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Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Travel Ban Case

Build the wall, damit!

Supreme Court Expedites Trump’s Petition on Executive Order Case

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Supreme Court took the rare step on Friday of expediting consideration of a major case, rapidly accelerating the schedule for reviewing the Fourth Circuit’s blocking of President Donald Trump’s travel ban executive order.

President Trump issued Executive Order 13780 (EO) on March 6, Section 2(c) of which temporarily restricted travel from six Muslim-majority countries associated with terrorism while the United States developed new vetting procedures to keep the nation safe.

Immigration activists sued, along with several immigrants and their families. A liberal federal district judge in Maryland granted a preliminary injunction blocking Section 2(c) of the EO. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit then affirmed the trial court’s injunction in a 10-3 decision, ruling that the EO violated the Constitution’s Establishment Clause, and taking the almost unheard-of step of all the court’s judges hearing the case, instead of sending it to a three-judge panel.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a petition for review at the Supreme Court on Thursday. Under the Court’s rules, a response from the plaintiffs would be due July 3. By that time the Court would be on recess for the summer, meaning that the justices would vote at the Court’s annual pre-Term conference, which will take place on September 25, on whether to take the case. That would typically mean hearing arguments in December or January, with a final decision coming down in early or mid-2018.

Acting Solicitor General Jeff Wall at DOJ also asked Chief Justice John Roberts (who supervises the Fourth Circuit) to stay the appellate court’s decision until the justices can decide the matter.

On Friday, the Supreme Court rapidly expedited everything. The ACLU—which represents the plaintiffs—have been ordered to file their response by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, June 12. The ACLU lawyers must also respond to DOJ’s application for a stay by that time.

The Court could conceivably then vote immediately on whether to take the case, or anytime shortly thereafter. Under a normal briefing schedule, the Court would then hear arguments in October, and issue a decision by the end of 2017.

It’s also possible that the Court could accelerate briefing on an emergency basis, then hold arguments over the summer, or possibly even in June before recessing for the summer. The Court could make clear by the week of June 12 which course it is pursuing.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/03/supreme-court-expedites-trumps-petition-on-executive-order-case/

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16 Year Old Girl Hacks Uber Driver With Machete

The idiot skank and the man she killed.

Girl, 16, accused of killing Uber driver with stolen knife, machete

Idiot

A teenage girl from Chicago who has been charged with killing an Uber driver randomly attacked the man with a knife and a machete that she had just stolen from Walmart, authorities say.

Eliza Wasni, 16, kept her eyes mostly to the floor Wednesday afternoon as a Cook County judge ordered her held without bail in the killing of Grant Nelson of Wilmette — an act prosecutors called “heinous” and “not provoked in any manner.”

Prosecutors said Nelson, 34, had picked up Wasni early Tuesday a few blocks from a Walmart in Skokie and, minutes into the ride, near the corner of Touhy and Lincoln avenues in Lincolnwood, she began stabbing him.

He managed to pull over his Hyundai and run to a nearby condominium building lobby, where he pushed buzzers and yelled, “Help me, help me. I’m going to die,” Assistant State’s Attorney Michelle Cunningham said.

Wasni took off in Nelson’s car but quickly struck a median and then ran off on foot, Cunningham said. She was found nearby wearing just a bra and leggings; a bloodstained Chicago Cubs shirt was found nearby, and a trail of blood led responding officers to the condominium lobby and then to the seriously injured Uber driver, Cunningham said.

Police were able to use the Uber app on his phone to see that “Eliza” was the name of his most recent customer, the prosecutor said.

She called Nelson a “random victim.”

Nelson, who attended New Trier High School in Winnetka and the University of Colorado at Boulder, described his attacker to police but died later at a nearby hospital, officials said.

Surveillance footage from Walmart showed Wasni walking around the store with a knife and machete and then leaving without paying for them, the prosecutor said.

She said Wasni had taken two earlier Uber rides the evening before, including one to Des Plaines and another from Des Plaines to Walmart. She was apparently in violation of the ride-sharing company’s terms and conditions, which say customers must be at least 18 years old.

Wasni spoke during the bond court hearing only to confirm her name. Her lawyer, a public defender, said the teen attends Taft High School in Chicago and lives with a single mother.

Wasni has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder. Judge Michael Hood ordered her to be held without bail and called the crime “extremely violent.”

An official with the Cook County sheriff’s office said Wasni will be held in a juvenile facility.

Outside the courtroom, Nelson’s brother, Todd Nelson, called him “the most gentle, kind person. He never hurt anyone. He was good to animals, he was good to children.”

Grant Nelson, his brother said, loved opera and classical piano and was a “very good” piano player. He had also previously worked at Di Pescara restaurant in Northbrook, a manager there confirmed.

“He was just trying to do the best he could in life,” Todd Nelson said.

His sister, Alexandra Nelson, added that the family hopes “justice will happen,” calling the attack “horrifying and maddening.”

The siblings, as well as their parents, were in the courtroom during the hearing. Alexandra Nelson sat behind her father with her hand on his shoulder as a description of the alleged crime was read by the prosecutor.

Family members sobbed at times during the proceedings, including when officials described Grant Nelson begging for help in the lobby before he was found on the ground outside in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds on his right side.

An Uber spokeswoman issued a statement Wednesday saying the company is “heartbroken by the loss of one of our partners, Grant Nelson. Our deepest sympathies and prayers are with his family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.”

Regarding the company’s 18-and-older age restriction for customers, the spokeswoman later explained that a rider’s access to the service can be removed if the rider is found to be underage, and that there is a mechanism for drivers to report riders if they suspect them of being younger than 18.

The spokeswoman said Uber has safety tips for drivers and riders, developed with the assistance of law enforcement agencies. She also said that drivers are encouraged to contact local authorities if they ever feel unsafe, and that the app has a two-way feedback system that is monitored around the clock by a team that investigates any problems that are reported.

 

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A Day Without White People at Evergreen State College

Do these people ever study?

College melts down over plan for white people-free day on campus

After protesters at a Washington state college called for a day without white people, a biology professor says he no longer feels safe on campus — and student activists complain they’re being vilified by conservative media.

Evergreen State College students said racial tensions have been simmering in recent weeks, but reached a boiling point when a faculty member disagreed with their plans to protest what they say is institutional racism at the Olympia campus, according to The Olympian.

Students were particularly incensed by an email that surfaced on Twitter on May 25 between Professor Bret Weinstein and Rashida Love, director of First Peoples Multicultural Advising Services. Weinstein, who is white, allegedly condemned the “Day of Absence” event that asked white people to leave campus for the day.

He called the day “an act of oppression in and of itself” and said he would visit campus in spite of the demonstration, according to USA Today.

If there was interest in a public presentation and discussion of race through a scientific/revolutionary lens, I would be quite willing to organize such an event,” Weinstein wrote.

In a YouTube video posted on May 27, a group of students is heard calling for Weinstein to be fired. Demonstrations have involved as many as 200 students pouring into classrooms and the school president’s office.

“Hey-hey, ho-ho, these racist teachers have got to go,” the students chanted in the video.

Weinstein told news station KING that he was advised last week not to go to campus for safety reasons.

“I have been told by the Chief of Police it’s not safe for me to be on campus,” Weinstein told KING.  The station notes that Weinstein has spoken out in this year against increasing the role race plays in the admissions process.

Multiple protest videos have been picked up by conservative media outlets, but the students disagree with the coverage, calling the footage “edited.”

“We demand that the video created for Day of Absence and Day of Presence that was stolen by white supremacists and edited to expose and ridicule the students and staff be taken down by the administration by this Friday,” students said in a statement to the College Fix.

http://nypost.com/2017/05/31/college-melts-down-over-plan-for-white-people-free-day-on-campus/

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Hell Won’t Have Her: Devil Worshippers Turn Against Kathy Griffin

This is a head made for severing.

Satanists disavow Kathy Griffin after grotesque Trump ‘behead’

Even Satan doesn’t want to be associated with Kathy Griffin.

After the attention-starved “comedian” participated in a photo shoot where she posed with the bloody severed head resembling that of President Trump, and the image was posted on Tuesday, the Church of Satan disavowed her.

Mike Cernovich tweeted, “CNN has yet to issue a statement about Satanic-ISIS death threats made by its employee Kathy Griffin.”

The Church of Satan responded, “Please do not include us in this.”

One entity, however that is still including Griffin in its broadcasts is CNN.

The network released a statement calling Griffin’s stunt “disgusting and offensive” but has yet to take action against its New Year’s Eve co-host.

“We are evaluating our New Year’s Eve coverage and have made no decisions at this point,” CNN’s Dylan Byers tweeted.

President Trump slammed Griffin, writing she “should be ashamed of herself,” adding that his 11-year-old son is “having a hard time with this.”

Meanwhile, late Tuesday night, Griffin — or someone resembling her — tweeted an apology video.

“I am sorry. I went too far. I was wrong,” she said, despite being caught on video mocking the impending firestorm during the photo shoot.

Satanists disavow Kathy Griffin after grotesque Trump ‘behead’

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DeBlasio Employee and Head of Young Democrats Caught With Baby Porn

Sick fucker. He needs his balls cut off and a lobotomy.

De Blasio employee arrested for child pornography

A leading young Democrat and de Blasio administration employee has a secret taste for sickening kiddie porn that involves baby girls as young as 6 months old, court papers revealed Friday.

Jacob Schwartz, 29, was busted for allegedly keeping more than 3,000 disgusting images and 89 videos on a laptop after downloading the filth from the internet.

The illegal smut shows “young nude females between the approximate ages of 6 months and 16, engaging in sexual conduct… on an adult male,” court papers say.

Schwartz’s father — labor lawyer and Democratic insider Arthur Schwartz — called his son’s case “a personal tragedy.”

“I understand these are serious charges,” said the elder Schwartz, who watched his son get arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday night.

“He’s already in therapy for this.”

Jacob Schwartz surrendered to NYPD computer-crimes investigators in Manhattan’s 13th Precinct on Thursday morning, sources said.

He’d been under investigation since March 29, when he handed over his laptop and gave cops written permission to search it, court papers say.

Jacob Schwartz is the president of the Manhattan Young Democrats and the downstate region vice president of the New York State Young Democrats.

But his name and photo were scrubbed from both groups’ Web sites after The Post broke the news of his arrest.

A statement from the Manhattan Young Democrats said the organization was “shocked” by the allegations against Schwartz, and added that he was “no longer a member of the board, and an interim president is now in place.”

A photo posted last year on Twitter shows him posing with Robby Mook, then the campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s disastrous presidential campaign.

Schwartz is employed as a $66,360-a-year computer programmer analyst in the city Department of Design and Construction, where he works on the “Build It Back” Hurricane Sandy recovery and resiliency program.

Schwartz was hired after working there as an intern in fiscal 2015, records show.

De Blasio ignored questions about his arrest following a news conference in The Bronx, but a spokeswoman later said Schwartz “is being terminated immediately, and the agency is cooperating with investigators.”

According to his online biography, Schwartz got involved in politics at a young age, helping his father campaign for Democratic district leader in Greenwich Village.

The elder Schwartz served as New York counsel to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ failed presidential campaign, and was also the campaign treasurer for law professor and liberal activist Zephyr Teachout when she challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the 2014 Democratic nomination.

Arthur Schwartz also had his own brush with the law in 2015, when he was busted for removing hidden surveillance cameras trained on the front door of a $700-a-month, rent-stabilized apartment occupied by a 93-year-old client battling her landlord.

Prosecutors agreed to drop felony grand larceny charges in exchange for Arthur Schwartz paying $720 in restitution.

Jacob Schwartz attended Lehigh University, where he was a member of the “On Tap” a capella singing group, which later scored a gig on the Celebrity Infinity cruise ship.

The all-male quartet scored high marks on the “Cruise Critic” website, where a member from Denmark wrote in 2013, “we really enjoyed the On Tap boys on our Infinity cruise to Alaska.”

Jacob Schwartz was charged with promoting a sexual performance by a child and possessing a sexual performance by a child under 16, both felonies, and released on $7,500 bail.

http://nypost.com/2017/05/26/de-blasio-staffer-arrested-for-child-pornography/

 

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Eminem and Timberlake Raise $2m for Manchester Terrorism Victims

Keep the GFPs out of America.

Although you’d wish it wouldn’t take a tragedy to help bring people together, it’s heartwarming to see people come together for charitable causes for any reason. Following the attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, several celebrities have stepped up to help make a difference for the attack victims and their families.

Eminem is one of the big names helping lead the way on that front. He shared a link on his Twitter page to a fund set up by the Manchester Evening News and British Red Cross, imploring followers to join him in donating money to help.

The Detroit native using social media to help promote the cause is significant, because he tends to shy away from social media use in general. Most of his feed is dedicated to promoting tours or upcoming work of his, including a tease for the upcoming anniversary edition of The Eminem Show. Taking the time to lend his voice to the cause shows you how seriously he’s taking it.

Other notable voices in the music industry chipped in to raise awareness for the cause, including Justin Timberlake.

Those two names alone are big enough to make a difference; Timberlake and Eminem have over 80 million Twitter followers between the two of them, and with voices like theirs behind the cause, over £1,770,000—or almost $2.3 million—has already been raised to assist families affected by the attack. The campaign’s ultimate goal of £2 million is on the verge of being met within days of being set up.

Neither artist’s donation has been disclosed publicly, but their work here is a more important collaboration than anything they could do musically. If you want to join the cause alongside Eminem, Timberlake, and thousands of others, you can donate through the Just Giving page here.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/eminem-justin-timberlake-help-raise-191557598.html