Tuesday, June 25, 2024

June 25, 2024

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Biden gives Assange sweetheart deal to avoid prison time . . . WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has reportedly struck a deal with the Biden administration to plead guilty to a felony charge stemming from his role in one of the largest breaches of classified U.S. government material in history. The Biden Department of Justice will seek a 62-month prison sentence for Assange. The plea deal allows the five years that he has served in the U.K. to count as time served, thus allowing him to avoid spending time in a U.S. prison. Assange was indicted by a Virginia federal grand jury in 2019 on more than a dozen charges that alleged he illegally obtained and disseminated classified information about U.S. Military operations overseas. He faced more than 175 years in prison. Daily Wire

Meanwhile, Trump is convicted of felonies and faces possible jail time, because paying a lawyer for legal services is just as bad as stealing and disseminating classified information about our military operations.

Politics

Biden admin weighed using school children to help register Democrat-leaning voters . . . The Biden administration sought taxpayer funding for a program that would use school children to provide voter registration materials to Native Americans, according to emails. Department of the Interior officials in 2022 developed a plan that would have given Native American children attending Bureau of Indian Education schools voter registration materials to bring home to their parents, internal emails show. Native Americans strongly preferred Democratic House candidates that year. Daily Caller

Hunter Biden seeks new trial on gun charges

CNN debate loaded with pitfalls for Trump; Biden primed for kid-glove treatment . . . Former President Donald Trump will be stepping into a left-wing minefield on Thursday when he debates President Biden on CNN, whose moderators have compared him to Adolf Hitler. Trump supporters have lamented what they call unfavorable terms of the debate. The candidates will have no live audience and no chance to interrupt each other. Jake Tapper and Dana Bash have been chosen as the moderators. Washington Times

This may work for Trump, though. The sight of him dueling it out with Bash and Tapper is going to raise a lot of money and energize the GOP base even more.

CNN's Kasie Hunt cuts off interview with Trump aide over attacks on moderator . . . CNN anchor Kasie Hunt stopped an interview with a top spokesperson for former President Trump's campaign Monday after she repeatedly attacked two CNN anchors slated to host this week's presidential debate. "President Trump is knowingly going into a hostile environment on this very network, on CNN, with debate moderators who have made their opinions about him very well known over the past eight years and their biased coverage of him," said Trump national press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Hunt then cut her off again, warning her "Ma'am, we're going to stop this interview if you're going to keep attacking my colleagues." As Leavitt continued, Hunt instructed the CNN control room to cut the video feed. The Hill

Looks like CNN is going to handle this debate very fairly . . .

Surgeon general declares firearm violence a public health crisis . . . U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy declared gun violence a public health crisis Tuesday and called on the nation to address it with the same vigor used to reduce deaths and injuries from tobacco and motor vehicle crashes. The surgeon general's advisory marked the first time the nation's leading voice on public health — the same office that in the 1960s highlighted the lethal consequences of cigarette smoking — had issued an urgent pronouncement on deaths related to firearms. The 39-page advisory underscores the significant physical and mental toll of gun violence on communities nationwide. Washington Post

You get what's going on here, right? They make it a public health emergency, and then they get to take public health measures to restrict Second Amendment rights.

Pelosi says Supreme Court has "gone rogue"

Rachel Morin's mom rips Biden's indifference to border crisis . . . The mother of a Maryland woman who police say was raped and murdered by an undocumented migrant ripped President Biden's indifference to the nation's border crisis in an emotional interview. "It's like they're pretending these immigration problems don't exist and people aren't being harmed and killed by their policies," Patty Morin said. Her daughter, Rachel Morin, 37, was raped and beaten before she was strangled to death on a Maryland hiking trail in August 2023 – leaving her five children without a mother. Fox News

Courts grant injunctions against Biden's student loan repayment plan . . . The future of President Biden's new student loan repayment plan is in doubt after a pair of federal judges issued separate injunctions Monday preventing the government from fully implementing and forgiving any more loans through the program while they consider lawsuits to end the policy. The dual rulings leave myriad questions about whether borrowers can still enroll in the plan or receive promised loan cancellation. Millions of Americans could be affected. Washington Post

Support for nonbinary identities essential for national security, top Pentagon official says . . . The Pentagon's second-highest-ranking official outlined a commitment to policies focused on "nonbinary service members" and mandating critical race theory training, claiming those points were keys to national security. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleene Hicks discussed the need to create a cultural change in the military at multiple Pride events, including most recently on June 5. Fox News

Maybe they think it will confuse the enemy.

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Culture

San Francisco students can secretly change pronouns . . . The San Francisco public schools allow students to change their preferred name and pronouns at school without the knowledge or consent of their parents. San Francisco United School District's LGBTQ Student Services department offers guidance on "Changing Your Name and/or Gender" in the district's systems. The document offers a note "for students to think about," recommending they wait to change their in the school records if they are not ready for their parents to find out their gender identity. Daily Signal

California Democrats propose $12M for reparations. . . California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) and Democratic leaders earmarked $12 million in taxpayer funds over the next budget year to launch race reparations for black residents, according to their latest budget agreement. The bills are expected to pass given their support from the Democratic supermajority. These bills include subsidized property taxes for eligible black residents and a mandatory preference for black applicants who apply to state licensing bodies for work permits. Legislators also want to create a permanent state bureaucracy called the California American Freedman Affairs Agency to dole out all future reparations. Washington Free Beacon

Bankruptcy court trustee plans to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars, liquidate assets

Disney exec caught on video saying company discriminates against White males . . . Michael Giordano, Disney's senior vice president for business affairs, said in an undercover video that the entertainment giant makes hiring and advancement decisions based on race, specifically excluding White males from roles and promotions. "According to these videotapes, Disney blatantly discriminates against Whites — White men in particular," said James O'Keefe, founder of the O'Keefe Media Group, which conducted the undercover sting investigation. Washington Times

International

Israel's high court orders the army to draft ultra-Orthodox men . . . Israel's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory service, a landmark decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza. The historic ruling effectively puts an end to a decades-old system that granted ultra-Orthodox men broad exemptions from military service while maintaining mandatory enlistment for the country's secular Jewish majority. The arrangement, deemed discriminatory by critics, has created a deep chasm in Israel's Jewish majority over who should shoulder the burden of protecting the country. Associated Press

The ultra-orthodox are part of Netanyahu's coalition, and the ruling could cause the coalition to become unstable since Netanyahu may not be able to do anything about it.

Netanyahu dismisses Biden peace proposal . . . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed President Joe Biden's permanent ceasefire proposal, saying in a TV interview Sunday he is "committed to continuing the war" until Hamas is eliminated. During an interview on Israel's Channel 14 television on Sunday, the prime minister made headlines by announcing that the most intense fighting in Gaza would come to an end soon, but that Israeli forces would still fight on until they eradicate Hamas. Washington Free Beacon

Money

Hooters shutters dozens of 'underperforming' restaurants . . . The Atlanta-based sports bar chain, Hooters, abruptly shuttered dozens of "underperforming" restaurants across the U.S., as it joins a growing list of eateries facing the harsh realities of inflation and changing consumer habits, according to reports. Word began to spread on Sunday evening that Hooters locations in places like Bryan, Texas; Lakeland, Florida; and Louisville, Kentucky were closing abruptly, with nearly 40 restaurants in the U.S. shutting their doors. Fox Business

Don't worry, the country isn't turning toward better morals. It's just that looking at girls on the Internet is easier than going all the way to Hooters. You have to leave the house and stuff.

You should also know

Florida Panthers win the Stanley Cup . . . Instead of being on the wrong side of history, the Florida Panthers have captured their first Stanley Cup in franchise history after defeating the Edmonton Oilers, 2-1, in a thrilling Game 7 on Monday night. The Panthers had a chance to get that first title last season, but fell in five games to the Vegas Golden Knights. The Oilers fought with all their might, battling back from 3-0 to become the first team since 1945 to force a Game 7 after being on the brink of defeat. But Florida fought off the Oilers' desperation efforts to come out with the Stanley Cup in their possession. Fox News

Who suffers from defunding the police? Blue city has over 1,000 unsolved murders . . . Police in St. Louis, Missouri, have been battling stiff budget cuts and severe staff shortages in the wake of the defund the police movement, even as the city has more than 1,000 unsolved murders and has been consistently ranked as one of America's most dangerous cities. In 2019 and 2020, St. Louis had one of the highest murder rates for any major American city per 100,000 residents, with one of those deaths counting the killing of former St. Louis Police Capt. David Dorn amid protests following George Floyd's death in Minneapolis. Fox News

Guilty Pleasures

Bride catches on fire at her wedding . . . Mostly every woman wants to look hot on her big day — but this bride's dream went up in flames. Rather than throwing rice, attendees at a springtime marriage ceremony were forced to throw buckets of water at the happy couple after the newlywed's gown was set ablaze. "POV: You're live painting a wedding, when suddenly the bride and guests catch on fire," wrote L.A. wedding artist and content creator, Bailey, in the closed caption of her eye-popping TikTok post. The clip featured visuals of the just-married pair walking up the aisle — decorated with lit candles — as loved ones applauded their union. New York Post

Yes, everyone was fine.

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