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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday again declined to hear a lawsuit involving a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns. Continue reading “Supreme Court rejects another bump stock ban case”
Over the past month, technology companies have laid off tens of thousands of employees. And the momentum in layoffs only appears to be worsening. Continue reading “Amazon To Fire 10,000 Employees, Largest Layoff In Company History”
Congress is moving forward with plans to send a multi-billion dollar weapons package to Taiwan in an effort to ward off a potential invasion from China.
Bipartisan congressional leaders are seeking to avoid another Ukraine situation and hope to preemptively arm Taiwanese forces, the Washington Post reported. The plans come as President Biden held his first in-person meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Bali on Monday. Continue reading “Congress aims to fast-track weapons aid to Taiwan amid tensions with China”
Breitbart – by Jordan Dixon-Hamilton
Two planes crashed mid-air during the Wings Over Dallas air show at the Dallas Executive Airport on Saturday afternoon, Dallas Fire-Rescue officials confirmed. Continue reading “Two Planes Collide Mid-Air During Dallas Air Show”
A Georgia man acted heroically when he heard a child in distress and rushed to help, holding an adult suspect at gunpoint until police arrived at the scene. Continue reading “Georgia man holds suspected kidnapper at gunpoint until police arrive”
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor turned away an emergency application on Nov. 10 to halt New York City’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate that applies to firefighters, police officers, and other government employees. Continue reading “Supreme Court’s Sotomayor Denies NYC Workers’ Bid To Halt Vax Mandate”
The U.S. Department of Labor filed a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against a sanitation company on Thursday, alleging that the company attempted to interfere with an investigation into reports claiming the service used child labor. Continue reading “Dozens of kids found illegally working to clean Midwest meat plants, Labor Department says”
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As votes continue to be counted throughout Oregon, the Linn County Sheriff is already preparing for the possible passage of one measure that is some of the strictest gun control legislation in the U.S. Continue reading “Linn County won’t enforce Measure 114 if passed, Sheriff says”
These past few months have seen the ‘war of drones’ play a decisive role on the Ukrainian battlefield. For the Russian side, drones were heavily utilized in the ramped up air campaign to degrade Ukrainian energy infrastructure following the bombing of Crimea’s Kerch Strait Bridge. For Ukraine’s army, Western-supplied drones have allowed them to strike increasingly behind Russian front lines. There’s meanwhile been international condemnation over the prevalence of Iran-supplied suicide drones launched from the Russian side. Continue reading “White House Slams Door On Advanced Drones For Ukraine”
A report released last week by the New York University School of Law’s Brennan Center for Justice details how the US Department of Defense (DoD) has been allowed to covertly deploy troops and wage secret wars over the past two decades in dozens of countries across the globe. Continue reading “Pentagon exploits post 9/11 laws to wage ‘secret wars’ worldwide: Report”
The Internal Revenue Service is on a hiring spree, just as several well-known companies have announced thousands of layoffs over the last few weeks. Continue reading “IRS hiring 700+ customer service reps amid wave of corporate layoffs”
Willamette Week – by Lucas Manfield
Oregon is on the verge of a major tightening of its gun control laws.
As of noon Wednesday, Measure 114 had won 50.7% of the vote, with many of the outstanding ballots in blue Willamette Valley strongholds. Continue reading “Backers of Oregon Gun Control Measure 114 Declare Victory in Close Contest”
Mississippi police reported they discovered human remains in an abandoned home after witnesses spotted a dog carrying around a severed arm. Continue reading “Mississippi police follow dog carrying human arm to headless human remains”
The US and Taiwan kicked off two days of talks in New York on Tuesday aimed at reaching a new pact to deepen trade and economic cooperation despite strong objections from Beijing. Continue reading “US, Taiwan Begin Trade Talks Despite Objection from China”
More Americans are turning to second jobs as the holidays approach and inflation rates continue to soar, making many pinch pennies.
A new jobs report for October from the Labor Department showed that the percent of Americans working a part-time job on top of their full time job rose six percent from one year ago. Continue reading “4.5 million cash-strapped Americans are turning to SECOND JOBS jobs to supplement their incomes – in 6% increase from last year”
Zero Hedge – by Gun Owners of America
The FBI, through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) has announced that a mandatory wait period for 18–20-year-old legal adults, as enacted by the gun control known as Cornyn-Murphy or the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, will go into effect November 14, 2022. Continue reading “FBI Announces “Enhanced” Firearm Background Checks For Young Adults To Start Next Week”
For the first time since the Russian invasion began back in February, the Ukrainian government has invoked wartime laws to dramatically intervene into the private business sector, seizing five “strategically important” companies for state and military use. It comes a year after President Zelensky’s so-called “de-oligarchization” reforms and targets companies run by some of Ukraine’s wealthiest billionaire businessmen – at least a couple of which are facing major corruption investigations. Continue reading “Ukraine Seizes 5 Major Companies From Billionaire Oligarchs For ‘Wartime Needs’”
Neighborhoods in southeastern Georgia were ordered to evacuate Monday as “multiple explosions” at a chemical plant on Colonel’s Island have led to a fire, police say. Continue reading “Symrise Chemical Plant in Georgia rocked by ‘multiple explosions,’ fire: police”
President Joe Biden is welcoming at least 6,200 border crossers and illegal aliens into American communities every day, according to figures shared with Breitbart News from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). Continue reading “Biden Welcoming at Least 6.2K Illegal Aliens into U.S. Every Day at Border”
A special civil jury in Northern California found a former longtime sheriff guilty on all six counts of corruption and willful misconduct in a case involving the issuing of concealed-carry weapons permits in exchange for campaign donations. Continue reading “California sheriff found guilty of corruption”