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  • “Asking for Trouble:” State Gives Illegal Immigrants Driver’s License that Looks Exactly like Legal Residents’

    10/18/2023 3:38:39 PM PDT · by Chad C. Mulligan · 28 replies
    Judicial Watch ^ | October 17, 2023 | Staff Writer
    This month Minnesota became the latest state to allow illegal immigrants to get a driver’s license as part of a burgeoning national trend to reward undocumented residents with government benefits. In all, 19 states and the District of Columbia have passed bills that permit foreigners living in the U.S. illegally to obtain driver’s licenses. Earlier this year laws went into effect in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and a few weeks ago Minnesota’s measure, known as Driver’s Licenses for All, went into effect. Officials estimate that about 80,000 illegal immigrants who were previously disqualified from obtaining the cards in the North...
  • The open source licensing war is over

    08/01/2023 12:10:04 PM PDT · by ShadowAce · 7 replies
    InfoWorld ^ | Matt Asay
    The open source war is over, however much some want to continue soldiering on. Recently Meta (Facebook) released Llama 2, a powerful large language model (LLM) with more than 70 billion parameters. In the past, Meta had restricted use of its LLMs to research purposes, but with Llama 2, Meta opened it up; the only restriction is that it can’t be used for commercial purposes. Only a handful of companies have the computational horsepower to deploy it at scale (Google, Amazon, and very, very few others).This means, of course, it’s not “open source” according to the Open Source Definition (OSD),...
  • Report: Tens of Thousands of Illegal Aliens in Massachusetts Rush to Secure Driver’s Licenses

    07/24/2023 3:51:20 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 68 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 07/24/2023 | John Binder
    Tens of thousands of illegal aliens across Massachusetts are rushing to secure driver’s licenses after voters approved a law to extend driving privileges to those in the United States illegally. Data from the state’s Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV), published by Chris Van Buskirk of the Boston Herald, shows that about 100,000 requests for appointments to get a learner’s permit have been placed since July 1, when the law took effect.
  • Minnesota Democrat Gov. Tim Walz Opens Driver’s Licenses to 77,000 Illegal Aliens

    03/08/2023 7:27:10 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 20 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/08/2023 | John Binder
    Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) has signed a Democrat-approved bill into law that will give driver’s licenses to potentially 77,000 eligible illegal aliens. In January and February, Democrats in the Minnesota state house and senate approved the bill to eliminate the legal residency requirement for obtaining a driver’s license in the state. Instead, illegal aliens would be able to secure licenses to legally drive vehicles. This week, Walz signed the legislation, claiming giving driver’s licenses to illegal aliens “will make our communities safer for all Minnesotans.”
  • Digital Drivers Licenses in TN

    02/01/2023 7:05:18 PM PST · by Baldwin77 · 47 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | 02/01/2023 | Anthony Scott
    New Bill In Tennessee Aims To Create Digital Driver License. Democrat Senator Mark Mullet who sponsored the new bill stated “I learned from the ease of having vaccine information on your cell phone why it would make sense to also offer this option for folks when it comes to their driver’s license.”
  • Minnesota Democrats Move to Give Driver’s Licenses to 77K Illegal Aliens

    01/31/2023 1:41:33 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 30 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01-31-2023 | John Binder
    Democrats in Minnesota are moving forward with a plan to give driver’s licenses to potentially 77,000 eligible illegal aliens. On Monday, the Democrat-controlled Minnesota state house passed a bill that will eliminate the legal residency requirement for obtaining a driver’s license in the state. Instead, tens of thousands of illegal aliens, possibly 77,000, would be able to secure licenses to drive. Now, the bill heads to the state senate, where Democrats hold 34 seats and Republicans hold 33 seats. Already, Democrat Gov. Tim Walz has said he will sign the bill if it reaches his desk.
  • Republican Gov. Charlie Baker Vetoes Democrat Plan Giving Driver’s Licenses to Illegal Aliens

    05/27/2022 4:37:53 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 24 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/27/2022 | John Binder
    Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) has vetoed a plan by Democrats that would allow tens of thousands of illegal aliens in the state to obtain driver’s licenses. After Democrats in the Massachusetts state legislature passed the plan with wide majorities, the legislation ended up on Baker’s desk. Baker said he vetoed the plan because it “significantly increases the risk that noncitizens will be registered to vote.”
  • Pressure builds against doctors peddling false virus claims

    12/16/2021 11:36:43 AM PST · by David Chase · 135 replies
    AP-ClickOnDetroit WDIV ^ | December 16th, 2021 | Heather Hollingsworth (AP)
    They have decried COVID-19 as a hoax, promoted unproven treatments and pushed bogus claims about the vaccine, including that the shots magnetize the human body. The purveyors of this misinformation are not shadowy figures operating in the dark corners of the internet. They are a small but vocal group of doctors practicing medicine in communities around the country. Now medical boards are under increasing pressure to act. Organizations that advocate for public health have called on them to take a harder line by disciplining the doctors, including potentially revoking their licenses. The push comes as the pandemic enters a second...
  • Billions Worth of American Tech Licenses Approved for Blacklisted Chinese Companies

    10/21/2021 8:37:23 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 3 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 10/21/2021 | Andrew Thornebrooke
    Suppliers to two blacklisted Chinese companies—telecom giant Huawei and China’s top chipmaker SMIC—were approved to receive billions of dollars worth of licenses for U.S. technologies shipments between November and April, documents released by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Oct. 21 detail.Some 301 licenses worth a total of $103 billion were approved for suppliers to sell goods to Huawei and SMIC, according to the documents prepared by the Commerce Department.Huawei and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) were put on a U.S. trade blacklist, known as the “entity list,” in May 2019 and December 2020 respectively over national security concerns....
  • Driver’s licenses for undocumented aliens won’t be a winning issue for Democrats

    12/22/2019 1:16:07 PM PST · by Coleus · 26 replies
    The Star Ledger ^ | 11.14.19 | Paul Mulshine
    A great man once explained why New Jersey needed to tighten up its requirements for issuing driver’s licenses. "In an era after 9/11 it is so critical to have working safeguards to show we are who we say we are,” this man said back in 2004 as he implemented an ID system with a six-point verification system to prevent fraud. That great man – or perhaps I should say “great politician” - was none other than Jim McGreevey. Though his run as governor ended later that year for unrelated reasons, McGreevey had the soundest of political instincts. As for the...
  • Bicycle Licenses Are Coming

    09/09/2019 2:24:08 PM PDT · by Enlightened1 · 70 replies
    Mill ^ | 09/09/19 | Millennial Millie
    New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants you to have a bicycle license as well as a helmet to legally ride a bike and promises to regulate cyclists with stricter law enforcement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2zks7lxTmA  
  • California DMV mishandled thousands of voter registrations

    09/05/2018 7:48:42 PM PDT · by artichokegrower · 29 replies
    Sacramento Bee ^ | September 05, 2018 | Bryan Anderson
    The California Department of Motor Vehicles on Wednesday said it has discovered it sent the Secretary of State’s Office 23,000 erroneous voter registrations. The agency said the errors occurred within the state’s Motor Voter program — which allows eligible applicants getting a driver license to be automatically registered to vote.
  • California no longer will suspend driver's licenses for traffic fines

    06/29/2017 12:39:53 PM PDT · by NohSpinZone · 42 replies
    Los Angeles Times ^ | 6/29/17 | AP
    Californians no longer will face losing their driver's licenses because of unpaid traffic fines starting next month. Gov. Jerry Brown said the punishment doesn't help the state collect unpaid fines and can send low-income people into a cycle of job losses and more poverty.
  • TIME Mag: Koch Brothers Helping Illegal Immigrants Get Driver’s Licenses

    04/16/2017 8:52:50 AM PDT · by davikkm · 22 replies
    breitbart ^ | JOHN BINDER
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Anti-Trump conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch are helping illegal immigrants in the U.S. obtain driver’s licenses, as well as preparing them for citizenship tests. A fluff piece by TIME Magazine spotlights the Koch Brothers’ LIBRE Initiative organization for its work being done to help illegal immigrants while President Trump and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have successfully increased immigration enforcement. “It is chaotic. People are very, very worried about their situation,” says Aguado. “One of the things that has been a positive thing through this stress that people have is that they’re more interested in becoming...
  • Chicago - Bodies Found at Home of Federal Judge

    02/28/2005 7:12:08 PM PST · by HAL9000 · 377 replies · 16,505+ views
    Associated Press | February 28, 2005
    CHICAGO (AP) -- Authorities found two bodies at the home of a federal judge Monday night, and Chicago police and the FBI were investigating. The bodies were found at the home of U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow, but the judge was uninjured, police spokesman Patrick Camden said. He declined to elaborate. FBI agents were assisting police but would provide no details.
  • The fraud behind the California drivers’ licenses for illegals

    05/22/2016 8:20:24 AM PDT · by artichokegrower · 42 replies
    American Thinker ^ | May 22, 2016 | Thomas Lifson
    Californians were deceived when the state’s Democrat-dominated legislature and governor rammed through legislation granting drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. The extraordinary step of granting drivers licenses to people with no right to be in this country was justified to Californians on the basis of the need to reduce the number of uninsured motorists, who cause damage and injury to other without having any means to pay for the losses they cause.
  • Feds say California DMV employees traded cash for licenses

    08/12/2015 6:41:25 AM PDT · by csvset · 15 replies
    SFGATE ^ | 12 august 2015 | Don Thompson
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As many as 100 commercial truck drivers paid up to $5,000 each to bribe state Department of Motor Vehicles employees for illegal California licenses, federal authorities said Tuesday. Up to 23 traffic accidents could be related to the fraud, officials said, though there were no fatalities. Emma Klem, a 45-year-old Salinas DMV employee, and trucking school owner Kulwinder Dosanjh Singh, 58, of Turlock, both pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit bribery and identity fraud, U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner said. Two other DMV employees in Salinas and Sacramento and two other Central Valley trucking school operators...
  • License the undocumented, if only for safety's sake

    04/26/2015 1:59:04 PM PDT · by TurboZamboni · 44 replies
    Pioneer Press ^ | 4-25-15 | Rubén Rosario
    Natalie Lopez summoned the courage to show up. This was several months ago in front of the Chaska City Council. Lopez, a hard-working mother of a preschool child, did not want to be there. She's an undocumented immigrant. In the minds of some individuals in this state and nation, her ilk is as much a pariah of society as, say, violent sex offenders. "What part of illegal don't you understand?" is the slogan with these folks. When I hear this, I'm reminded of a poster of an American Indian siding with this view and then imploring all who broke numerous...
  • Vermont’s investigation into licenses-for-illegals fraud spreads to multiple states, DMV offices

    02/26/2015 2:51:56 PM PST · by SleeperCatcher · 7 replies
    Watchdog.org ^ | 2/26/2015 | Bruce Parker
    MONTPELIER, Vt. — An investigation into fraudulent applications for Vermont’s driver’s privilege cards has spread to multiple states and Department of Motor Vehicle branches, according to the department’s chief investigator. When the Department of Motor Vehicles first reported receiving a rash of driver’s license applications from out-of-state illegal immigrants, it appeared the problem might be limited to a single license branch and involve one other state.
  • Justices reject New Orleans tour guides’ free speech appeal

    02/23/2015 9:36:15 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 6 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Feb 23, 2015 10:01 AM EST
    The Supreme Court has rejected a free-speech appeal from guides in New Orleans who object to having to be licensed to lead tours. The justices did not comment Monday in leaving in place lower court rulings that said the licensing requirements do not violate the First Amendment. …