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Excerpt from thefederalist.com

First it was Mrs. Alito’s day-long flying of an upside-down American flag that Democrats said required Justice Samuel Alito to recuse from the pending Supreme Court cases involving Jan. 6 defendants and Trump’s appeal concerning presidential immunity. Less than a week later, Democrats pounced on the news that an Appeal to Heaven flag hung outside the Alitos’ beach house. Clearly, the conservative justice must now recuse in the high-profile cases, the corrupt media declared, parroting their Democrat pals.

On the contrary, there is no basis for Justice Alito to recuse. And the only thing clear is how insane the efforts to target the Supreme Court justice have become.

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Excerpt from slaynews.com

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), one of President Joe Biden’s primary challengers, has admitted that the Democrats’ lawfare tactics have “backfired.”

In a new interview with CNN’s Manu Raju, Phillips conceded that the “hush money” case against President Donald Trump in New York has “backfired” on the Democrats who hoped the case would be their “salvation.”

Phillips also appeared to be referencing New York Attorney General Letitia James’s civil “fraud” trial against Trump, which concluded earlier this year.

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Excerpt from thefederalist.com

Democrats began concocting a new recusal scandal on Friday, following Special Counsel Jack Smith’s filing of a motion in the federal documents case now pending against Donald Trump in Florida. That motion requested that the presiding judge, Trump-appointee Aileen Cannon, prohibit the former president from making “public statements that pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to the law enforcement agents participating in the investigation and prosecution of this case.”

Soon after Smith filed the motion, leftist lawyers responded as if the special counsel’s request were some five-dimensional chess move that will finally lead to Cannon being pulled from the case. Roger Parloff, a senior editor at Lawfare, first hinted at the theory on Friday evening, suggesting Smith had “crafted” the motion “to highlight Judge Cannon’s bias & hypocrisy if she fails to take action.”

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CBS’s “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan couldn’t contain her laughter when Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tried to justify the sluggish progress on electric vehicle (EV) charging stations—a cornerstone of the Biden administration’s green infrastructure plan. Despite a whopping $7.5 billion flushed from taxpayers’ pockets into the initiative, only a “handful” of stations have sprung up.

The interview, which started with a serious tone about the administration’s ambitious goals, took a comedic turn when Brennan pointed out the glaring discrepancy between the investment made back in 2021 and the meager results thus far. According to the Federal Highway Administration, only seven or eight charging stations have been built—a shockingly low number given the billions spent.

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Excerpt from www.westernjournal.com

Ever since Democratic district attorneys and the Department of Justice brought legal action against former President Donald Trump in 2023, the Democratic Party has strenuously attempted to deny the nakedly political motivations behind those cases.

Though anyone with their eyes open could tell the only reason for these trials was to prevent another Trump victory in 2024, the ones in favor of these lawsuits have insisted that it has all been in the name of justice.

However, with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s slip-up before Trump’s South Bronx rally and now the Biden administration holding a news conference outside the New York City courthouse holding Trump’s trial, the Democrats are slowly admitting what everyone knew all along.

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Excerpt from amgreatness.com

Far-left Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) deleted a tweet posted on Monday where she appeared to confuse Memorial Day with Veterans Day, leading to backlash and mockery on social media.

As the Daily Caller reports, the Muslim Congresswoman and Somalian immigrant wrote a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) declaring that “On Memorial Day, we honor the heroic men and women who served our country. We owe them more than our gratitude – they have more than earned access to quality mental health services, job opportunities, housing assistance, and the benefits they were promised.”

By referencing veterans who are still alive, in the context of providing veterans’ benefits, Omar’s post was quickly criticized for misunderstanding the purpose of Memorial Day; while Veterans Day is about honoring veterans who returned from foreign wars, Memorial Day is about honoring those who died while serving.

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Excerpt from www.thegatewaypundit.com

In what can only be described as a masterclass of legal defense, Todd Blanche, attorney for President Donald Trump, delivered a devastating critique of the prosecution’s case and its star witness, Michael Cohen, in the closing arguments of Alvin Bragg’s politically motivated “show trial” in New York City.

The Gateway Pundit contributor Paul Ingrassia is attending the ongoing show trial today in New York City today.

It became increasingly clear that the prosecution’s case hinged precariously on the testimony of Michael Cohen, a figure who has proven time and again to be unreliable and self-serving.

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Excerpt from thefederalist.com

Democrats are so desperate to keep the Supreme Court from torpedoing their lawfare efforts against former President Donald Trump that members like Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., are openly vowing to launch a coordinated attack on the judicial branch if they don’t get their way.

Last week, The New York Times published a smear piece on Justice Samuel Alito “to indict the conservative judge as a partisan ideologue corrupted by far-right politics” all because an “Appeal to Heaven” flag flew outside his New Jersey beach home last year, my colleague Tristan Justice explained. The story came days after another hit piece alleged Alito was compromised because of an upside-down American flag flown by his wife.

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Excerpt from thepostmillennial.com

An illegal immigrant is back in custody after being arrested for the tenth time in as many months. Since arriving in Chicago last summer, Carlos Mavarez Viloria has been booked on charges ranging from shoplifting to possession of drug paraphernalia. Viloria was released the previous nine times, however his most recent arrest was his first felony, meaning even if he is freed, he will have to abide by certain conditions.

According to CWBChicago, Viloria was apprehended on May 15 in downtown Chicago’s Pritzker Park on shoplifting charges. The TJ Maxx on 11 North State Street had alerted police that they had reason to believe he had stolen $450 worth of merchandise from them on four occassions between April 9 and May 7.

During the arrest, Viloria struggled with officers, pushing one of them to the ground, causing injuries to their hand and arm. In addition to the shoplifting charges, he was hit with reckless conduct, resisting arrest, and felony aggravated battery of a peace officer.

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Excerpt from www.washingtonexaminer.com

Severe weather in Texas is disrupting the state’s primary runoff elections as storms batter the region.

At least three counties in the state are experiencing power outages, damage to polling stations, or delays as severe weather and tornadoes threaten the region. Dallas County, Collin County, and Denton County, all three neighboring counties, are facing problems.

Due to a tornado warning and severe weather conditions affecting our area, Dallas County Elections is experiencing some delays. The safety of our election workers, voters, & community is our top priority, and we are closely monitoring the situation. #DallasCountyVotes pic.twitter.com/fDIw5sVRpR

— Dallas County Elections (@DallasElections) May 28, 2024

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Excerpt from www.dailysignal.com

There are 124 cities with a population over 200,000 in the U.S. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s population estimates for last year, more than 90% of the U.S. population growth last year took place outside of its 124 largest cities.

About a third of those cities lost population last year. The total growth in the population of cities with more than 200,000 residents grew by .23%, less than half of what the U.S. grew last year.

Roughly a third of those that lost population were located in New York and California. The three largest cities in the U.S., New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, all lost population again in 2023. Between the three cities, more than 700,000 people have left since the 2020 census. New York is by far the biggest loser at 546,000. That is about 6.2% of its 2020 population.