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October 10, 2024

In this edition


[1] Interview: Mark Cuban on Kamala Harris, Lina Khan, crypto, and more
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[2] Heard on the Hill
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[3] Senate Democrat penned pro-merger op-ed; failed to announce donor interest
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[4] Lina Khan becomes a growing political liability for the administration
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[5] Eric Adams polling at 9 percent approval across swing New York districts
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[6] The New York Times’s deeply flawed hit on Derrick Anderson
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[7] Leading Latino group’s latest 2024 endorsements
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[8] Op-Ed: Rep. Anthony D’Esposito: From the NYPD to the halls of Congress
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[9] Op-Ed: Michael Chamberlain: It’s FOIA evasion from NIH and NIAID
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[10] What we’re reading
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A strong national defense is essential to protecting our American way of life.

Veterans On Duty continues the fight back at home, advocating for military and
national security policies that will keep America safe, strong, and free.

In our latest edition, we have an interview with Mark Cuban on Kamala Harris,
crypto, and Lina Khan, a scoop on a Democratic Senator’s questionable op-ed, a
story on how Eric Adams’s impact on the House, an op-ed from Rep. Anthony
D’Esposito about public safety, and much more!






[1] Interview: Mark Cuban on Kamala Harris, Lina Khan, crypto, and more
By: Matthew Foldi

Billionaire Mark Cuban has emerged as an unrelenting supporter of Vice
President Kamala Harris in recent weeks. But don’t count on Cuban, who told the
Washington Reporter that he talks with Harris’s team “almost every day,” to
join a future Harris administration.

“I say hell no to any government job,” he told the Reporter in a wide-ranging
interview. “I can have more of an impact with Cost Plus Drugs,” he said,
referencing one of his latest innovations that hasrevolutionized
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the health care industry.

Cuban believes that Harris is “best for the country,” but has also taken up
positions that put him at odds with others in the Democratic Party. Cuban
opposes progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and thinks that it is
“time to move on” from Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chairwoman Lina Khan, a
darling of the left.

“I am concerned that her quick trigger to break up tech companies could hurt
our global competitiveness in AI,” he said of Khan. Cuban’s opposition to Khan
has sparked backlash from far-left lawmakers such as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I.,
Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), who said on Twitter that
“Anyone goes near Lina Khan and there will be an out and out brawl [sic]. And
that is a promise.”

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Heard on the Hill

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* Pay up: We’ve got the exclusive on the latest ad from Maryland’s Future, a
pro-Larry Hogan super PAC, in Maryland’s closely-watched Senate race. The ad
features Democrats like Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris preaching
about the importance of paying a “fair share” of taxes — something that the
Democrat in the race, Angela Alsobrooks,failed
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to do. “Pay your taxes, Angela,” the text reads. Local newsreported
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that she owes thousands of dollars of unpaid taxes “from two tax exemptions
she didn't qualify for because she never lived at the house.” Watch the adhere
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* Striking out: As Boeing’s unionized workers continue to strike, we are
hearing growing concern from national security hawks on the Hill about the
impact on defense readiness. Anarticle
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from our friends atThe Spectator showing striking workers with “on strike”
signs at the beach and the casino raised more than a few eyebrows on the Hill.
* Show up or else: Union allies of the Democrats’ favored Senate candidate in
Nebraska, Dan Osborn, required members to attend a rally for Osborn with United
Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, before backtracking amidst scrutiny. Osborn
is facing Sen. Deb Fischer (R., Neb.).
* Pritzker’s growing credit card headache: The Washington Reporter was the
first outlet toreport
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that the Illinois law changing how consumers can use credit cards had resulted
in a costly legal mess. The mess just got deeper: President Joe Biden’s Office
of the Comptroller of the Currencyjoined
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the lawsuit against Gov. JB Pritzker’s (D., Ill.) credit card law, arguing it
violates federal law and would wreck the banking system.
* Mo’ money, mo’ problems: The United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA),
whose employees werefilmed participating
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in the terrorist attacks of October 7, likely misused “more than one billion
dollars in U.S. humanitarian aid sent to Gaza since October 2023,” Sen. Tom
Cotton (R., Ark.) warned to the head of the U.S. Agency for International
Development. “The Biden-Harris administration has prolonged the Gaza war,
allowed aid to flow to Israel’s enemies, and misused taxpayer funds.”

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[3] Exclusive: Senate Democrat penned op-ed in support of a merger, while
being funded by both sides of it
By: Matthew Foldi

A Senate Democrat wrote an op-ed praising a “historic” clean energy merger,
without disclosing that parties on both sides of the merger bankrolled him for
years.

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D., N.M.) wrote
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in theSanta Fe New Mexican in 2021 that he “hope[s] they [the New Mexico
Public Regulation Commission] will vote to approve [the] merger” between
Avangrid and PNM Resources.

“This merger will accelerate our decarbonization, directly and financially
benefit PNM customers, create new jobs in New Mexico and grow our economy,”
Heinrich wrote.

Heinrich has in the past accepted tens of thousands of dollars from employees
and PACs of both Avangrid and PNM Resources. Prior to publishing his op-ed,
Heinrich received thousands of dollars from the Avangrid Political Action
Committee, which is still donating to the Senator since his failed advocacy for
the merger, according to campaign financerecords
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. Last year, employees of Avangrid gave Heinrich over $13,000 on a single day,
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Lina Khan becomes a growing political liability for the administration
By: Matthew Foldi

Since Lina Khan was sworn in as Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) in June, 2021, she hasreceived
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criticism from Republicans, the business community, and even moderate
Democrats like Mark Cuban — who told theWashington Reporter in an exclusive
interview
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that it is time for Democrats to “move on” from Khan.

For decades, American antitrust law has centered around the “consumer welfare
standard,
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” which holds that mergers harming consumers warrant regulatory action, while
deals that have no impact or benefit consumers — through lower prices or
increased innovation — are not targets for antitrust law.

Khan’s critics have argued that she has upended this standard, leading the
FTC to oppose nearly every merger and deal, regardless of its merits. Khan
opposed — andlost
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— Microsoft’s purchase of Activision. Khan targeted Twitter after Musk
purchased the site, resulting in aninvestigation
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from the House Weaponization Committee into Khan’s conduct.

But in the past two weeks, Khan’s actions have attracted more ire from both
Republicans and Democrats, including Cuban, a close Kamala Harris ally.

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problems on and off the Hill.

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[5] Eric Adams polling at 9 percent approval across swing New York districts,
weighing down Democrats
By: Matthew Foldi

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is polling at only a 9 percent approval rating
across a panoply of Empire State swing districts, compared with a 64 percent
disapproval rating, weeks after federal authoritiescharged
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him with selling his influence to foreign nationals. Even before Adams’s
indictment, polling conducted by the National Republican Congressional
Committee (NRCC) found that Adams did not break 30 percent approval in any
competitive House race in New York.

Across all battleground districts in New York, Adams’s average approval
rating had been 24 percent, compared with 52 percent disapproval. Given the
primacy that New York is poised to have in the battle for the House majority,
these numbers could spell doom for Democrats — if Republicans succeed in tying
Adams to down ticket candidates.

Both Democratic incumbents and challengers are tied to the mayor to varying
degrees, and Republicans have taken every opportunity possible to remind voters
of Adams’s deep connections to other New York Democrats.

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R., N.Y.) put it simply to the Washington Reporter: “The
Democrats suck,” she said. “I cannot believe how phony and manipulative they
are.”

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and help keep the House in Republican hands.

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Veterans On Duty continues the fight back at home, advocating for military and
national security policies that will keep America safe, strong, and free.


[6] Exclusive: New York Times ignored Democratic candidate doing exactly what
it accuses his Republican opponent of doing
By: Matthew Foldi

The New York Times published a “deceptive” story
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suggesting that a top Republican House candidate posed with a family he
implied is his own for a campaign photo — which is entirely false; the report
in theTimes has also led to harassment of the military family in question, the
Washington Reporter can confirm.

The story focuses primarily on how Republicans use their spouses to “soften
their image[s].” One of the photos used by theTimes is actually a screenshot
from a campaign video of supporters posted by Republican Derrick Anderson, a
standard practice of any political campaign in America.

“In another scene filmed for potential use in a campaign ad, Mr. Anderson is
seated around the dining room table with the same woman and three girls,
chatting and smiling,” theTimes wrote. “But the people are not relatives. They
are the wife and children of a longtime friend. Mr. Anderson, who announced
this month that he was engaged, does not have any children of his own.”


While the people in the screenshot are Anderson supporters, and Anderson’s
campaign never said that the people were his family, Democrats immediately
accused him of staging the photos with his “fake family
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voters, Anderson’s campaign told theTimes about this error “many times,” his
campaign told the Reporter.

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[7] Exclusive: Leading Latino group’s latest 2024 endorsements
By: Matthew Foldi

A leading Latino group has committed to spending big on a pair of two House
Republicans facing uphill battles this November.

Reps. Bryan Steil (R., Wis.) and Dan Newhouse (R., Wash.) scored the backing
of the LIBRE Initiative Action, which will support phone calls and digital ads
for Steil as well as digital ads for Newhouse; the endorsements were first
reported by theWashington Reporter.

LIBRE Initiative Action touted Steil’s work partnering “with families and
business owners throughout every part of his district over the years, working
with business owners to decrease burdensome regulations and lower taxes.”

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[8]
Op-Ed: Rep. Anthony D’Esposito: Why I take a “windows down” approach to my
job, from the NYPD to the halls of Congress
By: Rep. Anthony D’Esposito

For over 14 years, I was a member of the New York City Police Department
(NYPD). It was the honor of a lifetime to serve my neighbors. During my time at
the NYPD, I worked to safeguard the streets of the city’s most violent
neighborhoods where I made close to 700 arrests, most for felonies, including
murder, assault, gang activity, and illegal firearms. Upon retirement, I had
reached the rank of Detective — and I could not be more proud of that.

Early on in my career, I was sitting in my police car with the windows rolled
up because it was a hot night in July, and a senior cop knocked on my window.
He told me to roll down my windows and to always keep them rolled down. He made
the great point that it was imperative to keep the windows down at all times in
order to be able to better see, hear, and smell what was going on and how it
was affecting the people I swore to protect and serve.

The philosophy I have held my entire career since then has been to “keep my
windows down,” to ensure I am hearing and seeing everything so that I can
better serve those who have entrusted me, and it is a philosophy that I have
taken with me to Congress.

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from over a decade in the NYPD to the halls of Congress.

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[9] Op-Ed: Michael Chamberlain: If it looks like FOIA evasion, walks like
FOIA evasion, and quacks like FOIA evasion, it’s probably FOIA evasion
By: Michael Chamberlain

If somebody ever gets around to writing a tell-all history of The National
Institute of Health (NIH) and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID) in the COVID years, it’ll be a real page-turner. It has
everything: smoking guns, a “FOIA lady who hates FOIA,” EcoHealth Alliance
emails, Anthony “The Science” Fauci, and more.

There’s already more than enough material for that tome — and more coming
every day. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemicissued a
subpoena
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for the “FOIA lady” to come chat with them. But we need background. Our story
so far:

Dr. David Morens was a top aide to Dr. Anthony Fauci at NIH and NIAID. During
the COVID-19 pandemic, Morens was obsessed with secrecy — rather an odd
preoccupation for a public health bureaucrat. But obsession doesn’t always
translate to facility, and the Subcommittee possesses — and has published — a
trove of Morens’s emails, despite his telling colleagues in February 2021 that
he learned from the NIH and NIAID’s “foia lady” how to “make emails disappear
after [he was] foia’d [sic] but before the search starts.” The “foia lady” was
“an old friend, Marg [Margaret] Moore, who heads our FOIA office and also hates
FOIAs.” “FOIA lady” is referenced multiple times in the 155 pages of emails the
Subcommittee published.

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to read more from Protect the Public’s Trust’s Michael Chamberlain about the
sordid saga from NIH and NIAID during the coronavirus pandemic and its
aftermath.

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[10] What we're reading

Wall Street Journal
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: America Needs Better Bombs, by Rep. Mike Gallagher.

Fox News
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: Top outside group backing House Republicans sets fundraising record, by Paul
Steinhauser.

Washington Free Beacon
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: 'Lack of Legal Guardrails': Hundreds of Millions of US Research Dollars are
Helping China's Military, House Report Finds, by Adam Kredo.

The Spectator
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: Why Israel is stepping up its operation against Hezbollah, by Limor Simhony
Philpott.

National Review
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: The CCP Cloned America’s Leading STEM High School — and U.S. Educators
Helped, by Haley Strack.

Daily Wire
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: California Teachers Pushed Anti-Israel Views In Classrooms After Oct. 7, Docs
Show, by Luke Rosiak.

Campus Reform
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: Northwestern University quietly ends relationship with anti-Israel media
outlet Al Jazeera: EXCLUSIVE, by Brendan McDonald.

The Free Press
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Journey From a Jerusalem of Ghosts to the Living Jerusalem, by Niall Ferguson.

Bridge Michigan
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: Michigan has spent $1B on EV, battery plants. So far, they’ve created 200
jobs, by Paula Gardner.

Newsweek
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: Electric Vehicle Owners May Have Larger Overall Carbon Footprints, by Tom
Howarth.






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