Report: Republicans voting against Jim Jordan are doing it to 'spite Matt Gaetz'

Amos 9:14-15

Biden seeks 'vital' war aid for Ukraine and to a lesser degree Israel, wants $105 billion
Reportedly will ask for $60 billion for Ukraine, $14 billion for Israel, $10 billion for 'humanitarian' efforts, $7 billion for Taiwan, and $14 billion for U.S. border security.

Poll: Most Democrats oppose additional aid, weapons to Israel
53% of Democrats believe the U.S. should not send additional weapons and supplies to Israel, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll.

A new generation of hate rises in America
Though top leaders condemn Hamas and support Israel, anti-Semitic rot is spreading in the U.S., from Congress to campuses.

Making sense of a weaponized FBI
The FBI's monitoring of "Trump followers" as domestic threats, as directed by the Biden administration, raises alarms about the politicization of law enforcement. This echoes communist regimes, which labeled opposition as extremists to justify oppression.

Federal Judge Overturns California’s Unconstitutional Ban On ‘Assault Weapons’ — Again
“California’s answer to the criminal misuse of a few is to disarm its many good residents. That knee-jerk reaction is constitutionally untenable, just as it was 250 years ago.”

Judge Won’t Let Alex Jones Use Bankruptcy to Avoid Sandy Hook Damages
A Texas court ruling means the Infowars broadcaster must pay most of the $1.4 billion he owes Sandy Hook families, regardless of his business finances.

Army private who fled to North Korea charged with desertion and possession of child pornography
Private Travis King was released from North Korean detention and returned to the U.S. late last month.

These are the top-rated fast-food chains in each state
Chick-fil-A took the top spot in 34 states.

Third House speaker vote set for Friday morning, says Jim Jordan's office
GOP Rep. Jim Jordan's office said the third round of voting for House speaker will take place Friday morning at 10 a.m., and two hours earlier, at 8 a.m., Jordan will be holding a news conference.

Republicans Voting Against Jordan Are Doing It To ‘Spite Matt Gaetz,’ Members Say
“I have been told by a good number of people that their objection isn’t personal to Jim, it is that voting in Jordan is perceived to be rewarding Matt Gaetz and the rest of the eight."

Ken Buck claims he was given eviction notice after voting against Jim Jordan
"Right now is this constant barrage of phone calls," Buck said. "So far, I've had four death threats. I've been evicted from my office in Colorado. I have a notice of eviction because the landlord is mad with my vote record on the speaker issue."

Trump is winning in key swing states as voters reject Bidenomics: Poll
Trump leads Biden 47% to 43% in the seven-state poll.

Forbes: Here’s Why Sidney Powell’s Guilty Plea Could Be ‘Devastating’ For Trump In Georgia Case
This time they're going to get him ...

Democratic billionaire: Trump foreign record 'pretty incredible' in hindsight
Former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya went on to highlight the Abraham Accords, a landmark diplomatic agreement that saw Israel normalize relations with the UAE and Bahrain, while paving the way for similar developments with other neighboring nations.

Vulnerable Dem Senator Sprints Down Stairs To Duck Questions About Israel
Sen. Jon Tester of Montana sprinted down a flight of stairs on Thursday to avoid a reporter’s questions about his voting record on Israel.

NYC mayor uses AI for foreign language robocalls
New Yorkers are getting robocalls from Mayor Eric Adams speaking Mandarin, Urdu, or Yiddish, even though he doesn’t actually speak those languages. City Hall is using voice-cloning artificial intelligence to create audio public service announcements that sound just like him.

Dean Phillips has told lawmakers he’s running against Joe Biden
Phillips, a Democrat rep from Minnesota, is a millionaire businessman who co-founded the gelato company Talenti Gelato and could self-fund much of his own campaign.

Strong Economic Data ‘Could Warrant’ Higher Rates, Fed Chair Says
Mr. Powell called recent growth data a “surprise” and said that it had come as consumer demand held up much more strongly than had been expected.

Bidenomics Gifts Homebuyers Highest Mortgage Rates In More Than Two Decades
On Wednesday, the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage hit 8%.

Americans Learned a Lesson About Interest Rates. Washington Has Not.
Higher rates lead to more debt, and more debt begets higher rates, and on and on. Get the picture?

El Paso Sends Thousands Of Illegal Aliens To Sanctuary Cities In New Round Of Busing
Mayor Oscar Leeser, a Democrat, has shipped nearly 180 busloads of migrants to sanctuary cities in less than a month since the city restarted its busing program in September.

Israel planning to establish massive demilitarized zone along length of Gaza border fence: Report
The expected DMZ would extend the length of the 40-mile fence already encircling the Gaza Strip and would enhance the elaborate defensive measures already in place, according to CNN’s Nic Robertson, who spoke with Israeli ministers about the plan.

IDF Has ‘Green Light’ To Enter Gaza; Official Says Hamas Tunnels To Become ‘World’s Biggest Cemetery’
Economy Minister Nir Barakat said that the IDF was given the “green light” to enter Gaza and that their primary objective is to find all the terrorists and to “wipe them out” … “even if it takes a year.”

The US shot down missiles and drones launched from Yemen that the Pentagon said may have been headed to Israel
“We cannot say for certain what these missiles and drones were targeting, but they were launched from Yemen heading north along the Red Sea, potentially towards targets in Israel,” Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon spokesman, told reporters.

Attacks on US troops in Middle East ramp up as Israel conflict escalates
The episodes add a dangerous new element to the fighting in Gaza and deepen fears that Iran might take a more regional approach to fomenting violence.

Iran mobilizes proxies for drone war on US and Israel
Iran has encouraged its terrorist proxy forces in Iraq, Yemen, and Syria to begin a drone war against U.S. forces and Israel. On Thursday drones and rockets targeted Ain al-Asad base in Iraq. This is at least the third attack on the bast this week.

Why rescuing the Hamas hostages is so hard: 'We've not seen a case quite like this in the modern era'
A military operation to rescue the hostages held by Hamas terrorists appears all but impossible.

12-year-old Harry Potter fan taken hostage is found dead with her grandmother
Noya Dan, 12, who had autism, her grandmother Carmela Dan, 80, and three other members of their family were taken hostage by Hamas.

Bodies of 8 Thai nationals murdered in Hamas assault arrive in Bangkok
Thailand’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said that 30 Thai nationals are feared dead, while 16 are reportedly injured and 17 are believed to have been abducted.

Hamas fighters took drug called Captagon to make them feel invincible before Israel massacre
As the details of the atrocities committed by Hamas surface, the new reports suggest some fighters may have been fueled by the drug and used it to stay awake and feel a rush of "euphoria."

Evidence shows Hamas terrorists likely used North Korean weapons during attack on Israel
At the heart of the controversy is the F-7 rocket-propelled grenade, a shoulder-fired weapon fighters typically use against armored vehicles.

White House admits Biden accidentally doxxed US special forces members: 'We regret the error'
The revealing photograph was up for approximately an hour before officials were made aware of the problem.

Airlift Ordered By DeSantis Evacuates Another 200 Americans From Israel
The announcement comes after he signed an executive order directing Florida resources to help bring Americans home. He welcomed two flights earlier this week that brought home nearly 300 Americans.

Death toll in Gaza hospital blast greatly exaggerated
Local Hamas-run Gazan sources allege that 471 people were killed at the hospital; foreign independent intelligence sources claimed instead that the number was closer to 10-50.

Al Jazeera investigation: So what really hit the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza?
Based on a detailed review of all videos, we conclude that the flash Israel attributed to a misfire was in fact consistent with Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system intercepting a missile fired from the Gaza Strip and destroying it in mid-air.

Disinformation Reporter Ben Collins Failed To Correct the Gaza Hospital Story
Did Collins soberly wait for these facts to come in? Nope. The award-winning disinformation expert helped circulate the inaccurate claims of the Palestinian authorities.

Babylon Bee: 4D Chess - Biden Offers The Palestinians $100 Million In Exchange For None Of The Hostages
"Nobody's ever done anything like this. We're going to send 100 million…billion trillion…100 thousand…all of the…the…100 million dollars to…to the…to the folks that…those folks there. Philistines. Planetfiends. Palestines. Palestinians. And in return, I have asked for none of the people being held hostage by Hamas to be released."

Citi fires banker over ‘revolting’ Israel remark
“No wonder why Hitler wanted to get rid of all of them,” Nozima Husainova wrote with a smiley face emoji in an Instagram story.

Fired Miami dentist defends ripping down posters of Israeli children kidnapped by Hamas
Claims it was "to promote peace" and "de-escalate" tensions between Jewish people and Muslims.

Beverly Hills doctor fired over 'disturbing anti-Semitic' posts on Twitter
Said "Zionists are genocidal, demonic, greedy, pedophilic r****ds."

China ready to liaise with Russia on Mideast crisis
China's special envoy for the Mideast pinned the cause of the Israel-Gaza crisis on the lack of guarantee for the rights of Palestinians, as he met with his Russian counterpart in Qatar, a key diplomatic go-between in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

China growing navy, nukes, and Russia ties to counter US: Pentagon
U.S. defense officials are increasingly worried about Moscow and Beijing’s deepening relationship – particularly as China grows its nuclear capabilities, according to a new report.

China Sells Most US Securities in Four Years Amid Yuan Weakness
The bulk of the $21.2 billion of sales were in Treasuries and U.S. equities, with funds in the Asian nation also cutting holdings of agency debt.

Dozens of Canadian diplomats are forced to leave India
Spat comes after PM Justin Trudeau accused the country of assassinating Sikh leader in British Columbia.

Man gets 2 months in prison for projecting anti-Semitic conspiracy theory onto Anne Frank House Museum
Robert Wilson casted the scrolling phrase “Ann [sic] Frank invented the ballpoint pen” onto the side of the museum with a laser projector mounted in his van.

Variety’s star-studded Hollywood summit on anti-Semitism takes a turn amid war in Israel
In the first celebrity conversation of the day, award-winning actor Julianna Margulies said “it is shocking” how few members of her industry have spoken out against anti-Semitism.

Britney Spears admits she was 'very drunk' and 'bored' when she married 55-hour husband
“I don’t even remember that night at all,” the pop star writes in her forthcoming memoir.

Apple cancels Jon Stewart show over creative disagreements
The show, which critics had previously blasted as dull and stuck in the past, had tapings set for the weeks ahead for season three until Apple and Stewart clashed over content.

EV companies take their foot off the gas as car costs soar
Tesla joined General Motors and Ford in voicing concerns about EV production on Wednesday. CEO Elon Musk said he was worried about the impact of high interest rates on EV car buyers and expressed hesitation about moving forward with plans for an EV factory in Mexico, according to Reuters.

The green-energy bubble is about to burst — and thanks to Biden, taxpayers will suffer
As interest rates have risen and excess money gets removed from the financial system by the Federal Reserve, markets are waking up to the fact that many renewables companies are hothouse plants addicted to cheap credit.

California Environmental Regulations Are Driving Truckers Out of Pennsylvania
The Golden State's new rules — which Pennsylvania's Environmental Quality Board opted to copy — will increase the cost of a new truck by about one-third.

Remains of at least 189 people removed from funeral home that offered 'green burials' without embalming fluid
Officials have not disclosed further details of what was found inside the funeral home, but Fremont Sheriff Allen Cooper described the scene as horrific.

Gov. Sanders signs order banning 'ridiculous words' like 'pregnant people'
"They’re using nonsense words to erase women and girls and, more importantly, to erase our voices and our experiences. Today we’re taking a stand against woke nonsense," Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.

Progress: Finally a man has made the Maxim ‘Hot 100’ women list
Yes, even if you're a 56-year-old former football coach, you too can be just as hot as Margot Robbie.

LGBT activists who taught at Tennessee elementary schools busted for 'illicit prostitution'
Both lesbians allegedly told police they needed to sell sex and otherwise they would "starve."

Armed Guards to Protect Jewish Students Attending Shabbat Events on US Campuses This Weekend
With Jewish university students in the United States feeling increasingly unsafe, Hillel International, the Jewish campus life organization, plans to hire armed guards to protect them at Shabbat activities that will be held this weekend.

Kentucky nursing board scraps ‘implicit bias’ training following Washington Examiner report
The nurses were presented with images of Ku Klux Klan members burning a cross and being told that "best intentions will not solve implicit bias in healthcare."

1941 Column on Parenting: Let Your Child Alone
A mother should not kiss and cuddle her baby, should turn a deaf ear when he cries, should feed and tend him with cold regularity. So ran the advice most pediatricians gave parents a few years ago. But many of these "scientific," timetable children have grown up neurotic, unhappy.

With new declaration, luminaries warn that online censorship is destroying freedom
A group of 136 academics, historians, and journalists from the left, right, and center of the political spectrum have come together to warn Biden that this rapidly growing censorship regime “undermines the foundational principles of representative democracy.”

Insiders say Travis Kelce bought new $6M mansion to impress Taylor Swift after feeling 'self-conscious'
The Chiefs’ tight end, and new Taylor Swift flame, decided it was time for a major property upgrade.

Bigfoot museum expert throws shade at Colorado 'Bigfoot' video
“It wouldn’t surprise me if somebody from [another Bigfoot] museum was out to build up publicity.”

We Have The ‘Clearest Evidence’ Yet Of The Iconic Loch Ness Monster
Amid a flurry of alleged Nessie sightings of late, one Scottish photographer has purportedly captured the most definitive proof that the iconic Loch Ness monster isn’t just a myth.