Former Trump lawyer and perennial grifter Michael Cohen claims he’s going to run for Congress in 2026. Specifically, Cohen is targeting New York’s 12th Congressional district, currently occupied by the porcine Jerry Nadler (D), who responded churlishly when quizzed about Cohen’s plan.
“We thank him for his service, but it’s enough already,” Cohen toldNew York Magazine‘s Olivia Nuzzi and Andrew Rice. The authors claim Cohen “would have run this year, but the protracted mental breakdown that came with the trial made it hard to plan the launch of a new career as a politician.”
Still, the news has rankled Nadler, who toldPOLITICO on Saturday morning: “What a great country America is… Anyone can run for Congress — even con men.”
Despite being lauded by Democrats during the Trump trial, Cohen looks like he’ll face significant opposition for his aspirant political career. In reality, Cohen has no real friends and no real allies, having simply been used as a tool for most of his legal career. He was even refused “surrogate” status by the Trump campaign in 2016, when he was at the height of his influence.
Still, the disgraced, perjury-happy lawyer has made millions from his podcasts and media appearances discussing Donald Trump, and appears to have the backing of the increasingly influential Meidas Touch Network – a far-left blog run by Epstein and Diddy-linked brothers who have recently been granted exclusive access by Joe Biden’s White House.
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Former Trump lawyer and perennial grifter Michael Cohen claims he's going to run for Congress in 2026. Specifically, Cohen is targeting New York's 12th Congressional district, currently occupied by the porcine Jerry Nadler (D), who responded churlishly when quizzed about Cohen's plan.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing, for now, several Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations that would loosen restrictions on—and expand access to—the abortion drug mifepristone to take effect. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing the majority opinion in the nine to zero decision, held that the plaintiffs—the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM)—lack Article III standing to challenge the FDA order.
“Under Article III of the Constitution, a plaintiff’s desire to make a drug less available for others does not establish standing to sue. Nor do the plaintiffs’ other standing theories suffice,” the conservative justice wrote. He added, “…federal courts are the wrong forum for addressing the plaintiffs’ concerns about FDA‘s actions.”
“The plaintiffs have sincere legal, moral, ideological, and policy objections to elective abortion and to FDA’s relaxed regulation of mifepristone,” Kavanaugh continued before concluding in the opinion: “But under Article III of the Constitution, those kinds of objections alone do not establish a justiciable case or controversy in federal court.” Justice Kavanaugh, in the opinion, encouraged the plaintiffs to instead engage Congress, the President, and the FDA in addressing their desired changes through the legislative and regulatory review process.
Despite the decision, the Supreme Court did not fully close the door to future challenges to the FDA‘s mifepristone policies. The justices stressed that the standing issue came down to the fact that no plaintiffs were prescribed mifepristone nor suffered legal injury from the regulatory decision. A future case brought by a plaintiff with Article III standing could potentially result in the Court reversing the FDA’s decision.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing, for now, several Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations that would loosen restrictions on—and expand access to—the abortion drug mifepristone to take effect. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing the majority opinion in the nine to zero decision, held that the plaintiffs—the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM)—lack Article III standing to challenge the FDA order.
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Joe Biden‘s ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer, admitted early last year to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that he deleted numerous audio records of interviews with the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent in part because of the special counsel investigation. At the time, Department of Justice special counsel Robert Hur was investigating whether Biden had mishandled and illegally retained classified documents after leaving the vice presidency. It is alleged some of these classified documents were shared, in a breach of national security, with Zwonitzer.
According to the transcript of Zwonitzer’s interview with the FBI, the investigating agents asked him if ” the fact that a special counsel had been appointed and you had all these recordings was in your mind when you slid these documents over into the trash…” Zwonitzer, who acknowledged deleting several years’ worth of audio records of interviews with Biden, at first tried to deflect—merely stating he “was aware of the special counsel investigation when that happened.”
“The outside observer is going to look at this and say ‘Mark Zwonitzer, President Biden‘s friend, ghostwriter, collaborator learned of the special counsel’s investigation, saw this happening and then deleted all these audio recordings,'” the agent told Zwonitzer before pressing him again on the circumstances of the audio file deletions: “I just need the truth on this one, but there’s some truth in that, that was what was going on. That was part of your motivation, at least something you were aware of when you did this?”
Zwonitzer tacitly acknowledged the investigation did influence his actions to some degree, though he refused to say to what extent. “I’m not going to say how much of the percentage it was of my motivation,” the Biden ghostwriter said. Special counsel Robert Hur considered but ultimately declined to charge Zwonitzer with obstruction of justice.
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Joe Biden's ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer, admitted early last year to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that he deleted numerous audio records of interviews with the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent in part because of the special counsel investigation. At the time, Department of Justice special counsel Robert Hur was investigating whether Biden had mishandled and illegally retained classified documents after leaving the vice presidency. It is alleged some of these classified documents were shared, in a breach of national security, with Zwonitzer.
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On Wednesday afternoon, the House of Representatives voted 216 to 207 along party lines to hold Attorney General MerrickGarland in contempt of Congress over his refusal to provide the audio from President Joe Biden‘s interview with special counsel Robert Hur. The interview was part of the investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents.
Earlier on Wednesday, a vote to adopt a rule for the consideration of the contempt motion passed narrowly by 208-207 along party lines. Garland has previously stated that he would not release the audio from Biden’s interview, arguing that doing so would hinder future cooperation with the Department of Justice.
Garland has mentioned in his previous testimony before the House that his department has gone to “extraordinary lengths” to respond to the committee’s requests for information. He noted that Hur’s report and transcripts of the interview have already been provided. Hur also testified before Congress for “more than five hours,” according to Garland.
Despite these efforts, Garland has firmly maintained that the actual audio recordings from which the transcripts were created will not be made available.
“Releasing the audio would chill cooperation with the department in future investigations and it could influence witnesses’ answers if they thought the audio of their law enforcement interviews would be broadcast to Congress and the public,” Garland explained.
Garland, in the meantime, has utilized the resources of his own Department of Justice to plead his innocence, with an internal memo sent to media publications stating:
“For nearly seven decades and across presidential administrations of both parties, the Executive Branch has taken the position that the criminal contempt of Congress statute… does not apply to Executive Branch officials who do not comply with a congressional subpoena based on a presidential assertion of executive privilege.”
This precedent, however, was not extended to Dr. Peter Navarro nor Stephen K. Bannon, both sentenced to jail time due to a congressional contempt charge made by the hyper-partisan January 6th committee which both fabricated information and mass deleted evidence.
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On Wednesday afternoon, the House of Representatives voted 216 to 207 along party lines to hold Attorney General MerrickGarland in contempt of Congress over his refusal to provide the audio from President Joe Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur. The interview was part of the investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents.
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New York Democratic Representative Jamaal Bowman, who disrupted a congressional vote by pulling a Capitol Hill fire alarm, is significantly behind his opponent in the upcoming primary. Democratic opponent George Latimer appears to have a strong lead heading into the June 25 primary in New York’s 16th Congressional District.
The latest poll, conducted by Emerson College Polling in collaboration with PIX11 and The Hill, indicates that Latimer is 17 points ahead. In this poll, Latimer has the support of 48 percent of likely voters, while Bowman is on 31 percent, with 21 percent undecided.
Latimer has voiced strong support for Israel, in contrast to Bowman, who has faced criticism for previously characterizing Israel as an “apartheid” state—a statement he later retracted. Earlier this year, he attended a fundraiser co-hosted by Nihad Awad, the national executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), who said he was “happy to see” the October 7 terrorist attacks against Israel.
Polling data reveals that 45 percent of voters agree with Latimer’s position on Israel, while 29 percent support Bowman’s stance. Fifty percent of Democratic primary voters believe the U.S. is overspending on aid to Israel, and 46 percent think the Joe Biden regime is not giving the Palestinians enough humanitarian relief.
The fire alarm incident has damaged Bowman’s standing. He initially claimed he had mistaken the fire alarm for a door handle but later admitted this was a lie, pleading guilty to an offense in exchange for a light punishment.
January 6 protestors have received years in prison for obstructing “official proceedings” in Congress.
Latimer leads by 42 points among white voters, while Bowman, who is black, has a 14-point lead among black voters. Hispanic voters are more evenly split.
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New York Democratic Representative Jamaal Bowman, who disrupted a congressional vote by pulling a Capitol Hill fire alarm, is significantly behind his opponent in the upcoming primary. Democratic opponent George Latimer appears to have a strong lead heading into the June 25 primary in New York's 16th Congressional District.
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A federal judge has invalidated a Florida statute that prohibited minors from receiving puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones for gender-transition purposes, provided a parent consents to the treatment. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle delivered the ruling on Tuesday, indicating that the law constituted discrimination akin to that faced by minorities and women.
Judge Hinkle’s decision spans over 100 pages, including a citation of Martin Luther King Jr. He likened the struggle for transgender rights to battles against racism and misogyny. “Some transgender opponents invoke religion to support their position, just as some once invoked religion to support their racism or misogyny,” Hinkle remarked. “Transgender opponents are, of course, free to hold their beliefs. But they are not free to discriminate against transgender individuals just for being transgender. In time, discrimination against transgender individuals will diminish, just as racism and misogyny have diminished. To paraphrase a civil-rights advocate from an earlier time, the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) criticized the ruling, stating, “Through their elected representatives, the people of Florida acted to protect children in this state, and the Court was wrong to override their wishes.” He continued, “As we’ve seen here in Florida, the United Kingdom, and across Europe, there is no quality evidence to support the chemical and physical mutilation of children. These procedures do permanent, life-altering damage to children, and history will look back on this fad in horror.”
The ruling is not Judge Hinkle’s first radical decision. Nearly a year before the U.S. Supreme Court‘s Obergefell v. Hodges decision, Hinkle overturned Florida‘s statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriage, declaring they violated the federal constitution. In addition, Hinkle made a key ruling in the expansion of felon voting rights in the state.
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A federal judge has invalidated a Florida statute that prohibited minors from receiving puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones for gender-transition purposes, provided a parent consents to the treatment. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle delivered the ruling on Tuesday, indicating that the law constituted discrimination akin to that faced by minorities and women.
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Joe Biden acted not just as a popularity “cooler” by appearing alongside Emmanuel Macron during the D-Day anniversary in Normandy, France, but as a kind of “hex,” according to Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse.
Discussing Macron’s disastrous performance against Marine Le Pen’s populist National Rally in the European Parliament elections with War Room host Stephen K. Bannon, Kassam stressed that Biden does not enjoy the undeserved “rock star” status of his former boss, Barack Obama, in Europe.
“There was definitely a different vibe when Obama used to go over there, and there was definitely a different way in which it translated to popularity,” Kassam recalled.
He explained that leaders across Europe, whether the notionally right-wing then-Prime Minister David Cameron in Britain or some of the more socialistic leaders on the Continent, were eager to be seen “cavorting with the ostensible leader of the free world.”
Biden, on the other hand, in Kassam’s estimation, does not just cool European leaders’ popularity but “puts a hex on it, quite frankly.”
“His very presence has probably done nothing net positive to any of these leaders he meets, with Macron included,” he added.
Appearing alongside Joe Biden in Normandy didn’t just have a cooling effect on Macron’s popularity ahead of the European elections, it put a hex on it, argues @RaheemKassam. pic.twitter.com/tXxwhFnvoT
Listen to Raheem Kassam discuss the European election results at length with Jack Posobiec here.
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Joe Biden acted not just as a popularity "cooler" by appearing alongside Emmanuel Macron during the D-Day anniversary in Normandy, France, but as a kind of "hex," according to Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse.
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Former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan has bemoaned being labeled a “Republican In Name Only” (RINO) in an interview on Fox News, where he is now a board member. Ryan, 54, called himself “an anti-establishment Republican” during an appearance with the network’s Neil Cavuto, wherein he blasted former President Trump as “unfit for office.”
During the conversation, Ryan claimed neoconservative Nikki Haley would “win this thing by 12 points” and explained that he would be writing in his candidate for president, effectively telling Fox News viewers to throw the election for Joe Biden.
Look, I got death, taxes, and weird stuff from Donald Trump. These are the three certainties in my life, so to me, it’s just another day in my life,” Ryan seethed. “Fealty to Trump is what RINO is. Meaning, if you don’t pledge fealty to this man, then you are a RINO,” he claimed.
Ryan went on to complain Trump is a “populist” and “not a conservative.”
“I would prefer a party that is based on principles, not personality or populism. This populism is untethered to principles, and that’s why, you know, I’m an anti-establishment Republican,” Ryan claimed, also describing himself as a “classical liberal” and “free market conservative.”
Neil Cavuto tells Paul Ryan he has a “great future” in politics if he wants back in.
Paul Ryan says he’s an “anti-establishment” Republican
Former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan has bemoaned being labeled a "Republican In Name Only" (RINO) in an interview on Fox News, where he is now a board member. Ryan, 54, called himself "an anti-establishment Republican" during an appearance with the network's Neil Cavuto, wherein he blasted former President Trump as "unfit for office."
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Far-left activist Lauren Windsor posed as a Catholic conservative to secretly record Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his wife at a gala in Washington, D.C., last week.
During the conversation, Alito – who has been the target of the far-left for weeks since their failed attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas – expressed doubts about the possibility of compromise between the political left and right in America.
“There can be a way of working, a way of living together peacefully, but it’s difficult, you know, because there are differences on fundamental things that really can’t be compromised,” Alito said in the secret recording handed to Rolling Stone magazine. He implied that compromise on significant ideological issues may be unattainable given heightened political rhetoric among lawmakers and voters.
“People in this country who believe in God have got to keep fighting for that, to return our country to a place of godliness,” Windsor, posing as a conservative, asserted.
“I agree with you, I agree with you,” Alito responded. Democrat lawmakers and their corporate media allies jumped on Alito‘s comments as evidence that he is incapable of being impartial as a Supreme Court justice. However, in context, his remarks reveal little beyond the fact that Alito is a devout Catholic guided by his Christian moral framework—like many Americans. These interactions were captured in edited recordings and subsequently posted on social media on Monday.
Windsor defended her tactics by claiming, “I understand there’s a certain level of decorum around the Supreme Court… But this country right now is at a crossroads… Are we going to continue secular democracy, or are we going to be led to Christian theocracy by this Supreme Court?”
EXCLUSIVE UNDERCOVER AUDIO: Sam Alito x John Roberts x The Undercurrent 🧵
1/ Justice Alito admits lack of impartiality with the Left, says: “One side or the other is going to win.” pic.twitter.com/b5nmxToZ9z
Justice Alito’s wife, Martha-Ann Alito, also came under fire from Democrats over her comments captured on Windsor’s secret recordings. Far-left activists attempt to gin up outrage over Mrs. Alito’s remarks regarding a neighbor’s Pride flag. “I want a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag because I have to look across the lagoon at the Pride flag for the next month,” Justice Alito’s wife remarked in a conversation with Windsor. She added that she’d floated the idea with her husband, Justice Samuel Alito, to which he responded: “Oh, please, don’t put up a flag.”
The Alitos have been repeatedlysmeared in the media over their choice of flag displays. Democrat and progressive activists have pushed for Alito’s recusal, and even removal from the Supreme Court, after The New York Times reported that his wife had flown an upside-down American flag shortly before Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021.
The newspaper followed up by reporting that the Alito family had also flown an “Appeal to Heaven” revolutionary war flag outside their New Jersey beach house.
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Far-left activist Lauren Windsor posed as a Catholic conservative to secretly record Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his wife at a gala in Washington, D.C., last week.
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The reason this is extremely troubling and very different to what, say, Project Veritas under James O’Keefe used to do, is that Supreme Court Justices are not politicians, bureaucrats, activists, or candidates
The reason this is extremely troubling and very different to what, say, Project Veritas under James O’Keefe used to do, is that Supreme Court Justices are not politicians, bureaucrats, activists, or candidates show more
Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, believes the European election results suggest the Overton Window is shifting on mass migration, with populists not only making progress, but the so-called “center-right” increasingly adopting populist-like stances on the issue.
Speaking to War Room host Stephen K. Bannon, Kassam compared the populist right’s shifting of the Overton Window on immigration to the left’s shifting of the Overton Window on climate change, with Britain’s Conservative Party (Tories), Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and other parties of the establishment right now as ideologically committed to the green agenda as the political left.
“Climate change is as much dogma, is as much a religion, to [the center right] as it is to the Social Democrat parties,” he said.
In the United States, the MAGA right has already shifted the Overton Window on migration and “especially on the economy,” Kassam argued.
In the same way the left shifted the Overton Window towards the climate change agenda, populists are shifting the Overton Window against mass migration, argues @RaheemKassam. pic.twitter.com/CsrZIfWPhA
Listen to Raheem Kassam discuss the European election results at length with Jack Posobiec here.
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Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, believes the European election results suggest the Overton Window is shifting on mass migration, with populists not only making progress, but the so-called "center-right" increasingly adopting populist-like stances on the issue.
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