Day: April 22, 2025

Tennessee Highway Patrol Officers Who Let Kilmar Abrego Garcia Go at the Direction of Biden’s FBI During 2022 Traffic Stop ‘Did Nothing Wrong,’ Retired Patrol Officer Says

Kaitlin Housler
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Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of The Tennessee Star, spoke with a retired Virginia patrol officer about the 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the alleged MS-13 gang member and citizen of El Salvador who was deported last month under President Donald Trump, on Tuesday’s edition of his radio talk show.

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Immigration Judge’s 2019 Order Found Kilmar Abrego Garcia ‘Subject to Removal’ by Deportation But Granted ‘Withholding of Removal’ to Guatemala, Though Referencing El Salvador

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia

The Tennessee Star on Tuesday obtained the final deportation order issued by former U.S. Immigration Judge David M. Jones in 2019, which also granted “withholding of removal” relief, showing the judge appeared to prohibit immigration authorities from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Guatemala, not to El Salvador, where he was born and remains a citizen.

According to the order, Abrego Garcia was given a Notice to Appear (NTA) on March 29, 2019, after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alleged that he is not a citizen of the United States, but instead “a native and citizen of El Salvador,” who entered the United States but was not “admitted or paroled after inspection by an immigration officer,” making his entry illegal.

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Supreme Court Seems Likely to Favor Parents in Case Regarding LGBTQ Content in Elementary Schools

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to rule in favor of Maryland parents who have objections to LGBTQ content in elementary schools in Montgomery County.

The court heard oral arguments from lawyers who represented parents who argued the county’s Board of Education violated their religious rights by allowing stories about gay and transgender characters in elementary schools.

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Michael Patrick Leahy Ridicules Efforts by House Democrats to Bring Back MS-13 Gang Member Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Kaitlin Housler
Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Tennessee Star, ridiculed the efforts by Democratic lawmakers to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the alleged MS-13 gang member and citizen of El Salvador who was deported last month, back to the U.S.

On Monday, Democratic U.S. Representatives Robert Garcia (D-CA-42), Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03), and Maxine Dexter (D-OR-03) traveled to El Salvador as part of a continuing effort from the left to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return to Maryland.

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Tennessee State Agency Slow Walks Open Records Requests for Kilmar Abrego Garcia Stop by Tennessee Highway Patrol in 2022

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Garcia traffic stop

The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) is slow walking two Open Records Requests, filed by The Tennessee Star last week, which seek documents and video related to Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the citizen of El Salvador who was stopped by Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) in 2022, and deported by the Trump administration last month.

As the TDOSHS oversees the state law enforcement agency which first confirmed the 2022 stop to The Star, Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy filed a request on April 17, seeking all records held related to the stop of Abrego Garcia.

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Trump Says He Has ‘No Intention’ to Fire Fed Chair Powell

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Axios   President Trump said on Tuesday that has no plans to fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, backtracking days after suggesting he was looking forward to the economic policymaker’s “termination.” Why it matters: Trump has ramped up attacks on Powell over the past week alongside demands that the Fed cut rates immediately, raising fears among investors about the fate of the central bank’s independence. What they’re saying: “I have no intention of firing him. I would like to see him be a little bit more active in terms of his idea to lower interest rates — this is a perfect time to lower interest rates,” Trump told reporters. READ THE FULL STORY                 

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Democrat Yassamin Ansari Urges More Lawmakers to Travel to El Salvador, Falsely Claims Deportee Is a Teen

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Breitbart   Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), one of four left-wing House members currently in El Salvador to push for the return of suspected MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, has called on other lawmakers to travel to the Latin American country to advocate for migrants who are “illegally imprisoned,” falsely claiming one of them is a teenager. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) set the tone last week when he took time away from the job his constituents elected him to do in Congress to fly to El Salvador and meet with Abrego Garcia. Representatives Ansari, Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), and Maxine Dexter (D-OR) have now followed suit.  The representatives touched down on Monday to “pressure the Trump Administration to abide by a Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia,” a press release announced.  READ THE FULL STORY                 

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Analysis: The Next Pope’s Selection Process

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With the death of Pope Francis, the College of Cardinals – a body of senior Church leaders – will begin the process of choosing a new head of the Catholic Church by gathering in a Conclave.

Several names have emerged as the Papabili – those Cardinals considered most likely to be elected Pope by Vatican experts, scholars, and journalists. Though any male, baptized Catholic can be elected Pope, historically the college has selected one among themselves. The last Pope elected from outside the body was Urban VI in 1379.

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Canada’s Conservatives See a Reversal of Fortune: Poilievre May Miss What Looked Like a Slam Dunk

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Pierre Poilievre

Before Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped down in favor of Mark Carney, Canada’s Conservative Party was expected to streamroll the national elections and overturn more than a decade of far-left liberal leadership. But under Pierre Poilievre, the Conservatives have seen their electoral prospects fall off a cliff as he has struggled to meet the moment and galvanize his supporters on a promise of tangible change.

Betting markets currently hand Carney a 76.6% chance of winning the election, to Poilievre’s 23.3%. The figure represents a stunning reversal from mid-January, when Poilievre was assigned a 92.5% chance of winning.

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Trump Admin Reportedly Axing EPA’s Environmental Justice Workforce

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Travis Voyles

The Trump administration is reportedly proceeding with the first wave of layoffs at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), mainly centered around environmental justice program workers.

Assistant Deputy Administrator Travis Voyles wrote in an internal memo on Monday that the EPA will begin cutting the rest of its environmental justice staff on July 31, according to Politico’s E&E News and Bloomberg Law who reviewed a copy of the notice.

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Activists Use AI to Identify Climate ‘Deniers’ and Pressure Social Media Companies to Censor Them

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Climate activism has had a rough year. Voters elected a president who had called climate change a “hoax.” Though Democrats had hoped such statements would doom Donald Trump’s campaign, polls showed voters rated climate change at the bottom of their priorities, and the policies of “The Green New Deal” promised by Kamala Harris did not rate highly enough for her to avoid a crushing defeat.

After Trump won the election, investment firms pulled out of net-zero alliances, and many companies are scaling back their net-zero commitments. Shortly after, “Just Stop Oil” – the group notorious for throwing soup on paintings, blocking roads, disrupting events, and gluing themselves to various antiquities – announced it would stop such high-profile protests. 

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Judicial Watch Learns New Details About 2024 Euthanasia of ‘Peanut the Squirrel’

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) pre-planned to euthanize a domesticated squirrel and raccoon owned by online personality Mark Longo before conducting a search warrant on his residence last October, Judicial Watch has learned as a result of filing a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) lawsuit.

On October 30, 2024, Longo’s home was raided by law enforcement officers with the Department of Environmental Conservation and Bureau of Wildlife, where Peanut the Squirrel and Fred the Raccoon were seized and later euthanized for rabies testing.

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State Superintendent of Schools Tom Horne Adds Limits to Popular ESA Program, Kicks Homeschooling Mom Off Committee for Exposing It

Rachel Alexander
Tom Horne

State Superintendent of Schools Tom Horne is coming under fire for gutting some of the state’s nationally renowned Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs), considered one of the best ESA programs in the country since all students — including those in private schools, microschools, Christian schools, and homeschoolers — are eligible. After his ESA handbook committee drafted guidelines, his administration changed their draft to limit certain expenditures for students — restricting them from the full access provided to traditional public school students. State Senator Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) (pictured here) is trying to find a conservative to run against Horne in the primary in 2026 due to his dismantling of the popular program, which allows students to use funds for their K-12 education in nontraditional ways. Hoffman posted on X earlier this month, “Tom Horne is the greatest threat to school choice & the ESA program in Arizona. Tom Horne will lose to the Democrat in the 2026 general election. Arizona needs a strong, pro-school choice candidate for this very important office. I’m working on identifying that candidate now.” In a follow-up post, Hoffman noted that Horne “voted NO on AZ’s signature School Tuition Organization (STO) Tax Credit Program in 1997” as…

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Governor Katie Hobbs Continues Record for Vetoes, Rejects Arizona ICE Act, Bills on Election Integrity, and Bills Against Vaccine Mandates

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Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed a large portion of the bills sent to her this session by the Republican dominated Arizona Legislature. So far this year, she vetoed 52 and signed 70 into law. The bills she signed were mostly mundane, with bipartisan support. She signed the controversial Axon bill, which carved out a zoning exception for the Taser company to build high-density apartments in Scottsdale. Representative Joseph Chaplik (R-Scottsdale) said several lawmakers told him the company promised to fund their reelection campaigns if they voted for the bill, which is a Class 4 felony for bribery if true.

Garret Lewis, host of The Afternoon Addiction on various radio stations in Arizona, posted after Hobbs signed the Axon bill, “@GovernorHobbs signed the Axon bill taking away Scottsdale residents (and sets a precedent for any other AZ city/town residents) ability to have a referendum on Axon building apartments. Katie is on record supporting voter suppression.” 

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Commentary: Supreme Court Guarantees Open Borders Forever with Recent Decision

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Illegal Migrants

In the dead of night, the Supreme Court on April 19 entered a sweeping order barring all further deportations by President Donald Trump and the federal government under the 1798 Alien Enemy Act: “The Government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further order of this Court.”

The apparent 7-2 to ruling — Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented — effectively blocking President Trump from acting on his March 15 proclamation that Venezuela and its proxies including the criminal drug cartel terrorist gang Tren de Aragua are “perpetrating, attempting, and threatening an invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States.”

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