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This week in hearings at the House Weaponization Subcommittee, Congressional Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) rejected Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s complaint against being censored, saying that "certain views should not enjoy the First Amendment free speech protections. These include views that undermine public health and government authority. Mr. Kennedy's opposition to making covid vaccination mandatory both endangered public health and undermined the government's authority to compel people to participate in this life-saving medication." Plaskett went on to contend that "Republicans aren't interested in protecting legitimate freedom of speech. They just want to force social media companies to promote...

Heres another good one. Elise Stefanik questions Emma Jo Morris, a politics editor at Breitbart, who just made devastating testimony about her investigative journalism into the Laptop From Hell.

A transgender woman is suing a Manhattan yoga studio for $5 million because she was forced to use the men’s locker room. It’s the third gender-identity discrimination lawsuit Ali Miles, who also goes by the name Dylan Miles, has filed in the city in 13 months — and could be part of a coming tsunami of trans-rights lawsuits targeting small businesses. Miles claims to be in “the process of transitioning into [a] woman,” wearing women’s clothing and undergoing hormone therapies, according to court papers. The Arizona native turned up at Hot Yoga Chelsea on West 27th Street on May 4...

Jimmy Dore on stage. Serious topic but funny. Also probably a liberal audience. Enjoy... [5 mins] * SOME STRONG LANGUAGE *

Our Readings for this upcoming Lord’s Day involve a meditation on both God’s mercy and his justice, and the complex way both virtues of God are expressed in his government of human affairs in general and his people in particular. We see that God’s apparent tolerance of evil in the short-term is an expression of his mercy and desire that all should repent; yet ultimately God can and will establish justice. 1. Reading 1: Wisdom 12:13, 16-19:There is no god besides you who have the care of all, that you need show you have not unjustly condemned. For your might...

A pint-sized 26-year-old Nebraska man posed as teenage student to “blend in” at two high schools last year — and now he’s been nabbed on sexual assault and sex trafficking charges, officials alleged. Using the alias Zak Hess, Zachary Scheich pretended to be a 17-year-old junior to enroll at Northwest High School in Lincoln and then transferred to Southeast High School to commit the alleged crimes, the Journal Star reported, citing local police. “I’ve been in the district for 10 years, and this is the first time that I can remember something like this happening,” Lincoln public schools security chief...

A Russian war reporter was killed and three were wounded in Ukraine on Saturday in what the defence ministry said was a Ukrainian attack using cluster munitions, prompting outrage from Moscow. In a separate incident, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle said one of its journalists, Yevgeny Shilko, had been wounded elsewhere in Ukraine in a Russian attack with cluster munitions that killed a Ukrainian soldier. It said his life was not in danger. Cluster bombs are in the spotlight after Ukraine received supplies of them from the United States this month. Many countries ban them because they rain shrapnel over a...

Texas A&M University on Friday announced the resignation of its president in the fallout over a Black journalist who said her celebrated hiring at one of the nation’s largest campuses quickly unraveled due to pushback over her past work promoting diversity.

Former President Donald Trump has pulled ahead in the Utah Republican primary race, a recent Deseret News/Hinkley Institute poll found.The survey noted that Trump has “struggled to win the trust of voters in Utah,” despite leading in national polls as well as several other state-level surveys, leading in DeSantis’s home state of Florida, as well as New Hampshire and South Carolina.“DeSantis has shown signs of strength in the state, but the latest Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows him falling behind,” the survey reported.Previously, DeSantis stood as the frontrunner in the state with a one-point edge, 27 percent to...

A majority of Republican primary voters support former President Donald Trump, while Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has fallen to a virtual tie for second place with anti-woke businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, the latest Harvard poll forum.With 52 percent support, Trump has a 40-point lead over DeSantis, who polled at 12 percent. DeSantis’s 12 percent brings him to a virtual tie with Ramaswamy, who received 10 percent support.2024 National Republican Primary Trump — 52% (+40)DeSantis — 12%Ramaswamy — 10%Pence — 7%Haley — 4%Scott — 2%Christie — 2%Burgum — 1%Hutchinson — 1%2 Way: Trump — 63% (+26)DeSantis — 37%Harvard/Harris | RVs | 07/19-20https://t.co/BbGbKXin6b...

Huge explosions rocked Russian-occupied Crimea after suspected Ukrainian drones targeted an ammunition depot. It is the third daring attack believed to have been masterminded by Ukraine on the annexed region this week in a humiliating blow to Vladimir Putin. Sergei Aksyonov, the Moscow-installed leader of the region, reported the drone attack had succeeded in hitting an ammunition depot and there were no known casualties. On telegram, he wrote: "As a result of an enemy drone on the Krasnogvardeisky district, there was a detonation at an ammunition depot. "A decision was taken to evacuate people [living] within five kilometres" of the...

July 21 (Reuters) - Apollo Global Management Inc (APO.N) co-founder Leon Black paid $62.5 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands to avoid any legal claims tied to a Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation, the New York Times reported on Friday. The Times obtained a copy of the settlement agreement from the Virgin Islands government through a public records request. The settlement was reached in January. A spokesperson for Black confirmed in an emailed statement to Reuters that Black had settled with the Virgin Islands, noting that there was no suggestion in the settlement "that Mr. Black was aware of or participated...

Surveys show blowout leads for former President Donald Trump in the Republican primary race, as he attains double digits in Michigan and Iowa.The first survey, released Friday, days after Trump announced that he was the target of a January 6 criminal investigation, found Trump with a tremendous lead in the Michigan primary, topping his opponents with a majority of the vote — 69 percent. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis comes in 56 points behind with 13 percent support, and no other candidate saw double-digit support.RELATED– Donald Trump Jr.: Never Trump Billionaire Donor Movement Largely Behind DeSantis BidJack Knudsen / Breitbart NewsFormer...

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Just over a week ago it was announced that BYD (Build Your Dreams) - one of the largest EV manufacturers in the world, had proposed a $1 billion investment in India to set up an EV and battery manufacturing plant in the country in partnership with Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd. Now, we have learned that BYD's proposal has been rejected by the Indian government! The two companies had in their application to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) proposed to set up an electric vehicle plant in Hyderabad. The DPIIT had sought opinions from...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QVWAUrpH1o Pockets were burning with yesterday’s pay his heart was churnin he must get away He was determined that some kind of day had come- In California there’s nothin but stars, tomorrow mornin gonna be where they are. Neighbors were warnin “the boy’s a little too far fetched” You’ll bite the dust kid, you might get busted. Somebody on the tube just did. California is a Mental State, too little time with an overdose of Fate Lose your turn when you hesitate. Find yourself while you find your fortune. Lose yourself while you lose your fortune. Hook Line and Singer,...

Former President Donald Trump holds an 18-point lead over President Joe Biden among independent Americans, the latest Harvard CAPS-Harris poll revealed.The survey found that Donald Trump holds a five-point lead over Biden among all voters, with 45 percent supporting Trump to 40 percent who back Biden. However, 16 percent of voters remain undecided in a hypothetical 2020 rematch.🚨 NATIONAL POLL: Harvard/Harris PRES: (R) Trump: 45% (+5)(D) Biden: 40%Independents (R) Trump: 45% (+18)(D) Biden: 27%——GOP PRES: Trump — 52% (+40)DeSantis — 12% Ramaswamy — 10%Pence — 7%Haley — 4%Scott — 2%Christie — 2%Harvard//Harris | 07/19-20 | 2,068 RV pic.twitter.com/qcFGHJHeIc— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022)...

Before getting to the details of the latest Florida Polling, I want to draw attention to the hands controlling the strings on the DeSantis puppet.By now, readers here are very familiar with the Sea Island group, the billionaires, multinational Wall Street entities and DC Republicans who first assembled in Sea Island, Georgia, at the 2016 conference for how to eliminate Trump. That same group has never changed their intention and is the same group behind the 2023 push to use DeSantis as the fake $100 bill on a fishing string being dragged through the MAGAhood.In the article about the failing...

Coach Sues Over Dismissal for His Remarks About Transgender AthletesSuit was filed this week in a Vermont federal district court by a high school snowboarding coach who was dismissed because of a comment he made regarding a transgender woman on a team that would be competing against his female high school team. The school's notice of termination (Exhibit 8 in Complaint) alleges that the coach used "disparaging names" that created "an objectively offensive environment and constituted harassment based on gender identity...." In the Complaint (full text) in Bloch v. Bouchey, (DD VT, filed 7/17/2023), the coach however alleged in part:3....

When Craftsman announced a state of the art manufacturing plant in Texas, the company said it would ‘revitalize’ and ‘bring back their American manufacturing heritage’. The $90 million dollar plant in Forth Worth would employ 500 full-time employees as well as an army of state of the art machines to churn out American made tools manufactured with domestic steel. Use of the high-tech robots for much of the manufacturing would lower production costs to a level normally seen in China, it was even claimed. But the whole process became nothing but a headache for Craftsman - owned by Stanley Black...