State to Cover Sex Changes for Illegal Aliens

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The Golden State is expanding its massive health care system this year, which means more taxpayer dollars will fund sex change surgeries for state residents, regardless of their citizenship status.

According to a memo first circulated in May 2022 and reported by the Daily Caller Foundation, California’s Medi-Cal covers costs for hormone therapy and procedures “that bring primary and secondary gender characteristics into conformity with the individual’s identified gender, including ancillary services, such as hair removal, incident to those services.”

Nearly 700,000 illegal immigrants between the ages of 26 and 49 qualify, as of Jan. 1, for these federal health care services, which will cost California taxpayers an estimated $3.1 billion. For those living in California illegally within this age range, it translates to approximately $4,058 per year in medical coverage subsidies funded by the state’s general fund.

“Gender affirming care is a covered Medi-Cal benefit when medically necessary,” the memo states. “Requests for gender affirming care should be from specialists experienced in providing culturally competent care to transgender and gender diverse individuals and should use nationally recognized guidelines.” (Read more from “State to Cover Sex Changes for Illegal Aliens” HERE)

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Prince Andrew Vows to Resist Eviction Amidst Epstein Scandal Fallout

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Prince Andrew will reject any efforts to get him evicted from his royal mansion in the aftermath of the Jeffrey Epstein document dump, in which his name featured prominently, according to a new report.

The disgraced Duke of York has reportedly vowed to fight any attempt by his brother, King Charles III, to force him out of the 30-room Royal Lodge in Windsor, which he currently shares with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.

The 63-year-old royal and his ex-wife are not “going nowhere,” a source close to Andrew said in an interview with The Mirror.

“The King can’t force him out. He has a cast iron lease that he has absolutely every intention of honoring,” the source said, referring to the 75-year lease Andrew signed on the Windsor Castle property in 2003.

Other allies of Andrew’s said he was adamant he would not be moving, even after Charles reportedly offered him Harry and Meghan’s former home, the nearby four-bedroom Frogmore Cottage. (Read more from “Prince Andrew Vows to Resist Eviction Amidst Epstein Scandal Fallout” HERE)

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Mike Johnson and Chuck Schumer Reach Government Funding Deal, but Some Republicans Are Reportedly ‘Pissed’

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson reached a deal on the federal budget on Sunday, and the agreement is already raising the ire of some fiscal conservatives, according to several reports.

The $1.6 trillion deal sets defense spending at about $886 billion for the current fiscal year, a number that the White House and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had reached while negotiating over the debt ceiling in the summer of 2023, according to Politico. The agreement will reportedly allow for $773 billion for spending not related to defense, a victory for Democrats that is already angering some members of the Republican caucus as the extended funding deadlines draw closer on the calendar.

Legislators now have 12 days to conduct further negotiations and lock in the final bill text, as available cash for numerous federal agencies will run out on Jan. 19, according to Politico. The funding for the military and several of the largest government programs will expire on Feb. 2, while Sunday’s breakthrough may reduce the chances of an eventual shutdown, a host of contentious issues, including potential reforms to address the crisis unfolding at the southern border, remain unresolved.

Beyond the border, questions still remain about the form that military aid packages to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan could take, according to Politico. (Read more from “Mike Johnson and Chuck Schumer Reach Government Funding Deal, but Some Republicans Are Reportedly ‘Pissed’” HERE)

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Record Number of Police Officers Shot in 2023, Report Reveals

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A disturbing report from the National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) has unveiled a record-breaking number of law enforcement officers shot in the line of duty in 2023. According to the data, there were 378 officers shot, marking a staggering 60% increase since the FOP began tracking such incidents in 2018. Additionally, the report highlighted that 46 police officers lost their lives in these incidents.

The FOP expressed deep concern, emphasizing these statistics as a stark reminder of the ongoing “War on Cops” in the country, branding it a “stain on our society.” FOP President Patrick Yoes lamented the rising numbers, stating, “Last year, over 330 police officers were shot in the line of duty. With the COVID-19 pandemic behind us and after so many Americans have seen the tragic consequences of the defund the police movement, it was our hope that these numbers would be a high-water mark. We were wrong.”

While there was a decrease in fatalities compared to the previous year, attributed to advancements in medical trauma science and anti-ballistic technology, the alarming rise in the number of officers shot is a grave concern for the FOP.

The report highlighted that police officers faced targeted ambush-style attacks, with 115 such incidents in 2023. These attacks resulted in 138 officers being shot, and tragically, 20 officers lost their lives. The report, while focusing on fatal incidents, did not measure the instances where officers were shot at but not struck.

FOP President Yoes called for immediate action, urging Congress to pass the Protect and Serve Act, which aims to establish a new criminal offense for knowingly assaulting a law enforcement officer and causing serious bodily injury.

Yoes emphasized the human aspect of these statistics, stating, “Many will often look at this data and just see numbers, but we must remember that they represent heroes — fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters. This scale of violence against our officers is horrifying and simply unsustainable. It is no wonder that our profession is facing a recruitment and retention crisis.”

The FOP concluded the report by featuring the names and pictures of all the officers who lost their lives due to gunfire in 2023, urging elected officials and community leaders to take a stand against the violence targeting law enforcement officers.

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Biden Has Dangerously Decayed Deterrence — And Every American Is at Risk

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As Americans rang in the new year, regimes hostile to the United States made clear just how much President Biden has let US deterrence decay.

In his end-of-year press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated his commitment to subjugating Ukraine in his effort to rebuild the Soviet Union — emphasizing, “The level of our ties with China is at an all-time high.”

North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong Un laid out his plan to accelerate nuclear-weapons production in 2024, saying conflicts elsewhere compelled his nation to “sharpen the treasured sword.”

And amid Iran’s multifront attacks on the Jewish state, the ayatollah’s officials declared America “will not be spared” if Israel’s campaign to eliminate Hamas continues — and we’ll be “faced with extraordinary problems” if we oppose Houthi disruption of commercial shipping in the Red Sea. . .

Kim had stopped long-range-missile testing, Iran was isolated and weak, and the Trump administration’s model of deterrence kept Putin’s Ukraine ambitions at bay. (Read more from “Biden Has Dangerously Decayed Deterrence — And Every American Is at Risk” HERE)

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Lloyd Austin Remains Hospitalized as More Details Emerge About His Secretive Hospital Stay

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin remained hospitalized on Sunday night after being rushed to the hospital at the start of the new year after experiencing severe pain as he recovered late last month from an elective procedure.

The Pentagon said in a statement that Austin remained at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center but was “recovering well and in good spirits.”

Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder claimed that Austin resumed his duties on Friday evening and “has received operational updates and has provided necessary guidance to his team.”

“He has full access to required secure communications capabilities and continues to monitor DoD’s day-to-day operations worldwide,” the statement continued. “The Secretary spoke to President Biden yesterday. He has also been in contact with Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. and his senior staff.” (Read more from “Lloyd Austin Remains Hospitalized as More Details Emerge About His Secretive Hospital Stay” HERE)

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State Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Remove Trump from Ballot

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An Albany County, Wyoming, judge dismissed a complaint that sought to remove former President Donald Trump — the leading Republican presidential candidate — from the ballot in the Cowboy State, citing Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The lawsuit, which Judge Misha Westby dismissed on Friday as Fox News reported, was brought by retired attorney Tim Newcomb and mirrored arguments in efforts to take Trump off the ballot in other states, including Colorado and Maine.

Specifically, the complaint contended that Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment barred both Trump and Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) “from appearing on Wyoming ballots unless Congress removes such disability by a vote of two-thirds of each House.” It argued that Trump failed to uphold the “Constitution’s transfer of presidential power under Article II. Section I,” therefore disqualifying him from the ballot while Lummis “disqualified herself from appearing on Wyoming’s ballot when she refused to count Pennsylvania’s electoral ballots to the electoral count required by Article II, Section 1.”

Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray, the defendant in the case, expressed his joy with the dismissal of Newcomb’s “repugnant” lawsuit in a release shared with Fox News.

“I am extremely pleased with Judge Westby’s decision to dismiss Mr. Newcomb’s outrageously wrong and repugnant lawsuit to remove Donald Trump and Cynthia Lummis from the ballot in Wyoming,” Gray said. (Read more from “State Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Remove Trump from Ballot” HERE)

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Biden’s Radical Agenda: Restoring Roe Top Priority on Day 1 of Second Term

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If President Joe Biden — who has polled as the least popular president in modern history — is reelected in 2024, his top priority on day one of his second term is the killing of the unborn.

During an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, Biden deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks said Biden would prioritize abortion and restoring Roe v. Wade on the first day of his second term. When the Supreme Court issued its Dobbs decision in June of 2022, it overturned Roe v. Wade, a 1973 decision that had invented the Constitutional “right” to abortion.

“You talk about democracy being on the ballot. Some top Democratic lawmakers say, ‘Okay, good to be focused on former President Trump, but you’ve got to talk about what a second Biden agenda would look like.’ What would on day one President Biden’s top priority be?” NBC’s Kristen Welker asked.

“Well, look, the president announced this campaign with the moniker of ‘Finish the job, and protecting freedom and democracy.’ So when we talk about that, let’s look at it. First of all, Roe,” Fulks replied. “The president has been adamant that we need to restore Roe. It is unfathomable that women today wake up in a country with less rights than their ancestors had years ago.” (Read more from “Biden’s Radical Agenda: Restoring Roe Top Priority on Day 1 of Second Term” HERE)

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Biden’s 2024 Rhetoric: Compares Trump to Nazi Germany in First Speech of the Year (VIDEO)

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In a recent speech near Valley Forge, President Joe Biden escalated his rhetoric against former President Donald Trump, likening him to Nazi Germany and recycling old attack lines from the 2020 presidential campaign.

In his first 2024 campaign speech, Biden recycled old attacks on Trump, revisiting unsubstantiated claims about derogatory remarks towards fallen soldiers. The president also criticized Trump for considering the use of the Insurrection Act in 2020, omitting context about the widespread violent protests during Black Lives Matter movements.

Despite being in a position to focus on past achievements and plans for a second term, Biden centered much of his speech on portraying Trump as a threat to democracy. The president’s emphasis on the third anniversary of the Capitol riot and his avoidance of left-wing insurrections suggests a strategic move to use the January 6 event as a central theme in his campaign rhetoric.

During his speech, Biden drew a controversial parallel between Trump and Nazi Germany, stating, “Echoing the same exact language used in Nazi Germany, he [Trump] proudly posts on social media the words that best describe his 2024 campaign: ‘revenge,’ ‘power,’ ‘dictatorship.'”

Biden referenced a “word cloud” created by the Daily Mail to depict terms associated with Trump, which the former president reposted. The words included “revenge” and “dictatorship,” leading Biden to assert, “There’s no confusion about who Trump is and what he intends to do.”

The president further emphasized the significance of the upcoming elections, stating, “America, as we begin this election year, we must be clear: democracy is on the ballot. Your freedom is on the ballot.”

As Biden struggles in the polls, the fear-focused campaign strategy becomes apparent. The president’s decision to steer away from hope and focus on portraying Trump as a menace indicates a deliberate effort to influence public perception as the 2024 election season unfolds.

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Jeffrey Epstein Trafficked Teen to Prominent U.S. Politicians, ‘World Leaders’ to Blackmail Them: Docs

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By New York Post. Jeffrey Epstein trafficked a teenage girl to prominent US politicians, world leaders — and even a “well-known Prime Minister” — and then made her detail the sexual encounters so that he could potentially blackmail the men, according to newly unsealed court documents.

The accuser, identified in the 2014 filing by the pseudonym “Jane Doe 3,” was forced to have sex with a host of “powerful men.”

That list included “numerous prominent American politicians, powerful business executives, foreign presidents, a well-known Prime Minister, and other world leaders,” the document alleged, without naming the individuals.

Epstein “required” the girl “to describe the events that she had with these men so that he could potentially blackmail them,” the filing continued.

The accuser was first approached by Epstein’s madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, in 1999, when she was just 15 years old, the document stated. (Read more from “Jeffrey Epstein Trafficked Teen to Prominent U.S. Politicians, ‘World Leaders’ to Blackmail Them: Docs” HERE)

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Model Who Jumped to Her Death From NYC Apartment Flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s Jet as a Teen: Docs

By New York Post. Model Ruslana Korshunova, who leaped to her death from a New York City building at age 20 in 2008, had been traveling on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet less than two years prior, newly unsealed court documents confirm.

The deceased pedophile’s flight logs showed the Kazakhstani-Russian beauty was one of the passengers on the notorious Boeing 727 allegedly used to traffic victims — famously called the “Lolita Express” — on June 7, 2006.

Korshunova, who was 18 at the time, traveled with Epstein and three staffers — his bodyguard Igor Zinoviev, personal chef Lance Calloway and longtime assistant Sarah Kellen.

Although it is unclear what happened when they landed on his infamous island in Little St. James, the convicted pedophile has been accused of holding underage sex parties there for his high-profile friends.

Court documents obtained by Page Six also include an email from attorney Brad Edwards to Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre that read, “I think it is a long shot that you would recognize her, but read the article I attached and then look at the pictures and see if you recognize her. I will call you tomorrow.” (Read more from “Model Who Jumped to Her Death From NYC Apartment Flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s Jet as a Teen: Docs” HERE)

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