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FBI Raids Donald Trump’s Home in Mar-a-Lago

CNBC: The FBI is raiding Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s resort home in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said Monday evening. In a lengthy statement, Trump said his residence is “currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.” The raid was “unannounced,” Trump said… The raid came hours after Politico reported that attorney John Rowley, a former federal prosecutor, is now representing Trump in talks with the Department of Justice about executive privilege issues related to the department’s investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot (CNBC). Newsmax: The FBI has raided Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, the 45th President confirmed in a statement. @Greta Van Susteren shares details (Twitter). Daily Wire: Multiple reports later confirmed that the raid was connected to the missing White House records. The report said that Trump delayed returning more than a dozen boxes of material to the National Archives which included documents that were “marked as classified national security information.” Federal prosecutors opened a grand jury investigation back in May into Trump over whether classified material that ended up at his home in Mar-a-Lago was mishandled (Daily Wire).

Poll: Americans Trust Republicans Over Democrats to Fix Economy, Still Want Pro-Choice Leader

Fox News: Americans have more trust in Republicans to tackle economic issues going into November’s midterm elections, but a near majority of Americans said they would be more likely to support a candidate who supports abortion access than one who doesn’t, according to a new poll. The ABC News/Ipsos poll found that by a nine point margin Americans trust the GOP over Democrats to handle the economy (34 percent to 25 percent), while 49 percent of respondents said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who “favors keeping abortion legal and available” compared to just 27 percent who prefer a candidate who “favors limiting abortion except to protect the mother’s life.” The findings come after a July report showed U.S. GDP shrank for a second consecutive quarter from April-June, which suggests the economy has entered a technical recession, and after the Supreme Court overturned the Roe vs Wade decision, which protected access to abortion services (Fox News). ABC: With the midterm elections three months away, Americans maintain a sour view on the state of the economy and are pessimistic about its future course, with President Joe Biden’s approval rating across a range of issue areas continuing to suffer. More than two-thirds (69%) of Americans think the nation’s economy is getting worse — the highest that measure has reached since 2008, when it was 82% in an ABC News/Washington Post poll. Currently, only 12% think the economy is getting better and 18% think it is essentially staying the same (ABC). RNC Research: 69% of Americans say Biden’s economy is getting WORSE. “The midterms are already shaping up to be a referendum on his job performance” (Twitter).

The “Inflation Reduction Act” Ought to Be Called “The IRS Expansion Act”

Washington Examiner: Republicans have criticized the bill’s $80 billion in extra IRS funding, contending enhanced tax enforcement could disproportionately affect the middle class, who do not have accountants and lawyers to deal with audits. “Seriously, how out of touch do you have to be to brag about forcing a purely partisan bill through the Senate that raises taxes on the middle class, makes inflation worse, lowers after-tax income for Americans at every income level, decreases economic growth during a recession, and sends an army of IRS enforcers after grandma?” Republican National Committee spokesman Tommy Pigott asked. “Democrats will pay the price in November for raising taxes on families during a recession,” his boss, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, added (Washington Examiner). Powerline: I think the liberals who run the IRS would sic their agents on every conservative nonprofit in the country. They would audit such organizations, looking for evidence that they somehow had violated the extremely vague regulations governing political activity. Such audits would require even squeaky-clean organizations like my own to hire lawyers to defend them. Government lawyers work for free–that is, courtesy of the taxpayers–while private lawyers have to be paid. Thus, a concerted attack by the IRS could largely disable conservative nonprofits, whose revenue would be dissipated by paying for lawyers, and whose energies would be dissipated in dealing with IRS attacks (Powerline). Hugh Hewitt: And so, Joe Biden’s record after two years is pretty straightforward. What they’re running on — he’s doubled the size of the IRS as of yesterday. They spent $80 billion of that $700 billion on the IRS. I know it’s unbelievable. That’s what they did — basically doubled the size of the IRS (Daybreak Daily).

Inflation Bill Strips Funding from Pharmaceutical Companies Creating Vaccines to Redirect Toward Doubling IRS

Fox News: President Joe Biden was criticized on Twitter on Monday for appearing to admit that he does not know what is in the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation that his administration championed. “What we’re doing today, what we passed yesterday, helping to take care of everything from health care to God knows what else,” Biden said during a speech in Kentucky after touring the state’s flood damage. The legislation, which passed the Senate on Sunday on a party-line vote with Vice President Kamala Harris the tiebreaker, will increase taxes for nearly all Americans while adding 87,000 IRS agents and actually increase inflation in its first years, according to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Budget Model (Fox News). Pharmaceutical companies responsible for vaccines for many illnesses including COVID have been hit very hard by the bill. Wall Street Journal: The so-called Inflation Reduction Act will be one of the greatest misallocations of federal resources in American history. The bill has many moving parts, but here’s a simple way to sum up its macroeconomic impact: It would transfer about a quarter of a trillion dollars from America’s pharmaceutical industry, which saves and extends lives, to the climate-change industrial complex, which makes energy more expensive (Wall Street Journal).

Mayor Eric Adams Reacts to Illegal Immigrants Being Bused to NYC: It’s “un-American” and “Horrific”

Daily Wire: New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) is slamming Texas for sending busloads of illegal aliens to the Big Apple, claiming that the city is struggling to handle the influx of individuals. Sunday morning, Adams met the second busload of migrants arriving from the Lone Star State. The Democratic mayor — who ran for election with a promise to keep New York a “sanctuary city” — blasted Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) for transporting the immigrants across the country to his city (Daily Wire). Mayor Eric Adams: @GregAbbott_TX used innocent people as political pawns to manufacture a crisis. New Yorkers are stepping up to fix it — that’s our city’s values. But we need the federal government’s help — money, technical assistance and more (Twitter). CBS: It came after two busloads of migrants seeking refuge were shipped to the city over the weekend from Texas with little warning (CBS). RNC Research: Karine Jean-Pierre accuses Texas Governor Greg Abbott of “using migrants as a political pawn” by busing illegal immigrants to cities. The Biden administration has been secretly FLYING illegal immigrants to cities across the country for over a year (Twitter).

Taiwan Tensions: China Continues Military Exercises, Accused of Launching Cyberattacks

Wall Street Journal: China said it was extending its military exercises around Taiwan following a visit last week by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, while Taiwan’s military on Monday accused Beijing of carrying on sustained cyberattacks against the island that rendered key government-run websites inaccessible. China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army, said Monday that it would continue with exercises for an unspecified period of time after wrapping up four days of maneuvers between Thursday and Sunday, which demonstrated its ability to effectively blockade the island. In addition to its more visible military maneuvers, Taiwanese Lt. Gen. Lu Chien-chung told a news conference Monday, “the Chinese Communist Party didn’t go easy on the internet,” accusing Beijing of continuing a campaign aimed at crippling key Taiwanese websites (Wall Street Journal). Reuters: Biden, in his first public comments on the issue since Pelosi’s visit, said he was not worried about Taiwan but was concerned about China’s actions in the region. “I’m concerned they are moving as much as they are,” Biden told reporters in Delaware. “But I don’t think they’re going to do anything more than they are” (Reuters).

More Ukraine Aid: Biden to Supply Another $1 Billion in Military Support

CBS: The Biden administration announced Monday it is sending $1 billion in new military assistance to Ukraine, marking what the Pentagon said is the largest package of arms and equipment from its inventories since Russia’s invasion more than five months ago. The shipment of weapons and equipment will include more ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), 1,000 Javelin anti-tank missiles, anti-armor systems, mortar systems and tens of thousands of artillery ammunition, as well as 50 armored medical treatment vehicles and medical supplies, the Pentagon said. The latest delivery of arms from the Defense Department brings the total amount of U.S. security aid to Ukraine to $9.8 billion since President Biden took office last year, including more than $9 billion since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February (CBS). Associated Press: This is the 18th time the Pentagon has provided equipment from Defense Department stocks to Ukraine since August 2021. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelinskyy early in the war launched near-daily calls for warplanes, calling them essential to protecting Ukraine’s skies. The U.S. and some other NATO countries feared that could draw them into more direct involvement with Ukraine’s war against Russia, and have not provided Western aircraft (Associated Press).

Ukraine, Russia Trade Blame for Missiles Falling Near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

Wall Street Journal: The international crisis over the weekend shelling of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant deepened on Monday as Russia and Ukraine traded blame for missile attacks and the United Nations secretary-general warned that an attack on a nuclear facility would be suicidal. Ukraine’s nuclear regulator Energoatom on Monday accused Russia of bombing power lines to sever the Zaporizhzhia plant from the Ukrainian electrical grid and goading Ukrainian forces positioned across the river into attacks. It said the plant’s staff were forced to close one of its six reactors over the weekend after an attack that severed a high-voltage power line, damaged three radiation monitors and shattered 800 square meters of window surfaces. There has been no damage to the reactors and no radiological release, but Energoatom said a missile landed near a dry spent-fuel storage facility where 174 containers were being held in the open. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov blamed Ukraine for shelling the plant and warned of “catastrophic consequences for a vast territory, including the territory of Europe.” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for nuclear inspectors to be given access to the 5.7-gigawatt plant (Wall Street Journal). NBC: The 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant near the northern Ukrainian city of Pripyat is considered the worst on record. It required the evacuation of more than 100,000 people living within nearly 19 miles, and the resulting radiation was detected across Europe. Officially, fewer than 50 people died as a direct result of Chernobyl, a figure that scientists and environmental groups vigorously contest. Ukrainian lawmakers have speculated that as many as 3 million people could die and that 51 million more could be otherwise affected by radiation in a serious incident involving the Zaporizhzhia plant (NBC).

California Judge Rules Non-Citizens Cannot Vote in Elections

California Globe: In 2016, San Francisco voters approved a charter amendment allowing certain noncitizens to vote in school board elections. The Charter amendment also gave the County Board of Supervisors authority to extend the noncitizen voting authorization beyond 2022. On November 2, 2021, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors extended indefinitely the ordinance allowing noncitizens to vote beyond 2022. In March 2022, California attorney James Lacy filed a lawsuit against the city and county of San Francisco over this law arguing that San Francisco residents have a clear interest in ensuring their school board elections follow state law, especially because state taxpayers partially fund school districts… San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer just ruled in favor of Lacy (California Globe). Fox News: Fortunately, Judge Ulmer recognized that letting noncitizens – even illegal aliens – vote was, itself, a lawless action. He noted that California’s “transcendent law” (i.e., the state constitution), “reserves the vote to a ‘United States citizen,’ contrary to [the] San Francisco ordinance …” and concluded that the city’s effort “to give the California Constitution a different meaning is unavailing.” To prove the absurdity of the city’s position, the judge pointed out that by the ordinance’s illogic, children under 18 and residents of other states could vote in California elections, which the California Constitution clearly prohibits. In addition to being unconstitutional, efforts to let non-citizens vote is bad policy. Aliens who remain legally bound by, and beholden to, the governments of their native lands should not be allowed to shape and mold our educational, law enforcement, and other policies potentially to the detriment of our country (Fox News).

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“Grease” Star Olivia Newton-John Passes Away at 73

CNN: Olivia Newton-John, the Australian singer whose breathy voice and wholesome beauty made her one of the biggest pop stars of the ’70s and charmed generations of viewers in the blockbuster movie “Grease,” died on Monday, according to a statement from her husband. She was 73. The singer revealed in September 2018 that she was treating cancer at the base of her spine. It was her third cancer diagnosis, following bouts with breast cancer in the early ’90s and in 2017 (CNN).

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