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U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is hitting the panic button after congressional redistricting in the Lone Star State would boot out of her own district.

"Republicans in Texas just rolled out their proposed Congressional map that cut 5 Democratic seats out of thin air," Crockett said on X.

"Let's be clear: these maps are not about representation, it's a power grab to silence voters and suppress votes.

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Strzok, mistress Page, sued when their government emails were released to public

During the height of the Russiagate scandal created by Democrats in an attempt to undermine President Donald Trump's first term, an FBI agent was working on the bureau's attacks.

And Peter Strzok had an email exchange with his mistress, Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer, and they reassured each other that Trump would not be allowed to win the 2016 election.

He did, and their conspiratorial emails became public knowledge as part of the many investigations into those schemes.

They sued, claiming their emails were private, despite being done on government time and with government resources, and one official agreed, approving a $1.2 million settlement with Strzok and an $800,000 payment to Page.

Now a report in the Federalist reveals that the official signing off on those payments was Brian Netter, a deputy assistant attorney general.

And he now has left the government, revealing his political agenda by joining a group called Democracy Forward, a Democrat party-affiliated group launched specifically to fight Trump with lawfare.

"The group brags that it took Trump to court more than 100 times in his first term in office. It has continued its use of the courts to win political battles into his second term in office," the report said.

The report describes Netter as one of the "disgraced Russia collusion hoax participants" who left the Department of Justice to help lead the "legal resistance" to President Donald Trump and other duly-elected Republicans.

"[W]e have identified Brian Netter, Deputy Assistant Attorney General as the individual that approved the settlement agreements," a DOJ official told the Center to Advance Security in America, the report said.

That organization had filed a Freedom of Information Act request in 2024, when the payouts were publicly announced.

Democracy Forward is led by Marc Elias, the lawyer who's known for schemes to damage "the integrity of both the 2016 and 2020 elections."

In fact, the report explains he "signed the checks for [Hillary Clinton] campaign's Russia collusion hoax."

The report notes he also was active in fighting Trump during the aftermath to the Jan. 6, 2021, protest and riot at the Capital. He was with Merrick Garland's DOJ from 2021 through 2025, and opposed Trump's motion for a preliminary injunction to block National Archives releases to the partisan panel ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi set up to "review" those events.

The members hired television experts to stage specially selected "evidence" and present it to Americans in an effort to persuade them that Trump was an "insurrectionist."

The report noted Netter also married Democrat lawyer and activist Karen Dunn, who was a key player in the campaign by the twice-failed candidate Hillary Clinton.

Dunn also was integral in Democrat operations for Barack Obama and another failed candidate, Kamala Harris.

"Congressional overseers were upset by the reward given to the hoaxers and demanded to know who signed off on them," the report said. "They were thwarted by officials who said they didn't know who had authorized the payments, and declined to respond to congressional inquiries to find out."

James Fitzpatrick of the Center to Advance Security in America called the payouts "a prime example of the outrageous abuse of power endured by the American people under Joe Biden."

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Officials demanded to confiscate property acquired by Chabad of the Beaches, secretly exchanged anti-Semitic tropes

A fight erupted a few years ago in Atlanta Beach, N.Y., because city officials, as soon as a Jewish organization purchased a long-vacant property to use for a worship center, decided to take title to the property through eminent domain.

The fight, which erupted in 2022, immediately went to the courts and in 2023 a settlement was reached that would allow the Chabad of the Beaches to keep the property and use it for its ministry purposes.

Then city officials refused to follow the agreement.

So back to court, and now a new settlement has been reached that allows the Chabad to keep the property, provides that the town officials will grant all its needed permits and variances, and also pay $950,000 to the Chabad.

In a statement released by town officials, they said, "The settlement clears the way for Chabad to keep and use the property as a center that will provide educational and outreach activities for the entire Jewish community. Among the terms of the settlement, Atlantic Beach will forego use of its eminent domain powers to acquire the property from Chabad, pay Chabad $950,000, and ensure that Chabad receives specified permits and variances…"

Rabbi Eli Goodman said, "This marks the beginning of a happy new chapter in the Chabad-Atlantic Beach relationship. We look forward to being a part of this community, and serving our friends and neighbors for years to come."

The fight had developed between Chabad Lubavitch of the Beaches and Atlantic Beach, its zoning board, Mayor George Pappas, and other officials.

The U.S. District Court in New York did maintain jurisdiction to enforce the consent decree it issued, based on the settlement agreement.

In addition to giving up its fight for the property, the city agreed to pay the Chabad $700,000 within 90 days, and another $250,000 on the first anniversary of entry of the consent decree.

And the town and its officials are "permanently enjoined from taking an action to acquire" the property.

The settlement from two years earlier had forced the Chabad back into court when officials refused to follow its terms.

Further, WND reported that it was revealed in private messages, Pappas responded, "Very true," when a fellow town official said, "Most people don't want the Chabad and just don't want to say it. Any secular Jew doesn't want them."

The private messaging deteriorated further, with comments like that Jews "procreate" too much, "don't tip" and "are "buying the world."

The town had claimed that it wanted to condemn the property, an old bank, and take it for municipal use, as soon as the Jewish group bought it.

The original lawsuit noted that the property had been for sale for years, and the town never made any effort to acquire it until after the Chabad purchased it.

The second legal fight focused on how, "In private communications produced in this case, Village officials freely and frequently engaged in open anti-Chabad and anti-Orthodox sentiment and trafficked in vile antisemitic tropes, including that Jews are 'buying the world,' 'procreate' too much, and 'don't tip.'"

It continued, "These messages reveal that the Village's proffered reason for seizing Chabad's property is and always has been pretextual."

The first case ruled the village was not allowed to take the property, the second was for punitive damages.

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Actually convicted of abducting girl, bashing her head, stuffing her in car and hauling her away to rape her

An Islamic Center in Minnesota has written to a judge handling the case of a man convicted of child rape seeking leniency for him over "this situation," when he "abducted the 12-year-old girl from her backyard, bashed her over the head, and transported her in his car, where he raped her before she was able to escape."

It is the Post-Millennial that described the advocacy by the Al-Ihsan Islamic Center of St. Paul, Minn., on behalf of Qulinle Dirie, who is "member" of that community.

The 42-year-old Dirie was sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty by a jury of first-degree sexual conduct, which was the minimum sentence guidelines allowed, the report said.

After his conviction, the Islamic Center contacted the judge, Michael Burns, asking for leniency.

"The situation [Dirie] is currently facing comes as a deep shock to all of us," the letter states. "It does not reflect the man we know – a man whose actions have consistently reflected family and community.

"We respectfully ask that this letter be considered as a sincere reflection of who Qalinle Dirie truly is."

The Islamists in the center said he was "an active volunteer in our mosque." He was there regularly for prayers, Ramadan and community events.

He helped "elders find rides home" and even helped clean up.

Further, it counseled that Dirie was born in Somalia and lived in refugee camps in Kenya.

With that, the center said he has faced "the challenge of starting over in a new culture."

The center said, "His service has never been about recognition — just a quiet commitment to supporting the spaces that hold our community together."

Explained the report, "For the Islamic center, that's a good enough reason to support a child rapist. "

Accompanying the center's letter was a letter where the convict's family explained that Dirie "is a deeply good man whose presence enriches the lives of those around him."

Alpha News reported, "According to criminal charges, the victim had contact information for a 'Mohamed Muuse' in her phone. When asked about that person, the victim said 'Mohamed Muuse' was the man who assaulted her. Using that cellphone contact, a sting operation was set up by the victim's family several weeks after the assault. Dirie arrived at the victim's home and was taken into police custody."

Prosecutors said for the court record that he continues to deny that he committed the assault.

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'The route to a successful career does not have to take you through college'

Artificial intelligence is on the move, advancing quickly into jobs that college graduates heretofore had considered their domain.

But A.I. likely isn't ever going to haul a hot water heater to a residence and install it. Or paint that siding, or replace an air conditioning unit. Or fix that broken transmission or replace a muffler.

And now those who want to get training in those so essential, but more physical, job pursuits will be getting some help.

In fact, a report at the College Fix outlines how President Donald Trump's new budget allows $500 billion for trade schools.

The money now is in 529 accounts, special tax-benefited savings accounts that parents often open for their children. Money there until now has been allowed for college expenses, but faced other limits.

The College Fix now reports in Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" is a change that allows 529 savings accounts "to be used to help pay for a broader range of post-high school credentials, like certification in specialties like auto mechanics or food safety, and related expenses."

"This means the estimated $500 billion in 529 plans can now be used to pay for trade school and even tools in some cases," the report explained.

One requirement is that the training come from "an accredited program."

"Higher education consultants interviewed by the NY Times were generally optimistic about the new policy," the report explained.

Andrea Feirstein explained "The route to a successful career does not have to take you through college."

The report noted, "It seems plausible the change, once more people learn about it, could lead to an increase in savings in these accounts. This is because parents may have been wary in the past to tie up money in the accounts, fearing their children might not use it if they ended up going to trade school. Now there is more flexibility and a recognition in law that college is not the only way to success, as Feirstein pointed out to the NY Times."

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Felony count carrying possible punishment of 20 years behind bars now pending

A social services worker in Alabama has been charged with a felony for the death of a 3-year-old boy she left in a hot car for hours.

A class B felony, carrying a potential punishment of up to 20 years in prison, has been filed against Kela Stanford, 54, now a former contractor for the state Department of Human Resources.

She's accused of abandoning Ketorrius "KJ" Starkes Jr. in her car for more than half a day.

A report at the Post Millennial said the boy's death was completely avoidable.

Prosecutors in Jefferson County confirmed that they have issued a felony warrant for Stanford. She was booked into the jail and was released after posting $30,000 bond.

She's accused of "being a person for hire responsible for a child under the age of 7 and leaving the child unattended in a motor vehicle in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm."

Prosecutors explained, "This is a terrible tragedy that was completely avoidable and unnecessary. Our condolences go out to Ketorrius's family."

She was working as a contractor for DHS as a transport driver for the Covenant Services. Reports confirm she picked up Starkes from his daycare and took him for a visit with his father, and was supposed to return him after. She "reportedly" got sidetracked doing personal errands and forgot he was in the car, going home.

Birmingham police found Starkes dead when his foster mother found he wasn't at daycare.

WND reported that the state's Child Protective Services had taken the boy from the home because there allegedly were drugs in the home.

He was in the custody of the Department of Human Services at the time, and Courtney French, a lawyer for the family, told People.com, "The very system that is in place for his protection was the system that led to his death."

State officials revealed he was "accidentally left inside … while in the care of a third-party contracted worker through the Department of Human Resources."

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Tells Colbert on soon-to-be-gone talk show 'I don't wanna go back'

Kamala Harris, who delivered to Democrats in 2024 a catastrophic loss to President Donald Trump in the presidential race, and since has declared she won't run for governor of California in the next election, is uncertain about staging another run for the Oval Office, even though she nominally "leads" the political party now.

What might come to mind is the fact that she lost all seven swing states and succumbed to Trump's campaign by landslide numbers in the Electoral College and the popular vote.

Her dissembling came in an interview with Stephen Colbert, whose late-night talk show has been canceled and who is due to be off-air in a few months.

She said, "The system's broken … so I don't wanna go back into the system."

Commentator Nick Sortor explained, "Kamala Harris admits President Trump BROKE her, which is why she doesn't want to run for Governor of California "The system's broken … so I don't wanna go back into the system."

A report at RedState explained, "'Broken' is, of course, code for 'rigged,' which is rich coming from someone who stole the Democrat nomination in 2024 through a soft coup of a well-meaning elderly man with oatmeal for brains."

It continued, "Harris recently announced that she would not run for governor of California, prompting some pundits to speculate that she would instead focus her efforts on another bid for the White House. "

Colbert asked, and she said she doesn't want a return.

Curiously, Harris was anointed by the elites in the Democrat Party to be the 2024 nominee. She had been a candidate in 2020 but never won a single delegate. In 2024 when Biden's acute deterioration surfaced during a presidential debate, the elites of the party simply named her the candidate, so she never won a primary either.

Harris claimed "our systems" are not as strong "as they need to be."

RedState pointed out, "If the system is 'broken,' then it is her party that took a sledgehammer to it. The Democrat primaries were so rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton in 2016 that it even prompted Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to call it out as 'rigged against me.'"

Social media commented on the "losers" on the show:

Further, Harris claimed she still will be in the "fight," but was left stumbling when asked to name the leader of the Democrat party now.

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The bad news for taxpayers is that the federal government is paying some 154,000 people to not do any work in their offices.

The good news is that those workers soon will be off the federal payroll entirely.

It's all part of President Donald Trump's plan to cut federal spending, including by reducing the number of government staff members drawing salaries and benefits.

It is the Hill that has reported on the costs, and benefits.

It cited details in the Washington Post that confirmed the government reportedly is cutting payroll checks even now to more than 154,000 workers.

But they don't report to work.

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More documents are being released about Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and other power players in America's Democrat Party and this time a newly declassified "annex" to special counsel John Durham's 2023 report confirms the FBI was complicit in Clinton's scheme to falsely tie President Donald Trump to Russia during the 2016 race.

The plan was hatched in order to divert public attention from Clinton's email scandal, where she put national secrets on an unsecured computer server she had set up, documents confirm.

The FBI at the time got "intelligence" that Clinton's operatives planned for media and FBI-linked cybersecurity firms "to plant and amplify the false narrative," explains a report in the Washington Examiner.

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A state senator in Ohio has now released a photograph of a woman who was brutally beaten in an attack in Cincinnati, an event that has left behind a scandal for a politician who viciously claimed the victim "deserved" the beating.

It is U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno who released the image of the victim, identified only as Holly.

"This is Holly. She wanted to have a nice evening out with friends. Instead, she got this. Holly gave me permission to release the photos so that others will never suffer what she did," the senator explained.