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President Biden kept classified documents for an $8m book deal, Congress heard on Tuesday. Republican congressman Jim Jordan accused Mr Biden of keeping material from his time as vice-president in order to write a book, for which he reportedly signed an $8 million deal. “He’s been in office for like 50 years…You know he knew …
The Senate’s bipartisan border security deal – wobbling early on its way to the 60 votes it needs to advance later this week – picked up two big public supporters on Monday. The first was Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has long championed the border talks as a means to unlock stalled Ukraine …
Hamas has given its initial approval for a ceasefire and hostage deal in the Gaza Strip, the Qatari foreign ministry announced on Thursday evening. Israel had also agreed to the proposal agreed to in talks in Paris, Doha added. “There is no deal yet. Hamas has received the proposal positively, but we are waiting for …
Donald Trump helped kill Congress’ last big bid for an immigration compromise. As the Senate closes in on its next attempt, members of both parties are prepared for the former president to try it again. Speaker Mike Johnson’s televised acknowledgement that he’s consulting with Trump on border policy is giving déjà vu to senators who witnessed the …
By Graham Summers, MBA The U.S. passed a debt ceiling resolution in May of 2023. Both the GOP and the Democrats claimed victory for the deal, but the reality is the government won and Americans were screwed. How do I know this? It took the U.S. 232 years to generate its first $10 trillion in …
via politico: A few days ago, talks to link border security restrictions with Ukraine funding were stalled. By Thursday afternoon, Chuck Schumer felt they’d made enough progress to shorten the chamber’s beloved recess. The border discussions are still exceedingly complicated and there’s no guarantee that negotiators — including the Biden administration, Senate leaders, Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Kyrsten …
Robert Kennedy Jr… In March of 2022 the Russians signed a peace deal and Zelinski initialed it. The Russians then started withdrawing their troops. Joe Biden then sent Boris Johnson to Kiev to blow up the agreement… since then 135,000 Ukrainian kids have died and 50,000… pic.twitter.com/0wAw5CIgFz — Pelham (@Resist_05) October 31, 2023 JUST IN …
Ex-IRS Contractor Pleads Guilty to Leaking Trump’s Tax Returns in Sweetheart DOJ Deal ‘When we have people, for whatever reason, take the law into their own hands society doesn’t function…. If anyone tells you the ends justify the means, they’re wrong….’ (Headline USA) A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service charged with leaking tax …
by Chris Black In a story which is getting remarkably little attention the State of New York is deploying its National Guard to deal with the state’s growing migrant crisis. (https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/public-safety/2022/10/29/new-york-national-guard-at-staten-island-hotels-housing-migrants) By ‘deal with’ we mean that the National Guard is going to provide soldiers to transport, feed, guard the housing of and ensure the …
The govenrment of Kenya is investigating claims of abuse by British soldiers. Accusations include acts of violence, murder, and sexual abuse. The Kenyan govenrment raised concerns that a defense agreement with Britian would exempt British soldiers from being charged with murder in Kenya. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/aug/14/kenya-launches-inquiry-into-claims-of-abuse-by-british-soldiers-at-training-unit h/t Settlemente
Israel remains the only country in the Middle East to have the world’s most advanced fighter jet in its arsenal. An F35 fighter jet In May 2018, Israel said it was the first to use the F-35 in combat [File: Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters] Published On 2 Jul 20232 Jul 2023 Israel will buy its third fleet …
Wheat prices jumped as much as 3.5% as news broke Monday that Russia let the UN-brokered grain deal lapse at midnight, Istanbul time, marking the end of the Turkey-administered humanitarian corridor which let Ukrainian grains get exported to global markets. Russia since confirmed the deal has been “terminated” Currently there’s speculation that the fresh attack …
by Chris Black I bet no one will appreciate his effort, i.e., neither Putin nor the West (“Zelensky”) would ever be interested in this kind of deal. RT: The French government may attempt to lure Kiev to the negotiating table with Russia by offering support for Ukraine’s accession to NATO after the conflict is over, …
If you're Biden's leading political opponent, the DOJ will try to put you in prison. If you're Biden's son, the DOJ will give you a sweetheart deal. pic.twitter.com/7z6l13shG8 — Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) June 20, 2023 President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is expected to plead guilty to federal tax crimes (not paying taxes) and illegally possessing …
The Justice Department’s review of the PGA Tour’s proposed merger with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund could delay the outcome of the deal. via WSJ: The Justice Department has notified the PGA Tour that it will review the Tour’s planned merger with LIV Golf’s Saudi backers for antitrust concerns, people familiar with the matter said, …
Twitter canceled a deal with @realdailywire to premiere What is a Woman? for free on the platform because of two instances of “misgendering.” I’m not kidding. Here's what happened:🧵1/16 — Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) June 1, 2023 2/16 One year ago today, we released What is a Woman?. To celebrate the occasion and expand the movie’s …
by Phoenix Capital Research It’s worse than I imagined. I had initially thought that the current debt ceiling deal would feature a small amount of spending cuts in 2024. In reality, it will feature NO CUTS and will in fact open the door to as much spending as the Biden Whitehouse desires. How is this possible? A single line in the …
WHITE HOUSE'S KIRBY: U.S. ANNOUNCING ADDITIONAL AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE No need to wait for the debt ceiling deal vote — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 31, 2023 White House: “Horrible things will happen if the US Treasury runs out of cash”. Also WH: “We’re sending 1% of our remaining cash to Ukraine”. To know what people …
