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Political commentator Tucker Carlson said that politicians are “terrified” of intelligence agencies framing them with “kiddie porn” if they oppose warrantless spying on Americans. Carlson made the stunning allegation on an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” that aired on Friday. The former Fox News host told Rogan that lawmakers have personally told him they fear retaliation from the intelligence community if they oppose reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). “People don’t say that because they’re worried about being punished,” Carlson said. “They’re worried about someone putting kiddie porn on their computer. Members of Congress are...

What’s the best way to get rich in America? Start a business? Get a four-year degree? Take a job on Wall Street? Wrong. The answer is get elected to Congress. Imagine buying shares in companies you regulate, or investing in defense contractors right before a war breaks out, or selling your stocks because you found out before everyone else there’s going to be a global pandemic. James Poulos and the Blaze Originals team traveled to Washington, D.C. to expose how members of Congress get filthy rich. Featuring: Unusual Whales, @RepMattGaetz, Chip Roy, and George Santos.

For sociopaths, their end always justifies the means, and it turns out that the most powerful people in America have no brakes. Anyone with a brain knows that there was epic cheating behind Biden’s “win” in 2020, ranging from official cheating (e.g., mail-in ballots, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting) to unofficial cheating (e.g., delayed vote counts, faked ballots, and illegal registrations). Pollster Scott Rasmussen has discovered something very disturbing about all that cheating: While ordinary Americans want fair elections, the “elite”—that is, the rich, powerful, and connected—don’t. They want only to win. According to the Issues and Insights editorial board:...

While the world fixated on AI stocks, a silent storm brewed in the financial realm. In just four days, the US politicians orchestrated a borrowing spectacle, accumulating a staggering $100 billion. As the nation’s total debt catapults to a record $34.5 trillion, a rapid ascent of $11.2 trillion since 2020, questions arise about the sustainability of such fiscal dynamics.

As believers, it's always comforting to know that your elected officials have a deep knowledge and affection for the Bible. Learning the favorite scripture verses of your leaders can provide insight into their lives and the values they hold dear. With that in mind, The Babylon Bee asked the following prominent politicians to tell us their favorite Bible verses: 1. Hillary Clinton: "Then he went away and hanged himself." - Matthew 27:5 2. Rashida Tlaib: "Behold, the people of Israel are too many..." - Exodus 1:9 3. Mitch McConnell: "..." 4. Lauren Boebert: "Dance like nobody's watching (it's in the...

QUEENS, NY (TND) — A shocking arrest was made in an apparent homegrown terrorism case involving two brothers in Queens, New York. Authorities said an arsenal of homemade weapons and a "hit list" listing "cops, judges, politicians, celebrities" and “banker scum” were found when the suspected anarchists were arrested at their home. New York police arrested 39-year-old Andrew and 51-year-old Angelo Hatziagelis. On January 17, a search warrant was served at their Astoria apartment that the brothers shared with their mother and another brother.

Critics are accusing the DOJ of sweeping additional charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried under the rug, after prosecutors said he would not face a second trial for campaign finance violations following his conviction last month. In a letter filed on Friday night in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors said the 'strong public interest' in a prompt resolution of the case outweighed the benefits of a second trial. In his letter to the court, US Attorney Damian Williams noted that prosecutors introduced evidence about all of the dropped charges during Bankman-Fried's monthlong first trial, where he was found guilty on...

The feds are one step closer to unmasking the politicians, military officers, and government contractors who visited high-end brothels in eastern Virginia and Boston as prosecutors seek to charge 28 “Johns.” Acting US Attorney Joshua Levy said in a statement on Monday: “Our office made it clear when we announced charges of a commercial sex ring case on Nov. 8, 2023, that the investigation was ongoing and that there would be accountability for the buyers who fuel the commercial sex industry.” “Today, a Homeland Security Investigations Task Force Officer with the Cambridge Police Department submitted applications for complaints against 28...

8:27 is the start of the action on a very interesting 33 minute long youTube episode. Paul Allen has created a database which, using AI, documents all youtube video of public figures - at all levels of government - such that you can go to https://citizenportal.ai and ask whatever you want to know about the position of whatever politician you are interested in. The AI transcribes whatever is said at any political meeting which gets to the interned (I forget if it’s only youTube sourced, don’t think so) - and uses the transcription as an index of what is said....

A Democratic former mayor pleaded guilty to 140 charges for child porn possession and distribution. Patrick Wojahn—who served for nearly eight years as mayor of College Park, Md., before his arrest and resignation in March—pleaded guilty to 60 counts of distribution of child pornography, 40 counts of possession of child pornography with the intention to distribute, and 40 counts of possession of child pornography. Wojahn, who listed his pronouns in his Twitter bio, said in his resignation letter that he was stepping down to address his "mental health." The ex-mayor also has connections to the Biden administration. Wojahn in a...

A concealed carry holder in Los Angeles who was forced to defend himself and his family in a terrifying shootout at his front door is demanding LA leaders prosecute criminals terrorizing law-abiding residents. "Every single person that I know has gotten stuck up," LA entrepreneur Vince Ricci told Fox News Digital this week. "It’s not normal." Ricci said he was returning to his gated Los Angeles home Saturday evening after hitting the gym when two armed men jumped his fence and tried to force their way into his home. "Out of nowhere, boom, I had a gun to my back....

The defendants allegedly advertised online by offering nude Asian models for photography with rates ranging between $350 an hour and $600 an hour. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Three people were arrested for allegedly operating a "high-end brothel network" in Virginia and Massachusetts that catered to politicians, military officers and high tech and pharmaceutical executives, the Justice Department said. The defendants allegedly persuaded and enticed primarily Asian women to travel to Virginia and Massachusetts for prostitution, the U.S. Attorney's Office of Massachusetts said Wednesday. The defendants also allegedly rented high-end apartments to use as brothels, which cost as much as $3,664 a month, and...

Is This My Father's Democratic Party? Palestinian Flags the Day After 1,000 Civilians Killed in Israel Promoting Genital Mutilation of Children Transgender Exposing Breasts on the White House Lawn $32 Trillion in Government Debt $1.7 Trillion Budget Deficit Every Month is Pride Month Exclude White Men From Opportunity to be VP or Supreme Court Justice Spend Trillions on Useless Unreliable Windmills Cut Disposable Income Through Raging Inflation Send $120 Billion to a Corrupt Regime that Employed Your Son in a Bribery Scheme No this is not my father's Democratic Party.

It’s a rather intriguing and somewhat concerning fun fact: Under current laws, only politicians and their spouses can face charges related to bribery and insider information. This creates a peculiar exemption for their children, allowing them to engage in business deals and private conversations without legal consequences. This legal nuance sheds light on a specific incident involving Jerome Powell, where his wife notably didn’t attend Jeff Bezos’s extravagant party on January 26th, 2020. When questioned about his own attendance at this lavish gathering, which took place only weeks before the stock market crash, Powell’s response was succinct: “I didn’t talk...

Last time corrupt southern politicians took a mug shot of their political opponent.

The audacity! Staten Island elected officials are making it known to City Hall and the Biden administration to halt plans to use Fort Wadsworth as a possible migrant shelter site, charging that doing so would violate federal protections of national historic landmarks. “We write to you with great concern and deep disappointment regarding the recent proposal to repurpose Fort Wadsworth, a historic site on Staten Island, as a migrant shelter,” wrote a bipartisan group of borough electeds Monday led by Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis in a letter addressed to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of the Interior...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s lieutenant governor and other elected officials on Tuesday urged Taylor Swift to postpone her Los Angeles concerts as a way to stand in solidarity with striking hotel workers. Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis and dozens of state and local politicians signed an open letter telling Swift that her tour makes the region’s hotels money, with some properties “doubling and tripling what they charge because you are coming.” Meanwhile, the letter said, many housekeepers and other hotel workers can’t afford to live close to their jobs and some sleep in their cars and risk losing their homes....

politicians” who “wouldn’t know the truth if it bit them.” After being asked if she would ever consider running for office, the singer said, “No, I’m running from office.” “In the middle of the night, I wake up with this song in my mind, and I just felt the need to address what’s going on in the world today, my feelings and thoughts about it, because I’m not one for speaking out much on those sort of thing,” Parton said in a recent interview with BBC News.

Fox News’s Geraldo Rivera reacted to the Allen, Texas, outlet mall attack by suggesting that politicians who pose with AR-15s should also pose with dead bodies. There are nearly 25 million AR-15/AK-47-style rifles in circulation, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

The “ComEd Four” trial preparing for closing arguments in Chicago could provide what one state representative says is a “master class” on needed ethics reforms at the Illinois capitol. Closing arguments are set in the trial where prosecutors allege a nearly decade long bribery scheme involving a utility and powerful statehouse actors. Three lobbyists and a former ComEd official on trial the past six weeks all pleaded not guilty in the scheme allegedly involving former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Madigan, who faces more than 20 corruption-related charges, has pleaded not guilty with a trial expected next spring. State Rep....