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President Donald Trump’s mass repatriation of illegal migrants could lower the price of chicken dinners and also raise family wages, according to AviNews.com, a poultry industry news site. “The poultry industry heavily relies on immigrant labor. Many of these workers are undocumented, and their roles are crucial in processing plants and farms, the article noted on December 11, adding: The loss of this labor force could force companies to increase wages to attract [American] domestic workers.Moreover, the return of many illegal migrants to their home countries would also reduce consumer consumption of chicken products, the site noted: Immigrants are not...

Last week, I filed a brief in support of our neighbor Utah in their lawsuit against the federal government regarding the widespread federal ownership of “unappropriated” land—that is, land owned by the federal government but not used for any federal purpose—across their state and throughout most of the West. Utah’s suit asks the United States Supreme Court to release much of this land back to the ownership and management of the states. As many of you know, I spent 8 years in Washington, D.C. representing Idaho’s First Congressional District. You can’t throw a rock in that town without hitting federal...

Outgoing President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in the biggest ever single-day act of clemency in the US. The names of the people involved have not been given but the pardons are for those convicted of non-violent crimes. The commutations on Thursday were announced for those who were placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden said these people would have received shorter sentences if charged under today's laws, policies, and practices. The pardons come over a week after the president was criticized for pardoning his own son Hunter from his...

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Gov. Jared Polis is facing backlash for comments he made during the winter conference of Colorado counties, when he blamed ranchers for the cost of the wolf reintroduction program this year. The topic of wolves at the Colorado Counties, Inc. conference arose in response to Polis' comments about an ever-tightening state budget. The association represents 63 of the state's 64 counties. State economists have estimated that the 2025-26 state budget will be short about $1 billion due to lowering inflation and the end of billions in one-time federal money tied to the pandemic. "I've tried to bite my tongue and...

Travelers from the United States, Canada and dozens of other countries who do not require visas to enter the United Kingdom will soon need to apply for digital authorization in order to visit or transit through the country. The electronic travel authorization, called ETA and linked to a traveler’s passport, costs 10 pounds, or around $13, and lasts two years. The requirement was introduced about a year ago for nationals of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and four other Gulf nations and will extend to more than 40 visa-exempt countries starting Jan. 8. It will eventually apply to all visa-exempt travelers wishing...

Obama's behind-the-scenes political maneuvering culminated in a failed Biden presidency that ultimately led to a significant Democratic electoral defeat and rejection of his political legacy. Barack Obama had long been rumored as the catalyst for the 2020 Biden nomination—and thereafter played the whispering puppeteer behind the subsequent lost Biden administration years. As such he and his coterie proved the virtual architects of the Biden administration, one of the most unpopular and failed presidencies in American history. Recall earlier that after a flailing candidate Joe Biden lost the first three 2020 primaries and caucuses, his inert campaign was headed nowhere. Barack...

President-elect Donald Trump said he would use US support for Ukraine as leverage against Russia to negotiate an end to the war, in an interview with Time Magazine, APA reports. Trump was pressed in the interview — published on Thursday — on whether he would continue providing assistance for Kyiv. “I want to reach an agreement,” Trump said, according to Time. “And the only way you’re going to reach an agreement is not to abandon.” Trump, though, was also critical of Kyiv for launching missile strikes at Russian military targets deep in that country’s territory, a move taken after President...

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Summary: Sound Pharmaceuticals’ Phase 3 trial of SPI-1005, an anti-inflammatory drug for Meniere’s disease, met its co-primary endpoints, showing significant improvements in hearing loss and speech discrimination. Takeaways: 1. First-of-Its-Kind Success: SPI-1005 is the first treatment to demonstrate efficacy in addressing hearing loss and speech discrimination in Meniere’s disease, a condition with no FDA-approved therapies. 2. Clinical Trial Results: The SPI-1005 group showed significant gains in low-frequency hearing and speech discrimination compared to placebo, with improvements continuing during the open-label extension. 3. Future Outlook: Full trial data will be presented at the 2025 Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting,...

Well, sadly, it seems some people didn’t learn anything from that violent, deadly disaster. Meet the “Tenacious Unicorn Ranch,” another Antifa-armed commune out in Custer County, Colorado, where queer and trans radicals tried—and miserably failed—to build their own Marxist utopia. Of course, right on cue, leftist media swooned, hailing it as a stunning and brave progressive safe haven. And while the left was busy congratulating themselves for their “brave” new utopia, the ranch was busy cashing in on phony “right-wing threat” stories and stunts. They squeezed every dime they could out of Patreon, GoFundMe, and PayPal. Nothing like a fake...

A leading Putin missile scientist has reportedly been gunned down in a Moscow park by a Ukrainian military assassin. Mikhail Shatsky, the Deputy Chief Designer at the Mars Design Bureau, which develops and manufactures onboard guidance systems for the Russian military and space industry, was allegedly eliminated by an unknown assassin in Kuzminsky forest park, at Kotelniki, eight miles southeast of the Kremlin. Reports say the scientist, an associate professor, was working actively on upgrading the Russian Kh-59 cruise missile to the Kh-69 level, which Russian troops use to strike Ukraine. There was immediate speculation that he was assassinated by...

In a government full of nasty, obnoxious and extra-legal regulatory initiatives to harass the people, the effort to regulate “money laundering” out of existence has to rank at the top. The basic idea is for the government to require all banks to become involuntary deputies of law enforcement to spy on their customers behind their backs, so that the bureaucrats can gain access to detailed information on what every single person is doing all the time. And thus will all criminality be stomped out! In the real world, what anti-money laundering (AML) regulation means is that the government gains vast...

An NYPD sergeant with a six-figure income has been arrested and suspended without pay after allegedly shoplifting $15 worth of cough syrup and drops from a Target store on Long Island in two separate incidents. Sgt. Rayna Madho, a 41-year-old NYPD veteran, has served in various units since joining the force in 2006, earning more than $200,000 in fiscal 2024, including overtime of about $55,000, NY Daily News reported.

We have heard so much talk about “Good Samaritans” these days—especially with the Daniel Penny case in the news. As of this writing, Penny was just cleared of charges in the criminal case against him. Penny physically subdued Jordan Neely, a homeless, allegedly mentally ill man, who was threatening other riders in a subway in New York City in May 2023. Neely, who had previously been arrested 42 times, including three times for assaulting women on the subway, died shortly after the incident, which was recorded on video by a bystander. Penny was white. Neely was black.

Elon Musk asked social media users Wednesday if the Internal Revenue Service should be “deleted” — a day after a top Biden-Harris administration official urged Congress to give the federal agency $20 billion. “The IRS just said it wants $20B more money,” Musk, who will co-lead informal Department of Government Efficiency under President-elect Donald Trump, wrote on X. ... Only 3.9% said the federal agency’s budget should remain the same, 5.6% felt it deserved more money and 29.9% said the IRS budget should be decreased. ... The Tesla CEO’s tweet follows Treasury Department Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo making a desperate...

The Biden administration has quietly extended a controversial “emergency declaration” under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act until December 31, 2029. “Secretary Becerra signed the 12th amendment to the declaration under the PREP Act for COVID-19 Medical Countermeasures. The Secretary issues this amendment pursuant to section 319F–3 of the Public Health Service Act to extend the duration of the Declaration to December 31, 2029, and to republish the Declaration in full,” according to the announcement. The timing? Conveniently, it ensures that Big Pharma and mRNA vaccine makers remain shielded from liability throughout President Trump’s second term and beyond.

On this day in 1985 I climbed aboard an ill fated Arrow Air DC8 Stretch at McChord AFB with a fresh gamma globulin shot in my ass (if you've ever had one you know) and 10 inches of snow on the ground, embarking on an adventure that would be both fun, exciting, and tragic. We spent 35 hours on that POS, several landings for re-fueling but they never let us off, and finally landed in Cairo. It was over 100 degrees in the shade... had there been any shade. They marched us into the terminal where we were fed a...

During the clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer appears to have hidden two deaths — including one in Kansas — which researchers allege would have revealed potentially dangerous side effects to the vaccines. Over the last year and a half, a team of researchers — volunteering for The Daily Clout, a non-profit news outlet — including physicians, a businessman, and a former United States Army Intelligence officer poured through thousands of pages of documents relating to the study and found that Pfizer had failed to report the deaths of two women — one in Kansas and one...

This is Represenative Brian Mast going over tax money the Swamp gave to Afghanistan since we left. This exchange Brian is talking to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.This is pretty shocking, but I would not be surprised if we learn it is a money laundering operation. https://x.com/amuse/status/1867172471239315730 Here is a second video to look at too after watching the above. https://x.com/james_jinnette1/status/1858855784894861437