‘Twitter Files’ Make It Clear: We Must Abolish the FBI

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As we learn more and more from the “Twitter Files,” it is becoming all too obvious that Federal agencies such as the FBI viewed the First Amendment of our Constitution as an annoyance and an impediment. In Friday’s release from the pre-Musk era, journalist Matt Taibbi makes an astute observation: Twitter was essentially an FBI subsidiary.

The FBI, we now know, was obsessed with Twitter. We learned that agents sent Twitter Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth some 150 emails between 2020 and 2022. Those emails regularly featured demands from US government officials for the “private” social media company to censor comments and ban commenters they did not like.

The Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF), a US government entity that included the FBI as well as other US intelligence agencies expressly forbidden from domestic activities, numbered 80 agents engaged regularly in telling Twitter which Tweets to censor and which accounts to ban. The Department of Homeland Security brought in outside government contractors and (government-funded) non-governmental organizations to separately pressure Twitter to suppress speech the US government did not like.

US Federal government agencies literally handed Twitter lists of Americans it wanted to see silenced, and Twitter complied. Let that sink in.

This should be a massive scandal and likely it would have been had it occurred under a Trump Administration. Indeed, Congress would be gearing up for Impeachment 3.0 if Trump-allied officials had engaged in such egregious behavior. But since these US government employees were by-and-large acting to suppress pro-Trump sentiment, all we hear are crickets.

What is interesting about these Twitter revelations is how obsessed the FBI and its government partners were with satire and humor. Even minor Twitter accounts with small numbers of followers were constantly flagged by the Feds for censorship and deletion. But knowledge of history helps us understand this obsession: in Soviet times the population was always engaged in joking about the ineptitude, corruption, and idiocy of the political class. Underground publications known as samizdat were rich with satire, humor, and ridicule. . .

We do not need the FBI and CIA and other federal agencies viewing us as the enemy and attacking our Constitution. End the Fed…and End the Federal Bureau of Investigation! (Read more from “‘Twitter Files’ Make It Clear: We Must Abolish the FBI” HERE)

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Gay Republican Who Allegedly Lied About His Background Responds to NY Times Bombshell by Blaming ‘The Left’

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By David Badash. George Santos, the subject of a bombshell New York Times investigation that alleges he appears to have made up large parts of his resume, is responding to the paper of record’s report – through his attorney – in a statement that blames “the Left” for apparent false claims about his work history, colleges attended, and even co-workers who he claimed died during the Pulse nightclub hate crime mass shooting.

Santos, the first out gay Republican to be elected to Congress, is a MAGA supporter who was endorsed by House GOP Caucus chair Elise Stefanik. . .

In its damning and thorough report, The New York Times reveals both Citigroup and Goldman Sachs “told The Times they had no record of [Santos] ever working there,” despite Santos’ claims he had. Santos claims he graduated from Baruch College in 2010, but officials “could find no record of anyone matching his name and date of birth graduating that year.”

Santos even claimed he founded “an animal rescue charity that saved more than 2,500 dogs and cats,” but there is “little evidence that his animal rescue group, Friends of Pets United, was, as Mr. Santos claimed, a tax-exempt organization.”

Shockingly, even his claim four co-workers died at Pulse came up short. The Times reported its “review of news coverage and obituaries found that none of the 49 victims appear to have worked at the various firms named in his biography.” (Read more from “Gay Republican Who Allegedly Lied About His Background Responds to NY Times Bombshell by Blaming ‘The Left’” HERE)

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Newly elected House Republican busted as a fraud — weeks after winning his race: report

By Salon. George Santos, who flipped the House seat in New York’s 3rd Congressional District last month, made history as the first openly gay Republican to win a House seat as a non-incumbent, but his résumé appears to be filled with falsehoods, according to a deep dive by The New York Times. . .

Similarly, officials at Baruch College found no record of Santos or anyone with a matching name and date of birth graduating from the college in 2010 despite Santos claiming he received a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance.

The incoming congressman has also claimed to have a family-owned real estate portfolio of 13 properties, but The Times found no records of such properties. . .

Santos omitted key information on his personal financial disclosures and was charged with check fraud in Brazil, according to The Times.

Santos, whose parents emigrated from Brazil, spent some time there in 2008. When he was 19 years old, he stole the checkbook of a man his mother was caring for, according to Brazilian court records uncovered by The Times. (Read more from “Newly Elected House Republican Busted as a Fraud — Weeks After Winning His Race: Report” HERE)

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You’re Not ‘American.’ That’s Offensive. You’re a ‘U.S. Citizen,’ Stanford U Declares

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Liberals are so thin-skinned that words constantly wound them. Deeply. So they’re constantly redefining words to ease their pain.

Enter Stanford University. The vaunted California institute of higher education has published an index of “harmful language” as part of an initiative to eliminate and replace words it deems offensive. . .

One word the university deems inappropriate is “American.”

Americans shouldn’t say they’re “American.” Instead, they should say they are “U.S. citizens” because “American” often refers only to “people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the U.S. is the most important country in the Americas.”

“Immigrant” is also verboten. Instead, use “person who has immigrated.” Also, best to use four words to replace one word. (Read more from “You’re Not ‘American.’ That’s Offensive. You’re a ‘U.S. Citizen,’ Stanford U Declares” HERE)

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Doctors Sue Over Having To Offer Suicide as an Option in New Mexico

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. . .Now, a group of medical professionals is pushing back against the culture of death. Last week, the docs sued the state of New Mexico – which last year passed the nation’s most forceful doctor-assisted suicide law – to prevent them from being required to steer a sick patient to an early demise.

“The government can’t force health-care professionals to violate their medical ethics or their religious convictions,” Mark Lippelmann, a lawyer with the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom group told me. “It’s unconstitutional and it’s wrong,”

Today, 10 states and the District of Columbia have legalized physician-assisted suicide. In the U.S., the laws generally require terminally ill adults of sound mind to take lethal drugs prescribed by doctors. New York hasn’t enacted a suicide statute – yet. But pro-death activists are pushing for it. In parts of Europe, conditions such as depression qualify people to receive fatal medicine, a frightening prospect.

Healers who object to hastening death on religious or moral grounds usually can opt out of the ghoulish practice. But New Mexico law essentially pushes death. The Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act requires physicians in the state who object to participating in suicide to inform patients that it is available. . .

Meanwhile, healers who refuse to get with the program because of their religious beliefs or professional ethics may face hefty fines and risk losing their medical licenses. (Read more from “Doctors Sue Over Having To Offer Suicide as an Option in New Mexico” HERE)

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Teen Viciously Stabbed His Mom, Beat Her With Frying Pan To Avoid Cleaning His Room, Police Say

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A Florida teenager will be tried as an adult after police said he violently attacked his mother, who was “constantly harping” on him to clean his room.

Late last month, Tobias “Toby” Jacob Brewer, 17, of Cocoa, Florida, about 45 miles southeast of Orlando, allegedly snapped and stabbed his mother with a pocketknife and beat her with a frying pan because she was “constantly on his case about cleaning his room.” Brewer later admitted to police that he “does not like cleaning his room” and that he “was tired of” his mom “constantly harping about it,” a police report stated.

The attack against the victim appears to have been vicious. Brewer continuously struck his mother in the head with the frying pan “until the handle … broke,” the report says. He also allegedly stabbed her with the pocketknife “multiple times.”

When questioned at the hospital, the victim, whose name has not been released, reportedly told the police, “Toby did this.” She remains in critical condition.

A review of Brewer’s phone records indicated that, after the assault, Brewer texted a friend and asked him to bring a gun to “shoot the victim.” The friend, who has autism, reportedly replied that he would not bring a gun, but offered to bring a knife instead. Brewer also allegedly stole his mother’s keys and some money from her purse and then fled the scene, in his mother’s car, with two of his friends and his girlfriend in tow. (Read more from “Teen Viciously Stabbed His Mom, Beat Her With Frying Pan To Avoid Cleaning His Room, Police Say” HERE)

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Federal Judge Strikes Down Gavin Newsom’s ‘Cynical’ Gun Control Scheme

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A federal judge has blocked the state of California from enforcing a gun control scheme that was modeled after a controversial Texas abortion law, delivering Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom the exact outcome he wanted.

U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez of the Southern District of California issued a permanent injunction on Monday against the “fee-shifting” provisions of the state’s gun law – which empowers private citizens to bring lawsuits against gun manufacturers – declaring it unconstitutional.

“‘It is cynical. ‘It is an abomination.’ ‘It is outrageous and objectionable.’ ‘There is no dispute that it raises serious constitutional questions.’ ‘It is an unprecedented attempt to thwart judicial review,’” Benitez wrote in his opinion, quoting directly from Newsom’s criticisms of the Texas abortion law.

The Texas measure makes abortions illegal after a fetal heartbeat can be detected and permits private citizens to sue abortion providers or anyone else who assists in a woman’s procurement of abortion for $10,000. This fee-shifting mechanism was designed to protect the 2021 law from judicial review to circumvent the Supreme Court’s old abortion precedent in Roe v. Wade. The high court has since overturned that precedent, permitting states to restrict, or liberalize, abortion. (Read more from “Federal Judge Strikes Down Gavin Newsom’s ‘Cynical’ Gun Control Scheme” HERE)

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Republicans Score Big Win in Biden’s $1.7 Trillion Budget Package

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Congressional Republicans succeeded in slashing funding for the Internal Revenue Service in the negotiations over President Biden’s $1.7 trillion omnibus budget.

Senate Republicans forced Democrats and the White House to cut more than $275 million from the IRS over the next year. GOP lawmakers demanded the cut, arguing that the IRS is already slated to receive additional money over the next decade thanks to Biden’s recently passed $739 billion Inflation Reduction Act.

“This process was far from perfect, but ultimately it allowed Republican redlines to be adhered to and because of that I will urge my colleagues to support this package,” said Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Overall, the budget allocates $12.3 billion for the IRS — 2.2% less than the nearly $12.6 billion the agency received in the last fiscal year. The Biden administration initially sought a $1.3 billion increase for the IRS this year. (Read more from “Republicans Score Big Win in Biden’s $1.7 Trillion Budget Package” HERE)

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US Olympic Committee Pushes ‘Open Categories’ for Transgender Athletes

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The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is encouraging individual sports to consider “category qualifiers” — classified in some sports as “open” categories — to ensure transgender athletes will have events to participate in once they reach puberty.

The USOPC finalized its so-called position paper at its board meeting earlier this month and released it Monday, addressing a proposed path forward for transgender participation in sports.

The committee’s recommendations were based, it said, on the principle that science and “fairness” should guide all major decisions. As part of that, the two-page paper said the emphasis in youth sports (before children reach puberty) should be to push for as much participation as possible.

“Here, we believe the science is clearer that there is much less physical safety or competitive risk, or sporting advantage based on physiological sex characteristics,” the paper said.

The federation said it wanted to follow the science in determining the conditions under which transgender athletes can compete once they reach puberty, which triggers significant differences in testosterone production between biologically born males and females. It acknowledged that the “sport landscape may leave currently competing athletes feeling uncertain regarding potential shifts in their eligibility status.” (Read more from “US Olympic Committee Pushes ‘Open Categories’ for Transgender Athletes” HERE)

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Ordinary Americans Are Going To Have To Save the Country Themselves, One Town at a Time

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One of the things I get asked from time to time by readers is, what can ordinary people on the right, Christians and conservatives, do to help save the country — besides voting on Election Day?

It’s a good question, and it comes from the very understandable feeling of helplessness many people feel about the direction of the country and, let’s be honest, the collapse of Western civilization that’s now well underway. It’s especially easy to get frustrated after an election cycle like the one we just had, in which Republican leaders thoroughly botched it and left things more or less where they were before the voting.

Put another way, if voting doesn’t really change anything in our so-called democracy, what will?

There’s an answer to this question, but you’re not going to like it. The plain truth is this: You’re going to have to save the country yourselves. Donald Trump isn’t going to save it. Ron DeSantis isn’t going to save it. There’s not a snowball’s chance in hell that a GOP majority in Congress is going to save it.

By all means, keep voting in national elections. Keep making your voices heard at the ballot box. But salvation won’t come from Washington, D.C. If America is going to be saved, or even just parts of it are to be saved, then ordinary men and women, God-fearing patriots all across the country, are going to have to do it themselves, one town at a time. And they will have to do it the old-fashioned and unglamorous way, by taking over the local institutions of civic life, organizing and winning elections for city council and school board, finding reliable and competent people willing to be candidates and staff and volunteers. (Read more from “Ordinary Americans Are Going To Have To Save the Country Themselves, One Town at a Time” HERE)

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Kim Jong-un Sister Threatens to Launch ICBM Towards USA

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Kim Yo-Jong, a top North Korean communist official and sister of dictator Kim Jong-un, published a barely coherent string of insults and threats on Tuesday suggesting that international experts doubting the quality of North Korean weapons may soon prompt an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch across the Pacific Ocean.

Kim, officially a vice department director at the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party (the ruling communist party), published her statement through the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), one of the few legal media outlets in the country and a government-run propaganda platform.

Kim appeared to be responding to the free world’s tepid response to North Korean media announcing that it had developed a military espionage satellite and publishing low-resolution, black-and-white images as proof.

“I am getting bored and tired of hearing the bark of the south Korean puppets who have the bad habit of finding fault with others,” Kim Yo-jong proclaimed. “Even in the end of the year, they continue to pull us up, not content with finding fault with us from the beginning of the year.” (Read more from “Kim Jong-un Sister Threatens to Launch ICBM Towards USA” HERE)

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