New York Post A whopping 98% of California fast food restaurants hiked menu prices and nearly 90% slashed employee hours in response to the state’s new $20-an-hour minimum wage law, according to a new survey. The study by the Employment Policies Institute, a fiscally conservative, non-profit think tank, polled 182 fast food…
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Calm Returns to Wall Street, and Stocks Bounce Back After Their Worst Drop in Nearly Two Years
The Associated Press A rising tide swept stocks higher, and calm returned to Wall Street after Japan’s market soared earlier Tuesday to claw back much of the losses from its worst day since 1987. The S&P 500 climbed 1% to break a brutal three-day losing streak. It had tumbled a bit more…
Read MoreHamas Names October 7 Architect Yahya Sinwar, Hiding Underground, as New Leader
Breitbart Hamas announced Tuesday that it had named Gaza-based leader Yayha Sinwar as its new leader to replace political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran, Iran, last week while attending the presidential inauguration there. Sinwar, who is regarded as the architect of the October 7 terror attack in…
Read MoreWalz’s History on Born-Alive Abortions Opens Door for Trump, GOP to Flip Extremism Argument
In summer 2022 as Tim Walz was steaming toward reelection as Minnesota governor, his state health agency published a required abortion-statistics report with little fanfare.
Read MorePakistani Man with Alleged Ties to Iran Arrested in Political Assassination Plots Including Trump
The U.S. Justice Department charged Asif Merchant, 46, a Pakistani man with alleged ties to the Iranian government with plotting to carry out political assassinations, according to an indictment revealed on Tuesday.
Read MoreSecond Left-Wing ‘Squad’ Member Loses Primary Bid
Democratic Rep. Cori Bush lost her primary bid against St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District on Wednesday, The New York Times projected.
Read MoreVenezuela’s Maduro Refuses to Leave Power as His Political Opponents Come Under Threat of Arrest
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has shown no signs of stepping down from power — even after likely losing in the country’s presidential elections last week — as his top political opposition faces potential arrest, according to several reports.
Read MoreDemocrat Rep. Jamie Raskin: Congress Will Have to Disqualify Trump if He Wins the Election; Civil War Could Ensue
An alarming video surfaced Monday appearing to show Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) declaring that Congress will have to disqualify former President Donald Trump on January 6, 2025 if he wins the November election, and predicting a civil war with “rampaging Trump mobs” could erupt as a result.
Read MoreRural Areas in 20 States Can Receive Zuckerbucks-Style Private Election Funding for 2024
The Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) is pouring new election grant funding into rural areas in 20 states, after “Zuckerbucks” in the 2020 election sparked backlash across the country.
Read MoreKamala Harris Taps Far-Left Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for VP: Reports
Vice President Kamala Harris has tapped Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., to serve as her running mate, multiple news outlets have reported.
Read MoreTop Story: House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil Expands Probe of Donations Through ActBlue
Top Commentary: Victor Davis Hanson Commentary: Trump Can Win (or Lose) the Election
Influential Media Groups are Encouraging Climate Reporters to Ignore Dissenting Voices, Experts Say
The Society for Environmental Journalists (SEJ) partnered up with the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education for a webinar Tuesday to provide data and information to journalists on the connection between gun violence and “extreme heat” in 100 of the largest cities in the U.S.
Read MoreAcquitted Former Student Sues Fifteen Groups for Defamation After They Called Him a Rapist
A former Yale University student who defeated claims of rape is continuing his legal battle to seek justice.
Saifullah Khan is suing fifteen organizations including the National Women’s Law Center, the Fierberg National Law Group, and the National Crime Victim Law Institute, along with attorney Jennifer Becker, for “defamation, false light, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and abuse of process action.”
Read MoreTSNN Featured: Former County GOP Chair Behind Pennsylvania Chapter of ‘Republicans for Harris’ Currently on House Arrest for DUI Conviction
Kamala Harris Makes Several About-Faces on Key Policies as She Maneuvers to Face Donald Trump
In the weeks since Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee, the California politician has shifted her policies—sometimes quietly, even under the radar —on key issues to distance herself from her liberal past.
White House officials told Politico that these shifts are part of a strategy to undermine the argument that she is a leftist politician, a reputation they believe stems from the positions she took in the 2020 Democratic primary, but which they say do not truly represent Harris’ positions.
Read MoreVictor Davis Hanson Commentary: Trump Can Win (or Lose) the Election
The good news for the Trump campaign is that the sure Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is a lifelong California hard leftist at a time when the state is emblematic of progressive nihilism. Her extremist advocacies as a San Francisco county and city attorney, state Attorney General, and senator are on record. And they are consistent with what has virtually destroyed the state.
Read MoreOddsmakers Move Walz Behind Shapiro as Kamala Harris’ Pick
As the final hours tick down to an expected announcement, the pick for vice president on the Democrats’ ticket remains shrouded in secrecy and angled toward the governor of Pennsylvania.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ reveal is expected before Tuesday’s launch of a battleground states tour in Philadelphia. While the campaign has cautioned the starting point where she is expected to be alongside her running mate is not an indicator of the choice, a leading candidate since July 21 has been Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Monday morning Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appeared to be a finalist.
Read MoreHouse Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil Expands Probe of Donations Through ActBlue
House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., expanded his investigation into online political donations through ActBlue on Monday.
“Illegal and malicious conduct have no place in our elections. Ensuring all parties are complying with federal election law as we approach a presidential election is of utmost importance. By launching a new phase of our investigation into ActBlue, the Committee on House Administration has begun robust oversight of ActBlue’s lenient donor verification standards,” he said in a statement. “I’m committed to ensuring Americans can have confidence in our elections and to preventing foreign or malicious actors from influencing American elections.”
Read More‘Nonpartisan’ Climate Group Called ‘Science Moms’ Looks Like a Democrat Dark Money Operation
by Robert Schmad An organization spending millions on swing state ads ahead of November’s election brands itself as “non-partisan” despite extensive ties to a major Democrat-aligned dark money network, according to the Washington Examiner. Science Moms, which calls itself a “nonpartisan group of scientists” working to fight climate change,…
Read MoreDespite High Costs and Questionable Benefits, Proponents of EV Mandates Continue to Defend Policy
Though the Biden administration’s emissions standards – often referred to as an electric vehicle mandate – don’t kick into 2032, the policy is already running into problems with charging station availability, declining consumer interest and automakers losing billions of dollars on their EV sales.
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