Month: August 2024

Arizona authorities launched a manhunt Thursday for a sex offender who threatened to kill former President Donald Trump, believing he is on the loose near the area of a speech Trump was giving on border policy.

Venezuela Supreme Justice Tribunal Confirms Maduro as Winner of Contested Election

August 22, 2024 Just the News

Venezuela’s top court on Thursday ratified President Nicolas Maduro’s reelection victory, determining that the leader was legally reelected last month despite widespread backlash.

EU Watchdog Reports Alarming Rise in Christian Persecution, Calls for Protections

August 22, 2024 Admin

Catholic News Agency On the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (Aug.22), a European watchdog warned of serious anti-Christian violence in Europe and called on governments to protect converts from Islam in particular. The Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance and…

Arkansas Supreme Court Blocks Abortion-Rights Initiative

August 22, 2024 Admin

Washington Examiner The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the state’s rejection of petition signatures for an abortion-rights ballot initiative on Thursday, blocking the proposal from heading to the polls on Election Day in November. The ruling affirms the decision from Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston to reject the ballot measure because the group spearheading the effort failed…

Nearly 60 Percent of Baby Foods in U.S. Grocery Stores Don’t Meet Nutrition Standards, Study Finds

August 22, 2024 Admin

CBS News Baby foods, from snack pouches to jarred purees found in grocery stores across the United States, may be less healthy than you think, according to new research. In the study, published in the journal Nutrients Wednesday, researchers at The George Institute for Global Health analyzed 651 commercially produced infant and…

Leftist UK Gov’t Reportedly Looking at Restoring ‘Free Movement’ for Under 30s EU Migrants

August 22, 2024 Admin

Breitbart The recently-installed Labour Party government in the UK is facing accusations of plotting to betray Brexit by reportedly considering a reinstitution of the open borders “free movement of people” with the European Union for those under the age of 30. A report from paper of record The Times of London has claimed that Prime…

Harris to Focus on Future on Final Night of Democratic National Convention

August 22, 2024 The Center Square

Vice President Kamala Harris will take control of the party tonight at the Democratic National Convention as she accepts the nomination for president.

Walz Promises Harris Will Help Middle Class in DNC Speech

August 22, 2024 The Center Square

Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz leaned heavily into his Midwestern roots in his speech that wrapped up the third night of the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, painting the Harris-Walz ticket as pro-middle class, pro-freedom, and pro-neighborliness.

Colorado Senator Seeking Reelection Vows to Retire After a Second Term

Democratic Senator John Hickenlooper of Colorado announced on Wednesday that he will retire after serving a potential second term, according to Punchbowl News.

Top Story: Biden Admin Overcounted Job Growth Estimates by Nearly a Million

August 22, 2024 Admin

Top Commentary: Massive Tax Hikes Coming Without GOP Sweep in 2024 Elections

August 22, 2024 Admin

Biden Admin Overcounted Job Growth Estimates by Nearly a Million

August 22, 2024August 21, 2024 Daily Caller News Foundation

The federal government overestimated the number of jobs in the U.S. economy by 818,000 between April 2023 and March 2024, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday, stoking fears of a slowdown in the U.S. economy.

Economists at Goldman Sachs (GS) and Wells Fargo anticipated the government had overestimated job growth by at least 600,000 in that span, while economists at JPMorgan Chase had predicted a lesser decline of 360,000, according to Bloomberg. The downward revision follows a trend of the BLS overestimating the number of nonfarm payroll jobs added, with the cumulative number of new jobs reported in 2023 roughly 1.3 million less than previously thought as of February 2024.

TSNN Featured: City of Detroit Hired over 2,000 More Democratic Poll Workers than GOP in 2024 Primary, Violating State Law

August 22, 2024 Admin

Ford Ditching Plans for Electric Vehicle SUV as Market Struggles Continue

Ford said Wednesday that it is canceling its plans to build a three-row electric SUV as the wider U.S. electric vehicle (EV) market continues to struggle.

The company announced that it expects to take up to $1.9 billion in write downs and other special charges related to its decision after losing billions of dollars on its EV product line in 2023. In addition to canceling its three-row electric SUV, Ford is also pushing back its plans to roll out an electric pickup truck model until 2027, a one-year setback.

Commentary: Massive Tax Hikes Coming Without GOP Sweep in 2024 Elections

August 22, 2024 Georgia Star News Staff

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) signed into law by President Donald Trump on Dec. 22, 2017, provided across-the-board income tax cuts for all income levels as well as significant tax relief for American taxpayers. However, most of the tax relief expires on Dec. 31, 2025, which will result in significant tax hikes for most Americans in 2026.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are calling for new legislation in 2025 to make the TCJA tax cuts permanent. But this will only be possible with three election results this November: (1) Trump wins the presidency; (2) Republicans gain majority control of the Senate; and (3) Republicans maintain majority control of the House of Representatives. Failure to achieve a victory sweep for the presidency and both houses of Congress would be devastating for Americans’ pocketbooks, given Democrat animus towards extending the TCJA tax cuts.

RNC Co-Chair Predicts ‘Softening’ in Trump, Kemp Feud After Governor Reportedly Offers Georgia ‘Political Machine’ to Former President

August 22, 2024August 21, 2024 Tom Pappert

Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump and co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), on Tuesday predicted softening in the feud between former President Donald Trump and Governor Brian Kemp after the Georgia leader reportedly offered his “political machine” to the Trump-Vance ticket.

The prediction came after the former president described Kemp as “disloyal” during an August 3 rally in Atlanta, which prompted questions about whether the terse relationship between the men that developed after the 2020 election results would impact the Trump campaign in November.

Polling Showing Harris in Lead Flagged by Industry Experts for Voter Samples

August 22, 2024 Just the News

Vice President Kamala Harris has enjoyed a noticeable surge in the polls – particularly national polls – since becoming the Democratic standard bearer, but the rapid shift in her position has left some industry analysts questioning the apparent boost in the formerly quite unpopular vice president’s standing. In her 2020 run, she struggled to break 3 percent before dropping out, according to The Hill.

Prior to becoming the Democratic nominee, Harris suffered from decidedly poor approval ratings and Trump initially held the lead over her in a head-to-head matchup. The average quickly flipped, however, in the wake of several surveys showing Harris ahead. Those surveys, however, have attracted scrutiny from an array of pollsters either due to their lack of transparency about the sampling methodology or from oversampling Democrats.

Commentary: Diversity Is a False Religion to Destroy America

August 22, 2024 American Greatness

This week, the National Association of Scholars (“NAS”) and the Heritage Foundation are sponsoring a panel discussion on diversity ideology in higher education. A number of reports have recently been published on the topic, with most documenting monies spent by state universities on “diversity, equity and inclusion” (“DEI“). The Maryland affiliate of the National Association of Scholars released the most recent such report this summer, but the Virginia affiliate issued one last year, while Idaho, North Carolina, Maine, and Tennessee produced similar documents before that.

The Maryland report reminds state officials that “diversity” is usually a cover for race-based practices that are now likely illegal under the 2023 United States Supreme Court case, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (or “SFFA”). That opinion found that racial preferences in university admissions were a violation of federal civil rights laws and also the Constitution’s Equal Protection clause. SFFA means that any race-based practice in college is presumptively unlawful. As the Court said, “Eliminating discrimination means eliminating all of it … distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their nature odious.”

Judge Strikes Down Biden Admin Rule Affecting Millions of Workers

Judge Ada Brown in front of the Federal Trade Commission (composite image)

A federal judge struck down a Biden administration rule on Tuesday that banned employers from using noncompete agreements, which would have affected the contracts of millions of Americans.

U.S. District Court Judge Ada Brown for the Northern District of Texas ruled that the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) banning the entire category of noncompetes, rather than targeting “specific, harmful” sub-categories of the agreements, went beyond the commission’s mandate to police unfair methods of competition. The ban on the contracts that limit workers’ ability to move to rival firms, which was announced in April, was supposed to go into effect on September 4 and would have affected roughly 30 million American workers, according to the initial FTC press release.

U.S. to Resume Humanitarian Parole ‘As Soon as Possible’, Officials Say

August 22, 2024 ADN America

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents with a line of asylum seekers

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Monday that irregularities in the Humanitarian Parole Program processes were detected in the sponsors and not in the beneficiaries.

It was for this reason, according to media reports , that the DHS decided to temporarily freeze travel permits, which generated uncertainty among the beneficiaries of this program. However, the US Customs and Border Protection Service (CBP) assured that it is working to resume the processing of applications “as soon as possible, with appropriate safeguards.”

Report: RFK Jr. Plans to Drop Out of Presidential Race This Week and Endorse Trump

August 21, 2024 American Greatness

Rumors are swirling that Independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. plans to drop out of the race as early as this week and endorse Republican nominee Donald Trump.

More Workers Expect to LoseTheir Jobs in the Coming Months, Survey Finds

August 21, 2024 Admin

Axios New survey data shows an elevated share of workers are looking for jobs alongside rising expectations of unemployment in the months ahead. Economic data suggests the job market is softening. Consumers’ expectations about the health of the labor market are following suit. The share of workers who looked for a job in…

Biden Revamps U.S. Nuclear Deterrence Posture in Face of China, Russia, North Korea Aggression

August 21, 2024 Admin

Fox News President Biden in March reportedly approved in secret a change to the highly classified U.S. nuclear posture in the wake of growing aggression from nations like Russia and China, but the White House on Tuesday said this step was just business as usual. In response to a report by the…

Abortion Initiative to Appear on November Ballot in Montana

August 21, 2024 Admin

NBC Montana Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen on Tuesday certified that Constitutional Initiative 128, the proposal to create a specific protection for abortion rights in the Montana Constitution, has received the required number of signatures and can appear on the November ballot. The announcement, two days before an Aug. 22…

Harris Has Not Yet Disclosed Names of Top Fundraisers, Breaking from Party Norm

Vice President Kamala Harris is the first Democratic presidential nominee in modern history not to disclose the names of her campaign’s top fundraisers, obfuscating a cadre of individuals who could serve in influential positions if she wins in November.

Over 70 Arrested in Chicago After Pro-Palestinian Protesters Clash with Police

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago were arrested Tuesday after clashing with police during a protest that began outside the nearby Israeli consulate and spilled out onto the surrounding streets.

Dem Senator Bob Menendez Resigns Following Bribery Conviction

Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez resigned his seat in the Senate on Tuesday, according to multiple outlets.

Barack, Michelle Obama Warn Democrats Election Will Be Close: ‘Work Like Our Lives Depend on It’

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama urged Democrats at the party’s convention Tuesday night to rally around presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her vision for the future, warning that the election will be close.

Top Story: ICE Lost over 32,000 Unaccompanied Minors: DHS Watchdog

August 21, 2024 Admin

Top Commentary: No, Biden and Harris’ Border Crisis Is Not Over

August 21, 2024 Admin

ICE Lost over 32,000 Unaccompanied Minors: DHS Watchdog

August 21, 2024August 20, 2024 Just the News

ICE cannot assure the children ‘are safe from trafficking, exploitation, or forced labor’

The internal watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s handling of unaccompanied migrant children is an “urgent issue.”

Case Could Make Unenforceable a Law That Prohibits Schools From Disclosing Gender Transitions to Parents

Aurora Regino in front of Chino Unified School District building (composite image)

A California mom’s lawsuit against the school district that helped her daughter identify as a boy without her knowledge could block the enforcement of a new California law that mandates schools hide students’ so-called gender identities from parents.

The Center for American Liberty first filed a lawsuit against Chico Unified School District in January 2023 on behalf of Aurora Regino, whose 11-year-old daughter “socially transitioned” at school and started identifying as male. The district has what the lawsuit calls a “Parental Secrecy Policy,” requiring Chico schools to socially transition students upon their request, regardless of parental support and without consent.

TSNN Featured: Both Trump, Biden Tried to Restrict Immigration Program Supported by PAC Behind Donation to Sen. Bob Casey

August 21, 2024 Admin

Judge Declines to Dismiss Hunter Biden’s Tax Case over Special Counsel Challenge

A federal judge declined Monday night to dismiss Hunter Biden’s tax case after he challenged special counsel David Weiss’ appointment.

Hunter Biden’s attorneys filed motions in July to dismiss both his tax case in California and his gun case in Delaware due to “lack of jurisdiction,” arguing Weiss’ appointment was unlawful. While Judge Mark Scarsi previously rejected their argument about Weiss, Hunter Biden’s attorneys raised it again after a judge decided to toss former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case after finding special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment unconstitutional.

Kennedy VP Shanahan: Campaign Mulling Withdrawal, Trump Endorsement

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, has stated that the campaign is exploring a potential withdrawal from the race in favor of endorsing former President Donald Trump.

“There’s two options that we’re looking at and one is staying in, forming that new party, but we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Waltz presidency because we draw more votes from Trump,” she said. “Or we walk away right now and join forces with with Donald Trump and explain to our base why we’re making this decision.”

Audit Finds More MARTA Atlanta Program Due $70 Million, Transit Agency Disagrees

August 21, 2024August 20, 2024 The Center Square

Atlanta city officials say a review of the More MARTA Atlanta program for fiscal 2017 through fiscal 2022 concluded that it is due roughly $70 million.

However, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority officials say that independent auditor Mauldin & Jenkins’ calculations are wrong.

Commentary: No, Biden and Harris’ Border Crisis Is Not Over

August 21, 2024 RealClearWire

Ever since early 2021, Americans have watched as illegal aliens have flooded across the Southwest border unimpeded. They have read with horror the accounts of innocent Americans victimized by those here unlawfully. They have seen family and friends die after being poisoned by fentanyl coming across the border. And the Biden-Harris administration has largely done nothing.

Yet now, following a few months of somewhat-reduced numbers of apprehensions between ports of entry along the Southwest border, the Biden-Harris administration is taking a victory lap. Such premature celebration, however, ignores the reality of the continuing nature of this crisis.

SCOTUS Refused to Ban Federal Censorship Pressure; It Could Make Churches Complicit in Abortion

When the Supreme Court reversed a preliminary injunction against several federal agencies and officials in June for “coerc[ing] or significantly encourag[ing]” tech platforms to suppress content, Washington state saw a new way to protect its mandatory abortion coverage in maternity healthcare plans from religious freedom challenges.

Five years into a lawsuit by Cedar Park Assembly of God against SB 6219, which includes criminal penalties up to prison, the Evergreen State argues that insurers won’t necessarily offer abortion-free plans if the court permanently bars it from enforcing surgical- and chemical-abortion coverage against such religious ministries that are opposed to abortion.

Lawmakers Demand Investigation into U.S. Drug Companies Who Reportedly Worked with Chinese Military