Gaetz Introduces PENCIL Resolution to Bar Schiff from Classified Info

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Gaetz Introduces PENCIL Resolution to Bar Schiff from Classified Info

(Headline USA) Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., introduced a resolution this week to permanently bar Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., from accessing classified information just days after Schiff was kicked off the House Intelligence Committee.

Citing Schiff’s “baseless claims” of collusion between former President Donald Trump and Russia, Gaetz said the PENCIL Resolution, an apparent riff off of Trump’s “Pencil-Neck” nickname for Schiff, would subject Schiff to a House Ethics Committee and prevent him from gaining access to classified hearings. 

“Congressman Adam Schiff led the effort for years to weaponize lies from the Clinton campaign and a corrupt Department of Justice to smear President Trump while destroying any trust the country had left in America’s intelligence agencies,” Gaetz said in a statement.

Gaetz acknowledged that barring a member of Congress from classified information is unprecedented, but said Schiff’s dereliction of duty warrants it.

“Every member of Congress can access classified information by virtue of their election. Only the most egregious actions would warrant removal, and Adam Schiff has undoubtedly crossed the Rubicon,” Gaetz explained. “Democrats have willfully ignored the national security consequences of members like Schiff misrepresenting and leaking classified information to the press.”

Gaetz also expressed support for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s, R-Calif., decision to remove Schiff from the House Intelligence Committee.

“He can no longer be trusted by his colleagues in Congress or the American people,” Gaetz said of Schiff.

Schiff has blasted McCarthy’s decision as unfairly “political,” but that hasn’t stopped him from trying to raise money off of it. In fact, this week he launched a 2024 Senate bid, claiming that U.S. democracy is “under assault from MAGA extremists.”

“I wish I could say the threat of MAGA extremists is over,” he said in a video on Twitter. “It is not. Today’s Republican Party is gutting the middle class, threatening our democracy. They aren’t going to stop. We have to stop them.”

Prosecutors Move to Seal Whitmer Kidnap Conspiracy Case Records

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Prosecutors Move to Seal Whitmer Kidnap Conspiracy Case Records

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In a sudden reversal, Michigan prosecutors have moved to block the public from seeing records about undercover FBI agents, informants and the dubious tactics critics say were used to entrap the men accused of being involved in a conspiracy to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

The docket for the state’s 13th Circuit Court shows that the Michigan Attorney General’s Office filed Wednesday for a protective order on discovery material, which would prohibit attorneys and defendants from disclosing case materials to reporters or other third parties.

The AG’s filing came just two days after Circuit Judge Kevin Elsenheimer indicated on Monday that he would open the case file to the public.

“Obviously, we normally open files,” Elsenheimer said. during Monday’s pretrial hearing. “Is there anyone who objects to files being opened?”

Michigan Assistant Attorney General William Rolstin said he had no objection to the decision. One of the defendant’s attorneys, Damian Nunzio, added that “we’re objecting to any closed file.”

The judge then said, “The file will remain open for access to public.”

However, the Michigan Attorney General’s Office now wants Elsenheimer to reverse his decision.

According to news site MLive, prosecutors apparently worry that the defendants will disclose discovery material to the public.

“This case and the related state and federal cases have received national and international media attention, and as a result, it may be difficult to find jurors who have not experienced any exposure to this case,” Nessel’s motion reads, according to MLive. “Additionally … [a defendant] agreed to provide the reporter with the entirety of the discovery materials the (attorney general) provided the defense.”

MLive also reported that the motion raises concerns that disclosing the identify of undercover FBI agents and informants could expose them “to the risk of harm, harassment, undue annoyance, intimidation, embarrassment and threats.”

Independent journalist Eric VanDussen filed an objection to the AG’s motion, calling the prosecution’s proposed protective order overbroad, vague and unlawfully restrictive on the constitutionally protected right to gather news for public dissemination.

“The [government is] essentially requesting this Court to issue a gag order, which would violate Proposed Intervenor’s First Amendment right to gather information to report the news, because they would explicitly prohibit information possessed by willing speakers from being ‘disclosed’ to anyone, including Proposed Intervenor,” wrote VanDussen in his objection, which he posted online.

Judge Elsenheimer has yet to rule on the matter.

The defendants on trial are Shawn Fix, Eric Molitor, Michael Null, William Null and Brian Higgins. All face the charge of providing material support for terrorist acts—allegedly assisting the Wolverine Watchmen militia in their conspiracy to kidnap Whitmer.

With at least 12 FBI informants and two undercover agents participating in the sting operation to take down the alleged kidnap plotters, civil liberties advocates have accused the U.S. government of entrapping the defendants.

Last week, Headline USA revealed that one of the informants in the sting operation had been working for the FBI since at least 2019, and had contacted one of the defendants in January 2020—months before the FBI officially opened its investigation in March 2020. The revelations undermine government’s claim that it only began infiltrating the Michigan militia movement after an FBI informant discovered their violent online rhetoric in March 2020.

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

WATCH: Video Footage Released of Paul Pelosi Hammer Attack

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WATCH: Video Footage Released of Paul Pelosi Hammer Attack

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Video footage and audio from the hammer attack of Paul Pelosi was released Friday, after months of speculation about what happened during a reported Oct. 28 break-in at the Pacific Heights mansion that Paul shares with his wife, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The footage, taken from a responding police officer’s body camera, shows Pelosi’s front door opening to reveal Paul standing next to his attacker, David DePape. The two are both gripping a hammer that DePape would later swing at Pelosi’s head.

“Drop the hammer!” a police officer is heard telling DePape.

“Um, nope,” DePape responds before swinging the hammer at Pelosi’s head—leading to the two responding officers to tackle and apprehend DePape.

Also released Friday was audio from Pelosi’s 9/11 call, where he can be heard telling a dispatcher that “there’s a gentleman here just waiting for my wife to come back, Nancy Pelosi.” Pelosi told the dispatcher he did not know who DePape is.

“This gentleman just came in the house, and he wants to wait here for my wife to come home … He wants me to get the hell off the phone,” Pelosi said shortly before hanging up the phone.

The release of the footage on Friday only served to fuel speculation about what happened between Pelosi and DePape before police arrived to the Pacific Heights mansion.

Some, such as George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley, said the footage vindicates Pelosi’s claim that he was attacked by a deranged lunatic.

“The videotape of the Pelosi attack is now out. It clearly shows the attacker holding Pelosi’s arm and then attacking him as soon as he tries to break away. It clearly refutes accounts suggesting that Paul Pelosi was free at the time,” Turley said on Twitter.

“It is clear that Pelosi was attempting to break free as soon as the officers were present. The videotape leaves little beyond insanity as a viable defense in my view.”

Others, including conservative radio broadcaster Buck Sexton, questioned why Pelosi was holding a drink in his hand when police answered the door.

Either way, the footage did nothing to bolster Democrat conspiracy theories that DePape was a Right-wing extremist.

New York Post journalist Miranda Devine said that both Right- and Left-wing conspiracy theories in this case should be disregarded for the “real story.”

“The real story was that Democrat-run cities are now so overrun with the drug addicted, mentally ill and criminals that even the husband of Speaker Pelosi is not safe in his own bed,” she said. “Instead, we got silly theories from the Right and fake claims from the Left that a Trumpist did it.”

DePape faces federal charges of assaulting an immediate family member of a federal official and attempted kidnapping of a federal officer. The charges carry 30- and 2-year prison sentences, respectively.

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

Ga. Declares State of Emergency over Antifa Terrorism

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Ga. Declares State of Emergency over Antifa Terrorism

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency as Antifa continues to engage in domestic terrorism and rioting, leaving sections of Atlanta in fiery and vandalized ruin.

The executive order will allow Kemp to call in the state’s national guard in order to address the ongoing rioting, conducted mostly by out-of-state Antifa terrorists, PJ Media reported.

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: That because of unlawful assemblage, violence, overt threats of violence, disruption of the peace and tranquility of this state and danger existing to persons and property, a State of Emergency is declared in the State of Georgia,” Kemp wrote, citing the protection of the “public peace” and provision “for the safety and welfare of Georgia’s citizens, visitors, and property.”

Even Atlanta Democrat Mayor Andre Dickens, despite initially trying to downplay the chaos, was compelled to describe the anti-police riots as an organized campaign of  terror, a stark difference to President Joe Biden’s infamous excuse that Antifa was just “an idea.”

“They had explosives. The burned down a police car. They broke windows at businesses,” Dickens told Face the Nation.

Despite the organized and systematic violence, the mainstream media has ignored the fact that the spree of violence began with the shooting of a police officer, instead backing Antifa terrorists.

Vice, for instance, ran a sappy headline in memory of “Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Teran, a 26-year-old queer environmental activist” who shot a police officer and refused to listen to orders before he was shot and killed.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., recently slammed Attorney General Merrick Garland for ignoring the riots in her home state, a trend which has become increasingly obvious as the rule of law collapses in America.

“It’s happening again TONIGHT in Atlanta. When will our federal agencies start taking left-wing TERRORISM seriously? Looking at you Merrick Garland… ANTIFA/BLM = DOMESTIC TERRORISTS!

Greene also noted that these repeat offenders have decidedly not received the same treatment as the J6 rally-goers.

“Antifa, BLM, and every other violent left wing organization must be declared domestic TERRORISTS immediately,” Greene followed up.

“These criminals must be treated like the DOJ is treating J6ers, but their attacks have been worse. These TERRORISTS are & always have been the true threat to democracy.”

GOP Lawmakers Demand Pfizer Probe after Explosive Project Veritas Report

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GOP Lawmakers Demand Pfizer Probe after Explosive Project Veritas Report

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House are launching investigations into Big Pharma giant Pfizer after the release of a Project Veritas video that exposed Pfizer’s alleged manipulations of COVID variants, Becker News reported.

After receiving record government contracts to create gene-altering mRNA vaccines, it now appears that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla and his mega-corporation have been plotting COVID variant manipulations to continue to line their pockets.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., penned a letter to Bourla, noting that the CEO and his company engaged in nefarious practices by taking advantage of public faith in “the Science.”

“An investigative report suggests that Pfizer may be conducting gain-of-function research, which it dubs ‘directed evolution’ research to mutate the SARS-CoV-2 virus to create additional, more potent variants and vaccines to combat future variants,” Rubio wrote. “This type of research, similar to gain-of-function research, has long been controversial, and is suspected to be the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

He also noted that Bourla and his company lied about the side-effects of the jab while securing state-guaranteed immunity to lawsuits.

“Pfizer has put its desire for profit over the concern of national and global health and must hold itself accountable,” Rubio continued.

In the House, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene also demanded an investigation.

“The Pfizer Director…is caught on video discussing mutating the virus to change the vaccines & how Covid is a cash cow!” Greene tweeted. “Pfizer took BILLIONS of federal [dollars]. Our Covid Select Subcommittee MUST investigate!”

Greene was of course alluding to the aforementioned Project Veritas bombshell video released earlier this week which exposed Pfizer’s designs on Americans.

“One of the things we’re exploring is like, why don’t we just mutate it [COVID] ourselves so we could create — preemptively develop new vaccines, right? So, we have to do that,” Jordon Trishton Walker, Pfizer director of research and development with strategic operations and mRNA scientific planning told an undercover reporter from Project Veritas.

“If we’re gonna do that though, there’s a risk of like, as you could imagine — no one wants to be having a pharma company mutating f**king viruses.”

DHS Email Warning: Illegals Assaulting Border Agents

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DHS Email Warning: Illegals Assaulting Border Agents

(Ezekiel Loseke, Headline USA) The Department of Homeland Security has experienced multiple examples of illegal aliens assaulting border agents.

The knowledge of illegal aliens assaulting border guards comes from emails obtained by the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project according to Breitbart News.

Raul Ortiz, a Border Patrol chief, wrote an email indicating that Border Patrol agents and people working for non-governmental organizations are being assaulted by illegal aliens.

“Our [Border Patrol] agents are being assaulted and we aren’t saying a word,” he wrote in an email.

“The bus contractors and pilots are dealing with Haitians escaping or trying to overrun drivers and we stay quiet,” he explained. “Agents and pro staff are working 14 hours days in difficult conditions, nothing said. We have to change the narrative or these stories [the false stories of Border Patrol agents whipping illegals] will be the only story.”

These assaults come as America is being flooded with record numbers of illegal aliens.

The violence of the illegal aliens fits a larger pattern of illegals violently attacking the American people.

To make matters worse, the Federal Government is enabling this invasion of violent criminals.

  • Federal agents have been caught opening locked border fences to enable illegal immigration.
  • The Department of Homeland Security allows illegals to use their arrest papers as identification.
  • The Biden administration has planned to issue illegals Id cards as they crossed the border illegally.
  • California has hired illegals as state troopers.

DeSantis Targets Fentanyl Plague, Unveils New Law & Order Legislation

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DeSantis Targets Fentanyl Plague, Unveils New Law & Order Legislation

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) In an attempt to preserve law and order in Florida as most states descend into total chaos, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has decided to target the fentanyl plague that has swept the nation.

DeSantis announced severe penalties for fentanyl and other drug-related crimes while taking shots at other states, which have followed more fashionable trends in recent years, Florida’s Voice reported.

“We are very proud that we are a law-and-order state. We’ve seen a lot of jurisdictions around this country indulge in what I would say are faddish thinking: attacking law enforcement, thinking that you can solve some of these problems through things like social services instead of police on the street when you have dangerous people,” the Republican governor said.

Per DeSantis, if his proposal were accepted, it would be a first-class felony to possess, sell or manufacture fentanyl or other controlled substances to look like candy. In any instance in which children are targeted, there would be a $1 billion fine and an automatic life sentence.

DeSantis expressed his concern about the targeting of children specifically.

“They will jam fentanyl into almost anything nowadays, so they’ll actually do it and make it look like candy,” he said. “And we’re going to take action against this because this is really targeting our youngest and most vulnerable kids.”

The proposal also includes provisions for the sentencing of child rapists to life in prison without parole. DeSantis also wants to reinstate capital punishment for similar crimes against children.

In addition, DeSantis argued for the implementation of detention hearings for dangerous criminals before trial hearings, so that they can be detained and not allowed to wander about before being tried.

“If you are charged with something that’s really serious, I think that the expectation should be that you remain until your first appearance. We’re going to make sure that judges are the ultimate decision maker when it comes to detention,” he said.

Musk Meets w/ McCarthy, Jeffries

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Musk Meets w/ McCarthy, Jeffries

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Elon Musk, billionaire and Twitter CEO, went to our nation’s capitol for a meeting with newly-appointed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to have a discussion on the bipartisanship of Twitter as a social media platform.

According to Breitbart, Musk also had an unplanned meeting with House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.

Reports also indicated that Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, went in McCarthy’s office and remained inside for at least an hour while Musk was still present.

Jordan, who acts as chair for both the Judiciary Committee and the Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, plans to open an investigation into the infamous “Twitter Files,” which hold several revelations concerning the government’s involvement with censorship on the social media platform throughout and after the COVID pandemic.

Musk also released details about the FBI paying Twitter millions for their collaboration.

After the meeting, McCarthy joked that Musk came to the capitol to wish him a happy birthday.

“He came to wish me happy birthday,” McCarthy, who turned 58 on Thursday, said. “We’ve been friends for years.”

In fact, Musk is a “longtime McCarthy donor,” and spoke at a Republican retreat that the speaker hosted in Wyoming in the summer of 2022.

Twitter users were appreciative of the meeting, with many applauding Musk’s efforts to keep both political sides of the aisle on equal footing.

“TRUTH leans towards fairness,” said user ThinkVirtues. “Thank you for the excellent work you’re doing. Your dedication and courageous leadership is refreshing and needed in these times.”

“The other platforms should all do the same,” War Room reporter Ian Miles Cheong argued in a post. “It’s only fair. Cant’ have fair elections if platforms are biased against conservatives.”

Musk purchased Twitter in a massive bid last fall and continues to make drastic changes. Since the regime change, several batches of the “Twitter Files” were released, confirming that the government worked with the platform to censor dissenting opinions—particularly regarding COVID measures and the vaccine—and sway elections.

Republican control of the House has allowed the launch of several investigations. Jordan is leading several of the inquiries, including investigating the Department of Justice, looking into the SCOTUS leak of the initial Dobbs opinion and probing the actions of Hunter Biden’s business dealings and his father’s hand in them.

Biden Regime’s Push for EV Cars Threatens Environment: Report

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Biden Regime’s Push for EV Cars Threatens Environment: Report

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A recent report revealed that the United State’s hasty transition to only electric vehicles will require triple the amount of lithium than is currently being produced for the global vehicle market.

The shortage for lithium is causing water shortages, a scramble for land and environmental degradation as companies hurry to make the change before EV mandates come into effect.

According to The Guardian, new research showed that unless American dependence on vehicles sharply declines, ordering companies to change over to solely EVs by the year 2050 will prove to be a huge mistake for burgeoning leftist environmental and social initiatives.

Global demand for lithium is on the rise, and is predicted to increase 40 times by 2040 largely due to the increased demand for electric cars.

However, leftists are bent on signaling their “zero-emissions” virtues, no matter the human cost—or the hit on their social initiatives.

Protests and lawsuits against the surge in mining are already cropping up, particularly in the U.S., Chile, Serbia and Tibet.

“Preserving the status quo might seem like the politically easier option, but it’s not the fastest way to get people out of cars or the fairest way to decarbonize,” said Thea Riofrancos, associate professor of political science at Providence College and lead author of the report.

Never ready to let a crisis go to waste, leftist are using the environmental threat as a way to force people out of their cars and into using public transportation.

“We can either electrify the status quo to reach zero emissions, or the energy transition can be used as an opportunity to rethink our cities and the transportation sector so that it’s more environmentally and socially just, both in the US and globally.”

Litium mining will have a significant impact on public health and the supply chain at all levels for several decades.

According to the report, Americans will have to rely heavily on increased public transportation and denser cities for increased walkability in order to hit the country’s carbon neutral goal.

States mandating EVs are already coming up against barrages of problems—California, for example, ran into issues with their antiquated power grid not being able to sustain necessary power for charging everyone’s cars.

Vehicle manufacturers are also anticipating problems. Projections are falling far short of anticipated needs for the upcoming demand.

72% of Fact-Checkers Used by Facebook are Funded by George Soros

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72% of Fact-Checkers Used by Facebook are Funded by George Soros

(Ezekiel Loseke, Headline USA) George Soros, the infamous cosmopolitan oligarch, is behind the majority of “fact checking” institutions, in addition to his influence with mainstream media personalities, ownership of media companies and advertising regime.

Soros finances 8 of 11 fact-checking organizations used in Facebook‘s censorship regime, according to Breitbart news.

The most noteworthy company is PolitiFact. PolitiFact is owned by another company, The Poynter Institute. The Poynter Institute is funded by, amongst others, George Soros, according to the New York Post.

The Poynter Institute created and operates the project, the International-Fact-Checking Network. This project is funded by the US State Department, Google, Facebook, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, and Open Society Foundations. Open Society Foundations is one of Soros’s shell companies that distributes money for his political projects, as previously reported.

The International Fact Checking Network, operates as a controlling organization for dozens of fact checking organizations it controls. It serves “to bring together the growing community of fact-checkers around the world and advocates of factual information in the global fight against misinformation.”

The body includes well known institutions apart from PolitiFact. The Associated Press fact check, FactCheck.org, The Dispatch Fact Checker and the Washington Post fact-checker are all part of this Soros controlled network.

The network is growing. In November, Google and YouTube announced that they would give The Poynter Institute a $13.2 million grant to create a new global fact checking fund to be launched in early 2023, as previously reported.

Soros’s fact-checking empire is just one example of his domination of the media.

  • He has influenced 54 high profile media personalities with funding.
  • He spent $131 million acquiring media companies from 2016 to 2020.
  • He spent another $138 million on political nonprofits in 2021.
  • He personally donated $170 million to political candidates, enabling them to run adds, for the 2022 election.
  • He paid journalists up to $85,000 to push criminal justice reform.
  • He offered individual TikTokers  $400 to create anti-Trump posts.
  • His lackies have bought up conservative radio stations.
  • Soros funded Biden’s Disinformation Czar who pushed the Russia Hoax.

Other examples of Soros’s media manipulation may be found at headlineusa.com.

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