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The Border Patrol Union Denounces Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Removal of Razor Wire on Texas-Mexico Border
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The Border Patrol Union Denounces Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Removal of Razor Wire on Texas-Mexico Border

By the Lobby The recent Supreme Court ruling allowing the removal of razor wire along the southern border between Texas and Mexico has ignited a fierce debate between the Texas authorities and the US federal government. This weekend, Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd strongly condemned the recent decision, stating that agents are against cutting down the barbed-wire fences. In a recent appearance on Newsmax's Saturday Report, Judd expressed his disapproval of the Supreme Court ruling, which grants the federal government the constitutional authority to remove the barbed wire on the Texas-Mexico border. While the Border Patrol has been directed to dismantle the razor wire, the Texas National Guard has been actively installing more wire, which Judd clarified does not viola...
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Biden on the ballot: Joe’s struggles with minority voters to see first test in South Carolina primary
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Biden on the ballot: Joe’s struggles with minority voters to see first test in South Carolina primary

By Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner South Carolina commences President Joe Biden's reelection effort in earnest on Feb. 3 with the first sanctioned Democratic primary.  The contest, which he is all but sure to win, will be the first time in 2024 Biden will be on the ballot. As such, the state presents an opportunity to examine the electability of the incumbent president who has been plagued by low approval ratings across multiple measures and groups. Part One of "Biden on the Ballot" looks at his struggles with minority voters. President Joe Biden heads into his 2024 reelection bid bleeding support from minority groups that were the backbone of his first White House victory. Now, just days away from the first official Democratic primary election in South Carolina on Feb. 3,...
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Education Guide 2024: How to compare schools
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Education Guide 2024: How to compare schools

By Savannah Eller [email protected] A Niche score, a GreatSchools star rating, a U.S. News & World Reports ranking. A quick online search of any Colorado Springs school will come up with popular sites dedicated to giving a picture of that school's quality. Often driven by statewide test score data, these snap shot profiles might not give parents the whole picture of a school and whether their student would be a good fit.  Here are a few other ways to get the whole picture on a prospective school.  READ FULL ARTICLE ON GAZETTE.COM
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Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
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Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON - Associated Press ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where men are sentenced to hard labor and forced to work, for pennies an hour or sometimes nothing at all. After rumbling down a country road to an auction house, the cows are bought by a local rancher and then followed by The Associated Press another 600 miles to a Texas slaughterhouse that feeds into the supply chains of giants like McDonald’s, Walmart and Cargill. Intricate, invisible webs, just like this one, link some of the world’s largest f...
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House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas on two articles
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House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas on two articles

By Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner House Republicans plan to impeach President Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on two articles in a historic committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday, the Washington Examiner has learned. The House Homeland Security Committee will take up articles of impeachment for Willful and Systemic Refusal to Comply with the Law and Breach of the Public Trust against Mayorkas, according to the committee. "These articles lay out a clear, compelling, and irrefutable case for Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment," said House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) in a statement. "He has willfully and systemically refused to comply with immigration laws enacted by Congress. He has...
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‘Reaction of a father’: Trump mindful of family involvement in 2024 campaign
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‘Reaction of a father’: Trump mindful of family involvement in 2024 campaign

Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner Former President Donald Trump is mindful of involving his family in his latest bid for the White House. Trump expressed his hesitation to feature his family in his campaign, acknowledging that his wife, Melania Trump, would become more involved as the campaign moved forward. "At the same time, I don’t want my family to be too active because they did such a great job last time and they were really gone after by people that were very unfair," Trump told Fox News's Brian Kilmeade. READ FULL ARTICLE ON GAZETTE.COM
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Most Americans feel they pay too much in taxes, poll finds
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Most Americans feel they pay too much in taxes, poll finds

By CORA LEWIS and LINLEY SANDERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS  A majority of taxpayers feel they pay too much in taxes, with many saying that they receive a poor value in return, according to a new poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.  Two-thirds of U.S. taxpayers say they spend “too much” on federal income taxes, as tax season begins. About 7 in 10 say the same about local property taxes, while roughly 6 in 10 feel that way about state sales tax. Generally speaking, Republicans are more likely than Democrats to view taxes as unfair, to say they are paying too much in taxes, and to see taxes as a poor value. READ FULL ARTICLE ON KRDO.COM
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Retired FBI execs to Congress: Invasion at border ‘perilous’ for America
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Retired FBI execs to Congress: Invasion at border ‘perilous’ for America

By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner Ten retired FBI directors and experts in counter intelligence sent a letter to congressional leaders warning that President Joe Biden’s border policies have facilitated a “soft invasion” into the U.S. of military-age men coming from terror-linked regions, China and Russia. They argue a terrorist attack is likely imminent but preventable. “The threat we call out today is new and unfamiliar. In its modern history the U.S. has never suffered an invasion of the homeland, and, yet, one is unfolding now. Military age men from across the globe, many from countries or regions not friendly to the United States, are landing in waves on our soil by the thousands – not by splashing ashore from a ship or parachuting from ...
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How Colorado became the focal point of 14th Amendment efforts to disqualify Trump from the ballot
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How Colorado became the focal point of 14th Amendment efforts to disqualify Trump from the ballot

By Jenny Deam | SOURCE: COLORADO POLITICS The extraordinary Colorado election case now headed for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if former President Donald Trump is disqualified from the ballot had its humble beginnings three years ago in the Maryland basement office of a self-proclaimed legal nerd. It was around New Year’s Day 2021. Constitutional scholar and University of Maryland law school professor Mark Graber was putting the finishing touches on a chapter delving into the then mostly forgotten Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Just the kind of thing Graber, a historian at heart, loved. The rarely used section had been crafted more than 150 years ago to disqualify former Confederate leaders from holding office because they had engaged in an insurrection. It read...
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