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Texas Democrats have fled the state. They don’t want to give the state legislature a quorum to pass a congressional map that favors Republicans. So, they decided to seek refuge in Illinois, a gerrymandered state in the country. The irony is almost as bad as the MLB moving the All-Star game out of Atlanta in 2021 over Georgia’s voter integrity laws. The game was held in Colorado that year, a state with voter ID laws. Gerrymandering did not begin under Donald Trump, which seems to ooze from all the whining and shouting from Democrats about the Texas map. The good...

[Catholic Caucus] Catholic Standard Articles Reveal True Thrust Of The Current Pope.Today I picked up the July 17th issue of the Catholic Standard (the official mouthpiece for the Archdiocese of Washington). While disappointed at the amount of bilge that was contained therein, I was not surprised.Let's go in order as the stuff appeared in the print edition. On page 3 was the account of Cardinal McElroy receiving a pallium from Pope Leo XIV. The online article is here. Most of the article was a rehash of a homily that Leo gave on the occasion. Some bloopers popped up. He spoke...

LAUSD “compassion fund” will help families affected by immigration enforcement. The fund is starting off with $1 million in donations. Officials worry about the impact of raids on the Aug. 14 opening of the school year. As many immigrant parents express fear about sending their children back to school next week, Los Angeles Unified has amassed $1 million in donations for a “compassion fund” for families affected by federal immigration raids, Supt. Alberto Carvalho announced Tuesday.The funds donated to the LAUSD Education Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the school system, will cover needs from “A to Z,” said Carvalho during...

President Trump on Tuesday afternoon threating to federalize DC over out-of-control crime. “Crime in Washington, D.C., is totally out of control. Local “youths” and gang members, some only 14, 15, and 16-years-old, are randomly attacking, mugging, maiming, and shooting innocent Citizens, at the same time knowing that they will be almost immediately released. They are not afraid of Law Enforcement because they know nothing ever happens to them, but it’s going to happen now! The Law in D.C. must be changed to prosecute these “minors” as adults, and lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14. The...

Redistricting reform could die as it becomes another polarizing and partisan blood sport.David Daley is author of “Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count” and “Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right’s 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections.”The 2026 midterms might not be decided by tariffs, President Donald Trump’s approval ratings or even Sydney Sweeney’s divisive American Eagle ad — but by gerrymandering. Just a handful of seats separate the two parties, and first Republicans and now Democrats are angling for more before votes are cast.Texas Republicans stand ready to adopt a new map that could award them as many as five additional...

Senator Adam Schiff is under criminal investigation by the US Attorney in Maryland for mortgage fraud

The man accused of fatally shooting four people in a bar disappeared into a rugged forest. An official said the search for him was law enforcement’s “top focus.”Up in the wooded mountains of Montana, the police have scoured cabins, trailed search dogs and peered from a helicopter, but have not produced a confirmed sighting of the Army veteran who they believe killed four people at a neighborhood bar last week.On Tuesday, as the search entered its fifth day, officials said at a news conference that they believed they were on the right track, even though the suspect, Michael P. Brown,...

The Democrats of Texas protesting against gerrymandering by fleeing to Massachusetts -- 40% GOP vote, ZERO GOP members of Congress, 12% state house representation -- is *chef's kiss*! ... Massachusetts put the Gerry in Gerrymander!

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein ‘s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, wants to keep grand jury records secret in the sex trafficking case that sent her to prison, her lawyers said Tuesday as prosecutors continued urging a court to release some of those records in the criminal case-turned-political fireball.Maxwell hasn’t seen the material herself, her attorneys said — the grand jury process is conducted behind closed doors. But she opposes unsealing what her lawyers described as potentially “hearsay-laden” transcripts of grand jury testimony, which was given in secret and without her lawyers there to challenge it.“Whatever interest the public may...

The agency said the list of cities, counties, and states "impede law enforcement and put American citizens at risk by design."The U.S. Department of Justice published a list of 35 so-called "sanctuary jurisdictions" on Tuesday, threatening legal action against states, counties, and cities with immigration policies that do not align with the Trump administration.States and localities that the Justice Department has identified as sanctuary jurisdictions include:States:CaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIllinoisMinnesotaNevadaNew YorkOregonRhode IslandVermontWashingtonCounties:Baltimore County, MarylandCook County, IllinoisSan Diego County, CaliforniaSan Francisco County, CaliforniaCities:Albuquerque, New MexicoBerkeley, CaliforniaBoston, MassachusettsChicago, IllinoisDenver, ColoradoEast Lansing, MichiganHoboken, New JerseyJersey City, New JerseyLos Angeles, CaliforniaNew Orleans, LouisianaNew York City, New...

Summary Bolsonaro under house arrest for breaking restraining orders Trump called Bolsonaro's Supreme Court trial a "witch hunt" U.S. sanctioned Brazil Supreme Court judge issuing orders BRASILIA, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court put former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest on Monday ahead of his trial for an alleged coup plot, underscoring the court's resolve despite escalating tariffs and sanctions from U.S. President Donald Trump.Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the target of U.S. Treasury sanctions last week, issued the arrest order against Bolsonaro. His decision cited a failure to comply with restraining orders he had imposed on...

During her nine hours speaking with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche last month, Ghislaine Maxwell said nothing during the interview that would be harmful to President Donald Trump, telling Blanche that Trump had never done anything in her presence that would have caused concern, according to sources familiar with what Maxwell said. The Trump administration, meanwhile, is considering publicly releasing the transcripts from the interview, multiple sources familiar with the internal discussions told ABC News. Maxwell's meetings with Blanche took place for nine hours over two days.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ transition advisory team enlisted two Chinese intelligence-tied bankers who have fundraised for her and a nonprofit she helps lead, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered.Bass appointed Dominic Ng, CEO of East West Bank, and Simon Pang, co-founder of Royal Business Bank, to her mayoral transition advisory team in December 2022, according to the City of Los Angeles. In total, Ng, East West Bank and Pang have donated upwards of $1 million to Bass’ mayoral campaign and the Mayor’s Fund For Los Angeles, where Bass serves as an advisor to the board of directors, according...

Key PointsPresident Donald Trump said Tuesday that the two largest U.S. banks previously rejected him as a customer, reviving claims that conservative clients were being unfairly denied accounts. Trump told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” in a wide-ranging interview that JPMorgan Chase informed him he had 20 days to move “hundreds of millions of dollars in cash” to another bank. The president then said he approached Bank of America to “deposit a billion dollars-plus” and was told the bank couldn’t provide him an account, Trump said. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the two largest American banks previously rejected him as a...

The latest records provide more details about the internal Homeland Security discussions of Walz’s history with China. Newly released internal memos confirm the Department of Homeland Security and FBI had longstanding concerns about Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his connections to the Chinese Communist Party, especially after he was selected by Vice President Kamala Harris as her presidential running mate last year. Homeland Security turned over the documents to watchdog group Judicial Watch, which had filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and sued the government earlier this year, seeking communications in an agency group chat that allegedly referenced...

The request suggests that the DOJ is aggressively pursuing options to hold accountable any federal officials for their actions on Russiagate.The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has sent the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) a request for a treasure trove of documents related to the ongoing federal investigation into the Obama administration’s Russiagate operation, The Federalist has learned. According to a letter to ODNI senior adviser Paul McNamara, which was obtained by The Federalist, the DOJ has requested from ODNI a wide array of documents about the Obama administration’s 2016 and 2017 attempts to frame then-President-elect Donald...

An organ harvesting organization has faced allegations that it urged doctors to remove body parts from a comatose woman - who went on to make a full recovery after medics insisted she showed signs of life. Danella Gallegos said she feels lucky to be alive after her organs were almost taken by 'pushy' donor bosses when she fell into a coma in 2022. Gallegos, who was 38 at the time, was homeless when she suffered an unspecified medical emergency, and doctors at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico told her family she would never recover. Without any hope, her family...

Former President Obama on Tuesday blasted the Texas GOP’s attempts to redraw the Lone Star State’s congressional lines as “a power grab” that threatens democracy. “We can’t lose focus on what matters – right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy,” Obama said in a post on the social platform X. The former president shared a post from All On The Line, a campaign affiliated with the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC), promoting a virtual event on redistricting.

BREAKING: Officials investigating 'reported car bombings' and 'alleged antisemitic vandalism' in Clayton, west of St. Louis, Missouri, assistant attorney general says.— AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) August 5, 2025

Governor Greg Abbott today filed an emergency petition in the Supreme Court of Texas seeking to remove from office Texas State Representative Gene Wu, the ringleader of the derelict Democrats who fled the state to break quorum. "I made clear in a formal statement on Sunday, August 3, that if the Texas House Democrats were not in attendance when the House reconvened at 3:00 PM on Monday, August 4, then action would be taken to seek their removal," said Governor Abbott. "They have not returned and have not met the quorum requirements. Representative Wu and the other Texas House Democrats...