'...So most of the people – actually all of the people, with one exception – that I spoke to for this story, they flew first to Hong Kong. And then from Hong Kong they flew to Turkey, to Istanbul; from there they took a flight to the capital of Ecuador, because Ecuador is the only country in South America that is visa-free for Chinese visitors. ...'
'...The world’s a mess, America is spiraling downward at a rapid rate and Biden would be older than dirt at the end of a second term, but he wants to “finish the job.” Finish the job? Apparently not satisfied with merely damaging America, he aims to destroy it. The fact that the president made the announcement via a recording reflects White House concerns about his stumbling and bumbling cognitive defects. ...'
'US Citizenship and Immigration Services' new policy says immigrants can select a gender marker that does not match supporting documentation...'
' Podcaster Joe Rogan spoke with mixed martial artist Jorge Masvidal about the Biden family’s scandals being ignored by the same political establishment targeting former President Trump Wednesday. '
'...Pence appeared on ABC’s This Week, where he told host Jonathan Karl that a Trump indictment by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg would simply indulge the “radical left.” It follows similar language from Pence in recent weeks as he considers a 2024 presidential run. “I’m taken aback at the idea of indicting a former president of the United States, at a time when there’s a crime wave in New York City,” Pence told Karl. “The fact that the Manhattan DA thinks that indicting President Trump is his top priority, I think… just tells you everything you need to know about the radical left in this country.”...'
'SEC’s average employee salary is over 100% higher than the average earning of other government and federal agencies’ staff. ...'
'...(DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas would not answer Tuesday whether the U.S. southern border is in crisis, prompting Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to decry his record and demand his resignation....'
'The Office of Personnel Management provides policy leadership and expertise on a variety of Governmentwide pay programs for Federal employees, including the General Schedule (GS), Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) Pay Schedules, and the Federal Wage System (FWS). ...'
'Joe Biden was portrayed as a hapless buffoon on “SNL” — “Saudi Night Live.”. ...Biden then goes on to shake hands with an American flag before he is guided in the right direction by a startled Harris. This is the second time in the last year that MBC has aired a sketch mocking Biden and Harris...The Democrat party has become the absolute laughing stock of the world.'
'...has griped about his No. 2’s reluctance to take on risky assignments. “A point of tension in their relationship is that I don’t think that the president sees her as somebody who takes anything off of his plate” due to a “fear of messing up,” one former White House official told Reuters. Another former White House official told the wire service that Biden, already the oldest-ever president, intends to seek a second term in part because he’s concerned that Harris may not be able to beat former President Donald Trump...'
'Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., asked Becerra repeatedly how many HHS employees are still working from home, but got nowhere. ..."Clearly, sir, you don’t want to answer that question, and I don’t mean to be rude, but you don’t, and that kind of begs that the answer may not be flattering," Cassidy said. ...'
'A release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection did not provide specific information about the nature of the deadly force, but the Pima County Sheriff’s Department says deputies responded to assist in a vehicle pursuit and officer-involved shooting. The incident happened in the Altar Valley near SR 286, milepost 20. It began as a pursuit and failure to yield of a suspected human smuggling vehicle, according to CBP....'
'Nearly 70 non-US citizens on the FBI’s terror watch list have been caught trying to illegally cross the country’s southern border since October. '
'...Federal authorities say Torres tried to open an airliner's emergency door and then tried to stab a flight attendant on a flight from Los Angeles to Boston on March 5. The case has directed attention to passengers with mental health challenges. ...In a video taken by a fellow passenger, Torres loudly threatens to kill people and promises a bloodbath before charging the front of the plane, where a group of passengers tackled him down to the ground to restrain him. He remains behind bars pending a mental health evaluation, with a judge ruling he "may presently be suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering him mentally incompetent."...'
'Transgender Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine says that gender-affirming care for minors has the 'highest support' of the Biden administration. Levine has promised that medically changing children's gender will soon be normalized...'
'SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is revising the interim regulation regarding the restoration of annual leave for employees who are essential to respond to certain national emergencies, such as the National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). This rule extends the latest possible termination date for the exigency established in connection with the COVID-19 national emergency, which would be March 13, 2023, under the current interim regulations. Under this new rule, that date would be the date the national emergency is ended by the President. This rule also provides for special handling of restored annual leave resulting from an agency-specific ongoing exigency that is directly related to a matter that was determined to be a national emergency exigency and that immediately follows that national emergency exigency. Finally, this rule expands an agency's authority to exempt employees from the advance annual leave scheduling requirement in the leave year during which a national emergency exigency is terminated.'
'...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. '
'...The Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act, which expands the Hatch Act, defines censorship as using influence or coercion to remove or suppress lawful speech from an interactive computer service. It also sees censorship as adding a disclaimer or other alerts to lawful speech expressed on an interactive computer service or restricting a person’s access to a publicly available interactive computer service...'
Snippet of Article: "...Walmart said they are closing the stores because they were not meeting financial expectations. “The decision to close these stores was made after a careful review of their overall performance,” a Walmart spokesperson said. “We consider many factors, including current and projected financial performance, location, population, customer needs, and the proximity of other nearby stores when making these difficult decisions. After we decide to move forward, our focus is on our associates and their transition, which is the case here.”..."
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'...For decades, those standards have said investment decisions must be guided by the goal of maximizing the return on those investments.>/b> However, the rule from Biden’s Labor Department said investment plan fiduciaries can consider companies that prioritize climate change and other social issues as they invest. ...'
'A DISA employee posted 12 partisan political Facebook messages while at work that were directed at the success or failure of political parties and/or candidates for partisan political office. The activity took place over a one-year period, between May 2020 and May 2021. The case settled for a three-day unpaid suspension. ...'
' Under open government transparency guidelines, information on public employees (including those employed by Federal, state, and municipal governments) is a matter of public record. FederalPay.org has created a powerful search tool that allows public access to the EHRI-SDM dataset, which contains records of most public employees of the United States' Federal Government. Information available through this dataset may include name, job title, duty station, and salary for most Federal civilian employees. Some individual's names have been withheld by the OPM or specific agencies for security reasons. While FederalPay attempts to provide this dataset as a public service, exactly as provided by the OPM, we cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the results provided. ...'
'Rep. Gerry Connolly, Democret-Va., on Wednesday reintroduced legislation that would standardize the annual increase in annuity payments that retired federal workers receive across the government’s two primary pension systems. The Equal COLA Act. ...'
'...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.
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