DeSantis Threatens to ‘Send the Bill’ of Illegal Alien Costs to Biden

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DeSantis Threatens to ‘Send the Bill’ of Illegal Alien Costs to Biden

(Headline USA) Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to send President Joe Biden “the bill” for all of the migrant costs his state has had to pay as a result of the surge in illegal immigration along the southern border.

DeSantis declared a state of emergency this week following the recent arrival of migrants in the Florida Keys. He also issued an executive order activating the National Guard and other state resources “to protect Floridians from the dangerous impacts of the Biden Border Crisis.”

DeSantis cited a recent report that boats of migrants from Cuba landed in the Florida Keys and left their vessels on Floridians’ property, forcing them to pay to have the Cuban boat removed.

One Florida homeowner, Jack Bartkus, recalled how “about 20 people that rode on this boat from Cuba” landed in his yard. “[The government] took the people into custody [but] they didn’t do anything with the boat,” he said.

“They left it here and just discarded it,” Bartkus said. “So it became my problem.”

Florida is “filling in the gaps” where the Biden administration is failing, DeSantis argued. 

“We’ve been very aggressive, really across the board, at mitigating the damage from Biden’s disastrous border policies, and part of it is just what they’re doing at the border, but part of it is the message that’s gone out to say, ‘The rules don’t matter. Just show up, and you’re fine.’ And you can’t run a country like that, and it’s caused a lot of problems,” he said.

DeSantis argued Biden should have to bear the financial costs of his open border policies.

“We are going to clear the vessels free of charge for those residents because it wasn’t their fault,” he said. “Maybe we’ll send the bill to Biden, we’ll see, but the reality is this is just not the way you run a country.”

Dem. Rep.’s Old Tweet about Stolen Docs Comes Back to Haunt Her on CNN

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Dem. Rep.’s Old Tweet about Stolen Docs Comes Back to Haunt Her on CNN

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) CNN host Alisyn Camerota put Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., in an awkward position on air by showing an old tweet she posted, which criticized former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents.

Jayapal, who insisted Trump “be held accountable to the full extent of the law,” argued that President Biden holding onto classified information since his days as vice president was clearly different, reported the Daily Caller.

“There are clear differences here in how this president it and we’ll just have to wait for the special counsel to do his work,” she claimed.

Camerota then showed everyone her old tweet accusing Trump of “stealing” classified documents and “put[ting] our national security at risk.”

Camerota asked Jayapal if Biden should be held to the same standard.

“I absolutely think that is why the Department of Justice has appointed the special counsel,” Jayapal said. “That doesn’t mean that there isn’t a problem here, and certainly there’s a political problem for all of us as Democrats.”

“I do think that there are significant differences, and I do think it’s important to look at the fact this president is cooperating completely with the investigation,” she added.

The FBI illegally raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, leading to the discovery of several documents.

Biden claimed ignorance regarding documents, which his staffers initially found in his office at the University of Pennsylvania. Federal agents discovered more at a think tank office with links to China and in the garage of his personal home.

The papers allegedly contain information related to Ukraine, Iran and the United Kingdom.

Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate the documents.

Biden did not have authority to declassify documents as vice president and lacked the authority to take them to his private residence and offices.

Some speculated that this is an attempt by Democrats to usher Biden out the door and introduce a new candidate.

“This is all happening very fast,” wrote America First Report’s JD Rucker. “It makes one wonder what’s really going on here. It’s odd that three different batches of classified documents were found all at once. Are the Democrats dumping Biden? Is there something more nefarious afoot?”

House Dems Propose Constitutional Amendment to Lower Voting Age to 16

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House Dems Propose Constitutional Amendment to Lower Voting Age to 16

(Headline USA) House Democrats proposed an amendment to the Constitution this week that would allow 16-year-olds to vote.

The resolution, introduced by Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., would repeal the 26th Amendment, which guarantees the right to vote for all U.S. citizens of at least 18 years of age.

A new amendment would be added in its place, which states, “The right of citizens of the United States, who are sixteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.”

This is not the first time Democrats have tried to pass such a proposal. In fact, Meng introduced this resolution in the last Congress, admitting that the reason she wants 16-year-olds to have the right to vote is because they are more likely to support Democrats’ leftist causes.

“Our young people, including 16- and 17-year-olds, continue to fight and advocate for so many issues that they are passionate about from gun safety to the climate crisis,” she said at the time. “They have been tremendously engaged on policies affecting their lives and their futures.”

But even though Democrats had control of both the House and Senate last year, they did not advance Meng’s proposal. Only 125 Democrats voted in favor of the amendment in March 2022, while every Republican but one voted against it.

This year, Meng’s proposal has the backing of only about 12 Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and the other “Squad” members, such as Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., introduced a similar measure in the Senate last year, called the Youth Voting Rights Act, which wouldn’t change the legal voting age but would automatically register 16- and 17-year-olds to vote so they can vote as soon as they are 18-years-old.

New Special Counsel Inspires Little Confidence in Biden Accountability

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New Special Counsel Inspires Little Confidence in Biden Accountability

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) In order to investigate President Joe Biden’s illegal removal of classified documents during and after his vice presidency, Attorney General Merrick Garland has tagged attorney Robert Hur as the special counsel to oversee the probe, the Daily Wire reported.

“The special counsel will not be subject to the day-to-day supervision of any official of the department, but he must comply with the regulations, procedures and policies of the department,” Garland said Thursday in making the announcement.

Unfortunately, for those hoping to see Biden brought to justice, Hur’s deep-state ties are extensive, suggesting the outcome—whether to protect Biden or to force him from office—may already be baked into the mix.

Though he was appointed by former President Donald Trump to the top prosecutor’s role in the state of Maryland in 2017, Hur—like many Trump appointees—has aligned himself with several prominent figures from the very Swamp that Trump had hoped to drain during his presidency.

Hur, who clerked for the now-deceased Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, previously functioned as the right-hand man for FBI Director Chris Wray, under whose leadership the FBI has morphed into a politicized weapon for the Left.

The duo primarily worked together under the George W. Bush administration, when Wray was assistant attorney general in charge of the DOJ’s Criminal Division and Hur was his special assistant.

The connection would prove deeper more than a decade later, when Hur took a job as the DOJ point man to Robert Mueller’s special counsel during the infamous Russia-collusion probe, one of the vital tools by which the Left continually undermined former President Donald Trump‘s term.

If that weren’t enough, Hur also has ties to former U.S. acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, functioning as Rosenstein’s top lieutenant while pushing Russia lies.

Rosenstein, who was the top DOJ official in charge of the Mueller investigation after the recusal of then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, was forced out by Trump after it came to light that he had offered to wear a wire during conversations with Trump while seditiously plotting with then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe about how to undermine the president.

The two are so close that Rosenstein even announced Hur’s initial DOJ appointment, praising him for his “experience and judgment [that] will advance our efforts to deter crime, promote the rule of law, and ensure equal justice for everyone.”

But not everyone who worked with Hur was as complimentary.

Kash Patel, a Trump ally who served as chief of staff to the secretary of Defense and also as a federal prosecutor, denounced Tur as a “government gangster” during an interview Thursday with Fox News’s Larry Kudlow.

“This guy is a Swamp monster of the tier-one level,” Patel said. “He’s a government gangster. He’s now in charge of the continued crime-scene cover-up.”

Headline USA’s Ben Sellers contributed to this report.

Anti-Trump Ex-Gov. Tapped to Replace Sasse in Senate

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Anti-Trump Ex-Gov. Tapped to Replace Sasse in Senate

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen recently appointed former GOP Governor Pete Ricketts to replace the state’s outgoing RINO Sen. Ben Sasse.

Ricketts will replace Sasse for the remainder of his term, which was slated to end in 2024. He noted that he would tentatively plan to run again in 2026 in order to retain his seat.

Politico reported that Pillen chose Ricketts because he thought he would be committed to running again in 2026, and knew that he could appeal to the state of Nebraska.

“There’s never been a Nebraskan who has had to run for statewide election in two consecutive terms … it’s an extraordinarily rigorous challenge,” Pillen said. “I don’t believe in placeholders.”

Ricketts confirmed that he was up to the challenge.

“One of things we as Republicans need to win elections is to have a broad tent,” he said. “I’m committed to running in ‘24 and ‘26 to serve the people of Nebraska.”

The incoming senator, though an improvement on the #NeverTrumper Sasse, has had his share of run-ins with the former president.

Last year, Trump slammed Ricketts for endorsing Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.

“Today, the worst ‘election integrity’ Governor in the country, Brian Kemp, loaded the great state of Georgia up with RINOs,” Trump said.

“That’s right, he had them all. Chris Christie, Doug Ducey from Arizona, and Pete Ricketts from Nebraska. That tells you all you need to know about what you are getting in Georgia—just a continuation of bad elections and a real RINO if you vote for Brian Kemp.”

Despite the run-in, Ricketts has kept the conversation with Trump open, unlike his predecessor.

“I agree with many of the policies of the former president. We just back different candidates,” Ricketts told the Nebraska Examiner soon after the Kemp spat.

Ricketts is also a popular decision with Senate Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said that he believes Ricketts will be “extremely effective.”

Nearly Half of All States Now Ban TikTok on Gov’t Devices

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(Headline USA) Wisconsin and North Carolina have joined at least 22 other states in banning the popular social media app TikTok on state-owned devices, including Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana and South Dakota.

Congress also recently banned TikTok from most U.S. government-issued devices over bipartisan concerns about security.

TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company that moved its headquarters to Singapore in 2020. It has been targeted by critics who say the Chinese government could access user data, such as browsing history and location.

U.S. armed forces also have prohibited the app on military devices, as well as those of other GPS-based platforms that could track military movements using easily accessible or public data.

TikTok is consumed by two-thirds of American teens and has become the second-most popular domain in the world. But there’s long been bipartisan concern in Washington that Beijing would use legal and regulatory power to seize American user data or try to push pro-China narratives or misinformation.

There are also worries that the company is sending masses of user data to China, in breach of stringent European privacy rules.

Additionally, there’s been concern about TikTok’s content and whether it harms teenagers’ mental health.

Wisconsin’s Democrat Gov. Tony Evers cited concerns about privacy, safety and security, after consulting with the FBI and emergency management officials about the app.

Evers’s order applies to most state agencies, with some exceptions like criminal investigators who may be using the app to track certain people.

The University of Wisconsin System, which employs 40,000 faculty and staff, is also exempt. But a UW System spokesperson said despite the exemption, the university was conducting a review and moving toward placing restrictions on the app being used on devices in order to protect against serious cybersecurity risks.

Both Evers and fellow Democrat North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper also prohibited the use of WeChat, a Chinese instant messaging app, on state devices.

“It’s important for us to protect state information technology from foreign countries that have actively participated in cyberattacks against the United States,” Cooper said. “Protecting North Carolina from cyber threats is vital to ensuring the safety, security, privacy, and success of our state and its people.”

Both the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission have warned that TikTok user data could be shared by owner ByteDance Ltd. with China’s authoritarian government. U.S. officials also worry that the Chinese government might use TikTok to push pro-China narratives or misinformation.

Evidence already exists that the platform has promoted deviant, anti-social and sometimes illegal behaviors for Americans, including violence, drug use and transgenderism, while the Chinese version emphasizes educational content.

There is also reason to believe that Chinese operatives both collected data and selectively pushed data to TikTok users in order to give Democrats an advantage in the 2020 and 2022 U.S. elections.

Notorious Democrat mega-donor George Soros reportedly even offered TikTok users $400 to created anti-Trump posts that pushed disinformation about the Jan. 6, 2021, protests at the U.S. Capitol.

Even among Democrats, fears were further stoked by news reports last year that a China-based team improperly accessed data of U.S. TikTok users, including two journalists, as part of a covert surveillance program to ferret out the source of leaks to the press.

In 2020, then-President Donald Trump and his administration sought to ban dealings with TikTok’s owner, force it to sell off its U.S. assets and remove it from app stores.

Courts blocked Trump’s efforts to ban TikTok, and President Joe Biden rescinded Trump’s orders after taking office but ordered an in-depth study of the issue. A planned sale of TikTok’s U.S. assets was shelved.

The Senate in December approved a version of the TikTok ban authored by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., a vocal critic of big tech companies.

Underscoring the trans-partisan nature of the threat, in the House, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., has co-sponsored legislation to prohibit TikTok from operating in the U.S. altogether, and the measure approved by Congress in December had the support of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

For its part, TikTok claimed to be developing security and data privacy plans as part of an ongoing national security review by President Joe Biden’s administration.

“We’re disappointed that so many states are jumping on the political bandwagon to enact policies that will do nothing to advance cybersecurity in their states and are based on unfounded falsehoods about TikTok,” Jamal Brown, a spokesperson for TikTok, said in an emailed statement.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Thousands of Swiss Soldiers Deployed to Protect WEF’s Davos Summit

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Thousands of Swiss Soldiers Deployed to Protect WEF’s Davos Summit

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A veritable army of 5,000 Swiss soldiers were ordered to Davos, Switzerland, to guard guests of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.

Switzerland’s Defense Department and Federal Assembly approved the military presence at the WEF conference, which starts on Jan. 16.

According to the Post Millennial, the military force is tasked with guarding attendees from protestors and those who oppose WEF’s radical agenda.

A specific guest list is not publicly available for security reasons. Several American, Ukrainian and Chinese politicians and business representatives will be attending.

The theme for this year’s conference is “Cooperation in a Fragmented World,” and will attempt to put together a large task force of businessmen and government officials to “work together on the interconnected issues of energy, climate, and nature.”

There will also be a “special emphasis” on “gender and geographical diversity.”

Climate czar John Kerry, National Intelligence chief Avril Haines, several congressmen and regional governors will all be in attendance.

Many of the American delegation are Democrats, but out of the 25 attendees at least 10 are Republicans.

At least two groups have submitted applications to gather and protest the event, according to Davos clerk Michael Straub. The WEF is best known for attempting to create a new world order via “the Great Reset.”

Klaus Schwab, founder and top dog at WEF, authored a book, “COVID 19: The Great Reset,” which explains his vision for the world—emerging from the messy pandemic lockdowns—where governments step in to address wealth generation and distribution.

The WEF founder also pushes for people to trust in the “experts,” relying on them to make decisions for all citizens.

Schwab is the inventor of ESG protocols, which focus on environmental, social and governance practices to mitigate climate change, encourage conformity to government-approved social movements and allow governments to act as an enforcer for the “basket of deporables” who reject the nanny state.

Pentagon Acknowledges 510 Reports of UFOs

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Pentagon Acknowledges 510 Reports of UFOs

(Headline USA) The U.S. now acknowledges having collected 510 reports of unidentified flying objects, many of which are flying in sensitive military airspace.

While there’s no publicly released evidence of extraterrestrials, they may still pose a threat, the government said in a declassified report summary released Thursday.

Last year, the Pentagon opened an office, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, solely focused on receiving and analyzing all of those reports of unidentified phenomena, many of which have been reported by military pilots. It works with the intelligence agencies to further assess those incidents.

The events “continue to occur in restricted or sensitive airspace, highlighting possible concerns for safety of flight or adversary collection activity,” the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in its 2022 report.

The classified version of the report addresses how many of those objects were found near locations where nuclear power plants operate or nuclear weapons are stored.

The 510 objects include 144 objects previously reported and 366 new reports. In both the old and new cases, after analysis, the majority have been determined to exhibit “unremarkable characteristics,” and could be characterized as unmanned aircraft systems, or balloon-like objects, the report said.

But the office is also tasked with reporting any movements or reports of objects that may indicate that a potential adversary has a new technology or capability.

The Pentagon’s anomaly office is also to include any unidentified objects moving underwater, in the air, or in space, or something that moves between those domains, which could pose a new threat.

ODNI said in its report that efforts to destigmatize reporting and emphasize that the objects may pose a threat likely contributed to the additional reports.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Park Service Rejects July 4 Fireworks at Mt. Rushmore, Fears Triggering Local Tribes

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Park Service Rejects July 4 Fireworks at Mt. Rushmore, Fears Triggering Local Tribes

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) The National Parks Service rejected a request from South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem to have fireworks at Mount Rushmore for Independence Day this year, due to concerns about them having “adverse effect[s]” on local Indian tribes.

According to the Daily Caller, Noem received an answer to her request via a letter sent to Wanda Goodman, who is on staff at the South Dakota Department of Tourism.

Michell Wheatley, who works for the National Parks Service, scolded that local tribes frown on the fireworks, as they are contrary to their traditional cultural views.

“Fireworks continue to be viewed by multiple Tribes as an adverse effect on the traditional cultural landscape,” Wheatley wrote in the letter. “This view was expressed by consulting Tribes in 2020 and has been reaffirmed by Tribal government representatives in subsequent meetings and letters.”

The four-page letter also indicated that the fireworks show “poses threats to the environment and Memorial resources,” and would “unreasonably interfere with interpretive, visitor service, or other program activities.”

Parks officials also argued that the celebratory event may be an “inconvenience to members of the public who will not be participating in the event and who may not be interested in observing it.”

The letter does not mention any specific Tribes or Tribal representatives who made statements arguing against the fireworks show.

In 2021, Noem sent letters to several members of Congress requesting legislative assistance to ensure the annual fireworks show could continue during the Biden regime.

“The Mount Rushmore Fireworks Celebration is the best way that we can celebrate America’s birthday. We lost our ability to hold this celebration during the Obama administration, so I’m asking our South Dakota delegation to help us advocate for this tremendous event,” Noem said.

The Obama administration cancelled the display in 2009 due to alleged wildfire and pollution risks.

Former President Donald Trump restored the tradition after the ban.

Lawsuit: Disney Functioned as State Actor in Pushing Vax Mandates

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Lawsuit: Disney Functioned as State Actor in Pushing Vax Mandates

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A recent lawsuit by two former Disney employees alleges that the entertainment giant colluded with the government to force a vaccine mandate on employees under threat of firing.

According to the Daily Wire, Disney fired the two employees for refusing the get the vaccine. In doing this, the lawsuit argues that Disney became a “state actor,” as the company worked with the government to push the vaccine on employees.

Because the Biden administration worked with social media and mainstream media to silence dissenting voices, it is reasonable to assume they would work with massive corporations to enforce mandates that would be unconstitutional for them to implement.

“The Constitution provides that the government, and state actors cannot take life, liberty or property without due process and equal protection of the law,” the suit said. “There is no dispute that the Defense Department was looking to partner with private business in its effort to vaccinate.”

“At what point does partnership go beyond independent entities working voluntarily toward a shared mission to entwinement, such that they can be considered a state actor?” the suit argued.

The suit alleged that Disney is subject to the “equal protection clause” as a state actor.

“Had the government instituted a requirement that all professional athletes and personnel of leading media outlets are required to receive a vaccination, without rights to exeption, such an action would be subject to an equal protection challenge…” the suit read.

Two former ESPN employees, Beth Faber and Allison Williams, filed the lawsuit. As a subsidiary of Disney, ESPN followed their parent company’s mandates. The suit named both of the companies.

Six days after President Biden announced the business vaccine mandate, then-Disney CEO Bob Chapek participated in a meeting with Biden on the subject of vaccines.

The suit also argues that Disney’s long-suspected ties to the Defense Department—which helped spearhead the vaccination effort—influenced the company’s policies.

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