Idaho Legislature Widely Approves Child Sex Abuse Death Penalty Bill, Sending It to Governor

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A bill to allow the death penalty for adults who sexually abuse children age 12 and younger in Idaho is headed to Idaho Gov. Brad Little for final consideration.

House Bill 380, cosponsored by Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa and House Assistant Majority Leader Josh Tanner, R-Eagle, would allow the death penalty in a new criminal charge the bill creates: Aggravated lewd conduct with children age 12 and younger.

The bill also would add mandatory minimum prison sentences for cases of aggravated lewd conduct with minors — which would only apply to abuse of children age 16 and below — that don’t meet the bill’s proposed criteria for death penalty eligibility.

The Idaho Legislature widely passed the bill this year. The Idaho Senate passed the bill Monday on a 30-5 vote, with opposition from three Senate Democrats and two Senate Republicans. Last week, the Idaho House unanimously passed the bill, with 63 votes in favor and seven lawmakers absent.

When the bill is transmitted to Gov. Brad Little, he has five days, excluding Sundays, to decide on it. He has three options: sign it into law, allow it to become law without his signature, or veto it. (Read more from “Idaho Legislature Widely Approves Child Sex Abuse Death Penalty Bill, Sending It to Governor” HERE)

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JD Vance Makes Historic Greenland Visit as Trump Pushes for U.S. Control of the Island

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Vice President JD Vance is in Greenland this week, making the case for a U.S. takeover of the region, arguing that bringing the strategically located island under American control would strengthen national security and economic interests. This is the furthest North any senior White House leader has ever traveled on an official trip. Vance’s proposal highlights Greenland’s vital position in the Arctic, saying that with Greenland’s sovereignty, the territory would soon see the benefit of partnering with the U.S.

On Friday, Vance, along with Second Lady Usha Vance, delivered a historic speech in Greenland, stressing the critical need to strengthen Arctic security, particularly around key sites like Pituffik Space Base. During his address, Vance highlighted the long-standing mistreatment of the Greenlandic people by Danish leaders, pointing out how they’ve been treated as second-class citizens while the island’s infrastructure has deteriorated. Expect the Vice President to echo these concerns moving forward.

Vance pointed to Greenland’s vital position in the Arctic, where increasing geopolitical tensions with countries like China and Russia make its resources and military importance more crucial than ever.

“We can’t just bury our head in the sand — or, in Greenland, bury our head in the snow — and pretend that the Chinese are not interested in this very large landmass. We know that they are,” he said. (Read more from “JD Vance Makes Historic Greenland Visit as Trump Pushes for U.S. Control of the Island” HERE)

Delta Plane and Air Force Jet Nearly Crash Over DC Airport Two Months After Catastrophe

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after a Delta Air Lines plane nearly crashed midair with a T-38 Air Force jet Friday near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), just months after a January collision at the airport claimed 67 lives.

Delta Air Lines Flight 2983, an Airbus A319 headed to Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP), departed its DCA gate at 2:55 p.m. local time and was cleared for takeoff around 3:15 p.m., the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) told Fox News Digital.

Meanwhile, four U.S. Air Force T-38 Talons were inbound to Arlington National Cemetery for a flyover, according to the FAA and U.S. Air Force.

The Delta aircraft received an “onboard alert” that another aircraft was nearby, and air traffic controllers issued corrective instructions to both aircraft, according to the FAA.

The NTSB said it was aware of “a loss of separation” between Delta flight 2983 and other aircraft, shortly after takeoff from DCA. (Read more from “Delta Plane and Air Force Jet Nearly Crash Over DC Airport Two Months After Catastrophe” HERE)

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Tommy Valentine: Thousands of Christians Counter Satanist ‘Black Mass’ at the Kansas State Capitol

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When a tiny band of self-proclaimed satanists announced they would hold a “black mass” in front of the Kansas State Capitol, they wanted to inflame Christians. And they did, but it was not with the type of fire they intended. They managed to galvanize thousands of Christians with the fire of the Holy Spirit.

Across the state, Catholics and their fellow Christians spent more time praying on Friday than they would have normally. Special masses and holy hours were held in Catholic churches in every corner of Kansas in reparation for the sacrilege planned at the Capitol.

Thousands gathered on the Capitol grounds to pray peacefully, outnumbering the handful of satanists by many orders of magnitude. So, when the satanists were screaming expletives at peaceful Christians, they didn’t look powerful or edgy. They looked rather pathetic.

Those outside were perhaps outnumbered by those indoors across the street where the real action was, at Assumption Catholic Church. The Kansas Catholic Conference announced a special holy hour followed by a real Mass as an answer to the black mass. By the time the holy hour began, the church was already completely full. Local Knights of Columbus members directed the ongoing stream of people to another church a mile away, which quickly filled to bursting.

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Revealed: J6 Prosecutors’ Dirty Secrets

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President Donald Trump delivered on his promise, granting clemency to hundreds of January 6 prisoners and defendants via an executive order on Day One of his new administration, offering survivors of Biden’s weaponized Justice Department a second chance.

But for Proud Boys leaders – Marine Corps veteran Zachary Rehl, decorated Army veteran Joseph Biggs and Marine Corps veteran Dominic Pezzola – the fight for justice continues.

With their sentences commuted to time served, but not being fully pardoned like all the others, these men remain branded insurrectionists and even terrorists, saddled with nearly a dozen felony convictions each.

In bombshell court filings awaiting U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly’s ruling, the trio alleges federal prosecutors and the FBI broke laws to frame them with “seditious conspiracy” during their six-month trial.

Their attorney, Roger Roots, claims the Biden-led government knew the Proud Boys had no plan to “overthrow the U.S.” on Jan. 6, 2021, yet it orchestrated an informant-driven entrapment operation to “impose a one-party, slave-plantation-style government wherein political dissidents would be jailed, tormented and silenced” with wrongful convictions for merely trespassing while walking through the U.S. Capitol building. (Read more from “Revealed: J6 Prosecutors’ Dirty Secrets” HERE)

The Strategy Behind Trump’s Looming NATO Withdrawal? A New Global Order

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Recent speculation suggests Donald Trump may withdraw from NATO, while few have explored the reasons he might pursue that path.

Yes, abandoning America’s longtime security framework in Europe aligns with promises to cut spending and avoid foreign entanglements — but the motivations run deeper than that.

It’s about restructuring the global order.

The U.S. is pivoting toward a more transparently transactional alliance system, one centered on regional powers that can do the heavy lifting while Washington plays arbiter.

The new security and economic bloc forming before our eyes looks like it will involve Russia, Turkey, and Israel. (Read more from “The Strategy Behind Trump’s Looming NATO Withdrawal? A New Global Order” HERE)

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Judge Blocks Part of Trump’s DEI Executive Order, Calls It a ‘Coercive Threat’

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Yet another federal judge has blocked a portion of one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders, arguing that his directive to terminate government contracts with all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs is a “coercive threat.”

Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois signed a memorandum opinion and order on Thursday in favor of a Chicago-based nonprofit that promotes “diversity, equity, and inclusion within the skilled trades industry.”

The organization, Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT), receives roughly 40 percent of its annual budget from the federal government, according to the document.

In a 46-page civil lawsuit filed in February, a month after Trump signed EO 1415, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing,” and EO 14173, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.”

As a result of Trump’s orders, CWIT received notices from the Department of Labor (DOL) Women’s Bureau and the Illinois DOL about grants they were funding, stating that all recipients of federal financial assistance are directed to cease all activities related to DEI “effective immediately,” and that the department was “reviewing all active federal awards and will take appropriate action, including terminating the awards, consistent with the Executive Orders.” (Read more from “Judge Blocks Part of Trump’s DEI Executive Order, Calls It a ‘Coercive Threat’” HERE)

Nevada’s Elections Chief Won’t Say If He’s Probing Hundreds Of Allegedly Illegal 2024 Votes

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Nevada’s Democrat elections chief is refusing to say whether his office is investigating claims of potentially hundreds of illegal votes cast in the state’s 2024 elections, The Federalist learned.

The situation came to fruition last month, when the Nevada-based Citizen Outreach Foundation (COF) began filing election integrity violation reports (EIVR) with the office of Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, a Democrat. These formal complaints, according to the Nevada secretary of state’s website, can be used by citizens to report alleged violations of state election law and “must set forth the alleged violation of law and identify the party responsible for the violation, as well as set forth dates and times of specific occurrences, if practicable.”

If the secretary’s office determines a violation has, in fact, occurred, an “appropriate remedy shall be provided to the extent permitted by law.” Should the elections chief determine the EIVR does not allege a violation of election law, he “may dismiss the complaint or refer it to the proper agency for resolution,” with the complainant being notified of whatever action is taken.

Speaking with The Federalist, COF President Chuck Muth said his group has filed more than 500 EIVRs with Aguilar’s office over the last month contesting votes cast by mail in the November 2024 election. Comparing voter registration records, the U.S. Postal Service’s National Change of Address database, and the state’s 2024 election records, the group claims to have determined that these ballots were returned from addresses the affiliated registrants no longer reside at.

Unlike most states, Nevada requires local clerks to automatically mail individuals listed on the state’s active voter registration list a ballot during each election cycle, according to Ballotpedia. (Read more from “Nevada’s Elections Chief Won’t Say If He’s Probing Hundreds Of Allegedly Illegal 2024 Votes” HERE)

‘Huge Concern’: Top Youth Pollster Fears Dems Losing Grip On Key Generation Of Voters

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Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics Polling Director Jonathan Della Volpe expressed worry during a Friday podcast that Democrats may be losing ground with younger voters.

Della Volpe, on “Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast,” said he fears the Democrat Party missed an extraordinary chance to solidify its influence with young Americans in recent years.

“The concern I have for Democrats is just a handful of years ago, I would say that every day that, for every thousand young people who turn 18, Molly, like 700 of them, six or 700 of them, have values aligned with the Democrat Party,” Della Volpe said. “It was like this incredible opportunity for the Democrats to kind of cement kind of their values with an emerging generation. They didn’t communicate that very well.”

“And now we’re living, you know, in what I think is the beginning of a post-ideological era with younger people, okay, where, because of the concerns about economics, they’re voting in what they would say is a much more pragmatic way than they did, you know, in maybe ’16 or, you know, in ’18 or even in ’20,” he continued. “So that’s a concern if younger people agree with Democrats on most issues, but they’re not voting in the numbers that they voted with Democrats in the past. That’s a huge concern because my generation is just getting more conservative, right?” (Read more from “‘Huge Concern’: Top Youth Pollster Fears Dems Losing Grip On Key Generation Of Voters” HERE)

Bill Gates: AI Will Replace Human Doctors, Teachers and Most Other Professions

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Microsoft co-founder and billionaire leftist Bill Gates predicts that within the next 10 years, artificial intelligence will advance to the point where human specialists like doctors and teachers will no longer be needed for most tasks.

In a recent interview on NBC’s The Tonight Show, corporate sex pest and extreme leftist Bill Gates shared his insights on the rapid advancements in AI and its potential impact on the workforce. Gates believes that within the next decade, AI will progress to a level where human expertise will be replaced by artificial intelligence in many professions.

Pointing to examples such as great doctors and teachers, Gates explained that with the development of AI, high-quality medical advice and tutoring will soon be widely available at no cost. He described this new era as one of “free intelligence,” where AI-powered technologies will be accessible and touch nearly every aspect of our lives.

Gates further elaborated on this concept in an interview with Harvard University professor and happiness expert Arthur Brooks, stating that the world is entering a phase where AI advancements will happen quickly and have no upper bound. According to Gates, this newfound “free intelligence” is expected to lead to significant improvements in various fields, including medicine, education, and virtual assistance. (Read more from “Bill Gates: AI Will Replace Human Doctors, Teachers and Most Other Professions” HERE)