The American black bear, more commonly known simply as the black bear, is the smallest of the 3 bear species found in America. The brown or grizzly bear and the polar bear are larger in size, however the black bear is still a huge mammal. They can measure up to 7 feet in length and males can weigh over 400kg. When standing on their hind legs, they can reach a height of around 7 feet, although females are usually smaller and shorter than males.
Black bears can be distinguished from brown bears by their smaller size, longer ears and lack of a shoulder hump. Black bears also have shorter, more curved claws and are generally more timid animals. Typically they are black in color but depending on their location, their fur can be dark or light brown. Black bears are found throughout North America but are more abundant in the northern states. Unlike brown bears, they prefer more densely forested habitats and rarely venture into open areas for long periods of time.
Interesting American Black Bear Facts
1. They are not always black in color
Some black bears can be a very light brown (or cinnamon) color and very rarely, completely white.
2. Black bears are shy and timid
Black bears will usually run away or climb up a tree rather than confront humans. This is mostly true but some individual black bears can be very aggressive, especially when threatened. They are however much less likely to attack compared to the brown or grizzly bears, which tend to be less weary and less approachable. Both these species, as well as the polar bear, will usually move on when left alone and black bears especially tend to flee when confronted by people.
3. They can eat over 10,000 berries in a day
When food is abundant, black bears will eat as much food as they possibly can, sometimes over 8kg of fruit and berries in a day. When berries and fruits are abundant, black bears will move to these areas and feed almost exclusively on these. They have an excellent sense of smell and this helps them locate ripening berries, nuts and fruits as well as bee hives, where they feed on the honey and bee larvae.
4. Black bears are skilled climbers
Black bears are excellent climbers and can easily access nuts and fruits before they fall to the ground. They have sharp, curved claws and this not only helps them when climbing but also makes ripping into trees logs or upturning boulders when searching for insects much easier. As well as being expert climbers, black bears are great swimmers and will cross fast flowing rivers to reach food on the other side.
5. They are incredibly strong animals
Black bears are up to 5 times stronger than the average human being.
6. American black bears are highly dexterous
They are capable of opening screw-top jars and manipulating door latches.
7. Their diet is predominantly vegetarian
Although they do eat meat, almost 70% of their diet is made up of plant matter.
8. Their sense of smell is 7 times more sensitive than a domestic dog
While American black bears have extremely sensitive noses, their eyesight and hearing is more comparable to that of a human.
9. Black bears are fast runners
Sprinting at around 40-50km/h, black bears can easily outrun humans.
10 They are mostly quiet animals
Although they tongue-click and grunt to communicate with one another, black bears do not growl or roar.
11. They den in spots that are well hidden
Black bear dens are usually made in caves, under tree roots or are dug into hillsides.
12. Females usually give birth during the hibernation period
During the breeding season, a male and female will remain together until just before the cubs are born. Females usually give birth in their den while in torpor; a similar state to hibernation. The cubs will then feed off their mother’s milk while she hibernates until spring arrives.
Usually two cubs are born and they leave the den for the first time when their mother comes out of hibernation. Female black bears teach their cubs how to find food and survive in the wild until the cubs are around 17 months old and become fully independent. The father of the cubs does not actively help in raising his offspring but does protect the territory from other males, who may attack the cubs.
13. Black bear cubs are playful animals
Cubs will regularly wrestle and play with each other as well as their mother. This helps them develop essential skills to survive in the wild.
14. Black bears are very intelligent
Black bears can memorize their whole territory, they can make scratching sticks out of twigs and can easily break into locked food storage containers.
15. There are black bear hybrids
American black bears can reproduce with other bear species and produce hybrid offspring. Black bear and grizzly bear hybrids have been reported in the wild.
16. They are a key contributer to the ecosystem
Black bears are important contributors to the ecosystems in which they inhabit. Due to their large size they create micro-ecosystems where they leave deep footprints or break small trees and plants. They are also key in controlling insect populations as well as important seed disbursers, encouraging new plant growth wherever the seeds in their stools germinate. Black bears also have very large home ranges which means they can increase plant diversity by travelling long distances and disbursing seeds which otherwise may not have reached or germinated in that area.
SOURCE: FACTANIMAL.COM
Sew Colorful 
Morning All!
about 40* out there and i can see some clouds and a little sky. rained really hard last night, woke us both up!
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Good morning, Pat! No rain here w/clear skies at the moment, temp @ 43, but forecast shows rain chances every day for the next week. More and more flowers coming up and I was surprised to see that some lilies that I planted in the big black planters by the garage appear to be coming back. Huh….I didn’t expect that!
Wheezer was sleeping on the chair when I opened the blind. He jumped down and let me pet him a couple of times before chowing down and is back on the chair again. Now to see what craziness this day will bring!
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Morning Filly!
we’ve got mostly cloudy skies now. Hubby says the same for us…rain possible for days.
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April 22, 2025 00:51
For anyone who is interested in seeing the actual document, this is the appeal by Pam Bondi regarding
“EMERGENCY MOTION FOR A STAY PENDING APPEAL
OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, A WRIT OF MANDAMUS”
regarding Judge Boasberg.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41957/gov.uscourts.cadc.41957.01208731409.1.pdf
It begins:
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Eric Daugherty
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OMG. This is glorious. El Salvador just DENIED the 4 House Democrats’ request to meet with Kilmar Garcia! “Our request has been denied.” And the reason? Because it’s *not* an “official” trip… not taxpayer funded. Rep. James Comer (R) denied that.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen was able to eventually score a meeting, but his trip was funded by taxpayers.
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April 22, 2025 00:58
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no body knows colors like nature!
wonder what that last one is??
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Some kind of Quail. Northern Bobwhite:
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pretty
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“Colony Ridge Gave Greg Abbott $1.5 Million. Here’s What Greg Abbott Gave Colony Ridge — Records obtained by The Daily Wire show Texas governor played central role in securing massive tax benefits for the illegal immigrant enclave.”
Daily Wire, By Spencer Lindquist, Apr 21, 2025
EXCERPT: “When the Trump administration’s deportation raids began in Texas, the epicenter was Colony Ridge.
In the first wave of raids alone, more than 100 illegals — including murder suspects, drug lords, sexual predators, and a confirmed cartel member — were nabbed by authorities in the infamous housing development, which ballooned as illegal immigrants flooded the state. The “fastest growing” development in the country markets cheap land to foreigners, and illegal immigrants took the bait: in an area where there was next to nothing less than a decade ago, there are now as many as 100,000 residents and more than 35,000 properties. Through its aggressive marketing of cheap land in the United States, it was projected to grow to a quarter of a million people.
But the rapid growth of an illegal immigrant haven was not thanks to the marketing strategy alone: A Daily Wire investigation found that in 2018, Colony Ridge’s growth was supercharged by an Opportunity Zone designation awarded by the federal government following a direct plea from Texas Governor Greg Abbott. The Opportunity Zone program aims to spur development of low-income areas by offering investors significant tax breaks, including the deferral of capital gains taxes.
Though Abbott has attempted to distance himself from Colony Ridge after its practices were exposed — his office was an active partner in the federal deportation raids — The Daily Wire found that the governor helped lay the economic groundwork that made the development’s explosive growth possible, and that developers donated to and built a relationship with Abbott as they worked to build Colony Ridge up to its current 34,000-acre footprint.
This report is based on pages of previously unreleased communications, meeting logs, and other internal documents obtained by The Daily Wire through public records requests. It reveals that Abbott petitioned the federal government to secure the major tax incentive for Colony Ridge as the development’s backers made donations to his campaign, and paid multiple visits to the governor’s mansion.
Abbott’s Relationship with Colony Ridge
At least on paper, the relationship between Abbott and Trey Harris, the lead developer of Colony Ridge, began in 2018. On March 19 of that year, Celeste Harris, the developer’s wife, donated $100,000 to Abbott, according to state campaign finance records. That donation came just two days before the original deadline for states to nominate census tracts for opportunity zone status.
Then on March 21, the day of the deadline, Abbott wrote a letter to the Treasury Department nominating the area surrounding Colony Ridge to be designated a federal Opportunity Zone, according to records obtained by The Daily Wire, which asked Texas to produce all correspondence regarding the designation of the Colony Ridge development as an opportunity zone.
Two weeks later, on April 4, Harris and a local lawmaker named Brandon Creighton were Abbott’s guests for lunch at the governor’s mansion, according to meeting logs obtained through a records request. And just two days after the lunch meeting, on April 6, Abbott penned a second letter to the Treasury Department on the Opportunity Zone request. Four days later, on April 10, he sent a third letter to finalize his nomination of the census tracts to become Qualified Federal Opportunity Zones.
By July 9, 2018, the IRS had designated Colony Ridge and the surrounding land an Opportunity Zone……”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/colony-ridge-gave-greg-abbott-1-5-million-heres-what-greg-abbott-gave-colony-ridge
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what a bastard. it’s always about $$
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Politics = money
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agreed…but at the expense of his constituents is truly revolting. they are ALL in it for the cash not the PUBLIC SERVICE.
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Until the $$$ issue is taken out of the equation, it will NOT change! I’ve always advocated for that, I’m just not sure how to accomplish it. This is what keeps “regular people” from running for office!
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and it’s also what keeps the bastards RUNNING for office. they know where the easy money is!
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“To Overrule The Supreme Court, Trump Establishes New Ultra Supreme Mega Court”
U.S. · Apr 21, 2025 · BabylonBee.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following a frustrating string of judicial roadblocks that have hindered his agenda, President Donald Trump announced a move to overrule the United States Supreme Court by establishing the new Ultra Supreme Mega Court.
After a flurry of rulings created strong opposition to his executive actions on immigration, federal funding cuts, and other issues, sources said the president saw the establishment of his own court as a way to circumvent activist judges and override the Supreme Court.
“A big, beautiful court filled with turbo justices,” Trump told reporters. “These rulings won’t stand a chance. I will appoint these judges myself, and they will be far more powerful than the Supreme Court. Any case that goes against me will automatically be forwarded to the Ultra Supreme Mega Court for review. I expect to be undefeated, I really do.”
When questioned if he had the authority to establish a higher court, Trump expressed confidence that he was within his power to do so. “I’m the President,” he said. “That’s like being a king or a supreme galactic emperor, only with more power.”
Early reports indicated that Ultra Supreme Mega Court Turbo Justices would be dressed in bright red power robes to go along with matching “MAGA” baseball caps.
At publishing time, rumors swirled that President Trump had ordered his staff to begin drafting a new Super Constitution that would supersede the U.S. Constitution to prevent any potential legal conflicts regarding his authority.
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EXCERPT: “Harvard University filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday, arguing that the administration violated its constitutional rights when it froze more than $2 billion in Harvard grants and contracts. Without that money, the lawsuit states, Harvard “would need to operate at a significantly reduced level.”
The move, which Harvard president Alan Garber announced in a letter to colleagues, sets up a high-profile legal battle that is likely to have far-reaching implications for President Donald Trump’s efforts to take on higher education.
As part of those efforts, the administration has slashed or frozen billions in federal grants and contracts to universities across the country. Harvard’s attorneys argue that the administration’s actions violate a federal law that governs the disbursal of grants and loans which stipulates that the “termination of or refusal to grant or continue” federal financial assistance is meant to be “a remedy of last resort.”
“The Government made no effort to follow those procedures—nor the procedures provided for in Defendants’ own agency regulations—before freezing Harvard’s federal funding,” it continues. Harvard’s full complaint, filed in U.S. district court in Massachusetts, can be read here.
The lawsuit also argues there is little connection between the Trump administration’s stated goal—compelling universities to crack down on campus anti-Semitism—and the means it is using to achieve that end. That is, slashing funding that mostly goes to scientific and medical research. The cuts, Harvard’s attorneys argue, impact “medical, scientific, technological, and other research” that “aims to save American lives.” The administration “has not—and cannot—identify any rational connection between anti-Semitism concerns” and those cuts, according to the complaint, which states that Harvard is committed to “combatting anti-Semitism, one of the most insidious forms of bigotry” on its own accord…..”
https://freebeacon.com/campus/harvard-sues-trump-over-funding-freeze/
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so with their BILLIONS in endowments, they’re seriously crying poverty?
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IKR? Ludicrous!!!
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smh.
let them file a suit and in court try to defend that position.
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Just The News: “With the death of Pope Francis, the College of Cardinals – a body of senior Church leaders – will begin the process of choosing a new head of the Catholic Church by gathering in a Conclave.
Several names have emerged as the Papabili – those Cardinals considered most likely to be elected Pope by Vatican experts, scholars, and journalists. Though any male, baptized Catholic can be elected Pope, historically the college has selected one among themselves. The last Pope elected from outside the body was Urban VI in 1379.
The conclave is expected to begin within 20 days, but could start sooner if all the necessary Cardinals arrive early to the Vatican. The cardinals will then gather in the famous Sistine Chapel, cut off from the outside world, and cast ballots for their preferred candidates. A Cardinal requires two-thirds of the votes to be elected the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church.
The College of Cardinals Report, an independent team of Catholic journalists and researchers, lists 22 current cardinals as the most likely papal candidates and aims to “equip readers with a detailed knowledge of the cardinals” and the current Papabili.
However, “predicting the next Pope is notoriously precarious, and he may be none of those we propose,” College of Cardinals Report says. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who went on to become Pope Francis, was not on many lists of likely candidates in 2013.
Here are five of the 22 current Cardinals who could become the next Pope.
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has risen in public prominence following the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas terrorists in Gaza. In the wake of the October 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas, Cardinal Pizzaballa famously offered to exchange himself for children captured as hostages by the terrorist group.
Cardinal Pizzaballa was born in Italy and entered the Franciscan order, named after St. Francis of Assisi from whom Pope Francis took his papal name. He has lived and worked in the Holy Land since 1990 and attended Hebrew University of Jerusalem, eventually becoming an assistant professor of Biblical Hebrew and Judaism at two Catholic universities in the Israel.
In May 2004, Pizzaballa was appointed 167th Custos of the Holy Land, which oversees the Roman Catholic sites throughout the Holy Land.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin
Cardinal Pietro Parolin currently serves as the Vatican’s secretary of state and is seen as a more theologically conservative candidate. He has served as a diplomat for the Vatican since the beginning of his career, taking assignments in Nigeria, Mexico, Spain, Italy and other countries.
He played a major role in negotiations between the Holy See and the Communist Chinese government, leading to the controversial and widely criticized 2018 provisional agreement under which the Vatican recognized some bishops appointed by the Chinese government without the Pope’s prior consent.
Cardinal Luis Tagle
Cardinal Luis Tagle, head of the Vatican’s evangelization office and former Archbishop of Manila, Philippines, is widely considered to be the “Asian Francis,” and holds similar views and philosophies to Pope Francis.
He has taken conservative stances against a Filipino reproductive health bill that he said contained anti-life and anti-family polices and has spoken out strongly against abortion. He has also taken strong positions in support of environmental protection and social justice.
Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline
Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline is the Archbishop of Marseille, France has dedicated himself to the issues of migration and interreligous dialogue stemming from his upbringing as a ethnic Frenchman born in Algeria, which was then controlled by France. When he was young, his family was expelled from the country and fled back to France. He is considered similar in philosophy to Pope Francis but has not taken a clear stand on doctrinal issues facing the church, such as women’s ordination, priestly celibacy and communion for remarried Catholics.
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungo
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungo is the Archbishop of Kinsasha – the largest Roman Catholic diocese on earth – in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He holds a prominent position of influence throughout Africa, and specifically political influence in his home country of the DRC as an outspoken critic of the government of President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo.
He is a staunch defender of church doctrine and practice and resisted Pope Francis’ controversial Vatican declaration, which allowed priests to give blessings to those in same-sex relationships. The declaration did not give priests the authority to bless the relationship itself, only the individuals involved.
If selected, the cardinal would be the first Pope elected from Africa, a continent where Catholicism is growing substantially as affiliation with the religion declines elsewhere, like Europe.”
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I totally support ANY cardinal from anywhere that is traditional. I do not like the current “give your blessings” to any marriage nonsense. Catholicism is a very old religion. you do not change it in regards to the “latest” thing.
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Just The News: “Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton on Sunday called for the Supreme Court to “rein in” rogue federal judges that have intervened with President Donald Trump’s executive orders, claiming they will get more polarized if they are not stopped.
Several lawmakers have introduced legislation recently that seeks to curb rogue judges, after multiple federal judges issued nationwide injunctions on some of Trump’s agenda, instead of focusing on the people in the specific case.
One recent case of alleged judicial overreach comes after District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate and effectuate” the return of Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported back to El Salvador for allegedly being a member of the violent gang MS-13.
“This far-left Obama judge in Maryland is now demanding the president somehow sit down with a foreign leader and come to terms to return an MS-13 wife-beater,” Cotton told Fox News. “This judge has no authority to intervene in the president’s conduct of foreign policy. Even the Supreme Court said that she didn’t have that kind of authority.”
The Supreme Court intervened in the case earlier this month, where it ruled Xinis may have exceeded her authority by saying that the administration had to “effectuate” Abrego Garcia’s return instead of just “facilitate” it, and ordered her to clarify the order. She has not ruled on the order since.
Cotton, who cosponsored Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley’s bill to rein in the judges, urged the highest court to intervene because he claimed the judges were allegedly acting more like policymakers than “neutral jurists.”
“A lot of these liberal judges, they love the limelight, they get tired of presiding over contract disputes or minor drug cases, so rather, they want to insert themselves into the conduct of foreign policy or stopping administrative action that applies not just in their own states but in the entire country,” Cotton said. “The Supreme Court needs to take steps to rein in these rogue federal judges that want to be policymakers as opposed to neutral jurists.”
The comment also comes after the House last month created a judicial task force that will investigate the “rogue, activist judges.” The task force will be led by Republican Reps. Andrew Clyde of Georgia and Eli Crane of Arizona.”
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SCOTUS better rein them in OR start the impeachments. start with Roberts!
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I want every single one of those jackwads who voted to release this predator to be forced to let HIM babysit THEIR children/grandchildren!!!
Just The News: “(The Center Square) – California Board of Parole Hearings ordered the release of convicted child murderer Josue Herrera, who was found to have beaten his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son to death. While BPH claims Herrera has shown “remorse” and is “no longer” a “risk to public safety,” some officials questioned the decision, noting the gruesome circumstances of the toddler’s murder and the unfairness of giving the murderer a second chance.
BPH, all of whose current members were appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, ordered Herrera released over the objections of the Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer, whose office convicted Herrera. Herrera was convicted in 2010 for having beaten a 2-year-old boy to death. The child was beaten so badly he had detached retinas and hemorrhaging in both eyes.
BPH said Herrera was found not to have violated rules in prison, and that he has taken classes in prison to help him “understand his criminal thinking” and work on his drug, alcohol and anger management issues.
However, Zimmer’s office painted a different picture of Herrera and his time in prison, citing Herrera’s own statements in his parole board hearing.
“During the hearing, Herrera made statements that he was often abusive to women, as well as all the children who were around him, including the victim, his own children, and his sister’s children,” wrote Zimmer’s office. “Although he did not have any formal prison reprimands, he violated the rules of the prison daily with minor violations.”
“He was involved in a restitution avoidance scam by putting or receiving funds onto his books for people that owed restitution to victims, in which he received a commission,” continued Zimmer’s office. “Herrera admitted that he understood that it could affect the restitution that was due to the victims of crimes.”
Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, whose district includes Kern County, slammed the governor’s parole board for its decision, noting the child never got a second chance.
“Only in CA does ‘criminal justice reform’ mean setting free a monster who shattered a toddler’s skull, left him blind, bleeding, and bruised then lied about it 3 times,” said Lackey. “Josue Herrera tortured a 2-year-old to death. The state gave him a second chance. That child never got one.”
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how did prison justice not find him?
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I guess as long as someone isn’t raping babies…SMH. I can’t possibly understand the criminal mind!
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me either. it’s not okay to rape babies, but it is okay to beat and murder them?
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I spent quite a few years living in PWC and they were everywhere!!!
Just The News: “Over 500 “violent illegal immigrants” have been arrested in Virginia since February, according to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Speaking Monday on a national network interview, he is touting the crackdown as a “national model.”
“We have arrested 521 violent illegal immigrants, over 130 of which are known members of international terrorist gangs,” Youngkin said. “And these are folks that have been taken off the streets of Virginia, and we’re a lot safer because of this.”
In February, the governor signed an executive order directing state law enforcement and corrections officers to assist with federal immigration enforcement. Youngkin believes the commonwealth’s partnership with federal authorities could stand as a “national model.”
The governor says the numbers include members of the El Salvadoran gang MS-13 and the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Youngkin said the individuals are currently being held by federal authorities, where they are “being processed and charged in an appropriate way, case by case by case, and they’re being deported as appropriate.”
The governor credits the cooperation and partnership with the Trump administration, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, Tom Homan, the border czar, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Patel echoed the governor’s national model idea, applauding the commonwealth’s partnership with federal law enforcement. “The Virginia Homeland Security Task Force is a model for every state in the country on effective collaboration between federal law enforcement agencies and state and local partners working every day to make America safer,” said Patel. “The FBI is proud to work with Attorney General Bondi, Governor Youngkin, and Virginia AG Miyares in this effort. Our early numbers so far have been a tremendous success, but we are just beginning.”
Bondi agrees with Patel and Youngkin, describing the partnership as “unprecedented.”
“This is the product of unprecedented collaboration between state and federal law enforcement entities working to protect Virginia’s communities,” said the attorney general.“Governor Youngkin and Attorney General Miyares have been incredible partners with the Department of Justice, and we will collaborate with every state in effectuating President Trump’s Make America Safe agenda.”
The governor says law enforcement officials can “unwind” criminal networks “to go find the next group of these illegal, violent criminals.” He believes it will lead to further arrests “going forward … it’s a long-term effort in order to make sure that we unwind this gang activity.”
Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that state and federal authorities had arrested a MS-13 ringleader for the East Coast in Prince William County, Va.
During Monday’s interview, Youngkin compared what is happening in his state versus its neighbor, Maryland. Youngkin said, “I think it’s incredibly important to compare what’s going on in Virginia to what’s going on in other states, like in Maryland, where you actually see a senator and governor stand up for someone who, in fact, was a member and is a member of a gang, as found by multiple judges, and they’re standing up to protect that person. Listen, we’re going to work in Virginia to make sure these folks are arrested.”
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good for him.
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SPIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the resume one caught me completely off guard!
bwahahahahahaha
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IKR? Caught me, too!
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omg that puppy’s face!!! i just want to cuddle him!
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people do not need an actual parade to get drunk on May 5th.
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Ugh – can’t stand Jessica Tarlov!!! GO JESSIE!!!
“Jesse Watters of Fox News called out Democrat strategist and co-host Jessica Tarlov on Monday for her “sudden” transition on illegal migrant Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.
Since Garcia’s deportation in March by the Trump administration, Democrats have defended bringing the illegal migrant back to the United States after the administration admitted he was sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador due to an “administrative error.” While discussing the issue on “The Five,” Watters hit back on Tarlov’s argument in defense of Garcia, calling out his alleged connection to MS-13.
“Well, Jessica keeps on saying there’s all these mistakes. First, she said this guy was picked up because he had a [Chicago] Bull’s hat,” Watters said. “Then he has tattoos on his hand that spell MS-13.”
Tarlov could be heard quickly jumping in to say, “That’s not true,” before Watters struck back.
“Yes, it is,” Watters said. “Read the symbolism, Jessica. What are you, a gang detective? Cut it out. I just want to read it. Then he’s wearing paraphernalia that says the slogan for MS-13. Then he gets caught up in a gang sweep with ranking members of MS-13 as part of a murder investigation.
“Then gets pulled over. He’s suspected of human trafficking. Then gets accused of slugging his wife twice, and she has it on video,” Watters added. “Suddenly, his name isn’t ‘Maryland Dad.’ It’s ‘Due Process.’ You transitioned pretty quickly, Jessica.”
In March, an Obama-appointed judge ordered the Trump administration to return Abrego Garcia. The case was then brought to the Supreme Court. While admitting their “error” in deporting the illegal migrant, the Trump administration advocated that Abrego Garcia remain in El Salvador due to alleged connections to MS-13.
https://rumble.com/embed/v6q7eil/?pub=3rtroj
With calls to bring back Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, Democrats and media pundits repeatedly said the illegal migrant had resided in Maryland with his child and American wife prior to his deportation. But with recent reports surfacing about Abrego Garcia’s past, including released court filings showing his wife requested a domestic violence restraining order against him, rhetoric in support of the illegal migrant shifted.
“To say this administration never admits a mistake, you guys never admitted you opened the border for four years,” Watters said. Tarlov pushed back, saying Democrats admitted their failures regarding the border crisis under the Biden-Harris administration.
“Come on! You’re saying this guy’s afraid to go home? Because that’s funny. In 2019, when he was popped, he said he wasn’t afraid to go home, Jessica,” Watters said. “Funny that you’re into due process now after bringing us the Me Too movement, cancel culture, and the Trump trials.”
“You can’t break into the country and ignore the process of coming here and then want a process to leave. You cannot cut the line to come here and then ask to be put in a line to go home,” Watters added. “If you guys are going to be the defense attorneys for every criminal gangbanger in America after you’ve allowed the gangs to invade and now say all of them need lawyers, it’s going to be an eternity, Jessica, to get these people out of here.”
Watters then called out Democrat Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s recent taxpayer-funded visit to El Salvador to see Abrego Garcia, noting how the senator defended his meeting with the illegal migrant.
“The slippery slope argument. Is this the slipperiest slope you’ve ever seen? If they deport an MS-13 terrorist, you’re next,” Watters said. “Who? The Puerto Ricans? Anybody with a tan, Jessica? Are you next? No one believes that. This is the dictator hoax all over again. You lost on that the last time.”
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SOOOOO many lies about this guy.
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“Attorney Alan Dershowitz said on Newsmax Monday that Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration over frozen federal funding is a political maneuver with little legal merit and an outcome that’s all but certain.
Harvard University sued the Trump administration Monday evening and accused the government of using the threat of pulling federal funding to pressure the school into surrendering control over its academic decisions. During an appearance on “The Record with Greta Van Susteren,” Dershowitz said that Harvard University’s lawsuit is legally weak and politically calculated.
“Harvard’s gonna lose. It has no obligation, legally, for the government to fund a $53 billion university. I don’t understand the basis of the lawsuit,” Dershowitz said. “They’re claiming First Amendment, but Harvard has the First Amendment right to speak and to teach and academic freedom, but it doesn’t have the right to get funding.”
Dershowitz said the lawsuit isn’t really about constitutional rights but a pressure tactic.
WATCH: https://rumble.com/embed/v6q7l27/
“I think the lawsuit is designed to send a message to the administration. Come sit down and negotiate,” Dershowitz said. “There are two lawyers whom they hired initially who are negotiators. They’re close to the Trump family and Trump business, and I think this is simply a ploy to try to get a resolution.”
Dershowitz estimated that roughly a third of the government’s demands of Harvard are reasonable, a third are flawed, and another third fall into a gray area that could be resolved through talks.
“About a third of the things that the government asked for from Harvard are right. They should do it. A third of them may be wrong, and about a third of them are subject to negotiation. So this case will settle. But if it goes to the Supreme Court, it’s gonna lose. It may win in the district court because it’s Massachusetts, but it will lose in the Supreme Court,” Dershowitz said.
The Trump administration began threatening to cut Harvard’s funding in April after ordering the university to comply with specific measures aimed at curbing antisemitism on campus. On April 11, the Department of Education demanded that Harvard address antisemitism by reforming its disciplinary policies, screening international students for hostile views, and reviewing programs with a history of antisemitism.
After Harvard rejected the terms on April 14, refusing what it called a federal “takeover,” the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism moved to revoke $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts and criticized the university’s “entitlement mindset” toward federal funding. Additionally, senior officials at the Department of Health and Human Services told the Daily Caller that the Trump administration is halting over 500 National Institutes of Health grants to Harvard, totaling more than $1 billion.”
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https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114377993807616549
“I’m doing what I was elected to do, remove criminals from our Country, but the Courts don’t seem to want me to do that. My team is fantastic, doing an incredible job, however, they are being stymied at every turn by even the U.S. Supreme Court, which I have such great respect for, but which seemingly doesn’t want me to send violent criminals and terrorists back to Venezuela, or any other Country, for that matter — People that came here illegally! The Courts are intimidated by the Radical Left who are, “playing the Ref.” Great Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito correctly wants to dissolve the pause on deportations. He is right on this! If we don’t get these criminals out of our Country, we are not going to have a Country any longer. We cannot give everyone a trial, because to do so would take, without exaggeration, 200 years. We would need hundreds of thousands of trials for the hundreds of thousands of Illegals we are sending out of the Country. Such a thing is not possible to do. What a ridiculous situation we are in. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
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whoa…really????
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Yepper – my, how things change!
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can’t blame him!
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H/T M
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the headline with the article says 12/27/2024…???
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Probably took that long to get it going, I expect.
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wonder what the status is now?
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Working it’s way thru this f’ed up convoluted system! It will take years – you know that!
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“Why Is The U.S. Lending $5 Billion To An American Natural Gas Competitor? The Export-Import Bank approved a $5 billion loan to a French energy company to build an LNG pipeline in Mozambique, competing with the U.S.”
The Federalist, By: Daniel Turner, April 22, 2025
ENTIRE ARTICLE: “The Export-Import Bank recently approved a $5 billion loan to French energy company TotalEnergy to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline in Mozambique. An American organization is funding America’s economic competition, contradicting its mission and President Donald Trump’s plans to support U.S.-based businesses.
Ex-Im was established in 1934 via an executive order by Franklin D. Roosevelt as an independent executive agency with the purported goal of supporting American jobs by facilitating the export of U.S. goods and services.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy just wrapped up a trip to Asia to secure contracts for Alaska’s LNG industry and the construction of its new pipeline. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is authorizing LNG expansion nationwide. At the same time, Ex-Im is funding a direct competitor. Why? How?
Mozambique has a geographic advantage over America for many LNG export markets. Its capital city, Maputo, is 2,800 miles from Mumbai, India. Anchorage is nearly 10,000 miles away. Thus, Alaskan LNG will have much higher transportation costs reaching Indian markets. Mozambique’s LNG is closer to many other foreign countries than to the U.S.
These nations will choose cheaper LNG and put America at a competitive disadvantage.Creating American Jobs?
The Ex-Im Bank says this loan will “support more than 16,000 American jobs and nearly 70 U.S. suppliers across country.” And that may be the case in the construction of this pipeline. Perhaps they do buy American raw materials, and that would be good for American manufacturing. The construction of the pipeline is not the problem but rather the loss of market share once the pipeline is operational. If short-term and one-time manufacturing orders were the sole consideration, then by this logic we should fund nuclear plant construction in Iran to increase the purchase of American uranium. We should fund the construction of munitions factories in Russia if Russians buy American steel.
President Trump’s pick to head the Ex-Im Bank, John Jovanovic, has yet to be confirmed by the Senate, and this decision was made by the acting president. One can only speculate if the loan would have been greenlit considering Trump’s America First energy agenda, especially in the area of LNG. But this LNG loan is not working in concert with the greater Trump energy agenda. Thwarting China?
Ex-Im says this investment will help thwart Chinese investment in the project and their dominance in the region, but this sudden attention to the threat of Chinese incursion seems opportunistic. In 2023, Ex-Im made a $950 million “investment” in so-called renewable energy, with China controlling 70 percent of the manufacturing and 90 percent of the raw materials markets for wind and solar. My organization has documented this in several reports. Ex-Im Bank did not seem to worry about the threat of China when it transferred hundreds of millions of tax dollars to the Chinese Communist Party.
Thanks to the generosity of the Ex-Im Bank and our U.S. taxpayer dollars, as soon as Mozambique’s LNG industry is operational, foreign markets will purchase LNG from Mozambique instead of from more expensive America. That will be good, too, for the French company who owns the pipeline. Not so good for America.Accountability to Americans
Many factions fight for power in Washington, D.C., and most of them are not elected and act with no accountability to the American president let alone the American people. The power of these agencies along with their budgets and grant-making ability should set policy and agendas always aligned with America’s interests. Right now, much of D.C. seems to be aligned to the Obama administration, or maybe even FDR’s. They are certainly not aligned to the America First plan for which more than 77 million voters cast their ballots.
The common criticism of Elon Musk from angry leftists is he is an “unelected bureaucrat.” Every sunny Saturday for the past few weeks, thousands of protesters held poorly made signs “Fire Elon” and “No one elected Elon” outside of Tesla dealerships. Musk’s crime is, of course, exposing the waste, fraud, and abuse of unelected bureaucrats — like those at the Ex-Im Bank who are driven by their agenda, not America’s interests.
It is time Trump put such wasteful bureaucrats on the same trajectory as the Department of Education. We will all be better off when they are shuttered for good.”
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completely BONKERS!
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“Trump Reportedly Has “Bonkers Crazypants” Plan to Wreck State Dept.”
Our Take: Based. Abolish the State Department and restart our diplomacy program from scratch. The majority of the world’s international problems (as well internal turmoil in specific countries) can be traced back to the US State Department, and as I type this, special envoys such as Steve Witkoff and Adam Boehler are demonstrating that diplomacy is best conducted by career businessmen and pragmatists.
We also understand that the CIA – which is the heart and soul of the State Department – is a malignant tumor on humanity, and should be excised as soon as possible for the safety of every man, woman, and child in the world.
– GhostofBasedPatrickHenry
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“Former Dem Staffer Who Filmed Himself Having Sex in Congress Said He ‘Spent A Little Bit In The Psych Ward’ After Scandal”
https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/us-news/aidan-maese-czeropski-who-allegedly-filmed-himself-having-sex-in-congress-checked-into-psych-ward-after-scandal/
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gees…it’s not like they despise you because you’re tall, short or another color. they despise you because you do not understand the traditions, morals and values of this country or it’s people. And you do not respect the position you held or the people you worked for.
you’re a self centered, entitled leech with the moral fortitude of lint.
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Righteous rant! Beautiful!
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some times I do pissed off American really well…LOL
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“Putin Enacts Key Treaty With Iran”
Our Take: Oh wow, what timing. We’ve got Mike Huckabee over here openly professing that carpet bombing cities full of women and children is somehow a righteous act of altruism – and on Easter, no less – and Mark Levin accusing President Trump of negotiating another Barack Obama-styled Iran Nuclear Deal.
A year ago I would have been called a Hamas propagandist for asserting that Gaza had been carpet-bombed, but thanks to President Trump now it is universally understood that Gaza is a “demolition site,” because it was absolutely carpet-bombed, which is a war crime. Nobody is advocating that we annihilate Denver (along with all of its inhabitants) in order to combat Tren de Aragua, yet when it comes to the Middle East, we’ve allowed the propagandists to seduce us into bloodlust.
Putin is now placing himself firmly between Netanyahu and Tehran, and daring Bibi to pull the trigger. President Trump has already made it clear that this new deal will grant Iran a civil nuclear energy program, though that seems to be a red line that nobody in Israeli politics is prepared to oblige.
How many nuclear weapons does Israel illegally possess? That’s not a rhetorical question. It should be answered, before we send any more money to Tel Aviv.
– GhostofBasedPatrickHenry
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pretty much. illegal for one country, but not them?
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Everyone seems to bend over backwards (or just bend over….) for Israel!
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“Here Are the Infuriating ‘Consequences’ for That Minnesota Employee Accused of Damaging Teslas”
Red State, By Nick Arama | 8:50 AM on April 22, 2025
ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Last week, Dylan Bryan Adams, a 33-year-old who works for the Department of Human Services for the state of Minnesota (part of the Tim Walz regime), was arrested for allegedly damaging at least six Teslas.
The damage was significant, causing about $21,000 in damage, ranging from about $1,600 on one car to $10,370 on another, according to police. Video allegedly caught him in the act.
So you would think that this might merit some significant charges.
But you would be mistaken. Turns out the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has decided that he won’t face charges at this time. Instead, they will enter him into an adult diversion program. So if he doesn’t do anything else and he satisfies whatever restitution requirements or community service they might set, that may be it.
It sounded like the police were not very happy about this at all.
Each act was a felony, according to the police. While the Hennepin County Attorney has “discretion,” the Hennepin County diversion guidelines refer to property crimes “less than $5,000.” So it appears to be varying from that guideline. And of course, there’s more here than a simple property crime, and you have multiple vehicles.
The Minnesota DHS said, “We are reviewing the matter at this time…State employees are expected to follow our code of conduct and hold themselves to the highest ethical standards through their words and actions.”
So it remains to be seen whether this will have any impact on his job. I’m not sure I’d bet on it, given the way the Country Attorney is proceeding.
Gov. Walz has made antagonistic comments against Tesla and Elon Musk, even celebrating when Tesla was going down in the stock market and encouraging people to demonize Musk. He was rooting against both American workers and a company that Minnesota pension funds had been invested in.
More than a little infuriating.”
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Julie Kelly 🇺🇸
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WHOO BOY: In an order filed last night, Judge James Hendrix–the judge in Texas presiding over latest Alien Enemies Act case which prompted unprecedented intervention by SCOTUS–accused ACLU atty of violating federal code of conduct rules by calling his chambers AFTER Hendrix denied the 1st emergency temp restraining order on April 17.
This was noted on the docket after Hendrix filed his order. Now it makes me wonder if Lee Gelernt did not do exactly the same thing with Judge Jeb Boasberg–which could explain Boasberg’s quick action on March 15.
This is not allowed:
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Julie Kelly 🇺🇸
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Here is the voicemail from Gelernt.
What are the chances he left the same message with Boasberg in the wee hours of March 15? In fact (and I will look at transcript), I believe Boasberg admitted to being “in communication” with ACLU prior to issuing any order or setting hearings.
Hendrix denied the emergency motion bc Trump adm said the 2 anonymous Venezuelan illegals cited in the lawsuit would not be removed. But–just like in the Boasberg case–that was not enough.
ACLU was demanding the case be converted into a class action suit covering ANYONE in the jurisdiction that might be subject to the Alien Enemies Act–which is what Boasberg did before his “return the planes” stunt.
ACLU was hoping for same outcome here. Hendrix was not playing their game. Even so, he was advancing the suit on Good Friday–but that wasn’t good enough for ACLU, which is used to running roughshod over the courts.
They immediately appealed, taking the matter out of Hendrix’s hands. Then they cried to SCOTUS, who bailed ACLU (and the illegals) out.
SCOTUS just got involved in what looks like a very dirty case from the start. Good to see at least one judge stand up for himself and for the process.
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Shipwreckedcrew
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The Supreme Court issued a decision today in an alien removal case — Monsalvo Velasquez v. Bondi.
The Court decided that when an alien is given 60 days to voluntarily depart, the 60th day falls on a Saturday, and the alien files a motion to reopen his deportation proceedings on the Monday after the 60th day, that filing is timely — on day 62 — even though the 60th day was the last day to to file.
All well and good.
But the important question that will be asked by the general public, from a layman’s perspective is:
Why is the Supreme Court deciding seemingly inconsequential matters such as whether filing on a Monday following a weekend deadline makes that filing in immigration courts on deportation issue timely — while matters of enormous significance to the legitimacy of what a new POTUS Administration is trying to accomplish get kicked around in lower courts with no meaningful guidance coming from SCOTUS?
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Bessie2003
April 22, 2025 12:09 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court issued one ruling today, in the case called Monsalvo Velazquez vs Bondi, Attorney General.
link to the ruling, which was 5-4 the majority opinion written by Gorsuch:
Click to access 23-929_h3ci.pdf
It’s an immigration ruling where the man was ordered removed but he requested 60 days to voluntarily remove himself, which was granted, and he overstayed and again was ordered removed and again requested a 60 day period to voluntarily leave the country which gave him another 60 days voluntarily deport. Turns out he stayed, and filed another appeal for another 60 days to voluntarily leave because the previous removal date fell on a weekend.
so basically the U.S. Supreme Court has said the guy gets to have another trial because Congress should have made note in their immigration laws that when deadlines fall on a weekend day that the person gets to stay until the next ‘business day’ arrives.
Personal assumption – am thinking this case is what our beloved Supreme Court is using to justify their jumping the gun on this latest intrusion into President Trump’s removal of illegal immigrants so they use these cases as a means to re-write immigration law similar to how Chief Justice Roberts re-wrote the Obamacare law by magically turning it into a tax bill.
Hope the Solicitor General who argues the upcoming case is up to the task otherwise I fear this court’s going to turn the Alien Enemies Act into an even newer version of a tax bill by saying deporting illegals cuts into the taxes localities, States and federal agencies would otherwise be able to collect from undocumented labor, or something.
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“Military Finds Physical Reality Shatters DEI-Fueled Theories About The Sexes — Career opportunities are important, but if there is a conflict, the needs of the military must come first.”
The Federalist, By: Elaine Donnelly, April 22, 2025
(This article was originally published by RealClearDefense.“
ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Ten years have passed since the Department of Defense initiated a social experiment with women in the military. Pentagon officials promised that female trainees headed for previously all-male combat arms units would have to meet the exact same standards as men. Has the experiment played out as promised?
[NF: Problem is, they WEREN’T the exact same standards – they lowered them overall so women could compete! This is just a fact!!!]
We are about to find out. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s March 30 memorandum calls for a 60-day review to achieve high, uncompromised standards in combat arms units such as the infantry, special operations, and other occupations with extraordinary physical demands.
Thanks to a series of executive orders that President Donald Trump has issued since January, Hegseth’s six-month implementation period should proceed without equivocation or distractions related to percentage-based diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) quotas. Wrote Hegseth, “[I]t is essential to identify which positions require heightened entry-level and sustained physical fitness.”
An honest review of contemporary policies regarding women in the military should reflect sound priorities unrelated to DEI. Career opportunities are important, but if there is a conflict, the needs of the military must come first.
Direct Ground Combat Goes Beyond ‘In Harm’s Way’
As the Center for Military Readiness stated in this CMR policy analysis, implementation of Hegseth’s order must begin with clear definitions of terms, starting with “direct ground combat” (DGC). Direct ground combat arms units such as the infantry, armor, artillery, and special forces in all branches of the service are trained to seek out and attack the enemy with deliberate offensive action.
Physical demands in DGC units typically are greater than those in units and military occupational specialties (MOSs) that serve “in harm’s way” in war zones. Men and women serving in such roles are at risk of contingent or incident-related combat, and those who come under fire are trained to fight back and return to base. Their mission, however, is not to seek out and engage the enemy with deliberate offensive action.
Medical technicians, truck drivers, intelligence teams, and other support troops serve with courage, and all must be prepared for wartime contingencies. More than 150 military women died during war operations in the Middle East since 9/11, including two female Marines who were killed by a suicide bomber during America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
It is not necessary, however, for all personnel to meet the same physically demanding standards as infantry, armor, artillery, or special operations forces. Nor should tough standards in those units be lowered or “redefined” to meet DEI goals.
Empirical Data Ignored
Secretary Hegseth’s review of contemporary training requirements also requires an honest review of recent history. In 2015, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter elevated “equity” above reality when he opened to women all units and military occupational specialties, including previously all-male infantry, Air Force special forces, Army Green Berets, and Navy SEALs.
In doing so, Carter disregarded empirical data indicating that his egalitarian policies would compromise standards and effectiveness in close combat units.
From 2012-2015, the Marine Corps conducted a scientific study of the issue, which included nine months of field tests overseen by the University of Pittsburgh. The purpose of the research was to prove a simple hypothesis: “An integrated unit under gender-neutral standards will perform equally as well as a gender-restricted unit.”
However, as CMR wrote in a statement for the record of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on February 2, 2016, despite positive expectations for field tests conducted with well-qualified female and average male volunteers, USMC field test data disproved the hypothesis.
A summary of empirical data and still-relevant findings gathered by the Marine Corps’ Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force (GCEITF) during that study reveals facts that are very relevant to discussions today. For example, all-male task force teams outperformed their mixed-sex counterparts in 69 percent (93 of 134) of ground combat tasks. Physical differences were more pronounced in “specialties that carried the assault load plus the additional weight of crew-served weapons and ammunition.”
In sex-mixed units, physical deficiencies had negative effects on the unit’s speed and effectiveness in simulated battle tasks, including marching under heavy loads, casualty evacuation, and marksmanship while fatigued. Significant differences also were noted in the mixed-sex units’ ability to negotiate obstacles and evacuate casualties, and musculoskeletal injury rates were double — 40.5 percent for females, compared to 18.8 percent for men.
These results supported a memorandum from then-Marine Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford to keep some close combat units all-male. Secretary Carter ignored the commandant’s rational request and opened all close combat positions to women for purposes of “equity.”
When ‘Equality’ Is Not Equal
Secretary Carter also promised to maintain sex-neutral (identical) training standards for the combat arms, but that promise proved impossible to keep. In 2019, the army began trials with a more challenging six-event Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) to replace the long-standing Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT). The ACFT was supposed to have sex-neutral (identical) requirements and scoring systems for both male and female trainees.
However, due to high failure rates among the women, officials tried to improve pass rates by removing the most demanding elements of the ACFT, altering scoring systems, or making some events optional.
Women’s scores improved, but DOD contractor RAND noted in its December 2024 report that tougher standards for combat arms units “may be too high to achieve the Army’s desired pass rates for various ‘subgroups.’” Ultimately, the Army reinstated sex-normed (different) standards while pretending nothing had changed.
Physical realities shattered unrealistic theories about sex equality in the combat arms. This is why Secretary Hegseth is correct in directing the various services to clearly define combat arms occupations and provide tough training that saves lives and missions.
Standards for these roles, Hegseth noted, “should emphasize the ability to carry heavy loads, endure prolonged physical exertion, and perform effectively in austere, hostile environments. Service members in these roles must exhibit speed, strength, agility, and endurance to navigate the demands of combat situations.”
All branches of the service should produce honest evaluations of entry-level and advanced training requirements needed in close combat units and MOSs. Officials also should determine realistic requirements for other troops who must be prepared for wartime contingencies or hostile incidents while serving “in harm’s way.”
The goal should be to strengthen combat effectiveness, not to advance individual careers or percentage-based demographic quotas.”
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Raphael Warnock Slapped With Ethics Complaint for Living in Free $1 Million Luxury Home
‘Something potentially very wrong is afoot,’ ethics watchdog says
Raphael Warnock at the U.S. Capitol (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
Andrew Kerr
April 21, 2025
When it comes to the lavish $1 million Atlanta home where Sen. Raphael Warnock has lived rent-free since 2023, the Georgia Democrat can’t expect to have his cake and eat it too, an ethics watchdog alleged in a complaint filed Monday.
Warnock’s lavish DeKalb County home came equipped with a plethora of luxury accommodations, including a 100-bottle wine fridge, a bluetooth-enabled cooking range, and remote-controlled privacy curtains. The senator hasn’t paid a penny out of his own pocket to live there because the church where he serves as a part-time pastor is footing the bill, the Washington Free Beacon reported. It’s a great deal for Warnock, but it may violate Senate ethics rules that limit how much lawmakers can accept from outside employment, the ethics watchdog Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) alleged in a complaint to the Senate Ethics Committee.
“This is a matter of plain common sense,” FACT executive director Kendra Arnold said in the complaint. “It is difficult to fathom [how] any citizen could look at this situation (a U.S. Senator being a part-time employee of an organization that happens to buy him a million-dollar house to live in for free after he was elected to Congress, and after which he sells his own house) and not think something potentially very wrong is afoot.”
In her complaint, Arnold said Warnock’s free luxury housing arrangement likely violates the Ethics in Government Act, which could carry a range of sanctions for the Georgia Democrat including public reprimand, fines, or censure. She said Senate ethics rules only allow for Warnock’s free housing deal if it’s customary for Ebenezer Baptist Church to provide free luxury homes to its part-time pastors and if it’s something the church provided to Warnock independently from his position as a senator.
Those requirements “have not been met,” Arnold said in her complaint, noting that the value of Warnock’s housing benefit appears to far exceed the part-time nature of his work with the church.
“Especially given the limited amount of time Senator Warnock has for outside employment and the $31,815.12 annual salary he receives from the church in addition to the housing, it appears clear that the housing is excessive and unreasonable for the services he is actually performing,” Arnold wrote.
Arnold’s belief that Warnock’s housing benefit is excessive is shared by Dr. Albert Paul Brinson, a former associate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was ordained at Ebenezer Baptist Church by the civil rights icon in 1965. Brinson said during an interview with a local activist in March that King “would have never endorsed” church funds being used to facilitate luxury living for its pastor. Brinson said Ebenezer Baptist Church’s housing allowance was designed to provide modest accommodations for its pastors.
Warnock’s financial entanglements with Ebenezer Baptist Church have been a consistent political headache for the Georgia Democrat. During his 2022 reelection campaign, Warnock came under fire for accepting a $7,417-per-month tax-free housing allowance from the church to cover his Atlanta living expenses, an arrangement that enabled him to exceed the Senate’s outside income limitations. At the same time the church underwrote Warnock’s living expenses, however, it also owned a low-income Atlanta apartment building that tried to evict residents during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic for as little as $28.55 in past-due rent, the Free Beacon reported.
The circumstances of the church’s purchase of Warnock’s luxury DeKalb County home in October 2022 are also suspect, Arnold said. Ebenezer Baptist Church purchased the luxury home just a few months before Warnock secured his reelection bid that year and before he purchased his own $1.15 million townhome in Washington, D.C., in January 2023. Warnock then sold his personal Atlanta home shortly after moving into the church’s luxury house. The timing, Arnold said, “suggests his position as a Senator was a consideration in providing this specific housing,” the watchdog said.
Even if the Senate Ethics Committee clears Warnock of any wrongdoing for accepting free housing from his church in lieu of the $7,417-per-month he received during his first Senate term, Arnold said he would run into another problem: The Georgia Democrat didn’t disclose the value of his free luxury housing in his 2023 financial disclosure in what she said is a violation of the Ethics in Government Act. “There is simply no contrary argument that it is not disclosable,” Arnold said.
“One must ask, if the laws written do not prohibit this particular situation or, at the bare minimum, at least merit a mere investigation, then what were they even written for?” Arnold said. “It is inarguable that the known facts do not appear to comply with the Senate Ethics rules, whether the Senate Ethics Committee will act upon it, enforce the law, and maintain the public’s confidence is another question.”
Warnock’s office did not return a request for comment.
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“Irregular Warfare: A Glimpse Behind the Curtain”
Joe Lange, Apr 22, 2025
EXCERPT: “Trump is a “wartime president” and has been since the moment he was sworn into office back in 2017.
With the help of military intelligence, Trump has been waging a war against an embedded insurgency that was controlled by foreign puppet masters. The main puppet master who controlled the insurgency in America when Trump became president was Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. He controlled the country at the time. I will lay out all the evidence of Alwaleed’s control, including over the CIA, in a coming article.
This war is ongoing and most people still don’t realize that we are engaged in a real war. A large portion of the population still believe that everything we are witnessing on a daily basis, is just politics.
But this has never been a conventional war. Why? Because we are not fighting an army on a battlefield. The enemy is embedded throughout our government and has infiltrated many important parts of our society…..”
https://badlands.substack.com/p/irregular-warfare
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“The Swiss drug maker Roche has said it will put $50bn into manufacturing in the US over the next five years, joining the queue of companies unveiling investments to try to head off potentially punitive tariffs.
Roche said the investment would create more than 12,000 jobs, including 6,500 in construction and 1,000 at new and expanded existing facilities in the US, including factories and distribution centres in Kentucky, New Jersey and California.
Switzerland has a 10% tariff, which is on track to rise to 31% when the 90-day pause Trump announced earlier this month comes to an end. The pharmaceutical industry is bracing for sector-specific tariffs after Trump last week announced a 21-day investigation last week under the Trade Expansion Act, widely considered the first step towards levies on imports.”
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https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/us-news/hundreds-of-nails-found-embedded-point-up-across-cape-cod-roads-police/
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WTF?
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Fricking idiots!
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“What a fascinating – and frightening – scenario they crafted with this poll. First and foremost, do so many people know anything about Pete Judgabooty? And how does Jon Stewart (I’m assuming that’s the TV guy) fit in to the equation? Has he announced that he’s interested somehow that I’m not aware of? I’da thought George Clooney might be on the list.
As far as that fat fuck Pritzger is concerned, the guy is 110% full of shit. He made his billions the old-fashioned way – he was born into money. And who the fuck is Shawn Fain? I thought that was a political party in Ireland…”
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