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Great news from the SCOTUS today! SCOTUS Allows Texas To Start Arresting And Deporting illegals!
This should reduce the head count in the next census that includes illegal persons as well as legal persons which would definitely increase the number of representatives in those states seeing more illegals invading the USA. Lets go Brandon.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to enforce a law that would allow local law enforcement officials to arrest people suspected of being illegal immigrants.
After the high court temporarily blocked enforcement of the law, the Supreme Court issued a decision to reject an emergency request that was made by the Biden Department of Justice, which argued that states have no right to enforce immigration law and that it violated the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause.
The Supreme Court’s order provided no reasons, but Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh filed concurring opinions. Three Democrat-appointed justices, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Sonia Sotomayor, dissented.
With the ruling, the immigration law can now go into effect while lower courts consider the law, known as SB4. It was passed by the Republican-controlled state Legislature last year and signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in late December.
Specifically, SB4 allows local and state police to arrest people who have illegally crossed the U.S.–Mexico border and imposes criminal penalties. State judges are also given the power to order illegal immigrants to be deported under the measure.
In her concurring opinion, Justice Barrett wrote that the high court has “never reviewed the decision of a court of appeals to enter—or not enter—an administrative stay.”
“When entered, an administrative stay is supposed to be a short-lived prelude to the main event: a ruling on the motion for a stay pending appeal. I think it unwise to invite emergency litigation in this Court about whether a court of appeals abused its discretion at this preliminary step,” she wrote.
The three dissenting justices, however, decried the law and said it would upend the federal government’s authority. “The Court gives a green light to a law that will upend the longstanding federal-state balance of power and sow chaos, when the only court to consider the law concluded that it is likely unconstitutional,” Justice Sotomayor wrote in her dissenting opinion, which was joined by Justice Jackson.
Reacting to the Supreme Court’s decision, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote on social media Tuesday that his state notched a “huge win” and that the law “is now in effect.”
Last month, a federal judge blocked enforcement of the law, arguing that it would supersede the federal government’s authority over immigration. The judge also rejected arguments from Texas that the state is currently experiencing an invasion due to the enormous numbers of illegal aliens pouring into the state.
U.S. District Judge David Ezra in February ruled that SB4 violated the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause, which grants the federal government sole authority over immigration matters. The judge also rejected state arguments that Texas was being invaded under the U.S. Constitution’s Article IV.
He wrote at the time that the law would run afoul of federal immigration laws and said that if allowed, Texas would then be able to “permanently supersede federal directives,” which would “amount to nullification of federal law and authority.”
The law presents a “notion that is antithetical to the Constitution and has been unequivocally rejected by federal courts since the Civil War,” Judge Ezra wrote, adding that it “threatens the fundamental notion that the United States must regulate immigration with one voice.”
Days later, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked Judge Ezra’s decision and upheld the law before the case was appealed to the Supreme Court. Justice Samuel Alito issued several temporary holds on the law, the most recent of which was on Monday.
The 5th Circuit is set to hear arguments in the case in April
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to enforce a law that would allow local law enforcement officials to arrest people suspected of being illegal immigrants.
After the high court temporarily blocked enforcement of the law, the Supreme Court issued a decision to reject an emergency request that was made by the Biden Department of Justice, which argued that states have no right to enforce immigration law and that it violated the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause.
The Supreme Court’s order provided no reasons, but Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh filed concurring opinions. Three Democrat-appointed justices, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Sonia Sotomayor, dissented.
With the ruling, the immigration law can now go into effect while lower courts consider the law, known as SB4. It was passed by the Republican-controlled state Legislature last year and signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in late December.
Specifically, SB4 allows local and state police to arrest people who have illegally crossed the U.S.–Mexico border and imposes criminal penalties. State judges are also given the power to order illegal immigrants to be deported under the measure.
In her concurring opinion, Justice Barrett wrote that the high court has “never reviewed the decision of a court of appeals to enter—or not enter—an administrative stay.”
“When entered, an administrative stay is supposed to be a short-lived prelude to the main event: a ruling on the motion for a stay pending appeal. I think it unwise to invite emergency litigation in this Court about whether a court of appeals abused its discretion at this preliminary step,” she wrote.
The three dissenting justices, however, decried the law and said it would upend the federal government’s authority. “The Court gives a green light to a law that will upend the longstanding federal-state balance of power and sow chaos, when the only court to consider the law concluded that it is likely unconstitutional,” Justice Sotomayor wrote in her dissenting opinion, which was joined by Justice Jackson.
Reacting to the Supreme Court’s decision, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote on social media Tuesday that his state notched a “huge win” and that the law “is now in effect.”
Last month, a federal judge blocked enforcement of the law, arguing that it would supersede the federal government’s authority over immigration. The judge also rejected arguments from Texas that the state is currently experiencing an invasion due to the enormous numbers of illegal aliens pouring into the state.
U.S. District Judge David Ezra in February ruled that SB4 violated the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause, which grants the federal government sole authority over immigration matters. The judge also rejected state arguments that Texas was being invaded under the U.S. Constitution’s Article IV.
He wrote at the time that the law would run afoul of federal immigration laws and said that if allowed, Texas would then be able to “permanently supersede federal directives,” which would “amount to nullification of federal law and authority.”
The law presents a “notion that is antithetical to the Constitution and has been unequivocally rejected by federal courts since the Civil War,” Judge Ezra wrote, adding that it “threatens the fundamental notion that the United States must regulate immigration with one voice.”
Days later, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked Judge Ezra’s decision and upheld the law before the case was appealed to the Supreme Court. Justice Samuel Alito issued several temporary holds on the law, the most recent of which was on Monday.
The 5th Circuit is set to hear arguments in the case in April
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Tax Fraud offenses...
Talking with a friend today, we discussed what are the usual penalties for tax fraud/evasions. Her response was: Prison. Remember Charles Kushner?
I pulled up some statistics and found several sites differed, but nearly the same.
The average sentence for tax fraud was 14 months.
Of that 63% went to prison.
52% were white with an average of 52 years old.
82% had no prior criminal history.
Median amount of fraud was $278,325.
11.6% involved amounts greater than $1.5 million.
Top five districts of offenders:
New Jersey, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York.
Charles Kushner, got 2 years and was jailed for tax evasion, making illegal campaign donations and tampering with a witness, his brother-in-law. He orchestrated a sex tape with a prostitute and sent it to the man’s wife. Kushner pleaded guilty in 2004 to 18 counts of tax evasion, witness tampering and making illegal campaign donations.
His confession included a retaliation against his brother-in-law, who was cooperating with federal authorities. Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce him in a hotel room with cameras, filming the encounter and sent it to his sister, the man’s wife.
He was pardoned by Donald Trump.
So, I asked the question: "Trump was found guilty of tax fraud. Why wasn't he sent to prison?"
I pulled up some statistics and found several sites differed, but nearly the same.
The average sentence for tax fraud was 14 months.
Of that 63% went to prison.
52% were white with an average of 52 years old.
82% had no prior criminal history.
Median amount of fraud was $278,325.
11.6% involved amounts greater than $1.5 million.
Top five districts of offenders:
New Jersey, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York.
Charles Kushner, got 2 years and was jailed for tax evasion, making illegal campaign donations and tampering with a witness, his brother-in-law. He orchestrated a sex tape with a prostitute and sent it to the man’s wife. Kushner pleaded guilty in 2004 to 18 counts of tax evasion, witness tampering and making illegal campaign donations.
His confession included a retaliation against his brother-in-law, who was cooperating with federal authorities. Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce him in a hotel room with cameras, filming the encounter and sent it to his sister, the man’s wife.
He was pardoned by Donald Trump.
So, I asked the question: "Trump was found guilty of tax fraud. Why wasn't he sent to prison?"
Senator John Kennedy doesn’t care anymore who the puppeteer is behind mumbling joe.
Leave it to Biden to nominate a man who hates America, celebrates people who kill cops, oh yeah, and who also hates Jews to be a federal judge. By now, this administration should have figured out that nominating people based on which woke boxes they check off is a mistake. But they have not because you know, they're Democrats.
And Biden is nothing more than a Botox-filled puppet doing the bidding of someone else; we don't even feel the need to adjust our tinfoil saying that at this point.
Someone thought nominating Adeel Mangi was a good idea.
Someone was wrong.
Sen. John Kennedy ain't havin' none of it. Watch:
Adeel Mangi is not qualified to be a federal judge because he supports organizations that celebrate people who kill law enforcement officers, hate Americans, and hate Jews.
It’s not Islamophobic to recognize that. It’s our job.
And Biden is nothing more than a Botox-filled puppet doing the bidding of someone else; we don't even feel the need to adjust our tinfoil saying that at this point.
Someone thought nominating Adeel Mangi was a good idea.
Someone was wrong.
Sen. John Kennedy ain't havin' none of it. Watch:
Adeel Mangi is not qualified to be a federal judge because he supports organizations that celebrate people who kill law enforcement officers, hate Americans, and hate Jews.
It’s not Islamophobic to recognize that. It’s our job.
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Owning a piece of Trump... stock
Trump's media company is scheduled to go public today. Trump Media and Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social is said to be worth billions. Last Friday, Shareholders in the shell company Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) agreed Friday to merge into Trump Media. The new combined company will trade on the Nasdaq exchange under the stock symbol DJT.
Can you make a million over night?
The key word here is volatile.
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Can you make a million over night?
The key word here is volatile.
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Another choice of mine for potus, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Issues Dire Warning Over CBDC Adoption
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) pave the way for an authoritarian government in America similar to Europe and the Chinese communist regime.
“I’m against central bank digital currencies because that is part of the path to getting us where China is today. That’s where they started, that’s where all these other countries started with central bank digital currency, and it’s the end of freedom. We will be slaves if we allow that to happen,” Mr. Kennedy said during a March 22 event. He pointed to the Canadian trucker’s protests to explain why CBDCs were dangerous for freedoms. The Canadian government portrayed the truckers “as right-wing, fascist, and racist” when they were not, he said.
“The government used facial recognition systems and other intrusive technologies to identify the participants, all the truckers. They got their license plates, etc. And then they froze their bank accounts. So they couldn’t get diesel for their trucks, they couldn’t buy food for their kids, they couldn’t pay for their education, they couldn’t pay their mortgages.”
“As your president, I will never allow the creation of a central bank digital currency. Such a currency would give the federal government absolute control of your money,” he said. “This would be a dangerous threat to freedom and I will stop it from coming to America.”
In a July 2023 video, Brexit leader Nigel Farage highlighted the dangers of government control over currencies. “The ultimate fear is if we get CBDCs, we could finish up like the Canadian truckers, people who were within the law, found themselves outside the law and had their bank accounts frozen. Controlling people’s money would be the ultimate form of tyranny.”
Several key international figures admitted that CBDCs will allow for greater control over people’s finances.
During a seminar back in 2020, Agustin Carstens, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, pointed out that “we don’t know who’s using a $100 bill today, and we don’t know who’s using a 1,000-peso bill today.”
The key difference with the CBDC is “the central bank will have absolute control on the rules and regulations that will determine the use of that expression of central bank liability, and also we will have the technology to enforce that,” he explained.
No more cbdc or wokeness for a healthier planet. Praise God.
“I’m against central bank digital currencies because that is part of the path to getting us where China is today. That’s where they started, that’s where all these other countries started with central bank digital currency, and it’s the end of freedom. We will be slaves if we allow that to happen,” Mr. Kennedy said during a March 22 event. He pointed to the Canadian trucker’s protests to explain why CBDCs were dangerous for freedoms. The Canadian government portrayed the truckers “as right-wing, fascist, and racist” when they were not, he said.
“The government used facial recognition systems and other intrusive technologies to identify the participants, all the truckers. They got their license plates, etc. And then they froze their bank accounts. So they couldn’t get diesel for their trucks, they couldn’t buy food for their kids, they couldn’t pay for their education, they couldn’t pay their mortgages.”
“As your president, I will never allow the creation of a central bank digital currency. Such a currency would give the federal government absolute control of your money,” he said. “This would be a dangerous threat to freedom and I will stop it from coming to America.”
In a July 2023 video, Brexit leader Nigel Farage highlighted the dangers of government control over currencies. “The ultimate fear is if we get CBDCs, we could finish up like the Canadian truckers, people who were within the law, found themselves outside the law and had their bank accounts frozen. Controlling people’s money would be the ultimate form of tyranny.”
Several key international figures admitted that CBDCs will allow for greater control over people’s finances.
During a seminar back in 2020, Agustin Carstens, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, pointed out that “we don’t know who’s using a $100 bill today, and we don’t know who’s using a 1,000-peso bill today.”
The key difference with the CBDC is “the central bank will have absolute control on the rules and regulations that will determine the use of that expression of central bank liability, and also we will have the technology to enforce that,” he explained.
No more cbdc or wokeness for a healthier planet. Praise God.
Crocus
Crocus concert hall in Russia just outside Moscow was attacked by 4 gunmen last Friday, who shot at random people in order to kill indiscriminately and then set fire on the building. The following smoke killed more people, than the shooters. Then the roof collapsed eventually, killing more. The latest number I saw: 133 people dead.
Questions and inconsistencies.
- The attack has lasted for ca 19 min. The closest riot police unit is located in 8 min ride from the place. Took ‘em 1.5 hour to arrive.
- The attack is deemed as a well-prepared and professional by experts. Looks like the terrorists knew the premises and what to do with their weapon. Yet their exit method raises a lot of questions. Like why did they get into the same vehicle after the attack? And then why it took several hours to spot them and stop? Why did they go to the Ukrainian (Belarusian) border that is under heavily surveillance because of the war, while Kazakhstani border is bloody totally transparent?
(In the middle of the escape calamity: how did they manage to set afire this enormous building? They didn’t have anything with them to cause it. Was any inflammable material placed in advance? How? By whom? And why didn’t water-sprinkling system react? Was it turned off? Was there any? Eh? Hallo?)
- The video of the captured gunmen raises a lot of questions too. Is it really a hardened ISIS fighter? Prepared to die for jihad? Eh?
It is Russian secret services’ major f*ck-off, no doubt. But on the other side: what would you expect. To investigate terrorist threats and prevent them takes one breed of men. To lift female anti-war protesters by their hair – that’s another. Guess, what type works for huilo?
There’s a concern, of course, in what way huilo is going to use this horrible event. The ghouls are talking about returning execution. The political prisoners, like Kara-Murza, Yashin, Chanysheva or Berkovich can be among the first.
By the way, did you see “Finist, the Bright Falcon”? It’s what Berkovich is arrested for. Here’s the link to the piece for an inquiring mind (translation in the right corner):
Questions and inconsistencies.
- The attack has lasted for ca 19 min. The closest riot police unit is located in 8 min ride from the place. Took ‘em 1.5 hour to arrive.
- The attack is deemed as a well-prepared and professional by experts. Looks like the terrorists knew the premises and what to do with their weapon. Yet their exit method raises a lot of questions. Like why did they get into the same vehicle after the attack? And then why it took several hours to spot them and stop? Why did they go to the Ukrainian (Belarusian) border that is under heavily surveillance because of the war, while Kazakhstani border is bloody totally transparent?
(In the middle of the escape calamity: how did they manage to set afire this enormous building? They didn’t have anything with them to cause it. Was any inflammable material placed in advance? How? By whom? And why didn’t water-sprinkling system react? Was it turned off? Was there any? Eh? Hallo?)
- The video of the captured gunmen raises a lot of questions too. Is it really a hardened ISIS fighter? Prepared to die for jihad? Eh?
It is Russian secret services’ major f*ck-off, no doubt. But on the other side: what would you expect. To investigate terrorist threats and prevent them takes one breed of men. To lift female anti-war protesters by their hair – that’s another. Guess, what type works for huilo?
There’s a concern, of course, in what way huilo is going to use this horrible event. The ghouls are talking about returning execution. The political prisoners, like Kara-Murza, Yashin, Chanysheva or Berkovich can be among the first.
By the way, did you see “Finist, the Bright Falcon”? It’s what Berkovich is arrested for. Here’s the link to the piece for an inquiring mind (translation in the right corner):
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New horror movie to my collection and a desire to go on a blind date at some point
Being almost 40, with no partner for my entire adult life, I feel it's time to once again throw caution to the wind and go on a blind date, to see who I can meet.
I am not very demanding of my future blind date: Be a decent person and be employed full time. I don't want to end up with a raging racist/homophobic person who is broke. Someone who loves to laugh, would also be nice. It doesn't have to be in a restaurant or in a cafe. A walk and talk is much better. Just for an hour, to see if there's chemistry. I am always suggesting meeting in a public place, with lots of people. If there's a second date, it could be in a restaurant or in cafe. Third date could be in the cinema, and the fourth date could be in a theme park.
The time to visit each other in their private homes is only when we both feel like it's the right time to do that. No point in pressuring to meet privately for the first time. You'd want to see if the person you're on a blind date with is sane and not a creepy serial killer like person.
The thing I have heard most from women, going on blind dates - or any date - is that the guy they're meeting won't take no for an answer or are way too creepy. I saw a tiktok about a woman from England who met a guy on a dating app. They agreed to meet, but the guy kept trying to arrange to meet where the woman lived. Naturally, it was a hard no from her side, but the guy didn't catch on.
As you could imagine, meeting up in a public place wasn't his ideal location, because he packed an overnight bag because apparently, he thought he's get lucky with her.
Men like that are the reason why the men, who aren't creeps, get a harder and harder time finding a date. Once, I met someone online, and after a few weeks it was time to meet in person. She said to me "Now you're probably demanding to meet at my place, right?", to which I said "No. I prefer to meet at a public place with lots of people, and if you decide not to pursue this further, that's fine". It only resulted in that first date, which I respected.
I am blabbing on. The point is, that I want to meet someone new. Hopefully that will happen soon.
In other topics: A new movie to my collection. This time, it's a fairly new horror movie, called The Last Voyage of the Demeter. It's a supernatural horror movie based on a chapter in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, from 1897. The film is, naturally, about Dracula and the terror and horror he inflicted on the Demeter.
It's a fun and very gory time. It's not very creepy, but the creature design can be a bit frightening to younger viewers.
It's also a bit sad at times, and downright depressing at other times, but most of all: It's very good! If you are a fan of supernatural horror movies with lots of blood, give The Last Voyage of the Demeter a view!
I am not very demanding of my future blind date: Be a decent person and be employed full time. I don't want to end up with a raging racist/homophobic person who is broke. Someone who loves to laugh, would also be nice. It doesn't have to be in a restaurant or in a cafe. A walk and talk is much better. Just for an hour, to see if there's chemistry. I am always suggesting meeting in a public place, with lots of people. If there's a second date, it could be in a restaurant or in cafe. Third date could be in the cinema, and the fourth date could be in a theme park.
The time to visit each other in their private homes is only when we both feel like it's the right time to do that. No point in pressuring to meet privately for the first time. You'd want to see if the person you're on a blind date with is sane and not a creepy serial killer like person.
The thing I have heard most from women, going on blind dates - or any date - is that the guy they're meeting won't take no for an answer or are way too creepy. I saw a tiktok about a woman from England who met a guy on a dating app. They agreed to meet, but the guy kept trying to arrange to meet where the woman lived. Naturally, it was a hard no from her side, but the guy didn't catch on.
As you could imagine, meeting up in a public place wasn't his ideal location, because he packed an overnight bag because apparently, he thought he's get lucky with her.
Men like that are the reason why the men, who aren't creeps, get a harder and harder time finding a date. Once, I met someone online, and after a few weeks it was time to meet in person. She said to me "Now you're probably demanding to meet at my place, right?", to which I said "No. I prefer to meet at a public place with lots of people, and if you decide not to pursue this further, that's fine". It only resulted in that first date, which I respected.
I am blabbing on. The point is, that I want to meet someone new. Hopefully that will happen soon.
In other topics: A new movie to my collection. This time, it's a fairly new horror movie, called The Last Voyage of the Demeter. It's a supernatural horror movie based on a chapter in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, from 1897. The film is, naturally, about Dracula and the terror and horror he inflicted on the Demeter.
It's a fun and very gory time. It's not very creepy, but the creature design can be a bit frightening to younger viewers.
It's also a bit sad at times, and downright depressing at other times, but most of all: It's very good! If you are a fan of supernatural horror movies with lots of blood, give The Last Voyage of the Demeter a view!
Joe biden’s puppeteer wants to turn America to Marxism. No one here wants to be marxist
America wants to keep our beloved constitution which controls governments in the USA. We liked our liberties.
We liked our affordable cars and cosmetics and affordable food. We enjoy independence that goes with home ownership, use our cars to take us where we want to go when we want to go. Why is biden becoming the biggest saver this country has ever seen. Why cant biden be charge with treason.why donwe deserve a puppet. Why do we want to become the majority of Europe.
Our own government will destroy us through our census.
We liked our affordable cars and cosmetics and affordable food. We enjoy independence that goes with home ownership, use our cars to take us where we want to go when we want to go. Why is biden becoming the biggest saver this country has ever seen. Why cant biden be charge with treason.why donwe deserve a puppet. Why do we want to become the majority of Europe.
Our own government will destroy us through our census.
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The 'worm moon' lunar eclipse...
I knew it. Judging by the rise in Joe Boden will change the constitution turning America into a communist, fascist, Marxist state blogs that a full moon was nearly here.
This one is called a Worm Moon and in the early hours of Monday, there will be a Penumbral lunar eclipse. What does that mean? F'k if I know, but earth will cast a shadow on the outer edge of the moon creating an eerie glow. It will peak around 3am East coast time. Visible in Europe, North and East Asia, Australia, Africa, North America and South America.
The name worm moon came by Native American tribes in reference to the beetle larvae and other creatures that emerge from hibernation in the spring.
So get your (worm) moon on and enjoy.
If you miss it, you're in luck as there will be a total solar eclipse on April 8.
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Yes, I know I spelled in Boden instead of Biden.
This one is called a Worm Moon and in the early hours of Monday, there will be a Penumbral lunar eclipse. What does that mean? F'k if I know, but earth will cast a shadow on the outer edge of the moon creating an eerie glow. It will peak around 3am East coast time. Visible in Europe, North and East Asia, Australia, Africa, North America and South America.
The name worm moon came by Native American tribes in reference to the beetle larvae and other creatures that emerge from hibernation in the spring.
So get your (worm) moon on and enjoy.
If you miss it, you're in luck as there will be a total solar eclipse on April 8.
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Yes, I know I spelled in Boden instead of Biden.
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