{"id":7070,"date":"2024-01-31T15:59:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T20:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/?p=7070"},"modified":"2024-02-02T15:09:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T20:09:07","slug":"dont-mess-with-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/31\/dont-mess-with-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Mess with Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>WORLD NEWS FLASH<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"129\" src=\"http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/World-News-Flash-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4503\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>UNITED STATES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a 5-4 Supreme Court decision sided with the Biden Administration on taking down barbed wire at Eagle Pass, Texas near the border with Mexico, the Lone Star sort of quoted Miles Morales, saying, \u201cNah, I\u2019mma do my own thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the court made the Jan. 22 call that the federal government and not states had authority over border activities, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pulled his \u201cTrump card\u201d (no pun intended): The U.S. Constitution. Abbott referenced several points within it that permitted his state to take such action as putting up barbed wire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, not only did Abbott defy the order from the Court, but he even had Texas border agents put up a blockade to prevent federal agents from coming in and taking down the wire in So far, 20 other red states sided with his action, including former President Donald Trump. As of now, the Biden Administration has not indicated any counteraction to Abbott, as President Biden is dealing with a response to an attack that killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan, believed to be the work of Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here now is Abbott\u2019s statement from Jan. 24 explaining his actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe federal government has broken the compact between the United States and the States. The Executive Branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting States, including immigration laws on the books right now. President Biden has refused to enforce those laws and has even violated them. The result is that he has smashed records for illegal immigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDespite having been put on notice in a series of letters &#8211; one of which I delivered to him by hand &#8211; President Biden has ignored Texas\u2019s demand that he perform his constitutional duties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; President Biden has violated his oath to faithfully execute immigration laws enacted by Congress. Instead of prosecuting immigrants for the federal crime of illegal entry, President Biden has sent his lawyers into federal courts to sue Texas for taking action to secure the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; President Biden has instructed his agencies to ignore federal statutes that mandate the detention of illegal immigrants. The effect is to illegally allow their en masse parole into the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By wasting taxpayer dollars to tear open Texas\u2019s border security infrastructure, President Biden has enticed illegal immigrants away from the 28 legal entry points along this State\u2019s southern border &#8211; bridges where nobody drowns &#8211; and into the dangerous waters of the Rio Grande.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnder President Biden\u2019s lawless border policies, more than 6 million illegal immigrants have crossed our southern border in just 3 years.&nbsp; That is more than the population of 33 different States in this country. This illegal refusal to protect the States has inflicted unprecedented harm on the People all across the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJames Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and the other visionaries who wrote the U.S. Constitution foresaw that States should not be left to the mercy of a lawless president who does nothing to stop external threats like cartels smuggling millions of illegal immigrants across the border. That is why the Framers included both Article IV, \u00a7 4, which promises that the federal government \u2018shall protect each [State] against invasion,\u2019 and Article I, \u00a7 10, Clause 3, which acknowledges \u2018the States\u2019 sovereign interest in protecting their borders.\u2019 Arizona v. United States, 567 U.S. 387, 419 (2012) (Scalia, J., dissenting).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe failure of the Biden Administration to fulfill the duties imposed by Article IV, \u00a7 4 has triggered Article I, \u00a7 10, Clause 3, which reserves to this State the right of self-defense. For these reasons, I have already declared an invasion under Article I, \u00a7 10, Clause 3 to invoke Texas\u2019s constitutional authority to defend and protect itself. That authority is the supreme law of the land and supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary. The Texas National Guard, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and other Texas personnel are acting on that authority, as well as state law, to secure the Texas border.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MASS SHOOTING UPDATE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information recent as of 1-30-2024 at 12 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2024 Mass Shooting Stats: (Source: Mass Shooting Tracker &#8211; https:\/\/www.massshootingtracker.site\/data\/?year=2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Total Mass Shootings: 40<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Total Dead: 83<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Total Wounded: 111<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shootings Per Day: 1.33<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days Reached in Year 2024 as of Jan. 30: 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>MIDDLE EAST<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COURT DEMANDS MEASURES AGAINST GENOCIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Jan. 26 declared that Palestinians had a right to be protected from acts of genocide, calling on Israel to \u201ctake all measures within its power\u201d to prevent such actions and allow the entry of desperately needed humanitarian aid into the war-shattered enclave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reading out the order at the Peace Palace in The Hague &#8211; in response to allegations of genocide against Israel by South Africa, which Israel denies &#8211; ICJ President Joan Donoghue also called for the release of all remaining hostages taken from Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on Israeli communities in which some 1,200 people were massacred on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was no explicit call for an immediate halt to Israel\u2019s full-scale military operation in the Strip, which is believed to have left more than 26,000 dead, according to Gaza health authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Highlighting that the ICJ was \u201cacutely aware of the extent of the human tragedy unfolding in the region\u201d since war erupted in Gaza, Judge Donoghue said that the court remained \u201cdeeply concerned about the continuing loss of life and human suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres noted in a statement the measures pertaining to the Israeli military laid out in the provisional ruling and stressed that &#8220;decisions of the Court are binding&#8221; and trusts that all parties will duly comply with the order from the Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In accordance with the Statute of the Court, the Secretary-General will promptly transmit the notice of the provisional measures ordered by the court to the Security Council,&#8221; UN Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its case, which began earlier this month in The Hague, South Africa asked the court &#8211; a principal organ of the UN &#8211; to indicate provisional measures in order to \u201cprotect against further severe and irreparable harm to the rights of the Palestinian people under the Genocide Convention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the measures South Africa asked for was the immediate suspension of military operations by Israel in the Strip and that its forces take \u201call reasonable measures\u201d to prevent genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Africa also asked the world court to order Israel to prevent forced displacement, allow adequate food and water to reach civilians and ensure that evidence of any potential genocide is preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Provisional measures are a type of temporary injunction ahead of a final decision on the dispute. It is likely to take years before a judgement is reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measures are considered \u201cmandatory for implementation,\u201d but the Court has no means of enforcing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel argued in presenting its case that the war on Hamas was one purely of defense and \u201cnot against the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawyers for Israel said that provisional measures, if granted, would amount to \u201can attempt to deny Israel its ability to meet its obligations to the defense of its citizens, to the hostages and to over 110,000 displaced Israelis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WORLD<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>REACTION TO NITROGEN EXECUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Alabama became the first U.S. state to carry out capital punishment by way of nitrogen gas, the reaction extended beyond the nation\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN human rights chief has expressed deep regret over the execution of a prisoner in the United States on Jan. 25 night through the country\u2019s first ever use of nitrogen asphyxiation as a method of implementing the death penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI deeply regret the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith in Alabama despite serious concerns that this novel and untested method of suffocation may amount to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,\u201d said Volker T\u00fcrk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Convicted of murder in 1988, Mr. Smith, 58, had been sentenced to death in the state of Alabama. An attempt to carry out the execution in 2022, failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, the Human Rights Council had called for Alabama to halt Mr. Smith\u2019s execution and to refrain from taking steps towards any other executions using nitrogen asphyxiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the evening of Jan. 25, nitrogen hypoxia gas was administered to Mr. Smith. It took 22 minutes before he was formally declared dead, media reports said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to media and other witnesses in the execution chamber, the prisoner shook violently, writhing and convulsing on the gurney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to the execution, authorities in Alabama reportedly described the use of pure nitrogen gas as \u201cperhaps the most humane method of execution ever devised.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe death penalty is inconsistent with the fundamental right to life,\u201d said OHCHR Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani on Jan. 26 morning in a post on X, fka Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe urge all States to put in place a moratorium on its use as a step towards universal abolition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>UNITED KINGDOM<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HOUSING REFORMS COMING SOON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An overhaul of how social housing is allocated, to make the system fairer and not available to those who abuse it, was announced by the government Jan. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Measures which could ban those who blight communities and repeatedly make their neighbors\u2019 lives hell through anti-social behavior or evict them through a \u2018three strikes and you\u2019re out\u2019 policy, are part of the new consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, new measures will prioritize households who have a close connection to the UK and their local area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Housing Minister Lee Rowley said: \u201cToday we are proposing further steps to make the allocation of social housing fairer for people. If you abuse the system, making peoples\u2019 lives a misery or actively work against our British values, you are making a choice &#8211; such choices will have consequences and our proposals seek to stop such people getting a social home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe message is clear: play by the rules, pay in and we will support you. If you choose not to, this country is not going to be a soft touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe public want to know decent and hardworking people that have contributed to this country will be prioritized for new social tenancies. People already living in social homes want to know that anyone moving near them will be respectful of their neighbors with their communities protected from those who persistently break the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is why it is right that the finite resource of social housing is allocated fairly and local law-abiding citizens in need have more access to a home in their own communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government is seeking views from the public, councils, social housing tenants and providers and wants to bring forward the reforms as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reforms include new UK and local connection tests to determine social housing eligibility, with applicants required to demonstrate a connection to the UK for at least 10 years and their local area for at least 2 years. Prospective tenants on higher incomes could also no longer qualify for social housing, although existing tenants will not be affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the reforms, people who have unspent convictions for certain criminal anti-social behavior or have been subject to certain civil sanctions could be disqualified from social housing for up to 5 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WORLD NEWS FLASH UNITED STATES After a 5-4 Supreme Court decision sided with the Biden Administration on taking down barbed wire at Eagle Pass, Texas near the border with Mexico, the Lone Star sort of quoted Miles Morales, saying, \u201cNah, I\u2019mma do my own thing.\u201d Once the court made the Jan. 22 call that the 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