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  • Nearly all Connecticut Rite Aid stores to close by Labor Day, according to staff and documents

    07/20/2025 6:50:22 PM PDT · by george76 · 42 replies
    CT Insider ^ | July 14, 2025 | Luther Turmelle,
    nearly all of Rite Aid's Connecticut stores will be closed by Labor Day ... The only store that doesn't have a definitive closing is the Stratford store, which is located at 3680 Main St. A female employee there on Friday said workers haven't been told yet when that location will shutdown. When questioned about the closing date, she agreed to answer the question if she could remain anonymous, because of concerns of potential retribution by Rite Aid officials. Company officials did not respond to a request for comment about the remainder of its Connecticut closings on Friday. Rite Aid announced...
  • Yankee National Party Seeks Ballot Access in Connecticut

    07/18/2025 10:47:20 AM PDT · by Angelino97 · 19 replies
    Independent Political Report ^ | July 17, 2025 | Jordan Willow Evans
    The Connecticut chapter of the Yankee National Party has submitted designation petitions for a wide range of local and state offices ahead of the 2025 and 2026 election cycles. The organization is seeking to eventually qualify as a recognized political party under state election law. Independent Political Report first covered the Yankee National Party’s candidate recruitment efforts in November 2024, when the group was finalizing its updated platform and preparing for the future following the general election. At the time, the party said it planned to field candidates under its own label across the region, while also considering endorsements of...
  • Waterbury resident charged in crash that injured CT troopers is in US illegally, ICE says

    07/16/2025 2:31:49 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 8 replies
    ENFIELD — The 18-year old Waterbury resident arrested in connection with an Enfield crash that seriously injured two Connecticut State Police troopers July 10 is in the United States illegally and will be detained and arrested, according to federal officials. “Joel Alexander Caica Nishve is an illegal alien from Ecuador," a senior official with the Department of Homeland Security said in an email Wednesday… Caiza-Nishue … "was charged with reckless driving after he was involved in a car accident that seriously injured two Connecticut State Troopers. ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has lodged a detainer for his arrest.” …...
  • Chris Murphy: We Have a ‘Madman’ in the Oval Office Because Dems Failed to Oust Biden

    05/18/2025 10:37:42 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 31 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/18/2025 | Pam Key
    Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that America was stuck with a “madman” in the Oval Office because Democrats did not force then-President Joe Biden to step down. Murphy said, “The president should have gotten out of the race earlier, there’s no doubt the Democratic Party would have been better served by having the ability to have a primary, Kamala Harris probably would have done very well in the process but in retrospect, we lost so we can’t defend the way in which our politics played out.”
  • Live updates: Murphy calls his Rubio confirmation vote ‘a mistake’

    03/02/2025 11:01:52 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 43 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/02/2025 | The Hill
    President Trump’s public debacle with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky halted hopes for a signed minerals agreement while dividing the world — and Washington — over their support for them both. Long-simmering tensions between Trump and Zelensky exploded into the open during a heated Oval Office exchange that will have ramifications for the U.S., Russia, Ukraine and all of Europe. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called his vote to confirm Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was in that meeting with Trump and Zelensky, “a mistake” in a Sunday interview with CNN’s “State of the Union.” “It was a mistake. I think...
  • Graduated with honors—and can’t read a word

    06/26/2025 8:35:21 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 75 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 06/26/25 | Maureen Steele
    What do you call a nation where a high school student can graduate with honors—yet cannot read or write?You call it America in 2025.This week, we learned about Aleysha Ortiz, a 19-year-old who graduated from Hartford Public High School in Connecticut with academic distinction—despite being illiterate. She is now suing the school district, alleging negligence, emotional distress, and a complete abdication of duty by the educators and administrators who were supposed to serve her. Her story, reported by CNN, is both infuriating and emblematic of a national crisis that’s been engineered from top down.Aleysha’s early assessments showed severe learning challenges....
  • ICE agents nab violent illegal migrant hiding in Connecticut after allegedly murdering Mexican police officer

    06/24/2025 7:45:19 AM PDT · by DFG · 20 replies
    NY Post ^ | 06/24/2025 | Jennie Taer
    Immigration agents nabbed a violent illegal migrant who was hiding in the sanctuary state of Connecticut after he allegedly beat a Mexican police officer to death. Orlando Diaz-Cebada, who is a member of the “Los Pochos” gang which traffics drugs for the Sinaloa cartel, had been deported from the US twice after crossing the border illegally, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. “Thanks to our brave ICE law enforcement and federal partners, this criminal illegal alien fugitive wanted for murdering a law enforcement official in Mexico is off America’s streets. This heinous murderer attempted to evade justice by hiding...
  • Outside the Governor’s Mansion, union workers urge Lamont to approve unemployment benefits during strikes

    06/17/2025 6:53:38 AM PDT · by Puppage · 15 replies
    WTNH Television ^ | 6/16/25 | Bob Wilson
    HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The fight over whether union workers should receive unemployment while they are out on strike continued on Monday.Senate Bill 8, which allows union members to collect unemployment while on strike, passed the state legislature. But Gov. Ned Lamont (D) is against it.
  • Map and List of Cities Hosting 'No Kings' Protest Against Trump on June 14

    06/12/2025 6:23:36 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 80 replies
    Newsweek ^ | Jun 11, 2025 | Khaleda Rahman
    "No Kings" rallies will be held in cities across the country to protest President Donald Trump and his policies on his birthday, June 14. Why It Matters The 50501 Movement (50 protests, 50 states, one movement) and other groups are protesting a military parade scheduled to take place in the nation's capital on June 14, coinciding with Trump's 79th birthday, the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary, and Flag Day. 'No Kings' Anti-Trump Protest Locations on June 14 Multiple protests are being held in various cities in each state, but no events are being planned for Washington, D.C. Organizers say that a...
  • This Was All Part of Their Plan: Democrat Senator Calls for Nationwide Street Protests on MSNBC (VIDEO)

    06/09/2025 11:15:13 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 26 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | June 09, 2025 | Staff
    Democrat Senator Chris Murphy called for nationwide street protests following the massive destruction and violence by leftist, pro-Palestinian, and illegal alien riots in Los Angeles over the weekend. Senator Murphy was on with Morning Joe this AM when he called for street protests in every US city. These people are lawless. Choose your side wisely. There are two visions for America. Choose wisely. pic.twitter.com/vtxG0Xr89T — Wesley Hunt (@WesleyHuntTX) June 8, 2025 Senator Chris Murphy: my first message is to keep it peaceful. I mean, obviously, this is a moment where we have to be on the streets all over the...
  • Murphy: ‘This Is a Moment Where We Have to Be on the Streets All Over the Country’

    06/09/2025 7:23:16 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 57 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 06/09/2025 | Jeff Poor
    Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” while insisting to “keep it peaceful,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) called for more protests around the country as rioting is underway in Los Angeles tied to the Trump administration’s deportation effort. The Connecticut Democrat lawmaker argued President Donald Trump was inciting behavior so he could invoke the Insurrection Act. “I mean, my first message is to keep it peaceful,” Murphy declared. “I mean, obviously, this is a moment where we have to be on the streets all over the country to protest what’s happening to our immigrant community, but more broadly, to protest what’s happening...
  • Former Harvard Morgue Manager Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Stolen Human Remains

    06/07/2025 7:27:46 PM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 19 replies
    SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Cedric Lodge, age 57, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, pled guilty yesterday before Chief United States District Judge Matthew W. Brann to interstate transport of stolen human remains. According to Acting United States Attorney John Gurganus, Lodge admitted that, from 2018 through at least March 2020, he participated in the sale and interstate transport of human remains stolen from Harvard Medical School morgue, located in Boston, Massachusetts. Lodge, who was then employed as the manager of the Harvard Medical School Morgue, removed human remains, including organs,...
  • Protesters gather at Tweed to protest Avelo deportation flights

    06/01/2025 3:55:01 AM PDT · by Puppage · 15 replies
    WTNH Television ^ | 5/31/25 | Ronan Himelrick
    NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Tweed New Haven Airport was the site of another protest against Avelo airlines on Saturday. Protesters gathered to speak out against the airline’s decision to provide deportation flights for the Department of Homeland Security.
  • Murphy: If GOP Passes Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill They’ll ‘Get Smoked’ in Midterms

    05/28/2025 5:52:32 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 72 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 27 May 2025 | Pam Key
    Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “All In” that if Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s spending bill as is, they would “get smoked” in the 2026 midterm elections. Host Chris Hayes said, “Josh Hawley, Republican, Missouri, wrote a big op-ed in The New York Times saying Medicaid cuts are a bad idea. Does that end up mattering in the Senate?” Murphy said, “I think it’s a great question, Chris because the Republican Party still does essentially operate like a cult. And that’s not fundamentally different in the Senate than it is in the House. I mean, yes, you’ve...
  • Gunman opens fire at Connecticut mall, injures 5 people in mass shooting: reports

    05/28/2025 8:15:58 AM PDT · by Angelino97 · 45 replies
    New York Post ^ | May 27, 2025 | Shane Galvin
    Five people were shot at a mall in Waterbury, Connecticut Tuesday, when an argument escalated into a violent outburst from a gunman, according to authorities. Gunshots rang out at the Brass Mill Center just before 4:40 p.m., hitting five people who were taken to area hospitals, WTNH reported, citing Waterbury Mayor Paul Pernerewski, Jr. Cops said the bullets began to fly when an argument turned into a violent confrontation at the 1.1-million square-foot shopping complex with officials emphasizing at a press conference this was not a “random act of violence.” The suspect is described as a man in his 20s...
  • DHS has officially revoked Harvard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification

    05/22/2025 3:22:19 PM PDT · by george76 · 15 replies
    X ^ | May 22, 2025 | Bill Melugin
    DHS has officially revoked Harvard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, meaning that they can no longer enroll international students at the university and any of Harvard's existing foreign students must transfer out or lose their legal status. ... This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus. It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments. Harvard had plenty of opportunity to do the right thing. It refused. They have lost...
  • $100-an-hour private MTA subway guards are holding doors open for fare beaters, sleeping on the job

    05/18/2025 12:13:21 PM PDT · by george76 · 19 replies
    New York Post ^ | May 18, 2025 | Chris Harris and Helayne Seidman
    Apparently, nobody’s watching the watchmen. Private security guards hired by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to staff subway stations, and act as deterrents to would-be turnstile hoppers, have instead been lending a helping hand to the Big Apple fare-beaters. The Post recently observed Allied Universal Security Services guards inside the Herald Square station holding the emergency doors open on two different occasions to let a stream of scofflaws through. ... Several commuters could be seen walking up to the gate, and exchanging words with the guard, who then let them in. Whenever the guard opened the door, other fare-evaders would make...
  • I’m a Yale free-speech champion — arrested for words I never said

    05/15/2025 8:08:13 AM PDT · by george76 · 22 replies
    New York Post ^ | May 13, 2025 | Lauren Noble
    I never thought I’d end up in handcuffs and a jail cell for something I didn’t say. But last May, police in New Haven, Conn., arrested me — because a parking attendant falsely claimed I had used a racial slur against him nearly a year earlier. I denied it. I asked the cops to check the parking lot’s surveillance video. They didn’t — and the state charged me first with disorderly conduct, then with three counts of breach of peace in the second degree. It took almost a year, tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees and endless stress...
  • Jordon Hudson sports sour look on her face after failing to win Miss Maine USA pageant in front of beau Bill Belichick

    05/12/2025 4:15:34 AM PDT · by DeplorablePaul · 56 replies
    New York Post ^ | May 11, 2025, | Jeanette Settembre and Alex Oliveira
    PORTLAND, Me. — Miss Congeniality, Jordon Hudson is not. Bill Belichick’s 24-year-old girlfriend fell short yet again in the Miss Maine beauty pageant, placing third Sunday — and she couldn’t hide her disappointment. Hudson — who came in second in the contest last year — once again didn’t have quite the stuff to strut all the way to the crown.
  • The Ivy League Hoodlums Are Getting What They Deserve

    05/12/2025 4:28:49 AM PDT · by george76 · 16 replies
    Hot Air ^ | May 11, 2025 | Betsy McCaughey
    You and I have to pay more taxes so elite universities that willfully break the law discriminating against Jews, whites and Asians can get tax exemptions. It's a slap in the face. Yet Harvard alum Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is trying to turn the tables, accusing the Trump administration of "weaponizing" the IRS to strip Harvard of its 501c3 tax exempt status. Truth is, Harvard should lose its tax-exempt status because it's guilty of illegally allowing the civil rights of Jewish students to be trashed. The case against Harvard is a slam dunk. Numerous other universities where Jewish students are...