<p>Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sudden-death-the-surge-of-nfl-tragedies-and-whats-behind-it">NFL</a> star Frank Gore allegedly dragged a naked woman by her hair down an Atlantic City hotel hallway on July 31, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/10/frank-gore-dragged-naked-woman-across-hallway-by-hair-cops-say/">according</a> to reports.</p>
<p>In a press release from the Atlantic City Police Department issued Tuesday, Gore, 39, was charged with simple assault over the apparent domestic violence incident, which involved a 28-year-old female.</p>
<p class="speakable">&#8220;On July 31, 2022, at 8:11 AM, patrol units were dispatched to Tropicana Atlantic City for a report of a domestic violence dispute,&#8221; the press release <a href="https://www.tip411.com/alerts/83125">said</a>. &#8220;Officers arrived to find the victim, a 28-year-old woman from Miami Florida, speaking with hotel security. The victim did not exhibit signs of injury and complaints were not filed at the time.&#8221;</p>
<p class="speakable">&#8220;However, an ensuing investigation resulted in Franklin Gore being charged with simple assault related to the domestic violence incident,&#8221; the department added.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/10/frank-gore-dragged-naked-woman-across-hallway-by-hair-cops-say/">According</a> to police documents viewed by TMZ Sports, Gore allegedly &#8220;forcibly&#8221; grabbed the victim by the hair before &#8220;violently dragging her nude person along the floor of the 59th hallway.&#8221;</p>
<p>The former San Francisco 49er has been issued a summons pending a future court date, police said.</p>
<p>Another former NFL star, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-has-more-advice-nfl-after-player-sits-james-barrett">Marshawn Lynch</a>, found himself in trouble with the law this month, too. The famed running back was arrested in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/las-vegas">Las Vegas</a> and booked for driving under the influence.</p>
<p>“The LVMPD (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department) conducted a vehicle stop at Fairfield Avenue and West Utah Avenue (near Wyoming and Las Vegas Blvd) on a driver, later identified as Marshawn Lynch, for suspected driver impairment,” the LVMPD <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-star-marshawn-lynch-arrested-in-las-vegas-booked-for-dui">posted</a> Tuesday.</p>
<p>“Through the course of the investigation, officers determined that Lynch was impaired and conducted an arrest,” the department added. “Lynch was transported to the Las Vegas City Jail and booked for driving under the influence.”</p>
<p>While past analysis shows that NFL players have a lower arrest rate on average than similarly aged men in the U.S. general public, they do have higher rates of arrest in specific areas, including domestic violence.</p>
<p>“Approximately 7 percent of the people who played in the NFL between 2000 and 2014 were arrested, according to a CNS analysis, a lower arrest rate than the group of similarly aged men in the U.S. general population,” CNS Maryland <a href="https://cnsmaryland.org/interactives/Crime-In-NFL/">reported</a>. “When compared with U.S. men aged 21-34, NFL players were disproportionately arrested and charged with domestic violence, sex offenses, murder and weapons-related crimes. Those crimes accounted for a much larger portion of total arrests in the NFL.”</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sudden-death-the-surge-of-nfl-tragedies-and-whats-behind-it">Sudden Death: The Surge Of NFL Tragedies, And What’s Behind It</a></strong></p>


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Ex-NFL Star Dragged Naked Woman By Hair Down Hotel Hallway: Report

Ex-NFL Star Frank Gore Dragged Naked Woman By Hair Across Atlantic City Hotel

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<p>Archaeologists at a public dig site in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey">New Jersey</a> have discovered human remains and artifacts belonging to soldiers in the American Revolution.</p>
<p>The excavation, conducted by a team of more than 100 volunteers from the Gloucester County Archeological Society and nearby Rowan University, discovered what appeared to be a mass grave of soldiers at Red Bank Battlefield park in South Jersey. Officials said the remains appear to be from Hessian soldiers, German mercenaries who fought with the British army during the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/american-revolution">Revolution</a>. Other artifacts recovered at the site included a gold coin, metal clothing accessories, and ammunition.</p>
<p>“On June 26 during the final hours of a public archaeology dig at the site of the battlefield’s Fort Mercer trench, a human femur was discovered,” Rowan University history professor, public historian, and director of the Red Bank Battlefield Park, Jennifer Janofsky, said in a press conference announcing the findings. Further excavation along the trench unearthed the remains of at least 13 Hessian soldiers who fought at the Battle of Red Bank in 1777, the South Jersey <a href="https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/02/archeological-dig-red-bank-battlefield-revoluntionary-war/65387713007/">Courier-Post</a> reported.</p>
<p>“This find is a remarkable discovery because a mass grave was a rarity on battlefields during the American Revolution,” South River Heritage Consulting principal archaeologist and dig site supervisor Wade Catts told reporters.</p>
<p>The dig also uncovered several items besides the remains: a 1766 gold guinea, stamped with the image of King George III, the equivalent of a soldier&#8217;s salary for a month, which the researchers said was extremely rare; a knee buckle from a soldier&#8217;s uniform that had trace remains of fabric and human blood; several buttons made of pewter and brass; and a number of musket balls and ammunition.</p>
<p>The artifacts were unveiled Tuesday, and will be displayed to the public again Wednesday, the <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/rowan-university-revolutionary-war-remains-dig-20220802.html">Philadelphia Inquirer</a> reported. The human remains have been transferred to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey">New Jersey</a> State Police public forensic unit, which will conduct a series of tests on the bones, including a “skeletal assessment, isotopic, genetic and radiological analyses,” to find out more about the origin and history of the soldiers, and possibly connect them to their descendants.</p>
<p>The non-human items will eventually be showcased somewhere at the park, while the remains will be buried elsewhere. The trench will be filled in and protective fencing will be removed so that the site can be fully incorporated back into the park.</p>
<p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The trench, some four and a half feet deep, was part of a system of earthworks that extended around Fort Mercer, the outpost where the battle took place. According to the Inquirer, Gloucester County officials purchased a quarter-acre wooded parcel of land in 2020 that included much of the trench, and Janofsky was granted $19,000 by the New Jersey Historical Commission to conduct an excavation, which was originally expected to be a study of the trench itself. The trench extends further into an adjacent neighborhood, but digging has stopped for now.</p>
<p class="inq-p">The Battle of Red Bank took place on October 22, 1777. A force of about 1,200 Hessian soldiers advanced on Fort Mercer, intending to capture it to allow British ships to pass into occupied Philadelphia. But a force of about 400 Continental Soldiers repelled the attack. In total, the Hessians suffered more than 300 casualties, while just 14 Americans were killed and 27 wounded.</p>
<p class="inq-p">Much of the battle site itself has been covered by the rising of the Delaware River, but the remaining banks and nearby Whitall House are still part of the present-day park.</p>


Reenactment of Revolutionary war soldiers

Human Remains, Artifacts Found At Revolutionary War Battlefield Site In New Jersey

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<p>A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey">Jersey City</a> councilwoman is facing calls for her resignation after being allegedly caught on a traffic camera crashing into a bicyclist and continuing on her way.</p>
<p>Ann DeGise, a first-term, at-large city council member and the daughter of powerful Democrat Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, had the green light and did not appear to be the cause of the July 19 incident, according to officials. But the fact that she allegedly did not stop to see if Andrew Black, 31, was okay has stoked outrage in the city and among her council colleagues.</p>
<p>&#8220;Past being elected its a living human being, it was really hard for me to witness that,” said Councilman Frank Gilmore. &#8220;It&#8217;s a matter of public trust, it&#8217;s a matter of respect, it&#8217;s a matter of human decency.&#8221;</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Hit-and-run crash involving Jersey City Councilwoman Amy DeGise" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/giO5xX0-Hdk?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Another fellow councilmember, James Solomon, was among the first to sign a <a href="https://www.change.org/p/councilwoman-degise-must-resign-now?original_footer_petition_id=13007392&amp;algorithm=promoted&amp;source_location=petition_footer&amp;grid_position=1&amp;pt=AVBldGl0aW9uANJiBwIAAAAAYuFFlcXW5Z1iNWVmYTM2ZA%3D%3D">change.org petition</a> calling for DeGise to resign.</p>
<p>&#8220;The word I use is horrified, that’s how I felt watching the video,&#8221; Solomon told <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/video-shows-jersey-city-councilwoman-allegedly-hit-cyclist-with-suv-drive-off/3798300/">NBCNewYork.com</a>. &#8220;She&#8217;s an elected official and we have to hold ourselves to a higher standard and that’s why I think she should resign.&#8221;</p>
<p>The violent collision sent Black flying through the air, bouncing off the hood of the SUV and landing in a heap in the middle of busy Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. He could be seen rising to his feet and staggering to the safety of a corner, where passersby tended to him. His bike landed in a tangled heap near another corner. Black, an Uber Eats deliveryman, miraculously suffered no serious injuries.</p>
<div id="attachment_417194" style="width: 932px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-417194" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-417194 size-large" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-29-at-4.51.27-PM-922x576.png" alt="Jersey City Councilwoman Ann DeGise is facing calls for her resignation after a hit and run accident" width="922" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-29-at-4.51.27-PM-922x576.png 922w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-29-at-4.51.27-PM-300x188.png 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-29-at-4.51.27-PM-768x480.png 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-29-at-4.51.27-PM-1536x960.png 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-29-at-4.51.27-PM-2048x1280.png 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px" /><p id="caption-attachment-417194" class="wp-caption-text">Jersey City Councilwoman Ann DeGise is facing calls for her resignation after a hit and run accident. (Change.org)</p></div>
<p>&#8220;Someone of prestige would fall to the point where they would ignore the law,&#8221; Black said <a href="https://hudpost.com/victim-of-councilwoman-degises-hit-and-run-speaks-out-for-the-first-time/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">in an interview with HudPost</a>.</p>
<p>DeGise has been charged with failure to report the accident and leaving the scene. She reported the accident six hours later, <a href="https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/07/degise-waited-six-hours-to-report-hit-and-run-police-video-shows.html">according to the Jersey Journal</a>, and said through a spokesperson she has no intention of resigning. In addition to being the daughter of the county executive, she is a former school board member and was previously chairwoman of the powerful Hudson County Democratic Organization.</p>
<p>Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, a fellow Democrat who ran with DeGise on his ticket in November, called the incident a terrible mistake but stopped short of calling on DeGise to resign.</p>


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WATCH: New Jersey Democrat Allegedly T-Bones Uber Eats Bicyclist, Keeps Going

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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey">New Jersey</a> woman who concocted a story in 2017 about a homeless man giving her his last $20 for gas and parlayed the heartwarming fib into a $400,000 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gofundme">GoFundMe</a> windfall was sentenced to a year in federal prison Thursday.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Katelyn McClure, 32, was also given three years’ probation by a federal judge in Camden and ordered to pay back the roughly 14,000 people she tricked into donating to the online fundraiser. McClure, her then-boyfriend Mark D’Amico, and homeless man Johnny Bobbitt plotted the scheme at a Philadelphia casino about a month before going public with the story.</p>
<p>&#8220;I wish that I could do more for this selfless man, who went out of his way just to help me that day,&#8221; McClure wrote in the GoFundMe message that went viral five years ago. &#8220;He is such a great guy, and talking to him each time I see him makes me want to help him more and more.&#8221;</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">“All Johnny needs is one little break,” McClure continued. “Hopefully with your help I can be the one to give it to him.”</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Her accompanying story about the humble hobo who selflessly rescued her when she ran out of gas on I-95, spawning an unlikely friendship, pulled at the nation’s heartstrings and even landed them an interview with then-NBC News star Megyn Kelly.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">But it all unraveled when Bobbitt accused the couple of cheating him out of his cut. In a lawsuit, he alleged that the pair gave him just $75,000 and spent the rest on gambling, vacations and a new BMW.</p>
<div id="attachment_413711" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-413711" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-413711 size-medium" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-22-at-10.52.22-AM-1-300x168.png" alt="Bobbitt, McClure and D'Amico could all face state charges, too." width="300" height="168" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-22-at-10.52.22-AM-1-300x168.png 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-22-at-10.52.22-AM-1-1024x573.png 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-22-at-10.52.22-AM-1-768x430.png 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-22-at-10.52.22-AM-1.png 1104w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p id="caption-attachment-413711" class="wp-caption-text">Bobbitt, McClure and D&#8217;Amico could all face state charges, too.</p></div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Prosecutors said McClure texted a friend immediately after creating the GoFundMe page and admitted the whole thing was a scam.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">“OK so wait, the gas part is completely made up but the guy isn&#8217;t,&#8217; McClure texted. “I had to make something up so people would feel bad. So shush about the made up stuff.&#8221;</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">“D&#8217;Amico, McClure and Bobbitt conspired to pass off a fake, feel good story that would compel donors to contribute to their cause and it worked in a very big way but it was fictitious and illegal and there are consequences,” Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said at a press conference in 2018.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">D&#8217;Amico pleaded guilty and faces 27 months in prison. Bobbitt was ordered to get drug treatment. All three still face possible state charges.</p>
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Mastermind Behind GoFundMe Hoax Claiming Homeless Man Gave Her Gas Money Gets Prison Sentence

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<p style="font-weight: 400;">A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">trans inmate</a> serving time in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey">New Jersey</a> women’s prison for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime">manslaughter</a> has been moved out after getting two fellow convicts pregnant, according to the state Department of Corrections.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Demi Minor, 27, was transferred out of the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in June, two months after <a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="https://www.nj.com/news/2022/04/two-women-at-nj-prison-are-pregnant-after-consensual-sex-between-inmates-doc-says.html">NJ Advance Media reported</a> Minor impregnated two women during “consensual sexual relationships.” Minor, who is serving a 30-year sentence and not eligible for parole until 2037, complained about being relocated to the Garden State Youth Correctional facility on a <a href="https://justice4demi.org/2022/07/15/being-forced-to-live-in-a-male-prison/">website</a> maintained by supporters.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“This is the hell that NJDOC wants to put me through, this is my punishment for what occurs over 2 months ago, they have violated my right to be safe and free from sexual harassment, by putting me in one of the most violent youth Correctional facilities,” Minor wrote.</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Minor complained of being abused by corrections officers during the move and by inmates at the youth facility. According to Minor&#8217;s website, Minor killed a former foster father in 2011 who Minor &#8220;wrongly blamed at the time&#8221; for sexual abuse.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“NJDOC cannot comment on any active investigations,” the state Department of Corrections said <a href="https://www.nj.com/news/2022/07/transgender-woman-who-impregnated-2-inmates-removed-from-njs-female-prison.html">in a statement</a>. “The Department has zero tolerance for abuse, and the safety and security of the incarcerated population and staff are of critical importance.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Minor is being held in a specialized unit in a prison for young offenders, Dan Sperrazza, a Department of Corrections spokesman, told the outlet. It was not known if either of the pregnant prisoners remain pregnant.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The pregnancies drew attention to New Jersey’s transgender prisoner policy, which was established in the wake of <a href="https://www.nj.com/news/2021/06/nj-settles-prison-brutality-lawsuit-with-promise-of-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-inmates.html">a settlement agreement</a> with the state American Civil Liberties Union chapter just over a year ago. The policy requires transgender prisoners to be held in prisons that match their gender identity, not their actual biological gender. The settlement agreement required the policy to remain in effect for one year, a period which ended last month, <a href="https://www.nj.com/news/2022/07/transgender-woman-who-impregnated-2-inmates-removed-from-njs-female-prison.html">according to NJ.com</a>.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Sperrazza said the DOC continues to follow the agreement and “is currently reviewing the policy for housing transgender incarcerated persons with the intention of implementing minor modifications.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Most states house transgender prisoners in facilities matching their biological gender. Last year, California began allowing trans inmates to request transfer to prisons that do not match their biological sex. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-allows-hundreds-of-transgender-inmates-to-request-transfers-to-prison-aligning-with-gender-identity">Hundreds reportedly applied</a> for the transfers.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Last year, a transgender prisoner at New York City’s infamous Rikers Island jail raped a female prisoner while in the women’s section of the lockup, according to authorities. <a href="https://www.bronxda.nyc.gov/downloads/pdf/pr/2021/39-2021%20rikers-island-violence-indictments.pdf">Ramel Blount</a>, 33, who goes by Diamond Blount, took a deal to plead guilty to attempted rape April 7 and was sentenced to seven years, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/04/25/transgender-rikers-inmate-gets-7-years-for-raping-female-prisoner/">New York Post</a>.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Also last year, a transgender inmate allegedly raped a developmentally-disabled woman while both were confined behind bars at the Washington State Corrections Center for Women, <a href="https://mynorthwest.com/3445157/dori-corrections-guard-details-rape-biologically-male-prisoners-transgender-inmate/">MyNorthwest.com reported</a>.</p>


Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women

Trans Inmate Moved From Women’s Prison After Getting 2 Prisoners Pregnant

Trans Inmate Moved From Women's Prison After Getting 2 Prisoners Pregnant

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<p>Despite the Pennsylvania Department of Health warning against non-essential travel, lieutenant governor and pro-COVID lockdown advocate John Fetterman used tax-payer funds for a Jersey Shore family getaway three months into the coronavirus pandemic.</p>
<p>Records obtained by the <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/pa-dem-pushed-covid-lockdowns-during-taxpayer-funded-jersey-shore-vacay-records-show/">Washington Free Beacon</a> show Fetterman spent $3,500 on security detail for overtime, food, and lodging from June 24-27, 2020, in Ocean City, New Jersey.</p>
<p>Fetterman&#8217;s family vacation came two days after New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced a crackdown on maskless beach goers amid a spike in COVID-19 cases at the time.</p>
<p>Joe Calvello, a spokesman for Fetterman&#8217;s campaign, confirmed the vacation to The Washington Free Beacon but emphasized he never claimed reimbursement for travel expenses. Calvello added that Fetterman had cut spending on travel, food, conferences, and office supplies during his first two years as Pennsylvania&#8217;s lieutenant governor.</p>
<p>&#8220;John and his family do take modest summer vacations like many folks in PA,&#8221; Calvello told the Free Beacon.</p>
<p>Calvello said Alleghany County, where Fetterman lives, &#8220;was not in lockdown.&#8221;</p>
<p>But modest as they may seem, Fetterman&#8217;s security detail were guests at the Port-O-Call Hotel, a premier resort located on Jersey&#8217;s Ocean City boardwalk, during the vacation. The Free Beacon reports the Fetterman&#8217;s have stayed at the resort during other vacations.</p>
<p>Aside from pushing draconian lockdown measures during the pandemic and vowing to practice social distancing, minimize trips, and stay at home and out of the indoor public spaces, Fetterman begged Pennsylvania residents to mask up.</p>
<p>&#8220;I just can&#8217;t emphasize enough how important if you want Pennsylvania to stay open and the hospital beds to stay empty — please wear a mask,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1278696410460893186">said</a> less than a week after his vacation. &#8220;A mask has nothing to do with your politics or who you&#8217;re gonna vote for. It has everything to do with keeping Pennsylvania healthy and keeping Pennsylvania open.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, Fetterman was <a href="https://twitter.com/MJ_Szym/status/1281282945773375490">spotted</a> maskless on the boardwalk.</p>
<p>Pennsylvania&#8217;s lieutenant governor has a history of pushing COVID-19 mandates and orders.</p>
<p>In May 2020, he blamed COVID-19 outbreaks on &#8220;renegade counties&#8221; with &#8220;a small, tiny minority&#8221; of anti-lockdown protestors. He also said keeping schools closed was &#8220;an absolute necessity&#8221; in slowing the spread of the coronavirus.</p>
<p>Fetterman threw his name in Pennsylvania&#8217;s U.S. Senate Race earlier this year. <a href="https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania-senate-race/pa-senate-race-538-model-shows-toss-up-in-oz-fetterman-election/">According to</a> an election forecast model, he stands against the Trump-endorsed celebrity television doctor Dr. Mehmet Oz and currently holds a 2 percent lead in winning the race.</p>
<p>Since suffering from a near-fatal stroke in May 2022, the 52-year-old lieutenant governor and senate candidate has remained off the campaign trail while he recovers.</p>
<p>Last month, Fetterman and his family were <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkEichmann/status/1539619196375425030">seen</a> again on the Ocean City boardwalk.</p>


Lieutenant Governor & Democratic Senate Candidate John Fetterman Holds Campaign Event

Pennsylvania Lieutenant Gov. Spent Taxpayer Funds On Jersey Shore Vacation During COVID Lockdowns, Records Show 

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<p>Democratic governors can&#8217;t exactly offer companies a competitive economic environment, but they can promise Big Business that their employees will have access to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion">abortion</a>.</p>
<p>For some reason, progressive governors like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom">Gavin Newsom</a> in California and Phil Murphy in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey">New Jersey</a> think that kind of sales pitch will help lure back companies that have since left their states.</p>
<p>&#8220;We’ve got your back, but come back,&#8221; Newsom <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/27/democrats-recruit-businesses-from-red-states-restricting-abortion-00042716">said</a> at a news conference Friday while touting California&#8217;s liberal abortion laws on Friday. &#8220;Some of you may have left the state, come on back. Some businesses may have left, come on back. It’s a point of pride that we welcome you back; we want to celebrate that we have you back.&#8221;</p>
<p>Murphy made a more direct appeal recently, sending personal letters to firms across the country.</p>
<p>Shortly after it was leaked that the Supreme Court of the United States was poised to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em>, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) <a href="https://www.ajc.com/politics/new-jersey-aims-to-lure-georgia-firms-by-warning-of-dangerous-anti-abortion-policies/QDYBJ5ZVGZALPF5MX4NOVTT2SQ/">reported</a> that Murphy sent seven companies in The Peach Tree State a letter, warning that the repeal of <em>Roe </em>would make it more difficult for them to attract &#8220;top female talent.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The overturning of a woman’s right to bodily autonomy — and the chilling effect this decision will have on your ability to attract and retain top female talent by being located in a state which has refused to recognize women’s reproductive freedom — cannot be ignored,&#8221; one letter said, according to AJC.</p>
<p>The paper noted that Murphy&#8217;s office also sent a version of that letter &#8220;to more than 50 companies in states with anti-abortion laws, including Florida, Missouri, Ohio and Texas.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Economic strength is about more than just value — it is about values,&#8221; Alyana Alfaro Post, press secretary for Murphy, said in a statement provided to AJC.</p>
<p>&#8220;Governor Murphy encourages businesses looking to stand with their employees to look to New Jersey, a state where they can be confident that the rights of women, the LGBTQIA+ community, and voters will always be protected,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p>Other Democratic governors like Connecticut&#8217;s Ned Lamont have also <a href="https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/lamont-business-owners-anti-abortion-states-move-connecticut-texas/520-66ceba95-b106-4a1a-b859-a10048ed951c">attempted</a> to convince businesses in red states to move to the solidly-blue Nutmeg State.</p>
<p>&#8220;We don’t have oil and natural gas, but we have one of the most productive, best trained, most innovative workforces in the world. And that starts with the fact that we have more women participating in our workforce than just about anywhere else,&#8221; Lamont said in a video pitch that was posted to Twitter last September.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re a family-friendly state that respects women. I know some of you are in states like Texas which are outlawing a woman&#8217;s right to choose. We have codified, we are protecting a woman&#8217;s right to choose because that&#8217;s about respect,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>&#8220;Look, any of you business owners thinking about making a move — give me a call. I&#8217;d love to hear from you,&#8221; Lamont concluded.</p>
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<p>&mdash; Governor Ned Lamont (@GovNedLamont) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovNedLamont/status/1436397644436410368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>In response to these sorts of tactics, economic expert and founder of Beacon Economics Christopher Thornberg, called the ideas &#8220;nonsensical.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Businesses don’t locate somewhere because of abortion access or not,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/27/democrats-recruit-businesses-from-red-states-restricting-abortion-00042716">told</a> Politico. “Where you locate is a function of 100 things, and that is such a trivial part of the conversation.”</p>


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<p>Soap opera actress Marnie Schulenberg died Tuesday after being diagnosed in 2020 with breast cancer. She was 37, and her death came just a few days before her birthday.</p>
<p>Schulenberg, best known for her roles on popular daytime soaps such as CBS&#8217;s &#8220;As The World Turns&#8221; and ABC&#8217;s &#8220;One Life to Live,&#8221; passed away in Bloomfield, New Jersey, her representative <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/marnie-schulenburg-dead-as-the-world-turns-1235149801/">told</a> the Hollywood Reporter.</p>
<p>The outlet noted that Schulenberg was diagnosed two years earlier, in May 2020, with stage four metastatic breast cancer.</p>
<p>The Daytime Emmy-nominated actress has shared with her fans her journey from becoming a new mother in 2019 to fighting cancer.</p>
<p>On Mother&#8217;s Day, Marnie shared an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CdTWfXsOrMe/">emotional post</a> saying she was being sent home after being hospitalized, <a href="https://people.com/tv/as-the-world-turns-and-one-life-to-live-actress-marnie-schulenburg-dead-at-37/?did=782043-20220519&amp;utm_campaign=people-news_newsletter&amp;utm_source=people.com&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=051922&amp;cid=782043&amp;mid=87613540479">reported</a> People magazine.</p>
<p>&#8220;I got released late Friday night but had to be sent home with an oxygen machine,&#8221; Schulenberg wrote. &#8220;It&#8217;s not my ideal to be a 38 year old Mom who needs an oxygen tank to survive right now. I want to be strong and beautiful for her. I want to show her how to move throughout this world with compassion, strength, vivacity, humor and joy like my Mother showed me.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I know that me being here for her is the best gift I can give her but right now it feels like settling since she&#8217;s getting a half-life version of myself,&#8221; she added. &#8220;My mother showed up 100% all day everyday for me growing up or at least it seemed that way. I want to give Coda the same but I must be kind to myself and remember that nothing is permanent.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;So here&#8217;s to remembering that nothing is permanent,&#8221; the actress continued. &#8220;To soaking up the imperfections and that the best thing you can do for your child is make them feel loved, safe and supported just like my mother did for me. Screw the oxygen mask, just remember how to breathe. Sending love to all the amazing Mama&#8217;s in my life. #happymothersday.&#8221;</p>
<p>She is survived by her husband, Zack Robidas, and daughter, Coda.</p>


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<p>A Republican state senator introduced a parents&#8217; rights bill in New Jersey Monday.</p>
<p>New Jersey State Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-truck-driver-beats-new-jerseys-most-powerful-democrat-lawmaker-after-only-spending-a-few-thousand-dollars">Edward Durr</a> introduced Senate Bill 2648 into the legislative record on Monday. The bill prohibits schools from teaching courses on sex and gender identity for students in grades K-6. It also requires students in grades 7-12 to obtain parents&#8217; permission before receiving instruction on such topics.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S3000/2648_I1.PDF">text of the bill</a> reads in part:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>A</em> <em>school district shall not include, as part of a course of instruction, information on sexual orientation or gender identity for students in grades kindergarten through six as part of the school district’s implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards.</em></p>
<p><em>A school district shall not provide instruction for students in grades seven through 12 that includes information on sexual orientation or gender identity without receiving prior written consent from the student’s parent or guardian. Any student whose parent or guardian does not provide prior written consent shall be excused from that portion of the course where such instruction is provided and no penalties as to credit or graduation shall result therefrom.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>The bill further states that if a student receives instruction on sex and gender in violation of the bill, their parents or guardians can bring civil action against the school district. Additionally, if a school district or a district employee, such as a teacher, violates the law, the bill empowers the New Jersey Attorney General to seek an injunction against either.</p>
<p>The bill also empowers the New Jersey Commissioner of Education to withhold state funding from a district that violates the bill, until such time as the commissioner finds that the district is no longer in violation. If passed and signed into law, the bill would take effect in the first full school year after signing.</p>
<p>Durr announced that he would be proposing the law in April. “I highly doubt that New Jersey parents would want their children to learn about gender identity and sexual orientation in elementary school,” he said in a <a href="https://www.senatenj.com/index.php/durr/durr-to-introduce-bill-prohibiting-classroom-instruction-on-sexual-orientation-gender-identity-from-kindergarten-through-sixth-grade/57068">statement</a> at the time. “The new curriculum being foisted on us by the Murphy Administration is not only absurd and unnecessary, but it is incredibly insulting to every parent in the state. My legislation will reverse the implementation of these new sex education standards and allow parents to determine <em>if</em> and <em>when</em> such curriculum should be offered to their children.”</p>
<p>“I have heard from countless parents throughout South Jersey who have expressed anger and frustration in response to this new curriculum. They genuinely feel that their parental rights are being ignored by the Murphy Administration—something that is difficult to dispute,” Durr added. “Gender identity and sexual orientation are complicated subjects and I don’t think you will find a rational person in this country that thinks teaching such subjects to first- and second-grade students is a good idea.”</p>
<p>Durr also co-sponsored two bills authored by fellow Republican State Senators Joe Pennacchio and Mike Testa earlier this year: one would <a href="https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/598_I1.PDF">prohibit</a> New Jersey schools from teaching Critical Race Theory; the other would <a href="https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S2500/2385_I1.PDF">remove the requirement</a> to teach diversity and inclusion classes in grades K-8, classes which would be introduced beginning in the 2022-23 school year. None of the three bills are likely to pass in New Jersey&#8217;s Democratic State Legislature.</p>


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<p>One of the former Black Nationalist activists who shot and killed a New Jersey State Trooper in one of the state&#8217;s most infamous homicides was paroled Tuesday.</p>
<p>The New Jersey state Supreme Court granted parole to Sundiata Acoli nearly 50 years after the radical Black Liberation Army activist shot and killed New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster during a traffic stop near New Brunswick. The Court ruled, 3-2, to overrule a parole board decision denying Acoli parole, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/nyregion/sundiata-acoli-black-liberation-army-parole.html">The New York Times</a> reported.</p>
<p>In his <a href="https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/opinions/supreme/a_73_20.pdf?c=no6">majority opinion</a> for the Court, Associate Justice Barry T. Albin wrote that the parole board had not sufficiently proved that Acoli would be likely to commit another crime. Acoli is 85 and is currently in the early stages of dementia, <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/in-huge-reversal-nj-high-court-orders-release-of-man-in-1973-state-trooper-killing/3679911/">NBC 4 New York</a> noted.</p>
<p>“No member of the Court disputes that Acoli committed a horrific crime,&#8221; Albin wrote. &#8220;The issue, however, is whether Acoli, after nearly five decades of imprisonment, has satisfied the statutory demands that govern his parole eligibility. The Parole Board, like every government agency, must faithfully discharge the law entrusted to it, even when it may not be popular to do so. However despised Acoli may be in the eyes of many because of the notoriety of his crime, he too is entitled to the protection of the law &#8212; and to the fair and impartial administration of justice. That is what our commitment to the rule of law requires.&#8221;</p>
<p>Acoli will be released to his daughter and her family, with whom he will live in accordance with his parole plan.</p>
<p>New Jersey Governor <a href="https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562022/approved/20220510a.shtml">Phil Murphy</a> criticized the decision in a statement Tuesday. “I am deeply disappointed that Sundiata Acoli, a man who murdered Trooper Werner Foerster in cold blood in 1973, will be released from prison,&#8221; Murphy said. &#8220;In 1996, Governor Whitman signed a law ensuring that anyone who murders an officer on duty will receive life in prison without the possibility of parole, and I profoundly wish this law had been in place when Acoli was sentenced in 1974. Our men and women in uniform are heroes, and anyone who would take the life of an officer on duty should remain behind bars until the end of their life.”</p>
<p>Acting Attorney General <a href="https://www.njoag.gov/statement-of-acting-attorney-general-matthew-j-platkin-on-todays-new-jersey-supreme-court-decision-directing-that-sundiata-acoli-be-paroled/">Matthew Platkin</a> issued a similar statement, expressing gratitude for the state&#8217;s attorneys who opposed Acoli&#8217;s release, as well as disappointment at his release.</p>
<p>On <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1973/05/03/archives/panther-trooper-slain-in-shootout-woman-sought-in-killing-of.html">May 2, 1973</a>, Sundiata Acoli and fellow members of the Black Liberation Army, James Costan and Joanne Chesimard (also known as Assata Shakur), were driving along the New Jersey Turnpike when they were pulled over by Trooper James Harper. Trooper Foerster, a German immigrant who had been serving as a State Trooper for less than three years, arrived as Harper&#8217;s backup.</p>
<p>The New York Times reported at the time that the two men were driving Chesimard, who was wanted by the NYPD and FBI for armed bank robbery, the killing of two New York City police officers, and attacking a police car with a hand grenade, to a hideout in Philadelphia when the troopers pulled over the car they were driving.</p>
<p>At some point during the traffic stop, the three suspects began shooting at the troopers, who fired back. Foerster was killed, as was Costan, and Harper was injured. The other suspects drove away, but were captured shortly afterward. Chesimard later broke out of prison and has been living in Cuba as Assata Shakur.</p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Off-duty police officers in New Jersey can now legally use recreational marijuana after the first sales in the state began last week.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since 2012, 18 states and the District of Colombia have <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/04/20/states-with-legal-weed-recreational/7371071001/">decriminalized</a> recreational marijuana, but when New Jersey passed legislation last year to legalize recreational weed, no prohibition carve-out for police officers was adopted. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Anyone 21 and older can now </span><a href="https://www.fox5ny.com/news/legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-set-to-begin-in-new-jersey"><span style="font-weight: 400;">legally buy weed in New Jersey</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. And, at least according to the law as written, that includes police officers,” Fox 5 New York </span><a href="https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nj-legal-cannabis-off-duty-police-officers"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Friday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some municipalities said they will continue to stop law enforcement officials from using recreational marijuana as Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop plans to continue testing his city’s police force for weed and firing those who test positive. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;If somebody wants to test us as a city and an administration, they&#8217;re more than welcome, but they certainly know where we stand and they can expect long litigation over it,&#8221; the mayor said. &#8220;Every other state in the country that legalized cannabis had a carve-out that did not allow off-duty police officers to smoke.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fulop is concerned with the accuracy of testing police officers for marijuana use, claiming it will be difficult to determine if an officer used the psychoactive drug while off duty or on the job. &#8220;You can&#8217;t tell if somebody smoked on the job, an hour before they started the job, eight hours before or a week before,&#8221; Fulop said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The city of Bayonne also announced it would continue banning police officers from using recreational marijuana. Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis has directed his city’s law department “to put together a ban,” to stop officers from using weed while off duty NorthJersey </span><a href="https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/hudson/2022/04/21/jersey-city-bayonne-nj-ban-police-legal-weed/7394436001/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;As a retired police officer myself, I know that sworn law enforcement officers must be held to a higher standard and I believe that allowing marijuana use by off-duty personnel would lead to lawsuits that would endanger both taxpayers and public safety by making it harder to win criminal convictions,&#8221; Davis commented.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Davis also agreed with Fulop’s conclusion that it would be impossible for police departments to determine whether an officer was using marijuana on or off the job. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin admitted that the new law going into effect could raise some legal challenges in the future. &#8220;New Jersey&#8217;s law legalizing and regulating cannabis is clear and we are obligated to comply. I welcome conversations on how best to protect public safety,&#8221; Platkin said. &#8220;Any efforts by local governments to subject officers to additional requirements in the interim, however, may present employment law issues that we anticipate will be handled between those governments and officers in the appropriate course.&#8221;</span></p>


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<p class=" qF0y9 Igw0E IwRSH eGOV_ _4EzTm ItkAi ">The owners of Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, New Jersey, had their business licenses restored, nearly two years after they made nationwide headlines for defying New Jersey&#8217;s COVID lockdowns.</p>
<p>Atilis co-owner Ian Smith shared a photo to Instagram Sunday showing the restored mercantile licenses. Smith also shared the photo to the Atilis Instagram account. Smith and co-owner Frank Trumbetti kept Atilis open to the public for the past two years, despite the revoked license, operating off of donations and merchandise sales.</p>
<p class="MOdxS "><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll ">&#8220;It’s been over 2 years since they came into our lives and told Americans they couldn’t run their businesses, go to work, school, church, or outside,&#8221; Smith wrote. &#8220;When we reopened [Atilis] we had no idea it would be this hard of a fight. We just knew it wasn’t right, and we were going to stand our ground for ourselves, our families, and the rights of all Americans. [Governor] Phil [Murphy] and his cowardly cronies at the Health Department, the [Attorney General]’s office, the Sheriff’s Department, and his lackey [NJ Superior Court] Judge Robert Lougy tried to bury us.&#8221;</span></p>
<p class="MOdxS "><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll ">Smith claimed that as a result of not complying with lockdown orders, he and Trumbetti received more than 90 citations, along with ten gym members who received citations; 9 criminal charges; that both he and Trumbetti were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-afraid-of-tyrants-new-jersey-gym-owner-arrested-after-disobeying-lockdown-order">arrested</a>, as well as one member; that local police changed the locks on the building, backed up their plumbing, and eventually boarded up the gym; that they were fined $15,497.76 every day they remained open, for 5 months; that $173,000 in fundraising for their legal defense was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/atilis-gym-ian-smith-co-owner-new-jersey-legal-defense-fund">seized</a> by the state; and that they owe more than $300,000 in legal bills. &#8220;</span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll ">And they <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/n-j-gym-owners-defying-shutdown-orders-have-license-removed-owner-says">took our business license</a>,&#8221; Smith wrote. &#8220;Our ability to pursue the American dream. All for what? We were right all along. To date, 391,683 visits to our facility and people got healthier, happier, and better.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p>&#8220;Well, it paid off,&#8221; Smith continued. &#8220;The township folded. They reinstated our business license. It took them 2 years to realize that nothing would make us kneel. The fight is far from over, but from the bottom of our hearts we are sending out the biggest of thanks to the community that kept us safe, gave us a reason to fight, and picked us up every single time we got knocked down. No matter how determined we were, it would not have been possible to weather the storm if it were just us. Our members, the local community, the people of New Jersey, around the country, and around the world made it all possible. We made it. 2 years without charging a single member &#8211; just donations and [T-Shirt] sales. All the legal bills, fines, normal overhead, and safety equipment. We were able to do it because of you all. Thank you all again.&#8221;</p>
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<p class="MOdxS "><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll ">Smith said the gym would begin signing up members again over the course of the next several days, and would resume billing members on April 15th. Memberships are $30 per month. He also announced the introduction of a free exercise program, supported by donations from community members and supporters and available to members of the community in need. Smith welcomed supporters interested in donating to the program to reach out to the gym.</span></p>
<p>Smith and Trumbetti claim they were <a href="https://www.theatilisgym.com/blogs/news/atilis-gym-bellmawr-legal-battle-update">sentenced</a> to a year of criminal probation with minimal fines in January for physically removing the doors from the gym so they could not be locked out by police. They are also still involved in several legal challenges against the state of New Jersey. Smith also announced he was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nj-gym-owner-who-defied-covid-19-lockdown-running-for-congress">running for Congress</a> in February.</p>


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