Pence Takes Responsibility for Classified Documents Found in his Home

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(Headline USA) Mike Pence said Friday that he takes “full responsibility” after classified documents were found at his Indiana home.

In his first public comments since the discovery, Pence said he hadn’t been aware that the documents were in his residence but acknowledged his lack of awareness wasn’t an excuse.

“Let me be clear: Those classified documents should not have been in my personal residence,” Pence said at Florida International University, where he was talking about the economy and promoting his new book, “So Help Me God.” “Mistakes were made, and I take full responsibility.”

The discovery made public by Pence’s team earlier this week marked the latest in a string of recoveries of sensitive papers from the homes of current and former top U.S. officials. The Department of Justice was already investigating the discovery of classified documents in former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and at President Joe Biden’s home in Delaware and his former Washington office.

Pence’s public acceptance of responsibility over his handling of the documents marks a departure from the reactions of both Trump and Biden in their own cases. Biden has said he was surprised to learn the documents had been found but had “no regrets” about how the public was informed.

The discovery of documents at Pence’s home came five months after he told The Associated Press that he did not take classified records with him when he left the vice presidency. “No, not to my knowledge,” he said when asked if he had retained any such information.

Pence said he decided to undertake the search of his home “out of an abundance of caution” after recent disclosures by Biden’s team that documents were found at his former office and in his Delaware home.

He said he had directed his counsel to work with the National Archives, Department of Justice and Congress and fully cooperate in any investigation.

The former vice president said national security depends on the proper handling of classified documents, but he hopes that people realize that he acted swiftly to correct the error.

“We acted above politics and put national interests first,” he said.

Pence, who remains estranged from Trump, is considering a 2024 White House challenge to his former boss, who announced his campaign in November. Biden has said he intends to seek reelection in 2024, though he has yet to officially kick off his campaign.

Referring to a possible White House bid, Pence said he has been reflecting on the challenges the nation has.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

MURDOCK: House GOP Exposes Dems as Pro-Violence, Abortion-Loving, Infant-Hating Monsters

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MURDOCK: House GOP Exposes Dems as Pro-Violence, Abortion-Loving, Infant-Hating Monsters

(Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) President Joseph Robinette Biden last fall accused Republicans of “doubling down on an extreme position” on abortion.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D – California) shrieked: “With Roe now out of their way, extreme MAGA Republicans are gleefully charging ahead with their deadly crusade to punish and control women’s health decisions.”

Well, look who’s extreme now.

Pelosi’s successor, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R – California) magnificently helped Democrats expose themselves as weapons-grade abortion extremists. He offered Democrats two opportunities to display a modicum of moderation on this issue.

Democrats failed these tests miserably, and down fell the masks behind which they pretended to be reasonable.

First, H.R. 26, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, requires healthcare practitioners to provide medical care to any live baby who survives an abortion, despite attempts to murder it in the womb.

A grand total of one Democrat, Texas’ Henry Cuellar, joined 219 unanimous Republicans and gave a fighting chance to any baby who somehow manages not to get vacuumed from a uterus and tossed into the trash.

While 100% of Republicans defended these human beings, 99.5% of Democrats (210 of 211) offered abortion-proof babies this advice: “Drop dead.”

Second, McCarthy scheduled House Concurrent Resolution 3, which states:

“Whereas, following the leak of the draft Dobbs decision, radical anti-life advocates initiated a pressure campaign designed to influence the Supreme Court’s opinion;

“Whereas, following the leak and issuance of the Dobbs decision, radical anti-life advocates have defaced, vandalized, and caused destruction to over 100 pro-life facilities, groups, and churches.”

By detailing these outrages, H.R. 3 is a menu of disgusting flavors:

Graffiti: Twenty-six instances of spray-painted slogans include “Fake clinic,” “Forced birth is murder,” “We’re coming for U,” “God is a woman,” “God loves abortion,” “Abort the court,” and “If abortions aren’t safe, then you aren’t either.”

The graffito “Jane’s Revenge” appears repeatedly. These revolutionary, pro-abortion terrorists do not respect a woman’s choice to keep her baby. Instead, they claim credit for at least 12 hits against pro-life centers in eight states and Washington, D.C.

Earth to Attorney General Merrick Garland: This is the quintessence of conspiracy across state lines.

Vandalism: Nineteen episodes involved smashed windows, defaced signs, damaged staff vehicles, and more.

Arson: Five fires, including blazes at three churches in Bethesda, Maryland.

Firebombing: Last Mother’s Day, goons hurled two Molotov cocktails at Oregon Right to Life’s office in Keizer. Jane’s Revenge boasted that it firebombed Compass Care’s Amherst, New York, crisis-pregnancy center. This pandemonium injured two firefighters on the scene.

Breaking and entering: According to H.R. 3, “on June 25, 2022, radical leftist rioters breached the Arizona State Capitol, forcing legislators to evacuate the building.”

“It was basically a January 6-style event,” State Representative Neal K. Carter (R – Arizona-15) told me. “State Senate proceedings were interrupted, and it adjourned to an underground tunnel. Fortunately, the House was not breached, but we heard the gun-like sound of law enforcement firing tear-gas canisters and were alarmed to watch a palm tree burning after being struck by a tear-gas projectile.”

 Assault: Per the bill, a female “was accused of assault after throwing eggs and a dead raccoon at the Northeast Ohio Women’s Center.”

Some institutions suffered combinations of these onslaughts.

The House’s response: Universal revulsion?

Hardly.

Only three Democrats joined 219 Republicans, 100% of whom voted Aye, thus “condemning the recent attacks on pro-life facilities, groups, and churches.”

Among Democrats, 209 of 212 voted Nay and thereby refused to denounce this pro-abortion vandalism, arson, and other destruction. Hence, 98.6% of House Democrats accept this devastation.

This is not JFK’s Democrat Party. This is not MLK’s Democrat Party. This is not even WJC’s Democrat Party. William Jefferson Clinton’s “Safe, legal, and rare” approach to abortion is as dead as King Tut.

JRB’s Democrat Party is AOK with busted windows, broken doors, and blazing churches, all to protect abortion – even against living, breathing newborns – always, everywhere, and with pompoms waving.

Deroy Murdock is a Manhattan-based Fox News Contributor.

Judge Orders New York State to Pay for Cuomo’s Attorney in Sexual Harassment Cases

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(Headline USA) New York state should pay former Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s legal bills as he defends himself against a lawsuit accusing him of sexually harassing a state trooper, a judge ruled Friday.

Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 amid sexual harassment allegations, filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Letitia James in August arguing she violated state law by denying him public assistance for his defense. Cuomo said the trooper’s allegations stem from a time when “he was acting within the scope of his employment or duties.”

The unidentified trooper filed a lawsuit last year, asking a federal court to find that Cuomo and others violated her civil rights. She was on Cuomo’s security detail and had told investigators he allegedly subjected her to sexual remarks and on occasion ran his hand or fingers across her stomach and her back.

The lawsuit seeks damages for “severe mental anguish and emotional distress.”

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Shlomo Hagler said it is for a judge or jury to determine if Cuomo sexually harassed the state trooper, and that his state-funded defense can’t be denied, according to the New York Post.

A spokesperson for the attorney general said in a prepared release that “while we disagree with the judge’s decision, we respect it. We are reviewing the decision and any potential next steps.”

Cuomo resigned in August of 2021 after numerous women accused him of sexual harassment, saying he had subjected them to unwanted kisses or touches, made insinuating remarks about their looks and sex lives or created a hostile work environment.

Cuomo has denied all of those allegations.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Trump Starts Campaigning in Early Voting States

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(Headline USA)  President Donald Trump is set to kick off his 2024 White House bid on Saturday with visits to a pair of early-voting states, his first campaign events since announcing his latest run more than two months ago.

Trump will be the keynote speaker at the New Hampshire GOP’s annual meeting before traveling to Columbia, South Carolina, where he is set to introduce his state leadership team. New Hampshire and South Carolina hold two of the party’s first three nominating contests, giving them enormous power in selecting the nominee.

Trump and his allies hope the events will offer a show of force behind the former president after a sluggish start to his campaign that left many questioning his commitment to running again. In recent weeks, his backers have reached out to political operatives and elected officials to secure support for Trump at a critical point when other Republicans are preparing their own expected challenges.

“The gun is fired, and the campaign season has started,” said Stephen Stepanek, outgoing chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party who served as co-chair of Trump’s 2016 campaign in the state.

While Trump remains the only declared 2024 presidential candidate, potential challengers, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who was Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, are expected to get their campaign underway in the coming months.

Dave Wilson, president of conservative Christian nonprofit Palmetto Family, said some conservative voters may have concerns about Trump’s recent comments that Republicans who opposed abortion without exceptions had cost the party in the November elections.

“It gives pause to some folks within the conservative ranks of the Republican Party as to whether or not we need the process to work itself out,” said Wilson, whose group hosted Pence for a speech in 2021. He added: “You continue to have to earn your vote. Nothing is taken for granted.”

But Gerri McDaniel, who worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign and will be attending Saturday’s event, rejected the idea that voters were ready to move on from the former president.

“Some of the media keep saying he’s losing his support. No, he’s not,” she said. “It’s only going to be greater than it was before because there are so many people who are angry about what’s happening in Washington.”

Trump remains the only announced 2024 candidate, and early polling shows he’s a favorite to win his party’s nomination.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

 

 

Antifa, BLM Demand Vengeance after Fatal Beating of Tyre Nichols by 5 Black Police Officers

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Antifa, BLM Demand Vengeance after Fatal Beating of Tyre Nichols by 5 Black Police Officers

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) The domestic terror group Antifa issued a call for violent protests in New York City after the release Friday of video showing five Memphis police officers allegedly fatally beating Tyre Nichols, which sparked protests in the Tennessee city and put police forces across the country on alert for more protests and confrontations. 

The disturbingly shocking video of five black police officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith — allegedly beating Nichols, who is also black, was released after all five officers had been charged Thursday with second-degree murder and kidnapping. An attorney for the Nichols family said the the officers used Nichols as a “human piñata” during the beating.

Unrest in Memphis began almost immediately after the video’s release, with protestors blocking a highway, while cities braced for violence and businesses closed early and boarded up shops for expected rioting and looting.

The Nichols’ family called for peaceful protest in honor of Tyre, but radical activists from Antifa and Black Lives Matter had other plans. A “call to action” issued by Antifa in New York City told rioters to “BURN IT ALL DOWN!” and provided tips for creating chaos.

The terrorist group’s list of items to bring for protesting included rocks, heavy objects, pipes, kerosene and lighters.

“Travel in large groups. Wear all black. Cover your face,” the groups instructed. “Bring a knife or other tool to free unlawfully detained comrades.”

BLM responded in kind with activist leader Hawk Newsom telling NYC crowds to “F— peace! F— peace! We ain’t never taking violence off the f—king table!”

While the officers involved in the fatal beating and Nichols are all black, and the heinous incident occurred in Memphis, that didn’t stop BLM provocateurs around the country from demanding retaliation for the systemic racism that fostered the police assault, or from a leftist media to echo the narrative.

Protests also erupted in Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles, where police warned residents, “Please be on the lookout for large groups and ANTIFA members.”

Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis’s statement preceding the release of the video likely did little to quell any potential violent protest, said Jason Whitlock.

The police chief, who is also black, had called the beating everything from “incomprehensible” and “unconscionable” to “reckless,” “heinous” and “inhumane”.

“You’re going to see acts that defy humanity. You’re going to see a disregard for life,” Davis told CNN prior to the video’s release, while asking for peaceful protest. But the fuse had already been lit, Whitlock said.

“I think that those types of words, given the way the system is rigged now in terms of Antifa and these other terrorist groups that run around the country and promote chaos and violence,” Whitlock said. “I think she’s, like, sending out a bat signal” to BLM and Antifa rioters.

RINO Ronna-virus Overtakes RNC Challengers

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(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Embattled swamp creature and RINO extraordinaire Ronna Romney McDaniel won reelection Friday to retain her seat as chair of the Republican National Committee for the fourth time, defeating attorney Harmeet Dhillon and pillow magnate and MAGA firebrand Mike Lindell.

Many key allies of Donald Trump, including top adviser Susie Wiles, supported McDaniel, according to the Daily Wire. Other Trump-supporters backed Dhillon, arguing that after GOP losses in 2018, 2020 and 2022, conservatives need some changes.

One of the people who agreed and supported Dhillon was Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who told Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk that the GOP needed “new blood” at the top.

“I think we need a change, I think we need to get some new blood in the RNC, I like what Harmeet Dhillon said about getting the RNC out of D.C.,” he said before Friday’s vote.

The comments set up a stark comparison to Trump, who many think could face DeSantis in a presidential primary.

“Congratulations to Ronna McDaniel on her big WIN as RNC CHAIR. Now we have to STOP THE DEMOCRATS FROM CHEATING IN ELECTIONS!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.

Kirk, by contrast, blasted the RNC’s vote.

“The country club won today,” Kirk said after the vote. “So, the grassroots of people that can’t afford to buy a steak and are struggling to make ends meet, they just got told by their representatives at an opulent $900-a-night hotel that, ‘We hate you.’”

Other party stalwarts were also disappointed.

“Ronna McDaniel getting re-elected is a painful reminder of just how little the GOP leadership care about the opinions of their base,” Michael Seifert, a CEO of PublicSq, wrote.
Collin Rugg of Trending Politics said what he thinks about McDaniel winning the election.
“The RNC is dead.”
Catturd, a conservative personality, also shared his opinion about the outcome.
“Ronna McDaniel is completely worthless.”

Hunter Biden’s Art Dealer Glorifies Crack-Addict’s ‘Consequential’ Work

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(Headline USA) Hunter Biden’s art dealer claimed this week that the first son is one of the most “influential” artists of our time.

George Berges, the Soho gallery owner who has worked with Biden on a number of art shows, said Hunter’s work reflects the “unrelenting divinity within each of us.”

“I represent Hunter Biden because I feel that not only his art merits my representation, but because his personal narrative, which gives birth to his art, is very much needed in the world,” Berges said.

Biden is “one of the most consequential artists in this century,” Berges continued.

“His is a story of perseverance; Hunter’s story reflects what I believe is the beauty of humanity, judged not by the fall, but by having the strength to rise up, by having the character required to change and the courage to do it.

“Hunter Biden’s art reflects all of that and more. His art gives us hope; it reminds us that tomorrow brings a new day, a new beginning, a new possibility,” Berges added.

The world “needs” Biden’s art “more than ever,” Berges said. “In a world that beats us down, we need art in our lives that reminds of the unrelenting divinity within each of us.”

Berges refused to say whether he would cooperate with a request from House Republicans to hand over information about who purchased Biden’s art. He told the New York Post that his legal representatives would be the ones to contact, because “my singular focus has always been, and will continue to be, the integrity of our artists and the privacy of our art collectors.”

House Republicans said they plan to get the information from Berges one way or the other. If he refuses to comply with their requests, they can vote to compel his evidence and testimony with a subpoena.

“For over a decade, the Biden family has profited from Joe Biden’s positions as a public official,” Comer wrote in a letter to Berges. “Your arrangement with Hunter Biden raises serious ethics concerns and calls into question whether the Biden family is again selling access and influence.”

U.S. Military Faces Weapons Shortage after Ukraine Drain

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U.S. Military Faces Weapons Shortage after Ukraine Drain

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) As Congress continues to send tremendous amounts of weaponry to Ukraine, the U.S. military’s stockpile to protect our homeland is quickly emptying.

A study performed by the Center for Strategic and International Studies described the remnants of our ammunition as “limited,” with America’s cache dwindling in favor of a country our politicians have a vested financial interest in.

To date, the U.S. military has sent more than one million rounds of 155 mm howitzer ammunition, 8,500 Javelin anti-tank missiles, 32,000 various anti-tank missiles, 5,200 Excalibur precision 155 mm howitzer rounds, 1,600 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and scads of other types of advanced, high-powered munitions.

Recently, President Joe Biden sent 30 tanks to the embattled region, despite previously saying that doing so would be an act of outright war on part of the U.S.

According to Legal Insurrection, the situation will likely make military unit training more difficult, as well as interfering with future “war plans.”

These plans could include defending Taiwan should China invade, the possibility of a war with North Korea or even an escalated conflict within Europe.

CSIS is not the only institution looking into the issue. The Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense describes the lessened stock as “insufficient.”

“The fact that only a few months of fighting in Ukraine consumed such a large percentage of U.S. Stingers and Javelins suggests that the DOD’s plans, and the stockpiles that result from them, are insufficient.”

The Washington Post and National Defense Industrial Association also admit the grimness of the situation.

U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro came forward this month addressing the problem, explaining that manufacturers cannot arm both America and Ukraine.

“With regards to deliveries of weapons systems for the fight in Ukraine… yeah, that’s always a concern for us,” he said. “And we monitor that very, very closely.”

“I wouldn’t say we’re quite there yet, but if the conflict does go on for another six months, for another year, it certainly continues to stress the supply chain in ways that are challenging,” he added.

The U.S. Naval Institute made a statement saying that weapons reserves are “not at the level we would like to go into combat.”

Army General Mark Milley, who chairs the Join Chiefs of Staff, claimed that The U.S. “will continue to support [Ukraine] all the way,” and “we will be there for as long as it takes to keep Ukraine free.”

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is approaching its first anniversary. In one year, Congress elected to send nearly $2 billion in funding for the war effort, along with more than $27 billion in weaponry.

Singer Azealia Banks Praises DeSantis, Says She Feels ‘Safer’ in Fla. Than LA

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Singer Azealia Banks Praises DeSantis, Says She Feels ‘Safer’ in Fla. Than LA

(Headline USA) Singer Azealia Banks praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week, saying she feels “way safer” living in Florida than she ever did in Los Angeles.

Banks relocated to Miami in 2021 from California and said her time in LA was spent “isolated and scared.” She recalled being surrounded by wealthy white liberals who put “Black Lives Matter” signs in their front yards but did nothing to help minority communities policy-wise.

“Every which way I turn there’s a Black Lives Matter sign, and then we’re watching swathes of Latino people die every day because they’re considered essential workers,” she told The Guardian. “I had to go because I can’t do this — either COVID was gonna kill me, or depression.”

In Florida, people “mind their f***ing business,” Banks said. 

She also praised DeSantis for focusing on the issues that people care about.

“He’s focused on the basic s**t,” she said. “There are elderly people in our country without walkers, who don’t have the money to get a septic tooth pulled. If we’re talking about divvying up healthcare funds, those situations should take precedence to facial feminization surgeries and stuff like that … I think DeSantis is practical about a lot of things.”

Banks has not shied away from expressing her conservative opinions before. In 2016, she endorsed former President Donald Trump, arguing he “is the only one who truly has the balls to bust up big business.”

“Just because Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders say nice things about minorities doesn’t mean they actually mean them,” she said at the time.

During her interview with The Guardian, Banks also blasted rapper Kanye West, who has made a string of anti-Semitic comments over the past several months.

“Just because you can’t get attention from Kim Kardashian, you turn it on your f—ing daughter,” Banks ranted. “Kanye, you’re an abusive a–hole and you’re a p—y for picking on that little-a– girl.

“You are the last person we need to hear from about black fatherhood and the black family unit,” she concluded.

Utah Bans Child Trans Mutilations

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Utah Bans Child Trans Mutilations

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The Utah legislature decided to protect children from sexual deviants by voting for the ban on the mutilation of children and cross-sex hormone drugs that are prescribed to them.

The bill that passed the state Senate by a vote of 20-8 on Friday will go to Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who has 10 days to either sign or veto the bill, according to Breitbart. If he doesn’t do anything, the bill will go into effect.

The governor’s office doesn’t have an official position on the topic, but the Senate will probably override a veto as it is already beyond the veto override margin in the House and Senate, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.

While the Utah Department of Health and Human Services conducts a “systematic review,” the bill will indefinitely pause the ability of “doctors” to prescribe puberty blockers, hormone drugs and body mutilations.

The bill also doesn’t stop children who already are taking these drugs from continuing to do so. Instead, it puts a moratorium on new patients.

State Republican Sen. Mike Kennedy, the bill sponsor, said that he expects litigation on the issue if it is enacted. Some lawyers believe that the bill could be found unconstitutional.

State Senate Minority Democrat Leader Sen. Luz Escamilla even cried during the vote because “trans” activists could not destroy kids’ lives anymore.

“We’ve received so many emails, texts and phone calls from parents begging for their families and children, many of them are children I’ve known for years,” she said.

“We see you, and we love your beautiful children and we will continue to work to mitigate the impact of this into their lives.”

While the American medical establishment is pushing these irreversible procedures and treatments, many European countries are more concerned about children.

Breitbart previously reported that the United States is the “most permissive country” when it comes to child mutilation compared to any country in Europe.

So far, only a handful of states banned child mutilation. Among them are Alabama, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Oklahoma.

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