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SHOCKER: Democrat-Run Danbury Votes to Put Non-Citizens in Police Uniforms After ICE Raids — Mayor Who Grew Up Illegal Cheers the Move

While federal agents were still rounding up illegal aliens in western Connecticut, the Democrat-dominated Danbury City Council voted 18-2 to let non-citizens pin on a badge and police American citizens.

The ordinance, approved Tuesday night, opens Danbury Police Department hiring to lawful permanent residents and DACA recipients, so-called “Dreamers” who were brought here illegally as children and remain in the country under an Obama-era executive program that Congress never made law.

All 17 Democrats on the council supported the ordinance, along with one Republican. The only two opposing votes came from Republicans, according to Fox News.

Police Chief Patrick Ridenhour similarly argued that applicants will still be required to undergo background checks, psychological evaluations, medical and drug screenings, polygraph examinations, training, and civil-service testing, according to Patch.

But critics say the dispute is not merely about testing standards. It is about whether the extraordinary government power to carry a firearm, detain people, and arrest American citizens should be entrusted to someone who has not obtained American citizenship.

Councilwoman Candace Fay attempted to force separate votes on permanent residents and DACA recipients, but her motion was rejected. Fay reportedly warned that DACA protection is temporary and could be withdrawn, potentially leaving taxpayers responsible for training an officer who later becomes ineligible to remain in the country.

Democrat Councilman Joe Britton said the quiet part out loud. The vote, he declared, “sends a message to our immigrant community at large that you are welcome in Danbury.” He added that once the uniform goes on, background “doesn’t matter.”

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Disgraced New England mayor drags heels repaying $240,000 taxpayer cash

A former Connecticut mayor has repeatedly blown past deadlines to repay the $240,000 in taxpayer money that she allegedly misused while in office. 

Erin Stewart, 39, suspended her gubernatorial campaign in May after an investigation exposed alleged misuse of a New Britain credit card to ‘benefit herself, members of her family and her political campaigns,’ the city said.

The city alleged that Stewart improperly boosted her income in the 12 years she ran city hall.

After missing the first two deadlines, New Britain said that Stewart owes a total of $241,558 in attorneys’ fees, taxpayer funds and tuition reimbursement.

‘I take the allegations that have been made against me very seriously,’ the former mayor said in a public statement. ‘And for that reason, I am suspending my gubernatorial campaign effective immediately so that I can focus on addressing those claims.’

Stewart and her charity, the Mayor’s Trophy Charity Fund, were investigated by the Crumbie Law Group who were hired by Mayor Bobby Sanchez, Stewart’s successor, the CT Mirror reported. 

The Republican allegedly used more than $30,000 of the city funds to pay for her master’s degree program in public administration at the University of New Haven, News 8 reported. 

Another $22,000 of city money was allegedly spent on deliveries to her home including clothes, makeup, an ice maker, diapers and baby formula, documents obtained by the outlet showed. 

The card also funded nearly $20,000 in membership fees as well as food and drink at a private social club, the Hartford Club, the Mirror reported. 

According to a letter addressed to Connecticut Attorney General William Tong on June 5, New Britain also accused Stewart of buying items with the city-issued card between 2016 and 2025 and selling them in a ‘moving-out tag sale.’

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CT SOTS Thomas Flubs Her Way Through A Presser On An Alleged Probe She Won’t Even Call DHS About

Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas called a noon briefing today on the voter-fraud “surge” CNN reported Monday.

CNN said Connecticut is one of nine states where HSI is supposed to work leads, do interviews, and send cases to prosecutors from now through mid-October — with the focus on noncitizens who registered or voted. Thomas then spent the rest of the time insisting she has no idea if any of that is real.

“Here’s what we don’t know,” she said, shrugging her shoulders. She doesn’t know if the report is true. She doesn’t know why Connecticut would be picked. She doesn’t know who or what might be investigated. She doesn’t know “what specific activity is planned,” or when.

Her office has not heard from DHS. No registrar has reported agents at the door. Asked why she didn’t call DHS herself, she waved it off as “just one report” — not worth her morning. Yet she still had time to book a presser about that one report.

She said Connecticut “believes so strongly” in election integrity that it has the State Election Enforcement Commission (SEEC) to look at this stuff. Illegal votes “should be investigated.” Accountability, if the facts are there. Then came the punchline: DHS has given her no evidence of an ineligible voter in Connecticut — in an investigation she also says may not even exist.

She called it “unusual” so close to an election and quoted the old DOJ line that “overt” steps can “chill” legitimate voting. That, she said, is why she was at the podium. Not to describe the probe. To tell people not to panic. Voters “are already afraid,” she said — especially after the late-August USPS fight — and they stop her everywhere. The Chris Murphys of the world fueled that fear with warnings that there might not be an election. Thomas’s answer: there will be a secure election “on many fronts.” Not all fronts. Many.

She said the office was flooded last week with people “so confused” about mail-in ballots that she spent the week talking them down. The question she hears most: will there even be an election on November 3? She laughed, nervously, that “confusion has no party affiliation.” The Centinal has filed a records request for that flood of communications.

Call her office, she said. In our experience, that office does not call back.

Q&A made it worse. No time to phone DHS. Time to stage a briefing. She’ll wait and see.

She promised registrars keep the voter rolls clean. Unite4Freedom’s analysis of the 2022 midterms alleged more than a hundred thousand apparent voting violations. SEEC “timed out” that complaint. If the goal is the cleanest list in America, those claims deserved more than just a shrug.

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Where are the Environmentalists? Illegals Destroying Connecticut’s Natural Resources

In Westport, Connecticut, residents are facing the devastating environmental impact of illegals refusing to follow local laws to protect marine life.

Although there are laws meant to limit the harvesting of shellfish in the state, to protect the population of clams, steamers, oysters, and mussels, illegals are ignoring the laws and creating what could become devastating for the shellfish population in the area.

The Connecticut Sentinel notes that Connecticut General Statutes § 26-228 “prohibits taking any shells or shellfish from the shores or waters of the state between sunset and sunrise. The penalty is a fine of $100–$500 and/or up to 30 days in jail. Westport’s recreational shellfishing regulations explicitly adopt this rule. Harvesting is allowed only from sunrise to sunset.”

A resource guide from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), notes, “Shellfish are important to Connecticut’s coastal communities and economies, the waters of Long Island Sound and the many species of marine wildlife that rely upon them.”

“The harvest and cultivation of shellfish along our shores provides local food, jobs, contributes to the maritime economy, and shellfisheries are an important part of the state’s history and culture.”

“Connecticut’s aquaculture industry is an important agriculture sector. Aquaculture is the 7th highest valued agriculture product in the state according to the USDA Census of Agriculture. Marine aquaculture is the largest sector.”

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Illegals Raping Natural Resources In Westport, Cops Don’t Care, Town Doesn’t Care, State Doesn’t Care

There are a lot of people in Westport, CT who profess to care for the environment, or is that just a control mechanism to gain political power?

Because, no one cares in Westport when their environment is being destroyed as long as its being done by illegal aliens. By the hundreds. Every Night. Till there is nothing left.

Night harvesting is banned statewide

Connecticut General Statutes § 26-228 prohibits taking any shells or shellfish from the shores or waters of the state between sunset and sunrise. The penalty is a fine of $100–$500 and/or up to 30 days in jail. Westport’s recreational shellfishing regulations explicitly adopt this rule. Harvesting is allowed only from sunrise to sunset.

Limits and permit requirements

  • A Westport recreational shellfish permit is required (annual or one-day). Children under 17 do not need their own permit but must be with a permitted adult. The permit must be displayed while harvesting.
  • Daily limit: ½ bushel of shellfish per person in any 24-hour period. “Unlimited” is not allowed.
  • Size limits apply (examples): hard clams (quahogs) must be at least 1.5 inches or 1 inch thick; oysters at least 3 inches; soft-shell clams 1.5 inches; razor clams 4 inches; mussels 2 inches. Undersized shellfish must be returned immediately.
  • Harvest is for personal/family consumption only, not sale.

But, illegal night harvesting is happening at a massive scale in Westport, and across the state.

“Unbelievable, isn’t it? Take a ride by old Mill and look at the Spanish guys with Minor’s hats on, responded one resident we asked who lives in the Compo Beach area when asked if what was going on nightly is legal.

“There’s no blue crabs left. No steamers. No Clams. No mussels.

“The answer to your question absolutely not especially now it’s been closed down with all the rain.”

Another resident of Old Mill told us, “There’s nothing left, they stripped the place clean.”

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CAIR-CT’s New “Back To School” Guide Offers More Political Activism Than Student Support

As Connecticut families prepare for another school year, the Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) has released its 2025-26 Back to School Resource Guide.

Framed as a helpful tool for Muslim students facing “challenges to their identity, inclusion, and religious accommodation,” the document is far more than a neutral rights pamphlet.

It is a sophisticated advocacy package that pushes special accommodations, encourages school closures for Islamic holidays, promotes a highly selective 9/11 curriculum, and injects a one-sided narrative on Palestine into classrooms—all while positioning CAIR as the indispensable intermediary between families and public schools. This is particularly relevant now that CAIR-CT has also positioned itself as a “partner” to the Connecticut State Department of Education on the development of K-12 Islamic and Arab Studies curriculum resources.

The guide opens with familiar civil-rights language: Muslim students have the right to a safe environment free from bullying, reasonable religious accommodations (prayer space, excused absences for Eid, alternatives during Ramadan fasting, modest dress including the hijab), and protection from discrimination. These are legitimate concerns under existing federal and state law. No serious observer disputes that students of any faith should be free from harassment or should receive reasonable accommodations for sincerely held beliefs.

But CAIR-CT does not stop at equal treatment.

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Connecticut Board of Education Member Wearing Cat Ears Declares Black Teachers Should Be Paid More Because It’s an ‘Extra Burden’ to Work While Black

A West Hartford, Connecticut Board of Education member wearing cat ears is being brutally mocked on social media after a video surfaced of her arguing that black teachers deserve higher pay because it’s “an extra burden” to be black.

In footage shared by Libs of TikTok, LaToya Yagaloff, a Democrat vice chair of the board, can be heard making the case during a public meeting that black teachers deserve higher pay based on their race.

Yagaloff claims that financial incentives will attract greater diversity.

“Are there financial incentives for black and brown people to work here? It’s an extra burden, quite frankly, to be a black and brown teacher and administrator in the district, so I think we need to start thinking about that financially if we’re not already,” she stated.

“We got money,” she laughs.

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TRUMP DOJ Sues New York, Connecticut, and Vermont for Giving Illegal Aliens In-State Tuition and Financial Aid While Americans Pay More

The Justice Department has now filed 17 lawsuits challenging state tuition benefits for illegal aliens, and says it will continue until American citizens are no longer treated as second-class students.

The Trump Justice Department is turning up the heat on three more Democrat-run states accused of placing illegal aliens ahead of American citizens.

On Monday, the Department of Justice filed lawsuits against New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, challenging state laws that provide qualifying illegal aliens with in-state tuition rates, financial assistance, and scholarships unavailable on the same terms to American citizens living outside those states.

The DOJ alleges that the blue-state programs violate federal law, encourage illegal immigration, and force American students to compete under a system tilted against them.

Let that sink in: An American citizen living across the state line may be charged the full out-of-state tuition rate while someone unlawfully present in the country can qualify for taxpayer-supported benefits based on state residency.

In New York, the average in-state tuition and fees run about $8,300 while out-of-state students pay more than double. Connecticut and Vermont have long maintained similar two-tier systems that favor those who broke federal immigration law over American families from neighboring states.

According to the Justice Department, that arrangement directly conflicts with 8 U.S.C. § 1623. The federal statute generally prohibits states from awarding residence-based higher-education benefits to aliens who are not lawfully present unless the same benefits are available to U.S. citizens regardless of where they live.

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Connecticut: Where The Biggest Criminal Is The Government

It is staggering to me and to many others how mired Connecticut participates in various forms of crime of all types, where little to nothing is ever done to cause the perpetrators to account. Moreover, several types of activity such as gambling, weed, and abusive practices with children in educational settings have been made “legal”, regardless of their deleterious effects on the citizenry. Sophisticated patterns of self-dealing, larceny, and financial fraud from high-ranking government officials are as much of a hallmark of the Great Nutmeg State as New Haven Pizza. 

But as the crimes mount and the nationwide shock grows at yet another Connecticut crime, scam, or embarrassment, one thing is for sure:

Crime is simply a way of life in Connecticut, and the biggest criminal, is the state government.

Let’s start with something we are all familiar with. Death. Death is an everyday occurrence in the state of Connecticut. Some deaths are caused by criminals and crime. One such example, which could have been avoided was the senseless death of off-duty Bridgeport Police Officer Cooper Whiteside, who was only 38, years old  and passenger Brittany Islami, only 34 years old. Ms. Islami had three children who now have no mother. They were killed by a Melissa Ramirez, who allegedly had a had a blood alcohol content almost twice the legal limit. 

What was not reported in this state-run media article, (nor, as of the time of this writing was even mentioned by ANY candidate or elected official), was that Ramirez, was an illegal alien. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed in a statement to The Connecticut Centinal that Ramirez was in the country illegally.  This person who was here illegally did not have a Connecticut driver’s license according to the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, and a substance abuse issue. It is interesting to note that there was little mention in Connecticut’s mainstream state-run media as to Ramirez being in our country illegally, because in Connecticut crime is a way of life, and Connecticut is the paterfamilias Criminal.

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Connecticut’s Hidden Carbon Tax Is About To Get More Expensive

Connecticut residents know their electric bills are packed with government costs. The public benefits charge is printed directly on the bill, where customers can see it.

RGGI is harder to spot.

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative — pronounced “Reggie” — is a multistate carbon-pricing program covering large fossil-fuel power plants. Connecticut and 10 other states limit the number of tons of carbon dioxide that power generators may emit and auction allowances, each permitting one ton of emissions.

Power plants must buy enough allowances to cover their emissions. As the states reduce the number available, the price tends to rise. Power generators pay for the allowances and build those costs into the price of electricity.

There is no separate “RGGI charge” on the bill. The cost is buried in the price of electricity.

Now the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) wants to tighten the program again, beginning in 2027. Connecticut residents have until Aug. 3 to comment.

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