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#10 Government Shutdown Deadline Looms as Paul Threatens to Delay Funding Package - Alexander Bolton for The Hill, Elon Musk, Wendi Patterson, Publius, and DigiGal and Rep Thomas Massie on X
Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is threatening to hold up a short-term funding package that needs to pass by the end of the day Friday to avoid a government shutdown unless leaders in Congress agree to vote on amendments to offset the cost of new spending in the proposal. Paul has significant leverage to force colleagues to vote on spending cuts because congressional leaders are late in unveiling the continuing resolution, which is expected to fund the government until March 14. The House may not even vote on the package until Wednesday or Thursday, which means Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will need the cooperation of all 99 other senators to get it through the Senate by the end-of-week deadline...
#9 Canada Unveils New Border Security Plan Amid Trump Tariff Threats - Economic Times, Nick Sortor, DC Draino, Eric Daugherty, and Karoline Leavitt on X
Canada's newly appointed finance minister, Dominique LeBlanc, spoke to Border Czar Tom Homan to present a fresh border security plan to him and the incoming US administration under President-elect Donald Trump. With an investment of C$1.3 billion, the plan will crack down on fentanyl and illegal immigration, among other things, as part of a five-prong strategy.#8 Tom Homan: America’s New Border Czar - Brooklynn Robinson for UncoverDC
Thomas Douglas Homan began his career as a police officer in West Carthage, New York. In 1984, he joined the U.S. Border Patrol and served as a border patrol agent. He then began to work his way up through the ranks and served in various capacities, such as a special agent, supervisory special agent, and deputy assistant director. In 2013, President Obama appointed Homan as Immigration and Customs Enforcement's executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations. Mr. Homan received President Obama's Presidential Rank Award in 2015 due to his accomplishments in immigration enforcement. Five years later, in 2020, President Trump awarded Mr. Homan the National Security Medal...#7 In Reversal, Key House Panel Votes to Release Matt Gaetz Ethics Report - CNN, Steve Gruber, The Post Millennial/Karli Bonne, and The New York Post on X
The House Ethics Committee secretly voted earlier this month to release its report into the conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz before the end of this Congress, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. The report is now expected to be made public after the House’s final day of votes this year as lawmakers leave Washington for the holidays, those sources said. The vote, which has not previously been reported, amounts to a stark reversal for the panel after it had voted along party lines in late November not to release the results of the investigation. The decision to release the report suggests that some Republicans ultimately decided to side with Democrats on the matter, and it is unclear if the committee will once again change course now that it has voted...
#6 GOP Battle Erupts Over Social Security Bill - Alexander Bolton for The Hill, Paul A. Mancuso, Senator Chris Van Hollen, and Wayne Montgomery/Newsmaxm, and Mike Lee on X
Republican senators battled behind closed doors Tuesday over a proposal to beef up Social Security benefits for people who are eligible for non-Social Security government pensions. The legislation, which has passed the House, is expected to reach the Senate floor Wednesday, but some Republicans who are worried about its price tag are hoping to stop it dead. One GOP senator who attended Tuesday’s meeting described it as “an intense discussion.”
#5 Florida to Lose PornHub Access - Jasmine Laws for Newsweek, Texas Patriot, Matt, Drama Alert, Jack, and Florida Politics on X
PornHub is blocking website visits from Florida on the first day of 2025 in response to the state's new over-18 age verification law for access to adult websites. On Tuesday, visitors to the pornographic video site in the state received a message saying: "You will lose access to PornHub in 14 days." The site appeared to be saying in messaging that a requirement to provide driver's license details to gain entry will put everybody's privacy at risk...
#4 A 2014 Missouri Law Likely Affecting Defendants' Fifth Amendment Rights - Tracy Ciepiela for UncoverDC, and Tracy Beanz on X
Unintended consequences are coming up after a Missouri Constitutional Amendment was approved by voters in 2014. It was undoubtedly an attempt to get tougher on certain criminals. The law is likely violating a defendant's Fifth Amendment Rights. It might not concern many people when the accused's rights are questioned until someone you know is accused of a crime. The following quote comes from a 21-year-old whose identity is being withheld as he waits for an appeal. He was just sentenced to 60 years, which amounts to a life sentence for something he continues to strenuously insist he is not guilty of...
#3 Argentinian President Javier Milei Plans to Attend Trump Inauguration - Fin Gómez for CBS News, Eric Daugherty, Johnny Maga, Overton/Dan Scavino on X
Argentina's President Javier Milei plans to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration in January, a spokesperson for Milei confirmed Tuesday. A spokesperson for the Trump transition team did not reply to a request for comment. Milei, a Trump acolyte who was elected last year and describes himself as an "anarcho-capitalist," posted on X on Monday a link to a news report and wrote "Make Argentina Great Again, Make America Great Again," adding a handshake emoji between U.S. and Argentine flag emojis...
#2 Donald Trump Unveils New Haircut - James Bickerton for Newsweek, Bricktop NAFO, Clown World, and RT India on X
On Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump was filmed at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, with what appeared to be a different hairstyle from usual, sparking speculation on social media that he'd had a haircut. In footage shared on X, formerly Twitter, by supporter Michael Solakiewicz (@michaelsolakiewicz), Trump's hair appears noticeably shorter and/or more compact than is usually the case. Newsweek contacted Trump's presidential transition team for comment on Wednesday via email outside of regular office hours...
#1 Dangerous DNA Contamination: Yet Another Study Calls for Immediate Halt to mRNA COVID-19 Jabs - Tracy Beanz and Michelle Edwards for The HighWire, UncoverDC, Sonia Elijah, and Tom Czerniawski on X
Although the Big Pharma-funded mainstream media chose not to broadcast this critical information, a recent peer-reviewed study of the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 shot should be of concern to everyone. Published December 3, 2024, in Science, Public Health Policy & the Law—a journal founded in 2020 that aims to disseminate objective and ethically conducted studies and other scientific publications following rigorous peer review—the eye-opening article concludes that there are “grave concerns regarding the safety of the BNT162b2 vaccine.” The three German study authors maintain that the results of their analysis “call for an immediate halt of all RNA biologicals unless these concerns can be dispelled.” The authors wrote...And Now for Something Special 
Scientists Finally Discovery Why Some Cats Are Orange–and Why They Tend to Be Males - Andy Corbley for Good News Network
Orange cats have won a reputation for being energetic rascals. In Italy, it’s said the red cat is always the leader. That’s probably because red/orange cats are almost always males, and now we know why thanks to two teams of scientists probing the genetic lineage of the orange coat in domesticated felines. Working separately, reports Smithsonian Magazine, the two teams have independently arrived at the same conclusion—a mutation on the X chromosome...
