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  • Russians employ chemical weapons on battlefield in Ukraine [Lets Laugh at MSM Lies/Propaganda]

    03/28/2024 12:37:31 PM PDT · by EnderWiggin1970
    MSN ^ | 3/28/24 | Liliana Oleniak
    Russia violates the laws of war and uses chemical weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine, according to the Operational Command North of the Armed Forces of Ukaine. "The other day, the enemy threw a gas grenade into the dugout of an infantry battalion. However, the soldier, nicknamed Yaryi, reacted instantly and threw the grenade outside," the statement says. The Russian occupiers dropped a gas grenade from a drone at the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. It was filled with gas that affected the respiratory system... ...The munitions dropped by the Russians are similar to those used by the police...
  • Two-Tiered Justice: Trump Lawyer, Conservative Legal Icon John Eastman Disbarred

    03/28/2024 11:10:10 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 10 replies
    Red State ^ | By Neil W. McCabe | 8:00 AM on March 28, 2024
    The attorney and former law school dean facing imminent disbarment from the California Bar, based on a recommendation by California Bar Court Judge Yvette D. Roland for his legal work in support of President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to resolve irregularities in the 2020 presidential election, promised to fight for his reputation and livelihood in a statement released his legal team. “Any reasonable person can see the inherent unfairness of prohibiting a presumed-innocent defendant from being able to earn the funds needed to pay for the enormous expenses required to defend himself in the profession in which he has long...
  • Panicked Dems Want Sotomayor, 69, to Retire Before Trump, 77, Wins Presidency

    03/28/2024 6:10:38 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 43 replies
    Headline USA ^ | March 27, 2024 | Dmytro "Henry" Aleksandrov
    'I would love to trade her for a 50-year-old justice...' Leftists recently started pushing the idea that one of the Supreme Court justices, Sonia Sotomayor, should resign, so that, in case of her death, Donald Trump would not be able to appoint another conservative justice. Paul Campos, a law professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, was one of the people who expressed this idea after remembering how Amy Coney Barrett took the place of Ruth Bader Ginsburg after her death, which resulted in the 6-3 conservative majority that then took less than two years to fully overturn Roe v....
  • Federal Appeals Court Rejects ‘Invasion’ Claims, Issues New Block on Texas Immigration Law That Gives Police Power to Arrest Illegal Aliens

    03/27/2024 8:53:14 PM PDT · by bitt · 45 replies
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | 3/27/2024 | cristina laila
    Last week the US Supreme Court allowed Texas to enforce its immigration law that allows police to arrest illegal aliens. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority rejected an emergency application by the Biden Regime requesting the high court block Texas’ immigration law. The high court temporarily rejected the Biden Regime’s request as litigation made its way through the courts. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals last week temporarily suspended the immigration law after the Supreme Court rejected the emergency application. A three-judge panel for the Fifth Circuit in a 2-1 ruling Tuesday night rejected ‘invasion’ claims and issued a new block...
  • DC US Attorney Matthew Graves Fights to Keep J6ers Charged with ‘Obstruction’ Statute Jailed Pending SCOTUS Decision – Trump Judge Responds with Fire

    03/27/2024 6:39:53 PM PDT · by bitt · 35 replies
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | 3/27/2024 | cristina laila
    (see links) Last week US Attorney from DC Matthew Graves fired a warning shot to the US Supreme Court – and J6ers serving time for 18 USC §1512(c)(2), the ‘obstruction’ statute pending before SCOTUS. Graves threatened to seek more prison time for the J6ers if the Supreme Court reverses the obstruction statute this summer. The high court announced it will hear oral arguments in Fischer v. United States and at issue is statute 18 USC §1512(c)(2): Whoever corruptly— (1) alters, destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to impair...
  • Community members vocalize concerns with Washoe camping ban

    03/27/2024 6:04:18 PM PDT · by Reno89519 · 8 replies
    KOLO 8 ABC ^ | March 26, 2024 | Taylor Burke
    RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - In an effort to discourage homeless camps, Washoe County Commissioners voted on a controversial camping ban. Community members came forward Tuesday morning to speak on the ordinance that would make it a misdemeanor to sleep in a car or tent, or park an RV on county owned property. “Its unconstitutional to arrest someone who has no access to alternative shelter,” said one resident. ... The Supreme Court will also have a hearing to weigh in on whether cities can legally ban or limit unhoused people camping in public spaces. If they vote against this, the current...
  • Nolte: Far-Left Disney Surrenders to DeSantis – Withdraws Reedy Creek Lawsuit

    03/27/2024 5:28:25 PM PDT · by Reno89519 · 9 replies
    Breitbart ^ | March 27, 2024 | John Nolte
    The Disney Grooming Syndicate surrendered to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) Wednesday, announcing the withdrawal of its lawsuits in the Reedy Creek dispute. Back in 2022, after Disney decided it would fight for the “right” of public school teachers to groom elementary school kids by opposing a law DeSantis signed prohibiting grooming — as Breitbart News reported at the time — the governor “signed legislation into law … intended to dissolve Disney’s special tax and governing jurisdiction in Florida.” ... The good guys win again. Disney is evil. No decent parent leaves their child alone with anything involving Disney.
  • Chinese students, professor challenge state law (FL)

    03/27/2024 12:10:28 PM PDT · by Jacquerie · 19 replies
    The Capitolist ^ | March 26th 2024 | News Service of Florida
    Two graduate students and a professor on Monday challenged the constitutionality of a 2023 state law that restricts employment of people from China and six other nations at Florida public universities and colleges. Attorneys for Florida International University doctoral students Zhipeng Yin and Zhen Guo and University of Florida professor Zhengfei Guan — all of whom are from China — filed a lawsuit in federal court in Miami. The challenge alleges, in part, that the law is unconstitutional because it is trumped by federal immigration laws. The lawsuit said that under the measure (SB 846), people “who are not United...
  • Trump Rails Against Judge, Daughter Following Gag Order In NY Criminal Case: ‘An Acute Case Of Trump Derangement Syndrome’

    03/27/2024 11:30:08 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 36 replies
    Daily Wire ^ | Mar 27, 2024 | By Amanda Prestigiacomo
    Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday railed against Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing a New York criminal case against the former president, for issuing a gag order. Under Merchan’s order, Trump is restricted from speaking about those testifying against him, including former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and porn star Stormy Daniels, who claims she had a sexual encounter with Trump before he was president. “Judge Juan Merchan, who is suffering from an acute case of Trump Derangement Syndrome … has now issued another illegal, un-American, unConstitutional ‘order,’ as he continues to try and take away my Rights,” Trump posted...
  • Smithsonian to Pay $50,000 to Ousted Tourists Wearing Pro-Life Attire

    03/27/2024 10:35:26 AM PDT · by CFW · 31 replies
    Christian Headlines ^ | 3/26/24 | Milton Quinallila
    The Washington D.C. based Smithsonian Museum recently agreed to pay $50,000 to tourists who were previously kicked out for wearing pro-life apparel. According to CBN News, The National Air and Space Museum agreed to pay the settlement to a group of 12 plaintiffs, who are students of Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic School in Greenville, South Carolina, and their parents. The students initially filed a lawsuit after visiting the museum during the March for Life rally on Jan. 20, 2023. At the time, they all wore beanies with the words "Rosary PRO-LIFE" as they toured the Smithsonian. The American...
  • Red flag alert! Justice Department’s new center strikes at gun rights

    03/27/2024 9:57:34 AM PDT · by Heartlander · 19 replies
    The Blaze ^ | March 27, 2024 | Glenn Beck
    Red flag alert! Justice Department’s new center strikes at gun rightsThe National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center bypasses Congress to undermine the Second Amendment.The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday unveiled a brand-new entity designed to train state and local officials how to apply red flag laws to confiscate firearms from gun owners who’ve been deemed “a threat to themselves or to others.” These “red flag laws” are called extreme risk protection orders, which are “civil court orders that temporarily restrict firearm access for an individual who is behaving dangerously or presents a high risk of harm to self...
  • We Failed the Freedom Test

    03/27/2024 9:19:53 AM PDT · by Heartlander · 7 replies
    Brownstone Institute ^ | March 27, 2024 | John & Nisha Whitehead
    We Failed the Freedom TestThe remedy is worse than the disease.-Francis BaconThe government never cedes power willingly.Neither should we.If the Covid-19 debacle taught us one thing it is that, as Justice Neil Gorsuch acknowledged, “Rule by indefinite emergency edict risks leaving all of us with a shell of a democracy and civil liberties just as hollow.”Unfortunately, we still haven’t learned.We’re still allowing ourselves to be fully distracted by circus politics and a constant barrage of bad news screaming for attention.Four years after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, which gave world governments (including our own) a convenient excuse for expanding...
  • Lawfare comes up short as two high-profile conservatives see cases dropped

    03/27/2024 7:02:02 AM PDT · by CFW · 9 replies
    Just the News ^ | 3/26/24 | Ben Whedon
    Apair of political heavyweights on the right side of the aisle witnessed the ends of longstanding and potentially existential court cases against them on Tuesday, setting the stage for their potential resurgences and renewed scrutiny of allegations against prominent figures. While Texas GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton reached an agreement with prosecutors to drop securities fraud charges after nine years, American Conservative Union head Matt Schlapp saw a former Herschel Walker campaign staffer rescind his claims of sexual battery and defamation and end a civil suit against him. Paxton has been a legal titan for the American right for years,...
  • Politically incorrect sheriff tells citizens to shoot to kill home invaders to 'save taxpayers money'

    03/27/2024 3:55:57 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 39 replies
    Fox News ^ | March 27, 2024 | Hannah Grossman
    AFlorida sheriff responded to the criticism and praise he has received for his viral comments about encouraging citizens to use the kill shot against home invaders. During a press conference in April 2022, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson said, "If someone is breaking into your house, you're more than welcome to shoot. We prefer you to do that, actually." The comments have gone viral again in juxtaposition to a story in New York where a woman was arrested for trying to remove squatters from her property. Johnson told Fox News Digital in an interview that he stands by his...
  • New York City Council Begs Court to Authorize Voting Rights for 800,000 Foreign Nationals

    03/26/2024 1:25:44 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 50 replies
    NY Post ^ | 03/26/2024 | JOHN BINDER
    The New York City Council is begging an appellate court to authorize more than 800,000 foreign nationals to vote in the city’s municipal elections. In January 2022, Democrats on the 51-member New York City Council approved an ordinance to give more than 800,000 foreign nationals with green cards, visas, and work permits the opportunity to vote in citywide elections so long as they have resided in the city for at least 30 consecutive days. Following lawsuits over the ordinance, the New York Supreme Court in June 2022 ruled that giving local voting rights to foreign nationals violated the state’s constitution,...
  • MAGA Is Enjoying This Ronna McDaniel Mess

    03/26/2024 12:26:23 PM PDT · by cotton1706 · 31 replies
    New Republic ^ | 3/26/24 | Rich Logis
    NBC News’s recent hiring of Ronna McDaniel, the former chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, has baffled Democrats, journalists, and pretty much all of MSNBC’s star anchors. But to those who remain deep in the thrall of MAGA—and those, like me, who escaped it—it was utterly unsurprising that a mainstream (i.e., “fake”) news organization would shell out $300,000 a year for McDaniel’s point of view. I became a MAGA activist in 2015, shortly after Donald Trump famously descended that golden escalator. For the next half-decade, I not only vociferously supported Trump and those who pledged fealty to him, like Ron...
  • 10 Times The Censorship Industry Suppressed The Truth

    03/26/2024 11:34:43 AM PDT · by Heartlander · 3 replies
    Foundation For Freedom Online ^ | March 20, 2024 | FFO Staff
    10 Times The Censorship Industry Suppressed The TruthThe era of online censorship was fueled by media-driven panics about “fake news” and “disinformation.” The focus of fear switched many times, from the spy-thriller narrative of Russian agents spreading disinformation intended to undermine U.S. elections, to “conspiracy theorists” questioning the official response to COVID-19 and undermining “election integrity” by raising concerns about mail-in ballot fraud.Eventually, these narratives led to the censorship of true information. The Foundation for Freedom Online has compiled some of the top examples:1. Targeting of Domestic “Malinformation.” There are three categories used by the censorship industry and its government...
  • An Obsolete Alliance Turns 75

    03/26/2024 9:33:30 AM PDT · by EnderWiggin1970 · 22 replies
    Chronicles ^ | March 2024 | Wayne Allensworth
    The next summit meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is set for July of this year in Washington, D.C., following the 75th anniversary of the alliance’s founding on April 4. The organization’s leading lights will discuss “important issues” and “provide strategic direction” for NATO. The NATO website also explains to curious readers that the organization is devoted to an “understanding” and “awareness” of the “security environment.” Those of us who have grown skeptical of NATO and its intentions can only imagine what this press release verbiage might mean, as an organization established to counter the Soviet threat during...
  • Stop Your Car From Spying on You

    03/26/2024 7:19:38 AM PDT · by Twotone · 27 replies
    Reason ^ | March 25, 2024 | J.D. Tuccille
    Being proved right isn't always fun. Just weeks after my warning in the March issue that our modern high-tech cars are tracking us and sharing data with manufacturers, cops, and parties unknown, came a report of soaring auto insurance premiums because of snitching vehicles. The consequences get worse from there. Fortunately, there are ways to keep your snoopy ride from contacting the mothership. Your Driving History May Be Transmitted and Stored "Car companies are collecting information directly from internet-connected vehicles for use by the insurance industry," Kashmir Hill reported this month for The New York Times. "Sometimes this is happening...
  • Perverse Incentives

    03/26/2024 6:07:11 AM PDT · by Heartlander · 7 replies
    Brownstone Institute ^ | March 26, 2024
    Perverse IncentivesI. IntroductionWe live in a world awash in perverse incentives.A perverse incentive is when the rules, structures, or practices of any system reward bad behavior or sociopathic outcomes.I had to come up with my own definition because all of the official definitions claim that perverse incentives are unintended. However, after the events of the last four years many of us have grown skeptical that the harms we experience from bad policy and bad law are unintentional.The cobra effect is a classic example of a perverse incentive. From Wikipedia:The term cobra effect was coined by economist Horst Siebert based on...