Mayor Rudy Giuliani DEMANDS Investigation Into Communist NY Mayor Nominee Zohran Mamdani: ‘Traitor!’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eMwhN9aINs
HE ‘PEAKED’: Mamdani has ‘nowhere to go but downhill,’ says radio host
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TpYBTC_ZY
Marjorie went to war over the tranny in congress that would use female washrooms but is docile with Iran.
DOJ sues Minnesota for offering free and reduced tuition to illegal aliens
"No state can be allowed to treat Americans like second-class citizens in their own country by offering financial benefits to illegal aliens," said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Minnesota Wednesday for its laws that provide free and reduced tuition rates to illegal aliens.
The laws, a DOJ press release contends, unconstitutionally discriminate against out-of-state U.S. citizens, who are not afforded the same privileges at Minnesota’s public colleges and universities.
“No state can be allowed to treat Americans like second-class citizens in their own country by offering financial benefits to illegal aliens,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in announcing the lawsuit. “The Department of Justice just won on this exact issue in Texas, and we look forward to taking this fight to Minnesota in order to protect the rights of American citizens first.”
According to the lawsuit, federal law prohibits states from providing illegal aliens with any postsecondary education benefit that is denied to U.S. citizens.
“That prohibition is categorical, yet Minnesota is flagrantly violating it. This Court should put an end to this unequal treatment of Americans that is an unequivocal and ongoing violation of federal law … ,” says the lawsuit, which names Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and the Minnesota Office of Higher Education as defendants.
The lawsuit explains how a 2013 state law allows illegal aliens who establish residency in Minnesota to benefit from reduced, in-state tuition rates.
“The magnitude of this discrimination against U.S. citizens is substantial. The cost of tuition for resident students is significantly lower than for U.S. citizens that are not in-state residents,” it says.
Additionally, the DFL-controlled Minnesota Legislature established in 2023 a free tuition program for students whose families make less than $80,000 annually. Illegal aliens are eligible for the program.
The lawsuit asks the U.S. District Court to declare the laws unconstitutional and prohibit their enforcement.
“We are reviewing the lawsuit and will vigorously defend the state’s prerogative to offer affordable tuition to both citizen and non-citizen state residents,” a spokesperson for the attorney general’s office said.
https://alphanews.org/doj-sues-minnesota-for-offering-free-and-reduced-tuition-to-illegal-aliens/
Supreme Court rules for South Carolina in its bid to defund Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for South Carolina in its effort to defund Planned Parenthood, concluding that individual Medicaid patients cannot sue to enforce their right to pick a medical provider.
The court held in a 6-3 ruling along ideological lines, with the conservative justices in the majority, that the federal law in question does not allow people who are enrolled in the Medicaid program to file such claims against the state.
The ruling written by Justice Neil Gorsuch is a boost to the state's effort to prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving funding through Medicaid, a federal program for low-income people that is administered by the states, because it prevents individual patients from enforcing their right to choose their preferred health care provider. The ruling could also give a boost to other Republican-led states that choose to follow suit.
“Congress knows how to give a grantee clear and unambiguous notice that, if it accepts federal funds, it may face private suits asserting an individual right to choose a medical provider,” Gorsuch wrote.
But, he added, “that is not the law we have.”
Federal funding for abortion is already banned, but conservatives have long targeted funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides reproductive health services, including abortions where allowed, even when that money is for other health care-related services.
They argue that even non-abortion-related funding that flows to Planned Parenthood would help it carry out its broader agenda that favors abortion rights.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, issued an executive order in 2018 that prohibited Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, the local affiliate of the national group, from providing family planning services under Medicaid.
“Seven years ago, we took a stand to protect the sanctity of life and defend South Carolina’s authority and values — and today, we are finally victorious," McMaster said in a statement.
A total of 18 states backed South Carolina in the case.
"States should be free to fund real, comprehensive care and exclude organizations like Planned Parenthood that profit off abortion," said John Bursch, a lawyer at the conservative Christian group Alliance Defending Freedom, who argued the case on behalf of South Carolina.
Planned Parenthood condemned the decision, with Paige Johnson, president of the local affiliate, saying in a statement it was a "grave injustice that strikes at the very bedrock of American freedom and promises to send South Carolina deeper into a health care crisis."
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented along with her two liberal colleagues, writing in her opinion that the decision was part of a long line of rulings that has undermined the 1871 Civil Rights Act that was enacted after the Civil War to allow people to sue for civil rights violations.
“South Carolina asks us to hollow out that provision so that the state can evade liability for violating the rights of its Medicaid recipients to choose their own doctors,” she said. “The court abides South Carolina's request. I would not.”
The state's efforts to defund Planned Parenthood came before the Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling in 2022.
South Carolina now has a six-week abortion ban, meaning abortions are rare in the state.
Planned Parenthood has facilities in Charleston and Columbia that provide abortion care in compliance with the new law, as well as other health care services, including contraception, cancer screenings and pregnancy testing.
Following McMaster's executive order, Julie Edwards, a Medicaid-eligible patient who wants to use Planned Parenthood, joined a lawsuit filed by the group, saying that under federal civil rights law she could enforce her rights in court.
A federal judge ruled in her favor, and after lengthy litigation, the Supreme Court agreed to weigh in.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-south-carolina-bid-defund-planned-parenthood-rcna206796
Supreme Court has 6 cases left to decide this term
-Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton (argued Jan. 15
-Louisiana v. Callais (argued March 24)
-Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research (argued March 27)
-Kennedy v. Braidwood Management (argued April 21)
-Mahmoud v. Taylor (argued April 22)
-Trump v. CASA (argued May 15)
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/06/remaining-supreme-court-cases/
S&P 500 closes at a record Friday
The S&P 500
hit fresh records on Friday as traders managed to look past new comments from President Donald Trump tied to U.S.-Canada tariffs. The broad market index’s rise to new highs marks a sharp turnaround from the lows seen in April during the height of trade policy tensions.
The benchmark added 0.52% and closed at a record of 6,173.07. Earlier in the session, the S&P 500 rose as much as 0.76% to a high of 6,187.68, taking out its previous record of 6,147.43. The Nasdaq Composite
, which also hit an all-time high and closed at a record, rose 0.52% to 20,273.46. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
added 432.43 points, or 1%, settling at 43,819.27.
Stocks pulled back from their session highs after Trump said on Truth Social that trade talks between the U.S. and Canada were being terminated. Initially, investors bid up equities after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg News late Thursday that a framework between China and the U.S. on trade had been finalized. Lutnick added that the Trump administration expects to reach deals with 10 major trading partners imminently.
Friday’s sharp moves mark the latest episode in which Wall Street tries to navigate an ever-changing global trade landscape.
After rising to a new high in February on hopes for business-friendly policies from Trump, stocks tumbled as the president decided to instead implement severe tariffs first. At its low in April, the S&P 500 was down nearly 18% for 2025. The benchmark began a stunning comeback after Trump walked back his stiffest tariff rates and the U.S. began negotiations for trade deals.
The S&P 500 is up more than 20% since reaching a nadir on April 8 and now up nearly 5% for the year. Along the way, investors kept buying despite a spike in oil prices spurred by the Israel-Iran conflict and a yield surge on deficit worries. A recovery in the artificial intelligence trade led by Nvidia
and Microsoft
helped fuel the comeback.
“I can see where the risks are here - if the trade [progress] is just hype from the White House and no deals are really forthcoming, then this market is going to roll over,” Thierry Wizman, global FX and rates strategist at Macquarie Group. “Ultimately, this all comes back to growth in the U.S. economy and growth of earnings.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/26/stock-market-today-live-updates.html
Intel is closing its automotive chipmaking business
Intel is shutting down its business dedicated to making processors for cars. In a memo seen by The Oregonian, Intel tells workers that it plans to lay off “most” employees in the division.
“As we have said previously, we are refocusing on our core client and data center portfolio to strengthen our product offerings and meet the needs of our customers,” Intel spokesperson Sophie Metzger said in a statement to The Verge. “As part of this work, we have decided to wind down the automotive business within our client computing group. We are committed to ensuring a smooth transition for our customers.”
Over the years, Intel has invested heavily in its automotive business, which builds chips that power a car’s infotainment system, instrument clusters, and other controls. Intel’s technology runs in more than 50 million vehicles, and up until now, it seemed set on expanding its reach. Last year, it announced new AI-enhanced chips for cars that will help improve a vehicle’s navigation system and voice assistant. It revealed plans to bring its Arc GPU to cars as well.
Intel also acquired the self-driving car technology company Mobileye for $15 billion in 2017. Mobileye later went public as a standalone company, but Intel still owns a majority stake.
Intel’s newly appointed CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, said in April that the company would need to “reduce the size” of its workforce in the second quarter of 2025 as part of plans to get the chipmaker back on track. The company also informed employees of layoffs coming to its foundry business as well, according to The Oregonian, and a recent WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice in California suggests layoffs impacting 107 employees at its Santa Clara headquarters.
https://www.theverge.com/news/693528/intel-automotive-business-shutdown-layoffs>>23248025
Supreme Court hands Trump major win, limits judges’ ability to block birthright citizenship order nationwide
The Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump a major victory by narrowing nationwide injunctions that blocked his executive order purporting to end the right to birthright citizenship.
In doing so, the court sharply curtailed the power of individual district court judges to issue injunctions blocking federal government policies nationwide.
The justices, in a 6-3 vote along ideological lines, said that in most cases, judges can only grant relief to the individuals or groups who brought a particular lawsuit and may not extend those decisions to protect other individuals without going through the process of converting a lawsuit into a class action — a special type of litigation that requires challengers to clear procedural hurdles.
“The universal injunction was conspicuously nonexistent for most of our Nation’s history,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote in the majority opinion.
The ruling Friday came in connection with three lawsuits in which judges granted nationwide injunctions against an executive order Trump signed on the first day of his second term, seeking to deny American citizenship to children born in the U.S. to foreigners on short term visas and those without legal status. The judges said the order is patently unconstitutional because it conflicts with Supreme Court precedent and the text of the 14th Amendment, which says that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”
The Supreme Court did not rule Friday on the underlying constitutionality of Trump’s executive order. The three liberal justices, in dissent, said the president’s directive is clearly illegal.
“The Court’s decision to permit the Executive to violate the Constitution with respect to anyone who has not yet sued is an existential threat to the rule of law,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in a dissent.
While the court’s ruling appears to be a major victory for Trump, it does include an important caveat: The court left open the possibility of nationwide relief in lawsuits brought by state governments. That’s because, Barrett wrote, it’s possible a nationwide injunction could be necessary to fashion “complete relief” for states in the lawsuits they bring. Barrett said the court intentionally declined to answer that question and would allow lower courts to ponder it in the meantime.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/27/supreme-court-rulings-decisions-today-news-analysis/birthright-citizenship-nationwide-injunctions-00428839
Supreme Court upholds Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing pornography online
Nearly half of all states have passed similar laws requiring adult website users to verify their age to access pornographic material. The laws come as smartphones and other devices make it easier to access online porn, including hardcore obscene material.
The court split along ideological lines in the 6-3 ruling. It’s a loss for an adult-entertainment industry trade group called the Free Speech Coalition, which challenged the Texas law.
The majority opinion, authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, found the measure didn’t seriously restrict adults’ free-speech rights. “Adults have the right to access speech obscene only to minors … but adults have no First Amendment right to avoid age verification,” he wrote.
In a dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the court should have used a higher legal standard in weighing whether the law creates free-speech problems.
Pornhub, one of the world’s busiest websites, has stopped operating in several states, including Texas, citing the technical and privacy hurdles in complying with the laws.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, celebrated the ruling. “Companies have no right to expose children to pornography and must institute reasonable age verification measures,” he said. The decision could pave the way for more states to adopt similar laws, the group National Center on Sexual Exploitation said.
While the Free Speech Coalition agreed that children shouldn’t be seeing porn, it said the law puts an unfair free-speech burden on adults by requiring them to submit personal information that could be vulnerable to hacking or tracking.
The age verification requirements fall on websites that have a certain amount of sexual material, not search engines or social-media sites that can be used to find it.
Samir Jain, vice president of policy at the nonprofit Center for Democracy & Technology, said that age verification requirements raise serious privacy and free-expression concerns. The court’s decision “overturns decades of precedent and has the potential to upend access to First Amendment-protected speech on the internet for everyone, children and adults alike.”
In 1996, the Supreme Court struck down parts of a law banning explicit material viewable by kids online. A divided court also ruled against a different federal law aimed at stopping kids from being exposed to porn in 2004 but said less restrictive measures like content filtering are constitutional.
“The key questions going forward will be, how much can this be expanded?" Rebecca Tushnet, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School asked. "So it's framed as, this is about, you know, the subset of things that are obscene for minors. But the court basically invites legislatures to see how much they can push that.”
Texas argues that technology has improved significantly in the last 20 years, allowing online platforms to easily check users’ ages with a quick picture. Those requirements are more like ID checks at brick-and-mortar adult stores that were upheld by the Supreme Court in the 1960s, the state said.
District courts initially blocked laws in Indiana and Tennessee as well as Texas, but appeals courts reversed the decisions and let the laws take effect.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/politics/2025/06/27/supreme-court-texas-law-age-verification-pornography-site
Supreme Court preserves key part of Obamacare coverage requirements
The 6-3 ruling comes in a lawsuit over how the government decides which health care medications and services must be fully covered by private insurance under former President Barack Obama's signature law, often referred to as Obamacare.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the court's majority. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented, joined by Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch.
The plaintiffs said the process is unconstitutional because a volunteer board of medical experts tasked with recommending which services are covered is not Senate approved.
President Donald Trump's administration defended the mandate before the court, though the Republican president has been a critic of his Democratic predecessor's law. The Justice Department said board members don't need Senate approval because they can be removed by the health and human services secretary.
Medications and services that could have been affected include statins to lower cholesterol, lung cancer screenings, HIV-prevention drugs and medication to lower the chance of breast cancer for women.
The case came before the Supreme Court after an appeals court struck down some preventive care coverage requirements. The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Christian employers and Texas residents who argued they can't be forced to provide full insurance coverage for things like medication to prevent HIV and some cancer screenings.
Well-known conservative attorney Jonathan Mitchell, who represented Trump before the high court in a dispute about whether he could appear on the 2024 ballot, argued the case.
The appeals court found that coverage requirements were unconstitutional because they came from a body — the United States Preventive Services Task Force — whose members were not nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
A 2023 analysis prepared by the nonprofit KFF found that ruling would still allow full-coverage requirements for some services, including mammography and cervical cancer screening.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/politics/2025/06/27/supreme-court-obamacare-coverage-requirements
Supreme Court says Maryland parents can pull their kids from public school lessons using LGBTQ books
With the six conservative justices in the majority, the court reversed lower-court rulings in favor of the Montgomery County school system in suburban Washington. The high court ruled that the schools likely could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections to the material.
The lack of an "opt-out," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the court, "places an unconstitutional burden on the parents' rights to the free exercise of their religion."
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent for the three liberal justices that exposure to different views in a multicultural society is a critical feature of public schools. "Yet it will become a mere memory if children must be insulated from exposure to ideas and concepts that may conflict with their parents' religious beliefs," Sotomayor wrote. "Today's ruling ushers in that new reality."
The decision was not a final ruling in the case, but the justices strongly suggested that the parents will win in the end. The court ruled that policies like the one at issue in the case are subjected to the strictest level of review, nearly always dooming them.
The school district introduced the storybooks, including "Prince & Knight" and "Uncle Bobby's Wedding," in 2022 as part of an effort to better reflect the district's diversity. In "Uncle Bobby's Wedding," a niece worries that her uncle won't have as much time for her after he gets married to another man.
The justices have repeatedly endorsed claims of religious discrimination in recent years, and the case is among several religious-rights cases at the court this term. The decision also comes amid increases in recent years in books being banned from public school and public libraries.
Many of the removals were organized by Moms for Liberty and other conservative organizations that advocate for more parental input over what books are available to students. Soon after President Donald Trump, a Republican, took office in January, the Education Department called the book bans a "hoax" and dismissed 11 complaints that had been filed under Trump's predecessor, President Joe Biden, a Democrat.
The writers' group PEN America said in a court filing in the Maryland case that the objecting parents wanted "a constitutionally suspect book ban by another name." PEN America reported more than 10,000 books were banned in the last school year.
"By allowing parents to pull their children out of classrooms when they object to particular content, the justices are laying the foundation for a new frontier in the assault on books of all kinds in schools," said Elly Brinkley, a lawyer for the group's U.S. Free Expression Programs. "In practice, opt outs for religious objections will chill what is taught in schools and usher in a more narrow orthodoxy as fear of offending any ideology or sensibility takes hold."
Lawyer Eric Baxter, who represented the Maryland parents at the Supreme Court, said the decision was a "historic victory for parental rights."
"Kids shouldn't be forced into conversations about drag queens, pride parades, or gender transitions without their parents' permission," Baxter said.
Parents initially had been allowed to opt their children out of the lessons for religious and other reasons, but the school board reversed course a year later, prompting protests and eventually a lawsuit.
At arguments in April, a lawyer for the school district told the justices that the "opt outs" had become disruptive. Sex education is the only area of instruction in Montgomery schools that students can be excused from, lawyer Alan Schoenfeld said.
The case hit unusually close to home, as three justices live in the county, though they didn't send their children to public schools.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/politics/2025/06/27/supreme-court-parents-pull-kids-lgbtq-books-lessons
GE Appliances Doubles Down on U.S. Manufacturing with $490 MILLION Laundry Plant Investment at Its Global Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky
Investment will create 800 new jobs and reshore production from China to Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – June 26, 2025 — GE Appliances, a Haier company, today announced a $490 million investment at its Louisville, Kentucky global headquarters and largest manufacturing site to create its most advanced manufacturing plant for production of clothes washers. The project will reshore production of the GE Profile™ UltraFast Combo Washer/Dryer and the GE® and GE Profile™ UltraFresh Front Load Washer line-up from China, creating 800 new, full-time jobs and cementing Kentucky’s position as a global hub for advanced appliance manufacturing. This investment positions the company to become the biggest American washer manufacturer, builds on GE Appliances’ 10-year, $3.5 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing, and reinforces its position as America’s #1 appliance company.1
“We are bringing laundry production to our global headquarters in Louisville because manufacturing in the U.S. is fundamental to our ‘zero-distance’ business strategy to make appliances as close as possible to our customers and consumers,” said Kevin Nolan, president & CEO, GE Appliances. “This decision is our most recent product reshoring and aligns with the current economic and policy environment.”
“Today’s announcement further secures Louisville as the global headquarters of GE Appliances, a Haier company, and brings more world-class, unparalleled appliance manufacturing back to the United States,” said Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. “This new investment strengthens one of our vital Kentucky assets and underscores our state’s reputation as America’s destination of choice for advanced manufacturing and job creation.”
https://pressroom.geappliances.com/news/ge-appliances-doubles-down-on-u-s-manufacturing-with-490-million-laundry-plant-investment-at-its-global-headquarters-in-louisville-kentucky
ICE arrests Iranian sniper with an Islamic Republic of Iran Army identification card in North Alabama
As federal officials began looking for potential threats to the United States after its actions in bombing Iran this week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Tuesday that it had arrested a Locust Fork man with an Islamic Republic of Iran Army identification card in a nationwide roundup.
According to DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Ribvar Karimi on Sunday in Blount County's Locust Fork.
Karimi reportedly served as an Iranian Army sniper from 2018 to 2021. At the time of his arrest, he was in possession of an Islamic Republic of Iran Army identification card. He entered the United States on a K-1 visa, which is reserved for aliens who are engaged to be married to American citizens, in October 2024, under the Biden administration. Karimi never adjusted his status as required by law and is removable from the United States. He's currently in ICE custody, where he'll remain pending removal proceedings.
The arrest came in a nationwide effort by ICE and DHS officials as concerns heightened over a potential homeland attack as a reprisal for the United States' entering the conflict between Israel and Iran earlier this week. In total, DHS boasted of arresting 11 Iranian nationals with criminal histories or who had made some threatening statements.
"Under Secretary Noem, DHS has been full throttle on identifying and arresting known or suspected terrorists and violent extremists that illegally entered this country, came in through Biden's fraudulent parole programs or otherwise," said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. "We have been saying we are getting the worst of the worst out—and we are. We don't wait until a military operation to execute; we proactively deliver on President Trump's mandate to secure the homeland."
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) responded to the roundup, using it to continue pushing for President Donald Trump’s spending package, which includes funding for removing illegal aliens.
https://1819news.com/news/item/ice-arrests-iranian-sniper-with-an-islamic-republic-of-iran-army-identification-card-in-north-alabama
8 House republicans are leaving congress
Rep. Dusty Johnson will announce a bid for South Dakota governor Monday, according to two people granted anonymity to speak about private conversations.
Johnson has served as South Dakota’s sole House representative since 2019. He’s been a key player in major deals on Capitol Hill in recent years as the head of the Main Street Caucus of Republicans.
Johnson, long expected to mount a bid for higher office, will make the announcement in Sioux Falls.
Johnson is the eighth House Republican to announce a run for higher office in 2026. Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Byron Donalds of Florida, Randy Feenstra of Iowa, John James of Michigan and John Rose of Tennessee are also seeking governor’s offices; Reps. Andy Barr of Kentucky and Buddy Carter of Georgia have announced Senate runs.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/27/congress/dusty-johnson-run-south-dakota-governor-race-00430268
Really sad, even in advanced years, MTG and Tucker still don't understand the Bible. If you're gunna read it and say the things they do about what they got out of it, then they're just lukewarm Christians (useless).
Egyptian tourist who kicked airport sniffer beagle into the air in vicious attack gets deported
An Egyptian man was deported within moments of arriving in the United States after kicking an airport sniffer dog so hard it flew into the air.
Hamed Ramadan Bayoumy Aly Marie, 70, lashed out at agriculture detector beagle Freddie on Tuesday inside Washington Dulles International Airport, in Virginia.
Marie took a kick at the canine as he waiting at baggage claim as luggage from an EgyptAir flight from Cairo was being unloaded.
He pleaded guilty during a court appearance earlier this week to harming the dog and was ordered to pay vet fees totaling $840, and was removed from the country.
Freddie had alerted his handler to one of Marie's bags, detecting over 100 pounds of prohibited food items inside Marie's luggage.
As Freddie's handler started questioning Marie, he violently kicked the dog with such force that it sent the 25-pound animal into the air.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14854689/Egyptian-tourist-TSA-beagle-attack-Dulles-Airport.html