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Taxpayers Likely on the Hook for Dem Senator’s PR Stunt
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Not a good look.
The optics surrounding Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s desperate trip to El Salvador to rescue a deported illegal alien are growing worse by the day.
The DOJ has released more evidence of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s ties to MS-13. Patty Morin, who lost a daughter to an illegal alien, called out the senator for ignoring her. And newly surfaced documents revealed that Garcia’s wife accused him of repeated domestic abuse.
According to a report, Senate aides familiar with congressional travel believe the trip was likely a Congressional Member Delegation and, therefore, funded by tax dollars.
“If I had to bet, this trip was funded with taxpayer dollars. Regardless, it’s insane that Democrats are more concerned about illegal immigrant gang members being sent home than their constituents' safety,” a Senate aide said.
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Trump Keeps the Warmongers at Bay
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Israel and the Iran warmongers, still lurking in the swamp, almost had their way triggering World War III.
According to The New York Times, Israel planned a strike on Iranian nuclear sites but President Trump waved them off, instead favoring negotiation with the Ayatollah regime and giving Tehran a deadline for a nuclear deal.
Earlier in April, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard presented a new assessment that a U.S. weaponry build-up due to the potential Israeli strike might spark a wider conflict with Iran.
Well, duh. It doesn’t take a national security/foreign policy genius to grasp that helping the Israelis bomb Iran would drag America straight into World War III. And, of course, it seems Israel automatically assumed we would assist their insane strategy.
Thankfully, numerous Trump officials, including JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and even the more hawkish Mike Waltz, all voiced skepticism of Israel’s plan.
Israel and permanent Washington want nothing more than an all-out war with Iran. We all know how it would end. Not well, to say the least.
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Champagne Socialists Bernie, AOC Take Private Jet on ‘Fight Oligarchy’ Tour
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The champagne socialists are back and ritzier than ever.
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez love to lecture ordinary Americans about the evils of capitalism and how the rich have hijacked politics.
Yet for all their blustery criticisms of the ultra-rich, they sure do love to dabble in the privileges of the elite.
Sanders and AOC reportedly chartered a Bombardier Challenger private jet for stops in Bakersfield, Salt Lake City, and Boise, during their joint “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. The jet costs a whopping $15,000 an hour, according to the report.
A passenger previously spotted AOC flying first-class on a JetBlue flight from JFK to Las Vegas, where she hosted rallies alongside Sanders.
At the end of the day, first class on JetBlue is pretty gauche. We’re happy she got her upgrade and is now flying in real luxury.
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Judge Deals Massive Antitrust Blow to Google
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Google’s online empire might be starting to crumble.
A federal judge and Clinton-era appointee delivered a massive win for the DOJ in its crackdown on Big Tech, ruling Thursday that Google illegally monopolized the online ad technology market.
The DOJ has long alleged that Google's ad business crushes competition and gives the company complete control over the ad supply chain from both the buy and sell sides.
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema finally dropped the hammer Thursday, ruling that Google used anticompetitive practices to dominate the digital ad space in publisher ad servers and ad exchanges, both of which underpin most online ad transactions.
"Google has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act by willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power in the open-web display publisher ad server market and the open-web display ad exchange market, and has unlawfully tied its publisher ad server (DFP) and ad exchange (AdX) in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act," the judge wrote.
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Grand Jury Indicts The Left’s Favorite Assassin on Federal Charges
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The left’s favorite assassin is now eligible for the death penalty after a grand jury indictment Thursday.
A New York federal grand jury charged 26-year-old Luigi Mangione on two counts of stalking, a firearms offense and murder through the use of a firearm, a charge that makes him eligible for the death penalty if convicted.
Attorney General Pam Bondi previously announced that the federal government would seek the death penalty “after careful consideration.”
“Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America," Bondi wrote. "After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.”
If there’s anyone hit hard by the latest news in Mangione’s case, it’s his biggest fan girl, of course: Taylor Lorenz.
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‘WRONG’: Trump Has Harsh Words for Fed Chairman Powell
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President Trump and Jerome Powell aren’t exactly simpatico.
In a social media post Thursday, Trump ripped the Federal Reserve chairman’s warning that global tariff policies may harm the U.S. economy and suggested he’s not lowering interest rates quickly enough compared to the European Central Bank, which has already cut rates.
“Jerome Powell of the Fed, who is always TOO LATE AND WRONG, yesterday issued a report which was another, and typical, complete ‘mess!’ the president wrote. “Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough!”
Later in the day, Trump doubled down on his criticism of Powell, telling reporters in the White House that Powell may soon be out of a job.
“If I want him out, he’ll be out of there real fast, believe me,” Trump said. “If I ask him to, he’ll be out of there. I don’t think he’s doing the job. He’s too late. Always too late. A little slow. And I’m not happy with him. I let him know it.”
Powell argued Wednesday that the Federal Reserve’s best course of action is to sit tight and see how Trump’s economic policies play out.
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Tulsi Pulls Back Curtain on Biden’s ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Scheme
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Remember when the Biden administration used the pretext of “domestic terrorism” to go after conservative moms protesting their local school board meetings?
Well, the administration also used that same pretext to go after gun owners.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard pulled back another curtain Wednesday on President Joe Biden’s covert ploy to chip away at the Second Amendment.
Gabbard unclassified an alarming document that detailed the Biden administration’s attempt to restrict gun ownership under the pretext of “domestic terrorism.”
According to the document, the administration directed officials to “rein in the proliferation of ‘ghost guns’” and “encourage state adoption of extreme risk protection orders” that allow judges to strip gun rights from citizens deemed dangerous. The document also revealed that a ban on “assault weapons and high-capacity magazines” fell under the administration’s so-called counterterrorism strategy.
Gun Owners of America, a Second Amendment group, deemed the document "Biden's secret plan to eliminate the Second Amendment in the name of 'counterterrorism.'"
Read the document here. |
GOP Needs to Get Serious About Harvard
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Republicans need to get serious in their battle against Harvard and other universities that have undermined America while reaping all of its generous benefits.
On Wednesday, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced that her agency is canceling two of its own grants, totaling $2.7 million, to Harvard University as part of the administration’s crackdown on so-called campus “antisemitism.”
“Harvard bending the knee to antisemitism — driven by its spineless leadership — fuels a cesspool of extremist riots and threatens our national security,” Noem said in a press release. “With anti-American, pro-Hamas ideology poisoning its campus and classrooms, Harvard’s position as a top institution of higher learning is a distant memory. America demands more from universities entrusted with taxpayer dollars.”
Noem added, “With a $53.2 billion endowment, Harvard can fund its own chaos—DHS won’t.”
And she’s exactly right. Harvard still has a ginormous endowment, essentially a hedge fund. Harvard can still fund its “chaos,” while leeching off the American people and dodging taxes with its special exempt status.
$2.7 million cut in grants? That won’t cut it. It’s a drop of water in the ocean.
Even the Trump administration’s recent funding freezes aren’t good enough. A billion here, a billion there. Will that actually make a difference in the long run if Harvard’s endowment is $53.2 billion?
Of course not.
For far too long, American universities have gotten away with murder. Their endowments have ballooned, but the quality of their product has suffered. Tuition is grossly expensive. Schools spend more money on stadiums and gyms than they do on educating students.
In the upcoming reconciliation package, which will pave the way for Trump’s agenda, Republicans have a golden opportunity to get serious and revoke Harvard’s tax exempt status. That’s the jugular that will severely wound the beast. If you force the universities to actually pay taxes on their obscene endowments, things on campuses will start to change.
Enough of the ‘antisemitism’ virtue-signaling and deportations of international students – none of it will make a lasting difference.
Stripping the special tax exempt status will. It’s a slam dunk issue, and Republicans have no excuse not to deliver.
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