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  • Connecticut elections chief calls for reforms after ballot stuffing scandal

    03/18/2024 10:40:46 PM PDT · by CFW · 19 replies
    The Center Square ^ | 3/18/24 | Christian Wade |
    (The Center Square) — Connecticut's top election official is calling for reforms in the wake of a ballot stuffing scandal in Bridgeport's mayoral race, where some people were allegedly paid cash to fill out mail ballots. Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas said her office had referred allegations about election "malfeasance" in the February redo of the mayoral race to the State Elections Enforcement Commission to investigate, including reports from voters who received absentee ballots despite not requesting them. “When alerted, the Secretary of the State’s Office is required to send allegations of election malfeasance to SEEC for their review and...
  • Election Integrity Attorney Arrested After Revealing Sensitive Emails by Dominion Voting Systems

    03/18/2024 10:34:32 PM PDT · by CFW · 50 replies
    Politics Brief ^ | 3/19/24 | staff
    Stefanie Lambert, an election integrity attorney who has pressed for transparency in regards to Dominion Voting Systems, was suddenly arrested in Washington D.C. on Monday night. Lambert was reportedly arrested by U.S. Marshals for disclosing allegedly confidential emails from Dominion Voting Systems in a Michigan court case. The Associated Press reported on Lambert’s arrest: An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible sanctions against her...
  • Are More Migrants Being Arrested for Murder?

    03/18/2024 10:24:00 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 6 replies
    Newsweek ^ | Mar 18, 2024 | Nick Mordowanec
    Rates of homicides committed by illegal migrants in the United States have increased overall during the Biden administration, though rates at this point in the fiscal year are about average compared with past years dating to 2021. The hot-button issue of illegal immigration is encompassing the nation and has galvanized Republicans who have consistently kept the topic front and center leading up to November elections. President Joe Biden has allowed an influx of illegal migrants on his watch, most recently drawing condemnation for the February killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley allegedly committed by illegal migrant Jose Ibarra.
  • Sheriff: Cocaine and Meth Use Surges Along With Synthetic Fentanyl, Aided by Border Crisis

    03/18/2024 10:17:08 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 3 replies
    Fox2Detroit ^ | March 18, 2024 | Dave Kinchen and David Komer
    Police tracking drugs in our area are sounding the alarm with cocaine and meth making a comeback. Metro Detroit law enforcement is warning of an uptick in meth and cocaine use across the area. "The danger of this is significant to everybody," said Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard. "Basically the cost of cocaine, the cost of meth, all of that has gone down to about a third of what it was two years ago." Bouchard says it is a supply and demand issue, combined with the already troubling amounts of fentanyl coming into the states. He says it is a...
  • Mar-a-Lago Judge’s Stark Ruling: Jury Sees Secret Files or Trump Wins

    03/18/2024 10:09:24 PM PDT · by CFW · 45 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 3/18/24 | Jose Pagliery
    The MAGA-friendly federal judge who keeps siding with Donald Trump in his Mar-a-Lago classified records case has forced prosecutors to make a stark choice: allow jurors to see a huge trove of national secrets or let him go. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s ultimatum Monday night came as a surprise twist in what could have been a simple order; one merely asking federal prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers for proposed jury instructions at the upcoming trial. But as she has done repeatedly, Cannon used this otherwise innocuous legal step as yet another way to swing the case wildly in favor...
  • California Murder Suspect Stabs Attorney with Pen before Charging Prosecutor

    03/18/2024 10:08:01 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 11 replies
    MSN ^ | 3/18 | Greg Wehner
    An Oakland, California murder suspect faces additional charges after freeing himself from restraints in a courtroom on Monday morning and stabbing his attorney in the face and head with a pen before turning his angst toward the prosecutor. The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that 28-year-old Ramello Randle was attending his homicide trial at the A.F. Bray Courthouse in Martinez, California at about 10:55 a.m. on Monday when he attacked his attorney with a pen. He then went to attack the district attorney, who the sheriff’s office said was able to push him off. The East Bay Times reported...
  • Yazan al-Kafarneh’s Death Is a Stain on Humanity {poor Muslim Arab photoshop skills..}

    03/18/2024 10:02:56 PM PDT · by Cronos · 22 replies
    Jacobin ^ | March 2024 | Sersj assi
    Ten-year-old Palestinian child Yazan al-Kafarneh, who died from severe hunger amid famine due to Israel’s ongoing crippling siege on Gaza. (Rabie Abu Noqaira / Anadolu via Getty Images) Y al-Kafarneh, a ten-year-old Palestinian boy from Gaza, had been dying of hunger for weeks as a result of Israel’s crippling blockade and deliberate starvation of Gaza. Images and videos of Yazan, who had cerebral palsy, showed the motionless boy lying on a hospital bed with a skeletal body, sunken cheeks, bare bones, and hollowed eyes. For days his parents sat helpless by his bed and watched him fade away. His father...
  • Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro's bid to stave off prison sentence

    03/18/2024 9:13:00 PM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 26 replies
    AP ^ | March 17, 2024 | LINDSAY WHITEHURST
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is due to report Tuesday to a federal prison for a four-month sentence, after being found guilty of misdemeanor charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He had asked to stay free while he appealed his conviction. Navarro has maintained that he couldn’t cooperate with the committee because former President Donald Trump had invoked executive privilege. Lower...
  • Chinese Auto Executive: ‘Bloodbath’ Coming for American Auto Industry

    03/18/2024 8:12:42 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 36 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 18 Mar 2024 | John Binder
    He Xiaopeng, the CEO of XPeng Motors, predicts a “bloodbath” against America’s auto industry with the help of cheap China-made electric vehicles (EVs).Over the weekend, former President Donald Trump was campaigning in Andalia, Ohio, when he warned that without fierce new United States tariffs on China-made EVs, the American auto industry will face “a bloodbath for the country” with jobs lost and industry offshored.“We’re going to put a 100 percent tariff on every single car that comes across the line and you’re not going to be able to sell those cars if I get elected,” Trump said. “Now if I...
  • Graham meets with Zelensky in Ukraine

    03/18/2024 5:14:03 PM PDT · by McGruff · 16 replies
    The Hill ^ | March 18, 2024 | Miranda Nazzaro
    Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday as further funding for the war-torn country remains in limbo amid divisions in Congress. Zelensky hosted Graham in Kyiv, where the two discussed aid for Ukraine, the Ukrainian army’s needs and the Eastern European nation’s eventual integration into NATO, the Ukrainian leader wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter. Graham’s visit comes just weeks after he voted against a $95 billion defense and foreign aid package in the Senate. The bill included $60 billion for Ukraine, including $19.85 billion to restock U.S. military weapons provided from the...
  • NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, 56, refuses to address romance with lobbyist, 32: ‘My life will never be in conflict’

    03/18/2024 7:27:24 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 17 replies
    New York Post ^ | March 18, 2024 | Vaughn Golden
    State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has reportedly been canoodling with a lovely lobbyist, and it’s all the talk in Albany — but he is refusing to comment on her and scoffs at the notion of a conflict of interest. The 56-year-old powerful Dem has been in a romantic relationship with 32-year-old Rebecca Lamorte, a lobbyist and communications coordinator for the union Greater New York Laborers-Employers Cooperation & Education Trust, or LECET, since at least November, according to the outlet NY Focus. Heastie got feisty with reporters when asked about the couple Monday morning, bristling at the suggestion he should discuss...
  • Trump attorneys file to disqualify Fani Willis from election fraud case despite prosecutor stepping aside

    03/18/2024 6:56:20 PM PDT · by bitt · 9 replies
    https://nypost.com ^ | 3/18/2024 | Social Links forRonny Reyes
    Former President Donald Trump’s defense team filed a motion on Monday seeking to dismiss and disqualify embattled Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election fraud case. Steve Sadow, Trump’s lead attorney in the case, asked the court to immediately remove Willis. The filing comes days after the judge overseeing the case ruled she could stay on as long as special prosecutor Nathan Wade stepped aside, following the revelation of their romantic relationship. Sadow claims in his motion that action does not go far enough and is asking to appeal the decision. “President Trump and seven defendants have...
  • Georgia Pizza Shop Owner Running for Office After Laken Riley Murder: 'Reality Check' Moment

    03/18/2024 6:06:50 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 6 replies
    Fox5Atlanta ^ | March 18, 2024
    A small business owner in Athens, Georgia, is taking matters into her own hands to change local politics, demanding transparency in the community after the murder of nursing student Laken Riley. Sidney Anne Waters, who owns Mama Sid's Pizza, joined "Fox & Friends First" to discuss why she decided to throw her hat in the ring to become part of the Athens-Clarke County Commission. "I... all of a sudden... had a reality check... There are a lot of us in Athens that really didn't know what our government was doing... The day before… qualifying ending, I decided I would go...
  • Fatal vulnerability: Stunned reporter films Ukraine's tank debacle

    03/18/2024 5:37:36 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 13 replies
    The Limited Times - News RND News Aggregator ^ | March 18, 2024 | Patrick Mayer
    The Ukrainian army is losing tank after tank as Vladimir Putin's Russian troops advance. The example of a Challenger 2 tank is alarming. Donbass - Little by little they are left behind on the battlefield of Ukraine: Western tanks that the treacherously invaded country received for its defensive battle against Russia. Weapons for Ukraine: Challenger 2 main battle tanks have major weak points The inventory of British Challenger 2 main battle tanks is also suffering seriously in the Ukraine war. According to various media reports, as of mid-March, only seven of the steel giants are still operational. To put it...
  • A Ukrainian soldier said that Ukraine's losses are so heavy where he's fighting that they struggle to recover the bodies

    03/18/2024 5:05:12 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 31 replies
    Business Insider ^ | March 18, 2024 | Mia Jankowicz
    A Ukrainian soldier fighting near the country's northern front line has described the menace of Russia's bombardment, telling the Times of London that they are "losing so many people, there are so many bodies we can't even bring them all back." A major factor in the current Russian offensive is glide bombs, which Russia has stepped up the use of in the last three months. These are Soviet-era bombs tricked out with guidance systems and wings enabling long-distance strikes. As of last month, Russia was using them intensely around three flashpoints of the war: Kupiansk, the eastern city of Bakhmut,...
  • What hope does Ukraine have to hold out against Russia if the US keeps struggling to send weapons?

    03/18/2024 4:53:55 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 31 replies
    MSN - ABC News Australia ^ | March 18, 2024 | Annika Burgess
    Starved of ammunition and losing ground, Ukraine has gone months without receiving weapons from the United States. The crucial flow of military support paused in December after the Pentagon announced it had run out of money to replenish stocks. Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov has said troops are in a state of "shell hunger" and reports have emerged of forces rationing as few as 15 artillery shells per day. For every 10 shells Russia fires, Ukraine can only shoot one, Kyiv security officials have said. The firepower shortage was a contributing factor in the recent withdrawal from Avdiivka.
  • ‘We’re So Sick of It’: Northern Border Crisis Gets Worse

    03/18/2024 4:33:21 PM PDT · by george76 · 22 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | March 17, 2024 | Allan Stein
    Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants at the northern U.S. border have jumped from 916 in fiscal year 2021 to 10,021 in fiscal 2023.. HIGHGATE, Vt.—At dawn or dusk, Kristy Brow used to enjoy alone time walking in the woods on her 21-acre property in Highgate, Vermont, a small rural town near the U.S.–Canada border. Lately, however, she’s cautious—she’s worried about potential encounters with illegal immigrants along the remote logging trail. “I don’t go out by myself anymore—especially at night,” said Mrs. Brow, who runs a dog obedience business from her home. “It’s unsettling. You can’t feel relaxed anymore,” she...
  • SCOTUS denies stay of sentence for ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro

    03/18/2024 4:16:28 PM PDT · by CFW · 41 replies
    ABC news ^ | 3/18/24 | ByDevin Dwyer
    Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro must report to prison on Tuesday as scheduled, after the Supreme Court on Monday denied the stay of his sentence. Chief Justice John Roberts, in a short opinion, wrote that he saw "no reason to disagree" with lower courts, which also rejected Navarro's request. Navarro's appeal on the merits remains pending, but he will have to begin serving his sentence in the meantime. Navarro was ordered on March 11 to report to prison in Miami on Tuesday, to serve a four-month sentence. He was convicted in September of two counts of contempt of...
  • Trump, co-defendants request to appeal Georgia judge’s ruling keeping Fani Willis on case

    03/18/2024 3:45:23 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 8 replies
    Fox News ^ | March 18, 2024 5:18pm EDT | Brooke Singman
    Former President Trump and several of his co-defendants are asking Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee for permission to appeal after he ruled against dismissing the case and disqualifying District Attorney Fani Willis. McAfee last week denied a full dismissal of the case against Trump and Willis’ disqualification. Instead, he demanded that Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade resign from the case. McAfee warned that without Wade’s withdrawal, Willis would be disqualified from prosecuting Trump. Wade withdrew within hours of the judge's order.Four co-defendants had accused Willis of having an "improper" affair with Wade, whom she hired to help...
  • Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants

    03/18/2024 3:25:19 PM PDT · by CFW · 70 replies
    ABC News ^ | 3/18/24 | By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
    The Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely extended its block on a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely extended its block on a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out. The one-page order signed by Justice Samuel Alito did not set a deadline, instead extending the stay “pending further order.”...