'...One picture captured the moment, prompting comments from around the country. A federal worker bragging on Instagram: “My office for the next hour” -showing himself teleworking in the bathtub. The employee? A team leader in charge of scheduling for the Atlanta Veterans Administration, which has some of the worst wait times in the country. ...'
'The Biden administration has issued a new directive to all government employees to travel by train or electric car, or electric Uber or Lyft, when traveling on official business. ...In an announcement, the Biden administration is directing all federal agencies to prioritize the use of sustainable transportation for official and local travel, both domestically and internationally. This includes using electric vehicles, either renting or options for taxis or ride-share services such as Lyft or Uber. However, there is one caveat: as long as you don’t rent an EV that is at a higher rate than the “most affordable comparable vehicle available.” (I suppose it’s a safety buffer against backlash on overspending taxpayer money as we enter an election year.) '
'...The Left invokes “democracy” to justify its use of power, even if it means abusing judicial power to remove a candidate from the ballot based on spurious legal grounds. SCOTUS should reverse....'
'...The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is warning Georgia not to move forward with its plan to become the first state to allow pharmacies to distribute medical marijuana. DEA officials told pharmacies that dispensing medical marijuana would violate federal law. The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission, which oversees the state’s medical marijuana industry, said it cannot override the federal ban despite state law allowing pharmacies to sell the products. ...Recreational marijuana is legal in 24 states across the country, while another 23 allow some form of medical cannabis, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.'
'...Polls show voters believe former President Trump can handle the border better than President Biden...'
'...So far this year, 169 individuals with positive terrorism watchlist matches tried to cross the southern border into the United States. ...a “tenfold increase” from the fiscal year 2021 numbers. ...the Republican lawmakers are demanding answers from Biden on a number of border-related questions, including: • What proactive moves are underway to bolster the security'
'...The National Archives has informed House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer that it'll provide unredacted access to 1,799 Joe Biden emails 62,610 pages from his time as vice president. This is in response to Comer's letters on Aug. 30 and Sept. 6 requesting the information as part of the House probe of Biden and his role in son Hunter's foreign business dealings. ...Biden has reportedly used Robert Peters, Robin Ware and JRB Ware, pseudonyms that Republicans say he used to discuss dealings with energy giant Burisma when Hunter Biden was a board member of the Ukrainian firm. Also among the trove of emails: communications with Eric Schwerin and/or Devon Archer, former business associates of Hunter Biden. The House Ways and Means Committee released documents showing Biden communicated with Schwerin using the “Robin Ware” alias, including 50 emails around Biden’s trip to Ukraine in June 2014. ...'
'Tuesday’s report from the Labor Department said the consumer price index rose just 0.1% from October to November. ...core prices, which exclude volatile food and energy costs, rose 0.3% from October to November, slightly faster than the 0.2% increase the previous month. Measured from a year ago, core prices rose 4%, the same as in October. The Federal Reserve considers core prices to be a better guide to the future path of inflation. ...'
'...Attacks by Iranian-backed terrorists against U.S. forces in the Middle East increased late this week as U.S. officials have grown frustrated by President Joe Biden’s lack of a forceful response to deter future attacks. Approximately a dozen attacks have been launched against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria over a roughly 48-hour span...'
'Any national security package has to begin with the security of our own borders,' the speaker insisted in a news conference on Capitol Hill...Ukraine funding is dependent upon enactment of transformative change to our nation's border security laws,' Johnson wrote in a letter to the White House...'
'...'It is extraordinarily dangerous because, first of all, as you point out, we have people from China coming here.
'We also have people on the known terrorist watch list who are coming across the border. And so there's extraordinary dangers, calls to our country by Biden's open border policies,' Abbott told Fox News on Sunday.
'And obviously, Biden is doing nothing about it. And that's why Texas has to step up and apprehend as many of these people as possible to make sure that they're not posing a threat to our country,' he added.
'But this is a very serious existential threat to our country caused by Joe Biden. And that's exactly why Texas is taking extraordinary steps to try to crack down on it.'...'
'FBI director Christopher Wray has warned that the United States is facing the highest risk of a terrorist attack in years...His comments come at a time when U.S. forces are being subjected to a barrage of strikes in the Middle East and with Jewish and Muslim communities being targeted at home. ...There have been at least 74 attacks on U.S. bases and troops...I've never seen a time where all the threats, or so many of the threats, are all elevated, all at exactly the same time.''
'...A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Texas must take down its buoy barrier on the border with Mexico in the Rio Grande, citing threats to navigation and human life. ...'
'...The Biden administration is poised to force every recipient of federal grants into transgender policies. ...The proposed rules would also delete existing language requiring all federal grants to adhere to the Constitution in “protecting free speech, religious liberty, public welfare, the environment, and prohibiting discrimination,” according to the Center for Political Justice (CPJ). If such rules pass, they would license government discrimination against religious Americans, which is unconstitutional. ...'
'...More than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the United States from Mexico in the past year. That is more than in the preceding 10 years combined. ...'
'I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.'
'...'the goal was just to block the door in non-violent civil disobedience.' But a House Democrat who was present at the DNC, along with Jeffries and other leaders, told Axios: 'It scared me more than January 6.'...The comparison to January 6 is a strong one considering participants who rioted at the Capitol are still faces legal repercussions and former President Donald Trump continues to face lawsuits over whether he engaged in an insurrection that day.' ...He detailed: 'Was just evacuated from the DNC after pro-terrorist, anti-Israel protestors grew violent, pepper spraying police officers and attempting to break into the building.'
'Leroy Brown was just about to start his career with the United States Postal Service. His first day: Dec. 31, 1955. ...He's still going strong, working in the Los Angeles International Service Center, a USPS processing center. The 90-year-old is in his 70th year of service to the federal government, including a two-year stint in the U.S. Army...Retirement doesn't seem to be in the nonagenarian's plans. He's healthy, he's active, he loves being around other people and, well, he's not really sure what he'd do anyway. "I don't want to turn into a couch potato," Brown said. "I don't just want to sit around in one place."...'
'Biden, 80, said Newsom can 'be anything he wants', including his replacement...'I want to thank him. He’s been one hell of a governor, man,' Biden told gathered Asia Pacific leaders...'Matter of fact he can be anything he wants – he could have the job I’m lookin’ for,' Biden said as he faces continued questions about whether he should run for a second term.'
'Republican Gov. Chris Sununu issues a 2024 warning for President Biden and the Democrats: 'Skip New Hampshire at your own peril'...National Democrats for years knocked both Iowa — whose caucuses for half a century led off the party’s nominating calendar — and New Hampshire as unrepresentative of the party as a whole because the states have largely White populations with few major urban areas. ...'
'Eight House Republicans broke from their party Monday to vote against a resolution that was aimed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas from his position.
In a 209 to 201 vote...
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.)
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.)
Rep. John Duarte (R-Calif.)
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.)
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)
Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.)
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.)
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio.)
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'...The Times reported that the FBI has been asking fire officials about Adams' unusual intervention since at least last spring as part of a broader corruption probe.
The newspaper cited a warrant for an FBI search of the home of the mayor's chief fundraiser in reporting that the federal investigation has centered in part around whether Adams' campaign conspired with the Turkish government, including its consulate general in New York, to illegally funnel foreign money into its coffers.
Citing people familiar with the matter and city records, the Times reported that Adams’ alleged intervention cleared the way for Turkish President...
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'Secret Service agents assigned to defend President Biden’s granddaughter opened fire late Sunday evening on a group of people attempting to break into an unmarked Secret Service car in Washington, D.C., officials said. ...No one was shot and the group quickly fled the scene in a red car, the Secret Service said in a statement. ...'
'it’s President Joe Biden’s political prospects that are plunging. ...Biden, meanwhile, is absorbing brutal new polls showing him losing to GOP front-runner Trump in multiple key swing states. The numbers will likely ignite panic among Democrats and renew doubts among Americans that the soon-to-be-81-year-old is up to a full second term. If the New York Times/Siena College survey is borne out in 2024, there would be no electoral path to victory for Biden. ...'
'..."This is to notify you formally pursuant to Rule Eight of the rules of the House of Representatives, that I, the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Emerita, and U.S. Representative for the 11th Congressional District of California, have been served with third party subpoenas from the prosecution and the defendant to produce documents in a criminal case and United States District Court for the Northern District of California," Pelosi's statement read. ...'
'While these data points highlight the chaos that President Biden’s failed border policies created, they only tell part of the story. This administration’s goal has never been to fix the border crisis but to simply hide the evidence. To that end, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has tried to "legalize" illegal immigration by funneling migrants into unlawful release – or as they say in immigration law jargon, "parole" – programs it created, and we have no idea how many or what kind of people are entering the United States through this boondoggle. ...Earlier this year, the Biden administration created a program that allows migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to enter and remain in the United States legally for two years and receive nearly instant work authorization. The Biden administration took this major step without the consent of Congress, acting unilaterally to offer work status for up to 360,000 people a year. ...'
'...The new reporting form, which will be made available on AARO's website, allows current and former service members and employees to provide unclassified summary details about programs they may have knowledge of along with details about their affiliation with the U.S. government and their contact information. ...'
'The $13.6 billion request would go toward hiring... 1,600 asylum officers to address "the significant backlog straining our immigration courts that has severely delayed resolutions," the letter states. The request also includes $1.4 billion to go toward the Shelter and Services Program, which reimburses local governments and nonprofit organizations that provide resources to released immigrants. ...'
'...Bowman pulled the fire alarm ahead of a crucial vote as the GOP pushed a critical stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. ...Users online blasted Bowman after the video's release, with Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Republican, quipping that this "is what lawyers would call 'intent.'" "Why is this footage only coming to light now? We know he got his plea deal, but this is outrageous," Fox News contributor Tammy Bruce tweeted. Former GOP Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker blasted Bowman as a "bold-faced liar" and called for the congressman to face jail time in a tweet on Thursday. "This is not a brain freeze. Not an accident," Walker wrote. "This was a premeditated attempt to stop other Members of Congress from voting."'
'The investigation also found that FBI Director Christopher A. Wray independently reached the decision to keep the headquarters in Washington. ...The FBI has been sitting on a report detailing a scheme involving then-Vice President Joseph R. Biden to accept money in exchange for policy decisions on behalf of a “foreign national,” two senior Republicans said Wednesday...the information that the FBI obtained was detailed enough to have been verified. “Based on those disclosures, it has come to our attention that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) possess an unclassified FD-1023 form that describes an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions. It has been alleged that the document includes a precise description of how the alleged criminal scheme was employed as well as its purpose,” the lawmakers wrote.'
'...oe Biden is failing at home and abroad,” Federalist Staff Writer Jordan Boyd said on Newsmax’s “Carl Higbie Frontline.” “Our nation is in crisis, our border is wide open, inflation is killing American families, and we’ve got issues. But what is Joe doing? He’s giving everyone the beach treatment just like he does with every other crisis that he’s either created or exacerbated since he became president.”...'
'a deranged stalker made two attempts on Wednesday to break into independent 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s home. She was correct in asking what more needs to happen for Kennedy to receive Secret Service protection. ...With all of the overwhelming evidence mounting, Kennedy said he can only surmise that Biden is refusing to give him protection for "political" reasons. Calling out the way federal agencies have been weaponized, and the double standard of President Joe Biden's family getting Secret Service protection...'
'...House Speaker Mike Johnson said President Biden is engaged in an "ongoing cover-up" and has "lied repeatedly" about his involvement in and knowledge of Hunter Biden’s business dealings, while telling Fox News Digital that the impeachment inquiry against him will continue...'
'...More encounters were recorded on the United States’ southern border in the 2023 fiscal year than any other since the government began collecting those records in 1960, shocking new data showed. ...“These are individuals whose identities & purpose we do not know. That is why you need every Border Patrol agent to be in the field and on patrol'
'...Ron DeSantis warned on Newsmax that President Joe Biden is merely putting Americans in the line of Iran's fire under a "tepid" stand against acts of aggression. "You're in a situation where he has some of our troops in the Middle East — it's not clear what their mission is; it's not clear that they're there in larger enough numbers to even accomplish a mission — but there are enough of them to be inviting targets from our enemies...'
'...The president's poll numbers were what inspired Philips, 54, to jump into the race, especially The Wall Street Journal's late August survey that said 73 percent of registered voters considered Biden too old. And then another poll by CNN from late September that said 67 percent of Democratic voters wanted someone other than Biden on the ballot in 2024,' The Atlantic said. Gallup's polling found that Democrats' current rating of Biden is four points lower than Republicans' lowest rating of Trump throughout the Republican's entire presidency. ...'
'...In an official travel advisory, the department said U.S. citizens should "leave now while commercial flights remain available" and "have a plan of action for crisis situations that does not rely on U.S. government assistance." "The best time to leave a country is before a crisis if at all possible," the State Department wrote...'
'...For the first time ever, U.S. border agents encountered over 3.2 million illegal aliens on America’s borders in a single fiscal year, a number that is greater than the combined population of Hawaii, Alaska, and Vermont. ...'
'Democrats love open borders, but only here in the United States. ...in other places around the world where walls and fences protect national borders… well, those walls aren’t racist and they all work just fine. ...not only have Democrats made the economy less productive, they’re also trying to make us less secure. With only nine months of 2023 complete, Joe Biden and the Democrats have already let at least 169 terrorists into the country – and those are just the ones they caught. Democrats never let a crisis go to waste, even if they have to create it themselves.'
'...Proponents of the “open border” narrative in the past have pointed to Biden’s support of enforcing unauthorized border crossings as a civil offense instead of a criminal one during a Democratic presidential debate as evidence of open-border policies. Biden’s decision to halt border wall construction on his first day in office in January also has contributed to the narrative of open borders. ...'
