Larger Than Fort Knox: Inside North America’s Most Advanced Gold Depository

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Larger Than Fort Knox: Inside North America’s Most Advanced Gold Depository

(Money Metals News Service) In 2010, Stefan Gleason founded Money Metals Exchange with the vision of providing a trusted source for gold and silver investments.

Joined by his brother Mike Gleason and brother-in-law Clint Siegner, the Money Metals leadership team aimed to make precious metals more accessible to investors as a safeguard against inflation and economic instability.

By offering a two-way market for gold and silver priced close to melt value, Money Metals helps customers avoid excessive premiums.

The Largest Gold Depository in the West

Money Metals Exchange Depository

Money Metals Exchange has now opened the largest precious metals depository west of New York in Eagle, Idaho. This impressive, expandable 37,000-square-foot facility—double the size of Fort Knox—sets a new standard in the industry with cutting-edge security measures and internal controls.

The facility includes top-of-the-line Class 3 vaults, physical barriers, motion and vibration sensors, AI facial recognition, laser curtains, and a team of heavily armed, highly trained security personnel.

Unlike Fort Knox, the Money Metals Depository undergoes regular audits, providing full transparency to clients. It’s also insured by Lloyd’s of London, ensuring that assets stored here are thoroughly protected.

Flexible Monthly Subscription Program

For clients interested in building their precious metals holdings gradually, Money Metals offers a monthly subscription program. This convenient “set it and forget it” feature enables customers to make regular, automatic purchases of gold, silver, or other metals.

The flexibility to choose between having metals shipped directly or securely stored in the depository makes this program an easy, reliable way to invest.

Loans Against Gold & Silver, Plus IRA Options

Money Metals provides a loan program that allows clients to borrow against their stored gold or silver for business purposes. This program enables customers to access liquidity without having to sell their assets or incur capital gains taxes.

Additionally, by partnering with IRA custodians, Money Metals helps clients hold physical gold and silver within IRAs, preserving tax advantages while providing tangible asset security.

Promoting Sound Money Public Policies

Beyond providing investment services, Money Metals is committed to sound money policies through the Sound Money Defense League.

This organization actively promotes legislation at both state and federal levels to affirm gold and silver as legal tender, advocating for these assets’ rightful place in the U.S. economy. This mission aligns with the values of many Money Metals customers, who provide strong grassroots support for these initiatives.

A Trusted Leader in Precious Metals

Money Metals Exchange is not only a precious metals dealer but also a partner in trust and transparency. With fair pricing, fast shipping, and dedicated customer service, they offer a one-stop shop for gold and silver investors.

From secure storage and lending options to monthly purchasing plans, Money Metals provides everything an investor needs to safeguard and grow their wealth—all backed by industry-leading standards in security and customer care.

Here’s What’s Going on With Gold & Silver

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Here’s What’s Going on With Gold & Silver

(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) Gold fell 2.42% today in continuation of last week’s price action. Gold is experiencing a normal pullback after its whopping 50% rise this year. I’m not worried one bit. I’m now watching $2,600 in COMEX futures and the uptrend line as key support levels. Ideally, I’d like to see a bounce from here.

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After a breakout attempt on October 18th, silver got slammed back below the key $32 to $33 technical zone. I’m annoyed and frustrated by what may well be manipulation. If it is, regulators simply don’t care and turn a blind eye to it.

Despite that, silver is still in a confirmed uptrend and up nearly 40% this year. I’m waiting for another breakout attempt. For now, we just have to wait a bit longer.

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I can see a lot of discouragement, frustration, and boredom taking hold within the precious metals community once again, and I want to urge everyone to keep the faith.

After gold and silver’s 50% rise in the past year, a pullback is normal and not the end of the world. Gold is ultimately heading to $5,000, $10,000, $15,000+, while I expect silver to hit several hundred dollars per ounce as global debt and the money supply continue their inexorable rise.

The stark reality is that Trump isn’t going to save the world. Even if he could theoretically “save” the U.S. (which I don’t foresee happening), he has zero influence on overly-indebted Europe, Japan, China, Canada, Australia, etc.

We all need to accept that pullbacks are a natural part of this long-term gold and silver bull market and the unraveling of the unsustainable Keynesian monetary experiment.

The key is to stay calm and not overreact when these inevitable dips happen. Every epic bull market or asset has experienced pullbacks—Tesla, Amazon, Bitcoin, the Nasdaq 100, and even U.S. housing prices. They all consolidate and regroup periodically, and precious metals are no different.

This consolidation is actually positive; it’s a chance to accumulate more physical gold and silver while prices remain steady. Few of us are fully prepared for the balloon to go up just yet, so take advantage of these gold and silver “sales.”

As you can see, the S&P 500 has experienced several significant pullbacks during this ongoing bull market, yet it has rebounded each time, now achieving an impressive 809% gain:

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One factor that virtually guarantees that gold and silver will continue to rise over the long run is the non-stop surge of the U.S. and global money supply, which is what fuels inflation.

No president in modern history has ever addressed this elephant in the room, nor do I expect Trump to. The best bet is to expect this trend to continue during Trump’s term and beyond.

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In conclusion, while gold and silver are experiencing a temporary pullback, history shows that all major bull markets have corrections along the way—and they often emerge stronger.

Just as the S&P 500, Bitcoin, Apple, and Nvidia have recovered from significant downturns to reach new highs, precious metals are also consolidating before their next upward movement.

The relentless expansion of the U.S. money supply and rising global debt remain fundamental forces driving the gold and silver long-term uptrend. Now is the time to remain calm and take advantage of this consolidation phase to accumulate more physical gold and silver.

Rather than being discouraged by adverse short-term price movements, let’s focus on the bigger picture: a powerful uptrend that points to substantial gains for gold and silver in the years ahead.

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Blaze Journalist Pleads Guilty to J6 Charges after Judge Deems Him ‘Active Participant’ in Uprising

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Blaze Journalist Pleads Guilty to J6 Charges after Judge Deems Him ‘Active Participant’ in Uprising

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) After a judge deemed Blaze Media’s Steve Baker an “active participant” in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill uprising, Baker pled guilty Tuesday to four misdemeanor charges in relation to the event.

Baker was an independent journalist during the Jan. 6 protest, but was hired by Blaze before the Justice Department charged him in February—making him do a perp walk for the world to see.

Baker filed a motion for selective prosecution, arguing that the DOJ targeted conservative journalists while allowing liberal ones to document the Jan. 6 protests scot-free. But last month, Obama-appointed judge Christopher Cooper denied his motion—deeming him an active participant in the Jan. 6 chaos, as opposed to a passive observer.

In his decision, Judge Cooper compared Baker’s actions to those of freelance journalist Luke Mogelson, who also entered the Capitol on Jan. 6 to document the event. Mogelson published an article titled Among the Insurrectionists for the New Yorker on Jan. 15, 2021.

“Unlike Baker, Mogelson did not disregard the instructions of Capitol police or antagonize them by repeatedly asking, ‘Are you going to use that [gun] on us?’ Mogelson did not tell those inside the Capitol to ‘Look out your windows b**ches, look what’s coming’ as he approached,” Judge Cooper said on Oct. 25.

“Nor did Mogelson express regret that he did not ‘steal the[] computers’ in Representative Pelosi’s office. And Mogelson did not subsequently express approval of the events at the Capitol as Baker did. These alleged statements paint Baker as an ‘active participant’ in the events of January 6, not a ‘passive observer,’ which bears on his ‘relative culpability.’”

Baker said he made the decision to plead guilty when his motion for Judge Cooper to reconsider was denied. He said he wasn’t going to be put through a “shaming exercise.”

Baker is set to be sentenced on March 25.

Baker’s guilty plea follows the September 2023 conviction of reporter Stephen Horn for his participation in Jan. 6. In that case, the government argued that Horn participated in the Capitol storming simply because he was allegedly heard chanting “USA!” at one point—ignoring the fact that undercover officers also chanted “USA!,” along with urging other protestors to “Go! Go! Go!” and to “Keep going! Keep going!” as they entered the Capitol building.

Headline USA understands there are more than 20 other reporters who, like Horn and Baker, entered the Capitol on Jan. 6, but aren’t facing charges. Headline USA reviewed some of their names, but is withholding them so they won’t be targeted, too.

Along with Horn and Baker, the DOJ also charged Infowars host Owen Shroyer with disorderly conduct and entering a restricted area of Capitol grounds.

In Shroyer’s case, he violated terms of a deferred prosecution agreement stemming from a December 2019 arrest for shouting during a House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing. Shroyer’s deferred prosecution agreement entailed him agreeing to do community service and follow certain conditions, such as not engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct on Capitol grounds.

While Shroyer may not have been prosecuted solely for his journalism, the DOJ nevertheless successfully pushed for a jail sentence for him—even though he never entered the Capitol. In doing so, DOJ prosecutors cited his First Amendment-protected activity as a reason to put him in jail.

“The First Amendment is no bar to the Court’s consideration of Shroyer’s words and actions at sentencing,” the DOJ argued.

Horn received probation, while Shroyer recently got out of prison after serving most of his 60-day sentence.

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

Merchan Delays Ruling Due to ‘Unprecedented Circumstances’ in Trump Lawfare Case

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Merchan Delays Ruling Due to ‘Unprecedented Circumstances’ in Trump Lawfare Case

(Headline USA) Corrput Manhattan judge Juan Merchan delayed a key ruling on Tuesday in President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing over his highly-dubious felony convictions in a lawfare case involving the misreporting of campaign expenditures in 2016.

Outrage over the perversion of justice enabled by Merchan—whose daughter, Loren, actively colluded with Vice President Kamala Harris and other top Democrats to defeat Trump—may have helped to fuel the massive red wave that elevated Trump back into the presidency last week.

While New York law requires that the judge, facing such a conflict of interests, recuse himself from the case, Merchan brazenly forged ahead, issuing a number of suspect decisions, including a controversial gag order that prevented Trump from criticizing key figures in the case while on the campaign trail.

Voters saw through the ruse, which even prosecutors in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office dubbed the “franken-trial” due to the loose interpretations of law being used to achieve the predetermined legal outcome. Bragg, who was heavily funded by billionaire George Soros, was elevated into the job in large part by running on a “get Trump” platform.

Top Democrats, including former President Barack Obama and failed 2016 candidate Hillary Clinton, have similarly been accused of fudging campaign finance expenditures—the underlying crime for which Trump stood accused—only to receive a slap on the wrist by the Federal Election Commission.

Trump, instead, was slapped with 34 felony counts for falsifying business records, giving his leftist adversaries a major talking point and putting the prospect that Merchan might try to jail the GOP candidate into the realm of possibility.

Following the election last Tuesday, however, Trump lawyer Emil Bove said throwing out the case was “necessary to avoid unconstitutional impediments to President Trump’s ability to govern.”

Merchan had been set to rule Tuesday on their earlier request to throw out Trump’s conviction for a different reason—because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this summer on presidential immunity.

Instead, Merchan told Trump’s lawyers he’d halt proceedings and delay the ruling until at least Nov. 19 so that prosecutors can give their view of what to do in light of the former and future president’s election win last week.

Trump’s lawyers and prosecutors had agreed in recent days to the one-week postponement, according to emails filed in court Tuesday.

Because of the “unprecedented circumstances,” prosecutors needed to consider how to balance the “competing interests” of the jury’s verdict and the presidency, prosecutor Matthew Colangelo wrote.

The wording echoed the language used by special counsel Jack Smith in his recent request to delay further proceedings in a parallel federal case over Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 uprising. That case is likely to be promptly dismissed by the incoming Trump Justice Department, and many of the more than 1,400 J6 political dissidents already convicted for participation in the election-related protest were hoping to receive presidential pardons.

Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said the president-elect’s win made it “abundantly clear that Americans want an immediate end to the weaponization of our justice system, including this case, which should have never been filed.”

A jury convicted Trump in May of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels in 2016 in order to quell politically—and personally—damaging allegations of a romantic affair.

Trump says they didn’t have sex, denies any wrongdoing and maintains the prosecution was a political tactic meant to harm his latest campaign.

Just over a month after the verdict, the Supreme Court ruled that ex-presidents can’t be prosecuted for actions they took in the course of running the country, and prosecutors can’t cite those actions even to bolster a case centered on purely personal conduct.

Trump’s lawyers cited that ruling to argue that the jury got some evidence it shouldn’t have, such as Trump’s presidential financial disclosure form and testimony from some White House aides.

Prosecutors disagreed and claimed the evidence in question was only “a sliver” of their case.

Trump’s criminal conviction was a first for any ex-president. It left the 78-year-old facing the possibility of a fine, probation or up to four years in prison.

Trump has been fighting for months to overturn the verdict. While urging Merchan to nix the conviction, the president-elect also has been trying to move the case to federal court. Before the election, a federal judge repeatedly said no to the move, but Trump has appealed.

Meanwhile, a Georgia election interference case against Trump is largely on hold while Trump and other defendants appeal a judge’s ruling allowing the top prosecutor on that case, Fani Willis, to continue prosecuting it.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Kamala’s Stepdaughter Shoots Down Mental Breakdown Rumors after Harris Election Loss

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Kamala’s Stepdaughter Shoots Down Mental Breakdown Rumors after Harris Election Loss

(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) Ella Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris’s stepdaughter, shot down rumors she suffered a “mental breakdown” after President-elect Donald Trump defeated Harris.

Emhoff unleashed on those who claimed she was checked into a mental institution over her stepmother’s historic loss Saturday in an Instagram post, adding that she is “not ashamed” of her mental health issues.

“There’s a rumor about me having a mental breakdown and getting checked into a hospital. Not true,” Harris’s stepdaughter wrote. “Also f**k you if you’re out there spreading that.”

Emhoff added there was nothing wrong with being emotional.

“Anyone who says there is probably needs a good cry,” she said.

Emhoff’s post included a photo of her holding a blue ball in front of her dog, Jerry.

“I’ve struggled with my mental health my whole life and I’m not ashamed of it,” Emhoff wrote. “I’ve literally just been here play fetch with Jerry.”

The vice president’s stepdaughter wore a black beanie, baggy jeans with a black belt and a white shirt that exposed her midriff and arm tattoos.

She furrowed her brow and scrunched up her face for the photo.

“More MAGA bs against my family. Leave my kids alone!!!” Ella Emhoff’s mother, Kerstin Emhoff, wrote on X.

Kerstin Emhoff expressed a similar sentiment regarding showing emotions.

“Having the ability to show your emotions is something we should all hope for,” she continued. “It’s ok to not feel great right now. We aren’t letting anyone break our family down.”

During Harris’s concession speech on Wednesday, Ella Emhoff was spotted hysterically sobbing with a bright red face.

She shared a photo of herself crying on Instagram.

“Truly no words. We are all going to get through this,” she wrote. “It just f**king hurts like a b*tch right now and that’s ok.”

Emhoff told her followers not to back down, echoing Harris’s conceding remarks by saying the “fight doesn’t stop now.”

“Just people check in on your people right now. … This is the time to organize, mobilize and make a difference in your communities big or small,” Emhoff wrote. 

Julianna Frieman is a freelance writer published by the Daily Caller, Headline USA, The Federalist, and The American Spectator. Follow her on Twitter at @JuliannaFrieman.

Mark Cuban Deletes Pro-Kamala Posts

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Mark Cuban Deletes Pro-Kamala Posts

(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) Former Shark Tank investor Mark Cuban removed all of his posts supporting Vice President Kamala Harris following her loss to President-elect Donald Trump.

News of the deleted posts swirled Sunday when Libs of TikTok pointed out the deleted Harris posts.

Users began to investigate and found all the pro-Harris posts were, in fact, removed.

Some were quick to call out Cuban for being inauthentic with his support of the failed Harris campaign.

“Mark Cuban deleting all his Kamala posts shows that none of his support was based on the reality of her as a candidate,” one user wrote. “[N]othing he said was authentic, it was all just an act because he didn’t want Republicans to win.”

All of the online chatter over the posts caused Cuban to take to X and issue a statement, claiming he always deletes posts associated with elections.

“I’ve always gone back and deleted tweets. For years,” Cuban wrote. “Same with 2020 election. 2016 election.”

He then told users to use the digital archive site Wayback Machine to check.

Cuban then proceeded to engage with users who called out the billionaire for deleting his prior support for the Democrat.

He claimed he removed the posts because the context risked being “lost over time.”

Cuban previously made headlines when he insulted female Trump supporters and implied only weak women supported the now president-elect.

“You never see him around strong, intelligent women,” Cuban said during an appearance on The View. “Ever. It’s just that simple.”

GOP women were quick to take to social media and blasted Cuban over the remarks.

Trump legal advisor Alina Habba scorched the Harris supporter and told him to “go to hell.”

The backlash led Harris’s campaign to seemingly distance itself from the billionaire in the waning days of the campaign, asking him to stop doing media appearances on Harris’s behalf, according to reports.

Cuban later attempted damage control and used the excuse of having to give hundreds of interviews as the reason behind his remarks.

“It’s part of politics, it was my mistake, and I apologized for it,” Cuban said. “I certainly wasn’t saying anything negative about anyone supporting Trump.”

‘Not Talking About the Election’: TMZ Reporter Confronts Oprah on $1 Million to Endorse Kamala Harris

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‘Not Talking About the Election’: TMZ Reporter Confronts Oprah on $1 Million to Endorse Kamala Harris

(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA)  A TMZ reporter confronted TV icon Oprah Winfrey about the reported $1 million she received to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, video released Monday shows.

The Harris campaign paid Winfrey $1 million through her multimillion production company Harpo Productions on Oct. 15, the Washington Examiner reported, following a celebrity-crammed “Unite for America” town hall Winfrey hosted for the Democrat nominee in September.

Video showed a dismissive Winfrey, dressed in hot pink sweatpants and a tight-fitting top, deny her reported paid endorsement of Harris when pressed by a TMZ reporter, contradicting data obtained by the outlet.

“Hey Oprah, good morning! How are you, darling?” the man behind the camera asked as Winfrey approached.

Winfrey initially refrained from answering the reporter as she grew closer.

“How do you think the election went?” the TMZ reporter asked in a chipper tone of voice.

Winfrey attempted to put an end to the encounter as she told him she was “not talking about the election.”

“Oh, is it true that they paid you $1 million for the endorsement for Kamala?” the TMZ reporter questioned Winfrey, who fumed and said, “not true.”

“I was paid nothing—ever,” she claimed.

The TMZ reporter took in Winfrey’s response before asking her what she thinks about the “mass exodus” of celebrities.

Winfrey opened the door of her vehicle, got inside, and shut the door as the reporter pelted her with one final question about Prince Harry.

“Thank you, Oprah!” the TMZ reporter said as Winfrey started up her vehicle.

Harpo Productions denied that Winfrey was “paid a personal fee” in a statement to Variety. However, Harpo Productions did not deny receiving payment from the Harris campaign.

“The campaign paid for the production costs of ‘Unite for America,’ a livestreaming event that took place Sept. 19 outside Detroit, Mich.,” a Harpo spokesperson told Variety. “Oprah Winfrey was at no point during the campaign paid a personal fee, nor did she receive a fee from Harpo.”

Julianna Frieman is a freelance writer published by the Daily Caller, Headline USA, The Federalist, and The American Spectator. Follow her on Twitter at @JuliannaFrieman.

Noem Tapped to Lead Homeland Security as Rumors Fly over Rubio for State Dept.

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Noem Tapped to Lead Homeland Security as Rumors Fly over Rubio for State Dept.

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) All terrorists get ready to report to the gravel pit.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem became the latest puzzle piece fit into President-elect Donald Trump’s rapidly developing Cabinet on Tuesday after being tapped for the lead role in the Homeland Security Department, CNN reported.

The position, first created after the 9/11 attacks to safeguard against terrorism, has evolved into the main overseer of illegal immigration, which is one of Trump’s leading priorities with a planned deportation program.

Noem will work closely with Tom Homan, the former acting chief of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, whom Trump named Monday as his “border czar,” replacing the role that Vice President Kamala Harris refused to fill during the Biden administration.

A staunch Trump ally, Noem fell out of the vice-presidential sweepstakes following a quasi-scandal after a section of her memoir acknowledged her killing of a 14-month-old hunting dog, execution style, because its behavior could not be suitably reformed.

Noem, who grew up on a large farm, was nonetheless touted as a likely Cabinet selection, with many speculating she might be considered for the Agriculture or Interior department.

Her neighbor to the north—North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum—is now the clear frontrunner for the Interior job.

Noem’s appointment to lead DHS also shifts the calculus on another prominent Trump ally, former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who was once promised the DHS job but has since been floated as a prospect for several other notable roles—including the U.S. Senate seat to replace Vice President-elect JD Vance in Ohio.

Recent reports indicated that Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine was willing to appoint Ramaswamy to the interim spot if Trump gave his blessing, per the New York Post.

Ramaswamy also has been floated as one of several names being considered to lead the State Department. Others included Ric Grenell, a former diplomat and acting director of national intelligence; Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, the latter of whom served previously as Trump’s ambassador to Japan; and newly-minted Republican Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democrat presidential candidate and lawmaker from Hawaii who had a major role on the campaign trail for Trump.

Several media outlets, including the New York Times, were reporting that Rubio was the favorite, although the selection had yet to be finalized.

Rubio has considerable experience after having served, most recently, as the ranking minority member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, but he has sometimes been seen as a political lightweight who tacks to the middle on issues where Trump has taken a hardline stance.

The former 2016 GOP primary rival, whom Trump dubbed “Little Marco” due to his diminutive size, may be seen in some ways as an establishment-friendly pick in the same vein as Trump’s previous top diplomat, Mike Pompeo.

Trump may prefer having a political figure who has already been heavily vetted in the role. However, another drawback to selecting Rubio or Hagerty would be the loss of a Senate seat in the GOP’s new four-person majority. While both Florida and Tennessee are considered to be deep-red states, they have had close elections in the recent past.

Trump made a similar blunder in 2017 by naming then-Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as his attorney general, assuming the state would replace him with another loyalist. Instead, deep-pocketed leftist donors flooded the state to smear Republican candidate Roy Moore and elect Democrat Doug Jones, narrowing the Senate majority to a single vote—which contributed to the defeat of a high-profile effort to repeal the controversial Obamacare legislation.

Another high-profile rumor being floated on Tuesday was the possibility that Kari Lake might be up for consideration in the role of press secretary after media outlets like the Associated Press declared her the loser in the Arizona senatorial campaign late Monday.

Lake has been a staunch Trump loyalist and shown herself to be particularly adept in combative confrontations with the media, having herself been a TV news anchor prior to entering politics.

Lake likely would vie for contention against some of Trump’s top campaign surrogates, such as Karoline Leavitt and Steven Cheung, both of whom also demonstrated a willingness to clash with hostile adversaries in the media.

Other high-profile names being floated for the role included former Fox News host Megyn Kelly, current Fox White House correspondent Peter Doocy, and popular radio host Alex Jones, who jokingly posted last week that he was accepting the offer made by Donald Trump Jr. via social media.

In addition to Jones, actress Roseanne Barr and conservative pundit Tucker Carlson were both being floated as outside options on social media, although it was unlikely to be a role that either would seriously consider.

Trump struggled with the top messaging role early in his first term, with his initial pick, Sean Spicer, proving to be easily flustered by the hostile leftist press.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders found moderate success in the role, but with her own political career in mind—she went on to become the governor of Arkansas, following in the footsteps of her famous father—she was sometimes reluctant to stand fully behind the polarizing Trump.

Her departure paved the way for Stephanie Grisham, the former press secretary for Melania Trump, to step into the role, although she would later go on to betray both the president and first lady, becoming a prominent Trump critic.

Trump finally settled on Kayleigh McEnany, who was credited with doing an exceptional job but under the most adverse of circumstances. She began her tenure early in the COVID-19 pandemic and continued through the turmoil that followed, including the George Floyd race riots, the disputed 2020 election and the Jan. 6, 2021 uprising at the U.S. Capitol.

It is unclear whether McEnany, who now has a large role at Fox News, has been up for consideration to return to the often thankless role as Trump’s first line of defense against the fake news.

Ben Sellers is the editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/realbensellers.

PA Radio Host: Gov. Josh Shapiro Mortified as Dems ‘Milk’ Senate Race

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PA Radio Host: Gov. Josh Shapiro Mortified as Dems ‘Milk’ Senate Race

(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) Talk radio 1210 WPHT host Rich Zeoli said Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pa., must have been mortified as Democrats slowwalked accepting Republican Senator-elect Dave McCormick’s win.

McCormick unseated three-term Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who refused to concede the race days after his GOP challenger was projected as the winner.

Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer initially withheld McCormick’s invitation to Tuesday’s Senate orientation, prompting Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, to offer to “personally escort” the excluded Republican into the Capitol.

Zeoli told Fox and Friends First that Democrats are trying to “milk” Casey’s name until the very end—but suggested that Shapiro fears being viewed as an election denier.

“The Casey name is a legend in Pennsylvania, right? His dad was governor back in the nineties, one of the last of the moderate Democrats,” Zeoli said. “They are trying to milk this for everything it’s possibility worth. Squeeze every dime out of the Casey name.”

Zeoli mentioned a large ballot dump Monday night that did not affect McCormick’s margin over Casey.

He said Democrats would continue to prolong McCormick’s race as long as possible, bringing up the possibility that the party could have been trying to prevent the incoming Republican from voting for the next Senate majority leader on Wednesday.

“I wonder about that right now, and I’m a little bit concerned about that,” Zeoli said in his interview that aired before Schumer changed his tune early Tuesday and decided to allow McCormick and Democrat Arizona Senator-elect Ruben Gallego to attend Senate orientation.

Zeoli speculated that Shapiro was “not happy” about McCormick’s dragged-out race because he likely intends on running for president come 2028.

Vice President Kamala Harris snubbed Shapiro for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz when picking her running mate in a decision criticized in hindsight as a political blunder for Democrats.

“Casey’s the past, and Shapiro’s looking is looking to the future,” Zeoli said.

Zeoli said Shapiro must already be gearing up to fundraiser in Iowa and to do his “fake Barack Obama accent” in South Carolina.

“He does not want to get mired down in a dispute over whether or not that they are accepting the election results,” the radio host added. “He wants this to go away as soon as possible.”

Julianna Frieman is a freelance writer published by the Daily Caller, Headline USA, The Federalist, and The American Spectator. Follow her on Twitter at @JuliannaFrieman.

DOJ Opened over 100 New Jan. 6 Cases between June and Election Day

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DOJ Opened over 100 New Jan. 6 Cases between June and Election Day

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department has released statistics on the number of J6 protestors arrested since the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill uprising—showing that prosecutors were busy arresting dozens of new targets in the run-up to Election Day.

According to the DOJ, approximately 1,561 J6ers have been charged criminally in federal court—up more than 100 cases from the 1,457 arrests as of June.

The latest DOJ stats—released on Election Day—show that the federal government’s furious pace of arrests continued throughout this year. The DOJ charged 725 from January 2021 to January 2022; more than 200 in 2022; about 225 last year; and another 419 through nearly the first half of 2024.

The uptick in charges and arrests this year followed a letter from the “Sedition Hunters” to Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves—urging them to arrest thousands of additional J6 protestors before the 2024 election. The Sedition Hunters is a shadowy group of online sleuths that use controversial facial recognition technology to help the FBI track down Jan. 6 protestors.

“It appears that the department and the FBI are not on pace to arrest an alarmingly large percentage [of those] who committed crimes at the Capitol on January 6 but have not been charged yet,” the Sedition Hunters’ April letter said.

“These people have already committed political violence once, and for the more violent offenders to remain un-arrested and face no accountability is a concern to me because it’s an election year — and what’s to stop them from committing political violence again this year?” the letter said.

According to the letter, 3,900 people committing crimes at the Capitol on Jan. 6. That includes people who breached the Capitol and those who engaged in violence on the grounds, but not the people who were on the Capitol grounds—itself a crime—but otherwise didn’t violate any laws.

“About 626 people have been charged with assaulting law enforcement and media, or entering a restricted area with a dangerous or deadly weapon,” Raw Story reported in April.

“Based on those numbers, the arrest rate for violent offenders would need to pick up the pace from about 16 per month to 26 per month in order to meet the deadline before the statute of limitations runs out on Jan. 6, 2026.”

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

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