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Monday, March 23, 2026

OZARK, Ala. (WPEC) " An Alabama police officer discovered a Florida man hauling 81 gallons of moonshine during a routine traffic stop, an amount authorities say far exceeds what can legally be transported without a license. The Ozark Police Department said Officer Dylan Griffin with the Crime Suppression Unit pulled over 61-year-old Learndis Hamilton on January 9 for a traffic violation. Containers of clear liquid were reportedly visible inside the vehicle, prompting further investigation. read more


LA PLATA, Md. - A professional cornhole player with no arms and legs has been accused of murder in La Plata. What we know: Dayton James Webber, 27, of La Plata is accused of shooting and killing Bradrick Michael Wells, 27, of Waldorf during an argument. Police say Webber was in his Tesla SUV when he shot Wells in the passenger seat. He then pulled over and asked two backseat passengers to help pull Wells out of the car. They refused and got out of the car before calling the police. Webber then fled the scene with Wells still in the car. read more


Monday, March 16, 2026

Harnessing some of Australia's most sought-after scientists to manufacture the vaccine in laboratories at the University of NSW, he then tracked down the only veterinary researcher with ethics approval to administer the experimental drug. read more


Friday, March 13, 2026

SACRAMENTO, Calif " Sacramento County law enforcement is again criticizing the elderly parole process after the Board of Parole Hearings granted parole for a convicted child molester after serving 27 years of his over 355-year sentence. Gregory Vogelsang, 57, was sentenced to prison for almost 30 counts of kidnapping and sex crimes against multiple children between the ages of 5 and 11 in the 1990s, according to Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho. He was sentenced to 355 years to life in prison. read more


Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Virginia is one step closer to enacting an assault weapons ban. read more


Comments

Then why did he plead guilty? Twice. If what you postulate is true then take it to trial. Truth. Justice. And the American way.

By advice of a compromised council? The council messed up his FARA described in the link below, costing him $100,000s, so going to "court" would have been impossible for him.

Sixth Amendment Violations"The Ineffectiveness of Mr. Flynn's Former
Counsel"Tainted his Guilty Plea as well as the Subsequent Colloquy at his
December 2018 Hearing.

In August 2017, the Special Counsel's Office ("SCO") began to threaten Covington's work
with criminal FARA-related charges by way of an indictment of Mr. Flynn's former business
partner, Bijan Rafiekian. Covington's "underlying work" conflict of interest suddenly escalated
into a non-consentable conflict of interest that tainted every moment up to and through the guilty
plea in December 2017 and the Sentencing Hearing in this Court in December 2018. That
pernicious conflict infected and prejudiced his defense until he retained new counsel in 2019.
storage.courtlistener.com

On the 302 of the agents interpretation, which was edited/reedited for 6 months; Flynn had said he didn't remember discussing the sanctions.
The lie was supposedly he discussed Sanctions with Kislyak (they had the "transcripts"), but after releasing the transcripts showed he hadn't discussed the sanctions, but was discussing the ----for-tat about the removal of diplomats.

"So, you know, depending on, depending on what actions they take over this current issue of cyber stuff, you know, where they're looking like they're gonna, they're gonna dismiss some number of Russians out of the country, I understand all that and I understand that, that you know, the information that they have and all that, but what I would ask Russia to do is not " is is " if anything " because I know you have to have some sort of action " to, to only make it reciprocal. Make it reciprocal. Don't " don't make it " don't go any further than you have to. Because I don't want us to get into something that has to escalate, on a, you know, on a --- for tat. You follow me, Ambassador?"

Kislyak responded that he did but that Flynn needed to "appreciate" that sentiments were raging in Moscow. Flynn noted he appreciated the situation but didn't want to get into a scenario "where we do this and then you do something bigger, and then you know, everybody's got to go back and forth and everybody's got to be the tough guy here." Flynn stressed, "[W]e need cool heads to prevail ... to fight the common threat in the Middle East."

At that point, Kislyak mentioned "sanctions" for the first time, noting that "one of the problems among the measures that have been announced today is that now FSB and GRU are sanctioned," and Kislyak said it makes him ask himself if the United States remains willing to work on terrorist threats.

Significantly, Flynn did not respond to Kislyak's mention of sanctions with a similar plea to moderate any response. Rather, he merely acknowledged Kislyak's comments with a "yeah, yeah," and then Kislyak noted "that was something we have to deal with, but I've heard what you say, and I certainly will try to get the people in Moscow to understand it."
thefederalist.com

Obviously complicated, and further muddied by a 302 which was poorly handled.

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