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U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Tarik Johnson expected a relatively easy day when he arrived at work at 7 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2021. It would be anything but that. This is what Johnson witnessed that day. Derek thank you thank you for being with us today and thank you for having me Mike you got it I'm Mike Howell with the 0:06 uh daily signal which is the news outlet for the Heritage Foundation I also run the oversight project here at Heritage 0:13 and after we've heard you speak out and in recent weeks we thought we had to...

In another interesting twist, a former U.S. Capitol Police officer made an announcement that could even further damage the already-weakened narrative put forth by the left regarding the J6 riot. Since House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) decided to release all of the footage taken on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol building, the riot has become a topic of conversation once again. Former U.S. Capitol Police Lieutenant Tarik Johnson, who was present at the Capitol on that day, has been challenging the government narrative on the incident and has indicated that the authorities on the ground were ill-prepared for what...

The Supreme Court has been under attack since the 2020 election, with protests outside the homes of judges, an unprecedented leak, and now scrutiny in the professions of family members. SCOTUS released its report earlier this month into who might have leaked the draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito concerning returning the question of abortion back to the states. The report did not find the leak, but one lawmaker has expressed an opinion on the matter.Now there is a question about the professional work of one of the justices’ wives. U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’s wife could face...

It’s unusual to think that Second Amendment proponents and members of the freedom movement would celebrate the day that a tax took effect. But that’s precisely what the Pittman-Robertson Act is – a tax often celebrated by gun enthusiasts, patriots and pro-freedom elements in the United States. Its story is one of the more fascinating in the history of American legislation. Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 2, 1937, the Pittman-Robertson Act, known officially as the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937, does not establish a new tax. Instead, it commandeered an existing 11-percent excise tax...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Over 50 percent of 14-24 year olds have experienced some form of digital abuse, and 3 in 10 have sent or received nude pictures through text messages, said state Rep. Anastasia A. Pittman, who plans to file legislation next session to address Oklahoma ’s problem with sexting. Sexting is the sharing of sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone. More than a quarter of young people have been involved in sexting in some form, an Associated Press-MTV poll found. Pittman said the problem has hit home and has now become a serious problem in our...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court let stand on Monday a sentence of 30 years in prison for a youth who killed his grandparents when he was 12, rejecting his appeal arguing that it was cruel and unusual punishment. Attorneys for Christopher Pittman said he is the nation's only inmate serving such a harsh sentence for a crime committed at such a young age. Pittman was tried as if he were an adult. The high court declined to hear his appeal without any comment. In 2005 a jury convicted Pittman of the double murders committed four years earlier when...

Associated Press Attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of a teen sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his grandparents when he was 12, arguing that the sentence is cruel. Christopher Pittman shoot his grandparents Joe and Joy Pittman with a shotgun in 2001, then set fire to their home. During his trial four years later, Pittman's attorneys unsuccessfully argued the slayings were influenced by the antidepressant Zoloft - a charge the maker of the drug vigorously denied. In the brief submitted to the high court late Monday, attorneys from the University of Texas...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two institutional shareholders said on Monday they filed suit against AOL Time Warner Inc. AOL.N , accusing Chairman Steve Case and other top executives of insider trading while using "tricks, contrivances and bogus transactions" to inflate the company's share price. The University of California, which said it lost $450 million in its investment in the world's largest media company, and Amalgamated Bank's Longview Collective Investment Fund said in a statement they filed the suit in California state Superior Court in Los Angeles. In addition to AOL Time Warner and Case, the lawsuit also names as defendants...

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THURSDAY JUNE 06, 2002 14:01:29 ET XXXXX INTRIGUE SWIRLS AROUND DISNEY: PITTMAN EYED IF EISNER EXITS **Exclusive** Top intrigue intensifying over whether DISNEY is secretly trying to hire Bob Pittman away from AOLTIMEWARNER -- to be Michael Eisner's successor! Pittman, who has theme park experience [having run TIMEWARNERS's SIX FLAGS, before getting the ax from Gerry Levin], has become the center of a behind-the-scenes media scramble. MORE The WALL STREET JOURNAL reported last week how the DISNEY board has been pressuring Eisner over the media giant's lackluster performance. There are indications that DISNEY powerplayer Bob...