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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
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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
June 19, 2024
William Upton
Politics

Joe Biden’s $42 Billion Broadband Plan Hasn’t Connected A Single User To The Internet.

Three years ago, Joe Biden signed a sweeping $42 billion rural broadband proposal into law with the aim of bringing needed internet connections to Americans in more remote and less populated parts of the country. However, as the 2024 presidential election looms and Biden’s term in office may be nearing an end, not a single person in rural America has been connected to the internet under the 81-year-old Democrat’s plan.

In fact, no project receiving funds from the Biden government program will break ground until 2025. According to internet service providers (ISPs) and lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the hold-up is because of the Biden government’s overly burdensome requirements for accessing the $42 billion program. They cite regulations implementing climate change mandates, union worker requirements, and DEI regulations for the slow-down in building out rural internet infrastructure. Additionally, the ISPs point to attempts by the Biden Commerce Department to regulate consumer rates in a manner beyond the agency’s authority as compounding the program’s ineffectiveness.

While House lawmakers on the Budget Committee say they believe rural broadband projects should begin in 2025 and be well underway by 2026, not everyone in the federal government shares their optimism. Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr says he believes the projects won’t be near completion in many underserved areas until 2030 because of the delays due to the Biden government’s onerous requirements. “There hasn’t been a single shovel’s worth of dirt that has even been turned towards connecting people,” Carr said.

“They just put too many steps in the process,” Carr added before concluding: “The addition of a substantive wish list of progressive ideas they’ve layered in certainly didn’t help with the timeline.”

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Three years ago, Joe Biden signed a sweeping $42 billion rural broadband proposal into law with the aim of bringing needed internet connections to Americans in more remote and less populated parts of the country. However, as the 2024 presidential election looms and Biden's term in office may be nearing an end, not a single person in rural America has been connected to the internet under the 81-year-old Democrat's plan. show more
June 18, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Corruption
Politics
World

Biden Sent $2.8 Billion in ‘Humanitarian Aid’ to the Taliban.

The Biden regime’s humanitarian aid to Afghanistan appears to be ending up in the hands of the Taliban. During a recent House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing, Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) lambasted the poorly overseen State Department expenditure.

The Biden regime, Mast observes, has “sent more than $2.8 billion to Afghanistan since the Taliban took power in August of 2021.” A federal inspector general’s report shows “tens of millions of dollars of that money going directly into the hands of the Taliban.”

“It is unacceptable for any U.S. funding to benefit the Taliban,” agreed Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, demanding Biden “take immediate action to prevent U.S. taxpayer dollars from going to the Taliban.”

McCaul cited findings from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) showing that the Taliban had indirectly received at least $10.9 million from U.S. taxpayers. However, SIGAR warns this is likely only a fraction of the Taliban’s indirect U.S. taxpayer funding through taxes, fees, and other means.

Mast also criticized the State Department for a $500,000 grant to “promote atheism in Nepal,” which is predominantly Hindu, raising a broader problem of reckless federal spending.

Waste also plagues U.S. aid to Ukraine. U.S. taxpayers are not only providing and paying for weapons for Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces but also paying the salaries of Ukrainian government workers, subsidizing Ukrainian businesses, and purchasing supplies for Ukrainian farmers.

U.S. investigative journalist Seymour Hersh estimates Zelensky, his government ministers, and commanders have embezzled “at least” $400 million in U.S. aid in 2022 alone.

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The Biden regime's humanitarian aid to Afghanistan appears to be ending up in the hands of the Taliban. During a recent House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing, Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) lambasted the poorly overseen State Department expenditure. show more
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June 18, 2024
William Upton
Politics

A Record Number of NATO Members Are Now Paying Their Fair Share… Thanks to Trump.

Former President Donald J. Trump‘s campaign to push NATO member states to pay their fair share of the alliance’s defense budget appears to be paying off. The issue of NATO funding was a major policy objective during the first Trump administration, with a concerted push to ensure that member states would contribute two percent of their GDP to the alliance as mandated by its charter.

In 2018, the former President pressed NATO allies on the issue, as many member states had fallen far below their funding obligations. Since the 2018 NATO summit, the number of states meeting their two percent funding obligation has steadily risen. Today, a record number of member states have hit the funding benchmark—23 of the 32 nations in the alliance.

KEEPING UP PRESSURE.

Even after leaving office, former President Trump has pressured NATO member states to pay their fair share. In February of 2024, Trump discussed the issue during a campaign rally in South Carolina, recalling his conversation with a NATO member state leader during the alliance’s 2018 summit.

“One of the presidents of a big country stood up and said, ‘Well, sir, if we don’t pay and we’re attacked by Russia, will you protect us?’” the former President told supporters. He added: “I said, ‘You didn’t pay. You’re delinquent.’ He said, ‘Yes, let’s say that happened.’ No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want.”

A week later, during a security summit in Munich, U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) echoed Trump‘s call for NATO member states to meet their funding obligations. “Trump is actually issuing a wake-up call to say that Europe has to take a bigger role in its own security,” Vance—who is a top contender to be Trump’s vice-presidential pick in 2024—said, adding: “The problem with Europe is it doesn’t provide enough of a deterrence on its own… The American security blanket has allowed European security to atrophy.”

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Former President Donald J. Trump's campaign to push NATO member states to pay their fair share of the alliance's defense budget appears to be paying off. The issue of NATO funding was a major policy objective during the first Trump administration, with a concerted push to ensure that member states would contribute two percent of their GDP to the alliance as mandated by its charter. show more