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The Pentagon is pushing back against media claims that the number of female military recruits are down under President Trump, pointing to actual statistics.
As Fox News reported, women recruitment is up in all branches of the armed forces in Fiscal Year 2025.
"The media's narrative that the female recruitment numbers have either fallen or stayed the same under Secretary Hegseth and President Trump is 100% fake news," a defense official told Fox. "Leadership matters, and women are excited to serve under the strong leadership of Secretary Hegseth and President Trump."
Around 7,260 more women have enlisted so far this fiscal year than at this point last fiscal year: from 16,725 to 23,985, according to Pentagon figures.
Female recruitment is trending up just as overall recruitment numbers have. The U.S. Army surpassed its overall recruitment goals in June, four months before the end of the fiscal year.
As Fox reports, after record-low recruitment in 2022, the trend began to reverse in 2024, with the armed forces bringing in 12.5% more personnel than the year prior.
Hegseth has credited a return to "war fighting" and repudiation of woke policies for what has been called the "Trump bump" in recruitment.
"They see leadership … that says, 'We want you to be warriors. We're not doing this politically correct garbage anymore. We're doing war fighting,'" Hegseth said during a visit to Normandy, France, in June.
"The bottom line is this administration and Secretary Hegseth has prioritized lethality and mission readiness over political pandering. That's exactly why women, and men, all across the country are more trusting of their leadership and more willing to serve," Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., an Air Force veteran, is quoted as saying.
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A major U.S. newspaper with insider financial ties to local politicians now is doxxing critics of the city's crime agenda – or lack thereof.
It is the Federalist that has published a report exposing the suspect activities of the Denver Post.
It has targeted – and exposed the names, home addresses and more – of those participating in an organization that sought to review public records about crime in the infested city.
The report charged that the Post even published employment information about "three private citizens who legally obtained public information" that later appeared in the social media account called Do Better Denver.
"The Post identified the three people it doxxed by doing a public records request for those women's public records requests," the report explained.
It was "crime reporter Shelly Bradbury" who named names in her recent article.
From Do Better Denver was the comment, "I have been informed that the Mayor's office were the ones that looked at all the CORA requests over the last two years and tried to figure out who I am based on CORA requests and my posts (based on who was requesting them). The Mayor's office narrowed it down to three names and FED the story to the @denverpost and told their contact at the Post to CORA the CORA requests in hopes of outing me and getting the media and my followers to turn on me. The Mayor's office said that @mikejohnstonco wants DoBetterDNVR gone because 'I am ruining his narrative'. Is it legal for government officials to try and silence me via doxxing? Or engaging the Denver Post to do so? #Yikes #IsThisLegal #DoBetterDNVR."
The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway said:
And Do Better Denver responded:
It also noted Denver's "body count" is on the rise, again:
Jill Osa, one of those named, said Bradbury "doxxed me and two others" but "indefensibly" failed to tell the real story:
Further, Bradbury engaged in "bad, unethical journalism," the social media statement charges.
Interestingly, the city, with hundreds of millions of dollars in budget deficits, is laying off staff that grew by 4,000 individuals receiving paychecks over recent years under Democrat administration.
Colorado also is a Democrat stronghold, with a Democrat governor, majority-Democrat Senate and House, and an all-Democrat state Supreme Court that wildly assumed it could order President Donald Trump off the 2024 election ballot before being scolded by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The report noted the city "has a $44 million rental contract from 2024 through 2029 with the Denver Post's parent company … and in 2024 approved an $89 million contract to go into debt to purchase the same former Denver Post building."
Do Better Denver charges the city sought the newspaper's participation in the doxxing because officials were "angry about public disclosures of their activities."
"One public record one of the women discovered, for example, showed the city paid $2.1 million for vacant rooms for illegal immigrants," the report said.
No comment from a spokesman for Mayor Mike Johnston.
The Post claimed the government "played no role" in the newspaper's agenda against the Do Better Denver individuals.
An administrator for Do Better Denver confirmed in the report it gets death threats "for posting public records about people with criminal records that include kidnapping, battery, and work for terrorist gangs such as Tren de Aragua."
The Post confirmed the mayor's office ordered police to stop r0esponding to public records requests from Do Better Denver, and the staff in the mayor's office switched in an app that automatically deletes messages.
The DBD's accounts on social media have addressed problems in the city with indecency, vagrancy, crime, and its accounts are followed by 150,000 people.
"The accounts criticize public officials for sanctuary city policies inviting gang activity, releasing violent criminals on low bonds, and otherwise enabling public disorder. Denver has sued the Trump administration for opposing such policies," the report said.
It was the Post's recent doxxing that said it knew the names of some of those who supply DBD with information: "Arizona resident Jill Osa, Denver resident Megan Anderson and New Mexico resident Alexandra Pacheco."
Osa explained, "I'm just an average citizen who wanted answers and wasn't getting them when she went to her elected officials."
On the website has been criticism of the city's pro-illegal alien agenda, and voters are soon going to be asked to raise their own taxes by $1 billion for "affordable housing."
Bradbury claimed the site provides "misinformation" and she was backed up by the leftist Poynter Institute, which runs "one of the most notorious mass censorship organizations, the egregiously politicized Politifact," the Federalist confirmed.
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Police in the United Kingdom are so triggered by a Christian's silent prayer, they are investigating a woman for the "offense" of praying silently for a third time.
This comes after police in the West Midlands department already have had to apologize and pay Isabel Vaughan-Spruce about $17,000 for the second time they arrested her.
WorldNetDaily had reported when that compensation was paid for the officers' multiple decisions to arrest her. They also confessed to breaching her civil rights.
The case against the cops involved wrongful arrest, false imprisonment, assault and battery and breach of human rights.
"There is no place for Orwell's 'thought police' in 21st Century Britain, and thanks to legal support I received from ADF UK, I'm delighted that the settlement that I have received today acknowledges that. Yet despite this victory, I am deeply concerned that this violation could be repeated at the hands of other police forces," she said in a prepared statement when the settlement was confirmed, a few short years ago.
Vaughan-Spruce was first arrested in November 2022 for silently praying in a censored "buffer zone," a common practice also used in the United States to provide special protections for abortion businesses and deprive people of faith of their rights.
She was acquitted in February 2023, but just weeks later was arrested for the same offense again. A police officer said at that time, "You've said you're engaging in prayer, which is the offense."
She has explained, "Silent prayer is not a crime. Nobody should be arrested merely for the thoughts they have in their heads – yet this happened to me twice at the hands of the West Midlands Police, who explicitly told me that 'prayer is an offense.'"
Now a from the U.K. Right to Life said she's under investigation yet again.
Right to Life said now West Midlands police are asking prosecutors if there is enough evidence to charge the pro-life volunteer.
Vaughan-Spruce called the police agenda "unbelievable."
"I am still being harassed by police for silently praying in that area, and yet again find myself under investigation for the same prayers I have said for twenty years," she said.
March For Life U.K. noted of the West Midlands department, "What's the apology and settlement for if the harassment by police still continues? [Pro-lifers] shouldn't be treated as criminals for simply being on a public street."
Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF U.K., which is supporting Vaughan-Spruce, said the buffer zones around abortion industry businesses are "among the most concerning frontiers of censorship in the modern West."
"We all stand against harassment and abuse, but the 'buffer zone' law broadly bans 'influence', which is being interpreted by police officers to target innocent people who happen to stand in a certain place and believe a certain thing."
Other egregious circumstance have developed in the same fight, as a priest was charged for breaching an abortion business buffer zone because he had an "Unborn Lives Matter" sticker on his car.
Polls show vast majorities believe is ridiculous to try to control people's thoughts, and spokesperson for Right To Life U.K. Catherine Robinson said, "The latest investigation into Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, who has at no point intimidated or harassed anyone, is unacceptable and highlights the confusion surrounding the buffer zone legislation. The police are using this dangerous law to target innocent people for simply holding private pro-life thoughts in their minds."
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For the graduates who cannot find jobs and the laid-off tech workers still searching for work, it can feel demeaning to hear Big Tech companies continue to claim there is a labor shortage when, in reality, there are more than enough willing and able Americans ready to step in. The repeated message that there are "no qualified Americans" does more than insult them: It leaves lasting damage that cannot be undone by simply finding new employment.
However, Big Tech's claims do not stand up to actual documented evidence. In fact, Amazon's own filings with the U.S. Department of Labor comprise a comprehensive record of the company's immigration submissions. And that data dismantles the "shortage" narrative, revealing a system in which loopholes are used, recruitment requirements minimized and federal certifications freely obtained for foreign labor – even as qualified Americans are sidelined.
Between 2009 and 2024, Amazon filed more than 111,000 petitions for H-1B visas, a program intended for positions requiring "specialized knowledge" that cannot be filled by any qualified U.S. workers. Of these filings, 39,012 were new H-1B visa applications, while 72,726 were renewal applications for existing foreign workers.
In addition to its H-1B activity, Amazon also made extensive use of the Department of Labor's Program Electronic Review Management, or PERM, process. Between 2020 and 2024, the company filed
21,012 labor certification applications through PERM, an essential step for sponsoring foreign workers for permanent residency in the United States.
How does the PERM process work?
The PERM program is the first step in sponsoring a foreign worker for a U.S. green card (permanent residence). Before applying, an employer must test the labor market to determine if there are any qualified, willing and available U.S. workers for the job. That is the U.S. Department of Labor's process for requiring employers to show they made a genuine effort to hire an American before receiving approval to sponsor a foreign worker.
Yes, despite Amazon tech jobs being highly sought after by Americans, the company claimed that for all 21,012 roles, no qualified U.S. workers applied – essentially asserting that only the foreign workers they hired were interested in, or qualified for, those positions.
Regulation on Qualifications for the Job:
The batch advantage: Circumventing the law and regulations to avoid hiring Americans
Wage-level "batching" is when a company reuses the same government-issued prevailing wage determination for multiple green card applications instead of getting a fresh wage review for each job. In Amazon's case, the company obtained only 3,875 wage determinations but used them to file 21,012 applications, allowing Amazon to lock in older, lower wage rates, keep salaries down and push applications through faster while doing less recruitment for each role. About 82% of Amazon's green card applications reused wage determinations, meaning the vast majority did not have a wage rate specific to that job.
How much could Amazon save by paying below-market wages? It's all about cheaper labor, not skilled labor
This estimate is calculated by comparing the true median wages for these roles, sourced from multiple independent wage datasets, to the prevailing wage rates Amazon used when sponsoring green cards. The methodology assumes that for each job level, the difference between the market median and the prevailing wage represents the per-position savings, multiplied by the number of positions at that level.
Level 1 wages: $285 million saved
Level 2 wages: $434 million saved
Level 3 wages: $20 million saved
Total estimated savings: Over $739 million
These figures are conservative estimates, while the real savings could be significantly higher. Under the prevailing wage system, the "or similarly employed" provision requires employers to use whichever is higher: the local average wage for the occupation or the wage paid to workers in similar roles. In Big Tech, market rates are typically far above local averages. If Amazon had followed this rule as intended, many roles would have been pegged to the higher Big Tech pay scale, not the lower local rate Amazon appears to have used.
This suggests Amazon did not apply the provision as required, allowing it to lock in far lower wages than the market rate for similar work in their industry.
Department of Labor: Prevailing Wage Information and Resources:
While Amazon claims there were no qualified Americans for these roles and that the foreign workers sponsored were on "high-skilled" visas, the overwhelming use of Prevailing Wage Levels 1 and 2 tells a different story. These wage levels are typically reserved for entry-level workers with little or no experience, such as recent college graduates. This means Amazon is either abusing the prevailing wage system or abusing the visa program itself. By sponsoring these workers at entry-level rates, Amazon not only undercuts wages for equivalent American jobs, but also eliminates opportunities for U.S. graduates and early-career professionals. Once these foreign workers obtain permanent residency, they remain permanently in an already oversaturated labor market, further reducing opportunities for Americans.
Amazon's recruitment tactics: Can't find qualified Americans … or not looking?
The lawis clear: When sponsoring a foreign worker for a green card, an employer must recruit in good faith and advertise the job in a way that gives qualified U.S. workers a real, fair chance to apply. The regulations require open, accessible recruitment that mirrors how the company normally hires.
Amazon's approach has undermined that requirement. For example, the company ran vague newspaper ads in the The Seattle Times' Sunday print edition, sometimes saying the job could be done "anywhere in the U.S.," but requiring applicants to mail in paper resumes, rather than applying online through Amazon's own career site.
Is this legal? The Department of Justice previously sued Facebook for using similar tactics, resulting in a $14.25 million settlement in 2021.
According to the DOJ's press release about the case: "Facebook routinely reserved jobs for temporary visa holders through the PERM process. Specifically, the lawsuit alleged that, in contrast to its standard recruitment practices, Facebook used recruiting methods designed to deter U.S. workers from applying to certain positions, such as requiring applications to be submitted by mail only."
How 1 little ad was used to give 585 American jobs to foreign workers
Recruitment batching is a tactic whereby a company uses a single, minimal recruitment effort, such as one newspaper ad, to satisfy the Department of Labor's PERM recruitment requirement for hundreds of different jobs at once. Instead of advertising and recruiting separately for each open position, the company "batches" them together under one generic posting, often with vague descriptions and outdated application methods that discourage real applicants. This allows the employer to claim it "tested the labor market" without ever giving qualified Americans a meaningful opportunity to apply.
Amazon has used this strategy repeatedly. In one case, the company ran a single ad in the Seattle Times for "multiple positions," listed no clear skills or experience requirements, claimed the jobs could be done "anywhere in the U.S.," and required resumes to be postal mailed in, completely bypassing Amazon's own career website. That single ad was used to justify 585 PERM filings for Software Development Engineer II roles. Similar examples show the scale of batching:
This approach violates both the spirit and potentially the letter of the law, both in terms of 20 CFR § 656.10(c) (bona fide job requirements) and 20 CFR § 656.17(e) (good faith recruitment), as well as the BALCA precedent, which has repeatedly held that mail-only applications, generic ads and recycled prevailing wage determinations undermine recruitment integrity.
In plain terms, Amazon's "batching" is not legitimate recruitment, but it has been very successful in avoiding hiring Americans.
Finding that employers placed unjustified hurdles in the path of U.S. applicants in an apparent attempt to discourage their pursuit of the jobs.
Out with the Americans. In with the foreign labor
During Amazon's largest reported layoff on Nov. 16, 2022, which affected approximately 10,000 employees, the company submitted 2,341 PERM labor certification applications within the federally protected period designed to prevent the displacement of U.S. workers.
On each application, Amazon certified that no qualified U.S. workers were available or considered for the roles, as required by law. Despite the mass layoffs, the Department of Labor approved 2,217 of these applications, authorizing foreign labor for positions that may have been recently held by American workers who had just been terminated.
Amazon layoff graphs provided by Red Line Project (Data Source: Department of Labor):
Amazon's long-term use of U.S. visa and green card programs reveals a systemic strategy that leverages regulatory gaps to replace American workers with lower-cost foreign labor. Through wage-level manipulation, minimal recruitment efforts and large-scale filings timed alongside layoffs, the company has embedded a foreign labor pipeline deep into its operations while reducing domestic opportunities.
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In a move that was significant for its unique content, the White House recently released an executive order titled, "Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias," which included the statement, "Hostility and vandalism against Christian churches and places of worship surged, with the number of such identified acts in 2023 exceeding by more than eight times the number from 2018. Catholic churches and institutions have been aggressively targeted with hundreds of acts of hostility, violence, and vandalism."
The fact that such an order was issued, "shows that even the federal government has taken notice of the growing trend of hostility against U.S. churches," according to a new report from the Family Research Council.
The organization's Center for Religious Liberty said in its "Hostility against churches in the United States" that, "The free exercise of religion has always been an essential component of American society and is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution as a basic right. Attempts to prevent religious exercise through threats or violence should be soundly condemned by anyone who values the First Amendment."
The FRC's Washington Stand noted the "hostility" against Christian churches in the U.S. remains at unparalleled levels.
In fact, the U.S. Supreme Court has cited one state, Colorado, for its open "hostility" to Christianity, in that state's demand that government control the thoughts and beliefs of individuals. In that situation it was the state's demand that Christians violate their faith and promoted the LGBT ideologies.
The Stand confirmed the FRC reviews of violence "reveal an ongoing trend in America in which vandalism, gun violence, and overall hostility against houses of worship remain at some of the highest rates seen in years."
The annual report noted:
"The previous six years (2018-2023) featured an increase in hostile acts against U.S. churches. FRC identified 50 incidents in 2018, 83 in 2019, 55 in 2020, and 98 in 2021. The total number of incidents in 2023 (485) was more than double the number identified in 2022 (198)."
And, "In 2024, the number of incidents declined slightly to 415. However, this total from a single 12-month span is nearly equal to the findings from FRC's very first report (420), which covered 57 months."
California had the most expressions of hate with 40, followed by Pennsylvania with 29, Florida and New York with 25, Texas with 23 and Ohio with 19.
There were 284 instances of vandalism, 55 of arson, 14 bomb threats, and 47 "other."
The FRC said it has confirmed 1,384 "acts of hostility" against U.S. churches since January 2018.
"It's important to remember that any act of hostility can create significant financial and emotional stress for the affected church, regardless of the motive. Such is the case for the congregants of North Peoria Church of Christ in Oklahoma when their air conditioning units were stolen. The incident resulted in $100,000 worth of damages. Another event at First Christian Church in Brenham, Texas, required significant repairs after an unknown culprit shattered over 15 of its windows with rocks and bricks," the report said.
According to the Stand, the hostility comes in the national atmosphere of an increasingly unchurched population, where Christianity is fading in influence and respect.
"Regular church attendance has decreased by 12% in the last 20 years alone. This societal apathy may be a key element that, at the very least, decreases the stigma and outrage caused by such acts of violence, or worse, fuels anti-Christian sentiment," the report said.
"We applaud the efforts of the Trump administration," said FRC President Tony Perkins, "but efforts must be taken at every level of government to protect and promote this fundamental human right."
The FRC explained accessing open-source documents, reports and media to calculate the number of acts against churches.
"We looked at incidents of vandalism (including intentional destruction of property, defacement of property, burglary, and ransacking), arson (including attempts), gun-related incidents (occurring on church property or targeting the church or its members), and bomb threats (both real and false). Other aggressive acts targeting churches or their property that did not fall under the aforementioned categories (including physical assault, disruption of church services, and general threats of harm) were categorized as 'other,'" it said.
Its first such report in 2022 found 420 incidents between January 2018 and September 2022.
The year 2023 marked "a record high" for such hostility with 485 incidents, more than double the total from 2022.
During 2024 the numbers "leveled off" with 415.
That year, hostile acts against churches were found in 43 states, with California leading with 40 cases.
The year's costs included 284 instances of vandalism, 55 incidents of arson, 29 run-related situations, 14 reported bomb threats and dozens of "other," including one church staff member attacked by an assailant with a hammer.
The total for the year, however, "may not represent the full scope of hostility against churches, as many cases likely went unreported to law enforcement or unpublished by news outlets or other publicly available sources."
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While President Donald Trump is famous for popularizing the term "fake news" with his permeating contempt for journalists who distort the truth, the commander in chief is now praising Chuck Todd after the former anchor of NBC's "Meet the Press" had some positive things to say about the commander in chief.
In a new interview with David Brody of CBN News, Todd said of Trump's historical impact: "I don't think we've had anybody have this much impact on the country since FDR … for culturally, in particular, certainly even in how our politics are conducted."
"Look, he wants to involve himself in everything," Todd continued, "including who the CEO of Intel should be. These are things that you and I know the previous Republican Party would have [said], 'How dare government tell business what to do?' And yet there's almost an acceptance. There's no outcry. So that's real change."
In reaction, Trump said on Truth Social: "Chuck Todd, formerly of NBC FAKE NEWS, in an interview with journalist David Brody. Wow, thank you Chuck.
"I always said that you were far better than the scum that runs the FAKE NEWS at NBC and, especially, Brian Roberts and 'Concast.' You are a Free Man now. Congratulations – Use your time well!"
This is not the first time Todd has spoken positively about Trump, as he said in June on Trump's ten-year anniversary of jumping into presidential politics: "You might say he'll just be a chapter in the history books, but I'd argue he'll be a long chapter."
"He'll be longer than most modern presidents because Trump didn't just change his party; he changed the job, he changed the expectations, and he's changed the culture. And that's probably the biggest impact he's made.
"In fact, Donald Trump's impact on American politics and society is unlike anything I've seen in my lifetime. It's greater than Obama, something I would not have conceded three years ago. It's greater than Clinton. It's greater even than Reagan."
Kevin O'Leary, the Emmy-award winning investor known as "Mr. Wonderful" on ABC's "Shark Tank," said he agrees Trump is the the most consequential president since FDR, "not because of the noise, but because of the policy."
"As an investor, that's all I care about. Deregulation in energy, momentum on stablecoin legislation, and aggressive economic action like reciprocal tariffs with China are all major moves," he continued.
"Whether you like Trump or not, he's getting real policy through faster than most presidents, and that's what fuels market confidence. America corrected itself after swinging too far left, and that self-correction is exactly what makes democracy work," O'Leary concluded.
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While legacy network late-night TV hosts are losing viewership, respect and, in some cases, their jobs, one of them is so upset over the current U.S. president, he has obtained citizenship in Italy.
Jimmy Kimmel spilled the beans during a recent episode of "The Sarah Silverman Podcast," as he was interviewed by comedian and host Sarah Silverman, his ex-girlfriend.
As the Blaze reported, on the episode, Kimmel revealed that he dislikes Trump's second presidency so much that he sought out foreign citizenship.
"A lot of people I know are thinking about, where are they going to get citizenship?" Silverman said.
"I do have Italian – I did get Italian citizenship," Kimmel replied.
Elated, Silverman stated, "You do? Oh, that's amazing!"
Said Kimmel: "I do have that. And what's going on is as bad as you thought it was going to be. Way worse. It's so much worse," he said about Trump. "It's just unbelievable. Like, I feel like it's probably even worse than he would like it to be."
Italy is one of several foreign nations that honors dual citizenship. It was unclear whether or not Kimmel planned to repudiate his U.S. citizenship.
The prime minister of Italy, Giorgia Meroni, is considered a "far right-wing" leader. She has been in office since 2022 and was seen on video last year at a G7 summit gently guiding then-President Biden back after his seemingly wandering away from a gathering of state leaders.
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An MSNBC contributor was said to be "on the verge of having a meltdown" Monday immediately after President Donald Trump announced the National Guard would be deployed to end high crime in Washington, D.C.
Appearing on "Chris Jansing Reports," contributor Eddie Glaude reacted to Trump's plan, saying: "Chris, to be honest with you, I'm trying to hold my temper. I think there's an ongoing argument that he's having in his head with Black Lives Matter.
"There's an ongoing argument that he's having with the questions around criminal justice reform and police reform.
"It's interesting that he really doesn't really care about what's actually happening in D.C. on a certain level, because he's not trying to get at the underlying root causes. He's not looking at examples of how to address rising crime rates that doesn't require a form of policing that leads to increased incarcera[tion]."
"We have to understand this, Chris, in the context of Donald Trump's racial politics and in the context of his effort to get [Jeffrey] Epstein off the front pages."
"He's actually trying to give his base red meat to get them off of the Epstein story and it's on the backs of citizens in Washington, D.C."
Trump also announced U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi would oversee the federal takeover of the district's Metropolitan Police Department, or MPD.
The MPD tracker indicates violent crime has fallen in D.C. 26% compared to last year, but there have been 99 homicides so far in 2025.
Reaction online to Claude's analysis includes:
"MSNBC logic: Crime is fine. Violence is fine. Chaos is fine. But cleaning it up? 'Racist, politically motivated, and suspicious.' You'd think they want D.C. to stay ungovernable … almost like it's part of the business model."
"Clean up the capital, clean up the crime, help the police get this district back, the streets back! People from all over the country, and world come to our capital. MSNBC this reaction is bizarre."
"I find it interesting that Glaude immediately made it about race. I don't remember Trump saying anything about race. He didn't say they were going to go after black criminals in D.C. He just said criminals. I guess Glaude knows what we all do about crime in D.C. & that's why he's so butthurt. We are going to hold every criminal accountable. Even black criminals."
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The Court of Appeals of Tennessee, located in Nashville, has struck down a municipal ordinance that limited the number of customers who could visit a home-based business.
It is invalid because it discriminated based on the type business it was.
According to a report from the Institute for Justice, which fought on behalf of record producer Lij Shaw and hairstylist Pat Raynor, Nashville's rule allowed the two only six client visits a day at their businesses.
And then the city came up with "invasive and burdensome requirements."
However, other businesses based in homes, such as short-term rentals, home daycares, historic homes and more, were allowed to have 12 or more clients daily, "free from additional requirements."
"This kind of arbitrary favoritism has no place under the Tennessee Constitution," explained Paul Avelar, a lawyer for the IJ. "Lij and Pat have a constitutional right to use their homes to earn an honest living. But Nashville treats their home-based businesses worse than other, privileged, home-based businesses for no real reason."
The lawsuit stems from the city's 2017 attacks on the two businesses, in which it shut them down.
Then came COVD, and the city allowed them to have six client visits daily.
Now a unanimous ruling from Judges Frank Clement, Andy Bennett, and Jeffrey Usman agreed with the claims that the city had not offered good reasons for favoring some home business over others.
The ruling said, "Metro has offered no rational reason for the difference in treatment that is relevant to the purpose of the law."
The case already has been to the state Supreme Court, which rejected a lower court's dismissal and reinstated it for further opinions at the lower court level.
At first, the lower court claimed the limits were "constitutional because they were rationally related to the city's interests in preserving the residential nature of neighborhoods."
The appeals ruling noted that the city changed its code during the time period that the lawsuit was pending. But throughout the proceedings the city exempted short-term rentals, home-based daycares, historic buildings and such.
The case ended up addressing the city's irrational decision to distinguish between different types of home-related businesses.
"Plaintiffs argued that there was no rational reason that was relevant to the purpose of the law for distinguishing between their businesses and the Exempt Businesses. In support, Plaintiffs produced evidence that their businesses had no more of an impact on the residential character of neighborhoods than the Exempt Businesses," the ruling said.
The opinion noted the city didn't even try to dispute that.
The city had responded to the unequal treatment concerns by stating that it did allow customer visits, but did "not explain what relevance this has to plaintiff's equal protection claim.'
"We conclude that Plaintiffs' businesses are similarly situated in all material respects to home-based daycares, historic-home event venues, owner-occupied STRPs, and home based businesses on property rezoned as SP districts with respect to the purpose of the law," the appeals court said.
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In a stunningly foul-mouthed rant, Bravo actress and podcaster Jennifer Welch is calling for white supporters of President Donald Trump to be banned from Mexican, Chinese, and Indian restaurants.
On her "I've Had It" podcast, Welch in graphic terms slammed white voters who side with the president's border policies, but then dine at ethnic eateries across America.
"I've had it with white people that triple Trumped that have the nerve and the audacity to walk into a Mexican restaurant, a Chinese restaurant, an Indian restaurant, go to a gay hairdresser," Welch said.
"I don't think you should be able to enjoy anything but Cracker Barrel."
Her use of "triple Trump" refers to the president's stances on illegal immigration, diversity and LGBT rights.
Welch's rage continued: "If you wanna triple Trump and you wanna brow beat DEI, brow beat gay people and you wanna brow beat black people, as you've been doing for 400 years."
"You want to brow beat this generation of immigrants that come over here and open up businesses and honestly pay their taxes."
"You wanna demonize them and call them rapists and felons and all this when the felon is the tiny weeny piece of sh** Cankles McTaco t*ts at the top of the ticket."
"I have f***ing had it from top to bottom. White people who triple Trumped should be boycotted, banned from enjoying the best thing that America has to offer which is multiculturalism."
"Get your fat a**es out of the American restaurant and get your fat a**es over to Cracker Barrel because nobody wants to see your f***ing smug ass teeny weeny pink arm big gut around."
"Nobody wants to see that sh**, no one."
Reaction on social media had commenters calling Welch angry, demented and delusional.
In April, Welch made headlines during an interview with former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, as she declared MAGA voters were was obsessed with genitalia.
"Do you know who talks about trans people more than anybody? MAGA," she ranted.
"MAGA is the most genital obsessed political party I have ever seen."