British Courts May Ditch Barristers’ Wigs Due to ‘Racism’

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British Courts May Ditch Barristers’ Wigs Due to ‘Racism’

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) British courts announced that they were weighing the decision to remove the requirement for traditional barristers wigs for criminal lawyers following complaints from black barristers, according to the National Pulse.

“Following questions from barristers about wigs and hair discrimination, the Bar Council set up a working group to consider court dress in the context of all protected characteristics,” said a spokesman for the Bar Council. “The findings of the working group are currently being discussed with the judiciary as part of our regular dialogue on equality and diversity matters.”

Michael Etienne, a black barrister in the court, claimed that the tradition was racist in the midst of a 2022 trial, as it would mean covering up his Afro hairstyle.

Barristers of all races must wear the wigs, traditionally made from horsehair, but only when litigating criminal cases. The Bar Council removed the wig requirement for family, civil or Supreme Court cases in the late 2000s.

This, however, did not stop some woke lawyers from kicking up a fuss about their uniforms.

“The wigs certainly should go,” said lawyer Leslie Thomas, who is black. “There isn’t any place in a modern society for barristers to be wearing 17th-century fashion.”

Additionally, he described them as “ridiculous” and “culturally insensitive.” He also argued for the removal of win collars, a starched collar tied about the neck.

Barrister’s wigs are yet another element of traditional English court dress under attack from cancel-culture activists who are eager to subvert Western traditions they see as contributing to the perceptions of systemic oppression they must endure while living in an affluent, First-World society that insufficiently values their heritage.

Nonetheless, some culturally British individuals also seem to share the opinion that the archaic practices have overstayed their value to the society and drifted into the realm of ridiculousness.

Until 2000, speakers of the House of Commons wore wigs, stockings and buckled shoes until former Speaker Michael Martin did away with the tradition of his own volition.

The English family court dispensed the wig requirement in 2007, and the Supreme Court followed in 2009.

Calif. Middle Schooler Censored from Giving Speech on ‘Patriotism’ Goes Viral

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Calif. Middle Schooler Censored from Giving Speech on ‘Patriotism’ Goes Viral

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A Catholic middle school in Huntington Beach, California, is accused of censoring and “humiliating” a student over his Trump-inspired speech in the race for the school’s “Commissioner of School Spirit & Patriotism” position, according to Libs of TikTok.

Jimmy Heyward, a 13-year-old baseball player and honor-roll student at Saint Bonaventure Catholic School, was allegedly told by Principal Mary Flock to remove all references to patriotism—despite the title of the position having the word “patriotism” in it, according to a Change.org petition set up by the boy’s mother, Hattie Ruggles.

“Jimmy stood up to her and said he wasn’t going to take the parts about patriotism out of his speech,” Ruggles wrote. “She then told him he would not be speaking.”

Instead, he was forced to sit onstage as his classmates delivered their speeches after Flock told the students overseeing the event not to recognize him.

“He was on the stage for an hour in front of his peers/teachers/parents being completely humiliated by Mary Flock,” Ruggles wrote.

 

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Heyward’s father confronted the vice principal, which prompted Flock to call the police.

“They then told him he was free to stay and watch with the rest of the families in attendance,” Ruggles wrote. “When the officers were leaving they asked [the father] to let Jimmy know that they said ‘Thank you’ for the things he wrote in his speech.”

Flock later stated in an email to parents that Jimmy’s speech had not undergone the “administrative approval process” but withheld the specific context about requiring him to remove all references to patriotism as Ruggles and Heyward alleged.

“The process is applied uniformly to all students without exception,” Flock claimed in the email, according to Fox News.

Ruggles, however, countered that she was “completely lying about what truly happened earlier in the day.”

After gaining exposure on several conservative media outlets, her online petition to remove Flock as principal had garnered 4,675 signatories with a target goal of 5,000.

“This woman has no business being in a head position at our school, or any school,” she wrote. “This kind of behavior is unacceptable and does not align with the values we expect from our school’s leadership.”

Ruggles also shared the original version of Jimmy’s speech with Libs of TikTok, asking for help in making it go viral.

Much like the presumptive GOP nominee whose rhetorical style he modeled it after, Heyward made a compelling case for himself as a good leader.

“I can promise to make pep rallies great again,” he declared. “I will make the school spirit great again. I will make patriotism within SBS great again. And mostly, I will make SBS great again.”

He also promised to implement teacher competitions for pep rallies; revitalize the school’s courtyard with more flowers and greenery as a service project; and host history-related events such as meetings with Holocaust survivors, 9/11 survivors, Japanese-Americans from internment camps and more.

Heyward donned a red MAGA-style hat for the video, and his little sister Liv held up a sign that promised he would “Make SBS Great Again!”

Headline USA’s Ben Sellers contributed to this report.

CIA’s 1st CTO: Agency ‘All In 100%’ on Harnessing the Power of AI

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CIA’s 1st CTO: Agency ‘All In 100%’ on Harnessing the Power of AI

(Headline USA) Knowledge advantage can save lives, win wars and avert disaster.

At the Central Intelligence Agency, basic artificial intelligence—machine learning and algorithms—has long served that mission. Now, generative AI is joining the effort.

CIA Director William Burns says AI tech will augment humans, not replace them.

The agency’s first chief technology officer, Nand Mulchandani, is marshaling the tools. There’s considerable urgency: Adversaries are already spreading AI-generated deepfakes aimed at undermining U.S. interests.

A former Silicon Valley CEO who helmed successful startups, Mulchandani was named to the job in 2022 after a stint at the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.

Among projects he oversees: A ChatGPT-like generative AI application that draws on open-source data (meaning unclassified, public or commercially available). Thousands of analysts across the 18-agency U.S. intelligence community use it. Other CIA projects that use large-language models are, unsurprisingly, secret.

This Associated Press interview with Mulchandani has been edited for length and clarity.

Q: You recently said generative AI should be treated like a “crazy, drunk friend.” Can you elaborate?

A: When these generative AI systems “hallucinate,” they can sometimes behave like your drunk friend at a bar who can say something that pushes you outside your normal conceptual boundary and sparks out-of-the box thinking. Remember that these AI-based systems are probabilistic in nature, so they are not precise. (They are prone to fabrication.) So for creative tasks like art, poetry, and painting these systems are excellent. But I wouldn’t yet use these systems for doing precise math or designing an airplane or skyscraper—in those activities “close enough” doesn’t work. They can also be biased and narrowly focused, which I call the “rabbit hole” problem.

Q: The only current use of a large-language model at enterprise scale I’m aware of at CIA is the open-source AI, called Osiris, that it created for the entire intelligence community. Is that correct?

A: That’s the only one we have disclosed publicly. It’s been an absolute home run for us. We should broaden the discussion beyond just LLMs though—as an example, we process huge amounts of foreign language content in multiple media types including video, and use other AI algorithms and tools to process that.

Q: The Special Competitive Studies Project, a high-powered advisory group focused on AI in national security, is out with a report saying U.S. intelligence services must rapidly integrate generative AI—given its disruptive potential. It sets a two-year timeline for getting beyond experimentation and limited pilot projects and “deploying Gen AI tools at scale.” Do you agree?

A: CIA is all in 100% on utilizing these technologies and scaling them. We are taking this as seriously as we’re taking probably any technology issue. We think we’ve beaten the initial timeline by a big margin, as we’re already using Gen AI tools in production. The deeper answer is that we’re on the early side of a huge number of additional changes, and a large part of the work is to integrate the technology more widely into our applications and systems. These are early days.

Q: Can you name your large-language model partners?

A: I’m not sure naming the vendors is interesting right now. There is an explosion of LLMs available on the market now. As a smart customer, we are not tying our boat to a specific set of LLMs or a specific set of vendors. We are evaluating and using practically all the high-runner LLMs out there, both commercial-grade and open source. We are not viewing the LLM market as a singular one where a single lab is better than the others. As you’re noting in the market, models are leapfrogging one another with each new release.

Q: What are the most important use cases at CIA for large-language models?

A: Primary is summarization. It’s impossible for an open-source analyst at CIA to digest the firehouse of media and other information we collect every day. So this has been a game-changer for insights into sentiment and global trends. Analysts then dig into specifics. They must be able—with full certainty—to annotate and explain data they cite and how they reach conclusions. Our tradecraft has not changed. The additional pieces give analysts much broader perspective – both the classified and open-source pieces we gather.

Q: What are the biggest challenges of adapting generative AI at the agency?

A: There isn’t a lot of cultural resistance internally. Our employees deal with AI on a daily basis competitively. Obviously, the whole world is on fire with these new technologies and the amazing productivity gains. The trick is grappling with constraints we have on information compartmentalization and how systems are built. In many cases, the separation of data is not for security but legal reasons. How do we efficiently connect systems to get the benefits of AI while keeping all that intact? Some really interesting technologies are emerging to help us think this through – and combine data in ways that maintain encryption and privacy controls.

Q: Generative AI is currently about as sophisticated as an elementary school student. Intelligence work, by contrast, is for grown-ups. It’s all about trying to pierce an adversary’s deception. How does Gen AI fit into that work?

A: First, let’s emphasize that the human analyst has primacy. We have the world’s leading experts in their domains. And in many cases of incoming information, a huge amount of human judgment is involved to weigh its importance and significance—including of the individuals who may be providing it. We don’t have machines replicate any of that. And we’re not looking for computers to do the jobs of domain experts.

What we are looking at is the co-pilot model. We think Gen AI can have a huge impact in brainstorming, coming up with new ideas. And in boosting productivity – and insight. We have to be very deterministic about how we do it because, wielded properly, these algorithms are a force for good. But wielded incorrectly, they can really hurt you.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Zombie Inflation and the Return of Rate Cuts: A Detailed Breakdown

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Zombie Inflation and the Return of Rate Cuts: A Detailed Breakdown

(Money Metals News Service) In the latest episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey dives into the current state of the economy, inflation, and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. 

Mike Maharrey describes inflation as a “zombie” that never truly dies. He likens the situation to a horror movie where the monster appears to be defeated but keeps coming back to life. This inflation zombie is characterized by its persistent return, despite efforts to control it. 

Maharrey explains that while there may be periods where inflation seems to cool down, it is never truly dead and continues to resurface, much like a relentless zombie. He emphasizes that the underlying policies and economic conditions continually revive this inflation, making it an ever-present threat that cannot be permanently eliminated.

Inflation’s Resurgence

Maharrey begins by highlighting the persistent inflation, likening it to a horror movie’s monster that keeps coming back to life. Despite recent optimism in the media about inflation cooling, he argues that the numbers tell a different story. The April Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed a 3.4% annual increase in prices, which is still significantly above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. This figure was a slight improvement from the previous month’s 3.5%, but not enough to declare victory over inflation.

Breaking Down the Numbers:
  • Annual CPI: 3.4% in April, down from 3.5% in March.
  • Monthly CPI: 0.3% increase, below the projected 0.4%.
  • Core CPI (excluding food and energy): 0.3% monthly increase, 3.6% annually.
  • Used Car and Truck Prices: Decreased by 1.4%.
  • New Car Prices: Decreased by 0.4%.
  • Clothing Costs: Increased by 1.2%.
  • Energy Prices: Gasoline rose by 2.7%.
  • Shelter Costs: Increased by 0.4%.

Maharrey emphasizes that the slight improvements in CPI figures are not enough to consider inflation defeated. The media’s portrayal of these numbers as encouraging is more about wishful thinking, driven by the desperate desire for rate cuts.

Producer Price Index (PPI)

The PPI, which measures the prices producers pay for inputs, rose by 0.5% in April. This increase in producer costs often leads to higher consumer prices down the line, indicating that inflationary pressures are still very much present.

Wages and Purchasing Power

Despite nominal wage increases, real wages (adjusted for inflation) fell by 0.2% in April. This decline underscores the ongoing struggle of workers to keep up with rising prices, effectively reducing their purchasing power.

Market Reactions and Monetary Policy

Following the CPI report, the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all hit record highs, driven by renewed hopes for rate cuts. However, Maharrey argues that these hopes are misplaced. The Federal Reserve’s modest rate hikes and balance sheet reductions have not been sufficient to counteract the massive monetary inflation created during the pandemic.

  • Interest on National Debt: The federal government spent $624.7 billion on interest payments in the first half of fiscal 2024, a 35.7% increase from the same period in 2023.
  • Comparison to Other Spending: Interest payments exceeded spending on national defense and Medicare, with only Social Security costs being higher.

Maharrey criticizes the Fed’s actions as too little, too late. He points out that the central bank’s historical monetary policy remains loose, with the Chicago Fed’s National Financial Conditions Index at -0.53, indicating an inflationary stance.

Protection Against The Inflation Zombie

Mike Maharrey emphasizes the importance of investing in precious metals as a way to protect wealth from the constant devaluation of the dollar. He argues that gold and silver retain their value better than fiat currencies, especially in times of economic uncertainty and inflation. Maharrey suggests that as the dollar becomes less valuable, the price of real money, like gold and silver, will increase.

He advises listeners to consider adding gold and silver to their investment portfolios and highlights that it’s better to buy these metals before prices rise significantly due to economic shifts, such as the Federal Reserve pivoting back to rate cuts and quantitative easing. 

Maharrey provides practical steps for acquiring precious metals, recommending that listeners contact Money Metals Exchange to speak with a specialist who can help them find the best products and deals at 1-800-800-1865. He also mentions the convenience of purchasing online for those who prefer not to talk on the phone.

Conclusion

Maharrey concludes that the Federal Reserve’s approach has been insufficient to truly combat inflation. He suggests that the real solution lies in protecting one’s wealth through investments in gold and silver, as these precious metals retain value better than fiat currencies in times of economic uncertainty. Maharrey encourages listeners to consider adding gold and silver to their investment portfolios to safeguard against the ongoing devaluation of the dollar.

MURDOCK: Left’s Election Interference Reveals a Familiar Page from an Old Playbook

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MURDOCK: Left’s Election Interference Reveals a Familiar Page from an Old Playbook

(Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) Déjà vu.

That phrase captures Carter Page’s reaction as he walks through lower Manhattan.

The Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, the Jacob Javits Federal Building, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office all remind the former Trump campaign advisor of various moments in his career—from intern for New York’s late Democrat U.S. senator, to foreign-intelligence source, to the victim of fraudulent FBI spying.

What Page finds most eerily familiar is the bookkeeping-entry trial of President Donald J. Trump, which he observed in person.

Page considers the scene in Judge Juan Merchan’s courtroom just the latest episode in the relentless persecution of the former president and his supporters. This began virtually the day that the real-estate magnate declared his candidacy.

“The FISA abuse/international spy scandal that prominent DNC operatives and senior officials of the Obama–Biden Administration designed to take out President Trump in his first political campaign remains largely unresolved,” Page tells me exclusively.

“For more than seven years, we have continued to fight against the corrupt U.S. Department of Justice and the Democrat party’s operatives who have largely dominated these continued dishonest attacks against President Trump, myself, and so many others.”

Page recalls “the original witch hunt” that began in 2016. Left-wing, pro-Hillary-Clinton operatives at the CIA, DOJ, and throughout the Deep State—not least FBI officials James Comey, Andrew McCabe, and Peter Strzok—spied on Trump’s campaign, snooped on his advisors, raided their homes, sentenced some to prison, and locked up others.

“Believe it or not, people have families,” Page says. “Think of the impact that this has had on President Trump’s family, General Michael Flynn’s family, my own, and so many others. All of this chaos tore families apart. But on the other hand, it also pulled families together. That’s why I was so very moved to see Eric Trump here to support his father.”

Page waited in line to enter the Manhattan Criminal Courts Building, along with scores of journalists eager to cover New York vs. Trump. Page and other citizens sat beside the Fourth Estate and marveled at this unprecedented scenario.

“Although Fox News and a few other conservative media outlets maintain a limited presence in Courtroom 1530, the vast majority of enthusiastic attendees who fill the benches at 100 Centre Street are the same mainstream outlets that pushed the false Russia collusion hoax, from late in the 2016 election through the first three years of the first Trump Administration,” Page states. “Just as the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was unsuccessfully used as an early prop to ‘get Trump,’ this court in lower Manhattan is the latest frontline in this ongoing assault on American democracy.”

Trump’s defenders have questioned Judge Merchan’s objectivity in this matter, given his political donations to President Biden and a PAC called Stop Republicans, as well as his daughter’s management of a political consultancy that runs digital ads and raises money for Democrat candidates and causes.

Page, however, gives Merchan the benefit of the doubt. He believes that the jurist displayed common decency by excusing Trump to attend his son Barron’s graduation from Palm Beach’s Oxbridge Academy last Friday.

Like most Americans, Page is eager to see whether a jury from Manhattan—which voted 86.4% for Joe Biden—will Get Trump, no matter what, or if District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s crumbling case will make them gag. If so, perhaps through gritted teeth, they just might acquit Trump of these so-far unproved charges.

Either way, the Naval Academy alumnus and foreign-energy expert understands the moral of this story.

“The main lesson is that we need to start fighting much more strongly,” Page says. “President Trump and each of us other crime victims have certainly learned this the hard way. Equally important, we must be ready to call out the Democrats’ continued election-interference campaigns, especially now, as their assault on American democracy has reached new levels with this latest ongoing show trial.”

Deroy Murdock is a Manhattan-based Fox News contributor.

National Scholarship Backed by Gold for Exceptional College Students

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National Scholarship Backed by Gold for Exceptional College Students

(Money Metals News Service) For the ninth straight year, a national precious metals dealer is teaming up with the nation’s preeminent sound money policy group to help students pay for the ever-increasing costs associated with continuing education.

Money Metals Exchange has partnered with the Sound Money Defense League to present the 2024 Sound Money Scholarship — the first gold-backed scholarship of the modern era. 

Starting in 2016, these organizations have set aside 100 ounces of physical gold (currently worth more than $240,000) to reward outstanding students who display a thorough understanding of economics, monetary policy, and sound money.

The Sound Money Scholarship is open to high school seniors, undergraduates, and graduate students with an interest in economics: specifically the free-market tradition. Applicants do not have to be economics majors to be eligible to receive this scholarship.

Money Metals Exchange and the Sound Money Defense League also announced this year’s blue-ribbon panel of judges:

Jerry Kirkpatrick, PhD is Professor Emeritus of International Business and Marketing at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (aka Cal Poly Pomona).

Sen. Eric Brakey serves as the Executive Director of the Free State Project. Brakey began his political journey as the Maine State Director for the Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign and became the youngest state senator in America two years later. Over three non-consecutive terms in public office, Senator Eric Brakey has been a leading critic of inflationary policies and an advocate for sound money, championing legislation to remove taxes and restore legal tender status for gold and silver.

Ken Silva is a reporter for Headline USA and a contributor to The Libertarian Institute. He has more than a decade of experience in journalism, covering topics such as FBI corruption, offshore finance, and extremist politics. His favorite reporter is the late JD Cash.

Lawrence W. (“Larry”) Reed became President Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) in 2008 after serving as chairman of its board of trustees in the 1990s and both writing and speaking for FEE since the late 1970s. He previously served for 21 years as President of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan (1987-2008). He also taught economics full-time from 1977 to 1984 at Northwood University in Michigan and chaired its Department of Economics from 1982 to 1984.

Last year, the Sound Money Scholarship received entries from students attending more than 150 different schools across 44 states, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., six countries, and three continents, and nine exceptional students were awarded $13,500 in scholarship money.

Articles found to be written by AI will be automatically disqualified from consideration. The deadline to submit applications is October 31, 2024.

For more information, please visit moneymetals.com/scholarship or email [email protected].

RFK Jr. Wants to Give Black Farmers $5B in Reparations

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RFK Jr. Wants to Give Black Farmers $5B in Reparations

(Headline USA) Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that he would support giving black farmers $5 billion in reparations if elected—once again confirming his leftist political views, despite having made early appeals to right-wing voters with skepticism over vaccine mandates and other government excesses.

“When I’m in the White House … I’m going to get rid of those people in [the U.S. Department of Agriculture] and get that money,” Kennedy told John Boyd Jr., the founder of the National Black Farmers Association, in an April 24 episode of his podcast, as reported by the Daily Mail.

Kennedy went on to claim that the $5 billion reparations payment should not be considered “an entitlement” or even just “money.”

Rather, he said, it would be considered a “loan that black farmers were entitled to way back when and was stolen from them through discrimination.” 

Kennedy’s $5 billion reparations proposal was initially a part of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act, but it was thrown out by the courts as unconstitutional.

The policy would have created a loan-assistance program of roughly $5 billion for “socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers,” defined as those who “have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice.”

Federal Judge Marcia Morales Howard slapped down the program after it was challenged by white farmers in Texas, Florida and across the Midwest, who argued that it would “create an inflexible, race-based discriminatory program.”

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack defended the policy, claiming the disparity between black and white farmers needs to be addressed.

“For generations, socially disadvantaged farmers have struggled to fully succeed due to systemic discrimination and a cycle of debt,” he said in a statement at the time.

Although the issue rarely comes up publicly, reparations is a significant component of the far-left agenda outlined on Kennedy’s own website, and the former Democrat has been candid about it when speaking to particular audiences.

Last October, for example, his campaign proposed offering “targeted community repair” for black Americans, including money to “rebuild black infrastructure” as well as “direct redress payments or tax credits.” The policies would benefit “descendants of the victims of Jim Crow and other victims of persecution,” it claimed.

Trump Plans to Sue Fake ‘Biopic’ Producers over Scene of Him Raping 1st Wife Ivana

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Trump Plans to Sue Fake ‘Biopic’ Producers over Scene of Him Raping 1st Wife Ivana

(Headline USA) Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said this week that it will sue the filmmaker behind The Apprentice, a new film depicting Trump’s early years in the real-estate business, for making “blatantly false assertions” involving his first wife, Ivana, who died last July.

The film, which features Marvel star Sebastian Stan as Trump, depicts several disturbing and controversial scenes, including one in which Trump violently throws Ivana to the ground before assaulting her. 

“We will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement, according to The Hill.

“This garbage is pure fiction which sensationalizes lies that have been long debunked,” Cheung continued. “This ‘film’ is pure malicious defamation, should not see the light of day, and doesn’t even deserve a place in the straight-to-DVD section of a bargain bin at a soon-to-be-closed discount movie store, it belongs in a dumpster fire.”

He went on to blast the producers behind the film for using smear tactics against Trump in an effort to hurt him before November’s election.

“As with the illegal Biden Trials, this is election interference by Hollywood elites, who know that President Trump will retake the White House and beat their candidate of choice because nothing they have done has worked,” Cheung said.

Director Ali Abbasi admitted before the film’s premiere on Monday that he deliberately portrayed Trump negatively because he disagrees with the former president’s politics.

“There is no nice, metaphorical way to deal with the rising wave of fascism,” he said, suggesting that Trump was the party responsible for such a perceived rise and not the cultural elites pushing propaganda and using every possible means at their disposal to keep him out of office.

“The messy way, the banal way, is only the way of dealing with this wave on its own terms, at its own level,” Abbasi continued. “It’s not going to be pretty. But I think the problem with the world is that the good people have been quiet for too long.”

Former Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder, who invested heavily in the film, was reportedly furious about the direction Abbasi took it and attempted to stop its release.

Fani Willis Calls Jim Jordan a ‘Clown’ over House Investigation into Misuse of Funds

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(Headline USA) Ahead of her primary win on Tuesday, embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis slammed Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, this week over his investigation into misconduct allegations against her, calling him a “clown” in an appearance on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show.

Willis has largely shrugged off a litany of ethical issues by pandering to the district’s heavy black and Democratic constituents. She is likely favored to win handily in November against Republican candidate Courtney Kramer, a litigation consultant for former President Donald Trump’s legal team.

Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, subpoenaed Willis back in February over allegations that she mishandled federal funds in her case against Trump.

After forcing U.S. Marshals to hand deliver the subpoena and facing the threat of possible contempt charges, Willis eventually cooperated with the probe but called it “illegitimate” and “disgusting.”

Speaking with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Monday, Willis doubled down on the suggestion that Jordan was simply attacking her for political reasons—despite having herself campaigned in 2020 on the promise to prosecute Trump for alleged crimes he had not yet committed at the time.

“Jim Jordan has time after time after time attacked my office with no legitimate purpose,” Willis claimed. “Anyone who knows Jim Jordan’s history knows that he only has the purpose of trying to interfere in a criminal investigation.” 

Willis also blasted Georgia Republicans for launching their own investigation into her—one that she recently held a press conference saying she intended to defy.

“I bring that up at the federal level because now at the state level, they’ve decided to follow this clown’s lead, and they want to now try to interfere in an investigation,” she said. “And it’s not legitimate either. And so, it shall fail, and it’s not going to go anywhere. But they are trying to attack me at every level.”

The Democrat went on to suggest that the new prosecutorial oversight panel created by state legislators to discipline and remove prosecutors found guilty of misconduct was racist.

“Georgia had never had a prosecutorial oversight committee,” she told Maddow.

“All of a sudden, 14 minorities were elected to office to serve as district attorney,” she continued. “And now, all of a sudden, they need an oversight committee to look after district attorneys because they want to tell us how to prosecute and who to prosecute and where we should put our resources, as opposed to allowing the voters that put us in the seats to make those determinations.”

Willis’s case against Trump was derailed earlier this year after it was revealed she had been involved in an improper romantic relationship with the prosecutor she assigned to the case and likely was embezzling taxpayer money for lavish vacation trips that she and her lover, lead prosecutor Nathan Wade, would then write off as business expenses.

The Court of Appeals for the state of Georgia has agreed to consider whether Willis should be disqualified from the case as a result.

Trump Out-Raised Biden by $25M Last Month

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(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) It was recently revealed that Donald Trump and the Republicans out-fundraised Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee by almost $25 million last month.

On May 20, 2024, Biden’s team said they raised over $51 million for the month, far below the $76 million that Trump raised, the Post Millennial reported.

Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt recently released a new statement from Trump’s campaign team, in which they wrote about how even Biden’s connections with Hollywood leftists were not able to help him.

“The only people left in America who support Crooked Joe Biden are out-of-touch billionaires in Hollywood, and it turns out even they are done giving to a failing campaign,” the campaign team wrote.

The team also thanked the small donors for supporting Trump’s presidential campaign.

“President Trump and the RNC significantly outraised Biden and the Democrats in the month of April, thanks to the support of millions of small-dollar donors from every state across the country,” they wrote.

The new statement also mentioned that Trump and his team were able to raise so much money despite the far-left establishment forcing him to sit in courtrooms for hours as a way to prevent him from campaigning.

“President Trump’s fundraising haul over Biden is especially remarkable when you consider he has been confined to a courtroom for nearly 9 hours a day over the past four weeks fighting against Biden’s Trial,” the team wrote.

It was also noted that regular Americans realized what was happening and started supporting Trump.

“President Trump’s fundraising prowess and his increasingly dominant position in the polls proves three things— the momentum is 100% on President Trump’s side, Americans see the truth about Joe Biden’s witch-hunt trial in New York and they want President Trump back in the White House to Make America Great Again,” they wrote.

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