'...A group of House liberals is pushing to officially shorten the U.S. workweek to four days, saying that the time is right following the "nearly two-year-long pandemic," in a statement this week. ..."It is past time that we put people and communities over corporations and their profits'
'"It's nuts," Bill told Fox News. "Hawaii is part of the U.S. They should get a whole lot more assistance than they’ve been given."...On Aug. 13, while in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Biden faced criticism for initially responding "no comment" when asked about the disaster's high death toll and for offering relief payments of $700 per household for Hawaiians affected by the blazes. ...'
'Cops canvassed the neighborhood looking for two other suspects, who escaped on scooters, according to sources. A security guard who works at the former Lincoln Correctional Facility at 31 Central Park North said he saw the fight between migrants and what police called a “concerned citizen.” The guard, who declined to give his name because of his job, said he saw the man being chased by several male migrants down the block until he was backed into the glass door of a six-story apartment building....'
'...scandal is that often the coverup is worse than the crime. But that is not the case in the unraveling Bidengate scandal. The alleged crime here is so bad that it is probably the worst ever committed by an American president. ...Yet the coverup should be studied, too. It deserves superlatives for its longevity, inventiveness, and sheer audacity. The strategy has been simple: deny, deflect, destroy. Deny the facts. Deflect with distractions, and when all else fails, work tirelessly to destroy Trump, who was among the first to raise questions about the Biden family’s shady dealings. At Year 5, it may be the most successful coverup in modern history, especially since so many of the facts have been in plain sight for the entire time.'
'...Republicans criticized the Biden administration for “fixing” the loan forgiveness plan just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned an earlier Education Department scheme to cancel $400 billion in student debt. “The Biden administration’s blatantly political attempt to circumvent the Supreme Court is shameful,” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), who chairs the House Education and Labor Committee, said in a statement. “The Biden administration is trampling the rule of law, hurting borrowers, and abusing taxpayers...'
'...Biden refuses to negotiate with Kevin McCarthy even after the House raises the debt ceiling. ...'
'...Crowd control measures were used when the group of mainly Venezuelan migrants continued to press forward, though according to sources at the border, the efforts were thwarted. ... President Biden again appealed for Republicans to pass parts of the bill, but lawmakers have balked at the inclusion of a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, which Democrats have indicated is a must.'
' First Republic Bank shares plunged by about 60% in premarket trading on Monday even after the regional lender announced steps to shore up its balance sheet. Shares of other regional banks and financial firms are also stumbling. '
'..."Governing for Impact is the perfect example of the Left's fake outrage over 'dark money' in politics...GFI has implemented more than 20 of its federal proposals as of 2021. GFI, meanwhile, is not a stand-alone nonprofit. Instead, the New Venture Fund, a nonprofit incubator managed by the D.C.-based consulting firm Arabella Advisors, fiscally sponsors it. This setup allows GFI to avoid filing tax forms with the IRS. The group's attachment to the Arabella-Advisors dark money network, which raised $1.6 billion in anonymous donations in 2020, is not discoverable from public records. The New Venture Fund does not report GFI as a trade name in its D.C. business filings. '
'Chris Magnus, President Joe Biden’s border chief, resigned Saturday, ending a standoff with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who’d threatened to fire Magnus if he didn’t step down. ...'
'...Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco are taking a hands-off approach in the Hunter Biden investigation...a growing frustration that it is taking so long for a decision to be made in Delaware on whether to bring charges against Hunter Biden. '
'Billionaire George Soros claimed the policies by the soft-on-crime district attorneys he supported are "popular." ...Billionaire George Soros, who’s funneled millions to district-attorney candidates that promise to keep criminals out of prison...He sees policing as something harmful that needs to be addressed. ...lawbreakers pay no price for their actions.'
'...Trump said the search at his home amounted to "prosecutorial misconduct," that "such an assault could only take place in broken, Third-World Countries" and the U.S. is now "corrupt at a level not seen before." "I'm telling you, you're playing with fire," Rubio said. "This is dangerous, because someone else will be in power one day, and now you have created the precedent for them to do this back to you. ...'
