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#10 Terror Watch Listed Migrant Criminal from Colombia Arrested at Texas Border - Jennie Taer for the New York Post
A Colombian national was found to be a “positive match” on the terror watchlist and identified as a former member of the Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) after he was arrested for illegally crossing the southern border, The Post can reveal. Jerminton Genaro-Quinones Carvajal — who was arrested near El Paso, Texas, on March 8 — admitted to previously overseeing the “transportation of goods and unmarked crates” which he knew sometimes contained firearms, ammunition, and cocaine for the FARC, according to an exclusively obtained internal US Border Patrol memo. Carvajal told federal authorities he had “demobilized” from the FARC — described as one of Colombia’s most powerful violent dissident groups by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence...
#9 Supreme Court Extends Block on Texas Law That Would Allow Police to Arrest Migrants - Lindsay Whitehurst for Associated Press
The Supreme Court on Monday continued to block, for now, a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out. A one-page order signed by Justice Samuel Alito indefinitely prevents Texas from enforcing a sweeping state immigration enforcement law that had been set to take effect this month. The language of the order strongly suggests the court will take additional action, but it is unclear when... The United States Army, the nation’s largest military branch, is requesting $2.35 billion to make quality-of-life improvements to its barracks amid an ongoing recruiting crisis and reports of “poor” living conditions, Military.com reported. The Army released its fiscal year 2025 proposed budget last week, which reprioritized a significant portion of its funds to addressing the reportedly squalid conditions of some of its barracks. In total, the branch is requesting a $185.9 billion annual budget — a 0.2% increase from fiscal year 2024. The Army aims to allocate $2.35 billion to improving its barracks, according to the budget request. It earmarked $1.5 billion for barracks this year. The game is on, and to the Anti-Defamation League, pushing back against the wacky and woke looks a lot like hatred running wild. But others are wondering about the timing of the ADL’s entry into the cause of video game regulation, coming as it has after about 200,000 gamers who are blowing the proverbial whistle on Sweet Baby Inc. Sweet Baby Inc. weaves its left-leaning storytelling into video games, and many protesting its work believe that it leaves a trail of wokeness in its wake. But while the left is facing criticism for producing a nauseating product, the right has some heavy hitters to contend with. Lawyers for former President Donald Trump say he's unlikely to secure a bond for the nearly half-billion he and other defendants need to pause a judge's February ruling in a New York civil fraud case. They're asking an appeals court to stay the judgment while Trump challenges it. The judgment, with accrued interest, saddled the defendants with a $464 million tab. In a nearly 5,000-page filing on Monday, Trump's lawyers wrote that "a bond requirement of this enormous magnitude—effectively requiring cash reserves approaching $1 billion....is unprecedented." A new study from psychological researchers in Finland, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, finds a positive correlation between an individual's commitment to social justice beliefs, including "intersectionality," "antiracism," and "wokeness," and experiencing a life full of anxiety and depression. As the 'woke mind virus' spreads like cancer across Western nations, there are new concerns about a developing mental health crisis. This is because the study, titled "Construction and validation of a scale for assessing critical social justice attitudes," finds an elevated risk of anxiety and depression in the Finnish population who practice the so-called "woke" religion. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. teens say they feel happy or peaceful when they don’t have their phones with them, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. In a survey published Monday, Pew also found that despite the positive associations with going phone-free, most teens have not limited their phone or social media use. The survey comes as policymakers and children’s advocates are growing increasingly concerned with teens’ relationships with their phones and social media. Last fall, dozens of states, including California and New York, sued Instagram and Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features that addict children. In January, the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X, and other social media companies went before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify about their platforms’ harms to young people.
#8 Army Seeks $2.35 Billion to Improve Barracks Amid Recruiting Crisis, Reports of ‘Poor’ Living Conditions - Candace Hathaway for The Blaze
#7 Barack Obama Calls at Downing Street for Mystery Meeting - Oliver JJ Lane for Breitbart
Barack Obama surprised when he turned up at Rishi Sunak’s front door on Monday, going inside the historic Downing Street residence for an hour and meeting with the Prime Minister. Former President Obama walked up to the famous black door alone but later emerged alongside the U.S. Ambassador to London, Jane Hartley. While Obama and Sunak clearly had enough to be talking about, the reason for the visit and what was discussed was not immediately disclosed, the mystery talk being described by an official to British government-adjacent newspaper, The Daily Telegraph as “informal” and private. The Times notes shortly before Obama entered Downing Street, the British finance minister also arrived at the Prime Minister’s official office and residence by the front door. That arrival may be seen as a pointed statement given it is thought to be possible to get to the Prime Minister’s office from the Chancellor’s through internal passageways without going onto the street to be seen by the press.
#6 ADL Pushes For Gov't to Investigate, Regulate 'Extremism' In Gaming After Gamers Push Back Against DEI - Jack Davis for The Western Journal#5 Trump's Lawyers Say It's "a Practical Impossibility" to Secure $464 Million Bond in Time - Graham Kates for CBS News and Simon Ateba on X
#4 Arizona County Faces 'Homelessness on Steroids' as Migrant Shelter Funds Run Out - Ted Hesson and Liliana Salgado for Reuters
An Arizona migrant shelter that has housed thousands of asylum seekers plans to halt most operations in two weeks when funding from Washington runs out, a problem for towns along the border where officials fear a surge in homelessness and extra costs. Arizona's Pima County, which borders Mexico, has said that at the end of the month, its contracts must stop with Tucson's Casa Alitas shelter and services that transport migrants north from the border cities of Nogales, Douglas, and Lukeville.
Households have too much debt, thanks to trying to cope with Bidenomics and Bidenflation. And much of the debt burden falls on the middle class. Serious auto delinquencies are on the rise. And lowest earners saw the biggest increase in credit card delinquencies. And who do voters prefer as of today? Trump on interest rates and personal debt. In addition to the absurd idea of removing title searches for government-guaranteed mortgages (now rely on attorney opinions), the Biden Administration is considering a homebuyer tax credit … that likely won’t help much. And if you want to see which lenders have the largest concentrations of commercial real estate (CRE) loans, BankOZK takes the cake as the most concentrated lender...
#3 Too Much Debt (Coping With Bidenflation) And The Downside Of Federal Housing Policies - Anthony B. Sanders Confounded Interests
U.S. wage growth has slowed sharply over the past year and is getting closer to returning to its pre-pandemic level, according to new data from career site Indeed. The wage tracker – based on salaries for job advertisements listed on Indeed – showed that salaries were up 3.3% in February compared with the same time one year ago. That is a marked drop from January 2022, when wages were up about 9.3%, suggesting that employers are facing less competition for new hires. "The pace of deceleration is striking," wrote Indeed labor economist Nick Bunker. "Posted wage growth has fallen by almost 3 percentage points over the past year."
#2 Wages in the US are Falling at a 'Striking' Pace, Indeed Says - Megan Henney for Fox Business
#1 Woke Mind Virus Causes 'Anxiety & Depression,' New Study Reveals - Tyler Durden Zero Hedge and Ricky Doggin X
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Most Teens Report Feeling Happy or Peaceful When They Go Without Smartphones, Pew Survey Finds - Barbara Ortutay for AP News and News4Jax
