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  • Trump Rule Will Steer Transportation Dept. Funds to Non-Sanctuary Districts

    01/31/2025 12:47:37 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 17 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/30/2025 | Warner Todd Huston
    The Trump administration released an order on Wednesday saying the Department of Transportation will prioritize grants to communities that are cooperating with immigration officials. The order sent from the Department of Transportation is entitled “Ensuring reliance upon sound economic analysis in DOT policies, programs, and activities.” The main thrust of the order is to ensure that all funding is applied to projects that make sense on a cost-benefit basis, a goal that would eliminate the left-wing political projects that Biden’s DOT funded. However, there is also a provision in the order that states that communities will be given priority for...
  • Hamas vows to rule Gaza until agreement with Palestinian Authority is reached

    01/31/2025 11:48:31 AM PST · by Libloather · 7 replies
    A senior Hamas official vowed on Thursday that the terrorist organization would continue to govern the Gaza Strip until it comes to an agreement with the Palestinian Authority to manage the territory. Commenting on ongoing talks with the P.A. to the Associated Press in Cairo, Hamas “political” official Taher al-Nunu said the Islamist group agreed to an Egyptian proposal to relinquish control to a “community support committee,” as well as the possible creation of a “consensus government” that includes both Hamas and the P.A.’s Fatah faction. Al-Nunu claimed that P.A. chief Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah rejected both proposals. “Until one of...
  • Biden's Preemptive Pardons Undermine Official Accountability and the Rule of Law

    01/20/2025 12:35:02 PM PST · by Libloather · 30 replies
    Reason ^ | 1/20/25 | Jacob Sullum
    Last month, Joe Biden issued a broad pardon for his son Hunter that not only spared him sentencing on gun and tax charges but also barred his prosecution for any federal crimes he might have committed from January 1, 2014, through December 1, 2024. On his way out the door today, Biden granted similarly sweeping pardons to Gen. Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and all nine members of the House select committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S....
  • Medical debt soon will be banned on credit reports

    01/07/2025 11:08:29 PM PST · by blueplum · 17 replies
    CNN ^ | 07 Jan 2025 | Tami Luhby
    ...The Biden administration is finalizing a rule Tuesday that will end the inclusion of medical debt on credit reports and ban lenders from using certain medical information in loan decisions. The rule will also remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million people, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said in a press release.... Credit reporting agencies and debt collectors are also expected to oppose the rule. They questioned the bureau’s findings and its authority to issue the regulation...
  • Biden admin working to effectively ban cigarettes in 11th hour proposal a 'gift' to cartels, expert says

    01/07/2025 7:34:20 PM PST · by packagingguy · 40 replies
    Fox News ^ | January 7, 2025 | Emma Colton
    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving forward with a regulatory rule in the final days of the Biden administration that would effectively ban cigarettes currently on the market in favor of products with lower nicotine levels, which could end up boosting business for cartels operating on the black market, an expert tells Fox News Digital. "Biden's ban is a gift with a bow and balloons to organized crime cartels with it, whether it's cartels, Chinese organized crime, or Russian mafia. It's going to keep America smoking, and it's going to make the streets more violent," Rich Marianos, former...
  • In its final days, the Biden administration drops new water-heater ban

    01/06/2025 11:16:29 AM PST · by Tell It Right · 41 replies
    Not the Bee ^ | 1/6/2025 | Mister Retrops
    Under the policy, new non-condensing, natural gas-fired water heaters will be prohibited for sale starting in 2029 due to concerns about carbon-dioxide emissions. The policy comes during President Biden's twilight days in the White House and was quietly announced without a press release. If the policy takes effect, as it is slated to on March 11, a little less than 40% of the tankless water heaters currently on the market would be banned, according to an estimate from the Appliance Standards Awareness Project.
  • ‘Government Overreach’: Liz Warren’s Favorite Agency Just Granted Itself New Powers To Regulate Checking Accounts

    01/06/2025 8:43:47 AM PST · by Red Badger · 25 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | January 04, 2025 | Owen Klinsky
    The lame duck Biden administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a rule in December to curb overdraft penalties in what experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation is an example of government overreach that will ravage low-income Americans. The CFPB — an agency that is considered the brainchild of Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren — finalized the rule just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, with the aim of forcing banks to either cap overdraft fees at $5, far less than the $35 average, or to provide the overdraft as a form of credit rather than a penalty....
  • NYC rule will slap sugar warning labels on food, drinks including Starbucks, Dunkin’ specialties

    04/25/2024 7:21:36 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 21 replies
    NY Post ^ | 04/24/2024 | Carl Campanile
    Oh, sweet — the ‘nanny state’ is back! Fast-food chains and coffee shops in New York City would have to slap a warning on menu boards and packaging under a new rule from the Adams administration. The city Health Department’s first-in-the-nation edict will mean labels warning on food and drinks with more than 50 grams of added sugar, including frozen coffee drinks from places like Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts, fountain sodas and even hot chocolate. Food outlets with 15 or more stores in the US are ordered to use a warning icon — a spoon loaded with heaps of sugar...
  • Garland: Protecting the rule of law ‘urgent as it has ever been’

    04/09/2024 7:07:47 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 9 replies
    The Hill ^ | 04/09/2024 | ZACH SCHONFELD
    Chief Justice John Roberts and Attorney General Merrick Garland paid tribute to legal aid lawyers on Tuesday evening, insisting more work remains to achieve equal access to the legal system. Both men addressed a crowd of hundreds gathered in the nation’s capital to mark the 50th anniversary of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), an independent nonprofit established and funded by Congress that provides civil legal assistance to low-income Americans.
  • Speaker Mike Johnson Violates Hastert Rule in Passing $1.2 Trillion Government Funding Plan

    03/22/2024 10:51:06 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 26 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/22/2024 | BRADLEY JAYE
    Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) passed a massive $1.2 trillion government funding plan despite the objections of the majority of House Republicans, violating the Hastert Rule and crossing the Rubicon into dangerous territory for the future of his speakership. House Republicans enacted the longstanding rule to prohibit Republican Speakers from colluding with Democrats to pass legislation. But Johnson sent the bill to the Senate despite the objections of 112 Republican colleagues, with only 101 Republican votes in favor, although Johnson and his leadership team applied significant pressure. Johnson also broke a House rule intended to give lawmakers time to review legislation...
  • Joe Biden Issues Environmental Rule to Start Phasing Out Gas-Powered Cars

    03/20/2024 9:29:19 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 53 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/20/2024 | JOHN BINDER
    President Joe Biden has issued a new environmental federal regulation to begin phasing out gas-powered cars, requiring American automakers to produce Electric Vehicles (EVs) as part of his sweeping green energy agenda. On Wednesday, Biden announced the rule to require that a majority of new cars sold in the U.S. market are EVs or hybrids by 2032, the New York Times details: Nearly three years in the making, the new tailpipe pollution limits from the Environmental Protection Agency would transform the American automobile market. A record 1.2 million electric vehicles rolled off dealers’ lots last year, but they made up...
  • Biden admin set to finalize major gas car crackdown over warnings from automakers, energy industry

    03/18/2024 7:37:26 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 65 replies
    MSN ^ | 03/18/2024 | Thomas Catenacci
    The Biden administration is expected this week to finalize highly anticipated regulations targeting gas-powered vehicle tailpipe emissions, considered the tip of the spear in its efforts to electrify the transportation sector. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is slated to issue the final rulemaking — which officials have boasted will incentivize greater adoption of electric vehicles (EV), but which opponents have criticized as a de facto mandate — as soon as Wednesday, industry sources told Fox News Digital. The regulations, a key part of President Biden's climate agenda, would ultimately force automakers to more rapidly expand electric options in their fleets...
  • NYC sets deadline for pizzerias to cut down pollutants (only 6.87 years left)

    03/12/2024 1:33:37 AM PDT · by Libloather · 37 replies
    AOL ^ | 3/11/24 | Arthur Chi'en
    NEW YORK CITY - New York City is requiring coal-fired and wood stoves to cut their emissions by 75% and they must accomplish this no later than April 27th. The requirement affects about 130 pizzerias across the city - and sparked outrage when first introduced last year. FOX 5 NY spoke with Adem Brija from the original Patsy’s location on 1st Avenue off 177th Street, here since 1933. Brija said it will be a significant cost. "I’ve seen a big range, but I’ve seen it for no less than $20,000 - as high as $100,000 and a system like this...
  • Christie does not rule out voting for Biden, but he’s ‘not there yet’

    02/15/2024 6:00:13 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 54 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/15/2024 | Lauren Sforza
    Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has not ruled out voting for President Biden while vowing to not back former President Trump as the two head toward a likely rematch in November. Christie was asked in an interview on Crooked Media’s “Pod Save America” podcast on Wednesday whether the choice between Biden and Trump matters in next November’s election as the two remain the front-runners of their respective parties. He did not commit to voting for Biden, suggesting that he would likely support a potential No Labels bid by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) instead.
  • Spain considers nationwide hospital mask rule, as flu, COVID hit Europe

    01/08/2024 11:51:06 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 7 replies
    Reuters ^ | 01/08/2023 | Reuters
    MADRID, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Spain's government proposed a nationwide mandate for people to wear masks in hospitals and health clinics on Monday, and Italy said respiratory illness infection rates had hit a record, as flu and COVID spread across Europe. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recommended that people on the continent stay home if they feel sick, and consider wearing masks in crowds or healthcare settings, with flu spreading as it typically does this time of year but hitting some countries harder than others. It said Europeans should follow national guidelines on vaccinating vulnerable groups. Flu...
  • Secret Service agents protecting Biden’s granddaughter open fire when 3 people try to break into SUV

    11/13/2023 5:51:56 AM PST · by devane617 · 5 replies
    APNews ^ | 11/13/2023
    Secret Service agents protecting President Joe Biden’s granddaughter opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in the nation’s capital, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The agents, assigned to protect Naomi Biden, were out with her in the Georgetown neighborhood late Sunday night when they saw the three people breaking a window of the parked and unoccupied SUV, the official said. The official could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on Monday on the condition of anonymity. One of the agents opened fire, but no...
  • Senate passes GOP measure to overturn EV charger rule

    11/10/2023 4:42:08 PM PST · by Libloather · 4 replies
    Politico ^ | 11/08/23 | James Bikales
    The Senate narrowly passed a Republican-led measure on Wednesday aimed at cutting Beijing out of the supply chain for electric vehicle chargers — but which the White House argues would do the very opposite. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) joined Republicans to pass the Congressional Review Act resolution, S.J. Res. 38 (118), by a 50-48 vote. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) voted against. The White House on Wednesday pledged to veto the resolution, which would overturn a rule that temporarily waives some domestic content requirements for federally funded electric vehicle charging stations....
  • Biden rule would give overtime protections to millions more workers

    08/30/2023 8:44:30 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 33 replies
    The Hill ^ | 08/30/2023 | ALEX GANGITANO
    A new proposed rule would extend overtime pay to 3.6 million more salaried workers, ensuring they receive extra pay for long hours, the Department of Labor announced Wednesday. The rule would guarantee overtime pay for most salaried workers earning less than $1,059 per week, or about $55,000 per year. It will go through a notice of proposed rulemaking for public comment for 60 days and comes after the Biden administration reached out to employers, workers and unions to inform the proposal.
  • POWERFUL! Dr. Robert Malone ~ PsyWars: Fifth Generation Warfare and Sovereignty ~ The Battlefield is YOUR Mind!( Kobayashi Maru)

    02/18/2023 11:27:47 PM PST · by Vendome · 21 replies
    Real Truth Real News ^ | 2/05/2023 | Dr. Robert Malone
    Molding, controlling, and capturing your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs are their objectives. Pandemic Strategies, Lessons and Consequences. Twitter and Facebook are weapons. Conference Was Held in Stockholm, January 21st and 22nd, 2023 - Video source: OracleFilms on Rumble.
  • ‘They’ll chicken out’: Fund legend Rick Rule says the Fed won’t keep hiking rates aggressively to prevent ‘amazing damage.’

    06/30/2022 11:03:34 AM PDT · by lasereye · 30 replies
    Yahoo Finance ^ | June 28, 2022 | Jing Pan
    The Fed is raising interest rates aggressively in an attempt to tame raging inflation. But according to legendary investor Rick Rule — former president and CEO of investment fund Sprott U.S. Holdings — things may not go as planned for America’s central bank. “I think they’ll chicken out,” he told Stansberry Research earlier this month. “If we had a period of real interest rates it would certainly cure inflation, but it wouldn't cure inflation until it did amazing damage to various balance sheets.” This isn't the first time Rule has voiced concern about the economy’s ability to handle substantially higher...