Johnson will need the Dems to Pass!! House Rules Committee nixes vote on short-term spending bill after GOP opposition

The House Rules Committee on Monday opted against voting on a short-term spending bill that would avert a government shutdown, setting the stage for a scenario in which House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will need to rely on Democrats to pass the contentious measure. Johnson’s three month continuing resolution, which would keep the government funded …

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Court rules nearly 98,000 Arizonans whose citizenship hadn’t been confirmed can vote the full ballot

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn’t been confirmed can vote in state and local races, a significant decision that could influence ballot measures and tight legislative races. The court’s decision comes after officials uncovered a database error that for two decades mistakenly designated …

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Nonprofits Sue IRS Alleging Political Speech Rules Not Applied Equally

Two Texas churches and a couple of nonprofit organizations with tax-exempt status are challenging the IRS in federal court over alleged violations of their freedom of speech, free exercise of religion, and equal treatment under the law. The group alleges that numerous churches and “left-leaning” publications that are owned by tax-exempt nonprofits routinely support Democratic …

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Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid & Disability Benefits

Thousands of children and adults were automatically terminated from Medicaid and disability benefits programs by a computer system that was supposed to make applying for and receiving health coverage easier.Deloitte has built automatic Medicaid eligibility determination systems for more than 20 states, including Tennessee Thousands of Tennesseans were illegally denied Medicaid and other benefits due to programming …

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Judge Rules RFK Jr. Can Sue Biden Admin Over Censorship After Supreme Court Rejects Challenge From States

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can continue to pursue his lawsuit against the Biden administration over censorship at the direction of the government. The decision comes after a June ruling by the Supreme Court, which established who can sue the Biden administration for violating their First Amendment rights when government officials pressured social …

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SS Rules of Engagement — Secret Service protocol in this situation is to wait until the President is fired upon to return fire. This is why Secret Service did not shoot first.

Secret Service Rules of Engagement: The Secret Service’s protocol requires agents to wait until the president is fired upon before returning fire, which led to immediate backlash after the assassination attempt on Trump. Drone Usage Controversy: Questions have arisen about whether the Secret Service utilized drones for situational awareness during the incident, with experts arguing …

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Dusseldorf court rules far-right AfD members cannot legally possess firearms in Germany.

According to a recent ruling by the Dusseldorf Administrative Court, members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party cannot legally possess firearms under Germany’s weapons law. The AfD has been deemed a suspected extremist group, and as a result, a married couple who were party members must surrender all of their firearms. Germany’s domestic intelligence …

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Replacing Biden won’t be as easy as Democrats currently believe. Party rules make it almost impossible. Biden has to quit voluntarily, for replacement to be named.

Democratic Party rules make it almost impossible to replace nominees without their consent, let alone smoothly substitute in someone else. President Joe Biden’s performance in the first debate Thursday has sparked a new round of criticism from Democrats, as well as public and private musing about whether he should remain at the top of the …

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Israel’s Supreme Court rules ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted into military

Israel’s Supreme Court recently made a unanimous ruling that ultra-Orthodox Jewish men must be drafted into the military. This decision ends a decades-old system that previously granted exemptions to ultra-Orthodox men from military service. The court emphasized that there was no legal basis for differentiating between yeshiva students and other eligible Israelis for conscription, effectively removing …

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Top Spanish court rules kissing is sexual assault.

Spain’s Supreme Court recently ruled that a kiss without “tacit consent” can be considered sexual assault. This decision came just months before former football federation chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial over an unsolicited kiss at the Women’s World Cup. The court upheld a lower court ruling from the southern region of Andalusia, which convicted a police officer of sexual assault. The …

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SCOTUS rules 8-1 that people under a restraining order can be disarmed.

OPINION: 22-915 United States v. Rahimi https://t.co/SwiwMXrlzh When an individual has been found by a court to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another, that individual may be temporarily disarmed consistent with the Second Amendment. ROBERTS, C. J., delivered… — SCOTUS Updates (@USSupremeCourt) June 21, 2024 So they've legalized red flag laws. …

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Joe Bidens EPA Rules Could Cause Blackouts for Millions of Americans

President Joe Biden’s aggressive climate regulations targeting fossil-fuel-fired power plants will create widespread electric grid instability and lead to mass blackouts impacting millions of Americans, according to a recent study commissioned by North Dakota’s state government. The research, conducted in May by the firm Always On Energy Research, concluded that the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently …

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Fundamentally Wrong’: Virginia Heads For Exit Ramp After Adopting California’s ‘Out-Of-Touch’ EV Rules

Virginia is ditching rules that would have mandated 100% of new car sales to be electric vehicles (EVs) by 2035. Under former Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, the state enacted a law in 2021 that hitched it to California’s stringent vehicle emissions standards, the latest version of which will require the phase-out of internal combustion …

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One million United Methodists have quit overnight over new rules about homosexuality

More than one million United Methodists have quit the church overnight over new rules about homosexuality. During a North Carolina conference in early May, the United Methodist Church – a global denomination of Protestantism based in the US – changed some regulations to allow gay pastors and same-sex marriage. The Ivory Coast division – which …

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Court Finds Error In Jan. 6 Case, But Obama Judge Rules Against Convict, Juror admitted couldnt be non biased

A federal judge wrongly stopped a Jan. 6, 2021, defendant from striking a potential juror who admitted he could not view the defendant as presumptively innocent, a U.S. appeals court has found. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta [an Obama appointee] denied a request from lawyers for Thomas Webster, who was later convicted on multiple counts, …

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Dems Circumvent Their Own Rules to Nominate Biden Virtually for Ohio Deadline

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) plans to hold a “virtual roll call” to nominate Joe Biden before the party’s August convention, aiming to secure his place on Ohio’s general election ballot. The announcement arrived Tuesday as the Ohio State Legislature commenced a special session ordered by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine to address the issue… Dems …

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Supreme Court Rules Against Cryptocurrency Exchange Coinbase

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) in a case where the cryptocurrency exchange contended that disputes about a sweepstakes it ran should only be settled by arbitration. In the unanimous opinion, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said a court must decide where the dispute will be handled. “We conclude that a court, not …

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Civil Asset Forfeiture – Supreme Court Rules On Due Process

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the due process rights of two Alabama women were not violated when they both had to wait over a year for a court hearing to challenge the police seizure of their cars. In a 6–3 decision, the Court’s conservative majority held in the case Culley v. Marshall, Attorney General of …

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Airlines Sue Transportation Dept Over Rules Requiring Fee Disclosures…

Several major US airlines and their lobbying group sued the US Transportation Department over new regulations mandating up-front disclosure of certain fees, in a fight over rules the agency says could mean big savings for travelers. The lawsuit was filed Friday at the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals by industry trade group Airlines for America and the carriers, including American Airlines, Delta …

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Simply Unaffordable! Mortgage Demand (Purchase Applications) Fall 14% Compared To One Year Ago While HUD Energy Rules Will Add Up To $31,000 To New Home Prices (Payback Time Is 90 Years)

by confoundedinterest17 Housing in the US is simply unaffordable, particularly after HUD levied new regulation rising the cost of new housing up to $31,000. Wait for this to kick into the data for mortgage demand! Mortgage applications decreased 2.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications …

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New Biden Energy Rules Will Raise the Cost of a New Home by $31,000

via Mike Shedlock New HUD energy rules will raise the cost of home construction by imposing stricter building codes. Payback time is 90 years. Homes To Become Even More Unaffordable The Wall Street Journal comments on Biden’s New Plan for Unaffordable Housing. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is mandating costly new energy standards for …

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Costs soon: Your electricity is going way way higher. EPA power plant rules will drive up energy costs and further destabilize U.S. grid.

Brace for higher electricity bills as EPA rules demand costly changes to power plants. CNN’s Bill Weir declares Biden’s coal power plant rules mark the demise of coal energy in America. Key Points: EPA requires carbon capture tech for coal plants, starting 2032, to continue operating past 2039. Carbon capture captures CO2 emissions, but costs …

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