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McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain

Source: AP via AOL News

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain.

McCarthy’s right-flank Republicans refused to support the bill despite its steep spending cuts of nearly 30% to many agencies and severe border security provisions, calling it insufficient.

The White House and Democrats rejected the Republican approach as too extreme. The vote was 198-232, with 21 hard-right Republicans voting to sink the package. The Democrats voted against it.

The bill’s complete failure a day before Saturday’s deadline to fund the government leaves few options to prevent a shutdown that will furlough federal workers, keep the military working without pay and disrupt programs and services for millions of Americans.

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So someone in a facebook group I'm in posts "Jesus is coming soon."

He got angry when I said "tell him to pull out if he isn't wearing a condom."

Another guy posted "he's been coming for 2500 years. Get over it." I replied: "Wow, that is one epic money shot."

Ramaswamy says he wants to cut 1M civilian federal employees

Source: The Hill

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy vowed to cut 1 million civilian federal employees from the government if elected to the White House next year.

In interviews with Axios and Semafor, Ramaswamy said he wanted to make drastic cuts to the federal government. He listed the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Education, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the IRS, the Commerce Department and the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Services as potential subjects for the cuts.

The tech entrepreneur told Axios he wants to cut the federal civil workforce, which comprises 2.2 million people, by 75 percent after four years. He added he wants to see a 50 percent reduction by the end of his first year.

“Keep in mind that 30 percent of these employees are eligible for retirement in the next five-year period,” Ramaswamy said. “So it is substantial — no doubt about it — but it’s not as crazy as it sounds.”

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9th Circuit rules California ban on marketing guns to minors is probably unconstitutional

Source: LA Times

California's law banning the marketing of firearms to minors is probably unconstitutional under the 1st Amendment, a federal appellate court ruled Wednesday.

Writing for a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Circuit Judge Kenneth K. Lee wrote that while the ban may be intended to diminish gun violence, the "First Amendment demands more than good intentions and wishful thinking to warrant the government’s muzzling of speech."

California allows minors to use guns under adult supervision for hunting and other activities, Lee wrote, and the state "cannot straitjacket the First Amendment by, on the one hand, allowing minors to possess and use firearms and then, on the other hand, banning truthful advertisements about that lawful use of firearms."

The ruling reverses a lower court decision that went against several gun groups and denied their request for a pause on the law's enforcement while they sue over its legitimacy. The case has now been sent back down to the lower court for further proceedings. It marks a major victory for gun clubs that work with kids and which had argued that the ban — under Assembly Bill 2571, signed into law in 2022 — prevented them from attracting young members and teaching them how to safely operate firearms.

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I am going to Orlando for a film festival. I am selected to be a part of it. I am Jewish

Should I be nervous? I wear my Star of David proudly around my neck.

My entire name is Jewish so I cannot hide it even if I wanted to hide it.

Should I be nervous after what just happened in Orlando with "the Jews will get the rope" and "the Jews won't replace us?"

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