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President Donald Trump on Friday launched a bomb at the legacy of Joe Biden, declaring that all of the documents signed by the autopen in the White House, unless they specifically were authorized by Biden, now are "terminated."
Trump long has challenged the validity of many of the announcements that came out of the White House during Biden's last few months, at a time when evidence of a decline in Biden's cognitive abilities was publicly available.
Trump even posted a photograph of the autopen in place of Biden's image in a hall of presidential portraits.
In fact, evidence now has come available that Biden staffers routinely used the autopen, and it appears sometimes Biden was not fully participatory in those decisions.
They involve pardons, executive orders and much more.
Trump wrote, "Any document signed by Sleepy Joe Biden with the Autopen, which was approximately 92% of them, is hereby terminated, and of no further force or effect. The Autopen is not allowed to be used if approval is not specifically given by the President of the United States.
"The Radical Left Lunatics circling Biden around the beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office took the Presidency away from him. I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden, because the people who operated the Autopen did so illegally." Trump said.
He even warned, "Joe Biden was not involved in the Autopen process and, if he says he was, he will be brought up on charges of perjury. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
Trump's determination already is backed by a congressional report that concluded Biden's aides arranged for the autopen signings of executive actions, directed policy and orchestrated his public appearances, literally exercising presidential authorities without his knowledge or consent, as his cognitive decline advanced.
The 90-page report, "The Biden Autopen President: Decline, Delusion, and Deception in the White House," charged that Biden's close associates actually ran the government during his final months in office.
U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the chief of the House Oversight Committee, concluded the findings have raised "constitutional and criminal concerns" about actions "Biden" took while in office.
A report at Fox News said the committee has demanded a complete investigation into the autopen signatures that Biden's associates arranged.
"Faced with the cognitive decline of President Joe Biden, White House aides — at the direction of the inner circle — hid the truth about the former president's condition and fitness for office," charged the report. And there was a "haphazard documentation process" for pardons made by Biden.
The committee said those procedures "left room for doubt over whether the former president made those decisions himself," the report said. In fact, the report simply said those actions now are "void."
"In the absence of sufficient contemporaneous documentation indicating that cognitively deteriorating President Biden himself made a given executive decision, such decisions do not carry the force of law and should be considered void," committee members concluded.
"The Department of Justice should immediately conduct a review of all executive actions taken by President Biden between January 20, 2021, and January 19, 2025. Given the patterns and findings detailed herein, this review should focus particularly on all acts of clemency. However, it should also include all other types of executive actions."
Further, the report raised concerns about Hunter Biden's influence, since former Biden chief of staff Jeff Zients has told investigators he was in the room for many discussions, including the preemptive pardons issued to Biden's family.
Comer's report said, "Zients testified that President Biden included his son, Hunter Biden, in the decision-making process for and meetings about pardons. This apparently included the meeting to discuss the pardons of five Biden family members, Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, and the members of Congress who served on the Select Subcommittee to Investigate the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol, and their staff."
A Biden regime spokesperson told Fox News Digital the investigation was "baseless," even though 14 witnesses testified to Oversight, mostly top Biden aides.
Even during that testimony, Comer suggested, the aides were hiding things.
"Throughout the Committee's investigation, senior Biden White House aides presented a perspective of President Biden's cognitive health completely disconnected from that of the American public," the report said. "Not one of the Committee's 14 witnesses was willing to admit that they ever had a concern about President Biden being in cognitive decline. In fact, numerous witnesses could not recall having a single conversation about President Biden's cognitive health with anyone inside or outside of the White House."
According to a report in the Washington Examiner, Comer's report found, "Biden's aides misled the American people and hijacked the powers of the presidency. … Executive actions performed by Biden White House staff and signed by autopen are null and void."
For example, the committee found 32 of 51 clemency warrants were signed by autopen, "without any contemporaneous documentation linking Biden to those discussions," leaving no evidence the president agreed to the actions.
The Examiner explained, "A Jan. 19 episode detailed in the report describes a 'game of telephone' in which chief of staff Jeff Zients authorized the autopen for a final batch of pardons, including for his son Hunter Biden and four other family members, as well as Anthony Fauci, and Gen. Mark Milley, based only on secondhand accounts of a meeting he never attended. An aide emailed approval from Zients's account, initialed 'JZ,' without confirming with Biden directly, according to the report."
The report also criticized ex-White House physician Kevin O'Connor, Biden's longtime doctor, "noting that he had 'business dealings with and financial connections to President Biden's family.' Investigators said those ties, combined with political incentives to keep Biden viable for reelection, created 'a motive to conceal the president's decline while running the government in his stead,'" the Examiner explained.
Comer's report also revealed former aides confirmed an entire system of pre-scripted press cards, controlled questions, teleprompter use, schematics outlining the number of steps he would take and the time he would use during any public appearance.
Democrats on the Oversight Committee cited Biden's own statements rejecting evidence he was unaware of decisions, and said the Republican report is conjecture.
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Fani Willis, apparently in coordination with others running Democrat lawfare schemes against President Donald Trump, claimed in 2023 that he and 18 others were part of an organized crime ring, charging them with counts under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
Then the scandals started appearing, and her paramour, whom she hired with tax money to create the charges, was ordered off the case. Then she was ordered off the case. And her office was ordered off the case.
And now the case is being dismissed entirely.
The decision came from Pete Skandalakis, the chief of the Georgia Prosecuting Attorney's Council, who appointed himself to take over the prosecution when he couldn't find another prosecutor willing to work on Willis' wild claims.
Skandalakis explained the depth of the Willis' failure, which was, along with Jack Smith's now-dead federal claims, just part of the Democrats' organized lawfare against Trump that now has been revealed to have ascended to the highest levels of the Barack Obama administration and included secret federal government spying on the private telephone calls of multiple members of Congress. It all was triggered by an organized attempt by the failed Hillary Clinton campaign to falsely tie Trump to Russia.
"The criminal conduct alleged in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit's prosecution was conceived in Washington, D.C., not the State of Georgia. The federal government is the appropriate venue for this prosecution, not the State of Georgia. Indeed, if Special Counsel Jack Smith, with all the resources of the federal government at his disposal, after reviewing the evidence in this case and considering the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States, along with the years of litigation such a case would inevitably entail, concluded that prosecution would be fruitless, then I too find that, despite the available evidence, pursuing the prosecution of all those involved in State of Georgia v. Donald Trump, et al. on essentially federal grounds would be equally unproductive."
He filed a 22-page "Motion to Nolle Prosequi," a Latin term that simply means the prosecutor is unwilling to continue the case.
"Comes now, the state, by and through Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney Pro Tempore, and after a thorough examination of the case file, consideration of applicable statutory and case law, and prior to submission to a jury, the State hereby moves for entry of a Nolle Prosequi for the following reason: to serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality (see exhibit A).For all remaining defendants, this disposition meets the criteria for the Georgia Crime Information Center to Restrict access to the criminal history for this arrest pursuant to O.C.G.A. 35-3-37(h)(2)(A).THIS the 26th day of November…"
That resulted in him being removed, then Willis removed, and her office disqualified.
It was Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee who gave prosecuting attorneys 14 days to assign a new prosecutor to the charges, and just hours before the deadline, Skandalakis appointed himself.
WND has reported the case has involved scandal after scandal after scandal for Georgia. Willis hired her paramour to help develop the case, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of tax money on him. The two apparently took exotic vacations together, and Willis claimed she paid him back her share … in cash.
Eventually the courts ordered Wade off the case and an appeals ruling later said Willis herself, and her office, were contaminated by the apparent conflicts of interest and had to be gone.
A report at the Washington Examiner said the "sweeping racketeering" case had been suspended by uncertainty for weeks now.
Steve Sadow, representing Trump, had called for the action to be dropped.
"This politically charged prosecution has to come to an end," he said in an interview with the Washington Examiner. "We remain confident that a fair and impartial review will lead to a dismissal of the case against President Trump."
The case claims Trump and others tried to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election.
Skandalakis admitted no other prosecutors would act on the charges.
Willis named Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and a long list of political aides, lawyers, and Republican electors as co-defendants.
Trump posted to Truth Social Wednesday afternoon, saying, "LAW and JUSTICE have prevailed in the Great State of Georgia, as the corrupt Fani Willis Witch Hunt against me, and other Great American Patriots, has been DISMISSED in its entirety. This Illegal, Unconstitutional, and unAmerican Hoax was perpetrated against our Nation by Fani and her Low I.Q. Lover, Nathan Wade, at the direction of Crooked Joe Biden and his 'Handlers.' …
"The Deranged Democrats did all they could to viciously attack me, my supporters, and our MAGA Movement, for telling the TRUTH — THE 2020 ELECTION WAS RIGGED AND STOLEN, and they committed Crime after Crime as they weaponized our Law Enforcement and Justice System against HONEST AND LOVING Americans but, we have fought back and won both in the Courts and Politically with our Historic, Country saving, Landslide Victory of November 5, 2024."
Special counsel Jack Smith continued to seek phone records of GOP lawmakers even after the Justice Department warned of a "litigation risk" to proceeding, the Daily Caller reported. Smith ordered the information on nearly a dozen lawmakers in his "Operation Arctic Frost" investigation.
The investigation stemmed from so-called fake electors in the 2020 presidential election and was yet another way to target President Donald Trump. However, Smith was warned that digging into the phone records of nearly a dozen Republican lawmakers could have constitutional implications.
Smith issued subpoenas requesting "detailed records for inbound and outbound calls, text messages, direct connect, and voicemail messages" for the time between Jan. 4 and Jan. 7, 2021. The lawmakers were to be kept in the dark, thanks to an Obama-appointed Judge James Boasberg, who allowed it.
Emails sent in May 2023 from the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section John Kelly laid out the problems with it while giving his approval to go ahead. "As you are aware, there is some litigation risk regarding whether compelled disclosure of toll records of a Member’s legislative calls violates the Speech or Debate Clause in the D.C. Circuit," Keller told prosecutors.
The request wasn't just digging into the time around the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors also sought two years' worth of records from House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan in a grand jury subpoena issued by the Biden Justice Department.
This action was noted in Keller's advice to Smith, though it seemed like a risk they were willing to take. "Even putting aside the government’s potentially meritorious argument that the calls over the relevant period–especially unsolicited incoming calls–would not constitute protected legislative acts, given my understanding of the low likelihood that any of the Members listed below would be charged, the litigation risk should be minimal here," Keller warned.
This information about foreknowledge of possible rights violations came to light on Tuesday when Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the emails. This was after Grassley called this revelation "WORSE THAN WATERGATE" just last month in a post to X.
"This document shows the Biden FBI spied on 8 of my Republican Senate colleagues during its Arctic Frost investigation into 'election conspiracy' Arctic Frost later became Jack Smith's elector case against Trump. BIDEN FBI WEAPONIZATION = WORSE THAN WATERGATE," Grassley wrote.
This document shows the Biden FBI spied on 8 of my Republican Senate colleagues during its Arctic Frost investigation into "election conspiracy" Arctic Frost later became Jack Smith's elector case against Trump
BIDEN FBI WEAPONIZATION = WORSE THAN WATERGATE pic.twitter.com/V2JyiVlX48
— Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) October 6, 2025
This request came even as the Justice Department had access to some of these records from another case involving Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani. However, it seemed they figured that seeking more of them "would allow us to understand who else may have called these Members," prosecutors said to justify their actions.
"The closer you look, the more brazen Jack Smith’s actions become. These records show Smith and his merry band of partisans operating on a legally weak foundation by intruding on Members of Congress who were involved in core constitutional functions," Grassley said in a statement.
"Ultimately, the Biden DOJ threw the Constitution to the wind in seeking information about my colleagues," he added. However, retribution may be coming after the deal to end the government shutdown, signed in the Senate, allows those who were affected by having their phone records examined to sue for up to $500,000 per violation.
While the House of Representatives voted to repeal that provision in a unanimous vote, Senate Majority Leader John Thune held fast to that provision on behalf of the agreived lawmakers. At least it would give them some recourse after their rights have been potentially violated, possibly even knowingly at that.
This is just another example of how people in President Joe Biden's administration were willing to do whatever it took to ensare Trump in some sort of scandal that would wreck his political future. None of that worked, and now it's time to make sure the people perpetuating this are held accountable.
Resurfaced video of Democratic Tennessee state representative Aftyn Behn's 2019 freakout is one of many such incidents that could sink her candidacy for U.S. Congress, the Daily Caller reported. The footage shows Behn ranting and loudly calling for the resignation of former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and then-Republican Tennessee state Rep. David Byrd.
"I’m here today on behalf of communities that you have silenced today in this legislative session," Behn shouted in the chambers of the Tennessee state House at the time. "You have been violent to our various communities this entire legislative session," Behn claimed from the balcony.
"You have stopped any accountability! You have been taken out! You have been violent and extreme towards people of color, towards women, towards minorities! You have failed! This is unacceptable behavior!" Behn continued to shout.
"You shouldn’t do this! This is the worst administration! You have to resign," she screamed before being hustled out by security. The video was shared on The Tennessee Holler's Facebook page on May 3, 2019, but it has recently been rediscovered as her embarrassing antics continue while Democrats attempt to flip the district to blue.
The outrage supposedly behind that stunt came from allegations against Byrd made by two women who claimed he inappropriately touched them while he was their basketball coach. A third woman also accused him of attempting to do so, but he was never formally charged with the crime and maintained his innocence.
At the time, Behn was acting on behalf of the Enough is Enough group, which agitated for Byrd's resignation over the allegations. Now Behn is running against GOP candidate Matt Van Epps, who was Lee's commissioner, in a special election to fill the seat for Tennessee’s 7th District in the U.S. Congress.
She hasn't stopped her outlandish antics, as Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles shared on X last May, "This is Nashville State Representative Aftyn Behn," he wrote. "She just posted a 15-minute video of her and a friend stalking the Tennessee Highway Patrol as they carried out official duties—openly admitting they were trying to stall law enforcement from stopping illegal aliens," Ogles captioned the video of Behn bragging about her behavior.
"Let’s be clear: Freddie O'Connell is enabling Nashville liberals to actively obstruct ICE and law enforcement operations. This isn’t just reckless—it’s aiding and abetting," he wrote.
This is Nashville State Representative Aftyn Behn.
She just posted a 15-minute video of her and a friend stalking the Tennessee Highway Patrol as they carried out official duties—openly admitting they were trying to stall law enforcement from stopping illegal aliens.
Let’s be… pic.twitter.com/NEBYp9j2ic
— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) May 20, 2025
These crazy moments are not just few and far between for Behn, who will face off against Van Epps in the Dec. 2 special election. She seems to relish agitating and lacks self-awareness about how abrasive her opinions are to normal people. In a recent podcast episode of The Weekend, host Catherine Rampell asked Behn about some comments she made that were "very critical of police" and other inflammatory statements on social media, according to Fox News.
"You said in those since-deleted tweets that the Metropolitan Nashville police department should be dissolved. Another cheered on a teachers union saying that defund the police should be a requirement for schools reopening, and another saying ‘Good morning, especially to the 54% of Americans that believe burning down a police station is justified,'" Rampell reminded Behn before allowing her to disavow them.
"I'm not going to engage in cable news talking points, but what I will say is that, you know, our communities need solutions," Behn shot back. "We need local people deciding, solving local problems with local solutions. And that’s not the overreach of a federal government or state government of which we are dealing with in Nashville and our cities across the state of Tennessee," she added.
Meanwhile, another 2020 rant has resurfaced in which Behn, who wants to represent the district that includes Nashville, bashed Music City. "I hate the city, I hate the bachelorettes. I hate the pedal taverns, I hate country music, I hate all of the things that make Nashville apparently an 'it' city to the rest of the country. But I hate it," she said in the podcast.
Behn seems like more of a lunatic than the usual leftists who run for government as Democrats, and that could hurt her in next week's election. She's guilty of jeopardizing her party's chances in this special election, but lucky for her, Democrats vote for crazy people all of the time.
President Donald Trump claimed in a Truth Social message on Sunday night that the Republican party was bigger and more united than ever, calling out a few "lowlifes" who are making it seem more divided than it actually is.
The party has "never been so UNITED AS IT iS RIGHT NOW!" Trump posted.
"Other than Rand Paul, Rand Paul Jr.(Massie!), Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown, and a couple of other ‘lowlifes,’ and other than the fact that many want the Election threatening Filibuster TERMINATED (the Dems will do it in the first minute of their first chance!), and some don’t, there is great spirit and cohesion," he continued.
Of course, there is some division in the GOP because it's virtually impossible to get hundreds of nationwide legislators to be in lockstep at all times.
I would argue strongly that different views and vigorous debate make the party better than having a bunch of yes-men (and women) who just agree with the leader and don't think for themselves.
Most people don't totally agree with any one person's views, so I think they get it when they see Republicans debating on issues. It would be nice if they could be respectful, but that doesn't get media attention so it is becoming more rare.
In my opinion, the amount of differing opinions in the GOP has given it an advantage over Democrats in recent years, even though it is sometimes difficult to deal with (like the House Speaker race the last couple times).
Trump also bragged about the size of the GOP since he first ran for president in 2015.
"Many Millions More Members!" Trump wrote. "We now have the Strongest Border EVER, Biggest Tax Cuts, the Best Economy, Highest Stock Market in USA History, and sooo much more."
He added, "BUT, THE BEST IS YET TO COME! VOTE REPUBLICAN!!!"
Trump is right here; the GOP has grown under his leadership.
That only leads to more diverse opinions, but that's part of the bigger tent and ultimately is good for the party.
Trump doesn't like diversity; he wants everyone to agree with him and I get it, but it's healthy and needs to happen.
Recently though, he has shown the ability to reconcile after having a spat with someone (i.e. Elon Musk and MTG, for a few examples), which is a welcome development as far as I'm concerned.
"I can patch up differences with anyone," he said when asked about Greene.
Tragedy struck the MMA world on Friday, when one of its bright young stars collapsed toward the end of a bout in Cicero, Illinois, shocking spectators and fans alike.
Isaac Johnson, 31, was participating in the Matador Fighter Challenge when he suffered the unexpected medical incident, and though emergency responders swiftly transported him to Loyola University Medical Center, he was pronounced dead just hours later, as the U.S. Sun reports.
According to the Sun, the Friday event itself was described by promoters as “the ultimate MMA and Thai event, where local warriors will battle it out in high-stakes, high-intensity matches.”
An event schedule indicated that Johnson was slated to take on Corey Newell in a Thai boxing match in the heavyweight category.
Joe Goytia, identified as the event's promoter, revealed the next day on social media, “This is a post I hoped to never make, last night one of the fighters in our event Isaac Johnson collapsed towards end of his fight.”
Goytia continued, “Medical attention was given by medical staff on hand and he was transported to hospital. I was then informed at around 1:30am this morning that he didn’t make it.”
He concluded, “I don’t have the words to express how I feel right now, all I can say is my deepest condolences to his family, friends, and teammates. We will now more as the medical report is released.”
Goytia was far from the only one to take to the internet to express shock and sadness over the loss of Johnson.
According to the well-known fighting website bloodyelbow.com, as soon as the news of Johnson's death emerged, fans began paying their respects online.
One person wrote in response to Goytia’s post announcing the death, “Didn’t know the guy but seen how he had a radiant smile, even moments before falling he smiled, this is the game we play, the man was a true warrior to the very end.”
One sports fan who was clearly moved by what occurred wrote, “I can’t even express my sorrow,” with another adding, “May he rest in peace. Very sorry for that to happen.”
Acknowledging the inherent risks of the sport Johnson loved, a particularly insightful commentator declared, “In this game you never know! Prayers to you the staff and the family! Rest easy warrior!”
According to the U.S. Sun, authorities in Cicero have opened a formal investigation into Johnson’s death, and autopsy results are pending.
Hopefully, the answers eventually gleaned from that probe will provide Johnson’s friends, family, and fellow competitors with some degree of closure, though they will never fully ease the pain of a vital young life cut far too short.
Judge Matthew Thornhill has resigned after being reprimanded for wearing an Elvis Presley wig while on the bench, the BBC reported. The judge is a self-proclaimed superfan of the late "Hound Dog" singer and is the longest-serving circuit judge in St. Charles County, Missouri.
A report by the Missouri's Commission on Retirement, Removal, and Discipline of Judges found that Thornhill "would routinely wear an Elvis Presley wig on or about October 31." Thornhill's antics included injecting references to The King during court proceedings, even if they were "irrelevant" to the case at hand.
Thornhill would sometimes use lyrics or reference Presley's birthday during proceedings that had nothing to do with what was transpiring in the courtroom. He would also sometimes offer to swear in witnesses or litigants while Elvis's greatest hits blared from his phone.
The judge said he did this "to add levity at times when I thought it would help relax litigants," but has since realized it was a mistake. "I now recognise that this could affect the integrity and solemnity of the proceedings," Thornhill said in a letter to the court on Nov. 12.
The judges made a mockery of his courtroom with these antics, and many in the media and on social media have had fun at Thornhill's expense. For instance, the New York Post shared photos of Thornhill in his absurd wig on X on Thursday.
"He’s left the building! Missouri judge loses job for ‘routinely’ wearing Elvis wig on bench, playing his music at hearings," the caption reads, adding an Elvis pun while also mocking Thornhill's exit from the bench.
He’s left the building! Missouri judge loses job for ‘routinely’ wearing Elvis wig on bench, playing his music at hearings https://t.co/ZybaC32EWk pic.twitter.com/aA4L7193bF
— New York Post (@nypost) November 20, 2025
However, Thornhill's unseriousness is no laughing matter. Other problems in his disciplinary report state that he would also share his political views from the bench and ask lawyers, litigants, and witnesses whether they had seen his "Thornhill for Judge" signs he posted during his campaign for judge.
Because the commission determined that Thornhill "failed to maintain order and decorum in the courtroom," it was recommended that he receive a six-month suspension without pay. He'll have to serve another 18 months on the bench before he can retire.
This disciplinary action wasn't the first time Thornhill ended up on the wrong side of a disciplinary investigation. In 2008, Thornhill was fined $750 for allegedly reducing charges for a woman who offered to give him a baseball autographed by Terry Bradshaw, a Pro Football Hall of Famer, Fox News reported.
The judge has denied taking the ball, which also happened to be a fake. However, Thornhill is not the only person to wear something ridiculous in court, though there seems to be a double standard. As the New York Post reported, transgender public defender Stephanie Mueller shamelessly showed up to court in a tight, cleavage-bearing top and a miniskirt.
The gender-confused individual also wore heavy makeup that bordered on absurd, along with bold jewelry. This outfit would be completely unacceptable for a biological woman, but was tolerated by the left-leaning court and did not receive the same treatment as an Elvis wig.
Due to popular demand, I'm posting the extended cut of my interview with public defender Stephanie Mueller. The transgender attorney is representing one of the far-left activists charged with disrupting a council meeting in February.
Otherwise, this is Seattle. What's the big… https://t.co/rYo4nrj9Wu pic.twitter.com/fuTP4qObvu— Jonathan Choe (@choeshow) April 5, 2024
The truth is that we live in a nation with unserious people. A court of law is supposed to be dignified as the matters there come down to someone's freedom or even life or death. Thornhill and others should save their personalities for their free time, not for the court.
Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas is urging the Senate to rename the office building that bears the late Sen. Richard Russell’s (D-GA) moniker, The Hill reported. Green noted that Russell's segregationist bent was problematic and thus necessitates the change.
Green said that the existing name "sends a powerful signal about the kind of leadership and principles our country holds in high esteem," the Texas Democrat wrote in a letter sent to every Senator. "These symbols should inspire a vision of liberty and justice for all, not the glorification of a person who fought to deny basic rights to millions of Americans and to entrench white supremacy in our democracy,” he added.
Russell served in the upper chamber from 1933 until 1971 when he died. Shortly after his death, the Senate renamed the "Old Senate Office Building" to honor Russell in a vote that went 99-1 in favor of doing so.
Like many Democrats of his time, Russell was vehemently opposed to the Civil Rights Movement and later called the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the "separate but equal" precedent in public school policy a "flagrant abuse of judicial power and a violation of states' rights." Shockingly, Russell joined other Southern senators in the "Southern Manifesto," which sought to reverse the court's decision to desegregate public schools.
Russell would eventually change his tune in 1964 when the Civil Rights Act passed urging people to "comply with the law of the land." Still, the fact that he held such reprehensible views is compelling Green to make sure his name is removed from the building.
This is not the first time Green has initiated this action in the Senate. He tried similar initiatives in July 2020, February 2022, and in June of this year. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has also attempted a name change and introduced a 2018 resolution to rename the building after GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who died that year.
Green is not asking for it to be named after McCain or anyone else, but rather that the building return to its original designation until a "worthy successor" is found. "This clarion call is not an attempt to erase history, but an effort to ensure that our prominent public spaces reflect our best ideals, not our darkest actions," Green said.
"Continuing to honor racist Senator Russell in the very halls where he obstructed civil rights legislation is an affront to all who believe we cannot glorify racism. It is long past time for the Senate to remove this racist symbol of national shame," he added.
While Green is trying to change the name of a building, his other antics have made more headlines during his time in Congress. He was censured after interrupting President Donald Trump's address to the joint session of Congress earlier this year.
Green is prone to theatrics, but he made waves during Trump's speech by interrupting the president in his first address to lawmakers. Even 10 Democrats joined in to censure Green as many denounced his actions, Fox News reported.
"Al Green's childish outburst exposed the chaos and dysfunction within the Democrat party since President Trump's overwhelming win in November and his success in office thus far. It is not surprising that 198 Democrats refused to support Green's censure, given their history of radical, inflammatory rhetoric fueled by Trump Derangement Syndrome," said House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) at the time.
Of course, Green was thrown out of the joint session, and Democrats later sang "We Shall Overcome" when the censure was being introduced. Green's antics have continued as he attempted to impeach Trump several times and is at it once again.
"There will be articles of impeachment filed before the Christmas break, this I will pledge to you," Green said on Thursday, according to The Hill. The Texas Democrat has tried this before, but he keeps getting accolades from his fellow leftists each time he does it which is likely what spurs him to continue the effort.
The issue of whether to keep historical names and monuments continues and is an important conversation to have. While Green may have a point since Russell was a more contemporary lawmaker who held views antithetical to American values today, it still seems like another stunt from a Washington, D.C. swamp dweller who will do anything for attention.
Former Harvard president Larry Summers has resigned from the board of directors at OpenAI following revelations of a close association with disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Breitbart reported. Summers, who served as former President Bill Clinton's Secretary of the Treasury, said he was "deeply ashamed" after Epstein's emails proved their friendship.
Summers had announced his resignation from the artificial intelligence tech company after originally sharing that he was stepping back from his public-facing commitments. "Larry has decided to resign from the OpenAI Board of Directors, and we respect his decision," the company said in a statement.
"We appreciate his many contributions and the perspective he brought to the Board," OpenAI added. Conservative commentator Steve Guest shared an image of the correspondence in which Summers "emailed Jeffrey Epstein about getting advice about women," he captioned his post to X on Nov. 13.
Larry Summers, who was Bill Clinton's Treasury secretary and director of the National Economic Council under Barack Obama and is currently on the board of OpenAI & Skillsoft, emailed Jeffrey Epstein about getting advice about women.
"….hit on a few women 10 years ago and… pic.twitter.com/9IGF4UUayI
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) November 13, 2025
Summers ducked out of the company, which called his move "in line" with what he had already announced. "I am grateful for the opportunity to have served, excited about the potential of the company, and look forward to following their progress," Summers said.
He had joined OpenAI's board in November 2023, just as it was going through growing pains under its CEO, Sam Altman, who was ousted at the time and has since been reinstated. In fact, it was Summers, in his position as a board member, who reviewed the firing that was ultimately overturned.
OpenAI wasn't the only board on which Summers was featured prominently before stepping down. He also served as a paid contributor to Bloomberg TV and was a contract writer for the New York Times' opinion section, though the Gray Lady has cancelled that arrangement.
Summers served on the Budget Lab at Yale and as the chairman of the Center for Global Development's board. He was also recently released from his teaching job at Harvard University, where he had once served as president, Fox News reported.
A video captured by students in Summers' economics class, featuring his lament about his ties to Epstein, went viral. The Ivy League school's spokesperson wouldn't comment except to say that 'his co-teachers will complete the remaining three class sessions of the courses he has been teaching with them this semester, and he is not scheduled to teach next semester."
According to CNN, Epstein's emails show his reach included celebrities, high-profile businesspeople, government officials, and others. While the mainstream media has been attempting to make a big deal about his tangential connection to President Donald Trump, it's clear that Epstein was a contact point for hundreds of prominent people.
"CNN’s analysis of about 2,200 email threads found that at least 740 were exchanges between Epstein and prominent figures in academia, government, media, and business. Epstein’s correspondence with them, which also included numerous text messages, spanned a decade from 2009 to the day before his July 2019 arrest," CNN reported.
This was even after Epstein had been convicted of soliciting prostitution with a minor and had been a registered sex offender since 2008. More resignations are sure to follow after the president signed legislation demanding that the Justice Department release all files on Epstein, The Hill reported.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has been ordered to release the information in the next 30 days after the resolution passed with near unanimous support. It allows for Bondi to hold back records "would jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution."
The Epstein files are sure to contain information that will ruin many lives once they're made public. The emails have already caused Summers to step away from every place of honor, and there will likely be many others like him in the months to come.
Notorious leftist activist Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. has been moved out of intensive care after the 84-year-old was admitted to the unit to help elevate his blood pressure, Just the News reported. Jackson suffers from progressive supranuclear palsy and will remain hospitalized for observation.
Jackson was a mainstay in the political culture for decades due to his early association with the late Martin Luther King Jr. He founded the Rainbow Push Coalition in 1996 to fight for progressive causes, including racial justice, and the organization bills itself as "a multi-racial, multi-issue, progressive, international membership organization fighting for social change."
The news broke Sunday that Jackson was admitted to the ICU at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital to receive the medication that is a "form of life support" for people whose bodies are unable to keep blood pressure high enough for survival, his organization shared. Jackson's son, Yusef, updated the public on Jackson's progress in a statement.
"We believe in the power of prayer, and we are grateful for the overwhelming outreach and prayers of the faithful. Our father is alert and continues to share his vision for churches and pastors to come together and reduce malnutrition during this period," Yusef Jackson said.
Although there has been some progress in his condition, Jackson will remain hospitalized due to his ongoing battle with PSP. Fellow racial justice warrior and equally notorious activist Al Sharpton also shared about Jackson's recovery in a post on X on Monday to address the rumors about the severity of the situation.
"I called in to Keepin’ It Real w/ Al Sharpton (live 1 to 4 PM ET) from Chicago as my daughter Dominique hosts the show in the studio. I shared an important update on Rev. Jesse Jackson. Reports that he was on life support are not true," Sharpton wrote.
"He is stable, surrounded by his family, and giving clear instructions on Thanksgiving efforts for ministers around the country. He still needs our prayers as he continues recovering, but he spoke with us and was fully engaged.
Sharpton included a video of his radio show call-in on the post. The 71-year-old racial activist was dressed in a suit and coat and appeared to be in the back of a chauffeured vehicle.
I called in to Keepin’ It Real w/ Al Sharpton (live 1 to 4 PM ET) from Chicago as my daughter Dominique hosts the show in studio.
I shared an important update on Rev. Jesse Jackson. Reports that he was on life support are not true. He is stable, surrounded by his family, and… pic.twitter.com/N92ByunJ9P
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) November 17, 2025
Jackson was found to suffer from PSP after first receiving a diagnosis of Parkinson's syndrome in April 2013, The Hill reported. According to the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, PSP is "a rare neurological disorder that affects body movements, walking and balance, and eye movements."
The progression of the PSP usually begins in the patient's 60s and presents as Parkinson's-like symptoms. Many patients suffer from stiffness, slow movement, and loss of balance. Unfortunately, most people who contract the disorder are severely disabled in three to five years, but Jackson seems to have beaten the odds.
Studies indicate that the disorder occurs in about 5-6.4 people per 100,000 worldwide. The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society’s official journal said the prevalence of the disease could be higher than what is currently recorded, as "enhanced global collaboration" would be required to capture the full scope.
Jackson is a Baptist minister who was prominent in the Democratic Party on the periphery as an activist. However, he ran twice for the Democratic presidential nominee, coming in second to former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis in 1988 and third behind former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart and second to former Vice President Walter Mondale, who won the 1984 nomination before losing the general election.
Many people have called Jackson a grifter and an agitator, and perhaps those labels are well earned. However, he is also an elderly man who is very sick, and his family cares deeply about his well-being. He deserves only sympathy and prayers at this time.