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Following efforts with our interagency partners, I can report that a career Director level employee at US Customs and Border Protection has been charged with allegedly attempting to defraud FEMA, as well as lying to federal agents.. This is part of the new FBI’s renewed efforts to crack down on public corruption and deliver accountability for the American people. Justice will be done. Thanks to our partners @AGPamBondi @TheJusticeDept and our @FBIDetroit team for their work.

SCHENECTADY -- To commemorate Tuesday's 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that affirmed a woman's right to an abortion, clergy blessed this city's new Planned Parenthood clinic in a ceremony dubbed "On Sacred Ground." "Today is more than about the building and about bricks and mortar," Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Linda Scharf said. "It's a blessing to demonstrate the support of the clergy."

Hi Cicely ( cicely@noworlando.org ): I received (and actually read) your recent letter in response to Part VI of my series of columns called “Why I don’t take feminists seriously.” While I ended up writing seven columns in the series, I am writing this installment just for you. As Vice President of the National Organization for Women’s Orlando, Florida chapter, this column will give you all the respect that you deserve, not to mention all the attention that you crave.

Washington, D.C. - Despite the fact that hearings are still a week away, radical feminists groups yesterday reiterated their opposition to the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito as Associate Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court. Connie Mackey, Vice President of Government Affairs for Family Research Council issued the following statement: "In predictable fashion, they fired up the same old tired rhetoric and applied it to Judge Alito, just as they would to any nominee put forward by a conservative president. Even when the liberal leaning American Bar Association unanimously finds Judge Alito 'well-qualified' for the job, Kim Gandy and Co....