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  • Sixth Circuit Rules Owners of Cars Taken by Asset Forfeiture Have Constitutional Right to a Hearing Within Two Weeks of Seizure

    09/02/2023 11:19:46 AM PDT · by george76 · 14 replies
    Reason Foundation ^ | 9.1.2023 | Ilya Somin
    The decision provides important protection for property rights, and features a powerful concurring opinion by prominent conservative Judge Amal Thapar. In many states, asset forfeiture laws allow law enforcement agencies to seize valuable property based on mere suspicion that it was used in a crime, and then keep it even if the owner was never convicted of any crime. On top of that, some force owners to wait many months before they even have a chance to challenge the forfeiture in a hearing. Yesterday, in Ingram v. Wayne County, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a...
  • DOJ eyeing Americans ‘like ATMs,’ spending over $6 billion to aid civil asset forfeitures, watchdog says.

    08/10/2023 5:21:41 AM PDT · by Carriage Hill · 18 replies
    Fox News ^ | 8.10.2023 | Hannah Ray Lambert
    The Department of Justice is shelling out more than $6 billion to private companies to manage its asset forfeiture investigations, raising alarm from one nonprofit law firm that accuses police of "treating ordinary Americans like ATMs" and seizing their cash. "You've probably heard the adage, 'you've gotta spend money to make money.' Here, it's 'you've gotta spend money to take money,'" said Dan Alban, head of the Institute for Justice's National Initiative to End Forfeiture.
  • White House exploring ways to lower gas prices

    03/30/2022 8:35:12 AM PDT · by deport · 60 replies
    CBS NEWS ^ | 3-30-2022 | IRINA IVANOVA
    As U.S. gasoline prices hover near a 14-year high, the Biden administration is exploring ways to lower fuel costs, from suspending federal gas taxes to further tapping the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Among the options the White House is examining for reining in gas prices are reopening the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, suspending the federal gas tax and offering incentives to oil producers to increase output, Stein said.Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said she is open to suspending the federal gas tax on fuel. Democrats in the Senate have introduced legislation that would suspend the 18.5-cents-per-gallon tax for the rest of...
  • Americans Not a Serious People anymore.

    03/04/2022 8:47:24 AM PST · by dvan · 42 replies
    The Aspen Beat ^ | 3/4/2021 | Glenn K. Beaton
    I love my country. But I have a problem with the current occupants. Americans are fat, fatuous, failing and flailing. Let’s look at some evidence. A serious people: *Would not imagine for even a second that the way to reduce crime is to defund the police. *Would not seriously contend that the way to reduce inflation – a natural effect of too much money in circulation chasing too few goods – is to increase even further the amount of money in circulation. *Would not allow biological and even anatomical men to beat women in women’s athletics simply because those men...
  • US Govt/USC to Spy more on Americans

    02/02/2022 10:41:05 AM PST · by bunkerhill7 · 8 replies
    www.militaryaerospace.com ^ | Dec. 2021 | John Keller
    ARLINGTON, Va. — U.S. military researchers needed a company to help military intelligence experts make sense of enemy propaganda campaigns on social media and other online multimedia content. They found a solution from intelligence experts at University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., announced a $5.4 million contract to USC in July for the Influence Campaign Awareness and Sensemaking (INCAS) project.INCAS seeks to develop tools with automated influence detection to detect implicit and explicit indicators of geopolitical influence in multilingual online messaging. USC Technology experts will...
  • Commentary: E-Cig, Vaping Bans Keep People Smoking, Preserving Vital Government Revenue Stream

    11/10/2019 3:22:40 AM PST · by Erik Latranyi · 13 replies
    Heartland ^ | 8 November 2019 | Linda Stroud
    Some states have turned future tobacco settlement payments into cash by issuing securities. Being privy to the legislative process, I was appalled by the dismissive attitude U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) showed recently to a witness testifying on so-called “vaping-related” hospitalizations. Vicki McKenna, a beloved radio talk show host from Wisconsin, testified before the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy of the Oversight and Reform Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives in mid-September. McKenna testified electronic cigarettes helped her “quit smoking after 23 years.” Tlaib, who hails from Detroit, displayed conceit and disdain during the testimony. Her attack wasn’t...
  • Why Did the Deficit Just Top $1 Trillion? Here’s Another Clue For You All

    09/19/2019 4:38:11 AM PDT · by gattaca · 14 replies
    Issues and Insights ^ | September 12, 2019 | John Merline
    The Congressional Budget Office reported on Tuesday that, with one month to go, the federal deficit for fiscal year 2019 has already topped $1 trillion. As night follows day, Trump administration critics blamed the tax cuts. And once again, the data prove them wrong. The CBO report says that the federal deficit reached $1.067 by the end of August. That’s up $168 billion from the comparable period in fiscal year 2018. The deficit this year will be larger than the entire budget was in 1987. Where did the increase come from? Why, tax cuts, of course. But the report shows...
  • YouTube to ban 'hateful,' 'supremacist' videos.

    06/06/2019 6:48:41 AM PDT · by Carriage Hill · 51 replies
    Yahoo News (Link from Drudge) ^ | 6/5/19 | Rob Lever
    YouTube announced Wednesday it would ban videos promoting or glorifying racism and discrimination as well as those denying well-documented violent events, like the Holocaust or the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting. The announcement by the Google-owned video-sharing platform was the latest of a series of tech industry moves to filter out hateful and violent content, which have spurred calls for tougher regulation.
  • A Most Unwelcome Leader

    02/18/2019 12:35:42 PM PST · by dvan · 9 replies
    The Word with Steve ^ | August 21, 2018 | Steve Scmutzer
    You have to admit – it’s a fantastic story. Against all odds, a well-known polarizing figure gains the leadership of an entire nation – the world’s number one superpower. But he’s an outsider. He’s not one of the establishment folk, and his path to power was an unconventional one. Not everyone is happy about this – especially the members of the ruling class. This new guy’s a legitimate threat to their self-serving agenda, and his early successes force them to rethink what they most want to believe about themselves. While the new leader gained his position through proper process, plenty...
  • Trump Plans to Undo Obama Rule Letting Unions Skim Dues

    07/16/2018 6:45:14 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 14 replies
    The New American ^ | July 12, 2018 | Michael Tennant
    Trump Plans to Undo Obama Rule Letting Unions Skim Dues From Medicaid Payments The Trump administration is taking steps to prevent labor unions from withholding dues for home healthcare workers from their Medicaid payments, an Obama-era innovation that many observers believe is illegal. On Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed undoing a 2014 rule allowing states to skim public-sector union dues from Medicaid payments to independent home healthcare providers on the theory that those providers are de facto public employees — a privilege that has netted unions anywhere from $71 million (CMS’ estimate) to $200 million...
  • It’s raining inside the McPherson Square (Washington DC) Metro Station!

    05/22/2018 3:27:50 PM PDT · by COBOL2Java · 9 replies
    Twitter ^ | 22 May 2018 | Twitter
    Gotta love government-sponsored transportation services! Tweet
  • The Constitution limits government, not citizens

    07/07/2017 7:45:40 AM PDT · by rktman · 6 replies
    wnd.com ^ | 7/7/2017 | Mason Weaver
    The battle will always be between God and government. The U.S. Constitution is a document established to limit and control government. There is not a single word in the Constitution limiting citizens. Our constitution was written in response to free people recognizing the need of government but also realizing the dangers of government. Recently, a teacher in Spanish Fort High School in Alabama issued a summer reading list to his students, including my book, “It’s OK to Leave the Plantation!” The list was disallowed due to the conservative titles. Only the government can censor books. Government constantly seeks to dictate...
  • Globalist Tide is Seeking to Replace Elected Govt Around the World And Its Just Taken Down Macedonia

    04/28/2017 6:48:00 PM PDT · by davikkm · 6 replies
    IWB ^ | Mark Angelides
    What appears to be the beginning of a coup is underway in Macedonia. Masked men have stormed into Parliament and are holding both journalists and MPs. But this is a very different type of coup; it is one where they are seeking to replace the sitting government with a coalition majority that should be recognized in International Law. However, it is known that there are “power players” behind the scenes that have been actively backing one side. The question is, which side? Records have emerged after Judicial Watch filed a FOIA (freedom of info) request for details relating to why...
  • House GOP to Promote Muslim Brotherhood, Gun Control Agenda this Week

    07/05/2016 8:20:17 PM PDT · by KeyLargo · 32 replies
    Conservative Review ^ | July 05, 2016
    House GOP to Promote Muslim Brotherhood, Gun Control Agenda this Week Daniel Horowitz | July 05, 2016 In case you thought congressional Republicans would be infused with a fresh sense of constitutionalism, patriotism, and moral clarity on the heels of this Independence Day weekend, think again. House Republicans will continue their dyslexic response to Orlando by validating the Left’s entire premise regarding homeland security and guns. Last week, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas (A, 97%) conducted a hearing which revealed that the Department of Homeland Security, at the behest of Muslim Brotherhood organizations, is deleting critical counter-terrorism research that would have...
  • LET'S SEE IF I GOT THIS RIGHT!!!

    05/23/2016 12:37:59 PM PDT · by dvan · 50 replies
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    IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR. IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY. IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET SHOT. IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED. IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN. IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED. IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT. IF YOU CROSS THE...
  • Saul Alinsky- How to Create a Social State

    02/18/2016 7:52:35 AM PST · by dvan · 7 replies
    SNOPES ^ | NA | Saul Alinsky
    EIGHT LEVELS OF CONTROL...  Saul Alinsky died about 43 years ago, but his writings influenced those in political control of our nation today....... Recall that Hillary did her college thesis on his writings and Obama writes about him in his books.
  • The Dick Act of 1902 - Gun Control FORBIDDEN!

    01/11/2016 8:04:19 PM PST · by dvan · 29 replies
    H.R.11654 ^ | 1902 | U.S. Congress
    Were you aware of this law? DICK ACT of 1902 - CAN'T BE REPEALED (GUN CONTROL FORBIDDEN) - Protection Against Tyrannical Government It would appear that the administration is counting on the fact that the American Citizens don't know this, their rights and the constitution. Don't prove them right. The Dick Act of 1902 also known as the Efficiency of Militia Bill H.R. 11654, of June 28, 1902 invalidates all so-called gun-control laws. It also divides the militia into three distinct and separate entities. **SPREAD THIS TO EVERYONE ** The three classes H.R. 11654 provides for are the organized militia,...
  • Oil and gas officials scramble after feds review species protections

    07/24/2015 4:01:42 PM PDT · by george76 · 12 replies
    Watchdog ^ | July 3, 2015 | Rob Nikolewski
    Oil and gas producers in one of the most active drilling areas in the country have had to make concessions to not disturb species such as the lesser prairie chicken and the dunes sagebrush lizard. Now industry officials in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico may have four other species to contend with: make way for the Cascade Caverns salamander, the Arizona toad, the alligator snapping turtle and the Rio Grande cooter. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday it is giving what it calls “status reviews” to the four amphibians and reptiles found in the Southwest as...
  • Gov. Rick Scott warns: Prepare for possible government shutdown

    05/15/2015 8:01:56 AM PDT · by sheikdetailfeather · 21 replies
    cfnews13 ^ | 5-15-2015 | cfnews13
    TALLAHASSEE (AP)- Gov. Rick Scott is asking agency heads to list only their critical needs as the Legislature prepares to hold a special session over the state budget. Scott sent the letter to agency heads Thursday and told them to prepare in case the budget impasse results in state government shutting down July 1. The Legislature is returning to Tallahassee June 1 after leaving its regular session without a budget agreement.
  • The Gestapo is alive and well in Obama’s America

    03/30/2015 2:57:57 PM PDT · by dvan · 23 replies
    American Action News ^ | March 30, 2015 | Watne Allyn Root
    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts. The Gestapo is alive and well in Obama’s America People me Today at 2:53 PM . Mar 30, 2015 Source: Personal Liberty by: Wayne Allyn Root Hi. I’m Wayne Allyn Root for Personal Liberty. Barack Obama is going rogue. By every metric, the Obama economy is melting down. We are seeing the beginning stages of another recession, at best, or a total economic meltdown, at worst. At the moment, there are no decent-paying jobs in America. Obama has opened the border and given amnesty to at least 5 million illegal aliens already in the country,...