Whats going on in the World

[MakoMatt]

Iran rebuilding military industrial base faster than expected, already producing drones, according to US intel

Iran has already restarted some of its drone production during the six-week ceasefire that began in early April, one sign it is rapidly rebuilding certain military capabilities degraded by US-Israeli ...

www.yahoo.com

 

[jpd]

Snopes or not - you'd have to be intentionally dense to keep at it.

As Democrats scramble to protect the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) after it was indicted for fraud, Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., attempted to have the truth about an infamous anti-Trump hoax the SPLC peddled removed from the congressional record.

At a Wednesday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee titled “The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate,” ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., launched into the heavily debunked claim that President Donald Trump praised white supremacists at a 2017 Charlottesville rally as “very fine people.” Notably, the hearing took place in light of a grand jury indictment of the SPLC that detailed its reported funding of an individual involved in planning the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally. The SPLC was one of many left-wing entities that spread the same hoax Raskin parroted.

Later in the hearing a Republican congressman disproved Raskin’s false claim by citing Trump’s actual words.

“I do need to call out the ranking member for deliberately perpetuating the Democrats’ dishonest claim that Donald Trump praised the Nazis at Charlottesville when he said there were ‘very fine people on both sides,’” Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., said, challenging Raskin. “What the ranking member knows, but chose to leave out, is that Trump then said, ‘I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally.’ The ranking member knows this, and the fact that he perpetuated that today speaks for itself.”

This rebuttal prompted Johnson to step in and try to have the truth officially removed from the minutes of the hearing. Johnson cut off McClintock’s questioning time to demand that Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. — who was filling in for Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as chairman — have “the gentleman’s words be taken down.”

McClintock “mentioned twice that the ranking member misled, deceived, and lied to this committee,” Johnson continued, making the argument that impugning the words of a committee member violates the rules of decorum. Issa ruled that it did “not violate the rules of decorum.”

 

[MakoMatt]

Snopes or not - you'd have to be intentionally dense to keep at it.

As Democrats scramble to protect the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) after it was indicted for fraud, Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., attempted to have the truth about an infamous anti-Trump hoax the SPLC peddled removed from the congressional record.

At a Wednesday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee titled “The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate,” ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., launched into the heavily debunked claim that President Donald Trump praised white supremacists at a 2017 Charlottesville rally as “very fine people.” Notably, the hearing took place in light of a grand jury indictment of the SPLC that detailed its reported funding of an individual involved in planning the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally. The SPLC was one of many left-wing entities that spread the same hoax Raskin parroted.

Later in the hearing a Republican congressman disproved Raskin’s false claim by citing Trump’s actual words.

“I do need to call out the ranking member for deliberately perpetuating the Democrats’ dishonest claim that Donald Trump praised the Nazis at Charlottesville when he said there were ‘very fine people on both sides,’” Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., said, challenging Raskin. “What the ranking member knows, but chose to leave out, is that Trump then said, ‘I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally.’ The ranking member knows this, and the fact that he perpetuated that today speaks for itself.”

This rebuttal prompted Johnson to step in and try to have the truth officially removed from the minutes of the hearing. Johnson cut off McClintock’s questioning time to demand that Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. — who was filling in for Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as chairman — have “the gentleman’s words be taken down.”

McClintock “mentioned twice that the ranking member misled, deceived, and lied to this committee,” Johnson continued, making the argument that impugning the words of a committee member violates the rules of decorum. Issa ruled that it did “not violate the rules of decorum.”

So, who was Trump talking about if not the Nazi racist Jew hating a-holes?

 

[longcast]

Taxpayer spending on 'exorcisms' derails Senate testimony: 'What the hell are we doing about it?'

Sen. John Kennedy rails against California's Medi-Cal program for allegedly covering exorcisms and faith-based healing amid fraud investigations.

www.foxnews.com

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., railed against California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, which is facing scrutiny from the Trump administration over fraud allegations, as Kennedy highlighted reports during a Tuesday hearing that the state covers exorcisms and other faith-based healing practices.

Medi-Cal’s spending practices have faced growing scrutiny as California’s Medicaid spending has more than doubled since 2019, rising from roughly $100.7 billion to a projected $222 billion in 2026.

 

[longcast]

Top Dem lawmakers duck questions when pressed on Platner's Reddit scandal

Top Democratic lawmakers refuse to say whether Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner's graphic Reddit posts have become a party liability ahead of midterms.

www.foxnews.com

Top Democratic leaders refused to answer whether Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s newly uncovered vulgar posts have become a liability for Democrats ahead of the midterm elections.

"I haven’t seen no posts," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., told Fox News Digital when asked whether Platner had become a liability to the Democratic Party.

Newly surfaced Reddit posts tied to Platner — from an archive of roughly 2,000 salacious takes — include graphic sexual comments about masturbating in portable toilets and praising explicit graffiti depicting genitalia.

 

[longcast]

Former DOJ prosecutor charged with stealing confidential Jack Smith investigation documents about Trump

A former DOJ prosecutor was charged with allegedly emailing confidential records from Jack Smith's Trump investigation to her personal accounts.

www.foxnews.com

Keep digging!!

 

[longcast]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-vow-vote-every-single-day-expel-fellow-dem-from-congress-she-wins-midterm

 

[longcast]

Bezos says Mamdani’s tax on luxury NYC homes is ‘fine’ despite backlash

Bezos backed Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax proposal while arguing higher taxes on billionaires won’t meaningfully help working-class Americans.

www.foxbusiness.com

Interesting read.

The billionaire said the top 1% of taxpayers currently pay roughly 40% of federal income taxes while the bottom half contribute about 3%, citing figures consistent with Tax Foundation and IRS analysis.

Still, Bezos argued that simply raising taxes on billionaires would not materially improve conditions for working-class Americans.

"You could double the taxes I pay, and it’s not going to help that teacher in Queens. I promise you," Bezos said. Well said............... Just more far left rhetoric.