House Democrats Pass $1.5-Trillion Infrastructure Bill. It Will Die in the Senate

The UN human rights chief said he was “horrified” by reports of mass graves following sieges by the IDF)at two of Gaza’s largest hospitals. Nasser Hospital recovered nearly 300 bodies and al-Shifa Hospital recovered over 380 bodies in mass graves. It was reported that some of the bodies had their hands tied.

Over the last five years, California used $24 billion to address homelessness. A state audit revealed that there wasn’t consistent tracking to see if all that money actually helped improve the situation. The problem has only gotten worse. 

Tucker said politicians are “worried about someone putting kiddie porn on their computer. Members of Congress are terrified of the intel agencies. I’m not guessing at that. They’ve told me that — including people on the intel committee, including people who run the intel committee.” 

Privacy expert Rob Braxman warned against extreme geolocation tracking capabilities and monitoring as ‘Skynet’ is now in place. Mesh networks utilize radio frequencies rather than the internet and communicate with other devices. He said that can contact tracing is now in effect.

Small Business Administration official Tyler Robinson called current White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients “the second most powerful person in Washington” where “whatever this guy says, it’s what the President says.”

Classmate Emily, a female student, said that she warned the guidance counselor for several days of Mel’s ‘hit list’ plan to attack girls. Emily again asked for help five hours before the attack. The school staff failed to prevent the brutal attack. The police said it was an unprovoked attack.

The FDA’s new Modernization Act 2.0 authorizes drug makers use alternatives to animal testing, including cell-based assays and computer models, to obtain an exemption from the FDA to investigate the safety of a drug. The FDA is transitioning from testing animal models to directly experimenting on humans.

A recent audit found California could not account for the $24 BILLION it spent between 2018 – 2023 to tackle the state’s burgeoning homeless crisis.

David Webb said that local UCC laws must be re-established and the exceptions must be stricken down. He described his meetings with Tennessee lawmakers and the banking lobby and how the lobby bared its fangs and threatened to stop doing business with the state.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is scrambling to keep his job while at the same time he is working to pass a foreign aid package that is opposed by many Republicans. Far-right Republicans in the House balked at the new plan and demanded it to be attached to Ukraine aid, as previously promised.

Shoplifting is costing the state of New York $4.4 billion or more each year! Democrats’ soft-on-crime and no cash bail laws are to blame. The leftist policies have created the foundation for the underground resale economy that ranges from eBay and Amazon to bodegas. Some thieves take orders before robbing a store.

Basic income programs are intended provide direct, regular cash payments to low-income residents to help alleviate poverty. However, critics assert that it basic income is a tool to purchase voters. Republicans argue handing out no-strings-attached cash disincentivizes work.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is a law that is meant to target foreign adversaries, but often surveils Americans’ private communications without a warrant. An amendment requiring a warrant was voted down in the House despite broad support by the American people.

The school estimated a range of costs for students to earn a doctoral degree at $40,000 to 50,000, and when a few students costs exceeded that range, the Department of Education fined GCU nearly $40 million. GCU’s appeal of Cardona’s agency’s outrageous fine is pending.

A group of  Republican AGs warned Bank of America against alleged practices of “de-banking” customers because of their religious or political views. The letter cited recent news reports that B of A cooperated with the FBI and US Treasury to profile conservative and religious Americans as potential domestic terrorists.