Sheldon Whitehouse Suddenly Became Mr. Due Process: here's why

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There are few things more reliable in Washington than a Democrat discovering the importance of due process the moment the accused has a "D" next to his name. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse apparently decided it was time to audition for the role of America's foremost legal philosopher during an appearance with the Compromised News Network's Jake Tapper.

Asked about the implosion of Graham Platner's Maine Senate campaign, Whitehouse [who will never live in his namesake residence] suddenly spoke with the solemn wisdom of a man who had just wandered out of a constitutional law seminar. Funny how that works when you're one step above plankton. 

Platner resigned only after rape allegations from Jenny Raciot became public, despite Democrats somehow managing to overlook the rather noticeable issue of the alleged Nazi oyster farmer's SS tattoo. Apparently, for some people, that was not quite enough to raise concerns. Better late than never, we suppose.

The real tell came when Whitehouse brushed aside the first accuser, Lyndsey Fifield, who happened to be a Republican. Quite the coincidence. Fifield, who for some reason was Platner's former girlfriend, alleged emotional and domestic abuse, but those accusations apparently failed the Whitehouse Test for Credibility, which seems to involve checking voter registration before listening. Forget about Platner admitted to choking the chicken in an outhouse, the left didn't care because he was their 'man.'

Even more amusing is that birdcage liner known as The New York Times managed to produce a story that centered on Fifield while somehow glossing over additional allegations and evidence she had provided. CNN later corroborated Fifield's claims, and Politico reported what the Times somehow missed, namely that Platner had also allegedly sexually assaulted other women. It turns out there was quite a bit more to the story than progressive media gatekeepers initially cared to acknowledge.

Then came Whitehouse's favorite line. As a former prosecutor, he assured viewers that due process matters.

That's almost as believable as a box of used car salesmen.

This is the same Sheldon Whitehouse who enthusiastically joined the political demolition derby against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, complete with endless theater about "boofing," lurid insinuations, and accusations that never produced evidence sufficient to support the central claims. The media spectacle rolled on anyway, because due process apparently takes an extended vacation whenever the target is a conservative.

To this day, there remains no evidence that Christine Blasey Ford ever met Kavanaugh.

Amazing how Whitehouse's legal standards can stretch farther than a campaign promise.

The Babylon Bee is reportedly considering naming Whitehouse its 2026 "Selective Outrage Lifetime Achievement Award" winner after judges praised his remarkable ability to discover principles only when they become politically convenient.

Small standards. Small consistency. Same old Washington.

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Another Democrat Meltdown: Sexual Assault Allegation Explodes in Platner’s Campaign Right Before the Deadline, Because of Course It Does

Throws Up In His Mouth After Smelling His Own Breath

Oh, how shocking. Another glowing progressive champion finds himself wrapped up in the kind of scandal that would end a Republican’s career in about five minutes flat. 

Democratic Senate candidate Graham "HH" Platner is now embroiled in controversy over his past behavior, including allegations of abuse from ex-girlfriends and that charming Nazi-linked tattoo he used to sport. Speculation is swirling on social media about the future of this scandal-plagued Nazi-loving far-left Democratic nominee after several of his events were mysteriously canceled over the Fourth of July weekend. Then, naturally, Politico dropped an explosive report on Monday afternoon accusing him of sexual assault, timed perfectly ahead of a key deadline. 

How convenient for the party that always lectures us about believing all women, until the woman in question becomes politically inconvenient. Just ask Hillary Clinton about that factoid.

Maine resident Jenny Racicot, 41, told Politico over the course of three interviews that Platner forced her to have sex five years ago against her will, a claim that Herr Platner denied in the story. Additionally, the report says that a man Racicot dated afterward confirmed she had told him about the incident, which was also corroborated by emails between Racicot and her therapist. 

"I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me," Racicot told the outlet, which allegedly took place while Platner was 'almost blackout drunk.' "I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, 'This is no longer my choice.'"

Platner and his wife with whom he was unfaithful

Racicot said in the report that "one of the reasons" she didn't come forward until now was the "huge moral conflict" she had between her support of Platner's politics and not supporting him "as a person." In other words, she was torn between being a Democrat puppet or a victim of a Democrat.

"I just want the truth out there," Racicot said. "I just want people to have a whole scope of who he is as a person."

In a statement to Politico, the Nazi tattoo-wearing Platner said, "These allegations are troubling, serious, and false. Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue." 

The Platner campaign posted a video on X shortly after the Politico story published where Platner again called the allegations "false" and that he was going to "reflect" on the best path forward. The idea that he is capable of reflecting is questionable since vampires cast no reflection.

"So, regardless of the inaccuracy of the reporting, but mindful the political reality it will inflict, we are taking the time to reflect on the best path forward for the state that I love, the people that I love, the movement I belong to, and the goal of defeating Susan Collins," Platner says in the video. "Those were the goals when we launched this campaign, and they remain my goals today."

Translation from conservative ears: The political reality of voters finding out who you really are is proving rather inconvenient for your communist cosplay tour. As for this writer, I am ashamed that you were a US Marine.

Over the last few days, multiple Platner events over the 4th of July holiday weekend and Monday were mysteriously canceled. There was no official explanation or comment from the campaign, Bangor Daily News reported on Monday, other than one event organizer saying that an event in Gorman was canceled due to Platner "not feeling well." 

Sure, comrade; must be that sudden case of "the voters might actually hear what I stand for" flu.

The news of the canceled events led conservative outlets and pundits to speculate throughout the day on Monday, before the Politico report was published, about whether there was an underlying reason for the cancellations. Turns out their instincts were spot on, as usual.

"Graham Platner cancels MULTIPLE scheduled town hall events as progressive allies tease another scandal is about to hit his campaign," the Maine Wire news outlet posted on X. "Augusta town hall for last night - CANCELED Gorham town hall tonight - CANCELED Sanford town hall tonight - CANCELED. There are no other upcoming events listed on his FB page, or on Mobilize."

"Graham Platner no-showed Fourth of July celebrations across Maine," the National Republican Senatorial Committee posted on X in response to the Maine Wire post. "Now, he's canceling everything else. We wouldn't want to be seen in public either… "

"A well-placed source told us that Graham Platner is dropping out of the Maine Senate race this week," the Washington Reporter posted on X. "Note that Platner has yet to release his Q2 fundraising totals, a sign he may have underperformed expectations." It seems as if Maine voters are hesitant to vote Nazi/Communist this year, but give them time because, hey, you never know.

Susan Collins with her 'banky' and a new lease on Senate?

In addition to the online rumors circulating on Monday, bets on the online prediction market Polymarket surged over the weekend, with users betting that Platner would drop out before the midterms. Even the betting markets know a sinking ship when they see one and soon the rats will also depart, I suspect.

Platner has been at the center of multiple controversies since launching his campaign, including infidelity, alleged physical abuse of an ex-girlfriend, a Nazi-linked tattoo, disparaging comments about the military, referring to himself as a "communist", scrutiny over his working-class bonafides, and a variety of inflammatory posts on a deleted Reddit account. But sure, he’s definitely the man Maine needs in the Senate. What could possibly go wrong that isn't already going wrong in places like New York City?

Despite the controversies, many polls in recent weeks showed that Platner had a lead on Collins. However, a Fox News poll published last week showed Collins with a small advantage, along with more than half of respondents saying that Platner lacks the judgment to serve as a U.S. senator. 

That level of bad judgment deserves its own participation trophy . . .  and a therapist.

Now that Platner has won the Democratic primary, the next key date is 5 p.m. on Monday, July 13. Under Maine law, if Platner formally withdraws as the Democratic nominee by that deadline, the Maine Democratic Party can replace him on the general election ballot by selecting a new nominee through its party process, with the replacement required to be chosen by July 27.

"These allegations are very serious and Graham vigorously denies them," a Platner campaign mouthpiece told Fox News Digital. "They are also coached and coordinated by out of state establishment operatives. For a year, opponents of this campaign have thrown everything they can at Graham – calling him a Nazi, a war criminal, and a communist. None of it has been true and this is no different." 

"It is not a coincidence that this story comes a week before the ballot deadline, just as the previous false allegations came a week before the primary. Graham began this campaign to fight for a Maine where everyone is treated with dignity and where Mainers are put first, and no amount of desperate smears will stop this movement from seeing that vision through."Of course it’s all a vast right-wing conspiracy. It always is, until the next scandal drops.

In fact, the Democratic Party has perfected the art of dropping last minute bombs on GOP candidates and nominees, if memory serves. [See Brett Kavanaugh.]

Meanwhile, Susan Collins continues doing her job while the Democrats tear their latest “working class hero” to shreds. Business as usual in the party of decency, decorum, and implying that Republicans are a danger to the nation and must be dealt with . . . use your imagination, Antifa et al.

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Sergey Brin Corners Gavin Newsom At Treehouse Party, Announces He's Ditching California Before Billionaire Tax Vampires Strike

The tense exchange reportedly took place at a treehouse party hosted by crypto investor Chris Larsen in December.

"The Big Money Show" discusses California's $267M hospice fraud bust as Gov. Gavin Newsom defends the state’s record on fighting theft.

An exclusive holiday gathering just north of San Francisco turned into a stomach-churning fiscal nightmare for California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Back in December, Newsom and Google co-founder Sergey Brin attended the same "treehouse party" hosted by crypto investor Chris Larsen. It was there, according to a Bloomberg report, that Brin broke the news that he would be leaving the state in response to a proposed wealth tax.

According to the report, it was a tense, private confrontation so jarring that Newsom reportedly complained about a "lingering cold" he attributed to the interaction for months afterward.Brin allegedly explicitly cited the Billionaire Tax Act, a 5% one-time excise tax on individuals with a net worth exceeding $1 billion, hitting his nearly $289 billion net worth hard.

Just this week, the Service Employees International Union–United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) said it has collected more than 1.55 million signatures, according to a press release, nearly double the 875,000-signature requirement, to put the one-time tax on billionaire assets on the California ballot this November.

If the measure is approved by voters, anyone who was a California resident on Jan. 1, 2026, would owe the tax, according to the proposal.

Brin effectively shielded his wealth from the retroactive reach of the proposed tax by buying properties in Nevada and Florida. He has also committed at least $45 million to a group called "Building A Better California" to fight the initiative, with his total spending to kill the tax already reaching $58 million this year.

The Corcoran Group agent Julian Johnston exclusively speaks to Fox News Digital about the new wave of California billionaires migrating to South Florida due to a proposed wealth tax. "I fled socialism with my family in 1979 and know the devastating, oppressive society it created in the Soviet Union. I don't want California to end up in the same place," Brin told The New York Times this week regarding a story by the outlet that discussed his move.

Newsom has publicly opposed the billionaire tax, warning the measure would damage the economy and drive away investment. Since January, it’s estimated that more than $1 trillion in capital has left California.

"This is my fear," Newsom previously said in a Politico interview. "It’s just what I warned against. It’s happening."

"The evidence is in. The impacts are very real, not just substantive economic impacts in terms of the revenue, but start-ups, the indirect impacts of . . .  people questioning long-term commitments, medium-term commitments," he continued. "That’s not what we need right now, at a time of so much uncertainty. Quite the contrary."

Look, even the guy who helped invent the modern surveillance state is bailing on Gavin Newsom's People's Republic of California because the tax vampires have finally gone full Dracula. Sergey Brin did not mince words at that fancy treehouse soiree. He looked Newsom in the eye and basically said, "I'm out before you clowns try to loot me like it's a Bolshevik yard sale."

And poor Gavin spent months nursing a "lingering cold" from the encounter. Must have been rough realizing that even your billionaire buddies are done pretending California's socialist experiment is anything but a slow-motion train wreck.

Brin is not messing around. He has already parked assets in Nevada and Florida, dropped tens of millions to kill this idiocy, and reminded everyone that he actually escaped real socialism once before. Now he's watching Newsom's crew try to recreate it on the West Coast with extra failure and homeless encampments.

Meanwhile, the governor is out there sounding shocked that his warnings about driving away wealth and talent are coming true. Shocked, I tell you. The same guy who turned the state into a high-tax, high-crime, open-air toilet is now watching the productive class vote with their feet and their fortunes.

This is what happens when you treat success like a crime and then act surprised when the successful start packing. California is not "progressive." It is progressively broke, progressively empty of anyone who actually creates jobs, and progressively run by people who never met a tax they didn't love until it starts costing them donors.

Brin saw the writing on the wall and got out. Smart man. The rest of us are stuck watching Newsom try to spin this disaster as someone else's fault. Same script, different treehouse.

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Billionaire pal kicks Swalwell out of mansion and wants his donations back after rape allegations

Stephen Cloobeck, that billionaire timeshare king and former California governor wannabe, just did what every sane person should have done months ago. He booted disgraced Democratic Rep. Eric 'Gasman' Swalwell out of his mansion and now wants his million dollars in campaign donations returned after a gaggle of women came forward accusing the congressman of sexual assault and misconduct.

Cloobeck used to call Swalwell his “little brother” in that March POLITICO interview. He even scoffed when the New York Post asked him about the lawmaker’s rumored creepy behavior with female staffers. But on Sunday the timeshare mogul sang a very different tune. He is cutting ties with Swalwell and the entire Democratic Party faster than you can say “hypocrite.”

“I am no longer supporting Eric,” the Diamond Resorts founder told the outlet. “F*cking tell everyone I’m a libertarian. F*ck you, Democrat Party. I’m a libertarian now.”

Classic. 

A complete 180 after Swalwell posted a video, reportedly filmed inside Cloobeck’s swanky Beverly Hills home, trying to defend himself against those rape and sexual harassment claims from former staffers and other women in Democrat politics.

Since four women went public in that CNN piece, more than fifty former Swalwell staffers have now demanded his resignation. On top of that, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced they are investigating because one of the alleged incidents happened in New York after Swalwell spoke at a gala there.

Even House Democrat leadership turned on him. House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Pete Aguilar, and House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark put out a joint statement calling for Swalwell to drop his gubernatorial bid.

“Following the incredibly disturbing sexual assault accusations against Congressman Eric Swalwell, we call for a swift investigation into these incidents and for the Congressman to immediately end his campaign to be California’s next Governor,” the lawmakers wrote.

Swalwell officially suspended his campaign on Sunday. He claimed he is “deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past” while still insisting the allegations are “false.”“I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made, but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s,” he said in a statement posted to social media.

Here is the kicker. Cloobeck had launched his own short-lived run for California governor, then dropped out and endorsed Swalwell. According to the New York Post he dumped more than a million dollars into the guy’s campaign and let him crash at his 9,700-square-foot mansion whenever he wanted.

“I have a lot of people who stay at my house,” Cloobeck told the outlet. “I built a gorgeous place, my dream home, I relish it, and I’m a very generous man. I’m very thoughtful and I’m very kind.” 

Generous and kind until the rape allegations dropped. Then suddenly Swalwell is no longer welcome. Cloobeck confirmed the congressman is out of the house but said he would have to talk to his lawyer about clawing back that donation money.

The billionaire, who admitted he had been a Democrat for about four decades, made it crystal clear he is finished with the party.

“I’m going to change my godd*mn party affiliation, because I cannot stand this Democratic Party at all,” he told the Post. “I am done. Finito.”

Welcome to sanity, sir.

When asked if he thought Swalwell had been honest with him, Cloobeck replied, “I’m gonna have to investigate that. I don’t know the answer to that.”

Oh, now he needs to investigate? After funding the guy, housing the guy, and calling him “little brother”? Give me a break. This is what happens when the mask slips on the Democrat Party’s favorite protected class. One set of rules for thee, another for the powerful donors who finally wake up. 

Welcome to libertarianism, Mr. Cloobeck. Better late than never.

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It Gets Worse for Swalwell: Nannygate Much?

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just confirmed on Sunday that a federal investigation into the malodorous Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) now includes reports that the California Democrat, best known for his public flatulence and for sleeping with an alleged Chinese spy, hired and then lied about a Brazilian nanny who was living in the United States illegally.

POLITICO’s Dan Lippman broke the story, reporting that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had referred the allegations to law enforcement at DHS. The department fired back with a blunt response from its official X account:

“USCIS has been collecting information on the allegations involving Congressman Eric Swalwell hiring of a Brazilian national as a nanny without lawful work authorization.
@USCIS has referred this matter to DHS law enforcement for investigation. No one is above the law, including a member of Congress.” 

Sources say this bombshell lands as multiple other investigations are already circling the wagons around Swalwell and as the embattled California congressman and former would-be gubernatorial candidate faces a growing pile of accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior, ranging from unwanted attention to at least one claim of rape from a former staffer. 

The Manhattan district attorney opened an investigation into Swalwell on Saturday after learning that one of the women accusing him of sexual misconduct lived in New York. Weeks earlier, the Justice Department had opened an unrelated probe into the gubernatorial hopeful, alleging mortgage fraud.

Since the accusations started dropping on Friday, Swalwell’s friends and colleagues have deserted him faster than rats fleeing a taxpayer-funded cruise ship. Democrats in Congress yanked their support for his gubernatorial run, publicly withdrawing endorsements and demanding he drop out of the race. Some went further, calling for him to resign his congressional seat and a few have openly said that, if given the chance, they’d vote to expel him from the House.

His own employees piled on, with a group of senior staffers from both his congressional office and gubernatorial campaign issuing a joint memo and resigning en masse. They also urged voters to pull their support from Swalwell.

Swalwell has denied the accusations, calling them “flat false” and vowing to fight back with everything he has which, at this point, appears to be nothing but a collection of strongly-worded denials, a Brazilian nanny, and whatever scraps of dignity he has left after the whole Fang Fang incident.

He has since bowed out of the gubernatorial race and if he's lucky, he might remain in Congress.

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Mamdani's administration has its first serious scandal

A New York City employee says she was fired after she reported an anonymous complaint about her boss, Commissioner Sharun Goodwin, and the agency’s general counsel, Wayne McKenzie.

The story centers on Department of Probation investigator Ebony Huntley, who alleged that Goodwin had a “prior intimate relationship” with McKenzie that would “present a conflict of interest and impact impartial decision-making,” according to Politico.

Huntley also alleged that human resources director Zenia Melendez had a history of “verbal and physical violence” toward staff members. The whistleblower said she followed the required process when she submitted the complaint to the city’s Department of Investigation, which informed her that it was looking into the matter.

But the day after she submitted the complaint, she was called into a meeting with McKenzie, who said, “I cannot have a person like Ebony working for me. Effective immediately, you are terminated.”

But that wasn’t the end of the story. Huntley responded to her firing with a wrongful termination lawsuit. She told a reporter, “It’s sh*tty, because I did what I was supposed to do.”

This is the first major scandal to hit Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, even after he promised to bring a “new era” of clean and transparent government after years of corruption allegations under his predecessor, Eric Adams.

Mamdani said he takes “any allegation of misconduct incredibly seriously” but did not comment on the details while the investigation proceeds. “I’m not going to be weighing in on any ongoing investigation. However, New Yorkers should rest assured that there is an investigation.”

A spokesperson for the Department of Probation told Politico the agency is “committed to fostering a professional, respectful and accountable workplace for all employees” and that the “allegations in this lawsuit will be duly addressed as the legal process runs its course.”

Also, the department said Goodwin and McKenzie “will have no role or oversight to any potential investigation to avoid any conflict and to preserve independence.”

Other than the Huntley lawsuit, the Mamdani administration has faced other controversies in its first 100 days. These involve key appointees and policies. Catherine Almonte Da Costa, who the mayor appointed as director of appointments, resigned only a day after she was announced. It happened after antisemitic comments she made on social media ten years ago surfaced.

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Dept. of War leaker arrested in journalist tip case: Kash Patel hints next move

FBI Director Kash Patel said Wednesday that Courtney Williams, 40, a former employee at Fort Bragg who previously held top security clearance, has been charged with transmitting classified national defense information.

“FBI and our partners have arrested a former [Special Operations Command] employee, who supported our top-level military warfighters, for allegedly transmitting classified information to a member of the media. Outstanding work by [FBI Charlotte] and the FBI Counterintelligence & Espionage Division, as well as our [Justice Department] partners,” Patel said.“Let this serve as a message to any would-be leakers: we’re working these cases, and we’re making arrests. This FBI will not tolerate those who seek to betray our country and put Americans in harm’s way,” he added.

In a subsequent post, Patel suggested that more arrests over leaks were “coming.” The arrest follows statements by President Donald Trump threatening jail time for reporters who decline to identify sources in connection with a leak about a downed American aircraft.

Williams held top security clearance from 2010 to 2016. Authorities say that from 2022 to 2025, she communicated with an investigative journalist through more than 10 hours of phone calls and 180 text messages. She allegedly shared “tactics, techniques and procedures” related to a special operations force.

While not named in court documents, the journalist appears to be Seth Harp, the author of “The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces.” An excerpt from the book appeared in POLITICO under the headline, “My Life Became a Living Hell’: One Woman’s Career in Delta Force, the Army’s Most Elite Unit,” and focused on Williams’ experience in Delta Force.

In a post on X, Harp claimed that Williams had done nothing criminal.

“Trump’s unhinged DOJ will not even say what ‘classified information’ she allegedly leaked,” he said. “Her arrest and imprisonment is an outrage.”

Harp told WRAL-TV that “the government is going after Courtney for the sole reason that she exposed sexual harassment and gender discrimination in the unit,” adding, “This is a vindictive act of retaliation.”

Text messages cited in court documents suggest Williams was aware of potential legal risk following the publication of Harp’s book. In one message, she allegedly expressed concern about “the amount of classified information being disclosed,” and in a separate message wrote, “I might actually get arrested . . . for disclosing classified information.”Another message attributed to Williams said that she knew she was “probably going to jail for life.”

Court documents show that Williams will be appointed counsel from the Eastern District of North Carolina Federal Public Defender’s Office. An attorney has not yet been publicly identified.

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Hegseth fires U.S. Navy Chief of Staff

In a decisive bit of housecleaning that has the swamp creatures squirming, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday showed Jon Harrison the door as the Navy's chief of staff, just days after the Senate greenlit Hung Cao as the service's new undersecretary.

This Harrison clown's got zerp military chops before getting shoehorned into the job, where he played budget fairy and policy puppet-master for the Navy, all while neutering the undersecretary's clout like it was yesterday's news.

"Jon Harrison will no longer serve as chief of staff to the Secretary of the Navy," the Department of Defense told the New York Post in a statement. "We are grateful for his service to the department." [Yeah, sure they are.]

Harrison tag-teamed with Navy Sec. John Phelan, another civilian suit with zilch in uniform experience, to ram through a bureaucratic shake-up, swapping out the yes-men who would prop up Cao and stacking the deck so the secretary's office calls all the shots on his military aides, Politico reports.

Talk about a power grab wrapped in red tape. And get this: Harrison's pink slip drops right on the heels of Hegseth's May edict to cull a fifth of the Pentagon's four-star bloat: generals and admirals who've been more focused on pronouns than projectiles.

Hegseth has been on a tear, booting high-octane brass left and right, including the military's only two female four-stars, The Guardian whines.

Then on Tuesday, Hegseth lit into the top echelons at Quantico, VA, torching the armed forces' dive into "woke" quicksand and blasting those godawful diversity-and-inclusion fever dreams that turned warriors into workshop attendees. 

About time someone drained that rainbow swamp.

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Terror supporting organization labels Trump the "new Biden" because he supports Israel against terrorists

Well, well, well, look who’s back at it again—the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the perpetually aggrieved outfit that’s been moonlighting as a cheerleader for terrorist causes while pretending to “advocate” for Muslim Americans. This time, they’ve got their knickers in a twist over President Donald Trump, slapping him with the oh-so-clever label of “the new Joe Biden” because he’s dared to back Israel’s smackdown of Hamas in Gaza. 

Yes, folks, in CAIR’s world, supporting an ally against a terrorist group is apparently a crime worthy of a Biden comparison. Duh.

CAIR, which has spent years dodging accusations of cozying up to some of the nastiest players in the terrorism game, is now clutching its pearls over the body count in Gaza. They’re wailing about Israel’s so-called “genocide”—a term they fling around like confetti—and demanding Trump yank all U.S. support for the Jewish state. 

In their Sunday sob-fest, they whined, “As the minimum death toll in [Gaza] crosses 50,000, the Israeli government is completely out of control because Donald Trump is the new Joe Biden: a president who supports genocide and puts Israel first in violation of federal law and disregard for the wishes of the American people.” 

Translation: Trump’s not bowing to the Hamas fan club, and CAIR’s feelings are hurt.

The terror-fans went on, practically begging: “President Trump must force [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu to permanently stop his self-serving genocide and accept the comprehensive ceasefire deal that frees all captives. If President Trump wishes to be remembered as a peacemaker and not Netanyahu’s poodle, he must act before the death toll crosses 100,000.” 

Oh, the drama! You can almost hear the violins. 

Meanwhile, the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry—because who doesn’t trust a terrorist PR firm?—claims 50,000 Palestinians have been killed. Naturally, they don’t bother sorting out how many were gun-toting jihadis versus actual civilians. And let’s not forget the pesky little detail that researchers have caught those numbers being inflated faster than a politician’s ego to smear Israel. Facts? Who needs ‘em when you’ve got a narrative?

Trump, of course, ran on a promise to stand by Israel, our incredibly important ally in the Middle East, while it pounds Hamas into the dirt—a stark contrast to Biden, who spent his term waffling under progressive pressure like a soggy noodle. 

Just last month, the White House green-lit a batch of heavy bombs for Israel that Biden had held back, fretting over civilian casualties. Trump? He’s not here for the hand-wringing. He’s told Israel to “finish the job” against Hamas, and CAIR’s not taking it well.

For the past 17 months, ever since Hamas’s charming little Oct. 7, 2023, rampage across southern Israel—complete with rape, murder, and kidnapping—CAIR’s been on a tear, accusing Israel of “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” at every turn. They even tried pinning “ethnic cleansing” on Israel’s limited ops in Syria after Assad’s regime took a nosedive in December. Then, last month, they screeched that Israel was “moving the genocide from Gaza to the occupied West Bank” during a counterterrorism op dubbed “Operation Iron Wall.” 

It’s like CAIR’s got a Mad Libs book of atrocities, and Israel’s the only noun they know.

Since Trump strolled back into the Oval Office, CAIR’s been whining that his administration’s discriminating against Arab and Muslim Americans. They’re mad he’s cracking down on universities letting anti-Semitism fester on campus—calling it “unconstitutional” censorship and Islamophobia. They also flipped out when Trump moved to deport foreign students waving Hamas flags at rallies, branding it “anti-Palestinian.” Poor dears.

CAIR’s rap sheet isn’t exactly spotless, either, as I posted about here.

Back in the 2000s, they got tagged as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing case. Politico pointed out in 2010 that “US District Court Judge Jorge Solis found that the government presented ‘ample evidence to establish the association’” of CAIR with Hamas. The ADL’s noted some of CAIR’s bigwigs had early ties to Hamas affiliates, though CAIR swears up and down it “unequivocally condemn[s] all acts of terrorism,” listing off groups like al-Qa’ida, Hamas, and the Real IRA like it’s a Boy Scout merit badge.

But the mask slipped hard after Oct. 7. CAIR’s co-founder Nihad Awad took the stage at an American Muslims for Palestine convention in Chicago last November and the scumwafer couldn’t hide his glee. 

“The people of Gaza only decided to break the siege—the walls of the concentration camp—on Oct. 7,” he gushed. “And yes, I was happy to see people breaking the siege and throwing down the shackles of their own land, and walk free into their land, which they were not allowed to walk in.” 

Happy? Over the biggest single-day slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust? That’s not a dog whistle—it’s a foghorn.

So here we are: CAIR’s throwing tantrums because Trump won’t ditch Israel for their terrorist buddies. If they think he’s going to cave, they’ve got another thing coming. Pass the popcorn—this is gonna be good.

We dodged a bullet in this last election. 

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USAID bribed Time Magazine with $4 million to name Zelenskyy "Person of the Year"

As Elon Musk's team known as DOGE sniffs out the rot in government, it has been discovered that USAID paid Time magazine $4,000,000 to name Volodymyr Zelenskyy "Person of the Year." This might be surprising to some people as Ukraine's leader isn't gay or a transgender, but should we really be surprised?

Is there any media outlet on the left that wasn't on USAID's payroll?

If it weren’t for Trump and DOGE, most people would still have no idea how much money the… pic.twitter.com/lYz8hFuykX

— Johnny Midnight ⚡️ (@its_The_Dr)

Thankfully, DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) has put the rot in the sunlight where people can now see it for themselves. Had they not, we taxpayers would never know how much our government wastes.

BBC,CBS, TIME, and Politico, are just some of the media that got paid for telling us what to think.

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Ex-NYC Mayor Bill deBlasio's wife has to explain where all the money went

In a shocking discovery, a report revealed that Chirlane McCray, estranged wife of former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, managed nearly $900 million in taxpayer money without keeping track of how it was spent. This money was mainly used for her "ThriveNYC" initiative, aimed at tackling mental health and homelessness issues in the city. However, investigations showed that there was little transparency, with many expenses not documented and inadequate supervision over the use of funds.

This was brought to light during a city council meeting where it was criticized that the program was slow to act. Here’s what was said:

"During the meeting, it was discovered that the disgustingly large amount of money spent on the Thrive program produced no actual benefits."

The program was initially budgeted at $250 million each year, but it has not significantly impacted the community. According to Politico, out of an estimated 12-15,000 mothers suffering from postpartum depression in New York City annually, only 570 received help. Out of 78,000 newborn deliveries each year, just 28,560 new moms were screened, and only 570 women diagnosed with the condition were assisted by the program.

McCray reportedly didn't keep any records of how the $900 million was spent. Despite this, Thrive director Susan Herman stated that the program's costs would now escalate to $1 billion every four years.

Queens Councilman Robert Holden expressed his frustration to the New York Post:

“The situation is not improving. It’s actually getting worse.”

DeBlasio and McCray are not divorced but are separated.

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Weekend at Bernie's President gone from spending bill negotiations and the Dems don't care

Fun Fact: The nation's debt at last count is $36,167,604,149,955.61. If one were to count that high, saying each number one second apart without stopping, it would take about 1,146,079 YEARS! No joke. I'm serious, as Joe Biden would mumble.

And now as our nearly useless government is in the throes of yet another possible shutdown over negotiations with a spending bill, the Democrats are just fine with the absence of the so called President of the United States, Joseph Robinette Biden from the wheeling and dealings, according to a new report.

"Biden has remained conspicuously absent outside a brief statement issued by his press secretary — and for now, Democrats said there was little clamor for him to return," Politico reported Thursday, just a day after Elon Musk and President-elect  Trump scuttled the first bipartisan spending bill.

Despite the race to avert a government shutdown, as we see every Christmas season it seems, "no one seemed to be looking to Biden for answers — and the lame-duck president gave no indication he had any desire to provide them," the article read.

Well of course. Everyone knows and has known for several years, that Joe Biden is suffering from dementia. It took a debate with Trump to finally take it to a point where it could no longer be covered up by the Democratic Party and the media. 

In fact, the only people surprised by Biden's cognitive decline were the people on The View and their audience. The Dems along with Kamala Harris, knew Joe was like a head of broccoli but covered up for him and refused to use the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.

"I haven’t gotten any message from President Biden, or heard of anything that he’s saying," California Democratic Rep. Mark Takano told Politico, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wouldn't say he's been in touch with Biden, only that he's been in "close contact with the administration."

As Politico put it, "Democrats appeared largely fine with Biden taking a back seat," which is what he's done this past year and prior.

And by the way, where is Kamala? Isn't she supposed to be the Vice President?

C'mon man.

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'Squad' member claims Hamas rapes were "propaganda" after seeing 10/7 video

New York Democrat Rep[ulsive] Jamaal Bowman (POS) denies the obvious and what his anti-Semitic eyes saw regarding the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. It doesn't matter to this cretin that Hamas bragged about the killing, torturing, beheading, burning, and yes, raping Israelis of all ages. Men as well as women and girls were raped and to prove it, the Hamassholes called home and bragged about it. 

But Bowman refuses to acknowledge the rapes, and unless he's as dumb as dirt, he knows he's lying. And it's highly possible he's as dumb as dirt.

Bowman made the "propaganda" announcement a few days after fellow lawmakers saw the 45-minute horror video of the attack. I guess he thought that the other stuff he viewed, you know, the burning alive children, beheading of a baby, the mutilations, torture, and the gleeful killing of Jews, wasn't as bad as raping, so he refused to say it happened. 

Honestly, people like Bowman should not be in office, but he got elected anyway.

The idiot was seen on a media post that shows the 'Squad' member pushing the anti-Semitic remarks during a Nov. 17 rally with dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters in New York, proving the level at which he and his ilk will stoop to scoop up the pro-Hamasshole votes.

"There was propaganda used in the beginning of the siege," Bowman said in a TikTok post discovered and reported by Politico. "There’s still no evidence of beheaded babies or raped women. But they still keep using that lie [for] propaganda."

Except for the survivors who reported what they saw, and they were too traumatized to make up lies.

The 150 House members who attended the screening were left in a state of "shock and disbelief" after seeing the attack, Jewish Insider reported at the time. The House Foreign Affairs Committee hosted the screening, which banned the public from viewing it due to the horrific nature of the attack. 

The fact that politicians will bow down to people who advocate terrorism is a reminder of just how sterile they are of morals and ethics. Perhaps his name, BowMan, is G_d's way of warning us of what some people are capable of doing.

Politico further noted that evidence of Hamas raping innocent women grew substantially in the months after the attacks. He also appeared to backtrack on the "propaganda" remarks in a statement provided to the publication. Maybe the Jews would forget what he said or be unaware of his anti-Semitic rhetoric, but he is a disgusting coward.

"As I said at this rally, what Hamas did on October 7th is a war crime and they must release all the hostages," he told Politico, hoping to play both sides, like Joe Biden.

"The UN confirmed that Hamas committed rape and sexual violence, a reprehensible fact that I condemn entirely. I also voted yes on Resolution 966, which officially condemns the rape and sexual violence committed by Hamas. So let me be clear, and ensure my words are not twisted: I always stand against sexual violence in all forms and stand for peace for all."

So let me be clear, Bowman knew by November 17 that the sick scumbags of Hamas committed rape, even with dead bodies, but he is a man of poor character to take a political risk by being honest.

"Extreme House Democrats remain so blinded by their anti-Semitism and their love of Hamas they will not only ignore horrific crimes committed against Israeli women, but will actively seek to discredit their trauma," NRCC National Press Secretary Will Reinert told Fox News Digital in a statement.

I wish I could say here what I really think of Jamaal Bowman, but Google won't allow it.

Please vote this racist out of office.

Am Yisrael Chai!

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Biden leaks strike plans and IRGC Commanders go into hiding

"I'm mahaman hum beh dee dah man"

It looks as if our alleged President leaks in more ways than one. He and his administration have been repeatedly leaking plans of alleged retaliatory strikes against those who were behind the murders of three U.S. soldiers and wounding about 40 other personnel. Predictably, those responsible, the commanders of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have gone into hiding to avoid being "Qasem Solemeinied."

Thanks Joe--we knew we could count on you for f*****g things up.

CBS News reported that Biden officials confirmed  “that plans have been approved for a series of strikes over a number of days against targets — including Iranian personnel and facilities — inside Iraq and Syria.”

[H/T The Daily Wire.]

He might as well have gotten on top of the White House with a megaphone and mumbled his plans out to the public to forewarn the terrorists that we're coming for them with plans to blow them to smithereens.

Jennifer Griffin of Fox News, responded to the CBS report by noting that “all of those IRGC commanders have already left Syria and gone into hiding leaving those bases.”

“The Pentagon usually does not telegraph so much if it wants the element of surprise,” she added, implying that Biden wanted them to leave so he could put on a show for the public that he's finally do something.

The Biden administration tried to diminish Iran’s involvement in the over 160 Iranian-backed terrorist attacks against U.S. forces in the region over the last few months, telling Politico that they don’t believe Tehran has full control of the terrorist groups that it funds. 

Why the administration is trying to take the heat off the world's biggest sponsor of global terrorism can possibly be explained by former Obama adviser Susan Rice, whose heart is in Iran.

Politico said that the “disclosure” by the Biden administration, “could lower the chance of the U.S. getting pulled into a direct confrontation with Iran,” as long as no terrorism commander gets hurt.

The Biden administration blames Israel for Iranian-backed terrorist groups attacking U.S. forces, saying that if Israel stopped trying to kill Hamas terrorists inside Gaza who carried out the October 7 terrorist attack, “there would at least be a tactical pause in the region by all Iran-backed groups,” Politico reported.

So all Israel had to do was to allow Hamas to do their thing and leave with no retaliation and those brave Americans would not have been killed.

The Biden administration is not only weak, it' cowardly and clearly anti-Semitic, because anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism.

Useless Secretary of State Lloyd Austin was asked on Thursday about IRGC commanders running for cover back to Iran to avoid being killed by U.S. forces.

“Has there been too much telegraphing, or is the point not to kill any Iranian commanders?” a reporter asked.

“In terms of telegraphing about strikes and whether or not people leave or would have left, you know, I won’t speculate on any of that,” Austin said, proving he's a 'good company man' who's should know the answer to that question. “I will just tell you that, you know, we will have a multi-tiered response, and again, we have the ability to respond in a number of times depending on what the situation is.” 

Blah, blah, de blah.

Tom Cotton (R-AR) blasted the Biden boobs on Thursday for tipping off the terrorists saying that it's a reflection of  “Biden’s policy of fear and appeasement and conciliation.”

“Just like with Ukraine and before that with Afghanistan, he’s scared of his own shadow,” Cotton said. “He keeps worrying about escalation. What we saw over the weekend was a massive escalation by Iran. The only way to solve that threat is to directly target Iran’s terrorist forces throughout the region and in Iran itself, to make it clear that we will never tolerate the deaths of our fellow Americans.”

And for G_d's sale. quit blaming the victim, Israel.

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House Ethics Committee releases report on Santos with serious resolutions: Santos 'will not seek reelection'

Just stepped out of the clown car

On Thursday morning, the House Ethics Committee released its report on NY GOP Rep. George Santos, [if that's his real name] and gave a projected date on or before November 17 with recommendations he be referred to the Department of Justice.

Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) and Ranking Member Susan Wild (D-PA) noted in a statement that there is "substantial evidence" to show that Santos "knowingly caused his campaign committee to file false or incomplete reports with the Federal Election Commission; used campaign funds for personal purposes; engaged in fraudulent conduct in connection with RedStone Strategies LLC; and engaged in knowing and willful violations of the Ethics in Government Act as it relates to his Financial Disclosure (FD) Statements filed with the House."

Olivia Beavers of POLITICO highlighted various points of the report, including personal expenses such as trips to Atlantic City as well as charges for Sephora, OnlyFans, spas, Hermes, and paying personal credit card bills, bringing in question as to who Santos is a fan of, and what does he put on when nobody is looking.

Santos could also be facing expulsion from Congress, with Guest bringing the resolution this time, after fellow NY Republicans Nick LaLota and Anthony D'Esposito introduced a resolution to expel the Party's embarrassment last month, and were joined by Marc Molinaro, Brandon Williams, and Mike Lawler in calling on their colleagues to support the resolution.

Expulsion from the House needs the support of two-thirds of the members and failed miserably when voted on November 1 due to the fact the report had not then been released.

However, a press release from the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York on October 10 read that "Congressman George Santos Charged With Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, False Statements, Falsification of Records, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Credit Card Fraud."

At this time, Guest has not yet coordinated with the speaker's office. Later on Thursday morning, it was revealed that Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), who sought to expel Santos with a vote in February, will also be filing a privileged motion.

Which one is the real George Santos?

When the report came out, Santos posted to his X account that the report was "biased" and "a disgusting politicized smear." He then did what he does best--he lied posting:  "I will remain steadfast in fighting for my rights and for defending my name in the face of adversity." 

So on the same day, Thursday, following the completion of the House Ethics Committee review, Santos announced that he will not seek reelection to Congress in 2024.

The lying liar wrote:

I will remain steadfast in fighting for my rights and for defending my name in the face of adversity. I am humbled yet again and reminded that I am human and I have flaws, but I will not stand by as I am stoned by those who have flaws themselves. I will continue on my mission to serve my constituents up until I am allowed. I will however NOT be seeking re-election for a second term in 2024 as my family deserves better than to be under the gun from the press all the time.

Public service life was never a goal or a dream, but I stepped up to the occasion when I felt my country needed it most. I will 100% continue to maintain my commitment to my conservative values in my remaining time in Congress.

We now know there is "substantial evidence" in the House Ethics Committee's report on its investigation showing that Santos "knowingly caused his campaign committee to file false or incomplete reports with the Federal Election Commission; used campaign funds for personal purposes; engaged in fraudulent conduct in connection with RedStone Strategies LLC; and engaged in knowing and willful violations of the Ethics in Government Act as it relates to his Financial Disclosure (FD) Statements filed with the House."

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US Marshals ordered not to arrest illegal protesters at Supreme Court justice's homes 'unless absolutely necessary'

According to 18 U.S. Code § 1507: "Whoever, with the intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing any judge, juror, witness, or court officer, in the discharge of his duty, pickets or parades in or near a building housing a court of the United States, or in or near a building or residence occupied or used by such judge, juror, witness, or court officer, or with such intent uses any sound-truck or similar device or resorts to any other demonstration in or near any such building or residence, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both."

Last year when collars were hot with protests, the U.S. Marshals Service which was sent to protect the homes of Supreme Court justices was told to refrain from arresting protesters "unless absolutely necessary," training documents obtained by the office of Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) revealed.

"Avoid, unless absolutely necessary, criminal enforcement action involving the protest or protestors, particularly on public space," one portion of the training said. By 'absolutely necessary,' one can only imagine a conservative justice being held at gunpoint of assaulted physically with a tire iron.

A whistleblower "concerned about the attorney general’s misleading testimony before the Judiciary Committee" provided Britt's office with the documents, according to a spokesperson who spoke to Politico.

Substandard Attorney General Merrick Garland assigned the U.S. Marshals Service to the homes of Supreme Court justices last summer following protests after the decision in the Dobbs case that overturned Roe v. Wade was leaked.

The protests that broke out after the leak clearly violated federal law prohibiting protests outside a judge's home that intend to influence a verdict. Garland had earlier claimed that U.S. Marshals "have full authority to arrest people under any federal statute, including that federal statute," but he was just kidding.

According to the training materials, Department of Justice lawyers seemingly concluded that applying the statute to peaceful protests directed at the justices could potentially violate the First Amendment. So the left defined "peaceful" the way CNN defined it during the George Floyd riots. Unless you can see a lot of blood, it was "mostly peaceful."

"The ‘intent of influencing any judge’ language thus logically goes to threats and intimidation, not 1st [Amendment] protected protest activities," according to the leftist training materials, which noted that arrests should be made only as a "last resort to present physical harm to the Justices and/or their families." Not to their homes or their possessions, it implied.

Britt presented the training protocol to Garland during a congressional hearing Tuesday, during which the impotent, whiney attorney general claimed never to have seen the slides before, according to Politico.

He told Britt he did not wish to amend his previous statement regarding U.S. Marshals being empowered to arrest protesters for violating the federal statute regarding intimidating judges.

"There’s nothing for me to amend because, as I said, I’ve never seen those slides before," the failed AG said.

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Biden drops "F Bombs" when his age is brought up

November 20, 1942. The Alaska Highway officially opens, Soviets attacks German southern flank in Stalingrad; the British Eighth Army takes Benghazi but discovers the Nazis destroyed the port; Gen. Paul von Kleist becomes the commander of German Army Group A on the Eastern Front, and Joseph Robinette Biden is born.

Biden is the oldest and most incompetent president to ever hold office and he's hoping to run again in 2024 if he's still alive. As it is, his health, particularly his obvious cognitive downward spiral, has become an issue for voters.

Biden has routinely given public appearances where his senility and self-censoring inability are as obvious as Lizzo's adipose tissue, and as time goes by, Joe gets observably worse.

However, when Biden's age is brought up in public, he often begins launching into potty-mouth tirades, due to that lack of self-censoring ability.

Nov. 30, 1942 cover of Life Magazine

Old Joe recently vented to his friends, as Politico reported Tuesday, "You think I don't know how f**king old I am?" [It's possible he doesn't.] 

If this senile old fart of a political hack runs in the next election, [should he still be turning oxygen into carbon dioxide] he will be closer to 90 than 80. And let's be honest, should her run, and should he win a second term [heaven forfend] it's really unlikely he would finish out the term if his cognitive decline continues along the same vegetative path.

One thing that's obvious: Joe Biden cares more about some bull crap Biden legacy than he cares about the nation. If he had any self-awareness and love for the country he pretends to love, he would not run. In fact, he would have never ran for the job in the first place. The problem is, stupid people don't know that they're stupid.

Joe cannot string two coherent sentences together unless he's reading them from a teleprompter, and even then it's a crapshoot. He has the memory of a special needs goldfish and would be better served, as would the nation, if he was put into a retirement home where his only care would be what flavor of ice cream is being served after his blender-ized supper.

His wife, the world renown doctor, Doctor Jill Biden, should be arrested for elder abuse.

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