John Kerry, Jen Psaki Warn of Climate Armageddon, Eat Ice Cream

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John Kerry, Jen Psaki Warn of Climate Armageddon, Eat Ice Cream

(Headline USA) Jet-setting climate czar John Kerry claimed this week that climate change is responsible for natural disasters that destroy people’s homes and crops.

In an interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki, Kerry was asked how he can convince the public to accept climate change as the “most important issue” facing the country today.

“It is an existential issue,” he replied. “It is an issue where people today are dying.”

At least 15 million people die every year from bad air quality, Kerry claimed, and another 10 million people die from extreme heat. 

Climate change is also responsible for disastrous weather events, he said.

“So, as that happens, as people see their farms, you know, their crops ripped away, or their homes destroyed, you watch the pressure grow,” Kerry said. “I believe we’re in a transformational moment. I think this will be one of, if not the, but it will be one of the top three issues in the ‘24 presidential election. No question in my mind.”

After warning of the coming armageddon, the pair of climate alarmists enjoyed some ice cream.

“These people expect you to take them seriously,” cracked Red Voice Media.

Psaki did not bother asking Kerry why, if climate change is as significant of a threat as he has made it out to be, he still actively contributes to it by flying frequently in a private jet.

Kerry defended his use of a private jet last month, claiming that climate activists who use this mode of transportation – which is responsible for more carbon emissions than any other – make up for it by “working harder” than anyone else to combat climate change.

“They offset – they buy offsets, they offset, and they are working harder than most people I know to be able to try to effect this transition,” he said.

Kerry made a similar claim last year after being confronted for traveling to an environmental conference in a private jet.

“If you offset your carbon, it’s the only choice for somebody like me, who is traveling the world to win this battle,” Kerry claimed.

Youngkin Appoints Anti-Woke Alumnus to U.Va. Board of Trustees

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Youngkin Appoints Anti-Woke Alumnus to U.Va. Board of Trustees

(Ezekiel Loseke, Headline USA) Glenn Youngkin, Virginia’s Republican governor, appointed an anti-woke alumnus who founded an organization to combat the University of Virginia’s anti-American ideas, to the school’s Board of Visitors.

The new appointee, Bert Ellis, was deemed controversial by the school’s leftist gatekeepers, according to a hit piece published Sunday in the New York Times.

Ellis has gifted the University of Virginia more than $10 million, holds two degrees from the university and he owns a campus-adjacent institution called The Spot.

He also, however, opposes the university’s heavy funding of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, especially when they attack the university’s founder, Thomas Jefferson.

Ellis has done more than complain about the wayward drift of the university.

In 2020, a female student expressed her radical racial leftist politics with a sign that included the phrasing “KKKops” and directed an expletive at the university. The sign was visible on the school’s historic Lawn, a part of the school grounds that was designed by Jefferson himself, overlooking the its iconic Rotunda.

Ellis requested that the school take down the sign. When they refused, he knocked on the young woman’s door himself but was asked to leave, and left without incident.

“I decided that, shoot, if the university wasn’t going to take it down, I’d take it down,” Ellis said.

U.Va.’s faculty senate censured Ellis over the incident.

The incident also inspired the creation of the Jefferson Council, of which Ellis is a co-founder.

The nonprofit group lists several goals, according to its website:

  • Promote an academic environment based on open dialogue throughout the University.
  • Preserve the Jefferson Legacy.
  • Preserve the appearance of the Lawn as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
  • Support and reinvigorate the Honor System.

When Youngkin was elected governor in 2021, he made a pledge to overhaul the education system of Virginia, and Ellis wrote that this was the council’s chance to establish its goals.

“This is our only opportunity to change/reverse the path to Wokeness that has overtaken our entire university,” he wrote in a post for the Jefferson Council.

Ellis appears to have been correct about Youngkin. On his first day in office he signed Executive Order No. 1, which banned the teaching of what he called “inherently divisive concepts,” including critical race theory, in public schools.

Youngkin also asked the founder of the conservative Heritage Foundation, Dr. Edward J. Feulner, to screen new members for the state university boards, which yielded the nomination of Ellis.

As should be expected, the woke DEI regime struck back at Ellis, digging into his past and attempting to cancel him.

Youngkin’s intervention at the University of Virginia is part of a growing trend of conservative governors fighting to retake their state’s universities, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s takeover of the New College of Florida.

Key Biden Advisor Susan Rice Exits White House

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Key Biden Advisor Susan Rice Exits White House

(Robert Jonathan, Headline USA) Susan Rice, the current White House domestic policy advisor and former national security adviser during the Obama administration, is leaving the Biden administration on May 26, the Daily Wire reported.

Much speculation emerged over that past couple of years that Rice was the person actually running the show to advance the far-left, Democrat agenda on behalf of the befuddled Joe Biden.

According to Politico, “Rice’s departure leaves a major hole within the top ranks of the White House right as it gears up for a likely re-election campaign and as it faces a stare down with congressional Republicans over raising the debt limit.”

Biden is reportedly set to announce his 2024 reelection bid this week.

It was not immediately clear whether Rice’s departure was linked in any way to the re-election race, although she may see a greater chance of improving her own political prospects by untethering from the unpopular president.

Rice had previously toyed with the idea of running for the U.S. Senate and was on Joe Biden’s short list for a running mate before he picked Kamala Harris.

Citing administration officials, NBC News indicated that Rice’s resignation was unrelated to another controversy—the influx of unaccompanied, migrant children at the southern border.

NBC said that Rice only intended to spend two years in the position.

In a nearly 400-word statement announcing Rice’s exit, the White House wrote that “there is no one more capable, and more determined to get important things done for the American people than Susan Rice.”

Among other accomplishments, Rice was credited as a key player in jamming through Congress the so-called Inflation Reduction Act.

According to White House chief of staff Jeff Zients, Rice has taken Biden policies “to new heights.”

Politico said that Biden operatives are strongly considering radical leftist Neera Tanden as Rice’s replacement. Tanden was forced to withdraw her nomination to oversee the Office of Management and Budget after failing to secure the Senate votes needed for confirmation.

“She has a history of being a poor manager and of supporting toxic far-left policies which would be detrimental to the nation if implemented,” wrote Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D.

However, Tanden, who is currently a senior advisor and staff secretary to Biden, would not require confirmation to fill the Cabinet-level post that Biden carved out specially for Rice, who likewise faced grim prospects of clearing the Senate confirmation process.

While leading the National Security Council during the Obama administration, Rice helped engineer the disastrous Benghazi cover-up and the controversial Iran nuclear deal.

Even CNN admitted she faced criticism from the GOP for her alleged involvement in the so-called surveillance unmasking of the Trump team.

In view of anticipated confirmation difficulties given these controversies, Biden abandoned plans to nominate Rice as U.S. secretary of state and instead named her as director of his Domestic Policy Council.

In addition to having served as U.N. ambassador and national security advisor for Obama, Rice also held various posts under the Bill Clinton administration.

Biden concluded the Rice farewell message by noting that “I also want to thank her husband Ian and her children Jake and Maris for yet again sharing Susan with us.”

In October 2018, the Washington Post reported that Stanford University student John David (“Jake”) Rice-Cameron, “is not just a conservative but the head of the Stanford College Republicans and a proud supporter of President Trump. His ambition is to ‘Make Stanford Great Again.”

Monday turned out to be a day of departures, with the shocking development that Fox News and top-rated host Tucker Carlson, American’s most influential pundit, have abruptly parted ways.

On Monday, CNN fired anchor Don Lemon, someone that neither the viewers nor co-workers liked, and an individual once described by former President Trump as the dumbest man on television.

FBI Withholding Records of Retired Fed. Agent’s Communications w/ Buffalo Shooter

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FBI Withholding Records of Retired Fed. Agent’s Communications w/ Buffalo Shooter

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Citing a potentially ongoing investigation, the FBI is refusing to disclose records about whether a retired federal agent had been communicating with mass shooter Payton Gendron shortly before he went on his killing spree in a Buffalo supermarket last May.

The Buffalo News first reported last May that the FBI was “tracking down and interviewing the six people, including the retired agent,” all of whom may have had contact with Gendron in an online chatroom 30 minutes before his shooting.

Headline USA had filed a Freedom of Information Act request for records about the FBI’s investigation into this matter—including for a copy of the bureau’s interview summary, or “FBI 302,” with the retired federal agent who spoke with the mass shooter.

The FBI has apparently interviewed at least some of the six people linked to Gendron in the chatroom. The bureau told Headline USA that records related to this are “located in an investigative file.”

However, the FBI said these records are exempt from disclosure because “there is a pending or prospective law enforcement proceeding relevant to these responsive records, and release of the information could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings.”

The FBI cites a potential investigation into this matter, despite the fact that Gendron pleaded guilty to the mass shooting last November and was sentenced to life imprisonment in February. The avowed white supremacist killed 10 people at a supermarket on May 14, 2022.

His victims are reportedly also having difficulties accessing government records.

The Buffalo News reported last Thursday that a federal protective order allows victims’ attorneys to view records “only while at the federal public defender’s office.”

“The attorneys can look at the evidence on the public defender’s computer screen only and in the presence of a member of the defense team. They are prohibited from downloading any of the information. They cannot print any of the documents. They can’t use any kind of recording devices, including a pencil and paper,” the newspaper said.

According to The Buffalo News, the protective order was imposed by a federal judge at the request of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, who claims that it’s for the public good.

Brett A. Harvey, assistant U.S. Attorney, reportedly argued in a motion that protective orders are “routinely issued” by courts “to protect against unwarranted disclosure of discovery materials to third parties.”

According to The Buffalo News, Harvey argued that the order would protect the privacy of “family members of the deceased, survivors of the attack, and eyewitnesses to the attack,” ensure a fair trial and allow those involved in the federal case to share material with those involved in the state case, which is now over. The U.S. Attorney’s Office reportedly said the material collected is “voluminous” and some of it is “sensitive, graphic and private.”

But defense attorneys reportedly say that access to the material—which include terabytes of videos, crime scene photos and the killer’s online communications—is vital in preparing their civil lawsuits.

“If it was handed over to us on a thumb drive, we could have it digitally organized,” victims’ attorney John Elmore reportedly told The Buffalo News.

“We are hopeful that the government will reconsider and share the evidence with the families.”

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

Dems Plan to Forgo 2024 Presidential Debates

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Dems Plan to Forgo 2024 Presidential Debates

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Possibly in an effort to protect President Joe Biden from public humiliation, the Democratic National Committee has released plans to forgo debates in the approaching 2024 primaries, the Washington Post reported.

According to the Post, the DNC will break with precedent by denying challengers the ability to confront Biden on the issues in public.

“Some of the donors say they are expecting to be asked to organize future events to raise money for Biden’s reelection,” the Post wrote. “The national Democratic Party has said it will support Biden’s reelection, and it has no plans to sponsor primary debates.”

Specifically, declared Democrat candidates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marianne Williamson will be denied an opportunity to debate each other, and Biden, on the national stage.

Both candidates have been openly critical of Biden’s tenure as president.

Kennedy has pledged to “end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power that is threatening now to impose a new kind of corporate feudalism in our country.”

According to some polls, upon formally entering the race last week the political scion and outspoken vaccine critic immediately garnered the support of 14% of voters who went with Biden in 2020.

Williamson, a self-help author, offered a more vague vision.

“We are upset about this country, we’re worried about this country,” she said at a campaign kickoff event. “It is our job to create a vision of justice and love that is so powerful that it will override the forces of hatred and injustice and fear.”

Her campaign slogans range from “A New Beginning” to “Disrupt the System.”

Biden, according to the Post’s report, is expected to proclaim his 2024 candidacy in the coming weeks. His team plans to announce his reelection campaign in a forthcoming video, though insider sources declined to commit to a date.

The protection of Biden harkens back to the 2020 general election, wherein Biden attempted to dodge former President Donald Trump in debates, citing both Trump’s nastiness and the coronavirus as reasons to withdraw.

The pair ultimately debated twice but canceled a third debate after the two sides were unable to agree on terms.

GOP Senate Candidate Calls for Reparations for Families of White Union Soldiers

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GOP Senate Candidate Calls for Reparations for Families of White Union Soldiers

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A GOP Senate candidate in Ohio called for reparations for the descendants of white Union Soldiers who fought in the Civil War.

Bernie Moreno made the statement in a speech announcing his intent to run against Sherrod Brown in the 2024 Ohio Senate race, the Daily Caller reported.

“You know, they talk about reparations,” Moreno said in his speech. “Where are the reparations for the people in the North who died to save the lives of black people?”

Moreno continued, arguing that white soldiers died to save black slaves, which never happened in human history and defending the country against allegations of racism.

In his speech, Moreno also spoke highly of the founding fathers.

“We stand on the shoulders of giants, don’t we?” Moreno asked, “We stand on the shoulders of people like John Adams and James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and George Washington. This group of people that took on the largest empire in history and said ‘no we will not stand for this.’ And we won.”

After the speech, spokesman for the campaign Andrew Surabian released a statement adding more context to Moreno’s comments.

“Bernie was right when he said political correctness is killing our country, and the crocodile tears from the Left expose the Democrat hypocrisy he was referring to in the clip,” Surabian said. “However, it’s unsurprising that the liberal media missed his point, since they’ve been complicit with the identity politics charade for years.”

Moreno emigrated from the Columbia to the United States when he was five-years-old.

He is hoping to run against Brown, the Democrat incumbent for the seat. He did not directly address the effort for reparations for the decedents of slaves.

Moreno attempted a run for the state’s other Senate seat in 2022, but dropped out of the race after a meeting with former President Donald Trump.

J.D. Vance, another MAGA star, won the seat in the race against Democrat Tim Ryan.

Dems in Uproar over NYTimes Editorial Critical of Biden’s Age

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Dems in Uproar over NYTimes Editorial Critical of Biden’s Age

(Corine Gatti, Headline USA) Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., spoke out on Sunday in support of President Joe Biden after a New York Times editorial raised questions about the president’s age, the Daily Wire reported.

Biden, who is expected to make an announcement Tuesday about his plan to run in 2024, already eclipsed his predecessor’s record by eight years when he was sworn in at the age of 78. He will turn 81 on Nov. 20.

Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd questioned Durbin if Biden should be doing more to guarantee voters that he can handle another term as the 2024 election approaches.

“Let’s concede the obvious, what his age is,” Durbin said. “But let’s look at the obvious. He’s an active president who is meeting the challenges of America every day.”

Durbin—who is exactly two years and one day younger than Biden—said the cognitively impaired chief executive struck him as being remarkably spry and quick-witted, as evidenced by his litany of presidential accomplishments.

“I spent hours with him in meetings and I’ve been truly impressed by his competence and knowledge,” Durbin said. “His performance tells me he’s up to the job and does it well.”

The Times piece, published on Saturday, explained there are concerns about Biden’s age—both in terms of fitness for office and being out of touch with the moment.

Biden frequently deflects questions about his capabilities by issuing a standard non-response: “The only thing I can say is, ‘Watch me,’” the editorial noted.

“But Mr. Biden has given voters very few chances to do just that—to watch him—and his refusal to engage with the public regularly raises questions about his age and health,” the editorial added.

“He has held fewer news conferences and media interviews than most of his modern predecessors,” it continued. “Since 1923, only Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan took fewer questions per month from reporters, and neither represents a model of presidential openness that Mr. Biden should want to emulate. His reticence has created an opening for critics and skeptics.”

Klobuchar responded to the editorial about the aging president’s ability to serve another term on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.

“Biden has such a strong record to run on! He has gotten this country through the pandemic,” she said.

“He has the backs of the American people, and Americans know that,” she continued. “Whether it is passing landmark legislation to bring down pharmaceutical prices, whether it’s investment in infrastructure—it’s going to bring high-speed broadband to every part of the country, including rural areas in my state—or whether it’s bringing back manufacturing, he has the back of the American people.”

Don Lemon Fired from CNN

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Don Lemon Fired from CNN

(Headline USA) Don Lemon revealed on Monday that he has been fired from CNN, saying he was “stunned.”

“I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN. I am stunned,” he wrote in a post on Twitter. “After 17 years at CNN I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly. At no time was I ever given any indication that I would not be able to continue to do the work I have loved at the network. 

“It is clear there are some larger issues at play,” Lemon added.

Shortly after Lemon’s announcement, CNN released its own statement contradicting Lemon’s version of events.

“Don Lemon’s statement about this morning’s events is inaccurate. He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter,” the network said.

The news that Lemon had been fired came just hours after he had appeared on the network’s morning show, of which he was a co-host. It also followed months of back-and-forth drama within the network involving Lemon.

Last month, Lemon was temporarily suspended from the air after he made inappropriate comments about GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley, claiming that she is no longer “in her prime.”

“A woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s,” he said.

At the same time, Variety published an in-depth report detailing allegations of harassment and misogyny against Lemon.

In one example cited by Variety, Lemon reportedly grew frustrated with Phillips after she was given an assignment to cover the aftermath of the Iraq invasion in 2008. He was so jealous of Phillips’s assignment that he ripped up pictures of her and left them on her desk, two sources said. She later received a threatening text message that CNN executives allegedly later traced back to Lemon.

China Expert Blasts Biden for Response to CCP’s Spying

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China Expert Blasts Biden for Response to CCP’s Spying

(Abdul–Rahman Oladimeji Bello, Headline USA) Gordon Chang, author of The Great U.S.-China Tech War and fellow at the Gatestone Institute, slammed the Biden administration over the weekend for weak responses to China’s spying.

Speaking with host Maria Bartiromo on Fox News, the author warned that things could get out of control if the Biden administration fails to take a more rigid stance on China’s recent actions, the Daily Wire reported. These actions included sending a spy balloon to traverse the American homeland, along with the CCP operating police stations on American soil with little to no interruptions from the Biden administration. 

“The Chinese have been running around our country for decades, Chinese consular officials, ministry of state security agents, openly violating our sovereignty, committing crimes and getting away with it,” Chang told the Fox News host. “So of course they thought they could open up six locations. We have got to stop this.” 

“Look, spy balloons, police stations, fentanyl: The Chinese think they can do whatever they want in our territory, and if we don’t stop them now, this is going to get out of control,” he continued. 

A report from the New York Post revealed that federal officials arrested two New York residents last week. The officials arrested these people for allegedly running an illegal “police station” for China in New York. The report added that there are at least six more illegal “police stations” spread across the country in states like Los Angeles, Nebraska and Minnesota. 

According to the Fox News report, Chang also noted that China is becoming more aggressive with its efforts as the Biden administration has painted a false perspective of the communist nation. 

“That is, I think, a matter of grave concern to the American people because the president of the United States has made it clear that he really doesn’t want to defend us,” Chang said.

Bartiromo also interviewed Jonathan D.T. Ward, a China expert and the author of China’s Vision of Victory, regarding Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s call for a “constructive” relationship with China. 

“Maybe somebody needs to explain to Secretary Yellen how the CCP is investing the money that they’ve earned from three decades worth of economic engagement,” Ward said. Ward further noted that China had made intentions to economically overtake the United States pretty straightforward, and a “real” strategy is needed to contain China economically. 

‘60 Minutes’ Knocks Down FBI Strawman in Interview with Jan. 6 Provocateur Ray Epps

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‘60 Minutes’ Knocks Down FBI Strawman in Interview with Jan. 6 Provocateur Ray Epps

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) CBS’s 60 Minutes went to great lengths Sunday to demonstrate that Jan. 6 provocateur Ray Epps is not an FBI informant or employee, but it did little to quell suspicion that he may have nonetheless been a federal asset.

Epps is the controversial figure seen on camera on Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, urging protestors to enter the Capitol. He initially appeared on the FBI’s wanted list in relation to the Capitol rioting, only to be removed in the summer of 2021 with no explanation.

More damning information about Epps has come out since then, including a text message he sent to his nephew saying, “I was in front with a few others. I also orchestrated it”—referring to the initial breach of the Capitol grounds.

Epps also reportedly admitted to the FBI that he trespassed on Capitol grounds—a crime other J6ers have been arrested for—and made a bizarre comment about expecting a bombing to happen that day.

But despite this, 60 Minutes called the notion that Epps is a federal asset a “convoluted conspiracy theory” in its interview published Sunday night—the first televised appearance of Epps since the infamous videos of him calling protestors to breach the Capitol first circulated.

To the show’s credit, Epps was asked about these videos.

“I said some stupid things,” Epps admitted. “My thought process was we surround the Capitol and get all the people there. I had problems with the election.”

Epps was also asked about his seemingly incriminating text message, to which he responded that he was just trying to impress his nephew. He added that his wife was furious at him over his choice of words.

But then, 60 Minutes interviewed former Jan. 6th Commission staffer Thomas Joscelyn, a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, who didn’t address any of the evidence but nevertheless downplayed suspicions about Epps.

“If Ray Epps was a covert plant, he’s the worst covert plant of all time,” Joscelyn said.

Epps, for his part, again denied being an asset for the FBI or any other federal agency.

The FBI also publicly commented on Epps for the first time, reportedly telling 60 Minutes that “Ray Epps has never been an FBI source or an FBI employee.” The FBI and DOJ had refused to answer this question to lawmakers such as Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.

However, 60 Minutes apparently did not ask the DHS, CIA, Pentagon, Capitol Police or any other law enforcement or intelligence agency whether Epps is a federal asset. Nor did it ask whether Epps may have been working for a private agency serving as a U.S. government cutout—such as when the FBI used the Southern Policy Law Center as an intelligence cutout to spy on extremist groups in the 1990s.

The 60 Minutes interview followed a New York Times profile on Epps last summer, as well as defenses of him mounted by people such as anti-Trump former congressman Adam Kinzinger.

The defense of Epps by these institutions and people is yet more evidence to some, including Massie, that Epps is a suspicious actor.

“Ray Epps is the only person I’ve seen on video January 5th and January 6th urging and directing people to go into the Capitol,” Massie said after the 60 Minutes interview aired. “In a text message on January 6th he bragged that he orchestrated it. Why do democrats and the media portray him as the victim? So bizarre.”

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