Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Amendment to Ukraine Bill: Members Who Vote ‘In Favor’ Required to Join Ukrainian Military

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) introduced an amendment to a supplemental funding bill for Ukraine that would require members of Congress who vote “in favor” to enlist in the Ukrainian military.

Greene’s amendment comes as House Republicans released the legislative text regarding four bills wrapped into one, according to CBS News.

Under the three bills, $26.4 billion would be sent to Israel, $60.8 billion would go to Ukraine, and $8.1 billion would go to countering the threat of China in the Indo-Pacific and providing foreign aid to Taiwan.

A fourth bill focuses on providing other defense measures to “strengthen” the “national security” of the United States.

“Any Member of Congress who votes in favor of this Act shall be required to conscript in the Ukrainian military,” the amendment to the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act 2024 reads.

(Read more from “Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Amendment to Ukraine Bill: Members Who Vote ‘In Favor’ Required to Join Ukrainian Military” HERE)

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Poll: Just 35% Believe Donald Trump Did Something ‘Illegal’ in Alvin Bragg’s Criminal Trial

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Just over one-third, 35 percent, of individuals believe former President Donald Trump did something overtly “illegal” regarding his current criminal case in New York, according to an AP/NORC survey released Tuesday.

Responding to allegations that Trump “covered up hush money payments to a woman who said he had an affair with her,” 35 percent, overall, said they believe Trump did something illegal. Another 31 percent across the board think he did something “unethical but not illegal,” and 14 percent said he did “nothing wrong,” Another 19 percent said they “don’t know enough to say.”

Predictably, most Democrats, 62 percent, believe Trump did something illegal in this case, compared to just two percent who believe he did nothing wrong and 27 percent who said he acted unethically but not illegally.

Only six percent of Republicans said they believe Trump did something illegal, while 40 percent said he acted unethically but not illegally. Another 28 percent said they believe Trump did nothing wrong, and 26 percent said they do not know enough to say.

Further, 32 percent of independents believe Trump acted illegally in this case, followed by 25 percent who believe he acted unethically but not illegally, 15 percent who said he did nothing wrong, and 27 percent who do not know enough to say. (Read more from “Poll: Just 35% Believe Donald Trump Did Something ‘Illegal’ in Alvin Bragg’s Criminal Trial” HERE)

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First 6 Jurors Chosen in Trump Hush Money Trial Following Questioning About Anti-Trump Social Media Posts

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The process of selecting jurors for former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial commenced on Tuesday afternoon, resulting in the selection of the initial six jurors from a pool of 96 potential candidates.

Monday saw over 50 potential jurors disqualified after expressing an inability to remain impartial. However, some remaining candidates faced scrutiny due to their past social media activity, which included negative remarks about Trump.

For instance, one prospective juror had shared a post on social media predicting “Republicans projected to pick up 70 seats in prison,” alongside expressing concerns about her ability to be fair. Despite being retained until Tuesday, she was not among the six selected jurors.

Similarly, another candidate had recently shared a parody video featuring Trump, titled “I’m dumb as f-ck,” generated by artificial intelligence, leading to their dismissal from consideration. Another individual disclosed involvement in a political action committee supporting grassroots organizations but admitted to holding critical views of Trump.

Another potential juror’s social media activity included posts celebrating legal setbacks for Trump and advocating for his imprisonment. Despite retracting his stance during questioning, his past statements drew attention, with Trump reportedly reacting with a smirk.

Further proceedings will involve the selection of an additional six jurors and six alternates in the coming days.

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Trump Hush Money Trial Enters Day Two as Jury Selection Continues

By Fox News. . .The jurors include two lawyers, an IT worker, an English teacher, an oncology nurse, a sales professional, and a software engineer.

The jurors are picked by process of elimination in a system that will repeat until a full jury is selected: Eighteen prospective jurors are brought to the jury box and then lawyers move to have certain prospective jurors eliminated “for cause.”

They then eliminate some with peremptory challenges, which don’t require a reason. . .

Former President Trump said the criminal trial is having a “reverse effect,” during a campaign visit Tuesday evening to an Upper Manhattan bodega, while vowing to “straighten out New York” by working with the Democrat mayor and governor if elected to another term in the White House.

Trump visited an Upper Manhattan bodega Tuesday evening after spending hours in downtown New York City courtroom for the second day of his criminal trial stemming from charges brought against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. (Read more from “Trump Hush Money Trial Enters Day Two as Jury Selection Continues” HERE)

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North Carolina Parents Appeal Student’s Forced COVID Vax Case Ruling

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In a recent legal case concerning a North Carolina high school student’s forced COVID vaccination, the courts have upheld the application of federal law granting immunity to those administering the vaccine, despite objections and lack of parental consent.

The incident in question occurred in 2021 when 14-year-old Tanner Smith, a football player at Western Guilford High School, was directed to undergo COVID testing due to a reported “cluster” involving the team. Unbeknownst to Smith and his family, the testing site also offered COVID-19 vaccine shots.

Despite Smith’s explicit objection and the absence of parental consent, a clinic worker proceeded to administer a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to him, contrary to his expectations of receiving only a test. This action led to a lawsuit filed by Smith and his mother, Emily Happel, against the Guilford County school board and the Old North State Medical Society.

However, the lawsuit faced a setback when appellate judges ruled against Happel and Smith, citing the federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act of 2005. This legislation provides broad immunity to individuals administering COVID vaccines, shielding them from legal action except in cases of death or serious bodily injury due to willful misconduct.

Despite labeling the forced vaccination as “egregious,” the court upheld the immunity granted by the PREP Act, emphasizing the sweeping breadth of its liability protections.

Attorneys representing Happel and Smith have filed a petition urging the state Supreme Court to reconsider the ruling, arguing that the broad interpretation of the PREP Act undermines state laws requiring parental consent for administering vaccines to minors. They contend that the court’s decision renders such state laws ineffective.

Jack Smith Makes the Ludicrous Argument that Trump is Using NY Criminal Case to Delay Florida Federal Case

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Special counsel Jack Smith claimed in a court filing this week that former President Donald Trump is using his ongoing criminal trial in New York City to delay his upcoming case involving his handling of classified documents in Florida, Newsweek reports.

Smith wrote in a filing on Monday that Trump is “seeking another postponement” to the case, in which the former president is accused of illegally retaining classified documents, adding that “This time, Trump invokes his New York trial” as a reason for delaying his Florida case, arguing that his legal team will be too preoccupied with his criminal trial to meet the deadlines set by the judge in the classified documents case.

In the filing, Smith stated that Judge Aileen Cannon set a deadline of May 9 for the defense to submit expert witness disclosures, and noted that the Court was “fully apprised of defendant Trump’s New York trial” at the time that date was set.

“Although the defendants’ motion reads as though the Court were unaware of Trump’s other case…those premises are plainly wrong. The defendants have had ample notice that these deadlines would be scheduled and have already had months to complete the work.” (Read more from “Jack Smith Makes the Ludicrous Argument that Trump is Using NY Criminal Case to Delay Florida Federal Case” HERE)

Lawyer Faces Charges for Assaulting Woman, Reportedly Pretends to Have Seizure When Arrested

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A local defense attorney got arrested at a North Carolina law office after allegedly assaulting a woman Monday, Law&Crime reported.

Mary Leazer Rogers, 53, allegedly initiated a violent dispute over suspicions of a personal relationship between the victim and one of Rogers’ clients, according to Law&Crime. Officers arrived on the scene to discover a woman with facial injuries, including blood and scratches. The argument escalated when Rogers allegedly punched the victim multiple times in the face.

The situation intensified as police took Rogers into custody. She reportedly kicked one officer in the leg and spit in the face of another. Rogers continued to resist by lying down in the police car and refusing to sit up. Despite officers’ efforts to manage her, Rogers threw herself out of the vehicle and onto the ground, screaming and causing a public disturbance, the outlet stated.

(Read more from “Lawyer Faces Charges for Assaulting Woman, Reportedly Pretends to Have Seizure When Arrested” HERE)

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President Trump Stomps Hack Jack Yet Again—Is This the Final Blow?

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Hack Jack’s path to lock up President Trump before the 2024 election is littered with legal hurdles. Instead of seeing the stars aligning in his favor, he’s facing setback after setback. The latest blow could be the final one and comes from Judge Cannon, who refuses to schedule hearings that President Trump can’t attend due to prior court commitments in the sham “hush money” case. This setback could be the final straw for Hack Jack’s fragile plans, delaying his “classified docs” case by another two months and making it nearly impossible to reach a trial date before the 2024 election.

This is what investigative reporter Julie Kelly had to say about the latest massive blow Hack Jack took.

Kelly was commenting on a video wherein Human Events editor Jack Posobiec and attorney Mike Davis recently delved into the legal details surrounding the DOJ’s actions against President Trump and interference in the 2024 election, including how the “hush money” Judge Merchan is now threatening to throw President Trump in jail. . .

With the “hush money” trial being the only remaining criminal case against President Trump before the 2024 election, all eyes are on Fat Alvin’s spectacle. Meanwhile, President Trump’s Truth Social account continues to thrive, standing as a beacon of defiance in the face of this shameless political hit job. . .

The Federalist:

Democrat hacks have claimed that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s indictments against Donald Trump over the former president’s challenging of the 2020 election are legally sound. So why is Smith grasping at legal straws in his latest court filing?

On Monday, Smith filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the nation’s highest judicial body to dismiss Trump’s presidential immunity claims. Citing the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the special counsel indicted Trump in August over his speech questioning the administration of the 2020 election. This prompted the former president’s legal team to file a motion essentially arguing that Trump “should be immune from prosecution because the conduct he is accused of constituted official acts of the president,” as Fox News summarized.

“The President’s constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed does not entail a general right to violate them,” Smith claimed.

(Read more from “President Trump Stomps Hack Jack Yet Again—Is This the Final Blow?” HERE)

Holy War Erupts When Basketball Coach Dares to Voice Christian Faith

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A coalition whose goal includes censoring select Christians who make reference to their personal faith has demanded that the University of South Carolina censor its women’s basketball coach.

But officials with the Rutherford Institute have volunteered to help defend the school from the attack by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

The fight is over comments by Dawn Staley, the coach of the Gamecocks, which came after the team defeated Oregon State last month to advance to the NCAA’s Final Four. The team later won the title.

Staley was interviewed, and was asked, “Since the last two games have been close and tough,…what’s impressed you about this [team]?”

She praised the players’ resilience and added, “I’m giving all the glory to God, though. …The devastating loss that we had last year, to put us back here with a totally different team—if you don’t believe in God, something’s wrong with you, seriously. I’m a believer. I’m a believer because He makes things come true. When you’re at your worst, He’s at His best.” (Read more from “Holy War Erupts When Basketball Coach Dares to Voice Christian Faith” HERE)

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U.S. Supreme Court: State Can Enforce Ban on Sex Changes for Children

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The United States Supreme Court awarded Idaho emergency relief that will allow the state to enforce its ban on doctors performing sex-change operations on children and providing them with sex-change drugs.

In a 6-3 decision on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that the lower appellate court had gone too far when it blocked Idaho from enforcing the law altogether. The decision, however, does not settle the question of whether the law is constitutional.

The lower court had blocked the state from enforcing any part of the law in response to a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the rules. The lawsuit is still ongoing, but the order had been preventing the law from going into effect while both sides litigated the constitutionality of the law in court.

Per the Supreme Court’s decision, Idaho can broadly enforce the law and is only blocked from enforcing it against the plaintiffs who are named in the lawsuit until the litigation is settled.

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, a Republican, praised the Supreme Court’s decision in a statement Monday. (Read more from “U.S. Supreme Court: State Can Enforce Ban on Sex Changes for Children” HERE)

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Rep. Thomas Massie to Speaker Mike Johnson: “Announce Your Resignation, You’re a Goner”

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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said Tuesday he is co-sponsoring a motion by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., urging him to “pre-announce his resignation.”

“You’re not going to be the speaker much longer,” Massie told Johnson in front of a closed-door meeting of the entire Republican conference, Politico and Punchbowl News reported.

According to Punchbowl, Massie told Johnson he “should clean the barn and resign or else he’ll be vacated.” . . .

“I just told Mike Johnson in conference that I’m cosponsoring the Motion to Vacate that was introduced by @RepMTG. He should pre-announce his resignation (as Boehner did), so we can pick a new Speaker without ever being without a GOP Speaker,” Massie posted.

Massie’s public display drew boos and catcalls from the majority of the GOP conference, Politico and Axios reported. Massie is the first House Republican to publicly back Greene’s ouster of Johnson since her letter of discontent was sent to the conference last week.

(Read more from “Rep. Thomas Massie to Speaker Mike Johnson: “Announce Your Resignation, You’re a Goner” HERE)

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