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Islam's religious law, Shariah, has been trigger point for a protest that involved punches thrown, scuffles, someone stealing a Quran and more in the Muslim-dominated city of Dearborn, Mich.

The result was a slew of online videos showing the fisticuffs and other violence.

One report confirmed, "Violent Muslim protesters attack provocateur Jake Lang as he hits a Quran with bacon," the consumption of which is banned by Islam.

The protest was to oppose the advance of Shariah Islamic law in America, and Muslim demands for a higher level of protection for Islam than for Christian or Judaism or their components. For example, an "artist" years ago created a stir and won acclaim for submerging a crucifix in Urine and calling it "P— Christ."

The Shariah opponents clashed with pro-Islam radicals in Dearborn, a city now run by Muslims in government there.

CBS reported the "dueling demonstrations stemmed from when Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Anthony Hudson falsely claimed that there was Shariah Law in Dearborn."

Hudson later walked back those comments, explaining, "If we're going to bring these people together, then we're going to lead by example and come down here, put boots on the ground and walk with these people and show that we can come together."

Joining the protest was Lang, a candidate for Senate from Florida.

Lang challenged the status quo by trying to burn a Quran, which was ripped from his possession by a counter-protester. He then grabbed another Quran, slapping it repeatedly with a slab of bacon before it, too, was stolen from him.

Lang had promoted his activism ahead of time.

And it's not the only action Lang is taking regarding what he feels is improper Muslim influence, with his lawsuit charging that the incoming New York City mayor, a Muslim, is discriminating against Christians.

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Onetime popular entertainer Rosie O'Donnell has become a one-person attack machine against President Donald Trump these days.

She "seems to spend much of her days in a constant rave about Trump, Republicans, and the demise of the United States from her new home in Ireland. That is fine and an exercise of free speech. However, it may have crossed the line into defamation in her latest posting," explained constitutional expert Jonathan Turley in a commentary.

In fact, she said, "Did you think it a million years that they would reelect a man who orchestrated an insurrection against the government? They would reelect that guy with all the charges of sex abuse? — the adjudicated rapist…And then I just saw this thing today about all the cases he's settled with children, children's families, accusations about him, that he chose to settle. … When are we going to be able to go, 'We're grown up enough to understand that this kind of deviant, psychotic, mentally ill behavior goes on at the highest level sometimes, and no matter where it goes on, it is our duty to stop it.'"

Turley, whose expertise in the Constitution and the law has qualified him to advise Congress on those issues, even represent members in court, explained the issue.

"O'Donnell may have supplied the president with another defamation case if she cannot back up sensational claims made against the President to her 2.9 million TikTok followers. She states as a fact that the president is an 'adjudicated rapist' and settled child abuse cases."

Turley noted about a year ago, O'Donnell called Trump a "rapist" and a "serial pedophile rapist."

A previous case involving such allegations resulted in a jury refusing to "adjudicate" Trump a "rapist," prompting a leftist judge to issue his own condemnation of Trump.

"Nevertheless, Trump was not legally 'adjudicated' to be a rapist," the commentary said.

Further, "MSNBC and the show 'Morning Joe,' for example, quickly retracted a statement that Trump was a 'rapist,'" he continued. "The second claim is that Trump settled with the 'children's families' over abuse cases."

O'Donnell wasn't even "clear what the basis for this allegation is," Turley said. "It is not clear if O'Donnell can produce support for the claim. If she cannot, it would certainly constitute 'per se' defamation."

He said, "The common law has long recognized per se categories of defamation where damages are presumed and special damages need not be proven. These include: (1) disparaging a person's professional character or standing; (2) alleging a person is unchaste; (3) alleging that a person has committed a criminal act or act of moral turpitude; (4) alleging a person has a sexual or loathsome disease; and (5) attacking a person's business or professional reputation."

A "couple of these categories" could be triggered by O'Donnell's statements.

"That she said this to millions of followers only magnifies the general damages presumed in such cases. Unless O'Donnell can argue truth as a defense with credible support for such settlements, she may have just given Trump a golden opportunity to pursue his long-time critic."

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PALM BEACH, Florida – A powerful public service announcement featuring survivors of Jeffrey Epstein was aired during ABC's broadcast of "Monday Night Football," just ahead of the U.S. House vote Tuesday on releasing the files probing the Palm Beach pedophile.

"I suffered so much pain," numerous women state in the PSA, as they hold photos of themselves when they were girls as young as 14 when they met Epstein. "There are about a thousand of us."

"It's time to bring the secrets out of the shadows. It's time to shine a light into the darkness," the women say.

The video concludes with an on-screen message indicating: "Five administrations and we're still in the dark."

There's also a plea to call Congress and demand release of the Epstein files.

"This should have never been a fight," said U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who has been vocal in her push for the public to see the files.

"Raping teenage girls, trafficking victims, and protecting powerful people is not a hoax. I unapologetically and proudly stand with these women."

Human Events host and bestselling author Jack Posobiec shared the video, reminding everyone that "Epstein visited the White House 17 times during the Clinton Presidency."

As WorldNetDaily reported, both Bill and Hillary Clinton are refusing to appear before Congress to testify in connection with the sordid case of Epstein, according to a member of the House Oversight Committee.

U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., made the assertion Monday, stating: "Bill and Hillary Clinton are refusing to appear before House Oversight for their depositions regarding Jeffrey Epstein."

"Notice how House Democrats suddenly have nothing to say about it," the congresswoman added.

On Monday, President Donald Trump again directly tied Bill Clinton to Epstein, saying, "All of [Epstein's] friends were Democrats. You look at this Reid Hoffman, you look at Larry Summers, Bill Clinton, they went to his island all the time, and many others. All Democrats."

The survivors' PSA was produced by World Without Exploitation, which calls itself "a fiscally-sponsored project of the Tides Center," which has been linked to billionaire leftist George Soros.

"It's a call to action," one of the women, Danielle Bensky, told NBC News on Sunday. "While we are Epstein and [Ghislaine] Maxwell survivors, we are standing for so many victims of sexual assault and of domestic violence, as well."

"Many people scroll and they see our stories, and they want to find a way to advocate, and they're not really sure how," Bensky said. "We really want to tell people that you can get out there and you can do this for yourself and be a part of what's starting to really feel like a movement, in a way."

NBC reported: "Epstein survivor Annie Farmer, whose sister Maria Farmer was the first woman to file a criminal complaint against Epstein, in 1996, stressed the release of the files is not a political issue but one that has been buried too long."

"Please remember that these are crimes that were committed against real humans, real individuals. This is not a political issue. This, this has been going on for decades," Annie Farmer said.

"My sister Maria Farmer reported this under the Clinton's administration, right? There have been mistakes that were made in this case under the Bush administration. So many things have happened over the decades that were law enforcement failures in this case.

"This is not partisan. We're asking for you to stand with us now to release all of the files."

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Apparently, not everyone named JD Vance is a MAGA Republican.

Consider James Donald "JD" Vance Jr., a Michigan man sentenced to two years in prison for threatening to kill the Vice President JD Vance, as well as President Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Elon Musk.

Vance Jr., a 67-year-old from Grand Rapids, Michigan, has pleaded guilty to the dastardly deed after using left-wing social media app BlueSky to post several threats, reports the New York Post.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan, Vance used the alias "Diaperjdv."

"If Trump, Vance, or Musk ever come to my city again, they will leave it in a body bag," Vance allegedly wrote in an April 1 post.

"I will either be shot by a secret service sniper or spend the rest of my life in prison. I've only got about 10 years of life left anyway so I don't f***ing care either way," he added.

In another post, on March 7, with the headline "Donald Trump Jr. Considering a Run for President in 2028," Vance threatened the president's oldest son.

"I will murder that stupid f***er before he gets secret service protection," Vance wrote, according to federal investigators.

The Post reports that Vance pleaded guilty to two felonies of threatening to kill or injure the president and vice president, and interstate threatening communications.

United States Attorney Timothy VerHey said in a statement:

"When Vance said he planned to kill our President and the Vice President simply because he disagreed with them, he crossed a line we all understand and so had to be punished."

The older Vance is not related to the veep, whose birth name is James Donald Bowman. He later changed his name to James David Vance.

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A handful of Democrats in Congress who served in the U.S. military and intelligence community are raising eyebrows with a new video encouraging current service members to refuse to follow "illegal orders" issued by the administration of President Donald Trump.

"We want to speak directly to members of the military and the intelligence community who take risks each day to keep Americans safe," the lawmakers say, taking turns in brief clips. "We know you are under enormous stress and pressure right now."

"This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence-community professionals against American citizens. Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats to our Constitution aren't just coming from abroad, but from right here at home.

"Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders. You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.

"We know this is hard and that it's a difficult time to be a public servant. But whether you're serving in the CIA, the Army, our Navy, the Air Force, your vigilance is critical and know that we have your back. Because now, more than ever, the American people need you. We need you to stand up for our laws, our Constitution and who we are as Americans."

The video concludes with the message: "Don't give up the ship."

Democrats featured in the video are Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, a former CIA officer; Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, a former Navy captain and astronaut; Rep. Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania, a former Navy officer; Rep. Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire, a former intelligence officer in the Navy Reserve; Rep. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, a former Air Force officer; and Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, a former paratrooper and Army Ranger.

Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security, says: "Democrat lawmakers are now openly calling for insurrection."

LibsofTikTok commented: "Elected Democrats just released a video encouraging members of the military to commit treason and DEFY orders from Trump and Hegseth."

Others noted:

"This is seditious conspiracy. Arrest every one of them."

"That's a helluva way for the Dems to advocate for military members ending their careers."

"Every attempt to take over this country has failed. Now the Epstein documents are coming out. And coincidentally you're asking our military to commit treason, just as you all probably have. How fitting."

"Who's going to charge them with treason? No one. And they know it, so they feel totally free to break the law."

"I notice they didn't mention what, specifically, the danger is. In what way is our laws and constitution being challenged? In fact, they didn't even vaguely state this. Just more nonsense."

"Is this unlawful? If so, arrest them. If not, ignore them."

"Looks like some treason indictments are needed. @FBI @DOJCrimDiv."

"The Democrat party was built on treason."

"Haha, these are the same people who voted against our military personnel and federal employees receiving compensation for their work."

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An insider to that years-long Democrat lawfare campaign against President Donald Trump has confirmed in testimony to Congress that it was the Barack Obama Department of Justice that vetoed plans to accuse Hillary Clinton of gross negligence in her email scandal.

That scandal developed just as she was running her failed campaign, as the Democrat nominee, to become president in 2016.

She set up a private computer server in her home and, allegedly in violation of the federal law, ran government secrets through it. She notably allegedly used a hammer to destroy some of her communications devices at the time.

She was not charged after then-FBI chief James Comey claimed an independent investigation had made clear that no reasonable prosecutor would take the case.

Online reports are calling it a "bombshell" from ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page.

She also has been in the headlines as the paramour with whom former FBI agent Peter Strzok exchanged messages about how they would not allow Trump to become president, because of an insurance policy.

That whole scenario, in fact, involved multiple government agencies under Obama's tenure, a scheme from Clinton to distract voters' attention from her own scandal by falsely tying Trump to Russia, and much more.

A new report outlines Page's testimony, earlier this year.

She confirmed Obama's DSOJ ordered lawyers not to even consider charging Clinton over that email scandal.

A Fox News report explained Rep. John Ratcliffe, during the hearing, brought up several questions.

"You're making it sound like it was the department that told you: you're not going to charge gross negligence because we're the prosecutors," he said.

Page interrupted, "That is correct."

At the time of the email scandal, Comey, now under investigation for allegedly lying to Congress, claimed in a broadcast speech, "What I can assure the American people is that this investigation was done honestly, competently and independently. No outside influence of any kind was brought to bear."

Trump's response included that that "makes the Obama justice department look exactly like it was, a broken and corrupt machine."

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The Muslim Brotherhood, a "social front" for militant jihadis around the world, and CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, have been designated as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations by the state of Texas.

CAIR actually had been named as an unindicted co-conspirator with the Holy Land Foundation years ago when that group was convicted of funneling millions to the terrorists of Hamas.

According to an announcement from Gov. Greg Abbott, "Whereas, CAIR was named an 'unindicted co-conspirator' in one of the largest successful prosecutions of terrorism financing in United States history, where internal documents plainly identified CAIR as a subsidiary of the Muslim Brotherhood and a federal court eventually found 'ample evidence to establish' that CAIR was associated 'with Hamas,' United States v. Holy Land Found. for Relief & Dev., No. 3:04-cv-240, 2009 WL 10680203, at *7-8 (N.D. Tex. July 1, 2009)…"

While the Muslim Brotherhood is a "social front" for jihadis, CAIR is a lobbying group in Washington working on behalf of Islamist interests.

Now a report at Not the Bee cites Abbott's announcement that, "Today, I designated the Muslim Brotherhood and Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations."

Noora Shalah, a government affairs director for CAIR-Kentucky, once charged, "I demand jihad, I want ISIS to kill all of you."

CAIR International responded that she left her post several years earlier.

It was during the Joe Biden administration that he assigned CAIR to be part of his program to battle anti-Semitism.

Meanwhile, there have been several dozen Islamist mosques built and opened in Texas in recent years.

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The federal food stamp program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, has been victimized by millions, probably hundreds of millions, even billions of dollars in abuse.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said there's already evidence of 185,000 dead people registered to get benefits, and more than 500,000 are getting benefits twice. One person had registered the same Social Security number for benefits in six states

And the solution will involve, at least in part, a new program to have beneficiaries reapply for the program.

That cash handout was what was at risk by the Schumer Shutdown, the Democrats' agenda to shut down the government to force Republicans to reach into taxpayers' pockets for $1.5 trillion for the Democrats' specific agenda points.

That didn't happen, but SNAP resumed operations when the Democrats eventually caved in and allowed the government to reopen.

Now according to a report originally in the Washington Stand, the requirement to reapply is coming.

When Rollins took office, letters were sent to state governments requesting information on the program's use of money. Only 29 states responded, mostly from Republican administrations, but even that confirmed there's "a lot of fraud," Rollins said.

She said the stunning results included hundreds of thousands of recipients who are dead, many more getting paid twice.

"Here's the really stunning thing: This is just data from those 29 mostly-red states. Can you imagine when we get our hands on the blue-state data, what we're going to find?" she said.

She continued, "The president has made this a priority. We will fix this program."

And that includes people reapplying for benefits to "make sure that everyone who's taking a taxpayer-funded benefit through SNAP or food stamps that they literally are vulnerable, and they can't survive without it. That's the next step here."

She said, "I do think what the Democrats did not include in their calculation, in their insane government shutdown, was the fact that this spotlight was going to [shine] upon one of their favorite government welfare programs that, under Joe Biden, increased 40%. All of this money that the federal government, the taxpayers are paying for food stamps, we don't even know where it goes, what happens, what they're doing with it."

In fact, four in five recipients are "able-bodied Americans" who could work.

"They don't have small children at home, they're not taking care of an elderly parent, they can work and they choose not to work, of course, because they're getting significant benefits from the taxpayer. … So this … is perhaps one of the most corrupt, dysfunctional programs in American history that—we are working now… We are cracking down. We now have a plan to fix it."

A researcher for the Heritage Foundation told the Stand there's probably $9 billion in SNAP overpayment errors for just 2024.

"Individuals commit SNAP fraud by: providing false information on their SNAP applications to increase their benefit amount (e.g., claiming they have lower income and/or higher costs than they actually do or claiming more people live in the household than actually do), stealing another person's identity to claim benefits, selling SNAP benefits for cash or other goods, or running up a balance on their SNAP card and then reporting the card stolen so they can receive more benefits," the researcher explained.

Other parts of the resolution may be to have states fund part of the costs, so they have "skin in the game."

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PALM BEACH, Florida – Both Bill and Hillary Clinton are refusing to appear before the U.S. Congress to testify in connection with the sordid case of convicted Palm Beach pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to a member of the House Oversight Committee.

U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., made that assertion Monday afternoon, stating: "Bill and Hillary Clinton are refusing to appear before House Oversight for their depositions regarding Jeffrey Epstein."

"Notice how House Democrats suddenly have nothing to say about it," the congresswoman added.

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A Colorado family wants to punish the town of Elizabeth for ticketing their son, now an adult, for an alleged curfew violation that was based on an unconstitutional law.

Technically, the family is suing for years of out-of-pocket costs for court battles, compensatory damages, and even punitive damages. Plus lawyers' fees and interest.

It is at Complete Colorado that the situation is described.