MURDOCK: From the River to the Sea, Hamas Begs Biden to Broker 3-Day Weekend Retreat

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MURDOCK: From the River to the Sea, Hamas Begs Biden to Broker 3-Day Weekend Retreat

(Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) President Joe Biden seems desperate to stop Israel from hammering Hamas into dust.

The Israel Defense Forces have encircled and penetrated Gaza City and split the Gaza Strip in two—from the razor wire to the sea.

Biden—like every civilized human being—should urge Israel to squeeze Hamas until it twitches, dies and goes stiff.

Instead, Biden recently whispered: “We need a pause.”

And a “pause” for more than just a few hours. This would be bad enough, if solely to furnish humanitarian aid to rank-and-file Gazans.

Far worse, Biden wants a three-day “pause!”

Why should Israel give Hamas 72 hours to catch its breath?

“According to a proposal that is being discussed between the U.S., Israel and Qatar,” Axios reported, “Hamas would release 10-15 hostages and use the three-day pause to verify the identities of all the hostages and deliver a list of names of the people it is holding.”

Astonishing.

Hamas kidnapped some 240 people, including at least 10 Americans. These assassins do not need three days to create a hostage roster. Have the hostages write down their names and next of kin. If this takes two hours, Israel should spend the remaining 70 hours obliterating Hamas.

Is Biden dangerously naive, clinically stupid, or both? He truly believes that bromancing dictators will make them love America.

Joe Biden makes Mr. Rogers look like Genghis Khan.

Biden has greenlighted at least $77 billion for Iran. Rather than tame Tehran, it has become more vicious. The ayatollahs fueled Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre of 1,400 Israelis and 32 Americans.

“Iranian-backed militias have launched a total of at least 40 attacks since Oct. 17,” Voice of America’s Jeff Seldin reported Tuesday. “A total of 46 U.S. troops have been injured in the attacks, including 25 diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, as result of the blasts from exploding rockets or drones.”

Biden has left Iran’s aggression largely unanswered.

Biden performs an awkward tap dance. He claims to reject farther-left calls for “a ceasefire” while promoting a “pause.”

Biden might as well announce: “I hate Scotch, but I love whiskey.”

Biden’s “pause” would be a wee dram tougher to mock if Hamas expressed any desire to halt hostilities. Alas, “Two-state Solution” is not in its repertoire. Hamas prefers a funeral dirge, with Israel in the casket.

“Israel is a country that has no place on our land. We must remove that country, because it constitutes a security, military and political catastrophe to the Arab and Islamic nation, and must be finished,” Hamas Politburo member Ghazi Hamad told Lebanon’s LBC-TV on Oct. 24.

“We must teach Israel a lesson, and we will do this again and again,” Hamad continued. “The [Oct. 7] Al-Aqsa Flood is just the first time, and there will be a second, a third, a fourth, because we have the determination, the resolve, and the capabilities to fight,” Hamad added, per the Middle East Media Research Institute. “We are called a nation of martyrs, and we are proud to sacrifice martyrs.”

Thus, Hamas’s love of human shields.

LBC’s anchor wondered, “Does that mean the annihilation of Israel?”

Hamad replied: “Yes, of course.”

Hamad is proud of Hamas’s butchery a month ago.

“The existence of Israel is illogical,” Hamad said. “The existence of Israel is what causes all that pain, blood, and tears. It is Israel, not us. We are the victims of the occupation. Period. Therefore, nobody should blame us for the things we do. On Oct. 7, Oct. 10, Oct. 1,000,000—everything we do is justified.”

Give Hamas this: It does not just say the quiet part out loud. It screams, We will use a “pause” to keep killing Jews until the Zionist Entity ist Judenfrei. 

Nonetheless, Biden thinks these hissing vipers deserve a three-day vacation.

Softer than an octogenarian before Viagra, Joe Biden begs Israel to “pause,” just before it plunges the final dagger into Hamas’s heart.

Deroy Murdock is a Manhattan-based Fox News contributor.

McDaniel Defends Herself amid Claims RNC Abandoned Va. Before 2023 Election

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McDaniel Defends Herself amid Claims RNC Abandoned Va. Before 2023 Election

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel found herself in the crossfire after the Republican Party faced significant losses in the 2023 elections, notably losing control of the House of Delegates in Virginia.  

In an attempt to deflect criticism, McDaniel asserted that Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va., informed her that RNC funds were unnecessary in the state. Moreover, in an interview with Fox News, McDaniel claimed that the RNC primarily concentrates on federal elections rather than state legislatures. 

McDaniel’s response came amid accusations from Virginia GOP Chairman Rich Anderson, who stated on radio show host Larry O’Connor’s program that McDaniel declined to match the DNC $1 million cash injection into Virginia elections, citing the 2023 election as a “down year.”

When pressed about the RNC’s decision not to allocate funds for Virginia, McDaniel responded assertively. “We were told in the summer that they didn’t need it and that they had all the money and they were good; that was the conversation,” she said during a backstage interview on Wednesday at the GOP third presidential debate.

However, during an interview with Fox News on Friday, McDaniel faced scathing pressure from host Laura Ingraham about growing calls – led by tech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy – demanding McDaniel’s resignation.

“Vivek and others are saying that under your leadership, Republicans have lost election after election and positing the question why should you retain your job given the track record of the party under your leadership and to that, what do you say?” Ingraham asked.

McDaniel, in response, shifted the focus to defeating President Joe Biden and criticized Ramaswamy for directing attention towards her rather than Democrats.

Ingraham pushed back, saying, “I agree with you. I mean, all that — all that you just said, I couldn’t agree with more. But, and you are right. Obviously, that should be a key focus. But, I know you believe in accountability. You talk about it all the time.” 

Defending herself against criticisms of fundraising, McDaniel emphasized the limitations of her role. “A lot of people don’t understand fundraising,” she pushed back. “I can’t raise state dollars. I don’t get unlimited convention and state dollars. And these were state house and state senate races; the RNC is a federal committee.” 

In the same interview, McDaniel dismissed the criticism as mere social media chatter. “These are people who come after me all the time. They’re on Twitter. They are all the time. And let’s see their results? What did they do in Virginia? How much money did they give? Let me stand by something else,” she said.

Don Jr. Teases 2024 Cabinet Picks for AG, Press Secretary: ‘Watch DC Just Explode’

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Don Jr. Teases 2024 Cabinet Picks for AG, Press Secretary: ‘Watch DC Just Explode’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Donald Trump Jr. has dropped hints about potential appointees for key positions in the White House, should his father, former President Donald Trump, win the 2024 presidential elections. 

During the Thursday episode of his Triggered with Don Jr podcast, Trump Jr. engaged with his audience, discussing prospective candidates for the roles of White House press secretary and attorney general. 

While reading comments from viewers, Trump Jr. appeared to endorse investigative journalist Laura Loomer as a potential pick for White House press secretary and Mike Davis, a conservative attorney and founder of Article III Project, as a potential attorney general if his father returns to the White House in 2024. 

“She’s a bulldog, man, I will say that,” Trump Jr. commented of Loomer. “She gets after it. I’d love to see her as press secretary just to watch D.C. just explode. There’s a couple of people that you could put in positions like that, you know.”

Later in the podcast, Trump Jr. hinted at the potential nominees for attorney general. “We talk about, like, you know, Mike Davis as attorney general, one of those guys,” he added. 

“You almost have to. Just put them in as interim even just to send that shot across the bow of the swamp, you know? Like — you want to play…You want to play? And then you can get someone, you know, the guys that wouldn’t get affirmed or otherwise. But let like Mike Davis, you know, Kash Patel be like interim AGs,” Trump Jr. continued. 

Responding to the proposition, Loomer took to Twitter to accept the potential offer. “I gladly accept,” she said. “PRESS SECRETARY LAURA LOOMER! I like the sound of that! When do I start?” 

Loomer restated her willingness to take on the job in two separate Twitter posts. “Nobody would defend your father from the Fake News with more passion than I would!” she declared, directly responding to Trump Jr. 

On a separate post, she added, “It would be an honor to put the media in their place every day and defend President Trump from Fake News. We need accountability in Washington DC.”

Cotton Letter to DOJ Accuses NYTimes of Prior Hamas Attack Knowledge

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Cotton Letter to DOJ Accuses NYTimes of Prior Hamas Attack Knowledge

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The New York Times is facing intense scrutiny following a demand from Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., urging the DOJ to initiate an investigation into allegations of prior knowledge regarding Hamas’ October 7 terror attack.  

Cotton specifically pointed fingers at several U.S. media outlets, including the Times, accusing them of hiring Gazan freelance journalists who were allegedly present during the exact launch of the attack that claimed 1,400 lives in Israel.

In a scathing letter addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland, as well as executives from CNN, the Associated Press, Reuters and the Times, Cotton demanded answers regarding the outlets’ awareness of the attacks and the individuals they employed who may be connected to Hamas.

“If your employees, as part of their work, participated in terrorist activities or if your organization or employees provided material support (including any funding) to Hamas, the leadership of your organization may also face criminal penalties under federal law,” Cotton said.

David McCraw, deputy general counsel for the Times, fired back at Cotton’s allegations, accusing him of “parroting disinformation” against his company.

“As I am sure you agree, the spread of disinformation and incendiary rhetoric threatens the health of our democracy,” McCraw claimed in a public letter to Cotton. “Sadly, your letter to The New York Times of November 9 exacerbates those very problems.” 

Moreover, McCraw claimed that the allegations, raised by Honest Reporting, had been debunked according to an interview with the AP. 

“You say in your letter that you are relying on ‘reports’ that New York Times employees were involved with the deadly Hamas attack of October 7. In fact, you are merely parroting disinformation harvested from the Internet based on a website that has conceded it had no evidence for its claims,” McCraw continued. 

The clash between Cotton and the Times intensified after Honest Reporting, a pro-Israel watchdog organization, released a damning report accusing some Gaza-based freelance journalists of being inexplicably present at the exact time of the Hamas invasion of Israel.

As the controversy unfolds, Both CNN and AP have severed ties with the accused freelancers. The Times, on the other hand, called the allegations “outrageous,” going so far as defending the photojournalist it had hired to cover the Hamas attacks.

Princeton Prof. Says Zoophilia Is ‘Thought-Provoking’

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Princeton Prof. Says Zoophilia Is ‘Thought-Provoking’

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The Western civilization and its higher education system revealed once again how far they have fallen when a professor at Princeton University called zoophilia “thought-provoking” in a tweet on Wednesday.

In his recent tweet, Peter Singer, a professor of bioethics at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton, wrote about the article titled “Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible,” which he called “thought-provoking,” adding that it “challenges one of society’s strongest taboos.”

“This piece challenges one of society’s strongest taboos and argues for the moral permissibility of some forms of sexual contact between humans and animals. This article offers a controversial perspective that calls for a serious and open discussion on animal ethics and sex ethics,” he wrote.

The journal tried justifying sexual deviants who want to have sex with animals by arguing that the act is “morally permissible” and that there is “nothing wrong” with having sex with animals. In October of 2023, the journal was written and published under the pseudonym Fira Bensto in the “Journal of Controversial Ideas.”

“As one of our most deeply entrenched social taboos, zoophilia is widely considered to be wrong, and having sex with animals is illegal in many countries. In this article, I would like to go against this de facto consensus and argue that zoophilia is morally permissible,” the article read.

The author then did precisely that.

“Zoophilia is one of the few sexual orientations (along with e.g. necrophilia or pedophilia) that remain off-limits and have been left aside from the sexual liberation movement in the past fifty years. I would like to argue that this is a mistake. There is in fact nothing wrong with having sex with animals: it is not an inherently problematic sexual practice,” the article read.

On Twitter, people pushed back against both Singer and the pro-zoophilia article.

“That’s Cenk Uygur’s presidential platform,” Mark Dice, a famous conservative blogger and author wrote.

One of the major contemporary pro-life activists in the United States, Lila Rose, also criticized Singer and his recently revealed depravity, while also remembering his pro-infanticide position.

“The pro-infanticide Princeton professor of ‘bioethics,’ Peter Singer, thinks the moral case for humans having sex with animals is ‘thought-provoking.’ Our Ivy Leagues are beyond depraved,” she wrote.

Other people on Twitter also pointed out that Singer thinks that it’s acceptable to murder newborn babies.

“Advocating for zoophilia sounds horrible, but Singer also favors infanticide which may be even worse. Modern ethicists, Ladies & Gentlemen,” Frank DeScushin wrote.

Rapper, author and Andrew Tate sympathizer Zuby also responded to Singer’s tweet.

“Repent,” he wrote.

Others remembered how leftists gaslighted them about the slippery slope.

“[But] I was told the slippery slope wasn’t real!,” another person wrote.

Far-Left, Feminist Outlet ‘Jezebel’ Shuts Down After 16 Years

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Far-Left, Feminist Outlet ‘Jezebel’ Shuts Down After 16 Years

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The leftist and feminist blog Jezebel abruptly shut down after spreading Marxist propaganda, an announcement from its parent company revealed.

“As of this week, we are making the very, very difficult decision to suspend the publication of Jezebel. Few decisions over the course of my career have been as excruciating, and I want to make clear this is in NO WAY a reflection on the Jezebel editorial team,” G/O CEO Jim Spanfeller told staff in an email on Thursday, according to Fox Business.

He then explained the reason why the blog was shut down.

“Unfortunately, our business model and the audiences we serve across our network did not align with Jezebel‘s. And when that became clear, we undertook an expansive search for a new and perhaps better home that might ensure Jezebel a path forward… despite every effort, we could not find Jez a new home,” he said.

After that, he tried to soften the announcement by praising the woke staff that has been spreading feminist propaganda for almost two decades.

“With the suspension of Jezebel‘s operations, we must unfortunately part ways with their incredibly talented editorial staff. I want to thank the site’s team, both past and present, for their dedication, fearless voices and indelible contributions to our culture,” Spanfeller said.

Aside from advocating for polyamory, condemning women who speak out against the harmful effects of birth control, supporting men participating in women’s sports and dismissing male victims of domestic abuse, the far-left blog also pushed other types of propaganda.

The blog that was launched in 2007 also published pieces like “I Will Personally Be Thrilled If Stephen Miller Dies of Covid-19” and “Help, I Think I’m In Love With Andrew Cuomo???” during the COVID-19 hysteria.

In addition to that, in 2021, the blog sympathized with a mob that harassed and chased Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., into a restroom by running an article with the headline “Absolutely Bully Kyrsten Sinema Outside Of Her Bathroom Stall,” in which the raging “transgender” allies called what transpired an “effective and safe alternative” to enacting change.

Among other examples of the blog hating women was the mistreatment of its own staff, as it was revealed in several tweets from Jezebel‘s former editor-in-chief, Laura Bassett.

“I guess the cat’s out of the bag. I have reluctantly resigned from Jezebel because the company that owned us refused to treat my staff with basic human decency. I will love and support my writers [until] the end and am so grateful I got to shepherd this site through the end of Roe,” she wrote, adding in another tweet that she is “obviously boiling and have too much to say on the subject.

NYC Man Who Defended Woman in Subway Is Arrested

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NYC Man Who Defended Woman in Subway Is Arrested

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) New York City police arrested a man who opened fire on a subway platform to defend a woman on Tuesday night by scaring off a would-be mugger who tried to steal her purse.

The would-be mugger was also facing attempted robbery charges, Fox News reported.

It was revealed that nobody was hurt in the altercation, which happened after a 49-year-old homeless man tried to mug an unidentified 40-year-old woman near the exit of the subway station.

Hours after asking for the public’s help tracking him down in connection with an altercation on the 49th Street NRW station platform that happened the evening before, the NYPD was eventually able to find and arrest John Rote, 43, of Queens, on Wednesday afternoon.

It was reported by the authorities that Rote overheard Matthew Roesch, the homeless man who tried to mug the woman, demanding that she must give him her money or he’d steal her purse.

Rote was accused of firing shots and interrupting the attempted robbery without hurting anyone. Surveillance images also indicated that, after he defended the woman from the would-be mugger, he calmly walked out through the turnstile, carrying a tote bag from a popular camera store, a green bookbag and a tablet.

As of Nov. 10, 2023, Rote faced charges of criminal possession of a weapon, reckless endangerment, criminal possession of a firearm and menacing.

Instead of defending the man who tried to protect an innocent person from getting mugged by a homeless person, one of the city officials blamed and criticized Rote’s behavior.

“I want to be clear: we don’t tolerate this kind of conduct in NYC Transit, period. Once again cameras recorded a perpetrator, and we are grateful the NYPD made an arrest within hours. Thank goodness nobody was hurt here – but what occurred was outrageous, reckless, and unacceptable,” the city’s top transit official, Richard Davey, said in a statement after Rote was arrested.

FBI Seized Devices from N.Y.C. Mayor Eric Adams in Escalation of Fundraising Probe

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FBI Seized Devices from N.Y.C. Mayor Eric Adams in Escalation of Fundraising Probe

(Headline USA) FBI agents quietly seized phones and an iPad from New York City Mayor Eric Adams early this week as part of an investigation into political fundraising during his 2021 campaign, his attorney disclosed Friday.

The seizures happened as Adams was leaving a public event in Manhattan, according to a statement from the mayor’s attorney, Boyd Johnson.

“On Monday night, the FBI approached the mayor after an event. The Mayor immediately complied with the FBI’s request and provided them with electronic devices,” Johnson said. “The mayor has not been accused of any wrongdoing and continues to cooperate with the investigation.”

The seizure of the devices, first reported by the New York Times, came four days after federal agents searched the Brooklyn home of Adams’ top campaign fundraiser, Brianna Suggs.

That search prompted the mayor to cancel a planned trip to meet with White House officials in Washington and instead return to New York.

It also sparked rampant speculation that the Biden White House—which has been known for siccing its weaponized Justice Department on political enemies—might have launched the probe in retaliation for the Democrat mayor’s outspoken criticism of Biden’s open-border immigration policies.

Adams, a former police captain, said he had “nothing to hide” in a statement on Friday.

“As a former member of law enforcement, I expect all members of my staff to follow the law and fully cooperate with any sort of investigation—and I will continue to do exactly that,” he said.

The revelation of the seizure is the clearest evidence yet that federal investigators are interested in Adams, who has previously kept an arms-length distance from ethics scandals that have dogged several of his associates.

Adams said nothing publicly about his phones being seized when he met with reporters on Wednesday and insisted he wasn’t aware of any wrongdoing by members of his campaign team. He said he would be “shocked” if anyone on his campaign acted inappropriately.

But in his statement Friday, Adams’s attorney said they had “discovered that an individual had recently acted improperly.”

His campaign spokesperson declined to identify the person involved or say what they did wrong.

“After learning of the federal investigation, it was discovered that an individual had recently acted improperly,” Johnson said, offering no further details. “In the spirit of transparency and cooperation, this behavior was immediately and proactively reported to investigators.”

Representatives for the U.S. attorney in Manhattan and the FBI both declined to comment.

The focus of the investigation hasn’t been publicly disclosed by prosecutors, but a search warrant obtained by the New York Times indicated authorities are examining whether the Adams campaign conspired with the Turkish government to receive donations from foreign sources, funneled through straw donors.

The warrant also requested information about Adams’s use of New York City’s matching funds program, which provides candidates with an eightfold match of a city resident’s first donations.

Over the summer, Manhattan prosecutors brought charges against six people who allegedly sought to manipulate the fundraising program to funnel tens of thousands of dollars to Adams’s 2021 mayoral campaign. Adams has not been charged in that case.

A campaign spokesperson said the FBI has since returned some, but not all, of Adams’s devices.

Photos show Adams spoke Monday evening at an autism awareness event at New York University. The following day, his spokesperson announced that Adams would not travel to Puerto Rico for an annual conference widely attended by New York’s political players.

At his news conference Wednesday, Adams told reporters his absence at the conference was the result of New York’s “serious fiscal crisis,” adding that it wouldn’t be appropriate “to have on a flowery shirt lying on a beach drinking a margarita.”

He was previously scheduled to receive a humanitarian award at the conference, according to a flyer of the event.

The Democrat also reiterated earlier statements that he had no personal knowledge of any improper fundraising, and didn’t believe he had anything to personally fear from the investigation. He praised Suggs, 25, as a “brilliant young lady” who “followed the rules.”

Suggs has declined comment through a spokesperson.

At the time, the mayor’s chief City Hall lawyer had confirmed that the administration was communicating with federal prosecutors, but declined to discuss what that entailed.

Adams, 63, was elected mayor two years ago and has been in office since January 2022. He went into politics after a 22-year police career, serving as a state senator and in the largely ceremonial position of Brooklyn borough president before running for mayor.

Adams rode a tough-on-crime message to victory in the 2021 Democratic mayoral primary before defeating Republican Curtis Sliwa in the general election.

In September, Adams’s top building-safety official, Eric Ulrich, was charged with taking $150,000 in bribes and improper gifts from associates and repaying them with favors that included access to top officials, including Adams, and help doing business with the city.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Trump: ‘I Guess I Would’ Consider Tucker Carlson for V.P. Running Mate

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Trump: ‘I Guess I Would’ Consider Tucker Carlson for V.P. Running Mate

(Kevin Whiteley, Headline USA) Few people are as trusted among conservatives as former Fox News-truth-teller Tucker Carlson, who, at one point, was rumored to be humoring his own thoughts of a presidential run.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show, former President Donald Trump, the current GOP frontrunner, floated the possibility of inviting Carlson to be his running mate, in what many would consider a dream ticket.

The two pundits, who took over the time slot of the legendary Rush Limbaugh, had a rare opportunity to sit down with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, where they discussed the upcoming election, current debates, polls and lingering doubts as to whether incumbent President Joe Biden would be the Democrat nominee.

Although Travis—like many others—suspects that Democrat elites may pull a bait-and-switch by allowing superdelegates to force a brokered convention late next August (assuming Biden doesn’t voluntarily or involuntarily exit the race sooner), Trump seemed cautiously optimistic for a rematch against the addled octogenarian.

“I think that it possibly will be him,” Trump noted in his reply, careful to not be too absolute in his prediction.

“I would’ve said almost definitely,” he continued. “I find it hard to believe—he’s the worst president in history. … He’s making Jimmy Carter look like a genius.”

Even with the competition’s bar set at unprecedentedly low levels, though, Trump’s struggle is still likely to be as vicious and uncertain as any political fight ever witnessed in American history.

The same corrupt forces that aligned in 2020 to deny him re-election have only grown stronger and more brazen during Biden’s presidency, making powerful allies a must, even for the undisputed leader of the GOP.

“Would you consider Tucker Carlson on your V.P. list?” Travis asked Trump.

“Oh, wow,” Trump blurted in reaction.

While little is known about the pair’s private rapport, a leaked text-message that emerged during a defamation lawsuit against Fox News offered some hint that Trump’s and Carlson’s two strong-willed and opinionated personalities might not be entirely in sync.

At one point following Trump’s defeat, Carlson allegedly wrote, “I hate him passionately.”

Publically, however, the two have been cordial, with Carlson offering make-good remarks about Trump, then later interviewing him on at least two occasions.

The two were even photographed sharing a laugh together (along with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.), during a tournament at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.

Picking up on Trump’s hesitation, Travis sought to reframe his question to avoid getting the candidate in trouble with any other prospective running mates.

“I wanna give you a hypothetical here,” he said, launching into a sports analogy related to University of Alabama coach Nick Saban, a known Trump supporter, before bringing it back into focus.

“…[W]ould Tucker Carlson be on your list of potential V.P.s, and how many names may be on that list as you sit and look and survey the political field?” Travis inquired.

“Well, first of all, I did my first—you could call it counter-programming, but I won’t call it that—but Tucker wanted to do an interview during the first debate. And I think you know because this is what your business is. We broke every record in history,” Trump boasted.

“Monster audience,” Travis added.

Indeed, that interview, which aired on Aug. 23 during the first GOP debate, underscored how the two men acting as both leaders and outsiders could effectively take on the establishment.

“I think it just hit over 300 million people—but it was, for that evening, over 207 million,” Trump said of the Twitter-streamed interview.

“It then got to 275 within a day or two,” he added. “And the biggest ever was Oprah’s interview with Michael Jackson, which was 125 million, so we almost doubled it.”

Trump was boycotting the Republican National Committee’s demands that he adhere to certain rules, as well as the RNC’s decision to allow certain candidates—and moderators—who were likely to do more harm than good to his political interests.

Carlson, meanwhile, appeared to be trying to stick it to his former network after his unceremonious ouster in April.

While Trump appeared eager to talk about the decline in debate ratings, Travis continued to prod him as to whether he would consider adding the newsman to his shortlist for running mates.

“I like Tucker a lot. I guess I would,” he relented.

“I think I said I would because he’s got great common sense,” Trump continued. “You know, when they say you guys are conservative or that I am conservative, it’s not that we’re conservative; we have common sense.”

That, of course, is assuming that Carlson would accept the offer. He recently has invited Trump primary competitor Vivek Ramaswamy on for two interviews and appears to share more idealogical ground with the 38-year-old upstart.

Carlson also is in the process of forming a new media company that could require his undivided attention.

He and his Daily Caller co-founder, Neil Patel, recently announced a new joint venture, registered under the name Last Country, Inc., which already has secured at least $15 million in backing from Omeed Malik’s 1789 Capital.

Headline USA’s Ben Sellers contributed to this report.

MAGA Watchdog Files FEC Complaint over Biden’s Campaign Collusion w/ Deep State

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MAGA Watchdog Files FEC Complaint over Biden’s Campaign Collusion w/ Deep State

(Headline USA) A conservative group filed a complaint last month with the Federal Election Commission against President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign, alleging campaign leaders illegally coordinated with intelligence officials to benefit Biden during the election.

America First Legal, which is run by former White House aide Stephen Miller, argued that the infamous letter signed by 51 former and current intelligence officials dismissing the Hunter Biden laptop story as “Russian disinformation” was an in-kind contribution to Biden’s presidential campaign that should have been reported. 

“[The] evidence suggests that the respondents failed to disclose coordinated expenditures constituting in-kind donations with respect to the infamous ‘Letter of 51’ former intelligence officials claiming that the Hunter Biden laptop story had ‘all the classic earmarks’ of Russian disinformation,” said the AFL complaint.

The FEC filing named four key groups involved in the alleged coordination: Biden for President 2020, the Biden Victory Fund, the Democratic National Committee and the Biden Action Fund.

The complaint noted that two of the letter’s key signatories, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA Director Leon Panetta, donated to both the Biden Victory Fund and the Biden for President campaign in 2020.

It also cited an email from then-Biden campaign adviser Antony Blinken to Michael Morrell, the former CIA deputy and acting director, which made clear that the intention of the “Russian disinformation” letter was to help Biden in the presidential debate against then-President Donald Trump.

“There are reasons to believe that the public statement by 51 former intelligence officials was a coordinated political operation to help elect Vice President Biden in the 2020 presidential election, as set forth below,” the complaint to the FEC says.  

Moreover, it could be legally considered election meddling, said Reed Rubinestein, the director of oversight and investigations for America First Legal.

“The Federal Election Commission’s charge includes election integrity—Americans have the right to know who is coordinating with federal candidates,” Rubinstein said in a statement.

“But this right is only as effective as the agency that enforces it,” he added. “The FEC must act here.”

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