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The area where George Floyd died has become known as George Floyd square. It’s a police no-go zone with barricades in the street that are manned by people who are specifically there prevent police from entering. Like the other autonomous zones that have popped up in Seattle and Atlanta, things at the square have gotten out of control. On Saturday a man was shot and killed inside the area. Police received reports about 5:45 p.m. Saturday that two people had been shot and were being brought to the barricades at the entrance to the area. The victim was gone by...

Senate Democrats rejected an amendment to the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz says now paves the way for illegal immigrants to receive $1,400 stimulus rebates. "There are 12mm or more illegal immigrants," Cruz tweeted on Sunday. "60% of them are from visa overstays. Many (if not most) of them have social security numbers. Under the bill's language, MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS will get the $1400 checks." According to the text of the Cruz amendment, "any alien who is not lawfully present" would be ineligible for direct stimulus payments or checks. Democrats voted against the amendment...

BuzzFeed acquired HuffPost from Verizon Media in February. BuzzFeed announced layoffs for the HuffPost newsroom on Tuesday, three weeks after acquiring HuffPost from Verizon Media in February. Hillary Frey, the site’sexecutive editor, and Louise Roug, the executive editor for international, will be departing in the restructuring effort. HuffPost Canada will also shutter operations later this month. A deal between BuzzFeed, HuffPost and Verizon Media was first made public in November. Verizon Media stated at the time that BuzzFeed and HuffPost would operate as “separate, distinct news organizations” with their own websites and editorial staff while BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti led...

On this date in 1784, 64-year-old former Landammann of Appenzell,** was beheaded in a nasty bout of local politics. The amiable and fair-minded Suter (wee German bio), a tavernkeeper, won election to his position at the head of a popular party — in the process defeating a local aristocrat who expected the gig as his birthright and nursed a terrible grudge against Suter for the defeat. This aggrieved aristocrat, Geiger by name, had to bide his time all through the 1760s and into the 1770s, until the political stars aligned against Suter. It seems a neighboring town had been able...

A video clip from Joe Biden’s visit to a hardware store in DC shows Biden’s handlers in the background panicking at the prospect of him being asked a question. The clip shows Biden, who is wearing two face masks, appearing distracted as he waves to some people on a higher level while meeting with the store owner. As the owner tries to address Biden again, Biden’s handlers suddenly become agitated and one is repeatedly heard saying, “come on press, let’s go, we’re gonna move out.” “Let’s go you guys, come on let’s go,” she repeats herself as one of the...

Samuel Paty died for a lie. The beloved French teacher was beheaded by a wannabe jihadi who was told by a schoolgirl that Paty showed an image of the Prophet Muhammad during a lesson on free speech. Now, the teen girl has admitted lying about Paty. Her filthy fib kicked off an online hate campaign targeting the teacher that culminated in his grisly beheading in the street last Oct. 16. The unnamed girl claimed the teacher asked Muslim students to leave the class before allegedly showing the image from Charlie Hebdo. The problem is, it never happened and the girl...

Trevor Peacock, who played Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley, has died at the age of 89. Peacock who appeared in many British shows, from EastEnders to Jonathan Creek, had dementia. A statement on behalf of his family said: “Trevor Peacock, actor, writer and song-writer, died aged 89 on the morning of 8 March from a dementia-related illness.” Peacock, who was also a prolific stage actor and screenwriter in the 1950s and 60s, was last seen on TV in the 2015 Comic Relief special of the Dawn French’s hugely popular BBC sitcom. Peacock appeared in every episode of the...

In an attempt to pick up border wall construction where former President Donald Trump left off, a state lawmaker in Texas has introduced legislation that would see the construction of a border wall along the Texas-Mexico border. HB 2862 would create a special "border security enhancement fund" to pay for the projects, which includes planning, designing, constructing and maintaining transportation and water infrastructure along the Texas portion of the international border with the purpose of preventing unauthorized crossings, the trafficking of controlled substances and terrorism. The author of the proposed bill, Republican Texas House Rep. Bryan Slaton, moved to name...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical advisor on the Chinese coronavirus, expects high school students will be vaccinated in the fall, making the prediction during a virtual appearance at Tufts University Monday. “Now in a totally different situation with the Biden administration it’s very clear that science does rule uh and evidence and data really determine what we do,” Fauci said during the virtual appearance before explaining when he believes the country will see most children back in school full time.

The family of Ashli Babbitt, the Air Force veteran and Trump supporter who was shot dead during the Jan. 6 siege, is open to filing a lawsuit against the officer who pulled the trigger during the unrest.

The silence of the sisterWhy haven't we ever heard from Cardinal Joseph Tobin's sister?March 8, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Now that Cardinal Joseph Tobin has been appointed by Pope Francis to the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops, journalist Phil Lawler has reminded us all that this is the churchman who several years ago inadvertently made public via Twitter a message that was clearly intended to be private and destined for just one recipient. The Cardinal tweeted the words, “Nighty-night, baby. I love you.” And when the diffusion of this tweet on the internet provoked widespread concern and indignation among Catholics, His Eminence...

A Democrat appointed ‘task force’ has issued a report recommending a permanent military security force be stationed around Capitol Hill. The task force, headed up by Army Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Russel L. Honoré, reported back to Nancy Pelosi, suggesting that a “quick reaction force” be formed and put on standby in addition to Capitol police. The report notes that DC is “a high-value target for foreign terrorists or domestic extremists, yet it has no dedicated QRF for response to crises.” It adds, “The USCP relies on augmentation from other civilian law enforcement agencies for emergency support, but we recommend establishment...

You might think that after a 12-month-stretch that has seen almost no cruising around the world, cruise lines would be cutting back on the number of new ships they have on order. But that hasn’t been the case. None of the world’s major cruise lines has canceled a single ship order since the coronavirus pandemic brought cruising to a halt in early 2020. Indeed, in what may seem counterintuitive, many major lines are plowing ahead with plans to grow cabin capacity significantly over the coming years — even as they contend with the lingering effects of a worldwide pandemic on...

March 8 (UPI) -- A federal judge ruled Monday that the self-described "QAnon Shaman" must remain in jail pending further proceedings regarding charges related to his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Jacob Chansley may still present a threat to members of the general public and that no conditions could be placed on him to ensure he would appear before the court in the future. In his opinion, Lamberth stated that Chansley exhibited "a detachment from reality" and "does not understand the severity of the allegations against him." "At hearing and in...

The campaign meant to empower the movement created heated debate within the framework of International Women's Day.It is not new that a brand tries to join a social movement, but that, due to the execution, the result is not what they expected. Within the framework of International Women's Day, the Panama footwear brand launched its “feminist” line. However, the image and texts published on social networks unleashed several comments and criticisms. "Facts are loves and not good intentions", as the saying goes, could be a good way to explain what happened. The intention of Panama, as explained in its networks...

Explosive allegations by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex that she faced racist attitudes from both the palace and the U.K. press have sent ripples of shock around the world. But they came as no surprise to many Black Britons. Whether it’s the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on people of color or the lack of non-white faces at the top of British media and politics, ethnic minorities in the U.K. say racist attitudes and structures of discrimination are pervasive — and all too often denied by society at large. “This is a country that doesn’t want to have an honest conversation about...

Biden is more or less brain dead. So who is the Grand Wizard behind the curtain pulling the strings? It's not Kamala -- she has no gift for anything but sugar daddies. Somebody must be coordinating it all from governmental policy down to people pulling off the most massive election fraud in history. Most of this is behind the scenes so I'm wondering who is the power broker? Who is the person that deals with the Clintons, Soros, Pelosi, Schumer, state governors, big business, big tech, etc. as the leader in charge of making it all work? Who is the...

President Joe Biden’s top spokesperson said Tuesday that the first family’s German shepherds remained “beloved members” of the White House family amid reports that the two dogs had been relocated to Delaware following aggressive behavior from one of them. In an MSNBC interview Tuesday morning, White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked about a CNN report from earlier in the day that the dogs, Champ and Major, were back at the Bidens’ family home after a “biting incident” between Major, the younger of the two dogs, and a member of White House security. “I don’t have any specifics. I...

A top aide to President Joe Biden described the coronavirus as “the best thing that ever happened to him,” according to a recently released book. The book, Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency, details how Biden adviser Anita Dunn made the remark in private to a campaign “associate.”

Media Contact: Cara Coleman ccoleman@risc.maricopa.gov 602-372-0297 Recorder Richer Statement on 2020 General Election Ballots Since Saturday, I have been working to get to the bottom of the accusations recently leveled against the Recorder’s Office and the Maricopa County Elections Department. On Friday, two individuals visited the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center (“MCTEC”) during working hours to ask for voter registration forms and to take pictures from the outside. On Saturday, one of these individuals returned, accompanied by two others. Camera footage shows that those three attempted to unlawfully pry open our warehouse doors, but were unsuccessful. They did, however,...