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Details Emerge on Trump’s Historic No Cost to the American Taxpayer Venezuela Oil Deal [WATCH]
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Details Emerge on Trump’s Historic No Cost to the American Taxpayer Venezuela Oil Deal [WATCH]

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Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez is celebrating a sweeping oil agreement with the United States that could reshape energy markets across the Western Hemisphere.

The 25-year arrangement announced by President Donald Trump targets massive production gains while opening Venezuela to American capital, expertise and technology.

Rodriguez called the agreement “historic” during an address on Venezuelan state broadcaster VTV.

She said the project initially aims to produce more than 1.5 million barrels of crude oil per day through the development of 17 strategic oilfields.

The production figure applies only to the bilateral arrangement with Washington, leaving room for even broader expansion elsewhere in Venezuela.

“That figure relates solely to the bilateral agreement between Venezuela and the United States,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez predicted the agreement could generate more than $200 billion in revenue for Venezuela over its lifespan.

She also indicated that the initial production target is only the opening phase of a much larger effort involving eight greenfield oil blocks.

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Trump announced the deal Friday on Truth Social, describing it as the “biggest oil deal in world history.”

The president said the United States secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels from Venezuela’s proven reserves, which are considered the largest on the planet.

“The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!” Trump wrote.

The declaration marks another aggressive move by the administration to expand American energy security instead of surrendering leverage to hostile producers.

Trump said the agreement will dramatically increase the amount of oil available to the United States.

“This Historic Transaction MORE THAN DOUBLES American Oil Reserves, greatly increases our Oil Supply, and will substantially lower Gas Prices for all Americans, long into the future,” he said.

The agreement was negotiated through Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Rodriguez and participating private businesses.

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Trump emphasized that the arrangement was reached “at no cost to the American Taxpayer,” a welcome distinction in a town famous for treating public money like confetti.

The deal potentially gives American companies access to enormous reserves that have remained hampered by sanctions, political dysfunction and years of economic mismanagement.

American technology and operational knowledge could help restore production capacity while giving consumers a stronger supply cushion against global disruptions.

Rubio described the agreement as a “huge win” for both nations.

He said it would provide stable reserves and affordable oil within the Western Hemisphere, strengthening regional energy security while helping push gasoline prices lower for American families.

The secretary of state also said the project could bring nearly $100 billion in private investment into Venezuela.

That capital is expected to support thousands of high paying jobs while helping rebuild an oil industry battered by sanctions and years of socialist decay.

Rodriguez insisted that Venezuela would retain “ownership of and sovereignty” over its natural resources.

She said the country would proceed “while leveraging capital, technology and operational expertise to support the recovery of a strategic industry that has been severely affected by sanctions.”

Oil industry figures quickly praised the agreement and its potential effect on consumers.

Veteran oil trader Phil Flynn said American technology could transform Venezuela’s struggling petroleum sector and produce lower energy prices for years, rather than delivering the usual temporary political promise.

“I think this is a win. It’s a generational win for Americans because it is [going to] lead to a generation of low prices,” Flynn told Kayleigh McEnany during an appearance on “Fox & Friends Weekend.”

For Trump, the agreement fits squarely within his drive to turn the United States into the dominant energy power in the world.

Greater access to Venezuelan crude could provide leverage against foreign adversaries, reduce exposure to unstable suppliers and blunt future attempts to manipulate global prices.

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The scale of the proposed partnership also sends a blunt message to Washington’s professional skeptics.

While critics habitually predict disaster whenever Trump pursues a bold negotiation, this deal promises larger reserves, new investment and lower costs without sticking American taxpayers with the bill.

Republicans Turn Up Heat as Mikie Sherrill Ducks Questions in Noncitizen Voter Scandal [WATCH]
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Republicans Turn Up Heat as Mikie Sherrill Ducks Questions in Noncitizen Voter Scandal [WATCH]

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House Republicans are intensifying their investigation into New Jersey’s noncitizen voter registration scandal after Gov. Mikie Sherrill failed to answer most of their questions.

Instead of providing straightforward details, lawmakers say her response leaned heavily on attacks against President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans.

Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey said Sherrill’s reply was politicized, dismissive, and far beneath what voters should expect from the governor.

Republicans are now preparing a congressional hearing, pursuing additional records, and leaving subpoenas on the table if state officials continue withholding answers.

“The response that we got from the governor was almost like she took a political mailer and embossed it upon her official letterhead,” Van Drew said.

“As governor of the state of New Jersey, it was beneath her, it was beneath me, and it was unfortunate.”

The basic principle at stake should not require a congressional investigation or a team of election lawyers.

“If you are an American, you should be voting in an American election. If you’re not an American, you shouldn’t be voting in an American election,” Van Drew said.

Dozens of Republican Study Committee members sent Sherrill a letter on July 24 containing 12 specific questions about the registration breakdown.

Led by Van Drew and committee Chairman August Pfluger of Texas, the lawmakers sought details about how the failure happened, how many elections might have been affected, and what safeguards would prevent a repeat.

Sherrill said affected residents had been mailed notifications, but Republicans argue that this narrow response did not come close to addressing the broader inquiry.

Congress wants to know the scale of the problem, whether illegal ballots were cast, and whether any races were decided by fewer votes than the number of questionable ballots.

“We’re not done with this,” Van Drew pledged.

As chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s Oversight Subcommittee, he plans to convene a hearing where expert witnesses can testify about New Jersey’s election systems and the vulnerabilities exposed by the registration fiasco.

Van Drew is also working with Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio to obtain records from Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell, New Jersey’s top elections official.

That request gives Trenton another opportunity to choose transparency over the familiar Democrat routine of delay, deflection, and political theater.

“If there’s a complete lack of cooperation after we build up a case, there is a possibility, it’s not definite,” Van Drew said.

“But if they’re not, we do, in my opinion, have to look at subpoenas as well.”

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Sherrill defended her administration by criticizing Congress, Trump, and the Republican supported SAVE America Act.

She accused Republicans of exploiting the matter for political gain and argued that proposals expanding federal involvement in voter registration could create privacy concerns and opportunities for government abuse.

She also disputed the Republican argument that the SAVE America Act could have prevented the registration error.

“I encourage you to become more familiar with the legislation you have cosponsored,” Sherrill wrote, delivering a lecture while leaving central questions about New Jersey’s own failure hanging in the air.

The White House called it “laughable” that Sherrill would attack the Trump administration over election integrity.

Republicans have long warned that loose registration rules, automatic registration systems, and sanctuary policies create obvious risks, only to be told by Democrats that such concerns are imaginary or somehow improper to investigate.

Sherrill spokesperson Sean Higgins claimed Trenton “moved with transparency and accountability to remediate this error from 2023.”

He also attacked Van Drew by citing a former campaign operative’s criminal history, a convenient detour that still did not provide Congress with the missing records or direct answers lawmakers requested.

Pfluger said Sherrill devoted “three pages on political theater and barely a sentence answering our questions,” adding that she “dodged” whether close elections might have been affected.

“We are not letting this story get buried. It is high time we pass the SAVE America Act to make sure our elections are secure, transparent, and worthy of the public’s trust,” he said.

Rep. Christopher Smith of New Jersey likewise demanded complete transparency and a clear corrective plan from state officials.

“Secure elections are the bedrock of democracy; we must take all steps necessary to ensure that votes are cast only by those who have a right to vote,” Smith said.

The inquiry is now moving forward on several fronts, including a House hearing, requests for state records, and possible compulsory action.

Sherrill can cooperate and provide the facts, or she can keep issuing partisan talking points while Congress tightens the screws and the public asks what Trenton is so reluctant to reveal.

Legacy Media’s Climate Catastrophe Script Crumbles Under UN Panel’s Own Findings
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Legacy Media’s Climate Catastrophe Script Crumbles Under UN Panel’s Own Findings

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The corporate media spent years insisting that nearly every storm, flood, drought, and wildfire represented proof of a worsening climate catastrophe.

Yet the leading United Nations climate panel offers a far more measured picture, one that clashes with the breathless narrative still being pushed by some newsrooms.

Media interest in climate coverage has declined since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

The Washington Post, NPR, and other major organizations have reduced their climate operations as public interest in the familiar crisis script continues to fade.

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Climatologist Judith Curry announced earlier this year that she would stop maintaining her influential Climate Etc. blog.

Curry, who holds a doctorate in geophysical sciences, wrote that “Climate stupidity” had lost and that it was time for her to move forward.

The Associated Press appears determined to keep the alarm bells ringing anyway.

“Scientists have long warned that the world will experience more intense extreme weather events like heat waves, storms, floods and droughts,” wrote Peter Prengaman, the news service’s global climate and environmental news director.

“But what once seemed like the realm of fiction is now discussed as a possibility, even an inevitability.”

That dramatic declaration may sound frightening, but it does not accurately represent what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports about many categories of severe weather.

The IPCC serves as the United Nations advisory organization for evaluating climate science and informing international policy makers.

Its reports are massive, technical, and difficult for ordinary citizens to digest, leaving media outlets with enormous power to shape public understanding.

That arrangement has produced predictable results.

A recent Data for Progress poll found that 61 percent of likely voters, including 72 percent of Democrats, believe extreme weather events increased during the previous five years.

The IPCC findings tell a more complicated story.

In the United States, heat waves have become more frequent and cold extremes have declined, but researchers detected no change in flooding, drought, winter storms, or hurricanes.

The global findings are similarly inconvenient for climate alarmists.

Heat waves have increased and cold extremes have declined, while no detected change was found for tropical cyclones, tornadoes, drought, flooding, or storms as a broader category.

Climate researcher Roger Pielke Jr. is working to make those findings easier for the public to examine.

His global extreme weather website tracks 57 variables across eight categories for every continent, using official information rather than media speculation.

Pielke also launched the United States Extreme Weather and Climate Change Dashboard, which follows 32 variables across seven categories.

Those categories include heat waves, tornadoes, flooding, drought, winter storms, wildfire, and hurricanes.

The researcher said his goal is to create a central location where citizens can review official measurements involving destructive weather.

His work has been cited by all three IPCC working groups, and Congress has repeatedly invited him to explain climate research.

The Trump administration removed the Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Change Indicators website during a broader removal of climate related federal pages.

Pielke responded by building a more comprehensive resource, aided by artificial intelligence rather than a large staff and an expensive institutional operation.

The dashboards measure whether weather trends have changed, but they do not attempt to determine what caused those trends.

“Everything on the site is widely used, consensus science and consistent with the most recent IPCC,” Pielke said.

The sites also present American wildfire data, which show that the area burned has increased.

Pielke noted that worldwide wildfire records do not extend far enough into the past to support broad conclusions about global trends.

Public reaction has exceeded his expectations, while climate reporters have shown remarkably little curiosity.

“People like data, and they like the truth. So I have a ready audience,” Pielke said.

Pielke accepts that climate change creates risks and has supported efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

That has not stopped activists from labeling him a “climate denier” for challenging exaggerated claims about severe weather.

His project provides citizens with a way to compare scary headlines against actual scientific findings.

“I hope it can be used as a resource for people to get the facts, should they want them, and to hold others accountable when they misrepresent the evidence,” he said.

That accountability is precisely what the climate press has avoided.

When the United Nations panel itself reports no detected increase across several major weather categories, journalists should present those facts instead of recycling catastrophe copy that increasingly looks more political than scientific.

U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes as Tehran Targets American Bases in Jordan [WATCH]
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U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes as Tehran Targets American Bases in Jordan [WATCH]

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Direct fighting between the United States and Iran erupted again late Sunday after Tehran launched ballistic missiles and drones toward American forces in Jordan.

The attack followed a U.S. strike on Iranian forces preparing to send sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz, ending a monthlong lull.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it targeted two air bases operated by the United States in Jordan.

Tehran described the barrage as retaliation for the American operation against Iranian launchers on Larak Island, near the northern entrance to the crucial waterway.

A U.S. official told CNN that missiles fired into Jordan were intercepted and that no impacts had been reported.

A separate American source told Fox News that nearly all incoming missiles were stopped, with no significant impacts reported.

Jordan’s armed forces also said its defenses intercepted and destroyed eight missiles after they entered Jordanian airspace.

Those reports sharply contradicted the victory claims quickly pumped out by Iran’s state-controlled propaganda operation.

The IRGC claimed its ballistic missiles destroyed technical and maintenance facilities, along with locations where enemy fighter jets were stationed.

Iranian state media insisted the attacks caused “heavy damage” at King Hussein Air Base and Al Azraq Air Base.

Iran called the combined missile and drone assault “Punishment of the Aggressor” and threatened even greater violence if American operations continued.

“Every shot will be met with more devastating responses,” the IRGC said, according to Iran’s Press TV.

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The Iranian barrage came only hours after U.S. forces struck two launchers on Larak Island.

American officials said Iranian personnel were preparing to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a commercial lifeline that Tehran has repeatedly tried to hold hostage.

“Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz,” U.S. Central Command spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins said.

The military moved before those weapons could be used to endanger ships and disrupt international commerce.

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Hawkins said American forces were “monitoring the area closely” and “remain prepared to protect the free flow of commerce through this essential waterway.”

That mission carries enormous economic consequences because a major share of global energy traffic passes through the narrow strait.

The Larak operation marked the first acknowledged American strike on Iran since July 29.

During that pause, the Trump administration increasingly leaned on severe economic pressure while keeping military force available should Tehran once again test Washington’s resolve.

Iranian officials responded with their usual mix of threats and chest pounding.

Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, warned, “Test our will once more, and pay a heavier price.”

Azizi added, “Retaliation is coming; JUST RUN!” IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebi separately called the American action a “strategic and fatal error” by the Trump administration and predicted “severe repercussions” in both military and economic arenas.

President Donald Trump had already made the American position unmistakably clear after U.S. forces removed sea mines from international shipping lanes.

“Iran has been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed,” Trump said Tuesday.

Trump added that the United States was maintaining a “Zero Tolerance” policy toward additional mine placement.

For Tehran, that warning removed any illusion that Iranian vessels could quietly seed the waterway with explosives and escape an immediate response.

American forces in Jordan have repeatedly found themselves at the center of this confrontation.

Three U.S. Army soldiers were killed in an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base on July 17, prompting another round of American retaliation.

Trump warned afterward that Tehran would “pay many times over” for every American service member killed.

Fighting continued through late July and culminated in what CENTCOM called a “heavy wave of strikes” against IRGC targets on July 29.

On Aug. 1, Trump announced that he would delay additional strikes following appeals from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Sunday’s exchange shattered that pause, with Washington defending a vital shipping route and Tehran again gambling with American firepower.

Desperate Search Intensifies as Grand Canyon Flash Flood Leaves 15 Hikers Missing [WATCH]
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Desperate Search Intensifies as Grand Canyon Flash Flood Leaves 15 Hikers Missing [WATCH]

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A desperate search continued Sunday for at least 15 hikers who remained missing after a violent flash flood tore through the Grand Canyon, transforming popular trails and campgrounds into a deadly torrent of mud, debris, and raging water.

The National Park Service confirmed that a 46-year-old man had died as rescue crews searched Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch.

The flood struck around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, leaving little time for hikers to escape the narrow canyon corridor.

Terrifying footage showed muddy water surging through the ravine with enough force to sweep what appeared to be a building downstream.

Logs, vegetation, rocks, and other debris churned through the canyon as the flood swallowed trails in its path.

Separate rescue video captured helicopter crews carrying stranded visitors to safety while heavy rain battered the aircraft.

The destruction below offered a grim picture of the conditions confronting rescuers as they raced against time and dangerous weather.

Park officials initially requested information about more than 20 people who could not be located.

A spokesman later revised the number to at least 15, though authorities had not determined whether those individuals were caught in the flood or had simply not checked in.

The National Park Service asked anyone with information about hikers or backpackers traveling through the Bright Angel Creek corridor on August 29 to contact investigators.

Officials also sought details about visitors holding campground reservations anywhere within the affected area.

The appeal included anyone who used the North Kaibab Trail between the trailhead and Phantom Ranch.

Authorities also wanted information about people staying at Bright Angel Campground or traveling through the narrow canyon area north of Phantom Ranch known as the Box.

By Sunday morning, search and rescue crews had evacuated 62 people from Phantom Ranch and the lower North Kaibab Trail.

The immediate airlift operation continued as officials prepared to remove additional visitors from Phantom Ranch and Cottonwood Campground.

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Phantom Ranch and the full North Kaibab Trail were closed until further notice.

Park authorities urged visitors to “not attempt to access the closed areas.”

With unstable conditions and damaged infrastructure, ignoring that warning could put both tourists and rescuers in even greater danger.

The disaster also forced the park to announce widespread lodging closures beginning Monday.

Hotels operated by Xanterra, including El Tovar, Bright Angel Lodge, Maswik Lodge, and Phantom Ranch, were among the facilities affected by the emergency order.

Yavapai Lodge and Trailer Village, operated by Delaware North, were also included in the shutdown.

Water restrictions were planned because the flood damaged infrastructure serving one of the nation’s most heavily visited natural attractions.

Bright Angel Canyon sits roughly half a mile north of the Colorado River and is normally known for flowing water, cottonwood trees, picnic tables, and campsites.

Nearby Phantom Ranch is the only lodging facility located below the canyon rim.

Reaching the remote oasis is no casual roadside stop.

Visitors must travel by foot, mule, or raft along the Colorado River, which makes a major evacuation especially difficult when trails disappear beneath floodwater and aircraft face punishing weather.

A cabin for two at Phantom Ranch costs $226.39 per night, while a group cabin costs $398.39.

Lodge operator Xanterra began contacting affected guests about reservations as officials assessed damage and tried to determine when the area might safely reopen.

The Grand Canyon receives about five million visitors each year, including large numbers from California and across the country.

Saturday’s catastrophe was not without precedent, since a prolonged rainstorm caused major flooding in September 1990, while ten inches of rain struck the North Rim within six hours in 1966 and badly damaged Phantom Ranch.

The disaster followed catastrophic flooding in Nepal that killed at least 750 people, while nine Americans were evacuated and 85 people remained missing.

That flood began after a glacier broke away at 17,000 feet, plunged into a river valley, created a temporary dam, and then unleashed mud, ice, and rock across communities below.

Whistleblowing Prosecutor Says Letitia James’ Office Ordered Trump Crime Hunt Despite Zero Evidence [WATCH]
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Whistleblowing Prosecutor Says Letitia James’ Office Ordered Trump Crime Hunt Despite Zero Evidence [WATCH]

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A prosecutor inside New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office has accused supervisors of directing a politically motivated search for crimes involving President Donald Trump and organizations connected to him.

The accusation raises fresh questions about whether one of the nation’s most powerful state law offices was weaponized against a political opponent.

Assistant Attorney General Daniel Wiesenfeld reportedly sent an office-wide email describing instructions he received from his supervisor, Shamiso Maswoswe.

According to the Times Union, Wiesenfeld claimed he was told to “find crimes” involving Trump and his associates, despite lacking evidence that would justify such investigations.

Wiesenfeld, who worked in the Investor Protection Bureau, identified several alleged targets in his message.

He said the directive included “Trump himself, Truth Social, Hewlett Packard (DOJ-approved merger) … without having a credible reason for targeting these organizations and individuals.”

The email reportedly landed in the inboxes of more than 2,000 employees early Friday.

It then disappeared almost immediately, with the message deleted from office servers and removed from employee inboxes, according to people familiar with the extraordinary internal communication.

That rapid disappearance did little to contain the controversy.

Instead, Wiesenfeld sent another office-wide message challenging employees to consider whether partisan prosecution is acceptable simply because the target happens to be Trump, a favorite punching bag for Democrats and their institutional allies.

“If you believe Trump is using ( Department of Justice ) attorneys to prosecute his enemies and further his political interests, you should find it equally troubling that Tish (James) is doing exactly the same thing,” Wiesenfeld wrote, according to the Times Union.

He also warned his colleagues against behaving like private counsel for James and urged them to focus on actual criminal conduct.

“I ask that you not serve as Tish’s personal attorneys by targeting her political enemies. Instead, I hope you choose to prosecute crimes and find the individuals accountable, rather than targeting individuals and then finding crimes,” he wrote.

The distinction could hardly be more important.

Legitimate prosecutors begin with evidence of a crime and identify those responsible, while politically motivated operators begin with a person they despise and rummage around until they can manufacture a case.

Wiesenfeld reportedly stated that he had been instructed “to find and pursue crimes committed by specific individuals and organizations affiliated with Donald Trump,” according to the email obtained by the Times Union.

That allegation cuts directly against the principle that justice should be applied without fear, favor, or partisan direction.

James’ general counsel, Kumiki Gibson, later sent a message to employees describing the controversy as an “internal” matter.

Gibson also assured workers that no one in the office was “in danger,” according to three people familiar with the response.

The office response, as reported, did not publicly answer the central accusation.

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Americans deserve to know whether prosecutors were instructed to pursue Trump affiliated people and businesses first, then search for violations afterward, because that is political targeting dressed up in legal paperwork.

James has a long and highly public record of pursuing Trump.

She previously filed a civil fraud case seeking a judgment exceeding $400 million and moved toward seizing his assets, even though critics repeatedly noted that the financial institutions involved had not identified themselves as victims.

That history makes Wiesenfeld’s allegation especially explosive.

James campaigned as a determined Trump antagonist, and conservatives have long argued that her office approached him as a political target rather than as an ordinary citizen entitled to equal treatment under the law.

The source material also states that James was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia on allegations of bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. Section 1344 and false statements to a financial institution under 18 U.S.C. Section 1014.

Those charges were later dismissed after a federal judge ruled that Interim United States Attorney Lindsey Halligan had been unlawfully appointed.

The reported whistleblower email now adds another layer to the growing public distrust surrounding politicized prosecutions.

If Wiesenfeld’s account is accurate, New Yorkers are not looking at routine law enforcement, but at a troubling effort to pick targets based on politics and hunt for crimes afterward.

Congressional leaders and federal oversight officials should demand preservation of the deleted email, related communications, and any instructions involving Trump, Truth Social, Hewlett Packard, or associated individuals.

Deleting an explosive message does not delete the public interest, and it certainly does not erase the questions now hanging over James’ office.

Clintons Beg for Help as Laughable Job Offers Trigger Merciless Mockery [WATCH]
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Clintons Beg for Help as Laughable Job Offers Trigger Merciless Mockery [WATCH]

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Bill and Hillary Clinton are hunting for help at the Clinton Foundation, but their latest job listings have inspired more laughter than admiration.

The opportunities offer applicants a chance to work near two of the most famous names in Democratic politics, though the terms hardly look glamorous.

Hillary Clinton’s office on Madison Avenue in New York City posted an opening for an “intern” expected to handle research, memos, office management, and other assignments.

The listing says the applicant must demonstrate a “high level of professionalism and discretion,” which is quite a request coming from Clinton world.

Anyone possessing both of those qualities might have enough judgment to keep scrolling.

After all, discretion has carried a particularly heavy workload around the Clintons for decades, and professionalism apparently does not include paying a young worker for nearly 30 hours each week.

Bill Clinton’s team is also seeking a “special projects associate” to prepare meeting agendas, edit briefing materials, and coordinate activities between his office and the foundation.

That job at least comes with a paycheck, although the compensation may leave New York applicants checking their rent bills twice.

The projected salary falls between $50,000 and $55,000.

Considering the Clinton Foundation’s financial resources, the demands of the position, and the punishing cost of living in New York City, the offer is hardly a ringing endorsement of the generous wage policies Democrats constantly demand from everyone else.

Apparently, progressive sermons about a living wage become optional when Democratic royalty is signing the checks.

The Clinton operation seems perfectly comfortable offering modest compensation while expecting polished work, extensive coordination, and the kind of discretion usually associated with far more lucrative employment.

The situation facing Hillary’s prospective intern is even richer, although the intern certainly will not be.

That person would receive no pay while working inside the foundation and carrying out duties that sound suspiciously like regular office labor rather than some casual educational experience.

The posting includes “transcribing speeches and public remarks,” “managing mail and maintaining archives,” and a “commitment to working 25 to 29 hours per week.”

That is a substantial chunk of anyone’s schedule, especially for a young person attempting to pay tuition, cover rent, buy groceries, or build an actual future.

The arrangement raises an obvious question about who would voluntarily accept no money for the privilege of spending nearly 30 hours each week working for Hillary Clinton.

Some opportunities open doors, while others appear to open directly into a fluorescent office version of hell on Earth.

There is also the unavoidable comedy of a Clinton organization advertising for interns at all.

Hillary may be managing this particular opening, but the family name carries enough historical baggage to make the internet react exactly as anyone with a functioning memory would expect.

The timing adds another layer of irony.

Hillary recently discussed why socialism appeals to some people on the left, pointing to younger Americans who feel anxious about their economic prospects, yet her own office is offering those same young people unpaid work as the supposed solution.

That contrast practically writes the punchline.

Democrats can lecture businesses about wages, economic fairness, and opportunity, but when their own foundation needs nearly 30 hours of weekly labor, suddenly experience and proximity to power are apparently supposed to cover the grocery bill.

Social media users quickly pounced on the postings, and many of the jokes focused on the Clinton family’s notorious history with interns.

One commenter said the position belonged in the former first lady’s office because, “you can’t offer ‘internships with Bill Clinton’ anymore.”

“Bill lost intern privileges,” an X user joked.

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The short response captured what countless readers were already thinking, proving once again that the internet rarely misses an opportunity when the Clintons provide material this obvious.

“Depends on what the definition of internship is,” someone else posted.

Another user asked, “What sort of ‘Special Projects?’” as the title of Bill’s available position generated its own round of suspicion, mockery, and thoroughly predictable Clinton references.

“The last time a Clinton sought college interns it really really didn’t end well,” someone else observed on Instagram.

The Clinton Foundation may eventually fill both openings, but it cannot expect Americans to forget history simply because the old controversies have been repackaged as employment opportunities.

Trump Just Nuked the Globalist ‘New World Order,’ And They’re Panicking: Glenn Beck [WATCH]
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Trump Just Nuked the Globalist ‘New World Order,’ And They’re Panicking: Glenn Beck [WATCH]

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Glenn Beck argued that President Donald Trump’s reported effort to secure an ownership stake in Venezuelan oil fields is part of a much broader strategy to reduce American dependence on vulnerable foreign energy routes and build a more self-sufficient Western Hemisphere.

Beck said Americans looking at high gasoline prices and some of Trump’s recent moves may not immediately recognize how the individual pieces fit together.

“So we’re seeing things, and we’re struggling, and you’re struggling at the gas pump, and you’re seeing him do things like name Lake of America from Lake Ontario. You’re like, What? What is happening? What is happening? Let me tell you what’s happening,” Beck said.

He characterized Trump’s approach as a rejection of the international order established after World War II and subsequent efforts toward greater global economic integration.

“Trump is the first guy to come in and go, We’re not going to do that. We’re not going to do that. We’re going to have a new golden era. We’re going to have a great age for America into the 21st century,” Beck said.

“And so he’s not just reshaping America. He is reshaping the world.”

Beck pointed to an Axios report that the United States was negotiating for an ownership stake in Venezuelan oil fields. He said the potential agreement could dramatically expand American proven reserves.

“Wednesday night, Axios reported that the United States is now negotiating an ownership stake, not a lease, an ownership stake in the Venezuela oil fields,” Beck said.

“More than a dozen producing fields with something like 90 billion barrels of proven reserves underneath the soil. America currently holds about 48 billion. If that deal is signed, American oil reserves more than double in an afternoon.”

He tied that possibility to current disruptions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, which historically carries a significant portion of the world’s oil supply.

“Before the war, about 20 million barrels a day were moving through the Strait of Hormuz. About a fifth of all of the oil in the world was moving through there,” Beck said.

Beck said uncertainty surrounding the waterway illustrates the danger of allowing global energy supplies to remain dependent on a small number of geographic choke points.

“One waterway, one regime, one man over in the Gulf deciding how much oil the world gets this week. Not workable,” Beck said.

Venezuela, Beck noted, does not depend on the Strait of Hormuz to reach American markets.

“Venezuela is not on that waterway. Venezuela is a five-day tanker run to Texas,” he said.

Beck compared the strategy to Winston Churchill’s decision before World War I to secure Britain’s access to oil.

He recalled how the British government acquired a controlling interest in a company operating in Persia as the Royal Navy transitioned from coal to oil.

“If this deal in Venezuela closes, something much larger than a gas price is happening here, and I don’t think most people have caught it yet,” Beck said.

“I want you to start looking at maps instead of the news. When you hear the news, look at a map.”

From there, Beck laid out the energy resources available throughout the Western Hemisphere.

He pointed to the United States’ existing oil and gas production, Canada’s reserves, Guyana’s growing oil industry, Brazil’s production and Argentina’s shale resources.

“You add Venezuela’s 300 billion barrels, the largest proven reserve anywhere on the planet, and now the Western Hemisphere stops being a customer of the world’s energy market and becomes the center of gravity,” Beck said.

His argument extended beyond petroleum.

Beck pointed to uranium and potash in Canada, lithium in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia, and iron and rare-earth resources in Brazil.

“The hemisphere can feed itself,” Beck said.

He also cited the region’s freshwater supplies, agricultural production, shipping routes and manufacturing capacity as additional pieces of the strategy he believes Trump is pursuing.

Beck specifically pointed to Mexico’s manufacturing sector and said the outlook for American manufacturing has also improved.

“Jobs and manufacturing coming back to America,” Beck said.

Taken together, Beck argued, those resources could create a Western Hemisphere capable of meeting many of its critical economic needs without depending on distant countries or vulnerable overseas supply routes.

“So we have energy, food, water, minerals, sea lanes, factories, and not one of those things requires anyone’s permission to cross an ocean.”

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From Rockefeller to Soros: The 100-Year Plot to Replace Citizens With Globalist Foundations [WATCH]
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From Rockefeller to Soros: The 100-Year Plot to Replace Citizens With Globalist Foundations [WATCH]

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Mike Steger argued that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is leading an effort to scrutinize nonprofit organizations and the financial structures that allow money to move into political operations while shielding the identities of original donors.

“Scott Bessent isn’t just running Treasury right now. He’s running an autopsy on the deep state machine and their electioneering charities,” Steger said.

“A quiet political war operating behind the scenes, not polling in August, not the theater of political catwalks.”

Steger said the effort centers on following political money and determining how nonprofit structures are being used.

“Following the money, where it comes from, who controls it, and what happens when it’s scrutinized, what started as a charitable foundation over a century ago has become the financial architecture behind the political takeover and destruction of the United States,” Steger said.

Steger pointed to remarks Bessent made during a July 16 State Department meeting on political terrorism.

According to Steger, Bessent warned that legitimate nonprofit structures can be exploited to conceal illicit financing.

Steger said organizations such as Arabella Advisors and the Sixteen Thirty Fund demonstrate how nonprofit structures can move money between tax-exempt organizations and political operations.

“For 20 years, groups like Arabella Advisors have run the largest network of dark money nonprofits in the country, groups like the Sixteen Thirty Fund that exist for one purpose: take tax-deductible donations and put them into a charity, then move that money to an affiliated political operation that’s legally allowed to run partisan campaigns, and there’s no requirement to ever disclose who gave the original dollar,” Steger said.

He characterized that structure as “A shell game” and alleged that overlapping leadership allows organizations with different tax classifications to function as a single political operation.

Steger cited one example from 2024 in which he said a charity reported only $532 in office expenses and no employees while three board members simultaneously operated another group that received $20 million from the charity.

“So that’s not two organizations; it’s one operation wearing two different tax statuses,” Steger said.

Steger also pointed to Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, claiming his political operation received nearly $800,000 from the Sixteen Thirty Fund.

He further discussed CAIR and allegations involving other nonprofit organizations while arguing that Treasury is increasingly examining whether tax-exempt status is being properly used.

Steger said the administration’s efforts include Treasury’s Form 990 Transparency Initiative, announced in April.

“This forces every tax-exempt group to finally disclose where their money actually goes,” Steger said.

He also cited a National Security Presidential Memorandum signed by President Donald Trump following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, which Steger said directed scrutiny toward tax-exempt entities suspected of financing political violence or domestic terrorism.

“This is political warfare,” Steger said.

“And we know Bessent can wage this kind of war because he’s already doing it on a bigger stage.”

Steger connected the domestic effort with Bessent’s Operation Economic Outcast against Iran, arguing that both strategies depend on tracing financial networks and cutting off the institutions that facilitate them.

But Steger said his argument extends beyond today’s nonprofit organizations.

He traced the legal foundations of the modern tax-exempt system to 1913 and the creation of the Rockefeller Foundation.

“The legal structure that made this treasonous operation possible goes back to the same legislation that created the personal income tax and ended McKinley’s tariffs in 1913,” Steger said.

He said the Rockefeller Foundation received its charter from New York after Congress declined to provide one and argued that the broader tax system established that year allowed foundations to accumulate and deploy capital over generations.

Steger also cited a 1962 investigation by Texas Democratic Rep. Wright Patman, who examined hundreds of foundations and raised concerns about their economic influence.

“His report cataloged a pattern across the entire sector, and it found that foundations engaged in short sales of securities, speculation in commodities, manipulation of stock prices, and attempts to gain control of entire businesses,” Steger said.

Steger said the nonprofit sector has since expanded dramatically, citing figures indicating nearly 2 million tax-exempt organizations existed in the United States as of 2022 and employed 12.8 million people.

“This is the NGO complex, and you can’t run a productive nation with this kind of parasite sucking the life out of your country while also controlling the political culture,” Steger said.

He described large foundations including Ford, Bloomberg, Hewlett, Open Society and Rockefeller as major pools of capital, while organizations such as Tides and Arabella serve as distribution networks capable of moving money toward smaller organizations.

Steger also pointed to Colorado’s political transformation beginning in 2004, when wealthy donors built a network of nonprofits focused on voter information, canvassing, research and political messaging.

He noted that Republicans controlled the governorship, both U.S. Senate seats and five of seven House seats at the beginning of the effort, while Democrats had captured the governorship, both legislative chambers and a majority of the congressional delegation by 2008.

Steger ultimately framed Bessent’s actions as part of a much larger battle over whether political power should rest with citizens or permanent institutions possessing substantial financial resources.

“The difference between globalism and the nation-state is how we view the individual human being,” Steger said.

He concluded by arguing that America’s political and economic system should prioritize individuals and national development rather than institutions designed to exist indefinitely.

“The United States represents the first case in human history where a society was built that didn’t have a ruling class,” Steger said.

“For mankind to thrive, the foundations have to be eliminated.”

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Ashton Cohen challenged a common political argument blaming the wealthiest Americans for society’s problems, contending that a small group of criminals creates more everyday problems for ordinary people than the country’s top earners.

“You know, this is one of the biggest lies people love to repeat these days, especially in politics. Oh, the top 1% is screwing everything up. They’re destroying my life. Whatever,” Cohen said.

Cohen argued that criticism directed toward the wealthiest 1% overlooks the technological advances, products, and services that have made daily life faster and more convenient.

“But the reality is, the top 1% is not responsible for most of society’s problems. It’s the bottom 1% who’s f**king it up for the rest of us,” Cohen said.

He began with online shopping and home delivery, contrasting the ability to quickly purchase products with the threat of package theft.

“The top 1% is why you can order anything in the world and have it delivered to your door within 48 hours. The bottom 1% is why said package gets stolen off your porch before you get home,” Cohen said.

Cohen then pointed to smartphones as another example.

He credited successful innovators with putting powerful technology and access to enormous amounts of information into the hands of consumers while blaming criminals and scammers for many of the security precautions required to protect those devices and their users.

“The top 1% put a supercomputer in your pocket, a phone with access to every book, movie, song ever created. It allows you to connect to anyone across the planet,” Cohen said.

He contrasted those benefits with the security measures consumers routinely encounter.

“The bottom 1% is why you need face scans, security backups, and 100 passwords just to use that damn phone, and why most of the calls that come in are from scammers,” Cohen said.

Cohen also pointed to pharmacies and modern medicine, arguing that medical advances have made infections that were once potentially devastating far easier to treat.

At the same time, he criticized retail theft and the security measures stores have implemented to protect ordinary merchandise.

“The top 1% is why you can walk into a CVS and pick up meds for an infection that would have wiped you and your entire family out 100 years ago. The bottom 1% is why that same CVS has to keep the fucking deodorant behind a steel cage,” Cohen said.

His argument extended to automobiles and the costs associated with protecting them.

Cohen described modern vehicles as machines that allow people to travel distances that would have been unimaginable throughout much of human history.

“The top 1% is why you get to own a machine like this, allowing you to travel like a Greek god, traversing hundreds of miles in a single day,” Cohen said.

He then contrasted that convenience with insurance expenses and anti-theft measures.

“The bottom 1% is why you have to pay premiums every month and install it with alarms and cameras,” Cohen said.

Cohen emphasized that his use of the phrase “bottom 1%” was not a reference to Americans with low incomes.

Instead, he said he was specifically describing criminals whose actions impose costs and inconveniences on everyone else.

“And to be clear, when I’m talking about the bottom 1%, not talking about poor people. I’m talking about criminals,” Cohen said.

He described that group as a relatively small portion of the population whose behavior has consequences extending far beyond the immediate victims of individual crimes.

“The tiny fraction of society making every person’s life more annoying, more dangerous, expensive, more aggravating,” Cohen said.

Cohen concluded by turning the familiar political debate about inequality on its head.

Rather than focusing on wealth inequality between the richest Americans and everyone else, he argued that greater attention should be paid to the costs imposed on law-abiding citizens by repeat criminal behavior.

“So maybe the real inequality that we should be addressing is the bottom 1% who make us, the other 99%, pay for all their bullsh*t.”

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