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  • Election Integrity Attorney Arrested After Revealing Sensitive Emails by Dominion Voting Systems

    03/18/2024 10:34:32 PM PDT · by CFW · 10 replies
    Politics Brief ^ | 3/19/24 | staff
    Stefanie Lambert, an election integrity attorney who has pressed for transparency in regards to Dominion Voting Systems, was suddenly arrested in Washington D.C. on Monday night. Lambert was reportedly arrested by U.S. Marshals for disclosing allegedly confidential emails from Dominion Voting Systems in a Michigan court case. The Associated Press reported on Lambert’s arrest: An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible sanctions against her...
  • Illegal Immigrant Can Carry Guns: Federal Judge

    03/18/2024 10:18:27 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 8 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 03/18/2024 | Zachary Steiber
    An illegal immigrant was wrongly banned from possessing guns, according to a recent ruling.A federal law, Section 922 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code, bars illegal immigrants from carrying guns or ammunition. Prosecutors charged Heriberto Carbajal-Flores, the illegal alien, in 2020 after he was found in Chicago carrying a semi-automatic pistol despite “knowing he was an alien illegally and unlawfully in the United States.”U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman rejected two motions to dismiss, but the third motion, based on a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, triggered the dismissal of the case on March 8.“The noncitizen possession statute, 18...
  • Mar-a-Lago Judge’s Stark Ruling: Jury Sees Secret Files or Trump Wins

    03/18/2024 10:09:24 PM PDT · by CFW · 11 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 3/18/24 | Jose Pagliery
    The MAGA-friendly federal judge who keeps siding with Donald Trump in his Mar-a-Lago classified records case has forced prosecutors to make a stark choice: allow jurors to see a huge trove of national secrets or let him go. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s ultimatum Monday night came as a surprise twist in what could have been a simple order; one merely asking federal prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers for proposed jury instructions at the upcoming trial. But as she has done repeatedly, Cannon used this otherwise innocuous legal step as yet another way to swing the case wildly in favor...
  • Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro's bid to stave off prison sentence

    03/18/2024 9:13:00 PM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 17 replies
    AP ^ | March 17, 2024 | LINDSAY WHITEHURST
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is due to report Tuesday to a federal prison for a four-month sentence, after being found guilty of misdemeanor charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He had asked to stay free while he appealed his conviction. Navarro has maintained that he couldn’t cooperate with the committee because former President Donald Trump had invoked executive privilege. Lower...
  • The battle for America’s soul

    03/18/2024 5:44:13 PM PDT · by Islander7
    Laurel Leader Call ^ | 3/18/2024 | Crhris McDaniel ( MS State Senator)
    Somewhere along the way, we forgot our reason for being, the Republic’s raison d’etre. And it’s the authoritarians from both parties who are leading the charge to disaster, those ego-obsessed busybodies who keep increasing the strength and size of government to empower themselves at the expense of the people. America’s purpose is not simply the grandeur of our flag, the beauty of our Capitols, breathtaking landscapes, the solemnity of our monuments, or even the might of our armed forces that define us, though these are all aspects of our national identity. There’s so much more at stake.
  • SCOTUS denies stay of sentence for ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro

    03/18/2024 4:16:28 PM PDT · by CFW · 41 replies
    ABC news ^ | 3/18/24 | ByDevin Dwyer
    Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro must report to prison on Tuesday as scheduled, after the Supreme Court on Monday denied the stay of his sentence. Chief Justice John Roberts, in a short opinion, wrote that he saw "no reason to disagree" with lower courts, which also rejected Navarro's request. Navarro's appeal on the merits remains pending, but he will have to begin serving his sentence in the meantime. Navarro was ordered on March 11 to report to prison in Miami on Tuesday, to serve a four-month sentence. He was convicted in September of two counts of contempt of...
  • Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants

    03/18/2024 3:25:19 PM PDT · by CFW · 62 replies
    ABC News ^ | 3/18/24 | By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
    The Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely extended its block on a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely extended its block on a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out. The one-page order signed by Justice Samuel Alito did not set a deadline, instead extending the stay “pending further order.”...
  • ACLU, Once a Defender of Free Speech, Goes After a Whistleblower

    03/18/2024 1:53:04 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 15 replies
    Reason ^ | 3.18.2024 | J.D. Tuccille
    The former civil liberties group continues morphing into a progressive organization.Among the unfortunate changes of recent years has been the transformation of the American Civil Liberties Union from an advocate for free speech and other individual rights into just another progressive political organization. Historically, despite much pushback, the group defended the right of people from across the political spectrum to advocate and protest. But the organization has become unreliable on the issue; most recently in the very 21st century debate over gender identity, which sees the ACLU of Missouri targeting a whistleblower who is critical of medical transitions for minors....
  • JUST IN: US Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson Just Defended The US Government Violating the 1st Amendment During Arguments in Case Sen Rand Paul Calls “the most consequential free speech case in U.S. history”

    03/18/2024 1:09:29 PM PDT · by bitt · 95 replies
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ ^ | 3/18/2024 | Patty McMurray
    This afternoon, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) tweeted about today’s US Supreme Court case (Murthy v. Missouri) that involves several plaintiffs, including The Gateway Pundit, who have been harmed by censorship by the government and big tech. In his tweet, Senator Rand Paul wrote: Today, SCOTUS heard Murthy v. Missouri, the most consequential free speech case in U.S. history. This isn’t just about social media companies; it’s a critical examination of government overreach. The Biden administration and FBI’s efforts to influence Big Tech into silencing dissent tramples on the 1st Amendment. Our focus must be on preventing government censorship, not compelling...
  • A BLOODBATH IN THE SUPREME COURT

    03/18/2024 1:00:02 PM PDT · by bitt · 58 replies
    https://www.powerlineblog.com ^ | 3/18/2024 | scott johnson
    This morning the Supreme Court held oral argument in the case that is now styled Murthy v. Missouri. C-SPAN has posted audio of the oral argument here. The case arises from the government’s “encouragement” of censorship by the social media platforms, as documented in the Twitter Files. We have followed the case as it has wended its way through the district court to the Fifth Circuit and then to the Supreme Court. We (I) have been pulling for the plaintiffs. The Supreme Court has already entered an order staying the narrowed preliminary injunction that had been fashioned by the Fifth...
  • Justice Jackson Complains First Amendment Is ‘Hamstringing’ Feds’ Censorship Efforts

    03/18/2024 11:55:44 AM PDT · by packagingguy · 96 replies
    The Federalist ^ | MARCH 18, 2024 | JORDAN BOYD
    Free speech is on trial at the Supreme Court, but Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson is no fan of the First Amendment. The Constitution, you see, limits the government. But leftists want unlimited government — which is why they hate the Constitution. During Monday’s oral arguments for Murthy v. Missouri, formerly known as Biden v. Missouri, Jackson claimed to oppose any ruling in favor of Americans’ constitutional right to free speech if it limited the government’s ability to censor that speech via Big Tech. “My biggest concern is that your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the government in significant ways...
  • Gay Black Republican Leaves Party: 'I Was Betrayed'

    03/18/2024 11:55:08 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 59 replies
    Newsweak ^ | March 18, 2024 | Andrew Stanton
    Rob Smith, a gay and Black conservative who was heckled and called racist and homophobic slurs while attending a MAGA event last year, said he is leaving the Republican Party. Smith, a longtime conservative commentator, announced he now identifies as "politically homeless" during an episode of his podcast Can't Cancel Rob Smith titled "I Was Betrayed—Rob Smith Speaks Out" on Monday. Smith shared a video on social media in December that he said showed him at an event in Phoenix being "confronted and surrounded by some White Supremacists that don't like gays or blacks in the Republican Party." He said...
  • Joe Scarborough Quickly Deletes Trump ‘Bloodbath’ Post When Elon Musk Replies

    03/18/2024 9:20:40 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 54 replies
    Daily Fetched ^ | March 18, 2024 | Jason Walsh
    MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough deleted his social media post X about Donald Trump’s warning of a “bloodbath” for the country if Joe Biden won the election. Trump made headlines with the warning after criticizing the offshoring of jobs in the auto industry under Biden. Watch VIDEO AT LINK........... The former president also accused Mexico and China of siphoning off American manufacturing jobs and flooding the U.S. market with cheaply produced cars. However, Scarborough wasn’t happy with Trump’s remarks, taking to social media to post footage from the Jan 6 Capitol riot, claiming the former president was endorsing chaos. “Donald Trump’s America....
  • SEC faces avalanche of lawsuits from states, companies, and nonprofits over climate rule

    03/18/2024 8:47:18 AM PDT · by bitt · 5 replies
    justthenews.com ^ | 3/17/2024 | KEVIN KILLOUGH
    West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said the SEC is exceeding the authority Congress granted it to be a financial regulator. More than half the states in the U.S. filed lawsuits this month against the Securities and Exchange Commission over the climate disclosure rules it finalized last week. On top of state lawsuits, the SEC is facing legal challenges from companies, nonprofits and business advocacy groups. A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily paused the new rules. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request from Liberty Energy Inc. and Nomad Proppant Services LLC to put...
  • J6 Committee’s Suppressed Evidence Scandal Exonerates Trump From ‘Insurrection’ Narrative

    03/18/2024 8:44:23 AM PDT · by bitt · 18 replies
    thefederalist.com ^ | 3/12/2024 | KASH PATEL
    I was present when Donald Trump authorized 10,000 National Guard troops days before Jan. 6 in the Oval Office. My testimony never changed. The greatest con job ever to happen in American politics is the false Jan. 6 “insurrection” narrative. The singular mission of this narrative is to stop Donald Trump from ever setting foot in the Oval Office again. A key pillar of the left’s propaganda about insurrection is to distort the truth surrounding whether Trump authorized, prior to Jan. 6, the deployment of National Guard troops to keep order on that day. The main architect of this disinformation...
  • Trump unable to secure $454 million appeal bond in New York civil fraud case, his attorneys say

    03/18/2024 7:57:38 AM PDT · by CFW · 82 replies
    Just the News ^ | 3/18/24 | By Madeleine Hubbard
    Former President Donald Trump has been unable to secure the $454 million bond, the full amount of the civil fraud judgment against him, which he must post in order to appeal, his attorneys said in a filing Monday. Trump offered last month to post a $100 million appeal bond rather than the full amount as the process plays out in court, but the judge denied the proposal. Trump's "ongoing diligent efforts have proven that a bond in the judgment’s full amount is 'a practical impossibility,'" the former president's lawyers said, per NBC News. "These diligent efforts have included approaching about...
  • Murthy v. Missouri followed by NRA v Vullo Supreme Court Oral Arguments [3/18/24]

    03/18/2024 6:10:10 AM PDT · by CFW · 14 replies
    CSPAN ^ | 3/18/24 | SCOTUS
    Today at 10:00 a.m. the Supreme Court hears oral argument in Murthy v. Missouri, a case on federal government officials communicating with social media companies about content moderation policies and whether it amounts to government suppression or speech censorship. At 11:00 (or after Murthy) The Supreme Court hears oral argument in NRA v. Vullo, a case concerning the First amendment and whether a New York State regulator violated it by threatening its regulated entities with regulatory action if they do business with the NRA.
  • Surge in FBI Arrests and New Cases Linked to January 6 Capitol Breach; Record Pace Predicts 2,150 by 2026

    03/18/2024 5:58:50 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 51 replies
    waynedupree.com ^ | March 18, 2024 | by: Wayne Dupree Staff
    In late 2023 and early 2024, the number of FBI arrests and new criminal cases opened on January 6, 2021, accelerated to the point that federal courts in the District of Columbia could no longer support the weight. Reportedly, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged and arrested ninety-three persons in the last two months. According to one estimate, at the present pace, there might be 445 new cases on the docket in 2024—more than in 2022 and 2023. In all, the FBI had detained 1,358 persons as of March 6 and the DOJ had filed criminal charges against them...
  • TOMORROW! Primaries in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Ohio

    03/18/2024 4:43:07 AM PDT · by cotton1706 · 8 replies
    If you live in these states, GO VOTE tomorrow!
  • Ben Shapiro: I’m Willing to Endure Great Hardship to Vote for “Deeply Flawed Human Being” Donald Trump

    03/17/2024 6:09:39 PM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 71 replies
    The Artistree ^ | March 17, 2024 | Nathan Hale
    In a recent statement, the speaker articulated a clear and straightforward perspective on the upcoming 2024 presidential election, contrasting the administrations of former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden. They began by asserting a belief that America experienced a period of more excellent safety and prosperity under Trump’s leadership compared to the current Biden administration. Acknowledging Trump’s flaws, including criticisms of his character and policy decisions, the speaker emphasized their commitment to honesty in evaluating both his strengths and weaknesses. Despite any reservations, they underscored the importance of supporting Trump in the upcoming election, framing it as a...