Trump has yet to announce whether he will run for the presidency in 2024. It is widely believed that Trump will announce his decision after the 2022 midterm elections.
According to sources within Trump’s inner circle, one name is most likely to be his vice presidential nominee: Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.
CNN was told multiple times by sources that Stefanik is interested and that “conversations regarding including Stefanik in a future Trump ticket”.
CNN reports that Trump is “interviewing close friends, allies on their opinions about Stefanik. One of the many Republican women he might be interested in for the potential slot to become VP. However, he hasn’t ruled out other male candidates. ”
One Trump advisor said, “Trump is fond of Elise Stefanik. There is a part of Trump who thinks he needs a female VP. He definitely likes her, likely because of how effusive she is to him”.
Stefanik’s group currently denies the idea of joining an international party.
Alex DeGrasse, a senior advisor to Stefanik, stated that Congresswoman Stefanik is 100% dedicated to serving New York City’s 21st Congressional District. She is also the House Republican Conference Chair and leads the effort to retake Congress in 2022 in order to fire Nancy Pelosi.
Trump, who was born in New York and has lived there his whole life, moved to Florida in 2019 to be with a running partner. But is Stefanik capable of balancing the ticket adequately? I’m not sure. However, Trump has plenty of options and time to think about it.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday blocked a bill to improve school safety that Republicans are shaming.
Sen. Ron Johnson (Republican from Wisconsin) requested unanimous consent to pass the Luke and Alex School Safety Act after the massacre at Uvalde Elementary School in Texas that resulted in the deaths of 19 children and 2 teachers.
Named after Parkland shooting victims Alex Schachter and Luke Hoyer, the bill would require that the Department of Homeland Security establish a Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices for state and local education and law enforcement agencies, institutions of higher learning, health professionals, as well as the general public. It would also require DHS to collect data analytics from the clearinghouse and user feedback about the implementation of the best practices and recommendations. Also, any evaluations based on these best practices or recommendations will be required.
With the passage of the bill, the clearinghouse, which is already accessible at SchoolSafety.gov would be codified in law.
Schumer opposed Johnson’s request and claimed on Twitter that the bill could see “more guns in schools”.
Schumer tweeted, “The truth is that there were officers at the Texas school.” They were able to get past the shooter. We need real solutions. We will vote for gun legislation, starting with the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act.
Schumer stated that the legislation could be considered on the Senate floor if Republicans agreed to debate the domestic terrorist bill. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Johnson said it was “a sad day” for the United States Senate.
Johnson tweeted later: “It’s not surprising that the Democrat leader would lie to us about the bill he blocked, which Parkland parents have been trying for years. The Dems don’t want solutions. They want wedge issues to keep them in power. Sick.”
Not surprising that the Democrat leader would lie about the bill he blocked that parents of Parkland victims have been trying to pass for years.
Dems aren’t looking for solutions, they want wedge issues that they hope will keep them in power. Sick. https://t.co/f4zbNb03ey
— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) May 26, 2022
Senator Rick Scott (Republican from Florida), who sponsored the bill, called Schumer “a liar, and a hack”.
This was a bill I worked on with the parents of Parkland victims. It’s named after them. You’re a liar and a hack. https://t.co/WKFMLTjT4x
Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who also sponsored the bill, tweeted: “The Truth: Schumer blocked the bipartisan bill that makes school safety clearinghouse schoolsafety.gov permanently because radical left-wing activists oppose it.”
The truth: Schumer blocked a bipartisan bill the makes the school safety clearinghouse https://t.co/rvfUl0d7sA permanent because radical left wing activists oppose it https://t.co/V0Lx9GwRx4
The Senate will vote on Thursday on whether to approve the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act. This bill was passed by the House last week following the massacre in Buffalo that left 10 dead.
The bill would require DHS, DOJ, and FBI to report jointly on domestic terrorism. It also creates “an interagency taskforce to analyze and combat white supremacist or neo-Nazi invasion of uniformed services and federal enforcement agencies.”
The legacy media confirms what everyone knew: The Pennsylvania Senate race between Dr. Mehmet Oz, a television personality, and David McCormick (hedge fund CEO and former Undersecretary of the Treasury) will be recounted.
We reported that the race was close on May 17, with McCormick trying to beat Oz. McCormick began to lose ground as more people were counted. He made an antagonistic move, which was reported by our sister site Townhall.
McCormick filed Monday’s lawsuit in an attempt to make Pennsylvania election officials count absentee ballots and mail-in ballots, even if the outer envelope did not bear a date handwritten on it.
This is dangerous territory to tread on, considering the past year-and-a-half. McCormick nevertheless went there.
According to the complaint, Pennsylvania county election boards “refuse” to count ballots if the voter fails to handwrite a date on an envelope, but otherwise comply with all applicable requirements. McCormick also claims that this refusal to count ballots that do not meet Pennsylvania’s requirements “violates the rights to vote under the federal Civil Rights Act as well as the Pennsylvania Constitution.”
McCormick’s play was rejected by the RNC and state GOP, but they allowed the development of Pennsylvania’s electoral rules to continue.
So, here we are.
CNN: After Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon, and Dave McCormick, a former hedge fund director, Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate Primary is heading for a recount.
Leigh Chapman, acting secretary of the state of Pennsylvania, made Wednesday’s announcement. She noted that the gap between the candidates was only 902 votes. This is after all counties in Pennsylvania had reported their unofficial results on Tuesday to the state — within the 0.5% threshold for an automatic recount. Chapman reported that Oz had 419,365 votes while McCormick had only 418,463 votes. These totals are not shown on the state’s results page.
Trump’s endorsement of Oz has been controversial. So has his endorsement of Mo Brooks, an Alabama Rep.
Many considered Trump’s retractions fatal, but they ended up giving Brooks’ race new momentum. Brooks was able to keep Katie Britt (former chief of staff to Sen. Richard Shelby) and Mike Durant, from getting to 50 percent. Brooks will face Britt in the runoff election. Britt is calling for a debate prior to the June 21 runoff.
Brooks stated Tuesday night, “My thought was, let’s get at it.” “If you can defend the attack ads that my team has launched against you, I challenge you. You know what? They are lying. I will expose them.”
“And if there are those types of debates, she should bring whatever she likes to be ready for the fight. It’s going to be a fight. There will be no pauses. It will be Muhammad Ali.”
Katie Britt seems to not be open to the idea.
A Wednesday inquiry by the Britt campaign regarding their position on a debate did not receive a response.
Why muddy the waters when so much of Alabama media is carrying Katie Britt’s water and presumptively projecting her victory?
Britt’s victory at Tuesday’s polls may indicate that she doesn’t need to participate in a debate. Although she did not win more than half the votes to avoid the runoff she still received the most votes from 62 of Alabama’s 67 counties. Brooks won Madison County by nearly 2,000 votes, almost 3% more than Britt. Britt was outdistancing Britt by only 34 votes in Limestone County.
Brooks won Britt in a neighboring county by less than 1 percent of the vote. This is Morgan County, where Decatur is located.
Brooks won Shelby County, Birmingham’s metro area, by less than 1 percent and rural Blount County by 141 votes (less than 2%) outside of Birmingham.
Both Senate races can be viewed as indicators of a national trend, as I concluded in Wednesday’s analysis. Although there may be some common electoral patterns, it seems that anything can happen through November. It is not clear that endorsements are important or that candidates who appear to have an edge in a race will win it. It is obvious that voters don’t want to be patronized and pigeonholed. They want to scrutinize the candidates for their own purposes, then make their decisions.
British prosecutors have accused Kevin Spacey of four counts of sexual assault on three men in the U.K.
The Crown Prosecution Service announced Thursday that the charges against Spacey, an award-winning actor, “follow a review by the Metropolitan Police.” The agency also stated that Spacey, who is 62, was charged with “causing another person to engage in penetrative sexual activities without consent.”
These alleged incidents occurred in London in March 2005, August 2008, and April 2013, and in western England in April 2013. They are in their 40s and 30s now.
Rosemary Ainslie is the head of the Special Crime Division of the service. She said that the charges were based on a review of evidence from London’s Metropolitan Police.
British police interrogated Spacey in 2019 over claims made by several men that Spacey had assaulted them.
Between 2004 and 2015, the Old Vic Theatre in London was run by the former star of “House of Cards”.
Spacey was awarded a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for “The Usual Suspects,” 1995, and a Lead Actor Oscar for “American Beauty” 1999.
In 2017, Anthony Rapp, an actor accused of assaulting Rapp at a party in the 1980s when Rapp was just a teenager, brought an abrupt end to his famed career.
Spacey has denied the allegations and is currently trying for a New York sex abuse lawsuit against Rapp.
A criminal case brought against him, an indecent assault and battery charge stemming from the alleged groping of an 18-year-old man at a Nantucket resort, was dismissed by Massachusetts prosecutors in 2019.
Stacey Abrams is a member of the UPS Family Foundation’s board and governor. This foundation supported the defunding and elimination of police forces.
Abrams is running again for Georgia governor. She attempted to distance herself from the hardline rhetoric #DefundThePolice used during past elections.
Marguerite Casey Foundation published an article in Washington Post highlighting the hidden costs of police misconduct.
The foundation tweeted on March 3: “Grant recipient @DreamDefenders + Partners established the Doctors Within Borders Urgent Care Clinic as part of a larger movement that creates service and sites for intervention in the police violence prison system. ” #DefundthePolice. ”
The foundation tweeted their support for abolishing prisons and law enforcement. On February 11, they tweeted #AbolishthePolice. A story about Atlanta’s Prison Industrial Complex was shared by
In February, the foundation hosted an event called “Becoming Abolitionists”. The event featured a history of failed reforms in police and a vision of true public safety. Carmen Rojas was the foundation’s CEO.
Rojas stated that Republicans had “fully funded ethnonationalism and White supremacy” during the February 3 discussion between Derecka Purnell (proabolitionist writer) and
The foundation held an October 2021 book giveaway in support of Colin Kaepernick’s essay collection, “Abolition For The People” (Movement For A Future Without Prisons and Policing). ”
The foundation says the book “features the brilliance and wisdom of many amazing thought leaders, building upon decades of organizing and opening up new possibilities.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blocked a bill to improve school safety that Republicans are shaming. After the massacre at Uvalde Elementary School in Texas that left 19 children and 2 teachers dead, Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) asked for unanimous consent to pass the Luke and Alex School Safety Act.
Named after Parkland shooting victims Alex Schachter and Luke Hoyer, the bill would require that the Department of Homeland Security establish a Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices for state and local education and law enforcement agencies, institutions of higher learning, health professionals, as well as the general public. It would also require DHS to collect data analytics from the clearinghouse and user feedback about the implementation of the best practices and recommendations. Also, any evaluations based on these best practices or recommendations will be required.
With the passage of the bill, the clearinghouse, which is already accessible at SchoolSafety.gov would be codified in law.
Schumer tweeted, “The truth is that there were officers at the Texas school.” They were able to get past the shooter. We need real solutions. We will vote for gun legislation, starting with the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act.
Schumer stated that the legislation could be considered on the Senate floor if Republicans agreed to debate the domestic terrorist bill. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Johnson said it was “a sad day” for the United States Senate.
Johnson tweeted later: “It’s not surprising that the Democrat leader would lie to us about the bill he blocked, which Parkland parents have been trying for years. The Dems don’t want solutions. They want wedge issues to keep them in power. Sick.”
Senator Rick Scott (Republican from Florida), who sponsored the bill, called Schumer “a liar, and a hack”.
The Senate will vote on Thursday whether to approve the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act. This bill was passed by the House last week.
Hillary Clinton sent a misleading gun violence chart to Twitter and included text suggesting that “It’s The Guns” are causing the crimes. Gun Policy published the chart. It compares the U.S. to its peers, a group that appears to include countries with high income.
Gun control advocates can avoid comparing the U.S. with other countries by limiting the use of this category. This allows them to skip the chance to compare the U.S. with its neighbor Mexico. Breitbart News reported on August 17th 2016 that Mexico has “restrictive” gun controls, including extensive background checks. However, the homicide rate there is more than five times the U.S.
It is also possible to see that gun violence in the world is per capita, rather than comparing it with “high-income” countries.
PolitiFact proved the wisdom of changing the argument to a per capita one after Beto O’Rourke stated that “no other country is even close to” the U.S. in gun violence deaths.
PolitiFact pointed out a study on gun violence deaths per capita. It found that the U.S. was ranked 20th in a list of firearm-related deaths in territories and countries. In other words, 19 other countries/territories ranked higher than the U.S.
Moon Griffon, a conservative radio host in Louisiana, affectionately calls Republican Senator Bill Cassidy “Psycho Bill”. He isn’t winning over conservatives back home.
Trump’s vote for impeachment after the January 6th riot was criticized by the state Republican Party. Trump also supported the bipartisan Infrastructure bill, which he famously defended but didn’t know what it contained. He has no admirers from either side for his dismissive attitude to high maternal mortality rates in the black community.
Rumors continue to swirl in Louisiana that Cassidy could run for Governor in 2023.
John Bel Edwards has reached the end of his term as Delaware’s Democratic governor. Democrats don’t have an heir apparent. Republicans are supporting several candidates that are almost all more conservative than Cassidy.
The U.S.Senator appears to want to take the Mitt Romney route. He wants to be the responsible moderate adult in the room, and he believes he doesn’t actually need conservatives to win a gubernatorial race.
His sudden desire to discuss gun control proposals by Democrats is evident now more than ever.
Cassidy a member of Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, Connecticut, said that federal red-flag laws and an increase in background checks for firearm sales were “certainly something we should talk about,” but did not endorse any specific measures.
Cassidy stated that “We must do everything necessary to obtain 60 votes to stop this from happening again.” ”
A GOP senator running in deep-red states will most likely say “Stopped Short!” when it comes time to endorse certain measures.
It is likely that none of these policies would have prevented the shooting in Uvalde (Texas), earlier this week. Multiple times, police were called to his home. It isn’t clear, however, if his behavior during these times would have resulted in the red flag laws we see elsewhere.
The idea of “expanded backgrounds screenings” is even worse. This will allow Democratic politicians to make it easier for Americans to be separated from their guns.
This brings us back to Cassidy. Cassidy is against his state’s attempt to create a constitutional carry bill. He must get to know his voters before he can be elected to the governor’s office. Not participating in these discussions.
Let’s face the truth, these policies shouldn’t be discussed unless you support them. Cassidy seems to believe that he knows more than the people who elected him to the Senate.
The Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard defamation trial had an epic day on Wednesday. Heard’s claims are falling apart faster than my straight hair on a humid day. It’s hard to choose the most damaging testimony for Heard from all that we all heard Wednesday. But I’ll do my best.
1. Kate Moss Wrecks Amber’s Fake Stairs Story
Heard claimed Depp had pushed Kate Moss up the stairs. Kate Moss stood first and completely discredited Heard’s claims.
Depp’s team called Kate Moss, a supermodel, to testify in Depp’s favor. Moss’s story was very different from Heard’s ridiculous allegation that Depp had pushed Moss up the stairs, and Depp’s team called supermodel Kate Moss to testify as a witness. She stated, “And as soon I left the bedroom I slid down the stairs and I hurt my back. “I was in pain and didn’t know what happened. I screamed. He returned to me and carried me to my bedroom, where he got me medical attention. ”
Moss answered the direct question, “Did Mr. Depp push you or kick you down any steps?”
2. Dr. Curry Exposes Amber Heard’s Expert Witness as an Unprofessional Hack
As if all that wasn’t enough, Depp’s psychologist, Shannon Curry, came back to the podium to discredit Dawn Hughes, a psychological specialist. Curry criticized Hughes for calling checklists “tests” and presenting incorrect results about falsifying symptoms and malingering as facts.
It is crucial that we use precise language and don’t present opinions or facts. It is possible for a layperson to not detect the differences when you are acting in an expert witness capacity.
Curry’s response to this absurd testimony was flawless. Hughes kept commenting on Depp’s character as she had. Now, the jury is aware of the truth.
3. Former TMZ Reporter Wrecks Amber’s Claim That She Didn’t Alert the Press
Depp is the rightful owner of all copyrights if you take a video with your phone. She was the one who recorded Depp’s attack on his cabinets and wine glasses until she transferred it over to TMZ.
Morgan Tremaine, TMZ’s former field manager, testified that he was aware the video had been changed in copyright within fifteen minutes. It is clear that Heard was the original copyright owner and gave the recording to TMZ. Heard, the copyright owner, gave the recording to TMZ. This was a devastating testimony.
Tremaine was discrediting Heard’s claims. Tremaine said that you could only get copyright over media if it was shot yourself. It could be sent to the tip line, and source-verified that it was from the original copyright owner. Then we could either buy it from them or have it given to our office. If the copyright holder gives it directly to us, that would be the third option.
Tremaine stated that copyright is not easy to obtain. In the Heard case it took just fifteen minutes. This is about how long it takes TMZ to send a post to a copyright holder.
Heard claimed she didn’t release the video, and also claimed she didn’t tip TMZ about her court appearance to get restraining orders against Depp.
This footage clearly shows Heard slowing down and turning her bruise toward the cameras.
Tremaine was a sharp witness in cross-examination. He criticized Elaine Bredehoft (a Heard lawyer) for trying to say he was only in it to get the fame. TMZ attempted to prevent Tremaine from testifying by filing a motion for intervention, but that was denied. Tremaine replied, “I’m actually putting myself in the target of TMZ”. He responded, “I could also speak about Amber being a client of mine,” which caused laughter and gasps in the gallery.
4. Photographic Forensics Expert Destroyed Amber’s Claim that her Photographic Evidence Wasn’t Edited
Depp’s group summoned a forensics specialist to the stand to examine Heard’s photos of her injuries. Heard testified that he had never edited or used filters on photos and that he didn’t know-how.
5. Oops! Someone saw Amber allegedly hit her ex-wife.
Witness to Heard’s domestic violence arrest in 2009 against her ex-wife came forward to testify before the jury. They got into an altercation where Ms. Heard grabbed her companion’s neck and pulled it from her neck. This stopped any further injuries. She said, “Ms. Heard was aggressive toward her travel companion…I could detect alcohol.” ”
Today is the closing argument and the trial has ended, we can’t wait to hear the verdict.
A whistleblower from Abbott Nutrition sent a letter to Janet Woodcock (acting Commissioner), last October. He said that there were serious problems at the Sturgis, Mich. facility.
The FDA Commissioner Robert Califf will testify today before a congressional panel that top FDA officials weren’t aware of the whistleblower report due to “mailroom issues.”
Hundreds of infants are being admitted to hospitals because the special formula they rely on for survival is out of stock.
The FDA also had “mailroom problems.”
Politico: FDA officials have not commented on the delay between last September’s first report of a bacterial outbreak at the plant and their inspection in the winter. This inspection revealed a variety of food safety issues, as well as the recall. The new details won’t be able to dampen the outrage at the agency.
“The FDA dropped the ball at every stage of this process,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), said to Politico about the new details in the testimony. It put infants in danger.”
It gets worse. Despite receiving the first reports of possible contamination in January, Sturgis didn’t close its doors until mid-February. There were discussions within the FDA about possible supply disruptions even before that. This was crucial because half of the US infant formula supply to the WIC program (the government food program for infants raised mostly by single mothers) came from Abbott.
In the prepared testimony, the FDA timeline shows that the FDA did not hold interagency talks about possible supply chain disruptions until February 14, three days after the Abbott Nutrition plant was shut down. The FDA also issued a recall of the formula. The agency also failed to notify the Agriculture Department about possible disruptions, which oversees a vital federal nutrition program that buys about half the nation’s infant formula. This was a week before the Abbott facility shut down. WIC is a program that serves nearly 1.2 million children from low-income households. Abbott supplies almost half of the infant formula that is provided by WIC state contracts.
Despite receiving warnings last autumn, why did the FDA take until January to start its inspection at Abbott’s Sturgis facility? The FDA attributes Sturgis’ staff for delaying their inspection due to COVID-19 staffing problems.
Despite parents screaming for more formula in the first two weeks of May, when the issue became public, it was not until May 16th that Abbott and the government agreed to reopen the Sturgis plant.
The White House is trying to distract media attention from the FDA by playing dumb.
The White House also shied away from questions regarding its timeline for responding to the recall, and subsequent shortages. Politico asked a senior official from the White House when they informed the FDA of the Sturgis issues and whether there were any shortage concerns. The official replied that the FDA had made the recall public on February 17.
Because of the incompetence and stupidity of big government, what should have been a temporary supply disruption has turned into a national crisis. The media has already argued that this is not Biden’s fault. They claim that shortages were caused by the pandemic and that the company was responsible for operating an unsanitary plant.
The very regulations and procedures that were created by the government to address a crisis such as this collapsed in a spectacular fashion. Biden is the culprit.
