House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Raise Debt Ceiling and Cap Future Spending

The House on Wednesday night passed legislation negotiated by President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and cap future spending.

The so-called Fiscal Responsibility Act, harshly criticized by both hard-line Republicans and far-left Democrats, passed the lower chamber in a 314-117 vote.

The bill now heads to the Senate with only five days to go before, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says, the government would run out of cash to pay debts.

More Democrats than Republicans voted in favor of the polarizing bill.

Seventy-one Republicans joined 46 Democrats in opposing the bill agreed upon between Biden and McCarthy over the Memorial Day weekend. (Read more from “House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Raise Debt Ceiling and Cap Future Spending” HERE)

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Ghislaine Maxwell Fears Retaliation in Prison After Snitching on Two Violent Inmates: Report

The old adage “snitches get stitches” reportedly has convicted sexual predator Ghislaine Maxwell living in fear of retaliation in prison after she snitched on two violent inmates who tried to extort her.

The two Cuban women were placed in solitary confinement for 47 days after the 61-year-old madam reported them to authorities at her Florida federal prison for demanding items from her commissary, a source at the prison told the Daily Mail.

Now, the sex trafficker is shaking in her prison boots because the women have been released back into the general population at low-security FCI Tallahassee, according to the outlet.

Maxwell, who has been at the facility since July 2022, is apparently so terrified of retaliation that she’s refusing to use showers where she fears she could be physically attacked.

She is also being escorted daily to and from her job at the prison library by a guard. The “tattooed, tall and thick” Cubans, known inside as “Las Cubanas,” have been moved to another unit, the source told the Mail. (Read more from “Ghislaine Maxwell Fears Retaliation in Prison After Snitching on Two Violent Inmates: Report” HERE)

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Biden Accuser Feels ‘Safe’ in Russia After Fleeing Over Safety Concerns

By New York Post. Ex-Senate staffer Tara Reade, who accused President Biden of sexual assault, proclaimed Tuesday she feels right at home in Russia after fleeing the United States.

The bewildering announcement was part of an hours-long interview Reade did with Russian state media next to alleged Russian spy and friend Maria Butina as she slammed the West — and lauded how accommodating the Kremlin has been toward her.

“I’m still kind of in a daze a bit but I feel very good,” she said, according to Sputnik News. “I feel very surrounded by protection and safety. And I just really so appreciate Maria and everyone who’s been giving me that at a time when it’s been very difficult to know if I’m safe or not.”

After Biden launched his 2020 campaign for president, Reade accused the Democrat of sexual misconduct dating back to when she worked for his Senate office in the early 1990s.

Biden, 80, has denied the allegations. (Read more from “Biden Accuser Feels ‘Safe’ in Russia After Fleeing Over Safety Concerns” HERE)

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Biden Accuser Tara Reade Claims She Fled to Russia Fearing for Her Life

By Daily Beast. Tara Reade, a former Senate aide who accused President Joe Biden of sexual assault, announced Tuesday she defected to Russia.

The shocking confession was made during a Russian state press conference, where Reade was sitting next to alleged Kremlin spy—and pal—Maria Butina. Reade told the pro-Putin press the “very difficult” decision to move came after the realization that she no longer feels safe in Biden’s America. . .

In the hours-long Tuesday conversation—which was live-streamed on Twitter that garnered about 500 viewers—Reade touched upon a litany of topics, ranging from Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine to her critiques of America’s “terrible” roads. She asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for citizenship, although she denied any pre-existing ties to Russia.

“To my Russian brothers and sisters, I’m sorry right now that American elites are choosing to have such an aggressive stance. Just know that most American citizens do want to be friends and hope that we can have unity again,” she added, before personally thanking Butina. (Read more from “Biden Accuser Tara Reade Claims She Fled to Russia Fearing for Her Life” HERE)

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Band of House Republicans Stand Against Debt Ceiling Deal

As many as 20 House Republicans oppose the deal hashed out between the White House and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to avoid a U.S. debt default.

Leading the GOP charge against the compromise, which would suspend the debt limit until January 2025 in exchange for various restraints on spending, was the conservative House Freedom Caucus, which views the agreement as being too watered down. Their opposition, if it holds, means a bipartisan vote will be necessary for passage as Republicans hold a narrow majority in the lower chamber.

“This deal fails, fails completely,” Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, said at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. “We will do everything in our power to stop it and end it now,” he also said.

“Not one Republican should vote for this deal,” said Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), another member of the group. “No one sent us here to borrow an additional $4 trillion to get absolutely nothing in return,” he added.

Roy said McCarthy’s deal with the White House “at best, if I’m being really generous” offers “a spending freeze for a couple years.” (Read more from “Band of House Republicans Stand Against Debt Ceiling Deal” HERE)

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LGBTQ Radicals Send Target Bomb Threats After Pride Month Merchandise Pullback

LGBTQ radicals reportedly deluged Target with bomb threats in retaliation to the retail giant pulling back on some of its Pride Month merchandise after significant backlash.

The bomb threats were allegedly made against several Target stores in at least three states: Utah, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. An email to one Cleveland store that Cleveland 19 News reviewed indicated that radical LGBTQ activists may have been behind the threats.

“Target is full of cowards who turned their back on the LGBT community and decided to cater to the homophobic right-wing redneck bigots who protested and vandalized their store,” the email reportedly read.

In Utah, Salt Lake City police communications director Brent Weisberg told USA TODAY that officers determined that no “credible threat” had been directed at the two stores in the city.

“Officers will continue neighborhood patrols around the Target locations in Salt Lake City out of an abundance of caution,” Weisberg said in a statement. (Read more from “LGBTQ Radicals Send Target Bomb Threats After Pride Month Merchandise Pullback” HERE)

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Another Retail Store Is Facing a Boycott Over Pride Merchandise for Babies

Even as Target takes a dive in stock prices for selling its pride-themed merchandise for children and babies, other companies aren’t quite getting the memo. There’s North Face, and now, Kohl’s. The store sells pride merchandise, including apparel for babies, online and in stores.

The products in question causing concern are still available on the website. A quick search of “Pride” items leads not only to a collection of relevant products matching that description, but pro-LGBT messages as well as promotions of the brands and designer that they partner with.

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FBI Director to Face Contempt Charges for Refusing to Turn Over Biden Bribery Document

The Republican Majority on the House Oversight Committee announced it would be taking further action against the Biden FBI on Tuesday after the agency again refused to provide unclassified documents responsive to a committee subpoena regarding an alleged criminal bribery scheme between then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national.

In a statement, Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had informed his committee “that it will not provide the unclassified documents subpoenaed by the Committee,” defying the House’s oversight powers on a matter of significant interest to members of Congress and the American people.

“The FBI’s decision to stiff-arm Congress and hide this information from the American people is obstructionist and unacceptable,” Comer continued. “While I have a call scheduled with FBI Director Wray tomorrow to discuss his response further, the Committee has been clear in its intent to protect Congressional oversight authorities and will now be taking steps to hold the FBI Director in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a lawful subpoena,” he explained. (Read more from “FBI Director to Face Contempt Charges for Refusing to Turn Over Biden Bribery Document” HERE)

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Man Faces Prosecution for Defending Himself From Violent, Anti-Republican Attacker

By now, most Americans have heard of Daniel Penny, the Marine Corps veteran being charged by Manhattan’s Democrat district attorney for defending his fellow citizens from an erratic Jordan Neely on the New York City subway. There’s also a good chance they’ve heard of Daniel Perry, the Army sergeant recently convicted in Austin, Texas, for protecting himself from an armed Black Lives Matter demonstrator.

On their own merits, both cases represent a seemingly growing trend of Democrat prosecutors allowing violent criminals to walk free while punishing law-abiding Americans for defending themselves from horrendous acts of violence. Case in point: Kevin Mackie, a Massachusetts resident charged for allegedly protecting himself from a violent, anti-Republican attacker. . .

On July 8, 2022, Mackie was among several individuals to participate in a demonstration outside of Acton, Massachusetts’ Discovery Museum. The purported purpose of the gathering was to protest the facility’s role in giving Covid shots to children.

In a March 2022 “update,” Museum CEO Neil Gordon announced the organization had partnered with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services to “host six days of public COVID-19 vaccination clinics for kids ages 5 to 11.” According to Gordon, “[m]ore than 650 vaccine doses were administered,” with each jabbed child receiving “two free Museum admission passes as a sweetener.” Notably, the museum requires individuals seeking employment with the organization to show “proof of full COVID-19 vaccination.”

“We think that it’s just wrong for a museum to exchange services for vaccinations,” protestor Michelle Efendi told The Federalist. In addition to founding the Neighborhood Admins Resilience Network — a coalition of Facebook Groups supporting community preparedness and response — Efendi is a community organizer with experience in emergency management. It’s worth mentioning that Efendi does not describe herself as a Republican and has previously campaigned for Democrat presidential candidates such as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. (Read more from “Man Faces Prosecution for Defending Himself From Violent, Anti-Republican Attacker” HERE)

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Migrant Interviews Debunk Biden DHS’s False Talking Point About Cartel ‘Disinformation’

In government communiques, press conferences, and congressional hearings under oath, top Biden administration officials have repeatedly blamed a particular bogeyman for the unrelenting, historic southern-border mass-migration crisis now into its third year: human smugglers who spread “disinformation” that the border is “open.”

“DHS expects that encounters at the Southwest Border will increase as smugglers spread disinformation…” read a typical May 1, 2021 Department of Homeland Security Fact Sheet about a major upcoming policy shift.

When immigrants have died in trucks or trains while being smuggled into America, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and White House spokespeople have gone straight to the explanation of Mexican cartel disinformation.

The administration is now so invested in this narrative that, in a May 10 press conference, Mayorkas once more blamed a major border surge on “smugglers…hard at work spreading false information.” Then, the secretary announced a government salve: a “digital marketing campaign” to “counter the lies of smugglers” in Central and South America.

As someone who has interviewed thousands of U.S.-bound immigrants over the last several years, I can confidently attest that this narrative is a fabrication. It is pure political misdirection, deflecting blame away from Biden administration policies, which immigrants most commonly cite for why they come. (Read more from “Migrant Interviews Debunk Biden DHS’s False Talking Point About Cartel ‘Disinformation’” HERE)

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Chick-Fil-A Sparks Anti-Woke Outrage for VP of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Post

Chick-fil-A, the chicken sandwich chain long beloved by conservatives for its longstanding opposition to same-sex marriage, is now sparking boycott calls after announcing that it has hired an executive in charge of diversity, equity and inclusion.

The Atlanta-based company announced on Tuesday that it was naming Erick McReynolds to the post of vice president of DEI — igniting angry denunciations on Twitter from conservatives who allege that the firm has “gone woke.”

McReynolds has been employed by Chick-fil-A since 2007.

He was promoted to the position of vice president of DEI in November 2021, according to his LinkedIn page.

But the recent LGBTQ controversies involving brands such as Bud Light, Target, and Kohl’s have triggered scrutiny of other corporate actors. (Read more from “Chick-Fil-A Sparks Anti-Woke Outrage for VP of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Post” HERE)

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