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South Carolina Republicans Reject Redistricting
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Louisiana Supreme Court ruling, South Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate rejected moving ahead with a redistricting plan that would have likely unseated the state’s sole Democrat in Congress, Rep.
Jim Clyburn. On Tuesday, the state Senate voted by a 29-17 margin to allow for the General Assembly to work on redistricting ahead of the 2026 elections.
This was short of the necessary two-thirds threshold, with five Republican senators defecting.
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Threatening or crude language doesn't persuade anybody and makes the conversation less enjoyable for fellow L.Dotters. ... by Mercedes44"South Carolina Republicans Reject Redistricting 0 repliesDaily Signal, by George Caldwell Original Article Posted by Mercedes44 — 5/13/2026 2:17:26 AM Post Reply Despite being newly empowered by the Callais v.
Louisiana Supreme Court ruling, South Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate rejected moving ahead with a redistricting plan that would have likely unseated the ... redistricting ahead of the 2026 elections. This was short of the necessary two-thirds threshold, with five Republican senators defecting.
California Mayor Worked for Chinese Government, Exposing China’s Deep Influence in America 0 repliesDaily Signal, by Angelina Delfin Original Article Posted by Mercedes44 — 5/13/2026 2:15:45 AM Post Reply ... for China, according to an announcement by the Department of Justice.
The 58-year-old Eileen Wang was elected to the five-person Arcadia City Council in November 2022, where the mayor is selected on a rotating basis.
She resigned Monday. During her time in office, Wang communicated with multiple now-charged illegal agents, such as Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 65, who is currently serving a ... in federal prison. US sanctions Chinese firms assisting IRGC as Iran War looms large ahead of Trump’s China visit 0 repliesJust the News, by Jerry Dunleavy Original Article Posted by Mercedes44 — 5/12/2026 6:14:04 AM Post Reply The Trump Administration has been leveling sanctions against an array of Chinese companies profiting off of ... Jinping in Beijing this week. The U.S. naval blockade has stopped Iranian vessels from making it to China and elsewhere to sell their sanctioned oil, while the State and Treasury departments have hit Chinese companies with significant sanctions — Treasury Department sanctions 12 people and entities accused of helping Iran with ... to the People’s Republic of China. The sanctions are part of the Trump administration's Economic Fury operation, which is part of its maximum pressure campaign against Iran.
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said the IRGC uses the revenue it generates from shipping and selling oil to China, along with other permissive economic jurisdictions, to fund the Iranian regime.
... day of the Iran war, but of course, it hasn’t been 71 days.
The last real date of bombing, intense bombing—not a tit-for-tat here and there, but the actual day of kinetic activity—was April 8, the actual last day.
So, we’ve had about 31 days of negotiation. The actual war was only 40 days long so far. So, all the anti-war opposition was about something that happened over a month ago.
So, ... slightly declined, according to a new League of American Workers poll.
The survey also suggests that Trump‑endorsed candidates are well-positioned to secure their party’s nominations in key Wisconsin races.
According to the poll, Trump’s job approval rating among Badger State Republican voters has risen 5 percentage points since March, while approval of the Republican Party has ... at least 8 points. State Bar of Arizona Disbarring Conservative Attorney After Exercising His Free Speech 8 repliesTownhall, by Rachel Alexander Original Article Posted by Mercedes44 — 5/11/2026 10:18:26 AM Post Reply The State Bar of Arizona (SBA) is disbarring another conservative attorney, Vlad Gagic, after he loudly objected on social media to the ... misconduct, judicial bias and political retaliation.
The situation arose while Gagic was defending his former client, Jamaal Pennington, a young black man who Gagic became convinced was wrongly accused of sex trafficking and pimping.
Gagic told me he uncovered and documented massive misconduct by the prosecution.
When Pennington’s accuser, the key witness against him, recanted ... nominations etc. In 2008 John Brennan was working for the Obama campaign when someone from his outside government group, The Analysis Corporation, “hacked” into the state dept database to access the passport files and State Dept records of Barack Obama.
John O. Brennan, Obama’s then top terrorism and intelligence adviser, was the owner of The Analysis Corp.
The company was cited ... Reply Five words: Power unused is power surrendered.
That’s the reality Senate Republicans now face. With a narrow majority and a nation increasingly concerned about election integrity, Republicans face a choice: act decisively or allow procedural relics to dictate policy outcomes.
At the heart of this dilemma is the filibuster — not a constitutional safeguard, not a sacred ... its current form, it’s not even honest. Today’s filibuster is a shadow of its former self.
Senators no longer need to stand on the floor, speak for hours, or defend their obstruction before the American people.
Erdogan's Turkey: The NATO Member That Sponsors Terrorism 9 repliesGatestone Institute, by Khalid Abu Toameh Original ... financial hub for Hamas's global terror infrastructure.
Countries that enable terrorism cannot at the same time be treated as indispensable partners in the fight against terrorism.
By allowing Hamas members to develop drone capabilities on Turkish soil, Ankara is deliberately grooming terrorists for future wars against Israel.
Radical Woke Bexar County Judge – The ... County Court-at-Law No. 13 Judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez, the self-proclaimed “first openly LGBT judge” in the county, has been forced to resign in disgrace and accept a permanent, lifetime disqualification from ever holding judicial office in the State of Texas again.
According to the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Speedlin-Gonzalez signed off on the deal on April 20, 2026, ... against her. The CIA, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and John Brennan 5 repliesConservative Treehouse, by Sundance Original Article Posted by Mercedes44 — 5/11/2026 5:52:21 AM Post Reply In 2008 Joe Biden was Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, with oversight jurisdiction of the U.S State Dept., and by extension all foreign policy nominations etc.
In 2008 John Brennan was working ... passport files and State Dept records of Barack Obama.
John O. Brennan, Obama’s then top terrorism and intelligence adviser, was the owner of The Analysis Corp.
The company was cited in March 2008 for penetrating the files of presidential candidates Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and John McCain in the State Department’s passport office.
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours) ... who are working against President Donald Trump. This is not a surprise as we have noted the Trump administration continues to take apart the tentacles of Lawfare and Intelligence operatives in Main Justice, various U.S. Attorney offices, FBI Headquarters, FBI field offices and various Intelligence Community silos.
Obama meets with Talarico, aiming to boost ... AUSTIN — Former President Barack Obama met with U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico Tuesday in Texas, putting his support behind a campaign that Democrats see as a shot, if a long one, for the party to win statewide in the reliably conservative state.
Obama lunched with Talarico and Democratic state Rep.
Gina Hinojosa, the nominee running to unseat Texas’ Republican Gov.
Greg Abbott, at ... one of the more liked figures in the Democratic Party.
Obama has been highlighting younger leaders in the party, including New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Ex-DHS chief Alejandro Mayorkas regrets Biden’s immigration agenda — despite claiming border was ‘secure’ 17 repliesNew York Post, by Josh Christenson ... administration. More than 8 million entered by the start of the 46th president’s final year in office — before Biden moved to shut down the border and crack down on illegal crossings Flailing Virginia Dems Mistakenly Address SCOTUS Request to Wrong Court 14 repliesBreitbart News, by John Nolte Original Article Posted by ConservativeYankee — 5/12/2026 2:25:00 PM Post Reply Virginia ... Minnesota’s Quality Learing Center. After misspelling “Virginia” and “Senator” on a recent appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court, Jones’ office fired off an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States that’s addressed to — lol — the Supreme Court of Virginia.
In the first case… no spell check? The attorney general’s office doesn’t use spell check? In the second case of addressing the ... one is basically an Olympic sport. Applications for New York’s Cooling Assistance Benefit opened April 15, offering qualifying households a free air conditioner or fan, plus installation, just in time for the season when apartment living starts to feel like slow-roasting in a brick oven.
[snip] For window, portable A/C units or fans, the benefit covers up to $800, including ... Updated May 12, 2026, 1:15 a.m. ET A gun-wielding career criminal opened fire at random cars driving down a Massachusetts roadway on Monday, leaving two men with life-threatening injuries before the maniac was shot by responding officers.
Gunman Tyler Brown allegedly fired 50 to 60 rounds indiscriminately from an assault-style rifle as he erratically walked down Memorial Drive in ... during a press conference. At 1:06 p.m., Cambridge police received a 911 call from Boston police, who said an individual acting erratically and in possession of a rifle was in Cambridge, Ryan said.
Alabama Is Free to Redraw Its Maps After SCOTUS Vacates District Court Ruling 10 repliesRed State, by Jennifer Oliver O'Connell Original Article Posted by Dreadnought — 5/12/2026 12:20:51 AM ... majority-minority congressional districts. The motions to expedite are granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment in No.
25-243 is granted. The judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in that case is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit with instructions to remand to the ... $83 million defamation award to E. Jean Carroll — for now 8 repliesAssociated Press, by Michael R.
Sisak & Larry Neumeister Original Article Posted by NorthernDog — 5/12/2026 9:33:43 PM Post Reply NEW YORK — President Donald Trump won’t have to pay an $83 million defamation award to a longtime advice columnist until the U.S. Supreme Court ... entry Tuesday. (Snip) Smith said last week there was a “fair prospect” that the Supreme Court will find in favor of Trump, who has called Carroll’s claims first made publicly in 2019 that she was sexually attacked by Trump in a Manhattan luxury department store dressing room in spring 1996 a “made up scam.” The $83 million award to Carroll Matt Damon Is a Coward, and SNL Is ... 5/12/2026 10:48:10 AM Post Reply I can’t believe he did it again.
Matt Damon reprised his role as Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday Night Live.
This time, the central joke of the unfunny skit was that Kavanaugh, Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel are all drunks.
Damon as Kavanaugh was pounding beers and shots while he promised to give Trump a third term.
Even the audience of trained seals sounded ... submit to a profile. (I eventually did say yes, Stacy Abrams subpoenaed as part of Georgia Senate's probe into campaign finance violations 8 repliesJust the News, by Kevin Killough Original Article Posted by mc squared — 5/12/2026 10:42:22 AM Post Reply A special committee of the Georgia Senate has issued subpoenas to ... 2018 elections. Earlier this year, the groups admitted to 16 violations and agreed to pay a $300,000 fine, according to Fox News.
Michigan House Candidate Says She Would Ban Stock Trading Among US Officials To 'Fight Corruption.' As Biden's Ukraine ... Worth Up to $4M. 8 repliesWashington Free Beacon, by Thomas Catenacci Original Article Posted by ConservativeYankee — 5/12/2026 9:41:12 AM Post Reply As U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, House candidate Bridget Brink was an energetic stock trader, making 179 individual stock trades worth between $754,000 and $4 million while in office, according to more than two dozen ethics disclosures ... ban federal officials, including presidential appointees like U.S. ambassadors, from engaging in individual stock trading as part of her plan for "fighting corruption and defending democracy." "I've been criticized as 'focusing too intensely on the issue of corruption,'" Rubio Tightens the Noose on Cuba While Jayapal Plays Shadow Secretary of State 8 repliesRed State, by Brand Essex ... effort to disrupt the regime's financial lifelines.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended the move by highlighting how these operations funnel resources away from ordinary Cubans and into the pockets of the ruling elite.
While critics decry any pressure on Havana as harsh, the reality is more straightforward: Decades of engagement have failed to loosen the Communist ... repression. GAESA operates as the economic engine of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, controlling key sectors from tourism to retail and finance.
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