Squad-member Ayanna Pressley left millions of Americans scratching their heads this week when she called the closure of Walgreens Pharmacies due to violent crime “acts of racial discrimination.” .@Walgreens' closures of pharmacies in Roxbury‚ Mattapan &; Hyde Park are not arbitrary or innocent.They are disruptive‚ life-threatening acts of racial &; economic discrimination.As a multi-billion-dollar corporation‚ they must stop divesting from Black &; brown communities. pic.twitter.com/iSvhFWw8Bl— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) January 31‚ 2024 Watch her remarks above.

Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush were the only two House Members to vote against a resolution that bans all terrorists who participated in the October 7 Israeli Massacre from entering the United States. The two "nay" votes were squad members Cori Bush (currently under federal investigation) and Rashida Tlaib. https://t.co/zZTEc12Q45— AG (@AGHamilton29) January 31‚ 2024 Reps. Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib voted a few minutes ago against a bill to bar Hamas members and other participants in the Oct. 7 attack from the U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez voted present. Vote was 422-2-1.— Marc Rod (@marcrod97) January 31‚ 2024 Watch the moment above.

NYPD Officer Diaz was struck by a Lexis that had been going the wrong way on Park Ave. on Wednesday. The driver got out at E 71st St. with her hands up and was immediately cuffed. Shahara Doula‚ 24‚ appeared in court on Friday‚ January 19th. According to court documents‚ she allegedly told investigators she […] The post Woman Deliberately Mows Down NYPD Officer‚ Charged with Assault appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

The NFL has made the entire 2023 – 2024 football season about Taylor Swift. Meanwhile‚ NFL fans — actual NFL fans — are and have been understandably upset about it. All these people want to do is watch some football‚ but they’ve been promulgated all season with constant camera pans to Swift. Obviously‚ Travis Kelce is having a tremendous season‚ but early in the season when Swift started making appearances at Kelce’s games‚ the NFL quickly realized they could make money off her. Since the media are obsessed with Swift‚ that inevitably meant the NFL showing her at games would get more people watching — not for the actual game but for this love story unfolding between Swift and Kelce. So at last Sunday night’s Kansas City Chiefs playoff game‚ Taylor Swift was caught on camera appearing to mouth‚ “Go away‚ please.” To this‚ I say: Fair. Kathryn Riley/Getty Images Now‚ this is Taylor Swift‚ and she is arguably the most famous woman in the world next to‚ maybe‚ the likes of Beyoncé. Therefore‚ the cameras are not going to go away‚ especially because she is dating someone in the public eye. It’s not as though she decided to date someone out of the limelight‚ which she could have done. But rather than date men who are private and low-profile‚ she tends to date men who are famous as well. Furthermore‚ people are obviously invested in her love story because‚ after all‚ her music centers around how she falls in and out of love. That’s how she’s been able to connect with her audience. So there is no way the cameras are just going to go away. WATCH: Candace Owens But I do feel somewhat empathetic to her. She is not asking for the cameras to be on her‚ and I’m sure it is embarrassing for her. She wants the focus to be on Travis Kelce. Even in my own life and in a much smaller circumstance‚ I have politely declined when someone has asked me for a picture while at one of my husband’s speaking events. A picture with me at one of his events is not the appropriate time. While people are upset about the focus being taken away from Kelce and put on Swift‚ she‚ too‚ wants the focus to be on him. And I think this is legitimate.  But the NFL is not going to stop. This level of attention is the high cost of being someone that famous‚ but I sense it annoys her. Despite the fact she is incredibly famous‚ she still wants to take part in things like a normal person. She doesn’t want to have this embarrassing level of attention on her as she’s learning about and getting to know his family. She wants them to like her‚ just like any girlfriend would. What she does not want is for Kelce’s family to just associate her with lots of cameras and floods of people coming up to her‚ obsessed with every moment of her life. At the end of the day‚ she is just a person. In the long run‚ I still do not think this relationship is going to work out. These were my early predictions‚ and I stand by them. She might get a baby out of this‚ but I do not think they are well-matched or well-suited for each other for a slew of different reasons. But‚ as it pertains to the NFL‚ they have been particularly invasive — and they’ve used Swift just to make some money. That’s the worst part. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP

Attorneys for the 29-year-old man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 have asked for his trial to be held away from the county where the murders occurred. Attorney Anne Taylor filed a two-page petition this week arguing that a “fair and impartial jury cannot be found” in Latah County‚ Idaho‚ where the murders of Ethan Chapin‚ 20; Kaylee Goncalves‚ 21; Xana Kernodle‚ 20; and Madison Mogen‚ 21‚ took place on November 13‚ 2022. For more than a year‚ Taylor argued‚ residents of the area have been subjected to regular news coverage about the murders. “A fair and impartial jury cannot be found in Latah County owing to the extensive‚ inflammatory pretrial publicity‚ allegations made about [the suspect] to the public by media that will be inadmissible at his trial‚ the small size of the community‚ the salacious nature of the alleged crimes‚ and the severity of the charges [the suspect] faces‚” Taylor wrote. “Enlarging the jury pool will not do anything to overcome that pervasive prejudicial publicity because Latah County does not have a large enough population center to avoid the bias in the community. Further‚ the size of the community and the interconnectedness of its citizenry is problematic and will prevent a fair and impartial pool of potential jurors.” Taylor requested a hearing be held to discuss a potential change in venue by the end of April 2024. Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson said during a pretrial hearing on Friday that a change of venue wouldn’t help the defendant. “It’s not Moscow. It’s not Latah County. It’s everywhere. So‚ I don’t think that a change of venue is going to solve any of these problems‚” Thompson said‚ according to ABC News. “I have people‚ friends in this community who have traveled to Mexico. And they say‚ ‘You’re from Moscow?’ And immediately‚ they want to talk about this case.” The suspect‚ who is not being named by The Daily Wire due to a policy on accused mass killers‚ received a win last month in court when District Court Judge John Judge ordered prosecutors to turn over some of the genetic genealogy evidence used to link the man to the crimes. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Prosecutors have argued that they didn’t need to turn over detailed information about how genetic genealogy was used to link the suspect to the crimes since a DNA sample provided by the suspect directly matched DNA found on a knife sheath found at the crime scene. The genetic genealogy wouldn’t be used at trial‚ prosecutors argued. Once police had their suspect‚ they tracked him to his parents’ house in Pennsylvania and collected garbage from the trash cans outside. They obtained DNA that partially matched the DNA collected from the knife sheath‚ indicating they had the DNA of the suspect’s father. Collecting DNA from the suspect later directly linked him to the sheath. The sheath was found on a bed next to Goncalves and Mogen’s bodies‚ partially under one of them. The type of knife the sheath held would have been consistent with the knife used to murder the four victims.

United States Capitol Police (USCP) said Thursday that they will not charge anyone in the case of a Democratic staffer allegedly filming himself having gay sex in the Hart Senate Office Building. Explicit leaked video obtained by The Daily Caller in December appears to show two men filming a pornographic video inside the Senate Judiciary Room. “USCP says they will not charge anyone in the sex video incident in the Senate hearing room‚” reporter Jake Sherman said Thursday‚ captioning a screenshot of a statement from USCP. The statement noted that the staffer‚ who has since resigned‚ “exercised his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent and refused to talk” to authorities. Additionally‚ USCP did not close the door on revamping the investigation if new evidence emerges. “For now‚ we are closing the investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding a sex video that was recorded inside the Hart Senate Office Building on the morning of Wednesday‚ December 13‚” the statement said. “After consulting with federal and local prosecutors‚ as well as doing a comprehensive investigation and review of possible charges‚ it was determined that — despite a likely violation of Congressional policy — there is currently no evidence that a crime was committed‚” USCP continued. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “Although the hearing room was not open to the public at the time‚ the Congressional staffer involved had access to the room. The two people of interest were no cooperative nor were the elements of any of the possible crimes met‚” the statement said. “The Congressional staffer‚ who has since resigned from his job‚ exercised his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent and refused to talk to us‚” USCP added. “Our investigators are willing to review new evidence should any come to light.”  USCP says they will not charge anyone in the sex video incident in a Senate hearing room. pic.twitter.com/9ocL5zWg4k — Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) February 1‚ 2024 The ex-staffer rumored to be at the center of the scandal is Aidan Maese-Czeropski‚ who worked for Democrat Sen. Ben Cardin (MD). Cardin’s office in December said in a statement that Maese-Czeropski “is no longer employed by the U.S. Senate‚” adding‚ “We will have no further comment on this personnel matter.” Shortly after‚ Maese-Czeropski seemed to address the scandal on his LinkedIn account‚ CBS News reported. “While some of my actions in the past have shown poor judgement‚ I love my job and would never disrespect my workplace‚” the ex-staffer wrote. “Any attempts to characterize my actions otherwise are fabricated and I will be exploring what legal options are available to me in these matters.” Related: Senate Democrat Staffer Caught Filming Gay Sex Tape In Judiciary Hearing Room: Report