NYT: Massive government surveillance keeps us safe

1 Chronicles 29:14

A Saturday Massacre in Congress
On a Saturday to mark and remember, congress funds two wars and hands the intelligence agencies sweeping new surveillance power, getting nothing in return.

Here Are The 30 GOP Senators Who Voted To Reauthorize Warrantless Spying Tool
Thirty Republican senators voted to reauthorize a contentiously debated, warrantless spying tool on Saturday.

NY Times: Government Surveillance Keeps Us Safe
This is an extraordinarily dangerous time for the United States and our allies. Israel’s unpreparedness on Oct. 7 shows that even powerful nations can be surprised in catastrophic ways.

Appeals Court Rules That Cops Can Physically Make You Unlock Your Phone
The 9th Circuit determined that forcibly mashing a suspect's thumb into his phone to unlock it was akin to fingerprinting him at the police station.

Man who set himself on fire near Trump trial courthouse dies, leaves conspiracy theory-laden manifesto
A Florida man died after setting himself ablaze outside the New York City courthouse where Trump is on trial, leaving behind a manifesto filled with anti-government conspiracy theories about "Ponzi schemes" and a looming "apocalyptic fascist world coup."

SEC illegally tracking Americans who invest in the stock market, lawsuit claims
The NCLA says the SEC is collecting mass amounts of personally identifiable data by forcing brokers, exchanges, clearing agencies, and alternative trading systems to capture and send detailed information on every investor’s trades in U.S. markets to a centralized database.

WaPo: There is no constitutional right to pitch your tent on the sidewalk
The 9th Circuit's unique legal doctrine on homelessness has hamstrung Western cities' ability to enforce public camping bans, leading to unsafe and unsanitary conditions; the Supreme Court should restore local control over this issue.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ home broken into with her inside
In September 2022, while Bass was serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and running for mayor, a different home in which she was residing was burglarized, and two firearms were stolen.

Good Samaritans save driver trapped inside car engulfed in flames on Minnesota highway
“That could be me one day. What would happen if I was in that situation and my life was in the hands of strangers that I don’t even know.”

RFK Jr. pocketing more voters from Trump than Biden: Poll
An NBC News poll released on Sunday shows twice as many voters who would support Trump in a head-to-head matchup with Biden say they would support Kennedy in a five-way race, when compared to Biden supporters in a head-to-head matchup.

RFK Jr.’s Environmental Colleagues Urge Him to Drop Presidential Bid
Nearly 50 leaders and activists who worked with Mr. Kennedy at an environmental nonprofit group will run ads calling on him to “honor our planet, drop out.”

Jayapal says Trump wouldn’t be on trial if Senate had ‘gone through with the impeachment’
Jayapal appeared on "The Weekend" on Saturday to express her regret that by not impeaching Trump, he is still able to run for office more than three years later this November.

Devine: Democrats are using an infirm 81-year-old Joe Biden to defraud the electorate
There was a macabre familiarity to the sight last week of a dead man in Brazil being wheeled into a bank by a greedy relative to sign a loan document. The woman is seen on social media video talking to the corpse in the wheelchair while trying to hold up his floppy head with one hand.

Ro Khanna vows to ‘table any motion to vacate’ Speaker Mike Johnson
Khanna appeared on "This Week Sunday" to express his support for Johnson, despite the fact that the two hail from opposing parties.

Horowitz: DeSantis delivers a governor’s masterclass in governance
Imagine if the broader GOP had the accomplishments of DeSantis, particularly on core quality-of-life issues?

DeSantis Signs Law Ending Teacher Abuse of Book Challenge Policy
The law now significantly limits the ability of Florida residents who do not have children in the state’s education system to be able to challenge book titles.

Taxing the Super Rich Is Brazil’s G-20 Plan for Climate, Hunger
As president of this year’s Group of 20 nations, Brazil has made implementing a global minimum wealth tax on billionaires its cause celebre.

Shopper sparks outrage after ‘paying $7 for a single apple'
“Genuinely what economy are we all f**king living in that it costs 7 dollars to buy an apple?” she asked. “I could have sworn that some other, like, apple that I bought was not 7 f**king dollars. It’s crazy, like 7 dollars for a latte? OK. This apple better be tasting so f**king good.”

People Who Rent Will Decide The 2024 Presidential Election
Immigration won’t decide the election. Polls have not yet captured what will. This may come as a surprise, but the top issue is housing. More explicitly, the top issue is shelter costs.

California Democrats propose new law that will push rents even higher
AB 1266 would restrict landlords from asking whether potential renters have pets and would ban them from requiring pet deposits in order to cover the potential cost of damage from pets.

Something strange has been happening with jobless claims numbers lately
Most of the past several weeks have shown that first-time claims for unemployment benefits haven’t fluctuated at all — as in zero. A string of weekly reports showing exactly 212,000 initial claims has raised a few eyebrows on Wall Street.

Auto Workers Vote To Unionize In Historic Vote At Southern Plant
The flood of northerners fleeing to the south is taking a toll on traditional southern values — like not being part of allegedly corrupt unions that directly fund the Democrat party.

NYC high school soccer game canceled after group of about 30 illegal aliens refuse to leave the field — even after cops showed up
Finally, we have some immigrants who are doing a job that we should be doing — and that is stopping American boys from playing soccer.

NY Home Depot hires guards, dogs to keep parking lot safe from thieves, aggressive illegal aliens
“It’s not just because of [migrants], but because of a myriad of other things too, like people breaking into cars, that kind of stuff.”

Facing a flood of illegal aliens and $45M in cuts, Denver looking to spend $30M on stagehands
The general services provided by the stagehands include load in, execution, and load out of the theatrical and musical performances, possibly including truck loaders, pushers, riggers, carpenters, and audio and lighting technicians.

Scientists Fault Federal Response to Bird Flu Outbreaks on Dairy Farms
In the month since federal authorities announced an outbreak of bird flu on dairy farms, they have repeatedly reassured the public that the spate of infections does not impact the nation’s food or milk supply and poses little risk to the public.

H5N1 strain of bird flu is found in milk for first time in 'very high concentrations,' WHO warns
The World Health Organization said Friday that bird flu, also known as H5N1, has been found in raw milk, which is milk that does not go through standard pasteurization processes to rid it of bacteria.

Avian flu outbreak raises a disturbing question: Is our food system built on poop?
The practice of feeding poultry litter, consisting of manure, feathers, and other waste, to cattle in the U.S. has come under scrutiny as epidemiologists investigate the potential link between this "recycling" method and the spread of diseases like avian influenza to livestock.

US parades two-thirds of its nuclear stealth bombers in 'elephant walk', vows jets are ‘ready to strike anywhere, any time’
Twelve (of 20 total) B2 stealth bombers were amassed as part of the "Spirit Vigilance" training exercise that focuses on increasing the readiness of the airmen to carry out a stealth bomber mission.

The Air Force Needs 300 B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers
The B-21 Raider, an advanced stealth bomber, is a critical asset for the U.S. Air Force amid shrinking fleet sizes and the challenge of developing sixth-generation aircraft. The U.S. Air Force needs many of these to compete militarily with China.

Israel used radar-evading missile to hit S-300 defenses near Natanz nuke site — report
NYT says attack was "calibrated" to show Israel’s capability to dodge Iran’s air defenses, make Tehran "think twice" before another assault.

Anti-Israel protesters becoming more radical, openly embracing terror groups
Palestine Action's "underground manual" illustrates how extreme it has become.

UN newsletter told pro-Palestine activists how to protest against Israel in the US on tax day
Included instructions about how protesters who didn't "want [their] tax dollars to fund genocide" could "disrupt for a free Palestine."

London Police Under Fire For Confrontation With Man Near Anti-Israel March
“You are quite openly Jewish, this is a pro-Palestinian march. I’m not accusing you of anything, but I’m worried about the reaction to your presence.”

Russia says US facing humiliation in Ukraine like in Vietnam
Russia said on Sunday that U.S. lawmakers' support for $60.84 billion more in aid for Ukraine showed that Washington was wading much deeper into a hybrid war against Moscow that would end in humiliation on a par with the Vietnam or Afghanistan conflicts.

Ukraine attacks Russia’s energy infrastructure with drones
Ukraine launched attacks on eight Russian regions with long-range strike drones in the early hours of Saturday morning, targeting a fuel depot and power substations.

Ukraine attacks 112-year-old Russian warship
The Russian navy rescue vessel Kommuna launched in 1913. She served with the Russian imperial navy, the Soviet navy, and, finally, the Russian navy — and survived two world wars. She is, by far, the oldest active warship in the world with a frontline role.

Papua New Guinea finds Biden’s cannibal remarks hard to swallow
"My country does not deserve to be labeled as such," PNG’s PM said of the U.S. president’s insinuation, after meeting China’s foreign minister.

‘Lost for words’: Biden’s tale about cannibals bemuses Papua New Guinea residents
“The Melanesian group of people, who Papua New Guinea is part of, are a very proud people ... and implying that your [uncle] jumps out of the plane and somehow we think it’s a good meal is unacceptable.”

Producer Sues Al Roker Over DEI Policy Failures
Bill Schultz claims he was fired in retaliation for pushing back against Al Roker Entertainment executives, who allegedly undercut a PBS-mandated diversity program.

Delta Burke once turned to crystal meth as a weight-loss method
“Nobody knew about crystal meth at the time,” she claimed. Burke was told to “snort” the drug but felt uncomfortable, so instead she put the drugs in “cranberry juice.”

Biden administration bans drilling in nearly half of Alaska petroleum reserve
In a sweeping win for climate and environmental advocates, the Biden administration on Friday finalized a rule to ban fossil fuel drilling on nearly half of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, alongside other major conservation actions.

Critics blast Biden administration’s new ‘conservation leases,’ which they say are illegal
Conservation leases work just like oil and gas or cattle grazing leases, except the “use” of the land would be to "conserve" it.

NY environmentalists’ next target? Individually wrapped cheese slices face ban under far-reaching bill
“This legislation shifts the onus of recycling from municipalities and ensures that producers of products are serving our interests by establishing solutions to sustainable packaging.”

People are saying Bill Maher's monologue rebuking pedophilia in Hollywood, gender identity politics might be his best takedown ever
Bill Maher delivered a scathing rebuke of the sexualization of children – whether it happens in Hollywood, at Disney, or during a drag queen storytime. The powerful monologue by the liberal talk show host is being heralded as his best takedown ever.

Furries, BDSM, and Void Punk: Official ‘Queer’ Magazine of UCLA Embraces the Fringe
UCLA student magazine questions what it means to be human, pushes for "furries" and "kinksters" to be represented in the LGBT movement.

Contrary to Salt Lake Tribune 'fact-check,' evidence shows students dressed and behaving as furries at Utah school
Despite the number of students participating in the protest and the availability of evidence supporting their claims, the left-wing Salt Lake Tribune almost immediately issued a "fact-check" insisting that the furry allegations were likely false.

Columbia University faces full-blown crisis as rabbi calls for Jewish students to ‘return home’
The atmosphere is so charged that Columbia officials announced students can attend classes and even possibly take exams virtually starting Monday – the first day of Passover, a major Jewish holiday set to begin in the evening.

Columbia students: 'We don’t want a two state. We want '48.'
“We don’t want a two state. We want all of it.” ... BTW, note the ultra-enthusiastic crowd.

Privileged Columbia pro-Hamas activist who killed elderly couple in car crash should be in jail, not on campus
“The only reason she wasn’t charged with murder is because she has a rich daddy,” family says.

MIT students set up encampment to protest Israel and university’s ‘ties’ with IDF
“MIT has received OVER $11 MILLION in research funding from the Ministry of Defense of Israel since 2015. We will NOT REST until MIT cuts research ties with the Israeli military.”

15 State Officials Warn Bank of America About ‘De-Banking’ of Christians
The bank scored a "meager 8 percent" in the Viewpoint Diversity Score Business Index, revealing institutional disregard for free speech.

Biden's secretary of education has vowed to shut down largest Christian college in the US
"We are cracking down not only to shut them down, but to send a message not to prey on students," Cardona said during an April hearing.

NASA Veteran’s Propellant-less Propulsion Drive That Physics Says Shouldn’t Work Just Produced Enough Thrust To Overcome Earth’s Gravity
“The most important message to convey to the public is that a major discovery occurred,” Buhler told the Debrief. “This discovery of a New Force is fundamental in that electric fields alone can generate a sustainable force onto an object and allow center-of-mass translation of said object without expelling mass.”

Biden Admin To Spend More Than $2 Million To Diversify Marine Biology, Climate Science
The study seeks to discover how to develop “equity-driven and anti-racist educational collaborations, infrastructures, and pathways” to implement in the scientific fields, with a specific focus on “BIPOC storytelling and standpoint centering.”

How much Nike is paying Caitlin Clark with historic shoe contract
Clark is in line for an eight-year deal that could end up being worth $28 million and a signature shoe.

Man reveals how he fought off an alligator with screwdriver after being dragged to bottom of a river
"When I surfaced, he was about 20 feet away from me and as soon as he saw me, he launched himself out of the water."