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Golfers in classic plaid pants and various outfits will be taking their first tee shots at Heritage Hills as the annual Community Hospital Pro-Am tees off Saturday morning. The event will continue through Sundays 18 holes. Of course, the always popular Horse Race featuring all those pros takes place this afternoon. Watch for results in the Gazette early next week

R.B. Headley/McCook Gazette

McCOOK, Neb. The weekend hole assignments for each golf pro and team in the Community Hospital Pro-Am at Heritage Hills.

Check mccookgazette.com to see Sundays hole assignments which complete this annual event.

SATURDAY

Hole 1

Fore Horsemen

Pro Tony Aguilar with Brad Hershberger, Taylor Hershberger, Sean Hershberger, and Corey Nichols

Hole 2 (A)

MNB Bank

Pro Stuart Moore with Mark Graff, Steve Anderson, Jerry Schrier, and Larry Anderson

Hole 2 (B)

Wallen Farms

Pro Noah Hofman with Tim Wallen, Ron Friehe, Kirk Kilpatrick, and Ed Townsley

Hole 3

Change House

Pro Tyler Loop with Chris Vontz, Seth Vontz, Jeff Holthus, and Jon Olsen

Hole 4

Ben Portie Team

Pro Ben Portie with Braiden Portie, Collin Portie, Bill Miller, and Bill Guyer

Hole 5

Wellman Clann

Pro Chris Wiemers with Ken Wellman, Bob Wellman, Rusty Eisenhart, and JD Welsh

Hole 6

Pinnacle Bank

Pro John Ward with Kent Craw, Ben Anderson, Trevor Oberg, and Kyle Craw

Hole 7

Golight, Inc.

Pro Jeremy Berbert with Neil Gohl, JP Emmon, Alex Sharp, and Jon Stewart

Hole 8

SW NE

Physical Therapy

Pro Jason Johnson with Paul Sheets, Steve Thompson, Frank Williams, and Rob Mitchell

Hole 9

Edward Jones

Investments

Pro Derek Tolan with Garrett Rippen, TJ Wiemers, Dustin Hartzer, and Collin Eisenhart

Hole 10

Hometown

Family Radio

Pro Justin West with Andrew Stevens, Jude Landry, Darcy Rambali, and Riley Kotschwar

Hole 11

Sampson

Construction

Brayden Melchert, Jack Backer, Travis Keith, and Kaylee Wiemers

Hole 12

Community

Hospital

Pro Greg Arkin with Jim Olson, Derek Sailors, Ty Graham, and Brett Melchert

Hole 13

First Central Bank

Pro Andy Connell with Clint Bryant, Matt Chitwood, Delton Young, and Jeremy Young

Hole 14 (A)

Lifetime Eyecare

Pro Kade Brown with Dirk Gray, Mitch Lyster, Zach May, and Regan May

Hole 14 (B)

GTA Insurance Group

Pro Justin Coleman with Joe Townsley, Leeland Shiers, Clint Coleman, and Nick Nothnagel

Hole 15

Hot Tub Brokers/

Old Sarges

Pro Jason Peterson with Jim Frease, Mike Harris, Taylor Quigley, and Justine Frease

Hole 16

PTMX3

Pro Gabe Alcala with Tim Meader, Trevor Meader, Perry Strombeck, and Tom Malone

Hole 17

The Olson Group

Pro Nate Smith with Jeff Wallace, Randy Christiansen, Robb Jorgensen, and Brad Fedde

Hole 18

The Frank Team

Pro Shane Zywiec with Dave Eisenhart, Charlie Gull, Doug Frank, and Greg Trail

SUNDAY

Hole assignments for Sundays round, which begins at 9:00 a.m. with a shotgun start, are listed below.

Hole 1

Hometown Family Radio

Pro Justin West with Andrew Stevens, Jude Landry, Darcy Rambali, and Riley Kotschwar

Hole 2 (A)

Sampson Construction

Brayden Melchert, Jack Backer, Travis Keith, and Kaylee Wiemers

Hole 2 (B)

Community Hospital

Pro Greg Arkin with Jim Olson, Derek Sailors, Ty Graham, and Brett Melchert

Hole 3

First Central Bank

Pro Andy Connell with Clint Bryant, Matt Chitwood, Delton Young, and Jeremy Young

Hole 4

Lifetime Eyecare

Pro Kade Brown with Dirk Gray, Mitch Lyster, Zach May, and Regan May

Hole 5

GTA Insurance Group

Pro Justin Coleman with Joe Townsley, Leeland Shiers, Clint Coleman, and Nick Nothnagel

Hole 6

Hot Tub Brokers/Old Sarges

Pro Jason Peterson with Jim Frease, Mike Harris, Taylor Quigley, and Justine Frease

Hole 7

PTMX3

Pro Gabe Alcala with Tim MMeader, Trevor Meader, Perry Strombeck, and Tom Malone

Hole 8

The Olson Group

Pro Nate Smith with Jeff Wallace, Randy Christiansen, Robb Jorgensen, and Brad Fedde

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MYRNA BROWN, HOST:Good morning!Well, June, they say, is pride month. Today on Culture Friday, well talk with author Katie McCoy about the parental pushback thats making this year different.

NICK EICHER, HOST:Also today, the Spiderverse sequel opens this weekend.WORLDs Collin Garbarino has a review.

MOVIEAUDIO:Hey, whos the new guy? Hey Pav.Im sorry, who are you? Im glad you asked new guy. Im not a new guy!

And Ask the Editor.

BROWN:Its Friday, June 2nd. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. Im Myrna Brown.

EICHER:And Im Nick Eicher. Good morning!

BROWN:Time now for the news with Kent Covington.

SOUND: On this vote, the yeas are 63. The nays are 36. The 60-vote threshold having been achieved, the bill is passed.

KENT COVINGTON, NEWS ANCHOR: Debt limit With that vote in the Senate last night, a bill to raise the federal debt ceiling is heading to the Oval office for the presidents signature.

Senators pushed late in the evening, passing the bill after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urged fellow Republicans to back it.

MITCHMCCONNELL: It locks in promising reforms to infrastructure permitting. It claws back unspent COVID emergency funds. It slashes bloated spending at the IRS.

But many Republicans argued that the bill dangerously cuts defense spending while allowing too much spending everywhere else. Sen. Eric Schmitt:

ERICSCHMITT: I think weve got to start dealing with structural reform. We simply are spending too much money with out the needed reform, and thats why Im not supporting the bill in its current form.

The House passed the bill Wednesday night. President Biden said hell waste no time signing it into law.

Senate votes to nix Biden student debt plan Hours earlier, the Senate voted to overturn the presidents plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loans for more than 40 million people.

Critics say the plan would effectively have many blue collar workers paying for the student loans of other Americans.

Republican Sen. John Thune:

JOHNTHUNE: Its something of a slap in the face to Americans who chose more affordable college options or worked their way through school to avoid taking on student loans.

Opponents also argue the president doesnt have the authority to forgive the debt on his own with the stroke of a pen.

The vote was 52-to-46. Two Democrats and one left-leaning independent voted for the bill.

They were Sens. Joe Manchin, Jon Tester, and Kyrsten Sinema, an independent.

It now heads to President Bidens desk, where he is certain to veto it.

Pence/Christie Three more Republicans are set to jump into the presidential race in the days ahead. WORLDs Mary Muncy has more.

MARYMUNCY: The Associated Press reports that former Vice President Mike Pence is in,and hell formally launch his campaign at a kickoff event in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday.

Meantime, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will reportedly launch his campaign one day earlier in New Hampshire.

And North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is expected to enter the race next week, as well.

Thatll bring the rapidly growing number of GOP candidates to 11.

For WORLD, Im Mary Muncy.

DeSantis and Trump stump The top two candidates in early Republican polls are also hitting early voting states.

Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis both campaigned in Iowa this week, with the rivalry between them heating up.

Trump spoke to a conservative group on Thursday in suburban Des Moines.

DONALD TRUMP: Ive been watching DeSanctus go out and say Ive got eight years. Its going to be eight years. Let me tell you something, right there you should vote against him. Itll take me six months to have it totally the way it was.

Trump has taken to purposely misstating Ron DeSantis name, calling him Rob DeSanctus.

For his part, DeSantis talked about the rise during Trumps presidency of COVID policies that he called Fauciism.

RONDESANTIS: In Florida, we chose freedom over Fauciism, and we are better for doing that.

He also took a jab without saying Trumps name, telling a crowd in Des Moines that leadership is not about entertaining.

U.S. Sudan sanctions The White House says that it is imposing sanctions on weapons companies supporting both sides of the violence in Sudan.

The announcement comes as the Sudanese military earlier this week backed out of peace talks with its paramilitary opponentthe Rapid Support Forces.

U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken says a ceasefire in the country has beenhis words incredibly imperfect and fragile.

TONY BLINKEN:And now we're seeing actions again by both sides in clear violation of the commitments they made in terms of the cease-fire.

The fighting in Sudan has killed more than 800 people and wounded thousands more.

Iowa apartments update Several people are still missing after an apartment building partially collapsed in Iowa earlier this week.

Davenport Police Chief Jeff Bladel:

JEFFBLADEL:We had a number of people displaced, but we have families here that are still wanting answers and searching for their loved ones.

A report issued days before the building collapsed said parts of the brick exterior appeared ready to fall, but authorities did not order residents to leave.

Officials say they were relying on a structural engineer who said the building needed repairs but was not at imminent risk of crumbling.

I'm Kent Covington.

Straight ahead: Culture Friday with Katie McCoy.Plus, returning to the Spiderverse.

This is The World and Everything in It.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Its the 2nd day of June 2023.

Glad to have you along for todays edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, Im Myrna Brown.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And Im Nick Eicher. Its Culture Friday.

Joining us now is Katie McCoy. She has a PhD in theology and is author of a book just released, titled To Be A Woman. Good morning, Katie!

KATIE McCOY, GUEST:Good morning to you both.

EICHER:So congratulations on the book, first of all.And I just want to note that I have a level of appreciation for the lead time necessary to have a book produced. So, given the lengthy timeline, did you really imagine that the issues you raise in the book would be so front and center, with the growth of trans identity issues? But before you even get there, did you at least plan the release for Pride Month?

McCOY:I did not, and that was entirely out of my hands. The publisher made that decision, and it wasn't until my brother pointed it out. He said, Did you mean to do this for Pride Month? I said no, I had no idea did not even connect that dot. So to your first question, you know, yes and no, because I had seen all of these things happening in the news and had been teaching on this in different venues for several years. And you can see it sort of evolving. And at the same time, I remember turning in the manuscript in mid-September. And it seemed like every week, there would be something that happened in the news, and I thought, if I were still writing, I would have to put that in that would be a paragraph, or at least a section, because we saw mounting evidence, and now it has all come to the surface in a way that I don't think we've seen before. And now something that was on the fringes is now mainstream, it's everywhere. In fact, it's boring to be cisgender. Now you have to stick your identity in something related to gender, and sexual orientation. And so now all of a sudden, seemingly all of a sudden, it has exploded to the point that now average decent Americans that are not privy to most controversies. Well, it's come to their homes, usually through social media, and also through the entertainment industry, and even education.

EICHER:Along these same lines of Pride Month: In previous years, and certainly this was the case last year, it seemed as though these four weeks were to be endured but this year were seeing a little pushback. Are you seeing the same?

McCOY:I would agree, and first of all, we have to remember Pride Month has been around for a long time. It started under President Clinton, it was expanded under President Obama. But then since the policies of President Biden's administration, I think we're seeing this come up to a new level of activism, especially corporate activism. You know, it used to be that this was about tolerance, acceptance, respect, things that every human being should be able to expect from their fellow citizen. Now, however, this isn't about tolerance. This is about recognition. I think there's a couple of things going on, first of all, this year, it seems like we're seeing so much more that specifically targeted to children, and parents all over whether or not they are religious, some of them are atheist, and they're just saying enough, this is enough. And that is exactly as it should be. Because what gets lost in this Nick is how gender is based in our biology. It's it's driven and informed by our biology. But we understand our sense of who we are as a man or a woman according to our relationships, beginning in our families, and then in society. The other thing we're seeing too, not only in that corporate agenda, the political agenda, but what we cannot deny is the reality of the spiritual source of so much of this darkness coming from gender confusion, the way that it is targeting vulnerable people, but especially how it is anti-God and specifically anti-Christ. You know, you heard about this nun group, this faux-nun on what are they even called the Sisters of indulgence? Yes, some some blasphemous thing. Honestly, I saw this. I saw this mocking of the crucifixion. And the only thing I could think of is if I were there, I'd be walking away before the lightning started to come down. I mean, it was breathtakingly blasphemous. And we have a major sports franchise making room for them giving them an award. And now who are the opponents? Who are the bad guys now in society? Well, now it's the Christians. Can you imagine any other world religion receiving this type of mockery and being dusted under the rug? No, we--if this were happening, and people were making fun of Allah, we would have public outcry against Islamophobia. You don't see them doing this without Allah, Buddha, Confucius, any other major world religion.

BROWN:Let me jump in there real quick. Katie, you know, not only is this so called Pride Month, its presidential campaign launch season. Republicans Ron DeSantis. And Tim Scott announced last week chris Christie and Mike Pence are expected to announce sometime in the next few weeks. And you know, there's been a lot of focus on issues like immigration and abortion. But I'm wondering, what questions should voters be asking these candidates regarding issues of sexuality and gender?

McCOY:It's a great question, Myrna. You know if parents wanted to turn the tide of all of this in one election cycle, they would ask every candidate to make a statement on where they fall on WPATH standards of care, you can go online and read about what these standards of care entail. They are an activist organization that involved doctors, but they're not a medical organization. It's an activist organization. And they are lobbying for how transgender care should go about within the medical community, one of the stipulations that WPATH says, for instance, is that only one doctor is necessary to approve the gender transition of someone. But then if that person wants to detransition, well, now we need to put some guardrails up. Now we need a multiplicity of voices to weigh into that decision. So essentially, it's making it more difficult for the person to detransition. Other things that people should be asking candidates specifically is the role of gender education in public school systems. And every school district every state that is a school district by school districts state by state question. So as important as it is to keep our eyes on what's happening at the federal level in Washington, it really is what's happening in your local school district that you need to get very inquisitive about. But but the truth is, parents still really do hold the power, they have the ability to hold the candidates feet to the fire on where they stand, not just on the kind of conceptual issue of things like women's sports or, or the idea of men in women's spaces, but specifically ask them where do they fall on the government involvement in endorsing things like WPATH standards of care, but I would love to see people make this a litmus test issue, as so many other things are.

EICHER:Katie, were on our last day for WORLD Journalism Institute, and I wanted to make room for one final student question, and here it is:

JOHANNA HUEBSCHER:Hi, my name is Johanna Huebscher and I'm a rising senior at Bob Jones University attending WJI this week. My question is, as young Christians who are beginning to enter into marriage, how do we decide which forms of birth control are biblically acceptable and which ones are not?

McCOY:That's a wonderful question and one that many women have asked before. So first, we know that we may not have a specific Bible verse to tack on to it. Instead, we need to take in the whole counsel of Scripture when we approach a question like that. So we know already that anything that would be in abortifacients. So something inducing an abortion is something that we should not participate in. Now, unfortunately, we've got to do our homework, because drug companies can get a little artful in how they define pregnancy and abortion. So they may say things like, oh, no, it's not causing an abortion. But what they're really saying behind all of that research is, we're not actually acknowledging that a pregnancy at seven weeks is actually a pregnancy. So you've got to do your homework on how pharmaceutical companies are using those definitions. But I think even more than that, there's a broader question. And this isn't to say that people should just have children without having a plan for how to care for them or provide for them or anything like that, but, but I think we do need to consider a broader question. I heard a medical doctor say it this way that the woman's reproductive system is designed to be expressed, not suppressed. And there is a lot of research coming out on the negative physical effects that the birth control pill has on women, you figure so many of these women have been on it for many years, they get off thinking they can get pregnant immediately. And it doesn't work out like that. Well, some other things that you won't find, again, unless you do your own digging, because birth control is big money. There's a lot of money to be lost if a lot of this information came out mainstream, is that there are a lot of significant side effects to a woman taking hormonal birth control, including on her mental and emotional health. It's linked to increase of stroke and blood clots. It's even linked to some studies demonstrating that it changes a woman's sexual attractions and sexual drive. And so some of these things that are billed as completely side effect free. It's not that case at all. And not only do we have that moral question, but we even have that question of wisdom is this even best Is this the best thing for a woman to do for her reproductive system? Is is how God designed a woman's body to function. And anytime you're taking a pill that changes your hormone, you're going to have side effects. I'm no doctor, but I can I'm not I'm not the real kind of doctor.

EICHER:When we say doctor, we mean PhD.

McCOY:Thank you. That's good. That's good. I'm not the kind who can can get you out of a real crisis.

BROWN:Katie McCoy has a PhD in theology and is author of the new book To Be A Woman. Thank you, Katie.

McCOY:Thank you so much.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Today is Friday, June 2nd. Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day.Good morning. Im Nick Eicher.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST:And Im Myrna Brown.

Coming next on The World and Everything in It: Marvels friendly neighborhood Spider-Man swings back into theaters with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Heres arts and culture editor Collin Garbarino.

COLLIN GARBARINO: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the much anticipated follow up to 20-18s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The original movie was groundbreaking in both its animation and narrative. And fans of Into the Spider-Verse wont be disappointed with this sequel.

Across the Spider-Verse picks up where the original movie left off. In the first movie, a variety of Spider-Men from different dimensions come together to defeat a bad guy who risks collapsing the multiverse with a giant supercollider. The Spider-Team prevents the collapse, but at the beginning of this new movie, we learn that their battle poked some holes in the multiverse, letting both good guys and bad guys travel between dimensions.

The hero of this story is Miles Morales, voiced by Shameik Moore. This version of Spider-Man is a science-loving 15-year-old of African-American and Puerto Rican descent.

GUIDANCE COUNSELOR: Miless grades are pretty good. A in AP Physics.

MOM: Thats my little man!

GUIDANCE COUNSELOR: And AP studio art.

DAD: He takes after his uncle.

But trying to balance the responsibilities of family and school with his secret identity as Spider-Man is proving to be a bit of a challenge for Miles.

GUIDANCE COUNSELOR: And a B in Spanish.

MOM: What?!

DAD: Whoo. OK.

MOM: Miles!

Brian Tyree Henry and Luna Lauren Vlez voice Miless parents Jeff and Rio, and their scenes are some of the best in the movie. The movie taps into something real with its depiction of a father and mother struggling with how to parent a teenager whos trying to make a life for himself.

Then Miless sort-of girlfriend Gwen, voiced by Hailee Steinfeld, steps back into his life through an interdimensional portal. Gwen is the Spider-Woman in another dimension, and she introduces him to the wider Spider-Verse.

MILES: Wait, wait, wait. Hold on! Theres an elite society with all the best Spider-People in it?

Thousands of Spider-People from thousands of worlds are teaming up to keep the multiverse from collapsing. They need to plug those holes that were left after the supercollider exploded in the last movie. Theyre led by Miguel, the Spider-Man from 2099.

MILES: And whos Miguel?

GWEN: Hes like a ninja, vampire Spider-Man, but a good guy.

MILES: A vampire good guy. Id pay good money to see that.

Besides Miguel, Miles meets Jessica Drew, a pregnant Spider-Woman who rides a motorcycle; Hobie, a punk rock anarchist Spider-Man who carries a guitar; and Pavitr Prabhakar, an Indian Spider-Man who defends a city thats a synthesis of Mumbai and Manhattan.

PAVITR: Being Spider-Man is so easy. I fight a few bad guys. Quick break for Chai with my auntie.

MILES: I love Chai tea.

PAVITR: What did you just say? Chai means TeaYoure saying Tea Tea!

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller return as the creative power behind this sequel. Besides the first Spider-Verse movie, theyre also responsible for the two Lego movies, which are also stellar.

Lord and Miller cover familiar Spidey territory with ideas like, actions have consequences and our hardships define us. But they add an interesting thought experiment. What if we could erase those hardships in order to alleviate the suffering of others? Would we? Even though that might redefine us?

MIGUEL: You have a choice between saving one person and saving every world.

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The World and Everything in It: June 2, 2023 - WORLD News Group

A staffer for Sen. Rand Paul was stabbed and seriously injured in Washington, D.C., on Saturday and a suspect has since been arrested, police and Paul's office said Monday.

On Wednesday, victim Phillip Todd's parents said in a statement that he was in "stable condition" after surgery and "is expected to make a full recovery due to his young age and good health."

"He was randomly and brutally attacked by a person armed with a knife, who, according to the police report, attempted to kill him. The intervention of our son's friend helped prevent the wounds from being fatal," Chuck and Helen Todd said.

Phillip Todd is the chief economist for Paul on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, on which Paul sits as the ranking member.

Phillip Todd's Leadership Connect profile lists him as having been with Paul's office since 2021.

"This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight," Paul, R-Ky,. said in a statement to ABC News on Monday, adding, "I ask you to join [wife] Kelley and me in praying for a speedy and complete recovery, and thanking the first responders, hospital staff, and police for their diligent actions."

According to a police report obtained by ABC News, officers first responded Saturday around 5:15 p.m. to a call about a stabbing on the 1300 block of H Street Northeast in the district.

Phillip Todd was treated on the scene for "stab wounds" and was seen by a witness "bleeding from the head," the report states.

According to one of two witnesses cited in the report, the suspect had "popped out of the corner" and stabbed Phillip Todd multiple times as he and the witness were walking. He "was able to grab [the suspect's] arms" and the witness with him tackled the suspect, "leading to a struggle between the parties," the report states. Then, he and the witness ran as the suspect fled.

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) arrives during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on evaluating U.S.-China policy, at the Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9, 2023.

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The first witness shouted to another about what was happening and that person called the authorities while they aided Phillip Todd, according to the report.

On Monday, D.C. police said that 42-year-old Glynn Neal, a D.C. resident, was arrested later on Saturday and had been charged with assault with intent to kill, wielding a knife, in connection with the attack. Court filings state that he has told officers he heard a voice was going to get him before the attack occurred.

Phillip Todd was hospitalized "for treatment of life-threatening injuries," police said on Monday. His parents said in their statement Wednesday that he had "trauma surgery to address the wounds in his body. He also has a fracture on his skull, which will be treated with non-invasive neurosurgery."

Chuck and Helen Todd said they were grateful for Paul and his chief of staff for visiting their son and praised the work of police and first responders while asking for privacy going forward.

"Most of all, we are impressed with the love and support of Phillip's many friends, the Antioch Church, Washington D.C., his current and former colleagues, and even those Phillip doesn't know personally," they said.

"Our hope is that Washington D.C. continues to be the safe and beautiful city our son loves so much," they said.

In his own statement, Paul said Monday: "We are relieved to hear the suspect has been arrested. At this time we would ask for privacy so everyone can focus on healing and recovery."

Neal, the suspect, will appear in court Thursday for a preliminary hearing.

A public defender representing him did not respond to a request for comment.

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WASHINGTONOne of Sen. Rand Paul's staff members was stabbed in Northeast Washington, D.C. on Saturday afternoon and treated for life-threatening injuries.

Metropolitan Police Department on Monday arrested Glynn Neal, 42, in connection with the incident that occurred over the weekend in the 1300 block of H Street, according to a news release. Police charged Neal with Assault with Intent to Kill (Knife), according to a press release.

Federal prison records show Neal was released from prison Friday, the day before the attack.

Police officers were dispatched to the scene at 5:17 p.m. Saturday, when they found the stabbing victim and took the staffer to a local hospital for treatment.

Paul, R-Ky., confirmed in a statement Monday night the victim was a member of his congressional staff:

"This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, D.C. I ask you to join Kelley and me in praying for a speedy and complete recovery, and thanking the first responders, hospital staff, and police for their diligent actions. We are relieved to hear the suspect has been arrested. At this time we would ask for privacy so everyone can focus on healing and recovery."

The latest incident comes as Republican members in Congress have been sounding the arm about rising crime rates in major U.S. cities.

At 10 a.m. Wednesday, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee will hold a hearing on "Overdue Oversight of the Capital City: Part 1." It will include testimony from city council members and chair of the D.C. police union.

Hours later, at 1 p.m., House Oversight will try to retroactively remove D.C.s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022.

Candy Woodall is a Congress reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached at cwoodall@usatoday.comor on Twitter at @candynotcandace.

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Rand Paul staff member stabbed in D.C., has life-threatening injuries

A member of Senator Rand Pauls staff was stabbed and critically wounded in Washington on Saturday in an attack that is likely to raise fears about violence in the nations capital.

This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington DC, the Kentucky senator said in a statement to ABC News late Monday. I ask you to join [wife] Kelley and me in praying for a speedy and complete recovery, and thanking the first responders, hospital staff, and police for their diligent actions after the stabbing.

According to a police report obtained by the outlet, officers responded at about 5.15pm to a call about a stabbing fewer than two miles north-east of the US Capitol.

The victim, who has not been named, was treated on the scene for stab wounds and was seen by a witness bleeding from the head, and was later hospitalized for treatment of life-threatening injuries, the report states.

A suspect is reported to have been taken into custody and is being held without bail.

On Monday, DC police said that 42-year-old local resident Glynn Neal was arrested in connection with the attack on counts of assault with intent to kill and wielding a knife. Neal reportedly told police officers a voice had threatened to get him before the attack occurred.

According to one of two witnesses cited in the police report, the suspect had popped out of the corner and stabbed the Paul staffer multiple times.

The victim was able to grab [the suspects] arms and the witness with him tackled the suspect, leading to a struggle between the parties. The victim and the witness ran as the suspect fled, the report added.

We are relieved to hear the suspect has been arrested, Pauls statement said. At this time we would ask for privacy so everyone can focus on healing and recovery.

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Aide to Senator Rand Paul critically wounded in Washington DC stabbing ...

Demonstrators gather during an antiwar rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2023. - Demonstrators are calling to cut any type of funding for the war in Ukraine. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

On February 19th, the National Mall in Washington, DC saw its largest antiwar rally in 20 years. The speakers list included four former US presidential candidates and a broad and diverse collection of antiwar activists from beyond the left and right.

The aptly-named Rage Against War Machine rally drew thousands of attendees, however many pro-war advocates eagerly pointed out that it did not match in size some of the larger rallies against the Iraq war 20 years ago.

To that I say, who cares? The US mainstream media engages in war propaganda non-stop, with the only exception being Fox News Tucker Carlson. So I think its a miracle anyone had the courage to travel to the heart of the war machine in Washington, DC to make their voices heard! We dont need a majority to fight back an educated and dedicated minority will do quite nicely. And we certainly had that at the rally!

As I sat in the green room waiting to speak, I had the opportunity to visit with former Democrat presidential candidates Tulsi Gabbard and Dennis Kucinich and former Green Party candidate Jill Stein. Political commentators Jimmy Dore and Chris Hedges were there, along with many leading and wellspoken libertarians. Everyone backstage carried the same message: we must put aside our differences to build a new, broad coalition against this war!

I believe the antiwar movement is starting to catch fire both at home and overseas. The DC rally was followed by much larger antiwar rallies in Paris, Berlin, London, and elsewhere.

Several recent polls, including by Pew and AP, show that American support for Ukraine is evaporating. Even in the EU, new polls show a public turning sharply against their governments support for the war. According to a recent Ipsos poll, less than half of Germans support continuing to send weapons to Ukraine. Change is in the air.

The US mainstream media is clearly getting nervous that its control over the narrative is also evaporating. How do we know theyre nervous? They have turned up their lies and slanders of antiwar rallies and voices.

Rachel Maddow, who fed America a steady stream of Russiagate lies for the past six or so years, let loose with a slanderous blue streak about the Rage Against the War Machine rally. Literally everything Maddow said in her post-rally rant was objectively false and her mischaracterization of rally participants as weird was devious. She falsely claimed that the rally was full of white supremacists, Proud Boys, and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists.

No one who was at the rally would have had any idea what she was talking about. But her job was not to describe the rally, it was to defame it. What does Maddows hysterics about the rally show? They are nervous. It shows that the mainstream media, despite having near-total power, is afraid. They are afraid they are losing the narrative. Good. Its about time. Lets hope that more Americans begin to rage! Rage against the war machine!

Courtesy of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.( Full article available on website).

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On February 19th, the National Mall in Washington, DC saw its largest antiwar rally in 20 years. The speakers list included four former US presidential candidates and a broad and diverse collection of antiwar activists from beyond the left and right.

The aptly-named Rage Against War Machine rally drew thousands of attendees, however many pro-war advocates eagerly pointed out that it did not match in size some of the larger rallies against the Iraq war 20 years ago.

To that I say, who cares? The US mainstream media engages in war propaganda non-stop, with the only exception being Fox News Tucker Carlson. So I think its a miracle anyone had the courage to travel to the heart of the war machine in Washington, DC to make their voices heard! We dont need a majority to fight back an educated and dedicated minority will do quite nicely. And we certainly had that at the rally!

As I sat in the green room waiting to speak, I had the opportunity to visit with former Democrat presidential candidates Tulsi Gabbard and Dennis Kucinich and former Green Party candidate Jill Stein. Political commentators Jimmy Dore and Chris Hedges were there, along with many leading and wellspoken libertarians. Everyone backstage carried the same message: we must put aside our differences to build a new, broad coalition against this war!

I believe the antiwar movement is starting to catch fire both at home and overseas. The DC rally was followed by much larger antiwar rallies in Paris, Berlin, London, and elsewhere.

Several recent polls, including by Pew and AP, show that American support for Ukraine is evaporating. Even in the EU, new polls show a public turning sharply against their governments support for the war. According to a recent Ipsos poll, less than half of Germans support continuing to send weapons to Ukraine. Change is in the air.

The DC rally took place in the backdrop of Seymour Hershs explosive investigative report demonstrating how the US government blew up the Nord Stream pipelines and the mainstream medias desperate attempt to cover it up. The truth is coming out, and its even uglier than we imagined.

The US mainstream media is clearly getting nervous that its control over the narrative is also evaporating. How do we know theyre nervous? They have turned up their lies and slanders of antiwar rallies and voices.

Rachel Maddow, who fed America a steady stream of Russiagate lies for the past six or so years, let loose with a slanderous blue streak about the Rage Against the War Machine rally. Literally everything Maddow said in her post-rally rant was objectively false and her mischaracterization of rally participants as weird was devious. She falsely claimed that the rally was full of white supremacists, Proud Boys, and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists.

No one who was at the rally would have had any idea what she was talking about. But her job was not to describe the rally, it was to defame it. What does Maddows hysterics about the rally show? They are nervous. It shows that the mainstream media, despite having near-total power, is afraid. They are afraid they are losing the narrative. Good. Its about time. Lets hope that more Americans begin to rage! Rage against the war machine!

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(CNSNews.com) On Sunday, Feb. 19, former House Reps. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) will speak at the Rage Against the War Machine rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and call for a long-list of anti-war objectives, including stopping the arming of Ukraine, and negotiating a peace deal.

The rally, which is being organized by both the Libertarian Party and the Peoples Party, will start at 12:30 p.m. at the Lincoln Memorial and will end at the White House.

The rallys website lists the following 10 demands:

Former Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas). (Screenshot)

The rallys speakers come from across the political spectrum. Notable names include Ron Paul, Tulsi Gabbard, Jill Stein, Jimmy Dore, Garland Nixon, Max Blumenthal, and Kim Iverson.

Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters will be making a guest appearance via video.

Seventeen sister rallies will be held at the following locations on the following dates:

Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii). (Getty Images)

Commenting on the upcoming rally, Paul said in his column, Many of us have watched with alarm as the Biden Administration -- with the enthusiastic backing of many congressional Republicans -- has continuously escalated involvement in the Russia/Ukraine conflict and now sits dangerously close to a direct, hot war with the largest nuclear superpower on earth.

How did we get here? Where are the sane voices and cooler heads? Just when it seemed they were nowhere to be found, here we are! I hope as many people as possible will join us [at the rally] and continue to come together for this important cause. We must join together while we still can. No war with Russia!

A Ukrainian T-72 main battle tank runs along a street in Siversk on February 17, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP, Getty Images)

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Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul speaks with voters after a town hall meeting in Keene, N.H., on Nov. 21. Cheryl Senter/AP hide caption

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul speaks with voters after a town hall meeting in Keene, N.H., on Nov. 21.

Everybody knows that Ron Paul is a doctor from Texas. Born in Pittsburgh in 1935, he graduated from Gettysburg College and Duke University's medical school. He was a flight surgeon in the Air Force. His wife's name is Carol. He has served as a Republican congressman for years and years.

Everybody knows that Paul has made bids for the presidency three times as a Libertarian in 1988 and as a Republican in 2008 and this time around. And everybody knows he lost the first two.

Everybody knows that Paul has moved into second place behind Newt Gingrich in the Des Moines Register's most recent Iowa poll following Herman Cain's decision to suspend his campaign.

And everybody knows that Paul favors low taxes, free markets and commodity-backed currency. Ron Paul has been Ron Paul for a long time.

But not everyone knows that Ron Paul is now selling a family cookbook on his campaign website or that he was a track star in college he ran a mean 220-yard dash. And here are five other things that might surprise you about Paul.

1. He is a pretty good baseball player. In 1979, according to The Washington Post, Paul swatted a two-run homer over the left-field wall for the Republicans in the 18th annual congressional baseball game. But his team lost to the Democrats 7-3.

2. He was a frat boy. Karen Kwiatkowski, a co-author of the 2008 biography Ron Paul: A Life of Ideas, says that while Paul was a student at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha one of a few national fraternities to take an early stand against cruel and dangerous hazing practices. One of Paul's fraternity brothers was fellow biology student J. Michael Bishop, who went on to win the Nobel Prize in 1989 for research into cancer-causing viruses.

3. He can deliver. As a doctor in Texas, Kwiatkowski says, Paul delivered more than 4,000 babies over the years. Most people may not know that Paul "has also been an outspoken proponent of midwifery, market-driven health care and, in his medical practice, he refused to accept federal funds." Even under great pressure from the Texas branch of the American Medical Association and the Texas Medical Board, Kwiatkowski adds, "Dr. Paul refused to accept Medicare and Medicaid funding even as he served many of the poorest residents of Brazoria County."

4. He might have run against offbeat musician Frank Zappa. This is from a 1987 Los Angeles Times item: Just before Paul was nominated by the Libertarian Party to run for president at their gathering in Seattle Robert Murphy, a Libertarian delegate from Oklahoma, approached Zappa and asked him to throw his hat in the ring. After meeting with Murphy for hours and studying the party's platform, Zappa declined. It would have been a Mother of Convention.

5. He was the victim of a political scam. In 1996 The New York Times crediting The Austin American-Statesman reported that the Republican National Committee pulled a dirty trick on Paul. According to the Times, Paul was running for Congress against fellow Republican Greg Laughlin, whom he eventually defeated in a runoff. During the campaign, an Austin marketing company called people and asked respondents who favored Paul if they would still support him knowing that he was in favor of legalizing drugs, pornography and prostitution. The real truth, the Times noted, was this: "Dr. Paul said he only favored repeal of Federal laws on drugs, pornography and prostitution, leaving states to prohibit them."

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