Year: 2023
Berkeley Constitutional Law Professor John Yoo Testifies at Disbarment Trial of John Eastman That Vice Presidents Can Reject Electoral Slates
The disbarment trial of former President Donald Trump’s former attorney and constitutional legal scholar, John Eastman, started its fifth week with testimony from Eastman’s star witness, Berkeley Constitutional Law professor John Yoo. The State Bar of California contends that Eastman gave Trump advice when he said one option to deal with the allegations of election fraud in disputed states was to have former Vice President Mike Pence refuse to accept the electoral slates from those states or delay their certification, but Yoo said the majority of scholarship on the issue agrees with Eastman’s position.
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New Hampshire Will Not Block Trump From Ballot Over 14th Amendment
‘The [law’s] language is not discretionary’
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House Conservatives WRECK Reporter Claiming No ‘Actual Evidence’ to Biden Corruption
During the Q&A portion of Tuesday’s House Freedom Caucus press conference, Washington correspondent Siobhan Kennedy of the U.K.’s Channel 4 thought she would trap Chairman Scott Perry (R-PA) and Congressman Dan Bishop (R-NC) by insisting there’s been no “actual evidence” of Biden family corruption to merit the impeachment inquiry launched hours earlier by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Unfortunately, for her, Perry and Bishop roasted her. Kennedy was the last questioner and she certainly made waves:Congressman, what actual evidence do you have as opposed to allegations to show to the American public that would merit an actual impeachment inquiry of Joe Biden and prove that today isn’t just about some of you bu — [INAUDIBLE] Speaker McCarthy for the sake of enacting political revenge for the impeachments of Donald Trump?Perry interjected during her question to insist “this isn’t about political revenge.” Once she finished, the Pennsylvania congressman unloaded, starting with the fact that the House has documents on the Biden family’s “bank accounts” and, based on their wealth, “you can see that the homes that the Bidens own can’t be afforded on a congressional or a Senate salary.”Perry unfurled a few more of the facts:You also understand that it’s not normal for family members to receive millions of dollars from overseas interests. Those things aren’t normal. That’s not normal to have 20 shell companies. These things are not normal and it alludes to not only just widespread corruption, but money laundering, if not influence peddling itself. After mentioning the infamous soundbite of Biden gloating about getting the Ukrainian prosecutor general fired while he was vice president, Perry lambasted her blind partisanship before stopping himself and turning things over to Bishop and Congressman Andrew Clyde (R-GA): “If you can’t see that, if you’re that blind — look, I’ll turn it over to the attorneys in this.”Ignored the facts and a CNN poll showing more than half the country believes Joe Biden knew about Hunter’s business dealings, Kennedy fired back: “But the American people can’t see that. They think it’s political revenge.”Perry snapped back with a fact that’s been borne out in numerous NewsBusters studies (such as this one and this one): “It’s because you don’t report on it!”Kennedy argued she’s “been her reporting on it today,” but Bishop wasn’t having it. First, he observed that he wasn’t “sure how you know the American people think.”Next, he argued any serious prosecutor should be looking into “an indictment for a FARA violation against Hunter Biden” and “a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation, given the circumstances that we know.” “[T]here’s not been a single subpoena to a Hunter Biden bank account. Or a Joe Biden bank account. Or any other Biden family member’s bank account,” he added, provided that caveat that House subpoenas of Biden family financials might “be stretching jurisdiction to do that.”Bishop then closed with a mic drop (click “expand”):BISHOP: But there’s ample predication at this point in time based on that very unusual set of circumstances which is for no apparent payment for expertise or services rendered, Biden family members writ large received over $20 million. PERRY: That we know of.CLYDE: That we know of.BISHOP: It is very simple for someone to insist there’s an absence of evidence but you can look in the face of that and contend that, that’s — you know, anyone has a right to their opinion. What they can’t do is change the facts. To see the relevant transcript from the September 12 presser, click “expand.”House Freedom Caucus press conferenceSeptember 12, 20233:46 p.m. EasternSIOBHAN KENNEDY [U.K.’s Channel 4]: Congressman, what actual evidence do you have as opposed to allegations to show to the American public that would merit an actual impeachment inquiry of Joe Biden and prove that today isn’t just about some of you bu — [INAUDIBLE]CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PERRY (R-PA): Oh, I don’t —KENNEDY: — Speaker McCarthy for the sake of enacting political revenge — PERRY: — this — this isn’t about political revenge.KENNEDY: — for the impeachments of Donald Trump?PERRY: We have the bank accounts. We can see — ma’am, you can see that the homes that the Bidens own can’t be afforded on a congressional or a Senate salary. You also understand that it’s not normal for family members to receive millions of dollars from overseas interests. Those things aren’t normal. That’s not normal to have 20 shell companies. These things are not normal and it alludes to not only just widespread corruption, but money laundering, if not influence peddling itself. And we also have the President — the Vice President at the time — on record saying that the prosecutor was fired. “Well, son of a pitch, the prosecutor was fired.” Right? Because the prosecutor was going after the company that his son was working on. That’s what we have. If you can’t see that, if you’re that blind — look, I’ll turn it over to the attorneys in this.KENNEDY: But the American people can’t see that. They think it’s political revenge.PERRY: It’s because you don’t report on it!CONGRESSMAN DAN BISHOP (R-NC): No — no — no. You’re not — I don’t think —KENNEDY: We’ve been here reporting on it today, in fact.BISHOP: — I’m not sure how you know the American people think, but here’s what they might wonder. Actually, if you’re a federal prosecutor, you would be asking yourself, how can there not have been an indictment for a FARA violation against Hunter Biden? How can there possibly — my understanding and, Congress — in discussions with staff, have confirmed my impulse that this would be very much the basis of a foreign — of a — a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation, given the circumstances that we know. The question is, you know, it’s funny. After we come out of the events of, for ex — for John Durham, for example, testified to our committees about how investigations preceded through our investigative agencies without proper predication. It’s not that you have to prove the case, it’s not that — you understand to this point there’s not been a single subpoena to a Hunter Biden bank account. Or a Joe Biden bank account. Or any other Biden family member’s bank account because I’m telling you — KENNEDY: [INAUDIBLE]BISHOP: — until an impeachment inquiry commences, that’s not a jurisdictional possibility. Well, it would be stretching jurisdiction to do that. But there’s ample predication at this point in time based on that very unusual set of circumstances which is for no apparent payment for expertise or services rendered, Biden family members writ large received over $20 million. PERRY: That we know of.CONGRESSMAN ANDREW CLYDE (R-GA): That we know of.BISHOP: It is very simple for someone to insist there’s an absence of evidence but you can look in the face of that and contend that, that’s — you know, anyone has a right to their opinion. What they can’t do is change the facts. CLYDE: And I invite you to go to the website, clyde.house.gov/bidencrimefamily and you’ll see all the evidence from the Oversight Committee. You’ll see all the evidence. And if you’re willing to read it, I think you’ll be convinced.
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Researchers Question One-Size-Fits-All COVID Booster Strategy as FDA Circumvents Advisors
Federal health officials face a growing hurdle in their quest to persuade Americans of all ages and risk profiles to get updated COVID-19 boosters: strong proponents of vaccination.
From New England to the Bay Area, researchers voiced concerns to mainstream science and health publications in recent days that the one-size-fits-all model may be backfiring.
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California Bill Allowing 12-Year-Olds to Consent to Counseling, Residential Services Sent to Governor
California lawmakers have passed a legislative bill that some parental rights groups have called “state-sanctioned kidnapping.” Assembly Bill 665, or AB 665, would allow a child as young as 12 to consent to mental health counseling and placement in a group home without parental knowledge or consent. State senators voted 31–8 in favor of the […]
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Florida Transgender Ban Survives Court Challenge for Now
A Florida judge denied a motion to temporarily block a portion of a state law allowing the enforcement of a ban on transgender treatments for adults.
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California Lawmakers to Consider Bill to Raise Fast-Food Workers’ Pay to $20 an Hour
California legislators are close to passing a bill to raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 an hour after restaurant owners and labor union officials reached an agreement Sept. 10. The agreement ends a two-year battle between fast-food restaurant giants, franchise owners, and the state over new government oversight and regulations. Assembly Bill […]
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Commentary: Washington Post Buried Proof of Joe Biden’s Bribery
After ignoring smoking gun emails on Hunter Biden’s laptop for more than two years, the Washington Post has finally reported they exist and are authentic.
However, the paper’s lead “fact checker” Glenn Kessler, continues to deny that Joe Biden engaged in bribery and obstructed justice—even though the emails prove that he did.
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