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The Daily Sheeple – by Sean Walton
After harassing the Amish community for years regarding its water supply and disposal, the county health department posted signs on the Amish families’ homes earlier this year condemning them as “unfit for human habitation” and filed lawsuits against 14 Amish families in November. Continue reading “Michigan county threatens to demolish 14 Amish homes unless they give up their religious beliefs and upgrade their homes”
Free Though Project – by Matt Agorist
Kentucky — On his way out of office, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin dropped a huge batch of pardons and commutations of sentences of hundreds of Kentuckians. While some of these people were rotting in jail for weed convictions or other victimless crimes, many of the pardons consisted of violent criminals and child rapists. Continue reading “KY Gov. Proudly Defends Decision to Pardon Multiple Convicted Child Rapists, Murderers”
Did you know that residents of Montgomery County, Maryland, are legally required to register their bicycles? Neither did Steve Silverman, who last June received a criminal citation for violating that requirement. In a video about that experience, Silverman, founder of Flex Your Rights, presents it as an example of how “police use ill-conceived laws to punish people who assert their rights.” While Silverman’s brush with the law was relatively mild as these things go, it does illustrate the problems posed by the myriad excuses that legislators give police for hassling people they deem insufficiently respectful. Continue reading “This Bicycle Registration Law Gives Police Yet Another Excuse To Punish Insufficiently Meek Citizens”
If you filed for a cash payout from Equifax as part of the credit bureau’s settlement for its massive 2017 data breach, you’re probably not getting anywhere close to $125.
On Thursday, Dec. 19, a Georgia federal judge awarded $77.5 million to the attorneys representing the class of consumers against Equifax. That’s over 20% of the roughly $380 million settlement fund Equifax agreed to set up to directly help consumers affected by the breach, according to the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, which house the Center for Class Action Fairness and opposed the high fee award. Continue reading “If you made a claim for $125 from Equifax, you’re not getting it after court awards nearly $80 million to attorneys”
In 2014, the Jewish Daily Forward reported that the Department of Homeland Security allocated to Jewish institutions $12 million, or 94 percent, of $13 million in funds for securing nonprofits. The $13 million disbursed last week brings to $151 million the amount disbursed since the program started in 2005, most of it to Jewish institutions. Continue reading “Are US Taxpayers Subsidizing Synagogues?”
Senate Republicans and Democrats approved a defense budget for Fiscal Year 2020 after slipping into it an amnesty for nearly 1,000 Liberian nationals who will now be eligible for American citizenship.
This week, the Senate passed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that includes a provision that gives amnesty to about 840 Liberian nationals and their children who would otherwise have self-deported from the United States in March. Continue reading “GOP/Democrats Slip Amnesty for 1K Liberian Nationals into Defense Budget”
Washington Examiner – by Zachary Halaschak
Authorities from Texas are searching for five people who opened fire on shoppers at a San Antonio mall, wounding four.
The shooting came exactly one week before Christmas, and investigators still do not have a motive. According to San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus, the victims included three males, ages 17, 26, and 41, and a 19-year-old woman. One of those who was shot is in critical condition. Continue reading “Manhunt underway after four shot in Texas mall”
Virginia – Monday morning, Law Enforcement Today reported on how Tazewell County, Virginia is crafting a militia to defend the Constitution in the state. And within hours, we were flooded with thousands of emails from people across the state – police officers, veterans, and patriotic Americans – who said they are joining. Continue reading “Thousands of cops, veterans, supporters pledge to join militia in Virginia to combat unconstitutional laws”
On December 5th, member of the Virginia House Lee J. Carter introduced a bill that would terminate the employment of any officer who refused to enforce gun control laws.
According to HOUSE BILL NO. 67: Continue reading “VA Democrat Introduces Bill Terminating Any Officer Who Refuses To Enforce Gun Control”
Now we know why the jewish mayor of Jersey City immediately proclaimed that the recent mass shooting at a kosher market was an ‘antisemitic hate crime‘ even before the police had a chance to investigate it — the mayor already knew there was a turf war going on between the local Blacks and the wealthier Hasidic Jews who were trying to forcefully get them to move out: Continue reading “How Jews In Jersey City Started A Turf War That Culminated In A Mass Shooting At Kosher Market”
Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard
Stirred awake by Democratic proposals to take, register, and possibly seize their legally obtained weapons, Virginia gun owners in just 43 days have pushed 90% of the state’s counties to become gun “sanctuaries,” the latest three on Monday night.
Since the Nov. 5 election that gave Democrats control of Richmond, an “organic,” pro-gun movement has prompted the governments of 86 of Virginia’s 95 counties, as well as 15 towns and cities, to adopt some type of sanctuary language, putting Gov. Ralph Northam and other liberals on notice that their gun control plans aren’t welcome. Continue reading “Uprising: 90% of Virginia counties become gun ‘sanctuaries,’ expanding movement to nine states”
The Daily Sheeple – by Sean Walton
Georgia State Senator Donzella James, (D-Atlanta), has pre-filed legislation that would ban the possession of semi-automatic firearms. The prohibitions in Senate Bill 281 would even ban common semi-automatic shotguns used for bird hunting and trap shooting. Any person convicted under this new law “shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of 5 years.” SB 281 has yet to be assigned to a committee. Continue reading “Legislation proposed in Georgia that would ban the possession of semi-automatic firearms”
The Daily Wire – by Ashe Schow
New York took a dramatic step on Monday toward providing illegal immigrants more privacy rights than law-abiding citizens. On December 16, the state’s “Green Light” law took effect, having been signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) in June.
The law allows illegal immigrants to apply for a driver’s license, since a Social Security number is no longer needed. In addition, the law allows unverified foreign documentation to be used as proof of identity. Further, the law prevents Department of Homeland Security (DHS) law enforcement officers from obtaining public records when they run license plates on vehicles registered to illegal immigrants. Continue reading “New York’s New Green Light Law Allows Illegal Immigrants To Obtain Driver’s Licenses And Prevents DHS From Investigating Crimes”
An alleged human smuggler opened fire on Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents during a vehicle pursuit Monday. The chase began after the alleged human smuggler sped through an immigration checkpoint south of Casa Grande, Arizona. Continue reading “Shots Fired at Border Patrol Agents During Vehicle Pursuit in Arizona”
Nearly 100 Fortune 500 companies effectively paid no federal taxes in 2018, according to a new report.
The study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank, covers the first year following passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act championed by President Donald Trump, which was signed into law in December 2017. Continue reading “These 91 companies paid no federal taxes in 2018”
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Monday announced he has closed a loophole in the state’s gun laws by classifying self-assembled gun kits – sometimes called “ghost guns” – as a firearm, making it illegal for felons and others not permitted to have a gun to possess. Continue reading “Pa.’s Attorney General Shapiro classifies ‘ghost guns’ as a firearm”
The Daily Sheeple – by Sean Walton
A Saudi man attending a New Mexico university was charged Friday with illegally possessing a firearm, according to federal court documents.
Hassan Alqahtani, 28, who is enrolled at the University of New Mexico’s school of engineering was charged with illegal possession of a firearm by a person admitted to the U.S. under a non-immigrant visa, federal prosecutors said. Continue reading “Saudi college student in New Mexico arrested with handgun and hit list”
HOUSTON — Crews are working to clean up a mercury spill Sunday afternoon in west Houston.
According to officials, a “small amount” of the chemical spilled near the intersection of Beltway 8 and Westview Drive. Continue reading “Man hospitalized after massive mercury spill near Beltway 8 in west Houston, 64,000 GALLONS!”
Part of the spending deal meant to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of this week includes $25 million in taxpayer funds to be spent on federal research into gun violence.
In a Monday statement, Connecticut Democrat Rosa DeLauro took credit for securing the funds, saying that the resulting research would “help us better understand the correlation between domestic violence and gun violence, how Americans can more safely store guns, and how we can intervene to reduce suicide by firearms.” Continue reading “Congress’ Spending Deal Includes Millions Of Dollars For Federal Agencies To Research Gun Violence”
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 19-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection a mercury spill at a shopping center in west Houston, the FBI said.
Christopher Lee Melder has been charged with burglary, unlawful disposal of hazardous material and an outstanding felony drug possession warrant. Continue reading “19-year-old arrested in mercury spill at west Houston shopping center”