Update on Keith Reniere Trial

The crowd lined up outside the courthouse was huge – and started gathering several hours before the building opened for business. Even those arriving early had to stand in line for 15 minutes just to get through security. The crowd was a mix of old and young – with slightly more women than men. And, as expected, there were media representatives from all over the world. The courtroom will be full – as will the overflow room that has been set up in Room 6G-North.

The jury ranges in age from the late-20s to the mid-60s – with more older than younger members. Three of the four female members are Caucasian – whereas most of the eight male members are minorities.

The Trial Has Started

Judge Nicholas Garaufis is presiding over the trial.

https://frankreport.com/2019/05/07/the-trial-has-started-check-back-for-updates/

Obama official withdraws from commencement speech after student complaints

Following a wave of student and faculty protests, a former Obama administration Cabinet official has withdrawn as the commencement speaker for a university graduation ceremony later this month. Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson officially withdrew as the commencement speaker for the University of Southern California Gould School of Law following complaints from students and faculty over the Obama administration’s treatment of illegal immigrants during his tenure as secretary (December 2013 through the end of Obama's administration).

USC Gould School of Law Dean Andrew Guzman announced Johnson’s decision in an email to the school late last week, citing his desire for the ceremony to be free of “tension and political controversy,” after Guzman informed him that a number of students and faculty took issue with the way he handled the immigration crisis.

The controversy over Johnson’s selection first came to light after two Latino professors at the school, Daria Roithmayr and David Cruz, penned a letter to the dean complaining about his choice of speaker, claiming that Johnson went as far as to “normalize state violence.” “USC’s choice to invite Secretary Johnson to speak normalizes illegal state violence. Inviting him to speak to the graduating class legitimates what federal courts and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have recognized as a fundamental betrayal of core values,” wrote Roithmayr and Cruz. “Johnson has repeatedly failed to respect legal and moral limits on the use of government-sponsored coercive force, particularly against children, and has demonstrated a morally repugnant willingness to use those who are most vulnerable among us as means to an end.”

Last month, in an interview with National Public Radio, Johnson admitted that the Obama administration had taken steps to expand family detention of illegal immigrant families following the surge of illegal immigrants coming across the border from Central America in 2014. “We expanded family detention. You’re correct. When I was in office, I was surprised to learn that of 34,000 beds, we only had 95 detention beds for families,” said Johnson. “So we expanded that, and anecdotally we saw that families were surprised that we had done that and were calling back home to Central America to say that they were being detained.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/obama-official-withdraws-from-commencement-speech-after-student-complaints

'Swamp' thwarts Trump with $1.9T ‘hidden tax’ in regulations

President Trump’s administration cut by almost two-thirds the average number of regulations issued for every law passed, but still the “hidden tax” imposed by the unelected bureaucracy was nearly $2 trillion, according to a new analysis. The Competitiveness Enterprise Institute said that the $1.9 trillion in regulation translated into a “burden” of $14,600 on every household, an amount so high that if the costs were a country, it would the ninth largest, just ahead of Canada. The huge number and choking impact on the nation shows just how big a battle Trump’s anti-regulation war faces. During the 2016 campaign and while in office he has railed against the Washington "swamp" that includes unelected federal regulators entrenched in the bureaucracy.

Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., author of the just-released Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State, found that Trump has made good on his promise to cut regulations. He noted, for example, that Trump’s government cut the average number of regulations imposed for every new piece of legislation. The average is 27 rules, but the Trump administration cut that to 11 in 2018. Trump also reduced the regulations-filled pages of the Federal Register to a near low. What’s more, the Trump administration “withdrew or delayed” 1,579 Obama rules that were in the pipeline. And, he noted, the Office of Management and Budget reported that agencies cut $33 billion in the “regulatory budget,” and it anticipates additional savings in fiscal year 2019 of another $18 billion.

Still, the costs of existing regulations are enormous, said Crews, vice president for policy and a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. “Despite the progress made on regulatory reform under President Trump, American consumers and businesses are still on the hook for the ‘hidden tax’ of federal regulation,” said Crews. “And that progress is further threatened by President Trump’s own regulatory impulses on issues ranging from antitrust enforcement to trade restrictions to food and drug matters, and more,” he added.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/swamp-thwarts-trump-with-1-9-trillion-hidden-tax-in-regulations

Ten Thousand Commandments 2019

https://www.scribd.com/document/409009519/Ten-Thousand-Commandments-2019#from_embed

DC suburb calls illegal immigrants 'contributing members,' will help fight deportation

A large Washington suburb eyeing a $200,000 program to give taxpayer-funded legal aid to illegal immigrants said that deportations hurt it. The chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in Virginia said the move was prompted by “the dynamic state of federal immigration policy.” Democrat Sharon Bulova said that the goal of a legal aid pilot program is to keep illegal immigrants from deportation.

In an email released by the Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition, she wrote: “The men and women who will benefit from the services offered by the pilot program are contributing members of our community. The funding is meant to ensure that people have a chance to defend themselves, to make their case, for being in this county legally through the established legal processes.” She added, “Deportations can harm our community and separate families with devastating consequences.” The county has set aside $200,000 to study offering legal aid to illegals. Bulova said: “Legal representation for people in civil proceedings is not a right, but in this instance, I believe that the pilot program deserves a chance to be evaluated.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/dc-suburb-calls-illegal-immigrants-contributing-members-will-help-fight-deportation

Proposed Texas Bill Allows State to Punish Social Media Censorship

A newly proposed Texas bill aims to prevent the social media Masters of the Universe including Facebook and Twitter from infringing on free speech. The Texas Tribune reports that a newly proposed bill before the Texas Senate aims to protect the free exchange of ideas on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Senate Bill 2373, proposed by State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) aims to hold social media websites accountable for the restriction of users speech based on personal opinions. Hughes stated that the bill would apply to social media sites which claim to support free speech and advertise their platform as unbiased but repeatedly censor users. The bill was unanimously approved by the Senate State Affairs Committee last week.

In a committee hearing, Hughes stated: “Senate Bill 2373 tries to prevent those companies that control these new public spaces, this new public square, from picking winners and losers based on content. Basically, if the company represents, ‘We’re an open forum and we don’t discriminate based on content,’ then they shouldn’t be able to discriminate based on content.” Hughes highlighted a recent ad on Facebook by the Texas Senate Republica Caucus during the hearing. The ad was in support of a pro-life bill which was flagged by Facebook for promoting a “negative experience” on the platform. Hughes said Facebook told him that the site objected to the ad because it encouraged users to share it, but the Republican Caucus also posted an ad about the Senate’s property tax bill which also asked users to share the ad and this was not flagged by Facebook.

Ana Martinez, a public policy manager for Facebook, explained the issue with the ad stating: “The first ad was not penalized because of the views it expresses but because we have increased our efforts to reduce language in ads asking people to ‘share’ or ‘like if you agree.’ The ad was edited and was then able to run without issue. The second ad, however, should have also been flagged but enforcement is not always perfect.” Those that oppose the bill have cited a “good Samaritan” policy which protects social media platforms and allows them to moderate content how they see fit. Kendra Albert, a lecturer at Harvard Law School, stated that federal law would likely prevent the new Senate Bill from being passed as it is more restrictive. “The federal law contains what we would call a ‘subjective standard,’” said Albert. It’s based on whether the provider thinks that this causes problems, whereas the Texas bill attempts to move it to an objective standard.”

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/05/07/proposed-texas-bill-allows-state-to-punish-social-media-censorship/

Senate Bill 2373

https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/pdf/SB02373S.pdf#navpanes=0

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Thanks Anon, my bad didn't proof read