Mother gets a mere 13 years for putting her baby in the over, burning her to death

In a triumph of criminal justice efficiency, the legal system has determined that the going rate for placing a month-old infant into a preheated appliance is precisely thirteen years in a state facility. Yes, merely 13 years!

Mariah Thomas, a 28-year-old resident of Jackson County, Missouri, entered a guilty plea to first-degree endangering the welfare of a child resulting in death. This modest resolution comes after prosecutors graciously dropped the original first-degree murder charge to seal a plea agreement just two weeks before a pesky jury trial might have complicated matters. Why they thought that it was reasonable to drop the charge of first degree murder is beyond my comprehension.

Presiding Judge Sarah A. Castle handed down the 13-year sentence with no possibility of probation, though credit was generously extended for time already served. To ensure complete restitution to society, the court also assessed a stern financial penalty: a $68 fee directed to Missouri’s Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund.

Official court records explicitly note that Ms. Thomas suffered from no mental disease or defect defense, leaving observers to ponder the sheer logistical feat involved in the sequence of events. 

According to initial reports from February 2024, Kansas City first responders arrived at the scene to find the infant suffering from extensive, lethal burns, with her clothing fused directly to her diaper. 

The defense’s core narrative rested on a rather unique spatial mix-up. As investigators were informed, Thomas had simply intended to put her daughter down for a nap, but "accidentally placed her in the oven instead of the crib."

A relative reiterated this startling explanation to detectives, recounting that Thomas claimed, "I thought I put [her] in her crib and I accidentally put her in the oven."

Yeah, that happens a lot.

At the time of the initial filing, then-Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker offered standard bureaucratic solemnity, remarking, "We acknowledge the gruesome nature of this tragedy, and our hearts are weighted by the loss of this precious life." Baker added, "We trust the criminal justice system to respond appropriately to these awful circumstances."

Whether a decade plus in prison constitutes an appropriate response remains a lively topic online. 

Coming on the heels of other high-profile domestic infanticide trials where accountability seemed to evaporate, digital onlookers have expressed profound confusion over how an act of such extraordinary lethality yields a prison stay shorter than the time it takes for a child to reach high school graduation. 

Nevertheless, Thomas now awaits transfer to state custody, having successfully demonstrated how a top-tier plea bargain can trim a lifetime murder charge down to a minor bump in the road.

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Prosecutor Mistakenly Believes "Conflict Of Interest" Is a Dating App Feature

Apparently someone interpreted the phrase "get involved in the case" far more literally than the law intended.

A Missouri prosecutor was removed from office after allegedly carrying on an affair with an illegal immigrant that her own office was investigating for sexual assault. I guess this proves that some public officials hear the phrase "equal justice under the law" and think it means equal opportunity dating.

Ray County Prosecutor Camille Johnston allegedly entered into a romantic relationship with a Mexican national who had been living in the United States illegally since 2019. According to court documents, the man even lived with Johnston for a time. Authorities say this was just one of three alleged affairs that created conflicts of interest, which is an impressive achievement considering most prosecutors try to avoid even one.

Court documents allege Johnston failed to disclose the relationship to the alleged sexual assault victim, law enforcement, or members of her own office. She also allegedly "failed to bring any criminal charges because of her relationship with" the Mexican national [aka illegal alien]. Legal experts confirmed this is generally considered an unconventional prosecutorial strategy.

According to court documents, the illegal alien later fled to Mississippi, where Johnston allegedly visited him before the pair vacationed together in Florida. This really gives "active criminal investigations" a bad name.

The documents also allege Johnston drove to Mississippi in 2023 and gave the fugitive the title to her vehicle. Authorities eventually arrested him in Ohio in 2024, apparently after concluding that law enforcement, rather than romantic gestures, remained the preferred method of locating fugitives.

KSHB reported that the alleged sexual assault occurred while Johnston and the suspect were involved in bumping boots, a detail that somehow makes the story even more astonishing.

The affair was reportedly only one entry in what court documents portray as an unusually active social calendar. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway alleged Johnston also engaged "in an intimate and romantic relationship with a criminal defense attorney representing numerous criminal defendants" whose cases were being prosecuted by Johnston's own office.

Johnston was eventually disqualified from handling the sexual assault case, ending what may have been the least objective prosecution since someone decided Lady Justice should peek under the blindfold.

Hanaway accused Johnston of treating her office like her "personal playground."

"When an elected official treats public office like their personal playground, betraying the public trust, ignoring legal obligations, and putting self interest first, removal isn’t a suggestion, it’s a necessity," Hanaway said.

"Johnston’s record reflects a sustained pattern of misconduct and willful neglect that has undermined the integrity of the prosecutor’s office and poses a serious threat to public safety. In Missouri, public office is public trust, not a personal entitlement, and no one is above accountability," she said.

In other words, the "Show Me" state doesn't mean "I'll show you mine if you show me yours."  

Court documents also allege Johnston entered "another romantic relationship" with a married domestic violence suspect, suggesting her office may have been operating under a bold new legal philosophy in which prosecutors personally interview defendants over candlelit dinners.

When an employee discovered the alleged affair, Johnston reportedly fired her. Police later requested that a special prosecutor take over the domestic violence case, presumably because "dating the defendant" had not yet been added to Missouri's list of recommended prosecutorial best practices.

Johnston was ultimately disqualified from prosecuting that case as well, leaving legal scholars to wonder whether the next edition of ethics training should simply begin with the words, "No, seriously. Don't date the suspects."

The bigger question is, why is she still working as a lawyer, much less a prosecutor?

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Comrade Mamdani is proven wrong, unsuprisingly after Missouri experiment implodes

Here we go again for another episode of "Progressive Pipe Dreams Crash Into Reality." This time, we've got New York City's resident democratic communist and anti-Semite, Zohran Mamdani, peddling a plan so brilliant it could only come from someone who's never run a lemonade stand, let alone a business. 

His big idea if he becomes NYC mayor is to open five publicly owned grocery stores. Because nothing screams "efficiency" like the government trying to stock shelves with kale and kombucha.

But before we all start singing "Kumbaya" over this utopian vision, let's take a quick road trip to Kansas City, Missouri, where a publicly funded grocery store just gave us a masterclass in why this idea is dumber than a bag of progressives. Sun Fresh Market, a shining beacon of the city's 2018 revitalization project, slammed its doors shut this week, leaving customers staring at a sad little note taped to the glass.

"Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances [unforeseen only by leftists] beyond our control, we are no longer, at this time, able to serve the residents of this community," the sign sadly said. "It has always been our dream and passion to provide quality products and services in a safe, family environment. At this time, unfortunately, we are unable to do that." 

Translation: We tried to play store with taxpayer money, and it went about as well as you would expect.

Local media, namely KSHB 41's Alyssa Jackson, had already sounded the alarm last month when she reported on the store's descent into dystopian vibes. Picture this: bare shelves, empty coolers, and a meat and deli department so deserted it could double as a set for The Walking Dead. Oh, and let's not forget the rancid odor wafting through the aisles, because nothing says "shop local" like the faint whiff of despair reminiscent of dead meat.

Jannine Owens, a loyal customer since the store's grand opening, summed it up nicely for Jackson: "We need answers because at the end of the day, that don’t make sense." What doesn't make sense? Human nature?

Here's the kicker: Kansas City owns the shopping center, and this grocery store was part of a Community Improvement District, funded in part by a 1% retail sales tax to keep the dream alive. The whole shebang at Linwood Shopping Center was a $15 million public/private boondoggle, complete with tens of thousands spent on security to fend off "persistent crime problems." Because apparently, even the shoplifters knew this place was a hot mess.

Sun Fresh Meat?

The store itself was run by Midtown Grocers, LLC, a subsidiary of the nonprofit Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC), which brags on its website about securing $225 million for urban renewal since 1991. Clearly, they're experts at renewing things right into the ground, because Sun Fresh Market is now a case study in what happens when bureaucrats play grocery store, Karl Marx style.

So, back to Mamdani and his grand plan to turn NYC into the land of government-run produce aisles. Critics are already pointing to Kansas City's failure as a preview of what's to come if this 33-year-old delusional loser gets his way. 

And honestly, who can blame them? If you can’t keep a single store stocked with meat and free of funky smells, maybe running five of them in the Big Apple isn't the slam-dunk you think it is. But sure, Zohran, tell us more about your bold vision for state-controlled corn. We're all ears.

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GOP AG Sues Starbucks over DEI hiring practices resulting in "more female and less white employees"

Andrew Bailey, the Republican Attorney General of Missouri, alleges that Starbucks, the king of burnt-tasting coffee, is operating on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) race-and-sex-based hiring practices. Of course, this results in "more female and less white" employees and this is a new federal lawsuit, according to The Hill.

The suit was filed on Feb. 11, in which AG Bailey claims Starbucks violated federal and state anti-discrimination laws that unlawfully segregated employees and provided specific training benefits to select groups, pushing the narrative that the company prioritized DEI practices, which are actually unconstitutional.

Bailey cited data between 2020 and 2024, and accused the coffee chain of using quotas to iron out its workforce and board of directors, saying such hiring practices place other employees at a disadvantage. So it isn't only a racist problem, it's also a sexist one.

“With Starbucks’ discriminatory patterns, practices, and policies, Missouri’s consumers are required to pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services that could be provided for less had Starbucks employed the most qualified workers, regardless of their race, color, sex, or national origin,” Bailey said.

The lawsuit also included a 2021 memo showing that the company aimed to meet specific inclusion and diversity targets. They wanted about 30% of corporate employees to be BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and 40% in retail and manufacturing by 2025.

Bailey's lawsuit follows after public criticism sparked by President Donald Trump's executive order which banned DEI programs in federal agencies. This led to many big companies reducing their own DEI efforts. Additionally, President Donald Trump told U.S. attorneys general to "encourage the private sector to stop illegal discrimination and preferences, including DEI."

Even with the lawsuit ongoing, the coffee company has promised to start mentorship programs for BIPOC workers and offer training for career growth for these groups. But, the Missouri AG believes these efforts by the Seattle-based company might break anti-discrimination laws, suggesting they favor certain racial or ethnic groups. "Starbucks' policies harm the many Missourians who work, or would like to work, at Starbucks but have been, are being, or will be discriminated against as future victims on the basis of their race, sex, or inclusion in other protected groups," the complaint claims, according to CBS News.

However, Starbucks disagrees. In their response, the company said, "We disagree with the attorney general, and these allegations are inaccurate. We are deeply committed to creating opportunities for every single one of our partners (employees). Our programs and benefits are open to everyone and lawful."

"Our hiring practices are inclusive, fair, and competitive and designed to ensure the strongest candidate for every job every time."

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Biden blocked by judge from giving Obamacare to DACA recipients

A federal judge in North Dakota on Monday blocked the Biden administration from putting into action a new policy that would have made some illegal immigrants eligible for government-supported health care.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor agreed to stop a new rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that would have let people with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status sign up for Obamacare. Traynor stated that Kansas and the 18 Republican attorneys general who challenged the policy were likely to win, so he issued a stay against it.

Traynor pointed out that CMS broke the law when it decided to include DACA recipients in the definition of "lawfully present" in the U.S. DACA recipients are people who entered the country illegally as children with their parents and were protected from deportation by an executive action from President Barack Obama.

“The authority granted to CMS by the ACA [Affordable Care Act] is to ascertain whether an individual meets the requirements for lawful status. It by no means allows the agency to circumvent congressional authority and redefine the term ‘lawfully present,’” Traynor wrote.

“As it currently stands, the ACA does not allow federal healthcare subsidies or coverage for aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States,” he added.

Traynor also agreed with the Republican attorneys general that the policy could encourage illegal immigrants to stay in their states because of the healthcare benefits.

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, who led the lawsuit, celebrated the decision, saying, “Big win for the rule of law. Congress never intended that illegal aliens should receive Obama care benefits. Indeed, two laws prohibit them from receiving such benefits. The Biden administration tried to break those laws. But we fought back, and defeated the Justice Department.”

The states involved in the lawsuit were Ohio, Idaho, Nebraska, South Carolina, Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Texas, Florida, and Arkansas. They argued that the rule was arbitrary, capricious, and would encourage more illegal immigration.

In response, CMS mentioned they were reviewing the judge's decision but couldn't comment further.

This rule change was opposed by President-elect Donald Trump, whose campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt called it “unfair and unsustainable” back in May.

“Joe Biden's handouts for illegal immigrants are especially devastating to Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, and union workers who are forced to watch their jobs and public resources stolen by people who illegally entered our country,” Leavitt, Trump's incoming press secretary, said at the time.

Last month, another judge overturned a different Biden administration program that would have given legal status to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.

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Biden's DHS "likely" violated First Amendment by working with Big Tech to censor election content

" . . . it makes sense, ice cream has no bones."

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

An injunction was ordered Tuesday on the Department of Homeland Security by a federal court after it found that the agency probably violated the First Amendment by coordinating with social media companies to effectively censor "election-related speech."

[H/T Fox News Digital]

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals extended the scope of an injunction in place that limits the Biden administration's communication with big tech companies to include the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security.

Of course it wasn't Biden himself who did the communicating now that it's obvious communicating isn't one of Joe's strong points--it's likely someone behind the curtain pulling his strings.

According to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R), who is leading the litigation against the Biden administration, CISA is the "nerve center" of the White House's "vast censorship enterprise" and "the very entity that worked with the FBI to silence the Hunter Biden laptop story." 

"CISA was created to protect Americans from foreign attack, and now it has begun targeting its own citizens," Bailey told the outlet.

A three-judge panel determined that CISA was the "primary facilitator" of the FBI's interactions with the social-media platforms and worked in close coordination with the FBI to push the platforms to change their moderation policies to cover "hack-and-leak" content.

The opinion in the order describes CISA’s "switchboarding" operations as "merely relaying flagged social-media posts from state and local election officials to the platforms." But the judge said that "in reality, the practice is ended up being "[s]omething more,'" the order reads.

"CISA used its frequent interactions with social-media platforms to push them to adopt more restrictive policies on censoring election-related speech. And CISA officials affirmatively told the platforms whether the content they had ‘switchboarded’ was true or false," it added.

"Thus, when the platforms acted to censor CISA-switchboarded content, they did not do so independently. Rather, the platforms’ censorship decisions were made under policies that CISA has pressured them into adopting and based on CISA’s determination of the veracity of the flagged information. Thus, CISA likely significantly encouraged the platforms’ content-moderation decisions and thereby violated the First Amendment," the judges said.

Well this is worse than Watergate and J6 combined. 

The injunction stems from a lawsuit brought by Missouri and Louisiana attorneys general against the Biden administration that accused high-ranking government officials of working with giant social media companies "under the guise of combating misinformation" that ultimately led to censoring speech on topics, including Hunter Biden’s laptop, COVID-19 origins and the efficacy of face masks.

If any word in the English language can be used to promote Marxism, that word is "misinformation." Because it's the ones who define what misinformation is, that has the power to shut down dissent.

The attorneys general deposed Dr. Anthony Fauci, and FBI Special Agent Elvis Chan. Federal Judge Terry A. Doughty of the Fifth Circuit ordered the first injunction on July 4th (Independence Day) preventing White House officials and other federal agencies from meeting with tech companies about ways for them to impose "Big Brother" tactics in order to censor social media.

The scathing injunction said the government's actions during the pandemic were akin to "an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth.'"

"If the allegations made by Plaintiffs are true, the present case arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States’ history," the injunction states. "In their attempts to suppress alleged disinformation, the Federal Government, and particularly the Defendants named here, are alleged to have blatantly ignored the First Amendment’s right to free speech."

The Justice Department has appealed the court order to the Supreme Court, arguing that the government faced "irreparable harm" because Doughty's order may prevent the federal government from "working with social media companies on initiatives to prevent grave harm to the American people and our democratic processes."

But the truth is, the American people would face "irreparable harm" if these leftists had their way.

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Missouri man who abducted and killed a 6-year-old gets put to death

As previously reported, the Missouri man who abducted a six-year-old girl in 2002, lured her to an abandoned factory where he tried to sexually assault her but beat her and bashed her to death with a brick and heavy rock when she fought back, received what he had coming for 21 years.

Johnny Johnson, 45, was put to death Tuesday evening, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request to block the execution over claims he was mentally incompetent.

Of course, he wasn't so mentally incompetent when he tried to hide little Casey Williamson's body at the time of the murder.

Johnson received a lethal injection of pentobarbital in a state prison in Bonne Terre and was pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m. CDT, according to prison authorities. He was convicted of killing the child in 2002 in the St. Louis suburb of Valley Park.

Johnson, who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, expressed remorse in a brief handwritten statement released by the Department of Corrections hours before being executed.

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MO governor rejects mercy plea for scumcrumpet who killed 6-year-old girl

Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R, of course) will allow the state to go forward with a planned execution of a man who killed a 6-year-old girl on July 26, 2002. The man, Johnny Johnson, 45, is to receive a lethal injection tonight, Tuesday, but his lawyers are still trying to convince the governor that he his mentally incompetent.

Angie Wideman the mother of four told Johnson to help himself to some food from the barbecue--he was a family friend she had known since childhood and evidently did not think he was mentally incompetent as his lawyers claim. She had never seen him act violent and since he needed a place to sleep that night, she offered him her couch.

The following morning, Johnson lured little Casey Williamson out of the house leading her to a glass factory where he tried to sexually assault her. She fought back so he killed her using bricks and a heavy rock.

Johnson’s attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution. They also asked that Parson grant clemency — reducing Johnson’s sentence to life in prison — while asserting that Johnson’s mental illness has left him incapable of understanding the connection between his actions and his execution.

That's okay--he doesn't need to know now why he's getting a lethal injection.

Parson denied the clemency request. He noted that a variety of courts — including the original trial judge and 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals just days ago — have thus far rejected Johnson’s incompetency claims.

“Johnny Johnson’s crime is one of the most horrific murders that has come across my desk,” Parson said in a statement. “Casey was an innocent young girl who bravely fought Johnson until he took her life.”

Parson, a former sheriff, said he received “countless letters in the last few weeks seeking justice for Casey” and hopes that carrying out the execution “may provide some closure for Casey’s loved ones.”

It will never provide closure for the family because it never does, but it helps them cope knowing justice has been done and that bastard will be gone.

In a clemency petition, Johnson’s attorneys said that Casey’s father, Ernie Williamson, opposes the death penalty, but thankfully it isn't up to him whether justice is done or Johnson is allowed to stay around for decades to come. Other family members urged the governor to allow the execution to go forward.

Johnson wasn't so out of it that he didn't know to cover up his crime after he killed Casey. This was pointed out by Della Steele, Casey's great aunt. She said that Johnson could have turned back at any point but instead chose to abduct and kill the child, then literally cover up his crime.

“Please stand strong beside Casey,” Steele wrote. “Remove this threat from our presence. Send the message that it is not okay to terrorize and murder a child.”

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BREAKING: Scandal riddled Soros-funded circuit attorney Kim Gardner resigns

St. Louis, Missouri circuit attorney and George Soros-funded Kim Gardner was up to her eyeballs in scandals and finally called it quits Thursday. Had she not resigned, she would have likely been thrown out of office by the Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey for neglecting her duties.

Even some Democrats want her gone. 

Gardner's office tweeted her resignation letter, which was addressed to the people of St. Louis which she proudly neglected to properly represent.

Gardner is one of the first progressive prosecutors whom Soros, a full-blown socialist. billionaire and huge Democrat donor, bankrolled in 2016 and again for her re-election in 2020. 

Gardner had announced last month that she'll seek a third term but that is not going to happen.

Her office had face harsh criticism for her mishandling cases and office dysfunction.

For Gardner, the proverbial excrement hit the fan in February after a teenage volleyball player was in St. Louis with her team. Sadly, she was struck by a car and lost both of her legs. 

The driver was charged with assault, armed criminal action and operating a vehicle with a valid license. He had been out on bond awaiting trial for armed robbery but had a history of violating his bond SEVERAL DOZEN TIMES!

Gardner, who was also attending nursing classes, which is not part of her job description and is actually illegal, argued that her office attempted to put the guy back in jail and blamed the judge for denying her office's request--a bogus claim with exactly zero records of her request. It's her office that is responsible for monitoring compliance with bond conditions and revoking them when the conditions are violated, as this guy did dozens of times. In other words, her office never asked for his bond to be revoked. She lied.

After this fustercluck, AG Bailey filed a petition quo warranto, which is a legal mechanism under Missouri statute that allows the AG to remove a prosecutor who neglects the duties of the job.

Bailey said that nearly 12,000 criminal cases have been dismissed over Gardner's failures. In addition, over 9,000 cases have been tossed out when they were about to go to trial, and this forced judges to dismiss over 2,000 cases. Bailey described this as a failure to provide defendants with evidence and speedy trials.

Gardner, a political witch, had refused to leave office, calling Bailey's efforts a political "witch hunt" and a form of "voter suppression." She also used the left's go-to accusation that racism and sexism are behind some of the criticism against her.

A St. Louis judge had set a tentative trial date for Sept. 25 to hear arguments from both sides.

As it stands, Gardner's office is facing two proceeding for contempt of court after her prosecutors failed to appear for multiple court dates, one of which was a murder case.

In one contempt case, a Missouri judge said Gardner had "complete indifference and a conscious disregard for the judicial process" and called her office a "rudderless ship of chaos."

It's unclear if the contempt hearings will be dropped, or how Bailey will react to Gardner’s resignation. On the other hand, it's possible that Gardner struck a deal with the attorney general by handing in her resignation. Now she can finish her nursing courses and perform medical malpractice if she continues with her modus operandi. 

A number of assistant prosecutors recently resigned from Garner's long understaffed office, which has been plagued by persistent personnel issues creating low morale and a dysfunctional working environment.

Gardner's tenure was riddled with allegations of misconduct and mishandled cases long before her latest legal issues. In one case she was publicly reprimanded and fined by the Missouri Supreme Court. 

More broadly, Gardner has been scrutinized for what critics have called soft on crime policies, just like George Soros likes.

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BREAKING: The latest on St. Louis AG Kim Gardner

The legal proceeding to remove the circuit attorney, Kim Gardner of St. Louis, Missouri. The Missouri Attorney General, Andrew Bailey updated the press of the latest information regarding the case against Gardner.

New pieces of evidence has been uncovered. They have found that Gardner has been taking nursing classes as opposed to fulfilling her current additional duties. She has been attaining a nursing degree and failed to charge new cases.

The court has issued several orders that uncovered the evidence.

The case now stands: In February, after she was called to resign and she refused, the legal proceeding began to protect the public and restore the rule of law.

After several weeks, others came forward. 

A 121 page amended petition was filed. After 60 days, 5 pleadings and a hearing, Gardner asked for a different judge, which was an 'unnecessary delay" but they were committed to moving the case forward.

Yesterday the court issued several orders. Judge Bill Corrigan discussed the orders.

The proceeding were allowed to go forward in spite of Gardner's attempt to stop them.

Failed to prosecute cases, make charging decisions, keep families informed and for speedy trials were some of the issues discussed by both Bailey and Judge Corrigan.

Gardner had failed to show up for a murder trial and there has been clear negligence of her job and her office has been described as a "rudderless ship of chaos" and a number of attorneys have quit. She had even sent a representative in her case who had no knowledge of the situation to represent her and thought she could delay the proceedings, but the judge was hearing none of that and went forward with the indictment.

Gardner has 3 judges willing to hold her in contempt and she has been asked several times by the Attorney General to resign but has refused.

The trial for the George Soros funded circuit attorney will be scheduled for September 25th and the case is moving forward. Gardner's attempt to quash the subpoenas for documents have been denied.

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MO lawmaker with gender dysphoria censured after "hate-filled testimony" during bill debate

A dude with a 'tude

A male Montana lawmaker with gender dysphoria [he believes he is a female born in a male body] was censured Thursday after he presented "hate filled testimony" during a debate of a bill that would ban minors from getting their genitals mutilated and also be given drugs used for genital castration for rapists, by doctors.

The state representative in question is Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D, of course) who voted for children to be allowed to get their penises removed and reshaped with skin from their arms to look like female genitalia; and for girls to have their developing breasts surgically removed to make them look like boys. And in both cases be given hormones of the gender that coincides with their delusions.


"The only thing I will say, is if you vote yes on this bill and yes on these amendments, I hope the next time there’s an invocation when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands," the mentally ill Democrat said referencing the body's opening prayer.

Republican Speaker Matt Regier then refused to acknowledge Zephyr when he wanted to express his opinion on a bill aiming to put a binary definition of male and female into the state code.

"It is up to me to maintain decorum here on the House floor, to protect the dignity and integrity," Regier said. "And any representative that I don’t feel can do that will not be recognized."

At which point Zephyr had a hissy fit and broke a nail he had allowed to grow and grow.

Regier said that the decision to not allow Zephyr to speak came after "multiple discussions" with other lawmakers, adding that there have been similar problems.

Montana Freedom Caucus member Rep. Caleb Hinkle, one of the individuals who demanded the censure, said that "Hate-filled testimony has no place on the House floor." [H/T Fox News]

Specifically, the bill would ban minors with gender dysphoria in Montana from receiving the mutilating medical procedures, hormones, and puberty blockers at a time in their lives when their decision making processes are most exemplified with TikTok dares and Tide Pod eating contests.

Sadly, many of these folks with gender dysphoria who "advocate" for minors to validate their own delusions and "transitioning" believe in their 

Republican (of course) Gov. Greg Gianforte has signaled that he will sign the bill if it reaches his desk.

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Soros-backed Kim Gardner scandal just grew worse

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner has a scandal rap sheet longer than a roll of toilet paper. The George Soros-bankrolled prosecutor is already facing calls for her resignation for neglect of her duties and she now is facing new complaints of negligence and possible misconduct in performance of her job. She has screwed up prosecutions and critics say she has soft-on-crime policies. 

Currently Gardner is in a legal battle to retain her position as the outcry for her removal has hit the media. A St. Louis judge sanctioned Gardner's office this week for withholding evidence in a double homicide case and allowing the suspect, Alex Heflin, out on bond.

Heflin, 23, had been held without bond since January, charged with two counts of second-degree murder and armed criminal action, according to KSDC. The charges have since been reduced to involuntary and voluntary manslaughter with a trial supposed to be on April 17. However, the trial has been postponed to June 12 and pretrial set for May 17.

This week, Judge Theresa Counts Burke ruled in favor of Heflin's attorneys, who filed a motion accusing one of Gardner's assistant circuit attorneys of violating discovery rules that required prosecutors to turn over evidence, including DNA reports and a recording of a 911 call. In other words, Gardner's office either intentionally, or incompetently screwed up the case.

"The court finds that there have been repeated delays by the state in obtaining discovery and providing it to the defense," Burke wrote. "There has been a lack of diligence on the part of the state in following up and providing discovery to the defendant in a timely fashion. As a result of the state's actions and lack of diligence, the court grants defendant's second motion for sanctions."

And while the Circuit Attorney's Office sent a statement to Fox News Digital claiming how they are diligent and work hard to bring justice on behalf of the people of St. Louis, and their families, blah, blah, after this latest fustercluck, it turns out the opposite is obviously true.

Just last Wednesday, St. Louis prosecutors dismissed and refiled charges against two men alleged to have murdered a father and his 7-year-old daughter. This will probably push back the trial by months. The only reason given was that "the prosecutors weren't ready for trial," which had been set just days later.

But this wasn't an isolated screw-up.

In July, prosecutors did the same thing. The trial was set to go but the prosecutors weren't ready, delaying the trial and infuriating the families of the victims and even the defense lawyers who wanted their day in court for their clients.

Gardner's office made a habit out of dismissing and refiling cases as her office is understaffed because good lawyers are leaving the shipwreck. Last year, Gardner's office dismissed and refiled no less than a dozen murder cases, as per a St. Louis Post-Dispatch analysis.

The effect of the high turnover in Gardner's office has been "a state of dysfunction, low morale and dearth of legal wisdom necessary to safeguard the public from potentially dangerous criminals," the Post-Dispatch previously reported.

So Gardner's office went to their go-to mode which appeared to blame police for having to dismiss and refile the double murder case:

"In this case, the CAO was not provided evidence in a timely manner due to acknowledged staffing challenges at the police department," Gardner spokeswoman Allison Hawk stated.

The St. Louis Police Officers' Association blasted Gardner's office for "pulling a Biden" by blame-shifting and refusing to take responsibility for their incompetence:

"Police officers shouldn't be made scapegoats for an overworked, backlogged and mismanaged Circuit Attorney's Office," the union's statement read.

On Friday, the lawyer for a man accused of hitting a teenage volleyball player, Janae Edmonson, with his car, which resulted in her losing both legs, entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client. The judge in the case had to have a copy of the indictment printed for the lawyer while he was in the courtroom because Gardner's Office failed to provide him with a copy before coming to court. 

That is total incompetence, but wait, there's more.

The assistant circuit attorney of record on the case didn't appear at the hearing. His wife — Jamie Myers, the chief misdemeanor officer for Gardner's office — did appear but never addressed the court. 

"As the head of the misdemeanor division for the office, Assistant Circuit Attorney Jamie Myers leads up associate court for the CAO [Circuit Attorney's Office]," Gardner spokeswoman Allison Hawk said in a statement. "She handles these arraignment and was there this morning as she does routinely as part of her job responsibilities."

The teenage volleyball player lost her legs in the incident while visiting St. Louis with her team. Riley, the man charged with assault, was out on bail awaiting trial for an ARMED ROBBERY from 2020, had violated the terms of his bond no less than FIFTY TIMES! and was operating the vehicle WITHOUT A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE.

There is no record of Gardner's office, which is responsible for monitoring compliance with bond conditions and revoking them when those terms are violated, asking for Riley's bond to be revoked.

That isn't something you can blame on the police. 

Gardner is facing a legal effort by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to fire her. 

In February, following the tragedy with Miss Edmonson, Bailey filed a petition quo warranto, the legal mechanism under state statute that allows the attorney general to remove a prosecutor who neglects their duties.

"This is about a quantum of evidence that demonstrates her failure to prosecute cases, failure to inform and confer with victims in cases and failure to file new cases that are referred by law enforcement agencies," Bailey told Fox News Digital at the time of the filing.

He separately said in a statement that Gardner is "creating" victims instead of "protecting" them.

But let us not lose sight of the fact that Gardner is a Soros-backed leftist whose concept of justice is that criminals are just misunderstood and victims are just a bunch of whiners. Soros bankrolled Gardner in 2016 and again for her re-election in 2020.

In her time as St. Louis Circuit Attorney, crime has spiked in the city to near-record murder rates, the last two years being among the city's deadliest. In 2022, WalletHub calculated that St. Louis had the highest homicide cases per 100,000 residents from July through September of any U.S. city, ranking it the most dangerous city in the country because of high rates of crime and other dangers like car accidents.

As far as George Soros is concerned, Gardner is getting it right.

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Justice Brown Jackson lone dissenter on vacating abortion ruling

She doesn't know what a woman is because she isn't a biologist, and evidently doesn't know what good parenting is because she is a flaming progressive. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson [I will only use her first name once] wrote the only SCOTUS dissent after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a federal court decision Monday that upheld a minor's right to go to court to get an abortion without her parents' consent.

The high court overturned the lower court ruling that said a state court clerk could be sued for denying a pregnant teen's request permission to get an abortion without her parents' consent. The Supreme Court remanded the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case as moot [i.e., subject to debate]. 

In her parent-neutralizing dissent, Jackson criticized the court's application of Munsingwear vacatur, a legal doctrine that addresses what should happen to a court decision when the appealed case becomes moot while it is pending review by a higher court. 

The doctrine states that such decisions should be vacated, with an important exception for cases where the party adversely affected by the vacated decision was not responsible for rendering the case moot.

Pro-Abortion Justice Jackson, who has already been born

"I am concerned that contemporary practice related to so called ‘Munsingwear vacaturs’ has drifted away from the doctrine's foundational moorings," Jackson wrote in her dissent. She is also concerned that parents have parental rights and generally know what's best for their child.

This case stemmed from a lawsuit in Missouri alleging that court clerk Michelle Chapman violated a 17-year-old pregnant teenager's rights by keeping her parents out of the affair. Missouri law requires a pregnant minor to obtain permission from her parents to have an abortion. In certain circumstances, the law allows a minor to get court permission to bypass parental consent but Chapman may have thought the teenager's parents may have known that an abortion would adversely affect their child in the future, or maybe her parents thought that all life is sacred.

When the teenager, referred to as Jane Doe, went to court in 2018 seeking permission to get an abortion, Chapman told her the court would have to notify her parents about the hearing. Doe instead traveled to Illinois, where she obtained court permission and later had her baby killed.

Chapman claimed immunity from the suit, but both a federal district court in Missouri and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit rejected her claim. However, the Supreme Court vacated the 8th Circuit's decision, agreeing with Chapman that the ruling should have been thrown out because the case was made moot by the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the constitutional right to an abortion.

In her dissent, Jackson argued that Munsingwear vacatur should only be extended to "extraordinary" or "exceptional" cases. She wrote that this case became moot when Chapman and the teenager agreed to have their original case in Missouri district court dismissed, asserting that "Chapman contributed to the mootness of this case insofar as she stipulated to its dismissal."

As such, Jackson said it was not unfair to deprive Chapman of her right to appeal. 

"Indeed, Chapman's only argument in support of vacatur is that the Eighth Circuit's opinion was wrongly decided. But mere disagreement with the decision that one seeks to have vacated cannot suffice to warrant equitable relief under Munsingwear," Jackson wrote.

"In my view, it is crucial that we hold the line and limit the availability of Munsingwear vacatur to truly exceptional cases," she insisted, calling Chapman's case, "far-from-exceptional."

"To do otherwise risks considerable damage to first principles of appellate review," she said.

Yes, lawful law, words, legal terms and all that, but a teenager, whose brain is not yet fully developed, should have to discuss this life-altering procedure with her parents.

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Soros 'Owned' DA Kim Gardner Guilty on 141 Counts

St. Louis, Missouri District Attorney Kim Gardner [remember her?] lost he appeal for refusing to hand over communications she had with operatives of far left anti-America George Soros [a billionaire palindrome] and other leftists in her prosecution of former Governor Eric Greitens.

She has already been found to have committed 62 acts of misconduct, and 79 cases of misrepresentation in convicting the former governor of crimes he DID NOT COMMIT and of which he was later cleared. 

Now Greitens is running for the US Senate from Missouri, and he has a good chance of winning.

Gardner has been a St Louis clusterfrack [sic]. 

The murder rate last year was the highest it has been in the last half century and she has refused to prosecute so many of them that the Missouri legislature passed a law limiting the time she had to file murder charges to 90 days. If she continued to not file, which has been her wont, the state AG takes over the case and justice will be done.

Gardner adamantly refused to prosecute cases involving drug dealers and child molesters in spite of mountains of evidence that these were slam-dunk, open-and-shut cases. She used the race card against the police and totally refused to take on cases from over 20 cops.

A Missouri Appeals Court ruled unanimously against her and she will have to face disciplinary charges on her corrupt practices and pay the $5,000 dollar fine she previously received, which one might guess Soros will pay.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported:

The Missouri Court of Appeals at St. Louis on Tuesday upheld a judge’s ruling against the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office for failing to respond to a lawsuit that alleged violations of the state’s open records law.

The appeals court’s unanimous ruling said Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner’s appeals had “no merit.” She had challenged St. Louis Circuit Judge Christopher McGraugh’s ruling and $5,000 penalty for refusing to produce records and respond in time to a January 2020 lawsuit filed by conservative journalist John Solomon.

“Based on this whole record, we hold the trial court did not err in finding (Gardner’s) failure to file a timely response to (Solomon’s) amended petition was not the result of an unexpected or unavoidable hindrance, accident, or mishap, but was instead the result of (Gardner’s) carelessness, inattention, and deliberate disregard,” the court said.

Solomon, a former Fox News contributor who runs the website Just the News, sought all of Gardner’s contacts with staff and other key players in the 2018 criminal investigations of then-Gov. Eric Greitens.

Those people include Missouri Times publisher Scott Faughn, Clayton lawyer Albert Watkins, billionaire mega-donor George Soros and former state Reps. Stacey Newman and Jay Barnes.

So justice will be done, at least to some degree and hopefully Gardner will never be able to practice law ever again. 

When everyone who is different from you based on their immutable characteristics is viewed as racist, you are looking at them through a racist lens, and it's disgusting. Do not accept that label and call out their racism if they pull it on you.

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MO might be first state to execute a dude in a dress

He may be the first he who thinks he's a she to be executed in MO

Missouri may quite possibly be the first state to execute a man who claims to be a woman, unless political correctness kicks in and the governor grants the killer clemency.

Scott McLaughlin, who changed his name and hairdo to Amber, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection today after he was found guilty of killing a former girlfriend in 2003. Of course, he was tried as Scott McLaughlin but said he was a woman after he was sentenced, possibly due to the fact that he would fare better in a woman's prison than with men. [The lethal injection will not be the COVID vaccine, it was reported.]

The Associated Press reported that McLaughlin, who is now 49, was in a relationship with 45-year-old Beverly Guenther before transitioning and would sometimes show up at an office in St. Louis where Guenther worked. He would often hide inside her place of business, according to court records, so Guenther obtained a restraining order.

Not a My Pillow topper

Police officers, at times, would escort Ms. Guenther to her vehicle after work as she believed her life was in danger which, it turned out, was true.

On the night of Nov. 20, 2003, Guenther’s neighbors called police after she failed to return home, the AP reported.

Police went to the office where Guenther worked and found a broken knife handle near her car and a trail of blood. The next day, Scott McLaughlin showed police where Guenther’s body had been dumped in the Mississippi River.

He was ultimately convicted of first-degree murder in 2006 and sentenced to death after a jury deadlocked on the sentence, AP reported. In 2016, a court ordered a new sentencing hearing, but in 2021, the federal appeals court panel reinstated the death penalty.

With no appeals pending, McLaughlin’s attorney Larry Comp told AP, clemency is being sought.

The request for clemency does not primarily focus on McLaughlin’s gender dysphoria as it didn't exist until after he was sentenced, but instead it focused on traumatic childhood and mental health and victimhood issues which were never presented to a jury during trial because they were a poor excuse for killing another human being.

The petition claims McLaughlin suffers from depression because he's sad that he's slated to be executed, and he even tried to kill himself several times with an electric razor on his wrist.

"We think Amber has demonstrated incredible courage because I can tell you there’s a lot of hate when it comes to that issue," Komp told AP on Monday. But he added it is not the focus of the clemency request.

Incredible courage? How so? 

Merriam-Webster defines courage as: [n] mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. If he was courageous, would he have "transitioned" in prison to avoid the testosterone within the population?

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) is reviewing the request for clemency, which a spokesperson for the governor told AP is still underway. 

McLaughlin is scheduled to die at 6 p.m. today, Jan. 3.

Before 1976, the only woman ever executed in the state was Bonnie B. Heady, AP said. She was executed in a gas chamber on Dec. 18, 1953, for kidnapping and killing a 6-year-old boy.

But McLaughlin, in spite of his name change, is not a woman, but he is a murderer and Beverly Guenther's family deserves justice.

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Shooting at St. Louis high school leaves 3 dead, including the gunman

Three people have been killed in a shooting at a St. Louis high school around 9 a.m. Monday, including the suspect. Multiple others had been physically injured and hundreds are suffering the trauma caused by the event.

The police got the call from the school at around 9:10 a.m. about an active shooter with a long gun inside Central Visual and Performing Arts High School. The high school and the Collegiate School of Medicine, which is in the same building, were put on lockdown as the incident unfolded.

The gunman, who appeared to be about 20 years old,  exchanged gunfire with police of the St. Louis Metropolitan PD. He was taken into custody where he was soon thereafter pronounced dead.

One of the victims was identified as Jean Kuczka, a health teacher at the high school. Her daughter, Abbey Kuczka, confirmed that her mother was killed by the gunman.

"I found out just a few hours ago," she said Monday afternoon.

Ms. Kuczka was a grandmother of seven and an avid bike rider, according to her profile on the high school's website.

The names of the other victim, a teenage girl, and the gunman were not released.

Multiple victims suffered injuries ranging from gunshot wounds to being hit by shrapnel--their conditions are not yet known.

Nothing about the shooter beyond his approximate age has yet been disclosed or the motive for the shooting.

Stories of the experience emerged after the incident. A freshman, Adrienne Bolden, said he and his classmates had to escape out of a window to avoid the gunfire.

St. Louis Public Schools announced early Monday that eight people, including at least two students, had been transported to a local hospital, and police are on the scene. 

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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), praised the "swift response of local law enforcement" in a statement to Fox News. "Devastating news in St. Louis," he wrote. "My office is in contact with local authorities, and we stand ready to offer all assistance possible."

No police officers were hurt in the incident.

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Soros-backed St. Louis DA Kim Gardner GUILTY on 141 counts

St. Louis DA Kim Gardner lost her appeal for refusing to hand over communications she had with operatives of George "I'm Not a Nazi" Soros along with others regarding her prosecution of former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens. She is in big trouble but whether or not justice will be served in today's progressive climate of lawlessness, is anybody's guess. But the court has found Gardner guilty of committing 62 acts of misconduct and 79 cases of misrepresentation in wrongly convicting Greitens of crimes he did not commit.

Greitens, who is very popular in the state, was later cleared and is now running for the US Senate from Missouri.

Gardner's hands-off crime policy has been a veritable clusterfrack for the state. The murder rate last year in St. Louis soared to a 50-year high and she refused to prosecute a huge number of murderers. The state's legislature had to pass a law limiting the time in which she had to file murder charges, limiting her to 90 days, after which the state Attorney General would take over the case.

She refused to prosecute clear cut cases involving drug dealing and child molesters. She used the excuse that police are racists and refused to accept cases from over 20 police who provided evidence to do so.

After a Missouri Appeals Court ruled unanimously against her, she is to face disciplinary charges and pay the small fine of a mere $5,000 that she had previously received.

A Missouri Appeals Court ruled unanimously against her and she will have to face disciplinary charges on her corrupt practices and pay the $5,000 dollar fine she previously received.

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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported:

The Missouri Court of Appeals at St. Louis on Tuesday upheld a judge’s ruling against the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office for failing to respond to a lawsuit that alleged violations of the state’s open records law.

The appeals court’s unanimous ruling said Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner’s appeals had “no merit.” She had challenged St. Louis Circuit Judge Christopher McGraugh’s ruling and $5,000 penalty for refusing to produce records and respond in time to a January 2020 lawsuit filed by conservative journalist John Solomon.

Perhaps it's time for law enforcement to go after the remaining Soros-backed leftist, lawless, political operatives.

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Cori Bush, defund the police advocate, hired police as private security--guess what happened

Freshman Marxist Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) is a former Black Lives Matter riot enthusiast and strong advocate for the defund the police movement. Not surprisingly, the far-Left-lard-butt lunatic hired private security to protect herself because she claims that she's more important than regular folks, and she hired two sheriff's deputies to do the job.

By the way, let's stop calling that group of angry leftists, who blame America for everything bad, while praising communist countries and dictatorships, the "squad." That's much too cool for these anti-American scumwafers. Let's call them the "Economics 101 Dropouts" because they obviously know nothing about the subject. If you have another term you like, feel free to send it.

A recent report revealed the Economics 101 Dropout hired two deputies and spent tens of thousands of dollars while she was calling for the defunding [aka abolition] of law enforcement in order to facilitate the ability of the proletariat to confiscate "free stuff from 'the man'," and allow criminals to roam free.

Big Bush was caught with the deputies on surveillance camera footage while touring multiple St. Louis jails, News 4 reported.

The deputies, Tylance Jackson and Maurice Thompson, were terminated from the police department after the report was published. This was not their first rodeo working for Bush as St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts explained to News 4. Not only did the deputies get a warning about working for Bush multiple times before and were told not to do so and were given multiple warnings.

Sheriff Betts also noted that these former deputies did not have the proper licensing to work as security in St. Louis.

Jackson said he believed the firing was unfair but other than using the word 'plethora,' couldn't provide a reasonable explanation regarding his claim.

"I do feel that the hand that was dealt to us was unfair and unjust," Jackson said, using a gambling analogy the same way he took the gamble to work for Bush. "You let us go, but you still have a plethora of individuals doing that but you don't say anything."

An abundance of deputies doing the same thing? Who makes up this plethora? Name names.

Bush, for her part, said that she needs private security because she still has "too much work to do" in Congress, implying that the scope of her job is beyond her capabilities as it's 'too much.'

"They would rather I die?" Bush asked, using the left's favorite ploy that if you don't agree with her having private security then you want her to die. It's the same ploy that if you don't want your child to wear a mask for the 8-hour school day, that means you want children to die. If you don't believe in Black Lives Matter that means you hate black people.

Sadly, some people believe this twisted logic and semantic overload.

 "You would rather me die? Is that what you want to see?" Bush said. "You want to see me die? You know because that could be the alternative."

So does Bush want innocent people to die who would not have police protection, and cannot afford private security, if she had her way? Is she okay with people being killed in Democratic-run cities throughout the country because she wants to defund their police?

She can't have it both ways--using her logic, that's exactly what she's implying--she's just more important than you and me and the children being shot in Chicago. And worse, she would also take away your guns and the right to defend yourself once law enforcement is defunded.

Sorry Bush--all lives matter, and that is not a racist statement--black, white, brown, Asian, and yes, the unborn--they all matter.

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Federal judge stops Biden administration from blocking new oil and gas drilling leases

A federal judge in Louisiana, Terry A. Doughty has stopped the socialist Biden administration on Tuesday from blocking new gas and oil drilling leases on federal land, thus putting a damper on Biden's extreme left environmental agenda that would obviously harm American energy workers. Doughty issued a preliminary injunction in the case.

“Judge Terry A. Doughty of the U.S. District Court in Monroe said the administration doesn’t have the legal right to stop leasing federal territory for oil-and-gas production without approval from Congress,” The Wall Street Journal reported. The WSJ added that Doughty noted that “states suing the federal government—largely southern and coastal states—will be harmed immediately as the pause prevents them from collecting lease bids and bonuses from oil-and-gas prospectors.”

Thirteen states in all sued the Biden administration over its radical and anti-American proposal: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.

The court's decision was a clear setback for Biden, who in his total lack of wisdom ordered suspension of new leases for fossil fuel development on public lands and waters in January while a review of the permitting process was carried out. He also halted work on the Keystone Pipeline, which put thousands of American workers out of a job while allowing Russia to be the sole providers of energy to Germany with their Nord Stream 2 pipeline. 

Biden has never once gotten a foreign policy idea correct and he isn't planning on ruining his record of incompetence.

The suspension — which did not affect existing drilling permits — fulfilled an election pledge and marked the president’s most significant move against the energy sector after he campaigned on a “transition away from oil.”

“The omission of any rational explanation in cancelling the lease sales, and in enacting the Pause, results in this Court ruling that Plaintiff States also have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of this claim,” Doughty wrote. “Millions and possibly billions of dollars are at stake. Plaintiff states have a reliance interest in the proceeds derived from offshore and on land oil and gas lease sales.

Judge Doughty added, “Local government funding, jobs for Plaintiff State workers, and funds for the restoration of Louisiana’s Coastline are at stake.”

Officials who support American energy praised the decision as a victory for the rule of law, workers, and American citizens.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said the ruling was “great news for Louisiana energy workers and their families!”

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said the ruling was “a major win for the Constitution, for workers employed in the oil and gas industry and for all Americans who have felt pain at the pump.”

Rep. Jody Arrington (R-TX) responded to the news by saying that the ruling could “save a million jobs and preserve a safe and affordable supply of energy for all Americans.”

The left is coming for your money, your jobs and your preferred transportation.

Joke of the Day: California is considering a $500 to $1000 tax on the purchases of new, gas-driven vehicles to dissuade their purchase in lieu of electric cars. And if you think it will stop there and not affect older vehicles in the future, you're smoking something skunky.

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Popeyes greasy chicken store investigated for posting sign: "Will reserve the right to refuse service to white people"

Old white man forgoes his pushups for ice cream after
chowing down on greasy chicken chunks

It's about time the law steps in when a business clearly shows its racist proclivities thinking no one is paying attention. Finally, authorities have begun a  criminal investigation into a sign posted at a Popeyes restaurant in Lake Saint Louis, Missouri. The sign announced that the greasy chicken joint reserved the "right to refuse service to white people."

A photo of the sign — which was reportedly affixed to an area in the restaurant's drive-thru — was widely circulated across social media platforms Wednesday, and said, "Effective 6-1-21 This restaurant is under new management and will reserve the right to refuse service to white people. We apologize for any inconvenience. Signed, General Manager, Mason."

Well, "F" Mason, if that was really his doing, but evidence seems to suggest otherwise.

The restaurant was forced to close on Wednesday over the outrage.

According to KTVI-TV, Lake Saint Louis police said that they believe someone may have erected the sign "unbeknownst to the business" and added that the sign could be related to an act of vandalism that took place at the store earlier in May. 

The vandalism, according to Lt. Pat Doering of the Lake Saint Louis Police Department, said that the vandalism included shattered glass and obscene messages painted on the restaurant's drive-thru menu.

A statement from the department said, "We are currently working and investigating a trespassing and possibly a related vandalism case which occurred at Popeyes located at 6475 Ronald Reagan Drive in Lake Saint Louis. Earlier this month, several drive through menu signs were spray-painted. Today, unknown subjects posted an inappropriate sign on the drive-thru window, unbeknownst to the business."

A manager, who remains unnamed at the time of this reporting, said that surveillance video of the building "confirms employees didn't post the sign."

So Mason, or whatever your real name is, we believe you. While the evidence isn't proof of your innocence, it clearly shows that your restaurant attracts anti-white racists and the probability is very high that at least one of these cretins vandalized your establishment. 

In a statement to KTVI, Popeyes tooted his pipe and said, "Arr, we have been mades awares of the situations and are investigating this matters immediately. Arr. This types of behavior does not align with our brand values, you land lubbers, and we takes such allegations very seriously. The franchise is cooperating with local authorities regarding this ongoing investigation. Arr."

Oddly enough, they do not serve spinach at Popeyes.

— Paris Schutz (@paschutz)

Chicago PBS political reporter said that she could “confirm” what Ahern was alleging.


I can confirm, alderman

— Heather Cherone (@HeatherCherone) May 18, 2021

Lightfoot’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire or Fox News.

Australian political commentator Rita Panahi responded to the allegations by writing on Twitter: “More ‘anti-racist’ racism. Almost amusing how regressive race-obsession is celebrated among the Left.”


More "anti-racist" racism. Almost amusing how regressive race-obsession is celebrated among the Left. https://t.co/VtzpQyfklg

— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) May 19, 2021

“Racism in the name of wokeism is still racism,” another commentator said. Another added, “So wouldn’t that make her a racist?”

Progressive writer Zaid Jilani wrote: “Is she going to do some kinda DNA test to assure she upholds this rule?”


Is she going to do some kinda DNA test to assure she upholds this rule? https://t.co/9d7rXZTnCV

— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 19, 2021

“It is unclear when such a practice was enacted and if it only applies to local reporters, particularly after her MSNBC appearance with Stephanie Ruhle on Monday,” Fox News reported. “During her MSNBC interview, Lightfoot told Ruhle she would ‘encourage’ Chicago residents to continue wearing masks despite the new CDC guidance allowing those with the coronavirus vaccine to go without them.”

“I know for me personally, I’m going to continue to wear a mask in public and I’m going to encourage others to do so,” Lightfoot told Ruhle. “We’ve got to make sure that people are continuing to follow the public health guidance that has gotten us this far, and masks, I think, are a big and important part of that.”

Lightfoot said on Tuesday afternoon that her decision to continue to encourage people to wear masks was not based on distrust of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

“But I think their guidance last week regarding masks has people confused…We need clarification,” Lightfoot said. “We still have a long way to go to hit the critical mass (of vaccinations) or herd immunity. I don’t want people to have false confidence.”

“To say, ‘If you’re vaccinated, you don’t have to wear a mask,’ that’s great. But what about all of the other people who are out there that aren’t vaccinated?” Lightfoot added. “There’s no way to know that. So I think for the time being, most people are gonna continue to wear masks outside of their homes.”

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Determines Who Interviews Her Based On Race, Local Reporters Claim

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