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View post on imgur.com “The Fourteenth Amendment has always excluded from birthright citizenship persons who were born in the United States but not “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” ” h/t jlee2027
Decision Desk HQ projects Ed Gallrein wins the KY US House 4 Republican Primary#DecisionMade: 7:41 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/fKQgbMNKzd — Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) May 19, 2026 🚨 JUST IN — REP. THOMAS MASSIE CONCEDES: "I would've come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent and concede." "And it took a while to find …
BREAKING: Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen has resigned #utpol #utleg pic.twitter.com/u2C5OEua9c — Katie McKellar (@KatieMcKellar1) May 8, 2026 Background: Utah leaders to probe relationship between Supreme Court justice, redistricting lawyer. SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s governor, Senate president and House speaker are launching an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen and allegations that she …
Conservative majority sides with GOP in major blow to minority representation… Decision allows states more leeway in redrawing districts before 2026 midterms… Justice Roberts: “The world has changed” as court shifts power back to state houses… Democrats warn of “systemic erasure” as House control hangs in the balance… Supreme Court voids majority Black congressional district …
The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE….. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2019
US and ISR today has hit Iran energy sites connected to the power grid. This is it. The global economy is done. byu/Former_Rush1821 inconspiracy US-Israeli strikes hit Iranian energy infrastructure hours after Trump announced a pause, raising questions over stated de-escalation efforts. Key Developments Iran says US-Israeli strikes targeted energy facilities in Isfahan and Khorramshahr. …
Trump is now blaming Hegseth, Jared, Witkoff, and Rubio for his decision to attack Iran. pic.twitter.com/0XkJJnkPsN — Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) March 11, 2026
Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal I’m starting to think this war was never Trump’s idea nor decision Think about it: This entire war is for energy. It started under Biden, forcing Europe off Russian natural gas and replacing it with American gas, all thanks to the war in Ukraine and the blowing up of Nordstream It worked. …
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Trump has already maxxmogged by finding multiple alternate bases for the tariffs, thereby reclaiming aura and rugging premature celebration by jestergooning Democrats. https://t.co/VzANtlpamB — David Sacks (@DavidSacks) February 20, 2026 President Donald Trump came out to speak to the press from the White House on Friday to express his feelings on the Supreme Court’s Decision …
Uncharted Territory: US & Russia Now Have No Limits On Nuclear Weapons https://t.co/msDea3821y — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 5, 2026 On Thursday the world woke up entering uncharted territory as the US-Russia New START Nuclear Treaty has expired without renewal. The pact’s last active day was February 4. While there’s yet hope that a comparable replacement …
Will the stock market drop after the rate decision? Central bank leaders will announce their January interest rate decision at 2 p.m. ET. The meeting follows weeks of political pressure from the Trump administration and a recently announced Department of Justice probe.
Bond markets do not scream unless something is wrong. Japan cracking at a 26 year high while France and Germany follow is not a coincidence. This is the cost of pretending debt did not matter for a decade. Once the bond vigilantes wake up, they do not go back to sleep easily. https://twitter.com/GordianKnotFinX/status/2002947193347658025 Gold hits …
.@POTUS on birthright citizenship: “That case was meant for the babies of slaves… That case was not meant for some rich person coming from another country, putting a foot in our country, and all of a sudden their whole family becomes United States citizens." pic.twitter.com/4OiwXKbIZq — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 9, 2025
MORGAN STANLEY Now expects cuts in Dec, Jan, and April to reach 3.0–3.25%. • Statement to signal risk-management cuts are done. • Several dissents expected. • No major change to dots. JPMORGAN Also expects a “hawkish cut.” • Statement to hint fewer cuts ahead. • Dot plot: 3.4% (2026), 3.1% (2027), possibly higher longer-run. • …
WASHINGTON (CN) — A D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday froze a federal judge’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s effort to widely bar transgender people from serving in the military, finding the judge afforded “insufficient deference” to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s judgment. In a 2-1 decision led by two Trump appointees, the appeals panel stayed …
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not reconsider its landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to same-sex marriage, rejecting a bid by former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to overturn the decision. Davis, who served as the Rowan County clerk, drew national attention when she stopped issuing marriage licenses to …
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor, as protesters gathered outside a U.S. Coast Guard base where they were located. Trump posted on social media that Mayor Daniel Lurie told him Wednesday night that the city was making progress …
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/supreme-court-declines-to-take-action-on-trumps-request-to-fire-fed-governor-for-now/ The Supreme Court on Wednesday announced that it will hear oral arguments in January on a request from the Trump administration to allow the president to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. In a brief, unsigned order, the justices delayed their decision on the administration’s plea to pause a ruling by …
Trump did not just push the boundaries of power. He forced the courts to decide if the Federal Reserve’s independence now means protecting one of its own when fraud allegations surface. The statute says a governor can only be removed “for cause.” But it never defined the term. That hole in the law is now …
Gov. Ron DeSantis defends the decision to drop vaccine mandates in Florida 👏 pic.twitter.com/7zsnm69ZvH — Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) September 8, 2025
The United States faces an economic fault line few are willing to stare at, yet the cracks are widening visibly under policies that appear deliberately reckless, with consequences that could cascade across every sector of daily life and national finance, destabilizing supply chains, investment confidence, and ordinary household budgets simultaneously. President Trump has warned that …
Zelensky calls Trump’s Alaska summit a “dead decision.” Putin demands Ukraine give up annexed land. Trump’s pitch is “some swapping of territories.” Zelensky’s response is clear: “We will not gift our land to the occupier.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/zelensky-rejects-trump-s-suggestion-of-ceding-territory/ar-AA1Kd8ND Trump’s meeting with Putin is set for August 15. There is no Ukraine at the table. No European delegation …
Asked whether Israel can destroy the underground Fordo facility without assistance from the United States, Netanyahu said, “We will achieve all our objectives and hit all of their nuclear facilities. We have the capability to do that.” Fordo is buried under a mountain and widely considered to be out of reach of all but America’s …
This is the first time since 1965 a president has called in the military without a governor’s approval. Suddenly none of these snakes are saying “No one is above the law.” anymore. Gee, I wonder what changed their minds.
A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Friday that more than 65,000 votes cast in the contested race for the state Supreme Court in 2024 must be recounted and verified — a win for the Republican candidate in the razor-thin, disputed contest and a decision that could potentially tip the election …
What you need to know President Donald Trump is set to unveil new tariffs today at the White House. Trump is expected to detail sweeping new levies on goods imported into the United States at a Rose Garden event at 4 p.m. ET. The White House is calling the new tariff rollout “Make America Wealthy …
Days after announcing it would stop purchasing over 50 traditional American liquor products made in Canada as a response to U.S. tariffs, the Government of Saskatchewan has reversed its decision. “Government has since heard concerns about some of these products that are produced in Canada,” the province said in a statement released Monday afternoon. “As …
Combine that with California and Arizona’s new requirement for only cage-free egg production, and we’ve got an absolute disaster on our hands. Egg prices have skyrocketed by a whopping 64% during Biden’s presidency. EGGS: Here's Why It's Been So Hard to Find Eggs. The CDC reported that a staggering 128,907,392 wild aquatic birds, commercial poultry, …
Interest rate futures now show a base case of Fed rate cuts being paused until June 2025. The decision to pause cuts appears to be largely uncontested by Fed officials. PCE inflation data Friday is huge. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis as this develops. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) January 29, 2025