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President Donald Trump already has confirmed he would be on board with designating Antifa, and other far-left radicals across America, as domestic terrorists.
His confirmation came in a response to a question from The Center Square.
Now the House of Representatives is working on that very project.
She proposed the legislation a few months ago, and it has been pending before the House Committee on the Judiciary since.
She said that's changing.
"I just received word from the Speaker that he is fully supporting my bill to designate ANTIFA as a terrorist organization, and it will be placed in the State Department reauthorization bill that will be going through committee this week," Luna said on social media.
The proposal cites multiple instances of violence from all across America allegedly committed or instigated by members of Antifa, situations that have left behind billions of dollars in damage and injured law enforcement officers.
Antifa rose in prominence after the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, and purportedly represents those who are "anti-fascists," although their violent tactics actually align with that political thought at times.
"Over the summer of 2020, Antifa assisted in inflicting over $2,000,000,000 in damages against churches, Federal buildings, businesses, and other downtown structures across 20 States, resulting in the death of at least 30 individuals as well as 700 injured police officers," the legislation charges.
"[In] March 2023, Antifa-affiliated rioters set fire to the future Atlanta police training facility by launching fireworks, Molotov cocktails, and other destructive items at police officers and into the facility's construction site resulting in arrests of 23 extremists on charges of domestic terrorism."
The Department of Justice already has labeled the organization's violence "as domestic terrorism," in a verdict that stated, "The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly."
Trump said he considering taking the action against not only Antifa, but other groups as well, although he did not name any more.
"He said he's talked with Attorney General Pam Bondi about bringing federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) charges against some of these organizations and their donors," the report said.
"There are other groups, yeah, there are other groups. We have some pretty radical groups, and they got away with murder. And also, I've been speaking to the Attorney General about bringing RICO against some of the people that you've been reading about that have been putting up millions and millions of dollars for agitation," Trump said.
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It seems like the cash flow the Biden family members enjoyed during his years in power in Washington now is only a trickle.
WND reported some weeks ago that former First Son Hunter Biden, documented by congressional investigators to be among the Biden family recipients of tens of millions of dollars in a years-long influence peddling operation while Joe Biden was vice president, then president, was claiming of a lack of money.
A report in the New York Post at the time explained the 55-year-old was pleading with a judge to dismiss one of his lawsuits because he was too broke to continue it.
Hunter Biden cited plunging sales of his artwork, a lack of interest in his book, and "significant" debt.
He said in a court filing, "[Hunter] has suffered a significant downturn in his income and has significant debt in the millions of dollars range."
He said he knew his "financial position" was deteriorating, then suddenly realized action had to be taken.
"In the 2 to 3 years prior to December 2023, I sold 27 pieces for art at an average price of $54,481.48, but since then I have only sold 1 piece of art for $36,000. Similarly, for my book sales, in the six month period before the statements (April 1, 2023 through September 30, 2023), based on the September 30, 2023 statement, 3,161 copies of my book were sold, but in the six months after the statements, only approximately 1,100 books were sold."
And he's not getting any invitations for those speeches, which often bring big paychecks.
Now a new report from the Wall Street Journal points out that Hunter Biden isn't alone: Joe Biden isn't having a great time financially either.
In fact, that publication said Joe Biden's "post-presidency" is "less lucrative than what he had expected."
After two terms as vice president, and one as president, his current reality is "a leaner next chapter that lacks the well-funded foundations, plans for exquisite libraries and full calendar of paid speeches."
All of those perks have been delivered for other former presidents.
He's taking American Airlines flights instead of private jets, and while paid speaking engagements can generate $300,000 or more, they are "limited, and at least one organization tried to negotiate below that range."
He has said he intends to pay off some $800,000 in personal debt, including loans on one of his homes, the Rehoboth Beach house.
"On top of bills for his son Hunter Biden's legal woes, Biden also wanted to help his daughter Ashley, who filed for divorce last month, and ensure money is left for his grandchildren, people close to the Bidens said," according to the report.
There is a $10 million book deal that will provide some financial boost, and he gets pensions from taxpayers of more than $400,000 a year.
One publication source said if the family keeps a "modest-for-the-powerful" lifestyle, things will work out.
But Hunter Biden recently delivered a round of harsh statements on podcasts, "including one that triggered a lawsuit threat from First Lady Melania Trump."
One recent appearance for Joe Biden was to SHRM, a lobbying organization, which reportedly had offered $275,000 for his appearance, eventually agreeing to the $300,000 that was at the low end of the requested range.
And Joe Biden's "memoir" was sold to the Hachette Book Group for a payment in the range of $10 million, only a fraction of what the Obamas secured when they left the White House.
Even social media has noticed:
One big change is what investigators have bluntly called a pay-for-play scheme run by family members for years but no longer generates any revenue, as Joe Biden is out of power in the U.S.
Even his fundraising for a presidential library isn't going well.
"I want an $800,000 refund," demanded John Morgan, a lawyer. He was referring to the nearly $1 million he said he raised for Biden that went to then-Vice President Kamala Harris last year, after she assumed Biden's role as the Democratic presidential nominee, one report explained.
"I don't believe a library will ever be built unless it's a bookmobile from the old days," he said.
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The suspect in the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, who died after being shot at a free speech event in Utah last week, went to social media afterward and told his friends: "Hey guys, I have bad news for you all. It was me at UVU yesterday. im sorry for all of this."
The apparently confession came from suspect Tyler Robinson, who was arrested shortly after posting the statement.
The message came from an account belonging to Robinson and was on Discord.
A report posted at PJMedia explained it was in that statement Robinson "reportedly admitted his involvement in the murder."
The report comes even as law enforcement officials continue their investigation of the facts of Kirk's death, and Robinson's alleged involvement, an investigation with which Robinson apparently is not cooperating.
"A member of the group chat shared an image of the conversation with The Post and confirmed that it came from Robinson's account. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect their privacy and out of fear of harassment," the report said.
Authorities then were able to obtain a copy of the message from Discord, a source explained.
The message from Robinson's account went to "a small private group of online friends," the report said.
Apparently Discord also is working with the FBI and other police investigators, following its initial claim that its own review discovered "no evidence that the suspect planned this incident or promoted violence on Discord."
The report described Robinson as having been "radicalized in his political views over recent years."
"By the time of the shooting, Robinson seemed entrenched in a hostile mindset toward Kirk and conservatives more broadly," the report explained.
It explained that other Discord users had commented on the assassination, with one commenting: "Bro didn't deserve to go out like that sad."
Then Robinson added, "im surrendering through a sheriff friend in a few moments. … thanks for all the good times and laughs, you've all been so amazing, thank you all for everything."
Authorities also have confirmed that were are a number of individuals in Robinson's online circle who may have had information about a coming tragedy – and likely did nothing to prevent it, and they now are being investigated.
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Was the assassination of Charlie Kirk planned by more than one perpetrator?
The FBI is reportedly looking into that possibility as Americans continue to mourn the Christian martyr and civil-rights leader who was gunned down Wednesday at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
Journalist Benny Johnson posted on X: "Just spoke with top FBI official who made it very clear that they have NOT ruled out co-conspirators in Charlie Kirk's assassination: 'That assumption is premature. This investigation is just beginning. An enormous amount of evidence has been seized both digital and physical.'"
"FBI sources assure me the public will 'know everything' about the dark internet history, chats and affiliations of Kirk's left-wing political assassin," Johnson continued. "The source then alluded to some online groups attempting to delete or destroy evidence."
"We have everything. We are focused on the radicalization element. The truth will not be hidden, or buried or classified. The public will know," according to the source.
Journalist Nick Sortor confirmed the bureau is actively digging through chat logs, dark web history, and affiliations of Tyler Robinson, the suspect in custody, noting: "Another FBI source independently verified to me Benny's reporting here is accurate."
"NO STONE should be left unturned. We must know exactly WHO radicalized this degenerate, and lock their asses up."
Johnson also highlighted concern among neighbors of Kirk's alleged assassin.
"In the weeks before Charlie Kirk's assassination, multiple cars with out-of-state plates were seen coming and going from the killer's townhouse, according to neighbors."
"They did not give off a good vibe," one neighbor said.
Conservative commentator Matt Walsh reposted a message he broadcast two weeks ago in which he indicated "now is precisely the moment in which trans militants are the MOST dangerous. They've lost. The game is over. Now they're more desperate than ever. More full of hatred and anger than ever. They're going down but they'll take as many sane, normal people with them as they can. It's going to get worse from here. Be on your guard."
On Sunday, he added: "Two weeks after I tweeted this, Charlie Kirk was murdered by a deranged LGBT extremist with a trans boyfriend. When I say that these people are very dangerous, it's not fear mongering. It's the truth. Now I say again: it will get worse. We must take this threat seriously."
Elon Musk blasted left-wing violence and the assassination of Kirk, saying The left is the party of murder and celebrating murder."
"See how much violence there is on the left, with our friend Charlie Kirk getting murdered in cold blood this week and people on the left celebrating it openly. The left is the party of murder and celebrating murder. Let that sink in for a minute. That's who we're dealing with here."
Jack Posobiec, a friend and colleague of Kirk at Turning Point USA, appeared on CNN where he was asked if he thought America was "at war" right now.
"My friend's in a box right now. And it wasn't an accident," said Posobiec.
"There's no question we're clearly facing asymmetric civil warfare. One of the key aspects of that is political assassinations. That being said, the idea that we're going to a a classic civil-war scenario, I hope and I pray that doesn't happen."
Meanwhile on Sunday, a man identified as 19-year-old Ryder Corral allegedly vandalized the memorial for Kirk outside the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix.
The suspect is seen sporting a shirt similar to the one worn by the suspected assassin Robinson.
Charlie's widow Erika Kirk shared images of herself mourning over her husband's dead body.
The impact of Kirk's killing continues to spread across the globe, as South Koreans joined forces in public to chant, "We are Charlie Kirk!"
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The U.S. Department of State has come up with the idea of excluding from America those foreigners who celebrate murder.
Specifically, the assassination this week of conservative free speech activist Charlie Kirk.
"In light of yesterday's horrific assassination of a leading political figure, I want to underscore that foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country," Christopher Landau, deputy secretary of state, said.
"I have been disgusted to see some on social media praising, rationalizing, or making light of the event, and have directed our consular officials to undertake appropriate action," he wrote. "Please feel free to bring such comments by foreigners to my attention so that the @StateDept can protect the American people.
Authorities announced on Friday that Tyler Robinson, 22, of Utah, who allegedly had been radicalized in recent months and had expressed hate for Kirk, was taken into custody in the murder.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier had confirmed a new visa policy that provides that foreign nationals visiting or living in the country legally could lose their visa status if they violate the law.
A department spokesman confirmed, "This administration does not believe that the United States should grant visas to persons whose presence in our country does not align with US national security interests."
A report at Gateway Hispanic said the death of Kirk has "unleashed a wave of outrage, particularly due to the mockery and celebrations that have emerged on social media."
The result was Rubio's announcement to ban foreign nationals who celebrated Kirk's assassination, which was confirmed by Landau's posting.
The report said, "The United States will not tolerate the glorification of violence from abroad."
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Judges on a federal appeals court have ordered that the federal government can stop sending taxpayers' cash to the abortion giant Planned Parenthood … for now.
The ruling from the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals lifted two injunctions from a lower court activist judge, Indira Talwani, regarding parts of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
That legislation, adopted by Congress and signed by the president, stopped funding for the abortion industry behemoth.
But Planned Parenthood sued, claiming it violates the Constitution for its operations not to be given taxpayer cash.
"We are pleased the 1st Circuit has shut down Big Abortion's desperate money grab," said SBA Pro-Life American chief Marjorie Dannenfelser.
"The American people, through Congress, spoke clearly with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Taxpayers should not be forced to spend a dime funding a brutal industry that ends at least 1.1 million lives a year, harms women while providing dwindling, substandard health care services, and engages in partisan political activism – especially when more accessible, more comprehensive options outnumber Planned Parenthoods 15 to 1. We are confident the Trump administration will prevail against the abortion industry's lawfare."
Talwani's fight to force taxpayers to pay Planned Parenthood millions of dollars a year involved several levels.
She "preliminarily enjoined" the Department of Health and Human Services and its secretary, along with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the administrator — from "enforcing, retroactively enforcing, or otherwise applying" the federal law.
She also demanded that the government "take all steps necessary to ensure that Medicaid funding continues to be disbursed in the customary manner and time frames to Planned Parenthood…"
Those orders now have been suspended.
Talwani had gone even further in her pro-abortion campaign, demanding in a second ruling that funding for a specific Utah abortion business be funded.
"We conclude that defendants have met their burden to show their entitlement to a stay of the preliminary injunctions pending the disposition of their appeals of the same," the ruling said.
The appeals court ruling was a unanimous 3-0.
Talwani had argued for the abortionists' funding, claiming Planned Parenthood was targeted by a "bill of attainder," a law that declares a specifical person or group guilty.
She claimed Planned Parenthood was being singled out and unjustly punished and wildly suggested following a law adopted by Congress and signed by the president was a violation of the First Amendment.
The DHHS said, "Rarely if ever has an Act of Congress been enjoined on such flimsy grounds. The district court deemed the Medicaid funding restriction a bill of attainder. But the Supreme Court has only invalidated laws under the Bill of Attainder Clause five times in its history—on each occasion in cases involving extraordinary laws punishing groups such as Confederates and Communist Party members."
In fact, the government informed the appeals court it actually was Talwani whose acts were interfering with the authority held by Congress over federal spending and the president's responsibility to enforce the law.
Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue, said, "We are thankful that Judge Talwani's shallow attempt to protect an organization that cares nothing for the American people, kills babies, and has defrauded Medicaid was uncovered and undone. Planned Parenthood is quickly running out of friends in high and dark places, and we praise God for it. Over 40 Planned Parenthoods have already closed – we expect that number to grow over the coming weeks, and we'll celebrate every one. Planned Parenthood never deserved one American dollar of taxpayer funds, and when abortion clinics close, babies are saved."
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk has joined critics of the political violence that is erupting in the United States, peaking this week with the assassination of conservative activist and icon Charlie Kirk.
Only he's putting blame.
"The Left is the party of murder," he said.
His comments were in response to a discussion about teachings from "the Left" about violence in America.
In addition to the assassination of Kirk, there have been two recent assassination attempts against President Donald Trump. There have been multiple school shootings, including prominent slaughters carried out by transgender individuals. There has been, over recent years, billions of dollars in damages from rioting in American cities by Black Lives Matter, Antifa, and other leftist organizations.
Those comments, from Shaun Maguire, were, "The Left lectured us for the last decade about the dangers of violence from the Right From the assassination attempts of President Trump To Brian Thompson, the United Healthcare CEO, being murdered Now to Charlie Kirk The danger was actually on the Left."
Musk's response was terse, "The Left is the party of murder."
On a minor competitor to Musk's X, Bluesky, a multitude of comments actually celebrated the assassination. A number of people were fired from their jobs because their employers no longer could accept their hate and advocacy for violence.
Musk responded to some of the calls for violence with, "They are celebrating cold-blooded murder. Shows what we're dealing with. Evil people."
The Daily Mail explained, "Musk continued blaming the 'radical Left' for Kirk's murder by claiming they are responsible for numerous politically motivated murders."
Following Kirk's death, President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office with a solemn message criticizing the "demonization' of political opponents," the report said.
Many leaders of both parties have expressed condolences to Kirk's family, but leftist members in the U.S. Congress and the EU Parliament both refused to tolerate a moment of silent prayer requested for Kirk.
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U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is demanding to know how shouting Code Pink protesters got so close the president of the United States in a D.C. restaurant Tuesday night as he dined with members of his Cabinet.
President Trump, who rarely dines out in D.C., made the visit to celebrate how the streets of the nation's capital had become markedly safer since he sent in National Guard troops to help keep the peace.
But anti-Trump protesters were able to make a reservation for a table in the same room where administration officials were dining – at Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab.
Luna posted on X: "Did someone leak the President's location to the organization that showed up to protest him? Was this code pink? How are they allowed that close to him? Where was Secret Service and was there someone in Secret Service that leaked his location? This needs to be looked into."
"We actually had a reservation, and got it pretty last-minute, and went in," Code Pink organizer Olivia DiNucci told the Daily Beast. "We didn't think they would be in such an open room – we thought he'd be in a different area – and we were placed really close to them."
Luna and others first heard about the confrontation when Code Pink posted the video online. Protesters shouted: "Free D.C., Free Palestine. Trump is the Hitler of our time!"
Trump is seen walking straight toward the protesters
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A man who insists he is a woman and brought a fight over a state law requiring women who participate in women's sports to be, well, women, all the way to the Supreme Court abruptly has walked away from his case, calling on the justices to drop his fight, and even overrule a lower court decision in his favor.
A statement from the ADF, which has fought many of the nation's battles over the transgender ideology and agenda, said, "Let's be clear: the ACLU picked this fight. In red states throughout America, they've gone on offense, filing lawsuits against commonsense laws meant to protect women's sports. In their five-year litigation against Idaho's law, the ACLU has repeatedly argued that this issue is 'a live controversy' and is 'not moot.' They won at the 9th Circuit, forcing Idahoans to allow men in women's sports against their will. And now that the Supreme Court has taken up the case, they suddenly want to take their ball and go home? That's not right—and SCOTUS has looked unfavorably on this tactic in the past. A 2012 ruling decried such 'maneuvers designed to insulate a decision from review by this Court.'"
A report at Not the Bee explained the case was brought by Lindsay Hecox, a 24-year-old man at Boise State University, who demanded to be allowed in women's sports events despite a state law requirement that women's sports participants be women.
"In this case, Hecox, with representation from the ACLU, was challenging Idaho's ban on men participating in women's sporting leagues. Two lower courts had ruled in his favor, with the state subsequently appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed earlier this year to hear the case.
The ACLU's decision to back out — and to request that the court knock back the earlier favorable rulings — unfortunately doesn't mean that we're out of the woods yet on this. As CNN notes, SCOTUS already 'granted a second case, involving a transgender student from West Virginia, that raises the same issue,'" the report said.
The report noted, "Hecox's unwillingness to challenge the matter at court suggests a number of encouraging things, chief among them that he knows he is very likely to lose — which is another way of saying that the tide is turning on transgender madness."
The newest demand from Hecox insists he is under intense "negative public scrutiny" over the litigation and now wants to pursue 'academic and personal goals."
His lawyers said, in a statement to the court, "Ms. (sic) Hecox has also come under negative public scrutiny from certain quarters because of this litigation, and she (sic) believes that such continued – and likely intensified – attention in the coming school year will distract her (sic) from her (sic) schoolwork and prevent her (sic) from meeting her (sic) academic and personal goals. While playing women's sports is important to Ms. (sic) Hecox, her (sic) top priority is graduating from college and living a healthy and safe life."
Republican Gov. Brad Little signed the Idaho law in 2020, the first of its kind in the nation. Hecox, then a freshman at Boise State, sued days later, saying that he intended to try out for the women's track and cross-country teams and alleging that the law violated the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause.
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The Supreme Court on Monday restored the authority of the administration of President Donald Trump to conduct raids on illegal aliens in Los Angeles.
The court, 6-3, blocked a lower court's claim that restricted federal agents' authority to conduct immigration stops.
The decision came in response to an emergency request from the Trump administration and puts on hold a July ruling from a leftist judge, Maame Ewusi-Mensha Frimpong, who sided with those who want to protect illegal aliens, even illegal alien criminals, in the U.S.
A report at NBC News said the three "liberals" on the high court dissented.
Frimpong had claimed that federal immigration authorities were not allowed to stop people based on their race or ethnicity or the fact they spoke Spanish.
The raids in L.A. had been launched as part of President Trump's ongoing effort to secure the nation's borders, which had been opened wide, admitting millions of illegals including criminals and terrorists, under Joe Biden.
The report said, "Immigrants and related groups that sued claimed the government's approach violated the Constitution's Fourth Amendment, according to which law enforcement need to have 'reasonable suspicion' before stopping people who may not be lawful residents in the United States."
Frimpong's claims had been allowed to stand by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
There was no explanation from the high court for its reasoning. However, NBC reported Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a separate opinion concurring with the majority in which he cast doubt on whether a constitutional violation took place.
"Especially in an immigration case like this one, it is also important to stress the proper role of the Judiciary. The Judiciary does not set immigration policy or decide enforcement priorities," he said.
Sonia Sotomayor, one of the extremist voices on the left in the court, said, "We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent."
Solicitor General D. John Sauer had submitted to the court that the plaintiffs demanding protection from the high court did not have legal standing and the lower court's blanket ruling was too broad.
He explained, the report said, "while speaking Spanish or working in construction alone does not automatically create reasonable suspicion, such factors 'can heighten the likelihood that someone is unlawfully present in the United States.'"