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The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the state’s new congressional map that favored the GOP and eliminated one Democrat seat. The new map will only go into effect in 2028 if voters approve it during the 2026 midterms. The Hill reported: The Missouri Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Trump and Republicans on Thursday, ruling the GOP could not issue a new map aimed at giving the party an additional seat in the House until the congressional lines are approved by voters in November. The decision is a setback for Republicans, who had sought to quickly pass…
Vision of a rookie Australian policeman chasing an emu down a busy country road has gone viral, with authorities using the comical moment as a recruitment tool. The large flightless bird – native to Australia – was reported to police by locals in the country town of Nashdale, 168 miles west of Sydney, after it was seen wandering onto a road, posing a potential danger to traffic and itself. A young officer arrived and volunteered to give chase on foot but failed to catch his two-legged feathered target, despite speeding up at one point. The video went viral across social media…
Congress should act and raise the house exemption, updating an existing law that has not been updated in nearly 30 years, Chuck Flint, CEO of Coalition For Affordability and Prosperity, said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily. Flint explained that the housing market is “frozen” and observed that people tend to just look at interest rates. However, he said there is also a “stealth tax on capital gains,” and it needs to be addressed. “And the law hasn’t been updated in 29 years, so Congress made this law to exclude a certain amount from capital gains tax when you…
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Situation Room,” House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) said the American people “don’t care” about the socialism label. Anchor Wolf Blitzer said, “As you know, Congresswoman, many Republicans this midterm cycle are tying all members of the Democratic party to the Democratic Socialists of America. Let’s watch what Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said about that. Listen to this.” Reporter Manu Raju asked, “Don’t you think Republicans make it easier to say Democrats are a bunch of socialists, and they’re trying to move this country towards socialism?” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said, “I would have…
Virginia Democrat Rep. Suhas Subramanyam says federal authorities monitored phone conversations he had with a state senator as part of a corruption investigation.Subramanyam, who previously served as a state lawmaker in Virginia, said in a statement Thursday that the FBI and Department of Justice informed him that they monitored conversations he had with state Senator L. Louise Lucas as part of their investigation of her.The first-term member of Congress noted what he called the “extremely suspicious” timing of the wiretap between March and May, when Virginia Democrats were at the peak of campaigning for a referendum to enable mid-decade redistricting…
At least one in six members of the next Congress are all but certain to have made it there with the backing of the crypto industry or artificial intelligence interests. A smattering of super PACs representing factions from those sectors spent a whopping $127 million across more than 100 primaries this year in an effort to shape the future of Congress — and won roughly 90 percent of them. It’s a major influence play from a set of political players that went from not existing four years ago to being among the biggest spenders so far this cycle. But behind…
Two Bulgarian citizens have been detained after an incendiary device ignited near the headquarters of Rohde & Schwarz and Helsing in Munich German police have launched an investigation into a suspected arson attack near the Munich premises of defense contractors Rohde & Schwarz and Helsing, detaining two Bulgarian nationals in connection with the incident.Two incendiary devices were thrown from a car at a construction site around midnight on Thursday, Bavarian police said. One ignited and was extinguished by officers, while a bomb disposal team defused the second. No injuries or significant damage were reported.Police shortly afterward detained a 28-year-old woman…
Cedartown, Georgia Police Department Officer Trenton Garner and HeeHaw the donkey. Credits: Facebook and Hannah Israel’s GoFundMe The cowardly Georgia police officer who killed a poor baby donkey has been officially revealed, and he is sharing his excuse for pulling the trigger. The Daily Mail reviewed an incident report on Thursday, which stated that Cedartown Police Department Officer Trenton Garner was the ‘man’ who fatally shot a donkey named Heehaw. He had been called to assist a bloodhound team that was searching for a missing 12-year-old girl. The report goes on to say that due to the “exigency of locating…
The DOJ announced it has seized more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency donations that it says were meant for Hamas, and also derailed the terrorist organization’s online recruitment network. Authorities also discovered the identities of thousands of people they say tried to give money to Hamas. “My office just struck a massive blow against foreign terrorism in seizing over $560,000 in crypto and dismantling Hamas’ online recruitment by seizing their servers and their domains,” U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Tuesday. Watch Below: “We were able to directly intercept money that was going to be used by the military wing…
Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards gathered in the streets of Spain’s major cities Wednesday evening to peacefully protest against the Socialist government of Pedro Sánchez and in support of embattled Ceuta locals amid the unresolved migrant invasion of the city. The massive nationwide protests were organized by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP). The local governments association chose September 2 as it is the day Ceuta marks every year to celebrate its day. According to Spanish outlets, over 300 Spanish cities attended FEMP’s call, including the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. Much like the protests that have taken place in…