Report: FBI Destroyed Clinton Foundation Evidence

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Report: FBI Destroyed Clinton Foundation Evidence

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The New York Times published an article Monday about how the FBI’s investigation of the Clinton Foundation lasted until the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency—portraying the probe as a politically motivated fool’s errand.

But the most explosive detail came in the last sentence of the report: “All of the evidence obtained during the course of this investigation has been returned or otherwise destroyed,” the FBI told the Times.

The FBI’s destruction of evidence was apparently closure to an investigation that opened in 2016, in response to reports that Clinton was trading political favors in exchange for donations to her foundation.

Special Counsel John Durham provided more info about this investigation in his recent Russiagate report, saying that three different FBI field offices—in Washington, D.C., Little Rock, Arkansas, and New York—launched investigations into the Clinton Foundation for “possible criminal activity.”

One of the investigations was partially started because of statements that were made in journalist Peter Schweizer’s 2015 book, Clinton Cash. In the book, the author claimed that the Clintons’ charity was taking millions in donations from foreign governments trying to change US foreign policy while Hillary was secretary of state.

All four criminal investigations, despite making progress, were shut down by senior officials, according to Durham. Republican lawmakers have called for those investigations to be relaunched for justice to be served.

“The Clintons had a team of people at the FBI running interference for them to avoid criminal culpability,” Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said last week in response to the Durham report.

However, such investigations might be difficult given that the FBI has destroyed the evidence.

Mike Davis, founder of the Article III Project, blasted the FBI for its actions.

“The FBI knew then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had an illegal home server with America’s most classified secrets, almost certainly hacked by our worst enemies. The FBI also knew Hillary’s illegal home server contained evidence of the Clinton Foundation’s illegal pay-for-play bribery schemes. The FBI knew Hillary obstructed justice by destroying this server in the face of a congressional subpoena,” David said.

“So what did the FBI do? The FBI destroyed the remaining evidence.”

Davis called for lawmakers to haul the responsible FBI officials in front of Congress to answer for their actions. He pointed out that the bureau has now interfered in at least three elections in less than a 10-year span: the 2016, 2020 and 2024 elections. In citing 2024, Davis was apparently referring to the FBI’s recent decision to raid Trump’s home over misplaced documents.

“House Republicans must issue broad subpoenas for documents, depositions and public testimony for every bad actor involved,” he said. “House Republicans must also use the power of the purse and take a wrecking ball to these bad actors at the FBI so this never happens again.”

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

MAGA Conservatives Wary as Youngkin Drops Hints of 2024 Run

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MAGA Conservatives Wary as Youngkin Drops Hints of 2024 Run

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) After prior commitments to staying out of the 2024 race, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin hinted that he may be interested in a presidential bid.

In April, Younkin shot down the possibility of a run, noting that he remained focused on helping Republicans win legislative races.

“Listen, I didn’t write a book, and I’m not in Iowa or New Hampshire or South Carolina,” he said. “I am wholly focused on the Commonwealth of Virginia.”

According to the Axios, however, Younkin is uniquely positioned to be a formidable primary opponent for former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

“He’s reconsidering,” a source close to the Virginia governor noted. “He’d be in his own lane: He’s not never-Trump, and he’s not Trump-light.”

A Virginia GOP strategist also noted that there have been “serious discussions” regarding the possibility of a Youngkin run.

Leading to even more speculation, Youngkin’s team released a video last week describing the governor’s potential contributions to American political life.

“It’s time to usher in a new era of American values,” he says in the video. “It’s our turn to choose life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Other sources close to Youngkin downplayed the potential run.

Dave Rexrode, Youngkin’s senior advisor, said that “Governor Youngkin is focused on Virginia. Anyone who anonymously says otherwise probably isn’t as close to the governor as they want people to think.”

Also to be considered, Youngkin has a track record of failing to recognize genuine threats and leaning leftwards. For instance, during 2019 and 2020 trips to Davos, he told the World Economic Forum that he supported “Environmental, Social, and corporate Governance” ideology with his former employer, the Carlyle Group.

According to Jarome Bell, a former America First congressional candidate, Youngkin’s foreign connections are seriously concerning for any patriotic American.

“I have never been a fan of Glenn Youngkin because I know of his background with Carlyle and his globalist nature,” Bell said. “Whether it’s being at Davos at the World Economic Forum, pushing ESG, or being a member of the CFR, I’m just not sold that a person who is in bed with Klaus Schwab and the CCP is working in the best interests of Virginia and America.”

Students Sue Prof. Who Forced Donations to Planned Parenthood

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Students Sue Prof. Who Forced Donations to Planned Parenthood

(Abdul–Rahman Oladimeji Bello, Headline USA) Christian students sued a former Michigan State University professor who required her students to buy a subscription to her political organization, called “The Rebellion Community,” which is known to donate to Planned Parenthood. 

The leftist, pro-abortion professor could have raised more than $120,000 from these forced subscriptions to her organization. MSU reassigned another professor to the course at the time and reimbursed the students. 

The Daily Caller reported that two students filed lawsuits against professor Amy Wisner on May 18, through the legal nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom, for violating their First Amendment rights. 

“While Plaintiffs enjoy testing the mettle of their own views by exploring other ideas and perspectives in the context of their coursework — indeed, they believe this is part of the value of higher education — they do not wish to financially support the speech of others that contradicts their views, and they do not wish to become members of groups organized for the purpose of promoting messages that contradict their views,” the lawsuit read.

According to the Daily Caller, Wisner wrote on Facebook, “The Rebellion community is a safe place to coordinate our efforts to burn everything to the fucking ground. 100% of membership fees are donated to Planned Parenthood.”

However, Logan Spena, an ADF legal counsel, stated through an ADF release that teachers do not have the power to force students into supporting ideologies they do not believe.

He stated that university professors are not allowed to force students to fund and endorse political advocacy groups that express such viewpoints, yet Wisner compelled students like Nathan Barbieri and Nolan Radomski to make contributions to groups against their beliefs.

“Nathan and Nolan simply want to get a business degree without being compelled to pay membership fees that will be donated to Planned Parenthood or support speech that directly contradicts their religious beliefs,” he said.

Biden Edu. Dept. Threatens Civil Rights Probe over Ga. County’s Ban on School Porn

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Biden Edu. Dept. Threatens Civil Rights Probe over Ga. County’s Ban on School Porn

(Headline USA) The U.S. Department of Education has found that a suburban Atlanta school district’s decision to remove some books from its libraries may have created a hostile environment that violated federal laws against race and sex discrimination.

The legal intervention by the department’s Office of Civil Rights could curb efforts to ban books in other public school districts nationwide, especially when bans are focused on books that include content about LGBT and nonwhite people.

Many of the objectionable books being removed at the request or demand of parents have featured sexually graphic content that is inappropriate for young audiences such as those instructing students how to sign up for gay hook-up sites that rely on geolocation and how to perform certain sex acts.

The Forsyth County school district settled the complaint, agreeing to explain the book removal process to students and offer “supportive measures” to students who may have been harmed. Forsyth County will also include questions about the issue in its yearly school climate survey of middle and high school students next year.

The federal intervention came after months of contention over books in the 54,000-student district. Forsyth is Georgia’s most affluent county, a rapidly growing suburb about 30 miles north of downtown Atlanta.

Forsyth County in January 2022 removed eight books, including Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, but allowed seven to return after further consideration. It excluded only All Boys Aren’t Blue, a memoir about growing up as gay black man by George M. Johnson.

Federal officials wrote in a letter Friday that Forsyth County erred not so much in the removals, saying “the district limited its book screening process to sexually explicit material.”

Instead, officials found that the problem was how district officials talked about removals at school board meetings.

“Communications at board meetings conveyed the impression that books were being screened to exclude diverse authors and characters, including people who are LGBTQI+ and authors who are not white, leading to increased fears and possibly harassment,” the department wrote.

One student came to a board meeting to warn “about the school environment becoming more harsh in the aftermath of the book removals and his fear about going to school,” the letter says.

Becky Woomer of the Forsyth Coalition for Education, which has opposed book removals, said the findings back up fears that the school district was endorsing anti-gay views.

“Having those views validated, yeah, I think it harms students,” Woomer said. “And when the books were put back on the shelves, it was done silently. So there was never this sense as a school community ‘OK, we messed up, we’re sorry.’”

Jennifer Caracciolo, a spokesperson for Forsyth County schools, said a statement to students will help dispel those impressions.

“It’s more about making sure we communicate with the students,” she said.

Protests over books viewed as inappropriate had been led by a conservative group, Mama Bears of Forsyth County.

Members read sexually explicit passages from school books until the school board chairman ordered them to stop in March 2022, noting board policy prohibits profane remarks.

Members of the group argued that if the books were inappropriate to be read at a board meeting, they were inappropriate for children.

The board then banned one member, Alison Hair, from attending board meetings. Hair and Mama Bears Chairwoman Cindy Martin sued in federal court, winning a ruling in February that the ban violated their First Amendment rights. The group then resumed reading books at meetings.

Martin on Monday said the settlement would let the federal government “continue to find ways to infiltrate the public school system with their radical agendas,” saying federal officials had found no legal violations.

“This is not about books,” Martin wrote in an email. “This is about the federal government using bully tactics against our school system to indoctrinate our children into the LGBTQ ideology.”

Book challenges have continued in Forsyth County under a 2022 Georgia law that allows parents to challenge material they consider obscene.

The district last month agreed to not let any students check out one book, The Handsome Girl and Her Beautiful Boy by B.T. Gottfried, without a parent’s signature.

Georgia is just one state that has made it easier to challenge books. The American Library Association reported more than 1,200 challenges to books nationwide in 2022, by far the most since the ALA began keeping data 20 years ago

Last week, authors, parents, publisher Penguin Random House and writers’ group PEN America sued Florida’s Escambia County school system, saying the school board was removing and restricting books even though a review committee recommended keeping them.

In December, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights said it was investigating a school district in Granbury, Texas, after more than 100 books, including some LGBT themes were pulled from shelves.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Biden Once Again Falsely Says Beau Died in Iraq

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Biden Once Again Falsely Says Beau Died in Iraq

(Headline USA) During his visit to Japan this week, President Joe Biden once again falsely claimed that his elder son, Beau, died in Iraq.

“My son was a major in the U.S. Army. We lost him in Iraq,” Biden said in an exchange with troops at the Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni, Japan, on Thursday.

Beau Biden died of brain cancer in 2015—six years after his military service—at the Walter Reed military hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. 

When asked why the president continues to falsely claim that Beau died in military service, White House spokesperson Robyn Patterson claimed Biden was trying to draw attention to the adverse effects Iraq’s “burn pits” had on Beau’s health.

“The President talks, as the families of many veterans do, about losing Beau in Iraq because his brain cancer was likely caused by prolonged exposure to burn bits while serving in Iraq,” Patterson said in a statement.

Athough some gold-star families—particularly the parents of those lost during Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal—have directly criticized Biden to his face regarding his stolen valor, the president seems to have little concern over separating fact from fiction when embellishing his stories in service of a broader talking point.

Any gaffe that I have made—and I’ve made gaffes like every politician I know has—have been not about a substantive issue,” Biden told late-night comedian Stephen Colbert during the 2020 campaign when questioned about his made-up war stories.

He insisted that they were not lies so long as they were inconsequential.

“… I don’t get wrong things like, you know, there is, uh, we should lock kids up in cages at the border,” he said. “… The devil lives in the details if the details that you’re talking about would affect the outcome of something that is about to happen or should happen.”

Biden has frequently lied about his son’s death. In 2022, for example, he told a crowd in Colorad that his son “lost his life in Iraq.”

“I say this as a father of a man who won the Bronze Star, the Conspicuous Service Medal, and lost his life in Iraq,” Biden said at the time.

About a month later, Biden made the same claim while addressing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“There’s a war in Iraq and the impact on oil and what Russia’s doing—excuse me, the war in Ukraine,” he said implying that the slip was unintentional. “I’m thinking Iraq, because that’s where my son died.”

Biden’s G7 visit drew attention for other reasons. At one point, he told a reporter who asked him about debt ceiling negotiations to “shush up.”

He also called South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, whom he has met before, “Loon” and used the wrong title for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, calling him “president.”

Calif. Reparations Task Force Vice Chair Says Critics Need to ‘Chill Out’ and Pay Their ‘Sin Bill’

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Calif. Reparations Task Force Vice Chair Says Critics Need to ‘Chill Out’ and Pay Their ‘Sin Bill’

(Headline USA) A member of California’s reparations task force defended the group’s demands for hefty monetary payments to black residents, telling Californians they need to “chill out” and pay their “sin bill.”

“You cannot put a dollar sign on what has been done to black people,” Dr. Amos Brown, reverend of the Third Baptist Church and vice chair of California’s reparations task force, told Fox News. “Our sin bill in this nation has been so high, and because of the long years of doing nothing, the interest has grown.”

Last month, the reparations task force released its official recommendations, which include cash payments of up to $1.2 million per black person. Brown admitted that California might not be able to afford these payments, given its $32 billion budget deficit.

“All we did was evaluate the harm and state the case of what it might mean in terms of dollars and cents,” Brown said. “But if you can’t pay all of that, say what you can pay. That’s the point.” 

California legislators should at least agree to pay the amount in installments, Brown argued.

“They ought to say, ‘this is what we can afford,’” Brown said. “And if we can’t pay it now, we do like the Germans did – pay for it over installments.” 

He also blasted critics of the proposal and accused them of harboring racist feelings.

“All we’re saying is let’s just chill out and pay your debt – your sin bill of enslavement. Of discrimination. Of intimidation. Of terrorizing black people,” Brown said.

Opposition to reparations is really just “about being mean to black people,” Brown continued.

“Those who say, ‘Oh, no, It’s too much. You don’t deserve.’ They are not showing that they have a heart,” he said. “They are hard-hearted.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declined to officially endorse the task force’s recommendations, but Brown said he is hopeful Newsom and state legislators will reach an agreement.

“The ball is in their court. We have done our work,” he said.

Hillary Clinton Admits Biden’s Age is a ‘Concern’

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Hillary Clinton Admits Biden’s Age is a ‘Concern’

(Headline USA) Hillary Clinton admitted this week that President Joe Biden’s age is a legitimate “concern” and that people are right to be worried about it.

Speaking at the Financial Times Weekend Festival in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Clinton was asked about Biden’s stumbling during the G7 Summit in Japan.

“There was that heart-stopping moment when he almost fell over coming down the stairs a day or two ago,” Financial Times editor Edward Luce said. “He didn’t use a railing, and Jill wasn’t there with him. Every time that happens, your heart is in your mouth because these things could be consequential. Is that a concern?”

Clinton replied: “It’s a concern for anyone. We’ve had presidents who had fallen before who were a lot younger, and people didn’t go into heart palpitations. But his age is an issue, and people have every right to consider it.”

However, Clinton argued that Biden is still better than the alternative.

“You know, he has this great saying – and I think he’s right – don’t judge him for running against the Almighty but against the alternative. I am of the camp that I think he’s determined to run; he has a good record that, three years ago, people would not have predicted would have gotten done,” she said.

Biden is the oldest president in American history and will be 81 on Election Day in 2024. His aides have repeatedly dismissed concerns about his mental fitness, criticizing anyone who dares ask questions about his ability to keep up with the job.

“That is not a question that we should be even asking,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told CNN last summer. “Just look at the work he does. And look how he’s delivering for the American public.”

Dem. Strategist Says Fla. a ‘Terrorist State’ after Visiting for Spring Break

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Dem. Strategist Says Fla. a ‘Terrorist State’ after Visiting for Spring Break

(Corine Gatti, Headline USA) Despite taking a spring break vacation in Florida with her family, Democrat strategist Aisha Mills called it a “terrorist state” after enjoying its fun-and-sun hospitality. 

Mills’s unfurled her hypocritical claim in the wake of the NAACP issuing a travel advisory that warned about what they deemed Florida’s marginalization of people of color and the LGBTQ community, the Daily Caller reported. The organization claimed that Florida is “openly hostile” to these groups and urged travelers to be aware before visiting.

That didn’t stop Mills from enjoying her vacation in the Sunshine State and rewriting her experience, responding to the NAACP’s warning by telling MSNBC’s Deadline that “Florida is about to be a terrorist state to many of us here in America,” according to Mediaite.

“Certainly, as a lesbian, as a black woman, I don’t want to have anything to do with the place,” she added, as the “rules for thee, but not for me,” was applied in typical leftist fashion.

NAACP President Derrick Johnson also defended the warning after a reporter listed statistics about Florida being a good state for minority business owners. “You can spin whatever language you would like to have, the policies that he had put in place are harmful policies to far too many individuals,” he told CNN on Monday.

Black unemployment in Florida is at a record low of 3.8%, far below the national average, according to the Washington Free Beacon. In the last 30 years, Florida’s black population has grown from 1.9 million to 3.2 million. This increase can be attributed to a number of factors, such as the availability of jobs and the relatively low cost of living compared to other states. Additionally, in both 2018 and 2022, DeSantis secured double-digit support from the black community in both elections.

Since DeSantis took office in 2018, NAACP chairman Leon Russell, has called the Tampa Bay area home.

The political theater stemmed from Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s decision rejecting an Advanced Placement African American Studies course that included discussions on queer theory.

A DeSantis press secretary dismissed the advisory, calling it a mere “stunt” days before DeSantis is expected to launch his presidential campaign.

Meanwhile, others are pushing back against the NAACP’s move. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., who is black, slammed the travel advisory as “silly” and “just really stupid” on Fox and Friends.

N.Y. Adjunct Prof. Goes on Unhinged Rant against Pro-Life Students, Vandalizes Table

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N.Y. Adjunct Prof. Goes on Unhinged Rant against Pro-Life Students, Vandalizes Table

(Headline USA) A New York professor went on an unhinged rant against pro-life students this week, knocking over their information table inside the school building, according to video footage of the incident.

Shellyne Rodriguez, an adjunct professor at Hunter College in Manhattan, approached the pro-life students at their information table and accused them of “triggering” other students.

“You’re not educating s**t. This is f***ing propaganda,” the art professor said. “What are you going to do like anti-trans next?”

A student behind the table calmly responded, “I mean no, we’re talking about abortion.”

Rodriguez then claimed their information table was “violent” and yelled at the male student, saying, “You can’t even have a f***ing baby.”

She then began pushing pamphlets and other materials on the students’ table onto the ground, screaming “F*** this s**t.”

A spokesperson for Hunter College said the school is aware of the incident and is “taking this matter very seriously.”

“The provost has opened an investigation into the professor’s actions,” the spokesperson said. “Hunter College prides itself on maintaining decorum and respect for all, while encouraging the free expression of ideas. Students can display one side of a political issue, or more than one side. We consider our campus a vibrant marketplace of ideas.”

The labor union representing Rodriguez defended her behavior, saying her actions were justified because of “right-wing anti-abortion backlash.”

The pro-life students “set up a table and prominent banners to propagate dangerously false propaganda,” the PSC Graduate Center claimed.

“Hunter College adjunct educator Shellyne Rodriguez approached the display, constructively critiqued the group members, and eventually physically took down items from the table,” the union added. “Her actions to shut down the tabling were fully justified, and are part of a long and celebrated CUNY legacy of confronting groups such as military recruiters who disseminate misleading information.”

Uber Suspends Diversity Chief for Hosting Seminar on White Women

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Uber Suspends Diversity Chief for Hosting Seminar on White Women

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Ride-share giant Uber suspended its chief officer for diversity, equity and inclusion, Bo Young Lee, after she hosted an event for employees that dove “into the spectrum of the American white woman’s experience.”

The inaugural “Don’t Call Me Karen” meeting took place in April, followed by a second session in May.

Many Uber employees called the discussions “triggering,” despite Lee’s intent to encourage “open and honest conversation about race.”

The term “Karen” is used against white women who publicly engage in racist microaggressions or acts of self-entitlement, such as addressing poor service from a minority employee by asking to speak with the manager.

However, “racism” is such an ill-defined term that women can earn the “Karen” title for doing pretty much anything.

According to the Post Millennial, several employees, including some from a group called “Black at Uber,” called the session “tone-deaf, offensive and triggering.”

Higher ups at Uber swiftly apologized to the staff and announced that they put Lee on leave while they “determine next steps.”

“We have heard that many of you are in pain and upset by yesterday’s Moving Forward session,” said the email from chief people officer Nikki Krishnamurthy and chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi. “While it was meant to be a dialogue, it’s obvious that those who attended did not feel heard.”

Employees made several comments about the meeting on Slack, saying they didn’t “even understand the premise of the meeting.”

“I think when people are called Karens it’s implied that this is someone that has little empathy to others or is bothered by minorities others that don’t look like them,” said one employee. “Like why can’t bad behavior not be called out?”

Uber employees praised the decision to put Lee on leave. Several of them claimed that Krishnamurthy and Khosrowshahi earned “a pay raise and/or time off for all this unpaid emotional labor.”

Before her forced leave, Lee managed to respond to the criticism and defended herself, saying “sometimes being pushed out of your own strategic ignorance is the right thing to do.”

Lee started as chief diversity officer for Uber in 2018.

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