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Jack Montgomery
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WATCH: Spire of Thousand-Year-Old Cathedral Catches Fire in France.

The Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Rouen, France is on fire, with a blaze gripping the 19th-century Renaissance spire which once made it the tallest building in the world.

Rouen Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, of the Socialist Party, says the cause of the fire is currently unknown. Firefighters are said to have contained the blaze, accelerated by the scaffolding around the cast iron spire, with minimal damage.

The Norman cathedral was consecrated in 1063 A.D. in the presence of William the Conqueror, who took the English throne by force three years later. Much of the current construction dates from the 12th century.

It is the seat of the Primate of Normandy, Archbishop Dominique Lebrun.

The Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris also caught fire in 2019. The inferno destroyed the cathedral’s Gothic spire and roof, and devastated much of its interior.

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The Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Rouen, France is on fire, with a blaze gripping the 19th-century Renaissance spire which once made it the tallest building in the world. show more
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Jack Montgomery
Corruption
Election 2024
Lawfare

Texas Republicans Colluding with Democrats to ‘Take Out’ MAGA AG Ken Paxton and End Fight Against Voter Fraud.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says the “Republican establishment” is once again attempting to remove him from office, either by “cooperating with the Biden [government] to try to take me out with a federal case” or by resurrecting their failed impeachment efforts against him. The America First AG warns the Texas House General Investigative Committee, notionally under Republican control but “largely controlled by Democrats,” will “stop at nothing to remove me from office.”

“Just like Biden’s relentless attacks on President Trump, establishment Republicans in Texas have joined forces with Democrats to launch a full-scale lawfare assault against me,” Paxton writes in an official statement.

“These lame-duck Republicans, who lost their primaries thanks to my support, are now conspiring with Democrats… [T]hese weak-kneed, pro-open-border Republicans will work with the Democrats to replace me with an AG who will turn a blind eye to voter fraud,” Paxton explains.

“Texas, this is a warning—they want to rig this election against Trump,” he continues, reiterating that the ultimate goal of the “Austin elite” is to install a new state attorney general who will “refuse to prosecute voter fraud.”

Paxton’s shambolic first impeachment unraveled thanks to readers of The National Pulse successfully lobbying Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick to force House impeachment managers to produce their “evidence” against Paxton.

Paxton was acquitted on all charges.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says the "Republican establishment" is once again attempting to remove him from office, either by "cooperating with the Biden [government] to try to take me out with a federal case" or by resurrecting their failed impeachment efforts against him. The America First AG warns the Texas House General Investigative Committee, notionally under Republican control but "largely controlled by Democrats," will "stop at nothing to remove me from office." show more
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William Upton
Data
Election 2024

DATA: Majority of Americans, Plurality of 2020 Biden Voters Back Using 25th Amendment to Remove Him.

A new survey indicates that a majority of voters believe government officials should invoke the 25th Amendment to declare that Joe Biden is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office” and remove him from power. Among voters who supported the 81-year-old in the 2020 election, 41 percent say they support the use of the 25th Amendment, against just 34 percent who say they oppose the move.

Redfield & Wilton Strategies’ poll of 1,500 eligible voters found that 51 percent of respondents either “support” or “strongly support” Biden‘s removal from the White House due to his visible cognitive decline. The 25th Amendment addresses instances of presidential disability and succession—providing for the removal of the President if the Vice President and a majority of cabinet officers submit a “written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”

If he were removed, the 81-year-old Democrat would be replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris. Some Democratic lawmakers have pointed to polls that show Harris being more competitive against former President Donald J. Trump in the 2024 presidential election than Biden. However, Harris still trails Trump, hampered by her high negative favorability ratings.

The removal of Biden through the 25th Amendment would be unprecedented. No sitting chief executive of the United States has ever been removed from the White House through this constitutional mechanism. For now, however, most of Joe Biden’s cabinet and Kamala Harris say they oppose using the constitutional provision to remove Biden and are instead sticking with the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent.

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A new survey indicates that a majority of voters believe government officials should invoke the 25th Amendment to declare that Joe Biden is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office" and remove him from power. Among voters who supported the 81-year-old in the 2020 election, 41 percent say they support the use of the 25th Amendment, against just 34 percent who say they oppose the move. show more
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Jack Montgomery
Election 2024

Obama ‘Didn’t Object’ to Clooney Trashing Biden When Warned Hit Piece was Coming: Sources.

Joe Biden’s former boss, Barack Obama, received a “heads-up” from Hollywood liberal George Clooney before he published a blistering op-ed calling on Biden to exit the presidential race. Sources say Obama “didn’t object” to the highly personal attack on his former vice president.

Clooney, referencing a Los Angeles fundraiser for Biden that Obama also attended, said Biden was the same diminished man at that event as he was in his disastrous presidential debate with Donald Trump.

“It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe ‘big F-ing deal’ Biden of 2010. He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate,” Clooney wrote.

“While Obama did not encourage or advise Clooney to say what he said, he also didn’t object to it,” POLITICO reports, citing “people familiar with their exchange.”

The establishment news outlet describes Obama’s “lack of pushback” on the hit piece as “eye-popping,” considering the former president was initially one of the few leading Democrats to defend his elderly successor publicly.

Obama has wielded significant influence in the Biden government, and secretly coordinated its artificial intelligence (AI) policy. Trump occasionally refers to Obama as the President to indicate he has more sway over Biden’s government than Biden himself.

While Trump was President, Obama spoke of his desire for a de facto third term through “an arrangement where I had a stand-in, a frontman or frontwoman, and they had an earpiece in and I was just in my basement in my sweats looking through the stuff, and then I could sort of deliver the lines, but somebody else was doing all the talking and ceremony.”

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Joe Biden's former boss, Barack Obama, received a "heads-up" from Hollywood liberal George Clooney before he published a blistering op-ed calling on Biden to exit the presidential race. Sources say Obama "didn't object" to the highly personal attack on his former vice president. show more
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Christopher Tomlinson
Election 2024
NatSec

Report: Biden Couldn’t Recognize Familiar Faces at NATO Summit.

Ian Bremmer, President of the Eurasia Group, has told MSNBC that fears about Joe Biden‘s re-election prospects were prevalent among foreign leaders attending the NATO summit in Washington D.C.  He reports that the 81-year-old Democrat failed to recognize at least one individual he knew quite well, adding to concerns regarding his ability to serve an0ther term in office.

As Biden hosts the 75th anniversary of NATO in Washington, D.C., his re-election chances have become a major topic. Bremmer notes that conversations he had with various NATO leaders suggest there is a general sentiment that Biden’s cognitive abilities have significantly deteriorated.

Some NATO members seem to be preparing for a second Donald Trump term administration already. Defense ministers from the Baltic States signaled they are anticipating the America First leader’s return to office during the first days of the summit.

Bremmer highlights that NATO leaders still see the U.S. as the linchpin of the alliance and are fearful about ongoing U.S. commitments. The U.S. is slated to contribute $755 billion to NATO in 2024, equivalent to 3.38 percent of its GDP.

After a disastrous debate performance against Trump, Democrats such as Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) have urged Biden to consider stepping aside.

Reports have since piled up that Biden‘s team hid the extent of his decline from the public, leading prominent Democrat allies to abandon the octogenarian.

The National Pulse reported on Wednesday that Hollywood liberal George Clooney now believes the 81-year-old incumbent cannot win re-election. Clooney, widely viewed as a close friend of former president Barack Obama, hosted a fundraiser for Biden just weeks ago, and admits he seemed as diminished at that event as he did in the presidential debate.

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Ian Bremmer, President of the Eurasia Group, has told MSNBC that fears about Joe Biden's re-election prospects were prevalent among foreign leaders attending the NATO summit in Washington D.C.  He reports that the 81-year-old Democrat failed to recognize at least one individual he knew quite well, adding to concerns regarding his ability to serve an0ther term in office. show more