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Americans will likely see a drastic drop in the cost of selling their homes after a landmark legal settlement will end the notorious commission system used by real estate agents.

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) agreed on Friday morning to pay $418 million in damages and to amend its controversial rules in order to settle a wave of threatening lawsuits.

Experts say the change could cut costs by 30 percent, or around $20,000 on the sale of a $1 million home.

As it stands, agents in the US make between 5 and 6 percent on the sale price of a home – far more than almost anywhere else in the world.

That’s because for decades they have relied on a controversial mechanism to keep their rates high and extract as much commission as possible from sellers.

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Newly-elected local officials in Michigan are taking steps to hinder the construction of a battery plant owned by a Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked company in their community, according to The Detroit News.

Officials in Green Charter Township, Michigan, have rescinded an approval for a water line that Gotion Inc. — a subsidiary of China-based Gotion High-Tech — needs for its planned electric vehicle (EV) battery components plant near Big Rapids in north central Michigan, according to The Detroit News. Gotion Inc. has sued the township in federal court over the withdrawn approval for the water line, potentially foreshadowing more friction between the company and key town officials, most of whom were voted into office late in 2023 to replace predecessors who backed Gotion Inc.’s  plans to set up shop in their community.

“As township supervisor, my number one concern is protecting the interests of the people of Green Charter Township, and we will vigorously defend our township’s position in the matter,” Green Township Supervisor Jason Kruse, who was one of the officials voted into office in November 2023, said, according to The Detroit News. “We might be a small community, but we refuse to be bullied.”

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President Trump releases his second ‘Visiting Angels’ campaign ad on Saturday roasting lost and confused Joe Biden.

President Trump is on a roll today.

The Republican nominee for US President released his second “Visiting Angels” themed campaign ad roasting lost and confused Joe Biden.

This comes after Old Joe lost his way again yesterday during a so-called campaign stop in front of a couple dozen supporters in Michigan on Thursday.

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The Missouri high school near where teen Kaylee Gain was horrifically injured last week had an “enormous amount of culpability” in the incident because it promoted diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives over student safety, the state’s Republican attorney general claimed.

“I think the school has an enormous amount of culpability. Look at their statement; there’s no moral clarity there. They don’t mention the victim once,” AG Andrew Bailey told Newsmax’s “National Report” of the Hazelwood School District.

Kaylee Gain, 16, was just a few blocks from Hazelwood East High School when she and another girl got into a physical fight on March 8.

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‘Marriage fundamentalism, like structural racism, is a key structuring element of White heteropatriarchal supremacy,’ professor says

“Marriage fundamentalism” promotes the ideas of “White supremacy,” according to a White George Mason University professor.

Professor Bethany Letiecq wrote in the Journal of Marriage and Family about her theory “that marriage fundamentalism, like structural racism, is a key structuring element of White heteropatriarchal supremacy.”

“Marriage fundamentalism can be understood as an ideological and cultural phenomenon, where adherents espouse the superiority of the two-parent married family,” she wrote. “But it is also a hidden or unacknowledged structural mechanism of White heteropatriarchal family supremacy that is essential to the reproduction and maintenance of family inequality in the United States.”

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Joe Biden’s confusion seems to keep getting worse and worse, and his people are working overtime trying to cover for him.

The examples over the past few days about how much they have to do to cover him are stark.

We saw them stop him from answering questions when he wanted to while he was in Michigan. Because the “leader of the free world” is apparently controlled by unelected staff (or whoever is behind them).

We saw some of his confusion in Michigan on Thursday already but there was a longer clip that has come out since then that shows how bad it was. He got confused, and two people were trying to help him. He didn’t seem to know what way he was supposed to go and then almost walked into a door. He looks so old and out of it here.

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More than half of voters disapprove of Vice President Kamala Harris’ job in the White House and don’t believe she has what it takes to be commander in chief, according to a new poll.

A USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll released Thursday shows 52% of registered voters disapprove of the 59-year-old veep’s job performance, while only 36% approve, including a paltry 4% of Republicans and 28% of independents.

Harris’ numbers are worse than President Biden and former President Donald Trump.

Biden, 81, registered a lowly 41% approval rating and 55% disapproval rating, according to the poll.

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Hunter Biden’s foreign business partners were a cast of characters suspected of corruption, indicted by U.S. authorities, and–in one case–charged with treason.

Hunter Biden and his associates, in their foray into the world of international deal-making, worked with a rogue’s gallery of foreign partners who were under investigation in their home countries or were convicted in the United States.

In certain cases, the Biden team appeared to use this to their advantage, extracting concessions in exchange for assistance in the United States.

“The Biden’s would do anything they could to try to obtain money from desperate people. If you look, the one thing everyone has in common, who wired…Hunter Biden or Jim Biden money, the one thing they all had in common is they were in trouble,” House Oversight Chairman James Comer said on the “Just the News, No Noise” TV show Wednesday.

“They were being investigated for corruption in a foreign country, or they were needing a pardon, or they were in fear of being indicted in the United States. Every single person that sent the Biden’s money was in trouble. And I think that they use that in their marketing and the marketing of the Biden brand,” he explained.

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Blaming Racism: “We also cannot ignore the actions of domestic extremists, including white nationalists and white supremacists who have violently attacked electrical grids, to stoke chaos and fear,” Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo.,m said.

AHouse Oversight and Accountability subcommittee hearing Tuesday examined threats to the security and reliability of the U.S. electricity grid, which can lead to more blackouts.

While reliability assessments regularly find that increased reliance on wind and solar, increased demand from electrification, an underbuilt electrical delivery network, and rapid retirements of on-demand generators are creating an increased risk of blackouts, Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., ranking member of the subcommittee, instead blamed other sources of the problem, namely, white supremacy. She also threw in “climate change” for good measure.

“For years, law enforcement and researchers have been monitoring violent white supremacist groups and their targeting of our country’s power grid,” said Bush. She also claimed that impacts of increasing extreme weather from climate change was another factor impacting the nation’s grid reliability.

“It’s unacceptable for our children and for our grandchildren who will inherit this mess if we don’t address the horrors of climate change,” Bush said.

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It is crucial to continue to fight for former President Donald Trump, Peter Navarro, who faces prison for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena in a continuing battle of lawfare against Trump and those connected to him, said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday, offering these parting words: “Don’t cry for me, Argentina; fight for Donald Trump.”

Navarro served as a trade adviser to Trump and faces prison next week for refusing to comply with an order from the now-defunct House January 6 select committee. He filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court asking for intervention, and they have asked the Justice Department to respond by Monday afternoon — a day before he is due to be imprisoned. Meanwhile, Navarro also has a book coming out, The New MAGA Deal, which explores “the future policies and bold initiatives” of a second-term Trump administration.

“Do you believe they’re doing this to you because of what you stand for and because of the things that you talk about in this book — they are trying to silence you and keep you from being at Trump’s side pushing this America First agenda?” host Matthew Boyle asked.

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The State Department is “arranging a charter flight for U.S. citizens” to escape Haiti, which has descended into chaos as criminal gangs fight in the streets for control of the Caribbean nation, the agency announced. Because the airport in Port-au-Prince — the Haitian capital, the largest city in the country and scene of the worst fighting — has been shut down, the State Department is planning to fly Americans out of Cap-Haitien, but only if stranded Americans are able to get to Cap-Haitien in time on their own.

The Biden administration plans to charter at least one evacuation flight out of Haiti, but only for stranded Americans who can reach the exfiltration point at their own risk, the State Department announced Saturday.

The State Department is “arranging a charter flight for U.S. citizens” to escape Haiti, which has descended into chaos as criminal gangs fight in the streets for control of the Caribbean nation, the agency announced. Because the airport in Port-au-Prince — the Haitian capital, the largest city in the country and scene of the worst fighting — has been shut down, the State Department is planning to fly Americans out of Cap-Haitien, but only if stranded Americans are able to get to Cap-Haitien in time on their own.

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The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Florida case questioned during a Thursday hearing why he was the only president who has been charged over his handling of classified material, according to multiple reports.

During a hearing to consider various motions Trump filed to dismiss the case, Judge Aileen Cannon noted no former president had similarly faced criminal charges over the handling of classified material, according to NBC News. Trump’s attorneys brought up special counsel Robert Hur’s report finding evidence President Joe Biden willfully kept classified documents, but declining to charge him, according to CNN.

“Even with other former presidents, there was never a situation remotely similar to this one,” prosecutor Jay Bratt told Cannon, according to CNN.

When Special counsel Robert Hur appeared before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday to defend his report, Republicans suggested there was a double standard in bringing charges against Trump but not Biden.

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Proposal deemed ‘bad for all businesses and consumers’

Lawmakers in Annapolis are considering a new plan to generate revenue by decreasing the Maryland sales tax from 6% to 5% but extending the fee to include additional services, and Worcester County officials are leery of the financial effects.

“This is essentially an indirect citizen tax because everyone uses services,” Worcester County Chamber of Commerce in Ocean Pines President Kerrie Bunting said of the proposed Sales and Use Tax-Rate Reduction and Services bill. “It is bad for all businesses and consumers.”

Pros and cons

The amendment would tax services not currently affected by traditional sales tax, such as advertising, landscaping, accounting, dry cleaning, funeral services, and media streaming. The House Ways and Means Committee heard the bill on March 11.

Proponents of the legislation argue that it would generate roughly $3 billion in revenue sources for state priorities, such as the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, the costly education policy that aims to enrich student learning by increasing school system funding by $3.8 billion each year over the next ten years, and the Transportation Trust Fund.

The current writing of the legislation excludes childcare, grant making and religious organizations but defines taxable services as “any activity engaged in for a buyer for consideration.” This includes telephone answering services, credit reporting, pay-per-view television, security systems, and the “fabrication, printing, or production of tangible personal property or a digital product by special order,” among others.

Critics of the bill worry that it would disproportionately affect small establishments.

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Unrestricted grant request from town up 7.4%

The Town of Ocean City wants more money from Worcester County in the coming fiscal year.

Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan said town officials are seeking more unrestricted grant funds for continued support of funding EMS service in West Ocean City, and a share of the cost of buying a digital x-ray system for the Ocean City Bomb Squad.

“We believe all the requests are reasonable and important,” Meehan said.

Representatives of each of the county’s municipalities and Ocean Pines presented annual grant requests to the Worcester County Commissioners last week. Meehan told the commissioners the resort was asking for $198,428 more than last year.

“What we’re asking for is a 7.4% increase,” he said. “This will actually cover the CPI increases that have occurred over the last two years. We also think that probably this would be a good way to benchmark increases of this grant in the future. We’re hoping that would be considered.”

Meehan thanked the commissioners for working with the town to develop a formula to support funding West Ocean City EMS service. He asked the county to apply the formula again in the coming budget year, as providing EMS service to the West Ocean City area cost $823,794 over and above grants received and revenues collected.

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Project proposed for east side of Route 113

While residents objected to the location of a proposed hotel, Berlin planning officials told developers this week it needed architectural improvements if it was going to be built in town.

Developers approached the Berlin Planning Commission on March 13 with plans for a four-story, 78-unit Microtel on the east side of Route 113 near Franklin Avenue. Several residents, most who said they lived near the proposed location, said they didn’t want to see a hotel so close to a day care and a school in an already busy area. Commission members were quick to express their concerns regarding the appearance of the building.

“This doesn’t suit our identity, it doesn’t come close,” commission member Ron Cascio said. “It’s got to reflect the ambiance of the town.”

Heather Morrison of Fisher Architecture presented the commission with plans for the proposed Microtel, which is being considered for the 5-acre site near the former South Moon Under property. She said the property was zoned for commercial use and the proposed hotel met the town’s 45-foot height limit.

Matt Stoehr, chair of the commission, pointed out this was the second hotel proposed in Berlin in the last few years and questioned the need. Developer Tom Zambetis said Microtel saw a need based on its occupancy rates in West Ocean City. He added that Route 113 was heavily traveled and the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin only had 16 rooms.

Commission member Pete Cosby acknowledged the need for another hotel in Berlin but said Route 113 was a main corridor in Berlin.

“I’ve got a real problem with your architecture, with the look of the building,” he said. “I’d like to see something special.”

His peers offered similar comments.

“This looks like it could be anywhere in the country,” commission member Austin Purnell said.

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Officials in both Ocean City and Worcester County continue to oppose legislation that would facilitate the evaluation and approval of revised offshore wind projects.

Last week, the Worcester County Commissioners voted to send a letter opposing House Bill 1296, cross-filed with Senate Bill 1161, which would require the Maryland Public Service Commission, as of June 1, to open a revised round-two proceeding to evaluate certain offshore wind projects.

The measure also would authorize certain offshore wind projects to submit certain revised plans for project schedules, sizes, and pricing, including offshore wind renewable energy credit pricing, among other things.

“It’s a change, it’s allowing the wind farms to rebid,” Commissioner Joe Mitrecic said at the end of last Tuesday’s meeting. “With that will come higher numbers.”

In a Feb. 29 hearing before the House Economic Matters Committee, Del. C.T. Wilson (D-28), the bill’s sponsor, said its main objectives are to facilitate the evaluation and approval of revised offshore wind projects in rounds one and two and to set a clear target for achieving the state’s goal of 8,500 megawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2031.

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One of the things that has been most shameful about Joe Biden’s classified documents scandal was how he said he didn’t have any idea how the docs got all over his house and in his offices. He has tried to blame his staff, including during his interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur’s team.

That’s just ridiculous as an excuse — the documents were all over his house and his offices, even his garage. Not to mention that he had material from when he was in the Senate. So this has been going on for decades. Plus, he had notes with some of the classified documents, and he told his ghostwriter about the classified documents in 2017. The common element there is Joe Biden. Not some staffer. But it’s typical Joe Biden who never wants to take responsibility for anything he does wrong and there were all kinds of problems with his actions here.

It turns out that within 24 hours of the release of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report, Joe Biden promoted two of the aides whose names came up in regard to the classified documents. What a coincidence.

According to the House Oversight Committee, longtime Biden aide and director of Oval Office operations Annie Tomasini visited the Penn Biden Center “to take inventory of President Biden’s documents and materials” in March 2021. Classified documents were found there in Biden’s officer in November 2022.

Then, aide Kathy Chung told Congress that Richard Ruffner, another staffer, was involved, along with other people, in the transportation of the undiscovered classified materials from the General Services Administration facility.

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If you had the Border Patrol Union thrashing Joe Biden for being senile on your bingo card, collect your winnings at the window.

On Saturday, the CBP agent-run group put out a social media post noting Biden’s “up and down” nature in which he goes from mimicking a Jack Russell terrier on amphetamines to someone who has overdosed on sleeping pills. More concerning is that there’s very little room in between those two extremes for the president. He’s either screaming through a speech or slurring to the finish line. Americans had a front-row seat to both during Biden’s latest State of the Union address.

Ironically, despite Democrats laughably claiming the State of the Union was a turning point in the discussion over the president’s mental state, as the Border Patrol Union points out, the very next day Biden had perhaps his most senile performance to date.

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On top of all the other things that are going bad for Joe Biden, there were also more accusations this week regarding a top White House official Anthony Bernal.

Bernal is the senior advisor to Jill Biden, and with whom she reportedly says she’s in a “work marriage.” So, he’s her “work husband,” to use a term. According to the report from the NY Post, that gives him tremendous clout and makes him “untouchable.”

But he’s now been accused of having “bullied and verbally sexually harassed colleagues over more than a decade.”

Two sources said Bernal, 50, shared with them a theory that the size of a person’s thumb corresponds to that of their genitalia — citing the hypothesis both at the White House and in prior roles during President Biden’s campaign and vice presidency under President Barack Obama.

“It is to make people uncomfortable and to have power over them,” said one source who told The Post they heard Bernal make the crude remarks over several years while they worked together.

“It is Me Too — classic Me Too,” the source added.

A second source recounted hearing Bernal speculate “often” inside the White House about the endowments of fellow political aides and even Secret Service agents.

A third source recalled a disparaging “jab” during a workplace disagreement in which Bernal said a colleague had a small penis, as well as a separate encounter in which the top aide “remarked on another staffer’s bulge in his khakis.”

The third former colleague said both of those incidents occurred before Biden’s presidency.

“It was a lot of inappropriate remarks — talking about other people’s attractiveness and speculating about their sex lives at very weird moments,” the person said, adding that he had come to see “that’s actually sexual harassment.”

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You and I know that Kamala Harris was a diversity hire, a choice Joe Biden made to fulfill his promise of choosing a woman to be his Vice President.

Harris was that and more: she would become the Black Vice President as well as the first Vice President of Asian descent. Combine that with her time as a prosecutor, which allies at the time hinted would be how they would go after Trump, and she was the right choice.

Biden, according to reports, was also partial to her because, like him, she had “paid her dues” working her way through the political ladder, including time in the U.S. Senate.

But, that’s not an opinion that is widely shared by the left. Some of them may think it, mind you, but they sure as hell don’t say it out loud. Among other things, Harris is extremely volatile and doesn’t respond to criticism well. Her office is reportedly chaotic, and her temperament isn’t exactly helpful.

Imagine my surprise, then, when the Washington Post editors allowed this column to be published on Friday.

At the start of Biden’s term, I was pulling for Harris to do well. She had pizzazz and a reputation for being a tough prosecutor. She had moxie and swagger, and she leaned centrist. There was reason for hope: Criticism from California progressives that she wasn’t adequately attuned to racial-justice issues and sided too often with prosecutors likely proved helpful when she was vetted for the VP spot.

Her performance as second in command has been disappointing, to say the least. Americans have taken note. Though Democrats unsurprisingly like her more than Republicans do, a recent analysis by FiveThirtyEight set her average overall approval rating at just 37.2 percent, among the lowest recorded for a vice president.

The whole column, titled “For the Country’s Sake, Vice President Harris Should Step Aside,” is just a brutal explainer as to why Harris is such a drag on Biden’s administration and re-election efforts. To actually see the sentence “She was picked because she was Black and female, a combo tantamount to job security,” from someone on the left is stunning, even if it’s the most accurate statement regarding Harris’ job.

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ISRAEL – On Monday, March 25, 2024, the sun, earth and moon will perfectly align, creating a penumbral lunar eclipse two weeks after a total solar eclipse transverses the continental U.S.

WND spoke with Pastor Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries about the celestial events. Biltz deeply understands the connection between eclipses and biblical holidays.

The scientific explanation of a lunar eclipse is that it takes place when the earth passes between the sun and the moon, and the moon passes through the earth’s shadow. A penumbral eclipse occurs when the outer part of Earth’s shadow blankets the moon. About 35% of all eclipses are of the penumbral type, which can be difficult to detect even with a telescope. Another 30% are partial eclipses, which are easy to see with the unaided eye. The final 35% or so are total eclipses.

In the upcoming lunar eclipse, the Earth’s shadow will block out 97% of the moon’s surface. This eclipse will be a “blood moon,” the result of atmospheric conditions that give the moon a reddish tint rather than black when it moves into the shadow. The red color comes from some of the sunlight passing through Earth’s atmosphere where it gets bent and colors like blue and green are filtered out, leaving behind longer wavelengths like the color red.

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What’s Joe Biden’s so-called “vetting” of illegal migrants worth?

Well, according to a report by Fox News’s Bill Melugin, pretty much nothing.

That’s right, nothing.

The man accused of this crime was a Haitian illegal who supposedly passed “a rigorous background check” after applying to get into the U.S. as an “asylum-seeker” through Biden’s online CHNV parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans. That was a questionable program introduced by Biden in January 2023 to reduce the size of border surges in order to keep the Fox News cameras off of them. In so doing, the accused rapist then got flown into the U.S., and began his heinous crime spree in Massachusetts which claimed a vulnerable 15-year-old girl as his victim.

According to the left-leaning American Immigration Council:

On January 5, 2023, the Biden administration announced its intent to provide “safe and orderly pathways to the United States” for up to 30,000 nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The new program, formally known as the Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV), allows certain people from these four countries who have a sponsor in the U.S. and who pass a background check to come to the U.S. for a period of two years to live and work lawfully, using a legal mechanism known as “humanitarian parole.”

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We have seen a growing trend of sex abuse cases in Wicomico County Public Schools with employees pursuing sexual relations with minor children. The school system would have you believe that all of these are isolated incidents and under control, but they are not. They all happened with a few years of each other, and these are just those who were caught.

The question is, how many more employees in the school system have in the past (but were never caught), are currently involved, or will possibly be involved in a sexual situation with a minor student? Although it is impossible to speculate, the environment is ripe and aided by school officials.
The K-12 school system is an environment where sexual grooming occurs frequently, with the use of sexually-explicit materials featured and offered by activist librarians and by some activist English teachers. There are even some activist teachers that find it more important to parade their own sexuality by placing rainbow flags on taxpayer walls, while advancing their sexual social justice victimhood entitlement upon vulnerable and confused children.
The school provides “Safe Spaces,” creating grounds for secretive grooming sessions. Each school has a publicly undisclosed internal directory of “Trusted Adults” to meet with children. Not to be confused with mentors, various activist teachers sign up to be trusted adults in each school and are counseling children outside of their scope of education for which they were originally hired. Our school administration then provides them access to our children.
Children meet with these “trusted” adult(s) behind closed doors, who advise them on topics like gender-identity and sexuality without parental knowledge. Some of these vulnerable children are manipulated, exploited, and sometimes referred to outside activist organizations or agencies for further grooming or separation from their parents.

One thing we have known for years is that the teachers’ union and school administration have certain local media outlets in their back pocket for manipulating news in order to drive their political agenda. Below we have proof collusion between the Worcester County Teachers’ Association (union) and a local newspaper to “put pressure on the Commissioners” through an organized PR campaign that drives a false narrative that the county is now funding less than 80% of the school budget, and that teachers are suffering due to a reduction in county-appropriated resources they once had. Since this “reduction,” Worcester County Public Schools are no longer on top.

To make matters worse, the President of the Worcester County Teachers Association used the county email system to politically-solicit every teacher in the district with this misinformation campaign. This is an unethical abuse of the county’s communication system and a violation of the WCPS Acceptable Use of Telecommunications II-C-06WCPS Policy and its Procedure. Communications systems, including email are limited to the instruction of students and not for commercial or social media use.
The state mandated a historic increase under the Maryland Blueprint that increases every year. As a result, the county’s appropriation under the district’s Maintenance of Effort increases without intervention. The fact is, Worcester County is contributing more today than yesterday. When it comes to the teachers’ union, no amount is ever enough, nor will it ever be.
As far as colluded efforts of interference, diversion, and suppression, what should otherwise be headline news is often buried or non-existent. For example, the sexual assault scandal involving the superintendent, you’ll find buried on page 22.
Back in 2021, the Worcester County Board of Education was addressed on numerous occasions, including multiple public comments regarding the Marxist fists found on wall of Pocomoke High School. The mural displays racial hierarchy ordered by shade of skin color from dark to light, first symbolizing the establishment of black supremacy. This report was put out by an organization back in 2021 that explains the background behind the clenched fist, and how it has evolved under militant groups such as the new Black Panther Party and BLM. If you have not read the report, we encourage you to read it for a complete understanding.
In response, the Delmarva Parent Teacher Coalition organized a meeting with diverse members of the community, along with Lou Taylor, Superintendent of Worcester County Public Schools and Annette Wallace, Chief Safety & Academic Officer to discuss the division and threatening message the display sends to the community. Taylor and Wallace refused to acknowledge the concerns and testimonies of citizens, while dismissively declaring diversity, equity, and inclusion under the guise of artwork.
Nothing was ever done by the BOE or its administration to address this. Warnings of the long term consequences and evolving symptoms that threaten school safety were relayed by the DPTC to county officials, including the BOE, administration, Commissioners, Sheriff, and the State’s Attorney.
Fast forward to today:

Allegations linking Nancy Pelosi to Dominion Voting Systems’ purported involvement in rigging the 2020 election have resurfaced, fueled by claims detailed in an email circulating online.

In a tweet posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, the email, which references Dominion’s alleged misconduct during the 2020 election in Michigan, points to a connection between Pelosi and Hamilton Place Services, a private intelligence group implicated in the controversy.

Notably, Stacy Kerr, identified as a partner at Hamilton Place Services, is alleged to have served as Special Assistant to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during the 2020 election period.

These allegations have reignited debates over the integrity of the 2020 election and the role played by Dominion Voting Systems, a company that has been at the center of numerous conspiracy theories since the election.

The email’s circulation has prompted renewed scrutiny of Pelosi’s ties to individuals and organizations allegedly involved in election malfeasance.

However, it’s essential to approach such claims with caution and skepticism, especially given the lack of concrete evidence supporting the allegations.

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New revelations have surfaced within the intricate web of political intrigue surrounding the events of January 6, 2021, depicting a troubling narrative of collusion and concealment.

At the center of this storm is Fani Willis, the District Attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, who stands accused of conspiring with the controversial J6 Committee chaired by none other than Representative Liz Cheney.

In a tweet on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, the bombshell revelation came to light with the release of Chairman Barry Loudermilk’s January 6 Initial Findings Report.

Loudermilk, heading the Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight, wasted no time in exposing what he described as a deliberate effort to manipulate the narrative surrounding the events of January 6.

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The number of robberies of postal carriers grew again last year and the number of injuries nearly doubled, even as the U.S. Postal Service launched crackdown aimed at addressing postal crime

Letter carrier robberies continue as the US Postal Service, union and lawmakers seek solutionsBy DAVID SHARPAssociated PressThe Associated Press

When the U.S. Postal Service launched Project Safe Delivery last year, officials pledged they would be “doubling down” on their efforts to combat growing rates of letter carrier robberies.

The crackdown has led to hundreds of arrests, and robberies slowed toward the end of the year. But, overall, the number of postal carriers who were robbed in 2023 rose again and the number who were injured nearly doubled as criminals continue to target carriers for their antiquated “arrow keys” that allow access to mailboxes.

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WASHINGTON — Former aides to President Biden say they’re outraged that White House chief of staff Jeff Zients dismissed their allegations of bullying and verbal sexual harassment against first lady Jill Biden’s top aide Anthony Bernal — with Zients declaring them “unfounded attacks” without investigating.

Three sources exclusively told The Post Monday that Bernal, who is considered one of the most powerful officials at the White House due to his relationship with the first lady, repeatedly speculated to them about the penis sizes of coworkers and inappropriately postulated the sexuality of peers.

Zients said in response to those complaints Monday evening that he and the first couple “have full confidence in Anthony’s character” and that “[i]t is disappointing that he is the target of unfounded attacks from unnamed sources” — a statement that a prominent sexual harassment expert called “an incredible no-no.”

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is mobilizing State Guard other elements of the government to ward off an expected wave of Haitian migrants as the Caribbean nation descends further into chaos.

DeSantis posted to X Twitter on Wednesday about his move to protect Florida, “For quite some time, the State of Florida has been dedicating significant resources to combat illegal vessels coming to Florida from countries such as Haiti. Given the circumstances in Haiti, I have directed the Division of Emergency Management, the Florida State Guard, and state law enforcement agencies to deploy over 250 additional officers and soldiers and over a dozen air and sea craft to the southern coast of Florida to protect our state. No state has done more to supplement the (under-resourced) U.S. Coast Guard’s interdiction efforts; we cannot have illegal aliens coming to Florida.”

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Running mates don’t usually matter, but this year Trump’s pick could impact millions of votes in swing states

If you are on the fence between President Biden and former President Donald Trump, consider the current vice president and the past cases of Breckinridge Long and of RimaAnn Nelson.

The only major “known unknown” in this campaign that is certain to impact some votes is Trump’s choice of a running mate. My long-time opinion is that the candidates for the second spot just don’t matter much.

But, but, but… this year the age and what appears obvious to me and most of America — the increasing infirmity of President Biden — will amp up the focus on Vice President Harris and thus on the contrast between her and Trump’s choice of a running mate. Trump the developer knows “contrast” and its visual power. That future “contrast” has enormous political prowess, too. Trump benefits most by selecting a running mate who most sharply contrasts with Harris on intellect and stature.

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During a campaign appearance in Denver this week, Vice President Kamala Harris warned the audience that if Trump is reelected, he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his enemies.

That’s a rather ironic statement, considering that this is exactly what the Biden administration is doing right now.

In recent years, Democrats have mastered the art of projection, accusing others of trying to do what they are actually doing in real time.

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As the global pandemic unfolded, government-funded experimental vaccines were hastily developed for a virus which primarily killed the old and fat (and those with other obvious comorbidities), and an aggressive, global campaign to coerce billions into injecting them ensued.

Then there were the lockdowns – with some countries (New Zealand, for example) building internment camps for those who tested positive for Covid-19, and others such as China welding entire apartment buildings shut to trap people inside.

It was an egregious and unnecessary response to a virus that, while highly virulent, was survivable by the vast majority of the general population.

Oh, and the vaccines, which governments are still pushing, didn’t work as advertised to the point where health officials changed the definition of “vaccine” multiple times.

Tucker Carlson recently sat down with Dr. Pierre Kory, a critical care specialist and vocal critic of vaccines. The two had a wide-ranging discussion, which included vaccine safety and efficacy, excess mortality, demographic impacts of the virus, big pharma, and the professional price Kory has paid for speaking out.

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The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Florida case questioned during a Thursday hearing why he was the only president who has been charged over his handling of classified material, according to multiple reports.

During a hearing to consider various motions Trump filed to dismiss the case, Judge Aileen Cannon noted no former president had similarly faced criminal charges over the handling of classified material, according to NBC News. Trump’s attorneys brought up special counsel Robert Hur’s report finding evidence President Joe Biden willfully kept classified documents, but declining to charge him, according to CNN.

“Even with other former presidents, there was never a situation remotely similar to this one,” prosecutor Jay Bratt told Cannon, according to CNN.

When Special counsel Robert Hur appeared before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday to defend his report, Republicans suggested there was a double standard in bringing charges against Trump but not Biden.

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Joe Biden on Thursday traveled to Saginaw, Michigan to participate in a campaign event, but the press was frozen out.

He looked lost as usual.

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Biden falsely claimed “saved my wife, saved my cat, and saved my Corvette” in a housefire.

“You know what? All kidding aside, my fire department saved my life,” Biden said. “They saved my wife…and my Corvette and cat…”

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As Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince collapses into chaos, the Biden administration is preparing to use Guantanamo Bay as a processing center for Haitian migrants.

During a recent Senate Armed Services Committee, Army Gen. Laura Richardson shared that U.S. SOUTHCOM and the Pentagon have already prepared Guantanamo Bay for an influx of migrants from Haiti.

Gen Richardson stated, “Everything is refreshed — the equipment, everything is ready to go.”

Guantanamo Bay, which is close to 200 miles away from Haiti, already contains a migrant processing center that is separate from its terrorist holding center.

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Activists who campaign for reparations for black people have come up with a new idea for how such compensation can be delivered.

MailOnline reports that campaigners in Chicago have already placed billboards demanding $6,000 relief on property taxes that are notoriously high across the city.

Among the issues raised by the billboards is the plight of Empire star Terrence Howard, who was forced to pay $1 million in backtaxes after refusing to honor years worth of payments over his belief that it is “immoral” to tax the descendants of slaves.

“Four hundred years of forced labor and never receiving any compensation for it,” Howard was quoted as telling a government lawyer investigating the case. “Now you have the gall to try and prosecute and charge taxes to the descendants of a broken people that you are responsible for causing the breakage.”

One of the campaign’s leaders is former MSNBC Tiffany Cross, who argued on her podcast this week that tax breaks were the answer and that Howard was right to defraud the taxpayer.

“This brother was making a legitimate point,” Cross said. “I don’t know how we would make this happen, but I would be completely down for some sort of policy that says ‘Yes, you are exempt from paying taxes.'”

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Drivers of cars manufactured by General Motors, Honda and other popular brands say that their insurance rates went up after the companies sent data about their driving behavior to issuers without their knowledge.

Kenn Dahl, 65, is a Seattle-area businessman who told The New York Times that his car insurance costs soared by 21% in 2022 after GM’s OnStar Smart Driver computerized system installed in his Chevy Bolt collected information about the particulars of his driving habits.

Dahl said that his insurance agent told him the price increase was based on data collected by LexisNexis, which compiled a report tracking each and every time he and his wife drove their Chevy Bolt over a six-month period.

According to Dahl, the 258-page report contained information about the start and end times of his trips, distance driven and other data detailing possible instances of speeding, hard braking and sharp accelerations.

The report contained information about one particular trip in June which lasted 18 minutes and spanned 7.33 miles

During that same trip, the LexisNexis report recorded two instances of rapid acceleration and two incidents of hard braking.

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An illegal alien, previously deported twice from the United States, is now accused of sexually abusing girls from six to 12 years old while he was working as a teacher at a church in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Ervin Jeovany Alfaro Lopez, an illegal alien from El Salvador, was arrested and charged in March with 25 counts of sexual assault against multiple young girls from six to 12 years old, with the abuse allegedly dating back to 2014.

Most of the alleged abuse occurred at the Elim Misión Cristiana church where Lopez had been working as a teacher. Lopez is accused of sexually abusing at least four girls at the church. Lopez allegedly admitted to the abuse in a meeting with the church’s pastor, as one of the girls was the pastor’s daughter.

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Eastern Shore lawmakers have remained busy as amendments related to economic competitiveness move through the Maryland General Assembly.

This week, three fiscal bills supported by Del. Wayne Hartman (R-38C) were heard.

Tourism bill

House Bill 1281, Economic Development—Tourism Zones—Designation and Benefits, was heard by the Ways and Means Committee on Feb. 29.

The legislation would give municipalities and counties the authority to declare tourism sectors and create tax exemptions from admission fees for businesses that engage in vacation-related activities, such as amusement parks, in the designated areas.

The proposed tourism act would also allow local zones to give property tax credits to qualifying enterprises, incentivizing businesses to open up or expand in the selected spot. Hartman said the bill has faced zero opposition and is supported by the Maryland Tourism Coalition.

Economic Competitiveness Act

Senate Bill 923 was heard before the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee on Feb. 28. The proposed law, also called the Economic Competitiveness Act of 2024, would decrease the State corporate income tax from 8.25% to 6.25% over five taxable years. Hartman is a strong advocate for the legislation.

“I’m concerned Maryland is becoming less appealing to businesses looking for a location to call home,” he said.

RV displays

Last week, the House Environment and Transportation heard Senate Bill 60,  Worcester County Motor Home and Recreational Trailer Shows—Out-of-State Dealers.

The bill would allow non-Maryland RV sellers to attend shows and display their products in Worcester County, particularly at the Ocean City Convention Center.

The law stipulates that no deposit is to be collected. However, it provides Marylanders interested in purchasing an RV with additional options. According to Hartman, approximately ten Delaware dealerships are closer to Worcester County than the nearest Maryland vendor.

The bill was introduced in the 2023 session, yet faces no resistance this year. Supporters are hopeful it will pass.

Hartman also emphasizes the economic benefit of an enhanced Ocean City RV show, as sellers would spend their money at the town’s restaurants, hotels, and attractions.

Alcohol and cigarette taxes

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President Joe Biden claimed that he received a standing ovation while he was in law school — for a speech about a case he hadn’t even read — and critics immediately called BS.

Biden recounted the alleged incident during his five hours of interviews with Special Counsel Robert Hur – and the story went public earlier this week when, ahead of Hur’s Capitol Hill testimony, the transcripts of those interviews were published.

According to the president, he was called on in a torts class to discuss a case that he had not read — but said that his subsequent 10-minute discussion on that case was so impressive that his classmates responded with a standing ovation.

“We had a really difficult professor,” Biden said. “He called on me to discuss a case, you know, in your first torts class. And I had never read the case, and I stood up and I spoke for 10 minutes. The whole class stood up, started clapping.”

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Local Maryland governments face losses of hundreds of millions in tax property revenue for education, law enforcement, and other local services after a printing and mailing vendor failed to send property assessments to over 100,000 accounts this year.

According to a statement from the State Department of Assessments and Taxation Director Michael Higgs, a printing process error by the League for People with Disabilities, the vendor responsible for the property evaluations, resulted in 107,000 accounts not receiving their new projected home value notice by the Jan. 30 deadline. The recipients can expect the documents in the coming weeks.

Maryland Matters explained that property tax is a significant source of revenue for local governments. One-third of the state’s properties are reassessed each year and given a new value. The tax amount owed is adjusted based on the revised calculation, often higher than the prior analysis.

As per current law, owners must be given time to review the updated value and appeal it if they disagree with the estimate. The property value and the tax remain the same from the previous assessment if the notice is sent after the deadline.

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Democrats just can’t stop trying to sell US nuclear assets.

According to a new report, while his father was Vice President, Hunter Biden and his business partners attempted to help Chinese energy firm CEFC purchase Westinghouse, a premier US-based nuclear technology firm, in an attempt to “control” the global market and provide “significant lobbying power in Congress.”

In summary, utilising the U.S. face of Westinghouse, combined with the economic power of CEFC (China) is the perfect solution to control this global sector,” wrote Hunter’s partner, James Gilliar, in a 2016 CEFC strategy memo, Just the News reports.

The effort failed despite Hunter’s prowess as an international energy expert.

The evidence, which includes a detailed strategy memo, shows Hunter Biden was directly involved in emails and correspondence on the project in 2016 and that the goal was to exploit the future first son’s access to power and his family reputation to make Washington and Beijing comfortable with a potentially controversial deal and then to shield the acquisition of Westinghouse by China CEFC Energy behind intermediaries. -Just the News

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Route 90, Route 589 and the Route 50 bridge remain the local transportation priorities for Worcester County officials.

On March 5, the Worcester County Commissioners approved the 2024 Consolidated Transportation Plan letter, which will be sent to the Maryland Department of Transportation to highlight improvements local officials would like to see made on area roads.

“The CTP letter is the county’s request to the Department of Transportation for projects we’d like to see undertaken,” Dallas Baker, the county’s director of public works, said. “Generally the guidelines are to try to isolate projects within State Highway’s right of way or MDOT’s right of way.”

He said the county’s proposed 2024 letter was the same letter that had been sent last year except for one minor change. Baker said the crosswalk at Route 589 and Manklin Creek was removed because it was actively under construction.

“It should be done in the next month or two,” he said.

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Few things are sadder to witness than the spectacle of an aging hippie making a fool of himself.

The aging hippie in question this time is acclaimed singer-songwriter Neil Young, who, back in 2022, threw a tantrum when Spotify wouldn’t censor Joe Rogan for “COVID misinformation,” taking his ball to other streaming platforms.

Now, it seems, Young is realizing what little cachet his influence actually has among the youth and his typical audience of baby boomers, and has come crawling back to that dastardly streaming platform.

The famously liberal Young first announced the change Tuesday on his website, the Neil Young Archives (whose design seems permanently stuck in 1999).

In that snarky statement, he explains that, since other platforms like Apple Music and Amazon Music, in his words, “started serving the same disinformation podcast features I had opposed at SPOTIFY,” he is reconsidering his initial anti-Spotify stance.

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(BERLIN, MD) — The Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack will be intensifying its efforts to combat driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs through an upcoming targeted enforcement initiative over this holiday weekend. This campaign, set to commence on March 15th and extend until March 17th, is part of the Barrack’s commitment to the elimination of impaired driving collisions.

This campaign will deploy additional troopers on the roads in Worcester County, specifically focusing on DUI and impaired driving enforcement. St. Patrick’s Day weekend is one of the deadliest times to drive on Maryland roadways. Historically, more than half of crash fatalities involve a drunk driver
between the hours of midnight and 6am.

“It’s about saving lives.” stated Cpl. Jonischek, a supervisor at the Berlin Barrack. “With these extra patrols, we will get impaired drivers off the road, thereby reducing impaired crashes and making it safer for everyone driving there on the road.”

The Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack is dedicated to its mission of saving lives through motor vehicle law enforcement. This enhanced enforcement effort is a part of a broader strategy to promote responsible driving and prevent tragedies associated with impaired driving.

We encourage the community to support this initiative by making responsible choices and reminding others to do the same. Together, we can work towards achieving zero deaths due to impaired driving on Maryland roads.

Proposal deemed ‘bad for all businesses and consumers’

Lawmakers in Annapolis are considering a new plan to generate revenue by decreasing the Maryland sales tax from 6% to 5% but extending the fee to include additional services, and Worcester County officials are leery of the financial effects.

“This is essentially an indirect citizen tax because everyone uses services,” Worcester County Chamber of Commerce in Ocean Pines President Kerrie Bunting said of the proposed Sales and Use Tax-Rate Reduction and Services bill. “It is bad for all businesses and consumers.”

Pros and cons

The amendment would tax services not currently affected by traditional sales tax, such as advertising, landscaping, accounting, dry cleaning, funeral services, and media streaming. The House Ways and Means Committee heard the bill on March 11.

Proponents of the legislation argue that it would generate roughly $3 billion in revenue sources for state priorities, such as the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, the costly education policy that aims to enrich student learning by increasing school system funding by $3.8 billion each year over the next ten years, and the Transportation Trust Fund.

The current writing of the legislation excludes childcare, grant making and religious organizations but defines taxable services as “any activity engaged in for a buyer for consideration.” This includes telephone answering services, credit reporting, pay-per-view television, security systems, and the “fabrication, printing, or production of tangible personal property or a digital product by special order,” among others.

Critics of the bill worry that it would disproportionately affect small establishments.

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Wild video shows the moment a fight erupted Wednesday between a school safety monitor and a teacher at a Pennsylvania high school.

The teacher was seen trying to fend off the security agent with punches before he was taken down on a classroom floor at Harrisburg High School, according to WHTM-TV.

The men wrestled as other teachers, safety agents and a student tried to break up the brawl.

Images from video of the fight.
The fight broke out at the high school Wednesday.Channel 5 Ratchet News

It began after the security monitor entered the class and confronted the teacher about a personal matter, Harrisburg School District Superintendent Eric Turman said during a press conference.

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South Carolina is now the 29th state to allow any resident who is legally able to carry a firearm to do so without a permit—so-called constitutional carry.

On March 7, Gov. Henry McMaster signed H 3594 into law, which eliminates the requirement for a concealed weapons permit, sets the minimum age to receive a license to 18, and sets a comprehensive list of “sensitive areas” where guns are prohibited.

The list includes schools, government buildings, health care facilities, places of worship, law enforcement centers, and any place where guns are prohibited by federal law.

It leaves the current permitting process in place for those who wish to get a permit to carry in states that recognize South Carolina’s license. South Carolina’s concealed carry permit requires eight hours of training.

The new law also sets steeper penalties for those convicted of carrying a gun in a sensitive area without a permit as an incentive to get licensed.

Mr. McMaster released a statement celebrating the new law.

“This bill expands the Second Amendment rights of our law-abiding citizens and will keep violent criminals behind bars with increased penalties for illegal gun use and possession,” Mr. McMaster’s statement reads.

Supporters of the measure say the proposed law enables South Carolinians to finally exercise their Second Amendment right.

Gun rights advocates hailed the new law as another step toward fully restoring Americans’ Constitutional rights.

We’re excited that South Carolina Finally did the right thing. We’re grateful to see the expansion of Second Amendment rights,” Chris Stone, state and local affairs director for Gun Owners of America, told The Epoch Times.

The National Rifle Association also weighed in on the development.

“The NRA celebrates another significant milestone as South Carolina becomes the 29th state to enact the landmark NRA-backed Constitutional Carry legislation. This pivotal move ensures South Carolinians are no longer required to obtain permission to defend themselves and their families, reinforcing the fundamental right to self-defense,” Randy Kozuch, the executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, said in an email to The Epoch Times.

Every town for Gun Safety, which the South Carolina Chapter of Moms Demand Action is affiliated with, didn’t respond to an email seeking comment. The group has opposed this and similar legislation in the past.

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Some California voters are questioning the electoral process after they received the wrong ballot leading up to the Primary Election March 5.

One such voter said he is a lifelong registered Republican, but received a no-party preference ballot in the mail.

He said he noticed there was an issue because he wanted to vote for former President Donald Trump and found no such option on his ballot.

I got my ballot in the mail, and I was going to vote early, but when I looked to where it said president of the United States, it didn’t have anybody there,” Saul, a 48-year-old wine bottle manufacturer from Madera who only gave his first name, told The Epoch Times.

Alarmed by the error, he said he took the ballot to the Madera County Government Center on Super Tuesday and alerted election officials that he received the wrong ballot.

At first, they told him he had registered as no party preference.

Somebody switched it,” Saul said. “I know that I did not switch it.

But after arguing his point and demanding a new ballot, officials re-registered him as a Republican and gave him the correct ballot.

“All of this that’s going on, it’s kind of fishy,” Saul said. “I just hope my vote counts.”

Concerned for residents in rural areas without easy access to the government center, he wondered how widespread the issue was.

“And if that’s happening here, it might be happening across the whole country,” Saul said. “And if that could get mixed up so easily, what about two ballots going to the same person?”

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The despicable radical-left bullies at far-left Deadspin received their just desserts Monday after picking on helpless subjects like little kids for years.

As the Daily Beast reported, G/O Media has sold Deadspin to a European media company that will not keep any of the long-running sports news outlet’s current staff, the company’s CEO Jim Spanfeller told employees in a staff-wide memo on Monday.

“Recently, we were approached by the European firm Lineup Publishing expressing interest in purchasing Deadspin to add to their growing media holdings,” Spanfeller wrote. “Lineup Publishing is a newly formed digital media company described in their words as dedicated to creating, acquiring and managing high-quality media brands across a variety of sectors.”

“Deadspin’s new owners have made the decision to not carry over any of the site’s existing staff and instead build a new team more in line with their editorial vision for the brand, Spanfeller added. “While the new owners plan to be reverential to Deadspin’s unique voice, they plan to take a different content approach regarding the site’s overall sports coverage. This, unfortunately, means that we will be parting ways with those impacted staff members.”

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Special Counsel Robert Hur testified before Congress on Tuesday regarding his investigation into Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents.

The inquiry, prompted by the discovery of mishandled classified materials, culminated last month in a comprehensive 345-page report.

During the hearing, which focused on the findings of Hur’s investigation, a significant flashpoint occurred between Hur and squad member Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA).

Despite Hur’s detailed report, which found that Biden Robert “willfully retained” classified information and there is evidence Biden retained classified notebooks, “knowing he was not allowed to do so.”

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Special Counsel Robert Hur testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, where he remained unmoved by the attacks lobbed at him by liberal media members and the Democratic Party over portions of his report that accurately detailed Joe Biden’s mental decline. Hur was tapped to investigate Biden’s classified document mishap. Rep. Jerry Nadler’s (D-NY) line of questioning did not turn out well when he asked Hur if he felt Biden had lied to him during his investigation. Hur said yes. And alas, the two narratives were exposed during this hearing. It’s one of those moments where Nadler probably wished he pooped his pants again:

The Democrats’ position that Hur exonerated Biden was incorrect, and the special counsel made that known yesterday. He concluded that Biden willfully retained classified materials and divulged them to unauthorized persons. That would be Biden’s ghostwriter. Republicans did a decent job making the case that if this were any other person than Biden, that individual would be charged with mishandling classified documents. Hur refused to charge Biden due to his age and senility, which is within department policy. You must list mitigating circumstances regarding potentially filing charges. Democrats felt Hur committed a partisan hatchet job. Still, like Neo in The Matrix, Hur dodged all the bullets.

In short, the special counsel said he interviewed the president, his memory sucked, and he willfully retained documents, but he’s too old and mentally degraded to be charged. I stand by what I wrote, so deal with it (via National Review):

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The disconnect between the press and average Americans was laid bare following Joe Biden’s angry and divisive State of the Union speech in early March.

As RedState reported, the president appeared to be hopped up on stimulants as he shouted his way through the first half-hour of his remarks. That he decided to focus on Ukraine and January 6th before any of the actual things most Americans are concerned about didn’t help his performance either.

When Biden finally got to the issue of illegal immigration, which consistently places near the top of priorities for voters in various polls, he mispronounced Laken Riley’s name, calling the murdered Georgia college student “Lincoln.” His comments on the economy were no better, with him attempting to garner credit for the deficit still being near record highs while ignoring the stubbornly high inflation and astronomical interest rates that continue to hamper American families.

In short, it was a terrible speech, both on its merits and regarding its delivery. Yet, members of the press rushed to proclaim it “fiery” and “energetic,” with Joe Scarborough going so far as to say that Biden made Republicans look like “fools.”

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Congressional testimonies often don’t live up to the hype, but Robert Hur’s trip to Capitol Hill on Tuesday was everything Republicans were hoping it would be.

The now-former special counsel was in charge of investigating Joe Biden’s theft and mishandling of classified documents, some of which were found unsecured in his garage. That led to a report from Hur that was lambasted by Democrats for supposedly overstepping its bounds. What was the issue? It included ample evidence of the current president’s senility, including significant memory loss.

But if Democrats were hoping to beat back some of the narratives produced by Hur’s accurate portrayal of the facts, they quickly found out he wasn’t there to play along with their gambit.

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The radical progressives in the Biden administration are responsible for the greatest migrant invasion this nation has ever seen but also an emerging public health crisis, as millions of unvaccinated and undocumented illegals (some with infectious diseases) are being piled into migrant shelters nationwide like cattle.

Daily Mail reports the US is on the verge of a “major measles outbreak,” with cases in the first two months of the year nearly eclipsing those in the previous year.

” … as doctors warn many young physicians have never even seen a patient infected with the virus. Hundreds of people are already feared to be infected in California and Arizona after cases were confirmed in people in the states who visited local hospitals,” the media outlet said. 

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Three homicides in the past 24-hours have left many residents in Baltimore’s Southeast District on edge.

The latest shooting happened in Butcher’s Hill just before five Tuesday afternoon.

Investigators say a 33-year old man was gunned down while walking along Chester Street.

“It was a group of people in a vehicle that pulled up and got out and confronted the victim.” said Arch McKown, a community leader who tracks crime in the area.

McKown says the group fired several rounds at the victim and sped away.

He died moments later at the hospital.

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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Andy Harris M.D. (MD-01) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 7521, a bill that protects the national security of the United States from threats posed by foreign adversary-controlled applications, like TikTok. Specifically, H.R. 7521 requires ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, to divest in its ownership of TikTok in order to continue operating within the United States. The Act also prohibits marketplaces—like app stores and web hosting services—from hosting applications controlled by foreign adversaries of the United States, including the People’s Republic Of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea.

Background:

TikTok is a popular video-sharing smartphone application (app) owned by ByteDance Ltd., a privately held company headquartered in Beijing, China. It is under increasing scrutiny by the U.S. government as a privacy and security risk to U.S. citizens. ByteDance, like all technology companies doing business in China, is subject to Chinese laws that require companies operating in the country to turn over user data when asked by the Chinese government.

Statement From Congressman Harris:

“Personal data privacy, as well as national security, should be a concern to everyone, and any temporary inconvenience in a change of ownership outweighs the risk of the Chinese Communist Party using TikTok to spy on the personal data of American citizens. The Chinese Communist Party is no friend.”

Mississippi citizens invited the Fractal quantum technology team to audit the Mississippi voter rolls – and the results, as you can see in this video, are surprising.

The reddest state, or one of them, has voter rolls with enough obvious aberrations – found with Fractal quantum compute in less than 45 minutes – to impact a statewide election.

What you will see in this video – has been sitting dormant in Mississippi, and 26 other states’ voter rolls, for 25 years – completely missed by national voter integrity organizations.

Mississippi has honest, diligent, highly patriotic election management at the state level.

The Mississippi Secretary of State, Michael Watson, is a national leader – almost alone – demanding voter rolls be free of illegal alien voters.

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The House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday that would force Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok in order for the social media app to be allowed to operate in the U.S.

The Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act advanced from the House Energy and Commerce Committee by a unanimous vote on March 7. The legislation, which would allow the Beijing-based company roughly five months to sell TikTok, passed with a bipartisan 352 to 65 floor vote, sending the bill to the Senate.

President Joe Biden has signaled he would sign the legislation if it clears the upper chamber.

Critics of the social media app warn of the potential national security threats of its association with the Chinese Communist Party and what they view to be harmful effects on American youth. Others argue that banning the social media app is a violation of First Amendment rights and free enterprise.

TikTok has been critical of the legislation, which it called “an outright ban” in an X statement on March 5. The social media app encouraged its children and teenaged users to call congressional offices and complain about the bill.

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The equity officer tasked with eliminating racism in College Park called to ‘BURN IT ALL DOWN’ but also says, ‘I don’t want to work’

The City of College Park hired a “racial equity” leader to spearhead its mission to eliminate systemic racism in its departments, which have made statements defending violence and promoting the idea of a revolution against the United States.

Kayla Aliese Carter supports “Black liberation” through revolutionary means and said she is working with some activists to plan “how we will eat and live and grow after we burn it all down.” She was hired to be a “Racial Equity Officer” under former Mayor Patrick L. Wojahn, who resigned from office after being arrested for child pornography.

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“Dark money” groups and shell companies are on track to steer more money from undisclosed sources to the 2023-2024 election than any prior cycle

In 2023 alone, shell companies and dark money groups injected over $162 million into political groups such as super PACs, surpassing the level of dark contributions seen at the same point in any prior election cycle, a new OpenSecrets analysis of Federal Election Commission data found.

OpenSecrets has tracked more than $2.8 billion in dark money spending & contributions reported to the FEC since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision in 2010.

While federal campaign finance law requires political committees including super PACs to disclose donors to the FEC, the ultimate source of funding can be concealed behind contributions from shell companies or dark money groups, such as 501(c)(4) nonprofits that do not disclose their donors

During the 2022 election, federal political committees reported taking in $616.8 million from such donors, more than any prior midterm cycle.

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George Floyd’s death during a police chokehold on May 25, 2020, ignited nationwide protests to reform police procedures. Referring to Floyd’s ordeal, former President Donald Trump said, “It doesn’t get any worse than that,” and within three weeks Trump signed an executive order establishing an abuse of force database and calling for improved police practices.

Fast-forward to Feb. 22, 2024, when Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was bludgeoned to death allegedly at the hands of an illegal migrant, Jose Ibarra, a member of the notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Democrats are accusing Republicans of trying to “score cheap political” points by demanding that migrants be vetted before being allowed in the U.S.

Kelly Girtz, Democratic mayor of Athens, Georgia, where Riley was killed, insists the focus should be on the individual perpetrator, not migrants. That’s ridiculous. Was the focus only on Derek Chauvin, the cop with his knee on Floyd’s neck?

Riley’s murder should ignite demand for rigorous vetting of migrants entering the U.S.

Riley is dead because the Biden administration lets anyone in and lies about it.

Ibarra was first arrested for illegally crossing into the U.S. in September 2022. But Customs and Border Protection kept him less than 24 hours before releasing him to go anywhere in the U.S. he chose. Zero vetting.

Internal Department of Homeland Security documents show Ibarra is a gang member. But former Border Patrol officers explain that the Biden administration wants “migrants out of our hands and out of our custody as fast as humanly possible.” No time to check records.

DHS claims that migrants admitted into the U.S. undergo “robust security vetting.”

That lie was exposed on Friday when a federal judge ruled on a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s airplane parole program, which allows 30,000 migrants per month from Nicaragua, Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela to fly into the U.S. The judge’s ruling set aside the lawsuit because the plaintiffs lacked standing. Even so, Judge Drew Tipton’s ruling is important because he pointed to evidence showing that any migrant who schedules an appointment using the CBP One app, buys a plane ticket and arrives in the U.S. gets in. A staggering 98% are approved. A migrant would have to punch the Customs and Border Protection agent in the nose to have a problem.

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Two weeks ago we observed that as private sector wage growth was slowing sharply, government worker wage growth had just hit a new all time high and was gingerly moving ever higher.

Picking up on this topic, Mish Shedlock writes that the BLS released its employer costs report for the 4th quarter of 2023. He investigates how much state and local government workers make compared to private industry workers.

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Linthicum, Md. – The Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) announced today the opening of its cannabis reference laboratory. The laboratory will be responsible for auditing the results from independent testing laboratories to ensure accuracy, assisting with illicit product investigations, and determining standardized testing methods for the industry.  Maryland joins only a handful of other jurisdictions with a cannabis reference laboratory, and it is the first reference laboratory in the country dedicated exclusively to cannabis oversight and managed by a state cannabis regulatory agency.

“As the cannabis industry grows in Maryland, the State is prioritizing data collection and analysis, and public health and product safety,” said MCA Director Will Tilburg. “The reference lab will contribute to the standardization of testing methods and data collection and help ensure that Maryland consumers have access to safe and compliant products.”

The Cannabis Reform Act, which was signed into law on May 3, 2023, requires MCA to establish and maintain a reference laboratory. With the assistance of the Moore-Miller Administration and the Maryland Department of General Services, MCA was able to secure the reference laboratory site and complete construction on an expedited timeline. 

“The Maryland Department of General Services is pleased to support the Maryland Cannabis Administration’s Laboratory project. This initiative will provide the Cannabis Administration with a facility to test products and thus ensure public health and safety protocols are met,” said Maryland Department of General Services Secretary Atif Chaudhry. “The DGS Office of Real Estate worked on site evaluation and selection, negotiated the lease agreement, planned and designed the facility space, and oversaw the expedited buildout for the Maryland Cannabis Administration.”

The reference laboratory will help promote innovation and safety in the nascent industry. The responsibilities of the reference laboratory will include:

  • Preparing, conducting and analyzing proficiency testing events for independent testing laboratories (ITL);
  • Developing cannabis testing methodologies;
  • Compliance testing on cannabis samples;
  • Establishing and verifying standard operating procedures for ITLs;
  • Developing and facilitating quality assurance and compliance controls for micro growers and micro processors;
  • Remediate problems with registered independent testing laboratories and recommend administrative sanctions; and
  • Test products for adverse event reporting, research, and other purposes deemed necessary by the MCA, including:
    • Licensed cannabis products produced and sold in accordance with this subtitle;
    • Unlicensed cannabis products produced or sold in violation of this subtitle;
    • Hemp-derived products; and
    • Any other products required to be tested for the public health or public safety of Maryland.

Additionally, identifying a location and designing a facility to meet the functional requirements was a critical part of the process.

“Cannabis testing requires very complex instrumentation and there wasn’t a blueprint of how this process should be navigated however with our partnering agencies, we were able to create a layout that’s efficient and will support our testing and equipment needs,” said MCA’s Chief of Laboratory Services and Laboratory Director Michelle Sallin.

The MCA anticipates that the reference laboratory will be fully accredited by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) by March 2025.

Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill that would give voting rights to currently incarcerated individuals with felony convictions.

While existing law already requires the Maryland Board of Elections (MSBE) to place ballot drop boxes inside the state’s correction and detention facilities, incarcerated felons are barred from joining their fellow inmates in voting.

After passionate debate, felons who completed their court-ordered sentence, and any parole or probation term, gained voting access during the 2016 primary elections. Voting access was later expanded to strike parole and probation prohibitions, allowing felons to vote once released from prison.

Introduced by Del. Jheanelle Wilkins, D-Montgomery County, the Voting Rights for All Act would no longer require felons to wait until they get out of prison to vote.

The overall point of this bill is that when someone is serving time, that’s their punishment. The right to vote should not be a punishment or privilege for people, it is a right that people have. Not an additional punishment for the crime,” Del. Wilkins said.

“The fact that they’re incarcerated should be their punishment. They should serve their time for that, but the right to vote is not come kind of an additional privilege I am giving to people, it is something that is a right they should have, that should not be taken away.”

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Fugitive Gal Luft, the “missing witness” from the Biden corruption investigation, has made fresh allegations about the president’s family’s China connections in an exclusive 50-page expose obtained by The Post.

The former Israel Defense Force lieutenant colonel, who worked with the same Chinese energy company, CEFC, that paid Hunter and Jim Biden more than $8 million, skipped bail in Cyprus last year after being charged with attempted gun-running, acting as a foreign agent for China and lying to the FBI.

While his attacks on federal prosecutors clearly are self-serving, his disclosures so far have proven accurate, and his ongoing conversations with former employees of CEFC while on the run have produced new information about how influential Americans on both sides of the aisle in Washington were recruited to serve China’s imperialist Belt and Road Initiative.

Hunter Biden, “the true sheikh of Washington,” as one of his partners dubbed him, wasn’t the only VIP cultivated by CEFC’s enigmatic billionaire chairman Ye Jianming, who sprinkled expensive diamonds around Washington like candy.

An energy expert with deep intelligence ties in Washington and Beijing, Luft claims, “three former national security advisors, a former CIA Director, a former NSA Director, a former Chairman of the Fed, former cabinet secretaries, former senators, retired generals, CEOs [acted as] CEFC’s enablers in Washington [and] were willing to go to great lengths to enrich themselves by parking under Ye’s gown.”

Chairman Ye, Hunter’s most lucrative Chinese business partner, has not been seen since he was arrested for “economic crimes” in China in early 2018, on the direct orders of President Xi Jinping, according to Chinese news agency Caixin.

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Large amounts of illegal aliens and asylum seekers depress low skilled wages and this is one of the reasons that low skilled wages in the US have dropped 5% in real terms since 1980.

Tyson is trying to give the US government to bend the rules and allow them to hire a massive amount of asylum seekers at $16.50 per hour to avoid having to pay higher wages to American citizens. For reference, typical low skilled jobs at Tyson are in the $18-24 range.

Currently there’s a minimum 180 days before they can work in the US but it usually takes longer than that due to back logs. Tyson would like to expedite the paperwork. That, in itself, isn’t an issue, what is the issue is that the company would have to pay Americans higher wages to staff these positions but it can rely on cheaper third world labor via this method. I wouldn’t care about this if American wages were rising but as I pointed out above, low skilled wages are actually lower in real terms than they were 40 years ago.

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