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Fiscal hawks: House budget plan could add $25 trillion in debt over next decade
(The Center Square) – House leaders have praised their early work on crafting a budget, but outside groups estimate the spending plan could add $25 trillion to the national debt over the next decade. Part of the disconnect is the extension of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts, which Republicans view as preventing a…
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Shenandoah University to offer info on ‘aromantic’ awareness following Valentine’s Day
(The Center Square) – Shenandoah University is to hold a post-Valentine’s Day “Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Table” intended to spread information on those who identify as having little to no romantic feelings as a part of the school’s diversity center’s Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. On Feb. 25, students are invited to come to the table “to…
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Lisa McClain says budget chaos is ‘the beauty of democracy’
Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) dismissed any concerns that Congress will not be able to agree on federal spending, and thus spark a government shutdown. A budget reconciliation bill must be passed in Congress by March 14, which is the deadline stemming from the last continuing resolution. This comes as there are rumblings that Democratic lawmakers will hold…
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Kentucky floods: At least 8 dead as Beshear begs people to ‘stay alive’
At least eight people are dead in Kentucky due to severe flash flooding occurring across the Bluegrass State and its neighbors on President’s Day weekend. Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) confirmed that deaths have been reported in Clay, Hart, Nelson, Pike, and Washington counties. FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS…
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Trump takes lap around Daytona 500 Speedway in visit to NASCAR race
President Donald Trump’s fourth week back in the White House is being capped off with a visit to the Daytona International Speedway, where NASCAR‘s annual Daytona 500 race is being held on Sunday. Ahead of racers starting their engines on Sunday afternoon, Trump flew to Daytona Beach, Florida, to attend the race, with his motorcade…
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America’s last big-city stockyard in downtown Oklahoma City is up for sale | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
OKLAHOMA Last big-city stockyard up for sale OKLAHOMA CITY — On the edge of a thriving downtown dotted with luxury hotels and trendy restaurants is a more than 100-year-old relic of Oklahoma City’s western heritage: One of the world’s largest cattle stockyards. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); But maybe not for much longer. The Oklahoma National Stockyards…
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Jeffries deflects when asked if he’s national Democrats’ leader
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) would not say on Sunday whether he is the Democrats’ national leader, as the party struggles to mount defenses to a GOP trifecta in Washington, D.C. Jeffries appeared on ABC’s This Week, in which host Jonathan Karl shared how House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) argued the Democratic party lacks…
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DEI purge ends the Air Force’s impactful Women’s Initiative Team
Now-retired Air Force Lt. Col. Jessica Ruttenber was at her first Air Force pilot training class in 2004 when she was pulled out and told she was a half-inch too short to pursue her dream to fly. For generations, the Air Force required pilots to stand between 5 feet, 4 inches and 6 feet, 5…
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Colorado prisons sticking to state court decree in dealing with transgender inmates
Colorado prisons and jails appear to be staying the course, for now, in the face of one of President Donald Trump’s new executive orders requiring transgender women in federal custody to move to men’s prisons. Instead, the Colorado Department of Corrections is carrying out mandated changes to the state’s system under a 2019 class-action lawsuit…
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Math demands nuclear compromise to solve Colorado’s energy conundrum | CALDARA
Jon Caldara Slowly, very slowly, Colorado environmentalists are learning basic math. Simple math is a wickedly dangerous thing. I strongly recommend you never learn it. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); Those fool enough to play around with basic math realize our lawmakers have painted us into an energy-starved corner that will, quite literally, kill people in the…