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The Senate immigration bill, aka border security bill, is only designed as the cover for the Senate to send $60 billion more to Ukraine. The Ukraine money is the priority (corps/lobbyists) the border “security” bill is the technique to create and spend it. That said, they certainly would not want to let a created and purposeful border crisis go to waste, and they didn’t. The latest version of the Senate Immigration Reform Bill is now public [SEE HERE]. The proposed Senate border security bill provisions are actually worse than existing non-secure border provisions. PDF LINK AT SITE.................. America First Legal...

he following press release was sent out by the Office of Attorney General Raúl Labrador. Press releases do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of those at the Idaho Dispatch. Boise, ID – Last week, the Attorney General’s office successfully defeated The Satanic Temple’s challenge to Idaho’s Defense of Life Act. The Satanic Temple claimed a constitutionally protected right for its female members to ceremonially abort their babies as part of a Satanic ritual that involves the eerie invocation: “By my body, my blood, by my will, it is done.” A federal court dismissed The Satanic Temple’s entire lawsuit...

Tesla CEO and X/Twitter owner Elon Musk recently reiterated his belief in the need for carbon taxes, backing up the World Economic Forum’s recent call for a “globally coordinated system of carbon taxes.” In a recent tweet, Tesla owner Elon Musk called for the introduction of carbon taxes, reiterating recent calls for a “global coordinated system of carbon taxes” by the WEF. Breitbart News reporter Kurt Zindulka recently reported on the antics of the WEF: During a panel discussion on the “Global Economic Outlook” on Friday during the annual WEF meeting in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos, Al-Jadaan...

A Norwegian parliamentary official has nominated the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for the Nobel Peace Prize this week despite Israeli intelligence allegations that UNRWA employees were involved in the October 7 attack by Hamas against Israel. Last month, Israeli intelligence revealed in a dossier that at least twelve UNRWA staffers took part in the attack. The report further claimed that 1,200 out of UNRWA's 12,000 staffers in Gaza have connections to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Several countries, including the United States, have since opted to suspend funding for UNRWA.National Review has more:Labour MP Asmund Aukrust said...

WASHINGTON, Thursday, Feb. 4. ENLISTMENTS IN THE REGULAR ARMY TO BE CREDITED TO STATE QUOTAS. The Secretary of War has issued a circular letter to the Governors of loyal States, informing them that all men enlisted into the regular army since Sept. 3, 1862, will be credited upon the quota of the State in which they were enlisted. A list of all men enlisted in the regular army by recruiting officers under their commands from Sept. 3, 1862, to Jan. 1, 1864, giving the names of the men, and wherever they can do so, the district in which they were...

A Massachusetts woman has been charged with trespassing, assault on a court officer and disorderly conduct and is now facing jail time after trying to enter the State House without showing proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Michelle Efendi, a 37-year-old mother of four, could spend six months behind bars after her non-violent attempt to get into the State House in Boston. The incident took place shortly after the State House reopened to the public following its COVID-19 closure. She explained the reason for her visit to radio host Dr. Drew Pinsky, saying: “I wanted to meet my elected officials. No one...

BORDER SECURITY POLICY PROPOSAL The new border security authorities will put powerful new tools in the border security toolbox of any administration willing to secure the border. It will also setreal limits on the current administration to stop the abuse of parole and prevent our nation from ever having 10,000 people a day crossing illegally or a record month likeDecember 2023 again. ENDS PAROLE CATCH-AND-RELEASE FIASCO AT THE BORDER EndsBiden’s use of catch-and-release through the CBPOne app to hand out work permits forfree along the southwest border. The definition of humanitarian parole is clarified to stop the daily flagrant abuse...

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — For several years, a problem has been brewing for Lockheed Martin’s F-35: future upgrades will make the jet run even hotter than it does now, more than its current cooling system is believed to be able to handle. In the near term, Pentagon officials expect that a high-profile upgrade to the plane’s F135 engine will avoid most of these cooling issues. But in the longer term, the military fears future aircraft upgrades needed to keep pace with threats decades down the line will push the heat factor even higher, and officials have recently suggested they’re casting...

As a follow up to my thread* discussing (among other things) wimpy kitchen faucet flow rates, I stumbled across this single temperature (almost always cold water) faucet at my local Menards: https://www.menards.com/main/kitchen/kitchen-faucets/plumb-works-reg-single-handle-drinking-water-faucet/5146ss/p-1444429309019-c-8509.htm That's more like it, as the faucet has a flow rating of 4.94 gallons per minute (18.7 liters per minute) at 60 psi. Now, that's getting somewhere! Somewhere on Amazon I found a somewhat similar unit from so "never-heard-of-'em" Chinese brand, said faucet rated at 6.something"gallons per minute. Unfortunately I did not save the item to my Amazon "list" or cart "save for later", and now I can't...

“Nuland, the great fixer of Ukraine, made a hurried rush there. And everyone thought after that it would be fixed because she’d lay down the law. It wasn’t, it’s still going on. Zaluzhnyi is still commander-in-chief. Zelensky is still in his office but forces are massing in the parliament to be in waiting to take part when the moment is right.”

Republicans in Nevada, unlike in most other states, get to vote twice in the presidential nominating process — in a primary and in caucuses. Here’s an explanation of this confusing scenario, how it came to be, and what it means for the larger 2024 GOP contest. The dueling contests Nevada will hold its Republican presidential primary on Tuesday. Two days later, the state GOP will hold caucuses. The Silver State has historically held caucuses, but after the 2020 Iowa debacle, its Legislature voted to hold a presidential primary in 2024. The state’s Republican Party sued in an attempt to overturn...

A referee collapsed and passed away during halftime of a junior varsity boys basketball game in Pennsylvania Friday night. “Michael Roebuck, 45, a first-year official from New Stanton, was about to take the court for the second half of a game between Yough and Mt. Pleasant when he dropped to the floor ... Mount Pleasant school Superintendent Timothy Gabauer issued a statement Saturday morning about the referee’s sudden passing. “Our school community is deeply saddened by the death of Mr. Roebuck that occurred during halftime of the Junior Varsity basketball game ... Despite the immediate medical response and efforts of...

It’s Black History Month. Back in 2005 on CBS “60 Minutes,” Mike Wallace told actor Morgan Freeman: “Black History Month, you find. . . . “ “Ridiculous.” “Why?” “You`re going to relegate my history to a month?” “Come on.” “What do you do with yours? Which month is White History Month? Come on, tell me.” “I’m Jewish.” “Okay. Which month is Jewish History Month? “There isn’t one.” “Why not? Do you want one?” “No, no.” “I don’t either. I don’t want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.” “How are we going to get rid of racism until...

If you are at all interested in matters of climate and energy, you have probably read hundreds of articles over the past few years about the inevitability of the coming energy transition. A piece of the claimed inevitability is that all good and decent people support this transition as a matter of moral urgency; but it’s not just that. Nor is it just that government backs the transition with all its coercive powers, from subsidies to mandates to regulations. No, most importantly, the transition is said to have become inevitable due to unstoppable economic forces. Wind and solar are now...

A group of Black men left MSNBC stunned on Friday after they explained why former President Trump appeals to them over President Joe Biden. MSNBC correspondent Trymaine Lee met with the voters at a barbershop in Charleston, South Carolina, asking them what “appeal” Trump has among their demographic over Biden. “Money,” they said. “Donald Trump has a reputation of being the money man,” voter Anthony Freeman said. “I just think that Donald Trump, in spite of all the craziness he may have in his head, reading some of the things that he talks about what business I can kind of...

@TheInsiderPaper WATCH: Tucker Carlson in Russia's Moscow asked by a reporter if he'll interview Putin, he says: "We'll see."

One of the great triumphs of the internet and smart phone revolution has been how rapidly access to these communication technologies have spread to nearly every office building, home, and school in America. It’s a miracle of private sector innovation and the magic of the free enterprise system that technologies that were only the play things of the super-rich a generation ago are now so ubiquitous that almost all of the poorest Americans have access — and even many of the poorest people in the most remote villages in Africa have smart phones. Consider the lightning speed of deployment: home...

A BBC editor was hired as an expert witness to help at least 15 Somalian criminals fight deportation – including a vile offender who sexually attacked a deaf teenage girl. Last year, The Mail on Sunday exposed how Mary Harper, Africa Editor for the World Service, was paid to give expert witness evidence for Somali gang rapist Yaqub Ahmed during his five-year legal battle to stay in the UK. Now an investigation by this newspaper can reveal Ms Harper has given expert witness evidence in a string of other controversial deportation appeals by Somali offenders – including for another three...

A San Diego law would force landlords to allow their tenants operate childcare facilities in their units. Not only that, but landlords have to notify tenants of their right to do so. This law brings with it a lot of liability for landlords if a child is hurt.

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:14). Though there is only one God, He exists in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. God is one, but He exists in three distinct Persons. We call this the Trinity, a contraction of “tri-unity,” meaning “three in one.” The word Trinity doesn’t appear in the Bible, but God’s existence as three Persons in one God is clear from Scripture. Old Testament evidence of God’s plurality can be...