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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen went after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) Tuesday over House Republicans delaying passage of a continuing resolution to fund the government until both parties can agree on 2024 spending bills. “There’s absolutely no reason why we should have a government shutdown,” Yellen said in an MSNBC interview. “Democrats in both the House and the Senate and Republicans in the Senate are ready to pass appropriations bills or a continuing resolution to keep the government open and operating for the American people.”

A Schrodinger's douchebag is someone who says offensive statements and proclaims whether or not they were joking based on other people's reactions. A new politician has given the old-fashioned Republican Party (GOP) a brown face, but when you strip away his Obama-esque charisma, all you're left with is a controversial figure who stirs culture wars. Vivek Ramaswamy picks and chooses his identity, affiliations and views based on his audience. Vivek Ramaswamy is not Donald Trump. He is not brash, his face is not comical and he acts professionally. While Trump comes from extreme wealth and inherited a fortune, Ramaswamy falsely...

Democrat Senator John Fetterman responds to concerns over changing the Senate dress code to accommodate his hoodies and gym shorts: "Her platform, you know, really, she runs on more and more dingaling, you know, pics, you know, on in the meetings over in Congress"

Flight 59 Sol 915 Date Sept. 16, 2023 Horizontal Distance 0 m 0 ft Max. Altitude 20 m ~66 ft Max . Groundspeed 0 m/s 0 mph Duration 142.6 seconds Route of Flight Airfield SigmaFlight Log Flights 59 (as of 9/16/23)Distance Flown 13,304 meters (~43,652 ft)Highest Altitude 20 meters (~66 ft)Fastest Ground Speed 6.50 m/s (14.5 mph)Flight Time ~106.5 minutes (6,393 seconds)

One must wonder if Special Counsel Jack Smith checks under his bed every night to make sure a large man wearing an oversized blue suit, long red tie, and MAGA hat isn’t there. Smith, the public has been assured, is a nerves-of-steel prosecutor who has taken on some of the world’s most dangerous criminals during his time at the U.S. Department of Justice and The Hague. Following Smith’s appointment in November 2022, one former colleague swooned to the New York Times how Smith “has a way about him of projecting calm” and that “people look to him for steady guidance.”...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday questioned why the United Nations still allows “Russian terrorists” a seat at the table, expressing a renewed determination to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the General Assembly meeting this week. “If in the United Nations there is a place for Russian terrorists,” Zelensky said, “it’s a question to all the members of the United Nations.” Zelensky made the comments during a visit to meet wounded Ukrainian soldiers at New York’s Staten Island University Hospital. There are 18 Ukrainian military members at the hospital who lost limbs while fighting in Ukraine.

Pope Francis Says ‘No To War,’ Urges Climate Action in Livestreamed Chat With Bill ClintonDuring a conversation with former President Bill Clinton, Pope Francis urged stronger action on climate change, called for diplomacy instead of war, promoted greater health care access for children, and highlighted the crises facing migrants and refugees.“It is important to spread a culture of encounter, a culture of dialogue, a culture of listening and of understanding,” Pope Francis said on Monday morning, appearing virtually at the Clinton Foundation’s 2023 Clinton Global Initiative meeting.

[Catholic Caucus] The Diocese of Rome’s Rupnik problemThe case of Marko Rupnik, the priest, former member of the Society of Jesus, and alleged serial sexual abuser, is back in the news Monday, after the Diocese of Rome published a statement on its investigation into the artistic community where Rupnik lived and worked. But rather than shedding new light on the accusations against the disgraced religious artist, or how he was allegedly able to groom and sexually abuse women religious for decades, the pope’s diocesan curia issued a statement exonerating the artistic community where he lived and worked. The statement from...

In 2019, on a trip to the Bahamas with my mom and sister, my flight turned into an uncomfortable ordeal. My seat belt wasn’t long enough to fasten, and a fellow passenger's visceral reaction added to my discomfort. I repeatedly asked the flight attendant for a seat belt extender and was ignored until takeoff, leaving me feeling disregarded and disrespected.And this wasn’t the first time I’ve dealt with this particular kind of travel stress. I went to Paris in 2014, and found the city cramped and unwelcoming. Narrow staircases, tiny chairs, and compact showers were just the beginning. Throughout my...

Threat of Expanded Strike: United Auto Workers (UAW) have issued a threat to expand their ongoing strike, which initially involved workers at Ford, Stellantis, and GM. Currently, around 13,000 out of 144,000 UAW workers are already on strike, but the situation is becoming increasingly volatile. Historic Strike: Notably, this marks the first time in history that all three major U.S. automakers are simultaneously facing strikes. Such widespread labor unrest is a cause for significant concern. Staggering Daily Costs: The financial impact of a potential expanded strike is staggering. A strike involving the entire UAW workforce could cost U.S. automakers nearly...

On this date in 1719, Dutch guild chief Frans Anneessens was beheaded on Brussels’ Grand Place. The southern Low Countries — today’s Belgium — had remained in Spanish hands when the northern part — present-day Netherlands — broke free back in the 16th century. That meant it was one of the lots on the table when Europe bargained the Spanish patrimony by arms in the early 18th century. For geopolitical reasons (basically, as a bulwark against France, who had lost the war), this proto-Belgium was handed over to Austria. Neither the empire nor its ward greeted this absentee-landlord arrangement with...

Canada has accused India of involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh leader, an allegation strongly denied by Delhi. On Monday PM Justin Trudeau said Canada was looking at "credible allegations potentially linking" the Indian state to Hardeep Singh Nijjar's murder. Mr Nijjar was was shot dead outside a Sikh temple on 18 June in Canada. India has expelled a Canadian diplomat after Canada expelled Indian diplomat Pavan Kumar Rai over the case. Mr Nijjar, 45, was shot dead in his vehicle by two masked gunmen in the busy car park of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey,...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Viganò: Rupnik report shows ‘heretics’ and ‘perverts’ enjoy ‘total impunity’ under BergoglioBy now it is clear that the Bergoglian court does not serve the Church of Christ, but has embedded itself in it like a tumor to usurp its authority and destroy it from within.Editor’s note: The following is a commentary from Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, first posted on X/Twitter, about the Diocese of Rome’s recent statement regarding Father Rupnik and his Aletti Center.(LifeSiteNews) — The declarations of the Vicariate of Rome on the Aletti Centre (the company that produces Father Marko Rupnik’s expensive and horrendous mosaics)...

Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) said Tuesday on FNC’s “FOX & Friends First” that President Joe Biden is losing support from Democrats in his state, which could cause a win for the Republican in the 2024 presidential election. Discussing Biden changing the Democrats primary schedule, Sununu said, “Joe Biden has completely screwed this up for himself and for the Democrats. We’re going first no matter what. New Hampshire first in the nation primary is going to happen first. Biden tried to give some political pay back to his buddies in South Carolina, a state that has frankly one of the lower...

CLAIRTON, Pennsylvania -- The first steel plant located here along the Monongahela River just over 20 miles south of Pittsburgh was built in 1901. By 1903, the borough of Clairton formed around the industry, and by 1904, U.S. Steel acquired the plant from St. Clair Steel, and the industrial base of America began its reign here in Western Pennsylvania.

“Nonprofit voter registration” doesn’t sound interesting. Yet nonprofit voter registration, or the use of tax-exempt charitable organizations to conduct and fund voter registration drives, is one of the most important and underreported political scandals of our time. Nonprofit voter registration, and the get-out-the-vote (GOTV) activities that usually accompany it, have become the heart of a billion-dollar industry in America. According to Candid’s Foundation Funding for U.S. Democracy database, since 2011 nearly 60,000 grants have been made for “Voter Education, Registration, and Turnout” and “Civic Participation,” benefitting 15,000 different organizations to the tune of $5.9 billion dollars. Most of the largest...

Saudi output cuts and record demand have pushed crude prices 26% higher this quarter An almost uninterrupted rise in oil prices has pushed benchmark Brent crude close to $100 a barrel, posing a new challenge for central banks in their battle against inflation. The rise is a victory for Saudi Arabia, which sought to bolster prices to fund a planned transformation of its oil-dependent economy. Russia, which depends on energy income to finance its war on Ukraine and joined Riyadh in slashing supplies, is another winner. The two countries sparked the rally early this month when they said they would...

How in the world does this happen?! How do you let a rifle get so completely damaged like this? Did it get run over by a car or a tank? whatever happened, we're gonna have to fix it ourselves. Nobody say a thing, or we're all gonna get in trouble. Basic training will have nothing on the smoke session we get if Sergeant Major finds out.

In a video that has gained steam on social media, a woman was seen at a San Antonio Walmart with a squirrel crawling out of the back of her blouse and nestling on her shoulder as she operated the self-checkout. You heard that right. A squirrel. The clip from Barstool UTSA was apparently filmed at the Walmart on De Zavala Road near the University of Texas at San Antonio campus. Another woman, in the background of the video, can be overheard saying slowly, “Oh, my God.” “Never going to the Walmart off UTSA Blvd again,” Barstool UTSA wrote on X,...

New York is in a state of decline — with a worsening quality of life tied to sky high costs of housing, rampant crime and an unrelenting migrant crisis, according to a new poll. Fifty-seven percent of 804 registered voters who participated in the Siena College Poll released Tuesday said the quality of life in the Empire State is getting worse, while 27% said it was the same and just 14% said it was better. “A huge majority of Republicans, a large majority of independents and a plurality of Democrats all say the quality of life in New York is...