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Troy Jackson, Running for Senate Against 'Greedy Corporations,' Says He 'Can't Help' That a PAC He Led Took Corporate MoneyMaine Democrat Troy Jackson, who is running for U.S. Senate as an opponent of "greedy corporations," said he couldn't do anything to stop a PAC he led from taking tens of thousands of dollars from corporations. The post Troy Jackson, Running for Senate Against 'Greedy Corporations,' Says He 'Can't Help' That a PAC He Led Took Corporate Money appeared…
'Both of Them Have Proven Dangerous in Their Own Way': Abdul El-Sayed Says Iran and Israel Are Equal Threats to United StatesLeft-wing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said Israel and Iran pose equal threats to the United States. Both the Islamic regime and the U.S. ally "have proven dangerous in their own way," El-Sayed said. The post 'Both of Them Have Proven Dangerous in Their Own Way': Abdul El-Sayed Says Iran and Israel Are Equal Threats to United States appeared…
Wall Street Journal vs. Treasury Secretary Bessent Erupts as Pre-Election Blood FeudToo bad the Ultimate Fighting Championship stage has been taken down from the White House lawn, because if it were still there, it’d provide a venue for what is emerging as one of the bitterest and most consequential political and economic fights in the run-up to the midterm elections: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent versus the Wall Street Journal, and…
'Oops! Page Unavailable': ABC News Mysteriously Spikes Article Alleging Trump Admin Awarded Billions to Palmer Luckey's Anduril Because of Ties to Don Jr., EricABC News has quietly deleted a story it published this week alleging the Pentagon awarded billions of dollars in contracts to Anduril Industries—founded by the tech billionaire Palmer Luckey—because Donald Trump Jr. and his brother Eric Trump allegedly hold a sizable stake in the defense contractor. The post 'Oops! Page Unavailable': ABC News…
Troy Jackson, Who Called Big Pharma 'the Anti-Christ,' Spotted Campaigning With Lobbyists Who Repped Pharma Company That Jacked Up Price of Cystic Fibrosis DrugMaine Democratic Senate hopeful Troy Jackson has referred to the pharmaceutical industry as "the anti-Christ" and attacked "high-priced lobbyists and corporate greed." He also appears to have a close relationship with a pair of Maine lobbyists who represented a pharmaceutical company that faced intense criticism for jacking up the price of its cystic…
Abdul El-Sayed Rakes in Thousands From Muslim Brotherhood-Linked Donors, Records ShowDemocratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has raked in thousands of dollars in campaign donations from individuals linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, the radical Islamist and terrorist movement, campaign finance records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon show. The post Abdul El-Sayed Rakes in Thousands From Muslim Brotherhood-Linked Donors, Records…
Jasmine Crockett's Pastor Who's Seeking Her House Seat Wired $2,000 to Woman Who Mailed Him Topless Photo, Lawsuit ClaimedRep. Jasmine Crockett's (D., Texas) pastor, now running with her endorsement to replace her in Congress, wired thousands of dollars to a female "mentee" who had sent him topless photos in the mail at his church, according to a lawsuit. The post Jasmine Crockett's Pastor Who's Seeking Her House Seat Wired $2,000 to Woman Who Mailed Him Topless Photo,…
In Cornell Sexual Assault Case, Democrats Forget the Lessons of the Duke Lacrosse ScandalTwo decades ago, a spectacular allegation of gang rape at a prestigious university seized the public’s attention. We all know how the Duke lacrosse case ended: with the prosecutor disgraced and disbarred; the accused students declared innocent; and (albeit much later) the accuser admitting that she lied. The post In Cornell Sexual Assault Case, Democrats…
Angie Nixon Defends Black Power Wall in Her ‘Cafe Resistance’ Honoring Convicted Cop-Killers Following Free Beacon Report: ‘I Stand by Everything in This Bookstore’Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon passionately defended a wall honoring several notorious black power militants, including convicted murderers, terrorists, and armed robbers, in her Jacksonville cafe and bookstore during a heated exchange with critics at a campaign event this week. The post Angie Nixon Defends Black Power Wall in Her ‘Cafe…
‘As-Salamu Alaykum’: Dem House Candidate Deletes Video Condemning ‘Genocide in Gaza’ And ‘Terrors That Are Happening With Our ICE Agents’Ohio Democratic House nominee Don Leonard's campaign quietly deleted a video from its YouTube channel where he condemned the "genocide in Gaza" and "terrors that are happening with our ICE agents here in the homeland." He also thanked his "Muslim brothers and sisters" for helping him secure his party's nomination. The post ‘As-Salamu Alaykum’: Dem House…
'I'm Not Going to Apologize': Troy Jackson Denies Mortgage Fraud Allegations After Claiming Primary Residence on Second HomeMaine Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson said he's “not going to apologize” for claiming two different homes as his primary residences while serving as president of the Maine Senate, claims that prompted allegations of mortgage fraud. The post 'I'm Not Going to Apologize': Troy Jackson Denies Mortgage Fraud Allegations After Claiming Primary…
Troy Jackson Touted New Cell Phone Tower for His Rural Town. It Was Built on His Family's Land.In March 2023, U.S. Senate hopeful Troy Jackson, then the president of the Maine Senate, took credit for having "secured" a new cell phone tower in his rural town of Allagash, a project he dedicated to the town's "hardworking families" who "have been left behind when it comes to this essential service." Unmentioned in his statement was the fact that the…
Arkansas Dem Senate Candidate Employed Three Illegal Immigrants on Family Farm, Former Senior Employee SaysArkansas Democratic Senate nominee Hallie Shoffner employed three illegal immigrants at the family farming company she led, a former senior employee told the Washington Free Beacon, contradicting Shoffner's claims as she campaigns against Republican incumbent Tom Cotton. The former employee—who worked for Shoffner for years at her family research farm,…
Abdul El-Sayed Has Campaigned Three Times with 9/11 Truther Imam Who Served in Iranian Propaganda Unit, Helped Lead Think Tank Sanctioned for Funding HezbollahAbdul El-Sayed has quietly campaigned three times this year with a Michigan-based cleric who served as an Iranian Navy propaganda apparatchik in the 1980s and as a high-ranking official at Iran's Martyrs Foundation, now sanctioned by the U.S. government for funneling money to Hezbollah and paying stipends to the families of suicide bombers. The post…
Harvard Has No Entitlement to Federal Billions, Federal Lawyer Tells Appeals CourtBOSTON—A federal judge overstepped her authority when she ordered the federal government to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants to Harvard that the Trump administration had terminated, a government lawyer told a panel of appellate judges Monday. "There’s no First Amendment right to money," the Justice Department lawyer, Michael…
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in High-Stakes Colorado Climate Case Seeking To Hold Oil Companies Financially Liable for Global Warming: ‘Egregiously Exceeds Constitutional Limits’WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday morning in a high-stakes case that asks if state and local governments can sue energy companies over hotly contested climate issues. At stake is whether a volley of lawsuits against oil companies from Democrat-run cities, counties, and states can move forward. The post Supreme Court Hears…
EXCLUSIVE: Video Shows Abdul El-Sayed Stating He Has ‘Dual Citizenship’ in Egypt and USMichigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed told a Detroit audience in 2016 that he has "dual citizenship" in the United States and Egypt, according to previously unreported video. It's the second time he's been documented making the claim, even though his campaign now claims he was never a dual citizen. The post EXCLUSIVE: Video Shows Abdul El-Sayed…
Democratic Prosecutors Subpoena Oil Industry for Decades of Private Communications With Industry and Conservative Groups: Dark Money Fuels New War on OilDemocratic prosecutors in Hawaii filed an unexpected subpoena over the summer against the American Petroleum Institute (API), the nation's largest oil industry trade group, demanding a trove of climate change-related documents and correspondence with 225 entities, including media outlets, academic institutions, conservative advocacy groups, business…