02 U.S. Politics

Trump floats circumventing Congress to maintain control of DC police– www.politico.com

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that he could avoid congressional approval to extend his 30-day federal takeover of Washington’s police, amid his efforts to wrest control of the capital’s law enforcement.

Trump this week invoked the Home Rule Act, effectively handing the executive branch control over Washington’s police for up to 30 days. Beyond that, Trump would have to go through Congress for an extension authorization.

But during his speech announcing the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees on Wednesday, Trump repeatedly floated circumventing Congress to maintain his hold over the city’s law enforcement.

Trump Admin Offers $5 Million Bounty for Arrest of Haitian Warlord Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier– slaynews.com

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President Donald Trump’s administration is offering a $5 million cash reward for the arrest of Haiti’s most powerful warlord.

An indictment announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro accuses Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier of organizing an international conspiracy to fund his criminal gang, chiefly by soliciting money from Haitians living in the United States.

The infamous gang leader is believed to be responsible for barbaric massacres, including a 2018 attack that left more than 700 dead, hundreds of homes destroyed, and multiple women raped.

Cherizier’s co-defendant, Bazile Richardson, is a naturalized U.S. citizen from Haiti who was living in North Carolina.

He was arrested in Texas in July.

 

“F*ck That!” – Classless Hunter Biden Will Not Apologize to First Lady Melania Trump for Falsely Linking Her to Jeffrey Epstein (Video) | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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Attorneys for First Lady Melania Trump threatened Hunter Biden with a $1 billion defamation lawsuit if he did not retract his statements linking her to notorious ped*phile Jeffrey Epstein.

Hunter Biden falsely claimed Jeffrey Epstein introduced Melania to Trump during a recent interview.

The Biden clan continues to embarrass the American public.

During an interview with Channel 5 host Andrew Callaghan earlier this month, the former(?) crackhead, Hunter Biden, claimed, “Jeffrey Epstein introduced Melania, and that’s how Melania and the first lady and the President met.”

NEW INFO: Gunman Fired 180 Shots at the CDC Headquarters in Atlanta, 150 Windows Shot Out During Attack | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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New details have been released on the attack at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, including that the shooter fired 180 shots during the incident.

The shooter, Patrick Joseph White, 30, claimed the COVID-19 vaccine had caused him to become depressed and suicidal. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced on Tuesday.

Inflation held at 2.7% in July, allaying tariff fears– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Inflation held at 2.7% for the year ending in July in the consumer price index, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday, suggesting that the price pressures from tariffs were not as strong as originally feared.

Forecasters expected inflation to rise for a third straight month to 2.8%.

Yet the report contained some signs of underlying inflationary pressure. Core inflation, a measure that strips out the volatile categories of food and energy prices, rose two-tenths of a percentage point to 3.1%, higher than expected. For just the month, core prices were up 0.3%, the largest monthly increase of the year so far.

Newsom announces ‘Liberation Day’ event in gerrymandering fight– thehill.com

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday confirmed that he and other local Democrats would hold a high-profile press conference geared towards combating the legislative effort to add five additional House seats in Texas.

“Donald Trump is about to have a very bad day,” Newsom wrote in a Wednesday post on X.

The president previously told reporters that Republicans were “entitled” to additional seats and said the FBI “may have to” go after Democratic lawmakers who fled the Lone Star State to ensure a vote approving the measure didn’t pass.

‘No More Politicized Banking’: President Trump Orders End to Account Closures Based on Beliefs– www.usacarry.com

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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order on August 7, 2025, aimed at preventing financial institutions from denying services to Americans based on their political or religious beliefs or lawful business activities. The order comes in response to past instances where banks and regulators allegedly engaged in politically motivated account closures and restrictions.

The order cites examples of financial institutions participating in government-directed surveillance programs after the events of January 6, 2021, flagging transactions related to companies such as Cabela’s and Bass Pro Shops or payments referencing “Trump” or “MAGA” without evidence of criminal conduct. It also references “Operation Chokepoint,” a prior federal effort that pressured banks to limit services to certain legal industries deemed high-risk or controversial by regulators.

California voters reject overturning independent redistricting commission: Poll– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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California voters want to keep the state’s independent redistricting commission in place, even as Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) pushes to redraw the maps by giving redistricting power to California‘s Democratic legislators, a new poll revealed.

Newsom wants to redraw the state’s lines in a way that favors Democrats to combat President Donald Trump’s push for Texas lawmakers to do the same in a way that favors Republicans.

A POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab survey found that 36% of registered voters in California support returning congressional redistricting authority to state lawmakers. Sixty-four percent of voters in the state want to keep the commission.

CLASSIFIED EMAILS: DNI Clapper to NSA Director Rogers on Russia Hoax -Abandon Normal Procedures, ”This is OUR STORY and we’re stickin’ to it,” “TEAM SPORT”– gellerreport.com

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Newly declassified Top Secret emails sent on December 22, 2016 complying with President Obama’s order to create the manufactured January 2017 ICA about Russia expose how DNI James Clapper demanded the IC fall in line behind the Russia Hoax. Clapper admits that it was a “team sport” that required “compromise on our ‘normal modalities’”.

When the Director of National Intelligence tells people to “compromise normal procedures” for a “team sport,” that’s not intelligence – that’s conspiracy.

Trump’s ‘DC takeover’: Residents protest surge in federal troops and police presence — All about the unrest shaking the US capital– timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington (AP photo)

Residents in parts of Washington DC took to the streets Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump’s takeover of the city’s police department and the surge of federal officers and National Guard troops. The demonstrations, marked by chants and calls for drivers to avoid police checkpoints, came as the White House defended the month-long federal control as necessary to combat crime, despite city data showing violent crime at a decades-low, reported AP.

California Democrats eye release of new redistricting map this week– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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A draft of California‘s new congressional districts could be released as early as Friday, a spokesman for California State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-CA) confirmed on Wednesday.

“We are aiming to release draft maps on Friday,” Nick Miller wrote in an email to the Washington Examiner.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), left, talks with California Attorney General Rob Bonta during the Assembly’s Organizational Session in Sacramento, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The news follows a contentious back-and-forth between California Democrats and President Donald Trump over the map.

Trump Is Considering Serious Action Against Jerome Powell– townhall.com

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to file a lawsuit against Jerome Powell, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, over renovations to the agency’s building.

In a post on Truth Social, the president lambasted Powell over his refusal to lower interest rates and his handling of the renovations to the Federal Reserve’s building.

“Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell must NOW lower the rate,” Trump wrote. ‘Steve “Manouychin’ really gave me a ‘beauty’ when he pushed this loser. The damage he has done by always being Too Late is incalculable.”

Trump said he is “ considering allowing a major lawsuit against Powell to proceed because of the horrible, and grossly incompetent, job he has done in managing the construction of the Fed Buildings.”

MAGA Congresswoman Tightens Race For Governor In Deep-Blue State– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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A hypothetical matchup for governor of New York is tightening, according to results showing a MAGA congresswoman coming closer to striking distance against Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.

If the election were held today, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) would finish 14 points behind Hochul. However, the contest is 15 months away, and the gap represents the smallest since news first emerged that Stefanik was considering a bid for the state’s corner office.

The Siena College poll also asked about Lee Zeldin, President Trump’s energy secretary, who ran for governor of New York in 2021. He trails Hochul by 11 points, the smallest margin of any Republican candidate on record.

Teens charged in DOGE staffer attack to be kept in custody– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Judge Kendra Davis Briggs, a Biden-nominated associate judge for the D.C. Superior Court, denied the two Maryland juveniles’ requests for less restrictive detention conditions, according to the Washington Post.

The hearing follows the attack and carjacking targeting Coristine, 19, who goes by “Big Balls”, and Emily Bryant, his “significant other,” according to the filed police report of the incident. The carjacking occurred at 3:01 a.m. on Aug. 3 on the 1400 block of Swann Street NW.

Briggs presided over Monday’s hearing following President Donald Trump’s press conference in which he declared a “crime emergency” in Washington, federalized the Metropolitan Police Department, and mobilized the D.C. National Guard. Trump, who has repeatedly floated threats of federalizing the capital city, amped up his rhetoric against D.C. home rule after the attack against Coristine.

President Trump Announces His Endorsement In Georgia’s Governor Race– wltreport.com

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President Trump has given his coveted endorsement in Georgia’s gubernatorial race.

In a post on Truth Social, President Trump announced he has endorsed Republican Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones.

Jones has been a firm Trump supporter for the past five years and was one of the few electors in Georgia who signed documents claiming Trump was the winner of the 2020 election.

Read Trump’s full endorsement here:

Highly Respected and very popular Lieutenant Governor, Burt Jones, is running to be the next Governor of the Great State of Georgia, a very special place to me in that we had a BIG Presidential Election Win just eight short months ago,

D.C Democrat Charged with Corruption Admits City Leaders Are ‘Responsible’ for Surging Crime– slaynews.com

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A Washington, D.C., city councilman accused of running a $156,000 bribery scheme is attacking President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the city’s law enforcement.

The remarks from Trayon White come even as the Democrat lawmaker awaits trial on serious corruption charges.

White, 41, was sworn back into the council on Friday after winning a special election in July.

It comes months after he was expelled by his colleagues over his federal indictment.

 

“Pro-Palestinian” Arrested for Vandalizing MA State House and MIT, Leaving IEDs on Boston Common– legalinsurrection.com

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A man with ties to an anti-Israel group called Direct Action Movement for Palestinian Liberation (DAMPL) was arrested in Massachusetts this week after vandalizing the Massachusetts Statehouse, as well as buildings at MIT. It was later discovered that he had also left improvised explosive devices on Boston Common.

How long will it take for Democrats to begin defending this pillar of society?

WCVB News in Boston reports:

Member of pro-Palestinian group arrested after Massachusetts State House gate, steps vandalized with paint

A man associated with a pro-Palestinian group suspected in a series of vandalism acts targeting “prominent public institutions” faced charges Monday after the Massachusetts State House in Boston was vandalized with paint last month.

Fact-check: Legacy media’s bogus defense of DC’s safe-streets narrative crumbles under scrutiny– www.theblaze.com

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The Democrats’ media allies are arguing that President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., was unwarranted due to sharply decreasing crime rates. However, these reports do not provide a complete and accurate picture of the crime crisis in the area.

Since February, Trump has repeatedly warned D.C. leaders, including Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), that the federal government will intervene unless the nation’s capital is cleaned up.

‘Unfortunately, while Fake News journalists and politicians go out of their way to claim otherwise, the reality is that our nation’s capital is anything but safe.’

Republicans Defied White House on Programs Slashed by DOGE– www.dailysignal.com

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House Republicans defied many of the White House’s requests for cuts to programs that don’t align with the president’s America First agenda.

In May, the Office of Management and Budget submitted its fiscal year 2026 Discretionary Budget Request asking Congress to cut funding to programs accused of wasting taxpayer dollars pushing left-wing ideology abroad. While the House Appropriations Committee reduced or eliminated funding for some of the requests, many remain untouched or barely adjusted.

For instance, OMB requested the elimination of funding to the Asia Foundation and East-West Center, which previous administrations have used for advice on how to deal with China.

‘Donald Trump has 24 hours’: Gavin Newsom threatens Trump over California, Texas redistricting | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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“You are playing with fire, risking the destabilization of our democracy, while knowing that California can neutralize any gains you hope to make.”

Governor Gavin Newsom is demanding that President Donald Trump respond to his threat to redraw the California congressional district maps, as President Donald Trump and others in the GOP have been pushing to redraw district maps in Texas and other states for Republicans to pick up a few more seats in Congress in the 2026 midterms.

Newsom wrote in the letter, dated August 11, “I am writing to ask you to call on the governor of Texas and other red states, who are acting on your request to draw new congressional maps through an unprecedented, mid-decade hyper-partisan gerrymander to rig the upcoming term elections, to stop those efforts.”

DC Pedestrians Start Noticing Drivers Leaving Most Pathetic, Groveling Notes Imaginable in Their Cars for Thieves– www.westernjournal.com

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A single photo often tells a more compelling story than all the statistics in the world.

Monday on the social media platform X, reporter Nick Minock of WJLA in Washington, D.C., posted a photo of a note taped to a car window in the nation’s capital.

“There is nothing of value in this car,” the note read. “Only restaurant supplies + broken dreams. Plz don’t break the windows for the fifth time.”

Poll Shows Senate Dem Leader Crashing in Home State– www.breitbart.com

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Senator Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) favorability rating in New York has dropped to its lowest level since Siena College began polling two decades ago. The longtime Senate Democrat leader is now receiving more negative than positive ratings statewide and, for the first time, among New York City voters.

A new Siena College poll shows Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) registering a 38 percent favorable rating and 50 percent unfavorable rating among New York voters, his lowest numbers recorded by the pollster since it began tracking his standing in February 2005. That marks a decline from June, when his favorability stood at 41 percent and unfavorable rating at 47 percent.

Investigation Season—Time for DOJ to Investigate Lewis Kaplan, the Judge Who Threatened to Jail Alina Habba– www.breitbart.com

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Over the past year, I have investigated all of the six major cases against Donald Trump that played out simultaneously between his two administrations for my book Breaking the Law. Each one of them involves obvious improprieties that necessitate investigations. In many instances, I believe investigators will find criminal activity, which ought to be prosecuted.

It is encouraging and heartening to see that the Department of Justice has taken up a criminal investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James and that the Office of the Special Counsel is investigating Special Counsel Jack Smith. This could mark a new era of accountability in this country and a return to law and order.

NEW: Top ABC Host ‘Jumped’ In DC: ‘Experienced It First-Hand’– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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A top talent at ABC News admitted she was recently the victim of a violent crime in Washington, D.C., underscoring the need for a greater law enforcement presence in the nation’s capital.

Kyra Phillips, who has been with the network since 2018, recalled on Monday her recent encounter with a “half-dressed” man who mugged her in downtown D.C. She cited the instance as a “firsthand” experience felt by many others as they brave the pedestrian commute to work each day.

“I can tell you firsthand here in downtown DC, where we work, right here around our bureau, just in the past six months, you know, there were two people shot, one person died, literally two blocks down here from the bureau,” Phillips explained.

MICHIGAN: Muslim Councilmen Charged with Forging Mail-In Ballots– gellerreport.com

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The election criminals Mohammed Kamrul Hassan and Muhtasin Rahman Sadman are blaming, wait for it……. islamophobia.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel recused herself over perceptions of bias against Muslims.

Background: Hamtramck, Michigan is the first American city to elect Muslim majority city council.

New Muslim Majority City Council in Michigan Warns, “Today we show the [non-Muslims] and everybody else….”

Whistleblower Claims Schiff Allowed Leaking Classified Intel Against Trump– legalinsurrection.com

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Just the News reported that in 2017, an intelligence officer who worked for the Democrats on the House Intelligence committee told the FBI that then-Rep. Adam Schiff approved leaking classified information to hurt then-President Donald Trump regarding Russia.