'Laverne & Shirley' star Cindy Williams dies at 75

Williams achieved fame for her role on "Laverne & Shirley" in which she played the eponymous main role of Shirley Feeney.

Actress Cindy Williams has died at the age of 75.

Her family informed the Associated Press on Monday that she had passed away last Wednesday after a brief illness.

"The passing of our kind, hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought us insurmountable sadness that could never truly be expressed. Knowing and loving her has been our joy and privilege. She was one of a kind, beautiful, generous and possessed a brilliant sense of humor and a glittering spirit that everyone loved," read a statement from the family.

Williams achieved fame for her role on "Laverne & Shirley" in which she played the eponymous main role of Shirley Feeney. The program, a spinoff of "Happy Days," ran from 1976 to 1983.

Williams also appeared in George Lucas's 1973 film "American Graffiti" as Laurie Henderson.

https://justthenews.com/nation/culture/laverne-shirley-star-cindy-williams-dies-75

Biden Begins New Year by Freeing over 550 Illegal Alien Criminals into U.S.

In the first 30 days of 2023, President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released from detention more than 550 illegal alien criminals into the United States.

The latest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data reveals that from January 1 through January 30, Biden’s DHS has released into the U.S. interior 564 illegal aliens with criminal convictions and those with pending criminal charges against them.

Most of those illegal alien criminals released this month did so via an order of recognizance. In total, DHS oversaw the release of 5,590 illegal aliens over the last 30 days. Those released are likely to go back to the American communities where they were initially arrested by ICE agents.

From December through January, DHS released almost 1,000 illegal alien convicts into the U.S. interior along with more than 1,200 illegal aliens with pending criminal charges. In total, over these two months, DHS freed into American communities nearly 26,000 illegal aliens.

These releases of illegal aliens from DHS custody are in addition to the likely roughly two million border crossers who have been freed into the U.S. interior through the southern border since Biden took office in February 2021.

Meanwhile, the number of illegal aliens who are known to have successfully crossed the border since Biden took office is approaching one million.

As Breitbart News chronicled, the Biden administration has sought to gut interior immigration enforcement through so-called “sanctuary country” measures that protect most of the nation’s 11 million to 22 million illegal aliens from arrest and deportation by ICE agents.

Last year, Biden’s DHS drastically cut deportations of illegal aliens living in American communities — some by more than 90 percent compared to 2019. The agency has also reduced arrests of illegal aliens living throughout the U.S. by more than 70 percent.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/30/biden-begins-new-year-freeing-550-illegal-alien-criminals-u-s/

Reliance Laboratories manager admits to lying about testing public water

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndwv/pr/reliance-laboratories-manager-admits-lying-about-testing-public-water

Rep. Maxine Waters Calls GOP House Members "Domestic Terrorists"

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has characterized Republican lawmakers as “domestic terrorists” and “extremists,” insisting that she hopes people won’t continue to elect them, a statement that attracted criticism from Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.).

Waters was asked about the prospect of police reform in Congress during an interview for “Ayman” on MSNBC on Saturday.

She called GOP members of Congress the “Marjorie Taylor Greene Republican caucus” and insisted that she doesn’t expect any police reform on the federal level.

“We have these right-wing conservatives who are, you know… we have domestic terrorists in the House of Representatives. These people are extremists,” she said.

“So I am not optimistic that that is the way that it is going to happen until the people of this country really decide that they do not want it, and they are not going to elect people who act in the fashion that they act.”

In March of last year, Waters was one of three Democrats who sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office asking for a review of how “domestic violent extremists” and “homegrown violent extremists” fund their activities.

Boebert criticized Waters for her comments.

“Maxine Waters says that we have House Republicans who are domestic terrorists,” Boebert posted on Twitter on Monday. “Interesting, as I don’t remember anyone in the House who has called for more violence than Maxine Waters.”

In April 2021, Waters told protesters to “get more confrontational” and “make sure that they know that we mean business” if the officer accused of killing of George Floyd in 2020 was acquitted.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rep-maxine-waters-calls-gop-house-members-domestic-terrorists

Ron DeSantis has at least 42 billionaire donors. Here are some of the most notable.

Florida analysis found dozens of billionaires and billionaire family members with a net worth of $275 billion have donated to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ reelection effort, a level of billionaire support one expert called “extraordinary.”

More than 40 billionaires back DeSantis’ reelection campaign. Who are they?

By the numbers:Fast facts about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' billionaire donors

Here are some of the governor’s most notable billionaire donors.

Ken Griffin: He is the governor’s top individual donor and also one of the wealthiest, with a net worth of $26 billion according to Forbes. Griffin contributed $5 million to DeSantis’ reelection bid. He is the founder and CEO of Citadel, a Chicago hedge fund, and is highly active in conservative politics. He criticized DeSantis for seeking to punish Disney.

Julia Koch: She is the widow of the late David Koch, who was famous for supporting conservative causes, and is the wealthiest DeSantis donor. According to Forbes, Koch and her family are worth $62.2 billion. The Kansas resident inherited a 42% stake in Koch Industries with her three children.

Julie Jenkins Fancelli: Fancelli is one of seven children of Publix founder George Jenkins. Forbes says the Jenkins family was worth $8.8 billion in 2020. Fancelli, who has homes in Italy, Lakeland and Longboat Key, was a major donor to the rally organized on Jan. 6, 2021 to pressure Congress not to certify the 2020 election.

Edward DeBartolo Jr.: He founded Tampa-based real estate company DeBartolo Holdings. DeBarolo owned the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers but his sister took control of the team after DeBartolo pled guilty to being asked for a bribe by the former governor of Louisiana over a riverboat gambling license, and failing to report it. He served probation, was suspended from the NFL and paid a $1 million fine. He was pardoned by Trump.

DeVos family: Four members of the DeVos family donated to DeSantis, including former President Donald Trump’s Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. They are related to Amway co-founder Richard DeVos, who was worth an estimated $5.4 billion in 2018 when he died. The family owns the Orlando Magic.

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2022/05/25/florida-desantis-notable-billionaire-supporters-koch-publix/9745715002/