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A reporter for Australia's ABC met two of the men charged in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Journalist David Lipson suggests that the brothers Michael and William Null were more pretenders than the "real deal"..... A private security guard for a Denver TV station arrested after he shot and killed a conservative protester who sprayed him with mace following a verbal altercation..... Sweeping arrests in Portland late Sautrday night during a protest near a police precinct.... Also in Portland this weekend Patriot Prayer supporters removing a statue erected by anti-police violence protesters...... A federal appeals court...

Want a painting of President Trump in your parking space? So be it. That's what a federal judge ruled Friday after a Louisiana teen's portrait of Trump sparked a brouhaha at his school, the Times-Picayune reports. "The painting of President Trump cannot reasonably be described as obscene or plainly offensive on its face, nor can it be construed as school-sponsored speech," US District Judge Eldon Fallon wrote, calling the Trump portrait a type of "pure political speech" the school can't prevent. The student, Ned Thomas, had the portrait commissioned after Pine Junior-Senior High School near Franklinton offered seniors the chance...

"All trends are going in the wrong direction" The premier of Canada's most populous province speaking today announcing tightened restrictions in three areas (Toronto, Ottawa, Peel). Doug Ford warning of "an alarming rate" of growth in COVID-19 cases..... "The data speak for themselves, we had a superspreader event in the White House, and it was a situation where people were crowded together and not wearing masks" That's what Dr. Anthony Fauci told CBS News...... The commission on those presidential debates cancelling next Wednesday's planned debate amid disagreement..... The President taking his campaign for re-election onto The Rush Limbaugh Show.... Twitter...

Priest recorded having group sex on altar of Pearl River church, police say; 3 arrested The lights inside Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Pearl River were on later than usual on Sept. 30, so a passerby stopped to take a closer look.Peering inside, the onlooker saw the small parish's pastor half-naked having sex with two women on the altar, according to court documents. The women were dressed in corsets and high-heeled boots. There were sex toys and stage lighting. And a mobile phone was mounted on a tripod, recording it all.  The Rev. Travis Clark. (Photo from...

The number of jobs lost due to the coronavirus shutdown continue to mount, with the latest weekly total of Americans applying for unemployment benefits coming in at 840,000. While some states have seen unemployment applications recede from record highs after the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. employment picture, others have suffered stubbornly high job losses months into the recovery. In some states, unemployment rates have shot higher than 20%. According to the Department of Labor’s latest report, which breaks out the insured unemployment rate (a ratio of people on unemployment benefits divided by labor force) through September 19, Hawaii is...

Ablack separatist paramilitary group known as the “Not F$%*ing (expletive) Around Coalition” #NFAC marched with weapons clutched in their hands through the streets of Lafayette, Louisiana, Saturday. However, only a few news outlets and independent journalists appeared to have reported on the situation, even while the escalation of racial tensions have led to riots across the nation over the past year. A journalist and cameraman from News2Share.com by the Twitter name of Ford Fischer posted the developments from Louisiana on Twitter Saturday. It was later picked up and spread across various twitter feeds. One person was arrested after firing shots...

An armed Black militia, called the Not F---ing Around Coalition, gathered in downtown Lafayette on Saturday in response to Higgins’s violent threats last month against its leader, John Jay Fitzgerald Johnson, and other members of the group. Before the demonstration officially began, there were reports of shots fired and at least one person was arrested.

A Louisiana man has been arrested after a 15-year-old Florida girl's parents found he had been living in their daughter's bedroom closet for more than a month after he met the teen online two years ago and traveled to meet her for sex. Jonathan Rossmoine, 36, was arrested and charged with multiple sex crimes Sunday after the child's parents learned he had been secretly living in her bedroom at their family home in Spring Hill, Hernando County. Rossmoine allegedly confessed to traveling from Louisiana to Florida on multiple occasions to have sex with the child, who described the 36-year-old as...

The father of Ka'Mauri Harrison, the Harvey fourth-grader suspended last week after a teacher saw him move a BB gun out of the way during a virtual lesson, said the national response to the case has been "overwhelming," with offers of support from regular people and even the National Rifle Association. In the days since news of Harrison's six-day suspension broke, the 9-year-old and his family have been swamped with messages via email and social media, some pledging legal or financial help. "It's been overwhelming," Nyron Harrison said. Messages have been flooding in through Facebook and email, he said. "We've...

Tropical Storm Sally continued to strengthen as it moves toward the Gulf Coast, with the National Hurricane Center warning on Sunday that it could make landfall as a hurricane. Hurricane conditions are expected by late Monday from Grand Isle, Louisiana, to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, including the greater New Orleans area. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said Sally represents a "very significant threat." "We have really good reason to be concerned about this storm," Edwards said in a Sunday press briefing. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Sunday that dangerous and "life-threatening" storm surge is expected from Louisiana to the Mississippi/Alabama...

Thick swarms of mosquitoes pushed out of southwestern Louisiana's marshes by Hurricane Laura are killing cattle and horses. "The population just exploded in the southwest part of the state," Jeremy Hebert, a Louisiana State University AgCenter agent in Acadia Parish, said in a news release. Dr. Craig Fontenot, a large-animal veterinarian based in Evangeline Parish, told the Associated Press 300 to 400 head of cattle have been lost since Laura hit the state on Aug. 27.

With word that an armed militia could be on their way to Lafayette to protest the shooting of Trayford Pellerin, Congressman Clay Higgins had this to say. Higgins, who was once part of the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Department, warned that if armed protesters showed up in Louisiana, they should, "Have their affairs in order." The Louisiana congressman would go on to say in his social media post, "We don’t want to see your worthless ass nor do we want to make your Mothers cry." Higgins is now saying that he DID NOT delete his original post.

Roy Moore was dragged through the mud as evil scum for accusations similar to those Jacob Blake’s girlfriend made to police, but Blake is being sainted. ast Friday, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and his team broke with the pack to hold practice as nine other NFL teams canceled theirs in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake. They put Blake’s name in big black letters across the front of their helmets in what Sporstcasting.com writer Stephen Sheehan called “a powerful visual signal.”New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton explained after practice that, “The idea of putting his...

If you paid professional actors to record a satire video, mocking the deluded perceptions of some of today’s “protesters,� it would be difficult to improve on this one. The absurdity is so stunning that it almost leaves you speechless. The video was shot at the Shell gas station in Lafayette, Louisiana, where Trayford Pellerin was shot and killed by police on August 21. It was posted by the conservative media figure Graham Allen on his Facebook page. (Be forewarned that there is bad language.)It’s clear that some of the protesters are deeply upset with Pellerin’s killing, convinced that this was...

Cameras caught President Donald Trump in a candid moment with first responders during the president's visit to Louisiana to witness the destruction after Hurricane Laura.

Fire Company One Lake Charles, LouisianaAugust 29, 2020 1:43 P.M. CDTTHE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much, everybody. And I’m here to support the great people of Louisiana. It’s been a tremendous state for me. I love the people. We’ve had a good relationship right from the beginning. It’s very important that I was here. And already met some people that have been absolutely devastated.This was a tremendously powerful storm. In fact, when it came in, it was actually much bigger than Katrina, I would say — Katrina being somewhat of a landmark, I think, in terms of devastation,...

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — President Trump promised all necessary federal aid to rebuild hurricane-ravaged sections of Louisiana and Texas during a trip to both states on Saturday, as he toured storm damage and met with first responders. “Our hearts go out to the families who have lost loved ones,” Mr. Trump said at the Lake Charles, Louisiana, Fire Department as he met with local officials. “You were hit hard. I heard it was the most powerful storm coming in and hitting your land in 150 years.” At least 14 people were killed in the Category 4 storm, which made landfall...

A teenage hostess at a Chili’s restaurant in Louisiana was allegedly assaulted by three prospects who have been livid that she enforced a coronavirus-related seating coverage. Kelsy Wallace, 17, was crushed up by three girls — in an attack that left her bleeding from the pinnacle — after they requested to take a seat with a bigger group of their pals on the eatery in Baton Rouge on Sunday, NBC reported. “[Wallace] suggested the group that attributable to social distancing necessities, the enterprise solely allowed six at a desk,” prompting the ladies to fly right into a match of rage,...

A collision between Russian and US armored vehicles in Syria leads to a high level conversation but first..... Citizens were urged to show up en masse at Idaho's State Capitol in Boise today following yesterday's tumultuous events when riot police flooded the building and citizen journalists were removed from the building leading to the arrest of People's Right's activist Ammon Bundy.... And again today Ammon Bundy arrested and removed from the Senate gallery in the Idaho State Capitol.... Activists trying to stop legislation that would offer civil liability to business over COVID-19 in Idaho in exchange for business compliance with...