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“I occaionally have someone literally say ‘f*ck you’ on the street.”
Only “occasionally?” Or, is he lying about that, too?
"I occasionally have literally someone say fuck you" on the street
Here's one from X – Fvck you!pic.twitter.com/OjxWaDRnSl
— Sara Rose (@saras76) May 22, 2024
Recall that James Comey used a tainted and obviously fake dossier, paid for by Hillary Clinton, to spy on Donald Trump.
Comey knew the entire investigation was a sham before he started it.
F*ck you, Comey.
Fuck you, @comey. Lie all you want, we know what you did. https://t.co/lVdqd02xwS pic.twitter.com/gagdbv6qIT
— MAGAinBuckhead (@MAGAinBuckhead) May 22, 2024
What a dishonorable man.
For the record – There’s an entire “F*ck you, James Comey,” song published on YouTube.
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A severe and potentially catastrophic flaw has been identified in nearly 300 Boeing 777 jets operated by major airlines, including United and American Airlines.
This flaw, rooted in an electrical issue, poses a risk of causing the aircraft’s wing fuel tanks to ignite and explode, a recent investigation by Daily Mail has disclosed.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) highlighted this concern in a notice issued on March 25, 2024, which revealed that an “electrostatic discharge” near the center-wing fuel tanks could act as an ignition source, leading to a possible fire or explosion.
Boeing has been given a deadline until May 9 to address these issues, although their response remains pending. The proposed fix involves the installation of new electrical bonding and grounding measures around the air intake system near the center-wing fuel tanks.
According to the FAA, this fix would cost less than $698,000 for all affected aircraft within the U.S., with individual parts priced at merely $98 per plane.
The urgency of these repairs was underscored by a recent testimony from whistleblower Sam Salehpour during Senate hearings. Salehpour accused Boeing of compromising on safety standards and using unapproved techniques during the assembly of the 777 jets.
He described witnessing workers using improper methods to align parts, sometimes resorting to physically jumping on components to fit them into place.
Daily Mail reported:
Less than two weeks after the order’s May 9 deadline, one 73-year-old was dead and 23 more were injured when nearby lightning and electrical storms led to ‘sudden extreme turbulence’ for a Singapore Airlines flight onboard a 777.
That death and the FAA warning join controversies already swirling the aerospace giant and its ‘triple seven’ aircrafts — including Senate testimony by a whistleblower who has accused Boeing of taking shortcuts when building the 777.
the FAA’s March 25, 2024 ‘airworthiness directive’ to Boeing has raised new concerns about the 777 series of aircraft, which are among the bestselling long haul aircraft in the world and the first commercial jets designed entirely by computer.
The nitrogen enriched air distribution system (NEADS), which helps keep combustible oxygen away from the plane’s jet fuel, according to the FAA, ‘was installed without a designed electrical bond […] in the center wing tank.’
Five models of the ‘triple sevens’ were called out by the FAA’s order, including the Boeing 777F, 777–200, –200LR, –300, and the –300ER, which was the exact model involved in this Monday’s fatal Singapore Airlines incident.
Read more here.
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James O’Keefe strikes again!
O’Keefe Media Group on Wednesday released undercover video of Jake Reyna, Department of Defense and US Air Force Operations Research Analyst for the Office of the Secretary of the Air in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, confirming DEI training is mandatory for airmen.
Reyna told the OMG undercover reporter that white men are “definitely stupid” and “definitely suck.”
Jake Reyna also said that white men “probably” make us weaker as a military.
Per O’Keefe Media Group:
DEI Conspiracy in Air Force: “We basically contacted everybody who had a title like that and got them to sneakily change their title so it doesn’t sound as diversity oriented even though it is,” reveals Jake Reyna, Department of Defense and US Air Force Operations Research Analyst for the @SecAFOfficial in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Believing Republicans have attempted to cut back on the government’s use of discriminatory DEI policies “just to fuck with the [DEI] system,” Reyna confesses on undercover footage caught by O’Keefe Media Group that the Air Force manipulates job titles to cheat the system out of a higher salary for DEI personnel. Bragging, “We just weaseled around it,” Reyna claims “there’s nothing really they [Republicans] would be able to do.”
The cover-up does not end there. Reyna states about his office, “We’re actually moving into this other group called Manpower and Readiness” to stay under the radar.
Reyna confirms DEI training is mandatory for airmen and if an airman does not participate in DEI trainings, he “wouldn’t be qualified for promotions or he’d get reprimanded and…he’d get written up” before eventually being dishonorably discharged, which includes being stripped of all benefits.
Tasked with developing programs like the Workforce Analytics Dashboard that lists the demographics of the Air Force with an emphasis on “race, ethnicity, and gender,” Reyna admits the Air Force has no data to support its DEI policies. “I don’t know if there’s any specific data you can provide outside of just saying like, yeah, we’re getting more diverse talking about changing officers.” Asked, “In your experience, have you seen or have you come across any data that actually serves as evidence that indeed DEIA candidates or troops perform better than non-DEIA troops?” Reyna responds, “No, I don’t think so.”
Empowered in the Air Force’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Reyna believes white men are “definitely stupid” and “definitely suck.” “Do you think they [white men] make us weaker as a military?” asks OMG’s American Swiper. Reyna responds, “In some ways, probably.”
WATCH:
BREAKING: DEI Conspiracy in Air Force: “We basically contacted everybody who had a title like that and got them to sneakily change their title so it doesn’t sound as diversity oriented even though it is,” reveals Jake Reyna, @DeptofDefense and @USAirForce Operations Research… pic.twitter.com/lzNix6fUYw
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) May 22, 2024
The US Air Force responded to O’Keefe Media Group’s request for comment.
“This individual was not speaking on behalf of the Department of the Air Force,” the US Air Force said in a statement to O’Keefe Media Group.
U.S. AIR FORCE COMMENT: O’Keefe Media Group reached out to the U.S. Air Force and we received an exclusive statement on the record from a U.S. Air Force spokesperson today:
“This individual was not speaking on behalf of the Department of the Air Force.”
This statement comes as… pic.twitter.com/JyEVk0jHn8
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) May 22, 2024
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New documents released by the House Ways and Means Committee show an encrypted message sent by Hunter Biden to the CEO of CEFC Global Strategic Holdings, a CCP-linked conglomerate, setting up a meeting with Joe Biden in December 2017.
The Republican-led committee voted to release more than 100 pages of documents proving Hunter Biden lied under oath to Congress during his February deposition.
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) on Wednesday accused Hunter Biden of lying under oath during his closed-door deposition before Congress in February.
New documents provided by a whistleblower contradict Hunter Biden’s testimony to Congress. Hunter Biden repeatedly lied to Congress about his family’s international influence-peddling scheme, according to Chairman Smith.
Chairman Smith said Hunter Biden lied about his shakedown message to his Chinese business associate Zhao. Hunter claimed he messaged the wrong Zhao because he was “high or drunk,” however records show the two had been messaging each other for months.
One of the documents released by House Republicans shows Hunter Biden messaging Liu Yadong, the CEO of CEFC Global Strategic Holdings and setting up a meeting with Joe Biden.
Via The New York Post’s Miranda Devine: From the new Hunter Biden trove dumped today by House Ways and Means: an encrypted message, believed to be sent by Hunter to Liu Yadong, CEO of CEFC Global Strategic Holdings, setting up a meeting with Joe Biden in December 2017.
From the new Hunter Biden trove dumped today by House Ways and Means: an encrypted message, believed to be sent by Hunter to Liu Yadong, CEO of CEFC Global Strategic Holdings, setting up a meeting with Joe Biden in December 2017 pic.twitter.com/nQxIGWMoQG
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) May 22, 2024
Biden Crime Family whistleblower Tony Bobulinski has repeatedly claimed Joe Biden was involved in Hunter’s multi-million dollar deals with CEFC.
“The Chinese Communist Party through its surrogate, China Energy Company Limited, or ‘CEFC’ — a CCP-linked Chinese energy conglomerate, successfully sought to infiltrate and compromise Joe Biden and the Obama-Biden White House,” Bobulinski previously said.
Recall that Tony Bobulinski, a retired lieutenant in the US Navy, was the CEO of Sinohawk Holdings which was a partnership between the Chinese operating through CEFC/Chairman Ye and the Biden family.
Bobulinski has repeatedly stated that he met with Joe Biden numerous times to discuss Hunter Biden’s foreign business deals.
Tony Bobulinski
“The Biden family business was Joe Biden, period,” Bobulinski previously said. “It is clear to me that Joe Biden was ‘the Brand’ being sold by the Biden family.”
Rob Walker, another Biden family associate, recounted a time where Joe Biden walked into a meeting with CEFC officials at a Four Seasons.
The CEFC meeting at the Four Seasons referenced in the deposition may line up with an email found on Hunter Biden’s laptop detailing a September 2017 meeting with CEFC officials on the 13th floor of the Four Seasons in Ireland.
“Walker went on to describe an instance in which the former Vice President showed up at a CEFC meeting. Walker said: “We were at the Four Seasons and we were having lunch and he stopped in, just said hello to everybody. I don’t even think he drank water. I think Hunter Biden said, ‘I may be trying to start a company or try to do something with these guys and could you?’ And I think he was like, if I’m around and he’d show up,” IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley previously told lawmakers, citing his conversation with Rob Walker.
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) said Hunter Biden lying in his sworn testimony to Congress is a “felony offense.”
“Hunter Biden has shown once again he believes there are two systems of justice in this country – one for his family, and one for everyone else. Not only did Hunter Biden refuse to comply with his initial subpoena until threatened with criminal contempt, but he then came before Congress and lied. The Ways and Means Committee’s investigation, and the documents released today, are not part of a personal vendetta against Hunter Biden, but are meant to ensure the equal application of the law,” House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith said in a statement to The Gateway Pundit.
“Lying during sworn testimony is a felony offense that the Department of Justice has prosecuted numerous individuals for in recent years, and the American people expect the same accountability for the son of the President of the United States. Hunter Biden’s lies under oath, and obstruction of a congressional investigation into his family’s potential corruption, calls into question other pieces of his testimony. The newly released evidence affirms, once again, the only witnesses who can be trusted to tell the truth in this investigation are the IRS whistleblowers,” Chairman Smith added.
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Sickening bodycam footage has emerged showing a group of Hamas terrorists cruelly taunting captured female Israeli soldiers as they are handcuffed and pressed against a wall.
The shocking video was shared today on Israeli television and first released by The Hostages and Missing Families Forum. As Reuters reported, the video was shot inside the Nahal Oz base’s bomb shelter on October 7, but it was withheld until now.
The Israeli government posted the footage on its X page, complete with English subtitles. Please be warned what you are about to read is extremely disturbing.
In the sickening video, five young female Israeli soldiers in their pajamas are being tormented by Hamas soldiers. They are seen bloodied, presumably from being beaten by the medieval scumbags.
One of the Israeli soldiers pleaded with the savages to find someone who could speak English with her, while another told them that she had friends in Gaza. Their cries fell on deaf ears, however, as the savages demanded they sit down.
“Our brothers died because of you!” one terrorist yells in Arabic. “We will shoot you all!”
One of the terrorists then gleefully announces the group’s plans to r*pe the soldiers.
“Here are the girls who can get pregnant,” one of the Hamas soldiers boasted. “You’re so beautiful!”
Another gunman hurls sexist insults toward the females and threatens to physically assault them.
“You are dogs! We will step on you, dogs!” he shouted.
WATCH (Warning on content):
“Here, these are the girls who can get pregnant.”
This is video footage depicting the horrific kidnapping of 5 female Israeli hostages: Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Daniela Gilboa and Naama Levy.
They have been held hostage by Hamas terrorists for more than 230 days… pic.twitter.com/zFo9eB77uC
— Israel ישראל (@Israel) May 22, 2024
After the monsters stopped to pray, they violently throw the young women into the back of a car with the sound of gunfire in the background. Several of the females struggle getting to the vehicle while the Hamas terrorists scream at them to leave their friends behind.
The footage concludes with the women packed in the back of the car as it drives off.
The hostages were identified as Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Daniella Gilboa, and Naama Levy. They have been held hostage since October 7.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum explained they released the footage to pressure the Israeli government to bring the girls. They also urged the Jewish state to restart talks with Hamas.
“The video is a damning testament to the nation’s failure to bring home the hostages, who have been forsaken for 229 days,” the group said in a statement. “The Israeli government must not waste even one more moment — it must return to the negotiating table today!”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected renegotiating with the terrorists at this point, believing a ruthless military assault is the only way to make Hamas fold.
The post “Here Are the Girls Who Can Get Pregnant…You Are So Beautiful!”- Hamas Monsters Line Up Bloodied Female Israeli Soldiers Against Wall While Threatening to R*pe and Kill Them (SHOCK VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
House Bill 4624, dubbed the “Help not Harm” bill by legislators, prohibits anyone under the age of 18 from receiving sex change surgery or any form of puberty blockers or hormones.
The Associated Press reports that the bill also requires school principals or vice principals “to notify parents or guardians if a child wanted to use a name other than their legal one, or a nickname or pronouns that did not match their sex assigned at birth.”
“I signed the Help Not Harm bill into law, which protects our state’s children from irreversible gender transition procedures and bans public funds from being used for them,” McMaster wrote in a statement posted to X on Wednesday. “I look forward to joining legislators and supporters at a ceremonial bill signing in the Upstate next week.”
I signed the Help Not Harm bill into law, which protects our state’s children from irreversible gender transition procedures and bans public funds from being used for them. I look forward to joining legislators and supporters at a ceremonial bill signing in the Upstate next week. pic.twitter.com/7RTDYGGGDU
— Gov. Henry McMaster (@henrymcmaster) May 21, 2024
The law took effect immediately upon being signed by the governor.
There are a few exceptions, such as for children with certain medical conditions that cause them to enter into premature puberty.
South Carolina is now the 25th state to ban the controversial procedures for minors.
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Joe Biden on Wednesday welcomed President William Ruto of the Republic of Kenya to the White House.
“President Joe Biden welcomed Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House for a three-day state visit and designating the East African nation a major non-NATO ally as it prepares to deploy forces to Haiti as part of U.N.-led effort to address the security crisis in the Caribbean country.” ABC News said.
“Some 1,000 Kenyan police officers are set to arrive soon in Haiti, part of a multilateral security support mission that aims to help quell gang violence. Other countries expected to back up Kenyan forces include the Bahamas, Barbados, Benin, Chad and Bangladesh.” ABC News said.
The Kenyan president arrived at the South Portico of the White House.
Biden sounded like a 4-year-old during a back-and-forth with a reporter as he shuffled out to greet President William Ruto.
“When are you going to Africa, sir?” a reporter asked Biden.
“When you wanna go?” Biden replied.
“When you want to go?” the reporter asked Biden.
“When you wanna go,” Biden said.
“When do I want to go?” the reporter asked Biden.
“We’re heading today — to Africa. I’m joking,” Biden said before he shuffled into the White House.
WATCH:
REPORTER: "When are you going to Africa, sir?"
BIDEN: "When you wanna go?"
REPORTER: "When you want to go?"
BIDEN: "When you wanna go."
REPORTER: "When do I want to go?"
BIDEN: "We're heading today — Africa."
*shuffles inside* pic.twitter.com/1hepsEWmTz
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 22, 2024
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The Transpacific Partnership (TPP), another Obama-era globalist free trade agreement, is back in the news, and unsurprisingly, the usual suspects think the US is missing out by not surrendering its sovereignty and allowing other countries to export to the US tariff-free. In addition to free trade, globalists think the only way to save the American economy is to allow millions of people into the country who are willing to work for $5 an hour.
Globalists believe that the US needs integration with the rest of the world and that this integration is some sort of panacea that will solve all the world’s problems while improving the lives of all people. Groups like the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) argue that inequality has widened and that integration will help to reduce it. However, if the US integrates with poorer countries, we will wind up with an average, which means Americans will lose while the people from the developing countries will gain.
One example would be Mexico, where the average income is $11,500 per year, whereas in the US it is $70,000. If we calculate a weighted average, considering the difference in the size of the populations, we get about $25,000. So, if the US integrates with Mexico, we can eliminate income disparity if we all agree to live on just $25,000 per year. This is essentially what globalist organizations want. By forcing the US to integrate its economy with other nations, we would just be decreasing the standard of living for Americans.
Of course, the US could also integrate with Haiti, which has a per capita GDP of less than $800 per year. The globalists would love that.
An organization called Global Sourced praised Clinton and Obama for their contributions to the globalization of the United States in an article titled “Globalization: The Foundation of America’s Economic Power.” They miss the point that the foundation of American power is hard work, fair courts, a lack of corruption, a high degree of freedoms, innovation, risk-taking, education, democracy, private property rights, capitalism, and one of the highest worker productivity in the world. The countries they want the US to integrate with generally have high levels of corruption, low levels of judicial independence, and lower worker productivity. They also tend to have higher degrees of socialism. Integrating the two economies won’t solve the problems of the poorer country.
The North American Development Bank wrote, “U.S.-Mexico Border: Linchpin for the Economic Integration of North America.” American conservatives would see this as a stronger argument to keep the border secure. However, Obama is still active on the speaking circuit, telling globalist conferences that the US needs globalism and that it is the only way to transition to lower inequality and green energy.
Similarly, President Biden has instructed the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to promote “Biden’s Vision for Worker-Centered Trade Policy.” This policy is supposed to improve the lives of workers by ensuring compliance with “international labor rights under U.S. trade agreements,” but the Biden administration “excludes foreign workers, employers, and counterpart governments from those processes.” By not forcing countries that export to the US to comply with international labor rights, Biden is giving these countries an unfair price advantage, which will only increase the amount of foreign products in the US while eliminating US jobs.
The globalists are also pushing for US participation in multinational organizations and trade agreements. The Transpacific Partnership (TPP), for example, is a massive, multilateral trade group championed by Obama, which Trump rightly pulled the US out of. Supporters of the TPP claim that it will create jobs, but this makes absolutely no sense as the tariff-free imports from countries with low wages will eliminate manufacturing jobs in the US. Meanwhile, poor countries are unlikely to buy increasing quantities of high-value, high-priced US export goods.
Critics of the US aversion to joining these large groupings always argue that the US is missing out. But that is not the case. The US is the world’s second-largest trading country, and that will not change by joining these groupings. The US is the biggest importer, and these countries will not refuse to sell to us. The US dominates certain areas of trade where China doesn’t hold a candle, such as machine parts, farm machinery, white goods (appliances), precision technology, aviation and space technology, and food.
Additionally, the US already has bilateral trade agreements with most of the world and is already trading, investing, and maintaining diplomatic relations with all but six countries: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Yemen. Other than Bhutan, those countries are all pariah states, and all of them are poor. The US is losing nothing by not establishing free trade or economic integration with them.
Among the supposed benefits of the TPP is the “greater integration of the economies,” but it is unclear why anyone believes that integration would benefit the United States. The US is the richest country by GDP and the eighth richest by per capita GDP. The US dollar is the dominant trade and reserve currency. As stated above, the US already trades with the world. No harm could possibly come from securing the southern border, controlling immigration, remaining outside of transnational trade groupings, and just continuing to trade and invest with other countries as we always have.
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EVERYONE IN AMERICA Knows things were better under President Trump – no matter what garbage the media is pushing. And EVERYTHING is worse under Joe Biden. The Marxist left is destroying the country. And it’s not likely to get any better as long as Democrats hold on to power.
Last week President Donald Trump announced he will hold a rally in South Bronx, New York this Thursday to “highlight the horrendous effects Crooked Joe Biden’s presidency had had on our economy,: according to a statement released by the former president’s campaign Friday.
President Trump will be visiting the South Bronx, New York on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 6:00 PM EDT #truth #trump2020 #MAGA pic.twitter.com/OjK85NovX1
— Lara #IStandWithTrump (@Lara_maga47) May 18, 2024
This announcement comes after President Trump delivered remarks to a massive crowd of roughly 100,000 supporters in Wildwood, New Jersey.
This is an unprecedented move for a Republican candidate. It’s been a long time coming.
BRONX RESIDENTS:
“Everybody’s struggling. People are getting desperate!”
“People need to see that their leader cares about them — and Donald Trump does care about them, and that’s why he’s coming here.”
“Donald Trump is the MAN!” pic.twitter.com/BxL14D3Ig1
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 22, 2024
But not everyone is excited to see President Trump come to the Bronx.
Far-left groups, open borders groups, Socialists, and Marxists are planning to protest President Trump’s rally tomorrow at Cotrona Park in the Bronx.
Far-left Democrat and New York City Assemblymember Amanda Septimo called on fellow socialists to counter-protest Trump’s speech. They want Bronx residents to continue to suffer.
Look for violence.
Trump holding a campaign rally in the South Bronx and not getting an answer from us?
Not on my watch!
You’re all invited join me, @KirstenJohnFoy with the Arc of Justice & the South Bronx community to rally in support of everything The Bronx is *really* about! pic.twitter.com/5NfVzQOXOi
— Amanda Septimo (@AmandaSeptimo) May 20, 2024
They’re pushing their same old lies.
FOX 5 New York reported:
Septimo, as well as civil rights activist Kirsten John Foy, told the New York Post on Monday they don’t want Trump and his views on issues such as immigration to go unchallenged in the borough, so they organized counter-programming.
Rep. Ritchie John Torres, a Democrat who represents New York’s 15th Congressional District – where the rally is being held – blasted the former president in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“The South Bronx has no greater enemy than Donald Trump, who is on a mission to dismantle the social safety net on which Bronx families depend for their survival,” Torres said. “Trump is and has always been a fraud. The South Bronx – the most Democratic area in the nation – will not buy the snake oil that he is selling.”
They will certainly be outnumbered. Over 10,000 Trump supporters are expected at the Trump rally tomorrow.
The Gateway Pundit will also be broadcasting from Crotona Park in the Bronx.
The rally will start at 6:00 PM – doors will open at the venue at 3:PM.
The Gateway Pundit contributors Jordan Conradson and Cara Castronuova will be at the venue speaking to Bronx Trump supporters.
We also have a GUEST HOST who will join Cara and Jordan in the Bronx tomorrow.
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday said it is not Joe Biden’s job to secure the US border amid an invasion of millions of military-age men from the most dangerous parts of the world.
More than 10 million illegal aliens – mainly military-age men – have invaded the US since Joe Biden was installed in January 2021.
Illegals from the most dangerous parts of the world including the Middle East and Africa, have crossed over the border.
Illegal aliens are raping and murdering innocent Americans
And what does the White House say about the invasion and carnage: It’s not Biden’s job to secure the border.
It is literally Biden’s Constitutional duty to secure the US border.
“The president has the authority to do something about this unilaterally – Congress is in a divided government – why isn’t [Biden] doing anything?” Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich asked Karine Jean-Pierre.
“Why should he have to do it unilaterally?” Karine Jean-Pierre said.
Jacqui Heinrich replied, “He took unilateral action before to undo [President Trump’s border security]!”
WATCH:
WATCH
Karine Jean-Pierre says it is not Joe Biden’s job to secure the Southern Border when asked why he doesn’t take executive action.
“Why should he have to do it.”
Pierre goes on to admit that Biden has “taken many executive actions before” that created the… pic.twitter.com/DbIKEy6bpj
— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) May 22, 2024
The post “Why Should He Have to Do It?” – WOW! White House Says It’s Not Biden’s Job to Secure the Border Amid Invasion of Military-Age Men (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
American Airlines blamed a 9-year-old child for being secretly recorded in the plane’s bathroom.
Several lawsuits were filed against the airliner after a flight attendant taped an iPhone to the toilet seat in the plane lavatory and secretly recorded young teens and prepubescent children.
In the original lawsuit filed by a North Carolina family, the girl and her parents allege that American Airlines “knew or should have known the flight attendant was a danger.”
The flight attendant, Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, was charged with one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children, and one count of possession of child pornography depicting a prepubescent minor. Thompson is currently in federal custody and pleaded not guilty to both charges.
Estes Carter Thompson III
The girl used the bathroom and then noticed an iPhone taped to the lid under a sticker saying the seat was broken. She only saw it because the flash was glowing.
Other minor females, including a girl as young as 9 were also secretly recorded.
In a legal filing, American Airlines said the 9-year-old’s “injury or illness” was caused by her “own fault and negligence.”
After major backlash, American Airlines walked back their statement about the child and claimed it was released in error.
“Our outside legal counsel retained with our insurance company made an error in this filing. The included defense is not representative of our airline and we have directed it be amended this morning,” American Airlines said. “We do not believe this child is at fault and we take the allegations involving a former team member very seriously.”
The Boston Herald reported:
American Airlines, facing lawsuits after a flight attendant allegedly filmed girls using plane bathrooms, is blaming a 9-year-old girl for being secretly recorded.
The airline in a new court filing is arguing that the young girl should have known that the airplane toilet contained a recording device.
“Defendant would show that any injuries or illnesses alleged to have been sustained by Plaintiff, Mary Doe, were proximately caused by Plaintiff’s own fault and negligence,” American Airlines’ lawyers wrote in their defense filing.
The airline’s attorneys added about the 9-year-old girl using “the compromised lavatory” on the plane: “She knew or should have known contained a visible and illuminated recording device.”
The lawsuits against American Airlines started after a former flight attendant was arrested in connection with allegedly recording a 14-year-old girl in a plane’s bathroom on a Boston-bound flight.
Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, of Charlotte, N.C., also allegedly had recordings of four other girl passengers using airplane lavatories — including the 9-year-old girl, who’s from Texas and was flying with her family to go to Disneyland.
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Guest post by Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
With the FBI scrambling desperately to claim the authorization to use deadly force in the Mar-a-Lago was “standard operating procedure” for an FBI raid, the fact remains the force authorization documents allowed the FBI to exchange fire with the Secret Service should former Donald Trump be perceived to be taking steps to impede the FBI search for classified documents.
The question arises whether the Biden administration and the FBI would go so far as to kill a former president, who is the leading presidential contender to President Biden in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.
The question also arises as to why the Biden administration still refuses to provide Secret Service protection to independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.? Secret Service protection was offered by law to all presidential candidates 120 days out from the election after Kennedy’s father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Sr. was shot dead in Los Angeles in 1968.
What is apparent is that the Biden administration’s Department of Justice has become a purely partisan political enforcement agency more concerned about Catholics who, like the Latin Mass, that military age foreigners crossing the Mexican border into the United States, without first applying for visas to enter the country.
The Department of Justice’s disgrace is compounded by lawfare prosecutions of President Trump in both New York and Georgia. We have yet to see the prosecutor in either of these cases present evidence of an actual crime. Special Counsel Jack Smith’s visage displays loathing for Trump, in a case that should have been dismissed along with Smith’s admission that his office lied about the location of certain boxes seized in the now suspect Mar-a-Lago raid.
These questions are especially pertinent in light of the book Dr. David W. Mantik, M.D., Ph.D. and I published recently, The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: The Final Analysis .l’, in which Dr. Mantik presents forensic evidence based on his optical density measurements of the three extant JFK autopsy skull X-rays in the National Archives today.
Dr. Mantik’s analysis proves all three X-rays are forgeries, altered to mask evidence of frontal shots. Moreover, Dr. Mantik produces CSI evidence from his analysis of the skull X-rays that two shots from the front hit JFK’s head, plus a shot from the rear, fired at a low angle.
None of the JFK headshots evident in the X-rays was from the angle required for the shot to have originated from the sixth-floor corner window of the Texas School Book Depository.
In other words, Dr. Mantik has proved the JFK assassination was a deep state coup d’état that the federal government has lied about for 61 years, refusing even today to release thousands of yet secret JFK assassination documents required to be released by the 1992 JFK Records Act.
November 22, 1963, the day JFK was assassinated, was the day the deep state decided to take over the operation of the U.S. government.
We now know the Department of Justice has gone rogue in a mad determination to prevent former President Donald Trump from campaigning. We also know the Department of Justice has forced Robert Kennedy, Jr. to spend thousands of dollars on private security. Instead of protecting both candidates, the Biden administration appears to be taking orders from deep state operatives who are reluctant to allow into power two candidates who every day have new reasons to ensure that as president, they would make sure all secrets about the JFK assassination are revealed—information that would put light on the deep state’s efforts today to make sure neither Donald J. Trump or Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. are inaugurated president on January 20, 2025.
Dr. Corsi’s most recent book is his second book on the JFK assassination: David Mantik, M.D., Ph.D. and Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D. The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: The Final Analysis: Forensic Analysis of the JFK Autopsy X-Rays Proves Two Headshots from the Front and One from the Rear. Since 2004, Jerome R. Corsi has published over 30 books on economics, history, and politics, including two #1 New York Times bestsellers. In 1972, he received his Ph.D. from the Department of Government at Harvard University. His book, Volume I, in his Great Awakening Trilogy, The Truth About Energy, Global Warming, and Climate Change: Exposing Climate Lies in an Age of Disinformation, received highly positive reviews from prominent climate scientists and professional meteorologists. Volume II, The Truth About Neo-Marxism, Cultural Maoism, and Anarchy: Exposing Woke Insanity in an Age of Disinformation, was published in August 2023. Dr. Corsi has resumed podcasting on his new website TheTruthCentral.com.
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In a move that seems like parody, but sadly isn’t, a bill that passed both houses in Illinois yesterday would change the word “offender” to “justice-impacted individual” in state law.
Illinois House Bill 4409 also adds Illinois Department of Corrections representation to the Adult Redeploy Illinois oversight board.
After passing both the House and Senate, it can now be sent to the governor for further action.
From the bill:
House Committee Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009. Changes references from “offenders” to “justice-impacted individuals”. Provides that funds shall be distributed via a grant program (rather than allotment of funds shall be based on a formula). Provides that the Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board is created to oversee, provide guidance, and develop an administrative structure for the Adult Redeploy Illinois Program. Provides that once all members have been appointed, the Board may exercise any power, perform any function, take any action, or do anything in furtherance of its purposes and goals upon the appointment of a quorum of its members. Establishes specified membership on the Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board. Provides that the Oversight Board shall, in addition to its other duties establish a grant program (rather than develop a formula) for the allotment of funds to local jurisdictions for local and community-based services in lieu of commitment to the Department of Corrections and a penalty amount for failure to reach the goal of reduced commitments stipulated in the plans. Provides that grant funds awarded shall be administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, in coordination with the Oversight Board, and shall be consistent with the requirements of the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide administrative support to the Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board.
The ARI program aims to reduce crime and recidivism at a lower cost to taxpayers through community services as an alternative to prison. Proponents said the ARI program is successful in reducing crime and that it has eligibility requirements, specifically individuals in the program have to be first-time offenders.
State Sen. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, urged lawmakers to vote no.
“Over and over again, we keep changing the name of how we are referring to those who have entered into criminal activity and each time we make that change, each agency has to make that change on every one of their documents. Right now in the Department of Corrections, there’s multiple changes that have been made and it’s costing thousands and thousands of dollars just to do a name change. Why is it necessary to make the name change?” Bryant said Tuesday.
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Republicans said the focus shouldn’t be on what they called the “poor offender” but rather on the victims of violent crimes. State Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, brought up how the Prisoner Review Board released Crosetti Brand, the man who killed 11-year-old Jayden Perkins a day after his release. He said Brand wasn’t a justice-impacted individual but rather an offender.
During the debate on the bill, McClure pressed State Sen. Robert Peters, the bill’s sponsor, for a definition of what “justice-impacted individual” means.
Peters responded, “That means someone who has been impacted by the criminal justice system and is an individual. We [in this bill] don’t mess with anything in regards to the term ‘victim,’ we just change the word ‘offender’ to ‘justice-impacted individual.’”
McClure then asked, “So are you changing what victims are referred to? Are they going to be going to be referred to as ‘criminally-impacted individuals?'”
Peters responded, “Sometimes we refer to victims as ‘survivors.’ Survivors of violent crime, sometimes survivors of domestic violence. So we use multiple terms for a lot of different people for a lot of different things.”
McClure shot back, “So are you saying the bill changes the word victims multiple times? Or is there no change at all to the word victims within the legislation? Or is the word victims not in the legislation at all?”
Peters replied, “Well, we don’t mess with anything in terms of the word victim. We just changed offender to justice- impacted individual.”
Watch:
Illinois legislators are also pushing a bill to change “armed habitual criminal” to “persistent unlawful possession of a weapon.”
Sen. Peters was a key supporter of ending cash bail in the state.
The Gateway Pundit reported that Illinois became the first state in the U.S. to entirely abolish cash bail which was a massive win for criminals.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has issued a formal request for former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki to testify.
The committee seeks answers regarding her role in the Biden regime’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan—a horrific incident that tragically resulted in the deaths of 13 brave American servicemembers.
McCaul, in a letter addressed to Emily Loeb, Psaki’s counsel, demanded that Psaki arrange a transcribed interview by May 28, 2024. The chairman criticized Psaki for advancing “untrue” narratives about the withdrawal process and the non-combatant evacuation operation that ensued during the chaotic Taliban takeover in August 2021.
“The Committee’s thorough investigation points to Ms. Psaki as having played an important role in the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the deadly August 2021 non-combatant evacuation operation,” wrote Chairman McCaul.
“As White House Press Secretary throughout this period, Ms. Psaki was charged with communicating the withdrawal to the American people and possesses key insights into the planning and decision-making regarding the Afghanistan withdrawal, the rapid Taliban takeover, and the evacuation of American citizens and Afghan allies. Ms. Psaki unfortunately advanced narratives regarding the withdrawal and evacuation that my investigation has proven untrue.”
The request follows extensive committee efforts to uncover the truth behind the withdrawal, which not only cost American lives but also left over 170 Afghan civilians dead and numerous others injured. The committee has already conducted interviews with 17 U.S. Department of State and Department of Defense officials and reviewed over 10,000 pages of documents.
Adding to the controversy is Psaki’s recent memoir, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World, where she discusses her tenure and the withdrawal. McCaul pointed out discrepancies in her account, notably her claim that President Biden never looked at his watch during the dignified transfer ceremony of the fallen servicemembers—a point widely criticized and viewed as disrespectful by many.
Psak claimed that Joe Biden never looked at his watch during a ceremony for the return of the service members who were killed during his disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
In a twist of nearly perfect irony, Psaki claims that in saying this, she was fighting misinformation. Even some liberal news outlets are calling her out on this.
Dear Mrs. Loeb,
Thank you for your September 18 and 28, 2023 letters on behalf of your client Jen Psaki in response to the Committee’s September 2023 request that she appear for a transcribed interview regarding her role in the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. We are also in receipt of the September 18 and 28, 2023 letters from Special Counsel to the President Richard Sauber, which fail to justify Ms. Psaki’s deliberate noncompliance with a Congressional inquiry. As a private citizen and former federal employee, the Committee expects Ms. Psaki to appear before it to answer questions regarding her role in the catastrophic withdrawal, which killed 13 U.S. servicemembers and over 170 Afghan civilians, and injured 45 U.S. servicemembers and countless Afghans.
Upon taking the chairmanship, I launched a fact-based investigation into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in the interest of oversight and accountability, and to help prevent another such disaster from occurring in the future. To date, the Committee has interviewed 17 current and former U.S. Department of State and Department of Defense officials involved in the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Committee has also held numerous public hearings with senior government officials, including former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, and Commander of U.S. Central Command, General Frank McKenzie. Further, the Committee has led a rigorous discovery process, and has reviewed over 10,000 pages of agency documents, including interview notes from the Department of State’s After-Action Review led by Ambassador Dan Smith.
The Committee’s thorough investigation points to Ms. Psaki as having played an important role in the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the deadly August 2021 non-combatant evacuation operation. As White House Press Secretary throughout this period, Ms. Psaki was charged with communicating the withdrawal to the American people and possesses key insights into the planning and decision-making regarding the Afghanistan withdrawal, the rapid Taliban takeover, and the evacuation of American citizens and Afghan allies. Ms. Psaki unfortunately advanced narratives regarding the withdrawal and evacuation that my investigation has proven untrue.
It appears Ms. Psaki acknowledges her own involvement, given her recent memoir, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World, which includes information related to the Afghanistan withdrawal, including a false claim that President Biden never looked at his watch during the ceremony for the 13 U.S. servicemembers killed under his leadership. It is troubling that Ms. Psaki seeks to profit off the Afghanistan tragedy, and has felt comfortable writing accounts and making them available to the general public, but refuses to make herself available to Congress, the branch dedicated to representing the interest and will of the American people.
Pursuant to the request for exhaustion raised in Mr. Sauber’s September 18 and 28, 2023 letters, the Committee has already attempted to obtain the information it needs to complete its investigation from the State Department, Department of Defense, and other relevant entities and individuals. It, however, has been unable to do so with respect to the narrative Ms. Psaki shaped and public relations strategy she led. My request is in accordance with standard precedent, including established practice during the Biden administration. Given that the Biden White House publicly supported Congressional interviews of former Trump officials, I fail to understand why Ms. Psaki insists on a double standard, now rejecting similar calls for accountability, unless it is her contention that the deaths of Americans and allies are not extraordinary circumstances.
Accordingly, the Committee requests that arrangements be made by Ms. Psaki to schedule her transcribed interview no later than May 28, 2024. Given the evasions by Ms. Psaki throughout this investigation, the Committee requests Ms. Psaki’s appearance before it on one of the specified dates below.
- June 12, 2024
- June 26, 2024
- July 9, 2024
As a private citizen, willing and able to publish a memoir on her tenure as White House Press Secretary, I encourage Ms. Psaki to refrain from relying on thin legal arguments to dodge her responsibility to appear before Congress. The Committee will not tolerate Ms. Psaki’s continued obstruction of its critical investigation and is prepared to use all the tools at its disposal to ensure America’s representatives speak with her.
I look forward to your prompt reply.
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Perhaps serving as a bell weather for the rest of this election cycle, far left Portland, Oregon, is on pace to reject the last four years of district attorney Mike Schimdt’s “progressive” and “justice reform” policies, as voters have apparently chosen to replace him with only-regular-democrat-normal-left Nathan Vasquez.
As of Wednesday morning, the results of Tuesday’s primary show Vasquez leading Schmidt 56%-44%. They are “still counting ballots” so anything can still happen, especially as the “ballot dumps” and “computer glitches” seem to be the norm with these multi million dollar, state-of-the-art ballot counting systems.
Vasquez has served as a deputy DA in Multnomah County for many years, and, along with the majority of folks in the office, quickly became disillusioned with Schmidt’s pandering to known-violent criminals.
Schmidt was heavily supported by George Soros’ pet project Drug Policy Alliance, to the tune of $75,000, along with a hefty donation from the union backed Working Families Party, which tossed in $294,937 of “in-kind contributions” for advertising and voter engagement. The strangest pile of contributions was over $300,000 in several different transactions from the Shields family, which include former state legislator Chip Shields and a William Shields, both of whom list Schaeffer Mfg St. Louis as their employer. In total, Schmidt raised nearly $900,000 this year and had nearly $1 Million on hand to blow in a losing effort.
Vasquez, in contrast, was supported mostly by the city’s business leaders. He raised just over $1 Million total.
Mike Schmidt’s legacy goes down in history as one of the biggest dumpster fires in legal and political history. During his 4 years in office, he gained a reputation for regularly dismissing charges on repeat offenders, letting rioters go without charges during the past several years of regular street chaos, was accused of harassment and sex-based discrimination, which led to the county and state paying out hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle complaints rather than be sued. By either intentionally ushering in the destruction of the city or by cognitive delusion, Schmidt graded himself “very highly” in an interview he did last fall.
A brief overview of Schmidt’s escapades has been documented here on Gateway Pundit. These include letting a repeat domestic abuser out of jail on low bail who went on to murder his ex girlfriend. He also dropped gun charges on his rioter friends, and even allowed BLM rioters to pull loaded rifles on motorists during a march with no consequences.
In other Oregon races, state legislator Maxine Dexter seems poised to win the US Congressional seat that’s being vacated by a retiring Earl Blumenauer. Bluemenauer has held the seat since 1996. The district is overwhelmingly whacked out, so whoever wins the democrat primary will surely win the general election.
State Representative Janelle Bynum has won the democrat primary over also-ran Jamie McLeod-Skinner, and will take on Republican incumbent Lori Chavez-Deremer in Oregon’s 5th Congressional district. CD5 is the one of the hottest battleground districts in the country.
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Christina Bobb, President Donald Trump’s former Attorney and head of the RNC’s Election Integrity Unit, was charged by Democrats with speech crimes in Arizona and arrested, arraigned, and booked in Phoenix on Tuesday.
Bobb was charged for speaking out against the 2020 election results, something that is now a crime if you are a member of the Republican Party.
Christina Bobb pleaded not guilty to all charges.
A video was released on Wednesday of liberal reporters physically violating Christina and harassing her as she left the courtroom.
This was disgusting. Christina fought back against the violent reporters, saying, “Get out of my face!” as they blocked her and would not let her pass.
Via Amuse.
Lawfare against Republicans has emboldened regime-aligned media to escalate their attacks – physical or otherwise against GOP lawyers like @christina_bobb. pic.twitter.com/l7LK1NDXNS
— @amuse (@amuse) May 22, 2024
Last month, Trump 2020 alternate electors, GOP state legislators, former Arizona GOP chairwoman Kelli Ward, and others were indicted by a state grand jury in Arizona.
The Arizona grand jury indicted 18 people last month for their involvement in the Arizona alternate electors plan.
Christina Bobb is a good friend of The Gateway Pundit family. We have interviewed Christina numerous times on election integrity, in which she is an expert and wrote a book on the subject.
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House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) on Wednesday accused Hunter Biden of lying under oath during his closed-door deposition before Congress in February.
New documents provided by a whistleblower contradict Hunter Biden’s testimony to Congress. Hunter Biden repeatedly lied to Congress about his family’s international influence-peddling scheme. according to Chairman Smith.
“Hunter Biden has shown once again he believes there are two systems of justice in this country – one for his family, and one for everyone else. Not only did Hunter Biden refuse to comply with his initial subpoena until threatened with criminal contempt, but he then came before Congress and lied,” House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith told Fox News. “The Ways and Means Committee’s investigation, and the documents released today, are not part of a personal vendetta against Hunter Biden, but are meant to ensure the equal application of the law.”
Chairman Smith said Hunter Biden lied about his shakedown message to his Chinese business associate Zhao. Hunter claimed he messaged the wrong Zhao because he was “high or drunk,” however records show the two had been messaging each other for months.
“First, Hunter Biden lied about the recipient of a WhatsApp message sent with the apparent intention to threaten a business associate and demand payment. In the message, Hunter Biden twice mentioned he was with his father. In the deposition, Hunter Biden sought to dismiss the message, claiming that he was either quote ‘high or drunk’ when he sent it, and in that state, had sent it to the wrong Zhao, and not actually the one affiliated with the Chinese energy company, CEFC. Hunter claimed under oath that the recipient, quote ‘had no understanding or even remotely knew what,…I was even‚…talking about’,” Chairman Smith said in his opening statement, according to Just The News.
Fox News reported:
House Republicans said they obtained information to prove “indisputably” that Hunter Biden lied under oath multiple times during his congressional deposition earlier this year, Fox News Digital has learned.
The House Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday held a mark-up session to discuss documents protected under IRS code 6103 — a portion of the tax code that keeps certain information confidential. Discussing that material without it being properly released by the House Ways & Means Committee is considered a felony.
The panel voted on Wednesday to release that information.
Smith said the documents the committee obtained reveal that Hunter Biden lied at least three times during his deposition.
Smith noted that “lying during sworn testimony is a felony offense that the Department of Justice has prosecuted numerous individuals for in recent years, and the American people expect the same accountability for the son of the President of the United States.”
“Hunter Biden’s lies under oath, and obstruction of a congressional investigation into his family’s potential corruption, calls into question other pieces of his testimony,” Smith said. “The newly released evidence affirms, once again, the only witnesses who can be trusted to tell the truth in this investigation are the IRS whistleblowers.”
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In a surprise move, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday afternoon that he would hold a general election in July.
The news will be met with a sense of frustration and bewilderment by some in the Tory Party, many of whom point out that he did not have to call an election for another six months.
While the Tories currently hold an 80-seat majority, most election experts are predicting a near wipeout across the country as voters punish Sunak and his party for failing to deliver on his promises.
The moment a soaking wet Rishi Sunak calls a general election for the 4th of July, while he struggles to be heard above the theme song of Labour’s 1997 landslide victory. pic.twitter.com/24V8j9hcYa
— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) May 22, 2024
Having been elected on a semi-populist platform in 2019 under Boris Johnson, the party has continued to betray its voters by presiding over a draconian lockdown regime, high taxes, record levels of immigration, and an embrace of “woke” ideology.”
In short, the Tories deserve to lose.
Yet waiting in the wings is the hard-left Labour Party and its leader Keir Starmer, who will actively embrace the woke, open borders, big government agenda. The man who will hold the post of Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, has compared Donald Trump to Nazi Germany and the KKK.
Let me get this straight: the woke left attack our history, pull down statues, indoctrinate our kids with gender ideology, infiltrate our institutions, take the knee for BLM,and when we dare to question this Keir Starmer says the Tories are starting a culture war.
What an idiot pic.twitter.com/Cd1oDXjFm2
— Lee Harris (@addicted2newz) January 22, 2024
If Labour wins with a comfortable majority, as they are widely expected to do, Britain will have another five years of left-wing, progressive government from which it will likely never recover.
However, some thinkers on the right, most notably Brexit leader Nigel Farage, argue that the demise of the Conservatives could well turn out to be a good thing for conservatism.
The theory goes that given that the Conservative Party is not actually conservative, only their wholesale destruction can pave the way for a true right-wing patriotic party to emerge.
Rishi Sunak has chosen suicide over political obliteration. pic.twitter.com/m4RFUAu8dP
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) May 22, 2024
Genuine conservatives are facing a Catch-22. They can either punish the Tories by sitting out the election and letting the Labour Party run riot, or they can once again give them their vote in the full knowledge that it will be betrayed as soon as they secure power.
The Conservative Party of Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill is sadly ancient history. Now, it must either become a genuinely conservative outfit or face inevitable extinction.
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has inadvertently exposed what many conservatives have long suspected: the relentless lawfare against President Donald Trump is not about justice; they’re a strategic ploy to hamstring his 2024 presidential campaign.
Last week, President Trump announced plans for a rally in the South Bronx to address the “horrendous effects” of Joe Biden’s presidency on the U.S. economy.
In December, The Gateway Pundit contributor and Newsmax reporter Cara Castronuova went down to the Bronx to take the temperature on Joe Biden.
Cara, who routinely breaks major investigations at The Gateway Pundit, was shocked by what she heard. There is huge support for President Donald Trump in the Bronx!
The rally is scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 6:00 PM EDT at Crotona Park in The Bronx. It is expected to draw significant attention to the economic distress communities like the South Bronx have experienced under the current regime.
The Gateway Pundit contributors Jordan Conradson and Cara Castronuova will be at the venue speaking to Bronx Trump supporters.
During a recent public appearance, AOC mocked Trump’s upcoming rally in the South Bronx, claiming that his choice of location was not a political strategy but a necessity due to legal constraints that keep him tethered to New York City.
“By the way, Trump’s doing it in the South Bronx not to make a point but because he’s got court. And the man practically has the legal version of an ankle bracelet around him, and he can’t leave the 5 boroughs because he always has to be in court,” she said.
“So it is truly an embarrassment to him. And I am looking forward to the response of everyday Bronxites talking about how they feel about him coming to their backyard,” AOC added.
AOC’s comments suggest a more sinister motive behind the persistent legal challenges facing Trump, who is currently entangled in multiple witch hunts by the lawless Democrats. These proceedings include:
This lawfare by Democrats, as pointed out by AOC’s own words, is aimed at limiting Trump’s mobility and, by extension, his ability to campaign freely across the country.
Her assertion that these legal challenges are akin to an “ankle monitor” shed light on leftists’ tactics of using legal proceedings as political tools against Trump, branding these actions as nothing short of election interference.
Wow. @AOC accidentally says the quiet part out loud. She mocks President Trump for holding a rally in the South Bronx and brags about how the Democrats’ lawfare is forcing him to stay in New York City:
“By the way, Trump’s doing it in the South Bronx not to make a point but… pic.twitter.com/459TvGZ7zK
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) May 22, 2024
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Just look at the enthusiasm!
Joe Biden on Tuesday traveled to Nashua, New Hampshire to deliver remarks on veteran healthcare under the PACT Act.
“President Biden signed the landmark bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act into law in August 2022, enacting the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic exposed veterans in more than 30 years.” The White House said.
“Named in honor of Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson, a decorated combat medic who died from a rare form of lung cancer, this historic legislation is delivering timely benefits and services to veterans—across all generations—who have been impacted by toxic exposures while serving our country.” The White House said.
A video emerged of Biden’s event in Nashua and it is pathetic.
Just look at that crowd of enthusiastic people waiting for Joe Biden!
Feel the excitement?
WATCH:
The scene from Nashua, NH awaiting @JoeBiden arrival.@nhgop @nhdems pic.twitter.com/YaEULoOKMH
— NH Journal (@NewHampJournal) May 21, 2024
One of the attendees said they felt like they were at a wake!
“I feel like I’m at a wake.” One of the ppl at the @joebiden Nashua event.
More excitement among Trump fans lining the road than in the venue. pic.twitter.com/oIbhM5H3fm— NH Journal (@NewHampJournal) May 21, 2024
It appears more Trump supporters turned out in bright blue Nashua to protest Biden!
Trump supporters protest Biden in Nashua
81 million vote recipient Joe Biden was mocked for the crowd size.
“Feel the excitement”
— ALX (@alx) May 22, 2024
Biden can't even get hardcore Dems to come out and see him babble insanely. Quite hilarious but VERY telling about the lack of support he has #NHPolitics https://t.co/ZJiaQJGwBs
— Kimberly Morin (@Conservativeind) May 21, 2024
Biden's crowd of pre-selected invites in NH.
The Maine Wire was shockingly not granted access. https://t.co/gO88d2AJg4
— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) May 21, 2024
Are they still doing that little circle thing? https://t.co/nMUeHx6K0J
— Mark Pukita (@mpukita) May 22, 2024
My city of Nashua is as BLUE as they come … so I’m surprised, they couldn’t pack it for #Biden … but I have enjoyed seeing all the America First Patriots in my city today
— Allison Dyer (@3rdGener) May 21, 2024
Biden crumbled as he announced more than 1 million PACT Act-related claims have been granted in the last two years.
“After I signed the Pack-Anderl-An-Pack-At-Lack-Ack into law I handed a pen that I signed it with which is the position the person with the most responsibility…” Biden said in Nashua.
WATCH:
The guy can’t string a sentence together—he can’t be President of the United States.pic.twitter.com/Te2uF20cTt
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 21, 2024
In contrast, here was the crowd at Trump’s recent New Jersey rally:
Here was the crowd at Trump’s Manchester, New Hampshire rally earlier this year:
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Well, It’s time for another tough conversation.
According to its website, the NAACP prides itself on ending racial inequality for the betterment of the black community.
Their chief aim is to root out things that hold the black community back from success. If the organization were honest, they would realize it was not 1942.
Drop the “civil rights holier than thou act.” We have literal rapists and gangs in our race doing actual harm to the general public and our race.
25-year-old Shanquella Robinson was found dead a day after flying out on vacation to Cabo with her friends. What occurred at a Cabo villa is a mystery due to conflicting claims. After an ongoing investigation, friends are found to have lied about the cause of death. pic.twitter.com/runaiGBDHa
— MEFeater Magazine (@mefeater) November 16, 2022
Does the NAACP understand the word “integrity?” It appears they have none or are unfamiliar with what that entails anymore. The NACCP has long been a respected institution; for decades, the org has been known to put out credible and effective work with its advocacy.
Per the NAACP website History tab,
In 1908, a deadly race riot rocked the city of Springfield, eruptions of anti-black violence – particularly lynching – were horrifically commonplace, but the Springfield riot was the final tipping point that led to the creation of the NAACP. Appalled at this rampant violence, a group of white liberals that included Mary White Ovington and Oswald Garrison Villard (both the descendants of famous abolitionists), William English Walling and Dr. Henry Moscowitz issued a call for a meeting to discuss racial justice. Some 60 people, seven of whom were African American (including W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Mary Church Terrell), signed the call, which was released on the centennial of Lincoln’s birth.
Echoing the focus of Du Bois’ Niagara Movement for civil rights, which began in 1905, NAACP aimed to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution, which promised an end to slavery, provide equal protection of the law, and the right for all men to vote, respectively. Accordingly, the NAACP’s mission is to ensure the political, educational, equality of minority group citizens of States and eliminate race prejudice. The NAACP works to remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes.
Michael Brown should be celebrating his 28th birthday today.
We will continue to say his name and fight for justice and accountability.
Sending love to his family and friends. pic.twitter.com/Wo50EYwH7C
— NAACP (@NAACP) May 20, 2024
Integrity would be using your platform for black women like Shanquella Robinson, who was viciously attacked while footing the bill for her ghetto black friends to go on vacation.
It was a vacation that ended her life, and as I sit here typing right now, not a single one of those black people who were seen attacking her has been called out by NAME by your org.
It doesn’t matter what race you are; Everyone can see how little black organizations such as NACCP actually care to discuss real issues.
White people aren’t the ones taking money from a black female and then using her death for social media likes and views. That was our people, and shame on you!
A BLM activist who was the diversity executive at Facebook and Nike has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for stealing over $5 million. Barbara Furlow-Smiles joins a long list of fraudsters who enriched themselves on leftist race politics. https://t.co/ZSyPgSeBhG
— Andy Ngô ️ (@MrAndyNgo) May 16, 2024
When society decides they have had enough of organizations like you, it will affect all the good black people you supposedly fight for.
Once again, I am pleading with society to please stop going along with this. Hold these people accountable.
Get the hell away from black people, because there is no fixing this.
– Scott Adams pic.twitter.com/hgyvIAXtIg
— WilliamA33 (@WilliamA_33) March 18, 2023
None of us will have a livelihood if gangs continue to control us for fear of being labeled racist.
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British media is in an uproar after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak triggers a General Election for the 4th of July.
UPDATE: The announcement happened as the Premier walked out in the drizzle a little after 5pm, London time (11am ET).
Sky News: PM confirms election for 4 July
“Rishi Sunak confirms he spoke to the King earlier today to request the dissolution of parliament ahead of a general election on Thursday, 4 July.
“‘Now is the moment for Britain to choose its future. To decide whether we want to build on the progress we have made, or risk going back to square one with no plan and no certainty’.
The election, he says, will ‘take place at a time when the world is more dangerous than it has been since the end of the Cold War’.”
Sunak: ‘I’m guided by doing what is right for our country’
“Concluding his speech, Rishi Sunak says: ‘I hope that my work since I became prime minister shows that we have a plan and are prepared to take bold action necessary for our country to flourish. I’ve stuck with that plan, and always been honest with you about what is needed, even when that’s been difficult, because I’m guided by doing what is right for our country, not what is easy. I can’t say the same thing for the Labour Party, because I don’t know what they offer, and in truth, I don’t think you do either’.
He argues that Labour does not have a plan, saying ‘the future can only be uncertain with them’.
Mr Sunak says the Labour leader has ‘shown time and time again that he will take the easy way out and do anything to get power’.”
UK rules specify that an election has to be held until December 17. So far, Sunak had repeatedly stated that the vote will happen in the ‘second half of the year’.
But now, ‘Election fever is gripping Westminster today’.
This comes across as rather surprising since the opposition Labour has a big lead in the polls, and has just handed Sunak an astounding defeat in the local council elections.
Daily Mail reported:
“Lord Cameron is cutting short a trip to Albania to be back in time for a Cabinet meeting at 4.15pm, while Jeremy Hunt has cancelled an appearance on ITV tonight.
[…] The drama is threatening to set the Tory tinderbox ablaze, with MPs telling MailOnline that Mr Sunak has a ‘death wish’ and the Parliamentary party will go ‘nuts’ if he tries to call an election.”
Rumors say letters of no confidence are being drafted and delivered to the Conservative Party’s ‘1922 Committee’ tasked with this function.
Others want to prevent the writ being moved to ‘dissolve Parliament’ and call the next elections.
“The rumors gathered pace after Mr Sunak hailed a ‘major milestone’ with inflation tumbling to the lowest level in nearly three years.
Sunak recently stated in the Commons:
“There is, Mr Speaker, spoiler alert, there is going to be a general election in the second half of this year. At that moment, the British people will in fact see the truth about the honorable gentleman opposite me, because that will be the choice at the next election Mr. Speaker, a party that is not able to say to the country what they would do, a party that would put at risk our hard-earned economic stability, or the Conservatives that are delivering a secure future for our United Kingdom.”
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate fell from 3.2 per cent in March to 2.3 per cent in April – which is near the Bank of England’s 2 per cent target.
Other economic indicators were not as good, as many question whether Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will have room to cut taxes before the election.
Watch as Sunak stands in the drizzling rain to announce General Elcetions for July 4th:
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As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis defeated her primary challenger, Christian Wise Smith, after garnering 90 percent of the vote.
Following her victory, Willis hosted a victory party on Tuesday, and to the shock of many guests at the party, former special prosecutor Nathan Wade, who was forced to resign from the Trump RICO case due to his romantic relationship with Willis, was in attendance.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Tamar Hallerman was the first to report on Wade’s attendance and took to X and wrote, “Well consider me shook.”
Hallerman further wrote Wade was “all smiles.”
LOOK:
Well consider me shook. At DA Willis’ campaign party in Buckhead and Nathan Wade just walked in. All smiles pic.twitter.com/hc7uKPn5ka
— Tamar Hallerman (@TamarHallerman) May 21, 2024
Per The New York Post:
Nathan Wade “shook” revelers at Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ primary election victory party Tuesday when he strolled into the event “all smiles.”
Wade, the former special prosecutor whose love affair with Willis resulted in him being forced to resign from the historic criminal case against former President Donald Trump, was among those gathered at an event space in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood to celebrate the district attorney’s landslide win.
“Well consider me shook,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Tamar Hallerman wrote on X, after spotting Wade dressed to the nines.
Wade walked in “all smiles,” she added.
As The Gateway Pundit reported in March, Judge Scott McAfee ruled Fani Willis can stay on the Trump RICO case but must fire her lover special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
READ:
BREAKING: Fani Willis’ Lover Nathan Wade Resigns From Trump RICO Case After Judge’s Ruling
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Guest post by Leo Hohmann – republished with permission
The FBI and Homeland Security have issued an alert warning that Gay Pride events scheduled for cities throughout the U.S. during June “Pride Month” may be targeted by ISIS and other Islamic terrorist organizations.
Of course, our woke federal law-enforcement agencies never utter the word Islamic, Islamic State, or Muslim.
Here’s what they said in a release issued this week:
“Foreign terrorist organizations or supporters may seek to exploit increased gatherings associated with the upcoming June 2024 Pride Month.”
The warning explained that so-called foreign terrorist organizations, or FTOs, will make efforts to “commit or inspire violence against holiday celebrations, including Pride celebrations or LGBTQIA+-related venues, are compounded by the current heightened threat environment in the United States and other Western countries.”
The statement goes on to read:
“FTOs and their supporters have previously promoted anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and targeted LGBTQIA+ related events or venues for attacks.”
English-language ISIS messaging reportedly featured an article in February 2023 calling for “followers to conduct attacks on unidentified soft targets, although the attacks and targets were not specific to LGBTQIA+ venues.”
It’s also significant that June 12, 2024, is the eighth anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. After the shooting that killed 49 and wounded 53, the FBI alert says “pro-ISIS messaging praised this attack as one of the high-profile attacks in Western countries, and FTO supporters celebrated it.”
The alert also noted a June 2023 attempted attack on a Pride parade in Vienna, Austria, by three alleged ISIS sympathizers using knives and a vehicle.
The number of people on the terror watch list attempting to enter the country illegally has skyrocketed under Biden’s term, along with the number of unvetted refugees being admitted from Islamic countries.
So, the current U.S. government policy appears to be one of encouraging Islamic terrorists to enter the country on the one hand, while labeling Americans who oppose them as xenophobic and Islamophobic, then on the other hand warning of impending attacks by these same Islamic terrorists they have allowed in and protected from being called out as dangerous. The fact that these “foreign terrorists” are also Islamic terrorists is never mentioned in the FBI alerts.
Classic Hegelian dialectic. Create the problem, then offer the solution, which always furthers the interests of the national-security digital surveillance states.
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The Bronx is the bluest of New York City boroughs with a majority of Spanish voters. Biden “won” 83% of the Bronx vote back in 2020.
In December, The Gateway Pundit contributor and Newsmax reporter Cara Castronuova went down to the Bronx to take the temperature on Joe Biden.
Cara, who routinely breaks major investigations at The Gateway Pundit, was shocked with what she heard. There is huge support for President Donald Trump in the Bronx!
EVERYONE knows things were better under Trump – no matter what the media is pushing. EVERYTHING is worse under Joe Biden, and the Marxist left is destroying the country. And it’s not likely to get any better as long as they hold on to power.
Cara’s report went viral and was re-Truthed by President Trump!
Cara went back to the Bronx to ask residents if they would like Trump to hold a rally there and if he did, would they attend? Once again, the response was OVERWHELMING – The Bronx voters WANT TRUMP!
NEWSMAX correspondent Cara Castronuova takes to the streets of The Bronx to ask residents if they would attend a Donald Trump rally in the South Bronx.@CaraCastronuova pic.twitter.com/i3AAsZ0LQS
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) December 21, 2023
Last week President Donald Trump announced he will hold a rally in South Bronx, New York this Thursday to “highlight the horrendous effects Crooked Joe Biden’s presidency had had on our economy,: according to a statement released by the former president’s campaign Friday.
President Trump will be visiting the South Bronx, New York on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 6:00 PM EDT #truth #trump2020 #MAGA pic.twitter.com/OjK85NovX1
— Lara #IStandWithTrump (@Lara_maga47) May 18, 2024
This announcement comes after President Trump delivered remarks to a massive crowd of roughly 100,000 supporters in Wildwood, New Jersey.
This is an unprecedented move for a Republican candidate.
But the time is now, and this President was and will be the president of the ENTIRE country, not just the coastal elites like Joe Biden.
The rally will start at 6:00 PM – doors will open at the venue at 3:PM.
The Gateway Pundit contributors Jordan Conradson and Cara Castronuova will be at the venue speaking to Bronx Trump supporters.
We also have a GUEST HOST who will join Cara and Jordan in the Bronx tomorrow.
Check out The Gateway Pundit on Thursday starting at 2 PM ET at the Bronx Trump Rally!
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The Biden administration agreed this week to remove the remaining US troops from Niger by September. The approximately 1,000 troops will leave the two US military bases in the country to the new regime. Russian forces are already in country and actually share the same base now as US troops.
This is one of Joe Biden’s greatest foreign policy failures among many and is of course being ignored by the US fake news conglomerate.
The BBC reported on the latest deal in Niger. It appears the Biden regime paid off the regime to save face as they were forced out of the country. You can bet that money was exchanged for this communication.
The US and Niger have agreed that American troops will leave the country “no later” than 15 September, they announced in a joint statement on Sunday.
They said the two countries had “reached a disengagement agreement to effect the withdrawal of U.S. forces, which has already begun”.
…
The military junta which seized power last year has already ordered French troops to leave, while moving closer to Russia.
The statement commended the “joint sacrifices of Nigerien and U.S. forces in the fight against terrorism”, adding that the withdrawal would not affect the continuation of US-Niger relations.
“The United States and Niger are committed to ongoing diplomatic dialogue to define the future of their bilateral relations,” it read.
That is complete lie. The US was forced out. Russians are already on the US base.
* * * * * * * * * *
The Gateway Pundit has reported on this American humiliation since April. In case you missed our previous reporting here is a recap.
Molly Phee, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, did a bang up job in Niger. Now US forces are being told to leave the country pivotal to US national defense.
Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine recently spoke to reporters and blamed US State Department official Molly Phee of threatening the current leaders while negotiating US military presence in the country.
The Nigerian leader blamed Phee for the complete breakdown in relations. Zeine described his reaction to Molly Phee when she came to lecture the Nigerien leaders in March, “You have come here to threaten us in our country. That is unacceptable. And you have come here to tell us with whom we can have relationships, which is also unacceptable. And you have done it all with a condescending tone and a lack of respect.
In April we learned about Joe Biden’s most recent foreign policy disaster in Niger, Africa. US troops are trapped in the country allegedly without water and medicine at the time. The Army was likely hiding this to protect itself from the embarrassment. Deployed Americans were in limbo and unable to do their jobs and the Biden State Department was completely outmaneuvered once again.
Thanks to brilliant negotiating skills by Biden appointed diplomats US military will leave Niger and leave behind a $100 million airbase to the current anti-American rulers.
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
On top of that news broke last week that Russian troops have now entered the US airbase in the nation’s capital, Niamey.
The Russians will cohabitate with the remaining Americans at the US Airbase 101.
This is another humiliation of US troops by Joe Biden.
Now we find out it was US diplomat working for Joe Biden who destroyed this important relationship with Niger.
Via Stars and Stripes.
A crucial military relationship between the United States and its closest West African ally, the country of Niger, ruptured this spring after a visiting U.S. official made threats during last-ditch negotiations over whether American troops based there would be allowed to remain, according to the country’s prime minister.
In an exclusive interview, Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine put the blame for the breakdown squarely on the United States, accusing American officials of trying to dictate which countries Niger could partner with and failing to justify the U.S. troop presence, now scheduled to end in the coming months. Niger has been central to efforts to contain a growing Islamist insurgency in West Africa.
The rift between the former allies has created an opportunity for Russia, which has moved quickly to deepen its relationship with Niger, dispatching troops to the capital, Niamey, last month to train the Nigerien military and supplying a new air defense system. Russian and U.S. troops now occupy opposite ends of an air base.
After a military coup d’état ousted Niger’s democratically elected president last year, the United States froze security support as required by U.S. law and paused counterterrorism activities, which had involved intelligence gathering on regional militant activities from a massive drone base in the country’s north. The United States has kept more than 1,000 military personnel in place while negotiating with Niger over their status and urging the junta to begin restoring democracy…
Stars and Stripes then reveals the genius in the Biden State Department who destroyed US relations with Niger and how she did it.
He said the Nigerien leaders took particular umbrage at remarks by Molly Phee, the State Department’s top official for African affairs, who he said had urged the government during a March visit to Niamey to refrain from engaging with Iran and Russia in ways objectionable to Washington if Niger wanted to continue its security relationship with the United States. He also said Phee had further threatened sanctions if Niger pursued a deal to sell uranium to Iran.
“When she finished, I said, ‘Madame, I am going to summarize in two points what you have said,’” recounted Zeine, who has led negotiations with the United States. “First, you have come here to threaten us in our country. That is unacceptable. And you have come here to tell us with whom we can have relationships, which is also unacceptable. And you have done it all with a condescending tone and a lack of respect.”
Read the full report at Stars and Stripes here.
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Rep. Jasmine Crocket, D-Tx., is awaiting ownership of the insulting phrase she leveled against Rep. Marjorie Tayler Greene, R-Ga., in the notorious showdown during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing last week.
The Democrat lawmaker’s campaign filed a trademark application for the phrase “bleach blonde bad built butch body” on Sunday with the US Patent and Trademark Office.
The move will accompany the launch of the “Crockett Clapback Collection,” featuring accessories and clothing items with the alliterative jab she hurled at Greene in the heated exchange on the House floor.
USA Today broke the news of Crockett’s trademark application on Tuesday.
The House Oversight Committee hearing on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s contempt of Congress became raucous last Thursday night after Greene asked Democrat members of the House Oversight Committee whether any of them are employing the daughter of the judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money case.
“Please tell me what that has to do with Merrick Garland,” Crocket responded. “Do you know what we’re here for?”
Green shot back, blasting Crockett on her fake eyelashes.
“I don’t think you know what you’re here for,” Greene responded. “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading.”
The hearing then devolved into insults being slung across the chamber with Chairman James Comer unable to contain proceedings for nearly an hour.
Rep. Alexandria Cortez, D-NY, slammed Greene over the “disgusting” and “unacceptable” remarks about Crocket.
“How dare you attack the physical appearance of another person?” Cortez admonished.
Greene replied taunting Cortez, asking, “Are your feelings hurt?”
“Oh girl, oh baby girl, don’t even play,” Cortez retorted.
Comer ruled Greene’s insult did not breach congressional protocol, prompting Crockett to “clap back.”
“If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody’s bleach blond, bad-built butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?” she asked the chairman.
Following the heated exchange, the 43-year-old Texas congresswoman did what we would expect of a Democrat and branded Greene’s “fake eyelashes” comment as racist.
“MAGA has historically been on social media doing the things where they’re saying, ‘Oh she’s black with lashes and nails and hair, and so she’s ghetto.’ And so, to me, this was [Greene] buying into that rhetoric and trying to amplify this for the MAGA crowd,” Crocket told CNN’s Jake Tapper Monday.
Crockett then announced the launch of her “Clapback Collection.”
So we are going to drop “A Crockett Clapback Collection.” This collection will feature various swag that includes random things I’ve said. The money will go to ensuring that we have a Democratic House! Give me a little time to really get the swag online etc., but B6 will drop… pic.twitter.com/7RnPQ4jVHs
— Jasmine Crockett (@JasmineForUS) May 18, 2024
Both Republicans and Democrats told Politico that some members had been drinking that evening but the publication did not disclose their names.
Greene responded to Crockett’s trademark application by posting a video of X working out.
“Yes my body is built and strong NOT with nips, tucks, plastic, or silicone, but through a healthy lifestyle,” the Georgia lawmaker wrote in the post. “Soon turning 50 years old, God willing, I will continue to lift, run, swim, play sports, surf, ski, climb and LIVE this life to the fullest and enjoy every single moment!”
Yes my body is built and strong NOT with nips, tucks, plastic, or silicone, but through a healthy lifestyle. Soon turning 50 years old, God willing, I will continue to lift, run, swim, play sports, surf, ski, climb and LIVE this life to the fullest and enjoy every single… pic.twitter.com/DSkqJEuEnM
— Marjorie Taylor Greene (@mtgreenee) May 20, 2024
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Part Two:
Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday unsealed numerous motions related to Jack Smith’s classified documents case against Trump. The documents included evidence that Joe Biden was ready to have his main political rival, Donald Trump, and his family killed for a publicity stunt!
Of course, if ANY OTHER THIRD WORLD COUNTRY did this to a political rival, the Biden regime would be lecturing that country about human rights. Joe Biden has single-handedly destroyed this nation’s cultural norms and historic precedent in less than four years.
Cristina Laila reported earlier that one filing revealed Biden’s FBI authorized the use of deadly force during their raid on Mar-a-Lago authorized by US Attorney General Merrick Garland in August 2022.
But there is even more shocking information included in the released report that we reported earlier. The Biden regime not only approved deadly force at President Trump’s home, where Secret Service members are stationed every day but they also made plans for casualties. The Biden DOJ and Chris Wray’s FBI also notified a local trauma unit to prepare for casualties.
The FBI also authorized agents to raid the guest rooms at Mar-a-Lago and terrorize the guests there.
Julie Kelly reported more details from the reports that were released on Tuesday.
The Biden regime took several photos in Melania Trump and Barron Trump’s bedrooms – and they were interested in the binders in Melania’s room.
Steve Bannon: What hat they did to Melania’s suite, Melania’s Room, and Baron’s Room.
Julie Kelly: There’s another filing disclosed by Trump’s team, and this is an FBI document categorizing all the photos that were taken.
There are dozens of photos taken out of Melania’s Room, and several taken out of Baron’s Room. I don’t know exactly what they were. It just refers to the location. But what? And there’s actually, and I’m going to be posting this in Mike Davis, your ears are going to be burning as soon as I say this, there are probably 15 citations of pictures of binders in Melania Trump’s suite. ‘Binder,’ that’s the word that they use. Now, I know what Mike Davis is going to say, which is what he’s been saying from the beginning, that this whole thing was based on trying to retrieve Trump’s copy of the Crossfire Hurricane’s document. So what were they doing in Melania’s suite? And why were they taking pictures of binders that she had in her bedroom? So that again.
But whoever said that the FBI was spoiling for a fight, that is Absolutely what this looks like. And we are lucky that no one was hurt during that raid because they were prepared for a fight.
Here is the video from the War Room.
This is exactly what The Gateway Pundit has been reporting since the week of the Mar-a-Lago raid in August 2022.
In February, sources close to the high-profile investigation revealed that the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago was specifically aimed at recovering a “missing top-secret binder.”
This document is rumored to contain damning evidence of former President Barack Obama’s CIA’s involvement in initiating the Russia collusion narrative against President Trump.
Fox News host Jesse Watters discussed these details on his show, citing reporting by investigative journalists Michael Schellenberger and Matt Taibbi.
President Trump declassified a binder on January 19th, 2021 that contains hundreds of pages about the Crossfire Hurricane scandal. It contains damaging information about the corrupt actors involved with our government. Two different DOJ Attorney General’s have defied President Trump’s direct lawful order to publish the binder in the Federal Register. It’s been 19 months as the DOJ defies the order, and every FOIA request to make it public.
The DOJ had already made redactions to protect sources and methods and returned the binder back to the White House. But the corrupt FBI also wanted to hide names. So at the last minute, the DOJ demanded the binder comply with the 1974 Privacy Act. The Act requires any “agency” that releases records to also hide personal or identifiable name information. The DOJ knew this Act doesn’t apply to the White House, it was a stall tactic. The courts decided this 22 years ago that the Privacy Act was based around FOIA requests, and the White House is not an agency.
Hours before Trump left office on January 20th, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows gave the binder back to the DOJ, along with this memo. He asked the DOJ to make any Privacy Act redactions “out of an abundance of caution.” In the memo, he asks them to expeditiously release the binder when finished. Meadows foolishly expected this would take 3-4 days. It’s over three years now and it’s still not released. Just the News recently obtained the Meadows memo from the National Archives, who also denied having a copy of the declassified binder.
Meadows admitted in interviews that various agencies often stalled or defied Trump’s orders. Meadows knew better than to rely on the DOJ to release this damaging binder after they left the White House. He should have released the binder to the public himself. But in doing so, there was a chance he would become a target of the DOJ and FBI. The memorandum below is what Mr. Meadows sent to the DOJ Attorney General on January 20th, 2021.
Details from the Mar-a-Lago raid offered an explanation on what the FBI was looking for and why the FBI has not released the Spygate documents as they were ordered to when President Trump left office.
Investigative reporter Paul Sperry had his Twitter account taken down for the second time after he tweeted about the Mar-a-Lago raid and what the FBI was looking for.
According to Paul Sperry, the FBI agents spent 9 hours looking for details President Trump took with him on the Crossfire Hurricane FBI spying scandal.
The FBI and DOJ cannot let the American public know the truth of their criminal acts and attempted coup against President Trump. So they raided his home, looking for the documents that may indict the organization.
Zero Hedge reported at the time:
Twitter has suspended journalist Paul Sperry after he made several tweets about this week’s FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, where they spent up to 9 hours rifling through the former president’s private office, Melania Trump’s wardrobe, and eventually took 12 boxes of material…
Sperry: “DEVELOPING: Investigators reportedly met back in June w Trump & his lawyers in Mar-a-Lago storage rm to survey docs & things seemed copasetic but then FBI raids weeks later. Speculation on Hill FBI had PERSONAL stake & searching for classified docs related to its #Spygate scandal.”
Sperry also tweeted a list of “conflicted” DOJ officials who were “briefed on the Mar-a-Lago raid”, and noted that “CNN is admonishing reporters not to call the FBI raid of Trump’s home a “raid,” but instead to term it as a “judge-approved search.”
— Ultra MAGA Suave: Say No to RINOS & False Flags (@anaelena12345) August 9, 2022
He also tweeted: “Funny, don’t remember the FBI raiding Chappaqua or Whitehaven to find the 33,000 potentially classified documents Hillary Clinton deleted,” adding “And she was just a former secretary of state, not a former president.”
In a subsequent with Trump insider Kash Patel we heard more about the mysterious binder being the target of the Obama-Biden raid.
The regime was after the binder and they were ready to kill for it.
This criminal mob must be defeated.
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The Republican primary for North Dakota’s at-large congressional seat will be held on June 11, and one candidate appears to be getting increasingly desperate.
Rick Becker, a plastic surgeon who ran as an independent for U.S. Senate in 2022 after losing his bid for the Republican nomination at the state GOP’s convention, paid transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney $350 to film a campaign ad attacking his conservative opponent, Julie Fedorchak.
Getting this video made was pretty dang fun.
Dylan Mulvaney, though I doubt he knows who Julie Fedorchak is, did an excellent job highlighting her work against coal plants in North Dakota and her desire to work with RINO’s in DC. Well worth the Cameo fee for the laugh and to… pic.twitter.com/PfoySlfQlG
— Dr. Rick Becker (@DrRickBecker) May 21, 2024
Fedorchak is endorsed by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Governor Doug Burgum (R-ND), two strong allies of President Trump. Becker touts the endorsements of Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Chip Roy (R-TX), who all supported Governor Ron DeSantis in his failed bid to stop Trump from becoming president again.
Mulvaney, a biological man who pretends to be a woman, gained a higher public profile when he interviewed President Joe Biden in 2022. The pair attacked Republican states for restricting surgical procedures for minors who want to be transgender, with Biden saying, “in some states, it’s just outrageous, and I think it’s immoral. The trans part’s not immoral, what they are trying to do to trans persons is immoral.”
Mulvaney has said that he had surgery to make his facial structure more feminine. While it’s unclear whether Rick Becker has ever performed this type of transgender-friendly procedures at his practice, he does specialize in breast and vagina surgery, according to his website.
As a member of the North Dakota legislature in 2019, Becker voted against a resolution urging Congress and President Biden to fund construction of a border wall, and ensure compliance with federal immigration laws.
Becker was also only one of a few members to vote against increased penalties for child abuse and bills strengthening the law against indecent exposure towards a child and sexual abuse of a child.
In March 2023, Mulvaney made headlines by posting a sexually-charged video in which he pretended to be a six-year-old girl.
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Trump Campaign Attorney Christina Bobb was horrified after newly unsealed court documents revealed that the FBI was authorized to use deadly force against former President Donald Trump and his associates during the politically motivated raid at Mar-a-Lago in August 2022.
The documents unsealed by Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday, stemming from special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case against Trump, detail the FBI’s controversial raid.
One particularly disturbing aspect of these filings is the ‘Operations Order.’ The disclosed “Operations Order” from the FBI outlined the protocol for engaging with Trump and his security team during the raid, which was authorized by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in August 2022.
Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland “personally approved” the use of DEADLY FORCE against President a Trump during the Unconstitutional Raid of Mar-a-Lago.
BIDEN IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. pic.twitter.com/95wvGZMjn4
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) May 22, 2024
The document includes a policy statement on the use of deadly force, specifying it could be employed when necessary if there was an imminent threat.
The court document read, “According to an “Operations Order” produced in discovery, the FBI believed its objective for the Mar-a-Lago raid was to seize “classified information, NDI, and US Government records as described in [the] search warrant.” The Order contained a “Policy Statement” regarding “Use Of Deadly Force,” which stated, for example, “Law enforcement officers of the Department of Justice may use deadly force when necessary…” The agents planned to bring “Standard Issue Weapon[s],” “Ammo,” “Handcuffs,” and “medium and large sized bolt cutters,” but they were instructed to wear “unmarked polo or collared shirts” and to keep “law enforcement equipment concealed.”
Tons of new unsealed filings on classified docs case–I will try to post as much as I can (there goes the workout) but this is mind-blowing.
FBI authorized the use of deadly force at Mar-a-Lago pic.twitter.com/f0lR6UifAH
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 21, 2024
The document further details plans for confrontation, noting that should Trump have appeared at Mar-a-Lago during the raid, the FBI and Secret Service security teams were prepared to engage directly. This included potential resistance from the Secret Service, with contingency plans for the FBI to coordinate closely with undisclosed contacts.
Oh my God
Armed FBI agents were preparing to confront Trump and even engage Secret Service if necessary.
They were going to go door to door to terrorize MAL guests and even pick the locks.
Gestapo pic.twitter.com/ViWahRIpTL
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 21, 2024
The presence of a medic and coordination with a local trauma center were also noted in the plans.
FBI had a medic on the scene and identified a local trauma center for anyone “injured” during the raid.@JudiciaryGOP pic.twitter.com/vOwlZPUsfb
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 21, 2024
Christina Bobb, a key figure present during the raid and legal advisor to Trump, expressed her dismay and fear upon learning about these authorized measures.
“They were prepared to kill me?! A few dozen FBI agents v. me and they were ready to kill me?!!! What in the world happened to the United States of America?!” Bobb said.
WTF?!! They were prepared to kill me?! A few dozen FBI agents v. me and they were ready to kill me?!!! What in the world happened to the United States of America?!
FBI was authorized to use ‘deadly force’ in classified docs search at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, court filings reveal…
— Christina Bobb (@christina_bobb) May 21, 2024
Last year, Bobb discussed the raid with The Gateway Pundit, criticizing the FBI’s refusal to allow Trump’s attorneys to witness the search.
Bobb: “I was very surprised. It was actually another attorney who was running this case that was running point and communicating with the Department of Justice. But I was certainly there. I was there for the raid for sure. But my understanding from what I’ve seen is that the legal team that was running this case was very cooperative with DOJ, to my knowledge anyway.”
Jim Hoft: “The FBI refused, when they raided Trump’s home back in last fall, to wait for a Trump attorney to be there before they started their search.”
Bobb: “Yeah. So they got there before I did, and they had started before I got there. And then they wouldn’t let me participate. Once I was there and trying to be involved and trying to be a part of the search and observe and see what they were doing, I was forced to stand out on the circle drive…”
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French President Emmanuel Macron is heading to the chaos-ridden Pacific territory of New Caledonia in a bid to keep the last remnants of post-colonial power intact after getting kicked out of the African Sahel region in a major geopolitical blow for Paris.
For once, Macron will be busy with his own considerable problems instead of going around the world war-mongering or pontificating on themes like his climate alarmism obsession.
It’s been a week after riots erupted in the French overseas territory, killing six.
Australia and New Zealand have started evacuating tourists from the island away from the looted shops, torched cars and road barricades.
Reuters reported:
“The protests were sparked by anger among indigenous Kanak people over constitutional reform approved in Paris that would change who is allowed to take part in elections. Local leaders fear the change will dilute the Kanak vote.
Macron will meet elected officials and local representatives on Thursday for a day of talks focused on politics and on the reconstruction of the island, aides said.
Macron ‘will discuss with all the forces in New Caledonia’, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said. ‘The objective is to … prepare and anticipate reconstruction’.”
To re-establish dialogue in the island will not be an easy task, since pro-independence leaders blame the riots on Macron and his insistence on pushing through the electoral reform despite local opposition.
“‘Here comes the fireman after he set the fire!’ Jimmy Naouna, from the Front de Liberation Nationale Kanak et Socialiste (FLNKS) of New Caledonia, wrote on X in response to news of Macron’s visit.
France annexed New Caledonia in 1853 and gave the colony the status of overseas territory in 1946. New Caledonia is the world’s No. 3 nickel miner but the sector is in crisis and one-in-five residents live below the poverty threshold.”
12 thousand miles away from France, New Caledonia is dealing with long-established by pro-independence movements, but past week’s violence has been the worst there in 40 years.
Now, more than 1,000 gendarmes and police from France were on patrol and another 600 would soon be added, France’s High Commission said.
But while Macron is flying in, just about everybody that can fly out is doing so.
Associated Press reported:
“The Australian military has flown 115 passengers on two flights from the restive French Pacific territory of New Caledonia and a French government flight was expected to evacuate another 100 stranded passengers on Wednesday, an Australian government minister said.”
The unrest is raising new questions about Macron’s handling of France’s colonial legacy.
“’We’ve prioritized the elderly, the pregnant and the most vulnerable’, Conroy told Nine Network television. ‘We’ll continue to work with the French government to make sure we get every Australian out of New Caledonia who does want to leave’.”
Conroy said France was planning more flights to Brisbane on Wednesday.
“’The French have indicated they intend to continue repatriating foreign nationals, particularly tourists so the primary plan is more French flights but … we do have contingency plans and we do have planes on standby should there be an issue with that course of action’, Conroy later told Australian Broadcasting Corp. ‘A French plane is expected to leave for Brisbane this afternoon or this evening and we expect around 100 Australians to be on it’.”
Read more:
Peter Sweden: IT’S SPREADING – Massive Farmers Protest in Germany (Video)
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Biden just keeps sinking. His approval rating took another hit in May, bringing it to its lowest level in almost two years.
It’s hardly a surprise given the state of the economy, the border, national security, etc.
Breitbart News reports:
Biden’s Approval Rating, 36%, Drops to Lowest Mark Since July 2022
President Joe Biden’s approval rating in May fell to its lowest level in almost two years, Reuters/Ipsos poll found Tuesday, deepening reelection concerns.
Presidents historically need an approval rating around 50 percent to win reelection.
Only 36% approve of Biden, down two points since April. It matches his lowest-ever approval rating in July 2022.
Biden’s sluggish economy for main street was the top issue (23 percent) for Americans, while 21 percent of respondents said political extremism was the top issue, followed by the open border (13 percent).
On the question of who managed the economy better, Trump soared ten points above Biden (40-30 percent).
To make matters worse for Biden, he is now trailing Trump in fundraising numbers.
Hot Air reported:
Biden Campaign Falls Behind in Fundraising for the First Time
This can’t be good news for team Biden. While the president’s poll numbers have remained in the mud he could at least celebrate that his campaign fundraising was going well, beating out the Trump team each month. But things took a turn in April.
President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign’s fundraising in April lagged rival Donald Trump’s for the first time, after the former president ramped up his joint operation with the Republican National Committee and headlined high-dollar fundraisers.
The Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised more than $51 million in April, the campaign said, lower than the $90 million they raised in March and less than $76 million Donald Trump and the Republican Party reported taking in for the month.
There is something in the air right now.
The 2024 election already does not feel like the 2020 election.
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Newsweek has been busted for running a fake news story about Tucker Carlson, saying that he has made a deal with Russia State TV.
Their tweet is still up.
Tucker Carlson launches show on Russian state TV https://t.co/5hvYjqcvuj pic.twitter.com/6nZwE6K5ce
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 21, 2024
Twitchy grabbed this part of the original story:
Conservative TV host Tucker Carlson has launched his own show on a Russian state television channel.
The former Fox News anchor is presenting the program Tucker on the rolling news channel Russia 24, with the first episode now available online, Russian state newspaper Rossiskya Gazyeta reported.
The paper said that the show is part of a joint project with Carlson TV, in which he will interview figures and politicians who have “alternative views to the mainstream.”
In February, Carlson interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin.
Newsweek has since been forced to update the story.
Newsweek has now updated their headline and added an editor's note stating that Tucker did not in fact launch a show on Russian TV after Tucker Carlson Network CEO @NeilPatelTDC rejected their claim and said Newsweek didn't even reach out to them for comment before publishing it.… https://t.co/rJQQmaqMDa pic.twitter.com/cRKO27dudy
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 21, 2024
Tucker’s business partner Neil Patel posted a response.
The Tucker Carlson Network has not done any deals with state media in any country. Whoever is currently pretending to be the old Newsweek brand would know that if they had checked with us before printing like news companies are supposed to do. https://t.co/xbukz58F88
— Neil Patel (@NeilPatelTDC) May 21, 2024
Newsweek busted for publishing fake news… again. https://t.co/oJ94BBayjX
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) May 21, 2024
It looks like this was the source:
Seems the source for this bogus story was *literally* the Ukrainian version of Pravda. https://t.co/DT3L4nx0OL pic.twitter.com/BqpaHZheOR
— Jack Montgomery (@JackBMontgomery) May 21, 2024
This is the liberal media that wants you to be deeply concerned about disinformation.
Once again, one can’t help but notice that these kinds of mistakes always seem to go in only one direction.
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An exclusive report by TMZ has revealed the DEA has tapped the United States Postal Service to help find the person who gave actor Matthew Perry the ketamine that resulted in his death.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office revealed that the accidental death of Friends star Matthew Perry was due to “acute effects of ketamine.”
According to TMZ’s report, the USPS’ federal investigatory agents are now investigating whether the drugs Perry had in his system at the time of his death came through the mail.
Before his tragic death, Perry was undergoing ketamine infusion treatments for mental health problems.
A medical examiner from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office determined that the ketamine found in his system at the time of his death wasn’t from his mental health treatment but instead came from a different source, which resulted in the DEA launching an investigation on finding out how Perry obtained the ketamine.
Matthew Perry’s Death Being Investigated by United States Postal Service | Click to read more https://t.co/YNQXor9XDj
— TMZ (@TMZ) May 21, 2024
Per TMZ:
Matthew Perry’s death is mobilizing multiple federal agencies — TMZ has learned the DEA’s now getting assistance from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in its efforts to find the person who gave the actor the ketamine that killed him.
Law enforcement sources tell us … the USPS’ federal investigatory authorities are now involved in the probe, and looking into whether Matthew acquired any drugs through the mail. We’re told the postal inspectors are offering their expertise — including their ability to track packages and other mail-related investigation tools.
TMZ broke the story … local police and the DEA have been investigating the circumstances surrounding MP’s passing for months — after the toxicology report found the actor died from acute effects of ketamine.
Though the report noted Matthew had been undergoing ketamine infusion therapy for mental health issues more than a week before his passing, the medical examiner determined the ketamine in his system at the time of his death wasn’t from the treatment … raising the question of whether he got it from another, non-medical source.
On October 28, 2023, Perry was found unresponsive in the pool of his luxury Los Angeles home and was later pronounced dead by paramedics.
Law enforcement officers, who arrived on the scene reported there were no drugs discovered near Perry at the time of his death.
READ:
Matthew Perry’s Accidental Death Attributed to ‘Acute Effects of Ketamine’, Autopsy Report Reveals
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Crooked Fani Willis won the Fulton County, Georgia DA primary election Tuesday evening.
Willis will face off with a Republican this November.
Fani Willis is best known for having an affair with the married prosecutor she hired to ‘get Trump’ in her bogus RICO case against the former president.
Fox News reported:
Embattled Georgia prosector Fani Willis survived her primary election challenge Tuesday night, and will face off against a GOP challenger in November.
Willis, the District Attorney for Fulton County, is leading the sweeping 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump and has been the subject of scrutiny many Republicans in the state and nationwide for her affair with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, which almost got her removed from the case.
Willis on Tuesday defeated Democrat attorney Christian Wise Smith in a rematch of their race four years ago. In the county that in 2020 voted 73% for President Joe Biden, she was favored to win.
Last August Fani Willis hit President Trump and 18 others with RICO and conspiracy charges for daring to challenge the 2020 election.
The embattled DA is now under investigation by two chambers of Congress and Georgia state legislators over misuse of funds.
Fani Willi is currently under investigation by Chairman Jordan’s House Judiciary Committee for the misuse of federal funds.
Senator Chuck Grassley also launched an investigation into Fani Willis for misusing federal funds related to gang prevention.
Fani Willis on Monday night ran to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow to attack Jim Jordan.
“Jim Jordan has, time after time after time, attacked my office with no legitimate purpose,” Fani Willis told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Monday. “Anyone who knows Jim Jordan’s history knows that he only has the purpose of trying to interfere in a criminal investigation.”
Willis continued, “All while his jurisdiction has one of the worst crime rates, has poverty issues, and not one time has he used his position to try to investigate people who are attacking me and attacking others legitimately doing their jobs. Making him illegitimate in his position, and it’s disgusting. So I bring that up at the federal level because now at the state level, they have decided to follow this clown’s lead. And they want to now try to interfere in an investigation, and it’s not legitimate either.”
WATCH:
Big Fani Willis accuses Jim Jordan of “attacking” her and “trying to interfere in a criminal investigation” pic.twitter.com/QRpajos6hW
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 21, 2024
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Dirty James Comey warned the MSNBC audience about the dangers of a second Donald Trump presidency.
James Comey will go down in history as the man who, along with Chris Wray, the current director, turned the FBI into a corrupt Stasi-like entity used to target innocent Americans, Catholics, and their political opposition.
Comey led the efforts to set up President Trump in the Mueller collusion hoax knowing it was all a lie from its very beginning. Comey, Obama, top DOJ officials, the FBI and top Democrats used this lie in their attempt to remove President Trump from office. This goes down as one of the greatest criminal acts of sabotage in American history.
On Tuesday James Comey told the cranks on Morning Joe that he fears in a second term, President Trump will “target his enemies” – much like James Comey did in Trump’s first term.
You really can’t make this up – the criminal official who led efforts to impeach and jail Donald Trump in his first term is worried Trump will target his political enemies in his second term. Talk about projection!
James Comey: “He is a threat to the rule of law in America. To me, that’s what this election is about. It’s not about policy differences, it’s about what kind of country are we going to be. If he has the ability, smarter than he was last time to use the power of the Department of Justice and the FBI to target his enemies especially the rule of law in America will change in a way that we haven’t seen in our lifetime.”
This is literally what the Democrats are doing to Trump today!
The rubes on MSNBC all nodded in agreement.
James Comey on Morning Joe asserts Trump is a ‘threat’ to the rule of law that will target his political enemies:
“He is a threat to the rule of law in America. If he has the ability, smarter than he was last time, to use the power of the DOJ and the FBI to target his enemies.”… pic.twitter.com/48JKBOZQIC— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) May 21, 2024
These same self-deceiving hacks that support the 91 junk indictments in the ongoing lawfare suits against President Trump.
Here is a reminder of more than 100 actions the Deep State FBI and DOJ took that were either outside of policy and/or were corrupt and/or were criminal surrounding the 2016 Presidential election and exoneration of Hillary Clinton and the setup/attempts to remove Donald Trump from office.
Via Joe Hoft.
We have updated this list with an additional 24 instances of irregulaties and/or criminal acts by Obama’s FBI, DOJ and Deep State –
Major hat tip to D. Manny who put this list together!
The post Can’t Make This Up… James Comey Warns MSNBC Cranks that Trump Will “Target His Enemies” Like Comey Did to Trump with Completely Fraudulent Russian Collusion Hoax appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
The story of the formation of the Netherlands’ new government is a LONG soap opera in which the Globalist and leftist apparatus is desperately trying to keep Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party away from power, even if they were the most voted party in the last elections.
The vote took place way back in November – yes, you read it right. SENSATIONAL! Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party Wins in the Netherlands! Geert to Be Prime Minister! “We Are Going to Rule!”
It soon became clear that the Globalist Elites Panic as Netherland’s Geert Wilders Stands Against the ‘Migration Tsunami’ – ‘The Dutch will be Number One Again’
Dutch coalition negotiations are usually long, so in February they were still getting started – on the wrong foot: Netherland’s Coalition Talks Led by Geert Wilders in Disarray as Minor Party Steps Away From Negotiation
The ides of March brought the Netherlands Letdown: Geert Wilders Doesn’t Have Support of Coalition Partners To Become PM Right Now – But His Party Is Still Surging
Once Wilders gave up the post of Prime Minister that was his by-right of being the leader of the most voted party, apparently things improved, so in May: Conservative Champion Geert Wilders FINALLY Reaches Deal to Form New Government in the Netherlands.
So now, even before the new government has been established, the Dutch conservatives are stunning the liberal world with their parliamentary prowess.
It arises that the House of Representatives, the lower house of Parliament in the Kingdom, has approved a bill stating that the pro-Hamas slogan ‘from the river to the sea’ should be regarded as a call to violence, and should therefore be punishable.
Wilders’ party PVV’s proposal passed by the margin of just one vote.
De Telegraaf reported (translated from the Dutch):
“It is the second time in a short time that the House has spoken out about the anti-Semitic slogan. A majority in Parliament previously voted in favor of a proposal by SGP member Diederik van Dijk to give the Public Prosecution Service (OM) an additional tool to view chanting that slogan during demonstrations as a criminal offense.
In response, Minister Yesilgöz (Justice, VVD) indicated that she wanted to let the Public Prosecution Service determine whether something is punishable or not.
Despite the reluctant attitude of the outgoing cabinet, PVV MP Maikel Boon wanted to go one step further to banish the slogan. He pointed to the “disturbing” increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the Netherlands.
According to the PVV member, the slogan ‘from the river to the sea’ comes ‘directly from the Hamas charter’ and is therefore ‘a call for violence against all Jews worldwide’, Boon stated. In a roll-call vote, 74 MPs ultimately voted in favor of considering the slogan as a call to violence, 73 voted against it.”
Read more:
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A new internal poll from JL Partners provided exclusively to The Gateway Pundit shows Trump-Endorsed Kari Lake still dominating GOP challengers in the July 30 primary for Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat.
However, it can be recalled The Gateway Pundit and Cygnal Polling conducted a poll of likely Republican voters weeks before Kari Lake’s August 2, 2022 Arizona gubernatorial primary, which found that she led competitors by double digits. Then, shenanigans in the primary election made Lake’s race a nail-biter.
When the polls opened across Maricopa County, the printers were not working, and some voters were reportedly handed slips of paper with a phone number to call. They were also told to visit a different polling location if they wanted to have their vote counted. Some voters were reportedly told that they had already voted.
The Gateway Pundit also reported that Pima County poll workers were illegally trained to give Republican ballots to Democratic voters and to illegally electioneer in the 2022 primary for governor.
In Pinal County, where Lake’s closest competitor, Mark Lamb, serves as Sheriff, they also ran out of ballots at polling locations and turned voters away from the polls. Prior to this, Pinal sent 63,000 erroneous ballots to voters leading up to the August 2nd Primary Election.
Many saw these issues as a trial run for the 2022 general election, in which 60% of machines in Maricopa County failed on election day, and other irregularities were detected statewide. Kari Lake reportedly lost the General Election by less than 1% to corrupt Democrat Katie Hobbs, who oversaw the election as Secretary of State.
Yet Lamb, in a February 2023 Congressional Homeland Security Committee Hearing, said Trump lost his election, and he has “seen zero evidence” that election fraud had an impact in the 2020 election — even after the rigged midterms where the primary election was wrought with irregularities and 60% of machines failed in the general election.
WATCH:
Et tu, Mark?
A source close to Trump world told The Gateway Pundit, “Kari Lake is demolishing Mark Lamb, who has been weak on crime and election integrity. Lake is the Trump Endorsed candidate, and Lamb is a pawn of the Far Left.”
It should be remembered that RINO Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, who oversaw early voting in Lake’s stolen 2022 election for governor, founded and operated the Pro-Democracy Republicans dark money PAC aimed at eliminating candidates with a MAGA agenda and admits to voting for Democrats last election cycle. Richer also sued Kari Lake, alleging defamation after she spoke out against him for the corrupt election and his serious conflicts of interest. He would apparently like nothing more than to see Kari Lake lose.
Despite all of these issues in Kari Lake’s primary for governor, The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Lake made a huge comeback, and the corrupt election officials stopped counting on election night after she became the clear winner. She was not officially declared the winner until August 4 at 7 pm, and they still had not counted all of the ballots. Lake was finally declared the winner in every Arizona County by only 4.9% despite leading in polls by nearly 12%.
Will there be a repeat of Arizona’s corrupt primary in 2024?
See the results of the latest poll below:
| Ballot Test | Apr-2023 | May-2024 | Change |
| Kari Lake | 54% | 55% | 1% |
| Mark Lamb | 22% | 24% | 2% |
| Elizabeth Reye | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Undecided | 24% | 20% | -4% |
| Lead | Lake +32 | Lake +31 | -1% |
| Kari Lake | Apr-2023 | May-2024 | Change |
| Very Favorable | 51 | 46 | -5 |
| Somewhat Favorable | 19 | 32 | 13 |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 10 | 7 | -3 |
| Very Unfavorable | 15 | 11 | -4 |
| Heard of, no Opinion | 5 | 3 | -2 |
| Never Heard Of | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Total Fav | 70 | 78 | 8 |
| Total Unfav | 25 | 18 | -7 |
| Net | 45 | 60 | 15 |
| Mark Lamb | Apr-2023 | May-2024 | Change |
| Very Favorable | 22 | 32 | 10 |
| Somewhat Favorable | 18 | 21 | 3 |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 5 | 4 | -1 |
| Very Unfavorable | 3 | 2 | -1 |
| Heard of, no Opinion | 23 | 16 | -7 |
| Never Heard Of | 29 | 25 | -4 |
| Total Fav | 40 | 53 | 13 |
| Total Unfav | 8 | 6 | -2 |
| Net | 32 | 47 | 15 |
After the Primary, Lake will take on radical left Democrat Congressman Ruben Gallego in the General.
You can support Kari Lake’s campaign here.
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Joe Biden on Tuesday traveled to Nashua, New Hampshire to deliver remarks on veteran healthcare under the PACT Act.
“President Biden signed the landmark bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act into law in August 2022, enacting the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic exposed veterans in more than 30 years.” The White House said.
“Named in honor of Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson, a decorated combat medic who died from a rare form of lung cancer, this historic legislation is delivering timely benefits and services to veterans—across all generations—who have been impacted by toxic exposures while serving our country.” The White House said.
Biden crumbled as he announced more than 1 million PACT Act-related claims have been granted in the last two years.
“After I signed the Pack-Anderl-An-Pack-At-Lack-Ack into law I handed a pen that I signed it with which is the position the person with the most responsibility…” Biden said.
Biden is completely shot.
WATCH:
The guy can’t string a sentence together—he can’t be President of the United States.pic.twitter.com/Te2uF20cTt
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 21, 2024
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced fire from both senators and pro-Hamas protesters during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday. But one could argue the rough actions of the Capitol Police stole at least part of the show.
The committee hearing was supposed to be centered around the Biden regime’s budget request for the 2025 fiscal year. But as Blinken entered the room, the protesters led by Code Pink greeted him with cries of “war criminal,” “Secretary of Genocide,” and other unfriendly names.
WATCH:
NOW: As @SecBlinken enters a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, this is how we greeted him:
“SECRETARY OF GENOCIDE!”
“WAR CRIMINAL!”
“THE BLOOD OF 40,000 PALESTINIANS IS ON YOUR HANDS!”
“EMBARASSMENT TO INTERNATIONAL LAW!” pic.twitter.com/CGRUtwqT7a— CODEPINK (@codepink) May 21, 2024
The hearing went further south as the agitators started screaming like maniacs as Blinken tried to speak. One man, who has been identified as Mohamad Habehh from American Muslims for Palestine, called Blinken “the butcher of Gaza” while blaming Israelis for the death of a little Palestinian girl.
“HIND RAJAB WAS 6 YEARS OLD WHEN ISRAELIS KILLED HER! YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE BUTCHER OF GAZA!”
Mohamad Habehh of @AMPalestine confronts @SecBlinken as he testifies to Congress right now: pic.twitter.com/U1hH53D0ez
— CODEPINK (@codepink) May 21, 2024
Capitol Police proceeded to yank him out of the room while he continued screaming. Code Pink says he is facing charges of resisting arrest and assaulting police.
Capitol Police roughly removed Mohamad from the hearing room, injuring others in the process, and have baselessly threatened him with resisting arrest and assaulting an officer.
Here is the video of the arrest: https://t.co/OgfswjnMvT pic.twitter.com/Lhotfq9OGx
— CODEPINK (@codepink) May 21, 2024
Code Pink claimed as one of their protesters was being roughly pushed out of the hearing room, a former U.S. diplomat turned anti-war demonstrator named Ann Wright was injured during the commotion.
Capitol Police then escorted her out while she yelled, “Stop the genocide!”
While arresting one protestor in today’s Foreign Relations hearing with @SecBlinken, Capitol Police injured @AnnWright46, retired colonel and former diplomat.
As she was forced out of the room, she yelled “Stop the genocide!” pic.twitter.com/TJhOGmIB7t
— CODEPINK (@codepink) May 21, 2024
The situation grew even more chaotic when another Code Pink loon, identified as “Olivia,” started accusing Blinken of war crimes, forcing the Secretary of State to turn around.
“Blinken is a war criminal! He is a war criminal!” she bellowed. “The blood of 40,000 Palestinians is on his hands!”
NOW: @SecBlinken continues to be disrupted during his testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“Blinken is a war criminal! He is a war criminal! The blood of 40,000 Palestinians is on his hands!” pic.twitter.com/bmx0CTfkrJ
— CODEPINK (@codepink) May 21, 2024
Capitol Police carried “Olivia” out like a sack of potatoes. Like Mohamed, the woman is reportedly facing charges of resisting arrest and assaulting a cop.
The Capitol Police violently carried Olivia out of the hearing room.
They’ve threatened her with charges of resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. https://t.co/WeYIm3nEMH pic.twitter.com/S6jPALd2s1
— CODEPINK (@codepink) May 21, 2024
It would be a surprise to see these agitators face any prison time or even probation. After all, Democrat prosecutors have ignored crimes committed by Antifa, BLM Marxists and other radical left individuals for years.
But the Biden regime is perfectly happy persecuting 1400 Trump supporters, mostly for daring to peacefully object to the 2020 election results.
The post Capitol Police Play Rough When Pro-Hamas Protesters Start Screaming like Maniacs During Antony Blinken’s Senate Testimony – Some Agitators Reportedly Face Criminal Charges (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
President Trump’s lawyer Christina Bobb on Tuesday was arrested, arraigned and booked in Phoenix on junk charges related to the Arizona alternate electors.
Christina Bobb pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Last month Trump 2020 alternate electors, GOP state legislators, former Arizona GOP chairwoman Kelli Ward and others were indicted by a state grand jury in Arizona.
A total of 18 people involved in the Arizona alternate electors plan were indicted by the Arizona grand jury last month.
President Trump was named “Unindicted Coconspirator-1” in the indictment because he made a phone call about the ballot counting to former governor Doug Ducey.
Trump lawyers Christina Bobb, Jenna Ellis, Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman were indicted.
“Welcome to Biden’s America,” Christina Bobb said on X next to her booking photo.
Welcome to Biden’s America. pic.twitter.com/FOmB5L8d5s
— Christina Bobb (@christina_bobb) May 21, 2024
Rudy Giuliani was also arraigned on junk charges related to the Arizona alternate electors Tuesday.
Rudy appeared remotely for his arraignment and pleaded not guilty to all nine charges, including conspiracy, fraud, and forgery.
Gateway Pundit readers will know that Christina Bobb is a close friend to this website. We have interviewed Christina several times and trust her expertise.
This is a complete abuse of the law.
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Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday was arraigned on junk charges related to the Arizona alternate electors.
Rudy appeared remotely for his arraignment and pleaded not guilty to all nine charges, including conspiracy, fraud, and forgery.
Giuliani posted a $10,000 bond and will have to appear in Phoenix, Arizona for his booking photo within the next 30 days.
Last month Trump 2020 alternate electors, GOP state legislators, former Arizona GOP chairwoman Kelli Ward and others were indicted by a state grand jury in Arizona.
A total of 18 people involved in the Arizona alternate electors plan were indicted by the Arizona grand jury last month.
Trump lawyers Christina Bobb, Jenna Ellis, Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman were indicted.
President Trump was named “Unindicted Coconspirator-1” in the indictment because he made a phone call about the ballot counting to former governor Doug Ducey.
Arizona’s Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes announced last month. She defended her witch hunt and the curious timing of the indictment – just months before the 2024 general election. Make no mistake, the charges are a warning shot to anyone who may want to challenge the 2024 election.
Giuliani was served with an Arizona indictment during his 80th birthday event in Palm Beach last Friday.
Sources close to Giuliani likened the scene to a military operation, stating that the serving of the indictment was executed “like it was Normandy,” according to The Post.
Goons from the Arizona attorney general’s office showed up at 11 pm and served Rudy indictment papers in front of his 75 birthday guests.
Photos of Rudy Giuliani at his birthday party in Florida tonight. I’m told guests had just finished singing “happy birthday” when agents served him paperwork on AZ fake elector charges.
Trump strategists Roger Stone/Steve Bannon were also present. pic.twitter.com/u2YqdgoSU6
— Rachel Louise Just (@RLJnews) May 18, 2024
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Joe Biden is releasing one million barrels of gasoline from the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve in a bid to reduce prices as summer driving season begins (and the November presidential election draws nearer.) The timing is similar to Biden’s a 2022 sale of millions of barrels of oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum reserve that sought to drive down prices before that year’s midterm elections that has left the reserves dangerously low with Biden slow-walking efforts to refill it.
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As TGP reported last month, gasoline prices were up 18 percent this year.
Last Friday the Energy Department announced the awarding of contracts to buy 3.3 million barrels of oil in October at an average price of $79.38 (excerpt):
…the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Petroleum Reserves announced that contracts have been awarded for the acquisition of 3.3 million barrels of U.S.-produced crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The contracts awarded today represent a fully subscribed solicitation for October delivery following the Request for Proposal (RFP) that was announced on May 7, 2024. The 3.3 million barrels are being purchased for an average price of $79.38, well below the average of about $95 per barrel that SPR crude was sold for in 2022, securing a good deal for taxpayers. To date, DOE has purchased a total of 35.6 million barrels of oil for the SPR for an average price of $77.18 as well as accelerated nearly 4 million barrels of exchange returns, pursuant to its strategy to refill the SPR. DOE will continue to evaluate options to refill the SPR while securing a good deal for taxpayers, taking into account planned exchange returns and market developments.
Forbes posted an analysis this month of Biden’s efforts to refill the SPR (excerpt):
…To recap, the SPR is maintained by the U.S. Department of Energy, and its oil stocks are stored in huge underground salt caverns at four sites along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico. The size of the SPR (authorized storage capacity of 714 million barrels) makes it a significant deterrent to oil import cutoffs and a key tool in foreign policy.
After Russia invaded Ukraine, the Biden Administration made the largest withdrawal in SPR history in an effort to curb the oil price spikes that happened in the wake of the invasion. Between Biden’s inauguration in 2021 and mid-2023, 291 million barrels were sold from the SPR. That 46% reduction took SPR volumes to a level last seen in 1983.
Since hitting a low level of 347 million barrels in June 2023, the Biden Administration has returned about 14 million barrels of the 291 million removed (4.8%).
Tuesday’s DOE press release in full:
U.S. Department of Energy Announces Sale of Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve as Americans Hit the Road for Summer Driving Season
MAY 21, 2024WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Petroleum Reserves announced a solicitation for the sale and liquidation of 1 million barrels (42 million gallons) of gasoline in the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve (NGSR). This solicitation is strategically timed and structured to maximize its impact on gasoline prices, helping to lower prices at the pump as Americans hit the road this summer.
“The Biden-Harris Administration is laser focused on lowering prices at the pump for American families, especially as drivers hit the road for summer driving season,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. “By strategically releasing this reserve in between Memorial Day and July 4th, we are ensuring sufficient supply flows to the tri-state and northeast at a time hardworking Americans need it the most.”
The awarded entities, likely made up of retailers and terminals, from this sale will have the fuel transferred or delivered no later than June 30, 2024, just in time for the July 4 holiday. In 2024, in accordance with the Consolidated Appropriations Act, DOE will sell close to 1 million barrels of gasoline from the following NGSR storage sites:
Port Reading, NJ (900,000 bbl)
South Portland, ME (98,824 bbl)The volumes will be allocated in quantities of 100,000 barrels. This approach will ensure a competitive bidding process that both fuel retailers and terminal holders can participate in – ensuring this product can flow into local retailers ahead of the Fourth of July 4 holiday and that it will be sold at competitive prices, helping lower costs for American families and consumers.
Bids for the solicitation are due no later than 11:00 a.m. Central Time on May 28, 2024. Revenues from the sale will be deposited to the Treasury.
The sale of this Government controlled stock will release nearly 1 million barrels (42 million gallons) of gasoline blendstock into the commercial market for use at their discretion. Contracts resulting from this sale shall be subject to contract price adjustment as set forth in the Supplements and Amendments to the Standard Sales Provisions (SSP).
This Notice of Sale contains the terms and conditions of the sale and specific instructions for preparation and submittal of offers.
For more information on the NGSR please visit the NGSR website.
The Northeast Gasoline Supply reserve was set up by the Obama administration in 2014 after Superstorm Sandy devastated the northeast in 2012.
Congress mandated the reserve be sold off and closed as part of a budget deal this year. The AP reports an analyst saying the gasoline reserve made little sense to begin with (excerpt):
…The move, which the department said is intended to help “lower costs for American families and consumers,″ follows a mandate from Congress to sell off the 10-year-old Northeast reserve and then close it. The language was included in a spending deal Congress approved in March to avert a partial government shutdown.
…Congressional Republicans have long criticized the Northeast reserve, which was established by former President Barack Obama, saying any such stockpile should have been created by Congress. A 2022 report by the Government Accountability Office said the gasoline reserve, which has never been tapped, would provide minimal relief during a severe shortage. The reserve costs about $19 million a year to maintain.
Patrick De Haan, an analyst for GasBuddy, said sale of the Northeast reserve would have little impact on gasoline prices nationally, although there “may be a slight downward pressure on prices” in the Northeast. The million-barrel reserve only amounts to about 2.7 hours of total U.S. gasoline consumption, he said.
“As an analyst, this reserve never really made a whole lot of sense to have,’’ De Haan said in an Associated Press interview. The reserve is very small and must be frequently rotated, “because gasoline has a shelf life,’’ De Haan said. “That’s why there’s really no nation that has an emergency stockpile of gasoline’’ other than the U.S.
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has vastly more quantities of oil needed in an emergency, he said.
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the high-profile prosecutor in President Donald Trump’s election interference case, has been hit with severe allegations of fund mismanagement by her challenger.
Christian Wise Smith, an experienced prosecutor himself, has called for Willis’ immediate resignation following revelations of a second congressional investigation into her office’s financial practices.
Republican Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) have initiated a second congressional investigation into the alleged misappropriation. The senators accuse Willis of diverting funds meant for at-risk youth and gang prevention towards purchasing computers and “swag,” FOX News reported.
The Justice Department Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) granted nearly $500,000 to the Fulton County District Attorney’s office in 2020.
The grant was meant to establish the Fulton County Center of Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention, aimed at providing professional development, academic mentorship, and a community network for young people at risk of gang activity. However, despite the grant, reports suggest that the center remains unopened with its proposed building closed to the public.
Amanda Timpson, former director of gang prevention and intervention for the Fulton County DA Office, reportedly warned Willis about plans within her office to use the OJJDP gang prevention funding on ineligible expenses such as MacBooks and travel instead of aiding at-risk youth. Timpson’s employment was terminated two months after raising these concerns.
In addition to the OJJDP grant, in 2020, the Fulton County DA’s office received $2 million in federal funding through the Office of Justice Program’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI). This funding was intended to address the problem of unsubmitted sexual assault kits and assist law enforcement and prosecutors in solving these crimes.
Grassley and Johnson allege that around 49% of the SAKI funding was spent on travel and conference expenses from 2020 to 2023, with only 28% spent on professional services like forensic and DNA testing. By 2023, nearly 98% of the SAKI funding was being used for travel and conference expenditures.
“The waste or misuse of taxpayer funds is unacceptable,” the senators wrote in their letter, demanding a complete accounting of all federal grants received by the Fulton County DA since fiscal year 2019.
In light of these allegations, Christian Wise Smith, who is challenging Willis in the Democratic primary, has called for her immediate resignation.
HOLY MACRO, karma is about to get Fani Willis.
Fani Willis received a letter from the United States highlighting her misuse of $500,000 for Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention Center and $2 million for the Sexual Assault Kit
Initiative.Will Democrats protect her or will she… pic.twitter.com/rY8W8C8Rzm
— I Meme Therefore I Am (@ImMeme0) May 21, 2024
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Do illegal immigrants coming across the Southern Border have more rights than January 6 Political Prisoners?
Real America’s Voice host of ‘Law & Border,’ Ben Bergquam, teams up with J6 political prisoner Jake Lang to answer the toughest questions about the border crisis!
Why are illegal immigrants being treated better than the Jan 6ers?!
Jake Lang: “I mean, we have something here that we’ve never seen before, literal domestic terrorism, literal invasion, literal insurrection happening at the border! Meanwhile, they’re sending the FBI’s 51 field offices after J6 grandmas and, you know, social media influencers and reporters like Steve Baker, and this is nonsense.
You’ve been on the ground. What is the difference between a Jan 6 peaceful protester, political prisoner, and a migrant that is coming across the border with drugs, with sex trafficking, with the different ways to destroy our society?
Are we in the same class? Are we both threats to society? Or what’s your opinion?”
Ben Bergquam: “Well, first, let me just say to everybody that is being held, that is still watching, wherever you’re watching from, it’s an absolute honor. You guys will be able to watch it. God bless you guys. And we stand with all of you in this fight.
So it’s very simple.
To me, it’s pretty black and white.
The January 6ers, outside of a couple of the ones that were used by the federal government informants, people that were sent in there to do bad acts, The vast majority that I know love America and that’s really the big difference.
You’ve got people that love America being held prisoners, and you’ve got people and -I’ll.. I’m actually going to compare three tiers, three tiers of justice, so you’ve got the January 6ers or anybody any patriot that loves this country that stands for this country, then you’ve got you mentioned illegal aliens, illegal migrants, whatever you want to call them, they’re illegal being basically given special treatment not only equal treatment but special treatment!!
And I just came from Chicago, and you look at how they’re treated versus how homeless veterans are treated left out in the street in the cold while illegal aliens are given three meals a day they’re given a warm hotel room.
They’re given total freedom and autonomy of movement; they can go anywhere they want in our country, and it’s all under the guise of refugee resettlement. It’s all through this office of refugee resettlement. It’s all under the facade of asylum.
The reality is the vast majority of these people, illegal aliens that were allowed into our country by a fraudulent regime under Joe Biden that is, as you mentioned, communist globalist anti-american.
And that’s the third category I would say of justice we have in America. So you have you, and I would say I would include President Trump in what they’re doing – the injustice you see, the weaponization of the justice system by communist DA’s and communist judges in America against President Trump and against you guys, and you’ve got illegal aliens that are put almost as a higher class, and then you’ve got the leftist people…
Jake Lang: “The Untouchables.”
Ben Bergquam: “The untouchables—Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton—all of these traitors to America.
Nancy Pelosi, who, by the way, allowed January 6th to happen, not only allowed it, but in my opinion, if we actually do the real investigation, J6 investigation that needs to happen, I believe she orchestrated it, was involved with it.
I have communications from different people that her daughter and her son-in-law were meeting with some of the leftist BLM members that ended up coming into the building that day, and there’s no question about it.
They are protected.
So to me, sadly, we’re living in a post-constitutional America.
It’s no longer equal protection under the law.
You have the protected and you have the targeted, and that’s really what we’re seeing. ”
Stay tuned to the end of the podcast to hear Ben say a SPECIAL prayer over the January 6ers & their families.
There is power in prayer. The living testimony of the January 6 patriots proves there is power in the mighty name of Jesus.
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Joe Biden was ready to have his main political rival Donald Trump and his family killed for a publicity stunt!
Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday unsealed numerous motions related to Jack Smith’s classified documents case against Trump.
One filing revealed Biden’s FBI authorized the use of deadly force during their raid on Mar-a-Lago authorized by US Attorney General Merrick Garland in August 2022.
Tons of new unsealed filings on classified docs case–I will try to post as much as I can (there goes the workout) but this is mind-blowing.
FBI authorized the use of deadly force at Mar-a-Lago pic.twitter.com/f0lR6UifAH
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 21, 2024
Armed FBI agents were prepared to confront Trump!!
“Should FPOTUS [Trump] arrive at MAL [Mar-a-Lago], FBI MM EM and OSCs will be prepared to engage with FPOTUS and USSS Security Team.”
“Should USSS provide resistance or interfere with FBI timeline or accesses, FBI MM EM will engage with [redacted] and [redacted] will engage with USSS POC’s per existing liaison relationships.”
Oh my God
Armed FBI agents were preparing to confront Trump and even engage Secret Service if necessary.
They were going to go door to door to terrorize MAL guests and even pick the locks.
Gestapo pic.twitter.com/ViWahRIpTL
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 21, 2024
The FBI had a medic on the scene and identified a local trauma center for anyone “injured” during the FBI raid.
FBI had a medic on the scene and identified a local trauma center for anyone "injured" during the raid.@JudiciaryGOP pic.twitter.com/vOwlZPUsfb
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 21, 2024
Below is a screenshot of the use of deadly force instructions.
“Law enforcement officers of the Department of Justice may use deadly force only when necessary, that is, when the officer has a reasonable belief that the subject of such force poses an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to the officer or to another person,” the document read.
Recall that Joe Biden paved the way for his Justice Department to arrest his political opponent after he retroactively revoked Trump’s executive privilege.
Biden revoking Trump’s executive privilege opened the door for the former president to be subpoenaed – the subpoena then opened the door for the Justice Department to charge Trump with federal crimes.
Shortly after Trump was subpoenaed, the feds showed up to Mar-a-Lago and retrieved some documents and told the former president to put an extra lock on the storage locker.
Two months later the FBI descended on Mar-a-Lago and rummaged through Trump’s belongings without allowing any of his lawyers in the area.
By November 2022, shortly after the Mar-a-Lago raid, Jack Smith was appointed special counsel to investigate the documents stored at Trump’s Florida residence.
By June 2023 Trump was indicted on 37 counts related to Jack Smith’s classified documents case – 31 counts for willful retention and the other 6 counts included conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document or record, concealing a document in a federal investigation, scheme to conceal, false statements and representations.
Trump responded to the Biden Regime’s authorization of deadly force at Mar-a-Lago.
“WOW! I just came out of the Biden Witch Hunt Trial in Manhattan, the “Icebox,” and was shown Reports that Crooked Joe Biden’s DOJ, in their Illegal and UnConstitutional Raid of Mar-a-Lago, AUTHORIZED THE FBI TO USE DEADLY (LETHAL) FORCE. NOW WE KNOW, FOR SURE, THAT JOE BIDEN IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. HE IS MENTALLY UNFIT TO HOLD OFFICE — 25TH AMENDMENT!” Trump said on Truth Social Tuesday evening.
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The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Elvis Presley’s iconic Graceland mansion, is on the cusp of being sold at a foreclosure auction this Thursday, which has led Elvis’s granddaughter to fight back in a lawsuit.
According to a notice provided by the Shelby County Courthouse in Memphis, Tennesse, Graceland and its surrounding estate are set to be auctioned off on May 2nd in an auction.
In response to the notice, Riley Keough, the granddaughter of the late Elvis Presley, has called the auction a “sham” and filed a lawsuit to prevent the estate from being sold.
On Monday, an attorney representing Keough obtained a temporary restraining order to prevent the sale, and a junction hearing was set for Wednesday.
Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion, a hugely popular tourist attraction and the singer’s final resting place, appears to be headed for a foreclosure auction later this week.
Riley Keough, Elvis’ granddaughter, is fighting back with a lawsuit, claiming fraud. pic.twitter.com/El75GHJ5S7
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) May 21, 2024
Per The New York Post:
Elvis Presley’s legendary Graceland mansion is on the verge of being sold at a foreclosure auction on Thursday — sparking a dramatic legal battle from his granddaughter, Riley Keough, who called the pending sale “fraudulent.”
A notice from the Shelby County Courthouse states that Graceland and its surrounding property in Memphis, Tennessee, will be auctioned off to the highest bidder for cash on May 23, WREG-TV News reported.
Keough, 34, the current owner of the property and granddaughter of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, is fiercely contesting the sale. She filed a lawsuit calling the auction a sham, and on Monday, her attorney secured a temporary restraining order.
An injunction hearing is set for Wednesday.
According to the Guardian, Keough’s mother, Lisa Presley, who died last year, allegedly placed Graceland as collateral after receiving a loan a $3.8m loan from Naussany Investments & Private Lending.
Here’s a picture of Elvis in 1957 when he first bought the estate:
Elvis Presley at Graceland in 1957, the year he bought the estate pic.twitter.com/DJflHaTrkI
— . (@Dear_Lonely1) May 21, 2024
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If you want a TL;DR description of the to-do over the upside-down flag at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s house, I can sum it up for you in one sentence: Same old witch-hunt, different witch.
As those who’ve followed the news over the past year or so know, that the left has been engaged in a secular jihad against Justice Clarence Thomas, part of which has to do with the statements of his wife in regards to the outcome of the 2020 election. Somehow, liberal pundits seem genuinely shocked that Americans have mostly tuned them out, believing that husbands and wives can have differing opinions. The nerve of the right-wing ghouls!
So Clarence-Thomas-as-traitor was a bit like “fetch”: despite leftists trying to make it happen, it wasn’t going to happen. But suppose they tried the same tactic on a different conservative justice? That’s the ticket!
A headline from The New York Times last week brings critical news about Justice Samuel Alito’s exterior home decor just three years after it happened:
“At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display; An upside-down flag, adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.”
The Thursday story by Jodi Kantor was what we’ve come to expect from the Times when it comes to a story about a supposed misdeed allegedly committed by a conservative: A touch of truth larded up with slanted conjecture and pull-quotes obtained from sympathetic scholarly types recruited to say whatever the reporter can’t if a patina of objectivity is to be maintained.
So first, the basics, as per Kantor: “After the 2020 presidential election, as some Trump supporters falsely claimed that President Biden had stolen the office, many of them displayed a startling symbol outside their homes, on their cars and in online posts: an upside-down American flag,” she wrote.
“One of the homes flying an inverted flag during that time was the residence of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., in Alexandria, Va., according to photographs and interviews with neighbors.”
Indeed, a photo published by the Times indicates the flag was present outside the Thomas home on Jan. 17, 2021, just days before President Joe Biden’s inauguration. The upside-down flag is a violation of U.S. federal flag code, which notes the stars and stripes “should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.”
The New York Times obtained a photo of an American flag being flown upside down at the home of Justice Samuel Alito in the days leading up to President Biden’s inauguration. Alito denied any “involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag”, and instead blamed his wife. pic.twitter.com/LzZG0JW5sT
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) May 17, 2024
Now, a few paragraphs into the story, you get a plausible explanation from Alito as to why it was displayed that way: “I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag,” he wrote in an emailed statement to the Times. “It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.”
Given that Alito and the rest of the Supreme Court were pretty busy around that time, this is a plausible explanation. That said, the “judicial experts” the Times was able to scrounge up told them “that the flag was a clear violation of ethics rules, which seek to avoid even the appearance of bias, and could sow doubt about Justice Alito’s impartiality in cases related to the election and the Capitol riot.” Because of course it could.
“It might be his spouse or someone else living in his home, but he shouldn’t have it in his yard as his message to the world,” University of Virginia law professor Amanda Frost told the Times. She added that it was “the equivalent of putting a ‘Stop the Steal’ sign in your yard, which is a problem if you’re deciding election-related cases.”
“You always want to be proactive about the appearance of impartiality,” said former federal judge Jeremy Fogel, currently the director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute.
“The best practice would be to make sure that nothing like that is in front of your house.”
It’s somewhat ironic that, in the selfsame week the left is having a meltdown over Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker suggesting to female graduates at a Catholic college that their most fulfilling role might be as a wife and a homemaker, the Times manages to scrape together enough legal scholars who suggest a conservative Supreme Court justice ought to be in complete control of managing his wife’s opinions.
If you’re searching for ideological consistency, you couldn’t find less of it than the faux outrage over the upside-down flag, which no real evidence ties to the justice himself.
In fact, those the outlet talked to seemed to indicate it was Mrs. Alito who was responsible for it: “In recent years, the quiet sanctuary of his street, with residents who are Republicans and Democrats, has tensed with conflict, neighbors said. Around the 2020 election, a family on the block displayed an anti-Trump sign with an expletive. It apparently offended Mrs. Alito and led to an escalating clash between her and the family, according to interviews.”
But leave it to the left-wing media to seize upon Alito’s upside-down flag as the new witch-hunt du jour. Take Newsweek, which had this article the day after the Times’ piece: “Republicans Slam Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.”
Make that “Republicans” — in very prominent quotation marks.
First, Alyssa Farah Griffin, the former Trump administration aide who’s become a NeverTrumper since her exodus to “The View,” wrote in a social media post that “a SCOTUS Justice would allow this to be displayed at his home days before a peaceful, lawful transition of power is deeply disturbing.”
“My conservative friends: imagine for a minute if Justice [Sonia] Sotomayor displayed an upside down flag at her residence when Trump won in 2016. There would outrage & calls for her resignation,” she wrote in another.
Then there was anti-Trump former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the Democrats’ Jan. 6 committee. He called it “a huge issue.”
Newsweek also cited a former adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, the anti-Trump Lincoln Project and the American Enterprise Institute, none of which are major players in the Republican Party of May 2024. So two (2) big-name kinda-sorta Republicans — who are best known for bashing former President Donald Trump — are pretending to be aggrieved over the fact Alito’s wife maybe violated the flag code. Whoop dee doo.
And tucked away in between these quasi-Republicans going off on Alito was this little disclaimer: “An upside-down flag has been used to protest the results of a U.S. election before. On January 20, 2001, a demonstrator was photographed waving an inverted flag in the streets of Washington, D.C., in protest of then-President-elect George W. Bush who was being sworn in that day after a contested election between him and former Vice President Al Gore.” (Emphasis added.)
In fact, a People magazine article published roughly two months before the Times dug up the 3-year-old Alito smear chronicled “How Flying the American Flag Upside Down Became a Bipartisan Act of Rebellion.”
“These days, however, hanging the Stars and Stripes upside down is seen as more of a symbol — a symbol Republicans and Democrats alike are beginning to use more and more,” the article stated.
“Since June 2022, progressive activists have begun flying their flags upside down, particularly in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade,” the article noted. “Months later — amid fury over the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence on Aug. 8, 2022 — it became a symbol used by the former president’s most loyal allies.”
There may be Timesian hand-wringing over the latter, of course, but not the former — another signal that, if it weren’t for double standards, the left would have no standards at all.
In fact, if those flying the flag upside-down were merely supporting the causes the Times usually does, nobody would be giving them lectures on flag code or seeing whether their husbands had high-profile positions in the world of governance or corporate America.
That’s the real point here.
The rest, as Dan McLaughlin noted in a piece at conservative outlet National Review, is much ado about nothing.
In the reaction piece, published the day after the Times launched its unlikely crusade against flying upside-down American flags, McLaughlin wrote that conservatives “can freely acknowledge that this response to profane provocation and personal invective is disrespectful to the flag and a display of injudicious temperament on the part of Mrs. Alito, but then, Mrs. Alito is not a judge or the holder of any political office whatsoever.”
Alas, if the invective aimed at Clarence Thomas is any indication, this isn’t going to stop anything anytime soon.
The witch hunt lives on, in search of a witch leftists can finally burn to somehow nullify the conservative majority on the Supreme Court.
We can at least take solace in the knowledge that, if this moves the needle on Alito as scantly as it did with Thomas, it’s a big fat waste of time.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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A massive riot involving hundreds of juveniles and adults occurred outside an ice skating rink in the Tampa Bay Metropolitan area after a party was canceled.
FOX 13 Tampa Bay reported the large brawl occurred Saturday night in the parking lot at Astro Skate in Brandon when angry party organizers called on people to “riot” and “confront law enforcement” at the skate park in response to the cancellation.
Police say there were 400–500 people in the crowd at the time. The roller rink has a 670-person capacity limit according to FOX 13 Tampa Bay.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office posted footage of the wild brawl on its Facebook page.
The most brutal part involves a group of hoodlums assaulting a youth inside the Time Out Barber Shop. He was beaten and hurled through the shop’s plate-glass window.
Several other individuals can also be seen beating each other up in the parking lot of the 1916 Irish Pub across the street.
WATCH:
In addition to fighting, police revealed that several of the unruly youths and adults looted a nearby convenience store. They stole merchandise and caused over $500 worth of damage to the store’s wine bottle selection.
FOX 13 Tampa Bay revealed that deputies arrested 23 minors and six adults. The youths and adults were taken to the juvenile assessment center, and the adult suspects were subsequently booked into the Orient Road Jail.
The following six “adults” were taken into custody following the fight: 32-year-old Lekera Evans, 21-year-old Yazelynn Ramos, 20-year-old Malik Carter, 18-year-old Jadyn Sebro, 18-year-old Aliyah Alfonso, and 18-year-old Fareed Carter.
All six were charged with trespassing. Ramos and Sebro were also charged with disorderly conduct, while Evans was charged with resisting an officer’s orders without violence.
Hillsborough County Chad Chronister condemned the riot and credited the deputies for professionally handling the situation.
“I am outraged by the violent and disruptive behavior that targeted hard-working people and businesses and created harm, fear, and chaos in our community. Let me make this unequivocally clear: this violent and destructive behavior will never, under any circumstances, be tolerated in Hillsborough County,” he said.
“When responding to a scene as hectic as this, our deputies must account for potential danger from any direction,” he continued. As you can see in the horrifying footage, these individuals had no regard for safety. Our deputies had to step in to defuse the situation professionally and swiftly.”
Robbie Remon, the 1916 Irish Pub manager, said incidents like this have happened before and compared the brawls, including this one, to the book Lord of the Flies.
“They’ll run in here. They’ll yell. They’ll go up to the tables, Take food off the tables,” he explained. “Last year, one kid got arrested because he slapped one of my patrons outside, a female.”
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At least one person has died, and dozens more have been hospitalized after a Singapore Airlines flight was hit by “severe turbulence” on Tuesday morning.
The flight from London to Singapore was forced to divert to Bangkok after a sudden and severe drop in altitude sent some passengers flying into the ceiling.
Images have emerged from inside SQ321 after hitting severe turbulence while enroute to Singapore, killing one passenger. https://t.co/sPhFfVr1Tb pic.twitter.com/IngvtijtAD
— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) May 21, 2024
Singapore Airlines said in a statement:
Singapore Airlines flight #SQ321, operating from London (Heathrow) to Singapore on 20 May 2024, encountered severe turbulence en-route. The aircraft diverted to Bangkok and landed at 1545hrs local time on 21 May 2024.We can confirm that there are injuries and one fatality on board the Boeing 777-300ER. There were a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew on board.
Singapore Airlines offers its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. Our priority is to provide all possible assistance to all passengers and crew on board the aircraft. We are working with the local authorities in Thailand to provide the necessary medical assistance, and sending a team to Bangkok to provide any additional assistance needed. We will provide regular updates on our Facebook and X account.
“So I started bracing for what was happening, and very suddenly there was a very dramatic drop so everyone seated and not wearing seatbelt was launched immediately into the ceiling,” 28-year-old student Dzafran Azmir told the BBC.
“Some people hit their heads on the baggage cabins overhead and dented it, they hit the places where lights and masks are and broke straight through it.”
Back in March, 50 people were injured after a plane “suddenly nosedived” during the flight on a flight from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand.
NEW: 50 people injured traveling from Sydney to Chile on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner after the plane had a “technical problem” that caused a “strong movement.”
Some of the passengers were treated at the airport after landing and 12 others were sent to the hospital.
One person is… pic.twitter.com/Niyc3yJWnQ
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 11, 2024
A spokesperson for the Chilean airline LATAM told news outlets that the issue was caused by a “technical problem” and would be thoroughly investigated.
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Donald Trump is planning to sue the filmmakers behind The Apprentice, a feature-length film where he is depicted raping his late wife Ivana.
The film, which was directed by Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi and tracks Trump’s rise in the New York real estate industry, shows Trump throwing his wife to the ground and raping her.
“Did I find your G spot?” he asks her.
In a statement to Mail Online, Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung confirmed that they would be taking legal action against the filmmakers for defamation:
‘We will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers. This garbage is pure fiction which sensationalizes lies that have been long debunked.
As with the illegal Biden Trials, this is election interference by Hollywood elites, who know that President Trump will retake the White House and beat their candidate of choice because nothing they have done has worked.
This “film” is pure malicious defamation, should not see the light of day, and doesn’t even deserve a place in the straight-to-DVD section of a bargain bin at a soon-to-be-closed discount movie store, it belongs in a dumpster fire.
As reported yesteday, the ghoulish attendees at the Cannes Film Festival gave the film an eight minute long standing ovation.
Variety described the event:
In Ali Abbasi’s “The Apprentice,” Trump (played by Sebastian Stan) violently throws his then-wife Ivana (Maria Bakalova) to the ground and proceeds to have nonconsensual sex with her.
In the controversial scene, Ivana playfully presents a book to her husband about the merits of a female orgasm. But the interaction between the two turns dark quickly, as an uninterested Trump tells his wife that he is no longer attracted to her. They argue, and then Trump throws her to the ground. As he angrily thrusts himself into her, an icy Trump sneers: “Is that your G spot? Did I find it?”
Heading into tonight’s premiere, insiders insisted that the scene, which Variety previously reported on, was consensual but uncomfortable. But reactions within the Palais said otherwise. One woman in her 20s called the scene, which unfolds in the couple’s home after an argument, “gross” and referred to it as “rape” after the credits rolled. Another female attendee agreed, calling it a disturbing sexual assault.
In reality, Trump had a close relationship with Ivana despite their eventual divorce. She passed away in 2022, with her death said to have had a profound impact on him.
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President Donald Trump is back in court today for the ongoing Alvin Bragg- Juan Merchan – Joe Biden show trial of the former president and leading candidate in the 2024 election.
Robert Costello will complete his testimony on Tuesday. Costello is expected to be the last witness before the defense rests its case.
The prosecution has yet to define the alleged criminal act that President Trump committed.
Today President Trump is joined by several members of Congress, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), actor-comedian Joe Piscopo, former Florida Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and Donald Trump, Jr.
Andrew Giuliani, Rudy’s son, is live-tweeting form the courthouse today.
Also joining President Trump today are his oldest son:@DonaldJTrumpJr , @MattWhitaker46 , the Frmr Acting AG@PamBondi , the Frmr FL AG
Sen: @ericschmidt
Reps: @danielwebster @RonnyJacksonTX @TroyNehls @MaElviraSalazar @RepTroyNehls &
Daniel Webster, along with…— Andrew H. Giuliani (@AndrewHGiuliani) May 21, 2024
Andrew Giuliani is covering the case today from inside the courtroom. You can follow him on Twitter-X.
Merchan continues to show disrespect for Trump calling him Mr. Trump each morning.
Merchan, the “Judge” has entered the courtroom stage right.
Emil Bove introduces President Trump and as always, Merchan says, “Good Morning Mr. Trump.”
The last time I called President Donald J. Trump by the name Mr. Trump was on November 7, 2016.
— Andrew H. Giuliani (@AndrewHGiuliani) May 21, 2024
The far left DA’s office is desperate to clean up the disaster from yesterday.
Soros funded DA’s office asking about another email, subject line: GIULIANI where Costello writes to Cohen about a backchannel to President Trump.
ADA asks if the email speaks for itself?
Costello says, “No, there are surrounding circumstances to this email which I would be…
— Andrew H. Giuliani (@AndrewHGiuliani) May 21, 2024
Trump attorney Emil Bove is now questioning Attorney Costello.
Trump Defense Attorney Emil Bove now questioning Bob Costello. Bove starts with an email and then a waiver signed by Michael Cohen.
It says at no point did I sign a retainer or retain Costello.
Cohen did not sign it and its established that it would have been a false statement…
— Andrew H. Giuliani (@AndrewHGiuliani) May 21, 2024
Emil Bove is going to work.
Trump attorney Bove continues questioning Bob Costello:
Bove: Did you ever pressure Michael Cohen to do anything?
Costello: No
Bove: Did you ever have control over Michael Cohen?
Costello: Clearly not.
Two questions get objected to including: Does a lawyer ever have control…
— Andrew H. Giuliani (@AndrewHGiuliani) May 21, 2024
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In a fiery showdown on “Gutfeld!”, FOX News’ late-night mischief-maker Greg Gutfeld squared off with HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher over former President Donald Trump, revealing Maher’s deep-seated liberal bias and inability to move beyond his Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS).
The episode, which also featured Dana Perino, Dr. Drew Pinsky, and Kat Timpf, initially promised a dialogue emphasizing the importance of bipartisan conversation.
Maher agreed with Gutfeld’s monologue about engaging with ideological opposites. However, the agreement was short-lived as Maher couldn’t resist diving into his usual anti-Trump rhetoric.
“I agree that it’s great that we’re talking. I agree that we agree on some things. We’re not exactly aligned on the most important things, which is basically Trump is someone who does not concede elections,” said Maher.
“That’s the most important thing. You don’t seem to see it that way. That’s the most important thing that’s going on in this country. He didn’t concede the last election. He’s not going to concede this election,” he added.
Gutfeld challenged Maher, pointing out that predicting future actions without evidence was speculative at best. However, Maher, fueled by his usual blend of sarcasm and disdain for conservative figures, doubled down on his accusations against Trump, even bringing up past controversies like the phone call to Georgia officials post-2020 election.
Maher: “But can you really picture this guy going, ‘You know what? I lost. That’s it.'”
Gutfeld: “He did. He left.”
Maher: “He left because he had to leave.”
Gutfeld: “Yes, because that’s how it works. What do you think? He’s going to board up the White House? Pull a straw dog with Dustin Hoffman?”
Maher: “I don’t know. Well, last time, he thought the other Republicans would back him up. When he called that guy in Georgia and said, ‘I need 11,000 votes. I want you to find them.'”
Gutfeld: “He said, ‘Find.’ He didn’t say create. He said, ‘Find.'”
Maher: “Well, that’s the same thing.”
Gutfeld: “No, it’s not. You don’t say on an Easter egg, ‘I want you to create some Easter eggs.'”
In late December 2020, President Trump made a call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asking him to look at the concerning items that were revealed by his auditor. There was plenty of evidence at the time for a competent auditor or any man of integrity to know that the election was uncertifiable.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger’s office secretly recorded the phone call with President Trump, then lied about it later on when they leaked it to the far-left Washington Post.
Raffensperger’s office later leaked a fraudulent transcript of the call.
After they were later caught lying to the American public, The Washington Post outed SOS official Jordan Fuchs as their anonymous source for their garbage hit piece.
Fuchs provided the WaPo with a fraudulent Trump quote that the paper ran in an anti-Trump hit piece on January 9th. The story spread like wildfire.
They planned this to do the most damage to President Trump before Trump’s second sham impeachment trial in the US Senate.
Georgia Chairman of the Republican Party David Shafer later revealed that Raffensperger and Fuchs lied to the Washington Post about Trump, demanding that they “find the fraud.”
Then, after they leaked their version of the story to the Washington Post, they deleted the audio of the call. The far-left WaPo then retracted their bogus story.
WaPo wrote this correction: “Two months after publication of this story, the Georgia secretary of state released an audio recording of President Donald Trump’s December phone call with the state’s top elections investigator. The recording revealed that The Post misquoted Trump’s comments on the call, based on information provided by a source. Trump did not tell the investigator to “find the fraud” or say she would be “a national hero” if she did so. Instead, Trump urged the investigator to scrutinize ballots in Fulton County, Ga., asserting she would find “dishonesty” there. He also told her that she had “the most important job in the country right now.”… The headline and text of this story have been corrected to remove quotes misattributed to Trump.”
The Secretary of State’s office secretly recorded the conversation, mischaracterized its contents to The Washington Post and then attempted to delete the recording. It was recently discovered in a laptop “trash” folder as part of an open records search.
— David Shafer (@DavidShafer) March 15, 2021
Dr. Drew attempted to mediate but found little success. The conversation veered into personal attacks and historical grievances, highlighting Maher’s inability to detach from his preconceived notions about Trump.
Gutfeld: “It does feel personal about Trump with Bill.”
Maher: “It’s not.”
Gutfeld: “It feels that way.”
Maher: “He did sue me.”
Gutfeld: “Did he sue you? I didn’t know that.”
Maher: “Yes, he sued me because I said he possibly was the son of an orangutan. Because we showed the picture, the hair color looks exactly like an orangutan.”
Drew: “You know what’s interesting as far as it pertains to orange? He’s always been the stand-up politician, right? But now he’s heading towards Carrot Top. Some of that stuff he’s doing at the podium with the TikToks and everything. He’s really becoming a comedian at the podium.”
Gutfeld: “Well, you know what? He realizes that he’s winning. I think that’s bothering you, Bill.”
Maher: “Well, it is bothering me because, again, he’s an insurrectionist who doesn’t believe in democracy. So of course, it’s bothering me. And, of course, he’s also insane, criminal, and stupid.”
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The official transcript was edited for both factual and pronunciation errors.
The first correction came early in the speech when Biden referred to a “pandemic” while he was Barack Obama’s vice president. The White House edited it to say “recession.”
Next, Biden said he was “humbled to receive this organization,” which the White House edited to “award.”
Soon after, Biden mentioned that he had just given the commencement speech at Morehouse College, which he called “inspiresing.” This was corrected to say “inspiring.”
“On my watch, more Black Americans have health insurance than ever in all of history. I protected and expanded the Affordable Care Act, saving millions of families $800,000 in prem- — $8,000 in — a year in premiums,” Biden babbled. This glaring factual error was corrected to say $800.
Biden also claimed, “We’re cracking down on corporate landlords who keep rents down,” which was changed to, “We’re cracking down on corporate landlords to keep rents down.”
Biden made some additional grammatical errors before referring to the January 6 protesters as “irrectionists,” which the White House corrected to say “insurrectionists.”
During his speech, Biden sought to differentiate himself from former President Donald Trump by referring to him as “unhinged.”
“Look, the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion are the core strength of America,” Biden said. “That’s why I’m proud to have the most diverse administration in history to tap into the full talents of our country.”
BIDEN: “The values of ‘diversity, equity, inclusion’ are the core strength of America” pic.twitter.com/0ZF7RpMUne
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 20, 2024
Biden continued, “We have more African-American, we have more women, we have more minorities in our administration than any other administration in all of history. That’s why we’re doing so damn well.”
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The incident occurred in December, but the arrest warrant affidavit was made public this week.
Samantha Anthony, 32, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony.
Local station KSAT reports:
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, on Dec. 30, 2023, Anthony had driven to a McDonald’s restaurant in the 1330 block of South Laredo Street, just south of downtown, when she began complaining about her order to the drive-through cashier.
The affidavit states that Anthony then fired multiple gunshots from the drive-side car window into the second drive-thru window. At least eight gunshots were fired into the window, with employees working and the business open, police said.
The employees took cover behind walls and equipment. No one was injured.
According to a report from The Blaze, the suspect had picked up her order and drove away. She returned 30 minutes later, covered in empty food wrappers, and claimed that she had not been given her full order — specifically, biscuits and hashbrowns.
A manager checked the camera and saw that she had been given her food.
The Blaze reports:
“She was hopping from the first drive-thru window to the second window, banging, talking, yelling,” an employee recalled. She said the woman challenged them to come out and fight her.
Then the shots rang out.
“I heard the first shot, I kind of like had a late reaction,” said the employee. “Whenever the other shot started ringing out, that’s when all of us in the front started ducking and sliding.”
The employee said she had a panic attack over the shooting and was crying and scared.
Anthony fled the scene, but her image and vehicle were caught on surveillance camera footage.
The hungry shooter is currently being held on $75,000 bond.
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Lawfare is the use of legal actions to exhaust an opponent both mentally and monetarily.
Stone spoke to Variety about the 2024 presidential race at the Cannes Film Festival where he was premiering his new documentary “Lula,” which is about Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
“The charges on both sides of the Trump-Biden election are pretty wild — that Biden is corrupt and Trump is corrupt,” Stone told the magazine.
“It’s a new form of warfare. It’s called lawfare. And that’s what they’re using against Trump. And I think there’s interesting parallels here in America, as well as all over the world, you’re seeing this kind of behavior. [Trump’s] got four trials and some of these charges, whether you’re for him or against him, they are minor.”
Stone told Variety that he is still not a fan of Trump, and “corruption is just a constant throughout human history.”
“Corruption is a way of life,” Stone explained. “It goes back to the Greeks, the Romans, and before that the Babylonians, There’s corruption all through history, so let’s not be Pollyannas about it and think we’re ‘America the clean’ and we’re better than anybody else. That’s such bullshit.”
The Academy Award winner blamed corruption on money in politics.
“If you’re a poor man or a middle-class man it’s very hard to run for office in the United States, unless you have money and corporate sponsors. Money controls politics in the United States. If you go to European countries, you’ll find that their elections are very mandated. The British elections are very low cost, or they used to be until recently. In France, they have election rules. And we need that in the United States. Let’s get the money out of the politics.”
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Hollywood liberal Bette Midler recently asked on Twitter/X: ‘what would have happened if Hillary Clinton had claimed the election was stolen?’
For real. See the tweet below:
Can you imagine what would have happened if Hillary Clinton had claimed the election was stolen?
— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) May 19, 2024
This is evidence that lots of people talk about politics but clearly have no idea what they’re talking about. Earth to Bette Midler: Hillary did claim that the 2016 election was stolen. Repeatedly.
Bette Bette. You can imagine it! pic.twitter.com/4PFUYuuXu1
— Heather Champion (@winningatmylife) May 20, 2024
The Daily Wire reported on this:
Bette Midler Gets Fact-Checked After Asking, What If Hillary Clinton ‘Claimed The Election Was Stolen?’
The remark, seemingly out of the blue from the legendary singer and actress whose career in Hollywood and on Broadway has spanned more than five decades, immediately attracted criticism as well as a fact-check.
Critics pointed out that Clinton is on the record questioning the results of the election she lost to former President Donald Trump.
“There was a widespread understanding that this election [in 2016] was not on the level,” Clinton said in October 2020 during an interview on The Atlantic’s politics podcast, The Ticket. “We still don’t know what really happened.”
“There’s just a lot that I think will be revealed. History will discover,” Clinton continued. “But you don’t win by 3 million votes and have all this other shenanigans and stuff going on and not come away with an idea like, ‘Whoa, something’s not right here.’ That was a deep sense of unease.”
Midler got roasted by other people:
Darling, you do realize that Hillary continues to this day to claim the 2016 election was stolen making Trump an illegitimate president. pic.twitter.com/N4yeUPwgiH
— @amuse (@amuse) May 20, 2024
How fucking dumb can you be? pic.twitter.com/u32P4pEZhW
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) May 19, 2024
She did, and so did you pic.twitter.com/PmAt5v3Wkq
— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) May 19, 2024
Sorry to ruin your evening pic.twitter.com/3P0BFMQ6Z1
— Being Libertarian (@beinlibertarian) May 20, 2024
You shouldn't be allowed to vote, ignorant, washed up has been pic.twitter.com/I7txGAPzcL
— Sara Rose (@saras76) May 20, 2024
Bette Midler might want to brush up on her facts before weighing in on politics ever again.
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Left wing loons who support Hamas tried to heckle comedian Jerry Seinfeld during a recent live show. These people are dedicated to ruining experiences for people, whether it’s college graduation ceremonies or even a comedy show.
The crowd at Jerry’s show was having none of it. In addition to chanting Jerry’s name, they got security to remove the people. Jerry hit back with comments, too.
Mind you, this is all because Jerry Seinfeld is Jewish and supports Israel.
Breitbart News reported:
Watch: Jerry Seinfeld Roasts Anti-Israel Heckler During Stand-Up Show
Seinfeld, who has been in the crosshairs of the anti-Israel activists lately due to his support of the Jewish state, had been performing in Virginia when one heckler called him a “genocide supporter” in the middle of his set.
“Save the children of Gaza! No more American tax dollars for genocide!” the heckler yelled.
The audience immediately greeted the heckler with a torrent of boos and told him to “shut up and get out.”
“You should be ashamed of yourself! You should all be ashamed of yourselves!” the heckler shouted back.
For his part, Seinfeld refused to take it lying down and immediately roasted the heckler.
“This is fun. I like this. I think your message is really resonating with the crowd. People seem to be on your side,” Seinfeld said in jest.
“How dare you support a genocide!” the heckler shot back.
“I like it when the Jew-haters spice up the show,” Seinfeld quipped.
Watch the clip below:
Jerry Seinfeld gets interrupted in Norfolk by Pro Palestine protestors
One protestor appears to be getting beat on to which Seinfeld and amidst the chaos replies “This is exciting. I like this.”
“Save the children of Gaza” Seinfeld mockingly says as protestors are exited pic.twitter.com/uXA9vO2OXQ
— HOT SPOT (@HotSpotHotSpot) May 19, 2024
These people are not only obnoxious, they’re ignorant. What’s happening in the Middle East is not a genocide. It’s a war. And it’s a war that Israel did not start.
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The assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has sent geopolitical ripples across Europe and the world, as the populist leader represented a new force that challenged mainstream EU and NATO views on Ukraine and a whole host of other issues.
Now, it is reported that the suspect in his shooting an may not have been just a ‘lone wolf’ as previously believed.
The Slovakian interior minister stated as much, as their security services try to clarify the circumstances of the attack.
Fico is reportedly no longer in immediate danger but his condition is still very serious.
The five shots that hit him marked the first major assassination attempt on a European political leader in more than 20 years.
Reuters reported:
“Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok said an investigation team had been set up, which would also look into whether the suspect acted as part of a group of people that had been encouraging each other to carry out an assassination.
One factor suggesting the involvement of other persons was that the suspect’s internet communications were deleted two hours after the assassination attempt, but not by the suspect and most likely not by his wife, Estok said. This indicated ‘the crime may have been committed by a certain group of people’, Estok told a news conference.”
Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak said that, while Fico’s life was no longer in immediate danger, his condition is too serious for a move to a hospital in the capital Bratislava.
“‘The worst that we feared has (not happened), at least for the time being’, Kalinak told a news conference outside the hospital where Fico is being treated in the central Slovak city of Banska Bystrica. ‘We are all a little calmer. When we were saying that we want to get closer to a positive prognosis, then I believe that we are a step closer to that’, he added.”
The shooting suspect, Juraj Cintula, will remain in custody after being charged with attempted murder. He is a 71-year-old former security guard at a shopping mall.
“Estok said on Thursday that the suspect was angered by the government’s Ukraine policy. Fico’s government has ended official military support for Ukraine and taken a more pro-Russian line on the conflict than most European Union partners.
The government has said he became radicalized after Fico ally Peter Pellegrini won a presidential election last month, and that he had told police about his dissatisfaction with the government’s reforms of the prosecution service and public media – criticized by the opposition a well as the European Commission.”
Slovakian government and opposition trade accusations of stirring up divisions within society.
Read more:
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Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi unveiled “The Apprentice” at the Cannes film festival on Monday.
The film is about Donald Trump’s rise to one of the most successful ‘winners’ in the New York real estate game.
One scene shows Trump raping his wife Ivanna. Another shows Trump popping amphetamine pills and getting liposuction.
The ghouls at the Cannes Film Festival gave an 8-minute standing ovation.
““The Apprentice,” the story of the 45th and possibly 47th president’s early years as a real estate developer, earned a eight-minute standing ovation on Monday. It’s probably safe to assume that the film festival crowd isn’t a MAGA-heavy one, so it helps that “The Apprentice” paints a blistering portrait, focusing on Trump’s relationship with Roy Cohn, the McCarthy-ite lawyer and fixer who took an interest in the “the Donald” before he was a household name.” -Variety reported.
Variety reported:
In Ali Abbasi’s “The Apprentice,” Trump (played by Sebastian Stan) violently throws his then-wife Ivana (Maria Bakalova) to the ground and proceeds to have nonconsensual sex with her.
In the controversial scene, Ivana playfully presents a book to her husband about the merits of a female orgasm. But the interaction between the two turns dark quickly, as an uninterested Trump tells his wife that he is no longer attracted to her. They argue, and then Trump throws her to the ground. As he angrily thrusts himself into her, an icy Trump sneers: “Is that your G spot? Did I find it?”
Heading into tonight’s premiere, insiders insisted that the scene, which Variety previously reported on, was consensual but uncomfortable. But reactions within the Palais said otherwise. One woman in her 20s called the scene, which unfolds in the couple’s home after an argument, “gross” and referred to it as “rape” after the credits rolled. Another female attendee agreed, calling it a disturbing sexual assault.
The Apprentice team walked the red carpet in Cannes, a resort city in the French Riviera:
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The WNBA superstar was injured tonight during the Indiana Fever game with the Connecticut Sun in Indianapolis.
Clark started out leading all scorers in the game with 8 points in the first quarter.
Despite her lousy teammates and a vicious league, Clark is setting scoring records in the league after just three games.
How Caitlin Clark Ranks in the WNBA so far:
Mins played – 97 (5th)
Assists – 17 (2nd)
Rebounds – 13 (22nd)
Points – 51 (7th)
F T % – 100% (Tied 1st)
3 P M – 9 (1st)
F G M – 16 (13th)
EFF – 40 (18th)I’ll update this after every 10 games. pic.twitter.com/YpyisQQwqq
— Law | CC = (@TLaww22) May 20, 2024
Dave Portney predicted a 30-point night for Caitlin Clark
Caitlin Clark has adjusted to the league. She’s gonna go for 30 tonight and if her teammates knew how to finish when she drops a dime in their face she’d be a walking double double #caitlinclark pic.twitter.com/Nka8fDOeDt
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) May 20, 2024
But Portney forgot about how vicious this WNBA league is to their superstar.
On Sunday, New York Liberty star Brianna Stewart took Clark down. Stewart set a pick on Clark when she wasn’t looking and slammed her hard. Caitlin Clark crumpled to the floor.
Never seen a savior of a league get treated like this https://t.co/TXNEd4umbl
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) May 18, 2024
It appears like the league is out to get Clark. Another nasty pick was on Clark tonight – And Clark was injured!
On Monday, Connecticut sent out a bruiser to take Clark down – just like New York did on Sunday.
Clark spotted the pick coming and twisted her ankle before the woman could take her down.
After Clark fell to the floor, the play continued, and she was almost stepped on as a girl ran past her.
Nice work, WNBA!
Caitlin Clark went to the locker room after suffering an apparent injury on this play.
She has since returned to the bench. pic.twitter.com/B00c5sd4YE
— ESPN (@espn) May 20, 2024
Caitlin Clark left the game for the rest of the half.
When she returned in the second half the refs were quick to call two BS fouls on her within minutes.
The WNBA is out to get Clark.
UPDATE: Clark came into the game after the half and is leading her team in points in the 4th quarter after not shooting only 11 points this game.
The reffing in these games are atrocious.
Indiana lost in a close game. The coach is really lost, too.
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Democrats may have effectively convinced their base during the Trump administration that building a wall and securing a border is racist.
But the Biden regime’s open border policies, in which illegal aliens from around the world are given free housing, transportation, the opportunity to vote, and get-out-of-jail cards to reside in the United States indefinitely, is outraging voters on both sides of the aisle.
A whopping 56 percent of registered voters said most or all illegal aliens in the US should be rounded up and kicked out of the country, according to a new Reuters/Ispos poll.
The poll shows 36 percent of voters support incarcerating illegal aliens in detention camps until they are deported.
Ten percent surveyed were unsure whether they should be detained in camps.
“Voters’ views on immigration align more with [Biden’s] predecessor, Donald Trump, who vows to crack down on migrants if he beats Biden in the 2024 presidential contest,” Daily Mail reports.
Pressed on the possibility of building new migrant detention camps, Trump maintains the deportation process for illegals will be so swift when he returns to office there will not be a need for building additional detention centers.
“I would not rule anything out,” the former president told TIME Magazine in April. “There wouldn’t be that much of a need for them, because of the fact that we’re going to be moving them out. We’re going to bring them back from where they came.”
“It’s possible that we’ll do it to an extent but we shouldn’t have to do very much of it, because we’re going to be moving them out as soon as we get to it. And we’ll be obviously starting with the criminal element.”
A staggering 85 percent of Republican voters said most or all immigrants in the US illegally should be deported, compared to 26 percent of Democrats and 61 percent of independents.
Some 62 percent of registered Republicans agreed, compared to 12 percent of Democrats and 35 percent of Independents.
Reuters conducted the online poll which surveyed 3,208 registered voters nationwide.
Democrat voters are even more agitated by the migrant crisis in major cities like New York. Another recent poll shows 75 percent of Democrat voters see the migrant crisis as “very serious” following an influx of 130,000 illegal aliens in the past year.
Meanwhile, as Joe Biden’s mental faculties ostensibly decline, the 81-year-old has welcomed migrants from around the world with open arms.
As soon as Biden took office, hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens were being provided yellow envelopes as they boarded planes to different states across the country.
Infowars reporter Owen Shroyer documented the massive influx of migrants and the illegal human trafficking operation at the southern border in March 2021, three months into the OBiden administration.
Military aged males comprise the plurality of migrants flooding into the United States.
In the run-up to the election, amid an outcry of traditionally Democrat voters over the rampant illegal immigrant influx, the Biden regime is desperately toughening its approach to the border, pandering for political advantage.
According to agency statistics, ICE began to deport some of the millions that now reside in the US at the end of last year, removing 66,000 people from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2023, the most aggressive attempt to deport the illegals, upholding the rule of law, by the Biden administration yet.
It remains unclear how many people are in the United States illegally.
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The Gateway Pundit revealed last week that Red Lobster was in danger of bankruptcy after closing 127 locations in 27 states. Now, the famous seafood joint’s fall is complete, thanks mainly to Bidenomics.
As the Daily Mail reported, Red Lobster officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday night. The chain revealed in a court filing late Sunday Red Lobster’s estimated assets are between $1 billion and $10 billion, while its estimated liabilities are between $1 billion and $10 billion.
Red Lobster also has more than 100,000 creditors.
The Mail notes the bankruptcy petition was signed by Jonathan Tibus, a corporate restructuring specialist who became Red Lobster’s CEO in March.
Tibus released a statement claiming that filing for bankruptcy is “the best path forward” and the company will emerge more robust as a result.
This restructuring is the best path forward for Red Lobster. It allows us to address several financial and operational challenges and emerge stronger and re-focused on our growth.
The support we’ve received from our lenders and vendors will help ensure that we can complete the sale process quickly and efficiently while remaining focused on our employees and guests.
NPR reports that roughly 580 locations in the U.S. and Canada will stay open through the process. These locations combine to employ approximately 36,000 workers.
Biden’s garbage economy has made dining out in America more expensive. Fast food prices, for example, have skyrocketed a whopping 33% since 2019 as Bidenflation continues to make the dollar more worthless.
Red Lobster launched an ill-advised $25 “endless shrimp’” promotion in a desperate attempt to attract customers. The offer was introduced last June as a permanent fixture on the menu.
More people took advantage of the offer than Red Lobster expected, but the company kept it going for six months.
The losses exceeded the $3.3 million lost under a similar promotion scheme in 2003.
Red Lobster was founded by Bill Darden in 1968. Darden wanted to make seafood restaurants more accessible and affordable for American families. He later sold the company to General Mills in 1970.
General Mills later formed Darden Restaurants, which has multiple other restaurant chains, including Olive Garden. They spun Red Lobster off in 1995.
Red Lobster currently operates 700 locations worldwide.
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Joe Biden didn’t leave his Delaware residence until late Monday after the CPAP machine was pried off of his face.
Hardworking Americans were more than halfway through their workday while Joe Biden was struggling to walk up Air Force One steps at around 12:40 pm ET.
Crooked Joe Biden didn't even bother leaving Delaware until after noon today. Sad! pic.twitter.com/UFriAL4mHC
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 20, 2024
Biden, joined by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, delivered remarks at a celebration for Jewish American Heritage Month in the Rose Garden at the White House.
As usual, Biden was a total disaster.
At one point Joe Biden said an Israeli-American who is still being held hostage by Hamas was at the White House.
“And here with us today is Hersh Goldberg-Polin…” Biden said before correcting himself.
What a disgrace.
VIDEO:
BIDEN (slurring): "And here with us today is Hersh Goldberg-Polin…"
He's actually an American-Israeli still being held hostage by Hamas. pic.twitter.com/bvFCRBcQEL
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 20, 2024
Biden lost a battle with his teleprompter.
WATCH:
Biden is a confused, slurring mess pic.twitter.com/dUcWQ6pL1M
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 20, 2024
After slurring through remarks, Biden looked confused as he shuffled away.
This was Biden’s only public event for the day.
Biden gets confused as he wraps up his very brief, incoherent remarks and shuffles off into the sunset pic.twitter.com/YyPUColqSU
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 20, 2024
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Walt Nauta, Trump’s co-defendant in Jack Smith’s classified documents case, detailed additional prosecutorial abuse in a new motion to dismiss.
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.
According to the federal indictment reviewed by The Gateway Pundit, Nauta was charged along with Trump in counts 32, 33, 43, 35, and 36.
The charges include conspiracy, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document or record, concealing a document in a federal investigation and scheme to conceal.
Walt Nauta was also charged alone in count 38: False statements and misrepresentations.
A lawyer for Walt Nauta said in a new motion: “Dismissal, without prejudice to filing of a rule-compliant, constitutionally-valid indictment, would address the SCO’s abuse of criminal process.”
BREAKING: A new motion to dismiss just docketed in classified documents case.
This is filed by attorney for Waltine Nauta, Trump’s aide and co-defendant. More harsh allegations of prosecutorial abuse in this imploding case: pic.twitter.com/Wzsp1vJPpo
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 20, 2024
Walt Nauta’s lawyer detailed prosecutorial abuses by hired gun Jack Smith, including “continued reference to uncharged offense allegations, improper reference to statements obtained through attorney-client communication privilege violations, and improper reference to “court-authorized search warrant.”
Dirty Jack Smith was also accused of “improperly introducing Secret Service issues, improper hearsay about Nauta and improper inclusion of stories about press interviews and conferences appear designed to prejudice and not to allege any fact of relevance.”
Minor correction. The above screenshots are a defense reply filed today to support a Feb motion to dismiss the case based on the superfluous language and elements of the indictment.
It is safe to say Judge Cannon is no fan of Smith’s 68-page indictment. She often (derisively)… pic.twitter.com/h2GEePYlMa
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 20, 2024
Judge Cannon earlier this month set hearings on key motions, including Walt Nauta’s motion to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution.
The non-evidentiary hearing on Nauta’s motion to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution will be held this Wednesday at 10 am.
Earlier this month Judge Cannon indefinitely postponed Jack Smith’s classified documents trial against Trump after the Special Counsel admitted to tampering with evidence.
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.
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A federal judge on Sunday issued a temporary restraining order against the Biden Administration, stopping the unconstitutional ATF rule expanding gun background checks.
Last month the Biden Regime announced the implementation of the “Engaged in the Business” Final Rule.
The Final Rule aimed to close the so-called “gun show loophole,” ensuring that all gun dealers, regardless of where they sell firearms, comply with federal background check requirements.
Firearms Policy Coalition wrote, “There’s no such thing as a “gun-show loophole,” and despite everything wrong with this despotic overreach, ATF even makes this clear when answering the public comments of “supporters.” Your intentionally deceitful commentary mirrors that of history’s most vile government actors.”
There's no such thing as a "gun-show loophole," and despite everything wrong with this despotic overreach, ATF even makes this clear when answering the public comments of "supporters."
Your intentionally deceitful commentary mirrors that of history's most vile government actors. https://t.co/TXyb3MTFiM pic.twitter.com/QifULuL8HT
— Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) April 11, 2024
Shortly after the Biden Regime’s announcement, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton led a coalition suing the ATF to block the “Final Rule.”
On Sunday, US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, blocked the Biden Regime’s “Final Rule” before it took effect.
Reuters reported:
A federal judge on Sunday blocked the Biden administration from fully implementing a new rule that would require gun dealers to obtain licenses and conduct background checks when selling firearms at gun shows and online.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo temporarily restrained, opens new tab the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ rule from being enforced in Republican-led Texas or against members of several gun rights groups.
“We Just Secured A Temporary Restraining Order Against Biden Administration, Stopping Unlawful ATF Rule from Taking Effect: I am relieved that we were able to secure a restraining order that will prevent this illegal rule from taking effect. The Biden Administration cannot unilaterally overturn Americans’ constitutional rights and nullify the Second Amendment,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement on X.
BREAKING: We Just Secured A Temporary Restraining Order Against Biden Administration, Stopping Unlawful ATF Rule from Taking Effect: I am relieved that we were able to secure a restraining order that will prevent this illegal rule from taking effect. The Biden Administration… https://t.co/h8by98RVb2
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) May 20, 2024
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The Biden administration has issued an official condolence for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian, and others who were killed in a fatal helicopter crash in the northern mountainous part of Iran.
The U.S. State Department, in a press release, wrote, “The United States expresses its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran.”
The condolence continued, “As Iran selects a new president, we reaffirm our support for the Iranian people and their struggle for human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
LOOK:
BREAKING: The US State Department has just sent its condolences to the Islamic regime of Iran after the death of Ebrahim Raisi, otherwise known as “The Butcher of Tehran.”
Wow, Joe Biden is really worried about losing Michigan. pic.twitter.com/qWZIBaw6ub
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 20, 2024
Per The U.S. State Department:
The United States expresses its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran.
As Iran selects a new president, we reaffirm our support for the Iranian people and their struggle for human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Many users on social media slammed the Biden administration for releasing condolence for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who is known as the “Butcher of Tehran,” before they acknowledged the tragic death of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at Augusta University, who was an illegal alien killed.
The Biden Admin expressed its condolences for the death of a terrorist leader faster than they did to the family of Laken Riley pic.twitter.com/mrb1MkACpG
— Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) May 20, 2024
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was previously part of a committee that ordered the deaths of thousands of Iranian politicians in 1988.
READ:
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President Trump was back in a Manhattan court on Monday in Alvin Bragg’s Soviet-style ‘hush money’ lawfare trial.
The prosecutors earlier Monday rolled out their ‘star witness’ Michael Cohen, a convicted perjurer, to take the witness stand.
Cohen shocked the public when he admitted he stole tens of thousands of dollars from Trump and lied to Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg.
After the prosecution rested their case, Trump’s defense team called attorney Robert Costello to the witness stand.
Recall that Robert Costello previously blasted Michael Cohen as a “convicted perjurer” and said Bragg’s prosecutors cherry-picked emails.
Crooked Judge Merchan excoriated Costello and cleared the courtroom!
Judge Merchan just cleared the entire courtroom after feuding with Trump's witness Bob Costello
SHAM TRIAL pic.twitter.com/IEEBA8Song
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) May 20, 2024
Here is the exchange between Judge Merchan and Robert Costello courtesy of TGP contributor Paul Ingrassia who is inside of the NYC courtroom live reporting:
Merchan grows irate, begins EXCORIATING Robert Costello on the stand for making a few off-handed remarks and rolling his eyes during the testimony.
Merchan: Are you staring me down right now?
Costello: I’m not.
Merchan: GET OUT OF THE COURTROOM, NOW! GET OUT OF THE COURTROOM!
*VIDEO CUTS OUT*
Merchan grows irate, begins EXCORIATING Robert Costello on the stand for making a few off-handed remarks and rolling his eyes during the testimony.
Merchan: Are you staring me down right now?
Costello: I'm not.
Merchan: GET OUT OF THE COURTROOM, NOW! GET OUT OF THE COURTROOM!…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
TGP’s Paul Ingrassia said the trial resumed after a delay following a fiery exchange between Judge Merchan and Bob Costello.
“Merchan is absolutely seething over Costello’s damning testimony. The type of treatment Costello, an experienced prosecutor who once worked for the US Attorney’s Office for New York in the 1970s and early 1980s, is receiving on the witness stand from the judge is disgusting,” Paul Ingrassia said.
“Merchan is visibly perturbed, condescending, and downright abusive of the witness on the stand. Outrageous behavior from a judge, and totally inappropriate for any courtroom! No decorum whatsoever!” Ingrassia said.
BREAKING: Trial now resumes after delay following fiery exchange between Merchan and Costello about courtroom conduct.
Merchan is absolutely seething over Costello's damning testimony. The type of treatment Costello, an experienced prosecutor who once worked for the US…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Judge Merchan ran interference for Alvin Bragg and continued to shout at Costello.
Via Paul Ingrassia:
Bragg Prosecutor: Did you say Michael Cohen was acting like a drama queen? Yes or No?
Costello: I said I didn’t know if Michael Cohen was acting like a drama queen.
Merchan, again, chastises Costello from the stand: WOULD YOU JUST ANSWER YES OR NO?
Bragg Prosecutor: You don’t like drama queens, don’t you?
Bragg Prosecutor: Did you say Michael Cohen was acting like a drama queen? Yes or No?
Costello: I said I didn't know if Michael Cohen was acting like a drama queen.
Merchan, again, chastises Costello from the stand: WOULD YOU JUST ANSWER YES OR NO?
Bragg Prosecutor: You don't…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Judge Merchan abruptly ended the day’s proceedings with “have a good night.”
BREAKING: Merchan, visibly exasperated, hastily ends the day's proceedings. Implores jurors to not research the case, through media, email, telephone, texts, or the internet. Reminds them they should not Google or discuss the case outside the courtroom.
Abruptly says "have a…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
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In a fiery rebuke, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vehemently denounced the International Criminal Court (ICC) after its prosecutor, Kareem Khan, issued arrest warrants against him and his Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant.
Labeling the ICC’s actions as a “moral outrage,” Netanyahu defended Israel’s military actions against Hamas, which he described as a legitimate response to unprecedented terrorist attacks.
The International Criminal Court on Monday filed an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
“On the basis of evidence collected and examined by my Office, I have reasonable grounds to believe that Benjamin NETANYAHU, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Yoav GALLANT, the Minister of Defence of Israel, bear criminal responsibility for the following war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of the State of Palestine (in the Gaza strip) from at least 8 October 2023:
In a video statement released Monday, Netanyahu lambasted ICC prosecutor Karim Khan for the direct assault on the sovereignty of Israel, a democratically elected government.
“The outrageous decision by the ICC prosecutor to target the leaders of Israel will leave an indelible stain on the international court,” Netanyahu said.
He emphasized that Israel is engaged in a legitimate battle against Hamas, a genocidal terrorist organization responsible for horrific attacks on the Jewish people on October 7th.
Netanyahu drew sharp analogies between the ICC’s actions and historical injustices, comparing the warrants against Israeli leaders to hypothetical moral equivalencies between U.S. President George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden post-9/11, or between FDR and Hitler during World War II. “What a travesty of justice, what a disgrace,” he added.
He further criticized Khan’s actions as undermining the foundational rights of democracies to defend themselves against terrorism and aggression, stating that the charges against himself and Gallant were an attempt to strip Israel of its right to self-defense.
“Eighty years ago, the Jewish people were defenseless against our enemies. Those days are over. We have a state, and we have an army,” Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu also accused the ICC and its prosecutor of fueling global anti-Semitism and likened Khan’s actions to those of German judges during the Nazi era who facilitated atrocities against Jews. “Mr. Khan’s decision places him among the most notorious anti-Semites of modern times,” he added.
The outrageous decision by the ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, to seek arrest warrants against the democratically elected leaders of Israel is a moral outrage of historic proportions.
It will cast an everlasting mark of shame on the international court. pic.twitter.com/NJKYv06fyE
— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) May 20, 2024
The United States “fundamentally rejects” the ICC’s decision to seek arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials.
JUST IN – United States "fundamentally rejects" the ICC move to apply for arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials.
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 20, 2024
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that 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.
“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,” the letter concluded.
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Unchecked mass migration is one of the key geopolitical issues of our days, one that mobilizes passions both in the US, the EU and most of the Western world.
But now, the troubles of illegal migration are starting to affect other parts of the world, with Eastern Europe up in arms against it, and even in North Africa, where citizens in Tunisia are protesting against it.
Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the coastal town of Jebeniana to protest ‘the presence of sub-Saharan migrants’.
These unwanted guests have found themselves stranded on their way to Europe, as the country ramps up border patrol efforts.
Anti-migrant anger is mounting as the Tunisian coastline became a boarding place for thousands of people hoping to reach Europe by boat.
Associated Press reported:
“Chanting slogans to oppose settling migrants in Tunisia, protesters demanded the government act to assist agricultural communities dealing with thousands of migrants living in tarpaulin encampments among their olive groves.
‘You brought them here and it’s your responsibility to send them back to their home countries’, Moamen Salemi, a 63-year old retiree from nearby El Amra, said at the protest. ‘There is a shortage of food throughout the city of El Amra, including sugar, flour, bread and many other items’.
A final stop for many who dream of a better life in Europe, Jebeniana and El Amra reflect the compounding problems facing Tunisia, a key transit point for migrants from Syria, Bangladesh and a variety of sub-Saharan African nations.”
Police has expanded its presence in the area.
83,000 Tunisians now have to live among a growing number of migrants from around the world.
“Protesters say they have borne the cost of Tunisia’s effort to prevent migrants from reaching the European Union less than a year after the country brokered an anti-migration pact with the 27-country bloc to better police its sea border and receive more than $1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in aid.
The Tunisian Coast Guard has said it has prevented more than 21,000 migration attempts by land or sea this year. Fewer than 8,000 successfully traveled by boat from Tunisia to Italy in the first four months of 2024, a threefold decrease from 2023, according to the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR.”
In late 2023, the city of Sfax saw the appearance of the first anti-migrant protests erupted in African soil.
Now the protests have expanded to Jebeniana and also El Amra, where a protest also took place a few weeks ago.
Tens of thousands of migrants are now living near Jebeniana and El Amra.
Read more:
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Iranian women are celebrating the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and dancing on his “dirty grave.”
The “Butcher of Tehran” oversaw a brutal crackdown on the protests in 2022 that rose against the Islamic “morality police.”
As reported earlier, a helicopter carrying Iranian President and mass murderer Ebrahim Raisi crashed while visiting a northern region.
The Iranian state reported Raisi’s death.
Raisi oversaw a brutal crackdown on the Iranian people protesting following the murder of 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini by regime thugs.
Amini died from injuries sustained at the hands of police after her arrest for the “improper” wearing of a hijab.
Under Raisi, and according to a UN Human Rights Council report earlier this year, the monthslong security crackdown killed more than 500 people, and over 22,000 were detained.
The report also found that Iranian security forces raped and sexually assaulted many of the women in custody.
Brave women in Iran have shared their joyous reactions to Amini’s death on social media.
Watch:
Mersedeh Shahinkar, who was blinded by Iranian security forces after taking part in the mass protests, shared, “We freely dance and celebrate on your dirty grave.”
Shahinkar was joined by Sima Moradbeigi, who lost her right arm after being shot by police during a women’s rights protest.
ما بر سر گور کثیف و نجستتان آزادانه میرقصیم و جشن میگیریم#زن_زندگی_ازادی@simamoradb51053 pic.twitter.com/RnHP9Ht8ir
— MersedeH_eye (@mersedeh_eye) May 19, 2024
A mother whose son was executed by Raisi only a few months ago shared a video of her celebration at the news.
Iranian journalist Masih AlinejadI said of the video, “I told you Iranian women are wounded, but unbowed to their oppressors. My social media is flooded with videos of the family members of those killed by the President of the Islamic Republic, celebrating his death.”
Just a few months ago, Ebrahim Raisi executed her son, Now, she’s dancing over his death in a helicopter crash.
I told you Iranian women are wounded, but unbowed to their oppressors.
My social media is flooded with videos of the family members of those killed by the President of… pic.twitter.com/y2PR1XkGGx— Masih Alinejad (@AlinejadMasih) May 20, 2024
Minoo Majidi, 62, was also killed during the protests and her daughters toasted the news of Raisi’s death while the song “Helikopter” by Bosnian singer Fazlija played in the background.
هلیکوپتر
هلیکوپتر
pic.twitter.com/4ob9LPIZaI— Mahsa Piraei مهسا پیرایی (@mahsa_piraei) May 19, 2024
“Raisi ordered the killing of my mother and his minister denied our martyrs. I know it is not right to be happy about the death of a person, but they were not human. Congratulations to all the victims’ families and people of Iran. Zan, Zendegi, Azadi” https://t.co/p5umKbG3pG
— Deepa Parent (@DeepaParent) May 20, 2024
“For the death of a bloody dictator like #Raisi in memory of the many women murdered and the many gay and non-gay young people hanged because they asked for freedom. Always on the side of those brave revolutionaries”
Per la morte di un sanguinario dittatore come #Raisi in ricordo delle tante donne trucidate e i tanti giovani gay e non impiccati perché chiedono libertà. Sempre dalla parte di quei coraggiosi rivoluzionari
— anna paola concia (@annapaolaconcia) May 20, 2024
Under Raisi’s rule, the Iranian men and women who protested against the regime’s brutality paid a price for daring to speak up. Protestors faced being fired on with an AK-47 , there was indiscriminate firing on protesters in the street from moving vehicles, the murder of Hadis Najafi , a powerful symbol of the uprisings, the kidnapping, torture, rape, and murder of Nika Shakarimi, and a woman being dragged by police and sexually assaulted by a gang of the Islamic Republic oppressive forces.
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This article originally appeared on JoeHoft.com and was republished with permission.
The WNBA is giving “the savior of their league” a very unfriendly welcome, yet she overcomes the hate.
We previously reported on the horrible reception that the WNBA gave Caitlin Clark.
WHAT A DISGRACE: The WNBA, the Coach, and the Refs Are Cooking the Golden Goose – Caitlin Clark
Dave Portnoy from Barstool Sports commented on how terrible the WNBA has been to Caitlin Clark. In this play from Saturday, last year’s league MVP puts an unnecessary and brutal pick on Clark when she wasn’t looking. Breanna Stewart is bitter towards Clark and may be jealous because no one knows who she is, but everyone knows who Clark is.
Never seen a savior of a league get treated like this https://t.co/TXNEd4umbl
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) May 18, 2024
The league is calling turnovers on Clark and doing something unheard of when reporting them. The statistician at the WNBA adds “bad pass” to the sheet. This is something we’ve never seen before. The following was from the game earlier this week.
Here is an example of a “bad pass” from Caitlin Clark that was labeled a turnover on Clark. (Hint – if the ball hits your teammate’s hands it’s not your fault if they can’t catch the ball.)
This was credited as a turnover on Caitlin Clark
— Jordan Stocks (@StockTalks21) May 18, 2024
Here is another moment where Clark’s team can’t keep up with her.
Here is another perfect Caitlin Clark pass that her teammate can’t handle and the WNBA stat recorder said it was a turnover on CC.
What is going on with these stat recordings? pic.twitter.com/y4RbamR4cF
— Jordan Stocks (@StockTalks21) May 18, 2024
Despite all the hate, Caitlin Clark became part of WNBA history in her first three games.
In elite company
Caitlin Clark joins Candace Parker, Sue Bird and Nikki McCray as the only WNBA players to tally 50+ PTS and 15+ AST in their first 3 career games!#WelcometotheW pic.twitter.com/wfUUb0GSjj
— WNBA (@WNBA) May 18, 2024
In addition, the game on Saturday was the largest paid gate in WNBA history.
The New York Liberty and Indiana Fever made history Saturday, as their game had the largest paid gate of any WNBA game since the league’s inception in 1997.
According to Spotify’s Bri Lewerke, the Liberty and Fever drew over $2 million in ticket revenue. They also sold out the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, which holds nearly 18,000 fans for basketball.
Fans were on hand to witness just the third WNBA regular-season game in the career of 2024 No. 1 overall pick Caitlin Clark, plus a pair of former No. 1 overall picks in Sabrina Ionescu and Breanna Stewart played for the Liberty as well.
After all of this, here is where Clark stands in the WNBA after three ‘bad’ showings.
How Caitlin Clark Ranks in the WNBA so far:
Mins played – 97 (5th)
Assists – 17 (2nd)
Rebounds – 13 (22nd)
Points – 51 (7th)
F T % – 100% (Tied 1st)
3 P M – 9 (1st)
F G M – 16 (13th)
EFF – 40 (18th)I’ll update this after every 10 games. pic.twitter.com/YpyisQQwqq
— Law | CC = (@TLaww22) May 20, 2024
Will the WNBA destroy Caitlin Clark and the league, or will Caitlin Clark stand above them all and show the world the “savior” she is?
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Joe Biden on Sunday evening pandered to black voters at the annual NAACP Freedom Fund dinner in Detroit, Michigan.
Joe “you ain’t black” Biden is losing support among black voters so he spent the last several days traveling to key swing states lying to blacks.
Meanwhile, President Trump has more than doubled his support among black voters.
CNN: President Trump has more than DOUBLED his support among Black voters
“If this held through the general election, this would be BY FAR the best performance for a Republican among Black voters in two generations.” pic.twitter.com/2Kxhr678Au
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 17, 2024
Biden told the crowd of blacks one of his favorite lies: “I got involved in civil rights when I was 15!”
Joe Biden never participated in the civil rights movement. He has told a version of this lie many times.
At one point Joe Biden tried to trash Trump and the January 6 protestors and it went horribly wrong.
“He calls the erectionists who stormed Capitol Hill ‘patriots,'” Biden said.
WATCH:
BIDEN: “Erectionists” pic.twitter.com/f1pS86zx7t
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 20, 2024
Biden was brutally mocked.
Joe Biden had another moment:
"He calls *cough* the erectionists who stormed Capitol Hill patriots."
Weird. pic.twitter.com/zllaGqS2OI
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 20, 2024
Hard men make hard times https://t.co/g395HpDFl5
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) May 20, 2024
Hunter Biden is an erectionist from the pictures I’ve seen https://t.co/EGNYNqGdNn
— Dr. Richard Harambe (@Richard_Harambe) May 20, 2024
Now all the ladies will want a J6er https://t.co/aykLnpAPnW
— (@FreeStateWill) May 20, 2024
“Erectionists.” https://t.co/58iWkm64br
— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) May 20, 2024
He’s fine. This is fine. https://t.co/R7Tbc2StH8
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) May 20, 2024
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A brawl occurred after the NASCAR All-Star Race on Sunday at the North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina.
NASCAR drivers Kyle Busch and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got into a fight outside the garage area following the 200-lap race.
The physical interaction started when Stenhouse approached Busch after the race and threw a punch at Busch.
A brawl quickly ensued, and Busch’s and Stenhouses’s crews needed to be separated by security.
WATCH:
Another angle of the confrontation after the race. pic.twitter.com/JCgSZhEzwa
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) May 20, 2024
The animosity started on track when Busch hit Stenhouse from behind, resulting in Stenhouse flying into the wall.
Per NASCAR:
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ran just two of the 200 laps in Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race, his No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet battered and out after an early altercation with Kyle Busch. With no pedestrian tunnel or bridge out of the North Wilkesboro Speedway infield, Stenhouse was forced to sit and stew.
So, he waited for the remaining 198 to retaliate.
With post-race fireworks popping off behind them in the background, Stenhouse and Busch had a brief verbal confrontation that escalated into a physical showdown between the two drivers and their crews in the NASCAR Cup Series garage, a nasty spat that triggered memories of North Wilkesboro’s rough-and-tumble past. Both drivers went to the ground, and the mounting frustrations of both the night and their seasons overall reached a tipping point.
“Bring it! I don’t give a [expletive]. I suck just as bad as you!” Busch yelled at his rival less than a minute after Stenhouse landed a right hand to Busch’s left cheek.
Another angle:
PUNCHES THROWN AT NORTH WILKESBORO pic.twitter.com/jLCrcf1noA
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 20, 2024
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There is a joke about immigration: “If illegal aliens grow the economy, then the countries they left must be rich.” The reality is, however, that rather than making the country richer, illegal immigrants cost the country money. The amount of money the government spends on illegal aliens each year is “the equivalent of $500 per American man, woman, child, and retiree.”
Every day, approximately 5,000 illegal aliens enter the United States. The media claims that immigration is growing the US economy, using this argument to justify open borders and illegal immigration. However, there are several intentionally misleading points here. First, the economic growth attributed to immigration includes the wages earned and taxes paid by legal immigrants, which has nothing to do with illegal immigration. The fact that legal immigrants contribute to the economy does not justify what is happening at the southern border.
Yes, every additional person living in the country adds to GDP; however, there is nothing special about illegal aliens that contributes more to this growth. In fact, legal aliens are significantly better for the economy because they pay taxes and are less likely to send most of their earnings out of the country. Legal immigrants are more likely to buy a home and pay property taxes, which fund local schools. They are also more likely to start a business, creating jobs.
Adding people to the economy who do not work or contribute only grows the economy by the amount of government transfer payments they spend. However, these transfer payments come from taxes already paid by citizens or from government debt that will need to be repaid in the future. Additionally, these transfers draw funds away from existing social programs.
In economics, there is a concept called “the broken window fallacy,” which illustrates why poor decisions by the government do not actually grow the economy. The story goes like this: kids are playing baseball and accidentally break a shop window. Some politicians argue that a broken window is beneficial because someone must be paid to fix it. The repair person has to buy the glass, so the glass vendor makes money. The glass vendor and the repair person then use the money they earned on the broken window to buy groceries, pay rent, and pay for services, creating jobs for others.
The fallacy is that before the window was broken, the shop had a window, and the shop owner had cash. After the repair, the shop still has a window, but the owner no longer has his cash. Society is no better off because nothing new was created. If the shop owner had instead used the money to expand his shop, he would create jobs while also providing better or more services to the community.
When politicians claim that illegal aliens added hundreds of billions to the economy, they are counting the money the government paid to support them. While it is true that this money went into the community because the illegal immigrants purchased food and services, or these were purchased on their behalf, this spending simply added to government debt. It is akin to the government cutting checks and sending them to people, as was done during COVID-19. This type of stimulus does not create real growth; it just creates inflation.
According to research by the Center for Immigration Studies, “Illegal immigrants are a net fiscal drain, meaning they receive more in government services than they pay in taxes.”
The lower education levels of illegal immigrants mean they are low earners and often qualify for welfare programs, frequently receiving benefits on behalf of their U.S.-born children. “The tax payments of illegal immigrants do not come close to covering the costs they create.”
The Center for Immigration Studies found that the annual cost to care for and house illegal immigrants could reach up to $451 billion. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) arrived at a lower figure, determining that illegal immigrants are costing the US at least $150 billion per year. Supporters of illegal immigration may claim that this money, spent on goods and services for illegal immigrants, is added to the economy. However, this money is not added to the economy; it is diverted away from taxpayers.
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Joe Biden on Sunday evening pandered to black voters at the annual NAACP Freedom Fund dinner in Detroit, Michigan.
Joe “you ain’t black” Biden is losing support among black voters so he spent the last several days traveling to key swing states lying to blacks.
Meanwhile, President Trump has more than doubled his support among black voters.
CNN: President Trump has more than DOUBLED his support among Black voters
"If this held through the general election, this would be BY FAR the best performance for a Republican among Black voters in two generations." pic.twitter.com/2Kxhr678Au
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 17, 2024
As usual, Biden’s speech was full of lies and gaffes.
“Because of your vote, it’s the only reason I’m standing here as President of the United States of America,” Biden said.
Biden told the crowd of blacks one of his favorite lies: “I got involved in civil rights when I was 15!”
WATCH:
BIDEN (pandering): "I got involved in civil rights when I was 15!"
There is absolutely no evidence Biden was ever involved in the civil rights movement as a kid. pic.twitter.com/vr37p7kIop
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 20, 2024
Biden never participated in the civil rights movement. He has told a version of this lie many times.
This lie has been repeatedly debunked.
In 1987, Joe Biden falsely claimed he marched in the civil rights movement and eventually dropped out of the presidential race.
Biden finally admitted he lied about marching in the civil rights movement.
WATCH:
In 1987, Joe Biden claimed he marched in the civil rights movement. A few months later, Biden disavowed the claim. Decades later, during the Obama era, and more recently on the campaign trail, he started making the same claims again. https://t.co/NAlMJ6ZTq7 pic.twitter.com/tpmE6VXmG6
— The Intercept (@theintercept) February 14, 2020
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President Donald Trump is back in court today for Alvin Bragg’s show trial in New York City.
Serial liar Michael Cohen is back on the stand today after his questionable testimony last week.
The prosecution has yet to define the alleged criminal act that President Trump committed.
BREAKING: @Lawrence seen in the press overflow section at the Trump trial. He has a mad scowl on his face — clearly all the years of his chronic TDS has worn him out badly!
These people are letting their Trump hatred destroy them, and it shows! Sad!
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: BREAKING: President Trump enters Judge Merchan’s kangaroo courtroom. Making appearances at the courtroom with the President today are @AlanDersh@EricTrump@AlinaHabbaamong others.
BREAKING: President Trump enters Judge Merchan’s kangaroo courtroom. Making appearances at the courtroom with the President today are @AlanDersh, @EricTrump, and @AlinaHabba, among others.
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: BREAKING: Judge Merchan opens the day by disrespecting the President yet again. He referred to the Defendant as “Mr. Trump,” rather than “President Trump.” Show some respect for the 47th President, loser!
BREAKING: Judge Merchan opens the day by disrespecting the President yet again. He referred to the Defendant as “Mr. Trump,” rather than “President Trump.” Show some respect for the 47th President, loser!
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: BREAKING: It seems like the trial will go at least another week, based on Judge Merchan’s introductory remarks. Says summations will not be scheduled until early next week, likely on Tuesday.
BREAKING: It seems like the trial will go at least another week, based on Judge Merchan’s introductory remarks. Says summations will not be scheduled until early next week, likely on Tuesday.
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: BREAKING: Judge Merchan is extremely limiting the scope of what the Defense expert witness can testify to. The defense is attempting to bring a former commissioner from the FEC, who happens to also be a lawyer, as their expert to the witness stand, presumably to ask and clarify for the jury, in part, why this case has not been preempted (or ‘barred’) by federal law, since this case is, after all, allegedly a federal election law violation. Judge Merchan is not allowing the Defense to clarify the meanings of technical legal jargon for the jury. He seems to not be allowing them to read statutes or ask statute-related questions, or ask about how the law has been previously interpreted by other courts. Merchan is attempting to restrict the direct examination to very general questions, and it’s obvious why: this case should not be in state court at all! If the law was being fairly applied, this case would not have gotten off the ground in the first place!
BREAKING: Judge Merchan is extremely limiting the scope of what the Defense expert witness can testify to.
The defense is attempting to bring a former commissioner from the FEC, who happens to also be a lawyer, as their expert to the witness stand, presumably to ask and…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Emil Bove (Trump defense attorney): The charge here is only unlawful if there’s unlawful activity, so otherwise it’s just an agreement to try to win an election.
Merchan: You’ve known for months what my position would be. You ask for further legal guidance, but that’s why we had a pre-charge conference. It would be inappropriate to tell you right now what my charge is going to be without hearing both sides of the argument.
Emil Bove: The government has not even established that there was an intent to defraud and intent to conceal a crime. It would only be a crime, under New York law, unless there was an intent to commit a crime.
Emil Bove (Trump defense attorney): The charge here is only unlawful if there’s unlawful activity, so otherwise it’s just an agreement to try to win an election.
Merchan: You’ve known for months what my position would be. You ask for further legal guidance, but that’s why we had…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Bragg attorney: The defense is not entitled to have an expert (a lawyer, law professor, and former commissioner at the FEC) to opine on federal election law! Because his testimony would be based on interpretation, it would be inappropriate!
Bragg attorney: The defense is not entitled to have an expert (a lawyer, law professor, and former commissioner at the FEC) to opine on federal election law! Because his testimony would be based on interpretation, it would be inappropriate!
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: BREAKING: Liar, perjurer, and fraudster — Michael Cohen — takes the witness stand for a fourth day now.
BREAKING: Liar, perjurer, and fraudster — Michael Cohen — takes the witness stand for a fourth day now.
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: Since last Thursday, how many reporters have you spoken to?
Cohen: I didn’t speak to reporters.
Blanche: You didn’t speak to reporters?
Cohen: I spoke to reporters to say ‘hello’ and ‘how you’re doing?’ but nothing about this case.
Blanche: How many times have you spoken to reporters just this year?
Cohen: More than a dozen.
Blanche: More than a dozen? Like, more than 12, like 20 times?
Cohen: Probably, yes. Blanche: I’m not looking for an exact number, but was it closer to 20 or closer to 12?
Cohen: Closer to 20.
Blanche: And you met with these reporters, sometimes, longer than an hour?
Cohen: Yes, sir.
Blanche: When you spoke to them, they asked you questions similar to questions on the stand, right?
Cohen: The same topics, yes.
Blanche: When the prosecutors asked you questions Monday and Tuesday, you had heard them beforehand from the press, correct?
Cohen: I heard many questions that I had not heard before.
Blanche: Since last Thursday, how many reporters have you spoken to?
Cohen: I didn’t speak to reporters.
Blanche: You didn’t speak to reporters?
Cohen: I spoke to reporters to say ‘hello’ and ‘how you’re doing?’ but nothing about this case.
Blanche: How many times have you…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: Any time you’ve testified under oath, you’ve prepped for it?
Cohen: Yes, sir.
Blanche: You met with your lawyer, maybe not 20 times, but you’ve prepped with your lawyers before testifying, right?
Cohen: That’s correct.
Blanche: You’ve met with Rep. Dan Goldman to prepare for congressional testimony?
Cohen: Yes, sir. Blanche: How many times have you met with him?
Cohen: I believe twice.
Blanche: You realize he’s a former federal prosecutor?
Cohen: Yes, sir.
Blanche: During the testimony you gave in February of 2019, that’s one of the times you’ve lied, right?
Cohen: That’s correct.
Blanche: Any time you’ve testified under oath, you’ve prepped for it?
Cohen: Yes, sir.
Blanche: You met with your lawyer, maybe not 20 times, but you’ve prepped with your lawyers before testifying, right?
Cohen: That’s correct.
Blanche: You’ve met with Rep. Dan Goldman to…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: You did steal from the Trump organization, correct?
Cohen: Yes, sir.
What a scumbag!
Blanche: You did steal from the Trump organization, correct?
Cohen: Yes, sir.
What a scumbag!
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: You told everybody you were the personal attorney of Donald J. Trump?
Cohen: I didn’t tell everybody but I was certainly proud of it.
Blanche: You told TMZ?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: You told The NY Times?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: You went on Sean Hannity’s show to talk about it?
Cohen: Yes, sir.
Blanche: You told everybody you were the personal attorney of Donald J. Trump?
Cohen: I didn’t tell everybody but I was certainly proud of it.
Blanche: You told TMZ?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: You told The NY Times?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: You went on Sean Hannity’s show to…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: You got paid $4 million for your consulting work in 2017?
Cohen: Yes.
Blanche: What did you do?
Cohen: I did consulting and advisory work for AT&T.
Blanche: Did you tell President Trump about the consulting work you did?
Cohen: He introduced me to the CEO of AT&T.
Blanche: But you didn’t disclose to him that you had independent agreements with AT&T to do consulting work?
Cohen: That’s correct.
Blanche: And once President Trump he was frustrated, correct?
Bragg prosecutor: Objection! Merchan: Objection sustained.
Blanche: You got paid $4 million for your consulting work in 2017?
Cohen: Yes.
Blanche: What did you do?
Cohen: I did consulting and advisory work for AT&T.
Blanche: Did you tell President Trump about the consulting work you did?
Cohen: He introduced me to the CEO of AT&T.…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: How much is the most you’ve made over an 18 month period in your life?
Cohen: Over $5 million.
Blanche: Between the time you pled guilty and the time you published your book, you said you didn’t have an income, correct?
Cohen: Correct. Blanche: You had to pay tax deficiencies?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: Lawyers?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: So since you’ve released your podcast (Mea Culpa, in which he rants about Trump all day) and sold your book (an anti-Trump screed), how much have you made?
Cohen: In total, about $4 million.
Blanche: You earn over a million a year?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: You’re also pitching a television show based on your life?
Cohen: I’m not pitching it but there is a tv show.
Blanche: Who is pitching it?
Cohen: A gentleman who used to be associated with the Mea Culpa podcast, Phil Halberstat.
Blanche: But it was at your direction, right?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: So once the show gets picked up, it’ll make you money, correct?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: How much is the most you’ve made over an 18 month period in your life?
Cohen: Over $5 million.
Blanche: Between the time you pled guilty and the time you published your book, you said you didn’t have an income, correct?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: You had to pay tax…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: How long have you been working with your colleague to pitch your proposed reality show “The Fixer”?
Cohen: About three months.
Blanche: And you’re working on a third book?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: Are you also considering a run for Congress?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: You have said that you would make a great candidate for Congress because of your name recognition?
Cohen: That’s correct.
Blanche: And your name recognition is based primarily on your attacks on President Trump.
Cohen: My name recognition is based on my life journey.
Blanche: And a large part of your life journey includes daily attacks on President Trump, correct?
Cohen: Sure.
Blanche: The answer is yes or no. You have dedicated a significant part of your podcasts and books to attacking President Trump daily, correct?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: So that would comprise a large part of your life journey, correct? Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: How long have you been working with your colleague to pitch your proposed reality show “The Fixer”?
Cohen: About three months.
Blanche: And you’re working on a third book?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: Are you also considering a run for Congress?
Cohen: Correct.…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: Do you have a financial interest in the outcome of this case?
Cohen: Yes, sir.
Blanche: Do you have a financial interest in the outcome of this case?
Cohen: Yes, sir.
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: Did you mean it when you said revenge is a dish best served cold?
Cohen: Yes, sir.
Blanche: You were willing to lie under oath if it affects your personal life, correct?
Cohen: I don’t understand your question.
Blanche: You testified under oath months ago that you were willing to lie if it affects your personal life, correct?
Cohen: Yes, sir.
Blanche: So I’m asking the same question to you now: would you still be willing to lie if it affects your personal life?
Bragg prosecutor: Objection!
Merchan: Objection sustained.
Blanche: Would you be willing to lie if it affects you personally?
Cohen: Yes, sir.
Blanche: Did you mean it when you said revenge is a dish best served cold?
Cohen: Yes, sir.
Blanche: You were willing to lie under oath if it affects your personal life, correct?
Cohen: I don’t understand your question.
Blanche: You testified under oath months ago that you…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: President Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday that many people are thinking that Bragg’s office wanted to possibly drop all the charges, in light of Michael Cohen’s testimony, which court observers have described as “catastrophic” for the prosecution. Further proof of how bad this case has been is found in the fact that Anderson Cooper, Kaitlan Collins, and many other liberal commentators immediately took to CNN, MSDNC, and other networks, admitting they would acquit President Trump if they were jurors in this case! Cohen’s testimony has been so damning that even the fake news can’t deny reality!
President Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday that many people are thinking that Bragg’s office wanted to possibly drop all the charges, in light of Michael Cohen’s testimony, which court observers have described as “catastrophic” for the prosecution.
Further proof of how bad… https://t.co/TeN9GYoCid pic.twitter.com/DvkjlV5KUp
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: BREAKING: Defense now calls Daniel Sitko, paralegal and legal analyst for Blanche Law, PLLC, to the witness stand.
BREAKING: Defense now calls Daniel Sitko, paralegal and legal analyst for Blanche Law, PLLC, to the witness stand.
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: I observed this miserable wretch in the press overhead room today. He had a mad scowl on his face all morning long, didn’t talk to anyone, including other members of the fake news media. You can tell nobody likes or respects this guy, including his own peers. He truly is a sick puppy — consumed by hatred and mentally unsound. TDS is an all-consuming mental illness that affects mind, body, and soul, and this guy has maybe the worst case of it on television! Sad!
I observed this miserable wretch in the press overhead room today. He had a mad scowl on his face all morning long, didn’t talk to anyone, including other members of the fake news media. You can tell nobody likes or respects this guy, including his own peers.
He truly is a… https://t.co/OxWoYq3RAB
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: BREAKING: Defense calls ROBERT COSTELLO, former legal adviser to none other than Michael Cohen himself, to the witness stand!
BREAKING: Defense calls ROBERT COSTELLO, former legal adviser to none other than Michael Cohen himself, to the witness stand!
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: BREAKING: There has been an extended back and forth between the Defense, Judge Merchan, and the Prosecution over Robert Costello’s impending testimony, resulting in delays. The Prosecution is trying to filibuster Costello from taking the stand, arguing that his testimony would be collateral and thus inadmissible under the rules of evidence. Bragg’s attorneys know that Costello will drive the nail in the coffin of their case, which is now on life support after Michael Cohen’s dumpster fire of a testimony this morning in which he admitted to lying to protect his personal interests, financially profiting off Trump and the trial, and stealing from the Trump Organization, among other damning revelations. Stay tuned!
BREAKING: There has been an extended back and forth between the Defense, Judge Merchan, and the Prosecution over Robert Costello’s impending testimony, resulting in delays. The Prosecution is trying to filibuster Costello from taking the stand, arguing that his testimony would…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: Did you consider your conversation with Michael Cohen during your first meeting with him at the Regency Hotel to be protected by the attorney client privilege?
Prosecutor: Objection!
Merchan: Sustained!
Costello: Cohen was absolutely manic, pacing back and forth, left and right. After he explained what was going on, he said my life was shattered, my family’s life was shattered. He used the phrase, “What is my escape route?”
Blanche: It was cooperation he was looking for?
Costello: Absolutely! Prosecutor has objected at least a half a dozen times throughout this exchange already.
Blanche: Did you consider your conversation with Michael Cohen during your first meeting with him at the Regency Hotel to be protected by the attorney client privilege?
Prosecutor: Objection!
Merchan: Sustained!
Costello: Cohen was absolutely manic, pacing back and forth, left…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Costello: I explained to Michael Cohen that the investigation would be resolved within a week if he had truthful information about Donald J. Trump.
Blanche: What information did he disclose?
Costello: Cohen said, “I swear to God, I have absolutely nothing to say about Donald John Trump.”
Blanche: What did he have to say about Stormy Daniels?
Costello: He said, “I don’t know why they’re trying to put me in jail over some f***cking NDAs.”
Blanche: Did he say anything about Donald Trump in connection with Stormy Daniels manner?
Costello: He did.
Prosecutor: Objection! Merchan: Sustained.
Blanche: Did President Trump’s family come up?
Costello: It did.
Blanche: What did Cohen say about Trump’s family?
Prosecutor: Objection!
Merchan: Sustained!
Costello: I explained to Michael Cohen that the investigation would be resolved within a week if he had truthful information about Donald J. Trump.
Blanche: What information did he disclose?
Costello: Cohen said, “I swear to God, I have absolutely nothing to say about Donald…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: I want to focus narrowly on about whether Cohen knew if Trump said anything about the payments to Stormy Daniels. Costello: Cohen repeated numerous times that President Trump knew nothing about these payments and that Cohen DID THIS ON HIS OWN.
Blanche: I want to focus narrowly on about whether Cohen knew if Trump said anything about the payments to Stormy Daniels.
Costello: Cohen repeated numerous times that President Trump knew nothing about these payments and that Cohen DID THIS ON HIS OWN.
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Merchan grows irate, begins ESCORIATING Robert Costello on the stand for making a few off-handed remarks and rolling his eyes during the testimony.
Merchan: Are you staring me down right now?
Costello: I’m not.
Merchan: GET OUT OF THE COURTROOM, NOW! GET OUT OF THE COURTROOM! *VIDEO CUTS OUT* SHOW TRIAL!
Merchan grows irate, begins ESCORIATING Robert Costello on the stand for making a few off-handed remarks and rolling his eyes during the testimony.
Merchan: Are you staring me down right now?
Costello: I’m not.
Merchan: GET OUT OF THE COURTROOM, NOW! GET OUT OF THE COURTROOM!…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: BREAKING: Trial now resumes after delay following fiery exchange between Merchan and Costello about courtroom conduct.
Merchan is absolutely seething over Costello’s damning testimony. The type of treatment Costello, an experienced prosecutor who once worked for the US Attorney’s Office for New York in the 1970s and early 1980s, is receiving on the witness stand from the judge is disgusting.
Merchan is visibly perturbed, condescending, and downright abusive of the witness on the stand. Outrageous behavior from a judge, and totally inappropriate for any courtroom! No decorum whatsoever!
BREAKING: Trial now resumes after delay following fiery exchange between Merchan and Costello about courtroom conduct.
Merchan is absolutely seething over Costello’s damning testimony. The type of treatment Costello, an experienced prosecutor who once worked for the US…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche:Did you ever put any pressure on Cohen?
Costello: No.
Blanche: Did you ever put any pressure on Rudy Giuliani.
Costello: No.
Blanche: Whose interests did you care about when you worked with Michael Cohen?
Costello: Exclusively Michael Cohen. Nobody else. He was my only client.
Blanche: Did Cohen pay you?
Costello: No.
Blanche: Did your firm at the time try to collect payment?
Costello: No, and they didn’t sue.
Blanche: Why?
Costello: It wasn’t enough.
Costello: Did you ever put any pressure on Cohen?
Costello: No.
Blanche: Did you ever put any pressure on Rudy Giuliani.
Costello: No.
Blanche: Whose interests did you care about when you worked with Michael Cohen?
Costello: Exclusively Michael Cohen. Nobody else. He was my…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Bragg Prosecutor: Did you say Michael Cohen was acting like a drama queen? Yes or No?
Costello: I said I didn’t know if Michael Cohen was acting like a drama queen.
Merchan, again, chastises Costello from the stand: WOULD YOU JUST ANSWER YES OR NO?
Bragg Prosecutor: You don’t like drama queens, don’t you?
Bragg Prosecutor: Did you say Michael Cohen was acting like a drama queen? Yes or No?
Costello: I said I didn’t know if Michael Cohen was acting like a drama queen.
Merchan, again, chastises Costello from the stand: WOULD YOU JUST ANSWER YES OR NO?
Bragg Prosecutor: You don’t…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: BREAKING: Merchan, visibly exasperated, hastily ends the day’s proceedings. Implores jurors to not research the case, through media, email, telephone, texts, or the internet. Reminds them they should not Google or discuss the case outside the courtroom.
Abruptly says “have a good night,” then cuts out the video. On hot mic, urges Costello to step down from the witness stand.
Merchan is obviously disgusted by Costello, whose testimony has thrown a huge wrench into Bragg’s case, unlike anything we have seen thus far this entire show trial. Fireworks!
BREAKING: Merchan, visibly exasperated, hastily ends the day’s proceedings. Implores jurors to not research the case, through media, email, telephone, texts, or the internet. Reminds them they should not Google or discuss the case outside the courtroom.
Abruptly says “have a…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: The prosecutor has been trying to push a theory of the defense stealing the election, but there is no evidence of underlying criminal intent to anything prosecution is claiming: that is a matter of law, and the predicates used by the prosecution to support their criminal conspiracy theory should not be allowed.
There is absolutely no evidence that Trump or any of the co-conspirators had any criminal intent at the time they were engaging in this conduct. There was no discussion about catch and kill, financial payments that would be made with respect to any stories. So there is no evidence of criminal intent or criminal misconduct supporting a conspiracy formed at this first meeting that carried out over the next year-plus.
Karen McDougall didn’t even want her story out. She wanted an arrangement with AMI to be on the covers of magazines, have a column, etc. Not catch and kill a story. So while that was the word used by Mr. Cohen, it was not the evidence that came out at trial.
So if there is a conspiracy to influence the election, how on earth is a false story – and a decision made to pay off the false story – a catch and kill? It’s not, and it’s certainly not a criminal catch and kill.
The underlying predicate that would make this misdemeanor a felony, as argued by the Prosecution, has no evidence to support a criminal conspiracy. For that reason, the court should enter a verdict in favor of the defendant.
There is no way this court should allow this case to go to the jury relying on Mr. Cohen’s testimony. And the People’s case, I don’t think would dispute, rests entirely on the credibility of Mr. Cohen’s testimony.
Mr. Cohen lied to this court repeatedly about, for example, his testimony before Congress, about having never asked them for a pardon.
Merchan: Would you like me to take it out of the jury’s hands that Mr. Cohen’s entire testimony should not be considered by the jury?
Blanche: That’s exactly what I want you to do. That Mr. Cohen’s entire testimony should not be allowed.
Blanche: The prosecutor has been trying to push a theory of the defense stealing the election, but there is no evidence of underlying criminal intent to anything prosecution is claiming: that is a matter of law, and the predicates used by the prosecution to support their criminal…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 20, 2024
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And so we’ve come to the point of the war in Ukraine in which the west’s ‘Knight in Shining armor’, the ‘defender of democracy’ Volodymyr Zelensky has outrun his Constitutional Presidential mandate, and is now in power only by virtue of the martial law he enacted.
That is just the most dramatic of the absolutely disheartening (for Kiev) series of developments.
To begin with, a series of videos have surfaced showing how the streets of Ukraine now are deserted, with men hiding from conscription into the army – and somehow, everyone else seemed to have stayed at home, too.
Watch: Deserted streets as the new mobilization law came into force on May 18th.
Poltava after the new mobilization law took affect today.
Nobody … https://t.co/WYre2abbyL pic.twitter.com/ENuWqpY2sP
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 18, 2024
More videos of empty Ukraine!
-> 18th of May, the new mobilization law came into force.
Nobody goes out and is hiding. Insane. https://t.co/eA2Hb9NxWF pic.twitter.com/khJLLTShWx
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 18, 2024
In the context of the rapidly progressing Russian Federation forces, even deep-state aligned papers like WaPo feel compelled to report on the shitshow.
They are catching up to TGP’s report on the abnormal powers held by Zelensky’s top aide Andrey Yermak. So now, they’ve come as far as writing:
“If actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelensky’s top credential when he was elected in 2019 was that he’d played a president on TV, the top qualification of his all-powerful chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, was being Zelensky’s friend.”
Ouch. WaPo discusses how martial law, has concentrated extraordinary authority in the presidential administration, ‘making Yermak perhaps the most powerful chief of staff in the country’s history — virtually indistinguishable from his boss’.
Washington Post reported:
“Yermak’s closeness to the president — and evident influence over him — has drawn a barrage of accusations: that he has undemocratically consolidated power in the president’s office; overseen an unneeded purge of top officials, including commander in chief Gen. Valery Zaluzhny; restricted access to Zelensky; and sought personal control over nearly every big wartime decision.
Now, however, the legitimacy of the president and his top adviser are about to face even bigger challenges as Zelensky’s five-year term officially expires on May 20. Ukraine’s constitution prohibits elections under martial law. But as Zelensky stays in office, he will be vulnerable to charges that he has used the war to erode democracy — seizing control over media, sidelining critics and rivals, and elevating Yermak, his unelected friend, above career civil servants and diplomats.”
Eminence grise Yermak controls which officials can travel abroad and when; has sidelined the Foreign Ministry; interfered in military decisions – and brokered key deals with the United States.
His brother Denys was caught on video using his family ties to sell positions in Zelensky’s administration.
WaPo woke up to the fact that the Defender of Democracy put all six major Ukrainian television stations to broadcast the same news content 24 hours a day, called ‘the United News Telemarathon’.
And, of course, as we spoke at the beginning, there’s the ‘small detail’: Zelensky’s mandate expires today.
“’The Russians will use this’, one longtime Ukrainian official said of Zelensky’s expiring term. To maintain legitimacy, Zelensky ‘must have trust’, this official said, speaking, as many others did for this article, on the condition of anonymity to preserve political relations and to avoid retribution.”
Zelensky’s legitimacy is a question to Moscow as well, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared.
Putin explained that Zelensky’s status has a bearing on any potential agreement between the countries.
RT reported:
“Speaking at a press conference while on a state visit in China on Friday, President Putin said the issue of Zelensky’s legitimacy is something that ‘Ukraine’s own political and legal system’ must address, ‘first of all the Constitutional Court’. He noted that the country’s constitution foresees ‘different variants’.
‘But to us this does matter because if it comes to the signing of any documents, surely, we should sign documents in such a momentous area with the legitimate authorities’, Putin explained. He added that the Kremlin had regularly stayed in touch with President Zelensky before the hostilities broke out.
[…] In late April, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that a ‘moment will come soon when many people, including those inside Ukraine, will question [President Zelensky’s] legitimacy’.”
If all that was not bad enough, today, (20) hourly power outage schedules started for Ukrainian industrial and household consumers.
The consequences of the brutal, systematic attacks on the Ukrainian energy system are starting to show.
The second largest gas compressor and storage station in Europe, the Bilche-Volitsa station, was destroyed.
The main control room (management), SERB (operation and equipment), administrative building, and security buildings were struck.
Meanwhile, the news from the battlefields adds to the doom and gloom in Ukraine.
Kharkov offensive is wielding territorial gains not only in the north, but also on the east and south, both in Donetsk and also in Zaporozhie, where Russians took back to one memorable village Ukraine managed to conquer in the failed summer offensive.
Now, in keeping with its strategy of fatiguing the badly outmanned and outmaneuvered Ukrainian troops, Russia is rumored to be about to open a new front even further north on the Sumy region – which means to say that Kiev may find itself under attack.
Watch: Kharkov fortification construction targeted by Russian Lancet drone strike.
— SIMPLICIUS Ѱ (@simpatico771) May 19, 2024
Simplicius the Thinker wrote on Substack:
“It could all be maskirovka, of course—but it certainly is thought-provoking. It’s in Russia’s best interest to stretch the front as much as possible and totally break Ukraine’s ability to resist, exhausting their units. The only question is how much of the newly-raised forces does Russian command dare commit to such a long-term operation, and how much heavy armor and gear does Russia have to equip another such large force.”
The Russian term маскировка (maskirovka) literally means masking, and in time it came to have the broader meaning of military deception.
But the Sumy attack may be the real thing:
“The latest tactic is exhausting Ukraine’s best brigades for precisely the reason I’ve outlined for months—they are being whisked willy-nilly to and fro to plug gaps because Russian logistics agility is superior.”
Read more:
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The International Criminal Court on Monday filed an application for an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Karim Khan made the announcement this morning. How creepy.
“On the basis of evidence collected and examined by my Office, I have reasonable grounds to believe that Benjamin NETANYAHU, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Yoav GALLANT, the Minister of Defence of Israel, bear criminal responsibility for the following war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of the State of Palestine (in the Gaza strip) from at least 8 October 2023:
#ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC announces applications for arrest warrants in relation to Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant in the context of the situation in the State of #Palestine
— Int’l Criminal Court (@IntlCrimCourt) May 20, 2024
The Jew haters are going to love this news.
The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor Karim Khan announced the news on CNN with reporter Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Monday.
Khan also said he was issuing an arrest warrant for Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri, the leader of the Al Qassem Brigades who is better known as Mohammed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ political leader.
This puts Prime Minister Netanyahu in an elite group. As CNN reported – The decision puts Netanyahu in the company of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, for whom the ICC issued an arrest warrant over Moscow’s war on Ukraine, and the Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, who was facing an arrest warrant from the ICC for alleged crimes against humanity at the time of his capture and killing in October 2011.
Obviously, Khan is placing Hamas terrorists on the same equivalent footing as Israeli leaders.
Khan told Amanpour the charges against Netanyahu and Gallant include “causing extermination, causing starvation as a method of war, including the denial of humanitarian relief supplies, deliberately targeting civilians in conflict.”
Israel is supplying food, water, energy, and supplies to Gaza at the same time they are at war with the terrorist organization Hamas.
Aid continues to flow into Gaza 》》》
422 humanitarian aid trucks were transferred to Gaza today (May 19).These trucks entered from the various aid routes we developed:
Ashdod port, Erez crossing, Judea and Samaria, and JLOTS (maritime route).We will continue expanding… pic.twitter.com/eswnOJ9mkM
— COGAT (@cogatonline) May 19, 2024
Hamas still holds 128 Israeli hostages from the October 7 attack.
The reaction to this news from Israel and its supporters was swift.
Israeli official Dannan Danon responded:
A court that equates the leaders of a democratic nation, such as a prime minister and a defense minister, with those of a terrorist organization responsible for a sadistic massacre, where they butchered, tortured and raped of thousands of innocent citizens, does not deserve the…
— Danny Danon דני דנון (@dannydanon) May 20, 2024
Rep. Marc Molinaro.
This is a mistake and will forever damage the credibility of the ICC. There can be no equivocation. Prime Minister Netanyahu is the leader of a democracy and is defending Israel’s right to exist following the horrific October 7th attacks. Hamas is a terrorist organization…
— Rep. Marc Molinaro (@RepMolinaroNY19) May 20, 2024
The ICC has shown what a complete joke it is, putting Israel’s prime minister on the same level as Hamas’ terrorist leaders.https://t.co/WhRM8nLDCS
— Senator Thom Tillis (@SenThomTillis) May 20, 2024
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Jim Hoft and podcast host Joe Hoft from JoeHoft.com and Lindell TV joined the the lovely and brilliant conservative warrior Monica Crowley on her podcast recently.
The Monica Crowley Podcast is marketed as a whipsmart, fast-paced, sassy blend of politics, culture, history and humor, all brought to you with the sunny optimism of Ronald Reagan’s “Happy Warrior” spirit.
Monica Crowley has – uniquely – served two American Presidents: Richard Nixon in his last years as Foreign Policy Assistant, and Donald Trump as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. A high-profile TV and radio personality, she’s a New York Times bestselling author, popular columnist, and savvy, funny host who delivers one-of-a-kind insights and interviews. The Monica Crowley Podcast is true appointment listening.
The interview is now live on Monica’s podcast page.
Jim Hoft and Joe Hoft cover a number of subjects on election integrity, the industrial cencorship complex, and the incredible amount of challenges The Gateway Pundit has faced since we stood up and confronted the corrupt powers that be.
This is a very interesting interview on the 2020 election, the persecution of The Gateway Pundit, and hope for the future.
Monica could not have been more appreciative and respectful.
I’m listening to The @MonicaCrowley Podcast ♫ @iHeartRadio with @GatewayPundit and @JoeHoft https://t.co/RBkOzkLRg3
— The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) May 20, 2024
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Gateway Pundit readers helped secure the release of the Chief and Pastor in September 2023 after 9 months in prison, for which he expressed his thanks.
Currently, the Brazilian Supreme Court is cracking down on free speech again, after Elon Musk and journalist Michael Shellenberger helped raise awareness of the assault on democracy in the largest country in South America.
Now, Chief Serere is in danger of being sent back to prison for 5 to 10 years for the crime of opposing the government. Many indigenous Brazilians support President Jair Bolsonaro, who protected their rights against colonialist Western “environmentalists” who want to force the indigenous to live in the Stone Age. Indigenous Brazilians are protected by law in Brazil, which the Lula government regularly ignores.
Indigenous chief José Acácio Serere Xavante, known as Cacique Serere, was one of the organizers of the mass popular protests in Fall 2022, in which millions of Brazilians took to the streets to peacefully protest the elections they saw as plagued by fraud. In several Amazon districts, where many indigenous support President Bolsonaro, there were zero votes recorded for Bolsonaro.
Chief Serere was arrested at gunpoint in the capital of Brasilía in front of his family Dec. 12, 2022 by the private “Federal Police” force of the head of the Brazilian Supreme Court, Alexandre de Moraes, and imprisoned for 9 months.
He was released in September 2023 on supervised release, using an Electronic Anklet that monitors his steps and prohibited from interacting with his people in the tribal villages, being forced to remain within the limits of the electronic anklet’s range, his lawyer Geovane Veras Pessoa writes, who represents 46 political prisoners.
Currently, Chief Serere has to stay at his home in the municipality of Aragarças, in the State of Goiás, without being able to work. “Serere is unfairly accused of committing the offense of Incitement to Crime, provided for in article 286 of the Brazilian Penal Code, whose penalty is 3 to 6 months of detention or a fine,” his lawyer writes. He has already served 9 months, exceeding the maximum provided by law.
On March 8, Chief Serere had his Parole Hearing, where he argued he did not commit a crime, since the Brazilian Constitution guarantees Free Speech and Free Assembly. To the surprise of the defense, the Federal Supreme Court added another crime to the charges, Criminal Association, without any proof for the new accusation, his Veras Pessoa said.
“In truth, Serere was arrested because he criticized Chief Justice Alexandre de Moraes and President Lula over the lack of transparency in the 2022 presidential elections,“ his lawyer wrote.
Serere’s health worsened in prison because he did not receive proper medical care or adequate food for his type 2 diabetes. His kidneys and vision are currently compromised and he needs expensive diabetes medicines, but he does not have the financial resources to support his family. Serere is currently under house arrest, and cannot visit his people or work to support himself and his family of 6 children and his wife.
Also, the ankle bracelet is causing wounds and swelling on Serere’s left leg, which further worsens his health condition, his lawyer wrote.
“Brazil today is experiencing a dictatorship of the Judiciary, in which the Justices of the Supreme Court are violating the elementary Rights of Defense, Due Process and Contradiction,” his attorney said. “It is imperative that Brazil returns to the Democratic Rule of Law and the Freedom guaranteed in the Federal Constitution.”
Western leftist journalists who claim to be concerned about the plight of the indigenous people in Brazil are shamefully ignoring the plight of Chief Serere and other indigenous political prisoners. You can donate to his family via Paypal at missionaria_01sueli@outlook.com.br .
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Days after being targeted in an assassination attempt, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico appears to be on the mend.
According to the hospital where he is being treated, Fico’s condition is now stable and he is no longer considered to be in a life-threatening situation.
“After today’s medical board meeting, the patient’s condition is stable,” the hospital in the central Slovak town of Banska Bystrica wrote on Facebook. “He is clinically improving, communicating, and his inflammatory markers are gradually decreasing. The Prime Minister remains in our care.”
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak over the weekend said that Fico’s surgeries were “beginning to bear fruit” and that he may eventually be able to return to work.
“I can’t find words of gratitude for the fact that we are steadily approaching that positive prognosis,” he said, although maintained that Fico’s condition remains “really serious.”
“Certainly, it does not allow us to make such a transfer in the near future — that is, at the end of the weekend,” he added on the possibility of transfering him back to Bratislava.
Slovak Prime Minister Fico’s condition is improving – his doctors pic.twitter.com/RmDwfy56Z1
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 20, 2024
The individual behind the attack has since been identified as 71-year-old Juraj Cintula, a leftist writer who had been involved in various political movements.
Despite being a former communist, Fico, a pro-Trump populist, had angered globalists across Europe over his positions on immigration, LGBT rights, and the war in Ukraine.
Following the incident, Kalinak blamed the media for stoking divisions across Slovakia that led to the "lone wolf" attack.
“Many media confused reporting with fighting. Robert Fico was labelled with the worst adjectives for a long time, he was labelled evil on billboards,” he was reported as saying.
“There can and could only be one correct opinion here, and when you didn’t have one, they used all their protocol against you," he continued. "Look what happened to athletes, actors, actually anyone who had a different opinion on vaccinations or on the war in Ukraine. And what a huge hate those people experienced. And that’s exactly the problem.”
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Cardi B, known for vulgar rap lyrics who famously endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 election, has announced that she will not be voting for either presidential candidate this year.
She joined a long list of Hollywood celebrities who will not be endorsing Joe Biden this upcoming 2024 presidential election.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the singer expressed her profound disappointment with the Biden regime and voiced her concerns about America’s destructive role in international affairs.
“I feel like people got betrayed,” Cardi B lamented about Biden’s presidency. “It’s just like, damn, y’all not caring about anybody. Then, it really gets me upset that there are solutions to it. There is a solution. I know there’s a solution because you’re spending billions of dollars on any f—king thing.”
“[America] don’t pay for endless wars for countries that have been going through s— for a very long time,” she added.
“There’s countries [where] kids are getting killed every single day, but because the [U.S.] won’t benefit from that country, they won’t help. I don’t like that America has this superhero cape on. We never did things to be superheroes. We did things for our own convenience.”
This comes after last year when Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar, expressed frustration and concern over a significant budget reduction in New York that impacted schools, public libraries, and the police department.
“I need you to spread this video. And if something happens to me, it’s because I’m speaking truth. So God forbid something happens to me or my family or some sh*t because n*gg*s is after me because I’m speaking the truth.”
“In New York, there is a $120 million budget cut that’s going to affect schools, public libraries, and the police department. And a $5 million budget cut in sanitation. B*tch, we are gonna be drowning in f**king rats.
The budget comes after tens of thousands of illegal aliens have flooded New York City in the last year due to Biden’s open borders policies.
Pulling no punches, leftist Cardi B slammed warmongering Joe Biden. She was critical of the regime’s spending priorities, contrasting domestic budget cuts due to illegal alien invasion with the funding of military operations in Israel and Ukraine.
“Joe Biden’s talking about like, ‘Yeah, we could fund two wars. We could fund two wars, motherf**kers.’ Talking about we don’t got it, but we got it. Like, we’re the greatest nation. No, the f**k we’re not. We’re going through some sh*t right now. Like, say it! We really are f**ked right now.”
Back in 2020, Cardi B advocated for black people to vote for Joe Biden.
Cardi B demanded “free” Medicare and college tuition while telling Biden to ease up on the taxes during an interview with Joe Biden as part of her Elle Magazine cover shoot.
Joe Biden struggled through the softball interview because of his cognitive decline so Elle had to severely edit him mid-sentence to make him sound coherent.
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As reported earlier by Cullen Linebarger – A helicopter carrying Iranian President and mass murderer Ebrahim Raisi crashed while visiting a northern region and his condition is currently unknown according to reports.
In addition to Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, along with other officials and bodyguards, were on the flight. The helicopter has been rpeortedly located around the village of Uzi in the forests of Arsbaran.
Twenty rescue teams and drones have been sent to the area. But emergency crews have so far been unable to reach the location due to foggy conditions.
Below is a video of the rescue teams attempting to locate Raisi’s helicopter.
The Iranian state is now reporting that President Raisi is dead.
Iran officially declare all passengers on the plane are dead. pic.twitter.com/E7LjDh56Mk
— Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) May 20, 2024
BREAKING: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi confirmed dead. pic.twitter.com/TqhmNqteQl
— BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) May 20, 2024
“Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi is believed dead after “no survivors” were found at the crash site of the helicopter carrying him, according to Iranian state news channel IRINN and semi-official news agency Mehr News,” CNN reported.
Iran International reported, “After speaking with intelligence authorities, US Senate Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer said there is no evidence of “foul play” involving the helicopter crash with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.”
#BREAKING An IRGC-affiliated outlet has released a photo that shows dead bodies near the wreckage of President Raisi’s doomed chopper.
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) May 20, 2024
According to Impacto 24/7 – During his career within the Islamic State after being appointed to the highest position in Justice, he was part of a small committee that ordered the executions of thousands of dissident politicians in 1988.
He was accused of human rights violations for decades and is subject to sanctions by the United States.
During Raisi’s presidency, the government faced many protests against it, following the death of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, who was in police custody. The authorities responded with brutal repression, including murders and executions.
The Butcher of Tehran is dead.
BREAKING: President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, known as the Butcher of Tehran, is dead after his half-century-old helicopter crashed in thick fog while on official business. He is responsible for the execution of thousands of political prisoners. pic.twitter.com/i3FqXC40Wn
— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) May 19, 2024
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An illegal immigrant from Mexico has been ensnared by the long arm of justice after being caught red-handed in what authorities have described as a mobile ‘rape dungeon.’
Eduardo Sarabia, an illegal migrant from Mexico, has been arrested and accused of operating a mobile ‘rape dungeon’ within a modified 2015 Ford Transit van. This horrifying case unfolded near the Angeles National Forest in California, where Sarabia was apprehended by police during an alleged sexual assault on a 26-year-old woman.
Authorities charged Sarabia with sexual assault following the incidents, which occurred between May 12 and 13. Currently, he is being held without bail. The chilling details emerged when police caught him in the act off Highway 39, leading to his immediate arrest.
Inside the van, law enforcement officers found a harrowing scene: condoms, ropes, bungees, children’s toys, multiple cell phones, hard drives, and a worn, stained mattress, painting a stark picture of premeditation and malice. A metal partition, locked from the outside, transformed the back of the vehicle into a cage, FOX 13 reported.
Condoms, children’s toys, ropes: Horrifying video shows inside ‘rape dungeon on wheels’ belonging to illegal alien in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/e26q33spEb
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 20, 2024
The accused appeared to lure his victims under the pretense of offering rides while purportedly camping in the San Gabriel Mountains. He then transported them to secluded areas devoid of cellular reception to carry out his criminal acts.
“As District Attorney, it is my solemn duty to pursue justice for victims of violent crimes, especially those involving sexual assault,” said Soros-backed District Attorney Gascón.
“The horrific and violent sexual assault that these two survivors endured by the alleged suspect is deeply troubling and incomprehensible. Our thoughts are with the victims during this tremendously difficult time. Thank you to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for their swift investigation to present this case to our office. I want to emphasize that this is an ongoing investigation, and there may be additional victims who have yet to come forward. I urge anyone who has been affected by similar incidents to contact law enforcement and seek available resources.”
FOX 11 reported:
Nearby residents told FOX 11 they hope the suspect stays off the streets.
“I think it’s terrible that we can’t even be safe on the streets. It’s hard to believe the way things are today and the way they used to be. You can’t even be on public transportation with two people being stabbed. It’s scary,” Azusa resident Rita Miller said.
“It’s scary. It’s not safe, you know I have kids and it worries me. It’s really scary and I’m glad he’s been caught. I’m glad that it’s over with him,” added Anna Dueñas, a Duarte resident.
Sarabia was charged and arraigned Wednesday, and is being held without bail. He will return to court in June.
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Last week, Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas had a little go ’round with Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene as the two exchanged words during a House committee hearing. Now, Crockett is raising campaign funds off the feud with a t-shirt sale, only she missed one (major) problem with her shirt design.
Crockett claims that Greene is a “racist” for a snide comment tossed off referring to the Texan’s false eyelashes during Thursday’s House Oversight Committee hearing on a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland.
It all started when Rep. Crockett interjected during Greene’s time at the mic when she asked Greene why she brought up liberal New York Judge and Democrat donor Juan Merchan and his daughter during her comments about Garland. Merchan is the judge currently overseeing the Donald Trump business records trial in New York City.
Greene shot back at Crockett, saying, “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading.”
That retort sparked several minutes of back and forth between the Georgia Republican and Democrat Reps Crockett and New York “squad” member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during which the three traded barbs.
Greene eventually agreed to have her comments stricken from the record, but even with that, Crockett interjected a personal attack, and said, “I’m just curious. To better understand your ruling, if someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody’s bleached blonde, bad-built, butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?”
Now, Crockett is trying to raise campaign funds off that last personal attack on Greene.
Crockett is peddling a new t-shirt design reading “bleached blonde, bad built, butch body” and ending with a pseudo signature from the Rep.
So we are going to drop “A Crockett Clapback Collection.” This collection will feature various swag that includes random things I’ve said. The money will go to ensuring that we have a Democratic House! Give me a little time to really get the swag online etc., but B6 will drop… pic.twitter.com/7RnPQ4jVHs
— Jasmine Crockett (@JasmineForUS) May 18, 2024
Only there is one tiny little problem with that t-shirt design she is advertising in the wake of the heated exchange on the Hill.
Her own name is misspelled. Somehow an extra “r” was inserted instead of an “e” in her last name.
Who’s Crockrtt??? pic.twitter.com/ngHR2mES3j
— Bryan McNally (@BryanDMcNally) May 18, 2024
Many others noticed the same tiny little problem.
You might wanna start by spelling your own name right, dumbass. pic.twitter.com/sbpH2gDRlE
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 18, 2024
This is why nobody will ever take you seriously.
The left may applaud you, but inside, nobody considers you a serious lawmaker.
— Abel (@BangerangRufio2) May 18, 2024
Another X user pointed out hypocrisy of Crockett using a homophobic slur (butch) to attack someone, given that most far-leftists call that a sin.
Body shaming & using “butch” as an insult. Homophobic much?
This is verboten by woke libs. Jasmine may be cancelled by her own people.
And to put it on a shirt. This is the very epitome of hypocrisy. Rules for thee and not for me.
Carry on baby girl. It shows the world what… pic.twitter.com/Ih6nINOBKj— Dale Plemons (@DalePlemons) May 18, 2024
In the end, many X users are accusing Crockett of doing the same thing she is accusing Rep. Greene of doing — identity politics-based discrimination.
Ultimately, regardless of whether you think Greene or Crockett was “more” in the wrong for the exchange, you can’t argue that misspelling your own name is a rather egregious error for the Texas representative.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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A Biden regime staffer who recently stepped down, citing opposition to U.S. backing of Israel’s military actions in Gaza, is revealed to be the daughter of a top executive at a defense firm that supplies arms to the Israel government.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Lily Greenberg Call, a Jewish special assistant to the chief of staff in the Department of Interior, resigned in protest and blasted Joe Biden in a phone call with the AP.
In a phone interview with The Associated Press, Call blasted Joe Biden’s comments on Israel and Jews.
“In an interview with The Associated Press, Call pointed to comments by Biden, including at a White House Hanukkah event where he said “Were there no Israel, there wouldn’t be a Jew in the world who was safe” and at an event at Washington’s Holocaust Memorial last week in which he said the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks that triggered the war were driven by an “ancient desire to wipe out the Jewish people.”” The AP reported.
“He is making Jews the face of the American war machine. And that is so deeply wrong,” Call told the AP, noting that ancestors of hers were killed by “state-sponsored violence.”
In her resignation letter, Call said she was initially excited to join the Biden Administration: “However, I can no longer in good conscience continue to represent this administration,” she wrote in a letter.
According to the New York Post, Lily’s “views began to shift after going to college at Berkeley, meeting “Palestinian-Americans at school” and entering Democratic politics, according to an essay she wrote in May 2022 for Teen Vogue.”
Lily, now a critic of the Biden regime’s complicity in “state-sponsored violence” against Palestinians, is none other than the daughter of Thomas Call, a high-ranking executive at RTX Corp.
According to his LinkedIn account, Call, who lives in Oakland, California, is a chief engineer at Raytheon Applied Signal Technology.
This company is one of America’s leading suppliers of advanced weaponry to Israel, including critical components for the famed Iron Dome missile defense system.
According to RTX’s website:
Short-range air defense
Raytheon teams with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to defend populated areas and critical assets with the Iron Dome Weapon System. It’s the world’s most-used system, intercepting more than 1,500 incoming targets with a success rate exceeding 90 percent since being fielded in 2011.
All-weather
Iron Dome detects, assesses and intercepts a variety of shorter-range targets such as rockets, artillery and mortars. It is effective day or night and in all weather conditions including low clouds, rain, dust storms and fog. It features a first-of-its-kind multi-mission launcher designed to fire a variety of interceptor missiles.
Iron Dome’s Tamir missile knocks down incoming threats launched from ranges of 4-70 km. Tamir missiles feature electro-optical sensors and steering fins with proximity fuze blast warheads. The majority of Tamir missile components are procured through the Raytheon supply chain in the United States.
Israeli partnership
Ten Iron Dome batteries protect the citizens and infrastructure of Israel, with each battery comprising three to four stationary launchers, 20 Tamir missiles and a battlefield radar. Each of the batteries can defend up to nearly 60 square miles, and are strategically placed around cities to intercept threats headed toward populated areas. The intelligent Iron Dome system ignores incoming threats it determines will land in uninhabited areas, thereby minimizing unnecessary defensive launches and lowering operation costs.
U.S. version
In 2019, the U.S. Army announced its intent to buy two Iron Dome batteries to fill a need for an interim capability. Given interest by the U.S. and several other nations in Iron Dome’s unique capabilities, Raytheon has debuted the SkyHunter® system in cooperation with Rafael. Based on Iron Dome, the SkyHunter system can be produced in the United States to expand availability and capacity for the U.S. and its allies.
These systems protect at the lowest layer, and Raytheon is also teamed with Rafael on the David’s Sling System, which defends at higher layers.
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The Washington Post reporter and notorious narcissist Taylor Lorenz has accused X owner Elon Musk of deliberately trying to interfere with her life.
There is just one problem. Elon Musk has never heard of her.
In a TikTok posted this weekend, Lorenz discusses how some unnamed individual claimed that she had an affair with Musk and that she has an “ongoing relationship” with him.
“I’ve never even f**king met Elon Musk,” she remarked. “I have reported this man for years, very critically. He f**king hates me. He goes out of his way to f**k with me and like interfere with my life. So no, I’m definitely not, nor have I ever had an affair with Elon Musk.”
Musk took note of the tweet, admitting that he had never even heard of her. The video was originally posted by the Libs of TikTok account, whom Lorenz previously harassed, stalked and eventually doxxed.
Never heard of her
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 19, 2024
How embarassing.
While most left-wing journalists are not household names, Lorenz has made a name for herself by launching a crusade against conservatives and platforms she believes are harming her leftist ideology.
As well as doxxing Chaya Raichik (the woman behind Libs of TikTok), Lorenz has worked with far-left groups such as the Center For Countering Digital Hate, which seeks to harass companies into pulling ads from conservative websites such as The Gateway Pundit in a bid to put them out of business.
Here is Taylor Lorenz dancing at the P*rnhub awards event while wearing a mask.
I saw it so now you have to. pic.twitter.com/Ty3q2qOaDY
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 29, 2024
Despite outing herself as a radical left-wing activist, Lorenz remains a paid columnist at The Washington Post, covering “technology and online culture.” She also serves on the board of the “Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society (ATLAS) Institute at the University of Colorado at Boulder.”
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Jim Hoft previously reported that absolute bedlam unfolded Friday night during the House Oversight Committee’s hearing on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s contempt of Congress. Now, one of the ringleaders of the chaos, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), is further humiliating herself in front of America.
The Democrats lost their minds when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) put Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in her place and informed her she “did not have the intelligence” to debate her. A pouty AOC was displeased and demanded Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) hold a vote on MTG’s harsh words about AOC’s low IQ.
Crockett then asked for a clarification, but Comer could not understand her. That’s when Crockett started screaming like a banshee at MTG.
Now, Crockett is further humiliating herself in front of America. The Texas Congresswoman went on MSNBC Sunday to speak with host Ali Velshi regarding the incident, particularly Greene’s actions. During her appearance, she took the opportunity to taunt Trump supporters who righteously attacked her for her juvenile behavior.
Crockett, who is not exactly a Rhodes Scholar, dared to claim she will ALWAYS be more intelligent than MAGA supporters and implied Greene was stupid as well.
She went to pat herself on the back for refusing “to be someone’s doormat.”
WATCH:
Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s message to Trump supporters:
“I will always be smarter than you” pic.twitter.com/Srolb0cndf
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 19, 2024
Crockett: They encourage me to be who I am because I am experiencing things that so many other black women are experiencing. But unfortunately, their stories aren’t highlighted.
And I also took this as an opportunity to again flex on MAGA and let them know I will ALWAYS be smarter than you. You can call me a DEI hire all you want to and hurl all the other insults they continually use against me.
But she (Greene) is no match for me in terms of intellect…I refuse to be someone’s doormat, and anybody suggesting that I should; I need you to look in the mirror and maybe check yourself.
Crockett later called MTG a dog during her narcissistic rant.
“A HIT DOG HOLLERED”
Jasmine Crockett put on her fake eyelashes to go on MSNBC to call MTG a dog
MSNBC should LOSE its broadcast license & Jasmine Crockett should be expelled for these victim low IQ antics pic.twitter.com/IzHtu4Zdst
— ʟᴇғᴛ ᴄᴏᴀˢᴛ ᴠᴀɢʀᴀɴᴛ (@Baklava_USA) May 19, 2024
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Senator JD Vance was on CBS’s “Face the Nation” with host Margaret Brennan on Sunday to discuss the success of the pro-America tariffs under President Trump.
“If you apply tariffs, really what it is you’re saying that we are going to penalize you for using slave labor in China and importing that stuff in the United States. What you end up doing is you end up making more stuff in America, in Pennsylvania, in Ohio, and Michigan,” Senator Vance said.
“That did not happen in the Trump administration,” Brennan said.
“Well, it actually did happen in the Trump administration Margaret,” Senator Vance continued.
“Manufacturing jobs came back?” Brennan continued.
“Had significant onshoring, you had significant increases in people investing in factory construction, but it takes time Margaret, and that is one of the things, one of the reasons why I think that we need a second term of President Trump is this stuff isn’t gonna happen overnight,” Senator Vance continued.
Watch:
Senator @JDVance1 FACT CHECKS Deface the Nation in Real Time on President Trump's Successful America First Tariffs pic.twitter.com/EziSlTVdpW
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 19, 2024
Senator Vance also distinguished why he does not support Biden’s tariffs.
“You’ve been very broadly supportive of tariffs, um, why are you opposed to President Biden then putting tariffs on batteries and electric vehicles and other technologies from China? It seems inconsistent,” Brennan asked Senator Vance.
“There are 2 things here. First of all, many of the tariffs that Joe Biden has endorsed in the last couple of weeks are tariffs that he ran against in 2020, but now that he sees that Donald Trump is leading in the polls, he’s adopting the Donald Trump agenda. That’s not actually being a good policy President, that’s shifting on politics because you know you are about to lose,” Senator Vance continued.
“Biden’s entire agenda such that it exists has been about protecting green energy jobs at the expense of the industrial heartland. If you were in Wisconsin, Michigan or Pennsylvania, you are not being empowered or enriched by Joe Biden’s green energy agenda,” Senator Vance said.
Watch:
Asked why he spoke out against President Biden's tariffs on electric vehicles from China, despite broadly supporting tariffs, Sen. @JDVance1 (R-OH) says Biden is "protecting green energy jobs at the expense of the industrial heartland."
"Him applying tariffs on the green agenda… pic.twitter.com/fjSyTEwyyf
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) May 19, 2024
Senator Vance also said that he wants tax payers to have a say in how their money is spent regarding education. He said some of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ideas in Hungary made sense on education.
“He seized control of state universities and put them in foundations that were then run by his allies. Is that what you are advocating be done in the United States?” Brennan asked.
“Well Margaret, what you are seeing in the United States actually is that universities are controlled by left wing foundations, they are not controlled by the American taxpayer and yet the American taxpayer is sending hundreds of billions of dollars to these universities every single year,” Senator Vance continued.
Watch:
After @margbrennan notes that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán “seized control of state universities and put them in foundations that were then run by his allies,” Sen. @JDVance1 (R-OH) defends his praise for Orbán on the issue, saying he's “not endorsing every single thing… pic.twitter.com/gufKQUIwgX
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) May 19, 2024
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Hogan previously served as the governor of Maryland.
“As governor, I protected the rights of Maryland women to make their own reproductive health decisions. I will do the same in the Senate by restoring Roe v. Wade as the law of the land. No one should come between a woman and her doctor,” Hogan wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
As governor, I protected the rights of Maryland women to make their own reproductive health decisions. I will do the same in the Senate by restoring Roe v. Wade as the law of the land. No one should come between a woman and her doctor.https://t.co/i3Izh3Kn7G
— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) May 16, 2024
The candidate also linked to an article from the New York Times headlined, “Hogan Backs Codifying Roe, Tacking Left on Abortion Ahead of a Tough Race.”
Hogan told the newspaper that he is “pro-choice.”
The Times reports:
Asked whether he viewed himself as “pro-life” or “pro-choice,” Mr. Hogan said, “Given the definition of what I’m supporting — women’s rights to make their own decision — I would say that’s pro-choice.”
It was a major tack to the left for Mr. Hogan, a Catholic who has long said his personal beliefs about abortion would not interfere with his stance that the issue is settled in state law. The move came as the former governor is heading into a challenging general election campaign in the solidly Democratic state of Maryland whose outcome could determine which party controls the Senate.
The Blaze notes that Hogan does not support former President Donald Trump.
“Hogan, who served as Maryland’s governor from early 2015 through early 2023, has never voted for Donald Trump but wrote in his father Larry Hogan Sr. in 2016 and the late President Ronald Reagan in 2020. He has said that he will not vote for Trump or Biden this year,” the report states.
Hogan has been openly courting Democrat voters instead of those from his own party.
“I am excited to launch Democrats for Hogan and have my good friend and former Democratic State Senator Bobby Zirkin on our team,” Hogan wrote in a post on X. “To my Democratic and Independent friends, you know me and you know my proven track record of reaching across the aisle to find common ground for the common good. You know that I have the courage to put people over politics and to put country over party. I will continue to be the same strong independent leader for Maryland that I always have been.”
I am excited to launch Democrats for Hogan and have my good friend and former Democratic State Senator Bobby Zirkin on our team.
To my Democratic and Independent friends, you know me and you know my proven track record of reaching across the aisle to find common ground for the… pic.twitter.com/JGsNZyGhmS
— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) May 15, 2024
Hogan added, “If you are completely fed up with the divisiveness and dysfunction and want a strong, independent leader who will fight to clean up the mess in Washington—then join us.”
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Republican Senator Marco Rubio was on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with host Kristin Welker on Sunday to discuss illegal immigration, the 2024 election and abortion.
“If reelected, Donald Trump has said he is willing to build migrant detention camps and deploy the US military to deport the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country. It would be the largest deportation operation in American history. Do you support that plan?” Kristin Welker asked Senator Rubio.
“11 million, that was the number 10 years ago. We are talking upwards of 20, 25, maybe 30 million,” The Florida Senator replied.
“To the question, would you support it?” Welker asked again.
“The answer to your question is yes, we cannot absorb 25, 30 million people who entered this country illegally. They are here illegally. What country on Earth would tolerate that? We don’t know even know who some, most of these people are. They talk about vetting, vetting them with what? They are coming from nations that don’t even have document systems in many cases,” Senator Rubio continued.
“Senator here is what you said about Donald Trump’s mass deportation proposal in 2016, take a look,” Welker said.
“I don’t think it’s reasonable to say you are gonna round up and deport 11 million people,” Senator Rubio had said previously.
“So why have you changed your mind now?” Welker continued.
“Because the issue has completely changed,” Rubio continued.
“This is not immigration, you ask me about immigration. This is mass migration, mass migration, this is an invasion of the country,” Rubio continued.
Watch:
Most notable from this exchange on immigration on NBC's Meet the Depressed: Welker has nothing for Rubio on immigration once he blows past her attempted tu quoques and appeals to authority. Note she does NOT contest Rubio on pathway to citizenship pic.twitter.com/6wv5FOicOh
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) May 19, 2024
In just the past 3 years under the Biden regime, an estimated 10 to 12 million illegals have invaded the United States. This is not counting the millions that were here before. Senator Rubio’s claim of 25 to 30 million illegals in the country is realistic.
Rubio also hit back hard after Kristen Welker asked him if he will “accept the election results of 2024 no matter what happens.”
“Have you ever asked a Democrat this question on your show?” Rubio asked Welker as he blasted Democrats for opposing every Republican victory since 2000.
WATCH:
Kristen Welker asks Sen. Marco Rubio if he will "accept the election results of 2024 no matter what happens":
"Have you ever asked a Democrat this question on your show?" pic.twitter.com/MUeHdmkewC
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) May 19, 2024
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department had released photos of the mother and infant and asked the public for help identifying them.
The mother was in a store in Lomita when she asked an employee to call her a cab.
“The woman went to the bathroom as the employee arranged for a taxi. When the taxi arrived, authorities say the woman got in the car and left the child behind in a shopping cart,” ABC 7 reports.
On Wednesday, relatives of the woman helped police track her down.
“On Wednesday, May 15, 2024, Lomita detectives spoke with family members of the abandoned infant who identified her and the biological mother,” the LASD wrote in an update posted to Facebook. “The investigation is ongoing. There is no additional information available at this time.”
The department is still asking for anyone with information to contact them. Anonymous tips can also be made by calling Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
The baby was placed in the care of the Department of Children and Family Services.
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Seven pro-life activists were sentenced to prison this week for protesting at a late-term abortion clinic in 2020.
Under the Biden Regime, the DOJ has weaponized the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. This 1994 law prohibits interfering with anyone obtaining or providing “reproductive health services,” as a punishment for the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
After the Supreme Court ruling, Biden formed the DOJ-led Reproductive Rights Task Force to enforce the act.
According to The Epoch Times, the FACE Act has now been used 130 times against pro-life individuals but only used three times against pro-abortion protesters.
The activists were convicted of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and “conspiracy against rights” for a sit-in protest at the Surgi-Clinic in Washington, D.C.
The Gateway Pundit reported that in September 2023, Jonathan Darnel, 41, of Arlington, Virginia.; Jean Marshall, 73, of Kingston, Massachusetts; Joan Andrews Bell, 76, of Montague, New Jersey, were each convicted of a felony conspiracy against rights and a FACE Act offense.
On Wednesday, Bell left her sentencing singing ‘Ave Maria’ as supporters gave her a standing ovation. Bell was sentenced to 27 months in jail, community service, and a $125 fine which she said she will not pay.
“In court … Joan said to the judge, ‘In conscience, I cannot pay any fine. Also, I cannot accept probation as it violates my conscience.’”
When U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Colleen Kollar-Kotelly also informed Joan Bell that she would have to do community service, the pro-life prisoner “quietly, yet forcefully” explained that she would not do it.
According to Christopher Bell, Joan said: “It violates my conscience. I cannot do something in reparation for something that the court should be doing: protecting children.” She also said that she would not volunteer for probation, as she did not agree that she had done “anything bad.”
******
He continued: “As Joan was taken out of the courtroom, the entire gallery of onlookers, as if one body, erupted in applause as they gave her a standing ovation and many, including me, were saying, ‘I love you, Joan.’ She left looking back and singing ‘Ave, Ave, Maria.’”
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Music mogul and rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs reacted to a 2016 surveillance video of him beating his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel.
“It’s so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life. Sometimes you got to do that. I was f*cked up. I mean I hit rock bottom. But I make no excuses. My behavior on that video is inexcusable,” Combs said in a video posted to his Instagram account.
“I take full responsibility for my actions in that video. I’m disgusted. I was disgusted then when I did it. I’m disgusted now,” he added.
“I went and I sought out professional help. I had to go into therapy, and going to rehab,” Combs added.
“Had to ask God for his mercy and grace,” he said.
WATCH:
CNN obtained a 2016 surveillance video showing Diddy violently assaulting his then-girlfriend model and singer Cassie Ventura.
Cassie Ventura is seen exiting a hotel room and walking toward the elevators at the now-shuttered InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles on March 5, 2016.
Diddy is seen running down the hotel hall with a towel wrapped around his waist. He grabs Ventura by her neck, throws her on the ground and repeatedly kicks her before dragging her away.
Cassie Ventura stands up, gathers her belongings and tries making a phone call when Diddy returns and shoves her. The rapper also took glass vases and threw them at Ventura.
Ventura’s lawyer told CNN: “The gut-wrenching video has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behavior of Mr. Combs. Words cannot express the courage and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has shown in coming forward to bring this to light.”
Combs and Ventura were in an “on-and-off relationship from 2007-2018,” according to a lawsuit filed by Ventura.
“According to Ventura’s complaint, which cited the altercation as occurring “around March 2016,” Combs became “extremely intoxicated and punched Ms. Ventura in the face, giving her a black eye.”” – CNN reported.
WATCH:
People who personally know Sean Combs are not surprised by the video of him beating a young woman.
Combs is also under federal investigation related to allegations of sex-trafficking.
Federal agents in March raided the Miami and Los Angeles homes belonging to rapper Sean Combs in connection with a sex-trafficking investigation.
Homeland Security Investigations executed the raids on Combs’ Holmby Hills home in Los Angeles and his Miami home on Star Island.
Combs has been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting young women.
“Earlier today, Homeland Security Investigations New York executed law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami and our local law enforcement partners. We will provide further information as it becomes available,” Homeland Security Investigations said in a statement in March.
JUST IN: I obtained new video from Monday’s Homeland Security raid at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ home in L.A. One of his sons can be seen in handcuffs as federal agents use a loud speaker to say “come out with your hands up”. #Diddy #LosAngeles pic.twitter.com/aNRPsQIZE3
— Matthew Seedorff (@MattSeedorff) March 26, 2024
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As reported earlier by Cullen Linebarger – A helicopter carrying Iranian President and mass murderer Ebrahim Raisi crashed while visiting a northern region and his condition is currently unknown according to reports.
In addition to Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, along with other officials and bodyguards, were on the flight. The helicopter has been rpeortedly located around the village of Uzi in the forests of Arsbaran.
Twenty rescue teams and drones have been sent to the area. But emergency crews have so far been unable to reach the location due to foggy conditions.
Below is a video of the rescue teams attempting to locate Raisi’s helicopter.
#BREAKING: 40 rapid response teams are trying to locate the area where the Iranian President’s helicopter was involved in a "hard landing". pic.twitter.com/dhaTcukhSK
— Censored Men (@CensoredMen) May 19, 2024
Iranian Tasmin News reported:
Referring to the increase of operational rescue teams to the accident site of the President’s helicopter crash, the head of the Red Crescent said: 40 rescue teams were sent from Azerbaijan province and neighboring provinces to the accident site.
He stated: According to the location of the area, the search operation is being carried out on the ground.
Kolivand reminded: We used drones and aerial action, and due to the bad weather conditions, aerial search is not possible. The place of the accident is an impassable mountainous area; We have sent troops from certain provinces so that more troops will arrive, and I am also on that path.
Iranian Fars News says a passenger was able to make a call after the crash.
Rescuers are on their way to the place of the incident.
Some people have been able to talk to Ayatollah Ale-Hashem moments after the incident, but currently they are not reachable on the phone.
Earlier, a source close to the president had told Fars News Agency that the helicopter carrying them was forced to land due to foggy weather.
Here is video of the rescuers attempting to reach the crash site earlier today.
Via Fars News.
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China is preparing for war with the help of gun-wielding robodogs.
The robodogs were showcased during the 15-day “Golden Dragon” military exercises conducted at a secluded training facility in central Cambodia and along the coast. Over 2,000 troops, including 760 Chinese military personnel, were involved in the exercise.
The exercises, known as “Golden Dragon,” included 14 warships, two helicopters, and 69 armored vehicles and tanks. Drills include live-fire exercises, anti-terrorism operations, and humanitarian rescue missions.
AFP reported:
The hardware on show included the so-called “robodogs” — remote-controlled four-legged robots with automatic rifles mounted on their backs. Handlers kept the dogs of war on the leash, demonstrating only their walking capabilities to watching journalists and top brass — not their shooting skills.
Opening the exercises, Cambodian armed forces commander-in-chief Vong Pisen said that they would “enhance the capabilities” of the two armies in the fight against terrorism. Vong Pisen said that Cambodia would never allow a foreign military base on its territory, echoing previous assertions by Cambodian leaders.
China is not the only military power interested in manufacturing these somewhat unfriendly pooches. According to Futurism, the U.S. military has also explored the possibility as part of a futuristic approach to warfare.
The outlet notes:
It’s not the first time we’ve come across quadrupedal gun-toting robots. Last year, the Pentagon announced that the US Army is considering arming remote-controlled robot dogs with state-of-the-art rifles as part of its plan to “explore the realm of the possible” in the future of combat.
A US-based military contractor called Ghost Robotics has already showed off such a robot dog, outfitted with a long-distance rifle. However, as far as Boston Dynamics’ popular Spot Mini robot dog is concerned, the company has been adamant that strapping weapons to the robodog is against its terms of service.
“We pledge that we will not weaponize our advanced-mobility general-purpose robots or the software we develop that enables advanced robotics and we will not support others to do so,” the company wrote in an open letter.
Sadly for America and the rest of the world, China does not share such ethical concerns. Black Mirror will soon become a reality.
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A helicopter carrying Iranian President and mass murderer Ebrahim Raisi crashed while visiting a northern region and his condition is currently unknown according to reports.
In addition to Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, along with other officials and bodyguards, were on the flight. The helicopter has been rpeortedly located around the village of Uzi in the forests of Arsbaran.
Twenty rescue teams and drones have been sent to the area. But emergency crews have so far been unable to reach the location due to foggy conditions.
Below is a video of the rescue teams attempting to locate Raisi’s helicopter.
#BREAKING: 40 rapid response teams are trying to locate the area where the Iranian President’s helicopter was involved in a “hard landing”. pic.twitter.com/dhaTcukhSK
— Censored Men (@CensoredMen) May 19, 2024
Iranian state television described the incident as an “accident.”
The Guardian reports that the semi-official Fars news agency has urged Iranians to pray for Ebrahim Raisi, and state TV carried prayers for his safety.
According to CNN, Raisi’s helicopter was part of a convoy of three helicopters. The other two helicopters were carrying ministers and officials who arrived at their destination safely.
Following a rigged election process in 2021, the Iranian regime selected Raisi as its next president. Raisi is one of the the theocratic state’s most notorious murderers. As the Organization of Iranian Communities notes, Raisi helped engineer the execution of more than 30,000 political prisoners in 1988 alone.
He also played a played a significant role in the slaughtering of 1500 pro-democracy protesters as the head of the Islamic Republic’s Judiciary, following the 2019 nationwide protests.
This is a developing story. Check back with TGP for updates.
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Colin Kaepernick should take note.
The (retired?) San Francisco 49ers quarterback has become a household name for all of the wrong reasons, thanks to his insipid national anthem protests in 2016, but it’s his utter disdain for law enforcement that really left a lingering bad taste in the mouths of many fans.
From threatening police to supporting cop killers to just generally bad-mouthing law enforcement, Kaepernick has made it abundantly clear that he despises police with just about every fiber of his being. That hatred overflows despite those very same police maintaining the law, order and safety around the erstwhile quarterback and his loved ones.
It also can’t be overstated that Kaepernick has no real direct issue with police, apart from his perceived racial grievances and his own sense of self-righteousness — unlike the world’s top-ranked golfer.
Scottie Scheffler — who is actually atop his sport, unlike Kaepernick — actually had every right to be annoyed or peeved with police after the disastrous Friday morning he dealt with.
A quick bit of background: Scheffler was arrested en route to the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky on Friday. On his way to the second round of the PGA Championship, Scheffler encountered suffocating traffic due to a tragic pedestrian death earlier that morning near the golf course. While trying to navigate that traffic muck, a seeming bit of miscommunication between Scheffler and a police officer ultimately led to the star golfer’s arrest.
Breaking News: World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler has been detained by police in handcuffs after a misunderstanding with traffic flow led to his attempt to drive past a police officer into Valhalla Golf Club. The police officer attempted to attach himself to Scheffler’s car,…
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) May 17, 2024
“World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler has been detained by police in handcuffs after a misunderstanding with traffic flow led to his attempt to drive past a police officer into Valhalla Golf Club,” ESPN’s Jeff Darlington reported at the time of the incident.
“The police officer attempted to attach himself to Scheffler’s car, and Scheffler then stopped his vehicle at the entrance to Valhalla. The police officer then began to scream at Scheffler to get out of the car.
“When Scheffler exited the vehicle, the officer shoved Scheffler against the car and immediately placed him in handcuffs. He is now being detained in the back of a police car.”
Here is video that I took of Scheffler being arrested: https://t.co/8UPZKvPCCf pic.twitter.com/9Tbp2tyrJh
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) May 17, 2024
Due to the chaotic misunderstanding, Scheffler was actually booked (orange jumpsuit and all) before ultimately being released by Louisville Metro Police.
Again, this was all over a wild misunderstanding, and Scheffler could’ve launched into a Kaepernick-like tirade about the need for police reform.
Scheffler didn’t do that.
(And unlike Kaepernick, Scottie Scheffler has earned his notoriety, thanks to actually winning at the highest level in his sport. The best Kaepernick can claim is almost winning — or, in other words, losing — Super Bowl XLVII.)
Instead, the star golfer offered a magnanimous and gracious response that was a powerful reflection of Scheffler’s character.
While speaking to reporters after hitting 5-under 66 in the second round, Scheffler took the highest of high roads while discussing the genuinely rattling incident with the police.
OutKick’s Dan Zaksheske captured the poignant remarks, and you can watch them yourself below:
Scottie Scheffler was extremely complimentary of the police, despite being arrested on Friday morning. He said one officer even offered him a sandwich.
“I’m grateful that we have such strong police, and they’re our protectors out there.” pic.twitter.com/u0GkqYzMxy
— Dan Zaksheske (@RealDanZak) May 17, 2024
“Yeah, I was pretty rattled, to say the least,” the 27-year-old Scheffler said. “The officer that took me to the jail was very kind. He was great. We had a nice chat in the car that helped calm me down.
“And I was sitting there, kind of waiting to go in, and I asked him, ‘Hey, excuse me, can you just come hang out with me for a few minutes so I can calm down?’
“You know, I was never angry. I was just in shock. And I think my body was just — I was shaking the whole time. I was shaking for like an hour.”
Mind you, this harrowing incident happened just days after Scheffler became a new father for the first time.
“It was definitely a new feeling for me,” the star golfer continued. “And [the officer] came out, and we had a nice chat.”
Scheffler further elaborated that the officers in the jail also treated him well, and even joked about the incident once they realized who Scheffler was.
(On an aside, it’s a shame Scheffler didn’t bust out the line, “Don’t you know who I am?” the one time in history it actually may have been warranted.)
“I’m grateful that we have such strong police,” Scheffler added. “They’re our protectors out there.”
In a world full of Colin Kaepernicks out there, screaming “ACAB!” and “Defund the police!” while not thinking of the consequences, try and be a Scottie Scheffler. The world needs far more of the latter than the former.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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“Mexican drug cartels continue to kill Americans at a rate higher than any terrorist group in history,” said Senator Tom Cotton in response to the fact that illicit drugs smuggled by Mexican cartels into the US killed more than 107,000 Americans last year.
The two largest cartels, the Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), have become multibillion-dollar Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) groups. The Sinaloa Cartel, in particular, is operating in every US state and 47 countries around the world. Mexican cartels now operate on six continents and have completely dominated the cocaine and synthetic drug markets in Europe.
Republican lawmakers are pushing to have the cartels designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO), but there has been significant pushback because such a designation would complicate US relations with Mexico. Once designated, any person or entity aiding the cartels would be in violation of US law and subject to sanctions and arrest.
The U.S. reserves the right to arrest individuals supporting terrorism in foreign countries. The USA PATRIOT Act, enacted after 9/11, provides broad powers to U.S. law enforcement to combat terrorism, including the ability to target financial networks supporting terrorist organizations. Additionally, executive orders, such as Executive Order 13224, enable the U.S. to block the assets of individuals and entities involved in terrorism and to prohibit transactions with them.
Corruption in Mexico is significantly facilitating the drug crisis in the US and supporting rising violence on both sides of the border. Mexican authorities, institutions, and individuals who are found to be on cartel payrolls would be targets for US authorities.
Transparency International ranked Mexico 126th out of 180 countries in terms of corruption. Everyone from politicians and judges to the army and police are accepting money from the cartels, making them fair game for Treasury Department sanctions and possibly arrest and extradition to the United States.
In addition to wanting to designate cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO), Tom Cotton and other Republicans have introduced legislation to task the Department of Defense with countering the cartels.
Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has vehemently opposed such action, calling it a violation of Mexican sovereignty. His response to the cartels, dubbed “Hugs not bullets,” involves offering scholarships and social programs to the poor. However, these measures have done nothing to reduce the killings and disappearances.
Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), a special forces veteran, said, “Our border is being exploited by cartels, as they run one of the most extensive human and drug trafficking operations in the world, leaving no corner of our country untouched by the danger of cartel activity.”
The entire nation is being plagued by these groups, but border states like Texas are being hit hardest. And the situation is only getting worse.
“My expert opinion is that we’re going to see an increase in cartel violence within the United States in all of its forms,” said Charles Marino, a former advisor to the Department of Homeland Security and the CEO of Sentinel Security Solutions. Increasing cartel activity and drug deaths in the US underscore the need to stop the flow of drugs and transnational criminals into the country.
While the threat from cartels is growing, data shows that ICE is deporting fewer suspected gang members than in years past. In 2021, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas sent a memo to ICE urging them to focus on deporting individuals with serious criminal histories, stating that merely being in the country illegally should not be grounds for enforcement action against them.
El Salvador has managed to bring its criminal gangs to heel by suspending legal due process and arresting individuals with gang tattoos. These criminals are incarcerated in a specially designed super-max prison, where they will remain for the rest of their lives. According to President Bukele, the logic is that these are repeat offenders and career criminals incapable of rehabilitation. The only way to keep the public safe from them is to keep them locked away.
With cartels operating in all fifty states, designating them as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) seems appropriate. This designation would put immediate pressure on the Mexican government to support US action against the cartels in Mexico. At the same time, the border must be secured, and drug traffickers and distributors in the United States must be jailed.
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General Michael Flynn’s movie is making waves across the nation.
The Gateway Pundit had the opportunity to attend an exclusive screening of the FLYNN – Deliver the Truth, Whatever the Cost. We interviewed General Flynn at The America First Warehouse in Hauppauge, New York, one of the stops in his nationwide tour promoting the film. *See our review below.
Watch our interview here with General Flynn:
You can watch the movie today and support General Flynn’s inspiring message to America. It is available for purchase and rent on major streaming platforms including Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, and YouTube. It is $5.99 to rent and $19.99 to purchase.
General Flynn’s 48-day nationwide tour across the United States has significantly raised awareness about the federal government’s corruption and its unjust application of the law. This grassroots campaign has been enthusiastically supported by Americans nationwide who oppose the entrenched Uniparty politics and the deep-seated corruption within the federal bureaucracy and corporate media.
This film has dominated the Amazon best-seller list for weeks, outperforming major films like Dune and Oppenheimer, and has trended on X multiple times since its early April premiere. Flynn has been promoting the film on prominent shows with hosts such as Steve Bannon, Charlie Kirk, Brandon Tatum and Chris Cuomo.
Expect a beautifully made sentimental and hard-hitting biographical documentary showcasing the heroic general’s military career, his devoted family ties, and the relentless political witch hunt he faced at the hands of the corrupt Department of Justice.
WATCH GENERAL FLYNN’S MOVIE NOW!
The documentary features commentary by General Flynn, his wife and siblings, and stars like Tucker Carlson, Devin Nunes, Investigative Journalist Tracy Beanz and Green Beret Ivan Raiklin.
“I think that General Flynn’s story is an inspiring story because he wasn’t broken,” said Tucker Carlson. “He would say readily he wasn’t broken because of the love of his family. Because of his faith. General Flynn found himself in a circumstance he did not anticipate at all. I know he never expected to find himself persecuted by his own government the he served for the course of his entire life. We can all wind up in a situation like that and all we can hope for is the strength to continue to tell the truth in the face of adversity…and to be surrounded by people we love who support us and come out on the other end whole. And he has achieved all of that. And so I see his story as a great victory- actually as a triumph. He is still whole. He is wounded by what happened to him- his family is wounded by what happened to him- but he is not broken. He still has dignity and he still has an unwavering commitment to tell the truth. If you come out of a situation like the one that he lived through with that intact, then you have won.”
WATCH GENERAL FLYNN’S MOVIE NOW!
There was a particularly poignant scene where General Flynn and his family spoke about the kindness the American people showed their family by generously donating to his legal fund so Flynn could defend himself against the weight of the weaponized federal government. The scene was narrated by his family over footage of General Flynn struggling under dark ocean waters and then finally coming up, breathing air and swimming to shore.
Said General Flynn during the scene:
“There was a moment when I just felt like I was deep down under water and I felt like I was drowning. The American people started to come into my life and there was a moment where I just felt like air was being breathed into my lungs. Over time, instead of being pounded down below the surface of the ocean, I started to come up. It was like I am now above the surface and I am starting to swim to shore. I had the shore a long distance off- but I can see the shoreline. It is out there and I started to swim.”
WATCH GENERAL FLYNN’S MOVIE NOW!
The film candidly addresses General Flynn’s son Michael Flynn Jr.’s depression and thoughts of suicide after he too was raided and heavily targeted by the Feds in their sick attempt to pressure his father to take a plea deal. The father and son were only permitted to speak to each other through their attorneys. General Flynn eventually took a plea deal to save his son from the wrath of the Department of Justice.
“I went into a very deep depression going into 2018,” confessed Michael Flynn Junior. “I mean a suicidal depression. I don’t say that lightly because that is not a topic that is easy to discuss. The only thing that kept me alive was my son and thank God I had him in my life.”
WATCH GENERAL FLYNN’S MOVIE NOW!
This reporter loved the last line of the film, delivered by General Flynn.
“Is there any regret that I have in life? For what I experienced I should sit here and say I have a lot of them- I have a lot of regrets. But when I look back at my life and I understand the lives that were lost (gets emotional)…I mean I am sitting here with you…I’m here and I can tell my story.”
Sometimes redemption can be as simple as telling your story.
If General Flynn can find redemption after tremendous adversity, so can you.
Because in the end GOD WINS.
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“I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me.” Phil 4:13.
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Motaz Azaiza is a reporter from Gaza who documented life in Gaza following the Palestinian raid on southern Egypt in October 2023 and the murder of 1,200 Jews, including young adults at a concert targeted by the barbarians.
It was the largest slaughter of Jews in one day since the horrors of the Holocaust during World War II.
In January, Motaz fled into Egypt was was quickly given a pass to the United States.
And in April Motaz Azaiza was celebrated by TIME Magazine as one of the most influential people in 2024.
TIME Magazine: For 108 days, Motaz Azaiza acted as the world’s eyes and ears in his native Gaza. Armed with a camera and a flak jacket marked “PRESS,” the 25-year-old Palestinian photographer spent nearly four months documenting life under Israeli bombardment: families displaced from homes, women mourning loved ones, a man trapped beneath the rubble. His images offered a glimpse into Gaza that few in the international press—which has been all but barred from accessing the Strip—could rival. He did so at great risk: At least 95 journalists have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, in what has been the deadliest period for the press since the Committee to Protect Journalists began tracking fatalities in 1992. Dozens more have been injured or arrested. Since evacuating Gaza in January, Azaiza’s role has shifted to raising awareness of the crisis—and to calling for international intervention.
Rashida Tlaib also awarded Motaz with a Congressional Record for his coverage of the Palestinian people.
Time was not alone in their appreciation for Azaiza’s propaganda.
CNN celebrated Motaz Azaiza back in March before the Anti-Israel protests at the US campuses.
For 108 days, Palestinian photographer Motaz Azaiza risked his life in Gaza to tell the story of the war to millions of followers on Instagram, as friends and family members were killed around him. But he has now left his native Gaza, feeling dismayed.
“Nothing changed. You didn’t change anything,” he told CNN’s Becky Anderson in an interview, addressing the international community, which he says has been unmoved by the images of death and carnage brought about by Israel’s war on the besieged territory.
He has been hailed by many around the world as the eyes and ears of Gaza for capturing a raw, unfiltered glimpse into the horrors of the war. That attention was unintended and unexpected. Azaiza was an aspiring travel photographer. His first Instagram post in May 2014 was a simple photo of natural wonder; vibrant petals of fuchsia and crimson, exploding out from an orange center. Known by some as a Treasure Flower, botanists identify the plant by its correct genus, Gazania. From the very beginning, it seemed as though he wanted to share his vision of a beautiful world.
“I want to capture the beauty of Gaza, not the war on Gaza. But I don’t have the option,” he said. “When something happens… I have to take pictures, I have to document, but when I come to post them, I feel ‘oh, you’re destroying the beauty.’”
Before October 7, Azaiza had about 25,000 Instagram followers, according to the social media analytics firm Social Blade. His dedicated audience has now grown to more than 19 million, and some of his clips have been viewed more than 70 million times. Clips where, unlike traditional media organizations, the horrors of war are laid graphically bare.
But now there is evidence that Motaz Azaiza was documenting the atrocities of the Hamas terrorists during the October 7th massacres of Jews.
Azaiza posted on Twitter X video and images of the kidnapping of Israelis into Gaza and video showing Hamas terrorists inside Israel with a triumphant caption reading in Arabic, “The Gazans entered the settlements!!!!!!!! With jeeps we see in the streets of Gaza.”
Shortly after the beginning of the Israeli War against Hamas, Motaz escaped to Egypt to evade arrest by Israeli forces. Motaz was then issued a special US visa and flown to the United States.
Even before Motaz was exfiltrated out of Gaza (when no one else could escape), he had electricity to charge his expensive equipment and latest model iPhone, access to vehicles with fuels, complete freedom of movement, food, escort, etc. That’s while everyone else was supposedly starving in Gaza.
In many subsequent images, he wears expensive new clothes/is well-dressed, relaxed, and is globe-trotting (Qatar, Turkey, Switzerland, the US, and the UK) to share his story.
On October 7, he posted a story about Blinken donating 75 million to UNRWA right after UNRWA allegations of collaborating with Hamas were uncovered. It is curious that he ended up in Qatar after the Egyptians exfiltrated him and has access to unlimited money to travel around the world. This makes investigators suspect he has ties to Hamas.
So who is Motaz Azaiza? The man who is propped up by Hamas, the international media and the UN?
In April 2024, just a few short months after moving to the US, Motaz was seen at Columbia University assisting the protest movement against Israel.
His X page had entries erased before April 4.
His Instagram page does not include the entries from October 7 or his cheering the slaughter of Jews.
This information was provided by XRVision – Click on image to enlarge
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Vetoed bills included SB238, which would have required health insurance companies to cover morning-after pills like Plan B and intrauterine contraceptive devices.
“During my State of the Commonwealth address in January, I made clear my intention to work in a bipartisan manner with the General Assembly to accomplish policies that move Virginia forward, and we have a lot to be proud of this session,” said Governor Youngkin in a press release.
Youngkin stated that he “must act on the language before me, and there are several bills which are not ready to become law.”
“This includes legislation related to contraception. Let me be crystal clear: I support access to contraception. However, we cannot trample on the religious freedoms of Virginians. And that is the issue the recommendations I sent back to the General Assembly addressed. I will continue to uphold the oath that I swore to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia,” Youngkin said.
Youngkin also vetoed SB 517, which sought to remove tax-exempt status from organizations dedicated to Confederate history. This would have included the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the General Organization of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, and the Stonewall Jackson Memorial.
“The Commonwealth should pass necessary reforms regarding exemptions from local property and recordation taxes,” Youngkin wrote in a statement. “Narrowly targeting specific organizations to gain or lose such tax exemptions sets an inappropriate precedent. … Choosing winners and losers is imprudent and undermines the tax system’s fairness. ”
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Apple Inc. has once again sparked outrage with its latest iOS 17.5 update—this time by pushing LGBTQ-themed content onto its millions of users through a mandatory software update.
On Tuesday, the tech giant rolled out an update that introduced a new set of Pride Radiance wallpapers that many see as a coercive push of LGBTQ propaganda.
“This update introduces a new Pride Radiance wallpaper for the Lock Screen, Apple News enhancements, and other features, bug fixes, and security updates for your iPhone,” stated Apple’s update notes. “Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices.”
The move has been met with mixed reactions. Although using the wallpaper is not mandatory, some users feel that including LGBTQ+-themed wallpapers is an unnecessary politicization of what should be a neutral tech update.
Twitter user Sid commented, “iOS 17.5 is out! Nothing new, just a new wallpaper pack for gay people which even they’ll refuse to use because of how bad it looks.”
iOS 17.5 is out!
Nothing new, just a new wallpaper pack for gay people which even they’ll refuse to use because of how bad it looks. pic.twitter.com/xYlBy3Qb0L— sid (@immasiddtweets) May 13, 2024
Tech Radar reported:
Continuing a yearly tradition, Apple has revealed this year’s Pride Collection celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. The 2024 set consists of two new wallpapers for iPhones and iPads plus a new watch face and wristband for the Apple Watch.
Launching first on May 22 is the band which is called the Pride Edition Braided Solo Loop. Apple states the color scheme was inspired by multiple pride flags. The pink, light blue, and white threads are meant to “represent transgender and nonbinary” people, while “black and brown symbolize Black, Hispanic, and Latin communities” plus groups who have been hurt by HIV/AIDS. Laser-etched on the lug are the words “PRIDE 2024”.
Adding to the controversy, the update has reportedly caused unexpected technical issues for many users. Shockingly, some have reported that photos they had permanently deleted years ago have suddenly reappeared on their devices.
New York Post reported:
The latest Apple update iOS 17.5 — which the company recently urged users to instantly download — is causing years-long deleted photos to reappear on phones.
One person was shocked to see erased, nude photos they had taken with their partner three years ago suddenly pop up in their camera roll.
“I went to send a picture and saw that the latest pictures were [not safe for work] material we’d made years ago when we were living apart,” the shocked and “uncomfortable” user lamented on Reddit.
“But WTF. It was permanently deleted. Years ago but magically it’s back?? I checked my iPad and it also has pictures (some art work I did years ago). I feel so uncomfortable.”
One reader wrote, “This is NO iOS 17.5 problem. These pictures are sometimes years old – but maintained by Apple hidden, NOT deleted in their cloud. THAT is the privacy breach, iOS 17.5 only makes it public. Class action suit in 3,2,1 …”
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The AMC Network has put a ‘trigger warning’ on the classic mobster movie Goodfellas over what they claim are cultural stereotypes.
Stereotype or not, the film is based on the true story of Henry Hill, who was part of the mob for years. The other characters are also based on real people.
Also, if they were going to put a warning on this movie, wouldn’t it make more sense to tell people about all the murdering and other violence? This is just so dumb.
The New York Post reports:
AMC slaps ‘Goodfellas’ with trigger warning for ‘offensive’ content that includes ‘cultural stereotypes’
They’re whacking a classic.
AMC Networks added a trigger warning to the classic mob movie “Goodfellas” — rankling those who were in the film and wiseguys alike.
“This film includes language and/or cultural stereotypes that are inconsistent with today’s standards of inclusion and tolerance and may offend some viewers,” a message reads at the top of the film when screened on the network.
The warning was first affixed to the movie during the height of Black Lives Matter riots when many businesses and cultural institutions made avoiding offense to various groups a core part of their missions…
“The f–king political correctness has f–king taken everything away,” Bo Ditel, a former NYPD cop who played a police officer in “Goodfellas,” told The Post. “This is how life was back then. It was not a clean beautiful thing. You can’t cleanse history. If you want to tell true history, you gotta tell it the way it is.”
People on Twitter/X have thoughts about this.
Change the fricken channel if you don’t like it .. https://t.co/qXitiuPMsW
— Mike North (@North2North) May 18, 2024
I like how they don't even mention the violent murders, but the language and cultural stereotypes just have no place in today's America. https://t.co/un9hybF1iU
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) May 18, 2024
Look how stupid everything has become. https://t.co/JCjU7KPO1d
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) May 18, 2024
Maybe there are some people who just shouldn’t watch movies. They are too fragile. https://t.co/5dv9OZVOHr
— CHARLIE (@Evista122) May 18, 2024
This is just furthering the infantilization of the American people. Gangsters have politically incorrect opinions, it’s not an endorsement of them! Let people think for themselves https://t.co/xfvMU1LBWf
— Brendan (@Lawlorbrendans) May 18, 2024
Remember what Trump said about wokeness? He was right.
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This weekend, the Georgia GOP held their state convention in Columbus, Georgia amidst chaos after a year of politically-charged indictments and election exposés.
For example, while President Trump is being indicted along 18 original co-defendants for challenging the 2020 Election results in the Peach State, former Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections (BRE) member Mark Wingate testified that no signature verification was done on mail-in ballots in Fulton during the 2020 election. He also stated that Fulton County didn’t provide anything, “not even a sampling,” in regards to chain of custody for the “most secure election ever.”
Wingate and another Fulton County BRE member would ultimately vote not to certify the vote, while the three others voted to do so, despite missing signature verification and chain of custody documents.
Fulton Co not only wouldn’t provide chain of custody documents to citizens for transparency, but they WOULDNT PROVIDE IT TO THEIR OWN CERTIFYING BOARD.
Like I said months ago: Fani is ABSOLUTELY prosecuting the wrong people on the wrong side of this.
Fulton County was flat… https://t.co/fCmeYSNw42 pic.twitter.com/EKrniYB5f8
— CannCon (@CannConActual) April 2, 2024
Fulton Co not only wouldn’t provide chain of custody documents to citizens for transparency, but they WOULDNT PROVIDE IT TO THEIR OWN CERTIFYING BOARD.
Like I said months ago: Fani is ABSOLUTELY prosecuting the wrong people on the wrong side of this.
Fulton County was flat… https://t.co/fCmeYSNw42 pic.twitter.com/EKrniYB5f8
— CannCon (@CannConActual) April 2, 2024
On May 7th, 2024, the State Election Board (SEB) met and discussed the investigation report from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office regarding SEB complaint 2024-025 brought by Kevin Moncla of the Election Oversight Group and Joe Rossi. The Gateway Pundit has covered this complaint and the SEB previously.
During the hearing, SEB member Dr. Jan Johnston asked many questions of the investigators and the counsel for Fulton County that were present. This included missing ballot images, missing .sha validation files, duplicate ballots, voting tabulators that are missing adequate and required documentation, and more.
This weekend, Dr. Johnston addressed the Georgia GOP State Convention. During her speech, she pointed out how insecure our elections are in comparison to other functions:
“One county. Three counts. Three different results. 380,761 ballot images from one county, from Election Day, on the first count, that are not found.
“17,875 ballot images from the recount that cannot be found. Thousands of ballots, or vote counts, that were duplicated.
“Think about it. First count: 528,776. Second count: 525,293. Third count: 511,727. Final count of 527,925. Those numbers don’t match.
“Let me tell you…I’m an old surgeon. When I operate, we count every needle. Every sponge. And every instrument that used in the operating room when we operate on the patient. We count them by hand. We count them three times. And if they don’t match, we don’t leave the operating room.
“After three years of the diligent and dedicated hard work of a middle-Georgia engineer who complained about the counts not being correct in this one county, it took us three years to hear this case.
And I apologize profusely to Mr. Joe Rossi and Mr. Kevin Moncla for taking so long.”
The above-mentioned individuals plan to file a new complaint demanding they be allowed to respond to the investigation presented to the SEB. A recently enacted policy at the SEB has now forbidden complainants from being able to speak at the hearing concerning their complaint.
At least one of the complainants has come under tremendous scrutiny since this complaint was finally heard. If you would like to donate to help with legal expenses and continued investigations in SEB Complaint 2023-025, you can donate here.
An incredible moment by Dr. Jan Johnston, GA State Election Board member and HERO, as she addresses the GA GOP State Convention!
“I’m an old surgeon and before we operate, we count every needle, every sponge, and every instrument that is used in the operating room. We hand… pic.twitter.com/DWOImycXqD
— Holly Kesler (@hmkesler) May 18, 2024
Dr. Johnston also makes a reference to “61 million views on [X],” after Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk retweeted a clip from that SEB Meeting:
Concerning https://t.co/PSIRZMZ01i
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 10, 2024
During the Georgia State Election Board meeting on May 7th, Georgia SOS General Counsel Charlene McGowan assured us numerous times that the paper ballots are the most imporant thing for the count and that they are in agreement. However, Garland Favorito and VoterGA are now going on more than 500 days since the Georgia Supreme Court gave their ballot inspection lawsuit standing and sent it back to the lower courts for a hearing. 500 days.
Let this sink in.
Georgia Secretary of State General Counsel Charlene McGowan states:
“And this suggests that some ballots may have been scanned more than once.
“But what cannot be decided conclusively, or confirmed conclusively, is whether or not those duplicative ballot… pic.twitter.com/s40BV6eDzh
— CannCon (@CannConActual) May 11, 2024
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Sally Dreckmann, 52, the daycare owner, and her employees Traci Innie, 51; Kaitlin Filardo, 23; and Jessica Foster, 23, have all been charged with ten counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
According to the Manchester Police Department, the melatonin was being given to the children without their parents’ knowledge or consent.
KFOX 14 reports, “Dreckmann’s arrest comes after a lengthy investigation after Manchester police detectives got a tip in November 2023 about ‘unsafe practices going on’ at the daycare at 316 Amory Street.”
Melatonin is an over-the-counter drug used to induce sleep.
“This is an over-the-counter drug that can be given as a sleep aid, but for it to be given to children without the knowledge or consent of the parents, it’s very concerning,” Heather Hamel, a Manchester Police Department spokesperson, told local station WHDH.
Hamel said that the melatonin was sprinkled into the children’s food during lunch.
KFOX notes, “It’s unknown how much melatonin was used and how long the suspects had been using melatonin on the children.”
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The proof is in the numbers. The number of illegals released into the US is very high. Friday’s statistics showed that about 3,500 were released with court dates in the distant future.
The Border Patrol released about 2,000 illegal aliens yesterday with another 1,400 plus at ports of entry. A lot of these illegals are released on the CBP One App, which is over 1,200 plus illegals per day.
Despite lower border numbers, thousands of migrants continue to be released into the U.S. every single day.
Per CBP sources, yesterday alone, roughly 3,500 released into U.S. w/ NTA court dates.
2,000+ illegal crossers released by BP yesterday, 1,470+ released by CBP at ports…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 18, 2024
The San Diego sector has seen a major increase in Chinese illegal aliens crossing the border. Per CBP, over 200 Chinese illegal aliens were apprehended at the San Diego sector of the southern border for two days in a row earlier this month.
Under crooked Joe Biden and his regime, there has been an estimated 10 to 12 million illegals that have crossed the border.
That number equals about the population of 41 individual states.
What it comes down to is that the Biden regime is intentionally leaving the border open. Their goal is to destroy America and replace our culture.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has continually forsaken his responsibility to protect the border. In February, Mayorkas was on NBCs “Meet the Press” and dodged all responsibility for the border mess.
“Do you bear responsibility for what is happening at the border?” Kristin Welker asked.
“We don’t bear responsibility for a broken system,” Mayorkas continued.
Watch:
WATCH: DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas says that DHS doesn’t “bear responsibility” for the “broken” immigration system.@SecMayorkas: “The system has not been fixed for 30 years. … Congress is the only one who can fix it.” pic.twitter.com/dzDH0GQPQW
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) February 11, 2024
The Federal Government has a responsibility to protect the country from invasion under Article IV, section 4 of the US Constitution.
“The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.” Article IV, Section 4 of the US Constitution.
The Biden administration has put illegal aliens ahead of the safety of Americans. Illegals run through the streets committing crimes and are given free housing and money. At the same time, we have homeless veterans who have served their country and have been abandoned by Biden and the Democratic party.
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The Minnesota Republican convention on Saturday officially endorsed Royce White as 2024 US Senate candidate.
Just in: The Minnesota Republican convention today has officially endorsed retired NBA player Royce White in the 2024 Minnesota Republican Senate Primary.
The GOP primary is in August. Whoever wins the primary will face incumbent Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar in November. pic.twitter.com/HJtlJR2Tlk
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) May 18, 2024
Yahoo reported:
The state party’s decision to back White came at the Minnesota GOP convention in St. Paul’s RiverCentre on Saturday.
White, a former professional basketball player, was introduced on stage at the convention by former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
White received 67% of the vote on the first ballot at Saturday’s convention to receive an endorsement from the party to challenge Klobuchar, who has represented Minnesota in the upper chamber for nearly two decades.
Thank you MNGOP and delegates for endorsing me as candidate in the 2024 Minnesota United States Senate race. I'm at a loss for words and that takes a lot… The People Are Coming! Hey StarTrib, not a word on my campaign until I defied the odds? How long until the smear begins? pic.twitter.com/CMACV3BCSu
— Royce White (@Highway_30) May 18, 2024
Gotta love this.
BOOM. #Godspeed pic.twitter.com/lJvtq21Iyx
— Royce White (@Highway_30) May 10, 2024
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In August, the group was holding an event discussing transgender biological males participating in female sports at the Mary L. Stephens Library in Davis.
During the event, library staff asked them to leave.
California Public Library Silences Female Athlete pic.twitter.com/dHYaxBFlr1
— CA Family Council (@CAFamily) August 21, 2023
“The library violated our First and 14th Amendment rights,” Allie Snyder, a member of the organization and one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit told the local ABC 10.
“The library changed its policies to promote the First Amendment rights of all people who use libraries in Yolo County. And it also agreed a payment of damages and attorneys fees for shutting down that event initially,” Matthew Hoffmann, with Alliance Defending Freedom, told the outlet.
Hoffman is one of the attorneys who was representing Snyder and the organization.
The settlement also allowed the organization to make up for the original event.
“We were able to refer to boys and men in women and girls sports, and how unfair this was and how dangerous that is,” said Snyder.
County officials agreed to update the library’s policies to ensure staff “shall not interfere with presentations or other speech by individuals or groups that have reserved meeting rooms, based on the content of such speech.”
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Although the Biden regime is doing everything to allow illegals to enter into the US, the Texas DPS is working hard to protect their own state.
Earlier this week, the Texas DPS arrested 29 illegal aliens from a stash house in Webb County, Texas. They were from Honduras and Mexico, 21 of them males, and 8 were females. One of those was a member of the “Tango Blast Gang.” DPS troopers handed over the illegals to the Border Patrol.
So far, Texas DPS under Operation Lone Star have found over 500 stash houses which housed over 4,900 illegal aliens in total.
Watch:
5/15: @TxDPS Criminal Investigations Division received information about a stash house in Webb County.
DPS Special Agents and Troopers discovered 29 illegal immigrants,… pic.twitter.com/TRfs501YnD
— Chris Olivarez (@LtChrisOlivarez) May 18, 2024
Photo of Gang member from Texas DPS.
Earlier this month, Texas DPS released footage of an illegal alien plunging a truck into the Rio Grande and then swimming toward Mexico to avoid capture.
Biden’s open border policies have facilitated smuggling operations for cartels at the southern border in places like the Rio Grande. This is just one of numerous incidents that they deal with on a continual basis.
Watch:
BIDEN’S BORDER CHAOS: Texas DPS just released footage of a criminal plunging a truck into the Rio Grande River and fleeing to Mexico.
Biden’s weakness is allowing Mexican cartels to develop “advanced” operations along the southern border. pic.twitter.com/7Vm9R4NRBs
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 10, 2024
In April, the DPS recovered 23 illegal aliens concealed in a flatbed trailer.
Watch:
#NEW: @TxDPS recovered 23 illegal
immigrants concealed inside a flatbed trailer during an #OperationLoneStar traffic stop in La Salle County.On April 12, 2024, just after 9:00 A.M., the driver of a white-truck tractor towing a flatbed trailer
on IH35 failed to stop for a DPS… pic.twitter.com/xMEnGph4Qq— Chris Olivarez (@LtChrisOlivarez) April 12, 2024
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Alice Stewart, a former GOP advisor, Trump critic who did not believe in election fraud, and a CNN political commentator, has died unexpectedly at the age of 58.
Her passing was confirmed after her body was discovered early Saturday morning outdoors in the Bellevue neighborhood of northern Virginia, according to CNN.
Authorities indicated that no foul play is suspected in her death, suggesting that a medical emergency may have been the cause.
Mark Thompson, CEO of the far-left CNN, expressed deep sorrow over Stewart’s passing in an email sent to staff.
“Alice was a very dear friend and colleague to all of us at CNN,” Mark Thompson said.
“A political veteran and an Emmy Award-winning journalist who brought an incomparable spark to CNN’s coverage, known across our bureaus not only for her political savvy, but for her unwavering kindness. Our hearts are heavy as we mourn such an extraordinary loss.”
A stunning loss for the CNN family: Political commentator @AliceStewartDC has died https://t.co/QNl5w9xYg7 pic.twitter.com/9qaC9FEz50
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) May 18, 2024
CNN reported:
Stewart started her career as a local reporter and producer in Georgia before moving to Little Rock, Arkansas, to be a news anchor, she told Harvard International Review. She went on to serve as the communications director in then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s office before assuming a similar role for his presidential run in 2008.
She also served as the communications director for the 2012 Republican presidential bids of former Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and then former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, also a former CNN commentator. Most recently, Stewart was the communications director for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s 2016 GOP campaign.
CNN hired Stewart as a political commentator ahead of the 2016 election, and she appeared on air frequently to provide insight on the political news of the day, including as recently as Friday on “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.”
“We always invited her to come on my show because we knew we would be a little bit smarter at the end of that conversation,” Blitzer told Jessica Dean on “CNN Newsroom.” “She helped our viewers better appreciate what was going on and that’s why we will miss her so much.”
The news of Stewart’s death comes as a shock, particularly since she appeared on CNN just yesterday. She made a post on her Instagram just a day before her death.
Daily Mail reported that “She appeared to lead a relatively healthy lifestyle and only last month posted photos of her taking part in a 10 mile run, nicknamed the Cherry Blossom run, in Washington D.C.”
Stewart was fully vaccinated.
I am fully vaccinated. Not sure why others do what they do.
— Alice Stewart (@AliceStewartDC) September 10, 2021
Numerous personalities have taken to social media to pay tribute to Stewart.
Heartbreaking. Alice was wonderful and talented and a dear friend. And she loved America fiercely.
She lived every day to the fullest, and she will be deeply missed. May God’s comfort and peace be upon her loved ones. RIP. https://t.co/rXN6iugepM
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 18, 2024
I am stunned and saddened by the news of Alice Stewart’s passing. She was a political pro and a wonderfully nice person to just have a conversation with on any topic. I will miss Alice and will pray for her family. https://t.co/RxJ22Xlxbr
— Chris Christie (@GovChristie) May 18, 2024
Horrible news about our beloved and gifted commentator Alice Stewart. Just awful. We are all gutted. https://t.co/07iMO30HWP
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 18, 2024
Such an awful shock. Alice Stewart was a consummate pro who made every show she was on so much BETTER. More importantly, she had a huge heart and a generous spirit https://t.co/GA0B2LxKNM
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 18, 2024
Alice Stewart was a woman’s woman who brought kindness and support along with smarts and expertise. I met her in Iowa in 2007 covering the Huckabee presidential campaign and worked with her in politics before I got to call her a CNN colleague. I can’t believe she’s gone. pic.twitter.com/GfReopigt7
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) May 18, 2024
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This is Joe Biden’s America.
New data from the CBP reveals that over 434,000 illegal aliens have been flown into the US under crooked Joe Biden’s CHNV parole program.
CHNV is an abbreviation for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans. This parole program allows up to 30,000 “non-citizens” per month from those countries to be considered entry into the US by being flown directly into the country.
The accumulated total under this program is 184,600 from Haiti, 101,200 from Venezuela, 91,100 from Cuba, and 75,700 from Nicaragua.
NEW: Per new CBP data through April, at least 434,800 migrants have flown directly into the US and have been paroled into the country via the Biden administration’s controversial CHNV mass parole program. This includes:
184,600 Haitians
101,200 Venezuelans
91,100 Cubans
75,700…— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 16, 2024
When TGP had reported on this in April, the total was at about 404,000 illegals. Since then, it has been an increase of about 30,000 illegals. This does not include the overwhelming statistics of the border invasion that is happening on a daily basis.
The program allows up to 2 years for the recipients to stay in the US. ICE currently does not have the resources to pursue individuals who stay past their allowed time. Currently, the DHS does not see them as a priority for removal.
Since the Biden regime took over in 2021, approximately 10 to 12 million illegals have invaded the US. The CHNV program is a smaller percentage of the overall border and illegal invasion of our nation. Whether illegals are being flown in, or directly crossing the border, it is evident that Biden is intentionally bringing these illegals into the US.
Fox reporter Bill Melugin had reached out to the CBP to ask for the nationalities of the suspects arrested that were on the terror watchlist under the Freedom of Information Act and was denied. They prioritized the privacy of these suspects to what they said outweighed “minimal public interest.”
ICYMI: CBP is refusing to turn over data I sought in a FOIA request regarding the nationalities of suspects on the terror watchlist arrested by Border Patrol. CBP tells me they’ve determined the privacy interests of suspects on the watchlist outweighs “minimal public interest.” https://t.co/VXEI8RLU91
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 17, 2024
The Biden regime has continuously put the interest of illegal aliens over Americans in regards to safety, enforcement of law, and for the general overall good of the American people.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has shown that he has no intention of securing the border. In February he was on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and dodged all responsibility for the border crisis.
“Do you bear responsibility for what is happening at the border?” Kristin Welker asked.
“We don’t bear responsibility for a broken system,” Mayorkas continued.
Watch:
WATCH: DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas says that DHS doesn’t “bear responsibility” for the “broken” immigration system.@SecMayorkas: “The system has not been fixed for 30 years. … Congress is the only one who can fix it.” pic.twitter.com/dzDH0GQPQW
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) February 11, 2024
In an ongoing border crisis, and of no benefit, the Biden regime still manages to fly in over 434,000 illegals directly into our country.
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Some people think that the latest ground offensive by Russian Federation forces in the Northeastern Ukrainian Kharkov Oblast is nothing but a distraction.
It would be designed to drag defenders away from the vital Donetsk theater of operations, where Moscow has made steady, meaningful gains ever since the conquest of the key city of Avdeevka.
The main Russian objective in this war, it may be reminded, is the conquest of the Donbas regions, Luhansk – almost entirely conquered – and Donetsk, where the main fighting now is raging around Chasov Yar and other directions.
But other well-informed people, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, think that the Kharkov offensive is for real, and may develop in successive deadly waves of attack.
The truth may be that it is both of them, in the sense that Russian Federation forces have designed a style of fighting that is very flexible, and can exploit Ukrainian weaknesses wherever they may appear.
Artillery pounding Chasov Yar and Volchansk. Two battles: one in Donetsk, one in Kharkov. After the conquest of these two cities, the Russian advances are expected to pick up dramatically pic.twitter.com/3LZETbUzrD
— Paul Serran (@paul_serran) May 18, 2024
Because of the scandal involving the lack of defensive structures in Kharkov, and with the revelation that oligarchs stole a fortune that should have been used to build them, Zelensky went to Kharkov to ‘inspect’ them.
During the visit, he said reinforcements were flocking to the country’s north to defend this strategic city.
Europe 1 reports that this is ‘the perfect plan for Russia’ and its 35,000 to 50,000 soldiers flocking to Kharkov, a very strategic city for Kiev.
“Ultimately, the trap set by the Russians seems to be working, because Moscow’s objective is to force the Ukrainians to move troops towards the north. This maneuver could then allow the Russians to open breaches in the south and complete the conquest of the entire regions of Donbas.
At the same time, the Ukrainian army is struggling to line up 250,000 men on the front line. ‘In all the brigades, there is a 40% shortage of personnel’, underlines a French military source to Europe 1. ‘We are facing a wave of desertion among young conscripts’, confirms a Ukrainian officer. ‘In Kiev, they no longer talk to us about armaments but about recruitment problems’, continues a French soldier returning from the front after an observation mission.”
Europe 1’s sources state that ‘Western chancelleries are preparing coordinated diplomatic action to convince Volodymyr Zelensky to accept the principle of negotiations’.
Zelensky has been seen “inspecting” trenches near Kharkov.
He was previously seen “inspecting” impregnable defences near Bakhmut and Avdeevka.
I’ll leave it there. pic.twitter.com/AMyq2QhUFu
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) April 10, 2024
WaPo writes about the fact that, while Russia’s new offensive across Ukraine’s northeastern border was expected for months but still surprised the Ukrainian defenders.
Reconnaissance drones monitored Moscow’s was build-up of forces, but the morning the attack happened, all their video feeds were disrupted by Russian electronic jamming.
Starlink devices failed for the first time since the start of the war. They were completely blind.
Washington Post reported:
“Begrudgingly, Ukrainian troops admit that their enemy has gotten smarter and adapted, especially with technological advancements such as electronic warfare — a sharp contrast with the first year of the invasion, when Russia’s own blunders and overconfidence allowed the Ukrainians to hold key cities and later liberate large swaths of territory in successful counteroffensives.”
WaPo allows itself to wonder out loud if Russia may soon overpower Ukraine’s forces and seize more territory.
Ukrainian troops say that “every time the units stationed here tried to build fortified lines, the Russians — using their own reconnaissance drones — would monitor their activity and fire on them.”
Watch: Russian artillery pounds Ukrainian equipment trying to excavate defensive trenches.
— SIMPLICIUS Ѱ (@simpatico771) April 24, 2024
Groups of Russian infantry attack in waves.
“The Russians also drop glide bombs, sometimes weighing half a ton, every 15 to 20 minutes, said the commander of a reconnaissance unit in Khartia whom The Post is identifying by his call sign, Navigator. Unlike missiles, the bombs themselves can’t be intercepted by air defense once they’re dropped from Russian aircraft. This is one reason Ukrainians have pleaded for F-16 fighters, which would be able to challenge the encroaching bombers.”
Ukrainian defenders must constantly change their positions, and before an attack, a Russian drone with electronic warfare capabilities will fly over the area to disrupt communications.
Watch: Ukrainian air-defense warehouse in Kharkov
Destruction of an Ukrainian air-defense warehouse in Kharkov pic.twitter.com/rh7ZWJ9kv2
— What the media hides. (@narrative_hole) May 16, 2024
Sputnik reported:
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the advance of Russian troops in the Kharkov Region as ‘only the first step’ in a new offensive in an interview with Agence France-Presse, admitting that the Kiev regime lacks air defense systems and needs more military personnel.
The new offensive of the Russian army, which began in the Kharkov region, may consist of several waves, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky told Western media.
Zelensky said that in the Kharkov region, where the Russian Armed Forces went on the offensive in early May, ‘there was the first wave’. He called the situation there ‘controlled, but not stabilized’.
He also admitted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have problems with ‘morale’ amid a shortage of weapons and soldiers.”
Watch: Russian troops take Kotlyarovka, Kharkov region.
Intel Republic:
Units of the Russian 47th Tank Division break through several lines of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kotlyarovka, adjacent to Kislovka, towards… pic.twitter.com/7y1zAe9w5m
— SIMPLICIUS Ѱ (@simpatico771) May 4, 2024
Read more:
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, one could not go five minutes without hearing the phrase “social distancing.”
The theory, according to the country’s leading scientific “experts,” was that by keeping a distance of six feet from one another, one could successfully protect the vulnerable from the COVID virus and save millions of lives.
Now, it turns out it was all a lie.
Francis Collins, the former director of the National Insitute of Health, admitted in a closed-door interview earlier this year that he did not see any scientific evidence that social distancing was a proven method of containing the virus.
The Federalist reported:
On March 22, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued what amounted to placebo guidance advising Americans to avoid mass gatherings and remain at least six feet apart from each other. The businesses the government deemed essential — the supermarkets, the pharmacies, the big-box retailers — marked the dividing lines, two yards between life and death, on the floors and in checkout lines.
But Collins and crew, including the smug and self-righteous Dr. Anthony Fauci, the immunologist who ran the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a dangerously long time, made a very good living segregating a society at an unprecedented level. The damage done from the scientists’ sign-off on a long and cruel isolation experiment will take a long time to fully measure.
“The six feet of separation recommendation had real life consequences. This guideline made it nearly impossible for schools nationwide to re-open due to the pressure from teachers unions to follow this guideline. In addition, businesses had to adapt at great cost or risk complete closure,” states a Thursday subcommittee staff memo on the Collins interview.
Then comes the crux of the interview:
But the government-imposed individual internment camps were all worth it, right? Social distancing, plus deeply flawed vaccines, prevented 800,000 deaths, headlines last week proclaimed. But when asked whether he believed any science or evidence supported the six-feet rule, Collins said he did not.
“Is that I do not recall or I do not see any evidence supporting six feet?” a Covid subcommittee staff member asked the good doctor. “I did not see evidence, but I’m not sure I would have been shown evidence at that point,” Collins replied.
But what about four years later? “Since then, it has been an awfully large topic. Have you seen any evidence since then supporting six feet?” the staffer asked.
No,” the former NIH director conceded.
So there you have it. Time and time again, those of us, including The Gateway Pundit, who questioned every aspect of the COVID pandemic, from the lockdown regimes and mask mandates all the way through to vaccines and potential treatments, have been proven correct.
There was never any scientific basis for the decisions that were taken, although the political, societal and economic consequences were enormous.
As the famous Francis Bacon quote goes, “Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.”
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President Trump will headline the 153rd Annual NRA Meeting this afternoon in Dallas, Texas. He is expected to take the stage at 4:15 pm ET.
President Trump also delivered remarks on Friday while headlining the Minnesota GOP Annual Dinner.
WATCH LIVE: President Trump to Keynote Minnesota GOP Annual Dinner
Hundreds of supporters were seen lined up 4+ hours early to gain entry to President Trump's NRA speech:
Via David Yamane on X:
The lunatics at the DNC are reportedly placing billboards targeting Trump and dishonestly accusing him of putting gun rights ahead of safty.
The Hill reports,
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is launching mobile billboards Saturday in Dallas targeting former President Trump for his rhetoric on gun violence and reform.
The billboards, which accuse Trump of putting the gun lobby ahead of Texas families, were placed in the area outside of the venue where he is expected to give a speech before the National Rifle Association (NRA) convention.
They feature quotes the former president has made about recent gun violence and actions they argue show where his loyalty lies.
Watch live below starting at 2 pm ET via Right Side Broadcasting Network:
Don't miss President Trump's speech at the NRA on Saturday! Tune in on RSBN https://t.co/YcTvcBmxgO
— RSBN (@RSBNetwork) May 18, 2024
President Donald J. Trump will address members attending the 153rd Annual NRA Meeting in Dallas, Texas.
Watch LIVE on RSBN on Saturday, May 18. Stay tuned for the broadcast start time.
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Maricopa County Recorder candidate Justin Heap destroyed incumbent RINO Stephen Richer Wednesday with one question for the audience during a debate at the Palo Verde Republican Women’s Club’s May 15 luncheon.
Heap asked the crowd to “raise your hand if you personally or someone you know received an extra ballot at your house during the last election cycle,” and nearly half the attendees raised their hand!
Heap: The fundamental and most important job of the County Recorder has to be to clean and maintain our voter rolls. And I suspect that, despite what Mr. Richer says, that he is cleaning it, that we are not doing it.
Now let me try to illustrate that. Please raise your hand if you personally or someone you know received an extra ballot at your house during the last election cycle. I’ve done this with hundreds of Republican groups; never fails that half the hands or a third of the hands go up. How does that happen if we are cleaning and maintaining our voter rolls? That is a massive error, and this is the reason that people do not trust the system. We are clearly not doing an effective job as you all just witnessed. I will clean up the voter rolls.
You can support Justin Heap for Maricopa County Recorder here. Story continues below…
The Maricopa County Recorder oversees early voting in the County. Heap will face Richer in Arizona’s July 30 primary.
The Gateway Pundit has reported extensively on election fraud in Maricopa County relating to mail-in ballots. This includes missing chain of custody documentation and forged signatures on phony mail-in ballots and ballots sent to the wrong addresses or even vacant lots.
The Gateway Pundit correspondent Jordan Conradson reported after reviewing a few hundred mail-in ballot signatures for votes that were counted in the stolen 2022 election that roughly 10% of ballots had questionable or outright fraudulent signatures:
Stephen Richer, who ran in 2020 claiming that he would stop election fraud in Maricopa County, now claims that the elections are not fraudulent and has come to be viewed as disgraceful among Republican voters for suing Kari Lake over her fraud claims.
The crowd booed him during the debate:
Attendees at the event used the opportunity to troll Richer in photos with the soon-to-be former County Recorder. Aubrey Savela, who, as The Gateway Pundit reported, received two mail-in ballots in the presidential preference election earlier this year, held up the peace sign "since [Richer] sent me 2 ballots back in March."
Holding up #⃣
— Aubrey Savela (@aubrey_savela) May 15, 2024
Ashley Earle held a thumbs-down, called Richer a b*tch, and likened him to Scott Evil, the whiny redheaded son of Dr. Evil in the film Austin Powers.
This Bitch actually thought I wanted to take a picture with him! How ‘bout no, Scott, okay…
(Austin Powers). No for Steven Richer, My vote is for Justin Heap.
Btw, I don’t like woke Diet Coke! https://t.co/zu3If8NJzR pic.twitter.com/IvVXS24v3m— Ashley Earle (@AshleyEarle76) May 16, 2024
Justin Heap later claimed victory in an X post, commenting:
Election Integrity won BIG on the debate stage yesterday!
I crushed the County Recorder & showed that the Voter Rolls are not being cleaned!
He wants more laws!
NO! We need a County Recorder who will follow the law!
Vote Justin Heap for Maricopa County Recorder on July 30!
Thank you @PaloVerdeRW Club for hosting & @JanDubauskas for moderating!
Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers responded, "That’s our MAN."
That’s our MAN, @azjustinheap! https://t.co/wswtS4W4S8
— Wendy Rogers (@WendyRogersAZ) May 17, 2024
Grassroots activist and EZAZ founder Merissa Hamilton shared a funny video trolling Richer after the event, calling heap's move a "MIC DROP."
WHOA! MIC DROP
AZ VOTER ROLL CLEANUP
That increase in temperature isn't the incoming Phoenix summer... @AZFreedomCaucus Rep @azjustinheap just decimated his opponent Stephen Richer's main pitch to save his job!
***
Palo Verde Republican… pic.twitter.com/3zaSn46rWm— Merissa Hamilton
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The Mirage hotel is closing in July, ending a 34-year run as a landmark on the Las Vegas Strip.
Hard Rock International said the hotel, which it bought in 2022, will close July 17, according to ABC.
The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Guitar Hotel Las Vegas will take the place of The Mirage.
“The property will be reimagined and developed into a new integrated resort featuring a nearly 700 ft. guitar-shaped hotel prominently in the center of the famous Las Vegas Strip,” the company said, noting that the new hotel is scheduled for opening in 2027.
The signature design of the new Hard Rock Las Vegas will be a 660-foot-tall hotel tower shaped as guitars, which will be built on the site of Mirage’s iconic volcano that has been a popular attraction since the hotel opened in 1989.
READ MORE: https://t.co/njOqdZkddO pic.twitter.com/vTHtfIxP3o— Las Vegas Review-Journal (@reviewjournal) May 15, 2024
“We’d like to thank the Las Vegas community and team members for warmly welcoming Hard Rock after enjoying 34 years at The Mirage,” Chairman of Hard Rock International Jim Allen said.
In April, the Strip lost another icon when The Tropicana Las Vegas closed just before its 67th anniversary. The Tropicana is supposed to be the site of a baseball stadium that will be the future home of the Oakland A’s.
END OF AN ERA: The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors this summer, the end of an era for a property credited with helping transform Sin City into an ultra-luxury resort destination. https://t.co/Xbrj2IL5XT pic.twitter.com/c3H83SrdxW
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) May 15, 2024
The Mirage was opened in 1989 by casino mogul Steve Wynn, according to CNN.
MGM Resorts bought the hotel from Wynn in 2000. In 2022, Hard Rock International bought the property for over $1 billion.
The closing will cost more than 3,000 people their jobs, according to the Associated Press.
The Culinary and Bartenders Union accounts for about 1,700 workers, the Los Angeles Times reported. Union members will have a choice between taking a severance package of $2,000 for every year of service plus six months of pension and health benefits or a lower payout that preserves seniority rights for new jobs in the new hotel.
“Culinary Union members at The Mirage have a strong union contract, ensuring that workers are protected, even as the property closes its doors entirely for three years from July 2024 – May 2027,” said Ted Pappageorge, Culinary Union secretary-treasurer.
The new hotel expects to hire almost 7,000 people.
Resort President Joe Lupo told the staff Wednesday about the closing, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
“We really are encouraged about not only the future of Las Vegas, but how Hard Rock and Seminole Tribe can play a role in helping to develop that and grow the market,” Lupo said. The Seminole Tribe owns Hard Rock International.
“But today is a tough day for a lot of people. Our priority is the well-being of those individuals,” he said.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Over the last 60 years, the BBC show Dr. Who has developed a cult following. The series has seen 14 actors in the title role, with actor Ncuti Gatwa most recently taking over.
Ratings for the current iteration, however, have been slipping, and Gatwa claims that it is because of racists who can’t stand seeing a non-white individual portraying the main character.
While the show has always had socially progressive roots, producer Russell T. Davies recently told Rolling Stone his current incarnation is written to be especially progressive.
Episodes in the newest season include redesigning a flip phone so it doesn’t look like a gun, a character defending a “non-binary” child against “transphobes,” and an entire episode dedicated to pushing abortion.
But for Gatwa, it couldn’t possibly be shoving an endlessly progressive agenda down viewers’ throats, causing a downturn in viewership.
It must be racism.
Bounding into Comics shared Gatwa’s recent interview with NPR.
From there, Deggan would turn to press Gatwa for his thoughts on the mountains of criticism fans have leveled towards Davies’ aforementioned decision to focus the series’ narrative on overt sociopolitical messaging – “If you’re not writing that [in 2024], what on Earth are you doing?” the showrunner declared during a previous interview with Rolling Stone – rather than entertainment.
However, instead of earnestly actually engaging with the substance of this very specific and widespread complaint, Gatwa instead moved to paint those fans who have tuned out of Doctor Who as nothing more than anti-black racists.
“I don’t want to diminish racial aggression at all, but for me, personally, I find it fascinating that it matters so much to these people,” said the actor. “You are going to limit yourselves from a show that you love because you don’t like something about someone’s appearance. It’s just, like, really sad for them.”
It should come as no surprise that the new, progressive-agenda-pushing version of “Doctor Who” debuted on Disney+ on May 14.
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Guest post by Joe Hoft at JoeHoft.com – republished with permission.
Indiana Fever’s head coach Christie Sides believes she needs to teach the greatest shooter in NCAA women’s basketball history when to shoot. She announced after the Fever’s latest drubbing that she was going to make Caitlin Clark, the game’s greatest three-point shooter of all time, into a two-point shooter.
Just how clueless is this coach?
Here is a reminder of some of the records Caitlin Clark set in women’s basketball in the NCAA while at the University of Iowa:
NCAA records
Most career points — Division I, men’s and women’s (3,951)
Most points in single season — Division I, women’s (1,234)
Most career 3-pointers — Division I, men’s and women’s (548)
Most 3-pointers in a single season — Division I, men’s and women’s (201)
NCAA Tournament records
Most career points — Division I, men’s or women’s (491)
Most career assists — Division I, men’s or women’s (152)
Most career 3-pointers — Division I, men’s or women’s (78)
Most points in single tournament — Division I, men’s or women’s (191)
Most 3-pointers in single tournament — Division I, men’s or women’s (32)
Big Ten records
Most career points in Big Ten history
Most career 3-pointers in Big Ten history
Most career assists in Big Ten history
Most points in single season in Big Ten history
Most 3-pointers in single season in Big Ten history
Most assists in single season in Big Ten history
Most free throws in single season in Big Ten history
Most Big Ten Player of the Week honors in Big Ten history
Iowa records
Most career points in Iowa history
Most career assists in Iowa history
Most points in single game in Iowa history
Most points in single season by a freshman in Iowa history
Most assists in single season by a freshman in Iowa history
Clark was the player of the year in her junior and senior years in school and won numerous awards in the process.
But she joined one of the worst teams in the WNBA. Watching them play, you can see why they are so terrible.
To fix the situation, the coach of the Indiana Fever believes she needs to teach Caitlin Clark how to shoot better to remedy the situation… THIS IS INSANE!
Reporter: Christie, when you look at Kaitlyn, she took two two-pointers in the first preseason game, three today. Is there a balance? What are you seeing that’s causing that? Is there a balance you’d like to see with that, or is that something you plan to address?
Coach Christie Sides: Yeah, I think she’s used to some shots that she’s taken in the last few years that are just those deep shots. I don’t know if there’s times she comes off ball screens where she’s open in that long two area, and we’ve got to get her comfortable taking that long two. She’s going to get looks. She’s going to get open looks. She’s got to figure out, like I gave her a rule the other day, she’s got 0.5 seconds to make a decision. When she gets off the ball, and she hits one of our high posts and somebody in the high post, she has a habit of hanging out and dancing. That’s what she’s done. It’s these habits that we’ve got to break. She’s got players around her now that she can get out, she can go screen, and the ball is going to get back to her. That’s what she hasn’t had in the past. That’s what we’ve been trying to show her and explain to her.
Absolutely clueless. She wants to change basketball’s greatest shooter to fit her losing program! It is unbelievable!
She is out to destroy Clark and the league’s first major star in 28 years. What an ego!
Clark, the greatest shooter in women’s basketball history, only took eight shots in Thursday night’s game. She can’t score if she can’t shoot! Her lost teammates do not even look to pass to Clark. Clark spends a lot of time in the corner of the court based on the Fever’s coach’s directions. The team is happy throwing up airballs and ignoring Clark.
That is the problem!
The league is filling EVERY arena in the country where Clark is set to play in the coming weeks. Tickets are at an all-time high. The fans did not come to see Caitlin Clark sit in a corner and not shoot.
The clock is ticking… The WNBA better figure this out before it’s too late and they lose their new found fan base forever! Fans are not filling arenas to watch Clark take only 9 shots a game!
Other teams foul Clark and get away with it and Sides does nothing. Clark is called for fouls that look like non-fouls, Sides says nothing.
So the solution to the second-year head coach with a losing record, who’s 0-2 so far this year, is to teach Clark how to shoot better.
The solution should be to tell Clark to shoot every time down court. and tell her teammates to get her the ball.
That would be too easy.
How stupid. You better wake up!
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The activists were convicted of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and “conspiracy against rights” for a sit-in protest at the Surgi-Clinic in Washington, D.C.
Three activists were sentenced on Tuesday, and four more were sentenced on Wednesday.
The Daily Wire reports:
On Wednesday, Jonathan Darnel, Herb Geraghty, Jean Marshall, and Joan Bell were all sentenced to prison. Darnel got 34 months in prison, Geraghty got 27 months, Marshall got 24 months, and Bell got 27 months. The sentences followed Tuesday’s sentencing of Lauren Handy to 57 months in prison, as well as John Hinshaw (21 months) and William Goodman (27 months).
During the protest, the pro-life protesters sang songs, prayed, locked arms in front of the facility’s staff entrance, and attached themselves with ropes and chains to block doors inside the building.
“As evidenced by today’s sentencings, the FBI and our judicial system will not tolerate the obstruction of civil rights,” said David Sundberg of the FBI Washington Field Office. “The FBI will continue to investigate FACE Act violations in all jurisdictions, so patients and providers can exercise their right to receive or provide lawful reproductive health care without the threat of violence or intimidation.”
In 2022, Handy, obtained a box containing 115 aborted fetuses from outside the Surgi-Center. Five of them appeared to be within the 26-32 week range, which is typically considered far enough along to survive outside the womb.
Last week, the remains of five infants were delivered to DC Metro police in a condition consistent with partial birth abortion or infanticide.
I’m calling for a full medical examination and police investigation to determine when and how these innocent babies died. pic.twitter.com/B2wRkKNgzs
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) April 5, 2022
Handy and other anti-abortion activists called on the District of Columbia to investigate if any of the babies had been born alive, but the city refused. Partial-birth abortion remains against the law in the district.
Ashan Benedict, D.C. police’s executive assistant chief of police, said during a press conference that they appeared to have been aborted “in accordance with D.C. law [and] there doesn’t seem to be anything criminal in nature about that except for how they got into this house.” The department refused to order autopsies to confirm the claim.
The clinic is run by Dr. Cesare Santangelo, who was captured on video by Live Action News in 2013 saying that he does not provide life-saving care for viable, premature babies born after a failed abortion.
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Former President Donald Trump is calling attention to Joe Biden’s deteriorating cognitive functioning by pinning a parody music video, featuring the ailing White House occupant falling over and wandering around, to his Truth Social account on Friday.
The video, a parody of rock artist Tom Petty’s famous tune “Free Fallin,” features Biden falling down on stage, tripping down the steps of Air Force One and aimlessly wandering around as the lyrics point out Biden “Keeps Fallin.’
OMG! Donald Trump just posted this video on Truth Social. https://t.co/qzEfCDM4p7 pic.twitter.com/jARrh0fCHL
— Steve (@SteveLovesAmmo) May 17, 2024
The video, created by comedian and host of Fox News Saturday Night Jimmy Failla, is going viral as people across the mock the installed commander-in-chief’s embarrassing falls and gaffes.
The song is from Failla’s album, “The More You Joe” produced by “C’Mon Man Records.”
The lyrics to the song read:
He’s an old guy
has dementia,
can’t lead us.
And the country is screwed.
Tells some big lies,
barely speaks English,
sniffs children,
and their mom’s hair, too,
Goes the wrong way.
When he leaves his speeches,
Gets lost each day.
In the White House yard,
All the Dems say
that we should reelect him.
How can he win?
When walking is hard?
And Joe Keeps, (keeps falling yeah he keeps falling)
Keeps falling (keeps falling yeah he keeps falling)
And Joe keeps (keeps falling yeah he keeps falling)
Keeps falling (keeps falling yeah he keeps falling)
In March 2021, Biden tripped and fell three times as he struggled to walk up the stairs boarding Air Force One.
In June 2022, Biden fell over while riding his bike as he stopped to take questions from reporters.
In June 2023, Biden toppled over on stage at a US Air Force Academy graduation ceremony.
In Oct. 2023, he again tripped while walking upstairs to deliver a speech in Pennsylvania but caught himself.
In poll after poll, a plurality of Americans, including Democrat voters, agree Joe Biden does not have the physical fitness or mental capability for another term.
As tension rises with Iran, Joe Biden walks into the bushes. You see this from Alzheimers patients in nursing homes too by the way. pic.twitter.com/q6iWT3Qckc
— Liberals Leaving (@LiberalsLeaving) April 14, 2024
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President Donald Trump has thrown down the gauntlet, demanding that Joe Biden undergo a drug test before their upcoming debate.
Trump’s challenge came during his speech at the GOP’s annual Lincoln Reagan dinner event in St. Paul, Minnesota, which he attended after celebrating his son Barron’s high school graduation.
At the GOP´s annual Lincoln Reagan dinner event in St. Paul, Minnesota, Trump didn’t mince words as he called into question Biden’s performance during the State of the Union address in March.
“I just wanna debate this guy, but you know – and I’m gonna demand a drug test too, by the way,” Trump said.
“I am. No, I really am. I don’t want him coming in like the State of the Union. He was high as a kite,” Trump added.
The former president went on to criticize Biden’s performance during the State of the Union, stating that Biden appeared “jacked up” at the beginning but was “fading fast” by the end.
“We’re gonna demand a drug test… He’s going to be so jacked up for those, you watch.”
“I don’t know what he’s using, but that was not, hey, he was higher than a kite, and by the way it was the worst address I’ve ever seen,” Trump said.
Trump says he is going to demand a drug test before the debate…
Bc Joe was high as a kite at the SOTU address….
Let’s just pretend he didn’t look to the HEAVENS when he talked about how high Joe was…. Moving along. pic.twitter.com/bBo3aKecNB
— Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) May 18, 2024
This is not the first time Trump has raised suspicions about Biden’s behavior. In an interview with radio broadcaster Hugh Hewitt last month, Trump suggested that there may be “something going on” with Biden and insinuated that drugs could be involved.
“I think what happened, you know, that white stuff, that they happened to find, which happened to be cocaine at the White House, I don’t know, I think something is going on there,” Trump per Daily Mail.
“I watched the State of the Union, he was all jacked up at the beginning, by the end he was fading fast, there’s something going on there.”
Trump’s insistence on a drug test before the debates echoes his stance from the 2020 presidential campaign when he called for Biden to be tested prior to their debates. Back then, Trump voiced his belief that Biden was using some form of enhancement to improve his performance.
In his interview with Laura Ingraham, President Trump said he believes Joe Biden is on some enhancement.
“I watched Biden in the previous debates and he was horrible. And then I saw him in the Bernie debate and he was normal. It was sort of like a normal deal. He got by. And I said that was a different guy than the guy that was in the debate with Kamala. Now, Kamala is just horrible… I’ll tell you what he’s on some kind of enhancement in my opinion,” President Donald Trump said.
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In November 2020, The Gateway Pundit published information on a little-known YouTube video with only about 50 views at the time. In the video that was posted in August 2020, Gabriel Sterling joins in to discuss a number of things regarding the election process.
Gabriel Sterling was appointed the COO of the Secretary of State’s office by Brad Raffensperger shortly after Raffensperger was elected to the position in November 2018.
Sterling, as COO, would be in charge of budgetary, human resources and administrative operations for the Secretary of State’s office. Sterling, strangely, has also been referred to, in multiple media accounts, as Georgia’s “Statewide Voting System Implementation Manager.”
Starting at the 7:00 mark Sterling brags about expanding the emergency rule to provide for drop boxes to go through the entire election cycle now. Again this video was published in August 2020.
At the 8:00 mark Sterling brags about hiring election poll workers from the ACLU to work the elections in the state.
Gabe Sterling: “We allowed for early scanning of ballots. Those things come out of the SEB (State Election Board). And then we work with the county elections officials directly to train them, for them to train the poll workers. And this year we really stepped up a lot in terms of getting poll workers in, in the lieu of the COVID situation, we set up a portal. And as of today, working with our partners, especially the ACLU and the Metro Chamber of Commerce, we’ve already given over 6,000 names to counties for people to sign up as poll work.”
How in the world did this far-left radical, Gabe Sterling, get hired as the Georgia statewide voting systems manager under Brad Raffensperger?
And what kind of Republican would partner with the ACLU to hire election workers to process absentee ballots?
Here is the entire video that is still live on YouTube.
In August 2023, investigative journalist Paul Sperry echoed our earlier reporting and confirmed via POIA records that Fulton County officials in 2020 deputized hundreds of anti-Trump Democrats from the ACLU and gave them the power to process absentee ballots.
Gabe Sterling bragged about this back in 2020.
BREAKING: New FOIA records reveal Fulton election officials in 2020 deputized 100s of anti-Trump Dems from ACLU, gave them power to process absentee ballot apps rec’d thru online portals & then equipped ACLU poll workers w/ iPads to cancel absentee ballots w/o county supervision
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) August 24, 2023
In every battleground state in 2020, state officials hired election workers from far-left groups who acted in completely lawless ways.
In Detroit, Michigan, the far-left poll workers threatened Republican poll workers and locked the door and boarded up the windows to prevent anyone from observing their “work” during the counting process.
Read more below:
In Philadelphia, they locked out ALL Republican election observers from the counting room for days.
Read more below:
In both Philadelphia and Detroit, far-left election workers were allowed to bring backpacks and suitcases into the election room.
Read more below:
In Georgia, leftist election workers were allowed to film inside the counting rooms where ballots were processed in private cubes and were scattered all over the counting room in piles!
Read more below:
And now this… Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his sidekick Gabe Sterling are already working with a Soros-funded group to ensure that only leftist election workers will be hired in Georgia this year.
Is the Republican Party paying attention?
Natalie Winters at The War Room reported:
George Soros and a slew of anti-Trump activists are backing an effort to recruit poll workers for the 2024 election in collaboration with state election offices.
Founded in 2020, Power The Polls appears to be gearing up for the 2024 election, recently announcing a new Advisory council to roll out a vast army of poll watchers ahead of November. The group boasts of recruiting over 700,000 poll workers for the 2020 election and is currently working with state election offices including Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger ahead of the 2024 election.
Politico noted that Power the Polls was “stood up” by the Open Society Foundation, the hub of Soros’ political activism and far-left giving. A deeper investigation reveals the group is part of Work Elections, which is a project of the Fair Election Network. In turn, the Fair Election Network is backed by the New Venture Fund, the leading billion-dollar dark money group supports President Joe Biden and counts Soros among its donors.
Similarly, individuals from far-left activist organizations that have received funds from Soros-linked groups including the Open Society Foundation and New Venture Fund such as the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, llumiNative, and the Civic Rights Responsibility Project are on the advisory council.
While Power The Polls, which describes itself as the “nonpartisan leader in poll worker recruitment” claimed the new 14-member group was a “bipartisan” effort, its lack of any pro-Trump activists suggest otherwise. Furthermore, the council is co-chaired by actress Kerry Washington and infamous critic of President Trump Rep. Adam Kinzinger…
…Even more concerning, however, is the participation of current election officials including Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his Chief Operating Officer Gabriel Sterling. It remains unclear the scope of Power the Polls’s influence over these offices. Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar, for example, is also involved, alluding to collaboration between his office and Power the Polls: “By connecting election officials with potential poll workers, Power the Polls helps jurisdictions across the country serve voters and ensure safe and fair elections.”
Brad Raffensperger and Gabe Sterling are up to their old tricks again to do all they can to steal the 2024 election from Donald Trump. Why not? It worked last time.
Republicans, are you paying attention?
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Rossana Rodriguez, a self-described socialist serving on Chicago’s city council, believes the idea of punishing criminals is racist.
What does she think should be done with rapists and murderers? Summer camp?
When you look at the breakdown of law and order in cities across the United States, remember that the chaos is being driven by people like this. They are the problem.
FOX News reports:
Socialist Chicago council member says it’s ‘racist’ to punish criminals, America is a ‘garbage society’
A socialist member of Chicago’s city council believes that the idea of using police to ensure safe streets and punishing criminals is “racist” while calling America a “garbage society.”
Rossana Rodriguez is an alderwoman on Chicago’s city council who supports defunding the police and caucuses with the Democratic Socialists. The alderwoman, who explicitly calls for “critical race theory” to be taught to children, is also involved in the council’s Education and Child Development committee.
The alderwoman repeatedly blasts American society in her frequent social media tirades.
According to the councilmember, America is “a garbage society” and “a White supremacist society and system” that “favors White people.” Rodriguez believes that “White people are ahead in the game” in comparison to minority groups…
“When we say #DefundThePolice we mean developing alternatives to racist punishment and brutality. This work has been around for a while and it’s a great tool to rethink our ideas of what public safety should look like,” Rodrigues said in response to a post about “police abolition” in 2020.
Here is Rodriguez pictured wearing a shirt that says ‘eat the rich.’
An elected Alderman in the city of Chicago wearing an “Eat The Rich” sweatshirt in an official capacity. She makes $150k a year….56% more than the median household income in Chicago. Ladies and gentlemen, Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez. pic.twitter.com/rp4vhv4Vg0
— ChicagoFails (@ChicagoFails) November 1, 2023
She seems charming, doesn’t she?
HERE IS WHY CHICAGO & OTHER DEM RUN CITIES ARE FULL OF CRIME..
Alderwoman Rossana Rodriguez on Chicago’s city council has called America a “garbage society” and believes it is “racist” to hold criminals accountable for their crimes..
HOW DUMB IS THIS?https://t.co/cXThB4mRpR— Chet (@ChetRusinek) May 17, 2024
Like many liberals, @RossanaFor33 is insecure and bitter. Her solution is not self-reflection and improvement; it’s to lazily blame others’ success on race, sex, religion, etc. This attitude will only guarantee continued failure. #Chicago https://t.co/HjsiLllcBH
— Corrupt Chicago Democrats (@corruptchidems) May 18, 2024
Can Chicago just start sending all the criminals to her house?
(Image:Source)
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President Donald Trump will hold a rally in South Bronx, New York next week to “highlight the horrendous effects Crooked Joe Biden’s presidency had had on our economy, according to a statement released by the former president’s campaign Friday.
President Donald J. Trump to Visit the South Bronx
GET TICKETS:https://t.co/DVuPASEnmc
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) May 17, 2024
…“President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will visit the Bornx, New York on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 6:00 PM EDT to highlight the horrendous effects Crooked Joe Biden’s disastrous presidency has had on our economy.
President Trump will be visiting the South Bronx, New York on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 6:00 PM EDT #truth #trump2020 #MAGA pic.twitter.com/OjK85NovX1
— Lara #IStandWithTrump (@Lara_maga47) May 18, 2024
This announcement comes after President Trump delivered remarks to a massive crowd of roughly 100,000 supporters in Wildwood, New Jersey.
Earlier this year, President Trump announced that he would be holding a rally in the South Bronx. During his interview with Laura Ingraham on FOX News, Trump added that he is also planning a rally at Madison Square Garden.
New York is in play.
Laura Ingraham: Mr. President, I’ve long said that Republicans should have a no state or city left behind strategy. Ronald Reagan had that strategy in 1980 and 1984. And you told Maria Barteromo that you may campaign in the Bronx or at Madison Square Garden. When might that be happening?
President Trump: Very soon. Look, we have nine months yet, but I’m going to see about Madison Square Garden, and we’re going to go to the South Bronx, and we’re going to go to Queens and other areas, because if you look at what’s happened in New York, I’m not even blaming the mayor. I think the mayor has sort of been told to take a backseat a little bit because they came after him violently. You know, they came after him like they’re going to indict him when he started speaking up. And now he’s become quiet.
The Bronx is the bluest of New York City boroughs, with a majority of Spanish voters. Biden “won” 83% of the Bronx vote in 2020.
In early December, TGP contributor and Newsmax reporter Cara Castronuova went down to the Bronx to take their temperature on Joe Biden.
Cara was shocked by what she heard. There is huge support for President Donald Trump in the Bronx!
EVERYONE knows things were better under Trump – no matter what the media is pushing. EVERYTHING is worse under Joe Biden and the Marxist left. And it’s not likely to get any better.
Cara’s report went viral and was re-truthed by President Trump!
Cara went back to the Bronx later that month to ask residents if they would like Trump to hold a rally there and if they would attend.
Once again, the response was OVERWHELMING – The Bronx voters WANT TRUMP!
NEWSMAX correspondent Cara Castronuova takes to the streets of The Bronx to ask residents if they would attend a Donald Trump rally in the South Bronx.@CaraCastronuova pic.twitter.com/i3AAsZ0LQS
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) December 21, 2023
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NBCUniversal’s Peacock announced Thursday they will be releasing a new documentary series shoving the left’s LGBTQ agenda in America’s face with a twist.
The documentary, titled “Queer Planet,” promises to showcase the full-spectrum” of homosexual behavior in the animal kingdom. The series is scheduled to stream on June 6 as part of the radical-left network’s commemoration of PRIDE month.
“Queer Planet” is narrated by openly gay actor Andrew Rannells. He released a statement bragging how “Queer Planet” opened his eyes to “to the full spectrum of LGBTQ+ behaviors across the natural world” and that he was “excited” to be part of the new series.
“We’ve all heard of gay penguins, but this film really opened my eyes to the full spectrum of LGBTQ+ behaviors across the natural world,” said Rannells.
“And what could be more natural than being who you are?” he continued. “I’m excited to be part of ‘Queer Planet,’ especially during Pride Month, and on Peacock, surely the most colorful and glamorous of all the streaming services.”
Indiewire revealsreveals, the documentary features different “hidden LGBTQ+ communities among animals that have unconventional sexualities and genders” and showcases everything from homosexual penguins, bisexual lions, pansexual primates, and sex-changing clownfish. It will even explore the fauna realm with “multi-gendered mushrooms.”
Per the official synopsis, the series “looks at extraordinary creatures, witnesses amazing behaviors, and introduces the scientists questioning the traditional concept of what’s natural when it comes to sex and gender.”
Below is the official trailer for “Queer Planet.” It opens with a voiceover telling viewers that the “animal kingdom isn’t as simple as black and white” before flashing to a still photo showing a male lion humping another male lion.
A bald individual then appears and asserts, “Everything you were taught as a kid was wrong!” before the trailer continues showcasing supposed LGBTQ animals.
The voiceover boasts, “The idea of having two fixed sexes is clearly out of style,” while an unnamed woman claims, “Mother Nature is pretty open-minded.”
WATCH:
The individuals in the trailer conclude that “sex is not just for reproduction” and that “nature is full of queer surprises.”
In addition to Rannells, IndieWire reports scientists and experts such as author and naturalist Bradley Trevor Greive, ornithologist Dr. Martin Stervander, biologist Dr. Christine Wilkinson, science historian Dr. Ross Brooks, primatologist Dr. Amy Parish, The Vagina Museum director Florence Schechter appear in the documentary.
Donald Trump Jr. probably best summed up the attitude of most Americans, writing, “It never f**king ends!!!!”
It never fucking ends!!!! https://t.co/qZrFr7EQaM
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 17, 2024
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The son of prominent conservative activist Brent Bozell was sentenced on Friday to nearly four years in prison for protesting in the Capitol building on Jan. 6.
Prosecutors argued Leo Brent Bozell IV leveled a “relentless” assault on the US Capitol, where he smashed a window and walked on the Senate floor.
Bozell was one of the first protesters to enter the building and one of the first to walk on the Senate floor during the Capitol riot.
Bozell’s father founded the Media Research Center, the Parents Television Council, Newsbusters and other leading conservative media organizations.
US District John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, sentenced Bozell to three years and nine months behind bars. Bozell was convicted of 10 charges, including obstruction of an official proceeding.
Bozell apologized to his wife and parents during the sentencing hearing for putting “a stain on my family forever.”
“I don’t recognize that person in the videos,” he told the judge. “I don’t know what I was thinking.”
Bates scolded Bozell for premeditating violence ahead of Jan. 6.
“You had plenty of chances to stop doing what you were doing,” the judge said.
Bates is allowing Bozell to remain free until he reports to prison at a date to be determined.
Prosecutors sought 11 years and eight months in prison for Bozell and attempted to add a terror enhancement to his sentence, contending he led rioters in breaking through police lines and mounted “relentless and sustained attacks” on law enforcement.
“There are few rioters on January 6 who were involved in as many pivotal breaches as Bozell,” the government wrote in Bozell’s 60-page sentencing memorandum.
Bozell’s father submitted a letter to the court when he caught wind of the prosecutors’ intent to add a terrorism enhancement.
“I have remained silent for the past 3 1/2 years because I didn’t want to tip the apple cart of justice,” he wrote. “But given what I saw in the trial, and more importantly learning about this terror enhancement, I no longer can. I believe there is more at play here.
“I am not pleading my son’s innocence, only that his punishment match the crime. I am asking the Court to consider my son’s character that is sterling and is being defended by absolutely everyone around him. I ask that you consider their words as words of honest men and women speaking honest truth. Every single one would recoil in horror in your presence were they told he should now be considered a terrorist.”
Bozell’s attorney, former government prosecutor Bill Shipley, called the judge’s ruling in Bozell’s case a “win.”
“The Government initially prevailed on the Probation Office to calculate Leo’s “Guideline Range” under the US Sentencing Guidelines as 210 – 240 months because Leo was convicted of breaking two windows. Ultimately, the Government’s Sentencing Statement asked for ONLY a sentence of 140 months — just short of 11 years and 8 months,” Shipley wrote on X after his client was sentenced. “Probation recommended 60 months — 5 years. Co-counsel Eric Snyder and I suggested that an appropriate sentence should be no more than 30 months. Today Leo was sentenced to a period of 45 months — 95 months less than the DOJ wanted.
“Terrorism enhancement NOT applied. Only 15 more months than was suggested by the defense. Sometimes in these Jan 6 cases — this is what a “Win” looks like. Maybe not an A+ outcome — but not too far from where our hopes were.”
Bozell was apprehended by the FBI in February 2021. A sedition hunter identified him from the “Hershey Christian Academy” sweatshirt that he wore during the riot.
To date, 1,424 Americans are facing federal charges for protesting on January 6. Of the defendants charged, 820 have taken plea deals while 199 were convicted at trial.
Meanwhile, not a single Hamas supporter has been targeted by the Justice Department for storming the US Capitol or destroying the White House gate.
Let’s play a game called ‘if this happened on J6’…
This would be a felony punishable by 5 years in prison.pic.twitter.com/x6E2j8rcWb
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) May 3, 2024
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The body of Shani Louk was recovered today in Gaza.
R.I.P Shani Louk
Shani was murdered by Hamas barbarians when they targeted a youth concert in southern Israel.
Shani Louk, the 22-year-old German-Israeli tattoo artist, was last seen at a rave party in the northern Negev, where Hamas militants stormed in and killed at least 260 attendees.
Here is a video of Shani Louk before the brutal attack.
Shortly before the attack on the camp Shani Louk was dancing with her friends. #Israel_under_attack pic.twitter.com/KWcuuOrxrO
— Duna Press (@dunapressjornal) October 8, 2023
Initial reports hinted at Shani Louk being sexually assaulted and killed, with her lifeless body flaunted around Gaza, as an appalling trophy of terrorism. Disturbing images and videos showed the militants spitting on her body, chanting, “Allahu Akbar!” meaning, God is good, as they paraded through the Gaza, bearing Louk’s corpse.
“Only now we got the note that Shani Louk has been confirmed as murdered and dead,” said President Herzog.
“They found her skull, which means these barbaric, sadistic animals, moles, simply chopped off her head when they were attacking and torturing and killing Israelis. It’s a huge tragedy,” he continued.
“This means that these barbaric, sadistic animals simply chopped off her head as they attacked, tortured and killed Israelis. It is a great tragedy and I extend my deepest condolences to her family.”
Samantha Smith reported:
This was Shani Louk.
Kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7th, her body was only recovered today.
Shani was tortured, raped, and beaten before being murdered and dragged round the streets half-naked as a “trophy” and an example of what would happen to other Israelis.
They broke her legs.
They shot her in the head.
They brutalised and defiled her.All because she was Jewish.
Hamas kept her body as a token and bargaining chip for months, denying her a proper burial and keeping her family in constant torment over their daughter’s resting place.
Hamas even called her mother and pretended that she was alive, only to reveal that she had been killed along with over 1,200 other innocent Israelis.
She was just 22 years old.
The only way they were able to identify her was by a fragment of her skull.
Shani didn’t need to die, and yet Hamas slaughtered her and hundreds of others for no other reason than that they view Jews — and anyone else who doesn’t subscribe to their ideology — as sub-human.
Israel respected the ceasefire.
Israel gave territory for Palestinian use.
Israel wanted peace.Hamas didn’t.
And, through the many previous instances of conflict involving Palestine, it was the Palestinian movement that served as aggressors. Even against third party states who took them in.
Jordan remembers Black September.
Kuwait remembers how the Palestine Liberation Organisation aligned with Saddam Hussein and assisted him in the 1990 Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait.
Lebanon remembers how, when they took in the Palestinians, the PLO massacred Christian civilians, seized control of large areas of Lebanon, and started a civil war.
Palestine’s history is a complex one.
But there is a reason why so many Middle Eastern countries distrust Palestine, and their betrayal of the kindness offered by one-time allies has cast a dark shadow on their relations with much of the non-Islamic world.
The Pro-Palestine crowd want to paint Israel as the villains in this war, but they conveniently “forget” how it started.
So, to those in the West who support Hamas’ actions and believe that they are simply “fighting for Palestine” :
They would do to you what they did to Shani, and they wouldn’t think twice.
So, when you think of the Gaza War, try to look past the anti-Semitic propaganda and remember who really started this war.
Because it wasn’t Shani.
It wasn’t Israel.It was Hamas.
This was Shani Louk.
Kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7th, her body was only recovered today.
Shani was tortured, raped, and beaten before being murdered and dragged round the streets half-naked as a “trophy” and an example of what would happen to other Israelis.
They… pic.twitter.com/Lh3BKo4fyE
— Samantha Smith (@SamanthaTaghoy) May 17, 2024
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Israeli forces found the remains of three October 7 Israeli hostages on Friday.
The body of 28-year-old fashion stylist was identified by her family. She was kidnapped at the Nova music festival. Hamas terrorists targeted the music festival knowing thousands of young Israelis would be in attendance. The Palestinian terrorists killed over 300 innocents and kidnapped another 100 Jews at the music festival.
This recording of Amit Buskila will break your heart.
This was the last her family heard from her.
BREAKING: Israel retrieved at least one hostage body from Rafah.
Family of Amit Buskila, the 28 y/o fashion stylist, announced that her body was brought back from Gaza today.
Amit was kidnapped from the Nova music festival. Her last call to her family on October 7th: pic.twitter.com/eAt8myMWMW
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) May 17, 2024
She was 28.
Amit Buskila, 28, was kidnapped from the Nova Festival on October 7th.
Her family have spent the last 223 days praying for her safe return.
Today her body was found decomposing in Rafah.
Hamas executed her on the day of her kidnapping and held her body hostage ever since.… pic.twitter.com/yylfIbgMhZ
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) May 17, 2024
Her body alongside the body of Shani Louk and Itzik Gelerenter have been recovered today by IDF forces in Gaza.
Amit Buskila, 28, was kidnapped from the Nova Festival on October 7th.
Her family have spent the last 223 days praying for her safe return.
Today her body was found decomposing in Rafah.
Hamas executed her on the day of her kidnapping and held her body hostage ever since.… pic.twitter.com/yylfIbgMhZ
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) May 17, 2024
Look at this beauty.
This was Amit Buskila, 28 years old. Her body was found today in Rafah.
Fashion stylist, Instagram influencer, who loved cooking and dancing. She was at Nova music festival on October 7 when thousands of cruel barbaric Hamas-Gazans savages infiltrated Israel and performed… pic.twitter.com/tdYGhmRMXN
— lelemSLP (@lelemSLP) May 17, 2024
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“Dominion has the pattern of seeking to prevent me from being an attorney for my clients because I know too much, and I understand too much.” – Stefanie Lambert in court on Thursday.
Michigan attorney Stefanie Lambert faced a disqualification hearing in Dominion’s defamation case against Patrick Byrne on Thursday after Dominion filed a Motion to Disqualify her from representing Byrne, alleging she violated a protective order in the case.
Byrne, the former CEO of Overstock, is being sued over his claims of election fraud.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Lambert was arrested in Washington, D.C., earlier this year following another court hearing in Byrne’s case after she allegedly gave “evidence of numerous crimes” to law enforcement.
The arrest came after Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf, who has been actively investigating claims of voter fraud from the 2020 election, obtained confidential documents from the case. Lambert later admitted to passing materials to Sheriff Leaf, asserting that she was reporting a crime to law enforcement.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf has made a bold move by sending a letter to U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, urging a congressional investigation into what he alleges is evidence of “foreign interference” in the 2020 election.
Lambert was also indicted last year by Michigan Democrat officials for attempting to investigate one of the state’s voting machines following the 2020 election, which Dominion attorneys referenced in their argument to disqualify her from this case. "Every time I enter my appearance on one of these cases, Dominion or the [Michigan] Attorney General comes up with a new sham accusation," Lambert told the Judge, who was uninterested in hearing about the separate cases against Lambert unless it was Dominion using the accusations.
During the hearing to remove Lambert from this case for the seemingly unprecedented reason of violating a court order, Dominion attorneys desperately tried to justify their request despite having no standard or legal precedence. They admitted that there was no prior case law and claimed that Lambert's previous and future actions "might actually hinder" Dominion attorneys' "ability to do their job" and prove that Patrick Byrne defamed them by saying the 2020 election was stolen.
At one point, the far-left Dominion attorneys even presented a tweet by Byrne, in which he critiqued Judge Juan Merchan's unconstitutional gag order against President Trump. They ridiculously claimed Byrne violated the gag order in Trump's case by sharing a post by Trump and "spreading the information himself" and that he cannot be trusted to follow the Court's orders.
When the Judge questioned Lambert, she pleaded that she did not violate the order by turning over evidence of crimes, including alleged perjury by Dominion CEO John Poulos, to law enforcement. "Everyone can go to law enforcement and report crimes, and I have an oath and an obligation to do that," Lambert told the Judge. The Judge requested in the future that Lambert seek relief from the Court's order to turn over evidence of criminal misconduct found in discovery to law enforcement, and Lambert agreed.
However, Dominion attorneys argued, "she says to you now that she'll come to the court if she finds new evidence of criminal activity because she doesn't have to anymore," claiming that Sheriff Dar Leaf could have every document in his possession already, while seemingly not disputing the claims of criminal activity.
In another hysterical rant by Dominion attorneys to the Judge, they questioned Lambert's explanation that she and Patrick Byrne never expected Dominion to hand over evidence of criminal acts in discovery and did not believe that turning this evidence over to law enforcement would violate the protective order. Without disputing the notion that evidence of criminal acts was discovered, the attorney said the idea that Lambert will now follow the rules is "not credible" because the documents showed "apparently exactly what she and her client have been saying the documents would show."
After a short recess, the Judge ordered Patrick Byrne and Stefanie Lambert to desist from sharing or discussing confidential discovery material and to come to the Court with future questions or requests for relief. When Lambert asked the Judge on Byrne's behalf how to proceed if Byrne is asked by Congress, the DOJ, or law enforcement to cooperate with an investigation, the Judge told them to follow the strict guidelines of the protective order and file a request before sharing any confidential information.
Finally, the Judge said she would take the matter under advisement to issue a ruling at a later date and asked Dominion to file their exhibits by the close of business on Friday.
"Every time I have been targeted as a result of representing clients related to election matters, I win. The process plays out; it takes time, but eventually, truth and justice always prevail. I've won in the past, and I'm going to continue winning," Lambert told The Gateway Pundit after the hearing, making it clear that she will abide by the Court's order.
Due to the D.C. Court's effort to silence her, she could not say more about the case or evidence in discovery. "Truth and justice will prevail, but we have to abide by the court's order," she added. "I'm very carefully not addressing anything the court told me not to address."
When asked why Democrats and Dominion are trying to remove Lambert from representing election-related court cases, Byrne said, "She's the best and knows more about this than any lawyer in America." He continued, "Where the rubber meets the road, Stephanie has been the most energetic and devoted lawyer and has put the pieces together before any other lawyer in America has put them together."
Byrne maintains that "I was right about everything I said in November 2020."
This is a developing story. The Gateway Pundit will provide updates on the Judge's ruling.
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President Trump will appear as the keynote speaker at tonight’s Minnesota GOP Annual Dinner.
This comes after President Trump and his wife, Melania, attended their son Barron Trump’s high school graduation in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Tune in live below at 8:30 pm ET.
Trump will also speak Saturday, May 18th, at the 153rd Annual NRA Meeting in Dallas, Texas.
RSBN reports,
COMING UP
5/17: President Trump will keynote the Minnesota GOP Annual Dinner. Watch LIVE on RSBN at 7:30 p.m. ET!https://t.co/ZJy1PHOcMc
5/18: President Trump to address the NRA Annual Meeting. Tune in on Saturday afternoon!https://t.co/YcTvcBmxgO
— RSBN (@RSBNetwork) May 16, 2024
The Gateway Pundit recently reported on Trump’s mega rally and his plan to campaign in formerly blue states, including New Jersey, Minnesota, and Virginia, which he says will flip for him.
Breitbart reports,
The event is significant, as it essentially marks the beginning of Trump’s play for the state — a state that has not tipped red in decades. The last time the state went red was in 1972, when Republican Richard Nixon defeated Democrat George McGovern in a landslide win. But in 2016, Trump came remarkably close to taking the state, coming just 1.5 percentage points behind Hillary Clinton. The difference was less than 44,000 votes.
While Trump has said throughout his campaign that he will make a “heavy play” for blue states such as New York, New Jersey, New Mexico, Virginia, and Minnesota, he reiterated that point during a recent interview on KNSI Radio.
It’s not like, in my opinion, that blue,” he said of Minnesota. “We’re going to put a heavy move into Minnesota, I promise.”
A May KSTP/Survey USA poll showed Trump well within striking distance of President Biden in the North Star State, garnering 42 percent support to Biden’s 44 percent. Because Biden’s lead is within the survey’s ± 4.3 percent margin of error, it is a virtual tie.
A recent internal poll also shows President Trump leading Biden by three points in Minnesota:
2024 GE: @realDonaldTrump internal
MINNESOTA
Trump 49%
Biden 46%
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Trump 40%
Biden 40%
RFK Jr 9%
West 1%
Stein 1%
Mapstead 1%
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Trump 46%
Biden 41%
Stein 3%
Mapstead 1%
——
VIRGINIA
Biden 48%
Trump 44%
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Biden 40%
Trump 37%
… pic.twitter.com/RzmJY4ammh— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) May 7, 2024
The Democrats in Minnesota are so scared of Trump that they jumped on the trend of attempting to remove him from the ballot, citing the 14th Amendment. As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the state Supreme Court rejected the attempt by disgruntled leftists to remove the leading political candidate from the ballot before the Primary Election.
Voters can remember that the Black Lives Matter riots, encouraged by Democrats, in the summer of 2020 destroyed Minneapolis and black-owned businesses.
Via Rob Smith on X: "In 2024, it's still gone."
Watch President Trump deliver remarks in Minnesota live below via Right Side Broadcasting Network:
Join RSBN for President Trump’s remarks at the Minnesota GOP’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner on Friday, May 17, 2024.
RSBN will be LIVE on Friday night. Stay tuned for the official start time.
The RSBN video chyron states "Trump speech to start around 8:30p.m. EST".
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There’s no question that the 30 thousand troops involved in Russia’s Northern Kharkov Oblast offensive are not nearly enough to undertake a conquest of a major center like Kharkov city with over 1 million people.
Having said that, it is also true that Kharkov city is already within Russian artillery range, and it is also a fact that the main supply lines to it are also under Russian fire control.
So, while conquering the city is beyond present capabilities, Russian Federation forces are about to make existence there a living hell.
During his major state visit to China, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that capturing Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkov is not part of Moscow’s current plan.
CNBC reported:
“Speaking at a news conference in China, Putin said that Russian forces operating in the area may be forced to create a “sanitary zone” to shore up Russia’s own security, according to Russian state news agency Ria Novosti.”
Ukrainian forces are scrambling to hold off Russia’s latest push, assembling reinforcements that are weakening other parts of the ever expanding 2-thousand mile long front-line.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said defense forces had ‘stabilized’ the situation around Kharkov, after Russian forces advanced 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) into the northeastern region.
Russia’s Defense Ministry on Friday said it had captured 12 settlements in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkov region in the last week, before adding that it “continues to advance into the depths” of the country.
[…] Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier in the day that Russian forces operating near Ukraine’s second-largest city could be forced to create a buffer zone to shore up security. Putin added that the Kremlin’s current plan was not to capture the city of Kharkov.”
Euronews reported:
“I have said publicly that if it continues we will be forced to create a security zone, a sanitary zone,” [Putin] said, “As for Kharkov, there are no such plans (to capture the city)”.”
Putin’s comments come as Russian and Ukrainian forces engage in fierce battles in the middle of of Volchansk, a key town in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkov region, just 5 kilometers from the border.
The move has piled pressure on Ukraine’s outnumbered, outgunned and outmaneuvered forces.
“Former Russian defense minister – now the head of the National Security Council – Sergei Shoigu insisted Russian troops are pushing the offensive in many directions and that ‘it’s going quite well’.
‘I hope we will keep advancing. We have certain reserves for the purpose, in personnel, equipment and munitions’, he said in televised remarks.”
Read more:
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This is awkward.
KKK-blackface Ralph Northam will headline a Biden-Harris campaign office opening in Virginia Beach on Sunday.
It is very telling that Joe Biden chose former Virginia Governor Ralph ‘blackface’ Northam to be the face of his campaign in Virginia.
Former Gov. Ralph Northam is headlining the Biden/Harris campaign office opening in Virginia Beach on Sunday
— Brandon Jarvis (@Jaaavis) May 17, 2024
Recall that in 2019, a picture from then-Democrat Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook from 1984 surfaced showing two men, one in a KKK hood and robe and one in ‘blackface’ on the same page as Northam.
Eastern Virginia Medical School allowed students to personally choose photos for their yearbook page, so Ralph Northam chose to put the racist photo of himself in the yearbook.
Although Ralph Northam admitted to being in the racist photo, he did not reveal if he was the one dressed in blackface or the KKK robe.
“With respect to the photograph on Governor Northam’s personal page, we could not conclusively determine the identity of either individual depicted in the photograph,” Officials from Eastern Virginia Medical School said in a report. “No individual that we interviewed has told us from personal knowledge that the Governor is in the Photograph, and no individual with knowledge has come forward to us to report that the Governor is in the photograph.”
As expected, Virginia Democrat leadership defended Ralph Northam’s racist yearbook photo.
However, Joe Biden called for Northam to resign in 2019.
“There is no place for racism in America. Governor Northam has lost all moral authority and should resign immediately, Justin Fairfax is the leader Virginia needs now,” Biden said in 2019.
Now Northam is the face of the Biden campaign in Virginia.
What changed, Joe?
There is no place for racism in America. Governor Northam has lost all moral authority and should resign immediately, Justin Fairfax is the leader Virginia needs now.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) February 2, 2019
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There are four conditions for statehood; Palestine arguably meets one of them.
The most widely accepted definition of a sovereign nation is found in the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States, which was adopted at the Seventh International Conference of American States in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1933. The Montevideo Convention lays out the criteria for statehood, including a defined territory, a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. These criteria are widely accepted as the basic requirements for statehood in international law.
These criteria are widely recognized as the fundamental requirements for statehood in international law. Most countries and international organizations adhere to the principles laid out in the convention. Additionally, the criteria specified in the convention are commonly used by governments, legal scholars, and international bodies to determine the statehood of entities seeking recognition as sovereign states. Therefore, the definition provided by the Montevideo Convention is broadly accepted by the international community.
UN members recently voted to recognize Palestine. According to the UN Charter, “States are admitted to membership in the United Nations by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.” However, as a member of the Security Council, the US exercised its veto power, preventing Palestine’s admission.
The United Nations (UN) does not have an official definition of statehood, as it is not explicitly defined in the UN Charter. Instead, the UN generally follows the criteria outlined in the Montevideo Convention. Additionally, the UN has three more requirements for membership.
In conclusion, Palestine is not a state. It meets possibly only one of the four criteria under the Montevideo Convention and one of the three criteria under the UN. Ultimately, the US can exercise its veto power. Pro-Palestine protestors need to read the requirements of statehood and understand that their outrage has been misguided.
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As we’ve discussed before, the culture of death continues to expand in many decadent Western cultures, and this descent into lunacy is making Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide increasingly normalized options for people who mostly seem plagued by the lack of competent healthcare.
In fact, it’s become a kind of ‘vogue’, generating stories like this: Canadian Hospital Suggests Euthanasia to Suicidal Woman Who Went There For Help.
The latest distressing story hitting the news cycle is the horrid tale of the young, physically healthy Dutch woman who decided to be euthanized over her crippling depression.
I wrote about Ms. ter Beek’s disturbing story here in TGP – read more:
It turns out that she has now been granted approval by the Dutch authorities to get help to end her life.
Officials in the Netherlands have given the final approval for young Zoraya ter Beek to die by assisted suicide.
The authorization was granted on the grounds of 'unbearable mental suffering'.
New York Post reported:
"Ter Beek first applied for assisted suicide in 2020, following battles with depression and suicidal thoughts caused by difficulties in her early childhood.
The once-aspiring psychiatrist suffers from chronic depression, anxiety, trauma, borderline personality disorder and was diagnosed with autism.
Ter Beek believed that the safe environment her partner offered would help her mentally heal, but it didn’t and she reportedly continued to have suicidal thoughts and self-harmed."
While many people are touched by her story, she did get her fair share of haters online. But ter Beek says she has thought about her decision throughout the years-long process.
“'In the three and a half years this has taken, I’ve never hesitated about my decision. I have felt guilt — I have a partner, family, friends and I’m not blind to their pain. And I’ve felt scared. But I’m absolutely determined to go through with it', she said."
The process seems legitimate from the outside: she was evaluated by a team of physicians, had a second opinion on her 'eligibility' to die, then the whole case has to be reviewed by a third independent doctor. But in the end, all these MDs were people with the mindset of the culture of death.
The young lady herself does not understand the difference between the reactions she got over it.
“People were saying: ‘Don’t do it, your life is precious.’ I know that. Others said they had a cure, like a special diet or drugs. Some told me to find Jesus or Allah, or told me I’d burn in hell. It was a total shitstorm. I couldn’t handle all the negativity.”
To say 'your life is precious' or 'Find Jesus' is hardly 'negativity' like, for example, 'you will burn in hell.' In the end, the 'positivity' Zoraya wants is people cheering her on to die. We will never do that.
She already has the Dutch state and government taking her by the hand to the great beyond.
Geert Wilders will have many other problems to tackle besides expelling illegal aliens from the Netherlands. The culture of Death has to be one of them.
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Jocelyn Wade has filed a new response against her ex-husband, Nathan Wade, following his recent attempt to avoid alimony and child support payments.
The Gateway Pundit reported that former Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade, who recently resigned from his role in the Georgia indictment against President Trump and 18 co-defendants, pleaded poverty to get out on his divorce agreement to pay alimony and child support.
Wade withdrew from the Trump lawfare RICO case after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled that he must be removed in order for Soros Funded District Attorney Fani Wills to continue her RICO case against Trump and the co-defendants.
During his time at the District Attorney’s office, after Willis improperly hired Wade to prosecute Trump while she was sleeping with him, Wade was paid more than $700,000!
It can be recalled that Soros-funded Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was subpoenaed to testify in the divorce proceedings of Nathan Wade and Joycelyn Wade. According to a court filing obtained by The Wall Street Journal, Willis was served a subpoena at her Atlanta office for her testimony.
These revelations about Willis and Wade’s secret and nefarious relationship came to light after Mike Roman, a former Trump campaign official and co-defendant in the racketeering case led by Willis, moved to accuse both Willis and Wade of misconduct. The motion, spearheaded by Roman’s attorney, Ashleigh Merchant, alleges an “improper, clandestine personal relationship” between Willis and Wade.
The motion alleges that this relationship led to financial benefits for Willis, with county records revealing that Wade has been paid nearly $654,000 in legal fees since January 2022. The motion suggests that Wade financed luxury vacations with Willis, using funds from Fulton County, to destinations such as Napa Valley and the Caribbean.
The Gateway Pundit reported last month that Joycelyn Wade filed for contempt of court, accusing him of failing to comply with financial obligations amidst her ongoing health struggles.
Court documents reveal that Nathan Wade has allegedly ceased financial assistance for their daughter’s education and living expenses and their son’s nascent soccer career in Europe.
Joycelyn Wade, who has been facing severe health issues necessitating urgent medical procedures including an endoscopy and colonoscopy, claims Nathan has abandoned her financially during this critical time.
Despite a court directive, Nathan allegedly instructed Joycelyn to pay for her medical treatments herself, with a vague promise of reimbursement at a later stage.
However, Wade claimed that he is now broke and asking for an emergency hearing to lower the amount of money he agreed to pay his ex-wife in their divorce settlement.
“With the income from [Wade’s] employment as the Special Prosecutor no longer coming in, and with income from [his] private practice being diminished, [he] is no longer able to … meet the financial obligations set forth in the temporary order,” Wade’s divorce lawyer M. Scott Kimbrough wrote in filing per New York Post.
According to the court filing, “On April 8, 2024 Plaintiff filed Plaintif’s Emergency Motion to Modify Consent Temporary Agreement and Request for Emergency Hearing. It is premised on Plaintiff’s contention that his resignation as a Special Assistant District Attorney in Fulton County in State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump, et. al constitutes a substantial change in circumstance, rendering him unable to meet his financial obligations under the parties’ Consent Temporary Agreement? on an emergent basis.”
Wade alleges that since he was booted from the Trump RICO case by #FaniWillis that he’s has a “change in circumstances”
Meaning: “I’m making less money” pic.twitter.com/MeUo3Vvd3Z
— Phil Holloway
Now, Jocelyn Wade fiercely counters Nathan Wade’s audacious bid to shirk his support obligations following his disgraceful exit from his lover’s team, Fani Willis.
Jocelyn claimed Nathan is lying, pointing out that he received two checks totaling $53,000 just three days before filing his so-called “emergency” motion to modify his support obligations.
“There appears to be no plausible explanation other than Plaintiff’s deceitfulness to justify his pursuit of emergency relief from this Court on April 8, 2024, alleging essentially insolvency when he had received Fifty-Three Thousand Dollars only three (3) days prior,” according to the court documents.
Jocelyn says Nathan is lying because she says he got two checks totalling $53,000 only 3 days prior to filing his “emergency” motion to modify his support obligation pic.twitter.com/aCadtroJyH
— Phil Holloway
Jocelyn asserts that Nathan is yet to receive all his due compensation from FaniWillis, noting both checks and related invoices to Fulton County for services rendered in October and November of 2023.
“As additional evidence of Plaintiff’s lack of candor and deceit towards this Court, both checks and corresponding invoices to Fulton County pertain to work performed in October and November of 2023. Plaintiff did not resign until March 15, 2024; thus, it is reasonable to infer that there are further outstanding payments due to Plaintiff that likely have not been disbursed as of the current date.”
Jocelyn says there is still money due to come to Nathan from #FaniWillis pic.twitter.com/3CQYxcG07t
— Phil Holloway
Jocelyn accuses Nathan of inflating her legal expenses with his baseless filings.
“Defendant has incurred additional attorney’s fees to defend against Plaintiff’s baseless motion which is completely devoid of any justiciable issue of law or fact and could not reasonable be believed that the Court would accept the same, and further lacks substantial justification, thus entitling Defendant to her reasonable attorney’s fees.”
Jocelyn says Nathan is causing her to have to run up her legal bills with frivolous filings pic.twitter.com/B4EFyXSefp
— Phil Holloway
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David DePape, the man who broke into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and beat her husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Nancy Pelosi previously urged the judge to give DePape a “very long” sentence.
In October 2022, David DePape, 43, broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco residence and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer.
When police arrived at the residence, Paul Pelosi opened the door. Shortly after that, DePape attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer and fractured his skull.
WATCH:
#EXCLUSIVE
Just released police body camera video shows moments David DePape attacked Paul Pelosi at his# San Francisco homeWARNING: VIDEO IS GRAPHIC#PaulPelosi #BREAKING@Nbcbayarea pic.twitter.com/rQZriBvOCm
— Bigad Shaban (@BigadShaban) January 27, 2023
In November, the jury found DePape guilty on “kidnapping and assault on account of a federal official’s performance of official duties,” ABC News reported.
David DePape is still facing state charges related to his attack on Paul Pelosi.
Excerpt from ABC News:
The man convicted of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and attacking her husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.
Federal prosecutors wanted DePape to serve 40 years for his conviction on charges of attempted kidnapping of a federal officer or employee and assault of an immediate family member of a federal official.
“The defendant planned a violent hostage-taking of the Speaker Emerita, and then nearly killed her husband,” prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum. “The defendant planned and unleashed violence and has stayed true to his belief that the actions were necessary.”
Federal prosecutors wanted DePape to serve 40 years for his conviction on charges of attempted kidnapping of a federal officer or employee and assault of an immediate family member of a federal official.
“The defendant planned a violent hostage-taking of the Speaker Emerita, and then nearly killed her husband,” prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum. “The defendant planned and unleashed violence and has stayed true to his belief that the actions were necessary.”
BREAKING: The man convicted of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home and attacking her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.https://t.co/4B1c9uiLbo
— ABC News (@ABC) May 17, 2024
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At least four people were killed Thursday night in Houston, Texas, as powerful storms swept through the city, causing severe flooding and extensive property damage.
Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña revealed at a news briefing that two of the four people who died were killed by falling trees, while a third died when a crane blew over.
One resident told the WHSV that the damage to the city was so severe that “it looks like a bomb went off.”
Some Houston residents also claim they saw tornadoes amid the chaotic weather. NWS Houston will work to confirm these reports in the coming days.
The downtown area of Houston was hit particularly hard, and the aftermath looked like scenes from a horror movie. One video shows people working on a top building floor, screaming and fleeing in terror as the storm shatters the glass. Large debris is also seen flying up against and possibly into the building.
WATCH:
Downtown Houston was just hit with a major tornado pic.twitter.com/3DUXOEownu
— Champagne Sloshy (@JoshyBeSloshy) May 17, 2024
Pity the people caught up in the middle of this inferno, especially in the street. One has to wonder what they were thinking.
This was the window-busting, tree-toppling storm that blasted Houston.
Mamajuana Cafe, downtown
Claudia Prats Sanchez pic.twitter.com/d3FytWIewH— Adam Krueger (@AdamKrueger) May 17, 2024
During the storms, winds gusted up to 100 miles per hour, knocking out power for almost 1 million residents.
Video of intense straight-line winds in the downtown Houston area earlier. Wind gusts of 80-100 mph was recorded across the area with nearly a million customers without power.
: Sunny Brown#txwx #weather pic.twitter.com/c4Jt7luiZT
— StormHQ ☈ (@StormHQwx) May 17, 2024
Here’s one more video of the storms in action.
Whoahh this was in downtown Houston, Texas last night. I don’t know if it’s a tornado or wind. There’s people out there too pic.twitter.com/NhvkNpqxPM
— Volcaholic (@volcaholic1) May 17, 2024
Below are photos captured on social media showing the sheer magnitude of the storms’ destruction, making downtown Houston look like the apocalypse. Note the sheer number of windows destroyed.
An ABC 13 News reporter also captured video of shattered glass from the building windows all across the street and sidewalks, making it dangerous for residents to walk safely.
Video from @lieggiji of glass covering downtown Houston from blown out windows after our powerful storm. #abc13 #Houston pic.twitter.com/hEOauXG1H4
— Pooja Lodhia (@PoojaOnTV) May 17, 2024
Several trees and power lines were also uprooted and thrown into the streets thanks to the severe weather.
There are trees and power lines down across the Houston area. A large tree crushed this car on Dowdell Road in Tomball. The other photos are from Saddlecreek Drive and T.C. Jester in the Cypresswood area. Photos from @MARK pic.twitter.com/teSHDkxSqn
— KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) May 17, 2024
The Houston Chronicle reports that restoring power to the worst-hit areas will take several days or longer.
Houston Mayor John Whitmire has warned residents to remain at home, noting the massive amount of debris and broken traffic lights.
“I can’t emphasize enough the danger of fallen trees and fallen utility wire, he said. “Downtown is a mess. It’s dangerous due to the glass and the lack of traffic lights, so stay at home.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in a statement that the state is deploying resources to the impacted area. He also thanked the the first responders for the heroic efforts to protect Houston residents.
Our hearts are with the families & loved one of those who lost their lives due to severe storms.
Texas continues to deploy resources to impacted communities.
I thank the first responders who are working tirelessly to protect their fellow Texans.
Read my full statement here: pic.twitter.com/zKScEoJcxf
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) May 17, 2024
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The bitter ladies of ABC’s The View had a complete meltdown over Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s recent commencement speech at Benedictine College, a Catholic institution.
Co-host Sara Haines put her anti-Catholic bigotry on full display, calling Butker and those who share his Catholic faith “extremists” and “cult-like.”
Haines said Butker is part of “a very extreme religion” because he attends a traditional Latin mass.
She added that a Latin mass is similar to the “cult-like and extremist like some religions in the Middle East and Asia.”
This is someone practicing what is called the traditional Latin Mass, which is divergent from the majority of Catholics and compared to being cult-like and extremist like some religions in the Middle East and Asia.
So this is a very extreme religion.
She also lectured Butker about how he doesn’t “walk with Jesus” or oppressed people:
So, what I can say to him, as a Christian, is if you’re using this to oppress people or hold them down you’re not walking with Jesus. If you are using the religion, if you’re more obsessed with the religious rituals and practices than you are with the word of Jesus, you’re not walking with Jesus. And if you’re using it for the judgment of others and as a weapon to beat people down you’re also not walking with Jesus.
Watch:
Pretend-moderate Sara Haines claims Butker is “practicing” an “extremist” and “cult-like” sect of Catholicism like “some religions in the Middle East.”
“This is a very extreme religion,” she adds “as a Christian.”
She claims he’s “not walking with Jesus” and oppressing people. pic.twitter.com/Tv8odaIMr9— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 16, 2024
Butker’s crime was suggesting some women find fulfillment in being homemakers.
“In the end— no matter how much money you attain— none of it will matter if you are alone and devoid of purpose… I can offer one controversial antidote that I believe will have a lasting impact for generations to come: GET MARRIED AND START A FAMILY.”
As The Gateway Pundit reported in April, Chris Wray’s FBI has targeted Catholic, particularly those who participate in Latin Mass
Wray’s FBI sent out a memo warning agents of the dangerous ‘radical traditionalist Catholic ideology’ that is gaining popularity in the country.
The memo was posted at UncoverDC.com by former FBI special agent Kyle Seraphin.
The FBI has singled out traditional Catholics as potential domestic terrorists.
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On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, a Brooklyn jury returned a guilty verdict in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, convicting both Qing Ming Yu (Allen Yu) and Zhe Zhang (Zack Zhang) of murder-for-hire for the shooting of Xin Chris Gu outside a KTV club on the evening of February 12, 2019, in Flushing, New York.
The jury convicted Mr. Zhang even though there was little evidence to prove that he was the driver of the white Honda Accord, which was seen on video leaving the area of the KTV club.
In fact, there was no forensic or physical evidence that put Mr. Zhang on the scene. The jury convicted based on the biased and inconsistent testimony of two cooperating witnesses: You You (the nephew of Qing Ming Yu) and David Yu, a prior violent felon.
The evidence actually showed these two witnesses had motive to commit the crime and they admitted to being near the KTV club that evening. You You testified that he was angered by Mr. Gu for humiliating his uncle, Allen Yu, by stealing his uncle’s construction clients and jeopardizing the family’s wealth.
David Yu was You You’s boyhood friend, who admitted to committing multiple violent crimes in the past, sometimes together with You You. Shockingly, You You and David Yu both admitted to engaging in armed robbery before. Before being arrested, the two robbed a private casino owner of $300,000 at gunpoint, a crime both of them admitted at trial.
You You and David Yu testified that they went to the KTV club, on February 12, 2019, to commit the murder of Mr. Gu, but got “cold feet,” and drove a mile away to do drugs instead and fell asleep.
This incredible testimony was contradicted by evidence that You You and David Yu were by the shooting. First, evidence showed that Mr. Gu called an Uber car to drive him from the club that night. The Uber driver arrived at the same time as the masked shooter and witnessed the shooting.
The Uber driver testified at trial that he saw the shooter and would never forget his eyes – “Asian eyes.” Also, evidence at trial showed that You You received a phone call from someone inside the KTV club close to the time of the shooting.
This would be the only way the shooter would know that Mr. Gu was leaving the club because the Honda, where the shooter waited prior to committing the murder, was parked in an area with an obstructed view of the door of the club and the area was poorly lit.
This trial also was marked by grave government misconduct.
Even before the trial started, the defense lawyers challenged government search warrants that contained multiple lies by the FBI agent in charge of the investigation. Defense lawyers argued that the FBI agent used false information to get the judge to issue the warrants. The agent also omitted crucial facts which made his affidavit knowingly false.
First, FBI Agent Lin included in his affidavit to the Court a shocking lie that David Yu, a government witness, had been cooperating with the FBI and gave truthful information that had been corroborated by other evidence. At the time of Lin’s affidavit, however, David Yu had only been interviewed once at the time of his arrest on a narcotics charge.
At that time, Yu denied participating in the murder of Mr. Gu and gave no information to the FBI at all. Lin made that all up in his affdavit. Also, Lin did not include in his affidavit the fact that he had another cooperating witness, Carlos Senquiz, who earlier told Lin that David Yu confessed to being the shooter of Mr. Gu. This was nowhere in Agent Lin’s affidavit to the judge in support of the search warrants.
Despite these lies and omissions, the judge upheld the lawfulness of the search warrants.
Defense lawyers for Mr. Zhang and Mr. Allen Yu filed a series of post-trial motions after the guilty verdicts. The judge just denied these motions on Monday evening.
Defense lawyers requested the Court to order the government to unseal grand jury testimony, which led to the Indictment in this case. The judge refused. Defense lawyers argued that these grand jury transcripts would show that the Indictment relied on testimony that Allen Yu allegedly promised to pay Mr. Zhang and You You largel sums of money for the murder of Gu. In fact, this is what the government was saying in pretrial submissions to the Court.
However, in the middle of trial, You You gave surprising testimony that money was never paid to him or Mr. Zhang for the murder of Mr. Gu. Instead, he changed his testimony to say that Mr. Zhang wanted to get involved in the murder-for-hire in exchange for receiving the business contacts and lists of suppliers, contractors used by Allen Yu in his Amoco business.
This was strange because Mr. Zhang was not in the construction business and testimony at trial showed Mr. Zhang was looking to legitimize his marijuana business. If the government changed its theory at trial from the one presented to the grand jury, under constitutional law, the case would have to be thrown out.
Also, the government admitted to hiding evidence from the Zhang defense team before trial. After the guilty verdicts, the government produced evidence of grand jury testimony and FBI interviews with a witness who clearly contradicted one of the government’s cooperating witnesses.
The government had one witness, Roberto Burbano, who was not involved in the murder-for-hire, who testified that he saw a Chinese male driving a white Mercedes with a black top pull over and stop and talk to Antony Abreu on the same night of Mr. Gu’s murder.
Other than David Yu and You You, who admitted to being involved in the murder, Mr. Burbano’s testimony was the only witness who identified a car the government proved was connected to Mr. Zhang and someone who looked like him together with the alleged shooter, Abreu.
However, the government never told Mr. Zhang’s defense team before or during trial that they interviewed another witness who contradicted Mr. Burbano’s account.
This witness testified before the grand jury that Burbano was not present with Abreu at the time of the alleged encounter with the man who resembled Mr. Zhang. This misconduct by the government, known as a Brady violation, should have led to a new trial for Mr. Zhang. But the judge incredibly denied the defense motion.
It seems unfair for the Government to base its conviction or Mr. Zhang and Allen Yu solely on the testimony of the perpetrators, You You and David Yu.
Mr. Zhang and Allen Yu’s sentencing hearing is scheduled before the Hon. Carol B. Amon on May 22, 2024. The law requires Judge Amon to sentence each of these men to a life sentence without parole
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Guest post by Joe Hoft at JoeHoft.com – republished with permission.
The national women’s basketball league was blessed when the best women’s basketball player in history ended her career at Iowa breaking virtually every scoring and assist records in NCAA women’s basketball history.
Her name is Caitlin Clark. She brought viewers to women’s basketball that never followed the game before. She was fantastic and fun to watch. She was a breathe of fresh air during this terrible time in our country’s history.
The great Jason Whitlock loves Caitlin Clark because she is so good.
Jason Whitlock Crowns Caitlin Clark
“Basketball is a black sport and this little white girl is dominating!!! Caitlin Clark is like the underdog
— liveXclique (@liveXclique) April 23, 2024
Whitlock also warned about the attacks Clark would receive for being white, Christian and straight. He predicted, “She’s going to walk into an extremely hostile environment.”
This is the Caitlin Clark discussion you won’t hear anywhere else. She could be the player to raise the profile of the WNBA, but she is walking into a very hostile environment for a heterosexual white girl. pic.twitter.com/2sz48jTJZs
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) February 6, 2024
The WNBA foolishly claims the reason for the increase in viewership this year is because of the outstanding players in the league.
The truth is no one watched a WNBA game for years before Caitlin Clark stepped on the court.
Clarke played in the four most-watched games in women’s NCAA basketball history. The women’s championship was watched by more viewers than the men’s game.
She is doing the same in the WNBA. Tuesday’s opener for the Indianapolis Fever was the most-watched WNBA game in ESPN history, and it was aired on ESPN2.
But unfortunately the WNBA doesn’t realize the opportunity they have or what exactly is going on.
Many Americans don’t agree with the destruction that BLM riots created across the country in 2020. They don’t want to see politics in sports. Yet, in the first game that Caitlin Clark played in the WNBA, a pre-season game, the halftime entertainment was a discussion between two WNBA players on racism. Americans don’t want that force fed to them when they tune in to watch a game!
After joining the league, Clark pushed for charter flights for the players who had been traveling commercial. She did this for the league, but the girls didn’t seem to care. Perhaps Whitlock was right?
Caitlin Clark Effect: WNBA will begin charter flights! 5 days ago, CC was asked abt flights. See her response in video. THIS is why I say ppl whining abt attention CC gets & calling WNBA racist need to grow up. EVERYONE benefits from her talent. “A rising tide lifts all boats.” pic.twitter.com/79kv4AZQGO
— Adrienne Ross (@Adrienne2012) May 8, 2024
On the first charter flight for the WNBA, Caitlin Clark noticeably sat by herself on the plane. The girls on her team and across the league were blessed with charter flights thanks to Clark.
In the video below, Clark’s teammate calls the team “gang members”.
Caitlin Clark makes her WNBA debut tonight & her team received their first charter flight ever. pic.twitter.com/XA1TEuSTMb
— Daily Athlete (@idailyathlete) May 14, 2024
The team went on to lose the first game. Clark scored 20 points but was forced to sit on the bench because of being called for four fouls that didn’t look like fouls at all. Clark, who never got in foul trouble her entire season in the NCAA, received four fouls that night!
On Thursday night, the refs called Clark for five fouls. She ended the game with only nine points. Sports fans have never seen Clark score so few points. The calls by the refs were again very questionable while the fouls against Clark appeared to be ignored. Could the refs be jealous and biased as well as the players?
This could be the case, but the person who is really sticking out for her performance is the coach Christie Sides. Why is she not allowing Clark to play the position that she played in college? Why does Clark not see the ball? Why is Clark not shooting more? Does this coach know what she is doing?
Clark’s fellow players are also to blame. The center, Alijah Boston, who won Rookie of the Year last year, looks horrible. She is slow and out of shape and is getting her shots blocked left and right from two feet away from the basket. She went 5 for 15 on Thursday within feet of the rim.
Social media is blowing up over the Indiana Fever’s loss last night to New York. Americans see that the WNBA is totally blowing it.
“Wow, they’re not letting her touch the ball…this is nuts!”
The golden goose is getting cooked.
The sweet, talented Iowa girl who helped bring in a charter flight for the entire league is being attacked from all directions. She is projected to bring in $100 million to the league this year, yet her coach isn’t giving her the ball. Her teammates and players around the league are jealous of her and resent her. The refs are calling horrible fouls against her, and the WNBA pushes racist discussions at halftime.
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After a Nashville hotel got cold feet and sought to cancel a pro-Israel event, Christian finance expert and syndicated radio host Dave Ramsey stepped in to be sure the event went on.
The Sonesta Nashville Airport hotel was scheduled to host the pro-Israel event until an anti-Israel group made noise. The group Palestine Hurra Collective Nashville claimed on Instagram that the purpose of the event was to “celebrate the death of civilians and recruit new Zionists!”
“Call relentlessly until this event is shut down!” the post urged.
The pressure worked. The hotel canceled the event.
“I think that the hotel jumped the gun and decided that they were going to just sort of dump this Israel event a week before it was going to happen, which is very unfortunate for the hotel because that’s in violation of Title II of the Civil Rights Act as well as Tennessee state law,” Hiram Sasser, executive general counsel at First Liberty Institute, said, according to Fox News.
But Ramsey, who runs Ramsey Solutions in nearby Franklin, is not among those giving in to fear.
“Dave Ramsey reached out and said, ‘You’re going to have it at my place and we’re going to take this event to a whole new level and make it 10x what it was before. All of the details have come together and the event is skyrocketing in numbers.” Joshua Waller, a host of the Israel Guys podcast said, according to The Daily Wire.
The podcast and HaYovel, a ministry that connects Christians who want to volunteer with farmers in Judea and Samaria, are among the sponsors of the event.
“Ramsey Solutions is proud to stand beside our friends from Israel by providing them a safe place to hold their event as our gift to them,” Ramsey Solutions said in a statement.
“We will move forward with this event at a different venue and show these thugs that they will not be rewarded for their unconstitutional, hateful actions,” HaYovel announced, according to the Daily Wire.
NEW: Dave Ramsey Steps In To Rescue Pro-Israel Conference After Nashville Hotel Cancels
“You’re going to have it at my place and we’re going to take this event to a whole new level”https://t.co/4vD967l8zX
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) May 16, 2024
“Now, more than ever, it is important that America stands unconditionally with Israel and that we publicly show that we cannot be intimidated by pro-Hamas thugs.”
A news release on the First Liberty website said the hotel told HaYovel, “We have received credible threats regarding the safety of your group, our guests and employees, our hotel and sister property, and to businesses in our neighborhood. Those threats were confirmed by law enforcement officials in the last 24 hours.”
The release said hotel officials said police told them the cancel the event.
Nashville police said that is not true, according to WZTV-TV.
“The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department did not advocate, in any shape or form, for the cancellation of the conference at the Sonesta Hotel. Any inference to the contrary is false. Equally false is the assertion in an on-line article that this police department voiced concerns about persons being in physical danger,” the statement said.
“In fact, members of the police department did, indeed, meet with hotel management at its request to talk about the conference. We let it be known that we were absolutely prepared to help the hotel create a safety and security plan, as we would with any of our city’s hotels, and offer additional support if needed.
“At the same time, I am aware that the Sonesta was receiving a number of external messages urging that it not host the event. In the end, the Sonesta Hotel made a corporate decision to cancel. This police department was in no way a party to that decision,” the statement said.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville sent a statement saying “Harassment and intimidation are unacceptable and have no place in our community. We have registered our concerns and are in close contact with our law enforcement partners and continue to focus with determination and vigilance on keeping our community safe.”
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Joe Biden’s DOJ/FBI is hunting down and jailing pro-life, conservative grandmas while ignoring Antifa and BLM militants and the radical Hamas supporters shutting down and terrorizing college campuses.
Under the Biden Regime, the DOJ has weaponized the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, a 1994 law that prohibits interfering with anyone obtaining or providing “reproductive health services,” as a punishment for the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
After the Supreme Court ruling, Biden formed the DOJ-led Reproductive Rights Task Force to enforce the act.
According to The Epoch Times, the FACE Act has now been used 130 times against pro-life individuals but only used three times against pro-abortion protesters.
The Gateway Pundit reported that in September 2023, Jonathan Darnel, 41, of Arlington, Virginia.; Jean Marshall, 73, of Kingston, Massachusetts; Joan Bell, 74, of Montague, New Jersey, were each convicted of a felony conspiracy against rights and a FACE Act offense.
Lauren Handy, 28, of Alexandria, Virginia; John Hinshaw, 67, of Levittown, New York; Heather Idoni, 61, of Linden, Michigan; William Goodman, 52, of Bronx, New York; and Herb Geraghty, 25, of Pittsburgh were also found guilty of conspiring to blockade access to a clinic.
Now, seven members of Congress have sent a letter to U.S. Marshals Service Director Ronald L. Davis Director and Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Colette S. Peters to address the concerning treatment of two of the activists, Marshall and Idoni.
Idoni has been held in prison since she was convicted and before sentencing. It is accurate to say she is being tortured by the Biden Regime.
Idoni spoke with LifeSiteNews and shared the abuses she alleges she has faced while incarcerated.
The Gateway Pundit reported that Idoni recently suffered a stroke after 22 days of solitary confinement in prison for sharing food with fellow prisoners.
The letter to Davis and Peters reads in part:
We are deeply concerned by reports suggesting that the U.S. Marshal Service did not provide medically necessary health care services to two prisoners in its custody: Ms. Jean Marshall, 74, and Heather Idoni, 59. On May 15, 2024, Ms. Marshall was sentenced to 15 additional months in prison, and Ms. Idoni is scheduled to be sentenced next week.
We ask Director Davis to provide a clear and comprehensive account of the care provided to Ms. Idoni and Ms. Marshall during their time in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
*****
A summary of the medical situations reported in the cases of Ms. Idoni and Ms. Marshall is provided below.
Ms. Heather Idoni
Since at least August 2023, we understand that Ms. Idoni, has been in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. We understand she is being detained at The Central Detention Facility, known as DC Jail, located at 1901 D Street, SE, in Washington DC. Ms. Idoni has stated that she is not receiving appropriate care for a serious heart condition or for her diabetes.
On May 13, 2024, LifeSiteNews reported that Ms. Idoni had suffered a stroke two weeks previously. Following the stroke, Ms. Idoni said that she “had had 3 stents placed above her heart two weeks ago and was told to take daily doses of heart medicine. However, prison officials have not given her a single dose.”
LifeSiteNews reported that Ms. Idoni has repeatedly raised this issue with jail personnel. She says a jail nurse told her, after six days, that jail records indicate she received her daily dose, so Ms. Idoni is concerned that someone at the jail is falsifying her medical records.[1] Ms. Idoni told a reporter that “she was frightened that she might die.”
Ms. Idoni is also reported to suffer from diabetes. She has said that DC Jail did not offer her diabetes medication and she has been without any prescription for her diabetes. LifeSiteNews noted that Ms. Idoni, who has been held at six other jails since her arrest in 2022, had been able to get her diabetes medication at each of the previous jails. Ms. Idoni told the reporter, “So, my blood sugar numbers are a hundred points higher than they normally should be … My numbers have been perfect at all the other jails.”
Ms. Jean Marshall
Since at least September 15, 2023, we understand that Ms. Marshall has been in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. Until her sentencing on May 15, 2024, we understand she was being detained at William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center in Alexandria, Virginia.
Ms. Marshall writes that she suffers from pain in her hip and an inability to walk. She reports that she was evaluated for osteoarthritis in both hips by Dr. Talmo of New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Ms. Marshall explains that she was scheduled for right hip surgery in October 2023 but was not allowed to keep her surgery date. She writes that, currently, “I am afraid to take an anti-inflammatory drug for pain due to the reflux, and today my right knee is stiff, preventing me from bending it, and so I just drag my right leg as I walk.” She also states that “my right leg was growing numb.”
Thank you for your attention to this urgent inquiry. We are seeking the opportunity to speak with you directly about the situations of both individuals by no later than May 17, 2024. Our staff will reach out directly to schedule that conversation.
The letter was signed by Reps. Christopher H. Smith, Andy Biggs, Harriet M. Hageman, Chip Roy, Claudia Tenney, Debbie Lesko, Andy Harris, M.D.
You can read the full letter below:
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A former high school teacher who was fired for refusing to use students’ preferred pronouns has been awarded a $360,000 settlement from the Jurupa Unified School District in California.
The lawsuit, filed in May 2023 by Advocates for Faith and Freedom, was a response to the firing of Jessica Tapia, a gym teacher who refused to follow the district’s pronoun policy back in 2022.
Tapia’s refusal was based on her Christian beliefs, which she cited as the reason for not accommodating students’ gender identities.
BREAKING: @JurupaUSD in California paid $360,000 to former teacher Jessia Tapia who was fired for refusing to use preferred pronouns.
No teacher should be unjustly fired for refusing to bow down to radical gender ideology.
Justice is served! pic.twitter.com/HxYJ1GYl4q
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 15, 2024
The San Francisco Chronicle reports:
The Jurupa Valley Unified School District agreed Tuesday to pay $285,000 to former high school gym teacher Jessica Tapia and $75,000 to her lawyers at Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative religious nonprofit. The settlement said it was not an admission of wrongdoing by district officials, but Tapia’s lawyers proclaimed a victory for religious rights.
Tapia “fought back to ensure her school district was held accountable and that no other teacher has to succumb to this type of discrimination,” said attorney Julianne Fleischer.
School district spokesperson Jacqueline Paul said the district decided to settle the case “in the best interest of the students, such that the District would be able to dedicate all of its resources and efforts to its student population regardless of their protected class.”
School officials agreed to the settlement despite regulations by the California Department of Education ordering schools to let students decide who, if anyone, should be informed of their gender identity. The state says the rules are authorized by a 2015 law requiring schools to allow transgender students to take part in all programs and to use restrooms and other facilities consistent with their gender identity.
The Gateway Pundit first reported on Tapia’s case in February 2023, when she told Fox News in an interview that the pronoun policy had forced her to decide whether to abide by the school’s immoral code or stay true to her faith.
She explained at the time:
I knew immediately, like in my gut, in my heart, in my soul, that there was a decision I had to make because, you know, these two things were totally butting heads. I essentially had to pick one. Am I going to obey the district in the directive that are not lining up with… my own beliefs, convictions and faith?
Or am I going to stay true…, choose my faith, choose to be obedient to… the way the Lord has called me to live. And so it was crazy to be in the position where I realized that I couldn’t be a Christian and a teacher.
Congratulations to Tapia and the Alliance Defending Freedom for their amazing victory.
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In a stunning reversal of the tyranny of the COVID era, North Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate has voted to ban face masks in public.
The proposal, which was voted on following an intense debate, was approved along party lines and will now head to the House for further scrutiny.
The Hill reports:
The North Carolina state Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to ban anyone from wearing masks in public, even for health reasons.
Republican supporters of the ban said it would help law enforcement crack down on protesters who wear masks. They say demonstrators are abusing COVID-19 pandemic-era practices to hide their identities following a wave of pro-Palestine protests nationwide and at North Carolina universities.
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Amid numerous legal battles, former President Donald Trump is leading Joe Biden in key battleground states that will determine November’s election, according to a fresh poll from The New York Times.
Trump is trouncing Biden in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania — five of six swing states.
Wisconsin is the lone battleground state where Biden is ahead.
The poll, conducted by the Times, Siena College, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, shows Trump leading Biden by 3 percentage points in Pennsylvania, 5 points in Michigan, points in Arizona, 10 points in Georgia, and 12 points in Nevada.
Biden is ahead of Trump by 2 points in Wisconsin.
According to the poll, Trump is slated to make “demographic breakthroughs.” Biden is still garnering more support than Trump among Black and Hispanic voters but significantly less than last cycle and his Democrat predecessors. Biden is leading Trump among Black voters 63 to 23 percent, plummeting from the 87 percent of Black voters who allegedly voted for Biden three and half years ago.
Democrats are downplaying Trump’s massive support among the traditionally Democrat voters, assuring it is just one poll that was conducted six months ahead of Election Day and is not reflective of what will happen in November.
But Biden supporters concede Biden’s dismal support in swing states is a sign the administration must immediately change course.
The New York Time polling data out of the the Sun Belt states, including Nevada and Arizona are “an absolute disaster,” warns CNN’s Harry Enten.
“It’s advantage Donald Trump, but he’s not over the 20 mark just yet,” Enten, a polling data specialist, said Monday.
The Biden regime must target “confused” constituents with new messaging, contends Democrat strategist Antjuan Seawright.
“Certainly there is a segment of the population out there, including in my community who are frustrated, some are angry, some are confused, and some of them don’t know,” Seawright said. “We have to make some adjustments in how we communicate, where we communicate, who we use to communicate, and what we communicate.”
“With the usual stipulations about polls six months out, Biden is behind,” said Jim Kessler, co-founder of the left-leaning think tank Third Way. “They need to be in a better place on the border, crime and inflation to win. They have a story to tell on each and further actions they can take, but need to get cracking.”
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The GOP-led House Oversight Committee late Thursday night passed a resolution and report recommending US Attorney General Merrick Garland be held in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over audio of Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur.
BREAKING: Our Committee Has PASSED a Resolution & Report Recommending Attorney General Garland Be Held in Contempt of Congress for Defying a Subpoena
Accountability is here.
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) May 17, 2024
The House Judiciary Committee earlier Thursday voted to hold Garland in contempt.
House Judiciary Committee votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for not providing audio tapes of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview of President Biden that were subpoenaed by the committee. pic.twitter.com/LFVBl2nx8M
— CSPAN (@cspan) May 16, 2024
House Oversight Chairman James Comer went off on Joe Biden in his opening statement Thursday evening before the Committee initiated contempt of Congress proceedings against Merrick Garland.
Comer argued that Joe Biden cannot assert executive privilege over the audio of his interview with Robert Hur because the transcript has already been publicly released.
“If the Attorney General wants to defy Congress and not produce the audio recordings, he will face consequences for those actions,” Comer said.
“The path before us is clear. I urge this Committee to move forward with holding the Attorney General in contempt,” he added.
Chairman Comer Opens Markup to Initiate Contempt of Congress Proceedings Against United States Attorney General Merrick Garland
“If the Attorney General wants to defy Congress and not produce the audio recordings, he will face consequences for those actions.
“The path before… pic.twitter.com/tUCpu7HjQ4
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) May 17, 2024
The meeting devolved into chaos after AOC and Marjorie Taylor Greene exchanged barbs.
AOC has had enough of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s outbursts pic.twitter.com/OlItyszihs
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 17, 2024
US Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday told reporters that the Justice Department does not need to comply with a congressional subpoena because the DOJ is “a fundamental institution of our democracy.”
A visibly rattled Garland made the statements during a press conference earlier Thursday to reporters after Joe Biden asserted executive privilege over the audio of his interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur.
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.
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.
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A professor from the City University of New York (CUNY) recently triggered a group of campus radicals by simply waving an American flag at them.
His conclusion after observing these incidents is that what the protesters really want is the destruction of America and he is speaking out about it.
It’s obvious to many that the current round of radical protests look an awful lot like the tactics of Antifa and Occupy Wall Street. That is not a coincidence.
Watch:
Things that were said to me by the pro-Hamas "protesters" while I flew the American flag high and proud behind their anti-America rally at Kingsborough today:
1. "Fascist Symbol!"
2. "Nazi flag!"
3. "I'll F&@ck him up!"
4. "Block it. Use our flag to block it." pic.twitter.com/1fSqOFpY7T— CUNY PROF (@CUNY_Prof) May 14, 2024
Ed Morrissey writes at Hot Air:
The Jerusalem Post picked up the story late yesterday, noting some of the reactions to Lax’s pro-American response to their protests. It’s not that they didn’t want the American flag intruding on their messaging, but that it appeared to have enraged the protesters more. According to Lax, they called it a “fascist symbol” and a “Nazi flag,” while calling for violence against Lax. After his counterprotest, activists in the Kingsborough Community College Muslim Student Association (which had organized the CUNY protest in the video) identified him and called for Lax to be targeted for protests — along with other “Zionist staff.”
Lax has a pretty clear view of the endgame for these protests and tactics. Their real goal has much less to do with Gaza and the West Bank; their targets are much closer. This is all about The Revolution here, and the throwing down of the American flag on a permanent basis:
“I’m an American, and these people hate America,” said Lax. “I want to protect my country and stand up for my country.” …
THE DEMANDS called for the expulsion of the New York Police Department from all CUNY campuses, the end of all association with the CIA and Reserve Officers’ Training Corps-ROTC, the removal of all US symbols from campus, and rename buildings after figures like Black Liberation Army convicted murderer Assata Shakur. Lastly, the activists demanded free tuition and for CUNY not to be “beholden to Zionist and imperialist private donors.”
Lax said that the demands aspired toward undermining American institutions in the campus, city, and country. The reason that the protests often blocked bridges and arteries was to destroy American infrastructure and way of life.“They want America destroyed,” said the professor.
The professor elaborates here:
I proudly waved the American flag behind the pro terror ralliers while some tried to rip it away from me and block it. One cuny professor instructed the thugs to block the American flag. Don't worry, they couldn't keep up with me. #theyhateamerica pic.twitter.com/nSwk8HXHOJ
— CUNY PROF (@CUNY_Prof) May 13, 2024
We need more people in academia to stand up and speak out like this professor.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito reportedly flew an upside-down American flag at his Alexandria, Virginia home in protest of the fraudulent 2020 presidential election.
According to detailed reports by far-left The New York Times, photographs and eyewitness accounts from neighbors confirm that Justice Alito’s home displayed the inverted flag on January 17, 2021—just days after the January 6 Capitol event and shortly before Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Justice Alito, in a statement to The New York Times, denied any personal involvement with the flying of the flag, attributing it to his wife, Martha-Ann Alito.
According to Alito, the flag was a reaction to provocative and insulting yard signs posted by neighbors, rather than a political statement.
“I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag,” Alito told the Times. “It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.”
Flying a flag upside down is traditionally recognized as a distress signal “in instances of extreme danger to life or property.” It is not inherently a political statement.
Far-left New York Times reported:
Judicial experts said in interviews that the flag was a clear violation of ethics rules, which seek to avoid even the appearance of bias, and could sow doubt about Alito’s impartiality in cases related to the election and the Capitol riot.
The mere impression of political opinion can be a problem, the ethics experts said. “It might be his spouse or someone else living in his home, but he shouldn’t have it in his yard as his message to the world,” said Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia.
This is “the equivalent of putting a ‘Stop the Steal’ sign in your yard, which is a problem if you’re deciding election-related cases,” she said.
Interviews show that the justice’s wife, Martha-Ann Alito, had been in a dispute with another family on the block over an anti-Trump sign on their lawn, but given the timing and the starkness of the symbol, neighbors interpreted the inverted flag as a political statement by the couple.
The long-standing ethics code for the lower courts, as well as the recent one adopted by the Supreme Court, stresses the need for judges to remain independent and avoid political statements or opinions on matters that could come before them.
“You always want to be proactive about the appearance of impartiality,” Jeremy Fogel, a former federal judge and the director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, said in an interview. “The best practice would be to make sure that nothing like that is in front of your house.”
The court has also repeatedly warned its own employees against public displays of partisan views, according to guidelines circulated to the staff and reviewed by the Times. Displaying signs or bumper stickers is not permitted, according to the court’s internal rule book and a 2022 memo reiterating the ban on political activity.
When did the Democrats become patriotic?
The account by far-left The New York Times and the subsequent portrayal by some judicial experts might be critiqued for demonstrating a bias against conservative figures. The focus should be on questioning why similar scrutiny or interpretation of law is not always applied uniformly across political spectrums, particularly when actions or expressions by liberal justices or public figures come into play.
It can be recalled that Justice Alito issued a harsh rebuke last year against leftist lawmakers in Congress trying to implement an ethics code for the Court.
The behavior of Supreme Court justices has been in the spotlight recently as the left has been trying to take down conservative judges Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas for alleged ethics violations.
Now, liberals in Congress are trying to mandate a SCOTUS ethics code, probably in the hope that one of the conservative justices will be caught violating it and be impeached.
Unfortunately for the left, Alito has just told them that that is just not going to happen.
“I know this is a controversial view, but I’m willing to say it,” Alito said. “No provision in the Constitution gives [Congress] the authority to regulate the Supreme Court — period.”
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Yesterday, a ‘lone wolf’ gunman attempted to assassinate the “pro-Trump” Prime Minister of Slovakia, PM Robert Fico. Fico is reportedly in critical but stable condition after five shots were fired at point-blank range. The AP cites “unconfirmed media reports” that it was a “71-year-old retiree” and “amateur poet” responsible for the attempt.
Unconfirmed reports online also suggest that the shooter was 71-year-old Juraj Cintula, a left-wing activist and a member of the “Movement Against Violence” organization. A video shared on X appears to show a beat-up Cintula giving a brief statement while in police custody.
+++UPDATE IM FALL FICO+++
Video des linken Attentäters Juraj Cintula aus der Polizeigewahrsam geleakt.
— Theresa Finn (@Theresa_Finn_) May 16, 2024
ABC News quickly published an article titled, “Who is Robert Fico, the populist Slovak prime minister wounded in a shooting?” after the events yesterday.
In it, they claim that Fico was a “member of the Community Party before the dissolution of communism” and went on to be elected to “Slovakia’s parliament in 1992 as a member of the Party of the Democratic Left.”
Fico would become the chairman of the Smer party in 1999. The Smer Party is described as “left-populist,” while noting that Fico himself has been compared to “right-wing politicians like the nationalist prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban.”
From ABC News:
Fico’s return to power caused concern among his critics that he and his party — which had long been tainted by scandal — would lead Slovakia away from its pro-Western course. He vowed to pursue a “sovereign” foreign policy, promised a tough stance against migration and non-governmental organizations, and campaigned against LGBTQ+ rights.
He earned a reputation for his tirades against journalists, and faced criminal charges in 2022 for allegedly creating a criminal group and misuse of power, but the charges were dropped by Slovakia’s prosecutor general.
While Fico is opposed to gay marriage, which is currently not recognized in Slovakia but is not against the law, the extent of his LGBTQ policy seems to focus on stopping the promotion of sexual ideology in schools, according to France24. The outlet quoted a social media post where Fico said:
“Seventy three genders? Sick. Convert 12-year-old girls to boys? Sick.” France24 even goes as far as citing actions taken by Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis.
Allegations that Fico created a “criminal group and misuse of power” that were eventually dropped sound strikingly familiar to President Trump’s RICO (a criminal group?) charges in Fulton County for challenging the results in a corrupt election (misuse of power?). Interesting.
So how does US state-run Mockingbird Media reporting on Fico vary from that of other state-run media that is less ‘friendly’ to the US and its NATO allies? Keep in mind that Slovakia is both a member of NATO and the European Union.
RT (Russia Today) released their own assessment of Fico using direct quotes from the Slovakian Prime Minister.
On the cause of and progress of the war in Ukraine, RT cited Fico as saying the following:
- “I say it loud and clear and will do so: The war in Ukraine didn’t start yesterday or last year. It began in 2014 when the Ukrainian Nazis and fascists started to murder Russian citizens in Donbass and Lugansk.”
- “Russia completely controls the occupied territories militarily, Ukraine is not capable of any meaningful military counter-offensive, [and] it has become completely dependent on financial aid from the West with unforeseeable consequences for Ukrainians in the years to come.”
In regards to funding for Ukraine, Fico is on the record stating:
- “If the strategy is to continue to pour money there, €1.5 billion per month without any result, and we have to cut our own resources? After all, we have huge problems, and public money is in a difficult state.”
- “I will support zero military aid to Ukraine… An immediate halt to military operations is the best solution we have for Ukraine. The EU should change from an arms supplier to a peacemaker.”
After several proclamations from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that Ukraine will be a part of NATO, Fico remains a fierce opponent to the idea:
- “Ukraine may say: ‘We want to join NATO.’ This will be their own decision. We are saying that we will not ratify [the documents on Ukraine’s accession to NATO] in parliament because Slovakia needs a neutral Ukraine. Slovakia’s interests will be threatened if Ukraine becomes a NATO member.”
- “I will tell him [Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal] that I am against the membership of Ukraine in NATO and that I will veto it. It would merely be a basis for World War III, nothing else.”
- “I am against the membership of Ukraine in NATO and I will veto it. If Ukraine were in NATO, some conflicts will be constantly instigated there, and once a clash happens between Russia and a NATO member state, we will have a world war.”
But perhaps the most concerning quotes from Fico leading up to the assassination attempt are the following:
Another article from RT quotes EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell saying that Russia is Europe’s “most existential threat” and that Putin will not stop at Ukraine if he succeeds:
“Today, Putin is an existential threat to all of us. If Putin succeeds in Ukraine, he will not stop there,” Borrell stated, adding that a Russian victory would undermine the security of Europe. However, “not everybody in the European Union shares this assessment,”
“Some European Council’s members say: ‘Well, no, Russia is not an existential threat. At least not for me. I consider Russia a good friend,’” Borrell said, without naming specific counties. “In a union governed by unanimity, our policies on Russia are always threatened by a single veto – one is enough.”
According to US media, Fico is a pro-Russian/anti-American Communist-turned-populist alleged criminal who plans to “take control of public media.”
However, according to Fico’s quotes cited by RT, he seems to be a Slovakia-First realist who understands the critical implications to his country, and the world, regarding a continued war between Ukraine and Russia that would eventually lead to WWIII. He is avidly against signing away Slovakia’s sovereignty to the World Health Organization in their Pandemic Treaty and has taken a firm stance against admitting Ukraine into NATO, a decision his single vote is capable of stopping.
And he was shot yesterday by an alleged ‘lone wolf’ gunman who supports progressive, pro-Ukraine ideologies.
But he survived.
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Last July, after more than 1,000 days of incarceration without a trial at that time, J6er Jake Lang launched a new platform called Blessed News. The Gateway Pundit highlighted the outlet and has often highlighted Lang’s struggles, including his most recent interview after 1,200 days incarcerated without a “speedy trial.”
Now, each and every Wednesday night at 8 pm EST, The Gateway Pundit is live-streaming an episode of Inside J6. Each episode includes a brief recap of recent news regarding the DC protest, including those most recently released and, unfortunately, recently incarcerated.
Past guests have included Cowboys for Trump’s Couy Griffin, recently convicted Praying Grandma, and a Vietnamese migrant who just wanted to spend some time with her son on a road trip.
In this weeks episode, we cover J6 Political Prisoner Marc Bru’s stories about the mistreatment of fellow inmates, USCP crybaby Harry Dunn’s congressional flop despite major Establishment Dem endorsements, an interesting take on Jack Smith’s violation of the same law J6ers are serving years in-prison for, and an Epoch Times article detailing the exorbitant number of new J6 political prisoners in comparison to the last two years, and more!
Ethan Nordean got 18 years for shaking a fence on Jan 6 and walking thru an open door with Capitol police standing by https://t.co/dM3AJ8ZBCk
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 15, 2024
Each episode includes an exclusive interview with a J6er. However, this week’s show had a last-minute cancellation as we were going live. So instead, you get to hear my personal J6 story and how I ended up fighting for free and fair elections, our J6ers, and America First policy. Enjoy!
(For ad-free viewing and to push back against the tyrannical censorship on platforms such as YouTube and Meta, download the Rumble app in your phone’s app store)
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has finally admitted to funding gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the ground zero for the COVID-19 pandemic.
This admission directly contradicts previous statements made under oath by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
During the session led by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) pressed on whether NIH had funded gain-of-function research—a practice that involves making viruses more infectious to study their potential impact. The response from the Principal Deputy Director of the NIH, Lawrence Tabak, was revelatory.
Lawrence Tabak was named the Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from December 20, 2021, to November 8, 2023. He took over for Dr. Francis Collins, who has been in the post for over a decade. Dr. Tabak has served as the Principal Deputy Director and the Deputy Ethics Counselor of NIH since August 2010.
“It depends on your definition of gain-of-function research,” Tabak said, before conceding, “If you’re speaking about the generic term, yes, we did.”
The National Institutes of Health admits to funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China@RepDLesko: “Did NIH fund gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology through EcoHealth?”
Dr. Tabak: “If you’re speaking about the generic term, yes, we did” pic.twitter.com/CnbFx2TUzQ
— Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (@COVIDSelect) May 16, 2024
This confession comes after years of denials from senior health officials, including Tabak and Fauci himself, about their involvement in such controversial experiments.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and chief medical advisor to the president, has consistently denied these allegations under oath.
In a 2021 Senate hearing, Fauci clashed with Senator Rand Paul over Fauci’s involvement in funding the Wuhan lab’s gain-of-function research that led to COVID-19.
“For years, Dr. Ralph Baric, a virologist in the U.S., has been collaborating with Dr. Shi Zhengli from the Wuhan Virology Institute, sharing his discoveries about how to create superviruses,” Senator Paul said per Swarajya.
“This gain-of-function research has been funded by the NIH. … Dr. Fauci, do you still support funding of the NIH lab in Wuhan?”
“With all due respect, you are entirely and completely incorrect. The NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.” Dr. Fauci responded.
“I do not have any accounting of what the Chinese may have done and I am fully in favor of any further investigation of what went on in China,” Dr. Fauci said. “However, I will repeat, the NIH…categorically has not funded gain of function research to be conducted in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.”
.@RandPaul: “Dr. Fauci, do you still support…NIH funding of the lab in Wuhan?”
Dr. Anthony Fauci: “Senator Paul, with all due respect, you are entirely and completely incorrect…”
Full video: https://t.co/ILTKlTSQdC pic.twitter.com/t0HxwsWXmm
— CSPAN (@cspan) May 11, 2021
Last August 2023, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) submitted an “official criminal referral” to the Department of Justice (DOJ), accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, of committing perjury—a felony.
The accusation centers around an email from February 2020, in which Dr. Fauci detailed a call with British medical researcher Jeremy Farrar, then-director of the Wellcome Trust.
The email, recently unredacted and shared by RealClearPolitics White House reporter Philip Wegmann, reveals a discussion among “highly credible” scientists, including Francis Collins, former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, concerning mutations in the novel coronavirus (nCoV).
These researchers “were concerned about the fact that upon viewing the sequences of several isolates of the nCov there were mutations in the virus that would be most unusual to have evolved naturally in the bats and that there was a suspicion that this mutation was intentionally inserted,” Fauci wrote on the email.
The email further highlights concerns over Wuhan University scientists’ work on gain-of-function experiments, a type of research aimed at understanding how bat viruses adapt to human infection. The concerns were further accentuated by the fact that the outbreak of COVID-19 originated in Wuhan.
“The suspicion was heightened by the fact that scientists in Wuhan University are known to have been working on gain-of-function experiments to determine the molecular mechanisms associated with bat viruses adapting to human infection, and the outbreak originated in Wuhan,” Fauci added.
“This directly contradicts everything he said in committee hearing to me, denying absolutely that they funded any gain of function, and it’s absolutely a lie. That’s why I sent an official criminal referral to the DOJ,” Sen. Paul wrote.
This directly contradicts everything he said in committee hearing to me, denying absolutely that they funded any gain of function, and it’s absolutely a lie. That’s why I sent an official criminal referral to the DOJ. https://t.co/Y191SmMiIr
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 29, 2023
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Sgt Daniel Perry
Feel good story of the day.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R) on Thursday pardoned Sgt. Daniel Perry following a unanimous recommendation by the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Sg. Daniel Perry was facing 5 to 99 years in prison for shooting a BLM-Antifa protester in self-defense in 2020 after a Soros DA went after him.
Abbott and Texas AG Ken Paxton ripped the Soros DA in statements on Thursday.
“Texas has one of the strongest ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney,” Abbott said in a statement announcing Perry’s pardon.
My statement regarding the pardon of Sgt. Daniel Perry. pic.twitter.com/t7UMWdeOV2
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) May 16, 2024
Ken Paxton blasted the Travis County DA.
“Americans across the country have been watching this case in Texas and praying for justice after BLM riots terrorized the nation in 2020. Our right to self-defense is enshrined in the Constitution. Soros-backed prosecutors like Jose Garza do not get to pick and choose the rights we have as Americans, and I am relieved that justice has prevailed,”
Governor Abbott has just pardoned Sergeant Daniel Perry after a unanimous recommendation by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Americans across the country have been watching this case in Texas and praying for justice after BLM riots terrorized the nation in 2020. Our right…
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) May 16, 2024
Sgt. Daniel Perry was found guilty of murder last year after Soros-backed Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza sought murder charges for an act of self-defense during the 2020 George Floyd riots.
Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza
According to David Fugitt the lead detective on the case, District Attorney Joze Garza and his office had him remove 100 pages of exculpatory evidence. The DA’s office had him shorten his presentation from 158 slides to 56 slides.
Fugitt added that this was likely criminal behavior.
Daniel Perry, an army soldier who shot and killed an armed BLM-Antifa protester in Austin in July 2020 was indicted on a murder charge in 2021.
Perry’s lawyer, Clint Broden, argued his client, who was driving Uber when rioters mobbed his car, was acting in self-defense after the BLM activist, Garrett Foster pointed a gun at him.
“It is important to note that the standard of proof required for an indictment is significantly less than the standard of proof required for a conviction,” Perry’s lawyer said in a statement.
Shortly before he was shot dead, Garrett Foster was seen on video explaining he brought an AK-47 to deal with the “pussies” who oppose him.
WATCH:
Assault-weapon-wielding #GarrettFoster who was shot in Austin, last night, explaining why he had an AK-47 to deal with "p—ies" who oppose him. #austinprotests pic.twitter.com/3OaZqHoray
— Antifa Stats (@antifastats) July 26, 2020
A still frame from footage of the incident appears to show Garrett Foster in a posture that looks like he was pointing a weapon at the driver.
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As the 2024 election nears and the destruction Joe Biden is visiting on the country gets worse, some who may have felt they were NeverTrumpers are now finding themselves becoming Never Bidens instead.
The first ripple in this wave of Never Bidens is of Joe Biden’s own doing, according to Eli Lake of The Free Press.
Many who may have found their way clear to vote for Biden are now reconsidering their support in the wake of his sudden turn against helping Israel in its fight against Hamas.
Last week, news broke that Biden was working quietly to prevent the shipment of planned aid and weapons that had already been approved for the Jewish nation.
With this hanging over him, many otherwise NeverTrumpers and erstwhile Biden supporters are turning against him. As Lake noted, some of these virulent NeverTrumpers are now seeing Biden as the bigger threat to both America and Israel.
Former Nikki Haley supporter Cliff Asness, the co-founder of AQR Capital Management, told the paper that things have changed. “My ‘Never Again’ is trumping my ‘Never Trump’ these days,” he said.
“Biden is a huge disappointment, really a moral outrage with this arms embargo being only the latest and greatest outrage,” he continued.
“Despite my long opposition to him, this makes me more likely, though I haven’t quite gotten there yet, to see Trump as the better of two bad alternatives.”
Democratic supporters are also turning against Biden. Democrat and hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, jumped to X to blast Biden’s recent CNN interview, saying, it was “crazy,” and adding, “This is one of the worst acts against an ally of a sitting president ever. Hopefully, this means he won’t be sitting for much longer.”
Crazy. This is one of the worst acts against an ally of a sitting president ever. Hopefully, this means he won’t be sitting for much longer. https://t.co/PFQXpNwjpn
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) May 9, 2024
Ackman donated cash to the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Al Gore, but Lake noted that Ackman recently reposted a message from Donald Trump, who was blasting Biden as “crooked” for helping Hamas instead of Israel. The fact that Ackman would repost anything written by Trump is notable.
Michael Granoff, a managing partner of venture capital firm Maniv, told the Free Press that he voted for Biden in 2020, but the president’s anti-Israel policies are forcing him to reconsider. “I am not voting for Biden. I’m not saying I’m voting for Trump, but it’s a nonzero chance now,” he said.
Even as far back as October, NeverTrump leader Bill Kristol noted how alarmed he was over the enthusiasm gap between the popular Trump and the floundering Biden, Breitbart News reported.
Lake quoted several other high-profile Democrats and Republican NeverTrumpers, but Lake is not the only one noting that Biden is in deep trouble only six months ahead of the election. The Washington Examiner’s Byron York noted that as things stand today, Biden’s campaign is “dead in the water.”
York added that the campaign is already entering into the stage where voters are hardening their feelings on the candidates — “particularly with respect to the economy” — and with polls still showing that Biden is in trouble on so many metrics, it is less and less likely that he will be able to regain their confidence in him.
Donald Trump should keep his nose to the grindstone on the issues that are cleaving Biden’s voters away from him. He should focus on Israel, the economy, and illegal immigration — all areas where the president is extremely vulnerable. Forget the personal vendettas for now. Stay laser focused on these issues, and he will both continue to pull voters away from Biden and maintain his own base.
If Trump can keep the campaign discipline he has shown so far, we might just be able to see him make a triumphant return to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) on Thursday told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo that his Committee found new Biden family bank accounts.
Comer said the Biden family has dozens of bank accounts and dozens of LLCs without any legitimate business.
James Comer told Maria Bartiromo that he issued a subpoena for targeted financial information from a “certain financial institution” related to Jim Biden, Sara Biden and Hunter Biden.
WATCH:
We believe we have found new Biden Family bank accounts: Rep. James Comer pic.twitter.com/CW93p51gRM
— Mornings with Maria (@MorningsMaria) May 16, 2024
House Republicans previously announced they reviewed 170 suspicious activity reports linked to the Biden Crime Family.
Last year Comer identified the NINE Bidens who are implicated in the corruption.
“Bank records show the Biden family, their associates, and their companies received over $10 million from foreign nationals and their companies,” Comer said.
“Joe Biden’s son. Joe Biden’s brother. Joe Biden’s brother’s wife. Hunter Biden’s girlfriend/Beau Biden’s widow, Hunter Biden’s ex-wife. Hunter Biden’s current wife. And 3 children of the president’s son and the president’s brother. So we’re talking about grandchildren – a grandchild. That’s odd. Most people that work hard every day a grandchild doesn’t get a wire from a foreign national,” Comer said.
1. Hunter Biden
2. James Biden
3. Sara Biden
4. Hallie Biden
5. Kathleen Biden
6. Melissa Biden
7. Niece/nephew
8. Niece/nephew
9. Grandchild
Comer also recently uncovered a $200,000 direct payment to Joe Biden after he received James and Hunter’s subpoenaed documents.
In 2018, Jim Biden received $600,000 in ‘loans’ from Americore Health LLC, a failing/bankrupt rural hospital operator. According to bankruptcy documents, Jim Biden received the loans “based upon representations that his last name Biden could open doors and that he could obtain a large investment from the Middle East based on his political connections.”
On March 1, 2018, Americore Health LLC wired a $200,000 payment to Jim and Sara Biden’s personal bank account. On that very same day, Jim Biden then wrote a $200,000 check to Joe Biden, AKA, “The Big Guy.”
Additionally, Comer revealed Joe Biden received $40,000 of Hunter Biden’s laundered China money.
Here’s how it went down:
On August 8, 2017, Northern International Capital, a Chinese firm affiliated with CEFC, transferred $5 million to Hudson West III. This venture was co-established by Hunter Biden and Gongwen Dong, an associate of CEFC. On the same day, Hudson West III transferred $400,000 to Owasco, P.C., an entity owned by Hunter. Within a span of a few weeks, a series of transfers took place, culminating in Sara Biden, sister-in-law to the President, writing a $40,000 check to Joe Biden, labeled as a “loan repayment.”
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The walls are finally closing in on corrupt Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined the investigation into Lina Hidalgo’s $11 million no-bid contract.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg (D) transferred the case to Ken Paxton’s office so it didn’t ‘fall through the cracks’ when she leaves office next year.
KHOU 11 reported:
Lawyers from the Texas Attorney General’s Office will have six months to become familiar with a case involving three ex-staffers of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo accused of steering a contract toward a vendor. That timeline was set by Harris County Judge Hazel Jones.
Attorneys from the AG Ken Paxton’s office told Jones they need time to review the material in the case.
“We just got on the case, we need to catch up to speed,” one attorney said.
Hidalgo’s office is embroiled in a bid-rigging scandal.
Lina Hidalgo’s top three staffers were indicted in April 2022 after prosecutors expanded the investigation into an $11 million ‘vaccine outreach contract’ awarded to one of the judge’s political cronies.
While Hidalgo was threatening to jail and fine people for violating her Covid rules, she was secretly trying to award one of her political cronies, Felicity Pereyra, who founded Elevate Strategies, an $11 million ‘vaccine outreach’ contract.
Hidalgo ultimately panicked and canceled the $11 million vaccine contract after questions were raised that it was with a one-person firm with no experience.
Hidalgo’s Chief of Staff Alex Triantaphyllis and Policy Director Wallis Nader along with co-defendant Aaron Dunn were charged with misuse of official information and tampering with government documents in connection with the canceled vaccine outreach contract.
Aaron Dunn, Alex Triantaphyllis, Wallis Nader
Lina Hidalgo and Kim Ogg previously got into a public feud.
Hidalgo trashed DA Kim Ogg in a press conference last year after she accused her of threatening her reelection by floating a possible indictment.
WATCH:
The DA has an agenda, and that agenda is not justice–it’s political. This isn’t the first time she pursues a political vendetta under the guise of a criminal investigation. pic.twitter.com/KBJOvbVfh2
— Lina Hidalgo (@LinaHidalgoTX) May 17, 2022
Lina Hidalgo checked herself into a treatment facility for clinical depression last summer.
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FOX News radio host and comedian Jimmy Faila released a must see video on Joe Biden’s presidency titled “Keep Falling.”
The video is credited to “Joe Biden and the Alzheimers” band and produced by “C’Mon Man Records” exposes the Socialist-Democrats attempting to push this failed candidate who can’t find his way off a stage and can’t finish a sentence for US president.
The left may attempt to steal another election with this confused serial liar but the American public will no longer be fooled or threatened into silence.
Let the mockery of this bonehead begin!
Here are the lyrics.
He’s an old guy,
has dementia,
can’t lead us.
And the country is screwed.Tells some big lies,
barely speaks English,
sniffs children,
and their mom’s hair, too,goes the wrong way.
When he leaves his speeches,
gets lost each day.
In the White House yard,all the Dems say
that we should reelect him.
How can he win?
When walking is hard?And Joe Keeps, (keeps falling yeah he keeps falling)
Keeps falling (keeps falling yeah he keeps falling)
And Joe keeps (keeps falling yeah he keeps falling)
Keeps falling (keeps falling yeah he keeps falling)(Music fades)
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As the Department of Defense continues to ignore the plight of many service members injured in the line of duty, the House Armed Services Committee shamefully ignores repeated calls for accountability and compliance with federal law.
The Gateway Pundit spoke to Major (ret.) Jeremy “Weed” Sorenson, a former F-16 and A-10 fighter pilot who was deployed to combat on multiple occasions throughout his career. Today, Sorenson serves as Director of Guard and Reserve Affairs for Uniformed Services Justice & Advocacy Group (USJAG).
He shared that a whistleblower complaint was received on January 31, 2023, by the House of Representatives Committee on Government Oversight and Accountability regarding “widespread, systemic mistreatment of injured U.S. military Service Members.” Extensive information and evidence of widespread misconduct was provided to the author.
After reviewing the documentation, it was confirmed that the complaint identified specific widespread violations of law and regulations against service members, primarily the intentional denial of military pay, medical care, and disability benefits for service members who are injured in the line of duty (LOD).
Allegations included the following:
Additionally, allegations were made that a key National Guard Bureau (NGB) official involved in unlawfully denying benefits, was simultaneously serving on active duty while also employed as a Department of Defense (DOD) contractor.
Sorenson said the Oversight Committee did not address the complaint but referred it to the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) in April 2023. “On April 24, 2023,” he said, “[A HASC staffer] reached out to the whistleblower for information, and the whistleblower learned that the Oversight Committee had failed to forward any information on the complaint to the HASC.”
After the whistleblower provided HASC “extensive information on the widespread misconduct and unlawful activity within the DOD,” Sorenson pointed out, “five more whistleblowers also came forward and provided extensive personal information and compounding evidence to HASC.”
Six months later, he noted the whistleblowers had not been called by any HASC official or staffer. “They never even spoke with the five whistleblowers,” he added. During this time, the Chairman of the HASC Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) was also contacted multiple times, but the calls for help were ignored.
On December 1, 2023, Sorenson said, HASC staff informed three of the whistleblowers that the matters were “outside of our jurisdiction” and closed their complaints despite HASC leadership being provided specific details and evidence of alleged misconduct.
Due to the lack of attention by the staffers, HASC and Senate Committee on Armed Services (SASC) chairmen and ranking members were contacted by USJAG on December 1, 2023. One week later, USJAG received a response from a HASC research assistant. She said, “The Committee…will consider the individual cases closed.”
Another HASC staffer then followed up to state: “I wanted to foot stomp some of the points…Specifically, that we reviewed and analyzed each individual case that was brought before us, found that there was no systemic link between the cases, and therefore was not in HASC jurisdictions…”
For the USJAG Director of Guard and Reserve Affairs, White’s tone was clear. “HASC didn’t care and blatantly refused to address the matter any further,” he explained.
And according to Sorenson, “It was clear the HASC had not thoroughly investigated the matter, but had instead just provided the ultimate congressional cover-up for the DOD’s misconduct.” Interestingly, he disclosed that “at the same time HASC was finalizing their cover-up, the Inspector General (IG) of the U.S. Air Force, Lt. Gen. Stephen Davis, directed SAF/IGS (the senior investigative element in the USAF) to conduct a major inquiry into the numerous allegations of systemic misconduct.”
“More than a dozen whistleblowers came forward, and the IG inquiry now has the direct attention of the senior leadership of the USAF and DOD,” Sorenson said, adding that “except for Lt. Gen Davis, however, the senior leadership of the U.S. Air Force and National Guard have refused to respond to any communications from individual service members and advocates. “It is clear the Air Force and National Guard leadership’s only goal is to cover up the egregious, systemic misconduct within their ranks,” according to Sorenson.
Six months after the HASC closed all of the complaints, on May 5, 2024, HASC staffers sent additional closure letters to five of the six original whistleblowers, tacitly admitting they had previously provided false information about thoroughly investigating and finding “no systemic link between the cases.” Interestingly, they are now stating, “We are actively seeking, through legislative means, a way to increase transparency and efficiency surrounding this area.”
“Unfortunately, it appears that NGB and DOD leadership had misled HASC, and as a result, HASC ignored the matter,” according to Sorenson. “But HASC should and does know better,” he argued. “Just like the DOD IG, it appears HASC is just another fox watching the henhouse, an organization that selectively disregards their oversight responsibilities.”
In response to an inquiry from the author, a HASC spokesperson said:
The House Armed Services Committee worked closely with individuals who sought help from the Committee with challenges they were experiencing with the National Guard. While assisting these individuals, the Committee identified extreme delays in military records processing. As the Committee looked closer at the issue, the Committee found that the office within the National Guard Bureau that handles FOIA requests is understaffed, resulting in extended wait times to fulfill FOIA requests. To address the issues the committee found and restore public confidence in the National Guard Bureau’s FOIA process, the FY25 NDAA will require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the staffing needs of the National Guard Bureau to administer its responsibilities related to FOIA requests so that Congress can address these issues in the near future. In addition, the committee staff informed impacted individuals of their options to appeal, as well as encouraged them to engage with their congressional representatives.
To that, Sorenson argued that the HASC response is “a bold face lie and simply more deflection away from the actual complaints brought forward.” He noted, “The HASC didn’t even speak to the whistleblowers, let alone work closely with them.” For this reason, he said, “This misleading response addresses FOIA, not the actual complaints of mistreated injured service members and the rampant violations of law.” He called it “disgusting, but not surprising.”
For Nic Gray, USJAG CEO and Army veteran, “This is all another example of politicians doing just enough to make it look like they care about a problem.” According to him, “It’s a stall tactic, buying them time and finding a way to bury the problem rather than addressing and solving it.” He considers HASC and SASC to be “compromised,” explaining, “they don’t want to bite the hand that feeds them, aka defense contractors.” He proposed, “Follow the money and you’ll find the motive.”
USJAG continues to represent many injured service members, like Army Master Sergeant James Buckley, for example, who was abandoned by the Air Force after being injured in the line of duty.
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Guest post by Jenn Baker, CondemnedUSA
Enrique Tarrio, Proud Boys Leader and January 6th Political Hostage, is serving a 22-year sentence for NOT being in Washington DC, and yet, being one of the “masterminds” of that day. While being imprisoned in Kentucky, Tarrio has vowed to make the most of the time that he is being forced to endure.
While incarcerated, prisoners are given an opportunity to work. They have several programs that are offered in the various facilities. At FCI Manchester, where Tarrio is serving his time, they offer a program that allows inmates to train and bord dogs. The dogs are trained initially to become service dogs. Some of them don’t make it as a service dog, however, they continue to train so they can be adopted by a good home.
Tarrio became involved with this program and received his first dog named Blue. Blue is an Australian Shepherd/ Poodle mix. He is black and white with steel blue eyes, big paws, and A LOT of energy. The dogs do everything with their trainer.
Blue would be with Tarrio 24/7, sleeping in a kennel next to each other within a locked cell.
The day came when it was time for Blue to start getting ready for adoption. Tarrio reached out to CondemnedUSA asking for help in finding Blue a wonderful forever home, and they answered his call and found the perfect family.
We found Jimmy and Amy of Texas, and they were ecstatic at the possibility of adopting Blue. These two Patriots recently lost one of their beloved dogs to cancer and didn’t need to be asked twice. Last weekend, Jimmy and Amy hopped in their RV and headed to Kentucky to pick up the newest addition to their family.
Pawsibilities Unleashed , out of Frankfort Kentucky, is the organization that makes this program possible. They provided Blue’s new owners with all the necessary medical and training paperwork. There are fees that go along with the adoption which can vary depending on the program and medical needs of the individual dog.
Once they arrived in Kentucky, Jimmy and Amy met Blue and fell in love with him instantly. Although they did not get to meet with Tarrio, he made sure they received his personal daily journal, which he kept while training Blue. Here are a few excerpts:
On the trip home to Texas, Jimmy and Amy took note of Enrique’s journal and continued with the training Blue had received from him. At first, Blue was nervous and anxious, as the ride in the RV seemed to be overwhelming. His newly found freedom was full of smells, sights, and feelings this puppy had never experienced before. He wanted to stay next to Jimmy while the RV was moving and kept trying to lay by his feet, which was not ideal since Jimmy was driving. It is noteworthy that at only five months old, Blue had spent over a month with all men, and it seems he was very comfortable with the male energy Jimmy was giving off.
Amy took Blue out for walks, training, and to use the bathroom while traveling. After a good day on the road, Blue finally got comfortable in the RV just in time for the last part of the trip.
Once home, Amy and Jimmy introduced Blue to their other two dogs, and it was not easy at first. When Amy checked in after three days of Blue being in his new home, it was nothing but praise and happiness. Blue and the other dogs have adapted to each other and are playing, sleeping, and eating together. There is more life and pep in the two older dogs, who seemed melancholy since the passing of their “brother.”
This is a new chapter for Amy and Jimmy’s family. They have a wonderful new puppy, and it was all due to a small but meaningful program that has made a difference in so many lives.
Tarrio will, hopefully soon, have another dog to train and be able to send that one off to find an amazing forever home, as he did with Blue. He has spoken with Amy since they returned to Texas and is checking on Blue’s training. He couldn’t be happier that Blue is adapting to his new family and surroundings.
CondemnedUSA will continue to help with the little things, as well as the big, for the J6 Political Hostages. They will be there to answer the call. Tarrio knew he could trust CondemnedUSA to give Blue his forever home and knew he would see Blue again because he called them first.
For more information or to donate to CondemnedUSA for their efforts, please visit their website here.
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The Democratic Senator for New Jersey, Bob Menendez, attempted to shift blame onto his wife during opening statements at his ongoing corruption trial.
Menendez went on trial for corruption this week and is facing 18 criminal counts, including bribery, extortion, wire fraud, obstruction of justice, and acting as a foreign agent.
His lawyer, Avi Weitzman, told the jury that his wife Nadine had “kept him in the dark” about financial matters and that they led separate lives.
“Let me say this about Nadine: Nadine had financial concerns that she kept from Bob,” he said. “The government’s allegations that the senator sold his office and his loyalty to this country are outrageously false. Bob was doing his job, and he was doing it right.”
Day 4: Menendez Trial -Manhattan Federal Court
-Gold bars and who they belonged to were the hot topic of Wednesday opening arguments.The defense says they were Nadine’s, locked in HER CLOSET in the couple’s home and Bob didn’t know anything about them. @News12NJ pic.twitter.com/d41d385kcH
— Chris Keating (@ChrisKeatingNJ) May 16, 2024
However, prosecutor Lara Pomerantz accused Menendez of putting “his power up for sale” and using his wife as a middleman in his trade of political influence for money, gold bars, and other valuables.
“For years he betrayed the people he was supposed to serve by taking bribes,” she said. “This was not politics as usual. This was politics for profit. This was a United States senator on the take.”
Senator Bob Menendez reportedly may blame alleged crimes on his wife in his corruption trial.
Menendez has been accused of accepting bribes.
Before the indictment, we caught him selling up to $400K worth of solid gold bars. pic.twitter.com/bT2x13HfHI
— Quiver Quantitative (@QuiverQuant) April 17, 2024
Investigators who executed a warrant at his home in September found over $480,000 in cash stuffed in items of clothing, as well as 13 gold bars worth over $100,000. Agents also uncovered other lavish gifts, including a Mercedes-Benz and various home furnishings.
Prosecutors argue that these discovered items were given in return for acting on behalf of the Egyptian government. They also allege that he accepted bribes from the Gulf state of Qatar.
Menendez is standing trial alongside Fred Daibes, a New Jersey real estate developer accused of delivering the gold and cash to the senator, and businessman Wael Hana, who is accused of facilitating a deal between Menendez and Egypt.
Both have also entered not guilty pleas.
The trial continues.
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President Donald Trump is back in court today for Alvin Bragg’s show trial in New York City.
The prosecution has yet to define the alleged criminal act that President Trump committed.
Former Trump Attorney and serial liar Michael Cohen will be grilled by the defense today after his questionable testimony earlier this week.
The Gateway Pundit contributor Paul Ingrassia is attending the ongoing show trial today in New York City today.
Paul is pictured here outside of the court room today with Andrew Giuliani before the show trial this morning.
Paul Ingrassia: is in line before the New York City Show Trial this morning.
New York City Show Trial early morning overflow line. @AndrewHGiuliani @PauIngrassia @davezere pic.twitter.com/I14LmlDcNz
— Kasondra Watkins (@KasondraWatkins) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: BREAKING: Matt Gaetz and other members of Congress expected to join President Trump in the courthouse today.
Follow me on X for live updates from inside the courtroom!
Trump motorcade currently on its way to the courtroom. The lines outside the courthouse today were the longest they have been at any point during this trial, as the press and public anticipate seeing continuation of Michael Cohen’s cross examination today by Trump attorney Todd Blanche.
Trump motorcade currently on its way to the courtroom.
The lines outside the courthouse today were the longest they have been at any point during this trial, as the press and public anticipate seeing continuation of Michael Cohen’s cross examination today by Trump attorney Todd…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: BREAKING: @laurenboebert also spotted in the courthouse today for President Trump’s trial.
BREAKING: @laurenboebert also spotted in the courthouse today for President Trump’s trial.
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Matthew Colangelo, former #3 at the DOJ, was assigned by Biden to work in Bragg’s office specifically to work on this prosecution against Trump. They like to refer to Bragg as a “rogue” D.A., but his actions are revealing: he is marching to the beat of the drum of Merrick Garland and Joe Biden — and the Colangelo contact makes that explicit. Any other criminal proceeding with these kinds of conflicts and prejudice would’ve resulted in a mistrial.
Matthew Colangelo, former #3 at the DOJ, was assigned by Biden to work in Bragg’s office specifically to work on this prosecution against Trump.
They like to refer to Bragg as a “rogue” D.A., but his actions are revealing: he is marching to the beat of the drum of Merrick… https://t.co/l6yuLW1JdO
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Judge Merchan continues to disrespect the office of the President by referring to the defendant as “Mr. Trump.”
Judge Merchan continues to disrespect the office of the President by referring to the defendant as “Mr. Trump.”
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: There has been a long gap before the commencement of the day’s proceedings. Judge Merchan was deliberating with counsel for both parties and jurors for about forty five minutes. Merchan just announced that court might be in session next Wednesday, indicating that this trial will likely drag on for quite some time.
There has been a long gap before the commencement of the day’s proceedings. Judge Merchan was deliberating with counsel for both parties and jurors for about forty five minutes. Merchan just announced that court might be in session next Wednesday, indicating that this trial will…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche, in cross-examination, asking Cohen about text messages exchanged between him and Detective Rosenberg. Prosecutors objected to some of the inquiries. There is a long pause and further delay now in the proceeding.
Blanche, in cross-examination, asking Cohen about text messages exchanged between him and Detective Rosenberg. Prosecutors objected to some of the inquiries. There is a long pause and further delay now in the proceeding.
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Anecdotally, Merchan noticeably allows more objections from Prosecution of Blanche’s cross-examination. Merchan overruled basically every single objection by the Trump Defense during the questioning of witnesses Pecker, Hicks, and Daniels.
Anecdotally, Merchan noticeably allows more objections from Prosecution of Blanche’s cross-examination. Merchan overruled basically every single objection by the Trump Defense during the questioning of witnesses Pecker, Hicks, and Daniels.
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche pressing Cohen right now if he knew about President Trump’s indictment before publication by the NY Times. Cohen claims he learned about it through an article published by the NY Times. Blanche attempting to pin down in Cohen’s testimony whether he had prior notice via Det. Rosenberg, or only found out through the NY Times. Cohen claims he only found out through NY Times.
Blanche pressing Cohen right now if he knew about President Trump’s indictment before publication by the NY Times. Cohen claims he learned about it through an article published by the NY Times. Blanche attempting to pin down in Cohen’s testimony whether he had prior notice via…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Cohen being questioned about his CNN appearance and other television appearances he made with Joy Reid while indictment was still under seal. At the time, Cohen was being told by Manhattan D.A.’s office not to appear on television. Cohen appeared on his “Mea Culpa podcast,” on March 30, 2023, wherein he discussed the indictment. Cohen testified that he did. Blanche trying to get Cohen to admit that he had knowledge of the indictment before publication by the NY Times.
Cohen being questioned about his CNN appearance and other television appearances he made with Joy Reid while indictment was still under seal.
At the time, Cohen was being told by Manhattan D.A.’s office not to appear on television.
Cohen appeared on his “Mea Culpa podcast,”…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: On a recording of the Mea Culpa podcast now being played in court, Cohen said D.A.’s investigation filled him with “delight” and “sadness” at the same time. The “sadness,” in the words of Cohen on the podcast recording, was because of how the investigation and booking process tarnished the office of the Presidency. Cohen clearly conveyed animus towards Trump, and a desire to drag Trump through the mud in order to subject him to a similar process that he went through with his own prosecution. Cohen on podcast: “I truly f*cking hope to put Trump through prison … I want this man to go down.”
On a recording of the Mea Culpa podcast now being played in court, Cohen said D.A.’s investigation filled him with “delight” and “sadness” at the same time. The “sadness,” in the words of Cohen on the podcast recording, was because of how the investigation and booking process…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche gets Cohen to testify that Cohen has and continues to call President Trump vicious derogatory names up to and throughout the present trial. Cohen testified to referring to Trump as “dumbass Donald,” on his podcast. On his TikTok, Cohen testified to saying he had “excitement” that trial was starting on April 21st of this year. Cohen testified he made these statements despite having full knowledge at the time that a paralegal from the D.A.’s office was assigned to monitor his social media. Despite that fact, it was not a deterrent for Cohen, which Cohen testified to.
Blanche gets Cohen to testify that Cohen has and continues to call President Trump vicious derogatory names up to and throughout the present trial.
Cohen testified to referring to Trump as “dumbass Donald,” on his podcast.
On his TikTok, Cohen testified to saying he had…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Cohen testified that he was — and remains — under oath so long as he is on the witness stand, a multiday process. Blanche grills Cohen to testify that while under oath he’s met with federal agents over a dozen times. Cohen testifies he knows it was a felony to make a false statement to a federal agent during this questioning, while he remained under oath.
Cohen testified that he was — and remains — under oath so long as he is on the witness stand, a multiday process.
Blanche grills Cohen to testify that while under oath he’s met with federal agents over a dozen times. Cohen testifies he knows it was a felony to make a false…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Cohen testifies to having lied under oath in previous 2017 testimony to Congress. Cohen testified he lied about the “Moscow project,” in response to Todd Blanche’s questioning. Also lied about number of times he spoke to President Trump, and for lying about traveling to Russia.
Cohen testifies to having lied under oath in previous 2017 testimony to Congress.
Cohen testified he lied about the “Moscow project,” in response to Todd Blanche’s questioning.
Also lied about number of times he spoke to President Trump, and for lying about traveling to Russia.
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Cohen testifies that he lied to President Trump in congressional testimony because of his loyalty to President Trump. Also testifies that he *knew* he was lying to Congress. Cohen testifies he lied under oath, and when he made with Special Counsel in August of 2017. Cohen lied to Congress as well that year. Cohen testifies to never pleading guilty for lying to Congress.
Cohen testifies that he lied to President Trump in congressional testimony because of his loyalty to President Trump.
Also testifies that he *knew* he was lying to Congress. Cohen testifies he lied under oath, and when he made with Special Counsel in August of 2017.
Cohen lied…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Cohen testifies he was sentenced to 2 months plus $50,000 by Judge Pauley, adding to the 36 months for which he was sentenced for other crimes he pled guilty of. Cohen accepts responsibility for having lied to Congressional committee. Said he lied out of loyalty to President Trump. Cohen testifies to also pleading guilty on August 21st to a bunch of other crimes.
Cohen testifies he was sentenced to 2 months plus $50,000 by Judge Pauley, adding to the 36 months for which he was sentenced for other crimes he pled guilty of.
Cohen accepts responsibility for having lied to Congressional committee. Said he lied out of loyalty to President…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Cohen testifies to having evaded substantial tax returns from 2012-2017. Also testifies that he received an application form that did not reveal the full extent of his liabilities for a HELOC form, and submitted the form to the bank with full knowledge that it was inaccurate. Cohen testifies to being guilty of federal tax evasion and making false statements to a financial institution. When Blanche presses him if anybody induced him to plead guilty, Cohen defers and says he feels he shouldn’t have been indicted for underlying crimes. Claims he felt pressure to plead guilty, thinking his wife would be indicted, based on what his lawyer at the time told him. Cohen claims he pled guilty without outside pressure at the time, but now testifies that he lied and did feel such pressure.
Cohen testifies to having evaded substantial tax returns from 2012-2017.
Also testifies that he received an application form that did not reveal the full extent of his liabilities for a HELOC form, and submitted the form to the bank with full knowledge that it was inaccurate.…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Here are the members of Congress appearing with President Trump today at the Manhattan courthouse. Pictured are @realannapaulina @mattgaetz @RepBobGood @RepEliCrane @RepAndyBiggsAZ and @laurenboebert
Here are the members of Congress appearing with President Trump today at the Manhattan courthouse.
Pictured are @realannapaulina, @mattgaetz, @RepBobGood, @RepEliCrane, @RepAndyBiggsAZ, and @laurenboebert. pic.twitter.com/k8WxuOCt3I
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Cohen testifies to having lied to Judge Pauley, a federal judge, because the stakes personally affected him. Cohen testifies to having lied under oath while testifying at Congressional hearing in February of 2019. Cohen testifies to having lied about inaccurately reporting taxes in Congressional testimony at the time.
Cohen testifies to having lied to Judge Pauley, a federal judge, because the stakes personally affected him.
Cohen testifies to having lied under oath while testifying at Congressional hearing in February of 2019.
Cohen testifies to having lied about inaccurately reporting…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: Do you agree with me that when you admit to lying under oath when you pled guilty that is different from accepting responsibility for your crimes? Cohen: I don’t know why Judge Pauley made that determination. Blanche: Would Judge Pauley have wanted to know that you lied to him? Cohen: I don’t know. Blanche: There was nothing in your sentencing submission to suggest that you had lied under oath, correct? Cohen: Yes, but the submission was made before the sentence. Blanche: Does that matter? Cohen: No.
Blanche: Do you agree with me that when you admit to lying under oath when you pled guilty that is different from accepting responsibility for your crimes?
Cohen: I don’t know why Judge Pauley made that determination.
Blanche: Would Judge Pauley have wanted to know that you…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: You blame a lot of people over the years for your criminal conduct, correct? Cohen: Yes. Blanche: You blamed your accountant? Cohen: Yes. Blanche: Your banker? Cohen: Yes. Blanche: You blamed President Trump, correct? Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: You blame a lot of people over the years for your criminal conduct, correct?
Cohen: Yes.
Blanche: You blamed your accountant?
Cohen: Yes.
Blanche: Your banker?
Cohen: Yes.
Blanche: You blamed President Trump, correct?
Cohen: Correct.
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: Today you testified that you never asked for a pardon from President Trump, you just asked your lawyers for one? Cohen: Correct. Blanche: But you testified also that you were 100% open to accepting a pardon, correct? Cohen: Yes. Blanche: You asked Rudy Giuliani to explore the possibility of a pardon, correct? Cohen: We spoke about it. Blanche: So when you testified you would never ask for or accept a pardon, that was a lie? Cohen: At the time it was true. Blanche: The next day your lawyer admitted that you directed your lawyer to explore the possibility of a pardon, correct? To correct the record for Congress? Cohen: Correct. Blanche: So today you claim the testimony was true? Cohen: The conversation was confusing for me at the time.
Blanche: Today you testified that you never asked for a pardon from President Trump, you just asked your lawyers for one?
Cohen: Correct.
Blanche: But you testified also that you were 100% open to accepting a pardon, correct?
Cohen: Yes.
Blanche: You asked Rudy Giuliani to…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Good to see the support. We need much, much more of this.
Good to see the support. We need much, much more of this. https://t.co/dv7Ojmi5OF
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: You would’ve liked to have been offered the role of chief of staff, correct? Cohen: I would’ve liked the role. Blanche: You also testified you would’ve liked the role for White House Counsel, correct? Cohen: Yes. Blanche: Do you recall during your questioning before the House oversight committee you suggested you had wanted a role at White House? Cohen: Yes. Blanche: Do you remember telling Congress that it was a lie that you didn’t want to work in the White House? Cohen: I remember telling Congress that I didn’t want to go to the White House. Blanche: You testified you didn’t want to go to the White House and wanted to continue as his personal attorney. Even though you testified you were offered jobs, correct? Cohen: Yes, sir. Blanche: But the truth is you really wanted to work in the White House? Cohen: No, sir. Blanche: You hoped you’d be named the White House Chief of Staff, correct? Cohen: No, sir.
Blanche: You would’ve liked to have been offered the role of chief of staff, correct?
Cohen: I would’ve liked the role.
Blanche: You also testified you would’ve liked the role for White House Counsel, correct?
Cohen: Yes.
Blanche: Do you recall during your questioning before…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: BREAKING: Former Acting Attorney General for President Trump, @JeffClarkUS, is at the courthouse today in support of his old boss.
BREAKING: Former Acting Attorney General for President Trump, @JeffClarkUS, is at the courthouse today in support of his old boss. https://t.co/1YdLj9cKtr
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: Blanche: Were you not embarrassed that after all the work you had done for President Trump over many years, you weren’t offered a job at the White House? Cohen: I merely wanted the role of personal attorney to the President. That was the role they gave to me because that was a role I could monetize, which I did. Blanche: Do you recall repeatedly expressing disappointment to Pastor Scott for not having a role in the administration? Cohen: I don’t recall. Blanche: Did you have communications with Pastor Scott about your frustration that President Trump didn’t bring you to the White House? Cohen: I don’t recall. Blanche: Did you have communications after the fact with Pastor Scott in which you expressed frustration? Including on National Prayer Day, when you observed everyone part of the campaign there and you weren’t? Cohen: I recall expressing frustration that I wasn’t there. Blanche: Do you recall asking Pastor Scott to put a good word to President Trump on your behalf, both during the campaign and after he was in the White House? Cohen: I do recall that. Blanche: Your communications to him were for Scott to put a good word in to President Trump to bring you into the White House? Cohen: I just wanted him to put in a good word for me. Blanche: Why did you ask him to put in a good word for you if you had a direct line of communication to Trump and communicated with the President regularly? Cohen: It’s always good to have a second person put in a good word for you.
Blanche: Were you not embarrassed that after all the work you had done for President Trump over many years, you weren’t offered a job at the White House?
Cohen: I merely wanted the role of personal attorney to the President. That was the role they gave to me because that was a…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
Paul Ingrassia: My thoughts: Blanche has to drill into the skulls of the jurors what crime, precisely, is being prosecuted here. He should rigorously spell out the elements of the alleged crime, and remind jurors that each element must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, the highest evidentiary standard in criminal law. Without those elements, there can be no crime. So far, we are getting tangled in the weeds of a systematic and sensationalistic smear campaign involving Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen. But that has nothing to do with anything, as far as the law is concerned. This is allegedly an FEC violation, but we’re in state court. Why is that? That’s a foundational, threshold question. So far, unbelievably, no crime whatsoever has been articulated by the prosecution. Nobody knows what the felony is being prosecuted here, let alone the elements of said felony. In order to have a criminal trial, you need to define a crime. This may be the first trial in history where no crime has been articulated. This all-essential fact must be blown out of the water by the defense. It’s a slam dunk case once that is exposed.
My thoughts: Blanche has to drill into the skulls of the jurors what crime, precisely, is being prosecuted here.
He should rigorously spell out the elements of the alleged crime, and remind jurors that each element must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, the highest…
— Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia) May 16, 2024
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President Biden’s inconsistent handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict is straining relations with Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu, the US’s primary ally in the Middle East. At the same time, the uncoordinated and conflicting policy decisions make the US appear weak, encouraging terrorists and adversaries in the region and around the globe. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) criticized Biden, stating, “President Biden has continued to embolden Iran through weak policies, allowing Iran to fund terrorist attacks against our allies.” Initially, the President pledged his support for Israel, but then later announced that he would pause the delivery of some US weapons and ammunition to Israel. Now, it seems that Biden is moving forward with a $1 billion arms sale to Israel.
President Biden said that he is frustrated with Netanyahu’s handling of the conflict, saying that too many civilians have died. He criticizes the Prime Minister for not using targeted enough attacks, thus resulting in more civilian casualties. On the other hand, according to Senator JD Vance (R-OH), Biden is withholding advanced US weapons which could be used to target more directly against Hamas, reducing civilian casualties.
A good example is Israel’s ability to conduct targeted attacks, such as the strike against a senior commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, whom Israel assassinated in Syria last month. Not only were civilian casualties kept to a minimum, but several of his assistants, including another general, were also killed, dealing a significant blow to Iran’s ability to fight in the region.
There have been no serious demands from the White House for the hostages to be released, including the Americans. However, the president is on TV condemning Netanyahu’s actions in Gaza. Providing a view from outside of the United States, former senior British military intelligence officer Philip Ingram suggests that Hamas is watching and most likely feels that all they have to do is wait. Eventually, the support from the US and the world will wane, and Hamas will survive.
And if Hamas survives, the attacks will continue. Hamas leaders have publicly stated that they plan to commit future attacks similar to October 7th. Mr. Ingram has gone so far as to call Biden and the pro-Palestine protestors “useful idiots” because they are applying pro-Hamas pressure on Western governments without Hamas having to do anything.
Defenders of President Biden’s policies say that he is working from a position of lessons the US allegedly learned in Vietnam and Afghanistan. However, if the US had actually learned from Vietnam, the US would never have had to face the same situation in Afghanistan. In fact, if the US had learned from the French in Vietnam, the US would never have had to learn their own lessons from Vietnam. Given the US track record in the Middle East, it is illogical for President Biden to “micromanage” Israel’s war.
After the US let down the Afghanis and the Kurds, and now that there are widespread pro-Hamas and anti-American protests sweeping US college campuses, Netanyahu must be questioning President Biden’s commitment to US national security, much less Israel’s. A country so riddled with security threats, including open borders which are allowing terrorists, transnational crime, and narcotrafficking organizations to operate within the US, has no place telling Israel how to handle its own national security.
Netanyahu has his goals and objectives, and his strategy seems to be working. As of December, Israel claimed they were at the halfway mark in the war, and the IDF continues to make gains against the terrorists. Hamas began the war by killing 1,200 unarmed civilians. Now that they are being defeated, they are trying to tap out, to get the world community to come in and stop Israel. At the same time, Hamas is literally and figuratively hiding behind its own civilian population. Hamas does not wear uniforms, so even when Israel kills Hamas terrorists, the organization can claim that Israel is targeting civilians. Therefore, while it is unfortunate that innocent people are being killed, they were put in harm’s way by Hamas; consequently, defeating Hamas will sadly result in collateral damage.
The only way for peace is to defeat Hamas as a military organization. There is no way to defeat or eliminate the ideology, but by rooting out the commanders and military-trained battalions, Israel will be in a much better position. At the end of the day, the reason why Egypt and other Arab nations will not accept the refugees is that they also fear and hate Hamas. Saudi Arabia, in particular, is just concerned about making money. They have no time for terrorists. Consequently, if Israel is allowed to finish the job, decimating Hamas’s ability to wage war, the offensive will stop, the images and videos will fade from headlines, and the Israel-Gaza offensive will fade into the memory hole. At that point, it will be much easier for Israel and Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and other regional powers to normalize relations, creating an anti-Iran coalition and bringing greater stability to the region.
Senator Vance put it this way, “Our goal in the Middle East should be to allow the Israelis to get to some good place with the Saudi Arabians and other Gulf Arab states. There is no way that we can do that unless the Israelis finish the job with Hamas.”
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Another Biden foreign policy catastrophe.
Molly Phee, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, did a bang up job in Niger. Now US forces are being told to leave the country pivotal to US national defense.
Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine recently spoke to reporters and blamed US State Department official Molly Phee of threatening the current leaders while negotiating US military presence in the country.
The Nigerian leader blamed Phee for the complete breakdown in relations. Zeine described his reaction to Molly Phee when she came to lecture the Nigerien leaders in March, “You have come here to threaten us in our country. That is unacceptable. And you have come here to tell us with whom we can have relationships, which is also unacceptable. And you have done it all with a condescending tone and a lack of respect.
In April we learned about Joe Biden’s most recent foreign policy disaster in Niger, Africa. US troops are trapped in the country allegedly without water and medicine at the time. The Army was likely hiding this to protect itself from the embarrassment. Deployed Americans were in limbo and unable to do their jobs and the Biden State Department was completely outmaneuvered once again.
Thanks to brilliant negotiating skills by Biden appointed diplomats US military will leave Niger and leave behind a $100 million airbase to the current anti-American rulers.
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
On top of that news broke last week that Russian troops have now entered the US airbase in the nation’s capital, Niamey.
The Russians will cohabitate with the remaining Americans at the US Airbase 101.
This is another humiliation of US troops by Joe Biden.
Now we find out it was US diplomat working for Joe Biden who destroyed this important relationship with Niger.
Via Stars and Stripes.
A crucial military relationship between the United States and its closest West African ally, the country of Niger, ruptured this spring after a visiting U.S. official made threats during last-ditch negotiations over whether American troops based there would be allowed to remain, according to the country’s prime minister.
In an exclusive interview, Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine put the blame for the breakdown squarely on the United States, accusing American officials of trying to dictate which countries Niger could partner with and failing to justify the U.S. troop presence, now scheduled to end in the coming months. Niger has been central to efforts to contain a growing Islamist insurgency in West Africa.
The rift between the former allies has created an opportunity for Russia, which has moved quickly to deepen its relationship with Niger, dispatching troops to the capital, Niamey, last month to train the Nigerien military and supplying a new air defense system. Russian and U.S. troops now occupy opposite ends of an air base.
After a military coup d’état ousted Niger’s democratically elected president last year, the United States froze security support as required by U.S. law and paused counterterrorism activities, which had involved intelligence gathering on regional militant activities from a massive drone base in the country’s north. The United States has kept more than 1,000 military personnel in place while negotiating with Niger over their status and urging the junta to begin restoring democracy…
Stars and Stripes then reveals the genius in the Biden State Department who destroyed US relations with Niger and how she did it.
He said the Nigerien leaders took particular umbrage at remarks by Molly Phee, the State Department’s top official for African affairs, who he said had urged the government during a March visit to Niamey to refrain from engaging with Iran and Russia in ways objectionable to Washington if Niger wanted to continue its security relationship with the United States. He also said Phee had further threatened sanctions if Niger pursued a deal to sell uranium to Iran.
“When she finished, I said, ‘Madame, I am going to summarize in two points what you have said,’” recounted Zeine, who has led negotiations with the United States. “First, you have come here to threaten us in our country. That is unacceptable. And you have come here to tell us with whom we can have relationships, which is also unacceptable. And you have done it all with a condescending tone and a lack of respect.”
Read the full report at Stars and Stripes here.
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The rapper Lizzo has credited anti-Israel activists for helping her recover from a recent bout of depression.
In a post on her Instagram page, Lizzo said that the pro-Palestinian protests across the U.S. and around the world have “activated” her desire to live.
She explained:
I just want to take a second and give a personal thank you to all of the activists who have been working tirelessly to help the liberation and the freedom of the people who have been genocided (sic) all over the world, specifically Palestine, Sudan, and the Congo. On a personal note, you have activated me. I was in a deep dark depression. I had some mental health crises and episodes over the last nine months. And I was not present.
I also want to take this moment and thank all of the anti-genocide, anti-war protests that have been happening at collage campuses. What these students have done and are doing is so deeply important. I can’t even express it in one video.
The singer, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, is currently facing a lawsuit from three former employees who accused her of sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment and racial and religious discrimination.
Despite her artistic success, Lizzo is the subject of widespread mockery for her unappealing appearance, which she often excaerbates by wearing suggestive and highly revealing clothing. She is also an ardent supporter of Joe Biden and recently attended a fundraiser for his presidential campaign.
Last month, she abruptly announced that she was quitting the music industry before quickly backtracking on her pledge.
“When I say ‘I quit’, I mean I quit giving any negative energy attention,” she said in a video at the time. “What I’m not gonna quit is the joy of my life, which is making music, which is connecting to people, because I know I’m not alone. In no way shape or form am I the only person who is experiencing that negative voice that seems to be louder than the positive.”
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Wednesday sure has been a day of unpredictable developments regarding the 2024 presidential election.
From Joe Biden finally challenging Donald Trump to a debate, to Trump accepting despite the Biden team’s stringent requirements, the day has been a whirlwind of a dizzying news cycle.
And now, Trump has issued Biden a challenge of his own.
Posting on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump told Biden, “Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that I hereby accept debating Crooked Joe Biden on FoxNews. The date will be Wednesday, October 2nd. The Hosts will be Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.”
As reported in the The Guardian, Biden has yet to directly respond to, or accept, Trump’s invitation.
Though, considering the laundry list of demands Biden’s campaign presented before accepting any debate — including removing the audience, moving up the date historically early, and, crucially, only accepting moderators from friendly left-wing networks — it would seem only fair for Biden to join Trump for a debate on Trump-friendly territory as well.
However, Deadline noted that, while Biden himself has not answered directly, his campaign has.
Characterizing Trump’s offer as “playing games,” campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon declared, “No more chaos, no more debate about debates.”
“President Biden made his terms clear for two one-on-one debates, and Donald Trump accepted those terms,” she said.
Of course, why it was Biden who could create the terms and not any opponent has yet to be explained.
Typically, the only terms presidential candidates followed for debates were those set by the Commission for Presidential Debates, but the two bypassed the commission.
Why Biden has been allowed to call for all manner of historically unprecedented concessions for his degenerating health and mental state would probably be a question not even his campaign could answer.
As The Federalist noted in their story on this whole saga, Biden’s demands were “laughably transparent,” bespeaking of a man who was only agreeing to a debate under the necessity of his ghastly poll numbers and striving to minimize any possible chance of embarrassment.
Unlike Biden, Trump’s mind is clear as ever, and he has no fear of speaking or being seen in public.
Trump wants to torch Biden and has capitalized on every opportunity to take him on.
Trump is as fiery as ever.
Biden might not accept Trump’s offer of a Fox News debate, but it only serves to make Biden look bad.
At this point, the only thing Biden is better at than Trump is shooting himself in the foot.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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The liberal outlet Politico is reporting that Biden aides are worried about the president suffering ‘psychological torment’ over his son Hunter’s trial.
The media is truly beyond parody.
Can you imagine any media outlet reporting something like this about the Trump family and his trials? It would never happen.
From Politico:
Biden aides worry about psychological torment as Hunter heads for trial
President Joe Biden will soon have to watch and wait as 12 jurors in his home state decide whether his son is guilty of felony gun charges — a case brought by his own Justice Department.
For the White House, the scenario of Hunter Biden’s first criminal trial, all but assured to start June 3, is an unprecedented event in American political history that they hoped never to face.
While aides insist that the White House will have no involvement in the case, brought by special counsel David Weiss, some fear it could dramatically impact the president himself, more psychologically than politically.
Three advisers granted anonymity to speak about private deliberations said they, and members of the First Family, are worried about the weight Hunter Biden’s trial will place on the president at an already difficult time for him politically. Biden has expressed fears to them about the possibility that his son will serve time in prison.
“He worries about Hunter every single day, from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to sleep,” said one of the three advisers. “That will only pick up during a trial.”
People reacted on Twitter/X:
Excuse me, Politico? pic.twitter.com/wmZ2Ef28er
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) May 15, 2024
Hunter Biden is a 50 year old man. https://t.co/cmkJnyitaj
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 15, 2024
He worries Hunter will slip up and admit that Joe knew everything all along.
— Greg Schwartz (@Schwartzman88) May 15, 2024
I guess the president should’ve thought of that before he used his cracked out son as his international bag man.
— Brother Seamus (@WaynePelota) May 15, 2024
The vast majority of our media is nothing more than Democrat propaganda.
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An explosion was reported at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company plant in north Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday afternoon, leaving one seriously injured.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Biden made an appearance in Arizona in late 2022 before the plant opened to announce a $40 billion investment while visiting the computer chip plant while struggling to read off the teleprompter.
Earlier this year, Biden announced another $8.5 billion investment with Intel for a major CHIPS and Science Act award and gave a rambling incoherent speech to a few rows of people at the Intel Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona.
This came after DEI – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – killed the CHIPS Act.
“The Biden administration recently promised it will finally loosen the purse strings on $39 billion of CHIPS Act grants to encourage semiconductor fabrication in the U.S. But less than a week later, Intel announced that it’s putting the brakes on its Columbus factory. The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has pushed back production at its second Arizona foundry. The remaining major chipmaker, Samsung, just delayed its first Texas fab.” The Hill reported.
“This is not the way companies typically respond to multi-billion-dollar subsidies. So what explains chipmakers’ apparent ingratitude? In large part, frustration with DEI requirements embedded in the CHIPS Act.” the Hill reported.
The far-left Guardian reported last August,
Posed in front of an American flag and a large banner reading “A Future Made in America Phoenix, AZ,” Joe Biden told a crowd of assembled workers, supporters and media last December: “American manufacturing is back, folks.”
Eight months on, the Phoenix microchip plant – the centerpiece of Biden’s $52.7bn US hi-tech manufacturing agenda – is struggling to get online.
The plant’s owner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the largest chip maker in the world, has pushed back plans to start manufacturing to 2025, blaming a lack of skilled labor. It is trying to fast-track visas for 500 Taiwanese workers. Unions, meanwhile, are accusing TSMC of inventing the skills shortage as an excuse to hire cheaper, foreign labor. Others point to safety issues at the plant.
The Arizona project is the flagship in the president’s efforts to tout the law’s effects and TSMC’s promised $40bn investment in US chip production plant is one of the largest foreign investments in US history and the largest ever in Arizona.
Despite the failure to launch, The Biden Administration celebrated increased funding under the CHIPS Act into TSMC's Arizona plant in a press release last month.
Now, the plant has exploded.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Wednesday morning, a barge also collided with the Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston, Texas.
Disasters in Biden's America are a regular occurrence.
AZ Central reports,
Firefighters from multiple departments responded to a reported hazardous materials call on Wednesday afternoon at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company plant in north Phoenix, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.
Firefighters from the Phoenix, Glendale and Daisy Mountain fire departments were dispatched to TSMC, near Dove Valley and 43rd Avenue, about 2:30 p.m., according to Phoenix fire officials.
The call was made as a result of an explosion at the plant, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.
One adult male, who was reported to be a worker at the site, was taken to a hospital for serious injuries, authorities said.
This is a developing story...
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Lily Tang Williams is a Republican who is running for congress in New Hampshire. She is also a survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution in communist China.
She sees history repeating itself with the radical campus protests and even compared the protesters to Mao’s Red Guard.
It’s an apt comparison.
FOX News reports:
Survivor of Mao’s political purge getting ‘PTSD’ watching history repeat on college campuses
A survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution says she is experiencing post-traumatic stress witnessing history repeat itself on college campuses as “Marxist hordes” have taken over in anti-American and anti-Israel demonstrations.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Lily Tang Williams, who is currently running as a Republican candidate for Congress in New Hampshire’s 2nd district, said she fears the country she left is coming back to haunt her again in the United States.
“I sometimes I get nervous, and I feel like I’m having a little bit of PTSD and like I can’t sleep well whenever I see the way they’re chanting, using drums and us[ing] slogans, [are] humiliating people and have a huge amount of young people…chanting ‘Death to America,’ not just ‘Death to Israel.’ I just feel like, oh my goodness the… Red Guards are in action again,” she said.
The Red Guard was a massive student-led, paramilitary social movement in China that was mobilized by Chairman Mao Zedong in 1966.
Watch the video below:
NEW: Survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution and congressional candidate in NH Lily Tang Williams says she’s experiencing "PTSD" watching Marxist hordes on college campuses.
Williams, who fled China in 1988, sees striking parallels between today's campus protesters and Mao's "Red… pic.twitter.com/Rtp61bzxAj
— Hank (@HANKonX) May 16, 2024
Some protesters have come right out and said that the campus protests are really about a socialist revolution, so this woman’s concerns are valid.
It is like the Red Guard all over again.
The post Woman Who Survived Mao’s Communist China Slams Radical Campus Protests: ‘Red Guards Are in Action Again’ (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
With the overwhelming successes that the Russian Federation forces are enjoying in the North near Kharkov, and the relentless push in the eastern Donetsk Oblast, the situation of the Ukrainian defenders is as bad as it’s ever been in this war.
In this context of near breakdown in the Ukrainian lines in several points, President Volodymyr Zelensky decided to postpone all his foreign trips.
There is also the fact that his Constitutional presidential mandate expires on May 20th, meaning that, after cancelling elections, he will be an illegitimate president, kept in place by force.
The battlefield situation continues to deteriorate with Kiev having to acknowledge that Russian troops have entered the city of Volchansk in Kharkov region.
The imminent capture of this locality would be Russia’s most significant conquest in this fast-paced new offensive, and it is forcing Ukrainian Commander in Chief Oleksandr Syrsky to send whatever reinforcements he can find to the region to prevent a general breakdown.
Reuters reported:
“The assault keeps Ukraine’s forces, also holding the 1,000 km (600 mile) front line in east and south, off balance ahead of what Zelensky has said could be a big Russian offensive in the coming weeks. Moscow has been slowly making ground in the east for months.
‘The situation is extremely difficult. The enemy is taking positions on the streets of the town of Volchansk’, Oleksiy Kharkovskyi, Volchansk’s patrol police chief, said on Facebook.
Dmytro Lazutkin, a spokesman for the defense ministry, said ‘some’ Russian infantry groups had entered the town. Ukrainian troops later managed to ‘partially’ push them back, the general staff said, but ‘defensive actions’ raged in the north and northwestern outskirts.”
Russian forces captured the settlements of Glubokoye and Lukyantsy in Kharkov region. This comes as the single accomplishment of the Ukrainian Summer offensive, Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region, has also been recaptured by Moscow.
Kharkov city is now within artillery range.
Ukraine pulled back to new positions in the Volchansk area due to ‘a consequence of enemy fire and storming action’.
“Ukraine is trying to snuff out the assault in the Kharkov region, while holding the line against Moscow’s main thrust in the eastern Donbas region and guarding against potential new border incursions.
The top military spy has warned that Russia had small groups of forces located to the north of Kharkov region along its border with the Sumy region.”
Ukraine’s shortage of troops has left them outmaneuvered by the enemy. As reinforcements are sent north, there is a risk of breakthrough in areas in the East or South.
While Kyiv says the Russian assault into the northeast does not present an imminent threat to Ukraine’s second largest city of Kharkov, home to 1.3 million people, it is a fact that the supply lines for the city are now under fire Russian control.
Politico reported:
“’Volodymyr Zelensky has instructed that all international events scheduled for the coming days be postponed and new dates coordinated. We are grateful to partners for their understanding’, said Zelensky’s press secretary Sergii Nykyforov in a statement on social media.
[…] Ukraine’s commanders are ‘making all decisions based on comprehensive information. Additional forces are being deployed, reserves are available’, according to Nykyforov.
Spain and Portugal were on the list of countries Zelensky was set to visit, according to media reports.”
Read more:
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre blamed Trump and the Covid pandemic when a reporter asked why Joe Biden lied about inflation being 9% when he took office in January 2021.
Biden has falsely claimed that inflation was 9% when he took office. It was 1.4% in January 2021.
Biden’s lie was so egregious that the Washington Post gave him four Pinocchio’s.
Joe Biden has now twice in one week claimed that inflation was at 9% when he took office.
It's a particularly hilarious lie because inflation was 1.4% when he took office and hit a HIGH OF 9.1% in June 2022.
That was the largest increase over 12 months since 1981. pic.twitter.com/TnVMVduDQw
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 14, 2024
Fox News Business reporter Ed Lawrence asked Karine Jean-Pierre why Joe Biden keeps lying about inflation.
KJP absurdly claimed the inflation crisis is a result of the Covid pandemic and supply chain issues.
“I wanna ask you about how the President talks about inflation. So, two times over the past two weeks, the President said inflation was nine percent when he came into office. Is the President misleading Americans on that? Or does it — just not realize that inflation was 1.4 percent when he came into office?”
Karine Jean-Pierre stuttered through a word salad.
“So, you know — and — and thank you for the question, because I know that this — we got a lot of incoming on this yesterday and look, I — what the President was — the point that he was making — uh — is that the factors that caused inflation was in place when he walked in — into the administration — when he took office. Let’s — as you know, the pandemic caused inflation around the world to be — uh — uh — by disrupting our economy and breaking our supply chains — as you know, we had to act quickly on dealing with the supply chain. He put together a task force. You saw the President do that,” Karine Jean-Pierre said.
WATCH:
FBN’s @EdwardLawrence: “I wanna ask you about how the President talks about inflation. So, two times over the past two weeks, the President said inflation was nine percent when he came into office. Is the President misleading Americans on that? Or does it — just not realize that… pic.twitter.com/2XzQyUsBY3
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 15, 2024
Ed Lawrence wasn’t having it and pushed back.
“But COVID started in March of 2020. So those factors were in place for about a year before the President took office,” he said.
Biden’s tax-and-spend policies led to the inflation crisis, but KJP blamed everyone and everything else.
“Look, I mean — look, the pandemic was happening, right? That caused inflation. That was happening. Supply chain was — was — was breaking our economy. That was happening and it wasn’t just us. It wasn’t just us. It was globally,” Karine Jean-Pierre said.
WATCH:
FBN’s @EdwardLawrence: “But COVID started in March of 2020. So those factors were in place for about a year before the President took office.”
KJP: “Look, I mean — look, the pandemic was happening, right? That caused inflation. That was happening. Supply chain was — was — was… pic.twitter.com/vK7tL5N4rY
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 15, 2024
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GOP Missouri Secretary of State candidate Valentina Gomez came under fire recently and reportedly sparked outrage over her awesome social media content after she recently posted a video telling Americans, “Don’t be weak and gay.”
Video at the bottom of this page. Read more about Gomez below:
Gomez, a daughter of legal immigrants, describes herself on her campaign webpage as “a real estate investor, financier, strategist, former NCAA Division I swimmer, relentless achiever, and a fierce advocate for the principles values we hold dear as Americans battling for a better future.”
At the top of her agenda is election integrity:
Protecting Democracy – Abolishing Voting Machines – Activating the National Guard to Secure Elections
Valentina will fortify our democracy by abolishing voting machines, require Voter ID, and deploy the national guard guaranteeing impartiality in the election process.
Under Valentina’s leadership Missouri will return to a secure, transparent paper-based system, addressing concerns of cyber threats, and manipulation.
Deploying the National Guard to oversee Missouri’s voting polls is a pragmatic step, ensuring impartiality, deterring interference, and bolstering public confidence in the electoral process.
In addition to being a great candidate, she also posts epic and hilarious social media content, advocating for conservative principles.
In February, Gomez posted a viral video on X, vowing to “BURN all books that are grooming, indoctrinating, and sexualizing our children” and declaring “MAGA. America First.”
The post has been viewed over 4.3 million times on X:
When I’m Secretary of State, I will BURN all books that are grooming, indoctrinating, and sexualizing our children. MAGA. America First pic.twitter.com/m8waKi3yhP
— Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForSOS) February 6, 2024
Gomez later followed up on this with an apology to absolutely nobody!
My apology
America First. pic.twitter.com/hVBCebbU60— Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForSOS) February 13, 2024
She’s a savage. More below:
Gomez’s message to illegals:
@NYPDChiefPatrol brought law and order to @Columbia . We have to keep going and start mass deportations NOW. Help Veterans before illegals! pic.twitter.com/TMOBA3zi14
— Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForSOS) May 1, 2024
Gomez’s message to pro-Hamas college students chanting “Death to America”:
Death to America? deport these hamas assets to wherever the fu*k Palestine is. We know Soros is funding you. pic.twitter.com/PNJJqfdjou
— Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForSOS) April 28, 2024
Gomez’s preferred pronouns:
Please be respectful of my pronouns pic.twitter.com/BWh7nhxMsa
— Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForSOS) February 29, 2024
On Monday, Gomez posted another clip of herself running through a gay district neighborhood in St. Louis and saying, “In America, you can do anything you want, so don’t be weak and gay. Stay f*cking hard,” which apparently triggered a lot of Democrats. It’s pretty funny if you have a sense of humor unlike the libs…
Per Newsweek,
Gomez’s post sparked fury on social media, with many responding by subverting the phrase to “be strong and gay.”
A social media user wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “Yes, be strong and gay. And when weak people like Ms. Gomez try to make you feel weak, I’ll stand strong and straight with you instead of being weak and straight and pathetic like these bigoted losers who wish they were as hot as you.”
One called the message hateful, while another ridiculed Gomez for relaying her message while jogging in “hot pants and a bulletproof vest. Peak #Idiocracy achievement unlocked.”
Others responded sardonically, saying the phrase was accidentally humorous.
“You want to be gay? Fine be gay. Just don’t do it around children,” Gomez’s campaign director reportedly told NBC.
You can learn more about and support Valentina Gomez here!
Watch below:
Don’t be weak and gayAugust 6th is the day we take Missouri back from these corrupt politicians. @Cobratate @TateTheTalismanMAGA pic.twitter.com/sKoY650Dmw
— Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForSOS) May 13, 2024
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In a landmark decision, a Bexar County visiting judge has ordered a new election for the 180th District Court seat in Harris County, Texas. This ruling comes after Republican candidate Tami Pierce narrowly lost to Democrat DaSean Jones by a mere 449 votes in the November 2022 election.
DaSean Jones, who was sworn in as a Harris County criminal district court judge 15 months ago and has since presided over hundreds of cases, now faces uncertainty about his 2022 election victory.
Republican Tami Pierce continues to contest the election results in court, asserting that “improper or illegal votes were counted” and that the election was “riddled with errors.”
The legal scrutiny of the 180th District Court race has revealed troubling discrepancies. The court found that 1,430 illegal votes were cast, making it impossible to ascertain the true winner of the election. Furthermore, an additional 321 votes were incorrectly tallied due to an extended voting hour, a mishap attributed to an official error by the Harris County Elections Administration Office.
The court also awarded Pierce $65,265 for attorney fees and $752 for costs associated with defending against what was deemed a frivolous motion to dismiss her challenge, filed by Jones in early 2023.
BREAKING – RIGGED ELECTION? A judge has just ordered a new election for the 180th District Court seat in Harris County, Texas, following Tami Pierce’s challenge to her 449-vote loss to Dasean Jones in the November 2022 election. The decision comes after allegations that 1,430… pic.twitter.com/oW3bpGGJTg
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) May 15, 2024
The Texan reported:
Pierce was one of 21 Republicans who filed legal election contests, but her case was delayed after Jones’ attorney Oliver Brown filed an anti-Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) motion to dismiss.
While anti-SLAPP motions are typically used in free speech cases, Jones argued that the election contest infringed on his constitutional right to participate in government. In February 2023, visiting Judge David Peeples denied the motion, calling it “frivolous and solely intended to delay.”
Jones’ attorney “Downtown” Oliver Brown then filed an appeal with the Texas 1st Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel did not take up his appeal in November 2023 and earlier this year issued an opinion agreeing that the motion was frivolous. Administrative issues further delayed the trial until last month when Peeples heard testimony on April 1 and 2, 2024.
Of the 21 who originally filed election contests, four dropped their claims after discovery. Peeples granted summary judgment dismissing the claims of 15 others.
“Voluminous, detailed evidence compiled by witness Steve Carlin and dozens of other volunteers revealed many problems with the Harris County’s troubled November 2022 election,” said Pierce’s attorney, Paul Simpson.
“The court also ordered that opponent DaSean Jones owes Ms. Pierce over $65,000 in attorney’s fees due to his frivolous actions that have so long delayed this case. We hope judge Jones will not further delay justice by appealing but, instead, face Harris County voters in a new election when ordered by the court,” he added.
An appeal is likely to be filed by Jones’ attorney.
Read the court ruling below via The Texan:
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Joe Biden came close to suffering another embarrassing fall while attending the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service on Wednesday in Washington, DC.
This event honors all of the fallen officers who laid down their lives for America. Biden, of course, makes a regular habit of disrespecting those in uniform and falsely portraying himself as a Gold Star Dad.
As the elderly White House occupantslowly walks up to the stage to spread his usual lies, he catches his foot on a step and trips. Fortunately for Biden, he somehow regains his balance and manages to make it to the podium without further incident.
RNC Research, billed as Biden’s least favorite social media account, caught footage of the so-called “president’s” near fall.
WATCH:
Biden trips (again) as he's led on stage at the national Peace Officers Memorial Service pic.twitter.com/qRWUBQAUmx
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 15, 2024
Biden’s age and fitness are his top vulnerabilities with voters as he prepares for his rematch against President Donald Trump this November.
The embarrassing scene also comes just a few hours after Biden challenged Donald Trump to two separate debates, which the 45th President immediately accepted. CNN will host the first one on June 27 while ABC will welcome the two candidates on September 10.
Trump has accepted a third debate hosted by Fox News on October 2nd. Biden has yet to respond at the time of this writing.
As Gateway Pundit readers know, Biden has suffered balance issues since assuming power. Arguably the two most infamous incidents were when he collapsed several times going up the Air Force One stairs back in August 2021 and when he fell flat on his face in June 2023 while attending a graduation ceremony for the U.S. Air Force Academy in El Paso County, Colorado.
He cannot even manage to stay on his bike without having an accident!
At this point, it is fair to wonder whether Biden can make it to the debate stage without stumbling to the ground. Such an incident could end the election on the spot.
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Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) launched a vehement critique against Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), highlighting what she referred to as a glaring conflict of interest involving his interactions with Michael Cohen and financial ties to the daughter of the judge presiding over the Trump trial.
The subcommittee convened on Wednesday to delve into allegations of lawfare tactics being employed to manipulate legal systems against political adversaries, including the witch hunt against former President Trump.
During the hearing, Rep. Hageman did not mince words: “It seems like there might be a dog in this hunt on the other side. What you need to understand is that Mr. Goldman, the novice representative from New York, actually does have a personal stake in this case. He has been involved with the Bragg case, helping to prepare Mr. Cohen for his testimony. So, he is quite closely aligned with an admitted and convicted liar and perjurer.”
The Gateway Pundit reported on Tuesday that Rep. Goldman, a loyal supporter of Joe Biden, had several preparatory meetings with Cohen before his testimony in the sham Biden/Bragg trial.
In a striking admission on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Rep. Goldman disclosed his extensive prep work with Cohen: “I have deposed Michael Cohen. I have met with him a number of times to prepare him,” he said.
“[Michael Cohen] is an admitted perjurer. He is an admitted liar. He has testified inconsistently on the stand, so he’s either lying one time or the other, and he will be really skewered on cross-examination for,” Goldman added.
Cohen, a convicted perjurer, has been at the center of legal controversies involving Trump, including allegations of hush money payments during the 2016 campaign. Despite recognizing Cohen’s checkered credibility, Goldman has continued his association with him, leading to suspicions that he may be attempting to manipulate Cohen’s narrative against Trump.
Rep. Hageman further highlighted the financial ties between Goldman and the judge’s daughter’s firm, questioning the impartiality required in such sensitive proceedings. “He’s also paid the Judge Merchan’s daughter’s firm over $150,000 for her services. So I think we’ve got quite a conflict of interest from Mr. Dan Goldman,” Hageman said.
Laura Loomer pointed out that “Democrat NY Congressman who helped prepare Michael Cohen for his anti-Trump testimony is a client of Judge Merchan’s daughter’s Democrat political consulting company Authentic Campaigns.”
Spectrum News reported, “Loren Merchan is president of Authentic Campaigns, which has collected at least $70 million in payments from Democratic candidates and causes since she helped found the company in 2018, records show.”
Loomer added, “Rep. Dan Goldman is a client of Loren Merchan’s Democrat consulting firm, Authentic Campaigns. Why is a member of Congress meeting with a felon who committed perjury? This is a MAJOR CONFLICT OF INTEREST, and Judge Merchan needs to immediately RECUSE HIMSELF from overseeing the Trump trial!”
However, Rep. Hageman didn’t stop there. The representative also blasted so-called Rep. Stacey Plaskett, a representative of the U.S. Virgin Islands in Congress, who worked for Epstein’s tax and political fixer.
“And just one other thing to keep in mind when considering the hostility from the folks on the other side of this aisle is that the ranking member of this particular committee was Jeffrey Epstein’s fixer,” Hageman added.
WATCH:
Harriet for the win! pic.twitter.com/nz6V84Zf1T
— Karli Bonne’ (@KarluskaP) May 15, 2024
Lee Fang reported:
Democratic Del. Stacey Plaskett, a representative of the U.S. Virgin Islands in Congress, has distanced herself from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, claiming she was completely “unaware” of his donations. However, recent court filings shed light on a much closer relationship between Plaskett and Epstein than previously known.
The unsealed documents outline a decade-long association involving direct solicitations for money, personal meetings, and employment at a law firm deeply connected to Epstein’s shadowy network.
Plaskett not only repeatedly sought financial contributions from Epstein and had multiple face-to-face encounters with him, but she also worked directly for a St. Thomas-based law firm that played a role in cultivating influence for Epstein’s clandestine activities.
In a deposition last month, Plaskett disclosed that she was introduced to Epstein by Erika Kellerhals, an attorney who lobbied on his behalf and represented his business and philanthropic ventures. Kellerhals’s significance goes beyond a casual connection. Before Plaskett’s congressional tenure, she worked at Kellerhals Ferguson Kroblin PLLC, the boutique tax firm in the Virgin Islands from 2013 to 2014, a period in which Epstein was a major client.
Plaskett’s involvement with Epstein may extend further back, as she previously served as counsel on the Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (EDA), which granted Epstein $300 million in allegedly improperly obtained tax exemptions over the course of two decades.
Read more here.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has suspended all federal funding and initiated debarment proceedings against EcoHealth Alliance, the controversial health organization led by Dr. Peter Daszak.
EcoHealth Alliance is also a research organization embroiled in the controversy surrounding the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The decision stems from EcoHealth Alliance’s deep connections with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), a facility increasingly at the center of global investigations into the pandemic’s origins.
The suspension is based on an extensive review by the HHS, which cites a recent report from the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. This report highlights EcoHealth Alliance’s failure to adequately monitor its research projects, particularly those involving the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).
The review pointed out numerous instances where EcoHealth did not adhere to the stipulated biosafety requirements, significantly increasing the risk of unauthorized and potentially dangerous research practices.
One of the critical issues raised was the possible enhancement of virus pathogenicity or transmissibility through gain-of-function research—a practice that has been under a moratorium in the U.S.
The correspondence between EcoHealth and the NIH shows repeated instances where project specifics did not align with the safety protocols mandated by U.S. health authorities.
The recent HHS memorandum cites a pattern of non-compliance by EcoHealth Alliance with federal funding conditions, specifically highlighting the organization’s failure to monitor its research projects adequately.
Peter Daszak’s organization is accused of not only failing to adhere to the terms of their grant but also of not providing essential documentation regarding their research with the Wuhan Institute. This has led to serious doubts about the organization’s capability to handle projects that involve pathogens of pandemic potential.
“The information in the record constitutes adequate evidence to demonstrate that the suspension and proposed debarment of EHA is necessary due to a cause of so serious or compelling a nature that it affects EHA’s present responsibility,” wrote Suspension and Debarment Official H. Katrina Brisbon in an action referral memorandum.
“I find that the information in the record constitutes adequate evidence to demonstrate that the immediate suspension of EHA is necessary to protect the public interest,” it added.
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, applauded HHS’s decision:
“EcoHealth Alliance and Dr. Peter Daszak should never again receive a single penny from the U.S. taxpayer. Only two weeks after the Select Subcommittee released an extensive report detailing EcoHealth’s wrongdoing and recommending the formal debarment of EcoHealth and its president, HHS has begun efforts to cut off all U.S. funding to this corrupt organization. EcoHealth facilitated gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China without proper oversight, willingly violated multiple requirements of its multimillion-dollar National Institutes of Health grant, and apparently made false statements to the NIH. These actions are wholly abhorrent, indefensible, and must be addressed with swift action. EcoHealth’s immediate funding suspension and future debarment is not only a victory for the U.S. taxpayer, but also for American national security and the safety of citizens worldwide.
“The Select Subcommittee’s investigation into EcoHealth and the origins of COVID-19 is far from over. Dr. Daszak and his team are still required to produce all outstanding documents and answer the Select Subcommittee’s questions, specifically related to Dr. Daszak’s potential dishonesty under oath. We will hold EcoHealth accountable for any waste, fraud, and abuse and are committed to uncovering any illegal activity, including lying to Congress, NIH, or the Inspector General.”
BREAKING
Today, based on evidence uncovered in @COVIDSelect‘s recent report, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services commenced formal debarment proceedings against EcoHealth Alliance.
EcoHealth will now face an immediate, government-wide suspension of taxpayer… pic.twitter.com/gLxg6R3Enw
— Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (@COVIDSelect) May 15, 2024
It can be recalled that Former EcoHealth VP Dr. Andrew Huff claimed that EcoHealth Alliance and Hunter Biden’s Metabiota were operating Biolabs funded by the CIA.
Dr. Andrew Huff is a former vice president of EcoHealth Alliance, an Army veteran, and the author of “The Truth about Wuhan: How I Uncovered the Biggest Lie in History” from Simon & Schuster. Dr. Huff reported to Dr. Peter Daszak at EcoHealth, the notorious doctor who sent funding dollars to the Wuhan research labs. (You can purchase Dr. Huff’s book here.)
In September, Dr. Andrew Huff sent a report on the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to the US Senate and Congress. Dr. Huff provided proof that the COVID virus that killed millions and resulted in mass starvation and global economic shutdown was created in a Wuhan laboratory.
In October, Dr. Huff told The Gateway Pundit that the US government was trying to cover up the origins of COVID-19 because Dr. Fauci and the US were funding the Wuhan lab’s gain-of-function research, which was illegal in the US at that time.
Dr. Andrew Huff explained to The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft the connections between EcoHealth Alliance, Dr. Daszak, Metabiota, and the CIA.
The Gateway Pundit reported that Hunter Biden’s Metabiota ties and the company’s laboratories in Ukraine and Africa.
Dr. Andrew Huff told The Gateway Pundit that EcoHealth and Metobiota were funded by the CIA’s venture capital firm In-Q-Tel.
Listen to the audio:
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The Peruvian government has taken a firm stand on the issue of gender identity. A new decree, signed by President Dina Boluarte, has officially classified transsexualism, nonbinary, and intersex conditions as “mental illnesses.”
Supreme Decree No. 009-2024-SA specifies “transsexualism” and “gender identity disorder in children” as mental health conditions, The Telegraph reported.
It further includes “dual-role transvestism, fetishist transvestism, egodystonic sexual orientation, and other gender identity disorders” in the same category. This groundbreaking decision by the Peruvian health ministry is seen by many as a bold affirmation of biological truths and a commitment to providing appropriate mental health care.
In defense of this action, the ministry asserts that this classification will “guarantee full coverage of medical attention for mental health.”
By amending the Essential Health Insurance Plan (PEAS), they aim to align medical treatment with the newly established view that such gender identity conditions fall within the domain of mental health disorders.
This policy has been met with applause from conservative factions who commend the government for taking a stand against what they perceive as a global trend of blurring biological realities.
In the U.S., former State Representative Vernon Jone tweeted earlier this year, “CNN goes dark when cold blooded killers of straight men, women and children are from the LGBTQ community. They actually go to extreme lengths to cover it up.”
.@cnn goes dark when cold blooded killers of straight men, women and children are from the LGBTQ community. They actually go to extreme lengths to cover it up. }#Nashville6 https://t.co/ABHQqpypp6 pic.twitter.com/CRyeHnpiGU
— Vernon Jones (@VernonForGA) February 23, 2024
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A barge collided with the Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston, Texas on Wednesday morning.
The collision resulted in a partial collapse and oil spill.
No injuries have been reported so far.
It is unclear what caused the collision.
Fox 26 Houston reported:
The Pelican Island Bridge is shut down to traffic after it was struck by a barge on Wednesday morning, officials say.
The bridge connects Pelican Island to Galveston, and Pelican Island is currently inaccessible by vehicle.
Galveston officials say there were no reports of injuries in the collision that occurred around 10 a.m.
SkyFOX video from the scene shows that debris from the bridge, including a section of the railroad tracks, fell onto the barge.
Galveston officials say the collision resulted in an oil spill in the bay. The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to determine the extent of the spill and initiate the containment and cleanup process.
Live shot of the Pelican Island Bridge:
This is a breaking story…please check back for updates.
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BREAKING UPDATE: Prominent leftist writer Juraq Cintula was arrested following the attempted assassination of populist Slovakian President Robert Fico.
reported earlier — Conservative-Populist Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot today and wounded at a government meeting.
According to reports Prime Minister Fico is alive and in a helicopter on his way to a hospital in Bratislava.
Robert Fico was shot FIVE TIMES by the deranged leftist!
There is video of Robert Fico being dragged to this car after he was shot.
Cintula was the founder of the organization “Movement Against Violence.”
The man who shot the PM Fico – 71 year old Slovak poet Juraj Cintula, supporter of the Progressive Slovakia party – was a founder of the so called “Movement against violence”. Here is its manifest published in 2016. Its declared goal was to “unite people, preserve peace and… https://t.co/nsVhKoEph8 pic.twitter.com/tWZyECU3Wc
— 1 Star (@PawelSokala) May 15, 2024
BREAKING:
Slovak PM Robert Fico taken to his car after being shot several times.
He was later picked up by an ambulance helicopter and flown to a hospital.
His current condition is unknown
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) May 15, 2024
The Gateway Pundit heard from our close friend in Europe who is a friend of Fico who tells us Fico is wounded but expected to live. He is in the hospital.
Breaking: Slovakia
The Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico has just been shot in public.
This comes only days after Fico formally & publicly rejected The WHO Global Pandemic Accord
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) May 15, 2024
After Fico was appointed Prime Minister of Slovakia he immediately ended military aid to Ukraine.
Robert Fico is also a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump.
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According to a notice from the Federal Aviation Administration, former President Donald Trump’s Boeing 757 “clipped” an unoccupied private jet Sunday while taxiing after landing at West Palm Beach International Airport.
“AIRCRAFT TAXIING AND WINGLET STRUCK THE REAR ELEVATOR OF A PARKED VISTAJET,” the notice reads, as cited by WFLA (emphasis original).
The outlet noted that the FAA included the plane’s registration number, N757AF, which FAA records show belonging to DJT Operations I LLC.
The report indicated that any damage that might have occurred in the incident was as yet unknown, but that no one had been injured.
Also unknown was whether the former president himself was on his 757 at the time of the incident, but the FAA told the station that it was still investigating.
“A privately owned Boeing 757 landed safely at West Palm Beach International Airport around 1:20 a.m. local time on Sunday, May 12,” an FAA spokesperson told WFLA in a statement. “While taxiing, its winglet contacted a parked and unoccupied corporate jet.
“The incident occurred in an area of the airport where the FAA does not direct aircraft,” the statement added.
The news came out Tuesday amid what the Trump campaign must have seen as more positive reports of the former president’s polling ahead of November’s presidential election.
CNN, for example, Trump is leading President Joe Biden in three battleground states by such wide margins that a CNN analyst called the numbers “an absolute disaster” for Biden’s campaign.
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said the latest polls showed Trump beating the president in Arizona, Georgia and Nevada, and within the margin of error of polls conducted in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
“Frankly, for the Joe Biden campaign, these numbers are an absolute disaster,” Enten said Monday. “The smallest lead is in Arizona for Donald Trump. He’s up 6. Look at this, 9 in Georgia.”
The New York Times/Siena College polls of 4,097 registered voters were conducted in the six battleground states from April 28 to May 9. (The Philadelphia Inquirer contributed to the Pennsylvania poll, the Times noted.)
The Nevada survey had the presumptive GOP nominee over Biden by 13 points.
The CNN reporter noted that Trump’s smaller leads in Pennsylvania (3 points) and Wisconsin (1 point) were within the margin of error.
However, Biden’s 1-point lead in Michigan was also within striking range for Trump.
“My goodness gracious. … That is a huge lead,” Enten said. “No Democrat has lost that state since [former Sen.] John Kerry lost it back in 2004.”
Here’s my deal on the NYT polling out this AM. The Sun Belt battlegrounds are an abject disaster for Biden, & NYT is not the first to show that.
The Great Lakes battlegrounds are something Biden’s campaign can work with. It leaves him a (narrow) path to 270 at this point pic.twitter.com/gkM7pppR3K
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) May 13, 2024
When asked why the former president was outperforming the incumbent so dramatically, Enten said it’s because “the Trump coalition is changing” and getting more racially diverse.
He pointed out that the Republican candidate has gained ground with nonwhite voters even though he has lost some traction among white voters.
“The sense that Mr. Biden would do little to improve the nation’s fortunes has helped erode his standing among young, Black and Hispanic voters, who usually represent the foundation of any Democratic path to the presidency,” The New York Times wrote Monday of its survey.
The left-leaning Times argued that the poll results suggest that Americans perceive a nation in turmoil under the Biden administration.
“The findings reveal widespread dissatisfaction with the state of the country and serious doubts about Mr. Biden’s ability to deliver major improvements to American life,” the Times said. “Nearly 70 percent of voters say that the country’s political and economic systems need major changes — or even to be torn down entirely.”
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Joe Biden’s DOJ/FBI is hunting down pro-life conservatives while ignoring Antifa and BLM militants and the radical Hamas supporters shutting down and terrorizing college campuses.
Under Biden, the DOJ weaponized the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, a 1994 law that prohibits interfering with anyone obtaining or providing “reproductive health services,” as a punishment for the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
After the Supreme Court ruling, Biden formed the DOJ-led Reproductive Rights Task Force to enforce the act.
According to The Epoch Times, The FACE Act has now been used 130 times against pro-life individuals but only used three times against pro-abortion protesters.
On Tuesday, pro-life advocate John Hinshaw, 69, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for blocking access to late-term abortionist Cesare Santangelo’s Washington Surgi-Clinic.
BREAKING: Pro-Life advocate John Hinshaw has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for protesting abortion, as Joe Biden’s persecution of pro-life Americans continues.https://t.co/7Lk5Myd3Rn pic.twitter.com/yULERWUozA
— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) May 14, 2024
Hinshaw spent his career in human services working with the homeless, addicted, disabled, and otherwise marginalized populations.
LifeSite News reports that in August 2023, a D.C. jury found Hinshaw, Lauren Handy, Will Goodman, Heather Idoni, and Rosemary “Herb” Geraghty guilty of violating the FACE Act and “conspiracy against rights.”
The following month, Joan Andrews Bell, Jonathan Darnel, and Jean Marshall were convicted of the same and Paulette Harlow was convicted in November.
Hinshaw shared before his sentencing that he accepts his imprisonment to expiate the ‘great guilt’ of the pro-abortion judge, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, presiding over his case.
Hinshaw declared, ‘I stand here for Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to accept the punishment rightly hers,’ and condemned the judge’s ‘great guilt of pride, indifference, and intolerance.’
During this unjust imprisonment we were gifted with another baby granddaughter, Charlotte Millie, a fiesty little girl who came early – 32 weeks gestation. I know this court only considers her a “would-be child” at that age. At 32 weeks gestation, she was at the same age as Phoenix, Harriet, Holly, Christopher X, and Angel, the Washington five slain by Santangelo. They are named today in honor of their eternal dignity. What makes my granddaughter a treasure and these five trash?? How is this allowed? HOW IS THIS ALLOWED???? It is allowed by courts covering up the crimes of Santangelo.
******
Today, I am told is an opportunity for me to say I’m sorry and so I am sorry. Sorry for having failed in the vocation bestowed upon me the day I became a father. The vocation of protecting children. I have failed this miserably, and so I apologize to this court as I believe my failure contributes to the failure of this court to fulfill its vocation to protect the innocent. And this failure of the court thus contributes to my failure.******
So all the years of court-protected slaughter have led us here, where I stand convicted, though guiltless. SENT, as I am, to take upon myself the guilt of this court. I stand here for Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to accept the punishment rightly hers. The Latin term for this is spem in alium. And as I open my arms to plead the mercy of this court on Kollar-Kotelly, I ask the One True Judge, whom she and I will be seeing very soon, to accept my act of love toward her as expiation of her great guilt of pride, indifference, and intolerance.
You can read his full remarks here.
In a very moving address to the court, 69-year-old pro-life activist John Hinshaw, sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and who had held a career serving the homeless, addicted & disabled, expressed his sentiments:
He opened by explaining his wife’s maternal love:
“My wife…
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) May 14, 2024
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After six long months of negotiations, it seems that – at last – Dutch conservative leader Geert Wilders has sealed a deal to form the most right-wing government in the Netherlands in decades.
Reuters reported:
“Wilders, who has influenced Dutch immigration policy from the opposition benches since 2006 and is known for his outspoken views on Islam, was expected to announce a four-party coalition later in the day.”
The coalition talks have dragged on for months, to the delight of the liberal media that fears Wilders and his party.
Wilders’ major election victory on Nov. 22 means that immigration, finances, and fake climate alarmism are among the key policy points.
A breakthrough was reportedly reached back in March as Wilders toned down his rhetoric, agreed to withdraw his name for the position of prime minister, and dropped opposition to support for Ukraine.
“‘I can’t see this fail’, Wilders told reporters shortly after midnight, following 16 hours of talks during which parties said they had found agreement on government finances.
He told journalists as he walked into meetings on Wednesday morning: ‘If everything goes according to plan today, it will be a great outcome.’
The deal is seen bringing together outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s centre-right VVD, the new centrist NSC party and upstart farmers’ protest party BBB in a coalition with a strong majority of 88 seats in the 150-seat Lower House.”
Wilders rode a continental feeling of anti-immigration and anti-establishment sentiment and achieved his largest-ever electoral win.
The incoming conservative government will impose stricter asylum migration policies.
“Wilders, who has close ties with other European populists including Hungary’s Viktor Orban, has also made promises of lavish spending on healthcare and a lowering of the retirement age. But budget constraints make it unlikely the other parties will all support these plans.”
Wilders said he sealed a tentative agreement to form a right-wing coalition government after months of talks but hasn’t yet named a prime minister.
Bloomberg reported:
“‘We have a negotiating agreement. But the factions will also discuss it later, so there may be adjustments and amendments’, Wilders said Wednesday after concluding negotiations with three right—leaning parties — the liberal VVD of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the center-right NSC and the populist Farmer-Citizen Movement. ‘After that we may reach a final agreement’, he added.
Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party comfortably captured the most seats in the election almost six months ago, but the controversial politician had been unable until now to assemble an administration. In March, in order to break a deadlock in the talks, he was forced to renounce his own bid to become premier.”
The coalition parties discussed possible prime ministerial candidates, but that conversation will be resumed later.
Read more:
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Former Rep. Mike Gallagher is cashing in his chips.
After abruptly announcing his resignation from Congress in March, it was announced on Tuesday that the former Wisconsin Congressman had joined venture capital firm TitletownTech as a “senior strategic advisor.”
The Greene Bay Press-Gazette notes:
The venture capital firm TitletownTech hired former U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher as a senior strategic adviser less than a month after his early departure from Congress. The firm on Monday cited Gallagher’s experience in national security and technology policy in announcing the move. TItletownTech focuses its investments in areas ranging from manufacturing, construction and supply chain issues to digital health, agriculture and entertainment.
…
The Green Bay Packers and Microsoft together launched the venture capital firm TitletownTech in 2019. The firm has raised $95 million to invest in early stage startups with high-growth potential. Gallagher will help TitletownTech and the startups it invests in better understand public policy and global markets.
In a statement on the announcement, TitletownTech Managing Partner Craig Dickman said that Gallagher’s “leadership in Congress and deep knowledge of technology and security will be crucial as we continue to back transformative companies in various sectors.”
Revolving door update:
After leaving Congress abruptly, Mike Gallagher has joined a Microsoft-backed VC operation
He didn’t even wait a month before cashing out on his time in D.C. pic.twitter.com/FXQd1mWxGT
— Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.today (@JordanSchachtel) May 15, 2024
Gallagher, meanwhile, said he would contribute to “transforming Wisconsin into a hub of technological innovation.”
“Wisconsin is on the front lines of geopolitical competition in the 21st century, and has a critical role to play in enhancing America’s economic competitiveness in general and technological leadership in particular,” Gallagher said.
“I look forward to working with the TitletownTech team to drive Wisconsin’s growth by making it the best destination for top-level tech-talent and thereby advance America’s national security interests.”
Gallagher’s decision to resign from Congress was particularly treasonous given that it left the Republicans with just a one-vote majority.
What Is worse is that Gallagher planned his departure one week after the deadline that would have triggered a special election for his district. Instead, he left Republicans with one less seat in their majority.
Some have speculated that his departure, along with that of fellow RINO Ken Buck, is part of a coordinated uniparty plan to undermine Trump's chances of winning in November.
The early retirements of Ken Buck and Mike Gallagher are part of a scheme by the uniparty cabal to stop Trump from winning the 2024 election.
How? They want to flip the House blue in time to nullify the electoral vote via the 14th Amendment.
— Emerald Robinson ✝ (@EmeraldRobinson) March 23, 2024
It is unclear how much Gallagher will be paid for the role, although one can safely assume that it is a lot more than he was earning in Congress.
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Marc Anthony Bru was seen on January 6th raising his phone to document the events as they unfolded that day at the US Capitol.
Bru was found guilty of attending a protest and “obstruction of an official proceeding” because he was in attendance at the protest.
The obstruction charge is a felony. The Biden DOJ also found him guilty of “civil disorder” for attending the protest and five misdemeanors.
Federal agents pulled guns on Marc and his mother when he was arrested.
DC Judge Boasberg found him guilty of all charges.
Marc Bru did not shut down an official Congressional proceeding by pulling a fire alarm like radical Democrat Jamaal Bowman. Marc’s crime was attending the J6 protests and walking inside the US Capitol.
Before Joe Biden, conservative Americans had the right to protest their government. Today, conservatives are jailed and their lives are ruined for attending a protest.
But it isn’t only J6 prisoners who are being abused and neglected by the prison system. Marc shared his concerns about what is happening within the prison system and alleged violations of human rights by careless staff and the cruel and unusual punishment and torture of incarcerated prisoners.
Marc wrote to The Gateway Pundit to share the stories of two such prisoners.
Reported by Marc Anthony Bru, January political prisoner:
I’m in the belly of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP)! It’s been several months, July 8th, if I recall correctly, since I’ve been held hostage by the belligerent Biden Regime. The highly contested 2021 Presidential Election brought Americans together for a collective redress of grievances, through primarily the STOP THE STEAL protest event. We saw what was being done to end President Trump’s position in the Executive branch.
Fast forward three and a half years, and several jail locations across the country later, and my eyes have been opened to the depravity of the judicial system, which we see naturally set the tone of the cultural development of “law enforcement “ all across the “nation.”
You can mostly ignore it in the outside world, yet from inside, you can’t unsee it, nor can you abase yourself to accept it. So I’ve set my intentions to expose the TRUTH of the corruption. My current focus is on the treatment and the intentional neglect by employees whose employers’ name has the words correctional facility associated with them. What are the methods of correction? Are they effective? Let us go straight to the source, the inmates themselves, their testimonies will shock your very soul.
Story # 1 Inmate (we call each other “cellies”)
He is from Las Vegas, Nevada. John Brandon Casutt has been suspiciously incarcerated, likely due to his rise in East Las Vegas politics and his getting too close to affecting some local politicians’ cash payments, adding up to billions annually. His challenges didn’t end with incarceration; they really began after being sentenced by yet another suspicious “court” proceeding. He was held in what we call the SHU, Secure Housing Unit. There, he was ignored when he’d asked multiple times for medical assistance, as a previous neck injury left in its wake chronic pain in his shoulders and neck. They refused to fill his already prescribed pain medication. Stating, “He was in transport, and they didn’t have a legal obligation to provide medical aid unless it was immediately life-threatening.”
I ask, how would these non-medical professional guards be able to make that determination? What they ignored turned into a life-threatening diagnosis when he was finally seen by professional medical outside of the Bureau of Prisons. How he finally got them to a place where he could receive medical attention sounds like fiction, EXCEPT it is totally a true story!
Cellie #1 was told by other inmates, “They (BOP) will never see you or answer your medical requests, and there’s certainly no way to leave the SHU, ever!” It took some time, but he realized he was on his own. Then he had an idea to help alleviate the neck pain. He devised an apparatus that went around his neck and was padded for comfort in the collar. He tied one strip of rope – he’d made from a bed sheet- across from his bunk frame to the shower nozzle, and another strip of the bed sheet hanging down, allowing him to suspend himself from his knees, to hang gently there stretching the neck, which would relieve the pain. He used this invention as he knelt down to place weight on the sling and stretched his neck for a few minutes in the sling and stretched his neck; a few minutes passed, and a guard doing his rounds in the SHU walked by his little door window. He came back to the window and seeing him hanging there, started to shout and opened the door to his cell. Running past him to release the line, the guard hit his shoulder, causing a drop and tightening the neck sling until he passed out from loss of oxygen to the brain.
Long story short, they thought he was dead and hung himself, so they tried to perform CPR on him before checking his vitals. Another guard came and determined he was still alive although he showed no signs of consciousness. They eventually got him out of prison, through the gate, and to an outside hospital, where he slowly regained his senses shortly before arrival.
As he came to, the medic in the back of the ambulance and escort guard from BOP told him he had died, and they revived him. The rest of the story is documented in the hospital’s medical records. He was the only one to successfully exit the SHU in response to his complaint, which he was forced to make happen. A clear, and very common standard of medical neglect, which would have never been addressed if it weren’t for Cellie #1’s attempt to relieve his pain himself. This is just one of many issues with BOP and prisons in general. A jail or prison of any official capacity is only tolerated when they assume these obligations: CARE, CUSTODY, CONTROL. Examine any BOP, or DOC (Department of Corrections), the grievance methods are illusory, and they do not fulfill the first of the 3 obligations.
Story #2 BOA Medical Incompetence
My next example, and witness, has been labeled by law enforcement as a really bad guy and member of a notorious local gang called “shameless.” He has a tragic story, but one of perseverance, despite hopeless odds against him, here’s his witness testimony:
“My name is Chadwick Lewis Spann, I am a Hostage # 52718-510 here in State Prison, Victorville, CA. San Bernardino County, where I am in complete and utter torment due to numerous ailments. The most serious and urgent issue is my left eyeball. Back in 2001, I had my face shoved into a light fixture, where the light bulb stabbed through my eye. It tore my cornea, detached my retina, and required a stint placement in my eye to keep the pupil in place. Adding to the need for repairs to my eyeball, the medical doctor had to give me an artificial lens replacement and stitches literally across my eyeball. It was a very serious trauma that left me half-blind in my left eye. Fast forward to 2024, and I’m in West Valley Detention Center, San Bernardino County Jail. We were getting ready to eat. I asked my cellie for a spoon, so he handed me a spoon, but from the side of my bad eye. I turned directly into the spoon, and the handle scraped directly into the center of the eyeball, sending me straight to the ER, outside of the jail.”
“I was taken to Arrowhead Regional Hospital in San Bernardino County. Upon said visit, my eye pressure was zero. Normally, it should be at 6-7. The pain in my eye was beyond bearable. Due to the impact, my pupil shifted to the upper left corner of my cornea, as well as this problem a bright white light (shaped like a worm) developed. The doctors told me they could not find a rupture, so they prescribed steroid eye drops to increase my eye pressure. I would have to continue taking these drops because otherwise, my eyeball would begin to shrivel up and die, like seriously die!?!”
“While I was there with actual medical staff that had integrity and held to their oath, as doctors, I was doing ok. My pain level was only existent if I over-extended myself. But now, I sit in unimaginable pain, my eye is stuck sideways (cockeyed). My confidence is uncertain, and my self-esteem is destroyed, all because this Federal Facility, Victorville, CA, refuses to give me my already prescribed eye drops. Their willful medical neglect is torture. Even though I have shown them the defect created, not to mention, I have migraines and pain that some days bring me to my knees in tears because of shock and being stuck in my bed, unable to open my eyes. I’ve developed depression and anxiety now, I’m disfigured, and my wife is making fun of me. My heart is broken, and my sight is worse than ever. My eye is almost completely dead, and I’m being told by administrators and guards that I’m not ‘entitled’ to receive medical attention because I’m not going to be here, held over long enough to matter.”
“My question is, since when do human beings have times or conditions when their lives do not matter in an institution that assumes the obligations and is liable for CARE, CUSTODY, & CONTROL? I have been here for over 2 months, and now I look like a freak; I’m miserably in pain and anguish. All because they won’t fill my prescription for my vital eye medication. I need to save my eye and my face from deformity. I was cleaning up my past street life of using drugs. I was on Suboxyn to help come down gradually. Now, because the BOP won’t fill my prescriptions, and the torturous pain in my eye and head, I have succumbed to self-medication to gain some limited relief; it is a form of torture. I am forced to cope with the consequences due to the total indifference at the highest level of government.”
CONCLUSION NOTE: My words cannot begin to express how prolific these issues are in the kind of “care” provided by the Bureau of Prisons administrators. They have rendered the grievance process illusory and abandoned any responsibility for the health and safety of the prisoner population with a rogue Federal Administration under the Biden Regime. But let’s not fool ourselves; this torture and neglect have been standard operations within the BOP from many years ago to the present. The assumed government is the real criminal revealed.
Note: IF these horror stories have any emotional effect on you today, consider praying, but also write to the BOP facilities and let them know they cannot operate hidden from the public anymore!
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The disgraced former Vice President Mike Pence has sought public funding to help bail out his embarrassing presidential campaign.
According to a report from The New York Times, Pence sought public funds last December after realizing that his campaign could no longer meet its obligations.
The report states:
Former Vice President Mike Pence sought public financing for his failed presidential primary campaign, a highly unusual move that if successful would make him the first Republican in more than a decade to receive such funds, according to Federal Election Commission documents that have not previously been disclosed.
Starting in the post-Watergate era, the federal government has allowed presidential candidates to apply for and receive public dollars. But the program has become all but obsolete as it imposes strict spending limits on anyone who participates, at a time when the cost of nationwide campaigning has skyrocketed. Even applying for the money is generally seen as a sign of desperation because the limits of the program are so onerous.
The Times also found that Pence’s campaign has well over a million dollars in unpaid debts:
Mr. Pence’s campaign committee had more than $1.3 million in unpaid debts as of the end of March, federal records show. Qualifying for public funds now would presumably help him pay down those bills.
A spokesman for Mr. Pence did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It was not clear why Mr. Pence’s request for public funds last fall had not yet been acted upon. On Tuesday, the Federal Election Commission posted an eligibility report from its audit division of the request, as well as a memorandum from its general counsel’s office about the matter. A discussion is on the agenda for a commission meeting on Thursday.
Despite raising over $5 million from an array of establishment and anti-Trump donors, Pence’s campaign was a catastrophic failure that underlined his status as a pariah among the conservative grassroots.
After launching his campaign on an explicitly anti-Trump platform, Pence actively boasted about how he had fufilled his constitutional duty by certifying the 2020 presidential election results despite massive evidence of widespread voter fraud.
However, things did not go to plan and he pulled out the race just four months after announcing his campaign when it became clear he did not even qualify for the Republican primary debates.
Since then, Pence has refused to support Donald Trump’s return to the White House, providing a defacto endorsement for more years of Joe Biden.
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Conservative-Populist Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot today and wounded at a government meeting.
According to reports Prime Minister Fico is alive and in a helicopter on his way to a hospital in Bratislava.
There is video of Robert Fico being dragged to this car after he was shot.
BREAKING:
Slovak PM Robert Fico taken to his car after being shot several times.
He was later picked up by an ambulance helicopter and flown to a hospital.
His current condition is unknown
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) May 15, 2024
The Gateway Pundit heard from our close friend in Europe who is a friend of Fico who tells us Fico is wounded but expected to live. He is in the hospital.
Breaking: Slovakia
The Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico has just been shot in public.
This comes only days after Fico formally & publicly rejected The WHO Global Pandemic Accord
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) May 15, 2024
After Fico was appointed Prime Minister of Slovakia he immediately ended military aid to Ukraine.
Robert Fico is also a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump.
Slovakian Tasr News reported:
Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) was shot and injured after an away-from-home government meeting in Handlova (Trencin region), according to information confirmed by Parliamentary Vice-Chair Lubos Blaha (Smer-SD), who suspended the House session.
According to a TASR reporter, several shots were fired at the scene and the assailant was detained. The area in front of the Culture House in Handlova, where the government meeting was held, is currently evacuated.
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Harry Dunn, a former Capitol police officer who attempted to build a media and political career off his presence at the January 6th protests, has lost his Congressional primary in Maryland.
With over half the votes counted, Dunn was trailing Maryland state Sen. Sarah Elfreth by around 4000 votes, equivalent to around 10 points. The race has now been called.
The Hill reports:
Maryland state Sen. Sarah Elfreth (D) has won the Democratic primary for Maryland’s 3rd congressional district, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ.
Elfreth, who was the youngest woman ever elected to the Maryland Senate when she won her seat in 2018, topped the crowded Tuesday primary race that also included former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who was on duty during the Jan. 6 riots and garnered significant media attention in the lead-up to Tuesday.
Polling conducted last month for Dunn’s team showed him leading within the margin of error, up just slightly over Elfreth. Her House campaign has raised more than $1.4 million, according to FEC filings, though that trails Dunn’s $4.5 million.
Elfreth is now expected to cruise toward the general election in the district considered safe for Democrats this fall, though a handful of Republicans have put their name in the ring for the GOP primary.
Dunn rose to national prominence back in 2021 when he testified in front of the United States House Select Committee about how events played out.
At one point, he claimed we that Trump supporters chanted the n-word at him, although this has never been verified. His testimony ultimately led to the conviction of Stewart and Meggs Rhodes for 18 and 12 years respectively.
Despite styling himself as an American patriot, Dunn is in fact anything but. He was a fervent supporter of the violence wreaked by the Black Lives Matter movement and has expressed his view that Donald Trump should be arrested for his supposed role in the Capitol protests.
Since then, he has sought to cash in on his fame through media appearances and even writing a book about his experiences, entitled Standing My Ground. However, it appears that his pursuit of fame and adulation has run its course, at least for the time being.
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Two months ago, Special Counsel Dave Weiss retaliated against Hunter Biden IRS whistleblowers Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and Special Agent Joseph Ziegler by falsely suggesting they were under investigation by a government agency.
Weiss began retaliating against the whistleblowers in 2022, however, the special counsel filed a court document two months ago and falsely claimed Shapley and Ziegler were under investigation for potential misconduct.
Dave Weiss redacted information related to his claims against the whistleblowers under the guise of an “ongoing investigation.”
“Both SSA Shapley and SA Ziegler have filed whistleblower retaliation claims with OSC, and we understand OSC has requested related documents as part of an investigation into the retaliation claims. Specifically, SSA Shapley has alleged that now-Special Counsel David Weiss began retaliating against Shapley in November 2022 when Weiss learned Shapley had been making protected whistleblower disclosures about Weiss’s office to his IRS chain of command. Those disclosures included allegations Weiss’s office (the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware) engaged in prosecutorial misconduct in the Hunter Biden case by treating Mr. Biden more leniently than similarly situated taxpayers who were not politically connected.” Attorneys for the IRS whistleblowers wrote in a letter to the Acting Principal Deputy Special Counsel.
“Two months ago Special Counsel Weiss filed a document in one of the criminal prosecutions of Hunter Biden drafted and redacted carefully to lead the public to believe SSA Shapley and SA Ziegler were under investigation for potential misconduct. That March 11, 2024 filing opened by stating: “[T]wo IRS agents, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, . . . . have made unsubstantiated claims that prosecutors’ decision-making in this investigation was infected by politics.” The filing continued later: “[A]s described in the attached declaration, Exhibit 2 (filed under seal), the IRS has taken responsible steps to address Shapley’s and Ziegler’s conduct.” Over half of the next page was also redacted. The referenced Exhibit 2 stated the redactions were “to a potential ongoing investigation. . . and the government has filed three exhibits [under seal] that reference a potential ongoing investigation,” the letter stated.
IRS Whistleblowers: In new court filing, government “acknowledged unequivocally for the first time that SSA Shapley and SA Ziegler had not violated the taxpayer privacy laws, as Hunter Biden had falsely alleged.”
Whistleblower legal team asks DOJ IG to investigate Special… pic.twitter.com/JCAVJK24EG
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) May 14, 2024
Last year two IRS whistleblowers, Gary Shapley, and Joseph Ziegler, testified on the government prosecutors’ preferential treatment of Hunter Biden.
Gary Shapley
Joseph Ziegler
“Hunter appeared to follow a pattern of attempting to avoid paying taxes on relevant income. This first started with Hunter not reporting the [Ukrainian gas company] Burisma income in 2014 and allegedly falsely claiming that it was a loan to him,” IRS whistleblower Joseph Ziegler said last year.
“He, again, tried to claim the millions in [Chinese] income earned from Hudson West III was a loan to him, which was refuted by the evidence and was not allowed by his tax accountants,” Ziegler said, according to The New York Post.
“This continued into 2020, 2021 and 2022, in which Hunter received approximately $4.9 million in payments for personal expenses, again in the form of a loan and gift from Democratic donor Kevin Patrick Morris,” Ziegler said.
Gary Shapley said Biden-appointed US Attorneys blocked charges against Hunter Biden.
Zieger said David Weiss, the US Attorney from Delaware, was hamstrung and marginalized by DOJ officials.
“It appeared to me, based on what I experienced, that the U.S. Attorney in Delaware in our investigation was constantly hamstrung, limited, and marginalized by DOJ officials,” Ziegler said.
“The Justice Department allowed the president’s political appointees to weigh in on whether to charge the president’s son,” Shapley said referring to the US Attorneys in DC and California.
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While conservatives argue over whether we should vote early or on election day, the Election Industrial Complex is adding, deleting and managing entities that are clandestinely operating behind US elections.
A document produced by Higher Ground Labs entitled the – 2022 Political Tech Landscape Report – outlines what we have labeled the Election Industrial Complex (see diagram above).
This document shows the many entities and interactions between these entities and groups involved in the Left’s Election Industrial Complex. Higher Ground Labs is led by a group of far-left zealots and politicians. It started in 2017 after Hillary lost the 2016 Election.
Higher Ground Labs created and published its 2022 report that describes its landscape and connections in the election industry complex. This document outlines the many initiatives, connections and activities it is involved in and the players it interacts with to ensure radical far-left and increasingly communist anti-American Democrats win elections.
This landscape involves “non-profits” and publicly traded companies which prevent the public from requesting information that would be required to be provided by the government in FOIA requests.
Based on our initial analysis of this Complex, the Left uses money to manipulate these groups where conservative entities for the most part run on trust. Money is used to incentivize. “Trust issues” in a grass roots environment are minimized through the use of money and funding.
See our first post on this topic below:
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: The Left’s ELECTION INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX Discovered and Defined
A deeper dive into the Left’s Election Industrial Complex from a military expert’s point of view indicates that this system runs more like a 5th generation weapons system.
A military weapons system is an integrated system, usually computerized, for the control and operation of weapons of a particular kind. With this in mind, It appears that the Left has weaponized US elections.
5th Generation warfare is described by Dr. Robert Malone as follows (emphasis added):
5th-Gen warfare is an extension of Asymmetric and Insurgent Warfare strategies and tactics, whereby both conventional and unconventional military tactics and weapons are incorporated and deployed, including exploitation of political, religious and social causes. This new gradient of warfare uses the internet, social media and the 24-hour news cycle to change cognitive biases of individuals and/or organizations. It can be conducted by organized or unorganized (ergo decentralized) groups; it may be led by nation states, non-nation state actors and organizations, non-governmental organizations or even individuals. A key characteristic of 5th Gen warfare is that the nature of the attack is concealed. The goal is to disrupt and defeat opponents by creating new cognitive biases.
The most effective 5th-Gen warfare strategies employed by those lacking integrity are not purely based on pushing false narratives, mis- dis- or mal- information. The most effective strategies mix truth with action, and act to increase confusion and disorder.
This Left’s Election Industrial Complex communicates real-time election operations. It’s a psychological war that uses activists and volunteers as troops. It relies heavily on messaging and influencers are highly valued. The ultimate goal is to obtain committed hearts and minds.
This is why the “New Media” is so despised by the Left. The Truth reported by New Media is the enemy of the Left.
See this brief and brilliant explanation below.
Here is a document that outlines the comments shared in the video above.
Real Time Operations by Joe Ho on Scribd
(Joe Hoft is the author of three books related to the 2020 Election which have been referred to as “definitive documentation of the enormous fraud in the 2020 Election” and “classics”.)
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that his confidence has weakened that inflation is under control.
His comments made at a bankers’ conference in Amsterdam came the same day that the Labor Department reported that wholesale prices jumped 0.5 percent in April, the largest increase since April 2023.
Wholesale prices are tracked by the Producer Price Index, which measures the selling prices producers of goods and services receive.
CNBC: Wholesale inflation rose MUCH more than expected in April.
That’s Bidenomics! pic.twitter.com/NbVUyS3zVP
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 14, 2024
Powell first told the bankers that the U.S. economy is performing well, seeing strong growth of just over 3 percent last year, as unemployment remains below 4 percent and inflation has come down from its peaks in 2022 and early 2023.
“Core inflation got as high as 5.6 percent and is now at 2.8 percent, so it’s down by half. That progress though really happened over the course of last year, particularly the second half of last year,” the fed chief said.
Core inflation measures the change in prices of goods and services, but does not include food and energy costs, which have gone up considerably during President Joe Biden’s time in office.
Food prices are up over 21 percent since January 2021. Meanwhile the price of gasoline averaged $2.40 per gallon that month, and is currently $3.61, or a 50.42 percent increase.
“The first quarter in the United States was notable for its lack of further progress on inflation. We had higher readings in the first quarter, and higher than we expected,” Powell conceded.
“We did not expect this to be a smooth road. But these [inflation readings] were higher than I think anybody expected,” he continued. “What that has told us is that we’ll need to be patient and let restrictive policy do its work.”
CNBC reported that the Federal Reserve has increased interest rates 11 times in recent years in its efforts to combat inflation.
The purpose of raising interest rates is to make borrowing more expensive, which is designed to slow consumer spending and business investment, lowering demand and thereby bringing prices down, according to Chase Bank.
“I expect that inflation will move back down on a monthly level, on a monthly basis to levels that were more like the lower readings we were having last year,” Powell predicted.
But he added the caveat, “I would say my confidence [in that forecast] is not as high as it was, having seen these readings in the first three months of the year.”
“We’re just going to have to see where the inflation data fall out,” Powell said.
What the fed chairman did not get into is how Biden’s and the Democrats’ big government, high spending policies are a primary driver of inflation.
Former Trump and Reagan administration economist Larry Kudlow explained in May 2022 as price spikes were hitting their highest, “Look, you had prominent Democrat economists and Republican economists a year ago predict rising inflation because of huge social spending, aggregate demand increasing, deficit financing, too much borrowing and too much money printing.”
“And then you had the war against fossil fuels at exactly the wrong time,” he added, referring to Biden’s policy of greatly restricting oil production on federal lands and offshore.
In a February 2021 opinion piece for The Washington Post, former Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers wrote that passing the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan as the economy was already well on its way to recovery would “set off inflationary pressures of a kind we have not seen in a generation, with consequences for the value of the dollar and financial stability.”
After it passed the following month, Summers called it “the least responsible macroeconomic policy we’ve had in the last 40 years.”
Further, former Obama administration Treasury Department official Steven Rattner in a November 2021 article for The New York Times identified the American Rescue Plan as the “original sin” leading to the current high inflation rate.
He pointed to Summers’ warning, as well as “many others.”
“We worried that shoveling an unprecedented amount of spending into an economy already on the road to recovery would mean too much money chasing too few goods,” Rattner wrote.
The Democrats have since passed the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act, with costs on green initiatives alone expected to exceed $1 trillion, and the $1 trillion dollar infrastructure bill, pouring more Federal Reserve printed money into the economy.
Kudlow said the answer for the nation’s current fix is to implement the policy President Ronald Reagan did in the 1980s — known as supply-side economics.
In other words don’t just try to decrease demand through Fed interest rate hikes and less spending, work on increasing the supply of goods and services through pro-growth tax and regulatory polices.
“The tax hikes and the environmental restrictions [under Biden] are suppressing the supply side of the economy — not enough goods. And the spending increases the demand side of the economy — too much cash,” Kudlow said.
“If you are going to spend more than you can produce, well, prices have to go up. And the obvious solution is to spend less and produce more.”
The proof is in the pudding. Inflation dropped from 13.5 percent in 1980 before Reagan took office to 4.1 percent in 1988.
Powell of course does not have the power to make these policy changes, but the American people do by re-electing former President Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress, who implemented Reagan-style economic policies in Trump’s first term and promise to do so again in his second.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Rosie O’Donnell and some of her liberal Hollywood galpals are appealing to Doctor Jill Biden to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Do they not realize that a ceasefire was in place on October 7th? Would they be calling for a ceasefire if Hamas was winning in this conflict?
Also, why are they appealing to Jill Biden? What power does she have in foreign policy, or anything for that matter?
Hot Air reports:
Cringe: Celebs Sent Mother’s Day Message to Jill Biden
Stop the genocide, Jill. Stop the genocide.
Some celebrities put together a Mother’s Day message for Jill Biden. They went over President Biden’s head and spoke directly to the person in charge – the first lady.
The idiotic elites want a permanent ceasefire immediately. Are they aware that there was a ceasefire in place on October 7, 2023? It doesn’t matter. They are antisemites who aren’t interested in truth or reality. They chose to let their anti-Israel freak flags fly.
What better day than Mother’s Day to deliver their message?
The video featured The Gilded Age co-stars Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski, Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox, comedian and Babes actress Ilana Glazer, American playwright V (formerly Eve Ensler), comedian and TV producer Rosie O’Donnell and several other women from the famed entertainment industry. The Sex and the City star posted the star-studded appeal to the First Lady of the United States on X/Twitter on Mother’s Day. Also, tagging the Avengers star Mark Ruffalo, who’s been avidly speaking for the Gaza cause, the aforementioned celebrities shared the video message on Instagram.
Here’s the video, if you can get through it.
This is hilarious. Celebrities, in a video title "A Message To Dr Jill Biden," beg First Lady Jill Biden to tell her husband President Joe Biden to end the war against Hamas.
More shameless antisemitism from Hollywood led by Rosie O'Donnell. pic.twitter.com/8Z84XUIe0g
— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) May 14, 2024
Is it awful that some civilians are getting killed in Gaza? Yes. But guess what… That’s how wars work and this is a war.
A war that was started by Hamas, not Israel.
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Disgraced former attorney Michael Avenatti, who has been imprisoned since February 2022 and was sentenced to an additional 14 years for stealing millions from clients—bringing his total sentence to 19 years without the possibility of parole—has tweeted from prison attacking another conman, Michael Cohen.
From his cell, Avenatti unleashed a barrage of accusations on Saturday. He challenged the public to question the fairness of being judged solely on the accusations of others, without an opportunity to defend oneself.
Avenatti wrote, “The next time you are accused of something by someone – a co-worker, neighbor, friend, significant other, stranger – ask yourself if it would be ok if only they were allowed to speak/accuse/antagonize while you were not allowed to respond to defend yourself. If your answer is no, then you too should be angered by Trump not being allowed to respond to Cohen’s & Daniels’ nonsense.”
The next time you are accused of something by someone – a co-worker, neighbor, friend, significant other, stranger – ask yourself if it would be ok if only they were allowed to speak/accuse/antagonize while you were not allowed to respond to defend yourself. If your answer is no,…
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 11, 2024
But Avenatti didn’t stop there. Following Cohen’s testimony on Tuesday, he took to Twitter again to reaffirm his long-held view of Cohen as untrustworthy.
“Unlike many, I have been consistent for 6 years: Michael Cohen is a liar and a total fraud/narcissist who cares only about himself.”
“And let us not forget about Women for Cohen and the 700+ ridiculous posts he fabricated in an effort to paint himself as a brilliant attorney, sex symbol, etc. I guess he claims that was Trump’s fault too? Lololololol”
Unlike many, I have been consistent for 6 years: Michael Cohen is a liar and a total fraud/narcissist who cares only about himself. And let us not forget about @womenforcohen and the 700+ ridiculous posts he fabricated in an effort to paint himself as a brilliant attorney, sex…
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 15, 2024
Last week’s tweets also saw Avenatti accusing Keith Davidson, another key witness in Trump’s trial, of lying and implicated Stormy Daniels in an extortion scheme against Trump in 2016.
“Keith Davidson is lying. After I confronted her w/ her own text msgs, Daniels admitted to me in early 2019 that she & Davidson had extorted Trump in Oct. 2016 – it was a shakedown. This was one of the many reasons I fired her as a client in Feb. 2019.”
Keith Davidson is lying. After I confronted her w/ her own text msgs, Daniels admitted to me in early 2019 that she & Davidson had extorted Trump in Oct. 2016 – it was a shakedown. This was one of the many reasons I fired her as a client in Feb. 2019
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 2, 2024
Amidst this tirade, Avenatti also targeted his former client Stormy Daniels with allegations of fraud and falsification of business records. He recounted an interaction with producer Sarah Gibson, who approached him for participation in a documentary about Daniels. According to Avenatti, Gibson revealed a plan to secretly pay Daniels for the documentary while concealing the payments from Trump and his lawyers.
Read his statement below:
Will DA Bragg or Others Charge Stormy Daniels with Fraud and Falsification of Business Records?
Statement of Michael Avenatti – Last June, I was contacted by producer Sarah Gibson, who requested that l assist with a documentary about my former client Stormy Daniels (I had fired Daniels as a client in February 2019). On June 25, 2023, at 12:09 p.m. PT, I spoke with Ms. Gibson by phone, on a recorded line, and asked her a number of questions so I could determine whether I would agree to participate.
I was particularly interested in knowing whether the project was going to be legitimate and fair, or instead, a puff piece designed to put Daniels in a favorable light while ignoring facts and trashing me and Donald Trump. I wanted nothing to do with the project if it was the latter.
My first question to Ms. Gibson when we spoke was whether Daniels was being paid for the documentary. I asked this question because if she was being paid for the doc, it would be a clear indication to me that the project lacked integrity, would be one-sided, and controlled by Daniels.
Ms. Gibson told me that Daniels was being paid for the documentary, but that because she owed Trump hundreds of thousands of dollars from a judgment Trump was trying to collect from Daniels, they – Daniels, Gibson and others – had come up with a plan that would allow Daniels to be secretly paid, while at the same time keeping the payments) from Trump and his attorneys.
Among other things, she told me that they had fictionally “optioned” the rights to Daniels’ book and then routed the money Daniels demanded through a fabricated “trust” that had been set-up in the name of Daniels’ daughter – all to hide the money from Trump and avoid paying the judgment.
To say that I was shocked when I was told this would be an understatement. A woman I had never met or spoken to before was admitting to me, on a recorded line, that Daniels, she and others had engaged in multiple overt criminal acts (state and federal), including falsification of business records, wire fraud, and fraudulent transfers, all in an effort to defraud Trump and avoid paying him what he was legally due. Due to the fraud, I declined to participate in the documentary.
If what Ms. Gibson told me on the recorded line is true – and there is every reason to believe it is – how can DA Bragg possibly rely on the testimony of Daniels, who is herself guilty of fraud and recently falsifying business records to cover-up a crime (i.e. fraudulent transfer and wire fraud)? Further, will DA Bragg or others be promptly filing criminal charges against Daniels or others involved in this scheme?
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Popular seafood chain Red Lobster has begun the process of closing nearly 127 locations in 27 states, according to reports.
As of Tuesday, the Red Lobster website listed the affected locations as “closed,” according to a report by Fox 59. States including California, Florida, New York, Iowa, and Illinois were among those hit by the unexpected closures.
In Danville, Illinois, Mayor Rickey Williams Jr. took to Facebook to express his dismay.
“I was just notified by one of our local Red Lobster managers that after 31 years of serving our community, without notice, their parent company laid off the entire crew and closed the restaurant effective immediately,” Williams wrote.
“This is despite the fact that they were rated number 15 out of over 600 stores for customer service & satisfaction last year. They also shuttered nearly 120 other stores without notice,” Williams added.
The parent company’s abrupt decision to shutter these locations comes as it prepares to auction off more than 50 sites across the country. TageX Brands, a restaurant liquidation company, has announced that it will oversee the sale of equipment from the closed restaurants, describing it as its “largest restaurant equipment auction ever.” However, only 48 locations are specifically listed in its catalog, Fox Business reported.
“As of today, select Red Lobster locations are CLOSED. On our Restaurant Equipment marketplace, we are auctioning off 50+ locations across the country. These auctions are WINNER TAKES ALL – meaning, each winner will receive the ENTIRE contents of the Red Lobster location they bid on. Auctions are live and will end periodically on Thursday, May 16, 2024,” TageX wrote on its website.
The locations participating in this massive auction span across several states. The auction includes locations in the following states:
Alabama
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
New York
New Jersey
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Earlier this year, Red Lobster’s owner, Thai Union Group, announced plans to sell its stake in the brand, citing a “combination of [the] COVID-19 pandemic, sustained industry headwinds, higher interest rates, and rising material and labor costs” impacting profits.
Earlier this year, rumors surfaced that Red Lobster was considering filing for bankruptcy to alleviate its financial burdens.
Business Insider reported:
Restaurant chain Red Lobster could file for bankruptcy protection as early as next week, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
People familiar with the matter told the Journal that the company, overwhelmed with hundreds of millions in debt, plans to file a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in Orlando before Memorial Day.
Bloomberg previously reported in April that the restaurant company was considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
[…]
Leasing costs, less foot traffic during COVID-19 lockdowns, and a failed all-you-can-eat shrimp promotion are some of the reasons Red Lobster and outside observers have attributed to the company’s downfall.
These financial troubles resulted in Thai Union Group, which had assumed majority ownership of Red Lobster in 2020, pulling out its investments. On a February earnings call, Thai Union Chief Executive Thiraphong Chansiri said, “We’re going to exit. We are not going to inject any more money into Red Lobster.”
The sudden closure of Red Lobster locations is yet another indicator of the economic hardships facing American businesses under the Biden regime. As inflation and costs continue to rise, more and more companies are finding it difficult to stay afloat.
The question remains: how many more businesses will fall victim to these economic conditions before Trump gets reelected this coming November?
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Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel John Yoo on Tuesday evening explained why Michael Cohen’s testimony could trigger a mistrial in Alvin Bragg’s ‘hush money’ lawfare case against Trump.
Trump was charged with 34 felony counts for paying porn star Stormy Daniels, AKA, Stephanie Clifford, ‘hush payments’ through his then-attorney Michael Cohen in an alleged scheme to silence her and stop the story about their alleged affair from being published in the National Enquirer.
There is no crime, but Alvin Bragg charged President Trump anyway.
John Yoo explained why bringing risky and unreliable witnesses such as Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen to the witness stand could trigger a mistrial.
Convicted perjurer Michael Cohen took the witness stand on Monday and Tuesday.
Michael Cohen played audio of a secret recording he took between himself and his then-client Donald Trump. Attorney-client privilege is a right for every American — except Donald Trump.
Last week Stormy Daniels blew it on the witness stand when she 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.
Yoo said the prosecution went too far last week with the Stormy Daniels testimony and relied too heavily on a convicted liar.
“Jim and I were both at the Justice Department… we would never have authorized a prosecution like this that was so dependent on someone who has been convicted of federal crimes for lying,” John Yoo said.
“Did we cross the Rubicon? Did we go after a former president for the first time in the history of this Republic, in 235 years, for this guy? For this kind of witness? For these kinds of charges?” he said.
WATCH:
Former Deputy Assistant AG John Yoo explains why Michael Cohen’s testimony is so disastrous that it should trigger a mistrial:
“Jim and I were both at the Justice Department… we would never have authorized a prosecution like this that was so dependent on someone who has been… pic.twitter.com/2C6SFqDWDl
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 14, 2024
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A charity set up by Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, has been declared “delinquent” in the state of California and must stop raising or spending money with immediate effect.
According to Page Six, the charity has failed to submit annual reports and pay the necessary fees in order to qualify for charitable status:
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s charity foundation has been declared delinquent and ordered to stop raising or spending money, Page Six can reveal.
The royal duo have let the official registration fees for their charity, Archewell, lapse since at least the beginning of May, according to an official letter from California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta.
The document states that Archewell has been listed as “delinquent” with the registry of charities and fundraisers for failing to submit its annual report and its registration fees.
The note adds, “An organization that is listed as delinquent is not in good standing and is prohibited from engaging in conduct for which registration is required, including soliciting or disbursing charitable funds.”
The ruling will come as another blow to the couple’s reputation, which has nosedived since they decided to give up Royal duties and move to Hollywood to cash in on their names and pursue left-wing activism.
Donations to Archewell collapsed by a staggering $11 million between 2021 and 2022, although the couple still managed to find money to give their right-hand man, James Holt, a staggering 280 percent pay rise.
Last year, the couple were dropped by Spotify from their their $20 million podcasting and were consequently denounced as “f**king grifters” by company executive and The Ringer founder Bill Simmons.
The couple has just finished a tour of Nigeria where they styled themselves as royal ambassadors, despite having no working role with the family. At one point, Markle described Nigeria as “my country,” even though it was the first time that she had visited.
“I want to start by saying thank you very much for just how gracious you’ve all been in welcoming my husband and I to this country… my country,” she said. “I am just flattered and honored and inspired. It has been a whirlwind 24 hours since we arrived, and I very quickly got the memo that I need to wear more colour, so I can fit in with all of you and your incredible fashion.”
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Northwestern University has already signaled its willingness to cave to radical behavior.
The Gateway Pundit reported that the university recently announced their concessions to the radical Hamas supporters who took over their campus to end their protests and encampment.
Two of the most notable include the promise to offer full-ride scholarships to Palestinian students and the guarantee of faculty jobs for Palestinian academics.
The University will also provide special housing for Muslim students and will “advise employers not to rescind job offers for students engaging in speech protected by the First Amendment.”
However, it seems that at least one professor’s behavior is concerning enough that the school has launched an investigation.
Journalism instructor Steven Thrasher is being investigated after a clash with police at an anti-Israel demonstration in April, where he actively encouraged students to resist law enforcement.
Still not terminated after this… pic.twitter.com/PFx4SHqWLa
— Richard Goldberg (@rich_goldberg) April 28, 2024
Even more troubling was the content of a speech he gave to students at the pro-Hamas encampment, “Our Work is Love,” which was posted online. In his remarks, he dismissed the need for a commitment to objectivity for journalists and also referred to Ahmed Hassan, the son of a Houthi youth minister, as a “comrade.”
“To the Medill students and journalists within ear shot, I say to you: our work is not about objectivity. Our work is not about ‘scooping’ one another. Our work is about you putting your brilliant minds to work, and opening your compassionate hearts, and linking your arms together understanding all of our fates are interconnected.”
Steven Thrasher, the chair of social justice in reporting at @MedillSchool, just posted the text of the speech he gave in the encampment. For the blocked (there are many), here are some excerpts. And by the way, the Hassan Zaid he mentions was a Houthi official. pic.twitter.com/VWntX8qjf2
— Zach Kessel (@zach_kessel) April 28, 2024
Thrasher’s “comrade” Hassan consistently posts anti-American, anti-Christian, and anti-Jewish sentiments on social media.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
*Christians Zionists are uglier than Jews Zionists*
️ Muhammad Hassan Zaid
May 13, 20241- On May 10, 2024, former US Chief of Staff Mark Milley admitted that his country, America, killed many innocent civilians in… pic.twitter.com/QaPbhk0mtf
— Ahmed Hassan أحمد حسن زيد (@Ahmed_hassan_za) May 14, 2024
Hassan sees many other allies beyond American college campuses, according to screenshots compiled by The Fix.
Hassan recently shared a post in Arabic that said, “May God be satisfied with Hamas” and wrote “Hamas is winning.”
The terrorist group killed around 1,200 people, including small children, raped women, and took hundreds of hostages during its October 2023 attack on Israel.
“Israel is losing,” Hassan posted on April 6. “Soon enough, it will ask all the citizens to join the army[.] Hamas will end them all[.]”
In other posts, Hassan wrote “Hezbollah” with a supportive heart emoji and posted pictures of the flag of the Lebanese group, which has killed hundreds of Americans.
Hassan also reacted positively to a post celebrating “solidarity” between Iran and Yemen against Israel and reposted a user who said, “Love live Ansar Allah,” a reference to the Houthi rebels.
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Joe Biden’s America.
An illegal alien from El Salvador who entered the US on Joe Biden’s open border invitation was arrested in the murder of a 33-year-old West Virginia woman.
David Antonio Calderon, 46, was arrested in Virginia after authorities found an unidentified woman on a burning couch in a field in Martinsburg.
“Early findings from the state Medical Examiner’s Office point to burn injuries as the likely cause of death.” West Virginia News reported.
According to police, Calderon, who went by the nickname “Amigo,” also attacked two homeless people with a baseball bat in April.
“Two days after the woman’s body was found, Calderon was stopped by police in his vehicle in Frederick County and arrested on the malicious assault warrants. Calderon, who goes by the nickname “Amigo,” allegedly attacked two homeless people with a baseball bat behind a Walmart in Charles Town, West Virginia, according to court documents. The two victims suffered serious injuries and were transported to Winchester Medical Center where they were determined to have sustained broken bones and concussions.” The Winchester Star reported.
Calderon was denied asylum in Canada in 2023 and turned over to US Customs and Border Protection agents. Border Patrol released Calderon and he went on to murder an innocent American.
Calderon is being held at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center in Virginia as he awaits extradition to West Virginia.
BIDEN MIGRANT CRIME: An illegal alien from El Salvador — who "was denied asylum in Canada [in 2023] but was still able to make his way into the States" — has been arrested in the murder of a West Virginia woman found in a burning field pic.twitter.com/nKs4YSaT0Z
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 14, 2024
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Joe Biden on Tuesday incoherently slurred through a speech announcing new tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese exports.
Watch below.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Joe Biden announced tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese exports, including electric vehicles, chips, batteries, and other goods on Tuesday. Biden previously criticized Trump’s tariffs and promised to reverse them.
When asked about President Trump’s comments outside the New York City courthouse before his day in court for the Biden/Bragg hush money witch hunt, Biden attempted to zing Trump but failed miserably.
Joe Biden Tries to Troll Trump After Announcing New Tariffs on China – But Fails Miserably (VIDEO)
The Gateway Pundit reported earlier that President Trump spoke outside the courthouse and slammed Biden's electric vehicle mandate, outlining the consequences that American autoworkers are facing. He was joined by North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Rep. Cory Millis (R-FL), former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, and turncoat Speaker Mike Johnson, the worthless GOP House House leader who sides with Democrats and neglects his voting base on every issue possible.
Donalds, Mills, and Ramaswamy spoke to the press earlier during the trial to condemn the weaponization of justice against Donald Trump and the testimony of convicted perjurer Michael Cohen.
"China is eating our lunch right now," said Trump:
During Biden's speech responding to Trump's promise to impose tariffs on China and bring American manufacturing back to the States, Biden was completely incoherent while trying to say, "Electric charging stations have to be as easy to find as a gas station."
This comes more than two years after Congress gave Joe Biden $7.5 billion to install electric vehicle chargers all over the country. As The Gateway Pundit reported in December 2023, not one charger had been installed. According to RNC Research, just eight have been installed as of today.
Biden promised to use billions of dollars to build hundreds of thousands of EV chargers.
Watch below:
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Mayor Eric Adams has once again ignited controversy with his latest comments on the city’s lifeguard shortage. The mayor has suggested that illegal immigrants could be the solution to New York City’s staffing woes, specifically because “they’re excellent swimmers.”
This eyebrow-raising connection was made by Mayor Adams during a City Hall briefing when pressed about the challenges facing the city’s beaches and pools. With Memorial Day approaching and no clear resolution in sight, Adams proposed expediting migrant work visas for these critical roles.
“How do we have a large body of people that are in our city, our country, that are excellent swimmers and at the same time we need lifeguards — and the only obstacle is that we won’t give them the right to work to become a lifeguard,” the mayor said. “That just doesn’t make sense.”
WATCH:
HAHAHA NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he wants illegals to become NYC lifeguards because they are “excellent swimmers” pic.twitter.com/nhimINNB9w
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 14, 2024
Mayor Adams didn’t stop at lifeguards. He extended his unconventional recruitment strategy to the healthcare sector, suggesting that any illegal alien who claims nursing experience should be fast-tracked into hospital positions to combat the city’s nursing crisis.
“If we had a plan that said, ‘If there was a shortage of food service workers and those who fit that criteria, we’re going to expedite you,’ if you have experience that you are a nurse and we have a nursing shortage, we would expedite you,” Adams proposed.
Critics argue that Mayor Adams is not only incentivizing illegal immigration but also stereotyping migrants in a way that could be construed as racist.
Below are some of the comments:
“All black people should be basketball players” ~Eric Adams
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Democrats are racists.
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History repeating itself pic.twitter.com/2E1BurWGGv
— Capitalist Mike (@Capitalist_Mike) May 14, 2024
That has to be a joke. Like the question of why doesn’t Mexico have a good Olympic Team? Everyone who can run, jump, or swim is already in the US.
— Ankush sharma (@Aku_700) May 14, 2024
Lol imagine if someone said black people should be in charge of all the chicken restaurants. Honestly the ones who cry loudest about racism are by far the most racist people on earth.
— AntiGanda (@AntiGanda7846) May 14, 2024
Imagine if a white Republican mayor said that
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) May 14, 2024
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