Jocelyn King recalls the days when a seemingly simple labor inquiry from a staffer would take her hours of Googling or thousands in legal fees to answer.
As a human resources professional at high-growth companies like Target, Ocado Group and Stratum Networks over the years, King would need to sift through a long string of labor laws in different states to determine whether her employer was compliant. If an employee requested maternity leave in California, for instance, she’d need to contend with as many as five regulations — six if they lived in San Francisco — that could apply in different circumstances. She was either spending too much money, or too much time, and still wasn’t sure if she was getting the right answers. “Especially because the laws change all the time and they’re very nuanced down to the local level,” she said.
“The idea popped in my mind,” she said, “it would be really cool if there was a way to use conditional logic programming to develop a piece of technology…
Read the full story from the Washington Business Journal.
Major international newspaper Financial Times featuring headlines with Donald Trump’s America First slogan at the inauguration as the 45th President of the United States. File photo: Hadrian, Shutter Stock, licensed.
PORTSMOUTH, OH – As I was perusing the American First Legal (AFL) website, I felt a sensation of relief and a rush of optimism. There are so many individuals, organizations, and agencies fighting diligently to save our great land of liberty. So many freedom-loving patriots across the USA. Folks, we are not alone. God is raising up leaders and helpers from sea to shining sea. America, the greatest country on planet Earth, is worth fighting for.
“We believe that all Americans deserve a government that puts their needs, their interests, and their country FIRST. This is the sacred obligation of every elected leader. This is the system our Founding Fathers established. This is the priceless heritage of every American citizen.”
AFL is led by senior members of the Trump Administration who were at the forefront of the America First movement. The team includes President Trump’s former Senior Advisor, Chief of Staff, Acting Attorney General, and Budget Director. “We have real-world experience carrying out critical legal, policy, and political battles at the highest levels of the U.S. government.”’
Loyal followers of Trump with knowledge of the Deep State regime. I’m praising God for AFL right now. They know how to battle the D.C. swamp.
Stephen Miller, President of America First Legal, served in the West Wing as Senior Advisor to the President for the entirety of the Trump Administration.
Kudos to Miller.
Gene Hamilton, Vice President and General Counsel of America First Legal. Prior to AFL, Gene served as Counselor to the Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice from 2017-2021—providing legal advice, counsel, and strategic guidance.
Kudos to Hamilton.
“America First Legal is a civil rights organization, committed to defending the principle of FULL EQUALITY under the law. We will not tolerate the conversion of our workplaces into Marxist propaganda centers.”
AFL knows about the Deep State’s agenda for a Marxist takeover of America.
“Our nation’s legal and constitutional order is predicated on the idea that all citizens, regardless of who they are or where their families come from, are entitled to full and equal treatment under the law. This is a bedrock of our entire system of justice. Yet, a pernicious new ideology has taken hold in the elite power centers of our country, which decrees that people must be judged expressly based upon their race, their gender, sexual preference, and their overall worldview – and either be rewarded or punished accordingly. This fundamentally anti-American ideology must be defeated.”
AFL is fighting woke cancel culture, critical race theory, and gender ideology for entire country.
“Often, this ideology of exclusion, segregation, and discrimination advances under the banner of “equity,” “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,” or “woke values,” but these gentle-sounding euphemisms are designed to mask a brute force agenda of social engineering, Marxist dehumanization, and overt racism and sexism. The tyranny of “equity” is in purposeful and direct conflict with the harmonious ideal of “equality.” Either America prevails in its defense of equality as the cornerstone of human progress, or we fall back into ancient patterns of division, denigration, and destruction.”
Yes, we must all unite and stand up for our God-given rights. “We the people.”
2023 AFL Lawsuits
BREAKING: America First Legal Uncovers How the Biden Administration Coordinated to Use Foreign Intelligence Tactics Against Americans to Censor Speech
Blockbuster Lawsuit: American First Legal and Texas Partner With Oklahoma to Sue Biden’s HHS for Relinquishing Our Sovereignty to WHO Tyranny
America First Legal Continues Fighting to Protect Title IX and Girls’ Sports from Biden’s Extreme Gender Ideology in Brief Filed with the Sixth Circuit
American First Legal Sues Pennsylvania School District for Illegally Subjecting Children to Radical Curriculum and Circumventing Parental and Religious Rights Under the Law
America First Legal Partners with Texas and Massive Coalition of 20 States in Filing Emergency Lawsuit to Shutdown Biden’s New Plan to Illegally Transport Legions of Unauthorized Aliens into the United States
America First Legal Files Landmark Class-Action Lawsuit Against Six Texas Medical Schools for Using Illegal Race and Sex Preferences
After reading about the AFL, I felt like clapping and shouting. God has certainly raised up these attorneys “for such a time as this.” Keep AFL in your prayers.
With the firearms enhancement charge now dropped, Baldwin is now only facing a possible 18 months if convicted, according to district attorney spokesperson Heather Brewer. File photo: Jeffrey Bruno, Shutter Stock, licensed.
SANTA FE, NM – The legal team representing Alec Baldwin scored a win for their client after the District Attorney prosecuting the fatal shooting case against the Hollywood actor dropped one of the charges on Monday, greatly lowering the potential jail time he faces.
On October 21, 2021, Baldwin, 63, was filming on the set of the western movie “Rust” at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, when he discharged a gun being used as a prop – that had somehow been loaded with a real bullet – killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, and injuring director Joel Souza, 48.
After an investigation, Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter in commission of a lawful act; a firearms enhancement charge was added, which relates to an individual “brandishing” a firearm.
JUST IN: DA Drops Gun Enhancement Charge Against Alec Baldwin https://t.co/nGaXY1JGEA
— The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) February 20, 2023
First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies dropped the firearms enhancement charge originally brought against Baldwin in his involuntary manslaughter case; if the actor had been convicted with the firearms enhancement charge intact, he would have been facing a mandatory 5 years in jail.
However, with the firearms enhancement charge now dropped, Baldwin is now only facing a possible 18 months if convicted, according to district attorney spokesperson Heather Brewer.
“In order to avoid further litigious distractions by Mr. Baldwin and his attorneys, the District Attorney and the special prosecutor have removed the firearm enhancement to the involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of Halyna Hutchins on the ‘Rust’ film set,” she said. “The prosecution’s priority is securing justice, not securing billable hours for big-city attorneys.”
Baldwin’s attorneys had previously argued against the firearms enhancement charge, saying that it was “unconstitutional” to include it since the law had been passed after the shooting had taken place.
“The prosecutors committed a basic legal error by charging Mr. Baldwin under a version of the firearm-enhancement statute that did not exist on the date of the accident,” Baldwin’s attorneys said in a court filing.
Legal experts, including former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani, agreed with Baldwin’s legal team.
“The District Attorney has to be embarrassed,” Rahmani said. “Charging a law retroactively is a constitutional violation, and something that every first year law student knows not to do. Now, she has egg on her face after overcharging the case and grandstanding for the press. She has made one legal blunder after another, and may be in over her head.”
Baldwin will make his first court appearance on February 24, which will be livestreamed on YouTube.
Despite today’s national holiday being called by some President’s Day, it’s not actually set aside to honor all the holders of that high office. Today is Washington’s Birthday, well Wednesday, Feb. 22, will be. And that’s not really George’s birthday either, for he was born Feb. 11. When he was 20 years old, in 1752, the old Julian calendar was changed to the current Gregorian system and 11 days were added.
But we will still use today’s occasion to reflect on a man who followed Washington: Georgia’s Jimmy Carter, as he receives hospice care at his home in the little town of Plains at age 98. He was not a great president like Washington or Lincoln. Indeed, Carter had a troubled presidency for four years, but had a very successful post presidency for more than 40 years, promoting peace, democracy, human rights and development.
GAZA CITY, GAVA STRIP – JUNE 16: In this handout from the Hamas Government, the head of Hamas goverment in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh (R), sits with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (R) June 16, 2009 in Gaza City, the Gaza Strip. Carter is in the Gaza strip fro talks with the Hamas government about conditions to end the international boycott of the Islamic milutant group. (Photo by Muhammad Alostaz/Hamas via Getty Images)
Former US president Jimmy Carter helps build a house as he visits the construction site of houses being built by Carter’s Habitat for Humanity foundation for victims of the January 2010 earthquake in Leogane, 33km south of Port-au-Prince, on November 26, 2012. AFP PHOTO Thony BELIZAIRE (Photo credit should read THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP via Getty Images)
Former US president Jimmy Carter visits the Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon on April 5, 2013. Carter headed to Myanmar and Nepal, hoping to find ways to encourage democracy in the two Asian nations, which are undergoing political transitions. AFP PHOTO/ SOE THAN WIN (Photo credit should read Soe Than WIN/AFP via Getty Images)
Bill Gates snr, father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates (L), former South African President Nelson Mandela (C) and former President of the U.S Jimmy Carter all sit and cradle babies from the Zola clinic in Soweto, 07 March 2002. The US-based Gates Foundation awarded US150,000 to four South African AIDS projects at the ceremony held at the clinic.
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405512 03: Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) speaks with the former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) and his wife Rosalyn during a departure ceremony at Jose Marti International airport May 17, 2002 in Havana, Cuba. Carter visited for six days in an effort to improve relations between the U.S. and Cuba. (Photo by Jorge Rey/Getty Images)
South African cleric Desmond Tutu (2nd L-front), former US president Jimmy Carter (R) and ex-UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi (L) receive bouquets of flowers as they cross from the Greek Cypriot-controlled side to the Turkish military-controlled areas of the Cypriot capital Nicosia on October 9, 2008. The group of the international statesmen known as “The Elders” are visiting the divided island of Cyprus to support UN-backed peace talks between the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot sides. They met representatives of both communities on the island in a bid to spur on negotiations that started in earnest on September 11 between Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat. AFP PHOTO/STEFANOS KOURATZIS (Photo credit should read STEFANOS KOURATZIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Former US president Jimmy Carter (L) helps build a house as he visits the construction site of houses being built by Carter’s Habitat for Humanity foundation for victims of the January 2010 earthquake in Leogane, 33km south of Port-au-Prince, on November 26, 2012. AFP PHOTO Thony BELIZAIRE (Photo credit should read THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP via Getty Images)
MONROVIA, LIBERIA – OCTOBER 11: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter leaves a polling site October 11, 2005 in Monrovia, Liberia. The Carter Center, founded by Carter to promote peace initiatives and health issues worldwide, is in Liberia to monitor the elections along with the National Democratic Institute. Liberia, beset by 13 years of savage civil war and two years of uncertain peace, held internationally-monitored elections October 11, a landmark achievement after two years of United Nations military occupation. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – OCTOBER 31: (NO SALES) In this handout image provided by the Elders, Jimmy Carter walks with his grandsons Jeremy Carter (R), 22, and Hugo Wentzel, 10 during a picnic event on October 31, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey.Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu and their fellow Elders invited their grandchildren to join them this week to remind the world of the catastrophic risk of climate change to future generations. The seven Elders and their thirteen grandchildren from Asia, Africa, Europe and America met in Istanbul with the group ranging in age from 3 to 85. Global Elders enlist their grandchildren’s help to warn of the perils of climate change. (Photo by Kate Brooks/The Elders via Getty Images)
JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Former US President Jimmy Carter (C-back) and former Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (3rd L-behind-with glasses) observe local election officials speaking with a voter (R) at a polling station in Jakarta, 05 July 2004. Carter and Chuan are here as official observers as polls opened in Indonesia’s first direct presidential election, with more than 153 million voters eligible to choose from five potential leaders. AFP PHOTO/ARIF ARIADI (Photo credit should read ARIF ARIADI/AFP via Getty Images)
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktum (L), Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Minister of Defence, and former US president Jimmy Carter, holding the International Zayed Prize for the Environment, stand during a ceremony in Dubai 22 April 2001. Carter, who received the first prize of USD 500,000, was recognized for his vision and work on world poverty, human health, human settlement and peace. AFP PHOTO/Rabih MOGHRABI (Photo credit should read RABIH MOGHRABI/AFP via Getty Images)
MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE: Former US President Jimmy Carter (L) congratulates 02 December 2004 a Mozambican family after they’ve voted during presidential elections in Maputo, Mozambique. Mozambique’s long-time President Joaquim Chissano expressed surprise Thursday at the abysmal turn-out in elections to choose his successor, and blamed the poor showing on widespread illiteracy and ignorance of political systems. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Carter years saw high inflation, which exceeded 10% in 1979 and peaked in 1980 at close to 15% and interest rates were equally punishing, with the Fed setting their benchmark at 17%. He did manage to win ratification of the Panama Canal treaty, a goal of presidents for decades, with a Senate with 62 Democrats. (The post-Watergate House had 292 Democrats, a 67% supermajority).
His greatest achievement was the Camp David accords between Egypt and Israel. And while Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin shared the Nobel Peace Prize a month after they signed in 1978, Carter would have to wait 24 years to get his own Nobel.
Carter tried to heal the nation on his first full day in office by pardoning those who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War. But the highpoints were few.
From his malaise speech on America’s spirit which never used the word “malaise,” to the overthrow of the shah of Iran, creating an oil crisis and long lines to buy gasoline and the hostage crisis that bedeviled Carter to the moment that Ronald Reagan was sworn in, Carter was beset. Still, Jimmy Carter was an honest and honorable man who served his country.
