Diogenes-Light: Monday, March 24, 2025

Monday, March 24, 2025

March 24, 2025

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Welcome to the news for independent thinkers

Leading the News . . .

Pam Bondi Issues Warning To Jasmine Crockett Over 'Calling For Attacks On Elon Musk' . . . United States Attorney General Pam Bondi warned Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) over the weekend to be careful about inflammatory remarks that she made recently about wanting Elon Musk to be "taken down." Bondi made the remarks Sunday while talking about recent attacks on Tesla dealerships and vehicles across the country by far-Left extremists. "This is domestic terrorism and now you have this congresswoman, Crockett, who is calling for attacks on Elon Musk on her birthday," Bondi said. "'Let's take him out on my birthday,' she says. Yet she turns and says, 'Oh, I'm not calling for violence.'" Daily Wire

Notice that the MSM somehow missed this remark by Crockett. Imagine if a Republican had said it.

Man drives car into protesters outside a Tesla dealership, nobody hurt, sheriff says

Politics

Judge who blocked Trump deportations took junket to event with anti-Trump speakers, sponsor . . . Months before he blocked President Donald Trump's deportations of illegal alien gang members, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg attended a privately-funded legal conference in Idaho that featured sponsors and speakers who have expressed clear anti-Trump sentiments -- particularly on immigration -- and a theme that echoed the Democrat Party's 2024 stated mission of saving democracy, according to a judicial ethics report. Just the News

Poll: Nearly 50% of California Voters Considering Voting for Republican Gov . . . Nearly 50 percent of likely California voters revealed that they are considering voting for a Republican candidate to be the next governor of the state in 2026, according to a recent poll. A poll conducted between March 6-9 "of likely voters in the upcoming November 2026 California gubernatorial race found that 48 percent said they would "consider" voting for a Republican for governor, according to 790 KABC radio. Breitbart

It takes a lot to get Californians to start considering a Republican for governor. And they've taken a lot - apparently, enough - from Democrats.

Wikipedia trashes Hegseth, Patel, Gabbard, censors their pages after Trump nominations . . . The Media Research Center's report on ideologically suggestive makeovers to pages for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, FBI Director Kash Patel, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought found that Wikipedia editors piled on the dirt and, for Hegseth, stripped out the accomplishments. Wikipedia created "entirely new negative sections," and revamped their "Personal Life" sections," the report states. Just the News

Trump says Oswald was 'helped' in JFK assassination

GOP lawmakers rolling out legislation to rein in federal judges blocking Trump's second term agenda . . . "District Court judges have issued RECORD numbers of national injunctions against the Trump administration - a dramatic abuse of judicial authority," Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., wrote Thursday on X. "I will introduce legislation to stop this abuse for good." According to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, 15 injunctions were imposed against Trump policies in February. Just the News

USAID Coordinated With Censorship Agency, Documents Show . . . The U.S. Agency for International Development coordinated closely with a State Department program to block what it considered "misinformation," "disinformation," and "malinformation," according to newly released government documents. America First Legal, a conservative legal group, obtained more than 200 pages from the State Department through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit about the Global Engagement Center, or GEC. Daily Signal

The revelations about just how bad this taxpayer-funded organization was just keep coming.

Trump to grant 'full pardon' to Hunter Biden whistleblower Devon Archer: 'He was screwed' . . . Hunter Biden's beleaguered former business partner, Devon Archer, will receive a full and unconditional pardon, President Trump revealed exclusively to The New York Post. The president promised Archer the pardon when they met at the NCAA wrestling championships in Philadelphia Saturday night, an encounter arranged by another former Hunter Biden associate-turned-whistleblower, Tony Bobulinski. New York Post

Former Utah Rep. Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to the US House, has died . . . Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday. She was 49. Love's family posted news of her death on Love's X account. She had undergone recent treatment for brain cancer and received immunotherapy as part of a clinical trial at Duke University's brain tumor center. Associated Press

Culture

'Snow White': A Disjointed, Woke Remake That Completely Misses the Mark . . . What very clearly happened in making this film was that Disney, freaked out by the reaction to the set leaks of the Snow White's seven woke companions—and freaked out by the reaction to lead actress Rachel Zegler's calling the prince a stalker, sent this film back to the drawing board and ordered as much of the original story to be cut and pasted in as possible. The film begins by explaining that Snow White's name comes from her being born in a snow storm, not her skin color. Daily Signal

'BIBLICAL TERRORIST': Georgia Realtor Shares How Trans Activists Hounded Her Out of Her Job . . . Transgender activists tried to hound a Georgia real estate agent out of business because the realtor urged a public library to move a sexually explicit book out of the children's section. When she sued, the judge dismissed her case and ordered her to pay the activists' legal fees. Now, the Georgia Court of Appeals has taken up her case and her attorney just filed her official brief Thursday, a copy of which was exclusively provided to The Daily Signal. Her supporters say the case may set a precedent that gets to the heart of cancel culture. Daily Signal

National Security

Mike Waltz To Iran: 'Full Dismantlement' Of Nuke Program 'Or There Will Be Consequences' . . . National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said over the weekend that the Trump administration is demanding a "full dismantlement" of Iran's nuclear program or else the Islamic regime will face "consequences." Waltz made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News' "Face The Nation" with Margaret Brennan while talking about what the administration is seeking from Iran. "Full dismantlement," Waltz said. "Iran has to give up its program in a way that the entire world can see. As President Trump has said, this is coming to a head. All options are on the table." Daily Wire

Meet the CAIR-Linked Group That Aims To Place Muslim Americans in Federal Jobs . . . Muslim Americans in Public Service is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that coordinates with federal agencies to help Muslims obtain and advance careers in government. To do so, it partners with Islamic organizations, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations, that have either condoned terror attacks or have been linked to terrorist organizations. Washington Free Beacon

International

Greenland Prime Minister explodes at Usha Vance visit . . . Greenland's Prime Minister has unleashed on the Trump administration after learning that second lady Usha Vance's friendly visit would be preceded by a delegation of senior officials. The administration touted Vance's three-day visit to Greenland on Sunday, revealing she would travel with her son from Thursday to Saturday to explore historical and cultural sites and watch the annual dogsled race. But less was revealed about a visit led by national security advisor Mike Waltz, which is reportedly scheduled to take place earlier in the week. Daily Mail

Money

23andMe files for bankruptcy protection . . . Popular DNA testing firm 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy protection, and announced that its co-founder and CEO, Anne Wojcicki, has resigned with immediate effect. The company will now attempt to sell itself under the supervision of a court. 23andMe said in a press release that it plans to continue operating throughout the sale process and that there "are no changes to the way the company stores, manages, or protects customer data." BBC

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Hundreds Of College Students Gather In New York To Fight Anti-Semitism . . . Over 300 students were present in New York City Sunday for a conference held by Combat Anti-Semitism, a nonprofit focused on ways to identify and combat anti-Semitism on college campuses. The "Rise & Respond: Global Student Summit Against Antisemitism" addressed anti-Semitism present at universities amid the failure of college administrators to protect Jewish students and faculty from discrimination, harassment, and even violence. Daily Caller

Guilty Pleasures

Trump bashes 'purposefully distorted' portrait of himself in Colorado's Capitol . . . President Donald Trump bashed a nearly six-year-old portrait of himself that is hanging in Colorado's State Capitol building, calling the artwork "purposefully distorted." He called on Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) to remove it. "Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all other Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before," Trump said. "The artist also did President Obama, and he looks wonderful. Washington Examiner