Unitarian Universalist Lawmaker Offers Atheist Invocation to ‘God of Many Names’

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A Texas lawmaker whose religious affiliation includes atheists and agnostics suggested all religions pray to the same “God of many names” during an interfaith prayer service at the state capitol.

Democratic Rep. Donna Howard of Austin delivered the opening invocation for the Feb. 11 meeting of the 89th Legislative Session with a prayer for “Texans of every religion and no religion” in which she gave thanks for living in a nation, she said, that protects the “freedom of and from religion.”

“I’m grateful to live in a country where we have a constitutional right to no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the full exercise thereof, freedom of and from religion,” said Howard, a former nurse who has represented her district since 2006.

“In that spirit and with respect for all Texans of every religion and no religion,” Howard continued, “we seek guidance for the day before use from the God of our understanding, from that moral compass that calls us to recognize our interconnectedness and our collective work, and to bring to that work the better angels of ourselves on behalf of all Texans whom we have been given the privilege to serve.”

She referred to the “Spirit of Life, God of many names” in her prayer and asked, “Let us know that each from our own tradition comes today to lift our spirit in unity.” (Read more from “Unitarian Universalist Lawmaker Offers Atheist Invocation to ‘God of Many Names'” HERE)

Trump Targets Taxpayers’ Money Used to ‘Incentivize or Support’ Illegals

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A new executive order from President Donald Trump, among the latest in his long list of dozens of actions he’s taken to protect America from illegal aliens and the transgender ideology, and to cut government waste and fraud, puts a bull’s-eye on the taxpayer money being used to “incentivize or support” illegal immigration.

The idea is to make certain “taxpayer resources are used to protect the interests of American citizens, not illegal aliens,” said the order, which also cited statistics from the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

That group said American taxpayers are being forced to pay at least $182 billion a year to cover the expenses of 20 million illegal aliens and their children, including more than $66 billion in federal expenses and $115 billion paid by states and local governments.

Further, the Center for Immigration Studies reported 1 million illegal aliens could cost American taxpayers $3 billion a year through welfare programs to which they are not supposed to have access under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

But illegal aliens who are granted parole become “qualified aliens,” allowing access to various benefits. (Read more from “Trump Targets Taxpayers’ Money Used to ‘Incentivize or Support’ Illegals” HERE)

Social Media Cheers as White House Deputy Chief of Staff ‘Torches’ Press Corps: ‘I Love This’

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Stephen Miller gave the White House press corps a “civics lesson” on presidential powers at Thursday’s press briefing, to the delight of conservatives.

The White House deputy chief of staff for policy responded to a question comparing media concerns about Elon Musk serving as an “unelected bureaucrat” while ignoring former President Joe Biden’s declining mental state.

“You’re tempting me to say very harsh things about some of our media friends,” he began. “It is true that many of the people in this room for four years failed to cover the fact that Joe Biden was mentally incompetent and was not running the country.”

“It is also true that many people in this room who have used this talking point that Elon is not elected fail to understand how government works. So I’m glad for the opportunity for a brief civics lesson,” he continued.

“A president is elected by the whole American people. He’s the only official in the entire government that is elected by the entire nation, right? Judges are appointed. Members of Congress are elected at the district or state level. The Constitution, Article II has a clause known as the Vesting Clause. And it says the executive power shall be vested in a president, singular. The whole will of democracy is imbued into the elected president. That president then appoints staff to then impose that democratic will onto the government.”

(Read more from “Social Media Cheers as White House Deputy Chief of Staff ‘Torches’ Press Corps: ‘I Love This’” HERE)

Inside Trump’s ‘Goal’ to Abolish the IRS, Utilize Tariffs So ‘Whole Economy Explodes’ — And How It’ll Affect Your Wallet

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One of President Trump’s objectives over the next four years is to have US revenues from tariffs become so massive that the Internal Revenue Service is no longer needed, his commerce secretary revealed Wednesday.

“His goal is to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and let all the outsiders pay,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime.”

The former CEO of Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald expanded a day later on his belief that Trump’s sweeping tariff plan will be a boon for the US economy.

“As the president said, reciprocal tariffs, either you bring yours down or we’re going to bring ours up. If we go to their level, it will earn us $700 billion a year to be equal to everybody else,” Lutnick said Thursday, during an appearance on FNC’s “America’s Newsroom.”

“And there goes our deficit. And interest rates come smashing down, and the whole economy explodes higher.” (Read more from “Inside Trump’s ‘Goal’ to Abolish the IRS, Utilize Tariffs So ‘Whole Economy Explodes’ — And How It’ll Affect Your Wallet” HERE)

Report: Mitch McConnell to Announce Senate Retirement

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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will announce Thursday he will not seek reelection in 2026, Politico reported.

McConnell, who turned 83 Thursday, has been expected to retire following his resignation under pressure as Senate Republican Leader in early 2024.

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‘Good Riddance’: Trump Fires ‘Biden Era’ Prosecutors

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In his effort to purge the federal government of political corruption, President Donald Trump is firing all prosecutors hired by his predecessor. On Tuesday evening, Trump announced via Truth Social that he is dismissing U.S. attorneys appointed by former President Joe Biden.

“Over the past four years, the Department of Justice has been politicized like never before,” Trump began. He continued, “Therefore, I have instructed the termination of ALL remaining ‘Biden Era’ U.S. Attorneys. We must ‘clean house’ IMMEDIATELY, and restore confidence.” The president added, “America’s Golden Age must have a fair Justice System—THAT BEGINS TODAY!”

According to a report from Reuters, U.S. attorneys were informed last week that they were being dismissed. Trent Morse, Trump’s deputy director for the Office of Presidential Personnel, sent an email Thursday to Biden administration prosecutors, saying, “At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as U.S. Attorney is terminated, effective immediately.”

In comments to The Washington Stand, Article III Project Founder and Trump legal ally Mike Davis explained, “President Trump had to fire every remaining Biden-era U.S. attorney to remove partisan political actors from the justice system.” He added, “For too long, the DOJ was weaponized against half of the country. That changed yesterday. Good riddance.”

Already, Trump has begun staffing U.S. attorneys’ offices across the country with his own nominees. For example, Edward R. Martin, Jr. has been appointed as Trump’s U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Martin’s predecessor in the role, Matthew M. Graves, enacted a host of prosecutions against Jan. 6 protestors but largely refused to prosecute rising crimes in D.C. During his tenure, Graves declined to prosecute 67% of crimes in the nation’s capital, including 72% of misdemeanor crimes and 53% of felony arrests. Martin, meanwhile, served as a defense attorney for many of the Jan. 6 protestors targeted by Graves. Upon taking office, Martin fired over two dozen federal prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 cases and implemented a hiring and promotions freeze on the office. (Read more from “‘Good Riddance’: Trump Fires ‘Biden Era’ Prosecutors” HERE)

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Major Publication Says It’s Really Sorry For Featuring Terrorist’s Son In Documentary, Swears It Was Accident

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) issued an apology on Wednesday for featuring the son of a Hamas official in its Gaza documentary, “Gaza: How To Survive A War Zone.”

Hamas’ deputy minister of agriculture’s 13-year-old son Abdullah was the focus of the documentary, which he narrated, according to the outlet. The BBC asserted the production company Hoyo Films did not disclose the family link, with the outlet only learning about it after the documentary’s release.

“We’ve promised our audiences the highest standards of transparency, so it is only right that as a result of this new information, we add some more detail to the film before its retransmission,” the BBC stated. “We apologise for the omission of that detail from the original film.”

“We followed all of our usual compliance procedures in the making of this film, but we had not been informed of this information by the independent producers when we complied and then broadcast the finished film,” the outlet added.

Despite the apology, the BBC maintained that the documentary’s value remains intact. (Read more from “Major Publication Says It’s Really Sorry For Featuring Terrorist’s Son In Documentary, Swears It Was Accident” HERE)

Senate Confirms Kash Patel as FBI Director

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The Senate confirmed Kashyap “Kash” Patel as the new FBI director on Thursday in a Senate vote that largely fell along party lines.

51 Senators voted in favor of Patel’s confirmation, against 49 no votes, cementing him as the director of the nation’s leading federal law enforcement agency.

Two high-profile Republicans, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, notably voted against his confirmation.

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader, who announced Thursday he will not be seeking re-election in 2026, voted in favor of Patel’s nomination. This move came as a surprise to many, especially as McConnell had previously opposed three of Trump’s key picks. McConnell was against having Pete Hegseth as the Defense Secretary, Tulsi Gabbard as the director of National Intelligence, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services. (Read more from “Senate Confirms Kash Patel as FBI Director” HERE)

Trump Torches ’Dictator’ Zelensky For Opposing Peace Push; President Doubles Down After Zelensky Responds to His Criticism

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By Breitbart. President Donald Trump slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “Dictator without Elections” a day after Zelensky complained about Ukraine not having a seat at diplomatic talks Tuesday between the United States and Russia.

Trump ripped into Zelensky in a lengthy Truth Social post, first addressing him as “a modestly successful comedian” rather than president.

“Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn’t be won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the U.S. and ‘TRUMP,’ will never be able to settle,” Trump wrote.

Trump added that the United States has spent hundreds of billions more on the war than Europe has:

The United States has spent $200 Billion Dollars more than Europe, and Europe’s money is guaranteed, while the United States will get nothing back. Why didn’t Sleepy Joe Biden demand Equalization, in that this War is far more important to Europe than it is to us — We have a big, beautiful Ocean as separation.

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President Doubles Down After Zelensky Responds to His Criticism

By Breitbart. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has found himself exactly where he does not want to be: In a war of words with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Trump addressed complaints on Tuesday coming from Ukraine about it being left out of recent peace talks with Russia while addressing reporters at Mar-a-Lago. A brought up Russia’s insistence that Ukraine hold new elections for president to potentially sign a new peace deal and asked whether Trump would support this idea.

“Well, we have a situation where we haven’t had elections in Ukraine. Where we have martial law, essentially martial law in Ukraine, where the leader in Ukraine, I hate to say it, but he’s down at 4% approval rating, and where a country has been blown to smithereens,” the president replied.

Trump referred to the damage Ukraine sustained after Russia’s invasion began in 2022. “You have cities that are absolutely decimated,” he said, comparing it to the Gaza Strip amid Israel’s war against terrorist group Hamas.

The president asserted that the Ukrainian people “are tired of it” and that they “want to see something happen.” He criticized Zelensky over reports suggesting he could not locate half of the financial aid the U.S. had sent Ukraine. (Read more from “Trump Doubles Down After Zelensky Responds to His Criticism” HERE)

Outrageous: Leftists Sink to New Lows to Protect Illegal Aliens Criminals

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I thought the claim was that the feds — at the direction of the Trump administration — were letting allegedly crooked Mayor Eric Adams off the hook in order to prevent this sort of thing from happening. “A pair of reputed migrant gangbangers were nabbed in a drug raid at a Queens auto shop — only to be cut loose without bail after prosecutors reduced the charges,” the New York Post reports. For the life of me, I do not understand why anyone defends this madness. These men are illegal immigrants, reportedly with ties to the dangerous Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua. They were caught up in a police raid and arrested for crimes. Not only were they not handed over to federal authorities for deportation (New York’s deranged policies forbid this common-sense step), but soft-on-crime prosecutors reduced charges, allowing both men to walk. When you see criminal migrants get violent and do things like assault police officers, it’s because they have been conditioned to feel invincible and unaccountable in New York City.

Get nabbed committing crimes, while tied to a known international gang, and in the United States illegally? You’re fine. We’ll minimize the charges, and don’t you worry, we promise not to tell the feds. It’s mind-boggling, and it’s been the status quo for years. A Republican Congresswoman representing part of the city is disgusted anew:

(Read more from “Outrageous: Leftists Sink to New Lows to Protect Illegal Aliens Criminals” HERE)