South Carolina State Animal: White-Tailed Deer

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Since yet another state has the white-tailed deer as their State Animal, I found an article about a different type of white-tailed deer—the piebald.

From: eastwesthunt.com:

Among the most often seen and identifiable animals in North America, whitetail deer are among them; some of them stand out because of a startling genetic abnormality called piebaltism. Unlike normal deer, piebald whitetail deer have a marbled or speckled look from their unusual blend of brown and white fur. A genetic mutation influencing pigment causes this unusual tint and occasionally results in physical defects.

Piebald deer have captivated scholars, sportsmen, and nature lovers all around despite their difficulties. Some societies even view them as lucky symbols. Including their genetics, rarity, health issues, and importance in nature, this page covers all you need to know about piebald white-tailed deer.

A piebald whitetail deer is a deer having clearly brown and white fur patches. Piebalds have uneven white patches all over their bodies unlike typical whitetail deer, who have a full brown coat with a white underbelly. A genetic mutation influencing melanin production, the pigment in skin, hair, and eye color causes this disorder.

FeaturePiebald DeerAlbino Deer
Fur ColorBrown and white patchesCompletely white
Eye ColorNormal (brown or black)Pink or red
Nose ColorNormal (black or brown)Pink
Hoof ColorNormal (black or brown)Pink or white
PigmentationPartial pigmentationNo pigmentation at all

How rare are piebald whitetail deer?

Extreme rare are piebald whitetail deer. Piebaldism is exhibited by less than 2% of all the whitetail deer population. Genetic elements do, however, cause some locations to have a somewhat higher incidence.

Why are they so rare?

Piebald deer are rare mostly since the genetic mutation causing their pigmentation is recessive. This implies:

A fawn must inherit the piebald gene from both parent deer.

Just a tiny fraction of fawns will be born piebald even if both parents carry the trait.

Should just one parent have the gene, the fawn will have normal coloration but may pass the trait on to next generations.

Piebald deer are so scarce in nature and a wonderful sight for those who enjoy wildlife only.

What causes whitetail deer piebaldism?

A hereditary abnormality known as piebaldism causes white fur patches by influencing melanin synthesis. Along with affecting fur pigment, this mutation can cause physical abnormalities.

Physical Exceptions Related to Piebaldism

Many piebald deer are born with other health issues including:

Twisted or shortened legs make mobility harder.

Curved spine (scoliosis) causes postural problems

Affecting feeding and survival, overbite or underbite.

Abnormalities of internal organs cause problems in health.

While not all piebald deer have these problems, the mutation raises their likelihood of physical difficulties.

Piebald Deer’s Significance in Nature and Human Culture

More than just a rare sight in the wild, piebald deer are very important in both natural environments and human civilization.

Native American Folklore: Piebald Deer

Piebald deer are holy animals according to some Native American tribes. They are supposed to provide blessings, protection, and spiritual messages as well as luck. In some customs, killing a piebald deer is thought of as bad luck.

Do Piebald Deer suffer from any survival disadvantages?

Unfortunately, piebald deer’s distinctive color makes them more easily seen by predators including:

Wolves

Coyotes

Bobcats

Humans

Normal brown-colored deer mix in the wild and make it more difficult for predators to find them. But the white patches of piebald deer stand out and raise their vulnerability to attack or hunting.

Identification of a Piebald Whitetail Deer

Look for these characteristics if you search the wild for a piebald deer:

Randomly dispersed white and brown coat patches.

Normal-colored eyes—unlike albino deer, which have pink or red eyes.

Potentially physical anomalies including a bent spine or shortened legs.

A deer with arresting white markings that contrasts with its surroundings.

Should you ever stumble across a piebald deer in the wild, you should count yourself lucky as finding one is unusual and intriguing.

Conclusion

Piebald whitetails deer are among the most fascinating and unusual animals on Earth. Different from other deer, their unusual white-and- brown hue originates from a genetic abnormality. Although they are lovely, they are more easily seen to predators and often have health issues.

Piebald deer are rare, yet they nonetheless draw the interest of academics, hunters, and other wildlife aficionados. Some societies even see them as enigmatic luck symbols. Whether you are lucky enough to come across one in the wild or just find their genes intriguing, these deer remain an amazing example of the diversity present in nature.

SOURCE: EASTWESTHUNT.COM

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  2. man a few days ago there were 4-5 ninja raccoons running around and a deer.

    tonight on man

    I need to move to a tiny island where nothing happens.
    It’s late and I let the dog on the deck. There are no stairs leading to the back yard fyi.
    I hear hissing and I have never in my life moved that fast.
    I knew exactly what it was. Raccoon. Or should I say two of them. Two raccoons had climbed up the deck post looking for food. I don’t keep food on the deck. But my one neighbor is putting food out for a stray cat at night and it’s clear the raccoons are use to humans.
    Anyway Dog comes running in. Thank god she’s a lover and not a fighter. I hit the window so hard with my hand I’m shocked I didn’t break the window.
    And they got yelled at in German. So they backed off. I tossed whatever I had on hand. The one runs to look what I tossed at it thinking it’s food and then gives me a look of like dude I can’t eat that.
    Dog is growling from behind me.
    Moms like why are you yelling in the middle of the night?
    I slam the door shut.
    The dog is thank GOD ok. There was no fight just hissing.
    So if the dog had not been on the deck there have popped inside the house.
    Moms like we’re moving.
    I have way too much excitement.
    Beagle after everything was said and done was doing zombies in the house and wanted a treat. She got three.

    So two out of the four/five raccoons on the deck. What I saw. Damn.

    I only fill up the bird food during the day in the back yard but man wildlife is taking over.

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    1. LOL…sorry–that sounded funny. but i know raccoons can be nasty and they eat anything! we had one pooping on the deck. he ate all the mouse bait and sucked the liquid from the ant bait traps! then he got the diarrhea! hubby hated that mess. then he disappeared–maybe he died.
      now we have more raccoon poop on the side deck…sigh.
      we have a ramp up to the side deck which adjoins the front deck. everything wanders up–bear, raccoons bunnies, chipmunks, squirrels…you name it,
      BUT on the other hand–with all the glass everywhere we have magnificent views of nature. trade off i guess.

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    1. Good morning, Pat! It’s gonna be another hot one today and super foggy again – heat + humidity = fog! I’m going to give the electric company guys a piece of my mind this morning! Tore up my front yard on the other side of my Weigela bushes! Not cool! Have to have a little chat with my CO buddy!

      I love it – the Cornhusker Clink in McCook to hold 220-some illegals! They should put them to work de-tasseling the corn and picking bugs off of the soybean plants!

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    August 20, 2025 01:15

    HUD makes English the sole language for department services: ‘Speak with one voice and one language’

    Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner on Tuesday confirmed his department is making English the sole language for its services, which comes after President Donald Trump designated English as the official language of the U.S.

    Trump signed the executive order in March, and the Justice Department last month said it would lead the federal effort to implement the order. Before the order, the U.S. never had an official language.

    “Following [the president’s] Executive Order Designating English as the Official Language of The United States, HUD will solely use English for all Departmental business and services,” Turner posted to X. “We are one people, united, and we will speak with one voice and one language to deliver on our mission.”

    …The housing department said there will be some instances where other languages may be permitted to comply with federal law, including accommodations required under the Americans with Disability Act and the Violence Against Women Act.

    The department said that before Trump’s order, it accommodated over 200 languages and had an interpretation line for individuals unable to speak English proficiently, the outlet reported.

    The HUD guidance is expected to go into effect immediately. 

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    1. HOLY CRAP

      The illegal alien truck driver who kiIIed 3 people, FAILED an English Language Assessment, getting only 2/12 answers right and identifying only 1/4 highway traffic signs.

      It was also discovered that WA and CA issued Singh a commercial driver’s license despite not being eligible for it.

      Authorities in New Mexico also failed to issue ELP tests when Singh was stopped there for speeding..

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    1. Wall Street Apes
      @WallStreetApes
      2h
      Illegal from China arrested for running an international weapons ring out of Gavin Newsom’s sanctuary state California

      “A Chinese national accused of stockpiling weapons and military equipment”

      “The house behind me that the man lived in was a revolving door, people in and out. But the one thing that remained a constant was this van used to transport all those weapons authorities say was going to be used for a surprise attack on South Korea — A search of his home, including a van parked outside of his home, we found over 50,000 rounds of ammunition”

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  10. Just The News: “Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday told reporters that President Donald Trump has ordered the entire southern border wall to be painted black to help boost the wall as a deterrent to illegal immigration.

    Noem made the announcement in front of a portion of the border wall in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, and said it was because the black coloring will boost the lifespan of the metal and because it would get so hot the wall would be hard to climb.

    The announcement comes after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) received a flood of funding and resources from the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that Congress passed last month. Construction of the wall is already underway at a pace of about half a mile a day, Noem said, per Fox News.

    “If you look at the structure that’s behind me, it’s tall, which makes it very, very difficult to climb, almost impossible,” Noem said. “It also goes deep into the ground, which would make it very difficult, if not impossible, to dig under. And today we are also going to be painting it black. 

    “We are going to be painting the entire southern border wall black to make sure that we encourage individuals to not come into our country illegally, to not break our federal laws, but that they will abide and come to our country the right way so that they can stay and have the opportunity to become United States citizens and pursue the American dream,” she added.

    Noem also said the Trump administration will be working on a wall on the northern border, and will invest in technology, cameras, sensors and waterborne infrastructure to ensure the border “will be secure far into the future” and “efficient.”

    “Remember that a nation without borders is no nation at all,” the secretary said. “We’re so thankful that we have a president that understands that and understands that a secure border is important to our country’s future.”

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  11. Just The News: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to purge “woke” elements from federal museums in favor of narratives celebrating the successes and positive developments of the nation.

    “The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of ‘WOKE,'” he posted on Truth Social. “The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future.”

    “We are not going to allow this to happen, and I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities where tremendous progress has been made,” he added. “This Country cannot be WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE. We have the “HOTTEST” Country in the World, and we want people to talk about it, including in our Museums.”

    Last week, the White House wrote to Smithsonian museums, notifying them that it was conducting a review of content ahead of the 250th anniversary of America. 

    “This initiative aims to ensure alignment with the president’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions,” the White House said of the initiative.”

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  13. Just The News: “President Donald Trump will reportedly soon double the number of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., as part of his ongoing crackdown on crime and homelessness.

    At present, roughly 800 National Guardsmen are stationed in the capital city, with another 200 from Mississippi, 200 from South Carolina, 200 from Ohio, and 300-400 from West Virginia set to join them, The Hill reported.

    The deployments come as Trump has requested the support of state National Guard troops for the effort, with Republican-led states quick to answer his call.

    “I’ve approved the deployment of approximately 200 Mississippi National Guard Soldiers to Washington, D.C., to support President Trump’s effort to return law and order to our nation’s capital,” Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Miss., confirmed on X.

    “Crime is out of control there, and it’s clear something must be done to combat it. Americans deserve a safe capital city that we can all be proud of,” he added. “I know the brave men and women of our National Guard will do an excellent job enhancing public safety and supporting law enforcement.”

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  15. Just The News: “Storm surge flooding and tropical storm conditions from Hurricane Erin are forecast for the Outer Banks of North Carolina starting Wednesday evening. At 5 p.m., Erin was packing maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. The Category 2 hurricane remains on a path to steer clear of the United States mainland, though it is already brushing in large waves and will bring beach erosion and overwash.

    The storm was 615 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras and 615 miles southwest of Bermuda, moving at 10 mph. Storm surge warnings were in effect from Cape Lookout to Duck; a tropical storm warning was in effect from Beaufort Inlet to Duck, inclusive of the Pamlico and Albemarle sounds; and a tropical storm watch was in effect from north of Duck to Chincoteague, Va.

    Intensity of the storm is forecast to fluctuate. Hurricane force winds, meaning 74 mph or greater, stayed extended 80 miles from its center throughout Tuesday; tropical storm-force winds, meaning 39 mph or greater, grew to 230 miles from the center.

    Forecasters said 1-2 inches of rain are expected Wednesday night on the Outer Banks. Swells from the Atlantic Ocean, however, are life-threatening in the surf and rip currents. Storm surge from Cape Lookout to Duck is forecast at 2 to 4 feet.

    Mandatory evacuations have been issued for Ocracoke Island in Hyde County and Hatteras Island in Dare County. Each county has declared an emergency. Multiple published reports put the number of swimmers rescued between 60 and 70 at Wrightsville Beach near Wilmington on Monday. This was due to rip currents.

    N.C. 12, the famed 148-mile roadway linking the peninsulas and islands of the Outer Banks, is likely to go underwater and parts could wash away – as often happens with hurricanes. N.C. 12 begins at U.S. 70 at the community of Sea Level and runs to a point just north of Corolla and south of the Currituck Banks North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve. Two ferries, Hatteras Island to Ocracoke Island and Cedar Island to Ocracoke Island, are part of the route.

    The storm’s miss of the state is particularly welcome in light of Hurricane Helene. Recovery from that storm is in its 47th week. Helene killed 107 in the state, 236 across seven states in the South, and caused an estimated $60 billion in damage to North Carolina.”

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  16. Goodness! Wheezer was a pig this morning! I gave him a heaping tablespoon of tuna but it wasn’t enough – he hunkered down in front of the door, looking at me – so I gave him some of the beef cat food – he chowed down on that, then hunkered down again, waiting…..OK then, more tuna! That was apparently enough to fill his belly and he’s now taken himself off to do his stalking business! Yet he never gains any weight…..sigh.

    I talked to the guy from CO about the damage to my yard. He said he got on them yesterday for not using the panels under the braces on the truck; he claims the ruts from the tires can’t be avoided, since the work they are doing now requires that they be right underneath the equipment on the pole. That really pisses me off, since I will have to deal with those ruts every time I mow!!! But there is nothing I can do about it…..sigh.

    Just The News: “White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday told reporters that President Donald Trump has canceled his August vacation to Bedminster, New Jersey, in order to continue working on setting up meetings with Russia and Ukraine.

    Presidents typically take a vacation in August while Congress is on its annual August recess, and Trump took a 17-day vacation at his Bedminster resort during his first term, The Hill reported.

    Leavitt said that Trump considered trying to continue arranging the peace talks during his New Jersey trip but opted to remain at the White House instead.

    “This is normally the time when the president goes on vacation, but not this president,” she said in a press briefing. “There [were] discussions about him working from Bedminster for a couple of weeks, but he decided against it. He’s a man on a mission. He wants to move. Get things done quickly. He wants to strike when the iron is hot.”

    The decision comes after Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, last week and then European leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, at the White House on Monday. Both meetings centered around ending the years-long war in Ukraine.” 

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  18. Just The News: “Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Monday announced the Agriculture Department (USDA) will no longer spend taxpayer dollars to build solar panels on American farmland.

    The department claimed on Tuesday that Tennessee alone has lost over 1.2 million acres of farmland in the past 30 years so the Green New Deal could build subsidized solar panels and the state is expected to lose a total of 2 million acres by 2027.

    “This destruction of our farms and prime soil is taking away the futures of the next generation of farmers and the future of our country,” Rollins said in a post on X. “Starting today, [USDA] will no longer deploy programs to fund solar or wind projects on productive farmland, ending massive taxpayer handouts. Also ENDING the use of panels made by foreign adversaries like China.”

    The Agriculture Department said the issue of solar panels being built on American farmlands extends beyond Tennessee, with solar panels on farmland nationwide having increased by nearly 50% since 2012.

    “It has been disheartening to see our beautiful farmland displaced by solar projects, especially in rural areas that have strong agricultural heritage,” Rollins said in a statement. “One of the largest barriers of entry for new and young farmers is access to land.”

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  20. “This is an aerial view of the “Esther Williams Swimming Pool,” made in the shape of Florida at Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven, circa 1950. Reflections from overhanging mossy cypress trees can be seen on the surface of Lake Eloise. 

    The pool was built as a set for MGM technicolor movie “Easy to Love” (1953) which was partly filmed at the park. The pool is now known as the “Florida Pool” and located within the botanical gardens portion of LegoLand.”

    “This is just down the street from my house. When I first saw it, I wondered WTF kinda tree is it that flowers like that? and then I got up closer and realized it wasn’t the tree at all. It’s a Bouganvillea bush that’s somehow managed to climb the tree over so many years and now is taking the tree over. How friggin’ cool is that?”

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      1. It is gorgeous and I wouldn’t mind having one but it’s too cold in NE! Temps under 40 degrees would require that they be brought inside.

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  22. “The statement “YOU CANNOT SMELL IN YOUR SLEEP” refers to the fact that the sense of smell, or olfaction, is significantly diminished or absent during sleep, particularly during deep sleep stages.

    During sleep, the brain’s processing of sensory information, including smells, is largely suppressed, preventing odors from readily waking an individual.

    This diminished sense of smell during sleep has significant safety implications, as it means individuals may not wake up to the smell of smoke or gas, highlighting the importance of smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms.”

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  23. “If that explanation sounds like 100% horseshit, you’re on my team. There say there are age differences in color dreaming. Older people supposedly report far less color in their dreams than younger people. The prevailing explanation for this is based on the media they experienced while young. They claim that if the photographs, movies and television you saw as a child were all in black and white, then you are more likely to report more black-and-white dreams than color dreams. I say bullshit.

    This statement raises some interesting questions. Are people really dreaming in black and white or just remembering their dreams that way after the fact? Was it as common for people to say they dreamed in black and white before these visual media were invented? There wasn’t any focused research that relied on in-the-moment dream reports back before black-and-white photos and movies existed, so we will never know.

    I Dream of Jeannie” did have episodes filmed in black and white, specifically the entire first season. The show’s first season, comprising 30 episodes, was originally filmed in black and white. These episodes were later colorized for wider distribution and viewing options. The decision to film the first season in black and white was partly due to the technical limitations of the time, particularly in achieving the desired visual effect for Jeannie’s smoke. It was more expensive to produce the show in color at that time. 

    You may have also wondered whether blind people dream. They do. If a person becomes blind after age 5 or 6, their dreams will contain visual images. However, someone who is congenitally blind, or becomes blind before about age 5, will not have visual images in their dreams. Instead, their dreams contain more information from the other senses.”

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  25. EXCERPT: “A common trope trotted out in defense of the modern GOP is that, for all its shortcomings, electing Republicans to positions of power is better than electing Democrats. If that argument is true, then why are the institutions in so many so-called “red states” just as left-wing as their blue state counterparts?

    A new report authored by the State Leadership Initiative (SLI) and obtained by The Federalist reveals how many Republican-run states “remain deeply entangled in the same bureaucratic bloat, cultural drift, and economic stagnation” that are features of those run by Democrats. While red and blue states often differ on major political issues (ex. gun rights and tax policy), the 2025 State Leadership Index shows how the implementation of these policies — specifically those in red states — “often operate within a [left-wing] framework that remains fundamentally unchanged.”

    “State Leadership Initiative was founded to do the legwork to get Red States to live up to the campaign promises their elected officials made to their citizens when asking for their votes. This report shows that in huge aspects of governance — red states need to be more than blue states with lower taxes,” SLI Founder Noah Wall told The Federalist. “This report is a call to action to change that.”

    The SLI index scores and ranks states based upon various metrics that are divided up into three primary sub-categories. These sub-categories include governance, which “measures the effectiveness and ideological alignment of a state’s bureaucracy;” economic vitality, which “measures whether a state is advancing material prosperity and building a sustainable foundation for long-term strength;” and cultural strength, which “evaluates the health and resilience of communities.”

    When examining the governance of U.S. jurisdictions, SLI found an “alarming” level of federal dependency among red states. According to the analysis, “7 of the 10 most federally dependent states are red,” with federal dollars comprising “nearly 40% of [the] state budgets” of states such as Mississippi and West Virginia.

    “This is not sovereignty; it is soft capture,” the index reads. Upon further analysis, the conservative group found other governance similarities shared by many red and blue states. Notably, the report shows that a significant number of red states boast a disproportionate amount of public school, university, and other government bureaucrats…..”

    https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/20/exclusive-new-report-shows-red-state-institutions-are-just-as-left-wing-as-their-blue-counterparts/

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  26. Charlotte99

    August 20, 2025 9:14 am

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    DONALD TRUMP: “COOK MUST RESIGN, NOW!!!” FHFA Director Bill Pulte is urging AG Pam Bondi to investigate Fed Governor Lisa Cook for alleged mortgage fraud.

    He says Cook claimed two different homes in Michigan and Georgia as her “primary residence” just weeks apart, possibly securing better loan terms. No charges have been filed. DOJ and the Fed declined comment.

    Source: @realDonaldTrump, Bloomberg

    https://nitter.poast.org/MarioNawfal/status/1958149519520203117#m

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  28. OK – I was wondering why they would go to the expense of painting the border wall black – just heard on Fox that it will make the metal fencing a lot hotter, thereby lowering the incidence of people trying to climb it.

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  29. “D.C.’s Murder Rate Is More Than 500% Higher Than The Average State — D.C.’s murder rate ran 169 percent higher than Louisiana’s, the deadliest state, and an astonishing 523 percent higher than that of the average state.”

    By: John R. Lott Jr., August 20, 2025

    EXCERPT: “Democrats insist Washington, D.C., doesn’t face a crime problem. On a podcast last week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, NY, claimed, “I walk around all the time. I wake up early in the morning … And I feel perfectly safe.” He dismissed Republican concerns about safety as “full of it,” but, of course, Schumer doesn’t go anywhere without his security detail. In a similar vein, D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen called the federalization of law enforcement “unnecessary, unwarranted,” and the D.C. Council emphasized that crime rates are at “the lowest rates we’ve seen in 30 years.”

    Yet even MSNBC host Joe Scarborough admitted that Democrats privately acknowledge the problem. On his show last week, he said Democrats had called him in recent days, saying, “Washington should have gotten involved years ago. This place is dangerous, it’s a mess, it’s a wreck.” Scarborough noted that those same Democrats then rush to Twitter to attack Republicans, denouncing federal intervention as “the worst outrage of all time.”

    Those who have visited a CVS or Walgreens in D.C. can see the reality: Everything sits behind plexiglass. That isn’t surprising, since the city’s property crime rate runs 49 percent higher than the most crime-ridden state.

    So what do the numbers really show? First, the debate centers only on crimes reported to police — which are far fewer than the crimes actually committed. Nationally, victims report about 40 percent of violent crimes and 30 percent of property crimes. When criminals face little risk of being caught or punished, reporting drops even further. Given D.C.’s high crime levels, the gap between actual crime and reported crime is likely to be far wider than the national average.

    Second, the D.C. police department itself faces serious credibility issues. For years, the police union and individual officers have accused leadership of manipulating statistics — downgrading felonies to misdemeanors and misclassifying incidents to keep them out of the official totals reported to the city and the FBI. For example, one officer alleged that a case of domestic violence in which an individual received a deep cut was reclassified by a captain as “sick person to the hospital,” when the officer had originally categorized it as an “assault with a dangerous weapon.” Residents also complain that even crimes resulting in felony convictions sometimes disappear from D.C.’s recorded numbers.

    According to the union, the problem is only getting worse, even as city leaders boast about supposed drops in crime.

    But let’s put those concerns aside and turn to the FBI’s final 2023 crime data. Even by reported numbers alone, D.C.’s crime rates remain shockingly high compared to those of the rest of the country. Whether compared to states — since many Democrats want D.C. to become the 51st state — or to cities, the district stands out for all the wrong reasons…..”

    https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/20/d-c-s-murder-rate-is-more-than-500-higher-than-the-average-state/

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  30. “Media Insist Mail Voting Is Secure Days After MI Councilman Investigated For Stuffing Ballot Boxes”

    The Federalist, By: Brianna Lyman, August 19, 2025

    Hamtramck drop box in Michigan

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he would work to “get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS.” Democrats and their media allies reflexively attacked the president, insisting that mail-in voting is secure — as if repeating it often enough makes it true.

    Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said on CNN that “Mail ballots are secure.” ABC News’ Hannah Demissie dismissed Trump’s claims as “without … evidence” before later conceding fraud does occur, but that it’s “rare” (as if any amount of voter fraud should be tolerated). ABC7 Eyewitness News said Trump “falsely” claimed mail-in ballots “lead to voter fraud.”

    MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace said Trump’s comments are “completely false” and claimed there is “zero evidence” to support his voter fraud claims in U.S. elections. Self-described independent journalist Terry Moran said there is “zero proof” for Trump’s claims about fraud. “There is no voter fraud of any consequence anywhere in the US,” Moran claimed.

    But media mouthpieces should try telling that to voters in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where the “consequence” of voter fraud was an election being overturned. Bridgeport Democrat Mayor Joe Ganim was losing to John Gomes during the September primary by hundreds of votes. But after absentee ballots came flooding in, he won by 251 votes. Footage later emerged that appeared to show two of Ganim’s affiliates “stuffing ballot boxes.” The race was overturned, and a re-do was ordered (which was also plagued by allegations of voter fraud).

    Just this month in Hamtramck, Michigan, surveillance video purportedly captured several people — allegedly including Abu Musa, an incumbent city councilman running for reelection — stuffing ballot drop boxes. Video footage purportedly showed two men handling stacks of ballots and placing them into a Hamtramck drop box. A separate video reportedly showed a pickup truck arrive at the same drop box before the driver gets out and shoves stacks of ballots into the box. Michigan election law only permits ballots to be dropped off by the voter himself, a member of the voter’s immediate family, or someone living in the voter’s home.

    Notably, Musa won his reelection after receiving 1,129 votes, according to the Daily Mail. According to the outlet, “Of the total 1,129 votes received by Musa, 843 were cast by absentee ballot.”

    In Pennsylvania, three members of the Millbourne Council Board were sentenced to prison this summer for preparing fake ballots and stuffing ballot drop boxes. A similar case unfolded in Wisconsin, where hundreds of ballots were allegedly stuffed in a drop box in October 2024, The Federalist’s Matt Kittle reported.

    Last year an Alabama Democrat running for a county position was charged with seven felony counts of voter fraud after he allegedly voted “for another voter or falsif[ied] an absentee ballot application or verification document so as to vote absentee and/or willfully aided any person unlawfully to vote an absentee ballot.”

    And just months later in December, a man in Texas was sentenced to four years in prison for ballot fraud during the 2020 election. The individual forged mail-in ballot applications using residents’ names and then “had the ballots sent to a Lewisville mail store where he leased a virtual mailbox using fake IDs,” according to the Denton Record-Chronicle.

    All of these examples prove what the left so desperately tries to deny: Mail-in ballots and other forms of absentee voting are uniquely vulnerable to abuse and fraud. And for a party that constantly screams about “democracy” and the importance of having your voice heard through a vote, it’s odd that they’d oppose a measure to ensure that elections are fair and have integrity.”

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  31. “Loudoun County School Board Deserves Prison Time For Putting Trans Ideology Over Kids’ Safety — The Department of Education confirmed to The Federalist that the federal government has started proceedings seeking the ‘suspension or termination of federal financial assistance.’”

    By: Breccan F. Thies, August 19, 2025

    loudoun county

    EXCERPT: “Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS), the infamous Virginia school district that covered up the rape of a student in order to advance gender ideology, has once again proved its school board and administrators belong in prison.

    Last week, the school district decided to suspend two male Stone Bridge High School students for sexual harassment and sex-based discrimination because they were uncomfortable sharing their locker room with a female student who claimed to be a male.

    The suspension is ten days along with a no-contact order, meaning the two males are not able to be in any classes with the female. The male students will also need to partake in a corrective action plan.

    “They’re going to have to follow what Loudoun County says, what they believe is right, and what goes against other people’s beliefs, or what we believe is right,” Seth Wolfe, the father of one of the boys, said.

    In May, LCPS opened a Title IX investigation into the two boys after the female student filmed them saying they were uncomfortable with her being in their private space. The female student is allowed under district policy 8040 to use the restroom of her choosing because she says she is actually a male.

    Attorney General Jason Miyares, R-Va., found the school district to have used the Title IX process in a retaliatory, discriminatory, and illegal manner, and ultimately referred the district to the federal Departments of Education and Justice for further investigation.

    The move is the latest in what Thomas Jefferson might call a “long train of abuses and usurpations” that point to a deliberate attempt to establish absolute tyranny. The district has been defined by its rape cover-up, insisting that boys and girls share intimate spaces, forcing everyone to comply with “preferred pronouns” or face repercussions, adherence to critical race theory, and much more of the ideological poison that reached a fevered pitch in 2020.

    The high school that the persecuted male students attend is the same one where the violent rape and subsequent cover-up occurred some years ago.

    LCPS’s administrative history and persistent miscarriages of justice are proof, in other words, that nearly all the leadership of LCPS are no longer fit to serve in their positions, and that the only recourse adequate to respond to the harm they have forced upon students and families is prison time.

    At the same time LCPS started its Title IX investigation, the school district was also one of five districts in Northern Virginia to be under investigation by the federal government for violating Title IX based on policies like 8040. That investigation is different than the one requested by Miyares.

    The Department of Education found all five school districts to be in violation of Title IX in July for continuing to allow students who claim to be “transgender” to use the restroom of their choice, as opposed to the one aligned with their sex.

    In the video of the Stone Bridge High School incident, boys can be heard discussing the presence of a female in their locker room: “Why is there a girl? I’m so uncomfortable there is a girl,” one said. “A female, bro, get out of here,” another responded.

    Filming inside a locker room is clearly against district policy, but the female student who did so only received an in-school suspension……”

    https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/19/loudoun-county-school-board-deserves-prison-time-for-putting-trans-ideology-over-kids-safety/

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    1. Just The News: “The Department of Education on Tuesday announced it was placing five northern Virginia school districts on “high-risk status” within the federal grant system, after they declined to obey the department’s directive to change their policies regarding transgender students using bathrooms that align with their chosen gender identity. 

      The school districts made their respective decisions to reject the department’s Voluntary Resolution Agreement last week.

      The Education Department found last month that Arlington Public Schools, Alexandria City Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Loudoun County Public Schools and the Prince William County Public Schools violated Title IX by allowing students access to “intimate, sex-segregated facilities” based on the students’ chosen gender identity instead of their biological sex.

      The department said the five districts will now be on “high-risk status” which means that federal funding will be done by reimbursement only. It is also beginning proceedings to suspend or terminate federal financial assistance to the schools. 

      “States and school districts cannot openly violate federal law while simultaneously receiving federal funding with no additional scrutiny,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said. “The Northern Viriginia School Divisions that are choosing to abide by woke gender ideology in place of federal law must now prove they are using every single federal dollar for a legal purpose. 

      “We have given these Northern Virginia School Divisions every opportunity to rectify their policies which blatantly violate Title IX,” she continued. “Today’s accountability measures are necessary because they have stubbornly refused to provide a safe environment for young women in their schools.” 

      The “high-risk” designation informs federal agencies that the entities failed to comply with the terms of their federal grant agreements, according to the department.”

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  32. FDA Recalls Shrimp – per Fox News, this shrimp is not yet in the stores….still, it wouldn’t hurt to keep an eye out!

    “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a recall for specific Great Value brand frozen raw shrimp sold at Walmart due to potential contamination with Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope. The recall, announced on August 19, 2025, affects two-pound bags of the product with lot codes 8005540-1, 8005538-1, and 8005539-1, all with a best-by date of March 15, 2027. The shrimp was processed by PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati, an Indonesian company, and the contamination was detected in a sample of breaded shrimp that was denied entry into the United States. The FDA has placed the supplier on an import alert, preventing its products from entering the U.S. until the issue is resolved. Consumers are advised to throw away any affected product and not consume it.

    • Recalled Product: Two-pound bags of Great Value brand Frozen Raw Ez Peel Tail-On Farm-Raised White Vannamei Shrimp.
    • Lot Codes Affected: 8005540-1, 8005538-1, 8005539-1.
    • Best-By Date: March 15, 2027.
    • Distribution States: The recalled shrimp was distributed in 13 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia. Indiana was not among the affected states.
    • Reason for Recall: The presence of Cesium-137 (Cs-137), a man-made radioactive isotope produced by nuclear fission, violates the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The FDA stated the contamination may have occurred due to insanitary conditions during processing. Long-term exposure to Cs-137 can lead to serious health complications, including cancer, burns, and acute radiation sickness.
    • Consumer Action: Consumers should immediately discard any recalled shrimp and not consume it. Those who believe they may have been exposed should contact their medical provider. The FDA is investigating the source of the contamination with the help of U.S. Customs & Border Protection and Indonesian seafood regulatory authorities.

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  33. Just got notified that they are about to switch me to the new power unit so I’ll be w/o power for about 40 minutes….BBL….just got finished spraying both east and west sides of my fence line – all I have to do now is the back and that can wait until another day.

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      1. I’m back – they’re all done so I won’t be having any more chats with the super cool dude from CO. He said he and his wife are definitely going to get a dwarf willow tree like mine! LOL – I don’t think the new power connection should have anything to do with the speed of my computer or the internet but I suppose it is possible…..

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      1. They pass the word amongst themselves….the truly honorable employees are afraid to expose them in fear of losing their jobs.

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    2. thedoc00

      August 20, 2025 11:15 am

      Interesting …. there are now 4 x High Profile Real Estate cases before the public that involve real enemies of the Republic.

      Fed Chair Jerome Powell … the Billions on the new Fed Building in DC
      Fed Board Member Lisa cook … Mortgage Fruad
      NY AG Leticia James … Mortgage Fraud
      Senator Adam Schiff … Mortgage Fraud

      Reminder: It was the “behind the scenes” Tax Fraud investigation that hung Al Capone.

      Could we be seeing “Non-political related” Property Related Fraud being the undoing of the democrats and RINO’s?? Remember the old Special Counsel Mueller Gang statement …. “where ever the evidence takes us!”

      Consider: Obama OWNS 3 x major PRIME located properties, each worth $10’s of millions ….. in DC, MA and Hawaii. Geee …. and Obama’s just announced they are dumping the DC Property.

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  36. Just The News: “Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of a violent illegal alien with 38 prior arrests and 15 convictions as part of its efforts to round up the “worst of the worst.”

    Jonatan Monzon-Olivares made the top of the agency’s high-profile arrests this week. Hailing from Guatemala, he boasted previous convictions for aggravated assault, sexual assault, burglary, larceny, possession of stolen property, and obstruction of justice.

    “One of the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens arrested by ICE yesterday had 38 prior arrests and 15 convictions, including sexual assault, aggravated assault, and burglary,” Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Just the News. “Under the Biden Administration, serial criminal illegal aliens were allowed to terrorize Americans. We are restoring law and order and putting the safety of Americans first. No longer is America a safe haven for the world’s criminals.” 

    The arrest of Monzon-Olivares comes as part of the effort to ramp up deportations following the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which greatly expanded ICE’s budget. While total deportations remain somewhat unclear, ICE arrested more than 100,000 illegal aliens by April.

    Also among those arrested were:

    Pedro Carillo-Mrianda of Mexico, who was convicted of a sex offense against a child.

    Lloyd Tinasha HweHwe of Zimbabwe, who was convicted of intoxicated manslaughter.

    Trong Ho Luong of Vietnam, who was convicted of manufacturing and delivering cocaine and MDMA.

    Lamphay Syvongsa of Loas, who was convicted of robbery with an imitation firearm, possession of a firearm following a felony conviction, felonious pointing of a firearm, and an array of traffic offenses.

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    1. get them all chipped and deported.

      I think there should be an implanted tracking chip that if they cross the border00in any way shapr or form, it sets off an alarm which continues until it’s stopped in DC.

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  38. “How the President Can Circumvent GOP Gamesmanship on Appointments: Dr. John Eastman explains how President Trump can force Congress into recess and get his languishing nominees in place.”

    Julie Kelly, Aug 20, 2025

    US Capitol

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Dr. John Eastman is a Senior Fellow at The Claremont Institute, and former professor of constitutional law and law school Dean. He represented President Trump in several challenges to illegality in the conduct of the 2020 election.

    There are about 2.5 million civilian employees in the executive branch of the federal government. The American people have the opportunity to vote for only one officer of that branch—the president of the United States—who, together with his selected vice president, serve as the head and the embodiment of the principle of consent of the governed in the executive branch.

    To ensure that executive branch employees work in tandem with the agenda of the president elected by “We the people,” there are about 1300 officers who are appointed by the president after the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate.

    Some of these officers are members of part-time boards and commissions, or ambassadors to a variety of small countries around the world. These employees don’t really have a role in supervising the numerous executive departments and agencies. What remains are about 800 positions that the president can fill with the Senate’s consent, to oversee the vast bureaucracy. And of those remaining 800, about 177 are in “term” positions or carryovers from the prior administration for which President Trump has not made a replacement nomination.

    But he has nominated 371 people thus far, according to the tracker compiled by The Partnership for Public Service and the Washington Post. Of those, the Senate has confirmed only 126. More than half a year into President Trump’s term, these 126 are expected to oversee a bureaucracy of some 2.5 million. To put that in context, President Obama had nearly 300 of his nominees confirmed by this time in his first year in office.

    Languishing in the Senate are 241 nominees, including nominees to such national security positions as the inspector general of the CIA, the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, the inspector general of the Intelligence Community, the general counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at the Department of Homeland Security, the undersecretary for nuclear security at the Department of Energy.

    Given the explosive recent revelations and criminal referrals by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard about how Obama and Biden administration officials manipulated intelligence assessments to create a phony narrative meant to undermine President Trump’s first administration, these positions should be extremely high priority.

    So should top positions at the Department of Justice, where the criminal referrals were sent, but even there, key roles such as the associate attorney general (the third highest position in the department) and the assistant attorney general for the criminal division, remain languishing in the Senate.

    One suspects that President Trump is growing increasingly (and rightfully) frustrated by the inability of the U.S. Senate to act on his nominees for these and many other crucial positions in the Executive branch—particularly since the Senate is ostensibly under majority control of the president’s own party. Yet the Senate, under the leadership of the Senate Majority Leader, Republican John Thune, adjourned on Saturday night, August 2, without acting on the hundreds of pending nominations.

    A single U.S. Senator will now participate in a charade, convening at 1:00 p.m. every third day for a brief moment in a pro forma session in order to not be formally in “recess.” Why? Because under Article II, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution, the president has the power to appoint people to vacancies when the Senate is in recess for more than 10 days.

    Preventing the president from exercising his recess appointment power may make some sense when the Senate is controlled by the opposition party, but when, as now, it is controlled by the president’s own party, whose ability to confirm his nominees has been obstructed by delay tactics of the opposition minority party, the pro forma sessions only serve to reward those trying hamper the president’s ability to get people in place to help him with the agenda he was elected to pursue.

    The House of Representatives began a similar set of every-third-day “pro forma sessions” a week earlier, reportedly to avoid a roll call vote on a call to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. That makes little sense, however, because the possibility of such a vote will still be there when the House returns from its August recess in September.

    So why is the House also in pro forma sessions every third day? Because Article I, Section 5, Clause 4 of the Constitution provides that “Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days.”

    So the failure to go into recess and allow President Trump to make recess appointments is back on Majority Leader Thune, and he seems adamant about not taking a real August recess that would allow the president to exercise his recess appointment power.

    There is, however, a constitutional way around this logjam, though the authority has never been utilized. Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution gives the president the authority to “adjourn” the two houses of Congress “to such time as he shall think proper” “in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment.” House Speaker Mike Johnson has it fully within his authority to reconvene the House in a regular session instead of a pro forma session, hold a vote to adjourn for the entire August recess, and request the Senate’s consent to the adjournment.

    If the Senate refuses to consent, the president’s power to adjourn the Congress until whatever day he thinks proper—the date both Houses have already determined to end the “pro forma session” charade and return to full duty in early September would be a good one—would be triggered, as would his recess appointment power.

    Speaker Johnson, the country is waiting for you to act so that President Trump can get his nominees in place and move forward implementing the agenda for which “We the People” voted.”

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  39. Just The News: “A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Department of Justice’s request to unseal grand jury records related to Jeffrey Epstein and his sex-trafficking operations.

    The decision is a blow to the Trump administration as Attorney General Pam Bondi struggles to contend with public backlash over her handling of the case and the release of relevant materials.

    U.S. District Judge Richard Berman issued the decision, Reuters reported. The move follows a decision earlier this month from a judge who refused to unseal grand jury materials related to Ghislaine Maxwell’s case.

    Maxwell was convicted of sex-trafficking and served as the madame to Epstein.”

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  44. “Lincoln in the showroom, Studebaker parked on the street”

    “Two scrimshawed Hippopotamus teeth, left as a cribbage board and right just as a scrimshaw, both showing the American bark Rosemary 1840-1846 under Captain Samuel Warren, sailor made c. 1840”

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  45. “I’d commute in that”

    “Dogs love to surf too.”

    “Bob! I told you not to flush until we land!”

    “Goat Rocks Wilderness in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State”

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