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7 hours ago RAHEEM KASSAM

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It’s Official: DeSantis Ditches Florida.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has ditched Florida – specifically, removing the “FL” part of his social media username “RonDeSantisFL”. His account is now simply “RonDeSantis”.

It’s not clear why the Governor’s social media team felt they needed to remove the reference to his tenure as the governor of the Sunshine State, not least because the Florida legislature just passed controversial legislation changes so that he could technically remain Governor in name only while mounting a run for the White House.

👀DeSantis has changed his Twitter handle from RonDeSantisFL to @RonDeSantis pic.twitter.com/0nNbfSRQd4

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 22, 2023

DeSantis is expected to declare his official candidacy in the next few days, though he has been “shadow-campaigning” since January 2022, before he was even re-elected to the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee.

The removal of his Florida moniker on Twitter has already rankled locals, who believed they were electing him for a full second term. While he’s out campaigning during primary season, the state will be run by Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez, who has referred to former President Donald Trump as a KKK supporter and “con-man.”

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has ditched Florida – specifically, removing the “FL” part of his social media username “RonDeSantisFL”. His account is now simply “RonDeSantis”. It’s not clear why the Governor’s social media team felt they needed to remove the reference to his tenure as the governor of the Sunshine State, not least because the […]

EDITOR'S NOTES

11 mins ago RAHEEM KASSAM

Even the most anti-Trump D.C. insiders have confessed to me in recent weeks they believe DeSantis's year-long shadow-campaign to have...

1 hour ago

Jack Montgomery

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‘I Don’t Think He’ll Have the Brain Power’ – Seniors in Biden’s Hometown Don’t Think He Has What It Takes.

Seniors in Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania believe he no longer has what it takes to govern, suspecting age may have blunted whatever mental edge he once possessed.

The Messenger, a new, corporate-backed outlet, interviewed “more than two dozen” seniors in the Democrat stronghold, finding some who think his age is not an issue “as long as his mind is clear” – a rather big “if” – and plenty who think it is time for the 80-year-old to hang up his gloves.

“He’s making a good front and everything, but I just don’t think he has the capabilities anymore,” said Barbara Petroski, a former executive secretary even older than Biden, at 86.

Petroski voted for Biden in 2020, but thinks he does not have enough in the tank to last through another term: “[F]our more years? I just don’t think he’s going to have the brain power.”

In fairness to seniors who do not wish to be tarred with the same cognitive decline brush as Biden – “Don’t compare me with him,” one 82-year-old told The Messenger – his “brain power” was in question long before he reached advanced old age.

In his first run at the presidency as a (comparatively) young Senator in the late 1980s, he made a number of bizarre statements about his IQ to the press, boasting that he graduated from the Syracuse College of Law near the top of his class with three degrees and was named Outstanding Student in the political science department.

In fact, he graduated 76th out of a class of 85, did not earn three degrees, and was not named Outstanding Student – revelations which forced him to issue a humiliating apology and buried his presidential hopes for some 20 years, when he embarked on a second failed run at the White House and wound up playing second fiddle to Barack Obama.

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Seniors in Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania believe he no longer has what it takes to govern, suspecting age may have blunted whatever mental edge he once possessed. The Messenger, a new, corporate-backed outlet, interviewed “more than two dozen” seniors in the Democrat stronghold, finding some who think his age is not an issue […]

2 hours ago

Staff Writer

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Trump Drops $3.8Bn Lawsuit on Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post.

Former President Donald J. Trump has dropped a whopping $3.8Bn law suit on the Washington Post following their report that linked his Truth Social platform to a “porn friendly” bank.

The lawsuit alleges WaPo “published an egregious hit piece that falsely accused TMTG of securities fraud and other wrongdoing” and “has been on a years-long crusade against TMTG characterized by the concealment of relevant information in its possession.”

“WaPo’s false criminal charges exposed TMTG to public ridicule, contempt and distrust, and injured TMTG’s business and reputation,” the suit said.

The Washington Post has focused heavily on attempting to discredit Truth Social, even going so far as to ridicule its own source – a former Trump business junior by the name of Will Wilkerson – who they disclosed now works as a barista at Starbucks.

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Former President Donald J. Trump has dropped a whopping $3.8Bn law suit on the Washington Post following their report that linked his Truth Social platform to a “porn friendly” bank. The lawsuit alleges WaPo “published an egregious hit piece that falsely accused TMTG of securities fraud and other wrongdoing” and “has been on a years-long crusade […]

3 hours ago

Jake Welch

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Majority Now Accept Russian Collusion & Steele Dossier Were Hoaxes.

A majority of Americans now believe that Trump’s alleged Russian collusion during the 2016 presidential campaign, alongside the Steele dossier, are ‘false stories’ according to a recent poll conducted by Harvard Caps Harris.

More than half of Americans – 56 percent – believe that Trump working in concert with Russia was a lie. Another 56 percent also believe that the Steele dossier was untrue, but 44 percent still believe it. Still, that’s a marked shift from 2020, when 53 percent said they believed it to be real.

The 44 percent still convinced, despite the Durham report’s findings, are predominantly Democrats in their political affiliation. Seventy percent of Dems still believe the Russian collusion narrative.

Democrat opinions have scarcely changed regarding the Steele dossier as, according to the Harvard-Harris poll in April 2020, 77 percent believed it was true.

Despite this, an astonishing 69 percent of Americans say they are “not surprised” the “FBI violated its own standards in starting the Trump-Russia probe and became a funnel for disinformation from the Hillary Clinton campaign.”

That includes a majority of Democrats – 55 percent – who answered “not surprised,” with 79 percent of Republicans concurring.

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A majority of Americans now believe that Trump’s alleged Russian collusion during the 2016 presidential campaign, alongside the Steele dossier, are ‘false stories’ according to a recent poll conducted by Harvard Caps Harris. More than half of Americans – 56 percent – believe that Trump working in concert with Russia was a lie. Another 56 […]

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4 hours ago

Jack Montgomery

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Fox News Company Handbook Enforces ‘Inclusive’ Transgender Pronouns, Mixed Bathroom Use.

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News oversees a woke gender regime in which staff are required to share restrooms with colleagues of the opposite sex and submit to their preferred pronouns.

The network – which recently fired the populist-leaning Tucker Carlson – has a company handbook dated January 2021 outlining various pro-transgender policies, making reference to “Workplace Transition Plan[s]” for transgender employees.

Fox employees are required to use the preferred pronouns of trans colleagues, with biologically male “transwomen” given full access to the bathrooms of natural-born women.

The Daily Signal notes some of these concessions are required under the New York City Human Rights Law – but the Fox handbook appears to go much further than necessary, with its pages being filled with “a slew of LGBTQ terms, including cisgender, gender expression, gender-fluid, gender identity, gender non-conforming, [and] non-binary,” and boasting of the company’s commitment to “expanding and strengthening… a more inclusive work environment.”

“Employees who are transitioning their gender have the right to be open about their transition if they so choose, and to work in an environment free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation, and without fear of consequences or transphobia for living openly,” the handbook declares.

“They want you to think it’s this place that supports traditionally conservative values, but in reality, they’re pushing this nonsense behind the scenes,” a source described as a former Tucker Carlson Tonight producer said of Fox in comments to the Signal.

“Fox News devotes hours of programming to attacking ‘woke companies,’ but ironically Fox is as woke as the rest of them,” another ex-Fox source said.

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Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News oversees a woke gender regime in which staff are required to share restrooms with colleagues of the opposite sex and submit to their preferred pronouns. The network – which recently fired the populist-leaning Tucker Carlson – has a company handbook dated January 2021 outlining various pro-transgender policies, making reference to “Workplace […]

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EDITOR'S NOTES

3 hours ago RAHEEM KASSAM

The heat on Fox is ratcheting up, not falling away as the weeks go by since the firing of Tucker...

5 hours ago

Jake Welch

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Tim Scott Launches Presidential Campaign, Trump Says: ‘Good Luck!’

Tim Scott, the United States Senator from South Carolina, has officially announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, making him the sixth Republican to formerly run.

“Under President Biden, our nation is retreating away from patriotism,” Scott announced at his launch rally in South Carolina, adding, “We live in the land where it is absolutely possible for a kid raised in poverty in a single-parent household in a small apartment to one day serve in the People’s House and maybe even the White House.”

Scott’s aides have claimed that the Senator has raised upwards of $22 million for his campaign thus far, reports the New York Times, and will begin airing TV ads in Iowa and New Hampshire this week as part of a $5.5 million ad buy, scheduled to run until late August.

His campaign is expected to push for reduced government spending, reduced immigration, restricted access to abortion, and strong support for the Second Amendment.

Former President and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump announced upon the news of Scott’s campaign:

“Good luck to Senator Tim Scott in entering the Republican Presidential Primary Race. It is rapidly loading up with lots of people, and Tim is a big step up from Ron DeSanctimonious, who is totally unelectable. I got Opportunity Zones done with Tim, a big deal that has been highly successful. Good luck Tim!”

He wants as many people in as possible to carve up the anti-Trump vote. He also knows Tim Scott is unlikely to criticize him in any significant way. Scott joins the running-mate race. pic.twitter.com/WYI3vYIVoO

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 22, 2023

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Tim Scott, the United States Senator from South Carolina, has officially announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, making him the sixth Republican to formerly run. “Under President Biden, our nation is retreating away from patriotism,” Scott announced at his launch rally in South Carolina, adding, “We live in the land where it […]

5 hours ago

Staff Writer

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Biden’s 14th Amendment Debt Ceiling Case is Nonsense. Here’s Why.

President Joe Biden – or rather, the people around him – are convinced they can use the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to circumvent negotiations with Congressional leaders over the debt ceiling. This executive overreach is both counter to Democrat claims of “respecting Congress” and legally bunk.

Jonathan Turley explains on his website:

Their argument for it is based on Section 4 of the 14th Amendment, which states, “The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.”

The drafters of this amendment did not want Congress to simply dismiss its obligations to pay off the Union’s debts from the Civil War. Although the amendment is not limited to those debts, it has nothing to do with debt ceilings set by Congress. Default, after all, is not a denial of the validity of debt, but rather a refusal or failure to pay debts in time despite their validity.

“I’m looking at the 14th Amendment as to whether or not we have the authority — I think we have the authority,” Biden told reporters at a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan. “The question is, could it be done and invoked in time that it would not be appealed, and as a consequence past the date in question and still default on the debt. That is a question that I think is unresolved.”

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President Joe Biden – or rather, the people around him – are convinced they can use the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to circumvent negotiations with Congressional leaders over the debt ceiling. This executive overreach is both counter to Democrat claims of “respecting Congress” and legally bunk. Jonathan Turley explains on his website: Their […]

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6 hours ago

Jake Welch

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‘Draft Tucker Carlson PAC’ Slapped Down.

A political action committee (PAC) called Draft Tucker Carlson is pushing for the former primetime Fox News host to run for president next year, claiming, “Republicans need a new leader, and Tucker Carlson is ready to lead.”

The PAC, which has already filed papers with the Federal Election Commission, released an ad last Thursday, under the title: “It’s time to draft Tucker Carlson.”

“Tucker Carlson is witty, sharp, and mocks woke nonsense” and “will whip Biden in a debate,” the PAC’s ad claims.

“No one in America is more articulate and pins down leftists in both parties better than Tucker,” it adds.

PAC Chairman former Texas congressional candidate and GOP donor Chris Ekstrom, told The Hill: “If Tucker Carlson entered the race in a reasonable amount of time and just continued in the same territory that he was covering at Fox, I think that’d be a rude awakening for both President Trump and Governor DeSantis.”

Carlson’s lawyer Harmeet Dhillon slapped the idea down this weekend, tweeting, “As Tucker’s attorney, I can unequivocally state that this PAC is unauthorized, that the people running it didn’t get his permission to use his name/likeness, and that it would be fruitless to contribute to such a PAC.”

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A political action committee (PAC) called Draft Tucker Carlson is pushing for the former primetime Fox News host to run for president next year, claiming, “Republicans need a new leader, and Tucker Carlson is ready to lead.” The PAC, which has already filed papers with the Federal Election Commission, released an ad last Thursday, under the title: […]

EDITOR'S NOTES

6 hours ago RAHEEM KASSAM

Tucker-world insiders tell me that he is not particularly keen on this idea, to say the least. Obviously, Tucker will...

7 hours ago

Jack Montgomery

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UK Imported Record 1M Migrants Last Year But Media Still Scream: ‘More’!

Net migration to the United Kingdom is already at record-breaking levels. Now, Britain’s corporate media is demanding far more.

In an editorial headlined ‘it’s time for Tories to admit that Britain needs foreign workers’ – Guardian sister paper the Observer bemoaned the fact the new statistics will likely trigger “an arbitrary debate about whether levels of immigration are too high that is divorced both from economic realities and public opinion.”

The Observer claims that the current record-breaking levels of immigration are not “out of step with public opinion”, though this is at odds with years of YouGov trackers, which indicate that, as of May 1st 2023, 57 per cent of Britons think immigration over the last 10 years has been “too high,” against 17 per cent who think it has been “about right” and just 11 per cent who think it has been “too low” – with the “too high” figure rising to 62 per cent when only working-class and lower-middle-class social grades are considered.

One unequivocally accurate statement in the Observer editorial, however, is that “high net-migration numbers are a feature, not a bug of government policy,” despite Conservative Party rhetoric on reducing numbers.

Britain’s Conservative Party promised ahead of the 2010, 2015, and 2017 general elections to cut net immigration “from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands”. It now stands at over a million a year.

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Net migration to the United Kingdom is already at record-breaking levels. Now, Britain’s corporate media is demanding far more. In an editorial headlined ‘it’s time for Tories to admit that Britain needs foreign workers’ – Guardian sister paper the Observer bemoaned the fact the new statistics will likely trigger “an arbitrary debate about whether levels of immigration are too […]

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EDITOR'S NOTES

5 hours ago RAHEEM KASSAM

Before the Brexit referendum, net migration was at 300,000 a year. Against this backdrop, Nigel Farage's UK Independence Party swept...