tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63495808398316744832024-03-28T11:02:06.863-07:00YourDestinationNowYour Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.comBlogger31147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-61629172960889883322024-03-28T11:01:00.000-07:002024-03-28T11:01:17.751-07:0016 U.S. states file lawsuit against Biden administration over temporary ban on approving new liquefied natural gas export permits<p> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sixteen states have jointly filed a lawsuit challenging the federal government's ban on </span><a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/16-states-file-lawsuit-against-biden-over-ban-on-natural-gas-exports/" style="color: #009999; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">approving applications for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">According to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the lawsuit argues that the United States' federal government lacks the authority to broadly deny these permit applications.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Back in January, President Joe Biden announced the temporary pause on approving new LNG exports to allow officials to review the process for assessing the economic and environmental impacts of projects seeking approval to export lucrative and high-demand LNG to regions such as Europe and Asia.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The pause has raised concerns regarding the future of over a dozen planned gas export terminals all along the Gulf of Mexico coast and has sparked <a href="https://newenergyreport.com/" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none;">widespread apprehension among energy lobbyists</a>, environmental groups and local residents alike.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In addition to Texas, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/climate/states-sue-biden-lng-pause.html" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none;">the other 15 states challenging the pause</a> are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><h2 style="font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 26px; line-height: 29.379999px;">LNG export pause expected to have significant impact on economy</h2><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">According to an analysis, if all proposed LNG projects were to proceed and ship gas overseas, it could result in 3.2 billion tons of greenhouse gases – equivalent to the entire annual emissions of the European Union.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"This pause on new LNG approvals acknowledges the climate crisis for what it is—the existential threat of our time," remarked Biden upon announcing the pause in January. </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It argues that the <em>Department of Energy</em>'s pause negatively affects the economy and undermines America's effort to provide allies in Europe with a reliable supply of LNG as the continent works to reduce its reliance on gas piped in from Russia.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Europe is already facing energy shortages due to disruptions in supply from Russia. The Biden administration's move is only hurting the energy situation in the continent and could strain transatlantic relations.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Republicans further argue that the decision <a href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/biden-s-lng-export-ban-is-based-on-politics-not-science" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none;">undermines American efforts to support its allies</a> and could ultimately strengthen Russia's position as<a href="https://energysupply.news/" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none;"> the dominant energy supplier</a> to Europe.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Biden's decision to halt LNG exports is seen as a calculated move in an election year, responding to pressure from environmental activists who advocate for a complete overhaul of American energy policies.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://greentyranny.news/" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none;">The environmental activists</a> argue that LNG exports contribute to global emissions and exacerbate so-called climate change. In an attempt to appease these groups, which make up a significant portion of his support base, Biden has announced the pause on new LNG export approvals. </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The decision has raised concerns about its potential impact on the economy and energy security.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">LNG exports have been a significant contributor to the U.S. economy, generating billions of dollars in revenue and supporting thousands of jobs, particularly in industries like steel manufacturing and fracking. By halting these exports, the administration risks undermining these economic benefits and weakening the nation's energy independence.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-23711464445424435992024-03-28T11:00:00.000-07:002024-03-28T11:00:28.781-07:00Taiwan admits U.S. troops are stationed on islands close to the Chinese mainland<p> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Taiwan has officially confirmed </span><a href="https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/131715/taiwan-usa-troops-china" style="color: #009999; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">the permanent presence of troops from the United States</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> on Taiwanese-controlled islands off the coast of mainland China.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">China has long been claiming democratically governed Taiwan as its territory, despite the strong objections of the island's people. Tensions over the status of Taiwan have skyrocketed in recent years, leaving Taipei with no choice but to respond to the consistent ramp-up of Chinese military activities near its territories. And one of its strategies is to seek help from its allies, particularly the United States.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In a statement, Taiwanese Minister of National Defense and retired general Chiu Kuo-cheng confirmed that the U.S. Army Special Forces, commonly known as the "Green Berets," are stationed at the bases of the Republic of China (ROC) Armed Forces' 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion, known as the "Sea Dragon Frogmen" or just the "Frogmen."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Frogmen is a special operations force of the ROC Army stationed in the outlying Taiwanese-governed island groups of Kinmen and Penghu. Kinmen is just three miles from the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen. The ROC Army has allowed the Green Berets to be permanently stationed at the Frogmen's bases to facilitate training programs for Taiwan's frontline defenders.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"This exchange is for mutual observation, to identify problems we have, figure out how to improve, and to recognize their strengths so we can learn from them. No matter the situation, there may be blind spots or shortcomings. So we need to communicate with our allies, whether it is a team, a group or a country. We can learn from each other to see what strengths we have. This is a fixed thing," Chiu explained. </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Shen Ming-Shih, acting deputy CEO of the Taiwanese military think tank Institute for National Defense and Security Research, confirmed the ministry's statement that American special forces <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/21/world-news/taiwan-admits-us-forces-stationed-on-islands-off-china/" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none;">are training entire companies of Taiwanese troops</a>. Shen added that the training focuses on enhancing security measures to counter potential sabotage and infiltration.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"It makes the training more complete, which I think is very meaningful," said Shen.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Moreover, American military personnel are also providing specialized training on drone equipment for Taiwan's elite Airborne Special Service Company in the northeast city of Taoyuan.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Drew Thompson, a senior research fellow at the <a href="https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none;"><em>Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy</em></a>, justified the running of training exercises so close to the Chinese mainland, noting that holding these military drills where the troops are stationed is more practical than relocating entire commands for political reasons.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"If you’re bringing in a training element, you want to train where the troops are rather than have to take the entire command and move it somewhere else for political expediency,” explained Thompson.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><h2 class="Paragraph_text-SqIsdNjh0t0- paywall" data-component="paragraph" style="font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 26px; line-height: 29.379999px;">China: U.S. interference in Taiwan an attempt to escalate tensions in the region</h2><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The last time the U.S. had an official troop presence on Taiwan was in 1979, when the last American soldiers withdrew following the normalization of U.S.-China relations.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">However, the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act commits the U.S. to providing Taiwan with defensive weaponry and <a href="https://nationalsecurity.news/" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none;">aiding the island in its defense</a> against external aggression.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Mart Meiners reaffirmed America's unwavering support for Taiwan in a statement to the <em>Wall Street Journal.</em></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Our commitment to Taiwan is rock-solid and contributes to the maintenance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and within the region," Meiners said.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In a separate statement, Communist Chinese <em>Ministry of Foreign Affairs </em>spokesperson Lin Jian cited the U.S.'s interference in Taiwan <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-will-be-ready-to-invade-taiwan-in-three-years-top-us-admiral-says/ar-BB1khKQr" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none;">as an attempt to escalate tensions in the region</a>.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Some people in the U.S. have been trying to hype up the China-threat narrative to escalate tensions across the strait and instigate confrontation. We firmly oppose that," Jian told reporters during a press briefing in Beijing.</p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-20302655203780714882024-03-28T09:39:00.001-07:002024-03-28T09:39:41.220-07:00Maryland Lawmakers Drafting ‘Emergency Bill’ In Response To Baltimore Bridge Collapse<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">Lawmakers in</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span>Maryland<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">are preparing an “emergency bill” to provide income replacement for workers affected by the partial</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span>bridge collapse<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">in Baltimore early Tuesday morning.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">On X, Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson said he is working with state Del. Luke Clippinger, a fellow Democrat hailing from Baltimore County, and others from the area to draft the legislation.</p><div class="dw-mm-player-container" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><div id="AV608bfd1f328b2f32b531a418" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“Over 15,000 in the Balt region rely on daily operations at Port of Baltimore to put food on the table,” Ferguson <a href="https://twitter.com/SenBillFerg/status/1772949242610327563" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">said</a>. “Today, with [Clippinger] and colleagues representing Port, we are drafting an emergency bill to provide for income replacement for workers impacted by this travesty.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The incident involved a container ship named Dali ramming into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the bridge to break apart. Six people, identified as construction workers who were filling potholes on the bridge, are presumed dead,</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">With the bridge in shambles, the Port of Baltimore has been closed “until further notice,” leading experts to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baltimore-port-closure-could-cost-15-million-per-day-2024-3" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">tell Business Insider</a> the closure may obstruct $15 million in daily economic activity.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“The human cost of lives lost yesterday is overwhelming and tragic. The economic and stability loss to the thousands impacted in the days ahead cannot be understated,” Ferguson said.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“Yesterday I spent hours talking to labor leaders, dock workers, small business owners, and large port industry leaders who all had the exact same message: ‘We must unlock the channel to the Port of Baltimore.’ They’re right. And until we do, there is enormous cost to families,” he added.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The National Transportation Safety Board, which is tasked with determining the probable causes of transportation accidents and issuing safety recommendations, is <a href="https://twitter.com/NTSB_Newsroom/status/1772615395846848689" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">investigating</a> the collapse.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><b> </b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he wants the federal government to cover costs to rebuild the bridge that stretched over the Patapsco River and was used by roughly 30,000 vehicles a day.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“It is my intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge, and I expect Congress to support my effort,” Biden said.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“This is going to take some time, and the people of Baltimore can count on us though to stick with them at every step of the way until the port is reopened and the bridge is rebuilt,” he added.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Biden also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-pushes-for-federal-gov-to-pay-for-entire-cost-of-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-but-says-it-will-take-some-time" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">said</a> he has “directed [his] team to move heaven and earth to open the port and rebuild the bridge as soon as humanly possible.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Maryland Governor Wes Moore, a Democrat, said on Wednesday the state flag has been lowered to half staff in recognition of the bridge incident.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“The hearts of every Marylander are with the families of those affected by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/GovWesMoore/status/1772999036158509536" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">said</a> on X. “We have spoken to the families, prayed with them, and assured them that our state will mobilize every resource to bring them closure.”</p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-34760412102474917972024-03-28T09:39:00.000-07:002024-03-28T09:39:14.468-07:00Trump Rails Against Judge, Daughter Following Gag Order In NY Criminal Case: ‘An Acute Case Of Trump Derangement Syndrome’ <p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday railed against Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing a New York criminal case against the former president, for issuing a gag order. </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">Under Merchan’s order, Trump is restricted from speaking about those testifying against him, including former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and porn star Stormy Daniels, who claims she had a sexual encounter with Trump before he was president. </span></p><div class="dw-mm-player-container" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><div id="AV608bfd1f328b2f32b531a418" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">“Judge Juan Merchan, who is suffering from an acute case of Trump Derangement Syndrome … has now issued another illegal, un-American, unConstitutional ‘order,’ as he continues to try and take away my Rights,” Trump </span><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112168132432855508" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">posted</span></a><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"> to social media site Truth Social. </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">The real estate mogul also said that the judge’s daughter “represents Crooked Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, and other Radical Liberals” and “posted a picture of me behind bars,” which Trump said “makes it completely impossible for me to get a fair trial.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">As </span><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/26/trump-attacks-hush-money-judge-points-to-daughters-political-work.html" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">reported</span></a><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"> by CNBC, the judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, was or currently is an executive at Authentic Campaigns, a progressive political consultant that works for various Democratic clients, including President Joe Biden. Notably, Judge Merchan <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/06/politics/judge-merchan-trump-biden-contribution/index.html" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">donated</a> to Biden’s presidential campaign against Trump in 2020. </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">Trump continued his post on Tuesday, writing, “This Judge, by issuing a vicious ‘Gag Order,’ is wrongfully attempting to deprive me of my First Amendment Right to speak out against the Weaponization of Law Enforcement, including the fact that Crooked Joe Biden, [Attorney General] Merrick Garland, and their Hacks and Thugs are tracking and following me all across the Country, obsessively trying to persecute me, while everyone knows I have done nothing wrong!” </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the case against Trump, claims the former president falsified business records related to payments he made before the 2016 election from Cohen to Daniels. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 counts brought by Bragg’s office and denied claims that he ever had a relationship with Daniels.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">The trial is </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">scheduled</span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"> to begin on April 15, despite efforts from Trump’s legal team to </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2024/03/21/braggs-big-filing-and-bidens-big-policy-barrage-00132333" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">delay</span></a><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"> over a recent document dump. Bragg claimed the overwhelming majority of the 200,000 or so pages of documents recently turned over by the Southern District of New York are not relevant to his prosecution of Trump, and therefore the trial should not experience additional delays. </span></p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-52696662827481455312024-03-28T07:57:00.000-07:002024-03-28T07:57:26.858-07:00Princeton Alumni LGBT Activist Arrested On Child Pornography Charges<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">A prominent</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span>LGBT<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">activist associated with Princeton University has been arrested and charged with possessing child pornography.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Roy “Trey” Farmer, 53, is <a href="https://www.nj.com/mercer/2024/03/well-known-music-activist-entrepreneur-charged-with-child-porn-possession.html&subscribed=cfc8656fde1b4236b2a4da4a47dd38bd" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">charged</a> with one felony count of possession of child sexual abuse material, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.</p><div class="dw-mm-player-container" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><div id="AV608bfd1f328b2f32b531a418" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">He was arrested Friday at his condo in Princeton just across from the Ivy League school’s main entrance.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; 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box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 624px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: static; transition: all var(--default__transition); visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Farmer is a 1993 Princeton <a href="https://alumni.princeton.edu/stories/trey-farmer-philosophical-approach" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">graduate</a> and was heavily involved with the school when he was arrested, organizing events and leading organizations for alumni.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">He served as president of both the Queer Princeton Alumni organization and the Princeton University Glee Club Foundation. He also served as vice president of Princeton’s Bisexual, Transgender, Gay and Lesbian Alumni organization.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“Alumni and students are constantly challenging me and inspiring me in new ways. The things I’ve done in my life and career all stem from the things I was exposed to at Princeton,” Farmer <a href="https://alumni.princeton.edu/stories/trey-farmer-philosophical-approach" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">said</a> in a 2022 profile published on the school’s alumni website.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The glowing “alumni spotlight” profile called Farmer a “piano prodigy” and touted that he was “heavily recruited by other prestigious universities.” He has earned master’s degrees at both Yale and Harvard, the profile said.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><b> </b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">He also sits on the board of the New York Philharmonic, <a href="https://www.treyfarmer.net/favorite-things" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">according</a> to his personal website and the orchestra’s <a href="https://www.nyphil.org/about-us/meet/philharmonic-board" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">website</a>. He says he founded the New York Philharmonic Pride Alliance as well.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Farmer also owned and ran companies in the U.S. and abroad and organized art festivals. One of those festivals, the StayInMay Festival in Naples, Florida, <a href="https://www.stayinmay.com/education" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">sponsors</a> programs for children. Farmer spends some of his time in Florida.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The prosecutor’s office <a href="https://alumni.princeton.edu/stories/trey-farmer-philosophical-approach" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">said</a> they received a tip in January that someone in Mercer County had uploaded an item portraying child sexual abuse material, and investigators linked the material to Farmer.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Princeton referred questions about Farmer to the prosecutor’s office, <a href="https://www.nj.com/mercer/2024/03/well-known-music-activist-entrepreneur-charged-with-child-porn-possession.html" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">according</a> to NJ.com.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The tip came to the prosecutor’s Internet Crimes Against Children unit, and the information originated with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Several law enforcement agencies coordinated to arrest him Friday, including the county prosecutor’s office, the Mercer County Tactical Response Team, and Homeland Security Investigations Trenton.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">They executed a search warrant to seize “multiple items of evidentiary value,” the prosecutor’s office said.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Farmer was being held at the Mercer County Jail before a scheduled detention hearing Wednesday in Trenton at the Superior Court of Mercer County.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The prosecutor’s office said they planned to argue that he should be detained before trial.</p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-45767805978434659592024-03-28T07:56:00.000-07:002024-03-28T07:56:12.384-07:00Latest Presidential Polls: Biden Tightens Race In Key Battleground States, But Trump Still Leads<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">President Joe Biden is gaining ground in multiple 2024 swing states, the latest poll from Bloomberg found, but his Republican challenger Donald Trump still holds a lead in each of the seven battleground races, according to the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span><a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/elections/president/2024/battleground-states" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">RealClearPolitics</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">polling average.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">RCP considers Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin the top battleground states in the 2024 election. According to the current RCP average of polls, Trump remains in front in each of those states. A poll released by Bloomberg on Tuesday, however, shows Biden making significant gains in some of the swing states.</p><div class="dw-mm-player-container" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><div id="AV608bfd1f328b2f32b531a418" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">According to the <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-26/election-2024-poll-biden-gains-on-trump-in-six-swing-states" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">Bloomberg survey</a>, which polled nearly 5,000 voters in the seven swing states combined, Biden and Trump are tied in Michigan and Pennsylvania, while the president now posts a one-point lead in Wisconsin. The new poll decreases Trump’s lead in the RCP average to just 0.2 points in Pennsylvania, 0.8 points in Wisconsin, and 3.5 points in Michigan. The former president’s lead in Arizona and Georgia remains at a solid 5.2 points, and he’s up by 4.4 points in North Carolina and 3 points in Nevada, according to the RCP average.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Among the current seven battleground states, Trump only won North Carolina in the 2020 election. That was a drastic turn from Trump’s success in 2016 when he won each of the swing states except Nevada.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">In a five-way race factoring in independent candidates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, along with Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Trump leads nationally with 42.2% to Biden’s 39.5%, while Kennedy comes in third with 10.2%, the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-biden-vs-kennedy-vs-west-vs-stein" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">RCP average</a> shows.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Some Democrats fear that Kennedy — who on Tuesday picked leftist attorney and Democrat donor Nicole Shanahan as his running mate — will hurt the president’s re-election chances and pull more potential Biden voters than potential Trump voters. During a Tuesday afternoon call hosted by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and joined by multiple Democratic lawmakers, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Gov. Austin Davis warned that Kennedy is an “obstacle” to Biden’s re-election, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrat-campaign-call-reveals-panic-mode-rfk-jr-white-house-bid-scramble-save-biden-relection-hopes" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">reported</a>.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“We are doing everything in our power to get President Biden and Vice President Harris re-elected. It’s critical that we take seriously every possible obstacle to that goal. And let me be clear, that’s exactly what Robert F. Kennedy is in this election. He’s a spoiler,” Davis said.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Michigan Democratic state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who was also on the DNC call, agreed with Davis and said Kennedy’s candidacy “means that there is a greater likelihood that Donald Trump will become president again.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><b> </b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The Kennedy campaign continues its effort to get the independent candidate on the ballot in states nationwide. Recently, Kennedy secured spots on the ballots in the battleground states of Arizona and Georgia.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">In a Truth Social <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112166092415580232" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">post</a> on Tuesday night, Trump slammed Kennedy, calling him “the most Radical Left Candidate in the race,” but added that he believes the Kennedy/Shanahan ticket would be good for his campaign and hurt Biden.</p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-84539825327810335392024-03-28T06:53:00.000-07:002024-03-28T06:53:15.379-07:00Two Bodies Found After Massive Cargo Ship Ripped Apart Baltimore Bridge<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">The bodies of two construction workers were found on Wednesday after a massive cargo ship, the Dali, slammed into and ripped apart the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span>Francis Scott Key Bridge<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">where they were working.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Maryland State Police said that divers located the two bodies inside a red pickup at the bottom of the Patapsco River.</p><div class="dw-mm-player-container" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><div id="AV608bfd1f328b2f32b531a418" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The search for the other four missing workers, who are all presumed dead, was paused because “additional vehicles are encased in concrete and other debris, making it unsafe for divers,” CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/us/francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-wednesday/index.html" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">reported</a>.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The ship’s black box was recovered by investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and members of the crew will be interviewed in the coming days, the report said.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/dali-ship-fuel-baltimore-bridge-collapse-6c6a0c76" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">reported</a> that investigators will be looking at whether “contaminated fuel played a role” in the 1,000-foot cargo ship, which weighs more than 116,000 tons, slamming into the bridge. The ship can carry up to 10,000 containers and is considered “an industry workhorse,” the report added.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“The vessel went dead, no steering power and no electronics,” an officer on the ship told the Journal. “One of the engines coughed and then stopped. The smell of burned fuel was everywhere in the engine room and it was pitch black.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Six construction workers who were filling potholes on the Francis Scott Key Bridge are presumed dead.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Jeffrey Pritzker, executive vice president of Brawner Builders, told NBC News that the six individuals who went missing during the accident were working in the middle of the bridge when the ship struck, causing the bridge to collapse.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><b> </b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“This was so completely unforeseen,” Pritzker said. “We don’t know what else to say. We take such great pride in safety, and we have cones and signs and lights and barriers and flaggers.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Jesus Campos, who has worked on the bridge for the company, said that he knew some of the members of the crew. He said that they were on a break sitting in their trucks when the ship hit.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“I know that a month ago, I was there, and I know what it feels like when the trailers pass,” Campos said. “Imagine knowing that is falling. It is so hard. One would not know what to do.”</p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-19687961449653599262024-03-28T06:52:00.000-07:002024-03-28T06:52:44.477-07:00Fani Willis Responds To Jordan’s Demand For Docs After Contempt Threat<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span>Fani Willis<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">, who is leading a 2020 election interference case against former President</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span>Donald Trump<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">and his allies, issued a combative response to House Judiciary Chairman</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span>Jim Jordan<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">(R-OH) this week in a clash over documents.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The prosecutor sent Jordan a <a href="https://twitter.com/ZcohenCNN/status/1773052447558103124?s=20" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">letter</a> on Monday saying that she “categorically” rejected the chairman’s assertion that her office has not sufficiently responded to his subpoena from early February.</p><div class="dw-mm-player-container" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><div id="AV608bfd1f328b2f32b531a418" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“As you note in your letter, we have already provided you with substantial information about our programs that are funded via federal grants,” Willis said, according to a copy of the letter posted to X by CNN reporter Zachary Cohen.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Jordan issued the subpoena after the Washington Free Beacon published audio of an employee telling Willis about the potential misuse of federal funds weeks before the worker was fired. Willis has <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/rep-jim-jordan-subpoenas-fulton-da-produce-documents-tied-alleged-relationship/TX7JF5XDFZHD3MMY2SBI32XPPQ/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">rejected</a> suggestions of wrongdoing.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The chairman followed up with a letter to Willis two weeks ago that acknowledged the DA did produce some records, but demanded she fully comply with document requests and a subpoena by Thursday or face the prospect of contempt of Congress proceedings.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Willis said a February 23 letter she sent Jordan expressed that her office was “in the process of producing relevant documents to you on a rolling basis and is undertaking a good faith effort to provide you with responsive information about our federal grant funding.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><b> </b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Although the DA said her office was making another production on Monday as part of that “ongoing process,” she claimed Jordan’s “extensive” demands that cover several years for records in less than two months are “unreasonable and uncustomary.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Willis insisted that such an endeavor would require her office to “divert resources from our primary purpose of prosecuting crime,” though she did not name any particular case.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“Let me be clear, while we are abiding by your subpoena in good faith and with due diligence, we will not divert resources that undermine our duty to the people of Fulton County to prosecute felonies committed in this jurisdiction,” Willis said.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“We will not shut down this office’s efforts to prosecute crime — including gang activity, acts of violence and public corruption — to meet unreasonable deadlines in your politically motivated ‘investigation’ of this office,” she added.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Willis said her office will make another production in the “coming weeks.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">She then alluded to Trump’s trial, which she <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/politics/fani-willis-trump-georgia-trial/index.html" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">reportedly hopes</a> to have before the 2024 election after a judge allowed her to press forward with special prosecutor Nathan Wade resigning amid concerns about a romantic relationship between him and the DA.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“[L]et me again state this clearly: nothing that you do will derail the efforts of my staff and I to bring the election interference prosecution to trial so that a jury of Fulton County citizens can determine the guilt or innocence of the defendants,” she said.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“My family, my staff and I have been threatened repeatedly by people making violent, often racist, attacks,” Willis added. “Neither those threats, nor anything your colleagues and you say or do, will deter us from fulfilling our duty to bring this case to trial.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Trump and 18 co-defendants pleaded not guilty in the Georgia election case. Four of them have since taken <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/fourth-trump-co-defendant-takes-plea-deal-in-georgia-election-interference-case/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">plea deals</a>. Trump and some of his co-defendants have been <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-20/trump-judge-allows-appeal-of-his-ruling-on-fani-willis-romance" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">granted permission</a> to appeal the ruling that allowed Willis to remain on the case.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The former president faces four criminal cases and civil litigation as he runs another campaign seeking a second term in the White House. He has broadly denied wrongdoing and has claimed that prosecutors are engaged in a politically motivated “witch hunt” against him.</p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-66632133837741630562024-03-27T17:39:00.000-07:002024-03-27T17:39:14.063-07:00Mark Judge: Democrats Used ‘Extortion and Direct Threats’ to Pressure Me in Destroying Brett Kavanaugh<p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Journalist Mark Judge, the high school friend of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, has publicly claimed Democrats threatened and extorted him into potentially supporting Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation of sexual assault.</span></span></p><p class="a8d-pre" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">In an<a class="x5l" href="https://nation.foxnews.com/watch/fad44f87117ce70c3a27bd830d8c2bfe/" rel=" noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> explosive interview</a> with Martha MacCallum for Fox Nation, Judge said Democrat operatives combed through his well-documented history of alcoholism, something he chronicled in the 1997 book <em style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wasted: Tales of a Gen X Drunk</em>, as a means to blackmail him.</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" data-dnt="false" style="display: flex; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 550px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1771223423689032087" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=BreitbartNews&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1771223423689032087&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2024%2F03%2F27%2Fmark-judge-democrats-used-extortion-and-direct-threats-to-pressure-me-in-destroying-brett-kavanaugh%2F&sessionId=fd30069810b7fcc527fa9538503967d04150c8b1&siteScreenName=BreitbartNews&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 672px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">“They thought, ‘Okay, if we can get Mark Judge involved in this, we can sink Kavanaugh. But we have to get Mark Judge involved in this,'” Judge told MacCallum.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_21522526" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; max-width: 650px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://media.breitbart.com/media/2022/07/Brett-Kavanaugh-stare-flag-background-getty.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: medium;"><img alt="U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh attends his ceremonial swearing in in the East Room of the White House October 08, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh was confirmed in the Senate 50-48 after a contentious process that included several women accusing Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Kavanaugh has denied the allegations. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)" class="size-full wp-image-21522526" height="480" src="https://media.breitbart.com/media/2022/07/Brett-Kavanaugh-stare-flag-background-getty.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></span></a><p class="wp-caption-text" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.8075em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh attends his ceremonial swearing in in the East Room of the White House October 08, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh was confirmed in the Senate 50-48 after a contentious process that included several women accusing Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Kavanaugh has denied the allegations. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)</span></p></div><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">“And they thought it would be easy,” continued Judge. “They thought, ‘Okay, this is an easy hit. We will get Judge involved. We will get him down there in front of the committee. He’s a recovering alcoholic. He’s got a past we can comb through for days and this will completely implode Kavanaugh.'”</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Judge further alleged that operatives and Democrat allies pushed him to change his story and sink Brett Kavanaugh with the promise that he would be considered a “hero” if he confirmed Christine Blasey Ford’s story.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">“Several people said, ‘Yeah, you jumped on the bed and broke things up. You prevented this. You’re the hero here. You say that and you’re home free,'” Judge said. “I had journalists who I had been friends with sending me emails: ‘Do it, Mark. Do it for humanity. Lie about this for humanity.'”</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">“Extortion and direct threats” were allegedly used to pressure him, Judge claimed.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">“On September 24, 2018, my birthday, I got a call from a California number. They were brilliant enough to leave a message: ‘You like effing with people, Mark. I like effing with people, too. You better change your story,” he said.</span></p><p class="a8d-pre" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Mark chose not to testify at the time, believing it would have just been a circus of senators utilizing his well-documented past of alcoholism to destroy his character.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">“They had been researching stuff that I knew nothing about. I knew they would be bringing stuff up that I was not prepared for but they would make into a big deal,” he said.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Judge also feared for his mental health and admitted to having suicidal thoughts.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">“When you have suicidal ideation, it’s terrifying. I wanted to be numb and disappear,” he said.</span></p><p class="a8d-pre" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Since its release last week, the corporate media have been heaping praise on Christine Blasey Ford’s book, <em style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">One Way Back: A Memoir</em>, hailing it as a triumphant return to the events of 2018. During an appearance on <em style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The View</em>, for instance, co-host Joy Behar <a class="x5l" href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/joy-behar-scolds-male-audience-members-the-view-who-didnt-applaud-christine-blasey-ford" rel="noopener external noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">even took a moment</a> to scold male members of the audience for not applauding Christine Blasey Ford’s presence.</span></p><p class="a8d-pre" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Conspicuously absent throughout all of the corporate media’s praise of Ford’s book are any mentions of <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/15/mark-judge-recalls-brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-book-the-devils-triangle/" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark Judge’s 2022 memoir</a>, <em style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Devil’s Triangle</em> (<a class="x5l" href="https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Triangle-Judge-American-Stasi/dp/163758072X/?tag=breitbart035-20" rel="noopener external noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">available on Amazon</a>), in which he chronicled his experience behind the scenes, away from the media circus, finding himself in a Kafka-esque scenario as Democrat operatives and their media allies engaged in witness tampering, extortion, and outright cruelty in their quest to destroy an innocent man.</span></p><p class="a8d-pre" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">“At first I almost didn’t do the Fox Nation interview. It’s just too traumatic reliving that dark time. Yet I had questions,” Judge told Breitbart News on Tuesday. “Why was I referred to in Blasey Ford’s letter as ‘Mark G. Judge’? That’s an old journalism byline – like they were researching me. In my book, I argue Ford was using an oppo researcher all summer before the hit. Am I wrong? I’m only quoted in her book via government records – are they afraid of something?”</span></p><p class="a8d-pre" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">“Also, Ford told Ruth Marcus she thought about getting in touch with me in the summer of 2018 but ‘didn’t know how.’ Really? I’m a journalist who has lived in D.C. his entire life. She didn’t know how to contact me? All the suffering Christine Blasey Ford caused could have been avoided. This all could have been done in private. Her ‘team’ still refuses to answer my questions. I’ve been asking them for five years,” he added. </span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">For the first week of then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, everything appeared business as usual. Despite some brief theatrics from certain Democrat senators, it seemed the judge would coast to his rightful place as President Donald Trump’s second nominee to the Supreme Court. That all took a dark, sinister turn on the Sunday of September 16, 2018, when the <em style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Washington Post</em> <a class="x5l" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/california-professor-writer-of-confidential-brett-kavanaugh-letter-speaks-out-about-her-allegation-of-sexual-assault/2018/09/16/46982194-b846-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.html" rel="noopener external noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">published</a> an allegation from psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford claiming that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party in the 1980s, to which his longtime friend, Mark Judge, served witness. Blasey Ford notably did not recall when said sexual assault occured. As the<em style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Post</em> detailed at the time:</span></p><blockquote style="border-left: 5px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 30px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; quotes: "" ""; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">While his friend watched, she said, Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed on her back and groped her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers and clumsily attempting to pull off her one-piece bathing suit and the clothing she wore over it. When she tried to scream, she said, he put his hand over her mouth.</span></p><p style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">“I thought he might inadvertently kill me,” said Ford, now a 51-year-old research psychologist in northern California. “He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing.”</span></p><p style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Ford said she was able to escape when Kavanaugh’s friend and classmate at Georgetown Preparatory School, Mark Judge, jumped on top of them, sending all three tumbling. She said she ran from the room, briefly locked herself in a bathroom and then fled the house.</span></p></blockquote><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Ford could not recall where or when the party occurred or how she returned home that night. Even more significant, Ford’s childhood friend, Leland Ingraham Keyser, said she had no recollection of being at the party Ford described and even had no memory of ever meeting Brett Kavanaugh. Mark Judge also said he had no recollection of such a party, telling the FBI under oath that he never saw his friend Brett Kavanaugh assault anyone during their time together in high school.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Despite intense protests and calls from leftists to ruin him, Brett Kavanaugh won the day and made it to the Supreme Court.</span></p><p class="a8d-pre" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">“At its dark heart, this was a witness tampering and extortion operation,” Mark Judge <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/15/mark-judge-recalls-brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-book-the-devils-triangle/" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">told Breitbart News</a> last year. “I got a phone call from California on September 14, 2018, threatening to extort me. They were dumb enough to leave a message. and I gave it to the FBI.”</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">“Leland Keyser said she was told nasty things could be said about her if she did not back up Ford,” he added at the time. “I don’t know if Ford was involved in that or if it was others, but that’s all this was. Forget about the yearbooks, the teen slang, the stuff about the 1980s. They did opposition research and then tried to extort me and tried to witness tamper. That’s what it was. For people looking to simplify the fall of 2018, it was, exactly as Brett said, a well-orchestrated political hit. It was a crime.”</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">As Mark Judge previously recalled to Breitbart News, the past five years have been a difficult road for him, and he still suffers PTSD from the incident. As he says in his GoFundMe <a class="x5l" href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-mark-judge-write-his-book" rel="noopener external noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">campaign</a>, “I don’t think even today people know how deep or dark the hit on me was.” Fortunately, his book has given people a small insight into his terrifying experience.</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" data-dnt="false" style="display: flex; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 550px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1769714771610194362" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=BreitbartNews&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1769714771610194362&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2024%2F03%2F27%2Fmark-judge-democrats-used-extortion-and-direct-threats-to-pressure-me-in-destroying-brett-kavanaugh%2F&sessionId=fd30069810b7fcc527fa9538503967d04150c8b1&siteScreenName=BreitbartNews&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 593px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-96464978418230452024-03-27T17:38:00.000-07:002024-03-27T17:38:32.508-07:00Rep. John James: Ruby Garcia Latest Victim of ‘Biden’s Open Border Policies’<p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ruby Garcia is the latest victim of President Joe Biden’s “open border policies,” Rep. John James (R-MI) says, after she was shot and left for dead, allegedly by a previously deported illegal alien.</span></span></p><p class="a8d-pre" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Brandon Ortiz-Vite, a 25-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, is <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/26/previously-deported-illegal-alien-charged-with-murdering-25-year-old-ruby-garcia/" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">accused</a> of murdering Ruby Garcia in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on March 22 — shooting her and leaving her dead on the side of U.S. Highway 131, according to police.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Ortiz-Vite, who has allegedly admitted to murdering Garcia, was previously deported to Mexico from the United States in 2020 but later illegally crossed the border, undeterred by Border Patrol.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_26501433" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; max-width: 1930px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://media.breitbart.com/media/2024/03/a8f032cd-2ebc-4b8e-976c-113e4440d047_1920x1080.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-26501433" height="1080" src="https://media.breitbart.com/media/2024/03/a8f032cd-2ebc-4b8e-976c-113e4440d047_1920x1080.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" width="1920" /></span></a><p class="wp-caption-text" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.8075em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Ruby Garcia (Photo via Facebook)</span></em></p></div><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">James, who represents the northeast suburbs of Detroit, called out Biden on Twitter and urged him to intervene to stop the record-breaking flow of illegal immigration to the U.S.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12788572" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; max-width: 650px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://media.breitbart.com/media/2020/02/GettyImages-1016170560.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: medium;"><img alt="DETROIT, MI - AUGUST 13: Michigan GOP U.S. Senate candidate John James (left) campaigns with the help of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)(right) at Senor Lopez Restaurant August 13th, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. James, an Iraq war veteran and businessman who has President Donald Trump's endorsement, will be running against Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) this November. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)" class="size-full wp-image-12788572" height="480" src="https://media.breitbart.com/media/2020/02/GettyImages-1016170560.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></span></a><p class="wp-caption-text" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.8075em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">DETROIT, MI – AUGUST 13: Michigan GOP U.S. Senate candidate John James (left) campaigns with the help of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)(right) at Senor Lopez Restaurant August 13th, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. James, an Iraq war veteran and businessman who has President Donald Trump’s endorsement, will be running against Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) this November. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)</span></p></div><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">“Biden’s open border policies are costing lives in [Michigan],” James wrote. “TODAY, he could implement border measures, or use the authority that he already has. [President Biden], when is enough, enough? Say their names: Ruby Garcia, Laken Riley, & so many more gone during your [administration].”</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 550px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1772706068889481646" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=BreitbartNews&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1772706068889481646&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2024%2F03%2F27%2Frep-john-james-ruby-garcia-latest-victim-of-bidens-open-border-policies%2F&sessionId=cdfb3aaec705bbc5bf120e00f7a02e3ac7d27571&siteScreenName=BreitbartNews&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 761px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI), who represents the district where Garcia was murdered, <a class="x5l" href="https://twitter.com/RepScholten/status/1773047516893688298" rel=" noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">issued</a> a statement in which she claimed to support “bipartisan immigration reform that both secures our border and makes sure that individuals who come to our country are fully vetted to keep our communities safe.”</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Scholten opposed the Secure the Border Act (H.R. 2) and backed the American Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 16) to provide amnesty to at least three million illegal aliens in the U.S.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), running for U.S. Senate in neighboring Indiana, wrote on Twitter, “Laken Riley, Ruby Garcia … how many more innocent Americans have to die before Joe Biden closes the border?”</span></p><p class="a8d-pre" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Likewise, Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) said, “Joe Biden’s open border policies continue to kill innocent Americans” in response to Garcia’s murder.</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 550px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1772699555936547023" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=BreitbartNews&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1772699555936547023&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2024%2F03%2F27%2Frep-john-james-ruby-garcia-latest-victim-of-bidens-open-border-policies%2F&sessionId=cdfb3aaec705bbc5bf120e00f7a02e3ac7d27571&siteScreenName=BreitbartNews&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; 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border-width: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 321px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Ortiz-Vite remains in the Kent County Correctional Facility without bail and is facing life in prison without the possibility of parole.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Garcia’s family <a class="x5l" href="https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/family-woman-found-dead-on-highway-loved-to-make-people-laugh/" rel=" noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">said</a> the young woman “was a good person” who “never tried to hurt nobody’s feelings.” A <a class="x5l" href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/sr9ftg-rubys-funeral" rel=" noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">GoFundMe page</a> has been set up to support Garcia’s family.</span></p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-89420568794460509882024-03-27T11:47:00.000-07:002024-03-27T11:47:36.257-07:00Planned Parenthood facing new allegations of illegally selling aborted baby tissue<p> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">New evidence has emerged to </span><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/planned-parenthood-faces-new-allegations-of-selling-aborted-fetal-tissue-5610947" style="color: #009999; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">show that</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Planned Parenthood "sells late-term aborted baby body parts in violation of federal law," just as we have been reporting for years.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Planned Parenthood allegedly forged a partnership with the <a href="http://www.ucsd.edu/" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><i>University of California - San Diego</i></a> (UCSD) to profit from the "harvesting and sale" of aborted human babies for "research patents."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"This new evidence shows Planned Parenthood sells late-term aborted baby body parts in violation of federal law, for far more money than has ever been discussed before," said David Daleiden, founder and president of the California-based Center for Medical Progress, which filed a public records request to obtain this damning information.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Planned Parenthood's national headquarters knew about and approved these sales of aborted babies for valuable consideration as part of government-funded research grants."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><h2 style="font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 26px; line-height: 29.379999px;">UCSD, Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest committing federal crimes</h2><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The unearthed documents show that Planned Parenthood has been explicitly sending the aborted baby body parts to UCSD for "valuable consideration" in exchange for ownership of the patents and intellectual property the university develops upon experimenting with the tissue.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">A "Biological Materials Transfer Agreement" spells out the alleged deal, though much of the information is redacted. The document shows that Planned Parenthood granted UCSD "access" to "fetal and placental tissue," which are described as the "proprietary materials" of Planned Parenthood San Diego. </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In return for all this, the deal allows Planned Parenthood full rights to "patents" and "intellectual property" developed through experiments with the "material," also known as the aborted baby body parts and tissue.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Signed in 2009, the contract was updated in 2014 to reflect Planned Parenthood's regional renaming to "Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest." All of the original terms and conditions from the original contract remained in full force and effect, the update stipulated.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Emails sent by UCSD in 2017 refer to the contract while updating an additional contract for clinical personnel. Later emails in 2020 show the university requesting that parties involved remain "especially careful" about "any rights" that the providers of fetal tissue "retain" in the "material."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It cannot be emphasized enough that federal law explicitly forbids this type of arrangement between Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest and UCSD. The "valuable consideration" portion, meaning the exchanging of aborted baby parts for profit, is at the crux of the crime, especially since UCSD's research is leading to the creation of patents.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">During the 2021-22 academic year, the University of California (UC) system generated more than $127 million in revenue for all patent inventions, Daleiden said in his statement.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Violations of applicable federal laws in this case are punishable by up to 10 years of prison and a fine of up to $500,000, says the Center for Medical Progress.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Other emails exchanged between UCSD and Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest show plans for collaborative research meetings, including a quarterly meeting in which a "payment" is to be discussed.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In an email written by UCSD employees, one of the meetings was scheduled to "have results to share on samples recently collected," as well as to discuss the formation of a "fellowship."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Planned Parenthood's response to that email states that there are "[n]o current issues with the collection program," but that the abortion provider has "some questions about payment to the residency program."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Keep in mind that UCSD is a taxpayer-funded operation, meaning California and U.S. taxpayers, in the case of federal funding, are paying for this illegal racket to take place.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-15990083889059714272024-03-27T11:46:00.000-07:002024-03-27T11:46:50.998-07:00Largest U.S. banks have most toxic commercial real estate exposure<p> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">While it is true that smaller banks in the United States are the vehicle through which a bulk of commercial real estate (CRE) loans are made, many of the nation's largest banks are also </span><a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/which-big-u-s-banks-have-the-most-commercial-real-estate-exposure/" style="color: #009999; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">drowning in debt</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> from delinquent CRE loans.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The nation's six largest banks saw delinquent commercial property loans nearly <i>triple</i> in 2023 due to high vacancy rates and ever-increasing borrowing costs. Delinquencies among these six large banks reached a whopping $9.3 billion last year.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">By far the largest CRE lender among the big banks is JPMorgan Chase & Co., which has issued $171 billion worth of CRE loans, amounting to 12.6 percent of its total loans.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Wells Fargo & Company is pretty close with $145 billion in CRE loans, which account for 21.2 percent of that large bank's overall loan totals.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Bank of America Corp clocks in at third place with $76 billion worth of CRE loans, which account for 6.9 percent of that bank's overall loan totals, followed by U.S. Bancorp with $56 billion in CRE loans accounting for 14.9 percent of that bank's overall loans.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">There are many other banks on the list as well with varying amounts and totals, the point being that America's fractional reserve-based lending system is a teetering house of cards on the verge of being toppled over by a collapse in the CRE sector. </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><h2 style="font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 26px; line-height: 29.379999px;">How much longer before the house of cards falls?</h2><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">These big banks are offsetting this growing risk by gobbling up smaller in-trouble banks. JPMorgan Chase, for example, acquired First Republic at the height of the regional banking crisis that occurred in 2023, this acquisition helping to boost JPMorgan Chase's performance while propping up its share price by 27 percent over the year. Wells Fargo, meanwhile, is trying to build bigger cash reserves for commercial property credit losses as a buffer for potential defaults.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The bank that is perhaps in the worst shape right now is New York Community Bancorp, which has 57 percent of its total loans exposed to CRE debt.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"The bank reported a $2.7 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2023, and Moody's recently downgraded its credit rating to 'junk' status," reports explain.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"The bank brought in a $1 billion infusion of capital as a lifeline after growing concerns about the state of its commercial real estate loan portfolio."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">On average among the big banks, CRE loans account for just 11 percent of overall loan portfolios, which means these guys are more insulated than the smaller regional banks that are much more likely to fail as the CRE sector collapses.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Back in 2008 during the last major financial crisis, it was housing that did in the banking industry, which was followed by taxpayer-funded bailouts after politicians decided that the big banks were "too big to fail." Once the CRE collapse really gets going, it remains to be seen how the establishment tries to bail out the corrupt money changers once again.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Buckle up," one commenter wrote about the teetering house of cards. "It's about to get bumpy."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"We have M2 doing what it hasn't done since the Great Depression," warned another, M2 being a measure of the money supply that covers cash, checking deposits and other deposits such as CDs that are easily convertible into cash.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"It [M2] started to drop fast in 2022, hitting a 90-plus year record."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"As commercial real estate property values fall, how about repurposing them for much-needed residential housing?" suggested another.</p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-72066219696312304812024-03-27T08:54:00.000-07:002024-03-27T08:54:09.859-07:00NYC Council Asks State’s Highest Court To Let Non-Citizens Vote In Local Elections<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">The New York City Council is asking</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span>New York’s<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">highest court to reverse a pair of rulings in a move that could ultimately allow non-citizens to vote in local elections.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The controversial law would allow 800,000 non-citizens with green cards to vote.</p><div class="dw-mm-player-container" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><div id="AV608bfd1f328b2f32b531a418" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“Today’s filing to appeal the Second Department’s recent decision seeks a determination from the state’s highest court that the law is consistent with the State Constitution, Election Law, and the Municipal Home Rule Law,” <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/25/us-news/city-council-asks-highest-court-to-allow-non-citizens-to-vote/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">said</a> City Council spokesperson Rendy Desamours.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“Empowering New Yorkers to participate in our local democratic process can only strengthen New York City by increasing civic engagement,” he said.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The election law has been winding its way through the court system since it was passed by the City Council back in 2021 and signed into law by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio (D).</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Last month, the law was struck down as unconstitutional by an appeals court. The appeals court’s decision <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/21/us-news/nyc-non-citizen-voting-law-struck-down-as-unconstitutional/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">upheld</a> a lower court’s ruling in 2022 that was appealed by Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Adams, a Democrat, said at the beginning of 2022 that he had initially had some concerns about the bill, but that he was reassured after speaking with colleagues.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“I believe allowing the legislation to be enacted is by far the best choice, and look forward to bringing millions more into the democratic process,” Adams <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/021-22/mayor-adams-on-our-city-our-vote-legislation" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">said</a> at the time.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><b> </b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The appeals court judge wrote in his ruling last month that if non-citizens could vote, they could also potentially run for mayor.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Assemblyman Michael Tannousis, a Republican representing Staten Island, was one of the plaintiffs in that case.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“During a time where nearly 200,000 migrants have flooded our city and streets, disrupting the public and attacking our police officers, my colleagues and I have worked tirelessly to protect our voting laws which were created for citizens of the United States,” Tannousis said last month.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Illegal migrants would not be able to vote under the bill, but they remain a major concern for the city. More than 183,000 migrants have shown up in New York City since the spring of 2022, straining the city’s shelter space and causing budget cuts.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The City Council argues, however, that non-citizens in the U.S. legally, such as those with green cards, should be allowed to vote since they pay taxes.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“In plain English, the New York state constitution says only citizens have a right to vote in these elections,” <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/25/us-news/city-council-asks-highest-court-to-allow-non-citizens-to-vote/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">said</a> Staten Island President Vito Fossella, who filed the legal challenge to the law along with other lawmakers.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“The city council has no authority to do what they did,” Fossella said, adding that, “We are not surprised.”</p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-28149375254674285942024-03-27T08:53:00.000-07:002024-03-27T08:53:44.171-07:00Texas Republican Under House Ethics Investigation; Congressman Responds<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) is the target of a newly revealed investigation run by the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span>House Ethics Committee<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The panel <a href="https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/documents/Press%20Release_311.pdf" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">said</a> on Tuesday that Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) and ranking member Susan Wild (D-PA) “jointly decided to extend the matter” regarding Nehls after it was transmitted to the committee by the Office of Congressional Ethics on December 11.</p><div class="dw-mm-player-container" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><div id="AV608bfd1f328b2f32b531a418" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">A reason for the inquiry was not given, but Nehls released a <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewichoi/status/1772709693028286671" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">statement</a> that said the investigation was focused on campaign finance.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“I look forward to assisting the House Committee on Ethics inquiry into my campaign’s finances,” he said. “My campaign has complied with every Federal Election Commission (FEC) law, and my books are open.”</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; display: flex; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 10px auto; 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background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">It added that the panel will announce “its course of action in this matter” on or before Friday, May 10, 2024.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Nehls is a former sheriff who <a href="https://nehls.house.gov/about/about" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">represents</a> the 22nd Congressional District of Texas, which includes parts of Fort Bend, Brazoria, Harris, Wharton, and Matagorda counties.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Voters first elected Nehls to office in the 2020 election. In 2022, he accused the Capitol Police of <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/138199/gop-rep-nehls-claims-capitol-police-illegally-snooped-in-office/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">“illegally” snooping</a> through his office, a claim that was <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/08/capitol-police-nehl-investigation/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">rejected</a> by the force’s chief Thomas Manger.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><b> </b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Nehls made waves last year when he announced that he would be <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/05/troy-nehls-donald-trump-house-speaker/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">nominating</a> former President Donald Trump for Speaker of the House after Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was booted from the role.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“President Trump, the greatest president of my lifetime, has a proven record of putting America first and will make the House great again,” Nehls said.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) has since become speaker and Trump is in the middle of running another campaign for the presidency.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Nehls wore one of Trump’s “never surrender” shirts during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address this month.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; display: flex; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 500px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); width: 680px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1765915030308983035" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1765915030308983035&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Ftexas-republican-under-house-ethics-investigation-congressman-responds&sessionId=4837b36685af0829e009db48a49cd3632e8f9b34&siteScreenName=realDailyWire&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=500px" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 777px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: static; transition: all var(--default__transition); visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Nehls ran uncontested and won the GOP primary this month to represent his Texas district for another two years. Marquette Greene-Scott <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/05/us/elections/results-texas-us-house-22-primary.html" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">won</a> the Democratic Party’s nomination.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Other activity by the House Ethics Committee in recent months includes an investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), leading the congressman to accuse the panel of “trying to weaponize their process against me.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Lawmakers voted to expel Rep. George Santos (R-NY) in early December following a scathing ethics report.</p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-6555359377037021562024-03-27T07:24:00.000-07:002024-03-27T07:24:28.940-07:00GOP Leaders Rip NBC For Dropping Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Days After Hiring Her<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and former President Donald Trump ripped NBC as “weak” and “an absolute disgrace” after the network dropped former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel four days after announcing her hiring as a contributor.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">NBC announced on Tuesday that McDaniel was out after multiple hosts — including Chuck Todd, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and Nicolle Wallace — criticized the network’s decision to hire the former RNC leader.</p><div class="dw-mm-player-container" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><div id="AV608bfd1f328b2f32b531a418" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“There is no doubt that the last several days have been difficult for the News Group. After listening to the legitimate concerns of many of you, I have decided that Ronna McDaniel will not be an NBC News contributor,” NBC News Chairman Cesar Conde said in a statement. “No organization, particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned. Over the last few days, it has become clear that this appointment undermines that goal.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Following the announcement, social media quickly flooded with posts slamming NBC’s decision.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“NBC ‘News’ is an absolute disgrace,” Speaker Johnson <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1772808871465062777" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">wrote</a> in a post on X.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Trump released a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112164618833623869" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">statement</a> on his social media platform Truth Social, expressing his surprise at NBC’s move before calling for more “free and fair press.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“Wow! Ronna McDaniel got fired by Fake News NBC. She only lasted two days, and this after McDaniel went out of her way to say what they wanted to hear,” Trump wrote. “It leaves her in a very strange place, it’s called NEVER NEVERLAND, and it’s not a place you want to be. These Radical Left Lunatics are CRAZY, and the top people at NBC ARE WEAK. They were BROKEN and EMBARRASSED by LOW RATINGS, HIGHLY OVERPAID, ‘TALENT.’ BRING BACK FREE AND FAIR PRESS – MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN 2024!”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">McDaniel accepted the NBC offer after she stepped down from her role as chair of the RNC following a private meeting in February with Trump, who tapped her to lead the party after his 2016 presidential election victory.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><b> </b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">During a “Meet the Press” segment on Sunday, Todd — NBC News’ chief political analyst — discussed McDaniel’s hiring with journalist Kristen Welker, who recently sat down with McDaniel for an <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/ronna-mcdaniel-says-there-was-tension-between-rnc-and-trump-campaign-over-debates-full-interview-207575621720" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">interview</a> on the relationship between the Trump campaign and the RNC in the aftermath of the 2020 election.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“Let me deal with the elephant in the room,” Todd said, looking at Welker. “I think our bosses owe you an apology for putting you in this situation because I don’t know what to believe. [McDaniel] is now a paid contributor by NBC News. I have no idea whether any answer she gave to you was because she didn’t want to mess up her contract.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“She wants us to believe that she was speaking for the RNC when the RNC was paying for her, so she has credibility issues that she still has to deal with,” Todd added. “Is she speaking for herself or is she speaking on behalf of who is paying for her?”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">In his critique of NBC, Todd did not mention former RNC Chair Michael Steele, who has worked as a regular MSNBC contributor since 2011. Steele endorsed Joe Biden in his 2020 run against Trump and <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/24/lincoln-project-michael-steele-former-head-rnc-joins-anti-trump-group/5625888002/" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">joined</a> the anti-Trump Lincoln Project.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">In a follow-up post on Tuesday night, Trump continued to berate NBC executives for allowing Todd “to publicly scold them,” and said he would’ve advised McDaniel to go by her maiden name Romney to secure the job at the Left-leaning network. McDaniel is the niece of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT).</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“What boss or executive would allow a man or woman, in this case Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd, who was fired for dismal performance coupled with horrendous television ratings, to publicly SCOLD them as to their weakness & stupidity in hiring Ronna McDaniel[?]” Trump asked. “Actually, they should be scolded for hiring ‘Sleepy’ for Meet the Fake Press, and keeping him on so long despite his poor performing skills, bad ratings, and bias.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“The sick degenerates over at MSDNC are really running NBC, and there seems nothing Chairman Brian Roberts can do about it. Watching Chuck Todd, of all people, viciously giving Roberts a piece of his small mind, and then berating him for hiring Ronna without his, or the other lunatics, approval, was just a step too far,” Trump added. “Brian’s great father would have fired Chuck Todd, and all the rest of these losers, on the spot. Perhaps Brian still will. If I knew Ronna was going to troubled MSNBC, I would have advised her to change her name back to Romney, she would have had a better chance!”</p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-30817505367683041472024-03-27T07:23:00.000-07:002024-03-27T07:23:12.884-07:00Trump Blasts RFK Jr.: ‘Most Radical Left Candidate In The Race’<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">Just hours after independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span>announced his running mate<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">, former President Donald Trump slammed Kennedy, calling him “the most radical Left candidate in the race.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">In a Tuesday announcement, Kennedy chose Nicole Shanahan, a lawyer and Democratic donor, to be his vice presidential running mate. Shanahan supported President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign against Trump and also <a href="https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-district-attorney-race-top-donors/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">donated $150,000</a> to the campaign of leftist Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon. Kennedy’s VP choice cements his position as a “radical Left Democrat,” according to Trump, but the former president believes the Kennedy/Shanahan ticket will be good for his campaign and hurt Biden.</p><div class="dw-mm-player-container" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><div id="AV608bfd1f328b2f32b531a418" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“RFK Jr. is the most Radical Left Candidate in the race, by far. He’s a big fan of the Green New Scam, and other economy killing disasters. I guess this would mean he is going to be taking votes from Crooked Joe Biden, which would be a great service to America,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112166092415580232" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">wrote</a> on Truth Social.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“His running mate, Nicole Shanahan, is even more ‘Liberal’ than him, if that’s possible,” Trump added. “Kennedy is a Radical Left Democrat, and always will be!!! It’s great for MAGA, but the Communists will make it very hard for him to get on the Ballot. Expect him, and her, to be indicted any day now, probably for Environmental Fraud! He is Crooked Joe Biden’s Political Opponent, not mine. I love that he is running!”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Kennedy praised Shanahan’s expertise on technology and health issues, saying in his announcement, “She has spent the last decade relying on neural networks, artificial intelligence, and cutting edge science to identify abuses in our government.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“She understands that the health of every American is a national security issue and a national security risk,” the independent candidate added. “Her work has proven time and again that health drives our economy and it is the foundation of our mental health, our national happiness, our ability to lead the world and innovation and prosperity and at peace.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Kennedy, the son of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, launched his presidential campaign as a Democrat before switching to an independent. Kennedy slammed the Democratic Party, saying it has merged into one with the Biden campaign, leaving no room for a challenger to run against the president.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The independent candidate has focused much of his campaign on challenging the federal government’s health policies, especially regarding its COVID vaccine push. Kennedy has also <a href="https://unherd.com/2023/05/robert-kennedy-jr-america-needs-a-revolution/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">billed</a> himself as “arguably the leading environmentalist in the country.” He is currently polling around 10% nationally in a 5-way race between him, Trump, Biden, Green Party candidate Jill Stein, and independent candidate Cornel West, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-biden-vs-kennedy-vs-west-vs-stein" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">RealClearPolitics</a> polling average.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><b> </b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">As the 2024 election nears, Kennedy’s campaign is continuing its effort to get the candidate on ballots across the country. Recently, the Kennedy campaign secured spots on the ballots in Arizona and Georgia, two vital swing states that Biden won in 2020 after Trump was victorious over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in each state in 2016.</p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-87528873015076174742024-03-26T17:44:00.001-07:002024-03-26T17:44:31.886-07:0013 Democrat State Attorneys General Target Glock, Decry ‘Machine-Gun Glocks’<p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thirteen Democrat Attorneys General wrote a letter to renowned gun maker Glock, noting Chicago’s lawsuit against the company and expressing concern over “machine-gun Glocks.”</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">The AGs represent Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C.</span></p><p class="a8d-pre" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a class="x5l" href="https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases24/2024-0326_Multistate-Letter-to-Glock.pdf" rel=" noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The letter</a>, dated March 26, 2024, references a Chicago lawsuit against Glock.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Breitbart News <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/03/19/chicago-sues-glock-claims-pistols-easily-modified-full-auto/" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">reported</a> the suit on March 19, 2024, noting the Windy City claimed Glock is liable for the ease with which a “Glock switch” can be used to convert the semiautomatic handguns into full-auto.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) commented on the suit:</span></p><blockquote style="border-left: 5px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 30px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; quotes: "" ""; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">The City of Chicago is encountering a deadly new frontier in the gun violence plaguing our communities because of the increase of fully automatic Glocks on our streets. Selling firearms that can so easily be converted into automatic weapons makes heinous acts even more deadly, so we are doing everything we can in collaboration with others committed to ending gun violence to hold Glock accountable for putting profits over public safety.</span></p></blockquote><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">The suit points to China as one of the sources for “auto sears” — the central component of a “Glock switch” — but they do not explain the degree to which China is allegedly committed to saturating the United States with such switches.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">On February 26, 2024, Breitbart News contributor Peter Schweizer, in <a class="x5l" href="https://www.amazon.com/Unti-Nonfiction-Anon9780063061194/dp/0063061198/?tag=breitbart035-20" rel="noopener external noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans</em></span></a>, revealed that Chinese companies, which are heavily regulated by the Chinese government, are flooding the United States with auto sear switches, small metal devices also known as “Glock switches,” that can convert handguns into machine guns. They are illegal for most gun owners in the United States, but are being shipped in boxes by the “thousands” from China.</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Now, the 13 Democrat AGS are demanding Glock <a class="x5l" href="https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases24/2024-0326_Multistate-Letter-to-Glock.pdf" rel=" noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">preserve all documents</a> related to, “The conversion of Glock semiautomatic handguns into automatic weapons,” “The design and development of Glock pistols with respect to their semiautomatic function,” “[Glock’s] knowledge about all state and federal laws relating to Glock switches and converted Glock machine guns,” “Financial information relating to Glock pistols, including profit,” and “Any public-facing marketing or advertising related to Glock pistols,” among other things.</span></p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-31413484548458326482024-03-26T17:44:00.000-07:002024-03-26T17:44:04.061-07:00Highlights from SCOTUS Oral Arguments in High-Stakes Abortion Pill Case<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in a case that could have a significant impact on how mifepristone — the first drug used in a two-drug medication abortion regimen — is used and prescribed in the United States.</span></span></p><p class="a8d-pre" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The case, <i>FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic</i><em style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Medicine</em>, surrounds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) rolling back of safety restrictions for mifepristone. Those restrictions include its 2016 actions extending the permissible gestational age of the baby for which a girl or woman may take abortion drugs from seven weeks gestation to ten weeks gestation, its elimination of requiring prescribers to report non-fatal complications from the drug, and its 2021 rule change allowing abortionists to send mifepristone through the mail. The FDA also recently made permanent its rule to allow women and girls to receive a prescription for mifepristone via telemedicine.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) <a class="x5l" href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-235/279230/20230908165000535_USFDA%20et%20al.%20v.%20Alliance%20for%20Hippocratic%20Medicine%20et%20al.%20Petition.pdf" rel="noopener external noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">filed</a> the lawsuit in November of 2022 against the FDA on behalf of four national medical associations and several doctors, alleging the agency “chose politics over science and approved chemical abortion drugs for use in the United States.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Justices agreed to take up the case in December of 2023. In September, both President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) and <a class="x5l" href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23945087/danco-mifepristone-filing.pdf" rel="noopener external noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Danco Laboratories LLC</a>, which distributes mifepristone under the brand name Mifeprex, asked the Supreme Court to reverse a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit halting the 2016 and 2021 FDA actions that loosened restrictions on the abortion pill. The Supreme Court ultimately granted a consolidated hearing to both cases.</span></p><p class="a8d-pre" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Despite the Fifth Circuit’s ruling against the government and the drug manufacturer, mifepristone has remained available under existing regulations while the litigation continues. The Supreme Court preemptively paused any ruling from an appeals court, pending a petition for the Supreme Court to take the case.</span></p><h2 style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hearing Highlights </span></span></h2><h3 style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: "Bebas Neue", sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Question of Standing </span></span></h3><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Justices long dwelled on whether or not the doctors alleging harm in the case have standing to bring the challenge. Standing was one of the central arguments brought by U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar on behalf of the Biden administration.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“At the outset, respondents lack standing. They now concede they can’t rely on a statistical theory of injury like the lower courts did. Instead, they have to identify a specific doctor who faces imminent harm, but their theories rest on a long chain of remote contingencies,” Prelogar said in opening statements.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“And there’s no basis to conclude that any of that would be traceable to the incremental changes that FDA made in 2016 and 2021, as opposed to the availability of mifepristone in general. Respondent’s theories are too attenuated as a matter of law — the court should say so and put an end into this case,” she added.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito pressed Prelogar on her standing argument, asking whom the Biden administration would consider a legitimate challenger to the might of the FDA, or what marker of harm must be reached in order for a challenge to have standing.</span></p><p class="a8d-pre" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Is there anybody who can sue and get a judicial ruling on whether what FDA did was lawful — and maybe what they did was perfectly lawful — but shouldn’t somebody be able to challenge that in court? Who, in your view, who would have standing to bring that suit?” Alito asked.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Prelogar responded in part by saying it is “hard to identify anyone who would have standing to sue.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Your argument is that it doesn’t matter if FDA flagrantly violated the law, didn’t do what it should have done, endangered the health of women — it’s just too bad nobody can sue in court?” Alito continued. “There’s no remedy — the American people have no remedy for that?”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Prelogar argued that the specific respondents in the case do not “come within a hundred miles of t<span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">he kind of circumstances this Court has previously identified of non-speculative harm that can create the kind of cognizable injury for forward-looking relief.”</span></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: "Bebas Neue", sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Conscience Protections and Remedy </span></span></h3><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Erin Hawley, senior counsel at ADF, argued that respondents have standing because “doctors will be forced to manage abortions” because of the FDA’s decisions rolling back safety regulations.</span></span></p><p class="a8d-pre" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Drug harm is not a bug in the FDA system, but a part of its very design,” Hawley said in her opening statement. “Ruling against respondents on standing here would allow federal a</span>gencies to conscript non-regulated parties into violating their consciences and suffering other harm without judicial recourse.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — who could not define what a woman is in her confirmation hearing — questioned Hawley about whether restoring the 2016 and 2021 regulations is overly broad. Jackson specifically suggested that doctors’ concerns are already addressed by federal conscience protections.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“So what they’re asking for here is that in order prevent them from possibly ever having to do these kinds of procedures, everyone else should be prevented from getting access to this medication,” Jackson said. “So why isn’t that plainly over-broad scope of the remedy, the end of this case?”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hawley argued that a narrow remedy, rather than addressing FDA actions would not be sufficient because emergency situations often do not allow for the invocation of conscience objections.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Justice Neil Gorsuch interrupted and added to Jackson’s line of questioning, noting that the case “seems like a prime example of turning what could be small lawsuit into a nationwide legislative assembly on an FDA rule.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“I went back and looked, and there are exactly zero universal injunctions that were issued during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s, 12 years in office — pretty consequential ones. And over the last four years or so, the number is something like 60 and maybe more than that,” Gorsuch said. “And they are a relatively new thing, and you’re asking us to extend and pursue this relatively new remedial course, which this court has never adopted itself. Lower courts have kind of run with this.”</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Justice Amy Coney Barrett questioned Prelogar about whether or not the Biden administration believes in conscience protections for doctors who do not want to perform abortions. Barrett referred to a case the High Court agreed to hear in April, which surrounds the Biden administration’s attempt to require emergency room doctors to perform abortions under its new interpretation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act of 1986 (EMTALA).</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“So I just want to be clear: the federal government’s position is that [respondent] doctor[s] would have conscience objections. I’m thinking about the EMTALA litigation and the Fifth Circuit criticizing the government’s inconsistent positions,” Barrett said. “But it is your position that such doctors would have recourse to the conscience protections of federal law?”</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Yes, absolutely,” Prelogar replied, claiming that the Fifth Circuit “did fundamentally misunderstand our arguments.”</span></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: "Bebas Neue", sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Confronting the Merits of the Case </span></span></h3><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Justice Alito pressed both Prelogar and Jessica Ellsworth, who is representing Danco, on FDA actions and whether or not the agency can be held accountable.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alito asked Prelogar why the FDA did not assess how making several changes to safety regulations at once could potentially increase risk.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“You say that the Fifth Circuit didn’t give any reason to think that the three changes made in 2016 would be more dangerous in combination than they were individually. But isn’t that obvious that three things that may be innocuous or not excessively dangerous, if engaged in by themselves, may become very dangerous when they’re all done together? And why shouldn’t the FDA have addressed that?” Alito asked. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alito also referred to plaintiffs’ argument that the studies the FDA relied on for 2021 changes “suggest more frequent trips to the emergency room”:</span></p><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left: 5px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 30px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; quotes: "" ""; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now this is what I see as the FDA’s response to that quote: ‘Although the literature suggests there may be more frequent emergency room care visits related to the use of mifepristone when dispensed by mail from the clinic, there are no apparent increases in other serious adverse events related to this mifepristone use.’</span></span></p><p style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Does that really count as a reasoned explanation to the suggestion that the data shows there are going to be more emergency room visits? The increase in emergency room visits is just of no consequence? It doesn’t even merit some comment?</span></span></p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Justice Sonia Sotomayor also joined Alito in these concerns.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“On that last question — because that did trouble me — but the reality is, even if there is some increase in emergency room visits, the question of when that rises to a sufficient safety risk is up to the FDA. Correct?” she questioned, to which Prelogar agreed. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alito also peppered Ellsworth with questions about Danco’s interest in the case, pointing out that the company’s only drug is Mifeprex and that Danco stands to make more money if the 2016 and 2021 regulations are removed. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“So I gather your injury is that you think you’re going to sell more if the restrictions that previously were in place were lifted?” Alito asked, to which Ellsworth replied “yes.” </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“So you’re going to make more money,” Alito continued. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“The injury is that we are prevented from selling our product in line with FDA’s scientific judgment about the safe and efficacious use of the drug,” Ellsworth argued. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alito also asked if Ellsworth thinks “the FDA is infallible.” </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“No, your Honor. We don’t think that at all, and we don’t think that question is really teed up in any way in this case,” she replied. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Has the FDA ever approved a drug and then pulled it after experience showed that it had a lot of really serious adverse consequences?” Alito continued. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“It has certainly done that,” she said. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Barrett and Alito also asked Danco and the Biden administration why the FDA did not continue to require reporting of non-fatal adverse outcomes.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“So why would that be a bad thing? Wouldn’t your company — you don’t want to sell a product that causes very serious harm to the people who take your product, relying on your tests and the FDA’s tests? Wouldn’t you want that data?” Alito asked Ellsworth. </span></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: "Bebas Neue", sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Comstock Act </span></span></h3><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Justice Thomas and Alito asked every single attorney how the Comstock Act is implicated in the FDA’s decision to allow abortion pills to be in the mail. The Comstock Act is from the 1870s and prohibits sending abortion materials through the mail.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alito asked Prelogar, “Shouldn’t the FDA have at least considered the application [of the Comstock Act]?” to which Prelogar argued that she does not think “it was the FDA’s responsibility to consider that.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Justice Thomas similarly asked Ellsworth if the FDA and the drug company are violating Comstock.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“I think this court should think hard about the mischief it would invite if it allowed agencies to start taking action based on statutory responsibilities that Congress has assigned to other agencies on the merits,” Ellsworth argued.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Well, my problem is that you’re private,” Thomas pressed. “I understand the government’s argument, but you’re private, and the statute doesn’t have this sort of safe harbor that you are suggesting, and it’s fairly broad and specifically covers drugs such as yours.” </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thomas also asked Hawley about the role of the Comstock Act in the case. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hawley said:</span></span></p><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left: 5px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 30px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; quotes: "" ""; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">W</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">e don’t think that there’s any case of this court that empowers FDA to ignore other federal law, with respect to the Comstock Act. … The Comstock Act says that drugs should not be mailed either through the mail, or through common carriers. So we think that the plain text of that, your Honor, is pretty clear.<br /></span></span></p></blockquote><h3 style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: "Bebas Neue", sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Other Allegations</span></span></h3><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The ADF’s lawsuit points to six discrete agency actions since the legalization of mifepristone and misoprostol in 2000. The ADF alleges that the agency was only able to approve the drug by falsely classifying pregnancy as an “illness.” The lawsuit also alleges that the FDA never studied the safety of mifepristone under the labeled conditions of use, ignored the potential impacts of the hormone-blocking regimen on the developing bodies of adolescent girls, disregarded evidence that chemical abortion drugs cause more complications than surgical abortion, and eliminated necessary safeguards for pregnant girls and women who take the regimen.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The lawsuit details how, in 2016, the FDA extended the permissible gestational age for which a girl or woman may take the abortion drugs. Then, in 2021, the FDA allowed abortionists to send mifepristone through the mail, which the ADF says was “in direct violation of federal law.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The complaint alleges:</span></p><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left: 5px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 30px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; quotes: "" ""; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All of the FDA’s actions on chemical abortion drugs — the 2000 approval, the 2016 major changes, the 2019 generic drug approval, and the two 2021 actions to eliminate the in-person dispensing requirement — failed to acknowledge and address the federal laws that prohibit the distribution of chemical abortion drugs by postal mail, express company, or common carrier. Instead, the FDA’s actions permitted and sometimes even encouraged these illegal activities.</span></p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Fifth Circuit took up the case after U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas handed down a 67-page decision that the FDA’s decisions were illegal under federal law, issuing a nationwide injunction blocking the abortion pill.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Days later, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit partially granted a <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/14/federal-appeals-court-unblocks-fda-abortion-pill-approval-but-reinstates-crucial-safety-measures/" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">stay</a> requested by the Biden Justice Department. The court’s 42-page <a class="x5l" href="https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/23/23-10362-CV0.pdf" rel="noopener external noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">opinion</a> temporarily put on hold the part of the decision about the 2000 FDA decision because it might be past the deadline for bringing legal challenges, though added that it was a “close call” and that the court might go the opposite direction after receiving additional legal arguments. But the appellate court rejected a stay on anything from 2016 to the present, affirming the trial court’s injunction.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Supreme Court then put a <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/14/supreme-court-temporarily-halts-abortion-pill/" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">hold</a> on Kacsmaryk’s entire decision. As Breitbart News previously noted, an administrative stay is not in any way a reflection on the legal merits of the case. A Supreme Court justice can issue one just to preserve the status quo while the court is receiving arguments from both sides.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Supreme Court <a class="x5l" href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121323zr_f204.pdf" rel="noopener external noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">declined</a> to take up an appeal from the ADF asking justices to rule on the legality of the FDA’s 2000 approval of mifepristone.</span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: "Bebas Neue", sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How Does Mifepristone Work? </span></span></h3><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In a medication abortion, mifepristone </span><a class="x5l" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRDnVSMr5j0&feature=emb_title" rel=" noopener external" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">blocks</a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> the action of progesterone, which the mother’s body produces to nourish the pregnancy. When progesterone is blocked, the lining of the mother’s uterus deteriorates, and blood and nourishment are cut off to the developing baby, who then dies inside the mother’s womb. The drug misoprostol (also called Cytotec) then causes contractions and bleeding to expel the baby from the mother’s uterus.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Last week, the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute </span><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/21/report-abortion-drugs-used-abortions-2023/" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">released</a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> a report which found that medication abortions accounted for 63 percent of all abortions within the formal U.S. health care system in 2023 after the Supreme Court </span><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/24/supreme-court-overrules-roe-v-wade-in-dobbs/" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">overturned</a> <i>Roe v. Wade</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> — meaning an estimated 642,700 unborn babies died in medication abortions. The percentage is up from an estimated 53 percent in 2020 and 39 percent in 2017. The report did not account for abortion pills obtained through </span><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/23/report-underground-network-has-shipped-20000-abortion-pills-across-u-s/" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">underground</a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> national and international networks, including those that </span><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/14/report-outside-groups-send-abortion-pills-to-pro-life-states/" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">send</a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> pills to women in red states.</span></span></p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-59510528132243148432024-03-26T11:58:00.000-07:002024-03-26T11:58:51.032-07:00There’s a massive migrant tent city in NYC that’s hidden from the public<p> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Hiding inside a former operational airfield in southern Brooklyn is </span><a href="https://greatgameindia.com/massive-migrant-tent-city-discovered-in-nyc/" style="color: #009999; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">a massive migrant tent city</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> that exists out of sight, and thus out of mind of the millions of New Yorkers who have no idea that the camp is operating right there in their backyard.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The former airfield is dotted with large white tents filled with migrants from Africa, China, Russia and both Central and South America. These people are living "like livestock," one report explains, on one of the Floyd Bennett Field's runways.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Though the exact number of migrants living at the tent city is unknown; estimates peg the number at around 2,000 people.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Since the invasion began, about 175,000 illegal migrants have flooded New York City. A dark web of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is exploiting many of them as cheap labor for large corporations, we are told.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Most of the post-"pandemic" job growth, in fact, is migrants being hired for slave wages to work for large multinational corporations. This is what the Biden regime really means when it says it is "creating jobs" and "boosting the economy."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><h2 style="font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 26px; line-height: 29.379999px;">The Great Replacement in action</h2><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The corporate media has not said a word about the migrant tent city in Brooklyn, probably because it knows many New Yorkers would be quite upset to know it exists. If not for citizen journalists, nobody would know the tent city is there.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Drone footage – <i>watch below</i> – captured by citizen journalists and reposted by the Wall Street Apes X account shows the sheer side of the long, white tents on the old runways. </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; display: flex; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.88px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1770565286720405819" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1770565286720405819&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.naturalnews.com%2F2024-03-26-massive-migrant-tent-city-nyc-hidden-public.html&sessionId=a0748129b0a56d77869bdb62fe0264d18587a93d&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="display: block; 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flex-grow: 1; height: 887px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The ultimate goal of this migrant invasion, according to billionaire electric vehicle (EV) icon Elon Musk, is to bring about a great replacement, meaning Americans are to be replaced by foreign invaders to fulfill the globalists' wishes.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; display: flex; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; 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color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Another noted that the number of migrants being reported to have entered New York City since the start of all this is enough to fill nearly two football stadiums, if not three.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Now, imagine the logistics and infrastructure that would be required to house, feed, transport, and secure that many people today," he added. "And Biden wants more money from Congress because the infrastructure is vast and because it is expensive."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"I wonder how many homeless vets and families could use facilities like this?" asked another.</p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-9541444794199282572024-03-26T11:57:00.000-07:002024-03-26T11:57:59.890-07:00COP CORRUPTION: San Antonio police found to be protecting HUMAN SMUGGLING as side gigs for extra cash<p> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Corrupt police officers in Texas are </span><a href="https://twitter.com/watchTENETnow/status/1746637592752255362" style="color: #009999; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">engaged in human smuggling operations</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> for which they are being paid on the side and apparently off-duty – but while still wearing their official police uniforms, mind you – to run cover for the treasonous non-governmental organizations (NGOs) helping illegal migrants invade America.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>TENET Media</i> conducted an investigation into the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD), whose officers were seen guarding a migrant camp and working inside the tents on behalf of NGOs. Note: The officers you will see in the following video footage are being paid on the side to support human smuggling.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; display: flex; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.88px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 560px; width: 560px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1746637592752255362" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1746637592752255362&lang=en&maxWidth=560px&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.naturalnews.com%2F2024-03-26-san-antonio-police-human-smuggling-side-gigs.html&sessionId=91fd5f0074f756e11c6f361b8492b04247658712&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 316px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 560px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"NGOs are facilitating human smuggling of migrants into America," <i>TENET Media</i> reports. "You actually have a San Antonio Police Department car watching as a lookout, basically guarding this area."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"They're taking side contracts in relation to these NGOs and are actually being paid a significant amount to guard this area – and they're in their official San Antonio PD uniforms, to top it off, with their San Antonio PD cars as well." </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><h2 style="font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 26px; line-height: 29.379999px;">"This is an extra job for us," admits San Antonio PD about migrant trafficking</h2><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When <i>TENET Media</i> approached two SAPD officers sitting inside a tent at the migrant camp, one of them admitted before the other one cut him off that "this is an extra job for us."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"So are you being contracted by the NGOs then?" <i>TENET Media</i> then asked the two officers before the second officer told the first one to "just say 'no comment.'"</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After this point, no matter what <i>TENET Media</i> asked the two officers, both of them either remained silent while staring or responded with "no comment."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When <i>TENET Media</i> asked again for clarification about what the two officers were doing at the migrant site if not on official duty, he was met with a rude response of "It's none of your business."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The two cops then proceeded to verbally bully the <i>TENET Media </i>reporter, ordering him to "back up" as he continued to ask questions – rightful questions, seeing as how law enforcement is paid for by taxpayers – about the nature of their presence at the migrant facility.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>TENET Media</i> then proceeded to unpack some of the corruption taking place, including NGOs paying for migrants' flights into America while scamming the sources of their funding, in some cases by charging double what the flights actually cost.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Why are you as police officers not looking into this?" he then asks as the one particularly arrogant officer just stares back at him while lounging in his chair, repeatedly stating "no comment" over and over again like a robot.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The officers did respond with their badge numbers when asked for them. The arrogant one who kept saying "no comment" revealed his as 2213, his badge name reading "Mcel Wain," while the other, a black man who tried to ignore <i>TENET Media</i> the entire time, responded with 81, refusing to show his badge or his name.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; display: flex; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.88px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1711081454531203122" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1711081454531203122&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.naturalnews.com%2F2024-03-26-san-antonio-police-human-smuggling-side-gigs.html&sessionId=91fd5f0074f756e11c6f361b8492b04247658712&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 880px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"I want to see them in handcuffs," wrote someone on X about what he wants to see happen to these corrupt San Antonio cops.</p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-88421103472364680252024-03-26T11:13:00.000-07:002024-03-26T11:13:57.057-07:00WATCH: Fighter Julian Erosa Challenges Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas to Join UFC So He Can ‘Beat That Dude’s A**’<p> <img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-1120806" decoding="async" height="419" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/00-23-600x419.jpg" srcset="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/00-23-600x419.jpg 600w, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/00-23.jpg 767w" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="600" /></p><h3 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;">UFC fighter Julian Erosa has challenged transgender swimmer Lia Thomas to become an MMA fighter so that he can “beat that dude’s ass.”</h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Erosa made the call out during a press conference after his first-round submission victory at UFC Vegas 89.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“I was going to say that I don’t like cheaters, and I don’t know how you guys feel about this whole situation, but I don’t like cheaters, and so I wanted to call out Lia Thomas,” Erosa said.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Erosa continued, “I wanted to encourage her to — or encourage him — to transition from women’s swimming into women’s MMA, and then I’ll transition to becoming a woman, and I’m going to beat that dude’s ass.”</p><div class="tgp-post-inline-1" id="tgp-1903724397" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><div class="adcovery-postinline-01" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twitter-extracted-i1711476490178420826="true" style="border-color: currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(3, 77, 149); border-image: none; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 6px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; position: relative;"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Julian Erosa planned to call out Lia Thomas during his post-win octagon interview at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCVegas89?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(164, 181, 215); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">#UFCVegas89</a>.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“I don’t like cheaters. … I wanted to encourage him to transition from women’s swimming into women’s MMA, and then I’ll transition into become a woman and beat that dude’s ass.” <a href="https://t.co/2dOVt4BlOO" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(164, 181, 215); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">pic.twitter.com/2dOVt4BlOO</a></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) <a href="https://twitter.com/MMAJunkie/status/1771731828103143552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(164, 181, 215); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">March 24, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="ai-dynamic" cookie-list-type="B" cookie-list="ZmZfc3ViYmVkPTE=" data-code="" data-fallback-code="" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px;"><div class="g g-1" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"><div class="g-single a-71" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> </p></div></div></div><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Thomas was not the only transgender athlete to get called out. Erosa also targeted Fallon Fox, a fighter born a man but who now identifies as a woman.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“The world that we’re living in is just … you know there’s no common sense any more. … I just don’t agree with men in women’s sports, you know? Even the whole Fallon Fox thing … guys that are fighting in women’s MMA and knocking them out. It’s a bad look.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">The reporter asked Erosa if there are any cases where he thinks a male competing against a female athlete makes sense.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“Absolutely not,” Erosa fired back immediately. “There’s nothing you can do, there’s nothing you can give yourself to shrink your bones down. There’s nothing you can do in that kind of sense, I mean, and the proof’s in the pudding.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“I’m not the smartest crayon in the box, but I could tell you — if I don’t know anything about anything — I could still tell you that’s unfair.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Erosa said that he believes women’s sports will eventually cease to exist if biological men continue being allowed to compete.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“It’s so funny to me that that women will fight for their own spaces and then they also fight for transwomen to be in those spaces. Those are just men, there’s going to be hundreds of men in these sports, and then it just becomes another man sport.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">WATCH THE FULL PRESS CONFERENCE HERE:</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5W-moXILW0k?si=Ts8VSOyr-0a1mgIT" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-44946446938814290392024-03-26T11:12:00.000-07:002024-03-26T11:12:01.952-07:00Biden Mumbles Through Remarks on Baltimore Bridge Collapse, Refuses to Take Questions (VIDEO)<p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1120821" decoding="async" height="321" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0-100-600x321.jpg" srcset="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0-100-600x321.jpg 600w, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0-100-1024x548.jpg 1024w, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0-100-768x411.jpg 768w, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0-100.jpg 1169w" style="box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="600" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered brief remarks on the <a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/breaking-massive-bridge-collapse-baltimore-large-sections-key/" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(164, 181, 215); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">collapse</a> of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapsed very early Tuesday morning after a container ship collided with a support column.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">At least two people were rescued from the water. Six other people are still missing. </p><div class="tgp-post-inline-1" id="tgp-1859961580" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><div class="adcovery-postinline-01" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div></div><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1120662" decoding="async" height="336" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-26-at-6.46.48pm-600x336.jpg" srcset="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-26-at-6.46.48pm-600x336.jpg 600w, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-26-at-6.46.48pm-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-26-at-6.46.48pm-768x430.jpg 768w, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-26-at-6.46.48pm-1536x860.jpg 1536w, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-26-at-6.46.48pm-2048x1146.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="600" /></p><div class="ai-dynamic" cookie-list-type="B" cookie-list="ZmZfc3ViYmVkPTE=" data-code="" data-fallback-code="" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px;"><div class="g g-1" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"><div class="g-single a-71" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> </p></div></div></div><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">According to the FBI, there is no evidence of terrorism linked to the bridge collapse.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“The FBI from the very first, assessing this matter from an investigative standpoint, I want to be clear that there is no specific or credible information to suggest that there are ties to terrorism in this incident,” Special Agent William DelBagno said.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">WATCH:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560" data-twitter-extracted-i1711476492707985556="true" style="border-color: currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(3, 77, 149); border-image: none; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 6px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; position: relative;"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">FBI says it has found no evidence of terrorism linked to the Baltimore bridge collapse. <a href="https://t.co/kS9itOlxkl" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(164, 181, 215); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">pic.twitter.com/kS9itOlxkl</a></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1772629870264119402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(164, 181, 215); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">March 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Joe Biden mumbled through brief remarks and refused to take any questions.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“It’s my intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge,” Biden said adding that the shipping company may be held responsible. “That could be, but we’re not going to wait for that.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">WATCH:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560" data-twitter-extracted-i1711476492707985556="true" style="border-color: currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(3, 77, 149); border-image: none; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 6px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; position: relative;"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Pres. Biden vows the "federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing" Baltimore's Francis Scott Key bridge after its collapse.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Asked whether the shipping company should be held responsible, Biden says: "That could be, but we're not going to wait for that." <a href="https://t.co/7Z4QgrOKsY" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(164, 181, 215); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">pic.twitter.com/7Z4QgrOKsY</a></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">— CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1772673289694933292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(164, 181, 215); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">March 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Biden said he plans to go to Baltimore “as quickly as I can.” </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">WATCH:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560" data-twitter-extracted-i1711476492707985556="true" style="border-color: currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(3, 77, 149); border-image: none; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 6px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; position: relative;"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Biden says he's not taking questions, then says he'll visit Baltimore "as quickly as I can."</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">He said the same thing about East Palestine, Ohio — and it took him more than a year to visit. <a href="https://t.co/xJU1FodZn6" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(164, 181, 215); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">pic.twitter.com/xJU1FodZn6</a></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1772668604091097133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(164, 181, 215); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">March 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Biden turned his back on America and shuffled away.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">WATCH:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560" data-twitter-extracted-i1711476492707985556="true" style="border-color: currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(3, 77, 149); border-image: none; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 6px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: poppins; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; position: relative;"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">"What did you make of Israel's decision not to attend this meeting this week regarding Rafah?"</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">BIDEN (confused): "Oh I don't wanna get into that now."</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">*shuffles away* <a href="https://t.co/byuyHHrPFH" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(164, 181, 215); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">pic.twitter.com/byuyHHrPFH</a></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1772668370632024322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(164, 181, 215); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">March 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-28041348542490579622024-03-26T09:18:00.000-07:002024-03-26T09:18:15.403-07:00Top Boeing Leadership To Leave Company After Alaska Airlines Flight Loses Door Plug Midflight<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will leave the company by the end of the year as it changes leadership amid quality and safety concerns with</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span>Boeing<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">aircraft. </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">Other top leaders are also leaving the company, with board chair Larry Kellner resigning from his position in May and Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal retiring immediately. Boeing Chief Operation Officer Stephanie Pope will take over from Deal, while Steve Mollenkopf will become the company’s new board chair. </span></p><div class="dw-mm-player-container" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><div id="AV608bfd1f328b2f32b531a418" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">The announcement comes after the company faced scrutiny after a Boeing plane’s door plug blew off midflight during an Alaska Airlines flight carrying more than 170 passengers in January, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">“As you all know, the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 accident was a watershed moment for Boeing,” Calhoun </span><a href="https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2024-03-25-CEO-Message-to-Employees" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">said</span></a><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"> in a letter to staff. “We must continue to respond to this accident with humility and complete transparency. We also must inculcate a total commitment to safety and quality at every level of our company.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">“The eyes of the world are on us, and I know we will come through this moment a better company, building on all the learnings we accumulated as we worked together to rebuild Boeing over the last number of years,” he added. “We have been working together for the last five years to address some of the most significant challenges our company and industry have ever faced in our 108-year history. I am confident that the way we have confronted these challenges, and how we are responding to this specific moment, is establishing standards for future generations of employees and will be woven into the fabric of how we operate for decades to come.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">The Alaska Airlines incident prompted a series of federal and congressional investigations into Boeing’s safety and manufacturing practices. </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><b> </b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">Earlier this month, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">testified</span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"> before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that Boeing refused to tell investigators the names of people on a 25-member team that worked on a door plug that came off the Alaska Airlines plane.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">“Boeing has not provided us with the documents and information that we have requested numerous times over the past few months, specifically with respect to opening, closing, and removal of the door,” Homendy told lawmakers. “Without that information, that raises concerns about quality assurance, quality management, [and] safety management systems.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">Other Boeing planes have experienced high-profile malfunctions this year, with a United Airlines Boeing 737 losing an external panel midflight this month and a Boeing 737-800 in Japan being forced to turn back in January because of a crack in the cockpit window. The incidents come as the Federal Aviation Authority<a href="https://apnews.com/article/boeing-safety-quality-faa-audit-fc3a23505363800e1c6d4debd98c4d74" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank"> found</a> that a Boeing plant in Renton, Washington, failed 33 of 88 production standards.</span></p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-67765781625657863182024-03-26T09:14:00.000-07:002024-03-26T09:14:19.509-07:00Trump’s Media Company To Go Public, Be Traded Under ‘DJT’ On Stock Market<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">Members of the public will be able to start purchasing shares of</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;"> </span>Donald Trump<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">’s media company under the name “DJT” on Tuesday, giving the former president a major financial boost as he faces a slew of court cases and continues his 2024 White House campaign. </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">The move comes after a merger was finalized between Digital World Acquisition (DWAC) and the Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social. The merger </span><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-25/donald-trump-6-4-billion-net-worth-makes-him-one-of-world-s-richest-people" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">reportedly</span></a><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"> increases Trump’s net worth by over $4 billion and land him on Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the 500 wealthiest people in the world. </span></p><div class="dw-mm-player-container" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><div id="AV608bfd1f328b2f32b531a418" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">Shares of DWAC </span><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=DWAC+shares&client=safari&sca_esv=f25fd1d09a6b1709&channel=mac_bm&source=hp&ei=KuwBZt36BN_HkPIPi_qlsA8&iflsig=ANes7DEAAAAAZgH6OmdX7SkH9nsbxTglaxjmltJlNurP&ved=0ahUKEwjdt9SurZCFAxXfI0QIHQt9CfYQ4dUDCBY&uact=5&oq=DWAC+shares&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IgtEV0FDIHNoYXJlczILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwEyBRAAGIAEMgYQABgWGB4yCxAAGIAEGIoFGIYDMgsQABiABBiKBRiGA0jsAVAAWABwAHgAkAEAmAHSAaAB0gGqAQMyLTG4AQPIAQD4AQL4AQGYAgGgAtsBmAMAkgcDMi0xoAfcAw&sclient=gws-wiz" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">were</span></a><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"> just under $50 by late Monday afternoon, up about 186% since the start of the year. On Tuesday, the company will be traded under “DJT” on the Nasdaq stock exchange after merging with Trump Media.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">Bloomberg News <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-25/donald-trump-6-4-billion-net-worth-makes-him-one-of-world-s-richest-people" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">noted</a> Trump controls about 58% of Trump Media shares and now has a</span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"> total net worth reach about $6.4 billion. But CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/25/truth-social-owner-trump-media-will-begin-trading-under-djt-ticker-tuesday.html" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">reported</a> that the former president will have to sit on his shares for at least six months due to trading rules.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">The rapid rise of DWAC shares has been in part attributed to Trump supporters who bought into the company in part to back the former president amid his 2024 campaign and legal battles. The media company is valued <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/business/trump-media-trading-tuesday.html" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">much higher</a> than the $3.3 million revenue that was reported for Truth Social from January to September 2023. </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">The merger was finalized on Monday after months of negotiations with DWAC CEO Eric Swider to join Trump Media as director.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><b> </b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">“As a public company, we will passionately pursue our vision to build a movement to reclaim the Internet from Big Tech censors,” Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes said in a statement. “We will continue to fulfill our commitment to Americans to serve as a safe harbor for free expression and to stand up to the ever-growing army of speech suppressors.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">Members of the board of Trump media include Nunes, the former president’s son Donald Trump Jr., and former Trump administration officials including Kash Patel, Robert Lighthizer, and Linda McMahon.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);">The business news comes as a New York appeals court ruled on Monday that Trump can have an extra 10 days to post a reduced $175 million bond as he challenges a $464 million civil fraud judgment against him, his sons, and his company.</span></p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349580839831674483.post-11853504147777180202024-03-26T08:20:00.001-07:002024-03-26T08:20:42.011-07:00Trans-Identifying Male Pleads Guilty To Killing 12-Year-Old Girl ‘Best Friend’<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px;">A trans-identifying man from Pennsylvania pleaded guilty on Thursday to killing a 12-year-old girl in 2022.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Joshua Cooper, now 18 and who identifies as female and goes by Ash, admitted to killing the young girl, Morgan Connors, his “best friend,” while they were watching Netflix together.</p><div class="dw-mm-player-container" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><div id="AV608bfd1f328b2f32b531a418" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition);"></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Cooper pleaded guilty to several charges including third-degree murder, possession of an instrument of crime, and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">A Bucks County judge on Thursday sentenced Cooper to 15 to 40 years in jail followed by seven years of state supervised probation.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Also on Thursday, authorities revealed Cooper was adjudicated delinquent, the same as a guilty verdict in adult court, in a previous unrelated sexual assault case before the murder, the Bucks County Courier Times <a href="https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/local/2024/03/21/bensalem-teen-ash-cooper-admits-killing-friend-morgan-connors-home-with-gun-from-safe-bucks-county/72958323007/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">reported</a>. The victim in the sexual assault case was in the courtroom on Thursday and provided a victim impact statement to the judge.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Few details around the murder have been revealed.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The deadly incident occurred on November 25, 2022 while the pair were watching Netflix in a bedroom at Cooper’s trailer park home in Bensalem Township just east of Philadelphia.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Court documents show that Cooper, then 16, said he was cleaning and organizing his father’s gun safe, and at one point Connors went to use the bathroom. Cooper somehow ended up shooting her, but Cooper’s mother ended the police interview before he could tell the rest of the story.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">After the murder, Cooper allegedly called another girl via Instagram video chat claiming to have just killed someone and asking for help cleaning up and disposing of the body.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">The girl told her mother that she saw blood and legs in the background of the video chat, and her mother called the police.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">When police arrived, they saw Cooper running out of the back of the trailer.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Inside, officers <a href="https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/local/2024/03/21/bensalem-teen-ash-cooper-admits-killing-friend-morgan-connors-home-with-gun-from-safe-bucks-county/72958323007/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(20, 20, 21, 0.91); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all var(--default__transition);" target="_blank">found</a> the body of a girl with her pants around her ankles on the bathroom floor. She died as a result of a single gunshot wound to her neck and thorax area, an autopsy found.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Cooper initially claimed he had accidentally shot the girl with his father’s hunting rifle.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">A note was found in Cooper’s bedroom after the murder, but it has not been made public.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Cooper was charged as an adult, but he has been held at the Bucks County Juvenile Detention Center since his arrest.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">He was originally charged as Joshua Cooper but now identifies as female, and his attorney requested that the court recognize him as Ash Cooper instead.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Paul Lang, Cooper’s attorney, referenced Cooper’s “difficult upbringing” in court and said that “taking responsibility” was a “big step in the healing process.”</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">Allen Gold, Connors’ grandfather and legal guardian since she was a baby, also provided a victim impact statement to the court.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskText55Roman; font-size: 20px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding: 0px 24px; transition: all var(--default__transition); word-break: break-word;">“Parents should not have to bury a child. The human heart was not designed for such heartbreak,” Gold wrote, adding that the young girl was “my whole world” and had called him dad from the time she began talking.</p>Your Destinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043670821617405877noreply@blogger.com0