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Not messing with Texas: State Supreme Court slaps down ‘Texit’ movement

The Texas Supreme Court rejected a recent petition from the Texas Nationalist Movement to place a petition on the state’s March primary that would allow voters to decide whether the state should secede from the United States. The movement, which has been going on for decades, filed an emergency petition against the state Republican Party […]

Food stamps: Georgia SNAP payments for January worth up to $1,751 to end in 11 days

Georgia residents who receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will finish receiving payments for January in 11 days.  Food stamps are distributed to low-income residents from Jan. 5 to Jan. 23 in the Peach State. SNAP payments will be issued to recipients’ accounts on days depending on the last two digits of a beneficiary’s client ID. […]

RFK blames Biden for creating ‘magnet for terrorists’ at border

Presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. blasted President Joe Biden over his “broken border policies.” Kennedy published an opinion editorial Thursday detailing the failures of the Biden administration at the border over the past year. He titled the piece “Congress must stop terrorists who keep coming in through Biden’s broken border” and lamented the data […]

Oregon Supreme Court won’t weigh Trump ballot removal dispute for now

The Oregon Supreme Court declined, for now, to hear a challenge by voters seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary election ballot, saying it would wait until the U.S. Supreme Court rules first. The left-leaning group Free Speech for People wrote a Dec. 8 petition to the state Supreme Court asking the court […]

Texas seizes city property to fence out federal agents from border land: ‘Takeover’

AUSTIN — Texas has seized city land in a move that Eagle Pass leaders have described as an unforeseen “takeover” as Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) attempts to fence out all federal law enforcement from the international boundary, where state personnel are turning back illegal immigrants undeterred by Border Patrol. In a series of events that […]

California’s controversial reparations plans face $37.9 billion obstacle in form of state budget deficit

As the 2024 legislative session begins, members of the California Legislative Black Caucus are working to put recommendations from the state’s Reparations Task Force into law as officials deal with a newly projected $37.9 billion budget deficit. Democratic Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer told Politico that legislation is in the works, but he acknowledged cash payouts could […]

Iowa blizzard weather warning upends GOP campaigns before caucuses

DES MOINES, Iowa — Once-in-a-decade weather is complicating the 2024 Republican candidates’ final pitches to likely Iowa caucusgoers and creating concerns regarding turnout for Monday’s opening primary nominating contest, predicted to be the coldest caucus in recorded history. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), accompanied by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA), spoke at a Northside Conservatives Club meeting […]

Detroit Three automakers ditch Super Bowl ads for 2024

The big three Detroit automakers appear to be ditching any attempt at advertising during Super Bowl LVIII. Set to be aired Feb. 11 on CBS, the price for a 30-second spot is estimated at around $7 million, but fans won’t likely be seeing any ads from General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler, according to a report. […]

Speaker Johnson says top-line spending deal ‘remains’ after conservatives push him to back out

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced that the top-line spending deal he forged with Senate Democrats would remain intact even after conservative Republicans pressed the party leader to back out of the agreement. “Our top-line agreement remains,” Johnson told reporters on Friday. “We are getting our next steps together, and we are working towards a […]

Hillary Clinton criticized by Columbia University students for lackluster class

A Columbia University student criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s “decision-making” class for lacking depth and authenticity, saying she came across more as a politician “while reading passages from her book.”  Clinton’s class “Inside the Situation Room,” which she co-teaches alongside Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, exposes students to foreign policy topics and is supposed to […]
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