'Greatest number on terror watch list apprehended since Biden took office...The White House issued a notice, “Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Persons who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism,” stating Biden signed Executive Order 13224. The order declares a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. ...'
'...Over the past year, the IRS has significantly increased penalties on underpayment of both estimated tax payments and federal income withholding from salary and retirement income. Individuals who are required to make quarterly estimated payments (due dates each year are April 15, June 15, September 15 and the following January 15) include those individuals with large amounts of investment income such as interest, dividends and capital gains that is not subject to federal income tax withholding. Also included among individuals who should consider making estimated tax payments are retirees who have no or little federal income tax withholding from their pension income. There are federal employees with sizeable amounts amount of investment income who are paying too little or no federal estimated tax payments. There are also federal retirees who have too little federal income tax withheld from their CSRS or FERS annuities and /or Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) withdrawals...'
'...Cory Alvarez, who had been held without bail since his March arrest, was freed on a measly $500 bail on Tuesday after the Plymouth County Superior Court ignored a request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to keep the suspect in custody...'
'Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index declining to 100.4 from 101.3 (revised from 102.00) in May. ...while the Expectations Index fell to 73.0 from 74.9. ...material weaknesses in the labor market appear, Confidence could weaken as the year progresses."'
'The debt outlook never gets better. The annual deficit is likely to hit $1.9 trillion for 2024, according to the latest estimate from the Congressional Budget Office. That’s up from an estimate of $1.5 trillion just four months ago. ...The real outlook is worse than the CBO numbers suggest. ...'
'...The Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed that it was declining to prosecute Attorney General Merrick Garland after the House of Representatives voted to hold Garland in contempt of Congress concerning his refusal to comply with Congressional subpoenas....'
'...Despite President Joe Biden touting his economic “accomplishments,” a new report reveals that there are more foreign born workers in the United States than American workers. New Bureau of Labor Statistics data released this week found that there are 637,000 non-American citizen workers in the country. On the contrary, nearly 300,000 native-born Americans lost their jobs. ...'
'...Car theft might be a better barometer of the state of crime than other measures. Unlike other crimes, they tend to be logged accurately -- and have risen markedly. ...In recent weeks the Biden administration and many news outlets, including USA Today and The Hill, have touted declines in violent crime statistics to argue that America is becoming a safer place. ...They give a distorted impression of true levels of crime. They note that crime stats have become notoriously incomplete in recent years. In some years many big cities did not report their numbers to the FBI, and there are such wide discrepancies in these tallies that the picture they provide has more blur than clarity. Declining arrest rates and slowing police response times to 911 calls also help explain why polls show Americans believe crime is rising. '
'...Supporters of Israel gathered outside the Manhattan office of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Friday, chanting “traitor” and calling on the nation’s highest-ranking Jewish politician to resign for “backstabbing” Israel and falling silent in the wake of a nationwide outbreak of antisemitism.
The demonstration featuring about 40 protesters occurred a few days after Schumer said he told reporters he had faith in President Joe Biden’s decision to withhold weapons shipments to Israel...'
'there have been multiple coordinated attempts by large groups of illegal aliens to breach the southern border, with this trend appearing to be on the rise. On April 12, a mass of illegal immigrants cut and tore down the concertina wire used to block illegal entry into the country. ... Within the mob of approximately 300 individuals, 142 allegedly "push[ed]" forward, forcing Texas National Guardsmen to "back off," according to a state prosecutor who argued the group's actions constituted participation in a riot. The arrested individuals were predominantly Venezuelan nationals, while some were from Guatemala and Honduras. "Joe Biden has abandoned Texas," U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told Blaze News. "The federal government won't defend our border...'
'New data on airport arrivals was released this week after a congressional subpoena. ..."It's just another layer to the entirety of what we're dealing with," Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas told Fox News Digital in an interview. "But that's what people need to understand, it's a very specific program designed to flood the system, misusing parole to do it." Fox News reported this week on how official stats show that during an eight-month period from January through August 2023, roughly 200,000 migrants flew into the U.S. via a parole program for four nationalities. Of those, the vast majority landed in Florida, but three of the top 15 destinations were in Texas -- Austin, Dallas and Houston. Over 10,000 migrants traveled to those airports in that period. ...'
'...We’re not in the business of offering political advice to President Joe Biden, but it is hard to miss his absence...Biden is, of course, not taking a strong stand because the left wing of his own party, already inflamed by his mealy-mouthed support for Israel, is actively participating in these protests. Reps. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) dropped by to fist bump the Columbia campers. Biden can’t afford to alienate them further, and like Columbia’s president Minouche Shafik, will soon realize you can’t reason or negotiate with a mob.'
'...why won’t the president of the United States ever accept interviews from actual journalists? Why is he hiding from the American people?...For anyone who understands the role of the free press in a democracy, it should be troubling that President Biden has so actively and effectively avoided questions from independent journalists during his term. The president occupies the most important office in our nation, and the press plays a vital role in providing insights into his thinking and worldview, allowing the public to assess his record and hold him to account.'
'students at Columbia University say they no longer feel safe on campus as protests in support of Palestine stretched into the fifth consecutive day on Sunday....onathan Lederer, a Jewish sophomore at the university, said he and his twin brother, who also attends Columbia, were preparing to leave campus for a week in the hopes that the unrest would be addressed by the school in that time.
“Up until last night, when half the people there are from off campus, a bunch of lunatics who want to cause problems, issues and start a riot, that is when I felt totally vulnerable,” said Lederer. ...'
'The Department of Agriculture, with space for more than 7,400 employees at its headquarters, averaged just 456 workers, or about 6% occupancy. The Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission also came in at less than 10%. ...The reality is that where there’s a building with deferred maintenance that isn’t being utilized, it could be sold and the revenues allocated back to GSA for other real estate needs, instead of taxpayers paying for it.'
'“The strategy of the Biden administration has failed miserably. Biden is sleepwalking the US into another catastrophic war in the Middle East,” Fawaz Gerges, professor of International Relations and Middle Eastern Politics at the London School of Economics told NBC News. “His overarching goal of preventing the war in Gaza from escalating into neighboring countries has failed. Biden has failed to influence [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s decisions either in Gaza or towards Iran.”...'
'...Representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) on Thursday refused to condemn “death to America” chants that featured prominently at a rally in the district she represents. Last week, at an anti-Israel demonstration in Dearborn, Michigan, local activist Tarek Bazzi led a crowd in chants of “death to America” and “death to Israel,” saying the Jewish state “does not deserve to exist” and celebrating former Iranian ayatollah Ruhollah Khome...'
'...refuses to back him 2024: WWE legend says he's not happy with the 'state of America', woke culture 'bugs him' and...The WWE legend added that he isn't happy with the state of America right now and left open the chance of running for office himself in the future.
... my goal is to bring this country together, he added.
'I will keep my politics to myself. It is between me and the ballot box.'
'...Consumer confidence, out today, is at its lowest reading in 4 months. Confidence stands at 104.7 today compared to 104.8 in February. This signals a pessimistic shift in voter perceptions of the economy. Unlike other economic statistics, this index cuts straight to how people really feel. ...'
'The national average has rates up more than 20% in the last 12 months, ...He is hopeful this trend won’t continue as supply chains have improved.
“An insurance company would pay for a rental car for someone for two to three days and now we can’t get that part in for four to five weeks so insurance companies are paying for rentals that much longer,” he said.'
