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Three senior executives at the voting machine company Smartmatic have been charged in a massive bribery scheme. In a press release on Thursday, the Department of Justice confirmed that between 2015 and 2018, Roger Alejandro Pinate Martinez, 49, a Venezuelan citizen and resident of Boca Raton, Jorge Miguel Vasquez, 62, a U.S. citizen and resident of Davie, Florida, funnelled around $1 million in bribes to Juan Andres Donato Bautista, 60, the former Chairman of the Filipino Commission of Elections (COMELEC). Four Men Charged in Philippine Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme : https://t.co/kEDlpAV26q pic.twitter.com/3OKw5qZBEn — Criminal Division (@DOJCrimDiv) August 8, 2024...

From 1974, excerpts from 60 Minutes' hour-long retrospective of former President Richard Nixon's political career. Mike Wallace and Morley Safer reported on Nixon's campaign, presidency, and the Watergate scandal that led to his historic resignation.

Have noticed now twice on video of Tim Walz with the "nominee" in public events-- giving the palms together raised gesture normally seen perhaps in India at a Hindu event or a jazz show-- the "Namaste". He purports to be a Presbyterian "christian" at a congregation that has guidebook indicating that God should not be referred to as "Him" (something Athiests relegate to "he must never be capitalized"- yes that petty). Check it out- and spread it around. We are not a COMMUNE- we are the United States of America. We are not a non-sovereign nation, we are not a...

Jack Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec JD Vance is ranked an Expert on both Rifle and Pistol on his USMC Records 8:00 PM · Aug 8, 2024

A Florida man was not lovin' it ... and clearly didn't want to live más ... after his wife got him McDonald's and Taco Bell for his birthday. St. Petersburg dentist Esha Persad, 34, was arrested and charged with battery after police responded to a call to her home after midnight last Saturday night. According to an arrest affidavit via Law&Crime, she and her husband of five years, Shiva Persad, were celebrating his birthday when an argument broke out over what they were eating on his special day. "The defendant and the victim were having an argument about the...

Daniel Alman from Squirrel Hill @DanielAlmanPGH Consumer Reports said the condoms given out by Planned Parenthoodare defective. For an organization that makes money by selling abortions, that's a very clever business strategy. #Abortion #PlannedParenthood

Vice President Kamala Harris refused to answer on Thursday whether she accepted former President Donald Trump’s challenge to debate three separate times. Trump offered on Thursday to debate Harris on September 4 on Fox News, September 10 on NBC News, and September 25 on ABC News. Harris agreed to debate on September 10 on NBC News but refused to comment on whether she would participate in the other two.

On Tuesday, former Republicans whose distaste for conservative populism has landed them in the Never Trump category — and were looking for a place to land with Kamala Harris — were left homeless once again when she went far to the left by selecting Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as a running mate. On social media, Matt Lewis, podcaster and author of Too Dumb to Fail, posted gloomily, “If you were a Never Trump conservative who was hoping to rationalize a vote for the Dem ticket (a short-term alliance) it just got harder.” Charlie Sykes, a former Milwaukee conservative radio host...

What is the founding principle of the USA? I say it is freedom and liberty. I believe that freedom and liberty is what has led to being the most prosperous nation on the planet, with the most dominant military. I think if we continue to focus freedom and liberty then we will remain the global superpower. Then why am I uneasy? I fear that prosperity inevitably leads to weak times and weak men. At the height of their affluence Roman birth rates were under replacement level. Other modern affluent western nations have also seen their populations go below replacement levels....

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Ukrainian forces are pushing further into the Kursk region of Russia, in a cross-border incursion that surprised even American officials, multiple US and Ukrainian officials tell CNN. Ukrainian forces are comprised of a mix of Ukrainian regular and special operations units, unlike previous Ukrainian operations inside Russia that often involved undercover units and local sympathizers. The intention, say US and Ukrainian officials, is multifaceted, in part to disrupt and demoralize Russian forces and in part to divert Russian forces away from other parts of the eastern front. Russia claimed on Thursday to have halted a Ukrainian incursion into its territory,...

Recently I was served a TikTok showing a mom taking her daughters out for ice cream. While we watch the girls enjoy their treats, the mom’s voiceover describes how their homeschool curriculum is preparing them for a life of financial independence. From early childhood, these girls are learning to invest. They are learning about stocks, about compound interest. They are training to be self-made millionaires, the mom proudly concludes, and anyone can do this while homeschooling your kids. Homeschooling is hot right now. Last year the Washington Post reported that homeschooling has increased by over 50 percent since 2017, making...

Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday requested more time to consider how former President Donald Trump's January 6 case can move forward, after the Supreme Court gave Trump a major victory last month. The Supreme Court ruled that presidents and former presidents are exempt from prosecution when it comes to core presidential actions, and presumptive immunity for other official acts. But the Supreme Court sent the January 6 case back to the lower courts to determine what actions constitute "official" acts. U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan has ordered both sides of the January 6 case to jointly propose how...

Borrell said he had spoken with Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide by phone after Israel's decision and said the European Union stood in "full solidarity" with Oslo. "Upon my instructions, the Head of the EU Delegation in Tel Aviv has conveyed our position to the Israeli Government," Borrell said in a statement.

Cronyism, corporate welfare, and incompetence surges under Democrats. First it was Pete Buttigieg and the mere seven electric vehicle charging stations his agency built for the American public after three years and nearly eight billion dollars, and now it’s Kamala Harris and her “small” batch of solar panels for Puerto Rico, after two years and one billion dollars earmarked for the job. Here are the details, from Thomas Catenacci at The Washington Free Beacon: The Biden-Harris administration has, for years, vowed to deploy thousands of solar panels to stabilize Puerto Rico’s power grid amid regular blackouts, government mismanagement, and ever-increasing...

Confidential sources inside the State Capitol confirm to the Globe that California State Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil is leaving the Democrat Party and switching her party affiliation to Republican. Alvarado-Gil has been a very interesting lawmaker to watch in committees and on the Senate Floor. She’s not been afraid to confront progressives in her party on important issues like education and crime – issues which leave voters in the state questioning how Democrats can be so tone deaf to the state’s failing schools and escalating crime issues. In 2023, Senate Bill 832, by Senator Brian Jones (R-San Diego)to help prevent the...

As Acting Secretary of Labor, Julie Su has a very big eraser and she just used it wipe out her own $32.6 billion dollar mistake. While she was California’s Secretary of Labor, Su oversaw the California Employment Development Department – the EDD – which lost more than $40 billion during the pandemic to homegrown and international fraudsters. But Su recently forgave $32.6 billion of that debt. How? Because the state owed it to her federal department. In other words, Su did not even have to borrow from Peter to pay Paul – she just made sure she went from being...

Democrat Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has doubts Vice President Kamala Harris can win Pennsylvania in November, predicting former President Donald Trump has always had it in the bag. Since announcing his run for the 2024 presidential election, Trump has maintained the advantage in Pennsylvania, while President Joe Biden and now-Democratic nominee Kamala Harris have struggled to remain above water in the state. Fetterman argued that Trump would secure the Keystone state's vote, regardless of whether the nominee was Biden, Harris, or another Democrat—and polls agree. “I think if you match up Trump and Harris… and I do believe he’s going...

WASHINGTON (TND) — MSNBC’s Joy Reid argued Tuesday that Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., was the “safest” running mate pick for Vice President Kamala Harris partly because he is White like a “mayonnaise sandwich on Wonder bread.”“He to me would’ve been the safest, most conventionally safe pick,” Reid said in a TikTok video. “White, super White like ... mayonnaise sandwich on Wonder bread white.”

Special Counsel David Weiss appears to have finally made the long-awaited case exposing years of concealment and political corruption. No, it is not the case against Hunter Biden. The allegations of tax fraud in California are obvious and unavoidable. Weiss just made the case against the Justice Department and himself in protecting Hunter Biden from the most damaging charges of being an unregistered foreign agent. In a new filing, Weiss released evidence on Hunter seeking money to advance the interests of a Romanian on United States policy. I have previously testified on the Foreign Agents Registration Act and have previously...