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West: ‘No one is above the law,’ unless…
Commentary, National

West: ‘No one is above the law,’ unless…

By Lt. Col. Allen West (ret.) | Commentary, American Constitutional Rights Union Yea, without a doubt, this is the topic de jour, perhaps for the week. In the waning days of the Biden administration, Joe Biden went against his very own words and pardoned his son, Hunter. How many times did we have to hear Biden and his White House mouthpiece, Karinne Jean-Pierre, state that “no one is above the law?” Well, that is true unless you are aligned with the progressive socialist left. And what is even more disconcerting is the comprehensive nature of this pardon…it covers anything over the past 10 years. And to witness Joe Biden doing this and then hopping on a plane to Angola. Just to remind everyone, Hunter Biden, who thought he would get some sugar plea deal, was found guilty of federal ...
Trump’s DEA nominee withdraws from consideration
National, Washington Examiner

Trump’s DEA nominee withdraws from consideration

By Christian Datoc | Washington Examiner Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister has withdrawn from consideration to head President-elect Donald Trump‘s Drug Enforcement Administration. In a statement, Chronister said Tuesday being nominated “the honor of a lifetime” but was stepping down after the “gravity of this very important responsibility set in.” “Over the past several days, as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, I’ve concluded that I must respectfully withdraw from consideration. There is more work to be done for the citizens of Hillsborough County and a lot of initiatives I am committed to fulfilling,” he wrote in a statement. “I sincerely appreciate the nomination, outpouring of support by the American people, and look forward to continuing...
Fani Willis ordered to give watchdog all communications with special counsel Jack Smith
Fox News, National

Fani Willis ordered to give watchdog all communications with special counsel Jack Smith

By Greg Wehner  | Fox News A Georgia judge ordered Fulton County District Attorney Fani Williams to hand over records related to her communications with special counsel Jack Smith and the U.S. House January 6 Committee after failing to comply with a request under the Open Records Act (ORA). The nonprofit group Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against Willis in March after her office claimed it did not have any documents and communications on file between Willis and Smith or Willis and the January 6th Committee. But it turned out her office did have communications, and on Monday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ordered Willis to produce them within five business days. McBurney also determined in his ruling that Willis violated Georgia’s open records act b...
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot outside Hilton hotel in Midtown in targeted attack
National, New York Post

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot outside Hilton hotel in Midtown in targeted attack

By Joe Marino, Ronny Reyes and Matt Troutman | New York Post The CEO of UnitedHealth’s insurance division was gunned down Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown in what police say was a targeted attack.  Brian Thompson, 50, was at the hotel around 6:46 a.m., arriving early for a conference, when a masked man allegedly waiting for the CEO repeatedly shot at him along Sixth Avenue before dashing off on a bicycle, police sources told The Post.  Thompson was hit in the chest, prompting a desperate attempt by first responders to save him with CPR, harrowing video shows.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
South Korean president lifts martial law after lawmakers reject move
Fox News, National

South Korean president lifts martial law after lawmakers reject move

By Louis Casiano  | Fox News South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol lifted his martial law declaration after lawmakers rejected the move following Yoon's vow to eliminate "anti-state" forces in a serious challenge to the country's Parliament, which he accused of sympathizing with North Korea.  The Tuesday night declaration was vocally opposed by the speaker of Parliament and even the leader of Yoon's own party, Han Dong-hoon, who has clashed with the president over his handling of recent scandals, Reuters reported.  Shortly after Yoon made his announcement, people began gathering outside the Parliament building, some of them shouting: "Withdraw emergency martial law!" while scuffling with troops. Under South Korean law, the president must lift martial law if the Parliament...
Gavin Newsom seeks $25 million legal fund to ‘Trump-proof’ California, fight federal policy
National, The Post Millennial

Gavin Newsom seeks $25 million legal fund to ‘Trump-proof’ California, fight federal policy

By David Krayden | The Post Millennial Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) wants to establish a $25 million legal fund to fight the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump in the courts – even though California is looking at a massive shortfall in funds.  The move from Newsom and the California legislature is seeking to “Trump-proof” the state for Trump’s second term in office, the Daily Mail reported. There is little love lost between Newsome and Trump, who often reminds Americans about the exodus of people leaving California because of its policies.   If Newsom’s legal fund is approved, the state Department of Justice as well as government agencies would receive more money to prepare for litigation over such liberal policy areas as abortion rights, climate c...
Jeff Hurd, taking over 3rd District seat, headlines new crop of legislators in U.S. House
National, Washington Examiner

Jeff Hurd, taking over 3rd District seat, headlines new crop of legislators in U.S. House

By Hailey Bullis | Washington Examiner Republican Rep.-elect Jeff Hurd, the incoming freshman for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, admits his representation style might be a “little bit different” from that of his predecessor, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO). Hurd, 45, had never run for elected office prior to his 2024 congressional campaign, saying during an interview with the Washington Examiner that his foray into politics was much that of an “accidental politician.” For Hurd and his wife, Barbora Hurd, who have five children, the idea of running for an elected position “wasn’t anything that we had been aiming for,” with the incoming freshman saying he often jokes that “if you’re looking for somebody that has good judgment, don’t look at the person running for C...
UCLA’s blueprint to increase diversity and sidestep SCOTUS ruling could make it ‘prime target’ for Trump DOJ
National, The Daily Caller

UCLA’s blueprint to increase diversity and sidestep SCOTUS ruling could make it ‘prime target’ for Trump DOJ

By Jaryn Crouson | Daily Caller The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has laid the groundwork for schools to skirt the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that banned affirmative action admission policies. While several universities saw a rise in Asian enrollment and a decrease in black and Latino enrollment following the Supreme Court’s landmark 2023 ruling that banned the use of race as a factor in college admission decisions, UCLA saw an unprecedented rise in “diversity.” The university has openly boasted of its method of outreach toward nonwhite students and change in the admissions process that allows the school to reach its desired ratio of students. “[T]here is abundant evidence that, since 2007, UCLA’s undergraduate admissions office has been using significant racial pr...
Make America Healthy Again: Trump Team Hypes MAHA Dream Team
Breitbart, National

Make America Healthy Again: Trump Team Hypes MAHA Dream Team

By Hannah Knudsen | Breitbart The Trump team is hyping the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) dream team ahead of January 20, as Americans await reform that will weed out bureaucracy and corruption and make themselves, their friends, and family healthier. Breitbart News first obtained the montage featuring key members of Trump’s Cabinet pursuing the MAHA agenda. It begins with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) describing President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees as individuals who will “shake up the status quo.” Those MAHA selections include Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as Surgeon General, Dr. Marty Makary as FDA director, former congressman and Dr. Dave Weldon as CDC director, Dr. Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead Health and Human ...
Rep. Thomas Massie, the 2024 keynote to RMGO, notes irony of President Biden pardon
National, Rocky Mountain Voice

Rep. Thomas Massie, the 2024 keynote to RMGO, notes irony of President Biden pardon

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice In the wake of President Joe Biden pardoning his son, Hunter, for a variety of criminal offenses, including the unlawful purchase of a firearm, one 2nd Amendment advocate familiar to gun-owning Coloradans noted the irony. U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, who was the keynote speaker this year at the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners' annual banquet, called upon Biden to expand the pardon in an effort for equal application of the law. "Since Joe Biden thinks a particular gun law shouldn’t be enforced for his son Hunter Biden, he should pardon everyone who’s been prosecuted under that same provision," Massey wrote on Twitter/X. https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1863693757469659314 In addition to his role this year with RMGO, Massie ...