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Florida man convicted for raping, killing 8-year-old, murdering her grandma asks SCOTUS to block execution– www.foxnews.com

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Florida man convicted for raping, killing 8-year-old, murdering her grandma asks SCOTUS to block execution– www.foxnews.com
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A Florida death row inmate convicted of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl and murdering her grandmother is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution.

Edward James, 63, was convicted in the 1993 rape and murder of Toni Neuner, 8, and the murder of Betty Dick, 58, in Seminole County. He pleaded guilty to the murders and charges of child abuse and kidnapping, and pleaded no contest to other charges he said he could not remember.

James’ execution by lethal injection is scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Florida State Prison in the city of Starke. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed James’ death warrant last month.

Supreme Court won’t stop Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution for Buddhist inmate’s religious rights – Courthouse News Service

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Supreme Court won’t stop Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution for Buddhist inmate’s religious rights – Courthouse News Service
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Louisiana can move forward with its first nitrogen gas execution, a divided Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, clearing the way for the state to end its 15-year execution pause.

In an apparent 5-4 decision, the justices refused to block Jessie Hoffman’s nitrogen hypoxia execution scheduled for Tuesday evening. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, both Barack Obama appointees, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Joe Biden appointee, would have granted the application.

Justice Neil Gorsuch, a Donald Trump appointee, dissented, stating that the court disregarded whether Hoffman’s religious rights would be violated by his method of execution.

Investigation Launched Over Columbia U. Janitors Who Were Trapped in Occupied Building During Protest– legalinsurrection.com

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Investigation Launched Over Columbia U. Janitors Who Were Trapped in Occupied Building During Protest– legalinsurrection.com
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This is one aspect of the anti-Israel protests at Columbia, which was glossed over by the media if they even mentioned it.

The New York Post reports:

Columbia janitors claim they were illegally forced to scrub swastikas then were attacked, trapped by anti-Israel mob as civil rights probe launched

Columbia University is facing a new federal investigation over allegations from two janitors who claim they were unlawfully forced to scrub off swastikas spray-painted on campus before later being attacked and briefly trapped by an anti-Israel “mob” during the takeover of Hamilton Hall last spring.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency tasked with enforcing civil rights laws in the workplace, has opened a probe into complaints from Lester Wilson and Mario Torres, who were forced to fight their way out of Hamilton Hall nearly a year ago, The Post has confirmed.

Scared Antarctic researchers plead for help after ‘assault,’ ‘death threats’ – National– globalnews.ca

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Scared Antarctic researchers plead for help after ‘assault,’ ‘death threats’ – National– globalnews.ca
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Scientists at a remote research base in Antarctica have pleaded for their rescue, alleging assault, sexual harassment and death threats from a team member they say is mentally unstable.

The problems at the isolated SANAE IV base were first reported by South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper, which said it had seen an email from a team member to authorities last month claiming the man had attacked the base leader and made threats.

The email pleaded for help.

“His behavior has escalated to a point that is deeply disturbing,” the email said, according to the Sunday Times. “I remain deeply concerned about my own safety, constantly wondering if I might become the next victim.”

The report alleged the man made a death threat and accused the team member of sexually assaulting another.

Accused Texas megachurch pastor to surrender on child sexual abuse charges– www.bostonherald.com

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Accused Texas megachurch pastor to surrender on child sexual abuse charges– www.bostonherald.com
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former pastor of a Texas megachurch is expected to turn himself into Oklahoma authorities Monday on child sexual abuse charges.

Robert Preston Morris, 63, is expected to surrender to officials in Osage County, where he was charged last week with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, his attorney, Mack Martin, told The Associated Press.

Martin declined to comment on the charges against Morris, but said he anticipated entering a not guilty plea on Morris’ behalf.

Court records show an Osage County judge set a $50,000 bond and ordered Morris to surrender his passport to the local sheriff.

Morris resigned last year as pastor of Gateway Church in the Dallas suburb of Southlake after a woman accused him of sexually abusing her in the 1980s.

Trump’s Assault Demands a United Front– www.vanityfair.com

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Trump’s Assault Demands a United Front– www.vanityfair.com
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Donald Trump has been in office for only about two months, but his administration is on a supercharged march to exert complete control over both the media and academia. So much of this is right out of Project 2025, which involves concentrating executive power while castrating the judicial and legislative branches. I predicted last month that the latter two might be something of a bulwark, as they were last time, against Trump’s worst instincts. This time, however, that doesn’t seem to be the case: Congressional Republicans will seemingly rubber-stamp just about anything Trump wishes, while Democrats appear increasingly powerless against the GOP’s groupthink. Only the courts and the cratering financial markets have provided some checks on Trump—and he has unsurprisingly decided to ignore both.

That’s why I’ve spent so much time lately thinking about how we can protect the norms and institutions we still have. Democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse appeared on my podcast last month to argue that Democrats should fight the “corruption” and “chaos” of “Trump and his creepy billionaires” by “hang[ing] together with persistent and relentless focus on the real danger we are facing.” That call for solidarity isn’t just applicable to Democrats; it also applies to the media and the university system, which Trump is targeting through a process of divide and conquer.

Gender Ideology Still Infects FBI– www.dailysignal.com

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Gender Ideology Still Infects FBI– www.dailysignal.com
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I don’t envy FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino in their new jobs running the agency.

Getting control of an agency with over 37,000 employees and rooting out the worst excesses of political bias and warped gender ideology that has corrupted it is a monumental job.

One of the things they should know is that some of their agents or their supervisors still haven’t gotten the message that there is a new sheriff in town, and they need to change their behavior accordingly. That includes not asking woke questions about “gender identity.”

This was demonstrated just recently by some information I received from a very reliable source, a former government employee. My source was contacted by an FBI agent doing an employment background investigation on someone the source knows.

That Little Judge in the Venezuelan Deportation Dispute Is Making a Ridiculous Demand– townhall.com

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That Little Judge in the Venezuelan Deportation Dispute Is Making a Ridiculous Demand– townhall.com
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Power-drunk Judge James Boasberg is demanding the Trump administration hand over classified information during a hearing about his insane ruling that sought to disrupt the separation of powers regarding the deportation of foreign terrorists, Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, whom he ordered halted. He thinks the president cannot use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to accelerate deportations, even ordering flights over international waters to return stateside. He doesn’t have that authority. He’s either deranged, power-hungry, stupid, or maybe a mix of all three.

At least 40 killed as dozens of tornadoes, storms swept the country over the weekend – ABC News– news.google.com

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At least 40 killed as dozens of tornadoes, storms swept the country over the weekend – ABC News– news.google.com
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  1. At least 40 killed as dozens of tornadoes, storms swept the country over the weekend  ABC News
  2. 42 dead as recovery operations begin in wake of monster storm that spawned violent tornadoes, dust storms  Fox Weather
  3. Cleanup under way after massive storm barreled across at least eight US states  The Guardian US
  4. Residents survey the aftermath of deadly weekend storms across the southern U.S.  NPR
  5. EF-1 tornado confirmed in Paulding County during overnight storm  FOX 5 Atlanta