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Squad Member Explains Why ‘Voters Are Not Happy’ and ‘President Biden Must Change Course’

Rep. Ayanna Presley (D-MA) had some tough love for President Joe Biden in a joint presser with fellow radical Squad members Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Rep. Cori Budh (D-MO).

Pressley railed against the Biden administration because “voters are not happy” and “President Biden must change course.”

Her rationale? You decide whether or not Pressley and her fellow Squad members are out-of-touch.

“For how much longer will the U.S. offer its full-throated support for the Israeli Government as it violates international law and operates with callous disregard for human life?” Pressley ranted. “I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, vengeance is not a foreign policy doctrine, and we cannot bomb our way to peace. History has shown us that time and time again. Diplomacy is the only path forward and that must begin with an immediate lasting and indefinite ceasefire now. A ceasefire is the best way to save lives, to bring all hostages home, deliver the humanitarian assistance that Gaza so desperately needs. And we are not alone in this fight. Millions across the globe are marching peacefully for a ceasefire.”

“Support in Congress has never been higher,” she continued. “And our labor siblings, the UAW, AFL-CIO, and AFT are now firmly in our corner.”

“Our pro-peace, pro-humanity movement, it is strong and intersectional and growing daily. Because from Massachusetts to Michigan and all the way to the Middle East, our destinies are tied and our shared humanity is on the line,” she added. “We need a ceasefire now, because it is the right thing to do, the moral thing to do. But in case the White House needed any more convincing I’ll remind them not only is ceasefire good policy, it is good politics. The results in Michigan this week made it plain, voters are not happy with the United States handling of the war in Gaza, and President Biden must change course. A ceasefire is the mandate. Thank you again to Representative Tlaib, Representative Bush, and our colleagues for bringing us together. Together we will continue to call for peace, to pray for peace, and to work for peace and though the grief that we carry — and through the grief that we carry, we will never be silent in the face of injustice. Ceasefire now.”

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden’s approval rating is cratering, but “Israel-Gaza” policy is not among the top reasons why.

“Reuters’ poll shows that Biden’s approval rating has steadily declined since March of 2023, and is the lowest since July of 2022, when it reached 36%,” DCNF reported.

“Biden’s approval rating fell precipitously to below 50% in August of 2021 amid the United States’ military withdrawal from Afghanistan, which was widely criticized for logistical failures in the evacuation of persons as well as a terrorist attack that killed 13 American military enlistees,” the report continued. “Currently, his disapproval rating is at 58%, among the highest levels in his presidency.”

“Biden’s approval rating in the Reuters poll has been corroborated by other polling companies, such as Gallup, whose Feb. 25 poll showed Biden with an approval rating of 38%. Gallup’s recording of 37% approval for Biden, between October and November of 2023, was its lowest rating for him during his presidency,” the report added.

Reuters also polled respondents about their top policy issues ahead of the general election: Democrats ironically ranked “extremism” as the number one issue and Republicans’ top two issues were the economy and the border crisis.

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Whoopi Goldberg Says SCOTUS Decision Would Clear the Way to Biden Throwing Every Republican in Jail

Whoopi Goldberg railed on “The View” Thursday that President Joe Biden may imprison “every Republican” if the Supreme Court finds that Donald Trump has immunity in the so-called criminal election tampering case.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court announced that it had agreed to hear oral arguments in the presidential immunity issue at the end of April. Critics have accused the court, which includes three Trump appointees, of using a delay strategy to postpone the Jan. 6 case.

However, this is ignoring one inconvenient fact: Special Counsel Jack Smith petitioned the Supreme Court to take up the case in the first place.

Trump has claimed blanket immunity in his many criminal prosecutions, and the Supreme Court will decide how far that protection truly extends.

On Thursday’s The View, Goldberg said that Trump’s claims of immunity would allow Biden to do whatever he wanted, including imprisoning political opponents.

“Let’s look at a scenario where the Supreme Court says yes, he has all those rights. He is immune from everything. You know what Joe Biden could do since he is presently president? Wooooo!” Golberg said. “He could throw every Republican in jail. I mean, he could!”

The View co-host then actually had to discourage the Woke authoritarians in the audience from applauding the idea.

“No, No, this is not a good thing,” she added.

Whoopi then claimed the Supreme Court backing Trump’s immunity claim would be a “slippery slope.”

“What this means is he can do anything. He could dismiss everybody’s debt, you know, there’s a whole bunch of great stuff that could happen too,” she said.

You mean like Joe Biden is doing by illegally “forgiving” student loans? The sheer ignorance of the commentators on “The View” is breathtaking.

Donald Trump legally and constitutionally challenged the result of the 2020 elections, which the Biden regime argues is a crime since Democrats were declared the victors. The Democratic Party challenged the results of the 2000, 2004, and 2016 elections. None of the election challengers were charged for the alleged “crime” in a court of law.

There shouldn’t even be a case against Donald Trump, let alone the need for the Supreme Court to give the Democratic Party a crash course in legal ethics and constitutional law.

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‘This is Huge’: Key Witness’ Damning Texts Confirm Nathan Wade and Fani Willis Affair

Texts show a key witness confirming details of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ relationship with Nathan Wade to the defense attorney seeking to disqualify Willis from the case against former President Donald Trump.

Terrence Bradley, Wade’s former law partner and divorce attorney, sent a series of texts between September 2023 and January 2024 to Trump co-defendant Michael Roman’s attorney, Ashleigh Merchant, confirming numerous details about the relationship and offering suggestions for who she could subpoena to establish the facts, according to screenshots obtained by Atlanta-based attorney Phil Holloway. Roman filed a motion Jan. 8 alleging Willis financially benefited from appointing Wade when he took her on vacations using funds earned from his contract with her office.

During the initial hearing on the motion earlier this month, Bradley declined to answer many questions posed by defense attorneys due to attorney-client privilege. Judge Scott McAfee ordered Bradley to take the stand again this week after finding during a closed-door meeting that some of his communications with Wade about the relationship with Willis were not protected under attorney-client privilege.

Bradley testified Tuesday that he “could not recall” details about their relationship, including when it began, even after some of his most recent texts from January were read.

“Do you think it started before she hired him?” Merchant asked in a text on Jan. 5 appearing to refer to Wade and Willis’ relationship.

Willis and Wade have maintained that their relationship did not start until 2022, after Wade was hired.

“Absolutely,” Bradley replied. “It started when she left the DA’s office.”

Bradley said during the hearing Tuesday he was “speculating” when he told Merchant the relationship began after they met at a municipal court conference.

“But you can’t put where they met not many people know that,” Bradley texted Merchant Jan. 5 after providing her the information. “I might be one of only not even chris campbell.”

Bradley said in a text to Merchant on Jan. 5 that Willis and Wade took “many” trips to Florida, as well as to Texas and California. He suggested people Merchant could subpoena to confirm their relationship in a text exchange on Jan. 7, including Willis’ original security detail, her kids and various employees in her office.

Later, when Merchant said she planned to subpoena Wade’s other law partner, Chris Campbell, she asked Bradley if it was fine she also subpoenaed him.

“I’m ok with it,” he told Merchant, adding in another text, “You are my friend and I trust you…”

Bradley and the district attorney’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation

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Biden Approval Craters Amid Concerns Over Struggling Economy, Never-Ending Border Crisis

President Joe Biden’s approval rating has dropped to 37% in a new Reuters poll, a low rating as he runs for reelection this year.

Biden is the leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination and is currently trailing former President Donald Trump, his predecessor and the leading candidate for the Republican nomination, in multiple polls of battleground states. Reuters’ poll shows that Biden’s approval rating has steadily declined since March of 2023, and is the lowest since July of 2022, when it reached 36%.

Biden’s approval rating fell precipitously to below 50% in August of 2021 amid the United States’ military withdrawal from Afghanistan, which was widely criticized for logistical failures in the evacuation of persons as well as a terrorist attack that killed 13 American military enlistees. Currently, his disapproval rating is at 58%, among the highest levels in his presidency.

Biden’s approval rating in the Reuters poll has been corroborated by other polling companies, such as Gallup, whose Feb. 25 poll showed Biden with an approval rating of 38%. Gallup’s recording of 37% approval for Biden, between October and November of 2023, was its lowest rating for him during his presidency.

Reuters also polled respondents about their top policy issues ahead of the general election on Nov. 5. Among them, “extremism” was rated as the most important issue for Democrats, and the third-most-important one for Republicans, with the economy and immigration ranking second and third among voters’ priorities.

Reuters noted that upwards of 90% of Democrats approved and Republicans disapproved of Biden’s performance, respectively. Independent voters, who are widely regarded as a critical bloc of voters to win battleground states, “skewed” toward disapproval, Reuters noted.

The poll was conducted online, among 1,020 adults, between Feb. 23 and 25, 2024, and has a reported error margin of ± 3 percentage points.

Biden’s presidential campaign and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation

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ICE Arrests Dozens of Illegal Alien Sex Offenders in Nationwide Sweep

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Monday that it had arrested dozens of foreign nationals, many of whom were unlawfully present in the country, who were convicted of sex crimes in the United States for removal from the country.

Foreign nationals who are convicted of aggravated felonies are “deportable” from the United States under federal law and are subject to “expedited removal” proceedings to ensure they leave the country quickly. Between Feb. 5 and Feb. 16, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) directorate arrested 275 foreign nationals who were convicted of offenses under this category, according to ICE press releases.

“The individuals identified in this operation were found guilty of committing sexual crimes, often against the most vulnerable members of our population, and therefore forfeited their right to remain in the United States,” wrote Mellissa Harper, the ICE ERO New Orleans field director, in a press release.

Those arrested include:

  • A 37-year-old citizen of Mexico in Glenwood Springs who was convicted of attempted sex assault of a child and sexual contact/no consent.
  • A 25-year-old citizen of Mexico in Denver who was convicted of felony child prostitution and soliciting.
  • A 64 year-old citizen of the United Kingdom in Greeley who was convicted of felony obscenity promotion to minor and sex assault of a child.
  • A 29-year-old citizen of Guatemala in Littleton who was convicted of second degree felony sexual conduct with a victim under 16 years of age.
  • A 49-year-old citizen of Mexico in Aurora who was convicted of felony sexual battery.
  • A 47-year-old citizen of Mexico in Denver who was convicted of felony assault 2/drugging a victim.

The operation occurred in several major U.S. cities, such as Los Angeles, Denver, Seattle and New Orleans. Those arrested were of various foreign nationalities, including Mexico, the United Kingdom, Guatemala, El Salvador, India, Cuba and Egypt, among others, ranging in age from 21 to 62, according to ICE press releases, with many of their criminal offenses involved sex crimes against children.

The ERO directorate is one of three operational directorates within ICE — the other two being Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the agency’s legal advisor — responsible for enforcing federal law and removing persons from the United States who are ordered deported by immigration judges. In the past, ICE has removed many violent gang members from the United States, such as members of the group MS-13.

There are estimated to be millions of foreign nationals who are unlawfully present in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center. While these individuals, termed “aliens” under federal law, may be deportable, ICE’s policy is to “use [its] inherent discretion as law enforcement officials to focus enforcement resources on those who pose a threat to national security, public safety or border security. These efforts include noncitizens with final orders of removal,” according to the agency’s press releases.

On Sept. 30, 2021, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a memorandum to ICE and other Department of Homeland Security officials regarding “guidelines for the enforcement of civil immigration law.” The memorandum outlines the aforementioned focus of ICE as well as mitigating factors that are considered before ICE pursues removal proceedings.

“In exercising our discretion, we are guided by the fact that the majority of undocumented noncitizens who could be subject to removal have been contributing members of our communities for years,” wrote Mayorkas in his memorandum. “The fact an individual is a removable noncitizen therefore should not alone be the basis of an enforcement action against them. We will use our discretion and focus our enforcement resources in a more targeted way. Justice and our country’s well-being require it.”

Many left-wing political groups and activists have called for the abolition of ICE due to its removal responsibilities.

Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation

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Fani Willis Witness Changes His Story While Being Grilled in Court by Trump Team

Fani Willis Witness Changes His Story While Being Grilled in Court by Trump Team

An attorney for former President Donald Trump grilled a key witness Tuesday on why he sent a defense attorney a text confirming the start date of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ relationship with Nathan Wade.

Terrence Bradley, Wade’s former law partner and divorce attorney, testified Tuesday that he was “speculating” when he told Ashleigh Merchant, the attorney for Trump co-defendant Michael Roman, via text that Willis’ relationship with Wade began years before he was hired.

Sadow asked Bradley, who repeatedly stated during the hearing that he did “not recall” when the relationship started, why he would “speculate” about such a piece of information when he knew Merchant was trying to establish the timeline for her motion to disqualify the district attorney.

“It started when she left the DA’s office and was judge in South Fulton,” Bradley’s text to Merchant before she filed the motion said, according to a message read during the hearing. “They met at the municipal court CLE conference.”

Willis and Wade have both maintained that their relationship did not begin until 2022, after Wade was hired as special prosecutor to work on the case against Trump.

Bradley previously took the witness stand during a hearing earlier this month, where he declined to answer most questions due to attorney-client privilege. Judge Scott McAfee ordered Bradley to the stand again after determining during a closed-door meeting with him Monday that some of his communications with Wade regarding his romantic relationship with Willis were not covered under attorney-client privilege.

Sadow continued to press Bradley on why he would make this kind of a claim about the start of Willis and Wade’s relationship if he did not know it was true.

“Why would you speculate when she was asking you a direct question about when the relationship started?” Sadow asked.

“I have no answer for that,” Bradley said.

“Except for the fact that you do in fact know when it started, and you don’t wanna testify to that in court,” Sadow said. “That’s the best explanation.”

Throughout the hearing, Bradley continually said he could “not recall” the answers to questions asked by defense attorneys, including when he gained knowledge of their relationship.

Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation

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Kremlin Threatens War Against NATO If Members Send Troops To Fight For Ukraine

The Kremlin warned Tuesday that Russia would go into conflict with the NATO alliance if member nations sent troops to Russia to fight on Ukraine’s behalf, according to The Moscow Times.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Monday that several EU and NATO members are considering sending troops inside Ukraine, while French President Emmanuel Macron said the same day that “nothing can be ruled out” in ensuring a Kyiv victory over Russia, according to Politico and The Associated Press. The Kremlin responded that such a decision would result in a military confrontation between Russia and NATO, the Times reported.

“This is absolutely not in the interests of these countries, they should be aware of this,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in response to Macron’s statement, according to the Times. “The very fact of discussing the possibility of sending certain contingents to Ukraine from NATO countries is a very important new element.”

Peskov added that if soldiers were sent to Ukraine to fight on Kyiv’s behalf, “we need to speak not about a possibility but of the inevitability” of conflict, according to the Times.

“And these countries need… to ask themselves if [confrontation] is in their interests and, mainly, if it’s in the interests of the citizens,” he continued.

Several NATO members quickly ruled out sending troops to Ukraine following Macron’s comments, including Britain, Germany, Spain and Poland, according to Reuters. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg also told the AP Tuesday that “there are no plans for NATO combat troops on the ground in Ukraine.”

If troops from one of the 32 NATO members were deployed to Ukraine to fight against Russia, it may end up escalating the conflict into a multi-nation war. The Washington Treaty states that if one NATO member is attacked, it “shall be considered an attack against them all” and a collective military defensive would be initiated.

Ukraine is not currently a NATO member, though Kyiv continues to seek membership.

President Joe Biden raised the specter of a global war in December after claiming that should Russia conquer Ukraine and attack a neighboring NATO ally, “then we’ll have something that we don’t seek and that we don’t have today: American troops fighting Russian troops.” Biden made these remarks during an urgent call for increased U.S. military aid to Ukraine, a prospect currently being negotiated in Congress.

Some critics fear that Ukraine cannot militarily overtake Russia. Even with $73 billion in aid from the U.S. alone, Kyiv’s counteroffensive has largely stalled out as an estimated tens of thousands Ukrainian soldiers have died on the frontlines.

Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation

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Donald Trump Jr is Sent Letter Containing White Powder and Death Threat Against His Father

Donald Trump Jr is Sent Letter Containing White Powder and Death Threat Against His Father

The death threats have begun against former President Donald Trump.

On Monday, an extremely personal and dangerous letter that was sent to Donald Trump Jr., along with a nondescript white powder, was reported online.

“Donald Trump Jr was sent this letter containing white powder,” conservative filmmaker Mike Cernovich reported. “The left is doing what the regime propagandists and Biden regime is telling them to.”

The letter is filled with threats, innuendoes, and epithets.

“Again, how many lives will be ruined before psychopath Donald is silenced?” the letter asks. “Lee Harvey Oswald’s grandson must complete his contract.”

This qualifies against a death threat against Donald Trump that should be investigated by the Secret Service.

The letter continues with vile epithets and innuendoes, and closes with “It’s time for Mary to heart that Donald and his family have fone up in smoke when the ‘Trump’ plane dives into the Atlantic Ocean.”

As reported by the Daily Caller, a Hazmat team was dispatched to Donald Trump Jr.’s home.

“It’s just become a little bit too commonplace that this sort of stuff happens,” Donald Trump Jr. told the Daily Caller. “Clearly, if this happened to a prominent Democrat it wouldn’t be tolerated and would drive news coverage for weeks. The media would blame all Republicans and force them to answer for it, But since it’s me, radical haters on the left will largely get a free pass and the media will barely flinch.”

“It doesn’t matter what your politics are, this type of crap is unacceptable,” Donald Trumpl Jr. continued. “This is actually the second white powder substance envelope that’s been mailed to me. The last time we had this happen, it was during my father’s presidency and my then-wife opened it up with my kids by her side. So, it’s just sad that we live in a society where politics and the left’s hatred of my father would drive people to do such crazy things, but that’s where we are unfortunately. ”

While search engines like Google and online encyclopedia like Wikipedia bury the information, Donald Trump was the frequent target of death threats during his administration.

In November 2016, following Donald Trump’s election victory, the social media platform known as Twitter, now X, was filled with death threats.

“I dont exactly agree with #AssassinateTrump, but then again… i dont disagree either,” one user said.

“#AssassinateTrump SOMEONE GO ON THE DARK WEB AND HIRE A HITMAN PLS (for legal purposes this is a joke 😗),” another said.

Twitter even allowed the #AssassinateTrump hashtag to trend. So much for “Trust and Safety.”

Feature image credit: Daily Caller/ @MikeCernovich

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Judge Rules No Attorney-Client Privilege for Witness Who Can Blow Fani Willis Scandal Wide Open

Judge Rules No Attorney-Client Privilege for Witness Who Can Blow Fani Willis Scandal Wide Open

Judge McAfee has concluded that the attorney for Nathan Wade must retake the stand at the Fani Willis hearings and that he must answer questions that are not protected by the attorney-client privilege.

“A witness in the ongoing Fulton County district attorney disqualification controversy met behind closed doors with the judge overseeing the case Monday,” two lawyers involved with the case confirmed to 11Alive.

“The witness, Terrence Bradley, is a former law partner and one-time divorce attorney for special prosecutor Nathan Wade,” the report continued.

“Defense attorneys have asked Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee to disqualify both Wade and District Attorney Fani Willis, alleging they financially benefitted from a romantic relationship they shared during their ongoing prosecution of former president Donald Trump and co-defendants accused of interfering with the 2020 election in Georgia,” 11Alive added.

The development was also noted by legal analyst Phil Holloway on X.

“Judge rules no attorney-client privilege for #FaniWillis ‘special prosecutor’ Nathan Wade’s former lawyer,” Holloway remarked.

“This means he will have to testify about potentially incriminating texts and other information that could prove Willis affair started earlier than she said,” he added.

During a tense hearing two weeks ago, defense lawyers spent hours trying to persuade Bradley to answer questions about when Willis and Wade’s romantic relationship started. Bradley, however, refused to answer, arguing that any information he may have obtained during his time defending Wade in his divorce proceedings was protected by attorney-client privilege.

Judge McAfee appeared to accept Bradley’s reasoning until he responded late in the day at a hearing earlier this month, reopening the matter.

“Mr. Bradley previously testified that the reason he left the firm was totally and completely covered by privilege,” Judge McAfee said on Feb. 16. “When asked by the state, he went into a factual scenario that, to my mind, I don’t see how it relates to privilege at all. And so now I’m left wondering if Mr. Bradley has been properly interpreting privilege this entire time.”

McAfee stated that the only way to address the issue was to arrange a secret, closed-door conference — known as a “in camera” session — with Bradley and his counsel to determine which material Bradley possesses is protected by privilege and which is not. That meeting happened on Monday afternoon.

Former Dekalb County District Attorney Robert James stated that the problem presents Judge McAfee with a difficult challenge, requiring him to balance two opposing interests: the exposure of relevant evidence and the safeguarding of a highly cherished principle of legal representation.

“Privilege is sacrosanct. It is sacred,” James said. “If you can’t have privileged or secret communications or protected communications with your client, then why would they disclose everything? And if they don’t disclose everything, you can’t give them good legal advice.”

Terrence Bradley, Wade’s former legal partner who previously represented him in his Cobb County divorce, may have provided evidence to support co-defendants’ claims that Wade and Willis had a romantic involvement earlier than they claimed in court documents.

It thus has the potential to blow the case wide open and lead to the disqualification of both Nathan Wade and Fani Willis from the Trump RICO case in Georgia.

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Judge Denies Jail Release of FBI Source Who Accused Biden of Bribery Scheme

Judge Denies Jail Release of FBI Source Who Accused Biden of Bribery Scheme

A former FBI informant who claimed that Hunter and Joe Biden took bribes from a Ukrainian energy conglomerate will remain in jail as he awaits trial for allegedly lying to federal agents, The Washington Post reported.

U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II ruled Monday that Alexander Smirnov — a former federal informant who told authorities that Joe and Hunter Biden each accepted $5 million in bribes from Burisma Holdings — will remain in jail amid concern he may try to flee the country if released, the Post reported. Smirnov had previously been arrested on Feb. 14, conditionally released and then rearrested on Feb. 22.

Prosecutors argued last week that his foreign contacts and considerable funds made him a flight risk and that he should remain detained, the Post reported.

The Department of Justice filed a memorandum with the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada on Feb. 20 claiming that Smirnov said to have had “high-level” contacts with intelligence operatives in Russia. Smirnov’s lawyers argued that their client’s family residing in America made him unlikely to flee the country, according to the Post.

Smirnov pleaded not guilty to the charges on Monday, the Post reported.

Prosecutors portrayed Smirnov as a serial liar in a court document filed on Feb. 20, The New York Times reported. One prosecutor involved in investigating Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings, however, described Smirnov last year as an “important confidential human source” who “had been used in other investigations,” according to NYT.

The information provided by Smirnov to federal agents became the basis of a June 2020 FD-1023 form detailing the alleged bribery scheme. A source in the DOJ leaked the document to Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, who disclosed it to the public in July 2023.

Smirnov’s lawyer did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation

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