While clerking for a judge, Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson denounced a Boston Herald columnist as “irredeemably evil” for criticizing unrestricted immigration. Jackson wrote a letter to the editor of the Herald responding to columnist Don Feder’s story about the open borders immigration policy. The text of both 1997 writings were obtained by the Free Beacon through a news archive.
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Richard Blumenthal Denies Owning Stocks, But His Portfolio Tells a Different Story
Blumenthal disclosed to the Senate Ethics Committee earlier this month that an investment fund controlled by his wife’s family bought between $1 million and $2 million in shares of four tech companies on Jan. 31, days before he denied owning any stocks.
Illinois Dem Who Helped Cancel Keystone Is Now Campaigning on U.S. Energy Independence
As a federal official, Nikki Budzinski helped the Biden administration cancel the Keystone XL pipeline. Now, the Illinois Democrat is running for Congress with a promise to reduce America’s “dependence on foreign energy.”
World Wildlife Fund Won’t Let Chapters Denounce Russia
The WWF has avoided direct criticism of the Russian government, which the global climate change and wildlife activist group maintains close ties with through its advocacy work and its office leadership in Moscow. It also comes as Republican lawmakers have launched a probe into potential financial ties between other U.S. environmental groups and the Russian government.
These Dem Megadonors Made $108 Million “Lucky Bet on Wall Street and Feds Are Now Investigating
Daily Beast owner Barry Diller, Lincoln Project patron David Geffen, and German prince Alex von Fürstenberg are suspected of insider trading.
How Dems Helped Spike Gas Prices
Despite reassurances from the White House that it is doing nothing to discourage oil companies from opening new drill sites, President Joe Biden’s allies in Congress just months ago pressured oil executives to decrease outputs because of climate change, raising questions about the Democratic Party’s strategy to lower prices for consumers.
As Russia Invades, U.S. Army Trains Officers on Gender Identity
While Russia wages a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Army is putting its soldiers through training on gender pronouns and coaching officers on when to offer soldiers gender transition surgery, according to an official military presentation on the subject obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
Biden Tries a Great Reset
And fails.
Sanctions Are Not Enough
America needs more of everything—more troops, more tanks, more planes, more ships, more drones, more UAVs and USVs, more ABM systems, more chips, and more connectivity. And we need it soon. Ronald Reagan grabbed the Kremlin’s attention with his defense budgets. Biden has not. He needs to mimic Reagan, not Barack Obama, if he wants to stop his presidency from sliding entirely into chaos.
Dem Heavyweights Back BLM Bail Fund That Freed Would-Be Assassins
The bail fund that freed a Louisville, Ky., Black Lives Matter activist charged with trying to murder a Jewish mayoral candidate is backed by Democratic fundraising juggernaut ActBlue, a progressive political group affiliated with the “Squad,” and a liberal nonprofit funded by George Soros.
Laurene Powell Jobs Employs “Bare-Knuckle” PR Firm That Defended Harvey Weinstein, Jussie Smollett
Apple widow owns The Atlantic, has invested millions in Democratic-aligned publications.
Biden’s Covid Death Toll Passes 500K
The Butcher of Scranton has blood on his hands.
84% of Sen. Warnock’s Large Donations Came from Outside of Georgia
The vast majority of Georgia Democratic senator Raphael Warnock’s record-setting fundraising haul came from outside of Georgia, according to campaign finance records…About 17 percent of the money came from donors in California, 10.6 percent from New York, 8.9 percent from the Washington, D.C., area, and 6.3 percent from Massachusetts.
When Michigan Became Covid Hotspot, Gov. Whitmer Fled for Hollywood Fundraisers
Whitmer’s Golden State getaway included stay at ritzy Beverly Hilton hotel.
CNN Is a Clown Network Run by Creeps
Disgraced president Jeff Zucker’s resignation yet another humiliation for low-rated entertainment channel.
A New Media Outlet Is Backed by Progessive Stars, as Well as Gulf Money and Foreign Agents
Grid, which went live earlier this month and whose masthead boasts left-leaning blogger Matthew Yglesias, raised seed money from a holding company owned by Emirate royal Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Grid also consulted with a firm that is a registered foreign agent for the UAE. The foreign funding and lobbyist involvement raise questions about the news outlet’s independence—and whether it should be required to register as a foreign agent with the Department of Justice,
Major News Outlets Keep Hiring Journalists Obsessed with Jan. 6
A spate of recent hiring announcements suggests mainstream media outlets are determined to make Trump, the January 6 storming of the Capitol building, and the so-called assault on democracy central components of their news coverage throughout the midterm election cycle. Democratic politicians, of course, will be more than happy to amplify this coverage on the campaign trail.
Gretchen Whitmer’s Dark Money Hypocrisy
Michigan Democrat Gretchen Whitmer’s first gubernatorial campaign included a pledge to make the state’s government “more transparent” and remove “unlimited” spending from politics. Four years later, her reelection bid is relying on a dark money group that raised $6.5 million from undisclosed donors with no contribution limits.
Number of Michigan Nursing Home Deaths 42% Larger Than Whitmer Reported
The number of Covid-19 deaths in Michigan nursing homes is 42% larger than Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration disclosed, according to a state auditor general’s report reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. The report, which will be released week, shows 8,061 Covid-19 deaths in the state’s long-term care facilities from Jan. 1, 2020, to July 2, 2021. That number is 42% larger than the 5,675 deaths Whitmer’s health department reported.
Biden’s Covid Test Rule Could Cost Insurance Companies Up to $20 Billion a Month
President Joe Biden’s decision to mandate that all private health insurers cover up to eight at-home Covid-19 tests for individuals each month could cost hundreds of billions of dollars annually—charges that could cause an increase in premiums for policy holders.
Amazon Under Fire for Selling, Streaming More Than 30 Nazi Propaganda Films
Amazon sells and streams more than 30 Nazi propaganda films, according to information from a watchdog group provided to the Washington Free Beacon. Americans Against Anti-Semitism, an advocacy group that combats hate, found 30 Nazi propaganda films that were available for sale or streaming in their entirety without any disclaimer or editorial content.
Fauci’s NIH Division Paid $205K for Study of Transgender Monkeys
Taxpayer-funded study aimed to explain high rate of HIV in trans women.
Biden Is a Placeholder President
Matthewe Continetti: Biden’s Jan. 6 speech was a reminder that he’s a placeholder president. He’s in office because independent voters in the suburbs rejected Donald Trump’s personality and Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus. No one expected—or wanted—Biden to be a world-historical statesman.
Here Comes the Stacey Abrams Media Rebrand
The 2018 loser once hailed as “bold progressive” becomes pragmatic moderate ahead of 2022 election.