'...bill to restore full Social Security benefits to certain federal employees is regaining steam in the House. Co-sponsor Abigail Spanberger of Virginia said hundreds of members from both parties are backing the bill, which didn't get a vote last year. The Social Security Fairness Act would end the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset...'
'EAST PALESTINE, Ohio -- Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized the federal response to the toxic train derailment in East Palestine as a "betrayal" during a visit to the. ...'
'“[Biden’s trip] was the biggest slap in the face.”
Conway spoke strongly to reporters on Monday about Biden’s surprise departure to Ukraine. The mayor, along with the entire East Palestine community, continues to deal with the aftermath of a February 3rd train derailment and chemical spill.
“That [trip to Ukraine] tells you right now, he doesn’t care about us,” Conaway told Fox News host Jesse Watters. “So … he can send every agency he wants to but I found that out this morning and one of the briefings that he was in the Ukraine giving millions of dollars away to people over there, not to us and I’m furious.”
...Conaway’s comments coincide with recent statements made by prominent GOP figures criticizing President Biden’s neglect on domestic issues. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) had said during a Fox News interview, “We have a lot of problems accumulating here in our own country that he is neglecting.”...'
'Biden was responding to, one reporter could be heard asking the president whether his relationship with China is compromised by his family’s business relationships....President Joe Biden complained that the reporters who cover him should be “more polite people,”...'
'The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday provided an update on the chemical fallout from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment and ecological disaster. “There is a plume [of chemicals] moving down the Ohio River,” said Tiffani Kavalec, the head of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s water management subdivision. “It’s near Huntington, West Virginia, right now.”'
'Inflation is projected to have risen in the first month of the year, defying optimism from investors and officials over a steady move lower seen in recent readings. While the monthly CPI figure likely rose in January, the annual headline number is projected to come down to 6.2% from 6.5% the prior month, according to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' January Consumer Price Index (CPI) is scheduled for release at 8:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday. ...'
'Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he ordered the takedown of an “unidentified” object that had crossed into Canada’s airspace on Saturday.'
'...will be allowed to relocate immigrants from all other states, not only Florida, to another location. Along party lines, the bill was approved by both chambers controlled by Republicans and is now headed to DeSantis (R-Fla.) for his approval. “People are sick of having an open border with no rule of law in this country,” DeSantis said. “We can just sit here and do nothing about it or we can actually stand up and say, ‘Whatever tools we have at our disposal, we are going to be using.” The bill formalized the Unauthorized Alien Transport Program which expanded on a DeSantis-enacted initiative from the previous year that allowed officials to fly migrants to locations in red states with sanctuary laws. ...'
'Craig, 50, defended herself from an attacker in her building’s elevator around 7:15 a.m. and “suffered bruising...The alleged attacker fled the scene before officers arrived. The Metropolitan Police Department released an image of his face captured by a surveillance camera. A suspect — 26-year-old Kendrick Hamlin...'
'...The Internal Revenue Service was slammed on Twitter after the government agency proposed a new reporting program for workers who receive tips. The program would track point-of-sale data provided by employers in order to ensure that service workers like waiters, many of whom are paid less than minimum wage and rely on gratuity from customers, are paying taxes on the tips they receive. ...'
'...An intruder breached the home of Air Force One, one of the nation’s most sensitive military bases, and this time a resident opened fire on the trespasser, Joint Base Andrews said in a statement late Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. ...Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass confirmed that the intruder had reached her home on Monday. The chief master sergeant is the Air Force's top enlisted leader. ...It's not the first time the base's security has been breached; in February 2021... '
Text Version: REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE UNION DELIVERED TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ON FEBRUARY 7, 2023--PM 1
The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message
from the President of the United States which was which was ordered to
lie on the table:
To the Congress of the United States:
Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Our First Lady and Second
Gentleman. Members of Congress and the Cabinet. Leaders of our
military. Mr. Chief Justice, Associate Justices, and retired Justices
of the Supreme Court. And you, my fellow Americans.
READ IN FULL
LISTEN
'...Ahead of the first House Oversight Committee hearing on Covid-19 funding later this week. Committee member Marjorie Taylor Greene tells One America News that she sees clear evidence of massive fraud and abuse with Covid-19 funds emanating from the cares act. ...'
'Biden proposes to boost average benefits across the board while putting Social Security on a long-term path to solvency by...'
'...Make sure all information is as accurate as possible. This includes: bank account numbers, Social Security numbers, filing status, spelling of names, and wages. All of this information is vital to correctly process your taxes. When filing, be sure to check that all personal information is transcribed correctly on your taxes. Full names should match what’s on Social Security cards. All income and information used for deductions or tax credits must also be accurately recorded. If your bank account information is incorrect, this is going to delay your refund. Check all personal information before submitting your taxes. ...'
'...We know Hunter has engaged in lots of mostly shady foreign deals, trafficking on his name and connections rather than his expertise, which has brought him millions of dollars. So, he has a motive for wanting access to certain classified documents. And we know Hunter lives very well. As The Hill reported last April, “Hunter Biden, who is under federal investigation for his foreign business dealings, has been staying in Malibu throughout his father’s presidency, spending $20,000 of his own wealth each month to rent out a mansion, according to the report.”...'
'...Federal investigators found more classified materials during a search of President Biden’s Delaware home — with some dating back to his years in the Senate, Biden’s lawyer announced Saturday. ...'
'...On Thursday, the Supreme Court said it has not determined who leaked a May draft of the court's decision that overturned Roe v. Wade — the 1973 ruling that established a federal right to abortion— but the investigation is ongoing. Eight months after Politico published its scoop detailing the draft of Justice Samuel Alito's opinion that reversed Roe v. Wade, the court said it "has to date been unable to identify a person responsible by a preponderance of the evidence." The leak of the draft is unprecedented in the history of the court. ...'
'...There is no indication DHS is investigating the company that hired the children, Packers Sanitation Services Inc., or PSSI, for human trafficking. Instead, said two DHS officials, DHS is investigating to rule out the possibility that outside traffickers may have forced children to work for PSSI and profited off their labor. In a statement, a spokesperson for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, a division of DHS, said, “Due to an ongoing investigation, Homeland Security Investigations cannot comment at this time,” and referred questions to the U.S. Labor Department. ...'
A detailed report on antisemitic crimes in New York City is creating uncomfortable questions for elected officials and community leaders and bringing into stark relief a common misconception about the perpetrators of Jew-hatred. Americans Against Antisemitism, through its Hate Crimes Accountability Project, pored over limited data on hate crimes against Jews from April 2018 through August of this year, adding in key details. The results show that of 194 documented assaults, the perpetrators’ group identities were known 99 times. According to the report’s data, 64% of those assaults were committed by black persons, 17% by Muslims or Arabs, 11% by Hispanics and 3% by white persons. The data contradicts consistent refrains from city leaders about white supremacists being responsible for hate crimes against the Jewish population.
Reference: matzav.com
Tags: News for the Huntsville Alabama Jewish Population, Fact Based Data, Anti-Semitic Assaults,Perpetrators of Jew-hatred,'...Congress has an independent constitutional obligation to oversee all aspects of the Justice Department, and that includes special counsels as well. And so we will have a role in overseeing what's transpiring here. What's real concerning to me is how justice is applied and is it applied equally," McCarthy told host Maria Bartiromo. "How many years has this vice president, who's been in [public] office for more than 40 years, had these documents? Who's been in and out of there?" the speaker continued. "So, they apply a special counsel, but how many agents do they apply to that and applied to [former] President [Donald] Trump as well? This is just hypocrisy."...'
'..."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. '
'...It was not immediately clear when or where the second group of documents were found, when they date from, and what level of classification they have been given. The first batch of 10 documents included intelligence memos and other materials concerning Iran, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, CNN reported Tuesday. The papers were dated between 2013 and 2016 and mixed in with Biden family documents, including details on the funeral arrangements for the president’s late son, Beau. ...'
'So how does Biden explain the roughly dozen documents found sitting in a closet at a private office supplied by the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement?...According to reports, the clearly marked classified documents include those at the highly classified “Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information” (TS/SCI) level. The documents reportedly include material related to Iran, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. When the documents on such subjects were found at Mar-a-Lago, media experts immediately opined that Donald Trump may have sold material or was endangering national security for a book or vanity. For two days, Biden has refused to answer questions from reporters as his allies in the media struggle for a spin out of this scandal. ...For two days, Biden has refused to answer questions from reporters as his allies in the media struggle for a spin out of this scandal.'
'...“Over the past two years, we have all witnessed the devastating harm wrought by a rogue administration that is asserting near dictatorial powers in a relentless effort to keep our borders open. The American people are appalled by what is going on and want to see it ended. “Now that the 118th Congress is officially underway with a new House majority, it is in large part because voters rejected the Biden administration’s purposeful dismantling of our nation’s borders, as well as former Speaker Pelosi’s amnesty-first legislative agenda. Newly elected Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the entire Republican conference have a mandate to act decisively to restore control of our borders. – the American people are waiting....'
'...Migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela will be allowed entry and given work permits. ...In fiscal year 2022, which ended in September, immigration agents encountered 2.4 million migrants at the southern border — a record-breaking number. ...Alejandro Mayorkas said the federal government would balance creating new pathways for migrants to enter the country'
Article Title: Top Agenda Items American Citizens Want From Next House Speaker
Snippet of Article: Close Southern Border, Impeach Biden, Put Hunter Biden in Prison, Back the 2nd Amendment, Tamp Inflation, Revamp FBI, CIA, and Border Patrol Leadership, Increase Law Enforcement Nationwide, Kill Wasteful Pork in Bills, Release Jan. 6 Protestors, Indict Ray Epps,
'...the federal pay raise for 2023 will be an across-the-board base pay increase of 4.1% ...'
'...''According to public records, Mr. Epps has not been charged with anything. No one's explained why a person videoed urging people to go to the Capitol, a person whose conduct was so suspect the crowd believed he was a [federal informant], would magically disappear from the list of people the FBI was looking at,'' Cruz said. ''A lot of Americans are concerned that the federal government deliberately encouraged illegal and violent conduct on Jan. 6,'' Cruz added. ...'
'...President Biden will be asking Congress to approve around $45 billion dollars in aid to Ukraine. This is currently before the Senate to approve and would pass to Congress next year. ...'
'...Border Patrol agents positioned behind the National Guard and state troopers watched the standoff. A Border Patrol spokesperson on site said Border Patrol agents would not process the migrants. Under Title 42, the pandemic-era emergency health order that immigration officials have used to immediately expel migrants, ports of entry are closed to migrants seeking asylum. ...'
'The spending bill includes $410 million “for enhanced border security” in Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman. At least $150 million of the funding is to be used to help Jordan secure its borders. The hundreds of millions of dollars for border security thousands of miles away from the U.S. comes after Republicans and Democrats negotiated a similar plan in March that saw about $370...'
'..."I want to be very clear here. The fact is that the removal of Title 42 does not mean the border is open," Jean-Pierre said. ...Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared an invasion, and several of the state's counties near the border had already declared states of emergency, all due to the historic numbers...'
'...About 80 percent of Americans of prime recruiting age are ineligible for military service due to obesity, criminal records and other obstacles, and the remainder have many non-military options to choose from in a robust job market. This year, the Navy needs to convince about 38,000 eligible Americans to enlist, and it is making some headline-grabbing changes in order to do it. In November, the service raised the maximum enlistment age from 39 to 41, the statutory limit. Effective Monday, it has also told recruiters that it will accept candidates who score well below average on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT), the standard test administered in all U.S. military recruiting. ...'
'...Griner's high-profile release on Thursday came as U.S. Marine veteran and former Michigan police officer Paul Whelan remains in a Russian prison after four years, and Holt said Friday that leaves questions about the amount of leverage the United States has, that it wasn't able to get Whelan back home as well. Using Griner in the prisoner exchange, Holt added, also sends a message to the "thug states of this world" that if they can seize a high-profile celebrity, they have leverage on the United States, and "we'll see more of this not less."...'
'...with its specific firing pin impression, scrapes and ejector mark invisible to the naked eye — match other cases. An in-house technician then reviews computer-generated matches, and their analysis is double-checked by technicians at a lab in Alabama, he said. Sorrells said about 10% of NIBIN entries nationwide result in a lead. His team reviews about 50 NIBIN leads a week and on average about 10 are viable, he said. Those leads are relayed to local law enforcement or investigated by federal agents. ...'
'...Postal reform legislation may impact the rest of the federal workforce by changing Medicare eligibility and increasing FEHB costs...As is often the case in Congressional bills, the bill’s title does not reveal the real impact of the proposal. In this case, “Postal reform” legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives. The title is accurate but the real impact may be the potential to increase health care premiums for federal employees and retirees enrolled in Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) plans. The legislation could also turn out to be the first step in removing federal retirees from the FEHB..'
