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Semifinal Details If you wish to wade through 99 pages of details, here's the full text of the Allegedly Final Debt-Ceiling Deal.The Wall Street Journal has a synopsis in Biden, McCarthy Agree to Final Details of Debt-Ceiling DealWith some conservative Republicans in both chambers signaling initial opposition to the deal, Biden urged both chambers of Congress to approve the agreement and said McCarthy would have sufficient votes in the Republican-led House to secure passage.He also sought to quell concerns among Democrats over some of the deal’s provisions, such as additional work requirements for certain government safety-net programs, and rejected criticism...

Late last week, we were the first to correctly summarize what the bottom line of the so-called "debt ceiling deal" meant for the US, for future generations of Americans, and for the ridiculous melodrama gripping Washington: a -0.2% of GDP cut in nominal spending.Hey @mattgaetz, the debt ceiling deal "cuts" spending by 0.2% of GDP or about $50 billion. Is that good enough? — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 28, 2023That's right: that 0.2% cut in spending is what all the brewhaha was over, a cut which will not only push total debt to $35 trillion by the end of Biden's term,...

According to Mediaite, examining the ratings of Fox News primetime shows an average loss of one million viewers per night since firing Tucker Carlson on April 24.Fox News spokesperson responded to the Carlson-linked drop in primetime ratings, saying that the network is still the No. 1 cable news channel.“For more than 21 years, Fox News Channel has been cable news’ most-watched network in all categories with more Democrats, Independents, and Republicans now tuning in than either CNN or MSNBC,” Fox News said at the time. “Attracting more than 50 percent of the cable news-viewing audience with the top 12 programs...

I am not entirely sure how it was possible, but it appears that Kevin McCarthy was able to find a deal that may, in fact, be worse than a clean debt ceiling increase. But based on feedback from conservatives in Congress and activists from around the country, that appears to be what we have.In previous writings, I contended that, as long as Republicans didn’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, any deal would be a win and progressives acted as though this was the case. But McCarthy, true to form for Republican leadership, seems to have done exactly that...

Election irregularities have haunted Maricopa County, Ariz. for the past ten years, raising doubts about the legitimacy of a number of elections, including the 2020 presidential election, where Biden’s state-certified victory was a tiny fraction of the overall vote, and again in 2022 in the election between Katie Hobbs and Kari Lake. Since then, Republicans in Arizona — and other states with election issues — have sought to reform the state’s elections to help ensure that everyone in the state can feel confident that results were conducted fairly. Democrats have aggressively opposed the efforts and on Friday, Hobbs vetoed several...

More than 300 COVID-19-related articles have been retracted — long after they’d done their damage — due to a lack of scientific truthfulness and ethical guidelines, according to Retraction Watch, a website that monitors retractions of science-related articles.A total of 330 COVID-related papers have been retracted thus far.According to Gunnveig Grødeland, a senior researcher at the Institute of Immunology at the University of Oslo, many researchers took ethical shortcuts when writing their essays.“It will, of course, be withdrawn when it is found that ethical guidelines have been breached,” Grødeland quipped to Khrono, an academic news publication.Grødeland states that there were...

The criticisms that some conservative critics of President Trump have is that he had too much "baggage." The "baggage" is Trump's confrontational style, his "mean" social media posts, and the myriad "scandals" during his administration. They complain that Trump's "baggage" makes him impossible to defend. They complain that Trump often invites trouble. In Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, they think they have their ideal candidate: someone who purportedly stands for the MAGA agenda but is devoid of "baggage." So does the "baggage" make Trump a target? The eminent thinker and military historian Victor David Hanson enumerated the "baggage" that President...

Second best apparently just wasn’t good enough for this pageant gal’s No. 1 fan. With rage in his eyes and destruction in his heart, an unhinged husband stormed the stage of an “LGBTQIAP+ beauty pageant” in Brazil, hijacked the winner’s crown and furiously slammed it to the ground after his wife was awarded the second-place honors, local news outlet Globo reported.

California has mandated that all new homes built are to be all-electric, and starting in 2030, all new home appliances will be electric. I expect that Washington will soon follow California's lead of all-electric homes and appliances. In addition, Washington has mandated that fifty percent of new automobiles are to be electric. Sacramento and Washington Democrats possess the power to enact these mandates but cannot, with a pen stroke, rebuild America's electrical grid.American families have met their energy needs for over a hundred years with electricity, gas, and gasoline. Now families are being forced to depend solely on electric utilities...

A New York Times reviewer criticized Disney's new children's movie, The Little Mermaid, because it lacked — are you ready? — "kink."According to BizPacReview:Disney's live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid" is a dud, according to one woke critic.It's "everything nobody should want in a movie," wrote Wesley Morris for The New York Times, "dutiful and defensive, yet desperate for approval. It reeks of obligation and noble intentions."What the film, starring singer Halle Bailey, needed, according to Morris, is more "kink.""Joy, fun, mystery, risk, flavor, kink — they're missing," he stated.How'd that get past the editors?And what, exactly, did this guy...

Data from the phase III INTERACT3 study demonstrate that a new combination of treatments for stroke due to intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) significantly improves the chances of surviving without major disability. The INTERACT3 study is the first-ever randomized controlled trial to show a clearly positive outcome for the treatment of ICH. Timely administration of the new treatment protocol—known as a Care Bundle—centered on the rapid control of high blood pressure, led to improved recovery, lower rates of death, and better overall quality of life. Professor Craig Anderson said, "Despite the high rates of ICH and its severity, there are few proven...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) arrested Ashlyn Crews, 24, from Mulberry, for stalking and filing a false police report. Crew works for the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office as a telecommunicator. Cruz allegedly called detectives on May 26 to report a man she claimed was photographing her daughter while she was at a UPS location in Mulberry. Crews told police she confronted the man and could access his phone but did not find any pictures of her daughter. Crews told authorities that she saw several pictures of children on the man’s phone and photos of her...

On this date in 1916, Private Robert Digby was shot by a German firing squad in the tiny northern France village of Villeret. Digby was the last of a quartet of English soldiers who had been part of the British Expeditionary Force who met the Hun’s first foray into France in 1914. Digby and his mates, Thomas Donohoe, David Martin and William Thorpe, were stranded behind lines. Villeret took them in and changed their uniforms for peasant clothes while they worked the fields and tried to keep their heads down. “Every inhabitant of Villeret knew of the British soldiers in...

A deadly virus that few people even know exists is causing misery across intensive care units and pediatric hospitals, doctors warn. High rates of Covid, flu and even RSV during winter led to hospitals overflowing during winter during a situation dubbed a 'tripledemic'. But cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), which can cause bronchitis and pneumonia, shot up to record levels in spring, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s respiratory virus surveillance systems. It may partly explain why so many people tested negative for flu and Covid in recent months despite showing symptoms. Dr John Williams, a pediatrician...

The Washington DC-based Museum of the Palestinian People is a room-sized collection of propaganda.I noticed in their virtual tour that they showed "Palestinian coins, 1917." Since there were no "Palestinian coins" in 1917, I looked a little closer.Well, they have Arabic writing, and they do say 1917.A short amount of research showed that they were not even Ottoman - but Egyptian!Hussein Kamel was named Sultan of Egypt under British protectorate from 1914-1917 and these coins bear his name.There is nothing "Palestinian" about them.When a people have no history, they have to make a history up. And you cannot even trust...

Vladimir Putin could be ousted by Russia's private military group, the Wagner army, according to Igor Girkin, a former Federal Security Service officer who once led a group of Russian militants in Donetsk. Girkin, who is also known by his alias "Strelkov" and is now a prominent war blogger , said that Wagner's chief Yevgeny Prigozhin could overthrow the Russian president, the Daily Mail reported. "If Prigozhin remains the head of Wagner, the mutiny will come quickly and radically," Girkin said in a video shared by WarTranslated. "A coup attempt has been declared...What will happen next, I don't know, especially...

At least nine people were shot Monday night when gunfire erupted near a popular Florida beach packed with Memorial Day revelers, authorities said. The shooting was sparked when two groups got into an altercation, police said during a press conference. One person of interest was arrested, Hollywood Police spokesperson Deanna Bettineschi said during the news briefing. Another suspect is still on the run.

Is Biden the Stalin of our times? Stewart Rhodes, Gal Luft and the Kulaks By Ezequiel Doiny Part 1- Political repressions through widespread intimidation, arrests, and imprisonment On May 27, 2023 the Gateway Pundit reported "Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was sentenced on Thursday in Washington DC. Far-left Obama-appointed US District Judge Amit Mehta on Thursday sentenced Rhodes to 18 years in federal prison. This was after he added extra years to his sentence because he believed Rhodes’ actions amounted to terrorism. "This was completely ludicrous. The soulless judge then lectured him on what a danger he was to society....

Special Counsel John H. Durham's "Report on Matters Related to Intelligence Activities and Investigations Arising Out of the 2016 Presidential Campaigns" continues the practice of allowing government officials to escape accountability for their abuse of American citizens. In June 2017, the United States Department of Justice applied to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court for the third renewal of a surveillance and search warrant on part-time Donald Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. The DoJ's application was based in part on the credibility of former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele. Steele produced a so-called "dossier," which was a 35-page collection of...

Despite striking a deal with President Joe Biden, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) week could be made difficult by three powerful Republican colleagues. As part of his campaign to secure the speaker's gavel earlier this year, McCarthy promised changes to the House Rules Committee, or "the speaker’s committee" — a pledge that was pivotal to him gaining the votes of Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Ralph Norman (R-SC), who were among the last holdouts. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was also given a seat on the committee. Now, those same three additions are in a position to hold up a vote...