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Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Columbia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 30, 2023 More Than a Dozen Charged in a Violent Crime Conspiracy That Includes Armed Carjacking, Armed Robbery Defendants Charged With Multiple Counts of Hobbs Act Robbery and Firearms Offenses WASHINGTON – A superseding indictment was unsealed today charging 16 alleged members (named below) of a violent crime ring that committed multiple armed carjackings, armed robberies, money laundering, and firearms offenses. Federal law enforcement arrested eight defendants this morning; the remaining defendants were previously arrested. Charges include conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce (known as Hobbs...

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The infamous islands owned by Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier accused of sex trafficking, could be turned into a world-class resort under its new owner.Great St. James and Little St. James have been purchased from the estate of the convicted sex offender by entrepreneur and investor Stephen Deckoff, under his firm SD Investments.Deckoff snapped up the locations in the Virgin Islands for less than half the sum they were originally on the market for.The properties had been advertised with an asking price of $125 million in March 2022, but after a number of reductions finally sold for $60 million, according...

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The imposition of thought control over the American mind follows the Soviet model. In that model, as in our own, the means of information dissemination – nearly all news media, seminaries, pulpits, the education establishment, science, entertainment, art, and music industries – were in the hands of trained conditioners, which is why the generation.“…coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.”SolzhenitsynThrough control and domination of America’s education system, woke conditioners relativized students to hate God, parents, and country (2) as well as wage war on...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has activated 250 members of the National Guard to provide basic services at emergency shelter hotels amid an influx of migrants that has service providers stretched thin. Healey’s administration will also launch a Regional Rapid Response Teams to assist with overseeing shelter sites, she announced Thursday. The teams will be comprised of state employees. The move comes after she declared a state of emergency this month over the increasing number of migrants arriving in Massachusetts from Texas. […] Currently, more than 6,000 migrant families are in emergency shelters across the state. The National Guard members will...

A federal judge ruled Thursday that a Texas law requiring pornography sites to institute age-verification measures — and add prominent warning labels about the alleged dangers of porn — violates the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment prohibition against free-speech restrictions. A lawsuit seeking to overturn the Texas legislation was filed Aug. 4 by the Free Speech Coalition, a group that included Pornhub’s parent company, adult industry advocacy groups and an adult performer (referred to in filings as “Jane Doe”). Under the Texas law, which was set to go into effect Sept. 1, 2023, porn sites would have been required to use...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, end of sex trafficking, agribusiness, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears...

A TikToker amassed online stardom after making a $12 Golden Corral free refill buffet last 12 hours. Said foodie named Madison called it her “best day ever.” “What an accomplishment. Unlimited food and drink for one dollar an hour,” she bragged after clocking out in a clip viewed over five million times. “Best day ever. I think I got my money’s worth, but let me know what you think.” Madison, whose TikTok is is a heaping course of outlandish food videos, began her journey began during breakfast time where she “literally ate” half of her favorite cotton candy cake. “Even...

It’s no secret that Trader Joe’s employees are friendly. You’ve probably experienced it yourself: an employee It’s no secret that Trader Joe’s employees are friendly. You’ve probably experienced it yourself: an employee asking about your plans for the day, complimenting the frozen Mandarin orange chicken in your cart or even surprising you with a bouquet of flowers on your birthday. After a particularly congenial bit of banter with a cutie in a Hawaiian shirt, maybe you’ve found yourself wondering, “Is this Trader Joe’s employee flirting with me?” If you’ve ever thought this, you’re not alone. In fact, there’s a pervasive...

Please enjoy my cover of the world's most popular Finnish hillbilly song.

Please enjoy my cover of the world's most popular Finnish hillbilly song.

The Philippines has become the latest of China’s neighbors to object to its new national map, joining Malaysia and India in releasing strongly worded statements accusing Beijing of claiming their territory. China published a new version of its national map on Monday, as it has regularly done since at least 2006, to correct what Beijing has in the past referred to as “problematic maps” that it claims misrepresent its territorial borders. The Philippines said Thursday it “rejected” the map because of its inclusion of a dashed line around contested areas of the South China Sea that was subject to an...

Former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference trial will be televised and live-streamed, the judge handling the case said Thursday. The legal proceedings will be broadcast on a YouTube stream operated by the court for television, radio, and still photography will be allowed, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said Thursday during a hearing on the level of media coverage that will be allowed inside the courtroom. “In line with the spirit of transparency here, we have followed Judge [Robert] McBurney’s model, and we have been livestreaming all of our major proceedings on a Fulton County-provided YouTube channel,” McAfee...

As I was driving home tonight, I had the radio on listening to the Catholic station here in Phoenix (1310am). The news came on and they reported that there are at least 400 dead in Maui and more likely upwards of 800-900 and that 40% of the dead are children. The given reason for the news blackout is that they are still trying to ID the bodies.

A frustrated Arizona Democrat Secretary of State, Adrian Fontes, announced he does not have legal authority to block President Trump from the ballot.Mr. Fontes says he would do it if he could and calls the laws governing his inability “stupid.” SoS Fontes is big mad.(Via The Hill) – Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) said he does not have the ability to bar former President Donald Trump from running for president in his state Wednesday.There have been calls to bar the former president from being able to run in 2024 related to language in the 14th amendment where it...

Pytheas of Massalia was the first-ever Mediterranean to reach and explore Great Britain and the Arctic Circle.He is believed to have traveled as far as Iceland, becoming the first person on record to describe the midnight sun and the first known scientific visitor to see and describe the Celtic and Germanic tribes.According to Henry Fanshawe Tozer, Pytheas' voyage to the north took place at about 330 BC, derived from three main sources. Sadly, his original writings, titled On The Ocean, did not survive, but he is quoted in the works of later geographers, such as Strabo's Geographica, Pliny's Natural History...

Boy dies after collapsing during P.E. class in Lake Elsinore A community is mourning after a young boy collapsed and died during a P.E. class in Lake Elsinore on Tuesday. That tragic day started out as a typical school day for 12-year-old Yahshua Robinson. He was participating in P.E. activities at Canyon Lake Middle School when he suddenly collapsed and became unresponsive. Yahshua’s family said despite the response from medical professionals, the boy died from cardiac arrest at the hospital.

Twice impeached and acquitted, former president urges Republicans to be fair and determine whether Biden benefited from son’s foreign moneyFormer President Donald Trump on Thursday threw his support behind launching an impeachment inquiry against his successor, but urged House Republicans to conduct such a probe fairly and to determine once and for all whether Joe Biden financially benefitted from his son Hunter’s overseas business exploits. Trump told Just the News that the evidence gathered by House Oversight Chairman James Comer against President Biden – from three pseudonym email accounts, suspicious bank activity reports and contacts with shady business partners in...

Former president takes on "federal machinery" of censorship of political speech. He also urges Congress to probe evidence of ballot application fraud scheme uncovered by Michigan law enforcement.Former President Donald Trump is vowing to dismantle the federal machinery built by the Biden administration to censor political speech in America, saying he will appoint new leaders of agencies that have engaged in silencing free speech. He also said he would sign an Executive Order banning government employees from participating in projects that infringe the First Amendment.The 45th president made the comments Thursday during an interview on the "Just the News, No...