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By Becca Lower Some in the U.S. Senate stayed up way past their bedtimes on Friday night, voting into the wee hours in a battle against mainly Democrat amendments attempting to derail President Donald Trump's agenda before managing to pass a budget plan. After the six-hour vote-a-rama ended, the legislation passed nearly along party lines, with "no" votes from Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Susan Collins (R-ME), 51-48, around 2:30 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday morning. Here is what we  know so far  about the plan: On paper, the new Senate budget outline allows for $1.5 trillion in tax cuts, a seemingly modest amount. But that figure disguises an additional $3.8 trillion for extending the 2017 tax cuts that Senate Republicans also want to include in the bill, which they argue should not show up as a cost on the federal balance sheet. The 2017 tax cuts are scheduled to expire at the end of the year, so an extension must be included in their bill, but Republicans have said t...

By Ward Clark Winston Churchill was famously quoted as saying, "Meeting jaw to jaw is better than war." We could also make the case that meeting, as it were, economy to economy is better than war. And, when you match the United States and our economy, not to mention our ability to place financial sanctions on rogue states like Iran, well, Iran just can't match us. President Trump, on resuming office, reinstanted the "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran. And it's working. Iran's currency, the rial,  is in the basement and still sinking . Iran’s currency  hit a new low on Saturday with $1 costing 1,043,000 rials, and it could fall even further as global tensions rise. The country had just finished celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year, during which stores were closed and only informal trading on the streets took place, according to the Associated Press. The outlet noted that this put additional pressure on the market. Iranian money ex...

Former state Rep. Douglas Bruce is pictured in 1992 while campaigning for his Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), a constitutional-amendment question ultimately approved by voters. By Derek Draplin Colorado Democrats are looking to challenge the constitutionality of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights in court again. A joint resolution introduced this week, if passed, would require the Committee on Legal Services to hire legal counsel and file a lawsuit over TABOR on behalf of the General Assembly. TABOR, which was added to the state constitution after voters passed it in 1992, requires voter approval for all proposed tax increases. It also reins in state spending by limiting revenue growth to inflation plus the rate of population growth. Any revenue surplus must be refunded to taxpayers under the constitutional amendment. Democrats have long pointed to TABOR for the state’s budget woes. Joint Budget Committee Chair Jeff Bridges, D-Greenwood Village, on Thursday pointed to TABOR after ...

Giant American flag flies above Camping World dealership in Statesville, N.C., which threatened to jail CEO over violating the city's ordinance on public displays. By Madison Colombo A fight is brewing over the flying of massive American flags around the country, specifically outside Camping World locations. The company’s CEO said they won’t be backing down. "This flag is not coming down. This is the third city in the last several years that tried to sue us to take the flag down. Threatening jail, a variety of other fines," said Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis on "Fox & Friends," Wednesday. The national RV dealer with over 200 locations is being faced with multiple lawsuits from municipalities across the country over the size of the American flags it flies at the stores. City leaders in Greenville, North Carolina, voted last week to take legal action against the flag at their local Camping World dealership, following a lawsuit from Sevierville, ...

By Rusty Weiss A Florida man living just over 20 miles outside of Mar-a-Lago has been arrested for posting multiple threats against President Donald Trump. The Jupiter Police Department (JPD) late Friday night announced the arrest of one Glen DeCicco on charges of "Making Written Threats to Kill" the President. "The investigation began after JPD was alerted to a concerning Facebook post," a  statement reads . "Detectives reviewed DeCicco’s social media activity and confirmed that he had made a written threat directed at the President." The JPD notes that they coordinated with the Secret Service to investigate DeCicco and take him into custody. The Sammis Law Firm  reveals that  a "Written Threat to Kill or Do Bodily Injury" is a second-degree felony punishable by up to fifteen years in prison. DeCicco appears to have been a winner in the 'fool around and find out' sweepstakes. A quick perusal of his Facebook page and the community gro...

By Amy Mek Retired Lieutenant Douglas Deaton exposed a disturbing reality: EPIC’s Sharia-controlled enclave in Plano isn’t some future vision—it already exists. For nearly 12 years, EPIC has operated a religiously exclusive neighborhood comprising 74 homes, a sprawling mosque, Islamic schools, a medical clinic, and Sharia-compliant financial services. Most alarming, the enclave includes a fortress-like residence constructed directly beside the Plano Police Academy—strategically positioned to overlook restricted law enforcement areas and tactical assets. They haven’t been hiding—they’ve been operating in plain sight. And no one stopped them. The  East Plano Islamic Center  (EPIC) is, to put it mildly, a controversial Islamic mega-mosque based in Plano, Texas. It is widely known for its radical resident scholar,  Yasir Qadh , and its  aggressive expansion  across North Texas. What began as a modest community mosque has transformed into a 76,00...

By Kevin Downey Jr. We are quickly approaching the fifth anniversary of the 2020 riots, held in honor of saintly George Floyd, who became a gold-casket hero to the left after dying of a fentanyl overdose while conveniently in police custody. FACT-O-RAMA!  If you watch The Fall of Minneapolis, you will see that lifelong criminal George Floyd wasn't murdered by police. He had enough fentanyl in his system to kill more than three dirtbags. That info was not allowed in court and four innocent police went to prison for a "murder" they didn't commit. It appears that today's street-thug leftists aren't quite as dedicated this time around. BLM isn't burning our big, blue toilet cities to the dirt. Antifa isn't chucking frozen bottles of water at police who have been ordered to stand down. Today's "resistance" is little more than  sad, ragged old hippies  (like the doofus in the photo above, or  this bozo  who tossed nails into driveways with...