President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is granting Tina Peters a full federal pardon, which is likely to increase the pressure campaign to free the former Colorado clerk from state prison even though he cannot erase her state charges. "Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the crime' of demanding Honest Elections. Today I am granting Tina a full Pardon for her attempts to expose Voter Fraud in the Rigged 2020 Presidential Election," the president wrote on Truth Social. read more
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Thursday afternoon following a federal judge's order. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia's release from ICE custody "immediately," Thursday in a court filing, a significant development in the case concerning the El Salvadoran man mistakenly deported this year before being returned to the United States. read more
Supporters hoping to attend next year's World Cup final face paying thousands of pounds for the cheapest ticket. Fans' group Football Supporters Europe has said it is "astonished" by Fifa's "extortionate" pricing strategy, and called for ticket sales to be "halted immediately". The Football Supporters' Association's England Fans' Embassy said it was a "slap in the face" for supporters. Fifa has not yet commented on its pricing decisions. read more
Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado, who has been in hiding for months, has told the BBC that she knows "exactly the risks" she's taking by travelling to Norway to collect her Nobel Peace Prize. read more
President Donald Trump has launched a scheme offering fast-tracked US visas to wealthy foreigners who can pay at least $1m. The card will give buyers a "direct path to Citizenship ... " read more
Instead, they recently bought him off with a gaudy medallion
I thought it interesting that Lewzer was suggesting that since "Soccer" is really "Football", the NFL needs to come up with a new name for their thing. Imagine if Obama has suggested that?
"When you look at what has happened to football in the United States, which is soccer in the United States, we seem to never call it (football) because we have a little bit of a conflict with another thing that's called football," Trump said Friday during the FIFA World Cup draw. "But when you think about it, shouldn't it really be called ... this is football, there's no question about it. We have to come up with another name for the NFL. It really doesn't make sense when you think about it."www.nytimes.com
Stay warm up there.
I just stoked up the wood stove for the night.