Biden’s Protégé Harry Sisson Faces #MeToo Allegations

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) It turns out, Harry Sisson apparently isn’t gay after all.

Sisson, the 22-year-old influencer recruited by Democrats to engage young voters online, came under fire on Tuesday after several women accused him of sexual impropriety. 

At least 12 women claim Sisson made romantic advances and influenced them to share explicit photos on Snapchat—allegedly claiming they were the only women he was talking to. One of the accusers is an alleged survivor of domestic abuse. 

Sisson was once known for his viral videos attacking Republicans and supporting Democrats. He was recruited by the Biden White House to help him reach young voters, though these efforts were unsuccessful. 

Some accusers took to TikTok to share their stories, claiming Sisson misled them into thinking he was only interested in dating them, rather than pursuing multiple relationships. These allegations were compiled and shared on X by investigative journalist Sarah Fields. 

One accuser, Dianna Michelle, said her relationship with Sisson began in 2022 through Instagram messages, only for her to later discover that a friend of hers was also dating him. 

“I didn’t speak to him after that for a good long while because I’m not gonna sit here and compete for a f*cking TikToker,” Michelle said in a TikTok video reviewed by Headline USA.  

Michelle identified five other women with similar experiences. One of them, Serenity Dawn, demanded on her TikTok page that Sisson be held “ACCOUNTABLE.” 

“I personally shared my experiences to further validate the other women, and to show the pattern of behavior by this creator,” Dawn posted on TikTok. “I understand that this is an incredibly influential person.” 

She added, “There have been no apologies, and multiple women are now being called insane, and this is becoming a very big thing.” This refers to Sisson’s claims that the women are “lunatics” for making the accusations. 

Another woman, Carlee Hosch, shared lengthy videos with screenshots of her sexually explicit communications with Sisson, who she said “played” her for nine months. 

According to screenshots shared by Hosch, Sisson stated he was unable to commit to exclusivity—not because he was dating other women, but because his “mind and energy” were focused on “other places right now.” 

Despite this, Sisson pursued a romantic relationship with Hosch, describing her buttocks as “fat” and claiming he would have unprotected sex with her. 

Another targeted woman identified only as Sara (username PlayMatesara), said Sisson claimed he was interested in getting to know her rather than just her body. However, Sara asserted that the reality was the opposite. She expressed disappointment upon learning that Sisson is “different online than he is in real life.” 

Sisson has not addressed the accusations on his social media pages and did not respond to Headline USA’s request for an interview sent via Instagram.

The Sisson scandal sparked numerous jokes online, given that he had been rumored to be gay.

Texas Speaker Doubles Down on Law Regulating Internet Memes

(José Niño, Headline USA)  State Rep. Dade Phelan, R-TX, is standing strong against criticism about his controversial legislation to regulate memes. 

His legislation, House Bill 366, which would mandate disclosures on altered media used in political advertising, received a hearing in the State Affairs Committee last Wednesday.

During the hearing, the former House Speaker claimed the bill was mostly focused on dealing with artificial intelligence in political advertising. However, critics note that the bill itself doesn’t make a difference between AI-generated content and mere Photoshop edits, potentially raising free speech concerns. 

As Brandon Waltens of Texas Scorecard noted, Phelan’s legislation could “criminalize even rudimentary image manipulation in political speech.”

This bill was introduced as a response to a campaign mailer from Club for Growth in the 2024 presidential election cycle that showed Phelan standing to next to Nancy Pelosi. The mailer’s purpose was to call attention to how Phelan received significant campaign contributions from a PAC that also supports Pelosi.

David McIntosh, the president of Club for Growth Action, said to Texas Scorecard, “Despite Phelan’s attempts to regulate speech and humor, he’s still a joke in the eyes of Texas conservatives.”

Phelan attempted to pour cold water on concerns about the bill’s reach, asserting it wasn’t applicable to social media. 

“I’m not coming for your memes. If you like your memes, you can keep your memes. This has nothing to do with X or Facebook or anything on social media,” he said in defense of the growing criticism his bill has faced

However, after further inquiry, Texas Ethics Commission General Counsel James Tinley revealed that social media posts could fall under the scope of the bill’s jurisdiction.

“I think it’s possible for certain communications that are expressly advocating … It wouldn’t target memes in particular, but if a candidate says ‘vote for me’ on their social media, that would be a communication … that could be subject [to the rules],” Tinley said in a testimony.

Phelan went on the defensive by also arguing that his bill was only focused on political advertising, proclaiming, “Again, this bill is solely within the election code. It has nothing to do with social media and nothing with someone posting something funny or not funny on the internet.”

Tinley’s response raised doubts about Phelan’s arguments about his bill’s allegedly narrow scope. “Political advertising is a communication that supports or opposes a candidate for nomination or election to public office … One of those ways is if it appears on an internet website,” he stated.

Further, Greyson Gee, a policy analyst at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, argued that the bill was needed to stop politically deceptive AI-generated images.  

“HB 366 addresses one of the most pressing threats to election integrity today—the use of artificial intelligence to create deceptive political content,” testified Gee.

In addition, TPPF pushed for changes to the bill, highlighting that the introduced version “does not include exemptions for satire” and made the suggestion that “the criminal penalties be changed to civil penalties to align with other instances where disclosure is not complied with by a candidate or campaign.”

Phelan did not back down from his support of the bill, suggesting that its penalties be more stringent. 

“Quite frankly, I don’t know if a Class A misdemeanor is enough,” he said, adding that “the folks who are willing to do this don’t care about a $500 slap on the wrist.”

Those who commit a Class A misdemeanor could face up to a year in jail. 

So far, this bill is still in committee and could be voted on in a future hearing.

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

Major Companies Pull Sponsorship for San Francisco Pride

(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) Major companies are pulling funding for the San Francisco Pride after President Donald Trump’s clampdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

Comcast, Anheuser-Busch, and alcoholic beverage company Diageo, which owns many popular brands, are just three of big sponsors that decided to stop giving money, according to KTVU.

Executive director of the event, Suzanne Ford, said they now have a loss of approximately $300,000.

“The overall budget goal is $2.3 million, and while we have nearly $1 million already committed, we now need to raise an additional $1.3 million to meet our target,” Ford told Fox News Digital. “We remain focused on securing the necessary funds and appreciate the continued support from our community and partners.”

The Trump administration has made it a mission to stop the unnecessary DEI programs. As a result, companies have started to remove the programs in mass.

Major companies like Amazon, McDonald’s, Pepsi and Target have scaled back or completely eliminated DEI protocols.

Ford also spoke with SFGATE and said the every company cited a lack of funds as the reason for pulling its sponsorship. However, Ford believes it is for political reasons.

“I just interpreted that companies are making decisions that at this time it’s not good to be sponsoring Pride,” Ford said. “I think in this political environment that they thought that was a risky decision.”

Wine company La Creme also pulled some of its funding, but said it still plans on being a part of it in some capacity.

“While we did inform [San Francisco Pride] that we wouldn’t be able to activate like we did the past few years and have our larger pop-up tasting room there more due to logistical reasons, but it was still our hope to partner and be part of the event in some capacity,” the company told KTVU.

San Francisco Pride is behind one of the largest pride festivals in the country with the event spanning two days and a parade that lasts roughly four hours.

ICE Reportedly Maxes Out Detention Capacity

(José Niño, Headline USA)  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is experiencing major capacity issues as its detention facilities are reported to be “maxed out” on bed space after the Trump administration has taken tougher border security measures. 

According to a report by Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin, ICE and Department of Homeland Security senior staff revealed this information on a “background call” with several reporters. According to these officials’ revelations, the number of illegal aliens in detention centers hovers around 47,600. 

In the first 50 days of his second term as president, over 32,000 criminal illegal aliens have been arrested. According to Melugin, senior officials gave him the following arrest numbers: 

  • Convicted criminals: 14,111
  • Pending charges: 9,980 
  • Immigration violations (otherwise present illegally): 8,000+

ICE’s infrastructure constraints have reportedly resulted in some illegal immigrants being released back into the United States on a monitoring program.

Will Biagini of Texas Scorecard reported that as ICE is coping with infrastructure constraints, the Texas General Land Office obtained a 1,400-acre ranch in Starr County and finished a border wall construction project. 

In correspondence with Texas Scorecard, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham was asked if the Trump administration had manifested any desire in using the aforementioned land to build additional ICE detention facilities to facilitate the mass deportations Donald Trump campaigned on during the 2024 presidential election cycle. 

Buckingham stated, “At this point, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has taken the lead in conversations with the Trump Administration on how our state can best aid in this mission and I am standing by to help in any way I can.”

She thanked President Trump for “keeping his promise to the American people by removing illegal criminals who pose a threat to the safety of our sons and daughters.”  

The land commissioner stressed that national security and border security are intertwined. Without the latter, the former cannot be achieved. 

“I applaud our talented DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Czar Tom Homan’s dedication to safeguarding Americans,” Buckingham remarked. “As always, the Texas General Land Office is prepared to be a good partner to the Trump Administration should they need our assistance.”

The Trump administration’s current deportation rates are lower than those witnessed during Biden’s administration, which averaged roughly 57,000 deportations on a monthly basis in 2024.

In Trump’s first term (2017-2020), his administration deported an average of 300,000 immigrants annually, a figure lower than what occurred under the Trump administration. 

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

Karoline Leavitt Rips CNN’s Kaitlan Collins over Question on Biden’s Autopen

(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt unleashed on CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Monday over President Donald Trump posting about former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen while signing documents. 

Collins questioned if Trump consulted his lawyers and was told he was “the legal authority” to void the pardons the prior president signed.

“The president was begging the question that I think a lot of journalists in this room should be asking,” Leavitt shot back.

She continued by noting how most would now agree that Biden was clearly “cognitively impaired” and cited his horrendous debate performance against Trump.

“The president was raising the point that, ‘Did the president even know about these pardons? Was his legal signature used without his consent or knowledge?’” the press secretary continued.

The New York Post said an anonymous source tied to Biden’s White House believes an aide might have been making unilateral decisions on what the president would sign with the autopen.

“I think it’s a question that everybody in this room should be looking into, because certainly that would propose perhaps criminal or illegal behavior if staff members were signing the president of the United States’s autograph without his consent,” Leavitt continued.

Collins, who frequently likes to cause a scene, wanted to know if there was “evidence” to support the idea that Biden was unaware his signature was being used on each and every pardon.

“You’re a reporter. You should find out,” Leavitt bluntly stated.

The autopen saga started with the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project conducted a signature analysis, concluding it believed the White House reused Biden’s same digital signature on each document he signed while in office.

Trump posted early Monday morning that the pardons Biden signed would be voided.

“The ‘Pardons’ that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen,” Trump wrote.

The IRS Agents Who Exposed Hunter Biden’s Sweetheart Plea Deal Get a Promotion

(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) The IRS whistleblowers who killed Hunter Biden’s sweetheart deal were promoted by the Trump administration.

Both agents, Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler, were given elevated positions as senior advisers to the Treasury Department secretary, according to The Washington Times.

The two worked on the Hunter Biden tax evasion case for years before getting removed in December 2022 for bringing it to their bosses attention that the Department of Justice and then-Delaware US Attorney David Weiss were deliberately obstructing their investigation.

Shapley and Ziegler issued a joint statement in response to the promotion.

“It’s never been easy, and there have been more pitfalls than one would hope, but we appreciate the opportunity Secretary Bessent is giving us to utilize our skills and firsthand knowledge of the agency to further the work of the administration to root out waste and fraud from the federal government and make a difference,” the two said.

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent also gave a statement Tuesday on the two being given the new role.

“These veteran civil servants join us to help further the agency’s focus on collections, modernization, and customer service, so we can deliver a more effective and efficient IRS experience for hardworking American taxpayers,” Bessent said. “I appreciate Senator Grassley’s efforts in Congress to support whistleblower protections in order to improve transparency, accountability and root out the culture of retaliation.”

Hunter Biden ended up pleading guilty to his California tax charges and was found guilty on his Delaware gun charges. However, former President Joe Biden issued a sweeping pardon for anything Hunter might have done from Jan. 1, 2014 through Dec. 1, 2024.

The president at the time tried to claim Hunter was being unfairly treated, and the charges were only brought about because of his political opponents.

“The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election,” Joe Biden said while issuing his pardon. “Then, a carefully negotiated plea deal, agreed to by the Department of Justice, unraveled in the court room, with a number of my political opponents in Congress taking credit for bringing political pressure on the process.”

Chief Justice Roberts Rejects Trump’s Call to Impeach Gang-Friendly Judge

(Headline USA) In an extraordinary display of conflict between the executive and judiciary branches, Chief Justice John Roberts rejected calls for impeaching judges shortly after President Donald Trump demanded the removal of one stopped him from deporting violent gang members.

The rebuke from the Supreme Court’s leader demonstrated how controversy over recent flights of Venezuelan immigrants has inflamed tensions over the judiciary’s role, with a legal case challenging Trump’s actions now threatening to spiral into a clash of constitutional powers.

“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts said. “The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”

The rare statement came just hours after a social media post from Trump, who described U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg as an unelected “troublemaker and agitator.” Boasberg had issued an order blocking deportation flights that Trump was carrying out by invoking wartime authorities from an 18th century law.

“HE DIDN’T WIN ANYTHING! I WON FOR MANY REASONS, IN AN OVERWHELMING MANDATE, BUT FIGHTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MAY HAVE BEEN THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR THIS HISTORIC VICTORY,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. “I’m just doing what the VOTERS wanted me to do. This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!!”

Impeachment is a rare step that is usually taken only in cases of grave ethical or criminal misconduct.

The relationship between Roberts and Trump has shifted through the years. Roberts emphasized judicial independence during Trump’s first term, taking issue with the president’s description of a judge who rejected his migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge” in 2018.

Before Trump was sworn in for his second term, Roberts warned against threats to the judiciary and called for even unpopular court decisions to be respected.

The chief justice also had a prominent role in a major ruling last year that said presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution. The decision helped Trump avoid one of his criminal trials before the election that returned him to the White House.

Trump greeted Roberts warmly earlier this month, thanking him and saying “I won’t forget” as justices attended his address to a joint session of Congress. The president said later he was thanking Roberts for swearing him into office.

The latest dispute involving the judiciary comes after a court challenged of his invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. It has been used only three times before in U.S. history, all during congressionally declared wars. Trump issued a proclamation that the law was newly in effect due to what he deemed an invasion by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. His administration is paying El Salvador to imprison alleged members of the gang.

Boasberg, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, convened a hearing on Monday to discuss what he called “possible defiance” of his order after two deportation flights continued to El Salvador despite his verbal order that they be turned around to the U.S.

Trump administration lawyers defended their actions, saying Boasberg’s written order wasn’t explicit, while an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union said “I think we’re getting very close” to a constitutional crisis.

The Justice Department is also pushing in court to have Boasberg removed from the case.

The Constitution gives the House of Representatives, where Republicans hold a slim majority, the power to impeach a judge with a simple majority vote. But, like a presidential impeachment, any removal requires a vote from a two-thirds majority from the Senate.

The president’s latest social media post aligns him more with allies like billionaire Elon Musk, who has made similar demands.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Biden-Era Tax on Natural Gas Repealed, a Boon for Energy Industry

America’s natural gas industry celebrated Monday after President Donald Trump signed into law a resolution repealing Biden-era fees on methane emissions.

The Waste Emissions Charge, which Republicans say is the equivalent of a natural gas tax, was authorized by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency in November 2024.

The resolution rescinds that regulation under the Congressional Review Act. The CRA legislation gives Congress the authority to repeal regulations issued during the final months of a previous administration.

House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., called the repeal “a victory for the American businesses and families who would have been forced to bear the cost of the Biden-Harris Administration’s natural gas tax.”

“It’s time to restore American energy dominance by harnessing innovation and producing the natural gas needed to support our electric grid,” Guthrie added.

Energy experts who testified before Congress in February said the high energy prices during Joe Biden’s presidency directly resulted from increased environmental regulations on energy production. The regulations slowed down domestic energy production and consequently led to increased costs, they said.

The American Exploration and Production Council (AXPC) shares the same view, praising Republicans in Congress and Trump for repealing the Waste Emissions Charge.

“AXPC thanks President Trump for signing the Congressional Review Act legislation – to undo EPA’s flawed rule to implement the natural gas tax,” AXPC CEO Anne Bradbury stated. “While American energy producers remain laser focused on reducing methane emissions, this punitive rule risked undermining those efforts.”

An analysis by the Congressional Budget Office shows that “Charging for methane emissions leads to an increase in the price of natural gas and a decrease in the quantity of natural gas produced and consumed.”

But environmental groups have argued that the legislation will increase energy costs and disrupt efforts to reduce emissions of a potent greenhouse gas. Nearly 80 environmentalist groups recently sent a letter urging lawmakers to keep the regulation, about to take effect, in place.

The Center Square reached out to multiple environmental groups but received no response in time for publication.

SpaceX Saving Astronauts Stuck in Space

(Headline USA) NASA’s two stuck astronauts headed back to Earth with SpaceX on Tuesday to close out a dramatic marathon mission that began with a bungled Boeing test flight more than nine months ago.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams bid farewell to the International Space Station — their home since last spring — departing aboard a SpaceX capsule alongside two other astronauts. The capsule undocked shortly after 1 a.m. Eastern and aimed for a splashdown off the Florida coast around 6 p.m. Eastern, weather permitting.

The two expected to be gone just a week or so after launching on Boeing’s new Starliner crew capsule on June 5. So many problems cropped up on the way to the space station that NASA eventually sent Starliner back empty and transferred the test pilots to SpaceX, pushing their homecoming into February. Then SpaceX capsule issues added another month’s delay.

Sunday’s arrival of their relief crew meant Wilmore and Williams could finally leave. NASA cut them loose a little early, given the iffy weather forecast later this week. They checked out with NASA’s Nick Hague and Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov, who arrived in their own SpaceX capsule last fall with two empty seats reserved for the Starliner duo.

“We’ll miss you, but have a great journey home,” NASA’s Anne McClain called out from the space station as the capsule pulled away 260 miles above the Pacific.

Their plight captured the world’s attention, giving new meaning to the phrase “stuck at work.” While other astronauts had logged longer spaceflights over the decades, none had to deal with so much uncertainty or see the length of their mission expand by so much.

Wilmore and Williams quickly transitioned from guests to full-fledged station crew members, conducting experiments, fixing equipment and even spacewalking together. With 62 hours over nine spacewalks, Williams set a record: the most time spent spacewalking over a career among female astronauts.

Both had lived on the orbiting lab before and knew the ropes, and brushed up on their station training before rocketing away. Williams became the station’s commander three months into their stay and held the post until earlier this month.

Their mission took an unexpected twist in late January when President Donald Trump asked SpaceX founder Elon Musk to accelerate the astronauts’ return and blamed the delay on the Biden administration. The replacement crew’s brand new SpaceX capsule still wasn’t ready to fly, so SpaceX subbed it with a used one, hurrying things along by at least a few weeks.

NASA hired SpaceX and Boeing after the shuttle program ended, in order to have two competing U.S. companies for transporting astronauts to and from the space station until it’s abandoned in 2030 and steered to a fiery reentry. By then, it will have been up there more than three decades; the plan is to replace it with privately run stations so NASA can focus on moon and Mars expeditions.

Both retired Navy captains, Wilmore and Williams stressed they didn’t mind spending more time in space — a prolonged deployment reminiscent of their military days. But they acknowledged it was tough on their families.

Wilmore, 62, missed most of his younger daughter’s senior year of high school; his older daughter is in college. Williams, 59, had to settle for internet calls from space to her mother. They’ll have to wait until they’re off the SpaceX recovery ship and flown to Houston before the long-awaited reunion with their loved ones.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Trump Gave Israel the ‘Green Light’ To Restart Large-Scale Bombing in Gaza

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, President Trump gave Israel the “green light” to restart its genocidal war on Gaza by launching massive airstrikes on the besieged territory, which killed at least 404 Palestinians, including scores of women and children, on Tuesday morning.

The report, which cited an Israeli official, said Trump was given a heads-up before Israel began launching the strikes. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Israel consulted with Trump before launching the bombing and repeated the president’s threat that “all hell would break loose.”

In his nearly two months in office, President Trump has rushed military aid to Israel, approving over $12 billion in arms deals and sending 2,000-pound bombs. Trump has also repeatedly called for the permanent expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, emboldening the members of the Israeli government whose goal is ethnic cleansing.

The US strongly backed Israel at the UN Security Council on Tuesday, claiming the blame for the escalation “lies solely” with Hamas. The US and Israel are justifying the escalation by pointing to Hamas’s rejection of a US proposal for a temporary ceasefire.

Hamas has maintained that it wanted the full implementation of the ceasefire deal reached in January, which would have led to an Israeli withdrawal, a permanent ceasefire, and the release of the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza. Israel repeatedly violated the agreement, including by imposing a total blockade on aid and all other goods entering Gaza on March 2.

US Ambassador Dorothy Shay said Hamas had “steadfastly refused every proposal and deadline they’ve been presented over the past few weeks, including a bridge proposal to extend the ceasefire beyond Ramadan and Passover to allow time to negotiate a framework for a permanent ceasefire.”

The US and Israel are now demanding that Israel release all the hostages and threatening that the bombing will escalate. “Hamas must understand that the rules of the game have changed—if it does not immediately release all the hostages, the gates of hell will open, and it will face the full force of the IDF by air, sea and land—until its complete destruction,” said Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.

According to Haaretz, the Israeli military is looking to hit civil infrastructure to hurt Hamas’s ability to govern. Drop Site News reported that the Israeli bombardment killed several members of Gaza’s government and a member of Hamas’s political bureau.

The Israeli strikes also killed a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, his wife, and other family members. Abubaker Abed, a Palestinian journalist in Gaza, said a total of six families were wiped out by the Tuesday airstrikes.

“We talk about families killed from the children to the old. The Gharghoon family was bombed today in Rafah. The strikes have killed the father and his two daughters. Their mom and grandparents along with their uncles and aunts were also murdered, erasing the entire family from the civil registry. We are talking about the erasure of entire families,” Abed said, according to Drop Site.

This article originally appeared at Antiwar.com.