Quote from: DKG on June 08, 2025, 10:05:20 AMNearly four and a half years after Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd shot and killed Ashli Babbitt at the U.S. Capitol, her husband on June 6 signed an agreement to settle his $30 million wrongful-death suit against the federal government.

The agreement includes a $4.975 million payout. Other terms were not immediately announced.

A dead coon in Minneapolis gets a 22 year sentence on the hero cop, but Byrd stays free.  Fucking bullshit.

700 Marines mobilizing to Los Angeles


Hundreds of U.S. Marines stationed at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms are being mobilized to Los Angeles.

Approximately 700 Marines are being activated to respond to the Los Angeles area after anti-ICE protests grew violent Sunday night, as originally reported by CNN and later confirmed to KTLA.

A senior official told Nexstar's NewsNation that 500 active-duty Marines would be deployed to L.A. to "help protect federal agents and buildings."

A release by the Department of Defense issued after that initial report confirmed that the number of Marines being deployed was even higher, with as many as 700 being mobilized to help federal agents in L.A.

"U.S. Northern Command has activated the Marine infantry battalion that was placed in an alert status over the weekend," the release from the U.S. Northern Command of the DoD reads. "2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division will seamlessly integrate with the Title 10 forces under Task Force 51 who are protecting federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area."

CNN Pentagon correspondent Natasha Bertrand described the move as a "significant escalation of the president's use of the military as a show of force against these protesters."

https://ktla.com/news/california/hundreds-of-marines-mobilizing-to-los-angeles-report/

Make L.A. scream, Marines!

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on June 09, 2025, 10:39:54 PMMake L.A. scream, Marines!

This could spread to other cities. Like the summer of George Floyd.

Quote from: Herman on June 09, 2025, 10:41:58 PMThis could spread to other cities. Like the summer of George Floyd.

If the corps does their job in LA, then other cities will not dare push their luck.

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on June 09, 2025, 10:43:35 PMIf the corps does their job in LA, then other cities will not dare push their luck.

Progs will be like China in the Korean War. Send wave after wave because they have the numbers.

Federal authorities arrested another University of Michigan scholar from China this week, revealing an alarming pattern of potential national security threats.

Chengxuan Han is facing federal charges for attempting to smuggle biological material into the United States, according to a criminal case filed Monday and reviewed by the Detroit News.

Han is pursuing a doctorate at the College of Life Science and Technology in the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China, and was invited to participate in a visiting scholar program at UM.

From September to March, while in China, she allegedly mailed four packages containing "biological material related to round worms" to the UM Professor Laboratory, according to prosecutors. The recipients of the packages were not named.

Interim U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon stated that Han obtained the biological materials from the Wuhan university.

On Sunday evening, Han arrived at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport after catching a flight from Shanghai.

An FBI agent claimed that Han, while undergoing secondary inspection at the airport, "made false statements that she had not sent packages to members of the UM Lab."

"When pressed, Han admitted that she had shipped packages to members of the UM Lab. Han initially stated to (Customs and Border Patrol) officers that the packages were plastic cups (rather than petri dishes) and a book (omitting the envelope with suspected biological materials concealed in it)," the FBI agent wrote.

During another interview with the FBI, Han "admitted to sending the packages, admitted that the packages contained biological material related to round worms, and admitted to making false statements to the CBP officers during her inspection," prosecutors' argued.

Han told federal authorities that the concealed or mis-manifested biological material included Nematode Growth Medium, a formulation used to cultivate microscopic roundworms, and plasmids, small and circular DNA molecules in bacteria and some microscopic organisms.

According to the FBI, Han claimed she sent one of the packages "as a 'game' with clues written above each plasmid."

Han also allegedly deleted the contents of her electronic device a few days before arriving in Michigan.

According to the complaint, "Han stated she deleted the content to 'start fresh' while she was in the United States."

The Democrat congresswoman accused of assaulting an ICE officer is facing years in prison if convicted, according to a statement from Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey.

Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey was caught on video in a skirmish with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer when Democrats tried to barge into a detention facility in Newark.

"Today a federal grand jury seated in Newark, New Jersey returned a three-count indictment charging U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver with forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers," said Habba in a statement on social media.

Canadian provinces have out of control wildfires every year.....but American states with similar terrain do not.

An Air India passenger plane bound for London crashed into a medical college in the northwestern city of Ahmedabad after takeoff Thursday, killing more than 180 people in one of India's worst airline disasters in decades, officials said.

Quote from: Brent on June 12, 2025, 12:53:04 PMAn Air India passenger plane bound for London crashed into a medical college in the northwestern city of Ahmedabad after takeoff Thursday, killing more than 180 people in one of India's worst airline disasters in decades, officials said.

Shit situation.  Wouldn't surprise me if pilot error was the cause.

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on June 12, 2025, 05:50:57 PMShit situation.  Wouldn't surprise me if pilot error was the cause.

What else would it be.

As President Donald Trump's administration prepares a grand and patriotic 250th anniversary celebration for the U.S. Army, George Soros-funded progressive activists are plotting a meticulously organized counterprotest to politicize the military milestone.

The Indivisible Project, a progressive organization formed in 2016 to counter Trump, and its "pro-democracy partner organizations" announced in early May a nationwide effort to protest the Army's parade.

With thousands of events registered across the U.S., the demonstration, dubbed the "No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance," aims to steal the spotlight from the historic celebration.

Indivisible Project's most recent tax filings reveal that the group reported $12.6 million in revenue in 2023. Indivisible Civics, another 501(c)(3) under Indivisible's mission, reported $5.1 million in revenue in 2023. Combined, the two organizations have over $11 million in assets.

Further shattering Indivisible's "grassroots" claims, George Soros' Open Society Foundations has heavily funded the group, providing $7.2 million in grants since 2018, including $3 million in 2023.

Quote from: Thiel on June 13, 2025, 01:40:44 PMWith thousands of events registered across the U.S., the demonstration, dubbed the "No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance," aims to steal the spotlight from the historic celebration.

When the hell have we ever had a king? They should be doing that stuff over in England.

Quote from: Oliver the Second on June 13, 2025, 08:10:47 PMWhen the hell have we ever had a king? They should be doing that stuff over in England.

Anywhere, but on US soil.