U.S. Treasury Unveils Coin with Trump’s Face, $100 Bill Featuring Presidential Signature

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The U.S. Treasury Department has unveiled a new $100 bill featuring President Donald Trump’s signature and a dollar coin featuring his portrait.

Trump’s signature will be included on all denominations of paper currency alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States, making him the first president to put his name on cash.

“As Treasury secretary, I only have two mandates — the currency has to say ‘In God we trust’ somewhere on it, and we cannot have an image of a living person,” Bessent explained to Fox News host Jesse Watters while taking him on a tour of the department this week:

“But we have the president’s signature,” the secretary continued. “Which, again, I think is appropriate for the 250th.”

Bessent used “currency” in the “paper money” sense of the word. The department can, however, include living people’s images on special coins. (Read more from “U.S. Treasury Unveils Coin with Trump’s Face, $100 Bill Featuring Presidential Signature” HERE)

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GOP Senator Casts Doubt on Mitch McConnell’s Health: ‘I Just Heard From a Source…’

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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said a source has told him that a photo of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released by his office to assuage concerns about the senator’s health is “an older photo.”

McConnell, 84, has been hospitalized since June 14. It was reported that paramedics were called to McConnell’s home that day to tend to someone unconscious due to cardiac arrest. The senator’s office refused to give any updates on McConnell until Sunday. In a statement, McConnell said he is hospitalized due to a fall. He added that he did not break any bones and did not endure a heart attack or stroke, though he did say he had a mild case of pneumonia.

The statement was accompanied by a photo of a smiling McConnell sitting up in a hospital bed with his wife Elaine Chao beside him. Some users on social media and members of the press questioned the authenticity of the photo.

Johnson joined Monday’s episode of The Balance on Real America’s Voice, where host Eric Bolling asked about the photo.

“I saw a picture that I’m not sure I believe is actually Mitch McConnell from the hospital after what I’ve heard and what I’ve seen,” Bolling said. “Do you believe Mitch McConnell is the one who said, ‘I’m ok. Here’s the picture of my wife, Elaine Chao and I’ in that hospital bed?” (Read more from “GOP Senator Casts Doubt on Mitch McConnell’s Health: ‘I Just Heard From a Source…’” HERE)

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‘I like men too’: When Laura Loomer Claimed ‘Lindsey Graham is gay’

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Laura Loomer, a right-wing influencer and Donald Trump associate, claimed under oath during a deposition that Lindsey Graham was gay.

“Several of President Trump’s staff have told me in confidence that Lindsey Graham is gay,” a claim she made during her deposition, but later defended on social media, asserting that she wished to avoid committing perjury.

Laura Loomer’s bombshell claims against Lindsey Graham

At that time, Loomer brought a lawsuit against the HBO host Bill Maher, who has a documented history of anti-transgender statements, after he remarked on the Real Time with Bill Maher show during the campaign that the influencer could be “f—ing” Trump. In her court deposition, which her legal representatives made public in a filing, she stated that the joke ruined her chances of joining the White House staff following Trump’s election in November.

However, Maher’s lawyer, Katherine Bolger, brought up several contentious statements made by Loomer, which included implications regarding Graham’s sexual orientation. In September, Loomer posted on the X platform: “When is Lindsey coming out of the closet? We all know you’re gay, Lindsey… and that’s ok.”

“There’s no reason why Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, needs to hide the fact that he’s a gay man. Come on, Lindsey. I like men too. No need to hide. I want you to relieve yourself of your toxic closeted anger. It’s 2024. Nobody needs to hide that they’re gay anymore.” (Read more from “‘I like men too’: When Laura Loomer Claimed ‘Lindsey Graham is gay’” HERE)

Extremely Rare Cancer Striking Kids in Rich Calif. City Takes Worrying Turn — as Possible Cause Emerges

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Families in a rich California enclave have claimed an extremely rare cancer has struck more people than first feared and that its root cause could be due to the rampant use of pesticides.

Locals in Ladera Ranch, Orange County, have spent months raising concerns after at least six local children were diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a bone and soft tissue cancer that affects only about 200 to 240 children nationwide each year.

Now, residents say their own investigation has uncovered what they believe is an unusually heavy use of pesticides and herbicides throughout the community and that more than 60 people could be impacted.

Researchers have previously explored possible associations between pesticide exposure and certain childhood cancers, including Ewing sarcoma, but no direct causal relationship has been confirmed. Still, residents say the volume of chemicals being sprayed throughout the community has become impossible to ignore.

“This issue has been looked into by several different groups of residents in Ladera Ranch going back to 2016,” attorney and resident Jackie French told The California Post. “They have all been pretty much stonewalled … and many of them ended up moving away, so the movement kind of dies out each time.” . . .

“In this one Facebook group — and we only have about 25,000 people in our city and only a couple thousand in that group — she got 62 responses,” French said. “Some people were saying there are three people with brain cancer just on their street.” (Read more from “Extremely Rare Cancer Striking Kids in Rich Calif. City Takes Worrying Turn — as Possible Cause Emerges” HERE)

Hunter Biden Awarded $1.7 Million in Defamation Lawsuit Against Former CEO Who Accused Him of Taking Bribe

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A California federal judge has awarded Hunter Biden $1.7 million in punitive damages in his defamation lawsuit against former Overstock.com CEO and Trump supporter Patrick Byrne.

U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson had said at a hearing in January that Byrne would face punitive damages after “failing to defend himself” against the claims by the controversial son of former President Joe Biden, Courthouse News Service reported.

The defamation stems from a claim by Byrne that the younger Biden had sought an $800 million bribe from Iran sometime in 2021. Biden sued the former CEO for publicly making that allegation.

Specifically, Byrne’s repeatedly claimed the son that had sought the bribe from Iran in exchange for persuading his father, who was president at the time, to release $8 billion in frozen Iranian assets and ease pressure during nuclear negotiations.

Judge Wilson, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, stated in his award:

Here, the evidence is clear and convincing that defendant has engaged in intentional misrepresentation with conscious disregard towards plaintiff’s rights. Defendant’s defamation went far beyond mere negligence. In fact, defendant has admitted that after the offending article was published, defendant repeatedly reposted the article across social media platforms and encouraged his followers on those platforms to promote it further.

(Read more from “Hunter Biden Awarded $1.7 Million in Defamation Lawsuit Against Former CEO Who Accused Him of Taking Bribe” HERE)

Passenger’s Head and Shoulders Hang from Broken Window After He’s Nearly Sucked out of Plane

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A plane passenger was almost sucked out of a window that shattered moments after take-off on Friday — with others grabbing hold of him as his “head and shoulders” were left hanging outside.

The traveler — only identified as a 61-year-old Serbian man — was pinned in his seat by fellow passengers as chaos unfolded on the Ryanair flight that left Greece for Germany at 5:55 a.m., CNN Greece reported.

The Boeing 737-800 plane was at an altitude of around 20,000 feet — when travelers heard a noise “like a tire bursting,” one passenger told Radio Thessaloniki, according to Agence France Presse.

They only later found out that a piece of the plane’s engine had broken off and struck the window, causing it to shatter.

“We immediately realised there had been a decompression. There were screams … for a moment I thought someone had accidentally opened the emergency door,” the passenger said. (Read more from “Passenger’s Head and Shoulders Hang from Broken Window After He’s Nearly Sucked out of Plane” HERE)

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Israel Says New Intelligence Reveals Iranian Plot to Kill Trump

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Israel shared new intelligence with the U.S. Thursday that it said indicated a fresh Iranian plan to kill President Trump, a finding that would mark an escalation in the war between Washington and Iran. The report follows the latest round of attacks between the US and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran has been publicly pledging to assassinate Trump since the US killed Iranian IRGC Quds Force Gen. Qassem Soleimani in 2020. Trump on Wednesday alluded to threats to his life when speaking to reporters in Ankara, Turkey:

“They want to take out the U.S. leader — me,” Trump said to reporters. “I’m on every list. I saw this morning [that] I’m on every single one of their [hit] lists. And so far, I guess I’ve been a little bit lucky.”

Earlier on Thursday, crowds in Mashhad, awaiting former supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s funeral cortege, chanted slogans demanding revenge on Trump for his death. “I swear by the blood of the Supreme Leader, Trump, we will kill you!” they shouted. They also held up signs saying “Kill Bibi” — the nickname of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

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Legal Papers Fly in War Between Billionaire Peter Thiel’s Husband and Their Private Jet Attendant Over a Cooler Bag

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. . .Turbulence has hit the skies surrounding tech billionaire Peter Thiel after a flight attendant accused the investor’s husband, Matt Danzeisen, of “violently” throwing cooler bags at her aboard the couple’s private jet — with her attorney accusing the wealthy pair of “bullying” his client.

Danzeisen’s team is claiming “extortion” and says that if a “soft fabric cooler bag” did “brush” her leg, it was an accident — with his attorney blasting the accusations as a high-altitude “shakedown.”

In a claim filed Monday in the Central District of California federal court, flight attendant Stefanie Bojar alleges that Danzeisen — the head of private investments at Thiel Capital — injured her on a July 27, 2024, flight from Sun Valley, Idaho, to Washington, DC.

According to the suit, the financier allegedly became angry when a bathroom was being used to “store several heavy cooler bags and kitchen equipment provided by the private chef” and “was temporarily obstructed.”

Danzeisen “demanded immediate access,” according to papers. As Bojar “dragged two heavy cooler bags into the aisle and placed them to her right, Danzeisen abruptly shoved her aside and, in a violent outburst, began throwing the cooler bags directly at her,” says the suit. (Read more from “Legal Papers Fly in War Between Billionaire Peter Thiel’s Husband and Their Private Jet Attendant Over a Cooler Bag” HERE)

Murdered Mom from Struggled with Troubled Son for Years Before She was Slaughtered in Own Home

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A beloved Scarsdale community advocate worried about her troubled and socially awkward son for years — until he allegedly snapped and stabbed her to death in her own home, a family friend told The Post.

Marian Green, 71, struggled for years to find a productive path for her 26-year-old son, Chester Green, encouraging him to pursue his talent for blacksmithing and taking him along to political and community meetings to spark his interest, close pal Nancy Meyers Silverman said Thursday.

It was the first murder in the Westchester County suburb — long one of America’s wealthiest communities — in more than a decade.

“She was worried about her son, she really was,” said Silverman, 57. “She wanted him to be a productive part of society, and she was concerned because I know her husband passed away a couple of years ago, and she just wanted Chester to thrive. . .

Her efforts ended in tragedy, when police said Chester allegedly beat and stabbed his mother to death inside her $2.5 million home in the wealthy Westchester County suburb over the weekend. (Read more from “Murdered Mom from Struggled with Troubled Son for Years Before She was Slaughtered in Own Home” HERE)

Fox Host Calls Out Ivanka’s Husband in Bombshell Split; Suggests Establishment-Hack Rubio is Better

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Brian Kilmeade called on Donald Trump to remove Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff from the sputtered Iran negotiations, telling him bluntly: “We have a State Department for a reason.”

On The Five, Kilmeade reacted to the resumption of hostilities between the U.S. and Iran after a tenuous peace deal had been agreed to in June. On Wednesday, Trump said the deal, brought about in part through Kushner, his son-in-law through daughter Ivanka, and Witkoff, was “over.”

“I also don’t think that Witkoff and Kushner should be the ones doing this,” Kilmeade told the panel about the pair. “They’re business guys. They have not been effective in Ukraine, not been effective in Gaza. They have not been effective in this. They can’t have three portfolios to begin with. We have a State Department for a reason.”

Kilmeade added that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, 55, was better equipped for the task of bringing the war—which Trump and Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu began in late February—to an end.

“Marco Rubio—even Democrats admit—is looked at as a genius internationally,“ Kilmeade said. ”He is the guy that most people would want, even if you gave truth serum to Democrats. He should take the lead on this because you can’t do this like a business deal. You have to understand the history of the region and how distrustful the Iranians have been. They will only make a decision if they have no other choice.” (Read more from “Fox Host Calls Out Ivanka’s Husband in Bombshell Split” HERE)