A town in upstate New York voted to remove the LGBT “Pride” flag earlier this month, sparking outraged protests and an act of vandalism. For the first time in the town’s history, Webster Town Supervisor Alex Scialdone on June 1 raised the gay flag at Town Hall and issued a “Pride Month” proclamation. After public ...
This year may be America's 250th birthday but that doesn't seem to matter to most Democrats. The post Poll Finds Only 27 Percent of Democrats Plan to Display the American Flag on July 4th appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
A teacher who claimed his adopted baby had accidentally drowned in a bath has been convicted of sexually assaulting the boy before murdering him.Jamie Varley, 37, took time off work in order to adopt Preston Davey with his partner, 32-year-old John McGowan-Fazakerley, according to the Lancashire Constabulary in the U.K.'For the first nine months of his life, Preston was a happy and healthy child, but by the end he was a broken shell.'In July 2023, the boy was found dead only 13 months after he was born.Preston had been placed into emergency foster care just days after he was born and was adopted by Varley and McGowan-Fazakerley when the boy was 9 months old.Prosecutors said the couple subjected the child to sexual and physical abuse before his death four months later.Police grew suspicious about Varley's story about an accidental drowning after a post-mortem examination found 40 injuries on the body of the child. At trial, prosecutors said the boy's hair was dry, he was wearing a diaper, and there was no evidence he had swallowed any water, the BBC reported.They found instead that he had died of acute upper airways obstruction, police said, likely from having an object or objects forced in his mouth, the BBC noted. He also suffered a cardiac arrest. Before he died, Preston suffered regular abuse, even after medical staff noticed suspicious injuries to the boy during the three times he was taken to the same hospital for treatment. The couple was able to explain away the incidents. Social workers had also seen the boy. Police said indecent photographs and videos of the victim were found on Varley's phone, and one indecent video had been shared with his husband via Snapchat. A jury found both men guilty on all counts. Varley was found guilty of murder, sexual assault of a child, taking incident child images, and child cruelty, among others. McGowan-Fazakerley was found guilty of allowing the death of a child, child sex assault, and cruelty to a child. They will be sentenced Thursday.Sky News published police camera video of Varley pretending to be distressed after calling police about the boy's death. He was wearing a Jurassic Park shirt at the time.RELATED: Children were drugged and raped in underground bunker, stunned police say: 'Most horrible thing I've ever seen' Detective Chief Inspector Andy Fallows described the couple as "pure evil" in comments about the case."Almost from day one, they set about abusing Preston and making his short life a harrowing tale of misery and pain," Fallows said."For the first nine months of his life, Preston was a happy and healthy child, but by the end he was a broken shell," he added. "This was due to the sordid and wicked acts of Varley and McGowan-Fazakerley."Officials are reviewing "the handling of Preston's safeguarding," the BBC reported. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
"Balance of Power: Late Edition" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On today's show, Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) says Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are skeptical of President Trump's agreement with Iran. Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) says President Trump's push to attach the SAVE America Act to a FISA extension may make both bills harder to pass. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), says he won't presume the committee will "rubber stamp" Jamie McDonald's nomination for US attorney in Manhattan after President Trump put Jay Clayton's DNI confirmation on hold. (Source: Bloomberg)
Lawmakers cite rushed timeline and public input despite pressure to redraw districts after supreme court opinionGeorgia Republicans declined to redraw the state’s congressional map during a special session, citing a rushed timeline and incomplete understanding of the ramifications of a recent US supreme court decision that effectively gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act.“We believe that it’s important to do things the Georgia way, responsibly, transparently, and with ample opportunity for public input,” said Jon Burns, the Georgia house speaker. Continue reading...
A video circulating on social media from the Iran-New Zealand World Cup match at SoFi Stadium has sparked debate after security personnel confronted a fan displaying an Israeli flag in the stands.
US Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has opened a Congressional investigation into Major League Baseball as the league faces growing backlash over its threat to discipline Christian players who wore Bible verses on their uniforms during a Pride Night game. This comes after the MLB issued warnings to Christian ballplayers from the San Francisco Giants club for wearing verses from the book of Genesis. The post UPDATE: Senator Josh Hawley Opens Investigation into MLB for Discrimination Against Christian Players for Proclaiming Their Faith on Pride Night – Calls Out League’s Hypocrisy appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
The Department of Justice made an unusual concession to six protesters arrested during an immigration crackdown in Chicago that experts say shows how "desperate" government lawyers are to make the failed prosecution go away.Defense attorneys for the "Broadview Six" have asked U.S. District Judge April Perry to appoint an independent special counsel to investigate alleged misconduct in the case, which they argued extends far beyond Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheri Mecklenburg – possibly all the way up to the top of the Justice Department, reported the Chicago Tribune.“Indeed, these steps must be taken in large part because of what appears to be a determined effort to blame a single prosecutor when the misconduct now known … runs much deeper and indeed to the highest levels of the Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office and likely to the Department of Justice in Washington D.C.,” defense lawyers argued in their motion.Associate Attorney General Aakash Singh was reportedly in contact with the office of Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros during Operation Midway Blitz, and defense attorneys for the “Broadview Six” are seeking records that could tie him to the tainted case against protesters arrested during the immigration crackdown.The six protesters — most with connections to local Democratic politics — were charged following a September protest outside a suburban immigration detention facility in Broadview, but the case collapsed last month after Perry uncovered what she described as apparent prosecutorial misconduct during grand jury proceedings.The judge found that transcripts submitted to her by federal prosecutors had been altered to conceal what had actually taken place, and the U.S. attorney's office subsequently dropped all charges.Defense attorneys filed a motion Tuesday that set aside their request for a special counsel but showed the judge that the government's response actually strengthened their case for more evidence."The government had decided it would not contest that Defendants are entitled to their legal fees, albeit 'without admitting or conceding to the fact,'" the filing stated. "The government asked defense counsel to provide information contemplated by local rules to engage in good faith discussions on the amount of fees and related expenses. Defense counsel fully intend to provide this information and to engage in those good faith discussions to reach agreement on the amount.""However, as noteworthy and rare as it is, the government’s acknowledgment that Defendants are entitled to recover their legal fees does not end the issue of discovery that is authorized under the Hyde Amendment," the filing added. "If anything, the government’s recognition that Defendants are entitled to their legal fees supports the need for fuller discovery."Former federal prosecutor Ken White, now a defense attorney and online legal analyst, was stunned by the government's response."Holy s---," White posted on Bluesky. "The government is conceding it will pay some amount of fees to the Broadview Six. They are DESPERATE to stop further inquiry into the case. Never heard of such a thing.""Seriously, though, it’s VERY hard to make the showing to win fees on a Hyde Amendment motion," White added. "It’s very winnable for the government even when there’s bad misconduct, and it suggests that there is even WORSE stuff that hasn’t come out that they are willing to do ANYTHING to keep quiet."
