In case you wondered why the chairman of the joint chiefs was replaced, read this short piece from when he was nominated:
https://citizensrenewingamerica.com/issues/brief-president-bidens-radical-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff-nominee-undermines-americas-security/
Well it seems like all prisons in NY are rioting, except it's the guards who are rioting.
https://nypost.com/2025/02/20/us-news/inmate-uprising-occurs-at-riverview-correctional-facility-on-day-4-of-prison-strike/
This is silly. The Extradition Clause of the US Constitution and the Branstad decision make it clear Federal courts can enforce interstate extradition in all cases and FUKH cannot refuse.
Good piece by David Marcus on the three who voted against. I think he nailed it.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-gop-trio-missed-whole-point-secretary-defense-pete-hegseth
We knew Murkowski and Collins would continue to be Democrats
And I am not surprised Mitch McConnell also voted against.
I feel like JD is gong to be breaking a lot of tie votes.
Does anybody remember the movie Thunderheart with Val Kilmer?
Biden pardoned Leonard Peltier, the real life inspiration for the movie.
https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/us-news/biden-commutes-sentence-of-indigenous-activist-leonard-peltier/
Isn't this the guy that the FBI informant picked up at the gun range?
ETA: yes
The investigation began in 2023 when an informant told authorities that Spafford was stockpiling weapons and ammunition, according to court documents. The informant, a friend, told authorities Spafford had...
"The arrest initially stemmed from a comparatively minor charge of possessing an unregistered short-barrel rifle . . ."
Ask both Randy Weaver and David Koresh how comparatively minor this charge is.
It's now a done deal. The scum of the earth has been commuted.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-commutes-sentences-37-federal-death-row-inmates-final-month-presidency
Here's the list:
Agofsky, Shannon
White
TX
2004
Convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of a prisoner in a federal prison.
Allen, Billie Jerome**
Black
MO
1998
Convicted and sentenced to death for his involvement in an armed bank robbery during which a bank guard was killed...
Reported by the WSJ that the Biden admin is in the late stages of considering a pardon of all inmates on Federal death row. This comes after he let the 9/11 conspirators plead guilty to life sentences.
(paywall)...
Well love him or hate him, you have to credit him with being the largest personality in the world today. And certainly the best comeback artist of all time.