Joe Manchin Ditches DNC Same Day after Dem-Led Trump’s Conviction

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Joe Manchin Ditches DNC Same Day after Dem-Led Trump’s Conviction

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., announced on Friday that he is no longer a member of the Democratic Party, effective immediately. 

“My commitment to do everything I can to bring our country together has led me to register as an independent with no party affiliation,” Manchin wrote Friday on Twitter.

In a separate statement, he added, “To stay true to myself and remain committed to put country before party, I have decided to register as an independent with no party affiliation and continue to fight for America’s sensible majority.” 

Manchin is the second Democrat to leave the party since the 2022 election, following Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who switched parties citing the DNC’s shift to the far left.

Sinema is now an Independent and won’t seek re-election for her senate seat. Similar to Sinema, Manchin had announced his intent not to seek re-election.

Political observers had predicted that the West Virginian senator might run for president, either as an Independent or in the Democratic primary against President Joe Biden. 

According to NBC News, Manchin has until Aug. 1 to register as an Independent presidential candidate in the state’s ballots. 

However, Manchin declared his intention not to seek the nation’s highest public office. 

“I will not be seeking a third-party run,” he told an audience at West Virginia University.  

“I will not be involved in a presidential run,” the senator added. “I will be involved in making sure that we secure a president that has the knowledge and has the passion and has the ability to bring this country together.” 

Alvin Bragg Summoned for Weaponization Hearing After Trump Verdict

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Alvin Bragg Summoned for Weaponization Hearing After Trump Verdict

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, has subpoenaed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and special counsel Matthew Colangelo, the men who led the criminal conviction of former President Donald Trump.

Jordan issued the letters on Friday, giving the two prosecutors until June 7 to respond, with the hearing scheduled for June 13.

They are called to testify before the House Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, which is currently investigating “actions by state and local prosecutors to engage politically motivated prosecutions of federal officials.” 

Jordan’s letters to Bragg and Colangelo highlight the “political prosecution” of Trump as the reason for the hearing. 

This move follows Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts for allegedly falsifying business records.  

These records are related to payments made to his former attorney, Michael Cohen. The case stems from Bragg’s 2022 campaign promise to target Trump if elected district attorney. 

Upon taking office, Bragg revived a case previously dismissed by his predecessor, Cyrus Vance Jr. Federal prosecutors also chose not to pursue charges against Trump, even after he left office. 

Many legal scholars are perplexed by Bragg’s legal theory behind the case, falsifying business records is generally a misdemeanor in New York City.

Despite this, Bragg elevated the charges to felonies, arguing the records were falsified to conceal a federal crime. Notably, Trump has not been charged with any federal crime in this case.

Bragg’s prosecution is part of a broader effort to target Trump. In Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is pursuing charges related to Trump’s alleged attempts to challenge the 2020 election results. 

Special Counsel Jack Smith, appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, is leading two criminal indictments against Trump. One involves alleged classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago, which Trump claims are his property. The other pertains to Trump’s actions regarding the 2020 election results. 

GOP Sens to Yank All Support for Biden Funding, Appointments after Lawfare Affront

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GOP Sens to Yank All Support for Biden Funding, Appointments after Lawfare Affront

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A group of GOP senators has announced plans to withhold funding from the Biden administration following the conviction of former President Donald Trump in a trial led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a leftist prosecutor.

In their response to the conviction, pro-MAGA senators, led by Mike Lee, R-Utah, declared they would not “allow any increase to non-security related funding for this administration, or any appropriations bill which funds partisan lawfare.” 

They also pledged to oppose the confirmation of “political and judicial appointee” and to reject the “expedited consideration and passage of Democrat legislation or authorities that are not directly relevant to the safety of the American people.”

In addition to Lee, the other senators supporting this stance include JD Vance, R-Ohio; Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.; Eric Schmitt. R-Mo.; Marsha Blackburn. R-Tenn.; Rick Scott, R-Fla.; Roger Marshall. R-Kan.; and Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

“Strongly worded statements are not enough,” Lee wrote on Twitter, sharing a screenshot of the joint statement. “Those who turned our judicial system into a political cudgel must be held accountable.” 

He added, “We are no longer cooperating with any Democrat legislative priorities or nominations, and we invite all concerned Senators to join our stand.” 

In their statement, the senators asserted the “White House has made a mockery of the rule of law and fundamentally altered our politics in un-American ways.” 

This announcement came after Trump was found guilty of 34 felony charges related to so-called falsified business records tied to payments made to his former attorney, Michael Cohen.

Bragg asserted that these payments were part of a broader effort to prevent a scandal tied to former porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election. 

Bragg, a left-leaning Democrat backed by billionaire George Soros, had campaigned for district attorney on the promise to indict Trump if elected. He previously served as a federal prosecutor before entering political office.

Fauci Concedes Approving COVID Mandates, Grants Without Evidence

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Fauci Concedes Approving COVID Mandates, Grants Without Evidence

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A Republican-led subcommittee has released the transcript of an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). 

The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic revealed that Fauci admitted to approving COVID-19 mandates with limited scientific data to support them and approving taxpayer-funded grants without thoroughly reviewing the applications.

The interview, conducted over 14 hours in January 2024, comes as House Republicans continue investigating the origins of COVID-19, pandemic-era regulations and improvements to the American health system.

During the interview, Fauci admitted that the six-foot social distancing mandate was arbitrary and not scientifically based.

When discussing the rule’s origins, Fauci said, “You know, I don’t recall. It sort of just appeared. I don’t recall, like, a discussion of whether it should be 5 or 6 or whatever.  It was just that 6 foot is—”

When asked if the mandate was based on scientific studies, Fauci responded, “I was not aware of studies that in fact, that would be a very difficult study to do.”

Regarding the mask mandate for children, Fauci stated, “You know, I might have, Mitch, but I don’t recall specifically that I did. I might have.”

Fauci also admitted to signing off on taxpayer-funded grants without full knowledge of their purpose.

“You know, technically, I sign off on each council, but I don’t see the grants and what they are,” Fauci told congressional investigators. “I never look at what grants are there.  It’s just somebody at the end of the council where they’re all finished and they go, ‘Here,’ and you sign it.”

To read the full memo related to the transcript, click here.

Boeing Tells Regulators How It Plans to Fix Aircraft Safety, Quality Issues

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Boeing Tells Regulators How It Plans to Fix Aircraft Safety, Quality Issues

(Headline USA) Boeing told federal regulators Thursday how it plans to fix the safety and quality problems that have plagued its aircraft-manufacturing work in recent years.

The Federal Aviation Administration required the company to produce a turnaround plan after one of its jetliners suffered a blowout of a fuselage panel during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. In late February, FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker gave Boeing 90 days to come up with a plan to improve quality and ease the agency’s safety concerns

“This is a guide for a new way for Boeing to do business,” Whitaker said after he met with Boeing CEO David Calhoun and other senior company leaders Thursday. Boeing has laid out a road map, “now they need to execute.”

Nobody was hurt during January’s incident on a relatively new Boeing 737 Max 9 as the plane flew above Oregon. Accident investigators determined that bolts that helped secure the panel to the frame of the plane were missing before the piece blew off. The mishap has further battered Boeing’s reputation and led to multiple civil and criminal investigations.

The FAA limited Boeing production of the 737 Max, its best-selling plane, after the close call involving the Alaska Airlines jetliner. Whitaker said the cap will remain in place until his agency is satisfied Boeing is making progress.

Boeing’s recent problems could expose it to criminal prosecution related to the deadly crashes of two Max jetliners in 2018 and 2019. The Justice Department said two weeks ago that Boeing violated terms of a 2021 settlement that allowed it to avoid prosecution for fraud. The charge was based on the company allegedly deceiving regulators about a flight-control system that was implicated in the crashes.

Whistleblowers have accused the company of taking shortcuts that endanger passengers, a claim that Boeing disputes. A panel convened by the FAA prior to the blowout found shortcomings in the aircraft maker’s safety culture.

Most of the recent problems have been related to the Max, however Boeing and key supplier Spirit AeroSystems have also struggled with manufacturing flaws on a larger plane, the 787 Dreamliner. Boeing has suffered setbacks on other programs including its Starliner space capsule, a military refueling tanker, and new Air Force One presidential jets.

Boeing officials have vowed to regain the trust of regulators and the flying public. Boeing has fallen behind rival Airbus, and production setbacks have hurt the company’s ability to generate cash.

The company says it is reducing “traveled work”— assembly tasks that are done out of their proper chronological order—and keeping closer tabs on Spirit AeroSystems.

The FAA has put more inspectors inside Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems plants and created more inspection points since the Alaska Airlines blowout, according to Whitaker.

He acknowledged it’s not certain whether more inspectors would have prevented the blowout but said more eyes would have improved the chances of catching mistakes.

One widely circulated theory suggests that the companies’ emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion may have been at least partially to blame for some of the corner-cutting.

By focusing not on the quality of the product but the diversity of the workforce, Boeing may have hoped to curry favor with both government officials and ESG-friendly investors.

Spirit’s virtue-signaling went so far as to include a YouTube video showing an all-woman staff that appeared to have assembled a plane, drawing both bemused and outraged reactions.

After the criticism spread, however, leftist media pushed back, complaining that the attack on DEI in air travel was itself “dangerous” and pushing a false narrative of some sort.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Ky. Student Denied Diploma for Praising Jesus in Speech

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Ky. Student Denied Diploma for Praising Jesus in Speech

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) A Kentucky high school student’s high school diploma was revoked after he gave a commencement speech praising and expressing his gratitude for Jesus Christ, the New York Post reported.

Micah Price, a graduating senior at Campbell County High School in Alexandria, Kentucky, addressed his classmates at their graduation, opening his speech with an acknowledgement that he is a Christian.

“Class, before another word leaves my mouth, I must give the honor, the praise and the glory to my lord and savior Jesus Christ,” Price told the audience, receiving a large applause.

Price continued, restating basic Christian doctrines and offering Christianity as a path to eternal salvation.

“… Who in his very words tells us he is the light, he is the way, the truth and life,” he noted.

“Class, anyone in the audience today, I’m here to tell you that if you don’t have any of those things in your life and can’t seem to find the answer, then my lord and savior is your answer.”

Unfortunately for Price, after delivering off-script remarks, he was approached by the school’s principal, who said that he would have to explain his actions to school board authorities.

“After the speech was over, one of the principals came in, tapped me on the shoulder, very politely and professionally told me that I was going to have to go in front of the board and explain what I did because I went off script,” Price later said, posting about his experiences in a TikTok video.

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Later in the ceremony, he was allegedly not permitted to receive his diploma.

The school board had originally permitted him to say in the speech that he thanked “his lord and savior Jesus Christ.”

According to Price, everything he said was in the original script, though school supervisors told him that he had to remove most of it. “I had that in my script,” he said, adding that, “if anyone’s in the wrong, I am.”

School authorities said that all speakers were warned beforehand not to go off script unless they were willing to suffer the associated penalties.

“All speakers were told that going off their submitted speech, or any unplanned choices at graduation, may have repercussions as they would at any school function,” Superintendent Shelli Wilson said.

Price’s mom, Melonie Farris, expressed her pride in a follow-up Facebook post, signaling no regrets over the Air Force-bound Price’s maverick moment of putting God before the local school administrators.

“Micah is called to do what we are all called to do, share the love of Christ, that’s exactly what he did and by the way I heard things, the entire audience loved it!” she wrote. “We will face what comes his way but we will never deny the love of Christ.”

Jimmy Kimmel Wants to Pack SCOTUS w/ Biased Trump Jurors

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Jimmy Kimmel Wants to Pack SCOTUS w/ Biased Trump Jurors

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Jimmy Kimmel stood out from the crowd of far-left talk show hosts because he was the only one who reacted to Donald Trump’s New York conviction on May 30, 2024, expressing his desire to put the jury on the Supreme Court.

“We have a verdict in the case of the people versus O.J., I mean, D.J. Donald John Trump is guilty of 34 felony charges! After seven long weeks, the courtroom is empty and Donald Trump’s diaper is full,” he said, according to Newsbusters.

Kimmel then wore a robe and did a sketch with his sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez pretending to be the jury foreman. During the sketch, they were constantly repeating the word “guilty” to emphasize how joyful they were when they heard about the political persecution in the United States.

“Poor Donald Trump. Seven weeks of sleep-farting all down the drain. All for nothing,” Kimmel said after taking off the robe.

After that, the propagandist played a clip of Trump denouncing the result of the trial and vowing to continue fighting.

“The only thing you’re going to be fighting to win is the Jell-O cup on your prison cafeteria tray,” Kimmel said.

He then said that communists like him “should automatically make those jurors the new Supreme Court.”

“Sentencing is scheduled for July 11, which happens to be the day Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton. And it’s the day El Chapo escaped from prison. But this is not El Chapo, this is Pork Chopo we’re talking about and this is not Mexico, this is New York,” he said.

After dreaming about Trump picking up ketchup packets on the side of the road as part of a community service sentence, Kimmel decided to attack one of Trump’s sons.

“As if the day wasn’t rough enough for Trump, the only family member who was there with him when the verdict was read was Eric. No Melania. No Ivanka. Just stupid Eric,” he said.

La. Law Sets 25-Foot Buffer Zone Between Disruptive Bystanders, On-the-Job Police

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La. Law Sets 25-Foot Buffer Zone Between Disruptive Bystanders, On-the-Job Police

(Headline USA) Critics of a new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a police officer under certain circumstances feared the measure could hinder the public’s ability to film officers—a tool that has increasingly been used to hold police accountable.

Under the law, anyone who is convicted of “knowingly or intentionally” approaching an officer, who is “lawfully engaged in the execution of his official duties,” and after being ordered to “stop approaching or retreat” faces up to a $500 fine, up to 60 days in jail or both.

The law was signed Tuesday by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry and goes into effect Aug. 1.

While the legislation’s language does not specifically mention filming, critics say that by default it would limit how close a person can be to observe police. Opponents have also gone further to question the law’s constitutionality, saying it could impede on a person’s First Amendment rights.

Proponents argue the new law will create a buffer-zone to help ensure the safety of officers and that bystanders would still be close enough to film police interactions.

Bystander cellphone videos are largely credited with revealing police misconduct—such as with the 2020 killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis officers—and reshaping the conversation around police transparency.

However, that may be a misleading example. Floyd was in crisis at the time of his arrest in Minneapolis at the hands of then-Officer Derek Chauvin after having ingested a lethal amount of fentanyl.

Although the neck restraint Chauvin used clearly struck many as excessive force due to the amount of time and Floyd’s pleas for help, it is unclear that the crowd of people gathered around Chauvin and filming his actions were holding him accountable rather than adding extra strain on the tense situation that caused him to lose focus in the moment. In effect, the crowd of interlopers may have been just as responsible as Chauvin and Floyd himself for the tragic outcome.

An attempt to establish a specific range at which onlookers can record officers actively engaged in law enforcement duties has occurred elsewhere.

In 2022, lawmakers in Arizona passed a law that would have made it illegal to knowingly film police officers 8 feet or closer if the officer tells the person to stop. A coalition of media groups and the American Civil Liberties Union successfully sued to block Arizona’s law, with a federal judge ruling it unconstitutional, citing infringement against a clearly established right to film police doing their jobs.

In similar cases, half of the U.S. appeals courts across the nation have ruled on the side of allowing people to record police without restriction.

The Louisiana measure was drafted to provide officers “peace of mind and safe distance to do their job,” said its author, state Rep. Bryan Fontenot.

“At 25 feet, that person can’t spit in my face when I’m making an arrest,” Fontenot said while presenting his bill in a committee earlier this year. “The chances of him hitting me in the back of the head with a beer bottle at 25 feet—it sure is a lot more difficult than if he’s sitting right here.”

A nearly identical bill was vetoed last year by then-Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat. Edwards called the measure “unnecessary” and said it could be used “to chill exercise of First Amendment rights.”

“Each of us has a constitutional right to freely observe public servants as they function in public and within the course and scope of their official duties,” Edwards, who served in the U.S. Army and was the son of a sheriff, said in last year’s veto message. “Observations of law enforcement, whether by witnesses to an incident with officers, individuals interacting with officers, or members of the press, are invaluable in promoting transparency.”

However, with a new conservative governor in office and the GOP continuing to hold a supermajority in the Louisiana Legislature, the bill had a clear path forward.

Language in the measure appears to put in some safety nets, stating that an acceptable “defense to this crime” includes establishing that the “lawful order or command was neither received nor understood by the defendant.”

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Federalist CEO: Republicans Should Campaign on What Dems They Will Lock Up

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Federalist CEO: Republicans Should Campaign on What Dems They Will Lock Up

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Sean Davis, a columnist and the CEO of the conservative outlet The Federalist, suggested on May 30, 2024, that Republicans need to start creating lists of Democrats to prosecute and send to prison.   

Davis made his comments after the verdict came down in the sham New York City witchhunt of Donald Trump, the Gateway Pundit reported.

Leftist propaganda outlets like Mediate reported on his comments as well.

“In 2016, the presidential race was decided based on candidates releasing lists of potential Supreme Court nominees. In 2024, I want to see lists of which Democrat officials are going to be put in prison. This is what happens when you cross the Rubicon,” he wrote in one of his posts.

In another post, Davis told Republicans who plan to run for office in the future that they can forget about their “elegant little policy proposals” because he wouldn’t vote for them unless the provide the list.

“Give me a list of which Democrat officials you’re going to put in prison, or get lost. There’s only one way to deal with nuclear war, which is what Democrats have unleashed, and that is mutually assured destruction. Democrats declared war on our entire system of justice and the rule of law, and our only options are victory or defeat. I intend to win. Do you?” he wrote.

He then published another post, in which he called state attorney generals and prosecutors to do something about Democrats turning the United States into a communist regime.

“If you are a state AG/prosecutor with original criminal jurisdiction, you had better be drafting up charges, indictments and warrants for every Democrat official involved in this insane, treasonous attack on our entire constitutional republic,” he wrote.

In his latest post regarding the topic, Davis wrote that Joe Biden and Merrick Garland should be indicted.

“Biden and Garland should be indicted in Texas tomorrow for their ongoing criminal human trafficking conspiracy across the border and into the state of Texas, in direct contravention of state law,” he wrote.

Congressional Leaders Invite Bibi to Deliver Address at the Capitol

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(Headline USA) Congressional leaders have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address a the U.S. Capitol, a show of wartime support for the longtime ally leftist antipathy toward the conservative leader over Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.

The move echoed an invitation that Netanyahu—known familiarly as “Bibi”—received from the Republican-led Congress in 2015 while receiving a chilly reception from then-President Barack Obama, who was attempting at the time to advance a controversial nuclear deal with Iran.

President Joe Biden and other Democrat leaders have struggled to strike the appropriate tone of support for Israel while also placating leftist Hamas supporters in crucial swing states including Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, where protest votes could take a significant toll on the November election.

Netanyahu, however, announced recently that he expected the military campaign against Hamas to last at least another five months through the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5, Business Insider reported.

The invitation from House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, along with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, has been in the works for some time. No date for the speech was set.

Leaders said the invitation was extended to “highlight America’s solidarity with Israel.”

“We invite you to share the Israeli government’s vision for defending democracy, combatting terror and establishing a just and lasting peace in the region,” they wrote.

Johnson first suggested inviting the Israeli leader, saying it would be “a great honor of mine” to invite him.

However, Schumer was previously slammed for attempting to meddle in Israel’s elections after declaring that Netanyahu should be ousted over the war.

Schumer said in the speech that Netanyahu had “lost his way” amid the Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza.

Even so, Schumer had said he would join in the invitation because “our relationship with Israel is ironclad and transcends any one prime minister or president.”

If Schumer and Jeffries were to rebuff the visit, it would likely give Republicans ammo to allege that they were siding with the brutal and notoriously anti-Semitic terrorist group Hamas.

The Israel–Hamas war, now in its seventh month after the Oct. 7 surprise attack by the Palestinian militant group.

As Israel pushes into Rafah in Gaza, the International Criminal Court has accused Netanyahu and his defense minister, along with three Hamas leaders, of war crimes — a largely symbolic act but one that further isolates the Israeli leader.

President Joe Biden in supporting Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas lambasted the ICC’s case against Netanyahu, but he has nevertheless grown critical of Israel’s war plans, and has pressed for assurances of humanitarian aid.

On Friday, Biden encouraged a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the war.

He urged Israelis and Hamas to come to an agreement to release the remaining hostages for an extended ceasefire, arguing that Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as it did in October.

Biden called the proposal “a road map to an enduring ceasefire and the release of all hostages.”

It is unclear if Biden and Netanyahu would meet in Washington.

Earlier this week, Spain, Norway and Ireland recognized a Palestinian state, a move that was condemned by Israel. Slovenia’s government also endorsed a motion to recognize a Palestinian state and asked the parliament to do the same.

On Capitol Hill, the debates over the Israel-Hamas war have been pitched, heated and divisive, amplified during the college campus protests this spring, showing how the once ironclad support for Israel has weakened and splintered on the Left even as it has become that much more entrenched on the Right.

Republicans, including Trump, have been eager to display their support for Netanyahu and expose the Democratic divisions over Israel.

More recently, Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, became the highest ranking Republican elected official from the U.S. to deliver a speech before the Israeli parliament.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

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