WASHINGTON — In a sharp break from decades of precedent, the Internal Revenue Service said Monday that churches and houses of worship may now endorse political candidates from the pulpit without violating federal nonprofit rules. The agency disclosed the shift in a legal filing tied to a lawsuit brought by two Texas churches and a […]
Via Zero Hedge by Tyler Durden Summary: Main takeaways: This is what the effective tariff rate looks like as of right now: What is the worst scenario for Japan and SKorea if tariffs will sustain? * * * Update (1422 ET): By late afternoon, the White House social media team had posted a total of […]
Via Shooting News Weekly by Dan Zimmerman CNN reports that “A 27-year-old man with a rifle and tactical gear was killed Monday morning after exchanging fire with law enforcement officers at a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, injuring several.” Border Patrol agents and McAllen police officers exchanged gunfire with the attacker, killing him. The dead shooter […]
Authorities have made multiple arrests in the recent ambush of officers at a Texas ICE facility. Eleven people have been arrested in what law enforcement described as a “planned ambush” of corrections officers at an ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4. One Alvarado police officer was shot in the neck during the attack and […]
Via Zero Hedge by Tyler Durden “I’m of the belief that we could very much, easily resolve the differences and conflicts with the United States through dialogue and talks,” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Tucker Carlson, based on the full interview (done remotely) released by the Tucker Carlson Network on Monday. Of course, Tehran and Washington […]
Nice try… Kevin O’Connor, who served as President Biden’s physician during his term, asked the House Oversight Committee to postpone scheduled testimony, citing disagreements on the scope of the questions the Republican-led committee can ask him. O’Connor is scheduled to give a deposition on Wednesday as part of the committee’s probe into Biden’s mental acuity and his use of […]
The Transportation Security Administration, in an announcement greeted with collective national relief and a sense of long-overdue sanity, has finally ended its longstanding one-size-fits-all policy requiring travelers to remove their shoes at airport security checkpoints. Our long national nightmare is over. The end of this rule marks the close of a performance that, for more […]
It is tempting, in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster, to reach for a human culprit. The storm must have been triggered, the flood must have been engineered, the horror must have been avoidable. But before indulging that impulse, we must remember what has actually transpired. The floodwaters in Central Texas have not yet […]
Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit was found dead in his car Monday, only hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed him from his post. Svetlana Petrenko, a spokesperson for Russia’s State Investigative Committee, said the former minister’s body was found in his personal car with a gunshot wound and that the committee was on the scene investigating. Starovoit’s […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – How Russia could complicate US efforts to defend Taiwan. There are questions about how much these two nations would cooperate should China opt to invade Taiwan. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte recently suggested that the cooperation could be significant as China could pressure Russia to assist. “There’s an increasing realization, and […]
The threat of political violence is reaching a fever pitch. Democrat lawmakers say their voters are enraged at the lack of ability to counter President Donald Trump‘s agenda, with some sounding the alarm that they could potentially resort to “violence,” Axios reported Monday. The outlet says it spoke to over two dozen House Democrats to measure the temperature of […]
Liberal Prosecutors Sued For Colluding Against Trump In 2024 Election
An ethics watchdog is suing two top prosecutors for documents that may reveal a collusion scheme against President Donald Trump intended to influence the 2024 presidential election. The non-profit public interest law firm Judicial Watch announced in a statement it “filed a lawsuit against Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes for her communications with former Special […]