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Just the News – by Nicholas Ballasy

resident Trump might have pledged to “drain the swamp” during his first term in office, but the CARES Act stimulus bill he recently signed has sent millions in taxpayer funds to political activist groups and non-profits in Washington on the left and right.

According to the Small Business Administration, the Paycheck Protection Program loans, which are part of the $2.2 trillion CARES Act, are forgivable if “at least 60 percent” is put toward payroll. The rest can apply to qualified expenses such as rent and utilities.  Continue reading “Activist groups, nonprofits on left and right, cash in on taxpayer-funded forgivable stimulus loans”

The Mind Unleashed – by Elias Marat

With the pandemic continuing to sink its claws into the United States, economic conditions have also failed to improve for millions of people. As a result, nearly one-third U.S. households – representing 32 percent – have still not made their full housing payments for the month of July, according to a survey from online rental platform Apartment List.  Continue reading “‘Tsunami’ of Evictions Could Make 28 Million Americans Homeless This Summer Alone”

Fox News

Authorities in St. Louis executed a search warrant Friday evening at the home of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the couple who made headlines last month when they took up arms to defend their home from protesters.

During the search, police seized the rifle that Mark McCloskey was shown holding during the June 28 incident, KSDK-TV of St. Louis reported, citing information from a source. Continue reading “Missouri couple who defended home have rifle seized during police search: report”

New York Post – by Amanda Wood

The city of Englewood, Colorado, just south of Denver, is requiring all of its residents to wear face masks amid a spike in coronavirus cases — and violators could face up to a year behind bars, coupled with a hefty fine.

The emergency order, issued by City Manager J. Shawn Lewis and approved by the city council Monday, went into effect Thursday. It states that everyone over the age of 6 will be required to wear a mask while outside their homes. Continue reading “Colorado town threatens a year in jail for residents who refuse to wear masks”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

While all eyes were on the Supreme Court’s Thursday decision granting New York prosecutors access to President Trump’s taxes, a ruling earlier in the day recognized roughly half of Oklahoma as an Indian reservation – in a move which could have wide-ranging legal implications for the 1.8 million people who now live in “Indian Country,” according to the New York Times. Continue reading “Supreme Court: Nearly Half Of Oklahoma Is Indian Reservation”

KSNT

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KSNT) – The U.S. Supreme Court made a decision on Thursday that ruled a large portion of eastern Oklahoma as a Native American reservation. Continue reading “U.S. Supreme Court decision could impact American Indian reservations in Kansas”

AP

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups.

The church’s haul may have reached — or even exceeded — $3.5 billion, making a global religious institution with more than a billion followers among the biggest winners in the U.S. government’s pandemic relief efforts, an Associated Press analysis of federal data released this week found. Continue reading “Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B”

Boston Herald – by Rick Sobey

A 59-year-old man is accused of pointing a gun at a man in a Walgreens parking lot because he did not wear a mask inside the store amid the coronavirus mask order, Bridgewater Police said on Wednesday.

Todd Goulston, of East Bridgewater, was arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace. Continue reading “Massachusetts man pulls gun on maskless man in Walgreens parking lot amid coronavirus mask order: Police”

Breitbart – by John Binder

A proposed policy platform for the Democrat Party, drafted by supporters of presumed Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), would give asylum to the world’s migrants — inviting them all to the United States to live and work.

The document, known as the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force Recommendations, would provide amnesty and a pathway to U.S. citizenship to the 11 to 22 million illegal aliens living in the nation and welcome hundreds of millions of the world’s migrants. Continue reading “Proposed Democrat Platform Gives U.S. Asylum to the World’s Migrants”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Since the George Floyd protests began in May, they have since morphed into a much broader movement which is now exposing a problem this country has suffered from for a long time. The system of law enforcement in this country has morphed into a militarized standing army, preying on the poor, and rife with corruption. Naturally, people are pissed and this anger is finally morphing into solutions. Continue reading “Revolutionary New Bill Would Require Cops to Carry Their Own Personal Liability Insurance”

Daily Mail

Nearly one-third of American families have been unable to make full housing payments for July, a new survey has revealed as the US economy struggles to bounce back from crushing coronavirus losses.

The survey by Apartment List, an online rental platform, found that 32 percent of US households did not make their full July payments on time.  Continue reading “32% of families missed July house payments”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Despite the hope-restoring nonfarm payrolls “recovery” and the over-hyped bounce in retail sales (ignoring the lack of ‘V’ in industrial production) and ‘soft’ sentiment surveys (which are biased by their nature as diffusion indices to bounce back hard), for the sixteenth week in a row, over 1 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits for the first time (1.314mm was slightly better than the 1.375mm expected). Continue reading “Almost 50 Million Americans Have Now Filed For First-Time Jobless Benefits Since Lockdowns Began”

CBS DFW

TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A South Texas county isn’t taking any chances when it comes to the coronavirus, issuing a warning that anyone who tests positive and refuses to self-isolate could end up in jail. Continue reading “Texas County To Arrest COVID-19 Positive Residents Who Refuse To Self-Isolate”

Strategic Culture – by Robert Bridge

With alarming frequency, law-abiding citizens who attempt to defend themselves and their private property with the use of guns are being portrayed as villains, while trespassers, looters and rioters get bailed out of prison. Have the liberals found a backdoor method for trashing the Second Amendment? Continue reading “American Gun Owners Under Attack for Protecting Themselves”

Waking Times – by Isaac Davis

Just prior to the global Coronavirus outbreak, serious signs of an emerging financial crisis began to emerge. As people were beginning to realize that yet another central bank engineered ‘bust’ was coming down on us, we were thrown into lockdown, shuttering millions of businesses and sending millions of people to the unemployment line. Continue reading “Major Tax Increases are About to Slam America as Cities and States Want You to Pay for Covid Fallout”