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Normally first-year Senators, and Supreme Court justices, keep a reserved bearing in the first few months in office. But not Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson. In her first two weeks on the Supreme Court bench, she’s nearly spoken more than the other three women on the Court put together: Probably not a good way to ingratiate herself with her colleagues.

The GOP-led Congress will not approve any so-called “comprehensive” amnesty deal before the border chaos is fixed, GOP leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told a pro-establishment news site. The establishment’s preferred amnesty-for-border-security swap is defunct because “I believe [President Joe] Biden has destroyed our border so badly,” McCarthy told Punchbowl News. He continued: You can’t tie the two [amnesty and border security]. You’ve got to just go fix the border to start out before you can deal with immigration. I just think it’s too far broken. I don’t think anyone’s going to believe you if you tie the two together.

A federal jury has indicted a man with federal hate crime charges, accusing him of killing one man and injuring four others at a Dallas mechanic shop in 2015. A federal jury has indicted a man with federal hate crime charges, accusing him of killing one man and injuring four others at a Dallas mechanic shop in 2015. The indictment alleges that 37-year-old Anthony Paz Torres shot at employees and customers at Omar's Wheels and Tires, a Muslim-owned business, on Christmas Eve 2015. Torres had gone to the business days earlier but was told by police not to return, a...

October 19, 2021 78% Of Republicans Want To See Trump Run For President In 2024, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Americans Now Split On Border Wall As Opposition Softens Share Nearly one year after the 2020 presidential election, a majority of Americans (58 - 35 percent) say they do not want to see Donald Trump run for president in 2024, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll of adults released today. Democrats say 94 - 4 percent and independents say 58 - 35 percent that they do not want to see Trump run.

The state of California cannot mandate the public release of personal information on gun owners, according to a judge’s ruling late last week. San Diego Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal in San Diego County issued an injunction against California’s Assembly Bill 173, ruling that by allowing the law to remain in effect while it was being challenged in court unconstitutionally risks the privacy rights of California gun owners. “Accordingly, plaintiffs have shown that the balance of harms weighs in favor of issuing the injunction,” she noted in her order. The Reload reports: The injunction represents a win for gun-rights advocates...

MOSCOW, October 19. /TASS/. Martial law has been introduced in Russia’s four new regions, President Vladimir Putin told the Security Council on Wednesday. According to the presidential decree, martial law is introduced in the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions from October 20. The maximum response level is in effect there. Russia’s regions bordering Ukraine will observe a medium level of response, other regions of the Central and Southern federal districts - a level of higher readiness, and the other regions of Russia - the basic one. TASS has summarized the gist of what was...

PORTLAND, Maine — In November, Portland residents are being asked to approve sweeping changes to the city’s charter including controversial items that would result in a strengthened mayor, a financially independent school board and a citizen-led police oversight board. But, amid the ongoing fury, one charter change question among the eight-question list has been largely overshadowed. It would make Portland the only municipality that officially recognizes in its charter that it sits on unceded land, stolen from Indigenous peoples by European colonizers. The question, which would alter the governing document’s preamble, was written by charter commissioner Pat Washburn. It reads,...

Among the shortcomings of the Articles of Confederation was the near impossibility of amending them to meet pressing needs regarding taxation and commerce. In 1787-1788, the lower threshold to amend the Constitution per Article V overcame Anti-Federalist reluctance to form a new Union. From the time the federal convention sent the draft Constitution to the Confederation Congress and states, many Anti-Federalists demanded a second convention, preferably before federal elections and the establishment of a new government.Not only the Anti-Federalists, but few Federalists were entirely satisfied with the Constitution as written. The difference was that Federalists were satisfied that Article V...

The IRS released inflation-adjusted marginal rates and brackets for 2023 on Tuesday, and many workers will see higher take-home pay in the new year as less tax is withheld from their paychecks. Additionally, the agency released the standard deduction for next year. It is increasing by $900 to $13,850 for single taxpayers, and by $1,800 for married couples, to $27,700. For heads of household, the 2023 standard deduction will be $20,800. That’s an increase of $1,400. Here are the marginal rates for tax year 2023, depending on your tax status. Single filers – 10%: income of $11,000 or less –...

"I pursued my enemies and overtook them..." [sefaria.org/Psalms.18.38]. Remember the Arab who shouted over the loudspeaker at the leftist demonstration "Khaybar, Khaybar, Ya Yahud" and called on Mohammed's army to kill Jews? I met him today. Spoiler: he doesn't like cameras.

On Wednesday, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to add the Covid-19 vaccine to the Vaccines for Kids program. The 15-0 vote took place during Wednesday’s committee meeting. A vote will be held on Thursday on whether to include the vaccine in children’s immunization schedules. Vaccines for Kids is a federally funded program that provides children vaccinations at no cost to families. Children are eligible for the program if they are under the age of 19, and are Medicaid-eligible, uninsured, underinsured, American Indian, or Alaska Native. Vaccines available through this program are ones included on the ACIP’s...

Review of Neonatal Mortality in Scotland. I think the numbers are really troubling and I don't think we know the reasons why yet.

The electric carmaker is growing fast but investors are worried that sales are starting to slow because of higher prices and interest rates. Tesla on Wednesday reported a big jump in its quarterly profit as sales of its electric cars soared in the three months that ended in September. The electric carmaker said it made $3.3 billion in the third quarter, up from $1.6 billion in the same period a year earlier and nearly matching the record profit it reported in the first three months of the year. It reported revenue of $21.5 billion, up from $13.8 billion. Tesla said...

[Catholic Caucus] Belgium: Francis Would Have Approved the Blessing of Homosexual Couples According to a source, Pope Francis was aware of the preparation of a liturgy for the blessing of homosexual couples by the Dutch-speaking episcopate of Belgium, which was published on September 20, 2022, together with a letter of explanation.This publication caused a stir and many reactions. The bishops defended themselves. Msgr. Johan Bonny, Bishop of Antwerp, said he had spoken about this project to Pope Francis – with whom he met in Rome in June – and that he was in “communion with him.”In an article published...

The Ukrainian military made another attempt to land an assault force of up to two companies on the left bank of the Kakhovka reservoir and seize the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, with the attack repelled by Russian troops, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Wednesday. "The Kiev regime does not cease provocations with the aim of creating the threat of a man-made disaster at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Today, at about 4:00 a.m., up to two enemy companies made another attempt to land an assault force on the left bank of the Kakhovka reservoir and seize the...

Midterm elections are a natural point for administration officials to move on—especially when the president’s party takes a shellacking, which is what is widely expected to happen in November. Dr. Anthony Fauci has already announced his intention to leave his post in December, in what is largely seen as a means to avoid Republican investigations. But who else is likely to resign from the Biden administration after the midterm elections? I’m sure there will be plenty, but here are five likely candidates Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Rumors of Yellen’s ouster have been floating around for weeks, and it seems that...

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said that the Biden administration wants “to accelerate the transition to clean energy, so that we’re not held hostage to these global ups and downs and volatility associated with the fossil fuel sector.” And that increasing U.S. electric vehicle production “will reduce the demand for fossil fuels and certainly will alleviate people’s pocketbooks if they’re able to be able to get into one of those electric vehicles eventually.”

Today the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met to discuss and vote on whether or not to add the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna to the list of recommended childhood vaccines for children six months and older. In a unanimous vote, the ACIP approved the addition. Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are still under emergency use authorization (EUA), making their consideration and approval for inclusion on the Vaccines for Children (VFC) schedule unprecedented. On October 12, the FDA approved a EUA for the omicron vaccine version from Pfizer for children five and older. The Moderna version earned a...

In America today you can now be sent to prison for months on end for mocking illegitimate government committees and Democrat lawmakers. As investigative journalist Julie Kelly pointed out, the Department of Justice extended Steve Bannon’s jail sentence because he mocked the Democrat Party’s January 6 Committee and he mocked Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Fang-Fang Swalwell. This is no longer allowed in America today. Apparently calling Eric Swalwell “fang fang” justifies more jail time. [Remember, these are the same prosecutors calling J6 trespassers “domestic terrorists.” pic.twitter.com/xwqtRdfcFl — Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) October 17, 2022] Here is the DOJ document...