News
Compiled by Michael Hernandez, 4-27-24
There are so may stories making up the mosaic of national/international news that we can’t cover them all every week. The biggest stories now seem to be: election, Trump trials, immigration, wars, massive orchestrated “Palestine” protests/riots, weaponization of government, our nation going bankrupt, massive inflation, phony climate change controversy and massive related expenses of govt/industry attempting to address it, China threat. So here are just a few:
April 27: Fox 31 By Lanie Lee Cook
After Aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, Will the US Focus on Border Security?
Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion war aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan after a lengthy debate, and now lawmakers can return their attention to domestic matters. On this week’s “Colorado Point of View,” U.S. Sen. Michael Bennett discusses the measure and answers the question: Is it now time for the U.S. to focus on the border?
Bias on the Bench/Sentencing
Dec. 12, 2016—Sarasota Herald-Tribune By Josh Salman, Emily Le Coz and Elizabeth Johnson
(Editor’s Note: This story is taken from a 2016 one-year investigation made by the Saratoga Herald-Tribune after reviewing tens of millions of records in two state databases and published in 2016.
Justice has never been blind when it comes to race in Florida. Half a century after the civil rights movement, trial judges throughout Florida sentence blacks to harsher punishment than whites, a Herald-Tribune investigation found. They offer blacks fewer chances to avoid jail or scrub away felonies They give blacks more time behind bars—sometime double the sentences of whites accused of the same crimes under identical circumstances. Florida lawmakers have struggled for 30 years to create a more equitable system.
http://projects.heraldtribune.com/bias/sentencing/
April 24: NewsMax By Jim Thomas
Biden’s 44.6 Percent Capital Gains Tax Proposal a 100-Year High
President Joe Biden’s proposal to increase the top capital gains tax rate could be the highest such tax rate in over a century. In his 2025 budget, Biden outlined plans to elevate the top marginal rate on long-term capital gains qualified dividends to 44.6 percent. This rate, if enacted, would surpass any seen in over a century according to Americans for Tax Reform (ATR). The budget proposal, calls for approximately $5 trillion in tax increases over the next decade,
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/biden-capital-gains-taxes/2024/04/24/id/1162315/
April 16: Fresh Take Florida By Lauren Brensel and A. Friedman
New Florida College Survey Asks Students: Does a Vote for Donald Trump or Joe Biden End A Friendship?
The latest round of a controversial state surveys of Florida college and university students includes a slew of new questions probing how their political views have affected relationships on campus — and whether it’s hard to be friends with people who have voted for Joe Biden or Donald Trump. The anonymous and voluntary annual survey — which is loaded with ideological political and free speech questions — was distributed by email and text to public higher ed students and was to be completed by Friday. Some students said they viewed participation in the survey as a responsibility. Others, along with faculty members, expressed skepticism about the survey’s content, methodology and security. Florida temporarily suspended the “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” survey last year after distributing it for the first time in 2022, with a response rate of roughly 2% for students. The annual surveys are mandated by a law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2021 following Republican state lawmakers’ concerns about conservative views being suppressed on college campuses.
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floridapolitics.com/archives/669869-new-florida-college-survey-asks-students-does-a-vote-for-donald-trump-or-joe-biden-end-a-friendship/
April 20: Gateway Pundit By Christina Laila
OMG: James O’Keefe to Drop Bombshell Undercover Video Exposing Intel Officials
“If I publish the video @OKeefeMedia has of these intel guys, you all better have my back…It’s time to expose the intel community on video,” O’Keefe said. “Elected officials are afraid of them because they could use personal stuff as blackmail.”
April 20: Red State By Jeff Charles
Teacher Wins Lawsuit After Being Fired for Not Giving Unearned Grades, Now Running for School Board
After winning a significant legal battle against her former employer for wrongful termination, a former elementary school teacher in Henry County, Georgia, is setting her sights on a new goal: a seat on the school board. Sheri Mimbs was fired from Cotton Indian Elementary School in 2017 for refusing to give passing grades even if students had not earned them.
April 20: Gateway Pundit By Christina Laila
“We Don’t Discuss Tactics… or the Way We Operate”—WOW! More Than 8 Months Later, The FBI Tells media to Pound Sand, REFUSED to Say Why They Killed Disabled Veteran Theodore Deschler in Pre-Dawn Raid
It has been more than 8 months since the FBI killed disabled veteran Theodore Deschler in a pre-dan raid at his mother’s Tennessee home and they are refusing to provide any details about the case.
April 21: Epoch Times By Naveen Athrappully
15 State Officials Warn Bank of America About ‘De-Banking’ of Christians
A group of 15 financial officials from 13 states sent a notice to Bank of America, raising concerns about the institution’s “de-banking” of Christians…The bank scored a “meager 8 percent” in the Viewpoint Diversity Score Business Index, revealing institutional disregard for free speech.
April 22: RedState By Becky Noble
Pennsylvania Girl Takes on School Board After Transgender Attack
In Lansdale, Pennsylvania, at a recent North Penn School District school board meeting, a middle school student identifying as “Emily” addressed board members and parents in attendance about a 13-year-old transgender student who violently attacked a fellow 12-year-old student, beating her with a metal Stanley cup. The student was hospitalized after the attack with an open wound that required staples in her head. Emily went on to say that the attack was part of an alleged “hit list” kept by the transgender student that included the victim and herself. Emily also stated that she and another student had gone to a counselor’s office daily in an attempt to warn them the attack would happen.
April 22: Gateway Pundit By Cristina Laila
Judge Cannon Unmasks Redacted Documents Revealing Biden White House Direct Ties to Mar-a-Lago Raid, Jack Smith Investigation
Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday ordered key evidence in Jack Smith’s classified documents case to be unredacted. The newly unredacted documents revealed Biden’s White House had direct ties to the Mar-a-Lago raid. The Biden Regime was also directly tied to ack Smith’s investigation despite claims to the contrary from US Attorney General Merrick Garland.
April 22: The 700 Club
The Passover Feast is Observed
https://secure.cbn.com/partners/video/shows/the700club/6351414926112
April 23: Townhall By Spencer Brown
Here’s How Sarah Huckabee Sanders Is Welcoming Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to Arkansas
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is hitting the road this week…The trip, according to the Biden administration, is to highlight its “commitment to fixing the broken student loan system”—by saddling millions of American taxpayers with more than $140 billion worth of student debt they did not incur… Well, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders isn’t letting his and Biden’s agenda come through Arkansas unchallenged. “We welcome you to our state, but we fear that his visit will only serve to highlight some of your administration’s worst mistakes,” Sanders wrote in a letter co-signed by state Education Secretary Jacob Oliva to Cardona this week. “The Biden administration’s forgiveness of certain student loans is unfair, unwise, and unlawful. Not only does it force Arkansans who chose not to attend college to pay for others’ education, not only does it offer forgiveness for past loans with no plan to address the future growth of college tuition expenses, but it has also been declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.” https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/04/23/heres-how-sarah-huckabee-sanders-welcomed-education-secretary-cardona-to-arkansas-n2638161
April 23:The 700 Club—
Anti-Israel Protests Reach a Fever Pitch
https://www2.cbn.com/video/shows/700-club-april-23-2024
April 24: CNN By Matt Stiles
How Each US Senator Voted on the $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package
The US Senate on Tuesday passed a $95 billion foreign aid package aimed at bolstering support for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan ending months of legislative wrangling among lawmakers over extending help to the American allies. The package, which passed on a 79-18 bipartisan vote, combined four bills approved by the US House on Saturday. It allotted nearly $61 billion for Ukraine, more than $26 billion for Israel and more than $8 billion for countries in the Indo-Pacific region.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/senate-vote-israel-ukraine-aid-dg/index.html
April 24: Gateway Pundit By Cassandra MacDonald
Biden Campaign to Remain on TikTok, Even Though He Signed Bill to Ban It
The Biden campaign will continue using TikTok even though the president has signed the bill to ban it or force its sale. Former President Donald Trump has blasted Biden for the legislation, which cleared the House over the weekend as part of the roughly $90 billion foreign aid package for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. “Just so everyone knows, especially the young people, Crooked Joe Biden is responsible for banning TikTok,” Trump wrote.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/biden-campaign-remain-tiktok-even-though-he-signed/
April 24: NewsMax By Jim Thomas
Biden’s 44.6 Percent Capital Gains Tax Proposal a 100-Year High
President Joe Biden’s proposal to increase the top capital gains tax rate could be the highest such tax rate in over a century. In his 2025 budget, Biden outlined plans to elevate the top marginal rate on long-term capital gains qualified dividends to 44.6 percent. This rate, if enacted, would surpass any seen in over a century according to Americans for Tax Reform (ATR). The budget proposal, calls for approximately $5 trillion in tax increases over the next decade,
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/biden-capital-gains-taxes/2024/04/24/id/1162315/
April 24: Politico By Alex Isenstadt
Trump Campaign will host Florida donor retreat with potential VP Picks
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign will host a major donor retreat next week in Florida featuring prominent Republicans widely regarded as prospective running mates. A copy of the invitation obtained by POLITICO lists 16 special guests for the May 3-5 event in Palm Beach. Among them are some of the top names being mentioned for Trump’s general election ticket: Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina and J.D. Vance of Ohio, as well as Govs. Doug Burgum of North Dakota and Kristi Noem of South Dakota, and Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Byron Donalds (R-Fla.).
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/24/trump-campaign-retreat-florida-00154216
April 24: The 700 Club—
No Peace for Israel During Passover
https://www2.cbn.com/video/shows/700-club-april-24-2024
April 25: Breitbart By John Nolte
Report Says Banks Help Feds Spy On Trump Supporters
A report in the Daily Mail says that Republicans in Congress are investigating more than 10 banks (Bank of America, Chase, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, Citi Bank, Truist) and 7 other financial institutions (Charles Schwab, HSBC, MUFG, PayPal, Santander, Standard Chartered and Western Union) “for colluding with the federal government to spy on Americans after the January 6 protests.” Federal investigators asked banks to search and filter customer transactions by using terms like “MAGA” and “Trump” as part of an investigation into Jan. 6, warning that purchases of “religious texts” could indicate “extremism,” the House Judiciary Committee revealed Wednesday.
April 25: Gateway Pundit By Cristina Laila
New York Union Workers Chant “USA!” As President Trump Visits Their Construction Site – Union Leader Trashes Democrats, Praises Trump
President Trump on Thursday morning arrived at a construction site to greet union workers in New York. Trump made the surprise visit to the construction site ahead of his ‘hush money’ trial in Manhattan. “I did nothing wrong. It’s a political witch hunt. It’s election interference. That’s all it is!” Trump said to thunderous chants of “USA!” “USA!” According to The New York Post, supporters lined up as early as 5 am to catch a glimpse of Trump. New York union leader Bobby Bartels trashed the Democrat party after he met with Trump on Thursday morning. “We are basically Democrats— all of us. [But] after what’s happened the last 4 years in this country, Democrats have basically pushed everybody to the other side,” Bobby Bartels told Newsmax.
April 25: The 700 Club—
Israel: ‘Stay Strong and Survive’
https://www2.cbn.com/video/shows/700-club-april-25-2024
April 26: New York Post By Isabel Vincent
George Soros is paying student radicals who are fueling nationwide explosion of Israel-hating protests
George Soros and his hard-left acolytes are paying agitators who are fueling the explosion of radical anti-Israel protests at colleges across the country. The protests, which began when students took over Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus lawn last week, have mushroomed nationwide. Copycat tent cities have been set up at colleges including Harvard, Yale, Berkeley in California, the Ohio State University and Emory in Georgia — all of them organized by branches of the Soros-funded Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) — and at some, students have clashed with police.
https://nypost.com/2024/04/26/us-news/george-soros-maoist-fund-columbias-anti-israel-tent-city/
April 26: Breitbart By Paul Bois
Over 4,000 Female Athletes Demand NCAA Protect Women’s Sports
Over 4,000 female athletes have called upon the NCAA Board of Governors to protect women’s sports by barring male athletes from competing. The advocacy group Our Bodies, Our Sports reportedly delivered a “coalition letter signed by its 12 member organizations from across the political aisle demanding the NCAA take immediate action to repeal its discriminatory policy that allows male athletes to compete in women’s sports — taking trophies, roster sports, playing time, resources, and opportunities to compete from women,” according to the Independent Women’s Forum. The coalition of letters were delivered before the NCAA Board of Governors could meet on Thursday, April 25, where the organization will consider its policy on males participating in women’s sports. The meeting follows a lawsuit filed by activist Riley Gaines (Gaines et al. v NCAA et al.). The current policy allows males to compete in women’s sports, provided their testosterone levels have been lowered to a specific requirement.
April 26: The 700 Club
King and Country ‘Unsung Hero”
https://www2.cbn.com/video/shows/700-club-april-26-2024
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Michael Hernandez, from California is co-founder of the Citizens Journal—Ventura County’s online news service. He is a former Southern California daily newspaper journalist and religion and news editor. Mr. Hernandez can be contacted at [email protected] and is editor of the weekly “Stories Speak Volumes.”
