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LAWFARE: Soros-backed NGO is teaching DC residents how to sneak onto juries and rig trials against President Trump and his administration. A newly formed Washington DC group called Free DC, tied to Community Change & Community Change Action, is training residents to act as “skeptical jurors” in federal cases involving President Trump. Co-founder Alex Dodds said jurors have “enormous power” to judge the administration itself. Critics report the sessions encourage rigging trials against the administration, conduct plainly barred under 8 USC §1503.

Republicans’ best shot at keeping the House in 2026 could rest with a crucial Voting Rights Act case before the Supreme Court — and it’s putting some senior Democratic leaders in the hot seat. By some estimates, the GOP could pick up nine or more congressional seats if the high court strikes down race-based districts. That looks likely — a majority of the conservative justices indicated they oppose the Civil Rights era restriction during oral arguments two months ago. “It’s potentially really important for 2026,” Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for...

We often think about human-induced climate change as something that will happen in the future, but it is happening now. Ecosystems and people in the United States and around the world are affected by the ongoing process of climate change today. Climate change affects the environment in many different ways, including rising temperatures, sea level rise, drought, flooding, and more. These events affect things that we depend upon and value, like water, energy, transportation, wildlife, agriculture, ecosystems, and human health.

Jennings: MTG Became a ‘Lib,’ She Went ‘Off the Deep End’ Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” CNN political commentator Scott Jennings said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) went “off the deep end” and became liberal. Host Jonathan Karl said, “The, kind of, divide in MAGA, which is a relatively new phenomenon — I mean, there was always a little bit there, but if I were to say what the most surprising story was, I would say Marjorie Taylor Greene becomes not just a Trump critic, but a—” Jennings said, “MTG becomes a lib. I mean, that is what happened...

A $6,000 deduction is now law for some older Americans who receive Social Security benefits, a centerpiece of a major new bill signed by President Donald Trump. Promoted as historic relief, the reality is more complex, less generous, and comes with a significant long-term price tag that could undermine the very system it purports to help.

These thieves are just shell-fish. Almost half a million dollars’ worth of lobster en route to Costco stores was stolen after sneaky thieves used a new trick to make off with the succulent seafood. The lobsters were being transported from Massachusetts to stores in Illinois and Minnesota when they disappeared. The shipment was reportedly picked up in Taunton, Mass., but never reached its destination, according to the president of Rexing Companies, the Indiana-based freight company tasked with transporting the lobster. The thieves deployed a sneaky new trick to make off with the goods — they buttered up the logistics company...

BLS data confirms home health aides as the fastest-growing U.S. occupation with a 10% surge to over 500,000 in 2024. It's MOSTLY Medicaid-funded. 42% are foreign-born across the US. 78% are foreign-born in NYC where most home health aides are used. Want to guess where the fraud is?

Explanation: Jewels don't shine this bright -- only stars do. And almost every spot in this jewel-box of an image from the Hubble Space Telescope is a star. Now, some stars are more red than our Sun, and some more blue -- but all of them are much farther away. Although it takes light about 8 minutes to reach Earth from the Sun, NGC 1898 is so far away that it takes light about 160,000 years to get here. This huge ball of stars, NGC 1898, is called a globular cluster and resides in the central bar of the Large...

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he believes both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin truly want peace, as he welcomed the “brave” Ukrainian leader for talks at his Florida resort.“The two leaders want it to end,” Trump said at the outset of the meeting at Mar-a-Lago. Before Zelenskyy arrived, Trump spoke with Putin by phone for more than an hour, and planned to speak with him again soon after.Greeting Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said of him: “This gentleman has worked very hard, and is very brave, and his people are very brave.”Zelenskyy,...

🚨 BREAKING: India is reporting DELAYS of H-1B visas to the US, with Indians being “stranded” in their home country “Several have been stranded in India for some time due to their H1B visa appointment delays!” GOOD! Hire an American. No delays there. 🇺🇸

New Year’s resolutions are a powerful tradition. They’re an opportunity to turn over a new leaf and chase ambitions with fresh determination. But sticking to them is easier said than done. Still, the act of setting goals reflects our collective desire to improve and grow. You brain will assimilate and act on whatever you put in it, it has no choice! Think accordingly. I have a two page list of positive sayings and I repeat them over and over. "I'm healthy, I'm happy, I'm wealthy, I'm wise." I used to shout that all the way to my office every morning,...

Anti-Israel demonstrators staged an unlicensed rally at a busy shopping mall/office complex in downtown Toronto on Friday, Boxing Day, with some chanting “We demand an intifada” into megaphones. The incident at the Eaton Centre, which ended without any arrests and closely followed the Dec. 14 massacre of 15 people by two alleged Islamists at a Chanukah party in Australia, prompted calls for Canadian authorities to shut down calls for violence against Israelis and Jews. The flash-mob protest began at 4 p.m., at the end of a holiday light show, and security and police “asked the individuals to leave the premises,”...

In a move that experts said raises legal and constitutional questions, California lawmakers are making an end run around the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by empowering the state to make its own vaccine recommendations. In September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that grants the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) the power to make its own vaccine recommendations. The new law, Assembly Bill No. 144 (AB 144), also protects healthcare workers and other vaccine providers from being held legally liable if someone is injured by a vaccine recommended by California’s health department, but not universally...

Jimmy Kimmel is an idiot. That's where we start. Kimmel, who has trouble finding the bottom of the outrage manure pile, was suspended back in September for making crass remarks about Charlie Kirk's murder: Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show was suspended indefinitely following the host's comments on the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Wednesday, Sept. 17, that it will indefinitely stop airing "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" after the late-night host's comments about Kirk's assassination came under harsh criticism from the head of the Federal Communications Commission. "'Jimmy Kimmel Live' will be pre-empted indefinitely," a spokesperson...

I've seen ads regarding car/home insurance and how you should NOT get it through an agent but get it "direct". Does anyone have info or experience? I'm retiring soon.

The plan imposes an unsustainable financial burden on taxpayers today and in the future After last week’s near unanimous approval by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors (our 11-member City Council) to establish a “fund” to accept and distribute so-called Reparations to qualified city recipients, will Mayor Daniel Lurie veto it? In July 2023, San Francisco’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee unveiled a sweeping reparations plan aimed at “addressing historical injustices against Black residents.” Make no mistake, this scheme goes far beyond a mere 7-figure payout. The 100-point Reparations proposal includes the highly publicized $5 million lump-sum payments to eligible Black...

Very few people know exactly what was said, promised, discovered, obfuscated, threatened, etc. in the dark and high-tension days surrounding the collapse of Bear Stearns and its taxpayer-subsidized subsequent digestion by JPMorgan. What is irrefutable is that JPMorgan inherited Bear’s enormous and disastrous short silver position. How they would deal with it in response has fundamentally altered the silver market, while simultaneously setting it up for a historic rally. Bear Stearns’ failure coincided, to the day, with gold hitting all-time highs (over $1000) and silver hitting 30 year highs ($21). It’s easy to calculate that Bear lost more than $2...

While the Islanders blanked the Rangers on Saturday night, the real highlight came before the game, when 104-year-old Dominick Critelli, a World War II veteran, performed the national anthem on his saxophone prior to the game at UBS Arena. Critelli, a Staff Sergeant in the Army who was born in 1921, hit every note of the anthem on Saturday, with the Long Island crowd chanting “USA” as he was led onto the ice in an Islanders jersey emblazoned with 104 on it, and again when he finished the flawless version of the song. He saluted the enthusiastic crowd after he...

The FBI is investigating Somali fraud after Nick Shirley's viral video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F6XiR7kcU8&t=60s

There are causes I believe in that cross party lines, such as transparency in the food industry. It's not that I need to know the calorie count or even how many servings are in a box, but I do want to see the ingredients I can and cannot pronounce. Sodium and especially sugar levels are also important to me when it comes to my children. I've been opposed to artificial dyes longer than I've been a parent. I was introduced to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) a few years ago while sitting next to an individual...