Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 3/06

[SVPete]

Democrat's Illegal Immigrant Guest to State of the Union Exposed as Assault Suspect

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/03/06/democrat-reps-illegal-immigrant-guest-to-state-of-the-union-exposed-as-assault-suspect-n4950310

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) thought he was owning President Donald Trump by bringing an illegal immigrant to the State of the Union last month. The move was deliberate — a calculated piece of political theater designed to put a face on what Democrats call an "immigration tragedy." He wanted to make Marcelo Gomes da Silva into a liberal icon, the next Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Now it looks like a publicity stunt gone horribly wrong.

AMoulton had made a point of publicizing his invitation to bring Gomes da Silva to President Trump's speech. Sympathetic press coverage poured in. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey invited him to tour her State House office. Moulton went on MSNOW and gushed that Gomes da Silva was "a great American," "a patriot," and "a reminder of what courage looks like."

There's just one problem. According to a report from the Boston Herald, the Milford, Massachusetts, police have two reports from 2021 that reference Gomes da Silva by name, involving sexual assault, and they won't let anyone read them.

Unsurprisingly.

[SVPete]

School district pays $650,000 to Christian teacher fired for refusing preferred pronouns: lawyers

https://justthenews.com/nation/free-speech/school-district-pays-650000-christian-teacher-fired-refusing-preferred-pronouns

An Indiana school district paid a Christian music teacher $650,000 to resolve his 2019 lawsuit challenging his firing for refusing to use gender-confused students' preferred names and pronouns, according to his lawyers.

A Supreme Court precedent three years ago on religious accommodations for employees prompted a chastened appeals court to reinstate and remand John Kluge's case for a jury trial, at which point Brownsburg Community School Corp. sought to settle.

In addition to the payment, the district will "train its senior staff on how Title VII protects religious employees against discrimination," Kluge's lawyers at the Alliance Defending Freedom said.

ADF didn't file the settlement terms, just the joint stipulation of dismissal, telling Just the News it couldn't share the settlement agreement. The Indianapolis Star also reported the alleged terms of settlement without attributing them to ADF.

"This settlement confirms what the law has always said: Public schools cannot force teachers to … bow the knee to ideological mandates that violate their religious beliefs," ADF Vice President of U.S. Litigation David Cortman said. "And schools should learn that refusing to accommodate religious employees can be illegal and expensive."

The laws and court decisions relevant to cases like this and other PS educrats' BS are not new or obscure. PS educrats and teachers are doing @#$% under the ASSumption that parents will be too intimidated or financially unable to defend themselves and their children.

[SVPete]

Appeals Court Rules Trump Can Suspend Refugee Admissions

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/appeals-court-rules-trump-can-suspend-refugee-admissions-5995079?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport&src_src=partner&src_cmp=BonginoReport

President Donald Trump has legal authority to indefinitely suspend the admission of foreign nationals who are trying to enter the United States through its refugee resettlement program, a federal appeals court ruled on March 5.

Trump froze refugee resettlement programs as he took office in January 2025.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued the new opinion in the case known as Pacito v. Trump.

The panel overturned most of the injunctions that Seattle-based U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead issued in February 2025. The judge had blocked Trump’s move to suspend the refugee resettlement program indefinitely, finding the president had gone beyond his legal authority by pausing the program.

In March 2025, the Ninth Circuit paused most of Whitehead’s rulings in favor of the plaintiffs and allowed Trump’s policy to be enforced while the litigation played out.

There's a good chance that at least two of the three judges in this panel were Trump appointees.

[SVPete]

Revealed: The Story of the United Kingdom's Betrayal in Operation Epic Fury Is Absolutely Wild

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2026/03/06/revealed-the-story-of-the-united-kingdoms-decisions-and-failures-in-operation-epic-fury-is-wild-n2199908

Does being an European "ally" of America even mean anything anymore? That's a valid question after several NATO nations not only initially denied the use of their military bases during Operation Epic Fury, the ongoing attack on Iran, but also offered tacit support for the Islamic regime.
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You'd expect better from the United Kingdom, though. Well, at least up until fairly recently. After all, the Brits are supposedly America's closest, most reliable ally. Yet, in a stunning move, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer denied the use of his country's military bases for logistical support. Further, he refused to mobilize any forces for defensive operations in the weeks before Iran's missile and drone barrages began.

That proved disastrous, with several Gulf allies lambasting Starmer for hanging them out to dry, even as hundreds of thousands of British nationals were coming under attack.
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According to newly revealed details about the British NSC's deliberations, the initial requests for base usage and the deployment of defensive assets (two destroyers, in this case) were denied for political reasons. Even when Starmer finally got in line, his fellow Labour members were more concerned with spiting Trump than stopping Iranian ballistic missiles.

Starmer was supported by John Healey, the Defense Secretary, but “Reeves and Miliband made it quite difficult for the Prime Minister.” The discussion came down to the legality and whether “a positive relationship with the United States of America was a good thing right now for the party. And many people concluded that it was not.” When asked what role the Labour defeat in the Gorton and Denton by-election played, because the Green party mobilized Muslim voters, a close aide of Starmer says: “Zero.”

But security sources are clear that Miliband, in particular, took a “petulant, pacifist, legalistic and very political” approach, questioning why the UK should support the US. “He fundamentally doesn’t like Trump, and he doesn’t like this Iran thing,” one says. As Labour leader in 2013, Miliband thwarted attempts by David Cameron to bomb Syria after the Assad regime used chemical weapons; many in Westminster regard this as a shameful episode. “He probably thinks it was a success,” the source adds.

Sounds like the hatred for Trump is in a more general resentment of the US. Perfidious Albion, but with no empire to support it.

[enslaved1]

Virginia Board of Education Blocks Curriculum Portraying January 6 Capitol Riot as Peaceful

The Virginia Board of Education has taken a definitive stance on the instruction of modern American history by advancing a policy that prohibits public schools from teaching that the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was a peaceful protest. This move addresses a growing national concern regarding how educators navigate polarized political events and ensure that students receive an accurate representation of factual history. The decision follows months of public debate and intense scrutiny over state curriculum standards, which serve as the framework for history and social science instruction across the Commonwealth.

State education officials clarified that the new guidelines are intended to preserve the integrity of the historical record. By explicitly forbidding the characterization of the event as non-violent, the board aims to align classroom instruction with the findings of federal investigations and the widely documented evidence of the day’s events. Supporters of the measure argue that allowing schools to present the Capitol riot as a peaceful gathering would be a disservice to students, potentially fostering a distorted understanding of democratic processes and the rule of law. They emphasize that while differing political perspectives are a cornerstone of American life, the physical reality of the violence that occurred on January 6 is not a matter of subjective interpretation.

[SVPete]

1/6 reality is that it was not an entirely peaceful protest (ignoring the fraudulent MSM reporting of the 2020 Minneapolis riots), nor was it the insurrection Dems and their MSM-parrots pretend it was. In some areas, violence did happen; in many/most areas inside and outside the Capitol, it was entirely non-violent. Congress Critters were evacuated, but they were not in actual danger.

Why can't it be presented and taught honestly, if it must be taught at all?

[SVPete]

BBC altered Hegseth speech on Iran war

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bbc-altered-hegseth-speech-iran-201847962.html

The BBC mistakenly altered a speech by Pete Hegseth on the war in Iran, making him appear to say the United States was targeting the Iranian “people”.

BBC Persian, which broadcasts to audiences inside Iran, mistranslated remarks by the US secretary of defence, telling viewers Washington was bringing death to the Iranian “people”.

In fact, Mr Hegseth had said the Iranian “regime” was being targeted.

The mistake was seized upon by pro-Israel media campaigners, who claimed that it cast doubt on the BBC’s impartiality. It also triggered a backlash on social media.

"Mistaken" translation? Yeah, I'm not buying that bridge. This is the same BBC that doctored a clip from Trump's 1/6/2021 speech and is being sued for it. It's the same BBC, this was USA- and Trump-hating intentional.

[SVPete]

Hero Dad Wins Arkansas Sheriff Primary Election While Awaiting Murder Trial

https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/defensive-gun-use/hero-dad-wins-arkansas-sheriff-primary-election-while-awaiting-murder-trial/

In a jaw-dropping twist straight out of an vigilante action thriller, a no-nonsense dad named Aaron Spencer just bulldozed his way to victory in a three-way primary for sheriff in an Arkansas county—while staring down murder charges against him like a boss.
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Picture this: A sleazy 67-year-old creep named Michael Fosler sneaked around Spencer’s home, lured Mr. Spencer’s young daughter from her bedroom with unknown promises, and bolted away in his dusty pickup truck.

Meanwhile Mr. Spencer’s dad radar sensed that something was amiss.  He looked into his daughter’s bedroom and saw that she was gone.  Dad heard Fosler’s truck leaving with some urgency.  Spencer wasn’t going to wait for the cops to finish their donuts to respond.  He grabbed his gun and tok off in hot pursuit.
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After Spencer forced the perv’s pickup off the road, words flew. An “altercation” ensued and…boom. Spencer plugged the creep ceasing any respiratory activity and rescuing his little girl from what could’ve been a lifetime of nightmares.

Heroic? Hell yes. But the local prosecutor decided he can’t just let a heroic dad “get away” with doing the right thing.  He slapped Spencer with a murder charge. Because, you know, the justice system gonna justice.
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He threw his hat in the ring for the sheriff job while awaiting his trial for murder, vowing to torch the failures of the criminal justice circus and rebuild trust in the badge. And…the voters ate it up. He steamrolled the incumbent sheriff and one other candidate in a three-way primary brawl, snagging over 53% of the vote. No run-offs needed. The people spoke, loud and clear.

This may "inconvenience" plans that DA may have had to use the sheriff's department to harass Spencer or to hamstring his defense (e.g. use the department to withhold/conceal Brady evidence).

[enslaved1]

1/6 reality is that it was not an entirely peaceful protest (ignoring the fraudulent MSM reporting of the 2020 Minneapolis riots), nor was it the insurrection Dems and their MSM-parrots pretend it was. In some areas, violence did happen; in many/most areas inside and outside the Capitol, it was entirely non-violent. Congress Critters were evacuated, but they were not in actual danger.

Why can't it be presented and taught honestly, if it must be taught at all?

I agree, that the peaceful parts, along with the violent parts should be part of any discussions on the events of that day, as well the massive data sweeps conducted by the feds (bank records, cell phone data and the like) and the excessively long incarceration times, often in solitary confinement,for defendants, many before they ever saw the inside of a court room.  My concern is any laws telling how events should be taught is overreach and indoctrination.  Same goes for the history of slavery, the civil rights movement, Columbus coming to the Americas, the American Revolution, 9/11, ect ect.  Some of these need to be discussed and taught, but what needs to be taught will vary based on grade and maturity levels. 

J6 in particular, there's no good reason to teach it before high school, IMHO, because it's way too complex and incendiary for middle school brains, and not a vital enough event in US history to open up that can of worms.  At the high school level, it could be used for interesting discussions on many things, comparing the events to other protests, ect.