President Biden’s executive order aimed at increasing voter turnout is now being challenged in what one government watchdog called “arguably the most important election integrity lawsuit in the country.”

The lawsuit filed in federal court seeks to halt the implementation of President Biden’s executive order on the election immediately.

The plaintiff in the action is Republican state Rep. Dawn Keefer, leader of the Pennsylvania Freedom Caucus. Keefer and other state legislators claim that Biden’s executive order, as well as steps taken by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, usurp the lawmakers’ jurisdiction.

Lawyers for the Biden and Shapiro administrations on Wednesday filed to dismiss the lawsuit, known as Keefer, et al., v. Biden, et al., claiming that the lawmakers lack standing and that executive actions on state elections have previously been permitted by the Pennsylvania legislature.

“State legislators have rights granted to them in the Constitution, so we do have standing in federal court. The irreparable harm is that they are changing the way elections are being facilitated,” Keefer told The Daily Signal. “Now, we may have authorized them to take action. We never authorized them to break the law.”

The plaintiff’s complaint seeks a preliminary injunction to prevent the executive order’s execution immediately. There are plaintiffs joining the lawsuit who are not Freedom Caucus members.

The lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania claims that Biden’s executive order directing federal agencies to collaborate with private, nonprofit groups on get-out-the-vote efforts violates Act 88, a state law that prohibits private money from funding election administration.

The Pennsylvania General Assembly enacted the bill in reaction to subsidies to local and state election offices in 2020, which were indirectly funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg through his Center for Tech and Civil Life that analysis shows increased turnout predominately in Democratic-dominated districts.

“The president gave his directive to all of his agencies that they are supposed to facilitate voter registration through third-party agencies, that we can’t get the contracts to or or we don’t know what any of the details are, who they’re working with, and how,” Keefer said.

“Then there’s the question of: Is the president interjecting here in an election where he’s on the ballot? That’s another issue that you have there,” she added. “Are you trying to interfere in an election where it directly impacts or affects you?”

The lawsuit is presided over by U.S. District Judge Jennifer Wilson, who is an appointee of former President Donald Trump.

“The PA state legislators have, through proper legislative acts, passed a law that prohibits the influence of third-party entities in elections,” the suit notes, but “Biden’s executive order contradicts Pennsylvania state election laws.”

The Biden administration has veiled its executive order to get out the vote in the 2024 election in secrecy.

“Absolutely they are hiding because that’s what we were asking for, to take a look at these third-party contracts. How are they engaging? Who are they engaging with?” Keefer remarked.

“And then not only are they not publicly saying or bragging about ‘Here’s what we’re doing for voter access,’” she continued, “but they’re engaging in these services and you’re having to file Freedom of Information Act [requests] in order to see what third parties they’re engaging with and what the contracts are for specifically.”

According to the lawsuit, “President Biden does not have the unilateral power to oversee and participate in making legislative decisions regarding the time, place, and manner of presidential and congressional elections, including the registration of electors in Pennsylvania.”

It continues, “The president of the United States does not have the power to usurp the authority of Pennsylvania legislators with regard to the registration of Pennsylvania voters, as Article VII, Section 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution clearly places the duty of ‘regulating the registration of electors’ on the [Pennsylvania] General Assembly.” 

The United States Supreme Court ruled last year in Moore v. Harper that state legislature election judgments are open to judicial review. However, the plaintiffs in the Pennsylvania case point to the Supreme Court majority’s statement that “it is the state legislatures that must provide a complete code for congressional regulations relating to elections.”

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MTG calls for the Expulsion of Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher

Every single Democrat in the United States Senate voted against amendments that would effectively stop the Biden administration’s secret program to charter illegal aliens into the United States.

Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) on Friday spoke out on the Senate floor to advocate for his amendment to thwart the Biden administration’s importation of unauthorized migrants.

“In order to consider my very simple and reasonable amendment, it’s vital that the Senate must move the Democrat leaders blocking amendment out of the way in order to move forward with my amendment,” the senator said.

“Let me cut through the procedural language here,” he continued. “I’m bringing forward a vote on a very simple question: Do you support American taxpayer dollars being used to fly illegal immigrants from countries like Venezuela and Haiti into America to be settled in cities and towns near you? If so, then vote against me.”

“Vote ‘no’ to preserve this practice of using taxpayer dollars to charter planes that move and import thousands of illegal aliens into your states,” he added. “Make no mistake here, president Biden has been secretly flying hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens from foreign countries into Blue City airports. Just last year alone in 2023, it was reported that some 320,000 illegal aliens had been flown in using this method.”

The text for the proposed amendment is as follows:

“No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to facilitate, provide, or purchase air transportation from a foreign country to the United States for an alien in order for such alien to utilize a parole process described in–
(1) the notice of the Department of Homeland Security entitled “Implementation of a Parole Process for Venezuelans” (87 Fed. Reg. 63507 (October 19, 2022));
(2) the notice of the Department of Homeland Security entitled “Implementation of a Parole Process for Haitians” (88 Fed. Reg. 1243 (January 9, 2023));
(3) the notice of the Department of Homeland Security entitled “Implementation of a Parole Process for Nicaraguans” (88 Fed. Reg. 1255 (January 9, 2023)); or
(4) the notice of the Department of Homeland Security entitled “Implementation of a Parole Process for Cubans” (88 Fed. Reg. 1266 (January 9, 2023)).
(b) The limitation described in subsection (a) shall not apply in exigent circumstances in which an individual is being–
(1) provided emergency medical treatment; or
(2) brought to the United States for necessary law enforcement purposes.

However, the amendment was defeated in the Senate when every Democrat voted against it.

🚨 Democrats Vote Against Bill Amendment to Stop Charter Flights of illegal immigrants

“Tonight every single Senate Democrat voted against my amendment that would stop Biden Admin from using taxpayer dollars to charter flights for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens from… pic.twitter.com/V3CSLFpg8J

— Adnan Belushi (@adnanbelushi) March 23, 2024

“Tonight every single Senate Democrat voted against my amendment that would stop Biden Admin from using taxpayer dollars to charter flights for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens from their countries directly to American towns to be resettled,” Hagerty said. “Indefensible.”

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) added his support for another amendment, as he mentioned on X.

I introduced an amendment to BAN illegal immigrants from flying around America using a government app instead of ID.

A Democrat Senator was worried that it might increase the lines at airports.

Unreal. pic.twitter.com/fodmEXvdk9

— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) March 23, 2024

“Americans have to show a photo ID when boarding an airplane,” the senator said. “But illegal aliens don’t. My amendment would change that.”

“Senator Patty Murray just spoke against it, pointing out that making illegal aliens show photo ID ‘would cause long lines at airports’,” he added. “Can’t make this up.”

In January, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske and called out the agency for allowing illegal immigrants to board commercial flights without valid photo identification.

“If this report is accurate, this is outrageous,” wrote Senator Hawley. “Millions of Americans are subject to the TSA screening process, which is often a burdensome, long inconvenience—and which includes photo identification. But every day, Americans take on this burden to increase the safety of their fellow passengers.”

He continued, “Therefore, it makes no sense to give special privileges to illegal immigrants, who should not even be allowed in the United States in the first place, let alone allowed to board U.S. aircraft. This is symbolic of the Biden Administration’s prioritization of open border policies over Americans’ safety.”

This is a battle that continues from 2022, when United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and eight other colleagues in introducing the Strengthening Enforcement to Curtail Unlawful, Risky Entrance to Flights Act, or SECURE Flights Act.

The Act would prevent the TSA from allowing illegal aliens to use immigration enforcement documents, such as arrest warrants, as identification when boarding commercial flights.

The Biden regime has acknowledged a secretive program to import ‘unauthorized’ migrants into the U.S.. Immigration attorneys defended the secrecy of this program by arguing that disclosing the locations of these flights may cause national security “vulnerabilities.”

“Customs and Border Protection has refused to disclose information about a program last year secretly chartering flights for thousands of undocumented immigrants from foreign airports directly to U.S. cities,” the Mail reported.

“It means that while record numbers of migrants were flowing over the southern border last year, the Biden White House was also directly transporting them into the country,” the report added.

The use of the CBP One app enabled the nearly unnoticed entry by air of 320,000 foreigners with no legal permission to enter the United States.

Polling firm Rasmussen Reports noted that most Americans disapprove of the Biden administration policy.

60% of voters disapprove of these flights, 46% strongly.

25% approve, 10% strongly.

— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) March 23, 2024

“60% of voters disapprove of these flights, 46% strongly,” the pollster remarked. “25% approve, 10% strongly.”

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GOP Representative Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin will depart from Congress early, dealing another blow to Speaker Mike Johnson and his razor-thin Republican majority.

Gallagher said had he made the decision after “conversations with my family.” He added that he would be leaving Congress on April 19.

A statement from Congressman Mike Gallagher. pic.twitter.com/dOBcM8kbNV

— Rep. Gallagher Press Office (@RepGallagher) March 22, 2024

Earlier he said that he would not seek re-election.

“The Framers intended citizens to serve in Congress for a season and then return to their private lives,” Gallagher said in a statement. “Electoral politics was never supposed to be a career and, trust me, Congress is no place to grow old. And so, with a heavy heart, I have decided not to run for re-election.”

Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Saturday called for the expulsion of Gallagher so that the people of Wisconsin can hold a special election and have representation in the House.

“We’re in a very dangerous situation, Steve,” Greene told Steve Bannon of the War Room. “What Mike Gallagher did yesterday was intentional, purposeful, and puts our entire majority at risk.”

“I think he should be expelled preeminently before he’s allowed to just walk out of Congress at a date of his choosing where his district doesn’t get to replace him until next Congress. I think that is completely wrong.”

“I think people should be able to have a voice,” she continued. “His district deserves a voice in Congress and we should expel him, and that way his district can replace him as quickly as possible with a special election.”

“Our majority is too important to throw away and the horrible, dishonest, and completely irresponsible actions of many in our Republican majority have led us to where we are,” she said. “When people leave early, it’s a math game. They’re the ones that put us at risk of losing the majority. Every member that leaves early puts us at risk of losing the majority expelling Republican members.”

She continued to rail against Gallagher for his sudden departure.

“For a Democrat to control and take over the seat like they did to George Santos, puts us at risk of Hakeem Jeffries becoming the Speaker of the House,” she said. “It’s not me putting in a motion to vacate like a pink slip, letting Mike Johnson know that his speakership is over and also informing our entire conference that we need to come together, move forward and start the process.”

“And no matter how long it takes to decide who our next speaker is going to be, one that the American people will trust and one that will not do the bidding of the deep state and the CIA and the continued effort to destroy America,” she went on.

“So that’s where we’re going from here. And this process may take a while, but I think it’s the most important. Yes, painful. I don’t care how painful it is. If you want to lead this country, you better get ready to be uncomfortable and get comfortable being uncomfortable because we have a job to do and our job is to save America,” she remarked. “And that is not an easy task, and it’s not going to be quick. It’s going to take us a long time.”

Marjorie Greene also called for the expulsion of Gallagher on X.

Yes he should be expelled if he refuses to leave immediately in order to allow his district to hold a special election to elect a representative so that their district can have a voice for the remainder of the 118th Congress!

Leaving after the deadline is intentional betrayal! https://t.co/5QR81wNgSp

— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) March 23, 2024

“Yes, he should be expelled if he refuses to leave immediately in order to allow his district to hold a special election to elect a representative so that their district can have a voice for the remainder of the 118th Congress!” Greene said.

The House already has three vacancies: Two vacated by Republicans and one by Democrats, and Republican Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado has announced that he will depart Congress after this week.

After Buck and Gallagher depart, Johnson will have a 217-to-213 majority, which means Republicans can only lose one vote with full attendance and still approve legislation.

Gallagher is the chairman of the high-profile Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and in his statement, he addressed the search for a successor chair after he stands down.

“I’ve worked closely with House Republican leadership on this timeline and look forward to seeing Speaker Johnson appoint a new chair to carry out the important mission of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party,” Gallagher said in his statement.

Gallagher was also one of a handful of Republicans to oppose the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise downplayed the narrowing majority.

“It is tough with a five-seat majority, it is tough with a two-seat, one will be the same,” Scalise said. “We all have to work together.”

“We have to unite if we are going to get things done, we have proven with bills like our energy bill, our border security bill and some of the other big things we have done we can come together and get things done for hard working families,” he added.

On Friday, the House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill that many Republican voters blasted as a “betrayal.” The Senate is deliberating on its passage and is likely to take up the vote on Monday.

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“You Are Going to Elect Donald Trump”: Never Trump Pollster Warns CNN the Dems’ Attacks on Trump Will Backfire

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign conducted an organizing call and released a video Saturday featuring supporters celebrating the Affordable Care Act’s 14th anniversary and warning against former President Donald Trump’s attempts to abolish it.

Biden was joined by former President Barack Obama and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi to commemorate the law, widely known as “Obamacare.”

During the joint address, President Joe Biden spread a widely debunked hoax about Donald Trump.

“Now – Donald Trump and his MAGA extremists – are determined to try again” to repeal the ACA, Biden said. “We won’t let that happen. We’re determined as ever to defend and strengthen the Affordable Care Act – and to make health care a right – not a privilege in America. I know we can do it.”

Biden also complimented Pelosi, who spearheaded the efforts in the House during her stint as Speaker in 2010, saying the Affordable Care Act “would not be law without her.”

But Joe Biden also spread a widely debunked hoax about former President Donald Trump while trying to make the argument that his 2020 campaign rival doesn’t care about science.

“This is a man who doesn’t care about science and reason,” Biden claimed.

“Remember, during the pandemic Donald Trump told us to inject ourselves with bleach,” Biden said, adding, “He said there’s nothing to worry about if you do that.”

The Bleach Hoax has been spread widely by the Democratic Party. It has surfaced occasionally in biased news media since former President Trump held an April 23 press conference with his Coronavirus Response team.

But after the Bleach Hoax began to get traction in the anti-Trump media, even left-leaning “fact checkers” like Politifact debunked it.

Politifact surprisingly got the story right:

Here is video from former President Trump’s press conference:

“A question that probably some of you are thinking of if you’re totally into that world, which I find to be very interesting<‘ Trump said. “So, supposing we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said that hasn’t been checked, but you’re going to test it.”

“And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way,” he continued. “And I think you said you’re going to test that too. Sounds interesting, right? And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute, one minute.”

“And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs,” he added. “So it’d be interesting to check that. So that you’re going to have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me. So, we’ll see, but the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute. That’s pretty powerful.”

During the press conference, ABC News chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl asked Department of Homeland Security official William Bryan about the remark.

“The president mentioned the idea of a cleaner, bleach and isopropyl alcohol emerging,” Karl said. “There’s no scenario where that could be injected into a person, is there?”

“No, I’m here to talk about the finds that we had in the study,” Bryan said. “We don’t do that within that lab at our labs.”

“It wouldn’t be through injection,” Trump said. “We’re talking about through almost a cleaning, sterilization of an area. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t work. But it certainly has a big effect if it’s on a stationary object.”

Later in the press conference, Trump recommended using “light and heat to cure,” and Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, said that she had never heard of heat or light “as a treatment.”

The next morning, when multiple press accounts quoted experts as saying that injecting or ingesting disinfectants was harmful, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany issued a statement claiming Trump’s statements had been taken “out of context.”

“President Trump has repeatedly said that Americans should consult with medical doctors regarding coronavirus treatment, a point that he emphasized again during yesterday’s briefing,” McEnany said. “Leave it to the media to irresponsibly take President Trump out of context and run with negative headlines.”

That morning, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams also issued this warning via Twitter, “A reminder to all Americans- PLEASE always talk to your health provider first before administering any treatment/ medication to yourself or a loved one. Your safety is paramount, and doctors and nurses are have years of training to recommend what’s safe and effective.”

Trump said his statements the day before were “sarcastic.”

Here’s the kicker: Donald Trump’s remarks about UV light turned out to be scientifically astute.

The Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology in December 2022 found that, “After exposing viral suspensions placed in darkened tubes to UV LED light, the team found that wavelengths of 285 nm were highly effective at inactivating the virus and almost as effective as wavelengths of 265 nm, inactivating 99.9% of the coronavirus in under 30 seconds.”

“Furthermore, other viruses showed similar sensitivity to these wavelengths, indicating that this technology could be useful against many types of human coronavirus, including SARS-CoV-2,” the journal article’s authors add.

The scientific journal Environmental Science & Technology in August 2022 had published a research article that showed, “UV-C Light Completely Blocks Aerosol Transmission of Highly Contagious SARS-CoV-2 Variants.”

“The prevention of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a natural system by treating elements of the surrounding environment is one more weapon in the arsenal to combat COVID,” the authors wrote.

So while the news media mocked Donald Trump by making up a hoax that he had told Covid patients to ‘inject themselves with bleach,’ the truth is that he was discussing scientific breakthroughs that promised effective treatments for coronavirus infections like Covid-19.

But spreading hoaxes for Joe Biden is nothing new. The career Democratic politician even claimed that the reason he ran for president is because of the Fine People Hoax.

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President Joe Biden is Losing Support Among Key Voters in Crucial Battleground States

Political pollster Frank Luntz, a “Never Trump” critic who appears frequently on major news media, had strong pushback to the Democrats’ election interference campaign against former President Donald Trump: It will backfire.

“Alright, Frank. The politics of this folks in the Biden campaign are already starting to refer to Donald Trump as broke down, which is interesting,” CNN host John Berman said. “And then there is the possibility that the New York Attorney General Letitia James would have to start or would start seizing assets, maybe even buildings. How do you think that would play?”

“I want you to remember this moment,” Luntz said. “And don’t forget it. If the New York Attorney General starts to take his homes away, starts to seize his assets, it’s all going to be on camera. Pundits are going to sit there and scream about this. ‘This man cannot be elected!’ You’re going to create the greatest victimhood of 2024 and you’re going to elect Donald Trump if they take his stuff.”

“He’s going to say that ‘this is proof that the federal government and the establishment and the swamp in Washington and all the politicians across the country and the attorneys generals and all of this, that this is a conspiracy to deny him the presidency’,” he continued. “He’s going to go up in the polls just like he went up every single time they indicted him. The indictment, let’s not talk about whether it’s justified or not, but it will prove the things that he’s saying on the campaign trail.”

“And he will go up and it may just elect him. President, do not forget that,” he added. “And I say this to the Attorney General right now, if you play politics on this, this is what the Secretary of State did in Colorado and what they did in I believe was Maine. His numbers went up in both states. I don’t understand.”

“I’m almost speechless in how pathetic the opposition to Trump has been and how completely misguided, and this is a perfect example of it,” he went on.

After the CNN panel debated some inconsequential points, Luntz chimed back in with the relevant question.

“How is Donald Trump beating Joe Biden?” he asked. “He’s got 85 indictments that still exist. Felonies. How is he beating Joe Biden with the economy getting better and things cleaning up? Okay, you’ve still got a bit of inflation. You still have got immigration.”

“Trump is leading, and in the seven swing states, Trump is up by the margin of error in five out of seven. Why is that happening? Because his critics are stupid and they’re running a horrible campaign. And for those people who do not want Donald Trump back, they should be thankful that the people who are orchestrating his loss are as pathetic and they don’t understand the American people,” he added.

Donald Trump is beating Joe Biden soundly in a number of presidential election polls.

As reported at The Politics Brief earlier, “Biden has been receiving dismal poll numbers for months among crucial voting blocs that were key to his 2020 election, and he largely continues to lag behind Trump in national and swing-state surveys.”

“Recent polls from Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina show that Biden’s margins with independents, young individuals, black voters and Hispanics are either smaller than they were last cycle, or Trump is now leading among some groups,” the report went on, citing the DCNF analysis.

President Joe Biden is Losing Support Among Key Voters in Crucial Battleground States

President Joe Biden is losing support among key voting demographics in crucial battleground states as a November matchup with former President Donald Trump draws nearer, according to recent polling data.

Biden has been receiving dismal poll numbers for months among crucial voting blocs that were key to his 2020 election, and he largely continues to lag behind Trump in national and swing-state surveys. Recent polls from Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina show that Biden’s margins with independents, young individuals, black voters and Hispanics are either smaller than they were last cycle, or Trump is now leading among some groups.

“In close states, every vote matters. Usually, independents are the ballgame,” Ron Faucheux, president of nonpartisan polling firm Clarus Research Group, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “These state polls reflect Biden’s weaknesses in national polling.”

An Arizona Emerson College survey released Wednesday found Trump leading Biden 53% to 47% among independents. The same pollster indicated Trump was ahead by six points with the group in Nevada, as well as eight points in Pennsylvania.

A Marist survey published on Wednesday for North Carolina suggested Trump was beating Biden 52% to 46% among independents. The former president is also four points ahead of Biden with the voting bloc in Michigan, according to a Quinnipiac University survey released March 14.

A Georgia Marist poll published on Wednesday found Biden leading Trump by only one point among independents. In Wisconsin, the president has a mere two-point lead with the group, according to an Emerson College survey released Thursday.

In 2020, Biden led Trump among independents by four points in North Carolina, six points in Nevada and Michigan, eight points in Pennsylvania, nine points in Arizona and Georgia, and 12 points in Wisconsin.

Trump has also led Biden among youth voters in Georgia and Michigan, while the former president trails with a smaller margin than 2020 in North Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Wisconsin, according to recent polling.

The aforementioned polls found Trump ahead with 18-to-29-year-olds by five points in Georgia, as well as by five points among those under 35 in Michigan. In 2020, Biden led Trump among those aged 18 to 29 by 13 points in Georgia and 24 points in Michigan.

Trump is only down by one point among those aged 18 to 29 in North Carolina, as well as by about five points in Wisconsin, nine points in Arizona and 12 points in Nevada. Biden led Trump by 17 points in North Carolina, 23 points in Wisconsin, 31 points in Arizona and 30 points in Nevada last cycle.

Veteran Republican strategist Mark Weaver argued that the polling shows Biden is “in more re-election trouble than any president since Jimmy Carter.”

“These numbers suggest Joe Biden will be shuffling through a dark room filled with political mousetraps and he’s likely to trip most of them between now and November,” Weaver told the DCNF. “If he leans too far toward Hamas supporters, he’ll lose more independents and many Jewish voters. If he stands firmly with Israel, he’ll anger Muslim voters in Michigan and Minnesota and lose more young voters. If he curries more favor with Antifa and Black Lives Matter activists, he’ll lose older voters and key heartland regions like his boyhood home of Scranton, Pennsylvania.”

“He starts out unpopular with many voting groups that are usually Blue friendly or Blue curious and there are many more ways to lose those voters than win them,” Weaver added.

While Biden still has a significant lead over Trump among the black community, his margins are smaller than last cycle in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Nevada, according to the polls.

The surveys show the president is ahead with the voting bloc by 68% to 19% in Michigan, 69% to 31% in Pennsylvania, 71% to 29% in Wisconsin, 75% to 24% in Georgia, 77% to 23% in Nevada and 79% to 20% in North Carolina.

In 2020, Biden led Trump among black voters 92% to 8% in Wisconsin, as well as 92% to 7% in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Black voters also backed Biden by 88% to 11% in Georgia and 80% to 18% in Nevada.

“In most southern states, a Republican candidate winning 15 to 20 percent of the Black vote statewide is guaranteed a majority overall,” Jon McHenry, GOP polling analyst and vice president at North Star Opinion Research, told the DCNF. “There is just no plausible route to a victory for a Democrat losing that share of Black votes.”

Biden’s numbers have also dampened among Hispanic voters in some of the swing states’ polling, particularly in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Nevada.

The president held a 56% to 45% lead among the voting bloc in the Pennsylvania poll, but he previously won Hispanics over by 42 points in the battleground state last cycle. Similarly, Biden was ahead of Trump by only four points in the survey for Wisconsin, where the group previously backed the president by 23 points.

In Nevada, where Biden secured the group by 26 points in 2020, the survey found him ahead by only four points against Trump.

Biden’s “only real opportunity to change course is for the economy to recover in a way that is tangible to working class voters,” McHenry told the DCNF.

Scott Jennings, a GOP strategist and veteran of numerous campaigns, believes Biden’s biggest hurdle is voters viewing him as “too weak” to solve issues like the economy, foreign affairs and more in comparison to Trump.

“I don’t see him doing things that are going to change that perception. In fact, I see him doing things that make it worse,” Jennings told the DCNF. “And so just the election coming down to the narrative of one of these guys is strong enough to handle your problems and one isn’t — I think that cuts across so many demographics, age groups, geography. That perception, once that takes hold, it’s hard to reverse it. And I think they’re kind of stuck in that vortex right now.”

Trump won Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin in 2016, but lost them all to Biden the following election. The former president secured North Carolina both cycles, while the Democrats did the same in Nevada.

Biden is currently down in the RealClearPolitics (RCP) averages for all of the swing states, and hasn’t led Trump nationally since early September 2023.

The two secured enough delegates for their respective party nominations after contests on March 12, and are heading toward a rematch that’s just eight months away.

Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation

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Jeff Bezos’ Ex-Wife Doles Out $640 Million to Extreme Left Groups Boosting Migrant Criminals, Trans Athletes

Most of the $640 million in new philanthropic donations from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott will go to groups that support radical left-wing causes, such as assisting criminal illegal migrants and promoting male-born transgender athletes who desire to play women’s sports.

Scott will provide 67 migrant-advocacy organizations a total of $122 million in legal aid and other support, according to a New York Post review of 361 gifts made Tuesday by her nonprofit Yield Giving.

MacKenzie Scott issued the following message about her massive donations to radical left-wing causes:

Last year I pledged to give the majority of my wealth back to the society that helped generate it, to do it thoughtfully, to get started soon, and to keep at it until the safe is empty. There’s no question in my mind that anyone’s personal wealth is the product of a collective effort, and of social structures which present opportunities to some people, and obstacles to countless others.

Like many, I watched the first half of 2020 with a mixture of heartbreak and horror. Life will never stop finding fresh ways to expose inequities in our systems; or waking us up to the fact that a civilization this imbalanced is not only unjust, but also unstable. What fills me with hope is the thought of what will come if each of us reflects on what we can offer. Opportunities that flowed from the mere chance of skin color, sexual orientation, gender, or zip code may have yielded resources that can be powerful levers for change. People troubled by recent events can make new connections between privileges they’ve enjoyed and benefits they’ve taken for granted. From there, many will choose to share some of what they have with people whose equal participation is essential to the construction of a better world.

I began work to complete my pledge with the belief that my life had yielded two assets that could be of particular value to others: the money these systems helped deliver to me, and a conviction that people who have experience with inequities are the ones best equipped to design solutions. Last fall, I asked a team of non-profit advisors with key representation from historically marginalized race, gender, and sexual identity groups to help me find and assess organizations having major impact on a variety of causes. Though this work is ongoing and will last for years, I’m posting an update today because my own reflection after recent events revealed a dividend of privilege I’d been overlooking: the attention I can call to organizations and leaders driving change.

The non-profits listed below were selected for transformative work in one of the following areas of need:

Total given to date:

• • Racial Equity: $ 586,700,000
  • LGBTQ+ Equity: $ 46,000,000
  • Gender Equity: $ 133,000,000
  • Economic Mobility: $ 399,500,000
  • Empathy & Bridging Divides: $ 55,000,000
  • Functional Democracy: $ 72,000,000
  • Public Health: $ 128,300,000
  • Global Development: $ 130,000,000
  • Climate Change: $ 125,000,000

On this list, 91% of the racial equity organizations are run by leaders of color, 100% of the LGBTQ+ equity organizations are run by LGBTQ+ leaders, and 83% of the gender equity organizations are run by women, bringing lived experience to solutions for imbalanced social systems. Driven by a deep belief in the value different backgrounds bring to problem-solving on any issue, we selected for diversity in leadership across all categories of giving, supporting vital variety of perspective and experience in solutions on every cause. All of these leaders and organizations have a track record of effective management and significant impact in their fields. 

As pointed out by the Post: “The big winners include the Florida Immigrant Coalition, which vehemently opposes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ crackdown on migrants who commit crimes; and the Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition, which is fighting that state’s efforts to increase illegal-migrant enforcement. Both scored $2 million awards.”

“Scott’s other awards include $117 million to 67 prisoner-advocacy groups and other organizations helping jailbirds and ex-cons; and $72 million to 43 groups promoting ‘gender identity,’ ‘sexual orientation’ and other LGBTQ causes – such as championing the rights of biological boys who identify as transgender girls to compete in female sports,” the report continued. “She’s also earmarked another $18 million to 10 groups pushing clean energy.”

NEW – Jeff Bezos' ex-wife giving most of $640 million donations to "extreme left groups boosting migrant criminals, trans athletes."https://t.co/aJ7QeAwYmn

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 23, 2024

“Bezos’ wife is using the profits he made through capitalism to [fund] the rope that will hang capitalism,” said Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation, referencing Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin’s famed quote: “’The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.”

Scott’s use of Bezos’ money is yet another example of charities founded on the rewards of capitalism, such as the liberal Rockefeller Foundation, abusing their funds to attack free-market ideals, Gonzalez added.

“These things that she’s donating money to – whether it’s transgender ideas, helping illegals, prisoner rights, climate change – they’re all trying to transform our system away from capitalism,” he said.

MacKenzie Scott is the third wealthiest woman in the United States.

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‘What the Hell is This Evil’: DOJ Announcement of Federal Red Flag Center Catches Congress by Surprise

Senator John Kennedy has his moments. One of those moments came on Friday when a Gen Z “pretty boy” witness came before a panel to discuss the “crisis” of climate change.

The surreal spectacle of Senator Kennedy casually obliterating the “expert witness” — a dashing but naive professional skier — with his trademark genteel Louisiana manner has to be seen to be believed.

The transcript of the surreal exchange follows below. This really happened in the U.S. Senate.

Kennedy: What is carbon dioxide?

Schumacher: I went to high school, but carbon dioxide is a gas.

Kennedy: Okay.

Schumacher: I’m not a professional to talk about carbon dioxide so much, but…

Kennedy: Well, you want us to abolish it, right?

Schumacher: No. There’s always going to be carbon dioxide.

Kennedy: Right? So what is it you want us to do? Let me back up because you’re here as an expert. Tell me more about what carbon dioxide is.

Schumacher: I’m here as an expert cross country skier who sees the changes in my winters and the landscape that I live in Alaska. And so carbon dioxide is what I see it as is it’s a gas that exists in our atmosphere. And…

Kennedy: Is it the major part of our atmosphere?

Schumacher: It’s a huge part of our atmosphere, yes.

Kennedy: It’s actually a very small part of our atmosphere.

Schumacher: Well, okay. But yeah, I don’t know. What are you asking specifically?

Kennedy: Well, you say we need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. I’d like to know first if you know what it is you want us to abolish fossil fuels.

Schumacher: I never said that.

Kennedy: You never have said that?

Schumacher: No.

Kennedy: Okay. What do you think we ought to do with fossil fuels?

Schumacher: What will we do with fossil fuels?

Kennedy: Yeah. Should we make any changes?

Schumacher: I would like to see a decrease in the use of fossil fuels. I think there’s a possibility to use more electric generation.

Kennedy: Okay, over what period of time? 10 years, 50 years, a hundred years.

Schumacher: That’s not, I would like to see it come as fast as possible while continuing.

Kennedy: How fast?

Schumacher: Sorry?

Kennedy: How fast?

Schumacher: I’m not — I don’t have an answer for that.

Kennedy: No. Okay. You just think, how much will it cost for us to become carbon neutral in the United States by 2050?

Schumacher: I’m not a professional on that. I don’t have an answer.

Kennedy: You don’t have any idea?

Schumacher: No.

Kennedy: You just think we ought to spend the money.

Schumacher: I’m not an economist.

Kennedy: Yeah, but it’s going to cost money. You realize that.

Schumacher: Yeah, but we’ve also talked about the trade off of what the cost of climate change as emergencies will cost in the future also.

Kennedy: Right, but it’s going to cost trillions of dollars to become carbon neutral by 2050, right?

Schumacher: I do not know.

Kennedy:  You don’t know. You just think we ought to do it.

Schumacher: I don’t have a great answer for you, but I think I..

Kennedy: If we spent those trillions of dollars and became carbon neutral by 2050 in the United States, which you advocate, how much will it reduce world temperatures?

Schumacher: I don’t have an answer for that.

Kennedy: You don’t know?

Schumacher: No. 

Kennedy: You just think we’re ought to spend the money and then see what happens.

Schumacher: I think as an athlete, I think if we spend that money and invest in our future, hopefully those temperatures stop rising and maybe the snow at least stabilizes where it is for me. But yeah, I don’t think anyone knows for sure. I don’t know. Anyway.

Kennedy: Well, when my colleagues invite witnesses to come to us to tell us, advise us on passing legislation, I always check out the background of our witnesses. I’d like to know who I’m talking to. I checked yours out in a Schumacher, and I want to be sure I understand it as I evaluate your testimony.

On June 8th, 2020, you tweeted, I’m going to quote, ‘The War on drugs was intentionally created to incarcerate black people en masse.’ The war on drugs, you said was ‘intentionally created to incarcerate black people en masse’ who intentionally created the war on drugs to put black people in jail. Who were you talking to?

Schumacher: I don’t remember typing that.

Kennedy: You don’t? No. It’s on your Twitter feed.

Schumacher: Maybe a retweet. I don’t know. I haven’t used that in a while. It doesn’t seem…

Kennedy: Well, even if a retweet it shows your support, right?

Schumacher: Maybe. Yeah. But it’s not the topic of this conversation. Right?

Kennedy: Right. But it has to do with, you’re here giving us advice and I just kind of like to know a little bit more about your…

Schumacher: I mean, I’m here as an athlete giving you my story and what I’ve seen in my field.

Kennedy: On August 27th, 2020, you tweeted this quote, I’m going to quote, ‘police are paid with taxpayer dollars. If they are not answerable to us, we can demand new service, and that’s what this is. Abolish the police in favor of that new service.’ You think we ought to abolish the police?

Schumacher: Again, not the topic I’m here to talk about today.

Kennedy: I know, but you tweeted it. Do you think we ought to abolish some police?

Schumacher: That’s not what I’m here to talk about.

Kennedy: Should we do that before or after we get rid of fossil fuels?

Schumacher: I’m not going to address that.

Kennedy: You don’t want to address it. Okay. Let me ask you about one more of your tweets. On August 26th, 2020, you tweeted, there’s a picture, I’m not going to describe the picture, but you said quote your words, not mine. It’s on your Twitter feed, quote, ‘This is what systemic racism looks like. The Los Angeles Police Department is literally policing only the Black Lives Matter side.’ What’d you mean by that?

Schumacher: This is still off topic.

Kennedy: No, it’s not. You’re here as an expert telling us, advising us, and I’m asking you about your background.

Schumacher: I’m here as an athlete to talk about the effects of climate change on my sport.

Kennedy: Okay. Let’s go back. Well, I’m almost out of time.

Whitehouse: Well out of time, and we have other senators waiting, so please wrap up when you have a moment.

Kennedy: Alright. Thank you all for your testimony. Excuse me.

*End scene.*

There were some great reactions to the spectacle on X.

“Senator John Kennedy vs Pretty Boy Gen Z ‘Expert Witness.’ This is like watching a movie,” remarked Dinesh D’Souza.

“None of these climate activists do cost-benefit analyses, nor do they care about the ramifications of putting into place their destructive policies,” added political commentator Kyle Becker. “If it kills millions of people and ruins the economy, so be it. All they really care about is their narcissistic virtue-signaling.”

“Well, if you didn’t buy into the ‘climate emergency; narrative before, surely listening to this ski bro has brought you around,” quipped Fauxmaha.

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‘What the Hell is This Evil’: DOJ Announcement of Federal Red Flag Center Catches Congress by Surprise

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson surrendered to the Democratic Party’s gratuitous spending demands on late Friday night, and by doing so, the Republican Party forfeited any leverage to press for reforms, such as border enforcement and fiscal discipline.

The Senate GOP’s passage of a $1.2 trillion omnibus spending package — larger than any such spending bill passed under former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and current Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — was driven by the election-year desire to avoid a government “shutdown.”

However, the U.S. government “shutdown” came and went at midnight, with little fanfare or immediate consequences for the nation. In the early morning hours on Saturday, the omnibus spending bill was finally passed and implemented to the relief of the political class.

Hours after the passage of the spending bill, there was a disturbing announcement made that captured the attention of the American people, including Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie.

What the hell is this evil?
A Federal Red Flag center;
We did not authorize this.
Announced, of course, just hours after the omnibus passes. https://t.co/IkuK0aTeV8

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 23, 2024

“What the hell is this evil?” the Congressman reacted. “A Federal Red Flag center; We did not authorize this. Announced, of course, just hours after the omnibus passes.”

This “federal red flag center,” being called the “National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center,” was announced by Attorney General Merrick Garland on Saturday morning.

The DOJ’s description of this red flag center is as follows:

The Justice Department launched the National Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Resource Center (the Center) which  will provide training and technical assistance to law enforcement officials, prosecutors, attorneys, judges, clinicians, victim service and social service providers, community organizations, and behavioral health professionals responsible for implementing laws designed to keep guns out of the hands of people who pose a threat to themselves or others.

“The launch of the National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center will provide our partners across the country with valuable resources to keep firearms out of the hands of individuals who pose a threat to themselves or others,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “The establishment of the Center is the latest example of the Justice Department’s work to use every tool provided by the landmark Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to protect communities from gun violence.”

“ERPO laws, which are modeled off domestic violence protection orders, create a civil process allowing law enforcement, family members (in most states), and medical professionals or other groups (in some states) to petition a court to temporarily prohibit someone at risk of harming themselves or others from purchasing and possessing firearms for the duration of the order,” the DOJ added.

The federal red flag center announcement provoked the ire of a number of conservative commentators.

On the New York ERPO form, just the fact that someone recently purchased a firearm could be considered a “red flag”https://t.co/W2h7DpxHVi pic.twitter.com/CyjqBHUl5o

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) March 23, 2024

“On the New York ERPO form, just the fact that someone recently purchased a firearm could be considered a ‘red flag’,” Chief Nerd noted.

Today Kamala Harris is visiting the high school where the Parkland mass shooting took place.

Christopher Wray visited Parkland yesterday.

Now the DOJ is announcing a Federal Red Flag center.

Pay attention, folks. https://t.co/DyA71TQDl8 pic.twitter.com/sQLSMQwGvq

— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) March 23, 2024

“Today Kamala Harris is visiting the high school where the Parkland mass shooting took place,” podcast host Breanna Morello said. “Christopher Wray visited Parkland yesterday. Now the DOJ is announcing a Federal Red Flag center. Pay attention, folks.”

Republicans voted to fund Biden’s agenda and a due-process destroying “red flag center.” As of now, I do not believe that the GOP wants to win in November. I’m not exaggerating — these are not the actions of a party interested in fighting or winning.

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 23, 2024

“Republicans voted to fund Biden’s agenda and a due-process destroying ‘red flag center’,” said radio host and gun rights activist Dana Loesch. “As of now, I do not believe that the GOP wants to win in November. I’m not exaggerating — these are not the actions of a party interested in fighting or winning.”

A major issue with the manner the House of Representatives rammed through the Omnibus Spending Package is that Speaker Johnson did not give members of Congress enough time to read the bill and understand what is in it — a basic duty of representatives.

The minibus was released at 2:32 am and is 1,012 pages of $1.2 trillion taxpayer dollars.

And we are supposed to be voting on it tomorrow morning under suspension with no amendments allowed with the super scary government shutdown deadline threat looming tomorrow at midnight.… pic.twitter.com/e6ehBiznRw

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) March 21, 2024

“It takes 27.8 hours for the average reader to read 1,000 pages,” noted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “I guess we are supposed to just pass it first and then find out what’s in it like Nancy Pelosi says.”

“This comes after months and months of hardly any effort to pass single issue appropriation bills while 3 Continuing Resolutions (continuing Pelosi’s budget) were passed,” she continued. “Our Republican majority started this Congress with sweeping rule changes to stop this very behavior yet here we are on the verge of passing a second minibus under suspension with no amendments allowed and violating the 72 hour rule.”

On Friday, Rep. Greene issued a motion to vacate the chair of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) due to the imminent passage of the spending bill.

MTG Explains Why She is Moving to 'Vacate the Chair' and Replace Speaker Mike Johnson

"This is a betrayal of the American people. This is a betrayal of Republican voters and the bill that we were forced to vote on — forced Republicans to choose between funding to pay our… pic.twitter.com/onv0I1vfya

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) March 22, 2024

“This is a betrayal of the American people. This is a betrayal of Republican voters and the bill that we were forced to vote on — forced Republicans to choose between funding to pay our soldiers, and in doing so, funding late-term abortion,” she said at a press gaggle.

“This bill was basically a dream and a wishlist for Democrats and for the White House,” she continued. “It was completely led by Chuck Schumer, not our Republican Speaker of the House, not our conference, and we weren’t even allowed to put amendments to the floor to have a chance to make changes to the bill.”

House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good (R-VA) also railed against the impending passage of the spending bill.

The House Freedom Chair just LIT UP Republican leaders on the #Omnibetrayal Spending Bill.🔥

"Is there anything that some Republicans won't do to keep this government open?"

"Why are we in a rush to keep this government open that is so harming the American people by the very… pic.twitter.com/QxksPH3xVV

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) March 22, 2024

“Is there anything that some Republicans won’t do to keep this government open?” he asked rhetorically. “Why are we in a rush to keep this government open that is so harming the American people by the very policies which they are suffering under?”

“It does seem, this bill again maintains the Pelosi-Schumer policies and spending levels by about $60 billion that were in place from the omnibus that we all voted against a year and a half ago,” he added.

The United States government is attacking First Amendment rights, as has been proven by the evidence submitted in the Supreme Court case Missouri v. Biden.

Now, it is attacking the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms, which is a last resort to prevent a tyrannical government from taking over the country.

This is a concerning development that all Americans need to pay attention to. If we are to have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, there must be freedom of speech and the right of citizens to defend themselves from criminals and tyrants.

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The Senate passed a consolidated spending bill to fund the government on Saturday morning but failed to do so before the shutdown deadline.

The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, a bill to appropriate $1.2 trillion of public funds, was published by the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee at 2:48 a.m. EST on Thursday. While narrowly passed by the House on Friday and the Senate on Saturday morning, the latter was unable to do so before the 11:59 p.m. EST deadline.

The Senate passed the bill at 2:03 a.m. EST on Saturday by a vote of 74 yeas to 24 nays. The Office of Management and Budget announced early on Saturday that it “has ceased shutdown preparations because there is a high degree of confidence that Congress will imminently pass the relevant appropriations and the President will sign the bill on Saturday,” though appropriations expired for the government nationwide at 11:59 p.m. EST.

The minibus was released at 2:32 am and is 1,012 pages of $1.2 trillion taxpayer dollars.

And we are supposed to be voting on it tomorrow morning under suspension with no amendments allowed with the super scary government shutdown deadline threat looming tomorrow at midnight.… pic.twitter.com/e6ehBiznRw

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) March 21, 2024

“For the rest of us who didn’t see it until 2:30 a.m. [EST] this morning, and for the 330 million Americans out there who will have to pay for this stuff, that’s not adequate notice, that’s not a carefully negotiated agreement. That is collusion among the few affecting the many adversely. I find this very, very disturbing,” Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah said on the Senate floor on Thursday, one of the members opposed to the bill. “It begs the question: what are they hiding?”

At 11:44 p.m. EST, 15 minutes before the shutdown deadline, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke on the floor announcing a deal to pass the bill, with several votes on amendments and motions from opponents, while asking senators to remain in the chamber to complete the process expeditiously.

“I would ask members respectfully but with strength: sit in your chairs, please, so we can get this done,” Schumer said.

The bill was released proximate to the funding deadline due to disagreements over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which prompted extended negotiations. Funding for the 2024 fiscal year was due to be passed on September 30, 2023, but, owing to disagreements, Congress passed four continuing resolutions to prevent a shutdown, with the latest funding deadline being extended to March 22.

Certain essential government employees, such as U.S. military and federal law enforcement personnel, are required to continue working during shutdowns to ensure “the protection of life and property,” according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Several government departments — of Agriculture, Commerce, Veterans’ Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy and the Interior — have not shut down, having been funded for the fiscal year in a bill passed on March 8.

The bill must be presented to President Joe Biden for his signature, in accordance with the presentment clause of the U.S. Constitution, to end the partial shutdown. Biden is in Delaware, having traveled there to spend the weekend, as is a frequent habit.

The shutdown is the first to have occurred during President Joe Biden’s term. The White House, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation

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