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An organization that promoted an abortion amendment for Florida's constitution, a campaign that failed, has been fined more than $186,000 after a multitude of complaints alleging fraud in its work.
A report from CBN explains a recent memo from Florida Deputy Secretary of State for Legal Affairs and Election Integrity Brad McVay revealed the issues involved "reports of paid FPF petition circulators signing petitions on behalf of deceased individuals, forging or misrepresenting elector signatures on petitions, using electors' personal identifying information without consent, and perjury/false swearing."
The organization is "Floridians Protecting Freedom," a pro-abortion organization that submitted signatures for a petition to put on the election ballot the constitutional change.
The report noted multiple FPF petition circulators were arrested and charged with felonies over the last year. And evern now more than 100 criminal investigations are continuing.
The failed proposal would have created a constitutional "right" to abortion before viability or any time someone said it was "necessary to protect the patient's health."
"The (state) report details how the group enlisted PCI Consultants, a California-based corporation, and paid them $27 million in 2023 and 2024 to collect and submit Florida signatures," CBN documented. "PCI is accused of using 'unregistered out-of-state entities' and unlawfully paying signature gatherers per signature."
While some petition signatures were rejected, actually "a large number of signatures were 'mistakenly validated' and counted," the report said.
In fact, in some districts, audits showed more than 25% of signatures were submitted by "known or suspected fraudsters."
Each fraudulent signature would mean a case of felony election fraud.
The fine was the result of a settlement agreement.
The state report said, "The fraud outlined in this report is unacceptable, and it is imperative that the state consider major reforms to the initiative petition process to prevent groups from doing this ever again in Florida."
Liberty Counsel chief Mat Staver commented on the investigation stating, "Election fraud is reprehensible and undermines every citizen's right to vote. The fines and penalties against Floridians Protecting Freedom may not go far enough to prevent groups from doing the same thing again in Florida. Strong laws and enforcement are the best defense against fraud. Floridians deserve an honest and legal ballot process."
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President-elect Donald Trump, noted for the stunning agreements between Israel and some of its Arab neighbors in the Abraham Accords reached during his first term in the White House, has stated, some say threatened, "hell to pay" if the hostages Hamas terrorists took from Israel a year ago aren't released by the time he's inaugurated.
WorldNetDaily reported Sunday that JD Vance, the vice president-elect, explained that means, "enabling the Israelis to knock out the final couple of battalions of Hamas and their leadership. It means very aggressive sanctions and financial penalties on those who are supporting terrorist organizations in the Middle East. It means actually doing the job of American leadership."
He added, "We're hopeful there's going to be a deal that's struck toward the very end of Biden's administration – maybe the last day or two. But regardless of when that deal is struck, it will be because people are terrified that there are going to be consequences for Hamas."
With those consequences looming, a newly published report that cites the Associated Press as a source claims that Hamas now has "accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip."
And accompanying that would be "the release of dozens of hostages."
The report cited the "mediators from the United States and Qatar" saying, "Israel and the Palestinian militant group were at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to bring them a step closer to ending 15 months of war."
The AP reported obtaining a copy of what was a proposed agreement, "and an Egyptian official and a Hamas official confirmed its authenticity," the report said.
"I believe we will get a ceasefire," Antony Blinken. America's secretary of state for a few more days, said Tuesday.
Qatar, Egypt and the U.S., under the Joe Biden administration, have failed for the past year to reach a conclusion to the war and obtain freedom for hostages who remain alive.
The movement in the negotiations, however, started quickly once Trump became the president-elect and made clear his intentions to resolve the bloodshed quickly.
Even Hamas officials, who have rejected earlier plans, now have said negotiations had reached their "final stage."
The attack, Oct. 7, 2023, involved Hamas terrorists invading Israel, killing some 1,200 civilians and abducting another 250.
Some 100 still are thought to be hostages, but many of those may already be dead.
Reports said the ceasefire and release of hostages would involve multiple steps in a phased process.
Hamas in the past has demanded a complete Israeli pullback as well as a reconstruction program for Gaza, while Israel wants an end to the threat of terrorists on its border.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbot is raining fire on plans announced by one of his state's public universities to offer applications for a fully racist conference that bans participation by whites and Asians.
Abbott's response to a question about whether that was allowed? "Hell, no."
It got started with Christopher F. Rufo's reporting on the Chicago-located conference that was being promoted by Texas A&M. He confirmed that TAMU "is supporting racial segregation and breaking the law," with its sponsorship of "a trip to a DEI conference that prohibits whites and Asians from attending."
Kurt Schlichter of Townhall confronted the governor, with, "Hey #GregAbbot_TX, … is my newly adopted state gonna put up with this crap? Because I came from California, and it leads to thousands of houses getting burned down."
Abbott's response was only minutes in coming:
"Hell, no. It's against Texas law and violates the US Constitution. It will be fixed immediately or the president will soon be gone," he said.
A commentary at Twitchy documented, however, that the story isn't over.
"The corrupt, poisonous ideology of 'wokeness' is dying before our eyes and it is a beautiful thing to see. Conservatives and sane people have not won yet, make no mistake there, but DEI is dying on the vine, slowly but surely."
It reported not only are many companies "ditching" DEI, there's a move in Washington to ban the leftist ideology and its practices across federal government.
Some states are ahead, and "have already banned the discriminatory practices."
In Texas, "Abbott rained FIRE down on A&M and stated in no uncertain terms that they could not and WILL NOT get away with this," it said. "Because A&M is a public university, Abbott has the power and leverage to back his threat up," Twitchy said.
It added," More important than even the political win, however, is the win all students will get when they are no longer denied academic opportunities because of the color of their skin or how they 'identify.' It is a win for merit and a win for truth."
The episode wasn't quite finished with the governor's intervention.
State Rep. Brian Harrison joined with some advice: "Thank you, Governor. The leadership of @tamu needs to be replaced immediately regardless.
"In addition to using taxpayer money to promote unconstitutional DEI, they're promoting liberal indoctrination, transgenderism, and confirmed to me they plan to keep all LGBTQ courses."
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Many major corporations across America already have publicly renounced the extremist "diversity" ideology that insists men who call themselves women should be on womens' sports teams. And in womens' private spaces like locker rooms and showers.
Some state and local governments have abruptly backed away from that campaign too.
Now the U.S. House of Representatives has joined.
Members voted Tuesday to adopt H.R. 28, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.
It affirms that allowing men on womens' teams violates Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
"Girls shouldn't be spectators in their own sports. Allowing males who identify as female to compete in girls' sports ignores the biological differences between the sexes—destroying fair competition and erasing women's athletic prospects. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act reaffirms the vital protections for women's sports guaranteed by Title IX, ensuring that women and girls truly have equal athletic opportunities," explained Kristen Waggoner, of the Alliance Defending Freedom.
"As we continue to witness increasing incidents nationwide of males dominating girls' athletic competitions, it is imperative to affirm that biology, not identity, is what matters in athletics. We commend Rep. Greg Steube and his colleagues for their unwavering support of this critical legislation, and we thank Speaker Mike Johnson and the U.S. House of Representatives for making its passage a top priority in the new year. It is encouraging to see Congress take an early, strong stand for women and girls. The Senate should now promptly consider and pass this critically important legislation."
The ADF has worked with lawmakers in dozens of states on laws protecting women's sports.
According to a report at the Daily Signal, Steube said, "The last time my bill passed the House, not a single Democrat supported it. The Democratic Party should listen to the mandate we just received from America: 70% of moderate voters said [President-elect Donald] Trump's protection of women's sports and bathrooms was a driving factor in their vote this fall"
The bill, adopted 218-206, included support from two Democrats, Reps. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, and Henry Cuellar D-Texas.
"Biological men competing against women also poses a threat to the safety of our girls," House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., explained after the vote. "It's dangerous, it's unfair, it's a rejection of reality, and it is just plain wrong."
The proposal would ban "a recipient of federal financial assistance who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls."
Violators would lose federal funds.
The report noted, "Nearly three-quarters (72%) of registered voters think biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's and girls sports, according to national polling from Scott Rasmussen shared with The Daily Signal."
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The late Jimmy Carter entered the White House with an approval rating from Americans of some 75%. He left with 34% approval, but at his recent funeral, reports noted that had rebounded to about 59%.
But that was after he spent the last 45 years of his life doing charitable and diplomatic work.
Joe Biden, 82, when he leaves next week, will have the approval of only 37% of Americans.
That includes 30% of the members of his own Democrat party who either do not approve or have no opinion on him, according to a Washington Examiner report that cites the results from Emerson College Polling.
"Most people won't think twice when President Joe Biden takes his final Air Force One trip to Delaware on Monday," the report said.
Emerson, following Gallup and Rasmussen Reports polls that showed "the nation considers the 46th president among the worst ever," Emerson confirmed only 37% of voters approve of Biden.
"President Biden closes his term with an approval rating 12 points lower than the first Emerson national poll in 2021 that measured the president's approval, at 49%," explained Spencer Kimball, of Emerson College Polling.
"Biden ends with a 70% approval among his base of Democratic voters, a 16-point drop since the 2021 poll, 33% among independents, a 2-point drop, and 10% among Republican voters, a 10-point decrease."
The drop follows the horrendous inflation of more than 20% that has hit Americans since Biden took office, the illegal aliens, including terrorists, who have entered the U.S. because of Biden's open borders agenda, his nonstop promotion of the transgender ideology and abortion, and more.
The polling also noted that 67% say American is on the wrong track, up from 54% when Biden took office.
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A "deranged Jack Smith," who was ruled to have been incompetently appointed "special counsel" by Merrick Garland because the Senate never confirmed him, in a final report on President-elect Donald Trump's alleged "election interference" has expanded his prosecutorial duties to take on the responsibilities of a judge and jury.
In his final report on Trump's comments and opinions after the 2020 presidential election, he insists that Trump would have been convicted, had not the case been dropped because Trump was re-elected to the White House. Smith was assigned by Democrats to handled two major components of the party's lawfare against Trump, which apparently was intended to prevent him from running for president again.
Trump took no hostages in his response.
"Deranged Jack Smith was unable to successfully prosecute the Political Opponent of his 'boss,' Crooked Joe Biden, so he ends up writing yet another 'Report' based on information that the Unselect Committee of Political Hacks and Thugs ILLEGALLY DESTROYED AND DELETED, because it showed how totally innocent I was, and how completely guilty Nancy Pelosi, and others, were. Jack is a lamebrain prosecutor who was unable to get his case tried before the Election, which I won in a landslide. THE VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN!!"
He continued, "To show you how desperate Deranged Jack Smith is, he released his Fake findings at 1:00 A.M. in the morning. Did he say that the Unselect Committee illegally destroyed and deleted all of the evidence."
A second half of Smith's claims, about government documents Trump had, isn't released, but these claims all circle the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, protest-turned-riot in Washington, in which a few hundreds of Trump supporters entered the Capitol without permission and did some vandalism.
The facts are that there were multiple undue influences on that election, such as the FBI's election interference, that gave rise to legitimate questions about the results. Further, a recording unleashed years later confirmed that Trump had suggested more National Guard troops for security that day, and Democrats in Washington and in Congress refused him. Nancy Pelosi later admitted culpability. And then her committee to investigate did orchestrate the evidence to try to make Trump look responsible, and then refused to preserve the evidence used in its work.
Smith, in fact, already has quit his position. It was a judge in the documents case that dismissed the documents claims earlier because Smith never was confirmed by the Senate after his appointment by Garland.
Fox News reported Smith's claims included that the "proof the most certain" in his allegations against Trump.
Smith claimed, according to Fox, the case was under review because of a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity when the election made it clear Trump had won. The Department of Justice then dismissed the case.
"The Department's view that the Constitution prohibits the continued indictment and prosecution of a President is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government's proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Office stands fully behind," the report stated.
Smith brought his claims against Trump in U.S. District Court for Washington D.C. in his 2020 election case, but after Trump was elected president, Smith sought to dismiss the case. Judge Tanya Chutkan granted that request.
Smith's unproven claims were that Trump conspired to defraud the United States by expressing his doubts and concerns about the election processes, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights.
Trump advocates, in fact, have already suggested that Smith could face investigation, and maybe even charges, on that last allegation, conspiracy against rights, for his attacks on Trump.
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The status of a Palestinian "state" is the core issue around which much of the violence – the repeated terrorist assaults on Israel – has revolved for years.
That's even though there are multiple Arab states just over the national boundary.
But a new treatise developed by Alan Dershowitz, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, emeritus, at Harvard Law School, has identified the reason that the Palestinians don't have the "state" that they demand.
It's because they have refused it. Over and over.
Dershowitz explains, at the Gatestone Institute website, that the Jews in the Middle East previously "agreed to Palestinian statehood," again and again.
"In 1937-1938, 1947-1948, 1967, 2000-2001, and 2007. In each case, it was the Palestinian leadership that refused to agree to the two-state solution," he documented.
Back in 1937, before the Jewish state was declare, he said, "the Arabs categorically rejected (the Peel partition plan), demanding that all of Palestine be placed under Arab control and that most of the Jewish population of Palestine be 'transferred' — ethnically cleansed — out of the country."
At that time, the Palestine Royal Commission Report found that because of the "general hostility and hatred of the Jews by the Muslims," sharing a land was ruled out.
"Nor could the Jews be expected to accept Muslim rule over them," since Arab leaders, at that time, were allied with Adolf Hitler.
That plan was for a Jewish majority land in several small strips by the Mediterranean to the Sea of Galilee, while the planned Arab state was several times larger, including the Negev, the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
"The Peel Commission implicitly recognized that it was not so much that the Arabs wanted self-determination as that they did not want the Jews to have self-determination or sovereignty over the land the Jews themselves had cultivated and in which they were a majority," he wrote.
After World War II, the U.N. recommended partition, again.
The Arab leaders again rejected it. "They did not want a Palestinian state. And they wanted there to be no Jewish state," he explained.
On declaring its own statehood, Israel immediately was invaded by Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon, with help from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Libya.
The agenda later included the "three no's." No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, and no negotiations.
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Joe Biden did a first-class job as president of the United States for the last four years, according to Joe Biden.
His comments came Monday in a foreign policy speech.
But the reality is just a little different, according to a critique of his comments published in Red State.
He first claimed that America now is much stronger than it was four years ago. And that its adversaries are weaker.
However, Red State documented, "Since Biden took office, China has grown the size of its military and expanded its political influence across the globe, from the South China Sea to Africa and even South America. As to Russia, one could argue their military resources have been depleted fighting Ukraine, but they are still currently invading Europe with no peace deal in sight."
It pointed out that only American adversary now weaker is Iran, and that's not because of Biden's policies, but despite them.
Biden also boasted of moving America out of Afghanistan, but he forgot to mention the terrorists that have come into America across his open southern border.
The critique said, "I would hardly call a Taliban-led state where men 'marry' and rape nine-year-olds while women can't go appear in public without a male escort a success. The human cost of Biden's disastrous withdrawal is unfathomable, from those who died during it to the millions who have experienced brutal oppression in the aftermath. "
Then there are the service members killed during that disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
And finally, he ignored the recent terrorism in New Orleans to claim global warming, or climate change has it's now known, is the "single greatest threat."
The critique explained, "There are far fewer deaths caused by natural disasters today than there were even a hundred years ago. The idea that 'climate change' is the 'single greatest existential threat to humanity' is simply a lie, and it becomes far more grotesque when you consider Biden is saying that to obfuscate his failures. Why take responsibility for anything when you can just blame the sky idol of 'climate change' for every policy failure?"
Biden's actual legacy? "Biden has been arguably the most destructive president in modern history, with only President Jimmy Carter giving him any competition."
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Joe Biden once famously said to terrorists around the world, "Don't." So, just like Joe, I am also saying to my billions of readers, "Don't." That is, when you see Joe, living back in Delaware, with a brand new corvette sitting in his garage next to thousands of boxes of classified documents, don't think that the new 'vette has anything to do with Hillary Clinton getting a Medal of Freedom award.
No way are the Clintons going to cough up a hundred-thou for a new corvette to get a medal. That new car might come from George Soros' wallet, but not from Bill and Hill.
Joe Biden was just walking in the steps of the Nobel Prize guys when he diminished the honor of the Medal of Freedom. Do you remember when Barack Obama was awarded the Peace Prize by the nitwits in Norway after only seven months of being president? That's because you probably had forgotten when the U.S., Russia, China, North Korea and whoever else had nuclear weapons got together one day and dumped all their nukes into the ocean. That was Obama's Day of Peace … that never happened. And that was also the day when Donald Trump hugged Whoopi Goldberg after a lovely lunch together. More fictional peace from the Little O.
Joe Biden still has time to award more freedom medals before he leaves office with his pockets full, along with the silverware and drapes. Look around, Joe, there are some more tempting recipients awaiting medals according to your standards of "freedom."
How about the former emperor of Rome, Nero. He got rid of those pesky Christians by turning them into live human torches. Nero was obviously a believer in environmental purity. So, to save on electricity, he read by the light of human torches. Obviously, the human torches added to their carbon footprints – but Nero didn't know about global warming back then, so give the guy a break.
Though the emperor is long gone, Joe Biden could easily send a Medal of Freedom to Nero's relatives who now operate one of Rome's finest pizza palaces. Joe could claim that Nero was an early environmental crusader saving on the usage of fossil fuels to create light.
According to Biden's standards of freedom, the former leader of China, Mao Zedong, could qualify for a Medal of Freedom. Since freedom is a rather nebulous term, Mao qualifies by freeing a lot of Chinese people from the burdens of poverty, illness and life. He was also a great environmentalist, having reduced the population of the world by about 45 million people in just a few years with the Great Leap Forward. For 45 million Chinese, the great leap ended up in the grave, but hey, the woke are determined to save the earth from the destruction brought on by human beings, and Mao helped lessen that human burden. Take a bow, Mao.
Two more suggestions for medals are Alejandro Mayorkas and Adam Schiff. Mr. Mayorkas constantly displayed freedom from the truth every time he declared that the southern border was secure. Adam Schiff qualifies for his freedom medal by being free from the truth every time he said Donald Trump colluded with the Russians to beat the honorable Hillary Clinton.
And now thousands of homes in Los Angeles have burned because of the wise leadership of Gov. Gavin Newsom. My staff nominates him for displaying freedom from common sense. In order to save the smelt fish from losing some of its watery habitat in Northern California, Newsom has refused the transfer of excess water from there to Southern California.
Along with Newsom, we also nominate the geniuses who in 2022 freed L.A. of firefighting equipment and shipped it to Ukraine … to defend democracy, of course.
Is there any doubt that the Apostle Paul was right when he told us, "we wrestle not with flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places"?
Joe Biden, or whoever his puppet-masters are, has made the truth of that scripture perfectly clear.
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A parental rights watchdog has filed a new legal action against an Illinois school district that stands accused of discrimination, illegally, against those who are NOT "black, biracial or African American."
The civil rights complaint comes from Parents Defending Education and names the Community Unit School District 308 in Oswego.
The Washington Examiner said the allegations are that the school has used race to determine students' participation in an affinity group that has special benefits.
"It is ridiculous and, frankly, unconscionable that schools like Community Unit School District 308 are creating mentorship and educational opportunities for students based solely on their race," charged Caroline Moore, in an interview with the publication.
She is the vice president of the parents' group.
"Creating situations where students are separated in public schools by race at such a young age perpetuates race biases and discrimination that has no place in public schools in 2025," she explained.
"I look forward to OCR investigating and discontinuing such discriminatory practices that pit kids against each other."
Among the allegations is that the school produced a promotion for an affinity group called Black Students Alliance Buddies, "promoting programming facilitated by a subset of the district's Equity and Engagement Department called the 'Teachers on Special Assignment Division,'" the report said.
Under "Who can Attend" there is a requirement for students to qualify by identifying as "black, biracial, or African American."
The parents' organization said that's a clear violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as the equal protection clause in the Constitution's 14th Amendment because the school is offering benefits "on the basis of race."
The report explained, "The watchdog group cited a 2015 case in which the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights found a school district in violation after holding a 'Black Lives Matter' assembly for 'African American students only.' Just holding a race-exclusive assembly violated Title VI and the equal protection clause, according to OCR, which is why PDE is confident that offering race-exclusive educational benefits presents a similar if not more egregious civil rights violation."