When this mom saw a limo pull up to take her to dinner‚ she didn’t think her birthday could get any better. However‚ that’s just because she didn’t know who else was waiting inside the vehicle! In the most adorable video‚ a woman’s family gave her the experience of a lifetime on her 60th birthday. Her reaction to the incredible surprise is just too wholesome! In the sweet footage‚ Mom is so excited to have such an elegant method of transportation on her special day. When she realizes that this is actually a party limo filled with all of her friends‚ it becomes the best birthday present ever! As the car door opens‚ this woman sees her besties waiting inside with drinks and balloons. This amazing gesture brought her to tears! @hoest She was probably taking the picture to send to her friends but they were already there (@Erica Schoeman232) #mom #friends #family #birthday #surprise #cute #wholesome #hoest ♬ original sound – Hoest Commenters loved seeing this woman’s reaction to the surprise. They were also touched by how all her friends showed up to celebrate with her in the birthday limo! “I wanna be this happy when I turn 60‚” wrote one user. “Life seems good.” “These ladies are the girls who partied in the 80’s‚” added another. “They know how to have a good time.” Screengrab from TikTok We hope this mom had the best time partying with her friends inside her birthday limo. What amazing loved ones she must have to plan such a wonderful surprise for her! You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Mom Overjoyed By Surprise Birthday Limo Ride… Then The Door Opens! appeared first on InspireMore.

I love nothing more than watching different animal species be best friends. This cat and horse pair is as good as it gets! This adorable cat has quite the friendship — though we’re not sure the horse is as big of a fan. They’re like inter-species siblings‚ where the cat is a bit of an annoyance‚ perhaps. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fox News (@foxnews) This kitty leaped onto the horse’s back and hung on for dear life as the horse walked around. Then‚ the two sat down and the horse promptly kicked his new friend off! It’s truly hilarious. The post is captioned‚ “GIDDY UP: Adorable video shows cat and horse becoming pasture pals while living life on a farm.” This hilarious image is from Instagram. We’re totally in love with this duo. Fans agree that this horse and cat friendship might be a bit one-sided‚ though. “I’m not sure about the ‘buddies’ part — sure looks like the horse did a rollover to get the darn thing off of his back!” commented one entertained viewer. “That cat should have a helmet on‚” posted another. We are totally obsessed with this cat and horse pair. Even if the horse is a bit grumpy about it! The featured image for this post is from Instagram. The post Yeehaw! Farm Cat Hilariously Goes For A Ride On Her Trusty Steed! appeared first on InspireMore.

'Seeking Justice for Sophia'

‘He’s got no remorse‚ he’s got no regret. He’s got no empathy‚’ Trump said of Biden

'And what’s that on the top shelf? Migrants!'

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‘BITS is investigating this‚ so they will figure out who the members are‚’ Hodges wrote

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Southern Poverty Law Center has repeatedly opposed Georgia bills that would require local law enforcement to report illegal aliens to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they are charged with or convicted of other crimes. This activism has drawn renewed scrutiny in the wake of Laken Riley’s killing‚ allegedly at the hands of an illegal alien who appears to have slipped through the justice system‚ and amid a defamation lawsuit against the SPLC. D.A. King‚ a Georgia immigration activist who founded a pro-immigration enforcement organization called the Dustin Inman Society‚ noted that the SPLC opposed two laws that would have improved communication between local law enforcement and ICE. King is currently suing the Southern Poverty Law Center for defamation after the group branded his organization an “anti-immigrant hate group” in 2018‚ around the same time the SPLC registered a lobbyist to oppose an immigration enforcement bill King supported. “We will never know how many of the 182 illegal alien murderers now in the Georgia prison system could have been snagged before they killed innocent Georgians if not for the well-funded‚ anti-enforcement SPLC lobbying operation‚” King told The Daily Signal in an emailed statement Friday. SPLC registered a lobbyist to oppose SB 452‚ a bill that would have required courts to check whether‚ when sentencing a defendant convicted of a felony‚ that person is also an illegal alien. The SPLC joined with the organization Project South in opposing the bill‚ calling it unconstitutional. Project South claimed that law enforcement would violate the Fourth Amendment by detaining illegal aliens “without a judicial warrant or probable cause” after they served time for other crimes. According to King‚ the legislation “would have added increased protection in our public safety laws aimed at the organized crime that is illegal immigration.” Naomi Tsu‚ an SPLC attorney at the time‚ registered as a lobbyist on March 1‚ 2018‚ three days after SB 452 passed the Georgia Senate. King argues that the SPLC’s activism helped torpedo the measure‚ which failed in the Georgia House of Representatives. King also complains that Tsu tried to steal his phone. (The Daily Signal reached out to Muslim Advocates‚ where Tsu serves as a litigation consultant‚ for comment.) In 2020‚ the SPLC also opposed HB 1083‚ a bill that would have given Georgia citizens injured by criminal illegal aliens—or Georgia families of those killed by them—the ability to sue local governments with so-called “sanctuary” policies for damages. “HB 1083 died in large part because of public threats and smears from SPLC lobbyists‚” King said. Before the Southern Poverty Law Center registered Tsu as a lobbyist against SB 452 in 2018‚ the SPLC told The Associated Press that it didn’t consider King’s organization to be a “hate group.” Yet after Tsu opposed King’s bill‚ the SPLC branded the Dustin Inman Society an “anti-immigrant hate group.” King sued the SPLC for defamation‚ and the case cleared a major legal hurdle last year. As I wrote in my book “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center‚” the SPLC took the program it used to monitor the Ku Klux Klan and weaponized it against mainstream conservative and Christian organizations‚ putting them on a “hate map” with Klan chapters. The SPLC “hate map” includes immigration reform organizations such as the Federation for American Immigration Reform and the Center for Immigration Studies. Laken Riley Riley‚ a nursing student at Augusta University‚ disappeared last month after she went on a run on the University of Georgia campus in Athens‚ where she had graduated. Jose Antonio Ibarra‚ 26‚ an illegal alien from Venezuela‚ faces multiple charges of murder and assault in Riley’s slaying. Authorities said there is no evidence that Ibarra knew Riley. Ibarra entered the U.S. illegally in El Paso‚ Texas‚ on Sept. 8‚ 2022‚ with his wife and her son seeking asylum‚ according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Authorities released him “for further processing‚” the New York Post reported. Police in New York City had arrested Ibarra on Aug. 31 and charged him with endangering a child‚ but released him before immigration officials could ask police to hold him in custody. Police in Athens arrested Ibarra for shoplifting in October; a judge issued a warrant in December when the illegal alien failed to show up in court. ICE confirmed yesterday what we already knew: Jose Ibarra was in the country illegally. He was also arrested in New York. What the media hasn’t reported was that he was cited in Athens for shoplifting in Oct—&; there was a bench warrant for his arrest for failing to show for court pic.twitter.com/gEFtmV6BmA— Houston Gaines (@houstongaines) February 26‚ 2024 Athens‚ Georgia‚ is a sanctuary city. Georgia state Rep. Jesse Petrea‚ a Republican who sponsored the current Georgia bill HB 1105‚ said he blames the Biden administration for Riley’s killing. “You have to remember‚ that’s how he got here. They put him on a bus and sent him into the interior of the country‚” Petrea previously told The Daily Signal‚ referring to the Biden administration. “I can’t tell you if they had reported him‚ would ICE have responded in any way‚” the Republican lawmaker added. “The removal of criminal aliens has declined 67% since Biden took over.” The state lawmaker noted that the Georgia Department of Corrections reported holding 182 illegal aliens who are murderers in state prisons with ICE detainers. “I can’t say it would have changed the outcome of this horrible tragedy‚” Petrea said of HB 1105‚ but it would help in similar cases. Would SB 452 Have Prevented Laken Riley’s Death? HB 452 may not have directly prevented Laken Riley’s slaying‚ but it might have helped contribute to a legal atmosphere where federal law enforcement could have captured and deported Ibarra before Riley was killed‚ Simon Hankinson‚ a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center‚ told The Daily Signal. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s news and commentary outlet.) “He was arrested in New York‚ [and] he should have been charged and held until his trial was over‚” Hankinson said of Ibarra. “But New York releases everybody they think is not a flight risk.” “Then he shoplifted in Georgia‚” Hankinson added. “They had a judge down there who’s ultra-woke. Instead of convicting him‚ they deferred the prosecution even though he clearly shoplifted items of value.” “I suspect even if they had told ICE about one or other of the arrests‚ he probably wouldn’t have been important enough for them to pick up‚” the Heritage fellow said. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has ordered his department to focus on serious criminals. The U.S. House of Representatives recently impeached Mayorkas‚ charging him with failing to carry out his legal duties to enforce immigration law. Although one bill may not have saved Riley’s life‚ Hankinson noted that reforms to address illegal immigration and other crimes act like a net. “If you look at a fishing net and you look at any one strand in it‚ it’s true that no one strand will catch a fish‚” he said. The entire net‚ however‚ does solve the problem. Rep. Petrea‚ who contributed to SB 452‚ told The Daily Signal‚ “I do think it would have been an effective tool to avoid these crimes.” WATCH: Laken Riley would still be alive but for the leftist open border and pro-crime policies that failed her at every turn.Those policies must be rejected before you or someone you love becomes the next Laken Riley. pic.twitter.com/aGglCi68aO— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) March 7‚ 2024 The SPLC did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment by publication time. Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the url or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post SPLC Fought Reforms That Might Have Helped Prevent Laken Riley’s Death‚ Immigration Activist Says appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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To suggest that we live in a tech-enabled surveillance culture is nothing new. From paranoia about machines‚ who we suspect are always listening to us (despite studies claiming otherwise) to our own dysfunctional relationship with how we express our identities online (tellingly euphemized as “our data”) we have long given up on the idea of privacy. If God wills our every keystroke to be judged‚ then so be it. Protecting ourselves is too complicated‚ too encumbering‚ too much effort for benefits which hitherto have felt invisible.If we’re all potential cops‚ then we’re all also potential criminals. We also seem aware of the ways in which surveillance informs how we treat others.The movement from pressing PrntScrn on your keyboard to copy your whole screen to your clipboard‚ usually to save an image you enjoyed (or‚ alternatively‚ to save a website) to the screenshot as a meme-format to their most prevalent iteration as “receipts” has been one of the most important digital behavioral shifts in the last 25-odd years — encapsulating our tech-enabled‚ and self-managed‚ surveillance culture.Bad date gulagOn her Substack‚ internet princess Rayne Fisher-Quann describes the "feminist panopticon‚" which reared its ugly‚ pernicious head in the wake of “West Elm Caleb.” For those lucky enough to have missed an episode of needless public humiliation‚ “West Elm Caleb” was a New York City-based serial ghoster whose bad dating app etiquette collided with TikTok’s algorithm‚ inspiring a flurry of videos of women “commiserating” over the harm he’d inflicted on them.The press variously reported on this incident as genuinely newsworthy‚ or more in line with Fisher-Quann‚ as a proxy for everything wrong with cancel culture. Fisher-Quann put it most eloquently in her now-viral post:i can’t help but feel as though self-policing measures of social control are being Trojan-Horsed into our cultural consciousness through lighthearted girl-power narratives about mean boys and unfaithful partners. we are building the panopticon every day‚ and feminism is being commodified and bastardized to support it.Elsewhere‚ people ponder about the prevalence of “Karen” videos and their adjacent formats and the impulse that underpins that‚ not dissimilar from Fisher-Quann’s prognosis‚ we are all Warholian Stasi now — always at the ready to capture wrongdoing and often prepared to use it as a departure point for our own 15 minutes of fame. I often think of the 2010s trend of women being uplifted as quasi-folk heroes for calling out so-called nice guys on dating apps: screenshot-laden tweets of bad behavior endlessly amplified in Buzzfeed clapback listicles.At a bare minimum‚ we use our shared power to police others in a bid for status and reification of our individual power. “Aren’t you a good little activist for capturing that white woman having a meltdown in a Victoria’s Secret?” can become something more vindictive very quickly.I recall one particularly disturbing incident out of Loudoun County‚ Virginia‚ in 2020 during which a teenage anti-racist saved a video of a classmate saying a racial slur for years‚ releasing it only when she had been accepted to college. Her acceptance was swiftly rescinded. While the racial dimension had not been lost in conversation‚ the boy’s behavior was rightfully framed as not only symptomatic of our surveillance culture but as an example cruelly competitive we’ve become as well.The digital prison cellIf we’re all potential cops‚ then we’re all also potential criminals. Research‚ including my own‚ on the impact of heavy Tumblr use on users indicates that this atmosphere increases self-censorship‚ even if you disagree with the stated claims and even if the ramifications have low stakes‚ e.g.‚ they’re happening in a fan community you’re only half-heartedly a member of. To get more specific here‚ the K-pop and One Direction fan communities are notoriously stringent with what is and isn’t acceptable and have unique and strongly enforced social codes. In my interviews‚ even people who weren’t particularly invested in these community norms found themselves self-censoring not just in these online spaces but also in real life from exposure alone. There are a lot of reasons this happens‚ but one of them may be that some people are conditioned to avoid conflict. Now‚ imagine a scenario where the stakes are higher — like college admissions or your profession.But this all said‚ not everyone bends the same way under pressure. What of the people who remain antiauthoritarian? Or who are prone to self-harm? Is the act of sending a transgressive Signal message‚ without “disappearing messages set to 1 second” enabled‚ even more transgressive than the content of the text itself? Can a text message you know might be screenshotted be an expression of self-destructive behavior?This dynamic is curiously under-considered on dating apps and is incidentally also fertile ground for scolds on all points of the political spectrum. Even if we return to the West Elm Caleb saga‚ the criticism was less grounded in dating app dynamics and more so in the translation from personal (sharing screenshots with friends) to semi-public (TikToks that may go viral‚ but not reliably) to very public (journalists reporting).Dating app limboWhat’s interesting is that dating apps are performative from the start and you enter with the expectation that you should not just be yourself; you are already self-policing across another axis. For most people‚ we hope that our dating app profiles stand at the intersection of “our best selves” and “the version of ourselves that is most attractive to other people.”But what does the added possibility of “this might be screenshotted” do to how we approach others? And the multitude of reasons that we may be screenshotted‚ too — not just because our profiles or interactions are “cringe” but what if we upset someone‚ either via rejection or an even less clear reason? It’s here that an added point of friction becomes even more obvious. Whereas there are certain cultural standards for what’s appropriate‚ say‚ in a LinkedIn profile or in a public park‚ they’re more nebulous when it comes to romance. You can become reasonably aware of what will set people off in either scenario‚ but romance remains the Wild West‚ especially online.And paradoxically‚ what may represent us most flatteringly in a romantic context isn’t necessarily safe from mockery or being branded as offensive. This is the danger of sex and romance in general: what resonates with one person won’t resonate with all people.To return us to dating apps‚ imagine the added nightmare of someone being on board with something that’s not conventionally socially sanctioned as romantic but you upset them for whatever reason and then they use that information against you in the form of a screenshot. In another world‚ these discoveries — that your romantic approach matches hers and isn’t "cringe" — may have been looked at as an opportunity for a unique connection. These are the building blocks of chemistry.In today’s world‚ they may always be potential ammo‚ though. I wonder whether these more nuanced types of communication end up suppressed‚ or alternatively‚ if they’re more eccentric‚ such as an unusual fetish‚ they have an inflated air of being taboo. Neither possibility is healthy.