December 1, 2023

Jan. 6 Prosecutor Will Rollins Runs for Congress Pledging More Censorship of Political Views

A Democrat who helped prosecute January 6 participants is running for election to Congress against an incumbent Republican in a southern California seat, on a platform promising more tech censorship. Will Rollins, former assistant U.S. attorney in California, promises that if elected, he will tackle big tech platforms and media outlets that are “profiting by

CNBC: Biden Missed Chance to Refill SPR at Lower Rates After Draining It for Political Reasons

On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” co-hosts Becky Quick and Joe Kernen reacted to news that the Biden administration wants to try to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) at a price of $79 a barrel or less by noting that there was a time when the SPR could have been refilled at a lower

Austin’s annual political festival hopes to draw conservatives despite its heavy liberal presence

One of the country’s most prominent political conferences hopes to draw conservative attendees despite being Texas’s progressive haven of Austin and a roster filled with some of the biggest names in the liberal media. The Texas Tribune Festival is “designed to bring Texans closer to politics, policy and the day’s news from Texas and beyond,” […]

Banks Making Huge Profits While Mistreating Public, Says Farage as Figures From Across Political Spectrum Reveal Debanking

The tide appears to be turning on Britain’s banking culture with government action after Brexit leader Nigel Farage’s revelation that he was being debanked, with examples from anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller to a once-notorious London mosque also revealing they were experiencing debanking. Nigel Farage responded to the revelation that debanking scandal-hit NatWest saw its profits

Biden allies say president’s ‘inability to say no’ to Hunter caused ‘avoidable political distractions’: Report

Allies of the president reportedly told the New York Times that Joe Biden’s “inability to say no” to his son, Hunter Biden, with regard to his business dealings has caused “avoidable political distractions.”  The report says that his allies “have privately criticized Mr. Biden’s apparent inability to say no when Hunter sought to pull him […]

McCabe: Palin Encouraging ‘Political Violence’ over Trump Arrest

CNN analyst and former FBI chief Andrew McCabe said Friday on “Inside Politics” that former Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) comments on civil war over the arrest of former President Donald Trump were encouraging “political violence.” Anchor Dana Bash asked, “As somebody who was in the FBI and law enforcement for a very long time, how

Exclusive — Karoline Leavitt: Trump Mugshot ‘Rallied’ Americans Across the Political Spectrum 

Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for the MAGA Inc. PAC, told Breitbart News that former President Donald Trump’s Fulton County mugshot has “rallied the American people across the political spectrum.” LISTEN: Leavitt told Breitbart News Saturday host Matthew Boyle, “You could absolutely see the defiance in President Trump’s eyes and in his face in that mug shot, and

Farage Fallout: NatWest Group to Replace Chairman in Wake of Political Debanking Scandal

The NatWest banking group has announced that instead of being fired in disgrace in the wake of the Nigel Farage debanking scandal, Chairman Sir Howard Davies will merely step down and be replaced by a former MasterCard executive. In a move that has been described as the “establishment closing ranks”, NatWest Chairman Sir Howard Davies

‘Center of the Energy Universe’: Industry, Political Leaders Convene in Oklahoma for Energy Security Summit

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — Political and energy industry leaders are convening for a two-day summit on energy security on Monday in what Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) told attendees is “the center of the energy universe.” Lankford’s comments came at a welcome ceremony ahead of the American Energy Security Summit, a first-of-its-kind gathering of industry and

LIV Golf brings on some more political muscle to deal with congressional probe

Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, laughs while greeting golfers at the range before the start of the second round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament. | Seth Wenig/AP Photo One of D.C.’s most prominent lobbying firms has signed on to help the much criticized Saudi-funded LIV Golf league navigate its

Hawaii Gov.: House Probe into Federal Maui Response Is ‘Political’ Effort to Hurt Biden, ‘We Did a Very Good Job’

On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) criticized plans by the House Oversight Committee to investigate the federal response to the fires in Maui as an attempt to “take a pound of flesh.” And that “I actually know that we did a very good job for what we could do, the president

Mayorkas gets new chief of staff with political battle skills

Jonathan Davidson, then the nominee to be deputy under secretary of the Department of Treasury, is seen during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on May 25, 2src21. | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Jonathan Davidson, who has served as the assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the Department of Treasury for more than

Exclusive–Karoline Leavitt on Biden Family Bribery Allegations: ‘Greatest Political Scandal in American History’

Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for the MAGA Inc PAC, told Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Saturday that the $1src million bribery allegations levied against President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, amounts to “the greatest political scandal in American history.” Leavitt, the interim host of the Grace Curley Show on the Howie Carr Radio Network

DeSantis press secretary leaves governor’s office to join political operation

EXCLUSIVE: A top official in Ron DeSantis’ gubernatorial office is stepping down to join his political operation, Fox News Digital learned on Monday, in yet another sign that the popular Florida Republican is eyeing a White House bid in 2024. Bryan Griffin, press secretary for the Executive Office of Governor Ron DeSantis, is resigning to […]

Elon Musk Slams ChatGPT’s Political Correctness, Promises ‘TruthGPT’ Alternative

Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter CEO Elon Musk is planning an entry into the rapidly expanding world of AI chatbots, with an AI project he calls “TruthGPT,” to counter the political correctness of Microsoft and Google-backed AIs. Musk, who helped found ChatGPT developer OpenAI but later resigned his board seat over potential conflicts of interest with

George Soros Gives His ‘More Political’ Son Control Of $25 Billion Empire

Left-wing billionaire George Soros has handed control of his $25 billion financial empire to his son Alexander, The Wall Street Journal reported. The board of Open Society Foundations elected the younger Soros, who describes himself as “more political” than his father, as chairman in December, a position that George Soros said his younger son “earned,”

GOP Rep. McCormick: Actual Doctors Were Censored on COVID While Political Unions Crafted CDC Rules

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Big Money Show,” Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) discussed testimony by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten at a hearing on school closures during the coronavirus pandemic this week and noted that while actual doctors were having their opinions on pandemic policy censored, teachers’ unions with no

Cruz: Trump Indictment a ‘Political Persecution’

Tuesday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) questioned the merits of the effort of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to indict former President Donald Trump. Cruz called the effort a political persecution and said the charge was “bogus.” “Listen, the long and short of it is, this indictment, if it comes this week is

Campaign finance regulator asks Santos to clarify who’s in charge of his political accounts

Rep. George Santos told CNN on Wednesday that he had no involvement with the amended filings. | Francis Chung/POLITICO The Federal Election Commission lobbed questions at Rep. George Santos over his latest campaign finance filings on Friday, saying five committees affiliated with the embattled congressman may have “failed to include the true, correct, or complete

CNN’s Jeff Zeleny: Stacey Abrams One of the Biggest Political Losers of the Year

Chief National Affairs Correspondent Jeff Zeleny said Sunday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that failed Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is one of the biggest political losers of the year. Zeleny said, “I think when you look at the beginning of the year to the end of the year, the biggest political loser, certainly one of

House Republicans Rip January 6 Committee over Ethics Referrals: ‘Another Partisan and Political Stunt’

House Republicans tore into the January 6 select committee after it referred them on Monday to the House Ethics Committee for the members’ purported “failure to comply with the subpoenas issued to them,” according to the executive summary of the committee’s final report. The members who were referenced in the 154-page executive summary, which was issued after a committee meeting

Dem Rep. Raskin: We Don’t Want to Turn the Biden Docs Case into ‘Political Football’

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents should not be turned into a “political football.” Anchor Jake Tapper said, “Comer raises an interesting question, why the president’s lawyers, which do not have security clearance, is doing the searching at the Penn Biden center

Pelosi: Some people voted because political violence has ‘gone too far’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she knew of some individuals inspired to vote last week because of political violence, including the brutal attack on her husband. “We’ve been so comforted by the outpouring of so many prayers and good wishes, and even people saying, ‘I wasn’t going to vote, but now I’m going to

Schumer’s political prescription: More Pelosi, more bipartisan deals

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a press conference in New York, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2src22. | Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP Photo Chuck Schumer doesn’t want to mess with what brought Democrats their stunning midterm success. That means more deals — and maybe more Nancy Pelosi. When asked whether the speaker should stay on as

Pelosi says decision on political future will be impacted by attack on her husband

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Pelosi on attack: Political future ‘will be affected about what happened’

When asked for clarification during the interview by host Anderson Cooper, Pelosi affirmed two additional times that her decision would be affected by the attack. Many people in Pelosi’s party have said they expect her to step down if Democrats lose the House majority this week — as POLITICO has forecast is likely. She has

GOP readies political heartburn for an FBI it won’t defund

The entire affair is likely to spotlight divisions between more traditional national security hawks and House Republicans who skew more libertarian-minded or Trump-centric. “I think the FBI has gotten heavily, severely off track since 9/11. And we ought to do a deep dive into ensuring that the FBI is focused on organized crime, combating crime

Pennsylvania Showdown: Donald Trump Competes with Biden and Obama for Control of Senate and Political Future

Former President Donald Trump will rally with supporters in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, the same evening President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama will team up for a final rally together ahead of the midterm elections on Tuesday. Trump will campaign with Dr. Mehmet Oz, his hand-selected candidate for the Senate race while Obama

Report: Fetterman Accused of ‘Abuse of … Mayoral Authority’ for Using Local Police to Get Dirt on Political Opponent

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D), running against Dr. Mehmet Oz for the state’s open United States Senate seat, was previously accused of abusing his “mayoral authority” while mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, for using local police to dig up dirt on his political opponent. While running for re-election in 2009, Fetterman was accused by Braddock…

Sources: GSA Packed Boxes of Documents Trump Brought to Mar-a-Lago, Not Trump Political Staffers

Sources close to former President Donald Trump have confirmed to Breitbart News that the General Services Administration (GSA) packed the boxes of documents he took with him to Mar-a-Lago, not political staffers. Shortly after the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago this month, reportedly to reclaim documents Donald Trump had taken from the White House in January 2021,…

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