Month: September 2021

Jonathan Turley

In the law, it is called an admission against interest or an out-of-court statement by a party that, when uttered, is against the party’s pecuniary, proprietary, or penal interests. In politics, it is called just dumb. White House chief of staff Ronald Klain offered a doozy this week when he admitted that the announced use of the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for a vaccine mandate was a mere “work around” of the constitutional limit imposed on the federal government. The problem is that the thing being “worked around” is the Constitution. Courts will now be asked to ignore the admission and uphold a self-admitted evasion of constitutional protections. Continue reading “White House Chief of Staff Admits Vaccine Mandate is a “Work Around” the Constitutional Objections”

Daily Mail

Colleges nationwide are continuing to crackdown on unvaccinated students, with one school issuing weekly $200 fines to those who’ve yet to get the jab.

Students who don’t abide by Quinnipiac University’s vaccine mandate will receive weekly $100 fines for the first two weeks of non-compliance, and additional $200 weekly fines going forward. Continue reading “Colleges across the country are kicking out hundreds of students who refuse to get vaccinated: Other schools are fining kids $200 a week, blocking them from wifi”

Zero Hedge – by Tom Luongo

We’ve all been so focused on the internal divisions in the U.S. and with Davos trying to run the table here that we’ve neglected somewhat old theses about the potential breakup of the European Union.

The EU is a mess.  Everyone knows this. Its banks are zombies.  Its bond markets oxymorons.  Its trade relations with the world degrading.  And its relationship with the people it nominally governs is turning toxic. Continue reading “Will Germany Finally Start The EU Breakup?”

EFF

In the days following the police shooting of Jacob Blake on August 23, 2020, hundreds of protestors marched in the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin. Federal law enforcement, it turns out, collected location data on many of those protesters. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) used a series of “geofence warrants” to force Google to hand over data on people who were in the vicinity of—but potentially as far as a football field away from—property damage incidents. These warrants, which police are increasingly using across the country, threaten the right to protest and violate the Fourth Amendment. Continue reading “Geofence Warrants Threaten Civil Liberties and Free Speech Rights in Kenosha and Nationwide”

MSN – ABC News

Fencing outside U.S. Capitol is expected to return ahead of the “Justice for J6” rally, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to ABC News.

The fencing, erected after the Jan. 6 riot, was removed in July. Continue reading “Fence going up around US Capitol, as law enforcement braces for Sept. 18 protest”

The Guardian – by Sam Levin

The Los Angeles police department (LAPD) has directed its officers to collect the social media information of every civilian they interview, including individuals who are not arrested or accused of a crime, according to records shared with the Guardian.

Copies of the “field interview cards” that police complete when they question civilians reveal that LAPD officers are instructed to record a civilian’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media accounts, alongside basic biographical information. An internal memo further shows that the police chief, Michel Moore, told employees that it was critical to collect the data for use in “investigations, arrests, and prosecutions”, and warned that supervisors would review cards to ensure they were complete. Continue reading “Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop”

Breitbart – by John Binder

President Joe Biden’s administration has brought more than 48,000 Afghans to the United States in less than a month — a population more than four times that of Jackson, Wyoming.

According to new figures from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Biden’s administration has brought more than 48,000 Afghans to the U.S. since August 17. The figures indicate that as the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, Biden has brought roughly 2,300 Afghans to the U.S. every day for the last 21 days.  Continue reading “Joe Biden Brings More than 48,000 Afghans to U.S. in Less than a Month”

MSN – The Verge

Refusing to wear a mask on an airplane is about to get really expensive. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it was doubling civil penalties for those who refuse to comply with federal mask mandates on commercial airlines, at airports, or on certain forms of public transportation like passenger rail or intercity buses. Repeat offenders could now face fines of up to $3,000.

First time offenders will be fined $500-$1,000, up from the previous amount of $250. Second offenders will be fined $1,000-$3,000. The new TSA penalties, which are separate from the fines issued by the Federal Aviation Administration for unsafe behavior, will take effect September 10th. Continue reading “Refusing to wear a mask on an airplane could now cost you up to $3,000 in fines”

Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft

Joe Biden announced forced vaccinations for millions of American workers on Thursday from his perch in the White House. The new rules apply to American workers but not illegal aliens.

At some point, Americans may wake up and see that these people in power are at war with them.
They really don’t like you. Continue reading “Joe Biden’s Plan for Forced Vaccinations for American Workers Does Not Include Illegal Aliens”

CNN

Speaking on his SiriusXM satellite radio show about the recent deaths of several anti-vaxxer radio hosts, Stern said people who won’t get vaccinated are “idiots” and called for vaccinations to be mandatory. Continue reading “Howard Stern to anti-vaxxers: ‘You had the cure and you wouldn’t take it’”

Neon Nettle – by Jay Greenberg

Joe Biden is pushing a plan that forces banks to give the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) access to the private accounts of every American.

Ther proposal would give full access to the IRS so the federal agency can monitor every deposit and withdrawal that private, law-abiding U.S. citizens make, without probable cause. Continue reading “Biden Pushes Plan to Let IRS Snoop on Americans’ Bank Accounts”

PBS

When U.S. companies build military weapons systems, electric vehicle batteries, satellites and wind turbines, they rely heavily on a few dozen “critical minerals” – many of which are mined and refined almost entirely by other countries. Building a single F-35A fighter jet, for example, requires at least 920 pounds of rare earth elements that come primarily from China.

That level of dependence on imports worries the U.S. government. Continue reading “The U.S. is worried about shortages of critical minerals for electric vehicles, military tech”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

All people are equal before “the science^TM“, but some unions are more equal.

We previously noted that in an unspoken footnote to Biden’s bombastic “no jab, no job” speech, various labor unions had quietly (and not so quietly) voiced their displeasure to the now official mandatory vaccinations including NYC teachers, California’s largest public sector union and of course, the US Postal Service. And now we know that while Biden was eager to frame his new vaxx policy as all inclusive and with no exception, that was not really true. Continue reading “Biden Exempts Over 600,000 USPS Workers From Federal Mandatory Vaccination Order”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Republicans clapped back over the Biden administration’s unprecedented ‘jab or your job’ Executive Order for federal workers and contractors, and a ‘jab or test’ mandate for corporations with over 100 employees. 600,000 postal workers are oddly exempt.

The sweeping new vaccine requirements, which completely ignore tens of millions in America who have recovered from Covid-19 and have natural immunity, will affect as many as 100 million Americans.
Continue reading ““Not Now, Not Ever”: RNC To Sue Biden Over Vaccine Mandate As GOP Governors Go Ballistic”