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PALM BEACH, Florida – As JPMorgan Chase Bank is under investigation by the state of Florida for alleged coordination with the Biden Department of Justice and Operation Arctic Frost, the chairman of the company is admitting to debanking certain customers, but says it has nothing to do with their political or religious affiliations.
"We do debank them," said JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon who appeared on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel.
"People have to grow up here and stop making up things and stuff like that. I can't talk about an individual account.
"We do not debank people for religious or political affiliations. We do debank them. They have religious and political affiliations. We debank people who are Democrats, we debank people who are Republicans, we debank religious folks. Never was that for that reason."Dimon was responding to comments last month from Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes who said his company was debanked by JPMorgan Chase.
"When the Arctic Frost went after our bank records at Trump Media, that's inexplicable because we didn't exist," Nunes told Bartiromo on Nov. 9. "So what reason did they have to go after us? And I've seen Jamie Dimon and others at JPMorgan say this over and over again that they don't debank people for political reasons. Well, then why the hell did you debank Trump Media?"
Dimon on Sunday explained: "I don't like debanking people. We live under very strict rules and regulations and requirements. And to protect the country and we have to report things to the government. We're required to report things to the government. I can't even tell you when we do it."
He said he wants to change the rules by which banks are currently bound.
"I actually applaud the Trump administration which is tying to say the debanking's bad, and let's change the rules. Well, damn it, I've been asking to change the rules now for 15 years. So change the rules!" Dimon exclaimed.
"And that's why a lot of this stuff takes place. It is really customer unfriendly. We're debanking people 'cause of suspected things or negative media or all of these various things."
He continued: "We don't give information to the government just because they ask. We're subpoenaed. We're required by court to give it to the government. And I've been following subpoenas with this administration, the last administration, the administration before that and the one before that. And I don't agree with a lot of it. The government does a lot of things that get angry with banks."
"Let's just take a deep breath and fix the problems as opposed to blame someone who's put in that position."
"I would tell the government, 'If we see something that might possibly be bad, we'll report it to you, and you decide.' Why do we have to decide? That's the position we're put in."
When asked if corporate America was being asked to do the government's dirty work, Dimon replied: "Democratic, Republican governments have come after us both. So let's not act like this is just one side doing this."
"This has been going for a long time. And we should stop militarizing the government in that kind of way."
Last month, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the launch of an official investigation into JPMorgan Chase Bank in connection with Operation Arctic Frost, as the Biden administration sought phone records of political enemies.
"It's come to our attention that JPMorgan debanked Trump Media Group, a Florida-based company, right before the business went public," Uthmeier said. "This is a crucial time for any company, a time where you cannot afford to lose your bank."
Uthmeier also claimed JPMorgan sought large amounts of information from Trump Media unrelated to its business practices and may have shared sensitive data with Biden's DOJ without probable cause.
"This is wrong. We will not tolerate it, and we will hold them accountable," he added.
"Here in Florida, we've passed legislation to protect our consumers from wrongful debanking, and we will stand by our consumers," he said.
As WorldNetDaily reported in January, Congress is now investigating the debanking of Americans who hold conservative political views.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky, wondered at the time: "Are these bank examiners with a wink and a nod saying don't let this person bank at your bank?"
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President Trump Saturday took aim at another "fake news" reporter, this time CNN's Kaitlan Collins.
Trump posted that the journalist is "stupid and nasty" after she asked why the budget for the new White House ballroom had increased.
Wrote Trump: "Caitlin Collin's [sic] of Fake News CNN, always Stupid and Nasty, asked me why the new Ballroom was costing more money than originally thought one year ago. I said because it is going to be double the size, and the quality of finishes and interiors has been brought to the highest level. Also, the column SPAN has been substantially increased for purposes of viewing.
"It is actually under budget and ahead of schedule, as my jobs always are. It's just much bigger and more beautiful than originally planned. Interestingly, and seldom reported, there are no taxpayer dollars involved. It is being fully paid for by private donations. FAKE NEWS CNN, and the guy who runs the whole corrupt operation that owns it, is one of the worst in the business. Their ratings are so low that they're not even counted or relevant anymore. MAGA!!!"
The president has taken flack recently for name-calling directed at mostly female reporters. It is not clear if he misspelled Collins' first name purposely.
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It's a series of attacks that have targeted Enoch Burke, a school teacher in Ireland, for three years already, and it's being elevated now to the point authorities have ordered him to be jailed over the Christmas holiday over his adherence to science and fact.
The fight is over orders from officials at his school to lie, by using "they/them" pronouns for a student who claims to be transgender.
That, of course, defies science, as being male or female is embedded in humans down to the DNA level, and does not change.
Live Action's Lila Rose commented on the orders: "Ireland is no longer free. Ireland teacher Enoch Burke will spend Christmas in jail after refusing to use preferred pronouns for a trans-identifying student, citing his religious beliefs. The school then initiated a disciplinary process, preventing him from teaching. After multiple attempts to fight what he believed was religious persecution, Enoch was arrested. Pray for Enoch and his family."
A report from RTE Ireland said the orders to keep Burke locked up over the holiday came from the High Court.
"Mr. Burke was ordered back to prison two weeks ago for contempt of court by continuing to turn up at Wilson's Hospital School despite a court order directing him not to trespass. The judge accused Mr. Burke and his family of engaging in the most deliberate, sustained and concerted attack on the authority of the civil courts and the rule of law in this country in recent times."
Involved are Burke, his brother, Isaac, mother, Martina, and sister, Ammi.
The report explained, "Mr. Burke has spent more than 500 days in prison for refusing to abide by court orders. He claims he is turning up for work at the school as his right. The courts have usually ordered his release from prison during the school holidays."
The judge, Brian Cregan, claimed "fines and the appointment of security guards had failed to stop Mr. Burke turning up at the school and there was no option but to imprison him again," the report said.
The judge already has appointed a receiver for Burke's bank account in order to charge him legal fees to benefit the school.
He also has pending a hearing regarding his dismissal by school officials.
Further, Burke objected to a rant by the judge who described him as "a baleful and malign presence … an intruder, stalking the school…"
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An Oklahoma state representative is now getting vicious and lethal threats after coming to the defense of a Christian student who received a zero grade from a transgender teaching assistant merely for championing God's gender roles outlined in the Bible.
Republican Gabe Woolley shared the audio of one menacing message, stating: "Hi, this is a message for Rep. Gabe Woolley. Could you please pass this message on to him? Tell him to put a gun in his mouth and pull the trigger for all of our sakes. Thank you. Bye."
Woolley had expressed support for Samantha Fulnecky, a student at the University of Oklahoma who was given a failing grade by Mel Curth, a graduate teaching assistant who is a man pretending to be a woman.
Curtis condemned the student's references to the Bible and faith, and instead insisted she should adopt the teacher's ideologies. The teacher has since been removed from the classroom, as WorldNetDaily reported.
"I support Samantha in this. I read her essay," Woolley said. "As a former educator … I don't see how that could receive a zero when she turned something in with a significant amount of writing. It kind of makes me wonder if there is potential bias or preferences taking place with this T.A.'s grading."
"As elected officials, our duty is to protect the God-given rights of the people – their constitutional freedoms – and ensure responsible stewardship of their tax dollars," he noted. "Taxpayer-funded universities must be held accountable."
After receiving numerous threats, Woolley said: "Once again, the reflexive response from the far-left to disagreement is hostility and attempts to silence opposing voices. This is exactly why restoring a culture of open debate and civil disagreement is essential.
"This wasn't the first threat – but I felt I had to expose this one, especially in light of the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk. And yes – the person telling me to 'put a gun in my mouth and pull the trigger' over my comments on the OU incident doesn't even appear to live in Oklahoma.
"I ran my campaign on transparency & exposure in an effort to restore power to the people. This is the product of declining academia.
"The ideologies and mindsets being fostered in education are leading toward this type of behavior. We can – and must – do better than this."
In the wake of the threats against the Republican lawmaker, online reaction includes:
"Sadly, it's something you have to expect now after Charlie Kirk. Especially when this type of behavior is encouraged on that side."
"They all seem anti-God. We need to bring God back, because if you don't have God in your life, it gets filled with evil."
"Something tells me if the same assignment quoted the Koran we would not even be having this discussion. Call it a hunch."
"For people who oppose guns, they sure like to use them."
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In the wake of dozens of Somalians in Minnesota being convicted and sentenced for fraud, to the tune of $1 billion of taxpayer funds, and President Trump saying that immigrants from the African nation "contribute nothing" to the nation, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara is advising people to call 911 if they see masked individuals in their neighborhood – a reference to some ICE agents who've worn masks to protect themselves from doxxing and other risks.
"Provide as much information as possible. … We will immediately respond," O'Hara said at a city press conference.
The chief says he has reminded his officers "of their duty to intervene" in such incidents, during which someone's "civl rights" may be at risk.
During a Tuesday Cabinet meeting, Trump said, "I don't want [Somalians] in our country – I'll be honest with you," saying that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a Somalian immigrant, is "garbage."
In response to news that federal immigration officials are planning an enforcement crackdown in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared he will not work with ICE, as he began to speak in a very halting Somali mid-speech.
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At the same news conference, Somalian Minneapolis City Council Member Jamal Osman called Trump "racist, xenophobic and islamophobic" and then, again, began speaking in a foreign language, saying, "Now, I would like to switch into Somali to speak to my community."
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A transgender, a man portraying himself as a woman, who was teaching at the University of Oklahoma has been taken out of the classroom and the regents have been ordered by Gov. Kevin Stitt to make certain students are not being punished for their faith.
This all after a rant from the professor, Mel Curtis, that condemned the student's references to the Bible and faith, and instead insisted she should adopt the teacher's ideologies.
The governor's reaction: "The 1st Amendment is foundational to our freedom & inseparable from a well rounded education. The situation at OU is deeply concerning. I'm calling on the OU regents to review the results of the investigation & ensure other students aren't unfairly penalized for their beliefs."
The university said the "graduate student instructor has been placed on administrative leave pending the finalization" of an investigation.
The situation was profiled by a chapter of Turning Point USA:
The organization explained, "For a psychology course at the University Oklahoma, Samantha Fulnecky was asked to write a 650-word essay reacting to an article about how people are perceived based on societal expectations of gender. In her essay, Fulnecky argued that traditional gender roles should not be considered stereotypes. She cited the Bible to support her stance that eliminating gender in society would be 'detrimental' because that would put people 'farther from God's original plan for humans.'
"She received zero points out of 25 on the essay. Transgender professor, Mel Curtis, said Ms. Fulnecky, failed to use empirical evidence/and called parts of her essay offensive. 'To call an entire group of people 'demonic' is highly offensive, especially a minoritized population,' the instructor wrote in the online grading platform. Fulnecky says she followed the assignment guidelines and should not be penalized for her religious viewpoints. OU officials point to the formal grade-appeal process as the student awaits a decision.
"We at Turning Point OU stand with Samantha. We should not be letting mentally ill professors around students. Clearly this professor lacks the intellectual maturity to set her own bias aside and take grading seriously. Professors like this are the very reason conservatives can't voice their beliefs in the classroom. Kuddos to Samantha for leading by example and standing up for what she believes in."
A report from Not the Bee said the TPUSA posting was viewed by tens of millions of people in just days.
The assignment was to read an essay on "gender" and respond with a reflection.
"Fulnecky decided to respond by arguing that the erosion of 'gender' roles in society is the problem, and that articles like the one for the assignment are attempting to do that. Instead, she said, what we call 'gender' norms are simply the outworking of God's design for men and women," the report said.
The student said, "God made male and female and made us differently from each other on purpose and for a purpose. God is very intentional with what He makes, and I believe trying to change that would only do more harm."
Further, she wrote, "Society pushing the lie that there are multiple genders and everyone should be whatever they want to be is demonic and severely harms American youth."
Curth claimed that the gender ideologies being pushed are "the result of countless years developing psychological and scientific evidence for these claims and directly interacting with the communities involved."
Sex and gender Curth claimed, are "neither binary nor fixed."
Not the Bee responded to Curth's claim about sex and gender, "Not only is this false, but it is also a fallacious appeal to authority that is based entirely on the ideological idea – born from Marxist and leftwing thought reaching back to Rousseau and beyond – that humans are malleable widgets without a defined nature or 'instruction manual.'"
And the report explained, "The fact that the 'expert' class has used their expertise to lend scientific validity to this religious belief system does not mean that it is any more empirical than Fulnecky's Christian faith that teaches that God made us male and female in His own image (Genesis 1:27)."
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PALM BEACH, Florida – President Donald Trump, who on Thanksgiving Day called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz "seriously retarded," is now doubling down on that claim, saying there is "absolutely" something wrong with the Democrat governor who has allowed his state to be packed with Somalians.
Aboard Air Force One on a flight from Palm Beach to the nation's capital Sunday evening, a reporter asked the president: "You mentioned Tim Walz, and you called him what many Americans find an offensive word, retarded. Do you stand by that claim of calling Tim Walz retarded?"
Trump replied: "Yeah, I think there's something wrong with him. Absolutely. You have a problem with it? I think there's something wrong with him."
"Anybody who would do what he did, anybody that would allow those people into a state and pay billions of dollars out to Somalia, we give billions of dollars to Somalia. It's not even a country because it doesn't function like a country. It's got a name but it doesn't function like a country. Yeah, there's something wrong with Walz."
In a blistering late-night Truth Social post on Thanksgiving, Trump originally said: "The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both."
"Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for 'prey' as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone."
Walz responded Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," saying: "Look, Donald Trump insulting me is a badge of honor for me, but I think we all know both as an educator for a couple decades and as a parent using that term is just so damaging. It's hurtful."
As Fox News reported Nov. 21, "A new investigation found that Minnesota taxpayer dollars were going far beyond the North Star State's borders and ending up in the hands of Al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked terror group.
"Ryan Thorpe and Christopher F. Rufo of the Manhattan Institute uncovered a web of fraud involving Minnesota's Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program, Feeding Our Future and other organizations in a bombshell report. Thorpe and Rufo noted that, in many cases, members of Minnesota's Somali community were perpetrators of fraud. They added that federal counterterrorism sources confirmed that millions of dollars in stolen funds were sent back to Somalia, which is how Al-Shabaab got the cash.
"Thorpe and Rufo sought to answer a bigger question when looking into the schemes: 'Where did the money go?'"
"As it turned out, the Somali fraud rings sent money transfers from Minnesota to Somalia and, according to reports, approximately 40% of households in Somalia get remittances from abroad. Thorpe and Rufo state that in 2023, the Somali diaspora sent $1.7 billion to the country, which was higher than the Somali government's budget that same year."
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Gary Beckstrom, the father of fallen American hero Sarah Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia National Guard who was shot and killed by a terrorist in Washington, D.C., led a long list of memorials to her, the day after she died.
"My baby girl has passed to glory," he posted on social media. "If I don't talk to you don't be offend[ed] this has been a horrible tragedy."
Dozens of comments, expressing love and prayers for the family, followed.
She was shot, along with Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who remains hospitalized, allegedly by a migrant from Afghanistan who had been allowed into this country by the Biden administration.
The two had been deployed to Washington for "Operation DC Safe and Beautiful" to fight rising crime.
They were ambushed in broad daylight.
According to the Gateway Pundit, The two heroes had volunteered to work that day so others could be home with their families for Thanksgiving."
Pam Bondi, the U.S. attorney general, explained, "She volunteered to be there on Thanksgiving — working today — she volunteers, as did many of those guardsmen and women so other people could be home with their families."
The suspect in the shooting, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, an Afghan national who came to the U.S. under a program set up by Joe Biden, is facing multiple charges, including first-degree murder.
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Coca-Cola hired a fake Johnny Cash singer, an impersonator, to mimic the famous singer's voice in a commercial, and now is getting sued for that.
Newsweek reports the Johnny Cash estate has gone to federal court over the drink company's use of "an unauthorized imitation" of the late singer's voice.
The complaint in federal court for the Middle District of Tennessee charges Coca-Cola is in violation of the state's Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, as well as federal false-endorsement laws and state consumer-protection statutes, the report confirmed.
Newsweek noted, "The lawsuit matters because it tests the boundaries of Tennessee's new ELVIS Act—one of the first laws in the nation to explicitly protect both real and simulated voices—and could reshape how advertisers, technology companies, and entertainment estates handle voice rights."
The case charges the corporation with using a Cash soundalike without permission or authorization and could set a new precedent for industry practices using vocal imitators and the ownership in a fast-changing world of artificial intelligence.
The late Cash was described in the report as "one of America's most loved and severed singer-songwriters, whose deep bass-baritone voice and blend of country, rock, folk, and gospel made him one of the most influential and bestselling artists of the 20th Century."
His interests now are protected by the John R. Cash Revocable Trust.
It was the corporation's "Go the Distance" commercial that triggered the fight.
The filing charges Coca-Cola hired Shawn Barker, a "Johnny Cash tribute singer," to imitate the famed singer's voice.
The company then created a performance that allegedly was "readily identifiable and attributable" to Cash even though the estate granted no permissions.
"Stealing the voice of an artist is theft. It is theft of his integrity, identity, and humanity," Cash estate lawyer Tim Warnock explained.
The filing included comments from consumers explaining they thought the ad featured an "unreleased Johnny Cash recording."
The report explained the significance:
"According to an analysis by Latham & Watkins, the law broadens protections by explicitly covering 'a sound in a medium that is readily identifiable and attributable to a particular individual, regardless of whether the sound contains the actual voice or a simulation.' It also introduces new forms of liability for those who 'publish, perform, distribute, [or] transmit' an unauthorized voice, including simulations."
The case seeks $75,000 damages and an order halting the further use of the imitation.
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The Democrat state representative in Tennessee running for U.S. Congress is not just anti-police and throwing hissy fits when thrown out of the governor's office, apparently she also believes men can give birth to children.
Newly unearthed audio reveals Aftyn Behn, who is running against Trump-endorsed Republican Matt Van Epps for the District 7 seat in Congress, thinks people who give birth, whether they be male or female, can use their "birther" status as bargaining chips to promote progressive political policies.
Behn told an interviewer: "I think we have, as birther – women who can give birth, men and women who can give birth – we can maybe leverage that as collective bargaining."
"We can really leverage collective bargaining when it comes to having children in this country. And so, for example, I'm not going to give birth until the United States government concedes A, B, C, D."
"What do you think about that?" Behn asked her interviewer, who immediately replied: "It seems a little much really."
LibsofTikTok shared the video, urging: "Don't let this radical woman anywhere near office."
Other comments online include:
"She literally called herself a 'birther.'"
"These people can't explore the new world, can't explore the stars, so in their desperation to leave a mark on humanity, they decided to explore delusion instead."
"OMG! What a nutcase. But ironically, if SHE wants to hold her own procreation strike, I would support it. I feel sorry for any child born to that."
"Nothing would thrill me more than to see all progressive women go on birth strikes and end the rot with their generation."
"How did insanity become proprietary and the status quo in America?"
"What the hell is going on in the Volunteer state that this thing got elected?"
As WorldNetDaily reported Monday, Behn is refusing to denounce her previous calls to defund the police and even burn down police stations.
On Tuesday, RNC Research released more unearthed video of Behn in which she pushed for the abolition of all police.
"Talking to our parents about what police abolition looks like … we can do it, there is a world," she said.
Other video depicts Behn sobbing and screaming at the top of her lungs as security removed her from Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's office in resurfaced footage from April 2019.
The special election in the Nashville area of Tennessee takes place Dec. 2.