Brian Deese, White House Director of the National Economic Council, said during a CNN interview Thursday afternoon that American families who were suffering from historic gas prices needed to understand that it was for &#8220;the future of the liberal world order,&#8221; even if they can&#8217;t afford it.
Deese made the tone deaf remarks during an interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;Newsroom&#8221; with co-host Victor Blackwell after Blackwell noted that U.S. officials have indicated that the war in Ukraine could last years.
&#8220;The military analyst, the Director of National Intelligence, they say that this could be a long war, measured in years. And I think everybody understands why this is happening,&#8221; Blackwell said.
&#8220;But is it sustainable?&#8221; Blackwell asked. &#8220;What do you say to those families who say, &#8216;Listen, we can&#8217;t afford to pay $4.85 a gallon for months, if not years, this is just not sustainable?'&#8221;
&#8220;Well, what you heard from the President today was a clear articulation of the stakes,&#8221; Deese responded. &#8220;This is about the future of the liberal world order, and we have to stand firm. But at the same time, what I&#8217;d say to that family, to Americans across the country, is you have a president administration that is going to do everything in its power to blunt those price increases and bring those prices down.&#8221;
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CNN: &quot;What do you say to those families that say, &#39;listen, we can&#39;t afford to pay $4.85 a gallon for months, if not years?’&quot;
BIDEN ADVISOR BRIAN DEESE: &quot;This is about the future of the Liberal World Order and we have to stand firm.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/LWilWSo72S">pic.twitter.com/LWilWSo72S</a>
&mdash; Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href="https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1542684948519419908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Gas prices were already <a href="https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&amp;s=emm_epmr_pte_nus_dpg&amp;f=m">skyrocketing</a> under the Biden administration long before Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.
Deese&#8217;s remarks come after President Joe Biden (D) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-on-how-long-its-fair-to-expect-americans-to-pay-historic-gas-prices-as-long-as-it-takes-to-beat-putin">told</a> reporters earlier in the day at brief question and answer session while in Madrid at a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit that Americans should expect to suffer &#8220;as long as it takes&#8221; to beat Russia in Ukraine.
“The war has pushed prices up,” a reporter said. “They could go as high as $200 a barrel, some analysts think.”
“How long is it fair to expect American drivers and drivers around the world to pay that premium for this war?” the reporter asked.
“As long as it takes,” Biden responded, “so Russia cannot in fact defeat Ukraine and move beyond Ukraine. This is a critical, critical position for the world. Here we are. Why do we have NATO? I told Putin that in fact, if he were to move, we would move to strengthen NATO. We would move to strengthen NATO across the board.”
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🚨: NY Times&#39; Jim Tankersley asks Biden, &quot;How long is it fair to expect American drivers to pay that premium&quot; for the war in Ukraine?
Biden: &quot;As long as it takes.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/PnRX95xT48">pic.twitter.com/PnRX95xT48</a>
&mdash; John Cooper (@thejcoop) <a href="https://twitter.com/thejcoop/status/1542497116140052480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Biden Admin To Families Suffering High Gas Costs: ‘This Is About The Future Of The Liberal World Order’

Biden Administration

Oil and Gas

Ukraine-Russia War

Vladimir Putin

ABC News&#8217; &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; was forced to issue a correction Thursday afternoon after they falsely claimed that Ketanji Brown Jackson was the first black person to be sworn in as a Supreme Court justice.
&#8220;Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in as the first black Supreme Court justice in U.S. history,&#8221; the show tweeted.
The first black Supreme Court justice was Thurgood Marshall, who joined the Court in 1967. The second black Supreme Court justice was Clarence Thomas, who still serves on the Court.
&#8220;CORRECTION: Video shows Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as the first Black female Supreme Court justice in U.S. history,&#8221; the show later said in a separate tweet. &#8220;A previous tweet erroneously stated Jackson is the first Black Supreme Court justice.&#8221;
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The left’s racism means they don’t consider conservatives such as Justice Thomas as black, and their historical ignorance means they don’t know who Thurgood Marshall was. <a href="https://t.co/I5QKGQDSuu">pic.twitter.com/I5QKGQDSuu</a>
&mdash; Cernovich (@Cernovich) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1542634469097541633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The tweet generated widespread backlash and mockery online, including the following notable responses:
<ul>
<li>Mike Cernovich, political commentator: &#8220;The left’s racism means they don’t consider conservatives such as Justice Thomas as black, and their historical ignorance means they don’t know who Thurgood Marshall was.&#8221;</li>
<li>Ed Morrissey, Hot Air: &#8220;Clarence Thomas and the ghost of Thurgood Marshall say hi, @GMA. Layers of fact checkers and editors.&#8221;</li>
<li>Liz Wolfe, Reason: &#8220;lol how have they left this completely wrong tweet up for four whole hours?”</li>
<li>Vernon Jones, former political candidate: &#8220;This is how far liberals and the liberal media will go to lie about Black History! She’s not the first Black #SCOTU. Can you imagine how many lies they have told and people believed it? Where are fact checkers when you need them? @GMA&#8221;</li>
<li>Steve Herman, VOA News: &#8220;Only if you ignore Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas.&#8221;</li>
<li>Sean Davis, The Federalist: &#8220;I guess Clarence Thomas and Thurgood Marshall aren&#8217;t black enough for the woke white interns at Good Morning America.&#8221;</li>
<li>Frank Fleming, The Daily Wire: &#8220;They probably meant to say &#8216;first black woman&#8217; and then realized they never had a biologist confirm that.&#8221;</li>
</ul>

Senate Confirmation Hearing For Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

‘Good Morning America’ Forced To Issue Correction On Supreme Court Tweet After Backlash, Mockery

‘Good Morning America’ Issues Correction After Tweeting That Ketanji Brown Jackson Was ‘First Black Supreme Court Justice’

Clarence Thomas

Good Morning America

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Leftism

Supreme Court

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) faced backlash online Sunday over a tweet about &#8220;forced&#8221; pregnancies which comes after the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the unconstitutional Roe v. Wade decision last week.
The tweet from Ocasio-Cortez came as she also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ocasio-cortez-claims-supreme-court-justices-lied-under-oath-suggests-impeachment">claimed without evidence</a> during an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” with host Chuck Todd on Sunday that several of the Supreme Court Justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade &#8220;lied&#8221; and suggested that they should be impeached from the bench.
&#8220;Forced pregnancy is a crime against humanity,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
Notable responses to Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s tweet included:
<ul>
<li>David Harsanyi, The Federalist: &#8220;This is some truly Orwellian s**t.&#8221;</li>
<li>Ed Whelan, Distinguished Senior Fellow and Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies: &#8220;Someone is very confused by her own deceptive euphemisms. The pro-life position opposes &#8216;forced pregnancy.&#8217; No one wants to force anyone to get pregnant.&#8221;</li>
<li>Stephen L. Miller, political commentator: &#8220;Would love her definition of the word humanity.&#8221;</li>
<li>Seth Dillon, The Babylon Bee: &#8220;AOC stands atop a mountain of millions of dead babies to say it’d be a crime against humanity to stop adding to the pile.&#8221;</li>
<li>Mickey White, political commentator: &#8220;I feel like we need to revisit our Health and Sex Ed curriculum. People don’t seem to understand where Babies come from anymore.&#8221;</li>
<li>Jennifer Van Laar, Red State: &#8220;Use birth control. Only have sex with people you&#8217;re prepared to have a child with. Yes, there are birth control failures and terrible things like rape. Those are the exceptions.&#8221;</li>
<li>Nick Searcy, actor: &#8220;Show me a forced pregnancy that doesn&#8217;t involve rape or incest, for which exceptions are already made, liar.&#8221;</li>
<li>Brittany Hughes, MRC TV: &#8220;Forced pregnancy is when you rape someone until they become pregnant. And it&#8217;s illegal. Carrying a child you conceived through your own choices is called responsibility.&#8221;</li>
<li>Joe Pagliarulo, radio host: &#8220;Does she think rape is legal? It&#8217;s a violent crime and I think rapists should be executed. Did she think the tweet would somehow divide us?&#8221;</li>
<li>The Quartering, Youtuber: &#8220;These people act like a bolt of sperm is sent down from above that impregnates innocent women just walking down the street.&#8221;</li>
<li>Kurt Schlichter, attorney: &#8220;Oh shut up you nitwit.&#8221;</li>
<li>Sebastian Gorka, radio host: &#8220;AOC’s never heard of contraception. Not surprising since she’s never seen a waste disposal. And was surprised that vegetables grow in the ground. &#8230; Right. But killing 800,000 babies a year &#8211; disproportionately black babies &#8211; isn’t, right [cupcake emoji]?&#8221;</li>
</ul>

The U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade

Ocasio-Cortez Slammed Online Over Tweet About ‘Forced Pregnancy’

Abortion

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Chuck Todd

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) refused to name a single restriction on abortion that she supports when pressed multiple times on the matter during interviews on Sunday.
Abrams was asked on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; with co-host Martha MacCallum if she supported Georgia&#8217;s new pro-life law, which puts a ban on abortions after six weeks or after a heart beat is detected.
&#8220;So with regard to that law, I know that you said you were appalled by the outcome of the court&#8217;s decision,&#8221; MacCallum said. &#8220;But given the law that was voted in by the legislature in Georgia, do you support the fact that they will carry out the will of the people in Georgia and put that law at a six-week ban into effect?&#8221;
&#8220;I do not,&#8221; Abrams responded. &#8220;And I would reject the notion that this is the will of the people. This is a political decision made by the narrowest of margins and done to satisfy an even narrower constituency.&#8221;
&#8220;Do you support any limitation on abortion or do you think that women should have the right to have an abortion all the way up to nine months?&#8221; MacCallum asked.
&#8220;I believe an abortion is a medical decision,&#8221; Abrams responded. &#8220;I believe that should be a choice made between a doctor and a woman and in consultation with her family. But I think the challenge that we have is that we keep putting this in a political space.&#8221;
MacCallum later asked &#8220;at what point do you start to care about the life of that baby?&#8221;
&#8220;What I would say is that it is a medical decision,&#8221; Abrams responded. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know of a single woman who reaches the stage where this decision is easy.&#8221;
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Stacey Abrams supports NO LIMITS on abortion. 
Q: “Do you support any limitation on abortion? Or do you think that women should have the right to have an abortion all the way up to nine months?” 
ABRAMS: “That should be a choice made between a doctor and a woman.” <a href="https://t.co/7mxsHXzpoP">pic.twitter.com/7mxsHXzpoP</a>
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Abrams was again pressed on the matter during an interview with CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper on the network&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union.&#8221;
&#8220;As you know, polling on abortion is very complicated, and, in more nuanced questions, most Americans support at least some restrictions on abortion overall,&#8221; Tapper said. &#8220;Do you think the government should play any role in restricting abortion? As governor, what restrictions would you be willing to support in Georgia, if any?&#8221;
&#8220;Those medical choices should not be governed by someone&#8217;s religious or ideological convictions,&#8221; Abrams responded. &#8220;And if we&#8217;re going to make medical decisions, they should be made with medical input, not at the whim of politicians.&#8221;
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Democrat Stacey Abrams refuses to name ANY restrictions she supports on abortion. <a href="https://t.co/1BqTSk821E">pic.twitter.com/1BqTSk821E</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1541050709491286020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams Holds Campaign Event

Democrat Stacey Abrams Takes Extreme Position On Abortion During Race For Georgia’s Governorship

Martha MacCallum

Stacey Abrams

CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper tried to egg British Prime Minister Boris Johnson into bashing the state of democracy in the United States during an interview on Sunday and Johnson did not take the bait.
&#8220;When I talk to friends in Canada, the U.K., Australia and elsewhere, people express concern about the United States &#8230; in terms of our ability and our institutions to thrive and continue, after what happened with the election of 2020,&#8221; Tapper said. &#8220;They&#8217;re worried that democracy is on life support in the United States.&#8221;
&#8220;Are you worried at all?&#8221; Tapper asked. &#8220;Do you look at—&#8221;
&#8220;No,&#8221; Johnson fired back.
&#8220;You&#8217;re not?&#8221; Tapper asked in an apparent state of surprise.
&#8220;I want to say this to the people of the United States. I&#8217;m not,&#8221; Johnson responded. &#8220;I think that — I just get back to the — what I have been trying to say to you throughout this interview. I think that reports of the death of democracy in the United States are grossly, grossly exaggerated. America is a shining city on a hill.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe that American democracy is under serious threat, far from it,&#8221; Johnson later added. &#8220;I continue to believe that America is the greatest global guarantor of democracy and freedom.&#8221;
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&quot;I think that reports of the death of democracy in the United States are grossly, grossly exaggerated.&quot; 
British Prime Minister <a href="https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BorisJohnson</a> tells CNN&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a> why he is not concerned about the state of US democracy. <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSotu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNNSotu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNSOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNSOTU</a> <a href="https://t.co/ovRc8Tt41O">pic.twitter.com/ovRc8Tt41O</a>
&mdash; CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1541065711023521793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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TRANSCRIPT:
<blockquote>JAKE TAPPER, CNN HOST: So, we&#8217;re here at the G7, a gathering of the world&#8217;s leading democracies. When I talk to friends in Canada, the U.K., Australia and elsewhere, people express concern about the United States as&#8230;
BORIS JOHNSON, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: The United States?
TAPPER: About the United States in terms of our ability and our institutions to thrive and continue, after what happened with the election of 2020. They&#8217;re worried that democracy is on life support in the United States.
People might not know this about you, but you were born in the United States. And until recently, you&#8230;
JOHNSON: I was.
TAPPER: And&#8230;
JOHNSON: I was. I was born in New York City&#8230;
TAPPER: As was I.
JOHNSON: &#8230; a fantastic place.
Jake, where you were born? Where you were born in New York?
TAPPER: Where was I &#8212; Staten Island.
JOHNSON: All right. I was born in New York General Hospital.
TAPPER: Are you worried at all? Do you look at&#8230;
JOHNSON: No.
TAPPER: You&#8217;re not?
JOHNSON: I want to say this to the people of the United States. I&#8217;m not.
I think that &#8212; I just get back to the &#8212; what I have been trying to say to you throughout this interview. I think that reports of the death of democracy in the United States are grossly, grossly exaggerated. America is a shining city on a hill.
And, for me, for my &#8212; and it will continue to be so. And I think that the mere fact that Joe Biden has stepped up to the plate in the way that he has shows that the instincts of America are still very much in the right place.
And, yes, look, I mean, there were some weird and kind of unattractive scenes back in the &#8212; you know, back in&#8230; TAPPER: People died. I mean, it was pretty serious.
JOHNSON: It was &#8212; it was pretty weird. I won&#8217;t deny that.
TAPPER: It was worse than weird. I mean&#8230;
JOHNSON: Looking from the outside, it was pretty weird.
But I don&#8217;t believe that American democracy is under serious threat, far from it. I continue to believe that America is the greatest global guarantor of democracy and freedom.
TAPPER: Joe Biden talks about the world in terms of autocracies and democracies, and it&#8217;s &#8212; this is the big struggle. You talk about it that way as well.
He also talks about the United States is going through that, that struggle, and he sees Donald Trump as autocratic, as somebody who didn&#8217;t respect the will of the people, who &#8212; there are hearings going on right now. I know you&#8217;re familiar with them, bipartisan hearings, about all the ways to Donald Trump &#8212; Trump tried to undo the election&#8230;
JOHNSON: Yes.
TAPPER: &#8230; undo democracy.
JOHNSON: Jake, I&#8217;m going to &#8212; I&#8217;m going to take the Fifth on this, because this is &#8212; the convention in&#8230;
TAPPER: You don&#8217;t have a Fifth. That&#8217;s&#8230;
JOHNSON: Well, OK. Well, OK. I was born in New York. But I had to give up my citizenship because it was just so expensive.
But, look, the fact is that we, as friends and partners &#8212; and there are no two closer friends and partners than the U.S. and the U.K. &#8212; we don&#8217;t talk about domestic &#8212; in principle, we shouldn&#8217;t talk about each other&#8217;s domestic politics. And it&#8217;s &#8212; that&#8217;s for the people of U.S.
TAPPER: Thanks so much for your time today.
JOHNSON: Thank you.
TAPPER: I really appreciate it.
JOHNSON: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
TAPPER: Nice to meet another New Yorker.
JOHNSON: Yes. </blockquote>
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) did not condemn violence toward pro-life groups and individuals during an interview on Sunday when she was asked about “active threats” in her state.
Whitmer made the remarks during an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” with host Margaret Brennan as the topic of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade dominated the segment.
“I want to ask you about this homeland security warning that domestic violent extremists may intensify violence,” Brennan said. “In the bulletin that CBS obtained, it specifically mentioned an incident in Michigan, related to a pro-abortion rights group.”
One of the incidents mentioned in the <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22068133/dhs-memo.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memo</a> “involved vandalism claimed by ‘Jane’s Revenge,’” a far-Left group, “on a building that houses a U.S. Representative’s campaign office and a pro-life advocacy group.”
“How concerned are you about violence?” Brennan asked. “What are you seeing on the ground?”
“I am concerned about a lot of things happening in the United States right now,” Whitmer said. “And frankly, the last couple of decisions that came out of this United States Supreme Court are make America a lot more dangerous, more guns, fewer rights, less health care, it is scary. And as a lawyer it, it crushes me to say that even I am losing faith that these important institutions that are supposed to be above the politics of the day, are now being corrupted. And that’s what we’re seeing out of our United States Supreme Court. And I am very concerned about our long term prosperity, our homeland security, and our safety.”
Brennan again had to press Whitmer on the matter since Whitmer did not address the question.
“But, this warning about threats to federal [and] state government officials, including judges, are you concerned about active threats in Michigan?” Brennan asked.
“Of course, I am,” Whitmer claimed before she pivoted to blaming former President Donald Trump. “I have been the recipient of so much ugliness and hate often stoked by the former president. This is a really scary moment. And with the proliferation of the ugly rhetoric, the scary proliferation of guns in America and fewer and fewer restrictions. I think that any parent who sends their child to school, any politician or policy maker who makes a hard decision, we now have to be much more fearful on a whole new level.”
WATCH:
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Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer Does Not Condemn Violence When Asked About Threats In Michigan

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Roe v. Wade's Long And Brutal Legacy

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claimed without evidence on Sunday that some U.S. Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade &#8220;lied&#8221; under oath during their confirmation hearings, which she said is &#8220;an impeachable offense.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez made the remarks during an interview on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; with host Chuck Todd, who brought up how Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said that the justices had testified &#8220;under oath.&#8221;
&#8220;They lied,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez claimed. &#8220;If we allow Supreme Court nominees to lie under, under oath and secure lifetime appointments to the highest court of the land and then issue, issue without basis &#8212; if you read these opinions &#8212; issue without basis, rulings that deeply undermine the human and civil rights of the majority of Americans, we must see that through. There must be consequences for such a deeply destabilizing action and a hostile takeover of our democratic institutions. To allow that to stand is to allow it to happen. And what makes it particularly dangerous is that it sends a blaring signal to all future nominees that they can now lie to duly elected members of the United States Senate in order to secure Supreme Court confirmations and seats on the Supreme Court. This is what we&#8217;re saying.&#8221;
When Todd asked if she thought the situation was &#8220;an impeachable offense,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez responded, &#8220;I believe so.&#8221;
&#8220;I believe so,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;I believe lying under oath is an impeachable offense.&#8221;
WATCH:
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EXCLUSIVE: If Supreme Court nominees lied under oath, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says impeachment “should be very seriously considered.”<a href="https://twitter.com/RepAOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@repaoc</a>: &quot;There must be consequences for such a deeply destabilizing action and hostile takeover of our Democratic institutions.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/EAHXZcPrzg">pic.twitter.com/EAHXZcPrzg</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1541087173243461633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s remarks come after the Supreme Court&#8217;s 6-3 decision in Dobbs v.s. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on Friday which followed the early May leak of a draft opinion indicating which way the justices would rule, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-leaves-abortion-restrictions-to-states">reported</a>. That leak prompted protests across the nation, particularly in Washington, D.C., as well as dozens of attacks and vandalism of pro-life organizations, centers, and churches.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote that Roe and a subsequent case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which upheld Roe, both must be overturned, and the right to allow, deny, or restrict the right to an abortion must reside with states.
“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division,” Alito wrote in his majority opinion, which was strikingly similar to the earlier leaked draft. “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
Mary Margaret Olohan contributed to this report.

Ocasio-Cortez Claims Supreme Court Justices ‘Lied’ Under Oath, Suggests Impeachment

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SCOTUS

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland responded to the U.S. Supreme Court&#8217;s decision on Friday to overturn the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/roe-v-wade">Roe v. Wade</a> decision by saying that the Democratic administration &#8220;strongly disagrees&#8221; with the ruling.
Garland released a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-statement-supreme-court-ruling-dobbs-v-jackson-women-s">statement</a> shortly after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe, in which the attorney general claimed that the Court “upended the doctrine of stare decisis, a key pillar of the rule of law.&#8221;
&#8220;The Justice Department strongly disagrees with the Court’s decision,&#8221; Garland said. &#8220;This decision deals a devastating blow to reproductive freedom in the United States. It will have an immediate and irreversible impact on the lives of people across the country. And it will be greatly disproportionate in its effect – with the greatest burdens felt by people of color and those of limited financial means.&#8221;
The decision on Friday followed the early May leak of a draft opinion indicating which way the justices would rule, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-leaves-abortion-restrictions-to-states">reported</a>. That leak prompted protests across the nation, particularly in Washington, D.C., as well as dozens of attacks and vandalism of pro-life organizations, centers, and churches.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the May draft opinion that Roe and a subsequent case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which upheld and expanded on Roe, both must be overturned, and the right to allow, deny, or restrict the right to an abortion must reside with states.
Later in the statement, Garland said that violence and threats would not be tolerated.
&#8220;Advocates with different views on this issue have the right to, and will, voice their opinions,&#8221; Garland said. &#8220;Peacefully expressing a view is protected by the First Amendment. But we must be clear that violence and threats of violence are not. The Justice Department will not tolerate such acts.&#8221;
The warning that the DOJ would not tolerate violence and threats comes after a left-wing extremist was arrested earlier this month for showing up outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, allegedly to assassinate him.
&#8220;The Justice Department will work tirelessly to protect and advance reproductive freedom,&#8221; Garland continued. &#8220;Under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, the Department will continue to protect healthcare providers and individuals seeking reproductive health services in states where those services remain legal.&#8221;
“The ability to decide one’s own future is a fundamental American value, and few decisions are more significant and personal than the choice of whether and when to have children,&#8221; Garland said. “Few rights are more central to individual freedom than the right to control one’s own body.&#8221;
“The Justice Department will use every tool at our disposal to protect reproductive freedom,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;And we will not waver from this Department’s founding responsibility to protect the civil rights of all Americans.”
 Mary Margaret Olohan contributed to this report.

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President Joe Biden was met with both mockery and sympathy online Saturday afternoon after video clips of him falling off a bicycle while standing still quickly went viral.
Biden was riding his bike near his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home when he fell, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-falls-while-standing-partially-on-ground-after-stopping-bicycle">reported</a>. After he got up, he claimed that he was “good.”
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Biden fell off his bike while stationary this morning <a href="https://t.co/ZNh1wHlGI6">pic.twitter.com/ZNh1wHlGI6</a>
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Donald Trump Jr. responded by writing on Twitter, &#8220;I’m not sure there’s ever been a more perfect metaphor for the current state of our country than Biden falling off his bike while standing still for literally no reason.&#8221;
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I’m not sure there’s ever been a more perfect metaphor for the current state of our country than Biden falling off his bike while standing still for literally no reason. <a href="https://t.co/4ByBOHJdEa">pic.twitter.com/4ByBOHJdEa</a>
&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1538248065072648192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Other notable responses to Biden included:
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<li>Allie Beth Stuckey, podcast host: &#8220;The most troubling part of the Biden falling off the bike video is that he wasn’t even riding when he fell. He was standing still then fell over.&#8221;</li>
<li>Annika H Rothstein, political commentator: &#8220;Why the hell would his advisors allow him to be on a bike, given how he tends to fall over while WALKING on FLAT SURFACES!?&#8221;</li>
<li>Caleb Hull, digital strategist: &#8220;I can’t believe Putin did this.&#8221;</li>
<li>Steve Deace, BlazeTV: &#8220;Okay, that is really bad.&#8221;</li>
<li>Harmeet K. Dhillon, attorney: &#8220;All politics aside: would you let your elderly relative who can barely walk and has perceptibly impaired mental capacity, gallivant around on a bike, potentially falling and breaking a hip? I wouldn’t.&#8221;</li>
<li>David Reaboi, political commentator: &#8220;How do they put him on a bike when he barely knows where he is?&#8221;</li>
<li>Dan Katz, Barstool Sports: &#8220;I think I’ve watched this 100 times and it gets funnier every time. You can’t fall off your bike as the President, you just can’t.&#8221;</li>
<li>Elijah Schaffer, The Blaze: &#8220;It’s really sad. The whole thing. I’m not even going to laugh. Mock him. Or anything. The guy is close to death. He can’t even balance on a bicycle. He needs rest. Meanwhile, he’s being used as a puppet to dismantle our fossil fuel industry and collapse the economy.&#8221;</li>
<li>T.J. Moe, The Blaze: &#8220;The most symbolic bicycle crash in history. Stopped, no immediate danger, no threat to avoid… just a self inflicted crash.&#8221;</li>
<li>Matt Schlapp, CPAC: &#8220;My presidency has fallen and it can’t get up.&#8221;</li>
<li>Avi Yemini, political commentator: &#8220;Whoever let Biden out on a bicycle instead of a wheelchair should be charged. We’ve learnt nothing from World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.&#8221;</li>
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The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-falls-while-standing-partially-on-ground-after-stopping-bicycle">reported</a> earlier Saturday that this is only the latest incident where Biden has fallen. Last month, Biden nearly stumbled while walking up the steps of Air Force One.
The president, who is the oldest person to ever hold the position in U.S. history, began his presidency by tripping on the steps of Air Force One.
Before taking office in January 2021, Biden claimed he broke his foot after he fell while playing with his dog following a shower.

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Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) slammed President Joe Biden during remarks Thursday morning for soaring inflation rates and surging gas prices, saying that Biden &#8220;has facilitated this&#8221; and that the administration knows they are responsible for it.
The remarks from DeSantis come after Biden sent a letter threatening the oil industry if they did not do more to combat rising fuel costs, which led to oil companies firing back and saying that the administration needs to change its policies to allow them to do more.
DeSantis said during an event in Miami-Dade that if he could go back in time to the start of the administration, he &#8220;would just do the opposite of what Biden has done, and we&#8217;d be in a better spot.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, I really think it&#8217;s, he&#8217;s got a lot of chutzpah to attack energy producers when he campaigned saying he was going to shut down energy production in the United States,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;He said, we&#8217;re not going to let them drill, we&#8217;re not going to give leases, we&#8217;re not going to do any of that. And so then he comes in, he puts really negative policies to try to kneecap American energy production. And of course, that&#8217;s been a huge driver as to why we now have gas higher than we have ever seen it before, in my lifetime in this country.&#8221;
&#8220;And so he has facilitated this. And I think that&#8217;s had a huge impact on overall inflation, because everything that&#8217;s produced relies on energy. And when those energy costs go up, it has an effect across the board. Obviously, when you&#8217;re printing trillions of dollars, the money supply, that has caused it to go up as well,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;So, I think there have been a series of policy misjudgments. What I would do is I would say if — and he will not do this, but he should admit he was wrong. And he said, you know what, we need to be energy independent. We need to lead the world in production. We need to get rid of all the roadblocks. We need to make sure people can get permits, want to make sure we can do LNG exports.&#8221;
DeSantis said multiple local pipelines needed to be built ranging from the Keystone pipeline to ones in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and other areas.
&#8220;So you have it within your control to really, really move the needle. And here&#8217;s the thing, this energy, the markets are very forward looking. If he were to come in, and just really, really double down on American energy and have policy to reflect that, look, it would represent a complete 180, he would have to admit he was wrong,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;But you know what, that would be good for the American people. And so, we&#8217;ve got to start putting the people first over the ideology of the ruling class and the governing elites.&#8221;
&#8220;And so these have been really, really, I think, devastating decisions. I think it did not have to happen. You know, he inherited a situation that was much better, he&#8217;s made it a lot worse. But you look, he&#8217;s now complaining about the refining capacity. You can&#8217;t get a refinery permitted if you want to expand capacity,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And when you say you&#8217;re going to shut down the industry, who&#8217;s going to put capital down to want to expand there when you know the federal government is going to try to kneecap you, you know, right out of the starting block? So, he needs to reverse course here; I don&#8217;t think he will. But at the end of the day, the American people are paying the price when you&#8217;re looking at these gas prices.&#8221;
DeSantis explained that the record high gas prices have contributed to the worst inflation that the U.S. has seen in decades because gas is used to deliver products to stores, which then forces companies to increase costs.
&#8220;He&#8217;s always trying to create a scapegoat. I guess his position is that it wasn&#8217;t until he became president that oil companies are trying to make profits. Like, they&#8217;re gouging now, they weren&#8217;t doing that for the last 25 years, all of a sudden, just now they&#8217;re doing that,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;It&#8217;s insulting to the average citizen to listen to some of this drivel coming out of the White House and because they know people are upset about it. They know they&#8217;re responsible for it. So they&#8217;re just looking for a boogeyman to try to pin this on.&#8221;
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Actor Matthew McConaughey told Fox News during an interview on Tuesday night that Democrats want &#8220;the whole loaf&#8221; when it comes to restricting the Second Amendment rights of U.S. citizens, but that they are willing to just &#8220;take a slice&#8221; this time.
McConaughey made the remarks during an interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier after he spoke at the White House press briefing earlier in the day.
During the interview, McConaughey, who has previously mulled running to become the governor of Texas, responded to a question about whether he had political ambitions by saying, &#8220;I am not running for political office.&#8221;
McConaughey claimed that this time would be different in terms of getting something done politically to prevent the next tragedy, even though Second Amendment experts like Dana Loesch <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/conservatives-slam-gun-control-activist-matthew-mcconaughey-thats-gonna-be-a-no-from-me-dawg">noted</a> that he was just “repeating every studied and proven non-solution the gun control lobby has ever proposed but he’s wrapping it in a veneer of friendly Texas drawl.”
&#8220;But the consensus word that I&#8217;m hearing and phrase is that this time is different, that there is some more momentum, that, on the Right, there are some things that they&#8217;re willing not staunchly say no to and consider, that on the Left, they&#8217;re willing to say, you know what, we may want the whole loaf, but we will take a slice of bread,&#8221; McConaughey said. &#8220;So, I&#8217;m told that this is a novel thing happening right now, and this is a novel and special time happening right now, where, actually, something may change, instead of just talking about it, and nothing changes again for another 30 years.&#8221;
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Matthew McConaughey reports that Democrats want &quot;the whole loaf&quot; when it comes to restricting gun rights, but that they are willing to just &quot;take a slice&quot; this time around. Will Republicans give in? <a href="https://t.co/STUzoYVzBQ">pic.twitter.com/STUzoYVzBQ</a>
&mdash; Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1534345418674294784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slammed Democrats for their apparent support of political violence during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday afternoon that examined the growing domestic terrorism threat in the United States.
&#8220;You know, there ought to be at least three propositions on which all of us can agree,&#8221; Cruz began. &#8220;Number one, violent crime is always unacceptable, and should be punished severely. Number two, hate is wrong. And number three, the machinery of the federal government should not be used as a tool to target and persecute your political opponents. All three of those propositions should be ideas that bring us together, regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum. Unfortunately, we see over and over again, efforts to politicize acts of violence.&#8221;
Cruz condemned white supremacy and the different extremist groups that support it, like the KKK and the Nazi Party, calling them &#8220;unequivocally hateful, bigoted, racist morons who should be denounced and despised.&#8221;
&#8220;I do think my colleagues on the Democratic side of the aisle try very hard to erase the history of the Klan, that it was formed by elected Democrats, that its leadership was almost entirely elected Democrats, that the authors of the Jim Crow laws were without exception elected Democrats,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;And I also think today&#8217;s congressional Democrats try to use the charge of ‘white supremacy,’ which is undoubtedly evil, bigoted, and wrong, and weaponized by their own party, they try to use that as a proxy for attacking a political party they disagree with.&#8221;
Cruz said that in doing so, Democrats engage in &#8220;diminishing anti-Jewish violence, anti-Asian violence, violence directed at white people, violence directed at police.&#8221;
&#8220;My view is simple: violence is always wrong. Whatever your ideology, left-wing, right-wing, no wings: If you&#8217;re seeking to hurt people, it is wrong,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;Is violence from white supremacist extremist organizations a problem? Absolutely. As is violence from other hate groups. The Brooklyn subway shooter was a known black supremacist who called for racial violence. The Waukesha attacker, who murdered six people driving an SUV into a Christmas parade, was a viciously left-wing black nationalist bigot.&#8221;
&#8220;2016, another black nationalist gunned down five police officers in Dallas. I was there with President Obama at the funeral for those police officers. He did so on explicitly racial grounds. In 2019, two anti-Semitic domestic terrorists gunned down four people in a kosher grocery store,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;San Francisco in the past year has seen a 567% increase in anti-Asian violence. Anti-Jewish hate crimes in New York City are up 148% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021.&#8221;
&#8220;And then, of course, we have the violence of the Antifa riots and the Black Lives Matter riots that racked this country,&#8221; Cruz concluded. &#8220;As stores were looted, police cars were firebombed, people were assaulted, people were murdered, my colleagues on the Democratic side of the aisle sought to excuse, sought to apologize for, even went so far as raised money to bail out of jail the violent rioters committing these acts of violence.&#8221;
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