Arkansas

A federal judge ruled Tuesday Arkansas must remove a Ten Commandments monument from state Capitol grounds, but put her order on hold so officials can appeal the decision.

U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker blocked the enforcement of the 2015 law requiring the privately-funded monument’s installation, ruling it violates the U.S. Constitution. Baker stayed her order giving the state time to appeal to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Chose to use the title of the article for the title of the post despite it being somewhat "eh".

Bullet points from the top of the article :

Another Trump Pardon: Nursing home operator Joseph Schwartz was convicted of a $39 million fraud, but President Donald Trump pardoned him just three months into a three-year prison term.

A Troubling Pattern: Schwartz is one of several nursing home operators convicted of crimes who were granted clemency by Trump.

Devastated Families: The families of some patients in Schwartz’s nursing homes have been awarded millions of dollars from lawsuits. But they haven’t been able to collect from him.

TLDR she was asked to leave because she made the staff and guests uncomfortable.

Washington, DC — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced legislation to keep Arkansas communities safer by providing grounds to revoke citizenship from any naturalized citizen who commits a felony or supports a terrorist group. The Naturalization Accountability Act will ensure that naturalized citizens who break our nation’s laws are subject to denaturalization criminal proceedings.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she was asked to leave a Little Rock restaurant after her office claims that the restaurant’s owner said employees felt “threatened and uncomfortable.”

According to a Wednesday night statement from the governor’s office, Sanders, while accompanied by an Arkansas State Police protection detail, was having lunch on Friday at the Little Rock restaurant called The Croissanterie.

“After the group had been seated at two separate tables for about an hour and fifteen minutes and had paid and tipped the restaurant staff, The Croissanterie’s owner approached a member of the Governor’s Executive Protection Detail and asked the Governor to leave because her presence was ‘making employees threatened and uncomfortable’ because of her political views,” the governor’s spokesperson said.

The governor’s spokesperson stated that Sander’s group began to leave the restaurant when a man standing with members of the staff, “yelled ‘it’s time to go’ and made a crude hand gesture in the Governor’s direction.”

The governor also shared a statement:

“Last week I was having lunch with two other moms at a restaurant when the owner approached a member of the State Police Executive Protection Detail and said my presence made their employees feel threatened and told us to leave. Arkansans are known for their warm hospitality, and while that restaurant certainly doesn’t meet that standard, my administration will continue to focus on lifting Arkansans up, not tearing others down with discrimination and hate.”

KARK 4 News has reached out to The Croissanterie for comment, but has not yet heard back.

URL is a direct link to the document on the arkansas.gov website.

I don't even know that much about Hallie Schoffner but Tom Cotton must be really nervous to be grasping at straws this desperately.

These kind of messages are rich considering Tom Cotton has spent the last 11 years in the Senate doing nothing for the average Arkansan aside from trying to make their lives more difficult.

I shouldn't be surprised.

Boat strike

These were “righteous strikes,” Cotton, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, told reporters on Capitol Hill.

Righteous meaning

acting in accord with [divine] or [moral] law: free from guilt or sin

So he is equating bombing of adrift boaters as combatants in a religious war? What religion could even morally justify that?

I don't know what the fuck this is, but I'm in.

(sorry, no peertube videos that I can find... yet) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSueN78OIk4

“We know that many of our families are feeling the effects of the government shutdown and the pause in SNAP benefits. For some, this will make an already difficult situation even harder. That’s why this effort is not just timely, it’s essential,” he said.

Nonperishable food items like canned goods, pasta, rice, peanut butter and cereal will all be accepted, as will personal care items like soap, deodorant and period products. Mabelvale Middle School Principal Jasmine Geter said it’s part of the community schools model used by her school and seven others in the district.

“That not only means focusing on academics, but also ensuring that our students and families have support that they need outside of the classroom. And that’s why having a school pantry is so important,” she said. “We know that when basic needs are met, students aren’t worried about food or hygiene, then we can focus on learning and growing and thriving.”

Michael Moon submitted a library book challenge form to the Benton School District on Oct. 2 asking for the novel “Jo: An Adaptation of Little Women (Sort Of)” by Kathleen Gros to be removed from the library at Mountain View Middle School.

Two weeks after Benton school officials ordered two books hidden from students, the North Little Rock School District ordered staff to block students’ digital access to dozens of LGBTQ+ books. Administrators called it “a proactive step to ensure all content used in our classrooms is appropriate for our students and respectful of family beliefs.”

Several parents expressed opposition to the decision, calling it censorship and unrepresentative of all NLRSD families, in emails to the district that the Advocate obtained via a public records request.

Yay!!! Can’t wait for the massive high paying jobs boost! /s

RTTL Exposed: The White Nationalist "Revolution" That's Really Just a Scam

In the hills of Sharp County, Arkansas, Eric Orwoll and Peter Csere claim they're building a Whites-only utopia - a bold “intentional community” for the far-right. They talk civil war, Christian values, and European heritage. But dig even a little, and the whole thing collapses into hypocrisy, cowardice, and fraud.

Forget the usual outrage over racism - this isn’t about that. This is about how Orwoll and Csere are conning their own followers, lying about their lives, hiding from scrutiny, copying jihadist tactics, and fleecing supporters for cash. Locals hate them, allies distrust them, and their pasts reek of porn, grift, and betrayal.

This isn’t a movement. It’s a mess. RTTL is a house of cards - and it’s already falling.

Springdale School District worker no longer employed after Charlie Kirk shooting post

https://4029tv.com/article/springdale-schools-employee-charlie-kirk/66070703

Pea Ridge School District worker put on leave over social media posts

https://4029tv.com/article/pea-ridge-schools-social-media/66070861

OSDE investigates teacher after 'disgraceful rhetoric' on Charlie Kirk's death posted online

https://4029tv.com/article/charlie-kirk-oklahoma-investigation/66067540