Jan. 6 Uprising Exploited to Justify Biden’s Terror Crackdown

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Jan. 6 Uprising Exploited to Justify Biden’s Terror Crackdown

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Biden administration used the protests of Jan. 6, 2021, to both inflate a supposed spike in domestic terrorism threats and justify an unwarranted expansion of federal law enforcement, newly declassified intelligence documents showed. 

Documents released by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on May 28 revealed that, under the Biden administration, 61 percent of purported domestic terrorism investigations were tied to events of Jan. 6.   

Even more alarming, the documents showed the government admitted that 78 percent of alleged domestic terrorism arrests in 2021 came from the single-day protest. 

“The FBI is investigating approximately 2,950 domestic terrorism-related cases, 61 percent of which are related to the 6 January siege of the US Capitol,” the 2022 document read. 

Like clockwork, the administration wasted no time using these figures as a green light to increase law enforcement’s resources to essentially surveil Americans. 

The Biden-era memo confirmed the strategy:

“The size and complexity of U.S. Capitol siege-related investigations have required the Department of Justice, to include the FBI, to surge resources to investigate and prosecute Capitol siege participants, while maintaining an agile security posture to address domestic terrorism threats.” 

As Just the News first reported, the administration published these stats under a section curiously called “Fatal Domestic Violent Extremist Attacks and FBI Investigations.” Notably, no Jan. 6 participant killed anyone that day. 

The only fatality was Ashli Babbitt, a 12-year Air Force veteran who had been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. She was shot and killed by Capitol Police Officer Michael Byrd. 

Gabbard released the documents likely as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to undo the weaponization of the federal government against Americans. 

The declassified files also revealed that the government branded critics of COVID-19 mandates as “domestic violent extremists” and used that label to justify their push for online censorship. 

FBI whistleblower Steve Friend, who was suspended from the FBI in 2022 after refusing to participate in SWAT-style raids of J6 suspects, outlined many of the issues in the declassified files years ago. Friend remains suspended without pay, as does FBI whistleblower Garret O’Boyle.

A Media Research Center report also covered Biden’s war on Americans in a report identifying at least 57 Biden-led censorship initiatives. 

Titled by MRC as “The Fake Domestic Terror Threat,” the censorship initiative functioned as a government tool, using “the spectre of right-wing terror to justify mass surveillance, censorship and targeting of protected speech.” 

“An MRC report reveals how the right-wing terror threat was an illusion. It had been manufactured by the administration, with fake investigations precipitating fake expert reports precipitating very real enforcement actions,” the report concluded.

President, Pentagon Show No Signs of Backing Down

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President, Pentagon Show No Signs of Backing Down

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square)  Federal officials showed no signs of changing course Tuesday after days of protests in Los Angeles sparked by opposition to enforcement of immigration law.

“If I didn’t send in the troops to Los Angeles the last three nights, that once beautiful and great city would be burning to the ground right now,” President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post Tuesday morning.

Trump ordered 2,000 additional National Guard troops and 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles on Monday after 2,000 National Guard troops arrived Sunday amid continuing unrest. Trump’s orders come over objections from California officials. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom sued the president for sending in the troops on Monday and a delegation of California elected officials called for the removal of both the National Guard and Marines during a news conference Tuesday morning. 

“In a democracy, civil disobedience isn’t met with military force, but that’s exactly what Trump is doing,” U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., said Tuesday. “He’s inciting a situation that could get worse if people do not bring down the tension. And the way he can bring down the tension is by withdrawing the National Guard and the U.S. military.”

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the National Guard will “enable federal law enforcement officers to safely conduct their duties.”

U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the troops were called in “due to increased threats to federal law enforcement officers and federal buildings.” He said 700 active-duty U.S. Marines from Camp Pendleton, about 100 miles away, are being deployed to Los Angeles.

“We have an obligation to defend federal law enforcement officers – even if Gavin Newsom will not,” Hegseth said. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., called Newsom an “accomplice” in the unrest in Los Angeles during a news conference on Tuesday morning.

“He’s standing in the way of the administration and the carrying out of federal law. He is applauding the bad guys and standing in the way of the good guys. He’s a participant, an accomplice, in our federal law enforcement agents being not just disrespected but assaulted,” Johnson said. “This is a serious problem. And the governor is now filing a lawsuit against the president – what a joke. Do your job, man, that’s what I’d tell Gavin Newsom. Do you job, stop working on your rebranding and be a governor. Stand up for the rule of law.”

In the state’s lawsuit challenging Trump’s orders, California Attorney General Rob Bonta asked a judge to block the Pentagon “from federalizing and deploying the California National Guard and military without meeting the requirements” of federal law. 

“Reflecting the Founders’ distrust of military rule, the U.S. Constitution and the laws of our Nation strictly limit the domestic use of the military, including the federalized National Guard,” Bonta’s complaint says. “The Posse Comitatus Act codifies these strict rules, prohibiting the military from engaging in civil law enforcement unless explicitly authorized by law. The authority to use the military domestically for civil law enforcement is reserved for dire, narrow circumstances, none of which is present here. Defendants have overstepped the bounds of law and are intent on going as far as they can to use the military in unprecedented, unlawful ways.”

More Violence, Looting in LA, Fifth Day of Protests Expected

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More Violence, Looting in LA, Fifth Day of Protests Expected

(Dave Mason, The Center Square)  More protests were expected Tuesday on the fifth day of demonstrations in Los Angeles, which saw looting overnight.

Large crowds of peaceful protesters Monday gathered outside the Robert Young Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles. There were occasional minor clashes between protesters and police, according to local media reports. As happened during the weekend, some people threw fireworks toward law enforcement. Officers deployed smoke-fill cannisters toward the crowd. A car outside a church was set on fire, according to CBS Los Angeles. Five Waymo self-driving taxis were set on fire.

About 30 people smashed the glass doors to enter a CVS store at midnight and steal from it, as seen in videos on local TV newscasts. Goods were also stolen from five other stores including Apple and shoe outlets.

The Chinese American Museum and the historic Italian American Museum were among the buildings vandalized. Buildings tagged with graffiti included the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters.

President Donald Trump said Monday he would send 700 Marines from Twentynine Palms in nearby San Bernardino County despite objections from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who sued Trump over his deployment of the 2,000 National Guard troops Saturday night. On Monday, Trump said he would deploy another 2,000.

Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said his department could handle law enforcement without the Marines’ help and that their presence would be “a significant logistical and operational challenge for those of us charged with safeguarding this city.”

“The Los Angeles Police Department, alongside our mutual aid partners, have decades of experience managing large-scale public demonstrations, and we remain confident in our ability to do so professionally and effectively,” McDonnell said in a news release posted Monday on X. He also said the LAPD had not received formal notification that the Marines would be arriving.

LAPD said 50 people were arrested over the weekend. They included 29 arrested Saturday evening for failure to disperse and 21 arrested Sunday for charges varying from attempted murder with a molotov cocktail to assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, looting and failure to disperse.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office will start analyzing police arrest reports Tuesday, District Attorney Nathan Hochman told NBC Los Angeles

“You want to put officers’ lives in danger, damage public property, we are going to hold you accountable,” Hochman said.

Estimates of property damage had not been announced as of Tuesday morning, according to media reports.

Cleanup from the weekend demonstrations started Sunday and is continuing. Maintenance workers Monday painted over anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement graffiti painted on Los Angeles City Hall.

Nigerian ‘Tech Queen’ Charged in Multi-Million Dollar U.S. Scam

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Nigerian ‘Tech Queen’ Charged in Multi-Million Dollar U.S. Scam

(José Niño, Headline USA) The FBI has unmasked Sapphire Egemasi, a 29-year-old tech influencer, as the alleged architect behind a sophisticated international fraud operation that siphoned over $1.3 million from Lexington, Kentucky’s city coffers, according to a report by the Daily Trust.

She was arrested by the FBI in the Bronx this April. Egemasi’s story began in the digital space, where she built a reputation as a successful developer, boasting internships at global brands such as British Petroleum, H&M, and Zara and sharing images of high-end fashion and exotic travel, according to a report by Pulse Nigeria. 

But behind her carefully curated online image, federal investigators discovered that she was the mastermind of a cybercrime syndicate that targeted the city government of Lexington, Kentucky between September 2021 and February 2023, according to Pulse Nigeria. 

Operating from Cambridge, United Kingdom, after a stint in Ghana, Egemasi allegedly leveraged her programming skills to create convincing fake government websites. These sites were used to trick municipal employees into handing over secure credentials, enabling the syndicate—led by Ghanaian national Samuel Kwadwo Osei—to re-route nearly $1 million into a PNC Bank account and another $330,000 into a Bank of America account in 2022. 

The operation’s international reach, with conspirators in Nigeria, Ghana, and the United States, made it difficult for law enforcement to track and stop the fraudulent transfers.

The FBI’s investigation found that Egemasi’s lavish lifestyle was funded almost entirely through these illicit gains, not the tech ventures she promoted online. Text messages and digital evidence detailed her key role in building the infrastructure that enabled the fraud to succeed, while her social media presence helped mask her criminal activity. 

Now held in federal custody in Lexington, Kentucky, Egemasi and her co-defendants face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

This fraud incident doesn’t appear to be an anomaly.

In a related scheme that occurred in 2022, the City of Lexington lost about $4 million intended for housing assistance after cybercriminals impersonated a trusted partner and tricked city employees into wiring funds to a fraudulent bank account.

José Niño is the deputy editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/JoseAlNino 

Liberal Lunatic Who Spat on DOJ Official is in Hot Water Again

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Liberal Lunatic Who Spat on DOJ Official is in Hot Water Again

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Jeanine Pirro wants the woman who spat on former U.S. attorney Ed Martin thrown back behind bars. 

Emily Gabriella Sommer already faces one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding a government official and now stands accused of violating her pre-trial release by threatening Martin again. 

In a series of unhinged X posts, Sommer allegedly launched a curse-laden tirade against Martin, including comments such as a threat to “make sure it eats you alive and spits you back out.” 

She later branded Martin a “red-nose Rudolph stumbling bumbling alcoholic” with “quite literally no brain.” She then called Pirro a “bish” and warned that Pirro would “get it too.” 

On Friday, federal prosecutors from Pirro’s office filed screenshots of these posts and asked U.S. Judge Jia Cobb to revoke Sommer’s release and order her back to prison pending trial.

The filing argued that Sommer breached her conditions, as she was ordered to avoid “all contact, directly or indirectly, with any person who is or may be a victim or witness in the investigation or prosecution.” 

Worse still, Sommer allegedly kicked two U.S. marshals and spat on one during her May 22 arrest. 

She was hauled out of court after causing a scene when prosecutors said they would upgrade her assault charges, according to WUSA. The new charges carry a maximum sentence of 8 years in prison. 

On May 8, Sommer approached Martin outside the D.C. attorney’s office and spat on him while he conducted an interview with Newsmax. 

“Are you Ed Martin? You are. Ed Martin,” Sommer said before the alleged assault, later shouting: “You are a disgusting man. F**k you, Ed Martin. My name is Emily Gabriella Sommer, and you are served.” 

Martin left office on May 14 when Pirro took over. He now serves as associate attorney general for pardons. 

White House Hosts Roundtable Promoting ‘Trump Accounts’ for Babies

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White House Hosts Roundtable Promoting ‘Trump Accounts’ for Babies

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square)  President Donald Trump hosted another roundtable Monday promoting his ‘one big, beautiful’ budget bill currently before the Senate. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson, other key members of the House, several people from the administration and a handful of business leaders joined the president at the White House Monday to promote the bill’s savings accounts for babies, also referred to as “Trump accounts.” 

For Americans born within the next four years, from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2028, the federal government will contribute $1,000 to a tax-deferred index fund tied to the stock market. Parents will control the accounts until their child or children are 18, and parents, friends, employers or charitable sources can contribute up to a maximum of $5,000 per year. 

Trump called the provision a “pro-family initiative.”

“[It] will help millions of Americans harness the strength of our economy to lift up the next generation, and they’ll really be getting a big jump on life, especially if we get a little bit lucky with some of the numbers and the economies into the future,” he said.

The CEOs of Dell Technologies, Goldman Sachs and Uber were also part of the panel. Michael Dell has promised, if the bill is passed, to match the government’s contribution for qualifying employees, calling the provision a “powerful platform for philanthropic innovation.”

“This isn’t just a new benefit. This is investment in our people, their families, our communities and America’s future, and it embodies our core belief that opportunity should begin at birth,” Dell said.

The Trump-backed ‘big, beautiful bill’ is before the Senate and the president has urged the upper chamber to pass it by July 4, though Republicans are split over how it is predicted to add to the federal deficit, as well as changes to Medicaid and other assistance programs.

Last week, Trump welcomed representatives from the National Fraternal Order of Police, an organization that endorsed him for president in 2024 and recently lent its support to the bill, for a similar event. They specifically commended the bill’s removal of federal income tax on overtime.

Screaming Silver

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Screaming Silver

(Brien Lundin, Money Metals News Service) Silver broke out last Thursday, soaring through the seemingly impenetrable resistance at $35.

The bloggersphere and social media were suddenly flooded with alerts and memes headlined “Hi Ho Silver!”

The move in silver has been quite dramatic, and the price has continued to rise since Thursday’s breakout. As I write, it’s up another $0.65 (1.85%) today. And today’s move in silver has been so great that it’s actually pulling gold up with it!

That Alert I sent to subscribers last Thursday noted that the $35 level was so important that the 10-year silver chart on Kitco didn’t even bother to draw the Y axis above $35!

Here’s the chart I showed last week:

I noted last week that the charts would have to be redrawn now. And to give you an idea of the near-term potential for gold’s poorer cousin, take a look at what’s posted now at Kitco:

In truth, the medium-term objective now for silver is $40. Many silver watchers, even mainstream Wall Street analysts, are calling for $50 silver at some point next year.

I think silver could hit that $50 mark — the record nominal high hit in 1980 and 2011 — by the end of this year.

So what should you do about it?

In addition to physical silver, which I’ve been recommending for years, the silver stocks can provide extraordinary leverage to silver. The good news is that this sector is finally moving…and outperforming silver itself.

Consider this chart of the SIL silver stock ETF/silver ratio:

As you can see, the ratio shows that silver stocks have been leveraging silver itself since the beginning of March, and the outperformance has been gaining momentum in recent days.

The last time I saw this setup was in mid-December of 2015. I alerted my Gold Newsletter subscribers to the opportunity, and over the next six months, our silver stock recommendations multiplied as much as four times over…and more.

If this move is like what we saw in 2016, the potential short-term gains could be extraordinary.

To get Brien Lundin’s ongoing commentary on the markets at no charge, click here to subscribe to his free Golden Opportunities newsletter.

Brien Lundin is the publisher and editor of Gold Newsletter, the publication that has been the cornerstone of precious metals advisories since 1971. Mr. Lundin covers not only resource stocks but also the entire world of investing. He also hosts the annual New Orleans Investment Conference. To get Brien Lundin’s ongoing commentary on the markets at no charge, click here to subscribe to his free Golden Opportunities newsletter.

Germans Demand Bring Our Gold Home!

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Germans Demand Bring Our Gold Home!

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) With the U.S. weaponizing the dollar and trade, some people in Germany are calling on the Bundesbank to move at least some of its gold out of New York and bring it home to minimize the risk of U.S. meddling.

Germany owns the second-largest gold reserves in the world at 3,352 tonnes. About 1,200 tonnes valued at around $130 billion are stored at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The German central bank opted to store significant amounts of gold in New York to keep it far away from the Soviet Union during the Cold War. As an article in Fortune pointed out, “The country’s close ties with the U.S., which has historically held up the Western World order, made the Fed an obvious resting place for the commodity.”

With the U.S. aggressively using economic pressure as a foreign policy tool, the wisdom of strong German gold in New York no longer seems quite so obvious. What’s to stop the U.S. from holding Germany’s gold reserves hostage to further its own aims?

EU Parliament member Markus Ferber recently called for an audit of German gold.

“I demand regular checks of Germany’s gold reserves. Official representatives of the Bundesbank must personally count the bars and document their results.”

He later explained his position, saying, “Trump is erratic and one cannot rule out that someday he will come up with creative ideas how to treat foreign gold reserves. The Bundesbank’s policy for gold reserves has to reflect the new geopolitical realities.”

There have been similar calls to audit U.S. gold reserves stored at Fort Knox. Four members of Congress recently introduced comprehensive gold audit legislation.

Meanwhile, the German Taxpayer Federation recently sent a letter to the central bank, urging it to bring Germany’s gold home.

“Trump wants to control the Fed, which would also mean controlling the German gold reserves in the U.S. It’s our money; it should be brought back.”

The Bundesbank has not made any official statements related to gold repatriation, and continues to publicly back the Fed as the protector of its assets. However, that doesn’t mean the German central bankers are privately comfortable with the situation.

Germany isn’t alone in thinking its gold might be safer at home.

According to a World Gold Council survey in 2023, a “substantial share” of central banks expressed concern about potential sanctions after the U.S. and other Western countries froze almost half of Russia’s $650 billion gold and forex reserves in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine. According to the WGC, 68 percent of the banks surveyed said they plan to keep their gold reserve within their country’s borders. This was up from 50 percent in 2020.

One anonymously quoted central bank official told Reuters, “We did have it [gold] held in London… but now we’ve transferred it back to our country to hold as a safe haven asset and to keep it safe.”

Last year, India repatriated 100 tonnes of its gold.

There has been speculation that other countries have been moving gold and other assets out of the U.S. in the wake of economic sanctions on Russia, but it’s been difficult to confirm because the Federal Reserve will not release information on the amount of gold in its vaults.

The gold repatriation trend started long before the West slapped sanctions on Russia. In 2019, Poland brought home 100 tons of gold. Hungary and Romania also repatriated some of their gold reserves around that same time. In the summer of 2017, Germany completed a project returning roughly half of its gold reserves back inside its borders. In 2015, Australia launched efforts to bring half of its reserves home. The Netherlands and Belgium have also initiated repatriation programs.

This gold repatriation trend underscores the importance of holding physical gold free from counterparty risk.

If you store your gold and silver with a third party, you could lose your metal through theft, fraud, or an act of God. Of course, you could lose silver and gold stored in your home the same way (except for fraud), so you have to weigh the risk of using third-party storage and keeping large amounts of silver and gold at home.

If you opt for third-party vaulting, it is important to choose a trusted company.

Money Metals offers secure precious metals storage in its state-of-the-art facility.

Here are just a few advantages of storing with Money Metals:

  • Money Metals Depository contents are fully insured by Lloyd’s of London.
  • Metals stored in your account are segregated and never commingled or rehypothecated — and cannot be used as collateral for a loan by anyone but you.
  • Depository holdings are independent and removed from any bank, Wall Street, or Washington, D.C.

Mike Maharrey is a journalist and market analyst for Money Metals with over a decade of experience in precious metals. He holds a BS in accounting from the University of Kentucky and a BA in journalism from the University of South Florida.

Texas Secretary of State Refers 33 Potential Noncitizens for Voter Fraud to AG

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Texas Secretary of State Refers 33 Potential Noncitizens for Voter Fraud to AG

(Bethany Blankely, The Center Square) The Texas Secretary of State has referred the names of 33 potential noncitizens to the Office of Attorney General to investigate alleged voter fraud.

The referral was made after the SOS was given access to a federal database to check its voter rolls after suing the previous administration to have access.

Under the Trump administration, the Department of Homeland Security made available a database to state governments to check their voter rolls to determine if any illegal foreign nationals registered to vote or voted in their states.

Under DHS, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) uses the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to make immigration status information available to state agencies. It was created to share information with federal, state and local agencies “for any legal purpose, such as credentials, background investigations, and voter registration,” a lawsuit filed against DHS by Florida last year states. Florida has been engaged in more than a decade of litigation and interactions with DHS on the issue, The Center Square reported.

In March, President Donald Trump issued an election integrity executive order directing DHS to provide states with free access to the SAVE database.

“The right of American citizens to have their votes properly counted and tabulated, without illegal dilution, is vital to determining the rightful winner of an election,” the order states, adding that the federal government hasn’t adequately taken actions “to prohibit non-citizens from registering to vote.”

The order cites federal law, 52 U.S.C. 30121, which “prohibits foreign nationals from participating in federal, state, or local elections by making any contributions or expenditures.” However, “foreign nationals and non-governmental organizations have taken advantage of loopholes in the law’s interpretation, spending millions of dollars through conduit contributions and ballot-initiative-related expenditures,” the order states, undermining “the right of American citizens to govern their Republic.”

The order includes a series of directives, including requiring proof of citizenship to vote and requiring the USCIS and DOGE to “review each State’s publicly available voter registration list and available records concerning voter list maintenance activities.”

“Gaining access to this database has been a game-changer. Not only have we been able to identify individuals who should not have voted in the last election, we have also been able to confirm naturalization of dozens more,” Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson said.

“Having worked to gain this access for more than a year, Texas was among the first states to log in and recently joined a pilot program working with DHS, USCIS and DOGE to improve the database’s functionality,” she said. “We are in the early stages of this pilot program, but we already see promising results. This may be the most current and accurate data set there is when it comes to citizenship verification.”

The Secretary of State is required to report potential criminal election violations to the Texas Office of Attorney General, which investigates election fraud. Nelson’s referral includes “the names of 33 potential noncitizens who voted in the November 2024 General Election” for the OAG to investigate.

Gov. Greg Abbott praised the federal policy reversal and work of Nelson’s office, saying, “Texas continues to monitor voter rolls. Whenever we find noncitizen voters we refer them for criminal investigation. To be clear, only legal citizens can vote,” he said.

Under the Biden administration, SAVE database information wasn’t made available, prompting 16 states to sue, including Texas. The AGs raised “grave concerns that by failing to work with States to verify voter registration information, [DHS] has failed to discharge its duty ahead of a national election,” they argued, The Center Square reported.

Last year, Texas removed 6,500 noncitizens from its voter rolls but requested information on noncitizens from DHS/USCIS, The Center Square reported. This included a list of 454,289 registered voters in Texas “who have never had their citizenship verified.” Texas didn’t receive the requested information.

Fast forward six months later and the SAVE database was made available to all states.

This year, the Texas legislature also passed a resolution, SJR 37, to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot for voters to approve or reject, clarifying that only U.S. citizens can vote in Texas.

“I just signed off on a joint resolution to make it crystal clear that under the Texas Constitution that if you are not a citizen of the United States of America, you are not allowed to vote in Texas,” Abbott said when he signed SJR 37 last month.

Only Texas Democrats voted against it: three in the Senate; 14 in the House voted against it; 22 voted present, The Center Square reported.

What, Me Woke? Dems Suddenly Pivot to Center Before 2028

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What, Me Woke? Dems Suddenly Pivot to Center Before 2028

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Democrats flirting with the idea of running for president in 2028 are quietly distancing themselves from leftist, “woke” policies they once heralded. 

Among them are former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich. 

On Friday, Politico released a review of their recent actions and remarks, suggesting a nearly coordinated effort to appeal to moderate voters, a voting bloc Democrats have largely ignored in recent years. 

Buttigieg, who once described American roads as racist and backed taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for criminals, has removed his preferred pronouns from his social media bios.

At a University of Chicago forum, he questioned the real purpose of gender-related training. 

“Is it caring for people’s different experiences and making sure no one is mistreated because of them, which I will always fight for?” Buttigieg asked. “Or is it making people sit through a training that looks like something out of ‘Portlandia,’ which I have also experienced.” 

Moore, who rose in politics after rubbing his black identity on voters, vetoed legislation to commission a reparations study for black Americans. 

“In light of the many important studies that have taken place on this issue over nearly three decades, now is the time to focus on the work itself,” Moore wrote in a press statement. 

Meanwhile, Newsom admitted that allowing biological males to compete in women’s sports was “unfair,” an abrupt break from his leftist embrace of transgenderism. 

Emanuel, another potential presidential contender, urged the Democratic Party to move away from issues related to gender. 

“Stop talking about bathrooms and locker rooms and start talking about the classroom,” Emanuel said. “If one child is trying to figure out their pronoun, I accept that, but the rest of the class doesn’t know what a pronoun is and can’t even define it.” 

Emanuel also scolded his own party as “weak and woke.” Slotkin echoed this sentiment, insisting the party needed more “alpha energy.” 

The rhetorical shift comes after President Donald Trump swept the 2024 presidential election and led Republicans to retake the Senate and maintain their majority in the House.

Trump’s landslide victory was fueled by his success with male voters across all demographics.

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