorney General’s Office to investigate school districts using district resources to send representatives to the Arizona School Board Association’s “Law Conference” to be held September 7-9. The Institute alleges that the event is “clearly geared toward a political objective: overturning Arizona’s recently enacted universal school choice reform.”ASBA member boards are also being asked to “take part in voting on the 2023 Political Agenda.”The Goldwater Institute’s request has prompted new interest in Arizona Revised Statute Section 15-511, which prohibits school districts from spending or using district school resources to influence the outcomes...

A body has been identified as missing mother-of-two Eliza Fletcher by police in Memphis, Tennessee The human remains were located close to the home of kidnapping suspect Cleotha Abston's brother, Mario Following her disappearance, Cleotha was seen by neighbors washing the carpets of his 2013 GMC Terrain Abston, 38, has been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence It has been revealed that Abston previously spent 20 years in jail after he and an accomplice kidnapped a Memphis attorney, who worked in the same firm as Fletcher's uncle He is due to make first court appearance today and...

Despite his February remark that "voters deserve several debates," Democrat nominee for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania John Fetterman is refusing to debate his Republican opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz because "Oz is too disagreeable. All he does is ridicule my politics and my record. He makes no effort to consider how difficult it is to be me." "For example, Oz is unfairly critical of my role in recommending more murderers serving life sentences be released than any previous chairman of the Board of Pardons," Fetterman complained. "Each of the men I recommended has suffered enough and is fully deserving of...

By the end of the first week, it still wasn't clear how the battle was going — or even if this is the big counterpunch Ukraine has been telegraphing. Here's a look at what we know and what it could mean for the shape of the war:"We are very sensitive to not getting ahead of the Ukrainians," but "what I will say is that we are aware of Ukrainian military operations that have made some forward movement, and in some cases, in the Kherson region, we are aware, in some cases, of Russian units falling back," Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen....

New York City’s “overcrowded” homeless shelters are filled, now housing 6,700 border crossers who have arrived in recent weeks on migrant buses sent from Texas by Gov. Greg Abbott (R). For months, Abbott has sent buses filled with border crossers to New York City, which prides itself as the nation’s largest sanctuary jurisdiction for illegal aliens.

The upcoming film My Son Hunter “was a hit” with the audience at a private screening in Los Angeles this week, according to the UK Daily Mail. The crowd of Hollywood conservatives, producers, and influencers gave the film a rousing standing ovation, with one audience member telling the Daily Mail that the movie is “not your mother’s conservative movie.” Indeed, the subject matter of My Son Hunter is not about “family values”—unless you’re talking about the Biden family. My Son Hunter, which marks Breitbart’s expansion into film distribution, was a crowdfunded project inspired by the investigative reporting of Government Accountability...

Disgraced former FBI officials who failed to find Trump campaign collusion with Russia have begun smearing Kash Patel — the House Intelligence Committee investigator who exposed Russiagate as a hoax — suggesting that he will be ensnared in the FBI’s investigation of documents seized from Mar-a-Lago and threatening that he should be quiet and get a lawyer. Andrew Weissman, the lead prosecutor for former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s failed effort to find and charge then-President Donald Trump with Russian collusion, recently suggested in an interview on MSNBC that Patel was “clearly in the crosshairs,” since the Department of Justice chose...

The country is currently at “war” with the “evil” and “weak” Republicans, according to MSNBC guest commentator Roland Martin, who called for Democrats to “stand strong” against conservatives and “keep hitting” back, while warning these “crazed, deranged folks” seek “to impart evil in every facet of our society.” Appearing on MSNBC’s The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross on Saturday, Martin explained that the Americans are at “war” and must be ready for the fight.

The Biden-Harris regime does not respect our religious freedoms, especially if you’re a Christian. This is nothing new. But now they’re going so far as to invoke God when trying to make their pitch for us to get jabbed as many times as possible for whatever diseases they deem worthy. Watch White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Ashish Jha go there: If that wasn’t bad enough, here’s Anthony Fauci telling us to expect yearly Covid boosters just like he pushes the flu shots: Clay Travis @ClayTravis · Follow Dr. Fauci says everyone will need to get a yearly covid shot for...

Prominent Pennsylvania newspaper the Pittsburg Post-Gazette is raising concerns over Senate candidate John Fetterman's health following repeated criticisms from his Republican opponent, celebrity doctor-turned-politician Mehmet Oz. "If Mr. Fetterman is not well enough to debate his opponent, that raises serious concerns about his ability to serve as a United States senator," the Post-Gazette editorial board wrote. [cut] The Fetterman campaign has confirmed the lieutenant governor is attending speech therapy and "doing the hard work" to make a full recovery, according to the editorial board. However, the Oz campaign brings up legitimate voter concerns. "The Republican’s antics have given Mr. Fetterman...

Abstract. The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine emphasises the role social media plays in modern day warfare, with conflict occurring in both the physical and information environments. There is a large body of work on identifying malicious cyber-activity, but less focusing on the effect this activity has on the overall conversation, especially with regards to the Russia/Ukraine Conflict. Here, we employ a variety of techniques including information theoretic measures, sentiment and linguistic analysis, and time series techniques to understand how bot activity influences wider online discourse. By aggregating account groups we find significant information flows from bot-like accounts to non-bot...

‘They just ghosted her and she didn’t know what to do’: Subway worker, other customers pretend ‘Karen’ customer isn’t there after she’s rude

"You're All I Need to Get By" is a song recorded by the American R&B/soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell and released on Motown Records' Tamla label in 1968. Written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, it became one of the few Motown recordings of the 1960s that was not recorded with the familiar "Motown sound". Instead, "You're All I Need to Get By" had a more soulful and gospel-oriented theme surrounding it, that was influenced by the writers, who also sing background vocals on the recording. During moments in the recording, Gaye can be heard encouraging Terrell...

In Witness to Hope, his magisterial biography of Saint Pope John Paul II, George Weigel describes an incredible scene about art in defiance of tyranny involving the young future pope in 1941. Karol Wojtyla, then 21, had founded the Rhapsodic Theater, part of the Polish Cultural Resistance under German occupation. In Gift and Mystery, Pope John Paul wrote, “it was essential to keep these theatrical get-togethers secret; otherwise we risked serious punishment from the occupying forces, even deportation to the concentration camps.” The company had over 100 rehearsals and 22 performances of seven plays. At one point when the company...

"NCIS" alum Pauley Perrette opened up to fans about overcoming a "massive stroke" that she suffered one year ago and how she is celebrating being alive. "One year ago I had a massive stoke," the actress shared in a Twitter post. "Before that I lost so many beloved family and friends, And daddy And then Cousin Wayne Yet still a survivor after this traumatic life I’ve been given so far… And still so grateful, Still so full of faith, And STILL HERE!"

After Joe Biden's disgraceful speech last week —the worst and most deliberately provocative bully pulpit address in American history—many people have finally woken up to the very real threat threat of Leftist fascism (historically, there is no other kind) and its burning desire for civil war, and have begun asking themselves: what if this idiot is serious?That Biden is, in fact, an idiot, is beyond dispute. For more than half a century this thoroughly nasty piece of work has been bullying, blustering, bragging, plagiarizing, insulting, sliming, and attacking his political enemies—which now apparently include anyone who opposes him and his...

When news correspondent Peter Doocy questioned Joe Biden in late August about how much notice he had regarding the FBI raid on President Trump’s home, Biden responded that he was not given notice. Question: “Mr. President, how much advanced notice did you have of the FBI’s plan to search Mar-a-Lago?“ Biden: “I didn’t have any advanced notice. None, zero, not one single bit.” White House Press Secretary Jean-Pierre was also questioned about the White House and Biden’s foreknowledge of the raid on Mar-A-Lago. When asked if he was aware of a search warrant or briefed on one, She definitively said,...

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In this email newsletter: Telephone Town Hall on Tuesday 9/6 My Thoughts on "Canceling" Student Loan Debt Another Bill with a Misleading Title 87,000 New IRS Agents September's Visitor Guide Recent Forum for Our Farmers How Can I Serve You? Telephone Town Hall on Tuesday, September 6th I’ll be hosting a live telephone town hall this coming Tuesday, September 6th, starting at 5:30 PM. I’ve heard from countless constituents about their concerns over inflation, illegal immigration, rising violent crime, student debt being offloaded to taxpayers, and other issues under current leadership. So on this call, I’m going to focus...

Can we build a wall between California and the rest of the country? If you live in California, I’m sorry, but also, why? I get more annoyed by California and their government every day, and today is no exception. California is now on their way to becoming a sanctuary state for transgender youth. SB-107 was approved by the California Senate last week and is now on its way to Gavin Newsom’s desk. This bill prohibits out of state authorities from acting on subpoenas, warrants, or child custody issues. It would also prohibit “a provider of health care, a health care...