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As most are well aware by now, the disgraced founder of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried was the Democrat party’s second-largest donor just behind George Soros. As reported by The Gateway Pundit, in the 2020 presidential election, Bankman-Fried dished millions to the Biden campaign and followed it up by handing out over $40 million dollars to democrats in the 2022 primaries and midterms. Forbes reported last year that Bankman-Fried also donated to six RINOs who voted to impeach President Trump. Forbes reported : Since July, Bankman-Fried has made $5,800 contributions, the maximum individuals can give directly to Congressional campaigns, to the committees...

Sen. Mitt Romney (R.-Utah), who was the losing Republican presidential nominee in 2012, voted on Wednesday to move forward to a final vote in the Senate on the “Respect for Marriage Act,” which would recognize same-sex marriages in federal law. “While I believe in traditional marriage, Obergefell is and has been the law of the land upon which LGBTQ individuals have relied,” said Romney. “This legislation provides certainty to many LGBTQ Americans, and it signals that Congress—and I—esteem and love all of our fellow Americans equally.” “This legislation provides important protections for religious liberty—measures which are particularly important to protect...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A small business lobbying group filed suit Tuesday to block the Treasury Department’s upcoming requirement that tens of millions of small businesses register with the government as part of an effort to prevent the criminal abuse of anonymous shell companies. The National Small Business Association argues that the new reporting rule violates the U.S. Constitution...

Businesses and associates linked to the Biden family allegedly exchanged over $2 million in wire transfers with a Shanghai investment fund controlled by the Bank of China over a five-year period, according to a Treasury Department document obtained by Republican members of the House Oversight Committee. Biden-linked operatives allegedly exchanged $2,461,962.60 in total with the Shanghai firm through 93 wire transactions between 2014 and 2019, according to a Suspicious Activity Report obtained by House Oversight Republicans, which also identified Hunter Biden as a “politically exposed person.” The revelation comes amid a House Oversight Committee investigation into the Biden family’s financial...

Maybe securing the border isn’t the fix. A reporter tried to set Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene straight by telling her that most fentanyl coming across the border from Mexico is carried by U.S. citizens, not immigrants. When challenged, the reporter said his source was the Cato Institute. Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid responsible for 88 percent of opioid overdose deaths in the United States, is showing up in campaign ads across the country. The message is simple: Fentanyl would disappear if illegal immigration disappeared. This is wrong. If anything, border crackdowns have exacerbated the crisis. Much of this narrative places blame...

When FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the Senate earlier this week, we noted how he refused to answer if FBI agents were dressed as Trump supporters inside the Capitol on January 6. The Recount posted the video, saying that Rep. Clay Higgins was insinuating that the FBI helped instigate the January 6 storming of the Capitol. Yes, and? Here’s another highlight of Wray’s testimony. As we reported back in August, Wray, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, reminded Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley that he had to leave at 1:30 because he had a plane to catch. “You’ve got...

Startup electric automakers are facing a series of crises that could cripple them financially and make it hard to grow in any meaningful way in the future. Inflation and incredible jumps in raw materials costs have led companies like Rivian and Lucid to lose staggering sums of money over the last year. Reuters reported that some companies are losing money on every vehicle they sell. Lucid’s costs climbed by hundreds of millions of dollars, and some customers have canceled orders over long wait times and delays. The company’s market value has plummeted as a result, but it says it can...

I don’t think we’re about to see Twitter implode but if you’re on Twitter this evening there are a lot of people suggesting everyone who works there has quit. This latest round of departures started yesterday with an email Musk sent to the remaining work force (about half had been fired earlier this month).Early Wednesday morning, the world’s richest man and newly installed Twitter CEO emailed the site’s employees with an ultimatum, obligating them to commit to an “extremely hardcore” work ethic or leaving the company.Musk argued that Twitter must be ready for a more “increasingly competitive world” and therefore...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, whom House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer endorsed for Democratic leader, is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Progressive Caucus. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer are both declining to run for Democratic leadership posts in the next Congress, passing the baton to a new generation of leaders, which could signal further leftward migration by the party. Hoyer, 83, threw his support behind New York Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries for Democratic leader on Thursday after announcing his decision not to seek a leadership role in the caucus. Hoyer said...

Federal Supreme Court (STF) judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered the move targeting at least 43 people and companies related to recent demonstrations. He said there have been "repeated abuse of the right to assemble." Many supporters of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro have failed to recognize Lula's victory in the tight runoff late last month. Bolsonaro lost to Lula, who garnered 50.9% of the vote compared to Bolsonaro's 49.1%, according to Brazil's Superior Electoral Court. Supporters of the outgoing president took part in large-scale demonstrations across Brazil on Tuesday with many heading to military barracks. Bolsonaro loyalists have been pushing for...

Biden's student loan forgiveness plan is going to the Supreme Court.After Biden's plan to buy votes in exchange for forgiving a portion of one's student loan was halted by two federal courts in recent weeks, both of which found it to be unconstitutional, the admin's Justice Department is asking for quick action to block both rulings and allow the plan to take effect even as it plays out in the nation’s courts.As a result, the White House plans to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate the president’s student debt cancellation plan, according to a Thursday legal filing warning that :Americans...

If the 2022 midterm election taught Americans anything, it’s that every vote counts. That lesson comes after many political races have come down to only a handful of votes or fewer — and now another Democrat has eeked out a victory after a recount. Sarah Keitt, the Democratic candidate for the state’s 134th House district who previously conceded to Republican Meghan McCloat, won her seat in the race for Connecticut state representative by only 10 votes, the Trumball Times reported. The Keitt campaign released a statement after the procedure wrapped up, noting that the outcome “demonstrates the truth of the...

After disappointing midterm election results for Republicans, many understandably pin blame on corrosive figures like former President Donald Trump. His losing record is impressive considering his cultlike persona appeal with MAGA voters. If Republicans finally learn to shed Trump and his ilk it will be a good thing. However, there's another looming issue for Republicans: their policy agenda (if this mishmash deserves such a name). Let's face it: These last few elections weren't contests over conflicting policy visions. Instead, each party did little more than tell voters that they aren't as awful as the other party. Pointing that out is...

No spoilers !! Just curious if you have already seen a Premiere of The Chosen Season 3 (Episodes 1 & 2) or if you plan on seeing it in a theater this weekend !! If you HAVE seen please just post that you have and please no spoilers !!

ANNA Duggar will be “blamed” for her husband Josh’s child pornography charges based on church teachings and beliefs that she “didn’t satisfy him enough.” Josh, 34, was arrested on child pornography charges in April 2021 and was sentenced to 151 months in prison after a two-week trial. In an exclusive interview with The U.S. Sun, former Duggar family friend Mary Murphy revealed churchgoers blame Anna, 34, for her husband’s sick actions. Mary is a second-generation survivor of IBLP, the religious sect the Duggar family belongs to and what she considers to be a cult. Mary, who hosts the podcast Out...

A high school senior in Indiana was shot during a law enforcement vocational training session when one of the deputies conducting the training session “accidentally” fired his service weapon, rather than a “dummy gun,” reports say. On Thursday morning, Deputy Tim DisPennett, a 19-year veteran of the Vermillion County Sheriff’s Office, was conducting a vocational law enforcement class at South Vermillion County High School in Clinton, Indiana, about 15 miles north of Terre Haute. During a demonstration, DisPennett reportedly fired his service revolver, and the bullet from his gun grazed a male student. “During the course of instruction today,” Dave...

Among those arrested: A 65-year-old citizen of Mexico in La Puente, California, convicted by the Superior Court in Pomona of continuous sexual abuse of a child in March 2022 A 61-year-old citizen of Mexico in Richland, Washington, convicted by the Benton County Superior Court of child molestation in January 2020 A 50-year-old citizen of Mexico in Winnie, Texas, convicted by the Chambers County District Attorney’s Office of sexual performance by child in August 2022 A 49-year-old citizen of Guatemala in Chicago, convicted by the Cook County Circuit Court of predatory criminal sexual assault of a minor in October 2017 A...

Hong Kong's controversial shark fin trade may face its biggest shakeup in years if conservationists get their way in securing tighter regulations at an international wildlife conference in Panama. The city is one of the world's largest markets for shark fin, which is viewed by many Chinese communities as a delicacy and often served as a soup at expensive banquets. While domestic consumption has shrunk after years of activist campaigning, Hong Kong remains a vital trading hub for shark fins - both legal and illegal - headed for the Chinese mainland and Southeast Asia.

An author who accused Donald Trump of raping her in the ’90s plans to sue the former president for battery under a new New York state law. Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll, an Elle magazine former advice columnist, said Thursday she will file suit in Manhattan federal court, Bloomberg reported. SNIP The Adult Survivors Act, passed by Albany earlier this year, placed a temporary suspension of the statute of limitations on sex crimes. This allowed Carroll and other victims a one-year window to file civil lawsuits against their attackers.

According to new FEC documents, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell grabbed large sums of money from FTX and quietly pocketed it. The documents show McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund receiving $2,500,000 from someone at FTX, the crypto company that collapsed last week. Thelibertydaily.com reports: The money goes from taxpayers, is sent as “aid” to Ukraine, which gives a good chunk of the laundered money to FTX, which contributes to the Uniparty Swamp. This prompts the Uniparty Swamp to repeat the process, and as we’ve seen over the past several months, it’s working wonders. Corporate media barely reports on all the money...