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“William! William! Have you heard? Word has come from the King that you are to be exiled!” His friend Harry stood in the doorway, panting.
William Shakespeare, groggy from the fog of wine and performance the night before, heaved his heavy legs from his bed to the floor. He sat silently holding his aching head in his hands. “What will you do?” Harry, asked.
“You awaken me to the Woke’s wrath, my friend, like it is some surprise? Then let them rid themselves of me, but not my image in every mirror they will pass. Just hide the books, Harry.”
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/the_shakespeare_national_trust_determines_that_shakespeare_is_not_to_be.html
It is 1933.
Military Summary. PT speaks with Putin today:
Israel is getting work done!
Mahmoud Abu Watfa, Bahjat Abu Sultan, Issam Da’alis, Bahjat Abu Sultan, Ahmad Al-Khatta, Yasser Habib and Abu Ubayda al-Jamasi all have joined the choir invisible:
https://allisrael.com/renewed-israeli-airstrikes-target-mid-level-hamas-leadership-5-officials-reported-killed
“Da’alis also served as head of the teachers’ organization at UNRWA, and an advisor to former Prime Minister and terror leader Ismail Haniyeh.”
Also see
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/head-of-hamass-interior-ministry-said-among-senior-officials-killed-in-gaza-strikes/
Citizen Free Press
https://citizenfreepress.com/
Link: Parents asked if newborn babies identify as transgender
by Benedict Smith – March 17, 2025
https://www.yahoo.com/news/parents-asked-newborn-babies-identify-160811193.html
N.J.’s LGBTQ community emboldened by Senate confirmation of transgender doc to federal post
by Tennyson Donyeá – March 25, 2021
https://www.nj.com/news/2021/03/njs-lgbtq-community-emboldened-by-senate-confirmation-of-transgender-doc-to-federal-post.html
She Was the Face of Trump’s Anti-Trans Ads. She’s Still Optimistic About the Future.
by Chelsea Cirruzzo – January 17, 2025
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/17/rachel-levine-government-transgender-00198779
Memories
Pennsylvania health official moved mother from nursing home as deaths skyrocketed
by Ben Feuerherd – May 13, 2020
https://nypost.com/2020/05/13/pennsylvania-health-official-moved-mother-from-nursing-home/
BOOM: Laura Loomer Uncovers an Enormous Taxpayer-Funded Conflict of Interest Involving Obama Judge Who Ordered Trump Admin to Stop Deporting Criminal Aliens Mid-Flight and HIS OWN DAUGHTER
thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/boom-laura-loomer-uncovers-enormous-taxpayer-funded-conflict/
Mar. 18, 2025 10:15 am
Katherine Boasberg Credit: Partners for Justice
The radical judge trying to stop President Trump from deporting dangerous illegal aliens has been Loomered.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, a federal judge appointed by Barack Obama issued an ’emergency’ injunction Saturday night ordering planes already in the air to turn back mid-flight to prevent the deportation of Tren De Agua members to El Salvador.
The case was brought by the Marxist, America-hating ACLU and Democracy Forward.
But the order came too late. Two flights from the U.S. carrying nearly 300 Venezuelan and other gang members landed in El Salvador despite Judge James Boasberg’s emergency order. This prompted a mocking reply from the country’s president, Nayib Bukele.
Now, independent journalist Laura Loomer discovered a massive conflict of interest between Boasberg and his own daughter. It turns out Katherine Boasberg, the daughter, works for a far-left organization called Partners for Justice that opposes “mass incarceration” of violent criminals and strongly opposes deporting illegals, including violent felons.
Unsurprisingly, Katherine Boasberg is so woke she has pronouns in her bio.
From Loomer:
I have exclusively uncovered a massive CONFLICT OF INTEREST involving Judge James Boasberg, the Chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Boasberg recently made the decision to prevent the deportation of criminal illegal alien gang members on planes out of the country.
The Judge has a daughter named Katherine Boasberg, who works for a 501(c)(3) organization called Partners for Justice as a “capacity-building associate.” In her position, she helps coordinate and administer grant activities, ensure compliance, and support the delivery of capacity-building programs to strengthen nonprofit infrastructure.
Katherine Boasberg also has pronouns in her bio. She goes by SHE/HER, proving her affiliation with the Left.
Partners for Justice strongly opposes mass deportations and legislation targeting members of criminal gangs, and has been a vocal critic of the Laken Riley Act.
The news gets even worse. Loomer also uncovered a screenshot showing that Katherine’s employer, Emily Galvin-Almanza, tweeted an article about Judge Boasberg blocking Trump’s deportations of Venezuelan gang members.
LOOK:
Credit: Laura Loomer
On top of this, Partners for Justice receives 76% of its funding from U.S. grants. This means taxpayers are funding this conflict of interest and pro-criminal activity.
Because of this, Loomer says that Boasberg has no choice but to recuse himself, saying his family is a national security threat.
“Given his daughter’s employment at a group that advocates for criminal illegal Aliens & is funded by US Government grants, Judge Boasberg should not be granted any sensitive information about deportation flights. His family is a national security threat,” she writes.
EXCLUSIVEChief Judge Boasberg Blocked the deportation of Tren de Aragua gang member’s without disclosing the fact that his daughter works for a 501c3 called “Partners For Justice” that gives criminal illegal aliens and gang members legal advice.
I have exclusively uncovered… pic.twitter.com/KDMXBVP7mI
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) March 18, 2025
Now, Loomer reports that Katherine Boasberg has deleted her Instagram and LinkedIn accounts.
BREAKING: Less than 12 hours after I exposed Judge James Boasberg’s conflict of interest with his daughter Katharine Boasberg, who works for a 501c3 called “Partners For Justice” @PFJ_USA that gives criminal illegal aliens and gang members legal advice,
Katharine Boasberg has… https://t.co/b0E0bW7t4C pic.twitter.com/1BMjQAvLjh
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) March 18, 2025
WATCH:
In the video below, Emily Galvin-Almanza @GalvinAlmanza, the founder of “Partners for Justice” @PFJ_USA talks about how “The creation of gang laws lets prosecutors subject black and brown people to a completely different set of rules in court.”
In the video, she provides… pic.twitter.com/svPQyqFADP
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) March 18, 2025
But the truth is already out. Hopefully, the White House will soon have this information if they don’t already.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/boom-laura-loomer-uncovers-enormous-taxpayer-funded-conflict/
She’s like nails screeching across a blackboard, but she does get things done.
Big Development: Is Letitia James Guilty of Mortgage Fraud?
by Guest Contributor Mar. 18, 2025 8:00 am928 Comments
Guest post by Joel Gilbert, with minor editorial adjustments for clarity and formatting.
For over two decades, Letitia James repeatedly claimed her Brooklyn apartment building was a four-unit property on mortgage applications—despite official records proving it had five.
This may seem a minor discrepancy, but misrepresenting the unit count enabled her to secure more favorable loans, including a 2011 Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) loan that saved her tens of thousands of dollars annually.
Now, the same legal principles she used to prosecute others may be turning against her.
Click through for the rest
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/is-letitia-james-guilty-mortgage-fraud/
WA Dems Focus on Disarming Good Guys, Let Bad Ones Loose: CCRKBA
Ammoland Inc. Posted on March 17, 2025 by Dave Workman
Washington Democrats are pushing gun control at the Capitol in Olympia ironically after the reported arrest of a former felon who was granted clemency by former Gov, Jay Inslee. (Dave Workman)
The reported arrest of a convicted felon, once granted clemency by former Democrat Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, on drug and gun-related allegations, while Democrats in the Legislature are currently pushing restrictive gun control measures, is being called “ironic” by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
In a statement released Monday morning, CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb is “insisting” that majority Democrats in the Capitol at Olympia “should try first to explain why their former governor released a career criminal who now is accused of drug and gun law violations.”
By no small coincidence, the arrest came at a time when Evergreen State Democrats are literally pushing gun control to its limits. On Tuesday, the state House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary is scheduled to hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 5098, a gun-free zone expansion bill, according to a National Rifle Association alert. The hearing has been set for 10:30 a.m. and grassroots activists are urging gun owners to flood the toll-free Legislative Hotline (800-562-6000) with calls opposing the bill.
It’s not the only public relations problem for anti-gun Washington lawmakers. KIRO News, the CBS affiliate in Seattle, is reporting the arrest of a 10-time convicted felon in the Seattle suburb of Tukwila. He was reportedly wanted on a felony warrant for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The Seattle Police Blotter recently reported the arrest of “a violent, convicted felon” during which they “recovered multiple firearms” in mid-February. Felons aren’t supposed to have guns.
The proverbial $64 million question is why do Democrat lawmakers focus on laws to restrict, or at least inconvenience, honest citizens instead of concentrating on keeping armed felons off the streets? Another question: When will Democrats admit their gun control schemes haven’t worked?
Gun rights activists held a meeting last Thursday evening near Tacoma, Washington to discuss the bill and how to oppose it. Ammoland News was there.
Fox News reported the arrest of Percy Levy, 54, by the Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force following a 16-month investigation. He was reportedly arrested during a traffic stop in the city of Everett, and a search of his home by authorities acting on a warrant reportedly turned up the following: more than 2,200 grams of powder cocaine, 14.7 grams of rock cocaine and 556 grams of fentanyl, and a stolen firearm. The story has made local and national headlines.
As reported by the Lynnwood Times, the search also turned up “packaging material, and a digital scale signifying intent to distribute.”
“According to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, just two milligrams of fentanyl is considered a lethal dose for most people – depending on body size and tolerance – meaning the 556 grams Levy possess would be enough to kill 278,000 people,” the Lynnwood Times story noted.
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The timing of the arrest is “almost beyond comprehension,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb.
“During this year’s legislative session,” Gottlieb noted, “Democrats at the Capitol in Olympia have been pushing a variety of restrictive gun control laws. The recovery of an apparently stolen gun from the suspect underscores the fact that their already restrictive laws have failed to keep guns out of the wrong hands.”
The veteran gun rights leader said the arrest is “so illustrative of the Democrats’ misguided efforts.”
According to the NRA alert, “Senate Bill 5098 prohibits the possession of firearms in parks, government buildings, and locations where ‘children are likely to be present.’ While the legislation was amended to exempt concealed pistol license holders, the vague language could be interpreted and applied to interfere with hunting and recreational shooting opportunities. This overbroad language is indicative of the disdain anti-gun legislators have for law-abiding citizens and their desire to turn the entire state of Washington into a ‘gun-free’ zone.”
Inslee, the former governor, is a well-known anti-gunner who supported, and signed, legislation to ban so-called “large-capacity magazines” and “assault weapons” in 2023 and 2024, respectively. He has been succeeded by former state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who has appeared at functions hosted by the Seattle-based Alliance for Gun Responsibility, a billionaire-backed gun prohibition lobbying group.
Another bill, House Bill 1163, is the highly-publicized “permit-to-purchase” measure which would require law-abiding citizens to undergo training—which they would be expected to pay for—and a background check by the State Patrol, which would issue the permit, so they could purchase a firearm. The training requirement would also be added to those applying for, or renewing, a concealed pistol license. Some 700,000 CPLs are currently in circulation in the state.
“What other constitutionally-protected right requires police permission before it can be exercised?,” Gottlieb questioned. “These measures, Senate Bill 5098 and House Bill 1163, amount to frontal assaults on both the Second Amendment and Article 1, Section 24 of the Washington State Constitution.”
According to Fox News and the Lynnwood Times, the suspect’s criminal dates back to when he was 13 years old. Those reports said he was imprisoned for 17 years following a 2002 arrest and conviction for a drug house robbery. Inslee reportedly granted him clemency following a 2021 State Supreme Court ruling in State v. Blake that reclassified possession of controlled substances as a misdemeanor.
The Lynnwood newspaper also reported that since his release, Levy has “dedicated himself to criminal justice reform.”
“He worked as a community outreach specialist for the Washington Defender Association and founded Redemption Auto, a car dealership in Everett. Levy is also treasurer on the Board of the Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County chapter,” the newspaper said.
In his statement, Gottlieb challenged Democrats, whose agenda has drifted farther to the left in recent years, to “figure out whose side they are on, the good guys or the bad guys?”
https://www.ammoland.com/2025/03/wa-dems-focus-on-disarming-good-guys-let-bad-ones-loose-ccrkba/
GOA Sues the ATF to Lift Gag Order
Ammoland Inc. Posted on March 17, 2025 by John Crump
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Gun Owners of America (GOA) is suing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) over a gag order placed on its lawyers.
On March 12, 2025, lawyers for GOA filed a motion to lift a protective order that has been in place since September 18, 2023. The order was put into place after GOA filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the ATF in 2021, “seeking records about a secret government surveillance program which unlawfully and unconstitutionally monitors and records the firearm purchases of American citizens who are perfectly eligible to purchase and possess firearms.” The ATF finally relented and handed over the documents, but instead of giving the redacted documents, the Bureau supplied the documents with without redactions. The ATF tried to “claw back” the documents by demanding that all documents be returned and copies be destroyed. GOA refused to give in to the ATF’s demands.
The ATF asked the courts for a protective order preventing the distribution of the unredacted files. The court granted a temporary protective order to the Bureau preventing the dissemination of the information to the public. Since that temporary protective order was issued, GOA was forced to withhold the documents. Now, it is asking the courts to allow the release of the papers because they are in the public interest.
The brief reads: “Relying on the asserted ‘implied power’ of courts ‘to issue a temporary protective order for inadvertently produced FOIA materials,’ this Court granted Defendant’s requests, issuing first an order to “sequester” (Sept. 18, 2023 Minute Order) and subsequently a protective order (ECF #30) that ‘plaintiffs and their counsel’ ‘shall sequester’ and ‘shall not disseminate, disclose, or use for any purpose those records or the content of those records.’”
A motion for summary judgment was filed in December 2023. The court never ruled on the motion, meaning the case has been frozen in limbo. Because the court has not issued a judgment, the case could not be appealed. It is unusual for a case to be frozen for 17 months. The court has also refused to hold a closed hearing multiple times, which would have protected the content of the documents.
The brief reads: “Thus, for the past 17 months, Plaintiffs – members of the press – have been prohibited from printing the news, while Plaintiffs’ lawyers have been prohibited from communicating with their clients, advocating for their clients’ interests, or even accessing portions of their own attorney work product. Further, this Court has denied Plaintiffs’ repeated requests (ECF ##25, 28, 33) to consider the basis of its order, declining to hold a closed hearing or to consider the document production in camera. Thus, this Court has prohibited Plaintiffs and their lawyers from speaking and printing the news without knowing the content of the speech or news being prohibited. Meanwhile, this Court has not resolved Defendant’s December 2023 Motion for Summary Judgment or otherwise issued a final judgment in the case which Plaintiffs would be able to appeal.”
In January 2025, the D.C. Circuit Court ruled unanimously in Human Rights Defense Center v. U.S. Park Police that federal agencies lack the power to “claw back” FOIA responses. This case is in the same Circuit as the case mentioned earlier. There is no reason to believe that the D.C. Circuit Court would reach a different conclusion since both cases deal with an agency trying to “claw back” an unredacted FOIA response. The ATF continues to ask the court to maintain the protective order.
The brief reads: “The D.C. Circuit’s decision could not be more on point and directly controlling of the outcome of this case. But Defendant speculates otherwise. In an attempt to narrow the D.C. Circuit’s repudiation of inherent ‘claw back’ authority, Defendant points to the D.C. Circuit’s expression of “no opinion” on information “subject to any independent legal prohibition on disclosure such as applies to classified documents….” ECF #35 at 2 (emphasis added) (quoting Hum. Rts. Def. Ctr., 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 1586, at *20-21) Defendant thus likens “information that is ‘specifically exempted from disclosure by statute’” to classified information not at issue here.”
There are certain times when the plaintiffs could block information, but GOA points out that none of those reasons apply in this case. One reason is that the information could be classified because of national security. The plaintiffs claim that the unseen information isn’t classified, and the defendants never argue that it is a matter of national security.
GOA points out that even if the documents were classified, which they are not, they still would not be entitled to a “sweeping protective order.” Only portions of the papers affecting national security would be eligible for protection via a protective order. The plaintiffs seem to be trying to head off the ATF using this provision as an excuse to block the release of the documents to the media and the public.
The plaintiffs claim that the ATF is ignoring the constitutional basis of the D.C. Circuit’s decision. The D.C. Circuit noted the government’s failure to show “any documented historical practice of permitting the government to claw back information it accidentally disclosed in a FOIA production.” This case falls under the same principle. Since the Circuit Court has already decided on the principle, the District Court is bound by the precedent.
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The plaintiffs also make a First Amendment claim. This case isn’t the first time the lawyers have argued a First Amendment challenge. Two of the attorneys on the case, Robert Olson and Stephen Stamboulieh, have defended this reporter in a case where the ATF tried to place a gag order on me, claiming that it could prevent the reporting of leaked documents. The lawyers forced the ATF to drop its motion.
https://www.scribd.com/embeds/840246774/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-sWB1W1mqqhf23PmwojL6
https://www.ammoland.com/2025/03/goa-sues-the-atf-to-lift-gag-order/
With redistribution of polls, should it read 343 not 338. Heads up on the Federal Liberals sending out the new voters lists after boundry changes. They might forget to include many voters on the lists. It won’t be the first time.
IF the Liberal leader ever decides to call an election. I still have a very bad feeling.
The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome@TheMossadIL
A short tale about the Hezbollah terrorist Mohammed Shit. Yes, that’s his name.
While the IDF was watching him be a terrorist, even smiling at the camera at 0:48. And then Mr. Shit took a little drive (1:09) for the last time.
Happy trails, Mr. Shit.
https://x.com/TheMossadIL/status/1902023848792363222
Wonderful observation about the wretched narcissists poisoning discourse in the West from the perspective of a Soviet emigre. From that distance she hits the cold, hard truth.
The Coalition of the Sentimental and the Homicidal
There’s a word for it in Russian: poshlost
https://www.commentary.org/articles/irina-velitskaya/pro-palestinian-sentimentalism/
Greta wipes her tears in the lead pix. A howler!
New York political history:
[In] the 1976 Senate race between James Buckley and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Buckley went out of his way to refer to his rival as “Professor Moynihan” and to identify him as “a Harvard professor.” When Moynihan was asked why Buckley kept referring to him in this fashion, he reportedly grinned and said: “The mudslinging has begun.”
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Quoted by Meir Y. Soloveichik, https://www.commentary.org/articles/meir-soloveichik/harvard-antisemitism-larry-summers/