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#10 Drunk Driving, Fraud, and an Agency 'Golden Boy': Blaze Media's Steve Baker Exposes Apparent Scandals in the US Capitol Police - Cortney Weil For Blaze Media and Steve Baker on X
Steve Baker, an investigative reporter with Blaze Media who was recently arrested in connection with his work as an independent journalist documenting the events of January 6, has an explosive new report that indicates that several current and former uniformed members of the United States Capitol Police — including a USCP assistant chief who recently testified in front of Congress — effectively failed upward, receiving prestigious promotions despite previous professional scandals that were ultimately hushed up...
#9 Mortgage Woes Continue! Purchase Applications (Demand) Now Down 14% From Last Year - Anthony B. Sanders Confounded Interest
The woes for the mortgage market continue under President Magoo. Mortgage applications decreased 1.6 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 15, 2024. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 1.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index decreased 1 percent compared with the previous week. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 1 percent from one week earlier. The unadjusted Purchase Index decreased 1 percent compared with the previous week and was 14 percent lower than the same week one year ago...
#8 Texas Immigration Law on Hold Again After Late-Night Appeal - Randy Clark for Breitbart
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling allowing Texas SB4 Immigration Law to go into effect on Tuesday was short-lived. Within hours of the court’s decision to move the matter back into the hands of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, a three-member panel on the New Orleans-based court blocked the law from taking effect in a 2-1 vote. The appellate court then scheduled oral arguments on the matter for Wednesday...
#7 Fed Keeps Rate Cut Predictions Despite Stubborn Inflation - Will Kessler for The Daily Caller
The Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that it would not change its benchmark federal funds rate or its prediction for the year, even as persistent inflation pushes back rate cut expectations. The Fed’s decision not to change rates keeps the target range between 5.25% and 5.50%, the highest level since 2001, marking the fifth meeting in a row where the Fed chose to not adjust the rate, according to an announcement from the Fed following a meeting by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Despite high rates, the Fed has so far failed to decelerate inflation down to its goal of 2%, with the consumer price index (CPI) most recently measuring at 3.2% in February year-over-year, up from 3.1% in the month before...
#6 Republicans Can’t Beat Democrats’ Ballot Harvesting Game Until They Actually Start Playing It - Brianna Lyman for The Federalist
Republicans have long shunned the practice of “ballot harvesting” — and with good reason. Trafficking voters’ ballots by the batch is a core Democrat strategy, and even when done legally, the practice makes it harder to detect potential ballot fraud and undermines voter confidence. But with dozens of states permitting legal ballot collection, Republicans can no longer sit back and hope Election Day turnout will be enough to combat Democrats’ tactics...
#5 Florida does it again! Florida Lawmakers Pass Bill to Revoke Squatters' Rights, Protect Property Owners - Tanner Stewart for WearNews ABC 3, Beverly A Pekala and Disclose TV on X
All 50 states have squatters rights, but how and when these laws are enforced varies by state. Now, Florida lawmakers have passed a bill to put a stop to it here in our state. House Bill 621 authorizes property owners to request action by the sheriff's office to immediately remove squatters from your home. The bill passed overwhelmingly in the Florida Senate last week. Before this bill is signed into law, squatters are considered tenants in the eyes of the law. Now, squatters will soon face criminal charges for violating what was once within their rights... The Biden administration has finalized a slate of highly-anticipated environmental regulations curbing gas-powered vehicle tailpipe emissions as part of its broader efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat global warming. In a joint announcement Wednesday, the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled the most aggressive multi-pollutant emission standards ever finalized. While the regulations target gas-powered vehicles, they are explicitly designed to push wider nationwide adoption of electric vehicles (EV) and, according to officials, are expected to ensure nearly 70% of all new car sales are zero-emissions within a few years."President Biden is investing in America, in our workers, and in the unions that built our middle class and established the U.S. auto sector as a leader in the world," White House national climate adviser Ali Zaidi said in a statement. "The President’s agenda is working." There is a new threat to food safety in the form of injecting mRNA or modRNA (synthetic or ‘modified’ RNA) vaccines into livestock. Merck has developed the mRNA vaccine Sequivity, which has already been licensed for pigs in the USA, and Australia is currently fast-tracking these jabs to prevent several diseases contracted by cattle. Critics say they could make us more susceptible to the diseases they aim to prevent. There is also the concern that mRNA vaccines could cause prion diseases. Prions attack nerve cells and cause neurodegenerative brain disorders, the most common of which is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), also known as mad cow disease. It killed nearly 200 people in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s, thanks to corrupted meat and bone meal cattle feed. New cases were still emerging in 2019... Planet Fitness is placing women and girls in danger of sexual assault. Attacks on women are something it knows about all too well. Planet Fitness is a fitness gym with over 2,500 locations worldwide. Recently, an Alaskan woman was shocked to find a biological man shaving in the women’s dressing and shower area inside her local Planet Fitness. When she complained to the manager, she was told that biological men who identify as women are welcome inside the ladies’ room. When she complained to the corporate office and provided a picture from her phone as proof, the company canceled her membership and issued this statement to FoxNews in full support of gender-confused men: "As the home of the Judgement Free Zone, Planet Fitness is committed to creating an inclusive environment. Our gender identity non-discrimination policy states that members and guests may use the gym facilities that best align with their sincere, self-reported gender identity.” A rescue flight from the Treasure Coast took off Thursday morning to bring supplies to Haiti and also pick up dozens of people who want to evacuate the country. Missionary Flights International, a non-profit organization based in Fort Pierce, left Treasure Coast International Airport at approximately 6:30 a.m. for its second trip of the week to the island nation. A plane packed with food, hygiene products, and other supplies was due to arrive at Cap-Haïtien International Airport in the northern part of the island, pick up 15 evacuees, then arrive back in Florida at approximately 5:30 p.m. "The airport [in Port-au-Prince] has been taken over by gangs, and we just don't have permission to get in there," said Bud McLaughlin with Missionary Flights International. Meanwhile, a state-chartered flight from Haiti landed in Sanford, Florida, less than 24 hours ago with 14 evacuees on board. The island nation has been sinking into chaos amid rampant gang violence and political instability. Haitians are desperate for food, shelter, and supplies as political tensions grow and violence continues to escalate...
#4 Biden Finalizes Crackdown on Gas Cars, Forcing More Than Half of New Car Sales to Be Electric by 2030 - Thomas Catenacci for Fox News and alasirmotors, Senator Deb Fischer on X
#3 US Congress Struggling to Reach Spending Deal to Avert Weekend Shutdown - David Morgan for Reuters and Newsmax on X
A fractured U.S. Congress struggled behind the scenes on Wednesday to produce a massive spending bill to fund defense, homeland security, and other programs that lawmakers must pass before the weekend to avert a partial government shutdown. Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republican leaders said they hope to vote on Friday, leaving the Democratic-majority Senate just hours to meet a midnight deadline by passing legislation that is expected to cover about three-fourths of the $1.66 trillion in discretionary government spending for the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1...
#2 Will They Never Learn? Jabs For Farm Animals Could Endanger Human Lives - Sally Beck for TCW and Daniel Horowitz on X
#1 Planet Fitness Backlash: Says Men OK to Use Women's Dressing Rooms - American Family Radio, Libs of Tik Tok and End Wokeness on X
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Second Rescue, Relief Flight This Week Leaves from Treasure Coast to Haiti - WPTV, Ken Griffit, Christina Pushaw, Ron DeSantis on X
