Category: Politics

Ruben Gallego Asks Arizona Court to Keep Divorce Records Sealed amid New Details About Second Marriage to Lobbyist

Tom Pappert
Ruben Gallego family

New details have emerged about the marriage between Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-03) and his second wife, Sydney Barron Gallego, as the date approaches for a court to decide whether records from his divorce from his first wife, Kate Gallego, should be unsealed.

Attorneys for Ruben Gallego, his ex-wife Kate Gallego, and The Washington Free Beacon are expected in court on October 10 to review proposed redactions to their divorce case after the conservative news publication sued and obtained a ruling demanding the Gallegos propose redactions ahead of a public release.

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Minnesota Teacher Fired over Vax Mandate Warns: Gov. Tim Walz Is a ‘Petty Tyrant’ and ‘Not a Man of Reason’

Alpha News
Russ Stewart, Gov, Tim Walz

A college instructor who taught for nearly 30 years was fired due to the strict COVID protocols in Minnesota — just weeks before they were rescinded.

Russ Stewart was an instructor at Lake Superior College in Duluth where he taught ethics, logic and philosophy. The school is part of the Minnesota State System of Colleges and Universities and, as such, Stewart was a state employee.

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Sen. Bob Casey Opposes Effort to Block Funding for Israel amid Accusation He ‘Failed to Stand’ with Jewish Pennsylvanians

Tom Pappert
Sen. Bob Casey

Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) on Monday declared his opposition to the proposal by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to block $20 billion in aid to Israel, reportedly calling it “reckless and irresponsible” in a statement.

The senator’s statement came after Sanders introduced legislation that would block a $20 billion arms deal with Israel, which Sanders called “immoral” and “illegal” under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act.

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Group: $1 Million Offer Still Stands for ‘Queers for Palestine’ to Host Parade in Gaza

The College Fix
Queers for Palestine march

A watchdog group parked mobile billboards at two universities last week, offering one million dollars to fund a pride parade in Gaza or the West Bank for any pro-Palestinian organization willing to organize it. No one has taken up their offer yet.

New Tolerance Campaign has advertised the “$1,000,000 Gay Pride Parade Challenge” at the University of California, Los Angeles, Columbia University, and the Human Rights Campaign headquarters since September 16.

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Anti-Defamation League Slams Kamala Harris Campaign for Failing to Address ‘Antisemitic Smear Campaign Against’ Gov. Josh Shapiro

Tom Pappert
Kamala Harris, Josh Shapiro

The president of the controversial Anti-Defamation League (ADL) condemned Vice President Kamala Harris, her presidential campaign, and the White House for failing to address antisemitism allegedly hurled toward Governor Josh Shapiro, who was on the short-list to be her vice presidential running mate, but was eventually passed over in favor of Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz.

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt told the New York Post on Saturday it was “shameful” for President Joe Biden, Harris nor her campaign to fail to address the “antisemitic slander campaign against Governor Shapiro.”

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‘He’s a Buffoon’: CNN Conservative Panelist Roasts Tim Walz After Former Harris Spox Lauds Dem VP Pick

Daily Caller News Foundation
CNN's Scott Jennings

CNN’s Scott Jennings called out Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Sunday after a panelist called Walz a “consequential” pick for Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.

Walz and Republican Sen. J.D. Vance are set to face off in their first debate as their parties’ running mate picks, hosted by CBS News on Tuesday. On “State of the Union,” former Harris Communications Director Ashley Etienne accused Vance of causing “more damage” to the Republican ticket while praising Walz for bridging the “cultural divide” among voters.

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‘Don’t CA My AZ:’ Arizona Group Warns of a Democratic Majority

The Center Square

As Arizona has the potential to flip to a Democratic majority this election, groups like the Arizona Free Enterprise Club are speaking out against the changes Democratic policies could make to the state, or the “Californization” of Arizona.

The Arizona Free Enterprise Club launched the “Don’t CA my AZ Campaign,” which aims to educate voters on the Democratic policies that have previously been proposed by legislators that mimic legislation currently in action in California.

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Neil W. McCabe: The People Protecting Trump ‘Don’t Seem All That Motivated’ to Protect the Former President

Kaitlin Housler
Donald Trump

National political reporter Neil W. McCabe said after two assassination attempts of former President Donald Trump, it appears as if the personnel assigned to protect the former president “don’t seem all that motivated” to wholeheartedly carry out the job.

McCabe said earlier this year, he spoke with “a few people in Trump world” who said that the former president was “aware” at the time “that he is going to be targeted with an assassination attempt.”

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Prop. 312 Would Give Tax Refunds to Property Owners Hit with Homeless Costs

The Center Square
Homeless Person

Arizona voters will have the opportunity to decide if property owners should be allowed to receive a property tax refund to cover “reasonable” costs accrued by unmitigated public nuisances related to homelessness, vandalism, property crime and drug use.

The property owner – either commercial or residential – would need to document the expense and be able to prove that it was a direct result of the government failing to enforce relevant public nuisance laws.

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Lawmakers Want Answers After Revision to Job Numbers

The Center Square
People Working

Lawmakers are launching an inquiry into the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics after it significantly overestimated the number of jobs created last year, creating a far rosier picture of the U.S. economy than was actually the case.

The federal government announced earlier this year that its previous jobs data had far overestimated how many jobs the U.S. economy created last year. In fact, the federal data was revised down by a third, or roughly 800,000 jobs, the largest revision since 2009.

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Jack Windsor: Biden-Harris Immigration Policy Encouraging U.S. Companies to Hire Migrants for Cheap Labor over Americans

Kaitlin Housler
Haitian Refugees

Jack Windsor, president and editor-in-chief at The Ohio Press Network, said the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration policy is allowing American companies to turn to hiring migrant workers for cheaper labor over hiring Americans or moving production out of the U.S., which is how cities like Springfield, Ohio has led to being flooded with Haitians.

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Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger Explains House Republicans’ Strategy Behind Passing Short-Term Spending Bill to Fund the Government Until Dec. 20

Kaitlin Housler
Rep Diana Harshbarger

Tennessee U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-01) said she still has faith in U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA-04) after House Republicans failed to band together and pass a continuing resolution tied to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act and instead opted for a continuing resolution without the SAVE Act.

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Commentary: October September Surprises

American Greatness
Biden Harris

An October surprise is usually defined as the well-known (and more often left-wing) tactic of manufacturing or unloading a news story right before voting to surprise a rival without allowing them time sufficiently to respond or recover.

Think of the last-minute bombshell disclosure, five days before the 2000 election, that candidate George W. Bush had been cited for drunk driving over a quarter-century earlier. That surprise may have cost Bush the popular vote that year.

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Secret Service Blamed for ‘Security Failures on Multiple Fronts’ in Attempted Trump Assassination Task Force Hearing

Tom Pappert
Mike Kelly

Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA-16) on Thursday said the U.S. Secret Service was responsible for “multiple security failures” that preceded the July 13 attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump in the first hearing of the House task force investigating both assassination attempts against the former president.

Members of the task force investigating the assassination attempts against Trump during their inaugural hearing, led by Kelly, lauded the performance of local law enforcement while warning that Secret Service failed to adequately protect Trump and attendees of his rally in Butler on July 13, when Thomas Crooks killed Corey Comperatore, shot the former president in the ear, and injured other Trump supporters in attendance.

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Pennsylvania Senate Democrats Dismiss ‘Distasteful Tweets’ Allegedly by State Sen. Jimmy Dillon, Who Blamed Basketball Players He Coached

Tom Pappert
Jimmy Dillon

The Pennsylvania Democratic Senate Campaign Committee (PA DSCC) on Wednesday defended Senator Jimmy Dillon after Republicans accused him of authoring racist and homophobic posts to the social media platform now known as X, but then known as Twitter, between 2011 and 2015.

Dillon is accused by the Pennsylvania Republican Senate Campaign Committtee (PA RSCC) of authoring posts published by a now-deleted account associated with the Hoops 24-7 Basketball Academy the senator continues to direct, including posts that used slurs targeting black people and made derisive comments about gay and Asian people.

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Influx of Haitians to Charleroi, Pennsylvania Subject of New Documentary as Trump, McCormick Reference Migrants

Tom Pappert
Haitians in PA

A nonpartisan nonprofit is releasing a documentary about the influx of Haitian migrants to Charleroi, the rural Pennsylvania community referenced by both former President Donald Trump and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick after it was subjected to a 2,000 percent increase to its number of migrants.

The America 2100 nonprofit posted what senior advisor Nate Hochman said is a trailer for the upcoming release of a documentary about the small town “that’s been flooded with thousands of Haitian immigrants over the past two years.”

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Kamala Harris Silent as Law She Helped Pass Could Land 33 Million Small Business Owners in Prison over Financial Form

Tom Pappert
Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris and her presidential campaign did not respond to The Tennessee Star when asked whether she regrets her role in passing the Corporate Transparency Act of 2021, which could result in severe fines or imprisonment for 33 million small business owners in the United States next year.

Harris was one of the 86 senators who voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2021 in December of 2020, which included the Corporate Transparency Act after Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) successfully included the bill that failed to pass as standalone legislation in 2019.

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White House Silent After Commerce Secretary Declares Trump Should be ‘Extinguished for Good’

Tom Pappert
Gina Raimondo

The Biden-Harris White House has yet to issue a response after Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said former President Donald Trump should be “extinguished for good” during a Wednesday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program known to be a favorite of President Joe Biden.

Raimondo told “Morning Joe” host Mika Brzezinski that Trump should be “extinguished” after he promised to protect women if elected in November in remarks made after the network clarified the commerce secretary appeared in her personal capacity.

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Rep. Andy Ogles Won 13-Point Primary Victory Despite Opponent’s Ties to Never Trump Political Machine, Including Consultant Blake Harris

Tom Pappert
Blake Harris and Courtney Johnston

The Never Trump political effort to unseat Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) in the Tennessee Republican primary earlier this month failed. The incumbent ultimately trounced Metro Council Member Courtney Johnston with a 13-point victory.

Ogles sailed to victory despite Johnston boasting better campaign funding, the support of Never Trump political consultant and former Governor Bill Lee administration member Blake Harris, the benefit of anti-Trump political organization Conservatives with Character, and her campaign being treasured by seasoned fundraiser Kim Kaegi.

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Trump Assassination Attempt Was ‘Preventable,’ Senate Committee Report Finds

Daily Caller News Foundation

The Senate Homeland Security Committee unveiled a report Wednesday detailing the “preventable” Secret Service security failures that resulted in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on July 13.

Leading up to the assassination attempt, there was no clear chain of command and major communication discrepancies which were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to” to the events that transpired, according to the report. As a result, Trump was nearly assassinated in July by 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks during a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, prompting an onslaught of criticism and bipartisan calls to action.

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Group Opposed to Nashville Transit Referendum Argues Pitch Uses ‘Most Regressive Tax’ to Bus System ‘Plagued by Crime’

Tom Pappert
Freddie O'Connell

A group formed to oppose the Nashville transit referendum proposed by Mayor Freddie O’Connell warns the plan will have the largest financial impact on the city’s poorest population while boosting a bus system “plagued by crime” and offering minimal decreases to the city’s traffic congestion.

The Committee to Stop an UnFair Tax was organized in August when Axios reported former Metro Council Member Emily Evans, Davidson County Republican party leader Beth Campbell, and attorney Ferrell Neal were behind the effort.

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Pennsylvania Democrat Denies Making Racist Comments After State Senate Republicans Unearth Posts Disparaging Blacks, Asians, and Gays

Tom Pappert
Jimmy Dillon

A Democratic state senator in Pennsylvania has denied making social media posts, which contained slurs targeting black, Asian, and gay people, after they were unearthed by the Pennsylvania Senate Republican Campaign Committee (PA SRCC) on Tuesday.

State Senator Jimmy Dillon (D-Philadelphia) has denied authoring posts published to the @Hoops24_7 account on X, between 2011 and 2015, when the platform was called Twitter.

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Tim Walz Dropped into Soros’ House for a Fundraiser

Daily Caller News Foundation
Tim Walz

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz fundraised at Alex Soros’ home on Monday, according to a pool report.

The fundraiser took place at the Manhattan home of Alex Soros and his wife, former top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, according to The New York Times. The Wall Street Journal reported in June 2023 that Alex Soros had taken over the philanthropic and political empires built by his father, George Soros.

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Bombshell Transcripts: Trump Urged Use of Troops to Protect Capitol on January 6 , but Was Rebuffed

Just the News
Trump January 6

Then-President Donald Trump gave clear instructions to Pentagon brass days before the Jan. 6 riots to “do whatever it takes” to keep the U.S. Capitol safe, including deploying National Guard or active-duty troops, but top officials did not comply because of political concerns, according to transcripts of bombshell interviews conducted by the Defense Department’s chief watchdog that shine new light on government disfunction ahead of the historic tragedy.

Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, confirmed to the Pentagon inspector general three years ago that during a Jan. 3, 2021, Oval Office meeting Trump pre-approved the use of National Guard or active duty troops to keep peace in the nation’s capital on the day Congress was to certify the results of the 2020 election.

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Analysis: After 2020 Election Debacle, Vast Majority of Americans Support Laws to Prevent Voter Fraud

The Daily Torch

A little-covered survey about how Americans view voter fraud was released from YouGov this week, and the results are distinct. Americans broadly support a multitude of measures aimed at reducing voter fraud after highly questionable ballot processing and election day issues called the 2020 election results into question.

According to the survey, three-quarters of Americans (75 percent) support requiring a photo ID to vote, and nearly the same amount (74 percent) support requiring proof citizenship to vote.

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Dave McCormick Argues Democrat Policies ‘Emboldened the Lawlessness’ in Philadelphia After 200 Vehicles Involved in 11 Illegal Car Meetups

Tom Pappert
Philadelphia street takeover

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick and Republicans on Monday pointed at policies promoted by Democrats after 200 vehicles were reportedly used for 11 illegal car meetups throughout Philadelphia over the weekend, which reportedly included multiple attacks against Philadelphia police officers and one injury.

Video shared on the social media platform X by the House Judiciary GOP appeared to show attendees at one meetup swarming a police car, throwing themselves on it as it attempted to drive through the crowd.

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Harris Honeymoon Fizzles as Trump Leads in Sun Belt Battlegrounds

Daily Caller News Foundation
Donald Trump - September 2024

Former President Donald Trump has gained ground and is leading Vice President Kamala Harris in key Sun Belt states, according to a New York Times/Siena poll from Monday.

Trump gained in Arizona and is now leading Harris by five points with the two candidates polling at 50 percent and 45 percent among likely voters respectively, according to the poll. At the same time, Trump has also held onto his lead over Harris in Georgia by four points and in North Carolina by two points.

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GOP Sen Blackburn Highlights Ongoing Struggles in Fentanyl Crisis in New Video

Just the News
Senator Marsha Blackburn

Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn discussed the crushing and lasting impact of the fentanyl drug crisis in a video shared exclusively with Just The News.

The video features Blackburn speaking with a mother, Kathy Borum, who lost her eldest son, 17-year-old Vaughn-Thomas Borum, to what appeared to be accidental fentanyl overdose on Dec. 2, 2021. 

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House Passes Bills to Protect Employee Benefit Plans from Politicization

The Center Square
Office Work

A package of bills to ensure employee benefits plans prioritize financial well-being over “woke” policies has been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Outgoing Virginia Republican Rep. Bob Good sponsored the Protecting Americans’ Investments from Woke Policies Act and the No Discrimination in My Benefits Act, which cleared the House 217-206.

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Fetterman Declares Question ‘So Strange’ When Asked About Harris’ Fracking Flip Flop

Tom Pappert
John Fetterman on Meet the Press

U.S. Senator John Fetterman on Sunday repeatedly dodged questions about the past opposition to fracking expressed by he and Vice President Kamala Harris, who campaigned on banning the practice in 2020 but now claims to support it.

Fetterman similarly pushed to ban fracking from 2016 until 2022, when began supporting fracking, and told NBC News host Kristen Welker questions about the flip-flop are “strange.” He deflected by referencing President Donald Trump’s remarks about dogs and cats reportedly being eaten by Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio.

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Rep. Elise Stefanik Predicts ‘Trump is Going to Win Virginia’ at Rally as Poll Shows Race Tied

Tom Pappert
Rep Elise Stefanik

Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) on Saturday predicted former President Donald Trump will win Virginia during a Women for Trump rally in Charlottesville.

Stefanik made her remarks at the Women for Trump rally held at the Trump Winery in Charlottesville by Rally Virginia amid the release of polling that shows a statistical tie between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, who has sought to reverse the loss of Democratic support in Virginia that reportedly helped prompt President Joe Biden to drop his bid for reelection.

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Ex-Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Says He Is on a Crusade Against Harris, Highlights Trump Successes

Just the News
Peter Navarro

Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro said he is on a crusade against Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris while praising former President Donald Trump’s policies from four years ago.

“I’m on a crusade here…a mission,” Navarro said on a “Just the News, No Noise” special with Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC). “I do not want anybody to ever call Kamala Harris by only her first name again. She is not a soccer star. It’s a term of somewhat endearment when it should be one of ridicule.”

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Top Democrat Donation Processor Act Blue Faces U.S. House Investigation

The Center Square
Act Blue donation platform

A top Democratic donation processor, Act Blue, is facing an investigation over concerns that the donation processing service is being used to circumvent campaign finance laws.

The Republican-led House Oversight Committee launched the investigation, citing “reports of potentially fraudulent and illicit financial activity” in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

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Virginia A.G. Jason Miyares Urges EPA to Block California Electric Truck Mandate, ‘Extreme Environmental Agenda’

Tom Pappert
Jason Miyares

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain its block on the California electric truck mandate created by Governor Gavin Newsom, declaring the state is “playing games with America’s livelihood.”

Miyares on Monday announced he joined a comment letter urging the EPA to maintain its federal block on California’s Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation, which mandates every major commercial trucking company either maintain an “zero-emission-vehicle” (ZEV) fleet or have a plan to retire traditional internal combustion engines in accordance with the regulation.

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Dave McCormick Highlights Job Losses in Pennsylvania Town amid Influx of Haitian Migrants Compared to Springfield

Tom Pappert
Dave McCormick

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Dave McCormick on Friday visited Charleroi, Pennsylvania, which has seen a 2,000 percent increase in the arrivals of migrants to the community, to attend an event with residents affected by the closure of a glass plant.

“I’m here today to stand in solidarity with these workers in the fight to keep these jobs here, to build a vibrant economy for our Commonwealth, and to ensure that these Pennsylvania communities are not left behind,” said McCormick during a Charleroi stop on his Poor Leadership Tour that included a joint appearance with workers affected by the closure of a Corelle glass plant owned by Anchor Hocking.

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Sen. John Fetterman Says President Trump Has ‘Special Kind of a Hold’ in Pennsylvania That ‘Only Deepened’ After Assassination Attempt

Tom Pappert
John Fetterman

Former President Donald Trump maintains a unique “hold” on the voters of Pennsylvania, where Democrats should expect a “strong” performance from the Republican, according to U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), who made the remarks at The Atlantic Festival on Thursday.

The senator explained that Trump enjoys a certain “energy” among Pennsylvanians that is difficult to measure, and suggested Democrats should prepare for the presidential election to be closer than party stalwarts expect.

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Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino Details Early Days of His Now Worldwide Company

Kaitlin Housler
MPL and Sticker Mule

Anthony Constantino, co-founder of Sticker Mule, joined Friday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show to discuss the creation of his online company, which sells custom merchandise, as well as his recent decision to launch a political action committee (PAC) supporting former President Donald Trump.

Constantino said he founded Sticker Mule in 2010 in the small town of Amsterdam, New York with an initial $100,000 investment from his co-founder.

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Behind the Bench: Insights into Arizona Judges Up for Retention

Rachel Alexander

Arizona voters will choose whether to retain 69 judges up for retention election this fall, the bulk from the Maricopa County Superior Court.

The Arizona Sun Times worked with a team of researchers and insiders to produce a report informing voters on the partisan leanings and contentious decisions from 48 of those judges. Voters angry with judges who found ways to dismiss election lawsuits challenging corruption in the 2020 and 2022 elections have vowed to boot those judges out of office. County officials begin mailing early ballots on October 9.

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