George Soros says he’s not to blame for rise in violent crime

Biden Seeks $80 Billion to Beef Up IRS Audits
The president’s “American Families Plan,” which he will detail this week, will be offset in part by a tax enforcement effort that administration officials believe will raise $700 billion over a decade.

Apple, GE, other major US companies ask Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action
The companies said race needs to be considered to help build diverse workforces.

Los Angeles Ends Citizenship Requirement for Government Jobs
"This motion seeks to make clear that the County, as one of the largest employers in the region, strives to be an inclusive and diverse workforce, and is committed to not excluding nor allowing citizenship to be a barrier to employment.”

George Soros says it's not his fault violent crime is on the rise
"The most rigorous academic study, analyzing data across 35 jurisdictions, shows no connection between the election of reform-minded prosecutors and local crime rates."

San Francisco CEO mugged at gunpoint, warns Mayor Breed about the ‘absolutely unacceptable’ crime rate
Prologis CEO Hamid Moghadam was mugged outside his $15 million home in San Francisco last month. Owned by the Vanguard Group and BlackRock, Prologis is the largest industrial real estate firm in the world.

US Department Of Commerce Asks Gun Holster Companies For Sales Records
Why would the Census Bureau request customer records from American gun holster companies?

Ammunition distributor claims a lot of “missing” packages from UPS
Patrick Collins, from The Gun Food, claims that many packages he’s shipped out via UPS have been turning up missing.

Wisconsin clerks refer 10 new voter fraud cases from 2020 election
Some cases involved voting in two different states or voter impersonation.

Chilling audio from moments before co-pilot jumped from plane at 3,500 feet
The co-pilot of a small cargo plane in North Carolina reportedly jumped out of the aircraft before the other pilot successfully made an emergency landing, authorities said.

Manchin will talk to Sinema about supporting climate, tax deal
Sinema has kept silent about whether she will support the deal, which needs the votes of all 50 members of the Senate Democratic caucus to pass.

Democratic anxiety grows over Sinema’s silence
Democratic lawmakers are privately worried that Sinema’s not happy about being left out of the negotiations between Schumer and Manchin.

Jean-Pierre And Doocy Spar Over Tax Increases
“So, the Joint Committee on Taxation, which you guys heralded as an effective body when you were selling the infrastructure package, is not to be trusted here?” Doocy asked.

Jean-Pierre’s Attempted Joke Largely Gets Crickets From Reporters
KJP about PBiden’s condition after testing positive for COVID-19 a second time. “The day’s still young, you never know,” she joked. “Just making a joke, clearly it was not funny. I will try harder next time to be more funny.”

House Republicans Introduce Resolution Declaring Critical Race Theory A Threat To US
The resolution, first obtained by the Daily Caller, mentions the similarities between CRT and Marxism, and states that CRT is a Marxist ideology.

Trump, DeSantis top prospective 2024 GOP primary: Harvard/Harris poll
The poll found that in a hypothetical eight-way primary for the GOP’s 2024 nod, Trump is far-and-away the frontrunner, scoring 52 percent support. DeSantis, meanwhile, is the only candidate to win double-digit support at 19 percent.

Final stretch of primaries will showcase a divided GOP
With less than 100 days to go until the November midterms, lasting rifts over the past election will take center stage.

Three Republicans who backed impeachment face the voters
Washington’s Jaime Herrera Beutler and Dan Newhouse and Michigan’s Peter Meijer face Trump-backed challengers.

Herschel Walker Responds To MSNBC Contributor Using Racist Slur On Him
Walker promised Monday to pray for the MSNBC contributor who suggested he was one of the “negroes” who would do what Republicans wanted him to do.

Liz Cheney boasts support of Yellowstone star Kevin Costner: 'Real men put country over party'
If you don't vote for Cheney, you're not a real man.

CNN Tried To Find People In Wyoming Who Like Liz Cheney. It Didn’t Go Well
CNN went to the Wyoming capital’s annual cowboy and rodeo festival last week to learn how voters felt about Liz Cheney.

Democrat plows through cyclist with SUV and speeds off, hasn't been charged with a crime
Jersey City Councilwoman Amy DeGise couldn't even be bothered to stop to see if the man she ran over is okay.

Unrelenting inflation is driving up costs, leaving more Americans living paycheck to paycheck
Over one month, average savings dropped from $11,274 in May to $10,757 in June.

June 2020 vs June 2022
A look at how things have been going under Biden.

GEICO closes all California offices, lays off workers
The changes leave online options through a computer or a mobile device as the only way to obtain a GEICO policy in California.

U.S. Intel Kills Leader Of Al Qaeda Who Took Over After Bin Laden, Reports Say
A CIA drone strike in Afghanistan was successful in killing Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who has led the Islamic terrorist group ever since U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in 2011.

Terrorism Experts Quickly Note Major Problem As Biden Celebrates CIA Killing Al Qaeda Leader
When Biden cut and ran from Afghanistan last year, he declared that Al Qaeda was “gone” from Afghanistan.

US Emergency Crude Stockpile Falls to Lowest in 37 Years
The U.S. emergency crude oil stockpile fell to its lowest point since 1985 last week, dropping to more than 469.9 million barrels, according to data from the U.S. Department of Energy.

"Nuclear Annihilation": UN Chief Issues Dire Warning
Guterres went on to say that the world is experiencing “nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War,” pointing to unrest in the Middle East and the Korean Peninsula, as well as the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

Japan fears Putin will bring nuclear bombs back to battlefield
Putin’s nuclear saber-rattling amid the war in Ukraine has made the return of nuclear warfare “a real possibility,” according to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Hawley vows to vote ‘no’ on adding Sweden and Finland to NATO
“Finland and Sweden want to join the Atlantic Alliance to head off further Russian aggression in Europe. That is entirely understandable given their location and security needs. But America’s greatest foreign adversary doesn’t loom over Europe. It looms in Asia."

California declares a state of emergency over monkeypox outbreak, following New York and Illinois
Monkeypox is rarely fatal and no deaths have been reported in the U.S so far.

San Francisco Hosted Kink Fest Despite Obvious Monkeypox Risk
The Up Your Alley festival is “usually described as a bit kinkier/nastier, more gay male centric” than other similar leather, kink and fetish festivals in San Francisco.

White House identifies six close contacts of Biden’s 'rebound' case of COVID-19
There were 17 close contacts tied to Biden’s original positive test, which came after he returned from a trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia. None of those individuals have since tested positive for COVID-19.

The Atlantic: Of Course Biden Has Rebound COVID
Biden was prescribed Paxlovid. Like many Paxlovid takers, he soon tested negative and resumed his normal activities. And then, like many Paxlovid takers, his infection came right back.

Hospital system to pay $10.3m in settlement with workers over COVID vaccine mandate
A Christian ministry says it has settled a class action lawsuit against an Illinois hospital system on behalf of more than 500 current and former health care employees who opposed the system's COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds.

Holocaust Survivor Draws Parallels in Current Society to Nazi Germany
...these memories returned in 2020 during the web of COVID-19 restrictions that spun out of control with the help of media propaganda, she said.

Claim: Long-term disability claims are soaring among pilots
The pilots union at a major US airline internally reports a 300 percent rise in long-term disability claims this year among its members.

Taiwan cancels leave of some soldiers ‘to immediately prepare for war’
Taiwanese defense officials have canceled the leave of some soldiers and officers “to immediately prepare" for the chance of war in response to Pelosi’s visit to Asia this week.

China warns its military will 'not sit idly by' if Pelosi visits Taiwan
Spokesperson Zhao Lijian also said that because of Pelosi's status as the "No. 3 official of the U.S. government", a visit to Taiwan would "lead to egregious political impact".

Pelosi-Linked Lobbyists Are Pushing China’s Social Credit System For American Citizens
Ant Group – a payment platform used to implement “vaccine passports” and a “social credit” system in China – has retained a number of American lobbying firms, including some with ties to Pelosi, Obama, and Romney.

Cold War Lessons For US-China Today
How did the Cold War affect US diplomacy and its actions abroad? And what lessons about gently coaxing Gorbachev back into the bosom of the international community need to be relearned?

China’s property sales are set to plunge 30%
Property sales are set to plunge this year by more than they did during the 2008 financial crisis, according to new estimates from S&P Global Ratings.

N. Korea uses the cover of “health checks” to investigate citizen registries
The authorities are investigating people wandering around their jurisdictions or secretly living in other people’s homes without properly registering their place of residence.

Disneyland Removes Walt Disney’s “Pro America” Welcome Speech From 67th Anniversary Celebration
No company has done more to tarnish the legacy of its founder than The Walt Disney Company.

Reuters Fact Checks Biden Meme
Social media users are sharing a video of U.S. President Joe Biden walking away momentarily during a speech given by U.S. First Lady Jill Biden and claiming that he was distracted by an ice cream truck.

Media Hacks Pout As Republicans Treat Them Like the Trash They Are
Have you ever noticed how all the media mistakes always go in one direction? It’s so weird.

Behind the scenes with MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki, who’s helping save democracy with that big map
'I don’t think of it as election night,' Kornacki said. 'I think of it as election week.'

Iran declares it can use nuclear missiles to turn 'New York into hellish ruins'
The Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday said that it can develop a nuclear weapon within a rapid-fire amount of time and obliterate New York with ballistic missiles.

Children in Houston sing religious anthem associated with Iranian regime
The song is primarily addressed to a messianic figure in Shi'ite belief, but it also addresses the supreme leader of Iran.

Coal is making a comeback and consumption could return to 2013′s record levels
Coal prices are soaring and global coal consumption is expected to return to record levels reached almost 10 years ago as the global energy supply crunch continues.

US nuclear regulator greenlights its first small modular reactor
NuScale's small modular reactor design promises safe, clean energy at radically reduced cost, land use and installation time.

Tonga's eruption injected so much water into Earth’s atmosphere that it could weaken the ozone layer
The atmospheric water vapor could also contribute to global warming.

The Beginning of the End of 'Gender-Affirming Care'?
Britain is closing the infamous Tavistock Centre. Finland and Sweden have radically revised their treatment guidelines. But American doctors are advertising surgeries to children on TikTok.

British Veteran Arrested At Home Under UK Censorship Laws After Reposting LGBT Meme That ‘Caused Anxiety’
A police spokeswoman told The Federalist officers confronted Brady after a report ‘that an offensive image had been shared online.’

GAO: The federal government had expected $114b income on student loans. But it could lose $197b.
The GAO analysis found that loans made between 1997 and 2021 are expected to cost the government almost $9 for every $100 disbursed. That’s a big difference from the government’s expectation that the loans would generate $6 for each $100 lent.

Prof Who Called Students ‘C*ck Suckers’ Settles With University
Professor Barry Mehler agreed to accept $95,000 as a settlement after facing a suspension in January for his vulgar welcome video.

Can the Church Regain Its Prophetic Voice?
To the extent that we live out our faith in the days ahead, we can regain our voice. And somehow, even defying nature, we can become salty again.

The Mind-Blowing Stupidity Behind the $280 Billion 'Chips for America Act'
What are the potential pitfalls and unintended consequences of this legislation? When has a government industrial policy, picking winners and losers ever worked?

Bernie Sanders Calls A Spade A Spade On Congress’ Massive Chipmaker Bill
Last week, the barefoot boys who run the shoestring operation that is the semiconductor industry, managed to make off with $79 billion of taxpayer cash. They were assisted in this effort by bipartisan majorities in both houses of Congress.

Google CEO tells employees productivity and focus must improve
“There are real concerns that our productivity as a whole is not where it needs to be for the head count we have.”

Elon Musk triggers Wikipedia founder with 5-word tweet amid recession definition feud
"Wikipedia is losing its objectivity," Musk tweeted and tagged Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, who responded "Reading too much Twitter nonsense is making you stupid."

Elon Musk Dad Says He's Not Proud of Son, Says He's Fat
Elon has made it clear, he detests his dad and blames him for his family's early struggles.

The Earth Just Started Spinning Faster Than Ever Before And Scientists Don’t Know Why
Experts fear the consequences could be “devastating.”

The Coziest Spot on the Moon
A shadowy cave at the bottom of a lunar pit might not sound like a nice spot, but it’s more comfortable than the surface.

Rep. Young Kim: The space race is not over — it is only beginning, and we are behind
The U.S. has led in innovative research and development since the beginning of the 20th century, but now we are stagnant as our adversaries make tremendous strides in emerging technologies.

Terrifying Video Catches Sharks Swimming In Shallow Water Feet From Shore
Sharks were were just feet from the shore at Neptune Beach, Florida.