According to The Gateway Pundit‚ Obama-appointed Chief Judge James Boasberg will sentence Ray Epps today via a secret Zoom call. The DA recommended only six months in prison. The sentencing was supposed to be public and in-person‚ and The Gateway Pundit planned to film as J6er Eric Clark served him with a lawsuit. Again‚ Epps […] The post Ray Epps Gets Special Sentencing Privileges appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Representative James Clyburn‚ a Democrat from South Carolina‚ was largely responsible for getting Joe Biden into the White House. He is back at it. He’s blaming Donald Trump for the racist who murdered nine innocent black people in Mother Emmanuel AME church in Charleston‚ South Carolina. The horrific murders took place nine years ago in […] The post James Clyburn Blames Trump for a 9-Year-Old Mass Killing appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

A federal court has blocked a restrictive California law that would have banned carrying guns almost everywhere in public‚ including at places like churches and playgrounds.  The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Saturday ruled to halt implementation of the law after a previous panel of judges on the court had allowed the law to take effect on December 30. The law would have heavily restricted anyone‚ even people with permits‚ from carrying in public. The California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA) sued to block the law after Governor Gavin Newsom signed it in September. The court is expected to hear full arguments on the law in April. “This dangerous decision puts the lives of Californians on the line. We won’t stop working to defend our decades of progress on gun safety in our state‚” Newsom’s office said of the latest court ruling.  The law would have banned carrying guns in private businesses‚ unless the business expressly put up a sign saying that individuals were allowed to carry. Guns would have been banned on public transportation‚ at public gatherings‚ in parking areas‚ in parks and at playgrounds‚ sports venues‚ casinos‚ hospitals and clinics‚ churches‚ and banks‚ according to the L.A. Times.  The CRPA celebrated the decision from the court‚ saying that it meant “the conceal carry in sensitive places portion of SB2 is not enforceable!”  CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP The law was initially blocked by U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney who called it “sweeping‚ repugnant to the Second Amendment‚ and openly defiant of the Supreme Court.” “Although the government may have some valid safety concerns‚ legislation regulating [concealed carry] permitholders — the most responsible of law abiding citizens seeking to exercise their Second Amendment rights — seems an odd and misguided place to focus to address those safety concerns‚” Carney‚ a George W. Bush appointee‚ said. “They have been through a vigorous vetting and training process following their application to carry a concealed handgun‚” he wrote. “The challenged SB2 provisions unconstitutionally deprive this group of their constitutional right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense.”

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman‚ who lent his considerable power to push for the ouster of Harvard president Claudine Gay‚ is fighting back against Business Insider‚ which published stories accusing Ackman’s wife‚ Neri Oxman‚ of plagiarism. Ackman posted a tweet Tuesday morning in which he accused Nicholas Carlson‚ the Global Editor-in Chief of Business Insider‚ of either lying or being misled by others when Carlson reportedly emailed his staff that Ackman had not disputed the claims in the outlet’s report. “The facts of the stories have not been disputed by Oxman or her husband Bill Ackman‚” Carlson emailed‚ according to Ackman. “Ackman and others have raised concerns about our reporting process‚ as well as the motivation for publishing the stories.” “Mr. Carlson is lying or he has been misled by others‚” Ackman responded. “I personally disputed the facts (as well as the reporting process) of Business Insider’s stories initially in an approximately one-hour conversation with a director of Business Insider on Sunday morning beginning at 10:01 a.m.  I did so again in an about 35-minute or so conversation with Martin Varsavsky‚ a director of Axel Springer who called me unsolicited at 12:34 p.m. later that day.” The German publishing house Axel Springer acquired Business insider in 2015. “In the a.m. call with the Business Insider director‚ he told me that Business Insider had already launched an investigation of the stories and the reporting processes around them‚” Ackman continued. “In light of the investigation‚ I asked him to have Business Insider publicly release a statement to that effect as I thought it would help mitigate the reputational damage of the stories while they were being investigated. He said he would discuss this request and the other issues I raised with his colleagues and get back to me within ‘an hour or so.’” Ackman wrote he made “multiple efforts to reach the director by phone and by text when he did not call back within an hour or so‚” adding that one text read‚ “You need to withdraw the story now as you have an investigation pending regarding factual and other review. You need to put this out now. I just got off the phone with Martin [the director of Axel Springer who called me unsolicited] and he agrees.” Ackman noted that the story about his wife had become the number one story on X. “He finally called at 3:45 p.m.‚ more than four hours after he said he would call‚” Ackman wrote. “On the call‚ he told me that Axel Springer would be putting out a statement about the investigation.  I was initially encouraged by what he had said‚ and asked if BI would be withdrawing the stories. He said that they would not be doing so at this time as they stand behind the stories.” “Shortly‚ thereafter Axel Springer’s statement was released which said in part: ‘While the facts of the reports have not been disputed‚ over the past few days questions have been raised about the motivation and the process leading up to the reporting — questions that we take very seriously‚’” Ackman continued. “The fact that both the Editor in Chief of Business Insider and its owner Axel Springer have both falsely stated that the stories were not disputed have greatly contributed to the enormous reputational and emotional damage that have occurred to my wife @NeriOxman. By making these statements‚ Business Insider and Axel Springer have effectively confirmed that their reporting is entirely factually accurate. This could not be further from the truth.” Ackman mentioned that his wife had acknowledged “she had inadvertently omitted quotation marks in four paragraphs in her 330-page dissertation‚ all of which‚ however‚ were properly cited. In addition‚ Neri acknowledged that she had inadvertently omitted to cite one paraphrased sentence in her 330-page dissertation.  Neri did‚ however‚ cite the same author whose citation she missed in each of the other eight times she referred to his work in her dissertation‚ which makes it clear that this one missed citation was unintentional.” “Shortly after Neri issued her statement‚ Business Insider published the following headline and the materially false and misleading article which followed. ‘Neri Oxman admits to plagiarizing in her doctoral dissertation after BI report.’” “Neri admitted to making four clerical errors of punctuation and one missed footnote in her 330-page dissertation‚ and she apologized for doing so. To this day‚ she has never admitted to plagiarism.  She has never committed fraud of any kind‚” Ackman declared. Ackman brought up a subsequent email sent by Business Insider alleging other purported plagiarism and an article about that which followed. “The article makes novel and speculative assumptions about what is plagiarism including asserting that definitions of basic terms and words from Wikipedia and quotations from software and hardware manuals that describe products used in Neri’s research are plagiarism‚” Ackman charged. “Neri hired counsel yesterday and it is going to take weeks to properly respond to all of the assertions and factual misstatements and errors in all of the stories. … The Oxman plagiarism story was the number one trending story on X with 10 times the number of postings of the next most posted story. It remains one of the top read stories in the world. As a result of the above‚ Neri has suffered catastrophic reputational damage‚ and enormous emotional harm.” “I can’t believe this is happening‚” Ackman concluded. On Sunday afternoon‚ Nicholas Carlson‚ the Global Editor-in Chief of Business Insider stated in an email to his staff that: "The facts of the stories have not been disputed by Oxman or her husband Bill Ackman. Ackman and others have raised concerns about our reporting process‚… — Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) January 9‚ 2024 Claudine Gay was the president of Harvard and‚ as such‚ a legitimate subject for public scrutiny. The attack on your wife‚ who is not working as an academic‚ was motivated by revenge against you. This matters. Even the mafia has a rule against targeting wives and children. — Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) January 8‚ 2024 Some have questioned my commitment. They don’t know me. https://t.co/4Jmaam148x — Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) January 8‚ 2024  

Speaking at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston‚ South Carolina‚ on Monday‚ President Biden said of pro-Palestinian demonstrators that he “understands their passion‚” prompting Arkansas GOP Senator Tom Cotton‚ a strong supporter of Israel‚ to harshly criticize Biden. As Biden spoke‚ a Pro-Palestinian activist shouted‚ “Ceasefire now! Ceasefire now! Ceasefire now!” When Biden responded‚ “That’s all right. That’s all right‚” one activist continued‚ “Will you call for a ceasefire?” Members of the audience shouted‚ “Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!” Biden then stated‚ “Look‚ folks‚ I understand their — I understand their passion. And I’ve been quietly working — I’ve been quietly working with the Israeli government to get them to reduce and significantly get out of Gaza. I’ve been using all that I can to do that. But I understand the passion.” “Israel *was* out of Gaza before Hamas invaded‚ committed the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust‚ and continues to hold hostages today. President Biden should show moral clarity instead of sympathizing with his antisemitic base‚” Cotton blasted on X. Israel *was* out of Gaza before Hamas invaded‚ committed the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust‚ and continues to hold hostages today. President Biden should show moral clarity instead of sympathizing with his antisemitic base. https://t.co/qmXva310lX — Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) January 9‚ 2024 In late November‚ Cotton ripped President Joe Biden when he discussed American hostages still held by the terrorist group Hamas‚ asserting that the terrorist group was simply contemptuous of Biden. He also added‚ “This would never have happened under Donald Trump or Ronald Reagan.” Cotton appeared on Fox News with Shannon Bream‚ who noted Cotton’s service in the military overseas‚ then asked‚ “What do you make about this call for using special forces to get our folks out?” “We should certainly be open to that; we have elite special operation forces who are specifically trained in hostage rescue‚” Cotton answered‚ before pointing out that any action would have to be coordinated with the Israeli forces fighting Hamas in Gaza. “I do think we have to be deferential to the Israelis‚ to the Israeli government and the Israeli Defense Forces about the tactical situation on the ground. But if American military forces are called upon and can provide a viable solution to get out American citizens and the citizens of Israel or other nations then we have to be open to that.” Then he took aim at Biden’s perceived weakness among terrorist groups abroad: But again‚ it’s not just those small special operations units that we have trained; we have two aircraft carriers in the region; we’ve increased the number of troops and aircraft in the region. Yet Hamas is still so contemptuous of President Biden that it hasn’t yet released American hostages.  This would never have happened under Donald Trump or Ronald Reagan. In fact‚ if you will recall Jimmy Carter had a hostage crisis with Iran‚ Hamas’ patron‚ for over 400 days. Iran released those hostages the day Ronald Reagan took office‚ because they were so scared of what Ronald Reagan might do to them.  You don’t see that kind of fear of President Biden from Hamas‚ or Iran‚ or frankly‚ anyone around the world. “The Biden administration is reportedly warning Israel against taking significant action against Hezbollah‚ warning that a U.S. intelligence assessment found that if Israel were to expand its military operations to Lebanon as well as Gaza‚ success would be difficult for Israel to achieve‚” The Daily Wire reported this week‚ noting‚ “Since Hamas’ October 7 invasion‚ Israel has evacuated tens of thousands of Israelis from its northern border with Lebanon over the threat posed by Hezbollah.” A November 30 report from The Times Of Israel derived from Channel 12 News claimed that when Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that all of Israel backed the elimination of the terrorist group Hamas “even if it takes months‚” Blinken responded‚ “I don’t think you have the credit for that.”