Over the years, the United States has produced many remarkable generals and admirals, but only a few have stood out as world-class strategists and leaders of troops. As Veterans Day approaches on November 11, let’s remember and celebrate them. Here is my list of America’s finest 11 commanders.
<h2>Nathanael Greene, 1742 &#8211; 1786 (Revolutionary War)</h2>
A Rhode Island foundry-owner by trade, Nathanael Greene was emblematic of the citizen-soldier. At age 33, he was the youngest general in the fledgling Continental Army; unlike his peers, the Quaker Greene had had no military experience prior to his arrival with his Rhode Islanders in the burgeoning Patriot camp outside Boston in 1775. His knowledge of military dicta came almost entirely from books. 
<div id="attachment_647043" style="width: 451px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-647043" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-647043" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-150985762-1-441x576.jpg" alt="Major General Nathanael Greene (1742 - 1786) of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, circa 1775. From an original by Chappel. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)" width="441" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-150985762-1-441x576.jpg 441w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-150985762-1-230x300.jpg 230w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-150985762-1-768x1003.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-150985762-1.jpg 784w" sizes="(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px" />Major General Nathanael Greene (1742 &#8211; 1786) of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, circa 1775. From an original by Chappel. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)</div>
Indeed, Greene had little formal education of any kind, given his Quaker father’s “prejudices against literary accomplishments.” So, he educated himself. Still, he would confess, “I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist [of] ignorance to surround me.” But this was no impediment to the resourceful Greene. With his intuitive understanding of military matters and protocols, including the importance of discipline and drilling as well as proper hygiene in the field, something much overlooked in Washington’s army when it first formed, Greene’s troops stood out as among the most reliable and professional in the still rag-tag Continental Army. Washington identified Greene right away as “an object of confidence.” 
<div id="attachment_647047" style="width: 755px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-647047" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-647047" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-537106779-745x576.jpg" alt="Engraved scene depicting George Washington contemplating in from of a fireplace, watched by General Nathanael Greene and the Marquis de Lafayette, during the American Revolutionary War, circa 1780. Engraved by H B Hall. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)" width="745" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-537106779-745x576.jpg 745w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-537106779-300x232.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-537106779-768x594.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-537106779.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px" />Engraved scene depicting George Washington contemplating in front of a fireplace, watched by General Nathanael Greene and the Marquis de Lafayette, during the American Revolutionary War, circa 1780. Engraved by H B Hall. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)</div>
It was, therefore, the steadfast Greene whom Washington turned to both for counsel as well as holding the line at particularly difficult places. It was Greene’s stout fighters who held off British bayonets to cover the Continentals’ retreat from the Battle of Brandywine in September 1777, preventing a withdrawal from degenerating into a rout. A selfless patriot, Greene also reluctantly served as Washington’s quartermaster, a role as vital to keeping any army in fighting condition as field drills. His capacity for organization and attending to detail he learned from business served the country well. There was little the enterprising and energetic Greene could not accomplish. Washington so respected the Rhode Islander that he made it known that should he fall, Greene was to take command of the Continental Army.
Greene’s true military talents blossomed when he took command of the southern detachment of the Continental Army during the campaign of 1780-1781. Sent by Washington to give teeth to the flagging southern cause (Charleston had been captured in May 1780 along with its 5,500 patriot defenders), the wily Greene led the aggressive British Lord Cornwallis, Banaster Tarleton and others on a wild chase through the Carolinas and southern Virginia. Defying military convention, Greene often split his forces to stay ahead of the pursuing British. When he did stand and fight, even if eventually ceding the field as at Guilford Courthouse in March 1781, Greene’s army nonetheless often inflicted higher casualties on the British, draining their strength and morale in pyrrhic victories. “We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again” was Greene’s mantra. 
<div id="attachment_647039" style="width: 761px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-647039" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-647039" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-150985763-1-751x576.jpg" alt="Major General Nathanael Greene (1742 - 1786) of the Continental Army receives unexpected funds from innkeeper Elizabeth Maxwell Steele at her tavern in Salisbury, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War, 2nd February 1781. Engraved by J. B. Hall after a painting by Alonzo Chappel. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)" width="751" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-150985763-1-751x576.jpg 751w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-150985763-1-300x230.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-150985763-1-768x589.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-150985763-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px" />Major General Nathanael Greene (1742 &#8211; 1786) of the Continental Army receives unexpected funds from innkeeper Elizabeth Maxwell Steele at her tavern in Salisbury, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War, 2nd February 1781. Engraved by J. B. Hall after a painting by Alonzo Chappel. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)</div>
Understanding that he was fighting a hybrid conventional and guerilla campaign, Greene managed to integrate his Continentals with local militia to create a cohesive fighting force that kept Cornwallis off balance —giving local commanders like Lafayette and Dan Morgan much latitude while offering advice without direct interference — and eventually compelled the British general to remove his army to Yorktown, Virginia —where it met its ultimate destruction. By the time Greene’s operations in the South were completed, the British, who once held deep tracts of territory, had been reduced to a scattering of coastal toeholds. 
Says historian Russell Weigley of Greene’s campaign in the South: &#8220;Greene&#8217;s outstanding characteristic as a strategist was his ability to weave the maraudings of partisan raiders into a coherent pattern, coordinating them with the maneuvers of a field army otherwise too weak to accomplish much, and making the combination a deadly one&#8230;. [He] remains alone as an American master developing a strategy of unconventional war.”
After Yorktown, Greene struggled to finance the southern army under his command. By the war’s official end in 1783 he’d incurred heavy debts to personally pay for his men’s provisions and equipment. As with Washington, Greene resigned his commission and set about rebuilding his lost fortune. Debts prompted him to leave Newport and re-establish himself in Georgia on a plantation outside Savannah that had been granted him by a grateful government. The northern Greene succumbed to heat stroke and died at age 43.
Nathanael Greene was by no means infallible. He was the one most responsible for persuading Washington to try and hold the Hudson River Forts Washington and Lee, only to see the entire garrison, some 3,000 men who were invaluable to the rapidly dwindling Continental Army, surrender and be marched off into captivity. 
While lamenting the fate of his soldiers languishing in the sweltering holds of disease-ridden prison ships anchored in the Hudson, Washington agonized over the loss. 
Yet, Washington never lost confidence in his most talented subordinate whose fierce desire to close with the enemy belied his Quaker roots. Greene rewarded Washington’s continued trust in the subsequent years, becoming one of the United States’ great generals. Defense analyst Robert Killebrew calls Greene “The second-best American general of the Revolutionary War” behind Washington himself.
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Although Greene was known for his robust physique, a childhood accident left him with a stiff right leg and a limp. But that did not impede the indefatigable Greene. When a dancing partner once complained that he danced stiffly due to his old injury, Greene confidently replied: “Very true, but you see I dance strong.” It is hard for a man like that to not succeed. And fortunately for the Revolution, Greene turned out to be just the man Washington needed to help bring about victory and, just as important during some very desperate days, stave off defeat.
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<h4>America’s Top 11 Generals</h4>
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Don&#8217;t do the crime if you&#8217;re not a Democrat — or so seems to be the latest legal advice across the country these days.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whats-with-new-englands-bizarre-democrat-crime-wave" target="_blank" rel="noopener">latest example</a> of this can be found in Rhode Island after a Democrat state senator was given a slap on the wrist for misleading police and vandalizing a private citizen&#8217;s car. In late June, state Sen. Joshua Miller was arrested for allegedly keying a man’s car that had a “Biden Sucks” bumper sticker.
When Miller was first questioned by police, he claimed that the victim was possibly a “gun nut” who knew that Miller was a state senator and that the victim made up the whole incident. So, in other words, Miller pulled a reverse “Do you know who I am?” but a video review would appear to show he was lying.
See the saga below in a must-watch video:
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Surveillance video shows the moments Senator Josh Miller is accused of keying an SUV with an anti-Biden sticker at Garden City
He first tells Cranston PD he didn&#39;t do it, then when they show up at his house and say they have video, he admits to it <a href="https://twitter.com/wpri12?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wpri12</a> <a href="https://t.co/Fn78uKFKrt">https://t.co/Fn78uKFKrt</a> <a href="https://t.co/vt8Zw3sZD0">pic.twitter.com/vt8Zw3sZD0</a>
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Now, he&#8217;s been ordered by a judge to pay $3,000 restitution to the victim after entering a no-contest plea deal this week. However, if he stays out of criminal trouble for the rest of the year — then the conviction will be scrubbed from his record.
&#8220;I am truly sorry for my actions in this matter, and I am disappointed in my behavior and lack of judgment,&#8221; he told reporters outside a courthouse, according to Fox  News.
&#8220;In a blink of an eye, I exhibited a lack of self-control that has impacted my reputation,&#8221; Miller added. &#8220;For that, I only have myself to blame as I am solely responsible for what led to today’s court proceedings.&#8221;
Rhode Island GOP chair Joe Powers blasted the decision.
&#8220;It’s another case of politics as usual in the Ocean State,&#8221; Joe Powers said in a statement to Fox News. &#8220;In pure Rhode Island political fashion, another Democrat gets off with a slap on the wrist and retains his chairmanship of the powerful Health and Human Services Committee and committee assignments with no recourse.&#8221;
Miller <a href="https://turnto10.com/news/local/sen-joshua-miller-arraigned-for-alleged-malicious-damage-of-car-cranston-rhode-island-july-18-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> has no plans to step down anytime soon.
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Elected Democrat Who Keyed Car With Anti-Biden Bumper Sticker Gets ‘Slap On The Wrist’

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What is with the New England Democrat crime wave as of late? Over the past year, a string of Democratic officials and leftists from Rhode Island all the way up to Maine have been arrested for, accused of, or convicted of some pretty bizarre allegations. Here are seven examples:
Boston City Councilor Allegedly Crashes Car Without License, Insurance, Registration
On Friday, Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara (D) allegedly crashed her car into a home in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. The only problem for Lara is that she was reportedly driving the vehicle with a revoked license, and the car was unregistered and uninsured. To make matters worse, Lara&#8217;s autistic child was reportedly in the car. 
Per Massachusetts-based outlet <a href="https://tbdailynews.com/boston-city-councilor-kendra-lara-crashes-into-house-with-unrestrained-son-while-driving-unlicensed-in-unregistered-car-belonging-to-man-she-made-sex-tape-with/">Turtle Boy Daily News&#8217;</a> Aidan Kearney, Lara, née Hicks, ran for office in 2021 on an anti-cop, pro-socialism platform. She will appear in court later this month, <a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/07/03/boston-city-councilor-kendra-lara-car-driving-history">according</a> to WBUR.
Rhode Island State Senator Allegedly Lies About Keying Car With &#8220;Biden Sucks&#8221; Sticker
Speaking of car crimes, who could forget about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rhode-island-state-senator-faces-additional-charges-over-vandalism-incident-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rhode Island state Senator Joshua Miller</a>? A couple of weeks ago, Miller was arrested for allegedly keying a man&#8217;s car displaying a &#8220;Biden Sucks&#8221; bumper sticker.
When Miller was first questioned by police, he claimed that the alleged victim was possibly a &#8220;gun nut&#8221; who knew that Miller was a state senator and that the victim made up the whole incident. So in other words, Miller pulled a reverse, &#8220;Do you know who I am?&#8221; but a video review would appear to show he was lying.
See the saga below in a must-watch video for some great Boston accents:
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Surveillance video shows the moments Senator Josh Miller is accused of keying an SUV with an anti-Biden sticker at Garden City
He first tells Cranston PD he didn&#39;t do it, then when they show up at his house and say they have video, he admits to it <a href="https://twitter.com/wpri12?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wpri12</a> <a href="https://t.co/Fn78uKFKrt">https://t.co/Fn78uKFKrt</a> <a href="https://t.co/vt8Zw3sZD0">pic.twitter.com/vt8Zw3sZD0</a>
&mdash; Amanda Pitts (@AmandaPittsTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmandaPittsTV/status/1672325061083123714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Miller is now facing charges of vandalism and a potential charge of obstruction of justice. The official was first elected in 2006 and is set to be arraigned in court on July 18.
Boston’s Reparations Task Force Coordinator&#8217;s Wild Night At City Hall
Then there was the arrest of Boston’s Reparations Task Force project coordinator George Williams in May. The 35-year-old ex-college professor was appointed by Boston&#8217;s uber-leftist Mayor Michelle Wu to help advise the Reparations Task Force. Police say that Williams used his position to trespass in city hall, harangue custodians, burn sage, physically assault cops, and possibly do some drugs.
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Boston’s Reparations Task Force Coordinator Fired After Burning Sage, Harassing Custodians, Sleeping In City Hall, And Getting Arrested: Report <a href="https://t.co/S9opik8Zqd">https://t.co/S9opik8Zqd</a> <a href="https://t.co/X7ZSYr4u9O">pic.twitter.com/X7ZSYr4u9O</a>
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Nation’s First Elected Transgender State Rep. Arrested On Child Porn Charges: Police
In Nashua, New Hampshire, an alleged pervert and the nation&#8217;s first elected &#8220;transgender-identifying&#8221; man was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nations-first-elected-transgender-state-rep-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-police">arrested</a> on child porn charges in June. 
Stacie Laughton might be the crème de la crème in terms of abject weirdos in Democrat politics in the Granite State — if not all of New England. Laughton was first elected in 2012, only to resign shortly after numerous credit card fraud allegations came to light.
He was later sentenced to six months in jail after reporting a bomb threat to a hospital in 2015. In July 2021, he was arrested for giving police false information.
Unbelievably, Laughton won election to the state house again in November 2022. Then Laughton had to step down in December after accusations of stalking. Laughton had been arrested on stalking charges twice in 2022, including an incident in September just months before the election. 
Now, the guy is being arrested on allegations of distribution of sexually explicit images of children. 
Ex-Democrat Maine Gubernatorial Candidate Guilty Of Child Porn Charges
Laughton isn&#8217;t the only Democrat in New England arrested on child porn charges. 
In May, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-donor-former-gubernatorial-candidate-pleads-guilty-to-child-pornography-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eliot Cutler</a>, a Democratic donor who twice ran for governor of Maine, pleaded guilty to charges of possessing child pornography. Authorities discovered thousands of images of children under the age of 12 being sexually abused in his possession. He will now serve nine months in jail for four counts of possessing sexually explicit material of a child under 12.
Senate-Confirmed U.S. Attorney Resigns After DOJ Report
So far, we&#8217;ve discussed state and local Democrats in New England. But Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins has had her run-ins with the law as well — albeit no charges thus far. 
In May, the George Soros-backed attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/soros-backed-u-s-attorney-resigning-after-doj-ig-accuses-her-of-election-interference-lying-to-feds-reports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a> after a Department of Justice Inspectors General report claimed that she effectively ran election interference, violated the Hatch Act, and committed other unethical moves while on the job.
The DOJ alleged that she &#8220;violated federal regulations, numerous DOJ policies, her Ethics Agreement, and applicable law, and fell far short of the standards of professionalism and judgment that the Department should expect of any employee, much less a U.S. Attorney.&#8221;
The supposedly apolitical DOJ under President Joe Biden declined to charge his Senate-confirmed U.S. attorney.
Racial Justice Warrior Scams The System—Allegedly
Rollins was close pals with another apparent New England ne&#8217;er-do-well: Monica Cannon-Grant, a prominent leftist activist in the Boston area, and her husband, Clark Grant. The two were federally charged and arrested on 18 counts of fraud and conspiracy in relation to her non-profit, Violence in Boston (VIB), in March 2022. Cannon-Grant was named the 2020 &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/progressive-activist-a-2020-bostonian-of-the-year-arrested-on-federal-charges-of-fraud-conspiracy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bostonian of the Year</a>&#8221; by the Boston Globe for her activism after the death of George Floyd and for her involvement with local protests associated with the Black Lives Matter movement.
In March 2023, authorities <a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/03/10/activist-monica-cannon-grant-nonprofit-fraud-allegations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tacked</a> on some more charges after she allegedly misused city funds while lying about her income to get more government cash intended for impoverished people. 
Grant and her husband pleaded not guilty to the original 18 charges. Sadly on March 30, Clark Grant died in a motorcycle accident.
Is The Late Ted Kennedy To Blame For It All?
Of course, perhaps there is one man to blame for this apparent crime wave: ex-U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA).
Kennedy really set the gold standard for allegedly breaking several laws and endangering others while getting away with it. Just ask Mary Jo Kopechne. (See: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/craven-teddy-kennedy-wanted-to-say-mary-jo-kopechne-was-driving-at-chappaquiddick-book-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chappaquiddick</a>).
Every liberal in New England grows up yearning to be the next Kennedy. 
It turns out that committing alleged crimes is a package deal alongside Kennedy&#8217;s words that &#8220;the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.&#8221;
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Democratic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rhode-island">Rhode Island</a> state Senator Joshua Miller, who police arrested last week for allegedly vandalizing a vehicle with a “Biden Sucks” sticker parked at an outdoor shopping area, reportedly faces additional charges after denying involvement in the incident to police.
On Thursday, Cranston Police charged Miller with vandalism and malicious injury to property after a suspect accused the lawmaker of “keying” an SUV in the Garden City Center parking lot. When confronted about the incident, Miller denied the accusation to the victim and authorities and was initially let go.
Upon further review of surveillance footage, an officer showed up at Miller’s house and placed him in custody after he admitted to the crime and volunteered to go to the police station and was released on $1,000 personal recognizance.
Cranston Police Col. Michael Winquist on Tuesday told <a href="https://www.wpri.com/target-12/sen-miller-could-face-obstruction-charge-over-alleged-car-keying-incident/?utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local media</a> that city attorneys are now also “looking at a possible obstruction-of-justice charge” for the 69-year-old politician.
Winquist added that he and city solicitor Christopher Millea “had a discussion about if that charge is appropriate and the elements of the crime are there.”
The vehicle’s owner identified the 69-year-old politician to authorities after suspecting Miller of allegedly damaging the car. The unidentified victim, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, said he noticed a vehicle parked near his car with a “Re-elect Senator Josh Miller” bumper sticker attached. Following the incident, the victim looked up Miller online and identified him as the suspect.
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The Post Millenial reported that Miller engaged in controversial activities in the past: a video previously captured him telling a man, “Go f*** yourself” after the man told the lawmaker, “The Second Amendment shall not be infringed; you people need to understand that.”
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Rhode Island GOP Chairman Joe Powers said Miller should leave office after the arrest.
“This behavior is unbecoming of anyone holding a leadership position,” Powers wrote on <a href="https://twitter.com/RIGOPChairman/status/1672382516550934535?s=20">Twitter</a>. “State Senator Joshua Miller has proven once again that he does not have the composure required to represent every constituent in his district and must resign immediately.”
A spokesperson for Senate President Dominick Ruggerio told local media the lawmaker “does not have comment at this point, while the legal process is playing out.”
Miller, who has served as a representative of Cranston and Providence since 2006, will be formally arraigned in court on July 18.

Rhode Island State Senator Faces Additional Charges Over Vandalism Incident: Report

Rhode Island State Senator Faces Additional Charges After Lying To Police About Vandalism Incident

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McCarthy Raises Prospect Of Impeachment Hearings Against Merrick Garland
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy said today that impeachment articles against Attorney General Merrick Garland could be raised. At issue are IRS Whistleblower allegations that the DOJ ran a “delay, divulge, and deny” campaign as it related to the IRS’ investigation into Hunter Biden.  Here’s Speaker McCarthy is on Fox News:
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“If it comes true what the IRS whistleblower is saying, we’re going to start impeachment inquiries on the Attorney General.&quot;
— Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Fox &amp; Friends hints at potential impeachment proceedings against Merrick Garland over Hunter Biden <a href="https://t.co/BFUKFOb9Tw">pic.twitter.com/BFUKFOb9Tw</a>
&mdash; The Recount (@therecount) <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1673322813980123138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scotus-denies-louisiana-appeal-to-keep-congressional-map-clears-way-for-2nd-majority-black-district" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana Congressional Map</a>
The U.S. Supreme Court blocked Louisiana&#8217;s Congressional map, ruling today to deny the state&#8217;s appeal and sending it down to the lower courts which found that the map created by the state’s Republican majority violates the voting rights act, by diluting the voting power of black voters. The Pelican State will now have to redraw its congressional map before the 2024 election.
<a href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chair-rodgers-statement-on-odni-s-covid-19-origins-summary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID Report Dumped On Friday Night</a>
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its report on The Potential Links Between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Origin of the COVID-19 Pandemic as required by Congress, but critics say that the document left more to be desired. 
That <a href="https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Report-on-Potential-Links-Between-the-Wuhan-Institute-of-Virology-and-the-Origins-of-COVID-19-20230623.pdf">report</a> was just 10 pages long including the cover, table of contents, and a three-page appendix of definitions. It was blasted by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who said that it was a “slap in the face” to all Americans and did not comply with the Covid-19 Origins Act. The act requires the U.S. federal government to declassify all intelligence relating to how COVID-19 began. 
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/polls-finds-rising-tide-of-voters-worried-biden-lacks-fitness-to-be-president" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House&#8217;s Latest Spin For Biden&#8217;s Bad Poll Numbers</a>
A new NBC poll shows a growing number of voters are increasingly anxious about President Biden’s fitness to serve as commander-in-chief as he seeks a second term. 
More than two-thirds of registered voters — 68% — said they have moderate to major concerns about Biden “not having the necessary mental and physical health” to be president. That marks a 17-point increase from when voters were asked the question in October 2020. Other polls show that  Biden’s approval rating remains near record lows, but his defenders at the White House claim his unpopularity is because Americans have yet to feel the weight of his actions as president:
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Top Biden advisor Anita Dunn says Biden&#39;s historically low approval rating will improve because &quot;people are just starting to really feel the effects&quot; of Biden&#39;s &quot;truly historic rate of success&quot; <a href="https://t.co/5dkl0xuSVx">pic.twitter.com/5dkl0xuSVx</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1673339373423853568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://apnews.com/article/50th-anniversary-couple-stabbed-0f9b9486e3ffe9be1ce644851dac7334" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newton Police Hunt For Killer</a>
Authorities in Newton, Massachusetts – a wealthy suburb near Boston – are searching for answers following the fatal stabbing of three people. Two of the victims were a couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Police said that the three bodies were found in the aforementioned couple’s home Sunday morning after the husband and wife failed to show up for church. 
Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan is advising Newton residents to remain vigilant as the suspect or suspects remain at large. 
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rhode-island-police-arrest-democrat-state-senator-after-he-allegedly-keyed-trump-supporters-vehicle-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrat Arrested And Charged After Allegedly Keying &#8220;Anti-Biden&#8221; Car</a>
Police in Rhode Island have arrested and charged a Democrat state senator after he was accused of vandalizing a vehicle with an “anti-Biden” sticker. 
Cranston Police placed State Senator Joshua Miller (D) in custody Thursday after he was accused of keying an SUV in a parking lot that afternoon. The vehicle’s owner identified the 69-year-old politician to authorities, after witnessing him near the car and confronting him about the incident. Miller, who has served as a representative of Cranston and Providence since 2006, first denied the accusation to authorities. Here’s police body camera footage of Miller’s denial, confession, and the victim’s reaction to the elected officials&#8217; claims.
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Surveillance video shows the moments Senator Josh Miller is accused of keying an SUV with an anti-Biden sticker at Garden City
He first tells Cranston PD he didn&#39;t do it, then when they show up at his house and say they have video, he admits to it <a href="https://twitter.com/wpri12?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wpri12</a> <a href="https://t.co/Fn78uKFKrt">https://t.co/Fn78uKFKrt</a> <a href="https://t.co/vt8Zw3sZD0">pic.twitter.com/vt8Zw3sZD0</a>
&mdash; Amanda Pitts (@AmandaPittsTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmandaPittsTV/status/1672325061083123714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Authorities charged Miller with vandalism and malicious injury to property and he will be formally arraigned in court on July 18.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fox-replaces-tucker-with-jesse-watters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Fox Primetime Lineup</a>
On Monday, Fox News announced its new primetime lineup after the network fired Tucker Carlson earlier this year. The shake-up has Jesse Watters moving to the coveted 8:00 p.m. ET hour, Laura Ingraham moving up to the 7:00 p.m. ET slot, and Greg Gutfeld will move into her old 10:00 p.m. ET time. 
Meanwhile, Sean Hannity will stay at 9:00 pm ET.  The move is a bit of a return for Watters, who used to work as a producer for The O’Reilly Factor — Bill O’Reilly’s 8 o’clock show prior to Carlson’s. The new schedule will start July 17.
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Rhode Island local police <a href="https://turnto10.com/news/local/sen-josh-miller-arrested-in-cranston-for-on-malicious-damage-charge-cranston-police-department-june-23-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> arrested and charged a Democrat state senator last week with vandalism and malicious injury to property after the lawmaker allegedly vandalized a vehicle with an &#8220;anti-Biden&#8221; sticker parked at an outdoor shopping area.
On Thursday, Cranston Police reportedly placed State Senator Joshua Miller (D) in custody after he was accused of &#8220;keying&#8221; an SUV in the Garden City Center parking lot around 3:30 p.m.
The vehicle&#8217;s owner identified the 69-year-old politician to authorities after suspecting him of allegedly damaging the car, claiming they saw a man standing beside their vehicle holding a keychain and gripping a single key while quickly walking away after confronting him about the incident.
The unidentified victim, reportedly a supporter of former President Donald Trump, noticed a vehicle parked near his with a &#8220;Re-elect Senator Josh Miller&#8221; bumper sticker attached. Following the incident, the victim looked up Miller online and identified him as the suspect.
Miller, who has served as a representative of Cranston and Providence since 2006, first denied the accusation to both the authorities and the victim.
&#8220;He was blocking my way, saying I scratched his car, I didn&#8217;t scratch his car,&#8221; Miller said in a video posted on social media. &#8220;I&#8217;m a state senator — I think he&#8217;d recognize. I think he&#8217;s one of the gun nuts.&#8221;
An unidentified male in the video responded, saying he doesn&#8217;t &#8220;know any of the senators, to be honest.&#8221;
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Surveillance video shows the moments Senator Josh Miller is accused of keying an SUV with an anti-Biden sticker at Garden City
He first tells Cranston PD he didn&#39;t do it, then when they show up at his house and say they have video, he admits to it <a href="https://twitter.com/wpri12?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wpri12</a> <a href="https://t.co/Fn78uKFKrt">https://t.co/Fn78uKFKrt</a> <a href="https://t.co/vt8Zw3sZD0">pic.twitter.com/vt8Zw3sZD0</a>
&mdash; Amanda Pitts (@AmandaPittsTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmandaPittsTV/status/1672325061083123714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A local NBC affiliate approached Miller asking if he keyed a Trump supporter&#8217;s car.
Miller responded, &#8220;I have to review the charges.&#8221;
Miller reportedly had changed clothes at the scene to avoid identification. When asked by the reporter if he removed his jacket at the location, Miller responded, &#8220;I took my jacket off — that&#8217;s not against the law.&#8221;
Miller appeared to admit the crime to police after an officer showed up at his house saying police obtained video of the incident.
The senator volunteered to go to the police station, where he was charged with vandalism and malicious injury to property and was released on $1,000 personal recognizance.
&#8220;Nobody is above the law, including those who make and enforce the laws,&#8221; Cranston Police Chief Michael Winquist said in a news release Friday. &#8220;The officers who handled this investigation did so with fairness, integrity, and without preferential treatment.&#8221;
According to local media, Miller will be formally arraigned in court on July 18.
The Post Millenial <a href="https://rumble.com/v2w77h2-rhode-island-state-senator-to-second-amendment-go-fck-yourself.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Miller engaged in controversial activities in the past: a video previously captured him telling a man, &#8220;Go f*ck yourself&#8221; after he told the lawmaker, &#8220;The Second Amendment shall not be infringed, you people need to understand that.&#8221;
Rhode Island GOP Chairman Joe Powers said Miller should leave office after the arrest.
&#8220;This behavior is unbecoming of anyone holding a leadership position,&#8221; Powers <a href="https://twitter.com/RIGOPChairman/status/1672382516550934535?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Twitter. &#8220;State Senator Joshua Miller has proven once again the he does not have the composure required to represent every constituent in his district and must resign immediately.&#8221;

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Rhode Island Police Arrest Democrat State Senator After He Allegedly Keyed Trump Supporter’s Vehicle: Report

Police Arrest Rhode Island Democrat State Senator After 'Keying' Trump Supporter's Vehicle: Report

Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) announced on Tuesday he will resign from Congress after 12 years of service in which he emerged as one of the Democratic Party&#8217;s leading political foes against former President Donald Trump.
<a href="https://cicilline.house.gov/press-release/cicilline-to-lead-rhode-island-foundation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In a statement</a>, Cicilline said he would stay in office until June 1, 2023, when he will begin his tenure as president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, <a href="https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/21/rep-david-cicilline-resigning-house-seat-congress-will-lead-rhode-island-foundation/69926910007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an influential charity nexus in the state</a>.
His departure from the House paves the way for a special election in Rhode Island&#8217;s 1st Congressional District, a <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Rhode_Island%27s_1st_Congressional_District" target="_blank" rel="noopener">heavily Democratic area</a> in the eastern part of the state. After he leaves, Cicilline&#8217;s staff will continue serving constituents until a replacement is picked, his office said.
“Serving the people of Rhode Island’s First Congressional District has been the honor of my lifetime,&#8221; Cicilline said. &#8220;As President and CEO of one of the largest and oldest community foundations in the nation, I look forward to expanding on the work I have led for nearly thirty years in helping to improve the lives of all Rhode Islanders.&#8221;
While it was not immediately clear how much money Cicilline will make in his new role, the longtime CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation he is poised to replace, Neil Steinberg, was making more than $1 million a year as of 2019, according to IRS filings <a href="https://www.wpri.com/news/politics/cicilline-to-leave-congress-lead-ri-foundation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported by WPRI</a>.
“I am thrilled with the choice of Representative Cicilline as the next president and CEO of the Foundation, having seen first-hand — over many years — his commitment to a better Rhode Island,” Steinberg <a href="https://rifoundation.org/news/rhode-island-foundation-names-u-s-representative-david-n-cicilline-as-next-president-and-chief-executive-officer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a statement</a>. “He has the experience, the skills, the passion, and the network to ably lead the Foundation.”
Cicilline, an openly gay man, served as mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, from 2003 to 2011, before joining Congress. In the House, Cicilline became chairman of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus. He holds a seat on the powerful Foreign Affairs and Judiciary Committees.
After the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) named Cicilline an impeachment manager. As recently as December, his anti-Trump efforts extended to <a href="https://cicilline.house.gov/press-release/cicilline-40-members-introduce-legislation-to-bar-trump-from-federal-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introducing legislation</a> aimed at barring the former president from holding federal office again.
Cicilline easily won re-election to a two-year term in the 2022 midterm elections. Late last year, he challenged Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) for the House Democrats&#8217; assistant leader position but <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3757889-cicilline-withdraws-clearing-path-for-clyburn-to-remain-in-leadership/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dropped out at the last minute</a>. Outside of Congress, Cicilline <a href="https://www.wpri.com/business-news/cicilline-celebrates-opening-of-new-cocktail-bar-in-providence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened a cocktail and tapas bar</a> in downtown Providence last fall.
Members of the Rhode Island delegation cheered Cicilline after he announced his plans on Tuesday.
Cicilline &#8220;has been an able, hard-fighting colleague, and I’ll miss his spirit in our delegation, but he’ll be a fabulous leader for [the Rhode Island Foundation] so bravos everywhere,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/SenWhitehouse/status/1628033718064488449" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)</a>.

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Three state-level laws compelling employers to post salary ranges in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/jobs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">job</a> listings took effect on the first day of the new year.
Companies in California, Washington, and Rhode Island now have to provide payment information to prospective employees. Approximately 71% of companies already post pay ranges in notices for open positions, according to an <a href="https://www.indeed.com/lead/report-pay-transparency-by-the-numbers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from the job listing platform Indeed.
Senate Bill 1162 in California requires employers to provide “the pay scale for the position in which the employee is currently employed” upon request, while employers with 15 or more workers must offer “the pay scale for a position in any job posting,” according to a <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1162" target="_blank" rel="noopener">summary</a> of the law.
The statute, which will impact Disney, Uber, Apple, and other leading corporations, requires firms to submit a pay data report to the state’s Civil Rights Department that includes “the median and mean hourly rate for each combination of race, ethnicity, and sex within each job category.”
The Equal Pay and Opportunities Act in Washington says employers must “disclose in each posting for each job opening the wage scale or salary range, and a general description of all of the benefits and other compensation to be offered,” according to the <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=49.58.110&amp;amp;pdf=true">text</a> of the law, which likewise entered into effect on January 1 and applies only to firms with 15 or more employees. The new statute will apply to companies such as Starbucks, Microsoft, and Amazon.
The Pay Equity Act enacted by Rhode Island on January 1 also mandates that “during the course of employment, upon an employee’s request, an employer shall provide the wage range for the employee’s position,” according to the bill&#8217;s <a href="http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0270A.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">text</a>. Companies must provide payment information to applicants upon request and are barred from retaliating against current or prospective employees who inquire about payment information.
Supporters of salary transparency legislation assert that offering pay information reduces disparities and encourages more applications.
“Salary is one of the most important pieces of information that job seekers value when looking at a job,” Indeed Chief People Officer Priscilla Koranteng remarked in the analysis. “And wanting more insight into expected salary ranges of a job is one of the top pieces of feedback that we receive from job seekers.”
Research from Harvard University, on the other hand, found that salary transparency laws reduce overall wages by 2% under some circumstances as “employers credibly refuse to pay high wages to any one worker to avoid costly renegotiations with others under transparency.”
“Our model predicts that transparency reduces the individual bargaining power of workers, leading to lower average wages,” according to a <a href="https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/equilibrium-effects-pay-transparency-zoe-cullen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> published last year. “In situations where workers do not have individual bargaining power, such as under a collective bargaining agreement or in markets with posted wages, greater transparency has a muted impact on average wages.”
The new pay transparency legislation takes effect as the job market reels from a low supply of workers. Labor force participation failed to recover after the lockdown-induced recession, worsening a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americans-continue-to-opt-out-of-the-workforce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decades-long trend</a> of declining engagement in the workforce. The metric dropped from 63.4% in February 2020 to 60.2% in April 2020, according to <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, before climbing to 62.1% as of November 2022.

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A Rhode Island teacher who raised concerns about students being taught racially divisive lessons based on Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been removed from her teaching position.
English teacher Ramona Bessinger, who was involuntarily moved from teaching at a Providence Middle School to the Classical High School following her whistleblowing, was removed from her teaching position just days after filing a police report about a threat from a student activist.
Bessinger had been harassed by members of her school district for more than a year when the activist threatened her, and she was quickly placed on administrative leave with pay, but without an explanation.
“Effective immediately you are hereby placed on Administrative Leave with Pay and removed from duty from your present position of Teacher at Classical High School pending the outcome of an internal investigation,” said the letter, which was <a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/10/providence-ri-schools-bow-to-radical-mob-remove-whistleblower-ramona-bessinger-from-teaching-position/">obtained</a> by <a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/">Legal Insurrection</a>.
Bessinger told the outlet the letter was the first she heard about being placed on administrative leave or even the internal investigation.
Providence Public School District did not respond to a Daily Wire request for comment prior to press time.
The unknown investigation is only the latest in Bessinger’s year-long saga with her school district. Her story began in July 2021, <a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/im-a-middle-school-teacher-and-see-how-critical-race-curriculum-is-creating-racial-hostility-in-school/">when she penned an op-ed</a> at Legal Insurrection explaining how her school district had instituted a radical new curriculum that she said turned students and staff against white teachers.
“This past 2020/21 school year was a sad and worrisome turning point for me as an educator. Providence K-8 teachers were introduced to one of the most racially divisive, hateful, and in large part, historically inaccurate curriculums I have ever seen in my teaching career,” Bessinger wrote, adding that while the words “critical race theory” aren’t present, it’s the same concepts being taught.
The curriculum, Bessinger wrote “focuses almost exclusively on an oppressor-oppressed narrative” and wasn’t necessary because students were already taught about slavery and racism “in great depth, relying in part on the writings of great African-American authors.”
Further, Bessinger wrote that as part of the new curriculum she was not allowed to teach middle schoolers about the Holocaust. When she asked why all the Holocaust books were gone, she said she was told “we do not teach the Holocaust because kids can’t relate to the story.”
And it wasn’t just students being taught the material, Bessinger wrote, but teachers were encouraged to attend “white educator affinity groups” where they were given essays on how to avoid being a white supremacist in their classrooms.
Following her op-ed, Bessinger was apparently targeted by her school district, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/education-horror-show-continued-ramona-bessinger-providence-public-school-district-critical-race-theory-11634250506?st=gs4pgmfwm054368&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Wall Street Journal</a>. She was accused of allowing students to leave her classroom during a school lockdown in response to a fight between a student and staff member – an accusation Bessinger vehemently denied. The “pre-disciplinary administrative” hearing she was subjected to over the accusation followed sustained harassment from other teachers and administrators after media outlets picked up her op-ed.
She even learned that a union representative had said at a faculty meeting that teachers were circulating a petition against her. When Bessinger filed an internal complaint about retaliation and hostile work environment, she was accused of violating school protocols during the lockdown. As the Journal noted, the school would likely lose a disciplinary case against Bessinger for her op-ed, since it would be protected Free Speech, so the disciplinary hearing last year appeared to be a way around the First Amendment.
The harassment against Bessinger continued, with the school district involuntarily transferring her from the middle school to Classical High School. Instead of putting her in the classroom, she was assigned to a windowless basement for nearly a year before finally being given a classroom to teach – and only after she filed a formal grievance about her situation.
Bessinger thought her battle with the school district was over once she was informed in July 2022 she would return to teaching in a classroom.
“I have received notification that coming this fall, I will have a permanent classroom assignment at Classical High. I have been freed from the basement. I’ll be back in the classroom this September sharing literature about the Holocaust, American authors with universal messages to share, historical references and literature that reflects the greatness of America in all her flaws and perfection,” she wrote in another <a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/07/victory-im-a-teacher-who-blew-the-whistle-on-crt-in-schools-suffered-retaliation-but-now-ive-prevailed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">op-ed for Legal Insurrection.</a>
But barely a month after she began teaching again, students and faculty came after Bessinger <a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/09/whistleblower-providence-ri-teacher-ramona-bessinger-under-attack-again-teachers-helping-organize-student-protest-against-her/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">again</a>, organizing a walk-out and protest against her, with students using social media to teach participants how to cover their face so they can’t be identified.
“It appears my students are being lead by activist mob teachers who tell them I am racist and transphobic. Of course nothing of the sort is true. I care deeply for all my students, and respect their individual rights, and beliefs. This is a targeted attack by the crazy 10% woke mob that influence children using fear and bullying techniques,” Bessinger said in a statement at the time.
Bessinger also <a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/10/providence-ri-whistleblower-teacher-ramona-bessinger-threatened-at-school-by-student-protest-leader/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed to student protest groups</a> that accused her of reaching out to white supremacist groups about the protest against her, accusations she said were patently false. She also notified the school of an incident involving a student shouting at her that he would kill her, screaming, “F*** you, f*** you. I want to kill you.” She informed the school and filed a police report on October 4, 2022.
Four days later, she received the letter from the school district saying she was being placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation.
The Daily Wire did reach out to Bessinger about the case, however, due to the pending investigation, she declined to comment.

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The U.S. Supreme court turned away a <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-201/236882/20220901130349933_Petition%20Brief.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">case</a> Tuesday that would determine if unborn children are entitled to have constitutional rights following the historic overturning of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/roe-v-wade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roe v. Wade</a> last summer.
In 2019, the Catholics for Life group and two pregnant women challenged a newly enacted Rhode Island law that codified abortion rights. However, according to <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-rebuffs-fetal-personhood-appeal-2022-10-11/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>, the Rhode Island Supreme court ruled the plaintiffs lacked proper legal standing for the case.
But after justices overturned the Roe decision in June, the plaintiffs asked the Supreme Court to consider the case.
&#8220;This Court should grant the writ to finally determine whether prenatal life, at any gestational age, enjoys constitutional protection – considering the full and comprehensive history and tradition of our Constitution and law supporting personhood for unborn human beings,&#8221; the petitioners <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-201/236882/20220901130349933_Petition%20Brief.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
The court declined without comment.
The plaintiff&#8217;s lawyers have not responded to requests for comment.
Rhode Island Democratic Governor Daniel McKee expressed satisfaction with the justices&#8217; decision to <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-rebuffs-fetal-personhood-appeal-2022-10-11/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>.
&#8220;Governor McKee believes that we should be expanding access to reproductive healthcare for women,&#8221; spokesperson Matt Sheaff said in a statement, adding that the governor &#8220;is committed to using his veto pen to block any legislation that would take our state backwards.&#8221;
Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the court&#8217;s June ruling to overturn abortion rights that the court took no position on &#8220;if and when prenatal life is entitled to any of the rights enjoyed after birth.&#8221;
The plaintiff&#8217;s lawyers argued the case &#8220;presents the opportunity for this court to meet that inevitable question head on,&#8221; referring to if the U.S. Constitution&#8217;s 14th Amendment grants a fetus due process and equal protection rights. In the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the nation&#8217;s highest court found that &#8220;the word &#8216;person,&#8217; used in the Amendment does not include the unborn.&#8221;
Prenatal life, or fetal personhood, has sparked heavy debate recently between pro-abortion advocates and those protecting the sanctity of life. While abortion rights supporters claim personhood laws could impact in vitro fertilization or subject women to murder charges, pro-life advocates argue that fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses should have the same rights as newborns.
Since the court&#8217;s ruling, more than a dozen states have enacted near-total abortion bans.
Georgia state law following the Dobbs decision allows pregnant women to claim their unborn embryo as a dependent on their tax returns, according to <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://thehill.com/homenews/3584208-georgians-can-claim-an-embryo-as-a-dependent-on-tax-returns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hill</a>.
Axios <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2022/07/14/ohio-bill-ban-abortions-conception" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> Ohio state lawmakers are also considering creating a law that would recognize personhood from the moment of conception.

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Federal agents in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rhode-island" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rhode Island</a> seized hundreds of thousands of methamphetamine pills in a record-breaking bust.
In an announcement Monday, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-justice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Justice</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dea-issues-warning-over-emerging-trend-of-rainbow-fentanyl-across-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)</a> said that agents seized more than 660,000 counterfeit Adderall pills laced with methamphetamine, the largest such seizure on record. The pills, which weighed more than 660 pounds, had an estimated street value of $4.6 million, officials said. The bust was originally conducted in March.
&#8220;We believe this to be the single largest seizure of fake Adderall pills in the United States, as well as among the largest seizures of methamphetamine in DEA New England Field Division history,&#8221; <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ri/press-release/file/1535766/download" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zachary A. Cunha</a>, U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, said in remarks Monday. &#8220;The quantity of methamphetamine represented by this seizure – methamphetamine that was packaged, prepped, and ready to flow out onto the street, to devastating effect in our communities – is staggering.&#8221;
According to Cunha, the bust was part of an ongoing investigation. <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/19/metro/dea-agents-ri-seize-largest-single-bust-counterfeit-adderall-pills/?event=event25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Boston Globe</a> added, citing a plea agreement filed in federal court Monday, that the investigation involved a confidential source who provided information to the DEA that the suspect was supplying counterfeit pills laced with methamphetamine. The source reportedly informed the DEA that the suspect produced and sold &#8220;thousands&#8221; of counterfeit pills, and often gave them without charge for a promise to pay later. The source then worked with the agency to purchase the pills from the suspect, which led to agents executing search warrants at two locations in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
Along with the pills, agents seized two motorized pill presses; DEA New England Field Division Special Agent in Charge Brian Boyle said, via the Boston Globe, that the presses could produce approximately 10,000 pills per hour. Agents also seized a bucket containing about 40 pounds of methamphetamine mixture ready to be pressed into pill form. They also seized:
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<li>1500 pills laced with fentanyl</li>
<li>11 kilograms of methamphetamine powder</li>
<li>250 grams of crack cocaine</li>
<li>$15,000 cash, and</li>
<li>Seven handguns, including two so-called &#8220;ghost guns,&#8221; and two more guns with destroyed serial numbers</li>
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Boyle said that the methamphetamine likely came from Mexican drug cartels, and that the suspect was likely a low-level dealer. “The Mexican cartels are producing meth at record rates,” he said. The suspect does not have any previous federal charges, but was charged with burglary for an armed home invasion when he was 18.
The suspect was charged with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. The charge carries a minimum sentence of ten years in prison; under the terms of the plea agreement, the suspect will serve at least the minimum sentence, Cunha said.
Cunha also said that Rhode Island, and New England more broadly, are experiencing a worsening trend of meth and other drugs. Opioids like fentanyl killed 435 people in Rhode Island alone last year. Across the country, more than <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/record-number-of-americans-died-from-drug-overdoses-in-2021-cdc-data-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100,000 people</a> died from drug overdoses in 2021, a record number, The Daily Wire reported in May. Of those deaths, 64% came from opioids, while another 28% came from stimulants like methamphetamine, Cunha said.
The U.S. attorney closed his remarks with a warning about counterfeit pills. &#8220;Pills that contain these drugs &#8230; don’t come stamped with the label &#8216;fentanyl&#8217; or &#8216;meth,’” said Cunha. &#8220;They are &#8230; deliberately made to look like something else- whether its Adderall®, or Percocet®, or some other drug that the buyer may think is safe and what it appears to be.&#8221;
&#8220;If you, or a loved one, are buying or taking pills &#8230; from anywhere that is not a pharmacy or a physician, the odds are that it’s not what you think,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And if whatever you get is laced with fentanyl, that pill may be the last thing you take- that’s not hyperbole- it’s a grim truth.&#8221;

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Two decomposed bodies have been discovered in the home of a former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rhode-island">Rhode Island</a> mayor, according to a report.
Woonsocket police <a href="https://turnto10.com/news/local/woonsocket-rhode-island-body-decomposed-examination-criminal-elderly-male-female-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> WJAR-TV that the bodies were found at the home of former Mayor Susan Menard on Monday. Police Chief Thomas Oates could not confirm whether Menard was one of the two deceased individuals discovered in the home. One of the bodies was female while the other was male.
Local outlets observed individuals in full hazmat suits entering the home to investigate on Monday. No criminal activity has yet been reported, but an investigation remains underway.
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Happening now: Police in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Woonsocket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Woonsocket</a> have a home on Marian Lane blocked off with yellow tape — where two bodies were found “severely decomposed” inside, according to the police chief. An investigation is now underway.
Here’s what we know so far: <a href="https://t.co/fViC8274B2">https://t.co/fViC8274B2</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/wpri12?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wpri12</a> <a href="https://t.co/q2X2zQW3zn">pic.twitter.com/q2X2zQW3zn</a>
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“I haven’t seen them in a while because my sister usually walks this all the time and on occasion, I’d walk with her around the neighborhood and I haven’t seen them in a while,&#8221; neighbor Lorraine Tessier told WJAR-TV. &#8220;Didn&#8217;t anybody check on them? Grandchildren? Son? What happened?&#8221;
<a href="https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/blackstone-valley/2-bodies-found-severely-decomposed-in-woonsocket-home/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to</a> WPRI-TV, police entered through a window of the home and found the woman in one room and the man in a different room.
WPRI reporter Kait Walsh also tweeted that, &#8220;Woonsocket Police Chief Oates said a neighbor started to smell something foul which made him realize he hadn’t seen anyone around the house in the past couple weeks and called police.&#8221;
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Update: Woonsocket Police Chief Oates said a neighbor started to smell something foul which made him realize he hadn’t seen anyone around the house in the past couple weeks and called police. That’s when police forced entry and found a woman in one room and a man in another. <a href="https://t.co/Enf8ze559m">https://t.co/Enf8ze559m</a>
&mdash; Kait Walsh (@KaitLouiseWalsh) <a href="https://twitter.com/KaitLouiseWalsh/status/1572225297948213248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“There’s no outward signs of any foul play or any type of a struggle,” Oates said, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-decomposed-bodies-found-home-former-rhode-island-mayor-police-say-rcna48486">according</a> to NBC News. “We’re aware that both of these individuals, if they&#8217;re who we think they are, had medical issues that were pretty significant.”
The <a href="https://health.ri.gov/programs/detail.php?pgm_id=149" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rhode Island Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office</a> is currently working to identify the bodies with an announcement pending, according to the outlet.
Menard served as the mayor of Woonsocket, a town less than 20 miles from the capital of Providence, from 1995 to 2009. She was the longest-serving mayor in the community&#8217;s history, as well as its <a href="https://www.pressreader.com/usa/woonsocket-call/20181104/281745565395470" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first female mayor</a>. Woonsocket&#8217;s population includes approximately 40,000 residents.
In 2017, Woonsocket Middle School was <a href="https://www.pressreader.com/usa/woonsocket-call/20170608/281500751224623" target="_blank" rel="noopener">named</a> in honor of Menard. The longtime mayor also previously served on the City Council and the Woonsocket School Committee.
Menard&#8217;s daughter reportedly <a href="https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2009/04/16/woonsocket-mayor-s-daughter-dies/52028691007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed away</a> in 2009 in her Boston home at the age of 31. She left behind a husband and two sons, ages 2 and 4 at the time.

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