Texas Republican Party head Allen West suggested that the Lone Star State, and others, should consider seceding from the union on Friday, following the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a potential landmark case challenging voter irregularities in some battleground states. The high court on Friday rejected a lawsuit from Texas, which challenged the election…
The battle we are engaged in cannot be fought with only human weapons: It requires the intervention of God because in a war against the forces of evil, only the Lord can obtain the victory. And as American citizens, we must refuse to go to the funeral of our own independence. We the people are…
As the two runoff elections in Georgia draw nearer, the past remarks of certain Senate candidates are being subjected to intense scrutiny as voters prepare to make their decision about who to elect to the U.S. Senate next month. The candidates’ position on Israel has played a major part in the race between Democratic Senate…
A family-owned Kentucky restaurant donated a massive sum to its employees the day before Dem Gov. Andy Beshear forced the closure of all indoor-dining spots to suppress the spread of COVID-19. The governor issue mandated closure on Nov. 18, requiring that all indoor-dining restaurants in Kentucky close their doors to diners until Dec. 13, in…
The music streaming service Spotify has reportedly reset an undisclosed number of user passwords after claiming that a software vulnerability in its systems exposed privacte user information to its business partners.
TechCrunch reports that the music streaming service Spotify has stated that it was forced to reset an undisclosed amount of user passwords due to a software vulnerability in its systems that exposed private account information to the company’s business partners.
Spotify filed a data breach notification with the California attorney general’s office stated that the data exposed “may have included email address, your preferred display name, password, gender, and date of birth only to certain business partners of Spotify.” The company did not name the business partners but added that it “did not make this information publicly accessible.”
Spotify stated that the security vulnerability existed as far back as April 9 but wasn’t discovered until November 12. Spotify did not elaborate on what the vulnerability was or how user account data became exposed.
The data breach notification stated: “We have conducted an internal investigation and have contacted all of our business partners that may have had access to your account information to ensure that any personal information that may have been inadvertently disclosed to them has been deleted.”
A Spotify spokesperson confirmed that a “small subset” of Spotify users were affected but did not provide specific figures. Spotify has over 320 million users and 144 million subscribers.
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Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane, Washington, rejected a student’s yearbook picture because she posed with an American flag draped over her shoulders. A statement from the school claims the decision was not made against what the flag represents, but out of respect: “We respect our flag as much as any school in the area and were concerned that in the photo submitted it was being used as a prop in the photo and was not being afforded appropriate regard.”
“The fact that I can’t have my senior picture in the yearbook because it contains the American flag in it amazes me,” wrote the student to her Facebook page on Monday, sharing a purported screenshot of an email she received from the school notifying her that her yearbook photo was denied.
“Are you kidding me right now? If the American flag offends you effing leave,” the student added. “Screw this school I want to switch Lewis and Clark High School.”
Screw Lewis and Clark. The fact that I can’t have my senior picture in the yearbook because it contains the American…
According to Lewis and Clark’s principal, Marybeth Smith, the American flag violates the school’s new policy, which states that “no props are allowed.”
“We have rejected a photo this year in which our American flag was displayed in a way not sanctioned by Title Four, US Code, Chapter One,” said Smith in a statement posted to the school’s Facebook page.
A note from our Principal,Quick point of clarification regarding senior pix. We do not and have not banned the…
The statement went on to claim that while the American flag is not allowed to be featured in the student’s yearbook photo, the school does not and has not “banned the American flag from inclusion in photos.”
“We do not and have not banned the American flag from inclusion in photos,” said Smith in her statement. “In the past we have celebrated students who have enlisted in the military by using senior photos highlighting their branch of service – student in uniform and US flag displayed behind them. It’s been an honor to portray our seniors in this way.”
The statement added:
We say the Pledge daily during school, we have our flag displayed in accordance with Code guidelines on our stage during all school events and we even have one of the largest US flags in this area in our gym – it is celebrated during the playing of our National Anthem prior to athletic competitions held there. We respect our flag as much as any school in the area and were concerned that in the photo submitted it was being used as a prop in the photo and was not being afforded appropriate regard. We continue to work through the matter with the student. Thank you.
The student took to social media again on Tuesday to respond to some of the other criticisms that she had apparently received in response to her photo.
“Well I’m sorry for using the flag as ‘clothing or apparel’ and ‘draping it over me’ because that goes against certain guidelines (flag code),” the student wrote. “People have also pointed out that the stripes on the bottom of my shoes are offensive, but it’s not the American flag so they can calm down on that one.”
“I’m also not sitting on the ground nor am I sitting on the flag. I would NEVER let the flag touch the ground. I don’t think I’m the ‘exception’ or ‘entitled’ to anything, but I’m just reaching out since the school was not doing anything,” she added.
Well I’m sorry for using the flag as “clothing or apparel” and “draping it over me” because that goes against certain…
The student also noted that if people consider her photo with the American flag to be “clothing,” then it does not violate the school’s policy against using “props.”
“If everyone keeps claiming that I am using the flag as ‘clothing’ then there’s no way that it could be a ‘prop’ therefore making it acceptable in the yearbook,” the student said.
“I am sick of the people saying I am the opposite of patriotic for this picture and will let them spew the lies,” she added.
Principal Smith is expected to meet with the student and her parents to go over the new policy, according to a report by Country Music Family.
The student added that if she is not allowed to use the photo featuring the American flag, then she will not submit another one.
Illinois saw a 167 percent surge in applications for Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) cards through November this year as compared to 2017 numbers.
The Chicago Tribunereported there were 445,945 FOID card applications through November of this year as compared to “166,649 applications in 2017.”
More than 2.2 million Illinois residents currently have FOID cards.
Moreover, “the number of concealed carry licenses has swelled from 90,301 in 2014 to 343,299 in 2020.”
NBC 5 highlighted that the surge in FOID card applications and jump in concealed carry licenses have been coupled with a sharp increase in gun purchases in Illinois. They note that Illinois State Police data indicates “more than 500,000 inquiries about gun purchases through November” in the state, so those inquiries are coming in at a level 45 percent higher than witnessed in 2019.
According to Fox 32 article, Illinois State Police “struggled” to keep up with the demand for FOID cards, and there is now “a processing period of 121 days.” The processing time for a concealed carry license is currently averaging 145 days.
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‘Unhinged’ Dem Rep. Urges Pelosi To Block 126 Republicans From Congress For Supporting "Insurrection Or Rebellion" Tyler Durden Sat, 12/12/2020 – 17:30
On Friday, just before the Supreme Court rejected Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R-Texas) explosive lawsuit challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election in four key swing states, Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.) asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to refuse to seat members of the next Congress who support President Donald Trump’s effort to challenge the election results.
Pascrell accused the 126 Republicans who supported the Texas lawsuit of “insurrection or rebellion” – or at least, of supporting “insurrection or rebellion” – against the Constitution.
We recently discussedPascrell’s absurd effort to disbar roughly two dozen Republican lawyers for challenging the results of the 2020 election. Now Pascrell is declaring that 120 House Republicans signing a “Friend of the Court brief” (or amicus brief) is tantamount to supporting a rebellion against the United States and that they should be blocked from taking their seats in Congress. I previously denounced Pascrell for his “dangerous form of demagoguery.” This latest call shows the demagoguery has reached a level of utter delusion.
From the outset of the Texas lawsuit, I stated that it was virtually guaranteed to fail on standing. It did fail last night. However, courts are where we take cases alleging such injuries. Tens of millions of American believe that the election was not fair, including many Democratic voters. Roughly 70 percent of Republican voters believe the election was stolen. Such challenges and concerns are brought to the courts where we can have disputes resolved without violence in a constitutional system.
Pascrell has long denounced political critics of destroying the Constitution based on his disagreement with their views. In the case of President Trump, he called for impeachment in 2019 on such undefined grounds as “disgrac[ing] his office and our nation beyond measure.”
Rather than welcome such review, Democrats have launched a scorched earth campaign, including an abusive campaign of harassment and abuse by the Lincoln Project. These efforts notably began shortly after Biden was declared the presumptive winner of the election and before any challenges were actually ruled upon by the courts.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has also fueled such reckless rhetoric, declaring that the Republicans are “subverting the Constitution by their reckless and fruitless assault on our democracy which threatens to seriously erode public trust in our most sacred democratic institutions, and to set back our progress on the urgent challenges ahead.”
Pascrell’s move against his colleagues mirrors language in the response of Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Josh Shapiro calling the Texas lawsuit “seditious.” Seeking judicial review is the antithesis of sedition or rebellion. It is working within our constitutional system for a legal opinion on the merits of a challenge. These litigants have complied with court orders, as has President Trump.
On Twitter, Pascrell declared
“Stated simply, the men and women who would act to tear the United States Government apart cannot serve as Members of the Congress. These lawsuits seeking to obliterate public confidence in our democratic system by invalidating the clear results of the 2020 presidential election undoubtedly attack the text and the spirit of the Constitution, which each Member swears to support and defend.”
Today I’m calling on House leaders to refuse to seat any Members trying to overturn the election and make donald trump an unelected dictator. pic.twitter.com/icTmGKCpuR
Pascrell cites the 14th Amendment to argue that filing with a federal court is an act of rebellion and “trying to overturn a democratic election and install a dictator seems like a pretty clear example of that.”
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was written after the Civil War to bar from government any traitors who would seek to destroy the Union.
My letter to House leadership today demands that 126 Republicans (and counting) are violating the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/4ti0OU1kpP
Pascrell’s call is utterly unhinged from any logical or constitutional foundation. Rebels do not storm the courts with legal filings. They overthrow courts with the rest of the constitutional system.
Those who lack faith or fealty in our constitutional system are those who label litigants “rebels” and legal filings as forms of “rebellion” and “sedition.”
