Maricopa Elections Chief Enlisted Foreign Censorship Group in War on Disapproved Speech

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Maricopa County Recorder Steven Richer turned to the left-leaning States United Democracy Center and an overseas group bankrolled by the State Department to help his office target election speech that’s disapproved of by the government, according to emails obtained by The Federalist.

Richer thanked States United for offering to let his office “piggy back” on the group’s anti-speech operations, which he described as “deep scanning” the internet for “disinformation,” a term often invoked to censor speech the government disagrees with. States United is a left-wing election law group that consistently opposes Republican election integrity legislation like voter ID laws and supports Democrat attempts to diminish election security, according to InfluenceWatch. The group has praised the weaponization of the justice system against Trump, and was described by The New York Times as part of a “coalition” preparing to “push back” against a potential Trump victory with “extraordinary pre-emptive actions.”

According to email records, States United set up a call with Richer’s staff and the global censorship group, Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD). ISD is a London group that has been accused of wrongly labeling “mainstream views” as “misinformation” and subsequently censoring conservative opinions online, according to InfluenceWatch. The group was the recipient of a 2021 grant sponsored by the State Department’s Global Engagement Center, which “fund[s] the development of censorship tools,” as The Federalist’s Margot Cleveland has reported. The ISD works with governments, leftist 501(c)(3) groups, and Big Tech companies as well as some of the left’s biggest financial backers.

Richer later suggested Arizona State University officials should fire Faculty Associate Aaron Ludwig for retweeting election concerns, apparently looping States United in on the process. . .

“Thanks very much to States United for the kind offer to let us piggy back on some of the deep scanning you’re contracting for election threats and disinformation,” Richer emailed then-States United Senior Counsel Bo Dul on June 17, 2022. Richer indicated his office and “some … partners at the county” do some of this work already, but that he would “love to fill any holes” with the offer from States United. (Read more from “Maricopa Elections Chief Enlisted Foreign Censorship Group in War on Disapproved Speech” HERE)

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The New York Times Gaslights About Political Prosecutions

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The New York Times published a 5,000-word article asserting that Donald Trump is a unique threat to democracy because a second term Trump Department of Justice could potentially prosecute members of the Democrat Party.

Authors Emily Bazelon and Mattathias Schwartz make this argument not only after a first Trump term with zero political prosecutions by Trump appointees but after a shocking and unprecedented nationwide lawfare campaign by Democrats against Trump and other Republicans.

The Times headline is “Why Legal Experts Are Worried About a Second Trump Presidency.” The subhed added, “In a survey of 50 members of the D.C. legal establishment, many warn that Trump could follow through on his threats to prosecute his political adversaries.” The term “gaslighting” has gained popularity in recent years, a reference to the 1944 movie “Gaslight” about a husband who manipulates his wife into thinking she is insane. Even in a sea of media manipulation, there is perhaps no better example of gaslighting than this piece.

The article begins with an unsubstantiated claim that Trump seeks to engage in political prosecutions. The only quote offered in support of this claim is Trump saying people who violate federal election laws will be prosecuted and sentenced. They inaccurately characterize this as “Donald Trump could not be clearer about his plans to use the Justice Department to seek revenge against his enemies.”

The opening paragraph also references Trump supporters chanting “Lock Her Up!” of Hillary Clinton, who had gotten away with setting up a secret server to mishandle classified information. Left unsaid by the New York Times is that Trump didn’t go after Clinton during his time in office, saying it would be “divisive” to pursue political opponents. The New York Times also doesn’t mention that the Democrat National Convention featured chants of “Lock Him Up!” when Hillary Clinton spoke. (Read more from “The New York Times Gaslights About Political Prosecutions” HERE)

Harris Tells Black Men Trump Is ‘Weak’

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Vice President Kamala Harris‘s live radio town hall with Charlamagne tha God of The Breakfast Club featured a wide-ranging conversation about the Democratic nominee’s efforts to shore up support among black men.

The event, filmed in Detroit, Michigan, one of the “blue wall” states that Harris must win to secure victory on Nov. 5, featured multiple questions from black men who questioned the vice president on her record serving under President Joe Biden and before as the junior California senator.

Black male voters are the second most loyal voting block for Democrats behind black women. But former President Donald Trump’s overtures to black men and some polling showing black male support for Harris is behind Biden’s 2020 support have worried some Democrats with just three weeks until the election. . .

When discussing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and the fallout, Harris branded Trump as “weak” and “unfit” to serve another term as president.

“One of the things that I think is really ironic, but at play, Donald Trump, through his way of trying to name call and demean and divide, tries to project as though those things are a sign of strength, when in fact, the man is really quite weak,” said Harris. “He’s weak. It’s a sign of weakness that you want to please dictators and seek their flattery and favor.” (Read more from “Harris Tells Black Men Trump Is ‘Weak’” HERE)

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Biden’s Latest Betrayal is ‘Deeply Disturbing’

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President Joe Biden’s administration is threatening the Israeli government with a full arms embargo if they don’t “improve” the humanitarian situation — sparked by Hamas’ decision to start a war on October 7 — in the Gaza Strip within 30-days.

In a letter sent to a number of Israeli ministers Monday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the demand.

The letter conveniently ignores that the majority of humanitarian aid delivered to Gaza, including by the United States through air drops and a disastrous, now defunct pier, is stolen by Iranian backed Hamas.

(Read more from “Biden’s Latest Betrayal is ‘Deeply Disturbing'” HERE)

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‘A Clear Message’: Airline Slapped With $4 Million Fine For Stopping Hundreds Of Jews From Boarding Flight

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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) fined German airline Lufthansa $4 million for stopping hundreds of Jewish passengers from making a connecting flight, according to a Tuesday DOT press release.

Following alleged misconduct from some passengers, Lufthansa prohibited 128 Jewish passengers from boarding their connecting flight, most of whom were wearing “distinctive garb typically worn by Orthodox Jewish men,” the press release stated. However, many of the passengers were not traveling together and did not know each other, leading the DOT to issue the penalty — the largest the agency has ever issued against an airline for a civil rights violation.

“Most passengers who were interviewed by [the Office of Aviation Consumer Protection] stated that Lufthansa treated them all as if they were a single group, and denied boarding onto [the flight] to everyone for the apparent misbehavior of a few, because they were openly and visibly Jewish,” the DOT’s consent order listing Lufthansa’s violations stated.

The incident occurred in May 2022 when passengers were heading from New York City through Frankfurt, Germany, and on to Budapest, Hungary, to attend a memorial event for an Orthodox Rabbi, the Wall Street Journal reported. The DOT received 40 discrimination complaints, and ultimately found Lufthansa’s crew knew “the refusal to transport the entire group could result in the exclusion of passengers that had complied with crew instructions … but concluded it was not practical to address each passenger individually.” (Read more from “‘A Clear Message’: Airline Slapped With $4 Million Fine For Stopping Hundreds Of Jews From Boarding Flight” HERE)

WATCH: CNN Commentator Pushes Back Against Paul Begala For Claiming Trump Is Too ‘Unhinged’ To Be President

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CNN political commentator Shermichael Singleton pushed back against the Democratic consultant Paul Begala for spewing claims that Republican nominee Donald Trump is too “unhinged” to be reelected.

Vice President Kamala Harris called Trump “increasingly unstable and unhinged” during a rally in Pennsylvania Monday night, playing clips of the former president calling his opponents the “enemy within.” Singleton pushed back against Begala’s claim that Trump is too “unhinged” and “weak,” arguing that independent voters are largely supporting the former president.

“The Democrats have a political party. Political parties exist to win. Democrats believe that Biden could not win, I was one of them. Biden stepped aside,” Begala said. “The Republicans have become a cult of personality. Trump is not their strongest candidate. He’s the only president since Herbert Hoover who lost the House, the Senate, the White House in 4 years. That’s hard to do. So, believe me, if they could’ve put somebody else up, they’d be up 10 points right now … But the real MAGA acolytes around him are not doing the country any favors by fancying some guy who’s clearly just unhinged and too weak to do the job.”

“But you know what’s so interesting about this, Paul, and I’ve thought a lot about this, the race is tied. And I don’t think it’s just the Trump voters who have allowed the president to showcase his interesting level of strength, that’s typically underestimated,” Singleton replied. “So, looking at this, you’re wondering who are the swing voters out there, who are those swing voters, those independent voters who are saying ‘you know what? Maybe I don’t like the personality, maybe I don’t like the traits, but there are other issue that I think he’s stronger on. They appear to be supporting him which is why the vice president doesn’t have the lead that she had a couple weeks ago.”

(Read more from “CNN Commentator Pushes Back Against Paul Begala For Claiming Trump Is Too ‘Unhinged’ To Be President” HERE)

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‘Yacht Killer’ Inmate Got Taxpayer-Funded Sex-Change With Kamala Harris’ Blessing: Report

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A transgender [“woman”] convicted of killing a couple to try to get money for [his] sex change ended up having the procedure covered by California taxpayers — thanks to radical policies backed by VP Kamala Harris.

The notorious so-called “Yacht Killer” — who was born John Jacobson Jr. and now goes by Skylar Deleon — is currently serving life without parole after initially being sentenced to death for the slaying of Thomas Hawks, 57, and his wife Jackie, 47, in 2004.

Deleon, 45, duped the couple into letting them and several associates board their 55-foot yacht and take them out on it after feigning interest in purchasing the vessel.

While out at sea somewhere between Newport Harbor and Santa Catalina, Deleon used a stun gun to incapacitate the couple and forced them to give up their bank-account information and sign over the boat’s title — before tying them to the anchor and tossing it overboard.

Last year, nearly two decades after the murders, the killer finally got a sex-change operation — courtesy of California taxpayers. [He] is now waiting to be transferred to a women’s prison. (Read more from “‘Yacht Killer’ Inmate Got Taxpayer-Funded Sex-Change With Kamala Harris’ Blessing: Report” HERE)

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Trembling Bill Clinton Blames Biden Administration for Not Vetting Laken Riley’s Alleged Murderer — While Stumping for Harris in Georgia (VIDEO)

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. . .Former President Bill Clinton blamed the Harris-Biden administration for letting the migrant accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley into the US– after being tapped to shore up Democratic votes for the vice president in the swing state.

“You got a case in Georgia not very long ago, didn’t you — they made an ad about it — a young woman who had been killed by an immigrant,” Clinton said Sunday during a fish fry in Fort Valley, referring to the February murder of Riley, 22.

“Yeah, well, if they’d all been properly vetted that probably wouldn’t have happened,” the former president added.

Riley’s accused murderer is Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan migrant who has ties to the dangerous Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang and entered America illegally in September 2022 — during Harris’ tenure as President Biden’s so-called “border czar” — along with his girlfriend and her 5-year-old son.

Ibarra was arrested in El Paso, Texas, but was released on parole after fewer than 24 hours in custody due to lack of detention capacity and told to report to authorities in October of this year, ICE insiders told The Post in March. (Read more from “Bill Clinton Blames Biden Administration for Not Vetting Laken Riley’s Alleged Murderer — While Stumping for Harris in Georgia (VIDEO)” HERE)

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Two Men Shot by Thomas Matthew Crooks at Trump’s Butler Rally Reveal Who They Blame

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Two men who Thomas Matthew Crooks brutally injured at Donald Trump’s deadly July 13 Butler, Pennsylvania, rally have shared what happened after they were shot.

Jim Copenhaver, 74, and David Dutch, 54, were both hit after the late 20-year-old Crooks opened up fire on the ex-president. Tragically, Crooks killed father and firefighter Corey Comperatore as he was shielding his family.

Revealing for the first time what happened to them after they received a barrage of gunfire, the pair sat down with Tom Llamas on NBC Nightly News in a highly-anticipated interview that aired Monday evening. . .

The two also cast blame on the security officials in charge that day. . .

‘I believe there was 100 percent negligence on the Secret Service, probably everybody involved in setting that security, down to inter-department communications,’ he added. (Read more from “Two Men Shot by Thomas Matthew Crooks at Trump’s Butler Rally Reveal Who They Blame” HERE)

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JD Vance Could Oust Donald Trump From the Presidency Under This Scenario

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If former President Donald Trump wins, his victory may be short-lived, retired American Enterprise Institute scholar Norm Ornstein speculated to Salon’s Chauncey DeVega — because his running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, could essentially give him the boot if it becomes clear his cognitive decline has become too severe to carry out the basic functions of office.

This is a consequence of the 25th Amendment, which provides a mechanism for the president’s Cabinet to sideline him from duty if they deem the President cannot execute his duties.

“As the election approaches, I think we will see, excuse the cliche, more of Trump being Trump,” Ornstein told DeVega. “I also think we will see an increase in his cognitive decline, which I hope against hope is covered in the mainstream media. The public must be reminded that while the vice president is the only member of the Executive Branch who can’t be fired, the president can essentially be fired by the vice president should he become significantly impaired. This is accomplished through the 25th Amendment.”

“People must realize that a vote for Trump could easily be a vote for a President Vance,” said Ornstein. (Read more from “JD Vance Could Oust Donald Trump From the Presidency Under This Scenario” HERE)