Incarceration, Drugs & Violence: The Life and Crimes of the Accused Waukesha Christmas Parade Killer; After Waukesha Tragedy, ‘Friendsgiving’ Opens Its Doors to All and Raises Funds for Community

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By New York Post. The man who turned a quaint, small town Christmas parade into a blood-soaked nightmare that left six dead and over 60 injured is a career criminal who’s spent more than half of his life trapped in a revolving door of incarceration, drug abuse and violence.

Darrell Brooks, 39, allegedly used a red Ford Escape to plow through revelers at an annual Christmas celebration in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday, but his life of crime started 22 years ago when he was just 17 years old.

Over the next two decades, Brooks would proceed to wreak havoc across three states as he racked up convictions for abusing his partners, raping and impregnating a teenager and a consistent streak of other violent crimes.

A review of his history — patched together from court documents, criminal records, interviews and public records — reveals that all along the way, not a single social safety net caught him, until it was too late. . .

He eventually became an addict, a habitual domestic abuser prone to violence and threats — and used a vehicle as a weapon on numerous occasions, authorities said. (Read more from “Incarceration, Drugs & Violence: The Life and Crimes of the Accused Waukesha Christmas Parade Killer” HERE)

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After Waukesha Parade Tragedy, ‘Friendsgiving’ Opens Its Doors to All and Raises Funds for Community

By Yahoo News. Tony Davis’ plan for a “Friendsgiving” of 10 to 20 people Thursday became a gathering for anyone needing a sense of community after the Waukesha Christmas Parade tragedy just days earlier.

Craft Lounge on Main Street in Waukesha became that gathering place Thursday afternoon, its large front windows overlooking the street where a driver just days earlier had torn through the parade, killing six and injuring scores more.

On a nearby street corner were candles and flowers and a sign that read, “Waukesha STRONG!”

“There are a lot of people out there that we just don’t want to leave alone after this,” Davis, 42, of Brookfield said of his rationale for opening up the event to anyone.

On one side of the room, tables were piled high with items for a silent auction that will benefit the United for Waukesha Fund set up by the city and United Way. Davis estimated about 50 items would be auctioned, including about $3,000 worth of items donated by Blain’s Farm & Fleet. (Read more from “After Waukesha Parade Tragedy, ‘Friendsgiving’ Opens Its Doors to All and Raises Funds for Community” HERE)

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GoFundMe Yanks Bail Fundraiser for Waukesha Suspect Darrell Brooks

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A page set up on the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe for the man accused of killing six and injuring dozens more when he allegedly plowed his SUV through a Christmas parade has been shut down after critics pointed out the campaign.

Screenshots of the since-removed fundraising effort on Darrell Brooks’ behalf show that a campaign was created with a goal of $5 million, the amount of bail on which the suspect is being held. First reported by Law Enforcement Today, the GoFundMe page explained that “our dear friend Darrell Brooks was arrested for allegedly driving his car into a parade, as someone who knows Darrell personally I can tell you that he would NEVER do such a thing and I know he is innocent of what he was charged with.”

Due to the campaign organizer’s apparent belief in Brooks’ innocence, he explained that the fundraiser was created to get the money necessary to make bail “so Darrell can be released and speak his truth to his side of the story… in a purely political and racist trial.” The campaign’s description ended with the hashtags “BLM” and “No Justice No Peace.”

But GoFundMe isn’t supposed to allow campaigns to raise funds for the legal defense of individuals accused of violent crime. . .

A spokesperson for GoFundMe told Fox Business that the individual who initially created the crowdfunding campaign for Brooks’ legal defense has been banned from organizing future fundraising efforts on the platform. The spokesperson claimed that “fundraisers with misuse are very rare, and we take all complaints very seriously,” adding “our team works with law enforcement to report issues and assists them in any investigations they deem necessary.” (Read more from “GoFundMe Yanks Bail Fundraiser for Waukesha Suspect Darrell Brooks” HERE)

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Facebook Declared Kyle Rittenhouse Guilty, Silencing His Defense in the Court of Public Opinion

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“We’ve designated the shooting in Kenosha a mass murder and are removing posts in support of the shooter,” Facebook announced barely a week after the event, as it began a truly epic campaign of censorship blatantly at odds with its professed support for free speech.

Just for starters: Killing two people is mass murder now? Sure looks like the social-media giant’s staff just reached for the nearest excuse to suppress posts that conflicted with their personal prejudices — and no higher-up bothered to correct the call.

The blackout went far and wide: Facebook actively policed its users for pro-Kyle Rittenhouse posts and removed the content. It even targeted posts from legal scholars arguing the merits of his self-defense case.

And it made it hard to see even the stuff it didn’t get killed outright. “One of the big things that they did was manipulate the search engine so you couldn’t even find any references to Kyle Rittenhouse,” Dan Gainor, vice president of the Media Research Center, told The Post. “They’re out of touch with normal people.”

More broadly, the company explained its blackout thusly: “We don’t allow symbols, praise or support of dangerous individuals or organizations on Facebook. We define dangerous as things like: terrorist activity, organized hate or violence, mass or serial murder, human trafficking, criminal or harmful activity.” (Read more from “Facebook Declared Kyle Rittenhouse Guilty, Silencing His Defense in the Court of Public Opinion” HERE)

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New Variant ‘Could Already be in the UK’ Amid Fears Vaccines Are 40% Less Effective

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The new COVID variant, that could weaken vaccine protection by 40 per cent, could potentially already be in the UK.

UK health chiefs say the new strain, centered in south African countries, is the “most worrying and complex” seen yet.

It is the most evolved so far with 50 mutations, 32 of which are of particular concern, and could be worse than Delta, experts have warned.

The variant has only been found in four countries so far – but its power has sparked a sudden ban on flights from six nations to the UK.

The variant, scientifically called B.1.1.529, has not yet been confirmed in the UK as of yet. (Read more from “New Variant ‘Could Already by in the UK’ Amid Fears Vaccines Are 40% Less Effective” HERE)

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In Case With Global Implications, Finland Puts Christians on Trial for Their Faith

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Juhana Pohjola wouldn’t be cast to play his own part if Hollywood made a movie about a bishop put on trial for his faith. The Finnish pastor has inherited a place in the church of Martin Luther, but it appears none of Luther’s pugnacity or vitriol.

In person, Pohjola, 49, is forthright but unassuming, and gentle. Stereotypically, the Finn is thin and tall. He often pauses while speaking to carefully consider his next words. He listens attentively to others with far less impressive resumes.

n more than two decades as a pastor, Pohjola has ministered to congregations as small as 30. He has spent his life building a network of faithful churches across Finland, many of which started with a few people gathered for prayer, Bible study, hymn-singing—and communion, if they can get a pastor. In an in-person interview with The Federalist, Pohjola urged fellow Christian leaders to be willing to seek out “one lost sheep” instead of crowds and acclaim.

This is the man who appears to be the first in the post-Soviet Union West to be brought up on criminal charges for preaching the Christian message as it has been established for thousands of years. Also charged in the case that goes to trial on January 24 is Pohjola’s fellow Lutheran and a Finnish member of Parliament, Paivi Rasanen.

Rasanen’s alleged crimes in a country that claims to guarantee freedom of speech and religion include tweeting a picture of a Bible verse. Potential penalties if they are convicted include fines and up to two years in prison. (Read more from “In Case With Global Implications, Finland Puts Christians on Trial for Their Faith” HERE)

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Report: Antifa Member Receives Dem Support After Attacking GOP Office With Ax

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Far-left miscreant Thomas Alexander Starks, 31, of Lisbon, North Dakota, pleaded guilty to destruction of government property last April. Starks brought an ax to Sen. John Hoeven’s office in Fargo on December 21, 2020, and smashed an intercom and glass door. The attack was captured on video.

Federal guidelines suggested Starks should spend 10–16 months in the hoosegow, but because he is a protected member of Antifa, he was sentenced to mere probation and ordered to pay $2,784 in restitution.

Keep in mind that there are people still in solitary confinement for taking non-violent selfies in the Capitol on January 6.

Even better, the FBI returned the ax he used in the attack. Starks is bragging about it on Facebook, where he goes by the name “Paul Dunyan,” a reference to the axman Paul Bunyan.

Starks openly admits to being a member of Antifa and has a history of threatening violence online. In one picture, Starks is seen wearing a Socialist Rifle t-shirt. Socialist Rifle is a left-wing fringe group that had communicated with Antifa mass shooter Connor Betts before he murdered nine people in Dayton, Ohio, back in 2019. (Read more from “Report: Antifa Member Receives Dem Support After Attacking GOP Office With Ax” HERE)

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Christian in Flag Fight Receives Broad Support, Including ACLU

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A Christian who brought a fight to the city of Boston for arbitrarily banning the Christian flag from a public forum flagpole at city hall there is getting support from the U.S., from a long list of states, and even the ACLU.

Liberty Counsel has brought the fight on behalf of Boston resident Hal Shurtleff and his Camp Constitution to the Supreme Court.

The issue is that the city designated one flagpole a public forum and let a long list of special interest groups fly their flags for special occasions. . .

But when Shurtleff requested permission to fly the Christian flag there, the city refused.

Liberty Counsel, representing Shurtleff, this week confirmed that so far the U.S. has filed a brief in support of the case, as have 11 states and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. (Read more from “Christian in Flag Fight Receives Broad Support, Including ACLU” HERE)

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Democrats Start Blaming Biden for High Gas Prices (VIDEO)

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Democrat lawmakers are starting to blame Democrat President Joe Biden for high gas prices across the country that are threatening the party’s majorities in both chambers of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections.

“There is a variety of contributing impacts, but certainly I think the buck stops with the president,” Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) said in an interview this week. “And I’m proud to be among those legislators on Capitol Hill that continue to ring the alarm bells about how serious this is.”

The interview comes after Biden announced that he would be releasing up to 50 million barrels of oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an attempt to combat the high prices, even though analysts suggested the move was “symbolic.”

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, slammed Biden in a statement following the president’s announcement, calling it a “policy band-aid” that fails to address the real issue, which Manchin said was “the self-inflicted wound that shortsighted energy policy is having on our nation.” (Read more from “Democrats Start Blaming Biden for High Gas Prices (VIDEO)” HERE)

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Thank Goodness for Thanksgiving

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On this Thanksgiving-themed episode of “The Federalist Radio Hour,” Senior Editor Christopher Bedford and Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky discuss the importance of spending time with family, taking days off, slowing down, and expressing gratitude for the many blessings that grace our country.

“I like being closed on Thanksgiving. We also should just get back, in general, to Thanksgiving being what it’s actually meant to be: a holiday for thanksgiving — people who are starving, people who created a self-governing community, folks who basically were far from home, far from where they intended to be, far from Europe, not even near the Virginia colonies that survived the winter, they met some new friends, they got together to celebrate the harvest and give thanks to God,” Bedford said.

“It can be easy to get away from that with Thanksgiving, with football, and just the gluttony and the chores and all the things you’re doing, the cleaning and the cooking. It’s like hold on a second to stop and slow it down for a second and remember that while this is not a religious holiday — like Easter is a religious holiday, like Christmas is — it is a holiday to give thanks to God for our country and for our family and for what we have, even if it is not exactly what we planned and even if it’s different from where we set out for,” he added. (Read more from “Thank Goodness for Thanksgiving” HERE)

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Media’s Thanksgiving Advice: ’Report a Relative to the FBI’; Fauci Urges Americans to Use COVID as Excuse to Skip Thanksgiving With ‘Horrible Relatives’

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By WND. A Wednesday article in The Atlantic urged readers to use Thanksgiving as an opportunity to “deprogram” their conservative relatives.

“Maybe you’ll plant the seed, sow just a little doubt about whatever Tucker Carlson is saying now,” Molly Jong-Fast wrote. “Or maybe you’ll need to report a relative to the FBI!”

Jong-Fast described Thanksgiving as an invariably disappointing day that does not live up to the “hallmark-movie fantasy.” Jong-Fast’s best Thanksgiving, she wrote, was the one she spent in rehab when she was 19.

The writer rejected the idea that Thanksgiving should be a time of niceties, gratitude and harmony. Instead, she argued, readers should turn the holiday into an opportunity to tell their “creepy uncle” to get the vaccine or tell their aunt that her news sources are biased and unreliable. Her readers may be the only ones to tell their anti-vax cousin that the vaccine won’t make her infertile, Jong-Fast explains. (Read more from “Media’s Thanksgiving Advice: ’Report a Relative to the FBI'” HERE)

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Fauci Urges Americans to Use COVID as Excuse to Skip Thanksgiving With ‘Horrible Relatives’

By The New Yorker. . .Dr. Anthony Fauci is urging all Americans to use covid-19 as an excuse to skip Thanksgiving with horrible relatives.

Speaking from his office at the National Institutes of Health, Fauci said that the covid-19 excuse could help prevent a seasonal surge in exasperation and seething rage associated with the Thanksgiving holiday.

“covid-19 could get you off the hook this year,” Fauci said. “Consider this a doctor’s note from me.” . . .

“Tell your aunt from West Virginia that you’ll miss her, but you’ll look forward to reading her QAnon theories on Facebook,” he advised. (Read more from “Fauci Urges Americans to Use COVID as Excuse to Skip Thanksgiving With ‘Horrible Relatives'” HERE)

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