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1 item Presented to the President
08/15/2025
H.R.1316 [119th] - Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1316
https://www.congress.gov/presented-to-the-president
H.R.1316
Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1316
National Guard troops sent to Washington, D.C., this week as part of President Trump's mission to crackdown on violent crime in the nation's capital will reportedly start carrying weapons in the coming days.
That the troops could, and would, has been reported since they started arriving Tuesday, but that will in the coming days was reported Saturday by The Wall Street Journal, based on what the newspaper said were people familiar with the change.
The newspaper also says Defense Department officials had previously said the 800 National Guard soldiers deployed wouldn’t be armed, unlike many federal law-enforcement agents sent to the capital.
They also weren’t to have weapons in their vehicles. “Weapons are available if needed but will remain in the armory,” the U.S. Army said in a press release Thursday.
As of late Friday, troops patrolling the National Mall in small groups were not armed.
https://x.com/dotconnectinga/status/1956790895556133290?s=61&t=BdBkJAWYzheOiIIylkbO1g
see: 2 days before the summit
Vehicle-related fatality on JBER
Published Aug. 14, 2025
673 ABW/PA
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – There was a vehicle-related incident at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Aug. 13, 2025, that resulted in a fatality. The incident is under investigation. The name of the deceased is being withheld until 24 hours after next-of-kin notifications are complete. Additional information will be released once it becomes available. Direct all media questions to JBER Public Affairs at 907-551-8995 or jber.pa.mediaops@us.af.mil.
https://www.jber.jb.mil/News/News-Releases/Display/Article/4274739/vehicle-related-fatality-on-jber/
JUST IN: Biden Judge Blocks FTC Investigation Into Far-Left Media Matters
A federal judge on Friday shut down the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) investigation into far-left Media Matters.
US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, a Biden appointee, issued an injunction against the FTC and blocked its investigation into Media Matters.
The judge said the Trump Administration illegally retaliated against Media Matters.
“This case presents a straightforward First Amendment violation,” judge Sparkle Sooknanan wrote.In May, the Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into Media Matters for America, the far left group that targets conservative media outlets and personalities to put them out of business.
Media Matters for America is funded by the top Democrat Megadonors who value their work.
Soros-funded Media Matters and several leftist groups like Sleeping Giants run by Matt Rivitz have been harassing American corporations for years to quit advertising with conservative platforms, websites and businesses. The Gateway Pundit has been a prime target by these leftist groups and government agencies.In May 2022, CNN published a hit piece on Elon Musk and Twitter. The article was the far left’s attempt to sway advertisers from posting ads on Twitter.
Elon Musk exposed the culprits behind the coordinated attacks on X’s advertisers – Media Matters. CNN even admitted that Media Matters sent out a threatening letter to Twitter advertisers to quit paying for ads on the platform.
Elon Musk announced in November 2023, that his company X-Corp will be filing a “thermo-nuclear” lawsuit against Media Matters “the second court opens on Monday.”Elon added that he will sue “Their board, their donors, their network of dark money, all of them…”
In his statement, he released earlier this year, Elon accused Media Matters of creating a fake account that then curated the posts and advertising appearing on the account’s timeline to misinform advertisers about the placement of their posts.
The FTC in May announced that it would open an investigation into the far-left advocacy group for their coordinated attacks on X and its advertisers.
The US Federal Trade Commission demanded documents from Media Matters about its coordination with other leftist groups to rid X of its advertisers.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/biden-judge-shuts-down-ftc-investigation-far-left/
Pantshittin'
Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_
18h
BREAKING: Newly declassified FBI documents reveal the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office was investigating at least nineteen (19) Clinton Foundation bank accounts for possible "campaign finance fraud" in 2016-2017 before the Justice Department shut the "sensitive" investigation down.
https://nitter.poast.org/paulsperry_/status/1956553848664866930#m
Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_
18h
NEW: FBI investigators working the Clinton Foundation corruption case were barred from examining any of the 300,000+ Hillary Clinton emails discovered on the Weiner laptop. The emails factored into whether Secretary of State Clinton traded influence for foreign cash thru the fdn.
https://nitter.poast.org/paulsperry_/status/1956551709586776441#m
Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_
18h
NEW: FBI 302s reveal top HPSCI Dem Jim Himes, who recently claimed "mouth-breathers on MAGA online" were putting John Brennan's life "at risk based on a [Tulsi Gabbard] lie," was fully aware of Schiff's Russia Leak Team and how they were "going after Trump" in 2017 based on a lie.
https://nitter.poast.org/paulsperry_/status/1956549142702170504#m
Our incredible First Lady @MELANIATRUMP shared this powerful, deeply moving letter with President Putin. She speaks from the heart of every American in calling for a world where children, regardless of where they are born, can live in peace.
https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1956829431831605620
About an hour ago:
James Watkins
@thejimwatkins
The servers decided amongst themselves to run fsck, and some of them were stuck. trying again now.
https://x.com/thejimwatkins/status/1956851987808751819
“Dear President Putin, Every child shares the same quiet dreams in their heart, whether born randomly into a nation’s rustic countryside or a magnificent city-center. They dream of love, possibility, and safety from danger.”
“As parents, it is our duty to nurture the next generation’s hope. As leaders, the responsibility to sustain our children extends beyond the comfort of a few.”
“Undeniably, we must strive to paint a dignity-filled world for all—so that every soul may wake to peace, and so that the future itself is perfectly guarded. A simple yet profound concept, Mr. Putin, as I am sure you agree, is that each generation’s descendants begin their lives with a purity—an innocence which stands above geography, government, and ideology.”
“Mr. Putin, you can singlehandedly restore their melodic laughter. In protecting the innocence of these children, you will do more than serve Russia alone—you serve humanity itself.”
“Such a bold idea transcends all human division, and you, Mr. Putin, are fit to implement this vision with a stroke of the pen today,” she wrote. “It is time.”
Been on the bench since January
Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan was appointed to the District Court in January 2025. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, she received her B.S., summa cum laude, from St. Francis College in 2002, her M.B.A., with distinction, from Hofstra University in 2003, and her J.D., summa cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School in 2010.
After law school, Judge Sooknanan clerked for the Honorable Eric N. Vitaliano on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and the Honorable Guido Calabresi on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Following those clerkships, Judge Sooknanan joined the United States Department of Justice through the Attorney General’s Honors Program, where she served on the Civil Division’s Appellate Staff. She left that position to clerk for the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor on the United States Supreme Court.
In 2014, Judge Sooknanan joined the Issues and Appeals practice in the Washington, D.C. office of Jones Day, where she had an active pro bono practice. She became a partner at Jones Day in 2020.
In 2021, Judge Sooknanan returned to the Justice Department as a Deputy Associate Attorney General, where she served until 2023. She then served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division until her appointment to the bench.
www.dcd.uscourts.gov/content/district-judge-sparkle-l-sooknanan