A well-known volunteer group known as the Guardian Angels has vowed to patrol the New York City subway system once again following horrific criminal incidents on the train, including an illegal immigrant fatally setting a woman on fire. The group, currently composed of about 150 individuals, told the New York Post that it wants to beef up its number of volunteers and act as another resource for residents. “We’re covering the actual trains from front to back, walking through the trains and making sure that everything is okay,” founder Curtis Sliwa said on Sunday. “We’re doing this constantly now. Starting today. That’s going to be our complete focus because the subways are out of control.” Sliwa said the red beret-wearing volunteers will hand out water and conduct wellness checks for those who are homeless or emotionally disturbed, and the group will also focus on reporting issues to the NYPD, the Post detailed. “We’re going to have to increase our numbers, increase the training and increase our presence as we did back in 1979,” he said. “We’re going to step up. We’re going to make sure we have a visual presence just like we had in the ’70s, 80’s and ’90s.” Sliwa said hundreds of citizens have requested that the volunteers head back to the subway in the wake of the recent crime. As highlighted by The Daily Wire, a 33-year-old illegal named Sebastian Zapeta was charged this month with murder and arson after allegedly burning a woman to death on the subway. The horrifying incident follows the high-profile case of Daniel Penny, a former U.S. Marine who stepped in to protect fellow passengers after a homeless man named Jordan Neely threatened straphangers. Penny was acquitted in Neely’s death earlier this month. New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul, both Democrats, have been under fire for the violent crime on the subway system. Notably, Hochul, in a particularly tone-deaf tweet, celebrated subway safety on the same day the still-unidentified woman was burned alive on the train and two others were stabbed. In March, I took action to make our subways safer for the millions of people who take the trains each day. Since deploying the @NationalGuardNY to support @NYPDnews and @MTA safety efforts and adding cameras to all subway cars, crime is going down, and ridership is going up. pic.twitter.com/T7uRxx9nIO — Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) December 22, 2024 Related: Daniel Penny Is Not Guilty. Justice Wins In Spite Of New York’s Rigged Court System.

ONE OF THE WORST US ATTORNEYS IN AMERICAN HISTORY IS FLEEING BEFORE TRUMP ARRIVES ... EFFECTIVE JAN. 16 ... DOJ Attorney Who Led Prosecution Of Over 1,500 Jan. 6 Cases To Step Down Before Trump Takes Office The Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney who led prosecutions of over 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants is set to step down before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20, 2025.

It’s not often that I take up contemporary literature. Everything has an agenda these days, especially anything likely to land on the literati’s radar, and I can certainly live without fiction on “feminist trauma” or history that “uplifts marginalized voices.” Yet within a sea of astroturfed crap, a few worthwhile reads stand out. The Kids […]

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Original “Star Wars” actor Angus MacInnes died Dec. 23 at the age of 77. His death was confirmed by his family on social media. “To all Angus’ fans around the world, with breaking hearts we write this,” the Facebook message began. His family continued, “He left us peacefully, surrounded by his family and love.” They […]

Whether evoking a sense of cosmic wonder or using planetary imagery as a metaphor for earthly experiences, these songs offer glimpses into the boundless creativity of their artists. Across genres and decades, these tracks prove that planets can serve as more than celestial markers—they can become poetic vessels for storytelling, existential musings, and even pure sonic experimentation. The Pixies’ “Planet of Sound” marries their signature raw edge with a surreal journey across the galaxy, blending garage rock intensity with enigmatic lyrics. Tori Amos’ “Hey Jupiter” takes a deeply introspective turn, channeling heartbreak and self-reflection into a haunting piano-driven ballad. Jimi The post 10 Best Songs With Planets In The Title appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

On December 18th, Fernandina Beach Fire Department rushed to the scene of a bicycle collision where a young man was trapped under his bike wheel. Before the firefighters could free the boy, named KJ, they had to cut his foot loose from where it was trapped among the spokes of the wheel, ultimately ruining the […] The post Firefighters Surprise Boy with Brand New Bicycle After Cutting Spokes to Free His Foot appeared first on Good News Network.

THE CENTER SQUARE—President Joe Biden has nixed a federal union accountability website despite his administration’s promises that it would be back. Biden administration officials had previously said the site was simply being improved, but nearly all the accountability info from the site was removed and hasn’t returned. “Federal union executives have taken advantage of the four years under the Biden administration, which adopted a ‘whole of government’ approach towards promoting and entrenching unions in the federal bureaucracy, to attempt to insulate themselves from a second Trump term,” Max Nelsen, a labor policy expert at the Freedom Foundation, told the Center Square. As the Center Square previously reported, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management has for years updated a website to track unions’ “official time.” Official time is a practice protected by federal law that allows federal employees to do certain union activities while being paid by the federal government, and therefore, on the taxpayers’ dime. To make sure that workers and unions do not abuse this provision, the OPM has maintained a public accountability site tracking how that time has been used. Biden’s administration removed the accountability website with promises to refurbish the online presence of the information. In 2023, an OPM spokesperson told The Center Square that “previous reports on official time are not currently available because OPM is reorganizing our website to improve navigation and customer experience.” Now, however, about two years later, the site is still gone. Lawmakers have blasted the OPM for the change. But the OPM says it has a new location online for reports. However, there is only one report on the new site, and it is from 2019—before Biden took office. The OPM told lawmakers in a letter first reported by The Center Square that it is not legally required to keep those kinds of records and publish reports. “As part of modernizing and consolidating our webpages, we routinely remove or migrate information to ensure our web content is up to date and to improve the customer experience,” the letter said. “In the course of updating our website, official-time reports were taken down from their original location. The most recent of those reports, from 2019, was migrated along with numerous other documents to the Agency Reports page of OPM’s website.” Critics say it is about maintaining transparency. “I am disappointed that OPM will not commit to publishing future reports critical to government oversight of taxpayer dollars,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told The Center Square earlier this year. “Americans have a right to know if federal workers are using their hard-earned dollars responsibly and not to advance the interests of President Biden’s labor union cronies.” Nelsen said his public information requests on the matter have not borne any fruit. “Undoing Biden’s work will be difficult but, with an earlier start, President [Donald] Trump may be able to have a more significant impact on reforming the federal bureaucracy than in his first term,” Nelsen said. Originally published by The Center Square. The post Biden Administration Scrubs Union Accountability Site appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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