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Armed man arrested outside Kavanaugh's house wanted to kill him over draft Roe v. Wade reversal
"Roske stated that he began thinking about how to give his life a purpose and decided that he would kill the Supreme Court Justice after finding the Justice's Montgomery County address on the Internet."

Flashback: Leftist group posts addresses of Supreme Court justices
The Ruth Sent Us site also declares that "our 6-3 extremist Supreme Court routinely issues rulings that hurt women, racial minorities, LGBTQ+ and immigrant rights. We must rise up to force accountability using a diversity of tactics."

Ruth Sent Us Send ‘Special Message’ To Kavanaugh’s Wife And Kids
"A special message for Ashley Kavanaugh and your daughters ... McConnell and the GOP aren’t worried for your safety. They worry only for the expensive Supreme Court they rigged, and their own power."

Democrats Wanted To Intimidate Justices. Now It’s Getting Dangerous
After spending years cynically delegitimizing the high court, Schumer had moved to openly threatening life-time appointed judges, by name, because he feared they would knock down the concocted constitutional right to an abortion.

Sasse calls on Schumer to retract 'lunatic threats' against Kavanaugh
“We have a Senate right now that has a majority leader who stood on the steps of the Supreme Court two years ago shrieking like a lunatic threats at Justice Kavanaugh,” Sasse said.

Biden on Kimmel predicts ‘mini revolution’ in November if SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade
“I don’t think the country will stand for it,” Biden said.

Pro-Abortion Arsonists Have Firebombed Three Pro-Life Groups In A Month
The offices of three different pro-life organizations were firebombed in the course of a month after a leaked draft opinion revealed the Supreme Court would likely overturn Roe v. Wade.

Will The FBI Do Anything About The Alarming Number Of Attacks On Pro-Life Centers?
The same agency that investigated hate crime allegations that a garage pull cord was a noose is failing to investigate arson, death threats, and terror threats from pro-abortionists.

Pro-Abortion Protester Rushed Biden’s Motorcade And Immediately Regretted It
Secret service swiftly took down the protestor as she walked toward the oncoming motorcade while screaming into a megaphone.

State Department Prepares To Announce Worldwide Racial Equity Chief, Leaked Email Shows
The position’s holder has not been named, but the Special Representative will have wide-reaching powers, since he or she will be responsible for “institutionaliz[ing] an enterprise-wide approach to integrating racial and ethnic equity.”

House passes sweeping gun bill to raise assault rifle purchase age to 21
The bill, called the Protecting Our Kids Act, would also bar the sale of large-capacity magazines and institute new rules that dictate proper at-home gun storage. The bill is DOA in the senate.

Other woke DAs who could be run out of office like San Francisco’s Chesa Boudin
Boudin, the son of convicted Weather Underground terrorists, blamed his ouster on “right-wing billionaires” who “outspent us 3-to-1.”

Military confirms aircraft crash in California but denies nuclear materials onboard
The aircraft, an MV-22B Osprey with five Marines onboard, was not carrying nuclear materials, contrary to what was said in initial reports.

Raising a middle-class child will likely cost almost $286,000, according to USDA data
“The fact is that sending an infant to day care in many places across the country could be significantly more expensive than in-state public tuition to send them to college”

Ibram X. Kendi wondered if daughter inhaled 'smog' of 'white superiority' from doll
His daughter grew attached to a white doll with blue eyes, throwing fits when she had to put it down. He "wondered if our black child’s attachment to a white doll could mean she had already breathed in what the psychologist Beverly Daniel Tatum has called the 'smog' of white superiority."

The Meme That Derailed an Executive’s Career
John Demsey made diversity Estée Lauder’s corporate pitch. But on Feb. 21, he was fired for posting a meme. Over the past few years, powerful white executives have lost their jobs because of racist statements they made to employees and others.

Squatter with fake lease won’t leave Chicago woman’s home
“If somebody gets into the property in the middle of the night, nobody sees them get in the property, they have a lease in hand. Well, a police officer can’t determine - they’re not a judge - (if) that’s a fake lease, or that’s a fake signature or it’s forged”

Politics...

Hunter says he's the biggest influence on Joe Biden
“He’s going to talk about drug reform and any other thing that I want him to. [Joe Biden] thinks I’m a god.” ... “My dad respects me more than he respects anyone in the world, and I know that to be certain, so it’s not going to be about whether it ­affects his politics.”

Biden’s RCP Average Drops Under 40% As More Polls Show Him Hitting Record Lows
The RealClearPolitics poll of polls has Biden’s approval rating at 39.7%, a record low mark, with an average of 55% disapproval.

Biden whined about negative press to reporters in off-the-record conversation
Politico goes on to talk about how Biden and his family feel too much attention is placed on the president's low approval numbers and staff turnover rather than bright spots in the economy.

Biden on Kimmel: Republicans 'literally' put our democracy in jeopardy
“I also get asked, ‘look the Republicans don’t play it square, why do you play it square? Well guess what, if we do the same thing they do, our democracy would literally be in jeopardy and that is not a joke.” Biden hasn’t given a sit-down interview to a reporter in four months.

Democrats frustrated by flat-footed White House
Democrats are growing increasingly frustrated by what they say is a flat-footed White House that is slow to catch up on solving a seemingly never-ending cascade of problems in the face of an unrelenting news cycle.

Biden again trips up Air Force One stairs
Biden began his fraught ascension of the plane’s stairs after declining to take questions from reporters.

DeSantis Reacts To Straw Poll Showing Him Leading Against Trump
“I don’t do straw polls. They just put my name to these things, you know? So, what am I supposed to do? Like they sell merchandise and everything. I’d kind of like to get royalties on that.”

Democrats change party registration ahead of GOP primary
Thousands of registered Colorado Democrats are changing their party affiliation ahead of the GOP primaries, with some citing it as an effort to oust Rep. Lauren Boebert from office.

The Day Our Democracy Almost Died...

Trump Pentagon first offered National Guard to Capitol four days before Jan. 6 riots, memo shows
Official Capitol Police timeline validates Trump administration's account, shows Democrats' fateful rejections of offers. "Seems absolutely illogical," one official wrote about security posture hours before riot began.

WaPo: Fox News’s blackout of Jan. 6 points to a hidden crisis for Democrats
The not-so-shocking revelation that Fox News will not carry House committee hearings about the insurrection is yet another sign that right-wing media will go to extraordinary lengths to shield the GOP base from brutal truths about Jan. 6, 2021. [cue ominous music]

WaPo: In South Dakota, the GOP war on democracy hits a wall
The idea of majority rule is under relentless attack, and it’s hard to feel optimistic that the public cares that much. If you try to motivate them to confront threats to foundational American values, they’re likely to tell you that they care more about gas prices.

Google relents after NY Post fights censorship of YouTube interview with Jan. 6 rioter
The latest Big Tech attempt to squash The NY Post’s reporting occurred Monday when YouTube deleted the interview taped inside the Capitol — saying Aaron Mostofsky spouted “misinformation.”

Economy...

Gas hits record $4.96 on Wednesday
That's 64 cents higher from a month ago and $1.89 higher than it was a year ago, according to AAA. In 16 states, the typical gas price has already topped $5 per gallon.

Empty wallets, empty tanks: Surging gas prices leave drivers stranded
AAA fielded 50,787 out-of-gas calls in April, a 32 percent jump from the same month last year. More than 200,000 drivers have been similarly stranded this year. And gas prices have risen precipitously since April, making the financial pain even more acute.

Gas prices: 'Demand destruction' has already started, says strategist
"If we broach $125/b on crude oil, and stay there for a while, consumers will change their behavior"

Americans Go On Credit Card Tear, Pandemic Savings Wiped Out
The April consumer credit report from the Federal Reserve saw a surge in credit card debt, resulting in the largest ever increase in revolving credit, as Americans’ savings from the pandemic are running out, according to ZeroHedge.

Mortgage demand falls to the lowest level in 22 years
Refinance demand was down 75% year over year.

Here’s how soon prices could go down again, according to 'experts'
There’s not a solid answer, but 2022 seems the worst for inflation with prices leveling out by 2023.

Major trucking company says it's done transporting firearms
Saia has announced it will no longer transport firearms amid a renewed national debate on gun control., Freight Waves reported on Monday.

South of the Border...

Summit of the Americas: Biden struggles to exert U.S. influence in own backyard
Nearly one-third of the region's democratically elected heads of state have decided to boycott the summit.

COVID-19...

With aid stalled, the White House says it has to shift funds from testing to buy more vaccines and treatments
The Biden admin has warned that without congressional action, it could have to unwind or sacrifice key pieces of the pandemic response.

Travel industry goes to Congress in effort to get feds to lift COVID tests for vaccinated travelers
Many other countries have dropped such requirements and industry leaders argue the policy does not match the threat posed by the virus.

Entertainment...

Robert De Niro says Biden is doing a very good job
The Rocky & Bullwinkle star said of Biden, "he's, you know, he got us into calm waters, that was always the idea. He's doing a very good job."

R. Kelly should get more than 25 years in prison ‘to protect the public’: federal prosecutors
Kelly, who is scheduled to be sentenced June 29, was found guilty last September of sexually abusing women, boys and girls for decades.

Tim Burton Unloads On ‘Batman’ Franchise
"Wait a minute. Okay. Hold on a second here. You complain about me, I’m too weird, I’m too dark, and then you put nipples on the costume? Go f**k yourself."

Media...

DeSantis to WaPo after attacks on press secretary: ‘We don’t care what you think anymore’
"I would be much more concerned with my press secretary if the Washington Post was writing puff pieces about her. Then I would think something was wrong."

The WaPo's week from Hell
Amber Heard's op-ed, Taylor Lorenz's reporting, Dave Weigel's retweet have caused headaches for the paper

WaPo: Why aren’t there more Republicans like Liz Cheney?
With the passing of Arizona senator John McCain and the retirement of other Republicans with backbone (e.g., Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona), the party now consists almost entirely of timorous sheep willing to fall in line behind the MAGA base regardless of the consequences.

Middle East...

Iran Turns Off U.N. Surveillance Cameras at Nuclear Site
The step came as tensions have risen over stalled efforts to revive a 2015 deal that limited Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for the easing of sanctions.

Australia...

Australia’s Baby Steps Toward Severing Ties With the Queen
The government has established a ministerial position to begin the process of making the country a republic. Polling shows that a slim majority of Australians would support a republic if they had to choose yes or no.

Environment...

EU lawmakers endorse banning combustion-engine cars by 2035
Environmentalists applauded the vote while German automakers warned there is a lack of charging stations to make the plan feasible.

People living on the coast could be forced to move due to climate change, UK warns
Referring to what he described as the “hardest of all the inconvenient truths,” James Bevan said that “some of our communities, both in this country and around the world, cannot stay where they are.”

LGBTQIA2S+...

NY Times: A Vanishing Word in the Abortion Debate: ‘Women’
Progressive groups and medical organizations have adopted inclusive language, which has led to terms like “pregnant people” and “chestfeeding.”

Education...

Education Honchos Swapped CRT Buzzwords To Avoid Public Pushback
Terms like “equity” and “bias” were deemed good words, while “racial equity” was dumped for “cultural equity.” “All children and families” was suggested as an alternative to “people of color” and “narrow societal norms” was substituted for “whiteness.”

Michigan is poised to become 14th state to mandate personal finance education
The legislation is the latest to pass with overwhelming bipartisan support. Earlier this year, both Florida and Georgia passed similar laws.

Technology...

Twitter to give Elon Musk internal data on spam, fake accounts: report
Washington Post notes that the data, which reportedly includes account information, a real-time record of tweets and the devices users tweet from, could be given to Musk as soon as this week. Currently, about two dozen companies pay to access the data.

Woman wakes up from 4-week coma to find partner blocked her on social media
She emerged from the coma and showed signs of improvement — only to experience more anguish when she discovered her boyfriend had ghosted her on social media and moved in with another woman.

Microsoft exec accused of watching 'VR porn' in office resigns
Microsoft’s VR chief Alex Kipman has resigned days after reports surfaced that he had watched “VR porn” in front of workers and engaged in forms of misconduct toward female employees.

TikTok challenge, where you jump in front of a moving truck, kills 2
Two Indonesian teens have died due to the “angel of death” truck challenge.

Sports...

Redskins' coach 'apologizes' for comment comparing Jan 6 rioting to BLM rioting
"I see the images on TV. People's livelihoods are being destroyed. Businesses are being burned down, no problem. And then we have a dust-up at the Capitol, nothing burned down. And we're not gonna talk about, we're gonna make that a major deal," he continued.

Ohio State star QB driving $200K car in NIL deal
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day recently remarked that he believed it would cost about $13 million in NIL deals each year for the Buckeyes to continue fielding a competitive roster.

Hot twins, who play college basketball, have made more than $1-million since NIL policy change
The NIL policy change has allowed athletes, particularly women, to see their bank accounts swell as large as their social-media followings.

Animals...

Man mistakes alligator for dog, with predictable results
The man was walking outside the motel and saw a dark figure moving along the bushes on a path. He thought it was a dog on a long leash, so he didn’t move out of the way. Then the alligator bit his leg.