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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., looks over his notes before speaking to reporters at a news conference following a closed-door policy lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Senate Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill while asserting it would dangerously expand the government’s surveillance powers. On Thursday, the measure failed along party lines. At least 10 Republican votes were needed to advance. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced the bill in response to a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo. It would have created new federal offices to increase focus on domestic terrorism threats in coordination with Homeland Security, the DOJ and the FBI. Republicans have been skeptical of the legislation. They believe the bill could lead to the policing of political speech and claimed it’s an updated version of the  Patriot Act  to surveil Americans. Democrats have tied the issue to fir...

Oxfam International at the World Economic Forum called for the wealthiest beneficiaries of the COVID pandemic to be taxed to finance childcare, education, and work opportunities for women in Global South,  Economic Times  reported. According to Oxfam’s  website , “Oxfam: The future is equal,” a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. Advertisement - story continues below Speaking at Davos Annual Meeting 2022 during Equitable Responses to Ending the Pandemic on Monday, Oxfam International’s executive director Gabriela Bucher said billionaires were arriving at the summit to “celebrate an incredible surge in their fortunes.” According to a report from  CNBC , Buche added, “The pandemic and now the steep increases in food and energy prices have, simply put, been a bonanza for them.” “Meanwhile, decades of progress on extreme poverty are now in reverse and millions of people are facing impossible rises in the cost of simply staying aliv...

Newly disclosed documents obtained by the New York Times reveal secret US plans for ‘apocalyptic’ scenarios when a president may activate wartime powers. The documents – known as presidential emergency action documents – were provided to the New York Times by the Brennan Center for Justice after it gathered the materials from the Bush presidential library under the Freedom of Information Act. Only 500 pages were disclosed to the Brennan Center for Justice – 6,000 classified pages were withheld. “The newly disclosed documents show that there were 48 of the directives when the Bush administration took office; by 2008, that number had grown to 56. Vice President Dick Cheney’s office was involved in reviewing and “clearing” the orders. The documents do not indicate any consultation with Congress.” The Times reported. “Several of the files, provided to The New York Times by the Brennan Center for Justice, show that the Bush-era effort partly focused on a law that permits the president to ta...

President Trump’s endorsements mean everything (except in the corrupt election process in Georgia).   President Trump’s endorsements are a win for nearly all candidates.  The only real losses are with the top candidates in Georgia, where clearly there is something very bad still going on. Advertisement - story continues below Last week the President’s record was 81 and 3. EXCLUSIVE: President Trump’s Endorsements Matter – Last Night 23-2-1 (TBD-Oz) – Overall 81 Wins, 3 Losses, 1 TBD (Oz) In this past week’s primaries in Texas, Arkansas, and Alabama the President’s endorsements were undefeated.  They went 33 and 0.   Overall this makes the President 100 and 6 with 2 runoffs.  The President shared the following: A very big and successful evening of political Endorsements. All wins in Texas (33 & 0 for full primary list), Arkansas, and Alabama. A great new Senatorial Candidate, and others, in Georgia. Overall for the “Cycle,” 100 Wins, 6 Losses (some ...

FILE – President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, on Dec. 31, 2020. Mark Pomerantz, a prosecutor who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last month, said in his resignation letter that he believes the former president is “guilty of numerous felony violations” and he disagreed with the Manhattan district attorney’s decision not to seek an indictment. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) Donald Trump reaffirmed his plan to speak at the upcoming National Rifle Association of America convention as some Democrats indicate they will target Second Amendment rights. In a Truth Social post Wednesday, the 45th president said “America needs real leadership right now due to a security crisis sweeping the nation.” Trump added, he will deliver an important address at the NRA’s annual meeting in Texas on Friday. (Truth Social) This comes as some Democrats are ramping up calls to seize guns from law abiding citizens while citing the tragic school sh...

TURKISH FOREIGN Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City, Wednesday. (photo credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS) DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: There is a lot of competition to hold onto a piece of Jerusalem which is a holy city for multiple religions. The most remarkable aspect of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s visit to  al-Aqsa Mosque  compound on the Temple Mount on Tuesday was that it was so unremarkable. Cavusoglu visited the site without Israeli security guards and was accompanied by Azzam al-Khatib, the director-general of the Jordanian-controlled Wakf Muslim religious trust. He was not met on the compound by throngs waving Turkish flags and did not repeat – whether before he went to the site or when he left it – the need for Muslims to “conquer” al-Aqsa by flooding it with visitors. Five years ago Cavusoglu’s boss, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, did just that. Speaking in 2017 at a conference on Jerusalem held i...

FILE – In this April 12, 2022, file photo, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks after signing into law a bill making it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, file) Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R-Okla.) signed the nation’s strictest abortion bill into law. On Wednesday, Stitt approved the legislation which places a ban on abortions from the point of conception. The law takes effect immediately upon the governor’s signature and prohibits all abortions with few exceptions. Abortion providers have said they will stop performing the procedure as soon as the bill is signed. “I promised Oklahomans that as governor I would sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk and I am proud to keep that promise today,” the Republican said in a statement. “From the moment life begins at conception is when we have a responsibility as human beings to do everything we can to protect that baby’s life and the life o...