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McLean, Va.-based ID.me was originally launched in 2010 with the goal of helping e-commerce sites validate the identities of customers who might be eligible for discounts at various retail establishments, such as veterans, teachers, students, nurses and first responders. These days, ID.me is perhaps better known as the online identity verification service that many states now use to help stanch the loss of billions of dollars in unemployment insurance and pandemic assistance stolen each year by identity thieves. The privately-held company says it has approximately 64 million users, and gains roughly 145,000 new users each day. Some 27 states already...

About 30 years ago an axiom came into being regarding the Clinton's. They had a habit of accusing others of whatever chicanery they were engaged in. That axiom has turned into cancer which grew in the DNC and now it has become standard operating protocol. democrats now accuse their opposition of whatever devious intentions they harbor. Never forget that. Today there is a new narrative. Under the guise of protecting democracy, they seek to destroy the Republic. To distract you from this evil, democrats are throwing out all kinds of canards under the aegis of "democracy in peril."DNC leaders blew...

After learning George Zimmerman was scheduled to speak at The Riverside Hotel this weekend as part of a multiday conference, the hotel canceled the event. Zimmerman was listed as featured speaker at the “Lethal Force Gun Laws 2021 Tactics & Strategies Conference.” It was scheduled to take place Friday through Monday. In 2012, Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teenager, and was later found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter after claiming self-defense. The shooting in Florida sparked a national conversation on racial profiling and so-called Stand Your Ground laws. “We recognize the immense pain that George...

Want to get a glimpse into the future, evidently most of India is already enrolled in "The Mark of the Beast", aka Digital ID system, which allows you to access government services and society in general... First they start with mandatory vaccines, then vaccine passports, then a digital ID/Wallet System that allows you to access government services and society in general....Watch the video at this company's website, it's stupid and silly but scary at the same time...one of the biggest backers of this technology is BILL GATES.... Be glad we have the 2nd Amendment....

Wait a second – why is this racist?But this is not?Answer: Because it’s not racist when the Democrats do it – and THAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP!And they mean it. Last week San Francisco’s wildly popular Fisherman’s Wharf In-N-Out location was found in violation of the city’s vaccination mandate for indoor dining by not preventing the entry of customers who were not carrying proper vaccination documentation, (not just Vax ID mind you, but Vax ID PLUS photo ID), the San Francisco Department of Public Health shut them down. They’ve since reopened for takeout but remain closed for indoor dining. In...

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- There has been a spate of bear vs people conflicts in Idaho from July through September of 2021. Three of them happened near Island Park, which is in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). A sow with at least one cub mauled a hiker on July 10, 2021.From ksl.com:Although the bear that Whitney estimated between 350 and 400 pounds began to swing its claws and biting him, he lay in the fetal position and covered his head and neck. The bear’s cub stayed a short distance away from the attack.“All I could hear is the growling and I honestly...

On June 21, 2021, a bull moose repeatedly charged an Idaho backpacker and his dog, who had set up camp at Harrison Lake, a pristine wilderness site, about a 4.6 mile hike from the trailhead. Harrison lake is a near oval mountain lake with one outlet, known as pack river. From spokesman.com: The moose tore apart the campsite and charged at the camper and his dog. The camper hid behind a tree, but the moose did not stop charging. The camper discharged a firearm at the moose in self-defense from close range, according to the release. Fish and Game responded...

Those who minimize the Civil War (based on a racialist agenda denying America's arc toward freedom) are trumpeting its significance to magnify election disputes.It was always a mistake to treat the ravings of a man who once told African Americans that Mitt Romney would “put y’all back in chains” as having credibility on racial issues or history. When then-Vice President Joe Biden uttered that hyperbolic lie during a 2012 campaign speech, that sort of calumny against Republicans seemed to embarrass even partisan Democrats.Republicans skewered his claim that a GOP stand on financial regulatory policy was the harbinger of the return...

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., received the ignoble distinction of four Pinocchios for his claim that Democrats have never opposed voter ID laws. A couple weeks ago, various Democratic leaders pivoted on their long objections to voter ID laws as the “new Jim Crow” laws, including Stacey Abrams. The Post’s Glenn Kessler wrote “On the face of it, it seems absurd. After all, Clyburn has long been a foe of voter ID laws passed in his own state.” In an interview with Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto on Tuesday, Clyburn was confronted about the flip flop when he announced...

During a portion of an interview with BET set to air on Friday that was broadcast on Thursday’s “CBS This Morning,” Vice President Kamala Harris responded to a question on whether she’d compromise by agreeing to voter ID provisions to pass voting legislation by stating that we shouldn’t downplay the impact voter ID laws could have. Because to some, voter ID means, “you’re going to have to Xerox or photocopy your ID to send it in to prove that you are who you are.” And many people live where “there’s no Kinko’s, there’s no OfficeMax near them.” Journalist Soledad O’Brien...

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) on Wednesday vetoed an election integrity bill that would have implemented a number of election safeguards, such as voter ID, in the Keystone State. Wolf rejected the measure, HB 1300, contending it advances forms of voter suppression. “This bill is ultimately not about improving access to voting or election security but about restricting the freedom to vote,” Wolf asserted in a memo detailing his rejection.

What Carney ultimately wants is a technocratic dictatorship justified by climate alarmism...In his book Value(s): Building a Better World for All, Mark Carney, former governor both of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, claims that western society is morally rotten, and that it has been corrupted by capitalism, which has brought about a “climate emergency” that threatens life on earth. This, he claims, requires rigid controls on personal freedom, industry and corporate funding.

Two Republicans joined Democrats in voting against the bill, which would've required voters to include a birthdate and an ID number. PHOENIX - The Arizona House on May 26 voted down a bill that would have required voters to include identification with their mail-in ballots, a defeat for Republicans looking to impose more restrictive voting procedures. The bill was one of the most contentious of the dozens of voting rights bills that Arizona Republicans introduced following former President Donald Trump's narrow loss in the longtime GOP stronghold. Influential business leaders, including the owner of the Arizona Cardinals, publicly urged lawmakers...

Sorry about the vanity, but here goes....my wife and I sold our Bay Area home and bought a nice place in suburban Boise. Our kids were in school, limited masks and life was about 80% of normal vs. 20% in California. Fast forward to May. My wife hates it here. She is conservative but said she would pay the high taxes, property taxes and cost of living to avoid the culture here. She thinks that our school-aged kids will not be able to prosper if they stay here in Idaho. No exposure to worldly things, more blue collar, less sophistication,...

President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday rescinded a Trump-era plan to collect facial scans and DNA from immigrants when they apply to enter the United States. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it has “withdrawn a proposed rule that would have expanded department authorities and requirements for collecting biometrics by removing age restrictions; requiring submission of biometrics for every applicant, petitioner, sponsor, beneficiary, or other individual filing for or associated with any immigration or naturalization benefit or request unless DHS waives or exempts the biometrics requirement.”

I have been a lifelong member of the Delta Airlines frequent flyer program. I have flown on Delta Airlines across the United States and around the world more than 200 times. For many flights, I was able to use frequent flyer miles and not have to pay anything more than a processing fee.It pains me to see Delta Airlines jump into the leftist mire over fair and lawful voting procedures. Of late, Delta Airlines has declared that the state of Georgia's recent legislation to install safeguards in the state's voting procedures is somehow limiting the vote, discriminatory, and unfair to...

RALEIGH, N.C. - A trial that started Monday in Raleigh will help decide whether North Carolina voters will need photo identification next time they vote. This is the state-level trial over the constitutionality of a 2018 voter ID law. There is also a separate lawsuit, over the same law, moving forward in federal courts. No elections have been held using voter ID since the law was passed in 2018; it was put on hold until this trial. The trial is expected to last multiple days. Monday’s schedule included opening arguments from both the plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of voter ID...

A number of top executives and corporate leaders gathered online this weekend to discuss what to do in response to changes to some state voting laws, according to multiple news reports. The Washington Post reported that more than 100 leaders, including executives from major airlines, retailers and manufacturers — plus at least one NFL owner — talked about potential ways to show they opposed the legislation, which has already been signed into law in Georgia and is being considered elsewhere. That includes halting donations to politicians who support the bills and even delaying investments in states that pass the restrictive...

You could tell that the Major League Baseball (MLB) decision to pull its All-Star game out of Atlanta was a deeply unpopular one, based on the ambivalent reaction of far-left failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. Here's the money quote from her Twitter statement:After all, isn't she the one who pushed through most of the fraud-enabling laws on the books in Georgia which triggered the recent legislative action? The blacks-are-too-dumb-to-have-voter-ID idiotic notion, so by extension, nobody should have to show voter ID to vote, even though everyone needs to show ID to buy a beer at an MLB game, or buy...

Requiring photo ID is “racist,” except when it’s done by Obama, the NAACP, unions, Apple, or any other liberalsBy Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)April 3, 2021The people who claim that requiring photo ID is “racist” have a huge double standard. Here are some examples of this double standard: In March 2012, Obama’s Justice Department blocked Texas’s voter ID requirement, claiming that it was “racist.” Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20120315041828/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/us/justice-dept-blocks-texas-photo-id-law.html However, Obama’s Justice Department required photo ID for everyone who enters. So let’s say that in 2012, someone was denied their right to vote because they didn’thave voter ID, and they wanted...