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MILWAUKEE, WI - A 17-year-old Wisconsin teen allegedly killed his parents in pursuit of the “financial means and autonomy” to assassinate President Trump, the FBI revealed.
Court documents show the 17-year-old was part of a “satanic cult” which has “strong anti-Judaism anti-Christian and anti-western ideologies,” WISN reported Friday.
Investigators also found a manifesto which “described a call to assassinate President Trump, make and detonate bombs and carry out other terrorist attacks.”
WISN reported that charges against the 17-year-old include two counts of first-degree murder and “two counts of hiding a corpse.” He also faces federal charges tied to the planned assassination.
In one entry in the manifesto, the 17-year-old addressed his plans for Trump, writing, “As to why, specifically Trump, I think it’s pretty obvious. By getting rid of the president and perhaps the vice president, that is guaranteed to bring in some chaos.”
The 17-year-old allegedly killed his mother and stepfather inside their home in February. The two victims were shot to death.
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WASHINGTON D.C. - Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) took a virtual beating on Saturday as The New York Times published a new photo of her in the Oval Office, literally trying to hide from cameras by holding a folder in front of her face.
Whitmer was at the White House to meet with President Donald Trump about relief funding for Michigan residents who had been devastated by recent ice storms and funding for a Detroit-area Air National Guard base — but instead of a private meeting with the president, she was ushered into an Oval Office full of reporters and cameras while the president was signing executive orders.
NYT photographer Eric Lee captured one shot of Whitmer as she literally hid her face from the cameras — and that photo top-lined a piece detailing the risks she runs as a Democratic governor who is seen daring to cooperate with President Trump. Click here to read more.
CHICAGO, IL - House Bill 2827 would extensively regulate both homeschools and private schools in ways that could seriously violate Illinoisans’ rights, including a primary right established a century ago.
One hundred years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized parents’ right “to direct the upbringing and education of children under their control.”
That right is currently under attack in Illinois because of the “Homeschool Act.”
House Bill 2827, filed by state Rep. Terra Costa Howard, D-Lombard, has generated historic opposition in the Illinois General Assembly, and for good reason. There are multiple legal pitfalls in the current version of the bill.
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides states cannot “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” That language routinely has been applied to the education context, including a parent’s right to direct the upbringing of their child.
But the provisions in HB 2827 threaten families’ due process rights in multiple ways. First, it allows truancy officers to interrogate children without “cause” and without parental presence. Second, it allows parents to be investigated – and again, their children to be interviewed – based on anonymous reports. Click here to read more.
OMAHA, NE - A spiritual awakening is stirring among young people in the West, according to a steady stream of survey data.
In February, the Pew Research Center released a report showing that the decade-long decline in Americans identifying as Christian has leveled off. But new studies show that the downward trend is now in full reverse, with the engine driving the change occurring among Generation Z and millennials.
On Monday, Barna Group released data showing that “66% of all U.S. adults say they have made a personal commitment to Jesus that is still important in their life today,” marking “a 12-percentage-point increase since 2021.” The report went on to note that the rise in faith is being particularly driven by those in their 20s and 30s—Gen Z and millennials. “Since the pandemic … Millennials and Gen Z have shown significant increases in commitment to Jesus, while Boomers and Gen X (especially women in these older cohorts) have remained mostly flat in their commitment levels to Jesus,” the group observed. Click here to read more.
LANSING, Mich. – In a 5-2 decision, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole for 19 and 20-year olds convicted of first-degree murder are unconstitutional.
The court ruling said those sentences violate the Michigan Constitution’s prohibition against “cruel or unusual punishment.”
Justice Elizabeth Welch wrote in the majority decision that “Mandatorily condemning such offenders to die in prison, without first considering the attributes of youth that late adolescents and juveniles share, no longer comports with the ‘evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.” She continued by writing, “We do not foreclose the possibility that LWOP [life without the possibility of parole] could be an appropriate punishment under rare circumstances.”
In a separate opinion, Justice Richard Bernstein wrote he would draw the line at 25 years old, citing scientific students. Click here to read more.
