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Victims of Jeffery Epstein and Company will Face Ghislaine Maxwell in Court Today

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Ryan DeLarme,
June 28th, 2022

Ghislaine Maxwell will be sentenced today for her role in the sex-trafficking crimes of Jeffery Epstein and his high-profile clientele. Seven of Epstein’s victims, including Virginia Guiffre and Annie Farmer, will face the former socialite in court Today at 11 AM.

Despite a plea for a much lesser sentence, Maxwell faces more than 50 years in jail after being convicted for her crimes. 

RELATED: Ghislaine Maxwell Flexes Her Clout to Solicit Lesser Sentence

In December, a jury found Maxwell guilty on five of six outstanding charges against her.

Those charges included the following:

  • Count 1: Conspiracy to entice a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts – maximum sentence of five years
  • Count 3: Conspiracy to transport a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity – maximum sentence of five years
  • Count 4: Transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity – maximum sentence of 10 years
  • Count 5: Conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors – maximum sentence of five years
  • Count 6: Sex trafficking of minors – maximum sentence of 40 years

Last week Maxwell was placed on suicide watch, raising public concern for Maxwell’s safety as the circumstances were similar to those that preceded Epstein’s death. The billionaire’s death has sparked much controversy, a source of many conspiracy theories. 

Updates will be provided as more information becomes available.

Update as of 1:11PM EST

So far, we have:
The probation department recommends 240 months in prison.
The defense asks for 4 to 5 years in prison.
The prosecution asks for 30-55 years in prison.

Mika Brzezinski Fuels Antifa Proxy Army, Calls Trump GOP “Danger.. To American Freedom”

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Ryan DeLarme,
June 27th, 2022

Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe and daughter of globalist Warhawk elite Zbigniew Brzezinski, had a very non-objective episode on Monday’s show in regards to the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, and return abortion lawmaking to the states.

During her televised rant, Brzezinski claimed that Trump’s “fascist” GOP and SOTUS nominees were taking over the country and needed to be stopped.

Brzezinski’s rant was also promoted on Twitter, 

“To call Trump’s Republican Party and Trump’s Supreme Court ‘extreme’ understates the danger these institutions pose to American freedom–to our democracy…For all the Democratic party’s flaws, they’re the only party that can stem this continued rise of fascism.”–@morningmika.”

While Brzezinski did not explicitly call for violence, some are claiming that this sort of rhetoric is what leads to physical altercations in the streets as well as vandalism and attempted murder against Civil servants, something we’ve seen attempted several times in recent years with the shooting of Rep Steve Scalise and the recent attempted kidnap/murder of Justice Bret Kavanaugh.

Roe v Wade: Second Night of Civil Unrest See’s Makeshift Flamethrowers and Violent Protests

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Ryan DeLarme,
June 26th, 2022

In the first 48 hours after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade, we have seen a variety of reactions from the public. The response has ranged from celebratory to aggressive disapproval.

Virtually all of the violence thus far has come from the left. Ten people were arrested during a violent “protest” at an Oregon pro-life pregnancy center on Friday night. The Eugene Police Department said that the protesters were throwing smoke bombs and trying to fight police outside the Dove Medical Center after 9 p.m.

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As per the local police press release: 

“On June 24, Eugene Police began receiving reports of a group publicizing on social media for people to come to a ‘Night of Rage’ in the wake of an opinion by the Supreme Court of the United States, Dobbs v. Jackson (related to Roe v. Wade). The group’s stated meeting point was Dove Medical Center, 487 E. 11th Avenue, for around 10 p.m.. Due to the potential for property damage toward a business located in Eugene, as well as the general safety and security of the other businesses and residents downtown, Eugene Police monitored the situation.”

Things were also getting heated in California when a man was arrested for attempted murder after using a “makeshift flamethrower” (flammable aerosol can and lighter) on a police officer during the Los Angeles “Night of Rage” pro-abortion riot.

The Los Angeles Police Department arrested and charged 30-year-old Michael Ortiz after he attacked the officer, who had to be hospitalized with burn injuries.

The LAPD said in a statement:

 “The vast majority of those involved were peaceful and law-abiding, however, a much smaller group of individuals took to the streets with the intention of creating chaos and destruction…The Los Angeles Police Department has the distinction of facilitating First Amendment Rights for all Angelenos. Equally, the Department will enforce the law when individuals engage in violence. Those who expressed themselves peacefully today are appreciated and recognized by the Los Angeles Police Department.”

Earlier in the evening, around 6 p.m., protesters blocked the northbound side of the in 110 Freeway at Fifth Street. “One man was seen prodding a large rod at a passing car,” the CBS report stated. The busy intersection of Highland Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood was also blocked by the activists.

It is interesting to see this kind of behavior in LA as Governor Gavin Newsom has assured his constituents that abortion will remain legal in California.

Vatican Praises Court Decision on Roe v Wade, No Official Word from Pope Francis

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Ryan DeLarme,
June 25th, 2022

The first 24-hour cycle after the overturn of Roe v Wade saw a spectrum of public responses ranging from jubilation to violence. While many leftist pundits, personalities, and politicians have angrily called for “action”, a department of the Vatican has actually come out in praise of the decision.

RELATED: Will Roe V Wade Overturn Be the Inciting Incident for an Impending Civil Proxy War?

Pope Francis himself has yet to release a statement on the US Supreme Court ruling, however, the Pontifical Academy of Life did release an official statement.

As per the Catholic News Agency:

The Pontifical Academy of Life said Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade “challenges the whole world.”

“The court’s opinion shows how the issue of abortion continues to arouse heated debate. The fact that a large country with a long democratic tradition has changed its position on this issue also challenges the whole world,” the Vatican academy wrote in a statement on June 24.

“The protection and defense of human life is not an issue that can remain confined to the exercise of individual rights, but instead is a matter of broad social significance. After 50 years, it is important to reopen a non-ideological debate on the place that the protection of life has in a civil society to ask ourselves what kind of coexistence and society we want to build,” it said.

The academy’s statement was the first official reaction to the court’s decision issued by an entity linked to the Roman Curia. Pope Francis has condemned abortion using strong language, referring to it as “murder” and on multiple occasions comparing the act of killing an unborn child to hiring a “hitman” to solve a problem.

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the president of the academy, said: “In the face of Western society that is losing its passion for life, this act is a powerful invitation to reflect together on the serious and urgent issue of human generativity and the conditions that make it possible.”

Despite the statement, many Christian conservatives are leery of the Vatican, Pope Francis in particular, as he has met many times with pro-abortion Democrats.

Pope Francis has even called Joe Biden “a good Catholic”.

The lack of a statement from Francis comes amid speculation the Pontiff is poised to step down, ostensibly for health reasons. 

RELATED: Is the Pope’s Resignation Impending? Catholics Speculate Amid Rumors

Will Roe V Wade Overturn Be the Inciting Incident for an Impending Civil Proxy War?

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Ryan DeLarme,
June 24th, 2022

We’ve officially crossed the Rubicon folks, and the culture war seems to be on the verge of a gruesome crescendo. The Supreme Court has sided with the state of Mississippi and overturned Roe v. Wade. Laws related to abortion will now once again be decided by the states. 

Justice Samuel Alito asserted that Roe was “egregiously wrong” and had been “on a collision course with the Constitution from the day it was decided.”

“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote. “Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.”

Mississippi took the case to the Supreme Court, arguing that both Roe and Casey should be overturned. They cited evidence that fetuses can feel pain as early as ten weeks. Oral arguments were made before the court in December 2021.

On May 2, 2022, a draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito was leaked to Politico. In the draft, he wrote that “it is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”

To absolutely no one’s surprise, the leak prompted a wave of protests and backlash against conservative justices, including the firebombing of pro-life pregnancy centers and a foiled assassination plot against Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

The response to the leak was bad enough, but now that Roe is officially overturned, there are many indications arising which suggest things could get quite heated in regards to the ongoing culture war.

In the wake of the SCOTUS decision, abortion activists were filmed handing out the home address of Justice Clarence Thomas to fellow protestors outside of the Supreme Court.

The pro-abortion group Ruth Sent Us, who originally doxed the justices and called for protests at their homes, has now called for a protest at the home of Justice Thomas on the evening the opinion was announced.

The focus on Thomas is likely due to a concurring opinion he’d written regarding Roe v. Wade reiterating his view that the due process clause does not protect a right to an abortion. He also stated that the court  “should reconsider” previous rulings from SCOTUS codifying rights to contraception access, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage.

Thomas wrote, “…in future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell. Because any substantive due process decision is demonstrably erroneous.”

Former President Barack Obama and multiple other Democrat politicians have begun to stoke the flames of civil unrest. 

Obama isn’t the only one priming the public for potentially violent action, Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters, the self-appointed ambassador of all black women, responded by telling Americans the Supreme Court has no power to make the decision. “The hell with the Supreme Court! We will defy them!” she threatened, “black women will be out in droves—we will be out by the millions!” She also warned that “black women” will not be intimidated.

Many are claiming that these calls to action are inciting violence in the same fashion it was claimed that Donald Trump incited the Jan. 6th insurrection. The Department of Homeland Security Thursday night warned Catholic churches and pro-life pregnancy centers to be prepared for a “night of rage” by pro-abortion terrorist groups if Roe v Wade gets overturned by the Supreme Court.

Another important aspect of this situation are the ‘trigger bans’ in separate states, meaning abortion immediately becomes illegal once Roe is overturned.

26 states total will likely ban abortion or have a near ban via the Guttmacher Institute:

  1. Alabama—Pre-Roe ban, Near-total ban, State constitution bars protection
  2. Arizona—Pre-Roe ban
  3. Arkansas—Pre-Roe ban, Trigger ban, Near-total ban
  4. Georgia—Six-week ban
  5. Idaho—Trigger ban, Six-week ban
  6. Iowa—Six-week ban
  7. Kentucky—Trigger ban, Six-week ban
  8. Louisiana—Trigger ban, Near-total ban, Six-week ban, State constitution bars protection
  9. Michigan—Pre-Roe ban
  10. Mississippi—Pre-Roe ban, Trigger ban, Six-week ban
  11. Missouri—Trigger ban, Eight-week ban
  12. North Dakota—Trigger ban, Six-week ban
  13. Ohio—Six-week ban
  14. Oklahoma—Pre-Roe ban, Trigger ban (effective November 1, 2021), Near-total ban, Six-week ban
  15. South Carolina—Six-week ban
  16. South Dakota—Trigger ban
  17. Tennessee—Trigger ban, Six-week ban, State constitution bars protection
  18. Texas—Pre-Roe ban, Trigger ban, Six-week ban
  19. Utah—Trigger ban, Near-total ban
  20. West Virginia—Pre-Roe ban, State constitution bars protection
  21. Wisconsin—Pre-Roe ban
  22. Wyoming—Trigger ban

An additional four states have political composition, history and other indicators—such as recent actions to limit access to abortion—that show they are likely to ban abortion as soon as possible without federal protections in place.

  1. Florida—In 2021, the state legislature attempted to ban abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy and an effort to adopt a Texas-style six-week ban was publicized. In April 2022, a 15-week abortion ban was enacted that is scheduled to go into effect in July.
  2. Indiana—In the past decade, the legislature has enacted 55 abortion restrictions and bans, paving the way for a comprehensive ban.
  3. Montana—For the first time in nearly a decade, new abortion restrictions were enacted in 2021, including restrictions on medication abortion and abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy. (These restrictions currently cannot be enforced due to a court order.)
  4. Nebraska—Although not one of the most prolific states on enacting abortion restrictions, it was the first to adopt a 22-week ban (in 2010), and in 2020, enacted a ban on the standard method for abortion after 15 weeks.

While we hope that no one will be harmed in the fallout, if the riots of 2020 were any indication that the population was capable of keeping protests peaceful then chances are relatively high that we will see some collateral damage. The real question is whether or not this, in addition to other mounting disagreements, is something that can be mitigated without resorting to a “peaceful divorce” or worse yet, a civil war.