Ladies and gentlemen (and I do mean ladies and gentlemen), we have some updates here for you today.
The news is a constant stream of absolute insanity, and everyone is competing to be the first with the scoop. But after a story has had its 15 minutes of fame, it usually fades into the background. On some days, a massive scandal is eclipsed by another scandal in a matter of minutes.
So if you've ever found yourself wondering, "What in the heck happened with that story?", that's what we hope to answer here.
These are 4 stories that Not The Bee previously reported on with updates on how things are going now:
1. New York City's plan to hand out $53 million in debit cards to illegals:
On February 3, we reported on NYC Mayor Eric Adams' plan to dole out taxpayer funds on preloaded debit cards to illegals, because that totally couldn't backfire, right?
On Tuesday of this week, Fox News reported that the city has moved along with this stellar plan:
The first batch of debit cards, which are reportedly meant to be used by the illegal immigrants to purchase food and baby supplies, were handed out Monday to a handful of migrant families in the city, New York City Mayor Eric Adams' office confirmed to Fox News Digital.
The effort is part of a reported $53 million pilot program to hand out prepaid credit cards to migrant families housed in hotels despite public outcry.
The program, which the mayor's office confirmed will provide migrant families of four with two children under 5 with up to $350 each week until the end of their stay, began with a limited number of families on Monday and will expand to about 115 families, or roughly 460 people, over the next week.
Adams has previously decried the massive strain that illegals are putting on the city's resources - to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars a year (and increasing), leading to budget cuts everywhere, from police services to schools.
For some reason, he thinks handing out "free" money will solve the problem.
Under the pilot program, which is expected to last for six weeks, migrants could receive more money from the city than the state gives to low-income and elderly New Yorkers under SNAP benefits.
According to the state's website, single households are eligible for up to $291 a month in SNAP benefits aimed at providing "low-income working people, senior citizens, the disabled and others" money to buy food products.
Americans last, amiright?
2. What happened with The Blaze reporter who was arrested for entering the Capitol in his job as a member of the press on January 6, 2021:
On March 1, we reported on the arrest of Steve Baker, a reporter with The Blaze who has been fighting a multi-year battle with the federal government for entering the Capitol on J6 in his official role as a reporter.
Baker made the rounds this month on conservative programs, talking with Allie Beth Stuckey, Tucker Carlson, and others about the arrest and the story behind it.
A judge slapped Baker with a warning this week for supposedly violating his pretrial conditions - a move we've come to expect from judges who have an axe to grind with fellow citizens who dabble in anti-regime thoughtcrime.
Baker told Blaze News that according to his pre-trial restrictions, he's not allowed to possess a firearm and he has to report every contact he has with law enforcement to his pretrial services officer.
But this presents two problems for Baker: He told Blaze News he carries a gun as a means of self-defense due to online threats he's received, and part of his job with Blaze News is speaking to law enforcement personnel — and doing so confidentially.
Baker told Blaze News he explained all of this to his North Carolina pretrial services officer, and things seemed well on both fronts. But Baker said despite that, the D.C. pretrial services officer after that somehow reported Baker as being in noncompliance with both conditions, which Baker told Blaze News is not the case.
Seems par for the course for DC right there.
Baker also told Blaze News that the D.C. pretrial services officer said he was in noncompliance because he didn't want to remove firearms from his North Carolina home due to threats against him — but Baker again told Blaze News that's not accurate.
In fact, Baker added to Blaze News that he turned in his handgun to his attorney in Dallas prior to his March 1 surrender, that his gun is now stored in his attorney's safe, and that he hasn't been carrying since then. Baker added to Blaze News: "I am NOT carrying now and am in complete compliance in that regard."
Nothing like stripping a man receiving active death threats of his right to defend himself because he filmed an event as a member of the press.
As for the condition of reporting law enforcement contacts, Baker noted to Blaze News that the D.C. pretrial services officer misinterpreted his conversation with the North Carolina pretrial services officer and, again, incorrectly found Baker in noncompliance.
If I didn't know any better, I'd say the "justice" system is trying to destroy the guy before he's even been to trial. Gotta love the banana in the republic.
3. The Christian vet who smashed the Satanic Temple idol in the Iowa State Capitol:
In December, we reported on the absolute Chad (you may think that's biased but I only report the facts!) who smashed a Satanic statue inside the Iowa State Capitol. In January, he was charged with a hate crime (cuz hating Satan is illegal now I guess).
Michael Cassidy, the Navy vet who destroyed the Satan statue, is seeking to get the hate crime charge removed, as it allows prosecutors to make his potential penalties more severe (hate crimes laws only serve to make examples of people the government hates).
In a Friday court filing, attorney Sara Pasquale for Michael Cassidy wrote that the "violation of individual rights" enhancement in the case is inapplicable as well as unconstitutional, according to the Des Moines Register.
Pasquale wrote that the law regarding crimes motivated by "the person's (victim's) race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability" was not applicable in Cassidy's case, as the display was owned by the Satanic Temple and is a legal entity, not an individual that can have a race, sex, disability, or practice a religion.
"It could never be said, save in Wonderland, that Best Buy is Buddhist," Pasquale wrote.
Cassidy had previously been charged with only a fourth-degree misdemeanor.
Pasquale noted that the Satanic Temple is not a religion for the purposes of the statute, as a religion entails "a system of faith and worship," and the Satanic Temple has specifically said they don't have "a belief in a personal Satan. She also noted comments made by a temple leader in which it was a "common misconception" that "the Satanic Temple is a theistic religion that worships Satan as an entity."
"(The Temple's) own words establish that it is not a religion within the ordinary meaning of religion, as they have no faith, do not worship, and reject the supernatural," Pasquale wrote. "That they call themselves a religion simply does not make it so."
Even if it is found that the law is applicable, Pasquale wrote that it would still violate free speech as outlined in the Iowa and US Constitutions.
"Because (the hate crime law) in this case seeks to punish Cassidy's thoughts, it cannot withstand constitutional muster as it violates the First Amendment which protects 'the freedom to think,'" she wrote.
Cassidy's trial is scheduled for May.
4. The plan to boycott Tyson for closing a plant that employs American citizens and legal residents, then announcing plans to hire tens of thousands of illegals:
On March 17, we reported on food-giant Tyson's plan to close a small-town factory in Iowa at the same time it is allegedly seeking to hire illegals for cheap labor.
Sen. JD Vance discussed the focus on hiring illegals in a segment with Fox News' Jesse Watters.
This led to widespread calls for a boycott of Tyson's brands.
And, well, if the comments on social media are anything, the anger hasn't quite died down yet.
One conservative investment fund group also pulled its funding from Tyson after the news broke.
The American Conservative Values ETF, an exchange-traded fund managed by Ridgeline Research LLC, divested from the company and slapped a "refuse to buy" rating on its stocks for its clientele.
"We believe Tyson's management has blundered into a political minefield (and should have known better)," Ridgeline founder and CEO Bill Flaig told Fox Business ...
Tyson Foods and the media fact-checkers, however, are telling us it's all a big, fat lie.
From the Associated Press:
CLAIM: Tyson Foods is hiring 52,000 people who entered the U.S. illegally.
THE FACTS: The company has no current plans to hire 52,000 workers in the U.S., a spokesperson for the company said. In addition, all of its workers are required to have legal authorization for employment in the country.
"That is categorically false," Tyson said of the claims spreading online.
Tyson told The Associated Press that it has between 5-8% of roles open in its 500 U.S. locations at any given time, "all of which are available to anyone who is qualified and legally authorized to work in the United States."
"Tyson Foods is strongly opposed to illegal immigration," it wrote in a statement.
Oh, well I guess that answers —
Tyson said that approximately 42,000 of its current U.S. employees are noncitizens with work authorization.
HAAAAAAA.
So a third of its 120,000 employees are "noncitizens with work authorization," which these days essentially means "everyone crossing the border."
The false claims appear to stem from a Bloomberg article published March 11 about Tyson's Tent Partnership for Refugees commitment. Garrett Dolan, associate director of human resources at Tyson, said in the article that the company plans to hire 52,000 people for factory jobs in 2024. According to Tyson, Dolan "misspoke."
Poor guy is going to be disappeared for saying the quiet part out loud, isn't he??
If you wish to boycott Tyson, I hate to break it to you, but you'll likely have to boycott Chick-Fil-A.
I'm not sure where Chick-Fil-A sources their chicken ... only that a chicken supplier and a restaurant that sells chicken are listed side-by-side here!
The change comes after Tyson, America's biggest poultry company, last summer ended its eight-year-pledge to keep antibiotics out of its chicken. Like Chick-fil-A, Tyson said it will ensure the chicken it produces is not fed antibiotics that are important to the treatment of humans...
Welp.
Anyway, that's all for now. If you have any other stories that you'd like to see an update on, let us know!
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