NBC News reports: House conservatives on Thursday defeated a procedural vote on a Pentagon funding bill, preventing the legislation from moving forward in the chamber for the second time this week And dealing an embarrassing blow to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Six hardline Republicans joined Democrats in voting against the rule for the Pentagon appropriations bill, which was enough to …
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Axios reports: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) on Thursday said he denied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request to deliver a joint address to Congress. Zelensky’s visit comes at a crucial moment for Ukraine, as it seeks to shore up support and secure additional funding for its counteroffensive against Russia. “Zelensky asked for a joint session, we just didn’t have time. …
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“If you support abortion as a political matter, which all of these people do, then you are involved in the killing of babies — wholesale slaughter of babies. And, by the way, every single abortion clinic in the United States has a satanic coven attached to it. And you might say, that’s crazy. That’s a cult. There’s no way that …
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The Atlantic reports: At his welcome ceremony at Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall, across the Potomac River from the capital, Milley gained an early, and disturbing, insight into Trump’s attitude toward soldiers. Milley had chosen a severely wounded Army captain, Luis Avila, to sing “God Bless America.” Avila, who had completed five combat tours, had lost a leg in an IED …
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The Texas Tribune reports: Texas continues to be a hotbed for extremism and antisemitism, driven by the heavy presence of white supremacist and anti-LGBTQ+ groups that are headquartered or active in the state. That’s according to a report released Thursday by the Anti-Defamation League that examined nearly three years of “alarming levels of extremist ideology and activity” in Texas, and …
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Coffeyville’s KGGS reports: William Keith Dodd, the former pastor of Lewark Church of God, has been charged with two counts of rape of a minor. His first appearance in Montgomery County Court was Friday. Court documents say Dodd allegedly raped a 12 or 13 year old two times between January 1st and September 11th of this year. He was arrested …
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CNN Business reports: Rupert Murdoch announced Thursday that he will step down as chairman of Fox Corporation and Fox News. “For my entire professional life, I have been engaged daily with news and ideas, and that will not change,” Murdoch wrote in a memo to employees. “But the time is right for me to take on different roles, knowing that …
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Nashville’s CBS affiliate reports: Controversial Franklin mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson insisted she was being transparent when she took to social media Tuesday night to admit to having been arrested back in the 90s for promoting prostitution. Hanson — who’s running a campaign with a morality-based, anti-LGBTQ message — posted the video hours after NewsChannel 5 Investigates texted her and asked …
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The Washington Post reports: With a phone call or a letter, a House member can obtain detailed statistics from government agencies. So the words of a lawmaker can carry weight. This tweet by Boebert, for instance, went viral, earning more than 2 million views from more than 13,000 retweets. We should point out that this claim is false, worthy of …
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CNN reports: Ron DeSantis on Wednesday said if elected president, he would not pay for further coronavirus vaccines for Americans. “Certainly, we’re not going to fund them,” the Florida Republican governor said during a wide-ranging interview with ABC News recorded Wednesday from Midland, Texas, where he announced his domestic energy policy. DeSantis in the ABC interview doubled down on recent …
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