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Abe Hamadeh has built his campaign for attorney general around cleaning up elections in Arizona. Yet as a teenager, he boasted to an online message board about voting before he was legally allowed to and altering his mom's ballot.

The posts were among thousands Hamadeh made to an online message board beginning in 2007. When he wasn't bragging about altering ballots, he was offering antisemitic and sexist rants, backing Sheriff Joe Arpaio and arguing that voting should be limited to college graduates who pass intelligence tests.

As a candidate, Hamadeh smartly used money and the Big Lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from former President Donald Trump to sucker Trump into backing his campaign.

Of all Trumps endorsements, championing the 31-year-old retired Army captain and one-time Maricopa County prosecutor was among his most surprising. Hamadeh was a low-level prosecutor for the county for less than three years even though his campaign website brags the he "fought in dozens of trials."

Hamadehs upholding of the Big Lie led Trump to pluck him from a crowded field of Republicans during the primary, which ended in Hamadeh defeating former Tucson City Councilmember Rodney Glassman.Hamadeh faces Democrat Kris Mayes in November.

Abe Hamadeh knows what happened in the 2020 election, and will enforce voting laws so that our elections are free and fair again, Trump wrote in his June endorsement.

Hamadeh said so himself.

As Attorney General, I will rebuild the confidence of our elections by prosecuting election fraud to the fullest extent of the law, the political newcomer from Scottsdale said in a statement. Confidence in our elections is the cornerstone to our country. We must restore voters trust.

Online posts uncovered by Phoenix New Times dating back to the 2008 presidential election tell a very different story.

In June 2007, Hamadeh, then 16 years old, became an active member of the online message board Ron Paul Forums, a virtual gathering space for supporters of Ron Paul, a Libertarian, former member of Congress and three-time presidential candidate.

The most recent archived version of Hamadehs profile on the site shows that by October 3, 2010, he had posted 4,163 times.His posts quoted in this story include their original typos, misspellings and grammatical errors.

Many of the posts are attached to discussions about radical ideas for election reform. They include Hamadehs own eugenics-reminiscent proposition that only college-educated Americans who passed intelligence tests should be allowed to vote by law, not people who justgo to a DMV and sign up to vote.

'No I cannot vote, I just submitted my mothers absentee ballot, she votes who I vote for, she voted for Ron Paul, and Im saddened that I had to vote for Barack Obama, but it was the right thing I had to do.' Abe Hamadeh

Obama is getting all of this crap simply cause hes black, he has an Arab name, hesthe only senator who is black in the Senate, he is successful, and he is a HarvardLaw graduate, they're scared they might have a smart man in the white house, Hamadeh wrote. Based on Barack Obama's intelligence I casted my vote for him yesterday through absentee.

In the same discussion thread, Hamadeh claimed that then-Republican presidential nominee John McCain, who lived in Phoenix, was a radical fascist.

In a subsequent post, Hamadeh wrote this:No I cannot vote, I just submitted my mothers absentee ballot, she votes who Ivote for, she voted for Ron Paul, and Im saddened that I had to vote for BarackObama, but it was the right thing I had to do."

Under Arizona law, it's a felony for a person to knowingly mark a ballot "with the intent to fix an election for that person's own benefit or for that of another person" orto possess anyones early ballot other than your own. It's also illegal for anyone younger than 18 to cast a ballot.

The username on the account that posted the comments is Hamadeh. The birthday listed on the account is Hamadehs birthday, May 15, 1991. The location listed on the profile was Scottsdale, where Hamadeh lived, and the hometown listed on the profile was Chicago, Hamadehs place of birth. A post in January 2008 also indicated the use of an email address from which Hamadeh sent a November 2007 email to then-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The author of that email included a Phoenix phone number that is also associated with Hamadeh.

'If you think Jews arent big in america (2%) how come 56% of them are CEO'S Jews are influential and for the most part rich. its good were targetting Arabs now, next will target Jews.' Abe Hamadeh

Hamadeh's campaign didn't directly address whether or not he wrote the posts or committed voter fraud. Instead, in a statement to New Times, a campaign spokesperson said Hamadeh's digital footprint dates to a time when teenagers made comments "well before their minds were even fully developed."

Abe Hamadeh is the youngest statewide candidate in the country, and one of the first to be scrutinized on his digital footprint dating back to a time when he was 16 years old, the same time he thought he would grow up to become a wrestler in the WWE," saidErica Knight, a spokesperson for the Hamadeh campaign.

We are entering a new era of political opposition where candidates who have lived through their adolescent years on the internet are being judged and criticized based on comments they made well before their minds were even fully developed. It is now our responsibility to be careful where we draw the line," Knight added.

Brett Johnson, an election law specialist and partner at Phoenix-based Snell & Wilmer, said Hamadeh's post could have been the admission of a felony.

There are issues here, Johnson told New Times. It could or could not be a felony. In this case, you can prove the criminal act, but can you prove the intent?

The actions Hamadeh discussed in the years-old posts fall outside the state's statute of limitations, which is seven years forcharges of voter fraud. Hamadehs posts, though, still raise eyebrows for a candidate whose campaign centers on restoring sanctity in Arizonas elections.

We have all had life experiences where we, as individuals, have learned, grown and evolved into the people we are today, Knight said. Abe grew up, joined the military and became a great and highly accomplished patriot. Time in service changed, matured and, most importantly, provided Abe with the values he currently has and the deep love he has for his country.

Mayes, Hamadeh's opponent in the November election, criticized his record.

"Abraham Hamadeh has a track record of dishonesty and deceit," Mayes told New Times. "We see it in his interviews, his daily tweets and his public appearances. The Attorney General's Office requires honesty and integrity at its core, which Mr. Hamadeh does not possess."

Kris Mayes, the Democratic nominee for Arizona Attorney General, criticized opponent Abe Hamadeh for a "record of dishonesty and deceit."

Kris Mayes Campaign

Hamadeh was born and raised in Chicago by parents from Syria and Lebanon.

In 1994, a grand jury in Illinois indicted his father,jeweler Jamal Hamadah, on charges of conspiracy to commit arson after the Mikro Kodesh Anshe Tiktin synagogue was fire-bombed, according to the Chicago Reader. When he was arrested, Hamadah admitted to being in the U.S. illegally after overstaying a visitor's visa.

The charges were dropped after the two men who set the fire failed to cooperate with prosecutors and testify againstHamadah. At a later deportation hearing, the judge allowed him to stay stateside because his son, Abe, is a U.S. citizen.

In 2008, Abe Hamadehadvocated for cutting U.S. funding to Israel and indicated fervent opposition to Israel as a state in several of his posts on the Ron Paul Forum.

"If you think Jews arent big in america (2%) how come 56% of them are CEO'S Jews are influential and for the most part rich. its good were targetting Arabs now, next will target Jews," he posted in July 2007.

These days, Hamadeh vows to use the power of the attorney generals office to uphold Arizonas draconian abortion bans.In December 2007, Hamadeh venerated a commenter on the Ron Paul Forum who was met with downturned thumbs during a protest outside an abortion clinic in Orlando, Florida. Women always thumb down, they all complain about there right to choose to have an abortion," he wrote in the post.

In 2009, in response to a post in which the author indicated that conservative commentator Ann Coulter had endorsed Ron Pauls presidential bid, Hamadeh wrote, She is a BITCH, I don't give a $#@! if she votes for Ron Paul, but she better not be speaking at any, ANY rallies.

'Sheriff Joe Arpaio is probably one of the most honest people to have served this State.' Abe Hamadeh

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is probably one of the most honest people to have served this State, Hamadeh wrote.

He added that people are to dumb to make decissions on there own, they need the government to help guide them.

Now, hes gunning to become that guiding light.

Hamadeh's campaign said the posts don't reflect his present-day views.

Comments allegedly posted during his teenage years do not represent his current values and views, Knight said. I encourage the opposition to stop wasting time picking apart the actions of children and focusing on nonsense and start taking action to make sure the American dream still exists for the next generation.

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For all the bad things going on, there are, on the other side, Joe Bidens approval ratings, which are a nonstop source of joy for us. And if youve seen them recently, you know in your heart exactly how the November elections are going to turn out. Bidens obviously been a disaster for the country, but not only has he made the U.S. poorer, weaker and much more ridiculous, people know that he has, and they tell pollsters about it all the time. Biden is the single least popular president in modern American history. At this point, absolutely nobody is impressed by Joe Biden and that would be including Dr. Jill. So, this is a big problem for the Biden family, obviously, but a much bigger problem even for the Democratic Party, which Joe Biden leads. Unpopular presidents drag their parties to the bottom in midterm elections. Thats the unchanging rule of politics. You saw it famously in 1994 with the Republican takeover of Congress after two disastrous years of Bill Clinton. You saw it in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina. You saw it in 2010 after ObamaCare. You saw it in 2018. So, theres no question based on precedent that thats about to happen once again in 2022, in November. Thats what everybody assumes and in fact, it may well happen. Were certainly praying for it, but as of tonight, we have to be honest with you, the numbers dont show that happening. Not even close. In fact, all the indications we have right now suggest that despite Joe Bidens well-earned unpopularity, the Democratic Party still, again, as of tonight, has a strong chance of holding Congress in November. The prediction markets, which many believe are more accurate than the polls, overwhelmingly point to the Democrats keeping at least one chamber and maybe strangest of all, as of this week, Democrats are leading Republicans nationally in the so-called generic ballot by about four points. So, if you ask people, Which party do you like more? they say Democrats. And maybe thats why Democrats are raising a lot more money, too and not just money from their patrons in big tech, but from small-dollar donors. Thats bad. JUDGE TO WEIGH WHETHER UNSEALING AFFIDAVIT FOR MAR-A-LAGO RAID WILL JEOPARDIZE TRUMP INVESTIGATION In June, Democrats raised $64 million online from 4 million people. That same month, this June, Republicans raised only $26 million online from just over a million donors. From the first quarter to the second quarter of this year, donations to the Republican Party dropped by more than 12%. By contrast, donations to the Democratic Party are up more than 20%. That is not good at all, not simply because you need money to run a political campaign, but because money is, to some extent, a measure of commitment and intensity and you see the same dynamic playing out in individual races across the country. For example, last quarter, Raphael Warnock, that would be the thoroughly mediocre Democratic senator from Georgia, the guy who was caught on video appearing to commit spousal abuse (Remember that?) that guy raised more than $12 million online. His opponent, Herschel Walker, who everyone likes, raised less than half of that. So far, Raphael Warnock has raised an astounding amount of money. Hes hauled in more dollars online than seven Republican senatorial candidates combined: Candidates in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin and Georgia combined. Herschel Walker is now trailing Raphael Warnock by ten points and this is happening in a state they tell us went for Joe Biden by a margin of about one-third of a percentage point. That is bizarre. What is going on here? Its not just happening in Georgia. According to the official numbers, youll recall, Joe Biden won the state of Pennsylvania by a little over a single percentage point in 2020. So, its been two years. Biden has become much less popular since then. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania, which is controlled by the Democratic Party, has become much worse, far more chaotic and dangerous. Here is the scene in the states largest city on Tuesday. GRASSLEY SAYS NEW WHISTLEBLOWER INFO REVEALS DEEPLY ROOTED POLITICAL INFECTION WITHIN THE FBI REPORTER: Nearly 100 shots fired on 57th Street between Haverford and Westminster tonight. A sea of evidence markers lined this West Philly Street telling of the potentially deadly chaos that unfolded here. Responding officers found four victims on 57th Street. Two shot in the head in critical condition tonight. One victim, were told, in a BMW, is an innocent bystander caught in gunfire and shot in the shoulder, all while kids and young adults were on a nearby playground. Over 100 shots right in the middle of the street. Its hard to believe thats an American city. Its hard to believe thats the place where our Constitution was written. Its totally unacceptable, and it wasnt organic. It didnt just happen. This is a result of policies from the Democratic Party. Period. Now, youd think this being a democracy, that voters would punish anyone who had anything to do with turning Philadelphia into the disaster you just saw and John Fetterman certainly did have a hand in that. Hes the sitting lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Fetterman now wants a new job. Hes running for the U.S. Senate. Hes the candidate. In some ways, John Fetterman is the weakest possible candidate you could run. He has obviously a very public record of failure. He also had a devastating stroke this spring, which is sad, but it affected him. Here he is campaigning for Senate: JOHN FETTERMAN: You can count on us to eliminate the filibuster. If you come out and step with us, we will be able to stand with you in DC and lets get some stuff done for America. I gave away the lieutenant governor, governor in Pennsylvania, the only lieutenant governor in the history to do that. JUDGE SAYS HE WILL RELEASE PORTION OF AFFIDAVIT THAT LED TO SEARCH OF TRUMPS MAR-A-LAGO So, this guy is everything youd think wouldnt work. Hes radical, for one thing. Lets eliminate the filibuster. Oh, good idea, John Fetterman. Hes implicated in the destruction of the state that hes still a lieutenant governor of and hes obviously impaired. Thats not an attack on him. Its just true. Watch him. So, youd think there would be no way a guy like that could win a Senate seat, and heres the sad news, however, John Fetterman is winning overwhelmingly. He currently has a double-digit lead over his Republican opponent Mehmet Oz, Dr. Oz. The National Republican Senatorial Committee just slashed its spending in the state of Pennsylvania by more than $5 million, including their ad buys in the city of Philadelphia. Thats a retreat, and its happening in a state the Republicans ought to be winning. What is going on here, and why is no one mentioning it? Well, a couple of things are going on, but first, lets hear from Mitch McConnell. Mitch McConnell is the head Republican in the Senate. Hes not there because everyone likes him. McConnell has no close friends. Hes loved by no one, but hes considered very smart. Hes a master tactician as the dummies who cover politics for Politico and The Washington Post are always telling us. In Washington, people are very much afraid of Mitch McConnell. Cross him and he will hurt you and they listen carefully to his political analysis because thats what hes spent his life doing. Thats the only thing he spent his life doing. So, heres what Mitch McConnell says the problem is. Watch. MITCH MCCONNELL: Theres probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate. Senate races are just different. Theyre statewide. Candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome. So, theres the head Republican in the Senate conceding three months out that Republicans are probably not going to retake the Senate. Why is that? Well, the answer, of course, is in the final line you just heard. Some of the candidates are mediocre. Thats Mitch McConnells excuse and theres some truth in that. Obviously, some of them are mediocre, but compared to what? Mediocre in the Congress. Well, lets see. Dianne Feinstein hasnt spoken a coherent sentence in years, hasnt had trouble getting reelected. Eric Swalwell had sex with a Chinese spy. Hes still there. So, mediocre people get elected to office, lots and lots and lots of them do every cycle. So, what McConnells analysis really is, of course, is buck-passing. Dont blame me. I didnt choose these people. All right, but theyre still the nominees. FORMER ICE DIRECTOR SAYS BORDER IS LARGEST CRISIS HES SEEN IN HIS CAREER: ITS COSTING LIVES So, if you want to save the country and move in a different direction, yes using some mediocre people to do it, what are you going to do? No hint of what you might do for Mitch McConnell other than just accept the inevitable. Now, the truth is, its entirely possible Mitch McConnell doesnt want to retake the Senate because then youd have to run things and theres one thing Republican leaders dislike. Its running anything, much easier to complain on Fox News, but if you actually wanted to win, what would you do? Well, heres an idea just kind of out of nowhere. Just spitballing here. How about you run on issues that voters care about? That might work even for a mediocre candidate. So, lets say again, just for the sake of argument that you ran a campaign on illegal immigration and crime. Now, these are two issues that didnt just arise out of nowhere. Theyre the product of policies the Democratic Party put in. They were intentional outcomes. We have millions of people coming in illegally and we have a lot more murders than we had two years ago. These two issues, immigration and crime, dont simply annoy voters, though they very much do. These two issues threaten the existence of our society. So, maybe you should run on them. That seems reasonable, but thats not what theyre doing. Oh, no. Here, for example, is a recent campaign ad from Dr. Oz. Hes the guy whos losing to the stroke victim in Pennsylvania. Watch. DR. OZ: I thought Id do some grocery shopping. Im at Wegners and my wife wants some vegetables for a crudites, right. So, heres the broccoli. Thats two bucks, not a ton of broccoli there. Theres some asparagus. Thats $4. Yep and carrots, thats four more dollars. Thats $10 of vegetables there and then we need some guacamole. Thats $4 more and she loves salsa. Yes, there is salsa there. $6. Must be a shortage of salsa. Guys, thats $20 for crudits and this doesnt include the tequila. I mean, thats outrageous. Now we got Joe Biden to thank for this. THOUSANDS OF RAINBOW FENTANYL PILLS SEIZED AS AUTHORITIES WARN OF POSSIBLE NEW TREND TARGETING KIDS $20 for crudits, whatever that is. Its obviously very easy to make fun of that, but its not entirely a stupid ad if inflation were the salient issue here, the generational issue of this campaign season, but its not. Inflation is terrible. Its making people poorer. We actually could tank the U.S. dollar. These are all big, big problems, but changing the population of the United States, allowing people to be murdered in the street, letting drug addicts live on the sidewalk and sending them crack pipes that will change everything forever. These are offenses against the most basic rules of any civilization and the most basic of all is you reward people for doing the right thing and you penalize them for doing the wrong thing. If you start doing the opposite, then everything falls apart and everybody knows that. So, why not just say it? Why dont you say that? Dont be embarrassed. Just say that. If you live in Texas, for example, supposedly aconservative state, you dont even have police protection anymore. Thats how quickly things have changed on the most basic level. Thats not some report from a government agency telling you what the inflation rate is. Thats your life. You dont have police protection anymore. If theres one reason to run for office, its to fix things like that. Heres Fox reporter Madison Alworth describing it. MADISON ALWORTH:In Dallas, they are unable to fill the nearly 600 openings that they have budgeted for. In Atlanta, they have over 400 openings that they cannot fill, even with an up to $4,000 signing bonus. SEN. KELLY LOOKING TO CARVE BIPARTISAN PATH ON BORDER SOLUTIONS AS ARIZONA HIT HARD BY CRISIS PAT LYNCH, PBS PRESIDENT: Police department has been demonized across the country in communities across the country, from coast to coast, its been demonized. If that police officer in uniform is not on your corner, we are seeing the results. The staffing crisis is creating crime. Its creating violence. ALWORTH: You take a look at crime across the U.S. and it is way up. Robbery is up nearly 20% in Chicago and Los Angeles and here in New York City, up nearly 40%. Okay, crudits is 20 bucks. Got it, but thats more important than everything else thats going on right now. Law and Order. You see it on the streets of our cities. You see it at our southern border. Its collapsed. So, if youre a Republican voter and not just a Republican voter, any voter, you probably want to know what is the government going to do about the fact that I can call 911 and no one shows up? What are you going to do about the fact that our border is open to the world and that millions of them have come in illegally? How can you take the country seriously when it doesnt even have a border? And it doesnt, and we know that because on video, every single day people stream in. Foxs Bill Mulligan just caught the whole thing once again on camera. AOCS DEFUND THE POLICE REPORT CARD FLUNKS STATISTICS TEST AS NYC CRIME SPIKE RATTLES COMMUNITIES BILL MELUGIN: Take a look at this video we shot yesterday where were standing. This is the first time we had ever seen this. The Texas National Guard closed and locked a gate on this property. Its a major crossing area and they blocked the illegal immigrants from being able to come into this property. Its private property. The owner allows the National Guard and Border Patrol to work here, but you can see illegal immigrants started showing up. They werent let in. They expected to be let in and they were surprised they couldnt get in. Heres what happened, though. Take a look at this video. Border Patrol showed up. A supervisor came with a key, opened up that gate and let all of those illegal immigrants in, symbolic of the way the state of Texas handles things versus the way the federal government handles things. So, if every Republican candidate just repeated, repeat after me, law enforcement, law and order is not racist. Law and order is a prerequisite for civilization, and if it goes away, so does the country, you would win the votes not simply of your own voters, but of a lot of other voters and people who have never voted before and any normal Democrat would agree with that because its inherently true, but is the opposite of what we have. When Ann Coulter saw the video we just played, she noted correctly that its easier to get into this country as an illegal alien than it is to return as an American citizen back into JFK. By the way, the people you saw are the ones who just want to be caught. Theyre turning themselves into the bus to your town. There is a lot of people who dont want to be caught, and those people are bringing in fentanyl, which is killing thousands of Americans every month. REPORTER: Its been a busy few weeks for U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Nogales. At the checkpoint on Saturday, they found 2.5 pounds of black tar heroin, 9 pounds of heroin, 89 pounds of meth, and 320,000 fentanyl pills. Later that day, another huge bust, including more than 40 pounds of drugs and 150,000 fentanyl pills hidden in a car. Border officials say people are becoming more creative in the ways they smuggle items through. In one case, someone tried to hide 10,000 fentanyl pills using a body-shaping garment. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Everybody knows this is happening. This is not hidden information. These are not the Gnostic gospels. Every American citizen knows exactly whats happening and yet the leader of the Republican Party, Mitch McConnell, will watch footage like that and tell you, no, that most important issue that we face: territorial integrity of Ukraine and in the same breath, they will tell you there is nothing the Republican Party can do to avert historic humiliation in the midterm elections. But the truth, as you well know, is that the people who run the Republican Party dont actually want to do anything about it. There are candidates who are talking about the stuffJ.D. Vance in Ohio, Blake Masters in Arizona, Joe Kent in the Pacific Northwest. The leaders of the Republican Party in Washington would rather those guys lose and people like them lose than change the focus of the party to issues that voters actually care about. But the truth is, you cant win elections unless you listen to voters. Theyre telling you what they want. Republicans have less than three months to figure this very simple riddle out, or its going to be an actual disaster.

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Karma?

Anewpoliticalactioncommittee, or PAC,aimed atpreventingformer PresidentTrump fromever coming close totheOval Officeagainis being led by a woman.

AndRep. Liz Cheney(R-Wyo.)is likely to be arm-in-arm withseveralotherRepublican womenintakinga defiantstand against Trump.

BobbieKilberg, a major GOP fundraiserwho helped Cheney raise money in the past,told the Wall Street Journallast weekthe congresswomanwill have plenty of moneyto fundherfight against Trump inside the GOP.

Cheneymight get support fromElaine Chao and Betsy DeVos,two prominent Republican women.

Theyboth resignedfromTrumps cabinet to protest hisrole in inciting the mob attackof Jan. 6,2021,on the Capitol.

Anddont forget thesethreewomen,conservativeandTV-friendly,ready to follow Cheneys lead:

Carly Fiorina, thebusinesswoman andformer presidential candidate; Christine Todd Whitman, the former governor of New Jersey; and Barbara Comstock, the former Virginia congresswoman. Allarewilling to pay the political price for calling out Republicans who have fallen under Trumps spell.

Thenthere is Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler(R-Wash.)who, like Cheney, voted to impeachthe then-presidentand went on toloseher GOP primary to a Trump-backed challenger.Shehas no regrets about being punished in the primary for defying Trump.

I always told the truth, stuck to my principles, and did what I knew to be best for our country, she said after her defeat.

Anotherwomanin the fightlooks to be a political winner despite defying Trump:Sen. Lisa Murkowski(R-Alaska).

Her reelectionbidsurvived the primarieseven though she is in a red state and isone of the seven Senate Republicans to voteto convict Trumpafterhis second impeachment.

Then there are the youngerwomen.

One former Trump White House aide, Cassidy Hutchinson, caused a sensationin late Junewith her damning evidence to the HouseSelect Committeeinvestigating Jan. 6.FormerdeputypresssecretarySarah Matthews testified the following month, whileformer director of strategic communicationsAlyssa Farah Griffinhas become a high-profile Trump criticthrough herfrequent media appearances.

Six years ago, Trump trafficked in sexist rhetoric to defeata woman,Hillary Clinton. He was infamously recorded on theAccess Hollywoodtape boasting about howstardommeans you can do anythinggrab[women]by the pssy. Hesaidtough debate questioningfromjournalistMegyn Kellywas becauseshe had blood coming out of her wherever. He denigrated his former aide, Omarosa ManigaultNewman, aBlack woman, as a dog.

Oh, and lets not forget, henominatedthreeSupreme Court justiceswhovoted to end abortion rightsfor American women.

Now for the payback.

Cheney,vice-chair of theJan 6.Committee,will have a nationalspotlightto lead her brigade of women warriorsfor the rest of this Congress.

And she will have her new PAC,apparently to becalled The Great Task.The name is an allusion toPresident Lincolns Gettysburg Address.

Lincoln famously called on Americans to honor those who died in the Civil War by being dedicated to the great task remaining before usensuring the U.S. remainsa democracy.

Cheney sees herself protecting democracy in the 21stcentury.She hascontempt forthe mencowering before Trump.

In a new book, she is quoted delivering scathing criticism of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

Where Kevinis like full-on public embrace [of Trump],McConnell is: Ignore and hope he goes away. And that just doesnt work,shetold Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin for their book This Will Not Pass.

Cheneyraisedmore than$13million for her failed primary bid against a Trump-backed candidate.At the end of July,she still had around$7 million left, which could yet be used in her broader fight against Trump.

Speaking to hersupporters on election night, Cheney made her future plain:We must be very clear-eyed about the threat we face and about what is required to defeat it. I have said since January6 that I will do whatever it takes toensure Donald Trump is never again anywhere near the Oval Office.

Im a conservative RepublicanI love what our party has stood for, she said.But I love my country more.

An Economist/YouGov poll last week found women favoring Democrats by 14 pointsin the coming midterm electionswhile men leaned towardthe GOP by two points.Smart GOP strategists and conservative pundits have always understood the gender gap is their Achilles heel in elections.

Ann Coulter has always been fond ofpointingoutthat in every presidential election since 1950 except [Barry] Goldwater in 64 the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted.

Republicans are trying to counter the gender gap by fielding pro-Trump MAGA firebrands who parrot the Big Lieof 2020 election fraudlikeHarrietHageman,the attorneywhodefeated Cheneyin the GOP primarylast week. There are more like her,includingArizona gubernatorial nominee Kari Lakeand Michigan gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon.

History will remember them as selling out for short-term political gain.

Ifthe Party of Lincolncanbe savedfrom becoming a cult,to quote Cheney,it will bedue tocourageous womenwilling to shoulder the burden of history.

Now is the time for all good Republican women to come to the aid of the party and their country.

Now is their time to stand with Liz.

Juan Williams is anauthor,and a political analyst for Fox News Channel.

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(CBM) On Aug. 15 on what would have been his 37th birthday, the late Grammy-nominated rapper, entrepreneur and philanthropist Nipsey Hussles was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

He is the 11th rapper to have a Walk of Fame star.

Hussles fans, family and friends from the industry attended the ceremony.

I think I speak for the entire city of LA when I say that weve known Nip was destined for greatness, said Lauren London, Hussles longtime girlfriend who spoke at the ceremony. This moment only amplifies that for us. Nip would have been honored by this moment. I think he would want everyone to remember that you cant get to whats possible unless you commit to moving forward. It doesnt mean forgetting where you come from, but it requires acknowledging the reality you were born into and the power you have to change that reality for the better.

Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson declared Aug. 15, Nipsey Hussle Day in Los Angeles.

Today, on his born day, we finally got him a star on the walk of fame. Rest in Paradise Nip Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) a guest in attendance at the 30-minute ceremony posted on Twitter.

Born Airmiess Joseph Asghedom, Hussle was a Los Angeles native who rose to fame in the mid-2000s. After gaining notoriety locally following the release of a string of mixtapes, his gritty sound and inspirational spirit captivated listeners imaginations. He became more famous as he sold physical copies of his mixtapes for $100 each, an unheard-of strategy given the music was available digitally for free. This declaration of self-worth caught the attention of his fans and the music industry at large. Jay-Z famously bought 100 copies of the mixtape in a show of respect and support.

Hussles crowning musical achievement was the release of his 2018 album Victory Lap. The effort received a Best Rap Album Grammy nomination in 2019. In 2020, at the 62nd Grammy Awards, he posthumously earned three more nominations and took home two wins for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap/Sung Performance.

His impact on the community impact grew with the opening of his Marathon clothing store in the heart of the Crenshaw commercial district. The store gave customers access to exclusive music along with the clothing. Hussle would go on to buy the entire shopping mall that surrounded the Marathon clothing store, in which he invested in STEM technology workspaces and housed other local entrepreneurs.

On March 21, 2019, Hussle was killed outside of his Marathon store by Eric Holder who last month was found guilty of first-degree murder. Following his death, there was an outpouring of tributes. People in his community, across California and around the country honored his life with murals, vigils and other remembrances, reflecting the impact Hussle had on California and the hip hop community worldwide.

While the Marathon store has closed, the location remains a memorial to Hussle where fans pay daily tribute to his memory. There are plans to open a second store on Melrose Avenue. However, no date has been set for its opening.

Writer and sports media personality Justin Tinsley narrated an ESPN 30 for 30 special about Hussle and his close relationship with athletes and the sports world, particularly LA Sports.

That star on the Walk of Fame is symbolic of so much, said Tinsley. Nipsey is one of those people who will always be remembered, yes, as an incredible rapper. But even more than that, he was a man who had a vision for himself and his people. He put that into action and the result of which will keep his name alive for generations of Black folk. Thats so beautiful and its inspiring that he cared so much to do everything he did. But that star is also symbolic of everything we lost with him to. Everything he was yet to think of. Everything he was supposed to do and accomplish.

Tinsley said he feels the sadness following the senseless murder of Hussle still lingers amongst his supporters but that the joy, pride and motivation he brought to many cannot be forgotten.

Losing Nipsey in the physical sense will never truly make sense. Its something God or whomever you pray to can truly answer. But its such a blessing that we were all given the time to be impacted by him whether up close and personal or from afar. And through all the pain thats still there and will always be there thats how we got to look at it. Grief is a very real emotion. But it shouldnt be the only one when we talk about Nipsey Hussle.

The concept of The Marathon was a staple in Hussles music. Persevering through obstacles to reach your goal and enduring the pain that inevitably comes when striving for greatness. At the conclusion of Londons Walk of Fame induction speech, she referenced this concept and left a message for everyone visiting Hussles monument.

Whenever youre in the City of Angels and you see this star, I hope it encourages you to break away from whatever might be holding you back and for you to run your marathon until God says that it is finished, she said.

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After years of anticipation and fundraising, the wife of Jackie Robinson, Rachel Robinson, has officially opened the Jackie Robinson Museum to the public.

The museum will educate visitors by showcasing the life, legacy, and accomplishments of Jackie and Rachel Robinson, and not just their role in transforming Americas pastime, but their social justice activism.

The recent opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum makes it the only Civil Rights museum in New York City.

At 100 years old, Mrs. Robinson herself was there to cut the ribbon herself in front of a crowd of several hundred which included her two remaining children, Sharon and David Robinson, and many of her grandchildren.

Jackie Robinson Foundation CEO Della Britton described what she wants young people to get out of the museum: We want them to become knowledgeable about Jackie Robinson and Rachel Robinson and their legacy. We want them to be inspired by that. We want them to learn from the challenges Jackie had, from strategies he had for how to create change. Primarily, interested in equal opportunity, interested in economic empowerment. He spent his entire life working to close the achievement gap to get a level playing field. So, we want them to learn the story and then we want them to be inspired to continue the work, and to create a society that is more just.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder shared how Jackie Robinson inspired him as he grew up: Jackie Robinson was a hero of mineJackie Robinson was the key to my interest in the Brooklyn Dodgers. The first team to integrate. You could not be a young Black man in New York without rooting for the Dodgers. To see this museum, it is the culmination of recognition that I think he deserved. I think this is not only a testament to the past, it is also a call to people to be engaged in the future in the way that Jackie and Rachel want.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams expressed how he felt about the impact Jackie Robinson had on his life: Just the belief that because something seems impossible, it is possible. We cannot always find the safest pathway. He just inspired me I was the first Black Borough President and I am the second Black mayor. Going through the challenges of breaking down those barriers, I just think so many of us can look at his story Other people think it is not possible or doable, but he did it. It is also about partnership. You cannot get away from his love affair with his wonderful wife and even as he transitioned, she continued. That is why this museum is open. That is why the [Jackie Robinson Foundation] is doing well.

Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark and Vice President of the MLB Players Alliance C.C. Sabathia gave their opinions on what needs to be done to get more African Americans back on the playing field, and as managers and owners.

Clark said, There is a long answer and a lot of moving pieces to that As it relates to ownership, as it relates to management, those are decisions that ownership and management are going to have to makeWe are hopeful that at some point in time the light will indeed come on and the folks that are making decisions on that side of the equation will appreciate the value of a more diverse ownership group and a more diverse management group

Sabathia said, That is a big issueThat is [The Players Alliances] big mission, to get kids back playing. When I was playing, I thought the kids were not playing baseball, but that is not true. Kids are playing baseball at a high clip, especially in our community. We just got to give them more opportunities.

Sabathia shined a light on Major League Baseballs development programs like the Hank Aaron Invitational and Elite Development Invitational. Sabathia mentioned some of the players drafted this year that came up through those programs.

He said, It is just about making [the programs] bigger and expanding and doing a better job of identifying those kids that want to play baseball.

New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman articulated what the opening of the museum meant to him: The Yankees were there for the beginning and we have stepped up. [Former Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner] had a great relationship with Rachel Robinson It means everything. First of all, I did not grow up a Yankee fan. I grew up a Dodger fan so I know the history of Jackie Robinson, the impact he had not only on the game of baseball, but on the world, especially here in America. He was a game changer. We celebrate his life, his impact, and obviously a lot more work to be done. He is a pillar of hope and strength for so many. To remind us of where we were, but also where we need to keep going. It is a pleasure to be here for the opening. It is my trade deadline, but when it is Jackie Robinson you stop everything and come.

Director Spike Lee, and renowned journalist, biographer and the author of the text on the very walls of the Jackie Robinson Museum, Howard Bryant opined on what most impressed them about the museum and what the opening meant to them.

Lee said, This is something that the queen Rachel Robinson wanted for her husband and herself. This is a place where this should be one of the top museums. Not just in New York City. Not just in Washington, D.C., but the United States of America. You cannot underestimate the significance, the importance, of Jackie RobinsonApril 14, 1947, is a delineationthe day Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and it is one of the greatest days in the history of this country. That is what it means.

Bryant said, It means more than I can say The thing that means most to me is that Rachel is here to see it. To be able to see a vision come through. Shes wanted this for more than 20 years and to be able to see it with your own two eyes, it brings you to tears. It is really special. To me, what I am really impressed about is the dedication of seeing a project through because this was hard to get done. We always say things like Do not talk about it, be about it. The number of people who were committed to make this happen, it tells you how important this is and it tells you how when you are really committed to something worthwhile see it through. You fight for it. You make sure that everybody else around you builds you up. This is a testament to Jackies commitment, Rachels commitment, to the commitment of everybody who wanted to see this happen and now it is here.

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