Alaska Passes Bill to Limit Govt From Shutting Down Gun Stores During Emergencies

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Alaska’s Republican-led Legislature has passed a bill prohibiting the authorities from singling out firearm and ammunition retailers when they start shutting down businesses during a declared emergency.

House Bill 61, heading to the desk of Gov. Mike Dunleavy, states that firearm businesses cannot be forced to close, shorten their business hours, limit their sales, or hand over merchandise during a declared state of emergency unless the government equally does that to all other businesses.

The Senate version of the bill initially included language that would allow the government to shut down gun stores while still keeping certain businesses like grocery stores, pharmacies, clinics and hospitals, and hotels and motels open during an emergency declaration. This language was removed with an amendment by state Sen. Bill Wielechowski, a Democrat representing East Anchorage.

According to Wielechowski, firearm, and ammunition stores are just as important as, if not more important than, grocery stores for Alaskans relying on hunting as a way of life and sustenance. (Read more from “Alaska Passes Bill to Limit Govt From Shutting Down Gun Stores During Emergencies” HERE)

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Rape Suspect Who Threatened Victim With Machete Identified as Illegal Alien

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A man who allegedly raped a teen girl, and another woman after threatening her while displaying a machete in Maryland, was in the U.S. illegally, Fox 5 reported on Friday.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed that the suspect, Jose Roberto Hernandez-Espinal, 20, was an illegal immigrant from El Salvador that came to the U.S. in 2013, according to Fox 5, which is a DC-Maryland based outlet. Hernandez-Espinal is accused of raping a 15-year-old at a park in Silver Spring, Maryland, just days before he raped a woman while threatening the alleged victim and her friend with a machete at the same park.

Hernandez-Espinal allegedly pointed the machete at one of the victim’s backs before taking her to a secluded area, raping her and stealing her jewelry before fleeing the scene, according to Fox5. (Read more from “Rape Suspect Who Threatened Victim With Machete Identified as Illegal Alien” HERE)

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Biden Official Says Debt Ceiling Talks ‘Definitely a Subject of Interest’ at G-7

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The White House conceded the prospect of a default has been a topic of discussion for President Joe Biden and his aides at the Group of Seven leaders meeting in Japan.

“It is definitely a subject of interest here at the G-7,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Saturday in Hiroshima of the debt ceiling negotiations in Washington.

Countries are seeking “a sense” of how the debt ceiling negotiations, which were temporarily suspended, are “going to play out,” according to Sullivan.

“The president has expressed confidence that he believes that we can drive to an outcome where we do avoid default,” he said. (Read more from “Biden Official Says Debt Ceiling Talks ‘Definitely a Subject of Interest’ at G-7” HERE)

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Republicans ‘Pressing Pause’ on Debt Limit Talks With Biden White House

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Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA), who has been leading debt ceiling talks, said on Friday that Republicans would “pause” talks with the Biden White House on debt ceiling negotiations.

Graves said that Republicans would “press pause” on talks with the Biden White House, although it remains unclear how long they would like to pause negotiations.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) tapped Graves to serve as one of the leading negotiators with the Biden White House, which includes White House counselor Steve Richetti and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Shalanda Young.

The Louisiana Republican accused the Biden White House of not negotiating in good faith. Reporters noted that, until now, Graves has been mostly tight-lipped about negotiations.

“It’s just unreasonable. Until people are willing to have reasonable conversations about how you can actually move forward and do the right thing, then we’re not going to sit here and talk to ourselves,” he explained.

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Republican Sen. Tim Scott Files to Run for President in 2024

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On Friday, Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for president in 2024.

According to multiple reports, the filing comes ahead of Scott’s official announcement, expected on Monday in South Carolina.

Last month, Scott officially announced a presidential exploratory committee as he considered running for the White House in 2024.

As Katie mentioned, Scott wrote on Twitter that he focuses on conservative values and his life story.

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Hunter Biden Accused of ‘Playing Games’ in Child Support Case

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Hunter Biden is dragging his feet and “playing games with discovery” in a child support case — a “hallmark Biden litigation tactic,” the mother of his out-of-wedlock daughter claims in new court papers.

President Biden’s 53-year-old son has been trying to lower his $20,000-a-month child support payments to former stripper Lunden Roberts — with whom he shares 4-year-old daughter Navy Joan Roberts — a move that Roberts has vowed to fight.

“Mr. Biden does not want to disclose his income and assets, says that he is somewhat financially destitute, while he lives on a mountain overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, has Secret Service protection, and enjoys his time abroad (which he has also lied about in discovery),” Roberts’ lawyer Clinton Lancaster wrote in court papers Friday.

Lawyers on both sides have filed a slew of court papers arguing over whether a deposition by Biden’s lawyers of ex-Trump White House aide Garrett Ziegler should go forward Monday.

Roberts, 32, wants to call Ziegler — the 27-year-old founder of nonprofit Marco Polo, which published a 644-page analysis of the contents of Hunter’s infamous laptop — as an expert witness at the July trial in the Arkansas child support case. (Read more from “Hunter Biden Accused of ‘Playing Games’ in Child Support Case” HERE)

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Sure Sounds Like Biden Has Changed His Mind on F-16s for Ukraine

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President Joe Biden, while meeting with G7 leaders in Japan this week, reportedly “endorsed” plans to train Ukrainian pilots to fly U.S-Made F-16 fighter jets, according to a Friday morning dispatch from The Associated Press.

The AP’s report cited “people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss Biden’s private conversations with allies” and explained that the training program would would happen in Europe, beginning “in the coming weeks.”

This significant step toward equipping Ukraine with American air power is another escalation of U.S. support for the country’s fight against Russia, though it remains unclear from which country the F-16s for Ukraine would come. (Read more from “Sure Sounds Like Biden Has Changed His Mind on F-16s for Ukraine” HERE)

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Military Caught Alleged Pentagon Leaker Taking Notes on Classified Docs Multiple Times Before Arrest, Court Filing Says

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The military reportedly caught Jack Teixeira, arrested last month for allegedly leaking hundreds of classified documents, accessing and taking notes on classified data multiple times before he was charged, according to a court filing.

The Department of Justice filed a motion Wednesday to deny Teixeira bail, arguing that the 21-year-old’s repeated disregard of protocol showed him to be a threat to national security who warranted strict detention. The filing showed that military officials warned Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, multiple times about inappropriately sifting around the Pentagon’s classified intelligence database, the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication System, according to The New York Times.

According to a September 15, 2022, Air Force memo included in the DOJ’s filing, Teixeira “had been observed taking notes on classified intelligence information” inside a room for viewing classified material. The airman was warned “to no longer take notes in any form on classified intelligence information,” the memo said, according to The Washington Post.

Another Air Force memo written about a month later said that Teixeira “was potentially ignoring the cease-and-desist order” and noted that he was told again to avoid “any deep dives into classified intelligence information” and to “focus on his job.” (Read more from “Military Caught Alleged Pentagon Leaker Taking Notes on Classified Docs Multiple Times Before Arrest, Court Filing Says” HERE)

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Biden Admin Walks Back Claim That It Killed Major Al-Qaeda Figure in Airstrike, Killed Father of 10: Report

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Biden administration officials are reportedly walking back claims that they made earlier this month when they claimed that they had killed a major figure in the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda.

The move by U.S. officials comes after the slain man’s family and others who knew him claimed that the father of 10, a former bricklayer, had no ties to terrorism and was tending to his sheep when he was hit by a Hellfire missile in Syria.

U.S. officials claimed shortly after the strike that the Predator drone had taken out a “senior Al Qaeda leader” — even though they did not provide proof or name the suspect.

The Washington Post reported that 56-year-old Lotfi Hassan Misto was the person killed in the strike.

“We are no longer confident we killed a senior AQ official,” a U.S. official told the Post. (Read more from “Biden Admin Walks Back Claim That It Killed Major Al-Qaeda Figure in Airstrike, Killed Father of 10: Report” HERE)

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Corporate Queering: Target Selling ‘Tuck-Friendly’ Children’s Bathing Suit (VIDEO)

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Target is selling a “tuck-friendly” bathing suit as part of its massive pride collection, which has already made waves for its overt marketing to children.

Target released its latest “pride” collection ahead of what secular society has deemed “pride” month, taking place in June. The far-left uses the artificial designation of the month to further radical gender ideology, which teaches that biology does not matter and gender does not correspond with an individual’s biological sex, leading to the further erasure of women.

The pride section, routinely placed toward the front of the department stores, features items for not just adults, but children as well. And this year, Target is rolling out a “tuck-friendly” bathing suit designed to help biological men “tuck” their genitals away to appear more feminine.

One bathing suit, created in partnership with Humankind, states that it is “designed for comfort & confidence” and created with “tuck-friendly construction.” (Read more from “Corporate Queering: Target Selling ‘Tuck-Friendly’ Children’s Bathing Suit” HERE)

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