SCOTUS Rejects Multiple Second Amendment Cases, Relists Gun Ban Challenges | Jake Fogleman. Jan 13, 2025
On a day when gun-rights advocates hoped that the Supreme Court would announce its next big Second Amendment case, it only informed them which ones it was turning away.
On Monday, the High Court denied petitions for certiorari in Maryland Shall Issue v. Moore and Gray v. Jennings. The cases challenged Maryland’s handgun-purchase licensing requirements and the preliminary injunction standard set in the case against Delaware’s sales ban on “assault weapons” and “large-capacity” ammunition magazines. None of the justices wrote separately to explain or dissent from the denials.
Monday’s orders list dashes the hopes of gun-rights activists looking to overturn lower court decisions upholding the gun-control laws in question. It continues the Supreme Court’s recent streak of rejecting Second Amendment petitions, even as it agrees to hear government requests for review of decisions striking gun laws down. It could fuel further concern among gun-rights activists about the Court’s resolve to expand on the standard it set in 2022’s New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen and address state-level gun bans or several other of its longest-standing constitutional concerns.
However, the Court left open the possibility it would take some of the highest-profile gun cases still pending before it. The Court relisted two other closely watched Second Amendment cases, Snope v. Brown and Ocean State Tactical v. Rhode Island, to be considered again at this Friday’s conference. That keeps gun-rights supporters’ hopes alive for a Supreme Court grant of review of state bans on so-called assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
With no guidance on how the justices feel about those two cases and the possibility that the Court could relist them multiple times before deciding whether to take them up, those wondering about the future of Second Amendment jurisprudence face an uncertain timeline for further clarity. Still, Monday’s order list indicated what areas of gun law the Court won’t expound upon for the foreseeable future.
Moore concerned a Maryland law requiring residents to obtain a “Handgun Qualification License” before legally purchasing a handgun. Maryland Shall Issue, a local gun-rights group, challenged the law on the grounds that its requirements—which include several hours of approved training, fingerprinting, fees, and a background check that can collectively take up to a month to complete—were too onerous and expensive to pass constitutional muster.
Johnny St.Pete @JohnMcCloy
Billy Bush reveals to Tucker that all the MSM were essentially in a agreement to attack President Trump “Get him at all costs..get him OUT OF THIS RACE AT ALL COST” He reveals ABC built a 75 person unit team dedicated to FIND NEGATIVE THINGS ON TRUMP. This is why Mockingbird MSM cannot be trusted. It is state run propaganda that is the enemy of the people. https://x.com/JohnMcCloy/status/1878519923082948791
Matt Stafford. Currently the 3rd oldest QB in the league. My new Tom Brady!
helterhaze
the Vikings. so close and yet so far. I dislike them just slightly less the the Packers. I’m looking for a Rams/Lions NFC Champ game
flyinpiglet
Still blows my mind every time I watch this… What you may not know about the death of Rosanne Boyland.
Blackie Lawful
booker
Good, sweet evening blessings, CFP friends! I was up and at em’ very early this morning and the day just stopped. Wishing you all sweet dreams ❤️
helterhaze
dreams – one of the most if not the most intriguing unexplained mysteries – may you dream booker
CFP Fan
Same to you, booker.
CFP Fan
Not surprising, he’s in Trump’s inner circle.
Kid Rock to perform at Donald Trump’s inaugural celebration after Carrie Underwood shocker:
Kid Rock will join Carrie Underwood in performing at Donald Trump’s inaugural celebrations that kick off this weekend.
The “We The People” singer, 53, will take the stage at the president-elect’s “Victory Rally” on Sunday at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, according to Axios.
Rock — real name Robert James Ritchie — has frequently referred to Trump as a “great friend” and one of his “besties…
…In addition to Rock, the 1970s disco group and longtime Trump favorite The Village People is also slated to perform. Billy Ray Cyrus will also be on the lineup…
…Lee Greenwood will sing “Proud to Be an American” as Trump walks onto the inaugural platform, and opera singer Christopher Macchio will perform the national anthem, according to Axios
CFP Fan
Someone better tip the Trump campaign off ASAP.
Imam who refused to call Hezbollah a terrorist organization scheduled to deliver a benediction at Trump’s inauguration:
A Muslim cleric who refused to call Hezbollah a terrorist organization and has a “significant history of extremism” has been tapped to deliver a benediction at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week.
Husham Al-Husainy, the imam of the Karbalaa Islamic Educational Center in Dearborn, Mich., is among four religious leaders listed in an Inauguration Day program, obtained by the Washington Reporter on Monday, who are scheduled to speak immediately after Trump’s Jan. 20th address.
The Middle East Forum, a conservative nonprofit focused on Islamic issues, has described Al-Husainy as “a radical anti-Semitic, pro-Hezbollah Shia imam” with “a significant history of extremism.”
CFP Fan
Steve Bannon — Mark Zuckerberg should not be trusted.
TOTALLY AGREE.
Blackie Lawful
Maris
That would be correct IMHO. What part of I don’t give a hoot what ya look like as long as you’re gonna save my sorry arse.
Blackie Lawful
I agree.
(The absurdity of the left knows no limits)
Dee
New Tucker Carlson
Michael Shellenberger may be the best reporter in America. Here’s what he’s learned about the fires in Los Angeles — and about UFOs.
Arthur Schwartz @ArthurSchwartz
Punchbowl News this AM: Pete Hegseth’s FBI background check is “unremarkable.”
All of the Dems’ hopes and dreams crushed with one word. https://x.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/1878790064685396029
flyinpiglet
Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11
Charlamagne tha God on the Breakfast Club calls the trial and sentencing of President Trump “pure political theatre”:
“This is not a win. Who cares if you can call him a convicted felon when you still got to call him President for the next four years?”
He’s 100% right. [VIDEO…] https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1878841065807184015
CFP Fan
ATTENTION MR. HAZE (and others).
I have posted this painting before, but it bears repeating, as it is one of my all time favorites, done by one of my favorite artists.
What fascinates me, about the portrait, which is beautiful on its own, is how he painted the water in the jars. How did he manage to get a medium, such as oil paint, to create the illusion of clear water? If you see this painting in person, it is even more remarkable. It’s at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, so when you visit, you can admire it, as well.
CFP Fan Art Appreciation Moment:
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and Marie Anne Lavoisier-Jacques Louis David:
Purple Wolfhound
I appreciate it having missed prior post of it…definitely mind bending…especially to a guy that’s still trying to master stick figures
booker
Thank you, thank you, CFP Fan! The depth of detail is amazing!!
helterhaze
beautiful – the detail and reflections in the various glass containers (beakers?) is almost photographic. Thanks “teach”!
Mama pajama
Fascinating and wonderful—
CFP Fan
You are welcome all, I am so glad you all see just past a portrait of a French scientist. Tres bien!
Washington Post’s ‘conservative’ blogger Jennifer Rubin quit the newspaper and blasted Bezos on her way out.
“I fear that things are going from bad to worse at The Post,” Jennifer Rubin told CNN.
There are 3 headlines on the story in the stack, including the video from Rubin.
Purple Wolfhound
Good call CFP…like she had no part of MAKING IT BAD…just another lame stream media fraud….good riddance liar
helterhaze
P Wolf – I saw your invite to meet at a concert several months ago. There are a few bands coming that I intend to see. I’ll let you know.
Purple Wolfhound
Yep that was for Mac Sabbath @ Reggie’s….LMK HH✔️
helterhaze
she’s nothing but a “left turn” nut job
CFP Fan
She’s rubber room ready.
CFP Fan
Thanks, Boss,
I guess I missed the story in the stack, not that I would be looking for it-LOL!
CFP Fan
Another terrible Biden legacy — releasing more Gitmo prisoners who will terrorize the world:
Twenty-three years after the 9/11 attacks on NYC, new US intelligence documents reveal 234 “rehabbed” former Gitmo detainees have returned to terrorism and killing Americans — an alarming 32% recidivism rate. Most of them have not been recaptured and are still at large.
Nonetheless, lame-duck President Biden is quietly freeing more of these high-risk terrorist suspects from the Guantanamo Bay prison, all to fulfill his old boss Barack Obama’s pledge to permanently close the facility in Cuba…
…Earlier this month, the outgoing president freed 11 Yemeni prisoners — all of them al-Qaeda terrorists, including two of Osama bin Laden’s bodyguards — leaving the number of remaining detainees at 15. He sent them to Oman, where we are told they’ll be monitored, rehabilitated and go on to live “peaceful” lives…
…But Biden isn’t finished. Three other Gitmo fiends have been cleared for release — including an “explosives expert who trained al-Qaeda members and provided operational support to key al-Qaida figures” and “a key member of the al-Qaeda network in Somalia,” according to Gitmo parole board documents reviewed by The Post.
And three more are eligible for review by the parole board, including Abu Zubaydah, “one of Osama Bin Laden’s most trusted facilitators,” according to his Gitmo dossier. Congress would have to be notified 30 days in advance of Zubaydah’s release, giving Republicans time to raise objections.
Even the prisoners not being released are dodging justice, with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed avoiding the death penalty as part of a sweetheart plea deal, and will instead serve life in prison.
Maris
Absolutely freaking nuts.
CFP Fan
Her entire column is a great read, and I couldn’t agree with her, more.
Miranda Devine: We can’t let Mark Zuckerberg pass the buck on Meta’s censorship:
No, Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t get to go on Joe Rogan’s podcast and pretend he’s a free speech champion as if there were nothing he could have done to stop the censorship at Facebook that rigged the 2020 election and probably cost lives during the pandemic.
The wanksta-lite makeover can’t hide Zuck’s sins, from throttling The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story before the 2020 election to deplatforming a sitting president, Donald Trump, to suppressing COVID-19 dissent.
No matter how many “Iron Neck” workouts he does in an attempt to de-nerd himself, the billionaire tech titan will always be a spineless coward whose monopoly needs to be broken up. No one person should be wielding historically unprecedented power to censor political thought and speech, least of all a socially inept tech bro…
…The only way to neutralize that threat is for the Trump Justice Department under incoming AG Pam Bondi, whose confirmation hearings start Wednesday, to launch antitrust action immediately to break up Big Tech’s monopoly on digital communication, in the way President Teddy Roosevelt broke up the railroad transportation monopoly in 1902…
…As we are barreling toward an AI revolution that will change everything about the way we live and work, the last thing we need is for humanity’s fate to be controlled by a handful of megalomaniacal, low-empathy tech elites like Zuckerberg.
Blackie Lawful
MI Girl
☹️
Texdeb
I recall a year or more before Biden dropped out of the Presidential race. The suggestion of Gavin did not seem popular…. Knowing, of course, that Kamala was unpopular, folks did not want to risk replacing a woman – and a woman of color.
And now, can he overcome all of this to run in 2028?
MI Girl
I dont think so-
Texdeb
I sure hope not!!! The damage he has done cannot be measured.
Kalin
I don’t think so either, but I expect him to try.
Maris
Yep.
X
I hope not. He has ruined my state. FFS illegal immigrants get free health care in California. He would destroy oil and gas. He would destroy America.
Oldrealist
Texdeb –
I think Newsom would be the “perfect” Democrat candidate in 2028, and will possibly win the nomination.
I think the MSM will cover his errors and idiocy so well that Democrats will be oblivious to his failures.
Much better for the Republican Party than a liberal opponent who got lucky enough to appear competent in his political career.
‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin and husband fight back against insurance fraud accusations:
Sunny Hostin and her husband, Dr. Emmanuel Hostin, are preparing for a legal battle to fight accusations that he committed federal insurance fraud, Page Six has exclusively learned.
“The View” co-host and the orthopedic surgeon have hired legal eagle Mark Geragos and Daniel Thwaites after Emmanuel was named in one of the largest federal RICO cases ever filed in New York…
…Emmanuel is one of 200 individuals named in the lawsuit filed on Dec. 17th, 2024, and obtained by Page Six last week. The suit alleges that the doctor “knowingly provided fraudulent medical and other healthcare services including arthroscopic surgeries.”
Additionally he’s accused of billing American Transit “in exchange for kickbacks and/or other compensation which were disguised as dividends or other cash distributions,” according to the suit.
The Daily Mail was the first to report on the suit in which American Transit seeks at least $450 million.
“No fault fraud is a huge problem in New York. American Transit filed a lawsuit as part of its statutory responsibility to fight such fraud,” an attorney for the company told the outlet.
NoTwoSystemsOnlyOneChiCom
Watching with a bag of popcorn….
“Defence Ministers from Poland, Germany, France, Italy and the UK met in Warsaw on Monday to discuss European security matters in a new five-way format established in the wake of Donald Trump’s US presidential election win.” https://nordot.app/1251575796668187518
Cancel Culture turns around to bite the bureaucrats in the rear.
“On January 12, tens of thousands of people gathered in Bucharest to protest the Constitutional Court’s decision to cancel the December presidential election. Although not declared as such, the protest was in support of Georgescu and his presidential candidacy. Georgescu led in the first round, but the election was cancelled shortly before the runoff, amid concerns over potential Russian influence.
Oh I call the “Washington” team the Communists, since they left the real warrior name behind. Go Lions, anyone but the Communists.
MI Girl
☝️. 👍👍👍
Meddling Kid
Re: Chicago fire of 1871
“On the first Sunday after the fire, the Rev. Robert Collyer spoke to his Unitarian congregation outside the ruins of Unity Church on Dearborn Street. “We have not lost, first, our geography. Nature called the lakes, the forests, the prairies together in convention long before we were born, and they decided that on this spot a great city would be built.” Unity Church was rebuilt the following year.”
A good reminder that the Unitarian “church” isn’t a church, it’s a pagan nature cult. No mention of Jesus, not even a generic mention of God, no, they first turned to nature.
Millennia-old stash of hundreds of silver coins highlights a merciless history: ‘I was shaking when I first unearthed it’:
Archaeologists have made a rich historical discovery in England.
A cache of mint-condition silver coins left one archaeologist “shaking” at the astonishing discovery.
The hoard of 11th-century Anglo-Saxon doubloons was dug up on the outskirts of a nuclear plant currently under construction along the Suffolk coast, according to statements released by Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) and the power station.
Experts say the buried sack of rare coins, dated between 1036 and 1044, suggests that the coronation of Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor in 1042 was a tumultuous event for citizens of the regime…
…Researchers believe the coins’ last owner may have held influence locally and, for whatever reason, suspected Edward the Confessor would not appreciate his esteem, choosing to bury the riches just days after the new monarch took over.
CFP Fan
Dazzling Ice Castles draw tourists to New Hampshire, other states:
An annual architectural celebration of ice is up and running again in New Hampshire and several other states.
Ice Castles, which are both temporary art installations and tourist attractions, feature towers, tunnels, archways and caves, all created by growing, harvesting and arranging thousands of icicles and then blasting them with sprinklers.
The company behind the displays has expanded since its first installation in 2011.
This year it has operations in Utah, Minnesota, two locations in Colorado and New Hampshire, where the site includes a snow tubing hill and ice bar.
CFP Fan
Secret passageway in Florence opened to public, built by Medici family.
Kane,
Thank you for posting that, you know how much I love Italy. 😘
CFP Fan
Meddling Kid
I thought Richard Maddow only had one show per week because that’s all a survey of his viewers indicated they could stand. I think 5 days a week is going to cause a ratings drop as they tire of him even more.
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The Maddow show on Monday nights gets BY FAR the highest ratings on the network.
Meddling Kid
“Wagner, meanwhile, will be hitting the road for what MSNBC is calling “Trumpland: The First 100 Days,” in which she will travel the country reporting on the impact of Trump’s policies and impact.”
They’re going to cancel this after the first week of seeing all of the impacts either positive for most people, or negative only for those we’re trying to get rid of.
Meddling Kid
Boss, if you come visit me this Spring, you can watch as the guys come to clean out my septic tank. You can look down inside the 24” hole and probably pick out a shiny new well-formed turd. It would still have good cohesion and form, unlike the older, soggier turds that have been in there longer.
Saying Maddow is the highest rated show on MSLSD is exactly the same statement.
Texdeb
I agree completely, MK. Those folks on MSLSD are the worst creatures imaginable.
SCOTUS Rejects Multiple Second Amendment Cases, Relists Gun Ban Challenges | Jake Fogleman. Jan 13, 2025
On a day when gun-rights advocates hoped that the Supreme Court would announce its next big Second Amendment case, it only informed them which ones it was turning away.
On Monday, the High Court denied petitions for certiorari in Maryland Shall Issue v. Moore and Gray v. Jennings. The cases challenged Maryland’s handgun-purchase licensing requirements and the preliminary injunction standard set in the case against Delaware’s sales ban on “assault weapons” and “large-capacity” ammunition magazines. None of the justices wrote separately to explain or dissent from the denials.
Monday’s orders list dashes the hopes of gun-rights activists looking to overturn lower court decisions upholding the gun-control laws in question. It continues the Supreme Court’s recent streak of rejecting Second Amendment petitions, even as it agrees to hear government requests for review of decisions striking gun laws down. It could fuel further concern among gun-rights activists about the Court’s resolve to expand on the standard it set in 2022’s New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen and address state-level gun bans or several other of its longest-standing constitutional concerns.
However, the Court left open the possibility it would take some of the highest-profile gun cases still pending before it. The Court relisted two other closely watched Second Amendment cases, Snope v. Brown and Ocean State Tactical v. Rhode Island, to be considered again at this Friday’s conference. That keeps gun-rights supporters’ hopes alive for a Supreme Court grant of review of state bans on so-called assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
With no guidance on how the justices feel about those two cases and the possibility that the Court could relist them multiple times before deciding whether to take them up, those wondering about the future of Second Amendment jurisprudence face an uncertain timeline for further clarity. Still, Monday’s order list indicated what areas of gun law the Court won’t expound upon for the foreseeable future.
Moore concerned a Maryland law requiring residents to obtain a “Handgun Qualification License” before legally purchasing a handgun. Maryland Shall Issue, a local gun-rights group, challenged the law on the grounds that its requirements—which include several hours of approved training, fingerprinting, fees, and a background check that can collectively take up to a month to complete—were too onerous and expensive to pass constitutional muster.
https://thereload.com/scotus-rejects-multiple-second-amendment-cases-relists-gun-ban-challenges/
Johnny St.Pete @JohnMcCloy
Billy Bush reveals to Tucker that all the MSM were essentially in a agreement to attack President Trump “Get him at all costs..get him OUT OF THIS RACE AT ALL COST” He reveals ABC built a 75 person unit team dedicated to FIND NEGATIVE THINGS ON TRUMP. This is why Mockingbird MSM cannot be trusted. It is state run propaganda that is the enemy of the people.
https://x.com/JohnMcCloy/status/1878519923082948791
Wait for Turkey’s response.
https://schengen.news/cyprus-aims-for-schengen-area-accession-by-end-of-2025/#google_vignette
Matt Stafford. Currently the 3rd oldest QB in the league. My new Tom Brady!
the Vikings. so close and yet so far. I dislike them just slightly less the the Packers. I’m looking for a Rams/Lions NFC Champ game
Still blows my mind every time I watch this… What you may not know about the death of Rosanne Boyland.
Good, sweet evening blessings, CFP friends! I was up and at em’ very early this morning and the day just stopped. Wishing you all sweet dreams ❤️
dreams – one of the most if not the most intriguing unexplained mysteries – may you dream booker
Same to you, booker.
Not surprising, he’s in Trump’s inner circle.
Kid Rock to perform at Donald Trump’s inaugural celebration after Carrie Underwood shocker:
Kid Rock will join Carrie Underwood in performing at Donald Trump’s inaugural celebrations that kick off this weekend.
The “We The People” singer, 53, will take the stage at the president-elect’s “Victory Rally” on Sunday at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, according to Axios.
Rock — real name Robert James Ritchie — has frequently referred to Trump as a “great friend” and one of his “besties…
…In addition to Rock, the 1970s disco group and longtime Trump favorite The Village People is also slated to perform. Billy Ray Cyrus will also be on the lineup…
…Lee Greenwood will sing “Proud to Be an American” as Trump walks onto the inaugural platform, and opera singer Christopher Macchio will perform the national anthem, according to Axios
Someone better tip the Trump campaign off ASAP.
Imam who refused to call Hezbollah a terrorist organization scheduled to deliver a benediction at Trump’s inauguration:
A Muslim cleric who refused to call Hezbollah a terrorist organization and has a “significant history of extremism” has been tapped to deliver a benediction at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week.
Husham Al-Husainy, the imam of the Karbalaa Islamic Educational Center in Dearborn, Mich., is among four religious leaders listed in an Inauguration Day program, obtained by the Washington Reporter on Monday, who are scheduled to speak immediately after Trump’s Jan. 20th address.
The Middle East Forum, a conservative nonprofit focused on Islamic issues, has described Al-Husainy as “a radical anti-Semitic, pro-Hezbollah Shia imam” with “a significant history of extremism.”
Steve Bannon — Mark Zuckerberg should not be trusted.
TOTALLY AGREE.
That would be correct IMHO. What part of I don’t give a hoot what ya look like as long as you’re gonna save my sorry arse.
I agree.
(The absurdity of the left knows no limits)
New Tucker Carlson
Michael Shellenberger may be the best reporter in America. Here’s what he’s learned about the fires in Los Angeles — and about UFOs.
https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1878956242418168193
Global F Warming
Arthur Schwartz @ArthurSchwartz
Punchbowl News this AM: Pete Hegseth’s FBI background check is “unremarkable.”
All of the Dems’ hopes and dreams crushed with one word.
https://x.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/1878790064685396029
Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11
Charlamagne tha God on the Breakfast Club calls the trial and sentencing of President Trump “pure political theatre”:
“This is not a win. Who cares if you can call him a convicted felon when you still got to call him President for the next four years?”
He’s 100% right. [VIDEO…]
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1878841065807184015
ATTENTION MR. HAZE (and others).
I have posted this painting before, but it bears repeating, as it is one of my all time favorites, done by one of my favorite artists.
What fascinates me, about the portrait, which is beautiful on its own, is how he painted the water in the jars. How did he manage to get a medium, such as oil paint, to create the illusion of clear water? If you see this painting in person, it is even more remarkable. It’s at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, so when you visit, you can admire it, as well.
CFP Fan Art Appreciation Moment:
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and Marie Anne Lavoisier-Jacques Louis David:
I appreciate it having missed prior post of it…definitely mind bending…especially to a guy that’s still trying to master stick figures
Thank you, thank you, CFP Fan! The depth of detail is amazing!!
beautiful – the detail and reflections in the various glass containers (beakers?) is almost photographic. Thanks “teach”!
Fascinating and wonderful—
You are welcome all, I am so glad you all see just past a portrait of a French scientist. Tres bien!
Brussels Bureaucrats, like all bureaucrats, don’t care what the citizenry think.
“‘We’ll also have to do it in Germany, if necessary,’ Thierry Breton confessed—as up to 100,000 people took to the streets of Romania.”
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/former-censorship-tsar-admits-eu-role-in-annulling-romanian-election/
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/274935702/musk-calls-out-tyrant-of-europe?utm_source=feeds.bignewsnetwork.com&utm_medium=referral#google_vignette
👍🏽‼️
Yes please
You’re the best.!!!
Let me work on that for you.
WARNING: EYES.
Jennifer Rubin Quits WaPo Teams With Norm Eisen:
Washington Post’s ‘conservative’ blogger Jennifer Rubin quit the newspaper and blasted Bezos on her way out.
“I fear that things are going from bad to worse at The Post,” Jennifer Rubin told CNN.
There are 3 headlines on the story in the stack, including the video from Rubin.
Good call CFP…like she had no part of MAKING IT BAD…just another lame stream media fraud….good riddance liar
P Wolf – I saw your invite to meet at a concert several months ago. There are a few bands coming that I intend to see. I’ll let you know.
Yep that was for Mac Sabbath @ Reggie’s….LMK HH✔️
she’s nothing but a “left turn” nut job
She’s rubber room ready.
Thanks, Boss,
I guess I missed the story in the stack, not that I would be looking for it-LOL!
Another terrible Biden legacy — releasing more Gitmo prisoners who will terrorize the world:
Twenty-three years after the 9/11 attacks on NYC, new US intelligence documents reveal 234 “rehabbed” former Gitmo detainees have returned to terrorism and killing Americans — an alarming 32% recidivism rate. Most of them have not been recaptured and are still at large.
Nonetheless, lame-duck President Biden is quietly freeing more of these high-risk terrorist suspects from the Guantanamo Bay prison, all to fulfill his old boss Barack Obama’s pledge to permanently close the facility in Cuba…
…Earlier this month, the outgoing president freed 11 Yemeni prisoners — all of them al-Qaeda terrorists, including two of Osama bin Laden’s bodyguards — leaving the number of remaining detainees at 15. He sent them to Oman, where we are told they’ll be monitored, rehabilitated and go on to live “peaceful” lives…
…But Biden isn’t finished. Three other Gitmo fiends have been cleared for release — including an “explosives expert who trained al-Qaeda members and provided operational support to key al-Qaida figures” and “a key member of the al-Qaeda network in Somalia,” according to Gitmo parole board documents reviewed by The Post.
And three more are eligible for review by the parole board, including Abu Zubaydah, “one of Osama Bin Laden’s most trusted facilitators,” according to his Gitmo dossier. Congress would have to be notified 30 days in advance of Zubaydah’s release, giving Republicans time to raise objections.
Even the prisoners not being released are dodging justice, with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed avoiding the death penalty as part of a sweetheart plea deal, and will instead serve life in prison.
Absolutely freaking nuts.
Her entire column is a great read, and I couldn’t agree with her, more.
Miranda Devine: We can’t let Mark Zuckerberg pass the buck on Meta’s censorship:
No, Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t get to go on Joe Rogan’s podcast and pretend he’s a free speech champion as if there were nothing he could have done to stop the censorship at Facebook that rigged the 2020 election and probably cost lives during the pandemic.
The wanksta-lite makeover can’t hide Zuck’s sins, from throttling The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story before the 2020 election to deplatforming a sitting president, Donald Trump, to suppressing COVID-19 dissent.
No matter how many “Iron Neck” workouts he does in an attempt to de-nerd himself, the billionaire tech titan will always be a spineless coward whose monopoly needs to be broken up. No one person should be wielding historically unprecedented power to censor political thought and speech, least of all a socially inept tech bro…
…The only way to neutralize that threat is for the Trump Justice Department under incoming AG Pam Bondi, whose confirmation hearings start Wednesday, to launch antitrust action immediately to break up Big Tech’s monopoly on digital communication, in the way President Teddy Roosevelt broke up the railroad transportation monopoly in 1902…
…As we are barreling toward an AI revolution that will change everything about the way we live and work, the last thing we need is for humanity’s fate to be controlled by a handful of megalomaniacal, low-empathy tech elites like Zuckerberg.
☹️
I recall a year or more before Biden dropped out of the Presidential race. The suggestion of Gavin did not seem popular…. Knowing, of course, that Kamala was unpopular, folks did not want to risk replacing a woman – and a woman of color.
And now, can he overcome all of this to run in 2028?
I dont think so-
I sure hope not!!! The damage he has done cannot be measured.
I don’t think so either, but I expect him to try.
Yep.
I hope not. He has ruined my state. FFS illegal immigrants get free health care in California. He would destroy oil and gas. He would destroy America.
Texdeb –
I think Newsom would be the “perfect” Democrat candidate in 2028, and will possibly win the nomination.
I think the MSM will cover his errors and idiocy so well that Democrats will be oblivious to his failures.
Much better for the Republican Party than a liberal opponent who got lucky enough to appear competent in his political career.
Pres of Ireland is guest speaker at his country’s National Holocaust Memorial Day event.
“Maurice Cohen, chair of the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland, said: “It would be inappropriate for President Higgins to deliver the keynote speech at Holocaust Memorial Day. This solemn occasion demands respect, sensitivity, and a commitment to honouring the memory of victims.”
https://www.thejc.com/news/world/jewish-uproar-as-antisemitic-irish-president-announced-as-guest-of-honour-at-holocaust-event-hpsx6bs3
Because this ChiCom could? Video.
https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/41-year-old-man-arrested-for-peeing-on-escalator-handrail-at-outram-park-mrt-station
Say the name fast. No one will know.
«However, instead of turning to TikTok’s rival platforms in the U.S., such as Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, some of these TikTok users decided to join another Chinese social media platform: Xiaohongshu.”
https://mothership.sg/2025/01/us-users-flock-to-chinese-app-xiaohongshu-before-tiktok-ban-call-themselves-tiktok-refugees/
Perfect Weather Conditions Can Create Stunning Light Pillars Across Wyoming
Light pillars aren’t rare or hard to see in Wyoming, but they require perfect weather conditions to create their stunning columns of color streaking into the night sky. It has to be freezing out and have hexagonal ice crystals to reflect the light.
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/01/12/perfect-weather-conditions-can-create-stunning-light-pillars-across-wyoming/
very nice!
We call these ice pillars here-
Beautiful!
Cool.
Wow, I’d love to see that in person.
Schadenfreude 🤣🤣🤣 Cannot stand this woman.
‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin and husband fight back against insurance fraud accusations:
Sunny Hostin and her husband, Dr. Emmanuel Hostin, are preparing for a legal battle to fight accusations that he committed federal insurance fraud, Page Six has exclusively learned.
“The View” co-host and the orthopedic surgeon have hired legal eagle Mark Geragos and Daniel Thwaites after Emmanuel was named in one of the largest federal RICO cases ever filed in New York…
…Emmanuel is one of 200 individuals named in the lawsuit filed on Dec. 17th, 2024, and obtained by Page Six last week. The suit alleges that the doctor “knowingly provided fraudulent medical and other healthcare services including arthroscopic surgeries.”
Additionally he’s accused of billing American Transit “in exchange for kickbacks and/or other compensation which were disguised as dividends or other cash distributions,” according to the suit.
The Daily Mail was the first to report on the suit in which American Transit seeks at least $450 million.
“No fault fraud is a huge problem in New York. American Transit filed a lawsuit as part of its statutory responsibility to fight such fraud,” an attorney for the company told the outlet.
Watching with a bag of popcorn….
“Defence Ministers from Poland, Germany, France, Italy and the UK met in Warsaw on Monday to discuss European security matters in a new five-way format established in the wake of Donald Trump’s US presidential election win.”
https://nordot.app/1251575796668187518
Meanwhile…with aerial photo.
“A small town in southwestern Poland has offered Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, a medieval castle as a potential site for the tech billionaire’s European HQ.”
https://tvpworld.com/84505663/small-polish-town-offers-musk-medieval-castle-as-hq
Cancel Culture turns around to bite the bureaucrats in the rear.
“On January 12, tens of thousands of people gathered in Bucharest to protest the Constitutional Court’s decision to cancel the December presidential election. Although not declared as such, the protest was in support of Georgescu and his presidential candidacy. Georgescu led in the first round, but the election was cancelled shortly before the runoff, amid concerns over potential Russian influence.
The protest, amplified by leading TV stations Realitatea Plus and Romania TV, criticised the lack of evidence of alleged Russian interference or electoral fraud.”
https://www.intellinews.com/romania-s-political-deadlock-deepens-as-nationalists-rise-361112/?source=romania
Oh, it’s ON
Check out this article from The Detroit News:
Commanders fans taunt Lions with chant after NFC wild-card win
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2025/01/13/commanders-fans-taunt-detroit-lions-with-chant-after-nfc-wild-card-win/77668778007/
GO LIONS!!
Oh I call the “Washington” team the Communists, since they left the real warrior name behind. Go Lions, anyone but the Communists.
☝️. 👍👍👍
Re: Chicago fire of 1871
“On the first Sunday after the fire, the Rev. Robert Collyer spoke to his Unitarian congregation outside the ruins of Unity Church on Dearborn Street. “We have not lost, first, our geography. Nature called the lakes, the forests, the prairies together in convention long before we were born, and they decided that on this spot a great city would be built.” Unity Church was rebuilt the following year.”
A good reminder that the Unitarian “church” isn’t a church, it’s a pagan nature cult. No mention of Jesus, not even a generic mention of God, no, they first turned to nature.
Run, run fast, run screaming from it.
Strategy….25 to 18.
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/trump-national-security-advisor-wants-ukraine-to-lower-conscription-age/
Millennia-old stash of hundreds of silver coins highlights a merciless history: ‘I was shaking when I first unearthed it’:
Archaeologists have made a rich historical discovery in England.
A cache of mint-condition silver coins left one archaeologist “shaking” at the astonishing discovery.
The hoard of 11th-century Anglo-Saxon doubloons was dug up on the outskirts of a nuclear plant currently under construction along the Suffolk coast, according to statements released by Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) and the power station.
Experts say the buried sack of rare coins, dated between 1036 and 1044, suggests that the coronation of Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor in 1042 was a tumultuous event for citizens of the regime…
…Researchers believe the coins’ last owner may have held influence locally and, for whatever reason, suspected Edward the Confessor would not appreciate his esteem, choosing to bury the riches just days after the new monarch took over.
Dazzling Ice Castles draw tourists to New Hampshire, other states:
An annual architectural celebration of ice is up and running again in New Hampshire and several other states.
Ice Castles, which are both temporary art installations and tourist attractions, feature towers, tunnels, archways and caves, all created by growing, harvesting and arranging thousands of icicles and then blasting them with sprinklers.
The company behind the displays has expanded since its first installation in 2011.
This year it has operations in Utah, Minnesota, two locations in Colorado and New Hampshire, where the site includes a snow tubing hill and ice bar.
Secret passageway in Florence opened to public, built by Medici family.
Kane,
Thank you for posting that, you know how much I love Italy. 😘
I thought Richard Maddow only had one show per week because that’s all a survey of his viewers indicated they could stand. I think 5 days a week is going to cause a ratings drop as they tire of him even more.
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The Maddow show on Monday nights gets BY FAR the highest ratings on the network.
“Wagner, meanwhile, will be hitting the road for what MSNBC is calling “Trumpland: The First 100 Days,” in which she will travel the country reporting on the impact of Trump’s policies and impact.”
They’re going to cancel this after the first week of seeing all of the impacts either positive for most people, or negative only for those we’re trying to get rid of.
Boss, if you come visit me this Spring, you can watch as the guys come to clean out my septic tank. You can look down inside the 24” hole and probably pick out a shiny new well-formed turd. It would still have good cohesion and form, unlike the older, soggier turds that have been in there longer.
Saying Maddow is the highest rated show on MSLSD is exactly the same statement.
I agree completely, MK. Those folks on MSLSD are the worst creatures imaginable.
House Democrats hold ‘illegitimate,’ secret swearing-in ceremony as they threaten to boycott start of session
“State law is clear: swearing in happens at noon on the day the legislature convenes; any attempt to subvert that is illegitimate,” said Rep. Lisa Demuth, who called on Gov. Tim Walz to condemn the “outrageous stunt.”
https://alphanews.org/house-democrats-hold-illegitimate-secret-swearing-in-ceremony-as-they-threaten-to-boycott-start-of-session/