The Edge Hills United Methodist Church isn’t singing hymns to God in the clip below. They decided to sing a little ditty about ICE, our honorable law enforcement agents. ICE agents risk their lives to save this nation. ICE agents are trying to keep us safe from monsters. Also, secondarily, they are trying to maintain […] The post Religious Clown World: The Left Is Ruining the Methodists appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

The SAVE America Act continues to face hurdles toward passage in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader John Thune cautioned against a “talking filibuster” strategy to get the legislation to the president’s desk, according to Punchbowl News. The legislation would require documentary proof of citizenship at the time of voter registration, as well as a valid ID shown at the ballot box. Legislation in the Senate typically needs 60 votes to overcome a filibuster and advance to final passage. There is even some Republican pushback on the proposal, including from Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). On Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday, Thune said that the Republicans will get “the Democrats on the record” for the proposal, calling it a “losing proposition” for Democrats to go against it, but noted that he would like to see an end to the Department of Homeland Security’s funding lapse first. In reference to the talking filibuster, he told reporters on Thursday that “you’ve got to have pretty much unanimous support for tabling all amendments. And we’ve looked at, gamed it out what the first week would look like under a scenario like that, and you’d be voting on 30 amendments, and I think you’d probably only have two of the 94 speeches.” A source familiar with the process argued that lowering the threshold to 51 votes risks giving Democrats more power, including on issues where a small number of Republicans might cross over, like a three-year extension of expired Affordable Care Act subsidies. “So the question is, is it a good use of time, and what is the probability of success? And I’m all for doing things if there’s a pathway to winning in the end, but I think everybody needs to answer the question, you know, show me, what’s your picture of victory at the end?” the majority leader added. The SAVE America Act, sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), passed the House earlier this month, and Trump explicitly asked that the bill be passed during his State of the Union address on Tuesday. “And perhaps most importantly, I’m asking you to approve the SAVE America Act, to stop illegal aliens and others who are unpermitted persons from voting in our sacred American elections,” the president said. “All voters must show voter ID. All voters must show proof of citizenship in order to vote,” he later added. Many conservatives in the chamber are strongly pushing for the Senate to pass the bill with the talking filibuster. “We know there will ‘be a vote.’ But this is guaranteed failure theater at a 60 vote threshold without forcing a real (talking) filibuster…,” Roy posted to X. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), who is also a major proponent of the bill, wants to see it brought up for a vote even though Congress and the White House are still hammering out a Department of Homeland Security funding deal. “If the Senate isn’t going to remain focused on Homeland Security funding—something I struggle to understand because DHS is nearly two weeks into a shutdown—we should proceed to the SAVE America Act,” Lee posted. “There will be time later to consider other bills. Those who elected us want us to pass the SAVE America Act now!” Meanwhile, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) suggested that they should try to get some Democrats on board with the legislation in order to hit the 60-vote threshold. “We should be locked in on trying to get eight or nine Democrats to vote yes on the SAVE Act,” the Republican said, according to Semafor. “That’s the most plausible route to success.” Most Democrats have been extremely opposed to the proposals outlined in the legislation, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer equating it to “Jim Crow 2.0.” During a Senate floor speech earlier this month, Schumer said that “millions of American citizens—millions—don’t have access to the paperwork that SAVE would require and would be in danger of getting shut out of our democracy.” “For example, if you’re one of the 50% of Americans who doesn’t have a passport, or if you’re one of the tens of millions of Americans who can’t quickly access your birth certificate, the SAVE Act could, in effect, take away your right to vote,” the New York senator added.

Axl Omar Palacios was a drag show host who allegedly moonlighted as a border drug trafficker. He was just caught allegedly running a drug stash house along the Texas border last month. Palacios was seen by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents exiting an apartment in Hidalgo, Texas, before opening the trunk of a car that had just arrived from Mexico, according to court documents. The cosmetologist then allegedly began filling a wagon with “4-6 medium sized cardboard boxes” that he hauled into the apartment as the vehicle left. Special Agent Mark Cruz testified during a hearing on Feb. 6 that the car had “alerts” tied to drug trafficking, according to ValleyCentral. Palacios was also a “self-employed cosmetologist who hosted drag shows,” the local news outlet reported, who “frequently posted photos on Facebook that featured makeup and brightly colored wigs.” Cruz also noted that the wagon “appeared” to be “heavy” as “it looked like” Palacios “was having difficulties pulling it back into the apartment.” The agents then saw Palacios exiting the apartment again while “pulling the same wagon loaded with two cardboard boxes,” which were placed in a car that soon drove away, court documents allege. A sheriff’s deputy pulled the car over and began a search, finding “two brown boxes containing 40 packages” weighing over 100 pounds that “contained a white powdery substance that tested positive” for cocaine. “We located approximately 40 packages total, between the two boxes,” Cruz said. The driver, Johan Eduardo Rivas Morales, said he picked up drugs from Palacios “multiple times” before, receiving a payment of roughly $3,000 for each load, Cruz said. Palacios was later observed moving the alleged cocaine-filled boxes into his sister’s apartment in the same complex, according to court documents. Federal agents seized 77 kilograms of cocaine upon searching the apartments. Palacios, who is an American citizen, was arrested and hit with federal drug trafficking charges. Along with allegedly trafficking drugs, Palacios hosted drag shows just across the border in Reynosa, Mexico, according to court documents. Palacios regularly posted selfies wearing gaudy makeup on his Facebook page. He had worked as a cosmetologist for the last 12 years. He allegedly admitted to transferring drugs to Johan Eduardo Rivas Morales “in the past.” He also said he received between $200 and $1,000 “depending on the quantity of narcotics transferred.” Palacios pleaded not guilty to his charges Wednesday. If convicted, he faces ten years to life in federal prison. “The case is very early on,” Palacios’ attorney Uriel A. Guajardo said, according to ValleyCentral. “We’re going to just try to see where the evidence leads us, to then determine where it goes.”

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