The Insider Pacific Trade Deal Is A Tough Sell In An Outsider Year

The New Hampshire state legislature was debating a bill which would ban teen marriage by raising the minimum age to be married to 18 years old. It was during this debate when State Representative Jess Edwards gave a most disturbing comment: Rep. Jess Edwards argued that taking away the possibility of marriage could lead more 16- and 17-year-olds to abortion. “… If we continually restrict the freedom of marriage as a legitimate social option, when we do this to people who are a ripe, fertile age and may have a pregnancy and a baby involved, are we not in fact making abortion a much more desirable alternative, when marriage might be the right solution for some freedom-loving couples?” he said. Hey, Jess!

Democratic strategist Jim Kessler predicted to Fox News that former President Donald Trump would commit perjury if he testifies in his hush money trial. During a Sunday panel discussion, Kessler told host Mike Emanuel that it would be a mistake for Trump to pick his vice presidential running mate based on who defends him the best against criminal charges. "I think if Trump is making his VP choice on who defends him best in a trial, it's a dumb way to go about it," Kessler explained.

Judge Merchan has given Lord Damp Nut his final warning: “I find you in criminal contempt for the 10th time,” said Justice Juan Merchan, who said he is concerned that Donald Trump has apparently not taken heed of his prior findings. “Going forward, this court will have to consider a jail sentence.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) clashed with CBS host Margaret Brennan over the controversy surrounding the governor's new book, "No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward." During an interview on Sunday, Brennan confronted Noem about passages in the book claiming she had met North Korean leader Jim Jong Un. "I'm wondering who is it that you confused Kim Jong Un with," Brennan said. "My time in serving and making policies in this country has been extensive and covered decades," Noem insisted. "Right," Brennan noted.

Fox News pundit Tomi Lahren, a contributor to OutKick, blasted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) over a plan to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Lahren spoke out Sunday on Fox News after Greene said she would file a so-called "motion to vacate" Johnson's speakership this week. "I will say this, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, what are you doing?" Lahren asked.

Look, the reason the CDC is tracking this is because avian flu is dangerous. Since 2022, only about two dozen human cases have been recorded worldwide, and over half of those have been fatal. Obviously, the CDC doesn't want to be caught unprepared if the virus makes that dreaded human-to-human transmission evolutionary leap.