<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams">Mayor Eric Adams (D-NY)</a> is considering getting back at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/greg-abbott">Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX)</a> by shipping New Yorkers to Texas in retaliation for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas">the Lone Star State</a> sending busloads of illegal aliens to the Big Apple.
The feud between the two men has been brewing for weeks, and on Tuesday, Adams kicked it up a notch by saying &#8220;for the good of America,&#8221; Abbott must be voted out of office.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve already called all my friends in Texas, and told them how to cast their vote,&#8221; Adams said in a response to a reporter who asked if he planned to get involved in the Texas gubernatorial election.
&#8220;I am deeply contemplating taking a busload of New Yorkers to go to Texas and do some good old-fashioned door-knocking,&#8221; he added with a smirk.
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Eric Adams says he is &quot;deeply contemplating taking a busload of New Yorkers to Texas&quot; to campaign against Greg Abbott in response to him busing 4,000 illegal migrants to his city. <a href="https://t.co/0VqmQkREfM">pic.twitter.com/0VqmQkREfM</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1557063079736840192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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On Sunday morning, Adams met the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-horrific-nyc-mayor-slams-texas-for-sending-illegal-aliens-to-big-apple">second busload of illegal aliens</a> arriving from Texas at the New York Port Authority. The Democratic mayor — who ran for election with a promise to keep New York a “sanctuary city” — blasted Governor Abbott for transporting the immigrants across the country to his city.
“This is horrific when you think about what [Abbott] is doing,” Adams <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/mayor-pushes-back-as-texas-sends-more-than-4000-immigrants-to-nyc">said</a> during a press conference. “New York is a city that has always represented democratic values. Showing our values. That’s what we’re doing today.”
“It is unimaginable what the governor of Texas has done,” he claimed. “When you think about this country, a country that has always been open to those who are fleeing persecution and other intolerable conditions.”
“We’ve always welcomed that. And this governor is not doing that in Texas,” he added. “But we are going to set the right message and the right tone of being here for these families.”
For his part, Abbott <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gov-abbott-shreds-nyc-mayor-adams-for-complaining-about-a-few-dozen-illegals-in-his-sanctuary-city">blasted</a> Adams, saying, “What’s horrific is the thousands of illegal immigrants overrunning and overwhelming our border communities with populations smaller than a New York City borough, and Mayor Adams is hypocritically upset about welcoming a few dozen into his sanctuary city.”
“These migrants willingly chose to go to New York City, having signed a voluntary consent waiver, available in multiple languages, upon boarding that they agreed on the destination,&#8221; he argued.
“If the mayor wants a solution to this crisis, he should call on President Biden to take immediate action to secure the border-something the President continues failing to do,” Abbott claimed. “The Biden Administration is allowing historic levels of illegal immigrants, weapons, and deadly drugs like fentanyl to surge into our state and dumping migrants in our border towns with little to no help provided.”
Abbott is facing Democratic nominee Beto O&#8217;Rourke in the 2022 gubernatorial election.

Eric Adams, Greg Abbott

Eric Adams Is ‘Deeply Contemplating’ Taking New Yorkers To Texas To Get Back At Greg Abbott

Eric Adams Is 'Deeply Contemplating' Taking New Yorkers To Texas To Get Back At Greg Abbott

Eric Adams

Greg Abbott

Illegal Immigration

New York City

Texas

Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott slammed New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams Monday for complaining about the small number of illegal aliens that have been bussed to the city while Texas has been forced to bear the brunt of the border crisis that has erupted under President Joe Biden.
Adams, who greeted a group of <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/07/migrants-bus-texas-new-york-city/">roughly</a> 40 illegal aliens who arrived from Texas on Sunday, has requested help from the federal government in dealing with the illegal aliens that have been dropped off in his city.
“This is horrific when you think about what [Abbott] is doing,” Adams <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-horrific-nyc-mayor-slams-texas-for-sending-illegal-aliens-to-big-apple">said</a> during a press conference. “New York is a city that has always represented democratic values. Showing our values. That’s what we’re doing today.”
“It is unimaginable what the governor of Texas has done,” he claimed. “When you think about this country, a country that has always been open to those who are fleeing persecution and other intolerable conditions.&#8221;
&#8220;We’ve always welcomed that. And this governor is not doing that in Texas. But we are going to set the right message and the right tone of being here for these families,” Adams added.
Abbott responded to Adams&#8217; remarks in a fiery statement Monday afternoon, mocking the first-term mayor for being &#8220;hypocritically upset.&#8221;
&#8220;What&#8217;s horrific is the thousands of illegal immigrants overrunning and overwhelming our border communities with populations smaller than a New York City borough, and Mayor Adams is hypocritically upset about welcoming a few dozen into his sanctuary city,&#8221; Abbott said. &#8220;These migrants willingly chose to go to New York City, having signed a voluntary consent waiver, available in multiple languages, upon boarding that they agreed on the destination.&#8221;
&#8220;If the mayor wants a solution to this crisis, he should call on President Biden to take immediate action to secure the border-something the President continues failing to do,&#8221; Abbott continued. &#8220;The Biden Administration is allowing historic levels of illegal immigrants, weapons, and deadly drugs like fentanyl to surge into our state and dumping migrants in our border towns with little to no help provided.&#8221;
Abbott noted that he has deployed Texas National Guard soldiers and DPS troopers to the border in an attempt to slow down the massive influx of illegal aliens pouring into his state from Mexico.
Abbott also highlighted that the state is &#8220;building our own border wall, busing migrants to sanctuary cities Washington, D.C. and New York City to provide relief to our local partners, and now sending illegal immigrants back to the border.&#8221;
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NEW: Texas Governor <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GregAbbott_TX</a> responds to NYC Mayor Eric Adams calling his decision to bus migrants from the southern border to NYC “horrible”, “cruel”, and “anti-American”. 
“Mayor Adams is hypocritically upset about welcoming a few dozen into his sanctuary city.” <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/68GZa8KTib">pic.twitter.com/68GZa8KTib</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1556689728791105537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Activists Across The Country Gather For March For Our Lives II To Protest Against Gun Violence

Gov. Abbott Shreds NYC Mayor Adams For Complaining About ‘A Few Dozen’ Illegals In ‘His Sanctuary City’

Gov. Abbott Shreds NYC Mayor Adams For Complaining About 'A Few Dozen' Illegals In 'His Sanctuary City'

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Joe Biden

Demonstrators dancing to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kid-rock">Kid Rock</a> and toting “Abbott for Governor” signs heckled Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beto-orourke">Beto O’Rourke</a> as he left a campaign event in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas">Texas</a> on Friday.
O’Rourke wrapped up an hour-long campaign stop in Rockdale, Texas, Friday evening and walked back to his truck through a crowd of Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott supporters. Several boisterous people walked O’Rourke back to his vehicle, waving Abbott signs and dancing along to Kid Rock’s “We the People.”
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🔥🔥😂😂😂😂🔥🔥<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beto?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beto</a> gets the boot in Rockdale, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Texas</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BetosNotWelcomeHere?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BetosNotWelcomeHere</a> <a href="https://t.co/9YMvA9c5wl">pic.twitter.com/9YMvA9c5wl</a>
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O’Rourke is using the months left before the election to hit campaign stops across Texas, even in deep red Milam County, which <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-texas.html">voted</a> more than 75% in favor of former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. O’Rourke is hoping to make up ground with a blitz across the Lone Star State in his <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/governor/">longshot</a> attempt to unseat Abbott, who is running for his third term in the office.
O’Rourke’s signature issue is gun control, and he is <a href="https://betoorourke.com/issue/promote-gun-safety/">campaigning</a> to ban AR-15 rifles and other firearms. He also wants to repeal the state’s constitutional carry law and implement red flag laws and other gun control reforms.
The Democratic candidate is well-known for his gun control activism. On May 25, O’Rourke interrupted a press conference led by Abbott over the mass shooting at Uvalde Elementary School that resulted in the deaths of 19 students and two educators.
As Abbott was delivering remarks, O’Rourke <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/youre-a-sick-son-of-a-b-beto-orourke-crashes-greg-abbott-press-conference-on-uvalde-shooting">approached</a> the stage and accused the governor of not doing enough to combat gun violence.
“The time to stop the next shooting is right now and you are doing nothing. You are offering us nothing,” O’Rourke said. “This is totally predictable when you choose not to do anything.”
Critics accused O’Rourke of using the Uvalde tragedy as a campaign stunt. As O’Rourke confronted Abbott, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called the Democratic gubernatorial candidate an “embarrassment” and told him to sit down.
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin, who was also on stage with Abbott, had strong words for O’Rourke.
“Sir, you are out of line. Please leave this auditorium,” McLaughlin yelled. “I can’t believe. You’re a sick son of a b****, you would come to a deal like this to make a political issue.”

Beto O’Rourke

WATCH: Beto O’Rourke Leaves Campaign Stop Surrounded By Abbott Supporters Dancing To Kid Rock

2022 Election

Beto O'Rourke

New York City <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams">Mayor Eric Adams</a> (D) is slamming <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas">Texas</a> for sending busloads of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration">illegal aliens</a> to the Big Apple, claiming that the city is struggling to handle the influx of individuals.
Sunday morning, Adams met the second busload of migrants arriving from the Lone Star State. The Democratic mayor — who ran for election with a promise to keep New York a &#8220;sanctuary city&#8221; — blasted Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) for transporting the immigrants across the country to his city.
“This is horrific when you think about what [Abbott] is doing,” Adams <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/mayor-pushes-back-as-texas-sends-more-than-4000-immigrants-to-nyc">said</a> during a press conference. “New York is a city that has always represented democratic values. Showing our values. That’s what we’re doing today.”
“It is unimaginable what the governor of Texas has done,&#8221; he claimed. &#8220;When you think about this country, a country that has always been open to those who are fleeing persecution and other intolerable conditions.&#8221;
“We’ve always welcomed that. And this governor is not doing that in Texas,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But we are going to set the right message and the right tone of being here for these families.”
For his part, Abbott has claimed that &#8220;New York City is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city.&#8221;
“I hope he follows through on his promise of welcoming all migrants with open arms so that our overrun and overwhelmed border towns can find relief,&#8221; Abbott said.
The Abbott administration has maintained it has only sent two buses to New York City. Meanwhile, the Biden administration has also sent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aircraft-records-reveal-secret-migrant-flights-across-u-s">buses and planes</a> of illegal aliens around the country while <a href="https://cis.org/Arthur/Disclosures-Biden-Has-Released-Nearly-105-million-SW-Border-Migrants-US">releasing</a> more than one million into the country.
New York&#8217;s immigrant affairs commissioner, Manuel Castro, has told reporters that the city cannot handle the thousands of individuals and needs assistance from federal authorities.
“Our budgets are impacted because no one plans for [4,000] or [5,000] or 6,000 or even more people to arrive, so they need a shelter,” Castro told Gothamist. “And so of course, that&#8217;s the assistance we are seeking the federal government to step in.”
Castro also said that Texas is not giving any warning as to when the buses will arrive.
“Frankly, they&#8217;re not communicating, coordinating at all,” Castro told the New York City-based outlet. “This is meant to be disruptive, and that&#8217;s unfortunate. Because we&#8217;re talking about people&#8217;s lives.”
Adams also made similar allegations in his Sunday morning press conference.
&#8220;They’re not letting us know when the buses are leaving. They’re not letting us know what are the needs of the people on the bus,&#8221; Adams <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-blasts-texas-gov-gregg-abbot-second-bus-migrants-arrives-horrific">remarked</a>. &#8220;They are not giving us any information, so we’re unable to really provide the service to people en route.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sources-say-new-york-city-mayor-considering-2024-presidential-run-report">potential 2024 presidential candidate</a> also accused Texas officials of sending some illegal aliens to New York City against their will.
&#8220;We&#8217;re finding that some of the families are on the bus that wanted to go to other locations, and they were not allowed to do so,&#8221; Adams said. &#8220;They were forced on the bus with the understanding that they were going to other locations that they wanted to go to, and when they tried to explain they were not allowed to do so.&#8221;

‘This Is Horrific’: NYC Mayor Slams Texas For Sending Illegal Aliens To Big Apple

NYC Mayor Slams Texas For Sending Illegal Immigrants To Big Apple

Mayor

A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas">Texas</a> jury ordered Infowars host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alex-jones">Alex Jones</a> to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages on Friday to the parents of a 6-year-old child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting.
The hefty charge comes on top of another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-alex-jones-fined-4-1-million-in-sandy-hook-defamation-trial">$4.1 million compensatory charge</a> that the jury directed Jones to pay to Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, the parents of 6-year-old Jesse, who was killed at Sandy Hook alongside 19 other children and six educators. The trial is the first of three over conspiratorial comments Jones made following the Sandy Hook tragedy denying it had happened.
Jones will sit for two more trials next month, one more in Texas and another in Delaware, and face the families of more of the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre. The families allege that Jones defamed them in the aftermath of the tragedy.
In closing comments on Friday, Lewis and Heslin&#8217;s attorney Todd Ball told the jury: “We ask that you send a very, very simple message, and that is, stop Alex Jones. Stop the monetization of misinformation and lies. Please.”
Jones’ attorney Andino Reynal argued to the jury that a fair fine for the Infowars host would be roughly a quarter of a million dollars, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/05/media/alex-jones-punitive-damages-sandy-hook/index.html">CNN</a>. Reynal said Jones should be fined according to his purported earnings of $14,000 per hour for the 18 hours he made false claims about Sandy Hook in the aftermath of the shooting.
Reynal had also asked the jury for a low penalty the day before when the jury was set to decide compensatory damages. Reynal argued that Jones had made a “terrible mistake” and asked the jury to fine his client just $1.
“He made a terrible mistake,” Reynal told jurors, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alex-jones-must-pay-41-million-parents-sandy-hook-school-massacre-vict-rcna41493">NBC News</a>. “That mistake was weaponized by the same political forces that had descended upon Sandy Hook when it happened.”
During the trial, Jones testified that the media and his critics had never allowed for him to take back his comments, despite his retractions and admissions that he was wrong.
Both parents <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-6-year-old-sandy-hook-victim-say-alex-jones-made-life-living-h-rcna41204">testified</a> during the trial. Heslin said that “the negligence and recklessness of Alex Jones” had made his life a “living hell.”
Lewis said, “having a 6-year-old son shot in front of his classroom is unbearable and you don’t think you’re going to survive and then to have someone on top of that perpetuate a lie that it was a hoax, that it was a false flag.”
“I don’t think you understand the fear you perpetuate, not just to the victim’s family but to our family, our friends and any survivor from that school,” Lewis added.

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Jury Orders Alex Jones To Pay Tens Of Millions To Parents Of Sandy Hook Victim

Jury Orders Alex Jones To Pay $45.2 Million To Parents Of Sandy Hook Victim

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Guns

Sandy Hook

Infowars host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alex-jones">Alex Jones</a> must pay $4.1 million to the parents of a child killed in the mass shooting at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sandy-hook">Sandy Hook Elementary School</a> in 2012, a jury ruled Thursday.
Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin lost their 6-year-old son, Jesse, in the 2012 massacre after a gunman attacked his school, killing 20 students and six educators. In the aftermath of the attack, Jones spread false claims that the attack was a hoax.
Lewis and Heslin brought legal action against Jones over his conspiracy theorist claims, accusing Jones of defamation. Jones’ attorney, Andino Reynal, argued that Jones had made a “terrible mistake” and asked the jury to fine his client $1.
“He made a terrible mistake,” Reynal told jurors, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alex-jones-must-pay-41-million-parents-sandy-hook-school-massacre-vict-rcna41493">NBC News</a>. “That mistake was weaponized by the same political forces that had descended upon Sandy Hook when it happened.”
Both parents <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-6-year-old-sandy-hook-victim-say-alex-jones-made-life-living-h-rcna41204">testified</a> during the trial. Heslin said that “the negligence and recklessness of Alex Jones” had made the grieving parent’s life a “living hell.”
“Having a 6-year-old son shot in front of his classroom is unbearable and you don’t think you’re going to survive and then to have someone on top of that perpetuate a lie that it was a hoax, that it was a false flag,” Lewis testified. “I don’t think you understand the fear you perpetuate, not just to the victim’s family but to our family, our friends and any survivor from that school.”
At one point during the trial, Jones’s legal team accidentally <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alex-jones-attorney-sent-his-private-messages-to-other-side-opposing-counsel-says">sent</a> opposing attorneys a copy of Jones’ text messages. The messages purportedly revealed that Jones had made false statements about messages he sent referencing the Sandy Hook shooting. According to the parents’ attorney, Jones said earlier under oath he could not locate any messages, but his messages revealed that he sent many of them.
“Mr. Jones, did you know that 12 days ago, your attorneys messed up and sent me an entire digital copy of your entire cellphone with every text message you’ve sent for the past two years?” Mark Bankston, an attorney for Lewis and Heslin, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/us/politics/alex-jones-trial-sandy-hook.html">asked</a> Jones. “You know what perjury is, right?”
Jones responded that he did and maintained that he told the truth.
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Attorney Mark Bankston told <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AlexJones?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AlexJones</a> that his attorney messed up and sent him Jones&#39; entire cell phone history. &quot;Did you know that your lawyers messed up and sent me your entire cell phone texting history 12 days ago?&quot; Bankston asked. &quot;You know what perjury is right?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/IfIiP5UTIg">pic.twitter.com/IfIiP5UTIg</a>
&mdash; Law&amp;Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetwork/status/1554878549319946242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Alex Jones Ordered To Pay $4.1 Million In Sandy Hook Defamation Trial

Alex Jones Fined $4.1 Million In Sandy Hook Defamation Trial

Lawsuit

A federal judge on Monday handed down the heaviest sentence yet to a defendant who was at the Capital riot — seven years to a Texas man who never entered the building.
A Washington, D.C., jury <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/texas-man-found-guilty-jury-felony-charges-actions-related-capitol-breach">convicted</a> Guy Reffitt, 49, of five felonies in March, including carrying a gun on U.S. Capitol grounds and threatening his children against reporting him to law enforcement. Reffitt was also convicted of two counts of civil disorder, and one count of obstruction of an official proceeding.
U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich declined a Department of Justice request to sentence Reffitt as a domestic terrorist, stating it would create an “unwarranted sentencing disparity,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/01/jan-6-terrorism-sentencing-penalty-00048922">Politico</a>. Treating Reffitt’s crimes as terrorism would have substantially increased Reffitt’s potential sentence; prosecutors had asked for a 15-year term.
“There are a lot of cases where defendants possessed weapons or committed very violent assaults,” Friedrich said, noting that the longest January 6 riot-related sentence to date is just over five years. “The government is asking for a sentence that is three times as long as any other defendant and the defendant did not assault an officer.”
Reffitt, a member of the militia group Texas Three Percenters, traveled to Washington D.C. with another militia member to protest the results of the 2020 election. Both men traveled to the nation’s capital armed with handguns and rifles.
On January 6, Reffitt arrived at the U.S. Capitol wearing a pistol on his hip, body armor, and a helmet with a camera on his head. Reffitt made it as far as the steps outside the Capitol’s Senate wing, but he never entered the building. He used a bullhorn to urge other protesters to storm inside.
“I didn’t come here to play — I’m taking the Capitol,” his camera <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/us/politics/guy-reffitt-january-6-trial.html">recorded</a> him saying. “I just want to see Pelosi’s head hitting every stair on the way out.”
The judge did grant that Reffitt was “in a class of his own so far as I’m aware in terms of what he was doing there that day, and what he claimed what he was there to do,” she said, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/01/reffitt-sentence-jan6/">The Washington Post</a>. Friedrich also said that the fact that Reffitt was armed was “huge,” but asked, “does the firearm deserve three times the sentence if it was not brandished or used in any way?”
Reffitt’s January 6 activities also caused a rift in his household.
His son testified against him during his March trial and supported prosecutors’ sentencing request with the caveat that Reffitt could receive rehabilitation and counseling in prison. The 19-year-old son, Jackson, told the jury at trial that his father threatened him and his sister about reporting the older man to the authorities.
“He said, ‘If you turn me in, you’re a traitor,’” Jackson recounted. “‘And traitors get shot.’”
Reffitt’s teen daughter sided with her father at his sentencing hearing, writing a letter to the judge asking for leniency. She placed the blame for the riot on then-President Donald Trump.
“My father’s name wasn’t on the flags that everyone was carrying there that day … There was another man’s name,” Peyton Reffitt wrote to the court, according to the Post. “He was not the leader.”

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J6 Defendant Receives Harshest Sentence Yet After Son Testifies Against Him At Trial

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A U.S. defense contractor and his wife have been charged with identity theft after authorities say they lived under the identities of two children who had died in Texas.
Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison allegedly used the names of Bobby Edward Fort and Julie Lyn Montague for decades. The couple, now in their 60s, were arrested last week in Kapolei, on Hawaii’s Oahu island, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walter-primrose-gwynn-morrison-charged-stealing-identities-dead-texas-children-bobby-fort-julie-montague/?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=news_tab">according to CBS News</a>.
In <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/584327251/2-Hawaii-residents-accused-of-being-Russian-spies#from_embed">a criminal complaint</a> obtained by Hawaii News Now, special agent Dennis Thomas with the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service alleged that Primrose and Morrison were both born in 1955 and attended the same high school between 1970 and 1973 and attended Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas, from 1976 to 1979. The two married in 1980 and bought a home in 1981, which was foreclosed by a bank in 1987. After their home was foreclosed, the couple allegedly obtained Texas birth certificates for Fort, born in 1967, and Montague, born in 1968. Each baby died shortly after birth, according to death certificates obtained by the State Department.
In August 1987, Primrose obtained a driver’s license in Fort’s name, according to the affidavit. The next month, Morrison obtained an identification card with Montague’s identity. The couple also received social security cards and passports using the names of the dead children.
With his new identity, Primrose joined the U.S. Coast Guard, representing himself as 12 years younger than his actual age. He went on to serve 22 years using Fort’s identity. He later used the assumed identity to get a security clearance and become a defense contractor.
Prosecutors asked that the couple be held without bail, including photos of each wearing KGB uniforms in old Polaroids. An attorney for Morrison, Megan Kau, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/texas-hawaii-honolulu-identity-theft-143e4493da66079b26346d5ac8365e4d">told</a> the Associated Press that the couple each posed in the same jacket as a joke, and that even though they used stolen identities, they have not committed other crimes.
&#8220;She wants everyone to know she&#8217;s not a spy,&#8221; Kau told the outlet. &#8220;This has all been blown way out of proportion. It&#8217;s government overreaching.&#8221;
The couple is charged with conspiracy to commit offense against the U.S. (referring to false statements on their identification applications), aggravated identity theft, false statements in application for passports.
John Montague, the father whose daughter died at 3 weeks old, couldn’t believe that his daughter’s identity had been stolen.
&#8220;The odds are like one-in-a-trillion that they found her and used her name. People stoop to do anything nowadays. Let kids rest in peace,&#8221; he told the AP.

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Defense Contractor, Wife, Charged With Stealing Identities Of Deceased Children

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An ex-<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl">NFL</a> player was charged Thursday with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/murder">murdering his girlfriend</a>, who vanished last year after a house party in a Houston suburb.
Kevin Ware, who played tight end for two seasons for the Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers, faces life in prison if convicted of murder in the death of Taylor Pomaski. The 29-year-old woman was missing for months after having been last seen alive at an April, 2021 party. Her remains were found last December.
“We encourage anyone who has knowledge about what happened between Kevin and Taylor to come forward,” said Harris County Assistant District Attorney Lacy Johnson.
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BREAKING: Former NFL player Kevin Ware Jr. indicted by a grand jury for the death and disappearance of his girlfriend Taylor Pomaski in April 2021. 
Sources close to the case tell <a href="https://twitter.com/abc13houston?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@abc13houston</a> he is charged with felony first degree murder and tampering with a corpse. <a href="https://t.co/QXuX3O4AGq">pic.twitter.com/QXuX3O4AGq</a>
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The pair had been dating for about a year before Pomaski went missing after the April 26, 2021 party at their home in the Houston suburb of Spring. Ware, 41, who has been jailed since June 2021 in Montgomery County on unrelated drug and gun charges, has been under suspicion for over a year.
Remains were discovered by Harris County Sheriff’s investigators working with <a href="https://texasequusearch.org/about/">Texas EquuSearch</a>, a Houston nonprofit that helps crime victims and their families. Details were scant, but the remains were buried at a site in the northern part of the county that authorities said was “tied” to Pomaski’s disappearance. They were positively identified in April.
“Prosecutors presented the evidence to a Harris County grand jury, which determined there was sufficient evidence for criminal charges,” said Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg. “We will follow the evidence wherever it leads and apply the law equally to all.”
Eric Zulegar, a former boyfriend of the dead woman, told the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11060209/Former-NFL-TE-Kevin-Ware-indicted-murder-ex-girlfriend.html">Daily Mail</a> he had been in touch with her in the weeks before her disappearance.
“She was in danger, she was in trouble,” Zulegar said. “There was violence, she referenced a gun being pulled on her. She was very scared, very nervous.”
Ware had been arrested a week before Pomaski&#8217;s disappearance after he was allegedly found with cocaine, methamphetamine, and a loaded AK-47.
Ware, a 6-foot, 3-inch, 260-pound tight end who played college ball at University of Washington, signed with the Redskins in 2003 as an undrafted free agent. He caught three passes for 17 yards as a rookie, then moved on to the San Francisco 49ers for the 2004 season, his last in the league.

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Ex-NFL Player Charged With Murder Of Girlfriend Who Vanished After House Party

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The head of the Department of Justice’s National Security Division said Thursday that the DOJ has not prosecuted anyone for demonstrating outside of Supreme Court Justices’ residences, but that an order focusing the department on parents at school board meetings remains intact. He declined to disavow using the PATRIOT Act against parents.
The fact that the DOJ is still focused on school board issues is remarkable because the group that the DOJ relied on to justify the action — the National School Boards Association — has since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nsba-apologizes-for-letter-describing-potential-domestic-terrorism-at-school-board-meetings">apologized</a> and is facing collapse, with the majority of state associations <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/25-states-have-now-left-national-school-boards-association-as-nebraska-departs">severing ties</a> following shock at the idea that parents could be likened to terrorists or that they should have civil rights stripped via involving the anti-terrorism PATRIOT Act. An early <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nsbas-first-draft-of-domestic-terrorism-letter-called-for-feds-to-sic-army-national-guard-and-its-military-police-on-parents-independent-review-shows">draft</a> of the letter even called for the feds to release &#8220;Army National Guard and Its Military Police&#8221; on parents.
At a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) asked “Has the Department of Justice prosecuted a single case against individuals demonstrating at the residences of Supreme Court justices in violation of USC 1507?”
Matthew G. Olsen, the national security official, replied, “I&#8217;m not aware that there&#8217;s been a case brought under that particular statute.”
Roy said, “Which poses a greater danger to American national security: cartels or parents at school board meetings?”
Olsen uttered, “I mean, look. In groups, violent gangs that move drugs or are involved in acts of violence are significant threats.”
“Do they post a greater threat to the security of the United States than parents at school board meetings?” Roy prodded.
“I would certainly have to agree with that. I would agree that as a general proposition, being a parent myself, gangs and violent groups pose a greater threat to the American people, if that&#8217;s a serious question.”
Roy followed up: “Is the DOJ still operating under the memorandum issued by the Attorney General Merrick Garland on October 4, 2021, in which he said, &#8216;disturbing spike in harassment in intimidation, harassment and threats of violence of school boards.&#8217; Are they still operating under that memorandum?”
“The AG&#8217;s guidance from last fall continues in effect,” Olsen said.
Roy asked why the National Security Division was specifically mentioned in a DOJ press release about its efforts involving school board officials.
“The National Security Division is part of a broader array of components within the Justice Department that are part of that effort to ensure that people who serve on local school boards or other bodies are safe,” Olsen replied.
“Do you think parents rise to the level of the National Security Division of the Department of Justice?” Roy asked.
“I certainly think it&#8217;s possible that there could be a threat or act of violence against someone in local office, whether it’s city council or school board, that might reflect a domestic violent extremist attack, yes,” Olsen replied.
“Is it appropriate to use the PATRIOT Act against parents?” Roy asked.
Olsen declined to answer, saying, “The PATRIOT Act is a variety of tools. I can&#8217;t talk about it in the abstract.”
“Did the National School Board[s] Association recommend the use of the PATRIOT Act and describe the action of parents at school boards as the equivalent of domestic terrorism, preceding the memorandum issued by the DOJ?” Roy asked.
“I don&#8217;t know,” Olsen replied.
Roy pressed, “You don&#8217;t know that there was a memorandum put out by the NSBA referring to domestic terrorism and the use of PATRIOT Act prior to the Attorney General of the United States issuing a memorandum directly targeting and focusing on school boards?”
“I&#8217;ve heard you and other members of this committee make reference to that today,” Olsen said.
“You&#8217;re the head of the National Security Division, which is mentioned in the press release that goes out and you don&#8217;t know, you&#8217;re testifying under oath here before us that you don&#8217;t know anything about that?” Roy asked.
“I&#8217;ve heard of that letter; I don&#8217;t know exactly what it says,” Olsen answered.
Roy is a graduate of Loudoun County Public Schools. The NSBA letter that likened some parents to domestic terrorists referenced several supposed problems at school boards, one of the more severe was the case of Scott Smith, who was charged with disorderly conduct.
A George Soros-funded, elected district attorney personally prosecuted him and sought jail time, unheard of for the charge. The Daily Wire revealed that Smith was angry at the meeting because the superintendent had just falsely stated that no one had been raped in the district’s schools, when his daughter had been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-county-schools-tried-to-conceal-sexual-assault-against-daughter-in-bathroom-father-says">raped by a boy wearing a skirt just weeks prior</a>.

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones issued an apology on Tuesday after using what has been dubbed the &#8220;m-word&#8221; to refer to little people during a tribute to a team executive who recently died.
The remark drew the criticism of many, including a call for a public apology from the Little People of America (LPA).
“Earlier today I made a reference which I understand may have been viewed as offensive. I apologize,” Jones <a href="https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/07/27/jerry-jones-apologizes-for-using-derogatory-term-about-little-people/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Jones made the controversial reference while sharing memories about former Cowboys scouting director Larry Lacewell who served during the team&#8217;s three Super Bowl wins in the 1990s. Lacewell died in May at the age of 85.
“I’m going to get me somebody, a midget, to stand up there with me and dress him up like Lace and think Lace is still out here helping at practice with us,” Jones told reporters during the Cowboys training camp in Oxnard on Tuesday, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dallas-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-apologizes-m-word-slur-rcna40213" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> NBC News, which referred to his term as the &#8220;M-word&#8221; in its news copy. “But here it is to Lace―really, and I’m serious about that.”
LPA, an <a href="https://www.lpaonline.org/mission-" target="_blank" rel="noopener">organization</a> &#8220;dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with dwarfism,&#8221; released a statement in response to the comment by Jones.
&#8220;Midget is a term that has widely been known to be derogatory for years and should be common knowledge to anyone in the public arena, such as Jerry Jones. Ignorance at this point is simply not an excuse,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.lpaonline.org/assets/media/PR_072622_JerryJones_Response.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> read, spelling the word out instead of using the abbreviation used by NBC News.
&#8220;Any use of this disparaging slur along with suggestions or insinuations that our stature exists for amusement is deplorable and inexcusable. The millions of individuals with dwarfism around the globe already face unfair disadvantages in their daily life due to their disability including discrimination, harassment, and assault,&#8221; it added.
The organization concluded by calling Jones to apologize and &#8220;vow to use appropriate terminology rooted in respect and dignity going forward.&#8221;
The LPA was the organization responsible for seeking to abolish the use of the word when it released a statement on the issue in 2015.
&#8220;The word &#8216;midget&#8217; was never coined as the official term to identify people with dwarfism, but was created as a label used to refer to people of short stature who were on public display for curiosity and sport,&#8221; the LPA <a href="https://www.lpaonline.org/the-m-word" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;Today, the word &#8216;midget&#8217; is considered a derogatory slur.&#8221;
Jones is not the only NFL personality to use the controversial term. Marvin Lewis, who coached the Cincinnati Bengals in 2014, <a href="https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/12/09/marvin-lewis-apologizes-for-use-of-word-midget/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apologized</a> for a similar use of the word in reference to then-Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel during a radio interview.
“I’m aware that my comment on local radio last night was offensive to people of short stature and to their families and friends,” Lewis said in part. “It was thoughtless on my part to use the word I did, and not excusable, and I greatly regret it.&#8221;

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‘Deplorable and Inexcusable’: Dwarfism Community Hits Jerry Jones For Using The ‘M-Word.’ Jones Apologizes.

Dwarfism Community Hits Jerry Jones For Using The 'M-Word.' Jones Apologizes.

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Inflation in big cities is crushing residents right now, but it&#8217;s even worse in rural America, a new study found.
“Rural households are more vulnerable to inflation,” a <a href="https://smalltowns.soc.iastate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/163/2022/07/STR1063.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Iowa State University shows. “In 2020, rural household post-tax incomes stood at $58,012. About 82% of rural incomes went towards expenses, leaving $10,661 in discretionary income for savings and unanticipated expenses.&#8221;
&#8220;However, by 2022 expenses rose by 18.5% overall. Earnings were not able to keep pace with inflation, rising by only 6.1%. The net effect cut rural discretionary incomes by -49.1% between June 2020 and June 2022, reducing the cushion to only $5,426. Expenses now consume 91% of rural take-home pay,&#8221; the report said.
Rural Americans saw more of a hike in prices than people living in cities did.
“Urban households were less affected by inflation, having higher post-tax incomes ($76,411) and more discretionary incomes ($16,414) in 2020,” the report said. “Over the past two years, expenses rose more slowly at 14.5%, while earnings for urban workers rose by 8.6% This cut discretionary income by only -13.1%, leaving a sizable cushion of $14,270.”
To make matters worse, income in rural areas have fallen far more than those in urban areas.
“Rural discretionary incomes dropped by -8.7% in 2021, but by 2022 rampant inflation cut this income cushion by -40.4%,” the report continued. “By contrast, urban families actually saw discretionary incomes rise by 1% in 2021, but they fell by -13.9% the following year.”
The report also looked at how different regions of America have fared under soaring inflation.
&#8220;The northeastern U.S. has slower price gains of only 7.6%,” the report said. “On the other side of the country, Pacific Coast states also have below average inflation at 8.3%. This is surprising given both areas contain some of the nation’s largest cities. For example, prices in the New York City metro area only rose by 6.7%. In California, the cost of living in the San Francisco metro rose by only 6.8%, and in Los Angles prices rose a bit faster at 8.6%.”
“On the other hand, inflation is hitting people hard in parts of the southern U.S., in particular the west south central states (including Texas and Louisiana) where prices jumped by 10.6%,” the report said. “Inflation is also a problem in the Mountain West (ranging from Arizona to Montana) and Southeastern states along the Atlantic (from Virginia down to Florida). Inflation in Atlanta, Miami, and Houston are all near or over 11%. Price gains in the Chicago metro are likely driving inflation in the Great Lakes states.”
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Inflation Hammering Rural America, 91% Of Income Used Just To Live, Study Finds

Inflation Under President Joe Biden Hammering Rural America, 91% Of Income Used Just To Live, Study Finds

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