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July 10, 2024
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Dems Launch Lawfare Effort Targeting Clarence Thomas Over Recent SCOTUS Rulings.

Two Senate Democrats are asking Joe Biden‘s Attorney General Merrick Garland to authorize a special counsel investigation targeting Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The move by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is a shocking escalation in Democrat efforts to force Justice Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito from the high court’s bench—and seen by some as political retribution for the court’s recent rulings.

The two far-left Democrats announced late Tuesday that they sent the letter requesting a special counsel to Biden‘s Attorney General last week. In a statement, Wyden and Whitehouse made vague and unsubstantiated accusations against Justice Thomas—alleging amorphous ethics violations and tax crimes.

“The evidence assembled thus far plainly suggests that Justice Thomas has committed numerous willful violations of federal ethics and false-statement laws and raises significant questions about whether he and his wealthy benefactors have complied with their federal tax obligations,” the two Democrat Senators claimed, noting—for dramatic effect—that, “We do not make this request lightly.”

If Garland approves the special counsel investigation it would mark the latest Biden government lawfare campaign targeting a high-profile conservative.

An internal review of the gifts and other benefits Supreme Court justices have received found no evidence of wrongdoing by any of the high court’s members. Despite the lack of ethics violations, the Supreme Court—under the director of Chief Justice John Roberts—released an updated ethics code late last year.

The National Pulse reported in June that the Supreme Court’s newest member, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, earned nearly $1 million from her memoir last year. This disclosure has received almost no scrutiny from Democrats, despite the revelation that Justice Sonia Sotomayor bullied public institutions to purchase copies of her book in the past.

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Fraud: Judge Accuses Walz of Lying About Order to Fund Scandal-Hit ‘Feeding Our Future’ Org.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A new Congressional report examined why Minnesota resumed funding the scandal-ridden Feeding our Future organization despite fraud concerns.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D), Attorney General Keith Ellison (D), Judge John Guthmann, and Minnesota Department of Education officials.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The events occurred in Minnesota, with the timeline spanning from 2018 through 2022. The Congressional hearing took place on Wednesday.

💬KEY QUOTE: “The Department of Education voluntarily resumed payments and informed the court that [Feeding Our Future] resolved the ‘serious deficiencies’ that prompted it to suspend payments temporarily.” – Judge John Guthmann

🎯IMPACT: Over $250 million in taxpayer funds were allegedly stolen, with dozens charged in the fraud scheme.

IN FULL

A Congressional report has renewed scrutiny of Minnesota’s decision to resume funding for Feeding Our Future, the Somali-run nonprofit at the center of what prosecutors describe as one of the largest pandemic-era fraud schemes in the United States. The report was examined during a heated House Committee on Oversight hearing featuring testimony from Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) and Attorney General Keith Ellison (D). Lawmakers questioned why the state restarted payments to the organization despite years of warning signs.

According to the committee’s findings, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) raised concerns about Feeding Our Future as early as 2018. In March 2021, the department temporarily halted payments after identifying what officials called “serious deficiencies.” Yet just a month later, in April 2021, the state resumed funding.

Governor Walz initially suggested a court ruling forced the state to continue paying the nonprofit. “I was speechless, unbelievable that this ruling could come down,” he said.

However, Judge John Guthmann publicly disputed that explanation, saying the court did not order the payments to resume. Guthmann clarified: “The Department of Education voluntarily resumed payments and informed the court that [Feeding Our Future] resolved the ‘serious deficiencies’ that prompted it to suspend payments temporarily.”

Federal prosecutors allege that the organization and its network of partners exploited the federal child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, submitting false meal claims and fabricated records. Authorities say more than $250 million in taxpayer funds were stolen, and dozens of people have been charged.

The report also revealed internal confusion within the Minnesota Department of Education about whether it had the authority to stop payments without backing from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. State officials said they had repeatedly raised concerns with federal authorities but received little guidance. Assistant Commissioner Daron Korte acknowledged that the state likely could have halted the payments independently but feared legal challenges.

The Feeding Our Future scandal is part of a broader pattern of alleged fraud involving public assistance programs in Minnesota and the Somali community. Investigators say that fraudulent schemes linked to networks operating in the state, including cases involving Medicaid and food stamp theft, could total billions of dollars.

Political pressure has also grown in the state following the cases. Some Minnesota Republicans have called for stricter oversight and stronger penalties, including proposals to denaturalize and deport non-citizens convicted of major fraud offenses.

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This Country Just Vowed to Join Iran War.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Republic of Azerbaijan has vowed to retaliate against Iran after claiming four drones crossed its border and injured four people.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, and Iran.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The incident occurred in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave on Thursday.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We will not ​tolerate this unprovoked act of terror and aggression against Azerbaijan.” – Ilham Aliyev

🎯IMPACT: Azerbaijan is preparing retaliatory measures, raising concerns about further escalation of the Iran war.

IN FULL

Azerbaijan is preparing to enter the Iran war after four Iranian drones entered its airspace, causing injuries to four people in its Nakhchivan exclave. Iran has struck Israel and a number of its neighbors with missiles and drones since U.S.-Israeli strikes commenced against it on Saturday.

Azeri President Ilham Aliyev stated, “We will not ​tolerate this unprovoked act of terror and aggression against Azerbaijan.” The President has instructed the Armed Forces to prepare to retaliate. This marks a serious blunder by the Iranian regime, with Aliyev having visited his country’s Iranian embassy to personally pay his respects to Iran’s slain Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a matter of days ago, suggesting he was not previously hostile to Tehran.

Iran’s Azeri minority, comprising around 16 percent of the country’s population, adds a complex layer to the regional dynamics, especially given Azerbaijan’s close ties with Turkey, a NATO member. Azerbaijan is a fairly formidable power by regional standards, having recently crushed the Armenian Christian breakaway republic of Artsakh, or Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Corruption
News

Pam Bondi Ends Investigation into Biden’s Autopen Usage.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) under Attorney General Pam Bondi has decided not to pursue criminal charges against President Joe Biden or his aides regarding their lax use of an autopen to sign off on presidential actions.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, former President Joe Biden, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s DOJ team.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The investigation, which began last year, was reportedly dropped this week.

💬KEY QUOTE: “This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history.” – Donald J. Trump

🎯IMPACT: The DOJ’s failure to act against Biden or his aides marks another setback for Bondi, who has already failed to act hold the likes of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James to account.

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) under Attorney General Pam Bondi will not pursue criminal charges against former President Joe Biden or his aides for their lax use of an autopen to approve presidential actions. President Donald J. Trump has repeatedly criticized the Biden government over its use of an autopen, a mechanical device that reproduces a person’s signature, alleging it was used to sign official documents without Biden’s full awareness, particularly in the context of presidential pardons.

“This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history,” President Trump said in a memo last year. However, Attorney General Pam Bondi‘s prosecutors now say they have found no evidence that any law was broken following a review that examined whether the autopen had been improperly used.

The investigation was overseen by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., led by Jeanine Pirro, a former Fox News host who now serves as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Prosecutors reportedly expressed doubts that any indictment would be viable, particularly given Supreme Court precedent granting broad immunity to presidents for actions taken while in office.

Republican investigators in Congress previously released reports questioning the legitimacy of some documents signed by autopen during Biden’s presidency, arguing they were issued without clear proof of direct presidential authorization.

Previous administrations have relied on autopens, and a 2005 Justice Department opinion concluded that a president does not need to physically sign a document for it to carry legal force, as long as the decision itself was approved by the President.

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William Upton
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War

EXC: War Department Declares ‘The Western Hemisphere is Ours,’ Sets Out New ‘Donroe Doctrine.’

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The United States Department of War unveiled a new strategy to combat drug cartels in Central and South America through military action.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: General Francis Donovan, Acting Assistant Secretary of War Joseph Humire, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and security officials from Latin America and the Caribbean.

📍WHEN & WHERE: March 5, 2026, at SOUTHCOM Headquarters in Doral, Florida.

💬KEY QUOTE: “The Western Hemisphere is our neighborhood,” declared General Donovan.

🎯IMPACT: The conference highlighted the U.S.’s commitment to using military power to protect the homeland and emphasized the importance of regional cooperation against cartels.

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SOUTHCOM HEADQUARTERS, DORAL, FLORIDA—The United States Department of War laid out a new vision for the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to destroy the criminal drug cartels of Central and South America through military action at the inaugural Americas Counter Cartel Conference at the U.S. military’s Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters in Doral, Florida. General Francis Donovan, commander of SOUTHCOM, opened the conference, emphasizing to security and defense officials from across Latin America and the Caribbean the need for the nations of the Americas to work together—while stressing that the United States will act alone if it must.

General Donovan stated that the United States has a “clear mandate in the Western Hemisphere to defend the United States homeland,” but “when necessary, we will not hesitate to act” even without regional partners. The general pointed to the early January raid in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of Marxist narco-dictator Nicolas Maduro as an example of this shifting dynamic, as U.S. power increases in its backyard.

“The Western Hemisphere is our neighborhood,” General Donovan stated, adding, “As allies and partners, we must take aggressive action together.”

ORDER, MIGRANTS, & THE CARTELS.

Meanwhile, Acting Assistant Secretary of War Joseph Humire reminded the delegation of U.S. interests in the region dating to the Monroe and Jackson administrations. “We are not going to cede an inch of territory in this hemisphere to our enemies or our adversaries,” echoed White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, adding, “Under the leadership of President Trump, we are using hard power, military power, lethal force, to protect and defend the American homeland.”

Miller told the delegations that it is unacceptable that foreign terrorist and criminal cartels can operate unimpeded in their territories, likening the groups to the Islamic State (ISIS) and al-Qaeda of the Western Hemisphere. “These organizations can only be defeated with military power,” Miller stated.

“The key condition to human flourishing is order and prosperity,” he continued, arguing, “For too long we’ve been caught in a vicious cycle where nations in this hemisphere have not provided their citizens with basic security. Miller noted that this lack of order and security increases illegal mass migration to the United States, empowers and enriches the cartels, and drains the economy of our neighboring nations.

“Those people who are stealing your children, stealing our families, stealing your human capital are part of these terrorist organizations,” Miller impressed upon the delegates, while blasting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for spending years telling Western Hemisphere nations that they must work with, not against, criminal cartels and human traffickers.

THE ‘DONROE DOCTRINE.’

Keynoting the morning was Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who stressed the importance of holding the first hemispheric defense conference in more than 30 years. “This is about what we together can do,” Sec. Hegseth stated, while also recalling the Monroe Doctrine and the role of the United States in cultivating security, peace, and prosperity in the Western Hemisphere, in partnership with its neighbors.

“This is the essence of the Monroe Doctrine,” Hegseth said, pledging that foreign adversaries no longer be allowed to meddle in the Americas and interfere with the interests of America and its neighbors. He went on to lament the “benign neglect” of American elites, which turned out not to be benign at all. While the U.S. grew preoccupied with other parts of the world, criminal drug cartels and human traffickers rose to power in America’s hemisphere, creating chaos and profiting from it.

The Secretary of War continually emphasized that the cartels and their terrorist operations are not just a problem facing the United States, but all nations of the Western Hemisphere. “Well, President Trump recognizes the wisdom of the Monroe Doctrine, and the days of us betraying our own citizens are finished,” Hegseth said, while stating that the doctrine is now back, dubbing its revival the “Donroe Doctrine.”

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Immigration
War

Vigil for Ayatollah Khamenei in ENGLAND Sees Fighting Between Pro- and Anti-Regime Demonstrators.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Protesters held a vigil in Manchester, England, to mourn Iran’s slain Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, and fought with anti-regime counter-protesters.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Up to 100 demonstrators, including students from Manchester University’s Ahlul-Bayt Islamic societies, and 300 to 400 counter-protesters.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The vigil took place on Wednesday night in Manchester.

💬KEY QUOTE: “You can kill a man, but you can’t kill an ideology,” the Ayatollah’s supporters.

🎯IMPACT: The vigil clash highlights the influence of Islamism on British campuses and the country’s increasing social fractures as it becomes more diverse.

IN FULL

Protesters gathered in Manchester, England, to mourn Iran’s slain Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, on Wednesday night, and clashed with counter-protesters. The event, organized by students from Manchester University’s Ahlul-Bayt Islamic societies, included demonstrators burning images of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Counter-protesters celebrated Khamenei’s death in the ongoing U.S.-Israeli “Epic Fury” operation and displayed pictures of U.S. President Donald J. Trump.

Signs at the vigil expressed sentiments like “You can kill a man, but you can’t kill an ideology.” Another sign read: “My enemies have the support of each other to kill me, O Heart warming love … I have only your support, loyal to Ayatollah Khamenei.”

The incident raises concerns about the spread of Islamism on British university campuses and the increasing ethno-religious fractures in British society, especially following the October 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas. Research by the Community Security Trust (CST) suggests attacks on Jews in Britain have increased exponentially since October 7, with hundreds of abusive incidents recorded.

The University of Manchester’s AbSoc plans further commemorative events for Khamenei and his regime, with one set for Friday intended to “remember the martyrs of the recent strikes”.

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DOJ Staffer Faces Child Pornography Charges.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A longtime Justice Department employee has been arrested and charged in a child pornography case.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Timothy Parsons, a legal staffer at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., and federal investigators.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed search warrants at Parsons’ Bethesda residence on Monday. He is scheduled to appear in court Friday in Greenbelt, Maryland.

💬KEY QUOTE: “The employee is on leave and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken in accordance with standard procedure.” – Justice Department spokesman

🎯IMPACT: Federal criminal charges were filed in Maryland, where Parsons—a longtime Department of Justice (DOJ) staffer—resides, after an FBI task force executed search warrants at his Bethesda home on Monday.

IN FULL

Timothy Parsons, a legal staffer at the U.S. Attorney‘s Office in Washington, D.C., has been arrested and charged in a child pornography case, according to multiple sources. Federal criminal charges were filed in Maryland, where Parsons—a longtime Department of Justice (DOJ) staffer—resides, after a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) task force executed search warrants at his Bethesda home on Monday.

A court filing alleged that Parsons admitted to receiving a message containing child sex abuse material in February 2019. The FBI affidavit detailed that Parsons received multiple videos and images with child abuse content and responded with sexually charged remarks. Parsons reportedly deleted these messages, according to investigators.

The investigation into Parsons was linked to a 2025 case involving Victor Blythe, a former child psychotherapist at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington. The court filings stated that the images sent to Parsons originated from a suspected child exploiter connected to Blythe’s case. Blythe has pleaded not guilty and has a court appearance scheduled for March 25.

The DOJ issued a statement confirming that Parsons is on leave, adding, “While we cannot comment on personnel matters, we hold all of our employees to the highest standards of ethical conduct at all times.” The FBI has seized several devices from Parsons’ residence, and a full forensic examination is pending. Initial reviews of the devices revealed no child abuse material.

Parsons has not yet entered a plea and has been appointed a federal public defender. He is scheduled to appear in court on Friday in Greenbelt, Maryland.

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15 hours ago
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Breaking
War

Democrats’ Iran War Powers Resolution Fails in Senate.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The United States Senate took up a war powers resolution authored by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) aimed at forcing the removal of U.S. armed forces from unauthorized hostilities against Iran.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The U.S. Senate, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), President Donald J. Trump, the U.S. military, and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The vote occurred on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

🎯IMPACT: The attempt to discharge the resolution and bring it to the floor failed 48 to 52.

IN FULL

The United States Senate took up a war powers resolution authored by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) aimed at forcing the removal of U.S. armed forces from unauthorized hostilities against Iran. In effect, the Democrat-backed resolution would require President Donald J. Trump to cease military action unless Congress passes a declaration of war or specific authorization; however, the measure failed on the floor after Kaine pushed for its discharge from committee.

Sen. Kaine’s resolution saw little support from Senate Republicans, with only Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) cosponsoring the measure, and receiving only 47 votes in favor on the floor. Notably, a number of lawmakers objected to the resolution’s overly constricting language that they contend would effectively and immediately end all military actions against Iran, including Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA).

Over the weekend, President Donald J. Trump authorized military strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran, with initial U.S.-Israeli joint airstrikes killing around 40 of the Islamist regime’s top leaders—including its Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The ongoing military operation has significantly degraded Iran’s air defenses, air force, and navy, with the regime possibly facing incursions by Kurdish fighters from Iraq as well.

“The regime’s proxies have continued to launch countless attacks against American forces stationed in the Middle East in recent years, as well as U.S. Naval and commercial vessels in international shipping lanes. It’s been mass terror, and we’re not going to put up with it any longer,” President Trump said on Saturday after the U.S. and Israeli strikes had begun.

Speaking to the Iranian people, Trump stated, “Finally, to the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered, don’t leave your home. It’s very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations.”

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16 hours ago
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TECH

Cross-Spectrum Coalition Including Bannon, Ralph Nader Demands Human Oversight of AI.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A coalition of conservatives, progressives, labor unions, and faith groups released a joint declaration of principles on artificial intelligence (AI), addressing concerns over Silicon Valley’s deployment of the technology.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Stephen K. Bannon, Glenn Beck, labor unions, faith groups, and organizations like the Future of Life Institute, alongside individual signatories such as Ralph Nader and AI experts.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The declaration was announced on Wednesday, coinciding with an $8 million advertising campaign targeting several U.S. states.

💬KEY QUOTE: “This declaration makes clear AI has incredible opportunities to help humanity flourish like never before.” – Max Tegmark, founder and chair of the Future of Life Institute

🎯IMPACT: The coalition aims to influence AI policy by promoting measures like banning legal personhood for AI systems and holding tech executives accountable for harm caused by their products.

IN FULL

A politically diverse alliance of American organizations and public figures has come together to call for stricter oversight of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that the technology is being advanced too quickly and with too little accountability. The initiative is being coordinated by the Future of Life Institute, which has released a declaration outlining 34 principles designed to guide the development and governance of AI.

The framework is organized around five broad priorities: ensuring humans remain in control of AI systems, preventing excessive concentration of technological power, safeguarding the human experience, protecting individual agency and liberty, and strengthening corporate responsibility.

According to Max Tegmark, founder and chair of the institute, the stakes are enormous. “This declaration makes clear AI has incredible opportunities to help humanity flourish like never before. But unfortunately, the path we’re on right now is this race to replace, where you have a small number of incredibly powerful companies very openly saying that they want to build super intelligence, which, by definition, can replace every human job.”

Among the specific proposals are a prohibition on granting legal personhood to AI systems, mandatory disclosure when content is AI-generated, and the possibility of criminal liability for technology executives whose products cause serious harm.

The campaign supporting the declaration includes an $8 million advertising effort aimed at voters in states such as Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, and North Carolina, regions where automation and AI-driven changes are already affecting local economies.

What distinguishes this effort is the ideological range of its supporters. Backers include conservative and populist commentators such as WarRoom host Stephen K. Bannon and Glenn Beck, as well as progressive figures and advocacy groups like Ralph Nader, Public Citizen, and the American Federation of Teachers. Religious organizations, including the Congress of Christian Leaders and the G20 Interfaith Forum Association, have also endorsed the initiative. Additional supporters include the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA and prominent AI researchers such as Stuart Russell and Yoshua Bengio.

Established in 2014, the Future of Life Institute has faced pushback from parts of Silicon Valley and from officials in Washington, who argue that such warnings amount to “AI doomerism” and risk slowing American innovation while competitors like China accelerate their own AI development. Nevertheless, the institute maintains that stronger guardrails are essential to ensure the technology benefits society, promoting its message under the banner: “Protect What’s Human.”

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Musk Faces Trial Over ‘Scheme to Deceive the Market.’

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Elon Musk is set to testify in a shareholder lawsuit accusing him of making misleading statements that impacted Twitter’s stock price before he purchased the platform for $44 billion in 2022.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Elon Musk, Twitter shareholders, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The trial is taking place in San Francisco, with the lawsuit originally filed in October 2022.

💬KEY QUOTE: “To try to renegotiate the price or delay the merger, Musk made materially false and misleading statements and omissions, and engaged in a scheme to deceive the market, all in violation of the law,” the lawsuit alleges.

🎯IMPACT: The case will consider how public statements from high-profile executives impact markets and shareholder rights.

IN FULL

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is expected to testify in a shareholder lawsuit in San Francisco stemming from his 2022 purchase of Twitter (now X). Filed in October 2022 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the suit represents investors who sold Twitter shares between May 13 and October 4, 2022, before Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition.

Plaintiffs allege Musk violated federal securities laws by making statements that affected Twitter’s stock price. At the center of the case is his May 13, 2022, tweet declaring the deal “temporarily on hold” pending verification of spam and fake accounts. Shareholders argue the merger agreement did not allow him to pause the transaction unilaterally and say the post contributed to a sharp decline in the company’s share price.

“To try to renegotiate the price or delay the merger, Musk made materially false and misleading statements and omissions, and engaged in a scheme to deceive the market, all in violation of the law,” the suit states.

Musk continued raising concerns about bot and spam accounts in the following weeks, despite having waived due diligence when making his offer. In July 2022, he announced he was terminating the agreement, citing insufficient information about fake accounts, prompting further stock declines. Twitter sued to force completion of the deal, and Musk countersued.

On October 4, 2022, Musk agreed to proceed with the original $44 billion offer, and the acquisition closed later that month. After taking control, he implemented sweeping changes, including significant layoffs, restructuring of “trust and safety” operations, and revisions to content moderation policies. In July 2023, he rebranded Twitter as X.

This is not Musk’s first legal dispute over social media statements. In 2018, he faced trial over tweets about taking Tesla, Inc. private, but a jury found in his favor.

Musk, who also leads SpaceX, has recently drawn attention for Tesla’s reported plans to build a large-scale battery facility in China. Reports have also noted that Tesla filed thousands of H-1B visa labor applications in a single year, highlighting its reliance on specialized foreign workers.

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The Top 6 Times Senator Cornyn Has Backstabbed Trump and MAGA.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) may be poised to receive President Donald J. Trump’s endorsement in a primary contest against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, despite the fact that he has repeatedly betrayed President Trump and the MAGA movement since 2016. The situation undermines Trump’s claims to value loyalty, and is infuriating his MAGA base in Texas and beyond.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Senator John Cornyn, MAGA supporters, President Trump, and Ken Paxton.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Various instances from 2016 to 2026.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Who is a worse Senator, John ‘The Stiff’ Cornyn of Texas, or Mitt ‘The Loser’ Romney of Massachusetts (Utah?)? They are both weak, ineffective, and very bad for the Republican Party, and our Nation.”  – Donald Trump, 2023

🎯IMPACT: Cornyn’s history is coming into sharp focus ahead of the Texas Senate primary run-off slated for May, and a much coveted Trump endorsement.

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Republican Texas Senator John Cornyn, currently facing a primary run-off against Texas Attorney General and MAGA loyalist Ken Paxton, is reportedly on the cusp of receiving an endorsement from President Donald J. Trump, who will urge Paxton to drop out of the race. However, Cornyn has a long history of betraying Trump and scorning the MAGA base, leading many to wonder why the President would endorse him over a longtime ally like Paxton.

The matter is complicated further by the fact that Trump’s own 2024, including Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles, are currently consulting for Cornyn, and creating an echo chamber around the President to limit him hearing from pro-Paxton voices.

Below, The National Pulse recalls six prominent examples of Cornyn backstabbing President Trump and his supporters:

1. Opposing Trump’s Border Wall.

Cornyn opposed President Trump’s border war as “naive” prior to his election in 2016, and boasted in 2020 that he had privately opposed his efforts to use national security funding to construct it after he entered office.

2. Refusing to Support Trump Against the Biden DOJ.

In July 2023, amid growing efforts by Joe Biden’s Department of Justice to have Trump indicted and potentially imprisoned, Cornyn declined to offer any support, saying, “I think that’s entirely within the purview of the Department of Justice and has nothing to do with the United States Senate.”

Asked if it would be “legitimate” for Jack Smith to charge Trump with attempting to overturn the 2020 election, he maintained a hands-off approach, insisting, “That’s going to depend on whether or not laws were broken. So clearly, I don’t know what they’re looking at. But I’m sure we’ll know in due time.”

3. Pushing Open Borders Policies.

After the Supreme Court ruled against the first attempt by the Trump administration to terminate DACA in 2020, Cornyn celebrated by taking to the Senate floor and saying, “DACA recipients must have a permanent legislative solution. They deserve nothing less. These young men and women have done nothing wrong.”

He continued by pushing amnesty for DACA illegals, declaring, “I believe the Supreme Court has thrust upon us a unique moment and an opportunity. We need to take action and pass legislation that will unequivocally allow these young men and women to stay in the only home, in the only country, they’ve known.”

4. Blaming Trump for January 6.

In the aftermath of the disorderly January 6, 2021, protests at the U.S. Capitol, Cornyn publicly denounced Trump for his “reckless and incendiary speech.”

Although he voted to acquit Trump during his Senate trial, he was scathing, about the President’s conduct, suggesting it would be his biggest legacy and arguing that “no consideration [was] given to what the impact would be on the people listening, no consideration given to the likelihood that there would be outside agitators trying to stoke the fire for the mob.”

5. Dissing Trump 2024:

In 2023, as Trump geared up for his 2024 run, Cornyn told reporters, “I think President Trump’s time has passed him by,” and urged the GOP to “move on” to a supposedly more electable candidate.

“I think what’s the most important thing for me is that we have a candidate who can actually win. I don’t think President Trump understands that when you run in a general election, you have to appeal to voters beyond your base,” the Texas Senator said.

Cornyn endorsed Trump only after the New Hampshire primary, when it became apparent that none of his rivals in the Republican primary had any hope of supplanting him.

6. No Recess Appointments.

During his failed run for Senate Majority Leader, Cornyn backed the use of recess appointments to quickly fill out Trump’s cabinet. However, just days later, he reversed course and told reporters, “Obviously, I don’t think we should be circumventing the Senate’s responsibilities, but I think it’s premature to be talking about recess appointments right now,” as he and his colleagues were blocking the appointment of former Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as U.S. Attorney General.

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