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Joe Biden sat down for a one-on-one interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett to discuss his dumpster fire economy.
Biden thought he was going to have a softball interview with CNN but he completely crumbled when Erin Burnett fact-checked him to his face.
Burnett pointed out that the economy is the most important issue for voters.
“It’s also true, Mr. President that voters, by a wide margin, trust Trump more on the economy. They say that in polls,” Erin Burnett said.
She continued, “The cost of buying a home in the United States is double – if you look at what it was, the monthly costs before the pandemic.”
“Real income, when you account for inflation is actually down since you took office,” Burnett said. “Economic growth last week, far short of expectations.”
“Consumer confidence, maybe no surprise, is near a two-year a low. With less than 6 months until Election Day, are you worried that you are running out of time to turn that around?” Erin Burnett asked Biden.
Biden snapped and immediately rattled off his talking points. Of course, all he did was lie.
“We already turned it around!” Biden exclaimed. “The polling data has been wrong all along!”
Burnett interjected as Biden claimed the US has the strongest economy in the world: “The GDP was far short of expectations.”
Biden denied this and falsely claimed inflation was 9% when he came into office.
LIES!
Inflation was 1.4% when Biden took office in January 2021.
Joe Biden blamed people’s financial struggles on “corporate greed.”
VIDEO:
SAVAGE: CNN just aired the most brutal 2-minute takedown of Joe Biden’s Presidency during an interview with him as a reporter hurls rapid-fire reality checks to his FACE:
"Voters trust Trump more on the economy."
"Housing prices have doubled"
"Real income is down after… pic.twitter.com/OeJ4AE6BXa
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 8, 2024
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The United States is supposed to be unique in that we are the only country in the world that has true freedom of speech. Radical liberals have made it their mission however to impose hate speech laws that would criminalize unpopular opinions, and even the truth.
This has already been done around the world.
The Gateway Pundit reports,
A 27-year-old German politician has been convicted of incitement to hatred for discussing rape statistics in Germany.
Marie-Thérèse Kaiser, a local leader in the Alternative for Germany (AFD) party, was fined and given a criminal record for asking questions about the disproportionate number of migrants from Afghanistan convicted of sexual assault.
The European Conservative reports:
“The Verden regional court in Lower Saxony has upheld a verdict against Rotenburg AfD leader Marie-Thérèse Kaiser for incitement to hatred. The 27-year-old was also found guilty in the appeal hearing on Monday of inciting hatred against Afghan local workers.
For this, the politician now has to pay 100 day fines (a type of fine related to daily income of the convicted) plus a fine of €60, a total of €6,000. In Germany, you are considered to have a criminal record if you are sentenced to pay more than 90 day fines.
The charge was based on a post that Kaiser had spread on her social media accounts in August 2021. In it, she wrote: “Afghanistan refugees; Hamburg SPD mayor for ‘unbureaucratic’ acceptance; Welcoming culture for gang rape?”
Among other things, the politician linked to an article showing that Afghans in Germany are particularly heavily involved in gang rape.”
Our first amendment freedom of speech is under siege and has been whittled away to the point that it arguably no longer exists. If hate speech laws are passed here it will be the final nail in the coffin and the death of free speech around the world.
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This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire
By Keith T. Holcomb
Real Clear Wire
Public confidence in the military has slipped. One major reason is the politicization of senior military officers, who show an increasing propensity to compromise their integrity to gain influence and achieve both budgetary and policy goals. Their willingness to spin carefully parsed and knowingly misleading testimony and advice compromises civilian control of the military. Simply stated, these generals and admirals are not providing full and complete representations of plans, concepts, and assessments to senior civilians in the executive and legislative branches, thereby depriving them of the unbiased information they require to make decisions required by the Constitution.
In an era of increasing complexity, cleverly constructed narratives that present simplified, politicized positions to the general population have taken on out-sized importance. Senior officers increasingly are attempting to manipulate policy making by intentionally reducing complex reality to simple narratives designed to appeal to partisan audiences.
Integrity has two meanings pertinent to this issue: the common understanding of integrity as honesty and the less common and more formal understanding of integrity as the quality of being whole and complete.
Preparation for and experience in combat develops strong wills. Senior officers motivated by the desire to get the biggest possible piece of the pie for their services are tempted to dissemble to win the internecine budget and policy fights that are the lifeblood of official Washington. When these wills are not properly constrained by higher commitments to integrity and respect for the decision-making province of civilian authorities, generals and admirals can succumb to the temptation to deceive.
These deceptions can take many forms. A senior officer can choose to highlight some information. Conversely, they can obfuscate, discredit, or ignore other information. They can allude to expert knowledge or classified information to undercut or deflect questions that challenge their assertions. They can use the age-old technique of making strawmen of opposing views. Worse, they can engage in or encourage subordinates or cultivated commentators to engage in ad hominem attacks on the messengers of alternate views.
While the hyper-political environment sees daily evidence of such behaviors, some senior officers have exercised considerable self-discipline and have not let advocacy for a position override respect for the prerogatives of senior civilians. In short, just because they have the leadership persona, verbal skills, and communication staffs to construct one-sided positions and perhaps even succeed in the manipulation of some people, they have worked to develop full and balanced representations of the issues at hand. Theirs has been a triumph of professional ethics over the abuse of information to achieve their ends.
Regrettably, that admirable conduct is in decline and that decline is a contributing factor for decreasing public trust in the military. The American public may not know the specific capabilities of various weapons or the operational implications of various policies. But constant exposure to spun narratives has trained them to recognize manipulation when they see and hear it. Many resent being manipulated, and their sense that such techniques are being used by the Nation’s most senior officers undermines their trust and confidence in the military. The military was once recognized as a profession culturally apart from the rest of society, but no longer. America’s military, and its senior officers especially, are increasingly viewed as no less cynically self-interested than the rest of the elite class.
The decline of senior officer integrity increasingly impacts civilian decision makers. Not long ago, overbooked national leaders could confidently “repose special trust and confidence” in the senior officers providing assessments and recommendations to them. The disciplined and honorable behaviors of past generations of generals and admirals certainly validated this special trust and confidence. But, with a rise in manipulative narratives, civilian leaders and their staffs are more likely to feel compelled to dig into the details of complex military matters to gain the full and complete picture they need to discharge their responsibilities.
In short, it is past time for senior officers to forego their increasing addiction to the power opiate of clever narratives and work to present full and balanced representations of the issues at hand.
Absent immediate internal reform by the Department of Defense, civilian leaders will increasingly have to turn, just as they have with other federal agencies, to independent investigations to gain a more complete understanding of national security issues.
Brigadier General Keith T. Holcomb, (U.S. Marine Corps, ret.), is a former USMC Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. His last assignment was as Director of the Training and Education Division, U.S. Marine Corps Combat Development Command.
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Biden’s Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, is usually comfortable running his mouth when it comes to telling parents what they should do with their children.
But on Tuesday, while facing questioning before the House Education and Workforce Committee regarding the Biden Regime’s war on women and the new 1577-page Title IX ruling, he couldn’t seem to answer simple yes or no questions.
Under questioning by Rep. Burgess Owen (R-UT), Cardona didn’t have much to say in the way of concrete answers.
Owens asked, “Would you force your daughter to undress in the bathroom with boys, who are also undressing?”
Cardona, who has a daughter and a son, would not answer the question.
Cardona would only respond, “I am not going to be commenting on athletics rules that we haven’t proposed.”
“You can’t say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on that?” Burgess pressed.
“I’d be happy to talk about Title IX…”
Owens pressed, “If your daughter was reported, she felt uncomfortable in a boy’s presence in a bathroom or locker room, would that be considered by your administration to be discrimination or bigotry?”
Cardona began, “As an educator for over 25 years….” before Burgess asked again, “You can’t say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to that?”
“I’d love to respond to your question, sir,” Cardona replied.
“Okay, so is it ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ would it be considered discrimination if she did not want that to happen?”
Cardona again failed to answer the question and returned to his talking points, “As an educator for over 25 years….”
Burgess stopped the grandstanding and continued, “Girls have now entered in contact sports of boxing and wrestling. Would you allow your daughter to physically fight and get beat up by a boy who called himself a girl? Yes or no?”
“Be happy to, once we finalize our regulations on Title IX athletics, to come back and have a conversation with you,” Cardona said.
Burges then went on to rebuke Cardona and the Biden Regime’s abject failure to protect women and girls.
“I’ll say this, Mr. Secretary, before I go on this next topic,” Burgess said. “With all due respect, I pray that our country will never ever have the vision your policies are driving us toward in terms of manhood.”
“It is a vision that teaches our boys that harming girls is no big deal. I pray that we remain a country that produces an overwhelmingly mass majority of men who feel the way I do about my girls. I will give my life, in a heartbeat, for my girls. And the blessings I have is that they have no doubts about that.”
“There are millions of men and women across this country that do not have faith, that do not have trust, in you protecting our girls because of policies you can’t say yes or no to.”
“By the way, those are not very hard questions as a father.”
Watch:
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Former President Donald Trump could break a 52-year GOP losing streak by winning the blue state of Minnesota, campaign officials said at a Republican National Committee retreat, citing internal polls.
Pollster Tony Fabrizio and senior advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita told attendees at the private donor event Saturday that they’re optimistic the 45th president could flip both Minnesota and Virginia, NBC News reported.
President Joe Biden won Minnesota by 7 percentage points in 2020, according to the outlet. The state has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Richard Nixon’s re-election campaign in 1972.
According to internal polls, Trump leads Biden by three points — 49 percent to 46 percent — in a head-to-head matchup in the North Star State.
In a six-way Minnesota contest with four independent candidates, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump and Biden are tied at 40 percent each.
When Kennedy is taken out of the equation, Trump leads Biden by five points, at 46 percent to 41 percent.
Trump camp poll memo: Blue states MN & VA are in play
MN: Trump & Biden are tied 40-40%
Sans RFK Jr: Trump +5
Head to head: Trump + 3VA: Biden up 40-37%
Sans RFK: Biden +1
H2H: Biden +4 pic.twitter.com/rZYw5twBpQ— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) May 7, 2024
Overall, Trump campaign polls show the former president outperforming Biden in swing states.
“Fabrizio’s numbers, posted on a slide shared with NBC News, showed Trump ahead of President Joe Biden by small margins in the key swing states from 2020 — including Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia,” the outlet reported.
LaCivita said the Biden campaign’s suggestion that he could flip Florida and North Carolina — states Trump won in 2020 — is empty bluster, while the 45th president has a realistic shot at flipping some blue states.
“I think that the Biden campaign is deliberately playing a faux game by talking about [how] they’re going to expand the map in Florida and North Carolina,” LaCivita told NBC News. “But we have a real, real opportunity in expanding the map in Virginia and Minnesota.”
Biden campaign spokeswoman Lauren Hitt scoffed at the very notion.
“While we have 150 offices open with hundreds of staff across the key battlegrounds, the RNC is closing offices and hemorrhaging money on legal fees,” Hitt said.
“Joe Biden has hit every battleground at least once, while Trump’s in the courtroom or on the golf course. We’ll see how that translates in November.”
While polls are temporary snapshots in time that can and do change, they paint an encouraging picture for Trump, who has been campaigning hard despite fighting sham lawsuits.
In contrast, his doddering Democratic rival is hardly campaigning, in a repeat of his lethargic 2020 efforts.
New: Swing State Polls with @thehill
AZ: 48% Trump, 44% Biden
GA: 47% Trump, 44% Biden
MI: 45% Trump, 44% Biden
NV: 45% Trump, 44% Biden
NC: 47% Trump, 42% Biden
PA: 47% Trump, 45% Biden
WI: 47% Trump, 45% Bidenhttps://t.co/tt6RQ0rGGP pic.twitter.com/c1xsuqa3Po— Emerson College Polling (@EmersonPolling) April 30, 2024
No matter what the polls say, it’s clear the United States is buckling under the weight of Biden’s disastrous presidency.
Americans are struggling with punishing inflation, terrifying crime and daily border invasions that are destabilizing the nation. Things cannot continue as they are.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA) on Wednesday moved to oust Speaker Mike Johnson.
MTG last month filed her motion to vacate against Speaker Johnson. She brought the resolution to the House floor on Wednesday.
The House speedily squashed MTG’s motion. Lawmakers voted to table the resolution: 359 “yeas” to 43 “nays” and 7 “presents”
U.S. House tables Rep. Majorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) motion to vacate the chair, 359-43-7. pic.twitter.com/xuUpC0k0HY
— CSPAN (@cspan) May 8, 2024
The Hill reported:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) moved to force a vote on ousting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday, a momentous move that is all but certain to fail amid opposition from Democrats and conservative Republicans.
Greene — who filed her motion to vacate against Johnson more than a month ago — called her resolution to the floor as privileged on Wednesday, forcing GOP leadership to move on the measure within two legislative days.
Last month Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) became the third Republican on board to oust Speaker Johnson.
Gosar previously joined Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie in their effort to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson.
The House of Representatives previously advanced a foreign aid bill that allocates billions of dollars to Ukraine and Israel.
“Nearly 11 million illegal aliens have crossed our southern border in the past three years. My congressional district in Arizona, ground zero for the invasion, is getting pummeled by the surge of lawbreakers. These illegal aliens have brought violent crime, deadly drugs, human trafficking and are depleting resources and services meant for U.S. citizens. In fact, every state has become a border state. Communities across the country are being ravaged, families are being destroyed and Americans in need are being ignored,” Gosar said.
He added, “Congress cannot continue to turn a blind eye to the consequence of Biden’s disastrous open border policies, nor can it idly wait for Biden to halt this invasion through executive fiat. Congress has the responsibility to solve this crisis.”
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Joe Biden on Wednesday traveled to Wisconsin to brag about his dumpster fire economy and a $3 billion investment from Microsoft in a new AI data center.
After trashing Trump during his disastrous speech at Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant, Biden made a brief campaign stop to speak with ‘supporters’ in Racine.
81 million vote recipient Joe Biden spoke to a few dozen ‘supporters’ in Racine before taking off to Chicago for a private, closed-door fundraiser.
Biden trashed Trump as he mumbled through remarks in a small venue full of hostages ‘supporters’ (the room was full of mainly media, staffers and Secret Service).
Joe Biden told the handful of supporters that Trump won’t accept the results of the [stolen] election. “He won’t, he won’t,” Biden said.
WATCH:
Biden, speaking to supporters in Racine, Wisconsin, said Trump won’t accept the results of the election. “He won’t, he wont,” Biden said. pic.twitter.com/f9pxXlVwWj
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) May 8, 2024
At one point Joe Biden creeped on a woman. He just can’t help himself.
The Wisconsin woman recoiled as Joe Biden invaded her personal space and shouted in her face.
“Guess what? Now Delaware is blue, blue, blue, blue, blue. Oh, you think I’m kidding — I’m not!” Biden said.
This is why Biden’s handlers don’t want him on the campaign trail. He can’t draw a crowd and he always creeps on women and children.
WATCH:
BIDEN (invading personal space): "Guess what? Now Delaware is blue, blue, blue, blue, blue. Oh, you think I'm kidding — I'm not!" pic.twitter.com/fLmryCQNII
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 8, 2024
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Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has announced a global withdrawal of its Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, known as Vaxzevria, after acknowledging in court that the vaccine could cause rare but serious side effects.
The decision comes months after the company admitted for the first time in court documents that the vaccine could lead to Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS), a condition involving blood clots and low blood platelet counts.
AstraZeneca voluntarily withdrew its marketing authorization for Vaxzevria in the European Union, with the withdrawal taking effect on Tuesday following an application made on March 5, the Telegraph reported.
Despite the timing, AstraZeneca insists that the decision to pull the vaccine from the market was based on commercial reasons, specifically citing declining demand due to the availability of newer vaccines designed to combat emerging variants.
The company has faced intense scrutiny and legal challenges due to the side effects associated with Vaxzevria. In a landmark case currently before the High Court, AstraZeneca is being sued by over 50 individuals and families of victims who allege that the vaccine caused deaths and serious injuries.
The Gateway Pundit has covered numerous reports related to the side effects linked to AstraZeneca.
In a statement, AstraZeneca expressed pride in the role Vaxzevria played during the pandemic, noting that independent estimates suggest the vaccine saved over 6.5 million lives in its first year of use and that over three billion doses were supplied globally. The company highlighted the shift towards vaccines targeting new variants as a primary reason for the discontinuation of Vaxzevria production and distribution.
“We are incredibly proud of the role Vaxzevria played in ending the global pandemic,” the company stated. “As multiple, variant COVID-19 vaccines have since been developed, there is a surplus of available updated vaccines. This has led to a decline in demand for Vaxzevria, which is no longer being manufactured or supplied.”
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This article originally appeared on WND.com
Guest by post by Bob Unruh
High levels of dissatisfaction with company’s LGBT ‘engineering’ of children
Disney, which has plunged neck-deep in the pro-LGBT ideation in recent years, turning away both once-faithful fans as well as economic stability, should return to the days when parents could safely consider its products a go-to option for their children, a poll shows.
Rasmussen Reports revealed that 71% of American adults say the entertainment company that openly has tried to indoctrinate children with the leftist beliefs, “should return to wholesome programming and allow parents to decide when their children are taught about sexuality.”
A report in the Washington Stand revealed that Rasmussen exposed Disney’s agenda with quotes from Karey Burke, who heads the company’s General Entertainment Content.
That individual, during a conference call in 2022, boasted of being “a mother of two queer children … one transgender child and one pansexual child …”
Further, she bragged that Disney had introduced “many, many, many LGBTQIA characters in our stories.”
But Rasmussen’s report said 54% of American adults say such programming and content is “inappropriate” for children.
In fact, most of Disney’s recent major projects have been both critical and financial flops.
Joseph Backholm, of the Family Research Council, told the Stand, “Teaching values in media isn’t a new idea. … The innovation Disney has made in recent years is to teach a new morality. Disney sincerely believes teaching children to love sensuality and embrace self-created identities rooted in our self-perceptions is a moral good that leads to happiness and human flourishing. The moral problem is that they are wrong. The business problem is that hundreds of millions of Americans disagree with them.”
Disney in the last year dealt with a $5.5 billion budget cut, resulting in 4,000 jobs being eliminated, because of the collapse of public interest in its productions.
“The company’s market capitalization dropped to a nine-year low and streaming service Disney+ fell nearly one million subscribers short of projected goals,” the Stand reported.
“More recently, Disney’s stock has fallen by nearly 10%,” the report said.
Backholm noted, “What Disney sees as foundational moral truths, many Americans see as deception and perversion. The pushback this survey reveals is not to the idea of moral lessons in movies, but to the specific moral lessons Disney has prioritized.”
The company also lost a fight with the state of Florida, which removed the special treatment the company had had for decades at its properties there, it has faced accusations of discrimination, criticized for its insurance plan – which pays for mutilating bodies for transgender ideation but not repair them – and it has been accused of breaching its fiduciary duties.
The Stand noted the poll showed only 46% of Americans hold a favorable view of the company, and 45% do not.
“Perhaps unsurprisingly, the majority of Disney’s support comes from Democrats. Almost two thirds (63%) of Democrats hold a favorable view of the media giant, compared to only 33% of Republicans and 36% of independent voters,” the Stand said.
Half of Democrats like the “many, many, many LGBTQIA characters” displayed to children under 12, while only 12% of Republicans and 24% of independents agree.
The fight Disney picked with the state of Florida was over its Parental Rights in Education Act, which would stop teachers from promoting “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to children through third grade.
The report noted that in video conference recordings, leaked to the public, executives talked about how to promote their LGBT agenda with Executive Producer Latoya Raveneau boasting the company “has been so welcoming to like, my like, not-at-all secret gay agenda.”
The Catholic League and Meath Television Media also released a documentary with Catholic League president Bill Donohue describing the company’s “sexual engineering” of children.
Copyright 2024 WND News Center
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Joe Biden on Wednesday traveled to Wisconsin to brag about his dumpster fire economy and a $3 billion investment from Microsoft in a new AI data center.
Biden trashed Trump during his short speech at Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant.
“The past administration, including my predecessor, failed to buy American,” Biden said.
WATCH:
Crooked Joe Biden claims President Trump "failed to buy American."
Biden is lying (again). President Trump was the true "BUY AMERICAN, HIRE AMERICAN" president — and he'll do it again. pic.twitter.com/gsby4IqGIS
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 8, 2024
This is a lie.
In 2017, President Trump signed his “Buy American, Hire American” executive order.
Per the GOP rapid response team:
Biden read the teleprompter word for word. He’s completely shot.
“My theology professor at the Catholic school I went to was a guy named Riley *LAST NAME* and he had been drafted by the Green Bay Packers,” Biden said.
WATCH:
Biden just read out the phrase "LAST NAME" from his teleprompter. He's LOSING IT! pic.twitter.com/K8xuH4zSz9
— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) May 8, 2024
Biden ended his speech by shouting “Don’t jump!” before shuffling away.
WATCH:
BIDEN (confused): “Don’t jump!”
*slowly shuffles away* pic.twitter.com/JaJc3BTNwZ
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 8, 2024
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South Carolina Republican legislators have sided with Democrats to block a proposed amendment that sought to prevent state agencies from distributing voter registration forms to non-citizens.
The controversy ignited when a ‘refugee’ non-citizen received a voter registration form, prompting Governor Henry McMaster (R-SC) to initiate an investigation into the matter.
“The integrity of our elections is and must remain a top priority. Today, I asked SLED to immediately contact Rep. Adam Morgan so they can evaluate the authenticity of his allegations of non-citizens being provided voter registration forms,” McMaster wrote on May 1.
Earlier this month, The Gateway Pundit reported that according to South Carolina state representative and congressional candidate Adam Morgan, the state government is including voter registration forms in packets at the Social Security Office in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
“Is the Federal Gov giving voter registration forms to non-citizens?” Adam Morgan said on X (this was later corrected to the state of South Carolina).
“Yes, at least in SC. A refugee sent us this form that was given to her in a packet at the Social Security Office in Spartanburg. She asked “Why are they giving these to non-citizens?”” he said.
Attached to Adam Morgan’s post was a photo of the voter registration form included in the welcome packet for refugees.
Is the Federal Gov giving voter registration forms to non-citizens?
Yes, at least in SC. A refugee sent us this form that was given to her in a packet at the Social Security Office in Spartanburg. She asked “Why are they giving these to non-citizens?”
EXACTLY. pic.twitter.com/5IDYhlIzrv
— Adam Morgan (@RepAdamMorgan) April 29, 2024
It gets worse.
According to Rep. Adam Morgan, the refugee’s relative “mailed the forms back and criticized the office for distributing them to people they knew were non-citizens.”
“A few weeks later the refugees received more voter registration forms in the mail,” Rep. Morgan said.
“None of this is by accident,” he said.
But the story gets worse. Her relative mailed the forms back and criticized the office for distributing them to people they knew were non-citizens.
A few weeks later the refugees received more voter registration forms in the mail.
None of this is by accident.
— Adam Morgan (@RepAdamMorgan) April 29, 2024
Morgan later clarified that the forms were indeed distributed by a state agency — the South Carolina Medicaid Office — and not a federal entity as initially thought.
UPDATE: after calling the agencies and all parties involved, it appears the form was given by the STATE gov (SC Medicaid Office). The refugee confused the offices.
We are set to pass a bill prohibiting non-citizens from voting in SC elections!
Stop this nonsense in your state!
— Adam Morgan (@RepAdamMorgan) April 29, 2024
In response to the incident, Morgan proposed an amendment to the state budget that would explicitly prevent state agencies from sending out voter registration forms to non-citizens. However, the amendment was met with opposition from Republicans and Democrats.
The opposition was spearheaded by Republicans, including Majority Whip for the SC House GOP, Brandon Newton, and SC House Speaker, Murrell Smith, who contended that the amendment was non-germane, leading to the defeat of Morgan’s amendment.
Our Chair @RepAdamMorgan amended the budget to stop agencies from distributing voter registration forms to non-citizens.
Shockingly “Republicans” led by @BrandonNewton7 claimed it was non-germane. We challenged that ruling, but green votes (Ds and Rs) killed it
— South Carolina Freedom Caucus (@SCFreedomCaucus) May 8, 2024
Morgan publicly expressed his disappointment and astonishment at his party’s dissent, stating, “Today I was shocked as ‘Republicans’ joined Democrats to kill my amendment to stop government agencies from distributing voter registration forms to non-citizens in South Carolina.”
“We have wolves in sheep’s clothing in our Party. Wake up, America!” he added.
Today I was shocked as “Republicans” joined Democrats to kill my amendment to stop government agencies from distributing voter registration forms to non-citizens in South Carolina.
We have wolves in sheep’s clothing in our Party. Wake up, America! https://t.co/Ou1Ftg4lIe
— Adam Morgan (@RepAdamMorgan) May 8, 2024
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Not a chance in hell.
All the cocaine in Hollywood won’t make this dementia patient sound coherent.
Old Joe Biden’s campaign spokesperson Adrienne Elrod told Morning Mika on Wednesday that Joe Biden will “definitely” be debating President Trump? Will he be mentioning him by name? Will the campaign be going after Trump on a regular basis to try and draw that contrast? Is that necessary?
Mika Brzezinksi: What about Joe Biden confronting Donald Trump either on a debate stage or on a number of these issues
Adrienne Elrod: I think absolutely it is, Mika. And look I think President Biden has made it very clear that he will be debating Donald Trump… There is no better way to articulate what Donald Trump would do in a second term as president than using his own words. Those words are devisive, they’re dangerous.
This debate will never happen. And that is because Democrats already have their election stealing apparatus ready to roll in 2024. They don’t need to debate anymore.
Recall: Back in 2020 Democrats would only hold TWO debates instead of the typical three debates. They skipped the foreign policy debate because they knew Trump would destroy the Democrat record of destruction.
Via Post Millennial.
Biden Campaign Spokesperson: Biden “will be debating Donald Trump.”
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) May 8, 2024
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In a recent episode of the PBD Podcast, hosted by Patrick Bet-David (PBD) along with co-hosts Adam Sosnick, Tom Ellsworth, and Vincent Oshana, former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo made admissions about his health regimen and stance on the COVID-19 vaccines.
The episode saw Cuomo confront his past criticisms of vaccine skeptics as he now embraces a treatment he once scorned.
During the discussion, Bet-David showed a resurfaced clip from 2021 in which Cuomo criticized Rep. Byron Donalds for his decision not to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In the clip, Cuomo chastised Donalds for allegedly neglecting public health responsibilities, stating:
“Everybody should know that about you, Byron Donalds. You are not telling people to get vaccinated. You are not pushing it. You are not saying it’s the right choice. You’re saying you’re not doing it, and your family is not doing it, and you’re leaving out of the equation that you can make other people sick as if that doesn’t matter. Okay?”
In response, Donalds defended his position, asserting that vaccination is a personal choice and he should not be berated for making that decision.
“If you want to be protected from these variants and the original strain, please go get vaccinated. What about protect other people? I promote you to do that,” Donalds emphasized. “But if there are Americans like myself who choose not to, please don’t berate me for doing that. That is a personal choice I have made with my own health care.”
“I did talk to a couple of doctors that I know about it. I told them. “I already had it, and I’m 42. What do you think?” They said, “Yeah, you’re fine. If that’s what you want to do, go ahead and do it.” They didn’t come and say, “No, you have to do it because of everybody else.” Because if other people want to be protected, they have access to vaccines. Go get the vaccine. I would never tell anybody not to get vaccinated. I do totally support it if that’s what somebody chooses to do,” Donalds added.
Despite Donalds’ rationale, Cuomo remained firm in his criticism, suggesting Donalds’ stance was “dumb as a proxy for being bold.”
Fast forward to the PBD Podcast interview, Cuomo reflected on how his views have evolved since then, admitting that he now regularly takes ivermectin. He acknowledged that the medical community had unfairly dismissed the drug.
“I am taking a… What do they call it? Like a regular dose, whatever. They’re trying to build up of ivermectin. Ivermectin was a boogie man early on in COVID.”
Cuomo went on to express frustration over the misinformation surrounding ivermectin and the failure to provide accurate information to the public. He criticized government officials for stifling open dialogue.
“We were given bad information about Ivermectin. The real question is, why? Everyone’s going to say, ‘Joe Rogan was right.’ But that’s not what matters. What matters is the entire clinical community knew that Ivermectin couldn’t hurt you. They knew it. I know they knew it. How do I know? Because now I’m doing nothing but talking to these clinicians who, at the time, were overwhelmed by COVID, and they weren’t saying anything. Not that they were hiding anything, but it’s cheap, it’s not owned by anybody, and it’s used as an anti-microbial, antiviral in all of these different ways. It has been for a long time.”
Ironically, Cuomo was one of those spreading misinformation about Ivermectin during the pandemic.
Chris Cuomo just said that ivermectin works, he takes it daily, and that the medical community knew it couldn’t hurt you if you took it for Covid.
Flashback to Cuomo version 2020. pic.twitter.com/hG62lWN5s7
— MAZE (@mazemoore) May 8, 2024
When confronted with his past criticism of those who refused the vaccine, Cuomo refused to apologize, insisting that he was only relaying the best practices provided by government officials at the time:
“Apology? Of course not. Byron Donalds comes on my show. I believe as a leader at that time, you had a duty to be thorough in what you were putting out there as opposed to just playing politics. This was never as simple as vaccine good, vaccine bad. Politics made it that.”
Flashback, here’s a video of Chris Cuomo calling millions of unvaccinated Americans the “biggest enemy in America.”
WATCH:
Chris Cuomo won’t even apologize for labeling unvaccinated Americans were “our biggest enemy in America” when he was 100% in the wrong.
It’s safe to say the things he’s saying now, so he’s saying them — and expecting plaudits for bravery.
Nope.pic.twitter.com/C0PohbsnuT
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) May 8, 2024
His ego is way to big for him to apologize. Cuomo further defended his past positions, maintaining that the vaccine significantly reduced hospitalizations and serious COVID-19 cases.
“The data is overwhelming that when the vaccine entered our population, the people going into the hospital with very serious or eventually terminal cases was reduced,” he said. “Now, at what cost and why? We don’t know.”
Despite his admissions and evolving views, Cuomo remained resolute in not fully aligning with those who questioned the COVID-19 vaccine’s efficacy from the beginning. Instead, he placed the blame on government and political leaders for the misinformation and lack of transparency that has fueled public distrust.
“My concern is that the unknowns are now more dangerous than the knowns,” Cuomo noted, urging further investigation into adverse vaccine effects.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that the disgraced former CNN anchor disclosed for the first time that he has been suffering from side effects he attributes to the COVID-19 vaccine.
While Cuomo did not specify the exact nature of his symptoms, he expressed concern about ongoing abnormalities in his health.
Chris Cuomo Says He Does Not Apologize for Shaming People Who Didn’t Take the Vaccine, Reveals He Is Taking Ivermectin Now
“My doctors say I have ‘Long COVID’. I have the symptoms, they showed me my blood work. It scared the bejesus out of me to see this glowing micro-clot… pic.twitter.com/7vFU2GkvhZ
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) May 8, 2024
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David Homol (L) with his half-brother Dillon Homol (R)
Another J6 defendant has tragically taken his own life.
Per the Epoch Times: January 6 defendant David Homol, 55, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on April 17.
David Homol was arrested by Biden’s FBI Gestapo agents in January 2024 – 3 years after the Capitol protest – and hit with 8 charges.
Homol is at least the 5th January 6 defendant to commit suicide after being indicted by Biden’s Justice Department.
Florida #Jan6 suspect David K. Homol committed suicide on April 17, Panama City police said. Story upcoming. David Homol shown at left with half-brother Dillon Homol. pic.twitter.com/fDhudHDTiW
— Joe Hanneman (@EpochJoe64) May 8, 2024
Per the DOJ: David Kennedy Homol, 55, of Umatilla, Florida, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with felony offenses of obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder, and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers.
“In addition to the felonies, Homol is charged with several misdemeanor offenses, including knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or ground, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and act of physical violence on Capitol grounds,” the DOJ said in January.
Florida Man Arrested on Felony and Misdemeanor Charges for Actions During January 6 U.S. Capitol Breach https://t.co/dcHiogVSk4@FBITampa @USAO_DC
— FBI Washington Field (@FBIWFO) January 10, 2024
Four other January 6 defendants committed suicide following merciless harassment by Biden’s DOJ. Among these were Matthew Perna, Jord Meachum, Mark Aungst, and Chris Stanton.
The intense scrutiny, public shaming, and legal pressures have created an unbearable environment for those awaiting trial or serving sentences, which contributed to a sense of hopelessness and isolation, ultimately leading to tragic outcomes.
Matthew Perna, a non-violent Trump supporter who was arrested after January 6, committed suicide. He was never accused of violence or vandalism. He walked inside the US Capitol.
Newly released Jan 6 footage shows Matthew Perna calmly walking through the Capitol alongside police.
Matthew Lawrence Perna (June 1984 — Feb. 2022)
22-year-old Nejourde Meacham died on August 28, 2021, two weeks after the Biden regime charged him with four misdemeanor crimes for walking inside the open doors of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The young man committed suicide and shot himself in the head.
Jord Meacham (June 2001 — August 2023)
Mark Aungst (May 1975 — July 2022)
January 6 defendant Mark Aungst, 47, from Williamsport, Pennsylvania committed suicide on July 2022. Aungst pleaded guilty in June 2022 to parading in the Capitol and was facing up to six months in prison and a $5000 fine.
Christopher Stanton Georgia (Died on Jan. 9, 2021)
53-year-old Christopher Stanton Georgia committed suicide after he was charged in the Capitol riot, according to the Fulton County medical examiner. Chris was found with a gunshot wound to the chest and died by suicide
Georgia was charged with attempting to “enter certain property that is, the United States Capitol Grounds, against the will of the United States Capitol Police.”
Rest in Peace, Patriots.
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Harry, The Duke of Sussex, 39, returned to London yesterday (May 7) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his charity, the Invictus Games.
He is staying in a hotel because his estranged family could not – or would not – house him in one of the innumerable properties that they own.
None of the ‘working Royals’ are going to make a presence at the celebrations, either.
Yesterday, it was reported that King Charles’ would not meet Prince Harry during his son’s UK trip because he was ‘too busy’.
But today, it arose that this decision came after a round of ‘difficult’ negotiations between the King and the Prince’s aides.
The Post heard royal commentator Charlotte Griffiths, and she states that the monarch’s decision may have been swayed by ‘certain demands’ from Harry – namely, that Queen Camila not be present during the meeting.
New York Post reported:
“’There is some talk that behind the scenes, a lot of negotiating went on’, Griffiths told GB News. ‘I think the reason was because Harry made certain demands about who could be in the room and who couldn’t. Although on the surface it looks like a snub, Harry made it very difficult for his father’.”
Griffiths also said ‘other forces’ – i.e. future King, William the Prince of Wales – could’ve influenced the king’s decision.
“’Maybe other forces were driving Charles’ position on this’, she said. ‘William may have had a thought about how this meeting should be conducted or whether it should be conducted at all’.
‘We know that Charles likes to meet Harry with Camilla in the room, which isn’t always a popular decision’, she continued.”
Harry’s team said a meeting between the estranged father and son ‘will not be possible due to His Majesty’s full program’.
The King is having his weekly audience with United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and also the first Buckingham Palace garden party of the season – among other previously scheduled engagements.
“On Wednesday, the father of two is expected to give a reading at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral to mark a decade since the inaugural Invictus Games took place in the capital. Actor Damian Lewis, star of “Band of Brothers,” is set to recite the poem ‘Invictus’, by William Ernest Henley, during the service.”
This celebration comes at a good time for Harry, after his African charity came under heavy PR damage, as you can read in Prince Harry’s Charity in Africa Accused of Widespread Torture and Rape.
Read more:
‘TOO BUSY’: King Charles Snubs Prince Harry’s Presence in London and Will NOT Meet Him
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Joe Biden on Wednesday lost his balance at the top of the shorter staircase of Air Force One ahead of his trip to Wisconsin.
Biden traveled to Wisconsin to brag about his dumpster fire economy and a $3 billion investment from Microsoft in a new AI data center.
The 81-year-old lost his balance at the top of the staircase. Biden grabbed onto the handrail to stop himself from faceplanting.
WATCH:
Careful, Joe — the top of the short stairs is where it gets dangerous! pic.twitter.com/HwPMQ4M2eg
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 8, 2024
Biden’s handlers are doing everything to make sure he doesn’t fall down. He has tripped up the steps to Air Force One several times.
It was recently revealed Biden is sporting ‘boat anchor’ shoes for maximum stability so he doesn’t fall on his face.
Close up of Joe Biden’s padded shoes. pic.twitter.com/PhyYW94fWQ
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 19, 2024
Additionally, part of Biden’s new routine is to shuffle out to Marine One while his handlers surround him to hide his feeble state amid reports he can no longer walk solo.
The White House introduced a ‘special routine’ for when Joe Biden departs and returns to the White House on Marine One.
According to a report from Axios, Biden’s advisors are concerned that his stiffened gait is highlighting his old age and feeble state.
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Governor Brian Kemp made a significant move on Tuesday by signing three pivotal pieces of legislation that aim to reshape Georgia’s election procedures in preparation for the 2024 presidential elections.
The new legislation, House Bill 974, House Bill 1207, and Senate Bill 189, aims to enhance ballot security, voter eligibility verification, and auditing protocols in the battleground state.
House Bill 974, amends election procedures in Georgia primarily concerning the security and auditing of ballots. Here are the key provisions of the bill:
House Bill 1207 introduces several changes to election procedures and integrity. Here’s a summary of the key provisions:
Senate Bill 189 primarily focuses on amending election and voting procedures. Key provisions include:
Of course, the lawless Democrats are not happy with these three laws, which aim to bolster the security of our elections.
AP reported:
Fair Fight Action, a voting rights group founded by former Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, slammed the signing of SB 189, calling the measure a “voter suppression bill that emboldens right-wing activists in their efforts to kick Black and brown voters off the rolls.”
“By signing SB 189 to become law, Brian Kemp delivered a gift to MAGA election deniers,” the group said in a statement.
Andrea Young, executive director of the ACLU of Georgia, called the bill a “step back for voters’ rights and voting access.”
“We are committed to protecting Georgia voters and will see the governor in court,” she said in a statement.
An email to a spokesman for the governor’s office, Garrison Douglas, was not immediately returned.
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CNN’s Jake Tapper called out President Joe Biden’s ever-changing position on the issue of abortion.
In an interview that aired Sunday with Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu, Tapper questioned whether Biden’s shifting stance on abortion over his political career will be harmful to his campaign.
Tapper characterized Biden’s position on abortion as “all over the map” and asked whether it undermines support from him from pro-choice advocates.
“Do you think his own long, complicated history on this issue — do you think it muddies his message, and undermines the contrast with Donald Trump?” Tapper asked.
Landrieu at first criticized how Trump has handled the abortion issue, but then explained how Biden’s pro-choice stance is stronger than ever.
“Since his presidency, he has been very strong in his support of a very simple notion: that he trusts women to make decisions about their reproductive health,” Landrieu said.
To Tapper’s point, Biden’s position on abortion has been inconsistent throughout his career.
In 1974, then freshman Senator Biden said that he didn’t like the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion.
“I think it went too far. I don’t think that a woman has the sole right to say what should happen to her body,” the Washingtonian reported in 1974.
In 2006, Biden called himself “the odd man out” in the Democratic Paty on the abortion issue, according to CNN.
“I do not view abortion as a choice and a right. I think it’s always a tragedy, and I think that it should be rare and safe, and I think we should be focusing on how to limit the number of abortions.’ Biden said.
Just this year, Biden said that he’s “never been supportive of, you know, ‘It’s my body, I can do what I want with it,” the New Yorker reported.
Yet, since his inauguration in 2021, Biden has been anything but a sideline spectator on the issue.
In July 2022, just a few weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Biden signed an executive order aimed at protecting access to abortion services.
CNN reported that the “executive order attempts to safeguard access to medication abortion and emergency contraception, protect patient privacy, launch public education efforts as well as bolster the security of and the legal options available to those seeking and providing abortion services.”
In June 2023, Biden denounced abortion restrictions in Republican-governed states, arguing that the states were depriving women of “basic health care,” according to the New York Times.
“In his 50+ years in politics … Biden has been all over the map on abortion,” says CNN’s Jake Tapper.
— “In ’74, he said Roe v. Wade went too far, and that a woman should not have ‘the sole right to say what should happen to her body.'”
— “In 2006, he said, ‘I do not view… pic.twitter.com/uad5XSziwI
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 5, 2024
Just this year, in his State of the Union address, Biden said, “if you, the American people, send me a Congress that supports the right to choose, I promise you I will restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land again,” Huffpost reported.
It seems like Biden’s position on abortion corresponds to that of his base. Instead of having an independent opinion based on what he believes, he’s believing what he thinks will get him elected.
Tapper is right to bring up Biden’s tepidity on the issue. There is perhaps no issue that Biden has flipped back and forth over in his career more than abortion.
What Biden represents is an opinion that is often held on the left, particularly among left-leaning legal scholars: the idea that codified laws are living, constantly evolving instruments.
It’s in stark contrast to the position taken by the mainstream right, who take an originalist perspective on laws. They argue, according to the National Constitution Center, that laws should be interpreted with the understanding of those who wrote them, not those who are reading them.
The idea of the left is that the U.S. Constitution should change over time to accommodate how society’s view on key issues changes. This all happens without any sort of formal amendment process, and is instead implemented by enlightened members of the judiciary.
As many people are aware, the Constitution makes no mention of abortion in its text. Rather, the theory of the “living constitution” was utilized by the Supreme Court to permit them to bring the Constitution into the modern age.
David Strauss, a professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School, defined a living constitution as “one that evolves, changes over time, and adapts to new circumstances, without being formally amended.”
This idea that the Constitution can change over time and adapt to new circumstances has been the foundation of Supreme Court decisions that have written rights into the Constitution based on what the Court wants it to say.
This philosophy is concerning, to say the least.
For the left and “living constitutionalists,” no constitutional right is safe. To them, the government is the arbiter of what rights should and should not be guaranteed.
To them, the law is subject to their will. If a provision of the law is disharmonious with their will, they will simply change it.
The core issue with that philosophy is, at the end of the day, the letter of the law means nothing more than what judges think it ought to mean, irrespective of what it says.
That’s why overturning Roe v. Wade was the correct jurisprudential decision, even if it was not popular. Nothing in the Constitution guarantees anyone the right to have an abortion.
The Constitution was founded on the principle that there are some rights so sacred, so worth protecting, that citizens can only be deprived of them when afforded due process.
And no right is greater than that of the right to life. Unlike the left, many on the right believe that rights come from God, not government, and that they cannot be changed just because some judges feel like they should.
That’s why conservatives have so consistently opposed abortion. Sure, you can deprive someone of life with due process. But how can you give a baby in the womb due process?
The left and right can, and do, disagree on many issues. From immigration and taxes to welfare and energy, all of these debates have their place.
But when it comes to abortion, and the deprivation of the right to life, this is something that we really should all be able to agree on. After all, if we don’t protect the right to life of innocent children, what is worth protecting?
Does any other issue matter if we can kill our most vulnerable citizens?
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Joe Biden’s America.
An illegal alien from Guatemala who entered the US on Joe Biden’s open border invitation in January was arrested on Saturday for the kidnap of a minor to sexually assault them.
Marvin Dionel Perez Lopez was arrested in Palm Beach County, Florida on Saturday. He illegally crossed the US border in January.
Perez Lopez was released by Border Patrol and was given a court date for some time in 2027!
“Through the investigation, detectives learned that Perez Lopez left Guatemala in early January, crossed through Mexico, turned himself in to Border Patrol, was given a court date for some time in 2027 and was released,” the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.
Perez Lopez is being held in the Palm Beach County jail on no bond.
Palm Beach County, FL: On Saturday, Marvin Dionel Perez Lopez was arrested for the Kidnap of a Minor to Sexually Assault them.
He is a confirmed illegal alien who crossed the border in January and was released by the Border Patrol. pic.twitter.com/9h1jXSEWml
— Illegal Alien Crimes (@ImmigrantCrimes) May 6, 2024
Law enforcement said Lopez entered the US through Mexico and found his way to Florida.
BIDEN MIGRANT CRIME: An illegal alien in Florida has been arrested in the kidnapping and sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl.
He had been released by Border Patrol (with an immigration court date set for 2027). pic.twitter.com/0XkNigTrwA
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 8, 2024
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A grand jury indicted the illegal alien who brutally murdered 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley.
22-year-old Laken Riley, a University of Georgia student, was recently murdered by a Venezuelan illegal.
The illegal alien who murdered Laken Riley crossed into the US on Biden’s open border invitation.
According to an affidavit unsealed, the barbaric savage who murdered Laken Riley “disfigured her skull.”
Joe Biden hesitated even to say Laken Riley’s name and he apologized for calling her killer an “illegal immigrant.”
Jose Ibarra, the 26-year-old illegal from Venezuela, was indicted on 10 counts. He was also accused of being a “peeping Tom” according to the indictment.
“The suspect is also accused of going to an apartment on UGA’s “University Village Housing Building ‘S,'” where he “peeped through” a window and “spied upon” a university staff member on the same day he allegedly killed Riley, the indictment alleges.” Fox News reported.
Fox News reported:
A Georgia grand jury on Tuesday indicted Jose Ibarra, the suspect charged in Augusta University student Laken Riley’s murder, on 10 counts, court documents show.
Ibarra, a 26-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela, is accused of killing Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, while she was out for a run along dirt trails on the University of Georgia campus in Athens on Feb. 22.
The grand jury indicted Ibarra on counts of malice murder, two counts of kidnapping with bodily injury, two counts of aggravated assault with intent to rape, two counts of aggravated battery, obstructing or hindering a person from making a 911 call, tampering with evidence and being a “peeping Tom.”
Ibarra is accused of causing Riley’s death by inflicting blunt-force trauma to her head and “asphyxiating her in a manner unknown to jurors,” the indictment states.
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President Trump on Wednesday posted a new complaint on Truth Social against the Democrat Biden-linked attorneys who are holding him in court on bogus lawfare charges to prevent him from campaigning for president.
This is unlike anything we’ve ever seen in US history.
The Democrats are not only attempting to destroy Trump’s reputation and ruin him financially, they are wasting his time so he cannot speak to the people of America.
And the fake news legacy media outlets are ALL supporting this historic abuse.
Crooked Judge Juan Merchan has ordered President Trump NOT to speak out in his defense against the outlandish coordinated attacks against him. Merchan threatened to put the former president in prison for violating his gag order.
Today Trump poked this crooked judge. Good for President Trump!
Where is the outrage?
President Trump: It is a really bad feeling to have your Constitutional Right to Free Speech, such a big part of life in our Country, so unfairly taken from you, especially when all of the sleazebags, lowlifes, and grifters that you oppose are allowed to say absolutely anything that they want. It is hard to sit back and listen to lies and false statements be made against you knowing that if you respond, even in the most modest fashion, you are told by a Corrupt and Highly Conflicted Judge that you will be PUT IN PRISON, maybe for a long period of time. This Fascist mindset is all coming from D.C. It is a sophisticated hit job on Crooked Joe Biden’s Political Opponent, ME!. Judges Engoron and Kaplan, also of New York, are equally Corrupt, only in different ways. What these THUGS are doing is AN ATTACK ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND OUR ONCE GREAT NATION ITSELF. OUR FIRST AMENDMENT MUST STAND, FREE AND STRONG. “GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!’
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Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) was not taking it from the nasty hags at Code Pink when they ambushed him about the proposed cease-fire deal with Hamas terrorists.
The “anti-war” group was founded in 2002 to oppose the U.S. liberation of Iraq from tyrant Saddam Hussein and has spend more than 20 years siding with radicals.
The Gateway Pundit reported on the group’s endorsement of the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel on October 7.
Code Pink co-founder Susie Benjamin agreed.
Benjamin ambushed Mast on Tuesday and asked, “Now that Hamas has agreed to a cease-fire, do you think Israel should agree to a cease-fire?”
Mast did not hold back.
“I think Israel should go in there and kick the sh** out of them…just absolutely destroy them…their infrastructure…level anything that they touch,” Mast replied. “Clear enough?”
The harpy continued, “Congressman, the world is calling for a cease-fire….”
Mast cut her off, “Anybody in the world is wrong calling for…”
“You used to say Hamas won’t agree to a cease-fire,” Benjamin continued. “Hamas has just agreed. It was a proposal put forward by Egypt, Qatar, you know, CIA Director William Burns has been there negotiating, and Hamas agreed to it.”
Mast fired back, “You know what, it there’s an American held, or somebody else being held, there should be every expectation that Americans can come and kill them as well. It there’s an American being held, we should go kill the people holding them.”
Watch the entire epic encounter:
Rep. Brian Mast is perfection. pic.twitter.com/cJtF3PlWAh
— Marina Medvin (@MarinaMedvin) May 7, 2024
Hamas ended the ceasefire on October 7th. These despicable terrorists are solely responsible for all the lives lost.
Now, it’s time to kick their ass. pic.twitter.com/li13tYtzOw
— Rep. Brian Mast (@RepBrianMast) May 7, 2024
Never forget that the anti-American radicals and Marxists Code Pink not only supported the mass murderer Saddam Hussein, but also supported the illegitimate Iranian regime, the Marxist Chavez regime in Venezuela, met with Taliban extremists and delivered $600,00 worth of “aid” to the people who killed 51 Americans and wounded 560 more earlier that month.
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Within weeks of the Hamas attack on Israel, charities aligned with Hamas had already received $260 million in donations.
Over the years, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and other Islamic extremist groups have relied on Iran, known as the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, for financial support. They employ various illicit means, including kidnapping for ransom, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and extortion, to generate funds. Additionally, Hamas benefits significantly from funding through charitable organizations, some of which are led by Hamas members or supporters. Moreover, they receive financial backing from development grants offered by Western NGOs and governments.
Since the 1980s, Islamic extremist groups have exploited the charitable sector for funding, with registered charities and nonprofit organizations in the US and UK channeling funds to extremism in various countries. The UK’s Commission for Countering Extremism found that Islamist groups took advantage of COVID-19 lockdowns and aid to expand their networks, while Western countries redirected resources from counterterrorism efforts to COVID relief.
Support is sometimes indirect, with Western-based charities serving as conduits, redirecting aid money to terrorists. Another avenue for funding is through educational, health, or other organizations under Hamas control. These sources pose challenges for authorities as they often dissolve, change names, reopen, and resume funneling money. Additionally, funds are frequently transmitted through registered banks in masked transactions or via unregistered banks or cash.
Some of the charities accused of funding terrorism include Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), KinderUSA, and Human Appeal. IRW, which operates in 40 countries as a humanitarian organization, has been removed from the charities pages of numerous global media outlets, and banks like HSBC have closed its accounts. In 2020, the EU Parliament discovered links between IRW and Islamic terrorist organizations. Consequently, IRW has been banned in Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, and Bangladesh. Senior members of IRW have posted antisemitic content on Facebook, as well as support for Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. Despite these allegations, the UN has continued to fund Islamic Relief.
Many charities currently supporting terrorists were originally established to fund the Mujahideen, who fought to expel the Soviets from Afghanistan. Following the Soviet withdrawal in 1989, Afghanistan plunged into civil war, marked by clashes between various Mujahideen factions and the collapse of central authority. Amid this instability, some Mujahideen factions transformed into or aligned with terrorist organizations like al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Notably, prominent Qataris have been identified by the US Treasury for aiding the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and the Muslim Brotherhood. Qatari charities have also raised tens of millions of dollars for Hamas over the past two decades.
Americans, whether knowingly or unknowingly, have also contributed funds to Al-Qaeda, with some of these transactions being processed through money service businesses (MSBs). Individuals in the United States have been arrested for providing financial support to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda, through charitable donations intended to aid widows and orphans. Additionally, Americans have faced indictments for transferring cryptocurrency to a terrorist group known as al-Nusra Front (ANF), which operated in Syria and Lebanon.
Terrorist financing has evolved from exploiting legitimate charities and establishing fraudulent ones to leveraging various online funding methods, including crowdfunding and online fundraisers. These groups also seek financial support from donors, whether knowingly or unknowingly, who contribute to their cause. Following a Hamas attack on Israel last October, supporters worldwide quickly established crowdfunding platforms to solicit charitable or humanitarian donations for Gaza. The US Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an independent inter-governmental body combating money laundering and terrorist financing, has found evidence of terrorist groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Al-Qaeda utilizing crowdfunding.
Terrorist organizations have increasingly turned to cryptocurrency and Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) to transfer funds anonymously across international borders. The US Treasury Department has designated a Gaza-based VASP called Buy Cash Money and Money Transfer Company, which has been found to fund Hamas and other terrorist groups.
To counter terrorism funding, the Department of Justice and the FBI established the Financial Review Group (FRG), an inter-agency organization that includes the CIA, DEA, elements of the Treasury Department, and others. The FRG has frozen millions of dollars flowing to various terrorist-linked charities, including Al-Barakaat, the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, the Global Relief Foundation, and the Benevolence International Foundation. Additionally, numerous individuals associated with these organizations and their funding have been arrested.
In the United States, Canada, the UK, and the European Union, Hamas is designated as a terrorist organization, making funding Hamas a criminal offense. Authorities have the power to shut down organizations that raise money for Hamas and other designated terrorist groups. These regulations should apply to any organization supporting designated terrorist groups. By this reasoning, the UN could be implicated for its support of Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW). Similarly, one could argue that the Biden administration and other governments are also complicit for providing humanitarian aid to Gaza, which flows directly to Hamas.
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Joe Biden on Wednesday departed the White House en route to Wisconsin to deliver remarks on his dumpster fire economy.
Biden ignored reporters shouting questions about his latest impeachable scandal as he shuffled across the South Lawn.
According to Politico: Joe Biden is holding up shipments of two Boeing-made precision bombs to send a political message to Israel.
This is the first time Biden has withheld weapons to Israel since the October 7 terrorist attack.
“The U.S. has yet to sign off on a pending sale of Boeing’s Joint Direct Attack Munitions — both the munitions and kits that convert them to smart weapons — and Small Diameter Bombs, according to six industry and congressional sources with knowledge of the discussions.” – Politico reported.
“While the Biden administration has not formally denied the potential sale, it is essentially taking action through inaction — holding off on approvals and other aspects of the weapons transfer process — to send a message to Israel, a U.S. administration official familiar with the process told POLITICO. The official, along with others, was granted anonymity to discuss sensitive internal deliberations.” – Politico reported.
BREAKING: The Biden administration is holding up shipments of two types of Boeing-made precision bombs to send a political message to Israel, according to a U.S. official and six other people with knowledge of the deliberations. Team effort w @LeeHudson_ @paulmcleary @reporterjoe…
— Lara Seligman (@laraseligman) May 7, 2024
A reporter asked Biden if he was withholding a shipment of bombs to send a political message to Israel.
“Why did you pause the shipments!? Mr. President, why did you pause the shipments!?” a reporter shouted at Biden.
Biden ignored the reporter and shuffled away.
WATCH:
REPORTER: "Why did you pause the shipments!? Mr. President, why did you pause the shipments!?"
BIDEN: *shuffles away in confusion* pic.twitter.com/gCguyMw0Jh
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 8, 2024
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This past week, J6 political prisoner Jake Lang passed 1,200 days of incarceration without a trial. This is Joe Biden’s America.
Lang spoke with The Gateway Pundit in an exclusive interview and shared that languishing in pre-trial detention for years with no end in sight “feels like ‘an eternity.”
A protest is planned for today at the MDC Brooklyn Federal Prison in New York at Noon Eastern and will be livestreamed on Rumble here.
Jake’s father, Ned Lang, will be there, and Cowboys for Trump member Couy Griffin will be there with his horse.
Couy will also be live-streaming on X.
EMERGENCY PROTEST:
Tomorrow at 12 Noon EST outside the Brooklyn, NY Federal Prison Cowboys for Trump founder @CowboyCouy will be staging a HUGE protest against the human rights abuses of January 6 political prisoner Jake Lang ( who’s been held in solitary confinement for over… pic.twitter.com/vvXQY0Absl
— Jake Lang – January 6 Political Prisoner (@JakeLangJ6) May 7, 2024
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On the ground, Russian Federation forces keep advancing – just this week, they took control of the settlements of Soloviove and Kislovka in Donetsk region and Kotliarivka and Novokalinovo further north in the Kharkov region.
In the meantime, Ukraine keeps getting pounded by artillery and airstrikes, with the attacks lately focusing on power plants.
Overnight, Russia launched no less than 55 missiles and 21 Geranium (Shahed) drones, the Ukrainian air force said.
Associated Press reported:
“Russian forces unleashed a nighttime barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at Ukraine’s power grid Wednesday, targeting a wide area in what President Volodymyr Zelensky called a ‘massive’ attack on the day the country celebrates the defeat of Nazism in World War II.”
The bombardment struck seven Ukrainian regions, including the Kyiv area, damaging the rail network.
“Russia has repeatedly pounded Ukraine’s energy infrastructure during the war that is stretching into its third year and has claimed thousands of lives. By taking out the power, the Kremlin’s forces aim to rob Ukrainian manufacturing of its energy supply, especially military plants, and crush public morale.”
Watch: Missile Strike against Slawyansk Thermal Power Plant
Video of the Missile Strike against Slawyansk Thermal Power Plant: Up to 5 Missiles Detonated, No Ukrainian AD Counter Fire TPP was completely destroyed. Resulting in Blackouts in Slawyansk Kramatorsk Slawyansk used to have two power plants, but one in was destroyed by AFU. pic.twitter.com/rU830CsFDf
— Призрак Омска
Russian attacks have so far damaged nearly half of Ukraine’s power infrastructure since the start of the war. The mass strikes also drain Ukrainian air defenses of ammunition.
“Russia pummeled Ukraine’s energy infrastructure during the ‘blackout winter’ of 2022-23. In March, it launched a new wave of attacks, one of which completely destroyed the Trypilska power plant near Kyiv, one of the country’s biggest.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has framed the attacks as retaliation for Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian oil refineries. On Wednesday, a Ukrainian attack hit an oil terminal, injuring five workers and starting a fire, Russia-appointed authorities in the partially occupied Luhansk region said.”
Russian strikes have become less frequent in recent weeks, as Moscow is stockpiling resources for a major battlefield offensive that is expected to come within weeks.
“National electrical grid operator Ukrenergo said facilities were hit in the Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, Poltava and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.”
Read more:
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Stormy Daniels’s testimony on Tuesday was such an absolute disaster that even CNN was forced to admit it.
CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said that, although Daniels’ testimony about a sexual encounter with Trump in a hotel room in 2006 was “plausible,” her responses while under cross-examination by Trump’s legal team called her credibility into question.
Referring to the moment Daniels admitted she hates President Trump, Honig said, “Her responses were disastrous.”
Adding, “That’s a big deal.”
“When the witness hates the person whose liberty is at stake, that’s a big damn deal!”
“And she’s putting out tweets, fantasizing about him being in jail. That really undermines the credibility.”
Honig also referenced Daniels’s comment that she has no intention of paying court-ordered legal fees to Trump after her failed defamation case against him was tossed out.
Daniels has said on social media she “will go to jail” before she has to “pay a penny.”
“The fact that she owes him $500,000 by order of a court, owes Donald Trump a half million dollars, and said, ‘I will never pay him. I will defy a court order,’ the defense is gonna say, ‘She’s willing to defy a court order. She’s not willing to respect an order from a judge. Why is she gonna respect this oath she took?’ So, I thought it went quite poorly on cross-exam.”
Watch:
CNN’s Elie Honig says Stormy Daniels cross-examination was “disastrous” for the prosecution
“Do you hate Donald Trump?” “Yes.” Of course, she does.
That’s a big deal. When the witness hates the person whose liberty is at stake, that’s a big damn deal!
And she’s putting out… pic.twitter.com/9YmbRJh3jv
— Unlimited L’s (@unlimited_ls) May 8, 2024
During her testimony, crooked Judge Juan Merchan let Daniels “run wild” with her highly prejudicial testimony.
She was also reportedly making scripted jokes in the courtroom to win over the jury but nobody was laughing.
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This article originally appeared on WND.com
Guest by post by Bob Unruh
Verdict puts schools on notice to provide ‘fair procedures’ in disciplinary actions
An announcement from a prominent legal team reveals that a $1 million verdict in a fight over the alleged wrongful expulsion of two students from St. Francis High School in California means that schools now are on notice to provide “fair procedures” to students in disciplinary actions.
“This case is significant not only for our clients but for its groundbreaking effect on all private high schools in California, which are now legally required to provide fair procedure to students before punishing or expelling them,” charged Krista Boughman, of the Dhillon Law Group that fought the case.
“The jury rightly confirmed that St. Francis High School’s procedures were unfair to our clients and that the school is not above the law.”
The fight had an odd origination.
The legal team said the two students, in solidarity with a friend who was instructed by a doctor to use an acne-fighting face mask, also wore the medication.
A photograph was taken. Then several years later, that surfaced, and school officials charged they were in “blackface.”
The legal team noted, “The students, who were minors at the time, became the center of a controversy due to a photograph of them wearing green acne facemasks. The photo, which was taken three years earlier, was misinterpreted by the school as ‘blackface’ in June 2020, amidst heightened racial tensions and unrelated racist incidents within the school community. St. Francis expelled the boys within 24 hours, without considering their evidence or offering any hearing.”
The Dhillon team explained that protections previously offered to university students in the state now, because of the precedent, are required for high-school students.
“The jury’s verdict finally cleared our clients’ names after four long years of repeated personal attacks from St. Francis High School. Schools are supposed to protect and nurture children, not sacrifice them when it is convenient for public relations purposes,” said Dhillon Law Group counsel, Karin Sweigart.
The students have been identified in reports only as H.H. and A.H.
The dispute developed just as the nation was in an uproar, and charges of racism were everywhere, following the death of George Floyd.
The school initially told the family’s lawyer, “Your clients, or their friends, are responsible for the posting of the photograph on social media and the resultant publicity and unfortunate consequences.”
The boys’ family, in a statement, said the fight was over the school’s assumption of their guilt “without giving a child the opportunity to show their innocence.”
“We would never wish the pain, humiliation, and suffering St. Francis has inflicted on our families on anyone, but we are thankful that the jury has spoken, and vindicated our boys, and forced St. Francis to finally take responsibility for their repeated personal attacks on the boys.”
Copyright 2024 WND News Center
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Good news for the rule of law.
The Georgia Court of Appeals agreed to review President Donald Trump’s appeal to disqualify disgraced Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the sham RICO case against him.
“Upon consideration of the Application for Interlocutory Appeal, it is ordered that it be hereby GRANTED. The Appellant may file a Notice of Appeal within 10 days of the date of this order. The Clerk of Superior Court is directed to include a copy of this order in the record transmitted to the Court of Appeals,” the Court said.
Via Phil Holloway:
In March Georgia Judge Scott McAfee ruled that crooked and dishonest Fani Willis will be allowed to remain on the Trump case.
We called this prior to the decision.
So how much you want to bet that GA Judge McAfee dropped bogus charges against Trump today because he is going to leave Crooked Fani Willis and her lover Nathan Wade on the case despite their blatant perjury on their affair?
— The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) March 13, 2024
McAfee did force Fani’s lover Nathan Wade to be removed from the case. Wade and Willis committed the same crime of perjury during their testimony. The conflicted Judge McAfee did not have the guts to follow the law and do the right thing and disqualify both of the lovebirds.
KHOU reported at the time — Ultimately, Willis will be allowed to stay on the case for now.
It looks like there are a few honest officials in Georgia, after all.
The Georgia Appeals Court will review this controversial decision by Judge McAfee, who should find a new profession.
FOX News has more:
The Georgia Court of Appeals has agreed to review former President Donald Trump’s application to appeal Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling to keep embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on the case.
Judge McAfee’s order in March said that special prosecutor Nathan Wade had to be removed in order to keep Willis from disqualification in the Trump election interference case in Georgia. Willis and Wade were alleged to have had an “improper” affair.
Trump and several co-defendants alleged Willis and Wade were romantically involved prior to his hiring and that she financially benefited from the relationship. Both Willis and Wade denied those allegations.
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The US House hearing on anti-Semitism for this afternoon was canceled.
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said he was canceling the hearing after the Washington DC Police Department finally cleared the unlawful encampment at George Washington University.
FOX NEWS RED ALERT
House Hearing on Antisemitism has been canceled — pic.twitter.com/Pw66Qy4YsO— SANTINO (@MichaelSCollura) May 8, 2024
Chairman Comer released a statement this morning.
James Comer: Following the Metropolitan Police Department finally clearing out the unlawful encampment on GW’s campus, I am very pleased to announce that the hearing with DC Mayor Bowser has been canceled.
Following the Metropolitan Police Department finally clearing out the unlawful encampment on GW’s campus, I am very pleased to announce that the hearing with DC Mayor Bowser has been canceled.@GOPoversight will continue to hold DC officials accountable.
Statement below. pic.twitter.com/IVkgdktwwr
— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) May 8, 2024
So how does this resolve the anti-Semitism issue at college campuses?
Mayor Bowser waited for weeks to do the right thing even after the vandalism was widely reported and Jewish students were afraid of walking on campus.
What is going on with these weak Republicans?
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Parents in North Carolina are taking legal action against their local school board after they suspended their 16-year-old son for using the term “illegal alien.”
As previously reported by The Gateway Pundit, Christian McGhee was suspended from Central Davidson High School in Lexington, North Carolina and also smeared as a racist after he asked a question about the word “alien” during a vocabulary exercise.
“Like space aliens or illegal aliens without green cards?” he reportedly asked his teacher.
This question then led to a confrontation with another student, and the matter was consequently escalated to the assistant principal, who determined he had been “offensive and disrespectful” towards his Hispanic classmates, leading to his suspension.
The term “illegal alien” is the correct term used to refer to foreign citizens who have entered the U.S. illegally. Open borders oppose its usage because it emphasizes that migrants have broken the law.
Now, the Liberty Justice Center is taking up the case and suing the Davidson County Board of Education for violating his constitutional rights.
This is Christian. He’s a 16-year-old student in @CDHSSPARTANS.
He was suspended for 3 days after using the term “illegal alien” in an English assignment because it’s “offensive” and “disrespectful.” Now his record could be damaged.
Please support this based student by helping… pic.twitter.com/kz9GGtKmI4
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 16, 2024
The Center announced the lawsuit in a press release on Tuesday:
On May 7, the Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit against the Davidson County Board of Education on behalf of Christian McGhee, a sixteen-year-old student whose question about the word “aliens” in English class led to a harsh suspension and false accusations of racism by his own school.
On April 9, sophomore Christian McGhee raised his hand and asked his English teacher whether her reference to the word “aliens” referred to “space aliens, or illegal aliens who need green cards?” Although there was no substantial disruption to the class, the school decided to suspend Christian for three days out of school, with the administration equating his question to a vicious racial slur. Christian was also prohibited from competing in a season-defining track meet. No appeal was permitted.
Having been branded as a racist by his school, Christian’s return was met with ostracism, bullying, and threats. Concerned for his safety, his parents unenrolled him and he is now completing the semester through a homeschooling program.
The Liberty Justice Center is suing the school board on behalf of Christian and his family for violating his rights to free speech, education, and due process. The lawsuit argues that the school board had no legal justification to suspend Christian because his comment was protected speech under the First Amendment. The lawsuit also seeks to remove the suspension from Christian’s academic record.
“Even though Christian asked a factual, non-threatening question—about a word the class was discussing—the school board branded him with false accusations of racism,” said Buck Dougherty, Senior Counsel at the Liberty Justice Center.
“The school has not only violated his constitutional right to free speech, but also his right to due process and his right to access education, a guaranteed right under North Carolina law,” he continued. “We are proud to stand beside Christian and his family in challenging this egregious violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.”
“I have raised our son to reject racism in all its forms, but it is the school, not Christian, that injected race into this incident,” added Leah McGhee, the boy’s mother. “It appears that this administration would rather destroy its own reputation and the reputation of my son rather than admit they made a mistake.”
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Disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D), who resigned amid sexual harassment scandals, admitted in a recent interview with so-called public health expert and COVID-19 vaccine advocate Leana Wen that his administration never had the actual authority to enforce pandemic mandates, despite imposing them with a tyrannical approach during the COVID-19 crisis.
During the discussion, the Democrat former governor expressed his perspective on the fading public trust in government authority, particularly concerning health mandates.
“I believe if the government were now to say, ‘We just made a finding that there’s a new virus, and everyone should do X, Y, and Z,’ the amount of compliance with X, Y, and Z would be much, much lower than it was at the beginning of COVID because people do not trust the government, especially on this issue, the way they did at the beginning. That would be a complicating factor. When you have people who just don’t listen because the government had no capacity to enforce any of this.
You must wear a mask. People wore masks in New York. But if they said, ‘I’m not wearing a mask,’ there was nothing I could do about it.
You must close your private business. ‘I won’t.’ Well, there was nothing I could really do about it. It was really all voluntary, and it was extraordinary, you think about it, that society acted with that uniformity voluntarily because I had no enforcement capacity. You have a reduced trust in government.”
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is now comfortable telling you the truth about the government’s lack of authority to enforce mandates:
“Government had no capacity to enforce any of this [mandates]. You must wear a mask. People wore masks in New York. If they said ‘I’m not… pic.twitter.com/vvxUlushfs— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) May 7, 2024
Contrary to his claims that the compliance with health directives during the pandemic was “all voluntary” and that there was “no capacity to enforce” these measures, these assertions are misleading and revisionist.
Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, Governor Cuomo exercised tyrannical authority, implementing strict mandates that affected millions of New Yorkers.
His administration’s directives, which included mandatory mask-wearing even for children over the age of two and the closure of nonessential businesses, were enforced under the threat of penalties or prison and were not merely voluntary suggestions as he now claims.
The state of New York leads the country in terms of COVID-19 deaths despite having the highest vaccination rate.
Cuomo’s policies killed at least 11,000 seniors during the COVID pandemic. New York COVID deaths from nursing homes were 49% greater than previously reported.
The main reason for this is that Governor Andrew Cuomo had a policy that nursing homes had to accept patients who were infected with the virus. Thousands of elderly people died as a result.
Back in May 2020, The Gateway Pundit reported that New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo, Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, MD, and Executive Deputy Commissioner Sally Dreslin’s actions led to thousands of deaths in New York state.
In response to his actions, Cuomo released a book lauding his COVID-19 accomplishments. He made millions on this COVID book.
The New York Joint Commission on Public Ethics ordered disgraced former Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo to return the $5.1 million he made from his Covid book deal.
In a 12-1 vote, the commission ordered Cuomo to pay the state $5.1 million in profits he made off the backs of taxpayers after killing thousands of elderly people.
Back in July 2021, the Biden Department of Justice dropped their investigation into Cuomo and several Democrat governors who sent infected COVID patients into nursing homes.
There will be no justice for the tens of thousands of Americans who were killed due to these irresponsible policies by these crooked Democrats, including Andrew Cuomo.
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YouTube has taken down a speech by conservative commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek from the Netherlands in which she warned about a “great replacement” of European peoples.
The Gateway Pundit previously posted her historic speech last month.
Vlaardingerbroek posted about the censorship on the X platform.
"Of course YouTube deleted my speech," she wrote. "In the meantime we’re nearing 50 Million views here on X. Man, I love this app. Thanks for buying it, Elon Musk."
Of course @YouTube deleted my speech.
“Hate speech”
In the meantime we’re nearing 50 Million views here on @X. Man, I love this app. Thanks for buying it, @elonmusk. pic.twitter.com/2TOfpka2BL
— Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) May 1, 2024
According to YouTube, the speech violated their "hate speech" policy by "inciting hatred of groups because they belong to a protected group."
The viral speech, which she delivered at CPAC Hungary in Budapest, discussed the invasion of Europe's borders by mass immigration that she likened to a form of "great replacement."
"I spoke the forbidden truth: The Great Replacement is no longer a theory - it’s reality," she said at the time. "White Europeans are being replaced in their own countries at an ever-accelerating rate, and it will mean the end of our civilization if we don’t turn things around."
The speech caught the attention of X owner Elon Musk, who argued that the issue is less about mass immigration and more about low birth rates.
"The problem with “Great Replacement Theory" is that it fails to address the foundational issue of low birth rates. Record low birth rates are leading to population collapse in Europe and even faster population collapse in most of Asia. Immigration is low in Asia, so there is no “replacement" going on, the countries are simply shrinking away."
The problem with “Great Replacement Theory” is that it fails to address the foundational issue of low birth rates.
Record low birth rates are leading to population collapse in Europe and even faster population collapse in most of Asia. Immigration is low in Asia, so there is no… https://t.co/ddGM5R6vWh
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 28, 2024
"If this doesn’t turn around, then any countries on Earth with low birth rates will become empty of people and fall into ruin, like the remains we see of the many long dead civilizations," he added.
Fortunately for Vlaardingerbroek, the emergence of free speech-centered platforms such as X and Rumble means that YouTube's censorship is no longer the end of its circulation. Long may that continue.
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In a recent episode of ‘Fearless with Jason Whitlock,’ American sports columnist Jason Whitlock sat down with former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown, who spoke about his political preferences and expressed support for former President Donald Trump over Joe Biden.
During the interview, the former Pittsburgh Steeler reflects on some of his most controversial incidents, including his heated social media exchanges with the G.O.A.T. and America’s favorite athlete, Caitlin Clark. Brown also shares his version of the “fake” COVID-19 vaccination card saga.
What truly captured viewers’ attention was Brown’s candid take on politics. Whitlock delved into Brown’s political leanings with a direct question:
“Where are you at on the political spectrum? You’re not a fan of Joe Biden or what?” Whitlock asked.
“No, I like Donald Trump. I’ve seen Joe Biden online. He was shitting on himself and falling all over. I’m like, ‘Yo, what’s going on with him?’ He’s got teleprompters everywhere. I’ve got a good political opinion, but I want the world to be a better place. I feel like I probably could do better with Trump helping more businesses and coming back and taking over in 2024,” Brown responded.
Whitlock pressed further, asking, “So you think Biden pooped his pants in that other video?”
Brown replied, “That’s what the video shows; he was looking real shitty. I know we all make mistakes. I mean, you shit yourself before, right?”
Whitlock chuckled and admitted, “Actually, I have, but go ahead.”
Whitlock was talking about a particular video of Biden that had been circulating on social media. The video showed Joe Biden standing awkwardly, leading to edited versions where it appeared he had pooped himself.
Oh no pic.twitter.com/r4hgSbsukg
— Politi_Rican (@TheRicanMemes) May 4, 2024
Brown continued, saying, “I just feel like the country, we need to do a better job, you know what I’m saying? With everything that’s been going on, the pandemic, the shots, everything.”
When asked if he had ever met Trump, Brown revealed, “I met him on the phone before. Talked to him on the phone with Tom Brady one time. Yeah, he seemed like a cool guy.”
“You think Brady likes Trump but just can’t admit it?” Whitlock asked.
“Yeah, he probably definitely likes the candidate. I can, though. Shout out to Donald Trump,” Brown said. “On the President’s election… I might be coming to one of his inauguration… I may be coming to one of the speeches.”
Whitlock suggested they head down to Mar-a-Lago to “kick it” together. Brown responded enthusiastically, “Let’s go, man. We’ll be the n***** of the day for that. That’d be a good segment for us, man.”
.@AB84 on whether or not he’s a fan of Joe Biden: “Nah, I like Donald Trump. I seen Joe Biden online. He was sh*ttin’ on himself and falling all over. I’m like, yo, what’s going on with him?” pic.twitter.com/xsTrE3NS70
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) May 7, 2024
Brown last appeared in a game on January 2, 2022, playing for the Buccaneers. His refusal to play due to an ankle injury led to his dismissal from the sidelines, and his subsequent outburst while heading to the locker room resulted in his release. He has not been signed by another NFL team since then.
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The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released shocking statements and documents on Tuesday night that reveal that the U.S. State Department knew COVID leaked from a Wuhan Biolab and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) covered it up.
The documents reveal that the State Department knew this since July 2020.
The highly redacted documents show enough proof to see the US Government has been lying to the American public since at least July 2020. They knew all along it was a leak from a bio lab.
“These classified documents were previously released in an unclassified and highly redacted FOIA production to US Right To Know. Today, Chairman RepBradWenstrup requested StateDept rapidly declassify the documents and share the truth about the origins of COVID-19 with the American people,” the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic wrote on X.
The letter, addressed to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, reads:
The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (Select Subcommittee) is investigating the origins of COVID-19. Since April 2, 2020, Committee on Oversight and Accountability Republicans have investigated the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) role in obscuring the truth regarding the initial outbreak, and whether any U.S. taxpayer dollars funded the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s (WIV) dangerous gain-of-function research.’ On February 27, 2023 we wrote to the Department requesting information pertinent to this investigation.’
Pursuant to that letter, the Department recently produced classified documents to the Select Subcommittee that were previously released in an unclassified and highly redacted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) production to U.S. Right to Know.? These documents contain highly pertinent information that credibly suggests:
- COVID-19 originated from a lab-related accident in Wuhan, China;
- The CCP acted to prevent, and in fact obstructed, a fulsome investigation into these matters; and
- A seamless relationship between the WIV and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
The American people deserve to see the information that is hidden under these redactions.
We write to you today to request that you immediately take steps to declassify this information such that the American people have a more complete picture of the government’s evidence regarding the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ensure that these documents are expeditiously reviewed for declassification, the highly redacted FOIA versions are enclosed. In addition to the rapid commencement of a declassification review, the Select Subcommittee requests a staff level briefing to occur before May 14, 2024.
This briefing was previously requested on April 24, 2024 with the goal of it occurring prior to the Select Subcommittee’s hearing with the President of EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.—and known WIV collaborator—Dr. Peter Daszak. However, the Department responded that it could not support a briefing on that timeline.
The Select Subcommittee is authorized to investigate “the origins of the Coronavirus pandemic, including but not limited to the Federal Government’s funding of gain-of function research” and “executive branch policies, deliberations, decisions, activities, and internal and external communications related to the coronavirus pandemic” under H. Res. 5.
The US and CCP hid this from the public.
NEW- Chairman @RepBradWenstrup of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus says he’s seen classified State Dept. docs that “credibly suggest COVID-19 originated from a lab related accident in Wuhan, China.”
And that the CCP “…attempted to cover-up the lab leak.”
Wenstrup…
— Joe Khalil (@JoeKhalilTV) May 7, 2024
BREAKING
NEW State Department documents reviewed by @COVIDSelect suggest COVID-19 leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China and the CCP covered it up.
These classified documents were previously released in an unclassified and highly redacted FOIA production to @USRightToKnow.… pic.twitter.com/wPaAtrpstO
— Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (@COVIDSelect) May 7, 2024
The documents are highly redacted, yet you still can see what they contain, and it is explosive.
The emailed report was dated July 20, 2020.
The report revealed that the lab leak was covered up by Beijing officials — AND later US officials!
Xi lied to obfuscate his role in the cover-up — then American officials lied to cover up for Xi!
The report includes Chinese documents!
So why did US officials cover up for China?
Why did they lie for years now to the American public? Were they protecting Xi?
Did President Trump know, or did they keep this from him, too?
What about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo?
Here are the highly redacted documents from the US State Department.
Another redacted document:
The post BREAKING: Documents Reveal US State Department Officials Knew COVID Leaked From a Wuhan Lab and CCP Covered It Up Back in July 2020 – Then They Lied to the American Public for Years! appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Guest post by Leo Hohmann
Russian troops are sitting at the doorstep of victory in Ukraine, whose forces look just weeks away from collapsing given the current situation on the ground. Ukraine is losing 500 to 800 men every day and showing signs of cracking.
But Western globalists are talking tougher than ever and threatening Russia with new forms of direct military warfare from the West. Don’t believe for a second that our Western puppet leaders will let go of their anti-Russia, anti-Putin crusade — they’re too far in, have too much invested, and there’s simply too much money to be made by their financial benefactors.
Government officials in the US, UK and France continue to ratchet up the war rhetoric against Russia by threatening the country with Western troops and the possibility of using UK-supplied long-range missiles to strike deep into the heart of Russia.
If Russia succeeds in its war with Ukraine, and it’s not a matter of if but when, U.S. Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries announced on CBS News Sunday that the U.S. will intervene directly with troops. Think about what this means.
“We cannot allow Ukraine to fall, because if it does, there is a significant possibility that America will have to intervene in the conflict — not just with our money, but with our troops,” he told CBS News.
Then, like a cynical puppet of the blood-drenched military-industrial complex, Jeffries mouthed the favorite talking points of the neocon war hawks, showing he answers to the same faction of billionaire greed-mongers as the GOP leadership in Congress.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to “restore the Soviet Union” to “threaten NATO countries,” he said. This is the same baseless messaging that has been repeated over and over the last two and a half years by the likes of Mike Pence, Mitch McConnell, Nikki Haley, Senator Lindsey Graham and all of the other war hawks on the other side of the aisle. When it comes to foreign policy and being salesmen for perpetual war, there is not a dime’s worth of difference between the two parties. They are the Uniparty.
The Russian government wasted no time responding to what it perceives as a growing threat from the US and NATO to send troops into Ukraine.
The Russian news outlet RT.com is reporting Monday a strong message from Moscow warning of dire consequences if any NATO country sends troops into Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron has been the most outspoken about the possibility of sending troops to fight Russians in Ukraine, but now Congressman Jeffries has taken it to a new level with his comments to a major establishment news outlet over the weekend.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron was also quoted by Reuters last week that Ukraine has the right to use long-range missiles sent by the UK to strike deep inside Russia.
The Russians tailored their response to the British and didn’t mince words.
Moscow said it will retaliate against British targets in Ukraine or elsewhere if Kiev uses UK-provided missiles to strike Russian territory, the Russian Foreign Ministry told London’s ambassador on Monday.
RT.com reports that Ambassador Nigel Casey was summoned to the ministry following the remarks by Cameron to Reuters.
”Casey was warned that the response to Ukrainian strikes using British weapons on Russian territory could be any British military facilities and equipment on the territory of Ukraine and beyond,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following the meeting.
As noted by RT, the US and its allies had previously qualified their deliveries of long-range weapons to Kiev by saying they could only be used on territories that Ukraine claims as its own – Crimea, the Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, and Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Cameron’s statements to the contrary “de facto recognized his country as a party to the conflict.”
Russia sees Cameron’s comments as “evidence of a serious escalation and confirmation of London’s increasing involvement in military operations on the side of Kiev,” the ministry added.
Casey was urged to “think about the inevitable catastrophic consequences of such hostile steps from London and to immediately refute in the most decisive and unequivocal manner the bellicose provocative statements of the head of the Foreign Office.”
Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry announced an exercise to test the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons. President Vladimir Putin ordered the drills after “provocative statements and threats” by Western officials, the military said.
Putin said that if troops get sent in from any Western country, that country’s troops will be immediately prioritized and vaporized. He has said that sending nuclear missiles to London, Paris or Berlin is also an option that will be used if Russia feels threatened by a ground invasion from the West.
Here is Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Earl Rasmussen warning that Putin should not be seen as bluffing.
‘They’re not bluffing’: Russian tactical nuke drills are loud warning to NATO to stay out of Ukraine
“This is a signal to the Western leaders that they are serious. They are not bluffing,” retired US Army Lt. Col. Earl Rasmussen told Sputnik, commenting on Monday’s statements by… pic.twitter.com/OK9FrGDH8v
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) May 6, 2024
According to the article by RT, Moscow hopes the nuclear drills will “cool down the ‘hot heads’ in Western capitals and help them understand the possible catastrophic consequences of the strategic risks they generate,” as well as “keep them from both assisting the Kiev regime in its terrorist actions and being drawn into a direct armed confrontation with Russia,” the Foreign Ministry said in a follow-up statement.
It looks more and more like World War III will get ramped up into direct warfare between the US and Russian superpowers, perhaps sooner than any of us thought. It could even happen before the November US presidential elections.
Pray for peace. Prepare for war. It’s very likely coming to U.S. soil. Godspeed.
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A 27-year-old German politician has been convicted of incitement to hatred for discussing rape statistics in Germany.
Marie-Thérèse Kaiser, a local leader in the Alternative for Germany (AFD) party, was fined and given a criminal record for asking questions about the disproportionate number of migrants from Afghanistan convicted of sexual assault.
The European Conservative reports:
The Verden regional court in Lower Saxony has upheld a verdict against Rotenburg AfD leader Marie-Thérèse Kaiser for incitement to hatred. The 27-year-old was also found guilty in the appeal hearing on Monday of inciting hatred against Afghan local workers.
For this, the politician now has to pay 100 day fines (a type of fine related to daily income of the convicted) plus a fine of €60, a total of €6,000. In Germany, you are considered to have a criminal record if you are sentenced to pay more than 90 day fines.
The charge was based on a post that Kaiser had spread on her social media accounts in August 2021. In it, she wrote: “Afghanistan refugees; Hamburg SPD mayor for ‘unbureaucratic’ acceptance; Welcoming culture for gang rape?”
Among other things, the politician linked to an article showing that Afghans in Germany are particularly heavily involved in gang rape.
The issue caught the attention of X CEO Elon Musk, who pointed out that she was merely citing government statistics.”
“Are you saying the fine was for repeating accurate government statistics?” he wrote in response to a tweet from End Wokeness. Was there anything inaccurate in what she said?
Are you saying the fine was for repeating accurate government statistics?
Was there anything inaccurate in what she said? https://t.co/itSzTx1Ybv
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 6, 2024
Such verdicts are increasingly common in Germany, where the left-wing globalist regime has passed a plethora of “hate crime” laws and has even threatened to ban the AFD for supposed extremism.
Back in February, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lashed out at Donald Trump after he suggested that America would not protect countries that do not pay their fair share.
NATO’s promise of protection is without restriction: all for one, one for all. Any relativisation of the mutual defence guarantee is irresponsible and dangerous. Nobody is allowed to play or do deals with Europe’s security. We will strengthen NATO for the security of Europe.
— Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz (@Bundeskanzler) February 12, 2024
“NATO’s promise of protection is without restriction: all for one, one for all,” he wrote at the time. “Any relativisation of the mutual defence guarantee is irresponsible and dangerous. Nobody is allowed to play or do deals with Europe’s security. We will strengthen NATO for the security of Europe.”
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Donald Trump is reportedly planning to send covert “assassination squads” into Mexico as soon as he takes office in order to take out Mexican drug cartel leaders wreaking havoc on America.
According to a report from Rolling Stone, Trump is mulling the idea if he returns to the White House next year as part of an effort to strike “fear into the hearts” of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords:
The former president has not presented specific details in public about these plans — for example, how many U.S. troops he’d be willing to send into sovereign Mexican territory. But, the three sources tell Rolling Stone, in conversations with close MAGA allies, including at least one Republican lawmaker, Trump has privately endorsed the idea of covertly deploying — with or without the Mexican government’s consent — special-ops units that would be tasked with, among other missions, assassinating the leaders and top enforcers of Mexico’s powerful and most notorious drug cartels. In some of these discussions, Trump has insisted that the U.S. military has “tougher killers than they do” and pondered why these assassination missions haven’t been done before, arguing that eliminating the heads of cartels would go a long way toward hobbling their operations and striking fear into the hearts of “the kingpins.”
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During some of these conversations, Trump has likened these proposals to the 2019 military raid that he ordered that resulted in the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, insisting that the U.S. should approach drug cartel leadership in the same manner. One of the sources, who discussed the issue with Trump earlier this year, recalls the ex-president saying that the U.S. government should have a “kill list of drug lords,” as this source describes Trump’s ideas, of the most powerful and infamous cartel figures that American special forces would be assigned to kill or capture in a potential second Trump administration.
Trump has made no secret of his plans to deal with Mexico’s drug cartels should he get a second term in office. Since Joe Biden seized power in January 2021, drug cartels have expanded their operations across the United States by taking advantage of the open border, flooding the country with fentanyl and a host of other deadly substances.
Last April, Trump indicated that he would be willing to use military force, with or without Mexico’s consent, in order to deal with the drug cartels. The comments drew condemnation from Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who described them as an “offense to the people of Mexico.”
“I also have a very good relationship with the president of Mexico,” Trump said at the time. “He’s a socialist but he also happens to be a gentleman. You can’t have everything, right? But he’s a great person. Certainly, I would deal with him. This is an invasion of our country — this isn’t just people walking over… We will stop it and we will stop it immediately.”
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has offered to debate Donald Trump at the Libertarian Party convention later this month.
Both Kennedy and Trump are scheduled to speak at the convention this month after the Libertarian Party invited all presidential candidates to their convention to discuss issues around freedom and limited government. Joe Biden declined their invitation.
In a post on the X platform, Kennedy began his pitch by citing polling data between the two candidates and baiting Trump with accusations that he had failed on various issues such as COVID.
I’m grateful to you for calling attention to the rigged polling methodologies that biased DNC-influenced media have used against you. We have this concern too, and I’m happy to show you the deceptive methodologies used by DNC-allied pollsters who pretend that I’m in single digits. You have correctly characterized these as “fake polls.”
This is why we did our own poll with Zogby — the largest and most accurate poll of this election cycle. We had Zogby ask about head-to-head matchups. (1) You versus President Biden. (2) Me versus President Biden. (3) Me versus you. The results? You beat President Biden handily. I crush him as well, by even more. And against each other, I beat you in a nail-biter. In a three-way, you are ahead but I’m coming up strong.
Two new polls (CNN and Quinnipiac) have me above the 15% debate threshold. Another (Activote) has me at 26% among young voters. And you and I are tied among America’s 70 million Independents. I’m also drawing a lot of voters from your former supporters. They are upset that you blew up the deficit, shut down their businesses during Covid, and filled your administration with swamp creatures.
Then came the offer itself:
We’re both going to be speaking at the upcoming Libertarian convention on May 24 and 25. It’s perfect neutral territory for you and me to have a debate where you can defend your record for your wavering supporters.
You yourself have said you’re not afraid to debate me as long as my poll numbers are decent. Well, they are. In fact, I’m the only presidential candidate in history who has polled ahead of both major party candidates in head-to-head races.
So let’s meet at the Libertarian convention and show the American public that at least two of the major candidates aren’t afraid to debate each other. I asked the convention organizers and they are game for us to use our time there to bring the American people the debate they deserve!
Dear President Trump,
I’m grateful to you for calling attention to the rigged polling methodologies that biased DNC-influenced media have used against you. We have this concern too, and I’m happy to show you the deceptive methodologies used by DNC-allied pollsters who pretend…
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 7, 2024
Trump has yet to respond to the offer and it is unclear whether sees debating Kennedy as a good use of his time or a smart campaign tactic.
Last month, Trump described him as a “radical left lunatic” who is “far more liberal than anyone running as a Democrat,” as well as Green Party candidate Jill Stein and far-left independent candidate Cornel West.
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Joe Biden’s illegal immigration crisis is creating serious financial hardships for American citizens in the form of higher mortgage rates, according to the Federal Reserve chairman of Minnesota.
Democrats and the media have spent three years trying to convince average Americans that the illegal immigration crisis is normal and not causing any harm, but it’s simply not true.
This is why this particular issue is causing anger even among liberals in blue cities.
Breitbart News reports:
Federal Reserve Chairman: Migration Boosts Mortgage Rates
President Joe Biden’s migration crisis raises the mortgage rates that burden young couples and families, according to the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
“While the long-run effect of increased immigration on inflation is unclear, immigrants nonetheless need a place to live, and their arrival in the U.S. has likely also increased demand for housing,” said Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said on May 7.
In turn, he said, mortgage rates are nudged upwards with higher interest rates, saying, “Perhaps a neutral [interest] rate for the housing market is higher than before the pandemic.”
Kashkari is a member of the Federal Reserve, which is now raising interest rates to reduce the unpopular inflation caused by the federal government’s deficit spending.
But since 2021, Biden’s deputies have also worsened inflation by importing roughly ten million legal, illegal, and quasi-legal migrants.
And of course, Joe Biden is responding to this by doing pretty much everything wrong.
Inflation, gas prices, and mortgage rates are climbing, unemployment just hit the highest level in 2 years, and hardworking Americans are struggling to get by.
Joe Biden's response?
Force YOU to pay for healthcare for illegals and the student loans of art students. pic.twitter.com/4TkcPISyu0
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) May 3, 2024
Mortgage rates have SKYROCKETED under Joe Biden & 78% of would-be homebuyers say financial factors are keeping them from being able to purchase a home.
Joe Biden’s economy has made the American dream a fantasy! pic.twitter.com/HWPLt73SR4
— Center for Renewing America (@amrenewctr) May 6, 2024
Is there any wonder why a growing number of Americans want to return to the Trump years?
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Kim Gardner, a former St. Louis prosecutor who was backed by George Soros, is missing. The list of allegations against Gardner is long.
Authorities are trying to find her because of the ongoing investigation and also to serve her subpoenas, but she has vanished.
Unless something has happened to her, she must be in hiding. How else can her disappearance be explained?
From the Associated Press:
Auditors can’t locate former St. Louis circuit attorney to complete state audit
A state examination of the office that handles criminal prosecutions in St. Louis is being delayed because auditors can’t find former Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said Monday.
Fitzpatrick said in a news release that auditors have tried for several months to contact Gardner, including trying to serve her with a subpoena. Her whereabouts remain unknown, he said.
“This is a pattern of behavior with Kim Gardner, who hasn’t shown a willingness to be transparent or accountable,” Fitzpatrick, a Republican, said in a news release. “Without question, she knows our audit is ongoing and that we want to speak with her about her time in office, but she has made no effort to comply with our requests or respond to our inquiries.”
Gardner, a Democrat first elected in 2016 to become the city’s first Black circuit attorney, resigned in May 2023. She was part of a movement of progressive prosecutors who sought diversion to mental health treatment or drug abuse treatment for low-level crimes, pledged to hold police more accountable, and sought to free inmates who were wrongfully convicted.
The Gateway Pundit has reported on Kim Gardner for years. She left office early in 2023 after public scandal after public scandal.
Soros-funded Kimberly M. Gardner was elected to the Office of St. Louis Circuit Attorney in 2016 and assumed office on January 1, 2017. She was re-elected in 2020 for a second term. However, the report outlines that Gardner failed to fulfill her duties as mandated by state law, leading to a significant decline in the effectiveness of the Circuit Attorney’s Office in St. Louis and an increase in crimes in the Democrat-controlled city.
Under Gardner’s watch, the Circuit Attorney’s Office, once the most active in Missouri in terms of jury trials, saw a dramatic decrease in the prosecution of criminal cases. This decline led to a state of near-collapse in the city’s criminal justice system.
Kim Gardner is so intolerable that two dozen attorneys and more than one-third of the trial lawyers left the office when she took over the office in 2017. And this is a Democrat-dominated office!
She finally left office after a young girl visiting St. Louis lost her legs when a young felon who should have been in jail hit her with his car.
Where could she be?
Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said former the St. Louis circuit attorney is dodging subpoenas, ignoring calls and refusing to answer questions for an audit of her former office. https://t.co/EbvpEKbmD4
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) May 8, 2024
Missouri Auditor says he has not been able to find the disgraced George Soros backed circuit attorney for the Shitty of Saint Louis Kim Gardner. Is it possible that justice has been served? Let’s hope that’s the case. https://t.co/T3V8Xb6Ola
— ChrisGraves133 (@CGraves133) May 7, 2024
This is a perfect reminder that every single Soros-backed prosecutor should be removed from office. They are the cause of so many problems in the country right now.
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The vast majority of college students in the United States have absolutely no interest in the anti-Israel protests on campus, according to new polling.
These students do care about political issues, but this is not one of them. They also want the protesters to be held accountable for all the trouble and damage they have caused.
The people behind these protests represent a tiny minority of college students, yet they are constantly issuing demands and eating up tons of attention by being the loudest and most annoying people on campuses.
Axios reported:
Exclusive poll: Most college students shrug at nationwide protests
College protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are dominating headlines. But only a sliver of students are participating or view it as a top issue, according to a new Generation Lab survey shared exclusively with Axios.
Why it matters: The poll hints that the war — and the accompanying protests — might not hurt President Biden’s election prospects among young voters as much as previously thought.
By the numbers: Only a small minority (8%) of college students have participated in either side of the protests, the survey of 1,250 college students found.
- Students ranked the conflict in the Middle East as the least important issue facing them out of nine options.
- It landed behind health care reform, racial justice and civil rights, economic fairness and opportunity, education funding and access, and climate change.
This is one of the most important findings in the poll:
Zoom in: A large majority (81%) of students support holding protesters accountable, agreeing with the notion that those who destroyed property or vandalized or illegally occupied buildings should be held responsible by their university, per the survey.
So that’s the majority of college students. And yet, who are these colleges bending over backwards to please? The protesters.
These colleges need to grow a spine and start firing and expelling people.
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A TPUSA Frontlines reporter was violently attacked by far-left Antifa militants in Seattle on Tuesday afternoon.
Antifa called in reinforcements to disrupt TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk’s “Prove Me Wrong” tabling event at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Charlie Kirk held a Q&A session before the main event which was sold out.
WATCH:
With tons of security, Antifa called in reinforcements. So far, none of the efforts have disrupted the TPUSA Charlie Kirk Q&A. The main event is this evening at 5:30pm. Tickets are already sold out. @FrontlinesTPUSA @TPUSA pic.twitter.com/rh4LFeg1vr
— Jonathan Choe (@choeshow) May 7, 2024
TPUSA Frontlines reporter Jonathan Choe and his security were violently attacked by Antifa militants.
The security guard was left bloodied. Police arrived on the scene.
The Antifa militants were near the pro-Hamas encampment on campus.
WATCH:
BREAKING: FRONTLINES reporter @choeshow and his security were attacked by members of ANTIFA near the anti-Israel encampment at the University of Washington.
Cops were called to the scene and are now investigating.
We’ve reached out to the school for comment, but so far no… pic.twitter.com/egJOtFVYt0
— FRONTLINES (@FrontlinesTPUSA) May 8, 2024
Jonathan Choe said he filed multiple police reports.
“An Antifa mob and their soy boyfriends tried to corner me and my crew. They always send the skinniest dudes or the most overweight activists in my direction,” Jonathan Choe said.
There goes the neighborhood. Massive battle royale at the UW Quad Tuesday afternoon. An Antifa mob and their soy boyfriends tried to corner me and my crew. They always send the skinniest dudes or the most overweight activists in my direction.
Thank you @schwaarzy for capturing… https://t.co/b7895SnpAD— Jonathan Choe (@choeshow) May 8, 2024
Antifa goons roamed around on the outskirts of the event to intimidate conservatives.
HAPPENING NOW: Charlie Kirk TPUSA event is officially sold out at the University of Washington in Seattle. Unfortunately, people are being turned away. Thankfully these Antifa goons did not get inside. They are roaming on the outskirts of the HUB and are clearly here to… pic.twitter.com/Nb8ZWBZtMJ
— Jonathan Choe (@choeshow) May 8, 2024
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A non-profit in San Francisco that provides services to homeless people has been accused of fraud to the tune of a cool $100,000. They also face accusations of nepotism.
As many people have pointed out, an entire industry has bloomed in San Francisco around the homeless population and no one wants to end homelessness as a result, because too many people are making extremely good money off the problem.
As far as fraud goes, $100,000 is kind of small potatoes when you consider the fact that the city wastes hundreds of millions of dollars on this issue.
CBS News Bay Area reported:
San Francisco nonprofit running homeless shelter accused of $100K fraud, nepotism
A San Francisco-based nonprofit that provides services to the homeless has been suspended amid allegations of fraud and nepotism, officials announced Monday.
City Attorney David Chiu said he initiated debarment proceedings against the Providence Foundation of San Francisco. Chiu also suspended the organization from receiving new city contracts or grants, effective immediately.
“This nonprofit took over $100,000 of public money meant to benefit people experiencing homelessness. That cannot be tolerated,” Chiu said in a statement. “My office’s work to root out bad actors who take advantage of our public resources continues. We will find out about your misdeeds, cut off your funding, and hold you accountable.”
Providence has received at least $105,000 from the city based on what the city attorney describes as “blatantly fraudulent” invoices. The invoices stem from renovation work at the Oasis Hotel on Franklin Street, which the group operates as a shelter for families experiencing homelessness.
Officials said work was supposed to include repainting the exterior and removing deadbolt locks at the hotel, but the work was not performed.
John Sexton of Hot Air comments:
San Francisco spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year on homelessness contractors like these. Whenever the government is giving away that kind of money, fraud is inevitable. Frankly, the $100,000 this group bilked the city is petty cash in the overall scope of the homeless industrial complex in San Francisco. All of these people and groups have a vested interest in having this problem continue.
Is this really a surprise?
New: The Providence Foundation of San Francisco, a homeless shelter operator under investigation for alleged wage theft, is accused of ‘blatant’ fraud. @SFCityAttorney has suspended the nonprofit from receiving any new city funds. https://t.co/cw3qivib6L
— Maggie Angst (@MaggieAngst) May 6, 2024
There are too many people getting wealthy off of ‘helping’ the homeless. Why would they want to solve the problem?
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The Rev. Billy Graham, famed evangelist and minister to presidents, is set to receive a great accolade next week as a 7-foot-tall statue will be dedicated in his honor at the U.S. Capitol, according to reports.
The state of North Carolina approved a measure back in 2015 to replace its statue of former Gov. Charles Aycock in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall with one dedicated to Graham, who was born in the city of Charlotte in the Tar Heel State. But the plans have been stalled for years, The Charlotte Observer reported last year.
Graham died in 2018.
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association told Fox News on Monday that the long-awaited statue will finally be placed in the Capitol.
“It’s a rare honor,” the organization said.
The outlet reported the statue will be unveiled on the morning of May 16.
The commanding sculpture was created by North Carolina artist Chas Fagan and portrays Graham gesturing toward an open Bible, according to Fox News.
The bronze was cast at Carolina Bronze Sculpture, a foundry in Seagrove, North Carolina, while the base was made of Salisbury granite cut from a quarry in Rowan County.
The base of the statue contains Bible verses to “highlight Graham’s lifelong commitment to sharing the Gospel,” the association said.
They include John 3:16 (“God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life”) and John 14:6 (“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through me'”), Fox News reported.
The Rev. Franklin Graham celebrated the statue being raised in his famous father’s honor.
“This isn’t just a statue of my father — it represents the One that he surrendered his life to and the message that he preached for more than 80 years, that God loves us and He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to save us from our sins,” he told Fox News via email.
“What I appreciate most is that this is an opportunity for everyone in future generations who sees the statue to be reminded of God’s love, grace and forgiveness,” Graham continued.
“This is a great honor and my father would be humbled and grateful,” he added. “At the same time, he would not want the attention on himself but on God’s Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Billy Graham, who died at 99 years of age, dedicated some 80 years of his life to his ministry and preached the Gospel to more than 215 million people across six continents — the most ever reached by a single Christian minister.
He also counseled 12 sitting U.S. presidents, starting with Harry Truman, as well as many world leaders.
“The legacy of Rev. Billy Graham is based on his simple message of forgiveness based on John 3:16,” Republican North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd told Fox News.
“He was the first private citizen from North Carolina to lie in honor in the United States Capitol and his likeness should stand in the U.S. Capitol forever,” Budd said.
Graham has received several honors from the federal government.
In 1996, he and his wife, Ruth, received a Congressional Gold Medal.
When he died in 2018, he became one of only four private citizens to be laid in state at the Capitol.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has reported a young boy has died due to cardiac arrest after receiving the company’s experimental gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
A Pfizer spokesperson told Reuters in an exclusive email, “A fatal serious adverse event was reported as cardiac arrest for a participant in the Phase 2 DAYLIGHT study.”
Pfizer’s gene therapy trial is currently testing children two to three-year-olds who have Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) “is caused by a genetic problem in producing dystrophin, a protein that protects muscle fibers from breaking down when exposed to enzymes.”
BREAKING: A young boy died in a trial for Pfizer’s experimental gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the company told patient advocates Tuesday. – Stat News pic.twitter.com/qXeeRNApYQ
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) May 7, 2024
Per Reuters:
A young patient died due to cardiac arrest after receiving Pfizer’s gene therapy being tested in a mid-stage trial for a muscle-wasting disorder called Duchenne muscular dystrophy(DMD), the drugmaker told Reuters on Tuesday.
“A fatal serious adverse event was reported as cardiac arrest for a participant in the Phase 2 DAYLIGHT study,” a company spokesperson told Reuters in an emailed response.
The trial is testing boys 2 to three years of age with DMD, a genetic muscle wasting disorder in which most patients lack the protein dystrophin which keeps muscles intact. The disorder affects an estimated one-in-3,500 male births worldwide.
“The patient received the investigational gene therapy, fordadistrogene movaparvovec, in early 2023,” as per a statement from a community letter attributed to the drugmaker’s DMD gene therapy team and posted by a nonprofit advocacy group.
READ:
We are absolutely devastated to hear about the sudden passing of a young boy (2-3 years old) who was participating in Pfizer’s Phase 2 Daylight study!
We are praying for peace and comfort for his family and friends. Fly high sweet Duchenne Warrior. pic.twitter.com/blZhLpqCoj
— “Sudden And Unexpected” (@toobaffled) May 7, 2024
Pfizer announced they are currently reviewing the patient’s data to understand what caused the boy to suffer an adverse event.
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As our country barrels heedlessly towards the uttermost bounds of depravity, even the country’s hallowed national monuments are no longer safe from those promoting this degeneracy.
From Joe Biden inviting transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney to speak with him at the White House to inviting other transgender influencers who took off their shirts on the White House lawn, the Biden administration has ensured that nation’s capital would become a hotbed of this increasing degeneracy.
And now, members of the infamous show “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” have disgraced the Washington Mall and the Lincoln Memorial by promoting the show and parading themselves in patriotic-themed, provocative outfits across these national landmarks.
Per The Hill, eight alumni of “Drag Race” took to the Washington Mall on Monday to both promote the ninth-season of the show and pose for pictures.
One of the drag queens, Angeria Paris VanMichaels, told The Hill, “It feels like progress. … In this moment, I feel very proud of my country and just the fact that we’re able to do stuff like this now. It kind of shows how far we are coming as a country — slowly but surely, we get there.”
More specifically, in addition to promoting the show, the drag queens were there to persuade people to vote in the upcoming election — for Biden, that is.
As The Hill noted, the LGBT community was instrumental in clinching Biden’s victory back in 2020.
Local news station WUSA-TV also reported on the drag queen’s underlying intentions regarding their little display, noting drag queen Shannel posted a video to Instagram encouraging people to vote, with the caption “Let your voice be heard VOTE.VOTE.VOTE.”
WARNING: The following video contains images that may be offensive to some readers.
Now, was the drag queens’ little publicity stunt directly sponsored by the Biden administration?
It appeared not. Though these drag queens would most likely be full-throated Biden supporters, the impetus for the whole endeavor seemed to come from the makers of the show and not the White House.
However, The Hill reported, the drag queens met with White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at a “popular gay bar” following their jaunt about Washington.
Is this any surprise?
After all, career liberal Nancy Pelosi once gladly appeared on this execrable show, and Biden invited a “non-binary” drag queen who publicly advocated for defunding the police to the White House to witness him signing the “Respect for Marriage” Act in 2022, WPDE-TV reported at the time.
Biden has devoted almost his entire presidency to prompting far-left causes that would have made our forebears recoil in disgust.
Imagine what Abraham Lincoln would have said had he seen these drag queens parading around the nation’s Capitol, within sight of his own monument.
Even a mere ten years ago, such a display would have been unthinkable to any sitting president, Democrat or Republican.
Only 20 or so years ago, committed liberals like Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton publicly opposed gay marriage.
How, in such a short span of time, did men dressing like female strippers at our most important national monuments become something many people would consider “normal”?
This display from these drag queens, then, was more than an off-putting publicity stunt for a depraved reality show.
It was a sobering, and disturbing, representation of the moral decline of our nation.
What a difference a couple of decades can make.
A terrible, disheartening, difference, but a difference nonetheless.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Alvin Bragg’s lead prosecutor who questioned Stormy Daniels on Tuesday donated to Joe Biden and the Democrats.
Susan Hoffinger donated to Joe Biden in 2020. She also donated money to ActBlue, an online fundraising portal for Democrats in 2020.
BREAKING NEWS: I just exposed that the prosecutor headlining the sham Biden Trial today donated to Joe Biden and Far Left Democrats. This blatant and illegal lawfare against President Trump must end.https://t.co/7ltmTyaoPe
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) May 7, 2024
Excerpt from Fox News:
The prosecutor from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office leading questioning of adult film actress Stormy Daniels in former President Trump’s unprecedented criminal trial donated to President Biden’s campaign in 2020 and a number of other Democratic politicians and organizations over the years, Fox News Digital has learned.
Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger questioned Daniels Tuesday as she testified as part of former President Trump’s unprecedented criminal trial.
Hoffinger’s donations to Biden came during the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, Federal Election Commission records show.
Hoffinger donated $500 to Biden’s presidential campaign in 2020 — a donation of $250 in February 2020 and another donation of $250 in March 2020.
Hoffinger also donated more than $900 to ActBlue during the 2020 cycle. ActBlue is an online fundraising platform for Democratic candidates, progressive organizations, and nonprofits.
Hoffinger also donated to a number of other Democratic congressional campaigns in 2020 and 2018. Hoffinger was hired by Bragg’s office in 2022, after the political contributions were made.
Alvin Bragg’s top prosecutor Matthew Colangelo – a top DOJ official that Joe Biden sent to New York in 2022 to take down Trump – was paid by the DNC for ‘political consulting.’
Matthew Colangelo previously worked in the Justice Department (Biden appointee) and is a lifelong left-wing activist.
It has now been revealed that Colangelo was paid $12,000 by the DNC in 2018.
“According to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by Fox News Digital, DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee paid Colangelo twice on Jan. 31, 2018. Colangelo was given two payments of $6,000, for a total of $12,000.” Fox News reported.
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Joe Biden went off-script during an interview with a Spanish-language radio station and admitted the real reason why he’s allowing millions of illegal aliens to invade the US.
An estimated 11 million illegal aliens – mainly military-age males – have entered the US on Joe Biden’s open border invitation.
Hundreds of thousands of illegals are pouring over the border every month.
Biden slipped and admitted the influx of illegals = new Democrat voters.
“It’s even a bigger influx now in terms of Hispanic voters! Err, Hispanic citizens,” Biden said.
AUDIO:
Biden says Hispanic immigration to the U.S. is "a little bit like back in the 1840s and the great exodus of Ireland":
"It's even a bigger influx now in terms of Hispanic voters! Err, Hispanic citizens." pic.twitter.com/n40Cq8dKCo
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 7, 2024
“Hispanic community’s part of the future of America! 28 out of every 100 students in school speak Spanish — 28!” Biden exclaimed.
AUDIO:
Biden tells a Spanish-language radio station: "Hispanic community's part of the future of America! 28 out of every 100 students in school speak Spanish — 28!"
(He completely made that statistic up) pic.twitter.com/2bXP8kdG6k
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 7, 2024
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A state judge in New York has shot down a pro-abortion ballot measure just ahead of the November election, dealing a blow to Democrats who hoped to use the initiative as a top campaign issue this fall.
A judge in Livingston County ruled on Tuesday that Democratic legislators did not follow the constitutionally required steps to place the measure on the ballot, according to the New York Post.
State Supreme Court Justice Daniel Doyle found that they approved the measure before obtaining a legal opinion from state Attorney General Letitia James’ office, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported.
New York already has some of the strongest protections for abortion and abortionists in the country, yet Democrats in the Empire State have been trying to make abortion a central issue in this year’s election with absurd claims that it is endangered in a deep-blue state that is fully controlled by Democrats.
The Democratic Party hopes to use the initiative to boost voter turnout.
“Our decades-long fight to protect equality and reproductive freedom will not be thrown off track by one extremist judge and I look forward to casting my ballot for the Equal Rights Amendment in November,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement.
Critics of the ballot measure said the language is an attack on parental rights because it would make it illegal to deny a minor’s request for an abortion — or other “health” services, such as “transgender” procedures.
The measure would ask New York voters if they support adding language to the state constitution saying that people cannot be denied rights based on their “ethnicity, national origin, age, and disability” or “sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and autonomy.”
Detractors said that not only would parents be prohibited from having a say in abortions for their children, but the measure also would force schools to adopt the “transgender” agenda.
“Schools would be required to permit biological males to compete on girls’ sports teams if voters approve this amendment,” the Coalition to Protect Kids said in a statement last month, according to the Post.
Critics blasted the measure as “the Parent Replacement Act,” with the Coalition to Protect Kids saying it “opens the floodgates” for government interference in families.
“This ballot initiative is written so broadly and so poorly that it could cause irreparable harm to children and families,” said Greg Garvey, New York executive director of the coalition.
Opponents — including Republican Assemblywoman Marjorie Byrnes of Livingston County — went to court to prevent the measure from being placed on the ballot.
Byrnes told the Post she was pleased with the judge’s decision to block the measure.
“While the state is controlled by one party, our constitution and our laws must be honored. I am pleased with Justice Doyle’s decision which upholds the plain meaning and integrity of the constitution of our state,” she said.
A recent poll found that a supermajority of American voters oppose abortions after the third month of pregnancy, but the New York ballot measure would go against that sentiment by approving unrestricted abortion.
New York state law currently guarantees a right to abortion up to 24 weeks — or six months — and also protects abortion until birth if the fetus is unviable or if the mother’s life is endangered by the pregnancy.
Shockingly, the law includes “mental health” as a reason for abortion up until birth.
Naturally, Democrats plan to appeal the judge’s ruling, so this measure might yet end up on the ballot.
But it all just goes to show how Democrats use abortion as a political wedge even when the “right” they claim to be worried about isn’t in danger in the least bit.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Once upon a time, there was a British King called Charles who waited decades to ascend to the throne. When he finally did, his younger son, the Duke of Sussex, published a ‘memoir’ airing some of the family’s dirty laundry, and the writer of said book accused the King and the Princess of Wales of being racists. Both the elderly King and the Princess fell ill with Cancer right after this. The End.
While no, it was not the end, Prince Harry is now feeling the cold shoulder for his working against ‘The Firm’ – how the Senior Windsor Royals call themselves.
As we anticipated here, Prince Harry won’t meet King Charles during his current visit to Britain.
The monarch is ‘too busy’ to meet his own son, Harry’s spokesperson said.
Prince Harry is in the UK to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, a competition event that he founded for wounded and injured service men and women, both serving and veterans.
Reuters reported:
“The younger son of King Charles has only been back in Britain on a few occasions since he and his American wife Meghan stepped down from official royal roles in 2020 and moved to Los Angeles where they live with their two young children.”
The two became estranged from the working Royals. Harry is barely on speaking terms with heir to the throne Prince William.
“Harry’s last publicized trip came in February when he made a flying visit to see his father for a quick reunion after Buckingham Palace revealed that the 75-year-old king had been diagnosed with cancer.”
Addressing speculation that the King would meet him, a spokesperson for Harry denied it would happen.
“‘In response to the many inquiries and continued speculation on whether or not the duke will meet with his father while in the UK this week, it unfortunately will not be possible due to His Majesty’s full program’, the spokesperson said. ‘The duke of course is understanding of his father’s diary of commitments and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon’.”
Charles returned to public duties last week after his diagnosis for an unspecified form of cancer. The treatment is ongoing, but the King’s medical advisers allowed him to a gradual return to public engagements.
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Stormy Daniels on Tuesday took the stand in Alvin Bragg’s lawfare ‘hush money’ trial against President Trump.
“Judge Merchan agrees with Bragg and Biden’s attorneys saying that Stormy Daniels has “credibility” to testify about an alleged affair, even though she’s repeatedly denied any such affair over the years and even went on record by issuing an official statement denying such an affair.” TGP contributor Paul Ingrassia said from inside of the court on Tuesday.
BREAKING: Judge Merchan agrees with Bragg and Biden’s attorneys saying that Stormy Daniels has “credibility” to testify about an alleged affair, even though she’s repeatedly denied any such affair over the years and even went on record by issuing an official statement denying… pic.twitter.com/yPd1k1JBXK
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 7, 2024
Trump’s attorneys moved to strike much of Stormy Daniels’ testimony before she took the witness stand, but Judge Merchan still allowed the unnecessary salacious details in his courtroom.
Once prosecutors began asking Stormy Daniels detailed questions about her sexual encounter with Trump, the judge acted shocked and admonished Trump’s lawyers for not objecting to her testimony!
Per TGP contributor Paul Ingrassia who is reporting live from inside of the courtroom: Prosecutors are asking how tall she is relative to Trump and whether there was a power dynamic between them. Now asking about their alleged sexual affair, the position they were in, whether they were intoxicated, “uncomfortable,” and “how they closed it off.”
BREAKING: In a flagrant violation of NY’s rules of evidence and judicial ethics guidelines, the judge is allowing Stormy Daniels to “run wild” with her highly prejudicial testimony, running roughshod over the objections of Trump’s attorneys, and allowing Daniels to vividly…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 7, 2024
Trump’s attorneys moved for a mistrial over Stormy Daniels’ testimony, but the crooked judge rejected it.
“What’s the jury to do with that? It’s still extraordinarily prejudicial to insert safety — safety concerns into a trial about business records. There’s no way to unring the bell in our view,” Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche argued.
“As a threshold matter, Mr. Blanche, I agree that there were things that would have been better left unsaid. I think the witness was a little difficult to control,” Judge Merchan said, according to ABC News.
Merchan added, “I don’t believe we’re at the point where a mistrial is warranted. I’m also surprised that there were not more objections.”
Unbelievable gaslighting!
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Stormy Daniels lost it on Tuesday. The pressure was too much.
The former stripper and porn star started yelling during questioning during the ongoing lawfare case against President Donald Trump.
Stormy Daniels wrote in 2018, “Over the past few weeks I have been asked countless times to comment on reports of an alleged sexual relationship I had with Donald Trump many, many, many years ago. The fact of the matter is that each party to this alleged affair denied its existence in 2006, 20011, 2016, 2017 and now again in 2018. 1 am not denying this affair because i was paid “hush money” as has been reported in overseas owned tabloids. “I am denying this affair because it never happened.”
“Judge Merchan agrees with Bragg and Biden’s attorneys saying that Stormy Daniels has “credibility” to testify about an alleged affair, even though she’s repeatedly denied any such affair over the years and even went on record by issuing an official statement denying such an affair.”
BREAKING: Judge Merchan agrees with Bragg and Biden’s attorneys saying that Stormy Daniels has “credibility” to testify about an alleged affair, even though she’s repeatedly denied any such affair over the years and even went on record by issuing an official statement denying… pic.twitter.com/yPd1k1JBXK
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 7, 2024
The pressure was too much for Stormy today. During questioning from the defense team on Tuesday she started yelling in court.
This is NOT what the lawless prosecution lawyers wanted to happen.
It was not a good day for Stormy.
Anyone who was there at the courthouse today and was being honest would tell you how slovenly and sloppy Stormy Daniels looked on the witness stand. By far the worst dressed of all the witnesses!
Her hair was all unkempt, her clothes and overall appearance was disheveled. She… pic.twitter.com/BUHUJPKAxq
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 7, 2024
CNN reported:
Paula Reid: It became really heated because Nicholas confirms you call him names all the time. Daniel starts to sort of yell, saying, “Yes, because he made fun of me first.” This is devolving pretty quickly. This is pretty toddler-esque conduct and lack of accountability. But what the defense is very effectively getting at is Daniel’s disdain for the defendant. This so far has been a very effective and dramatic cross and appears to continuing to become even more dramatic. What do you think?
Phil Mattingly: I think what’s fascinating is the inversion of how two specific people here are reacting to everything. Our team in the room making very clear that Donald Trump has leaned back a little bit. He was very engaged, very animated, very agitated over the course of the morning. Not so much anymore. Stormy Daniels, on the other hand, arms crossed. Things are very tense, starting to get very frustrated. At one point, it seems raising her voice as well. As Paula was reading through, it underscores there has been a very clear shift, not just in how they’re acting, but totally, but also in where this is going.
Via Johnny MAGA.
Stormy Daniels has reportedly began yelling in the courtroom: "He made fun of me first" when being cross examined by Trump's attorney
CNN recognizes it's been a "very effective and dramatic" cross examination–says Trump appears relaxed
"There has been a very clear shift" pic.twitter.com/TZghUVcVdY
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) May 7, 2024
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The world is an increasingly conflicted place, with the geopolitical relations between East and West as tensioned as they’ve ever been in decades.
In this dangerous panorama, a relentless game of cyber attacks and counterattacks seems to be afoot.
At this point, it surfaces that the Chinese regime is now suspected to have hacked the British Ministry of Defense.
MPs were briefed today of the massive data breach involving the MoD, targeting its service personnel.
Sky News reported:
“The government will not name the country involved, but Sky News understands this to be China. The Chinese state is to be accused of two or three attempts at hacking MoD employees – including personnel.”
The cyberattack targeted a payroll system holding data of current service personnel and some veterans. Names and bank details may have been exposed.
“China’s foreign ministry said it ‘firmly opposes and fights all forms of cyber attacks’ and ‘rejects the use of this issue politically to smear other countries’.
Tobias Ellwood, a Conservative MP and former soldier, told Sky News that China ‘was probably looking at the financially vulnerable with a view that they may be coerced in exchange for cash’.”
The affected contractor system is not connected to the main MoD computer systems.
The British MoD is assessing the scale of the hack.
Two months ago, China’s ‘state-affiliated actors’ were also blamed by the UK government for two “malicious” cyberattack campaigns.
“Making a speech in the Commons in March, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden revealed the two previous incidents involved an attack on the Electoral Commission – responsible for overseeing elections and political finance – in 2021, and targeted attacks against China-sceptic MPs.
[…] Sir Iain Duncan Smith, a Conservative MP and former soldier who has been sanctioned by China, told Sky News: ‘This is yet another example of why the UK government must admit that China poses a systemic threat to the UK and change the integrated review to reflect that’.”
Conservative MP Jeremy Quin, chair of the defense committee, asked Defense Secretary Grant Shapps when the ‘malign actor’ would be named.
Shapps responded that it will ‘take some time’ for government process to conclude who was to blame for cyber-attack.
The Guardian reported:
“Grant Shapps, the defense secretary, has said that “state involvement” in the large-scale cyber attack on the Ministry of Defense (MoD) cannot be ruled out – but without confirming reports that China was responsible.
Shapps said ‘if indeed there is a state sponsored actor” involved, there was a process involved for identifying them. He said it would “take some time’ to reach conclusions.”
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It’s not racist when the Democrats say it.
New York’s Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul said black kids in the Bronx don’t know what the word “computer” is during remarks in Los Angeles this week.
Hochul made the racist remarks at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles.
“Now what we have is the money to build a phenomenal super computer that is gonna be accessible to the researchers in New York, college students, will attract more federal grants, and this is how we lay down the mark,” Kathy Hochul said. “No state has done this. In fact, I talk to a lot of other people who say, ‘I wish my governor had thought of that first.’ I say, ‘No no, this is New York. We like to be first,’ with all due respect to you from other states.”
“It’s sort of our attitude. We will be the best, we will be the first, and I want others to follow, because right now we have young Black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word ‘computer’ is. They don’t know. They don’t know these things,” Hochul added.
WATCH:
“Young black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word ‘computer’ is,” – New York Governor Kathy Hochul, saying something that would get a Republican instantly cancelled, but it’s (D)ifferent. pic.twitter.com/zcntbt8fKg
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) May 7, 2024
Kathy Hochul’s remarks received backlash from black lawmakers in New York.
Deeply disturbed by @GovKathyHochul’s recent remarks and the underlying perception that she has of Black & brown children from the BX.
Our children are bright, brilliant, extremely capable, and more than deserving of any opportunities that are extended to other kids.
Do better. https://t.co/4nZbNiugeu
— Assembly Member Karines Reyes, R.N. (@KarinesReyes87) May 6, 2024
Hochul told the New York Post she “misspoke.”
“I misspoke and I regret it,” Hochul later told the New York Post in a statement. “Of course Black children in the Bronx know what computers are — the problem is that they too often lack access to the technology needed to get on track to high-paying jobs in emerging industries like AI. That’s why I’ve been focused on increasing economic opportunity since Day One of my Administration.”
Hochul sure sounds a lot like racist Joe Biden who previously suggested blacks and Hispanics are too stupid to figure out how to “get online.”
WATCH:
.@JoeBiden suggests many minorities just aren't smart enough to "get online." pic.twitter.com/FVKMjk8rse
— The First (@TheFirstonTV) February 17, 2021
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Hollywood constantly shows their disdain, and often downright hatred, of regular folks.
Recently, Succession star Brian Cox, 77, labeled Christians “stupid” and called the Bible one of the “worst books ever.”
In an interview with The Starting Line Podcast, the actor said that religion holds humanity back “considerably” and argued that “It’s belief systems which are outside ourselves.”
“I mean, the propaganda goes right the way back… the Bible is one of the worst books ever. For me, from my point of view,” the Succession star declared, as he proceeded to elaborate, “Because it starts with the idea that Adam’s rib, you know, that out of Adam’s rib this woman was created — and they’ll believe it because they’re stupid enough.”
*****
“I mean, the propaganda goes right the way back… the Bible is one of the worst books ever. For me, from my point of view,” the Succession star declared, as he proceeded to elaborate, “Because it starts with the idea that Adam’s rib, you know, that out of Adam’s rib this woman was created — and they’ll believe it because they’re stupid enough.”
*****
Agreeing with the interviewer, who brings up that people need to believe in the Bible, Cox explains, “They need it but they don’t need to be told lies. They need some kind of truth and that is not the truth. It is not the truth, it’s a mythology.”
Watch:
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis refused to answer a public records lawsuit seeking records of her communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch asked the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia to declare a default judgment against Fani Willis after she refused to respond to its lawsuit related to communications she had with Jack Smith and the sham January 6 Committee.
Last year House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan launched an investigation into whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis coordinated with federal officials during her years-long probe into Trump and his associates.
Chairman Jordan in his letter to Fani Willis requested all documents and communications between or among the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office and DOJ and its components, including but not limited to the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith, referring or relating to your office’s investigation of President Donald Trump or any of the other eighteen individuals against whom charges were brought in the indictment.
In referring to Jim Jordan’s letter to Fani Willis, Judicial Watch filed a Georgia Open Records Act request seeking records of her communications with Jack Smith.
Fani Willis failed to respond to Judicial Watch’s lawsuit.
Judicial Watch reported:
Judicial Watch announced today that it asked the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, to declare a default judgment against District Attorney Fani Willis in Judicial Watch’s lawsuit seeking records of communications Willis had with Special Counsel Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee.
The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County, GA, after Willis and the county denied having any records responsive to an August 2023 Georgia Open Records Act request for communications with the Special Counsel’s office and/or the January 6 Committee (Judicial Watch Inc. v. Fani Willis et al. (No. 24-CV-002805)). (Judicial Watch dismissed Fulton County from the lawsuit.)
In its motion Judicial Watch noted that Willis was served with the lawsuit on March 11, 2024, but that she has not yet answered it:
Defendant has not filed an answer and no answer has been served upon [Judicial Watch].… Defendant’s answer was due 30 days after service, or on April 10, 2024. Pursuant to [Georgia law] the case automatically became in default when an answer was not filed by the due date. Further pursuant to that Code section, Defendant was permitted as a matter of right to open the default within 15 days of the day of default, or by April 25, 2024.
Judicial Watch asserts it is now entitled to a verdict and judgment by default.
“I think this is the first time in Judicial Watch’s thirty years that a government official failed to answer an open records lawsuit in court,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said. “This further shows Ms. Willis has something to hide about her collusion with the Biden administration and Nancy Pelosi’s Congress on her unprecedented and compromised ‘get-Trump’ prosecution.”
BREAKING: Fani Willis Fails to Answer Public Records Lawsuit – @JudicialWatch Files Motion for ‘Default Judgment’
I think this is the first time in Judicial Watch’s thirty years that a government official failed to answer an open records lawsuit in court. This further shows Ms.… pic.twitter.com/vCN2w8TlJF— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 7, 2024
Fani Willis believes she is above the law.
Fani Willis told reporters on Monday that she will not testify before the Georgia Senate investigative committee.
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Even ultra-liberal Amsterdam has had enough of those Gaza camp thugs.
Police in the Netherlands arrested about 169 activists as they broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration camp at the University of Amsterdam.
The protests that have disrupted campuses in the United States are spreading into Europe.
Police in the Dutch capital said on the social media platform X that their action was ‘necessary to restore order’ after protests turned violent.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
This comes after yesterday Anti-Israel students & activists armed with sticks attacked Jewish students at the University of Amsterdam. The Jewish students have dared to express their disapproval against the occupation of campus Security watched on during the attack
Hamas supporters hunt Dutch in Amsterdam. It’s time to restore order and discipline. We can’t go on like this. We need mass deportations. pic.twitter.com/jML1LwJgrW
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) May 6, 2024
Reaction was swift, as Police used BULLDOZERS to raze the protest camps in the University campus.
Dutch police use bulldozers to destroy Hamas encampment at the University of Amsterdam.
After the violence we saw yesterday, this needed to be done.pic.twitter.com/XHpK1c5zH7
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) May 7, 2024
Dutch police raze Hamas supporters’ camp at Amsterdam University and educate them. Education is important.pic.twitter.com/vq11YCW0Mj
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) May 7, 2024
Reuters reported:
“Police clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters as thousands marched in the Dutch capital on Tuesday, a day after riot police violently broke up an encampment at Amsterdam University.
Police were seen using batons against protesters to prevent them from marching past the nearby Holocaust Monument on their way to Amsterdam city centre.”
Dutch police educate Hamas supporters in Amsterdam.https://t.co/ZQAjUqsGUa
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) May 7, 2024
Student are protesting the war in Gaza and academic ties with Israel.
The protests have spread across Europe but so far have remained much smaller in scale than those seen in the United States.
Dutch police said they had to act to stop the event on Monday and dismantle tents due to safety risks.
“‘The police’s input was necessary to restore order. We see the footage on social media. We understand that those images may appear as intense’, police said.”
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Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday afternoon indefinitely postponed Jack Smith’s classified documents trial against Trump.
As previously reported, Judge Cannon on Monday night postponed a key deadline in the classified documents case after Special Counsel Jack Smith admitted to tampering with evidence.
Cannon on Monday evening temporarily stayed a May 9 deadline for President Trump and his co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira related to CIPA.
On Tuesday afternoon, Judge Cannon set a second set of pre-trial deadlines to manage pending discovery and disclosure matters.
The Judge vacated the May 20, 2024 trial date. It may be several months until Judge Cannon sets a new trial date.
“The Court also determines that finalization of a trial date at this juncture—before resolution of the myriad and interconnected pre-trial and CIPA issues remaining and forthcoming—would be imprudent and inconsistent with the Court’s duty to fully and fairly consider the various pending pre-trial motions before the Court, critical CIPA issues, and additional pretrial and trial preparations necessary to present this case to a jury. The Court therefore vacates the current May 20, 2024, trial date (and associated calendar call), to be reset by separate order following resolution of the matters before the Court, consistent with Defendants’ right to due process and the public’s interest in the fair and efficient administration of justice,” Cannon wrote in an order reviewed by The Gateway Pundit.
Judge Cannon set hearings on key motions, including Walt Nauta’s motion to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution.
Additionally, a June 21 hearing was set on Trump’s motion to dismiss the indictment based on the unlawful appointment and funding of Special Counsel Jack Smith.
In a motion filed late Friday, Jack Smith admitted the FBI messed with the boxes containing “classified” documents they seized from Trump and can’t be sure the order or the placement of the documents.
Jack Smith in his Friday night response admitted the FBI moved the classified documents around.
According to a footnote in the motion reviewed by The Gateway Pundit, the FBI messed with the boxes containing the ‘classified’ documents they seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
The DOJ previously assured the Court that the placement of classified documents as originally found had been maintained – THEY LIED!
Footnote 3: The Government acknowledges that this is inconsistent with what Government counsel previously understood and represented to the Court. See, e.g., 4/12/24 Hearing Tr. at 65 (Government responding to the Court’s question of whether the boxes were “in their original, intact form as seized” by stating “[t]hey are, with one exception; and that is that the classified documents have been removed and placeholders have been put in the documents”
The DOJ in August 2022 lied to the Court when they claimed the red, blue and yellow sheets shown in the viral photo of the classified documents indicated their classification status.
The FBI admitted they messed with Trump’s documents! The FBI used cover sheets as placeholders for the classified documents.
“After the boxes were brought to WFO, the FBI created an index to correlate the documents with classification markings to codes (e.g., document “bb”) and labeled the classified cover sheets in the boxes with the codes for the seized documents. The FBI also generally replaced the handwritten sheets with classified cover sheets annotated with the index code, but regardless, any handwritten sheets that currently remain in the boxes do not represent additional classified documents—they were just not removed when the classified cover sheets with the index code were added. In many but not all instances, the FBI was able to determine which document with classification markings corresponded to a particular placeholder sheet.”
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More than 200,000 people in North Carolina are on the state’s voter rolls despite missing the full details of their social security number.
According to a report from The Federalist, the records of approximately 224,000 people are simply “missing” the last four digits of their Social Security number (SSN) and their driver’s license identification number.
The report states:
The 2002 Help America Vote Act (HAVA) required states to verify certain “information of newly registered voters for Federal elections,” according to the Social Security Administration. “Each State must establish a computerized State-wide voter registration list and verify new voter information with the State’s Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA).” These requirements went into effect on Jan. 1, 2004.
States must verify the would-be voter’s driver’s license number against the MVA database, but if an individual lacks a driver’s license then states must use the last four digits of his SSN, name, and date of birth. Notably, verifying a registrant’s SSN or driver’s license does not necessarily confirm his citizenship, since foreign nationals can obtain either.
The system is meant to ensure prospective voters are eligible. Yet in North Carolina, hundreds of thousands of registrations made it into the system without this verifying information, according to allegations from election integrity activists.
“We now have hundreds of thousands of ineligible, duplicate, deceased and non-citizen registrants bloating our voter lists — the breeding ground for election fraud,” North Carolina Election Integrity Team President Jim Womack said in a statement to The Federalist.
Such reports raise further concerns about the integrity of America’s elections, which have been tainted by widespread fraud over the past two election cycles.
Just last month, The Gateway Pundit reported evidence by Fractal quantum technology that many of the illegal aliens who have invaded the country since Joe Biden seized power back in 2021 are being registered to vote in crucial swing states such as Wisconsin and Michigan.
However, this is not just a problem in swing states. Voter rolls across the country are known to have millions of discrepencies. Unless properly challenged and investigated, such irregularities could pave the way for fraudulently held elections for decades to come.
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A fearless patriot brutally trolled an anti-America, pro-Hamas encampment late Monday night at Harvard University.
As Gateway Pundit readers know, Harvard is just one of the many universities up north that have struggled to contain the violent pro-Hamas protests across their campuses.
In contrast, students at Southern colleges have humiliated the loony agitators. These actions include hijacking protests to sing patriotic songs and voice support for President Trump.
Fortunately, Harvard has started to get a little fed up. Outkick.com notes that Harvard interim president Alan Garber released a statement vowing to hold those who refuse to vacate the encampment accountable.
I write today with this simple message: The continuation of the encampment presents a significant risk to the educational environment of the University. Those who participate in or perpetuate its continuation will be referred for involuntary leave from their Schools.
Among other implications, students placed on involuntary leave may not be able to sit for exams, may not continue to reside in Harvard housing, and must cease to be present on campus until reinstated.
Garber got some much-needed assistance from a student who decided to give the foul-smelling, lazy agitators a rude wake-up call. The Daily Wire’s Kassy Akiva posted a video shortly after midnight eastern of the national anthem loudly blasting outside of the encampment as the protesters tried to sleep.
The anthem plays for a full two minutes as some of the disheveled agitators walk around the encampment.
WATCH:
Someone just blasted the Star-Spangled Banner at the anti-Israel Harvard encampment tonight. pic.twitter.com/nVHFSqt2WL
— Kassy Akiva (@KassyDillon) May 7, 2024
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) weighed in on the patriot’s brilliant trolling, wondering what the protesters’ reaction was after their beauty sleep was interrupted by the “Star Spangled Banner.”
I’m trying to imagine the tortured expressions on the faces of the pro-Hamas protesters at Harvard as their sleep was interrupted by a loud and stirring performance of our National Anthem.
Did they stand and place their hands over their hearts? https://t.co/OvEcAPN8f7
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) May 7, 2024
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President Trump on Tuesday walked out of the New York City courtroom to talk to the press after Stormy Daniels testified in Alvin Bragg’s ‘hush money’ trial.
Stormy testified to irrelevant yet very salacious details about her sexual encounter with Trump that allegedly happened many years ago.
She was also reportedly making scripted jokes in the courtroom to win over the jury but nobody was laughing.
Trump walked out of the court and spoke to the media. He used a clever trick to avoid violating Judge Merchan’s illegal gag order.
Crooked Judge Merchan on Monday held Trump in contempt, fined him thousands of dollars, and threatened to jail him if he continued to defend himself.
Merchan has trampled all over Trump’s First Amendment rights with the illegal gag order. Trump isn’t allowed to defend himself against attacks from witnesses. Meanwhile Michael Cohen is on TikTok trashing Trump.
Trump pulled out a piece of paper and read quotes from CNN and other news outlets on what they are reporting about the ‘hush money’ case.
“Some of these statements made about this witch hunt,” Trump said as pulled out a piece of paper.
“On CNN – fake news CNN – Michael Moore said the proof of falsified records has not been accomplished,” Trump said. “On ‘Good Morning America’ they said, expense payments to lawyers are not illegal expenses…”
Trump continued, “There’s no case…it’s an unfair trial”
WATCH:
Trump expertly avoids violating Judge Merchan's unconstitutional gag order by using the left's own words against them. He pulls out a piece of paper and reads quotes from CNN and other news outlets on what THEY are saying about the case. Brilliant. pic.twitter.com/CQXX53J2Gx
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 7, 2024
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Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) appeared on MSNBC on Monday and floated an unhinged conspiracy theory that Trump supporters are “training up in the hills somewhere” and they’re going to target “certain groups” if Trump does not win the election or has another election stolen.
Obviously, this was a racist attack on Trump supporters.
On Tuesday morning a reporter with Laura Loomer confronted Mad Maxine about her racist claims that Trump supporters are "training in the hills" to attack "certain groups" if President Trump has another election stolen.
Of course, Mad Maxine lied and said the Trump supporter called her personally because he was mad that she found out about it. What a crock!
Reporter: Good morning, Congresswoman... How are you? Pretty good. What evidence do you have that Trump supporters are hanging out in the hills getting ready to attack democracy? What you said on MSNBC.
Mad Maxine: What did you say?
Reporter: You said on MSNBC the other day that Trump supporters were hanging out in the hills getting ready to attack on democracy... What evidence of that do you have?
Mad Maxine: Well, someone called me who said he was a part of it and was mad at me because I found out about it.
Reporter: But can you present some evidence?
Mad Maxine: He threatened to kill me and we recorded it. (shuts door)
Reporter: Someone from MAGA country saying we're up in the hills is offensive.
Via Laura Loomer.
MUST WATCH:
LoomerUnleashed just confronted @RepMaxineWaters on Capitol Hill about her recent claim that “Trump supporters are hiding in the hills training to attack our Democracy” if Donald Trump doesn’t win the 2024 election.
Maxine Waters made the claims LIVE on @MSNBC… pic.twitter.com/MFXOUzHgfy
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 7, 2024
The post MAD MAXINE GETS LOOMERED! Maxine Waters LIES and Says “I Got a Phone Call” from a Trump Supporter Hiding in the Hills Training for an Attack (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Stormy Daniels on Tuesday took the stand in Alvin Bragg’s lawfare ‘hush money’ trial against President Trump.
“Judge Merchan agrees with Bragg and Biden’s attorneys saying that Stormy Daniels has “credibility” to testify about an alleged affair, even though she’s repeatedly denied any such affair over the years and even went on record by issuing an official statement denying such an affair.” TGP contributor Paul Ingrassia reported on Tuesday.
BREAKING: Judge Merchan agrees with Bragg and Biden’s attorneys saying that Stormy Daniels has “credibility” to testify about an alleged affair, even though she’s repeatedly denied any such affair over the years and even went on record by issuing an official statement denying… pic.twitter.com/yPd1k1JBXK
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 7, 2024
Trump was accused of paying porn star Stormy Daniels, AKA, Stephanie Clifford, ‘hush payments’ through his then-attorney Michael Cohen in a scheme to silence her and stop the story about their alleged affair from being published in the National Enquirer.
The payments made to Stormy Daniels did NOT come from Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
The payments were made through internal business records – there was no tax deduction taken and there was no obligation to file it with the FEC, according to Trump attorney Joe Tacopina.
Bragg alleged Trump committed fraud because the payment was labeled “legal fees.”
Stormy testified to irrelevant yet very salacious details about her sexual encounter with Trump that allegedly happened many years ago.
She was also reportedly making scripted jokes in the courtroom to win over the jury but nobody was laughing.
CNN criticized Stormy Daniels for using humor to try to get a reaction from the jury.
WATCH:
Stormy Daniels is apparently making scripted jokes in the courtroom to win over the jury and nobody is laughing
She's hurting the prosecution's case by showing the jury how much of an attention seeker she is. This is hilarious pic.twitter.com/jQmWdIRU5m
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) May 7, 2024
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Chinese scientists have engineered a virus with parts of Ebola in a lab that killed a group of hamsters.
A team of researchers at Hebei Medical University used a contagious disease of livestock and added a protein found in Ebola, which allows the virus to infect cells and spread throughout the human body.
The group of hamsters that received the lethal injection ‘developed severe systemic diseases similar to those observed in human Ebola patients,’ including multi-organ failure,’ the study shared.
One particularly horrific symptom saw the infected hamsters develop secretions in their eyes, which impaired their vision and scabbed over the surface of the eyeballs.
Ebola virus disease, once known by, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is defined by the iconic hemorrhagic fever, but more common symptoms are non-specific such as fever, malaise, headache, diarrhea, or vomiting. The disease can quickly progress to multi-organ system failure leading to shock followed by death. The case-fatality rate ranges from 25% to 90%; the average case fatality rate is about 50%.
But lab leaks happen, and these incidents could lead to the spread of to those outside of the lab.
Experts have confirmed that respiratory viruses – which are spared via coughing and sneezing – are more likely to spread widely through a population.
Data released this March revealed that lab leak incidents occur every year and included the release of controlled pathogens like tuberculosis and anthrax.
There are anywhere from 70 to 100 releases were recorded every year.
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It appears like a trend is ongoing with American citizens getting arrested for alleged criminal offenses in Russia.
It just became publicly known that a US serviceman stationed in South Korea was arrested in the Russian far-east city of Vladivostok for allegedly having stolen from his Russian girlfriend.
Read more:
So, now it arises that an American tourist is behind bars for a drunken criminal offense.
New York Post reported:
"An American visiting Russia has been arrested for allegedly breaking a window at a children’s library after a wild night of drinking — then climbing in, partially stripping off and falling asleep, according to a local report.
William Russel Nycum was visiting friends when he was placed under administrative arrest for 10 days on “petty hooliganism” charges after being found in the Moscow library early Friday, REN TV reported."
The bilateral relations between the US and Russia have hit the lowest point of previous years, with Washington invested in its 'proxy war' against Russia while waging economic war via sanctions.
This creates a fertile ground for situations like WNBA player Brittney Griner's arrest for pot, or - even more seriously - the Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich's prosecution for espionage.
Maybe none of this is related, and William Russel Nycum just had bad luck to get drunk and wild in a country with very strict law enforcement and laws.
He was arrested in Moscow last week after breaking into a children’s library and falling asleep. For that, Nycum was slapped with 'petty hooliganism' charges.
“'He got drunk, had a fight with his friends in a bar', a source told the station.
'He said that he had been kidnapped, but he just left in a taxi. Then he broke the window at a children’s library, climbed inside and fell asleep', the source said."
Unverified security camera footage would suggest he was half naked.
Nycum will now have to spend 10 days in custody on the petty hooliganism charge, Russian media has reported.
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The Georgia State Election Board admitted in a recent letter to elections expert Joseph Rossi that they found the hand recount and machine count audit were found to be violation of state law in the 2020 election.
The State Election Board admitted to this in a recent letter to investigator Joseph Rossi.
The Georgia Election Board says in their letter to Rossi, “The matter is in the violation found category.”
Here is the letter below.
Emerald Robinson at The Absolute Truth on Frank Speech reported late in early April that the long-awaited report from an investigation (SEB2023-025) into errors found in both the hand count and a machine count from the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County is officially on the agenda for a May 7th State Election Board meeting.
The investigation found violations in both the hand audit and machine count, according to citizen investigator Joe Rossi.
Earlier today Joseph Rossi testified in front of the State Election Board meeting.
Rossi detailed how both the hand count audit and the certified machine recount in Fulton County have been found to be in violation of Georgia election law.
Joseph Rossi: Now, I’d like to speak directly to those who have fought factually, respectfully, and relentlessly for the truth over the last three years. As a 410.24, I got another one of these certified letters from the state election board. Every time I get one of those letters, my wife sets it on my desk, and she says, You got another one of those certified letters? I hope you’re not being indicted this time. But anyways, as of that letter, it has now been factually proven that both the hand audit—this is really, really important— and the certified machine count—yes, the certified count—have both been found to be in violation of Georgia election law. Based on these findings, to those that have fought factually, respectfully, and relentlessly, I’ll close with one word, vindicated.
“One word: VINDICATED.”
Joseph Rossi details how both the hand count audit and the certified machine recount in Fulton County have been found to be in violation of Georgia election law.
And guess what? It’s enough to alter the outcome of the election pic.twitter.com/gkWE0uINGz
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) May 7, 2024
The post BOOM! Georgia Election Board: Investigator Joseph Rossi Details How Georgia 2020 Hand Count Audit and Machine Count Audit Found to Be in Violation of Law – ENOUGH VOTES TO ALTER ELECTION! appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
The “woke virus” continues to spread in America.
The Boy Scouts of America has announced a major rebranding as it transitions to “Scouting America,” marking the first name change in its 114-year legacy.
The move is part of the organization’s bid to distance itself from its troubled past marred by a torrent of sexual abuse claims and subsequent bankruptcy while simultaneously embracing “inclusivity.”
The Gateway Pundit reported that the organization was nearly bankrupt after a series of woke decisions, including changing its policies to allow gay leaders and allowing girls to join. Those decisions had a major impact on the organization’s bottom line.
This change is yet another surrender to the ongoing “woke” agenda permeating longstanding American institutions. This is another surrender to political correctness, prioritizing superficial inclusivity over the core values that once made the Boy Scouts an iconic organization.
For over a century, the Boy Scouts of America has stood as a pillar of traditional American values, providing millions of young boys with formative experiences focused on leadership, self-reliance, and camaraderie.
In its press release, Scouting America stated that the change will take effect on February 8, 2025, coinciding with the organization’s 115th anniversary.
“The Boy Scouts of America will rebrand to Scouting America, reflecting the organization’s ongoing commitment to welcome every youth and family in America to experience the benefits of Scouting,” the organization said.
President and CEO Roger A. Krone claimed, “Though our name will be new, our mission remains unchanged: we are committed to teaching young people to be Prepared. For Life. This will be a simple but very important evolution as we seek to ensure that everyone feels welcome in Scouting.”
The name change is meant to reflect the organization’s supposed commitment to inclusivity following decisions in recent years to allow openly gay members and leaders and welcome girls into the ranks.
AP reported:
The organization steeped in tradition has made seismic changes after decades of turmoil, from finally allowing gay youth to welcoming girls throughout its ranks. With an eye on increasing flagging membership numbers, the Irving, Texas-based organization announced the name change Tuesday at its annual meeting in Florida.
“In the next 100 years we want any youth in America to feel very, very welcome to come into our programs,” Roger Krone, who took over last fall as president and chief executive officer, said in an interview before the announcement.
The organization began allowing gay youth in 2013 and ended a blanket ban on gay adult leaders in 2015. In 2017, it made the historic announcement that girls would be accepted as Cub Scouts as of 2018 and into the flagship Boy Scout program — renamed Scouts BSA — in 2019.
There were nearly 1,000 young women in the inaugural class of female Eagle Scouts in 2021, including Selby Chipman. The all-girls troop she was a founding member of in her hometown of Oak Ridge, North Carolina, has grown from five girls to nearly 50, and she thinks the name change will encourage even more girls to realize they can join.
“Girls were like: ‘You can join Boy Scouts of America?’” said Chipman, now a 20-year-old college student and assistant scoutmaster of her troop.
Within days of the announcement that girls would be allowed, Bob Brady went to work. A father of two girls and a proud Eagle Scout himself, the New Jersey attorney eagerly formed an all-girls troop. At their first weekend gathering with other troops, the boys were happy to have the girls involved but some adult leaders seemed concerned, he recalled. Their worries seemed to melt away as soon as the girls led a traditional cheer around the campfire.
The very name “Boy Scouts of America” carried a timeless and specific message, one that emphasized the unique journey of boys learning to become responsible men. The removal of the word “Boy” in favor of a more neutral moniker is unnecessary and eroding concession to modern pressures.
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On May 2-3, the Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (DACODAI) hosted one of its bi-annual meetings in Arlington, Virginia.
Charted by the Congressional Black Caucus in the fiscal year 2009 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), DACODAI’s forefather, the Military Leadership Diversity Commission (MLDC) issued its final report in 2011. Subsequently, DEI ideology and training was set into motion to spread like cancer throughout the military.
Former president Donald Trump issued an executive order in September 2020, directing the cessation of all critical race theory and DEI training in the military. In January 2021, President Joe Biden rescinded the order. With that, DACODAI was accepted as the successor to the MLDC just months later.
Interestingly, earlier this year, DACODAI invited members of Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services (STARRS) and other organizations to put together an in-person panel of experts to have a dialogue on DEI in the military. Although there was a great response from like-minded leaders and organizations, the proposed panel was almost immediately cancelled as “too hard to do.”
Lt. Gen. Rod Bishop (ret.), STARRS chairman of the board, requested an informal video panel with DACODAI be held so concerns about the negative impact of DEI on the military could be shared, but a response was never received from Gen. (ret.) Lester Lyles—the DACODAI Chairman—or his office.
In an effort to be heard, Bishop and others—including nine former senior DOD and civilian leaders—recorded five-minute statements about the harm DEI was causing and forwarded them to DACODAI. These statements also went unanswered.
In response, 17 members of the public, including presidents of 10 veteran-led or military-concerned organizations planned to attend the semi-annual DACODAI in person. On April 29, just days before the meeting was to occur, all public attendees were notified by DACODAI that the Department of Defense “for unforeseen reasons” was cancelling any in person attendance.
Next came guidance—as people were required to register beforehand—from DACODAI’s Federal Officer that “no public statements would be allowed.”
One can rightly question whether these decisions could be attributed to the realization that the many people outside the network of DACODAI would have boldly spoken against DEI ideology in the military? DACODAI did not reply to requests for comment by The Gateway Pundit to defend their reason for the abrupt cancellation or change of plans.
While Bishop was “greatly disappointed,” he was not entirely surprised, considering DACODAI’s unwavering support of all things Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). In a recent a clip shared on Fox & Friends, Bishop explained, “[DEI is] unadulterated, undeniable, easily proven Marxist-based ideology that’s being forced down the throats of our servicemen.”
In a recent a clip shared on Fox & Friends, Bishop explained, “[DEI is] unadulterated, undeniable, easily proven Marxist-based ideology that’s being forced down the throats of our servicemen.”
“The leaders of today, unfortunately, just don’t seem to have the morale courage to stand up against this,” Bishop continued.
Fox News Channel’s Pete Hegseth said, “They closed the actual meeting because they were afraid of the pushback.” Speaking about the video, Bishop told The Gateway Pundit, “Pete and the cohosts really got passionate about this. America has to get this passionate about what’s happening to our military, too.” For him, “people can’t keep their heads buried in the sand.”
To that end, Bishop said was shocked to learn that DACODAI has been “flying underneath the radar” on Capitol Hill. According to him, with all that is on their plate, politicians and others are largely unaware that DACODAI is advising the Secretary of Defense on matters of diversity and inclusion.
He told the Gateway Pundit that “although the shoddy treatment of members of the public may be a harbinger of societal failure and the ‘cancel culture’ being alive and well in our country, the focus should be—and always remain—on the divisiveness, the discrimination, the lowering of standards that is part and parcel of the Marxist-based DEI movement in our military.”
“By setting up barriers where skin color, ethnic background, and racial diversity becomes all the focus,” Bishop warned, “they’ve created something which is poisonous to the military.” He explained, “Diversity is not the military’s greatest strength; rather, it is unity and cohesiveness.”
“We all bleed red, and the only other colors that matter besides red are white and blue,” Bishop shared. He desires for Congress to fully understand that the “injection of a Marxist ideology into the military” could end in the destruction of the military as the country knows it.
“Why are we lowering standards? Why are we promoting the less qualified? Why are we allowing DEI to divide, demoralize, and demean our military?” he asked.
With host Frank Gaffney, founder of the Center for Security Policy, testimonies of some of the members of the members of the Military Readiness and Merit Coalition who had planned to attend the DACODAI event met virtually on May 2. This panel focused on the importance of merit-based readiness, rather than divisive and demoralizing “woke” identity politics.
Panelists included former Lt. Col. Matt Lohmeier, Col. Brandi King, former Army officer Kendall Qualls, former Army officer Scott McQuarrie, Brig. Gen. (ret.) Christopher Walker, and Lt. Gen. (ret.) Rod Bishop.
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They want Trump dead.
Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki fantasized about Trump dying before the 2024 election on a Tuesday morning appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
Joe Biden and the Democrat-media complex are terrified of Trump. They know Trump is ahead in the polls. They know Joe Biden is unpopular.
This is why Biden’s DOJ is trying to jail Trump. Biden can’t win unless he cheats – or jails his main political rival.
Psaki fantasized about all the ways Trump can be eliminated this election season.
“Maybe Donald Trump will go away. Maybe he’ll go to jail. Maybe he will die. Not to be too morbid. But maybe. He’s not a young man,” Psaki said.
WATCH:
Jen Psaki went on Morning Joe this morning to fantasize about all the ways Donald Trump can be taken off the chess board:
"Maybe Donald Trump will go away. Maybe he'll go to jail. Maybe he will die. Not to be too morbid. But maybe. He's not a young man."
They want Trump dead. pic.twitter.com/pXtOgTEC12
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 7, 2024
Business Insider recently fantasized about Trump’s death and published a piece titled: “Here’s what happens if Donald Trump dies while running in the 2024 presidential election”
“If Trump dies while seeking reelection, a few different things could happen, depending on when he dies and how close it is to Election Day.” – Business Insider writer Sonam Sheth wrote in an article published on Saturday.
Business Insider said states would need to adjust their filing deadlines if Trump were to die within the next few weeks (before January 1, 2024).
“If Trump died during primary season — which ends in mid-June — some states may postpone their scheduled primaries.” Business Insider wrote.
However, if Trump died during the primary season and before June “some states may postpone their scheduled primaries.”
The left always fantasizes about a Trump assassination. This is nothing new.
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One month ahead of the very consequential European Elections that will take place from June 6-9, the Mainstream Media is in a bit of a panic, because it is widely projected that the nationalist and conservative forces in the old continent will make big electoral gains.
French lawmaker Jean-Paul Garraud, chair of France’s Rassemblement National (RN) lawmakers, told news agency Reuters that he fully expects Euroskeptic parties to surge in the EU assembly election.
That would give them influence in Brussels and Strasbourg, but only if other right and centre-right parties work with them – and therein lies the last hope of the Globalist and Liberal current leaders – that establishment forces will shut them out.
Reuters reported:
“Polls predict radical right parties will gain across the EU, including France, Germany and Italy where many seats are at stake, as voters frustrated by a cost of living and energy crisis, illegal migration, and rattled by a changing geo-political landscape seek alternatives beyond mainstream parties.”
Even if they don’t make top positions, Conservatives can still influence issues crucial to them.
‘Far-right’ parties could effectively oppose failed green policies and of course, curb unchecked mass immigration.
“Polls forecast the two radical right groups Identity and Democracy (ID) and the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) will add 30-50 seats, to rise to 22-25% from 18% now.
Support is not limited to a traditional base of disgruntled older men. A recent German poll showed 22% of under-30s would vote for the country’s far-right AfD. RN’s president is 28-year-old Jordan Bardella, a telegenic poster on TikTok, the short video platform little used by the mainstream.”
So far, even experienced leaders like former Rothschild banker Emmanuel Macron, a famous ‘political escape artist’ that has survived many a crisis in his tenure, are having a tough time trying to revert this conservative-leaning trend.
Macron’s party is polling at about 16%, half that of RN. To be soft on immigration and crime, as well as adhering to the failed, crippling ‘green’ policies are all losing banners to be waving right now in Europe.
“The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), the Social Democrats and the centrist liberals have so far shut out the hard right, dividing up top EU jobs and forging policy consensus. They are expected to have a majority, albeit reduced, after the 2024 vote.”
Many commentators in the right see the Italian government of Giorgia Meloni as a template to new European power structure, with various right wing factions cooperating to put the left in the opposition.
Meanwhile the German AfD is suffering the greatest onslaught of lawfare and PR tainting campaign of this electoral season, ridiculously accused of Russian and Chinese ties.
AfD support has since only slightly dipped.
Read more:
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CNN legal analyst Michael Moore has warned that putting Donald Trump in prison over failing to abide by the terms of his gag order would be politically beneficial to his campaign.
Judge Juan Merchan, who is known for his close links to the Democratic Party, warned Trump on Monday that if he violates further gag orders, he would consider putting him in prison.
However, Moore warned that doing so would be a “political gift” to Trump but that he may have to do it anyway in order to “maintain the integrity” of the process:
How do I get Trump’s attention? How do I maintain the integrity and the respect of the court? How do I protect this process? How do I protect the trial? And at the same time, do I fall into the trap of giving Trump this big political gift of putting him in jail? Because of the fact is he’d never be in jail in a place where any common person might serve any amount of time.”
I mean, he would be isolated, he would be put in a secure facility. He may never even see another inmate, it’s not like he’s going to have to shower in the shower room or use the toilet room with everybody else. That’s just not the way it would work. And so it would really be a gift, I think, for Trump. And that’s why he’s playing this card because he knows that the likelihood of him being incarcerated is slim to none, but the poor judge is sort of like the boy in the dike, he’s got his finger in the hole trying to stop the flood, but he can only do so much, the hole being Trump’s mouth.
Under the terms of the gag order, Trump is prohibited from making any bpucli remarks concerning witnesses, prosecutors, court personnel, and jurors, along with family members associated with the staff, district attorney, or judge.
Merchan has already Trump in contempt for nine infractions, imposing a $9,000 fine and cautioning that further breaches could result in his imprisonement.
“Trump has not violated the order since then, and so it’s big to talk about going to jail,” Moore added. “It’s another thing to actually have some metal braces slapped on and realize you may be going off somewhere, even if it’s to a place different than some place like Rikers Island now.”
Trump, meanwhile, has indicated he will go to prison if necessary. “Frankly, you know our Constitution is more important than jail. It’s not even close. I’ll do that sacrifice any day,” he said on Monday. “But what’s happening here is a disgrace, and the appellate courts are out to get involved.”
The trial continues.
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By Wayne Allyn Root
Columbia University is in the headlines day and night- and not for good reasons. For me, in the words of the great NY Yankee Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, “it’s déjà vu all over again.”
Are you shocked at the scenes of radicals taking over Columbia U with signs and chants showing their hatred for America, capitalism, Israel, even the Jews? Don’t be.
Nothing much has changed in 41 years.
I spent four shocking, miserable years at Columbia back in the early ‘80’s. I graduated Columbia U, Class of ’83. My classmate was Obama. I’m here to tell you nothing has changed.
Let me tell you about my experiences.
I am a S.O.B. (son of a butcher). But my dad the butcher (David Root) was a great father and patriot. He taught me to love America and live the American Dream.
My dad used to say, “The Republican Party isn’t the party of the rich, it’s the party of anyone who wants the opportunity to be rich- or wants their children to have the opportunity to be rich.” In 2012 I repeated that phrase on Fox News and the next day Mitt Romney used that exact phrase at his presidential rally. From a butcher’s mouth to a presidential candidate’s lips.
I’m sure my dad was looking down from heaven with great pride and saying, “Only in America.”
My dad relentlessly taught me 24/7 that I would someday attend Columbia University. He said, “In America the streets may be paved with gold, but only an Ivy League degree gets you onto those streets!”
I listened to my father. I studied, got straight A+’s, graduated as Valedictorian of my class, and in 1979 I was accepted at Columbia University. A butcher sent his son to the Ivy Leagues.
I was bursting with pride as I stepped onto the Ivy League campus at Columbia. I thought “My dad was right. Only in America. How lucky am I to be living in this country?” I credited God, faith, family, freedom, America, and American exceptionalism for my achieving the American Dream.
Boy was I about to experience culture shock.
When I walked into my first class at Columbia, I found the best and brightest. But there were no SOB’s. None of them were sons or daughters of butchers like me.
I met the luckiest, richest, spoiled brats in America.
Everyone was filthy rich and heirs to fortunes. These were the children of the richest and most powerful businessmen, CEOs, Wall Street titans, investment bankers, lawyers, doctors, judges, and politicians.
They all drove Mercedes and BMW’s at age 18. They had mansions waiting in Scarsdale or Great Neck, and summer homes in the Hamptons, or Martha’s Vineyard. They had all been on many vacations to Europe.
My dad drove an Oldsmobile. My family got two weeks a year vacation- in July to a motel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. I’d never been to Europe. Heck, I’d never been out of New York or New Jersey.
I was in culture shock. But it was soon to get much worse. Because all these filthy rich, white, spoiled brats, who were born into “the Lucky Sperm Club,” who never did one thing in their lives to earn their privileged lives, HATED America.
They hated our country…hated the idea of American exceptionalism…hated capitalism…hated white people (even though they were almost all white)…hated Israel (even though many of them were Jewish)…hated God and religion (they were almost all atheists), and they wanted to destroy America and bring the system crashing down to create “equality.”
They told me this all day, every day, for four long years.
They hated the three things in life I respected most- police, military, and small business (my dad owned his butcher store).
They hated my hero Ronald Reagan (just as today they hate most President Trump).
But most of all, they hated white, straight, male Republicans.
Does all of this sound familiar?
Even more of a bullseye with today, my Columbia classmates almost to a man and women, called themselves “communists, socialists, or Marxists.” They bragged about this all the time.
I was in shock. Here I was a blue-collar kid from a dead-end street on the Bronx borderline- and I loved and appreciated America. I credited America for my success. I loved God. I loved my parents. I was living the American Dream and proud of it.
And my classmates already had everything I hoped to enjoy twenty or thirty years down the line, from the moment of their birth with a silver spoon in their mouths. And yet they hated America and wanted to destroy it. And they hated God.
And the one thing that actually shocked me the most- they hated white people.
How could you be white and hate white people? How bizarre. How could you be so filthy rich and hate rich people? How could you be Jewish and hate Israel? What was wrong with these people?
I grew to hate my communist classmates. I grew to hate Columbia. I spent four miserable years there, earned my degree and escaped. I couldn’t get out of there fast enough. I graduated 6 months early and went straight into business. I skipped my graduation ceremony- because I despised my radical, “Lucky Sperm Club” communist classmates so much, I never wanted to see any of them again.
Fast forward to 2008. I knew America was in trouble when I heard a Columbia U Class of 1983 grad was running for President. Barack Obama. I knew instantly that we had a radical communist scumbag trying to destroy America from within.
Boy was I right.
It’s 41 years later. Nothing has changed. The students at Columbia are exactly the same- radical communist spoiled-brats who hate America, American exceptionalism, capitalism, God, Judeo-Christian values, and Israel.
And I believe my communist Columbia classmate Obama is still in charge, still the de facto president, giving the orders, trying to destroy America and everything I believe in.
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The leftists are now beginning to eat their own.
Rapper Macklemore, best known for his hit “Thrift Shop,” has released a new pro-Palestine/Hamas song on his social media account, “Hind’s Hall,” in which he harshly blasted Joe Biden for his failed foreign policy and vowing to sit out the vote in the next election.
The song, titled “Hind’s Hall,” is a tribute to Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza. It references a recent protest at Columbia University, where the pro-Hamas protesters, who have been staging a campus ‘occupy protest’ against Israel and the United States, smashed windows and stormed the Hamilton building. They then hung a banner over the facade of Hamilton Hall, which reads as “Hind’s Hall.”
The Jerusalem Post reported:
“Block the barricade until Palestine is free,” he sings. As he praises the protesters, he makes sure to mention that there are Jews among them and asserts that anti-Zionism is not antisemitism, as well as accusing Israel of genocide, apartheid, and colonization.
The song video combines footage of the demonstrations with news clips from Gaza, where students all over the US have chanted to “globalize the Intifada” and “Burn down Tel Aviv,” as well as threatening that the October 7 massacre by Hamas in which 1,200 people were killed in Israel, and 250 people from all around the world and from many religions were kidnapped into Gaza, will be repeated.
The video also includes images from anti-police protests in the US and he doesn’t neglect to repeat calls made a few years ago in America to “F**k the police.” Among the groups he disparages are AIPAC and CUFI (Christians United for Israel). Politicians shown as he sings lines meant to put them in a negative light include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US Senator Mitch McConnell, and George Latimer, who is running against anti-Israel “Squad” member Rep. Jamaal Bowman.
But the main agenda expressed in the song is against US President Joe Biden, about whom he sings, “The blood is on your hands, Biden, we can see it all/And f**k no, I’m not voting for you in the fall.”
WATCH: (Warning: Explicit Language)
HIND’S HALL. Once it’s up on streaming all proceeds to UNRWA. pic.twitter.com/QqZEKmzwZI
— Macklemore (@macklemore) May 6, 2024
This isn’t the first time Macklemore has found himself at the center of controversy. In 2014, the rapper performed “Thrift Shop” in Seattle wearing a costume resembling a Nazi caricature of a Jewish man, featuring a dark wig, long beard, and fake hooked nose. After initially denying the costume was offensive, he eventually apologized.
“The character I dressed up as on Friday had no intended cultural identity or background. I wasn’t attempting to mimic any culture, nor resemble one. A “Jewish stereotype” never crossed my mind.
My intention was to dress up and surprise the people at the show with a random costume and nothing more. Thus, it was surprising and disappointing that the images of a disguise were sensationalized leading to the immediate assertion that my costume was anti-Semetic [sic]. I acknowledge how the costume could, within a context of stereotyping, be ascribed to a Jewish caricature. I am here to say that it was absolutely not my intention, and unfortunately at the time I did not foresee the costume to be viewed in such regard.”
Former Litigator Viva Frei weighed in and wrote, “The dude who sponsored golf, Adidas, and ESPN, and apologized for wearing an antisemitic costume, is now doing this. Looks like you found your latest best paying sponsor.”
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A former CNN “reporter” is getting torched online for revealing her disgust after discovering she had dinner with some closeted and highly successful supporters of President Trump.
50-year-old Michelle Kosinski, who served as CNN’s White House Correspondent until 2020, took to X/Twitter on Sunday detailing a dinner she had with some American couples a few weeks back. She wrote they were highly educated and friendly until they revealed their “true MAGA natures.”
A few weeks ago, I had dinner with a few couples, friends of friends, all American. All were well-educated and successful in careers.
They seemed great! On the surface. For like an hour.
But slowly, over a few drinks, they began to let slip their true MAGA natures….— Michelle Kosinski (@MichLKosinski) May 5, 2024
Kosinski noted her astonishment that one of the couples attended an Ivy League school but did not want their children to go to any of the Ivies and claimed they were “weird” in explaining why. Has Kosinski not been paying attention to the pro-Hamas protests on the Ivies’ college campuses and how hostile the schools are to conservatives?
One of the couples each attended top ivy league colleges. But now that it was university time for their own kids, they were adamantly NOT letting them apply to any ivies. And were weird about explaining why.
Though the kids were double legacies.
Okayyy… moving on…— Michelle Kosinski (@MichLKosinski) May 5, 2024
Kosinski wrote she became triggered when her smart and accomplished MAGA guests mocked the idea of man-caused “climate change.” As the Gateway Pundit has reported, the corporate media refuses to accept evidence that mankind may have nothing to with the warming of the planet.
One man even had the gall to defend the 45th president after Kosinski’s friend tried to spread lies about him.
The next crew suddenly busted out with air quotes when mentioning climate change. Again, these are otherwise smart people. Not scientists, clearly. But educated.
And the dude took seething umbrage when my friend mentioned the damage Trump had done and vowed to continue to do.— Michelle Kosinski (@MichLKosinski) May 5, 2024
Kosinski then spoke of her conservative guests like they were lepers, warning her followers that Trump supporters’ views can come out when “you least expect them.”
As it went on, my friends and I realized we were surrounded by otherwise carefully closeted MAGAts.
It’s funny how the extremist or just wrong beliefs can’t help but leak out, even when you least expect them, and from people you least expect.
They are out there.— Michelle Kosinski (@MichLKosinski) May 5, 2024
The former CNN reporter concluded her rant by claiming the dinner continued to haunt her to this day and whining that “the allure of bullsh*t is co-opting decent minds.”
If people don’t ever talk about these things as friends and neighbors, and only live in their own warped information silos, how will they ever learn what is true or false?
How will the truth ever make them consider alternatives?
The allure of bullshit is co-opting decent minds.— Michelle Kosinski (@MichLKosinski) May 5, 2024
Trump supporters on social media completely eviscerated the clueless media leftist after reading her rant.
This whole thread is so embarrassing…for YOU.
Get out of your liberal la la land, take off the mask and come up for air.
Trump Derangement Syndrome. Get help.
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) May 7, 2024
True MAGA natures… LOL
Rather judgmental. Believe it or not… many of “us” MAGA natured people do not want to have dinner with people like you and your ilk. I don’t have Marxist ALT LEFT friends or acquaintances… they are zombies monitoring every bit of conversation. I…— Geri Ricci (@RicciGeri) May 7, 2024
I guarantee you they don’t care what you think, they’re laughing at you over drinks in the pool
— Shycollie (@shycollie) May 6, 2024
What’d they do? Try to pay the entire bill or something?
— Randall Hunsaker (@HunsakerRandall) May 6, 2024
Watch out for red pills you’re TDS might be cured. P.S. Bless your heart
— Steve Gustman (@SteveGustm38567) May 5, 2024
I can’t believe you had to break bread with people who disagree with you. What an AWFUL experience that must have been. Almost like Auschwitz, really.
— Sam Rosenthal, Award Winning Online Safety EXPERT! (@SirSardonic) May 6, 2024
I watched YOU paddle around in a small boat
in ankle-deep water LIVE on NBC while
reporting on the weather. You were CAUGHT
LYING about its’ depth as several people
nonchalantly walked by your boat showing
the scant amount of water you were reporting
to be deep flood…
— joie de vivre (@JoieFoster9) May 6, 2024
Contrary to liberal media belief, MAGA country consists of Americans from all walks of life. One can find Trump supporters in blue-collar professions such as the trucking business but also at white-collar law firms.
Moreover, Trump in 2020 put together the most racially diverse coalition of voters for a Republican since George W. Bush in 2004. Now he is polling better than ever among black, Hispanic, and younger voters.
If Trump wins in November, this historic shift will prove a significant reason why. And liberals like Kosinski will break out in tears like they did after the 2016 election.
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Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has warned Americans to brace for a “Summer of Jihad” as pro-Palestinian activists expand their protests across the country.
Greene made the comments in response to a video shared by journalist Ian Miles Cheong showing a pro-Palestinian crowd in New York City threatening to “escalate” their threats.
“It is the time to escalate!” a speaker chants as the crowd. “Whatever you have, wherever you are — join us! Because this is the time to escalate!”
NYC NOW: “TIME TO ESCALATE!”
Hamas supporters in NYC chanting “time to escalate,” aiming to obviously incite violence and chaos, further fueling the unrest that continues to unfold live in the city right now.
— Shirion Collective (@ShirionOrg) May 7, 2024
“They’re calling for a massive escalation in violence,” Cheong wrote. “Summer of Love 2.0 here we come.”
The term ‘Summer of Love’ is a reference to the Black Lives Matter riots that took place over the summer of 2020, trashing many towns, cities and neighborhoods with unashamed acts of disorder, looting and violence.
“You mean Summer of Jihad. People claim this is hurting Biden, but will it hurt him by November?” Greene responded. “After all it’s the same playbook and timing as 2020 funded by Biden’s biggest donors. Seems like they have a plan to help Biden.”
You mean Summer of Jihad.
People claim this is hurting Biden, but will it hurt him by November?
After all it’s the same playbook and timing as 2020 funded by Biden’s biggest donors.
Seems like they have a plan to help Biden.. https://t.co/VHDJuLEJSL
— Marjorie Taylor Greene (@mtgreenee) May 7, 2024
Over the weekend, Politico reported that despite calling Joe Biden as “Genocide Joe,” anti-Israel protesters receive much of their financial backing from wealthy Democratic donors.
Greene, meanwhile, has never made any secret of her pro-Israel position. Following the October 7th massacre last November, she indicated her support for our great “friend and ally Israel as they declare war against Islamic terrorists.”
We stand with our great friend and ally Israel as they declare war against Islamic terrorists.
Over 1,000 Iran backed Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, slaughtering Israeli citizens, right at the end of Sukkot, the feast of tabernacles.
Make no mistake this is Islam’s “holy” war…
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) October 7, 2023
“Over 1,000 Iran backed Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, slaughtering Israeli citizens, right at the end of Sukkot, the feast of tabernacles,” she wrote at the time. “Make no mistake this is Islam’s “holy” war and their ultimate goal is to wipe out all of Israel. America will not allow it.”
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Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday night postponed a key deadline in the classified documents case after Special Counsel Jack Smith admitted to tampering with evidence.
Cannon temporarily stayed a May 9 deadline for President Trump and his co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira related to CIPA.
NEW: Based on new revelations of evidence disruption and potential tampering, Judge Cannon has postponed a key deadline in classified docs case. This is related to special guidance (CIPA) in classified docs matters.
She is done with Jack Smith's game-playing pic.twitter.com/jorDHWl3Dv
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 7, 2024
President Trump’s attorneys wrote a letter to Jack Smith about his confession that classified documents are not in its original form.
“Your failure to disclose the spoliation of this evidence until this month is an extraordinary breach of your constitutional and ethical obligations. Since the beginning of this case, our strategy, preparations, and arguments have been based on the basic premise that — biased as Jack Smith is in his futile efforts to help President Biden make up lost ground in the polls — the line prosecutors and agents would employ the minimal levels of professionalism and competence necessary to preserve evidence relating to the documents at the center of the charges,” Trump’s lawyer wrote to the special counsel’s team.
Special Counsel Jack Smith on Friday evening responded to Trump’s co-defendant Walt Nauta’s motion to extend a deadline for disclosures in the classified documents case.
Recall that Walt Nauta, a former White House employee and Navy veteran who worked valet for Trump and served as a personal staffer at Mar-a-Lago was indicted along with Trump last year.
In a motion filed late Friday, Jack Smith admitted the FBI messed with the boxes containing “classified” documents they seized from Trump and can’t be sure the order or the placement of the documents.
In a May 1 filing, Walt Nauta’s attorney claimed he had difficulty in cross-referencing materials in classified and unclassified discovery because “certain items in the seized boxes he reviewed were in a different order from where they appear in the scans of the boxes’ contents produced in discovery.”
Jack Smith in his Friday night response admitted the FBI moved the classified documents around.
According to a footnote in the motion reviewed by The Gateway Pundit, the FBI messed with the boxes containing the ‘classified’ documents they seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
The DOJ previously assured the Court that the placement of classified documents as originally found had been maintained – THEY LIED!
Footnote 3: The Government acknowledges that this is inconsistent with what Government counsel previously understood and represented to the Court. See, e.g., 4/12/24 Hearing Tr. at 65 (Government responding to the Court’s question of whether the boxes were “in their original, intact form as seized” by stating “[t]hey are, with one exception; and that is that the classified documents have been removed and placeholders have been put in the documents”
The DOJ in August 2022 lied to the Court when they claimed the red, blue and yellow sheets shown in the viral photo of the classified documents indicated their classification status.
It turns out they were “slip sheets” the FBI used to replace the so-called classified documents.
The FBI admitted they messed with Trump’s documents! The FBI used cover sheets as placeholders for the classified documents.
“After the boxes were brought to WFO, the FBI created an index to correlate the documents with classification markings to codes (e.g., document “bb”) and labeled the classified cover sheets in the boxes with the codes for the seized documents. The FBI also generally replaced the handwritten sheets with classified cover sheets annotated with the index code, but regardless, any handwritten sheets that currently remain in the boxes do not represent additional classified documents—they were just not removed when the classified cover sheets with the index code were added. In many but not all instances, the FBI was able to determine which document with classification markings corresponded to a particular placeholder sheet.”
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Stormy Daniels is testifying today in President Trump’s criminal case before crooked Judge Juan Merchan’s courtroom in New York City.
The Gateway Pundit contributor Paul Ingrassia is in the courtroom today.
“Judge Merchan agrees with Bragg and Biden’s attorneys saying that Stormy Daniels has “credibility” to testify about an alleged affair, even though she’s repeatedly denied any such affair over the years and even went on record by issuing an official statement denying such an affair.”
BREAKING: Judge Merchan agrees with Bragg and Biden’s attorneys saying that Stormy Daniels has “credibility” to testify about an alleged affair, even though she’s repeatedly denied any such affair over the years and even went on record by issuing an official statement denying… pic.twitter.com/yPd1k1JBXK
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 7, 2024
Stormy Daniels wrote in 2018, “Over the past few weeks I have been asked countless times to comment on reports of an alleged sexual relationship I had with Donald Trump many, many, many years ago. The fact of the matter is that each party to this alleged affair denied its existence in 2006, 20011, 2016, 2017 and now again in 2018. 1 am not denying this affair because i was paid “hush money” as has been reported in overseas owned tabloids. I am denying this affair because it never happened.”
““Judge” Merchan loves to say “enjoy your lunch” to everyone once they break every day. Many of the fake news journalists and government lawyers here are getting a kick out of this sham show trial, which is a colossal waste of taxpayer money and a complete waste of everyone’s time. They have the maturity of school children breaking for recess, and treat the irreparable harm they’re doing to America’s justice system so cavalierly. Like it’s a joke for everyone. Awful! These people destroying the rule of law in real time MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!”
“Judge” Merchan loves to say “enjoy your lunch” to everyone once they break every day.
Many of the fake news journalists and government lawyers here are getting a kick out of this sham show trial, which is a colossal waste of taxpayer money and a complete waste of everyone’s…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 7, 2024
“Prosecutors are now asking Stormy Daniels about her recollections and impressions to the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape that was released in October of 2016 The tape has absolutely no bearing on anything related to this sham trial, and Daniels’ impressions, above all, should not matter. A total miscarriage of justice!”
BREAKING: Prosecutors are now asking Stormy Daniels about her recollections and impressions to the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape that was released in October of 2016
The tape has absolutely no bearing on anything related to this sham trial, and Daniels’ impressions, above…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 7, 2024
“Daniels is audibly slurring her speech, speaking very quickly, and rubbing her hands and hair frequently on the stand.”
Daniels is audibly slurring her speech, speaking very quickly, and rubbing her hands and hair frequently on the stand.
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 7, 2024
“When asked by the prosecution today how she wanted to be addressed in a courtroom she said “Stormy Daniels.” So the “legal name” theory fails.”
When asked by the prosecution today how she wanted to be addressed in a courtroom she said “Stormy Daniels.” So the “legal name” theory fails. https://t.co/s0paCEQ38Z
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 7, 2024
“In a flagrant violation of NY’s rules of evidence and judicial ethics guidelines, the judge is allowing Stormy Daniels to “run wild” with her highly prejudicial testimony, running roughshod over the objections of Trump’s attorneys, and allowing Daniels to vividly discuss every last salacious detail about the alleged interaction she had with Trump. Prosecutors are asking how tall she is relative to Trump and whether there was a power dynamic between them. Now asking about their alleged sexual affair, the position they were in, whether they were intoxicated, “uncomfortable,” and “how they closed it off.” Completely out of line!!”
BREAKING: In a flagrant violation of NY’s rules of evidence and judicial ethics guidelines, the judge is allowing Stormy Daniels to “run wild” with her highly prejudicial testimony, running roughshod over the objections of Trump’s attorneys, and allowing Daniels to vividly…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 7, 2024
“Bragg’s prosecutors questioning Daniels about her STD tests and preferred sex positions. What a sleazy, disgusting trial. With this political persecution, we are witnessing the execution of due process and rule of law in real time by Biden and his acolytes. What a tragedy — the damage being done to the justice system will take years to repair, and may be permanent.”
BREAKING: Bragg’s prosecutors questioning Daniels about her STD tests and preferred sex positions. What a sleazy, disgusting trial.
With this political persecution, we are witnessing the execution of due process and rule of law in real time by Biden and his acolytes.
What a…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 7, 2024
“It’s notable how inarticulate Bragg’s Prosecutors are, which has been an issue all throughout the trial: on direct examination they struggle to clearly ask their questions, they stumble and mumble over basic words, have to repeatedly withdraw questions, requiring the witnesses to repeatedly ask for clarification. Bragg’s prosecutors are not smart people — and bad lawyers!”
BREAKING: It’s notable how inarticulate Bragg’s Prosecutors are, which has been an issue all throughout the trial: on direct examination they struggle to clearly ask their questions, they stumble and mumble over basic words, have to repeatedly withdraw questions, requiring the…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 7, 2024
One user also said, “The judge is allowing the prosecutor and witness to talk about the size of “genitalia.” What a f*cking joke and disgrace to the American justice system. They are putting the future president of the United States of America through this garbage.”
The judge is allowing the prosecutor and witness to talk about the size of “genitalia.”
What a f*cking joke and disgrace to the American justice system.
They are putting the future president of the United States of America through this garbage.
— Pro Swing Trading (@Pro__Trading) May 7, 2024
The Alvin Bragg case has turned a court of law into a Jerry Springer episode. Nothing but gossip, lies and inuendo.
The judge is allowing prosecutors and witnesses to bring up things that have absolutely nothing to do with the indictment or the case.
This case has zero chance…
— Pro Swing Trading (@Pro__Trading) May 7, 2024
National Political Correspondent Alex Miller has also some updates:
Stormy Daniels called to the witness stand.
She walks in, Trump appears to look at her for a bit.
Some Jurors smile as her name is called and some start writing. She’s in all black, hair pulled back, glasses on her head.
She says she prefers being called Stormy.
Background: Grew up in Baton Rouge, LA, parents divorced at 4 YO. Very low income family. Went to a private very Christian elementary school that her dad paid for. Then entered the magnet system and went to an engineering high school.
Got a full scholarship to Texas A&M for veterinary medicine. Took a year off to make money but never went to school. Loved horses growing up, also did dancing (tap, ballet) growing up.
A friend invited her to a club to see her dance at 17. Started dancing on the weekend and made more in 2 nights didn’t miss class and made more than she did shoveling manure. She moved out at 17 bc her mom was neglectful. Said she wasn’t an addict but would disappear for days.
Says women who made the most were the ones who did adult films.
Friend offered to pay her way to CA to go with her to a shoot. Daniels was a fully clothed extra.
A director ask her to do a film & her friend said she’d be in it too. 5 days later Daniels was offered a contract.
Daniels says she became an adult film director, one of the youngest if not the youngest female adult film feature director.
Lists a ton of awards.
Was in 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, music videos including Maroon 5.
Got fired from her podcast because she didn’t want to talk about just this case and politics.
“It just kept going down this one subject line.” We’re now in 2006.
Daniels is still under contract with Wicked Pictures, as an adult film director and actress. Wicked sponsored one of the holes on the golf course.
She jokes, “Which I know is very funny an adult film company sponsoring a hole.” This is where she met Trump.
She says their meeting was a brief encounter on the course. Gave them water, posed for picture.
Says she was introduced along with other adult film actresses but also as a director.
“You direct too,” she says he told her. “You must be the smart one.”
She says she knew he was old or older than her father, knew he had done reality TV and was on Celebrity Apprentice, which she had never watched.
When she saw him later, she says he remembered her again as “the smart one.” Took a photo with Trump at the gift room.
They talked briefly, I saw him talking to his security (at the time thought it was his friend), then that man asked if she wanted to have dinner with Trump.
Prosecution just had Daniels point Trump out in the courtroom. She moves around in her chair, an indication she can’t really seem him too well from her chair. “Navy blue jacket at the table,” she says as she points.
We’re looking now at the photo of Daniels and Trump across four big screens. Each juror has a monitor to observe, Trump has one at his table.
Hard to tell if he’s looking at it.
Bodyguard Keith Schiller asked if she wanted to have dinner with Trump. She said “[expletive] no.”
Schiller asked for her phone number and she gave it to him. He messaged her and she saved his number in her phone.
She saved his number as “Keith Trump.”
She still has the number in her phone. Publicist told her to go to the dinner.
“It’ll make a great story if nothing else. What could possibly go wrong?” Publicist told her he might have good advice and maybe help with an agent.
So, Stormy messaged back and forth with Keith, to go to Trump’s hotel for dinner.
She said she was walking to the hotel and ran into a friend, who she told she was going to dinner with Trump, and then took a car the rest of the way.
Keith gave her specific instructions to take a certain elevator to get to the penthouse. He was waiting for her outside the door.
Asked her expectations, she said she didn’t really have any. She said she was told they’d meet on his floor and then they’d go down to dinner together.
She said when she entered the foyer: Trump was wearing silk/satin PJs that she immediately made fun of him for.
She said: Does Mr. Hefner know you stole his pajamas?
She says she told him to go change and he obliged. Returned in a dress shirt/pants.
She says the suite Trump was staying in was bigger and nicer than any of her apartments. Daniels says she was early, still sunlight coming through the windows.
He said we should get talking for a bit, we can go down or order up.
Daniels says she was early, there still sunlight coming through the windows. He said we should get talking for a bit, we can go down or order up.
He asked about her family, her upbringing, where she went to school. Did she have kids, was she married?
Daniels says Trump was really interested in her career. How she went from adult film actress to a writer and director.
She explained scripted adult films to him. “It’s not all — hi mr. pizza boy,” she said.
He asked about unions, residuals, health insurance, testing.
She says most people ask the salacious stuff, not a lot of biz questions. “I don’t think I’d ever been asked about unions.”
He asked about her STD status. At the time, testing was every 30 days. He asked if she ever had a “bad test.” She said no & offered to show him her history
They got to talking about wrestling and a bet that if Trump lost, he’d have to shave his head.
“Donald Trump has always been famous for his ‘do.
So I said what are you going to do if you lose? You do not have a head designed not to have hair.”
Daniels says there was a very brief description about his wife. She says he showed her pictures of Melania.
“Don’t worry about that. We don’t even sleep in the same room.”
Daniels makes an “oops” face after she says it. She says he was constantly interrupting.
Convo per Daniels: “Are you already this rude? This arrogant and pompous I was pretty nasty.”
He said “Someone should spank you. Otherwise I am leaving because that’s the only interest I have tonight.”
She spanked him on the butt.
He told her she reminded him of his daughter. “Smart, beautiful and underestimated.”
Wanted her to be on Celebrity Apprentice. Conversation ensued about whether NBC would allow it.
Trump and Daniels called one of her friends on speakerphone and invited her over. Daniels says they were hanging out for 2 hours.
Did you sense any red flags?
Daniels: No.
AM Recess is called.
Stormy Daniels walked out of the room. Counsel asked to approach.
Trump walks out of court. He looks pissed.
Merchan just told the prosecution the degree of detail they’re going into is unnecessary.
“Move it along.”
Daniels went to use the bathroom and when she came out, Trump was on the bed wearing his boxer shorts and a t-shirt.
She said she was startled. Wasn’t expecting someone to be there “especially minus a lot of clothing.”
I felt the room spin and i felt the blood leave my hands and feet like when you stand up too fast.
I just thought, “Oh my God, what did I misread to get here?”
The intention is pretty clear if someone strips down and poses on the bed waiting for you. Daniels describes Trumps positioning when she got out of the bathroom.
She leans over with her hands behind her head and legs up to the side as if she’s laying on a bed.
“The next thing I know I was on the opposite side of the bed from where we had been standing. Clothes and shoes were off. Bra was off. Missionary position.”
Objection.
Daniels says she had sex w Trump on the bed.
I was trying to think about anything other that being there. Did you touch his skin? Objection.
Was he wearing a condom? No. Was that concerning to you? Yes.
Why didn’t you say anything? I didn’t say anything at all. Was it brief? Yes.
Daniels says when it was over, her hands were shaking so much she couldn’t get her shoes on.
He said, “Let’s do it again, honey bunch. We were so fantastic together. We have to get you on the show.”
“I left as fast as I could. That was it.”
She says he didn’t ask her to keep it confidential and expressed no concern about Melania finding out.
Daniels told very few people that they had sex.
“I felt ashamed that I didn’t stop it, that I didn’t say no. I thought people would make jokes about it or think I was paid, a prostitute which I wasn’t.”
Back from a brief sidebar.
Daniels says she saw Trump the next day.
She saw Trump the next day with former Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger. Says the interaction was maybe 10 minutes.
She says told her makeup artist, assistant, photographer about them having sex. Many people knew they met, but not that they slept together.
“Trump called once a week, sometimes every couple weeks. “I always put him on speakerphone. We thought it was funny. It was not a secret. He loaded the call with an update/non update about The Apprentice. He called me honey bunch. Wanted to know when he was going to be in NY.”
She never told Trump he was on speakerphone.
Daniels says Trump gave her Rhona Graff’s phone number. She was Trump’s assistant.
Daniels is looking at a photo of the contact info for Graff. The contact card says “D Trump Rona.” We see it now, too.
Trump soon invited Daniels to a vodka launch party.
She says she wanted to maintain a good relationship while Celebrity Apprentice was up in the air.
Judge Merchan asks Daniels to keep her responses short.
Stormy Daniels was introduced to Karen McDougal at the vodka launch party. Said she was there 1.5-2 hours.
Daniels says Trump asked her to go back with him that night but she lied and said she had a flight.
When Daniels was in NY, she reached out to Trump (through Rhona Graff) to come to the show where she was performing.
Instead, he invited her to Trump Tower.
She said she was greeted warmly, including by Rhona in the reception area. Daniels says the meeting was brief, and describes his schedule.
When asked if he was trying to hide her, she says “Oh no, he introduced me to everyone. He’s just busy.”
He also offered tickets to the Miss USA pageant.
When he was in LA next, Trump invited her to his bungalow at the Beverly Hills hotel to discuss updates with Celebrity Apprentice.
While there, Daniels testifies Trump kept trying to make sexual advances, putting hands on her legs, scooting closer.
“I told him I was on my period.”
Daniels testifies he never asked her to keep it quiet, this was the last time she saw him.
In the next few years, she got married, had a baby, saw her career grow, became a nationally ranked equestrian.
She never spoke to Trump during this time.
Daniels said she had been talking to InTouch and then at one point, she was approached in a parking lot by a man who told her not to continue telling the Trump story.
When the article came out in 2011, Daniels said she never heard of the website/ did not talk to them. She was concerned because she had been threatened & was worried about the safety of her/her child.
“I was freaking out, crying and hyperventilating.”dirty .com
When Trump announced his candidacy, her manager Gina Rodriguez offered to sell her story.
She allowed Rodriguez to try to sell her story, but Rodriguez was not successful before the Access Hollywood tape came out.
Did you have any intention of approaching either Trump or Michael Cohen to buy your story? Daniels: My motivation wasn’t money, it was to get the story out. She said she was motivated out of fear.
She said she was okay w/ selling her story so that her boyfriend wouldn’t find out. She said she didn’t negotiate, & didn’t care about the money. Her job at the time was going well. She had gotten numerous raises, bought a house. “Instead of directing 5 movies, I directed 10.”
We’re now looking at an email between Keith Davidson and Michael Cohen. Davidson was negotiating the NDA for Daniels. Wanted this done by October 14th. Daniels said she worried she “wouldn’t be safe” and wouldn’t get paid if the election had passed.
[Lunch break]
Officially back from lunch. Stormy Daniels back on the stand. Trump tracking her as she takes her seat.
Reminder: she’s just been somewhat reprimanded not to “provide an unnecessary narrative” by the prosecution.
We’ve gone through the WSJ article and the NDA/SLA with Trump.We’ve looked at the same statements we saw Keith Davidson identify. There are two. She said one was mostly false, the other was false.
Now, we’re learning about a temporary restraining order filed by Michael Cohen.
After the TRO, Daniels hired Michael Avenatti to try to get out of her NDA.“So that I could stand up for myself,” she adds.
DA [Hoffinger]: Is Michael Avenatti still your lawyer?
Daniels: No. (makes a face)Hoffinger: Why not?
Daniels: Because I fired him. And later he was found guilty of stealing from me and several others. He was disbarred and now he’s in prison.
Daniels agreed to go on Cohen’s podcast because she wanted him to apologize to her. And he did. It was the first time the two had ever spoken.They talked all things Trump.
She went back on in 2022. “We had good rapport,” she said of Cohen. “and he wanted to talk Avenatti.”
We’re looking at a Truth Social post now from March 2023.“I did NOTHING wrong in the “Horseface” case…Never had an affair with her, just another false acquisition by a SleazeBag.”
Daniels is asked over and over again about being called “Horseface” by Trump.
Prosecution done. Defense up. Susan Necheles is doing the questioning for the first time this trial.
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Canadian rap superstar Drake’s mansion has been taped off by police after a shooting occurred in his wealthy Toronto neighborhood.
The shooting occurred at around 2:10 a.m., and one man was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening wounds.
Drake was unharmed by the incident, and the suspected shooter is still at large.
The shooting occurred as Drake is in the midst of a rap beef with Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar.
In Lamar’s latest diss track against Drake, the Compton rapper claimed Drake was a “pedophile,” allegations Drake has denied.
Police are on scene at Drake’s Bridle Path home following a reported overnight shooting.
Officers responded to reports of a shooting at 2:09 AM Tuesday. One man was hospitalized with serious injuries. The person injured is not Drake. pic.twitter.com/APbNrn3xLG
— Kurrco (@Kurrco) May 7, 2024
Per The New York Post:
Canadian rapper Drake’s mansion was taped off by police in the wake of an early-morning shooting Tuesday in his ritzy Toronto neighborhood.
The shooting took place around 2:10 a.m. local time, CBC News reported, citing police.
One man was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Drake, 37, was reportedly unharmed in the incident.
Kendrick Lamar accuses Drake of being a ‘pedophile’ in his latest diss track ‘Not Like Us’: ‘Hide your little sister’ https://t.co/dtEWRtD3tb pic.twitter.com/M4MrV1d01O
— Page Six (@PageSix) May 5, 2024
In Kendrick Lamar’s latest diss track, “Not Like Us,” the rapper stated Drake was a “certified pedophile.”
In response to Lamar’s song, Drake came out with his song titled “The Heart Part 6” and stated he was “way too famous” to be a pedophile.
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This article originally appeared on WND.com
Guest by post by Bob Unruh
Speculated about taking pictures of him in his ‘Depends’
The evidence is becoming more and more clear as court cases against President Donald Trump progress: Democrats appear to have weaponized the judicial process to support their claims that Trump was guilty of “fraud” in a case where no one lost money, is guilty of a felony over misdemeanor business document violations, interfered with an election by having – and expressing – his opinions.
And more.
On the other side, it seems, the U.S. Secret Service investigated a man for doing no more than making jokes about the Bidens.
“The Secret Service didn’t identify actual threats to Biden or his family, instead predicating the case on what it called the man’s ‘unusual interest’ in the family. This ‘unusual interest,’ however, appeared to be comprised of nothing more than obvious jokes that were critical of Biden,” according to an analysis published by The Daily Signal. “Zero comments by the Twitter user suggested a serious intent to engage in violence, according to the Secret Service documents released to the Oversight Project.”
The report said the Secret Service opened a formal investigation, and even took it to the next level, because of the social media posts of a Maine man. He was not identified in the report, and has not been charged with anything.
The Oversight Project discovered the apparent weaponization of the investigatory process through a Freedom of Information Act case.
“A senior Secret Service agent, John Mazza, conducted the investigation of the Twitter user in summer 2022, documents released to the Oversight Project show. (The Heritage Foundation, home to the Oversight Project, launched The Daily Signal in 2014.) In July 2022, about 18 months after Biden became president, a regional Secret Service office requested that agents conduct a ‘preliminary protective intelligence investigation’ targeting the Maine man, an Army veteran, for one or more posts on Twitter,” the report said.
The only justification was the “unusual interest,” records show.
“What appears to have gotten the Secret Service’s attention? One of the man’s posts suggested, apparently jokingly, that he planned to ‘invade the White House and get pics of Biden in his ‘Depends,” referring to a brand of adult diaper,” the report said.
Meanwhile, routinely social media users threaten to assault or assassinate President Trump, the likely GOP nominee for president this year.
Even Biden has talked publicly about wanting to physically assault Trump.
The analysis explained under the law, the Secret Service can investigate and prosecute “threats” against the president and certain others, but it must “show the existence of a threat…”
The FOIA documents, however, that the Secret Service investigation was based on First Amendment-protected comments.
The analysis noted Kara Frederick, of The Heritage Foundation’s Tech Policy Center, previously warned, “The growing symbiosis between Big Tech and government, the constriction of digital life, the pernicious targeting and exploitation of the next generation, and the expansion of digital surveillance will accelerate the stratification of American society. If current patterns are not disrupted, conservatives will bear the brunt of [a] tech-enabled classification system implemented hand-in-glove with the government.”
The analysis noted, “The use of subpoenas indicates that the Secret Service conducted a criminal investigation of a U.S. citizen for activity on social media protected by the First Amendment.”
Copyright 2024 WND News Center
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Denver, Colorado, like communities across the nation, is collapsing under the weight of its new population of illegals thanks to Joe Biden’s broken border.
Denver’s mayor just cut police funding by $8 million to keep catering to illegals.
Advocacy groups say that six months of free housing and food are not enough and is “insulting.”
A new push is encouraging people with “extra room” to host illegals in their homes. They even set up a helpful hotline to expedite the process.
‘Hope Has No Borders’ is working to pair illegals with host families across Colorado, and this can now be expedited via a new hotline.
KDVR reports, “Now, with help from the United Way, getting paired up is a simple phone call away by dialing 211.”
Watch:
We’re now at the stage where people with extra room are being asked to host illegal migrants in their homes.
How long until this becomes mandatory? pic.twitter.com/6hmOXcwCEY
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 6, 2024
What could possibly go wrong?
Erin Lennon is one of the many hosts the organization has paired with migrants. She didn’t realize the scope of Denver’s migrant crisis until talking with a friend late last year.
“Wow this is not just a little problem, this is a big problem,” she remembers thinking.
A single mom with a spare bedroom in the house, she felt a call to help.
“Why aren’t you doing something? You know?” she said. “Just in my heart, that’s what I was telling myself.”
She found her solution through Hope Has No Borders, which has paired 500 migrants with host families since late last year.
These “generous” people aren’t helping for free. The organization provides financial stipends to hosts for things like food and utility bills.
Denver has a population of over 700,00, 79.6% of which are Democrats, and is identified as the most liberal city in Colorado.
The city has seen almost 40,000 flow into their community in the last 15 months.
If every Democrat opened their home to an illegal, they would all be sheltered.
So why doesn’t every illegal in the city already have a leftist roof over their head?
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International mediators are working diligently on a ceasefire agreement between Hamas terrorists and the Israeli govenment.
Israel insists that any agreement includes the return of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas terrorists on their October 7, 2023, raid into southern Israel, where they murdered over 1,200 Jews, including over 300 at a music festival, and took over 230 Jews hostage including young women and children.
Hamas is accused of still holding 138 Jews hostage in Gaza.
The Hamas terrorists flew paragliders into the concert party on October 7th and slaughtered nearly 300 of the 3,600 partygoers around 6:30 AM in the morning.
The killers also raped the young beautiful women and took dozens of hostages both young men and young women. Their whereabouts are now unknown but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel will keep electricity and water from Gaza until all the prisoners – nearly 250 – are returned by the barbarians.
Hamas captured over 240 Jews in the onslaught and took them hostage back in Gaza.
One photo released after the Hamas mass murder attack shows one of the Hamas Islamists with an AK47 as he entered the party area to slaughter Jews.
Hamas killers came with sniper rifles, drones, paragliders and rocket launchers to kill the innocent youths at the party.
It was an organized and planned attack – A war crime that shocked the civilized world.
Chaos erupted after Hamas reportedly opened fire on the gathering. Hundreds of Jews ran into the desert to hide.
Several of the women who attended the party went missing and were likely brought back to Gaza.
40 young women were pictured as missing. It is not clear how many Hamas is still holding.
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Video released after the massacre shows partygoers celebrating and then running for their lives. The video ends as they are hiding in ditch and being escorted by police.
On Monday the Biden regime announced a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. It was a farce and Israel never signed on to Biden’s agreement. Israel raided Rafah hours later.
Now as ceasefire talks continue, Hamas is finally admitting that “some” of the Jewish hostages are already dead. The barbarians most likely killed them.
Will there be any international outrage following this report?
This is what Israelis feared.
Via Avi Mayer.
Let’s zoom in on just one part of Hamas’s terms for a ceasefire – which, we are told, are so very close to the agreed-upon proposal on the table, with only minor changes.
The original proposal had been for 40 hostages who meet certain humanitarian conditions—children, women,… pic.twitter.com/IkV89znxEO
— Avi Mayer אבי מאיר (@AviMayer) May 7, 2024
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Vladimir Putin has been inaugurated for his fifth Presidential term with a ceremony in the Kremlin Palace.
Putin is the number one ‘big bad wolf’ of the western world, accused of being a tyrant – all the while the US and its allies praise Volodymyr Zelensky as the ‘defender of democracy’, even though he outlawed the opposition, censored the press and cancelled the elections.
‘Bad man’ Putin has been inaugurated for the first time in snowy weather, not very common for this time in May.
Today is Putin’s fifth inauguration, and all ceremonies took place on May 7.
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) May 7, 2024
Putin arrives at his fifth term with the Russian economy growing, its military industries outpacing all the western powers combined, and in the best moment of the war in Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict, in February 2022.
The MSM coverage, as one would expect, is hostile, so we have to dig in carefully.
Associated Press reported:
“At the ceremony inside the gilded Grand Kremlin Palace, Putin placed his hand on the Russian Constitution and vowed to defend it as a crowd of hand-picked dignitaries looked on.
‘We are a united and great people and together we will overcome all obstacles, realize all our plans, together we will win’, Putin said after being sworn in.”
The state flag of the Russian Federation and the standard of the President of the Russian Federation are brought in for the inauguration ceremony of Vladimir Putin’s new term as President of Russia. pic.twitter.com/JW3ODZ5umt
— Nick Griffin (@NickGriffinBU) May 7, 2024
Putin transformed Russia from a country emerging from economic collapse to a country that affirms its national identity and rejects Globalism and the LIberal Worl Order, standing for traditional values like family and the fatherland.
Russia has overcome the heavy sanctioned by the West and is turning to other partners like China, Iran and North Korea for support.
Putin’s new term runs until 2030, when he will be constitutionally eligible to run again!
Putin arrives at the inauguration ceremony pic.twitter.com/9oBiJreKIG
— RT (@RT_com) May 7, 2024
“Putin used the the first moments of his fifth term to thank the ‘heroes’ of his war in Ukraine and to rail against the West.
Russia ‘does not refuse dialogue with Western states’, he said. Rather, he said, ‘the choice is theirs: do they intend to continue trying to contain Russia, continue the policy of aggression, continuous pressure on our country for years, or look for a path to cooperation and peace’.”
More than 2,500 invited guests were present, from senior members of the Russian government to celebrities such as American actor Steven Seagal.
U.S., U.K. and German ambassadors did not attend. The French ambassador was present.
Putin’s remarks were followed by a 30-gun salute, after which he proceeded into nearby Annunciation Cathedral for a blessing from Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
“During the brief service, Kirill compared Putin to Prince Alexander Nevsky, the medieval ruler who ‘courageously defended their people on the battlefield’.
He reminded Putin that the head of state sometimes ‘has to take fateful and formidable decisions’ that can lead to victims, an apparent reference to the many casualties in Ukraine — a conflict the church has endorsed.”
Vladimir Putin in the Annunciation Cathedral after the inauguration pic.twitter.com/i0jJKsNb1P
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) May 7, 2024
“He is the greatest world leader” – Steven Seagal came to the inauguration of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The actor and special representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry for humanitarian relations between Russia and the United States said that the future with such a… pic.twitter.com/FzJmBjbzWY
— S p r i n t e r F a c t o r y (@Sprinterfactory) May 7, 2024
The Russian government has now been dissolved, and Putin will name a new prime minister and Cabinet, with which he has promised to lead the Russians towards a prosperous and sovereign future.
Read more:
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Professor Dershowitz Joins Rose to discuss his new book: “Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law”
Dershowitz weighed in on the pro-Hamas, violent protests erupting at campuses across the country.
Alan Dershowitz also thanked Evangelical Christians for their support of both the Jewish people and Israel.
AUDIO:
In Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law, Alan Dershowitz—#1 New York Times bestselling author and one of America’s most respected legal scholars—analyses the unremitting efforts by political opponents of Donald Trump to “get” him—to stop him from running in 2024—at any cost.
Alan Dershowitz has been called “one of the most prominent and consistent defenders of civil liberties in America” by Politico and “the nation’s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer and one of its most distinguished defenders of individual rights” by Newsweek.
Get Trump makes clear that unconstitutional efforts to stop Trump from retaking the presidency challenge the very foundations of our liberty: due process, right to counsel, and free speech. Those who justify these dangerous departures from the rule of law argue that the threat posed by a second Trump presidency is “different” and “immediate,” while the departures from constitutional norms are longer term and more abstract.
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Pro-Hamas protesters took out their frustration on Old Glory and American heroes from World War I with no police in sight after failing to disrupt the Met Gala Monday night.
As the New York Post reported, the agitators vandalized a 107th Infantry Memorial in Central Park. The base was defaced with hideous graffiti reading “Gaza” in large black letters.
Other terror supporters vandalized the statue’s soldiers with stickers of the Palestinian flag that read “Stop the Genocide. End the apartheid. Free Palestine.” Some of the agitators climbed atop the infantrymen and draped the flag of terrorism over the figures.
But the most vile action by the agitators occurred when one in a keffiyeh bandana decided to burn an American flag to a crisp while other smirking protesters gawked and filmed.
Below are two videos showing the sickening actions of the terror-loving agitators.
WATCH:
Watch: Anti-Israel protesters vandalize WWI memorial, burn American flag after cops block group from reaching star-studded Met Gala in NYC https://t.co/SWHMMJrj34 pic.twitter.com/GhO88h2FII
— New York Post (@nypost) May 7, 2024
Anti-Israel protesters vandalize a WWl memorial and burn American flag after cops block protesters from reaching the Met
Museum Gala in NYC.
Why are the police allowing this vandalism in broad daylight? pic.twitter.com/NTdgqFH9Ni— Trisha Posner (@trishaposner) May 7, 2024
The Post reports that all of this unfolded without a single police officer in sight because they were too worried about protecting the far-left celebrities at arguably the most overrated fashion event in the world.
The 107th Infantry Memorial was not the only monument in Central Park vandalized Monday night in the Big Apple. The Post reveals that the anti-American cowards also defaced the Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman bronze statue in Grand Army Plaza.
The protesters wrote “Free Gaza” in red letters on the memorial’s base and attached a Palestinian flag to its front.
Earlier in the evening, the NYPD arrested two dozen anti-Israel demonstrators as they marched from Hunter College toward the Met Gala. The so-called “Day of Rage” protest was organized by the pro-Hamas activist group Within Our Lifetime.
The agitators had marched north on Fifth Avenue while blocking traffic along the way before cops finally stopped them in Central Park. Some of these protesters later turned their attention to spitting on America and her heroes.
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Mason Courson went to Washington, D.C., on Jan 6, 2021, to stand and listen to his President speak, with no ill intent. Unfortunately, the 27-year-old, who was born and raised in South Florida, found himself in a situation he never imagined.
Mason excelled academically and athletically, including playing college football. He loves reading and history. Mason is proud of his Cuban roots and immigrant maternal grandparents, who were honored to become US Citizens.
Mason was held without bond by the Biden administration. And he is unable to support his 4-year-old son, whom he had a month before he was arrested.
In June, District Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced Mason Courson to 57 months in prison, three years probation, and a $2,000 fine for the felony charge of “assaulting, resisting, or impeding a law enforcement officer with a dangerous weapon.”
Mason is a victim of the Biden regime. Compare his actions to the actions of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters this past week!
This is the definition of judicial abuse. A young man with no criminal background was sent to prison for nearly five years for his actions on January 6 after lawless police opened fire with exploding gas canisters and rubber bullets on innocent protesters outside the US Capitol.
This only happens to conservatives. And so now Mason sits behind bars for several years.
Mason’s mother, Angie, wrote to The Gateway Pundit to share her perspectives and experiences during these trying times.
Dear Gateway Pundit Family,
I am Angie. The mom of J6er Mason Courson. I still wake up some days, the days I can actually sleep, and I am in disbelief our lives are what they are today. That my son has been held prisoner for over 875 days now. That he, like many others, was made an example of. Their lives temporarily ruined. Some had their lives permanently ruined because some lost their lives that day.
A day that was planned by THEM so that people in the future would fear standing up for what they believed in. They wanted to show us all that you can do just about anything you want these days. You can steal, murder, threaten, and destroy property with no consequences as long as it fits their narrative.
But, whatever you do, do not go against their agenda, especially wearing a MAGA hat. If you do, then you will have exaggerated and unjust consequences. So, fall in line, be sheep, and you will not be bothered. You see, if we all just remain silent, THEY can do whatever they want. Thankfully, we so-called Patriots are not that kind. We stand for what is right and what is good. We believe in God and fear only him. We will not be silenced. And my son has lost years of his life, years of his life with his son, years he will never get back, because of this.
Our journey started December 14, 2021, when I received a call from my son saying, “Mom I am being arrested, not sure for exactly what, I think it’s for being at the Capitol January 6th. They asked me if I was there.”
And the rest is history.
He had the typical J6 arrest like so many have shared. You know, bang on the door early morning, several lasers pointed at his head and chest when he opened the door to many SWAT vans, city police, county sheriffs, FBI, and so on. Disrupted an entire neighborhood, people outside half asleep, confused, and afraid, all to make a TRUMP supporter look as bad as they possibly could, especially for going to DC on that infamous day. I mean, countless law enforcement geared up?
But, I see what THEY were trying to do here. My son apparently was more dangerous and they needed all of that reinforcement and waste of tax dollars to arrest a young man who would have turned himself in. They almost all would have, no need for any of this, except the theatrics to make it seem like they had just scored one of America’s most wanted. A terrible attempt to humiliate a TRUMP supporter.
Quick point, you can yell “Death to America” in Michigan and not be a threat or considered a domestic terrorist, or even kill an innocent boy, Cayler Ellingson in North Dakota for example, because he was a young Republican, and be allowed to bail out of jail while you await your trial, even though you intentionally rammed your car into a group of teenagers, with intent to harm them, and took one of their lives. But, I suppose they aren’t threats to society? OK got it. I just wish more Americans understood what is really happening here and more would spread awareness and stand up against this evil.
** Please help Mason here.
From there it was Broward County jail, to Federal Court for bond hearings. Denied bond because, apparently, even though they identified him on May 2, 2021, and waited 7 months to arrest him, he was a threat to society and an insurrectionist. From there to another county jail in Broward, FCI Miami, the way center almost all J6ers go to in Oklahoma, Northern Neck in Virgina, where he spent the most time and was the worst of all jails J6ers have been in, FCI Lewisburgh Medium, DC Gulag, to another facility in Virgina, then Atlanta, then finally his destination in Florida at Coleman Low. Exhausting isn’t it?
Try that with no sleep, in shackles, hunched over, while being verbally abused every time you are transferred. Coleman is where he will spend the remainder of his time as he completes his sentence. Deciding to take an open plea, pleading guilty only to the charge of impeding, regardless of what was said by the media, he never pled guilt to assault and still stands by his innocence, that he not only never assaulted an officer that day but he never assaulted anyone that day. He was still found guilty on all charges and sentenced to 57 months. All of these men have had sentences given to them that are longer than they should be for the crimes they have been convicted of. Again, this is a ploy to have all J6ers made an example of. To keep instilling fear in Americans, the ones that actually love this country at least. To sit in a courtroom with your child on the opposite side, wearing orange because he was not allowed to clean up, shave, or wear a suit. To hear the United States of America vs Mason Joel Courson? Debilitating. It lets you know right away you are up against the biggest beast there is. No one is winning against them. Especially when every picture they have of you has you in a TRUMP hat. This can not be the America we love so much.
When that day was over Mason said he actually felt relieved. He explained to me that he at least had an end date and could now just concentrate on passing the time with a goal in sight and getting home. He said he could not sit there being angry and depressed because that’s what THEY want. They want all of our J6ers to fall apart, and he refused to do that. After his long journey to Coleman Low, he remembers getting out of the van and feeling the Florida sun and thinking to himself, ‘I am finally back home in Florida.’ It was his first sign of hope, he was at last back in his home state that he loves so much.
There were so many days I thought something horrible happened to him. Well, something horrible had happened to him, but I mean in reference to his safety, his life. No calls, no communication, nothing. Threats to his life from other inmates, constantly being singled out, looking over his shoulder constantly. Me, glued to my phone like never before and in a whole different way. If I missed a call, I would literally cry. Waiting over a year to see him, and now I still count the days in between visits. I know at all times the exact number of days he’s been gone and how many we have left to go before he’s home. The constant stress and anxiety over finances, commissary needs, and money for travel expenses to and from visits. I have extended the length of time in between visits because of financial reasons. To hear Mason say that when we are there it is the only thing that brings him any happiness and when we tell him the date of our next visit it is what keeps him going, and me knowing I have to keep extending the visits is heartbreaking. During the last visit, he said to us that he was ready to be home. He’s over it. He is in prison for something that he did not do. He said can you imagine how many men sit in jail convicted of things that they did not do, and they sit helpless. Just horrific and horrible.
** Please help Mason here.
I want to state that I feel a tremendous amount of guilt that I feel the way I do when I have a son who is alive and healthy. He is, and will be, stronger than ever. He will be home, will rebuild, and is looking forward to starting his life over. I know that not all those who went to the Capitol that day can say the same. For their families and their souls, I pray that at some point there is enough peace to go on advocating and remembering what their loved ones would’ve wanted. I can not imagine how horrific their lives have been as I know how hard mine has been. Mason could have easily been in one of their shoes. I thank God every day we still have him with us.
We are grateful for anyone who reads about Mason, who keeps in touch, who donates, who cares about him. I have found more love from strangers and more understanding than I have with some very close to me. I have suffered losses, I have grown thicker skin, and have the ability to let go and spot BS a mile away. There have been some positives out of this. I am awake, wide awake, and have never been more proud to stand on the right side of this. Never stay quiet, and always stand strong. We are God fearing, moralistic people, and THEY cannot stand any of that.
Mason said it many times over and I remind him always…He, along with these men and women held, were chosen. There is a purpose for them. They are among the strongest. They are the examples. They were meant to be broken but are more inspired. My son is my hero. With every single long day that passes, his strength amazes me more and more.
God Bless you all and God Bless America.
@J6PatriotMom on X and TRUTH
Angie** Please help Mason here.
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The Chinese interest in the Middle East boils down to a single word: oil. China has investments in the Middle East and encourages countries to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as well as the expanded BRICS grouping. However, all of these economic and diplomatic efforts stem from a single source: China is the world’s largest importer of oil, and Beijing wants to ensure an uninterrupted and cheap supply of energy.
China has become the world’s largest consumer and importer of oil. At the same time, Xi Jinping’s vision for the People’s Republic is to surpass the US economically, militarily, and diplomatically by the year 2049. To do this, China needs unfettered access to cheap energy.
Energy plays such an important role in China’s economic rise that oil and coal consumption, as well as emissions rates, are used by China analysts as proxy measures for the general health of the Chinese economy. When energy consumption or pollution increases, the factories are churning out products, exports are up, and Beijing is raking in the cash it needs to develop more advanced weapons.
The trajectory of both the Middle East region and global affairs underwent a significant shift in the 1970s when an agreement between the US and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia effectively gave rise to the petrodollar.
Under this agreement, Saudi Arabia committed to pricing oil in dollars and persuading other OPEC members to follow suit. In return, the US not only became a major buyer of Saudi oil but also pledged military protection, including stationing US troops within Saudi territory, as well as selling the Kingdom advanced weaponry. This arrangement served the interests of both nations, particularly given Saudi Arabia’s hostile relations with many of the countries in the region, particularly Shia-led Iran.
A lesser-known advantage Saudi Arabia gains from its agreement with the US is the privilege of purchasing US debt before it is available to other global investors. This arrangement enables the Kingdom to invest its surplus petrodollar revenues in US Treasury securities preemptively, avoiding potential price increases that may occur when other buyers enter the market. The United States, for its part, benefits from a stable source of financing.
Now that the US is no longer the most important customer in the Middle East, China sees an opening to co-opt the region, displace the US, and become the prominent geopolitical force in the region.
The ability of the US to maintain its influence in the Middle East has always hinged on its relationships with key countries such as Egypt, Jordan, and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members like Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). However, two pivotal players have consistently shaped US policy in the region: Saudi Arabia, with its significant oil production, robust economy, and formidable military; and Israel, a non-Muslim, non-Arab nation boasting stable governance, economic strength, and military prowess. Iran, with its large population, powerful military, and capacity to sway regional politics, has also emerged as a major influencer, for good or for ill.
Beijing attempted to present itself to the Middle East and the world as a peacemaker by brokering a peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran. If Beijing could convince Saudi Arabia that there was no threat from Iran, the Kingdom would no longer need US military protection. Additionally, since China is now the largest purchaser of oil, it would be easier for Beijing to convince Saudi Arabia to trade in yuan rather than dollars.
Additionally, as China inches up the scales of global power, it would be in a position to convince UN members to vote to remove sanctions on Iran. This would be welcomed news to Tehran and would provide China with a stronger, although subservient partner.
The real diplomatic hat trick in the Middle East would be for the US or China to get Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Israel on the same side. The successful alignment of the three would redefine power balances and alliances in the Middle East and beyond. The country that manages to broker such a historic agreement would ascend to a level of hegemony unparalleled in modern geopolitics.
And Trump was off to a good start with the Abraham Accords, getting two out of three. Unfortunately, his term came to an end, and the Biden Administration allowed the whole region to catch fire once again.
China and Saudi Arabia have steadily increased their level of cooperation, and now the Kingdom has become a BRICS member. Iran is economically dependent on China, as Beijing is one of the only countries willing to flout international sanctions, becoming the largest purchaser of Iranian oil. Over the past decade, Beijing has worked to build closer ties with Israel as well as attempting to broker peace between Israel and its neighbors.
Never missing an opportunity for propaganda, Beijing blamed its inability to implement a two-state solution on US meddling and warmongering.
The Israel-Hamas conflict appears to be a turning point in China’s strategy for its relations with the three key countries. Iran, because of its role in supporting Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, is being further ostracized from the US-led order and pushed toward Beijing.
China has not given up on courting Saudi Arabia; however, so far, the Kingdom sees no benefit in dropping the US dollar, the currency to which the Saudi Riyal is pegged and in which the majority of its oil profits of the last fifty years are invested. And no country, not even the Philippines under Duterte, has ever become so disillusioned with the US that they would allow Chinese troops on their territory.
Xi Jinping probably recognizes that he cannot negotiate a peace deal between Israel and Palestine. It seems that he has decided, instead, to cut his losses with Israel. Beijing already has a “Strategic Partnership” Agreement with the Palestinian Authority and has hinted that it would be the first country to recognize and normalize relations with an independent Palestine. By no longer trying to include Israel in its list of friends, China hopes to gain the support of the entire Muslim world. He is letting go of one country in exchange for 49 others.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz revealed that the Federal Bureau of Prisons has denied his request to interview political prisoner Dr. Peter Navarro on the grounds that he is “too notorious” for such a meeting to take place.
Navarro, a renowned economist who worked in the Trump administration and whose report exposed the widespread fraud that took place during the 2020 presidential election, was imprisoned for four months by the Biden regime for failing to comply with a subpoena during Liz Cheney’s January 6th investigation.
Posting on the X platform, Gaetz gave details of the denial, arguing that other political prisoners had been allowed to speak to the media:
I was informed today by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons that my request to interview [Peter Navarro] would be denied. And her reason is that Peter Navarro is “too notorious” to be interviewed by a member of Congress! John Gotti was interviewed in prison. The QAnon Shaman was interviewed in prison. Director Peters HERSELF brought NBC News THROUGH PRISONS to showcase the work of corrections that’s being done! This only vindicates the claim made by Peter Navarro that he is being held as a political prisoner.
Speaking on the issue from the House floor, Gaetz added that Navarro was also being denied access to his lawyer.
“I think there is something else afoot here, Mr. Navarro I’m being told is not being allowed to access his attorney and it is because it is shameful what is being done to Peter Navarro based on a sham January 6th committee and a sham indictment and a sham conviction that we ought to work to remediate immidieately upon on President Trump’s rightful and righteous return to office.”
BREAKING: I was informed today by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons that my request to interview @RealPNavarro would be denied. And her reason is that Peter Navarro is “too notorious” to be interviewed by a member of Congress!
John Gotti was interviewed in prison.… pic.twitter.com/lCVDwEfNa6
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) May 6, 2024
Last month, the Supreme Court denied Navarro’s attempt to be freed from prison pending his appeal, meaning he will likely serve his entire four month sentence before he appeals his conviction at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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Pro-Palestinian activists showed up outside the Auschwitz concentration camp this week as they continue their campaign against Israel’s war against Hamas.
Footage online showed the demonstrators congregating outside the entrance to the notorious death camp to protest the March of the Living Event to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Located outside of the Polish city of Krakow, Auschwitz is notorious for being the beating heart of Nazi Germany’s industrial death machine, where millions of innocent people, most of whom were Jewish, were systematically murdered during the Holocaust.
Today, the 31st March of the Living is taking place at @AuschwitzMuseum, the site of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.
At its head goes a group of more than 50 Auschwitz and Holocaust Survivors. Among them are more than 20 Survivors from… pic.twitter.com/bxsfxPugGR
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) May 6, 2024
Mail Online reports:
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have sparked outrage after staging a protest near the grounds of Auschwitz – as Israelis, including October 7 survivors, marched to honour victims of the Holocaust.
Sirens wailed as protestors displayed a banner reading ‘Stop genocide’ at groups wearing Israeli flags along the sidelines of the ‘March of the Living’ event, which brings together thousands annually to observe Holocaust Remembrance Day in silence.
Eyewitnesses claimed protestors were ‘chanting’ at participants on the march, with Israelis responding with lines from ‘Am Israel chai’, a Jewish solidarity anthem.
Videos of the protest circulated across social media:
You have to be particularly disgusting to protest outside a Death Camp. As always, the pro-terror mob rose to the challenge by protesting outside Auschwitz on #HolocaustMemorialDay pic.twitter.com/6903Y0g4n8
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) May 6, 2024
— India Naftali (@indianaftali) May 6, 2024
BREAKING: Palestinian protestors descend and chant at Holocaust and Oct 7 survivors during Holocaust remembrance’s March of the Living outside Auschwitz death camp. Israelis singing back “Am Israel chai” pic.twitter.com/zjdhvZetD1
— Natalie Lisbona (@NatalieLisbona) May 6, 2024
In a statement after the event, International March of the Living later acknowledged the protests that took place.
‘We marched today to give a voice to the six million victims of the Nazis industrial genocide of the Jewish people,” it read. “We marched with survivors of the Nazi atrocities as well as survivors of Hamas’ crimes and families of those still held in captivity.
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Here’s your photo of the week:
Columbia University janitor Mario Torres slams 40-year-old trust fund kid James Carlson against the wall in Hamilton Hall with rabid leftists stormed the building late at night last Tuesday.
Mario Torres makes around $19 per hour. James Carlson owns in a $3.4 million townhouse in Brooklyn.
Mario Torres fought off the anti-Israel protesters when they stormed Hamilton Hall and took control of the building.
Torres later told reporter Francesca Block that the protesters were organized and their occupation of the building was planned.
James Carlson, who was arrested inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall, has no affiliation with the University. As reported earlier, when Carlson was arrested inside the building, he was already under investigation for grabbing an Israeli flag from a man near campus and setting it on fire in April.
But who is Carlson? He is the privileged son of a millionaire with a long history of violent protests. And while Carlson “fights the man,” and rages against capitalism, which he can afford to do since it has benefitted him and his family, he goes home each night to his lavish $3.4 million Brooklyn brownstone property.
Carlson is a rabble rouser and an attorney by trade. He was booked as a possible leader of the violent protests at Hamilton Hall.
Francesca Block at The Free Press reported:
It’s the viral image that captured the clash between the anti-Israel protesters who stormed Columbia and the campus workers who tried to stop them. As the mob invaded Hamilton Hall in the early hours of April 30, a facilities worker was photographed pushing a demonstrator against a wall.
Later, it emerged that the protester was a 40-year-old trust fund kid named James Carlson, who owns a townhouse in Brooklyn worth $3.4 million. The man who tried to hold him back was Mario Torres, 45, who has worked at Columbia—where the average janitor makes less than $19 an hour—for five years.
Now, in an exclusive interview with The Free Press, Mario Torres describes the experience of being on duty as protesters stormed the building in the early hours of the morning, breaking glass and barricading the entrances. “We don’t expect to go to work and get swarmed by an angry mob with rope and duct tape and masks and gloves,” he said.
“They came from both sides of the staircases. They came through the elevators and they were just rushing. It was just like, they had a plan.” Mario said protesters with zip ties, duct tape, and masks “just multiplied and multiplied.”
At one point, he remembers “looking up and I noticed the cameras are covered.” It made him think: “This was definitely planned.”
Torres was trying to “protect the building” when he ended up in an altercation with Carlson: “He had a Columbia hoodie on and I managed to rip that hoodie off of him and expose his face.” (Carlson was later charged with five felonies, including burglary and reckless endangerment.) “I was freaking out. At that point, I’m thinking about my family. How was I gonna get out? Through the window?”
Read the rest of this riveting interview at The Free Press.
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Guest post by Joe Hoft at JoeHoft.com – republished with permission
Andrew Weissmann led the Mueller sham investigation against President Trump. Now he’s a top Deep State player behind DA Bragg’s bogus Manhattan case against President Trump.
Andrew Weissmann is the face of DOJ corruption. He has been overturned by the Supreme Court and he’s been behind most all the efforts to attack President Trump through lawfare.
DA Bragg’s case against President Trump is a mess. There is no crime and yet the DA charged President Trump for 34 felonies that were all made up. The crimes aren’t even clear. It’s a total disaster which is why it is likely a plot by leftist mastermind Andrew Weissmann.
MSNBC Parades Corrupt Andrew Weissmann Forgetting His Horribly Corrupt Past
In a tweet this pst weekend, Weissmann shares that he believes that a defendant in the US must prove their innocence. This is third world communist stuff.
He was quickly outed as a moron for his ignorance of the law.
Shipwreckedcrew tweeted: You are a moron. Trump doesn’t have to prove anything tor the jury to acquit. You repeatedly mis-state fundamental premises of the criminal justice system.
You are a moron.
Trump doesn't need to prove anything for the jury to acquit.
You repeatedly mis-state fundamental premises of the criminal justice system. https://t.co/zsJkUuu2fS
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) May 6, 2024
Attorney Jeff Clark points out that “enough to acquit” is not a legal principal in the US.
Can we make sure “enough to acquit” is a phrase forever associated with Andrew Weissmann? It’s right from the lips of a government statist whose baseline is not liberty and thus the presumption of innocence but instead subjection to raw government power and a presumption that prosecutors are always right. He’s a walking-talking evil inversion.
Can we make sure “enough to acquit” is a phrase forever associated with Andrew Weissmann?
It’s right from the lips of a government statist whose baseline is not liberty and thus the presumption of innocence but instead subjection to raw government power and a presumption that… https://t.co/nMcQmz2EVW
— Jeff Clark (@JeffClarkUS) May 6, 2024
See below for a list of articles about Weissmann posted at The Gateway Pundit.
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has launched an investigation into Special Counsel Jack Smith following recent admission that some of the evidence in President Trump’s ‘classified’ documents case was altered or manipulated after being seized by the FBI during its raid on Mar-a-Lago.
The Gateway Pundit reported that Jack Smith’s admission came in response to Trump’s co-defendant, Walt Nauta’s, legal team’s concerns about discrepancies in the evidence’s organization.
Walt Nauta, a former White House valet and Navy veteran who later served as a personal staffer at Mar-a-Lago and was indicted alongside Trump last year, claimed through his attorney that the order of items in the seized boxes did not match their scans provided during discovery.
In a late Friday filing, Smith conceded that the FBI had indeed moved documents around within the boxes that contained ‘classified’ information. This directly contradicts earlier Department of Justice (DOJ) assurances to the court that the contents’ arrangement had been preserved intact.
According to a footnote in the motion reviewed by The Gateway Pundit, the FBI messed with the boxes containing the ‘classified’ documents they seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
Footnote 3: The Government acknowledges that this is inconsistent with what Government counsel previously understood and represented to the Court. See, e.g., 4/12/24 Hearing Tr. at 65 (Government responding to the Court’s question of whether the boxes were “in their original, intact form as seized” by stating “[t]hey are, with one exception; and that is that the classified documents have been removed and placeholders have been put in the documents.”
In August 2022, the DOJ lied to the Court by asserting that the red, blue, and yellow sheets displayed in the widely circulated photo of the ‘classified’ documents indicated their classification status. It turns out they were “slip sheets” the FBI used to replace the so-called classified documents.
The DOJ lied, claiming, “Evidence, thirteen boxes or containers contained documents with classification markings, and in all, over one hundred unique documents with classification markings-that is, more than twice the amount produced on June 3, 2022, in response to the grand jury subpoena were seized. Certain of the documents had colored cover sheets indicating their classification status. See, e.g., Attachment F (redacted FBI photograph of certain documents and classified cover sheets recovered from a container in the “45 office”). The classification levels ranged from CONFIDENTIAL to TOP SECRET information, and certain documents included additional sensitive compartments that signify very limited distribution.”
The FBI admitted they messed with Trump’s documents! The FBI used cover sheets as placeholders for the classified documents.
“After the boxes were brought to WFO, the FBI created an index to correlate the documents with classification markings to codes (e.g., document “bb”) and labeled the classified cover sheets in the boxes with the codes for the seized documents. The FBI also generally replaced the handwritten sheets with classified cover sheets annotated with the index code, but regardless, any handwritten sheets that currently remain in the boxes do not represent additional classified documents—they were just not removed when the classified cover sheets with the index code were added. In many but not all instances, the FBI was able to determine which document with classification markings corresponded to a particular placeholder sheet.”
Jack Smith also claimed the FBI found so many classified documents that they ran out of ‘slip sheets.’
“The investigative team used classified cover sheets for that purpose, until the FBI ran out because there were so many classified documents, at which point the team began using blank sheets with handwritten notes indicating the classification level of the document(s) seized,” Jack Smith laughably claimed.
In response to these revelations, President Trump took to Truth Social, calling for the arrest of Jack Smith, labeling the prosecution a “sham.”
“ARREST DERANGED JACK SMITH. HE IS A CRIMINAL!” Trump said in a Truth Social post this weekend.
Chairman Jim Jordan expressed grave concern about the justice system’s impartiality and adherence to professional standards within the DOJ.
In a letter addressed to Jeffrey Ragsdale, Counsel of the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), Jordan stated, “This acknowledgment presents grave concerns about the Department’s commitment to impartial justice, whether the Special Counsel’s Office misled a federal court, and whether the Special Counsel’s Office strenuously upheld the highest professional standards of the Department of Justice.”
Jordan demanded that the OPR investigate Jack Smith, Jay Bratt (a senior member of Smith’s office), and other attorneys involved, citing serious ethical lapses in the prosecution.
The House Judiciary Committee has demanded to produce the following documents and information:
The deadline set for the DOJ to respond to the Committee’s demands for information and a briefing is 5:00 p.m. on May 20, 2024.
#NEWS: @Jim_Jordan investigates Jack Smith’s acknowledgment that some of the evidence in President Trump’s classified documents case was altered or manipulated after it was seized by the FBI in its raid on Mar-a-Lago. pic.twitter.com/9Qn6h9D3h5
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) May 7, 2024
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A public health emergency has been declared in Long Beach, California, due to a tuberculosis outbreak.
A declaration from Dr. Anissa Davis, Long Beach’s health officer, said one person has died and nine people have been hospitalized, according to Live Science.
Fourteen people with active TB had been identified as of April 29. All cases have been linked to a single-room-occupancy hotel. Officials are not naming the hotel in what they said was an effort to protect patients’ privacy.
“People who were staying at the hotel at the time or could have otherwise been exposed have been or will be contacted by the Health Department,” a Health Department statement said.
“Why this city has declared a public health emergency”
Lack of medical screening for immigrants – they’re bringing in a wave of diseases we eradicated decades ago.
— Beersaint (@USMC_Razorback) May 6, 2024
“Through the course of this investigation, staff have identified approximately 170 people who have likely been exposed to TB,” the statement said.
The emergency declaration, which was issued Thursday, is expected to be ratified by the Long Beach City Council on Tuesday, according to Newsweek.
The declaration allows the Health Department to take expanded intervention efforts.
I believe the name of the hotel SHOULD BE DISCLOSED in the interest of traveler safety. OR does this mean the hotel is used to house illegal aliens invading our border? Long Beach declares public health emergency after deadly tuberculosis outbreak https://t.co/jTe7fpuR2R
— Judy Holiday (@msjudyholiday) May 3, 2024
TB has been rising in California. California’s 2023 cases were 15 percent higher than its TB caseload in 2022, according to the Los Angeles Times. That is the highest year-over-year increase since 1989, according to the state Department of Public Health.
Live Science said that the microbe that causes tuberculosis can be dormant in a person, without any symptoms. Between 5 percent and 10 percent of the people with the bacteria develop TB.
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— City of Long Beach (@LongBeachCity) May 2, 2024
“The outbreak is currently isolated to a distinct population,” the Health Department statement said.
“The population at risk in this outbreak has significant barriers to care, including homelessness and housing insecurity, mental illness, substance use and serious medical comorbidities,” it said.
Tuberculosis passes from person to person through airborne particles, although it usually takes extensive exposure to a person who has active TB and spreads most easily in poorly ventilated environments.
Do you know the symptoms of #TB disease?
CDC’s new “Questions and Answers About TB” booklet has helpful info on how to diagnose and treat tuberculosis disease, and is now available in English, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese: https://t.co/nLCpacw9cm. pic.twitter.com/Q4ROhwUKMu
— CDC (@CDCgov) September 27, 2021
“You can catch tuberculosis if someone is coughing or sneezing or in close contact, the bacteria from those particles gets into the air and anybody nearby will breathe that in — and that’s how they pick it up, and that’s how they catch it,” Dr. Janette Nesheiwat of New York City said, according to Fox News.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Donald Trump’s presidential campaign released an ad Monday putting university leaders on notice that if he is re-elected his administration will not tolerate anti-Semitism on campuses.
The online ad, which dropped on Holocaust Remembrance Day, included clips from a speech Trump made as president in 2017 condemning anti-Semitism and remarks he made last fall to the Republican Jewish Coalition following the Hamas Oct. 7 attacks.
“We’ve seen anti-Semitism on university campuses, in the public square, and in threats against Jewish citizens. This is my pledge to you, we will confront anti-Semitism. We will stamp out prejudice,” Trump said. “We will condemn hatred. We will bear witness, and we will act.”
“When I get back into office, I will put every single university and college president on notice. The American taxpayer will not subsidize the creation of terrorist sympathizers on American soil,” the 45th president promised.
He concluded, “I will defend our friend and ally the state of Israel like nobody has ever defended it before. I will always stand with the Jewish people.”
Joe Biden has still refused to condemn the pro-Hamas mobs occupying college campuses across America.
President Trump took historic action to combat anti-Semitism and stamp out prejudice—and he will always stand with the Jewish people.#HolocaustRemembranceDay pic.twitter.com/woxT0sJHZl
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) May 6, 2024
Last week as protests were occurring on many campuses around the country from Columbia University in New York to the University of California, Los Angeles, Trump said at a campaign rally in Wisconsin, “To every college president I say remove the encampments immediately, vanquish the radicals, and take back our campuses for all of the normal students who want a safe place from which to learn.”
President Trump calls out college presidents amid nationwide campus protests:
“To every college president I say remove the encampments immediately, vanquish the radicals, and take back our campuses for all of the normal students who want a safe place from which to learn.” pic.twitter.com/LEPUTOR2BU
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 1, 2024
The beginning of Trump’s ad included news clips that highlight President Joe Biden’s failure to forcefully respond to the protests.
On April 22, Biden repeated a reporter’s question back to her regarding the protests, saying he does condemn “anti-Semitic protests” but added, “I also condemn those that don’t know what’s going on with the Palestinians.”
The White House had released a similar on-the-one-hand, on-the-other-hand statement the day before.
Last week, Biden addressed the campus protests more directly saying, “There’s the right to protest, but not the right to chaos.”
He noted that destroying property and shutting down campuses is against the law.
The president then employed his practice of saying he’s against anti-Semitism directed toward Jewish students, as well as “Islamophobia” and “discrimination against Arab Americans or Palestinian Americans.”
BIDEN: “There should be no place on any campus, no place in America, for antisemitism or threats of violence against Jewish students. There is no place for hate speech or violence of any kind, whether it’s antisemitism, Islamophobia, or discrimination against Arab Americans or… pic.twitter.com/I6T8cK0RHc
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 2, 2024
The campus protests have primarily been anti-Israel, anti-Jewish in nature.
Last month, 27 Republican senators — including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Katie Britt of Alabama, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Ted Cruz of Texas, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, John Kennedy of Louisiana and Marco Rubio of Florida — sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Attorney General Merrick Garland urging them to use their authority to “restore order and protect Jewish students” on college campuses.
They noted multiple federal laws have been violated by the protesters, including those against discrimination and espousing support for terrorism.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is known for being super concerned about climate change, but apparently that has not prevented him from sailing around in a yacht that’s bigger than most people’s houses.
The boat is worth $300 million and is 287 feet long. Do you think it runs on solar panels? Probably not.
This is the kind of boat that you can’t even run without a staff.
The Hindustan Times reports:
Mark Zuckerberg’s $300 Million Superyacht visuals slammed as ‘climate hypocrite’s hideaway’
Mark Zuckerberg’s latest status update screams real-world billionaire choice: a $300 million superyacht. With an estimated net worth of US$180 billion per Forbes, one of the world’s richest men and founder of Meta dropped a whopping sum on a superyacht he calls Launchpad. While the yacht itself looks like something out of a James Bond movie, complete with stunning features and cutting-edge tech, the internet isn’t oohing and aahing. Instead, critics are slamming it as a “Climate Hypocrite’s Hideaway.”…
Mark Zuckerberg’s new yacht has become a social media sensation thanks to a viral TikTok video capturing its stunning visuals. The massive vessel, currently docked in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, isn’t shy about its luxury. Spanning 118 meters, the yacht made its debut sail back in March 2024 across the Atlantic and has been turning heads ever since. Designed by the Swedish-based Espen Øin International, the reported $300 Million Superyacht boasts “a sleek, multilayered exterior with a robust steel hull and an aluminium superstructure.” Reports Suerpeyacht Times.
Take a look:
Mark Zuckerberg, known for his Climate Change activism, shows off his new $300 million mega yacht.
Zuck's 287-foot mega yacht is powered by four MTU diesel engines and can reach a top speed of 24 knots.
America's elites are laughing right in our faces.pic.twitter.com/u5n3hicRNf
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) May 6, 2024
Hey look it’s Mark Zuckerberg‘s yacht. I’m sure him flying private jets with Bill Gates is helping to plan it though. It’s all our faults instead. pic.twitter.com/PKhlEOe3M1
— Erin Elizabeth Health Nut News (@unhealthytruth) May 5, 2024
But he’s super worried about climate change, folks.
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Joe Biden’s former press secretary Jen Psaki, who now has a TV show on MSNBC for some reason, appeared on The View today and defended Biden’s historic lack of press appearances.
She suggested that it was great that Biden did the Howard Stern show and then said that he should appear on The View, to the delight of the cackling hosts.
Do you think Joe would get any challenging questions on that show? Please.
Transcript via NewsBusters:
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: So Jen, you have been on both sides as working as a press secretary, but also now being in the media. And there’s been a lot of criticism of Biden, most recently from The New York Times that he’s held the fewest interviews and press availabilities of any president since Reagan. I personally think it would help dispel some of the concerns about his age if he did more. What would your advice be to the White House in terms of his accessibility to press?
JEN PSAKI: Well, I think the benefit of the media environment right now – there’s a lot of challenges, but I’ll start at the optimistic side – is that there are so many choices. And when you’re communicating from the White House, I mean, respect for freedom of speech and freedom of the press is important, but you’re also really just trying to communicate with the American people.
So, my view is he should come on The View before he does a press conference.
[Applause]
FARAH GRIFFIN: Thank you!
PSAKI: He should because people want to have real conversations about issues that are happening. I think press conferences are important, but I also think him doing Howard Stern –
SUNNY HOSTIN: Yes!
Here’s the video:
MSNBC’s Biden flack, Jen Psaki scoffs at the idea Biden should do more press conferences.
She argues he should do more interviews with friendly media like The View, which would give him a tongue bath.
Sara Haines suggests nothing important comes from press conferences. pic.twitter.com/UVNib7BoIk— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 6, 2024
Biden is not doing media because he can’t complete a sentence. He might be able to manage an appearance on a show like The View because the hosts would rescue him if he got into trouble.
The post Jen Psaki Defends Biden’s Lack of Media Access – Suggests He Should Appear on ‘The View’ (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Bernie Sanders has just announced that he is running for another term in the U.S. Senate. Sanders is 82 years old and this would be his fourth term.
Does he need another house?
Like many people in DC, Bernie is addicted to the power of his position and will not let it go in order for a new generation of lawmakers to step in and serve.
These people all seem to want to go out the way Dianne Feinstein did, voting from her deathbed.
The Hill reports:
Bernie Sanders to run for reelection in November
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is running for a fourth term in the Senate, he announced Monday, likely cementing the longtime progressive for the coming years in the upper chamber.
“This is the most important national election in our lifetimes,” Sanders said in a statement. “We must fight to make sure that we remain a democracy, not an authoritarian society. We must fight to make sure that we have a government which represents the working families of our country, not the billionaire class and wealthy campaign contributors. We must fight to make sure that women can control their own bodies, and that we save the planet from the ravages of climate change. The stakes are enormous. This is an election we must not lose.”
Sanders, 82, is the second-oldest member of the upper chamber behind only Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa.), and others around his age have made plans to depart…
The Vermont independent has served more than 40 years in public office. On top of his three terms in the upper chamber, Sanders was a House member for eight terms and held the position of mayor of Burlington, Vt., throughout most of the 1980s.
This is Bernie’s announcement video:
Let me thank the people of Vermont, from the bottom of my heart, for giving me the opportunity to serve them in the United States Senate. It has been the honor of my life.
Today, I am announcing my intention to seek another term. Here is why: pic.twitter.com/cfO8MF4Cep
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 6, 2024
And the grift goes on. He doesn't know how to do anything else.
— Rae A (@xrae) May 6, 2024
A large percentage of the people who complain about the age of the Senate are his supporters.
So I assume they'll be upset about this, yeah? https://t.co/Mf51KpOfXi
— Sunny (@sunnyright) May 6, 2024
They just refuse to let go of power.
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Pro-Hamas student protesters at George Washington University are now openly calling for the beheading of the school president and members of the board of trustees.
They allowed this situation to go on for too long and now it’s completely out of control.
As you’ll see in the video below, these students are actually chanting ‘Guillotine, Guillotine!’
NBC 15 News reports:
GW president says school needs help from DC police as protesters call for beheadings
The president of George Washington University said late Sunday night her school needs the help of local police to restore law and order as anti-Israel encampment activities continue.
GW President Ellen Granberg’s released a statement Sunday denouncing the encampment degeneration over the weekend. Granberg also said the school cannot restore order without the help of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
“The demonstration, like many around the country, has grown into what can only be classified as an illegal and potentially dangerous occupation of GW property,” Gransberg said. “It is also essential to highlight that at no point was this encampment lawful.”…
Social media video surfaced over the weekend of an encampment activity called “People’s Tribunal” where GW protesters acted out sentencing senior university officials to death.
This mock court was held for GWU’s board of trustees and for the school’s president, shouting for these individuals to be beheaded.
“To the guillotine,” protesters said.
Watch below:
At the George Washington University Gaza Solidarity Encampment today, the protesters held a "People's Tribunal" where they put President Ellen Granberg, Provost Christopher Bracey, the Board of Trustees, @GWPolice, and many others on trial.
Is it normal for students to want to… pic.twitter.com/M8F543q0MV
— Stu (@thestustustudio) May 3, 2024
Mostly peaceful beheadings https://t.co/GjdKxScXhw
— Christian Toto (@HollywoodInToto) May 7, 2024
Does any of this seem normal to anyone?
Do you think this is what the founders of George Washington University had in mind?
The post George Washington University Now Begging DC Police for Help as Student Protesters Start Calling for the BEHEADING of School President and Trustees (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Fifteen police vehicles were torched at the Police training facility near the Portland Airport last week.
The case was being investigated as arson.
KGW reported:
The terror group called on far left supporters to smash frat house windows if they came out to confront the Marxist- pro-Hamas groups.
They called on supporters to attack the police.
The crazed city officials will release them from jail by morning.
Here if the full screed they post at the Rose City Counter Info website.
On May Day we torched some PPB cars at their training facility. We cut through a fence, set ten fires and are happy it grew to burn fifteen cars!
We did it for the Haymarket Martyrs.
We did it for all the Black and Indigenous rebels murdered by slavers and settlers.
We did it for all the brutalized student protesters.
Above all we did it for the Palestinian martyrs! (and we want to remind the world that the “official” count is stuck at 35,000 martyrs because the Israelis bombed every hospital to stop accurate reporting of the dead)Our attack was preemptive. After seeing Humboldt, Columbia, UCLA and more we knew the occupation at PSU would be swept violently and wanted to attack PPB before.
While we respect the student occupations, particularly the ones occupying buildings and causing damages to the colleges, we hate to see them passive and waiting to be attacked. Catch the police off guard! They do not believe you are free! Show them you are! Raid them before they raid you!For the students we have the following messages:
1-No symbolic victories. Do not accept speeches and committees and apology emails. The two demands: Divest! Amnesty for all!
2-No negotiations. Do not give up ground until you see the money pulled out and the charges dropped and the suspensions canceled.
3-Do not let them demobilize you! Do not let the parties (fuck the Communist pieces of shit), the student government or the admin tell you its over. Its not! Keep the threat of your return present, especially if the admin refuses to meet demands.
4-FIGHT! Defend your camps! If the frat bros come, smash their frat house windows! If the Zionist settlers come, throw fireworks at them! If the cops come don’t just resist arrest, fight them! They will hate you and beat you if you’re peaceful or violent, and it is time to be violent.
5-Out of the quads, out of the buildings, into the streets! As the semester ends this is not over. Fight during the summer. When next year starts fight then too!We call for more actions to avenge Palestinians and the brutalized students at PSU and beyond! Let ten million cop cars burn!
-Rachel Corrie’s Ghost Brigade
For the record, Rachel Corrie was a pro-Hamas protester who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Rafah, Gaza in 2003.
Corrie, 23, from Olympia, Washington, was trying to stop the bulldozer from tearing down a building in the Rafah refugee camp when she was run over. She was taken to Najar hospital in Rafah, where she died, said Dr. Ali Moussa, a hospital administrator.
Corrie was standing in a trench where she could not be seen, protecting an entrance to a weapons tunnel.
The post “Let 10 Million Cop Cars Burn!” – Radical Pro-Hamas Terror Group ‘Rachel Corrie’s Ghost Brigade’ Admits to Torching 15 Portland Police Cars in ‘Preemptive Attack’ appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
If Joe Biden is counting on the youth vote, he may not want to hold his breath. Polling shows that young people support Trump more now than in 2016 or 2020 and prefer his policies over Biden’s.
The Gateway Pundit reported,
The New York Times has admitted that Donald Trump is increasingly popular with young voters and that many prefer his policies to those promoted by the Biden regime.
In an article published this weekend, the left-wing newspaper notes that its own polling has Trump and Biden tied neck and neck among young voters, contradicting the narrative that his appeal is solely among older voters.
The report states:
“Although President Biden continues to lead among 18- to 29-year-olds in most polls, several surveys in recent weeks show Mr. Trump performing much more strongly with young voters than he was at the same point in 2020, and more strongly than he was against Mrs. Clinton at the same point in 2016.In the latest New York Times/Siena College poll, from last month, Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden were neck and neck among 18- to 29-year-olds. In the latest Harvard Youth Poll, conducted in March by the Harvard Institute of Politics, Mr. Trump trails by eight points.”Meanwhile, young voters were also “far more likely” to say they have benefitted from Trump’s policies and the campaign is consequently hoping to capitalize on this trend.
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A brave female darts player decided to forfeit her chance at glory and money in the name of fair play in sports.
As Reduxx reported, British darts star Deta Hedman refused to play against the Netherlands’s Noa-Lynn Van Leuven during Saturday’s Denmark Open quarter-final in Esbjerg. As a result, Van Leuven received a free pass to the semi-finals.
“I’m not playing against a man in a women’s event,” Hedman told German newspaper Bild.
As the Daily Mail notes, the 64-year-old Hedman is one of the most prominent figures in the women’s darts scene. She is a three-time World Darts Federation (WDF) World Champion runner-up and has been a presence in women’s darts since the 1980s.
Reduxx notes Hedman also has been outspoken on the issue of keeping sports single-sex for several years. In 2023, Hedman named Van Leuven in a statement she wrote on the issue for Darts World.
For many months, I’ve struggled with transgenders playing in the women’s world-ranked events. I have thought this is wrong since day one.
I’m not close to Noa-Lynn in darts but in fairness seems a lovely person, at Lakeside I met Victoria Monaghan and must admit she is a right character we had banter and a fair few laughs, but my personal view is trans shouldn’t be playing in women’s ranked events.
Just a few days before her match against Van Leuven, Hedman also posted a message on her Facebook page denouncing biological men in female sports.
“Women & girls deserve to be CHAMPIONS in their own sports,” the message reads
Former champion collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines praised Hedman’s courage and offered to refund her any prize money she missed out on by bravely forfeiting her match. Hedman thanked her, but said she had already been paid out in full fro the event by Denmark Darts.
Phil Barrs, a far-left sports presenter for Online Darts, claimed on Friday that Hedman had initially told organizers she was sick but this turned out to be fake news.
She pushed back on X, writing, “No fake illness, I said I wouldn’t play a man in a lady’s event.”
No fake illness I said I wouldn’t play a man in a ladies event . Don’t listen to @phillbarrs he knows sweet fa, nor does his reliable source .
— Deta Hedman (@Deta132) May 4, 2024
Instead of admitting fault, Barrs accused her of transphobia.
Having the debate around Trans athletes in Women’s sport is one thing.
But this comment calling a trans woman a man is simply transphobic and should be addressed by the sporting authorities as there should be no place for it. https://t.co/suF9j284JH
— Phill Barrs (@phillbarrs) May 5, 2024
This is not the first time female darts players have refused to compete against van Leuven. As Reduxx notes, two female darts players from the Netherlands dropped out of the Dutch Women’s Team back in March over Van Leuven’s inclusion.
The post “I’m Not Playing Against a Man in a Women’s Event” – Brave Female Darts Player Decides to Forfeit Tournament Match Instead of Facing Transgender (Bio-Male) Competitor appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Thousands of pro-Hamas protestors marched down the street in New York City toward the Met Gala, an exclusive, invite-only event with Hollywood celebrities.
The left-wing protestors headed toward the Metropolitan Museum of Art where celebrities were gathered on the red carpet.
WATCH:
NOW: Pro-Palestine protesters in NYC are marching toward the Met, which is currently hosting the Met Gala pic.twitter.com/HFKgq1VU2o
— katie smith (@probablyreadit) May 6, 2024
The mob broke through barricades on 5th Avenue and rushed down the street to evade police.
According to reports, several protestors were arrested Monday evening.
WATCH:
NOW: Pro-Palestine protesters remove barricades blocking access to 5th Avenue only a block away from the Met
Earlier protesters cut through Central Park to avoid street closures around the Met pic.twitter.com/eeLmAHl0ba
— katie smith (@probablyreadit) May 6, 2024
Many protestors were able to evade police as they ran toward the Met Gala event.
WATCH:
NOW: Pro-Palestine protesters in NYC continue to evade NYPD as they attempt to get to the Met with SRG officers following behind
Protesters are running and making sudden turns as they continue to march in the streets pic.twitter.com/sDD7V7fq8W
— katie smith (@probablyreadit) May 6, 2024
Update: After circling the Metropolitan Museum of Art for two hours, the protestors marched south on Park Avenue and headed toward Midtown.
WATCH:
NOW: After circling the Met for around 2 hours, pro-Palestine protesters in NYC are now marching south on Park Avenue, heading towards Midtown
Protesters got within a block of the Met on several occasions before running into police barricades pic.twitter.com/VTZZqsyNpe
— katie smith (@probablyreadit) May 7, 2024
The protestors lit an American-Israeli flag on fire.
Protesters lit an American-Israeli flag on fire as they marched around the Met
A member of the fringe Anti-Zionist Haredi group, Neturei Karta, joined in and helped light the flag on fire pic.twitter.com/h7anTHgpDE
— katie smith (@probablyreadit) May 7, 2024
Meanwhile, just a couple of blocks away, celebrities walked the red carpet at the 2024 Met Gala:
Kim Kardashian dazzles in silver at the #MetGala. pic.twitter.com/VG3ms45TWS
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) May 6, 2024
Nicki Minaj poses for photos at the #MetGala. https://t.co/FR0OcMyxBQ pic.twitter.com/W3cnVHxipU
— Variety (@Variety) May 7, 2024
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A team of Chinese researchers has created a mutant strain of the Ebola virus that bypasses higher biosafety regulations, leading to the death of a test group of hamsters, as reported by the Daily Mail.
The study, recently published in Virologica Sinica, aimed to establish a surrogate model for human Ebola virus disease that could be handled in lower Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) facilities, typically less stringent than the Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) required for handling wild-type Ebola. This less restrictive environment is intended to facilitate easier and more frequent research, including vaccine development.
In this experiment led by Wanying Yang and colleagues from the Changchun Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus was engineered to express the glycoprotein of the Ebola virus.
This engineered virus, named VSV-EBOV/GP, was then used to infect Syrian hamsters, creating a model of lethal Ebola virus disease (EVD) under biosafety level 2 (BSL-2) conditions.
The scientists injected a common livestock ailment with the Ebola protein responsible for cell infection and spread in humans, which led to the hamsters developing severe disease symptoms akin to those observed in human Ebola patients.
The experiment involved ten hamsters, five males and five females, all three weeks old. The female hamsters exhibited severe symptoms, including decreased body temperature and significant weight loss, leading to their death within two to three days. The males also showed weight loss and succumbed by three and a half days, though two males survived, eventually gaining weight.
Post-mortem analysis revealed that the virus had accumulated in various organs, with the highest levels in the liver and the lowest in the brain. The infected hamsters developed severe symptoms akin to human Ebola virus disease, including:
The experiment has drawn widespread criticisms due to ethical and safety concerns and the potential fears of another lab leak scenario:
The research team defended their work, citing the urgency of developing rapid preclinical models for testing Ebola vaccines and therapeutics. According to lead author Wanying Yang:
“This surrogate model represents a safe, effective, and economical tool for rapid preclinical evaluation of medical countermeasures against Ebola virus disease under BSL-2 conditions, which would accelerate technological advances and breakthroughs in confronting Ebola virus disease.”
You can read the study here:
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On Saturday, trans athlete Sadie (Camden) Schreiner won the D3 college track meet in the women’s division for Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).
The biological male won both the 200-meter and the 400-meter and, in the process, shattered school records.
If he had competed in the men’s races that day, he would’ve placed near the bottom.
Sadie Schreiner, male competing with the women, won the women’s 200 & 400m today at the Liberty League championship meet. He broke the 400m women’s record in the process
He would’ve finished last amongst the other boys by 2 full seconds
This is exactly why we’re suing the @NCAA pic.twitter.com/1FIv1DMmib
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) May 4, 2024
Schreiner has been breaking records since last December.
RIT gleefully celebrated a man deplatforming their female athletes on their Instagram (notice they had to turn the comments off.)
Riley Gaines mentioned a lawsuit that has been filed on behalf of multiple NCAA women athletes against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) over their decision to allow “transgender” athletes to compete against them and use locker rooms for women.
The lawsuit was filed by the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) on behalf of over a dozen female athletes. It alleges that the NCAA violated Title IX, a federal statute that guarantees equal opportunity for men and women in college sports.
It seeks to prohibit biological males from competing against female athletes. Further, it demands the NCAA revoke awards received by “transgender” athletes who competed against women in tournaments that were governed by the organization.
Not to weigh in on another controversial topic, but here goes:
When we screen female athletes in the Olympics for testosterone supplementation etc., we do so because we understand that male hormones can give female athletes a material and unfair competitive advantage.
How then… https://t.co/x2w0EIvArF
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) May 6, 2024
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Just in time for the election…
Two new COVID-19 variants, collectively known as “FLiRT,” have been detected and are reportedly spreading across the United States.
The FLiRT variants are sub-lineages of the Omicron variant, named for the mutations they bear.
The Infectious Disease Society of America states that the nickname ‘FLiRT’ is derived from the technical names of the variants’ mutations. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reclassified it as a variant of interest and recommended close monitoring.
According to Mass Live, citing the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the KP.2 variant is currently the dominant strain, accounting for about 25% of all infections nationwide.
Another FLiRT variant, KP.1.1, is also circulating in the US but is less widespread, making up around 7.5% of infections.
So-called experts are now claiming that individuals without the updated COVID-19 vaccines are likely to become infected.
The FLiRT variant KP.2 begins its takeover for Covid cases in the US, now accounting for 1 in 4 caseshttps://t.co/jjl2AnOYb5 pic.twitter.com/oFi2DvxLfM
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) April 26, 2024
WebMD reported:
In recent weeks, COVID-19 forecasters have reported on a new set of variants picked up in wastewater surveillance. Nicknamed FLiRT, they’re threatening to cause a new wave of COVID infections, which recently bottomed out after spiking in December.
Models released last week from Jay Weiland, a data scientist who has accurately predicted COVID waves since the beginning of the pandemic, warns that a surge is on the horizon. “He’s someone who many experts like myself follow because he’s been pretty accurate so far,” said Megan L. Ranney, MD, dean of the Yale School of Public Health.
What’s more, said Ranney, FLiRT also has some concerning features, like changes in the spike protein, which play a role in helping SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, take hold, colonize the body, and make people sick.
Host vulnerability is another troubling factor, given that only 22% of American adults have gotten the latest COVID vaccine. And since many people may not have had the virus in a while, they’re ripe for reinfection.
The post Here We Go: Two New COVID Variants Named ‘FLiRT’ Reportedly Spreading Across the U.S. appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Joe and Jill Biden on Monday co-hosted a Cinco de Mayo reception in the Rose Garden at the White House.
Biden called illegal aliens “model citizens” in his brief remarks to the attendees.
“We are a nation of immigrants and we should never forget it,” Biden said. “We’re a nation of DREAMERs and Cinco de Mayo represents we’re a nation of freedom. That’s America. The America we share and fighting for together.”
Biden absurdly claimed he has always been “fundamentally focused on Latinos.”
Joe Biden then praised DACA illegal aliens as “model citizens.”
“Can you imagine a kid, two years old, saying, ‘Mom, don’t take me across the Rio Grande. It’s against the law.’ Give me a break,” Biden said. “These have been model citizens. Congress has to act.”
Have you ever heard Joe Biden praise taxpaying Americans as “model citizens”?
WATCH:
BIDEN: “Can you imagine a kid, two years old, saying, ‘Mom, don’t take me across the Rio Grande. It’s against the law.’ Give me a break.” pic.twitter.com/FVzF4npWpq
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 6, 2024
Joe Biden is considering granting amnesty to millions of illegal aliens who have lived in the US for over 10 years or have citizen relatives who would “suffer” if they were deported.
According to Politico, similar to Obama’s DACA program, Biden is deciding whether to give the massive group of illegals green cards.
The Democrats are losing the black and Latino voters so they are fiercely working to lock in a new voting bloc.
“Like the Obama administration did in 2012 with the launch of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Biden administration officials are also examining whether there’s an action they could take for a different group of undocumented people who have long resided in the United States, according to the three people familiar with the administration’s planning. One idea that has been floated among administration officials is opening access to the cancellation of removal program for people who have lived in the U.S. for over 10 years and have citizen or resident relatives who would “suffer” if they were deported. If specific requirements are met and an immigration judge approves cancellation of removal, a migrant is able to obtain a green card.” – Politico reported.
The Biden Regime is also looking to fund the influx of illegals who have invaded the US over the last 3 years.
“Administration officials are also discussing ways they can further support state and local officials managing the influx of new arrivals, as Republican governors are expected to continue busing migrants to Democratic-led cities this year.” Politico reported.
Approximately 11 million illegal aliens – mainly military-age males – have invaded the US under Joe Biden’s watch.
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TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME IS REAL AND ALIVE IN HOLLYWOOD! Robert De Niro got served after attacking Trump when Elon Musk reminded him just how good Trump’s presidential record actually was. It’s as if everyone is lying to cover Joe Biden’s a** and Trump was a better president than anyone on the left is willing to admit!
Maria Zeee explains all this and more on today’s Beyond the Headlines!
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President Trump spoke with reporters following another wasted day sitting in court before corrupt New York Judge Juan Merchan for crimes that have yet to be defined.
President Trump was threatened earlier today by far-left Judge Merchan with jail if he continued to defend himself in public.
This is blatantly unconstitutional but Democrats get away with a lot of unlawful acts these days. Republicans like to look the other way.
President Trump told reporters he would gladly go to jail to defend the US Constitution.
President Trump: Because this judge is giving me a gag order. And said you’ll go to jail if you violate it. And frankly, you know our Constitution is more important than jail. It’s not even close. I’ll do that sacrifice any day. But what’s happening here is a disgrace, and the appellate courts are out to get involved.
Via DC Draino.
President Trump makes statement saying he is willing to go to jail to fight for our Constitutional right to free speech
We are witnessing history
America is being turned into a banana republic, and this man is risking his life to save our country pic.twitter.com/buTUEfBHod
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) May 6, 2024
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The “classified documents” case against President Trump is falling apart. The Special Council prosecuting the case, Jack Smith, admitted in a court filing that his team altered or manipulated the documents seized by the FBI from Trump’s Mar-A-Lago home. The admission amounts to nothing short of evidence tampering by the prosecution. The judge needs to immediately dismiss this case. Kash Patel and Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe weigh in on the case.
This is just another example of prosecutorial misconduct by the Deep State in its effort to “get Trump” at all costs. Jack Smith admitted his team jumbled the chronological order of the documents in both the physical and digital form. This is a critical mistake because the Trump Team insists the documents were in chronological order as the President received them and it proves there was no attempt to go through them and destroy them, as the prosecution claims.
The stunning admission serves as more proof that either Jack Smith is incompetent or devious. Either way, it is a disgrace.
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On Saturday, Jewish students and their families sat in the U of M football stadium nervously waiting for the graduation ceremony to begin. Would the same pro-Palestine/Hamas supporters who’ve been camped out in the Diag, a vast open space where sidewalks taking students to different locations across the university’s campus converge, disrupt the graduation ceremony? Would they ruin the celebration of the accomplishment of tens of thousands of students who worked so hard to earn their degrees at the “Ivy of the Midwest?” Would violence erupt in the stadium? Would the radical protesters target them because of their faith? Would their Jewish families and friends in the stadium be safe? These are all questions Jewish students at the University of Michigan shouldn’t have had to be asking themselves in America in 2024, but nevertheless, here we are.
Ever since the unprovoked attack of Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023, Jewish students attending woke universities across America have been forced to adjust their way of life over fears for their safety, as university professors and administrators on multiple campuses not only condemned the pro-Palestine/Hamas protests but in many cases, joined the radical protesters to show their support.
Last week, something amazing happened. A group of fraternity brothers on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill jumped in to save the American flag that was being dropped to the ground by a group of radical pro-Palestine/Hamas supporters as they attempted to replace it with a Palestinian flag. The group of brave fraternity brothers stood in a circle and defended the American flag as radical leftist protesters lobbed bottles of water and other projectiles at them in their efforts to make them give up their fight for the flag.
One of the best photos of 2024 so far:
Fraternity brothers are pelted by anti-Israel protesters at UNC Chapel Hill while protecting the United States flag as it is re-hoisted following its removal by protesters.
Well done, gentleman. pic.twitter.com/0DiBQcVLBu
— Max Meyer (@mualphaxi) May 1, 2024
The fraternity brothers refused to give in to the woke mob and, as a result, have started somewhat of a revolution on college campuses everywhere. Spurred on by the bravery of the fraternity on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill, students across America who are sick and tired of allowing the Left to spew hatred toward Jewish students and against America on their college campuses have been seen fighting back in viral videos that have been shared across social media platforms.
A new video showing a brave Jewish student at the University of Michigan standing alone as he ripped into a female, pro-Palestine/Hamas supporter on his campus is now circulating on social media.
The video shows a young male Jewish student whom a pro-Palestine/Hamas supporter was confronting after he allegedly ripped down one of the radical group's posters.
"Why don't you tell me where you want it?" the pro-Palestine/Hamas supporter asked him.
"I want you to put it everywhere because I hope all your people know you're supporting terrorists. You're supporting the genocide of Jews. You're supporting raping women. You're supporting killing babies and putting them in ovens. You're just like Hitler. I hope all of you know that," he responded.
The Jewish student admonished her, saying, "What you're doing is shameful---shameful! He continued, "So, distribute that everywhere because you people deserve to know the facts---that you're manipulated by some terrorists overseas."
He added, "And I hope whoever is funding you stops! And I hope they get rid of you, like they did at Columbia or Texas!"
Watch the exchange here:
Jewish student at the University of Michigan tells a Hamas supporter that he has every right to tear down a poster advocating terrorism. He also tells her that she is being manipulated by those who committed a mass slaughter of Jews. He adds that he hopes their campus “Gaza… pic.twitter.com/5eo8Ga68Tk
— The Jewish Voice (@TJVNEWS) May 5, 2024
More Jewish students and non-Jewish students need to start sending a strong message to these anti-Jew, anti-Israel, and anti-American radicals that they are not welcome on their college campuses.
Jewish activists like human rights lawyer Brooke Goldstein have been warning about the rise of anti-Semitism on college campuses for years but ramped up their warnings following the Oct. 7th attack on Israel by Hamas, the Palestinian terror group funded by Iran. Watch Ms. Goldstein explain to Fox Business News host Maria Bartiromo how college professors and administrators are putting Jewish students and America at risk with their radical anti-Israel, anti-Jew rhetoric:
Speaking with Fox News about the threat to national security which the “free Palestine” protesters pose. Permitting such rampant Jew hatred is a civil rights issue.
That’s why I’m offering pro-bono legal representation to Jewish students through @LawfareProject to fight back… pic.twitter.com/Kq4UFafdox
— Brooke Goldstein (@GoldsteinBrooke) November 2, 2023
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Israel has officially defied the Biden regime and started their offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to finish off Hamas after calling the Islamist terror group’s claim that they accepted a ceasefire a lie.
Here is the official announcement from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on X:
The IDF is currently conducting targeted strikes against Hamas terror targets in eastern Rafah in southern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/bmZgoNKXMB
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 6, 2024
Earlier Monday, Hamas claimed they informed Qatari and Egyptian mediators that it had accepted their proposal for a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal with the Jewish State. According to the BBC, the basis of the agreement was a weeks-long pause in fighting with Hamas agreeing to release dozens of hostages.
As the New York Post notes, the announcement came shortly after Israel’s war cabinet unanimously voted to go ahead with the strike on Hamas’ final stronghold “with the goal of making progress on freeing the hostages and the other war aims.” These presumably include ensuring Hamas’ ultimate demise.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also said Hamas’ latest “truce offer” as “far from Israel’s obligatory demands.”
Below is footage captured by Eye on Palestine showing Israeli warplanes bombing east of Rafah.
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The Israeli warplanes continue bombing east of Rafah. pic.twitter.com/AG6zcxX4aU
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) May 6, 2024
Israel tanks are also reportedly entering Rafah as part of a ground invasion.
Israeli tanks crossed the border fence of Gaza towards Rafah.
— Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) May 6, 2024
Biden regime officials led by the current White House occupant had previously warned Netanyahu not to launch a military offensive in Rafah.
The Regime is particularly concerned about the consequences of a ground invasion into the terror stronghold.
Top Biden spokesman John Kirby says Biden “made clear” to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu today that he’s against a ground operation in Rafah pic.twitter.com/LcpndAH7dy
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 6, 2024
It remains to be seen what, if any, penalties Joe Biden will levy on Israel for their righteous defiance.
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An Ole Miss fraternity has decided to boot a student after a video of him viciously mocking a morbidly obese pro-Hamas protester went viral online.
As Jim Hoft previously reported, hundreds of student students gathered at a pro-Hamas protest on Thursday and began singing the National Anthem. But another video clip of students consisting of fraternity brothers taunting a portly agitator whom police officers were holding back also emerged that same day.
CNN identified the agitator as 24-year-old journalism and media graduate student Jaylin Smith. She confirmed to the outlet she was the woman in the video.
Roughly nine seconds into the video clip, a male can be seen apparently making monkey noises toward Smith while jumping up and down. The young individual was later connected to the fraternity Phi Delta Theta.
The other students refrain from making ape-like sounds. They stick to cheering the officers and shouting provocative statements such as “Lock her up!”
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This video from Ole Miss is beautiful, but guys, please put away the phones. Be in the moment when you’re mocking the Hamas loving fat girl. pic.twitter.com/0ESdQ6a99Q
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) May 3, 2024
Leftists led by former ESPN anchor Jemele Hill were quick to label the student’s actions as racist. She demanded in an X post that Ole Miss ban the fraternity for their actions toward the protester.
1) What fraternity does he represent? That fraternity’s national leadership needs to be contacted immediately and that frat should be barred from campus.
2) We have recently seen endless conversations and action items created about antisemitism, but I’m guessing that same energy… https://t.co/JvuTXYaMqK
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 3, 2024
On Sunday, Phi Delta Theta bowed to the online outrage and announced in statement that they had kicked the man out of the fraternity for his “racist actions.”
Phi Delta Theta General Headquarters is aware of the video regarding the student protest at the University of Mississippi. The racist actions in the video were those of an individual and are antithetical to the values of Phi Delta Theta and the Mississippi Alpha chapter.
The responsible individual was removed from membership on Friday, May 3.
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Republicans will hold US Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt over the Justice Department’s refusal to hand over audio recordings of Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur.
“The House Judiciary Committee is aiming to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to provide audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with the special counsel who investigated his handling of classified documents.” – the Washington Examiner reported.
“The Republican-led committee is planning to hold a meeting to review a contempt report and hold a committee vote on the matter on May 16, according to two sources familiar with the plans.” The Examiner reported.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer last month released a statement after the DOJ rebuffed his committee’s request for the audio recordings.
“The Biden Administration does not get to determine what Congress needs and does not need for its oversight of the executive branch,” Comer said. “The American people deserve to hear the actual audio of President Biden’s answers to Special Counsel Hur.”
Comer said it is “curious” that the Biden Regime is refusing to release audio of Biden’s interview with Hur after releasing the transcript.
What we do know is that Joe Biden lied about Robert Hur raising the issue about his dead son Beau.
The Justice Department previously defended not bringing charges against Biden because he’s a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
According to the transcript, Joe Biden forgot when he was Vice President and couldn’t remember when his son Beau died.
Joe Biden attacked Robert Hur during an impromptu presser in February.
“There is even reference that I don’t remember when my son died. How in the hell dare he raise that?” Biden previously told reporters in an impromptu White House press conference. “Frankly, when I was asked the question, I thought to myself, it wasn’t any of their damn business.”
What else is Biden lying about? How bad was his memory during the 2-day interview with Robert Hur?
Special Counsel Robert Hur testified before Congress in March on Biden’s interview on his stolen classified documents scandal that spanned two days.
Robert Hur in February released a 345-page report on his investigation of the stolen classified documents.
Robert Hur
Biden’s stolen classified documents were scattered all over the place in damaged cardboard boxes and unlocked drawers at the Penn Biden Center. The documents were also easily accessible in Biden’s Delaware garage and basement den.
Robert Hur found that Joe Biden “willfully retained” classified information, however, he decided not to charge him. Hur said there is evidence Biden retained classified notebooks, “knowing he was not allowed to do so.”
Biden was not charged even though he willfully retained SCIF-designated classified documents and shared material with his ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer.
According to Robert Hur, In 2017, Joe Biden read aloud classified passages about meetings in the Situation Room to his ghostwriter “verbatim on at least three occasions” – and Biden still wasn’t charged.
“We also considered whether Mr. Biden willfully disclosed national defense information to his ghostwriter by reading aloud certain classified notebook passages to the ghostwriter nearly verbatim on at least three occasions,” the report read.
Biden wasn’t charged for reading classified information to his ghostwriter because jurors could conclude his actions were “unintentional.”
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Fani Willis told reporters on Monday that she will not testify before the Georgia Senate investigative committee.
Fani Willis: “Well, first of all I don’t even think they have the authority to subpoena me but they need to learn the law.”
Reporter: Will you appear…?
Fani Willis: I will not appear to do anything that is unlawful. And I have not broken the law in any way. I’ve said it. I’ll say it among these leaders I’m sorry folks these people get pissed off that everybody gets treated equally.
Video via Rob DiRienzo at FOX5 Atlanta.
NEW: DA Fani Willis says she will not testify before the Republican-led Georgia senate investigative committee: "I will not appear to anything that is unlawful," adding. "I'm sorry that folks get pissed off that everybody gets treated evenly."@FOX5Atlanta pic.twitter.com/VAy3ZDm55a
— Rob DiRienzo (@RobDiRienzo) May 6, 2024
Rob DiRienzo then called Georgia Committee Chair, Republican Coswert, who said if Willis refused to show and disregards her subpoena then she could be held in contempt.
Just got off the phone with Sen. Coswert, the Republican committee chair. He maintains he has statutory power to subpoena Willis, and if she refuses to show she could be held in contempt: "I sure hope it doesn't get to that"
In the words of @AnthonyMKreis: Cue the litigation.
— Rob DiRienzo (@RobDiRienzo) May 6, 2024
Fani Willis obviously does not understand the law. Georgia officials have the right to question her under oath.
If Fani Willis refuses to comply with the subpoena the Georgia state senate must hold her in contempt!
Fani is as crooked as they come! https://t.co/bEi1ru2EjU
— Alex Bruesewitz (@alexbruesewitz) May 6, 2024
Earlier today Georgia State Republicans said they would subpoena Fani is she does not decide to testify.
A Georgia Senate committee says it will subpoena Fulton DA Fani Willis if she refuses to appear before the panel investigating accusations of misconduct against the prosecutor. (Via @GeorgiaRecorder)https://t.co/AkQuRvWkbW
— WABE News (@wabenews) May 6, 2024
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A Pennsylvania pastor said God intervened when a gun jammed as a man tried to shoot him during Sunday’s sermon.
A 26-year-old man was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and attempted homicide after he tried to shoot a North Braddock pastor on Sunday.
Pastor Glenn Germany of Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church said God intervened and jammed the gun.
“He pulled the gun; it clicked,” Pastor Glenn Germany told WPIX-TV. “You heard him shoot it. God jammed the gun so the bullet didn’t come out.”
Bernard Junior Polite
Pastor Germany said he forgave the gunman.
“He actually apologized to me,” the pastor WPXI. “I told him that ‘I forgive you and want you to know I love you,’ but yes, I definitely forgave him.”
“This guy was just dealing with spirits he said, and he came in and wanted to shoot somebody,” the pastor said.
WPXI reported:
A man is facing charges after Pennsylvania State Police say he tried to shoot a pastor who was giving a sermon at a church in North Braddock.
Video taken at the church shows Pastor Glenn Germany preaching at the Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church on Lobinger Avenue at 1:09 p.m. on Sunday.
A man then walks up and points a handgun directly at him. Police say the man tried to fire the gun but it did not go off.
“He pulled the gun; it clicked,” Germany said. “You heard him shoot it. God jammed the gun so the bullet didn’t come out.”
Pennsylvania State Police say the gunman was Bernard Junior Polite, 26, from Braddock.
Video shows the Bernard Polite pointing a gun at the pastor during Sunday’s sermon. The pastor quickly ducked for cover behind the pulpit as the man taping the service tackled the gunman.
Polite is being held without bail.
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Matthew Colangelo
Alvin Bragg’s top prosecutor Matthew Colangelo – a top DOJ official that Joe Biden sent to New York in 2022 to take down Trump – was paid by the DNC for ‘political consulting.’
Matthew Colangelo previously worked in the Justice Department (Biden appointee) and is a lifelong left-wing activist.
It has now been revealed that Colangelo was paid $12,000 by the DNC in 2018.
“According to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by Fox News Digital, DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee paid Colangelo twice on Jan. 31, 2018. Colangelo was given two payments of $6,000, for a total of $12,000.” Fox News reported.
BOMBSHELL BIDEN CORRUPTION ALERT
I just uncovered that the Far Left NYC prosecutor sent from Biden’s DOJ to arrest President Trump was PAID BY THE DNC.
This is ILLEGAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE.https://t.co/URo7XlPZ1o
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) May 6, 2024
Fox News reported:
The Democratic National Committee paid Trump prosecutor Matthew Colangelo thousands of dollars for “political consulting” in 2018, Fox News Digital has learned.
Colangelo delivered opening statements in the unprecedented criminal trial of former President Trump and currently serves as a top prosecutor with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Office on the case.
Colangelo joined Bragg’s office in December 2022 after the resignations of Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne — prosecutors who were investigating Trump and resigned in protest of Bragg’s initial unwillingness to indict the former president. Colangelo left a senior role at the Biden Justice Department to join Bragg’s team. Bragg afterward brought charges against the former president in April 2023, raising questions among some in the GOP about alleged politicization of the case.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) last Tuesday launched an investigation into the Biden DOJ’s coordination with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s politicized prosecution of President Trump.
Mike Davis, a former law clerk for Justice Gorsuch, said the Biden Justice Department is engaging in a criminal conspiracy to violate Trump’s civil rights.
“The lawfare happening to President Trump across the country is coordinated by President Biden, who sent Matthew Colangelo to New York to be his henchman and ensure Trump would not receive a fair trial,” Mike Davis said.
WATCH:
The lawfare happening to President Trump across the country is coordinated by President Biden, whosent Matthew Colangelo to New York to be his henchman and ensure Trump would not receive a fair trial.
The Biden Justice Department is engaging in a criminal conspiracy to violate… pic.twitter.com/jeN1YMbOPo
— Mike Davis (@mrddmia) April 30, 2024
Recall that Colangelo lied during his opening statement last month and claimed Trump “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election” when he paid porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their alleged affair.
Trump has denied the affair.
“The defendant, Donald Trump, orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election. Then he covered up that criminal conspiracy by lying in his New York business records over and over and over again,” prosecutor Matthew Colangelo – a former top Biden DOJ appointee – told jurors last week, according to AP.
Chairman Jordan specifically called out Matthew Colangelo in his letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland.
“The Committee on the Judiciary is conducting oversight of politically motivated prosecutions by state and local officials. Since last year, popularly elected prosecutors—who campaigned for office on the promise of prosecuting President Trump—engaged in an unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority: the indictment of a former President of the United States and current leading candidate for that office. New York County District Attorney (DANY) Alvin Bragg is engaged in one such politicized prosecution, which is being led in part by Matthew B. Colangelo, a former senior Justice Department official. Accordingly, given the perception that the Justice Department is assisting in Bragg’s politicized prosecution, we write to request information and documents related to Mr. Colangelo’s employment,” Jim Jordan wrote in a letter obtained by The Gateway Pundit.
Chairman Jordan said Colangelo’s recent employment history with the DOJ “demonstrates his obsession with investigating a person rather that prosecuting a crime.”
“Mr. Colangelo’s recent employment history demonstrates his obsession with investigating a person rather than prosecuting a crime. At the New York Attorney General’s Office, Mr. Colangelo ran investigations into President Trump, leading ‘a wave of state litigation against Trump administration policies.’ On January 20, 2021, the first day of the Biden Administration, Mr. Colangelo began serving as the Acting Associate Attorney General—the number three official in your department. Upon the confirmation of Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, Mr. Colangelo then served as the Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General. In December 2022, Bragg ‘beefed up [his] office’ by hiring Mr. Colangelo to fill the void left by the departure of politicized line prosecutors Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne. Bragg hired Mr. Colangelo to ‘jump-start’ his office’s investigation of President Trump, reportedly due to Mr. Colangelo’s ‘history of taking on Donald J. Trump and his family business.’ Mr. Colangelo is now a lead prosecutor in President Trump’s trial,” Jim Jordan wrote.
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*This Op-Ed was contributed by Rabbi Jonathan Gross, an attorney who has spent a tremendous amount of his time fighting for January 6th defendants.
By Rabbi Jonathan Gross, Esq.
Last week, the House of Representatives voted in favor of the new anti-antisemitism bill, which adopts a new definition of antisemitism and provides the government with a way to punish wrong think about Jews and Israel, including anyone who suggests that Jews control the government. According to our government, the way to dispel the myth that Jews control the government is for the government to pass a law that punishes anyone who suggests that Jews control the government.
Under the law, if the Department of Education finds “antisemitism” at an institution that receives federal funding – which is virtually every institution – the government can coerce the school to deal with it by whatever means necessary or else risk losing federal dollars or worse, the Department of Justice will sue the institution into oblivion. This sounds great if the awesome power of the government is directed at Hamas sympathizers threatening Jewish students and causing schools to impose COVID-style lockdowns. The Patriot Act also sounded great when they told us it was for our protection. How is that one working out?
Consistent with the theme of federal criminal statutes, the new definition of “antisemitism” is nebulous enough to apply to nobody and broad enough to apply to everybody. This is perfect for a Department of Justice that enjoys selectively prosecuting its political enemies and turning a blind eye to its political allies. The bill is also right in line with the subtle agenda to gradually erode our free speech; the law does not criminalize speech, it merely encourages schools to destroy the lives of students and faculty who express an unpopular opinion.
As a Christian, I believe the gospel in full, every letter.
The gospel says Jesus, a Jewish man – son of God – messiah, was handed over to be crucified (killed) by the chief priest, the elders, and the Jewish crowd which was prophesied in Isaiah 53.
And the gospel also says,… pic.twitter.com/DEaEGNX8Dm
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
For good measure, this latest attack on the First Amendment adds a new attack on religion also. The new definition includes “Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis.” Accordingly, a Christian Bible study group on a college campus studying a disfavored passage could violate federal law.
While Jews may be cheering on the outlawing of sections of the Christian Bible, they should not be throwing stones in glass synagogues. This past week, synagogues around the world read from Leviticus 18:22 which states: “You shall not lie with a man as one lies with a woman, it is an abomination.” That passage is also read on Yom Kippur. When the protestor tents are eventually cleared from the quad, how long before a new definition of “homophobia” is added to ban Leviticus from college campuses?
With all of the multitude of federal hate crime laws already on the books, somehow the Department of Justice was powerless to prevent the radicals at UCLA from beating a Jewish woman unconscious during these recent protests. Like the BLM riots that devastated the country – coincidentally at around the same time four years ago – these campus riots are allowed to flourish by the federal government, not because of a lack of criminal statutes, but because of a lack of political will to end them. If the same federal government that is still hunting down and arresting senior citizens who peacefully walked into the Capitol over three years ago on January 6, 2021, would apply anything close to that standard to the pro-Hamas protestors, the riots would have ended on the first day.
This antisemitism law is just another superfluous “hate crime” law. At best, these laws waste federal resources like the dozens of FBI agents sent to investigate a piece of rope because NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace thought it resembled a noose. At worst, it provides a means for the federal government to arrest Eva Edl, an 82-year-old holocaust survivor, who peacefully sat in front of an abortion clinic for two hours and now faces six months in prison.
We do not need new federal laws that apply to classes of people based on immutable characteristics. That is what the Nazis did. Ironically, the new antisemitism definition includes comparing government policies to Nazi policies. But the Nazis only became a threat to the Jews when they became the government, and as Holocaust survivor Vera Sharav warned, if you cannot call out a government’s Nazi tendencies in their infancy, you cannot prevent them from metastasizing. The Holocaust did not start with concentration camps. It ended with them.
This antisemitism law is bad for Jews and bad for America. Those cheering on this and other new laws that can just as easily be turned against them, should remember the famous poem that applies to all government: First they came for [fill in the blank] and I did not speak out because I wasn’t one of them. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.
Rabbi Jonathan Gross is a civil rights attorney in Baltimore, MD. He is an attorney for the political prisoners of January 6th. You can follow Jonathan Gross here on Twitter.
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This incredible story is NOT making any headlines in the legacy media. Why is that?
Joe Biden already turned over the Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan to Taliban terrorists in September 2021.
Biden abandoned Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years in July 2021 by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans’ secret departure more than two hours after they left.
The Taliban quickly took control of Bagram Air Base, which is only 30 miles north of Kabul, on August 15th and released thousands of terrorists held at its prison. The Americans and Afghans left the Taliban military equipment, uniforms, rations and even sports drinks.
The ISIS suicide bomber who murdered 13 US servicemen and women and 169 Afghans was released by the Taliban from the Bagram Base prison. Biden abandoned the country to the Taliban.
In April we learned about Joe Biden’s latest foreign policy disaster. The situation in Niger could top the Afghanistan withdrawal – if that is possible.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) totally embarrassed the US Army Secretary and exposed Joe Biden’s latest foreign policy catastrophe during questioning this week in the US House of Representatives’ Armed Services Committee hearing.
Gaetz exposed the latest Biden foreign policy failure – this time in Niger, Africa.
US troops are trapped in the country allegedly without water and medicine. The Army was likely hiding this to protect itself from embarrassment. Deployed Americans are in limbo and unable to do their jobs and the Biden State Department is completely outmaneuvered once again.
Secretary Wormuth and General Randy George testified before the House Armed Services Committee on April 16th.
Matt Gaetz posted the report on his congressional webpage.
US Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, a potential DEI hire, was stunned and speechless when Matt Gaetz confronted her about the trapped US soldiers in Niger a country in tremendous turmoil.
In late April it appeared the US had a trade offer from the military junta in Niger. The Russian-backed military junta in Niger will release the 1,000 US soldiers trapped at the base in exchange for the keys to the $100 million American airbase in the country.
WAR: Niger’s Russian-backed military junta has agreed to release 1,000 US troops it was effectively holding hostage in exchange for Biden’s agreement to turn over our $100M airbase to Niger and Russian forces. The US media will barely mention this humiliation today. pic.twitter.com/UpmnsMMI2g
— @amuse (@amuse) April 21, 2024
The US military will reportedly leave a $100 million airbase to the military junta.
The USA confirms it will pull out of Niger.
1000 soldiers will leave after having been told to get out by the new Russian-friendly military junta
They will leave the $110 mln airbase built a few years ago from which the US has been running its drone operations against AQ & ISIS pic.twitter.com/UwCLn79acW
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 20, 2024
Now this...
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) earlier today took to the House floor to discuss the latest developments from Niger.
This was an incredible testimony. We have posted the transcript and video along with the Congressman's full report below.
Rep. Matt Gaetz: Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to enter into the Congressional record Part 2 of the interim report that I have prepared for the House of Representatives entitled "Unwelcome in Niger." Without objection. Mr. Speaker, I rise to warn this body of the deteriorating conditions in the African country of Niger and to give rise to the concern of service members and contractors. More than a thousand of them right now are functionally being held hostage in Niger. They are being used as pawns during a negotiation that has left America at the bended knee of third-world criminals and thugs as our troops seek medicine and fresh water and troop rotations. How did we get here with more than 1,100 Americans endangered right now in Niger?
Well, it started back in March of 2023. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, went to Niger and claimed that it was a model of resilience, a platform for great democracy. It would be where America would execute its Africa strategy. One year later, almost to the day, there was a coup in Niger. And guess who overthrew the government that we said was the great model of resilience? People we trained. We trained the coup leaders to go throw out the democratically elected government of Niger.
And I know this will surprise you, but after that occurs, they say they They want our bases that US taxpayers have poured more than a billion dollars into, gone. They want our service members, gone. I came to this floor after hearing from some of my constituents who were stationed in Niger. After the overthrow of the government, there weren't resupply flights. They said, congressman, we are going to be out of medicine in May if we don't get this sorted out. Three days after I filed Part One of the report that I am supplementing today, the Biden administration announced that we will be leaving in Niger. A welcome sign, I'm sure, but the leaving didn't actually happen. We have people who are now more than 200 days into a 180-day rotation. And while the negotiation regarding retrograde and withdrawal are ongoing, The government in Niger is using the well-being and health of our service members as leverage to get what they want out of our government. Our troops aren't getting medicine for malaria, for cholesterol, for their blood pressure, chronic conditions. I have received the letters from the wives, from the fathers of the people who are in Niger now, and they say, We know that our family members are being extorted by the local governments when they try to leave hundreds of dollars to even bring a bag through the airport.
We know that Russians are behind the wire. You know what a real US President would do? Say that C-130s are on their way to Niger today with the water and the medicine and the food our troops need, that they will have a full fighter pilot escort there. If the Nigeri government or any other third world thug tries to even turn on their air defense systems, we should show those leaders and those thugs what the target package looks like on their houses and their family members, because it should not be Americans that are suffering because President Biden and Blinken are so embarrassed that their strategy in Africa failed that they're willing to let Americans' conditions deteriorate. They're willing to let our military spouses and family members wonder what's going to happen to their loved ones with their blood pressure rising and no blood pressure medication or concerned what will happen now that we're in May and there's not sufficient malaria medication. We should always keep our people's well-being at the forefront of our minds. And today, we should be resupplying our troops in Niger, Africa, and we should dare these thugs and criminals to mess with us while we're doing that.
This is a total embarrassment. But saving politicians and people like Biden and Blinken from embarrassment is not worth putting US troops at risk.
I will stay on this. I will stay on our government and the Nigerian government to ensure that our military members and their families are appropriately treated and their concerns are elevated to the highest levels of this house. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I yield back.
Here is Part2 of Congressman Gaetz's Interim report - "Unwelcome in Niger."
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By Wayne Allyn Root
Let’s put two and two together.
Start with what’s happening in America at this very moment.
The anarchy on college campuses. That’s not brain-dead Biden. It’s all Obama. Why do you think it’s all centered around Columbia University?
This all started at Columbia University, Class of 1983. I’m a witness. We were taught to hate America and support socialism and communism. Even back then, all my Columbia classmates wanted “Death to America.” We were taught “Cloward-Piven”- the plan to destroy America, the US economy, the great American middle class, and of course, capitalism.
Who was my college classmate back at Columbia? Obama.
The weaponization of government and persecution of President Trump. That’s not brain-dead Biden. It’s all Obama.
That all started with Obama’s presidency. Obama used the NSA and CIA to spy on Trump and then frame Trump with fake “Russian Collusion.” Just like the fake trial going on in New York right now. Take note President Trump. This is Obama going after you.
Obama also used the IRS to try to destroy his critics and opponents. I’m a witness. I was one of Obama’s victims.
Obama used the IRS to try to destroy my life. The IRS was his personal goon squad. Obama used the IRS to threaten, intimidate and terrorize conservatives and conservative non-profits.
When I went public and exposed Obama on Fox News, guess what happened next? Hundreds of GOP donors who had written checks to Mitt Romney’s campaign, contacted me to say they were also victims of IRS attacks only days after writing a check to Romney. You know what this means?
Obama used the IRS to rig the 2012 presidential race.
That was when the rigging and stealing of presidential campaigns begun. Take note President Trump. Trust me, it was Obama who came up with the plan to rig and steal your 2020 election.
How about the massive spending, welfare and debt that is crushing the US economy and producing the worst inflation in modern history. That’s not brain-dead Biden. That all started under Obama too. That’s all “Cloward-Piven.”
The open border and the mass foreign invasion of America. That’s not brain-dead Biden. It’s all Obama.
The border was first opened under Obama. People have short memories. It was so bad back then, I was the opening speaker for candidate Trump at the last Trump rally before the 2016 election. I warned…
“If Hillary wins, it will be the third term of Obama. He will finish the job. Obama will open the border like never before. It will be open borders on STEROIDS. He will wave millions of criminals, gangbangers, radical Islamic terrorists, and military-age males from our enemies across the globe into the USA. Between the crime, welfare, spending, debt and terrorism, we will never recover. And mark my words, millions of illegals will be allowed to vote, and no Republican will ever be elected president again. America will fall.”
No truer words were ever spoken.
It’s all happened exactly as I warned. Except Trump interrupted the plan, so it came four years later. Everything I predicted is happening right now.
The list goes on and on. DEI. CRT. ESG. Green New Deal. Transgender brainwashing. This split with Israel. All of this started under Obama.
For all intents and purposes, Obama is the real President of the United States. He’s giving the orders. He’s coordinating this chaos and crisis.
I know my old college classmate, better than anyone in the world. I know how he plays the game. I’ve correctly warned about and predicted every move he’s made since 2009.
If I were Obama, what would I do next?
Trump looks unbeatable at this point. The latest Rasmussen poll has him up 10 points over Biden. With third party candidates included, Trump is up 12 points.
The latest Gallop poll shows Biden is the least popular president in 70 years- lower than Nixon or Jimmy Carter.
The latest YouGov/Economist poll shows 68% of Americans believe the country is “out of control” under Biden.
The latest CNN poll shows Biden’s rating on the economy and inflation is among the lowest ever seen- 34% and 29%.
Read the tea leaves. It’s all over for Biden. He can’t beat Trump. There will be no 4th term of Obama. Trump will reverse everything Obama and Biden did. And he will put the bad guys in prison for treason. So, if I was Obama, I’d roll the dice…
I’d replace Biden at the Democrat convention in August with Michelle Obama.
Trust me, it’s coming. Democrats are desperate and they have nothing to lose. The results can’t be any worse than Biden. Their choice is a desperate “Hail Mary” with Michelle, or a surefire loss to Trump.
How will they do it? Who knows? Maybe they’ll force Biden to announce his retirement due to health issues. Maybe he will come to the decision by himself, for the good of the party.
Maybe they’ll replace Kamala as VP with Michelle Obama, use Michelle to try to win back disaffected Democrat voters, and then rig the election even bigger than 2020. Then, if Biden is re-elected, he will quickly step aside. Instantly, Michelle is president, without ever actually being elected, and without the scrutiny of being at the top of the ticket.
I don’t know how they’ll do it. But I’m certain the plan is in the works right now. Because Michelle on the ticket is the only way to try to get back some of the young voters and black/Latino voters who have moved to Trump.
Obama needs a 4th term to finish the job he started- the destruction of the United States. One way, or the other, I’m betting Biden will be gone soon. My best guess is Michelle will be the replacement.
This is my warning to President Trump: BE PREPARED.
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During the COVID pandemic, Chris Cuomo was well-known for his strict adherence to the media narrative surrounding COVID and the ensuing vaccine — sometimes to the point of him publicly disparaging others for not doing the same. However, it appears he’s had a change of heart — let’s just pray that change isn’t inflammation or myocarditis. Is he sincere, or just moving on to a new grift?
Maria Zeee explains all this and more on today’s Beyond the Headlines!
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A US soldier was detained in Russia last week on suspicion of theft, according to NBC News.
The unidentified soldier, a staff sergeant stationed in South Korea, traveled to Russia on his own.
No other details were provided.
NBC News reported:
A U.S. soldier was detained in Russia over the weekend, according to four U.S. officials.
He had been stationed in Korea and traveled to Russia on his own and not on official business.
The soldier is accused of stealing from a woman.
The U.S. Army did not immediately return a request for comment.
The soldier, who officials did not name, is one of a number of Americans detained in Russia, including several civilians.
National Security spox John Kirby said the White House is aware of reports that a US soldier was detained in Russia.
“I can’t really say much about it right now,” Kirby said during Monday’s White House Press briefing.
WATCH:
NSC spokesperson John Kirby says the White House is aware of reporting that a U.S. soldier was detained in Russia over the weekend. pic.twitter.com/t5v4GL8EFh
— The Recount (@therecount) May 6, 2024
DEVELOPING…
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A group of federal judges has announced a boycott of Columbia University, citing concerns over the institution’s handling of recent campus disruptions and allegations of fostering anti-semitism.
The judges, who hire law clerks annually, expressed their loss of confidence in Columbia University following the aftermath of the October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas.
The university, once renowned for its academic excellence, has now been labeled by the judges as ground zero “for the explosion of student disruptions, antisemitism, and hatred for diverse viewpoints.”
In a letter addressed to Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, the judges expressed their dissatisfaction with the university’s handling of recent campus events.
“As judges who hire law clerks every year to serve in the federal judiciary, we have lost confidence in Columbia as an institution of higher education,” the letter reads. “Columbia has instead become an incubator of bigotry. As a result, Columbia has disqualified itself from educating the future leaders of our country.”
The judges highlighted three main steps that Columbia should undertake to reclaim its reputation:
In a stern warning, the judges make it clear that unless Columbia makes “extraordinary change,” they will refrain from hiring law clerks from Columbia University.
“Considering recent events, and absent extraordinary change, we will not hire anyone who joins the Columbia University community—whether as undergraduates or law students—beginning with the entering class of 2024,” the letter states.
The judges emphasize that their objective is not to hamper academic freedom but to restore it at Columbia. They cited the late Justice William Brennan, who famously refused to hire law clerks from Harvard Law School due to his disagreement with some of its faculty’s criticisms of the Supreme Court.
Read the letter below obtained by Free Beacon:
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that the demonstration by pro-Hamas supporters at Columbia University turned violent on Tuesday after Columbia University finally authorized the city to deploy officers onto the campus amid escalating tensions.
According to an NYPD official, out of the 112 people arrested at Columbia, 32 (29%) were not affiliated with the university.
One such alleged professional agitator is James Carlson, who was arrested inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall and has no affiliation with the University.
A group stormed the building while smashing windows and fortifying their position by barricading doors and covering windows, effectively taking control of the academic building.
When Carlson was arrested inside the building, he was already under investigation for grabbing an Israeli flag from a man near campus and setting it on fire in April.
But who is Carlson? He is the privileged son of a millionaire with a long history of violent protests.
And while Carlson “fights the man,” and rages against capitalism, which he can afford to do since it has benefitted him and his family, he goes home each night to his lavish $3.4 million Brooklyn brownstone property.
Another “shocker?” America haters stick together. Carlson’s stepmother is reportedly romantically linked to vocal leftist singer John Cougar Mellencamp.
NEW: James Carlson, one of the primary agitators in the recent Columbia’s riots, turns out to be a millionaire’s heir with a long history of violent protests.
A lawyer and self-styled anarchist, Carlson is the son of late ad mogul Dick Tarlow.
Despite his privileged… pic.twitter.com/WkXBQohtJC
— Hank (@HANKonX) May 4, 2024
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The Irish people has had quite enough.
The citizens of the Republic of Ireland took to the streets in a demonstration against unchecked mass migration.
After all, this brave nation didn’t wage war against the British Empire only to fall prey of Globalist European Union and its failed, crippling policies.
“A large crowd has taken part in an anti-immigration march in Dublin city centre this afternoon.
Shortly before 3pm, the protesters walked from the Garden of Remembrance and along O’Connell Street, where there was a strong garda (guard) presence, including a row of officers from the Public Order Unit.”
A much smaller pro-Palestine group was present in the route of the march. Chants were exchanged as gardaí (guards) stood in between both groups.
“The anti-immigration march then moved to Customs House Quay, where they gathered for a rally which lasted until close to 5pm.
The rally heard repeated anti-Government calls of “get them out, get them out”, as well as criticism of opposition political parties.
A number of leaders made speeches, including candidates in the upcoming local and European elections.
The President of the Irish Freedom Party harshly criticized the ruling Sinn Fein, as thousands of people have turned out in Dublin to protest immigration and the lack of infrastructure.
This demonstration comes as the UK and the Republic of Ireland are in a row over migrants fleeing the Rwanda deportations that have gotten underway.
GB News reported:
“Speaking to GB News reporter Dougie Beattie, [Irish Freedom Party] President Hermann Kelly said the protesters are sending a ‘very clear message’, that ‘Ireland is full’ and that the government should ‘house the Irish first’.
Kelly added that the protesters have started a new chant that ‘Sinn Fein are traitors’, which is a ‘new thing for Irish politics’.”
Watch: crowd chants ‘Sinn Fein are traitors’
NOW – Massive pro-Irish protests descend on Dublin against mass immigration.pic.twitter.com/sMO58PFg0lpic.twitter.com/63vwHM1AXX
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 6, 2024
Hermann Kelly hit out at Sinn Fein, said they have been exposed amid the migrant row.
“Kelly told [reporter Dougie Beattie]: ‘That would never have happened two years ago, but people now have the confidence. I think Sinn Fein have been exposed as an open borders mass immigration party.
And now that leaves room for a nationalist party like the Irish Freedom Party, which believes in democratic self-determination for the Irish people’.
Kelly added: ‘They believe in the EU membership, subservience to the European Union. And we’re opposed to all that’.”
Read more:
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A group of Republican senators has issued a stern warning to Karim Khan, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), over potential arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials.
The proposed warrants are reportedly connected to allegations of war crimes during the recent Israeli-Hamas conflict.
The ICC, headquartered in The Hague, is said to be nearing the decision despite Israel’s non-membership and non-recognition of the court. Since the Palestinian territories were admitted as a member state in 2015, the ICC has asserted jurisdiction over alleged war crimes committed by both Hamas and Israeli forces in Gaza.
Karim Khan, the ICC Chief Prosecutor, previously claimed that the court has the “authority” to investigate any such crimes and aims to hold those accountable who are found in violation of international law.
Prime Minister Netanyahu responded fiercely to the ICC’s potential move, condemning it as a grave misjudgment and a significant threat to Israel’s national security.
In a video statement released on Tuesday, Netanyahu accused the court of betraying its foundational principles:
“The International Criminal Court in The Hague is contemplating issuing arrest warrants against senior Israeli government and military officials as war criminals,” Netanyahu stated.
“This would be an outrage of historic proportions. International bodies like the ICC arose in the wake of the Holocaust committed against the Jewish people. They were set up to prevent such horrors, to prevent future genocides. Yet now, the international court is trying to put Israel in the dark.”
“It’s trying to put us in the dark as we defend ourselves against genocidal terrorists and regimes like Iran, of course, that openly works to destroy the one and only Jewish state.”
Netanyahu praised the ethical conduct of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and highlighted their efforts to minimize civilian casualties, despite Hamas’s alleged use of human shields. He warned that labeling Israeli leaders and soldiers as war criminals would further stoke global anti-Semitism.
“Branding Israel’s leaders and soldiers as war criminals will pour jet fuel on the fires of anti-Semitism, those fires that are already raging on the campuses of America and across capitals around the world. It will also be the first time that a democratic country, fighting for its life according to the rules of war, is itself accused of war crimes.”
Reacting to the ICC’s actions, a group of Republican senators, including Tom Cotton (R-AR), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Rick Scott (R-FL), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Tim Scott (R-SC), have penned a threatening letter to the ICC’s Chief Prosecutor.
They argue that the ICC’s actions would illegitimately punish Israel for defending itself against Iranian-backed aggressions and inaccurately portray Israel’s military responses as equivalent to Hamas’s terrorism.
The letter explicitly threatens severe sanctions against Khan and the ICC, including ending all American support, should the warrants be issued.
Read the letter below:
“We write regarding the reports that the International Criminal Court (ICC) may be considering issuing international arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. Such actions are illegitimate and lack legal basis, and if carried out will result in severe sanctions against you and your institution.
The ICC is attempting to punish Israel for taking legitimate actions of self-defense against their Iranian-backed aggressors. In fact, in your own words, you witnessed “scenes of calculated cruelty” conducted by Hamas in Israel following the October 7 attacks. These arrest warrants would align the ICC with the largest state sponsor of terrorism and its proxy. To be clear, there is no moral equivalence between Hamas’s terrorism and Israel’s justified response.
The ICC is also prohibited by its charter from proceeding in any case unless the relevant government is unwilling or unable to police themselves. You yourself have said that “Israel has trained lawyers who advise commanders and a robust system intended to ensure compliance with international humanitarian law.” By issuing warrants, you would be calling into question the legitimacy of Israel’s laws, legal system, and democratic form of government.
Issuing arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel would not only be unjustified, it would expose your organization’s hypocrisy and double standards. Your office has not issued arrest warrants for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei or any other Iranian official, Syrian President Bashar al Assad or any other Syrian official, or Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh or any other Hamas official. Nor have you issued an arrest warrant for the genocidal General Secretary of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, or any other Chinese official.
Finally, neither Israel nor the United States are members of the ICC and are therefore outside of your organization’s supposed jurisdiction. If you issue a warrant for the arrest of the Israeli leadership, we will interpret this not only as a threat to Israel’s sovereignty but to the sovereignty of the United States. Our country demonstrated in the American Service-Members’ Protection Act the lengths to which we will go to protect that sovereignty.
The United States will not tolerate politicized attacks by the ICC on our allies. Target Israel and we will target you. If you move forward with the measures indicated in the report, we will move to end all American support for the ICC, sanction your employees and associates, and bar you and your families from the United States. You have been warned.”
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Joe Biden on Monday presented the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the United States Military Academy Army Black Knights in the East Room at the White House.
After another weekend vacation in Delaware, Biden returned to the White House on Monday. Biden has spent 460 days – 38% of his presidency – on vacation with no visitor logs.
The Army defeated the US Naval Academy and the US Air Force in December in the Army-Navy football game.
Biden heavily slurred and struggled to read his giant teleprompter after he returned from his vacation.
“Everyone on this stage stepped up to serve, to lead, to join a long line of American servicemen, each a link of chain of honor,” Biden said of the 48 cadets standing behind him.
WATCH:
Biden is slurring hard today pic.twitter.com/mKtniInrgX
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 6, 2024
After slurring through his remarks, Biden shuffled away without.
“Mr. President, what was your message to Netanyahu!?” a reporter shouted at Biden.
Biden smirked and walked away.
REPORTER: "Mr. President, what was your message to Netanyahu!?"
BIDEN: *shuffles away* pic.twitter.com/JkO4yFh0PT
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 6, 2024
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On January 6th, a lot of things flew under the radar that came to light only after a few patriotic Americans pressed the issue and made sure the public knew the TRUTH. Recently, a bombshell was revealed by a whistleblower that exposed that President Trump was STRIPPED of his Commander-in-Chief role on J6…..what possible reason could they have had to strip the leader of the free world in such a crucial moment?
Maria Zeee explains all this and more on today’s Beyond the Headlines!
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Top Israeli reporter Caroline Glick tweeted out on Saturday that CIA Director Burns gave Hamas the guarantee that the US will force Israel into a ceasefire with the Gaza terrorists.
Caroline Glick: According to all of the media reports, CIA Director Bill Burns gave Hamas a guarantee that the U.S. will force Israel to accept a permanent ceasefire. This means that the Biden administration has totally abandoned Israel. It’s using the hostage talks to force Israel to surrender to Hamas.
According to all of the media reports, CIA Director Bill Burns gave Hamas a guarantee that the U.S. will force Israel to accept a permanent ceasefire.
This means that the Biden administration has totally abandoned Israel. It’s using the hostage talks to force Israel to surrender…— Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick) May 4, 2024
Then on Sunday news broke that the Biden administration cut off ammunition supplies to Israel as they attempt to appease the growing anger among the left of the Democratic Party over America’s support for the war against Hamas.
For the record, this act by the the Biden administration is clearly illegal. According to Bonnie Glick - It’s a violation of the Impoundment Control Act. Tying the hands of the IDF when they need munitions, appropriated by Congress, to end the war is against the law.
It’s illegal for the @JoeBiden admin to hold up the aid. It’s a violation of the Impoundment Control Act. Tying the hands of the @IDF when they need munitions, appropriated by Congress, to end the war is against the law @SecBlinken @SecDef. https://t.co/yPWAcITUMN
— Bonnie Glick (@Bonnie_Glick) May 5, 2024
Once again, the Biden regime is trampling the law to get their way. This time, the people of Israel are collateral damage.
UPDATE: Hamas on Monday agreed to a ceasefire with Israel - but there was no mention of the remaining hostages. There are at least 100 hostages Hamas is holding in Israel. Many suspect they may already be dead.
A senior Israeli official says Hamas's announcement that it agrees to a ceasefire proposal with which Israel is unfamiliar is "a deception," meant to portray Israel as the party standing in the way of a deal.
— Avi Mayer אבי מאיר (@AviMayer) May 6, 2024
The ceasefire deal gives NOTHING to Israel.
Joe Biden is only extending the life of Hamas and more Jews will die. Biden does not care about Israeli lives.
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The Saint Louis Zoo has announced the passing of one of its most cherished residents, a western lowland gorilla named Little Joe, who died from a heart attack late Saturday night.
According to the Zoo, Little Joe was 26 years old and had been under treatment for heart disease prior to his passing. The Zoo believes he died peacefully in his sleep, based on video monitoring.
The zoo broke the news on social media:
“It is with incredible sadness that we share news that western lowland gorilla Little Joe, who had been under treatment for heart disease, passed away of a heart attack overnight on May 4th. Based on video monitoring, it appears he died in his sleep.
Joe, 26, came to the Saint Louis Zoo in November 2005. He was loved by the primate staff and grabbed the heart of all those who saw or met him, frequently hanging out near guest viewing areas to people watch. Joe has been an integral part of the Zoo’s bachelor gorilla group since he arrived, most recently getting to know juvenile males Kayin and Zachary as they settled into their new home, as well as hanging out with his long-time gorilla buddy, Bakari.
Joe’s wonderful personality and lovable grumpy face endeared him to all who worked with him. He will be greatly missed.”
Little Joe’s passing comes after the Saint Louis Zoo’s initiative, announced in 2021, to vaccinate animals against COVID-19, focusing on those with the highest risk of contracting the virus.
The Zoo explained their vaccination efforts in a statement:
Over the next few months, the Zoo plans to administer the two-dose COVID-19 vaccine in a staged roll-out to almost 100 primates, big cats, river otters, painted dogs and bat-eared foxes, all of which carry a potential risk of being infected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. Doses are given three weeks apart and full vaccination is reached two weeks after the second dose.
“Preventive health is most of what we do here,” said Sathya Chinnadurai, DVM, Director of Animal Health, Saint Louis Zoo. “We really believe in keeping our animals healthy, not just treating them when they are sick. Vaccines are nothing new for us. As with every vaccine we administer, we first determine risk of exposure, risk of illness from the disease and potential vaccine side-effects. With cases of coronavirus infection coming up in zoos around the country, we are lucky to be able to give this vaccine to our at-risk patients.”
The COVID-19 vaccine used at the Zoo was provided by Zoetis, a global animal health company, which donated 11,000 experimental doses to various zoos and animal organizations nationwide, including Saint Louis Zoo.
“Zoetis, a global animal health company headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and the distributor of the vaccine, has donated 11,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to dozens of zoos, including the Saint Louis Zoo, and animal organizations across the nation.
Experimental use of this COVID-19 vaccine from Zoetis is authorized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Missouri State Veterinarian.”
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ABC News president Kim Godwin has tendered her resignation in a move that surprised a number of mainstream media insiders.
There will undoubtedly be some who are sad to see the first black woman to lead a broadcast television news division leave the position — but former President Donald Trump is apparently not among them.
Nor are most of her former staff, according to CNN.
Trump posted to Truth Social just over an hour after The Wall Street Journal broke the story on Godwin’s departure.
“Happy to report that Kim Godwin, Head of ABC, has resigned,” Trump wrote. “Could it be the unfair reporting on EVERYTHING TRUMP? In any event, GOOD RIDDANCE!” (emphasis original).
“Hopefully somebody else will be able to control George Slopadopolous and the rest of the Fake News Thugs over at ABC? Best wishes Kim!” he added.
The former president’s hypothesis notwithstanding, Godwin was known to be a controversial figure at ABC. CNN remarked that the “embattled” Godwin’s “polarizing leadership led to plummeting employee morale,” according to unnamed staffers.
CNN also reported that her departure — or at least its timing — came as something of a surprise. Her Sunday evening memo to staff announcing what the outlet referred to as her “abrupt” resignation was said to have “rocked” the newsroom.
Last week, CNN reported that Debra OConnell, who had been put over Godwin and the news division by parent company Disney in February, was “conducting a review of her performance and had voiced dissatisfaction in private conversations with the state of affairs” at ABC News.
More than 24 staffers and “others close to the network” — who requested anonymity because they had not been authorized to speak with CNN — said Godwin had had a crushing effect on morale in the organization she led.
“Godwin, staffers told CNN, made several profound errors, including employing a hands-off approach to managing, not developing a strategic vision for the newsroom, eliminating the heads of the talent-relations division and appointing an inner-circle that alienated staffers, among a stream of other complaints,” the outlet reported.
In addition, Axios reported that it had heard from other unnamed sources that “the main sentiment felt by staff was that Godwin was more focused on promoting herself as a leader rather than invest time with ABC News’ staff and show teams.”
Godwin’s resignation was apparently effective immediately, as OConnell said she will take charge of the newsroom “for the time being,” according to The Associated Press.
For her part, Godwin claimed to have made the decision on her own to part ways not only with ABC News, but with the entire industry.
“I have decided to retire from broadcast journalism,” the 60-year-old Godwin said in an email to the ABC News staff, according to CNN.
“I have been fortunate and blessed enough to have done almost every job there is in this business,” she added. “But after considerable reflection, I’m certain it’s the right one for me as I look to the future and prioritize what’s most important for me and my family.”
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Guest post by former Republican member of Montana House of Representatives Rick Maedje
Congress is increasingly malfunctioning as far too many lobbying interests, foreign actors and ideologues force the institution to cater to elites over the needs of the people. Voters overwhelmingly agree Congress is broken. The question becomes what can be done about it?
Both Democrat and Republican state legislators have noticed Congress’s institutional decline, and about three years ago, a bi-partisan group began quietly working together on possible solutions to this Federal problem. After countless meetings, it appears something remarkable is about to happen. There is a tenable, bi-partisan way to fix Washington DC.
We forget who owns our Constitution. It is not Congress. It is not the President. It is not even the Supreme Court. The people who “own” our Constitution, for lack of a better word, are the approximately 7,500 state legislators in the fifty states. The original legislatures created the Federal government to be of service to the states, and the states purposefully retained the power to reign in Congress if the time ever arose.
In the past, when the Constitution was amended, Congress would suggest changes. We’ve done that at least 17 times. Today though, the states are poised to finally use their Article V powers to do something Congress will never do: Constitutionally Reform Congress. All the states have to do is agree to meet, and it looks like they will.
The states have a primary incentive to reform Congress on Budget matters, but agency overreach and lack of concern for the people are important concerns. Congress is woefully unable to stop its disconnect from the people.
In fact, Congress recently separated itself even more. In April, they re-authorized a FISA bill allowing agencies to spy warrantless inside America but required warrants for Congress members. They long ago exempted themselves from insider stock trading bans, but now still allow what amounts to legal bribery for themselves through Leadership PACS and high paying campaign jobs for their spouses and family members. Worse yet, Congress is increasingly controlled by anonymous money influencers- the ‘donor class’ who provide all this “member funding.”
It is reported by members of Congress themselves that 30 hours are spent each week raising money from donors, and it shows. Most members seem to care less what people back home need until a few months before election time. They then use lobbyist money to persuade voters they really care. In the meantime, billions are funneled to “contractors” in and out of the country and not directed towards citizens and programs. State legislators noticed.
It is one thing when Congress misleads the media and voters, but when Congress misleads state legislators, Congress is agitating the wrong people- the very people who have the power to do something about it.
As such, there now exists a bi-partisan draft of a 28th Amendment to the Constitution proposing to reform Congress. No other part of the Constitution is altered. State legislators even went so far as to prohibit other topics without 3/4ths agreement prior. That rule prevents political issues such as the gun control, the Electoral College, or abortion from ruining the effort. The goal is to reform Congress and Federal overreach- nothing else.
So what does this new 28th Amendment to Reform Congress do?
It requires Congress submit a complete budget each year and on time. If they do not, the nation goes to an automatic Continuing Resolution budget- something we have been doing on and off for 50 years. Congress then loses its salary until they complete the budget.
However, the states will have the right to Veto the Budget if three-fifths oppose it. If that happens two years in a row, every member serving the last 24 months is banned from holding any Federal office after their term expires. This provision forces Congress to work together for the people back home- not for lobbyists in DC. In short, Congress essentially fires itself. No one has to do a thing.
Additionally, the budget can no longer be political. No law in the budget is allowed- only spending. Social Security and entitlements are finally protected from Congressional raids of trust funds. As well, Congress is forever banned from exempting itself from any law.
All law must be submitted to the states through a non-budget process. The people will have a final say. Essentially, the states become a much needed check and balance the Federal mess in DC. Congress will continue to have power over Defense with limits, which is after all, what Congress was largely created for.
Further, and very importantly, the 28th Amendment bans all out of state money for campaigns.
Lobbyists and billionaires are prevented from unfair electioneering advantages. If you are not a registered voter in a state- you will not be able to fund electioneering in that state. It levels the playing field absolutely. This is called “electoral equity.” Billionaires will have to buy islands instead of elections.
The 28th Amendment also requires the Federal government to obtain permission of a state for new immigration. Both blue and red states are overwhelmed by Federal policies that harm their cities, overburden their services, and negatively impact the environment. “Ask first” will be the new rule for all regulations.
The states will consider this 28th Amendment package in 2025 January sessions and likely schedule the meeting of the states for late 2025. The website for the final draft and summary will go live June 1 at Task28.com.
Our Constitution is never finished or perfect, and one can argue endlessly about philosophical interpretations of the past, but that does not mean we as a people should not reform Congress to make our country better.
Congress and dark money donors will fight hard against this- very hard. It won’t be pretty. However, using the Article V process, reform may very well become Constitutional law based on the positive reception it has received from the only people with the power to reform Congress- the state legislators.
Rick Maedje is a former state legislator, a graduate of Harvard University, and co-author of the 28th Amendment to Reform Congress. He has been a legislation consultant and bill drafter for 25 years.
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Biden-appointed DC US Attorney Matthew Graves told a federal judge on Monday that Leo Brent Bozell, son of Media Research Center’s Brent Bozell, deserves 12 years prison time for charges related to January 6.
Brent Bozell, a prominent conservative, openly criticizes Joe Biden and George Soros. Now the Biden Regime is gunning for his son with terror enhancement charges.
Busted: George Soros is the man behind a "journalism institute" that is blacklisting conservative media organizations. Typical radical left dishonesty. Fake media rides again! https://t.co/InlIgvwEpS
— Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) May 2, 2019
Last year Leo Bozell, 44, was convicted of all 10 charges, including six felonies and four misdemeanors related to his role in the January 6 Capitol protest.
US District Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee convicted Bozell without a jury.
Prosecutors allege Bozell “joined a mob” and broke through several police lines on January 6, 2021. He smashed open a Senate window before making his way to Pelosi’s office.
Bozell was reportedly in the US Capitol for an hour before leaving.
Leo Bozell’s attorneys deny he pushed through police lines and argued he was “lost and wandering” around before exiting the Capitol building.
“In fact, video evidence will show that Mr. Bozell assisted in some small way law enforcement officers that he thought could be helped by his assistance,” Bozell’s attorney William Shipley argued in a pre-trial court filing last year.
Matthew Graves added a ‘terror enhancement’ and sought 12 years prison time in his sentencing memo.
“A sentence of 140 months is fully justified by his actions,” the Biden Regime prosecutor wrote.
As calls grow for the resignation of DC US Attorney Matthew Graves for failing to keep DC residents safe, the Biden appointee wants son of Brent Bozell to spend 10+ years in prison related to Jan 6.
This includes seeking a terror enhancement to his sentence.
Outrageous: pic.twitter.com/JvjI00BxCS
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 6, 2024
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The City of Milwaukee is set to see a change in its election leadership ahead of the presidential election as Mayor Cavalier Johnson (D) announced the termination of Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg. Deputy Director Paulina Gutiérrez has been nominated to take over the role, having served as deputy for over a year.
The Democratic mayor did not provide a reason for dismissing Claire Woodall-Vogg.
The mayor released the following statement:
“Paulina’s integrity and capabilities are ideally suited to this position. She will lead the office at an important juncture when public scrutiny of the work of the department will be extremely high. I have confidence in her, and I will make certain the department has the resources it needs to fulfill its duties.”
The events that led to Woodall-Vogg’s termination trace back to the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. On the evening of November 3, 2020, then-President Donald Trump addressed the nation, expressing optimism after setting new voter turnout records in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Trump was leading in Wisconsin by 120,000 votes but warned of potential suspicious late-night ballot drops.
Despite early leads, Joe Biden managed to overcome a 4.1% Trump lead after a sudden influx of mail-in ballots. Media outlets reported that Wisconsin, largely thanks to Milwaukee, saw an 89% voter turnout, something that is unheard for in U.S. elections.
Claire Woodall-Vogg also was exchanging emails on election night allegedly joking about “delivering the margin needed” to flip the state from a large Trump win to a Biden victory.
In the email the sender, Ryan Chew, from the Election Group shared:
“Damn, Claire, you have a flair for drama, delivering just the margin needed at 3:00 am. I bet you had those votes counted at midnight, and just wanted to keep the world waiting.”
Woodall-Vogg then responded, “Lol [laughing out loud]. I just wanted to wait to say I had been awake for a full 24 hours!”
They were laughing about her late night ballot drop!
This email was sent around the same time a still unexplained drop of over 140,000 ballots for Joe Biden was dumped in Milwaukee in the wee hours of the morning.
Also, back in August, The Gateway Pundit reported that corrupt Milwaukee Election Director Claire Woodall-Vogg was giving daily reports on voting data to Democrat operative Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein and private liberal organizations before the election on exactly who was voting. This occurred in the run-up to the November election.
The MacIver Institute in Wisconsin gained access to the emails from Spitzer-Rubenstein and Woodall-Vogg. Woodall-Vogg admits to handing over the daily reports to the liberal groups.
Central to the controversy was a lost flash drive containing crucial absentee voter information. In the early hours of November 4, Claire Woodall-Vogg realized she had misplaced the drive while en route to the Milwaukee County Courthouse to report the results of more than 169,000 absentee ballots collected in Milwaukee. The drive was eventually recovered by a Milwaukee police officer after it was found in a tabulator machine. However, the incident raised concerns about the integrity of the election process.
Sources within Milwaukee County law enforcement revealed the details to Wisconsin Right Now, who exclusively reported the incident. Woodall-Vogg wrote a letter to the Wisconsin Election Commission admitting the loss of the flash drive but asserting that the mishap did not alter the results of the election.
“A senior staff member removed the flash drive from the machine and handed it to a Milwaukee police officer, who delivered it to me 10 minutes later,” Woodall-Vogg explained in her letter. She added that the District Attorney’s office conducted an investigation to establish the chain of custody.
Further scrutiny was drawn to Woodall-Vogg after video footage surfaced of her feeding ballot totals into a machine in the early morning hours without election observers present. This act was criticized for violating protocol, prompting accusations of misconduct.
Reporters actually FILMED Milwaukee Election Commission Senior Executive Claire Woodall-Vogg feeding totals into a machine in the wee hours of the morning WITHOUT any election observers!
Milwaukee’s elections chief Claire Woodall-Vogg is in the process of putting the results from the machines that are finished onto encrypted flash drives that will be delivered – with police escort – to the county election commission to be put into the reporting system. pic.twitter.com/xWgXhsQjQn
— Bill Miston (@billmiston) November 4, 2020
Again, it appears the absentee vote counting is wrapping up here at the City of Milwaukee central count location. Election chief Woodall-Vogg is moving from machine to machine gathering the results. @fox6now pic.twitter.com/YgGNozYKdb
— Bill Miston (@billmiston) November 4, 2020
Since our reporting on The Gateway Pundit, Claire Woodall-Vogg claimed she was being threatened.
The FBI and Milwaukee Police Department investigate the claims.
WISN.com reported:
A wave of threatening e-mails and voicemails targeting the executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission has gained the attention of investigators with the Milwaukee Police Department and FBI.
“I really sincerely hope you get what’s coming to you, you fraudulent (expletive),” one voicemail said.
The threats have targeted Claire Woodall-Vogg this past week after an e-mail exchange Election Night was obtained and published on the conservative websites Wisconsin Spotlight and Gateway Pundit.
Ryan Chew, with the Election Group, wrote at 4:07 a.m. Wednesday, “Damn, Claire you have a flair for drama, delivering just the margin needed at 3 a.m. I bet you had those votes counted at midnight, and just wanted to keep the world waiting!”
Woodall-Vogg responded several minutes later, “Lol. I just wanted to wait to say I had been awake for a full 24 hours!”
The e-mails and calls haven’t stopped since.
“We’re going to try you and we’re going to (expletive) convict your piece of (expletive) (expletive) and we’re going to hang you,” one caller said.
A spokesperson for MPD said the e-mails are being investigated by the department’s Fusion Division. Woodall-Vogg added the FBI is investigating too.
“I’m very concerned about the messages for her personally,” Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said Friday. “I’m very concerned about the staff. There’s concerns in the office today about some disconcerting messages she’s received.”
Obviously, we do not approve of violence, nor do we call on our readers to commit any acts of violence. We also believe in election integrity.
The fake news CNN carried water for Claire Woodall-Vogg, defending her and running the alleged threats on their propaganda network.
CNN claims our reporting was a lie which is completely absurd and inaccurate. We included all of the screengrabs and videos with our reports on Woodall-Vogg; click here.
Wisconsin activist Peter Bernegger filed a criminal complaint against Claire Woodall-Vogg for her latest lawlessness.
Woodall-Vogg set up a tent in a back alley and sent two untrained Public Works employees and not trained election workers on August 9, 2022. The harvesters were collecting ballots from cars and were not asking where the ballots came from. There were no election observers at the location to oversee this travesty.
President of Election Watch, Peter Bernegger wrote on X, “laire Woodall-Vogg fired!!!! She is the (was) the most corrupt election clerk in Wisconsin. I took her sworn deposition in a lawsuit I filed against her as Milwaukee City election clerk. She printed 64,000 ballots in the back conference room of City Hall, Room 501. For the Nov.3rd 2020 election. She had city employees and others (CTCL) fill some of those out on the 4th, 6th and other floors of city hall. Then kicked out observers around 10-10:30pm on Nov.3rd. Then brought in large amounts of ballots at 1:15am on Nov. 4th. All illegal, unconstitutional – number one way however the liberals stole the Presidential election in 2020.”
BREAKING: Claire Woodall-Vogg fired!!!! She is the (was) the most corrupt election clerk in Wisconsin. I took her sworn deposition in a lawsuit I filed against her as Milwaukee City election clerk. She printed 64,000 ballots in the back conference room of City Hall, Room 501.…
— Peter Bernegger (@PeterBernegger) May 6, 2024
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Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) appeared on MSNBC on Monday and floated an unhinged conspiracy theory that Trump supporters are “training up in the hills somewhere.”
Maxine Waters said she’s going to ask the weaponized Justice Department and Joe Biden what they’re going to do to protect the country against violence if Trump loses the 2024 presidential election.
“I wanna know about all those right-wing organizations that he’s connected with who are training up in the hills somewhere and targeting what communities they’re going to attack,” Maxine Waters said without providing any proof whatsoever to back up her claims.
WATCH:
Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters floats a completely unhinged conspiracy theory that "right-wing organizations" are "training up in the hills somewhere" pic.twitter.com/EIDQgoeA9h
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 6, 2024
Recall that in 2018 Maxine Waters riled up a leftist mob and told them to harass members of Trump’s Cabinet in restaurants.
Maxine Waters encouraged violence against Trump supporters and members of Trump’s Cabinet.
“If you see anybody from [Trump’s] Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere!” Maxine Waters shouted to a rabid Los Angeles mob in June 2018.
WATCH:
The same Maxine Waters that went on Joy Reid's show to offer a venomous screed about how Republicans exist to threaten her life said this, calling for harassment and violence against Trump officials in June 2018.
It's safe to say Joy Reid also supported that. pic.twitter.com/QITIOy8bz5
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) February 3, 2021
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This article originally appeared on Leo Hohmann’s Substack and was republished with permission.
The backlash is growing against Democrat plans to import tens of thousands of Hamas-supporting, Jew-hating Gazans into American cities and towns as so-called refugees.
A group of 35 Republican senators led by Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa has published an open letter petitioning the Biden White House to halt plans to accept Gazan refugees into the United States, citing national security concerns. This many Senators don’t sign anything unless they are getting swamped with letters and phone calls from their constituents.
The senators expressed dire concerns over potential terrorist connections within the refugee population from Gaza. In a letter dated May 1, they argued that the administration should suspend these plans until further scrutiny and security measures are assured.
The letter states:
“Your administration’s reported plan to accept Gazan refugees poses a national security risk to the United States. With more than a third of Gazans supporting the Hamas militants, we are not confident that your administration can adequately vet this high-risk population for terrorist ties and sympathies before admitting them into the United States. We are further worried that accepting Gazan refugees might cause a crisis at the Egypt-Gaza border, leading to chaos that would only empower Iran-backed Hamas. We are also frustrated that your administration is pushing ahead with a plan to evacuate Gazans from the Strip when there are still American citizens held hostage by Hamas.”
The call for action follows a CBS News report from April 30, which indicated that the Biden administration is considering the resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza who have family ties to American citizens or U.S. permanent residents. This would mean that the majority of the Palestinians would be bound for the Detroit and Dearborn metro areas of Michigan, a key battleground state in presidential elections.
The senators’ letter highlighted the complicated security dynamics in Gaza, noting Hamas’s control over the area and the limited access of U.S. officials for vetting purposes. They expressed concerns about the integrity of the vetting process, given the current political influence in Gaza.
A Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research poll conducted in March showed strong local support for Hamas, complicating the narrative around the Gazan refugees. According to the poll, 71% of Palestinians in Gaza endorsed Hamas’s actions in an attack on Israel on October 7th, and 52% of Gazans supported the continuation of Hamas’s governance.
This Biden plan sounds to me like a great favor to Netanyahu, who you will remember said after the October 7 slaughter of nearly 1,200 Israelis that he was going to “eliminate” Hamas completely from his country’s borders. Since he was unable or unwilling to eliminate Hamas militarily, he is simply going to ship the bulk of them to America and transfer his terrorism problem to the good ole U.S. of A., and the America-last Biden administration is encouraging it!
America already has an anti-semitism problem, as evidenced by what’s been occurring on university campuses over the last several weeks. All we need are more soldiers brought in to fill the ranks of the military wing of the Democrat Party, which basically consists of Antifa and other leftist groups combining forces with the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamic groups here in America.
More Democrat soldiers means more chaos on the streets of America leading up to the 2024 election and beyond, guaranteed. But don’t kid yourself, there are many Republicans who love refugees too because they see them as cheap labor for their corporate buddies on Wall Street.
I’m glad to see a sizable group of GOP Senators standing up to Biden on this issue, but it may be nothing more than lip service so they can cover their behinds and say “we told you so” when it blows up in our faces.
Do you think this backlash from the Senators will stop the Biden White House from going through with its wicked plans to bring tens of thousands, potentially hundreds of thousands, of radical Jew-hating, Hamas-supporting Palestinian jihadists to America? Remember, this hatred goes way back. The Grand Mufti of Palestine was a big supporter of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during World War II. Anyone who says the Palestinians have it out for the Jews just because they “stole their land” in 1948 is not looking at the complete historical record with a critical eye.
Palestinian chidren are taught in school and at Hamas-sponsored summer camps to hate Jews and to murder them. Sounds like they would fit right in on the campuses of Columbia, Harvard and UCLA.
This hatred pre-dates the creation of the Israeli state. Let me know your views in the comments below.
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House Armed Service Committee (HASC) Republicans announced on X this morning that service members and military families will be prioritized in the FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The FY25 #NDAA will put our servicemembers and military families FIRST
— Armed Services GOP (@HASCRepublicans) May 6, 2024
For many, last year’s NDAA was an abject disappointment, failing to recognize Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s 2021 shot mandate was unlawful. It remains to be seen whether this year’s version will call a spade a spade or hide behind similar weak language.
One thing is certain: Thousands of service members, veterans, and their supporters will be watching, laser-focused on the statement made by HASC. Earlier this year, 231 active service members and veterans signed the Declaration of Military Accountability (DMA)—an open letter seeking accountability over the harm caused by the implementation and enforcement of the now-rescinded COVID-19 shot mandate. Nearly 34,000 others, including civilians, have pledged their support alongside the original signatories of the letter.
Brad Miller, a former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who previously served as a battalion commander in the 101st Airborne Division, is one of the original signatories of the DMA and a voice for accountability. In October 2021, after nearly 19 years of honorable service, he was unjustly relieved of command for refusing the jab.
For service members like Miller, Congress, and DOD must acknowledge the unlawfulness and harmful effects of the once-mandated COVID-19 injection.
Neither Congress nor @DeptofDefense are putting *our servicemembers and military families FIRST” until they acknowledge the covid-19 shot mandate was unlawful and harmful to the health & readiness of the force. https://t.co/ngIeHG3uyL
— Brad Miller (@BradMiller1010) May 6, 2024
“The mandate has disillusioned untold numbers of American service members and their families,” Miller told The Gateway Pundit. “Many have come to feel alienated from their former comrades-in-arms.”
“Service members suffered coercion and the deprivation of rights all because they refused to subject themselves to a shot that many believed was potentially harmful,” Miller explained.
“The impacts of the mandate have been far-reaching and continue to plague our force,” he said. For Dr. Crisanna Shackelford, “the mandate for COVID-19 injections represented a forced toxic exposure with catastrophic implications for our national security and defense readiness.”
Miller wholeheartedly agrees with her conclusion, also adding that “aside from the myriad physical problems that have resulted from this toxic exposure, many troops and veterans now also endure lingering moral injuries.”
“In other words,” he said, “they witnessed military leaders act in direct opposition to the exact values the military purports to hold in the highest regard: honor, integrity, courage, and more.”
He also pointed out that “Service members witnessed their superiors and/or peers violate their oaths to the Constitution.” Interestingly, he added, “Some service members even feel conflicted about their own role perhaps in ensuring that others complied with the mandate.”
For this reason, Miller said, “They may now feel they operated in ways that violated not just the law but their own sense of morality.” And according to him, “These feelings, which can lead to a sense of guilt, shame, or even disgust towards oneself or others, are often the result of moral injury.”
“It is no wonder that our ability to both retain quality troops and recruit more to join the ranks has suffered,” he said. “These retention and recruitment problems are likely to continue until the military can successfully account for these severe and widespread injustices and right itself moving forward.”
For the tens of thousands of service members and veterans watching, it remains to be seen if the FY2025 NDAA will offer the appropriate language to right these wrongs. Will the Armed Services GOP really “put our servicemembers and military families FIRST?”
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When hearing about the woes of blue states, names like California and New York immediately come to mind, but we may need to add a new name to the list of places Democratic officials are ruining: Illinois.
The Daily Caller reported on Thursday that new data indicates the state our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, once called home is in a downward spiral.
While California is still leading the nation with the worst unemployment rate in the country at 5.3 percent, Illionois is not far behind in fifth with 4.8 percent.
The comparisons don’t stop there. With the 8th highest tax burden and high crime rates, many Illinoisans are opting to simply leave the state for greener pastures — as Californians have been doing.
Bryce Hill, director of fiscal and economic research at the Illinois Policy Institute, told the Daily Caller News Foundation, “The Census Bureau has reported that residents are leaving the state en masse to the tune of hundreds of thousands every single year, so much so that the state’s population has actually been declining for the past 10 years.”
As of July 2023, Illinois population was 12,549,689. That number was down 32,826 from 2022. Census data showed this fall has been steady, as the population as of April 1, 2020, was 12,813,469.
Heartland Institute Senior Fellow S.T. Karnick cited a few reasons for this decline. “Opinion polls cite high taxes as the top reason people want to leave Illinois, with crime and safety second. Illinois has the fourth-most regulations among the 50 states, which raises prices and kills jobs.”
Violent crime in Chicago went up 18 percent in 2023 compared to ten years prior, with arrests dropping 33 percent over the same time.
Central to Illinois problems is its ballooning pension cost. The state pension debt currently sits at $142.3 billion. Since the 2000 fiscal year, inflation adjusted spending for pensions has gone up 584 percent.
Illinois adopted a new constitution in 1970. Article XIII, Section 5 states pension benefits cannot be “diminished or impaired.” Couple this with Senate Bill 95 in 1989, which created a 3 percent compounding benefit increase for retired Illinoisans in the pension system, and you’ve found the root of the problem.
Hill highlighted the damage in declining population and the pension problem saying, “Migrants take over $10 billion worth of income with them out of state when we lose people due to domestic migration,” but included that the pension is draining the budget and “taking up large sources of revenue.”
Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker attempted to take an optimistic view in his State of the State address in February. “We’ve also grown Illinois’ economy to over $1 trillion. … We attracted billions of dollars in new business investments and created tens of thousands of new jobs.”
Illinois GDP grew 2.3 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2023. This is lower than the national total of 3.4 percent in the same quarter. Numerous businesses have announced downsizing plans in recent years.
While something is clearly amiss, it is amazing how one-size-fits-all the solution is to the catastrophe that plagues blue states.
Firstly, violent crime, and all crime must be dealt with. Declining arrests and increasing crime rates make Illinoisans feel unsafe. Blue state policies invoking leniency on crime must end in Illinois.
Ballooning pensions must cease as it creates a burden on the taxpayer. Illinois has become pro-government and anti-business. Government employees retire to an out-of-control pension fund while the taxpayer foots the bill causing job loss.
Why take your business to Illinois when your taxes are going towards paying a bloated government that can’t even keep you safe?
Pritzker admitted in his SOTS address that Illinois is also being burdened by an influx of illegal immigrants. This will certainly burden the taxpayer further.
If your keeping count, that’s three basic solutions to keep Illinois from becoming another one of the left’s progressive utopias.
Illinoisans need law and order, tax cuts, and a secure border.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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CAs reported earlier, crooked far left Judge Juan Merchan threatened President Trump on Monday with contempt of court violations. Merchan also threatened to throw President Trump in prison.
The far left judge told Trump he has until 2:15 PM today to take down posts on Truth Social.
This is how communism works. The prosecution and fake news can spend thousands of hours trashing President Trump on a non-crime. But Trump is not allowed to defend himself.
This is how democracy dies.
BREAKING IN NEW YORK COURTROOM: Donald Trump has again been found in contempt of court for the 10th time over gag order violations by Judge Juan Merchan and fined $1,000. pic.twitter.com/gMXhljNIrP
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) May 6, 2024
President Trump again spoke out about Judge Merchan’s daughter who is making millions from the court proceedings in her work in liberal politics.
President Trump: As you know, they’ve taken away my constitutional rights, so I’m not allowed to answer that question. This has never happened in this country before. It’s a ridiculous thing. It’s a ridiculous case. I did nothing wrong, absolutely nothing wrong. Take a look at Gregg Jarrett this morning. He went on. Take a look at Andrew McCarthy or Jonathan Turley or Mark Levin. It’s like they say there’s no case here.
And yet the judges gagged me, and I’m not allowed to talk about, I guess. He’s in total conflict. The judge is totally conflicted, and you ought to take a look into it. And I’m not supposed to be talking about it, but I am allowed to say that the judge has a conflict that like nobody’s ever had before. You ought to take a look at it. He’s taken away my constitutional right to speak.
I was in Miami this weekend, and reporters are asking me questions, the same questions like you’re asking me. I have to say, I have a gag order. I can’t speak about it. This has never happened before, ever. Number one.
Number two, it’s a fake trial. They have no case, and it’s been absolutely proven now. They have no case whatsoever. This is Alvin Bragg doing it for political reasons for Biden. This is a Biden trial. He’s a crooked President.
Now, it just came out, Columbia just canceled their commencement. Via Axios. Columbia just canceled their commencement. That shouldn’t happen. And it also came out that the many of the protesters are backed by Biden’s donors. Okay, are you listening, Israel? I hope you’re listening, Israel. Hope you’re getting smart. But they’re backed by Biden donors. That’s where the money is coming from. I’m not surprised at all.
There’s many other articles, many of them having to do with the gag order and the unconstitutionality, having to do with the gag order. And it is unconstitutional and it shouldn’t be allowed. I wish people could move a little bit quicker, the appellate courts, because the whole world is watching this and they see what’s happening. More importantly, frankly, they have no case. They have absolutely no case. It’s a political hoax. It’s election interference. Anything they can do, and even the witnesses they want to bring up, they have nothing to do with the case. This is a ridiculous situation. Not fair, not fair, but we will fight. Thank you.
Via Midnight Rider.
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On Wednesday, nine victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians filed suit against U.S.-based pro-Hamas groups in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of Virginia in Alexandria, Va.
The plaintiffs say they continue to “suffer mental anguish and pain,” which is made worse by the “defendants’ provision of material support” to their attackers.
Seven of the nine plaintiffs directly experienced the Hamas attack on Oct. 7.
David Bromberg barely survived the Nova festival massacre. He fled and hid in the bushes for more than 12 hours until he was rescued, and the complaint notes, “Mr. Bromberg’s friends were murdered, and one is held hostage by Hamas.”
The complaint targets some of the organizations participating in the anti-Israel and antisemitic encampments plaguing college campuses in the U.S., including AJP Educational Foundation Inc., also known as American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP).
The suit alleges these groups have violated the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Alien Tort Statute and that AMP “serves as Hamas’s propaganda division in the United States” built on “the ashes of disbanded organizations created by senior Hamas officials after those organizations and related individuals were found criminally and civilly liable for providing material support to Hamas and other affiliated terrorist groups.”
The suit seeks compensatory damages.
AMP founded NSJP, which coordinates hundreds of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters across the country. “Through NSJP, AMP uses propaganda to intimidate, convince, and recruit uninformed, misguided, and impressionable college students to serve as foot soldiers for Hamas on campus and beyond,” the complaint states.
“In the NSJP Toolkit, AMP and NSJP identify themselves as ‘part of’ a ‘Unity Intifada,’ governed by Hamas’s ‘unified command’ of terrorist operations in Gaza,” it continued.
“The plain text of the NSJP Toolkit confirms that AMP and NSJP do not merely assist Hamas’s ongoing terror campaign abroad—they perpetuate it in the United States,” the complaint notes.
“Defendants act as Hamas’s public relations division and recruit domestic foot soldiers not only to disseminate Hamas’s propaganda but also to foment violence, chaos, and fear across the United States to intimidate citizens and coerce change in American policy,” it said.
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This article originally appeared on WND.com
Guest post by Joe Kovacs
The political activism of celebrities was mercilessly mocked on this weekend’s edition of “Saturday Night Live.”
The late-night NBC comedy series aired a fictitious commercial for “Teeny Tiny Statement Pins,” voicing messages often worn by the stars of movies and music on the red carpet.
“With so many complicated issues out there, it’s hard to know when to join the conversation, and how,” said singer and episode host Dua Lipa.
Another celebrity says: “It’s wrong to stay silent, but it’s also wrong to say too much. I just wish there was a way to split the difference.”
An announcer then provides the solution: “Introducing Teeny Tiny Statement Pin, the new red-carpet accessory that’s so small, it’s barely visible.”
One celebrity indicates: “This way, not everyone has to be bombarded with my opinions. But if they want them, they can just zoom in. Way, way, way, way in.”
Lipa noted: “I can say whatever I want and no one has to know.”
“It’s the perfect statement piece to style it with any outfit because it’s invisible. I’m even wearing one right now,’ says an Anna Wintour lookalike, sporting her tiny pin reading: “‘The Devil Wears Prada’ is not about me.”
Some of the tiny messages in the ad proclaim:
“Love is love.”
“Protect democracy.”
“Free Ellen.”
“Ceasefire now.”
“Pay teachers more.”
“We have the meats.”
“Or for vegans, ‘We no have no meats.'”
One celebrity says, “I feel very confident in my opinion. But unfortunately, it is a bad one, and I don’t want people to know that.”
Her Teeny Tiny Statement Pin indicated: “I hate paper straws. Trump is hot.”
If you don’t know what to say but want something that sounds like it could be important, the commercial also touts a “Vague Collection,” with items including a random flag that belongs to no country, a cat and baby together that just says “no,” a li’l pretzel, and messages stating: “It has to stop” and “It has to start.”
Reaction online to the fake spot includes:
“This was genius.”
“This joke is actually so good.”
“Cat and baby and the word NO. That’s a cause I can get behind.”
“That sums up how much your opinion is worth nowadays.”
WATCH THE SKETCH:
Copyright 2024 WND News Center
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After numerous different walks to Marine One ended with President Joe Biden blundering through questions, the White House is taking extra steps to ensure it won’t happen again.
Aides now assist the president whenever he walks to his helicopter as a way to shield him from the onslaught of hungry reporters.
It makes sense when the head of state randomly snaps back at journalists trying to do their jobs — not a good look.
Additionally, measures have to be taken to cover his frail state as he’s fallen numerous times, especially while attempting to board Air Force One and other aircraft.
But with new changes, there are always speed bumps.
In a recent, awkward walk to Marine One, a Biden aide initially began the walk on the president’s left, giving reporters direct access to the president.
Crooked Joe Biden (surrounded by his handlers) ignores questions as he shuffles off to Delaware for another long weekend of rest.
He has spent 460 days — 38% of his presidency — on vacation. pic.twitter.com/DA8STIxYwI
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 4, 2024
It appeared about halfway through the walk that she realized her mistake, shifting to the right side and ensuring journalists wouldn’t be able to throw questions at Biden without going through her.
While it’s subtle, it’s obviously intentional.
There’s no other reason for the aide to shift from left to right besides attempting to shield the commander-in-chief from getting into verbal tussles with journalists.
It’s quite sad that the president of the United States has to be escorted by an aide, not for security, but because he can’t manage on his own.
I’d be utterly devastated if I dedicated my career to working my way up in the political world to end up the babysitter for a senile president whose biggest enemy is stairs.
For God’s sake, if he can’t even get to a helicopter without being escorted, imagine what goes on behind closed doors.
What are the chances he’s even in charge of his own administration?
President Biden is not the strong figure we need in the Oval Office: He’s a weak old man who can’t even stand at the head of his family proudly.
We don’t need a man with one foot in the grave who has to be led around like a toddler for four more years.
Vote him out.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Crooked far left Judge Juan Merchan threatened President Trump on Monday with contempt of court violations.
Merchan also threatened to throw President Trump in prison.
Merchan also threatened President Trump’s team with contempt of court for speaking out publicly in his defense.
Democrats hate when conservatives and Trump supporters refute their lies and push back against their lawfare attacks.
BREAKING IN NEW YORK COURTROOM: Donald Trump has again been found in contempt of court for the 10th time over gag order violations by Judge Juan Merchan and fined $1,000. pic.twitter.com/gMXhljNIrP
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) May 6, 2024
Crooked Judge Merchan still has not allowed the defense team to know the witnesses that will be called before the court.
The far left judge told Trump he has until 2:15 PM today to take down posts on Truth Social.
President Trump again spoke out about Judge Merchan’s daughter who is making millions from the court proceedings in her work in liberal politics.
As President Trump arrived for another Monday in court, he spoke on Judge Merchan’s conflict of interest. As Loomer first reported, Merchan’s daughter works for a firm contracted out by the Biden campaign. Trump is right. The Biden trials are rigged. pic.twitter.com/tLwqyIKLMb
— Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) May 6, 2024
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This past weekend, I had the pleasure of watching “Unsung Hero,” a film that may not initially grab the attention of the mainstream audience but is unequivocally a hidden gem.
“Unsung Hero” is far from the “woke” Hollywood narratives. Instead, it offers a refreshing focus on traditional values, emphasizing the power of faith, prayer, and family unity during hardships.
The film has a 63% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, but an impressive 99% audience score. And after watching it, I can see why.
At the heart of the story is the Smallbone matriarch, Helen Smallbone (portrayed by Daisy Betts), whose unwavering faith serves as the guiding light for her husband, David Smallbone (played by real son Joel Smallbone), and their seven children.
When David’s successful music promotion business in Australia collapses, the family is forced to uproot their lives and embark on a perilous journey to Nashville, Tennessee, armed with little more than their love of music and unshakable belief in God.
Nashville becomes more than a setting in this movie—it illustrates how the community embraced the Smallbone family with open arms. The community helped the family stand on their feet.
As the plot unfolds, we watch as Rebecca Smallbone (now Rebecca St. James) rises to become a celebrated icon in the Christian music world, while her siblings, Joel and Luke, find their calling with For King & Country.
The film does more than follow their careers; it delves deep into the heart of what makes their music resonate—unwavering faith and the power of a supportive family.
I am not a huge fan of Christian music, and I am not fond of sappy Christian films. But this film is something special. Please comment below if you agree.
This movie is a gem. It’s so well done. I hope you see it.
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The information war is raging in the US-Brazil axis, as the Censure Industrial Complex is doing its best (or worst) to keep information from spreading and to silence conservative voices.
Famed X podcaster Mario Nawfal interviewed former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on the X/Spaces platform, with the participation of tech billionaire and freedom of speech advocate Elon Musk.
Musk posted ahead of the broadcast: “Whether you agree with Bolsonaro or not, the people of Brazil have a right to hear him speak.”
But, of course, the ‘powers that be’ in Brazil, emboldened by the support of American liberals, did not agree – and the live broadcast was censored by Brazilian Supreme Court, so that people down here would have to use a VPN to listen to it.
Bolsonaro had to go to the Northern region of Brazil, in the Amazon, a region that is covered by Elon Musk’s Starlink, to be able to participate.
AGORA – Bolsonaro se preparando para o space do @MarioNawfal com @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/4FnstbkQAC
— SPACE LIBERDADE (@NewsLiberdade) May 5, 2024
He was in a floating hotel in the Rio Negro, in the state of Amazonas, a state in the northern region of Brazil which with full coverage from the Starlink network platform.
AGORA – Bolsonaro diz que só está podendo acessar o Space do @MarioNawfal porque está usando Starlink!
Lembrando que o Presidente está no Amazonas! pic.twitter.com/NAgyMemTMN
— SPACE LIBERDADE (@NewsLiberdade) May 5, 2024
Bolsonaro asserts that only conservative accounts have been censored by the rogue Brazilian Judiciary and claims that the Biden Administration did not collaborate to promote freedom of expression in Brazil.
“The censorship continued and was intensified, and this is the objective of the [Lula] government, which seems to want to destroy the right in Brazil. […] This concern of ours, fortunately, a force from the United States emerged, because the Biden government did not fulfill its part so that freedom of expression could prevail here in Brazil.
These people [on the right] are persecuted. Some managed to seek asylum in the United States, others were detained, others have the Federal Police (PF) raiding their homes to silence the voice of the right in Brazil.”
AGORA – Presidente Bolsonaro explica que apenas contas conservadoras foram censuradas e diz que Biden não colaborou para a liberdade no Brasil! pic.twitter.com/1u5dZNWfmw
— SPACE LIBERDADE (@NewsLiberdade) May 5, 2024
In the meantime, during the X/Spaces broadcast, Brazil was suffering heavy cyberattacks:
Bolsonaro further said that the leftist censorship regime is supported by the traditional press, as they fear losing space on social media:
“First, I arrived at the Presidency with just a cell phone in my hands. My son was my marketer. Nobody expected this possibility in Brazil because I was just a congressman without a party or party funding. The press was against me. This alerted the system against me, so that someone of my profile would not become president. All accusations against me are just a narrative.
The left has the support of the official press, and we don’t. Only social media remained for us. The mainstream traditional press is favorable to the left. For us, social media remained. To silence us once and for all, they discredited right-wing politicians. This happened during the elections, with the cancellation of pages.
And influential people on my side [conservatives], almost all of them, were censored. We have several examples, like businessmen who were accused of being coup plotters for chatting on WhatsApp. Luciano Hang was never a coup plotter, but they managed to take him off the air. They inhibited other businessmen from participating in the elections.”
AGORA – Presidente Bolsonaro fala sobre a censura no Brasil!
“A mídia brasileira sempre foi parceira da esquerda – a única coisa que a direita tem para se opor a isso são as redes sociais.
Meus seguidores tiveram suas páginas desmonetizadas antes, durante e depois da minha… pic.twitter.com/D1JArSTepT
— SPACE LIBERDADE (@NewsLiberdade) May 5, 2024
The day after the broadcast, Bolsonaro was taken to a Manaus Hospital suffering from symptoms of Erysipelas, a skin bacterial infection. The army captain and former President has had frail health, ever since he was stabbed in the abdomen in 2018, during the presidential campaign, by a leftist deranged man, in an investigation that was never fully carried out.
ATENÇÃO – Bolsonaro está internado no Hospital Santa Júlia em Manaus (Quadro de erisipela)
Entre hoje e amanhã ele será transferido para Brasília! Força presidente pic.twitter.com/dxZqVNGHiI
— SPACE LIBERDADE (@NewsLiberdade) May 5, 2024
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On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee released an 800 page report on the Biden White House censorship regime.
The report included numerous times the Biden regime threatened social media companies to censor, silence and take down information on the COVID origins and the COVID vaccines.
Here is the full 800 page report released by the House Judiciary Committee on the Biden Administration’s Censorship Industrial Complex.
On Thursday, investigative reporter Mike Benz revealed “10 flaming examples” Facebook, YouTube and Amazon explicitly said they only passed censorship policies because they were threatened by the Biden government.
Here are 10 flaming examples of times Facebook, YouTube & Amazon explicitly said they only passed censorship policies bc they were threatened by the Biden government https://t.co/90Gv2q2UrW pic.twitter.com/iAkx3z9olk
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) May 3, 2024
Here are the screengrabs from the Judiciary Report and from Mike Benz’s website on the “10 flaming examples” of the times the tech giants admitted that passed censorship policies because they were threatened by the Biden regime.
The Biden White House forced tech giants to censor these five COVID claims – that all turned out to be accurate.
Claims that COVID was:
1.) manmade,
2.) manufactured,
3.) bioengineered
4.) a bioweapon
5.) created by an individual government
6.) modified through gain of function research
The Biden White House forced Big Tech to change their content moderation policies.
7.) Amazon employees admitted they changed their content moderation due to pressure from the Biden regime.
8.) Amazon changed its bookstore policies due to criticism from the Biden regime.
9.) Facebook employees admitted Facebook censored the man-made theory due to pressure from the Biden regime.
The Biden Administration targeted truthful information and even satire that went against their beliefs.
10.) The Biden regime pressured Facebook to block content that was negative about the vaccines.
And the Biden Administration pressured social media to “do more.”
It should be noted that The Gateway Pundit reported on all of these topics. Our reporting was accurate. And we were censored and our content was not allowed on these platforms.
In 2021, Twitter shut down our account after being the most widely read websites in the country at the time.
Our social media accounts have never recovered.
And the Biden regime was 100% pushing misinformation to the masses while blocking the truth.
Currently, The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft is involved in the Murthy vs. Missouri lawsuit that was heard before the Supreme Court in March. This case will decide if the government has the right to censor Americans under the guise of preventing misinformation, disinformation and mal-information. We will soon find out of America is still America – where its citizens still hold the right to free speech.
We certainly are living in dangerous times.
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UFC President Dana White is no stranger to controversy or speaking his mind, and he proved it yet again at the Netflix special, ‘The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady.’
White delivered a knockout punch, not to a UFC fighter, but to the woke streaming giant Netflix.
White was part of an elite gathering of celebrities who were brought together to roast NFL icon Tom Brady.
Kevin Hart hosted the event on Sunday, which featured an all-star lineup of surprise roasters.
However, the UFC mogul’s excitement turned into indignation when he learned he was given only 60 seconds to deliver his roast of the NFL legend.
The UFC chief didn’t mince his words when he accused the woke streaming service of “liberal f*cks” on their own live special, questioning if his name wasn’t “trans enough” for the platform’s executives.
“Let me get into this real quick,” White said, addressing the star-studded audience filled with liberal elites. “It pisses me off! I flew all the way out here, and you guys give me 60 seconds?”
“My name is Dana. Is that not trans enough for you? Liberal f**ks,” White added before proceeding with his roast.
WATCH:
Dana White was pissed Netflix only gave him one minute to roast Tom Brady
“You guys gave me 60 seconds? My name is Dana! Is that not trans enough for you liberal f*cks?” pic.twitter.com/rSJEBPSyci
— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) May 6, 2024
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The ongoing season of protests in Georgia shows us once again the workings of a ‘Color Revolution’ in motion, where the US Intel Community and Globalist NGOs join efforts to topple unfriendly regimes, or at the very least strong-arm them into compliance with the planetary Globalist agenda.
In the case of Georgia, the controversy revolves around the ‘Foreign Agent’ bill – approved in two votes in Parliament, with the last one expected in mid-May.
The objective of the legislation – already tarnished as the ‘Russia Bill’, is to force NGOs and ‘independent’ media to disclose their funding sources if they receive more than 20% of their resources from abroad.
Sure enough, Russia has a law like that – as well as the US and many other countries. In fact, what kind of country would not want to know who funds organizations that interferes in its political landscape?
In Georgia, now, there is a situation where NGOs and ‘independent’ media are staging mass protests against legislation that would make them disclose their Globalist backers.
Now, reports have arisen that show that the Georgian government’s effort to restrict foreign influence through non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is more than necessary.
Sputnik reported:
“It has been revealed that the leaders of these protests are politicians and public figures who are bankrolled by NGOs like USAID and the George Soros-funded ‘Civil Society Foundation – Georgia’.
USAID has been operating in Georgia since 1992 and has already handed out more than $1.9 billion in funding. There are more than 39 ongoing projects supported by USAID “with a total value of approximately $373 million, and an annual budget of more than $70 million.”
USAID has long been widely considered to be a front for the Central Intelligence Agency. Through IREX, it is implementing the ‘Georgian Media Partnership Program’.
A whole range of opposition media outlets are financed by this program: TV Pirveli, Radio Marneuli, Formula TV, and Mtavari Arkhi.
And that’s not all. The ‘Civil Society Foundation – Georgia’, which was set up by Globalist super-villain George Soros, keeps urging people to flock to the mass protests through its official website.
“The ‘Civil Society Foundation’ has been operating in Georgia for approximately 30 years “promoting and developing civil society in Georgia”. The foundation claims to have poured more than USD 100 mln into “the development of an open and democratic society in Georgia.”
The Civil Society Foundation – Georgia also backs Nika Gvaramia, who is the founder of Mtavari Arkhi (a media outlet) and has recently assumed the role of leader of the ‘Ahali’ party, which is actively participating in the ongoing protests.”
Apparently, if a country wants to be a part of the ‘European’ landscape of nations and integrate with the west, it has to be willing to be freely infiltrated by foreign interests, and it better not want to get informed about which interests are mobilizing people against them.
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The world’s largest floating solar power plant, located at Omkareshwar Dam in Madhya Pradesh, India, was obliterated by a storm on April 9, 2024. , just days before its scheduled grand inauguration.
The ambitious project faced the wrath of nature as strong winds reaching speeds of up to approximately 31 miles per hour tore through the installation, uprooting and severely damaging the high-tech solar panels that floated on the backwater of the dam.
This floating solar plant claimed to be the largest globally, represents a joint venture between the Madhya Pradesh Government and the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), according to Lokmat Times.
“Omkareshwar Dam is built on the Narmada river. This is our hydel project and in this, we produce energy from water, but it is spread over about 100 square kilometers [38.6 square miles], there is a very large water body where the water level remains normal,” said Sanjay Dubey, Renewable Energy Department Principal Secretary.
A 600 MW floating solar project promised to significantly bolster the power generation capacity of the state. However, this ambitious experiment ended in a spectacular failure.
The project was supposed to be the world’s largest floating solar PV plant, but instead, it’s become a stark reminder of the limits of renewable energy and the dangers of prioritizing grand ambitions over practical realities.
Madhya Pradesh, India
Storm damages Worlds largest floating Solar Panel Farm.
If it’s not hail destroying Solar Panels then it’s storms – but sure keep thinking these things will help ‘make the weather better’. pic.twitter.com/WrK2XRCvCO
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) May 4, 2024
#Nature & #Narmad #River ‘s fury disrupts one of the largest floating solar panel plant on Omkareshwar #Dam reservoir which was being opposed by Fisher people for causing disruption to their fishing rights. Clip shared by @NarmadaBachao activist @iAlokAgarwal pic.twitter.com/Cvx5nSJ0Ku
— Nandini K Oza (@OzaNandini) April 10, 2024
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“And the rocket’s red glare, the bomb bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?”
When Francis Scott Key penned these words in 1814, over a dozen British warships were launching mortars and rockets in the mouth of the Baltimore Harbor.
Although no mortars or rockets were fired in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, last Tuesday, there were some familiar sounds of battle: the beat of a snare drum, the bellicose shouting of belligerents, and the whizz of not rockets but rocks and water bottles.
But Key surely would have smiled had he been present to see the small cadre of men enduring profanity, spittle, and abuse in order to keep the star-spangled banner from touching the ground.
After screaming, left-wing, pro-Hamas protesters tore down the American flag in the quadrangle at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, raising a Palestinian flag in its stead, Chancellor Lee Roberts and several police officers restored the flag to its rightful place.
Almost immediately, foamy-mouthed protesters tried to tear it down again.
Young men of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity rushed forward to keep their nation’s flag from touching dirt and to keep their animalistic fellow students at bay until more police could arrive.
Pi Kappa Phi brother Guillermo Estrada said, “We stood for an hour defending the flag so many fight to protect.”
His compatriot Dan Stompel said, “They’re going to have to tear me off this flag by my dead body,” according to Fox News.
He added, “[N]ice, normal, strong boys protecting America’s flag. There’s nothing more patriotic, nothing more genuine, nothing more inspiring than that.”
(Thread) Today was a sad yet empowering day at Chapel Hill. When I walked to class, I saw the Palestinian flag raised on our quad flag pole, and was immediately upset at the act that these “protestors” had made. I cannot say I am fully educated on the Israel/Palestine conflict pic.twitter.com/tZrZEOSu8a
— Guillermo Estrada (@estradguillermo) April 30, 2024
Though perhaps not so fraught as the War of 1812’s Battle of Baltimore, the episode at Chapel Hill is nonetheless indicative of a fundamental truth that secular American society has, for decades, been trying to suppress: Men must be men, for the good of the nation, for the good of families, for the good of civilization.
The feminist myth of “toxic masculinity” has cowed and emasculated generations of men, with catastrophic effects on Western civilization.
Fatherlessness has proliferated over the years; divorce is now commonplace. Young men grow up without a father to show them how to be a man; young women grow up without a father to show them how a man ought to love and respect them.
“Daddy issues” have almost become the punchline to a sick societal joke, hookup culture and pornography. Of the few men who don’t openly embrace degeneracy, many live in fear of being trampled by fascist feminism’s stormtroopers in stilettos, becoming bitter and self-centered in their isolation.
“Male loneliness” is at its peak, with men terrified of being labeled a “threat” for trying to build friendships with women and almost equally afraid of being labeled “gay” for developing brotherly bonds with other men.
Marriage and birth rates are declining; crime and lawlessness are spiking.
Not all of this societal cancer is due to feminism, of course, but to a whole host of “isms” besides.
Agnosticism, atheism, casualism, egoism, feminism, hedonism, indifferentism, liberalism and libertarianism, Marxism, materialism, narcissism, nihilism, pessimism, progressivism, and relativism have all joined forces to browbeat into simpering submission the first vanguard and final bulwark against civilizational decay: men.
For centuries, men have served as the engines of civilization, its architects and its builders. The chief roles that men have fulfilled throughout history are as provider and protector.
The very first man, Adam, was commanded by God Himself, “In pain you shall eat [the ground’s yield] all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread …” (Genesis 3:17-19).
It is the role of men to provide, to toil and labor, to give of themselves for the sake of their families first, and then their communities and nations.
When men provide, as they ought, they allow their wives to nourish and raise their children, they allow their children to live in relative comfort, and they allow their communities and nations to benefit from the fruits of that labor: Those children will themselves grow up to be mothers and fathers, they will grow up to be nurturers and providers, they will grow up to be doctors and lawyers and teachers and architects and coal miners and butchers and farmers — and the whole of the nation will benefit from the fruits of even one man’s labor.
Men are called also to be protectors. As German author and World War I veteran Ernst Jünger wisely noted, “Long periods of peace and quiet favor certain optical illusions. Among them is the assumption that the invulnerability of the home is founded upon the constitution and safeguarded by it. In reality, it rests upon the father of the family who, accompanied by his sons, appears with the ax on the threshold of his dwelling.”
When things go bump in the night, it is the role of the man to crawl out of bed, equipped with a flashlight and armed with a shotgun, a baseball bat, an ax, or some such, and go investigate.
When criminals brandish their weapons and begin to pillage and rape, it is the role of men to stand between the criminal and the vulnerable of society, women and children.
When war threatens peace, it is the role of the man to pick up a sword or a rifle and march forth to meet the enemy. When the mob is incited to riot, it is the role of the man to stand on his doorstep to ensure his wife and children and home are kept safe.
These dual responsibilities — provider and protector — have been maligned and ignored, smeared as “toxic masculinity,” as a form of misogyny, as some kind of “inequality.”
But the simple fact is that it is necessary that men fulfill these responsibilities, or else civilization will collapse.
The young men at Chapel Hill recognized this reality. Inspired by patriotism and a love of the good and the beautiful, they did not hesitate to protect their flag.
As lawlessness and animosity embed their roots ever deeper into secular American society, it is increasingly, urgently crucial that men reclaim their responsibilities as providers and protectors.
If order is to be restored to society, it must be at the hands of men, as providers and protectors.
These dual responsibilities — provider and protector — find their perfect union in the person of Christ. Through His earthly ministry, of course, Christ fulfilled the role of provider, feeding starving souls.
But in His passion and death, He united the roles of provider and protector. Through His suffering, by the sweat (and blood) of His brow, Christ provided us with forgiveness of our sins and entrance into eternal life.
He gave His life to protect us from death, the wages of sin (Romans 6:23), so that we might have eternal life. The blood of Christ is the ultimate image of both provider and protector.
If civilization is to continue, if America is to be kept from the precipice of social collapse, men must look to Christ as their inspiration.
Another World War I veteran, the author J.R.R. Tolkien, once wrote to his son of the inspiration which Christ should be for all men: “There you will find romance, glory, honor, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth, and more than that: Death. By the divine paradox, that which ends life, and demands the surrender of all, and yet by the taste — or foretaste — of which alone can what you seek in your earthly relationships (love, faithfulness, joy) be maintained, or take on that complexion of reality, of eternal endurance, which every man’s heart desires.”
In an age of apathy and indifference, of degeneracy and perversion, of sterility and lifelessness, of joylessness and passionlessness, may all men look to Christ and be inspired to romance, glory, honor, fidelity, and, if demanded of them for the sake of virtue, death.
This article appeared originally on The Washington Stand.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Meanwhile in the Democrat hellhole of Chicago…
The Cinco de Mayo parade in Chicago’s Southwest Side was canceled on Sunday amid gang-related fights.
“The Cinco de Mayo parade has been canceled to protect the safety of all in attendance, including families and children,” police said. “The decision, was made by in agreement with CPD’s 10th District, elected officials and parade organizers.”
— Chicago Police Communications & News Affairs (@CPD_Media) May 5, 2024
A large fight broke out between the Latin Kings and rival gang Satan’s Disciples near S. Rockwell Street and Cermak.
VIDEO (language warning):
UNEDITED RAW VIDEO: Large fight between gangs Sunday, May 5, 2024 near the cancelled Cinco de Mayo parade in Chicago, Illinois near S Rockwell St and Cermak. Be advised that there is foul language and viewer discretion is advised, there were arrests by Chicago Police. Several… pic.twitter.com/EQQrXcm6it
— Kyle Mazza (@KyleMazzaWUNF) May 5, 2024
Gun arrests were made, according to police.
WATCH (language, violence warning):
VIDEO: Fight between two groups Sunday, May 5, 2024 near the cancelled Cinco de Mayo parade in Chicago, Illinois Sunday in front of Pete's Market near S Rockwell St and Cermak. pic.twitter.com/FFJWlSfth1
— Kyle Mazza (@KyleMazzaWUNF) May 5, 2024
ABC 7 Chicago reported:
The Cinco de Mayo Parade on Chicago’s Southwest Side was rerouted on Sunday after reports of violence in the area.
The parade has a history of disruptions. From the COVID pandemic to a series of disagreements between organizers and city officials, it wasn’t even held from 2018 to 2022. The parade only made its return last year.
There is still a great deal of confusion surrounding what exactly happened to disrupt the parade.
At a glance, Sunday’s Cinco de Mayo parade was like any other. It was vibrant and colorful, with entertaining musical acts representing different parts of Mexico.
“We actually found it just walking to the National Mexican Art museum earlier,” parade attendee Jennifer Vasquez said. “We asked somebody earlier. We weren’t even aware it was happening.”
What many parade-goers failed to notice was the behind the scenes drama that began around a half hour before the parade was supposed to take off at Noon from Cemark Road from Damen Avenue in Heart of Chicago. It was supposed to traverse a 1.2 mile route, ending at Marshall Boulevard in Little Village, just south of Douglass Park. Instead, a large fight in the area of the parade led police to issue a cancelation notice.
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The majority of Donald Trump supporters do not care if the former president is convicted of a crime by the corrupt legal system.
When casting their ballots in November, Americans place economy, inflation, and crime at the top of their lists.
A new ABC News/Ipsos survey released on Sunday shows 88 percent of voters place the economy at the top of their list of issues when they head to the ballot box this fall – and Trump is favored by 14 percent to handle the issue over President Joe Biden.
Eighty-five percent of voters also say inflation is important to them in this year’s election and crime and safety comes in third place with 77 percent of voters claiming it is a top issue.
On nearly every election issue in the top 10, voters say they trust Trump more than Biden to handle it.
Additionally, 80 percent of Trump supporters say they would still cast their ballot for the former president if he is convicted before the election, the latest poll reveals
Following a trial in Manhattan court for three weeks in which Trump was accused of falsifying business records related to payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their alleged extramarital affair in 2006, the latest results come after three weeks of Trump’s appearances in court.
Only four percent of Trump supporters say they would no longer support Trump in the 2024 presidential election if the Republican is convicted in any of the four federal cases against him.
And 16 percent say they would at least reconsider supporting him.
Among the 2,260 American adults polled April 25-30, 44 percent say they would vote for Biden compared to the 46 percent for Trump. This means that the four percent of Trump supporters who would abandon the former president if convicted of a crime could be statistically significant to the results in November.
Trump and Biden have been nearly tied in most recent polls, with margins of victory in hypothetical head-to-head matches usually falling within the survey’s margin of error.
However, the ABC News poll shows that Americans are becoming more optimistic about Trump’s ability to deal with issues that matter.
This includes a 17 percent gap on those who trust Trump to handle the border and immigration over Biden and a 14 percent gap on handling both the economy in general and, more specifically, inflation.
Trump beats Biden by eight percent of crime and safety and the same gap exists on handling the Israel/Hamas war.
Let’s pray the country can hang on until November 5th.
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A Border Patrol agent who was hung out to dry by the Biden administration for months on false charges of whipping illegal immigrants at the southern border has now received a Border Patrol achievement award.
In September 2021, images circulated of Border Patrol agents on horseback trying to round up illegal immigrants from Haiti. The images were initially interpreted by some as showing an agent whipping the illegal immigrants.
The incident was denounced by President Joe Biden, who promised to punish the agents responsible.
However, a subsequent investigation revealed that the horses’ reins were the objects that, at the angle some images were taken, appeared to be whips. Despite that, the agents under investigation were found to have used “unnecessary” force, with one agent found to have maneuvered his horse “unsafely” and used “denigrating and inappropriate language,” according to the New York Post. Biden has never apologized to the agents.
The agent was among the many members of Customs and Border Patrol to receive an award, according to the Post.
The agent’s name has never been released, but the Post said a source it did not name at the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that the agent was among those awarded.
“I find it hilarious and ridiculous that almost three years later, a Border Patrol agent who was accused of being racist and so vilified by this Biden administration now wins an achievement award for his efforts in preventing smuggling, before he gets a public apology,” the Post quoted its DHS source it did not name as saying.
The agent was initially taken off the border and banned from working with illegal immigrants.
Instead, he was assigned to intelligence work to combat human smuggling. His work in that area led to his award, the DHS source said.
He eventually was permitted to return to working along the border and allowed to interact with illegal immigrants, according to the DHS source.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was among those vilifying the agents.
However, in a 2022 report, the Heritage Foundation noted that even as agents were being condemned for what they did not do, evidence had emerged that the outcry against them was wrong.
“We got some communications that were sent to Mayorkas right before he went up and gave that really heated speech at the White House,” said Mike Howell, Director of Heritage’s Oversight Project.
Howell said the Heritage Foundation sued to get the documents that told what went on behind the scenes.
“One such communication that we found was an email from his top press staffer, a woman by the name of Marsha Espinosa. She had forwarded to Mayorkas an article. In this article was a comment from the photographer that was there, the one source that was neither border patrol or a Haitian, illegal alien. The photographer said there was no whipping, ‘I saw no whipping,’” Howell said.
“Marsha Espinosa highlighted this part for Secretary Mayorkas, and Mayorkas went up and gave his press conference and did not make use of this information that would’ve cleared the border patrol agents in light of this public outcry and these false accusations being levied at them from media, Democrat congressmen, and even the president of the United States,” he said.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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High schools used to be safer back in the day. Something has changed.
Prosecutors say a high schooler in North Carolina is being charged as an adult for allegedly attacking two separate teachers on school grounds.
Aquavis Hickman, 17, a student at Parkland High School in Winston-Salem, was indicted on assault and kidnapping charges last week and charged as a grownup in the two horrific attacks, including an April 15 assault where he slapped a female teacher twice, Fox affiliate WGHP-TV News reported.
“Our message to our community is simple,” Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill told the outlet. “We stand with teachers. We will fight to protect those teachers. And if you lay a hand on a teacher and assault a teacher, you can expect that the punishment will be swift and severe.
“Promise made,” O’Neill said as he announced the indictment Thursday. “Promise kept.”
Hickman was charged with kidnapping and misdemeanor riot in the first incident on Feb. 1, although prosecutors said he was not the sole attacker.
The substitute teacher, Larry Edwards, said he was “appalled” after being pushed in the hallway by several students, including Hickman.
“I walked up to the desk to get my phone to call the office and he mockingly walked behind me, and I happened to turn around and see him and the students started laughing,” Edwards said in a report last week. “The next thing I know he had taken his hand and smushed my head and everybody started laughing and he ran out.”
It was revealed last month that the aggressive teenager smacked the female teacher twice, with video of the attack later going viral – though cops didn’t release it.
“That video went viral nationwide and it put us on the map in a negative manner,” Winston-Salem Police Chief William Penn told the outlet. “I am so glad today that the rest of the nation will also hear that we do not tolerate that in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.”
A grand jury voted last week to indict the teen, transferring the case from juvenile court to Superior Court.
Officials from the district declined to comment on the case or Hickman’s arrest.
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ABC News president Kim Godwin announced Sunday evening that she is stepping down from her post and retiring from broadcast journalism.
Godwin stepped down after a corporate restructuring.
“I have decided to retire from broadcast journalism,” Godwin said in the email sent to staff Sunday night, according to the Wall Street Journal. “Anyone who’s passionate about what we do knows there’s no other business like it, so this was not an easy or quick decision. But after considerable reflection, I’m certain it’s the right one for me as I look to the future and prioritize what’s most important for me and my family.”
The Wall Street Journal reported:
ABC News President Kim Godwin stepped down Sunday night, months after a corporate restructuring that effectively stripped away much of her management autonomy.
No successor has been named for Godwin, who was named president of the division in 2021.
Godwin’s retirement comes after a restructuring in February that gave her a new boss in Debra OConnell, who serves as president of parent Disney’s news group. OConnell is a company veteran who is familiar with ABC News, having scrutinized operations across Disney’s networks as part of a corporate review.
When Godwin joined ABC News from CBS, she had her work cut out for her. Though the news division was a ratings leader, many in the news division said it was suffering from a cutthroat and toxic culture.
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The Gateway Pundit reported on the hero’s welcome President Trump received at the F1 Grand Prix in Miami on Sunday, where he received thunderous applause while the crowd chanted, “USA! USA! USA’!”
Trump fired up the crowd outside the McLaren Garage on Pit Lane.
Ultimately, McLaren driver Lando Norris won the race, his first-ever F1 win.
President Trump spoke with Norris following his victory.
Watch:
BREAKING: Trump congratulates Lando Norris at the Miami F1 Grand Prix.
— Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) May 5, 2024
Norris benefitted from a well-timed safety car for a crash involving Kevin Magnussen and Logan Sargeant and drove away from Max Verstappen over the second half of the race to win Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix.
Norris found himself in sixth in the race’s opening laps but his car had some serious race pace. Norris moved his way to second as the cars ahead of him made pit stops and was clicking off fast laps on his medium compound tires.
He took over the lead after Verstappen pitted just before Carlos Sainz and Norris’ McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri did. Once Piastri pitted, Norris took over the race lead when Magnussen and Sergeant collided in the first sector.
The F1 crowd absolutely swooned over Trump, including a group of young people who were absolutely ecstatic at the chance to meet the President.
Trump IMMEDIATELY walks up to my best friend at F1 as she fangirls over him. This video is TOO GOOD
— Michelle Backus (@michellebackus_) May 5, 2024
As he arrived at the race, law enforcement lined the street to greet him, and officers waved and applauded as Trump’s motorcade passed by.
President @realDonaldTrump arrives at Miami International Autodrome to warm welcome from Florida Law Enforcement!! pic.twitter.com/KfNch9qQGw
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) May 5, 2024
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Republican Senator Tom Cotton was on “This Week” on ABC with host Jonathan Karl earlier on Sunday.
Senator Cotton had said that college administrators should have involved law enforcement early on rather than waiting until things got out of hand. He also said that the students participating in these encampments should be held in contempt.
“These students on campuses, they deserve our contempt. They also deserve our mockery,” Cotton said.
“Liberal administrators, and liberal politicians refused to send in the police to clear them out the very first day they set up their tents,” Cotton continued.
Watch:
On campus protests, GOP Sen. Tom Cotton tells @JonKarl that college administrators should have sent in law enforcement "the very first day they set up their tents."
“These students on campuses, they deserve our contempt. They also deserve our mockery.” https://t.co/vCkyrG8MPq pic.twitter.com/BxoJkFEIbP
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) May 5, 2024
Senator Cotton continued saying that foreign student agitators should have their visas revoked and that Biden has not taken any action regarding that.
“Where is Joe Biden’s administration demanding that universities turn over the names of any foreign students here on a visa, revoking those visas and deporting them,” Senator Cotton said.
“We should not have tolerated this for a moment. You have Jewish students who have been assaulted on campus, Jewish students who have been told it’s not safe for you to come, go back home,” Senator Cotton continued.
Watch:
Sen. Tom Cotton pushes for an even stronger police response to pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses.
“Where were the liberal administrators and liberal politicians sending in the police on the very first day?" https://t.co/vCkyrG8MPq pic.twitter.com/JzwMGbGNad
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) May 5, 2024
Jonathan Karl had asked Senator Cotton about being Trump’s running mate. His response was that speculation over Trump’s VP choice was not helpful.
“I don’t think it’s particularly helpful to Donald Trump,” Senator Cotton said.
“Would you serve as his running mate if asked?” Karl asked.
“Jon, it’s not helpful. What Donald Trump is focused on is winning this election. What I’m focused on is helping him win and making sure Republicans win the congress,” Senator Cotton continued.
Watch:
When asked if he would serve as the GOP running mate, Sen. Tom Cotton tells @JonKarl that he is focused on is helping Trump win and “making sure Republicans win the Congress.”
“When he's ready to make his decision about vice president, he will.” https://t.co/CtruztNiAr pic.twitter.com/UXLlaDhJtU
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) May 5, 2024
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While some say that Americans are more polarized than ever, there are certainly still points that the country is relatively united on.
One such topic is a distrust of our news media.
A poll released Wednesday conducted by the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that over half of Americans (53 percent) are extremely or very concerned about news organizations reporting inaccurate information during the election.
Another 30 percent of U.S. adults said it is an issue they are somewhat concerned about.
And as to having actual confidence in the information, the number is even worse.
“Most Americans follow news about presidential (77%) and local and state elections (64%) at least somewhat closely, and more report frequently receiving news about elections from nation (50%) or local (39%) than other sources such as friends or family (21%) or individuals on social media,” the poll reported.
And yet, only 14 percent of respondents “express a great deal of confidence in election-related information they receive from national sources and only 11% say the same about local media,” the poll reported.
Fourteen percent? More Americans admit they believe in astrology.
“Misinformation” was a major talking point during both the 2016 and 2020 elections as each side accused the other of reporting false information.
The biggest was in 2016 when then-presidential candidate Donald Trump was reported to be colluding with Russia, a story that was ultimately shown to be baseless, yet spurred an investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller that dogged much of Trump’s presidency.
This coming election cycle will face unique problems that previous ones have not as artificial intelligence technology has expanded since 2020.
Americans have worries over how AI can be negatively harnessed to spread misinformation as 42 percent say of respondents said they were extremely or very concerned.
Other issues, such as whether news organizations will report unverified information or that news will be biased worried 47 percent and 44 percent, respectively.
It’s hard to blame Americans for their distrust of the established media.
Whether it’s news organizations intentionally ignoring or downplaying the story of Hunter Biden’s laptop or liberal news sources constantly covering for President Joe Biden’s blunders, there’s a whole list of reasons to be skeptical of the establishment media.
But while media is as untrustworthy as ever it’s also as abundant as ever.
It is no longer the 1960s when all that most Americans had to choose from were major networks and newspapers.
Conservative media outlets — like The Western Journal — aren’t hard to find.
Before the election cycle is a perfect time to begin vetting different sources and finding which you trust and which ones don’t care about integrity.
While it’s impossible to find a source of news without a bias, as long as you know what that bias is you avoid falling into an echo chamber.
The news is important but it’s just as important that it is true.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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This past week J6 political prisoner Jake Lang passed 1,200 days of incarceration without a trial. This is Joe Biden’s America.
Languishing in pre-trial detention for years with no end in sight “feels like ‘an eternity,’” Lang told The Gateway Pundit in an exclusive interview.
“If not for God, I never would have made it this long as a POW,” he said.
Lang was apprehended by the Federal Bureau of Investigations on Jan. 16, 2021, for his alleged role in the Capitol riot.
He went to the Capitol intent on peacefully protesting and ended up saving lives.
In footage from the scene that day, Lang was seen pulling Phillip Anderson and Tommy Tatum, off the ground while they were being trampled and carrying them to safety as police indiscriminately fired on the crowd with rubber bullets, tear gas, and flash grenades and beat even the most peaceful demonstrators to a bloody pulp with nightsticks.
Jake told The Gateway Pundit this past weekend, “They basically removed the voices of dissent from the Brooklyn federal prison and took us both and put us in a solitary primate chamber on the rooftop of the prison here.”
It’s the same goal that they have in mind for President Donald Trump. If I could see their wish for President Trump it would probably be something like wearing the same pair of underwear for over a week without them giving you clean underwear and an extra pair of socks or shampoo or bath towel to dry yourself with. These are the living conditions that, you know, are basically in store for any political dissident in America today or for Trump supporters.
“I’m just at my 1,200 day mark, if you can believe that. I just passed 1,200 days incarcerated without a trial, without being afforded the right to have bond or mail. Even though we filed twice and were rejected.”
“My legal team and I have now filed a lawsuit. It’s called a habeas corpus motion. It’s a lawsuit against Merrick Garland and the Brooklyn NPC prison here and assistant warden and the warden basically alleging, which is true, that they’ve been violating my constitutional rights and my human rights and I’m being tortured. And you know, this has been going on for three weeks now. The first two weeks of solitary, I was by myself and now they just added Ryan Samsel. So we’re fighting back. We’ve got a habeas corpus motion before the court right at my 1,200 day mark. So we’re not stopping.”
“I think we all in the January 6 community are kind of just sitting back and wondering when this will stop. When will the Republicans in Congress make a real stand for us? When will the Speaker of the House call together a new January 6 committee and let January 6ers such as myself go and tell our story?”
“We are praying for a Trump victory, when we know that the Democrats are up to the same nefarious scam, the mail-in voting. You know, the scam that they did and everything they did in 2020. We have to use every means at our disposal. So, you know, definitely, we are calling upon the Republicans in Congress to put the checks and balances in place against the Bureau of Prisons that’s torturing us, against the US Marshals whose are complicit in our torture and solitary confinement and lack of basic human sustenance that they’re providing us here. Congress needs to put a check on these federal abuses of power.”
There is a protest planned on Wednesday May 8, 2024 at the MDC Brooklyn Federal Prison at Noon Eastern.
Jake’s father Ned Lang will be there as will Cowboys for Trump member Couy Griffin.
Couy will be there with his horse.
The protest will be livestreamed on Rumble.
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An American man and two Australian brothers were murdered during a surfing trip to Mexico. Three suspects were taken into custody this weekend.
According to police, Jack Rhoad, an American man from San Diego, and Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson were last seen in the Mexican state of Baja California on April 27.
The men were surfing about 70 miles south of the US border when they disappeared.
Jack Rhoad, 30
The three men were targeted by Mexican thieves for the tires on their truck, according to Mexican authorities. The white pickup truck was set on fire.
The bodies were dumped in a remote 50-foot-deep well. It took authorities 20 hours to extract the bodies from the bottom of the well.
Three suspects, one woman and two brothers, have been taken into custody in connection with the murders.
The woman was found with one of the Australian surfer’s cell phones.
suspect Ari Gisel García Cota, 23
suspects Jesús Gerardo Garcia Cota and Cristian Alejandro García
The Daily Mail reported:
Mexican authorities said thieves killed two Australians and an American on a surfing trip to Mexico in order to steal their truck, particularly because they wanted the tires.
Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and American Jack Carter Rhoad were last seen on April 27 in the Mexican province of Baja California.
Prosecutors released grisly details of the slayings, but have not yet officially confirmed the identification of the bodies. They said family members of the victims are viewing the bodies to see if they can be identified by sight.
The corpses were decomposing after the thieves dumped them into a remote, 50- foot deep well. If relatives can’t identify them, further tests will be conducted. The well also contained a fourth cadaver that had been there much longer.
The US State Department previously issued a series of travel advisories over cartel violence, kidnappings and grisly murders in Mexico.
The State Department urged US citizens to avoid the following six Mexican states due to high crime and violence: Colima, Guerrero, Michoacan, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas.
Several Americans have been murdered in Mexico over the last year.
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The Biden regime has cut off ammunition supplies to Israel as they attempt to appease the growing anger among the left of the Democratic Party over America’s support for the war against Hamas.
According to a report from Axios, the decision to put a hold on the ammunition shipment caused panic among the Israeli security services and is intended to prevent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from proceeding with an invasion of Rafah.
Axios notes:
The Biden administration last week put a hold on a shipment of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel, two Israeli officials told Axios. It is the first time since the Oct. 7 attack that the U.S. has stopped a weapons shipment intended for the Israeli military.
The incident raised serious concerns inside the Israeli government and sent officials scrambling to understand why the shipment was held, Israeli officials said.
The report adds that Biden took the decision in response to the “sharp criticism” that he is facing from Americans, particularly among Muslims and other demographics key to the Democratic coalition:
President Biden is facing sharp criticism among Americans who oppose his support of Israel. The administration in February asked Israel to provide assurances that U.S.-made weapons were being used by Israel Defense Forces in Gaza in accordance with international law. Israel provided a signed letter of assurances in March.
The Biden administration is highly concerned Israel will invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah where more than one million displaced Palestinians have been taking shelter.
Over recent weeks, many American colleges have been brought to a standstill amid widespread demonstrations from anti-Israel activists. Many of the protests descended into violence and required law enforcement to bring an end to the mayhem.
Netanyahu, meanwhile, issued a statement on Sunday for Holocaust Remembrance Day insinuating tensions with the U.S. and declaring that Israel will act alone if necessary.
“In the terrible Holocaust, there were great world leaders who stood by idly; therefore, the first lesson of the Holocaust is: If we do not defend ourselves, nobody will defend us,” he declared. “And if we need to stand alone, we will stand alone.”
In the terrible Holocaust, there were great world leaders who stood by idly; therefore, the first lesson of the Holocaust is: If we do not defend ourselves, nobody will defend us. And if we need to stand alone, we will stand alone.
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) May 5, 2024
“Therefore, we will defend ourselves in every way,” he continued. “We will overcome our enemies and we will ensure our security – in the Gaza Strip, on the Lebanese border, everywhere.
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Lara Trump was on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo to discuss President Trump’s campaign fundraising.
“The majority of the time is in a courtroom. How are you raising money and putting President Trump in front of donors if he’s got to be in New York all day long?” Bartiromo asked Lara Trump.
“They want to keep Donald Trump trapped in a courtroom and not able to go out and campaign and their hope is that somehow that helps Joe Biden,” Lara Trump said.
“Donald Trump’s poll numbers continuing to go up and at the RNC and Trump campaign we announced that are April fundraising exceeded our expectations. We raised 76 million dollars and the beauty of that is the average donation Maria, is under $30. That means the people of this country understand what’s at stake,” Lara Trump continued.
Watch:
Today on @SundayFutures with @MariaBartiromo, RNC Co-Chair @LaraLeaTrump spoke about the Trump’s campaign fundraising exceeding expectations amid his trial. pic.twitter.com/WftuJE3GFT
— SundayMorningFutures (@SundayFutures) May 5, 2024
They also discussed the importance of a debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden on stage.
“People want to see one on one Trump, Biden, on stage for a debate with enough time to put their vote in but I believe the first debate happens after the early voting begins,” Bartiromo said.
“We’ve called for more debates; Donald Trump said ‘anytime, anywhere, any place’ he will debate Joe Biden,” Lara Trump said.
“It is imperative to see these two men on a stage, to see these two candidates who want to not just lead our country, but be the leader of the free world, head-to-head, face to face, on a debate stage,” Lara Trump continued.
Watch:
Today @SundayFutures with @MariaBartiromo, RNC Co-Chair @LaraLeaTrump, spoke about the presidential debates.@FoxNews pic.twitter.com/zrfuF8cG1M
— SundayMorningFutures (@SundayFutures) May 5, 2024
Lara Trump also discussed lawsuits to prevent ballot counting after election day. The RNC and the Trump campaign sued in Nevada to prevent counting after election day.
“I see the RNC and the Trump campaign filing a lawsuit in a battleground state to stop counting ballots past election day. What are you doing with suing Nevada right now?” Bartiromo asked.
“You cannot have ballots counted Maria, after elections are over, and right now that is one of the many lawsuits we have out across this country to ensure that just that happens, that we have a free, fair, and transparent elections,” Lara Trump continued.
Watch:
Today on @SundayFutures with @MariaBartiromo, RNC Co-Chair @LaraLeaTrump, spoke about RNC and Trump campaign filing lawsuit against Nevada to stop counting ballots past Election Day. pic.twitter.com/1Y9GQV0tVA
— SundayMorningFutures (@SundayFutures) May 5, 2024
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This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire
By Jeff M. Smith
Real Clear Wire
Four years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan, what do we know about the origin of the SARSCOV2 virus?
We were presented at the outset with two competing theories: natural-origin spillover from animals to humans, and accidental lab leak. And at the outset, a cadre of elite scientists passionately argued that the evidence overwhelmingly favored a natural origin. With comparable fervor, they dismissed the possibility that SARSCOV2 leaked from a lab as a “conspiracy theory.”
With a few notable exceptions, mainstream media outlets and the larger scientific community vehemently nodded in agreement. NPR said the lab-leak theory was “debunked,” Vanity Fair called it a “right-wing coronavirus conspiracy,” and Facebook banned posts suggesting the virus may have been manufactured in a lab.
Four years later that narrative has begun to crack—and rightly so.
It was always a lie; one of the most consequential lies of the 21st century. Like all great lies it perfectly inverted the truth: the evidence supporting natural spillover has always been thin. Conversely, the evidence pointing to a lab leak has always been compelling and has grown substantially more persuasive with time.
A coalition of elite scientists and complicit media outlets have proven remarkably effective in suppressing the truth for this long. But in recent months, as congressional investigations have intensified, honest scientists and journalists have begun challenging the false consensus with greater alacrity as new revelations have tipped the scales toward lab leak even further.
The clique of elite scientists propagating the natural-spillover theory have always had several problems on their hands. Despite an exhaustive four-year search, no intermediate animal host has ever been found. The closest natural relatives to SARSCOV2 are found in bats in Laos and in Yunnan Province over 600 miles away.
Two of the more popular arguments advanced by spillover partisans—that pandemic began at the Huanan wet market in Wuhan and that it jumped to humans from raccoon dogs and pangolins—have withered under scrutiny. The academic papers supporting both arguments have been hollowed out by fatal challenges to the underlying data, methods, or conclusions.
To date, a natural-spillover explanation for the COVID-19 pandemic remains little more than a distant theoretical possibility.
The Lab-Leak Theory
The most obvious piece of incriminating evidence for the lab-leak theory has always been the existence of a biolab in Wuhan just miles away from the initial outbreak. This wasn’t just any old biolab—the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) was an advanced research facility studying coronaviruses that “collaborated on publications and secret projects with China’s military.” And this wasn’t just any old coronavirus research—the WIV was conducting the riskiest viral research in the world.
Gain-of-function research of concern—which can make viruses more transmissible to humans, ostensibly in order to create vaccines—was so risky, and the chance of causing an accidental pandemic was so great, that the U.S. government banned funding for this research in 2014. Nevertheless, U.S. agencies continued funding this dangerous research at the WIV, even before the moratorium was officially lifted in December 2017.
This was a spectacularly irresponsible decision. U.S. authorities had visited the WIV and found it to have wildly inadequate safety protocols. In a truly Strangelovian twist, we later learned that the WIV was conducting virus research that theoretically could end human civilization in BSL-2 conditions, roughly the equivalent of a dentist’s office safety protocols. “That’s screwed up,” responded Dr. Ian Lipkin, an early proponent of natural spillover, after learning of the WIV’s safety protocols. “People should not be looking at bat viruses in BSL-2 labs. My view has changed.”
As well it should have. Mere miles from Ground Zero of the coronavirus pandemic, in chronically unsafe conditions, a government lab collaborating with the Chinese military was doing extremely risky research on coronaviruses—including the closest known relatives of SARSCOV2.
Brace yourself, there’s more.
The Chinese Coverup
If the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t the product of a lab leak, one might reasonably expect the Chinese government to provide a degree of cooperation with the international community, if for no other reason than to clear its name.
China, of course, did the exact opposite. It swiftly arrested doctors and whistleblowers. It ordered labs to transfer or destroy any related viral samples and “not to publish any information related to the unknown disease.” And shirking its obligations to international health regulations, it refused to provide key data to international investigators.
When the World Health Organization requested to do an audit of the WIV and the wet market, China again refused. It also refused to turn over vital pieces of evidence, such as the blood samples of the lab workers or the animals at the wet market.
Adding to the mystery, a few months before the acknowledged outbreak in December 2019, “several researchers inside the WIV became sick.” The WIV changed its security protocols, ordered an expensive new air incinerator and ventilation system, and – in the middle of the night – mysteriously took down an online database of 22,000 bat virus samples.
And let’s not overlook the fact that Beijing was inexplicably able to produce a vaccine in record time, with a patent filed in February 2020. Most scientists believe the timeline to create a vaccine implausibly short – unless someone in China had access to SARSCOV2 before December 2019.
Notably, this mystery vaccine was created by a Chinese military scientist. Rather than being hailed as a hero for creating a vaccine with improbable speed, Mr. Zhou Yusen suspiciously died months later and was virtually scrubbed from the record by the Chinese Communist Party. At least one report claimed he “fell” to his death from the rooftop of the WIV.
In sum, rather than providing any semblance of cooperation or transparency on the origins of the deadliest event of the 21st Century, China acted pretty much exactly as you would expect from a paranoid communist country trying to cover up a lab leak.
Brace yourself, there’s more.
The Smoking Gun
This list of giant red flags grew even longer with the discovery and examination of the “DEFUSE” proposal, submitted to the Pentagon in 2018 by a group of organizations led by Peter Daszak and his EcoHealth Alliance.
Under lab examination, SARSCOV2 was always a bit of a mystery, adorned with some peculiar characteristics. The virus appeared better designed to target humans than animals, “fully optimized for interaction with the human ACE2 receptor” and “consistent with a laboratory optimized coronavirus which entered the human population fully evolved.”
An even more consequential peculiarity was the presence of a Furin Cleavage Site (FCS), which has the unfortunate property of enhancing a viruses’ transmissibility. The presence of an FCS was particularly puzzling because none of the over 1,500 of known sarbecoviruses (the sub-genus of SARSCOV2) has ever been found in nature with a FCS. On the other hand, it’s not uncommon for virologists to insert an FCS while doing gain-of-function experiments in a lab.
For a while, it looked like the presence of an FCS in SARSCOV2, located at the S1/S2 boundary, would remain a vexing, unsolved mystery. Then we learned the details of the $14 million DEFUSE proposal. One year before the pandemic, Mr. Daszak and his collaborators requested funding from the Pentagon to conduct gain-of-function research at the WIV. Specifically, they proposed inserting a FCS into a coronavirus at the S1/S2 boundary—precisely the never-before-seen characteristics present in SARSCOV2 that aided the virus’ rapid transmission.
The Pentagon wisely declined to fund the DEFUSE proposal, but a growing pile of evidence suggests this research went ahead in some form anyway—or was already being conducted—and likely escaped from the Wuhan lab and started the COVID-19 pandemic. “If you study hundreds of different bat viruses at BSL-2 [safety protocols], your luck may eventually run out,” admits one of the godfathers of gain-of-function research and a frequent WIV collaborator, Dr. Ralph Baric.
Of the two possible theories of COVID-19’s origins, only one stands atop of mountain of increasingly persuasive evidence. Natural-spillover proponents have nevertheless sought to dismiss this damning indictment as merely a chain of misinterpreted coincidences. The proximity of the WIV, the gain-of-function research, the dead PLA scientists, the mysterious vaccines, the dentist-office security protocols, the Furin Cleavage Site, the deleted databases, the silenced doctors, the DEFUSE proposal, the lack of an animal host are all just … coincidences.
Any one of them would have been a legitimate cause for inquiry and concern. A dozen of them, by the laws of probability and basic common sense, constitute a smoking gun.
The Real Conspiracy
Which begs a final question: How could this group of elite scientists have gotten this paramount question so horribly wrong?
The inevitable answer is: they didn’t. They weren’t wrong. They were lying.
We know from leaked internal communications that some of the same scientists most ardently dismissing the lab-leak theory took one look at SARSCOV2 and concluded it was, in the words of biologist Kristian Andersen, “so friggin’ likely” the virus escaped from a Wuhan lab “because they were already doing this type of work and the molecular data is fully consistent with that scenario.”
The virus seemed “pre-adapted from the get go,” observed virologist Edward Holmes. The presence of an unprecedented Furin Cleavage Site in SARSCOV2 kept scientist Bob Garry “up all night.” The SARSCOV2 genome was “inconsistent with evolutionary theory,” concluded Dr. Andersen on January 31, 2020.
One day later, some of the same scientists held a phone call with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci and rapidly did an about-face, condemning the lab-leak theory as a “crackpot” conspiracy and viciously attacking anyone questioning their fabricated consensus. A larger network of scientists and science journalists quickly fell in line. The coverup had begun.
The Coverup
A tight network of elite scientists soon engaged in a remarkably effective effort to deceive the world. They collectively briefed the U.S. government, World Health Organization, and any media outlets that would listen: The science was settled, this wasn’t a lab leak. Some of them went on to publish the now-infamous Proximal Origins paper in March 2020 in Nature Medicine, ranked as the most impactful science article of that year. “We do not believe that any type of laboratory-based scenario is plausible,” the paper’s authors asserted.
Their efforts to discredit the lab-leak theory were aided substantially by EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak. He had been involved in multiple collaborations with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, including the now-infamous DEFUSE proposal which included a veritable blueprint for creating SARSCOV2. The experiments were so dangerous, and the WIV safety protocols so poor, Daszak intentionally sought to deceive the Pentagon by suggesting the research would be conducted in the U.S.—not China.
(Shockingly, Daszak and EcoHealth Alliance are still receiving tens of millions of dollars in U.S. government research grants, including a seven-figure grant awarded in December 2022.)
After the pandemic outbreak, Daszak conveniently avoided disclosing his personal connections to risky coronavirus research at the WIV as he organized and co-drafted a letter in The Lancet to “strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin.”
“The idea that this virus escaped from a lab is just pure baloney. It’s simply not true,” Daszak proclaimed in an April 2020 interview.
Daszak also managed to get himself appointed to join the World Health Organization’s (WHO) investigation into COVID’s origins. The investigation produced a March 2021 report that concluded it was “extremely unlikely” SARSCOV2 leaked from a lab. (Under growing scrutiny, the second phase of the WHO investigation was “quietly shelved.”)
Daszak also positioned himself to lead The Lancet’s “COVID-19 Commission.” The following year, chairman Dr. Jeffrey Sachs disbanded the commission over “concerns about the conflicts of interest of one its members and his ties…to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.” Sachs later lamented how Dazsak was “not telling me the truth” and was “filled with misdirection,” admitting “it’s time to fess up [SARSCOV2] might have come out of a lab.”
“We don’t have definitive evidence of either hypothesis,” Sachs posited. “But what we do have is definitive evidence that officialdom has tried to keep our eyes away from the lab leak.”
Dr. Fauci was also working overtime to deflect attention from the lab-leak theory. In multiple bouts of congressional testimony, Fauci engaged in semantic games to insist the U.S. wasn’t involved in funding dangerous gain-of-function research at the WIV. (It was.) On several occasions, Fauci publicly argued the evidence “very, very strongly” leans toward natural origin. (It doesn’t.) Those challenging Fauci on these questions, he famously told CBS’s Face the Nation, were “really criticizing science, because I represent science.”
Fauci also tried to explain away China’s stunning lack of cooperation with the international community and elaborate coverup that cost the world countless lives by blaming the Trump administration’s “accusatory nature” for China’s deadly obfuscation.
Fauci also led an effort to brief other U.S. government agencies on COVID’s origins, reportedly leaning on the intelligence community, White House, and State Department to conclude a lab leak was unlikely. One whistleblower later claimed Fauci’s “opinion substantially altered the conclusions that were subsequently drawn.”
Oddly, U.S. intelligence agencies proved largely split and indecisive in their conclusions, with nearly all submitting “low confidence” assessments it was either a lab leak, natural origin, or the evidence was inconclusive. Only one agency had a “medium confidence” assessment in either theory: the FBI is convinced SARSCOV2 is the product of a lab leak. So too is former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, who explained in 2023: “a lab leak is the only explanation credibly supported by our intelligence, by science and by common sense.”
The Conspiracy
This was the real conspiracy. Many of the elite scientists seeking to discredit the lab-leak theory knew all along it was the most credible explanation. Not only did they intentionally deceive the world, they slandered any scientist or journalist that challenged them. For daring to question this fraudulent consensus, scientist Alina Chan was viciously attacked as an “intellectually dishonest, manipulative conspiracist with very little subject matter expertise who has…compensated for her mediocrity by pursuing personal profit.”
So, why did the scientific establishment act with such disgrace and deception? Their motivations were multi-causal.
First, some of these scientists were direct collaborators with the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Dr. Peter Hotez had channeled U.S. government funds to five coronavirus research projects conducted by the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences and the WIV between 2016 and 2019. Mr. Daszak’s DEFUSE proposal included a veritable blueprint for SARSCOV2. They were rightly concerned they could be held personally accountable.
Second, some of these scientists had for years been quietly waging a behind-the-scenes battle to defend risky gain-of-function research over the considerable objections of other virologists. If the pandemic was, in fact, the product of a lab leak, it might deal a fatal blow to their crusade to preserve this controversial research. Even worse, from their perspective, it would mark the death knell for scientific cooperation with China.
Third, some of these scientists had strong financial and reputational incentives to suppress the lab-leak theory, especially after Dr. Fauci weighed in. Dr. Andersen, for example, had a roughly $9 million grant pending with Fauci’s government agency at the time—a grant that was approved two months after he co-authored the seminal academic paper supporting natural spillover, Proximal Origins. “There were people that did not talk about [the lab leak], because they feared for their careers,” Dr. Filippa Lentzos of King’s College later admitted. “They feared for their grants.”
Fourth and finally, the lab-leak debate was hyper-politicized from the outset. Once President Donald Trump suggested a Wuhan lab might be responsible, scientists felt compelled to pick a side. Supporting with the lab-leak theory was “siding with President Trump” and nothing—not science, honesty, morality, credibility, or public health—was more important than opposing the “racist” conspiracy theory adopted by Trump, even if it was likely to be true.
The Conclusion
Presented the evidence objectively, the American people can now decide for themselves whether the natural origin theory of COVID-19 represents the most implausible string of coincidences imaginable or the lie of the century.
Jeff M. Smith is the Director of the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation.
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The New York Times has admitted that Donald Trump is increasingly popular with young voters and that many prefer his policies to those promoted by the Biden regime.
In an article published this weekend, the left-wing newspaper notes that its own polling has Trump and Biden tied neck and neck among young voters, contradicting the narrative that his appeal is solely among older voters:
The report states:
Although President Biden continues to lead among 18- to 29-year-olds in most polls, several surveys in recent weeks show Mr. Trump performing much more strongly with young voters than he was at the same point in 2020, and more strongly than he was against Mrs. Clinton at the same point in 2016.In the latest New York Times/Siena College poll, from last month, Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden were neck and neck among 18- to 29-year-olds. In the latest Harvard Youth Poll, conducted in March by the Harvard Institute of Politics, Mr. Trump trails by eight points.
Mr. Della Volpe and other pollsters note that these findings come with a wealth of caveats. Mr. Trump’s relatively good standing with young voters is at odds with their broadly liberal views on most issues, which have led them to favor Democratic candidates for decades.
…
In polls like Harvard’s, Mr. Biden performs much more strongly among registered or likely voters than he does in polls of all adults, suggesting that he is weakest with those least interested in the race. Young people, who are often late in following elections, appear to be especially disengaged from this year’s race, a contest between two familiar candidates in their 70s and 80s.
Still, the Trump campaign sees opportunity in the signs of shifts in the demographic. A stark gender divide has emerged in young people’s politics in recent years, in which Republicans enjoy an advantage among young men.
In a Times/Siena poll in February, young voters were far more likely to say they were personally helped by Mr. Trump’s policies than by Mr. Biden’s, and far more likely to say they were personally hurt by Mr. Biden’s than by Mr. Trump’s (though in both cases, about half said neither president’s policies had made much difference either way).
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When Democrat politicians in New York passed the Adult Survivors Act to punish Donald Trump and provide the ability for E. Jean Carroll to go after Trump 30 years later, their Trump Derangement Syndrome blinded them to how it might impact them.
The now-expired act allowed alleged victims to file civil lawsuits against their accused attackers within a specific window, even if the state’s statute of limitations had run out on their claims.
In November, The Gateway Pundit reported on allegations of sexual assault against embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) stemming from an incident in 1993.
Now, Kevin Parker, a Democrat state senator representing Brooklyn, is calling the Adult Survivors Act unconstitutional, and yet he voted for it.
The accusation against him occurred just before the law expired and stems from an incident in 2004.
The state senator, along with every other member of the state Senate, had voted for the legislation in 2021.
Parker even touted his support of the law in a statement in which he denied the rape charges against him shortly after they were levied in November.
“I voted in favor of the [Adult Survivors Act] to ensure all New Yorkers can seek justice and be heard,” Parker wrote of the legislation, which was also passed by the assembly, signed into law by Hochul in May 2022 and expired in November 2023.
“These allegations are absolutely untrue. My work and advocacy will continue,” Parker said.
Olga Jean-Baptiste alleges that when she was working with Parker on relief efforts for Haiti in 2004, he grabbed her by the wrists and forcibly raped her at her home.
Parker’s behavior has caused concerns in the past. In 2018, he tweeted to a GOP staffer to “Kill yourself.”
Candice Giove, who was the New York State Senate Majority’s deputy communications director, tweeted about Parker abusing his position after discovering that a placard found in a car parked in a bike lane belonged to Senator Parker. However, the license plate number on the placard did not match the vehicle.
Giove said on X, “It got to the bottom of this. The placard is assigned to @SenatorParker. However, the license plate # on the placard does not match the vehicle. So he either used it in another car or gave it to someone to use, both of which are not permitted.”
Although Parker deleted his reply to Giove, someone was able to capture a screenshot before it was removed.
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The aviation giant Boeing is facing a growing number of whistleblowers coming forward with safety concerns following the recent deaths of two previous whistleblowers, the New York Post reported.
The first whistleblower, John Barnett, a 62-year-old former Boeing quality control manager, was found dead in March in an apparent suicide. Barnett had been in the midst of giving depositions, alleging Boeing retaliated against him for complaints about quality lapses.
Barnett was found in his truck “suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.” A suicide note was reportedly found next to Boeing whistleblower John Barnett. However, his lawyers are questioning whether he took his own life.
According to the New York Post, police dusted the inside of John Barnett’s vehicle, which is an unusual move in a suicide investigation. Also, according to The Post, hotel workers who saw Barnett the night before he committed suicide say he seemed totally fine.
Barnett’s lawyers are asking for a thorough probe because they don’t believe he committed suicide.
“John was in the midst of a deposition in his whistleblower case, which finally was nearing the end,” Barnett’s lawyers said. “He was in very good spirits and really looking forward to putting this phase of his life behind him and moving on.”
Less than two months, a second Boeing-linked whistleblower, Joshua Dean, died at the age of 45 after a sudden and severe illness. Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, was one of the first to raise the alarm about potentially dangerous manufacturing defects on the 737 Max jets.
According to reports by the Seattle Times, Dean succumbed to a fast-spreading infection that led to multiple complications, ending his life at the age of 45. Dean, a resident of Wichita, Kansas—where Spirit AeroSystems is based—was previously in good health and known for his healthy lifestyle.
Both their attorneys, Robert Turkewitz and Brian Knowles, are pushing for an in-depth investigation into their deaths.
“It’s an absolute tragedy when a whistleblower dies under suspicious circumstances,” Turkewitz stated.
Last month, Quality Engineer Sam Salehpour, Ed Pierson, Executive Director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety and former Boeing Engineer, Joe Jacobsen, Aerospace Engineer, Technical Advisor to the Foundation for Aviation Safety, and former FAA Engineer, along with Shawn Pruchnicki, Ph.D., Professional Practice Assistant Professor for Integrated Systems Engineering at Ohio State University, testified before the Senate.
One whistleblower, Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour, testified before Congress that he had faced “physical threats” from his boss after raising concerns about structural issues with the 787 Dreamliner. He claimed that debris was found in the unfilled gaps between aircraft parts “80% of the time.”
“I have analyzed Boeing’s own data to conclude that the company is taking manufacturing shortcuts on the 787 program that may significantly reduce the airplane safety and the life cycle,” said Salehpour during the hearing. “Since 2013, there have been serious issues on the 787 program not properly closing thousands of gaps in its assembly of the fuselage on major joints.”
Another whistleblower, former Boeing engineer and senior manager Pierson, alleged there was a “criminal cover-up” at the company, claiming records related to a door blowout incident on a 737 Max plane did in fact exist, contrary to Boeing’s claims.
“Records do in fact exist. I know this because I personally passed them to the FBI,” Pierson said during the hearing, adding, “For the last couple months, there’s been talk that there’s no records, and that’s obviously not the case. It has been available for months.”
Now, it appears that at least 10 more whistleblowers have come forward with safety concerns about Boeing’s aircraft.
The whistleblowers have painted a troubling picture of Boeing, alleging the company prioritized profits over safety, ignored problems, and retaliated against employees who spoke up.
Boeing faces 10 more whistleblowers after two die: ‘People’s lives are at stake’ https://t.co/5Wv6eA8kUb pic.twitter.com/rPi5mugV9L
— New York Post (@nypost) May 4, 2024
New York Post reported:
The attorneys for both men hope their deaths don’t scare away the at least 10 other whistleblowers who want the company to clean up its act.
Brian Knowles, a Charleston, South Carolina, attorney who represented both Barnett and Dean hope their deaths were not in vain.
“These men were heroes. So are all the whistleblowers. They loved the company and wanted to help the company do better,” Knowles told The Post.
“They didn’t speak out to be aggravating or for fame. They’re raising concerns because people’s lives are at stake.”
Knowles and others inside the Boeing scandals are hesitant to speculate about conspiracy theories swirling around the two whistleblower deaths.
Knowles pointed out that the Charleston, SC police are still wrapping up their investigation of Barnett’s death — and that it may take some weeks for tests to reveal more about Dean’s passing.
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A Wisconsin elementary school teacher was arrested on charges of first-degree child sex assault Wednesday after the victim’s parents found text messages with the 11-year-old 5th-grade student discussing their touching and “making out.”
Police also reportedly found a folder with the boy’s name on it, which contained handwritten notes between the victim and the teacher, Madison Bergmann, talking about their kissing.
Bergmann reportedly told police that she received the child’s phone number during winter break after the family invited her on a vacation to the Afton Alps. Per the New York Post, Bergmann’s social media shows that she became engaged to Sam Hickman the same month as the trip.
Bergman has since been put on administrative leave and barred from contacting any minors, including the victim.
Via Kare 11:
Right now, 24-year old Madison Bergman is out of jail. She’s out on a $25,000 signature bond. She’s charged with first degree child sex assault. Now, here’s how we got to this point. Police say that Bergman’s abuse of this fifth grade student came to light really just in a matter of days. The male victim’s parents found text messages between him and Bergman on Monday morning. Then on Wednesday, the parents brought those texts to River Crest Elementary School Administrators. Those texts include conversations about the two kissing, touching, making out.
Bergman was questioned on Wednesday. She told investigators she was given the child’s phone number after a trip to Afton Alps with the child’s family. She was then placed under arrest that very same day. Bergman’s been ordered to have no contact with the victim or with anybody under the age of 18. She’s also been ordered to wear a GPS monitoring device. She’s due back in court here in St. Croix County on May 30.
Sam Hickman, who was engaged to Bergmann this July, described the situation to a friend as “f*cked up.” The soon-to-be newlyweds have called their wedding off.
Per the New York Post:
Madison Bergmann and her betrothed, Sam Hickman, were due to tie the knot in July — but the revelation of her sick love affair with one of her 11-year-old students has halted any plans of a flowery ceremony.
“He says it’s f–ked up that she cheated with a little kid,” the friend told The Post.
“He’s really really hurt. Not talking too much about it, just like ‘this is f–ked up’.”
The 24-year-old teacher was busted after the victim’s parents found texts between the pair, according to charging documents.
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Republican Senator Marco Rubio was on “Fox News Sunday” with Shannon Bream earlier Sunday to discuss a few topics including the pro-Hamas agitators on college campuses.
The Florida Senator called for the visas of foreign students who support Hamas to be revoked.
“If you are on the streets of the United States you are here as a visitor on a visa. Ok, you are not an American, you are here on a visa. You are here to teach or, you are here to go to school and you are out there and are chanting on behalf of Hamas and Hezbollah and these terrorist groups who by the way also hate America, we should revoke your visa,” Rubio said.
“There’s a bunch of Democratic donors, major Democratic donors who are behind the groups that are funding all this,” Rubio continued.
“They are committing acts of violence, not just acts of anti-Semitism, acts of violence, of vandalism, threatening people,” Rubio continued.
Watch:
WATCH: Senator @marcorubio calls for foreign students supporting Hamas to have their visa revoked. pic.twitter.com/MWi1S3eMBk
— Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) May 5, 2024
Numerous college campuses have been overwhelmed by these well-organized and well-funded groups of pro-Hamas thugs. They even built a wall around the area where they were protesting at UCLA.
Last week police took action and cleared out encampments at UCLA with riot gear.
Watch:
#UCLA: In a lightning-fast strike, law enforcement launched its second offensive, blasting through the Hamas terrorist perimeter and sending the terrorists reeling as command posts were reduced to rubble. #LAPD #Hamas #HamasTerrorists pic.twitter.com/aeNQD7Ff0M
— XOOAA (@X_O_O_A_A) May 2, 2024
This is Joe Biden’s America.
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Court documents showed Kandic had multiple responsibilities, including recruiting foreign fighters (ISIS photo)
On January 4, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) called for worldwide targeting of Jews and Christians, which it later claimed resulted in 610 people wounded or killed in 110 attacks across 12 countries.
Avril D. Haines, the Director of National Intelligence, told a Senate panel, “The threat from ISIS remains a significant counterterrorism concern,” while noting that the majority of its attacks have been carried out by “parts of ISIS that are outside of Afghanistan.”
The main body of ISIS is active in Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, but it is also absorbing other groups. In the Philippines, Abu Sayyaf has been the primary terrorist organization.
However, in 2014, a faction of Abu Sayyaf pledged allegiance to ISIS, and in 2016, a new branch was formed called ISIS-East Asia or ISEA-Philippines. ISIS also has affiliations with groups in West Africa, including factions of the Nigeria-based terrorist group Boko Haram.
An ISIS faction, the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), has been rising in infamy and is believed to be responsible for the Moscow concert attack, as well as an attack in Iran that killed 100 people. Director Haines warns that ISIS-K may be ready to launch attacks in the U.S. and the West in as little as six months.
Established in 2015, ISIS-K comprises mainly fighters from Central Asia, along with members of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Its prominence escalated into a global jihadist organization after the Taliban seized control of the Afghan government in 2021. Named after “the Khorasan” territory, encompassing Afghanistan, parts of Pakistan, Central Asia, and Iran, ISIS-K aims to establish a caliphate there. It receives funding from ISIS in Syria and anti-Taliban sources in Afghanistan.
The Taliban and ISIS-K are both Islamist groups, but they have significant ideological differences. ISIS-K follows a much stricter and more violent interpretation of Islam. They see the Taliban as insufficiently extreme and have clashed with them for control of territory and influence.
Both groups seek control of Afghanistan and its resources. ISIS-K considers the Taliban’s rule as illegitimate and aims to overthrow them. This competition for power prompts some Afghans to support ISIS-K in opposition to the Taliban.
Additionally, some former Taliban members, who either disagree with the group’s leadership or perceive them as not radical enough, join or support ISIS-K. The group also exploits local grievances against the Taliban, such as perceived corruption or heavy-handed rule, to garner support.
The Taliban has been fighting against ISIS-K in Afghanistan but has been unable to eradicate the group, which is also active in Pakistan and Iran. ISIS-K has been implicated in a number of thwarted terrorist plots in Europe. Members of ISIS-K networks have been arrested in Germany and the Netherlands.
ISIS-K claimed responsibility for an attack on a Roman Catholic Church in Istanbul, resulting in one fatality. The Turkey attack highlights the observations of some terrorism experts, indicating that ISIS-K has predominantly relied on inadequately trained individuals, with many of their attacks either failing or being thwarted.
However, the group is progressively gaining experience and augmenting its capabilities through the integration of other terrorist organizations. Conversely, if ISIS-K is indeed accountable for the Moscow and Iran attacks, it signifies them as one of the most lethal terrorist organizations currently active. Both of these attacks demonstrate a significant level of planning and competence.
ISIS-K’s recruitment strategies have proven notably successful, which is evident in its rapid growth. The group targets disenchanted Muslims across South and Central Asia, capitalizing on various local grievances such as poverty, government corruption, or ethnic tensions. These grievances are woven into a singular narrative, attributing blame to external forces or weak local governments while positioning ISIS-K as the sole solution.
They employ sophisticated online propaganda, often tailored to specific regions. ISIS-K emphasizes sectarian divisions, particularly targeting Shia Muslims, to stoke anger and fuel their narrative of oppression against Muslims.
This propaganda utilizes social media and messaging apps to disseminate their message and glorify violence. They also distribute publications in local languages to reach those who may not be active online. The group provides a sense of belonging and purpose to the marginalized or isolated. They exploit feelings of hopelessness and promise an opportunity to combat perceived injustices.
ISIS-K detests Jews, Christians, Shia Muslims, Iranians, and even terrorist organizations that it deems not extreme enough, like the Taliban. Essentially, if you exist and are not a member, ISIS-K hates you and wants to kill you. With wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and looming threats from Iran, China, and Russia, the resurgence of Islamic extremist terrorism and ISIS-K presents yet another threat for America to deal with.
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Google is reportedly censoring a new pro-Trump MAGA PAC ad that exposes Joe Biden’s prioritization of illegal “newcomers to America” over Americans being crushed by inflation.
According to Trump surrogates and supporters who are calling on supporters to make the video go viral, Google took down the ad, claiming it violates their guidelines.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the State of Michigan, under Biden-ally Governor Gretchen Whitmer, is offering $500 in taxpayer money to house illegal aliens as it struggles with the pressure of Biden’s invasion.
“The Newcomer Rental Subsidy program provides Refugees and other Newcomer population-eligible households with rental assistance up to $500 per month for up to 12 months, with eligibility based on immigration status and household income,” The Office of Global Michigan’s website states.
Per Daily Mail, “Congresswoman Lisa McClain of Michigan sent a letter to Biden calling the scheme a ‘slap in the face’ to the state’s taxpayers and a way of ‘rolling out the red carpet’ for illegal migrants.”
This news comes as the American economy is failing. GDP dropped faster than expected in the first quarter of 2024 and came in at half the rate of Q4 2023, while inflation rose to 3.7% in the first quarter.
Yet, Joe Biden says it’s India, Japan, Russia, and China who are failing economically “because they’re xenophobic,” but the US economy is “growing” because we roll out the red carpet to illegal immigrants paid for by you.
According to a recent poll, 70% of voters in swing states say that the United States economy is on the "wrong track." 51% of voters say they trust Trump more on the economy, while just 36% say Biden.
The advertisement shows a Biden phone banker calling a voter who is upset that "everything costs more," including rent.
The Biden volunteer then looks to her talking points, which read, "Biden is helping to pay rent for newcomers to America [do not say immigrants]."
The voter responds, "You mean illegal immigrants? I'm struggling to pay my bills, but Biden's paying rent for illegals? They get handouts, and I'm paying for it!" He continues, "Things were better before Biden. I'm voting for Trump.
Watch below:
You can help this ad be seen by sharing this story and the tweets below:
Google banned this ad!
Please make sure that you don’t REPOSTIT… pic.twitter.com/cZ4ynX8AcI
— Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) May 4, 2024
Google is censoring this pro-Trump ad to protect Biden.
Let's make it go viral. pic.twitter.com/1qDH5QzkbJ
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 4, 2024
Google has taken down this Trump ad on the pretext of violating its guidelines. The real reason of course is because it’s pretty effective. Let’s teach Google a lesson by sharing this widely! pic.twitter.com/YJJcf2UK2Q
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) May 4, 2024
GOOGLE TOOK DOWN THIS TRUMP AD, saying it “violated their guidelines.”
More big tech censorship to help crooked Joe Biden!
Watch and share this ad!
— Alex Bruesewitz (@alexbruesewitz) May 4, 2024
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President Trump on Sunday traveled to Miami ahead of the Formula One Miami Grand Prix 2024.
WATCH:
President @realDonaldTrump en route to Formula 1 Miami pic.twitter.com/gE1l4Sz56u
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) May 5, 2024
Law enforcement lined the street to greet President Trump as he arrived at Miami International Autodrome.
Officers waved and applauded as Trump’s motorcade passed by.
WATCH:
President @realDonaldTrump arrives at Miami International Autodrome to warm welcome from Florida Law Enforcement!! pic.twitter.com/KfNch9qQGw
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) May 5, 2024
“Hello everybody,” Trump said as he waved to attendees at the third Formula One Miami Grand Prix.
“Welcome, Mr. President! Thank you! Well done, Mr. President! Make America Great Again!” attendees shouted as Trump walked by.
WATCH:
Nos separaron en un pasillo sin saber que pasaba y aparece Donald jajaja. pic.twitter.com/CNauV7dMyg
— Momo (@momorelojero) May 5, 2024
President Trump arrived to thunderous applause on Sunday.
The crowd chanted, “USA! USA! USA! as Trump waved to the crowd outside the McLaren Garage on Pit Lane.
WATCH:
Crowd chants “USA!” as President @realDonaldTrump arrives outside the McLaren Garage on Pit Lane pic.twitter.com/JzioZeUNPJ
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) May 5, 2024
Additional footage of Trump firing up the crowd:
President Trump fires up the Formula 1 crowd as chants of “USA” welcome him to the race track pic.twitter.com/nhw73gaiPs
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) May 5, 2024
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The United States Military Academy at West Point is introducing a new curriculum that includes courses on “deconstructing patriotism,” “cross-dressing in the military,” and other topics related to gender norms and representation.
These courses are part of a broader initiative by the Biden regime to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) propaganda into the curriculum over duty, honor, and country.
Former Navy SEAL and Representative Scott Taylor (R-VA) tweeted his concerns after the curriculum was reportedly shared with him, stating, “This was sent to me, classes at U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Quite sure China and Russia are not teaching this nonsense to their officers. Fix yourself.”
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton also weighed in, calling out the Biden regime for “abusing cadets at West Point” through indoctrination.
Biden administration abusing cadets at West Point. https://t.co/xKkWOBc35P
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 5, 2024
The controversial courses are as follows:
The point of contact for these courses is Dr. Morten Ender, Professor of Sociology and Co-Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Studies Minor at West Point.
Dr. Ender has published on related topics, including a paper titled “Dinner and a Conversation: Transgender Integration at West Point and Beyond,” and “Inclusion in the U.S Military: A Force for Diversity.“
These courses are a distraction from the Academy’s mission to produce leaders capable of winning wars.
The Pentagon suggested that the United States military entered 2024 with its smallest size and lowest qualification levels in nearly eight decades. This development raises significant concerns about national security and military readiness in an era of evolving global threats.
According to Daily Mail, the total number of active-duty personnel has dropped to levels not seen since the early 1940s, a period before the U.S. entered World War II.
The emerging challenges in military recruitment are becoming increasingly evident, as seen in this year’s significant shortfall of 41,000 personnel. This gap highlights the widening disconnect between the military establishment and the younger generations.
Recruiting has been hampered by the COVID-19 vaccine mandates as well as an increasingly woke military atmosphere where trans soldiers are give special privileges while Christian soldiers are persecuted, bases host drag shows, and leaders with a history of anti-white statements are hired.
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth claimed that ‘woke’ criticisms of the military hurt recruiting. Over the last three years, it has been widely reported that recruiting is way down across all branches of the U.S. military.
It’s fascinating that this official is claiming that woke criticisms are the problem, not the woke policies that have been put in place.
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Jeremy Clarkson, a popular British broadcaster, journalist, and writer best known for his role on the BBC TV show Top Gear, hit back at woke content warnings being placed on different forms of entertainment in the UK.
Clarkson said that the recent influx of trigger warnings before various forms of entertainment is worlds away from the Britain he grew up in, where nudity and potentially controversial content was displayed without a care.
Writing in The Times, he said: “Today, we have warnings before every show about all of the horrors that lie ahead. We’re told that we are going to see nudity and smoking and that there may be drug ‘misuse.’”
He added, “Today we are told on an hourly basis that our children are subjected to far too much online titillation,” however, he suggests that it is worse now than what he grew up.
Clarkson’s comments come on the heels of reports that Shakespeare’s Globe in London recently issued “content guidance” for its productions of Antony and Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar.
Leftists ruin everything, even great literary works.
Ahead of Antony and Cleopatra, the theatre warned audiences of “depictions of suicide, scenes of violence and war and misogynoir references”.
Misogynoir is a relatively new term for describing discrimination against women and black people.
The Telegraph reports that a warning for Midsummer Night’s Dream contains “misogyny and racism.”
The inclusion of a warning on preview material for the play comes after education experts at the Globe Theatre critiqued it for its misogyny, and as part of a series of “Anti-Racist Shakespeare” seminars intended to “decolonise” the Bard’s work.
The Globe hosts Anti-Racist Shakespeare seminars which is “a series of free webinars that brings together scholars and artists of colour from a wide variety of backgrounds to examine Shakespeare’s plays through the lens of race and social justice.”
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Despite referring to Joe Biden as “Genocide Joe,” anti-Israel protesters receive much of their financial backing from wealthy Democratic donors, an analysis has revealed.
Politico reported on Sunday that despite Biden’s lukewarm support for Israel, many of his biggest donors, including the Bill Gates, George Soros and the Rockefeller and Pritzker families, are also funnelling money towards the pro-Palestinian protesters that have dominated headlines over recent weeks.
“The donors include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Gates, Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker, according to a POLITICO analysis.”
Who is funding the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University https://t.co/Qqg3eIPsyu via @politico
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) May 5, 2024
The report states:
Two of the main organizers behind protests at Columbia University and on other campuses are Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. Both are supported by the Tides Foundation, which is seeded by Democratic megadonor George Soros as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and it in turn supports numerous small nonprofits that work for social change. (Gates did not return a request for comment, and Soros declined to comment.)
Another notable Democratic donor whose philanthropy has helped fund the protest movement is David Rockefeller Jr., who sits on the board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. In 2022, the fund gave $300,000 to the Tides Foundation; according to nonprofit tax forms, Tides has given nearly $500,000 over the past five years to Jewish Voice for Peace, which explicitly describes itself as anti-Zionist.
Several other groups involved in pro-Palestinian protests are backed by a foundation funded by Susan and Nick Pritzker, heir to the Hyatt Hotel empire — and supporters of Biden and numerous Democratic campaigns, including $6,600 to the Biden Victory Fund a few months ago and more than $300,000 during the 2020 campaign.
It goes on to note how these donations emphasize the “blurred lines when it comes to liberal causes and Democratic politics,” which includes “conflicting agendas and tactics” and a “small group of wealthy heavyweights are often playing an outsize role funding many of them.”
Although Biden has so far refused to fully condemn the protesters, he has argued that they are breaking the law and not abiding by the norms of peaceful protest.
“Destroying property is not a peaceful protest, it’s against the law,” Biden said. “Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduation, none of this is a peaceful protest.”
Biden, a few moments ago:
“Destroying property is not peaceful protest. It’s against the law.
“Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes & graduations …none of this is peaceful protest.” pic.twitter.com/onz9bgYQie
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 2, 2024
Despite these contradictions, there can be little doubt that Israel’s war in Gaza is proving to be an enormous headache for the Biden regime, which is increasingly alienating the hard left of the Democratic Party who oppose the existence of Israel altogether.
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President Trump this weekend called for Jack Smith to be arrested after the Special Counsel admitted in a court filing that he lied to the court about the classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago.
“ARREST DERANGED JACK SMITH. HE IS A CRIMINAL!” Trump said in a Truth Social post this weekend.
Jack Smith admitted he lied to the Court about the classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago in a motion filed late Friday night.
Special Counsel Jack Smith on Friday evening responded to Trump’s co-defendant Walt Nauta’s motion to extend a deadline for disclosures in the classified documents case.
Recall that Walt Nauta, a former White House employee and Navy veteran who worked valet for Trump and served as a personal staffer at Mar-a-Lago was indicted along with Trump last year.
In a motion filed late Friday, Jack Smith admitted the FBI messed with the boxes containing “classified” documents they seized from Trump and can’t be sure the order or the placement of the documents.
In a May 1 filing, Walt Nauta’s attorney claimed he had difficulty in cross-referencing materials in classified and unclassified discovery because “certain items in the seized boxes he reviewed were in a different order from where they appear in the scans of the boxes’ contents produced in discovery.”
Jack Smith in his Friday night response admitted the FBI moved the classified documents around.
According to a footnote in the motion reviewed by The Gateway Pundit, the FBI messed with the boxes containing the ‘classified’ documents they seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
The DOJ previously assured the Court that the placement of classified documents as originally found had been maintained – THEY LIED!
Footnote 3: The Government acknowledges that this is inconsistent with what Government counsel previously understood and represented to the Court. See, e.g., 4/12/24 Hearing Tr. at 65 (Government responding to the Court’s question of whether the boxes were “in their original, intact form as seized” by stating “[t]hey are, with one exception; and that is that the classified documents have been removed and placeholders have been put in the documents”
The DOJ in August 2022 lied to the Court when they claimed the red, blue and yellow sheets shown in the viral photo of the classified documents indicated their classification status.
It turns out they were “slip sheets” the FBI used to replace the so-called classified documents.
The FBI admitted they messed with Trump’s documents! The FBI used cover sheets as placeholders for the classified documents.
“After the boxes were brought to WFO, the FBI created an index to correlate the documents with classification markings to codes (e.g., document “bb”) and labeled the classified cover sheets in the boxes with the codes for the seized documents. The FBI also generally replaced the handwritten sheets with classified cover sheets annotated with the index code, but regardless, any handwritten sheets that currently remain in the boxes do not represent additional classified documents—they were just not removed when the classified cover sheets with the index code were added. In many but not all instances, the FBI was able to determine which document with classification markings corresponded to a particular placeholder sheet.”
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RNC Chief Counsel Charlie Spies is reportedly leaving after he was apparently “pushed out,” according to sources.
As reported by Joe Hoft, Spies is a rabid Never Trumper, who joined forces with Hillary attorney Marc Elias in 2016 to label Trump a threat to Democracy, called Trump a grifter, accused him of trying to make money by being president (remember Trump didn’t even take a salary), repeatedly claimed there was no fraud in the 2020 election, celebrated Biden’s 81 million vote heist, and supported those campaigning against Trump in this election cycle.
Spies has appeared on CNN and on an election integrity panel at CPAC in 2021, claiming that elections "can't be rigged." He also admitted that Marc Elias is a friend and that he said elections were secure at the request of Elias before Hillary Clinton and the Democrats pushed their Russian Collusion hoax in 2016.
Via The Absolute Truth With Emerald Robinson:
Good riddance!
This guy would not pair well with RNC Chair Michael Whatley's pledge to ensure that the 2024 presidential election is not tainted by the widespread voter fraud that occurred in 2020 and 2022. It is unclear why the RNC hired him in March.
NBC reports,
Spies was previously described by a campaign official as “the best at what he does, knows the FEC loopholes better than anyone” but a “gun for hire."
However, Spies was not a fan of the former president.
He previously worked for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during the GOP primary. The longtime Republican lawyer is known for expanding the use of super PACs after the landmark Citizens United decision.
Spies was also behind Right to Rise, the super PAC that Jeb Bush used during the 2016 cycle to raise a record-breaking $100 million in the months before formally announcing his candidacy. Spies filed a complaint in 2015 with the Federal Election Commission against the Trump Organization while in his super PAC role.
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The Gateway Pundit previously reported that far-left actor Mark Hamill made an appearance at the White House press briefing Friday to lavish Joe Biden with unwarranted praise. It also turns out that Biden invited the infamous “Star Wars” actor into the Oval Office for an embarrassing photo-op to mark the day fans celebrate the sci-fi saga.
Hamill has been one of Hollywood’s most vocal supporters of Biden despite the White House occupant having an approval rating hovering below 40% while regularly bashing President Trump on social media.
In a video posted on Biden’s White House X account, the elderly Biden stares into the camera and says, “May the 4th be with you,” before Hamill appears to complete the lame clip.
“Always!” Hamill replies in a deep voice.
The portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen hanging on the Oval Office wall while both Biden and Hamill embarrass themselves.
WATCH:
We had a very good feeling about this.
May the 4th be with you, America. pic.twitter.com/uZVS5qHkcG
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 4, 2024
The lame attempt to pander to the “Star Wars” community backfired completely as social media users unleashed a series of savage responses.
A vote for Biden is a vote for war.
CC: @TryloTheCreator pic.twitter.com/JDhUTmXnGM
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) May 5, 2024
A dementia patient and a homeless drunk.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) May 4, 2024
The most hilarious thing is that Joe is in Delaware right now and has already forgotten he said this.
— Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) May 4, 2024
May the fourth be with you. pic.twitter.com/Dg5SCoI3jf
— Baad Sheep (@thebaadsheep) May 4, 2024
Idiots, these two are. pic.twitter.com/ciL9ASKGJN
— Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) May 4, 2024
The only thing that’s missing is Hunter! pic.twitter.com/OTCXvZL838
— DK (@1Nicdar) May 4, 2024
When you ask the Biden administration how much inflation they want pic.twitter.com/C63WShocAJ
— Robert Sterling (@RobertMSterling) May 4, 2024
OMFG!!!
May the force be up yers…. pic.twitter.com/ad8VgfuFGS— MAGA Patriot
Well that was dumb. I think Joe actually came up with this one himself.
— Billy Rhodes (@Bill_Rhodes54) May 4, 2024
This is not the first time Hamill has humiliated himself on Biden’s behalf, either. As the Hollywood Reporter notes, he appeared in an ad for the Biden-Harris campaign toward the end of the 2020 Presidential campaign where he engaged in fear-mongering over what would happen in a Trump second-term.
Hamill specifically cited Trump’s warning of a rigged election, opposition to Obamacare, and “climate change” skepticism.
Thank you for your support, @HamillHimself. May the force be with us this election season. pic.twitter.com/GlgnKz8q96
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 28, 2020
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The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has many demands in their latest salvo in negotiating a new contract with the public schools system.
While the union’s demands have not been made public, Fox News reports a leaked document “sheds light on the eye-popping demands.”
The $50 billion they are asking for includes a 9% wage hike, fully paid abortions for its members, new migrant services and facilities, and a myriad of LGBT-related requirements.
According to Fox News, the total base tax receipts for the state of Illinois last year were $50.7 billion.
The excessive demands come despite Chicago public schools failing their students, and academic rigor in Illinois continues to slip lower and lower.
A recent Illinois State Board of Education report card is dreadful.
In 30 schools in Illinois, not a single student can read at grade level, 22 of which are in the City of Chicago.
In 53 schools, not a single student can do math at grade level, 33 of which are in Chicago.
Maybe that is why Stacy Davis-Gates, President of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) sends one of her children to a private Catholic high school in Chicago.
But let’s throw more money at a failing system.
The union’s demands have not been made public but a leaked document sheds light on the eye-popping demands.
Union President Stacy Davis Gates’ audacious plan calls for members to bank at least 9% wage increases each year through fiscal year 2028.
The average salary of a teacher in Chicago Public Schools is $93,182, according to research by the Illinois Policy Institute, a conservative nonprofit think tank. Therefore, the average teacher’s pay will increase by half to $144,620 in the 2027-2028 school year, it says.
That figure would equate to more than double the median household income in Chicago, according to Census Bureau statistics.
The demands include money to convert unused school facilities into housing for illegals and provide each migrant student with $2,000 to help with various services.
The contract also asks that all counselors, clinicians, social workers, and school psychologists are ‘queer competent’ and that they should be ‘trained annually on LGBTQ+ issues as a qualification of their job description.’
Each school must also have at least one gender-neutral bathroom.
All this while Chicago’s public pension system is in dire straits.
According to a report from Equable Institute, Chicago’s core public pensions, which include municipal, laborers, police, fire and the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund, hold more debt than 44 states with a combined pension debt of nearly $48 billion.
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Some Americans are merely disgusted by the idea of lab-grown meats, but many others are actually alarmed at the prospect of eating synthetic foods.
One state is now taking the lead by banning lab-grown meat from even being sold inside its borders.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that actually outlaws the sale of lab-grown meat in Florida making the Sunshine State the first to enact such a law.
DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1084 into law on May 1 during a visit to Wauchula, Florida.
Speaking at the Hardee County Cattleman’s Arena in Wauchula, DeSantis said that Florida stands with agriculture.
“In the State of Florida, we’ve put down the marker very clearly: We stand with agriculture,” DeSantis said, according to WTVT-TV. “We stand with the cattle ranchers. We stand with our farmers. Because we understand it’s important for the backbone of the state, it’s important for the culture, it’s important for our heritage.”
The new law makes several alterations to rules from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that now prohibits the manufacture, sale, holding or distribution of “cultivated meat” in Florida.
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Wilton Simpson also celebrated the signing of SB 1084.
“Florida is making a tremendous step in the right direction by signing first-in-the-nation legislation banning lab-grown meat,” Simpson exclaimed. “Lab-grown meat is a disgraceful attempt to undermine our proud traditions and prosperity and is in direct opposition to authentic agriculture.”
“We must protect our incredible farmers and the integrity of American agriculture. Lab-grown meat is a disgraceful attempt to undermine our proud traditions and prosperity and is in direct opposition to authentic agriculture,” Simpson added, according to KXAN-TV.
One company that sells lab-created meat products said they were “disappointed” at the news and insisted, “We’re not going anywhere.”
“In a state that purportedly prides itself on being a land of freedom and individual liberty, its government is now telling consumers what meat they can or cannot purchase,” Good Meat said in an X post.
“The law is a setback for everyone: Floridians who deserve the right to eat whatever safe and approved meat they want; Florida’s technology sector, innovators and entrepreneurs; and all those working to stop the worst impacts of climate change,” the company added.
Some nutritionists have also sounded the alarm over products developed in labs over claims they lack essential nutrients.
Still, Florida is not the first jurisdiction to reject lab-grown meat products. In Europe, Italy has also turned against the products by banning lab-grown meats as a “health threat.”
Regardless, several large meat producers have begun investing large sums of money into the development of lab-grown food products.
And despite the wide-spread disgust many feel towards the whole idea of synthetic meat, many elites — including Bill Gates — are pushing world leaders to reduce animal-based food production and replace it with artificial products such as lab-grown meats.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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President Trump went off on his enemies colorfully and discussed potential VP picks during a fiery speech at the Mar-A-Lago Saturday afternoon.
As the Daily Mail reported, Trump hosted around 400 donors and lawmakers for a $ 40,000-a-head fundraising lunch at his home. NBC News notes this luncheon was part of the Republican National Committee’s spring retreat.
Trump slammed Special Counsel Jack Smith as a “f**king a**hole” for trying to throw him in prison for speech crimes.
He then went on to blast Smith as an “evil thug” and “deranged.”
He also brutally mocked Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as a “real beauty” and “Mrs. Wade” during his speech. The latter is particularly biting because of her notorious and corrupt affair with former Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
Trump also compared the Biden regime to Nazi Germany, accusing them of running a “Gestapo administration.”
However, the 45th President was not content to slam his political opponents. He also took time to tease who might select as his running mate.
NBC notes that several potential GOP vice presidential candidates are in attendance for the retreat. These include South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.
“I’ve got 50 people calling me, begging me, ‘I’ll cut off my right arm, sir,'” Trump said. “‘ Please, I want to be the vice president.'”
Trump gave a shoutout to Stefanik, who fiercely defended him during his impeachment trials and completely destroyed woke Ivy League presidents over their handling of anti-Semitism on their campuses.
“Everybody said she’s going to be the vice-presidential candidate,” Trump teased.
Trump previously described Stefanik as a “real killer” during a Mar-A-Lago dinner back in January.
But the 45th President also praised several other rumored candidates. He described former presidential “rival” Scott as “one of the greatest surrogates” and called Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) “incredible.”
He also had kind words for Burgum, another former “rival” during the GOP Presidential primary, calling him “really impressive.” Trump went on to praise Rubio as a “talented guy.”
Trump also offered to let donors come up on the stage if they donated $1 million on the spot. Two donors took Trump up on his offer, and one told the crowd, ‘Donald J Trump is the person that God has chosen.’
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On Saturday night, comedian Katt Williams performed his “Woke Folk” set live on Netflix.
Williams’ take on the FBI’s non-investigation into a bag of cocaine found inside the White House, was hilarious.
Showing a giant photo of a baggie labeled ‘Hunter’s Blow, Williams launched his take.
“The truth is crazy enough, you ain’t got to make up no sh**. I’m gonna say something to you that sounds like a m’fer made it up…and it’s really in the news.”
“The FBI, OUR FBI, The Federal Bureau of Investigation, said they don’t know whose cocaine was at the White House….whaaaat?”
“What type of investigation did you do?! I don’t know what the fu** is going on. ‘We don’t know whose it is.’ It was in Hunter Biden’s room. It said ‘Hunter’s Blow’ on the bag.”
“What do you mean whose cocaine? It’s crazy.”
“Hunter on crack….Joe is doing the best he m’fing can…we done lowered the bar so low for Joe, as long as Joe don’t fall, we’ll be fine….’go on and get up them stairs, Joe..there you go, that’s a boy.'”
“Hunter on crack…Joe asleep. The only person really working at the White House behind the scenes is Joe Biden’s German Shepherd named Commander.”
He then showed a photo of Biden with his dog while pointing out the many times Commander has bitten Secret Service agents at the White House.
**Language warning***
Watch:
Katt Williams WOKE FOKE
2024Cocaine in the White House Joe and Hunter Biden
( I’m dying ) pic.twitter.com/FXBcOWI8ld
— 1776 (@TheWakeninq) May 5, 2024
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Guest post by Paul Dabrik
Terry Newsome of Behind Enemy Lines podcast has been covering the ever-expanding issue of illegal immigration in the city of Chicago. The sanctuary city crisis has become a burden too heavy for the blue states to carry. In recent months, Chicago citizens have flooded city council meetings lambasting the Johnson administration for continually catering to the illegal immigrant population while housing them in facilities across the city. As the Gateway Pundit reported in March, migrant facilities in Chicago appear to be hot spots for imported crime of myriad sorts.
Illinois taxpayers are on the hook for everything from transportation, to food, shelter, phones, and childcare. The multiple modern ghettos that pose as migrant facilities have put an undue burden on both the emergency responders and the Cook County taxpayer. So much so that Mayor Brandon Johnson has recently asked the Chicago City Council for an additional $70 million to manage the illegal immigration crisis. This is on top of the $300 million already spent to sustain the crisis.
The irony is that Chicago faces record crime and violence in recent years due to the Illinois Safe-T act passed in 2022. The Act puts violent criminals back on the street through cashless bail. As Newsome covered in January, the homeless are left to freeze in the sub-zero temperatures of Chicago while migrants are housed, fed, and cared for on the taxpayer dime. The juxtaposition of increasing crime and cost of living with the uncapped spending on illegals has stressed the political tension to a breaking point. Recently an African American voter chastised the City Council while wearing a MAGA hat. The concerned citizen observed that previous funds going to illegal immigrants came from an opiate settlement fund. The harrowing story of a mother who lost her child from a stray bullet, and turning to opiates for solace is not out of the ordinary in Chicago.
It would seem that the situation in Chicago could not be more chaotic. However, the Freedom of Information Act is always bearing fruit. As previously mentioned, a FOIA to the Chicago Police Department in March for the period between January 2023 and February 2024 showed multiple criminal referrals from the Inn of Chicago migrant facility. Crimes such as assault, burglary, robbery, sexual assault, child abuse, child abduction, and endangering a child were exposed. Terry Newsome’s latest FOIA request regarding the migrant facility in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago has brought forth more troubling revelations.
Many similar criminal offenses were found at the Pilsen migrant facility, however it was a non-criminal report that is most concerning. Event number 2405108322 details the case of a lost phone. When examined, the phone showed recognizable evidence of human trafficking via WhatsApp messaging. The report also details a curious description of the phone itself. The phone is described as “1 Black Vortex Cellphone.” The model number is listed as “Vortex.” Interestingly, there is a company called Vortex Cellular. More interestingly Vortex Cellular has a government issued phone initiative. A recent LinkedIn article notes, “In this era, getting a phone for free has become possible, especially if you qualify for government assistance programs.” The article goes on to say that the phones are, “… funded by the government and facilitated by various wireless service providers.”
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SDS, ANSWER, MoveOn, Code Pink, Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, anti-Israel encampments….the names may change over the years, but the puppet masters, funders, tactics, and goals remain the same.
The great Andrew Breitbart told a CPAC crowd in 2012 how these organizations morph over the years.
“The community organizing that crafted the anti-war movement for the purpose, the sole purpose, of getting Barrack Obama and progressives elected, which disappeared and did not hold the anti-war president to task for maintaining ‘George Bush’s wars’ is the exact same organism that created the Occupy movement in order to defend this president and to get progressive officials elected.”
“It is not the story you will see on ABC, CBS and NBC…they try to act as if this is organic. It’s organic the way the anti-war movement was….the exact same people, many of whom want to overthrow this government.”
Watch:
He also detailed a telling conversation with Bernadine Dohrn at a dinner she hosted with her equally radical husband, former unrepentant Weather Underground terrorist leader Bill Ayers, where she confirmed the left’s tactics.
Breitbart asked Dohrn, “If you care so much about protesting the war, why don’t you protest the war when Barrack Obama is president? Whatever happened to the anti-war president?”
“And this has always been my thesis on Occupy…Bernadine Dohrn said, ‘Well, the anti-war movement is more or less the Occupy movement.'”
“And that is the untold story of Occupy…it is the organized left of which Bernadine and Bill are a central component and community organizers, and they transformed for cynical political purposes, the anti-war into the Occupy movement with the same purposes….to put conservatives and people in flyover country, and the good and decent in this country on the defensive.”
“And it works with the aiding and abetting of the American mainstream media.”
Watch:
The only thing that has changed since Breitbart’s prophetic words is the name the professional America-hating bagmen for Democrats call themselves.
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When NYPD began arresting protestors at Columbia University, it confirmed what anyone with eyes knows.
College campus protests are being infiltrated by outside forces and supported by professional agitators.
One such alleged professional agitator is James Carlson, who was arrested inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall and has no affiliation with the University.
A group stormed the building while smashing windows and fortifying their position by barricading doors and covering windows, effectively taking control of the academic building.
A Columbia facilities worker recounted the harrowing experience of being held against his will by the protesters. “They held me hostage,” the worker disclosed to the Columbia Spectator after being released.
They’re stacking objects on both sides of the doors at Hamilton Hall of Columbia University in order to force controlled entrances and exits.
This is highly illegal and dangerous if people needed to escape in a hurry.
Police need to shut this down now.pic.twitter.com/RUc9AgkZ1S
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) April 30, 2024
When Carlson was arrested inside the building, he was already under investigation for grabbing an Israeli flag from a man near campus and setting it on fire in April.
But who is Carlson? He is the privileged son of a millionaire with a long history of violent protests.
And while Carlson “fights the man,” and rages against capitalism, which he can afford to do since it has benefitted him and his family, he goes home each night to his lavish $3.4 million Brooklyn brownstone property.
Another “shocker?” America haters stick together. Carlson’s stepmother is reportedly romantically linked to vocal leftist singer John Cougar Mellencamp.
Carlson is a rabble rouser and an attorney by trade, according to sources.
He is being looked at as a “possible leader” of the anti-Israel protesters who broke into Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall Tuesday night and barricaded themselves inside, a City Hall source said.
Emergency Services Unit cops used a military-style truck to get inside and arrest the rioters, including Carlson, early Wednesday morning.
He was charged with burglary, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, conspiracy and criminal trespassing.
“I observed the defendant inside the location with several other individuals,” a police officer wrote in the arrest report. “I did observe doors with shattered windows, doors off hinges, broken desks and exits blockaded by piled-up chairs.”
NEW: James Carlson, one of the primary agitators in the recent Columbia’s riots, turns out to be a millionaire’s heir with a long history of violent protests.
A lawyer and self-styled anarchist, Carlson is the son of late ad mogul Dick Tarlow.
Despite his privileged… pic.twitter.com/WkXBQohtJC
— Hank (@HANKonX) May 4, 2024
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Reprinted with permission by Joe Hoft and People’s Audit.
Well, I made a business out of eliminating waste and fraud along with scaling organizations. I believe you can always find ways to improve processes. With constant improvements in technology, it is just a matter of leveraging the latest proven technology to make things simpler and reduce costly errors with better monitoring of the transactions.
Along with better monitoring of those processes, you typically find some bad apples that need to be tossed because they refuse to stop wasting money or worse, get caught stealing it.
Every one of our business endeavors typically was self-funded in less than 3 months and it was a win-win because the waste we eliminated resulted in FAR MORE MONEY in the pockets of our shareholders than they ever had to pay to us for eliminating it.
Also, the employees of those same companies learned to love us because once they got over the habitual fear of change, we showed them how easy we could make their jobs by eliminating problems caused by recurring issues.
So how does that relate to elections?
Well, here is my Lake County, Florida Supervisor Election and former Florida Senator, Alan Hays proudly standing next to a baker’s rack full of undelivered voter information cards back in June 2022.
We know there were exactly 27,774 pieces of undelivered voter information cards in that rack because the Ladys of Lake County Election Team scanned every one of them. All the while Mr. Hays removed the chairs from the room so they couldn’t even rest while feeding them through the scanner.
I wish I could say he is a model public servant, but he has a nasty habit of blowing his top and yelling at you if you ask him questions.
So let’s say conservatively, the county paid $3 to print and postage each one of those voter information cards. That is $83,322 of Lake County taxpayer money this dentist-turned-mail-in election expert hauled off to the dump.
Was that one of the reasons why Hays got $195,000 in Zuckerbucks in 2020?
Keep in mind. This was just one mailing and I’m not considering storage, handling, transportation, and shredding of this mail because that all depends on your local rates. I do hope they securely dispose of these since they could be used to steal votes. But he told us he wasn’t going to look at them till after the 2 election cycles (Aug 2022 Primary & Nov 2022 General) were complete.
We counted about 572 primary voters who were somehow still able to vote by mail in the Aug 2022 Primary while their voter information card sat in that rack as undeliverable.
Think there may be a problem with waste and potential fraud here?
As for mail-in ballots, you could conservatively estimate $5-$10 per mail-in ballot if you consider the special paper, folding, and stuffing into envelopes.
But it’s a good thing Leon County’s Supervisor of Election, Mark Early is married to Stacey Early who heads the elections division of Cathedral Printing in Orlando. Catherdral, a New York-based company whose CEO was a monthly contributor to ACT BLUE, purchased Fidlar Elections in 2017. Do you think Earley gets us all a FAMILY DISCOUNT on the 2/3 of the state’s mail-in ballots that are printed at Cathedral?
You would think when Mark Early was president of the Florida Supervisors of Election, Inc. he would be promoting best practices on dealing with bulk mail since his wife is a long-time expert on the topic. I would have no problem with nepotism if she were training other countries on these best practices because large printers are typically experts on them.
That is because major print companies must follow USPS CASS (Coding Accuracy Support System) processes to qualify to send bulk mail.
In late September 2022, less than 2 months before the November General Election, The People’s Audit found about 100,000 undeliverable voters requesting mail-in ballots in that election. It was probably even higher than this number because this was just days before Hurricane Ian flattened and flooded parts of Florida.
Printers know which voter is undeliverable using the same type of software that we use. It works with the US Post Office to determine if the address is deliverable or not. It also corrects and correctly formats the address and most recognizably adds an extra 4 digits to the zip code.
If you ever bought anything online you probably saw a step asking you to confirm your address. This is the CASS Verification step most online retailers and Internet companies do. Here is an example from Google.
The software the printers use also has the capability of doing NCOA (National Change of Address) checks because the Post Office requires you to do these checks on your mail lists every 90 days to qualify for discount postage.
But in the printer’s contracts that we looked at in multiple counties, the printer will state that if the address cannot be verified, they will just print the address as is and cannot guarantee it will be delivered.
But the one thing you can guarantee is the printer still charges the counties to check that address along with printing the item and applying postage to it. EVERY TIME THEY ARE ASKED TO BULK PRINT ANYTHING FROM THE ELECTION OFFICES.
So let’s go with a conservative estimate of $5 per mail-in ballot time for 100,000 requests that were showing to be undeliverable. That is about $500,000 that the printers still charged the state. Our election officials then haul around the bakers’ racks continuing the cycle of waste each election cycle. I wonder if the election officials get any donations from the printers to keep business as usual running.
On top of all this waste, there is a return service fee charged by the US Post Office on every piece of returned mail.
Strangely, when you try to reconcile what the USPS charges the county for being undeliverable vs what the county records as undeliverable, it never seems to balance. Wherever we looked, the USPS seems to be charging for more items than the election offices are recording as undeliverable.
Is it because some ballots get harvested and counted in the elections or is the county office staff poor at manually reviewing all those envelopes and properly recording them?
Something does not add up here.
First and foremost, local election offices MUST adopt the same practices that companies use when dealing with bulk mail.
I AM NOT PROMOTING MAIL-IN BALLOT VOTING!
I still think mail-in voting is prone to fraud, but those election offices still need to mail out voter information cards, sample ballots, and notices along with keeping our voter rolls clean.
In my +20 years of building systems that clean organizational data, fixing addresses not only saves a tremendous amount of money that would otherwise get wasted, it also gives you more accurate ways to compare your data to other systems.
For instance, the people who are stored in the NCOA database are stored in CASS format.
If you have an address like “123 Main Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida” in your database, even though a human may see it is the same address, A COMPUTER WILL NOT MATCH the CASS formatted address which is: “123 MAIN ST, FT LAUDERDALE, FL.” Unless you tell a computer to ignore the case of the letter, it might not match just for being in a different case. That is why CASS CAPITALIZES the address. This makes it faster for the mail scanners to read them if they are all uniform and standardized.
So to reiterate, standardize your address for better matching:
If all your addresses are in CASS Format, the record matches with address changes, deaths, and felony charges will match more accurately.
So this small change will domino out into multiple areas. How do I know this? The reality is anyone who does anything with addresses in business and online retail knows this and has been doing this for nearly 20 years.
That is why it was so shocking to me to see election officials promoting mail-in ballots without even understanding the basics of mail. This is Fortune 500 standard practice in the private sector.
In the bulk printing industry, this knowledge would be the equivalent of a plumber knowing how to use a plunger to unplug a toilet. But you also don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see how the waste allows for mail ballots to be stolen as well as a LOT OF TAXPAYER MONEY to be spread across multiple government agencies and vendors.
When we started with the Nov 2020 voter rolls, Florida had 694,187 Active Registrations with both of their addresses UAA (Undeliverable As Addressed). Or unreachable by mail because both their residential and mail addresses were bad.
Fast forward to today, and with the grassroots efforts in Florida using The People’s Audit, we cut that number in half to 356,548 Active UAA Voters.
So just think about how much Florida is now saving with this reduced amount of undeliverable mail throughout the state. If we go back to that voter card example and $3 per mail piece, that is over 1 MILLION DOLLARS PER MAILING!
But wait…there’s more…
ERIC is now irrelevant. Why do we need to share our data with 3rd party left-leaning vendors when the election offices could easily check NCOA (National Change Of Address) in-house because all their addresses are already stored in the correct CASS format?
If the locals simply store the addresses using US Post Office CASS standards, they can easily acquire the same software they are currently paying the printers to charge them to use for EVERY SINGLE MASS MAILING.
That postal software requires you to do an automatic NCOA check every 90 days to qualify for discount postage. So the election offices would also know who has moved without the need for ERIC.
Also, this same software allows you to generate tracking IMB bar codes that will track that individual piece of mail to see if it is delivered or not..MOST IMPORTANTLY RECEIVE AN ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION WHEN IT DOES OR DOES NOT ARRIVE!
The USPS discontinued the previous system in which these bar codes we optional on some mail in late 2023 and now ALL MAIL is being tracked with these IMB codes. So either we are having our elections office use them directly OR we are paying the 3rd parties to apply them to every mailing.
Why on earth are we also paying 3rd part left-leaning organizations to do our mail ballot tracking when this can all be done SECURELY within our county election offices?
And why are they wasting resources manually documenting returned mail MONTHS AFTER AN ELECTION HAPPENS? The election notification on returned mail would come back during the mail ballot stage weeks before the election and could immediately VOID THAT BALLOT so it can’t be harvested.
After reading this I hope you understand how wasteful and frankly unprofessional what elections officials are currently doing.
So in summary, what can local election offices do?
NO EXCUSES! Not only does this save taxpayers MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY, but it also cleans our voter rolls and secures our election mail.
And there should also be enough left over to pay your staff more and hire some cybersecurity experts at the state and local levels.
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Joe Biden’s economy is having a serious negative impact all across the country and as prices on everything we need skyrocket, the dream of owning a home is slipping away.
A new study, for instance, finds that it is now cheaper to rent than it is to buy a home in the country’s 50 largest metro areas. And this is putting serious pressure on home builders and sales.
It is more cost effective to rent a place to live than to own a home, Bankrate said in a report it published at the end of April.
While the cost of rent soared over the last few years, the cost of buying and owning a home has not only caught up to that rise in rent but has eclipsed it as mortgage rates have begun rising and low home inventory have created higher prices, the report adds.
The personal finance resources company notes that owning a home now costs nearly 37 percent more than renting.
It was already so bad last year that Americans had to earn a record high annual income to be able to afford a home, as The Western Journal reported in October, but in the last year that problem has worsened.
Despite all this, 78 percent of Americans still feel that owning their own home is an integral part of the American dream, and they would like to be homeowners.
But a large number, 56 percent, also told the company that their income prevents them from fulfilling that dream, while 42 percent said home prices are too high.
Bankrate’s analysis found that in 50 metros, a mortgage for a median-priced home worth just over $400,000 costs $2,703 a month whereas rent only costs $1,979. That is a huge 36.6 percent difference.
Even worse, in 21 of those metro areas, the cost of a monthly mortgage is 50 percent higher than renting.
“Purchasing a home is a long-term commitment. Home price appreciation has slowed considerably and costs have risen dramatically since the days of 3 percent mortgage rates, so it’s going to take more time to break even on a purchase compared to renting.,” said Zillow chief economist Skylar Olsen.
It seems unlikely any of the elites at the World Economic Forum will shed a tear for the destruction of wealth this trend represents. For many families, a home is the largest investment they will make. Additionally, having the realistic potential of owning real property like a home is a cornerstone of a free society. It’s almost certain the WEF will be quite happy that Americans can’t afford the luxuries of investments and property.
That organization recently posted a video containing its “8 predictions for 2030” in which it noted that one of its top goals is to make sure the lowly common man will “own nothing” and will “be happy” about it.
The elites want to tear down the American dream, of course. The lofty ideas of ownership and controlling one’s own destiny is an impediment to their power grabbing and their authoritarian desires to rule over us all.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Guest post by Joe Hoft at JoeHoft.com – republished with permission
On Saturday in Springfield, Missouri, conservatives took back the Republican Party.
Like many other states, Missouri’s America First citizens don’t have a voice in their government. Although they are the super majority in the state, they are not being heard, and what they want for their state is not happening. Even though the GOP runs the state with a huge majority, key conservative policies and beliefs are pushed aside.
Leading up to the event, platform amendments were passed at county and district caucuses to be reviewed by the platform committee and implemented at the convention. The draft presented by the GOP completely ignored every amendment passed and watered down the current version of the platform.
Because of the disenfranchisement of the conservative base in Missouri, the grassroots rose up against the RINOs at the convention. They planned to unseat every RINO, swap the RINO agenda with an America First agenda, and force a revised platform to be voted on.
When the convention began, the effort to bring MAGA back to Missouri started. The RINOs in the party were shocked and spent the next three hours talking about all sorts of nothing while they tried to figure out ways that they could overcome the conservative coup.
Let the shenanigans begin. These stalling tactics aren’t going to work. Let’s get this show on the road #MOGOP #mograssrootstrong pic.twitter.com/BOv40Yw1GG
— Kristen Haftrak (@Kristen_Haftrak) May 4, 2024
The stalling from the GOP RINOs went on for three hours as they tried to figure out how to overcome the grassroot majority’s effort to take back the party.
https://t.co/tLDXVz8rDq pic.twitter.com/M0koAJedlv
— Kristen Haftrak (@Kristen_Haftrak) May 4, 2024
Eventually, Sophia Shore was voted in as the GOP Chairwoman of the convention. This was a win and the beginning of the grassroots efforts in taking back their party.
#mograssrootstrong https://t.co/NQWJpz41qZ
— Kristen Haftrak (@Kristen_Haftrak) May 4, 2024
GOP conservatives cheered when the grassroots supported GOP Chairwoman was elected to her new role instead of a RINO.
What an incredible day for Missouri Grassroots and bad day for the establishment. This is what a grassroot revolution looks like. We flipped the chair, committeeman/woman, the slate, and we voted down the RINO platform draft. #letsgomo #mograssrootstrong #grassrootrevolution pic.twitter.com/xHAZ47Yp0J
— Kristen Haftrak (@Kristen_Haftrak) May 5, 2024
And just like that, the RINO platform was voted down!!!
And the RINO platform was voted down!!! But those amendments were just suggestions, right? #mograssrootrevolution #weredone #mograssrootstrong #cleansweep pic.twitter.com/wPQPohwvAe
— Kristen Haftrak (@Kristen_Haftrak) May 4, 2024
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Business titan Elon Musk is now seemingly fully awake on the issue of election fraud and is urging whistleblowers to come forward to report irregularities ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
On Saturday, Musk retweeted a video from the Fair Election Fund to his 182 million followers, attracting some 1.6 million viewers at the time of writing.
The newly formed non-profit organization is seeking to compensate whistleblowers for exposing Democratic attempts to steal and subvert America’s electoral process.
If you are an election worker, organizer, or concerned citizen who has seen corruption in our elections firsthand, we want to hear your story.
Those who report fraud or abuse are eligible for payment from our $5 million fund. pic.twitter.com/JBKdj8uzbp
— Fair Election Fund (@FairElectFund) May 4, 2024
The ad states:
Free and fair elections are the bedrock of our American experiment. It is part of our core. But we can only have confidence in the result if there is trust in the process. Across the country, there are real cases of fraud and abuses of the system that have eroded our trust. From executive orders opening the door to non-citizens voting, while some cities look to make it commonplace. Unions rigging the game through unethical ballot harvesting. And some leaders are outright refusing to follow the law when administering elections.
This is happening in plain sight. But those in power look the other way. They lie and dismiss and then demonize common sense steps to ensure our elections are free and fair. And they are still lying. That is where the Fair Election Fund comes in. We are making a major investment to compensate those who expose cheating in our elections.
If you have knowledges of abuses in the system, your story could be what helps preserve our democracy. If you are an election worker, organizer or concerned citizen who has witnessed this corruption first hand, we want to hear from you. Those who report fraud from our $5 million fund. With your help, we’ll shine a light on the corruption and stop it. This is how we restore trust.
In a press release this week, the Fair Election Fund expanded on its plan to promote election integrity across the country following the fraud that took place in the 2020 and 2022 election cycles.
“The bulk of the group’s budget will be devoted to paying whistleblowers like election workers, organizers, and concerned citizens who have witnessed this corruption firsthand for sharing their stories,” the release read, according to Fox News.
“All claims will be vetted by Fair Election Fund’s team of experienced election law attorneys. The group will highlight these cases through aggressive paid and earned media campaigns, the first of which will begin immediately.”
Find out more about the Fair Election Fund at thefairelectionfund.com.
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Last weekend on Saturday night St. Louis area Police wasted no time in quashing an anti-Israel, Pro-Palestinian protest at Washington University in St. Louis after the protesters marched onto the Washington University campus and refused to leave campus.
The Israel-bashing Marxists formed a line on campus and locked arms as the police approached them to break up their encampment.
As the young leftists were chanting, “Hold the line!” Police moved in and dragged them away by their feet.
Here is video from WashU campus of police breaking up the illegal protest.
Via Catturd2
“Hold the line! Hold the line!”
Lasted 5 seconds – lol. https://t.co/jYyxe2Wazd
— Catturd
Green Party candidate for president Jill Stein was arrested at the anti-Israel protest.
What does Gaza have to do with the green agenda?
BREAKING: Jill Stein and her Campaign Manager and Deputy Campaign Manager, Jason Call and Kelly Merrill-Cayer, have been arrested at Washington University in St. Louis while supporting a protest against WashU’s ties to the war on Gaza.
Video from @KallieECox pic.twitter.com/rkUYC9b5Qx— Dr. Jill Stein (@DrJillStein) April 28, 2024
St. Louis Alderman President Megan Green was also in the crowd and refused to leave campus.
Last week, following the protests, the far left St. Louis City official was reportedly suspended from her position at the university where she taught kids techniques of the radical left protest movements.
St.Louis BOA President Megan Green leads protests. She was caught holding 2 teaching jobs at 2 St.Louis Colleges on how to be activists. The City pays her $90K a yr for a full time BOA Pres ! She was fired from Wash U. this week.
In retaliation for being fired, she set this up. pic.twitter.com/RD4E3ZlOJK— MAGA 100% ••American FREEDOM •#TRUMP (@0708America) May 4, 2024
The protesters were trespassing at the university and asked to leave.
Following the illegal protests the President of the St. Louis Board of Alderman was suspended from her position at the university where she brainwashes kids on how to hate America and take down the system.
KMOV reported:
100 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested over the weekend, as Washington University states it will pursue trespassing charges for those who remained on campus Saturday after being asked to leave; and it appears one prominent protester that was not arrested has been punished by the school.
St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Megan Green, who was not arrested, is an adjunct professor at the school but now says she’s being punished.
President Green was among the hundreds marching on campus. She told First Alert 4 she’s been put on administrative leave due to her presence on Saturday.
“It’s a very authoritarian, heavy-handed response,” said Green.
Green said she is now barred from the Washington University campus, as she says six other faculty members were put on administrative leave due to their presence on Saturday.
“I was able to teach my class via Zoom,” said Green.
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At least 30 sailors and Marines were injured off the Atlantic coast of Jacksonville, Florida, Wednesday when two landing hovercrafts collided.
Landing Craft Air Cushions, or LCACs, from both the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp and the transport dock vessel USS New York crashed into each other, according to a Navy announcement.
Sailors assigned to the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group and and Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit were conducting a training exercise when the incident occurred, according to the report.
The Western Journal reached out to the U.S. Navy for an update on the incident.
Cmdr. Lara Bollinger, a Navy public information officer, said that “[b]oth LCACs involved remained afloat after the incident, and have since returned to their respective ships.”
Bollinger added that the collision “remains under investigation” and noted that the Navy will provide more information when it is available.
She said that all 30 injured personnel received medical care. “Most injuries were considered minor, and those personnel returned to full duty,” she added.
Five of the 30 servicemembers reportedly required advanced medical care and were airlifted to Savannah Memorial University Medical Center in Southern Georgia, with most having been released.
30 U.S. Navy Sailors from the USS Wasp (LHD-1) and USS New York (LPD-21) as well as Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit were Injured on Wednesday, following an Incident off the Coast of Jacksonville, Florida which involved the Collision of 2 Landing Craft Air Cushions… pic.twitter.com/IttWXbOsI9
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) May 3, 2024
Bollinger said that “[o]f the five Sailors who were medically evacuated, one remains under medical care at a hospital in Savannah, Georgia. The others were treated and released to return to duty.”
“Our primary focus is on our Sailor’s health and well-being,” she added.
The vessels are currently at sea as part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group / Marine Expeditionary Unit 24 composite training unit exercise.
The Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) is a high-speed, over-the-beach, amphibious landing hovercraft that is built to carry a payload of up to 75 tons, according to a Navy website.
They are used to transport the weapons systems, equipment, cargo and personnel from ship to shore and across the beach.
LCAC can carry even heavy equipment such as M-1 tanks at high speeds, which provides significant benefits, the Navy site reported.
“Air cushion technology allows this vehicle to reach more than 70 percent of the world’s coastline, while only about 15 percent of that coastline is accessible by conventional landing craft.”
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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The Gateway Pundit reported that Hims and Hers CEO Andrew Dudum sparked outrage when he praised anti-Israel protestors and encouraged them to apply to his company, claiming that companies would want to hire them for their “moral courage.”
Dudum posted on X, “Moral courage > College degree. “If you’re currently protesting against the genocide of the Palestinian people & for your university’s divestment from Israel, keep going. It’s working.”
He continued, “There are plenty of companies & CEOs eager to hire you, regardless of university discipline.”
X users were confused and angry upon seeing this tone-deaf post, with many threatening to boycott the company.
You are about to be Bud Lighted. pic.twitter.com/SsXkydkcsT
— The Defiant Jew מרדכי
Can’t wait to read about how you’re new hires occupy and shut down you’re business because you said, or did something wrong in their little minds. For instance, calling your company “HIMS”. Good luck sir!
— kornfed (@GeeWillyQue1) May 3, 2024
According to the New York Post, the company’s stock is tanking company price dropping by eight percent on Friday and losing $210 million in stock value.
NEW: HIMS stock is going flaccid after founder & CEO Andrew Dudum praised pro-Palestine protesters & encouraged them to apply for jobs at his company.
Hims stock, a male ED brand, was down 8% on Friday after Dudum said he was “eager” to hire these students.
“Moral courage >… pic.twitter.com/chzXWz22Qi
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 4, 2024
The market cap of the company opened at $2.62 billion and closed at $2.41 billion, and share price continued to slide in after-hours trading on Friday and Saturday.
Trading volume was also more than double the average for the stock — indicating that some shareholders were rushing to get out.
$200 million in market cap decline today
IYKYK pic.twitter.com/AU1Ulk49vB
— Mark Suster (@msuster) May 3, 2024
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This May May 27–June 1, 2024, global elitists and world leaders from across the West will gather in Geneva, Switzerland, for the WHO’s 77th World Health Assembly (WHA).
Attendees from all 194 WHO member countries are set to vote on major amendments to the International Health Regulations that would effectively strip all power away from sovereign countries and turn it over to the WHO’s global health board in the event of a pandemic.
If the ratifications are agreed to this month, the WHO will also be granted sole authority over what constitutes a pandemic.
As we have seen over the past years, just about anything qualifies as an ‘existential threat to public health,’ including, but not limited to, misinformation, parents protesting at school boards, free speech, and—of course—racism. The fact that the WHO is on the cusp of unrestricted authority to decide these measures should terrify every American.
What’s more, the changes also include plans for a mandatory and universal vaccine passport system that’s overseen by the WHO. In fact, the globalist organization has already contracted a German-based company, called ‘T-Systems’, to develop the technology.
It can be recalled, “On 1 July 2023, the WHO took up the EU system of digital COVID-19 certification to establish a global system that will help protect citizens across the world from on-going and future health threats, including pandemics. This is the first building block of the WHO Global Digital Health Certification Network that will develop a system for global verification of health documents to deliver better health for all. The WHO will facilitate this process globally under its own structure with the first use-case being the convergence of digital COVID-19 certificates.”
From the joint WHO and T-Systems announcement:
“The World Health Organization (WHO) will make it easier for its member states to introduce digital vaccination certificates in the future. The WHO is setting up a gateway for this purpose. It enables QR codes on electronic vaccination certificates to be checked across national borders.
It is intended to serve as a standard procedure for other vaccinations such as polio or yellow fever after COVID-19. The WHO has selected T-Systems as an industry partner to develop the vaccination validation services.”
Aside from the fact that the WHO is an international, unelected, and unaccountable body with absolutely no concern for individual freedoms, the organization is led by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who repeatedly pushed outright lies and crippling restrictions throughout the China virus pandemic.
Now, 44 Republican senators have sent a strongly worded letter to Joe Biden, urging him to reject two forthcoming international agreements under consideration at the World Health Organization (WHO) that would compromise U.S. sovereignty.
Sen. Ron Johnson wrote on X, “Two international agreements are being considered at this month’s World Health Assembly that surrenders U.S. sovereignty to the WHO. [Biden] should reject them, or at least submit any agreement to the Senate as a treaty. The entire Senate GOP conference has signed onto my letter to Biden demanding just that.”
In their collective statement, the senators criticized the WHO’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling it an absolute and predictable failure that caused significant harm to the country. They assert that the United States must demand comprehensive reforms within the WHO before considering any amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) or engaging in new treaty negotiations that would extend the organization’s authority.
The letter reads:
“Next month, during the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly (WHA), your administration is expected to commit the United States to two international agreements that would strengthen the World Health Organization’s (WHO) authority to declare public health emergencies of international concern and expand the WHO’s authority over member states during such emergencies. This is unacceptable.
The WHO’s failure during the COVID-19 pandemic was as total as it was predictable and did lasting harm to our country. The United States cannot afford to ignore this latest WHO inability to perform its most basic function and must insist on comprehensive WHO reforms before even considering amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) or any new pandemic related treaty that would increase WIIO authority. We are deeply concerned that your administration continues to support these initiatives and strongly urge you to change course.
Article 55 of the IHR requires the text of any IHR amendment to be communicated to member states at least four months before the WHA at which they are to be considered. As the WHO has still not provided final amendment text to member states, we submit that IHR amendments may not be considered at next month’s WHA. Some of the over 300 proposals for amendments made by member states would substantially increase the WHO’s health emergency powers and constitute intolerable infringements upon U.S. sovereignty. As such, it was essential that the WHO abide by the four-month notice period to allow member states time to ensure that no traces of such proposals were included in a final amendment package for consideration by the WHA. Having failed to do so, amendments are not in order.
The WHO’s most recent publicly available draft of its new pandemic response treaty is dead on arrival. Instead of addressing the WHO’s well-documented shortcomings, the treaty focuses on mandated resource and technology transfers, shredding intellectual property rights, infringing free speech, and supercharging the WHO. Moving forward with a new pandemic preparedness and response treaty ignores the fact that we are still unsure of COVID-19’s origins because Beijing continues to block a legitimate independent investigation. We strongly urge you not to join any pandemic related treaty, convention, or agreement being considered at the Seventy-seventh WIIA. Should you ignore this advice, we state in the strongest possible terms that we consider any such agreement to be a treaty requiring the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senate under Article II Section 2 of the Constitution.
In light of the high stakes for our country and our constitutional duty, we call upon you to (1) withdraw your administration’s support for the current IHR amendments and pandemic treaty negotiations, (2) shift your administration’s focus to comprehensive WHO reforms that address its persistent failures without expanding its authority, and (3) should you ignore these calls, submit any pandemic related agreement to the Senate for its advice and consent.”
It is not just US. The Gateway Pundit previously reported that a significant demonstration took place in Japan’s Ikebukuro district last month, drawing attention to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) proposed Pandemic Treaty.
The treaty has sparked controversy and fear among citizens, leading to one of the largest protests in recent Japanese history, according to Aussie17, a former Big Pharma employee.
The march began in Higashi-Ikebukuro Central Park, where thousands of participants gathered with banners and chants expressing their opposition to the treaty and the WHO’s overreach, Yahoo reported.
Protesters voiced strong opposition to mandatory vaccinations and the potential infringement on Japan’s sovereignty. “We strongly protest against the WHO for forcing people to be vaccinated, ignoring Japan’s sovereignty where vaccines are voluntary,” declared one of the banners leading the march.
Here is the revised draft of the WHO’s Pandemic Treaty:
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As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Former Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Constitutional Coalition filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court on the question of presidential immunity.
As we are all aware, this case concerns the issue of whether a subsequent president may criminally prosecute his (or her) predecessor and current political rival for official acts the previous president took while in office.
The Friend of the Court brief was filed back in early April to defend the constitutional principle that a President of the United States, as the Nation’s chief executive, must have immunity from criminal prosecution for those official acts the President takes. Otherwise, fear of a subsequent political rival bringing a criminal prosecution against the President will impair the President from making those decisions necessary in the President’s best judgment to protect our national interest and discharge the duties of the office of Chief Executive.
How the Supreme Court decides this case will affect the Separation of Powers between the three branches of our government and will determine how future presidents fulfill their duty as Chief Executive. The brief provides a historical context for the Supreme Court to consider. It is not hyperbole to suggest that the United States v. Trump case is of a constitutional magnitude equivalent to Chief Justice John Marshall’s decision for the Court in Marbury v. Madison.
The oral argument in the United States Supreme Court took place on April 25th. A decision is expected before Independence Day.
Attorney Thor Hearne, outside counsel for the Constitutional Coalition, provided an analysis of the Trump vs. United States oral arguments. This was a blistering rebuke of the Biden administration's ham-handed defense of their actions to take down their political opposition in the upcoming election.
Via Attorney Thor Hearne:
Every Justice understood that the Supreme Court is deciding a landmark case that transcends the immediate issue of President Trump and the 2024 presidential election.
Given this, I was somewhat surprised by the quality of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s work. During my thirtyyear career I have had opportunity to argue before the Supreme Court and I have represented hundreds of amici parties, including the leadership of the United States House and Senate in matters before the Court. In most Supreme Court cases the Solicitor General represents the United States. Irrespective of whether it be the Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, or Biden Administration, I have found that the written briefs and argument by the Solicitor General and the counsel in the Solicitor General’s office is of a very high quality. The Solicitor General has its own Style Manual for Supreme Court briefs. Given this, I was surprised when I read Jack Smith’s briefs that were not of the high quality the Solicitor General normally writes.
I did not find that quality of the briefs Jack Smith filed, nor the argument Mike Dreeben made, to be on par with what the Solicitor General customarily presents in cases before the Supreme Court. I found this surprising, but then I noticed that the briefs filed in the Supreme Court were not by the Solicitor General’s office but were an in-house product of Jack Smith’s “Special Counsel” team. I anticipated that when this case of such importance was argued in the Supreme Court, the Solicitor General’s office would direct the briefing and argument. But this was apparently not the case.
Attorney Hearne also offers his prediction for the case.
MY PREDICTION OF THE OUTCOME
Two of the more challenging intellectual tasks one can undertake are forecasting the path of a hurricane or predicting how the Supreme Court will rule. With that caution thrown to the winds, I offer my prediction.
I expect Chief Justice Roberts will author the majority opinion that overturns the D.C. Circuit’s categorical holding that the president has no immunity from criminal prosecution for any official act. I anticipate the Supreme Court will remand the case to the district court for a fuller record of what specific “official acts” (as opposed to “private acts”) are the basis of Jack Smith’s indictment. The remand will direct the district court to develop the specific facts and allegations underlying Jack Smith’s indictment.
Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett did not seem inclined to favor a blanket rule that the president is absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for every official act the president takes while in office. Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett seem inclined to develop a more limited doctrine of immunity addressing the distinction between “official acts” (directing a drone strike that killed American citizens) and “private acts” the president engages in pursuit of the president’s private interest. (Bill Clinton’s act with Monica Lewinski is not an “official act” even though President Clinton engaged in the act in the Oval Office, nor is President Clinton’s subsequent denial of inappropriate conduct at an official press conference held in the White House.)
Justices Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Alito appeared favorable to a broad rule recognizing presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. I anticipate they will join the Chief Justice and Justice Barrett’s opinion reversing the DC Circuit’s. Justices Alito, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Thomas also appeared to be sympathetic to the argument made in our amicus brief that bringing a criminal prosecution against the President for an official act requires that the President first be impeached and convicted by the House and Senate.
Justice Thomas (as he is wont to do) focused on the constitutional source of presidential immunity and wanted to have a fuller sense of the constitutional text and history underlying the immunity doctrine. Justice Thomas is a celebrated textualist and originalist who looks to the words of the Constitution (or a statute) that is the subject of the dispute so that the Court may faithfully interpret and apply the Constitution or statute as the drafters intended. This is similar to the philosophy the late Justice Scalia brought to the Court. I anticipate Justice Thomas will embrace the principal of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. But I anticipate Justice Thomas will write a separate opinion explaining the historical context and constitutional text underlying this doctrine.
Read the full analysis below.
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According to a poll by the Pew Research Center, Biden is losing the Catholic vote.
The poll shares that if the election were held today, 55% of Catholic voters say they would vote for Donald Trump, or lean toward voting for him.
Only 43% say they support Biden.
A similar poll conducted by Pew before the 2020 election found that Catholics were almost evenly split between the two candidates, with 50% saying they’d support Trump and 49% reporting that they would vote for Biden.
Daily Caller News Foundation reports:
The shift toward Trump was most pronounced among Hispanic Catholics, according to Pew’s polling. Biden only leads Hispanic Catholics by two points in Pew’s most recent poll, within the margin of error, a significant drop off from the 32-point lead he enjoyed in Pew’s 2020 poll.
Hispanic voters on the whole have been moving toward the Republican Party, a trend that worries some liberals. The Biden campaign, for instance, is focusing on courting Latinos, and George Soros, an ally of the Democratic Party, has given tens of millions of dollars to left-of-center Latino advocacy groups.
Although Biden likes to boast about his Catholic faith, many of his actions in office go against some of the Church’s most sacred tenets, including his continued support of pro-abortion legislation.
At a rally in Tampa in April, an abortion promoter voiced complaints about Florida’s six-week limit for abortions, during which Biden turned his back on his faith and his God and made the sign of the cross.
He also insulted millions of Christians when he declared “Transgender Visibility Day,” which fell on Easter this year.
In a March appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Wilton Cardinal Gregory, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington since 2019, commented on Biden’s faith and tried to explain how he sees his Catholic faith.
“I would say that he’s very sincere about his faith. But like a number of Catholics, he picks and chooses dimensions of the faith to highlight while ignoring or even contradicting other parts. There is a phrase that we have used in the past, a ‘cafeteria Catholic’ — you choose that which is attractive and dismiss that which is challenging,” the Archbishop said.
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Deported terrorist Sami Al Arian was invited to speak to the Hamas-endorsed anti-Israel protesters at the University of Chicago.
Al Arian, a former University of South Florida professor, was indicted in February 2003 on 17 counts under the Patriot Act. A jury acquitted him on eight counts and deadlocked on the remaining nine counts. He later struck a plea bargain and admitted to one of the remaining charges in exchange for being released and deported. He was deported to Turkey on February 4, 2015.
Al-Arian was accused of aiding terrorists. In February 2003, he was charged with racketeering for Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
The Gateway Pundit reported that his wife, Nahla Al-Najar, was pictured protesting at Columbia University campus.
UChicago United for Palestine, which organized the campus encampment, announced Al Arian’s participation in a Zoom meeting on their Instagram.
”Today, we will have the honour of being joined by Dr. Sami Al Arian, a former professor of computer engineering, prominent speaker and human rights activist and US political prisoner,” the group wrote. “Dr. Al Arian has since relocated to Turkey, where he is the Director of the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) at Istanbul Zaim University.”
If the Palestinian Arabs really wanted a state, they would have accepted one of the many offers that have been made to them to establish one, going back to 1948. What they really want to do is destroy Israel utterly, in accord with the succinct Qur’anic command: “Drive them out from where they drove you out” (2:191). It is actually a historical myth that the Israelis drove the Arabs out; the Arab Higher Committee told them to leave, but that fact has been obscured by decades of propaganda. Now, however, no less a luminary than Sami al-Arian, a former U.S. academic and darling of the Left, has revealed the truth: the goal of the Palestinian jihad is not a Palestinian state, but the demise of the Jewish state.
Speaking on Al Jazeera on July 30, al-Arian said: “In my view, the Palestinian cause is not about creating a state, like everybody says. It is not about a one-state solution or a two-state solution. The Palestinian cause has to do with the very presence of Zionism in the region. Therefore, our greatest strategic goal, in the meantime, we can take steps, but the greatest strategic goal is to dismantle the State of Israel, which means uprooting Zionism from Palestine.”
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Al-Arian has been quite clear about his views for decades. In 1991, during a speech in Chicago, al-Arian screamed: “The Quran is our constitution. Jihad is our path … Victory to Islam… Death to Israel… Revolution… revolution till the victory.” Showing he hadn’t changed, in mid-December 2020, al-Arian spoke via Zoom at the Fourth International Conference on the Muslim Ummah. There al-Arian also called for “defeating and dismantling the Zionist project,” adding: “We cannot pursue an ummah project without actually attaining our real independence. We cannot attain our real independence without dealing with the problem of Israel….As long as Israel exists, the ummah will stay weak and fragmented, and disunited and divided and dependent and under control.”
Many have warned that the protests on college campuses have nefarious elements behind the scenes pushing their radical agenda.
Adams has alleged that protests at Columbia University and City College of New York (CCNY) were infiltrated by “outside agitators” affiliated with “terrorist groups.”
In an interview with Vladimir Duthiers on CBS Morning, Adams detailed the city’s response to the chaotic scenes that unfolded at both institutions, where nearly 300 individuals were arrested Tuesday night.
“These were not spontaneous student movements but calculated disruptions by professional agitators,” Adams explained, noting that a significant portion of those arrested had no affiliations with either university.
Officials at Stanford University sent a picture of a protestor on their campus wearing a green headband, similar to what is worn by Hamas terrorists, to the FBI.
Those cheering on the anti-Israel protests include Hamas leaders and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Three things you need to know about what’s happening on college campuses right now:
1) It’s not peaceful.
2) it’s not grassroots.
3) It’s not true.Let me explain. pic.twitter.com/X6BDP4OoJV
— Noa Tishby (@noatishby) May 2, 2024
One bright spot in the mess on U of C’s campus is that not everyone at the school is a brainwashed terrorist sympathizer.
Counter-protestors marched on campus with Old Glory flying while chanting “USA, USA, USA…..”
Patriots at University of Chicago break up the path of the pro-Palestine protesters and waive the American Flag.
This trend is spreading!
There’s hope!pic.twitter.com/lLN71hXImx
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 3, 2024
NEW: Counter protesters are blasting ‘Born in the USA’ while waving their USA flags at the University of Chicago.
The Chads are taking over the country
Tensions grew on Friday as a group of frat bros marched on the university with USA flags, chanting “USA, USA, USA” at… pic.twitter.com/Q1Rzc5k5Jf
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 3, 2024
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This article originally appeared on Leo Hohmann’s Substack and was republished with permission.
The eminent Professor Masayasu Inoue at Osaka City University Medical School in Japan recently warned that the Japanese government became the first in the world to approve a new type of jab called the “self replication replicon vaccine” that is being rushed to market as we speak. The goal is to have it ready by this fall or winter.
In the video below, the professor, who specializes in molecular pathology, condemns the COVID “pandemic” as propagated by the U.N. World Health Organization, for the purpose of driving genetically modifying COVID jabs into the bodies of all peoples worldwide. He also condemned the U.S. “Warp Speed” project under then-President Donald Trump, which rushed mRNA toxic injections to market that were used to cover up problems with the gene-based shots. The false pretext of Warp Speed was “saving time.” The professor then states that the Japanese government’s rush to market of its new injection will be similar and must be avoided at all costs. We are seeing deception magnified in the world today like perhaps never before. Jesus warned this would be the case in Matthew 24 of the New Testament.
It’s not often such a prominent scientist goes public with a warning of this magnitude. Please share this important 8-minute video with all your loved ones.
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This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire
By W. Caffey Norman
Real Clear Wire
Concerning new reports reveal that the drug shortage in the U.S. has reached its highest level since the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists began tracking data. In total, 323 medicines are now in short supply.
However, the problem is about to get worse because of government regulations on an entirely different issue. Counterintuitive measures from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are set to effectively ban the domestic production of chemicals that are used in the process of manufacturing vital prescription drugs and vaccines.
Shortly after Congress amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in 2016, the EPA began the rulemaking process on 10 chemicals currently in use in the United States using a broad and overreaching definition of “unreasonable risk.” Now, the EPA is expected to release a final rule on methylene chloride under TSCA.
Methylene chloride has several applications, including in the process of manufacturing hundreds of medicines and vaccines like those that treat Hepatitis B and HIV infections, mental illnesses and epilepsy, heart failure and high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
If this rule goes into effect, it will exacerbate the drug shortage by bringing domestic manufacturing to a halt while making our supply chains more reliant on foreign nations like China for pharmaceuticals. This runs in direct contradiction to the Biden administration’s “Investing in America” agenda, which aims to onshore supply chains critical to our economy and security.
For example, methylene chloride is used to make hollow fiber cartridges which are used in the manufacture of monoclonal antibodies and vaccines, including the COVID-19, HPV, Hepatitis B, and flu vaccines, as well as therapies for arthritis, migraines, osteoporosis, and autoimmune diseases. In a letter to the EPA, the company that produces these cartridges wrote their product is used in at least 190 human therapeutics and vaccines. Their supply is so essential that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Department awarded the company funding to expand its manufacturing capacity here in the U.S.
While HHS and DoD give taxpayer money to this company to operate in the United States, the EPA is simultaneously regulating out of domestic existence the necessary ingredients for their products. Ultimately, the final EPA rule could “impact millions of patients worldwide.”
Another company warned the EPA ban “would disrupt the critical infrastructure of biotechnology, including medical uses such as vaccine manufacturing and industrial biotechnology.” While the EPA would argue that pharmaceutical usage is exempt from the rule, the upstream supply chain of products necessary to manufacture these medicines is not.
The biggest winner with this new EPA rule will be China, which has grown to be the largest chemical producer in the world and the top exporter of methylene chloride. In the last decade, the U.S. has imported 17% of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from China. Even countries like India, which supplies approximately 40% of generic pharmaceuticals used in the U.S., rely heavily on China. According to a 2021 U.S. Department of Commerce report, India imports nearly 70% of its APIs from China. By effectively banning the domestic production of methylene chloride, the EPA ensures that even more of the drug supply chain is dependent on China.
Despite the Biden administration’s stated goal to reduce “reliance on high-risk foreign suppliers” for medicines, the EPA is actively stifling the domestic production of ingredients needed to manufacture life-saving drugs that Americans rely on. The administration must carefully reevaluate what’s at stake.
W. Caffey Norman is a senior partner at Squire Patton Boggs. He has represented and advised American chemistry producers and associations for years, particularly in connection with evolving EPA chemical regulations.
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A vehicle crashed into a White House barricade at high speed on Saturday night, leaving the driver dead, per Secret Service.
According to a statement, a Secret Service investigation is ongoing, but there was no threat to the White House. An investigation into the fatal crash “will be turned over to the Washington Metropolitan Police Department Crash Investigation Unit.”
It is still unclear what caused the car collision.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, another vehicle crashed into the White House gates in January. The driver was taken into custody.
Per Travis Media Group on X:
"JUST IN: A vehicle has crashed into the White House barricade and the driver has passed away. Secret Service has turned the investigation over to DC Metro Police, but they will also continue their own investigation."
JUST IN: A vehicle has crashed into the White House barricade and the driver has passed away. Secret Service has turned the investigation over to DC Metro Police, but they will also continue their own investigation. pic.twitter.com/vvP3Qfe4rI
— Travis Media Group (@TM1Politics) May 5, 2024
Chief of Communications for the United States Secret Service Andrew Guglielmo notified the public that "there is no threat or public safety implications."
Limited traffic closures remain in effect as Secret Service teams, @dcfireems & @DCPoliceDept investigate a fatal vehicle crash that occurred at an exterior perimeter gate by the White House. There is no threat or public safety implications and our preliminary statement is below pic.twitter.com/zGTVDuZV5E
— Anthony Guglielmi (@SecretSvcSpox) May 5, 2024
The statement from the Secret Service reads,
STATEMENT ON VEHICLE CRASH AT WHITE HOUSE
Shortly before 10:30pm on May 4th, a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed collided with an outer perimeter gate on the White House complex. Security protocols were implemented as officers cleared the vehicle and attempted to render aid to the driver who was discovered deceased. There was no threat to the White House. The fatal crash portion of this will be turned over to the Washington Metropolitan Police Department Crash Investigation Unit and the Secret Service investigation continues.
Komo News reports,
WASHINGTON (7News) — An investigation is underway after a man died in a crash near the White House on Saturday evening, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
At around 10:45 p.m., D.C. police said they responded to the intersection of 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest, D.C. for reports of a crash. When they arrived, they located a man and pronounced him dead on the scene.
A vehicle had crashed into a security barrier around the White House, police said. As of now, the incident is being investigated as a traffic crash.
This is a developing story...
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