Christopher Steele, the spy behind the discredited 'pee tape' Trump dossier, says sources tell him Putin is seriously ill

 Putin Seriously Ill, Says Trump-Russia Dossier Author Steele (businessinsider.com)

Putin has for decades cultivated an image of virile masculinity at peak fitness — but an investigation by independent Russian media outlet Proekt alleged that this was only possible with significant deception.  

"The former British spy who wrote an infamous dossier about Donald Trump's dealings in Russia told Sky News on Sunday that sources had told him that Russian President Vladimir Putin is seriously ill.

"Christopher Steele, who led MI6's Russia desk and worked as a spy in Moscow for years, told Sky News: "Certainly, from what we're hearing from sources in Russia and elsewhere, is that Putin is, in fact, quite seriously ill."

"Claims about the 69-year-old leader's health have circulated for months. On Saturday, Ukraine's head of military intelligence, Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, told Sky that Putin is in a "very bad psychological and physical condition and he is very sick."

"Budanov went on to suggest that the purported illness had incited plans within Russia for a coup.". . .

Elon Musk Says He's Wading Into Politics to Stop 'Woke Mind Virus'

Elon Musk called the woman who accused him of sexually harassing her flight-attendant friend a 'far left' actor 'with a major political axe to grind'* 

 Business Insider  . . ."In response, Musk wrote: "Unless it is stopped, the woke mind virus will destroy civilization and humanity will never reach Mars." 

"Over the last month, Musk has mentioned the "woke mind virus" on several occasions. On Wednesday, he called Yale the "epicenter of the woke mind virus attempting to destroy civilization."

"And in April, Musk used the term in a tweet, stating that it is "making Netflix unwatchable."

"While Musk hasn't outlined what he thinks constitutes the "woke mind virus," the word "woke" has been co-opted and weaponized by right-wing figures to mock progressive causes. 

"Musk also bashed the Democratic party in a tweet on Wednesday, calling it "the party of division and hate." In the same tweet, he doubled down on his resolution to vote Republican this election — several days after he first stated that stance during a tech conference."

Federal judge blocks Biden from ending COVID border policy

 Federal judge forces Biden to continue using Title 42 (axios.com)

"A federal judge has blocked the Biden administration from ending Title 42 — a controversial border policy that has allowed officials to rapidly turn back migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border nearly 2 million times.

"Why it matters: The administration had planned to end the policy on Monday. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have decried the end of the policy — implemented as public health initiative under the Trump administration to block migrants from coming during the pandemic — out of concern that ending Title 42 would exacerbate already record numbers at the border.

• Judge Robert Summerhays issued the 47-page ruling granting the injunction to keep it in place.
• "Given the impact of the Termination Order on the Plaintiff States and their showing that the CDC did not comply with the [Administrative Procedure Act], the Court concludes that the public interest would be served by a preliminary injunction preventing the termination of the CDC's Title 42 Orders," the ruling reads.

"The latest: The Department of Justice said Friday it intends to appeal the court's decision.

• “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) invoked its authority under Title 42 due to the unprecedented public-health dangers caused by the COVID-19 pandemic," DOJ spokesperson Anthony Coley said.
• "CDC has now determined, in its expert opinion, that continued reliance on this authority is no longer warranted in light of the current public-health circumstances. That decision was a lawful exercise of CDC’s authority.' ". . .

Democrats give Musk their Alito-Thomas-Kavanaugh treatment

 The left hates Elon Musk because he's a tycoon they can't bully (nypost.com)  "Why does the left hate Elon Musk?

"It’s simple, really: Because he can’t be controlled, and because he doesn’t tolerate BS.". . .

. . ."Musk is thus a twin threat. As the sometime richest man in the world, he has a lot of power, and it’s not under anyone else’s control. And he’s a nerd, with a nerd’s low tolerance for bull. Where more socially “polished” people would go out of their way to show fealty to leftist tropes popular among the Gentry Class regardless of their absurdity, Musk is happy to point out that the emperor has no clothes.". . .

Just as Elon Musk Becomes a Hot Story a Report Surfaces of an Old Sexual Harassment Claim (legalinsurrection.com)  . . ."Um, Elon Musk has been one of the richest human beings on earth for a long time. Why now? How can she use his money as an excuse to come out now?

"Musk asked Business Insider “for more time to respond“:

After Insider contacted Musk for comment, he emailed to ask for more time to respond and said there is “a lot more to this story.”

“If I were inclined to engage in sexual harassment, this is unlikely to be the first time in my entire 30-year career that it comes to light,” he wrote, calling the story a “politically motivated hit piece.”

AP Ridiculed for ‘Bizarre’ Attack on Elon Musk’s Free Speech (breitbart.com)  . . ."The essay accuses the 50-year-old SpaceX founder of “disdain for public officials who challenge him,” while highlighting his previous confrontations “with health officials who limited staffing at the California factory to prevent the spread of COVID, calling stay-at-home orders ‘fascist.’”

"Musk is also described as one who “seems to relish taunting regulators.”

"In response, many took to Twitter to highlight AP’s misconception of free speech.

“ 'So what you’re saying is the SOB is speaking freely?” wrote Rhode Island Republican Rep. Mike Chippendale.". . .

Elon Has More to Say About the Accusation Against Him, Claims He Has the 'Perfect' Name for It – RedState  . . .“But they have become the party of division & hate,” Musk said. “So I can no longer support them and will vote Republican. Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold…🍿”

"We didn’t have to wait long. As we reported last night, Business Insider dropped a sketchy report about an old sexual assault claim involving a SpaceX flight attendant that allegedly took place back in 2016 and resulted in a $250,000 settlement and non-disclosure agreement.  As Bonchie notes, there wasn’t anything that would make this “current” to run as a news story except his heightened public profile with the Twitter buy and the various efforts to run him down because of it. In the statement he gave to Business Insider, Musk denied the claim.

. . ."“For the record, those wild accusations are utterly untrue,” he said.

“ 'But I have a challenge to this liar who claims their friend saw me ‘exposed’ – describe just one thing, anything at all (scars, tattoos, …) that isn’t known by the public,” the CEO added. “She won’t be able to do so, because it never happened.”

"Musk also said that he had the perfect name for the accusation: Elongate.". . .

Babylon Bee: Fauci Recommends Stopping Spread Of Monkeypox By Covering Eyes, Ears, Mouth

 The Babylon Bee Parody

"WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Monkeypox pandemic has finally breached the shores of the United States, with the CDC confirming a staggering 1 infections so far. In response, America's favorite, most trusted doctor, Dr. Anthony Fauci, issued a statement recommending people stop the spread of Monkeypox by covering their eyes, ears, and mouth.

"Fauci accepted 137 TV interviews and a book deal after issuing the guidelines essentially recommending people look the other way rather than investigate the source of this new outbreak.

" 'As I, the Science, have always said, lockdowns don't work. What really works is turning a blind eye to where this outbreak nonsense may or may not have leaked from," said Dr. Fauci to a fawning NBC news anchor trying to get his autograph. "And I'd like to add that there is no evidence the Monkeypox outbreak is connected to the NIH-funded Institute of Monkeypox Studies next door to patient zero."

"Not all health professionals agree with Dr. Fauci's health order. Dr. Corry Larreia, a world-renowned monkey virologist and respected expert in finding the source of Monkeypox outbreaks, said Dr. Fauci was wrong and the outbreak should be investigated in full.

"At publishing time, Dr. Larreia had been disbarred, lost his virology license along with his official stethoscope, was banned from his local book club, snubbed by Apple's Siri, and lost both of his hands in a tragic wood chipper accident."

Image from Reality Bites by Broc Smith.

Why Is Joe Biden Still President? –

What I fear is after losing -one only hopes- the Presidency in that November 2024 election what damage will Democrats do between then and the Jan 2015 Inauguration. There is a great anti-American evil dwelling in the Democrat Party and Biden is nothing more than their valuable tool. The Tunnel Dweller

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Making this tragedy even worse is that his replacement, Vice President Kamala Harris, would be as lousy – and probably worse. It’s an ugly storm, but our only choice is to ride through it and hope the damage isn’t too bad by the time a Republican Congress beginning in January can begin making repairs.

. . ."But it’s nevertheless important to point out that Biden not only set a standard that he then should have been required to live by, he also promised the American people that “​​I will take care of this. I will end this.” It was a lie no one should have believed, a promise impossible to keep.

"Of course there are other reasons beyond his COVID death toll that Biden should not, to use his words, “remain as president of the United States of America.”

"He and his party set the inflation fire and have no idea how to handle rising prices (hiking taxes on corporations to bring down inflation might qualify as the most idiotic proposal to fight runaway prices ever floated).

"Biden has been a divider rather than a uniter, siding with radical elements over everyday Americans trying quietly to live their lives.

"The fading Biden, who is little more than a puppet to the somewhat more sentient beings around him, is a threat to national security.

This president has left the southern border open for anyone who wants to do harm to the people of this country but would otherwise be blocked from entry. His abandonment of his obligations to protect the nation’s borders has also created a humanitarian crisis.

"Biden displayed weakness and an uncommon ability to continue to be on the wrong side of international affairs with his disastrous Afghanistan surrender.

"Our flap-jawed president has made this country more dependent on other nations for its energy needs, and is directly responsible for soaring fuel prices.". . .

Fiona Hill Tries to Own the Orange Man, Inadvertently Admits Why Putin Wanted Joe Biden – RedState   

No one is misconstruing her words. She said Putin waited to invade Ukraine until Biden is in office, and that's exactly what others are saying she said. Regardless, the fact that she thinks this is some kind of own of the orange man is hilarious.

Biden's America Rots from the Head Down - American Thinker   . . ."When Biden's handlers sent him to Buffalo, New York, to exploit a mass murder by blaming conservatives, liberty-lovers, Trump Republicans, Fox News, and just about anybody to the right of Karl Marx for a crime whose perpetrator didn't even merit the faux-president's direct condemnation, angry, spiteful Joe Biden showed just what a miserable, acidic, revolting excuse for a human being he's always been.  A real president would have mourned the dead, comforted the survivors, consoled the grieving, and united Americans through the common bonds of their humanity.  But Joe Biden is no real president, so he both dishonored the solemnity of the occasion and betrayed his sacred duty to elevate the nation's welfare over the interests of his party's political power.  With an outstretched, bony finger good for nothing now but casting blame, he tarnished the tragedy with petty partisanship, rebuffed the nation's need for grace, befouled what should have been dignified, and withered further the civic sinews barely binding Americans together as one nation.  Biden's moment in Buffalo was disgraceful.

"I know Republicans such as Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham love to tell stories about how charming and friendly the Great Mental Void from Delaware has always been, but you can't spew such filthy, spiteful rhetoric as Biden did in Buffalo without having a dark and rotten soul.  This is who Joe Biden has been all his wretched life.  When he wasn't stealing other people's words for his own use or orchestrating Justice Thomas's "high-tech lynching," he was running around the country telling black Americans that Republicans wanted to "put y'all back in chains," scaring elderly Americans that Obamacare opponents wanted to destroy their Medicare, or straight-up lying about the authenticity of his son's "laptop from hell." . . .

Biden, Liz Cheney, Kinzinger Push the Politics of Racial Supremacy - No shame at MSNBC

I have to be concerned with the "White Supremacy" discussion being a stalking horse used by the left and their tools in the press (MSNBC) and among RINO Republicans to keep the discussion away from the contemptible performance of Biden Democrats. TD

 The American Spectator | USA News and Politics  The Left is obsessed with it and replacement theory. Behind a pay wall

Dem Rep. Beatty blames White supremacy for Dallas Korean hair salon shooting, but suspect is Black | Fox News

MSNBC Slammed Over ‘Disgusting Racist Rant’ Attacking Black Republican: ‘Unbelievably Insidious’ | The Daily Wire

Joy Reid: 'Christian Nationalists' Won't Stop at Abortion During Their 'Jihad' (townhall.com)    "MSNBC host Joy Reid warned her followers on Twitter that with the Supreme Court potentially poised to overturn Roe v. Wade other groups of people could face their rights being taken away because the conservative justices are on a "jihad."

"Reid erroneously stated by overturning Roe v. Wade would make abortion illegal, rather it would mean states will be once again allowed to make their own abortion.". . .

Baghdad Babe: Putin's TV propagandists target new White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in racist rant | Daily Mail Online

. . .Pundit Andrei Sidorchik smiled as he added: 'She admits not being chosen for professional abilities, but because she is a dark-skinned immigrant and this was secured by her predecessors. 'When she makes mistakes, that will be her excuse. 'I'm not a professional, I was chosen for other reasons'. Popov added: 'I read many books, graduated from a University, I did my PhD thesis on such and such a topic, I speak many languages... but that's not what it takes to represent the United States at the White House.' 'It's more important to be... like that,' Popov said as he pointed to Jean-Pierre in the video playing in the background. 'But at least she's cute.'

House Passes ‘White Supremacism’ Domestic Terrorism Bill After Buffalo Shooting (legalinsurrection.com) 

 I should say the bill passed along party lines because Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) isn’t a Republican.

GOP Lawmaker Says Liberal SCOTUS Justices ‘Know’ Who Leaked ‘Roe’ Draft

 GOP Lawmaker Says Liberal SCOTUS Justices 'Know' Who Leaked 'Roe' Draft (conservativebrief.com)

"A Republican member of the House said during an interview on Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court’s liberal-leaning justices are very likely aware of who engaged in an unprecedented leak of a draft decision written in February overturning the landmark 1973 abortion legalization ruling known as Roe v. Wade.

"In an interview with Newsmax TV, Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana said he was certain at least some of the justices know the leaker’s identity.

"“We all could probably agree that the justices that were appointed by Democrat presidents know who the leaker was,” he said. “What bothers me, it’s not only the undermining that it did of the institution and the trust factor that these folks have with each other,” it’s that now that the trust is broken, “it’s very difficult to restore it.”

"He went on to say that while he is not certain whether the release of the draft opinion was a criminal act, it is certainly against federal law to protest in front of a Supreme Court justice’s home with the intent to intimidate them into changing their mind about a ruling.

"And there have been protests in front of the homes of some of the conservative justices who reportedly signed onto the majority draft opinion which was authored by Justice Samuel Alito." . . .

Pro Abortion Extremists Threaten To Burn Down Supreme Court… | Weasel Zippers

Biden's "Ministry Of Truth" for the gullible

 The Clownish Disinfo Czar Got The Boot, But Biden’s ‘Ministry Of Truth’ Hired Monster Replacements | The Daily Caller   "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hired the co-author of the PATRIOT Act, arguably the harshest crackdown on civil liberties in modern American history, and an official under former President Bill Clinton to head the Disinformation Governance Board during its “pause.”

"The DHS shut the board down Monday after just several weeks and its head, Nina Jankowicz, wrote a resignation letter Tuesday, according to The Washington Post. Jankowicz was scrutinized for pushing disinformation about Hunter Biden’s laptop and the now-discredited Steele Dossier, which Daniel Hoffman, a former CIA officer, said was possibly “part of a Russian espionage disinformation plot.” She also called Republicans who criticize critical race theory (CRT) “disinformers.” Videos of her singing as the “Mary Poppins of disinformation,” “f*cking her way to the top” and satirical, sexualized renditions of Harry Potter themes have also raised eyebrows.

"The department announced Wednesday former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff and former U.S. Deputy Secretary General Jamie Gorelick under Clinton “will lead a thorough review and assessment” of the board that was “grossly and intentionally mischaracterized.” (RELATED: White House Responds To Disinfo Board Being ‘Paused’)

"Chertoff reportedly pushed disinformation about Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop, claiming Russians were behind the emails found inside, according to the Free Beacon. Chertoff served as the secretary of the DHS from 2005-2009, investigated the 9/11 attacks and co-authored the PATRIOT Act, which gave the government authority to tap phones to surveil for terrorism and conduct searches without a warrant.". . .

COMING UP:

The problem with that answer is that it completely ignored the inconvenient fact that U.S. Code states protests outside of the homes of judges with the intent of influencing (read: intimidating) them to rule one way or the other are unlawful and are subject to fines and/or a year in prison.

Jen Psaki Has Nowhere to Turn After Student Journalist Catches Her in Whopper About SCOTUS Protests – RedState  While Jen Psaki’s days as Joe Biden’s Ministress of Truth were officially over effective May 13th, the woman who served in various spokesperson capacities for two of the most dishonest presidential administrations in American history is still cranking out the whoppers as she gets set to take on her new role as hostess of an as-yet-to-be-named program on MSNBC’s “Peacock” streaming service."

Flashback: How It's Done: Colorado Reporter Puts on a Clinic in How to Accurately Report on Violent Rioters (Video) – RedState

. . ."At around the :39 mark, Garcia refers to the people gathered at the intersection as “the rioters.” A few seconds later he explains the destruction that was perpetrated by the rioters, such as tearing down a wrought iron fence that was being used to protect the Aurora PD. He also reported that they broke windows, set off fireworks, and started a fire in the municipal building behind him. The footage is then shown at various points in his report of the rioters doing exactly that.

"He then noted that most of the violence started after most of the protesters from a group called “Party for Socialism and Liberation” left.

"At the 1:40 mark of the segment, Garcia states that not long after police in riot gear arrived that he and his camera crew had to momentarily leave because “the rioters” (his words) had threatened them “just for being there.”

"Garcia then segued into briefly talking about the highway incident before resuming his report (at the 2:10 mark) on the riots taking place near the police department.

“ 'The people causing the damage are now out here,” Garcia told viewers watching his report while indicating that he and his camera crew would still maintain a safe distance so they could continue to report on their activities.

"Watch this absolutely solid report from Garcia below:"

WarnerDiscovery's anti-woke new CEO David Zaslav

 WarnerDiscovery's anti-woke new CEO David Zaslav plans to 'un-cancel' JK Rowling | Daily Mail Online  . . ."On Wednesday, Zaslav took to CNBC to share some of his colleague Chris Licht's plans for CNN, another one of his new properties.

"Zaslav appeared to confirm the network would move away from opinion-focused primetime shows, and instead return to its roots as a breaking news broadcaster with an extremely strong reputation for covering big stories.

"CNN has won plaudits for its coverage of the Ukraine war, and the network's new bosses are believed to be trying to focus on rebuilding its reputation as one of the world's top newsgatherers, instead of a home for cheap to produce 'infotainment' shows featuring soapboxing hosts and guests.

"Zaslav, who is close to entertainment heavyweights Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, is big on cross-promotion and has already floated plans to have top movie talent participate in a Discovery Channel Shark Week promotional event.

"The move is consistent with the existing perception of the Brooklyn-born lawyer, who is thought to have tainted Discovery Channel's brand when he took over in 2006 and refocused the cable channel on reality TV in order to turn a profit.". . .