Maryland reparations commission bill advances
despite facing $3.3 billion deficit
Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 4/2/2025 10:26:11 AM
Lawmakers in the Maryland legislature are one step closer to sending a bill creating a commission studying reparations to Gov. Wes Moore‘s (D-MD) desk after a preliminary vote Tuesday. SB0587 would create the Maryland Reparations Commission, tasked with studying forms of reparations for people whose ancestors were slaves or “impacted by certain inequitable government policies.” Moore has not said if he would support the bill if it were brought before him for approval, dodging questions on the matter from Baltimore television station WBFF. Maryland’s Department of Legislative Services found the legislation would cost $54,500 for fiscal 2026, as the state faces a budget deficit of more than $3 billion that is expected
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new Chevy truck after startling message
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Tucker Carlson decided to swap out his American-made pickup after spotting a terrifying warning.
Carlson is a noted fan of Chevrolets, saying he's 'always had' the brand, even having expressed his love of 1987 Silverado having no electronics last year.
During a recent interview, the conservative commentator said he was filling his Chevy truck's gas tank when a startling message flashed across the infotainment screen.
All of a sudden at a gas station, it says, "Stop, we're downloading information from the internet,"' he claimed in during an interview with gearhead Casey Putsch.
'I sold the car immediately. I brought it back and sold
Trump wants Musk to stay with admin ‘as
long as possible’ — says DOGE found
something ‘horrible’ 6 replies
long as possible’ — says DOGE found
something ‘horrible’ 6 replies
President Donald Trump said he wants Elon Musk to stay on his team “as long as possible” during a conversation with reporters Thursday, adding DOGE had found something “horrible” without divulging details.
The president made his remarks during a conversation with reporters on Air Force One after Trump was asked how much longer Musk would stay on as a “special government employee.”
The questions followed a report from Politico this week claiming Trump had told his inner circle that Musk will be leaving his role as a “special government employee” with DOGE soon. The report cited internal frustrations with Musk’s “unpredictability” and his potential to be a “political liability.”
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights under President Joe Biden held multiple stakeholder meetings with leftist groups—including the Human Rights Campaign—while attempting to finalize its pro-transgender Title IX rules, new documents show.
Between April 2023, when the civil rights office released its first draft of rules, and April 2024, when it released the rules that would be finalized in August, the office convened quarterly meetings with leaders of left-leaning groups that support gender ideology, according to documents obtained by Protect the Public’s Trust and exclusively given to The Daily Signal. The administration faced heavy pushback and delayed the rules.
While the department scrapped the rules on Jan. 31 under
As if we needed any further evidence that illegal immigrant criminals were a real problem, we learn Thursday that the beleaguered city of Aurora, Colorado, has now had another problem with illegal aliens - this one, at least, has been resolved, for the moment. On Thursday, the Aurora Police Department released information that a sophisticated burglary ring, consisting of Columbian nationals, was picked up and jailed after a "thorough and exhaustive investigation."
A crew of "highly sophisticated" Colombian nationals has been arrested in Aurora, Colorado, after allegedly targeting and burglarizing nearly two dozen homes, authorities revealed.
The Auroroa (sic) Police Department announced in a release that authorities arrested five suspects
Al Sharpton, Critic of 'Over-Policing,'
Threatens To Jail Anyone Who Disrupts
NYC Mayoral Forum 6 replies
Threatens To Jail Anyone Who Disrupts
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MSNBC host Al Sharpton, who has for years criticized law enforcement for the "over-policing" of "low-level crimes," threatened to hand anyone who disrupted his New York City mayoral candidate forum "over to the po-po" and said he'd "sign the complaint myself."
Sharpton issued the warning during the second day of his National Action Network nonprofit's annual convention. He told the majority-black audience at the Sheraton in Times Square that he would take a zero-tolerance policy toward outbursts.
"If you think you can force your candidate down our throat, we will see you when you get out of jail," said Sharpton. "I’ve instructed all our security to just remove you and hand
Biden Official Claims Lloyd Austin ‘Never
Compromised American Lives’; All Hell
Breaks Loose On CNN 4 replies
Compromised American Lives’; All Hell
Breaks Loose On CNN 4 replies
A CNN panel discussion went off the rails on Wednesday after a guest who had served in President Joe Biden’s administration claimed that then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had “never compromised American lives.”
Dan Koh, who was the White House Deputy Cabinet Secretary during the Biden administration, began the exchange by suggesting that military leadership in President Donald Trump’s administration was putting people at risk and “no one was facing consequences.”
“That’s when people check out and realize that their democracy may not be what they thought it was,” Koh continued.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested over 30 people working for a roofing company in Washington on Wednesday.
An ICE spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday that the agency arrested 37 people employed with Mount Baker Roofing in Bellingham, a city near the Canadian border, charging they “fraudulently represented their immigration status and submitted fraudulent documents.”
The arrest stemmed from an ongoing criminal investigation, per King5.
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The White House is rescheduling one of its annual spring garden tour dates due to a “massive” anti-Trump demonstration expected to take place near 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
The spring garden tours that were scheduled for Saturday have been pushed a day later, to Sunday, the White House announced Thursday.
“This decision has been made out of an abundance of caution and to ensure the safety of all within proximity to public demonstrations planned near the White House on April 5,” a statement said.
The move comes as crowds are expected to gather on the National Mall in Washington on Saturday for a “Hands Off!” rally.
Ford announces lower model prices following
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Trump's 25% tariffs on non-American-made vehicles 4 replies
Ford on Thursday announced a new, lower-cost vehicle pricing plan – “From America, For America” – following President Trump unveiling the previous day 25% tariffs on non-American-made vehicles.
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Ford’s chief policy officer, Steve Croley, confirmed the plan Thursday morning on The Fox News Channel.
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And it’s somehow easier to dump him in America than spend 10 Euros on a DuoLingo subscription.
The failure to learn German does not make Ahmed a refugee.
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Mike Pence to Receive JFK Profile in Courage
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Award for 'Putting His Life on the Line'
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Former Vice President Mike Pence has been chosen as the recipient of the 2025 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.
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Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Prime” that the Democrats have planned so-called shadow hearings to “expose” the Trump administration’s “corruption.”
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Women’s fencer Stephanie Turner refused a match against a transgender opponent at the Cherry Blossom Open in Maryland this past weekend, opting to take a knee instead.
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Dow drops 1,500 as US stock market leads
a worldwide sell-off following Trump’s
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a worldwide sell-off following Trump’s
tariff shock 13 replies
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The S&P 500 was down 4% in morning trading, worse than the drops for other major stock markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1,520 points, or 3.6%, as of 10:10 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 4.0% lower.
Little was spared as fear flared globally about the potentially toxic mix of higher inflation and weakening economic growth that tariffs can create.
Everything from crude oil
Grieving Texas father speaks out after
son was stabbed to death at high school
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son was stabbed to death at high school
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A Texas father is speaking out after his 17-year-old son was fatally stabbed during a high school track meet, telling Fox News his life is "destroyed."
Austin Metcalf, a junior at Memorial High School in Frisco, was stabbed in the chest allegedly by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, a student from another school. The altercation reportedly began as a seating dispute as the teams waited for the delayed competition to begin.
"My son is gone, and he'll never come home again," Austin’s father, Jeff Metcalf, said Thursday on "America Reports."
A First Amendment Right to Sit In Front?
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The White House press corps declared war on the Trump administration on Inauguration Day, and the administration has responded, but only mildly. Most recently, by taking control over the seating of reporters in the White House briefing room. You might think that something so trivial would not engage the attention of the Left, but you would be wrong.
Semafor reports: “Journalists consider briefing room sit-in as Trump clashes with White House press corps.”
"The Trump administration’s proposal to take over the seating arrangement within the White House press briefing room has rattled the journalists who cover the president and left them mulling how exactly to push back.
Well, Lookie Here: Congresswoman and Harvard
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Prof Are Caught Planning Massive Anti-Trump Riots? 11 replies
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal (☭-Wash.), who just left her perch as chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Harvard professor Erica Chenoweth are holding “resistance” training sessions to get leftists “street ready” for mass protests against President Donald Trump.
Jihadists are murdering, raping, torturing, kidnapping, enslaving, and, in some instances, burning people alive — across Africa, and now in Syria.
Local jihadist organizations go by different names, but the ideology that drives them is the same: Every one of them deeply believes that Allah wants him to wipe the world clean of the kuffar (infidels).
More than 16.2 million Christians in Sub-Saharan Africa have been driven from their homes by jihadi violence and conflict, reports the human rights organization Open Doors.
Women and girls are abducted, forced into "marriage," forced to convert to Islam, raped, and subjected to forced labor. Several girls have been forced to act as