Garland’s Impeachment Inches Closer as Hunter Probe Interference Rattles GOP

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Garland’s Impeachment Inches Closer as Hunter Probe Interference Rattles GOP

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) In a dramatic development on Capitol Hill, more Republican lawmakers are echoing the calls from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland.

The House lawmakers accuse Garland of alleged political interference in the criminal probe of Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, and assert that Garland may have committed multiple felonies.

“What’s becoming crystal clear is that the political brass at DOJ stonewalled & slow walked this investigation into Hunter,” said Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., on Friday. “If the purpose of this obstruction was to protect Joe, these are serious allegations which in my view lead to impeachment proceedings of Garland & POTUS.” 

Donalds’s remarks were echoed by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., in a letter addressed to Garland. “IRS whistleblowers testified about repeated obstruction and political interference in the Hunter Biden investigation,” Smith said in a tweet Friday. “Today, I am calling on Attorney General Garland and US Attorney Weiss to share this information with the federal judge reviewing Hunter Biden’s plea agreement.”

The mounting pressure on Garland stems from revelations made by IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, who disclosed that investigators had faced roadblocks in their attempts to pursue evidence implicating Hunter. Shapley also claimed that the DOJ had hindered Weiss from seeking prosecution outside of Delaware. 

The lawmakers’ scathing comments also come a day after Sen. Cruz explicitly accused Garland of potentially having committed several felonies. Specifically, Cruz said, “If what the IRS whistleblowers are saying is true, then Merrick Garland is guilty of multiple felonies.”  

Cruz went on to cite specific instances where he claims Garland lied under oath to Congress, particularly during questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Garland denied any political interference in the investigation.

Rep. Taylor Greene Offers Damning Details of 2020 Election ‘Scam’

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Rep. Taylor Greene Offers Damning Details of 2020 Election ‘Scam’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., recently offered new details in her own work to expose election irregularities that plagued the 2020 presidential election. 

During a statement before a committee in the House of Representatives, Greene shed light on a personal experience that raised concerns about the integrity of the election.

“My former husband was told when he went to vote in 2020 that he had already voted by absentee ballot,” Greene said. “He never requested an absentee ballot form; he never turned in an absentee ballot to vote and he wanted to vote in person.” 

Amid the 2020 election, Greene raised the alarm about her husband being turned away from a voting center. One article at the time read, “Green falsely claims husband’s voting record reveals a ‘scam.’” A later investigation, however, proved otherwise, Greene said.

“He was forced to an affidavit at that time surrendering a ballot he never voted on in order to vote in person in the 2020 election. He was called a liar. I was called a liar,” Green added. “He hired an attorney, did a FOIA request and it proved after the FOIA and all the work was done, there was never an absentee ballot turned in in his name.” 

With utmost concern, Greene asserted, “There’s definitely problems in elections.” She later blasted Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, for failing to properly investigate the damning allegations. 

“[T]he secretary of state said he voted by absentee ballot and the secretary of state has never answered our questions on why that’s happened. I just wanted to state that for the record today,” Greene concluded in a clip shared on her Twitter account.

In the speech, Greene also endorsed an election integrity bill, SB202. According to the Clayton News Daily, the bill seeks to strengthen voter ID laws and ban the private funding of elections, as it occurred in the 2020 election with Mark Zuckerberg’s “Zuckbucks.”

Biden Creeps on Little Girl Despite 2019 Pledge to Stay Away from Children

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Biden Creeps on Little Girl Despite 2019 Pledge to Stay Away from Children

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Joe Biden left Twitter users unsettled after the resurfacing of an awkward interference with a frightened young girl during a public event. 

The incident, captured on video, occurred during Biden’s trip to Finland and ignited a wave of criticism against Biden, who in recent years apologized for intrusive displays of affection toward women. 

In the video, which quickly went viral, Biden is seen greeting a group of individuals and then nibbling on a small child who rejected Biden’s approach. 

Twitter users wasted no time expressing their discomfort and alarm over the incident. Many found the President’s actions inappropriate, with former Trump advisor Sebastian Gorka saying, “Biden is a creep! Little girl is terrified after Biden bizarrely nibbles on her back and leans in to sniff her.” Political commentator and former sheriff David Clarke echoed Gorka’s remarks, saying, “This man needs serious help.” 

This would not mark the first time Biden comes under fire for apparently making women uncomfortable. Ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Tara Reade, a former Biden congressional aide, accused the then-Delaware senator of sexual assault in 1993. 

Several videos showing Biden coming awkwardly close to individuals, including children, have gone viral in recent years.

However, Biden in 2019, before formally announcing his challenge to former President Donald Trump’s re-election, issued a two-minute video apologizing for his tendencies of inappropriate touching. Biden, however, has denied ever assaulting Reade.

“I want to talk about gestures of support that I’ve made to women and some men that have made them uncomfortable,” Biden said in 2019. “I’ve always tried to make a human connection. That’s my responsibility, I think.”

Biden added, “The boundaries of protecting personal space have been reset. I get it. I get it. I hear what they’re saying and I understand it,” he said. “I’ll be much more mindful. That’s my responsibility and I’ll meet it.

 

Kamala Mocked for Latest Gaffe: Climate Action Fueled by Population Control

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Kamala Mocked for Latest Gaffe: Climate Action Fueled by Population Control

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) In a recent speech, Vice President Kamala Harris spewed yet another gaffe, oddly touting population control in exchange for environmental justice. The statement sparked criticism from several corners.

Harris, during a speech on the environment at Coppin State University in Maryland, said, “When we invest in clean energy and electric vehicles and reduce population, more of our children can breathe clean air and drink clean water.”

The White House rushed to correct the apparent misstep by amending a published text version of the speech, replacing “population” with “pollution” in brackets. However, the mistake was caught by several Twitter users, who accuse the Biden administration of calling for population control. 

“The WH is doing damage control after Kamala spilled the beans about the climate agenda,” said the Twitter account End Wokeness, while sharing the amended text of the speech. Twitter account Wall Street Silver chimed in, saying, “Kamala Harris wants to “invest in reduced population.”

Ohio Senator Michael Rulli said, “That’s not just anti-American. That’s anti-human.” Political commentator Mike Sperrazza echoed Rulli’s remarks, saying, “[Kamala Harris] so who you killing off to reduce population? Enlighten us.” 

This latest gaffe comes as a setback for Vice President Harris, who has been plagued by a series of missteps during her tenure, leaving her with the lowest approval ratings in the history of NBC polls.

For example, Harris came under fire on Wednesday for a seemingly condescending speech, during which she defined AI.

“AI is kind of a fancy thing. First of all, it’s two letters. It means artificial intelligence,” Harris said in a roundtable meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.  

Political commentator Clay Travis reacted to the video on Wednesday, saying, “Kamala Harris talks to Americans like we are all in kindergarten.”

Sen. Blackburn Tears Biden’s ‘Illegal’ Defiance of Major Court Ruling

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Sen. Blackburn Tears Biden’s ‘Illegal’ Defiance of Major Court Ruling

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) In a Friday interview with Fox Business with Larry Kudlow, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., criticized the Biden administration’s apparent blatant disregard of a Supreme Court ruling regarding the Department of Education’s authority to forgive student loans.  

The Court’s ruling stated the department did not have the authority to appropriate funds for this purpose, particularly exploiting and expanding a program originally meant for veterans. 

“[The Biden administration] decided to play, ‘Here we go again,’ and modify their offering and see if they can push it through, but Larry, I am certain the Court is going to weigh in on this.” Blackburn said of the Biden administration’s newly revamped plan. 

President Joe Biden announced on Friday a new plan to forgive the student loan debt of over 800,000 borrowers in America following a major smackdown by the Court earlier this month.  

“These borrowers will join the millions of people that my Administration has provided relief to over the past two years – resulting in over $116 billion in loan relief to over 3 million borrowers under my Administration,” Biden claimed in a press release. 

However, Blackburn blasted Biden for unleashing the new plan despite the Court’s order. She added, “It goes to show you a few things with this administration: if they can bend the rules to push their radical agenda, they will do it. If they can find a way Illegal legal — whether it’s student loans or the southern border — they’re going to it. This is more of the same.” 

Blackburn highlighted that only the U.S. Congress has the authority to appropriate funds for a potential student loan forgiveness plan. Blackburn’s remarks were echoed by Kudlow. “This is like a revolt against the Supreme Court and Joe Biden says he’s for democracy, quote on quote, and he blames others ‘MAGA, MAGA, MAGA. This undermines democracy, doesn’t it now?” Kudlow asked Blackburn. 

The Tennessee lawmaker agreed. She said, “What they’re trying to do […] is delegitimize the Court because they want to exercise Court packing, because they want to pass an ethics package. Congress has no business regulating the Supreme Court passing, Supreme Court’s rules.” 

Blackburn further criticized the administration’s willingness to defy Court’s rulings. “It is all about pushing their radical leftist agenda and Larry, part of it is because they know the clock is ticking. They know time is running out. Thank goodness, we have the House,” Blackburn continued.

Calif. Largest School District Receives Complaint Over ‘Black Student Achievement Plan’

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Calif. Largest School District Receives Complaint Over ‘Black Student Achievement Plan’

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A parental rights organization filed a civil rights complaint on Tuesday to the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights [OCR] against California’s largest school district over its anti-white “black student achievement plan.”

In its complaint, Parents Defending Education [PDE] wrote that Los Angeles Unified School District [LAUSD] engaged in race-based discrimination through a program designed to “directly [respond] to the unique needs of Black students,” the Daily Caller reported.

The now-infamous plan allocated resources such as “school grants” and “Historically Black Colleges and Universities Tours” within the district through a race-based tiered system, according to the complaint.

“This District has a race-based tiered system of programming that caters to students of certain races, but discriminates against others,” Caroline Moore, vice president of PDE, said.

“Upon enrollment in this district two students of different races would be offered entirely different courses, solely based on their race. Not only is this discriminatory and illegal, it is inherently un-American and no student in this country should face limited course options because of his or her skin color.”

Additionally, the complaint stated that LAUSD offered resources and benefits exclusively to non-white students during the 2020-2021 school year under its “black student achievement plan.” Non-white students were given resources such as a “Black Cultural Arts Passport,” “STEM Makerspace Labs” and “Parent Workshops and Community Fairs.”

Non-white students were also given resources such as “restorative justice teachers,” “secondary counselors” and “black student union grant[s].”

The “black student achievement plan” discriminates against white students by focusing only on non-white students and aiming to “address the need for [a] culturally responsive curriculum” as well as building partnerships within the community.

OCR received nearly 19,000 civil rights complaints regarding anti-white discrimination in America’s schools that were filed from October 2021 to September 2022, making the number of complaints almost double of what OCR received from the previous years.

Experts Cannot Track the $5 Trillion of Pandemic Spending

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Experts Cannot Track the $5 Trillion of Pandemic Spending

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) – A new report found that the $5 trillion Congress spent on pandemic relief efforts has been so difficult to track that it has even stumped some government investigators.

A new report from the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee tracked $2.65 billion of pandemic relief funding to six communities. The report found that “data gaps make it difficult for taxpayers to know how much money their community received and for what purposes.” The $2.65 billion is part of $5 trillion in federal relief given out during the pandemic.

“Existing gaps in federal spending data make it difficult for the oversight community, decision-makers, and American taxpayers to fully understand where the money went and how it was used,” according to the report. “Moreover, these gaps even make it difficult for program officials administering the funds to have a clear understanding of funding recipients and uses.”

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, which lawmakers created as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Security Act, or CARES Act, is a committee of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. The committee’s oversight team visited the six selected communities, which included two small to medium sized cities, two rural counties and two Native American Reservations, as part of the case study. The six communities in the study were Springfield, Massachusetts; Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Sheridan County, Nebraska; Marion County, Georgia; the White Earth Nation Reservation in Minnesota; and the Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation in New Mexico.

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The team found that the 10 federal agencies included in the review provided about $2.65 billion in pandemic relief funds to the six communities through approximately 89 pandemic relief programs and subprograms during the first 18 months of the pandemic (from March 2020 through September 2021). The team used a combination of federal, state and local data sources.

The team’s report found “persistent data gaps and data reliability issues.”

“Specifically, the time, resources, and non-public data required to identify the total amount of funding that went to the six communities illustrates the difficulty in fully understanding the recipients and uses of federal pandemic relief funds,” according to the report. “This review further demonstrates the clear need for broad government action and immediate steps to improve the transparency and accessibility of pandemic spending data.”

The money was not easy to track, according to the team.

“Data was sometimes difficult to find or unavailable. We had to use data sources that the public can’t access,” according to a summary. “One of our partners had to access five internal databases to determine the recipients in a single program.  There were some programs where we don’t know how much money was either obligated or spent.”

Depleted U.S. Strategic Oil Reserve Under Biden Won’t Be Refilled During His Term

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Depleted U.S. Strategic Oil Reserve Under Biden Won’t Be Refilled During His Term

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) In 2022, Joe Biden began depleting the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, ordering the release of one million barrels per day in an attempt to head off rising gas prices, without planning to refill the SPR anytime while he will be in office.

“North American energy development is critical to U.S. national security and to the economic and national security of our allies throughout Europe and the world,” James “Spider” Marks, a retired Major General of the U.S. Army, said.

Marks also said that the U.S. is a hedge against foreign enemies who may weaponize their energy supplies, calling Biden to increase the production and transportation of U.S. energy resources, Timcast reported.

More than five million barrels of American oil obtained from the SPR — the world’s largest known emergency oil supply — were exported to Europe and Asia in May 2022. Meanwhile, the average price for gas across the U.S. hit $5 for the first time in history.

The news source also reported that at least one million barrels were sold to Unipec, a trading subsidiary of Sinopec, a state-owned Chinese gas company in which Hunter Biden’s private equity firm held a $1.7 billion stake.

Even though the oil releases were to continue through October, the Biden administration extended them through November of last year.

A White House fact sheet revealed that 180 million barrels were emptied from the SPR, which means that Biden’s policy drained the U.S. emergency oil stockpile to the lowest level it had been at in nearly 40 years.  

In a letter to the White House, a group of lawmakers called the sale “potentially illegal.”

“The purpose of the SPR is ‘primarily to reduce the impact of disruptions in supplies of petroleum products’ and supply crude oil to Americans during times of national emergency,” they wrote.

“The oil within the Strategic Petroleum Reserve was intended for the American people, not for adversarial countries, and certainly not to make the Biden Family richer at a time when our citizens are paying almost $5.00 a gallon for gasoline and $6.00 for diesel.”

U.S. officials initiated plans to begin repurchasing barrels of oil to refill the SPR in December 2022, adding that it could take months, or possibly years, to complete.

The Biden administration itself, however, doesn’t even bother refilling the SPR by the time Biden completes his term in office.

“The first term’s over in a year and a half. So, I’m not sure it’ll be fully replenished. But certainly, the plan is this term and the next term to be able to do that,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said.

Chemical Plant Using Cancer-Causing Chemicals Exploded

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Chemical Plant Using Cancer-Causing Chemicals Exploded

(Headline USA) A fire at a Louisiana chemical plant triggered explosions that shook homes several miles away and sent flames and smoke billowing into the air, prompting emergency officials to urge a few hundred nearby residents to shelter indoors for several hours and to turn off their air conditioners.

Flames erupted late Friday at Dow Chemical’s plant on the Mississippi River near Plaquemine, south of Baton Rouge. Iberville Parish officials told The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate that the fire started in an area of the plant that handles ethylene oxide, a flammable and highly carcinogenic chemical.

The parish’s sheriff, Bret Stassi, said no one was injured and that the company had accounted for all its workers.

Residents of roughly 350 households within a half-mile (0.80 kilometers) of the plant were told to shelter inside for several hours overnight. As Dow Chemical and environmental officials monitored the air for hazardous materials, emergency officials urged sheltering residents to shut off their air conditioners and ceiling fans.

The Iberville Parish Council said in a statement early Saturday that no hazards had been detected and that people could leave their homes as Dow’s emergency crews “continue to mitigate the fire.”

The sheriff told WBRZ-TV that six explosions were detected at the plant around 9:30 p.m. Friday. Tall flames could be seen rising from the site, with thick smoke overhead.

Residents felt their homes shake in Baton Rouge, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) away, WAFB-TV reported.

Kenneth Haydel said he was with family members near the plant when they heard several loud explosions a few seconds apart.

“We looked up in the sky and the whole sky was lit up orange,” Haydel said.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Police Officer Murdered During Traffic Stop

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(Headline USA) One police officer was murdered and two others were critically injured in a shooting that also left the gunman dead on a busy street in Fargo, North Dakota, police said.

A civilian also was seriously wounded in the shooting that happened just before 3 p.m. Friday, police said in a late-night statement that provided no details on how the shooting unfolded or on a possible motive. Many witnesses said they saw a man open fire on officers before other officers shot him.

One woman said she was driving when she saw the officers fall.

“I saw the traffic stop and as soon as I drove, shots were fired and I saw the cops go down,” Shannon Nichole told KFGO Radio. “My airbag went off and the bullet went through my driver’s door.”

The Fargo Police Department said the investigation is ongoing and authorities withheld the identities of the officers and the suspect pending notification of their families.

Fargo police plan to provide more details at a press conference at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, said Gregg Schildberger, the city’s chief communications officer.

“We sincerely are asking for your patience and our community’s patience and understanding as the Fargo Police Department works through this incident,” Schildberger said Friday evening.

“This is very difficult on all of us,” Schildberger said. “We appreciate all the messages from the community that have been given to us in support of our officers.”

Police initially said little about the shooting, calling it only a “critical incident” for nine hours. Early details emerged from witnesses, who said they saw the shooting or heard the sound of gunshots. Shortly after the shooting, officers converged on a residential area about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) away and evacuated residents while gathering what they said was related evidence.

Chenoa Peterson told The Associated Press that she was driving with her 22-year-old daughter when a man pulled out a gun and began firing at police: “He proceeds to aim it and you just hear the bullets go off, and I’m like, ‘Oh, my God! He’s shooting!’”

Peterson’s first instinct was to pull over and try to help, but having her daughter there convinced her to leave. “It’s weird knowing that if you were 10 seconds earlier you could have been in that,” she said.

Surveillance video provided by Fargo resident Allison Carlson captured the rapid sounds of gunfire.

Bo Thi was working alone at a nail salon near the shooting scene when she heard what sounded like fireworks or a motorcycle backfiring. She said gunshots didn’t cross her mind at the time.

Police and other agencies across the region posted sympathies for Fargo police on Facebook.

“Thinking of our brothers and sisters in Fargo,” a post from the South Dakota Fraternal Order of Police said.

The Glenwood Fire Department in Minnesota posted, “Please keep the blue lights shining to show our support of not only our local law enforcement, but also those affected by todays events!”

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

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