Despite the mounting threats from Russia‚ North Korea‚ and China‚ Joe Biden's Pentagon has now announced that it is cutting the U.S. Army's forces by 5 percent‚ according to reports. On Tuesday‚ the thoroughly woke Pentagon announced that it was going to cut the Army's ranks by an incredible 24‚000...

WARNING – FOOTAGE IS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC Video footage captured the horrifying moment a mother and daughter were killed by a speeding driver in downtown St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ on Valentine’s Day. Laticha Bracero‚ 42‚ and her daughter Alyssa Cordova‚ 21‚ were leaving a Drake concert and walking through a crosswalk when a driver sped through the intersection. Police say the driver is 22-year-old Monte Henderson. Authorities say Henderson was driving over 70 mph when he allegedly caused the terrifying incident. Henderson’s bond was $200‚000‚ but a judge allowed him to post 10% of that cash only. “Judge Annette Llewellyn overlooked a probable cause statement arguing he is a danger to the community‚ allowing him to be freed on a $20‚000 bail‚” Daily Mail reports. Below is the video (GRAPHIC): The man charged with killing a mother and daughter leaving a concert in downtown St. Louis is out on bond. 22-year-old Monte Henderson was released Friday. Henderson's bond was $200‚000‚ but a judge allowed him to post 10% of that cash only. Just 24 hours prior‚ Henderson was… pic.twitter.com/uGjgQJvNKm — max_fightzz (@max_fightzz) February 26‚ 2024 The man charged with killing a mother and daughter leaving a concert in downtown St. Louis is out on bond. 22-year-old Monte Henderson was released Friday. Henderson’s bond was $200‚000‚ but a judge allowed him to post 10% of that cash only. Just 24 hours prior‚ Henderson was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of armed criminal action. Henderson’s attorney shared this statement following the charges‚ “This is a very tragic accident‚ Monte is very upstanding young man; involved in academics and sports.” Officers said Henderson was running red lights when he sideswiped the front end of another vehicle at North 18th and Olive streets. His Jeep rotated clockwise and hit Bracero and Cordova‚ who were walking on the crosswalk. The Jeep continued to move until it T-boned another vehicle. According to court documents‚ data retrieved from the Jeep indicated that the car was traveling at speeds in excess of 70 mph prior to violating the red traffic signal. According to FOX 2 Now investigative reporter Mitchell McCoy‚ Henderson has been ordered to house arrest and a GPS ankle monitor. Monte Henderson had very little to say when he was questioned outside the courthouse‚ likely headed to get this GPS ankle monitor. @FOX2now https://t.co/D8j9KO8kFk pic.twitter.com/OReNAhCLG6 — Mitchell McCoy (@MitchellMcCoy) February 27‚ 2024 First Alert 4 reports: Bond is decided by a judge‚ in this case Judge Annette Llewellyn. The courts declined to comment saying they can’t discuss ongoing cases. “The judge feels like this individual is going to show their court dates‚ then the bond as long as it’s paid‚ the driver goes free‚” Walker explained. First Alert 4 Investigates asked if prosecutors at the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office objected to bond. A spokeswoman said prosecutors weren’t at the hearing where bond was set‚ which she called typical. Walker said that can happen. “For serious crimes? No. If this was murder‚ I’m pretty sure they would have been there‚ but for minor violations‚ traffic infractions‚ probably not‚” Walker added. Henderson faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter‚ it’s a felony‚ but a lesser charge compared to murder. “It goes to what he was thinking. If he premeditated‚ it’s murder one‚” Walker said. “If he’s just recklessly driving‚ which is probably what he was doing‚ didn’t think he was going to hit anybody and didn’t really care‚ that’s manslaughter.” Judge Annette Llewellyn has faced prior criticism for lenient rulings in criminal cases. According to Daily Mail‚ Llewellyn was among the first hires of disgraced Soros-backed former Democrat St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. “Llewellyn was handpicked by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner who was forced to resign for her leniency on crime‚” Collin Rugg writes. “Soros pumped tons of money into Gardner’s campaign including a $116‚000 payment for her 2020 campaign‚” he added. REPORT: The judge who released the Missouri man out on a $20k bond who killed a mother &; her daughter‚ is linked to Soros. Shocker. Judge Annette Llewellyn shockingly decided to let Monte Henderson walk free after he plowed through a woman &; her daughter traveling at a whopping… pic.twitter.com/zlVm7KRJRq — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 27‚ 2024 Per Daily Mail: A former public defender‚ Llewellyn was one of the first hires of ousted Democrat St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner‚ who’s lenient stances on violent criminals led her to resign from office in May 2023. Since leaving Soros-backed Gardner’s office and taking the bench in 2018‚ Llewellyn has angered some critics by taking a similarly lax stance to her old boss – with Henderson’s bail only the latest. She previously faced backlash in her first year on the bench after sentencing a woman to only two years’ probation‚ despite one of her daughters fatally shooting their sibling when she left a loaded gun out and passed out on drugs‚ reported STL Today. With Henderson freed on bail‚ social media was outraged as shocking surveillance footage was released this week capturing the moment mother and daughter Laticha Bracero‚ 42‚ Alyssa Cordova‚ 21‚ were struck. Henderson‚ who admitted to being the driver according to charging documents‚ was seen running a blatant red light at a high speed before plowing into and killing the mother and daughter. Two other teen girls and a 61-year-old woman were also injured in the crash‚ which saw Henderson collide with several other vehicles as he blew through the lights. EDITOR’S NOTE: Our take?  Death Penalty Now!  But the wheels of justice must play out.  

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties due to wildfires ravaging the Texas Panhandle. The declaration included all 26 counties in the panhandle. “Additional counties may be added if conditions warrant. Governor Abbott also directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to activate additional state emergency response resources to support local firefighters responding to multiple wildfires burning Texas‚” a press release from Abbott’s office states. “I issued a disaster declaration today to ensure critical fire response resources are swiftly deployed to areas in the Texas Panhandle being impacted by devastating wildfires‚” Abbott said. “The State of Texas stands ready to provide support to our local partners and deploy all resources needed to protect our fellow Texans and their property. Hot and dry conditions caused by high temperatures and windy conditions are expected to continue in the region in the coming days. These conditions could increase the potential for these wildfires to grow larger and more dangerous. Texans are urged to limit activities that could create sparks and take precautions to keep their loved ones safe. I also want to thank the brave firefighters and first responders who are working tirelessly to protect their fellow Texans‚” he added. I issued a disaster declaration today to deploy resources to 60 counties impacted by these devastating wildfires. Please take all precautions to protect yourself &; your loved ones. Thanks to the brave firefighters working 24/7 to protect their fellow Texans. Stay safe‚ Texas. pic.twitter.com/m25hpFiAx1 — Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) February 27‚ 2024 KVII reports: TAMFS reported several wildfires across the Panhandle on Monday. Strong winds have impacted these fires and caused them to grow. The governor has directed TDEM to activate the following state emergency response resources to support wildfire response operations: Texas A&;M Forest Service: Over 95 firefighters‚ heavy equipment such as bulldozers and motor graders; All Hazard Incident Management Team personnel; 5 Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System strike teams comprised of over 95 personnel and over 25 fire engines Texas Division of Emergency Management: Emergency response personnel to support requests for assistance from local officials Texas National Guard: CH47 Chinook helicopter with firefighting capability Texas Department of Transportation: Personnel and equipment to assist with road closures and fuel for firefighting support Texas Department of State Health Services (Texas Emergency Medical Task Force): Wildland Fire Support Packages including paramedics and ambulances Texas Department of Public Safety: Texas Highway Patrol Troopers to assist with road closures and traffic control Texas A&;M AgriLife Extension: Disaster Assessment and Recovery Agents as well as AgriLife Extension Agents to support agricultural and livestock needs Texas Animal Health Commission: Personnel to provide livestock support Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: Air/water/wastewater monitoring “Currently‚ urgent mandatory evacuations are underway as emergency sirens blare for residents across the panhandle in Texas‚ as well as surrounding areas. Multiple departments are on the scene battling four significant and dangerous wildfires‚ with 65 mph winds making containment extremely difficult. The fire is spreading rapidly‚ causing heavy flames and thick smoke visible for miles All roads have been blocked. Police and emergency officials are urging everyone to leave as this is a life-threatening situation‚” Rawsalerts wrote. #BREAKING: Urgent Evacuations are underway as Massive and Dangerous Wildfire Rapidly Spreads with emergency sirens sound throughout multiple locations ⁰⁰#Texas | #USA Currently‚ urgent mandatory evacuations are underway as emergency sirens blare for residents across the… pic.twitter.com/WB5BCbTtHJ — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) February 27‚ 2024 #UPDATE: Devastating satellite imagery shows large heat signatures from the fires across the Texas panhandle as they make their way into Oklahoma pic.twitter.com/lxo0dPLzR9 — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) February 27‚ 2024 WATCH: Fire crossing Hwy 83 again 7 miles south of Canadian. #txwx pic.twitter.com/4bvzaXe4Fd — Chad Casey (@WxFanaticCC) February 27‚ 2024 From The Texas Tribune: Officials have ordered nearly 5‚000 residents in the Panhandle cities of Canadian‚ Fritch and Glazier to shelter in place Tuesday as four separate wildfires engulfed the region‚ burning more than 230‚000 acres. Residents in Hemphill County‚ where Canadian is‚ were initially told to evacuate as the Smokehouse Creek fire — the largest of the four — spread and burned more than 200‚000 acres within a day. As firefighters worked to contain the fire in Canadian‚ about 100 miles northeast of Amarillo‚ evacuation efforts hit a snag as the main roadway was blocked by the fire. Shortly after the mandatory order was announced‚ the Hemphill County Sheriff’s Office shared on social media that Highway 60/83 was shut down. The sheriff’s office instructed residents to go to the gym at Canadian High School to shelter in place. “Having them all in one place is the safest option at this time‚” said Stephanie Purcell‚ a representative for the sheriff’s office. Purcell said the wind could possibly push the fire towards Highway 33 in Canadian as well. “There were earlier evacuation orders‚ but it got to the point where the fire was close enough that it was no longer safe to travel on those roads‚” said Kari Hines‚ a public information officer for Texas A&;M Forest Service. “It’s safer to stay inside structures‚ at least while the main body of the fire passes.” Hines said crews have responded from across the state and are working in long shifts to contain the fire before taking breaks to rest. With a cold front coming in‚ Hines said firefighters are preparing for another shift in the winds that might move the fire further. This story is developing. 

I know it sounds wild‚ right? It’s also true. President Trump’s recent appeal in the New York City ‘fraud’ case heavily cites a judicial opinion from the late Supreme Court Justice. The appeal largely hinges on the ruling in the Timbs v Indiana case‚ where the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Tyson Timbs. In that case‚ the state of Indiana attempted to confiscate a $42‚000 vehicle to cover $10‚000 in fines owed by Timbs. The court ruled that Indiana could not confiscate the vehicle due to the Eighth Amendment‚ which prohibits excessive fines and cruel or unusual punishments. Obviously‚ the $454 million judgment against President Trump qualifies as an excessive fine. This is made more so by the fact that there were no injured parties—absolutely none. Here’s what everyone is saying: An opinion by former Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg is cited heavily in President Trump’s appeal of the $454 million judgment by Judge Arthur Engoron. Bader Ginsburg is standing with President Trump from the grave! Thank you‚ Ruth! pic.twitter.com/29ruQ5Wb7E — Nick Adams (Alpha Male) (@NickAdamsinUSA) February 27‚ 2024 Civil Libertarian Tom Hunter provided some advice for the Trump legal team: “Dear Trump NY fraud case legal team: Screw the appellate process in NY. Go straight to District Court SDNY‚ and apply for an emergency stay during an appeal there based on multiple constitutional claims: (i) violation of due process rights under 14th Amendment. (ii) a possible Section 1983 counterclaim seeking damages for state violation of due process and other civil rights. (iii) a claim of Brady Rule violations (which may have limited discovery or resulted in incomplete discovery in the NY proceedings). (iv) violation of the 8th Amendment prohibition on excessive fines – a tick under a half Billion Dollars including pre-judgment interest of nearly $100 Million‚ plus post-judgment interest accruing at nearly $100K per day‚ with no proof of any compensatory damages. (v) challenging the constitutionality of Executive Law 63(12) on vagueness grounds (63(12) is impossibly vague‚ ambiguous and internally inconsistent). The emergency basis of the application for stay would be based on the fact that the fine must be paid within 30 days and is a condition of appeal in the state court system‚ which will result in grave and irreparable harm to the applicant. This should get the matter into the federal system – where they will have a better chance of success – quickly.” Dear Trump NY fraud case legal team: Screw the appellate process in NY. Go straight to District Court SDNY‚ and apply for an emergency stay during an appeal there based on multiple constitutional claims: (i) violation of due process rights under 14th Amendment; (ii) a possible… — Tom Hunter (@TomHunt17926062) February 23‚ 2024 Newsmax featured a portion of Ginsberg’s opinion in the Timbs case: “The prohibition embodied in the Excessive Fines Clause carries forward protections found in sources from Magna Carta to the English Bill of Rights to state constitutions from the colonial era to the present day‚” Ginsburg argued in the case. “Protection against excessive fines has been a constant shield throughout Anglo-American history for good reason: Such fines undermine other liberties.” Real estate investor Grant Cardone had this to say about the verdict: “WOW! Trump Organization ordered to pay $364M in NY civil fraud trial by Judge Engoron. A case with 0 victims‚ All loans were repaid‚ The Lenders testified in defense of Trump Hotels. FEWER &; fewer places to do business without gov’t intervention. Will it be won on appeal?” WOW! Trump Organization ordered to pay $364M in NY civil fraud trial by Judge Engoron. A case with 0 victims‚ All loans were repaid‚ The Lenders testified in defense of Trump Hotels. FEWER &; fewer places to do business without gov’t intervention. Will it be won on appeal? — Grant Cardone (@GrantCardone) February 16‚ 2024 NY AG Letitia James‚ who ran for office promising to bring down Donald Trump‚ is now taunting the former president by posting on X each day’s additional interest in the massive judgment she won against him. Could be premature‚ given Trump appeal‚ but she seems to be enjoying it. pic.twitter.com/GrIfSxzudU — Byron York (@ByronYork) February 27‚ 2024 Western Journal explained: New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office built its case on New York Executive Law 63(12)‚ which does not require damages to be shown and grants the court the power to impose whatever penalties the judge deems proper.

Nikki Haley has continued to diss President Trump after her crushing defeat in her home state of South Carolina. President Trump won the South Carolina Republican primary with 59.8% of the votes and Nikki Haley with 39.5%. Keep in mind that this is Haley’s home state. This is likely the highest we are going to see her lose by! Despite her defeat‚ Haley has begun trash-talking President Trump‚ claiming that because President Trump won by only 60%‚ this is a sign he will lose against Biden. Is she a Republican or a Democrat? It seems more likely to be the latter. See her post here: I’m an accountant. I know 40% isn’t 50%. But I also know that 40% is not a small number. Americans deserve a choice in this election‚ and I have a duty to give it to them. pic.twitter.com/8azXLJsaRQ — Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) February 25‚ 2024 ABC News shares more: Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley keeps losing to Donald Trump by double digits but the fact that the former president has only managed to reach 60% of the vote in the contested races so far should be taken as a warning sign‚ Haley said on Monday. “Donald Trump as‚ technically‚ the Republican incumbent did not win 40% of the vote‚” she said in a gaggle with reporters while on the trail one day before Michigan’s Republican primary. “So‚ what you are looking at is something is shifting and this has been happening for a while.” Haley was reiterating an argument she has been making more and more‚ including the previous night in Troy‚ Michigan: that even though she has yet to win a state in the race for the Republican presidential nomination and her path to catching Trump looks all but gone‚ a notable minority of conservative voters are signalling that they want someone other than Trump and they deserve an alternative. “I know 40% is not 50%‚ but I also know 40% is not some tiny group‚” she said on Saturday after losing her home state of South Carolina. She is trying to drain President Trump’s money by refusing to drop out. This is purposeful; she’s not dumb. pic.twitter.com/wNJUvkNVc9 — Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) February 27‚ 2024 Here is an article from Fox News that shares Nikki Haley‘s strategy to win over Independents and Democrats: Nikki Haley is looking to prevent what Donald Trump’s presidential campaign predicts will be an “a– kicking” in her home state of South Carolina Saturday by courting independent voters. “This is an open primary‚” Haley emphasized in a “Fox and Friends” interview this week. The former two-term Palmetto State governor who later served as U.N. ambassador in the former president’s administration notes that “anybody can vote in the primary‚ as long as you didn’t vote in the Democrat primary on February 3rd in South Carolina.” Trump is the 2024 GOP frontrunner as he bids a third straight time for the White House. He grabbed a majority of the votes last month in Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary victories and won by a landslide earlier this month in the Nevada and U.S. Virgin Island caucuses to close in on locking up the nomination. The final polls in South Carolina showed Trump maintaining a large double-digit lead over Haley‚ the last remaining major rival challenging the former president. Independents helped fuel Haley’s 43% showing in New Hampshire‚ where she lost to Trump by 11 points. But while independent voters have long played a crucial and influential role in the first-in-the-nation primary‚ they are much less of a factor in South Carolina’s more conservative electorate‚ where evangelical voters enjoy prominence in GOP contests. Nikki Haley understands that Republicans aren’t voting for her. The only people who are voting for her are Independents and Democrats who are hoping that they can get her elected rather than President Trump. Even in fairy tale land where Nikki Haley wins‚ all of her ‘voters’ would jump ship and vote for Biden in the 2024 Presidential election.