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ActBlue is hit with a DEMAND letter from @JasonMiyaresVA regarding accusations of campaign money laundering that is interfering in the U.S. election. "My office has become aware of multiple serious allegations that ActBlue... [has] engaged in fraudulent, deceptive, and/or otherwise illegal activities in the Commonwealth of Cirginia and/or have aided and abetted others in doing so." "This includes hundreds of thousands of dollars of contributions through individual donors in the Commonwealth in volumes that are facially implausible and appear suspicious." "Taken together, these circumstances appear to indicate that contributions via ActBlue are being made from fictional donors or dummy accounts,...

Members of the Egyptian women’s beach volleyball team have spoken out against France’s hijab ban for its athletes after competing in an Olympic beach volleyball match wearing modest clothing. Marwa Abdelhady and Doaa Elghobashy represented Egypt at the Paris Olympics, wearing hijabs, long black sleeved shirts and black ankle length leggings in a women’s beach volleyball match against Spain. If they had been playing for France, the pair would not have been allowed to wear their hijabs. The host of this year’s Olympics has banned its athletes from wearing any “ostensible religious symbols” while competing. Speaking to CNN’s Swedish affiliate...

Israelis braced for a potential attack by Iran as they headed into the weekend, amid threats by Iranian leaders to retaliate against Israel for a strike that killed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this week. Many travelers found themselves stranded by canceled flights, as several American and European airlines suspended service to Israel through early August, though the Israeli government insisted that Israel remains safe for travel.

Kamala Harris has close ties to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a radical organization whose executive director celebrated the October 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel... CAIR’s executive director, Nihad Awad, said he was “happy” at news of the terror attack. Throughout the war that erupted thereafter, CAIR has spread inflammatory anti-Israel propaganda. ... In 2007-8, CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the terror financing trial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development. .. a federal judge ruled that the government “produced ample evidence to establish” the ties of CAIR with Hamas, the Palestinian terror organization....

A cryptocurrency executive found it 'hilariously funny' that the Democratic Party of Oregon reported his donation under another name, nearly leading to federal criminal charges. While Nishad Singh was working as an engineer for the now-disgraced FTX at its Bahamas headquarters, he was told by a colleague he hardly knew to send $500,000 to the Party to make Singh and the company look good, according to Oregon Live. Singh signed off on sending the half-million dollars via his account with Nevada-based Prime Trust, which specializes in wiring cryptocurrency to ordinary bank accounts. The Oregon Democrats scrambled to figure out how...

Matt Gaetz reposted Kyle Rittenhouse @ThisIsKyleR Over the past 12 hours, I've had a series of productive conversations with members of the Trump's team and I am confident he will be the strong ally gun owners need to defend our Second Amendment rights. My comments made last night were ill-informed and unproductive. I'm 100% behind Donald Trump and encourage every gun owner to join me in helping send him back to the White House. 3:46 PM · Aug 2, 2024 · 4.7M Views

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - An inmate was sentenced to more than four years Thursday for his role in the 2018 fatal bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger in a troubled West Virginia federal prison. Massachusetts gangster Paul J. DeCologero was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to an assault charge. He could have faced up to 10 years in prison. DeCologero was already serving a 25-year sentence handed down in 2006 after he was convicted of buying heroin used to try to kill a teenage girl. Prosecutors initially had said DeCologero and inmate Fotios "Freddy" Geas used...

Robinson, with his wife present, makes an admission.

Cora Masters Barry, Melanie Campbell have visited Biden-Harris White House over 50 times combined.. In addition to Barry's comments about White women, Fox News Digital previously reported on Barry lavishly praising notorious antisemite Louis Farrakhan in 2022 at a private event honoring her late husband, former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry. During Barry’s remarks at the private ceremony, she praised Farrakhan, who has espoused antisemitic rhetoric for decades, including calling Jews "wicked" and comparing them to termites. Barry referred to Farrakhan as a "friend" and "member of the family" while also telling him "I love you more than words will ever...

The Biden administration has paused a controversial program that was flying hundreds of thousands of immigrants to the U.S. per year after massive fraud was discovered. Department of Homeland Security officials confirmed Friday that it temporarily halted the scheme that allows up to 30,000 nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV) to enter the country each month. The sudden freeze of the contentious plan comes after an internal DHS report revealed rampant fraud among the sponsors paying for the migrants to come to the country, a source familiar with the report told Fox News.

A tweet from a Democrat has sparked chaos after it appeared to suggest that Vice President Kamala Harris picked Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker prompted confusion with a post on Friday saying: 'Proud to be back with so many leaders from across our region supporting @KamalaHarris for President and @JoshShapiroP for VP!'. She included a video with footage of recent press conferences that ended with the message: 'Josh Shapiro for Vice President'. Journalist Ernest Owens then claimed he had heard from sources that the post was due to be scheduled for Monday, but...

A federal court has blocked the Federal Communications Commission‘s reinstatement of net neutrality rules that expanded government oversight over the internet. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’s ruling against the FCC on Thursday came after the federal agency voted earlier this year to reinstate former President Barack Obama’s net neutrality regulations. “The final rule implicates a major question, and the commission has failed to satisfy the high bar for imposing such regulations,” the court wrote. “Net neutrality is likely a major question requiring clear congressional authorization.” The court has paused the regulation, saying it will pick up the case...

The Wall Street Journal on Thursday published an extensive report on the secret negotiations to secure the release of Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich from Russian prison. It includes a startling passage about how President Joe Biden, sometimes referred to as "Sleepy Joe," almost botched the prisoner exchange because has no idea what's going on, and strongly suggests that Secretary of State Antony Blinken is actually running the show.The following scene involves Gershkovich's mother, Ella, ambushing Biden in a handshake line at the White House Correspondents' Dinner earlier this year. She relayed a message from Roger Carstens, the special presidential envoy...

The US secretary of state has said there was "overwhelming evidence" Venezuela's opposition won the recent presidential election. In a statement Antony Blinken said it was clear Edmundo González, had won the most votes - despite incumbent president Nicolás Maduro declaring a disputed victory. "Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo González Urrutia won the most votes in Venezuela's 28 July presidential election," Mr Blinken said. His intervention comes as the presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia all called on Venezuela to release the full details of...

ransomnote:Transcript below. In post #1, a video clip at the same prisoner release interview shows Joe wandering on to the plane which delivered the released prisoners.Clandestine@WarClandestineKamala speaks for the first time off script and it’s a DISASTER!As myself and many others have been pointing out, Kamala cannot speak outside of structure. If she does not have a script or teleprompter, she crumbles.This is why the Dems are keeping her insulated. She is a worse speaker than Joe, but he is vegetable with dementia. He has an excuse. Kamala is just an idiot.How long will the Dems be able to maintain...

A Christian family camping in Florida was the target of false reports of child abuse, and now Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says the accusers will be investigated. JD and Britney Lott, two military veterans from Texas, and their eight kids were camping and posting to their social media following of more than 600,000 when they were contacted by Florida’s Department of Children and Families (DCF). The family explained the situation in a two–part Instagram series and included screenshots of the messages they received. Their story began just a few weeks after Britney gave birth to their eighth daughter, Florida’s Voice...

For the love of all that is good and right, defeating Kamala Harris is not rocket science. We will not beat her by calling her names and questioning her ethnicity or mocking her laugh. We need to beat her over the head repeatedly for the next 90+ days with her record. And every politician should be on this same sheet of music. That record includes: 1. Open borders 2. Defund the police 3. Bailing out violent criminals 4 inflation (gas/groceries) 5. Men in women’s sports and in their lockers and restrooms 6. Abortion at birth/infanticide) 7. No fracking 8. No...

The Washington, DC bar advanced its lawfare on Trump-era Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark Thursday when one of its committees recommended the attorney be suspended from practicing law for at least two years. The committee also demanded that the D.C. bar keep Clark out of work until he can “show fitness for readmission is an appropriate sanction for what was charged and proven.” In their 213-page report, Chair Merril Hirsh, Public Member Patricia Mathews, and Attorney Member Rebecca C. Smith accuse Clark of “truly extraordinary recklessness” over claims he violated bar rules by drafting a letter to Peach State...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) quipped that former President Trump has “buyer’s remorse” over choosing Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R) as his running mate, while talking to reporters Friday. “This guy is not exactly off to a good start and it is clear that Donald Trump really has buyer’s remorse with his pick,” said Shapiro, who is one of the leading contenders to be Vice President Harris’s running mate. Shapiro was responding to comments Vance made during an interview Friday in which he said that Shapiro speaks like he’s doing a bad impression of former President Obama. “I’ve seen a...