Monthly Archives: January 2025

Pardoned Rioter Fatally Shot By Indiana State Police

Indianapolis’s Fox affiliate reports: An Indiana man recently pardoned by President Donald Trump for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is dead after being shot by a sheriff’s deputy while allegedly resisting arrest. Matthew Huttle, 42, of Hobart was shot and killed during a traffic stop near the Jasper/Pulaski county lines on Sunday afternoon. A deputy with the Jasper …

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Trump Fires DOJ Officials Who Worked With Jack Smith

Reuters reports: The Justice Department is firing more than a dozen officials who worked on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s cases against President Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents. The officials were fired after Acting Attorney General James McHenry said they could not be trusted in “faithfully implementing the president’s …

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Pardoned Rioter Sought On Child Solicitation Charge

Law & Crime reports: Thanks to President Donald Trump, a Texas man who beat police officers with a metal whip and showered them with bear spray during the Jan. 6 riot had his more than six-year prison sentence ended. But 36-year-old Andrew Taake may be headed back to jail anyway. Taake made headlines at the time of his arrest because …

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Trump: I’ll Repaint Air Force One To “Power Blue”

The Associated Press reports:  Trump popped in to the plane’s press cabin Saturday night while flying from Las Vegas to Florida, where he was staying at his Doral golf club through Monday evening, though he insisted he’d be too busy to hit the links. Trump called Air Force One a “special plane” but observed that it hasn’t changed much from …

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Megachurch Pastor Retires After Prostitution Arrest

The Christian News reports: A Texas megachurch pastor retired last month following an arrest for solicitation of prostitution at a massage parlor. The Rev. John F. Fiedler led the 15,000-member Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, until his retirement on Dec. 31, 2024, church records show. Police documents allege that Fielder was caught in a prostitution bust carried out …

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Florida GOP Denounces “Shit Show” Special Session Called By DeSantis To Enforce Trump’s Deportations

Politico reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis wanted Florida to be the state that led the nation in enacting the MAGA agenda. But it seems the normally compliant Florida Legislature has other ideas. It’s a staggering turn of events for a governor used to getting his own way — and a test of his national staying power as he stares down the …

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ICE Agents Given New Quota Of 1500 Arrests Per Day

The Washington Post reports: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have been directed by Trump officials to aggressively ramp up the number of people they arrest, from a few hundred per day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, because the president has been disappointed with the results of his mass deportation campaign so far. The quotas were outlined Saturday in …

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Fox Panel Gushes Over Putting Trump On Mt Rushmore

Jason Chavetz: “Hey, if there’s room up there I think it’d be great. I think what Donald Trump has done — and is in the process of doing — is transforming the United States of America and putting America first. And I think America loves it, and I think it-, there’s a great case for it.” Kayleigh McEnany: “Yeah, I’m …

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State TV Host Celebrates Extortion Of World Leaders

“When Trump comes on board we get the art of the deal. And while he is playing golf on various holes, he is threatening Colombia with tariffs and not backing down. And by the end of his golf game, in just about an hour, the Colombian president backs down, agrees to accept all migrants. It’s called the art of the …

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New Jersey Restaurant Sorry For “Proud Boys Burger”

The New Jersey Advance reports: The phone at Aqua Blu Kitchen & Cocktails has been ringing off the hook for days. Its email inbox has been flooded with hundreds of passionate messages. The restaurant has been a popular fixture of the Toms River scene for the past 13 years. But attention like this? Never. “It’s a nightmare,” owner Cathy Varriale …

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Florida Republican Arrested In Child Sex Sting [VIDEO]

Jacksonville’s Fox affiliate reports: The Vice Chair of the Clay Soil and Water Conservation Board, and son of Clay County School Board Member Beth Clark, was arrested Sunday, January 19th in a child sex sting operation conducted by the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office. According to the arrest report, Harrison “Ted” Clark is accused of traveling to meet a child for …

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House GOP Retreat Begins At Trump’s Miami Resort

Playbook reports: The House GOP will descend upon Miami later today for a policy retreat which will have seismic implications for Trump’s second term. Republican representatives are this morning boarding flights to Florida for a 48-hour retreat at — where else? — the Trump National Doral Miami. The guest of honor will be Trump himself, who is due to address …

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FBI: Tennessee Teen Plotted Mass Shooting At Mosque

Nashville’s NBC affiliate reports: For as long as he can remember, Gunner Joseph Fisher, 18, has thought about mass murder. “When I was a f**king child, before I even got into school, I saw crowds of people and (fantasized) about someone mowing them down.” Driven by a hatred of Jews, African Americans and Muslims, Fisher believed he was “bound to …

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3.9 Magnitude Earthquake Felt Across New England

CBS News reports: An earthquake felt in Boston, Massachusetts today was centered in York Harbor, Maine according to the United States Geological Survey. It was also felt in New Hampshire and Rhode Island, a USGS map showed. The depth of the earthquake was more than 8 miles underground, according to the USGS. There was no tsunami threat to New England, …

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TN School Shooter Egged On Earlier School Shooter

ProPublica reports: Moments before 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow opened fire inside her Madison, Wisconsin, school, killing two people and herself last month, a social media account believed to be hers posted a photograph on X showing someone sitting in a bathroom stall and flashing a hand gesture that has become a symbol for white supremacy. As news about the shooting broke, …

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ICE Detains Native Americans, Questions Tribal IDs

The Arizona Mirror reports: As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement intensifies its efforts to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants throughout the country, concern is rising among Indigenous communities residing in urban areas about reports of Indigenous people being detained in the Valley. Navajo tribal leaders reported that they have received calls and text messages from Navajo people living in urban …

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Florida Bill Compels Local Cops To Aid In Deportations

Florida Politics reports: Consistent with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request for legislation aligning with what President Donald Trump seeks from state efforts to fight illegal immigration, Spring Hill Republican Sen. Blaise Ingoglia filed legislation on Sunday that satisfies a robust range of crackdown targets. Senate Bill 2A offers a version of the “rebuttable presumption” DeSantis wanted, one that assumes detained illegal …

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ICE Told To “Dress For The Cameras” During Raids

CNN reports: While it is a common safety practice for agents conducting arrests to wear insignias clearly identifying themselves as law enforcement, even agents on the perimeter of operations conducted across the nation have been specifically instructed by their leadership to wear raid jackets to generate possible media attention, sources said. On Sunday, federal agencies released numerous photos on social …

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Chuck Grassley Rips Illegal Firing Of Inspectors General

The Associated Press reports: The Trump administration has fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies, a sweeping action to remove oversight of his new administration that some members of Congress are suggesting violated federal oversight laws. Congress was not given the legally required 30-day notices about the removals — something that even a top Republican is decrying. “There …

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Texas Republicans File Flurry Of Anti-Vaccine Bills

The Texas Tribune reports: Republicans are filing bills which aim to claw back vaccine requirements. There is even a House joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Texas Constitution that would preserve Texans’ right to refuse a vaccination. The proposal is among more than 20 bills endorsed by Texans For Vaccine Choice that have been filed, most of them before …

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