The Republican governor announced the move on Tuesday alongside 10 other pardons, noting the decision was made in late July. Mark McCloskey previously pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault and was slapped with a $750 fine, while his wife Patricia was fined $2,000 on a second-degree harassment charge. The legal trouble …
Read More »South Carolina won’t enact mask mandate, as governor blasts health officials for ‘frightening hyperbole’ on Covid threat
Like numerous other states, South Carolina has seen its number of coronavirus cases rise dramatically in the last month, though Republican Gov. Henry McMaster claims health officials are using these upticks to make things seem worse than they are. “Yes, the rates are going up but they’re way below what …
Read More »Florida Governor signs order allowing parents to decide whether children mask up in attack on CDC’s new school guidance
Signed on Friday, the new order calls on the Florida Department of Health and the Florida Department of Education to set rules for public schools that give parents the “freedom to choose whether their children wear masks.” “The federal government has no right to tell parents that in order for …
Read More »Undercover FBI informants played key role in plot to kidnap Michigan governor, suspects claim as they accuse govt of entrapment
A lengthy investigation by BuzzFeed News – published on Tuesday and based on court filings, text and audio transcripts and more than two dozen interviews with sources close to the case – claimed that the 12 informants and undercover agents “played a far larger role” in the kidnapping plot than …
Read More »It’s always an emergency in New York: Governor Cuomo calls GUNS ‘public health crisis’
In an executive order made public on Tuesday, Cuomo declared a “disaster emergency on gun violence” that will allow his office to dedicate attention and resources to the crisis. He also announced that he signed into law a bill, passed by the majority-Democrat state legislature, that would make it possible …
Read More »Louisiana governor & FEMA rep raise eyebrows with video urging Covid-19 vaccine as part of hurricane preparedness
The seemingly odd suggestion was the first to come from FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell’s lips in a recent public service announcement on hurricane preparedness. “You can take simple steps to prepare for hurricanes, including getting the Covid-19 vaccine,” Criswell told Louisiana residents in the short video posted to the governor’s …
Read More »Anti-fed rancher Ammon Bundy running for governor of Idaho to fight ‘Joe Biden and the Deep State’
Bundy filed paperwork earlier this month to run for governor of the Gem State, and officially announced his candidacy on Saturday. In his first campaign video, he promised to fight back against “Joe Biden and those in the Deep State that control him,” accusing the Democrat president of plotting to …
Read More »New Jersey governor signs legislation to mark Juneteenth that bars landlords from requesting tenants’ criminal history
“Today, I am proud to sign the Fair Chance in Housing Act into law and work to level what has been for too long an uneven playing field when it comes to access to housing,” the Democratic governor said in a statement on Friday, calling the bill “nation-leading legislation.” The …
Read More »New Jersey governor signs legislation barring landlords from requesting tenants’ criminal history to mark Juneteenth
“Today, I am proud to sign the Fair Chance in Housing Act into law and work to level what has been for too long an uneven playing field when it comes to access to housing,” the Democratic governor said in a statement on Friday, calling the bill “nation-leading legislation.” The …
Read More »Trump says he’ll visit the US border with Texas governor, as Biden’s homeland security chief talks migration in Mexico
“I have accepted the invitation of Texas Governor Greg Abbott to join him on an official visit to our Nation’s decimated Southern Border on Wednesday, June 30, 2021,” Trump said on Tuesday evening. The Biden administration “inherited from me the strongest, safest and most secure border in US history” and …
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