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June 26, 2024
Politics

Will The IRS Soon Have to Accept Bitcoin as Payment?

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is set to introduce legislation that would allow federal income tax payments to be made with Bitcoin. The bill aims to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, mandating the Treasury secretary to develop a plan for accepting Bitcoin as a form of tax payment.

In a recent interview, Gaetz emphasized the potential benefits of this move. “By enabling taxpayers to use Bitcoin for federal tax payments, we can promote innovation, increase efficiency, and offer more flexibility to American citizens,” he said. Gaetz added that this step would help the U.S. maintain its leadership in technological advancement by integrating digital currencies into the financial system.

The congressman, who recently attended the inauguration of El Salvador‘s President Nayib Bukele, noted the country’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender as a pivotal example. Gaetz is a close ally of former President Donald J. Trump, whose campaign recently began accepting cryptocurrency donations. Trump has criticized the Biden government for its regulatory stance on the crypto industry and has pledged to end what he calls the “war on crypto.”

The proposed legislation requires the Treasury to “prescribe” necessary regulations for accepting Bitcoin payments for “certain” federal taxes. It also calls for the immediate conversion of any received Bitcoin to its dollar equivalent at the end of each transaction. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) already mandates the reporting of transactions involving digital assets and taxation on crypto-related income or gains.

Several states, including New Jersey, Kentucky, and Colorado, have begun implementing their own crypto tax regulations, with Colorado even permitting cryptocurrency for tax payments.

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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is set to introduce legislation that would allow federal income tax payments to be made with Bitcoin. The bill aims to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, mandating the Treasury secretary to develop a plan for accepting Bitcoin as a form of tax payment. show more
June 25, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Politics

States Restore ANTI-Mask Laws In Response To Violent Pro-Hamas Demos.

State legislatures are looking to reinstitute anti-mask laws after the measures were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawmakers argue the laws need reinstituting to combat rising crime and violent attacks by pro-Hamas demonstrators on Jewish Americans.

In North Carolina earlier this month, the Republican legislature moved to reimpose a ban on masking in response to violent pro-Hamas protests on college campuses. Last week, Governor Roy Cooper (D-NC) vetoed the mask ban legislation, claiming it “removes protections and threatens criminal charges for people who want to protect their health by wearing a mask.” However, Republican legislators—who hold a three-fifths majority in both houses of the General Assembly—say they will overturn Cooper’s veto.

The National Pulse reported earlier this month that Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) is considering a partial ban on masks in the New York City subway system. Hochul’s move comes in response to public outcry regarding increasing crime in the city’s public transit network. During a news conference, the Democrat governor claimed she would “not tolerate individuals using masks to evade responsibility for criminal or threatening behavior.”

Hochul did not provide specific details about the prospective ban but said there would be exceptions for health, cultural, and religious reasons—meaning Muslims wearing face veils would be exempt. Critics of the state legislative actions re-enacting the mask bans include libertarian activists concerned about the impact on civil liberties and those still concerned about the pandemic and potential COVID-19 outbreaks.

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State legislatures are looking to reinstitute anti-mask laws after the measures were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawmakers argue the laws need reinstituting to combat rising crime and violent attacks by pro-Hamas demonstrators on Jewish Americans. show more
June 24, 2024
William Upton
Politics

The House Sergeant-at-Arms May Arrest Biden’s AG Merrick Garland

Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says she’ll force a vote on directing the House Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest Joe Biden‘s Attorney General Merrick Garland for contempt of Congress this week. According to the Florida Republican, she intends to introduce a privileged resolution invoking Congress’s constitutional power of inherent contempt after the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) said they would not pursue charges against Garland.

Two weeks ago, the Attorney General was held in contempt of Congress after refusing to hand over audio recordings of 81-year-old Joe Biden‘s interview sessions with DOJ special counsel Robert Hur regarding the mishandling of classified documents. Prior to the vote, Garland acknowledged that the transcripts of the interviews had been edited for clarity, raising the question of whether evidence of Biden’s cognitive decline had been altered.

“The only option to ensure compliance with our subpoena is to use our constitutional authority of inherent contempt,” Rep. Luna said. “In the next few days, I will call up my resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in inherent contempt of Congress, and I look forward to each of you voting in favor of it.”

She added: “Our ability to legislate effectively and fulfill our constitutional duties is at stake. We must act now to protect the integrity and independence of the legislative branch.”

Meanwhile, Biden DOJ officials argued on June 14 that the contempt resolution does not preempt Joe Biden‘s assertion of executive privilege regarding the audio recordings. Additionally, at a hearing before the House contempt vote, Attorney General Garland argued: “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.”

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Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says she'll force a vote on directing the House Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest Joe Biden's Attorney General Merrick Garland for contempt of Congress this week. According to the Florida Republican, she intends to introduce a privileged resolution invoking Congress's constitutional power of inherent contempt after the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) said they would not pursue charges against Garland. show more
June 24, 2024
William Upton
Politics

Biden’s Newest Comms Staffer Has History of Communist Views.

Joe Biden‘s new assistant White House communications director has a long history of radical social media posts promoting extreme LGTBQ and progressive politics. Tyler Cherry, who was elevated to the White Communications team after serving as a staffer in the Department of the Interior, has compared the police to pre-Civil War slave patrols in the American South.

He additionally has called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and criticized calls for Democrat outreach to the white working class. In addition to the controversial posts, Cherry’s social media feed also features the communications staffer in risque and provocative clothing while attending what appears to be LGBTQ-aligned festivals and other events.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Cherry routinely criticized the Trump campaign and media outlets for their lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Even Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT)—a far-left Democrat and socialist—was not immune from Cherry’s DEI-focused criticism, with the future Biden communications staffer noting Sanders rallies were “very, very white.”

The Biden staffer also expressed anti-police and pro-communist views in multiple social media posts. He stated in 2015, “Praying for Baltimore, but praying even harder for an end to a capitalistic police state motivated by explicit and implicit racial biases.” In January of that year, Cherry likened local police to slave patrols before the American Civil War and said that Voter I.D. laws are the equivalent of poll taxes.

Cherry responded to the revelations regarding his social media posts Sunday afternoon. “Past social media posts from when I was younger do not reflect my current views. Period,” the Biden White House staffer wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter). He added: “I support this Administration’s agenda – and will continue my communications work focused on our climate and environmental policies.”

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Joe Biden's new assistant White House communications director has a long history of radical social media posts promoting extreme LGTBQ and progressive politics. Tyler Cherry, who was elevated to the White Communications team after serving as a staffer in the Department of the Interior, has compared the police to pre-Civil War slave patrols in the American South. show more
June 24, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
World

NYT: Europeans Hold the EU in Contempt.

Most European voters “rallied to parties that hold the [European Union] in contempt” in the recent European Parliament elections, admits the The New York Times. However, opinion contributor Christopher Caldwell argues that the EU is not to blame. “Analysts have leaped to the conclusion that the European Union must have done something wrong. It didn’t,” he insists.

Caldwell attributes Marine Le Pen’s populist National Rally’s victory over Emmanuel Macron’s globalist Renaissance party to national grievances around immigration. Similarly, he claims the anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) outpolled Germany’s governing coalition parties due to national grievances over energy policy.

However, the EU drives much of national immigration and energy policy. The bloc is punishing Viktor Orban’s Hungary for enforcing strong border controls, and EU climate targets drive the anti-farmer policies fueling populism in countries like the Netherlands.

UNITED STATES OF EUROPE. 

Caldwell does lightly criticize the EU, noting that it exaggerates its role in bringing peace to Europe. He says its real guarantors have been “American occupation, NATO vigilance, and Russian caution.”

Caldwell also highlights the EU’s “love-hate” relationship with the United States, describing it as partly “emulative” and partly “rivalrous.” He admits, “It meant to consolidate the continent’s nations into a military-economic bloc of almost half a billion people, partly so Europeans would no longer need to dance to the tune of the American empire… by usurping the prerogatives of the continent’s existing nation-states.”

Caldwell argues that this usurpation of member nations’ elected governments fuels much of the current hostility towards the bloc and motivated Brexit. He also claims the EU has been unsuccessful on its own terms, with members still reliant on the U.S. for security.

Former president Donald Trump frequently warns that EU members in NATO are not paying their fair share in defense and take advantage of the U.S. economically through unfair tariffs.

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Most European voters "rallied to parties that hold the [European Union] in contempt" in the recent European Parliament elections, admits the The New York Times. However, opinion contributor Christopher Caldwell argues that the EU is not to blame. "Analysts have leaped to the conclusion that the European Union must have done something wrong. It didn’t," he insists. show more
June 23, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Lawfare
Politics

WATCH: Judge Nominated to Federal Appeals Court by Biden Confronted for Defending Pedo as ‘A Person Who Has a Lot of Good in Him.’

Joe Biden is seeking to promote a judge who described a pedophile as a man with “a lot of good in him” to the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Sentencing Michael T. Smith, convicted of molesting two girls aged four and nine, Maine Superior Court Justice Julia Lipez said, “People are complicated,” suspending half of his 12-year term.

“I have frankly been offered very little insight as to how or why this happened. What I can say is that this is a very tragic situation of a person who has a lot of good in him having done a very reprehensible thing to two young children,” Lipez said. “My hope is that, with the support of his family, he can lead a productive life going forward,” she added.

Senator John Kennedy confronted her over these remarks at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, where she proved evasive.

“This is what you said… ‘What I can say, you said, is that this is a very tragic situation of a person who has a lot of good in him—a lot of good in him—having done a very reprehensible thing to two young children, causing extreme damage.’ Did I read that correctly?”

Lipez initially avoided the question, saying she imposed the sentence the state requested. With Sen. Kennedy pressing her to confirm that the words were hers, she cast doubt on them. “That’s what was reported in the paper, Senator. I have not seen a transcript of the sentencing,” she said.

DEI. 

The Biden regime describes Lipez’s nomination to the First Circuit as “fulfill[ing] the President’s promise to ensure that the nation’s courts reflect the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a country.”

She is among Biden’s fiftieth round of nominees, bringing total federal judicial nominees to 244. This greatly exceeds Donald Trump’s 194 Article III court appointments.

MSNBC host Joy Reid recently praised diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) lawyers for driving the lawfare campaign against Trump.

“Donald Trump is being held to account by the very multicultural, multiracial democracy that he’s trying to dismantle. Go DEI. My DEIs are bringing it home,” she gloated.

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Joe Biden is seeking to promote a judge who described a pedophile as a man with "a lot of good in him" to the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Sentencing Michael T. Smith, convicted of molesting two girls aged four and nine, Maine Superior Court Justice Julia Lipez said, "People are complicated," suspending half of his 12-year term. show more
meloni
June 21, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
World

Sellout Meloni Slams Door on Hungary’s Orban.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is continuing to sell out her populist platform, turning her back on Hungary’s Viktor Orban following the European Parliament elections.

Orban, a Donald Trump ally whose country is taking over the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU) under the slogan ‘Make Europe Great Again,’ is attempting to join forces with Meloni in the European Parliament. Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI) and Orban’s Fidesz won the European elections in their respective countries, and populists generally earned stronger representation than ever before.

However, Meloni is rejecting Orban’s overtures for his Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to join the populist-leaning European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) euro-group, which she dominates. She is attempting to curry favor with the European People’s Party (EPP) group, in which French and German globalists dominate.

However, Meloni does not appear to be receiving any reward for her behavior. The EPP, Socialists and Democrats (S&D), and Liberals are preparing to carve up the bloc’s top jobs between them, leaving Meloni in the cold.

‘DISCIPLINED.’

Before winning the Italian election in 2022, Meloni and her Brothers of Italy party were considered comparable to Marine Le Pen and National Rally in France, with much of the press denouncing her as the country’s most “far-right” leader since Benito Mussolini.

On becoming Prime Minister, however, she abandoned the anti-mass migration platform she campaigned on, instead focusing on supporting Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and the Western proxy war with Russia. Illegal migrants crossing the Mediterranean increased, and she also approved higher legal immigration, parroting the globalist narrative that “Europe and Italy need immigration.”

Rather than fellow populists like Viktor Orban, Meloni cultivated left-liberals like Joe Biden, recently attempting to save him from embarrassment when he began wandering off on his own at a G7 summit.

German socialist Martin Schulz, former President of the European Parliament, brags the EU “disciplined” into submitting to the status quo.

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Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is continuing to sell out her populist platform, turning her back on Hungary's Viktor Orban following the European Parliament elections. show more
10 commandments
June 20, 2024
William Upton
Politics
Religion

Louisiana Mandates 10 Commandments for Every School Classroom.

Louisiana has become the first U.S. state to mandate that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms. The law includes any educational institution receiving state funds, from kindergartens to public universities. Governor Jeff Landry (R-LA) signed the mandate into law on Wednesday.

The Ten Commandments law is likely to see prompt legal challenges. However, Gov. Landry last Saturday was unphased by the prospect of litigation. “I’m going home to sign a bill that places the Ten Commandments in public classrooms,” he said during a fundraiser over the weekend. Landry added: “And I can’t wait to be sued.”

According to the new law, classrooms in schools that receive public funding will be required to display a post-sized depiction of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font.” The Abrahamic religious texts—which are important in Judaism and Christianity—lay out a set of tenets on which humanity is to live, including “Thou shalt not kill.”

Opponents of the law promise swift legal action, questioning its constitutionality. They point to the First Amendment‘s establishment clause, which bars the federal government from mandating an official state religion. Others point to the extra-constitutional concept of separation of church and state. Proponents contend that the tenets are not merely religious symbols but also represent historical significance in U.S. history.

Additionally, the displays will come with a four-paragraph “context statement.”  It details the religious and historical importance of the Ten Commandments as “a prominent part of American public education for almost three centuries.” Louisiana classrooms must comply with the mandate by the start of 2025.

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Louisiana has become the first U.S. state to mandate that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms. The law includes any educational institution receiving state funds, from kindergartens to public universities. Governor Jeff Landry (R-LA) signed the mandate into law on Wednesday. show more
June 20, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
UK

Local Politicians Are Flocking to Farage’s Reform Party.

Local politicians elected as Conservatives (Tories) are defecting to Nigel Farage’s Reform Party, signaling a significant shift on the British right. Jeff Bray, Peter Harris, Richard Everett, and James Codling, all members of Tendring Council in the Clacton constituency (electoral district) where Farage is running for Parliament, joined him at a rally in the seaside town on Tuesday.

“I am proud to stand alongside my colleagues in joining Reform UK to advocate for common-sense policies here in Clacton and the surrounding areas,” said Harris, who, like Bray, is a former chairman of Tendring Council.

Farage welcomed the new members enthusiastically, stating, “Reform UK’s positive message for change is resonating with people across Clacton. I am proud to welcome four new councilors who will play key roles in advancing our cause.”

The Conservatives currently govern Britain under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. They are expected to be ousted by Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party after the July 4 snap election, however.

Presiding over record mass migration, failing to deliver a genuine Brexit, and governing from the center-left, the Conservatives have had little to offer their 2019 voters. Polls show they are abandoning Sunak’s party for Reform in droves.

Projections indicate that Farage will win Clacton from the Conservatives with a historic swing. Reform also expects to capture the parliamentary seat of Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden.

The Brexit leader believes Reform can use a parliamentary “bridgehead” to become the true opposition to Labour over the next five years, and win the next general election outright in 2029.

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Local politicians elected as Conservatives (Tories) are defecting to Nigel Farage's Reform Party, signaling a significant shift on the British right. Jeff Bray, Peter Harris, Richard Everett, and James Codling, all members of Tendring Council in the Clacton constituency (electoral district) where Farage is running for Parliament, joined him at a rally in the seaside town on Tuesday. show more

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June 20, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
UK

Top Leftist Strategist Urges Uniparty Coalition to Stop Farage.

Alastair Campbell, former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s right-hand man during his premiership, is urging Britain’s Labour Party and its supposed rivals, the Conservative (Tory) Party, to form a uniparty coalition to stop Nigel Farage from winning the parliamentary constituency (electoral district) of Clacton.

Campbell, a top spin doctor who infamously issued the British press with the “dodgy dossier” the Blair government used to justify the disastrous Iraq War, pressed Clacton Labour to “Please sort something out with the Tories” after a poll predicted Reform Party leader Nigel Farage would narrowly win the seat, ahead of the incumbent Tories, with Labour in third place but not too far behind.

Clacton Labour candidate Jovan Owusu-Nepaul is proving something of a liability, with a record of boasting that “white man tears” are his “favorite drink.”

Farage argues there are “no real, fundamental differences between” Labour and the Conservatives, with both parties presiding over a high tax burden and mass migration.

They claim to be bitter rivals, however. The Conservatives present themselves as pro-borders, pro-tax cuts, and anti-woke–despite increasing immigration, taxes, and state-funded woke activism. They argue right-wingers should not vote for Reform because it would help Labour. Meanwhile, Labour figures, including Campbell, present the center-left Conservatives as “hard right.”

A pact between the two in Clacton could stop Farage, whose party is currently polling ahead of the Conservatives nationally, but would also strengthen his argument that they are much the same.

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Alastair Campbell, former Prime Minister Tony Blair's right-hand man during his premiership, is urging Britain's Labour Party and its supposed rivals, the Conservative (Tory) Party, to form a uniparty coalition to stop Nigel Farage from winning the parliamentary constituency (electoral district) of Clacton. show more