A town in Tennessee dismissed charges against a woman for using skeletons in her non-Halloween lawn decorations. She used skeletons to decorate for Christmas and Valentine’s Day and the town charged with a violation. She filed a First Amendment lawsuit and the town dropped it.
In Case You Missed It.
🇵🇭 Rodrigo Duterte, the ex-President of the Phillippines, was arrested on ICC warrant for “crimes against humanity.”
🏫 The Department of Education added 60 new universities to its watch list, warning that if they find evidence of “antisemitic discrimination and harassment on campus,” those schools could lose federal funding.
🛂 The CBP Home app, that was used during the Biden administration for migrants to book free trips and admission to the U.S., now allows for migrants to “self-deport” to give them the chance to return to the U.S. legally at a future date.
🚨 Widespread protests continue in Romania where the Central Electoral Bureau rejected the candidacy of Călin Georgescu. He won the primary races months ago and looked to take the Presidency if not for these shenanigans.
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Lead: X Targeted By Ukraine?
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Elon Musk says that X and Tesla were both targeted with a major cyberattack on Monday, causing massive outages.
Musk said this to Fox Business: “Well… we’re not sure exactly what happened, but there was a massive cyberattack to try to bring down the ecosystem with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area.”
Could people in Ukraine act alone with such powerful resources? That is hard to believe. It is easier to believe that the same CIA resources that brought Ukraine its 2014 coup may be working against Elon Musk’s efforts to undo the regime change that the CIA so masterfully enacted. That is conjecture on our part, to be clear.
Meanwhile, US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, said that Ukrainian President Zelensky has apologized to President Trump in a letter, indicating that diplomacy to secure a peace deal with Russia may resume.
Show Me The Evidence
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What evidence is there that Mahmoud Khalil has committed crimes? He is the Palestinian man who was arrested by ICE and targeted by the State Department to have his green card revoked.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that he was “presented with evidence” that was used to determine that he was a “national security threat” but the public hasn’t. This leaves us worried that he is being labeled as a “Hamas supporter” for criticizing Israel, both of which are protected beliefs in a free society. Secretary Rubio says that he was “actively engaging in supporting Hamas.”
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said that “Khalil led activities aligned to Hamas.” Notice no one is saying he had ties to Hamas. He may have only had overlapping beliefs, which is why the public should demand answers. If he committed crimes, he should be prosecuted for those crimes. If not, we do not have thought crime in the United States.
Free speech organization FIRE sent a letter to many government organizations demanding answers. They say this: “To be clear, demonstrations on Columbia’s campus since Oct. 7, 2023, have included both constitutionally protected speech and unlawful conduct. But the government has not clarified the factual or legal basis for Mr. Khalil’s arrest.”
A judge has temporarily blocked his deportation after he filed a petition with the court alleging that he was illegally detained.
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President Trump may be losing patience with the budget resolution. On Monday, he threatened to primary Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie for opposing the GOP budget.
Representative Massie and Senator Rand Paul both say that they will vote against the GOP budget because it does not cut spending. Their point is: Why cut all of this government waste, only to bring on more?
Representative Massie said this about it: “The argument for [continuing resolution] in September 2024 was to fight in December 2024 after the election. The argument for CR in December 2024 was to fight in March 2025 after the inauguration. The argument for CR in March 2025 is to fight in September 2025 because… we’re not ready yet ?!?!”
Representative Massie is not a Republican loyalist who President Trump can pick on without consequences. He is Peanut the Squirrel to the independents who brought the Republicans the White House and the majority. It is not a fight the Trump administration should even consider.
If the House budget does not pass, the government faces a shut down by Friday.
News By The Numbers
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18,000. That is how many tonnes of Jet A-1 aviation fuel was aboard an anchored tanker that was struck by a container ship in the North Sea on Monday. It triggered a massive explosion and rescue operation for 37 people.
5,200. That is how many USAID contracts have been canceled by the State Department, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. That represents 83%, he says.
Jamie White is trending because the InfoWars reporter was murdered in front of his home this weekend. There are no reports of who did it or why.
Mario Day was trending because that was on Monday. March 10 is Mario Day because: MAR10. Get it? There are 14-day Nintendo promotions to mark the occasion.
Olivia Culpo is trending because the model is pregnant.
May I Have Your Badge Please?
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says that she has revoked the security clearance of 51 former senior intelligence officials who signed a letter declaring that the Hunter Biden laptop was a “Russian information operation” along with many powerful people. They include:
Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken
Former U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
Former deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco
Lawyer Mark Zaid who represented the whistleblower who leaked President Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Zelensky, which led to his impeachment;
Lawyer Norman Eisen who represented the House Judiciary Committee during the above referenced impeachment trial;
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who continues to prosecute President Trump over his organization for alleged fraud
New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg who brought the Stormy Danie’s hush money case to trial
Lawyer Andrew Weissma who was one of the lead investigators of the Mueller investigation.
Director Gabbard also directed that the “President’s Daily Brief is no longer being provided to former President Biden.”
Many of these people have done odious things, to be sure, but many odious people still have security clearance.
In Edward Snowden’s book, Permanent Record, he writes about the “security clearance economy” that drives Washington D.C. He says that “having a security clearance is practically a prerequisite for getting a job—any job, not just in intelligence or defense.” He describes it as a “golden ticket” to work in Washington, not just in government and intel work. Everyone from security guards to IT support need this.
Is this just punishment for lying to the American people or is it political retaliation? Many of them are lawyers so they may in fact sue.
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