Paul Atkins is officially sworn in as SEC Chairman 🇺🇸

Margo Martin

The Rio Arriba County Sheriff's Department, NM, sadly announced the death of Sheriff Billy Merrifield who was found at his home early Sunday.

More: https://bit.ly/4lGKA1J

Rest Easy Brother. Prayers for his family of blue and blood. 🙏🏽

BREAKING: According to the report, Colorado's homeless population increased by 90 percent since 2020. It's a sanctuary state, are we surprised?

Details: https://lawenforcementtoday.com/report-homelessness-up-by-90-since-2020-in-colorado

🎥 DoBetterDenver IG

The Trump Administration is officially putting an end to Joe Biden’s illegal student loan bailout attempts.
 
No student loan has been referred to collections since March 2020. But starting on May 5th, usedgov will resume involuntary collections for borrowers with defaulted federal student loans.
 
Debt cannot be wiped away – it just ends up getting transferred to others.
 
Why should Americans who didn’t go to college or went to college and responsibly paid back their loans – pay for other Americans’ student loans?
 
If you take out a loan – you must pay it back.

Karoline Leavitt

Nebraska: The Plum Creek Fire, sparked by an escaped prescribed burn, is burning through steep canyons and timber between Valentine and Ainsworth. As of now, the fire has scorched an estimated 12,000–14,000 acres and is 30% contained.

Nebraska Forest Service

⚠️Tornado Warning including Pecos County, TX until 6:00 PM CDT

In Greek mythology, Augeas (or Augeias, /ɔːˈdʒiːəs/, Ancient Greek: Αὐγείας), whose name means "bright", was king of Elis and father of Epicaste. Some ancient authors say that Augeas was one of the Argonauts.He is known for his stables, which housed the single greatest number of cattle in the country and had never been cleaned, until the time of the great hero Heracles. The derivative adjective augean came to signify a challenging task, typically improving or fixing something that is currently in a bad condition.

The fifth Labour of Heracles (Hercules in Latin) was to clean the Augean (/ɔːˈdʒiːən/) stables. Eurystheus intended this assignment both as humiliating (rather than impressive, like the previous labours) and as impossible, since the livestock were divinely healthy (immortal) and therefore produced an enormous quantity of dung (ἡ ὄνθος). Those stables had not been cleaned in over thirty years, and 3,000 cattle lived there. However, Heracles succeeded by rerouting the rivers Alpheus and Peneus to wash out the filth. (Wikipedia)

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DEVELOPING: Shelter in place ordered during SWAT standoff in La Jolla neighborhood.

The San Diego Police Department, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and SWAT teams arrived at a home in the area of La Jolla Scenic Drive and Via Casa Alta, near the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial.

The police department reports that a person is in their car with a gun, refusing to get out.
San Diego Police have closed several roads in the area, from La Jolla Scenic Drive S to Upper Hillside Drive. Police are asking the public to avoid the area and for residents to shelter in place while the standoff is ongoing.

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/san-diego/swat-la-jolla/

Chris Salcedo: "Democrats want you to know the rules they seek and have placed on you don't apply to them."

Abrams and her partner Ari Matusiak, CEO of Rewiring America, were both instrumental in securing the suspect $1.9 billion in grant money.

https://lawenforcementtoday.com/investigation-refutes-fact-checkers-defending-stacy-abrams-vindicates-president-trumps-reveal-of-1-9-billion-grant-connection

Got a firsthand look at the incredible forest management work CAL FIRE is leading in Paradise ahead of fire season.

We're accelerating our efforts across California, but we'll need the federal government to step up for the 57% of forestland they're responsible for.

Governor Gavin Newsom

Thoughts?

*NEWS INTERRUPTION*

Kansas: This was on I-70 in Russell County last Thursday.  Thankfully the driver was not injured, thanks to his seatbelt.

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, not saying this driver was distracted, but if you are, it can increase the risk of a crash by 23 times.

Trooper Tod

LAPD News: Central Division detectives are asking the public for help identifying a suspect seen on surveillance footage using a power saw to cut down several trees in the Downtown LA area.

LAPD PIO

Update: In 2nd trial, judge found guilty of shooting, killing wife during argument.

A jury found a former Orange County Superior Court judge guilty of intentionally killing his wife in 2023.

The first trial against 74-year-old Jeffrey Ferguson ended in a mistrial after the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict. His second trial ended Tuesday when the jury found him guilty of second-degree murder.

🚨The Jones Fire update:

EVACUATION NOTICE: Jones Road Wildfire

Mandatory evacuations are underway in the area of Route 9 in Lacey Twp., Ocean County.

Follow the direction of local authorities.

New Jersey Forest Fire Service

One more photo from yesterday's #WHEasterEggRoll, because it’s too good not to share. 🐰🇺🇸

The White House

Prayers for the Johnson County NC Sheriff's Office deputy who was shot in the line of duty this afternoon. 🙏🏽

Tennessee: JCSO deputy released from hospital after being shot following 421 chase.

Johnson County Sheriff Clifton Worley said a deputy in his office was in the area on Highway 421 when authorities from Watauga County, North Carolina notified them of an armed robbery at a convenience store in Vilas.

According to Worley, authorities up ahead on the highway were able to block the roadway. The suspect then reportedly got out of the vehicle, allowed it to continue forward and started firing at officers near a rock quarry.

“At which time our officers returned fire,” Worley said. “We had one officer struck, and the suspect was struck. One was airlifted to the hospital. The other was transported by ground. As far as I know, our officer, he’s OK, and he’ll be fine.”

More: https://www.wjhl.com/news/crime/chief-deputy-johnson-co-deputy-shot-in-stable-condition/

After her most recent arrest, ICE Boston transferred custody of Leandro De Oliveira over to the U.S. Marshals Service. She is expected to be prosecuted for illegal reentry after deportation.

https://lawenforcementtoday.com/another-day-another-illegal-alien-charged-with-child-sexual-assault-in-sanctuary-state-of-massachusetts

Watch: Mad Man Goes Loco on Figueroa.

04/19/25 Saturday Night at approximately 8:30 PM LAFD recieved a call for service near Figueroa St & Century Blvd in South Los Angeles. It came out as an expanded traffic collision. A fully involved mini van was engulfed in flames in the middle of traffic on Century Blvd. An irate man was standing near the burning vehicle swinging around a metal bat.

A Good Samaritan had tried to help put out the fire with a fire extinguisher but the man was combative and did not allow him to spray it. The fire grew larger as the man kept people from helping and was beating the van with his large metal stick.