Jonathan Turley Hints at Letitia James’s Downfall as Judges Finally Scrutinize Trump Case

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Jonathan Turley Hints at Letitia James’s Downfall as Judges Finally Scrutinize Trump Case

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Law professor and author Jonathan Turley suggested Sunday that New York Attorney General Letitia James’s “lawfare” is falling apart. 

In an op-ed for The Hill, Turley wrote that “the political success of James in weaponizing her office has been in stark contrast with her legal setbacks in courts.”

He wrote that “the thrill may be gone,” recounting how several of James’s controversial cases have faced scrutiny in legal appeals.

“This week, two of James’s best-known campaigns were struggling in court,” Turley added, citing the infamous civil case against President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization. 

The case is currently under appeal, with judges raising questions about the $464 million fine imposed on Trump by leftist Judge Arthur Engoron.

Engoron concurred with James’s claims that Trump allegedly inflated his properties’ values to secure generous loans, all of which were paid on time. 

“Not only where the banks fully paid on the loans and made considerable profits, but they wanted to make additional loans to the Trump organization,” Turley wrote. 

He cited Justice David Friedman, who told James that the law “is supposed to protect the market and the consumers — I don’t see it here.” 

Justice Peter Moulton echoed Friedman’s remarks, labeling the “immense penalty” as “troubling.” 

According to Turley, Moulton questioned, “How do you tether the amount that was assessed by [Engoron] to the harm that was caused here where the parties left these transactions happy?”

The legal scholar suggested that James may not care about the appeals court’s criticism of her cases. 

“In the end, James knows her audience, and it is not appellate judges. It does not matter to her if she is found to be violating the Constitution or abusing opponents. She has converted the New York legal system into a series of thrill-kills.”

He concluded, “For some judges, however, the thrill may be gone.”

James’s press office did not respond to Headline USA’s request for comments before this piece’s publication.

Emhoff, Who Cheated and Impregnated a Nanny, Boasts of Reshaping ‘Masculinity’

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Emhoff, Who Cheated and Impregnated a Nanny, Boasts of Reshaping ‘Masculinity’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff boasted Sunday about his role in reshaping “masculinity” during a baffling interview with MSNBC host and former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. 

This comes even though Emhoff previously cheated on his first wife and impregnated their daughter’s nanny, exposing a glaring hypocrisy in his self-proclaimed advocacy for supporting women.

On the Sunday episode of Inside, Psaki asked Emhoff about the public perception of Emhoff’s role and how he has “reshaped the perception of masculinity” by empowering his second wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, in her presidential campaign. 

“It’s funny. I’ve started to think a lot about this. I’ve always been like this. My dad was like this,” Emhoff hypocritically stated. “To me, it is the right thing to do—support women. It is mutual with Kamala and I. We have each other’s back.” 

These comments contradict reports that surfaced just two months ago when the Daily Mail revealed Emhoff’s affair with his family’s nanny, Najen Naylor, during his marriage to his first wife, Kerstin Emhoff. 

According to the Mail, Emhoff not only cheated on Kerstin but also impregnated Naylor, who reportedly ended the baby’s life.

The affair led to Naylor being fired from her teaching position, and Emhoff reportedly gave her an undisclosed sum of money following the scandal.

Both Naylor and Kerstin have declined interview requests from Headline USA, but sources told the Mail that the affair was the main factor in Kerstin’s divorce from Emhoff. 

Before the controversy, Emhoff had reemerged into the public eye by campaigning for Harris, after she inherited the Democratic presidential nomination. 

On the campaign trail, Emhoff has been hailed by the left for his ties to the gay community, even leading a fundraiser alongside Chasten Buttigieg—husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg—at the popular gay vacation spot Fire Island. 

Emhoff also claimed he was hanging with a gay couple when he first learned that President Joe Biden had dropped out of the race earlier this year. 

Stanford Marketing Course Requiring DEI Statement to Enroll

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Stanford Marketing Course Requiring DEI Statement to Enroll

(Tate Miller, The Center Square) Requiring students to make a DEI statement to qualify for a course is “inappropriate” and could cross the line of compelled speech, according to a Brookings expert.

Stanford University is requiring those applying to enroll in the school’s Global Entrepreneurial Marketing course offered by the Department of Management Science and Engineering to make a diversity and inclusion statement.

“Diversity is an important part of the mission of the Stanford MS&E Department and this class,” the required diversity & inclusion statement question states. “Please use this opportunity to describe how you will contribute to a culture of diversity and inclusion in this class.”

The course’s question was posted by Jonathan Rauch on his X account. “Here’s what some @Stanford engineering instructors are requiring of prospective students for course enrollment,” Rauch said.

Rauch acquired the screenshot of the question from “a member of the Stanford community,” he told The Center Square.

Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institute, has authored eight books, and writes for The Atlantic, according to his Brookings bio.

“It is inappropriate to require students to make a statement about their commitment to diversity and inclusion in order to qualify for a course,” Rauch told The Center Square.

“While Stanford as a whole should expect students to conduct themselves in a civil, respectful manner, conditioning participation in academic programs or activities on social or political commitments treads dangerously close to compelled speech, if it does not actually cross that line,” Rauch said.

“Moreover (and unfortunately), the term ‘diversity and inclusion,’ in today’s academic context, has acquired controversial political overtones which students may justifiably hesitate to endorse,” Rauch said. “A student could reasonably conclude that the teachers of this course intend to screen out students who disagree with them politically.”

“Stanford should tell these teachers to cut it out,” Rauch said.

The requirement is in place despite the university recently announcing an institutional neutrality policy.

The course description reads: “skills needed to market new technology-based products to customers around the world. Case method discussions. Cases include startups and global high tech firms.”

The course themes are listed as, “marketing toolkit, targeting markets and customers, product marketing and management, partners and distribution, sales and negotiation, and outbound marketing.”

The course also states that its enrollment is limited and its admission is by application.

The Center Square reached out for comment twice each to the listed course instructors, professor Lynda Smith and professor Thomas Kosnik. Neither responded.

The Center Square also reached out to Stanford’s school of engineering’s dean Jennifer Widom and director of public relations Jill Wu twice each. Neither responded.

Biden Admin ‘Not Very Focused’ on Dockworkers’ Strike, Despite Potential Economic Disaster

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Biden Admin ‘Not Very Focused’ on Dockworkers’ Strike, Despite Potential Economic Disaster

(Headline USA) A dockworkers’ strike threatening to close ports on the East and Gulf coasts has left many business owners worried about potentially devastating economic impacts, including Chris Butler, CEO of the National Tree Company.

Butler said he was counting on shipments that were en route from Asia but wouldn’t reach their ports before the strike by longshoremen started at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday.

The company, based in New Jersey, is an importer of artificial Christmas trees and other holiday decorations. If a strike were to last just a few days, there might be time afterward to unload the trees, transport them to warehouses and have them ready for customers this season.

Yet if a strike were to keep ports closed until, say, November, about 150,000 trees might not arrive in time for the peak shopping season, imposing costs on National Tree and other businesses. In a worst-case scenario, those costs, multiplied across industries, could fuel inflation and pressure the U.S. economy.

“Definitely not an ideal situation,” Butler said.

National Tree already has stockpiled or delivered most of the roughly 2 million artificial trees it sells each year. But it would lose revenue if 150,000 of the trees got stuck in the pipeline.

Other businesses face the same predicament, with goods that could be stranded at sea if 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association prolong their strike.

It could shut down 36 ports from Maine to Texas that handle about half the goods shipped into and out of the United States. (West Coast dockworkers belong to a different union and aren’t involved in the strike.)

The strike could force companies to pay shippers for the delays, and goods could arrive too late for the high point of holiday shopping season.

Butler said last week he was hoping for an agreement or for government intervention to halt a strike. But the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents shippers and ports, and the longshoremen’s union haven’t met since June. And no talks are scheduled.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Monday said stunningly that she was “not very focused” on the strike, fueling outrage from some.

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden seemed to confuse the longshoreman strike with an Israeli airstrike—conflating the two major disasters taking place Tuesday and offering little reassurance that either was being properly handled by the White House.

On Friday, top Biden administration officials met with port operators and told them they should negotiate with the union ahead of Tuesday, according to a White House official who insisted on anonymity to discuss an ongoing meeting.

The union was demanding significantly higher wages and a total ban on the automation of cranes, gates and moving containers in the loading and unloading of freight.

The Toy Association, the nation’s leading toy trade group, was among about 200 organizations that asked President Joe Biden in a letter this month to work with both sides to reach an agreement.

The National Grain and Feed Association also urged Biden to take action to avert a strike, which would come just as harvest season gets underway.

Their push has put Biden and Kamala Harris in a difficult position. Both have courted union support and don’t want to be seen as pressuring the longshoremen to reach a settlement. Yet an extended strike would cause shortages of consumer goods and fuel even higher inflation under their watch.

Under the Taft–Hartley Act, Biden could seek a court order to suspend the strike for an 80-day cooling-off period. Robyn Patterson, a White House spokesperson, said in a statement that the administration has never invoked the act and isn’t considering it now.

Biden and Congress did step in two years ago to block a looming freight rail strike and force those workers to accept a deal.

Alex Hertel–Fernandez, an associate professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University who served as a Labor Department official under Biden, suggested that the administration will follow the playbook it used in talks last year between West Coast ports and the union there: Mediating negotiations without directly intervening.

Greg Ahearn, CEO of the Toy Association, said a strike would happen at a critical moment for toy sellers and makers: Up to 60% of annual sales occur from October through December. Though some toy companies shipped goods earlier, Ahearn said a strike would make it hard to replenish hot-selling items.

A strike, he warned, could raise toy prices “based on scarcity and increased costs.”

At National Tree, Butler and his crew began preparing for a strike in July. They accelerated shipments for everything they could. But one major retail client, he said, asked for trees early. And until recently, factories in China and elsewhere couldn’t produce the rest of National Tree’s orders.

Ships containing the trees are on the way to New York but won’t get there before Tuesday. A prolonged strike, Butler said, would force most of the trees to be warehoused until next Christmas season.

A longshoremen’s strike would further distress a global supply chain that has already endured slowdowns from attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on commercial shipping. Those attacks have all but shut down the use of the Red Sea and Suez Canal, said Jonathan Gold, vice president of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation. The attacks are forcing longer transit times for vessels that must navigate around the Cape of Good Hope to reach East Coast and Gulf Coast ports.

A dockworkers’ strike, Gold said, could prove even more damaging than the pandemic-induced port congestion in 2021 and 2022, when cargo was allowed to move, albeit slowly.

Eastern ports could be left at a standstill. Gold noted that carriers are already announcing surcharges on containers to address potential disruptions, a trend that could elevate inflation.

Many retailers might find it difficult to charge customers more to make up for those expenses. Most vulnerable, Gold said, would be small businesses that don’t import directly and lack the financial resources to incur higher costs.

Shippers could reroute some cargo to West Coast ports. But those ports couldn’t come close to absorbing the additional cargo. The Port of Los Angeles, for example, moved 960,000 containers in August — about 80% of its capacity — said Gene Seroka, its executive director.

The major Western railroads, Union Pacific and BNSF, have added capacity to their systems to handle more freight as imports have increased. Eastern railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern say they can move cars and crews to handle more freight coming to Chicago from the West. But it’s not clear just how much more the railroads can manage.

In any case, Butler said, it would be too costly for him to ship trees across the country by rail.

Taylor Green, co-founder of landscaping company Artificial Grass Solutions in Los Angeles, which imports artificial turf, said he bought 25% more turf than usual to ensure there would be enough for clients’ projects. He also made arrangements with alternative suppliers in case the strike goes on indefinitely. If it does, Green said, price increases would likely be necessary.

Still, like some larger retailers and manufacturers, Artificial Grass says it’s better prepared for shortages than it was during the pandemic.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

‘The Acolyte,’ Disney’s Quarter-Billion-Dollar Woke Disaster, Gets Canned

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‘The Acolyte,’ Disney’s Quarter-Billion-Dollar Woke Disaster, Gets Canned

(Chris Cella Jr., Headline USA) The Walt Disney Company has faced another setback with its latest Star Wars project, The Acolyte, which was recently canceled following a controversial debut that included show-runners touting its reimagining of the Jedi as lesbian witches.

Initial false reports indicated the show cost around $180 million, but tax documents filed by Disney’s UK branch revealed that the company actually spent close to $230 million on the show.

This significant financial investment resulted in a series met with an abysmal 18% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and struggled to maintain viewership as producer Kathleen Kennedy continued the trend of mutilating beloved intellectual properties like Star Wars.

Despite the show’s poor reception, the cancellation ignited a wave of criticism from far-left media outlets, such as The Mary Sue, which claimed the backlash was fueled by “angry dudebros.”

In reality, The Acolyte only had three episodes that cracked Nielsen’s Top 10 originals chart, indicating a lack of interest and support among viewers.

Amandla Stenberg, the show’s star, expressed her disappointment on Instagram, attributing the cancellation to what she described as a “targeted attack” from the alt-right. She claimed that hostile reactions began as soon as the show was announced, characterizing the backlash as “hyper-conservative bigotry.”

Kennedy, the current head of Lucasfilm and believed to be the successor-in-waiting for Disney CEO Bob Iger, has previously echoed this sentiment. She has implied that the male-dominated fanbase was to blame for Star Wars’s struggles since Disney acquired the franchise for $5 billion—rather than blaming attempts to market the movies to a different audience while alienating and insulting those established fans.

In a New York Times interview, Kennedy complained that working as a woman in Star Wars could be “terrifying” because of the “male-dominated” fanbase.

Kennedy also faced backlash for wearing a “The Force is Female” shirt at a film festival in 2018. In the Star Wars universe, the Force is “a mysterious energy field created by life that binds the galaxy together,” balancing both good and evil, encompassing all characters, regardless of gender.

Despite its massive potential, The Acolyte failed to resonate with audiences. Set in the largely unexplored High Republic Era, the series, directed by Leslye Headland, lacked depth, an exciting plot, and character development, missing the mark of what has traditionally captivated Star Wars fans.

With multiple films and series slated for release in the coming years, “The House of Mouse” may need to reconsider its approach to the Star Wars franchise. The cancellation of The Acolyte signals a potential shift in strategy as the company navigates a divided fanbase and seeks to restore its beloved intellectual property.

Lawmakers Investigate Soros ‘Shortcut’ to Buying Radio Stations Before Election

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Lawmakers Investigate Soros ‘Shortcut’ to Buying Radio Stations Before Election

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) – The U.S. House Oversight Committee is investigating why the Federal Communications Commission fast-tracked a deal that allowed George Soros, a billionaire Democratic donor, to buy a wide swath of American radio stations just weeks before the presidential election.

The major radio company Audacy Inc. fell into financial straits, but through a complex business deal Democratic mega donor and billionaire George Soros has gained control of the stations. Deals of this size require FCC approval, but in this case the FCC expedited the approval process.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr raised concerns about the deal at a Congressional hearing, telling lawmakers that “… the FCC is not following its normal process for reviewing a transaction.”

“We have established over a number of years one way in which you can get approval from the FCC when you have an excess of 25 percent foreign ownership, which this transaction does,” Carr said. ““It seems to me that the FCC is poised to create, for the first time, an entirely new shortcut.”

House Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky. and Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., sent a letter to FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel Friday raising concerns about the deal.

“Despite the unprecedented nature of this action, the FCC majority has apparently decided to approve licenses on an accelerated timeframe for a company in which George Soros has a major ownership stake, and with stations in 40 media markets reaching ‘more than 165 million Americans,’” the letter said. “By all appearances, the FCC majority isn’t just expediting, but is bypassing an established process to do a favor for George Soros and facilitate his influence over hundreds of radio stations before the November election.”

Critics of the deal say it gives too much power to a heavily political, and liberal, billionaire just before the election.

“I have no idea why Soros would do this unless it was to manipulate the thinking of Americans and the information they listen to,” author and former member of the George W. Bush administration Mike Gonzalez told The Center Square.

“Conservative talk radio is huge, and there is no left wing talk radio because it’s just not interesting,” said Gonzalez, who is now at the Heritage Foundation. “Conservative talk radio is one of the few communications that conservatives have not a monopoly on but have a strong handle on, and he has bought stations that have Mark Levin and Sean Hannity and Dana Loesch and Glenn Beck.”

Critics also point out that Soros’ business partners in the deal include significant funding from sources overseas.

“The Audacy, Inc. deal, which will lead to Audacy, Inc. being partially ‘directly or indirectly controlled’ by foreign individuals or entities holding ‘more than one-fourth of the capital stock’ will require FCC approval to determine whether ‘the public interest will be served by the refusal or revocation of such license,’” the letter said. “In carrying out this statutory mandate under the Communications Act, FCC has years-long established processes and procedures for adjudicating broadcast licenses in such situations, most recently updated in 2016.”

Other wealthy media owners have faced scrutiny for potential abuse of their ownership power, such as billionaire Jeff Bezos when he purchased the Washington Post. However, Soros’ influence over so many radio stations may have even more influence over the country than one of the major papers, which Americans usually see as having a certain political leaning.

Soros is one of the most strategic and prolific funders of liberal organizations in the U.S.

“I don’t know why else he would plunk a pile of money this size unless it was to try to have influence over the thinking of Americans,” Gonzalez continued, adding that “this guy is committed to left-wing causes.”

Newly Released Footage of JFK Assassination Sold to Anonymous Buyer

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(Headline USA) Newly emerged film footage of President John F. Kennedy‘s motorcade speeding down a Dallas freeway toward a hospital after he was fatally wounded sold at auction Saturday for $137,500.

The 8 mm color home film was offered up by RR Auction in Boston. The auction house said the buyer wishes to remain anonymous.

The film has been with the family of the man who took it, Dale Carpenter Sr., since he recorded it on Nov. 22, 1963. It begins as Carpenter just misses the limousine carrying the president and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy but capturing other vehicles in the motorcade as it traveled down Lemmon Avenue toward downtown. The film then picks up after Kennedy has been shot, with Carpenter rolling as the motorcade roars down Interstate 35.

The shots had fired as the motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in front of the Texas School Book Depository, where it was later found that assassin Lee Harvey Oswald had positioned himself from a sniper’s perch on the sixth floor. The assassination itself was famously captured on film by Abraham Zapruder.

Carpenter’s footage from I-35, which lasts about 10 seconds, shows Secret Service Agent Clint Hill — who famously jumped onto the back of the limousine as the shots rang out — hovering in a standing position over the president and Jacqueline Kennedy, whose pink suit can be seen. The president was pronounced dead after arriving at Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Bobby Livingston, executive vice president of the auction house, said in a news release that the film “provides a gripping sense of urgency and heartbreak.”

Carpenter’s grandson, James Gates, said that while it was known in his family that his grandfather had film from that day, it wasn’t talked about often. So Gates said that when the film, stored along with other family films in a milk crate, was eventually passed on to him, he wasn’t sure exactly what his grandfather, who died in 1991 at age 77, had captured.

Projecting it onto his bedroom wall around 2010, gates was at first underwhelmed by the footage from Lemmon Avenue. But then, the footage from I-35 played out before his eyes. “That was shocking,” he said.

The auction house has released still photos from the portion of the film showing the race down I-35, but it is not publicly releasing video of that part.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

MTG Warns ‘Most Dangerous Phase’ in 2024 Election Has Begun: ‘Be Prepared’

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MTG Warns ‘Most Dangerous Phase’ in 2024 Election Has Begun: ‘Be Prepared’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene issued a stark warning on Saturday about “the most dangerous phase” of the 2024 presidential election. 

With President Donald Trump leading Vice President Kamala Harris in several polls, Greene suggested that Democrats “will do anything to stop him,” later emphasizing, “Anything.” 

In a grim post on X, Greene wrote, “The momentum shift has happened and Trump is leading and his support is rapidly accelerating.” She then added, “They’ve already been trying to put him in prison and literally assassinate him.” 

Greene then ominously questioned, “What comes next?” hinting at further “assassination attempts” or potential efforts to “delay the election.” She urged Americans to be “prepared” for the future. 

Greene’s comments come just two weeks after Trump survived a second assassination attempt by Ryan Routh, a Democratic voter and donor. 

This follows an earlier shooting on July 13 at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump narrowly escaped the bullets of gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, a Democrat donor.

Beyond assassination attempts, Democrats had previously tried to bar Trump from appearing on primary ballots, claiming he was unqualified over his alleged role in what they claimed was an insurrection on Jan. 6.

The Supreme Court had to intervene earlier this year, ruling that Trump remained eligible. Meanwhile, Trump faces criminal cases on several fronts. 

Special Counsel Jack Smith, appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, indicted Trump over Jan. 6 and the dispute over classified documents with the National Archives. 

The Supreme Court intervened again in the Jan. 6 case, ruling that Trump enjoys presidential immunity for acts carried out while in office. In a separate ruling, Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the documents case, declaring Smith’s appointment unconstitutional. 

On the civil side, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against the Trump Organization, accusing Trump of inflating property values to secure generous loans. A New York appeals court is currently reviewing the case. 

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has also indicted Trump on charges related to falsified business records tied to payments made to Michael Cohen. This case has drawn criticism, even from some Democratic legal scholars. 

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis—a Democrat who came under fire for holding an affair with the prosecutor she hired to go after Trump—accused Trump of illegally questioning the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. 

During his tenure as president, Trump was impeached twice by Democrats, an effort they planned since he was first inaugurated. 

Now, with the 2024 election approaching, some Democrats face accusations of potentially refusing to certify the results should Trump win the presidency. 

Biden DOJ Sues Alabama for Purging Noncitizens from Voter Rolls

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Biden DOJ Sues Alabama for Purging Noncitizens from Voter Rolls

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Biden-Harris DOJ has sued Alabama in a bizarre attempt to block state officials from removing noncitizens from the voter rolls ahead of the November election. 

The lawsuit was filed a few weeks after Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen identified and inactivated 3,251 noncitizens registered to vote. His investigation found that the DHS had issued noncitizen identification numbers to these individuals. Allen subsequently ordered county officials to begin the process of removing these individuals from the voter rolls.

The DOJ claimed in the lawsuit that Allen’s removal of these noncitizens occurred too close to the Nov. 5 presidential election, allegedly violating the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

The act forbids any maintenance to voter rolls within 90 days of an election, claimed Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke in a press release on Saturday.

“As Election Day approaches, it is critical that Alabama redress voter confusion resulting from its list maintenance mailings sent in violation of federal law,” Clarke said. 

The DOJ alleged that after Allen’s order, some native-born and naturalized citizens received letters informing them their voter records were inactivated. 

These letters inform the individuals to complete voter registration forms no later than 14 days before the election. 

Allen defended his actions to safeguard the voters in remarks to Headline USA. “I was elected Secretary of State by the people of Alabama, and it is my Constitutional duty to ensure that only American citizens vote in our elections.” 

Allen said his office could not comment on the pending lawsuit where the Secretary of State was named as a defendant. 

In a statement on Aug. 13, Allen acknowledged that some American citizens could be affected by the voter roll cleanup, suggesting it might have been avoided with federal collaboration on his election integrity efforts. 

“I have been clear that I will not tolerate the participation of noncitizens in our elections,” Allen said at the time. Allen affirmed he provided the Alabama Attorney General for possible criminal prosecution and further investigation. 

“I am hopeful that in the near future the federal government will change course and be helpful to states as we work to protect our elections,” he added in August.

Several Republican officials and conservative commentators criticized the DOJ over the baffling lawsuit in comments on X:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journalist’s On-Air Meltdown Over Hezbollah Leader’s Death Goes Viral

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Journalist’s On-Air Meltdown Over Hezbollah Leader’s Death Goes Viral

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A Lebanese journalist broke down live on air after learning of Hassan Nasrallah’s death, the leader and co-founder of Hezbollah, a foreign designated terrorist organization. 

Osman’s hysterical reaction occurred during a Saturday interview with RT, the Russia-owned channel. As Osman condemned the Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah, RT anchor Nikki Aaron interrupted to inform viewers that Nasrallah was among the casualties. 

“Marwa, so sorry to interrupt. We do now have official confirmation from the Hezbollah group of the death of Hassan Nasrallah. What’s your response?” Aaron asked.

The screen shifted to Osman, who appeared too stunned to speak, raising her hands in disbelief. She then shook her head and waved her hands, likely signaling her inability to continue with the interview. 

“I’m so sorry, let’s end the interview,” told the show’s producer as Osman disconnected her camera from the screen. “We were talking to Marwa Osman, journalist and TV show host—clearly, physically shaking by the breaking news we’re bringing you right now.”

Osman took to X to share her thoughts about the death of Hezbollah’s leader, calling him her “father,” “brother” and “essence” of her soul.

At the time of the broadcast, Nasrallah’s death had not been officially confirmed. The deadly airstrikes followed Hezbollah’s vicious attacks against Israel, which has been at war with Hezbollah-backed Hamas since Oct. 7, 2023. 

Hezbollah is a political, militant and terrorist organization based in Lebanon, according to the National Counterterrorism Center, an office within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Hezbollah’s political arm, the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, holds several seats in Parliament.

The group announced its support for the Hamas attacks, which resulted in the brutal deaths of approximately 1,200 individuals in southern Israel. 

In a press statement, President Joe Biden celebrated Nasrallah’s killing as a “measure of justice” for the countless American, Israeli and Lebanese victims of Hezbollah terrorism. 

“The strike that killed Nasrallah took place in the broader context of the conflict that began with Hamas’s massacre on October 7, 2023. Nasrallah, the next day, made the fateful decision to join hands with Hamas and open what he called a ‘northern front’ against Israel,” Biden affirmed.

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