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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>The Political Insider</title> <atom:link href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:05:35 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3</generator> <image> <url>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=32,height=32,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-favicon-1.png</url> <title>The Political Insider</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height></image> <item> <title>NY Union Leader After Trump Meeting: Democrats Are Pushing Everybody To The Other Side</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/ny-union-leader-after-trump-meeting-democrats-are-pushing-everybody-to-the-other-side/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:05:34 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bobby Bartels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233545</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>On Wednesday, Donald Trump met with New York union leader Bobby Bartels. As the head of Steamfitters Local 638, Bartels […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/ny-union-leader-after-trump-meeting-democrats-are-pushing-everybody-to-the-other-side/">NY Union Leader After Trump Meeting: Democrats Are Pushing Everybody To The Other Side</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Wednesday, Donald Trump met with New York union leader Bobby Bartels.</p> <p>As the head of Steamfitters Local 638, Bartels said his fellow working-class, blue-collar union members were leaning heavily towards Trump in the presidential election.</p> <p>Traditionally, union members have voted more heavily for Democrats. This time, Trump’s stand on issues like immigration, crime, and taxes are primary motivators.</p> <p>Bartels had a few words after the meeting as well, telling Newsmax’s Addison Smith that he feels like over the last four years that the Democratic Party has “basically pushed everybody to the other side.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW: New York union leader Bobby Bartels says most of his Union workers are Democrats but they are supporting Trump in 2024.<br><br>Bartels said he conducted a poll of his 9,000 members and Trump is leading Biden 3 to 1.<br><br>“In the past, we are basically Democrats, all of us. And after… <a href="https://t.co/eOSx2jhjhK">pic.twitter.com/eOSx2jhjhK</a></p>— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1783510198017229048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/hillary-clinton-trump-would-like-to-kill-his-opposition-if-re-elected/">Hillary Clinton: Trump Would Like To ‘Kill His Opposition’ If Re-Elected</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-union-leader-bartels-i-want-what-s-right-for-america">Union Leader Bartels: ‘I Want What’s Right for America’</h2> <p>“In the past, we are basically Democrats, all of us,” Bartles said on Thursday. “And after what’s happened the last 4 years in this country, Democrats are basically pushing everybody to the other side.</p> <p>“We are a very patriotic group and we love our country and we want the best for America,” he added.</p> <p>“We are tired of immigration, we are tired of our tax dollars going to immigration, we are tired of the crime, we need to put a handle back on things in this country,” Bartels continued.</p> <p>The union leader’s comments sound like they could have come from any Republican meeting in the country.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">GOOD MORNING FROM NEW YORK! <br><br>Union workers chant “USA” as President Trump visits their construction site 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/KjcZ9UzvX3">pic.twitter.com/KjcZ9UzvX3</a></p>— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) <a href="https://twitter.com/kleavittnh/status/1783445337492935022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Bartels also told Fox News, “I put out a poll in my union. President Trump is leading Joe Biden 3 to 1 in my presidential poll out of my 9,000 members.”</p> <p>That’s quite a sea change for union members’ politics.</p> <p>Bartels elaborated during his Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/nyc-union-leader-says-members-support-trump-biden-3-1-see-wave-coming">interview</a>.</p> <p>“Nothing changes my opinion because… I want to see what’s done for America. I want what’s right for America.” Bartels told host Brian Kilmeade, “I want what’s right for the citizens, and my members want that also.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨Blue-collar union workers overwhelmingly support President Trump:<br><br>Steamfitters Local 638 Manager Bob Bartels: “I put out a poll in my union — President Trump is leading Joe Biden 3 to 1 on my presidential poll out of my 9,000 members right now. We are very tired of the… <a href="https://t.co/IA5S4aKWYp">pic.twitter.com/IA5S4aKWYp</a></p>— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) <a href="https://twitter.com/CortesSteve/status/1783461971305615481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/biden-sent-secret-shipments-of-long-range-missiles-to-ukraine-which-were-used-against-russia/">Biden Sent Secret Shipments Of Long-Range Missiles To Ukraine — Which Were Used Against Russia</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-biden-is-the-worst-president-in-history">‘Biden is the Worst President in History’</h2> <p>“They are very agitated. They are living week to week, some of them are not affording their bills, and I think things need to change.”</p> <p>“Members have basically told me, ‘Listen, we want to vote for this guy,’ so when the time is right and I have a bigger poll to be done, we will make that decision, but I will do whatever my members want me to do.”</p> <p>Bartels then really stuck it to Biden.</p> <p>“Normally a Democrat will win New York,” he continued. “Biden is the worst president in history…”</p> <p>Sounds like traditionally blue New York could work out better for Donald Trump than many might have expected.</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/ny-union-leader-after-trump-meeting-democrats-are-pushing-everybody-to-the-other-side/">NY Union Leader After Trump Meeting: Democrats Are Pushing Everybody To The Other Side</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Vance Compares Today’s Ukraine Talking Points To ‘Propaganda’ Used To Justify Iraq War</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/vance-compares-todays-ukraine-talking-points-to-propaganda-used-to-justify-iraq-war/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:21:54 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category> <category><![CDATA[J.D. Vance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233542</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) tore into the Senate’s approval of a $95 billion aid package to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/vance-compares-todays-ukraine-talking-points-to-propaganda-used-to-justify-iraq-war/">Vance Compares Today’s Ukraine Talking Points To ‘Propaganda’ Used To Justify Iraq War</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) tore into the Senate’s approval of a $95 billion aid package to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan during a speech to the chamber earlier this week. He compared the narrative to propaganda used to draw America into the Iraq War.</p> <p>History, he believes, is repeating itself. And it’s repeating itself on the same level of incompetence when it comes to dealing with the region.</p> <p>“There is another historical analogy that I think is worth pointing out, and that is the historical analogy of the early 2000s,” Vance railed. </p> <p>“Now, in 2003, I was a high school senior, and I had a political position back then: I believed the propaganda of the George W. Bush administration that we needed to invade Iraq, that it was a war for freedom and democracy, that those who were appeasing Saddam Hussein were inviting a broader regional conflict.”</p> <p>“Does that sound familiar to anything that we’re hearing today?” he asks. “It’s the same exact talking points 20 years later with different names. But have we learned anything over the last 20 years? No, I don’t think that we have.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sen. <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JDVance1</a> compares the propaganda from the establishment that pushed us into the Iraq War, to the propaganda pushing for unlimited funding and escalation in Ukraine today 🔥🔥🔥<br><br>"It's the same exact talking points 20 years later with different names." <a href="https://t.co/XZuQF62PiN">pic.twitter.com/XZuQF62PiN</a></p>— Andrew Surabian (@Surabees) <a href="https://twitter.com/Surabees/status/1782897202014118016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/j-d-vance-cautions-never-trump-republicans-against-fighting-trump-i-have-a-long-memory/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">J.D. Vance Cautions ‘Never Trump’ Republicans Against Fighting Trump: I Have A Long Memory</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-is-ukraine-and-iraq-war-propaganda-the-same">Is Ukraine And Iraq War Propaganda The Same?</h2> <p>Senator Vance said that today’s Ukraine propaganda is similar to that surrounding the Iraq War. That, by beating the war drums, we will achieve success rather than engaging in competent diplomacy.</p> <p>“We learned that if we talk incessantly about World War II, we can bully people and cause them to ignore their basic moral impulses and lead the country straight into catastrophic conflict,” he <a href="https://www.vance.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-vance-slams-u-s-foreign-policy-establishment-for-decades-of-failure/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">laments</a>.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">History doesn’t always repeat, but it sure does rhyme!<br><br>Thanks for standing for America First, Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JDVance1</a> <a href="https://t.co/hMN3t52IU8">https://t.co/hMN3t52IU8</a></p>— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) <a href="https://twitter.com/CortesSteve/status/1782943741742809285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>The Congress today says we must provide endless military aid to Ukraine to avoid further war, and to stop greater death and destruction.</p> <p>In the early 2000s, they gave us the ‘weapons of mass destruction’ excuse. A narrative that we must fight to stop greater death and destruction. That argument led to a nearly 9-year war in Iraq that cost countless military and civilian lives.</p> <p>Likewise, the war in Afghanistan lasted so long that some of the people who fought in it weren’t even born yet on 9/11.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Arguably the most based Man in DC. I really like JD Vance. NO MORE WAR and PURGE DC. <a href="https://t.co/DfE3sRoPIp">https://t.co/DfE3sRoPIp</a></p>— InPerpetuity (@TheDarenEvans) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDarenEvans/status/1783172164725682400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/incredible-video-george-w-bush-accidentally-condemns-unjustified-and-brutal-invasion-of-iraq/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">George W. Bush Accidentally Condemns ‘Unjustified and Brutal Invasion of Iraq’</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-iraq-war-too-had-bipartisan-support">Iraq War Too, Had Bipartisan Support</h2> <p>Critics of the Iraq war and the preceding intelligence failure involving weapons of mass destruction have become more prevalent.</p> <p>The war effort was authorized at the time by a bipartisan vote in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in October 2002.</p> <p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq_Resolution_of_2002#United_States_House_of_Representatives" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Iraq War resolution</a> passed the House by a vote of 296-133, and the Senate 77-23.</p> <p>But those votes were based on faulty intelligence. Are we operating in Ukraine under the same faulty talking points and information?</p> <p>Former President George W. Bush made one of the <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/incredible-video-george-w-bush-accidentally-condemns-unjustified-and-brutal-invasion-of-iraq/">all-time Freudian slips</a> in 2022 when he attempted to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and accidentally stepped on a rake.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former President George W. Bush: “The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.” <a href="https://t.co/UMwNMwMnmX">pic.twitter.com/UMwNMwMnmX</a></p>— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) <a href="https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1527092111195226114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>Speaking on the topic of democracy, Bush condemned Russia where “elections are rigged” and “political opponents are imprisoned or otherwise eliminated from participating in the electoral process.”</p> <p>Sound familiar?</p> <p>“The result,” he said, “is an absence of checks and balances in Russia and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq.” Paging Dr. Freud.</p> <p>Right now there are no checks and balances on US aid to foreign nations. There are no checks and balances on our own border protection.</p> <p>Vance, meanwhile, slammed European countries for not taking greater responsibility in coming to Ukraine’s aid. Perhaps <em>their </em>propaganda isn’t as effective as our own.</p> <p>“For three years, the Europeans have told us that Vladimir Putin is an existential threat to Europe,” the senator states. “And for three years, they have failed to respond as if that were actually true.”</p> <p>The United States Congress though, has continuously been duped into providing an open spigot of taxpayer money to one of the most corrupt nations in Europe.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/vance-compares-todays-ukraine-talking-points-to-propaganda-used-to-justify-iraq-war/">Vance Compares Today’s Ukraine Talking Points To ‘Propaganda’ Used To Justify Iraq War</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Biden Calls Economy ‘Strong’ Despite Poor GDP Growth</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/biden-calls-economy-strong-despite-poor-gdp-growth/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[The Center Square]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:30:02 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233540</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>By Casey Harper (The Center Square) President Joe Biden defended newly released underperforming economic growth numbers. Federal data shows the […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/biden-calls-economy-strong-despite-poor-gdp-growth/">Biden Calls Economy ‘Strong’ Despite Poor GDP Growth</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>By Casey Harper (The Center Square)</em></p> <p>President Joe Biden defended newly released underperforming economic growth numbers.</p> <p>Federal data shows the U.S. Gross Domestic Product grew at an annual growth rate of 1.6% in the first three months of this year, down from 3.4% in the previous quarter.</p> <p>The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released the data, which came in well below economists’ expectations, raised concerns about the future of the economy this year, and sent the stock market downward Thursday morning.</p> <p>“The big inventory buildup in the third quarter of last year continues being drawn down, which is reducing GDP – in other words, previous economic ‘growth’ was essentially just a transfer of future positive numbers pulled forward to an earlier time period,” E.J. Antoni, an economist at the Heritage Foundation, wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, after the data was released.</p> <p>After the <a href="https://www.bea.gov/news/2024/gross-domestic-product-first-quarter-2024-advance-estimate" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)"><strong>BEA numbers</strong></a> came out, President Joe Biden released a statement on Thursday calling the economy “strong.”</p> <p>“Today’s report shows the American economy remains strong, with continued steady and stable growth,” Biden said.</p> <p>He went on to point to the economic recovery since COVID-19 era shutdowns killed jobs and economic growth.</p> <p>“The economy has grown more since I took office than at this point in any presidential term in the last 25 years—including 3% growth over the last year—while unemployment has stayed below 4% for more than two years,” Biden said.</p> <p>Biden then pivoted to attacking corporations for their fees as well as Republicans.</p> <p>“And I have a plan to lower housing costs by building 1 million new homes. Congressional Republicans have no plan to lower costs,” Biden said. “They are fighting to give the wealthy and big corporations more tax cuts while cutting programs like Social Security, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act. They think the best way to grow the economy is from the top down. The American people know we need to build it from the middle out and the bottom up, so the middle class has a fair shot and no one is left behind.”</p> <p>Former President Donald Trump commented on the GDP numbers Thursday morning to reporters waiting outside of his court appearance.</p> <p>“…the GDP just announced is all the way down to 1.6% and it’s heading south,” Trump told reporters, as shown on Fox News. “It’s going to get worse…gasoline is going way up. Energy costs are going way up, and the stock market is in a sense, crashing. This is Bidenomics. It’s catching up with him.”</p> <p>Notably, BEA data showed Americans’ savings accounts diminished in the first three months of this year.</p> <p>“Personal saving was $755.7 billion in the first quarter, compared with $815.5 billion in the fourth quarter,” BEA said. “The personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 3.6 percent in the first quarter, compared with 4.0 percent in the fourth quarter.”</p> <p><em>Syndicated with permission <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/issues/economy/article_1584140e-030a-11ef-bc71-037abb240937.html">from The Center Square</a>.</em></p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/biden-calls-economy-strong-despite-poor-gdp-growth/">Biden Calls Economy ‘Strong’ Despite Poor GDP Growth</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Biden Sent Secret Shipments Of Long-Range Missiles To Ukraine — Which Were Used Against Russia</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/biden-sent-secret-shipments-of-long-range-missiles-to-ukraine-which-were-used-against-russia/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:08:11 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Volodymyr Zelensky]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233535</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Politico reported on Wednesday that the Biden administration had secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine and that Kiev had used […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/biden-sent-secret-shipments-of-long-range-missiles-to-ukraine-which-were-used-against-russia/">Biden Sent Secret Shipments Of Long-Range Missiles To Ukraine — Which Were Used Against Russia</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Politico reported on Wednesday that the Biden administration had secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine and that Kiev had used them in their ongoing war with Russia.</p> <p>Ukraine has long sought weapons that can strike deep inside of Russia, which critics argue could severely escalate the conflict.</p> <p>How much deeper can America get in this war?</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">❗️ Ukraine in March secretly received more than 100 ATACMS missiles with a range of 300 km and a large number of cluster munitions, the NYT has quoted its sources as saying<br><br>It is reported that the missiles Ukraine received, in particular, hit the military airfield in Dzhankoy,… <a href="https://t.co/rXszKrq9Rm">pic.twitter.com/rXszKrq9Rm</a></p>— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) <a href="https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1783420520106459414?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/is-it-finally-time-to-defund-npr-after-journalist-suspended-for-revealing-the-truth-about-bias/">Is It Finally Time To Defund NPR After Journalist Suspended for Revealing the Truth About Bias?</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-biden-continues-to-give-to-ukraine">Biden Continues to Give to Ukraine</h2> <p>Ukraine has been demanding such weapons since early in the conflict with Russia, and the matter had been presented to the American public as a hot-button issue between the U.S. and Kiev. Apparently, not so anymore.</p> <p>Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/24/us-long-range-missiles-ukraine-00154110">reported</a>, “The provision of the long-range version of the ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) ends a lengthy drama in which Ukraine clamored for years to receive the weapon, driving a wedge between Washington and Kyiv. The U.S. quietly sent the medium-range version of the missile in October, but Ukraine continued to press for a weapon that would allow it to strike farther behind Russia’s lines.”</p> <p>These aren’t show weapons, either. They have already been put to use against Russia.</p> <p>“Ukrainian forces have used the long-range missiles twice, first against a Russian military base in Crimea and more recently against Russian forces east of Berdyansk near the Sea of Azov, the senior administration official said,” the report noted.</p> <p>This news comes as the U.S. announced Wednesday that a new $1 billion package of weapons will be sent to Ukraine ASAP.</p> <p>Biden signed off on the $95 billion foreign aid package on Wednesday, of which Ukraine is a significant beneficiary. To the tune of over $60 billion.</p> <p>In March, Politico reported that the U.S. was sending Ukraine a second round of a different version of ATACMS.</p> <p>According to a White House official, one of the missiles travels 100 miles. Controversially, the missile carries warheads containing hundreds of cluster bombs. More than 100 nations are party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions banning the latter. The U.S. is not a signatory.</p> <p>That official chose to remain anonymous.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The U.S. has already provided long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to Ukraine, according to a Pentagon spokesperson. <a href="https://t.co/jaWTDfO7Sy">https://t.co/jaWTDfO7Sy</a></p>— The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1783296700305535013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-slams-highly-biased-judge-after-being-threatened-with-arrest-if-he-doesnt-attend-hush-money-trial/">Trump Slams ‘Highly Biased’ Judge After Being Threatened With Arrest If He Doesn’t Attend Hush Money Trial</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-biden-administration-believes-atacms-can-help-ukraine-advance">Biden Administration Believes ATACMS Can Help Ukraine Advance</h2> <p>So what caused the Biden administration to flip-flop on sending long-range missiles to Ukraine?</p> <p>“The U.S. was initially reluctant to send ATACMS — even under sustained domestic and international pressure — due to stockpile concerns and fear of escalating the war,” Politico observed. “But Russia’s increasingly brutal tactics and more American production of the long-range version convinced Biden to authorize the transfer.”</p> <p>“The Biden administration believes providing ATACMS can give Ukraine some new momentum in the two-year war, forcing Russia to move back critical command and control nodes and other high-value targets such as aviation assets, said the second U.S. official,” the report noted.</p> <p>It remains to be seen how much further embroiled the U.S. will become. </p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/biden-sent-secret-shipments-of-long-range-missiles-to-ukraine-which-were-used-against-russia/">Biden Sent Secret Shipments Of Long-Range Missiles To Ukraine — Which Were Used Against Russia</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>More Than 1.7 Million Illegal Entries in First Six Months of Fiscal 2024</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/more-than-1-7-million-illegal-entries-in-first-six-months-of-fiscal-2024/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[The Center Square]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:33:53 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alejandro mayorkas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CBP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233531</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) More than 1.7 million foreign nationals have illegally entered the U.S. in the first […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/more-than-1-7-million-illegal-entries-in-first-six-months-of-fiscal-2024/">More Than 1.7 Million Illegal Entries in First Six Months of Fiscal 2024</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square)</em></p> <p>More than 1.7 million foreign nationals have illegally entered the U.S. in the first six months of fiscal 2024, the greatest number for this time period in U.S. history.</p> <p>The 1,733,496 who illegally entered in the first six months of the fiscal year outnumber the 1,547,866 who illegally entered in the first six months of fiscal 2023 by more than 185,000.</p> <p>In March, there were 246,432 illegal entries reported nationwide, with 189,372 illegally entering through the southwest border alone, according to the latest <strong><a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">CBP data</a></strong>.</p> <p>CBP also processed 44,000 foreign nationals who arrived at ports of entry using its CBP One phone app last month. Since January 2023 through the end of March 2024, more than 547,000 foreign nationals successfully scheduled appointments to present at ports of entry using the app, according to CBP data.</p> <p>Through a new program created by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, from Jan. 5, 2023, through the end of March 2024, 404,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans were granted parole and released into the U.S. Among them were 86,000 Cubans, 168,000 Haitians, 77,000 Nicaraguans and 102,000 Venezuelans who CBP claims “were vetted and authorized for travel.”</p> <p>Mayorkas was sued over the app and the parole program by more than 20 state attorneys general. House Republicans identified the app and parole programs as illegal and cited them in their charges used to impeach him.</p> <p>As was the case in March and every month, the majority of foreign nationals illegally entering were single adults.</p> <p>In the first six months of fiscal 2024, more than one million single adults – 1,040,553 – illegally entered the U.S., according to CBP data. They totaled more than the individual populations of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota and nearly as much as the population of Delaware.</p> <p>In March, CBP agents seized 16% more fentanyl and 19.6% more heroin than they did in February.</p> <p>In the first six months of fiscal 2024, CBP agents seized 10,026 pounds of fentanyl.</p> <p>Two milligrams of fentanyl, the weight of a mosquito, is considered a lethal dose. One pound of fentanyl, or 453,592 milligrams, is enough to kill 226,796 people.</p> <p>This fiscal year through April 4, CBP agents seized enough fentanyl to kill more than 2.2 billion people.</p> <p>This is after CBP Tuscon Sector agents have been seizing record amounts, more recently enough to kill nearly 4 billion people, The Center Square <strong><a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/arizona/article_3b1c8418-f6a2-11ee-87e5-27adfc2097c1.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">reported</a></strong>.</p> <p>While much attention has focused on the southwest border, the number of illegal border crossers has skyrocketed at the northern border, where the greatest number of terrorists are also being apprehended. In the first six months of fiscal 2024, 91,408 illegal border crossers were apprehended, the greatest number in U.S. history.</p> <p>In fiscal 2021, only 27,180 illegal crossers were apprehended at the northern border. The number increased dramatically to 109,535 in fiscal 2022, and to 189,402 in fiscal 2023.</p> <p>Nationally, if the numbers continue on the same trajectory, fiscal 2024 illegal entries and fentanyl seizures are on track to surpass all other previous fiscal year records. CBP’s fiscal year is from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.</p> <p>Under the Biden administration, record number of apprehensions of illegal border crossers were broken every year. In fiscal 2021, a record 1.9 million illegal border crossers were apprehended, the highest number in U.S. history at the time. The number excluded those who evaded capture known as gotaways.</p> <p>That record was broken in fiscal 2022 creating a new record of more than 2.7 million, and was again broken in fiscal 2023, surpassing 3.2 million, excluding gotaways.</p> <p>Since fiscal 2021, a record 11 million foreign nationals reportedly illegally entered the U.S., including two million gotaways, The Center Square has <strong><a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_a244a0be-ea07-11ee-b142-87b6af2616fe.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">reported</a></strong>.</p> <p><em>Syndicated with permission <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f754dbaa-019a-11ef-a980-db8acdaab61e.html">from The Center Square</a>.</em></p><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/more-than-1-7-million-illegal-entries-in-first-six-months-of-fiscal-2024/">More Than 1.7 Million Illegal Entries in First Six Months of Fiscal 2024</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>What Is the Cure For the DEI Virus That Has Infected Medical Schools?</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/what-cure-dei-virus-infected-medicine-schools/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen J. Anderson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:52:39 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DEI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Glenn Beck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lisa Gray-Garcia]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233518</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>This month, conservative radio host Glenn Beck broke down the extent of DEI ideology in the medical community. The examples […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/what-cure-dei-virus-infected-medicine-schools/">What Is the Cure For the DEI Virus That Has Infected Medical Schools?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This month, conservative radio host Glenn Beck broke down the extent of DEI ideology in the medical community. The examples came from universities from coast to coast.</p> <p>Mandatory seminars on critical race theory and gender ideology abound while tried-and-true principles of medicine are abandoned. Medical treatment based on individualized patient care has been replaced with unrelated demographic groupings taking its place.</p> <p>So, for those citizens who think the college campus woke mind virus won’t affect them in their daily lives, you may not feel so safe after learning what your future pediatrician, primary care doctor, and specialty surgeon are taught in school. So much for the Hippocratic Oath!</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Instead of focusing on things like, I don't know, MEDICINE, our top medical schools are teaching often MANDATORY classes on social change, antiracism, "race, power, and privilege," "confronting U.S. history," and how "gender is a social construct." <a href="https://t.co/EslPJINT5q">pic.twitter.com/EslPJINT5q</a></p>— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) <a href="https://twitter.com/glennbeck/status/1780773239964213302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-woke-medicine-kills">Woke Medicine Kills</h2> <p>Last week, Glenn Beck provided scathing examples of what is being taught nationwide in medical schools. For instance, at Harvard Medical School, there is a mandatory course titled <em>Social Change and the Practice of Medicine</em>.</p> <p>The course aims to teach young want to be doctors to be “important advocates for social change.” Mr. Beck also mentioned my alma mater, George Washington University.</p> <p>The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences offers a course on “how to talk about race, power, and privilege in classroom and clinical settings.” Aspiring medical students are taught how to move “beyond bystanding…to disrupting racism.”</p> <p>At Good Ole’ GW, they also teach <em>Beyond the Binary: Navigating pregnancy and affirming care for people with diverse gender identities. </em>What would George Washington say about that?!</p> <p>I imagine he’d be dumbfounded due to the nonsensical language utilized by his namesake university and others like it. The land of the free and the home of the brave is also now the land of pregnant persons and chest feeders.</p> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/ilhan-omar-daughter-arrested/">Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Arrested As Part Of Anti-Israel Mob At Columbia University</a></strong></p> <p>It would be comical if it weren’t the reality of every institution and field in modern America. According to <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/woke-medicine-kills-10-examples-of-how-dei-is-creating-the-next-public-health-crisis">work</a> done by an organization named Do No Harm:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“…23 of America’s top 25 medical schools now have anti-racism instruction as the <em>core</em> part of their curriculum.”</p></blockquote> <p>Who needs anatomy and biology when you can learn about how modern medicine is inherently racist?</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MyPOV: <a href="https://twitter.com/MartyMakary?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MartyMakary</a> is completely right. Woke DEi standards and pass fail on level 1 are going to create the worst trained class of physicians. <br><br>DEI has no place in medicine yet this trusted institution is being destroyed by bad policies. Meritocracy is key and competency should… <a href="https://t.co/IpxtSFnjQv">pic.twitter.com/IpxtSFnjQv</a></p>— R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #AI #1A R.NFT (@rwang0) <a href="https://twitter.com/rwang0/status/1782177151401521542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-doctor-says-you-re-racist">The doctor says you’re racist</h2> <p>Extreme liberal ideas coming out of college campuses are not a new concept. What is new is the genuine danger these latest extreme ideologies pose to society.</p> <p>Earlier this year, an adjunct assistant professor of medical education told an audience of over 300 medical students at the University of California at San Francisco that white people are racist because we are genetically predisposed to psychopathy. As a white person, this news surprised me. </p> <p>So naturally, I poked around to find out if it was confirmed that because of my skin color, I am predisposed to psychopathy. A fair amount of scientific medical reports are <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15638207/">published</a> on the National Institute of Health’s library that says there is <strong>NOT</strong> a correlation between race and psychopathy. </p> <p>But what do they know? All it takes for something to be true is for enough people to believe it.</p> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/msnbcs-joy-reid-says-theres-something-wonderfully-poetic-about-dei-officials-prosecuting-trump/">MSNBC’s Joy Reid Says There’s Something ‘Wonderfully Poetic’ About DEI Officials Prosecuting Trump</a></strong></p> <p>Meanwhile, over at Johns Hopkins University, an <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/17/opinion/americas-medical-system-has-become-totally-woke/">email</a> was sent out by a DEI professional earlier this year with a list of characteristics requiring immediate repentance. The list provided by the still-employed Dr. Sherita Golden included the following “privileged” identities:</p> <ul><li>white people</li> <li>able-bodied</li> <li>heterosexuals</li> <li>cisgender</li> <li>males</li> <li>Christians</li> <li>middle or owning-class people</li> <li>middle-aged</li> <li>English speakers</li></ul> <p>That’s quite the list. I fit all but one of those identities, and only two of them are even the result of choices. </p> <p>Sorry…. not sorry?</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Johns Hopkins University DEI department just sent out an email accusing the following people of being “privileged” even if they don’t know it:<br><br>-Males<br>-Whites<br>-Christians<br>-Mid-aged people<br>-Able-bodied people<br>-Middle & owning class<br>-English-speaking people<br><br>Did you make the list? <a href="https://t.co/FTM9t77ELc">pic.twitter.com/FTM9t77ELc</a></p>— Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWallace888/status/1745191819162599585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-i-m-gonna-be-sick">I’m gonna be sick</h2> <p>The med school incident that takes the cake for the cringiest comes from UCLA’s School of Medicine. Recently, first-year med students were <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13269831/UCLA-Med-School-bizarre-lecture-pro-Hamas-activist-prayer.html">required</a> to attend a lecture on structural racism.</p> <p>The lecture was titled <em>Housing (In)justice in LA: Addressing Unhousing and Practicing Solidarity.</em> It was given by activist and “Poverty Scholar” Lisa Gray-Garcia and included forced chanting of “Free Palestine.”</p> <p>Additionally, students were pressured to kneel in prayer to “Mama Earth” by Ms. Gray-Garcia. During her “lecture,” she called modern medicine “white science.” </p> <p>After the event, she posted the following:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“Infiltrate to liberate. This knowledge, us skolaz shud b invited into every medical & law/social work, psychology & education dept to name a few, across occupied Turtle Island.”</p></blockquote> <p>It’s hard to imagine the parents paying for tuition at these overpriced places of “higher education,” believing their money is well spent. It’s any wonder anyone wants to be a doctor anymore, with lectures such as those.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Woke up to liberation- even more akademik resistance to the kind of violent siLIEncing (my word for doxxing, death threats,truth-telling) I received becuz I prayed for a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreePalestine?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FreePalestine</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreeMamaEarth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FreeMamaEarth</a> ..honored to stand with these warriors from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Columbia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Columbia</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Yale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Yale</a> &.. <a href="https://twitter.com/poormagazine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@poormagazine</a></p>— Lisa "Tiny" Gray Garcia (@PovertySkola) <a href="https://twitter.com/PovertySkola/status/1782393751048212851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>That’s precisely the trend the United States is seeing. It’s estimated that by 2034, the U.S. will have a projected surgeon shortfall of 30,000. </p> <p>Currently the U.S. is short 2,500 trauma surgeons. The only cure for this virus is completely amputating it from our institutions and professional fields. </p> <p>It has latched onto hosts in medicine, anthropology, law, astrophysics, biology, the military, public schools, and every facet you can think of. If we aren’t careful, it won’t be long before aspiring physicians are taught to triage patients based on skin color rather than their illness or injury severity. </p> <p>If that sounds too much like a dystopian TV series plot where some evil shadowy group attempts a sick form of population control to maintain power, just remember this: “people who menstruate” and pronouns such as xe and xyr are a thing now.</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/what-cure-dei-virus-infected-medicine-schools/">What Is the Cure For the DEI Virus That Has Infected Medical Schools?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Biden Claims He Used To Drive an 18-Wheeler. Factcheck: False</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/biden-claims-he-used-to-drive-an-18-wheeler-factcheck-false/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:47:50 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233526</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>In late November, President Joe Biden touted the benefits of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package during a visit at Dakota […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/biden-claims-he-used-to-drive-an-18-wheeler-factcheck-false/">Biden Claims He Used To Drive an 18-Wheeler. Factcheck: False</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In late November, President Joe Biden touted the benefits of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package during a visit at Dakota County Technical College in Minnesota. </p> <p>Biden joined students in the college’s Heavy Duty Truck Technology area, where he toured the premises.</p> <p>The president told the students that they were the next generation of American workers and emphasized why he thought they were important. </p> <p>Then he kept talking, which of course meant he started making up fake stories, as Joe Biden often does. </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joe Biden says he used to "drive an 18-wheeler."<br><br>This is a lie. <a href="https://t.co/dUUswd3Uxz">pic.twitter.com/dUUswd3Uxz</a></p>— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1782900773287817336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-i-used-to-drive-a-tractor-trailer">‘I Used to Drive a Tractor Trailer’</h2> <p>Speaking to three people, Biden told them, “I used to drive a tractor trailer, so I know a little bit about driving big trucks.”</p> <p>A young male student responded by saying “Awesome.” </p> <p>Of course, Biden went on, “I only did it for part of a summer, but I got my license anyway.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joe Biden—who has been a politician for 48 years—repeats the lie that he “used to drive a tractor trailer.” <a href="https://t.co/VAehetHba7">pic.twitter.com/VAehetHba7</a></p>— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1465799936155570191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/bill-barr-now-says-hell-support-trump-biden-is-greater-threat-to-democracy/">Bill Barr Now Says He’ll Support Trump, Biden Is ‘Greater Threat To Democracy’</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-not-the-first-time-he-s-said-this">Not the First Time He’s Said This</h2> <p>After that happened the RNC Research Twitter/X account shared, “Joe Biden — who has been a politician for 48 years — repeats the lie that he ‘used to drive a tractor trailer.”</p> <p>That’s right. Joe Biden said the same thing in 2021.</p> <p>And got fact checked!</p> <p>Politifact followed up on Biden’s claims. But what did they find?</p> <p>“We asked the White House press office about Biden’s truck driving credentials and did not hear back,” Politifact noted. “There’s no record that he drove an 18-wheeler, the typical meaning of a tractor trailer. The closest experience he had was in 1973, when, as a senator, he rode along on a 536-mile tractor-trailer trip from Delaware to Ohio. “</p> <p>And?</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No, Joe Biden wasn’t a tractor-trailer driver.<a href="https://t.co/mqxAVcaCc6">https://t.co/mqxAVcaCc6</a> <a href="https://t.co/53rd0ZWljG">pic.twitter.com/53rd0ZWljG</a></p>— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolitiFact/status/1466851407642910726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/biden-devising-plan-to-protect-deep-state-government-workers-if-trump-wins-election/">Biden Devising Plan To Protect ‘Deep State’ Government Workers If Trump Wins Election: Report</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-lyin-biden">Lyin’ Biden</h2> <p>“Biden said he used to drive a tractor trailer” the fact-checker reminded. “There is no record that he did, and his comments in the past suggest that at most, he was given the chance to drive one at some point. His reference to a summer job suggests that he was referring to his time as a bus driver, not a truck driver.”</p> <p>“We rate this claim False,” they added.</p> <p>Who would have thought? Forgetful Joe making stuff up and telling lies.</p> <p>Again.</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/biden-claims-he-used-to-drive-an-18-wheeler-factcheck-false/">Biden Claims He Used To Drive an 18-Wheeler. Factcheck: False</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Bill Barr Now Says He’ll Support Trump, Biden Is ‘Greater Threat To Democracy’</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/bill-barr-now-says-hell-support-trump-biden-is-greater-threat-to-democracy/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:00:18 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bill Barr]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[White House]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233523</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Former Attorney General Bill Barr declared that he would now support Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election. His stunning […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/bill-barr-now-says-hell-support-trump-biden-is-greater-threat-to-democracy/">Bill Barr Now Says He’ll Support Trump, Biden Is ‘Greater Threat To Democracy’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Former Attorney General Bill Barr declared that he would now support Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election. </p> <p>His stunning transformation comes just months after stating he’d “jump off” a bridge if there is a rematch between the former and current President.</p> <p>Speaking with Fox News host Neil Cavuto, Barr said that he doesn’t like having to choose between his former boss and President Biden, but at the end of the day, it’s Trump’s policies that are better for America.</p> <p>“I was fine with his policies. I think his policies were good policies,” Barr said of his time serving in Trump’s administration. “My problems came with his behavior, which I found very troubling after the election.”</p> <p>It sounds like somebody finally grew up. Pro-America policies greatly outweigh outlandish behavior. Guiding the nation through troubling times greatly outweighs personally hurt feelings from mean tweets.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr to Neil on his choice to support Trump: "I don't think Biden should be anywhere near the Oval Office. That's the fact." <a href="https://t.co/uUnSEm2MRg">pic.twitter.com/uUnSEm2MRg</a></p>— Neil Cavuto (@TeamCavuto) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamCavuto/status/1781715383143043512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/bill-barr-says-hell-jump-off-a-bridge-if-trump-wins-the-gop-nomination/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Bill Barr Says He’ll Jump Off A Bridge If Trump Wins the GOP Nomination</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-barr-will-support-trump-better-for-the-country"><strong>Barr Will Support Trump, Better For The Country</strong></h2> <p>Barr proceeded to state the obvious: that the Biden administration is burdened by a “totalitarian temper.”</p> <p>“They have bought into the progressive movement,” he said. “And they’re trying to squelch opposition and freedom of speech.”</p> <p>Barr defined the Biden administration as clearly the “greater threat to democracy” and noted that it consists of “a heavy-handed bunch of thugs in my opinion.”</p> <p>Cavuto pointed to some of Barr’s previous negative statements regarding Trump, in which he said rigged election claims are false and blamed his words for inciting the January 6th riot at the Capitol.</p> <p>The Fox host reminded Barr that he said that Trump “shouldn’t be anywhere near the Oval Office.”</p> <p>“I don’t think <em>Biden</em> should be anywhere near the Oval Office, that’s the fact,” he fired back.</p> <p>The comments come one week after the former attorney general hinted that he would “support the Republican ticket.”</p> <p>“Trump may be playing Russian roulette but a continuation of the Biden administration is national suicide in my opinion,” Barr added.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bill Barr on why the New York hush money case is a bunch of nonsense, and why he’s voting for Trump in November. Now this is a surprise! <a href="https://t.co/3TK5ddHSkf">pic.twitter.com/3TK5ddHSkf</a></p>— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) <a href="https://twitter.com/DineshDSouza/status/1780741845741375893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/rfk-tells-cnn-that-biden-is-absolutely-a-bigger-threat-to-democracy-than-trump/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">RFK Tells CNN That Biden Is ‘Absolutely’ A Bigger Threat To Democracy Than Trump</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-barr-said-he-d-jump-off-a-bridge"><strong>Barr Said He’d ‘Jump Off A Bridge’</strong></h2> <p>None of this is new information, as President Joe Biden has been the greater threat to democracy since he set foot in the Oval Office.</p> <p>Yet somehow, Barr has wildly transformed his view of the coming election.</p> <p>In an <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-cabinet-endorsements-rcna96648" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">NBC News survey</a> of former members of Trump’s cabinet, Barr was clear that he would not support the former President’s return to the White House.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dozens served in Trump's Cabinet. Only four say he should be re-elected. <a href="https://t.co/NazI3wmZ6P">https://t.co/NazI3wmZ6P</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nbcnews</a></p>— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D. (@neoavatara) <a href="https://twitter.com/neoavatara/status/1685979856956170240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2023</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>“I have made clear that I strongly oppose Trump for the nomination and will not endorse Trump,” Barr previously said.</p> <p>When asked what he might do if Trump wins the nomination and takes on Biden again in 2024, he injected a bit of humor with a play on words.</p> <p>“I’ll jump off that bridge when I get to it,” Barr quipped.</p> <p>It seems instead that Barr just came to his senses. Trump is the presumptive nominee. It’s now time to choose the better leader, and he knows it.</p> <p>Trump has <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-responds-slams-slow-lethargic-former-ag-bill-barr/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">referred to Barr</a> as “slow, lethargic,” and accused him of being more interested in “being accepted by the corrupt Washington Media and Elite than serving the American people.”</p> <p>Barr was certainly slow in recognizing who the bigger threat to this nation is and has been.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/bill-barr-now-says-hell-support-trump-biden-is-greater-threat-to-democracy/">Bill Barr Now Says He’ll Support Trump, Biden Is ‘Greater Threat To Democracy’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Democrat Gerry Connolly Proclaims ‘Ukrainian-Russian Border Is Our Border!’ On the House Floor</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/democrat-gerry-connolly-proclaims-ukrainian-russian-border-is-our-border-on-the-house-floor/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 18:29:50 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gerry connolly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233511</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>As both establishment Democrats and Republicans – including GOP Speaker of the House Mike Johnson – pushed for the U.S. […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/democrat-gerry-connolly-proclaims-ukrainian-russian-border-is-our-border-on-the-house-floor/">Democrat Gerry Connolly Proclaims ‘Ukrainian-Russian Border Is Our Border!’ On the House Floor</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As both establishment Democrats and Republicans – including GOP Speaker of the House Mike Johnson – pushed for the U.S. to give Ukraine $61 billion in aid over the weekend, some of the things they said were mind blowing.</p> <p>Never mind the fact that after giving Ukraine well north of $100 billion already and their chances of defeating Russia getting worse by the minute, some lawmakers go beyond even that absurdity with their words.</p> <p>Democratic Congressman Gerry Connolly might have stole the show, claiming that the Russia-Ukraine border was “OUR Border.”</p> <p>‘You mean like the border between Virginia and Maryland?’ as pundit Michael Tracey joked.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The melodramatic pontificating continues with Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA). "Some say, well, we have to deal with our border first," bellows Connolly. "The Ukrainian Russian border is OUR border!" <br><br>Who knew?!? It's basically like the border between Virginia and Maryland <a href="https://t.co/51rQcpdqOd">pic.twitter.com/51rQcpdqOd</a></p>— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) <a href="https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1781679934605271252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/cnbc-host-visibly-irritated-with-pete-buttigieg-arguing-the-border-crisis-isnt-bidens-fault-did-you-see-7-2-million-people-come-in-under-trump/">CNBC Host Visibly Irritated With Pete Buttigieg Arguing The Border Crisis Isn’t Biden’s Fault: ‘Did You See 7.2 Million People Come In’ Under Trump?</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-ukrainian-russian-border-is-our-border">‘The Ukrainian-Russian Border is OUR Border’</h2> <p>“Some say we have to deal with our border first,” Connolly said on the House floor.</p> <p>He continued, “The Ukrainian-Russian border is OUR border.”</p> <p>Wow, it is? Same as America’s borders or our states’ borders? We must have missed that in geography class.</p> <p>Connolly went on, “It is the line between depraved autocracy and freedom-loving people seeking our democratic way of life. Do we have a share in that outcome? Yes. Undeniably yes. Are we going to seize this opportunity? Will we stand shoulder to shoulder with our Ukrainian brothers and sisters, who for 1151 days have been holding at bay the depraved, criminal dictator Vladimir Putin, who does not respect any norms of war?” </p> <p>“We must meet this test today,” he added. “We must stand by Ukraine’s side. Slava Ukraine!”</p> <p>What nerve he has. What country does he represent?</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rep. Gerald Connolly: <br><br>"Some say, well, we have to deal with our border first. The Ukrainian Russian border is OUR border!" <a href="https://t.co/dtsgq8fgIK">pic.twitter.com/dtsgq8fgIK</a></p>— InsidersHut (@InsidersHut) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsidersHut/status/1781734590844920016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/msnbcs-joy-reid-says-theres-something-wonderfully-poetic-about-dei-officials-prosecuting-trump/">MSNBC’s Joy Reid Says There’s Something ‘Wonderfully Poetic’ About DEI Officials Prosecuting Trump</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-american-politicians-show-zero-shame-in-sending-taxpayer-dollars-to-a-losing-effort">American Politicians Show Zero Shame in Sending Taxpayer Dollars to a Losing Effort</h2> <p>To be clear: This Democrat, as did most Democrats and many Republicans last week, believes that prioritizing America’s southern border over the Ukraine-Russia border is wrong and immoral. </p> <p>Never mind that a <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/few-americans-want-u-s-more-involved-in-current-wars-in-ukraine-and-gaza-ap-norc-poll-says">majority of Americans</a> do not want the U.S. taking part in this war anymore. Never mind that we have sent billions upon billions to Ukraine already. Never mind that they have shown little progress against Russia. Never mind that most Ukrainians don’t want to fight and that country’s government is <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/world/europe/ukraine-conscription-mobilization-bill.html">drafting them</a> to force them right into the meatgrinder.</p> <p>American politicians are going to fight tooth and nail to make sure Americans’ tax dollars go toward this unwinnable war effort. </p> <p>Forever.</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/democrat-gerry-connolly-proclaims-ukrainian-russian-border-is-our-border-on-the-house-floor/">Democrat Gerry Connolly Proclaims ‘Ukrainian-Russian Border Is Our Border!’ On the House Floor</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>The Intifada Comes to America. Now What?</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/the-intifada-comes-to-america-now-what/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[RealClearWire]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:33:34 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233519</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>By Frank Miele for RealClearPolitics “Death to America!” We are used to that chant. Maybe too used to it. If […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/the-intifada-comes-to-america-now-what/">The Intifada Comes to America. Now What?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>By Frank Miele for RealClearPolitics</em></p> <p>“Death to America!” We are used to that chant. Maybe too used to it.</p> <p>If you are old enough, you heard it in 1979 during the Iranian hostage crisis when supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini invaded the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.</p> <p>Since then, it has been a recurring theme of Islamic fundamentalism, along with “Death to Israel.” Khomeini even went so far as to declare the United States “The Great Satan” in order to goad Muslims into a religious fervor aimed at destroying America.</p> <p>Since then, we have heard “Death to America” shouted thousands of times around the globe. When the World Trade Center was destroyed in a terror attack in 2001 and thousands of innocent lives were taken there and at the Pentagon and on an empty field in Shanksville, Pa., the jarring chant was heard from the West Bank, from Gaza, from Somalia, and across the Muslim world.</p> <p>But now it is closer to home. In fact, the chant of “Death to America” is being heard on American soil, and it is being written off by some naive commentators as First Amendment-protected speech. No big deal. We were told by a Supreme Court justice once that the Constitution is not a suicide pact, but if so, then how can we tolerate the anti-American rhetoric of thousands of newcomers as “free speech” when their goal is plainly the destruction of America?</p> <p>To be specific, “Death to America” was heard earlier this month at a Dearborn, Mich., rally held on al-Quds Day, an anti-Israel holiday invented by Khomeini years ago. <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/protesters-chant-death-to-israel-and-death-to-america-at-michigan-quds-day-rally/">At the pro-Palestinian rally</a>, speaker Tarek Bazzi attacked Joe Biden for his support of Israel in the Gaza War but added, “It’s not Genocide Joe that has to go, it is the entire system that has to go. Any system that would allow such atrocities and devilry to happen and would support it – such a system does not deserve to exist on God’s earth.”</p> <p>Dearborn is the largest Muslim population center in the United States, so it is no surprise that anti-Israel rhetoric is heard there, but what we saw in the days following suggests that we are not just under attack with hateful words but also with actions that can only be described as seditious.</p> <p>On April 15, pro-Palestinian protesters shut down the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. That same day, in Oregon, traffic was shut down in one direction on Interstate 5 by protesters wielding Palestinian flags. Roads were also shut down in Seattle and Chicago to block air travelers from accessing terminals at the airports in those cities. This was a <a href="https://www.a15action.com/">coordinated effort</a>, and it promises to be the first of many, “with the aim of causing the most economic impact” in the U.S. and elsewhere in order to persuade nations to abandon Israel.</p> <p>Welcome to the global intifada, yet another disastrous result of the Biden administration’s porous border and feckless foreign policy.</p> <p>Intifada refers specifically to two separate uprisings of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank over the past four decades, but more broadly, it pertains to the continued resistance of the Palestinians to the existence of Israel. When they shout “Death to Israel,” they mean it. It should be a top priority of Congress now to determine whether they mean it when they shout “Death to America.”</p> <p>The rise of pro-Palestinian hatred in the United States should not be a surprising development to anyone. Even before President Biden opened the southern border to millions of unvetted “newcomers,” as the global elites like to call the invaders, there has been a reckless U.S. policy going back two decades to resettle Muslim refugees from Iraq, Libya, Somalia, and Afghanistan in the U.S. heartland. And because immigration policy no longer treats assimilation as a worthwhile goal, many of those refugees are loyal to their homeland and their religion much more than to the nation that offered them safety and security.</p> <p>I suppose that is an inevitable result of the globalist agenda of border dissolution and the merging of disparate populations for the purpose of sharing wealth and assuaging billionaires’ guilt.</p> <p>But it is only inevitable if the rest of us tolerate it.</p> <p>In the meantime, the Palestinians have learned the lesson of how to play the victim card. With the support of the left-wing media, they have worked tirelessly to convince the world that the bloodthirsty killers of Hamas are actually heroic freedom fighters. This is not by accident. Since the Hamas invasion of Israel on Oct. 7, Palestinian advocates have been calling on their supporters to “globalize the intifada,” a phrase that “calls for people from around the globe to participate in rising up against Israel.”</p> <p>According to the <a href="https://www.ajc.org/news/what-does-globalize-the-intifada-mean-and-how-can-it-lead-to-targeting-jews-with-violence">American Jewish Committee</a>, “Calls to ‘globalize the intifada’ contribute to the sense that people around the world need to take action against supporters of Israel around the world. Many protests have been peaceful, still some have taken violent action against Jews and their institutions. There are numerous examples of the usage of the phrase such as at a demonstration in Times Square, in front of the Consulate General of Israel in Manhattan, in central London, at Harvard University, and even on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, not far from Crown Heights, a neighborhood with a very large Hasidic Jewish population that is the home of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.”</p> <p>Just last week, pro-Palestinian students held a disruptive protest at <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/04/17/columbia-university-president-shafik-antisemitism-congressional-hearing-testify-occupy-campus/">Columbia University</a> on the very day when the university’s president, Minouche Shafik, was being grilled by members of a U.S. House committee about the rise of antisemitism on campus. Shafik testified that “One of the issues that we are actively debating now is to actually clarify where language crosses the line from protected speech to discriminatory or harassing speech.”</p> <p>As Islamic protests escalate over the next few months, that is a debate that should be quickly concluded, not just at Columbia but across America. If protesters disrupt civil society and threaten violence or insurrection, there should be no doubt about the resolve of a free society to fight back. The Department of Justice does not exist solely to prosecute Trump supporters. Attorney General Merrick Garland had better act quickly to suppress the very real insurrection about to blow across the country, or else he and his president will reap the whirlwind.</p> <p><em>Frank Miele, the retired editor of the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell, Mont., is a columnist for RealClearPolitics. His newest book, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/What-Matters-Most-Country-Heartland/dp/1732963355/">What Matters Most: God, Country, Family and Friends</a>,” is available from his <a href="https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B07L4FWTDY?_encoding=UTF8&node=283155&offset=0&pageSize=12&searchAlias=stripbooks&sort=author-sidecar-rank&page=1&langFilter=default#formatSelectorHeader">Amazon author page</a>. Visit him at <a href="https://heartlanddiaryusa.com/">HeartlandDiaryUSA.com</a> or follow him on Facebook @HeartlandDiaryUSA or on Twitter or Gettr @HeartlandDiary.</em></p> <p>Syndicated with permission <a href="https://realclearwire.com/articles/2024/04/22/the_intifada_comes_to_america_now_what_150827.html">from RealClearWire</a>.</p><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/the-intifada-comes-to-america-now-what/">The Intifada Comes to America. Now What?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Hillary Clinton: Trump Would Like To ‘Kill His Opposition’ If Re-Elected</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/hillary-clinton-trump-would-like-to-kill-his-opposition-if-re-elected/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:56:02 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233513</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Hillary Clinton made shocking statements during a recent podcast in which she appeared to suggest that former President Donald Trump […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/hillary-clinton-trump-would-like-to-kill-his-opposition-if-re-elected/">Hillary Clinton: Trump Would Like To ‘Kill His Opposition’ If Re-Elected</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hillary Clinton made shocking statements during a recent podcast in which she appeared to suggest that former President Donald Trump would like to “kill his opposition.”</p> <p>The former First Lady made that declaration during a conversation with Democrat election lawyer Marc Elias. She believes Trump will model his presidency after that of Russian President Vladimir Putin.</p> <p>“Trump was like, you know, just gaga over Putin because Putin does what Trump would like to do,” she claimed. “Kill his opposition, imprison his opposition, drive journalists and others into exile, rule without any check or balance.”</p> <p>Her rant ironically describing the Obama administration continued, suggesting Trump would also serve in the same vein as North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and saying the prospect of his return to the White House was “very scary.”</p> <p>“That’s what Trump really wants,” she states. “And so we have to be very conscious of how he sees the world because, in that world, he only sees strongmen leaders.”</p> <p>“He sees Putin, he sees Xi, he sees Kim Jong-un in North Korea. Those are the people he is modeling himself after, and we’ve been down this road in our, you know, world history. We sure don’t want to go down that again.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An unwell Crooked Hillary Clinton goes on a delusional rant claiming President Trump is "modeling himself" after Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong-un to "kill his opposition, imprison his opposition, drive journalists and others into exile" <a href="https://t.co/SKHg8s4UBH">pic.twitter.com/SKHg8s4UBH</a></p>— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1782077712837853425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/kamala-harris-falsely-claims-trump-said-he-will-weaponize-the-doj-against-his-political-opponents/#google_vignette" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Kamala Harris Falsely Claims Trump Said He Will ‘Weaponize’ The DOJ Against His Political Opponents</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-hillary-clinton-warns-that-trump-will-kill-his-opposition">Hillary Clinton Warns That Trump Will ‘Kill His Opposition’</h2> <p>You can’t sugarcoat these comments, though we’re certain the fact-checkers in media will do their best. The reality is, however, that Hillary Clinton’s comments about Trump are unhinged, tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theories with no basis in reality.</p> <p>She should be pointed toward and laughed at extensively.</p> <p>The former Secretary of State makes these comments knowing full well she is projecting on behalf of the Biden administration and the Democrat Party.</p> <p>On the very same week that Hillary Clinton contends Trump wants to “kill his opposition”, Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/19/us-news/house-democrat-introduces-bill-aimed-at-trump-that-would-strip-secret-service-protection-from-felons/">introduced a bill</a> that would strip the former President of his Secret Service detail.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here's the text of Dem Rep. Bennie Thompson's bill to deny Trump Secret Service protection if Trump is convicted. It's the 'Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable Former Protectees Act.' DISGRACED! Get it?… <a href="https://t.co/FzQ8vnKocQ">pic.twitter.com/FzQ8vnKocQ</a></p>— Byron York (@ByronYork) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1781490028222263301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Keep in mind that he’s using the pretext of the malicious prosecutions by Democrat officials as a means to implement this legislation.</p> <p>Literally trying to jail the opposition, then removing his much-needed Secret Service protection. It’s not hard to understand.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">They hate Trump so much they want to see him die in prison.</p>— Dick Jurgena (@EndOneParty) <a href="https://twitter.com/EndOneParty/status/1781648191365976348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-flips-the-script-says-he-doesnt-think-we-have-much-of-a-democracy-right-now/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Trump Says He Doesn’t Think We Have ‘Much Of A Democracy Right Now’</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-jailing-the-opposition">Jailing The Opposition</h2> <p>Clinton also says this with the backdrop of an extensive body of evidence showing the current administration actively pursuing their political opposition as criminals.</p> <p>Have you heard of the case involving <a href="https://gazette.com/news/crime/verdict-colorado-springs-area-resident-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-capitol-breach-trial-in/article_41e439fe-f0fc-11ee-9887-4fc0904851b5.html">Rebecca Lavrenz</a>? Lavrenz, a 71-year-old great-grandmother from Falcon, Colorado, was recently convicted on four federal misdemeanor charges for trespassing at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.</p> <p>She attended the rally by herself. She was wearing a red scarf and a white hat. And she joined a group of people praying outside the Capitol.</p> <p>Lavrenz is facing to up to a year in prison and ordered to pay fines of more than $200,000. The fines are excluding legal fees.</p> <p>She wandered inside the Capitol that day, after others already had, for a grand total <a href="https://gazette.com/news/crime/verdict-colorado-springs-area-resident-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-capitol-breach-trial-in/article_41e439fe-f0fc-11ee-9887-4fc0904851b5.html">of 10 minutes</a>. Praying.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who would have imagined in 1984 that 4 decades later, a grandmother, Rebecca Lavrenz, who peacefully & prayerfully entered the U.S. Capital Building on January 6th, 2021, faces months in prison, while supporters of terrorism who chant “Death to America” are not (as of this… <a href="https://t.co/KcRTBiiqNi">pic.twitter.com/KcRTBiiqNi</a></p>— David Burke 🇺🇸 (@ConservativeTht) <a href="https://twitter.com/ConservativeTht/status/1780060068375126389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>That sounds like something a little closer to what Putin would do. </p> <p>Additionally, President Biden’s Justice Department has jailed hundreds of mostly peaceful protestors from January 6th. They have jailed <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-defendants-convicted-federal-civil-rights-conspiracy-and-freedom-access-clinic" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">pro-life grandmothers</a> who protest abortion clinics. They targeted <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/leaked-fbi-memo-reportedly-shows-bureau-doj-targeting-catholics-as-violent-extremists/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Catholic churches</a>, and pursued concerned parents at school board meetings as terrorists.</p> <p>Oh, and they’re actively pursuing his main political opponent at every turn. To the tune of multiple indictments and the perpetual threat of jail time.</p> <p>Kim Jong Un would be proud, Hillary. Proud of you, your party, and your President.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/hillary-clinton-trump-would-like-to-kill-his-opposition-if-re-elected/">Hillary Clinton: Trump Would Like To ‘Kill His Opposition’ If Re-Elected</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Big Double Digit Shift Toward Trump With Voters 18-29</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/big-double-digit-shift-toward-trump-with-voters-18-29/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:47:25 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kamala Harris]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Young Voters]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233504</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Joe Biden has long led Donald Trump with voters 18-29. That was true during the 2020 presidential election and has […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/big-double-digit-shift-toward-trump-with-voters-18-29/">Big Double Digit Shift Toward Trump With Voters 18-29</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe Biden has long led Donald Trump with voters 18-29. That was true during the 2020 presidential election and has been true in this one.</p> <p>According to some new numbers, however, Trump is becoming more competitive with this age group that has historically favored Democrats.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">President Trump has closed the gap with His Fraudulency Joe Biden by double digits among voters aged 18-29.<a href="https://t.co/Mxf0wF2d0T">https://t.co/Mxf0wF2d0T</a></p>— 21 South News (@21SouthNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/21SouthNews/status/1781048160452010341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/the-rock-quickly-caused-a-liberal-meltdown-by-saying-he-wouldnt-endorse-biden/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">‘The Rock’ Quickly Caused A Liberal Meltdown By Saying He Wouldn’t Endorse Biden</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-big-shift-towards-trump-for-younger-voters"><strong>Big Shift Towards Trump for Younger Voters</strong></h2> <p>Between March 14th and 21st, the Harvard Institute of Politics <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000018e-ee5d-d3bc-adfe-fe7dafb20000" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">surveyed</a> 2,010 Americans between the ages of 18 and 29. </p> <p>The poll revealed, “If the presidential election were held today, President Biden would outperform former President Trump among both registered (50% Biden, 37% Trump) and likely young voters under 30 (56% Biden, 37% Trump). When there is no voter screen (i.e., all young adults 18-29), the race narrows to single digits, 45% for President Biden, 37% for former President Trump, with 16 percent undecided.”</p> <p>Compare this to the last presidential election. That was a close race.</p> <p>“For context,” the poll noted, “at this stage in the 2020 election, the Harvard Youth Poll showed Biden leading Trump by 23 points among all young adults (51%-28%) and by 30 points (60%- 30%) among likely voters under 30.”</p> <p>In 2020 Biden led Trump by 23 points with all voters under 30…</p> <p>Biden’s lead with 18-29 in this election is only eight points.</p> <p>That’s a major shift, and it’s a 15 shift toward Trump for these younger voters.</p> <p>There is another area where Trump has a definite advantage over Biden: voter enthusiasm, something almost non-existent on Biden’s side.</p> <p>Today, Biden’s lead among this same group has dropped to just eight points. That is a 15-point shift in Trump’s direction.</p> <p>“Three-quarters (76%) of Trump voters say they enthusiastically support their candidate,” the poll observes, “while 44% of Biden voters say the same.”</p> <p>Ouch.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So basically, 18-29 Year Olds have shifted to the Right by double digits for Trump? Not a good sign for Biden if true.</p>— Midnight Messenger (@MidnightMess777) <a href="https://twitter.com/MidnightMess777/status/1778987740542984419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-slams-highly-biased-judge-after-being-threatened-with-arrest-if-he-doesnt-attend-hush-money-trial/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Trump Slams ‘Highly Biased’ Judge After Being Threatened With Arrest If He Doesn’t Attend Hush Money Trial</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-not-optimistic-numbers-for-biden"><strong>Not Optimistic Numbers For Biden</strong></h2> <p>Other findings show that only nine percent of voters under age 30 believe the America is on the right track, and 58 percent of them say the country is on the wrong track. </p> <p>“Young people today have clear concerns about where our country is headed,” said Setti Warren, the director of the Insitute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, in <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000018e-ee5d-d3bc-adfe-fe7dafb20000" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">a news release.</a> </p> <p>“From worries about the economy, foreign policy, immigration, and climate, young people across the country are paying attention and are increasingly prepared to make their voices heard at the ballot box this November,” Warren added. </p> <p>With these young voters, Biden’s job approval rating sis 31 percent. Vice President Kamala Harris? About the same low at 32 percent. </p> <p>“Make no mistake, this is a different youth electorate than we saw in 2020 and 2022, and young voters are motivated by different things,” John Della Volpe, polling director for the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics and an expert on polling young voters, told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/18/poll-trump-cuts-into-bidens-lead-among-young-people-00152970" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Politico</a>. </p> <p>“Economic issues are top of mind, housing is a major concern — and the gap between young men’s and young women’s political preferences is pronounced,” he continued. </p> <p>Make no mistake. Joe Biden still leads with this key voter demographic.</p> <p>But not by nearly as much as he did in the already close race of 2020.</p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/big-double-digit-shift-toward-trump-with-voters-18-29/">Big Double Digit Shift Toward Trump With Voters 18-29</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Arrested As Part Of Anti-Israel Mob At Columbia University</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/ilhan-omar-daughter-arrested/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:08:34 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barnard College]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ilhan Omar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Isra Hirsi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233506</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Representative Ilhan Omar’s daughter was arrested on Thursday alongside a 108-strong anti-Israel mob as the NYPD dismantled a protest encampment […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/ilhan-omar-daughter-arrested/">Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Arrested As Part Of Anti-Israel Mob At Columbia University</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Representative Ilhan Omar’s daughter was arrested on Thursday alongside a 108-strong anti-Israel mob as the NYPD dismantled a protest encampment at Columbia University. </p> <p>The incident occurred just hours after the Squad member’s wayward child was suspended from Barnard College for her role in the protest.</p> <p>The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13326333/Ilhan-Omar-daughter-Palestine-protesters-arrested-Columbia-University.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">reports</a> that Isra Hirsi had “a worried face” as she was placed in “flex cuffs” alongside many other sit-in pro-Palestine protesters.</p> <p>The protesters were issued a summons for trespassing and released, according to the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/rep-ilhan-omars-daughter-custody-amid-nyc-anti-israel-protests-columbia-university" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">NYPD</a>.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It felt really really horrific to be standing by and watching students, so so many of whom I knew, being arrested. <br>Here's Isra Hirsi. <a href="https://t.co/GuhjJeN15w">pic.twitter.com/GuhjJeN15w</a></p>— Shayoni Mitra (@ShayoniMitra) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShayoniMitra/status/1781051032652447751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/comedian-adam-carolla-mocks-privileged-aoc-omar-following-arrest-outside-supreme-court-always-trying-to-be-martyrs/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Comedian Adam Carolla Mocks ‘Privileged’ AOC, Omar Following Arrest Outside Supreme Court</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-ilhan-omar-s-daughter-suspended-arrested"><strong>Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Suspended, Arrested</strong></h2> <p>Prior to being arrested, Omar’s daughter announced that she had been suspended from Barnard College, which is located across the street essentially from Columbia.</p> <p>Hirsi was defiant following her suspension.</p> <p>“Those of us in Gaza Solidarity Encampment will not be intimidated,” she wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. </p> <p>“We will stand resolute until our demands are met. our [sic] demands include divestment from companies complicit in genocide, transparency of @Columbia’s investments and FULL amnesty for all students facing repression,” she added. </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">those of us in Gaza Solidarity Encampment will not be intimidated. we will stand resolute until our demands are met. <br><br>our demands include divestment from companies complicit in genocide, transparency of <a href="https://twitter.com/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Columbia</a>’s investments and FULL amnesty for all students facing repression</p>— isra hirsi (@israhirsi) <a href="https://twitter.com/israhirsi/status/1780980485679641037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>There is no indication that demands have been met, nor is there any indication that the students are victims of “repression.”</p> <p>Shocking video from the protests shows one of the mob attendees shouting “We’re all Hamas” and “Long live Hamas”.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">📍 NYC – “We are Hamas … We’re all Hamas … Long live Hamas”.<br><br>Recognize these terror supporters? DM us! <a href="https://t.co/RmjQL7678q">pic.twitter.com/RmjQL7678q</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1780760408116359601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>On Thursday evening, Mayor Eric Adams informed the crowd that university president Nemat Shafik requested the police to remove a “clear and present danger” to safety on campus.</p> <p>They were given ample warning and remained.</p> <p>Some of the protesters were seen physically carried away from the encampment.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ilhan Omar's psycho daughter just got suspended from Barnard over her Hamas activism, and she has a Soviet hammer & sickle emoji in her bio + pronouns. Perfection. <a href="https://t.co/xhgMestxAs">pic.twitter.com/xhgMestxAs</a></p>— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/1781000986032771289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/ilhan-omar-responds-to-being-called-jihad-squad-member-by-boebert-calls-republicans-husband-a-pervert/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Ilhan Omar Responds To Being Called ‘Jihad Squad Member’ By Boebert</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-omar-arrested-in-d-c">Omar ‘Arrested’ In D.C.</h2> <p>Many critics of the congresswoman were quick to suggest the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Why? Omar, likewise, was arrested at a protest in Washington, D.C. back in 2022.</p> <p>Unlike Hirsi, however, Omar and fellow Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) faked being handcuffed when they were taken away.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Correction : it’s not clear in this video of <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ilhanmn</a> that she is in handcuffs – staff says she has been taken into custody along with other MOC during a pro abortion rights protest – it looks at the end of the clip that she is not in cuffs <a href="https://t.co/PLtGJ2dR5C">pic.twitter.com/PLtGJ2dR5C</a></p>— esme murphy (@esmemurphy) <a href="https://twitter.com/esmemurphy/status/1549465159919353856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>Comedian Adam Corolla subsequently ripped AOC and Omar for the performance art.</p> <p>“It’s insane how these women, who are amongst the most privileged people not only in the United States, but in the planet and on the planet, have to turn themselves into martyrs,” Carolla said.</p> <p>“‘I’m going to constantly count myself among the oppressed,’” he added, speaking as if he were the congresswoman.</p> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/embed.js?id=6309773648112&w=466&h=263"></script><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com">foxbusiness.com</a></noscript> <p>Mayor Adams says the police acted to ensure the safety of fellow students and staff.</p> <p>“Columbia University’s students have a proud history of protests and raising their voices,” he said. “But we will not be a city of lawlessness.”</p> <p>The city, however, is currently being overrun by lawless illegal immigrants.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/ilhan-omar-daughter-arrested/">Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Arrested As Part Of Anti-Israel Mob At Columbia University</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>International Money Fund Warns on U.S. Debt ‘Something Will Have to Give’</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/international-money-fund-warns-on-u-s-debt-something-will-have-to-give/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[The Center Square]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:49:11 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233502</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>By Brett Rowland (The Center Square) The International Monetary Fund warned the United States that government spending and increasing national […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/international-money-fund-warns-on-u-s-debt-something-will-have-to-give/">International Money Fund Warns on U.S. Debt ‘Something Will Have to Give’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>By Brett Rowland (The Center Square)</em></p> <p>The International Monetary Fund warned the United States that government spending and increasing national debt are not sustainable and could hurt the global economy.</p> <p>The Washington, D.C.-based group that represents 190 member countries also called the U.S. economy “overheated.” The debt warning follows several other high-profile calls to address growing U.S. debt. </p> <p>“Amid mounting debt, now is the time to bring back sustainable public finances,” according to the latest IMF Fiscal Monitor report. </p> <p>In its latest <strong><a href="https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/FM/Issues/2024/04/17/fiscal-monitor-april-2024" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">World Economic Outlook</a></strong>, the IMF warned that the U.S. national debt and deficit could push inflation levels higher.</p> <p>“The exceptional recent performance of the United States is certainly impressive and a major driver of global growth, but it reflects strong demand factors as well, including a fiscal stance that is out of line with long-term fiscal sustainability,” according to the report. “This raises short-term risks to the disinflation process, as well as longer-term fiscal and financial stability risks for the global economy since it risks pushing up global funding costs. Something will have to give.”</p> <p>In a blog post, IMF Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said the U.S. must take a gradual approach.</p> <p>“The strong recent performance of the United States reflects robust productivity and employment growth, but also strong demand in an economy that remains overheated,” he wrote. “This calls for a cautious and gradual approach to easing by the Federal Reserve.”</p> <p>David Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States and a member of the Main Street Economics Advisory Board, said Congress must take action.</p> <p>“The International Monetary Fund is the latest independent entity to voice concern regarding the U.S. federal government’s overspending practices and failure to take steps to restore long-term financial stability,” he said. “Despite that fact, our federal elected representatives continue to turn a blind eye to the soaring national debt and federal financial mismanagement. As Americans, We the People must engage with our Congressional representatives and demand that they take steps to restore federal fiscal sanity and sustainability.”</p> <p>Similar warnings about U.S. debt have been coming from both inside and outside the government. </p> <p>In November 2023, Moody’s Investors Service gave the federal government a <strong><a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f3b0328c-8e0a-11ee-9c81-1f344dcd5763.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">negative credit outlook</a></strong>citing large deficits, high interest rates and waning political interest in addressing the nation’s deficit. The other two credit-rating agencies, S&P Global and Fitch, grade U.S. credit at AA+. In August 2023, Fitch Ratings <strong><a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_020c5710-354c-11ee-bae5-1bed52269e2f.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">decided</a></strong> to downgrade the government’s credit rating from the highest level of AAA down one tier to AA+. Fitch pointed to the U.S. government’s high national debt and deficits and an “erosion of governance.”</p> <p>In February, a Congressional watchdog told President Joe Biden and Congress that the federal government is on an “unsustainable long-term fiscal path.”</p> <p>The <strong><a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_6fa899e4-c5f4-11ee-9a20-5f87d680c9d5.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">report</a></strong> from the U.S Government Accountability Office highlighted the challenges. And a Congressional Budget Office report from February found federal spending is projected to remain unsustainable in the decades to come.</p> <p>“The federal government faces an unsustainable long-term fiscal path,” according to the U.S Government Accountability Office report. “We project that debt held by the public as a share of the economy will more than double over the next 30 years and will grow faster than the economy over the long term if current revenue and spending policies are not changed.”</p> <p><em>Syndicated with permission <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f06e1148-fd90-11ee-9857-1f7523e14b12.html">from The Center Square</a>.</em></p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/international-money-fund-warns-on-u-s-debt-something-will-have-to-give/">International Money Fund Warns on U.S. Debt ‘Something Will Have to Give’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Rand Paul Hammers GOP Speaker Mike Johnson For Pushing Foreign Aid Package: ‘What Do Americans Get?’</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/mike-johnson-aid-package/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:39:12 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mike Johnson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rand Paul]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233498</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson is forging ahead with a House vote this weekend to send tens of billions overseas. The […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/mike-johnson-aid-package/">Rand Paul Hammers GOP Speaker Mike Johnson For Pushing Foreign Aid Package: ‘What Do Americans Get?’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson is forging ahead with a House vote this weekend to send tens of billions overseas.</p> <p>The $95 billion bill provides aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and other American allies. Johnson (R-LA) posted on X that the bill would be broken up into separate votes.</p> <p>“The text of three bills that will fund America’s national security interests and allies in Israel, the Indo-Pacific, and Ukraine,” Johnson reportedly texted to other House members.</p> <p>A fourth vote <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/us/politics/johnson-ukraine-israel-aid-house.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">will consider</a> making Ukraine aid a loan, a potential nationwide ban on TikTok, new sanctions on Iran, and a measure allowing the President to confiscate Russian assets that have been frozen and use them to fund the Ukrainian war effort.</p> <p>“We’ve taken the Senate supplemental bill and we’ve improved the process and policy, and that’s a really important thing,” Johnson said. “Every member gets to vote their own conscience.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I have just spoken with the <a href="https://twitter.com/HouseGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HouseGOP</a> conference on my plan to address national security supplemental legislation on the growing security crises.<br> <br>This week, we will consider separate bills with a structured and germane amendment process to:<br><br>•Fund our ally Israel<br>•Support…</p>— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1780005877132444038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-wants-lawmakers-who-vote-for-ukraine-aid-forced-into-ukrainian-military/">Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Lawmakers Who Vote For Ukraine Aid Forced Into Ukrainian Military</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-rand-paul-slams-mike-johnson-over-aid-package">Rand Paul Slams Mike Johnson Over Aid Package</h2> <p>Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) criticized the foreign aid package on social media. He declares it a “Uniparty” effort that puts “America last.”</p> <p>“Speaker Johnson and the Uniparty are united behind their laundry list of bad ideas,” he wrote. “From borrowing $95 billion from China to send it to other countries to killing a FISA warrant requirement — they’re ticking all the boxes to put America last.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Speaker Johnson and the Uniparty are united behind their laundry list of bad ideas. From borrowing $95 billion from China to send it to other countries to killing a FISA warrant requirement — they’re ticking all the boxes to put America last.</p>— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1780652132196123028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Paul broke down the details of the bill in a follow-up post. The bullet points have left many Americans wondering why nobody in Washington seemingly cares. Why do they not care about our own citizens’ inability to afford gas and groceries? The <em>millions</em> of illegal immigrants streaming across <em>our</em> border?</p> <p>The entire package goes to Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific. The bulk of it – nearly 64% – heads to Ukraine, which has already been the heavy beneficiary of American taxpayer dollars.</p> <p>“What do Americans get?” Paul subsequently asks of Speaker Mike Johnson’s championed aid package. “Inflation and wide-open borders.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Their latest America Last Legislation:<br><br>Ukraine: $60.84 billion<br>Israel: $26.38 billion<br>Indo-Pacific: $8.12 billion<br>Tiktok Ban<br>REPO Act<br><br>What do Americans get? Inflation and wide-open borders.</p>— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1780652133399908747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/rand-paul-no-difference-speaker-mike-johnson-democrats/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Rand Paul: There’s No Difference Between Speaker Mike Johnson and The Democrats</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-biden-is-thrilled">Biden Is Thrilled</h2> <p>President Biden is practically champing at the bit to get the opportunity to sign the aid package being pushed by Speaker Mike Johnson.</p> <p>“I strongly support this package to get critical support to Israel and Ukraine, provide desperately needed humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, and bolster security and stability in the Indo-Pacific,” he said. </p> <p>“I will sign this into law immediately to send a message to the world: We stand with our friends, and we won’t let Iran or Russia succeed.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How do you know we're getting screwed on the foreign aid bills?<br><br>Joe Biden has come out immediately in support of Speaker Johnson's plan for $90+ billion for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.<br><br>Reports say Schumer is gloating to his colleagues on the Senate floor that Democrats are…</p>— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1780680113291719143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>The signs are obviously everywhere. Democrats once again seem pleased with a Republican Speaker playing ball to accomplish things that address the needs of foreign nations.</p> <p>GOP lawmakers evidently have an unhealthy obsession with being seen as bipartisan rather than doing what their voters want.</p> <p>As Paul says, basically, “What do Americans get?”</p> <p>Remember when President Trump wanted <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/01/19/686876605/trump-offers-temporary-immigrant-protections-for-5-7-billion-in-wall-money" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">a few billion</a> to build a border wall to secure America? That amount could easily be tossed into this package. It wouldn’t affect a thing and would still rank as the lowest allocated amount in the bill.</p> <p>But it’s always, always, always, America last, every other nation first. When will it end?</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/mike-johnson-aid-package/">Rand Paul Hammers GOP Speaker Mike Johnson For Pushing Foreign Aid Package: ‘What Do Americans Get?’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Lawmakers Who Vote For Ukraine Aid Forced Into Ukrainian Military</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-wants-lawmakers-who-vote-for-ukraine-aid-forced-into-ukrainian-military/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:05:43 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marjorie Taylor Greene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233496</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Most conservative Republicans are very much against the over $60 billion in new Ukraine aid that the GOP and Democratic […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-wants-lawmakers-who-vote-for-ukraine-aid-forced-into-ukrainian-military/">Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Lawmakers Who Vote For Ukraine Aid Forced Into Ukrainian Military</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most conservative Republicans are very much against the over $60 billion in new Ukraine aid that the GOP and Democratic establishments desperately want. Especially considering the billions America has already spent there.</p> <p>Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has a great idea: House members who insist on voting for this aid can also go over there and fight in the Ukrainian military.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced an amendment requiring members to “conscript in the Ukrainian military” if they vote for the Ukraine supplemental bill. <a href="https://t.co/n0SykKpA3I">pic.twitter.com/n0SykKpA3I</a></p>— Juliegrace Brufke (@juliegraceb) <a href="https://twitter.com/juliegraceb/status/1780746806692859936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/msnbcs-joy-reid-says-theres-something-wonderfully-poetic-about-dei-officials-prosecuting-trump/">MSNBC’s Joy Reid Says There’s Something ‘Wonderfully Poetic’ About DEI Officials Prosecuting Trump</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-greene-to-pro-ukraine-aid-house-members-why-don-t-you-go-fight">Greene to Pro-Ukraine Aid House Members: ‘Why Don’t You Go Fight’</h2> <p>Greene introduced an amendment to the proposed aid on Wednesday.</p> <p>The bill would force members of Congress who vote to send more of our money to Ukraine to also go there and fight the war themselves.</p> <p>“Any Member of Congress who votes in favor of this Act shall be required to conscript in the Ukrainian military,” the amendment reads.</p> <p>Few expect Greene’s amendment to make into the final bill – bet her point is still taken.</p> <p>Greene and other Republicans have been staunch opponents of Ukraine aid and are slamming of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who on Wednesday presented the text of three aid bills for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. </p> <p>So much for America First.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I mean if you want to fund the war, why don’t you go fight in it. <br><br>Show your support for Ukraine. <a href="https://t.co/J7JIvJgji5">https://t.co/J7JIvJgji5</a></p>— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1780753558943494411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-slams-highly-biased-judge-after-being-threatened-with-arrest-if-he-doesnt-attend-hush-money-trial/">Trump Slams ‘Highly Biased’ Judge After Being Threatened With Arrest If He Doesn’t Attend Hush Money Trial</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-vacate-johnson">Vacate Johnson?</h2> <p>Greene has even filed a notion to vacate Johnson from his Speaker post, something her fellow Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has also signed off on over this insistence on sending even more taxpayer dollars abroad.</p> <p>Over in the Senate, Rand Paul agrees with Massie and Greene about Johnson.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">KY Sen. Rand Paul told me today "Thomas Massie's doing the right thing" after his fellow Kentuckian called on House Speaker Mike Johnson to resign from his leadership position <a href="https://twitter.com/SpectrumNews1KY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpectrumNews1KY</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SpectrumNewsDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpectrumNewsDC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RandPaul</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepThomasMassie</a> <a href="https://t.co/YzqI7MGbfM">pic.twitter.com/YzqI7MGbfM</a></p>— Erin Kelly (@ErinKYSpectrum) <a href="https://twitter.com/ErinKYSpectrum/status/1780642126168002749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/the-rock-quickly-caused-a-liberal-meltdown-by-saying-he-wouldnt-endorse-biden/">‘The Rock’ Quickly Caused A Liberal Meltdown By Saying He Wouldn’t Endorse Biden</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-america-last">America Last</h2> <p>America First is either something conservatives believe in or not. If Republican leadership is hellbent on sending billions to foreign countries instead of either letting Americans pay less in taxes or using it to fix problems in the U.S., what is the point of even having Republican leadership?</p> <p>Joe Biden loves Mike Johnson’s plan.</p> <p>The president said in a statement on Wednesday, “I strongly support this package to get critical support to Israel and Ukraine, provide desperately needed humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, and bolster security and stability in the Indo-Pacific. Israel is facing unprecedented attacks from Iran, and Ukraine is facing continued bombardment from Russia that has intensified dramatically in the last month.”</p> <p>Marjorie Taylor Greene’s idea to make Congress members go fight might be the best idea in this whole debate.</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-wants-lawmakers-who-vote-for-ukraine-aid-forced-into-ukrainian-military/">Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Lawmakers Who Vote For Ukraine Aid Forced Into Ukrainian Military</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>MSNBC’s Joy Reid Says There’s Something ‘Wonderfully Poetic’ About DEI Officials Prosecuting Trump</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/msnbcs-joy-reid-says-theres-something-wonderfully-poetic-about-dei-officials-prosecuting-trump/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:53:36 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fani willis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[joy reid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Letitia James]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MSNBC]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233491</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>MSNBC host Joy Reid could hardly contain her excitement over the fact that several “DEI officials” are behind the prosecution […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/msnbcs-joy-reid-says-theres-something-wonderfully-poetic-about-dei-officials-prosecuting-trump/">MSNBC’s Joy Reid Says There’s Something ‘Wonderfully Poetic’ About DEI Officials Prosecuting Trump</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MSNBC host Joy Reid could hardly contain her excitement over the fact that several “DEI officials” are behind the prosecution of former President Donald Trump.</p> <p>The acronym DEI stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Critics of such policies suggest it is outright racism, using skin color or other demographics in hiring practices. In other words, affirmative action. Something the Supreme Court recently ended for college admissions.</p> <p>Reid, in a segment with fellow host Lawrence O’Donnell, says black attorneys going after Trump is “wonderfully poetic.”</p> <p>“But for me, there is something wonderfully poetic about the fact … the first person to actually criminally prosecute Donald Trump is a black Harvard grad,” Reid <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-host-praises-deis-prosecuting-trump-wonderfully-poetic" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">beams</a>.</p> <p>She then falsely suggests former Trump officials “never” want to see black people “at Harvard Law School.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joy Reid: "For me, there is something wonderfully poetic about the fact that the first person to criminally prosecute Donald Trump is a black Harvard grad. And a black woman is doing the same exact thing in Georgia. And a black woman forced you to pay a $175 million dollar fine.… <a href="https://t.co/Yo0S6lvZ7V">pic.twitter.com/Yo0S6lvZ7V</a></p>— TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href="https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1780339209611407698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/joy-reids-racist-rant-on-mlk-day-white-christians-are-overrepresented-in-iowa/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Joy Reid’s Racist Rant On MLK Day – White Christians Are ‘Overrepresented’</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-joy-reid-cheers-to-msnbc-panel-go-my-deis">Joy Reid Cheers To MSNBC Panel – ‘Go My DEIs’</h2> <p>MSNBC host Joy Reid then pivoted to the alleged election interference charges in Georgia, as well as the <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/former-obama-fundraiser-blasts-letitia-james-for-trying-to-seize-trumps-assets-trying-to-inflict-pain-before-trump-wins-appeal/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">widely panned</a> civil fraud lawsuit in New York.</p> <p>“And a black woman is doing that same exact thing in Georgia, and a black woman forced you to pay a $175 million fine,” Reid adds.</p> <p>She is referring to District Attorney Fani Willis in Georgia and New York Attorney General Letitia James. </p> <p>“Donald Trump is being held to account by the very multicultural, multiracial democracy that he’s trying to dismantle … It says something good about our country that we’re still capable of having that happen,” she says.</p> <p>Reid then cheerleads: “Go, DEI. My DEIs are bringing it home.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yikes. <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoyAnnReid</a> admitted it, these cases are about revenge, not justice. <a href="https://t.co/fvtYKalxSR">https://t.co/fvtYKalxSR</a></p>— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolitiBunny/status/1780380377967628623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/joy-reid-accuses-desantis-of-turning-florida-into-a-right-wing-fantasy-land-and-were-all-for-it/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Joy Reid Accuses DeSantis of Turning Florida Into a ‘Right-Wing Fantasy Land’ And We’re All For It</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-reid-republicans-are-anti-dei-because-they-can-t-stand-black-people">Reid – Republicans Are Anti-DEI Because They Can’t Stand Black People</h2> <p>In a career mired in mediocrity and the absurd, Joy Reid’s comments about DEI are pretty impressive. </p> <p>But it’s also pretty revealing on a few counts:</p> <ul><li>She’s admitting the prosecutions are more about revenge for perceived racism than they are about the law.</li> <li>It’s proof that DEI hiring is fraught with pitfalls since each of these people she is celebrating <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/former-obama-fundraiser-blasts-letitia-james-for-trying-to-seize-trumps-assets-trying-to-inflict-pain-before-trump-wins-appeal/">has been</a> <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/alvin-braggs-soft-crime-policies-face-scrutiny-manhattan-da-goes-after-trump-1789040">widely ridiculed</a> by <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/15/donald-trump-georgia-prosecutor-takeaways/72984706007/">legal experts</a> as either overreaching or generally incompetent at their jobs.</li> <li>With so many prominent black officials it’s almost as if there’s no ‘systemic racism’ to be upset about.</li></ul> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I love Joy Anne-Weave because she just says the quiet part out loud <a href="https://t.co/mhgk81nZbK">https://t.co/mhgk81nZbK</a></p>— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) <a href="https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1780357528146120718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Reid recently accused Republicans of opposing racist DEI hiring practices because they “can’t stand black people.”</p> <p>“At this point, it’s evident what they mean by DEI, right? It means black people. It’s the reason the right complained about Critical Race Theory. It’s not fashionable to be openly racist anymore in America unlike what they call the good old days,” she <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/03/27/msnbc-reid-gop-is-anti-dei-because-they-cant-stand-black-people/">ranted</a>.</p> <p>“So just say what you mean,” Reid added. “You can’t stand black people. We get it. You’ve been heard.”</p> <p>Reid has been under fire previously for <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/31/msnbc-stays-silent-as-joy-reid-comes-under-more-scrutiny-616111">bigoted, homophobic</a> blog posts, which she claims were posted by hackers. She was not held accountable by MSNBC.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/msnbcs-joy-reid-says-theres-something-wonderfully-poetic-about-dei-officials-prosecuting-trump/">MSNBC’s Joy Reid Says There’s Something ‘Wonderfully Poetic’ About DEI Officials Prosecuting Trump</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Is It Finally Time To Defund NPR After Journalist Suspended for Revealing the Truth About Bias?</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/is-it-finally-time-to-defund-npr-after-journalist-suspended-for-revealing-the-truth-about-bias/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:09:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[katherine maher]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NPR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[uri berliner]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233489</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Many conservatives for many years have wanted to end the government funding of National Public Radio. Recently resurfaced tweets from […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/is-it-finally-time-to-defund-npr-after-journalist-suspended-for-revealing-the-truth-about-bias/">Is It Finally Time To Defund NPR After Journalist Suspended for Revealing the Truth About Bias?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many conservatives for many years have wanted to end the government funding of National Public Radio.</p> <p>Recently resurfaced tweets from NPR CEO Katherine Maher combined with the suspension of an NPR editor after he called out the outlet’s leftwing bias has renewed the idea that maybe taxpayers shouldn’t be funding it anymore.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Senior <a href="https://twitter.com/NPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NPR</a> editor <a href="https://twitter.com/uberliner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@uberliner</a> has been suspended from the public radio network he's served for 25 years after sharing concerns about bias in The Free Press: <a href="https://t.co/EclQJO838a">https://t.co/EclQJO838a</a> <a href="https://t.co/mEfJu0rg1a">pic.twitter.com/mEfJu0rg1a</a></p>— The Free Press (@TheFP) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheFP/status/1780218177168838711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/the-rock-quickly-caused-a-liberal-meltdown-by-saying-he-wouldnt-endorse-biden/">‘The Rock’ Quickly Caused A Liberal Meltdown By Saying He Wouldn’t Endorse Biden</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-it-was-never-a-secret-that-npr-has-liberal-bias">It Was Never a Secret That NPR Has Liberal Bias</h2> <p>NPR head Maher has a history of expressing <a href="https://twitter.com/krmaher/status/1219380413837316102">support</a> for racial reparations and climate change ideology – fitting for her new gig.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yes, the North, yes all of us, yes America. Yes, our original collective sin and unpaid debt. Yes, reparations. Yes, on this day.</p>— Katherine Maher (@krmaher) <a href="https://twitter.com/krmaher/status/1219380413837316102?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2020</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Or, I dunno, the planet is literally burning and it took until my early thirties to stop living paycheck to paycheck, and maybe giant ethical gamble for children in question has become clear? Unless of course you’re suffused with enough privilege to not have to wonder… <a href="https://t.co/CCRTYV0o3E">https://t.co/CCRTYV0o3E</a></p>— Katherine Maher (@krmaher) <a href="https://twitter.com/krmaher/status/1167230541331959808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Conservative activist Christopher Rufo found these old tweets, something that was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/business/media/npr-chief-executive-criticized-over-tweets.html">mentioned</a> in the<em> </em>New York Times. </p> <p>Maher’s past social media posts are newsworthy. Veteran NPR reporter <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/npr-veteran-illustrates-newsrooms-lost-credibility/">Uri Berliner wrote an article</a> for The Free Press that accused his longtime outlet of having a “liberal bent” and a lack of diversity in viewpoints.</p> <p>Berliner, who worked at NPR for 25 years, was suspended for five days not long after.</p> <p>He explored how NPR had run stories about Hunter Biden’s controversial laptop in 2020 being reported as “Russian disinformation” and the Covid-19 Wuhan lab origin theory being treated as a conspiracy theory as examples where no one is held accountable.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-berliner-speaks-about-bias">Berliner Speaks About Bias</h2> <p>“It is one thing to swing and miss on a major story,” Berliner writes. “Unfortunately, it happens. You follow the wrong leads, you get misled by sources you trusted, you’re emotionally invested in a narrative, and bits of circumstantial evidence never add up. It’s bad to blow a big story.”</p> <p>“What’s worse is to pretend it never happened, to move on with no mea culpas, no self-reflection,” he continued. “Especially when you expect high standards of transparency from public figures and institutions, but don’t practice those standards yourself. That’s what shatters trust and engenders cynicism about the media.”</p> <p>Berliner said that NPR was hostage to all the typical leftwing tropes.</p> <p>“Race and identity became paramount in nearly every aspect of the workplace,” he wrote. “Journalists were required to ask everyone we interviewed their race, gender, and ethnicity (among other questions), and had to enter it in a centralized tracking system. We were given unconscious bias training sessions. A growing DEI staff offered regular meetings imploring us to ‘start talking about race.’ Monthly dialogues were offered for ‘women of color’ and ‘men of color.’ Nonbinary people of color were included, too.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NPR's 'Woke' CEO Suspends NPR Journalist Who Called Out Bias at Taxpayer-Funded Outlet<br><br>NPR’s new chief executive Katherine Maher has suspended veteran journalist Uri Berliner over his article calling out the network's rabid left-wing bias, noting that there were 87 Democrats… <a href="https://t.co/NZWPKOe8iG">pic.twitter.com/NZWPKOe8iG</a></p>— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) <a href="https://twitter.com/kylenabecker/status/1780241181424706002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/fox-news-legal-analyst-trump-held-to-different-standard-hillary-clinton/">Fox News Legal Analyst Greg Jarrett: Trump Held To Different Standard, ‘Hillary Clinton Did The Same Thing’</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-defund-npr-now">Defund NPR Now</h2> <p>Maher responded to Berliner’s criticisms in a statement, saying, “In America everyone is entitled to free speech as a private citizen. What matters is NPR’s work and my commitment as its CEO: public service, editorial independence, and the mission to serve all of the American public. NPR is independent, beholden to no party, and without commercial interests.”</p> <p>Yeah right.</p> <p>It’s true, everyone is entitled to free speech.</p> <p>But NPR is not entitled to American tax dollars to fund only the narrow views they hold.</p> <p>NPR should have been defunded a long time ago. But there’s still no time like the present.</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/is-it-finally-time-to-defund-npr-after-journalist-suspended-for-revealing-the-truth-about-bias/">Is It Finally Time To Defund NPR After Journalist Suspended for Revealing the Truth About Bias?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Covenant School Teacher Argues Against Bill Allowing Armed Teachers</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/covenant-school-teacher-argues-against-bill-allowing-armed-teachers/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:17:26 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[covenant school]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nashville]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233482</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>After a deadly school shooting tragedy in Nashville in March of 2023 that took six lives, the Tennessee House is […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/covenant-school-teacher-argues-against-bill-allowing-armed-teachers/">Covenant School Teacher Argues Against Bill Allowing Armed Teachers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After a deadly school shooting tragedy in Nashville in March of 2023 that took six lives, the Tennessee House is looking at passing a bill that would let teachers carry a concealed gun this week.</p> <p>Staff members in both private and public schools would be allowed carry if they take part in a 40-hour training session and then get a stamp of approval by authorities.</p> <p>But surprisingly, some teachers and mothers want to stop this bill. One specific teacher’s arguments against the bill are going viral for being utter nonsense. </p> <p>Watch:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nashville Covenant school teaches speaks against bill to arm teachers: <br><br>"I simply cannot imagine how I could have pulled out a gun with 10 children under foot and in my arms. I think of all the terrible things that could have gone wrong had I had a gun.” <a href="https://t.co/usS0HbeBVg">pic.twitter.com/usS0HbeBVg</a></p>— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1779996756660371732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-slams-highly-biased-judge-after-being-threatened-with-arrest-if-he-doesnt-attend-hush-money-trial/">Trump Slams ‘Highly Biased’ Judge After Being Threatened With Arrest If He Doesn’t Attend Hush Money Trial</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-school-mothers-against-teachers-using-concealed-carry">School Mothers Against Teachers Using Concealed Carry</h2> <p>Tennessee’s WSMV 4 <a href="https://www.wsmv.com/2024/04/15/covenant-school-moms-try-stall-house-bill-arm-teachers/">reports</a>, “On Monday, Melissa Alexander came to the Cordell Hull Building with her son, a Covenant School student, for a press conference about the bill. ‘My son is sitting right here because he was protected by his teacher that day,’ she pointed out. She, along with Mary Joyce, was there to advocate not only as parents but also for educators.”</p> <p>They read a statement from a Covenant School teacher to try and stop the bill.</p> <p>“I simply cannot imagine how I could have pulled out a gun with 10 children underfoot and in my arms,” Alexander read from the statement.</p> <p>The words are from a preschool teacher who watched over 13 students in a small closet the day of the shooting.</p> <p>“As we heard shots over and over, we worked to comfort the frightened children,” read Alexander.</p> <p>According to the moms, they believe teachers should stay with the students to help calm them down in the event of such an emergency.</p> <p>“It is only because of their teacher that the students remained quiet and watched the shooter’s feet walk right past the door,” said Alexander. </p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-bogus-argument">Bogus Argument?</h2> <p>“What if she hadn’t been there to help the children and went after the shooter?” she added.</p> <p>Joyce worried that the legislation did not address if parents and most staff would even know if a teacher was armed until an emergency happened.</p> <p>“With no time to prepare they would watch their teacher run off down the hallway while they had to lock their door, pull down the shade, take shelter in the hard corner of the classroom and stay quiet and calm without any supervision,” said Joyce.</p> <p>The arguments seem to claim that armed teachers must all “run off after” a gunman, which seems like a strawman. An armed teacher would stay put where they are, <em>in the event a shooter entered their classroom.</em> As exactly what happened during the Covenant shooting.</p> <p>No one is calling for teachers to stack up and go on search and destroy missions. They’re just calling for a teacher to have a firearm in the event a shooter is at the door.</p> <p>What “terrible things” would have gone wrong if that teacher was holding a pistol while calming her students? </p> <p>The horrible, honest question is, “What would have happened if the shooter entered her classroom and she was unarmed, as happened in other classrooms?” </p> <p>Sadly, we have too many examples to list to know the answer to that question.</p> <p></p> <p></p><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/covenant-school-teacher-argues-against-bill-allowing-armed-teachers/">Covenant School Teacher Argues Against Bill Allowing Armed Teachers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>U.S. Strategic Command Employee’s Teacher Wife Caught Naked With Student</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/teacher-caught-naked-with-student-wife-strategic-command-employee/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen J. Anderson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:08:33 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[doug ward]]></category> <category><![CDATA[erin ward]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233480</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>This weekend, a Nebraska teacher was caught in the nude with a high school student by local police. The chase […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/teacher-caught-naked-with-student-wife-strategic-command-employee/">U.S. Strategic Command Employee’s Teacher Wife Caught Naked With Student</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This weekend, a Nebraska teacher was caught in the nude with a high school student by local police. The chase that ensued before their actual capture would be embarrassing enough for both parties.</p> <p>However, the investigation has disclosed that the teacher in question is also the wife of a Department of Defense employee. The events surrounding this story range from both ridiculous to concerning.</p> <p>Unfortunately, sexual misconduct at public schools keeps popping up. Let’s take a look at this latest scandal and how other public school sex scandals are occurring across the country.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today's modern government public school teacher-Married teacher, Erin Ward caught naked in car with male student, 17, is the wife of Harvard-educated Department of Defense commander Doug Ward. <a href="https://t.co/sBC35bQm2X">pic.twitter.com/sBC35bQm2X</a></p>— Ron Milner (@RonMilnerBoodle) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonMilnerBoodle/status/1780017778667172309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-an-embarrassment">An embarrassment</h2> <p>Substitute teacher Erin Ward was <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/14/us-news/married-nebraska-teacher-caught-naked-in-car-with-student-who-makes-a-run-for-it-in-his-underwear/">caught</a> naked with a 17-year-old student in her car Saturday night. The teacher was caught after having her car reported for suspicious activity at around three in the morning.</p> <p>Upon police arrival, the young man got out of the back of the car in the buff and proceeded to get in the driver’s seat in an attempt to get away. The troubled teen ended up wrecking the vehicle after just two blocks, after which he took off running.</p> <p>Mrs. Ward was apprehended at that time. After getting dressed and discovering her teacher ID, she <a href="https://people.com/married-teacher-allegedly-caught-undressed-car-teen-student-8631480">admitted</a> to having sexual intercourse with the teenager.</p> <p>The boy was eventually found wearing just his underwear and a t-shirt. In addition to being a very naughty substitute teacher, Mrs. Ward is also the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13310935/erin-ward-nebraska-teacher-husband-doug-married-children-daughter.html">spouse</a> of a DOD employee.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW: The woman who was found naked in a car with her student, is married to Department of Defense commander William Ward.<br><br>Erin Ward was charged with felony s*xual abuse for hooking up with a teen in her husband's car.<br><br>Her husband 'Doug' Ward is a high ranking government… <a href="https://t.co/mOYb7WCddK">pic.twitter.com/mOYb7WCddK</a></p>— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1780037755629867464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>William Douglas Ward is the Deputy Director of the Commander’s Action Group and the Senior Nuclear Deterrence Advisor at the United States Strategic Command, commonly referred to as STRATCOM. STRATCOM’s primary mission is to detect and deter attacks.</p> <p>Unfortunately, Mr. Ward could not detect and deter his wife’s extramarital activities.</p> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/bill-maher-says-hes-okay-with-abortion-being-murder-because-of-overpopulation/">Bill Maher Says He’s ‘Okay’ With Abortion Being ‘Murder’ Because of Overpopulation</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-disturbing-trend">Disturbing trend</h2> <p>While Mrs. Ward is <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/us-news/nebraska-teacher-45-caught-naked-in-car-with-teen-is-married-to-government-official/">dodging</a> a statutory rape charge thanks to Nebraska’s age of consent being 16, she is being charged with sexual abuse by a school employee. The Douglas County Deputy District Attorney Brenda Beadle <a href="https://www.ketv.com/article/omaha-prosecutors-investigate-teacher-sexual-abuse/60503305">said</a> of the incident:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“If it’s an ongoing relationship, which is what we see here, then I consider that grooming.”</p></blockquote> <p>Grooming, in this case, is the act of a school employee actively engaging in and encouraging inappropriate relations with students and children. Unfortunately, this latest event in Omaha isn’t a one-off instance.</p> <p>This week, a former Chicago Public School student filed a lawsuit against the district related to sexual abuse she’d experienced. While attending the Greater Lawndale High School for Social Justice, the student referred to as Jane Doe was sexually abused over multiple years by the dean of students, Brian Crowder.</p> <p>The attorneys for the case <a href="https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/11/former-student-suing-chicago-public-schools-following-years-alleged-sexual-abuse">wrote</a>:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“The silence and inaction of CPS, by and through its administration, faculty, staff, and other agents, facilitated Brian Crowder’s grooming and exploitation of Jane Doe, a student in their care, for the duration of her time as a student at LVLHS from 2012 – 2016.”</p></blockquote> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/whoopi-goldberg-claims-abortion-isnt-covered-in-ten-commandments-its-you-your-doctor-and-god/">Whoopi Goldberg Claims Abortion Isn’t Covered In Ten Commandments – ‘It’s You, Your Doctor, And God’</a></strong></p> <p>Meanwhile, out in northern Virginia, there have been three current or former Loudoun County Public School employees <a href="https://wjla.com/newsletter-daily/loudoun-county-public-schools-virginia-lcps-teacher-employee-staff-charged-assault-child-sexual-abuse-material-william-riddell-crime-investigation-soliciting-child-william-smallwood-heritage-high-frederick-douglass-elementary">charged</a> with crimes over the course of a year:</p> <ul><li>a former cafeteria employee allegedly assaulted a student</li> <li>a substitute teacher was charged with possession and production of child sexual abuse material</li> <li>a high school teacher has been suspended for soliciting a child under the age of 15 online</li></ul> <p>Local reporters are still trying to discern precisely when parents in LCPS were notified of all three of the above situations.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nick received a 2023 Media Honor Roll Award from the Virginia School Boards Association, yet <a href="https://twitter.com/LCPSOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LCPSOfficial</a> refuses to respond to his questions about employees charged with crimes. <a href="https://t.co/L0bXtzMSn2">https://t.co/L0bXtzMSn2</a></p>— LCPS Can Do Better (@LCPSDoBetter) <a href="https://twitter.com/LCPSDoBetter/status/1778921235201605839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-how-and-why">How and why?</h2> <p>Americans often wonder how teachers and others in positions of power can get away with deviancy and abuse of this magnitude. Why someone would opt to take advantage of those in their charge can seem like an impossible question to answer.</p> <p>But the truth is just as absolute power corrupts absolutely so does perceived authority, whether positional or by proximity to authority. Did Mrs. Ward believe she’d get away with her abuse?</p> <p>Probably. Why did she believe it?</p> <p>More than likely, it’s a culmination of a few factors. Most abusers aren’t first-time offenders, so there’s a fair chance this boy wasn’t her first victim.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This little story in Omaha, Nebraska just exploded! 🔥🔥<br><br>Teacher having sex in the back of her car is married to <a href="https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DeptofDefense</a> Commander William Ward!<br><br>Her husband has “liked” multiple posts condemning sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Too bad the wife didn’t agree with him! <a href="https://t.co/OTSIRPUu5d">https://t.co/OTSIRPUu5d</a> <a href="https://t.co/wDuRH23W6B">pic.twitter.com/wDuRH23W6B</a></p>— Nebraska Mom🇺🇸 (@Hawkeyefan_402) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hawkeyefan_402/status/1780045265346384104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>That means she may have gotten away with this before. She also might’ve believed she was untouchable due to her husband’s position.</p> <p>After all, DOD personnel and their spouses are trustworthy and upstanding citizens, right? Finally, her position as an educator also makes her a “trusted” person.</p> <p>However, just as with any institution built on power, the public school system in this nation is unfortunately just as vulnerable to corruption as the next. The victims of this institutional rot are our nation’s most vulnerable, and it threatens to perpetuate into perpetuity unless parents and citizens take back their power and shut the system down.</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/teacher-caught-naked-with-student-wife-strategic-command-employee/">U.S. Strategic Command Employee’s Teacher Wife Caught Naked With Student</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Fox News Legal Analyst Greg Jarrett: Trump Held To Different Standard, ‘Hillary Clinton Did The Same Thing’</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/fox-news-legal-analyst-trump-held-to-different-standard-hillary-clinton/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:48:50 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alvin Bragg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[greg jarrett]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233468</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Donald Trump’s alleged ‘hush money’ case began this week carried out by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, but Fox News […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/fox-news-legal-analyst-trump-held-to-different-standard-hillary-clinton/">Fox News Legal Analyst Greg Jarrett: Trump Held To Different Standard, ‘Hillary Clinton Did The Same Thing’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Donald Trump’s alleged ‘hush money’ case began this week carried out by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, but Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett is calling BS.</p> <p>Jarrett says the former president is being held to a completely different standard due to the fact that Hillary Clinton did ‘pretty much the same thing” but was not dragged into court over it.</p> <p>Clinton was never put on trial for her campaign paying for the now discredited Steele Dossier, that supposedly showed Trump colluding with Russia during the 2016 presidential election.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gregg Jarrett: "I've never seen such a tangled, tortuous prosecution that would be brought against no other person except Trump." <a href="https://t.co/EPu7Ts7e46">pic.twitter.com/EPu7Ts7e46</a></p>— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/MAGAIncWarRoom/status/1779836734957588601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/rashida-tlaib-snaps-when-reporter-asks-if-shell-condemn-death-to-america-chants-in-her-district/">Rashida Tlaib Snaps When Reporter Asks If She’ll Condemn ‘Death To America’ Chants In Her District</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-but-if-your-last-name-is-trump">‘But if Your Last Name is Trump’</h2> <p>On Monday Trump sat in court for allegedly paying porn actress Stormy Daniels $130,000. The payment was allegedly part of a confidentiality agreement during the 2016 election.</p> <p>But Hillary Clinton never went to court.</p> <p>“Hillary Clinton did pretty much the same thing,” Jarrett told on ‘Fox and Friends.’ “She, too, used a lawyer to secretly pay for the phony Steele Dossier and booking it as legal expenses. She was fined by the FEC, but she wasn’t prosecuted and neither was Barack Obama, even though he was fined a whopping $375,000 for hiding donors and keeping illegal contributions.”</p> <p>“But, if your last name is Trump, the standard of justice is completely different and turned on its head,” Jarrett added.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Excellent point from Turley here. When DNC/Hillary Clinton lied about the 2016 campaign funding of the Steele Dossier, there were no criminal charges or media calls for accountability. But the Trump NDA gets charged?? Rule of law destroyed. <a href="https://t.co/t4euA7XjCQ">https://t.co/t4euA7XjCQ</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nypost</a></p>— Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1779933860349804674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/exclusive-kash-patel-talks-fisa-reform-suggests-program-still-being-used-to-spy-on-trump-other-candidates/">EXCLUSIVE: Kash Patel Talks FISA Reform: Suggests Program Could Still Be Used To Spy On Trump, Other Candidates</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-double-standards-and-hypocrisy-across-the-board">Double Standards and Hypocrisy Across the Board</h2> <p>Jarrett also said the judge in Trump’s case was guilty of their own double standards, overseeing a “tangled, torturous prosecution.” </p> <p>“[Bragg] had to attach it to a supposed election law violation, well it’s not,” Jarrett said of Trump’s case. “Federal Election Commission investigated, and they said this is perfectly legal. It is not a campaign donation.” </p> <p>“The DOJ concluded there is no crime here,” he added. “But, you know, enter Alvin Bragg who is charging under federal law even though he is a local prosecutor and has no jurisdiction and authority to do that. But the judge is letting him get away with it.”</p> <p>Maybe it’s not too late for Donald Trump to change his last name to Clinton or Biden.</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/fox-news-legal-analyst-trump-held-to-different-standard-hillary-clinton/">Fox News Legal Analyst Greg Jarrett: Trump Held To Different Standard, ‘Hillary Clinton Did The Same Thing’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Trump Slams ‘Highly Biased’ Judge After Being Threatened With Arrest If He Doesn’t Attend Hush Money Trial</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-slams-highly-biased-judge-after-being-threatened-with-arrest-if-he-doesnt-attend-hush-money-trial/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:08:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barron Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hush Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Juan Merchan]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233476</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial warned that if the former President does not attend court proceedings […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-slams-highly-biased-judge-after-being-threatened-with-arrest-if-he-doesnt-attend-hush-money-trial/">Trump Slams ‘Highly Biased’ Judge After Being Threatened With Arrest If He Doesn’t Attend Hush Money Trial</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial warned that if the former President does not attend court proceedings each day, he will be subject to arrest.</p> <p>The trial, which began Monday with several motions and jury selection, has garnered significant attention. It is historic in nature and could have implications for Trump’s political and legal future.</p> <p>Jesse Rodriguez, MSNBC’s Vice President of Editorial and Booking, reported on the matter on social media.</p> <p>“Trump has to be in the courtroom every day for the duration of his criminal trial,” he writes.</p> <p>Rodriguez quotes Judge Juan Merchan as saying, “If you do not show up there will be an arrest.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump has to be in the courtroom every day for the duration of his criminal trial. <br><br>"If you do not show up there will be an arrest," Judge Merchan said.</p>— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) <a href="https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/1779907073553109157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-issues-rallying-cry-do-not-lose-hope-our-vindication-will-come/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Trump Issues Message To The American People: ‘Do Not Despair And Do Not Lose Hope’</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-trump-hush-money-judge-threatens-arrest">Trump Hush Money Judge Threatens Arrest</h2> <p>A transcript of the New York court proceedings provided by <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-hush-money-trial-stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-live-updates-rcna145934#rcrd38972">NBC News</a> further shows Merchan’s seriousness in his threat.</p> <p>“If you deliberately fail to appear in court when required, then any proceeding in your case, including hearing, trial and, if you are convicted, sentence, can and will continue in your absence,” he states. </p> <p>“A warrant for your arrest will be issued and you will be subject to separate prosecution and separate punishment for bail jumping no matter what happens in this case. Do you understand?”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Leftist NYC Judge won’t allow President Trump to attend Barron’s high school graduation<br><br>This is going to backfire huge<br><br>The American people are sick of this Marxist tyranny<br><br> <a href="https://t.co/uYOjiDDOxl">pic.twitter.com/uYOjiDDOxl</a></p>— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) <a href="https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1779984106400489612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>The presumptive GOP nominee for President railed against Merchan’s decision on Truth Social. He notes that the judge is essentially preventing him from attending his son’s high school graduation. Not to mention restricting him from attending Supreme Court arguments on immunity claims in another criminal case.</p> <p>“In Addition to being prohibited from attending my son Barron’s High School Graduation, I have just learned that the highly biased Judge in the Soros ‘appointed’ D.A. Alvin Bragg’s Witch Hunt Case, will not allow me to attend the historic PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY argument in front of The United States Supreme Court,” on Thursday, April 25th (next week!).” he writes.</p> <p>“This shows such great disdain and disrespect for our Nation’s Highest Court, especially for a topic so important as Presidential Immunity, without which our Country would never be the same!”</p> <iframe src="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/112277727022231642/embed" class="truthsocial-embed" style="max-width: 100%; border: 0" width="600" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><script src="https://truthsocial.com/embed.js" async="async"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/flashback-presidential-candidate-john-edwards-acquitted-on-campaign-finance-charge-hillary-clinton-only-paid-fine-for-violation/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Flashback – Presidential Candidate John Edwards Acquitted On Campaign Finance Charge, Hillary Clinton Only Paid Fine for Violation</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-keeping-him-off-the-campaign-trail">Keeping Him Off The Campaign Trail</h2> <p>Trump also posted a clip of Fox News personality Laura Ingraham commenting on his ‘hush money’ case. Ingraham notes that sure, the left would <em>love </em>jail time for the former President. </p> <p>But if that doesn’t work out, this judge’s decision gives them another prize.</p> <p>“Their ultimate fantasy, of course, is a guilty verdict,” says Ingraham. “But even short of that, they hope that keeping Donald Trump off the campaign trail – and any sort of details that emerge. That will all turn the tide for Biden in November.”</p> <p>“You cannot risk, after all, the people actually choosing their own president.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><iframe title="The Ingraham Angle 4/15/24 FULL END SHOW | BREAKING NEWS TODAY April 15, 2024" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R30Wlon06w0?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div></figure> <p>This criminal trial over alleged ‘hush money’ payments to porn star Stormy Daniels is practically unprecedented.</p> <p>You may recall that John Edwards, a significant frontrunner at one point during the <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/cnn-staged-event/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">2008 Democrat primary</a>, was indicted by a federal grand jury in North Carolina on six felony charges stemming from efforts to conceal an affair by using campaign contributions.</p> <p>The Justice Department accused him of funneling nearly <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/24/john-edwards-campaign-funds-trial" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">$1 million in donations</a> to his pregnant mistress.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Remember when backers of Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards paid almost a million dollars of hush money to his pregnant girlfriend in 2008 so as to hide her existence during his presidential campaign run? <br><br>Well he was prosecuted by the DOJ for campaign finance law…</p>— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) <a href="https://twitter.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1779026260091707647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>But the case didn’t get very far. Edwards was acquitted on one campaign finance violation charge while the others resulted in mistrials. The DOJ would later drop the charges and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-edwards-will-not-be-retried-justice-department-announces/2012/06/13/gJQAfbeiaV_story.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">decline to pursue</a> a retrial.</p> <p>Why? Because his presidential campaign had been ruined and Edwards walked away from politics. If Trump were not running, and he was not a threat to President Biden, this trial would likely not be happening.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-slams-highly-biased-judge-after-being-threatened-with-arrest-if-he-doesnt-attend-hush-money-trial/">Trump Slams ‘Highly Biased’ Judge After Being Threatened With Arrest If He Doesn’t Attend Hush Money Trial</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Travis Kelce ‘Likes’ Pro-Trump Instagram Post – Swifties Lose Their Minds</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/travis-kelce-likes-pro-trump-instagram-post-swifties-lose-their-minds/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Conrad]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:32:05 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Taylor Swift]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Travis Kelce]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233469</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The fanbase of the liberal singer Taylor Swift, a group of people who call themselves “Swifties” in her honor, are […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/travis-kelce-likes-pro-trump-instagram-post-swifties-lose-their-minds/">Travis Kelce ‘Likes’ Pro-Trump Instagram Post – Swifties Lose Their Minds</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The fanbase of the liberal singer Taylor Swift, a group of people who call themselves “Swifties” in her honor, are losing their minds this week after her Kansas City Chiefs tight end boyfriend Travis Kelce reportedly “liked” a post that was pro-Donald Trump.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Travis Kelce liking a post from Sage Steele promoting Trump. Not surprised that idiot is MAGA. Could smell MAGA on Travis from a mile away. <a href="https://t.co/NwhrAaoExt">pic.twitter.com/NwhrAaoExt</a></p>— stick (@StickaMANIA) <a href="https://twitter.com/StickaMANIA/status/1779360034176299117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-kelce-likes-sage-steele-s-instagram-post"><strong>Kelce ‘Likes’ Sage Steele’s Instagram Post</strong></h2> <p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/swifties-react-travis-kelce-like-donald-trump-instagram-post-1890557" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Newsweek reported</a> that it all started last month, when the former ESPN host Sage Steele, who has long been known for her unapologetically conservative views, took to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C4WRDKgxCMb/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Instagram</a> to post a series of photos and videos of herself with the former President Trump enjoying a night out at UFC 299. </p> <p>“What. A. Night. After years of covering @ufc at ESPN, I FINALLY got to see it live & in person. Game changer. THANK YOU @danawhite … for EVERYTHING! Great people, great event, great fights! (Check out the last video – it’s the final minute of the main card fight .. so intense!!!) 🇺🇸#ufc299,” she captioned the post. </p> <p>In anticipation of the liberal backlash that she knew she’d inevitably receive for daring to post images of herself with Trump, Steele ended the caption by writing, “(cue the divisive, close-minded thoughts and unfollows in 3…2…1… 😂) #diversityofthought.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Breaking?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Breaking</a> News: Travis Kelce, NFL star tight end and boyfriend of Taylor Swift, is causing controversy after liking a post of ESPN former reporter Sage Steele and Donald Trump at a UFC event. <br><br>I think everyone, even celebrities, are finally waking up and supporting the MAGA… <a href="https://t.co/EpyGOV3zY3">pic.twitter.com/EpyGOV3zY3</a></p>— 🇺🇸Travis🇺🇸 (@Travis_in_Flint) <a href="https://twitter.com/Travis_in_Flint/status/1779647573424316554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-swifties-meltdown"><strong>Swifties Meltdown</strong></h2> <p>Though the post is from March 10, it resurfaced a few days ago when liberal fans of Swift were shocked and appalled to find out that it had been “liked” by Kelce, and it didn’t take long for them to go into full meltdown mode.</p> <p>“I wasn’t expecting Travis Kelce to be a trump supporter but here we are,” one user commented, with another adding, “Not Travis Kelce liking a post with trump in it???” </p> <p>Others claimed to have seen this coming, with one person sarcastically writing, “Travis kelce likes TRUMP? I would’ve never guessed this in a million years this is shocking news!! whats next? grass is green? the sun is a star???”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If Travis Kelce endorses Trump it will genuinely break some Swifties brains</p>— Notyep Elad (@NotyepElad) <a href="https://twitter.com/NotyepElad/status/1779665356941861207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-swift-s-history-with-trump"><strong>Swift’s History With Trump</strong></h2> <p>Trump previously spoke out about Kelce and Swift’s romance after they went public with it back in September of last year.</p> <p>“I wish the best for both of them. I hope they enjoy their life, maybe together, maybe not — most likely not,” he told the <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2023/09/29/exclusive-trump-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-relationship/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Daily Caller</a> at the time.</p> <p><strong>Full Story: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-speaks-out-on-rumored-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-romance/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Trump Speaks Out On Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce Romance</a></strong></p> <p>While Kelce appears to have stayed relatively quiet about politics over the years, Swift is a known radical liberal who has spoken out against Trump many times in the past. Back in 2020, Swift accused Trump of “stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism” in response to comments he made condemning the violence that spread throughout the country in the wake of the death of George Floyd. </p> <p>“After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence?” she wrote on social media at the time, according to <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13016529/Taylor-Swift-election-new-poll.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Daily Mail</a>. “When the looting starts the shooting starts’??? We will vote you out in November. @realdonaldtrump.” </p> <p>In her Netflix documentary <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81028336" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">“Miss Americana,”</a> Swift talked about how much she regrets not openly opposing Trump during the 2016 presidential election.</p> <p>“I like Taylor’s music about 25% less now,” Trump said in response.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Newsmax Host Greg Kelly slams Taylor Swift:<br><br>“They’re elevating her to an idol.<br>Idolatry. This is a little bit of what idolatry, I think, looks like. And you’re not supposed to do that. In fact, if you look it up in the Bible, it’s a sin!” <a href="https://t.co/qrw0MOxy3j">pic.twitter.com/qrw0MOxy3j</a></p>— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1752332438972297333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Swift told <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/23/taylor-swift-trump-thinks-his-presidency-autocracy" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">The Guardian</a> in 2020 that Trump is “gaslighting the American public.”</p> <p>“We’re a democracy – at least, we’re supposed to be – where you’re allowed to disagree, dissent, debate,” she said at the time. “I really think that he thinks this is an autocracy.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-weighs-taylor-swift-relationship-nfl-star-travis-kelce-predicts-relationship-last" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Fox News</a> reported that Swift also accused Trump of cheating in the 2020 presidential election.</p> <p>“Trump’s calculated dismantling of USPS proves one thing clearly: He is WELL AWARE that we do not want him as our president,” she said. “He’s chosen to blatantly cheat and put millions of Americans’ lives at risk in an effort to hold on to power.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank GOD Taylor Swift has weighed in! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USPS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USPS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ElectionDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ElectionDay</a> <a href="https://t.co/ob2E18j7cV">pic.twitter.com/ob2E18j7cV</a></p>— Atom (@Adampoint0) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adampoint0/status/1294746891473821698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2020</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-trump-thinks-swift-won-t-endorse-biden"><strong>Trump Thinks Swift Won’t Endorse Biden</strong></h2> <p>That being said, it’s been years since Swift has attacked Trump, and she noticeably has yet to endorse Biden going into this year’s presidential election. Back in February, Trump speculated that it will be impossible for Swift to endorse Biden this time around after what he’s done to our country.</p> <p>“I signed and was responsible for the Music Modernization Act for Taylor Swift and all other Musical Artists. Joe Biden didn’t do anything for Taylor, and never will,” Trump stated. </p> <p>“There’s no way she could endorse Crooked Joe Biden, the worst and most corrupt President in the History of our Country, and be disloyal to the man who made her so much money,” he continued. “Besides that, I like her boyfriend, Travis, even though he may be a Liberal, and probably can’t stand me!”</p> <p><strong>Full Story: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-claims-theres-no-way-taylor-swift-could-endorse-biden-worst-and-most-corrupt-president/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Trump Claims There’s ‘No Way’ Taylor Swift Could Endorse Biden – ‘Worst And Most Corrupt President’</a></strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">JUST IN: Donald Trump says he likes Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce even though he may be a “liberal” and says he made Taylor Swift so much money so she can’t endorsed Joe Biden.<br><br>“I signed and was responsible for the Music Modernization Act for Taylor Swift and all other Musical… <a href="https://t.co/NGg4r7TP3u">pic.twitter.com/NGg4r7TP3u</a></p>— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1756737957745340448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Perhaps like millions of other young Americans, Swift and Kelce have become so disillusioned about life under the Biden regime that Trump doesn’t seem that bad to them anymore. While one arguably shouldn’t read that much into one Instagram “like,” it would certainly be hilarious to see how many liberal heads would explode if either Swift or Kelce even considered endorsing Trump!</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/travis-kelce-likes-pro-trump-instagram-post-swifties-lose-their-minds/">Travis Kelce ‘Likes’ Pro-Trump Instagram Post – Swifties Lose Their Minds</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Senator Tom Cotton Encourages People To ‘Take Matters Into Their Own Hands’ With Protesters Blocking Traffic</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/senator-tom-cotton-encourages-people-to-take-matters-into-their-own-hands-with-protesters-blocking-traffic/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:07:25 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tom Cotton]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233474</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) made headlines by suggesting that Americans should “take matters into their own hands” in response to […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/senator-tom-cotton-encourages-people-to-take-matters-into-their-own-hands-with-protesters-blocking-traffic/">Senator Tom Cotton Encourages People To ‘Take Matters Into Their Own Hands’ With Protesters Blocking Traffic</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) made headlines by suggesting that Americans should “take matters into their own hands” in response to anti-Israel protests taking place across the country. </p> <p>Specifically, he was addressing a situation where pro-Palestinian protesters blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.</p> <p>Cotton, in an interview with Fox News, said that if the protesters were on a bridge in his home state, things would be handled a little differently.</p> <p>The Senator channeled his inner <em>Try That In A Small Town</em>.</p> <p>“If something like this happened in Arkansas on a bridge there, let’s just say that there would be a lot of wet criminals that would have been tossed overboard, not by law enforcement, but by the people whose road they are blocking,” Cotton said.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sen. Tom Cotton endorses throwing protesters off bridges <a href="https://t.co/PFSDPW8C8m">pic.twitter.com/PFSDPW8C8m</a></p>— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1779939134045299168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/aoc-loses-her-temper-on-pro-palestine-protesters-its-fed-up-man/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">AOC Loses Her Temper On Pro-Palestine Protesters: ‘It’s F***ed Up, Man!’</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-tom-cotton-has-some-advice-on-how-to-deal-with-protesters">Tom Cotton Has Some Advice On How To Deal With Protesters</h2> <p>Senator Tom Cotton is right. These protesters are emboldened to shut down traffic, to harass everyday people, because there are no repercussions for their actions.</p> <p>If law enforcement isn’t going to, ya know, <em>enforce the law</em>, then the people are left to their own devices.</p> <p>Cotton further expounded on his thoughts in a post on the X social media platform.</p> <p>“I encourage people who get stuck behind the pro-Hamas mobs blocking traffic: take matters into your own hands to get them out of the way,” he writes.</p> <p>“It’s time to put an end to this nonsense.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is leadership! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RLTW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RLTW</a><br>🇺🇸🔥</p>— Code of Vets ™ (@codeofvets) <a href="https://twitter.com/codeofvets/status/1780054144361050235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>It certainly is.</p> <p>The First Amendment allows “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” But these protests are essentially accosting people against their will. It is harassment.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just make it a felony with 6 months jail and 50k fine.</p>— Daniel (@kotw71) <a href="https://twitter.com/kotw71/status/1780042626529468804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/next-week-video-shows-woman-dubbed-the-brutal-blonde-yoke-up-climate-protester-by-her-hair-drags-her-out-of-the-street-twice/#google_vignette" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Video Shows Woman Dubbed the ‘Brutal Blonde’ Yoke Up Climate Protester By Her Hair, Drag Her Out of the Street Twice</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-lawbreakers-need-to-fear-law-enforcement-not-the-law-abiding">Lawbreakers Need To Fear Law Enforcement, Not The Law Abiding</h2> <p>The one flaw in Tom Cotton’s plan is that the justice system in leftist cities like San Francisco is corrupt from top to bottom. </p> <p>Two famous people who took matters into their own hands by defending their own lives or the lives of others around them – Kyle Rittenhouse and Daniel Penny – have been treated like the real criminals.</p> <p> Who is going to be there for people like that if they decide to treat these protesters roughly?</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brave senator encouraging people to risk their lives being ruined by zealous police doing the bidding of local and regional tyrants. <a href="https://t.co/kxDKg6TzX3">pic.twitter.com/kxDKg6TzX3</a></p>— SaltyAlaskan (@salty_alaskan) <a href="https://twitter.com/salty_alaskan/status/1780053900940267782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>The pro-Palestinian protesters haven’t just been targeting the average American. They obviously upset Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) when they went after her outside a movie theater last month.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NYC</a> "You refuse to call it a genocide" – handful of protesters chase after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a Brooklyn movie theater, "You gonna cut it and take it out of context, I already said that it was" – AOC responded to protesters claims on refusing word "Genocide" , "This is… <a href="https://t.co/mipmA5EHu9">pic.twitter.com/mipmA5EHu9</a></p>— FreedomNews.Tv FNTV (@FreedomNTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/FreedomNTV/status/1764814327704334714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>A group of protesters stormed a cafeteria inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/anti-israel-protesters-shut-down-congressional-cafeteria-shout-senate-cant-eat-until-gaza-eats/">just days ago</a>. Some of those involved in the protest can be heard chanting that the “Senate can’t eat until Gaza eats!”</p> <p>One woman in Germany shows people how to deal with those protesters blocking bridges or highways. This past summer, the woman dubbed the “brutal blonde” dragged a climate protester out of the street by her hair. </p> <p>When the protester came back, she dragged them away again.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Some Germans are now taking matters into their own hands: <a href="https://t.co/mI8dghYPon">pic.twitter.com/mI8dghYPon</a></p>— CR1337 (@cryptonator1337) <a href="https://twitter.com/cryptonator1337/status/1680161214922457088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>And that’s basically how you do it, folks.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/senator-tom-cotton-encourages-people-to-take-matters-into-their-own-hands-with-protesters-blocking-traffic/">Senator Tom Cotton Encourages People To ‘Take Matters Into Their Own Hands’ With Protesters Blocking Traffic</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Charles Barkley’s CNN Show Canceled Already</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/charles-barkleys-cnn-show-canceled-already/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest Contributor]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 18:33:14 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charles Barkley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cnn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gayle King]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233466</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Sir Charles Barkley, formerly known best for his dominance on the basketball court, has had quite an interesting career since […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/charles-barkleys-cnn-show-canceled-already/">Charles Barkley’s CNN Show Canceled Already</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sir <a href="https://sportsnaut.com/?s=charles+barkley">Charles Barkley</a>, formerly known best for his dominance on the basketball court, has had quite an interesting career since hanging up the hi-tops. </p> <p>The <a href="https://sportsnaut.com/nba/">NBA</a> Hall of Fame power forward has been gracing television sets since the year 2000. This time, though, he’s losing a show rather than gaining one. </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CNN has canceled Charles Barkley and Gayle King's weekly show, 'King Charles', after just six months. <a href="https://t.co/8UYJds5ELy">pic.twitter.com/8UYJds5ELy</a></p>— Front Office Sports (@FOS) <a href="https://twitter.com/FOS/status/1779907829043724786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/nba-legend-charles-barkley-says-hed-like-to-punch-some-black-trump-supporters/">NBA Legend Charles Barkley Says He’d Like To Punch Some Black Trump Supporters</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-barkley-canceled">Barkley Canceled</h2> <p>The Bread Truck’s latest venture was a weekly show on CNN called <em>King Charles,</em> co-hosted with Gayle King. While not a bad idea in principle – call-in shows can be wildly entertaining – in practice, it didn’t work out. </p> <p>The New York Post reports that new episodes of <em>King Charles</em> were <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/media/cnn-axes-charles-barkley-and-gayle-kings-weekly-show-king-charles/">handily beaten</a> in the ratings by reruns of <em>Friends </em>and <em>South Park.</em> It seems not even the nation’s airports could keep The Round Mound of Rebound afloat. </p> <p>To Barkley’s eye, the fault lay with his busy schedule. More likely, it is simply a victim of CNN’s disastrous ratings in general. All this, despite a CNN spox claiming that viewers were young, affluent, and diverse. </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Gayle King/Charles Barkley CNN show has been cancelled after just six months. A ratings disaster. Charles is great on TNT with Kenny and Shaq, but pairing him with the patently-overrated Gayle King was a horrible (Chuck voice) idea from the get-go. <a href="https://t.co/w2n54cZban">https://t.co/w2n54cZban</a></p>— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1779852079193833796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/cnn-coverage-of-ojs-death-simpson-represented-the-black-community-particularly-because-two-white-people-were-killed/">CNN Coverage Of OJ’s Death: Simpson Represented The Black Community, ‘Particularly Because Two White People Were Killed’</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-barkley-wants-to-punch-black-trump-supporters">Barkley Wants To Punch Black Trump Supporters</h2> <p>Barkley landed in hot water on the show when he recently said he wanted to assault black people who are fans of President Donald Trump. </p> <p>What got under Barkley’s skin was apparently Trump’s claim that he got street cred in the black community due to his epic mugshot. “It’s incredible, black people walking around with my mugshots!” Trump told a rally. </p> <p>Barkley was less than impressed. One may even say he was <em>triggered.</em></p> <p>The Political Insider’s <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/nba-legend-charles-barkley-says-hed-like-to-punch-some-black-trump-supporters/">Rusty Weiss wrote</a>, </p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“First of all, I’m just gonna say this: if I see a black person walking around with Trump’s mugshot, I’m [gonna] punch him in the face,” the original Dream Team member told CNN’s Gayle King.</p> <p>King’s gentle reminder that he’d be facing assault charges was no deterrent for Barkley.</p> <p>“I will bail myself out and go celebrate,” he quipped.</p> <p>Watch:</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW: CNN CANCELS Charles Barkley and Gayle King’s weekly show ‘King Charles’ after 6 months because of LOW ratings<br><br>‘King Charles’ was the lowest-rated prime time weeknight series debut for CNN in at least a decade<br><br>The weekly call-in show failed to generate more viewers than… <a href="https://t.co/NbHgVxebZR">pic.twitter.com/NbHgVxebZR</a></p>— Unlimited L's (@unlimited_ls) <a href="https://twitter.com/unlimited_ls/status/1779930139129733239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></blockquote> <p>At least Barkley will have more free time for random assault and the legal consequences. </p><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/charles-barkleys-cnn-show-canceled-already/">Charles Barkley’s CNN Show Canceled Already</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>FBI Opens Criminal Investigation Regarding Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Report</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/fbi-opens-criminal-investigation-regarding-baltimore-bridge-collapse-report/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:16:41 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Francis Scott Key Bridge]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233462</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/fbi-opens-criminal-investigation-regarding-baltimore-bridge-collapse-report/">FBI Opens Criminal Investigation Regarding Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Report</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.</p> <p>The investigation is focusing on the circumstances leading up to the incident and whether all federal laws were followed by the crew of the ship responsible. </p> <p>ABC News cites <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-opens-criminal-investigation-francis-scott-key-bridge/story?id=109235433" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">a source</a> who says the bureau is investigating any potential criminal wrongdoing, centered on whether any crew members knew of any issues the ship may have had before leaving port.</p> <p>The report seems to suggest some concerns over potential negligence when, on March 26th, the massive Dali container ship lost power and struck a support column of the bridge, causing it to collapse. </p> <p>The tragic event resulted in the deaths of six workers.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><iframe title="FBI launches criminal investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sZBBC3mWbgw?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/an-enormous-amount-of-money-is-being-lost-due-to-baltimore-bridge-collapse/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">An Enormous Amount Of Money Is Being Lost Due To Baltimore Bridge Collapse</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-fbi-now-investigating-baltimore-bridge-collapse">FBI Now Investigating Baltimore Bridge Collapse</h2> <p>This probe is separate from the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation. The NTSB is primarily looking into <em>how </em>the ship lost power and collided with the bridge.</p> <p>The FBI has been present aboard the cargo ship Dali conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity. The agency has not commented further on the investigation.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: FBI OPENS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE<br><br>The probe will reportedly in part be looking into whether the crew left the port KNOWING the vessel had “serious systems problems,” according to two U.S. officials.<br> <a href="https://t.co/DQLRsBj1UL">pic.twitter.com/DQLRsBj1UL</a></p>— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href="https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/1779832846971981959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13309941/FBI-launches-criminal-probe-Baltimore-bridge-collapse.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">indicates</a> that the crew remains onboard as FBI agents were seen arriving at the ship earlier today.</p> <p>They are reportedly investigating “whether the 22-strong crew of the Dali knew it had serious systemic issues before they left the Maryland port.”</p> <p>There is no indication that the criminal investigation into the Baltimore bridge collapse involves any intentional acts by the crew. Nor is there any indication they are looking into hacking of the ship’s systems.</p> <p>Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott is also calling in outside firms to “hold responsible all entities accountable for the Key Bridge tragedy.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Moments after the collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore the FBI announced that the incident was an accident and called all other speculation dangerous misinformation. There was no way they could have known AND this is why Americans no longer trust the FBI. <a href="https://t.co/fWHBMa4Lvo">pic.twitter.com/fWHBMa4Lvo</a></p>— @amuse (@amuse) <a href="https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1779855396087210442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/rashida-tlaib-snaps-when-reporter-asks-if-shell-condemn-death-to-america-chants-in-her-district/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Rashida Tlaib Snaps When Reporter Asks If She’ll Condemn ‘Death To America’ Chants In Her District</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-impact-of-the-bridge-collapse">Impact Of The Bridge Collapse</h2> <p>The Port of Baltimore, where the bridge is located, is a significant commuter port. It is one of the busiest in the United States.</p> <p>Early <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/an-enormous-amount-of-money-is-being-lost-due-to-baltimore-bridge-collapse/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">reports</a> suggested that the collapse would result in nearly $15 million in daily economic activity being lost due to the incident.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A staggering amount of money is slipping away due to the Baltimore bridge collapse <a href="https://t.co/d9b3adfHnL">https://t.co/d9b3adfHnL</a></p>— Steve Williams (@HISteveWilliams) <a href="https://twitter.com/HISteveWilliams/status/1773126122886357008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge after its collapse could take anywhere from 18 months to several years. </p> <p>The cost of rebuilding is estimated to be at least $400 million but could be more than twice that amount. </p> <p>The timeline and cost depend on various factors. Those factors include the design of the new bridge, the efficiency of government officials in navigating the bureaucracy of approving permits and awarding contracts, and the speed of debris removal and channel clearance for maritime traffic to resume.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW PHOTOS: On Sunday Unified Command salvage teams worked on moving a large piece of supporting steel from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.<a href="https://t.co/29XS3eOxFD">https://t.co/29XS3eOxFD</a> <a href="https://t.co/hozmpQbtOS">pic.twitter.com/hozmpQbtOS</a></p>— FOX Baltimore (@FOXBaltimore) <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXBaltimore/status/1779879927489118500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>President Biden visited the site of the bridge collapse in early April and said taxpayers would foot the bill.</p> <p>During his visit, Biden said it is his “intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstruction of that bridge.”</p> <p>The criminal probe will be overseen by the US District Attorney’s office in Maryland, according to the Daily Mail.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/fbi-opens-criminal-investigation-regarding-baltimore-bridge-collapse-report/">FBI Opens Criminal Investigation Regarding Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Report</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Bill Maher Says He’s ‘Okay’ With Abortion Being ‘Murder’ Because of Overpopulation</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/bill-maher-says-hes-okay-with-abortion-being-murder-because-of-overpopulation/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:15:09 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bill Maher]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233457</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>On his Friday show, HBO host Bill Maher said he is “okay” with abortion even though opponents of it consider […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/bill-maher-says-hes-okay-with-abortion-being-murder-because-of-overpopulation/">Bill Maher Says He’s ‘Okay’ With Abortion Being ‘Murder’ Because of Overpopulation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On his Friday show, HBO host Bill Maher said he is “okay” with abortion even though opponents of it consider it “murder,” something he didn’t really dispute.</p> <p>This is not how most pro-choice advocates frame this debate, but Maher went there.</p> <p>His reasoning? There are already 8 billion people on the planet.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bill Maher on abortion: "They think it's murder. And it kind of is. And I'm just okay with that. I am. There's 8 billion people in the world. I'm sorry, we won't miss you. That's my position on that."<br>You could hear a pin drop. Bill is not incorrect, it's just that no leftist is… <a href="https://t.co/epnWLNC2u6">pic.twitter.com/epnWLNC2u6</a></p>— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricAbbenante/status/1778990575955382427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/exclusive-kash-patel-talks-fisa-reform-suggests-program-still-being-used-to-spy-on-trump-other-candidates/">EXCLUSIVE: Kash Patel Talks FISA Reform: Suggests Program Could Still Be Used To Spy On Trump, Other Candidates</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-they-think-it-s-murder-and-it-kind-of-is">‘They Think It’s Murder. And It Kind of Is’</h2> <p>Maher’s <em>Real Time</em> guests were Gillian Tett, a British author and journalist, and British pundit Piers Morgan.</p> <p>Maher told them and his audience that those who are pro-life are “kind of” right about the fact that abortion is “murder.”</p> <p>But then the host explained why he is “okay” with that.</p> <p>“None of you believe it’s murder,” Maher said. “You know, that’s why I don’t understand the 15-week thing. Or the — Trump’s plan is, ‘Let’s leave it to the states.’ You mean, so killing babies is okay in some states?” </p> <p>He continued, “Like, I can respect the absolutist position. I really can. I scold the left when they say, ‘Oh, you know what, they just hate women, people who aren’t pro-life. The pro-choice, they don’t hate women. They just made that up. They think it’s murder. And it kind of is.” </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WOW. <br><br>Bill Maher admits abortion is "murder" but says, "I'm okay with that."<a href="https://t.co/AqOn7QQ6pz">https://t.co/AqOn7QQ6pz</a> <a href="https://t.co/04wxj0HEZx">pic.twitter.com/04wxj0HEZx</a></p>— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/LifeNewsHQ/status/1779494930429219327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/the-rock-quickly-caused-a-liberal-meltdown-by-saying-he-wouldnt-endorse-biden/">‘The Rock’ Quickly Caused A Liberal Meltdown By Saying He Wouldn’t Endorse Biden</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-maher-is-okay-with-murder-because-it-s-population-control">Maher Is ‘Okay’ with Murder Because It’s Population Control</h2> <p>Maher explained why he’s fine with this particular kind of “murder,” as he describes it. </p> <p>He also seemed to endorse it as a method of population control.</p> <p>“I’m just okay with that. I am,” Maher said. “I, I mean, there’s eight billion people in the world. I’m sorry, we won’t miss you. That’s my position on that.”</p> <p>Maher’s comments came in the context of presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump recently announcing on his Truth Social social media platform that he believes regulating abortion should be left to the states. The former president also said that in-vitro fertilization treatment should be kept accessible. </p> <p>Trump previously criticized his own party for “poorly” handling the abortion issue during the 2022 midterm elections, and said that the losses suffered by various Republican candidates during that cycle “wasn’t my fault.”</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/bill-maher-says-hes-okay-with-abortion-being-murder-because-of-overpopulation/">Bill Maher Says He’s ‘Okay’ With Abortion Being ‘Murder’ Because of Overpopulation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Feds, Scientists Take Fire for Allegedly Hiding COVID Origins Truth</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/feds-scientists-take-fire-hiding-covid-origins-truth/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[The Center Square]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:25:15 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anthony Fauci]]></category> <category><![CDATA[david morens]]></category> <category><![CDATA[EcoHealth Alliance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[peter daszak]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233459</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>By Casey Harper (The Center Square) A Republican-led Congressional committee says a scientist and top advisor to Anthony Fauci used […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/feds-scientists-take-fire-hiding-covid-origins-truth/">Feds, Scientists Take Fire for Allegedly Hiding COVID Origins Truth</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>By Casey Harper (The Center Square)</em></p> <p>A Republican-led Congressional committee says a scientist and top advisor to Anthony Fauci used his personal email to hide evidence related to the origins of COVID-19.</p> <p>Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, sent a <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024.04.11-BRW-Letter-to-BU_Redacted.pdf" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)"><strong>letter</strong></a> to the National Emerging Infectious Disease Institute asking for more information about these communications.</p> <p>“The Select Subcommittee is now aware of potential further attempts by Dr. [David] Morens to subvert public transparency,” the letter said. “Specifically, the Select Subcommittee has been made aware of alleged communications between Dr. Morens and you regarding EcoHealth Alliance.</p> <p>“These communications included emails from Dr. [David] Morens’ personal Gmail account to you and Dr. Peter Daszak of EcoHealth,” the letter adds.</p> <p>Critics say the use of a personal email account allowed Morens to avoid having his emails obtained by official records requests.</p> <p>At least some of the email exchanges, handed over by a whistleblower, were with Dr. Peter Daszak, who leads EcoHealth, the controversial research group accused of having a role in the creation of COVID-19.</p> <p>The federal government has denied the claim that partially taxpayer-funded EcoHealth had a role in COVID’s origin.</p> <p>EcoHealth is a U.S. nonprofit research company that used taxpayer-funded grants to carry out coronavirus research.</p> <p>Federal records show that EcoHealth was conducting coronavirus research involving bats in China when the pandemic broke out.</p> <p>As The Center Square previously <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/issues/accountability/article_938e2ba8-f2b3-11ee-8578-d3f708173d27.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)"><strong>reported</strong></a>, a federal grant database reports that the same group has received millions in taxpayer funds from the federal government over the past decade to research coronaviruses that originate in animals and in some cases can transfer to humans.</p> <p>A highly disputed part of the inquiry is whether EcoHealth Alliance’s research involved making coronaviruses more dangerous to humans.</p> <p>As lawmakers have dug into the issue, they have raised more questions.</p> <p>“In today’s letter to Dr. Keusch and Boston University, Chairman Wenstrup is requesting the production of any documents and communication related to correspondence with Dr. Morens, Dr. Daszak, and other individuals and entities with knowledge of and access to COVID-19 origins material,” Wenstrup’s office said. “This letter continues our investigation into the potential cover-up of COVID-19 origins information by America’s public health authorities.”</p> <p>EcoHealth released a statement after initial reports of these emails rebuffing many of the claims and releasing what it says are the original emails in question in a news <a href="https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/2024/04/ecohealth-alliance-releases-emails-that-are-the-subject-of-false-allegations-in-the-press" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)"><strong>release</strong></a>.</p> <p>“These reports do not show the full text of the emails in question, but allege that they are part of a cover up, or represent inappropriate communications,” the group said in a statement. “Contrary to the news reports, they show clearly that EcoHealth Alliance was appropriately communicating with senior staff at the NIH, or who formerly worked at NIH, to try to identify ways to reinstate a grant that had been terminated unexpectedly and arbitrarily, then suspended with onerous conditions. The grant was subsequently reinstated by NIH, and EcoHealth Alliance is currently working under this grant to conduct critical scientific research to prevent future pandemics.”</p> <p>U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in particular has been outpoken on this issue, stating that more than a dozen federal agencies were aware that federally funded research was being done on coronaviruses in China to make them more dangerous.</p> <p>“Newly obtained documents confirm yet again Fauci lied about COVID. Fauci’s NIH lab was a partner with Wuhan on a proposal to engineer a highly transmissible coronavirus in 2018,” Paul wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “But he wasn’t alone, 15 government agencies knew about it and said nothing. Americans deserve answers.”</p> <p><em>Syndicated with permission <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_626ee338-f942-11ee-8411-bbe21aa6c518.html">from The Center Square</a>.</em></p><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/feds-scientists-take-fire-hiding-covid-origins-truth/">Feds, Scientists Take Fire for Allegedly Hiding COVID Origins Truth</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Rashida Tlaib Snaps When Reporter Asks If She’ll Condemn ‘Death To America’ Chants In Her District</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/rashida-tlaib-snaps-when-reporter-asks-if-shell-condemn-death-to-america-chants-in-her-district/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fox News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hillary Vaughn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rashida Tlaib]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233453</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib angrily shouted at Fox News reporter Hillary Vaughn after she was offered a chance to condemn “death […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/rashida-tlaib-snaps-when-reporter-asks-if-shell-condemn-death-to-america-chants-in-her-district/">Rashida Tlaib Snaps When Reporter Asks If She’ll Condemn ‘Death To America’ Chants In Her District</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib angrily shouted at Fox News reporter Hillary Vaughn after she was offered a chance to condemn “death to America” chants shouted at a rally in Dearborn, Michigan, last weekend.</p> <p>The chants could be heard as activist Tarek Bazzi addressed the crowd at the rally. Bazzi criticized US foreign policy as he riled up the crowd by suggesting “the chant ‘Death to Israel’ has become the most logical chant across the world today.”</p> <p>Bazzi also referred to President Biden as “Genocide Joe” and said he “has to go.”</p> <p>The rally took place in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan's_12th_congressional_district" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Tlaib’s district</a>, which includes Dearborn, home to the largest American <a href="https://time.com/6272959/us-dearborn-michigan-eid/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Muslim population</a> per capita, as well as the largest mosque in North America.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At International Al-Quds Day Rally in Dearborn, Michigan Protesters Chant “Death to America!”; Speakers at the Rally: America Is One of the “Rottenest Countries” on Earth; Israel Is ISIS, Nazis, a Cancer <a href="https://t.co/B6hMlaKfi5">pic.twitter.com/B6hMlaKfi5</a></p>— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1776937541897261126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/death-to-america-chants-crop-up-at-anti-israel-protests-in-democrat-rashida-tlaibs-heavily-muslim-district/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">‘Death To America’ Chants Crop Up At Anti-Israel Protests In Democrat Rashida Tlaib’s Heavily-Muslim District</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-rashida-tlaib-won-t-condemn-death-to-america-chants">Rashida Tlaib Won’t Condemn ‘Death To America’ Chants</h2> <p>One would think that condemning “death to America” chants would be rather easy. Especially when you are a sitting member of the House of Representatives.</p> <p>Not so for Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).</p> <p>Vaughn <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/rashida-tlaib-fox-news-row-death-america-chant-question-1889640" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">asked</a>: “At a rally in your district people were chanting ‘death to America’, do you condemn?”</p> <p>“I do not talk to Fox News,” Tlaib replied. She shouts the phrase repeatedly.</p> <p>Offered another opportunity, the Democrat lawmaker responded, “I don’t talk to people that use racist tropes.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rep. Rashida Tlaib lost it at Fox Business' <a href="https://twitter.com/hillary__vaughn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hillary__vaughn</a> who asked if she condemns the "death to America" chants at a rally in her district.<br><br>The White House condemned the chants in a statement to <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DailyCaller</a> <a href="https://t.co/h00Vss0DLa">pic.twitter.com/h00Vss0DLa</a></p>— Nicole Silverio (@NicoleMSilverio) <a href="https://twitter.com/NicoleMSilverio/status/1778422875742957795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>“Using racist tropes towards my community is what Fox News is about and I don’t talk to Fox News,” Tlaib claims without evidence.</p> <p>“Is chanting death to America racist?” Vaughn wonders.</p> <p>“I’m talking about your guys’ racist tropes. You guys know exactly what you do. I know you’re Islamophobic,” Tlaib adds.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Condemning "Death to America" chants is islamaphobic? <br><br>How about that.</p>— Tony Kinnett (@TheTonus) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTonus/status/1778471716844400798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/tlaibs-heavily-muslim-district-holding-pro-palestine-rally-to-celebrate-our-martyrs-after-terrorist-attacks-on-israel/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Rashida Tlaib’s Heavily-Muslim District Holding Pro-Palestine Rally To Celebrate ‘Our Martyrs’ After Terrorist Attacks On Israel</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-couldn-t-condemn-the-murder-of-babies">Couldn’t Condemn The Murder Of Babies</h2> <p>This isn’t the first time Democrat Rashida Tlaib was unable to make a simple condemnation of a heinous atrocity. </p> <p>Vaughn challenged her to comment on reports following the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas that the militants had killed children.</p> <p>While the validity of those claims was hazy, condemning such actions should have been easy with the addition of the phrase, “If true.”</p> <p>Tlaib couldn’t <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/rashida-tlaib-stonewalls-fox-reporters-questions-about-hamas-terrorists-chopping-off-babies-heads/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">bring herself</a> to do it, however.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fox Reporter SCORCHES Rep. Tlaib On Whether Or Not She Condones Hamas' Actions<br><br>REPORTER: "Hamas terrorists have cut off babies' heads…Do you support Israel's rights to defend themselves?"<br><br>TLAIB: "…"<br><br>REPORTER: "You have NOTHING to say about Hamas terrorists chopping off… <a href="https://t.co/wxOWidr6yR">pic.twitter.com/wxOWidr6yR</a></p>— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1712161840501821702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>Tlaib is the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress, and has accused Israel of being an “apartheid government.”</p> <p>She has a rich and documented history of spreading <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/democrat-lectures-squad-member-rashida-tlaib-for-calling-israel-an-apartheid-state-on-house-floor/">anti-Semitic tropes</a>.</p> <p>And while she struggles to condemn terrorism and chants of “death to America,” she has no problem expressing emotions – <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/squad-member-rashida-tlaib-has-hysterical-crying-fit-after-ilhan-omar-booted-from-committees-for-anti-semitism/">hysterically crying</a> – when she and her fellow Squad members get called out for engaging in said anti-Semitism.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/rashida-tlaib-snaps-when-reporter-asks-if-shell-condemn-death-to-america-chants-in-her-district/">Rashida Tlaib Snaps When Reporter Asks If She’ll Condemn ‘Death To America’ Chants In Her District</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Rand Paul: There’s No Difference Between Speaker Mike Johnson and The Democrats</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/rand-paul-no-difference-speaker-mike-johnson-democrats/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:27:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mike Johnson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rand Paul]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233451</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Once again, the Republican Party completely caved and gave the Democrats everything they wanted. This time, GOP Speaker Mike Johnson […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/rand-paul-no-difference-speaker-mike-johnson-democrats/">Rand Paul: There’s No Difference Between Speaker Mike Johnson and The Democrats</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once again, the Republican Party completely caved and gave the Democrats everything they wanted. This time, GOP Speaker Mike Johnson <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/exclusive-kash-patel-talks-fisa-reform-suggests-program-still-being-used-to-spy-on-trump-other-candidates/">flip-flopped on FISA</a>. He’s also about to cave on more foreign aid for Ukraine and Israel.</p> <p>Enter Senator Rand Paul, who has never been shy about criticizing his own party.</p> <p>And now the senator is turning his sights on Speaker Johnson.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Senator Rand Paul (<a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RandPaul</a>) on Speaker Mike Johnson (<a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerJohnson</a>): "As I see it now, I'm not sure there's a difference between Mike Johnson being in charge and the Democrats being in charge." WATCH <a href="https://t.co/wayCD9U6Pa">pic.twitter.com/wayCD9U6Pa</a></p>— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) <a href="https://twitter.com/simonateba/status/1779550220688248896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/">Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-paul-says-no-difference-between-johnson-and-democrats">Paul Says No Difference Between Johnson and Democrats</h2> <p>According to Paul, Johnson has “completely changed” and sold out his conservative principles since becoming House Speaker, and specifically focused on his recent support for the FISA government surveillance program.</p> <p>Paul said that Republican Johnson was now no different from the Democrats.</p> <p>Sen. Paul made his remarks on Fox News’ <em>Sunday Morning Futures</em>. </p> <p>“People have to be strong in their convictions. He was seen as a conservative before he came to the speakership,” Paul said. “He’s completely changed and lost all his principles on the idea that we shouldn’t spy on Americans without a warrant.”</p> <p>“Johnson hasn’t held his ground,” Paul continued. “He has power. He has a majority. Use the power of the purse, Speaker Johnson. Do something to make us think you are different than the Democrats, but so far, I don’t see a lot of difference.”</p> <p>Johnson angered conservatives last week by helping to pass legislation that would reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s Section 702 for two more years.</p> <p>This allows for warrantless surveillance authority. </p> <p>Paul has long opposed Section 702 and federal government surveillance schemes in general. </p> <p>Paul was asked by the Fox News host if the government should be trusted with these warrantless spy powers.</p> <p>“Absolutely not,” Paul responded. “Americans shouldn’t be spied on by their own government.</p> <p>“The Fourth Amendment was put in by our founding fathers to protect us. FISA doesn’t obey the Fourth Amendment,” he added. “Speaker Johnson was incredibly wrong.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sen. Rand Paul chides House Speaker Johnson, says it’s like Democrats are running the chamber<a href="https://t.co/v5FZEGtEy5">https://t.co/v5FZEGtEy5</a> <a href="https://t.co/p3ZsfOa8CY">pic.twitter.com/p3ZsfOa8CY</a></p>— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WashTimes/status/1779594476467491298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/exclusive-kash-patel-talks-fisa-reform-suggests-program-still-being-used-to-spy-on-trump-other-candidates/">EXCLUSIVE: Kash Patel Talks FISA Reform: Suggests Program Could Still Be Used To Spy On Trump, Other Candidates</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-democrats-got-everything-they-wanted">‘The Democrats Got Everything They Wanted’</h2> <p>Paul also slammed Johnson over an appropriations deal the Speaker made with the Democrats that cleared Congress last month to fund the government for fiscal year 2024.</p> <p>“The Democrats got everything they wanted in the spending,” Paul lamented, which included Ukraine spending.</p> <p>Speaker Johnson isn’t the only Republican leader helping the Democrats, either. After Senate Leader Mitch McConnell announced he would be stepping down from his leadership role, he said he would remain a senator to fight against the “isolationist” forces in the GOP – meaning Rand Paul, for one.</p> <p>McConnell is a staunch advocate of the US funding Ukraine.</p> <p>Paul said of McConnell leaving leadership, “Anyone at this point would be better because he now has decided that Ukraine and sending our money to Ukraine — that we have to borrow — is more important than anything, including our border.”</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/rand-paul-no-difference-speaker-mike-johnson-democrats/">Rand Paul: There’s No Difference Between Speaker Mike Johnson and The Democrats</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>CNN Coverage Of OJ’s Death: Simpson Represented The Black Community, ‘Particularly Because Two White People Were Killed’</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/cnn-coverage-of-ojs-death-simpson-represented-the-black-community-particularly-because-two-white-people-were-killed/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 19:10:58 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ashley Allison]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cnn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oj simpson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stephanie Elam]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233445</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>CNN presented some controversial coverage of the death of former NFL player OJ Simpson, on multiple occasions struggling to convey […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/cnn-coverage-of-ojs-death-simpson-represented-the-black-community-particularly-because-two-white-people-were-killed/">CNN Coverage Of OJ’s Death: Simpson Represented The Black Community, ‘Particularly Because Two White People Were Killed’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CNN presented some controversial coverage of the death of former NFL player OJ Simpson, on multiple occasions struggling to convey why people were happy he was acquitted in the double murder of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman.</p> <p>Correspondent Stephanie Elam was first out of the blocks with her analysis Thursday afternoon. </p> <p>Elam, a climate change analyst for the network, seemed to imply people were thrilled to see that OJ, as a black celebrity, could get away with murder.</p> <p>“It’s also just worth noting how much was impacted by this trial, Jake, as so many things happened. We saw policing changing here in the city,” she began. </p> <p>“And it’s also worth noting because of that unrest, that racial unrest in the 90s, that is why so many people who may not have been invested in OJ Simpson were just happy to see that someone who was rich and famous and black, could get away with …” Elam continued, stumbling for a moment, “… what other people did in the system as well too.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">JUST IN—CNN's Stephanie Elam reporting on OJ Simpson's death accidentally said the quiet part out loud:<br><br>"So many people were just happy to see that someone who is rich and famous, and black, could get away with… er … what other people did in the system as well, too." <a href="https://t.co/7j4zPCUlo5">pic.twitter.com/7j4zPCUlo5</a></p>— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1778520317595631794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/marc-lamont-hill-oj-simpson-acquittal-was-necessary-response-to-racist-system/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Marc Lamont Hill: OJ Simpson Acquittal Was Necessary Response To Racist System</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-cnn-analyst-oj-simpson-helped-right-the-wrongs-of-slavery-by-killing-white-people">CNN Analyst – OJ Simpson Helped Right The Wrongs Of Slavery By Killing White People</h2> <p>With Friday, came a new day. A fresh start for CNN in their coverage of OJ Simpson. But it didn’t get much better. In fact, commentator Ashley Allison made things worse with her analysis.</p> <p>Allison asserts that while OJ was clearly not a social justice warrior, he <em>did </em>represent the black community. Why? Because his victims were white.</p> <p>“I cheered, I was happy. I don’t think I had a concept of like who was guilty and who was not,” she said noting she was only in the 8th grade at the time OJ got off.</p> <p>“It was so racially charged because of what had happened just before with Rodney King, but also just how black Americans feel about policing.”</p> <p>“It’s not like O.J. Simpson was the leader of the civil rights movement in his era. You know, he wasn’t a social justice leader,” Allison explains. </p> <p>“But he represented something for the black community in that moment in that trial, particularly because there were two white people who had been killed,” she states. “And the history around how black people had been persecuted during slavery. There were just so many layers.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WTF: CNN Contributor suggests black people identified with OJ because he k*lled white people.<br><br>“[OJ] represented something for the black community in that moment, in that trial, particularly because there were two white people who had been k*lled.” <br><br>These remarks are insane.… <a href="https://t.co/zJHNDJ0I7t">pic.twitter.com/zJHNDJ0I7t</a></p>— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href="https://twitter.com/WesternLensman/status/1778757397164458452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/ex-cnn-contributor-fired-for-anti-semitic-comments-mocked-after-demanding-next-harvard-president-must-be-a-black-woman/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Ex-CNN Contributor Fired For Anti-Semitic Comments Mocked After Demanding Next Harvard President ‘Must Be A Black Woman’</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-interesting-analysis">Interesting Analysis</h2> <p>OJ Simpson, 76, died at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday after battling prostate cancer. CNN failed miserably in trying to convey why his acquittal for the violent murder of his wife and her friend was celebrated by some.</p> <p>Or maybe they succeeded. There certainly <em>was </em>a large contingent of people who were happy to see him ‘get away with … whatever’.</p> <p>And an equally large contingent who wanted him to get away with it because it would be a victory over the police, victims be damned because they were white.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">These people are the MOST racist amongst us. Somehow she justifies what happened because of the color of the victims…</p>— Red Pilled Ian (@redpilledian) <a href="https://twitter.com/redpilledian/status/1778765158010982858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Marc Lamont Hill, a former CNN contributor fired for his past extreme comments, also <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/marc-lamont-hill-oj-simpson-acquittal-was-necessary-response-to-racist-system/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">raised eyebrows</a> with his take on the OJ Simpson case.</p> <p>“O.J. Simpson was an abusive liar who abandoned his community long before he killed two people in cold blood. His acquittal for murder was the correct and necessary result of a racist criminal legal system,” he wrote on X.</p> <p>“But he’s still a monster, not a martyr.”</p> <p>Allison and Elam seem to disagree.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/cnn-coverage-of-ojs-death-simpson-represented-the-black-community-particularly-because-two-white-people-were-killed/">CNN Coverage Of OJ’s Death: Simpson Represented The Black Community, ‘Particularly Because Two White People Were Killed’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>How Taxpayers Will Heavily Subsidize Democrat Boots on the Ground This Election</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/how-taxpayers-will-subsidize-democrats-election/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[RealClearWire]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:24:04 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marc Elias]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mark zuckerberg]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233447</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>By Ben Weingarten for RealClearInvestigations Progressives are using legal loopholes and the power of the federal government to maximize Democrat […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/how-taxpayers-will-subsidize-democrats-election/">How Taxpayers Will Heavily Subsidize Democrat Boots on the Ground This Election</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>By Ben Weingarten for RealClearInvestigations</em></p> <p>Progressives are using legal loopholes and the power of the federal government to maximize Democrat votes in the 2024 election at taxpayers’ expense, RealClearInvestigations has found.</p> <p>The methods include voter registration and mobilization campaigns by ostensibly nonpartisan charities that target Democrats using demographic data as proxies, and the Biden administration’s unprecedented <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/03/07/executive-order-on-promoting-access-to-voting/">demand</a> that every federal agency “consider ways to expand citizens’ opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process.”</p> <p>A dizzying array of overwhelmingly “democracy-focused” entities with ties to the Democratic Party operating as charities and funded with hundreds of millions of dollars from major liberal “dark money” vehicles are engaged in a sprawling campaign to register the voters, deliver them the ballots, and figuratively and sometimes literally harvest the votes necessary to defeat Donald Trump.</p> <p>These efforts, now buttressed by the federal government, amplify and extend what Time magazine <a href="https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/">described</a> as a “well-funded cabal of powerful people ranging across industries and ideologies,” who had worked behind the scenes in 2020 “to influence perceptions, change rules and laws, steer media coverage and control the flow of information” to defeat Trump and other Republicans. The “shadow campaigners,” Time declared, “were not rigging the election; they were fortifying it.”</p> <p>Heading into 2024, “there is not a ‘shadow’ campaign,” said Mike Howell, executive director of the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project. “There is an overt assault on President Trump and those who wish to vote for him occurring at every level of government and with the support of all major institutions.”</p> <p>By contrast, Republican Party stalwarts lament that no comparable effort exists on their side. The GOP’s turnout and messaging efforts seek to thread a difficult needle by encouraging early and absentee voting and ballot-harvesting – pandemic-era measures that Trump and supporters blame for his 2020 electoral defeat – while the party simultaneously fights the mainly blue-state laws that made the practices possible. The party’s position is further complicated by its standard-bearer’s warnings of a rigged election bigger than in 2020, which some <a href="https://archive.is/eBEf4#selection-5899.15-5903.1">speculate</a> could turn off moderate swing voters.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-electioneering-super-weapons"><strong>Electioneering ‘Super-Weapons’</strong></h2> <p>The <a href="https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/the-restriction-of-political-campaign-intervention-by-section-501c3-tax-exempt-organizations">IRS</a> <a href="https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-ban-on-political-campaign-intervention-by-501c3-organizations-get-out-the-vote-activities#:~:text=However%2C%20voter%20education%20or%20registration,or%20more%20candidates%20is%20prohibited.">permits</a> tax-exempt nonprofit groups to engage in voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives so long as they do not “refer to any candidate or political party” nor conduct their activities “in a biased manner that favors (or opposes) one or more candidates prohibited.”</p> <p>These entities have become magnets for funds not only from wealthy donors, who can contribute without traditional campaign finance limits – and get a tax break to boot – but also abundantly endowed private foundations that are prohibited from engaging in partisan activities.</p> <p>In recent years, dozens of progressive-oriented 501(c)(3)s, now pulling in upwards of $500 million annually, have engaged in purportedly neutral efforts to impact elections, according to <a href="https://www.restorationofamerica.com/restoration-news/">Hayden Ludwig</a>, director of Policy Research at the election integrity-focused advocacy group, Restoration of America.</p> <p>In practice, critics like Ludwig argue, left-leaning charities flout the law by registering and mobilizing demographics that tend to vote disproportionately Democratic behind a veil of non-partisan democracy promotion.</p> <p>During the 2020 election, for example, the Voter Participation Center solicited millions of ballot applications in swing states – many of them prefilled for respondents. This nonprofit, like its peers, is clear that it isn’t targeting just any voters, but what <a href="https://www.voterparticipation.org/our-research/">it</a> and progressive <a href="https://democracyalliance.org/from-the-president/new-american-majority-turnout-vital-win-needs-sustained-investment/">activists</a> have dubbed a “New American Majority” of “young people, people of color and unmarried women.”</p> <p>Tom Lopach, a longtime Democratic Party operative and the center’s president and CEO, told RCI in a statement: “We do the work that state election officials typically do not do – seeking out underrepresented voting-eligible Americans Tom Lopach … This is difficult but necessary work that brings democracy to eligible Americans’ doorsteps.”</p> <p>In 2020, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan showed how supposedly neutral efforts can have a partisan impact when they funneled some $400 million through two <a href="https://training.npr.org/sources/tiana-epps-johnson/">progressive</a>–<a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/david-becker/">led</a> but purportedly nonpartisan nonprofits into election offices across the country.</p> <p>That money <a href="https://docs.house.gov/meetings/HA/HA00/20240207/116804/HHRG-118-HA00-Wstate-WalterS-20240207-U1.pdf">disproportionately went</a> to jurisdictions that Joe Biden won in the pivotal battleground states that delivered his victory, often flowing to left-leaning nonprofits to whom election offices outsourced the administration of <a href="https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/zuckerbucks-2020-election/">sometimes critical functions</a>.</p> <p>In April 2022, a primary conduit of these so-called “Zuckerbucks,” the Center for Tech and Civic Life, announced the launch of a successor to the 2020 effort – the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence, a five-year $80 million program “to envision, support, and celebrate excellence in U.S. election administration.”</p> <p>“The left has assembled an impressive ‘election-industrial’ complex of non-profit organizations that is constantly working towards goals like ‘promoting participation’ targeting ‘underrepresented minorities,’” said Jason Snead, executive director of the conservative Honest Elections Project. Such terms, Snead says, “are code for identifying and mobilizing liberal voters.”</p> <p>Election experts view such activities as potentially decisive. </p> <p>“‘Nonpartisan’ and ‘charitable’ voter registration and get-out-the-vote groups” are the Democratic Party’s “electioneering super-weapon[s],” said Parker Thayer, an analyst with the <a href="https://capitalresearch.org/about/">conservative-oriented</a> Capital Research Center in Washington, D.C.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-everybody-votes-but-for-whom"><strong>‘Everybody Votes’ – But for Whom?</strong></h2> <p>Of these, Thayer sees the Everybody Votes Campaign as of <a href="https://capitalresearch.org/article/corrupt-voter-registration-scheme-persists-vrps-activity-in-2022-and-beyond/">paramount importance</a>.</p> <p>Born of a plan “commissioned by [Hillary] Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, funded by the Democratic Party’s biggest donors, and coordinated with cut-throat Democratic consultants,” Thayer writes in an extensive <a href="https://capitalresearch.org/app/uploads/CRC-Voter-Registration-Report.pdf">analysis</a> of the group’s efforts, “the Everybody Votes campaign [has] used the guise of civic-minded charity to selectively register millions of ‘non-white’ swing-state voters in the hopes of getting out the Democratic vote.”</p> <p>It does so by funding and training over 50 community groups to register voters to <a href="https://www.everybodyvotes.com/">close</a> “the voter registration gap in communities of color,” which it attributes to “modern forms of Jim Crow laws,” such as voter ID requirements, the group’s executive director, Nellie Sires, said in a January 2024 <a href="https://whatsworkingsolutions.org/resource/interview-with-nellie-sires-voter-rights-project-everybody-votes-campaign/">interview</a>.</p> <p>From 2016-2021, the Everybody Votes Campaign, doing business as three entities, collected over <a href="https://capitalresearch.org/app/uploads/CRC-Voter-Registration-Report.pdf#page=12">$190 million</a> from major Democratic Party donors, unions, and environmental activists. Some of the <a href="https://capitalresearch.org/app/uploads/CRC-Voter-Registration-Report.pdf#page=33">largest donors</a> include the League of Conservation Voters Education Fund; the New Venture and Hopewell Funds, managed by for-profit consulting firm Arabella Advisors; and the George Soros-funded Foundation to Promote Open Society – all 501(c)(3) public charities or private foundations <a href="https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/the-restriction-of-political-campaign-intervention-by-section-501c3-tax-exempt-organizations#:~:text=Under%20the%20Internal%20Revenue%20Code,candidate%20for%20elective%20public%20office.">forbidden</a> from supporting “voter education or registration activities with evidence of bias.”</p> <p>The Everybody Votes Campaign distributed the funds to a slew of <a href="https://capitalresearch.org/app/uploads/CRC-Voter-Registration-Report.pdf#page=30">left-leaning state-based voter registration organizations</a> largely in eight pivotal states from 2016 to 2019 – Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, and Nevada – and then to Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin in 2021.</p> <p>According to Thayer’s <a href="https://capitalresearch.org/app/uploads/CRC-Voter-Registration-Report.pdf#page=10">analysis</a>, the Everybody Votes Campaign’s voter registration push “would have provided Democrats more votes than the total margins of victory in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and Pennsylvania,” securing Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-4-to-10-times-more-cost-effective"><strong>‘4 to 10 Times More Cost-Effective’</strong></h2> <p>One notable backer of the Everybody Votes Campaign is Mind the Gap, a “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/02/inside-sam-bankman-frieds-family-bubble">Moneyball-style</a>” Silicon Valley Democratic Super PAC founded by Stanford law professor Barbara Fried, and <a href="https://archive.ph/Cvqe6">connected</a> to the political activities of her convicted crypto-fraudster son, Sam Bankman-Fried.</p> <p>The analytics-focused <a href="https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit/de3c883a913d4b979f868a8a907bce68-mind-the-gap-inc-stanford">outfit</a> prepared a confidential strategy memo <a href="https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/7/21055340/mind-the-gap-silicon-valley-donors-democrats-2020-plan-140-million">leaked</a> in advance of the 2020 election, noting that “501(c)(3) voter registration focused on underrepresented groups in the electorate” would be the “single most effective tactic for ensuring Democratic victories” – “4 to 10 times more cost-effective” on after-tax basis at “garnering additional Democratic votes” relative to alternatives like “broadcast media and digital buys.”</p> <p>Mind the Gap recommended that donors contribute to three organizations: the Voter Participation Center and its sister organization, the Center for Voter Information for mail-based registration efforts, and Everybody Votes for site-based registration efforts.</p> <p>The largest grant recipient, receiving $24 million during the 2016-21 period, was <a href="https://www.statevoices.org/">State Voices</a>, which describes itself as a “nonpartisan network of 25 state-based coalitions … that collectively partner with over 1,200 organizations” consisting of “advocates, organizers, and activists … work[ing] together to fight for a healthy democracy and political power for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), and all people of color (BIPOC).”</p> <p>Another top recipient, raking in over $10 million, was the Voter Participation Center.</p> <p>According to the Capital Research Center, the Everybody Votes Campaign would <a href="https://capitalresearch.org/article/corrupt-voter-registration-scheme-persists-vrps-activity-in-2022-and-beyond/">collect</a> and spend over $50 million in connection with the 2022 midterm elections – the most recent period for which financials are available. All told, since its founding in 2015, <a href="https://www.everybodyvotes.com/">the Campaign says,</a> its network has registered 5.1 million voters, of whom 76% are people of color; 56% are women; and 47% are under the age of 35.</p> <p>Last November, the news outlet Puck <a href="https://puck.news/newsletter_content/sam-i-am-2/">reported</a> on a secret memo circulated by Mind the Gap regarding its plans for 2024. “Our strategy early in the 2024 presidential race will be to massively scale high-performing voter registration and mobilization programs,” the memo read. The PAC again specifically directed donors to the Everybody Votes Campaign, which did not respond to requests for comment.</p> <p>Lopach, who has worked in Democratic Party politics his entire career, bristled at RCI’s questions regarding critics’ claims of a partisan bent to its work. “The presumptions baked into the questions … emailed to us are inaccurate and reveal the reporter’s own biases,” he responded, while emphasizing the organization’s targeting of “underrepresented voting-eligible Americans.”</p> <p>Thayer has dubbed Everybody Votes the “largest and most corrupt ‘charitable’ voter registration drive in American history.”</p> <p>Of such organizations’ claims of nonpartisanship, Howell told RCI: “If they were truly interested in an informed participatory constitutional Republic, they would have an even-handed approach to registering voters.”</p> <p>“Call me when they show up to a NASCAR race, Daughters of the American Revolution event, or a gun show,” Howell added. “Then we can pretend for a minute that these are beyond just facial efforts to appear somewhat neutral.”</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-challenges-for-gop">Challenges for GOP</h2> <p>But NASCAR races have not been hubs for GOP-led voter registration efforts either. Restoration of America’s Ludwig estimates that the right may spend as little as 1% of what the left spends on voter registration efforts.</p> <p>A recent <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/711142665/Sentinel-Action-Fund-Memo#download&from_embed">memo</a> from the Sentinel Action Fund, a super PAC that aims to elect conservatives, noted that in the 2022 election cycle, while $8.9 billion was spent on federal elections, there were zero large independent expenditure organizations on the right focused on get-out-the-vote efforts or “ballot chasing.”</p> <p><a href="https://prod-static.gop.com/media/documents/Chairwoman_McDaniel_Accomplishments_and_Quotes_1708948300.pdf#page=2">Republican Party</a> <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/01/11/swing-district-gop-election-2024-nrcc">vehicles</a> and conservative outfits like grassroots-oriented <a href="https://www.tpaction.com/chasethevote">Turning Point Action</a>, a 501(c)(4), are engaged in such efforts in the 2024 cycle, but the scale and sophistication of their political counterparts’ efforts would appear unrivaled at this point.</p> <p>Election experts attribute this gap to several factors beyond the GOP’s focus on other tactics to win elections, or ineffectiveness. They note that Democratic voters tend to be more concentrated in urban areas and college campuses, making it easier to run efficient registration drives. As regards early and absentee voting and ballot harvesting, it is not clear if these efforts will substantially grow the pool of Republican voters versus merely enabling the party to “bank” votes earlier.</p> <p>With respect to the use of 501(c)(3)s to conduct such activities, Ludwig said some conservatives may still be fearful of running afoul of the IRS – through exploiting tax laws to pursue efforts perceived to be partisan effectively on the taxpayers’ dime – in the wake of its <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-announces-department-justice-has-settled-plaintiff-groups">targeting</a> of Tea Party groups for extreme scrutiny during the Obama years.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-bidenbucks-zuckerbucks-on-steroids"><strong>‘Bidenbucks’: ‘Zuckerbucks’ on Steroids</strong></h2> <p>Since the 2020 election, Democrats have opened a second apparent electioneering front that Republicans could not match even if they wanted to: The rise of so-called “Bidenbucks,” which uses the “unlimited funding, resources, and reach” of the federal government and agency offices located nationwide,” to turn out favored voters, according to Stewart Whitson, legal director of the conservative Foundation for Government Accountability.</p> <p>In March 2021, President Biden introduced <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/03/07/executive-order-on-promoting-access-to-voting/">Executive Order 14019</a>. The directive on “promoting access to voting” orders every federal agency, more than 600 in all, to register and mobilize voters – particularly “people of color” and others the White House says face “challenges to exercise their fundamental right to vote.” It further directs the agencies to collaborate with ostensibly nonpartisan nonprofits in pursuit of its goals.</p> <p>As RCI has <a href="https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/07/26/conservatives_oppose_secretive_biden_voting_order_as_bidenbucks_-_federal_zuckbucks_on_steroids_968461.html">previously reported</a>, EO 14019 appears to have been designed by left-leaning think tank Demos and implemented in consultation and sometimes coordination with a slew of progressive, labor, and identity-focused groups with the goal of generating up to 3.5 million new or updated voter registrations annually.</p> <p>The ACLU and Demos have <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/06/07/exclusive-demos-aclu-among-voter-advocacy-groups-helping-federal-agencies-turn-out-vote-on-bidens-order/">reportedly</a> helped execute the order. RCI additionally found that at least two recipients of grants under the Everybody Votes Campaign, the NAACP and UnidosUS – formerly the National Council of Raza – were also listed on an <a href="https://thefga.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CRT-9-8-22-Production-FGA_section-17.pdf#page=2">email</a> as participants in a July 2021 listening session on the executive order convened by the White House and agency officials.</p> <p>Whitson, whose organization unearthed that email in its fight to expose details about the order, emphasized that “[U]nlike 2020 wherein the shadow campaign was conducted by private citizens seeking to influence government election operations from the outside, the threat we face in 2024 is being launched from <em>within</em> the government itself.”</p> <p>Facing both congressional scrutiny and litigation, the administration has closely guarded the strategic plans agencies were to develop to carry out the order, how they are implementing them, to what end, and with whom.</p> <p>Perfunctory press releases, reports from groups supportive of the order, and documents slowly ferreted out via FOIA requests and litigation, however, demonstrate that relevant agencies have sought to drive voter registration via public housing authorities, child nutrition programs, and voluntary tax preparation clinics.</p> <p>In August 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-updates-voter-registration-guidance-for-naturalization-ceremonies#:~:text=This%20update%20demonstrates%20USCIS'%20commitment,and%20expanding%20access%20to%20voter">updated guidance</a> calling for the agency to register voters at naturalization ceremonies.</p> <p>More recently, the Department of Education did the <a href="https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/dear-colleague-letters/2024-02-26/use-federal-work-study-funds-voter-registration">same</a>, blessing the use of federal work-study funds to pay students for “supporting broad-based get-out-the-vote activities, voter registration,” and other activities. Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, recently told the Epoch Times that the Department had previously <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/mail-in-ballots-for-inmates-how-the-federal-government-is-targeting-new-voters-5578741">threatened</a> schools “that you better be registering students or you could lose your federal funds.”</p> <p>When asked by RCI to respond to Walter’s claim, the Department of Education would not. Over two dozen Pennsylvania state legislators <a href="https://americafirstpolicy.com/assets/uploads/files/18_Amended_Complaint.pdf">challenged</a> the order via a lawsuit in January. Citing alleged unlawful attempts by several agencies to register Keystone state voters, the lawmakers asserted:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“By engaging in a targeted voter registration effort of this magnitude, focused specifically on these agencies and the groups of potential voters they interact with, leveraging the resources and reach of the federal government, this effort appears to be a taxpayer-funded get-out-the-vote effort designed to benefit the current President’s political party.”</p></blockquote> <p>Echoing this view, Whitson’s Foundation for Government Accountability submitted an <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.pamd.140876/gov.uscourts.pamd.140876.29.1.pdf">amicus brief</a>noting that “all of the federal agencies FGA has identified as taking active steps to carry out EO 14019 have one thing in common: They provide government welfare benefits and other services to groups of voters the vast majority of which have historically voted Democrat.”</p> <p>The plaintiffs alleged the executive order violated both Pennsylvania law limiting voter registration efforts to non-federal actors, and constitutional provisions reserving election laws to the states. On March 26, a district court dismissed the case, claiming the plaintiffs lacked standing. Whitson told RCI that others would likely lodge similar lawsuits, building on the Pennsylvania legislators’ case in the wake of the dismissal. Days later, The Federalist <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/02/pennsylvania-lawmakers-to-appeal-bidenbucks-lawsuit-to-u-s-supreme-court/">reported</a> that the plaintiffs intended to appeal their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. A White House spokesperson did not reply to RCI’s inquiries regarding the executive order.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-opposition-and-circumvention"><strong>Opposition and Circumvention</strong></h2> <p>Republicans have had more success opposing the use of Zuckerbucks and other private monies used to finance public elections. More than <a href="https://capitalresearch.org/article/states-banning-zuck-bucks/">two dozen states</a> would move to <a href="https://capitalresearch.org/article/states-banning-zuck-bucks/">ban or restrict</a> such grants in response to the activities observed during the 2020 election.</p> <p>Most recently, Wisconsin, where some of the most <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/10/13/how-zuck-bucks-helped-flip-wisconsin-for-joe-biden-after-hillarys-2016-defeat/">controversial</a> Zuckerbucks-related <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/wisconsin-judge-rules-that-absentee-voting-van-used-in-2022-was-illegal/">efforts</a> took place, was added to that list when, on April 2, voters approved a constitutional amendment barring the private funding of elections.</p> <p>Despite this crackdown and the feds seemingly stepping into the breach, efforts to privately finance election administration persist. The U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence <a href="https://electionexcellence.org/updates/center-for-tech-and-civic-life-launches-the-u-s-alliance-for-election-excellence-at-ted2022/">bills itself</a> as an initiative to bolster “woefully unsupported” election offices to “revitalize American democracy.”</p> <p>The organization <a href="https://electionexcellence.org/our-community/">says</a> it services jurisdictions – 11 listed on its website, ranging across states from Arizona to California and Wisconsin – with “training, mentorship, and resources.” Alliance officials did not respond to RCI’s inquiry about whether it would be terminating the relationship with the city of Madison, Wisconsin., in light of the passage of the recent ballot measure that would seem to have barred it. Nor did it respond to RCI’s other inquiries in connection with this article.</p> <p>Most of these partnerships were initiated with jurisdictions in states that have not banned Zuckerbucks, though it has sought to <a href="https://www.honestelections.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/HEP_Alliance-for-Election_EXEC-SUMMARY_v2.pdf#page=3">circumvent</a> such prohibitions in Georgia and Utah. The stated goal of the Alliance for Election Excellence is to support voters via measures like assisting participating centers in “redesigning” forms to make them more intuitive and purchasing infrastructure “to improve election security and accessibility.”</p> <p>Alliance launch partners include entities such as:</p> <ul><li>The Center for Civic Design, which works with election offices “using research, design, accessibility, and plain language to remove barriers in the voter journey and invite participation in democracy;”</li> <li>The Elections Group, to “implement new programs or improve processes for voters and stakeholders”; and</li> <li>The Center for Secure and Modern Elections to “modernize the voting system, making elections more efficient and secure.”</li></ul> <p>Critics argue this seemingly more modest effort is, in reality, an ambitious Zuckerbucks rebrand.</p> <p>Snead’s Honest Elections Project published a <a href="https://www.honestelections.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/HEP_Alliance-for-Election_EXEC-SUMMARY_v2.pdf">report</a> in April 2023, based in part on documents received from FOIA requests, indicating “that the Alliance is a reinvention of CTCL’s scheme to use private funding to strongarm election policy nationwide.”</p> <p>Among other takeaways, it found that:</p> <ul><li>The Alliance offers services that touch every aspect of election administration, ranging from “legal” and “political” consultation to public relations, guidance, and assistance with recruitment and training.</li> <li>The Alliance is gathering detailed information on the inner workings of participating election offices and developing “improvement plans” to reshape the way they operate.</li></ul> <p>The report shows that many of the alliance’s launch partners, starting with the Center for Tech and Civic Life and the Center for Civic Design, are funded by major Democrat-tied, so-called “dark money” groups such as the Democracy Fund and Arabella Advisors’ New Venture Fund and Hopewell Fund.</p> <p>The Democracy Fund is led by Democrat tech billionaire Pierre Omidyar, which has granted some $275 million to like-minded organizations from publications like Mother Jones and ProPublica to the Voter Registration Project since its founding.</p> <p>The District of Columbia recently <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/dc-attorney-general-will-not-bring-charges-against-left-wing-dark-money-group/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">closed a criminal investigation</a> into Arabella, whose fund network <a href="https://archive.ph/tfkof" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">reportedly</a> spent nearly $1.2 billion in 2020 alone, after probing it over allegations its <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/new-venture-fund-attorneys-order-group-to-prepare-records-for-dc-attorney-general-probe-internal-documents-show/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">funds</a>were pursuing political ends in violation of their tax-exempt statuses. The Center for Secure and Modern Elections, the Honest Elections Project says, pushes “left-wing priorities like automatic voter registration” and is run by the New Venture Fund. The Elections Group’s CEO and co-founder, Jennifer Morrell, previously served as a consultant at the Democracy Fund.</p> <p>The Capital Research Center’s Walter uses a football analogy to explain why he sees these efforts as untoward. He told RCI:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“Election offices are the refs in elections; the parties are teams trying to score. You’d be puzzled if you heard Super Bowl refs say they’re trying to boost points scored. You’d be outraged if you learned those refs had received money and training from people who previously worked for one team’s offensive coaching staff. That’s what left-wing political operatives, using left-wing money, are doing, and it’s clearly unfair.”</p></blockquote> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-non-trump-lawfare">Non-Trump Lawfare</h2> <p>Democrat-aligned groups continue to engage in litigation, like that brought by chief election lawyer Marc Elias, aimed at loosening election laws to their benefit. Snead told RCI, “There are more than 70 active lawsuits right now targeting voter ID laws, anti-ballot harvesting laws, signature verification, drop box regulations, and more.”</p> <p>After securing victory in a lawsuit requiring signature verification for mail voting in Pennsylvania, the RNC touted its engagement as well in 81 election integrity cases this cycle. Swing-state Wisconsin is another major battleground for such efforts.</p> <p>There, Elias’ legal team has challenged witness signature requirements and bans on election clerks filling address information on mail-in ballots. It and others are also <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/12/wisconsin-supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-challenge-to-ballot-drop-box-bans-to-ban-on-ballot-drop-boxes/72950011007/">working</a> to overturn a state Supreme Court decision finding drop boxes illegal. The Badger State’s now liberal-majority Supreme Court announced in March it would take up the case.</p> <p>Cutting against these efforts are not only the state’s citizen-approved Zuckerbucks ban, but another Badger-passed April 2 <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Wisconsin_2024_ballot_measures">ballot measure</a> amending the state’s constitution to prohibit those other than “an election official designated by law” from carrying out election-related tasks.</p> <p>Watchdogs like Howell are concerned that left-leaning electioneers and lawfare forces collectively are pursuing an “election ‘dis-integrity’ strategy … to greatly expand the universe of ballots while limiting any ability to ensure that they are fairly cast and counted.”</p> <p>“It’s a basic recipe for fraud.”</p> <p>Elias <a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/republicans-prepare-a-new-wave-of-legal-attacks-on-voting/">says</a> those seeking to combat such efforts are engaged in “voter suppression and election subversion.”</p> <p>Democrats also have the federal government working on their side on the litigation front – and in ways extending beyond the veritable lawfare barrage the Biden Justice Department has leveled at Donald Trump.</p> <p>Speaking in Selma, Ala., on the 59<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the 1965 police assault on civil rights marchers, Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-deliver-remarks-bloody-sunday-tabernacle-baptist#:~:text=And%20to%20those%20who%20will,from%20which%20all%20others%20flow.">declared</a> that “the right to vote is still under attack.”</p> <p>Garland vowed the Department of Justice was punching back, including “challenging efforts by states and jurisdictions to implement discriminatory, burdensome, and unnecessary restrictions on access to the ballot, including those related to mail-in voting, the use of drop boxes, and voter ID requirements.”</p> <p><em>Syndicated with permission <a href="https://realclearwire.com/articles/2024/04/10/how_taxpayers_will_heavily_subsidize_democrat_boots_on_the_ground_this_election_1023475.html">from RealClearWire</a>.</em></p><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/how-taxpayers-will-subsidize-democrats-election/">How Taxpayers Will Heavily Subsidize Democrat Boots on the Ground This Election</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Catherine Herridge Describes CBS News Seizing Her Files In Shocking Capitol Hill Testimony</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/catherine-herridge-describes-cbs-news-seizing-her-files-in-shocking-capitol-hill-testimony/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:48:37 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Catherine Herridge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cbs news]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233437</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Catherine Herridge, a veteran investigative journalist formerly with CBS News, accused the network of committing “journalistic rape” when they seized […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/catherine-herridge-describes-cbs-news-seizing-her-files-in-shocking-capitol-hill-testimony/">Catherine Herridge Describes CBS News Seizing Her Files In Shocking Capitol Hill Testimony</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Catherine Herridge, a veteran investigative journalist formerly with CBS News, accused the network of committing “journalistic rape” when they seized her files after her firing in February.</p> <p>“I was locked out of my emails and I was locked out of the office. CBS News seized hundreds of pages of my reporting files including confidential source information,” Herridge said during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday.</p> <p>“When the network of Walter Cronkite seizes your reporting files, including confidential source information, that is an attack on investigative journalism.”</p> <p><em>The Political Insider</em> <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/cbs-seizes-materials-of-fired-journalist-who-was-investigating-hunter-biden/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">reported that</a> CBS had seized Herridge’s files, computers, and records. The network though, vowed nobody would go through them and that the documents were locked safely in her office.</p> <p>The firing of Herridge and the way that it was handled, not to mention the timing, initially raised eyebrows, as she had been investigating an aspect of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal at the time.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">JUST IN: Reporter Catherine Herridge testifies that CBS News locked her out of the building and seized all her files, says she was working with sources to "expose government corruption."<br><br>Nothing at all going on here, folks.<br><br>"CBS News’ decision to seize my reporting records… <a href="https://t.co/XDuQEjyHcd">pic.twitter.com/XDuQEjyHcd</a></p>— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1778460987777237083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/award-winning-investigative-journalist-catherine-herridge-who-had-files-taken-by-cbs-held-in-contempt/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Investigative Journalist Catherine Herridge, Who Had Files Taken By CBS, Held In Contempt</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-catherine-herridge-hammers-cbs">Catherine Herridge Hammers CBS</h2> <p>The testimony by Catherine Herridge exposing CBS News was nothing short of damning.</p> <p>In addition to the laptop investigation, the award-winning reporter had been covering the House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, special counsel Robert Hur’s report on his handling of classified documents, and criminal charges against Hunter Biden.</p> <p>“I can only speak for myself. When my records were seized, I felt it was a journalistic rape,” she stated.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And she’s one of the best out there.</p>— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuzzPatterson/status/1778462879337099489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Herridge’s firing itself was quite a shock to the public. She was a surprise casualty of the network’s layoffs despite an award-winning ability to provide breaking news and insider scoops.</p> <p>The network subsequently seizing her materials, however, was nothing short of alarming. The ramifications, according to Herridge, were far-reaching.</p> <p>“CBS News’ decision to seize my reporting records crossed a red line that I believe should never be crossed by any media organization,” the Emmy Award-winner testified.</p> <p>“Multiple sources said they were concerned that by working with me to expose government corruption and misconduct they would be identified and exposed.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is what state sponsored media looks like, ladies and gentlemen. <a href="https://t.co/UyxRpq5tKL">https://t.co/UyxRpq5tKL</a></p>— The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TRHLofficial/status/1778611017863278989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/cbs-news-chief-behind-firing-of-catherine-herridge-in-the-midst-of-investigating-biden-family-to-receive-free-speech-award/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">CBS News Chief Behind Firing Of Catherine Herridge To Receive Free Speech Award</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-cbs-denies-anything-out-of-the-ordinary">CBS Denies Anything Out Of The Ordinary</h2> <p>Despite Catherine Herridge’s repeated accusations that the network seized her files, CBS maintains they did nothing out of the ordinary.</p> <p>The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/11/media/crossed-a-red-line-fired-cbs-news-reporter-catherine-herridge-speaks-out-over-seized-files-at-capitol-hill-hearing/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">reports</a> on the network’s claim that “no one had rifled through the files and that they were eventually locked inside Herridge’s former office in Washington, DC, before being returned.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A woman who deserves <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/respect?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#respect</a> and admiration instead received contempt and disrespect. A true low for the media and the country. <a href="https://twitter.com/C__Herridge?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@C__Herridge</a> and more like her are needed now more than ever. <a href="https://t.co/rns3U4Yy0d">https://t.co/rns3U4Yy0d</a></p>— Brett L. Tolman (@tolmanbrett) <a href="https://twitter.com/tolmanbrett/status/1778467887910420564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>President of CBS News Ingrid Ciprián-Matthews, who was involved in the firing of Catherine Herridge, later received a <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/cbs-news-chief-behind-firing-of-catherine-herridge-in-the-midst-of-investigating-biden-family-to-receive-free-speech-award/">First Amendment Award</a> from the RTDNA Foundation.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can't make this up. CBS News fires @CBS_Herridge, then steals her notes, and in disgrace is forced to return them. <br><br>A week later, the president of <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBSNews</a> who signed off on that theft receives an industry free speech award. <a href="https://t.co/km5O8sVVKd">https://t.co/km5O8sVVKd</a></p>— Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentBozell/status/1762801853132054658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Earlier this year, Herridge was <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/award-winning-investigative-journalist-catherine-herridge-who-had-files-taken-by-cbs-held-in-contempt/">held in civil contempt</a> by a federal judge for refusing to reveal her source for a series of stories published in 2017.</p> <p>U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper imposed significant fines until Herridge complies. She is being pressured to reveal the identity of a source used for a report written that year regarding a Chinese American scientist who was investigated by the FBI but never charged with wrongdoing.</p> <p>The case, as well as CBS News firing and handling of her files, has significant First Amendment implications.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/catherine-herridge-describes-cbs-news-seizing-her-files-in-shocking-capitol-hill-testimony/">Catherine Herridge Describes CBS News Seizing Her Files In Shocking Capitol Hill Testimony</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Marc Lamont Hill: OJ Simpson Acquittal Was Necessary Response To Racist System</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/marc-lamont-hill-oj-simpson-acquittal-was-necessary-response-to-racist-system/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:57:37 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marc Lamont Hill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oj simpson]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233439</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Marc Lamont Hill, a professor of urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, responded to the […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/marc-lamont-hill-oj-simpson-acquittal-was-necessary-response-to-racist-system/">Marc Lamont Hill: OJ Simpson Acquittal Was Necessary Response To Racist System</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marc Lamont Hill, a professor of urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, responded to the death of OJ Simpson by saying his acquittal in the double murder of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman was a “necessary” outcome.</p> <p>Simpson, 76, died at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday after battling prostate cancer.</p> <p>The former running back for the Buffalo Bills is best known for having been acquitted for the aforementioned murders. Hill though, had an interesting take following his death.</p> <p>“O.J. Simpson was an abusive liar who abandoned his community long before he killed two people in cold blood. His acquittal for murder was the correct and necessary result of a racist criminal legal system,” he wrote on X.</p> <p>“But he’s still a monster, not a martyr.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">O.J. Simpson was an abusive liar who abandoned his community long before he killed two people in cold blood. His acquittal for murder was the correct and necessary result of a racist criminal legal system. But he’s still a monster, not a martyr.</p>— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) <a href="https://twitter.com/marclamonthill/status/1778461905268412472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/ex-cnn-contributor-fired-for-anti-semitic-comments-mocked-after-demanding-next-harvard-president-must-be-a-black-woman/">Ex-CNN Contributor Fired For Anti-Semitic Comments Mocked After Demanding Next Harvard President ‘Must Be A Black Woman’</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-marc-lamont-hill-suggests-oj-simpson-acquittal-was-right-because-he-was-black">Marc Lamont Hill Suggests OJ Simpson Acquittal Was Right Because He Was Black</h2> <p>Marc Lamont Hill, a former CNN and Fox News contributor, was called out for his take on the OJ Simpson case.</p> <p>It’s difficult not to conclude this take on these remarks: OJ wasn’t really black, but he deserved to get away with murder because he was black.</p> <p>“Saying he left the black community and admitting he is a murderer, but believing he still deserves black criminal immunity is wild,” one follower on X responded.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I never said that. The witness was caught lying. That raises legal doubt. That’s why the verdict was proper. Regardless of race, the system has to be fair.</p>— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) <a href="https://twitter.com/marclamonthill/status/1778503423538671653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Hill though, denies that was his opinion, despite clearly stating the Simpson case was a “correct and necessary result of a racist criminal legal system.”</p> <p>“I never said that,” he replied to the critic. “The witness was caught lying. That raises legal doubt. That’s why the verdict was proper. Regardless of race, the system has to be fair.”</p> <p>But that isn’t what he initially said.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"He killed two people/his acquittal was correct."<br><br>Social justice perfectly distilled. Individual guilt is irrelevant, group social dynamics are what matters.</p>— Holden (@Holden114) <a href="https://twitter.com/Holden114/status/1778486756528332894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Detective Mark Fuhrman was <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/11/us-news/how-the-trial-of-oj-simpson-gripped-the-world/">caught lying</a> on the witness stand about using racial slurs. Additionally, he pleaded the 5th Amendment each time the defense asked him about planting evidence.</p> <p>But many, many people surmise the jury acquitted Simpson because of his race, a response to the police beating of Rodney King years earlier.</p> <p>Still, just as Hill admits, the actual evidence was plentiful in pointing to Simpson’s guilt in the case.</p> <p>“He killed two people in cold blood.”</p> <p>And, in fact, in a subsequent civil trial in 1997, Simpson was found liable for the wrongful deaths of Nicole Brown and Goldman. He was ordered to pay $33.5 million in damages to the victims’ families.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So, he's a monster because he murdered people, but he should have gotten away with it because of racism or something? Do you hear yourself? Wait, of course, you do.</p>— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnhawkinsrwn/status/1778479046885519530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/oj-simpson-confessed/">OJ Simpson Confesses to “Hypothetical” M</a><a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/oj-simpson-confessed/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">u</a><a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/oj-simpson-confessed/">rder in Fox Special</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-fired-from-cnn">Fired From CNN</h2> <p>Marc Lamont Hill <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/ex-cnn-contributor-fired-for-anti-semitic-comments-mocked-after-demanding-next-harvard-president-must-be-a-black-woman/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">made news</a> earlier this year when he demanded that Harvard’s President be chosen exclusively on race and gender.</p> <p>“The next president of Harvard University MUST be a Black woman,” Hill insisted in a post on X. </p> <p>He was responding to news that Claudine Gay, the previous president of Harvard, was forced to resign from her post. Gay’s fate followed controversy about alleged plagiarism and accusations of enabling antisemitism on campus.</p> <p>CNN <a href="https://forward.com/opinion/415088/demonizing-israel-isnt-anti-semitic-but-marc-lamont-hill-crossed-the-line/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">famously fired Hill</a> after he called for the destruction of Israel and inciting violence against Jews in front of a United Nations panel in 2018.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And here it is, Marc Lamont Hill calling for a "free Palestine from the river to the sea" (video via <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyavni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bennyavni</a>) <a href="https://t.co/E7ugrByKyf">pic.twitter.com/E7ugrByKyf</a></p>— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/1067916761553666048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>Hill defended the use of terrorism and violence by the Palestinian resistance in 2018. </p> <p>“We must recognize the right of an occupied people to defend itself,” he said.</p> <p>“We must prioritize peace, but we must not romanticize or fetishize it,” he added, concluding that “justice requires … a free Palestine from the river to the sea.”</p> <p>The phrase, “from the river to the sea,” has been used by the terrorist organization <a href="https://likud.nl/2006/11/hamas-we-want-all-of-palestine-from-the-river-to-the-sea/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Hamas</a>. It is widely regarded as a mantra calling for the destruction of Israel.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/marc-lamont-hill-oj-simpson-acquittal-was-necessary-response-to-racist-system/">Marc Lamont Hill: OJ Simpson Acquittal Was Necessary Response To Racist System</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>EXCLUSIVE: Kash Patel Talks FISA Reform: Suggests Program Could Still Be Used To Spy On Trump, Other Candidates</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/exclusive-kash-patel-talks-fisa-reform-suggests-program-still-being-used-to-spy-on-trump-other-candidates/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:51:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FISA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kash Patel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mike Johnson]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233435</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson, a one-time hardline critic of a controversial surveillance law meant to target terrorists but which often […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/exclusive-kash-patel-talks-fisa-reform-suggests-program-still-being-used-to-spy-on-trump-other-candidates/">EXCLUSIVE: Kash Patel Talks FISA Reform: Suggests Program Could Still Be Used To Spy On Trump, Other Candidates</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson, a one-time hardline critic of a controversial surveillance law meant to target terrorists but which often surveils Americans’ communications without a warrant is evolving on the matter.</p> <p>Johnson (R-LA) is actively opposing a new warrant requirement for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).</p> <p>As reported by <em>The Political Insider</em>, just one meeting with intelligence agents <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/">caused the Speaker to do a complete 180</a> on the matter.</p> <p>“When I was a member of Judiciary, I saw all of the abuses of the FBI — there were terrible abuses, over and over and over,” Johnson told reporters of his changing position.</p> <p>“And then when I became Speaker, I went to the SCIF and got the confidential briefing from sort of the other perspective on that, to understand the necessity of Section 702 of FISA and how important it is for national security,” he continued. “And it gave me a different perspective.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Speaker Mike Johnson elaborates on his FISA flip flop from when he was a rank and file member of the House, explaining that after receiving classified briefings he has a “different perspective.” <a href="https://t.co/mrLj9ouEji">pic.twitter.com/mrLj9ouEji</a></p>— Haley Talbot (@haleytalbotcnn) <a href="https://twitter.com/haleytalbotcnn/status/1778178464798941391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>On Wednesday, 19 Republicans joined 209 Democrats to block the reauthorization of FISA’s Section 702. The current status of its renewal is somewhat uncertain with it set to expire on April 19th. </p> <p>The Biden administration expects its authority to collect intelligence under Section 702 to <a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/spy-law-needs-fixing-now-stop-overreach-not-backdoor-boost#:~:text=The%20Biden%20administration%20just%20obtained,April%2019%20of%20this%20year.">remain operational</a> until April 2025, thanks to an earlier opinion from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), which oversees surveillance applications.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: The House just voted down a bill reauthorizing the federal government’s surveillance capabilities without requiring a warrant as pushed by Republican Speaker Mike Johnson. <br><br>NOTE: The vote was 228-193 against advancing the rule to renew Section 702 of the Foreign… <a href="https://t.co/gg0TWVo2uK">pic.twitter.com/gg0TWVo2uK</a></p>— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) <a href="https://twitter.com/simonateba/status/1778130815508959293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/">Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-kash-patel-fisa-law-must-be-reformed">Kash Patel: FISA Law Must Be Reformed</h2> <p>Kash Patel is a former White House official under President Trump. He served in various intelligence and defense roles for the former President. </p> <p>A spokesperson for Patel warns that the FISA program has been used extensively and illegally against American citizens. Including against President Trump.</p> <p>“The FISC investigated and reported that [FBI Director Christopher] Wray’s FBI used FISA illegally 274,000 times against Americans last year alone,” they said in a statement.</p> <iframe src="https://truthsocial.com/@Kash/112247591958076952/embed" class="truthsocial-embed" style="max-width: 100%; border: 0" width="600" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><script src="https://truthsocial.com/embed.js" async="async"></script> <p>Patel, the former Deputy Director of National Intelligence and a National Security Prosecutor, spoke with <em>The Political Insider</em> about the current FISA debate. He insists there is only one logical conclusion to the matter.</p> <p>“FISA must be reformed,” he said. “The RussiaGate investigation, which I led for Congress, uncovered the largest criminal use of FISA by the DOJ/FBI ever.”</p> <p>An investigation launched by Special Counsel Robert Mueller between 2017 and 2019 sought to examine Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, including any links or coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.</p> <p>Patel explained to <em>The Political Insider</em> the Justice Department’s ultimate goal.</p> <p>“The goal was to rig an election by weaponizing the intel community and launching the largest disinformation campaign in US political history,” he insists.</p> <p>Despite the extensive investigation, Mueller’s final report found insufficient evidence to charge a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia.</p> <iframe src="https://truthsocial.com/@Kash/112248136702354475/embed" class="truthsocial-embed" style="max-width: 100%; border: 0" width="600" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><script src="https://truthsocial.com/embed.js" async="async"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-urges-republicans-stop-fisa/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Trump Urges Republicans To Stop Warrantless Surveillance Reauthorization: ‘KILL FISA’</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-why-these-reforms-are-important">Why These Reforms Are Important</h2> <p>Kash Patel, recently rumored to be under consideration for a wide variety of roles in a second Trump administration, ranging from <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/what-trump-cabinet-might-look-like-if-reelected">CIA Director</a> to <a href="https://2paragraphs.com/2024/04/fmr-trump-ambassadors-comment-backfires-so-embarrassing-for-you/">Attorney General</a>, explains why FISA reform is so urgent.</p> <p>“Americans must never be illegally surveilled using spy tools, period,” he tells <em>The Political Insider</em>. “Our government must never use these national defense measures against political opponents.”</p> <p>On that, Patel toys with the idea that FISA 702 has been used on other presidential candidates beyond Trump.</p> <p>“The FBI led the charge to illegally surveil one presidential candidate that we know of, and we should certainly question if there are any others,” he contends. “The fact that the answer to that question is in serious doubt, should shock the conscience.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The FBI and DOJ have abused their FISA power and their warrantless surveillance on so many Americans has been abused. <br><br>It needs more safeguards but we also need to find the balance between national security and limiting government authority. <a href="https://t.co/QVFysQWmw0">pic.twitter.com/QVFysQWmw0</a></p>— Mercedes Schlapp (@mercedesschlapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/mercedesschlapp/status/1778525998151303549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for President, sternly demanded that Congress “kill” the FISA program earlier this week.</p> <p>“Kill FISA,” he wrote on his Truth Social media platform. “It was illegally used against me and many others. They spied on my campaign!”</p> <p>While Patel pushes reform, he acknowledges why past FISA abuses would lead to concerns among critics over the program who suggest it simply be killed.</p> <p>“The Deep State’s own repeated, unlawful FISA abuse has set the landscape of grave mistrust. Their target has always been all things Trump,” he tells <em>The Political Insider</em>. “They have taken no action for meaningful recourse, and there has been near zero accountability.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We need an open rule to make FISA reauthorization as transparent as possible.<br><br>The people claiming we need warrantless spying on Americans to keep our country safe should be focused on securing our border and deporting the terrorists already here!<br><br>That’s what I’m focused on. <a href="https://t.co/R3C7x47Yfw">pic.twitter.com/R3C7x47Yfw</a></p>— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1778177371318718921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-can-trump-fix-it">Can Trump Fix It?</h2> <p>Patel adds that a new administration must be put into place to restore Americans’ faith in the intelligence community. The FISA program’s most notable victim may be the only man who can fix the system.</p> <p>“A regime change in the leadership cabal who authored these unconstitutional techniques to restore trust in our government agencies is the mission,” he declares. “That mission is led by Donald Trump.”</p> <p>The fight Trump is facing to win the election though, will be a difficult one. When asked if the ‘deep state’ is <em>still </em>working to take down the GOP candidate – and using the media to aid the mission – Patel suggested that yes, it could.</p> <p>“The FBI has millions of dollars in contracts with big tech on the election alone,” he said. “What do you think?”</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/exclusive-kash-patel-talks-fisa-reform-suggests-program-still-being-used-to-spy-on-trump-other-candidates/">EXCLUSIVE: Kash Patel Talks FISA Reform: Suggests Program Could Still Be Used To Spy On Trump, Other Candidates</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:08:18 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FISA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mike Johnson]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233432</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>At one time House Speaker Mike Johnson wanted to add a warrant requirement to the controversial spying program, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/">Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At one time House Speaker Mike Johnson wanted to add a warrant requirement to the controversial spying program, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.</p> <p>This is the same law used against President Trump in the Russiagate hoax. </p> <p>But now Speaker Johnson has flip-flopped.</p> <p>So what changed Johnson’s mind?</p> <p>Just one meeting with the deep state. That’s all it took. Watch:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Speaker Mike Johnson elaborates on his FISA flip flop from when he was a rank and file member of the House, explaining that after receiving classified briefings he has a “different perspective.” <a href="https://t.co/mrLj9ouEji">pic.twitter.com/mrLj9ouEji</a></p>— Haley Talbot (@haleytalbotcnn) <a href="https://twitter.com/haleytalbotcnn/status/1778178464798941391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-urges-republicans-stop-fisa/">Trump Urges Republicans To Stop Warrantless Surveillance Reauthorization: ‘KILL FISA’</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-fully-informed">‘Fully Informed’</h2> <p>Johnson had previously admitted that he had seen all kinds of abuse from the FBI during testimony in the House Judiciary Committee. But again, all it took was just one meeting to snap him back in line.</p> <p>“I encourage all the members to go to the classified briefing and hear all that and see it, so they can evaluate the situation for themselves,” Johnson said on Thursday. “I think some opinions have changed both ways, but that’s part of the process. You got to be fully informed.”</p> <p>On Wednesday, 19 Republicans joined 209 Democrats to block reforms to FISA’s Section 702, which allows U.S. intelligence to collect texts, phone calls, emails and other electronic communications of foreigners in foreign countries.</p> <p>The problem with that is that Americans’ data has also been captured in the past. </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is a textbook case of Congressional capture. With a single briefing, the intelligence agencies routinely transform their most strident critics into the tamest of cheerleaders. <a href="https://t.co/GS5RckfptO">https://t.co/GS5RckfptO</a></p>— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) <a href="https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1778441873981350053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/country-star-gavin-adcock-goes-on-wild-vulgar-tirade-against-biden/">Country Star Gavin Adcock Goes On Wild Vulgar Tirade Against Biden</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-pushback">Pushback </h2> <p>Many were not satisfied with Johnson’s explanation and still want a warrant requirement, as required by the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.</p> <p>Edward Snowden in particular. The famous whistleblower wrote on X, “This is a textbook case of Congressional capture. With a single briefing, the intelligence agencies routinely transform their most strident critics into the tamest of cheerleaders.”</p> <p>Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz said on his podcast, “I told the speaker, my friend, that we made him speaker so that the speakership would be more like Mike Johnson. We didn’t make Mike Johnson speaker so that Mike Johnson would be more like the speakership.”</p> <p>“We’ve been on the Judiciary Committee with Mike Johnson. He sat next to me for seven years on that committee. Frankly, Mike Johnson makes the arguments that we’ve made in this [FISA] discussion, probably better than we do,” Gaetz said. “If what he has encountered from an information standpoint, as speaker was so persuasive, that it would cause him to make a reversal, that I would think he would be obligated to convince his colleagues from the Judiciary Committee.”</p> <p>Former Republican congressman and current candidate for U.S. Senate, Justin Amash, had his own thoughts.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Translation: "When I was a member of Judiciary, I saw the abuses of the FBI, hundreds of thousands of abuses. And then when I became speaker, I got the confidential briefing from a different perspective: They said if I didn't support FISA, I wouldn't be speaker for much longer." <a href="https://t.co/Q0k3GK4fyR">https://t.co/Q0k3GK4fyR</a></p>— Justin Amash (@justinamash) <a href="https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/1778533195467882808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Sharing Johnson’s remarks on X, Amash wrote, “Translation: “When I was a member of Judiciary, I saw the abuses of the FBI, hundreds of thousands of abuses. And then when I became speaker, I got the confidential briefing from a different perspective: They said if I didn’t support FISA, I wouldn’t be speaker for much longer.”</p> <p>That sounds about how Washington works.</p> <p>Matt Gaetz has a point. If Republicans supported Mike Johnson as Speaker to pushback on official Washington, why is the new Speaker rolling over for the establishment almost immediately?</p> <p>For all the hyperventilating in the media about how Trump “controls” Republicans in Congress, he doesn’t hold a candle to the power of the deep state.</p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/">Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Chinese Immigrant Who Lived Under Communism Confronts Anti-Gun David Hogg: ‘I Will Never Give Up My Guns’</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/chinese-immigrant-confronts-david-hogg-i-will-never-give-up-my-guns/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:57:50 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[david hogg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lily Tang Williams]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233427</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>David Hogg is a high profile gun control activist who became such after being present at the 2018 Stoneman High […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/chinese-immigrant-confronts-david-hogg-i-will-never-give-up-my-guns/">Chinese Immigrant Who Lived Under Communism Confronts Anti-Gun David Hogg: ‘I Will Never Give Up My Guns’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>David Hogg is a high profile gun control activist who became such after being present at the 2018 Stoneman High School shooting in Florida. No matter one’s position on the Second Amendment, it’s hard for us to imagine surviving such a tragedy.</p> <p>Hogg regularly advocates for strict gun control laws and brought that message to a town hall in New Hampshire this week.</p> <p>Where he was confronted by someone who lived through another kind of horrific situation and disagrees with his take on guns.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WATCH: Gun control advocate David Hogg schooled by Chinese immigrant <br><br>“I will never give up my guns. Never. Never!”🔥<br><br> <a href="https://t.co/4njJuamIeh">pic.twitter.com/4njJuamIeh</a></p>— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href="https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1778474123326312587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/country-star-gavin-adcock-goes-on-wild-vulgar-tirade-against-biden/">Country Star Gavin Adcock Goes On Wild Vulgar Tirade Against Biden</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-i-will-never-give-up-my-guns"> ‘I Will Never Give Up My Guns’</h2> <p>A woman approached the microphone during a Q&A session who had lived under Chinese communism.</p> <p>Her view on guns differed significantly from Hogg’s.</p> <p>Lily Tang Williams said to Hogg, “Hi, my name is Lily Tang Williams. Welcome to my ‘Live Free or Die’ state.” </p> <p>“Actually, I am a Chinese immigrant who survived communism,” she said. “And under Mao, 40 million people were starving to death after he sold the communism to them. And 20 million people died, murdered during his cultural revolution.”</p> <p>Williams was referring to former Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong, who ruled from 1943 until 1976.</p> <p>Williams continued, asking, “So my question to you, David, is that can you guarantee me, a gun owner tonight, our government in the US, in DC, will never, never become a tyrannical government?” </p> <p>“Can you guarantee that to me?” she added.</p> <p>Hogg replied, “There’s no way I can ever guarantee that any government will not be tyrannical.”</p> <p>That answer was not good enough for Lily Tang Williams.</p> <p>“Well, then the debate on gun control is over because I will never give up my guns,” she declared. “Never, never.” </p> <p>“And you should go to China to see how gun control works for dictatorship of CCP,” Williams finished.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">David Hogg gets walloped by Chinese immigrant on gun control. <br><br>“Well then the debate on gun control is over, because I will never give up my guns,” declared congressional candidate Lily Tang Williams. <br><br>“You should go to China to see how gun control works for the dictatorship of… <a href="https://t.co/7ynyTf9mkF">pic.twitter.com/7ynyTf9mkF</a></p>— Resist the Mainstream (@ResisttheMS) <a href="https://twitter.com/ResisttheMS/status/1778458983441027246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-jewish-support-biden-head-examined/">Trump Says Jewish Americans Who Support Biden ‘Should Have Their Head Examined’</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-china-has-extremely-strict-gun-control">China Has Extremely Strict Gun Control</h2> <p>China has some of the strictest gun restrictions in the world. CNN reported in 2021 that after the Chinese Communist Party came to power in 1949, leaders ended up “deciding that an armed public posed a threat to safety and stability in the still-fragile, newly won country. For Communist Party leaders, weapons were a means of revolution, with Chairman Mao Zedong famously declaring in 1927: ‘Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”</p> <p>“Just two years after the People’s Republic was founded, the government implemented measures prohibiting citizens from buying, selling or privately manufacturing guns,” CNN noted. “Several smaller ministries had passed gun control laws over the years – but the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in which the Chinese military crushed protests led by college students in Beijing with deadly force, marked a tipping point.”</p> <p>The report added, “The government implemented new gun control regulations just months later – an extension of its wider crackdown on all forms of public dissent and organized resistance.”</p> <p>So Lily Tang Williams has a point. Most of us can’t imagine what it was like to live under such a repressive authoritarian regime, like she did. We should respect her experience.</p> <p>So should David Hogg.</p> <p></p><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/chinese-immigrant-confronts-david-hogg-i-will-never-give-up-my-guns/">Chinese Immigrant Who Lived Under Communism Confronts Anti-Gun David Hogg: ‘I Will Never Give Up My Guns’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>NPR Veteran Uri Berliner Reveals How Mainstream Newsrooms Have Lost Credibility</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/npr-veteran-illustrates-newsrooms-lost-credibility/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen J. Anderson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:54:36 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NPR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[uri berliner]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233403</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Blind trust in institutions almost always spells disaster. Growing up, I can recall a sense that questioning certain groups was […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/npr-veteran-illustrates-newsrooms-lost-credibility/">NPR Veteran Uri Berliner Reveals How Mainstream Newsrooms Have Lost Credibility</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blind trust in institutions almost always spells disaster. Growing up, I can recall a sense that questioning certain groups was to be less than patriotic.</p> <p>Don’t question military brass; they’d never lie to the American people. Trust what the evening news and morning paper tell you; it’s the journalist’s responsibility to report the facts and expose wrongdoing.</p> <p>While there have always been pockets of individuals smart enough to know that questioning institutions and verifying information are a citizen’s right and, in many ways, responsibility, the trend only took off in the last few years. Luckily, there are a few veteran journalists out there willing to speak the truth.</p> <p>Take NPR veteran Uri Berliner, who went rogue to expose just how left-wing American newsrooms really are.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Incredible article by Uri Berliner, a 25 year NPR veteran.<br><br>“Back in 2011, although NPR’s audience tilted a bit to the left, it still bore a resemblance to America at large.<br>By 2023, the picture was completely different: We weren’t just losing conservatives; we were also losing… <a href="https://t.co/GdPYk99N2X">pic.twitter.com/GdPYk99N2X</a></p>— Steven Steele (@MrStevenSteele) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrStevenSteele/status/1777962223199023424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-down-with-trump">Down with Trump!</h2> <p>While I’m not your typical NPR listener, I have listened to quite a bit of NPR for much of my adult life. I enjoyed some of their offbeat stories and cultural takes.</p> <p>However, like many other moderates, I stopped listening because, as veteran NPR journalist Uri Berliner wrote this week, I got tired of being told what to think. Uri Berliner penned an essay for <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust">The Free Press</a> titled <em>I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How we Lost America’s Trust</em>.</p> <p>In his essay, he lays out how NPR, while always left-leaning, at one point still had a diverse audience. But, like many news organizations, the introduction of President Donald Trump was the beginning of the end of that diversity.</p> <p>Mr. Berliner wrote:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“…what began as tough, straightforward coverage of a belligerent, truth-impaired president veered toward efforts to damage or topple Trump’s presidency.”</p></blockquote> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/tucker-carlsons-fiery-comments-about-israel-cause-uproar/">Tucker Carlson’s Fiery Comments About Israel Cause Uproar</a></strong></p> <p>It’s clear from his tone that Mr. Berliner isn’t a MAGA Trump supporter. Yet, even he was uncomfortable with the coverage of his organization.</p> <p>His rightful disdain for how NPR approached anything related to Donald Trump is an excellent example of how good journalists should operate. While it’s natural for a journalist to have a political viewpoint, it’s unethical for a journalist to use that viewpoint to guide their reporting.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NPR's <a href="https://twitter.com/davidfolkenflik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@davidfolkenflik</a> on senior editor Uri Berliner's piece criticizing the network. This part stood out. One of my biggest issues with Uri's piece is the decision to write/publish while still an employee. It's in poor taste and shows a lack of respect for your colleagues. <a href="https://t.co/uXdUasAwss">https://t.co/uXdUasAwss</a> <a href="https://t.co/P7UKhcFwln">pic.twitter.com/P7UKhcFwln</a></p>— Steve Mullis (@stevemullis) <a href="https://twitter.com/stevemullis/status/1777888343776543058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-it-s-about-politics-not-facts">It’s about politics, not facts</h2> <p>Mr. Berliner gives examples of how NPR went from a newsroom to a Democrat mouthpiece. On the dedication to the Russiagate debacle at NPR, he wrote:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“It is one thing to swing and miss on a major story. … What’s worse is to pretend it never happened, to move on with no mea culpas, no self-reflection. … That’s what shatters trust and engenders cynicism about the media.”</p></blockquote> <p>It’s important to note that NPR wasn’t the only newsroom to fail to issue any apology for the Russiagate hoax. </p> <p>Mr. Berliner continues with the following example regarding the Hunter Biden laptop story.</p> <p>He writes:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“During a meeting with colleagues, I listened as one of NPR’s best and most fair-minded journalists said it was good we weren’t following the laptop story because it could help Trump.”</p></blockquote> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My favorite thing about NPR’s “Empire Strikes Back” attack on Uri Berliner is that it’s authored by the same guy who wrote the piece about why NPR couldn’t possibly do journalism on the Hunter Biden laptop. <a href="https://t.co/GgzDsbsUC6">https://t.co/GgzDsbsUC6</a></p>— Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1778042826757988565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>It didn’t matter to NPR or those like it that the story was newsworthy; it mattered how it would affect Donald Trump and, perhaps most notably, Joe Biden. Mr. Berliner punctuates the point with this observation on NPR’s COVID coverage:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“Again, politics were blotting out the curiosity and independence that ought to have been driving our work.”</p></blockquote> <p>And therein lies the truth. Mainstream journalism is not about facts or truth-telling but politics and thought control.</p> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/former-espn-host-sage-steele-on-biden-interview-every-single-question-was-scripted-by-network-execs/">Former ESPN Host Sage Steele On Biden Interview: ‘Every Single Question’ Was ‘Scripted’ By Network Execs</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-it-s-in-everything">It’s in everything</h2> <p>Unsurprisingly, NPR has become the mouthpiece of the progressive left. According to Mr. Berliner, at the NPR D.C. headquarters, there are 87 registered Democrats in editorial positions and zero registered Republicans.</p> <p>When Mr. Berliner attempted to bring up what he calls an “absence of viewpoint diversity,” he was told by a top NPR news executive that:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“…she had been “skewered” for bringing up diversity of thought when she arrived at NPR.”</p></blockquote> <p>Like many other institutions from science, higher education, medicine, and government – the world of journalism hopped onto the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion train after the death of George Floyd. As Mr. Berliner explains, the NPR union had:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“…ensured that advocacy groups are given a seat at the table in determining the terms and vocabulary of our news coverage.”</p></blockquote> <p>What does Mr. Berliner mean by this statement? He provides the following example:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“In a document called NPR Transgender Coverage Guidance – disseminated by news management – we’re asked to avoid the term <em>biological sex</em>.”</p></blockquote> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NPR’s response to Uri Berliner:<br><br>“Let us begin by laying aside the facts, for they do not affect the question.” <a href="https://t.co/lNGEwAhv2F">https://t.co/lNGEwAhv2F</a></p>— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) <a href="https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1777863490624966982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>A scientific term that, if removed from the transgender conversation, eliminates any dissenting viewpoint. Finally, Mr. Berliner states the obvious about NPR today:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“Our news audience doesn’t come close to reflecting America. It’s overwhelmingly white and progressive, and clustered around coastal cities and college towns.”</p></blockquote> <p>This exclusive audience directly reflects NPR’s and other mainstream newsrooms’ allegiance to the cult of DEI. Segregating audiences by base characteristics and viewing reporting through a left-wing political lens will always ironically cater to the white elite.</p> <p>Let’s see how long it takes for NPR to let go of Uri. After all, we don’t want any diversity of thought in the news space.</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/npr-veteran-illustrates-newsrooms-lost-credibility/">NPR Veteran Uri Berliner Reveals How Mainstream Newsrooms Have Lost Credibility</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Is Trump Bringing More Minorities To The Republican Party?</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-bringing-more-minorities-republican-party/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:22:40 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[minorities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Republican]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233418</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>While most racial minorities in the United States still align more with the Democratic Party, Republicans are making gains with […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-bringing-more-minorities-republican-party/">Is Trump Bringing More Minorities To The Republican Party?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While most racial minorities in the United States still align more with the Democratic Party, Republicans are making gains with those voters.</p> <p>The shift has come on particularly in a post-Obama political environment since the emergence of Donald Trump.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">”Republicans have made significant gains among voters without a college degree, rural voters and white evangelical voters”. The Republican Party has also advanced among hispanic voters (especially protestant). <a href="https://t.co/HVnMIYUHwi">https://t.co/HVnMIYUHwi</a></p>— Teivo Teivainen (@TeivoTeivainen) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeivoTeivainen/status/1777915712691904789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Despite President Joe Biden telling black voters that they “ain’t black” if they support Donald Trump, more and more minorities are drawn to the 45th President.</p> <p>A New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/elections/party-identification-democrats-republicans.html">story</a> on Tuesday – yes, the New York Times – detailed some of this shift, though they downplay it considering the overall numbers.</p> <p>The Times writes, “Republicans have made significant gains among voters without a college degree, rural voters and white evangelical voters, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. At the same time, Democrats have held onto key constituencies, such as Black voters and younger voters, and have gained ground with college-educated voters.”</p> <p>The story continued:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>The G.O.P. has long struggled with the fact that there have generally been fewer Americans who identified as Republicans than as Democrats. After Barack Obama was re-elected as president in 2012, the Republican Party produced an autopsy report that concluded that in order to be successful in future elections, the party would need to widen its tent to include Black and Hispanic voters, who were not traditionally aligned with the G.O.P.</p> <p><strong>Twelve years later, the party has made some small gains with Hispanic voters.</strong> But it is growth with the white working class and with rural voters that has propelled Republicans to equity with Democrats.</p></blockquote></blockquote> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump has double-digit Hispanic lead, black and Asian voters also shift to 45/47 as Biden's victory coalition breaks up<a href="https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Rasmussen_Poll</a> also doesn't find a big impact on Trump's edge when adding RFK Jr. to the mix.<a href="https://t.co/qPufHh6Oap">https://t.co/qPufHh6Oap</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/dcexaminer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dcexaminer</a> <a href="https://t.co/DbMde5MkmU">pic.twitter.com/DbMde5MkmU</a></p>— Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecretsBedard/status/1775978496872894657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/democrats-pressure-nicole-shanahan-to-abandon-rfk-ticket-out-of-trump-victory-fears/">Democrats Pressure Nicole Shanahan To Abandon RFK Ticket Out of Trump Victory Fears</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-minority-support-for-trump">More Minority Support for Trump</h2> <p>The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/us/politics/trumps-support-among-latinos-grows-new-poll-shows.html">reported</a> on its own poll in early March, “The poll shows Mr. Trump edging out Mr. Biden among Hispanic voters, with 46 percent supporting the former president and 40 percent favoring Mr. Biden.”</p> <p>A New York Times poll <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/black-voter-support-for-trump-up-from-4-to-23-poll-finds/">also showed</a> Trump’s support among black voters going from 4 percent four years ago to a whopping 23 percent today.</p> <p>That’ a 19 point bounce – for a Republican the Left never gets tired of calling racist. Apparently that tactic to shoo voters away from Trump has either backfired or many voters could always see through it to begin with.</p> <p>Joe Biden’s campaign has a number of problems. Add this trend among voters of color to the list.</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-bringing-more-minorities-republican-party/">Is Trump Bringing More Minorities To The Republican Party?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Trump Says Jewish Americans Who Support Biden ‘Should Have Their Head Examined’</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-jewish-support-biden-head-examined/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:43:22 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233420</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>On Wednesday, Donald Trump criticized Jewish voters who support President Joe Biden. He said they need to “have their head […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-jewish-support-biden-head-examined/">Trump Says Jewish Americans Who Support Biden ‘Should Have Their Head Examined’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Wednesday, Donald Trump criticized Jewish voters who support President Joe Biden.</p> <p>He said they need to “have their head examined.”</p> <p>Trump’s comments are like the mirror opposite of President Joe Biden’s famous line, “If you have a problem figuring out whether if you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump: “Any Jewish person that votes for a Democrat or votes for Biden should have their head examined.” <a href="https://t.co/yxNTpAJjoP">pic.twitter.com/yxNTpAJjoP</a></p>— Republican Voters Against Trump (@AccountableGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AccountableGOP/status/1778087468174045274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-regrets-2020-biden-endorsement-says-he-wont-do-it-again-in-2024/">Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Regrets 2020 Biden Endorsement, Says He Won’t Do It Again In 2024</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-trump-questions-the-mental-sanity-of-jewish-american-biden-voters">Trump Questions the Mental Sanity of Jewish-American Biden Voters</h2> <p>Trump spoke in Atlanta ahead of a fundraiser, where the likely GOP presidential nominee continued to criticize Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war.</p> <p>“Biden has totally lost control of the Israel situation,” said Trump.</p> <p>He added, “Any Jewish person who votes for a Democrat or votes for Biden should have their head examined.”</p> <p>PBS <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-jewish-voters-who-back-biden-should-have-their-head-examined">reported</a>, “Trump spoke after Biden last week warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that future U.S. support for Israel’s Gaza war depends on the swift implementation of new steps to protect civilians and aid workers. In Trump’s interpretation, Biden ‘has totally abandoned Israel.”</p> <p>The story continued:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>The Gaza conflict has sandwiched Biden between conservatives – both Christian and Jewish – who want stalwart support for Netanyahu’s government, and progressives. The matter is important to conservative Christians, among Trump’s most supportive constituencies, who see the political state of Israel as the modern manifestation of God’s chosen people, the Israelites of the Old Testament in the Christian Bible.</p> <p>Biden’s left flank, though, is dominated by progressives incensed by Israel’s retaliation in Gaza that has resulted in thousands of Palestinian deaths. The president has repeatedly been greeted by protesters throughout his spring travels, and activists have organized votes against Biden in many Democratic primaries, even as he coasts to renomination.</p></blockquote></blockquote> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/kamala-harris-falsely-claims-trump-said-he-will-weaponize-the-doj-against-his-political-opponents/">Kamala Harris Falsely Claims Trump Said He Will ‘Weaponize’ The DOJ Against His Political Opponents</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-this-is-what-trump-does-using-division-and-hate">‘This is What Trump Does, Using Division and Hate’</h2> <p>Team Biden spokesman said in response to Trump’s remarks, “Jewish Americans do not need to be ‘spoken to’ or threatened by Donald Trump.” </p> <p>“This is what Trump does, using division and hate as political weapons while seeking power for himself,” he added. “Voters of all stripes will reject his chaos, violence and unhinged threats once again in November.”</p> <p>Obviously Trump believes he has a better approach to the Middle East conflict than the president, hence his remarks about Jewish voters needing their “heads checked” if they back Biden.</p> <p>Don’t expect Donald Trump’s mind to change anytime soon. How all this will affect the November election, time will tell.</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-jewish-support-biden-head-examined/">Trump Says Jewish Americans Who Support Biden ‘Should Have Their Head Examined’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Trump Orders Milkshakes For Chick-fil-A Customers And Video Of Black Supporter Declaring ‘We Support You’ Goes Viral</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-black-supporter-chickfila/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:07:22 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chick-fil-A]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233422</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Donald Trump’s visit to a Chick-fil-A in Atlanta, Georgia on Wednesday created quite a stir. Not just in the restaurant, […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-black-supporter-chickfila/">Trump Orders Milkshakes For Chick-fil-A Customers And Video Of Black Supporter Declaring ‘We Support You’ Goes Viral</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Donald Trump’s visit to a Chick-fil-A in Atlanta, Georgia on Wednesday created quite a stir. Not just in the restaurant, but across social media as well.</p> <p>The presumptive GOP nominee for President was seen ordering “30 milkshakes and also some chicken” for customers.</p> <p>“I know this menu better than you do,” he joked with employees at the fast food restaurant. “I probably know it better than anybody in here.”</p> <p>The media had a typical knee-jerk reaction, trying to find a negative angle on a pretty cool story. The New York Daily News <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-buys-30-milkshakes-225000507.html">denounced</a> the visit as an “attempt to woo local voters.”</p> <p>Left-wing outlet Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2024/04/10/trump-chick-fil-a-milkshakes-vine-city">questioned</a>: “Is this coming out of his wallet, or his campaign funds?”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Donald Trump just walked into a Chick-fil-A in Atlanta and ordered 30 milkshakes! What do you notice about their reaction? <a href="https://t.co/hqGx5FHgUb">pic.twitter.com/hqGx5FHgUb</a></p>— Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWallace888/status/1778112247924937072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/former-nyt-editor-reveals-he-was-attacked-by-hr-for-enjoying-chick-fil-a-because-they-hate-gay-people/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Former NYT Editor Reveals He Was Attacked By HR For Enjoying Chick-fil-A ‘Because They Hate Gay People’</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-black-supporter-trashes-the-media-s-treatment-of-trump">Black Supporter Trashes The Media’s Treatment Of Trump</h2> <p>The media’s reaction is ironic. Especially considering one video of Trump’s visit to the Chick-fil-A that went viral.</p> <p>“I don’t care what the media tells you, Mr. Trump,” a young black woman declares in the clip posted to the X social media platform. “We support you!”</p> <p>The comment prompts Trump to make a playful request.</p> <p>“Let me give you a hug,” he states.</p> <p>The woman happily obliges and embraces the former President before posing for pictures.</p> <p>Another man around the same time as this exchange can be heard shouting, “I love you, man. I love you.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He truly is the people’s president<a href="https://t.co/OuoDvFuQ2j">pic.twitter.com/OuoDvFuQ2j</a></p>— Family Moments (@Family_viralvid) <a href="https://twitter.com/Family_viralvid/status/1778257777858929029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/hillary-clinton-tries-fails-to-jab-trump-over-solar-eclipse/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Hillary Clinton Tries, Fails To Jab Trump Over Solar Eclipse</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-media-trump-and-chick-fil-a">The Media, Trump, And Chick-fil-A</h2> <p>Perhaps the media’s reaction is understandable when you put it into context. First, they don’t want anything out in the public sphere that might indicate Trump is earning support from black voters. That would be devastating to the Biden campaign.</p> <p>Second, well, we know how the media feels about Trump, but we also know how the media feels about Chick-fil-A.</p> <p>Just ask former New York Times editor Adam Rubenstein who wrote about his job orientation at the newspaper of record. An orientation where an <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/former-nyt-editor-reveals-he-was-attacked-by-hr-for-enjoying-chick-fil-a-because-they-hate-gay-people/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">exercise was conducted</a> and he admitted his favorite sandwich is “the spicy chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-A.”</p> <p>That comment created a four-alarm fire at the Gray Lady. And gave us one of the greatest stories ever told about the NYT and why they are the way that they are:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>The HR representative leading the orientation chided me: “We don’t do that here. They hate gay people.” People started snapping their fingers in acclamation. I hadn’t been thinking about the fact that Chick-fil-A was transgressive in liberal circles for its chairman’s opposition to gay marriage. “Not the politics, the chicken,” I quickly said, but it was too late. I sat down, ashamed.</p><cite>– Adam Rubenstein, The Atlantic</cite></blockquote> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you wrote this into an SNL skit people would call it a ham-fisted strawman <a href="https://t.co/ZmI8Sj2GAP">pic.twitter.com/ZmI8Sj2GAP</a></p>— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) <a href="https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/1762122916508860680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Trump famously served Chick-fil-A to a college football team celebrating their championship in 2019, and the media was bent that he would dare serve fast food in the White House.</p> <p>In fact, they started <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/2019/03/04/president-trump-once-more-greets-college-athletes-with-fast-food-this-time-its-chick-fil-a/">analyzing his health</a> and linked it to his penchant for fast food. Because Bill Clinton never enjoyed fries from McDonalds apparently.</p> <p>As for the support of black voters?</p> <p>MSNBC recently conducted a focus group discussion in a black barbershop and things didn’t go <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/msnbcs-black-barbershop-voter-segment-spells-trouble-for-biden-with-trump-we-had-money/">according to plan</a>. Participants explained that Trump was indeed an option for African-American voters like themselves.</p> <p>“For sure, ” one man replied. “A lot of my friends are obviously my age, so we’re a little younger. We’ve only voted once, you know, for president, and Trump is kinda all we know.”</p> <p>“They’re like, ‘Well, we’re broke with Biden. We weren’t with Trump.’ And that’s kind of the only thing that I’m hearing over, and over again… ‘With Trump, we had money,’” he explains. “Well, okay, I hear you guys. But personally, morally I couldn’t see myself.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MSNBC: "There are some people in your orbit either voting for Donald Trump or considering it?"<br><br>Voter: "For sure. A lot of my friends are… they're like well, we're broke with Biden, we weren't with Trump… with Trump, we had money." <a href="https://t.co/Q5IuAZ1nN7">pic.twitter.com/Q5IuAZ1nN7</a></p>— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/MAGAIncWarRoom/status/1753522031994323115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>A <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/new-york-times-frets-over-their-own-poll-showing-trump-earning-support-from-black-voters-unseen-in-modern-times/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">New York Times</a> poll from November shows support for Trump from black voters approaching unheard-of heights.</p> <p>“Black voters — long a bulwark for Democrats and for Mr. Biden — are now registering 22 percent support in these states for Mr. Trump, a level unseen in presidential politics for a Republican in modern times,” the Times worried.</p> <p>The Philadelphia Inquirer <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/donald-trump-black-voters-against-joe-biden-20240411.html">cites two polls</a> with nearly matching numbers that show roughly 23% of black voters supporting Trump.</p> <p>Perhaps it’s because, as the woman above states, they don’t care what the media says.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-black-supporter-chickfila/">Trump Orders Milkshakes For Chick-fil-A Customers And Video Of Black Supporter Declaring ‘We Support You’ Goes Viral</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Trump Urges Republicans To Stop Warrantless Surveillance Reauthorization: ‘KILL FISA’</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-urges-republicans-stop-fisa/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:50:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[carter page]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FISA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mike Johnson]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233413</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>On April 19, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is set to expire. The program ostensibly allows […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-urges-republicans-stop-fisa/">Trump Urges Republicans To Stop Warrantless Surveillance Reauthorization: ‘KILL FISA’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On April 19, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is set to expire. The program ostensibly allows the government to spy on foreigners located overseas, but has been used against Americans.</p> <p>Right now, Republicans in Congress and the Biden administration are trying to renew the program.</p> <p>Some conservative Republicans want to get rid of the whole thing. They argue that the current system allows illegal spying on American citizens.</p> <p>Donald Trump agrees with them.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Trump condemns Speaker Mike Johnson's effort to reauthorize the deep state to spy on Americans without a warrant, writes, “Kill FISA. It was illegally used against me and many others. They spied on my campaign!!! DJT" <a href="https://t.co/uBvNZ3zkAN">pic.twitter.com/uBvNZ3zkAN</a></p>— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) <a href="https://twitter.com/simonateba/status/1777953115146256717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/democrats-pressure-nicole-shanahan-to-abandon-rfk-ticket-out-of-trump-victory-fears/">Democrats Pressure Nicole Shanahan To Abandon RFK Ticket Out of Trump Victory Fears</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-kill-fisa">‘KILL FISA’</h2> <p>Trump and conservatives have to contend with the Republican establishment, which vigorously supports the bill. Axios reports that House Speaker Mike Johnson is <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/04/10/mike-johnson-fisa-reauthorization-trump">desperately trying to save the bill</a>.</p> <p>Readers should note that the left has attempted to paint Johnson as “MAGA.” His position on FISA and nearly everything else represent the exact opposite of America First policies.</p> <p><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/4584988-trump-on-warrantless-surveillance-reauthorization-kill-fisa/">From</a> The Hill: “But as House Republicans gathered Thursday to discuss FISA, Trump urged them to kill the bill over a different section of the statute that allows domestic surveillance only once law enforcement has secured a warrant.”</p> <p>“KILL FISA, IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social social media platform.</p> <p>The story continued:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>While the FBI secured a warrant to spy on Trump campaign aide Carter Page, the application was later found to omit key information, excluding details that cut against the FBI’s premise for surveillance. </p> <p>House Intelligence Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) has noted abuses of the law, both in terms of foreign and domestic surveillance…</p> <p>Still, the comment undercut Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who during the meeting pitched colleagues on approving the bill without a warrant requirement.</p> <p>“I look forward to talking with him about it,” Johnson said of Trump. “I mean, here’s the thing about FISA — he’s not wrong. Of course, they abused FISA. The whole Carter Page investigation — that whole fiasco was built on false premises, the fake Russian dossier and all the other things. But these reforms would actually kill the abuses that allow President Trump’s campaign to be spied on.”</p></blockquote> <p>Only in America can politicians openly admit that the program they support is rife with abuse and constitutional violations against the American people.</p></blockquote> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump, finally, denounces the attempts of Mike Johnson and establishment House Republicans, in union with the Biden WH, to renew FISA and FBI's domestic spying powers with no reforms or added warrant protections: <a href="https://t.co/pYeUmznycg">pic.twitter.com/pYeUmznycg</a></p>— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1778076049701564439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/the-rock-quickly-caused-a-liberal-meltdown-by-saying-he-wouldnt-endorse-biden/">‘The Rock’ Quickly Caused A Liberal Meltdown By Saying He Wouldn’t Endorse Biden</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-trump-campaign-was-spied-on">Trump Campaign Was Spied On</h2> <p>Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was spied on using the loophole FISA provisions that are now before Congress.</p> <p>Policies that both the Democratic and Republican establishments are looking to protect.</p> <p>And policies hardcore civil liberties advocates, left and right, oppose.</p> <p>Time <a href="https://time.com/6511716/trump-ndaa-fisa-surveillance/">reports,</a> “For years, civil liberties advocates have pushed to block the FBI from searching that trove of data for the records for Americans without first securing a warrant. The FBI has acknowledged repeatedly breaking its own rules and conducting improper searches.”</p> <p>“The current law under Section 702 is set to expire in April, after the House and Senate this week approved a short-term extension as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). That creates a window early next year for lawmakers to debate meaningful changes to the FISA law. This week, House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled votes on a pair of dueling FISA bills amid disagreements over the program’s future,” the report noted.</p> <p>Americans who value privacy and their constitutional rights should hope Donald Trump gets his way. And they should hope the establishment loses this battle.</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-urges-republicans-stop-fisa/">Trump Urges Republicans To Stop Warrantless Surveillance Reauthorization: ‘KILL FISA’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Tucker Carlson Defends America While Opening For Kid Rock – ‘A Beautiful Country Filled With Beautiful People’</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/tucker-carlson-defends-america-while-opening-for-kid-rock-a-beautiful-country-filled-with-beautiful-people/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Conrad]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:46:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kid Rock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Louisiana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tucker Carlson]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233407</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The former Fox News host Tucker Carlson issued a major defense of the United States of America over the weekend […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/tucker-carlson-defends-america-while-opening-for-kid-rock-a-beautiful-country-filled-with-beautiful-people/">Tucker Carlson Defends America While Opening For Kid Rock – ‘A Beautiful Country Filled With Beautiful People’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The former Fox News host Tucker Carlson issued a major defense of the United States of America over the weekend while opening for Kid Rock in Gonzales, Louisiana.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Fans CHEER as Tucker Carlson walks through the crowd to open for Kid Rock at the Rock the Country Tour <a href="https://t.co/eDOZmeP5RN">pic.twitter.com/eDOZmeP5RN</a></p>— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) <a href="https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1777510310150091059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-carlson-opens-for-kid-rock"><strong>Carlson Opens For Kid Rock</strong></h2> <p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-kid-rock-rock-country-tour-gonzales-louisiana-video-1887814" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Newsweek reported</a> that Kid Rock is currently on his Rock The Country tour, which features two-day stops at seven small towns and cities across the country between April and July, with the conservative singer visiting Louisiana, Florida, Missouri, Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia and South Carolina.</p> <p>Last weekend, Carlson served as a surprise opener for Kid Rock for his show in Gonzales, and he took the opportunity to defend America in a beautiful way. </p> <p>“I wound up here tonight because I was having dinner at my house with Kid Rock a few months ago,” Carlson began. “He said, ‘You should come and open for me on my summer tour.’ And I said, ‘Well, I’m honored, of course, but I don’t play an instrument. Actually, I’m an unemployed talk-show host, so what would I do at your show?’ And he said, and I’m quoting now, ‘You will figure it out, and you will like it.'”</p> <p>“So that was two months ago,” he continued. “And I woke up this morning, and I thought, I gotta go to Gonzales, Louisiana, and open up for Kid Rock. What am I gonna say? And I had no idea until I got here.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TUCKER Carlson jumps onto stage at the Kid Rock concert and crowd is on fire! 🔥🔥🔥<br><br> <a href="https://t.co/rrb9hH2q2Y">pic.twitter.com/rrb9hH2q2Y</a></p>— Christopher Colombo (@clhwi2017) <a href="https://twitter.com/clhwi2017/status/1777077353191276798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-carlson-defends-america"><strong>Carlson Defends America</strong></h2> <p>That’s when Carlson shifted to defending America from leftwing accusations that the country is “f***ed up.” </p> <p>“The country they tell me about on the internet is f***** up,” Carlson said. “The country that I experience when I walk through this crowd, or when I wake up in my town of 100 people in a rural area, is a beautiful country filled with beautiful people.”</p> <p>Carlson went on to say that he was drawn to a lighting rig at the Gonzales venue that resembled a cross because it was “a shape I like.”</p> <p>“As I’m walking out [to the rig], this chick gets right in my face,” Carlson recounted. “She’s got two nose rings, a cross necklace and a Trump bracelet. And she looks at me right in the face, and she goes, ‘Ahhhhh!’ And she said, ‘I love you.’ And I said, ‘I love you, too.’ And I meant it. And I thought, That’s the America that I know. A little weird, slightly crazy, full of love, and beautiful. And that describes the man I’m here to introduce.”</p> <p>Carlson concluded by saying it was “worth it” to travel a long distance to open for Kid Rock in small town America. </p> <p>“Can you put a price on living free in the last free country? So let me tell you, my fellow Americans, what we’ve got. All gathered here tonight are free people united by our love of country and under God,” Carlson said. “And in the name of that country and that God, we’re here to celebrate a party that will not stop. And so, as I know you can, please be as noisy and disobedient as possible for Kid f****** Rock.”</p> <p>Check out Carlson’s full comments in the video below.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨<a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TuckerCarlson</a> opened for Kid Rock last night in a small town in Louisiana <br><br>“The country they tell me about on the internet is f*cked up. The country that I experience when I walk through this crowd, or when I wake up in my town of 100 people… is a beautiful country”🔥 <a href="https://t.co/JliLtKDsLm">pic.twitter.com/JliLtKDsLm</a></p>— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1777060158666871011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Related: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/country-star-gavin-adcock-goes-on-wild-vulgar-tirade-against-biden/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Country Star Gavin Adcock Goes On Wild Vulgar Tirade Against Biden</a></strong></figcaption></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-kid-rock-and-carlson-s-friendship-with-trump"><strong>Kid Rock And Carlson’s Friendship With Trump</strong></h2> <p>Kid Rock and Carlson have been friends for years, and they are two of the only celebrities who have had the courage to stand by Trump. In a previous interview with Carlson, Kid Rock described Trump as “the greatest president” the U.S. has “ever had.”</p> <p>“I love spending time with him, getting to know him, since he became president the first few months, having dinner at the White House with him and from there on we’ve just really hit it off,” Kid Rock said, according to <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-gavin-adcock-kid-rock-video-rock-country-tour-1888338" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Newsweek</a>. “I can relate to him in a lot of ways.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kid Rock answering questions about the BOSS…😎💯🙌<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump2024?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Trump2024</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TuckerCarlson?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TuckerCarlson</a> <a href="https://t.co/OJwMcxB7xM">pic.twitter.com/OJwMcxB7xM</a></p>— 💢⚜️ ֆɨɢ ⚜️💢 (@PURE_BL00D2) <a href="https://twitter.com/PURE_BL00D2/status/1775588924464812164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Kid Rock went on to say that Trump isn’t afraid to state “what’s on his mind,” adding that “if you look at [Trump’s] track record and who he is as a whole, there’s a lot more good there than anything.”</p> <p><strong>Related: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/kid-rock-says-trumps-winning-if-you-dont-vote-for-donald-trump-you-aint-from-michigan/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Kid Rock Says ‘Trump’s Winning’ – ‘If You Don’t Vote For Donald Trump, You Ain’t From Michigan’</a></strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><iframe title="Kid Rock tells Tucker what it's like to golf with Donald Trump" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5_dQ5lfyXLw?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div></figure> <p>Kid Rock, Tucker Carlson, and Donald Trump are all true patriots who love this country, so it comes as no surprise that they are close friends. If you love America just as much as they do, be sure to check if Kid Rock is performing near you on his <a href="https://www.rockthecountry.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Rock The Country</a> tour! </p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/tucker-carlson-defends-america-while-opening-for-kid-rock-a-beautiful-country-filled-with-beautiful-people/">Tucker Carlson Defends America While Opening For Kid Rock – ‘A Beautiful Country Filled With Beautiful People’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Democrats Pressure Nicole Shanahan To Abandon RFK Ticket Out of Trump Victory Fears</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/democrats-pressure-nicole-shanahan-to-abandon-rfk-ticket-out-of-trump-victory-fears/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:00:16 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nicole Shanahan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ro khanna]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233397</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Progressive Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA), in a letter intended for vice presidential candidate Nicole Shanahan, is urging her to walk […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/democrats-pressure-nicole-shanahan-to-abandon-rfk-ticket-out-of-trump-victory-fears/">Democrats Pressure Nicole Shanahan To Abandon RFK Ticket Out of Trump Victory Fears</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Progressive Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA), in a letter intended for vice presidential candidate Nicole Shanahan, is urging her to walk away from the ticket with Robert F Kennedy Jr., citing concerns that the campaign could lead to an election victory for Donald Trump.</p> <p>RFK announced his selection of Shanahan last month as he forges ahead with an Independent bid for the White House.</p> <p>According to Kennedy’s running mate, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ro-khanna-calls-on-rfk-jr-running-mate-nicole-shanahan-to-step-down/">obtained a letter</a> intended for her from Khanna warning that “supporting Kennedy could aid Trump’s return to the White House and have negative environmental consequences.”</p> <p>“Even Trump himself, and other members of his team, have admitted that a RFK Jr. ticket will help his reelection,” Khanna writes.</p> <p>The letter appears to be an end-around to stifle Kennedy’s significant campaign. Democrats and his own family have pressured him repeatedly to drop out citing the same concerns as Khanna. But to no avail.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBSNews</a> is on Team Biden.<br><br>It delivered a letter from Ro Khanna to RFK's running mate Nicole Shanahan (<a href="https://twitter.com/NicoleShanahan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NicoleShanahan</a>) urging her to step down to prevent a Trump victory in November. <br><br>CBS acted as the courier. Do you understand this means that CBS is a trusted ally of Team… <a href="https://t.co/PiNDG2qbOf">pic.twitter.com/PiNDG2qbOf</a></p>— Dan Schneider (@Schneider_DC) <a href="https://twitter.com/Schneider_DC/status/1777870082233802868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/who-is-nicole-shanahan-rfk-jr-s-vice-presidential-pick/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Who is Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr.’s Vice Presidential Pick?</a></strong></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-nicole-shanahan-responds">Nicole Shanahan Responds</h3> <p>The fact that Khanna ran to CBS News in order to get the word out is rather remarkable. He penned the letter but didn’t send it to RFK’s running mate. Yet, anyway.</p> <p>“He made his pitch to her in a letter he shared with CBS News, though he hadn’t yet sent it to Shanahan,” the outlet reveals.</p> <p>This is confounding, since he knows full well the outlet was going to in turn contact Shanahan for comment. Which they did. They served dutifully as the Democrat lawmakers personal courier. </p> <p>And she, in turn, blasted him on social media.</p> <p>The far-left candidate called Khanna out and said he originally encouraged her to run but had clearly been strong-armed into trying to get her to drop out.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/CBS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBS</a> just sent this to me:<br><br>“I have received a letter from Rep. Ro Khanna, intended for Nicole Shanahan, urging her to step down as RFK Jr.'s running mate. In the letter, Rep. Khanna warns Shanahan that supporting Kennedy could aid Trump's return to the White House and have…</p>— Nicole Shanahan (@NicoleShanahan) <a href="https://twitter.com/NicoleShanahan/status/1777824601462218756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>“In my conversation with Ro, he congratulated me on the position and encouraged me to run, stating that every American has the right to run in this country,” she writes. “He stated that we live in a democracy, and it was wrong for anyone to threaten me against running.”</p> <p>“Clearly, Ro has changed his stance based on pressure from the party,” adds Shanahan. “I hope he understands how anti-democratic it is to ask someone to step down from a race that empowers the American public to make their own decisions.”</p> <p>She went on to express her disappointment with Khanna’s actions and added he could have simply called her to discuss.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RoKhanna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RoKhanna</a> you have my phone number and could have called instead of going to the press. This is performative. <a href="https://t.co/znc7uhrLuw">https://t.co/znc7uhrLuw</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZSZiSAVyW5">https://t.co/ZSZiSAVyW5</a></p>— Nicole Shanahan (@NicoleShanahan) <a href="https://twitter.com/NicoleShanahan/status/1777851649006170616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/rfks-independent-bid-is-hurting-biden-in-the-polls-report/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">RFK’s Independent Bid Is Hurting Biden In The Polls: Report</a></strong></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-rfk-chimes-in">RFK Chimes In</h3> <p>Robert F Kennedy Jr. praised Nicole Shanahan for her courage in standing strong against Democrats pressuring her to drop out.</p> <p>He also suggested the party that claims to be the great defender of democracy is literally trying to decrease democracy.</p> <p>“I have always admired Ro Khanna,” he wrote on X. “His flip-flop here is disappointing. The party has power to bludgeon men of character into wavering.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Im so grateful for your courage and grace Nicole. I have always admired RoKhanna. His flip flop here is disappointing. The party has power to bludgeon men of character into waivering.</p>— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1777899768225915359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>This isn’t the first time Kennedy has hinted that the Democrat Party is a bigger threat to democracy than Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.</p> <p>“I can make the argument that President Biden is a much worse threat to democracy,” he tells CNN in a <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/rfk-tells-cnn-that-biden-is-absolutely-a-bigger-threat-to-democracy-than-trump/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">recent interview</a>.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells CNN that Joe Biden is a bigger threat to democracy than Donald Trump.<br><br>🔥🔥<br><br>CNN: “Do you really believe that when people talk about the threat to democracy that Trump poses, do you really think that that is an equal evil to Biden?”<br><br>RFK: “I mean,… <a href="https://t.co/jNzE0ynugZ">pic.twitter.com/jNzE0ynugZ</a></p>— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1774958874052952065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>Biden has been trying to distance himself from RFK. The two are both far-left Democrats by any standard. But Kennedy offers a legitimate option for those party voters dismayed with Biden’s presidency.</p> <p>Polls, subsequently, are showing the Kennedy name is hurting Biden. Democrat voters are being <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/rfks-independent-bid-is-hurting-biden-in-the-polls-report/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">pulled away</a> by his running as an Independent.</p> <p>That’s why they want him out so badly.</p> <p>And if they can’t force Kennedy out, it seems they’ll at least try to torpedo his campaign by pressuring Nicole Shanahan into walking away.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/democrats-pressure-nicole-shanahan-to-abandon-rfk-ticket-out-of-trump-victory-fears/">Democrats Pressure Nicole Shanahan To Abandon RFK Ticket Out of Trump Victory Fears</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>A Normal Household Spends $445 More On Groceries Than It Did A Year Ago. Just Ask Gen Z</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/a-normal-household-spends-445-more-on-groceries-than-it-did-a-year-ago-just-ask-gen-z/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:27:37 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gen Z]]></category> <category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233401</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>We all know inflation is happening. It’s inescapable thanks to federal policies. But it’s helpful to gauge just how much […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/a-normal-household-spends-445-more-on-groceries-than-it-did-a-year-ago-just-ask-gen-z/">A Normal Household Spends $445 More On Groceries Than It Did A Year Ago. Just Ask Gen Z</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We all know inflation is happening. It’s inescapable thanks to federal policies.</p> <p>But it’s helpful to gauge just how much more we’re spending on basic goods.</p> <p>And it’s hitting every age group. Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and even Generation Z.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The typical American household would need to spend $445 more a month to purchase the same goods and services as a year ago, a report from Moody's found.</p>— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) <a href="https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1777687155164504314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/kid-rock-says-trumps-winning-if-you-dont-vote-for-donald-trump-you-aint-from-michigan/">Kid Rock Says ‘Trump’s Winning’ – ‘If You Don’t Vote For Donald Trump, You Ain’t From Michigan’</a></strong></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-gen-z-being-hit-by-inflation">Gen Z Being Hit by Inflation</h3> <p>And inflation isn’t poised to be going down any time soon. While it had been headed in the right direction, the Federal Reserve’s refusal to properly hike interest rates has inflation going back up. </p> <p>The latest figures show that prices went up 3.5% from one year ago. Add those percentages up over the years, and you get rampant inflation.</p> <p>Business Insider <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-gen-z-splurge-groceries-spending-inflation-gen-z-boomers-2024-4">reports</a>:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>Groceries are shaping up to be a top spending priority for younger generations, a February report from McKinsey & Company found…</p> <p>…All generations are feeling the pinch of inflation at grocery stores and for goods and services in general. <strong>The typical American household would need to spend $445 more a month to purchase the same goods and services as a year ago,</strong> a report from Moody’s found.</p></blockquote></blockquote> <p>$445 <em>per month</em>. That’s $5,340 per year out of Americans’ pockets for no good reason.</p> <p>As prices continue to rise, a presidential election is underway.</p> <p>And a lot of American voters are looking at Joe Biden as prices continue to rise. His primary opponent is presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.</p> <p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-biden-economy-gdp-wages-inflation/">From</a> CBS News, “A recent CBS News poll found that 65% of Americans remember the economy under former President Donald Trump as being good, compared with 38% giving the current economy under President Joe Biden the same positive assessment.”</p> <p>“On Super Tuesday, Biden and Trump won commanding victories across nearly all the states holding Democratic and Republican nominating contests, according to CBS News projections,” CBS News noted. “That is solidifying the likelihood of a general election rematch between the two in November.”</p> <p>“In fact, almost 6 in 10 voters polled by CBS News described the U.S. economy under Biden as bad,” the story noted.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Groceries are the hottest new splurge category for Gen Z and millennials. Younger generations spend more on groceries than other categories, a McKinsey report says. But all generations are feeling the pinch of inflation at the groce <a href="https://t.co/ZfGSS7podU">https://t.co/ZfGSS7podU</a> <a href="https://t.co/LdGjybK3lV">pic.twitter.com/LdGjybK3lV</a></p>— James Britton (@PrairieWarrior) <a href="https://twitter.com/PrairieWarrior/status/1778030261705318856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/the-rock-quickly-caused-a-liberal-meltdown-by-saying-he-wouldnt-endorse-biden/">‘The Rock’ Quickly Caused A Liberal Meltdown By Saying He Wouldn’t Endorse Biden</a></strong></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-inflation-can-t-be-ignored">Inflation Can’t Be Ignored</h3> <p>Will inflation affect Gen Z’s voting habits, who typically go for Democrats? Time will tell.</p> <p>But in the meantime, every age group and generation is obviously suffering from the cost of good spiking like no time in recent memory.</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/a-normal-household-spends-445-more-on-groceries-than-it-did-a-year-ago-just-ask-gen-z/">A Normal Household Spends $445 More On Groceries Than It Did A Year Ago. Just Ask Gen Z</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Tucker Carlson’s Fiery Comments About Israel Cause Uproar</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/tucker-carlsons-fiery-comments-about-israel-cause-uproar/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hanson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:28:40 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bethlehem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Munther Isaac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tucker Carlson]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233393</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>On Tuesday, Tucker Carlson explored American Christians’ varying attitudes about the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza by […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/tucker-carlsons-fiery-comments-about-israel-cause-uproar/">Tucker Carlson’s Fiery Comments About Israel Cause Uproar</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Tuesday, Tucker Carlson explored American Christians’ varying attitudes about the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza by interviewing Reverend Munther Isaac, the pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Christian Church in Bethlehem.</p> <p>Carlson and Munther addressed the plight of Palestinian Christians, many of whom have been <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRwlc-_kjhA">killed by Israeli forces</a>.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🇺🇸🇵🇸 Tucker Carlson On Christians Supporting Israel<br><br>"If you wake up in the morning and decide your Christian faith requires you to support a foreign government blowing up churches and killing Christians, I think you've lost the thread." <a href="https://t.co/K5xMAwexD0">pic.twitter.com/K5xMAwexD0</a></p>— Censored Men (@CensoredMen) <a href="https://twitter.com/CensoredMen/status/1777810791254638877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-regrets-2020-biden-endorsement-says-he-wont-do-it-again-in-2024/">Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Regrets 2020 Biden Endorsement, Says He Won’t Do It Again In 2024</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-lutheran-reverend-in-bethlehem-we-continue-to-be-horrified-by-what-we-hear-from-congress">Lutheran Reverend in Bethlehem: ‘We Continue to be Horrified by What We Hear from Congress’</h2> <p>Carlson said in his opening monologue, “A consistent but almost never noted theme of American foreign policy is that it is always the Christians who suffer.”</p> <p>Carlson continued, “There is virtually never a word about the Christians who live there, the ancient Christian community in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel proper.” </p> <p>The former Fox News host detailed some of the destruction that has occurred against the Christian community in the region.</p> <p>Then Reverend Isaac responded, saying, “These are very difficult times, and it’s been difficult for quite some time now. When I say difficult times, I’m not just only referring to October 7th.”</p> <p>The Lutheran reverend cast a light on how Christian communities throughout Gaza, Israel, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem are suffering.</p> <p>“In my church I have family members with relatives in Gaza, and they cannot even visit, [even] before the war they could not visit and be with them,” he said. “People keep leaving because of the political reality. Life under a very harsh Israeli military occupation is difficult to bear and as a result, many young Palestinian Christians continue to leave, for example Bethlehem, choosing to find a better and easier life elsewhere.”</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-no-christian-support-in-congress">No Christian Support In Congress</h3> <p>Carlson asked, “Have any members of Congress sent you aid of any kind? Word of support? A fellow Christian?” </p> <p>“No, I mean, in the opposite,” Isaac answered. “We continue to be horrified by what we hear from Congress…when you look at the so-called religious right, we receive no sympathy whatsoever. Sometimes we’re just pleased to be heard and have our perspective taken seriously.”</p> <p>“One of the things I’m often struck with, whether when I speak to diplomats, politicians, Congress staff, or even pastors and influential pastors, is how little they know about the reality on the ground. Their knowledge of the situation here seems to be very very shallow, yet they hold very strong opinions,” Isaac said.</p> <p>Carlson then wondered so many on the Christian right in America won’t speak out for their fellow Christians abroad, some living in the same places Jesus Christ walked.</p> <p>Carlson said:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“You may be asking yourself, ‘well wait a second, if Christian leaders won’t stand up for the lives of Christians, why have them in the first place?’ And that’s probably a good question. You would think that in Congress, where there are many self-professed Christians, somebody might be piping up on behalf of their brethren in the holy land, but no. Just the opposite in fact.”</p></blockquote></blockquote> <p>Many were not happy with Carlson shedding a light on the reality for Palestinian Christians. Here are just a few examples:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Funny how on Israel, Tucker Carlson sounds exactly like the New York Times<br><br>same anti-Israel activists he interviews are also featured on CNN and MSNBC<br><br>people think they're getting alternative media from Tucker when they're just getting media</p>— Daniel Greenfield – "Hang Together or Separately" (@Sultanknish) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sultanknish/status/1777832144410435915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tucker Carlson just gave an unchallenged, 45 minute platform to a radically anti-Israel Palestinian activist, who accused Israel of committing genocide before Israel even started a ground invasion in Gaza.<br><br>The goal is clear: Create a wedge between American Christians and Israel. <a href="https://t.co/HkyFyGkiBO">https://t.co/HkyFyGkiBO</a></p>— Shelley G (@ShelleyGldschmt) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShelleyGldschmt/status/1777808921543262382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Allow me to respond to <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TuckerCarlson</a>'s interview here with <a href="https://twitter.com/MuntherIsaac?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MuntherIsaac</a> by talking about the facts, rather than speculating about whether Tucker hates Israel, or is an antisemite. He says he is concerned about Christians; I'll accept that. But there's no excuse for this. (1/nn) <a href="https://t.co/yU01kuJyDm">https://t.co/yU01kuJyDm</a></p>— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) <a href="https://twitter.com/joelpollak/status/1777875038903087440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/kid-rock-says-trumps-winning-if-you-dont-vote-for-donald-trump-you-aint-from-michigan/">Kid Rock Says ‘Trump’s Winning’ – ‘If You Don’t Vote For Donald Trump, You Ain’t From Michigan’</a></strong></p> <p>There will no doubt be further controversy on this front.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-tucker-s-interview-continued">Tucker’s Interview Continued…</h2> <p>Carlson later showed a clip of Republican Michigan Representative Tim Walberg, a former evangelical pastor, who should the U.S. should help Israel treat Gaza “like Nagasaki and Hiroshima.” </p> <p>The conservative pundit was not amused.</p> <p>“To be clear, as a theological matter, Christianity is not the religion of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it’s the religion, among all world religions, that uniquely abhors mass killing,” Carlson said. “In fact, it is <em>the</em> religion that abhors mass killing. There’s no excuse for this from a Christian perspective. And here we have a former pastor calling for it.” </p> <p>Isaac replied, “This obsession with war and violence … it’s the antithesis of everything Jesus taught.”</p> <p>Isaac continued, “It, again, makes us wonder. Do you realize how damaging that is for us Christians living not just in Palestine but in the Middle East? Damaging in the sense of real impact on our lives, but also damaging in terms of our credibility in front of our peers here in the Middle East.”</p> <p>Carlson and Isaac spoke further about the plight of Palestinian Christians with the reverend ending on this note:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“What we’re calling for is reasonable, fair-minded Christian leaders who understand the reality on the ground and are able to lobby for a just peace in this land where Palestinians and Israelis live together.”</p></blockquote></blockquote> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/tucker-carlsons-fiery-comments-about-israel-cause-uproar/">Tucker Carlson’s Fiery Comments About Israel Cause Uproar</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Country Star Gavin Adcock Goes On Wild Vulgar Tirade Against Biden</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/country-star-gavin-adcock-goes-on-wild-vulgar-tirade-against-biden/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Conrad]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:18:59 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gavin Adcock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kid Rock]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233386</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The country music singer Gavin Adcock cursed out President Joe Biden over the weekend, and video of what he had […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/country-star-gavin-adcock-goes-on-wild-vulgar-tirade-against-biden/">Country Star Gavin Adcock Goes On Wild Vulgar Tirade Against Biden</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The country music singer Gavin Adcock cursed out President Joe Biden over the weekend, and video of what he had to say has since gone viral. </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Country music star Gavin Adcock said “Fuck you Joe Biden! You c0cksucking m0therfucker!”<br><br>Who agrees? 👏😂 <a href="https://t.co/h6zzyXYquf">pic.twitter.com/h6zzyXYquf</a></p>— 🇺🇸Kelli Kay🇺🇸 (@KelliKayK) <a href="https://twitter.com/KelliKayK/status/1777731205557031077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-adcock-cusses-out-biden"><strong>Adcock Cusses Out Biden</strong></h3> <p>While opening for Kid Rock’s “Rock the Country” tour at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, Louisiana, Adcock let loose on Biden, not holding anything back in his tirade.</p> <p>“F*** you, Joe Biden,” Adcock, 25, told the audience. “You c**ks*cking motherf**ker!”</p> <p>We must warn you that there is profanity in the video below.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I support Gavin Adcock message.🤣<br><br>🔥🔥🔥<br><br>“Fvcking Joe Biden, you còck sucking mtfcker.” <a href="https://t.co/IBDH6NuKhP">pic.twitter.com/IBDH6NuKhP</a></p>— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImMeme0/status/1777373096451735967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Adcock himself posted a video from this same concert in which he invited a young boy onstage.</p> <p>“You tell ’em who’s winning the election next time,” Adcock said, with the boy responding with a resounding, “Trump 2024!”</p> <p>The crowd immediately cheered at this, showing their support for the former President Donald Trump.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A true man of the people <a href="https://t.co/H8QhZ4jNgh">pic.twitter.com/H8QhZ4jNgh</a></p>— Gavin Adcock Music (@GavinAdcock) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinAdcock/status/1777015379845345597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p><strong>Related: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-sends-support-to-kid-rock-after-his-father-passes-away/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Trump Sends Support To Kid Rock After His Father Passes Away</a></strong></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-kid-rock-supports-trump"><strong>Kid Rock Supports Trump</strong></h3> <p>While Adcock appears to have been quiet about politics until now, Kid Rock has been an outspoken supporter of Trump, previously describing him as “the greatest president” the U.S. has “ever had.”</p> <p>“I love spending time with him, getting to know him, since he became president the first few months, having dinner at the White House with him and from there on we’ve just really hit it off,” Kid Rock said, according to <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-gavin-adcock-kid-rock-video-rock-country-tour-1888338" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Newsweek</a>. “I can relate to him in a lot of ways.”</p> <p>Kid Rock went on to say that Trump says “what’s on his mind,” adding that “if you look at [Trump’s] track record and who he is as a whole, there’s a lot more good there than anything.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><iframe loading="lazy" title="Kid Rock tells Tucker what it's like to golf with Donald Trump" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5_dQ5lfyXLw?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div></figure> <p><strong>Related: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/kid-rock-says-trumps-winning-if-you-dont-vote-for-donald-trump-you-aint-from-michigan/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Kid Rock Says ‘Trump’s Winning’ – ‘If You Don’t Vote For Donald Trump, You Ain’t From Michigan’</a></strong></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-trump-is-winning-michigan"><strong>‘Trump Is Winning Michigan’</strong></h3> <p>Last week, Kid Rock predicted that Trump will win the state of Michigan while being interviewed by the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6350367697112" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Fox News</a> host Laura Ingraham.</p> <p>“What do you think is going to happen in Michigan, though?” Ingraham asked. “I mean, your home state going to wake up and decide, no mas, we’re not going to kill our auto industry with EVs, and he’s going to win it.”</p> <p>Kid Rock held nothing back with his response.</p> <p>“Trump’s winning. Trump’s winning Michigan. I mean, the auto workers are smart enough to know that EVs mean you’re getting replaced with a robot,” he replied emphatically. “They’re smart enough to know that. Everyone has Google.com. They can search it, whatever, like they know that this is coming.”</p> <p>“You know, I applaud what Elon Musk is doing. I think that guy is a genius,” Kid Rock continued. “But in terms of Michigan, we’re going to make cars where we’re going to keep the industrial revolution alive. And we might have to innovate and go past that where things are going now. Am I getting off base here?”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kid Rock ~ “If You Don’t Vote for Donald Trump, You Ain’t from Michigan”<br><br>Kid Rock speaking about auto workers in Michigan. <a href="https://t.co/jOvGI8ilQ5">pic.twitter.com/jOvGI8ilQ5</a></p>— Sheri™ (@FFT1776) <a href="https://twitter.com/FFT1776/status/1776950413398290600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-kid-rock-doubles-down"><strong>Kid Rock Doubles Down</strong></h3> <p>Kid Rock doubled down from there on his support of Trump.</p> <p>“[M]ichigan is the melting pot of America,” he explained. “When people came from the South after, you know, the Industrial Revolution, the Civil War, this that and the other, and they stopped in Chicago, and they came to Detroit to make a living wage, this that and the other. They’ve stuck around. There’s been generations there, including my family.”</p> <p>“I’m going to do the opposite,” Kid Rock concluded. “I’m going to do the opposite of Biden. I mean, if you don’t fight — if you don’t vote for Donald Trump, you ain’t from Michigan.”</p> <p>Check out Kid Rock’s full comments on this in the video below.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><iframe loading="lazy" title="Kid Rock shares why he told Trump 'we could watch liberal tears fall like rain'" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8fdzNiK_xFA?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div></figure> <p>Kid Rock has yet to comment on Adcock’s verbal takedown of Biden, but one would have to imagine that he loved every minute of it. Given how <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/2941157/joe-biden-the-still-unpopular-president/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">unpopular that Biden is</a>, he shouldn’t be surprised if more celebrities get the courage to speak out against him as this year goes on. </p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/country-star-gavin-adcock-goes-on-wild-vulgar-tirade-against-biden/">Country Star Gavin Adcock Goes On Wild Vulgar Tirade Against Biden</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Anti-Israel Protesters Shut Down Congressional Cafeteria, Shout ‘Senate Can’t Eat Until Gaza Eats’</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/anti-israel-protesters-shut-down-congressional-cafeteria-shout-senate-cant-eat-until-gaza-eats/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 12:58:18 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dirksen senate building]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233395</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Over 50 protesters were arrested on Tuesday after storming a cafeteria inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Some of those […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/anti-israel-protesters-shut-down-congressional-cafeteria-shout-senate-cant-eat-until-gaza-eats/">Anti-Israel Protesters Shut Down Congressional Cafeteria, Shout ‘Senate Can’t Eat Until Gaza Eats’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over 50 protesters were arrested on Tuesday after storming a cafeteria inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Some of those involved in the protest can be heard chanting that the “Senate can’t eat until Gaza eats!”</p> <p>Fox News host Harris Faulkner <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/anti-israel-agitators-shut-down-senate-cafeteria-arrested">describes</a> the location that protesters clamped down on as the “largest cafeteria on the Senate side” of the Capitol complex.</p> <p>Various demonstrators can be seen with their hands painted pink and shouting alternately, “Children are starving in Gaza” and “People are dying in Gaza.”</p> <p>Capitol police reportedly advised that arrests would be made. This prompted one of the Senate protesters to reply, “This is the house of the people!”</p> <p>A woman boldly wears a t-shirt proclaiming, “Biden’s legacy = Genocide.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨BREAKING: Anti-Israel protesters shut down Senate cafeteria shouting “This is the House of the people, the Senate can’t eat until Gaza eats.” <a href="https://t.co/dYQzF30O4d">pic.twitter.com/dYQzF30O4d</a></p>— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImMeme0/status/1777759879836401724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/capitol-locked-down-6-police-officers-injured-as-violent-anti-israel-protesters-storm-dnc-headquarters/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">6 Police Officers Injured As Violent Anti-Israel Protesters Storm DNC Headquarters</a></strong></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-senate-protesters-interrupted-senate-hearing">Senate Protesters Interrupted Senate Hearing</h3> <p>Reports have linked these protesters who shut down a Senate cafeteria to the same group that repeatedly interrupted a Senate hearing with leaders from the Pentagon on Tuesday.</p> <p>These protesters interrupted the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill twice. They were demanding the U.S. “stop funding Israel” and supporting a “genocide” in Gaza.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said there is 'no evidence' of Israel committing genocide in Gaza, after he was repeatedly interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters during a Senate hearing<br><br>⬇️ <a href="https://t.co/WMqxdD6Jlc">https://t.co/WMqxdD6Jlc</a> <a href="https://t.co/GcYKAq3LZZ">pic.twitter.com/GcYKAq3LZZ</a></p>— Sky News (@SkyNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1777965740554936417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>The message coming from these protesters is that Israel is committing ‘genocide.’ Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, however, testified at the Senate hearing that, “We don’t have any evidence of genocide.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today I asked <a href="https://twitter.com/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecDef</a> a simple question: “Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza?”<br><br>Spreading that lie, parroted by pro-Hamas activists, is nothing more than anti-Israeli propaganda. <a href="https://t.co/3eEkqQi5S0">pic.twitter.com/3eEkqQi5S0</a></p>— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1777733783954890943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>Capitol Police issued a statement reminding protesters in the Senate that, “It is illegal to demonstrate inside any of the Congressional Buildings.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><iframe loading="lazy" title="WATCH: Anti-Israel protesters shut down Senate cafeteria" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LxCLfICB1-o?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div></figure> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/greene-moves-to-censure-rashida-tlaib-after-squad-member-weeps-uncontrollably-leads-insurrection-at-the-capitol/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Rashida Tlaib Weeps Uncontrollably, Leads ‘Insurrection’ At The Capitol</a></strong></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-not-the-first-interruption-of-official-proceedings">Not The First Interruption Of Official Proceedings</h3> <p>Critics note this isn’t the first time protesters have interrupted official congressional proceedings. This is the crux of all media arguments when they discuss ‘insurrection’ at the Capitol.</p> <p>In March, over a dozen pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested at the Russell Senate Office Building.</p> <p>One month earlier, several protesters inside the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building were arrested. The group of activists had been staging a “die-in.”</p> <p>Anti-Israel protesters additionally took action this past October when rallygoers, <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/greene-moves-to-censure-rashida-tlaib-after-squad-member-weeps-uncontrollably-leads-insurrection-at-the-capitol/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">goaded by</a> Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MN), stormed the Cannon building, interrupting an official proceeding in the House.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WATCH: A group of pro Palestinian insurrectionists stormed the Capitol today. Have any of them been arrested, hunted down, or thrown in gulags yet? Will any of them get 17-22-year prison sentences? Shaking. <a href="https://t.co/jOV3AFv3sq">pic.twitter.com/jOV3AFv3sq</a></p>— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1714718237118644259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>Additionally in November, six police officers <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/capitol-locked-down-6-police-officers-injured-as-violent-anti-israel-protesters-storm-dnc-headquarters/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">were injured</a> when pro-Palestinian protesters stormed the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><a href="https://twitter.com/Rusty_Weiss" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">Follow Rusty on X</a></em></p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/anti-israel-protesters-shut-down-congressional-cafeteria-shout-senate-cant-eat-until-gaza-eats/">Anti-Israel Protesters Shut Down Congressional Cafeteria, Shout ‘Senate Can’t Eat Until Gaza Eats’</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Why Do Doctors Ask About Guns? We Explain</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/doctors-ask-about-guns/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen J. Anderson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:25:21 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mark Rosenberg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul Hsieh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233372</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>A typical visit to the doctor will always elicit certain questions. Drinking habits, smoking history, illicit drug use, mental health […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/doctors-ask-about-guns/">Why Do Doctors Ask About Guns? We Explain</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A typical visit to the doctor will always elicit certain questions. Drinking habits, smoking history, illicit drug use, mental health status, and even sexual partner history.</p> <p>For most, these questions are routine and don’t cause any pause. However, medical institutions around the country are experimenting with a new line of questioning: gun ownership status.</p> <p>Comparing gun safety conversations with seatbelt and bike helmet precautions, doctors are diving into their newfound gun control role. The question is: does this conversation have a place in the doctor’s office, or is it just a tool to track and restrict gun ownership?</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My doctor asks me about guns and my doctor won’t be my doctor anymore. <a href="https://t.co/r6QCTbSCuP">https://t.co/r6QCTbSCuP</a> <a href="https://t.co/9VUxVXGgi9">pic.twitter.com/9VUxVXGgi9</a></p>— Fred the Great (@Fred_On_X) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fred_On_X/status/1775484489977786694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-doctors-ask-about-guns">Doctors Ask About Guns</h3> <p>Recently, <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-doctor-will-ask-about-your-gun-now/ar-BB1kTixP">The Atlantic</a> published a piece titled <em>The Doctor Will Ask About Your Gun Now</em> that explored the nuance of this latest medicinal trend. Many physicians interviewed for the article argued that inquiring about gun safety makes perfect sense in the doctor’s office.</p> <p>Emergency-medicine physician Emmy Betz explained:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“It’s the same way that we encourage people to wear seat belts and not drive while intoxicated, to exercise.”</p></blockquote> <p>When put in those terms, it’s hard to initially see any harm in encouraging safe gun ownership at the doctor’s after all. Pamphlets are a-plenty encouraging safe sex practices amongst other safe social engagement practices.</p> <p>However, the article does point out that this encroachment of firearms discussions in the medical community isn’t new. The article explains:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“Not so long ago, powerful physicians argued that if guns were causing so much harm, people should just quit them.”</p></blockquote> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/kamala-harris-falsely-claims-trump-said-he-will-weaponize-the-doj-against-his-political-opponents/">Kamala Harris Falsely Claims Trump Said He Will ‘Weaponize’ The DOJ Against His Political Opponents</a></strong></p> <p>Recalling a 1990s <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/16/us/new-tactics-urged-in-fight-against-crime.html">New York Times</a> interview with then-CDC Injury Center Director Dr. Mark Rosenberg, the article points to the attempt to make gun ownership a societal faux pas:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“We need to revolutionize the way we look at guns, like we did with cigarettes. It used to be that smoking was a glamour symbol, cool, sexy, macho. Now it is dirty, deadly and banned.”</p></blockquote> <p>Is that why doctors ask about guns?</p> <p>The argument could be made that society has swapped the unhealthy cigarette habit with others equally, if not just as dangerous. Regardless, the reality is gun ownership is just not viewed the same by gun owners as vices such as smoking.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Second Amendment was literally written to prevent the government from regulating guns, Nate. <a href="https://t.co/wMxifbNlFJ">https://t.co/wMxifbNlFJ</a></p>— Kerry Slone (@thereal_SnS) <a href="https://twitter.com/thereal_SnS/status/1777544039383904546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-not-a-connection-a-right">Not a connection, a right</h3> <p>It has been my experience that there are two types of gun owners. You have the kind that broadcast their ownership via vehicle decals, flags, and apparel.</p> <p>Then you have the type more in line with myself; I own firearms, but I don’t broadcast it. The second group points to the difficulty the medical community and advocates for gun control measures have with their messaging and initiatives.</p> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="VIDEO: FBI Agents Admit Monitoring Social Media While Questioning Oklahoma Woman Over Anti-Biden Posts">VIDEO: FBI Agents Admit Monitoring Social Media While Questioning Oklahoma Woman Over Anti-Biden Posts</a></strong></p> <p>Co-founder of Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine Paul Hsieh wrote that gun owners:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“…find the question about firearms ownership intrusive in a different way than questions about substance abuse or sexual partners.”</p></blockquote> <p>At first blush, this seems counterintuitive. Indeed, questions surrounding something so intimate as sexual habits or what an individual puts into one’s body are more intrusive than whether they own weapons.</p> <p>The reason becomes more apparent when we dive into what doctors can do with said information.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"The First Amendment is first for a reason. Second Amendment is just in case the first one doesn't work out."<br>~Dave Chappelle, Comedian<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Election2024?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Election2024</a> <a href="https://t.co/yKMxzgCQTR">pic.twitter.com/yKMxzgCQTR</a></p>— Տᗩᑎᗪᖇᗩ (@TheSandraHQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheSandraHQ/status/1775742478131298393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-one-way-or-another">One way or another</h3> <p>The article explains that while doctors can:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“…tell someone with diabetes to stop having soda three times a day, but they can’t literally take soda away from a patient. With guns, they might be able to.”</p></blockquote> <p>The above alludes to some states that have laws in place that allow doctors to engage with law enforcement and the courts to remove guns from a patient if they feel necessary. The Biden administration is pushing a similar effort nationwide, known as the National Extreme Risk Protection (ERPO) Resource Center.</p> <p>Readers may know this better as <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/27/why-red-flag-laws-are-more-dangerous-you-think/">“red flag” laws</a>.</p> <p><em>That’s the reason doctors ask about guns.</em></p> <p>The Department of Justice <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-blast-biden-admins-red-flag-operation-will-violate-second-amendment-rights">notes</a> that:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“ERPO laws, which are modeled off domestic violence protection orders, create a civil process allowing law enforcement, family members (in most states), and medical professionals or other groups (in most states) to petition a court to temporarily prohibit someone at risk of harming themselves or others from purchasing and possessing firearms for the duration of the order.”</p></blockquote> <p>While it might seem obvious what constitutes a risk, the reality is that risk is a goalpost that can be moved by political pressure. Is someone at risk because they see a mental health professional?</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The DOJ created the National Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Resource Center to provide “training and technical assistance”. The one thing that this center won’t be training anyone on is how to adequately protect the Due Process rights of the accused.<a href="https://t.co/v4yWKfxjAg">https://t.co/v4yWKfxjAg</a></p>— LawEnforcementToday (@LawEnforceToday) <a href="https://twitter.com/LawEnforceToday/status/1777131752378577143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Is someone “at risk” if they are a combat veteran? Is someone “at risk” if they are a white Christian?</p> <p>Eventually, merely owning a gun will be deemed “at risk.”</p> <p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/atf-director-showcases-astonishing-firearms-ignorance-while-advocating-for-stricter-gun-control/">ATF Director Showcases Astonishing Firearms Ignorance While Advocating for Stricter Gun Control</a></strong></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-more-harm-than-good">More harm than good</h3> <p>Firearm-injury-prevention researcher at UC Davis Amy Barnhorst explains:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“There’s a lot more psychological meaning behind firearms for people than there is for sodas.”</p></blockquote> <p>That’s because of a little thing called the Second Amendment. The right to bear arms allows citizens to defend their lives, families, and homes.</p> <p>Gun ownership allows citizens to provide protection not just for their most prized possessions but <em>from</em> their government in the event it is required. </p> <p>Some states have tried to keep doctors from discussing gun ownership, as the article explains:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“In the past couple of decades, some states have toyed with laws that curtail doctor’s ability to talk with patients about firearms and the information they can collect, to assuage gun owners’ privacy concerns.”</p></blockquote> <p>Rightfully so, documenting whether patients own guns or not sounds a lot like a firearms registry. The push to incorporate guns into the doctor’s office under the pretense of safety will undoubtedly make patients <em>less</em> safe.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="iframe-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump: I will fully uphold the second amendment, of course. I did it better than anybody. Nothing happened. <a href="https://t.co/MicDAOlL6V">pic.twitter.com/MicDAOlL6V</a></p>— Acyn (@Acyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1775299085102194847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></figure> <p>Mental health counselor Jake Wiskerchen explains how many patients:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“…across America right now who own guns and won’t come to counseling because they don’t want their rights taken away for real or imagined reasons.”</p></blockquote> <p>Treating medical conditions and mental health issues is where medicine should remain and stay. Otherwise they risk sacrificing care for gun control.</p> <div><p style="margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #b51509; font-size: 20px; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;"><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.</strong><br>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/">Feedspot’s</a> “100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.”</p></div><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/doctors-ask-about-guns/">Why Do Doctors Ask About Guns? We Explain</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>“I Am Going To Lecture You On Climate Change:” BBC Reporter Gets Schooled for Hypocrisy</title> <link>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/i-am-going-to-lecture-you-on-climate-change-bbc-reporter-gets-schooled-for-hypocrisy/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[RealClearWire]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:22:59 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guyana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[President Mohamed Irfaan Ali]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stephen Sackur]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thepoliticalinsider.com/?p=1233381</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>By Tilak K. Doshi for RealClearPolitics On March 28, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali of the South American country of Guyana […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/i-am-going-to-lecture-you-on-climate-change-bbc-reporter-gets-schooled-for-hypocrisy/">“I Am Going To Lecture You On Climate Change:” BBC Reporter Gets Schooled for Hypocrisy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>By Tilak K. Doshi for RealClearPolitics</em></p> <p>On March 28, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali of the South American country of Guyana became an instant hero to many as he refused to take lectures on climate change from a BBC reporter during an interview. In a two-minute <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/watch-guyana-president-scolds-bbc-172744141.html">video clip</a> that went viral on X (formerly Twitter) and other social media, President Ali turned the tables on the BBC’s Stephen Sackur when the reporter accused Guyana of worsening the “climate crisis” by allowing the exploitation of its newly found oil and gas reserves.</p> <p>“Over the next decade or two, it’s expected that there will be $150 billion worth of oil and gas extracted off your coast,” Sackur told the president. “It’s an extraordinary figure. But think of it in practical terms. That means – according to many experts – two billion tons of carbon emissions will come from your seabed from those reserves and released into the atmosphere.” Guyana’s head of state quickly rebutted: “Let me stop you right there. Did you know that Guyana has a forest that is the size of England and Scotland combined, a forest that stores 19.5 gigatons of carbon, a forest that we have kept alive?”</p> <p>When the reporter asked President Ali whether the rainforest gave him the “right” to release the carbon, the Guyanese leader retorted: “Does that give you the right to lecture us on climate change? I’m going to lecture you on climate change.” Being lectured by the BBC on climate change is not a new development; it’s what the state-supported media service often does, and in hectoring tones. But is the BBC correct in its proclamations about what the “climate science” says?</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-climate-alarmists-and-their-detractors"><strong>Climate Alarmists and Their Detractors</strong></h2> <p>The BBC seems <a href="https://www.netzerowatch.com/all-papers/bbc-accused-of-institutional-alarmism-as-new-report-reveals-long-list-of-climate-misinformation?rq=bbc">institutionally committed</a> to an alarmist position in its coverage of climate change issues. Many BBC programs seem driven to inject the “climate catastrophe” narrative into every energy-related news item. Stephen Sakur’s pointed remarks to Guyana’s president on the country’s rapid emergence as an oil and gas exporter were unexceptional in this regard.</p> <p>The response on social media to the viral clip is telling. Here is a short selection from X on March 29 and 30:</p> <p><a href="https://x.com/aaron_renn/status/1773859626842284397?s=20">Chris Rose</a> (over 130,000 followers): “This is magnificent to watch. The President of Guyana truly put the BBC in its place. When sanctimony and pomposity meets [sic] sense and modesty.”</p> <p><a href="https://x.com/simonateba/status/1774032008097751421?s=20">Simon Ateba</a> (over 670,000 followers): “EXPLOSIVE: President Mohamed Irfaan Ali (@presidentaligy) of Guyana obliterates @BBC journalist Stephen Sackur (@stephensackur) over climate change hypocrisy. ‘No, no, I’m not done yet!’ WATCH.”</p> <p><a href="https://x.com/DillyHussain88/status/1774025569132298434?s=20">Dilly Hussain</a> (over 110,000 followers): “LET ME STOP YOU RIGHT THERE!” An absolute masterclass shutdown by President Mohamed Irfaan Ali of Guyana when probed by @BBCHARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur on his country’s new found oil and gas fields and the West’s concerns about “carbon emissions”.</p> <p><a href="https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1773836736189305024?s=20">Visegrád 24</a> (over 970,000 followers): “I am going to lecture you on climate change,” says Guyana President @presidentaligy to BBC journalist Stephen Sackur, as he pushes back against the journalist attempting to lecture the Caribbean leader about oil being bad for the environment.”</p> <p>The headlines of leading newspapers on March 30 reflected these social media messages:</p> <p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/30/guyana-irfaan-ali-bbc-stephen-sackur-climate-change/"><em>The Telegraph</em></a>: “Watch: Guyana’s president scolds BBC presenter for climate change ‘lecture.’”</p> <p><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/are-you-in-their-pockets-guyanese-president-slams-journalist-for-climate-change-hypocrisy/articleshow/108895473.cms#:~:text='Are%20you%20in%20their%20pockets%3F'%3A%20Guyanese%20President,out%20reporter%20for%20'western%20hypocrisy'&text=NEW%20DELHI%3A%20In%20a%20viral,focussing%20on%20Guyana's%20carbon%20emissions."><em>Times of India</em></a>: “‘Are you in their pockets?’: Guyanese President calls out reporter for Western hypocrisy.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/video-guyanas-president-snapping-back-bbc-reporters-climate-quiz-goes-viral-let-me-stop-you">Fox News</a>: “Video of Guyana’s president snapping back at BBC reporter’s climate quiz goes viral: ‘Let me stop you.’”</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-hypocrisy-as-the-default-option-in-climate-change-narratives"><strong>Hypocrisy As the Default Option in Climate Change Narratives</strong></h2> <p>What is of interest here is the inherently hypocritical nature of the interactions between representatives of developed countries and those of developing ones concerning energy and climate policies. Some of the most apparent of such interactions occur during the UN’s annual COP (“Conference of Parties”) climate summits.</p> <p>UN Secretary-General António Guterres, never one to shy from hyperbolic pronouncements, <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/08/1097362" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">warns</a> of a “code red for humanity. The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable.” Indeed, based on dubious “<a href="https://climate.news/2019-08-26-climate-change-hoax-collapses-as-michael-mann-bogus-hockey-stick-graph.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" aria-label="(opens in a new tab)">hockey-stick</a>” global-warming models formulated in the West, the secretary-general proclaims the approach of the “<a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1139162">era of global boiling</a>.”</p> <p>At COP26, held in 2021 in Glasgow, Western leaders addressed those making up 80% of humanity in speeches that reeked of carbon imperialism (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-address-at-cop26-world-leaders-summit-opening-ceremony">here</a>, <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_21_6023">here</a>, and <a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/first-ministers-speech-scotlands-priorities-cop26/">here</a>). Their message can be fairly summarized as follows:</p> <p><em>We pledge climate finance to help you. There are promising new energy technologies to achieve our goals of net zero by 2050. The outlook for new jobs and economic growth are limitless with solar and wind power, electric vehicles, green hydrogen and carbon capture and sequestration. However, we must stop all new fossil fuel investments now! You must give up fossil fuels or else the planet is doomed.</em></p> <p>Faced with the increasingly untenable hypocrisy of the Western elites discouraging fossil fuel use in the developing world, the pushback by leaders such as Guyana’s President Ali is no surprise. In 2015, the Indian government’s then-chief economic adviser Arvind Subramaniam spoke in no uncertain terms of a new <a href="https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/column-resisting-wests-carbon-imperialism/172079/">carbon imperialism</a>: “The rich world’s move against fossil fuels is a disaster for India, and other poorer countries.”</p> <p>In the lead-up to COP27 held in Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt in 2022, Africa’s top energy official, <a></a>Amani Abou-Zeid, the African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/african-countries-push-common-energy-position-cop27-2022-10-04/">said</a> that African countries will push for “a common energy position that sees fossil fuels as necessary to expanding economies and electricity access.”</p> <p>At the COP28 climate summit held in Dubai, UAE, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, president of the summit and CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/03/climate/cop28-al-jaber-fossil-fuel-phase-out/index.html">rebutted questions</a> from Mary Robinson, a former UN special envoy for climate change: “There is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5 C [maximum global temperature increase].” In an interview, he <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/back-into-caves-cop28-president-dismisses-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels">said</a> that “You’re asking for a phase-out of fossil fuels . . . Please, help me, show me the roadmap for a phase-out of fossil fuel that will allow for sustainable socio-economic development, unless you want to take the world back into caves.”</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-that-s-enough-already"><strong>That’s Enough Already!</strong></h2> <p>Germany, the world leader in green energy ambitions, provides the best lesson of untenable hypocrisy when faced with the real-world constraints of physics and economics. In 2022, the country faced the prospect of entering winter without adequate energy supplies. It had shut down its nuclear power plants and lost access to piped Russian natural gas by imposing sanctions against Moscow (which was then followed by the sabotage of the Nordstream pipeline). In this context, Germany quickly retreated to coal power generation, and it now plans <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/germany-to-almost-double-gas-firing-capacity/">to double its gas-fired power-generating capacity</a>.</p> <p>According to <a href="https://twitter.com/DoombergT/status/1665335534091206656">Doomberg</a>, an energy and finance consultancy, Germany moved back to coal “with the speed and efficiency of the British evacuation of Dunkirk.” The IEA, the institution most responsible for the West’s clarion calls to <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/tilakdoshi/2021/06/18/ieas-net-zero-by-2050-report-credible-roadmap-or-unhinged-advocacy/">stop fossil fuel investments</a>, noted that Germany’s “<a href="https://www.powermag.com/2022-set-a-global-record-for-coal-generation/">significant reversal</a>” drove European coal consumption up 9% in 2022. Energy security and the need to heat homes and keep lights on and factories humming trumped virtue-signaling climate goals – and Germany’s abject hypocrisy is obvious to many leaders in the developing world.</p> <p>Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali has little to explain, much less apologize for, as his country rapidly emerges as an important South American exporter of hydrocarbons. Let the BBC’s reporters peddle their <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/tilakdoshi/2023/04/15/luxury-beliefs-and-energy-policy-the-fatal-conceit/">luxury beliefs</a> to those who think they can afford them.</p> <p><em>Dr. Tilak K. Doshi is an energy economist, independent consultant, and a Forbes contributor based in London.</em></p> <p>Syndicated with permission <a href="https://realclearwire.com/articles/2024/04/08/i_am_going_to_lecture_you_on_climate_change_bbc_reporter_gets_schooled_for_hypocrisy_1023371.html">from RealClearWire</a>.</p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting("has-featured-video","true")})}();</script><p>The post <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com/i-am-going-to-lecture-you-on-climate-change-bbc-reporter-gets-schooled-for-hypocrisy/">“I Am Going To Lecture You On Climate Change:” BBC Reporter Gets Schooled for Hypocrisy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoliticalinsider.com">The Political Insider</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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