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PJ O’Rourke, famed conservative commentator, has passed away. No news yet on the cause of death. More to follow:
I’m afraid it’s true. Our panelist and my dear friend PJ O’Rourke has passed away. More later.
— Peter Sagal (@petersagal) February 15, 2022
Judge dismisses Sarah Palin’s New York Times libel lawsuit
From www.bbc.co.uk
2022-02-14 21:25:22
Excerpt:
In an unusual move, however, Mr Rakoff said that the jury deliberations – which began Friday – would be allowed to continue. He said that with an appeal from Ms Palin’s legal team likely, an appeals court “would greatly benefit from knowing how the jury would decide it”.
Terror groups enjoy greater freedom in Afghanistan than any time in recent history: UN report
From www.financialexpress.com
2022-02-09 10:12:51
Excerpt:
Terror groups enjoy greater freedom in Afghanistan than at any time in recent history and there are no signs that the Taliban leadership has taken steps to limit the activities of foreign terrorists in the war-torn country, a report of the UN Secretary-General has said.
The report says the dreaded Islamic State terrorist group aims to position itself as the “chief rejectionist force” in Afghanistan, expands into neighbouring Central and South Asian countries and is viewed by the Taliban as its primary armed threat.
The ’14th report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIS to international peace and security and the range of United Nations efforts in support of Member States in countering the threat’ notes…
From www.americanthinker.com
2022-02-09 06:00:00
Excerpt:
Democrats were caught off guard by Donald Trump’s numbers in South Texas in 2020. The Hispanic Republican women who live there were not.
Many of them have played a leading role in urging their neighbors in majority-Hispanic South Texas to question their traditional loyalty to the Democratic Party. Hispanic women now serve as party chairs in the state’s four southernmost border counties, spanning a distance from Brownsville almost to Laredo — places where Trump made some of his biggest inroads with Latino voters.
A half-dozen of them are running for Congress across the state’s four House districts that border Mexico, including Monica De La Cruz, the GOP front-runner in one of Texas’ most competitive seats in the Rio Grande Valley.
Following a Texas Judge stopping the prosecution of soldiers for not getting vaccinated, another judge, this one in Florida, has also stopped the prosection of two soldiers that refused to get the vaccine for religious reasons.
Military can’t discipline officers for refusing vaccine, Florida judge rules
From www.tampabay.com
2022-02-07 18:36:52
Excerpt:
In a stinging rebuke of the military’s handling of the mandatory COVID vaccine enforcement policy, a federal district court judge in Florida has issued a temporary order preventing disciplinary action against two officers who refused the vaccine on religious grounds.
“The military is well aware of the frailty of their arguments in defense of their practices,” federal District Court Judge Steven Merryday ruled in a court order. “The record creates a strong inference that the services are discriminatorily and systematically denying religious exemptions without a meaningful and fair hearing.”
The order, which is in place until Friday, is the latest ruling temporarily barring the military from punishing troops over their refusal to get the COVID vaccine. In a separate case, a Texas judge in January ordered a temporary injunction against the punishment of a group of Navy SEALs, the Washington Post reported.
It appears the leading candidate for the position of black-woman-SCOTUS, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, has your typical far left background, a background that includes open hostility towards the basic institutions of the American republic, like the Bill of Rights. This judge also has a bonus background nugget in the form of a former client she zealously defended that just happened to be a Gitmo Terror Suspect.
Supreme Court Frontrunner Was a Zealous Advocate for Gitmo Terror Suspects
From freebeacon.com
2022-02-07 10:00:37
Kevin Daley
Excerpt:
Supreme Court frontrunner Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was an active and dedicated advocate for terror suspects housed at Guantanamo Bay, contrary to press accounts and her own representations.
Jackson has portrayed her work for the detainees as that of a disinterested professional fulfilling an assignment. But a Washington Free Beacon review of court filings dating back to 2005 indicates that Jackson was deeply committed to equal treatment for accused terrorists. Her advocacy was zealous and often resembled ideological cause lawyering, even in her capacity as a public defender. At times, she flirted with unsubstantiated left-wing theories that were debunked by government investigators. On other occasions, she accused Justice Department lawyers of egregious misconduct with little evidence.
As a federal public defender, Jackson represented a Guantanamo detainee accused of attacking a U.S. military base in Afghanistan. She continued to advocate on behalf of detainees and attack Bush-era detention policies in the Supreme Court after she left public service for private practice.
Biden pick under GOP scrutiny for role with fintech firm that got Fed account
From www.washingtonexaminer.com
2022-02-07 19:10:37
Zachary Halaschak
Excerpt:
Republicans are seeking answers from Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Joe Biden’s pick for a top Federal Reserve role, about how a company she directed as a board member was able to obtain “unusual access” to the Fed’s payment system.
At question is to what role, if any, Raskin, who was fresh out of a position in the Obama administration with a background at the Fed, played in helping to convince the central bank to grant Colorado-based Reserve Trust a Fed master account, which is highly coveted and hands the company an advantage over its rivals. Reserve Trust is apparently the only nonbank fintech business in the country that has been able to secure a Fed master account.
Sen. Pat Toomey, the top Republican on the banking committee, said on Monday that the Fed confirmed to his office that, prior to the prized account being awarded to Reserve Trust, Raskin called the central bank on behalf of the company. Raskin was later given…
Biden’s Latest Proposal Would Force Insurers to Pay for Gender “Transition”
From www.heritage.org
2022-02-07 19:06:36
Excerpt:
President Joe Biden has sought to inject gender ideology into our laws since his first day in office. He might prefer a massive bill like the Equality Act that elevates the categories of “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to status of race and sex. But that effort has stalled in the Senate. So, for now, his administration is looking for ways to insert sexual orientation and gender identity concepts into existing law.
The latest? In January, the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services proposed a rule that would add sexual orientation and gender identity language to the 2010 Affordable Care Act. According to the department, these amendments will ensure that those who identify as LGBT receive “medically necessary” care. This includes “gender-affirming” surgeries and hormone “therapy.”
In fact, the department’s proposed rule circumvents the law and treats dubious treatments as essential health benefits in qualified health plans. This not only…
The DNC Senator unwilling to totally surrender power to them, Joe Manchin, is telling anyone that wants to listen that he has all the confidence in the world that a bill will be passed which will protect the electoral college process from subterfuge. The bill might be created as a response to the alleged ‘insurection’ of January 6th, 2022, but it might just end up harming the DNC in 2024 if they can’t manage to secure a mass mailer election again.
Bill to block interference in presidential vote count ‘absolutely’ will pass, Manchin says
From www.independent.co.uk
2022-02-06 21:52:09
John Bowden
Excerpt:
Sen Joe Manchin is confident that legislation to protect the Electoral College certification process from interference by the losing party will pass after he joined with Republicans to doom an effort to change the Senate’s rules in order to pass a voting rights bill.
Joined by Republican Sen Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mr Manchin appeared on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday to tout the legislation as a bipartisan compromise that would serve the purpose of making it harder to overturn the results of an election that actually had a chance of passage in the evenly-divided Senate.
“It will solve the problem that caused the problem,” said Mr Manchin of the legislation.
The bill would raise the threshold needed for lawmakers in the House and Senate to raise objections to individual states’ Electoral College vote submissions, as well as clarifying the role of the vice president in the process which lawmakers in recent days have pointed to as unclear thanks to murky wording in the…
The Obamas are hinting that they might be seeking to disavow Spotify over Joe Rogan, threatening to not renew their contract, which is scheduled to expire this year.
Obama Quietly Joins Cancel Culture Mob Going After Joe Rogan and Spotify
From legalinsurrection.com
2022-02-06 17:00:22
Mike LaChance
Excerpt:
Last week, aging rocker Neil Young tried to get podcast host Joe Rogan booted from Spotify, and it backfired. But the left has painted a target on Rogan, and they want him silenced. So now Obama has quietly entered the fray.
Obama has a podcast on Spotify, and it was somehow leaked to the media that he might leave them for another platform.
Adam Manno reports at the Daily Mail:
Are the Obamas leaving Spotify? Barack and Michelle are ‘preparing to shop for a new podcast partner’ amid frustration with the platform and outcry over Joe Rogan as their three-year-deal nears end
The Obamas are said to be shopping for a new podcasting partner because they’re frustrated with the slow pace of development at Spotify, where they’re more interested in introducing new voices than on hosting shows themselves.
Former President Barack Obama, 60, and former First Lady Michelle, 58, are looking at new deals with other companies, three podcast industry sources told Insider.
The…
