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  • Pornhub Pulls Out of Seventh State

    03/18/2024 4:34:21 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 44 replies
    Reason ^ | 3.18.2024 | Elizabeth Nolan Brown
    Pornhub has begun blocking visitors from Texas, where the authorities are attempting to enforce a new law requiring web porn platforms to check viewer ages. The company called the law "ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous." Since Pornhub pulled out, Texans have greatly increased Google searches for tools to mask the geographic location of their devices. We've been here before—with age-check laws, attempts to get around them, and porn platforms cutting off access. In fact, Texas is the seventh state that adult content platforms run by the Canadian company Aylo (formerly MindGeek) have left over age verification requirements. As a result, residents...
  • Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants

    03/18/2024 3:25:19 PM PDT · by CFW · 62 replies
    ABC News ^ | 3/18/24 | By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
    The Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely extended its block on a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely extended its block on a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out. The one-page order signed by Justice Samuel Alito did not set a deadline, instead extending the stay “pending further order.”...
  • Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants

    03/18/2024 3:24:02 PM PDT · by CFW
    ABC News ^ | 3/18/24 | By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
    It's time to say non merci to cuisses de grenouille.The French love their frog legs. Apparently, a little too much. Eating frog legs has been a French pastime for hundreds of years, beginning with a few ingenious monks who had the Church classify them as fish rather than meat, bypassing religious rules of only eating meat on certain days. However, now, estimates state that French diners consume some 4,000 tons of frog legs a year, putting a few species of amphibians in peril. A group of more than 500 environmentalists, including participants from the French nonprofits Robin des Bois and...
  • Supreme Court delays Texas deportation law for a second time

    03/18/2024 3:16:39 PM PDT · by packagingguy · 4 replies
    Houston Chronical ^ | March 18, 2024 | Benjamin Wermund
    The Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely delayed a Texas law that would empower state authorities to arrest and deport migrants, an effort by Republican legislators to give the state immigration enforcement powers long left solely to the federal government. For the second time, Justice Samuel Alito extended a stay halting the law, known as Senate Bill 4. The order was released minutes after a 4 p.m. deadline, prompting initial confusion over whether the court decided to let the law stand. Alito offered no explanation in the single-page order and did not set a deadline on the latest extension, blocking the...
  • So where is the Seirra Club? Where are all of the environmental groups? Why don't we hear from them about this mess?

    03/18/2024 8:23:10 AM PDT · by Omnivore-Dan · 14 replies
    F.A.I.R ^ | Feb, 2024 | Hanna Davis
    The Texas border comprises almost half of the entire U.S.-Mexico border, stretching 1,254 miles across four Mexican states. Millions of immigrants have entered the country through one of Texas’ five Border Patrol sectors. As a result, the Lone Star state’s diverse environment, divided into ten ecoregions, has gradually transformed into a dumping ground for immigrants’ waste.
  • Female alleged gangster wanted in connection with gruesome human sacrifices in Mexico arrested in Texas

    03/16/2024 10:05:27 AM PDT · by Twotone · 17 replies
    The Blaze ^ | March 13, 2024 | Cortney Weil
    A woman wanted in connection with several brutal, gang-related murders in Mexico was recently arrested inside the United States. On February 15, the combined efforts of the FBI Safe Streets Gang Task Force, the El Paso Police Gang Unit, County Sheriff's Narcotics Division, and Border Patrol resulted in victory when agents arrested Mexican fugitive Michelle Angelica Pineda, sometimes referred to as La Chely, in a motel in eastern El Paso, Texas. American and Mexican law enforcement officials believe that Pineda, a Mexican national, crossed the U.S. border illegally as part of a drug-trafficking ring perpetrated by the violent street gang...
  • Kristi Noem faces lawsuit and toothy questions over her viral endorsement of Texas dentists

    03/14/2024 12:20:34 AM PDT · by linMcHlp · 47 replies
    WLWT5 Cincinnati ^ | 03/13/2024 | Gregory Krieg
    Gov. Kristi Noem is facing legal action after her latest endorsement caused an online furor that now risks taking a bite out of her standing in South Dakota at a time when she’s rumored to be among the front-runners on Donald Trump’s vice presidential shortlist.
  • Texas lawsuit accuses Colony Ridge of 'pernicious business model'

    03/16/2024 6:10:32 AM PDT · by Twotone · 11 replies
    The Blaze ^ | March 14, 2024 | Alex Nitzberg
    The state of Texas has lodged a lawsuit targeting Colony Ridge for allegedly perpetrating a scheme that involves selling properties while misleading buyers about their condition. "Colony Ridge, Inc. (CRI), Colony Ridge Development, LLC (CR Development), Colony Ridge BV, LLC (CR Bella Vista), Colony Ridge Land, LLC (CR Land), T-Rex Management, Inc. (T-Rex), (collectively, 'Colony Ridge') and their owner, John Harris, have built a sprawling community northeast of Houston on a foundation of false, misleading, and deceptive sales, marketing, and lending practices," the suit claims. The suit describes a "pernicious business model" in which a high rate of defaults perpetuates...
  • Austin [TX] ISD to Host LGBT ‘Pride Week’ for Students

    03/15/2024 1:41:32 PM PDT · by JeepersFreepers · 24 replies
    Texas Scorecard ^ | March 14, 2024 | Emily Medeiros
    As government schools continue to show their commitment to promoting sex and gender ideology to children, Austin Independent School District is preparing to host its annual “Pride Week” pushing teachers and kids to “celebrate LGBTQIA+ students, staff and families.” Austin ISD said the event, set for March 18-23, will “highlight the district’s commitment to creating a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.” According to the district’s website, each campus will receive a guide of suggested resources and activities staff can put on for students. Staff are advised to reach out to coordinators of their campus Genders and Sexualities Alliances (formerly known...
  • One dead after Mexican cartel opens fire on illegal immigrants taking Uber across US border without their permission

    03/15/2024 9:21:48 AM PDT · by george76 · 25 replies
    Post Millennial ^ | Mar 10, 2024 | Hayden Cunningham
    The altercation was likely due to the illegal immigrants attempting to cross the border without cartel permission. . Members of a Mexican cartel opened fire on illegal immigrants who were utilizing Uber rides to cross the into the US across southern border unlawfully... The incident occurred in Caborca, an area heavily under the control of Mexican cartels. The victims, all from Ecuador, were traveling in three separate Uber vehicles when they came under attack from the cartel. Tragically, one woman lost her life in the shooting, while four others sustained injuries. According to an internal Border patrol memo leaked to...
  • Pornhub Pulls Out of Texas

    03/14/2024 5:26:41 PM PDT · by Callahan · 39 replies
    404media ^ | 3/14/24 | Samantha Cole
    All of the sites in Aylo's network, including Pornhub, YouPorn, and Brazzers, are blocked in Texas, their homepages replaced with a message about the company's rejection of age verification laws…
  • 5th Circuit upholds Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent for contraception

    03/13/2024 8:14:46 PM PDT · by CFW · 4 replies
    Texas Tribune ^ | 3/12/24 | POOJA SALHOTRA
    A three-judge panel in New Orleans ruled that a Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent to obtain birth control does not conflict with the goals of the federally-funded Title X program, which has given teens birth control confidentially. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas law requiring parental consent to obtain contraception for minors. The decision from a three-judge panel of the federal appeals court in New Orleans largely affirms a 2022 ruling from U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, that ended one of the only avenues for Texas teens to confidentially obtain birth control,...
  • Greg Abbott Tells Bands Boycotting SXSW Festival over US Army Sponsorship, ‘Don’t Come Back’ to Texas

    03/13/2024 2:02:07 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 50 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/13/2024 | DAVID NG
    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has responded to the dozens of bands who have pulled out of this year’s SXSW Festival in protest of its sponsorship deal with the U.S. Army. “Bye. Don’t come back,” Abbott wrote Tuesday in a post on X. “We are proud of the U.S. military in Texas. If you don’t like it, don’t come here.” Bands pull out of SXSW over U.S. Army sponsorship. Bye. Don’t come back. Austin remains the HQ for the Army Futures Command. San Antonio is Military City USA. We are proud of the U.S. military in Texas. If you don’t...
  • Federal Judge Squashes NLRB’s Attempt To Destroy Gig Economy

    03/13/2024 11:04:15 AM PDT · by george76 · 9 replies
    Democrats hate the gig economy, since they can’t force independent contractors to join unions (and thus rake off their union dues). So Biden’s NLRB issued a “joint-employer standard” to force companies to treat gig employees and subcontractors as subject to union representation. Well, a federal judge in Texas squashed that rule. Last week, a federal judge in Texas issued a ruling that struck down a new joint-employer standard by the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that would have classified numerous companies as “employers” of specific contract and franchise employees, obligating them to negotiate with unions representing those workers. U.S....
  • Greg Abbott Tells Musicians 'Don't Come Back' to Texas

    03/13/2024 7:32:34 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 30 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 3/12/2024 | Natalie Venegas
    Texas Governor Greg Abbott hit out at musicians on Tuesday who are pulling out of the South by Southwest festival (SXSW) over the U.S. Army's sponsorship of the event, telling them "Don't come back" to the state. The internationally recognized event brings thousands of visitors to Austin each March, showcasing music, film and interactive media. This year's festival is running from March 8-16 and includes live panels and special events. However, it comes amid heightened tensions in the U.S. and around the world due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The U.S. is currently the foremost supplier of weapons to Israel,...
  • State of the Race: Six key Senate seats Republicans look to flip in 2024

    03/10/2024 3:46:16 AM PDT · by Libloather · 30 replies
    Fox News ^ | 3/10/24 | Kyle Morris, Paul Steinhauser
    Republicans are gearing up for what could be an epic showdown for majority control of the Senate with several contentious elections around the country later this year. Democrats control the U.S. Senate with a 51-49 majority, but Republicans are looking at a favorable Senate map in 2024, with Democrats defending 23 of the 34 seats up for grabs. Three of those seats are in red states former Donald Trump carried in 2020 - West Virginia, Montana and Ohio. Five other seats, one of which is held by an independent, are in key swing states narrowly carried by President Biden in...
  • Nextrush Unplugged Weekend: Biden Goes Communist China To Ban TikTok, Going Green Uses Water And Energy, "Listening" Or "Staring" Before October 7th In Israel, "Come To Jesus" Music, "Out Of Limits" In Ukraine

    03/10/2024 1:58:09 AM PST · by Nextrush · 2 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 3/9/2024 | Nextrush/Self
    Help support Free Republic where many of these posts are reposted... Wow that last song Santa Catalina just 26 miles off Southern California needless to say it reminds me to tell you I support the "One America Policy" islands off the coast like Santa Catalina the Hawaiian Islands and so on are part of the United States. The US government has spoken of a "One China Policy" in the past islands off the coast of China part of China but that was in a previous life... What Joe Biden and the Uniparty in Congress want through banning TikTok is control...
  • 'The police were doing nothing': Uvalde police handcuffed and pepper-sprayed parents, who urged them to storm the school, including the dad of a murdered girl and a mom-of-two who got free, jumped a fence and rescued her kids herself

    05/26/2022 6:54:07 PM PDT · by Morgana · 79 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | May 26, 2022 | Gina Martinez
    Uvalde police are facing new criticism over first-hand accounts and videos showing them handcuffing and restraining frantic parents, who were urging them to storm the Robb Elementary school building amid the massacre. 'The police were doing nothing,' Angeli Rose Gomez told the Wall Street Journal. 'They were just standing outside the fence. They weren't going in there or running anywhere.' Gomez has two children in second and third grade and she reportedly drove 40 miles to the school after hearing of the attack. She was one of the desperate parents who encouraged police with increasing urgency to enter the school....
  • Investigation Ordered by City of Uvalde Exonerates Police (and Parents Are Outraged)

    03/09/2024 5:07:54 AM PST · by george76 · 73 replies
    Hot Air ^ | March 08, 2024 | John Sexton
    There's only so much outrage left in the tank on a sunny Friday afternoon, but wow this is just insane in the membrane. An independent investigation into the school shooting at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas was commissioned by the city of Uvalde in 2022. Yesterday, the results of the investigation were released to the public during a city council meeting. The gist of the new report is that police on the scene did nothing wrong. Former Austin Police Department detective Jesse Prado examined the actions of each Uvalde police officer as they responded to the deadliest school shooting...
  • Texas salon owner sent to jail for defying COVID lockdown orders wins state House primary; God is Good.

    03/09/2024 5:25:23 AM PST · by CFW · 43 replies
    Blaze ^ | 3/7/24 | CORTNEY WEIL
    The Texas woman who went to jail rather than keep her hair salon closed during government-imposed COVID lockdowns may soon have some power to affect government policy now that she has won her local state House primary. In 2020, Shelley Luther made national headlines after she was arrested and sentenced to spend a week in jail for criminal contempt of court after she reopened her Dallas hair salon in defiance of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's stay-at-home orders. Dallas County Judge Eric Moye offered her the chance to avoid jail time as long as she paid thousands of dollars in fines,...