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States Warn BlackRock to Stop Pushing Political Agenda

By Alex Newman A growing coalition of state governments is pushing back against the world’s largest asset manager, saying it is putting its political agenda over the interests of clients and even U.S. national security. Last week, a group of 19 state attorneys general from Republican-leaning states sent a strongly worded letter to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink demanding an […]

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Former Director of National Intelligence Chief Rejects DOJ Claims on Keeping FBI Affidavit Secret

By Jack Phillips Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe called for the release of the underlying affidavit that rationalizes the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s home last week. Speaking to Fox News, Ratcliffe, who served in the Trump administration, rejected an argument made on Monday by the Department of Justice to keep the affidavit sealed without any […]

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Former IRS Whistleblower Says Middle Class Americans Will Be Targeted Under Inflation Reduction Act

By Katabella Roberts A former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower has said that the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will see the government target middle-income Americans with increased scrutiny and audits. William Henck previously worked as a lawyer for the IRS for 20 years until 2017, when he was terminated for allegedly revealing sensitive information to the media about how the IRS had reportedly failed […]

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House Judiciary Republicans Tell Garland, Wray, Klain to Preserve Mar-a-Lago Raid Documents

By Mark Tapscott House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and 18 other Republican members of the panel instructed White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and FBI Director Christopher Wray “to preserve all documents, communications or other information” on the Aug. 9 Mar-a-Lago raid. The instruction came in separate Aug. 15 letters that spelled […]

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Files Articles of Impeachment Against Attorney General Merrick Garland

By Caden Pearson Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced Friday that she filed articles of impeachment against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, who said that he personally approved the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Greene’s resolution states that Garland’s personal approval to seek the warrant to search Trump’s Palm Beach estate “constitutes a blatant […]

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How the FBI Undercounts Armed Citizen Responders to Mass Killers—and Media Play Along

By John R. Lott Jr. and Real Clear Investigations The shooting that killed three people and injured another at a Greenwood, Indiana, mall on July 17 drew broad national attention because of how it ended—when 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken, carrying a licensed handgun, fatally shot the attacker. While Dicken was praised for his courage and skill—squeezing off his […]

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Trump spy chief on classified documents: ‘Virtually impossible to prosecute’

By Ryan King, Breaking News Reporter Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe argued that it is “virtually impossible” to prosecute his onetime boss, former President Donald Trump, for alleged mishandling of classified material. While chiding the FBI for “acting as the muscle” of the Democrats, the Trump-era spy chief hearkened back to Hillary Clinton’s email situation and surmised that […]

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Republicans Warn Biden’s ‘Army of IRS Agents’ Is Coming

By Frank Fang Republicans are warning American middle-class families and small-business owners how they will soon be the targets of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), once President Joe Biden signs into law Democrat-backed legislation that includes funding to hire 87,000 new tax agents. The legislation, known as the “Inflation Reduction Act,” was approved by a party-line vote of 51 […]

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Trump Hints Again at 2024 Presidential Run

By Ivan Pentchoukov Former President Donald Trump on Aug. 7 hinted he may run for the White House again in 2024 but stopped short of announcing his bid. In response to a reporter’s question about announcing his candidacy before or after the 2022 midterm elections, Trump said, “it’s not a long period, regardless, whether you go before […]

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Elon Musk Expects US Recession Will Last a Long Time but Will Be ‘Relatively Mild’

By Katabella Roberts Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he expects a recession in the United States to last around 18 months, although he anticipates it will be “relatively mild.” Musk made the comments at the electric vehicle makers’ annual shareholder meeting on Thursday. While he joked that “making macroeconomic prognostications is a recipe for disaster,” the businessman said his personal guess […]