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2022-09-27 at 11:43 PM UTC in Ron DeSantis privately calls Trump a ‘moron’ and vents about him running for president
Originally posted by Donald Trump Can groups like AIPAC can use all their power to subvert free speech and democracy and interfere in elections too?
Originally posted by Truth Details https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_(band)
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2022-09-27 at 11:42 PM UTC in Children removed from jedi sect's jungle compound in Mexico
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2022-09-27 at 11:40 PM UTC in Ron DeSantis privately calls Trump a ‘moron’ and vents about him running for president
Originally posted by Bradley dude he cheated the system and tried to cut corners and lied about it
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2022-09-27 at 11:39 PM UTC in Ron DeSantis privately calls Trump a ‘moron’ and vents about him running for president
Originally posted by Donald Trump So political campaigns can use all their power to subvert free speech and democracy and interfere in elections too?
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2022-09-27 at 11:36 PM UTC in Factory Jobs Are Booming Like It’s the 1970s
Originally posted by Donald Trump How long does it take to buy a house working a factory in 2022 vs in 1970?
The economy has infinite jobs, I'm hiring MAGApede henchmen and Trumpist suicide pamphleteers right now for 20c an hour in case anyone is interested, but unless they pay well they are a social detriment.
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2022-09-27 at 11:35 PM UTC in Factory Jobs Are Booming Like It’s the 1970s
Originally posted by A College Professor https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/china-and-the-lore-of-american-manufacturing
The manufacturing jobs available today don't pay like the ones available a generation or two ago.
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2022-09-27 at 11:27 PM UTC in Ron DeSantis privately calls Trump a ‘moron’ and vents about him running for president
Originally posted by Donald Trump So private industry can use all their power to subvert free speech and democracy and interfere in elections?
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2022-09-27 at 11:25 PM UTC in Children removed from jedi sect's jungle compound in Mexicohttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-62372365
Children and older teenagers have been removed from the jungle compound of a jedi sect in Mexico following a raid by police, the BBC has learned.
Two members of Lev Tahor were arrested on suspicion of human trafficking and serious sexual offences, including rape, Israel's foreign ministry said.
A three-year-old child removed from the compound has been flown to Israel.
Lev Tahor (Hebrew for Pure Heart) is known for extremist practices and imposing a strict regime on members.
It advocates child marriage, inflicts harsh punishments for even minor transgressions and requires women and girls as young as three years old to completely cover up with robes.
The stricture has earned the group the nickname the jedi Taliban, because of seeming similarities with the dress code enforced by the Sunni Muslim extremist group which controls Afghanistan.
olice made their way into the compound 11 miles (17.5km) north of Tapachula in Chiapas state on Friday morning.
They had been instructed by a federal judge to detain several leaders suspected of child abuse and rescue members of the sect, following an investigation by the attorney general's Special Prosecutor for Organised Crime (Femdo).
An Israeli source connected to the operation said the boys and girls were quickly separated from the rest of the group, because of fears their lives could be at risk from members trying to prevent them from being removed.
Twenty-six members were found in the compound, among them Israelis with dual citizenships including Canada, the US and Guatemala, Israel's foreign ministry said.
It said a Canadian and an Israeli citizen were arrested, while two other wanted members reportedly left the compound two days before the raid and are being sought. Five more were detained for allegedly breaking immigration rules.
The remaining members are being housed at a facility of the Mexican Ministry of Welfare pending a decision on what will happen to them, the Israeli foreign ministry said.
The three-year-old son of an Israeli, Yisrael Amir, who had previously left the group, was among those removed from the compound. Mr Amir, who was present during the raid, flew back to Israel with his son on Monday.
'Dangerous cult'
The Mexican police worked alongside a four-man volunteer team from Israel, including former Mossad agents, in planning and carrying out the operation.
The elite police unit which raided the compound "very carefully and without resorting to any violence" included both male and female officers because of the number of women and children in the sect, the Israel source said.
"The Mexican authorities did their duty in the best possible way," the source added.
The operation was set in motion about two years ago, when Mr Amir and other relatives of some of those in the group asked one of the former agents for help.
The team travelled between Israel and Guatemala, where the branch had lived since 2014, carrying out surveillance operations and working with local authorities, law enforcement and a Guatemalan private investigator.
In January, about 40-50 members illegally crossed into Mexico, where they continued to be tracked, settling in the jungle north of Tapachula.
The leadership in Guatemala has been at the centre of a kidnapping case since 2018, when two children who had been taken to New York by their mother who had fled the community were snatched back. They were recovered three weeks later in Mexico.
Nine of the sect's members were charged in connection with the case. Four - including the founder's son and current leader Nachman Helbrans - have been jailed, while one was convicted, but freed because of time already served and another is due to be sentenced in November. Two are awaiting trial and one is in custody in Guatemala.
Lev Tahor was formed in Israel in 1988 by Rabbi Shlomo Helbrans, who later moved to the US. He served two years in prison after being convicted of kidnapping in 1994 and drowned in Mexico in 2017.
Numbering up to about 350 members, Lev Tahor has been forced to move from country to country in recent years after coming under scrutiny from local authorities. It is currently spread between Israel, the US, North Macedonia, Morocco, Mexico and Guatemala. Between 70 and 80 members are still in Guatemala.
While the group is often described as ultra-Orthodox, it follows its own sets of rules and has been declared a "dangerous cult" by an Israeli court.
Its leaders have denied breaking local laws and say the group is being targeted because of its beliefs. -
2022-09-27 at 11:23 PM UTC in sagapov - Pizza Anime ED (ProZD)
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2022-09-27 at 11:22 PM UTC in Ron DeSantis privately calls Trump a ‘moron’ and vents about him running for president
Originally posted by Donald Trump Is it not electoral interference when the media and big tech collaborate to censor one candidate and promote the other?
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2022-09-27 at 11:20 PM UTC in Jan. 6 sedition trial underway for Oath Keepers leader
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2022-09-27 at 11:19 PM UTC in CLIMATE All 50 states get green light to build EV charging stations covering 75,000 miles of highwayshttps://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/27/ev-charging-stations-on-highways-dot-approves-50-states-plans.html
The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday said it approved electric vehicle charging station plans for all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico covering roughly 75,000 miles of highways.
Earlier this year, the Biden administration allocated $5 billion to states to fund EV chargers over five years along interstate highways as part of the bipartisan infrastructure package. Under the plan, entitled the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, states provided their EV infrastructure deployment proposals to the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation.
States are now approved to construct a network of EV charging stations along designated alternative fuel corridors on the national highway system and have access to more than $1.5 billion to help build the chargers.
It’s unclear how many charging stations the funds will support, and states have not yet shared specific charger locations. Transportation Department officials have said that states should install stations every 50 miles and ensure each station is located within one mile of an interstate highway.
“We have approved plans for all 50 States, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia to help ensure that Americans in every part of the country — from the largest cities to the most rural communities — can be positioned to unlock the savings and benefits of electric vehicles,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement. -
2022-09-27 at 11:18 PM UTC in Factory Jobs Are Booming Like It’s the 1970s
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2022-09-27 at 11:17 PM UTC in Ron DeSantis privately calls Trump a ‘moron’ and vents about him running for presidenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-courts-election/fact-check-courts-have-dismissed-multiple-lawsuits-of-alleged-electoral-fraud-presented-by-trump-campaign-idUSKBN2AF1G1
Fact check: Courts have dismissed multiple lawsuits of alleged electoral fraud presented by Trump campaign -
2022-09-27 at 11:17 PM UTC in Ron DeSantis privately calls Trump a ‘moron’ and vents about him running for president
"What I want to do is this. I just want to find, uh, 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state."
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2022-09-27 at 11:14 PM UTC in Ron DeSantis privately calls Trump a ‘moron’ and vents about him running for president
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2022-09-27 at 11:13 PM UTC in Secret Service took the cellphones of 24 agents involved in Jan. 6 response and gave them to investigators
It is unclear what, if any, information the Office of Inspector General has been able to obtain from the cellphones.
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2022-09-27 at 11:13 PM UTC in Chief: Man shot by Chicago police infiltrated SWAT training
Brown said investigators believe the man grabbed at least two guns that were on a table during the training exercise and pointed them at officers. He said the guns did not have live ammunition in them, adding that they were either empty or contained munitions, such as pellets that are used for training exercises, because they sting when they strike a person but do not cause serious injury or death. He said he did not know if the man attempted to shoot officers with the guns.
He said the investigation will reveal what officers in the room knew about the guns the suspect took.
Brown speculated on what officers in the training room saw as the man entered the room.
“These were guns that were being watched,” he said. “Obviously, someone coming from a stairwell outside startled everyone. Who is this person? Is this person associated with the training? We do have live actors sometimes who come in plainclothes.”
He also said that it was likely the officers said something to the man when they spotted him, but that, “We just don’t know what the offender said.”
He said most of those taking part in the training were tactical officers assigned to specialized units but that a few of them were uniformed officers assigned to City Hall or to Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s home.
The officer was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and listed in good condition with the ankle injury. He was not shot, Brown said.
The suspect was initially described as being in critical condition with at least one gunshot wound. Later in the day, Brown said the man’s injuries were not life-threatening. Department spokesman Tom Ahern said the man has been placed under arrest and is under police guard in the hospital because he is a suspect in the incident. He did not know what specific charges he might face.
The shooting is being investigated by the city’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability. The officer or officers involved will be placed on routine administrative duties for 30 days, the police department said.
The police facility is in a large red brick building that houses evidence and recovered property on the first floor. Some of the police department’s specialized units also work out of the building.
Early Monday afternoon, crime scene tape was stretched across South Homan Avenue a block south of the police station and across the same street just north of the building.
A nearby school was placed on lockdown. -
2022-09-27 at 11:13 PM UTC in Chief: Man shot by Chicago police infiltrated SWAT traininghttps://apnews.com/article/sports-police-chicago-2860ce0293fb6a3a509726325e67befc
CHICAGO (AP) — A man climbed five stories of a fire escape to infiltrate a Chicago police facility Monday while officers were undergoing a SWAT training exercise and grabbed at least two guns before he was shot and wounded by police, the chief said.
Police Superintendent David Brown said the suspect was taken to the hospital with injuries not considered to be life-threatening. One officer was taken to the hospital with a sprained ankle.
Brown said the suspect was seen on video leaving the facility and then returning to infiltrate it. He asked where to go to retrieve personal property at the facility in Homan Square on Chicago’s West Side. Then he came back to the building and climbed the fire escape to the fifth floor, where a door had been propped open for ventilation because there are no windows on that floor.
Brown said it has not been determined if the man went to the building to retrieve property, saying that the man had an extensive record. It wasn’t immediately clear if property taken from the man was stored in the building.
He had no other information about the man, other than to say he was a resident of Waukegan, a suburb about 42 miles north of Chicago.
Police later said the man is 47. -
2022-09-27 at 11:11 PM UTC in Libertarian group sues to block student debt cancellationhttps://apnews.com/article/biden-education-lawsuits-executive-branch-88a53926a6583fdb7b8c311206f5357f
A libertarian group in California filed a legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt cancellation on Tuesday, calling it an illegal overreach that would increase state tax burdens for some Americans who get their debt forgiven.
The lawsuit, believed to be the first targeting Biden’s plan, was filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation, a Sacramento legal advocacy group. It was filed in federal court in Indiana, one of several states that plan to tax any student debt canceled by Biden’s plan.
“Congress did not authorize the executive branch to unilaterally cancel student debt,” said Caleb Kruckenberg, an attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation. He said it’s illegal for the executive branch to create the policy “by press release, and without statutory authority.”
The suit’s plaintiff is Frank Garrison, described as a public interest attorney who lives in Indiana and is employed by the libertarian group.
Garrison is on track to get his student debt erased through a separate federal program for public servants. Although most borrowers will need to apply for Biden’s plan, Garrison and many others in that program will automatically get the relief because the Education Department has their income information on file.
Biden’s plan would automatically cancel up to $20,000 of Garrison’s debt, which in turn would trigger an “immediate tax liability” from the state of Indiana, according to the suit. Under the debt forgiveness program he’s enrolled in now, canceled debt cannot be taxed.
“Mr. Garrison and millions of others similarly situated in the six relevant states will receive no additional benefit from the cancellation — just a one-time additional penalty,” the suit argues.
Any student debt forgiven under Biden’s plan would also be subject to state taxes in Arkansas, California, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina and Wisconsin, unless lawmakers in those states change their current laws.
Asked about the suit, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said anyone will be able to opt out of the cancellation. She did not explain how that would work — the White House previously said roughly 8 million Americans would automatically get the debt relief without applying.
“The bottom line is this — no one who does not want debt relief will have to get that debt relief,” Jean-Pierre said at a press briefing.
A separate statement from the White House called the lawsuit “baseless,” saying opponents “are trying anything they can to stop this program that will provide needed relief to working families.”
The Pacific Legal Foundation is a legal group that promotes individual liberties and the separation of powers. It was formed in the 1970s by staff members under Ronald Reagan when he was governor of California. The group says it has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court 16 times, prevailing in 14 cases.
Biden’s plan promises to cancel $10,000 in federal student debt for borrowers with incomes of less than $125,000 per year or households making less than $250,000. Those who received federal Pell Grants to attend college would get an additional $10,000 erased.
An application to receive the benefit is expected by early October.
Conservative groups have been threatening to challenge debt cancellation since Biden first aired the idea, saying it’s legally questionable and unfairly cancels student debt at the expense of Americans who didn’t attend college. One of the main challenges has been finding someone who faces personal harm as a result of Biden’s plan, giving them legal standing to sue.
The Biden administration has repeatedly argued that the plan is on solid legal ground.
In its legal justification for debt cancellation, the Biden administration invoked the HEROES Act of 2003, which aimed to provide help to members of the military. The law gives the administration “sweeping authority” to reduce or eliminate student debt during a national emergency, the Justice Department said in an August legal opinion.
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has said he has the legal authority to cancel debt for people who faced hardship during the pandemic. Cardona says Biden’s plan will ensure borrowers aren’t worse off after the pandemic than they were before.
The suit challenges that rationale, saying Garrison and others will see their debt burdens increase as a result of Biden’s plan. It also contends that the plan doesn’t meet the requirements of the 2003 law, arguing that the problem of high student debt is not a “direct result” of the pandemic.
“Nothing about loan cancellation is lawful or appropriate,” the suit alleges. “In an end-run around Congress, the administration threatens to enact a profound and transformational policy that will have untold economic impacts.”
The legality of mass student debt cancellation has stirred debate since it became a popular idea among Democrats in recent years. After being elected, Biden himself questioned whether he had the authority to cancel debt without Congress, asking the Justice Department to study the question.
The Trump administration took steps to block broad debt cancellation during its final weeks in office, issuing an Education Department memo concluding that the secretary lacked the authority to provide such relief.
The lawsuit asks the court to overturn Biden’s plan and to temporarily halt it while legal questions are resolved.
