π¨ PRAY FOR BROOKLYN: Part of a three story building just collapsed in Flatbush and people are trapped under the rubble.
FDNY says two people have been pulled out so far. Crews are still digging for the rest.
Stop scrolling for one second. Pray for the ones still under there, and for the firefighters crawling in after them.
God Bless the FDNY.
Weβve been really happy to see how positive the feedback on our YouTube videos has been!
We actually spent quite a long time debating whether starting a YouTube channel was a good idea, and now we almost wish we had started earlier. There are so many places, especially in Alabama and the South, where we would have loved to film some videos.
Luckily, we still have quite a few videos from our trip that we havenβt edited yet and will be uploading over the next few weeks!
Tomorrow, weβll upload our video from Fredericksburg, Texas, followed by one from the Million Dollar Highway in Colorado.
And probably the one weβre most excited about: During the last month of our trip, we filmed and rated every American fast-food chain we visited. Weβre putting it all together into one big ranking, from our favorite to our least favorite!
So if you havenβt checked out our YouTube channel yet, feel free to subscribe! Weβve genuinely had a lot of fun making these videos and already have some exciting ideas for the future.
Thanks again to everyone whoβs been watching and supporting us! :)
Austin is paying a firm $1.2 million to design its firefighter entrance exam so that black, Hispanics and women score better.
The contract orders the firm to use test sections that "reduce or eliminate disparate impact" on those three groups.
If those groups still score lower, the firm says it will recommend branding and "compensatory adjustments," among other things.
Federal law bans adjusting hiring test scores by race or sex. In 2009 the Supreme Court ruled that New Haven broke civil rights law when it threw out a firefighter exam because too few black candidates passed.
While Art. III, Β§ 49-g(m) of the Texas Constitution explicitly allows the Legislature to appropriate money from the Economic Stabilization Fund βat any time and for any purposeβ if approved by a two-thirds vote of the members present in each house, any such appropriation must still comply with the Gift Clause.
Art. III, Β§ 51 of the Texas Constitution provides: βThe Legislature shall have no power to make any grant or authorize the making of any grant of public moneys to any individual, association of individuals, municipal or other corporations whatsoever; provided that the provisions of this Section shall not be construed so as to prevent the grant of aid in cases of public calamity.β
Affordability is a serious problem, yes, and it must be addressed. But . . .
So that Texas can be JUST LIKE California!
CA has spent $13.8 billion since 2015 ... and it still doesn't exist.
Democrats β€οΈ graft and corruption.
The morning after you die, I'd send your kids home with a list of 9 things to bring back by 4 o'clock. I did it for 38 years. Most came back with five. Here are all 9, so you can put them in one place this week. Save this, because that afternoon your daughter will be standing in your closet, crying, guessing what you'd want to wear.
If true, I hope his wife drags him.
Imagine abandoning the devoted wife and mother God gave you 41 years ago (one he publicly credited with handling absolutely everything for him) so you could ruin your life and destabilize your company in such a manner.
π¨ NOW: Rep. Tim Burchett confirms Democrats just SCREWED UP on the House floor and accidentally let a pro-veterans bill PASS β after intending to block it
Imagine that!
"One major bill, the Take Care of America's Veterans Act, which actually contained the Major Richard Star Act."
"That allowed combat injured veterans medically retired before 20 years in service to receive full military retirement pay alongside VA disability compensation and basically doubled their benefits, which they deserve."
"The Democrats had tried to block the Major Richard Star Act for a long time and had been fairly successful at it."
"They messed up, oddly enough, and tried to block it, but they did not call for a recorded vote. And then the time was given and the gavel was banged."
"Democrats just trying to get a little too cute with the rules and they got popped. Looks like what the next two years are going to be about."
They spent years blocking benefits for combat-injured veterans, then got outmaneuvered on their own procedural tricks, and the gavel came down TODAY! It's FINAL!
The House passed H.R. 9237 by voice vote
The Senate companion has been sitting on the calendar since June. Get it to Trump's desk!
π¨ "SUCK IT UP": Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris just fired back at John Thune for whining that Reconciliation 3 will get bogged down by amendments.
"I say to Leader Thune, suck it up. That's the legislative process."
"If you want a job where you're not dealing with amendments, I suggest you don't go to a legislature."
The Senate leader is complaining about having to legislate.
That says EVERYTHING about why nothing got done.
Lankford was the front man for the disastrous amnesty bill the GOP establishment tried to get us to swallow a few years ago.
Needs to be watched like a hawk.
Governor-elect Gina Hinojosaβs proposed electricity rate freeze makes no sense. It didnβt work in New Jersey. It wonβt work in Texas.
The costs are still there. Theyβre not going away. Itβs just a marketing gimmick to make people feel like theyβre saving money when they arenβt.