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[Ssayer]

 

[David L]

Since Crime is a Hot Topic, sharing this here:

 

[David L]

Couldn't Will Smith take some of his earnings from the movie "King Richard" and help save the house? Something tells me No...

Venus and Serena Williams' stepmom, 43, files for bankruptcy

The desperate move by Lakeisha, 43, is another twist in the often bitter saga of her marriage to the 80-year-old former coach.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Oceanslider]

 

[bigredfish]

ps:/www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/03/many_democrats_are_clearly_evil_and_openly_acknowledge_their_ignorance_why_should_they_be_trusted_on_matters_of_innocent_life.html

Many Democrats are clearly evil and openly acknowledge their ignorance; why should they be trusted on matters of innocent life?

By Jack Hellner


If Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson were honest, she would acknowledge the tenets of her political party: life begins when Democrat politicians decide it does.

Democrats in California are working on a law to eliminate consequences for people who let babies die up to six weeks after a failed abortion. They certainly aren't biologists.
A mother or anyone else who allows a newborn baby to die wouldn't be charged with murder.
Democrats falsely claim they are for equal rights and equal treatment under the law, but if this legislation passes, babies less than six weeks old will be treated completely unequally. Some babies would have legal protections, while others would have as many rights as a clump of dirt.

Isn't it time the Democrats stopped claiming to be the party of science and empathy?

Brazen attempts to legalize infanticide are becoming the norm in blue states. According to Wesley J. Smith:

One blue-state ill that would allow a born baby to be neglected to death might be an anomaly. A second that does that — and perhaps could be interpreted to allow infanticide, also — is a pattern. The cultural Left is blazing new grounds of depravity.

The California proposal comes after a similar bill in Massachusetts but takes it a step farther. Pointing out his concerns, Smith cites the bills' language:

(c) A critical part of realizing reproductive justice for people in California is clarifying that there shall be no civil and criminal penalties for people's actual, potential, or alleged pregnancy outcomes. ...
The Legislature finds and declares that every individual possesses a fundamental right of privacy with respect to personal reproductive decisions, which entails the right to make and effectuate decisionsabout all matters relating to pregnancy, including prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion care, miscarriage management, and infertility care. ...


123467. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability or penalty, or otherwise deprived of their rights, based on their actions or omissions with respect to their pregnancy or actual, potential, or alleged pregnancy outcome, including miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion, or perinatal death.

Here are the frightening clauses: "postpartum care" and "perinatal death." "Postpartum" simply means the span of time shortly after childbirth, and "perinatal" is a scientific time metric that extends to six weeks after a child is born. Democrats rail against a state that doesn't want to indoctrinate children between the ages of 5 and 8 with obscenely sexualized "curricula." They don't want people to do business with states that require photo identification to vote. For Pete's sake, a Democrat woman nominated to the Supreme Court can't even define one of the most basic biological truths. But it's "reproductive justice" to torturously withhold care from precious babies?

What about the extensions of the Democrat party? Disney, "journalists," the plethora of woke companies, or Hollywood? Are they speaking out against laws that support the legalization of murder? Not a peep. Essentially, they see newborns as disposable diapers: deserving of a dumpster. I thought these people said they care about human rights!

If Judge Jackson is confirmed, she will have a duty to recuse herself from any case involving abortion and innocent life (among countless other things). She explicitly stated she is unsure when life begins, but she errs on the side of death.

The obvious choice for 2022 and 2024 gets clearer every day.

 

[bigredfish]

Love our Gov!

DeSantis broaches repeal of Disney World's special self-governing status in Florida

Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis addressed on Thursday the suggestion of repealing a 55-year-old state law that allows Disney to effectively govern itself on the grounds of Walt Disney World, following the company’s public opposition to a controversial parental rights law in Florida.

www.foxnews.com

 

[mat200]

Hunter Biden .. the Biden family corruption .. CCCP connections $1,000,000 payments ..

Forbes Breaking News
On the Senate floor, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) displayed alleged business records of Hunter Biden.

'Let That Sink In A Minute': Ron Johnson Displays Alleged Bank Records Of Hunter Biden

 

[bigredfish]

HOLY SHIT!

The disgusting hypocrite Democrat scum must be REALLY worried about elections.... One of their own actually signed a bill into law that makes sense.

Kids can now play alone outside without state punishing parents

 

[Oceanslider]

Conservative Groups Call On Senate To Oppose ‘Ideological, Progressive’ Biden FTC Nominee, Warning Of ‘Hyper-Partisan, Extremist Advocacy’ | The Daily Wire

 

[Oceanslider]

Couldn't Will Smith take some of his earnings from the movie "King Richard" and help save the house? Something tells me No...

Venus and Serena Williams' stepmom, 43, files for bankruptcy

The desperate move by Lakeisha, 43, is another twist in the often bitter saga of her marriage to the 80-year-old former coach.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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[SJGUSMC21]

I wonder which 'Rocket Scientist' came up with this plan? NO SHIT Oh, but I bet this plan is racist because of 'White Supremacy'!

States explore huge benefit cuts to spur people to take jobs

Republicans are leading efforts across the country to trim back jobless aid, a move that comes as companies complain about a lack of available workers to fill typically lower wage positions.

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[VorlonFrog]

April 1, 2022
Good News Friday - 04/01/22


Dear Patriots,

Our Founding Fathers were on to something amazing when they designed how this country would operate. Having Federalism at the core has allowed this country to experiment with ideas that work or see when they don't work. In the past year, we have seen this form of government operate as a democracy saving tool.

Were it not for the leadership of a few Governors in a few states we would have been totally shut down and stripped of all freedoms, in the way Australians have been.

Our system of individual state governments, that can oppose the federal government, is essential to our ability to guide America back on to the tracks of freedom and prosperity.

Where you live and who you elect to lead your states makes a difference. It may be the key to saving us.

1- It is good to know that we have almost half of the states working on sensible protections for citizens that also protects their freedom.
Associated Press

Florida, 20 other states challenge CDC transit mask rule

QUOTE: Twenty-one states with Republican attorneys general sued Tuesday to halt the federal government's requirement that people wear masks on planes, trains, ferries and other public transportation amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The lawsuit, announced by Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody and filed in federal court in Tampa, Florida, contends that the mask mandate exceeds the authority of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Still, Florida and the other states are pressing on with the lawsuit, which comes amid a partisan divide over the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and issues of government control versus individual rights.

"It is well past time to get rid of this unnecessary mandate and get back to normal life," said DeSantis, a Republican who has persistently challenged federal mask mandates including those involving cruise lines, schools, private businesses and other entities.

Besides Florida, the states filing the new travel mask lawsuit as of Tuesday were: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.

2- Another strong state leader, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, has passed her comprehensive school choice plan. This is the how the reform of our horrible education system begins, one state at a time.
The Iowa Torch

Iowa Senate passes K-12 parental rights and school choice bill

QUOTE- On Wednesday evening, the Iowa Senate passed a bill, SF 2369, that codifies a parent/guardian bill of rights and establishes an education savings account program by a 31 to 18 mainly party-line vote.
Those rights include:
• The right to know what their student is being taught.
• The right to review and access information related to those who are teaching their student, including guest lecturers, and those contracting with or receiving money from the school district unless the release of that information is prohibited by state or federal law.
• The right to reasonable access to their student during the school day unless prohibited by state or federal law or a court order.
• The right to access and review their student's school records unless state law prohibits a particular record from being disclosed.
• The right to access and review data and information on their student collected by the school
• The right to access and review information necessary to ensure the accountability and transparency of the board of directors of the school district or the governing board of the charter school
• The right to access and review information related to their student's safety at school unless that information is deemed confidential by state or federal law

The bill also creates "Student First Scholarships," an education savings account program. Scholarships would be worth 70 percent of the state's per-pupil spending, currently $5,359, for qualified education expenses defined in the bill, such as non-public school tuition, textbooks, curriculum, tutoring, non-public online education, and vocational education.

3- Federalism is a wonderful sight to behold.
Washington Examiner

Oklahoma governor signs bill to protect women's sports
QUOTE: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed the Save Women's Sports Act into law on Wednesday, mandating that "athletic teams designated for 'females,' 'women' or 'girls' shall not be open to students of the male sex.
"With this legislation, Oklahoma joins the likes of Florida, Utah, and South Dakota, among other states to ban transgender athletes from competing.
Stitt called the legislation "commonsense" Wednesday, adding that "when it comes to sports and athletics, girls should compete against girls. Boys should compete against boys."
Last week, the Utah Legislature overrode a veto from Gov. Spencer Cox to enact a law similarly protecting women's sports and banning biological men from participating.
Indiana Republicans are likewise looking to override a veto of a bill defending women's sports. "House Republicans will vote to override this veto when lawmakers meet again on May 24," said House Speaker Todd Huston in a statement

4- If you build an open, free, sensible state, they will come.
Power Line

Florida Ascendant

QUOTE: People vote most sincerely when they vote with their feet. One of the basic realities of our time, transcending and perhaps ultimately overwhelming many of our current political debates, is that people are fleeing blue states and moving to red states.

What states are in decline? California, New York, Illinois, Minnesota. What states are prospering? Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah. And above all, Florida.

Florida benefits, obviously, from excellent leadership. Governor Ron DeSantis and the state's Republican legislature have scored another win with the state's anti-grooming law, which protects small children from being indoctrinated with LGBTQ+ theories in the public schools. Remarkably, liberals have chosen grooming as a hill to die on, as in the Oscars last night, even though polls show the Florida law is supported overwhelmingly by Florida Democrats, let alone Republicans and Independents.

As usual, DeSantis gets the last word.

During remarks ahead of the signing, DeSantis blasted Hollywood elites for repeatedly lying about the bill and claiming it is discriminatory."If the same Hollywood elites who upheld degenerates like Harvey Weinstein now oppose our efforts to protect parental rights, I wear that like a badge of honor," DeSantis said.

The exodus of voters from blue states to red states is one of several demographic trends that bode well for conservatives in future decades.

5- Battles over redistricting are still being fought in several states. We won a few this week.
RED STATE

Republicans Secure an Election-Shaking Victory in Ohio Redistricting

QUOTE:The sweet smell of victory is in the air this morning after it became apparent that Republicans are going to win the redistricting fight in Ohio. As RedState reported previously, despite the Ohio Supreme Court once again striking down maps drawn by the GOP legislature, the decision itself was entered as a final judgment. What that meant is that any challenge to the next maps submitted would need to start all over as a new lawsuit.

Regardless, the Republican congressional map being in effect in Ohio for November is a massive win. We are talking about a pickup of several seats that may have gone to Democrats had that not occurred. With courts in North Carolina forcing a near-even R to D split despite Republicans controlling redistricting (a decision likely to be overturned in 2023), the ground gained in Ohio will be huge for attaining the majority in the House.

6- A surprising win!
Just The News

Judge axes Democratic-drawn New York congressional map over 'political bias'
QUOTE: Congressional seats toward Democrats was struck down by a New York judge on Thursday.
Steuben County State Supreme Court Judge Patrick McAllister, a Republican, ruled the map the Democratic-controlled legislature created "was unconstitutionally drawn with political bias" and not have any competitive seats, CNN reported.
The New York state legislature has until April 11 to pass a new map with "bipartisan support," McAllister said, and then submit the map to the court for review.
This is the second Democratic defeat in redistricting over the last week. A judge on Friday struck down Democrat-drawn districts in Maryland.

7- We do not want our judicial system to be biased in any direction. We want it to fairly administer the law. It looks that that happened in this case.
PJMEDIA

Federal Judge Blasts Double Standards in J6 Sentences
QUOTE: A federal judge blasted U.S. prosecutors seeking excessive sentences for some nonviolent participants in the Capitol riot, pointing to the treatment of BLM rioters as an example of a clear double standard.

"I know that the government believes that the January 6th cases are sui generis [one of a kind] and therefore can't be compared to other cases. But I don't agree," said U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden.

"It does feel like the government has had two standards here, and I can't abide by that," he added, noting that before January 6, he couldn't remember an instance where a nonviolent, first-time offender was "sentenced to serious jail time ... regardless of their race, gender or political affiliation."

McFadden expressed his views during the sentencing of a defendant who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing. The Biden administration called for her to be sentenced to 75 days in jail and one year of probation, which McFadden believed to be excessive. "The government's sentencing recommendation here is just so disproportionate to other sentences for people who have engaged in similar conduct," he said.

Instead, McFadden sentenced her to two months probation and a $5,000 fine. McFadden noted the same U.S. prosecutor's office that recommended jail time for the J6 defendant sought a much lighter sentence for a Code Pink activist with a lengthy criminal record who infiltrated Brett Kavanaugh's Senate Judiciary Committee hearings in September 2018.

McFadden also noted that last fall, government prosecutors treated pro-Trump rioters more harshly than violent BLM rioters in Washington, D.C. back in 2020, after the death of George Floyd.

8- We have watched for decades as the Democrats and the Clintons have skirted around being held accountable for their many illegalities. This FEC fine is a tiny start.
Washington Examiner

FEC fines DNC and Clinton for Trump dossier hoax

QUOTE: The Federal Election Commission has fined the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign for lying about the funding of the infamous, and discredited, Russian "dossier" used in a smear attempt against Donald Trump weeks before he shocked the world with his 2016 presidential victory.

The election agency said that Clinton and the DNC violated strict rules on describing expenditures of payments funneled to the opposition research firm Fusion GPS through their law firm.

A combined $1,024,407.97 was paid by the treasurers of the DNC and Clinton campaign to law firm Perkins Coie for Fusion GPS's information, and the party and campaign hid the reason, claiming it was for legal services, not opposition research.

Instead, the DNC's $849,407.97 and the Clinton campaign's $175,000 covered Fusion GPS's opposition research on the dossier, a basis for the so-called "Russia hoax" that dogged Trump's first term.

9- There is nothing funny about the war waging in Ukraine but, this response by Russia state-owned media made us chuckle a little.
The Daily Mail

Russian state TV host called for former President Donald Trump to be reinstated

QUOTE: A Russian state TV host called on the U.S. to remove President Joe Biden and reinstate former President Donald Trump days after Biden made his own call for a regime change aimed at Vladimir Putin in an off-scripted remark.

On Tuesday, The TV host of Russia's 60 Minutes show, Evgeny Popov, urged America to quickly replace Biden with Trump, whom he called a 'partner' to the Russian state. 'It's time for us, our people, to call on the people of the United States to change the regime in the U.S. early, and to again help our partner, Trump, to become president,' Popov said.

His statement comes after Biden condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine in an impassioned speech in Poland where he went off-script and made his own shocking declaration for Russians to push out Putin.

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[David L]

White House Spokesperson Jen Psaki to Depart for MSNBC: Reports

Jen Psaki is expected to leave her job as White House spokesperson this spring, Axios reported Friday, citing an unnamed source close to the matter....

www.newsmax.com

 

[Ssayer]

Yep, there's her payoff for being a lying POS...

 

[SJGUSMC21]

She will do very well there. No doubt.

Then there's this train-wreck waiting to happen. Wow.

 

[ctgoldwing]

once a pos, always a pos

Donald Trump hijacked White House staff photographer Shealah Craighead’s book deal by taking her images and publishing them in a book of his own, the New York Times reported Thursday.

Published in December, “Our Journey Together” makes Trump the first former president to attempt to personally profit from a White House photographer’s planned book.

Since Ronald Reagan, it has been tradition for the official White House photographer to publish a book of their most notable images of the president under which they served.

According to the article, Craighead had already secured a publishing deal – including a six-figure advance – when she notified the White House about the book. Trump had also agreed to write the forward, as is custom for presidents to do.


But her plan began to fall apart when Trump’s aides asked for a share of the profits for the forward and for helping promote the book. His team later asked her to delay publishing the book so that Trump could publish a book of his own using the work of Craighead and other White House photographers, for which he received a multimillion-dollar advance.

The book, which is retailing for up to $230 apiece, sold out its first 300,000 copies for an estimated gross of $20 million. It’s sold on the website of Winning Team Publishing, the company co-founded by Donald Trump Jr. and Republican campaign operative Sergio Gor.

“President Trump has always had an eye for beautiful and engaging curation, which came alive through the pages of his book,” said Trump spokesperson Taylor Budowich in a statement to the Times.

The Times also spoke to insiders who said that Trump would often insult Craighead and her photography skills in front of guests and other photographers.

The 317-page volume does not credit any of the photographers featured, including

 

[Ssayer]

Really? Wow! Trump just lives in your head every minute of every day, huh? Quick question, how is Biden working out for you?

 

[mat200]

once a pos, always a pos

Donald Trump hijacked White House staff photographer Shealah Craighead’s book deal by taking her images and publishing them in a book of his own, the New York Times reported Thursday.

Published in December, “Our Journey Together” makes Trump the first former president to attempt to personally profit from a White House photographer’s planned book.

Since Ronald Reagan, it has been tradition for the official White House photographer to publish a book of their most notable images of the president under which they served.

According to the article, Craighead had already secured a publishing deal – including a six-figure advance – when she notified the White House about the book. Trump had also agreed to write the forward, as is custom for presidents to do.


But her plan began to fall apart when Trump’s aides asked for a share of the profits for the forward and for helping promote the book. His team later asked her to delay publishing the book so that Trump could publish a book of his own using the work of Craighead and other White House photographers, for which he received a multimillion-dollar advance.

The book, which is retailing for up to $230 apiece, sold out its first 300,000 copies for an estimated gross of $20 million. It’s sold on the website of Winning Team Publishing, the company co-founded by Donald Trump Jr. and Republican campaign operative Sergio Gor.

“President Trump has always had an eye for beautiful and engaging curation, which came alive through the pages of his book,” said Trump spokesperson Taylor Budowich in a statement to the Times.

The Times also spoke to insiders who said that Trump would often insult Craighead and her photography skills in front of guests and other photographers.

The 317-page volume does not credit any of the photographers featured, including

hmmm .. though choices ..

Choice between US as energy independent + mean tweets + book deal photos you mentioned VS US not energy independent + weak President whose family takes money from China's CCCP + weak Vice President + neo-marixist / crt support + higher taxes + ..

 

[sebastiantombs]

I find it totally amazing that Brandon keeps taking credit for "creating" record numbers of jobs. All it is, really, is people returning to work after the lockdowns and shut downs. He couldn't create a job if he had to. All he can do is destroy jobs.