Jill Biden’s Senior Adviser Refuses to Testify in House Oversight Investigation Into Biden Decline

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Anthony Bernal, senior adviser to Jill Biden, has refused to testify in the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline.

Bernal is refusing to appear for a June 26 interview as part of the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into Biden’s mental decline and potential misuse of the autopen, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced Wednesday.

Comer sharply criticized Bernal on Wednesday for refusing to appear before the committee, accusing him of avoiding accountability now that executive privilege has been waived.

“Now that the White House has waived executive privilege, it’s abundantly clear that Anthony Bernal – Jill Biden’s so-called ‘work husband’ – never intended to be transparent about Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and the ensuing cover-up,” Comer said.

“With no privilege left to hide behind, Mr. Bernal is now running scared, desperate to bury the truth. The American people deserve answers and accountability, and the Oversight Committee will not tolerate this obstruction. I will promptly issue a subpoena to compel Anthony Bernal’s testimony before the Committee.” (Read more from “Jill Biden’s Senior Adviser Refuses to Testify in House Oversight Investigation Into Biden Decline” HERE)

More Fear Budget Bill Will Just Add Crushing Debt

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The drawn-out negotiations over President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act are giving fiscal hawks more time to build the case that it will just add to the nation’s oppressive $37 trillion debt, a potential threat to passage.

While the administration and GOP leaders have been making the case that the tax and spending legislation will lower the debt, an overwhelming 84% of likely voters said that they are concerned about the national debt.

And, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shared with Washington Secrets on Wednesday, voters by a 2:1 margin believe that the bill will simply add to that debt.

The bill was passed by House Republicans and is in front of the Senate. Republican leaders hope to pass it out of the chamber by July 4, when House and Senate negotiators would meld one bill.

But the delay in pushing it through is providing time for foes to point out the potential for a debt explosion if many of the spending provisions make it through the grinder. (Read more from “More Fear Budget Bill Will Just Add Crushing Debt” HERE)

FBI Investigating 3 Children’s Hospitals for Child Mutilation

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The FBI is investigating three children’s hospitals for allegedly performing illegal female genital mutilations, which are outlawed by federal law.

The overall plan here is that the federal government wants to put a stop to hospitals profiting from irreversible mutilation surgeries performed on children in the Orwellian name of “gender-affirming care.”

Boston’s Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Colorado, and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles are the FBI’s current targets.

“These hospitals,” per Fox News, “have been among some of the foremost providers of sex change procedures for minors in America over the last several years[.]”

These mutilating sex change procedures cause irreversible damage to children, who are nowhere near mature enough to make such a drastic decision, especially when there is no way to go back to normal. (Read more from “FBI Investigating 3 Children’s Hospitals for Child Mutilation” HERE)

NATO Chief Praises ‘Daddy’ Trump: ‘Man of Peace’

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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday welcomed President Donald Trump to the alliance summit at The Hague by praising him as a “man of strength,” a “man of peace,” and the “daddy” who got Iran and Israel to stop fighting like “two kids in a school yard.”

Rutte summed up the 12-Day War between Iran and Israel, saying, “They fight like hell. You can’t stop them. Let them fight for about two, three minutes. Then it’s easier to stop them. Then, daddy has to sometimes use strong language.”

The NATO secretary was making a humorous allusion to Trump’s use of profanity when he complained about Iran and Israel breaking the ceasefire he had negotiated.

“We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f**k they’re doing,” Trump grumbled to reporters on Tuesday.

Trump’s F-bomb was the most surprising bit of American ordnance to be dropped during the 12-Day War and, while the president was initially criticized for employing salty language in a public statement, he did manage to get everyone back onside with the ceasefire. (Read more from “NATO Chief Praises ‘Daddy’ Trump: ‘Man of Peace’” HERE)

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Tulsi Gabbard: Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan Are Gone

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Tulsi Gabbard revealed in a post on X that “new intelligence” has confirmed the destruction of Iran’s three key nuclear facilities, Fordown, Natanz, and Isfahan.

Since the American strike on Iran on Sunday, media outlets like CNN, BBC, NPR, The New York Times, and The Washington Post indicated that early intel reports, which were leaked to the press, showed that the bunker buster bombs did not destroy the underground nuclear facilities. They argued the strike had only delayed the Iranian nuclear program by months.

However, the Director of National Intelligence said that, according to new intelligence, the Iranians would have to reconstruct all three facilities, which would likely take years, to rebuild their nuclear program. Gabbard emphasized that initial reports were leaked and selectively covered by mainstream media news outlets in an effort to undermine President Trump’s credibility. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also came out swinging against the mainstream media at Wednesday’s NATO summit. He announced that there would also be a criminal investigation into who leaked classified and low-confidence intel to the media. (Read more from “Tulsi Gabbard: Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan Are Gone” HERE)

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Karmelo Anthony Spokesman Urges Fight Against ‘White Supremacy’ After Anthony’s Murder Indictment for Austin Metcalf Stabbing

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After Karmelo Anthony was indicted for first-degree murder in connection with the fatal stabbing in April of Texas high school star athlete Austin Metcalf, a high-profile Anthony spokesman reacted Monday by calling for a fight against “white supremacy” and blasting “bigots” and “racists.”

Dominique Alexander — president of Next Generation Action Network — posted on X: “To the racists, the bigots, and those filled with hate who’ve targeted Karmelo, his family, and even myself — you do not intimidate us. We are not backing down.”

Alexander also asked Anthony supporters to “stand with us in the fight against white supremacy” as the case against him moves forward and added, “This case is yet another example of what it means to be Black in America, where even our self-defense is questioned, scrutinized, and politicized.”

Frisco police arrested Anthony and charged him with first-degree murder after Metcalf was fatally stabbed April 2 at a track meet at Kuykendall Stadium. Anthony reportedly told police, “I did it,” in reference to the stabbing after Metcalf allegedly put his hands on Anthony in an effort to get the suspect to leave from under a tent. Anthony has been claiming self-defense.

While Anthony is black and Metcalf was white, Metcalf’s father — Jeff Metcalf — early on urged those on social media to not use his son’s death to stir up political and racial divisiveness, WFAA-TV reported. (Read more from “Karmelo Anthony Spokesman Urges Fight Against ‘White Supremacy’ After Anthony’s Murder Indictment for Austin Metcalf Stabbing” HERE)

Top Trump Official Calls U.S. Airstrikes on Iran ‘Pointless,’ Suggests ‘Deep State’ Swayed Prez

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A top staffer in the federal agency overseeing personnel for the Trump administration has denounced the US strikes on Iran as “pointless” and suggested the decision was made by members of DC’s “deep state.”

Andrew Kloster, who serves as general counsel at the Office of Personnel Management, tweeted — and then deleted — a string of posts ripping the US for having sent “handouts” to Israel in the past and for previously downplaying the threat of Tehran getting a nuclear weapon.

Within a half-hour of President Trump announcing successful US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities Saturday night, Kloster wrote on X, “I apologize and will never again doubt the power of the deep state.”

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In a response to an X user saying that “Iran’s nuclear sites being crushed seems a long-term benefit for the US,” Kloster wrote, “I think it was just kind of pointless.”

He also boosted a post from Vish Burra, disgraced former New York Rep. George Santos’ ex-director of operations, that referred to Israel’s conflict with Iran as a “tribal squabble” after Tehran broke a cease-fire Trump secured Monday night.

(Read more from “Top Trump Official Calls U.S. Airstrikes on Iran ‘Pointless,’ Suggests ‘Deep State’ Swayed Prez” HERE)

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Five People Rushed to Hospital After ‘Unexpected Turbulence’ on American Airlines Flight

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Five people had to be rushed to the hospital after their American Airlines flight suffered “unexpected turbulence,” according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Flight 1286, an Airbus A321, was traveling from Miami to Raleigh-Durham when the turbulence started just as the crew started to service the cabin.

Three flight attendants and two passengers were taken to a local hospital for evaluation after emergency services met the plane on the runway just after it landed at around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, said an American Airlines statement, according to CNN.

“It was way quick, totally unexpected turbulence right after they started service,” Lee Francis IV, a passenger onboard the flight, told CNN. (Read more from “Five People Rushed to Hospital After ‘Unexpected Turbulence’ on American Airlines Flight” HERE)

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ICE Nabs 11 Iranian Migrants — Including Suspected Terrorists — as Border Patrol Warns of ‘Possible Sleeper’ Cells

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Immigration agents collared 11 illegal Iranian migrants — including suspected terrorists — over the weekend in eight states as the Border Patrol warned of “possible sleeper” cells in the US.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement nabbed former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member Mehran Makari Sahel, who has “admitted connections” to the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, according to CBS News.

He was busted near St. Paul, Minnesota.

Yousef Mehridehno, whose name appears on the terrorist watchlist, was arrested by ICE outside Jackson, Mississippi, according to the outlet.

Feds discovered that Mehridehno lied on a visa application after he had already been living in the country illegally for eight years.

ICE agents also arrested Ribvar Karmi in northern Alabama on Sunday and found he was carrying an Iranian army ID card that revealed he was a sniper between 2018 and 2021, CBS reported. (Read more from “ICE Nabs 11 Iranian Migrants — Including Suspected Terrorists — as Border Patrol Warns of ‘Possible Sleeper’ Cells” HERE)

House Already Defeats Plan to Impeach Trump Over Iran

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After President Donald Trump announced an attack on Iran’s nuclear program over the weekend, Democrats were less than thrilled. More radical members, such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), even claimed that it was an impeachable offense, with she and the president going at it, including via social media posts. Rep. Al Green (D-TX), who is often ranting and raving against Trump, including when it comes to his plans to see the president impeached, actually filed articles to do with the War Powers Clause, after he had also filed unrelated articles in May. Such a plan failed on Tuesday afternoon.

Leading up to the impeachment vote, “Al Green” has been trending on X, as has been Trump and AOC going at it. Green’s failed effort is embarrassing enough. But it also doesn’t look like there’s much support for impeachment overall.

On the House side, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) certainly have criticized Trump for actions over the weekend. This has in particular come back to haunt Pelosi as she fawned over then President Barack Obama’s plans for regime change in Libya in 2011.

Yet both of these top House Democrats appear to be hesitant to go for impeachment. That even Pelosi acknowledges “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” which Trump has been clear and consistent about for years, reflects how Americans overall, even and including Democrats, are concerned about Iran.

(Read more from “House Already Defeats Plan to Impeach Trump Over Iran” HERE)

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