Cory Booker complains about Supreme Court

Cory Booker calls the Supreme Court 'compromised,' pushes 18-year term limits

Sen. Cory Booker wants to impose term limits on Supreme Court justices and strip the Court of what he calls its independence, framing the proposal as ethics reform while Democrats openly debate how to reshape a bench they no longer control.

The New Jersey Democrat appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday and laid out a plan he said he developed with unnamed Senate colleagues: 18-year terms for justices, two guaranteed appointments per president, and new ethics rules targeting what Booker described as justices accepting "unlimited gifts from billionaires."

He offered no bill name, no co-sponsor list, and no specific ethics violation to justify the overhaul, just the assertion that the highest court in the country is broken and needs fixing on his terms.

Host Kristen Welker set the table by noting that former Vice President Kamala Harris has pushed Democrats to add four justices outright. Welker told Booker the Court has become "a big debate in your party." Booker positioned himself as the reasonable alternative, the senator who wants "pragmatic solutions" rather than raw court-packing.

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Peggy Flanagan's 25 year friendship with Somali who is under investigation for fraud

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Flanagan's hijab video ally now faces state fraud investigation

The woman who stood beside Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in a viral hijab video now runs an autism center under active state investigation for fraud, and both have stayed silent about it.

Nimco Ahmed, a longtime Democratic, Farmer, Labor Party activist and CEO of Milestone Development Center, appeared alongside Flanagan during a December visit to the Karmel Somali market in Minnesota. Flanagan donned a hijab for the occasion, and the video, posted by Somali TV Minnesota, spread quickly online. But what the video did not show was what state regulators were already finding behind the scenes at Ahmed's autism services operation.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services confirmed it has open investigations into both Milestone Development Center and Spectrum Therapy Center. The state terminated both agencies from the Medicaid program under a compliance review called Minnesota Revalidate 2026, a process that checks whether providers hold required credentials and follow state and federal rules. Both providers have appealed their terminations.

A 25-year friendship and a fraud inquiry--Ahmed and Flanagan have been friends for nearly 25 years, Fox News Digital reported, citing Alpha News. Ahmed is listed online as CEO of Milestone Development Center. Flanagan, who has served as lieutenant governor since 2019, is now running for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat.

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Animal cruelty discovered in Lake Worth

Routine warrant leads to shocking major animal cruelty bust in Lake Worth

A warrant arrest took a dark turn in Lake Worth when law enforcement officers stepped into a home and discovered 12 dogs living in filthy, cramped conditions....no food...no water...feces everywheer.

Deputies with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office originally arrived at Leslie Torres’s mobile home on West Mayaguana Lane on August 22 to serve a felony warrant for her teenage son. Once inside, officers quickly realized the animals were in urgent trouble and called Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control for backup.>br />
Following a weeks-long investigation into the grim discovery, the 34-year-old was arrested on Wednesday for seven felony counts of aggravated animal cruelty and four misdemeanor counts of animal abandonment.

Inspectors say they entered the home to find stagnant air thick with the smell of waste, with urine and feces scattered on the floor. In a dark hallway, they found two rusted wire cages stacked on top of each other, holding about seven dogs cramped together without food or water.

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You would think a neighbor would have known something about this.

Amendment 3 Property Tax

Florida TaxWatch Recommends ‘No’ Vote on Amendment 3

Florida TaxWatch is recommending that voters reject Amendment 3, the property tax proposal appearing on Florida’s Nov. 3 general election ballot, citing concerns about its fiscal impact, potential tax shifts and the process used to place the measure before voters.

The nonprofit taxpayer research institute issued the recommendation last week as part of its 2026 voter guide examining the three constitutional amendments on the statewide ballot. Florida TaxWatch recommends “yes” votes on Amendments 1 and 2 and a “no” vote on Amendment 3.

Amendment 3 would increase the homestead exemption for non-school property taxes from $51,411 to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028, with inflation adjustments thereafter. It would also reduce the annual cap on assessment increases for non-homestead properties from 10 percent to 5 percent. The measure would take effect Jan. 1, 2027, if approved by at least 60 percent of voters.

Florida TaxWatch said the proposal would provide substantial tax relief to homestead property owners but warned that the reduction in taxable value could produce significant revenue losses for counties, municipalities and special districts.

The organization cited a state revenue estimate projecting local property tax collections would decline by $4.9 billion in 2027 and $8.7 billion in 2028, with the cumulative reduction reaching about $45.8 billion over five years under current millage rates.

TaxWatch also raised concerns that local governments could respond to the lower tax base by increasing millage rates, fees or other revenue sources, potentially shifting a greater share of the tax burden toward businesses, rental properties and other non-homestead property.

The group further criticized the speed with which the proposal advanced through the Legislature, arguing that a change of its scale warranted additional study and stakeholder input.

Florida TaxWatch said property tax relief is justified but contended that broader reforms should address both homestead and non-homestead taxpayers while also examining local government spending and revenue growth.

Most-favored-nation drug pricing agreements now in effect

Trump Extends Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing Deals to Medicaid in All 50 States, Saving $64 Billion

Imagine walking into a pharmacy and being told you’ll pay three times what a customer in Paris or Tokyo pays for the exact same pill. No special formula, no premium version – just a bigger bill because you happen to live in the United States.

That’s been the reality for American families for decades. The U.S. has long paid nearly three times what other developed nations spend on prescription drugs – a fact that every politician in Washington has lamented and virtually none have fixed. Administrations came and went. Promises piled up like unpaid invoices. The pharmaceutical lobby wrote checks, and Congress looked the other way.

Sound familiar? It should. We’ve been hearing this song our entire lives. But last Friday, something concrete actually happened – and I mean concrete with a dollar sign$ attached.

President Trump announced from the Oval Office that his most-favored-nation drug pricing agreements with pharmaceutical companies are officially being extended to Medicaid programs in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Through the GENEROUS Medicaid Payment Model, states will receive rebates ensuring they never pay more than the MFN price on expensive brand-name drugs.

Twenty-six major pharmaceutical companies – from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to AstraZeneca and AbbVie – have signed on voluntarily.

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Sunrise 9-22-26 A patriotic morning

Minnesota Lt. Governor running for Senate

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New York is in a death-spiral, and has been for several years now. If I had to point to the moment it started to tank, I’d go back to November 2018 when the Democrats gained 100% control over the State. In that election cycle, the Republicans lost control of the NYS Senate, the Democrats achieved one-party-rule, and the chokehold began.

I’ve said this many times before… one-party rule is toxic, no matter which party it is. The reason for that is because when you have total control over a state (particularly one of the largest in our country), you develop a sense of entitlement and superiority like you’ve never felt before.

The Democrats have majority control over our NYS Senate and super-majority control over our Assembly. This means they do not need even 1 Republican vote to make laws, change laws, direct agency regs, etc. This also means there is zero negotiating going on across the aisle. You, the party in power, are quite literally unstoppable, and so you become emboldened.

In the case of the NYS legislature, this has caused the Democrats to produce more and more radical policies as the years drag on. [ATTORNEY BOBBIE ANNE COX]

Good Night, Patriots!

Homeless Fraud in Los Angeles

Trump admin unearths $75M in ‘homeless industrial complex’ fraud

The federal taxpayer dollars were spent on Los Angeles mansions, luxury vehicles, pricey vacations, and paying bail for domestic assault charges. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Turner pledged, “No more.”

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner announced Sept. 16 that his agency had identified approximately $75 million laundered through homeless services, mostly in California.

States and cities receiving federal taxpayer dollars to support homeless people funneled that money into nonprofit and non-governmental organizations, where the taxpayer dollars were spent on lavish vacations, private jets, luxury automobiles, opening nightclubs, and other personal ventures, according to the announcement.

The “homeless industrial complex,” as Turner called it, involves nonprofits and non-governmental organizations that take federal taxpayer dollars, administered by states, and register non-existent identities as “homeless people” receiving aid, when no such people exist and no aid is given to real homeless people.

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Washington Is Reviewing the Europe Footprint

Hegseth Review Could Withdraw Up to 40,000 U.S. Troops From Europe

The United States is weighing a major force-structure shakeup that could pull thousands of troops out of Western Europe, according to a new report from NBC News. One scenario could remove up to one-third of the troops stationed there, or about 25,000 service members. Other estimates put the possible number at 40,000, which would be roughly half of the U.S. forces based in Europe.

These figures describe possible scenarios, not a final troop movement order. Still, the review signals that Washington is taking a hard look at where American forces are stationed and how much of Europe’s defense the United States should continue to carry.

European Governments Are Alarmed--The possibility of such dramatic cuts has alarmed lawmakers from both parties and European governments worried that Russia could be emboldened. Germany, Italy, and Spain are likely to be impacted, NBC News reported, citing officials it did not name.

Those countries have some of the largest concentrations of American troops in Europe. They were also at odds with President Donald Trump over the war in Iran. The message from Washington is becoming difficult to miss: NATO allies cannot expect America to handle the heavy lifting forever.

Trump Points to Poland--Even as the review raises questions about the U.S. presence in Western Europe, Trump said America will not abandon its allies. He pointed to Poland as a possible location for a new U.S. Army base. “Thanks to the bold leadership of my friend, Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, major progress is being made toward establishing a U.S. Army base in Poland,” Trump wrote.

He added that if the plan moves forward, the location would be announced very soon, calling it a historic step for the U.S.-Polish alliance. The post placed Poland at the center of Trump’s message about maintaining strong partnerships while reviewing America’s broader military posture.

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Fear Mongerer Pritzker wants federal AI rules but cannot name the threat

Pritzker compares AI to nuclear weapons, demands federal regulation while eyeing 2028

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (worth $4.2 billion dollars) is pushing Congress to treat artificial intelligence as a threat comparable to nuclear weapons, while simultaneously auditioning for a national stage with less than seven weeks until the midterms.

Pritzker, a Democrat, sat for an exclusive interview on ABC's "This Week" that aired Sunday, urging federal lawmakers to make AI regulation a top priority. He called the technology dangerous "on the level of nuclear weapons" and took direct aim at President Trump's approach to the industry, accusing the administration of letting AI companies police themselves.

The governor signed an AI safety law in Illinois in July that requires companies to submit to annual third-party audits of their safety plans and disclose safety incidents to the state. But Pritzker argued that state-level action is not enough, and that Washington's inaction amounts to recklessness.

In the interview with co-anchor Jonathan Karl, Pritzker told ABC News that AI regulation must be a national and international effort because the technology cannot be contained by any single state.

Comparing a commercial technology to nuclear weapons is the kind of rhetoric that sounds serious without doing any of the work of being serious.

President Trump has called AI fears a "hoax" and announced the formation of an "AI Force" aimed at accelerating growth in the industry.

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Joyless Behar

Joy Behar Said Something About Donald Trump on Live TV That May Cost Disney Its Broadcast License

ABC spent years telling the federal government that The View is serious journalism. Joy Behar just blew that argument to pieces.

And Joy Behar said something about Donald Trump on live TV that may cost Disney its broadcast license. Wednesday's broadcast – where Behar implied the sitting president performs sex acts with animals – is going to be Exhibit A in whatever hearing comes next.

The setup was a Senate hearing clip – one the left-wing media chopped and edited to remove all context. FBI Director Kash Patel was explaining something critical: the FBI's new hiring guidelines exist partly to help sex trafficking victims. Women who were trafficked, forced into prostitution and bestiality by their captors, wanted to help other victims after escaping.

The old FBI rules barred them from service because of what was done to them. Wednesday's broadcast – where a co-host implied the sitting president performs sex acts with animals – is going to be Exhibit A in whatever hearing comes next.

This Is a Pattern, Not a Slip--Behar has a history of saying exactly the wrong thing at exactly the wrong moment for ABC's legal position.

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America Is Importing More Venezuelan Oil While Production Stays Flat

Trump Freed Venezuela’s Oil From Maduro and Washington’s Own Paperwork Is Strangling It

American forces dragged Nicolás Maduro out of Venezuela back in January and handed Trump the world's largest oil reserves.

Eight months later those same oil fields are still producing barely more than they did under the dictator. One piece of leftover paperwork in Washington is deciding how much cheaper your gas gets from here.

Venezuela sits on more proven oil reserves than any country on Earth. Trump ended Maduro's rule in January and promised those barrels would flow to American refineries instead of funding a dictator's drug routes. They are flowing.

U.S. imports of Venezuelan crude climbed from 200,000 barrels a day in January to 630,000 barrels a day by June, according to Energy Information Administration data.

That sounds like a flood. It is not.

Ten Billion Dollars in Unpaid Debt Is Scaring Off Every Serious Investor.

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Artificial Intelligence Fear

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With some major news agencies complaining that President Donald Trump has kicked them out of the White House, they are now being hammered by administration officials as well as their own colleagues in the media.

Trump this week banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from having in-person access to the White House, calling them liars. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz reminded CNN Sunday that no news outlet is granted free access to any government facility.

On the network's "State of the Union" broadcast, anchor Dana Bash lamented: "I'm at a loss for words, especially when the president says he doesn't want negative reporting. It is critical reporting. It is intended to get facts."

Waltz replied: "There's a big difference between negative reporting and garbage, gossip journalism that will sit on one anonymous source and puts it out in the ether-sphere, and it's been repeated by other journalists as fact."

He reminded Bash that former President Joe Biden did not allow every news agency into the White House and banned 500 different reporters...no whining then.

Good Night, Patriots!

Trump's Demands to Federal Reserve fell on Deaf Ears

Trump demands interest rates of 1% or less after Fed raises rates for first time since 2023

President Donald Trump fired back at the Federal Reserve within hours of its first rate hike in three years, posting on Truth Social that U.S. interest rates "should be 1%, or less", a demand that would require slashing the benchmark rate by nearly three full percentage points.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday unanimously voted to raise the federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point, lifting it to a range of 3.75% to 4.00%. The move reversed course after multiple rounds of rate cuts in late 2024 and 2025, when the central bank had worried about a slowing economy and a weakening labor market. Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, who was sworn into the post in May, said the hike "comes at a time when the economy appears to be strengthening."

Trump did not see it that way. In a post on Truth Social, the president argued that America's creditworthiness and booming investment climate justified rates far below where the Fed just set them.

"Interest Rates in the United States should be 1%, or less, because we are the Best Credit in the World, BY FAR. Our Country is BOOMING with new Investment! If we stopped Trading with every country that we have a Deficit with, which is most of them, we would make, at least, 1.5 Trillion Dollars a year."

He followed up by calling trade deficits "nothing more than a fancy word for LOSS" and demanded the Fed act immediately.

"We are 'carrying' almost every country in the World, and that cannot go on any longer. LOWER THE INTEREST RATES FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FAST!"

The unanimous vote matters. Every member of the rate-setting committee backed the quarter-point increase. There was no dissent for Trump to point to, no internal split to exploit. The Fed spoke with one voice, and that voice said inflation, not the president's preference, would set the direction of monetary policy.

Whether Warsh can hold that line under sustained presidential pressure will be the question that defines his tenure. The Fed's independence is only as strong as the chairman willing to defend it, and the president just made clear he expects results, not explanations.

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Third-Country Deportation Policy struck down by Appeals Court

First Circuit strikes down DHS third-country deportation policy, demands notice for immigrants

Immigrants, a.k.a. Illegals, have rights?

A unanimous federal appeals panel ruled Friday that the Department of Homeland Security cannot deport immigrants to countries where they have no ties without first giving them notice and a real chance to object, a decision that hands open-borders advocates a procedural win while leaving the underlying enforcement authority intact.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit struck down a DHS policy that allowed the government to move quickly when sending immigrants to nations other than their home countries.

The three-judge panel, in an opinion written by Circuit Judge Seth Robert Aframe, (appointed by Joe Biden) held that deportees must know where they are being sent before the plane takes off, and must have a meaningful opportunity to argue against that destination.

The ruling lands squarely on the administration's expanding use of third-country deportation deals, which now number 35 nations, including the Central African Republic, Liberia, Ghana, and Sierra Leone.

DHS had relied on what it called "diplomatic assurances" from receiving governments that deportees would not be mistreated. The court found that those assurances, standing alone, did not satisfy the requirement that individuals be able to challenge a removal destination based on fear of persecution.

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Thomas Massie still causing trouble

House GOP leaders send lawmakers home early, sidestepping Hegseth impeachment vote

House Republican leaders scrapped Thursday's scheduled votes and sent members home ahead of the midterm elections, a move that conveniently shelves a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth until the lame duck session.

Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters the early exit had nothing to do with the eight-article impeachment resolution that Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican and vocal critic of the Trump White House, unveiled on Tuesday. Johnson called it "a publicity stunt by someone who wants attention" and predicted the resolution would be "immediately" rejected when the lame duck session begins November 9.

The cancellation caps a September in which Johnson had already wiped the last two weeks of scheduled session from the calendar. The House has now scrapped at least 63 voting days this Congress, according to Rep. Ralph Norman, a South Carolina Republican and Freedom Caucus member, nine of them this month alone

On September 15, 2026, Thomas Massie shocked his colleagues by filing an eight-article privileged resolution to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, prompting House leadership to truncate the legislative calendar and send members on an early recess to avoid a mandatory floor vote before the midterm elections.

With lawmakers now gone until after the election, a stack of unfinished business, a $95 billion reconciliation package, the Farm Bill, the Clarity Act on cryptocurrency regulation, and bipartisan AI safeguards, sits idle while the Senate shows no sign of moving.

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Thomas Massie can't get over that he was primaried. Ed Gallrein, endorsed by Trump, defeated incumbent Thomas Massie in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 4 on May 19, 2026.