The short answer is one you might expect, but that doesn’t make it any less infuriating. In a tidbit reminiscent of the most scandalous examples of government waste, the IRS whistleblowers who testified for 14 hours before the House Ways and Means Committee told the GOP-lead panel that hardworking taxpayers repeatedly picked up the tab […]
The Supreme Court has just handed the Biden administration a major win in an immigration case. In an 8-1 ruling, the Supreme Court found that Republican states did not have standing to challenge a narrowing of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) priorities for arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants. Justice Samuel Alito was the sole dissenting justice. […]
FRIDAY PDB – Implicit in all these defense deals is the rapidly growing need to counter Chinese aggression. US, India cement partnership with slew of new defense deals. The new deals, totaling billions, span a number of key industries — including semiconductors, aerospace and artificial intelligence. US, India establish INDUS-X to strengthen defense tech collaboration. U.S. […]
As gun violence has spiked across the country, Republicans have pointed to the steady stream of shootings in Democratic-controlled cities such as Chicago, Detroit, and St. Louis to argue that strict gun laws are not the main driver of mayhem. In response, Democrats and their supporters have tried to turn the tables on the GOP […]
President Joe Biden is on record as saying that he never spoke to his son about his overseas business dealings. All 14 hours of whistleblower testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee released Thursday — including alleged texts from Hunter Biden — now officially disputes that. In the alleged text messages, the younger Biden […]
America’s 48th vice president called on his fellow contenders for the 2024 Republican nomination to come together and back at minimum a 15-week ban on abortions. Pence shared the following remarks with a crowd gathered today for the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference. “Some say the Supreme Court returned the abortion issue […]
ALERT – Despite the wishful thinking and dramatic international rescue effort, the Titanic appears to have now added five new victims to its staggering 111-year-old death toll. The commercial deep-sea tourist submersible Titan carrying five people on a voyage to the Titanic wreck suffered a “catastrophic implosion” 13,000 feet below the surface of the ocean […]
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer (R) has filed a defamation lawsuit against Kari Lake, Arizona‘s 2022 GOP nominee for governor. Lake continues to make baseless statements about losing the gubernatorial race that year, leading to Richer’s defamation lawsuit. In a tweet, Richer said that Lake materially changed his life for the worse. The Washington Post […]
THURSDAY PDB – The key to defending Ukraine against Russian aggression now, and in the future lies in the West’s ability to keep supporting the beleaguered country. And key to that support is Ukraine showing that the billions of dollars in military aid are actually being put to effective use. Battling Russia, Ukrainian leaders also fight […]
The FBI is leading an investigation into the origins of several “suspicious” packages that were delivered to Republican representatives in the Tenessee House of Representatives. According to House Speaker Cameron Sexton, the affected offices and areas in the immediate vicinity at the state capitol have been cordoned off until the all clear is given. The […]
At least no one appears to have suffered… It had been a race against time as at least two different robotic subs deployed Thursday to scour the sea floor for the missing Titanic tourist submersible, known as Titan. Both Canada and France sent their own robot subs to the search. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) said […]
Congressional Watchdog Reveals Effective Ways To Immediately Slash Spending. Will Anyone Listen?
Talk about good timing. With Congress at work on the next federal budget, and some members looking for new ways to cut spending, the Government Accountability Office is out with its most recent annual report. Inside are a series of recommendations – complete with GAO research – on the many ways Uncle Sam can work […]