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SCOTUS kicks felon firearm case to 11th Circuit replies
Posted by sunset 4/1/2025 4:34:14 PM Post Reply
The Supreme Court ordered a federal appeals court Monday to decide if nonviolent felons should be allowed to own guns in light of a Second Amendment ruling from the high court last year. The justices granted a petition from Raheem Morrissette, a convicted felon who contends he retains the right to bear arms because his crimes were not violent, but declined to take on the case themselves. Instead, they vacated the 11th Circuit's judgement upholding Morrissette's conviction for possessing a firearm as a felon and asked that it reconsider under the high court's decision to uphold a federal law prohibiting people under domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns.
Constitutionally Granted Birthright Citizenship
for Illegals? SCOTUS Says No
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Posted by sunset 4/1/2025 1:51:30 PM Post Reply
Imagine the following scenario: A pregnant woman goes into labor while passing your property and, in distress, stumbles onto your lawn. You take notice, offer aid, and EMT arrives and, with time short, she gives birth on the scene. Mother and baby turn out safe and healthy, though, and all’s well that ends well, right? Except for one thing. You’re then told that because the infant was born on your land, he’s now a member of your household. Ridiculous, I know. But, of course, this is analogous to the situation in the United States under our “birthright citizenship” standard, supposedly based on the 14th Amendment.
California to spend $239 million to turn
San Quentin into Scandinavian-style rehab center
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Posted by sunset 3/31/2025 9:01:23 PM Post Reply
California officials have envisioned a host of sweeping changes for San Quentin State Prison as they attempt to remake the facility into a Scandinavian-style rehabilitation center complete with a farmer’s market, a podcast production studio and a self-service grocery store. The renovations are expected to cost California taxpayers $239 million, according to state officials. Construction was on track to finish in January 2026, with the first incarcerated people set to begin using the revamped facility within months of completion early next year. The overhaul of what Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office has called California’s “most notorious prison” was set in motion shortly after Newsom was elected in 2018.
After golfing with Stubb, Trump says US
will "purchase badly needed Icebreakers"
from Finland
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Posted by sunset 3/31/2025 6:36:21 PM Post Reply
Finnish President Alexander Stubb made a previously unannounced, unofficial visit to Florida on Saturday, spending about seven hours with US President Donald Trump. "The presidents met over breakfast, played a round of golf and had lunch together," Stubb's office said in a press release. During the visit, the presidents discussed bilateral relations as well as "current foreign and security policy issues including Ukraine,". "President Stubb and I look forward to strengthening the partnership between the United States and Finland. That includes the purchase and development of a large number of badly needed Icebreakers for the U.S., delivering Peace and International Security for our Countries, and the World,"
El Salvador accepts more alleged Tren
de Aragua gang members from Trump admin
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Posted by sunset 3/31/2025 2:24:33 PM Post Reply
The U.S. military transferred a group of 17 alleged members of Tren de Aragua to El Salvador from Guantanamo Bay on Sunday night, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. Rubio said in a statement posted on X that the alleged gang members included murderers and rapists. "These criminals will no longer terrorize our communities and citizens." These removals were done via Title 8, not the Alien Enemies Act, and all the individuals had deportation orders or final orders of removal, meaning the Trump administration did not violate a federal judge’s order halting the deportations.
GM storing poor-selling Canadian-made
electric vans on Michigan lot
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Posted by sunset 3/30/2025 12:29:04 AM Post Reply
General Motors is contending with a glut of slow-selling BrightDrop delivery vans, representing another flawed projection of EV sales and leaving hundreds of the vehicles parked on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border. The Ingersoll, Ontario, plant that produces the all-electric vans just reopened after a two-week shutdown related to inventory. And GM is reportedly offering tens of thousands of dollars in rebates on the largest model. The struggles come less than a year after GM folded the commercial vans into its Chevrolet brand in a bid to boost its performance as GM tries to gain ground against competitors, including Ford and Rivian, in the electric van space.
“We Will Not Allow It”: Zelensky Rejects
New Mineral Draft That Would Recognize
US Support As Loans
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Posted by sunset 3/29/2025 7:23:54 AM Post Reply
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a Friday press conference that he won't recognize past US military aid as loans, after Washington sent a new draft of the minerals deal to Kiev. "Ukraine received a new agreement project from the U.S. regarding mineral resources, which is an entirely different document from the previous framework agreement," said Zelensky, adding "Ukraine will not recognize U.S. military aid as debt." "We are grateful for the support, but this is not a credit, and we will not allow it," Zelensky continued. The Ukrainian president also said that they are unwilling to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin "or with someone who would represent Russia,"
Stryker armored vehicles deploy to US-Mexico
border under Trump administration
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Posted by sunset 3/28/2025 7:13:18 PM Post Reply
As of this week, eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles known as Strykers have been deployed to the border for the first time in more than a decade as part of the Pentagon’s support of Customs and Border Protection. Fox News got the exclusive first look at these vehicles and how the U.S. is using them. According to Border Patrol, two are now stationed in the El Paso sector, with more Strykers expected to be deployed to other areas along the border in the next few weeks. One of the Strykers is positioned to give a bird’s-eye view over Juárez, Mexico, a major smuggling corridor known for its high number of "gotaways,"
Appeals court clears way for Trump to
fire members of labor and workforce protection boards
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Posted by sunset 3/28/2025 5:25:00 PM Post Reply
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., cleared the way for President Trump to fire members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board after district courts had earlier blocked their removals and ordered them reinstated. A three-judge panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit divided 2-1 in agreeing to halt the lower court orders that voided Mr. Trump's firings of Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board and Cathy Harris from the Merit Systems Protection Board while legal proceedings move forward. Wilcox and Harris had argued that their firings violated federal laws that limited their removals
FTC tells staff to stop calling the agency
‘independent’ in complaints
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Posted by sunset 3/28/2025 5:06:09 PM Post Reply
Staff at the Federal Trade Commission have been instructed to no longer refer to the agency as “independent” in complaints, according to an email obtained by The Verge. “Moving forward, when describing the Commission as the Plaintiff in a Complaint, please track the below edit,” Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Christopher Mufarrige said in a March 21st email. The email was sent to the bureau’s associate and regional directors, and copied to deputy directors of the unit. “The FTC is 'an agency' of the United States Government created by the FTC Act.” It’s the latest sign that Republican leadership at the FTC is not pushing back against President Donald Trump
At El Salvador mega-jail, Trump official
tells migrants 'do not come'
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Posted by sunset 3/27/2025 12:39:21 AM Post Reply
US President Donald Trump's homeland security chief on Wednesday visited the mega-prison in El Salvador where hundreds of Venezuelan migrants have been deported under contested legal grounds. Standing in front of a cell of inmates who were stripped to the waist, revealing their tattooed torsos, Kristi Noem recorded a message telling others that they risked the same consequences. "Do not come to our country illegally. You will be removed and you will be prosecuted," she said at the maximum security Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). "Know that this facility is one of the tools in our toolkit that we will use if you commit crimes against the American people."
Turkey’s NATO veto against Israel undermines
global security against Russia, Iran - opinion
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Posted by sunset 3/26/2025 2:35:20 PM Post Reply
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) stands at a critical juncture, confronting rising geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe, instability in the Middle East, and escalating global strategic competition. Turkey’s recent use of its veto power against Israel’s participation in a crucial NATO exercise scheduled for September 2025 reveals a troubling internal vulnerability. Ankara’s decision not only harms Israel directly but also undermines the alliance’s broader collective defense framework, weakening its unity precisely when strength and cooperation are needed most.