The US Congress is pushing new regulations to restrict gun ownership following the recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio.
The “Red Flag” legislation will allow government officials to restrict gun ownership of certain US citizens.
Back in 2014 there were reports that the Obama administration was plotting to take Second Amendment rights away from US veterans.
The new “red flag” legislation plays right into the hands of gun-grabbing Democrats.
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Louisiana Woman Claims Meth Hidden Inside Her Vagina Is Not Hers
Ashley Beth Rolland, 23, told officers she was not sure where the meth they found stashed in her genitals came from.
The Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office said Rolland was accused of stealing approximately $5,000 from a man with whom she had been staying for about a week. The man told West Monroe Police Department that the money was stolen while he was showering.
Rolland admitted to the theft, but, after being searched by a female officer, denied ownership of the meth stashed along with $6,233 found in her vagina. She was arrested for theft and narcotics possession, and is currently being jailed with bail set at $8,000.
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The Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office said Rolland was accused of stealing approximately $5,000 from a man with whom she had been staying for about a week. The man told West Monroe Police Department that the money was stolen while he was showering.
Rolland admitted to the theft, but, after being searched by a female officer, denied ownership of the meth stashed along with $6,233 found in her vagina. She was arrested for theft and narcotics possession, and is currently being jailed with bail set at $8,000.
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You Can 'Major' In Social Justice At This Nearly $70,000/Year California College
Dominican University in California has added a new major, wholly focused on social justice that will begin accepting students in the fall.
The school created the major after a “growing number” of students became interested in social justice careers, according to a university news release. Dominican will be combining courses from its minors entitled “Performing Arts and Social Change” and “Community Action and Social Change” for the major.
Students who major in social justice will have the chance to “examine the links between well-being, social justice, and diverse worldviews.”
Additionally, students will “analyze social injustices and work toward positive social change.”
The major starts off with a class titled “Theory and Practice for Community Action and Social Change,” which “provides foundational frameworks for analyzing oppression, power, and privilege.”
Other courses that students can take range from “Prophets, Psalms, & Social Justice” to “Liberation Theologies.”
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The school created the major after a “growing number” of students became interested in social justice careers, according to a university news release. Dominican will be combining courses from its minors entitled “Performing Arts and Social Change” and “Community Action and Social Change” for the major.
Students who major in social justice will have the chance to “examine the links between well-being, social justice, and diverse worldviews.”
Additionally, students will “analyze social injustices and work toward positive social change.”
The major starts off with a class titled “Theory and Practice for Community Action and Social Change,” which “provides foundational frameworks for analyzing oppression, power, and privilege.”
Other courses that students can take range from “Prophets, Psalms, & Social Justice” to “Liberation Theologies.”
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Thanks to Ballot Harvesting, Orange County Now Has More Registered Democrats Than Republicans
In a historic shift, Orange County, a traditionally conservative enclave in Southern California now has more registered Democrats than Republicans.
Ballot harvesting, a surge of illegal aliens from the southern border and Middle Eastern ‘refugees’ resettled in Orange County by Obama has shifted the demographics dramatically.
Of course this was the plan all along and the Democrats are working to implement this strategy in other Republican strongholds across the nation.
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Ballot harvesting, a surge of illegal aliens from the southern border and Middle Eastern ‘refugees’ resettled in Orange County by Obama has shifted the demographics dramatically.
Of course this was the plan all along and the Democrats are working to implement this strategy in other Republican strongholds across the nation.
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Warning: How the VA 'Red-Flags' Patriots
Gun-grabbing crisis vultures just can't let the latest mass shootings go to waste. "Red flag" laws are now all the rage in the Beltway as the magic pill to prevent homicidal maniacs from wreaking havoc on the nation. Even President Donald Trump has endorsed the idea of preemptively confiscating people's firearms if they are deemed a "threat."
But if you want to know how this American version of China's social credit system would work in practice, let me remind you of how Veterans Affairs recklessly red-flags "disruptive" citizens without due process, transparency or accountability in the name of "safety." Government bureaucrats routinely deprive our nation's heroes of medical treatment based on arbitrary definitions of who and what constitutes a mental health menace.
I first reported on the VA's secretive database on "disgruntled" and "disruptive" vets five years ago. Under the VA policy on "patient record flags," federal bureaucrats can classify vets as "threats" based on assessments of their "difficult," "annoying" and "noncompliant" behavior. The VA manual says the flags "are used to alert Veterans Health Administration medical staff and employees of patients whose behavior and characteristics may pose a threat either to their safety, the safety of other patients, or compromise the delivery of quality health care."
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But if you want to know how this American version of China's social credit system would work in practice, let me remind you of how Veterans Affairs recklessly red-flags "disruptive" citizens without due process, transparency or accountability in the name of "safety." Government bureaucrats routinely deprive our nation's heroes of medical treatment based on arbitrary definitions of who and what constitutes a mental health menace.
I first reported on the VA's secretive database on "disgruntled" and "disruptive" vets five years ago. Under the VA policy on "patient record flags," federal bureaucrats can classify vets as "threats" based on assessments of their "difficult," "annoying" and "noncompliant" behavior. The VA manual says the flags "are used to alert Veterans Health Administration medical staff and employees of patients whose behavior and characteristics may pose a threat either to their safety, the safety of other patients, or compromise the delivery of quality health care."
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New Poll Says Kamala Harris Has ONE PERCENT Of Support Among Black Democrats
Kamala Harris enjoyed a bump in support after the first Democrat debates when she took on Joe Biden but that is pretty much gone.
The exchange she had with Tulsi Gabbard over her record as an attorney general really damaged her.
According to a new poll, Harris is only getting ONE percent of support from black Democrats.
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The exchange she had with Tulsi Gabbard over her record as an attorney general really damaged her.
According to a new poll, Harris is only getting ONE percent of support from black Democrats.
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Tucker: Like the Russia Hoax, the Narrative About White Supremacy in America Is a Conspiracy Theory
Over the weekend two mass shootings were carried out by individuals with differing political opinions. One man, who targeted El Paso, was a white supremecist. The other, who attacked in Dayton, a supporter of Elizabeth Warren. Because his white supremacy motive matches the leftist media narrative about the status of America, the man from El Paso has been getting most of the attention.
But is white supremacy really a growing threat in the United States? Or is it hardly a threat at all.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson isn't buying the accusation that America has a white supremacy problem. Neither is Victor Davis Hanson.
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But is white supremacy really a growing threat in the United States? Or is it hardly a threat at all.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson isn't buying the accusation that America has a white supremacy problem. Neither is Victor Davis Hanson.
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Sister Of Slain El Paso Couple Calls Democrats ‘Pure Evil’ For Not Welcoming Trump
The sister of a couple killed in Saturday’s shooting in El Paso, Texas is outraged over the “pure evil” exhibited by Democratic politicians who refused to welcome President Donald Trump to the city.
Trump plans Wednesday to visit both El Paso and Dayton, Ohio in the wake of tragic shootings in both cities. While there, the president wants to pass on condolences to those affected as well as praise to the first responders. Trump condemned the white supremacy behind the El Paso attack in a televised address Monday.
Andre and Jordan Anchondo were just two of the 22 people killed at the Walmart shooting. They died while protecting their infant child from the bullets. Supporters have established a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to care for the couple’s three orphaned children.
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Trump plans Wednesday to visit both El Paso and Dayton, Ohio in the wake of tragic shootings in both cities. While there, the president wants to pass on condolences to those affected as well as praise to the first responders. Trump condemned the white supremacy behind the El Paso attack in a televised address Monday.
Andre and Jordan Anchondo were just two of the 22 people killed at the Walmart shooting. They died while protecting their infant child from the bullets. Supporters have established a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to care for the couple’s three orphaned children.
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The New York Times doesn’t write headlines anymore – the mob does
The editor of the New York Times said an interesting thing the other day: He doesn’t do the front page.
“I don’t lay out the page. I don’t pick the front-page stories,” Dean Baquet, lead editor of the paper, told the Columbia Journalism Review after his paper changed a headline Monday night because reporting neutrally about President Trump for even five words isn’t allowed anymore.
I know some people who edit New York newspapers for a living and I’m pretty sure they not only write front-page headlines, they dream front-page headlines. The front-page headline is the face of the newspaper, whether it’s running in print or online. Granted, Baquet has a lot on his plate. But the front-page headline is the main course.
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“I don’t lay out the page. I don’t pick the front-page stories,” Dean Baquet, lead editor of the paper, told the Columbia Journalism Review after his paper changed a headline Monday night because reporting neutrally about President Trump for even five words isn’t allowed anymore.
I know some people who edit New York newspapers for a living and I’m pretty sure they not only write front-page headlines, they dream front-page headlines. The front-page headline is the face of the newspaper, whether it’s running in print or online. Granted, Baquet has a lot on his plate. But the front-page headline is the main course.
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Hannity grills NYC Mayor De Blasio in explosive interview
FULL INTERVIEW: 2020 hopeful Bill de Blasio clashes with Hannity in this Fox News exclusive. Hannity presses the big city mayor on violence against the NYPD, abortion restrictions, and his support of the Green New Deal.
Hooray! Great News: Trump White House Is Drafting Executive Order to Tackle Tech Giant Anti-Conservative Bias
It’s no secret that Facebook and the Silicon Valley tech giants discriminate against conservatives.
Facebook has been eliminating traffic to conservative websites since the 2016 election.
Facebook eliminated page views to a majority of top pro-Trump conservative publishers following the 2016 election.
Facebook continues to wipe out conservative publishers.
Over the weekend The Gateway Pundit posted an article on the El Paso mass shooter. The Walmart killer posted a manifesto online before he proceeded to murder 21 people at the Walmart store. The Gateway Pundit contributor Byron McKeeby reported on Saturday night that the manifesto was written by a white supremacist progressive. The killer was without question a progressive. Rush Limbaugh echoed this sentiment today on his show.)
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Facebook has been eliminating traffic to conservative websites since the 2016 election.
Facebook eliminated page views to a majority of top pro-Trump conservative publishers following the 2016 election.
Facebook continues to wipe out conservative publishers.
Over the weekend The Gateway Pundit posted an article on the El Paso mass shooter. The Walmart killer posted a manifesto online before he proceeded to murder 21 people at the Walmart store. The Gateway Pundit contributor Byron McKeeby reported on Saturday night that the manifesto was written by a white supremacist progressive. The killer was without question a progressive. Rush Limbaugh echoed this sentiment today on his show.)
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Revealed: Name of Top FBI Official Who Leaked to Media – But DOJ Declined Prosecution
Inspector General Michael Horowitz released a report in May revealing that an FBI Deputy Assistant Director had taken gifts from journalists, had numerous unauthorized contacts with the media and even disclosed the existence of classified information under seal to the media.
Horowitz did not name the senior FBI official in his report, however he did state that the DOJ declined prosecution.
According to investigative reporter Sara Carter, this top FBI official is Bryan Paarmann.
Sara Carter reported:
Horowitz did not name the senior FBI official in his report, however he did state that the DOJ declined prosecution.
According to investigative reporter Sara Carter, this top FBI official is Bryan Paarmann.
Sara Carter reported:
Several officials confirmed to SaraACarter.com this week that the unknown senior FBI official is Bryan Paarmann. Paarmann, who began his career with the bureau in 1996, was shuffled by FBI Director Christopher Wray in August, 2017 from his position as FBI Deputy Assistant Director of the International Operations Division to special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Division for the New York field office. He is currently on leave and his security clearance has been suspended, sources stated.More
Letters From Ex-Cardinal To Victims Of Alleged Sexual Abuse Show Signs Of Grooming
Defrocked ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick groomed his alleged victims using power, family and more, according to abuse prevention experts.
Two abuse prevention experts reviewed the 89-year-old McCarrick’s letters for The Associated Press and found that the disgraced McCarrick used his status, his contacts, flattery and familial language to make young seminarians and young men feel special before allegedly harassing or sexually abusing them.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declared McCarrick guilty of “solicitation in the Sacrament of Confession, and sins against the Sixth Commandment with minors and with adults, with the aggravating factor of the abuse of power,” according to a Vatican statement. Pope Francis defrocked McCarrick in February.
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Two abuse prevention experts reviewed the 89-year-old McCarrick’s letters for The Associated Press and found that the disgraced McCarrick used his status, his contacts, flattery and familial language to make young seminarians and young men feel special before allegedly harassing or sexually abusing them.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declared McCarrick guilty of “solicitation in the Sacrament of Confession, and sins against the Sixth Commandment with minors and with adults, with the aggravating factor of the abuse of power,” according to a Vatican statement. Pope Francis defrocked McCarrick in February.
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2019 DATA SHOWS 51% OF MASS SHOOTERS WERE BLACK, ONLY 29% WERE WHITE
Data from Mass Shooting Tracker, a source widely used by the media, reveals that 51% of mass shooters in 2019 were black, 29% were white, and 11% were Latino, contradicting the media narrative that white people are overrepresented in mass shootings.
Investigative journalist Daniel Greenfield gathered the crucial data which confirms that mass shootings are not a “white man’s” problem.
He points out that while blanket media attention was focused on the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, 60 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend while Baltimore just reached its 200th murder victim of the year.
Greenfield then quotes Rep. Ilhan Omar, CNN’s Don Lemon and Newsweek, who have all claimed that white people are the biggest mass shooter threat and have carried out more mass shootings than any other group.
But that doesn’t appear to be the case for 2019.
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Investigative journalist Daniel Greenfield gathered the crucial data which confirms that mass shootings are not a “white man’s” problem.
He points out that while blanket media attention was focused on the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, 60 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend while Baltimore just reached its 200th murder victim of the year.
Greenfield then quotes Rep. Ilhan Omar, CNN’s Don Lemon and Newsweek, who have all claimed that white people are the biggest mass shooter threat and have carried out more mass shootings than any other group.
But that doesn’t appear to be the case for 2019.
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Md. Eases Business Owners' Handgun Permit Restrictions
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Business owners like Andy Raymond, who owns a gun shop in Montgomery County, currently have a concealed carry permit with restrictions. The restrictions allow him to wear his handgun when he's on the job or traveling to and from work.
Now, he's applying to have those restrictions lifted so he can always have his handgun with him.
"What if I stop at 7-Eleven to get water on a hot day? Is that covered?" Raymond said. "What if I stop and get gas on my way back home. Is that covered?"
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Sanders Campaign: Don’t Blame Us for Dayton; Blame Trump for El Paso
The presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has responded to reports that the gunman who committed a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, supported Sanders by denying any responsibility — but suggesting that President Donald Trump bears responsibility for the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, the day before.
Breitbart News reported Sunday evening that a Twitter account linked to the Dayton, Ohio, shooter had been taken down, and included support for socialism and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). The Dayton Daily News reported Monday evening that the shooter had left-leaning political opinions and supported gun control. CNN reported Monday evening that the Twitter account had supported Sanders and it had expressed “extreme” left-wing views.
In a statement released Tuesday evening, veteran Sanders campaign aide Jeff Weaver said:
Anyone who thinks that political change should come from the barrel of a gun is anathema to what Bernie has advocated for decades — non-violent mass political action. Senator Sanders and our entire campaign are repulsed by the despicable massacres we have witnessed. We asked Donald Trump to condemn white nationalism and anti immigrant [sic] demonization. We are not holding our breath.
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Breitbart News reported Sunday evening that a Twitter account linked to the Dayton, Ohio, shooter had been taken down, and included support for socialism and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). The Dayton Daily News reported Monday evening that the shooter had left-leaning political opinions and supported gun control. CNN reported Monday evening that the Twitter account had supported Sanders and it had expressed “extreme” left-wing views.
In a statement released Tuesday evening, veteran Sanders campaign aide Jeff Weaver said:
Anyone who thinks that political change should come from the barrel of a gun is anathema to what Bernie has advocated for decades — non-violent mass political action. Senator Sanders and our entire campaign are repulsed by the despicable massacres we have witnessed. We asked Donald Trump to condemn white nationalism and anti immigrant [sic] demonization. We are not holding our breath.
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MSNBC Chyron: ‘Trump-inspired Terrorism’
MSNBC used a chyron on Tuesday evening that read “TRUMP-INSPIRED TERRORISM,” in quotation marks, during The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.
The context for the chyron was the appearance of a guest, Professor David Schanzer, who published an op-ed in the UK Guardian under the headline: “We must call the El Paso shooting what it is: Trump-inspired terrorism.”
O’Donnell did not question the premise of Schanzer’s article, but rather asked him to elaborate upon it: “Establish for us what you see as the link between Donald Trump’s rhetoric, Donald Trump’s hate speech, and what happened in El Paso.”
The MSNBC host never challenged his guest’s view or expressed any doubt about its premise, nor did he show any concern that it might be inflammatory.
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The context for the chyron was the appearance of a guest, Professor David Schanzer, who published an op-ed in the UK Guardian under the headline: “We must call the El Paso shooting what it is: Trump-inspired terrorism.”
O’Donnell did not question the premise of Schanzer’s article, but rather asked him to elaborate upon it: “Establish for us what you see as the link between Donald Trump’s rhetoric, Donald Trump’s hate speech, and what happened in El Paso.”
The MSNBC host never challenged his guest’s view or expressed any doubt about its premise, nor did he show any concern that it might be inflammatory.
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‘DEATH CAMPS FOR TRUMP SUPPORTERS’ FLIERS POSTED IN NEW YORK
Numerous fliers that say “death camps for Trump supporters now!!!” have been posted on street posts and parking meters in Patchogue, New York.
The fliers feature the threatening text in red and a stylized image of Trump’s face as a skeleton.
The fliers were “hanging across the street from Stanley’s Bedding Furniture on East Main Street, between Maple Avenue and North Ocean Avenue,” according to MSN News.
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The fliers feature the threatening text in red and a stylized image of Trump’s face as a skeleton.
The fliers were “hanging across the street from Stanley’s Bedding Furniture on East Main Street, between Maple Avenue and North Ocean Avenue,” according to MSN News.
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'Myth': Narrative of rampant white nationalist mass shootings
Seven times this year, a gunman has opened fire in a U.S. public place, killing at least three people. One shooter is suspected of being a white supremacist. One was an Elizabeth Warren supporter. And two were black.
Yet fears over rising white nationalist attacks after the El Paso massacre threaten to obscure what studies describe as the big picture about mass killings: that they represent a small fraction of annual gun deaths, that they are not surging, and that about half are committed by whites, not a share out of line with the general U.S. populace.
A May 2018 policy brief by the Rockefeller Institute of Government at the State University of New York, which looked at any incident that resulted in deaths or injuries and excluded gang violence or terrorist activity, found that the perception that whites are responsible for nearly all mass shootings is a myth.
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Yet fears over rising white nationalist attacks after the El Paso massacre threaten to obscure what studies describe as the big picture about mass killings: that they represent a small fraction of annual gun deaths, that they are not surging, and that about half are committed by whites, not a share out of line with the general U.S. populace.
A May 2018 policy brief by the Rockefeller Institute of Government at the State University of New York, which looked at any incident that resulted in deaths or injuries and excluded gang violence or terrorist activity, found that the perception that whites are responsible for nearly all mass shootings is a myth.
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Awakening: Half of young Americans say college is too expensive and no longer necessary
In the spring of her senior year of high school, Malavika Vivek had four choices: Caltech, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, or solutions architect at software company Avasoft Inc.
She chose Avasoft.
Vivek had been working for the company part-time while at a magnet engineering-focused high school in Edison, N.J. When she was offered a full-time position, she couldn’t pass up the opportunity.
“I definitely thought about going to college because those schools are all really good. But in the end, I knew I would learn more discovering things on my own and working in the real world,” Vivek told MarketWatch.
At 19 years old, Vivek belongs to Generation Z. And while her experience isn’t yet common, Gen Z is becoming more open to doing college differently or not going at all, according to a new study by TD Ameritrade
“Paying for an education in America is ridiculously expensive, and I think that’s a huge reason why a lot of people in our generation are reconsidering if it’s actually worth it,” Vivek said.
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She chose Avasoft.
Vivek had been working for the company part-time while at a magnet engineering-focused high school in Edison, N.J. When she was offered a full-time position, she couldn’t pass up the opportunity.
“I definitely thought about going to college because those schools are all really good. But in the end, I knew I would learn more discovering things on my own and working in the real world,” Vivek told MarketWatch.
At 19 years old, Vivek belongs to Generation Z. And while her experience isn’t yet common, Gen Z is becoming more open to doing college differently or not going at all, according to a new study by TD Ameritrade
“Paying for an education in America is ridiculously expensive, and I think that’s a huge reason why a lot of people in our generation are reconsidering if it’s actually worth it,” Vivek said.
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Coast Guard rescues woman near Assawoman Bay, Maryland
OCEAN CITY, Md. — The Coast Guard rescued a 20-year-old female from the water after she was reported missing from a vessel early Wednesday morning near Assawoman Bay, Maryland.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region received the initial report from Ocean City 911 dispatch, who relayed that the reporting source noticed the woman missing among the 11 other passengers aboard a 22-foot Carolina Skiff during its transit north from the Route 90 bridge.
A 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Ocean City launched to search for the woman.
Once on scene, the crew initiated their search and found the missing woman in the water within 35 minutes. The crew pulled her aboard the response boat, confirmed she had no injuries, and transported her to her awaiting friends and local police at the vessel owner’s home.
“The operator of the vessel was issued a violation for boating under the influence,” said Master Chief Petty Officer Nathan Beach, officer in charge of Coast Guard Station Ocean City. “Always designate a sober operator if you’re drinking alcohol on the water.”
According to 2017’s Recreational Boating Statistics, alcohol use is the leading known contributing factor in fatal boating accidents. When the primary cause was known, it was listed as the leading factor in 19% of deaths.
First Lady honors Purple Heart Day
Today is Purple Heart Day, marking the occasion 237 years ago when Gen. George Washington established the Badge of Military Merit. Washington designed that original badge by fashioning royal purple cloth into the shape of a heart.
In the early 1900s, Gen. Douglas MacArthur established the Purple Heart both to commemorate Washington and to revive his tradition of giving a badge to those service members who, in battle, gave an uncommon measure of devotion.
“Melania joins me in honoring all of our country’s Purple Heart recipients, their loved ones, and our Gold Star Families for their immeasurable sacrifice,” President Trump wrote in his official message for today. “We are forever grateful.”
See President Trump’s message on Purple Heart Day, 2019.
US Taxpayers Foot $2 Billion Bill for 30,000 Public Employees in Baltimore
American taxpayers have paid for nearly $2 billion in federal aid to fund 30,000 public employees in Baltimore at local and federal levels, an audit shows.
Baltimore reportedly has 13,522 employees with a combined payroll that exceeds $821 million annually. The mayor’s office paid $7 million in 2018 for the salaries of 111 employees and $1 million for public relations fees, according to an investigation conducted by auditors at OpenTheBooks.com.
“We found the city drowning in taxpayer dollars,” Open the Books CEO Adam Andrzejewski wrote in an editorial published Wednesday in Forbes.
Baltimore’s schools pay another 10,770 employees with a combined payroll of $619.3 million—$79.1 million spent outside the classroom, $11.4 million spent on psychologists, $16.4 million for social workers, $7.4 million for counselors, $2.7 million for bus drivers, and $41.2 million for principals and assistant principals, according to the watchdog group.
“Based on our audit, one fact seems clear,” Andrzejewski wrote. “If more money for public employees was the answer, Baltimore’s challenges would have been solved long ago.”
Federal workers in Baltimore amounted to 6,472 employees who earned $521.4 million in 2018. [An average of $80,562. each]
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Baltimore reportedly has 13,522 employees with a combined payroll that exceeds $821 million annually. The mayor’s office paid $7 million in 2018 for the salaries of 111 employees and $1 million for public relations fees, according to an investigation conducted by auditors at OpenTheBooks.com.
“We found the city drowning in taxpayer dollars,” Open the Books CEO Adam Andrzejewski wrote in an editorial published Wednesday in Forbes.
Baltimore’s schools pay another 10,770 employees with a combined payroll of $619.3 million—$79.1 million spent outside the classroom, $11.4 million spent on psychologists, $16.4 million for social workers, $7.4 million for counselors, $2.7 million for bus drivers, and $41.2 million for principals and assistant principals, according to the watchdog group.
“Based on our audit, one fact seems clear,” Andrzejewski wrote. “If more money for public employees was the answer, Baltimore’s challenges would have been solved long ago.”
Federal workers in Baltimore amounted to 6,472 employees who earned $521.4 million in 2018. [An average of $80,562. each]
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15-year-old mis-identified as Dayton gunman harassed anyway for pro-Trump views
An Ohio teenager has been the subject of Internet harassment because he has a very similar name to the Dayton gunman.
The harassment also didn’t stop after the error about “Connor Betts” was noted, according to a report in the Sandusky Register, because liberal Twitter users noted that the boy is a conservative who had expressed some support for President Trump.
“They assumed because he had the same name and supported President Donald Trump than he must be the shooter,” the boy’s father told the Register. “It’s scary how quickly people jumped to the conclusion.”
The harassment began when a Twitter user with almost 2,000 followers posted the boy’s photo alongside those of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter and the El Paso massacre suspect, claiming the nation must “address the violence of radicalized people with glasses.”
When the 15-year-old boy took to his Twitter account to say he wasn’t the Dayton gunman, part of the response was to say that it was his fault for supporting Mr. Trump.
“Well, you DO support trump soooooo (sic) who’s to say that a name is ‘all you share,’” one person replied, according to the Register.
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The harassment also didn’t stop after the error about “Connor Betts” was noted, according to a report in the Sandusky Register, because liberal Twitter users noted that the boy is a conservative who had expressed some support for President Trump.
“They assumed because he had the same name and supported President Donald Trump than he must be the shooter,” the boy’s father told the Register. “It’s scary how quickly people jumped to the conclusion.”
The harassment began when a Twitter user with almost 2,000 followers posted the boy’s photo alongside those of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter and the El Paso massacre suspect, claiming the nation must “address the violence of radicalized people with glasses.”
When the 15-year-old boy took to his Twitter account to say he wasn’t the Dayton gunman, part of the response was to say that it was his fault for supporting Mr. Trump.
“Well, you DO support trump soooooo (sic) who’s to say that a name is ‘all you share,’” one person replied, according to the Register.
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Ohio Murderer Showed Ex-Girlfriend Mass Shooting On First Date
A former girlfriend of Dayton mass murderer Connor Betts told NBC News that on their first date he showed her body camera footage from a mass shooting at a synagogue, the first of what turned out to be a number of warning signs that led her to break up with him.
Adelia Johnson, who said she briefly dated Betts earlier this year, told The Blade that he also brought her to a firing range to shoot and that another time, asked her to come along with him as he tried to drop off an anonymous threatening letter to an ex-girlfriend, which particularly unnerved her and led her to break off the relationship.
Johnson said she met Betts in college and they hit it off over their common struggles with mental illness and that he appeared to be intelligent and outgoing.
She told NBC that she did not think his actions were motivated by race or religion and were probably a result of a lack of treatment for his mental illness.
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Adelia Johnson, who said she briefly dated Betts earlier this year, told The Blade that he also brought her to a firing range to shoot and that another time, asked her to come along with him as he tried to drop off an anonymous threatening letter to an ex-girlfriend, which particularly unnerved her and led her to break off the relationship.
Johnson said she met Betts in college and they hit it off over their common struggles with mental illness and that he appeared to be intelligent and outgoing.
She told NBC that she did not think his actions were motivated by race or religion and were probably a result of a lack of treatment for his mental illness.
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Warning! Coming to a Republican District Near You!
Recently, there was a "near miss" in the conservative state of Tennessee. It involved our second-largest conservative county — and it exposed a well-planned strategy by a socialist cadre of outside "community organizers" endeavoring to turn a Republican congressional district Democrat. They didn't conjure this up on their own.
The template for their activity is one being tested in other Republican districts across the nation by organizations with different names but similar goals. These efforts are modeled after the "Rules for Radicals" framework established by the original "community organizer," Saul Alinsky. They are dark-money funded indirectly by leftists like George Soros and his ultra-wealthy "Archenemies of Liberty," including Tom Steyer, Michael Bloomberg, and Jeff Bezos.
That leftist club, and its Democrat Party collective of congressional socialists, has been busy with a visible campaign to rig electoral demographics state by state, dispensing with the Electoral College in order to guarantee the perpetuity of leftist rule.
But the Left is also engaged in a much more subversive strategy to transform our constitutional republic into a permanent populist democracy: a district-by-district strategy.
In Tennessee, a group of former Obama "organizers" emerged from their rat holes after Donald Trump's unexpected defeat of Hillary Clinton in 2016. Trump won Tennessee by 61% to Clinton's 35%, which put the state directly in the Left's crosshairs. Since then, pockets of leftist activists have worked to erode conservative districts — one by one. The template they are utilizing to achieve that goal is being propagated in at least four other Republican-controlled states right now, in preparation for rolling it out nationwide.
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The template for their activity is one being tested in other Republican districts across the nation by organizations with different names but similar goals. These efforts are modeled after the "Rules for Radicals" framework established by the original "community organizer," Saul Alinsky. They are dark-money funded indirectly by leftists like George Soros and his ultra-wealthy "Archenemies of Liberty," including Tom Steyer, Michael Bloomberg, and Jeff Bezos.
That leftist club, and its Democrat Party collective of congressional socialists, has been busy with a visible campaign to rig electoral demographics state by state, dispensing with the Electoral College in order to guarantee the perpetuity of leftist rule.
But the Left is also engaged in a much more subversive strategy to transform our constitutional republic into a permanent populist democracy: a district-by-district strategy.
In Tennessee, a group of former Obama "organizers" emerged from their rat holes after Donald Trump's unexpected defeat of Hillary Clinton in 2016. Trump won Tennessee by 61% to Clinton's 35%, which put the state directly in the Left's crosshairs. Since then, pockets of leftist activists have worked to erode conservative districts — one by one. The template they are utilizing to achieve that goal is being propagated in at least four other Republican-controlled states right now, in preparation for rolling it out nationwide.
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Powerful scenes from Dayton and El Paso
In Dayton this morning, the two met with patients and staff members at Miami Valley Hospital. “They’ve been stopping between rooms to thank the hardworking medical staff,” Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham wrote. “Very powerful moments.”
Watch President Trump: “We love you Dayton, Ohio!”“You had God watching. I want you to know we’re with you all the way,” the President said. Later in the afternoon, he and the First Lady visited with first responders, hospital staff, and victims and their families at University Medical Center of El Paso.
As always when tragedy strikes, our nation’s first responders put their own lives at risk to help save others. The men and women who answered the call in both Dayton and El Paso were no exception. On Monday, President Trump thanked those “who responded to these atrocities with the extraordinary grace and courage of American heroes.”
Before departing Washington today, the President pledged to push Congress on finding bipartisan solutions to address mass violence. “We’re going to be meeting with members of Congress. I’ve already got meetings scheduled. And I have had plenty of talks over the last two days,” he said. Specific measures the President has mentioned include stronger background checks, early warning detection, and “red flag” protection orders.
“I’ll be convincing some people to do things that they don’t want to do, and that means people in Congress,” President Trump said.
🎬 President Trump says he’ll work with Congress to prevent future tragedies.
