Month: March 2021

How convenient. President Trump has been out of office for almost two months now and his most zealous haters in Hollywood are still blaming him for problems happening today.
Longtime Trump Derangement Syndrome-suffering actors, including Rob Reiner and George Takei, blamed the former president for the very recent and very tragic murder of eight people at three separate Atlanta, Georgia, spas that happened on March 16. According to investigators, six of eight people killed were of Asian descent and despite the fact that the lead suspect in the case denied a racial motive in the killing, blaming instead it on his “sexual addiction,” celebs like Reiner are doing what they do best and blaming the killings on the rhetoric of our former “Racist-in chief.”
The day of the shooting, Reiner jumped to contextualize it in a light that was most politically expedient for him, i.e. putting it on his sworn enemy Donald Trump. The Princess Bride director tweeted, “I’m sorry, but the deaths of over half a million Americans, the deadly  seditious insurrection, the murders of Asian-Americans all lay at the feet of Donald J. Trump.” Oh, yeah, it’s an ever growing list. 
Of course, we assume that Reiner’s demented logic here is that Trump constantly reminding Americans that the virus came from China – as it did come from the neglectful Chinese government who failed to secure their research lab and also failed to disclose knowledge of the outbreak until weeks after – translated into people here blindly whooping up on Asians in general. Well, that’s stupid. 
And, again, the alleged Atlanta spa shooter “gave no indicators that this was racially motivated,” said Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds. The clearly deranged murder suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron, claimed his intention was to eliminate his sexual temptation. Apparently, massage parlors were an occasion of sin for the young man. 
But, no matter. If all the crimes of the world are branded onto Trump and then he’s forced to walk the plank or jettisoned out of the airlock, then there should be peace on earth. Isn’t it so nice that in order to achieve that result, Reiner’s confusing the story on a very serious and deadly criminal case? What a guy!
Japanese American actor George Takei abandoned discretion as well in his desire to further hate on Trump. First he established that the shooting was unequivocally a racist killing, even if it wasn’t. The Star Trek star tweeted, “Whether the killer went in with intent to kill Asian women or he just happened to go to three different Asian establishments, miles apart, with intent to kill those inside doesn’t change the racial nature of these murders.” Yeah, it was racist whether the killer knew it or not. 
Wouldn’t it be a disaster if Takei was a law enforcement officer who was just spouting off motives for a crime like this? On top of insisting on the racist nature of the crime, a subsequent tweet featured Takei blaming the crime on Trump. Sharing a blog about how anti-Trump clown, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) called Trump out for igniting racist rhetoric that led to murder, Takei tweeted, “The legacy of Donald’s hate.”
Ok, well, considering that Reiner and Takei are trying to muddy the waters surrounding what happened in Georgia for their own political gain, they seem to be the ones standing in the way of proper justice for the people who died. 

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Gila Bend, Arizona, Mayor Chris Riggs has had it with the Biden administration’s handling of the ongoing border crisis (which the White House still refuses to admit is a crisis).

According to Riggs, there’s a deluge of illegal aliens coming to his town, courtesy of the federal government, and the administration is keeping him and his fellow residents in the dark about what it has planned.

What’s going on?

Riggs told Fox News’ "Your World" Monday that Gila Bend is being made into what the outlet called "a waypoint for illegal immigrants captured by federal authorities."

The mayor said his community is "very economically depressed" and cannot handle a massive influx of illegals.

But the feds don’t appear to care, as the Border Patrol prepares to drop people off in Gila Bend and force the town to fend for itself, Riggs said.

"We can barely afford to take care of the people that we have here in our community now, and as of the second [of March], the Border Patrol advised us that they’re going to drop people off here and [say], ‘They’re your problem,’" he said. "We just do not have the ability to care for these people. Quite frankly, it’s going to cost us tens of thousands of dollars a year to be able just to provide them with a bottle of water and a sandwich when they get dropped off."

According to Riggs, President Joe Biden’s border officials are refusing to give him any information about the plan or the people who are reportedly going to be shipped there — including the number of illegals and their COVID infection rates.

"We are completely in the dark," Riggs said.

"I have a lot of seniors and elders here … that are susceptible to COVID," he added, "and now you’re going to drop people off here?"

The mayor said he has asked the government for crime and health information to keep his people safe — especially considering Gila Bend has not seen the same COVID outbreaks that the rest of Arizona has — but that the feds have given him nothing.

"We’ve asked [for] documentation, some kind of documentation. Give us something. We’re still not getting anything," Riggs said. "We’re really frustrated with how we’re being treated for a crisis that [the federal government] started."

Riggs said Gila Bend has seen a massive increase in foot traffic and a surge in "drug mules like I’ve never seen before."

"It needs to stop. And the federal government has to step up and do their job," he said. "They’re the ones who created this problem; they need to fix it."

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A Michigan judge went a long way to validating one of the key claims made by the Trump campaign’s post-election legal challenges when he ruled last week that a state official broke the law by unilaterally changing regulations regarding mail-in voting. According to Breitbart, Michigan Court of Claims Chief Judge Christopher Murray ruled Democrat Michigan…

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President Joe Biden’s nominee for a top Justice Department post is a longtime advocate for raising the minimum wage to $15, but she owns up to $1 million in stock in a company chaired by her father that pays its Mexican workforce as little as $1.30 an hour.

Vanita Gupta—whose net worth of between $42 and $187 million makes her the Biden administration’s wealthiest nominee—owns at least $500,000 in Aptiv PLC, an international auto parts manufacturer chaired by her father. In contrast with Gupta’s advocacy for a $15 an hour minimum wage, the company pays some of its Mexican employees hourly rates as low as $1.30, according to active job listings reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. One job posted on Indeed.com, for example, offers a line operator role at a Zacatecas plant that pays the U.S. dollar equivalent of $260 a month for a 50-hour per week job.

In her nonprofit work and her personal social media, Gupta has repeatedly expressed support for both the $15 per hour minimum wage and a so-called livable wage.

Gupta’s investments have come under increased scrutiny as her confirmation goes down to the wire. A new ad by the Judicial Crisis Network, which is pushing Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W. Va.) to reconsider his support for Gupta, takes aim at her stake worth tens of millions of dollars in Avantor, a separate company tied to Mexico’s heroin production. The Free Beacon reported last month that Gupta was attempting to sidestep the ethical minefield created by her father’s wide array of corporate interests.

In her role as president and CEO of The Education Fund, Gupta made a moral case for raising the minimum wage. In a 2018 press release, Gupta said that "a living wage is not a privilege, it is a civil and human right for all." Her case for raising wages was unequivocal: "Raising wages is a moral question: do we value the people who are the engine of our economy or not? The answer must be yes."

Aptiv’s business practices appear to fail Gupta’s own test of valuing people who are the engines of economies.

Other positions currently advertised by the company include a full-time general operator job that pays $290 a month and a production line operator position that pays $274 a month.

Gupta’s personal financial disclosure forms list between $500,001 and $1 million in Aptiv stock, and she has taken profits in recent years as well. The forms show that Gupta received between $5,000 and $15,000 in dividends from Aptiv last year.

The Biden administration did not respond to a request for comment on the investment. Aptiv also did not respond to inquiries.

Aptiv, formerly known as Delphi Automotive, has been helmed by Gupta’s father, Rajiv Gupta, since 2015. He has been a director since 2009. According to Aptiv’s most recent filing with the SEC, Rajiv Gupta owns 36,861 shares in the company, a stake valued at over $5 million.

Vanita Gupta served as a limited liability partner of an Aptiv subsidiary while her father was on the board. From April to November 2011, she was an officer for the United Kingdom-based Aptiv International Holdings, which remains a subsidiary of Aptiv.

In addition to paying its Mexican workforce far below what Gupta argues is a "livable wage," the company touts "a major manufacturing base and strong customer relationships" in China in Securities and Exchange Commission documents and, according to available SEC filings, paid a 3 percent effective tax rate last year. By comparison, the current corporate tax rate is 21 percent.

The Justice Department has investigated and supervised several entities controlled by Gupta’s father. If confirmed as associate attorney general, Vanita Gupta would oversee the divisions that have supervised her father’s business interests in the past.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on Gupta’s nomination on Thursday morning.

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A judge struck down Boulder, Colorado’s ban on the possession of AR-15s and magazines holding more than 10 rounds on Monday. 

Colorado state judge Andrew Hartman ruled the city’s gun ban violated the state’s preemption law, which prevents localities from imposing gun regulations above and beyond state law. Judge Hartman’s ruling declares the ordinance invalid and immediately bars the city from enforcing the ban. 

"The Court has determined that only Colorado state (or federal) law can prohibit the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons and large capacity magazines," Hartman wrote in the ruling.  

The ruling is the latest in a string of victories for gun advocates who have used state preemption laws to overturn strict local gun regulations. A Washington court struck down a local ordinance on gun storage in February 2021, and a Pennsylvania court struck down Pittsburgh’s attempt to regulate the use of AR-15s inside city limits in October 2019.

Jon Caldara, a longtime Boulder resident who openly flouted the AR-15 ban, said he was "thrilled" by the ruling. The former Denver Post columnist and Independence Institute president publicly announced he would not comply with the order to turn over his AR-15 or ammunition magazines when the ban was instituted in 2019. He filed a separate federal suit against the ordinance and said his family has received backlash from supporters ever since. 

"I was probably the most publicly known criminal in Boulder," he told the Washington Free Beacon. "That made us social outcasts. And it was really bad. My daughter got bullied at school for our position." 

Caldara said the ruling will force the city to live up to its stated ideals. 

"Boulder prides itself on tolerance and diversity and inclusion when, in fact, Boulder is by far the most bigoted city in in Colorado," he said. "And they particularly hate people who have guns. So, what I love about this ruling is it forces Boulder to live up to its stated pride of inclusivity and tolerance." 

Caldara said his federal case will likely be made redundant now that the state struck down the city’s ban. The National Rifle Association, which backed the state case, said other localities should take notice of the ruling before they consider trying to enact their own gun bans. 

"While the holding only applies to the Boulder ordinances, the principles behind the ruling will apply to other localities who are considering passing any similar counterproductive ordinances," the NRA said in a statement. 

Shannon Aulabaugh, Boulder’s communications manager, told the Free Beacon the city is currently considering whether or not to appeal the decision. 

"City staff will be meeting with outside counsel later in the week to discuss next steps," she said. "The police department will not be enforcing the ban while the law is enjoined." 

The NRA said it expects the ruling to hold up if Boulder does decide to appeal. Hartman’s ruling is "very thoroughly and thoughtfully written, which will make it even harder to overturn, should the city appeal it," the gun group said. 

Caldara said he is not letting his guard down and expects the decision to spur a new fight over Colorado’s preemption law. 

"Since the case rested on the state’s preemption law, I wouldn’t be surprised if the gun-phobes in the legislature want to start taking a whack at our preemption," he said. "And they have done that in other areas with preemption laws on the minimum wage, on tobacco taxes and tobacco bans, and even on oil and gas regulations. And they have opened those up to create this patchwork of laws and those areas."

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The president of the Chicago Teachers Union instructed his members to omit mentioning that they had received the vaccine for COVID-19 if “it could negatively impact any accommodations you have been granted or requested.”

Jesse Sharkey stated, “The union is not going to agree that CPS can violate the plain language of our MOA. So, for now, the union does not have an agreement with CPS on this issue and we do not believe they can mandate disclosure until we complete negotiations. We recommend CTU members wait to complete the disclosure survey if you believe it could negatively impact any accommodations you have been granted or requested.”

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That means that if the teachers have been accommodated by working at home, and revealing they had gotten the vaccine would imperil that situation, the teachers should simply avoid completing a disclosure survey that the Chicago Public Schools had sent.

“The school district and the Chicago Teachers Union have been involved in a public battle over whether to resume in-person instruction after months of virtual learning. The dispute centers on what the union has deemed inadequate safety protocols,” Fox Wilmington reported.

Sharkey stated, “I don’t have a problem with people answering this kind of survey. I do have a problem with CPS not bargaining it with us,” WBBM reported, adding, “Sharkey said another disclosure deterrent may be teachers fearful of losing their third quarter accommodations allowing them to teach from home, even though they are supposed to remain intact.”

Sharkey asserted, “Now CPS appears to be saying, ‘No, we are going to review them for this quarter.’ And the problem is that people have their life set up around these accommodations.”

Chicago Democrat mayor Lori Lightfoot has criticized the CTU, saying it has aspirations “akin to a political party. … When you have unions that have other aspirations beyond being a union, and maybe being something akin to a political party, then there’s always going to be conflict. … I think, ultimately, they’d like to take over not only Chicago Public Schools, but take over running the city government. That’ll play itself out over time. I don’t really spend time, and certainly not in the middle of a pandemic, worrying about the politics. But politics intrudes, always.”

In mid-December the Chicago Board of Education decided to resume some in-school classes in January, but the Chicago Teachers Union was vehemently opposed to the idea. CTU President Jesse Sharkey stated, “This is the most difficult time. Transmission is highest. It’s dark and cold. People are indoors and the holidays are coming, so there’s going to be a lot of transmission.”

“The union pointed to recent surveys showing two-thirds of Chicago Public Schools parents refusing to send their kids back,” WGN reported before the holiday break. “The union is arguing that it’s much safer to offer a beefed-up remote learning plan until the vaccine can do its work to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection.”

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Janice Jackson countered by saying that parents are calling for a return to the classroom, asserting, “We are serving a large swath of our families who believe this is the best choice for their students, and we believe we have a moral obligation to do so.”

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After countless irregularities in the 2020 election and questions that arose due to the handling of ballots, counting of ballots, and absentee ballots, a Michigan judge has ruled that Michigan’s Secretary of State did in fact direct city clerks to ignore signature matching law on absentee ballots in the 2020 election.  However, the ruling appears to be too little too late to have any effect on the fantastically mismanaged 2020 election that millions of reasonable Americans do not trust.

100 Percent Fed Up reports – A 2019 lawsuit filed in Michigan by Marc Elias of the infamous Democrat’s law firm Perkins Coie on behalf of the progressive group, Priorities USA insisted that signature verification was somehow illegal because it disenfranchised voters.

According to a new ruling in a separate case in Michigan, Democrat Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson likely agreed with that sentiment.

The Detroit News Reports:

State Court of Claims Judge Christopher Murray has ruled invalid Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s guidance issued to Michigan clerks in early October that instructed them to presume the accuracy of absentee ballot signatures.

Because Benson did not go through the proper rule-making process when issuing the guidance, clerks do not need to comply with it for future elections, Murray ruled last week.

“The presumption is found nowhere in state law,” wrote Murray, an appointee of Republican former Gov. John Engler. “The mandatory presumption goes beyond the realm of mere advice and direction, and instead is a substantive directive that adds to the pertinent signature-matching standards.”

But the ruling has come too late to matter, despite all the irregular data.

“The Michigan Republican Party, one of the plaintiffs in the suit, celebrated the decision but noted it came too late to make a difference in the November election.

Michigan Republicans say they were certain from the outset that Benson had obviously violated Michigan law, yet all of this seems to have been swept under the rug until now in the media:

“It was clear from the outset that the secretary of state had violated Election Law by unilaterally directing local clerks to ignore their statutory obligation to compare absentee ballot signatures,” said Ted Goodman, communications director for the state GOP.

Michigan law requires clerks to match required signatures on absentee ballot applications and absentee ballot envelopes with the voter signature on file to ensure the person submitting the ballot is the same one registered to vote in Michigan.

But state law doesn’t define what it means for signatures to “agree sufficiently.”

Benson on Oct. 6 instructed clerks who were matching signatures that they “must perform” their duties under the “presumption” that the signature is valid and uphold the signature’s validity if there were “more matching features than nonmatching features.” Whenever possible, clerks and election officials were instructed to resolve slight differences “in favor of finding that the voter’s signature was valid,” Murray wrote.

Absentee and mail-in ballots tend to favor Democrats dramatically.  So, if clerks are instructed to be more lenient with them, it goes to reason that the total Democrat vote will be increased significantly if signature verification measures are ignored or made more lax.

The Detroit News goes on:

Allegan County Clerk Robert Genetski and the Michigan Republican Party filed a complaint the same day and amended it Dec. 30 to argue the directive was unlawful. But Genetski did not allege that Benson’s directive “caused him to accept a signature that he believed was invalid,” according to Murray’s decision.

“The judge didn’t rule on whether Benson’s directive violated state election law, but did say the directive violated the Administrative Procedures Act, the process that must be followed when an agency creates new rules.

“….Nowhere in the state’s election law has the Legislature indicated that signatures are to be presumed valid, nor did the Legislature require that signatures are to be accepted so long as there are any redeeming qualities in the application or return envelope signature as compared with the signature on file,” Murray wrote.

“Policy determinations like the one at issue — which places a thumb on the scale in favor of a signature’s validity — should be made pursuant to properly promulgated rules under the APA or by the Legislature,” he wrote.

The Administrative Procedures Act requires state agencies that are developing a rule to better implement state law to go through months of public notices, drafts, impact analyses, public comment and public hearings.”

So, what gives here?  The judge stated that Benson’s directive “violated the Administrative Procedures Act,” but then also stated that she didn’t violate election law.  How can this be?  And, if a law was broken or ignored, why is a judge not requiring a proper audit of the election by someone other than Benson?

“Murray rejected a request for additional audits to look at the effect the directive had on the November election.

The Michigan Constitution only speaks to “election results,” not to the process by which signatures are matched, and the Constitution leaves the manner by which an audit is conducted to the secretary of state.

“There is no support in the statute for plaintiffs to demand that an audit cover the subject of their choosing or to dictate the manner in which an audit is conducted,” Murray wrote.”

Now that the election is over, Michigan Republican rhetoric is very firm and resolved–and perhaps nearly moot:

“Rep. Matt Hall, R-Marshall, praised the court’s decision, calling Benson’s directives “clear violations of her authority.”

“If she wants to make changes like these, she needs to work with the Legislature or properly promulgate them through the laws we have on the books — in this case the Administrative Procedures Act,” Hall said.”

If all of this was so obvious, why was nothing done about it until now?  If Benson does the same thing (or worse) in the 2022 election, will anything come of it?  No repercussions seem to be taking place this time around.

What more are Republicans and Michiganders going to do to rectify this egregious violation in the future so they can have faith in their elected officials and their electoral process?

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