‘Schoolhouse Rock’ Forgot To Teach Kids About The Administrative State
It’s a wonderful introduction to our system of government. But for all the video gets right, there’s an anomaly at its core.It’s a wonderful introduction to our system of government. But for all the video gets right, there’s an anomaly at its core.
Democrats Started Trying To Strip Trump’s Secret Service Protection Just Months Before Shooting
Thompson previously expressed intentions to terminate Trump’s Secret Service protection if a felony conviction resulted in a prison sentence.
Rep. Banks proposes bill to ban federal funds from going to NPR
Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana is pushing a measure that would prohibit federal funds from flowing to NPR.
"After the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may, directly or indirectly, be made available to or used to support" National Public Radio, "including through the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from such organization by a public broadcast station using Federal funds received by such station," the proposal, dubbed the "Defund NPR Act," states. The same would apply to "any successor organization" to NPR.
Katherine Maher, who includes "She/her" prounouns on her X profile, recently became NPR's president and CEO.
"NPR's new CEO is a radical, left-wing activist who doesn't believe in free speech or objective journalism. Hoosiers shouldn't be writing her paychecks," Banks said, according to a press release. "Katherine Maher isn't qualified to teach an introductory journalism class, much less capable of responsibly spending millions of American tax dollars. NPR was a liberal looney bin under the last CEO John Lansing, and it's about to get even nuttier. It's time to pull the plug on this national embarrassment. Congress must stop spending other people's hard-earned money on low grade propaganda."
Maher's archive of tweets includes comments such as an October 2016 post that reads, "I do wish Hillary wouldn't use the language of 'boy and girl' - it's erasing language for non-binary people."
"I am a super big public transit nerd. I hate private cars in cities. I love bikes. And yes, I love buses. Transit justice," she wrote in 2020, "and climate love," she continued, adding, "in one humble hunk of rolling metal."
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Florida Sheriff Grady Judd blasts squatters as 'dopers and freeloaders,' warns they're in for a 'one-way ride to the county jail'
No-nonsense Florida Sheriff Grady Judd blasted home squatters as a "bunch of dopers and freeloaders" and warned the hated bunch that if they pull their antics down his way, they're in for a "one-way ride to the county jail."
Judd — who heads up the sheriff's office in Polk County — sent his message Monday morning during an interview with Fox News' Lawrence Jones in the wake of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis last week signing a bill that squashes squatters:
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In fact, Judd told Jones that past police action in Polk County already had been making life difficult for squatters: "We never had that problem because we go to the house, we determine, 'Well, the real owner doesn’t know who these people are entered into no contract.' We load 'em up, give 'em a one-way ride to the county jail. It’s just that simple. You don’t have to bog it down in court. Just do what’s right.”
Judd added to Jones that "it's always been that way in this county; they pop smoke on us and leave whenever they get out of jail, and they’re gone. I mean, they’re gone fast because we don’t put up with it, and that’s the bottom line, Lawrence. Across this nation, if you get tired of it, do something about it." Judd also said crime is at a 50-year low in Polk.
When Jones asked Judd if he had advice for homeowners elsewhere in the U.S. to avert what's become a headline-grabbing "crisis" as of late, the sheriff didn't mince words.
“You don’t have to make it a civil deal. When somebody breaks into your home, whether you're in it at the time — it may be up for sale, you may have gone on a cruise around the world — for whatever reason, your property's empty. People don’t have the right to move in, turn the electricity on, change the locks, and claim it as theirs," Judd said. "It’s not difficult. It’s burglary. It’s theft of your property. It’s trespassing. Just use your current laws and go arrest them and lock 'em up."
For homeowners who want compensation for money they've spent removing squatters, Judd acknowledged that's much tougher: "You can sue them, but you can't get blood out of a turnip. They don't have anything. What little money they have they stick up their nose or in their veins. They're just a bunch of dopers and freeloaders. We call 'em squatters."
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Homeowners have had enough
As readers of Blaze News know by now, police recently arrested the owner of a $1 million home in New York City for changing the locks on a squatter and charged her with unlawful eviction.
Outrage over the incident apparently led a pair of men soon after to show up at the home "looking to get this guy out."
Amid all that, a Venezuelan immigrant created a viral video in which he encouraged illegal aliens to find vacant homes and become squatters: "I have thought about invading a house in the United States. I found out that there is a law that says that if a house is not inhabited, we can seize it."
Also, an Atlanta man had been fighting for years to move dozens of squatters off his property, spent thousands on cleanup, and actually was sued for $190,000.
In addition, a crew known as the "Squatter Squad" gained widespread attention after they were depicted in a recent video confronting a dozen squatters in one Los Angeles-area home, kicking in a door, and sending the lot of them packing.
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Libs of TikTok savors victory after Fetterman pulls support for LGBT center over monthly fetish parties
Lawmakers routinely cram various earmarks into spending bills to have their allied causes and pet initiatives showered in taxpayer money. Democratic Sens. John Fetterman and Bob Casey are no different.
The Pennsylvania senators supported an earmark for the William Way LGBT Community Center in Philadelphia. Specifically, they sought to flush the non-straight activist center with $1 million so it could "renovate and expand the existing LGBT Community Center into an inclusive, fully accessible, and welcoming space for all individuals to gather, learn, and find life-giving support."
The duo ultimately had to backtrack on their request Tuesday after Libs of TikTok revealed in a viral post that the recipient was a facility that hosts monthly fetish parties.
Dungeons and Democrats
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted Wednesday on a $97 billion housing and transportation government funding bill, which is supposedly aimed at strengthening air and rail safety, boosting resources to reduce homelessness, and sustaining key infrastructure.
The day before the vote, Libs of TikTok noted in an X post that the bill "includes $1M of your tax dollars to go towards renovating an LGBTQ Center in Pa which boasts rooms to try BDSM and s*x f*etishes and hosts BDSM and s*x k*nk parties. There's even a k*nk party happening there this weekend!"
The account, run by Chaya Raichik, further highlighted that Casey and Fetterman were the senators who requested the earmark.
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Philadelphia Weekly noted in a 2023 report entitled, "Rope bondage, electro-stimulation, dungeons. A taste of what's behind the doors of Philly sex parties," that the William Way center was home to a monthly BDSM event called the Aviary where attendees "may show up wearing street clothes, high-end fetish wear or 'almost nothing at all.'"
A January 2023 event listing described the Aviary at the William Way center as "Philadelphia's friendliest and longest running kink and fetish party. Come find your next unexpected kink!"
The Aviary's next debauchery is scheduled for March 9 at the center.
According to an archived version of the event's now blacked-out website, the Aviary's "rules of play" include the following:
- "The Dungeon Monitors' (DM) word is final";
- "You must get permission from a DM to play with fire or puncture the skin";
- "Bodily fluids (blood, saliva, etc.) may not leave the body. If they do, they must be cleaned immediately";
- "Genitals and anuses must remain covered in non-play areas."
House Republicans pushed last year to slash federal funding to the William Way Community Center for reasons beyond the center's fetish parties.
Republican Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke noted the center had hosted a rally against the group Moms for Liberty, with an appearance by "Mr. Philly drag king himself" and giveaways for so-called "banned" books, reported the Philadelphia Inquirer.
"An appropriation also should be appropriate," stressed Rep. Zinke.
Fetterman gets spanked
Both Casey and Fetterman penned March 5 letters to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Ranking Member Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) withdrawing their support for the William Way Renovation and Expansion Project.
The Hill reported that the Senate removed the project the same day.
The William Way LGBT Community Center noted that it was "disappointed to learn that support for federal Congressionally Directed Spending to renovate and expand our historic headquarters on 1315 Street in Philadelphia was withdrawn as a result of lies and distortions about our Center shared by political extremists."
Despite the many archived photographs on the Aviary website, the center further stated, "These extremists falsely stated that sexual behavior is allowed in rental programs of the Center, which is inaccurate and against our Center's code of conduct."
Casey told The Hill he withdrew his support because of "new information."
Fetterman intimated social media posts played a role in prompting the withdrawal but told Business Insider that he was not part of the decision to rescind support for the earmark.
"I wasn't part of that letter. I know that seems strange, but I wasn't a part of that," said the senator.
Facing criticism on the left for backing down, Fetterman said in statement on X Wednesday, "At the 11th hour my staff was made aware that funding for William Way, which was in the bill because I championed it, would not pass in the FY24 appropriations process." He continued, "The choice was either to pull it or watch it get stripped out, attacked by Republicans and ultimately killed."
"I am going to fight for William Way to secure their funding in the FY25 appropriations process," added Fetterman. "I'm new here, but I wasn't aware that Democratic values and priorities are dictated by Libs of TikTok."
Libs of TikTok mocked Fetterman's statement, writing, "'I'm new here, but I wasn't aware that Democratic values and priorities are dictated by Libs of TikTok.' Fetterman is losing his mind cuz we exposed him for wanting to use your tax dollars to fund BDSM s*x k*ink F*tish parties!"
Raichik went on to cite the earmark withdrawal as an example of her "tremendous impact."
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