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The Weaponization of the DOJ, Which Began Under Obama, Accelerates During the Biden Regime | Truth Over News – The Epoch Times

On June 22, the FBI conducted yet another pre-dawn raidagainst a former Trump officialin this case, Jeffrey Clark, a former Department of Justice (DOJ) official. Clarks supposed crime? Proposing the sending of a draft letterto lawmakers in Georgia suggesting the convening of a special session to hear evidence of potential voter fraud in that state before the results of the 2020 presidential election were certified in Congress on Jan. 6. Not only was Clarks proposal allowed under the Constitutionand seemingly reasonable in light of allegations coming out of Georgiathe proposed letter was never even sent.

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See all the famous people who were born on the Fourth of July: Post Malone, Malia Obama, The Situation and more – Wonderwall

By Neia Balao 2:02pm PDT, Jul 4, 2022

Happy Fourth of July! Join Wonderwall.com as we take a look at all the celebrities who were born on Independence Day, starting with this music star Post Malone was born on July 4, 1995, in Syracuse, New York. The "Twelve Carat Toothache" rapper welcomed his first child in 2022.

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Harvard grad Malia Obama, the elder of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's two daughters who's been working as a writer in Hollywood was born in Chicago on July 4, 1998.

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Journalist, lawyer and former TV host Geraldo Rivera was born on Independence Day in 1943 in New York City.

The 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, was born on Independence Day in 1872. The former POTUS who died in 1933 is the only American president born on the Fourth of July.

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida a famed sex symbol of 1950s and 1960s cinema was born on July 4, 1927.

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bill Withers, whose career-defining hits include "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lean on Me" and "Just the Two of Us," was born on July 4, 1938, in Slab Fork, West Virginia. He died in 2020.

An icon! Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress Eva Marie Saint, one of the last living actresses from Hollywood's Golden Age of cinema, was born on July 4, 1924.

Playwright, screenwriter and author Neil Simon who's earned more combined Academy Award and Tony Award nominations than any other writer was born on July 4, 1927, in the Bronx. He died in 2018.

Playwright and screenwriter Tracy Letts, who made his Broadway debut as a playwright with "August: Osage County" for which he earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award was born on July 4, 1965. He's from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

"The Lincoln Lawyer" actress Becki Newton who's appeared on "Ugly Betty" and "How I Met Your Mother" was born on Independence Day in 1978 in New Haven, Connecticut.

Queen Sonja of Norway was born on July 4, 1937, in Oslo.

Designer Elie Saab is responsible for dressing some of the world's biggest celebrities. The Lebanese fashion designer, who hails from Beirut, was born on July 4, 1964.

English musician John Waite, who's perhaps best known for his hist 1984 single "Missing You" and as the former frontman of Bad English, was born on July 4, 1952.

Celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern, who hosted the Food Network series "The Big Food Truck Tip," is a New York City native. He was born on July 4, 1961.

When and where was "Game of Thrones" and "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" actress Kate Dickie born? On July 4, 1971, in East Kilbride, Scotland.

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Defund the Democrats: Stop giving money to the party of surrender and inaction – Salon

On June 24, 2022, a majority ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States officially reversed the historic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which established that pregnant women had a constitutionally protected right to choose to have an abortion. This has quickly transformed the nation around reproductive issues. Eleven states had trigger laws which immediately banned or heavily regulated abortion once the decision became official. Another 12 states have legislation in place to do the same. Rather than take swift action to protect abortion rights, the Democratic Party which currently controls the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government chose to fundraise.

Democrats rightly chided Republicans, who have boasted for nearly 50 years that their political project would overturn Roe v. Wade. In that time, Republicans successfully advocated for1,000 restrictionson abortions. But on the other side of the ideological spectrum, the Democratic Party also focused blame on the left: Jill Stein voters from 2016, the fabled "Bernie Bros," Susan Sarandon followers, and Bad Faith Podcast subscribers. The party's analysis, to a significant degree, relied on attacking its left flank in defense rather than engaging in introspection about what it could have done to prevent Roe's reversal.

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A more substantive and introspective review would look back to Joe Biden, who has a long history of questioning the legitimacy of the Roe decision, for the way he aided abortion foe Clarence Thomas in his confirmation to the court. Indeed, it is hard to imagine Thomas becoming a justice in 1991 without Biden who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time leading a rhetorical assault on Anita Hill, who accused Thomas of sexual harassment. At the time, Biden was so confident that Thomas would not overturn Roe that he accused those who claimed otherwise of experiencing a "failure of logic."

Still, Biden is just one of the many Democrats who have demonstrated that abortion rights are not a central issue for the party. On two separate occasions sincethe original Roe decision, the Democrats have had supermajorities in Congress, which would have allowed them to end any Senate filibuster of a law codifying abortion rights. But on one such occasion, in 2009, Barack Obama stated that abortion rights were"not the highest legislative priority." Later in Obama's two terms, abortion rights advocates were admonished by party loyalists when they called for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was suffering from cancer at an advanced age, to step down so Obama could nominate a more viable justice to extend her legacy of protecting women's rights.

Democrats have routinely made the fear of losing Roe a key plank in their campaign strategy, and that specter has vaulted many a Democrat into office. It is not surprising that a party that can offer little other than the threat of a worse alternative has taken few decisive steps to safeguard abortion rights. For many Democratic candidates, the prospect of losing Roe has been their only point of leverage with voters, the linchpin of a "vote blue no matter who" electoral strategy. In practice, this has translated into a hollow "we're not the other party" message of fear.

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In 2016, after Democratic leadershipcolludedtodefeatthe pro-choice candidate Bernie Sanders in the primaries when some polls showed Sanders doing better than Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump they pickedClinton,who had at times stigmatized abortion and who choseSen. Tim Kaineof Virginia as her running mate. Kaine had supported and signed anti-abortion legislation as governor of Virginia. During Trump's administration, the New York Times ran articles making a "liberal" case for supporting his first two Supreme Court nominees, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch. Bloomberg provided a similar argument for Amy Coney Barrett. All three voted to overturn Roe, to the surprise of almost no one.

Even after the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe was leaked to the press in May, Rep.Jim Clyburn the South Carolina Democrat widely credited with saving Biden's 2020 presidential run campaigned on behalf of Rep. Henry Cuellar, an anti-abortion Texas Democrat, who was also endorsed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and numerous other party leaders. What a tangled web these Democrats weave.

Even after the Roe decision leaked in May, Rep. Jim Clyburn, who saved Joe Biden during the 2020 primaries, traveled to Texas to campaign for an anti-abortion Democrat.

Just as it has done in the five decades since Roe, the Democratic Party refuses to protect abortion rights when it has the power to do so. Instead, Democrats ignore that history and blame Republicans and dissident leftists rather than themselves. At least officially, they currently control both the legislative and executive branches of government. They could remove the filibuster and codify abortion rights tomorrow, but evidently would rather protect an extra-constitutional Senate rule (often used to support white supremacy) than women's right to choose. This is especially mystifying given that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has clearly stated that if the GOP reclaims the majority in the 2022 midterms, it may remove the filibuster in order to pass a national abortion ban. If the filibuster is likely to disappear anyway (and for overtly partisan reasons), what possible argument is there for not protecting abortion rights while the Democrats still can? Why are they going to repeat the strategic blunder of refusing to end the filibuster without getting anything out of it?

The story doesn't end there. Democrats could also wield their power to expand the Supreme Court. Yes, that would break with recent precedent (although the example of FDR's failed attempts to do so could certainly be reconsidered). Republicans had no problem breaking with precedent when they refused to entertain Obama's Supreme Court nominee in 2016 because it was an election year, and then reversed themselves by confirming Justice Barrett only days before the 2020 election. Shortly after Roe was overturned, the Biden administration once again refused to consider expanding the court. Such a radical maneuver may be exactly what is needed to counter reactionary rulings by unaccountable justices in defiance of stare decisis (the importance of legal precedent). But the Democrats are certainly not radicals; they are performers in an increasingly empty work of political theater.

Rather than propose an immediate plan of action, on the day of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe, Pelosi read a poem, Vice President Kamala Harris tweeted a picture of herself watching pro-choice protests, and Democratic members of Congress sang "God Bless America" on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. This vapid virtue-signaling was just the beginning. The same Democrats who failed to protect abortion rights for ages had the audacity to fundraise off this mass assault on women's rights. This was an email sent by Pelosi's office just days after the ruling:

Now that Trump's Supreme Court just ruled to rip reproductive rights away from every single woman in this country: How we act NOW will decide the future of reproductive rights. I don't say this lightly. We can either sit back and admit defeat to these far-right extremists... Or we can RISE UP, meet this ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION moment, and marshal a response so HISTORIC that we make every last anti-choice Republican REGRET what they've done. Please, I've never needed your support more than now. Can you chip in $15 so we can WIN these midterms and finally codify reproductive rights into law?

Pelosi's call to "act NOW" doesn't even try to explain why the party needs another $15 to use its current power to act now. Nor does it explain why Democrats have been so ineffective for nearly five decades. Pelosi even suggests that the other option is to "sit back and admit defeat to these far-right extremists," which has effectively been what Democrats have done for the last 50 years. What evidence is there that Pelosi who has herself been in Congress for 35 years will do anything different with these donations than her party has done for the past half-century? She is only one of many members exploiting this tragic ruling to fill their coffers and distract voters from the party's political ineptitude.

Here is the plan, apparently: Give Democrats more money and vote for them in November. But to do what, exactly? Blame Republicans, the media, the Russians and the far left for their own failures?

In her first major interview since the reversal of Roe, Vice President Harris rejected any plan to codify abortion rights, shooting down Sen. Elizabeth Warren's proposal to expand abortion access on federal lands, declaring "it's not right now what we are discussing," and saying, "We are 130-odd days away from an election, which is going to include Senate races." So the plan is to give Democrats $15 and vote for them in November. But to do what? Pretty much nothing. This is the way Democrats have governed since the 1970s. They are happy to fundraise around images of inclusivity, diversity, women's rights, labor rights, immigration and social progress, but consistently refuse to take substantive actions to achieve the most relevant goals. Instead, they blame Republicans, the news media, Russians, fake news, overzealous progressives and the "far left" for their failures. To say this is tiresome is a gross understatement.

Leaders do not blame, they lead. Movers and shakers such as Lyndon Johnson, warts and all, knew that the art of politics necessitated deal-making to get things accomplished. Today's Democrats rely on the art of inaction and lecture voters on what they contend is possible, rather than working to make the purportedly impossible become reality. Their argument is always that if the public wants us to protect X (such as abortion right), they need to elect more Democrats in November. How many more Novembers are we supposed to wait? Voting for the same milquetoast neoliberal centrists who made the collapse of Roe possible (or inevitable) will do nothing to change our current political reality. Indeed, that is the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Women deserve better, as do all of us. The Democratic Party should recognize this, and change course dramatically.

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Donald Trump Jr. suggested Roe v. Wade was overturned as a direct result of Obama making fun of his father in 2011 – Yahoo News

Donald Trump Jr., son of former US. President Donald Trump.Alex Wong/Getty Images

Donald Trump Jr. suggested the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade because Obama made fun of his father.

Obama poked fun at Trump for hyping the "birther" conspiracy theory at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Trump was reported to have been furious with Obama over the jokes.

Donald Trump Jr. posted a meme suggesting the overturning of Roe v. Wade directly resulted from then-President Barack Obama making fun of his father at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Trump Jr. posted a "domino effect" meme on Instagram with the caption "Fuck Around And Find Out!!!"

The meme featured the label "Roe v. Wade overruled," appearing to be the consequence of "Obama making fun of Trump at a dinner in 2011."

During the 2011 dinner, Obama famously poked fun at Donald Trump, who was in the audience, for his promotion of the racist "birther" conspiracy theory that Obama was not a United States citizen.

"Now, I know that he's taken some flak lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the Donald," Obama said of Trump.

"And that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter - like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?"

Obama also mocked Trump's role as host of the TV show Celebrity Apprentice, talking about a recent episode in which Trump chose which celebrity to fire over poor steakhouse cooking.

"These are the kind of decisions that would keep me up at night. Well handled, sir. Well handled," Obama said.

Around the time of the dinner, Trump had begun hinting at the possibility of running for president in 2012but ultimately did not.

Then-Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie, who attended the dinner, wrote in a recent book that Trump was "beside himself with fury" after Obama's speech.

On Friday, the US Supreme Court overturnedRoe v. Wade, undoing nearly 50 years of legalized abortion nationwide.

Many in conservative circles directly credited Donald Trump with the ruling, as he appointed three supreme court justices during his presidency, all of whom voted to overturn the landmark abortion law.

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Peter Gay: What if Obama had been behind Jan. 6? – The Sun Chronicle

Its a wonder I didnt bite off the tip of my tongue while waiting for a take-out order at an Attleboro restaurant last week.

After placing the order, Pattie and I took a seat at the bar and ordered a drink. The 6 oclock news was just starting and the lead story was the Jan. 6 hearing held earlier that day.

I was sitting close enough to hear the woman to my left say to her husband, What a farce. With all the things wrong with this country, arent there more important things they can be doing?

Pattie knows I was about to say something and gave me a nudge as a signal to bite my tongue.

To her credit, what the woman said about this country was correct. There are a number of issues that need to be addressed by members of both political parties: the Supreme Court, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the high cost of gasoline, record inflation, mass shootings and, of course, the bitterness across the aisles of Congress.

Her conversation made it clear the woman was obviously one of the many on the right who viewed the mobs storming of the Capitol Building as nothing more than a tour group getting out of hand. After all, boys will by boys.

She probably thoughts the chants of Hang Mike Pence referred to a painting of the vice president and that its moving to a more prominent place in the building.

Im sure she also believes, like many of you reading this, that the former president played no role in what happened that day and that the far left did indeed steal the 2020 election from the greatest leader in this countrys history, while allowing other conservative candidates to gain seats in the House or Senate.

I ask those of you who agree with the woman seated next to me last week the same question I would have asked her had I not received a nudge:

Would you feel the same way if the president holding that rally had been Barack Obama?

Would you feel the same way if it had been Obama telling the crowd, We fight like hell. And if you dont fight like hell, youre not going to have a country anymore?

Would you feel the same way if the rally had been followed by thousands of Black Americans breaking into the Capitol, smashing windows and doors, assaulting police officers with flag poles, hockey sticks, fire extinguishers and bear spray?

The Supreme Courts decision to overturn Roe v. Wade broke as I writing that last paragraph. As Ive written on this page in the past, I am neither in favor of abortion or against it.

This wont be a popular opinion, but I do believe that the abortions that Massachusetts and the other states that allow them should be limited to only residents of those states.

Its not a reach to predict that states like Florida and Texas will sue the states that allowed and the doctors that performed abortions on their residents, even if the Supreme Court indicates otherwise. The women in those states who do not allow abortions need to either get involved to change their states laws or move to one more in line with their political views.

Am I the only one who is puzzled by one of the main reasons given when the Attleboro City Council rejected Mayor Paul Herouxs request to use a portion of the citys record amount of free cash to build a performing arts pavilion in Highland Park?

Fridays story by Sun Chronicle reporter George W. Rhodes cites the lack of a public hearing on the mayors request as one of the reasons why the request was voted down.

We have a fiduciary responsibility to hear both sides, Council President Jay DiLisio said during the meeting.

Im not an expert on the Attleboro City Charter, but I do know its the councils responsibility to schedule and hold public hearings and its fair to ask why they did not in this case.

I would hope the mayor and councilors do their homework before the subject is broached again. For example, I would like to know how much the city has spent on outdoor athletic facilities over the past few decades compared to those for the performing arts.

I suspect the totals arent even close.

Peter Gay is the executive director of North Attleborough Community Television Inc. North TV. The views expressed in his column are not necessarily those of North TV. Reach him at pgay@ northtv.net.

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