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February 9, 2024
William Upton
Politics

Rep. Luna’s SCHUMER Act Would Require Pro-War Lawmakers To Fight In Wars They Authorize.

Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is set to introduce the SCHUMER Act, requiring any Member of Congress supporting sending U.S. troops to fight in Ukraine to join them on the front lines. The Flordia Republican’s bill is in direct response to recent comments made by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), in which he threatened that U.S. military forces would be sent to Ukraine unless Congress authorized additional funding for the nation.

“I make no apologies,” Rep. Luna said, adding: “My bill, the SCHUMER Act, would require Members of Congress to fight on the front lines in Ukraine if they support Schumer’s calls for American sons & daughters to fight.” The legislation would require any Capitol Hill lawmaker who backs sending American soldiers to Ukraine to enlist alongside them and serve a six-month tour as part of a contingency operation.

Earlier this week, Sen. Schumer attempted to blackmail his colleagues in the Senate into supporting a supplemental funding bill that would have provided Ukraine a new round of military aid, along with modest funding for U.S. border security and an overhaul of visa and work-permit programs for immigrants. “If we don’t aid Ukraine, Putin will walk all over Ukraine, we will lose the war,” Schumer said before continuing: “We could be fighting in eastern Europe in a NATO ally in a few years. Americans won’t like that.”

While the Ukraine/U.S. Border supplemental funding bill failed its initial cloture vote on Wednesday, Schumer revived the Ukraine and Israel funding provisions as stand-alone legislation. The new bill will face several procedural hurdles before it can receive a final vote on the Senate floor, which is expected in a matter of days.

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Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is set to introduce the SCHUMER Act, requiring any Member of Congress supporting sending U.S. troops to fight in Ukraine to join them on the front lines. The Flordia Republican's bill is in direct response to recent comments made by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), in which he threatened that U.S. military forces would be sent to Ukraine unless Congress authorized additional funding for the nation. show more
September 25, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

Schiff Secured Funds for Defense Giants While They Funded His Campaigns.

Adam Schiff, a U.S. Senate hopeful and powerful Democrat member of the House of Representatives, directed millions in taxpayer dollars to major defense firms who backed his Congressional campaigns. The discovery of Schiff’s questionable use of earmarks came after the Congressman attacked his Senate primary opponent Katie Porter (D-CA) for opposing pork-barrel spending, while bragging he had secured critical funding for drug recovery and homeless programs through earmark spending.

Members of Congress often use earmarks to bring taxpayer dollars back to their district and fund local projects to improve communities. Some, however, abuse the process and end up using taxpayer dollars as a kick-back to companies who contribute to their election campaigns.

In 2010 the Republican majority in control the House of Representatives enacted sweeping reforms, including to the earmark process. Several earmarks requested by Schiff prior to 2010 would now be barred under the rules today.

Lobbying firm the PMA Group, for example, represented many of the defense firms Schiff secured funds for, while they contributed thousands to his Congressional campaigns. Owner Paul Magliocchetti was sentenced to 27 months in prison in 2011 for his role in one of the largest schemes to avoid campaign contribution limits in U.S. history.

Schiff was one of the central figures in the Russiagate hoax, and pushed for former President Trump’s removal from office.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) filed a motion to fine Schiff $16 million (half of the cost of the faux investigation launched by Democrats) and expel him from Congress. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) – a leading Ron DeSantis surrogate – opposed Rep. Luna’s move against Schiff, the expulsion motion ultimately failing.

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Adam Schiff, a U.S. Senate hopeful and powerful Democrat member of the House of Representatives, directed millions in taxpayer dollars to major defense firms who backed his Congressional campaigns. The discovery of Schiff's questionable use of earmarks came after the Congressman attacked his Senate primary opponent Katie Porter (D-CA) for opposing pork-barrel spending, while bragging he had secured critical funding for drug recovery and homeless programs through earmark spending. show more
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August 31, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

DeSantis Camp Used Hurricane Idalia to Smear MAGA Congressmen, Trump.

Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign ‘troll army’ on X (formerly Twitter) attempted to weaponize Hurricane Idalia for political purposes, falsely claiming former President Donald Trump instructed his supporters — including a new mother in Congress — to not appear with the Florida Governor or promote the state’s response to the storm.

One of the claims made by the anonymous “MaxTwain24” account is that Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) sent her staff to a press conference with Governor DeSantis addressing the emergency response to Hurricane Idalia – instead of appearing herself – because of the fictitious directive from former President Trump. In reality, Rep. Luna was unable to attend in person because she is recovering after having given birth several days prior to the press conference.

Several high profile trolls – who appear to regularly communicate with DeSantis campaign staffers Christina Pushaw and Bryan Griffin – amplified the demonstrably false accusations made by the MaxTwain24 account including oddball Chris Nelson, the troll account CryptidPolitics, and grifter and con-artist Bill Mitchell.

The Florida Congressional delegation targeted by the DeSantis campaign trolls for not posting about Hurricane Idalia had, in reality, addressed the storm on multiple occasions prior to the MaxTwain24 posts.

Rep. Luna had dedicated most of August 28th, a full day prior to the accusations, to keeping her constituents informed about the State of Florida’s emergency response. Cory Mills also began posting about the storm and relevant emergency information on August 28th. Rep. Greg Steube’s earliest post was at mid-day on August 27th. Rep. Matt Gaetz has retweeted emergency information from Gov. DeSantis several times on both his personal X account and his Congressional office X account.

All of these Members of Congress are backing Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination and have been targted by pro-DeSantis trolls following the MaxTwain24 posts smearing.

The DeSantis campaign trolls didn’t just stop with lying about Members of Congress. Nelson, specifically, has taken to targeting conservative activists on X as well, including The National Pulse editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam, claiming that these individuals have also been complicit in a ‘conspiracy’ to ignore Hurricane Idalia. The National Pulse published its first story on the storm on August 28th, over 24 hours prior to Nelson’s post.

Nelson, for his part, was ratioed in his replies. But his DeSantis-campaign handler, Christina Pushaw, spent the day doing yoga in Miami instead of aiding with the hurricane communications effort.

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Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign 'troll army' on X (formerly Twitter) attempted to weaponize Hurricane Idalia for political purposes, falsely claiming former President Donald Trump instructed his supporters — including a new mother in Congress — to not appear with the Florida Governor or promote the state's response to the storm. show more

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Perhaps the most enlightening part of incidents such as these is knowing that people like Chris Nelson are, well, let’s say… listless vessels for the DeSantis campaign
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August 11, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

Trump is Taking DeSantis’s Own Florida Colleagues to Iowa With Him.

On Saturday, former President Donald Trump will head to the Iowa State Fair with nine members of the Florida Congressional delegation who have endorsed him over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Representatives Byron Donalds, Matt Gaetz, Cory Mills, Anna Paulina Luna, Greg Steube, Gus Bilirakis, Carlos Gimenez, Brian Mast, and Mike Waltz will all accompany Trump throughout the day.

The Trump campaign intends to deliver a message to Iowa voters that even in DeSantis’s home state of Florida, Republican leaders prefer Trump to DeSantis for the Republican presidential nomination. Ron DeSantis will also be in attendance at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday.

One stop President Trump will not be making is Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’s ‘fire side chat’ event with various Republican presidential candidates. Reynolds has come under increasing criticism from Trump for her displays of public favoritism towards Ron DeSantis despite a long standing tradition of Iowa’s Republican governors remaining neutral in Republican presidential primary contests in the state. Reynolds has insisted she will not endorse a candidate during the primary, but has publicly fawned over DeSantis for months, leading to him floating her as a Vice Presidential pick in front of a crowd of tens.

An additional event to keep an-eye-on on Saturday will be the Iowa State Fair Straw Poll. The Iowa Secretary of State will be conducting an unofficial straw poll of fair-goers – the event being a semi-replacement for the defunct Iowa Straw Poll last held in Ames Iowa in 2011.

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On Saturday, former President Donald Trump will head to the Iowa State Fair with nine members of the Florida Congressional delegation who have endorsed him over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Representatives Byron Donalds, Matt Gaetz, Cory Mills, Anna Paulina Luna, Greg Steube, Gus Bilirakis, Carlos Gimenez, Brian Mast, and Mike Waltz will all accompany Trump throughout the day. show more
June 14, 2023
News

The Full List of RINOs Who Helped Adam Schiff Avoid Fine and Censure.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) had a plan to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) for his role in perpetuating the Russia hoax, which ended up costing U.S. taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, and almost irreparable damage to the country’s political system.

The move was supported by a large swathe of America First Republicans, though DeSantis supporters like Rep. Thomas Massie came out against it, on spurious terms.

Now, the full list of so-called Republicans who sided with Democrats and Adam Schiff can be revealed, perhaps demonstrating which so-called “conservatives” need primary challengers at their next election.

The list of Republicans in Name Only: 

  1. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND)
  2. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R, OR-5)
  3. Juan Ciscomani (R, AZ-6)
  4. Tom Cole (R, OK-4)
  5. Warren Davidson (R, OH-8)
  6. Brian Fitzpatrick (R, PA-1)
  7. Kay Granger (R, TX-12)
  8. Garrett Graves (R, LA-6)
  9. Thomas Kean (R, NJ-7)
  10. Kevin Kiley (R, CA-3)
  11. Young Kim (R, CA-40)
  12. Mike Lawler (R, NY-17)
  13. Thomas Massie (R, KY-4)
  14. Tom McClintock (R, CA-5)
  15. Marc Molinaro (R, NY-19)
  16. Jay Obernolte (R, CA-23)
  17. Mike Simpson (R, ID-2)
  18. Michael Turner (R, OH-10)
  19. David Valadao (R, CA-22)
  20. Steve Womack (R, AR-3)

California Republicans are disproportionately represented in the list, raising questions as to whether their proximity to Schiff in his district (CA-30) affected their votes.

Rep. Luna said after the vote: “20 Republicans voted against the fine, censure, and investigation of Schiff. I don’t think they read the bill in entirety. Next week, we will be filing a motion to censure and investigate Schiff. We are removing fine as that seems to be what made these Republicans uneasy.”

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) had a plan to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) for his role in perpetuating the Russia hoax, which ended up costing U.S. taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, and almost irreparable damage to the country's political system. show more
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June 14, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News

DeSantis Backer Rep. Massie Opposes Move to Hold Adam Schiff Accountable for Russiagate Lies.

Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) – one of Governor Ron DeSantis’s most prominent supporters and lay advisers – will vote against efforts to hold Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff accountable for peddling Russia-gate conspiracies which led to countless conflicts in U.S. politics, and millions spent by authorities “investigating” the matter.

Massie’s Congressional colleague Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) filed a motion to “censure, condemn, and fine” Rep. Schiff (D-CA) for pushing Russia-gate even after the Durham Report concluded the federal investigation into alleged Trump-Russia links had been baseless and biased.

Schiff is renowned for telling outright lies in an effort to destabilize a sitting President of the United States, stymieing the popular will of the American public for his ideological end goals. For that, Rep. Luna wants to fine Schiff up to $16 million – “half the cost of Russia investigation” – for his “egregious abuse of trust”. Massie has indicated he will not support her.

“Adam Schiff acted unethically but if a resolution to fine him $16 million comes to the floor I will vote… against it,” Massie wrote on social media.

“The Constitution says the House [of Representatives] may make its own rules but we can’t violate other (later) provisions of the Constitution,” he added, insisting that “[a] $16 million fine is a violation of the 27th and 8th amendments.”

Massie has failed to outline how fining Schiff – a power indeed granted to the Congress – would violate the 27th Amendment, which concerns the salary of elected members, or the 8th Amendment, which is about fines for criminal activity, not political malfeasance. Rep. Massie’s office can be reached here.

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Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) – one of Governor Ron DeSantis's most prominent supporters and lay advisers – will vote against efforts to hold Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff accountable for peddling Russia-gate conspiracies which led to countless conflicts in U.S. politics, and millions spent by authorities "investigating" the matter. show more

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Of course, it’s extremely poor form from someone regarded as extremely close to Governor Ron DeSantis
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May 23, 2023
News

Rep. Luna Files $16M Fine & Censure Motion Against Adam Schiff.

Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has filed a motion to censure, condemn, and even fine her colleague Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) for his role in peddling the debunked Russia collusion hoax.

Tweeting on Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Luna said: “I just filed a privileged resolution, H. Res. 437, to censure, condemn, & fine Rep. Adam Schiff $16 million (1/2 the cost of Russia investigation) for his egregious abuse of trust. I, with my GOP colleagues, look forward to an imminent vote to hold this feckless man accountable.”

The text of the motion (in full, below) establishes that Rep. Schiff abused his position to lend credence to the Steele dossier, falsely prompted a FISA warrant application, encouraged surveillance of Americans, and cost the taxpayer in excess of $32 million on the investigations that followed.

The Congressional Research Services notes that fining a member has precedent in the House of Representatives, with Deschler’s Precedents stating that under the constitutional authority of the House at Article I, Section 5, clause 2: “A fine may be levied by the House against a Member pursuant to its constitutional authority to punish its Members.”

It goes on to establish that the ability has been backed by the Supreme Court (Kilbourn v. Thompson) and precedents “appear to involve the repayment or restitution of funds misused or wrongfully received, as opposed to fines merely or strictly for ‘punishment’.”

Ethics Committee rules state that the House “sets forth general guidelines and does not limit the authority of the Committee to recommend other sanctions.”

Read the full resolution:

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Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has filed a motion to censure, condemn, and even fine her colleague Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) for his role in peddling the debunked Russia collusion hoax. show more