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Seriously. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Post See new posts Conversation Greg Price @greg_price11 BREAKING: Ray Epps, the only January 6 protester who actually told people to go into the Capitol, has been officially sentenced to one year probation, $500 restitution, and 100 hours community service. While many J6 protesters are rotting in jail for non-violent crimes, Epps escapes a prison term entirely. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie Ray Epps, the man who directed people to go into the Capitol and privately claimed credit for orchestrating the Capitol breach, gets one year probation. Nothing to see here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember this? Ray Epps, the one guy...

A year ago, Wall Street's forecast painted a bleak picture, foreseeing a prolonged bear market into 2023, with an average price target of -2.4%. Concerns loomed large over high inflation and anticipated tightening monetary policies that could trigger a recession that year. It marked the first time since 1999 that Wall Street had predicted a downturn for stocks. However, the consensus proved remarkably wide of the mark, as the US economy exhibited exceptional resilience. The S&P 500 defied expectations, closing the year with a surge of 26.3% at 4,769, significantly surpassing Deutsche Bank's most optimistic target of 4,500. Looking ahead,...

Office of Public Affairs The Justice Department today filed a statement of interest in a lawsuit brought in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia challenging the denial of treatment sought for gender dysphoria in a correctional setting. The statement explains that gender dysphoria falls within the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)’s definition of “disability” and affirms that correctional institutions cannot deny medically appropriate care for people with gender dysphoria, no matter their particular circumstances, consistent with the Eighth Amendment. “People with gender dysphoria should be able to seek the full protections of the American with Disabilities...

Consumers should anticipate two major alterations to their shopping experience in the coming year, an expert has warned. A consumer specialist is forecasting a grim conclusion for two contentious supermarket policies that could reshape shoppers’ habits. Supermarket Guru, Phil Lempert has projected retail tendencies for a quarter of a century, and his recent predictions might come as good news to some shoppers. In a conversation with The U.S. Sun, the expert explained that security concerns and consumer preferences may be the main drivers of these changes. “From a security standpoint, what’s happened is the retailers with self-checkout have had to...

The good news from the University of New Hampshire poll of Granite State Republican Primary voters is that Ron DeSantis doesn’t have much further to fall ahead of the open contest Jan. 23. The bad news is that he’s at 5%, behind Donald Trump (39%), Nikki Haley (32%), Chris Christie (12%) and Vivek Ramaswamy (8%). And given that only 40% of DeSantis’ supporters say they are “definitely decided,” the data suggests his hard support is around 2%.

Bill Clinton was spotted palling around with California Gov. Gavin Newsom at a luxurious Mexican resort last week as troves of court documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein pulled the ex-president back into the spotlight. The 42nd president and the Golden State governor, along with his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, were seen riding in a golf cart as they vacationed at the Four Seasons Resort in Tamarindo, Mexico, on Friday, according to photos obtained by The Post. Clinton was seen sporting a multi-colored, short-sleeved shirt and pair of blue shorts while carrying a Panama hat as the sun was shining, photos...

WASHINGTON, Monday, Jan. 4. The Navy Department has received official information in relation to the attack upon the gunboat Marblehead, in Stono Inlet on Christmas morning, by which Robert Brown, Lorenzo D. Shaw and Joseph Philips were killed, and Charles Morn, Alexander Henderson, John Hackett and Charles Semmes were wounded. Commander BALCH, of the Pawnee, says, that at 6:20 on the morning of the 25th of December, the enemy opened on the Marblehead, which was replied to vigorously. At 6:25 the Pawnee opened fire on the enemy's batteries from her 100-pound rifle-gun. At 7 the C.P. Williams, on hearing the...

The special prosecutor spearheading the Fulton County election interference case has been accused of having “an improper, clandestine personal relationship” with his boss, District Attorney Fani Willis. A court filing on Monday said that Nathan Wade used his taxpayer-funded paycheck to bankroll lavish trips he took with Willis. The motion from defendant Michael Roman, which offered no concrete proof of the romantic ties but cited “sources close” and divorce filings, argued the relationship tainted Fulton County’s election interference investigation. Wade did not respond to a request for comment. A Willis spokeswoman said the DA’s office will respond to the allegations...

A man targeted by right-wing conspiracy theories about the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to a year of probation for joining the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of fellow Donald Trump supporters. Ray Epps, a former Arizona resident who was driven into hiding by death threats, pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanor charge. He received no jail time, and there were no restrictions placed on his travel during his probation, but he will have to serve 100 hours of community service. He appeared remotely by video conference and wasn't in the Washington, D.C., courtroom when...

I saw an item ...re: pro-gaza march on washington this saturday. sdearch returned link to on The Hill website and all the usual lefty/islamist sites.... zero on and MSM outlets. I assume it's radio silence because the protest is against biden's policy. is there any info out there? deciding if i should cancel my trip...

Better known as a world-famous luxury SUV icon, the Cadillac Escalade nameplate was also briefly attached to another body style between 2002 and 2006. Dubbed the Cadillac Escalade EXT, the “sport utility truck” combined the four-door luxury and street panache of the Escalade SUV with a composite pickup truck bed and expanded utility, making for quite a unique offering. Now, we’re rendering this modern Cadillac Escalade pickup that could make for a killer successor to the Escalade EXT. Granted, this isn’t the first time we’ve rendered a Cadillac Escalade pickup model based on the latest fifth-generation SUV. In fact, we...

U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is demanding Biden administration Attorney General Merrick Garland explain what appears to be an illicit Justice Department scheme to spy on congressional Republicans.Jordan has now subpoenaed Garland to force him to turn over information on Justice Department attempts to seize the personal records of Republican lawmakers and even Republican staffers. The move comes after Google informed congressional Republicans the Justice Department had “subpoenaed Google in 2017 for the staffer's personal phone records and emails during the period when Senator [Charles] Grassley was conducting vigorous oversight of the Department's handling of the so-called...

Judge Judy has endorsed former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley for President. Judith Sheindlin, who is best known as Judge Judy, wrote in a statement, “I’m proud to endorse Nikki Haley because she is whip-smart, has executive credentials, and was a superb governor.” Sheindlin continued, “She has international gravitas as Ambassador to the United Nations. She is principled, measured, and has that illusive quality of real common sense.” The TV court judge concluded her post by writing, “I truly think she can restore America and believe she is the future of this great nation."

Chances are, if you're reading The Babylon Bee, you're already on a watch list of some type. But now that the FBI listens in on all of your phone calls, you can at least come up with some creative ways to mess with them. Try a few of these classic pranks the next time you're on the phone: 1. Say the school board protest has been moved somewhere else: When the FBI sends a whole SWAT team to the wrong location, they'll look SO STUPID! HA! 2. Mess with their heads by saying "Trump is an insurrectionist dictator" alongside "Trump...

Russian President Vladimir Putin's threats to let Europe "freeze" over winter have come back to bite his country as power outages spread nationwide. Tens of thousands of Russians are reported to have no heating in their homes in the Moscow region alone after a heating main burst at the Klimovsk Specialized Ammunition Plant in the town of Podolsk, which is around 30 miles south of central Moscow, on January 4. Residents in multiple regions including Rostov, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, and Voronezh have also been affected by lengthy power outages, and some have resorted to filming video appeals as they grapple...

A hot mic captured two journalists making jokes alluding to the assassination of former President Donald Trump while waiting for his arrival at a federal courthouse on Tuesday. This troubling occurrence took place outside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, with news teams on standby, having set up their equipment along the anticipated route from the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia. The former president is set to appear before the DC Circuit Court of Appeals following District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s refusal to dismiss two motions that invoked First Amendment protections and presidential immunity. Trump’s lawyers argued that Trump is...

On January 6, 2024, the drive-by media went into overdrive, remembering (sometimes while oozing crocodile tears) the horrors of January 6, 2021. It was, they said, the day on which democracy was under attack...According to Rep. Clay Higgins (R. LA), who has been investigating what actually happened that day, when one deletes the layers of leftist propaganda, it appears that January 6 was a giant entrapment web that successfully stopped official challenges to election certification, made Trump even more toxic and, worst of all, turned his law-abiding supporters into criminals.###Regarding the entrapment, Higgins states:"The FBI had embedded themselves into various...

On a recent cold winter day, residents of Munich were surprised to see people skiing in the street. Yes, that is how much snow fell in the German city and other parts of Europe during the early winter of 2023-2024. Despite a disruption to both ground and air travel, the Germans survived the freezing weather with access to heating and basic utilities. But not everyone in our world is as fortunate as those living off reliable energy sources in Western economies. Billions of people all over the world do not have access to secure sources of heat and electricity. For...

Alaska and United Airlines said Monday they found problems with loose hardware following the grounding of all their Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets due to last week's mid-flight door plug blowout. Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave airlines authorization on Monday to begin inspections of 737 MAX 9 planes after they were grounded following the Friday incident aboard an Alaska Airlines plane. The FAA said on Monday that all 171 737 MAX 9 jets worldwide would remain grounded until operators inspected the vehicles' left and right cabin door exit plugs, door components and fasteners. It's the latest problem...

SNIP The DC Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear oral arguments on Tuesday, January 9, on the issue of presidential immunity after Judge Tanya Chutkan denied two motions to dismiss based on First Amendment and presidential immunity claims. The appeal will be heard by a three-judge panel consisting of Judge J. Michelle Childs, who was nominated by President Joe Biden in January 2022 and confirmed in July 2022; Judge Florence Pan, nominated by Biden in May 2022 and confirmed in September 2022; and Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, who was appointed by then-President George H.W. Bush in 1990. On...