REPORT: Fetterman Struggles to Understand Colleagues, Hears Cartoon Voices

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REPORT: Fetterman Struggles to Understand Colleagues, Hears Cartoon Voices

(Headline USA) Shortly after it was reported that Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., was hospitalized this week, the New York Times published a bombshell report on the extent of Fetterman’s health complications from a stroke he suffered last year.

Fetterman still has a difficult time comprehending other people’s speech and also suffers form a severe hearing disability causing him to hear the voice of the teacher from the “Peanuts” cartoon when he listens to others, the report said.

He also heavily relies on closed captioning tablets, which allow him to read what people have said.

“It’s just a slight delay,” said Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez, D-Wash.,  “I didn’t notice he was using it at first. Then I was like, ‘Why are they holding it?’ It took me a minute to figure out what was going on.”

Fetterman’s health challenges are a big reason why he refuses to speak with reporters. He is unable to understand their questions in the echoing Senate hallways, his colleagues said.

“We’re going to have to learn our own styles with it,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said, adding that she’s used the closed captions tablet when speaking with him.

 “What I was saying was accurate even when I talked fast. I wanted to make sure it was accurate. It was kind of hard to imagine what it would be like to be him,” she said.

“He answers like you would answer anyone,” Klobuchar said. “It’s us that have to get used to it; he’s used to it.”

Even Fetterman’s chief of staff, Adam Jentleson, admitted that Fetterman’s condition likely worsened as a result of staying on the campaign trail after his stroke instead of taking the necessary time to rest and recover.

“What you’re supposed to do to recover from this is do as little as possible,” Jentleson said. “[Fetterman] was forced to do as much as possible—he had to get back to the campaign trail. It’s hard to claw that back.”

Energy Dept.’s Secret Internal Memo May Confirm Gas Stove ‘Conspiracy’

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Energy Dept.’s Secret Internal Memo May Confirm Gas Stove ‘Conspiracy’

(Joshua Paladino, Headline USA) Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met with the CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a leader in the World Economic Forum whose think-tank published research linking childhood asthma to gas stoves, Fox News reported.

The bombshell discovery of the memo fueled additional suspicions that the Biden administration was waging a secret war on gas stoves while publicly denying its intentions.

The issue first arose in January after Richard Trumka Jr., the commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and son of the eponymous former labor-union boss, hinted at the ban, which the Biden administration promptly backpedaled.

But the newly discovered memo, from the early months of Biden’s presidency, revealed that the slip was no accident and that the plan has been in motion for more than a year.

The Energy Department denied that Granholm’s meeting in June 2021 with Jules Kortenhorst—who no longer serves as RMI’s CEO—had anything to do with a ban on gas stoves.

“Get the facts straight,” a DOE spokesperson told Fox News.

“The June 2021 meeting with CEOs of American chemical, energy, transportation and electrical companies wasn’t about appliances, it was to build support for the NOW enacted $1T Bipartisan Infrastructure Law which is creating thousands of JOBS across red and blue states alike,” the spokesperson claimed.

Granholm and Kortenhorst met for an hour on Zoom, but the Energy Department did not post an agenda for the meeting. No one else joined the meeting.

RMI did not comment on the meeting.

Americans for Public Trust, a government watchdog organization, learned about the meeting after finding a calendar from the Energy Department.

“Despite calling stories about the Biden administration banning gas stoves ‘ridiculous’ and ‘not true,’ Secretary Granholm’s calendar tells a different story,” APT executive director Caitlin Sutherland said. “We’ve now learned that she consulted with the dark money group pushing to ban gas stoves.”

The Energy Department’s explanation of the meeting makes some sense, considering Kortenhorst’s role as founder of the Energy Transitions Commission and chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Net Zero Transition.

Granholm has a lot of money to pass out to special interests, and Kortenhorst has the influence to capture some of those federal funds.

But Sutherland does not buy the explanation after Trumka’s recent admission that a gas stove ban was “on the table.”

“Suffice it to say, ‘ridiculous’ and ‘not true’ proposals don’t ordinarily involve a meeting with the Secretary of Energy—and where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” Sutherland said. “Americans everywhere must demand Granholm and green energy extremists stay out of their kitchens.”

Several blue-run cities already have passed their own restrictions on the stoves.

Staffers Triggered by ‘Power Drunk Tyrant’ James O’Keefe Calling Someone a ‘P***y’

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Staffers Triggered by ‘Power Drunk Tyrant’ James O’Keefe Calling Someone a ‘P***y’

(Headline USA) Employees at Project Veritas complained in an internal memo sent to the company’s board of directors this week that founder James O’Keefe has demonstrated “abusive” behavior toward them.

O’Keefe, the head of Project Veritas, allegedly carried out “public crucifixions” on employees who disappointed him, was “outright cruel” to others, the memo said.

One employee said O’Keefe yelled at her “in front of jurors because he was hungry” and then took an “8-month pregnant woman’s sandwich.”

Another employee alleged O’Keefe “spit in an employee’s face over a tweet,” and that he required them to take polygraph tests to assure no one leaked information to the press.

“The undersigned are troubled and frustrated with James’ management style and business acumen,” the memo said.

“These behaviors and actions are antithetical to our core values, and it came to a head this week,” it continued. “Most recently, the treatment of Barry Hinckley and Tom O’Hara. These 2 highly respected individuals did what they thought was right for the betterment of the organization and got berated in public on Tuesday and effectively terminated by Thursday.”

O’Keefe also allegedly called Project Veritas operative Spencer Meads a “p***y” after the FBI raided his home during its investigation into Project Veritas’s publication of Ashley Biden’s diary.

“James has become a power drunk tyrant,” the memo said. 

The board of directors confirmed that O’Keefe has been placed on paid leave pending an investigation.

“James will be taking a few weeks of well-deserved PTO,” Project Veritas executive director Daniel Strack said in an internal memo to staff. “Like all newsrooms at this stage, the Project Veritas Board of Directors and Management are constantly evaluating what the best path forward is for the organization.”

The 16 staffers who signed the memo are: Michael Villani, Eric Spracklen, Mario Balaban, Jake Mantel, Patrick Van Duyne, Sal Gueli Journalists: Arden Young, Preston Scagnelli, Bobby Harr (Lithium), Bethany Rolando, Joanne Sumner, Gillian Pietrowski, Jonathan Bailey, Joshua Hughes, Nick Mehaj, and Angelo Martinez.

Smithsonian Slammed for Kicking Out Christian Kids during March for Life

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Smithsonian Slammed for Kicking Out Christian Kids during March for Life

(Ezekiel Loseke, Headline USA) A group of Catholic students wearing hats in support of saving the lives of unborn babies was booted out of the Smithsonian Institution, prompting a lawsuit and Congressional action from Republicans are investigating the incident.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, sent a letter to the secretary of the Smithsonian following a lawsuit alleging that the staff had discriminated against the students, who were also part of the March for Life, because of their religious beliefs, according to Breitbart News.

The lawsuit accuses the Smithsonian of violating the student’s First and Fifth Amendment rights and violating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The students were all wearing blue pro-life hats that read “Rosary PRO-LIFE.”

“Once in the museum, [the students] were accosted several times and told they would be forced to leave unless they removed their pro-life hats,” the letter reported. “The museum
staff mocked the students, called them expletives, and made comments that the museum was a ‘neutral zone’ where they could not express such statements.”

The letter expressed doubts about the legality of the actions of the staff.

“As Members of Congress, we are unaware of any laws, rules, or regulations prohibiting members of the public from wearing pro-life hats inside Smithsonian office buildings,” it said. “Furthermore, there is a large body of jurisprudence reinforcing citizens’ First Amendment rights on public property.”

“As a federal entity and the recipient of more than $1 billion in federal funds every year, there should be no debate as to whether the First Amendment applies to the Smithsonian.”

The letter expressed a deep concern “about this unjust expulsion of young Americans from museums—subsidized with taxpayer dollars—for wearing apparel that your staff disagreed with,” and demanded the secretary answer several questions.

The Congressional Republicans asked several commonsense questions. They asked if the Smithsonian knew of the incident, if it had performed an internal investigation, for the name of the employee who had accosted the students, and how that employee was disciplined.

They also asked two, harder hitting questions.

“Does the Smithsonian have any policy prohibiting pro-life sentiments from being expressed in its buildings or any policy deeming it a ‘neutral zone?,'” was one such question.

“What efforts have you taken to ensure that the First Amendment rights of all Americans
are respected at the Air and Space Museum and an incident like this never occurs again
under your leadership?”

Leftist Dark-Money Giant Accused of Racism in Court

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Leftist Dark-Money Giant Accused of Racism in Court

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A large dark-money nonprofit, known as the New Venture Fund, is facing an onslaught of lawsuits with employees claiming they faced racist and discriminatory behavior in the workplace.

Former employees allege that the New Venture Fund, which is connected to Arabella Advisors and the Clintons, paid black women less than other employees. The employees also alleged that they were more likely to be fired for speaking out against discrimination and were “subjected to racial harassment.”

According to the Daily Caller, the lawsuits are being waged by Francesca Weaks and Sarah Walker because the company’s goal of “Creating a workplace where diverse people, cultures, and perspectives are welcome,” in their mind, did not hold up for black employees.

“It soon became obvious there was a custom of leaders speaking over Black individuals when they were speaking about race, diversity, and equity,” Weaks said in the lawsuit.

She also accused the organization of “unethical and racist practice,” for terminating her contract.

The New Venture Fund said it will “conduct investigations into all allegations of wrongdoing,” and reiterated that it was “committed to creating a workplace where diverse people, cultures, and perspectives are welcome.”

In the other suit, Walker accused the company of financial fraud and discrimination, reporting “numerous” violations of the Internal Revenue Code and ultimately endangering the company’s status as a tax-exempt nonprofit.

In 2021, the New Venture Fund’s total assets came to $1,118,219,688, making the organization the largest nonprofit in the Arabella group. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation all donate to the fund.

Arabella Advisors is a conglomeration of nonprofits that collect donations and, in turn, supports left-wing causes and politicians. By effectively acting as an intermediary, it has notoriously shielded many of its big-money donors from recognition or liability that they might otherwise encounter due to their political meddling.

Recently the group launched a project, paid for by the New Venture Fund, to research and root out what they deem to be “misinformation.” The research endeavors to accuse conservatives of turning away from the democratic system and the impacts of “misinformation” on the conservative mind.

China Calls US House Resolution Condemning Spy Balloon ‘Political Manipulation’

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China Calls US House Resolution Condemning Spy Balloon ‘Political Manipulation’

(Headline USA) China on Friday dismissed a U.S. House of Representatives resolution condemning China over a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down above U.S. waters as “purely political manipulation and hyping up.”

“China is strongly dissatisfied with this and firmly opposes it,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters at a daily briefing.

“The resolution by the U.S. Congress was purely political manipulation and hyping up,” Mao said.

The resolution, which passed unanimously on Thursday, condemned China for a “brazen violation” of U.S. sovereignty and efforts to “deceive the international community through false claims about its intelligence collection campaigns.”

Republicans have criticized Biden for not acting sooner to down the balloon, but both parties’ lawmakers came together on the vote, 419-0.

Biden, by contrast, has dismissed the communist spying as “not a major breach.”

China insists the object was a civilian weather balloon that had been blown off course, but has not said who it belonged to or offered other details.

Meanwhile, China’s Defense Ministry said it refused a call from U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin following the downing of the balloon because the U.S. had “not created the proper atmosphere” for dialogue and exchange.

The U.S. action had “seriously violated international norms and set a pernicious precedent,” ministry spokesperson Tan Kefei was quoted as saying in a statement issued late Thursday.

“Given that this irresponsible and seriously wrong approach by the U.S. did not create the proper atmosphere for dialogue and exchanges between the two militaries, China did not accept the U.S. proposal for a phone call between the two defense ministers,” Tan said.

China, Tan added, “reserves the right to use necessary means to deal with similar situations.” The Foreign Ministry has also threatened a response to the downing of the balloon but has given no indication what that might be.

After initially expressing “regret” over the incident, China’s rhetoric has hardened in recent days as the FBI gathers debris from the site of the downing in U.S. territorial waters off the coast of South Carolina and sends it to the FBI’s lab in Quantico, Virginia for investigation.

Beijing said the U.S. “overreacted” by shooting it down. The Foreign Ministry has labeled the action “irresponsible” and calls U.S. claims that it was spying “part of the U.S. side’s information warfare against China.”

Austin had sought on Saturday to discuss the balloon issue with his Chinese counterpart, Wei Fenghe, but was refused, the Pentagon said.

In the wake of the incident, Secretary of State Antony Blinken canceled a planned trip to Beijing this week that some had hoped would help stabilize bilateral relations, which have tumbled to their lowest level in decades over trade, human rights, China’s threats against Taiwan and the Chinese military’s increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea.

The U.S. has flatly contradicted China’s version of events, saying that imagery of the balloon collected by American U-2 spy planes as it crossed the country showed that it was “capable of conducting signals intelligence collection” with multiple antennas and other equipment designed to upload sensitive information and solar panels to power them.

The U.S. says the balloon was part of a huge, military-linked aerial surveillance program that targeted more than 40 countries under the direction of the People’s Liberation Army. Similar balloons have sailed over five continents, according to the administration.

A State Department official said the U.S. has confidence that the manufacturer of the balloon has “a direct relationship with China’s military and is an approved vendor” of the army. The official cited an official PLA procurement portal as evidence.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Special Counsel Runs Diversion from Biden Scandal w/ Pence Subpoena

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Special Counsel Runs Diversion from Biden Scandal w/ Pence Subpoena

(Headline USA) In the midst of classified document scandal that has beset President Joe Biden, who recently let a China spy balloon fly across the U.S., attention is being deflected by issuing a subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence.

The diversionary action was taken by the partisan special counsel overseeing investigations into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a person with direct knowledge of the event.

The subpoena to Pence as part of the investigation by special counsel Jack Smith was served in recent days, according to the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday to discuss a sensitive issue.

The prospect of a former vice president potentially testifying against his former boss in a criminal investigation comes as Pence considers launching a 2024 Republican presidential bid against Trump. The two have been estranged since Pence backed away from supporting Trump’s fight to prevent the 2020 election from being stolen by Democrats.

The subpoena is an aggressive step from a partisan prosecutor who has a history of targeting conservatives. The move sets the stage for a likely executive privilege fight, given Pence’s close proximity to Trump for four years as major decisions were being contemplated and planned. It is unclear whether efforts to secure voluntary testimony from Pence stalled before the subpoena was issued.

Spokespeople for Pence and Smith declined to comment on the issuance of the subpoena, which was first reported by ABC News.

Smith was named special counsel in November by Attorney General Merrick Garland, after the FBI launched an unprecedented militarized raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.

In a sign of the expanding nature of the witch hunt, election officials in multiple states whose results were disputed by Trump have received subpoenas asking for communications with or involving Trump and his campaign aides.

A Democrat House committee investigating the Jan. 6 uprising recommended that the Justice Department bring criminal charges against Trump and associates who helped him launch a pressure campaign to try to overturn his 2020 election loss. That politically driven decision is being sidelined by a GOP House, which has rightfully turned its attention on investigating the shady dealings of the Biden clan and the weaponization of the federal government.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

House Blocks Bill to Allow Illegals, Foreign Nationals to Vote in D.C.

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House Blocks Bill to Allow Illegals, Foreign Nationals to Vote in D.C.

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Republicans in the House of Representatives, with the support of a small number of Democrats, blocked a bill earlier this week that would have allowed illegal immigrants and foreigners to vote in the city of Washington, D.C., the Post Millennial reported.

The bill, called the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, was initially drafted by D.C.’s far-left City Council. It gave foreigners—those here both legally and illegally–voting rights in local elections in the nation’s capital city.

But due to the District’s special designation under the U.S. Contitution, the federal Congress ultimately has final say in its municipal matters, as well. The bill was transmitted to Congress last month.

The House passed a resolution striking down the bill by a vote of 260-162. The bill, however, will not be fully void until the Senate votes on it and President Joe Biden signs off on the Congressional decision.

The House resolution is particularly consequential because, according to the Washington Post, there are 50,000 foreigners living in DC.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., slammed the D.C. Council for its absurd piece of legislation.

“Allowing non-citizens, including aliens occupying our nation illegally, to exercise a right reserved for American citizens not only violates the constitutional principles our nation was founded upon, but also naively invites foreign meddling in our elections,” Cruz said.

He also noted that such an action, while violating the Constitution, would also use federal tax money to pay for non-citizens to vote.

“Voting is a privilege and the tool by which American citizens exercise their say in who leads our country, how we spend our tax dollars, and what policies should be instituted,” Cruz said. “I am vehemently against unconstitutionally cheapening the votes of American citizens and ignoring the rule of law in this nation.”

Meanwhile leftists slammed House Republicans as racist for not expanding the American ballot to non-Americans.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., claimed that Republicans are racist and opposed to self-government.

Republicans “claim they believe in the sacred right to vote while denying that right to vote to an overwhelmingly black city,” while meddling in “the business of D.C. residents,” AOC ranted.

“They’re singling out the residents of the District of Columbia and expanding in the history of disenfranchisement that goes all the way back to the legacy of slavery,” she claimed.

Texas Lawsuit Could Help Force Abortion Pills Off the Market

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Texas Lawsuit Could Help Force Abortion Pills Off the Market

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) A district judge in the state of Texas could soon issue a ruling that would put a temporary injunction on the use of mifepristone, an infanticide pill, across the nation.

The lawsuit was initially filed by Alliance Defending Freedom against the United States Food and Drug Administration, arguing that it had become politicized in its approval of various drugs, including mifepristone, Breitbart reported.

The ADF lawsuit stated that the FDA “chose politics over science and approved chemical abortion drugs for use in the United States. And it has continued to fail them by repeatedly removing even the most basic precautionary requirements associated with their use.”

The soon-to-come decision will be made by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump nominee.

According to the Breitbart report, mifepristone messes with the hormones in a woman’s body, causing the baby to be brutally starved and expelled from the womb.

The ruling could be of particular significance because mifepristone is used for over half of all infanticides across the nation.

The lawsuit also notes that the FDA did not follow proper procedures when former President Bill Clinton ordered the legalization of chemical abortions in January of 1993.

The FDA “eliminated all procedural safeguards that would rule out ectopic pregnancies, verify gestational age, identify any contraindications to prescribing mifepristone, or identify potential complications like sepsis and hemorrhage, remaining fetal parts, and others until the patient is at a critical time or it is too late to help the patient.”

As a result, the drug, aside from killing infants, has done untold damage to the bodies of pregnant women.

“Women and girls often suffer unexpected episodes of heavy bleeding or severe pain and must rush to the emergency department of the nearest hospital,” the complaint states.

Pro-infanticide activist Kirsten Moore, director of the EMAA Project, complained that such a ruling would be a major blow to the FDA.

“This would be devastating,” Moore said. “This would be taking an FDA approved drug off the market for no public health reason.”

Biden Appointed Suspected Communist Spy to Rep US Business in China

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Biden Appointed Suspected Communist Spy to Rep US Business in China

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) President Joe Biden brought on Dominic Ng, CEO of East West Bank and suspected member of the Chinese Communist Party, to be representative of the interests of the United States’ business interests in Asia.

Biden appointed Ng to a one-year position on the Business Advisory Council of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in April of 2022, after Biden received a $100,000 donation to the Biden Victory Fund and a $35,500 donation went to the Democratic National Committee.

According to the Daily Caller, Ng’s donations and his current position both coincide with his participation in two agencies that are suspected Chinese government intelligence groups.

“President Biden ignored Dominic Ng’s extensive ties to the CCP and Chinese intelligence groups, happily took his campaign donations, and in return appointed a possible Chinese spy to a senior government position,” Texas Republican Rep. Lance Gooden said.

Ng is still a member in one of the groups, known as the China Overseas Friendship Association, and served as executive director at the China Overseas Exchange Association for five years.

Both groups operate under the umbrella of the United Front Work Department, an agency run by the CCP known to run influence and intelligence operations.

“A person who holds a position in COFA or COEA, including provincial branches, and works in any U.S. government agency should not be allowed access to any sensitive information, and, in fact, will have divided loyalties at best,” Clive Hamilton, author and China expert, said.

In his new, presidentially-appointed position, Ng will have a big part in trade relations between America and Asia.

Ng also serves on boards for Mattel, Inc., the University of Southern California and the Academy of Motion Pictures. He is also part of the Council on Foreign Relations and was a board member for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Los Angeles.

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