Johnson Reverses, Caves to Deep State Democrats: Slips FBI Spy Power Reauthorization Into Defense Bill

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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) backtracked and caved to the deep state and Democrats, moving to slip a deep state authorization into the defense bill.

Reports say that congressional leaders, including Johnson, agreed to put an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill would extend Section 702 until April 19.

This frustrated many conservatives, including those who were supposed to be instrumental in crafting the final texts for the NDAA.

Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) released a video statement after she said that leadership asked conferees, which includes herself, to agree to the 3000-plus page NDAA, which is “being released behind closed doors without even getting time to read it!”

The Peach State conservative blamed Johnson for negotiating with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to “cut a deal” that would contain prohibitions against funding for abortion and “trans surgery prohibitions” that were in the House-passed NDAA under former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). (Read more from “Johnson Reverses, Caves to Deep State Democrats: Slips FBI Spy Power Reauthorization Into Defense Bill” HERE)

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Did Joe Biden Just Admit He’s Only Running in 2024 Because Trump Is?

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President Joe Biden told donors in Weston, Massachusetts, Tuesday that if former President Donald Trump were not running for reelection in 2024, he would probably not seek another four years.

Biden suggested in 2019 that he would not run for reelection if he won the 2020 election, but according to his Tuesday remarks, it seems Biden believes he is the only Democrat who can defeat Trump.

“If Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running,” Biden said, adding that Democrats “cannot let him [Trump] win.”

Biden also tried to claim that Trump’s 2024 agenda, such as curtailing the administrative state or cutting red tape to energy independence, is dangerous.

“Trump’s not even hiding the ball anymore. He’s telling us what he’s going to do. He’s making no bones about it,” Biden said, CNN reported. (Read more from “Did Joe Biden Just Admit He’s Only Running in 2024 Because Trump Is?” HERE)

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Texas Attorney General Sues Pfizer for COVID Vax Lies

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Eight months ago, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he was investigating Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson for potentially lying to the public concerning the success of their respective COVID-19 vaccines. . .

Paxton’s lawsuit alleges that Pfizer violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, claiming that Pfizer “engaged in false, deceptive, and misleading acts and practices by making unsupported claims.”

Three weeks after Paxton had initially announced the investigation, he was impeached.

“The first thing I did when I came back was I told my staff, ‘I want to get back on this,’ and we did,” Paxton tells Sara Gonzales. . .

“Pfizer’s widespread representation that its vaccine possessed 95% efficacy against infection was highly misleading from day one,” the petition created by Paxton and his staff reads. (Read more from “Texas Attorney General Sues Pfizer for COVID Vax Lies” HERE)

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Newly Released Emails Reveal Joe Biden Used Pseudonym in Over 50 Exchanges with Hunter Biden’s Business Associate

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Then-Vice President Joe Biden apparently used a pseudonym to exchange more than 50 emails with one of Hunter Biden’s business associates, newly released emails show.

Joe Biden sent 54 private emails to Hunter Biden’s close business associate and accountant, Eric Schwerin, by using the “Robin Ware” alias, according to an email search released Tuesday by the House Ways and Means Committee. The email data was provided to the committee by IRS whistleblower Joseph Ziegler, who testified Tuesday behind closed doors alongside IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley.

Many of Joe Biden’s email conversations with Schwerin happened around spring 2014, when Hunter Biden joined the board of Ukrainian energy firm Burisma Holdings, the documents show.

Before Joe Biden went to Ukraine in June 2014, he emailed Schwerin five times, and afterwards the pair emailed 27 times, according to the Ways and Means Committee. The sitting vice president traveled to Ukraine again in November 2014, when he was the Obama administration’s point man on Ukraine issues.

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Here’s What Trump Had to Say About the 2024 Dem Nominee

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Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he doubted President Joe Biden would be the Democratic Party’s nominee for the 2024 election.

Trump expressed his doubts during a Tuesday evening town hall held in Davenport, Iowa, hosted by Fox News host Sean Hannity. “I personally don’t think he makes it,” Trump told Hannity.

“Okay, I haven’t said that, I’m saving it for this big town hall,” Trump continued. “I personally don’t think so. I think he’s in bad shape physically. Remember when he said I’d like to take him behind the barn? If he took me behind the barn and I went like this [blows], I believe he would fall over. I believe he would fall over.”

Biden has suffered some falls, including one at the Air Force Academy on June 1. He also fell down while on his bike in June 2022 and stumbled on the steps of Air Force One on two occasions. Biden now takes a different set of stairs onto the VC-25 used as Air Force One, among other concessions to his age. (Read more from “Here’s What Trump Had to Say About the 2024 Dem Nominee” HERE)

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Defense Secretary Warns of ‘Very Likely’ U.S. Military Involvement in Europe if Aid to Ukraine Stalls

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Congress on Tuesday during a private briefing that if they do not pass more aid to Ukraine, it would “very likely” lead to U.S. troops fighting a war in Europe.

“If [Vladimir] Putin takes over Ukraine, he’ll get Moldova, Georgia, then maybe the Baltics,” House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) told The Messenger, after Austin and other senior Biden administration officials briefed House lawmakers on their request for more aid for Ukraine.

“And then the idea that we’ll have to put troops on the ground in Secretary Austin’s word was very likely,” McCaul added. “That’s what we’re trying to avoid.”

The Messenger reported that the warning “did little” to win over Republican skeptics, who oppose more aid to Ukraine without more accountability and transparency on how it will help Ukraine.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told the outlet, “I don’t think we got the clarity that we’ve been requesting,” and that “It remains to be seen whether members are satisfied with the answers provided.” (Read more from “Defense Secretary Warns of ‘Very Likely’ U.S. Military Involvement in Europe if Aid to Ukraine Stalls” HERE)

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Catholic Leaders Condemn FBI’s “Illegitimate Targeting of Catholics” as Potential Domestic Terrorists

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Catholic leaders slammed the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday after the House Judiciary Committee discovered federal agents interviewed a priest and a choir director as part of an investigation into so-called Radical-Traditional Catholics as potential domestic terrorists.

“The latest revelations only raise more questions about the illegitimate targeting of Catholics by the FBI,” CatholicVote President Brian Burch told The Daily Wire in an emailed statement. “We now know that the FBI effort involved at least four field offices, authorized the use of undercover agents to infiltrate Catholic parishes, and used a Catholic priest and a choir director to inform on one of their parishioners.”

The House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government launched an investigation into the FBI earlier this year after former agent-turned-whistleblower Kyle Seraphin leaked an internal memo from the bureau’s Richmond Field Office, which painted certain “radical-traditionalist Catholics” as violent extremists and proposed opportunities for the FBI to infiltrate Catholic churches as a form of “threat mitigation.”

“Despite every effort to downplay the significance of this abuse of power, the FBI still owes Catholics and all concerned Americans answers as to who was behind the effort to spy on Catholics, how far and wide this effort went inside the FBI, whether it is ongoing, and whether anyone has been held accountable,” Burch added. (Read more from “Catholic Leaders Condemn FBI’s “Illegitimate Targeting of Catholics” as Potential Domestic Terrorists” HERE)

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Surprise, Surprise: Poll Finds Children Who Have Liberal Parents More Likely to Have Poor Mental Health

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In a groundbreaking study conducted by the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) and Gallup, the influence of parental political ideology on adolescent mental health has taken center stage. Published in a recent research brief, the findings suggest that children of conservative parents tend to exhibit better mental health outcomes compared to their counterparts raised in liberal households.

Over the course of the summer, Jonathan Rothwell, the Principal Economist at Gallup, and his colleagues explored the nuances of parent-adolescent relationships and their potential impact on youth mental health. The study involved a comprehensive survey of 6,643 parents, including 2,956 who cohabitate with an adolescent, and interviews with 1,580 of those adolescents.

One of the standout conclusions from the research is the significant role political ideology plays in shaping a child’s mental health. Rothwell notes that being raised by liberal parents appears to be a more substantial risk factor for mental health problems during adolescence than factors such as low-income households or parental education.

The study identifies conservative parents as more likely to adopt parenting practices associated with positive adolescent mental health. This includes effective discipline, displays of affection, and responsiveness to their children’s needs. Conversely, liberal parents scored lower, particularly in successfully disciplining their children.

The quality of parent-child relationships also showed a stark contrast, with conservative parents reporting fewer arguments, more warmth, and stronger bonds with their children. Very conservative parents stood out as the highest performers in relationship quality, closely followed by very liberal parents, but still with a notable gap in favor of conservatives.

The numerical insights reveal a substantial difference in mental health outcomes. Adolescents with very conservative parents are reported to be 16-17 percentage points more likely to report good or excellent mental health compared to their very liberal counterparts. The study found that only 55% of adolescents with liberal parents reported good or excellent mental health, whereas 77% of those with conservative or very conservative parents did.

The research also touched upon the influence of marriage attitudes on parenting practices. Those with more pro-marriage attitudes were found to be more likely to engage in best-practice parenting.

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School Assigned Girl to Sleep With Boy Who Identifies as Trans Without Parental Notification

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An 11-year-old girl was assigned to share a bed with a male student who identifies as a transgender girl while on a cross-country school trip, according to a demand letter sent Monday. That girl’s parents are now calling upon the public school system to provide answers and clarification of its policies related to children who identify as transgender.

Represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, Joe and Serena Wailes are calling on the Colorado-based Jefferson County School Board and Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Tracy Dorland to clarify “whether JCPS will continue this practice of intentionally withholding information about rooming accommodations from parents like the Waileses, who object to their children rooming with a student of the opposite sex, regardless of the other student’s gender identity.”

“This practice renders it impossible for these parents to make informed decisions about their children’s privacy, upbringing, and participation in school-sponsored programs,” reads the demand letter, which was exclusively provided to The Daily Signal. “Additionally, our clients request information related to JB R-1 and the ability to opt out of this rooming policy for all future school trips.”

The Waileses describe how their daughter, who is in fifth grade, went on a JCPS-sponsored trip to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., in June 2023. JCPS had repeatedly told parents that the boys and girls on the trip would be roomed on different floors—and chaperones told the students that boys would not even be allowed to visit the girls’ floor, as well as vice versa, according to the letter. . .

The Wailes’ 11-year-old daughter, who is identified in the letter as “D.W.,” was assigned to a room with three other students, according to the demand letter. Two of these students were girls from her school, and the third student was a boy who identified as a girl (named in the letter as “K.E.M.”) who went to a different school. (Read more from “School Assigned Girl to Sleep With Boy Who Identifies as Trans Without Parental Notification” HERE)

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Miraculous Escape: College Football Player Survives Drive-by Shooting Thanks to Cellphone Shield

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In a harrowing incident that unfolded on Wednesday night, a college football player narrowly escaped a potentially fatal drive-by shooting in Port Salerno, Florida, thanks to an extraordinary twist of fate—his cellphone took a bullet intended for him.

The 20-year-old athlete was making his way from the Step in Food convenience store to his father’s residence around 11 p.m. when an assailant in a passing car targeted him. According to Martin County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy John Budensiek, the shooter, positioned in the front passenger seat, unleashed gunfire using a high-powered rifle as the victim approached his home.

The young man’s life was spared by an unexpected hero—his cellphone, which absorbed the impact of the bullet. Authorities on the scene remarked that the outcome was nothing short of miraculous. Chief Deputy Budensiek stated, “It’s by the grace of God that we’re not discussing a serious homicide case today.”

Law enforcement is actively working to identify a suspect, having released surveillance footage from a Ring camera capturing the fleeing vehicle believed to be linked to the shooter. The investigation is ongoing, with authorities determining whether the attack was targeted or a random act of violence.

Chief Deputy Budensiek emphasized the severity of the incident, stating, “It’s an attempted homicide case, inches from a homicide case.”

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