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October 21, 2024

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[1] Interview: “He's going to be with Bernie Sanders”: Sen. Deb Fischer makes
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[2] Interview: Kari Lake’s case to defeat “Nancy Pelosi with a beard”
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[3] Heard on the Hill
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[4] Exclusive: Leaked confidential documents: U.S. officials “lacked any
training to identify fraudulent Afghan documents”
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[5] Top Democratic House candidate attacked by anti-Israel activists for
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[6] Exclusive: “Green Fail” report details wasteful spending
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[7] “He is swindling donors”: Democratic candidate’s campaign panned in home
stretch <[link removed]>
[8] Op-Ed: Rep. Tom Emmer: Kamala Harris is pandering to crypto voters but
still missing the mark
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[9] Op-Ed: Dan Eberhart: The FTC launched a witch hunt on the oil industry
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[10] Op-Ed: Zach Lilly: Lina Khan controls how you do business; her allies
want her to control what you say online, too
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[11] Op-Ed: Fact-checking Kamala Harris’s “stolen valor” immigration talking
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[12] 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 interviews with Sen. Deb Fischer and Kari Lake,
confidential documents about the Biden-Harris administration’s failed
Afghanistan withdrawal, an op-ed from Rep. Tom Emmer on crypto, and much more!







[1] Interview: “He's going to be with Bernie Sanders”: Sen. Deb Fischer makes
her case for reelection
By: Matthew Foldi

“Go big red” is University of Nebraska’s slogan
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facto motto of the Nebraska Republicans, who face uncharacteristically
competitive Congressional elections.

Sen. Deb Fischer (R., Neb.) is running against an self-described independent
opponent in Dan Osborn, who receivesheavy financial backing
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from Democrat donors, and whose Senate campaign waslaunched
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by socialist activists.

“It's vital that Nebraskans know who this guy is, and that he's not who he
pretends to be,” Fischer said in an interview with theWashington Reporter.
“He's not an independent. He is a Democrat on all of his positions…What we hear
from him is that he's going to be with Bernie Sanders, he has those leanings,
whether it's on abortion or immigration.”

Osborn has not yet said who he will back for president or if he supports
American allies abroad, but Fischer is eager to fill in the gaps for him.

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to read more from Sen. Deb Fischer about why she’s the candidate Nebraskans
should send to the Senate next month.

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[2]
Interview: Kari Lake’s case to defeat “Nancy Pelosi with a beard
By: Matthew Foldi

In one of the most closely-watched Senate races in America, Republican Kari
Lake is running against Rep. Ruben Gallego (D., Ariz.), whom she referred to as
“Nancy Pelosi with a beard” in an interview with theWashington Reporter.

Gallego, Lake said, is on the wrong side of virtually every issue facing
Arizonans. The top issues she hears from voters are “border, border, border,”
she said. “You might say, ‘well, what about the economy?’ Well, the border is
affecting our economy as well. What about crime? Well, the border is affecting
crime. If we secure the border, we stop the invasion at the border, and we take
the people who've poured in to our country in the past three and a half, four
years, and we send them back to their homeland, repatriate them back, we're
going to see our economy boom…We can actually start doing better things for our
own citizens.”

Lake’s opponent has a muddled record on the issue of border security. “He
called the border wall dumb and stupid, and he said he would never, ever, ever
build it,” she said. “Now, with his rebrand, he's trying to say, ‘well, maybe
we need it.’ People aren't falling for it. He has rubber-stamped every terrible
policy…One of the crazier things that they're pushing for is making taxpayers
pay for sex changes for illegal immigrants who are behind bars. This is insane.”

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to read more from our interview with Kari Lake about why Arizonans should vote
for her, not for “Nancy Pelosi with a beard,” for Senate.

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[3] Heard on the Hill

What we're hearing from people we trust on and around the Hill – please send
us more tips <[link removed]>!

* Missed me: “The tragic and shocking events of July 13 were preventable and
should not have happened,” wrote the bipartisan Task Force on the Attempted
Assassination of Donald J. Trump in today’s bombshell report, which is separate
from the one required to be released later this year. Findings include that
“federal, state, and local law enforcement officers could have engaged
[attempted assassin] Thomas Matthew Crooks at several pivotal moments” and that
there was “a lack of planning and coordination between the Secret Service and
its law enforcement partners before the rally.”
* History in the making: Our friends at the Manhattan Institute are out with
a poll showing that support for Democrats among Jewish voters has hit the
lowest levels since the Reagan era. Read more about their pollhere
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* Play ball: Sen. Steve Daines (R., Mont.) is criticizing the red-hot
Washington Commanders for censoring an image of an iconic Native American.
“Montanan Blackie Wetzel inspired the logo and said ‘It made us all so proud to
have an Indian on a big time team.’ There’s no reason to remove an image of a
Native American,” Daines said. “It should be proudly displayed.”
* Maryland matters: The Democrats’ push for control of the House is being
complicated by Republican Neil Parrott’s strength in an open seat just outside
of Washington,. D.C. The entire House GOP leadership slate justendorsed
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* Notable quotable: Thanks to the Daily Caller for quoting
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anop-ed we published
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from Reps. Brett Guthrie (R., Ky.) and Morgan Griffith (R., Va.) about the
problems with the Biden-Harris administration’s EPA.
* Bobby Jindal & Lina Khan?: After FTC chairwoman Lina Khan started
campaigning
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for Kamala Harris and other progressive Democrats, former Governor Bobby Jindal
published
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an op-ed praising Khan's work on healthcare issues, raising some eyebrows on
Capitol Hill. Most Republican members that theWashington Reporter has spoke
with want Khan gone.

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[4]
Exclusive: Leaked confidential documents: U.S. officials “lacked any training
to identify fraudulent Afghan documents”
By: Matthew Foldi

The security and vetting failures that allowed an Afghan man to allegedly
plot an Election Day suicide attack are under scrutiny, according to a leaked
confidential document, obtained by the Washington Reporter.

“U.S. officials processing Afghans with ID cards stated they lacked any
training to identify fraudulent Afghan documents,” the Senate Committee on
Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) Republican staff said in a
previously unreported October 2021 memo. “Federal officials identified minimum
requirements for an Afghan evacuee to enter or travel to the United States,
even with no identification.”

Following Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, HSGAC staff
interviewed “staffers with federal agency officials tasked with screening,
vetting, or processing Afghan evacuees” in America, Spain, and Germany, the
memo noted.

“It appears the standard security screening and vetting process that the U.S.
Government conducts for refugee or visa applicants, which includes validating
identification documents and an in-person interview by a trained official, is
not being followed for the Afghan evacuees,” the memo said. “In fact, federal
officials relayed information about the process to Committee staff that raised
a number of questions about the adequacy of the screening and vetting being
conducted.”

Click HERE
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to read more about the Biden-Harris administration’s failures to prepare for
the aftermath of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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[5] Top Democratic House candidate attacked by anti-Israel activists for
“silence”
By: Matthew Foldi

Iowa Democrat Christina Bohannan is facing attacks from voters in her own
party, who are frustrated with what they call her “silence” over Israel’s war
against Palestinian terrorists.

A voter held up a sign reading “if no Israeli arms embargo, no vote” at a
recent meet-and-greet hosted by Bohannan. Enough anti-Israel demonstrators
showed up that Bohannan, who was supposed to mingle with the audience after her
remarks, left immediately,according
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to theDaily Iowan. The outlet noted that the protesters gathered “to speak out
against Democratic Congressional candidate Christina Bohannan’s silence on the
Israel-Hamas war.”

“I am having an internal moral quandary over whether I can vote for anyone
who supports what is being done to Palestinians,” one attendee said.

Despite the barbarism of Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israeli civilians, and
the continued illegal hostage-holding by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza,
Bohannan is adamant that there is no “consensus” in Iowa’s 1st District on the
issue.

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to read more about how a Democratic candidate’s silence on Israel is costing
her votes from the far left.

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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.


[6] Exclusive: “Green Fail” report details wasteful spending
By: Matthew Foldi

The Biden-Harris administration’s environmental policies are “killing
species, hurting the economy, and proving counterproductive to the green energy
revolution and carbon emissions reductions that the environmental Left claim
they want,” a new report from Power the Future says.

The “Green Fail” report
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was first obtained by the Washington Reporter, and Power the Future warns
about the “fistful of [your] dollars” that is wasted on “bad” and “ugly”
programs.

One of the core issues the “Green Fail” report cites is the amount of
spending from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that has gone to liberal
activist groups — an issue lawmakers such as Rep. Brett Guthrie (R., Ky.) have
discussed before.

“Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Shelley Moore
Capito (R-WV) is doing the Lord’s and taxpayers’ work by exposing how millions
of dollars in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants provided by the
Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are flowing to organizations that are
overtly anti-American and anti-Semitic,” the report says.

Click HERE
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to read more from Power the Future’s latest report about how the Inflation
Reduction Act has been funneling money to left-wing climate groups.

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[7] “He is swindling donors”: Democratic candidate’s campaign panned in home
stretch
By: Matthew Foldi

Even though polls
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Rep. Nick LaLota (R., N.Y.) leads New York Democrat John Avlon, Avlon is still
set on “swindling donors,” Republican strategists told theWashington Reporter.

“He's got no shot in this race, and he's basically lighting donors’ money on
fire,” a top GOP strategist said of Avlon The Democrat certainly has raised
more than $2 million between various pro-Avlon efforts.

Despite Avlon’s lead in the money race, polling shows
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LaLota leading Avlon by at least 8 percent, well outside the margin of error.
Avlon’s multi-million dollar war chest and high-level media profile have kept
the race competitive.

Click HERE
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to read more about how Democrat John Avlon’s fundraising advantage and media
presence isn’t translating to success on the campaign trail against Rep. Nick
LaLota.


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[8]
Op-Ed: Rep. Tom Emmer: Kamala Harris is pandering to crypto voters but is
still missing the mark
By: Rep. Tom Emmer

Less than a month before Election Day, Kamala Harris is sweating bullets. And
nothing proves it more than her pathetic, last-ditch effort to pay lip service
to the digital asset industry. Look no further than her ignorant attempt to
turn crypto into a race-based issue, or her inability to provide details on
specific digital asset policy positions.

Week after week, Harris continues to demonstrate how little she knows about
this sector of our economy, and why she is wholly unfit to lead our country in
the financial space race. Technology is neutral. Digital assets are for all
Americans, but the more we learn about Kamala Harris, the more we realize that
she misses that fundamental point.

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out her “opportunity agenda for Black men” which included a provision to
“protect cryptocurrency investments so Black men who make them know their money
is safe.” Not only is this point disturbingly racist and vague, but it also
shows that she in no way understands the digital asset space. The beautiful
thing about cryptocurrency is that it’s neutral. It’s not about race or gender.
It’s about providing equal opportunity for all.

For years, Congress has worked in a bipartisan manner to unlock that
opportunity for all Americans, while the Harris-Biden administration has been
working overtime against us. Identity politics kneecaps progress when we’re
building a peer-to-peer digital economy, and it’s clear the only presidential
candidate who understands that fact is Donald Trump.

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to read more from Rep. Tom Emmer about how Donald Trump and congressional
Republicans will “make America the crypto capital of the world.”

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[9] Op-Ed: Dan Eberhart: The FTC launched a witch hunt on the oil industry
By: Dan Eberhart

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is challenging oil and gas mergers and
acquisitions (M&A) in unprecedented ways, a dangerous political move that
threatens the competitiveness of the U.S. energy industry.

For the second time this year, the FTC has put an oil and gas CEO in its
crosshairs, this timebarring
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John Hess, the CEO of Hess Corp., from joining the board of Chevron, the U.S.
major oil company that agreed to acquire Hess Corp. for $53 billion last
October as a condition for its approval of the deal.

The FTC alleges that John Hess held private talks in the past with officials
from OPEC, the Middle East cartel that manages its members' production policies
to support oil prices and keep supply and demand in balance.

The Biden administration's FTC did
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the same thing with Scott Sheffield, the CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources, as
a condition for approval of Pioneer's sale to Exxon Mobil earlier this year.

FTC Chair Lina Khan has suggested that Hess and Sheffield's informal
discussions with OPEC officials — mainly on the sidelines of industry
conferences in recent years — risked advancing the cartel's priority of
inflating oil prices to the detriment of U.S. consumers.

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to read more from Dan Eberhart about the FTC’s witch hunt targeting the oil
industry.

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[10] Op-Ed: Zach Lilly: Lina Khan controls how you do business; her allies
want her to control what you say online, too
By: Zach Lilly

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D., N.Y.) took a brief respite from cosplaying
as a “regular old Democrat” and returned to the more familiar role of toxic
firebrand earlier this week. You see, Lina Khan, the scandal-mired Chair of the
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), had just fielded criticism from capitalist, and
exceptionally effective Kamala Harris surrogate, Mark Cuban.

Cuban argued
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that Khan should be replaced as FTC chair in a theoretical Harris
administration, in part due to her obsession over breaking up American
companies to the great benefit of European and Chinese competitors. These
comments inspired AOC to threaten her “fellow” Democrats with a “brawl.”
Vermont Socialist, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), also joined in Khan’s
defense. The dual monarchy of the Progressive Left has spoken: shut up and get
in line.

It’s a disturbing sentiment, but if Khan is so good at her job, one wonders
why her allies routinely feel the need to pounce when she isn’t handled with
kid gloves. Perhaps it is that they see in her a kindred spirit. After all,
what Khan, AOC, and Sanders all have in common is a remarkable ineffectiveness
at their actual jobs — serving more as political celebrities than effective
policymakers. The governing equivalent of Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian in
2004 — exceptionally famous for…something.

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to read more from NetChoice’s Zach Lilly about the risks of having the FTC
regulate online speech.

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[11] Op-Ed: Fact-checking Kamala Harris’s “stolen valor” immigration talking
points
By: Senior Senate Judiciary counsel

A constant refrain of the Harris-Walz campaign has been to criticize
President Donald Trump for derailing the border legislation negotiated by Sens.
James Lankford (R., Okla.), Kyrsten Sinema (I., Ariz.), and others late in 2023
and early in 2024. It seems like Vice President Kamala Harris’s only response
when asked about her failures on the border and the unprecedented rate of
extreme illegal migration on her watch is to point to the Lankford-Sinema bill
and to accuse President Donald Trump of undermining a bipartisan effort to
solve the problem.

But a lie repeated a thousand times is still a lie. Vice President Harris’s
accusation against President Trump is both false and insulting, and as a senior
Senate staffer on the Republican side, I would like to set the record straight.

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[12] What we’re reading

Washington Free Beacon
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: An Assault Rifle, an UNRWA Passport, and $11K in Cash: What Sinwar's
Possessions Say About His Pre-Death Movements, by Adam Kredo.

Daily Caller
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: Biden-Harris Admin Handed Billions To Coalition Partnering With Stacey
Abrams’ Org Dedicated To Turning Out Voters, by Adam Pack.

National Review
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The Red Sea Needs a Big Blue Blanket, by Donald Bryson.

Politico
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How New York could ruin Democrats’ best shot at flipping the House, by Bill
Mahoney.

New York Post
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: Jewish support for Democrats lowest since Reagan era: poll, by Jon Levine.

Axios <[link removed]>: Harris
faces fight over Lina Khan's future, by Dan Primack.

NOTUS <[link removed]>: The
End of the Anti-Abortion Democrat, by Oriana González.

Daily Caller
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: ‘We’re Desperate’: Socialists, Muslims Band Together To Deny Harris The White
House, by Reagan Reese.
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