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One child was reportedly killed, and at least seven, mostly children are clinging to life, were injured by a knifeman who rampaged through a Taylor Swift-themed children’s workshop in Southport this morning. Most of the children, little girls, are seriously injured. Armed police officers swooped on Hart Street in Merseyside at 11.50 am after the […] The post Illegal Alien in UK Kills 1 Child, 7 Other People Cling to Live appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

A local SWAT sniper noticed the suspected gunman at former President Donald Trump’s deadly campaign rally earlier than previously known, according to text messages obtained by ABC News. At 4:26 p.m. — nearly two hours before the shooting began — a sniper leaving the area where local SWAT members assembled saw Crooks “sitting to the […] The post More From the Interview with the Butler Sniper Team appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Biden, who is too frail mentally and physically to campaign or to be tried for his crimes, unveiled three proposals today for reforming the United States Supreme Court, a co-equal third branch of government. Biden actually said that he is combating the “increasing threats to America’s democratic institutions” to restore “trust and accountability to the […] The post Biden Unveils the Plan to Gut the Third Branch of Government appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Planned Parenthood of California, along with ACLU California Action and the National Center for Youth Law, are opposing a statewide bill that would ban marriages for children under the age of 18. California is one of four states that do not set a minimum age for marriage. A 2021 study by the group Unchained At Last found that in 2021, more than 8,000 minors in California between 15 and 17 years old reported being married; the group later reported that in 2022, that number swelled to 9,000. “About 86% of these marriages involved underage girls marrying adult men, according to Unchained At Last’s 2021 study, Mercury News reported. The bill, AB 2924, which was introduced by Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Orange County), states, “This bill would repeal the authorization for a person under 18 years of age to be issued a marriage license or to establish a domestic partnership, thereby prohibiting a person under 18 years of age from being issued a marriage license or from establishing a domestic partnership.” “We support what we believe are the intentions of the bill, to address the harms of coerced and abusive relationships on young people and protect them from abuse,” a letter from Planned Parenthood of California, ACLU California Action, and the National Center for Youth Law stated. “However, we also strongly believe in and support self-determination and bodily autonomy for all people, including young people who are pregnant and/or parenting.” “Forced child marriage is a practice that strips children of their autonomy, sexual and reproductive freedom, forces them into adulthood prematurely and shields rapists from criminal charges — so I find opponents’ arguments a bit ironic and misplaced — particularly when they have supported the same legislation in other states,” Petrie-Norris declared. Petrie-Norris withdrew the bill after Assemblymember Ash Kalra, the chair of the judiciary committee, proposed amendments that would forbid marriage under the age of 16 but allow the court petition process for 16- and 17-year-olds and emancipated minors, Petrie-Norris stated. Contending that no exceptions should be made, Petrie-Norris said, “I have tremendous respect for the lived experience of the survivors and advocates who I was working with on this bill. After considering our options for this legislative session, I decided to pause the bill rather than move forward with a compromise proposal that they do not support.” “This was a wildly popular bill,” Fraidy Reiss, the co-founder of Unchained At Last, stated, adding, “We realized there’s almost nothing we can do for someone who is not yet 18. The only thing we can do for them is change the law. … Child marriage destroys almost every aspect of a girl’s life.”

Internal Revenue Service employees and contractors owe a collective $50 million in back taxes, a new audit by the Treasury Department’s inspector general found. Of the more than 3,800 IRS employees who owe back taxes, 2,000 have not even established a payment plan. More than 50 of these delinquent employees have remained employed by the IRS for five years or more. All told, nearly 150,000 federal employees failed to pay their taxes, owing a combined $1.5 billion. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), who requested the audit, says IRS employees’ failure to pay taxes is particularly galling, considering the $80 billion the Inflation Reduction Act allotted to expand the agency’s audit capacity. “Surely the irony and hypocrisy can’t be missed here: taxpayers are being forced to pay billions more to the IRS to audit America while the agency won’t even collect the tens of millions of dollars in unpaid taxes owed by its employees,” Ernst said. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reviewed 1,068 cases where IRS management had initiated disciplinary action against employees for tax issues, and found that management often went easy on them. “76 employees were suspended. Most of these cases involved willful … cases resulting in the employee being suspended for less than 14 days,” the inspector general’s report said. Of 70 cases where the IRS determined that an employee “willfully” engaged in tax misconduct between October 2021 and April 2023, only 20 were fired—even though the law says that all such employees should be terminated, barring intervention from the IRS commissioner. “Although the law requires an employee who has either willfully not filed or willfully understated their taxes due to be removed, subject only to the IRS Commissioner’s mitigation, this disciplinary action is not always enforced,” it said. The IRS was unrepentant in its response to the audit, writing that “for certain offenses, including the willful failure to file a tax return and willful understatement of a Federal tax liability, IRS employees shall be terminated unless the IRS Commissioner decides to mitigate the penalty of termination… The Commissioner exercised this authority.” There was also an “additional list of 69 substantiated willful” violations which were referred to a “Review Board,” which recommended “mitigating” punishment due to factors such as the employee having worked at the IRS for many years or having gotten positive employee evaluations. The IRS acknowledged to auditors that “there are no specific written descriptions of mitigation considerations, or policies and procedures, used by” the Review Board. In addition to not firing employees with tax problems, the IRS also re-hired more than 500 people who had previously left the agency after having known tax, performance, or misconduct issues. More than 300 were hired despite having “unacceptable performance” in their previous tenure at the agency. More than 100 had tax issues, and 15 committed “fraud/theft.” Twenty-four had violated the section of the law that applies to willful tax problems, and 80 others had tax problems that the agency didn’t deem willful. The inspector general had previously flagged the issue of re-hiring bad employees and as a result, the IRS had agreed to ensure that hiring managers had access to the personnel files of candidates applying for a second stint. But it apparently kept hiring them despite that. A law “prohibits the IRS from rehiring former IRS employees who were involuntarily separated” for misconduct or poor performance, yet 10 employees fired between 2007 and 2022 were re-hired after the passage of that law. On Monday, Sen. Ernst called on IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel to fire offending employees, and refer them for criminal prosecution where appropriate. Ernst said she is introducing the Audit the IRS Act, which would require “regular tax audits of agency employees” and the termination of those with “seriously delinquent tax debt.”

Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Monday morning that she is not being vetted to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, adding that she told the Harris campaign she “made a commitment to serve out my term as governor in Michigan.” Speculation surrounding Whitmer as a potential VP pick has swirled in recent weeks. The Michigan governor traveled to New Hampshire to campaign for Harris last week, and she will also be on the campaign trail for Harris in Pennsylvania later on Monday. Whitmer threw cold water on the VP rumors, however, telling MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire that she is “not a part of the vetting.” “I have communicated with everyone, including the campaign, that I’ve made a commitment to serve out my term as governor in Michigan,” Whitmer said. “I can be an excellent ally to a President Harris and I can be a great co-chair of the Harris campaign from my place as governor. So I am not a part of the vetting.” While Whitmer ruled herself out as VP contender, she told MSNBC, “It would be exciting to have two women on the ticket.” “But guess what, there are a lot of great women in this country who are leading, and we’ve got a deep bench right now, so I’m excited to be among our high watermark of eight strong Democratic women governors in this country … everyone one of them could add something to this ticket,” she added. Asked by Lemire how people are responding to Harris’ presidential campaign, Whitmer replied, “I think people are excited,” adding that she believes Harris “is going to inspire a lot of people to get activated who maybe were not yet.” “President Biden served our country with dignity and honor for decades, and he’s made huge personal sacrifices to do that. I’m grateful that in this moment … he is passing the torch and uplifting a new generation of leaders,” Whitmer said. “It’s also gotten a lot of energy. I can see it on the ground in Michigan. I saw it in New Hampshire when I was there at the end of last week,” she added. “We’re seeing more people volunteering, more people contributing to the success of this campaign. It is still going to be a close race.” With Whitmer seemingly out of the consideration to be Harris’ running mate, the list of names believed to be the frontrunners for the VP slot grows shorter. Harris has reportedly narrowed her VP contenders to a shortlist that includes Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.