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Texas authorities arrested a man Monday who allegedly hit Sen. Ted Cruz (R) with can of beer during the Houston Astros’ World Series parade. In a tweet on Monday, the Houston Police Department (HPD) said an unidentified man, aged 33, threw a beer can at the senator, who was on a parade float on the 2400 block of Smith Street in Houston.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WATE) - An independent Tennessee governor candidate was arrested at a Hamilton County voting site Monday, according to the Chattanooga Police Department. Charles Van Morgan, of Knoxville, was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and intimidation of voters. Police said they responded to a call from the Hamilton County Election Commission stating that someone was causing a disturbance on the 700 block of River Terminal Road. The report stated, “A man was screaming about politics, cursing, getting into people’s faces and harassing the voters.” After speaking with witnesses at the voting site, police were able to identify Van...

Video at link Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) was slammed on social media after releasing a shocking campaign commercial that portrays a woman being arrested in front of her family for having an abortion. The ad, which implored voters to support Democrats in next month’s midterm elections, shows police officers informing the woman — in front of her husband and two kids — that there is a warrant out for her arrest over an unlawful abortion. The situation quickly escalates and the cops draw their weapons on the family and handcuff the woman in front of her screaming children.

A new ad from Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) supporting Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections portrays a woman being arrested in front of her family for having an abortion, warning such situations could happen if Republicans are able to ban the procedure. The ad shows a family having dinner when police officers come to their door and tell the woman that she is under arrest for unlawful termination of a pregnancy. The woman says it is “her personal business,” but an officer responds that the courts will decide that before arresting her. “Elections have consequences,” a narrator later says. “Vote...

Conspiracy theorists celebrated this week after the arrest of the CEO of an election software company, who they accused of flipping the 2020 election to President Joe Biden. But is their rejoicing actually valid? The fiasco began on Monday after the New York Times released an article centered around a small elections company in Michigan that had become the target of unfounded voter fraud claims. The company, known as Konnech, had been accused of not only having secret ties to China but of giving the Chinese Communist Party backdoor access to personal data on roughly two million poll workers in...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) demanded that the Department of Justice investigate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for “kidnapping” for flying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard — but Newsom bused homeless people from San Francisco elsewhere. As National Public Radio reported in 2006, then-San Francisco Mayor Newsom launched the “Homeward Bound” program in an unsuccessful effort to rid the city of homeless people who were attracted by generous welfare and relatively warm weather.

A Clark County, Nevada, Democrat official was arrested on Wednesday evening on suspicion of murdering Las Vegas Journal-Review investigative reporter Jeff German after a series of reports exposing corruption. Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was booked in Clark County Detention Center for suspicion of murder after German, 69 years old, was found dead outside his home with multiple stab wounds last Saturday.

**SNIP** Officials say the vehicle belonged to Amy Word, who was in the passenger seat. Detectives say during the stop they noticed a strong smell of weed coming from the vehicle. Clark was in possession of weed and cocaine for which he was arrested. Word was arrested and charged with maintaining a common nuisance. Word is the owner of Lamasco Bar and Grill, Amy’s on Franklin, as well as a member of the EVSC school board. Officials with the Evansville Police Department say during the course of the investigation, detectives developed information that Holman was trafficking large amounts of illegal...

Busy Philipps was one of 181 people arrested during an abortion rights protest outside the US Supreme Court. The Cougar Town star was seen wearing a shirt reading 'I will aid and abet abortion,' while being led away by a pair of police officers on Thursday, in a video posted by Vice News. Philipps, 43, was arrested for blocking traffic outside the court building alongside number of Planned Parenthood leaders. She told reporters that she was protesting ''For equality'. As she was cuffed and led away, members of the crowd could be heard cheering her on and saying 'Thank you...

Dozens affiliated with a white nationalist group were arrested on Saturday in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, near a Pride event in the city. In a press conference Saturday evening, police shared that they had received a tip concerning a large group wearing matching outfits and masks. “At approximately 1:38 this afternoon we received a telephone call from a concerned citizen who reported that approximately 20 people jumped into a UHAUL wearing masks. They had shields and ‘looked like a little army,’” said Coeur d’Alene Chief Of Police Lee White. The 31 individuals were detained hours after the tip was shared and...

A Texas man who raps about robbing ATMs lived out his own lyrics when he was busted for stealing from a cash machine in Tennessee earlier this week. Ladesion Riley, 30, was one of four people charged for allegedly holding up an ATM technician at a Bank of America in Nashville as he serviced the machine on Monday, according to the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department. The other suspects are Darius Dugas, 27, Sashondre Dugas, 32, and Christopher Alton, 27. All four alleged thieves hail from Houston. According to police, two members of the group approached the technician from behind around...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested former White House economic adviser Peter Navarro on Friday, acting on a referral from the Democrat-run House that held him in contempt for refusing to testify at the partisan January 6 Committee.

PLAINS, GA - Former President Jimmy Carter was arrested Monday after a gas station attendant called the police to report a "hooligan" placing "I Did That!" stickers on gas pumps. Authorities arrived at the scene shortly thereafter and took the former president into custody for vandalism, disturbing the peace, and resisting arrest. The infamous "I Did That!" stickers feature an image of President Biden pointing at the total sale of gas at the pump, as if proud of the economic strain he's placing on American families. According to authorities, the stickers have been popping up all over the country and...

WNBA star Britteny Griner was arrested last month in Russia and is currently being detained by Russian authorities after vape cartridges were found in her luggage. According to the Associated Press: The Russian Customs Service said Saturday that the cartridges were identified as containing oil derived from cannabis, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. The customs service identified the person arrested as a player for the U.S. women’s team and did not specify the date of her arrest. Russian media reported the player was Griner, and her agent did not dispute those reports. ‘We are...

A left-wing supporter of the Justin Trudeau government drove his vehicle into the protest group last night injuring four people in Winnipeg, Canada.The unidentified white male driver of the Jeep was arrested after he attempted to flee the scene. Leftist media are silent because the incident runs counter to their political narrative. All speech the liberal Canadian party does not support, they call violence. However, all violence the liberal Canadian party does support, they call speech.Winnipeg police constable Rob Carver described the suspect as a 42-year-old man from Headingley who is now facing several charges, including assault with a weapon,...

President Joe Biden told an audience of black students on the grounds of Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University on Tuesday that he was arrested during the civil rights struggle, though there is no evidence that such an arrest ever happened. Biden was speaking in support of Democrats’ so-called “voting rights” legislation, including the John Lewis Voting Rights Act Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act, which are one-sided bills currently struggling to pass a Senate filibuster.

John Griffin, 44, of Stamford, Connecticut has been arrested charged with enticing minors to engage in unlawful sexual activity From April to July of 2020, Griffin allegedly used online messaging applications to communicate with people purporting to be the parents of minor daughters He allegedly attempted to impress ideas, that a 'woman is a woman regardless of her age,' and that women should be sexually subservient and inferior to men Griffin who was a producer with CNN is alleged to have sought to persuade parents to allow him to 'train their daughters to be sexually submissive' In June 2020, Griffin...

A who was recently released from state prison after serving sentences for robbery has been charged with the murder last week in Beverly Hills of Jacqueline Avant, 81, a philanthropist married to legendary music producer Clarence Avant. Mrs. Avant was gunned down in her home during an armed burglary, one in a series of what the Los Angeles Times called “brutal, brazen” crimes that have rocked the city in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests and “defunding” the police.

Cortez Rice, a relative of George Floyd who recorded a viral video saying he knew of people with cameras in the courtroom who could dox the jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, has been arrested for reportedly making contact with jurors. He's jailed in Waukesha County, Wis. The far-left on Twitter are trying to fundraise $50,000 for him. The National Lawyers Guild was also contacted for help, according to someone in the comments. The NLG is the legal arm of the violent, militant far-left in the US. They work to represent and bail out far-left extremists.

Bette Midler is calling on authorities to arrest former President Donald Trump for attempted murder, claiming Trump deliberately tried to infect Joe Biden with the coronavirus during a televised debate last year. In an impassioned tweet early Friday, Bette Midler claimed Trump knew “full well he was positive” with COVID-19 before the debate, but deliberately turned up too late to be tested. Trump then “screeched, sputtered, spit, and foamed at the mouth, hoping to infect Joe.”