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Missouri lawmaker proposes a bill to reward citizens for reporting illegals, and establish a new civilian bounty hunter program
By Olivia Murray
Perhaps we even take it a step further though, and harshly penalize any Americans, individuals, non-profits, and charities alike, harboring foreign enemies—after all that’s certainly how you’d classify individuals who came to the U.S. intending to break our laws, exploit the welfare system, and victimize our citizens.
That’s it, I’m moving to Missouri and getting licensed as a bail bond agent.
Well, not really, but I’m extremely tempted to do so, and I’m questioning everything I thought I believed, thanks to a new bill put forth by a soon-to-be state lawmaker, David Gregory. (To the voters who elected this man to office, well done.)
Here’s the story, from a new article published at NewsNation yesterday:
A bill introduced in the Missouri Senate would give residents a $1,000 payout for reporting migrants who entered the country illegally.
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Senate Bill 72 would also develop a ‘Missouri Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program,’ which would certify people to be bounty hunters for the specific purpose of finding and detaining immigrants without proper documents. Anyone licensed as a bail bond agent would be eligible to apply for the program.
A government hotline to rat out people living in your community always sounded like a bad idea…until now. And yes, I get it’s not exactly the same as neighbors ratting on neighbors (foreigners aren’t Americans) as we saw in Nazi Germany, Mao’s China, and Tim Walz’s Minnesota (to name a few), but nonetheless, I’m leery of setting a precedent where state-run snitch lines are acceptable.
Creating another taxpayer-funded program that hands out thousand-dollar chunks of cash has never gone worked before…but maybe it could this time? Like I said, highly tempting, because I’d joyfully and personally sponsor deportations.
There’s more too:
Anyone detained in Missouri without proper documents, having knowingly entered the state, would be guilty of ‘trespass by an illegal alien.’ That would mean they could not receive any public benefit, vote in any election, get a permit or license to drive or ever become a legal resident of the state.
(Naturally; this is the only correct response to illegal invaders.)
Perhaps we even take it a step further though, and harshly penalize any Americans, individuals, non-profits, and charities alike, harboring foreign enemies—after all that’s certainly how you’d classify individuals who came to the U.S. intending to break our laws, exploit the welfare system, and victimize our citizens.
Alright, so I’m not going to up and move to Missouri, but can we televise this so I can tune in to watch?
Let’s just pray that Tom Homan can accomplish what he’s been appointed to do.
The Ninth Circuit rules that, yes, the federal government can deport people
By Andrea Widburg
This should be a warning to Democrat localities all over America. If even the Ninth Circuit doesn’t support your immigration war on the federal government, you have preemptively lost, so don’t even try.
The Ninth Circuit has long been the left-most federal appellate court in the United States. However, the day after Thanksgiving, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision that must have made President-elect Donald Trump very happy: It concluded that the Supremacy Clause means what it says, namely, that when it comes to the border, local political bodies cannot use regulations governing private parties to override the federal government’s supremacy on immigration matters.
United States v. King County revolved around Boeing Field, an airport in King County, Washington (i.e., the Seattle area). In 1941, King County conveyed the field to the U.S. government for wartime purposes. In 1948, the government reconveyed the field to King County. However, one contingency of the Instrument of Transfer was that the U.S. retained full access to Boeing Field.
Beginning in 2012, ICE began to use Boeing Field to deport illegal aliens. To this end, ICE leased charter services for planes and personnel. However, in 2018, King County officials took umbrage at this practice. So, in 2019, they issued an executive order mandating that when the airport entered into leases with fixed base operations (FBOs)—that is, private businesses providing essential services such as fueling and stairs—those leases prohibit the FBOs from servicing ICE charter flights.
The County’s explicit purpose was to block the federal government’s ability to deport illegal aliens, and the plan worked. FBOs immediately stopped providing services to ICE because it would have destroyed their businesses had they continued to do so. ICE relocated its flights to Yakima, Washington, which increased their costs—and, of course, increased the federal debt.
The Trump administration sued in 2020 and, much to my surprise, the Biden administration has pursued the case in the ensuing years. Just as surprisingly, the District Court ruled in the government’s favor, and, most surprisingly of all, the Ninth Circuit has just affirmed that decision.
Having dealt with some silly procedural issues that King County raised and addressed questions about whether the U.S. had retained rights in Boeing Field (it had), the Court got to the serious substantive issue. That was whether a local government could indirectly block the federal government’s ability to act within its sphere of power—a sphere that entirely encompasses immigration enforcement. The Ninth Circuit concluded that local governments cannot do that.
These two sentences say it all:
It is of course true that “[p]rivate contractors do not stand on the same footing as the federal government, so states can impose many laws on federal contractors that they could not apply to the federal government itself.” [snip] That said, “any state regulation that purports to override the federal government’s decisions about who will carry out federal functions runs afoul of the Supremacy Clause.”
In other words, just as the federal government cannot use private businesses (such as social media companies) to do indirectly that which the federal government cannot do directly (such as censor speech), local governments cannot use private businesses (such as airport service providers) to do indirectly that which the governments cannot do directly (such as hamstringing the federal government’s complete supremacy on immigration matters).
This should be a warning to Democrat localities all over America. If even the Ninth Circuit doesn’t support your immigration war on the federal government, you have preemptively lost, so don’t even try.
Biden’s commissioner of SSA just inked a deal that allows federal workers sent home during Covid era to keep their couch ‘jobs’ through 2029
By Olivia Murray
Does this count as election interference? Because I remember voting out this kind of corruption, along with at least 77,000,000 other Americans—or a majority of the nation—and I can only interpret it as an intentional act to subvert the will of the people.
According to a new item by Casey Harper at The Center Square, Joe Biden’s outgoing commissioner at the Social Security Administration, Martin J. O’Malley, just inked a new deal that will allow the federal workers sent home during the Covid-19 era for remote work to keep their couch “jobs” through the entirety of President Trump’s term, ending in 2029.
This is the grotesque waste and inefficiency we the people voted to scale back as much as politically possible—talk about corruption. While Mike Johnson finally just took the first tangible and helpful step in the public’s best interest, declining Biden’s funding request for Ukraine and saying this foreign policy debate belongs to Trump since the transition in D.C. is imminent, Biden’s hires are working double-time to cement into place the status quo. (It only took Johnson three-ish years to do the right and conservative thing, but better late than never…I guess?)
And, if you want an idea as to how much waste these “pandemic” policies are responsible for, here you go:
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget, an agency closely controlled by the White House that oversees the federal government, released a Congressionally-mandated report on teleworking in August.
The roughly 3,000-page report found that of the 1.1 million workers whose jobs do not necessarily require them to always be in person, they work in-person about 60% of the time.
This means they’re home on their couch the other 40% of the time, only working on average, three-day workweeks in the office—and how much does the typical SSA worker make? According to ZipRecruiter, roughly $80k a year, which doesn’t include the perks and benefits like paid time off, holidays, insurance, and retirement plans—these jobs are costing us a whole lot more than just some moderate salaries. (The SSA has around sixty-thousand employees and a $1.61 trillion budget; safe to say it is ripe for slashing.)
Harper also reported this, from House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, a lawmaker from Missouri:
‘This comes after another unilateral decision by the now former Social Security Commissioner to shutter Social Security offices to give random days off to workers without consideration for the impact to beneficiaries….’
Thought a three-day workweek was a joke? It’s more like one- or two-day workweeks now!
Let’s hope Elon and Vivek come in and clean house, use the money to fulfill the commitments of the program, then petition our lawmakers to revoke the Social Security Act for good.
9th Circuit: Local Authorities In Washington State Can’t Block Feds From Deporting Illegals
A three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federal government has the authority to deport illegal immigrants even if local leaders try to impede the process.
The case arose after King County Executive Dow Constantine issued an executive order in 2019 that instructed county officials to prohibit “fixed base operators” (FBO) on a county airfield from servicing flights chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to deport illegal immigrants who are lawfully removable. FBO’s “lease space from the airport and provide flights with essential services, such as fueling and landing stairs,” according to the ruling.
The Trump administration sued because the order impeded ICE from enforcing the law and removing illegal immigrants. The administration argued that the order violated the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause and a World War II-era agreement that gave the federal government permission to use the King County airport.
The three-judge panel affirmed both contentions. The panel ruled that the executive order was a violation of the Supremacy Clause’s intergovernmental immunity doctrine because it “improperly regulates the way in which the federal government transports noncitizen detainees by preventing ICE from using private FBO contractors at Boeing Field.” The court also held that the executive order discriminated against the federal government by “regulat[ing] them unfavorably on some basis related to their governmental ‘status.'”
King County said it would not appeal the ruling, according to The Seattle Times.
The incoming Trump administration has vowed to solve the border crisis and deport illegal immigrants who are draining taxpayer resources, while hordes of so-called “sanctuary cities” nationwide oppose enforcement of federal immigration law and go so far as to refuse to comply with ICE authorities.
Tom Homan, dubbed the incoming “border czar,” has already warned sanctuary city officials not to resist or impede the federal government’s deportation activities.
“It is a felony to knowingly harbor or conceal an illegal immigrant from immigration authorities. Don’t test us,” Homan said.
One Democrat, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, has already vowed to mobilize police and residents “stationed at the county line” to “keep” federal immigration authorities “out” of the city. Johnston likened the hypothetical to Tiananmen Square but later tried to walk back the comparison.
Homan responded to Johnston’s open defiance, saying he is “willing to put [Johnston] in jail.”
French Government Falls After National Assembly Approves No-Confidence Vote The vote marks the first time in decades a prime minister has been ousted by lawmakers, as political paralysis grips the country By Stacy Meichtry and Noemie Bisserbe for the WSJ Updated Dec. 4, 2024 3:32 pm ET
The government of President Emmanuel Macron collapsed Wednesday after the National Assembly voted for the first time in more than a half-century to oust a prime minister from office, a sign of the political gridlock that has paralyzed France. The development leaves the country’s public finances in limbo.
A no-confidence motion against the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier won the support of 331 lawmakers in the 577-seat lower house, forcing him to resign...............................
Thanks Gmen and just a couple years behind you, sir. The physical aspect is so desireable, I'd almost do this for nothing. Wait a minute. That's what I do now, lol. Maybe covers transportation.
My father went to 97. He stressed we have to keep moving. I've seen it for myself. Those that move live. Those that don't move die.
Also, you guys were heroes raising kids. I skated.
A Delaware judge just stole tens of billions of dollars from Elon Musk
By Andrea Widburg
Elon Musk had better appeal this, and the Delaware appellate court had better think long and hard about the message McCormick sent to the corporations headquartered in that state.
My thirty years as a litigator in the San Francisco Bay Area turned me into a conservative because it exposed me to Democrat judges. Many were ideologically corrupt, shaping their ruling based on Marxist ideas about good and bad people. That’s why I wasn’t surprised when Delaware Court of Chancery Judge Kathaleen McCormick effectively stole tens of billions of dollars from Elon Musk and then transferred hundreds of millions of dollars to the plaintiffs’ attorneys. Musk may have been a good guy when his electric cars aligned with climate change madness, but now that he supports free speech, functioning borders, and Donald Trump, he must be destroyed.
Back in 2018, Musk negotiated an unusual pay package with Tesla. He agreed that he would work for the company without taking a salary. Instead, he would receive 12 tranches of stock options. However, the tranches wouldn’t vest immediately. Instead, every time the company’s market valuation increased by $50 billion, a tranche would vest.
Thus, for Musk to achieve his full compensation, the company’s value would have to increase from $50 billion in 2018 to an eventual $650 billion. Both the board and the shareholders (73% of them) overwhelmingly approved the plan because it put all the risk on Elon Musk.
The company is currently valued at $1.13 trillion. Although Musk’s compensation was envisioned to be about $56 billion, the exploding share price means he could receive as much as $100 billion.
A group of minority shareholders challenged the compensation package. (My understanding is that the lead plaintiff held only seven shares at the time.) In January 2024, Judge McCormick invalidated the entire compensation package, not only stealing Musk’s compensation but also his ownership interest in Tesla:
Greg Varallo, a lawyer who represented Tesla shareholders, said the shares would be canceled. That would substantially reduce Mr. Musk’s wealth and his stake in Tesla, which stands at about 13 percent after he sold shares to finance his acquisition of Twitter, the company he renamed X.
(I suspect that reference to “X,” by the way, goes a long way to explaining the ruling.)
What McCormick wrote in her decision (which I haven’t read; I’ve relied on news reports) is that Musk had too many friends on the board who also became wealthy by hitching their wagons to the Tesla star. She also contended that the shareholders who supported the compensation package were too ignorant for their votes to count.
In June, to address the judge’s complaints, the board and shareholders overwhelmingly voted to reinstate the plan. (This time, 72% of shareholders approved of the compensation package.) The fact that the shareholders re-affirmed the plan should have ended that matter. Because the voting information included the judge’s entire decision, every shareholder knew or should have known the score. Claiming they were ignorant was no longer an option.
However, for a manifestly leftist judge* who obviously hates Musk, the fact that there was a fully informed, arms-length, free-market, second chance negotiation in Musk’s favor still wasn’t enough. McCormick again invalidated Musk’s compensation package.
You could practically see her little Marxist brain concluding that it was just morally wrong for someone to make that much money, never mind that his drive and creativity increased the company’s value (and the shareholder’s wealth) by 2,300%. (Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong. My math skills are shaky.) That’s why she came up with truly ludicrous justifications for her ruling. She essentially held that all settlements and contract negotiations are invalid if she (or another judge) doesn’t like the outcome.
While giving Musk just compensation for his extraordinary accomplishments was a bridge too far for the judge, giving the plaintiff’s lawyers (who are huge Democrat donors) a mind-boggling fee award—$345 million—for their work, was just fine.
The Wall Street Journal accurately sums up this terrible decision:
Judge McCormick based her ruling on a vague “fairness standard” that would effectively let one investor challenge a corporate transaction approved by a majority of shareholders on the basis that it was somehow tainted. As Tesla tweeted, “this ruling, if not overturned, means that judges and plaintiffs’ lawyers run Delaware companies rather than their rightful owners—the shareholders.”
About two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in Delaware owing to the state’s well-established corporate law principles, which the ruling upends. It will encourage more dubious lawsuits that enrich plaintiff attorneys, whom the judge awarded $345 million—payable in Tesla stock or cash.
But shareholders won’t benefit from Mr. Musk losing those stock options. Judging by the 1.6% decline in Tesla’s stock price after the ruling, some think Tesla could be worse off as a result.
I can’t say it better than that.
Elon Musk had better appeal this, and the Delaware appellate court had better think long and hard about the message McCormick sent to the corporations headquartered in that state.
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*McCormick has kept a low profile over the years, but she started as a Legal Aid attorney—that is, providing legal aid to people who cannot afford it. This is a good indicator that she’s a Democrat because helping the poor navigate the legal system is a virtuous act in which Democrats shine.
Hobson's comments to Arthur were classic. Here's one of the best.
Arthur: Hobson? Hobson: Yes. Arthur: Do you know what I'm going to do? Hobson: No, I don't. Arthur: I'm going to take a bath. Hobson: I'll alert the media. Arthur: [rises] Do you want to run my bath for me? Hobson: That's what I live for. [Arthur exits] Hobson: Perhaps you would like me to come in there and wash your dick for you, you little shit.
Thanks for your message ks. Yes, the physical work is an elixir. It's like I am gym every day. I won't stop doing this until my customers are betting whether I'll make it from my parked truck to their door, lol. Just some stray info, you might be interested to know most town senior centers offer free vision tests, periodically. You might want to check that out, especially if you are still driving. Just say'n..
Damn good looking, MG. Thanks for the introduction. I am impressed. This is the face you earned and it is a mighty fine one. You also look like you're in great shape. Good work. Stay warm and keep doing what you're doing. Happy trails to ya.
Trump announces picks for Army secretary, trade adviser, hostage envoy, NASA administrator Daniel Driscoll will be Army Secretary; Peter Navarro will be trade adviser; Adam Boehler will be a special envoy for hostage affairs and Jared Isaacman will lead NASA
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