<p>On Saturday, actress Patricia Heaton, an outspoken Christian conservative, responded to a tweet from journalist and founder of Catholic Voices, Austen Ivereigh:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p>Or <a href="https://twitter.com/Pontifex?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pontifex</a> could just release all the records himself and save everyone a lot of unnecessary time and trouble, right? Stop trying to paint obfuscation and coverup as some kind of heroic act. <a href="https://t.co/0aBwd5geTb">https://t.co/0aBwd5geTb</a></p>
<p>— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatriciaHeaton/status/1035997445069492224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Soon after Heaton’s tweet, Ivereigh responded with the following:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p>I think you may be confusing the pope with the CEO of a corporation who has justify himself to shareholders. The Holy See is a sovereign state; it doesn’t “release records”. Nor does the pope respond to lobbies or pressure groups. Keeping some things private is not “covering up”.</p>
<p>— Austen Ivereigh (@austeni) <a href="https://twitter.com/austeni/status/1036004630193418245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>This prompted Heaton to fire back with a series of tweets:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p>Your arrogance is quite bold. The laity is the church. They have sacrificed finances to give their children a catholic education, have tithed, followed church tradition, looked for guidance. To have any moral authority, <a href="https://twitter.com/Pontifex?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pontifex</a> must release any reports of abuse. Period. <a href="https://t.co/6yjcSIO8es">https://t.co/6yjcSIO8es</a></p>
<p>— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatriciaHeaton/status/1036015383373701120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p>My grandmother had 15 children &#8211; Catholic Mother of the Year. My father sent all 5 of us to catholic school on a reporter’s low salary and faithfully tithed to parish, Boystown and Maryknoll Missions. My sister is a Nashville Dominican. Transparency now.</p>
<p>— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatriciaHeaton/status/1036016832300216320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p>I don’t care if every previous Pope is exposed. My allegiance is not to any man or institution, but only to Christ crucified and risen, who warned that it would be better to drown with a millstone around your neck than to cause his little ones to stumble.</p>
<p>— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatriciaHeaton/status/1036018872145469440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Then on Sunday, Heaton continued by citing a verse from the book of James:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p>“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this:<br />
to care for orphans and widows in their affliction<br />
and to keep oneself unstained by the world.” James 1:18</p>
<p>— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatriciaHeaton/status/1036295504550739968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Daily Wire reached out to Heaton for further comment, but as of publication, we have received no reply.</p>

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<p>President Donald Trump signed the One Big, Beautiful Bill into law on Independence Day, meeting his self-imposed deadline for the monumental budget bill after a long legislative struggle.</p>
<p>Trump — who had urged Congress to pass the bill and send it to his desk by July 4 — walked out onto the South Portico of the White House with First Lady Melania Trump and stood for the national anthem and a military flyover, after which he approached the microphone to offer a few words.</p>
<p>&#8220;I want to wish you a very happy Independence Day, happy Fourth of July. This is gonna be something special. There&#8217;s spirit in this country, we haven&#8217;t seen anything like it in many, many years,&#8221; the president said, later mentioning Operation Midnight Hammer and the military personnel who participated in the operation to destroy Iran&#8217;s nuclear capabilities.</p>
<p>Trump continued, noting his administration&#8217;s successes in recent months.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨 THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL IS NOW OFFICIALLY THE LAW OF THE LAND! <a href="https://t.co/mOpYN0tiZ0">pic.twitter.com/mOpYN0tiZ0</a></p>
<p>— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1941253557665321187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;The American people gave us a historic mandate in November&#8230;We made promises, and it&#8217;s really promises made, promises kept. This is a triumph of democracy on the birthday of democracy,&#8221; Trump added, going on to enumerate the details of the Big, Beautiful Bill, and thanking prominent Republicans who helped get the legislation across the finish line.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Golden Age of America is upon us. We are in the Golden Age,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a period of time the likes of which I don&#8217;t think this country has ever experienced before.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump then descended the stairs, shook hands with various figures, took his pen, and — flanked by House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise — signed the Big, Beautiful Bill.</p>
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<p>The bill makes permanent Trump&#8217;s 2017 tax cuts, increases funding for border security, enacts work requirements for able-bodied recipients of Medicaid and food stamps, defunds Planned Parenthood for a year, funds the “Golden Dome” missile defense program, and ends taxes on tips and overtime.</p>
<p>The legislation was sent to Trump’s desk after being passed by both houses of Congress, where Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/big-beautiful-and-on-the-way-to-trumps-desk-congress-passes-historic-spending-bill?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=17&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Big%2C+Beautiful%2C+And+On+The+Way+To+Trump’s+Desk%3A+Congress+Passes+Historic+Spending+Bill">overcame</a> significant Democratic opposition and internal Republican hesitancy to hand the president a major legislative victory.</p>
<p>The Republican-controlled House voted 218-214 to pass the measure shortly after Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) wrapped up an hours-long speech delaying the bill’s advancement. To reach the final vote, Johnson spent hours working with Republican holdouts to get them to back the measure.</p>
<p>The Senate vote was even closer, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.</p>
<p>Following the bill&#8217;s passage on July 3, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-will-sign-one-big-beautiful-bill-at-fourth-of-july-celebration?author=Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=15&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Trump+Will+Sign+One+Big%2C+Beautiful+Bill+At+Fourth+Of+July+Celebration">said</a> &#8220;President Trump delivered win after win for the American people, and House Republicans and Senate Republicans delivered these wins with the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill into law.”</p>
<p><em>Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.</em></p>

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Trump Signs Big, Beautiful Bill At Historic July 4 Ceremony: ‘A Triumph Of Democracy’

<p>NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ long overdue return to Earth could be just around the corner, thanks in large part to Elon Musk’s SpaceX.</p>
<p>Wilmore and Williams launched from Cape Canaveral on June 5 of last year on a Boeing Staliner capsule for what was expected to be a brief mission. Unfortunately, the craft suffered a series of issues, including “helium leaks and thruster failures,” resulting in the astronauts remaining on the International Space Station (ISS). The Boeing craft that took the astronauts eventually returned to Earth empty in September.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump asked Elon Musk in January for assistance in bringing the stranded astronauts home.</p>
<p>“I have just asked Elon Musk and @SpaceX to ‘go get’ the 2 brave astronauts who have been virtually abandoned in space by the Biden Administration,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113909188940119917" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on social media. “They have been waiting for many months on @Space Station. Elon will soon be on his way. Hopefully, all will be safe. Good luck Elon!!!”</p>
<p>SpaceX’s rescue launch was scuttled on Wednesday following a hydraulic issue, but the ship launched Friday, carrying four astronauts to the ISS who will have a 6-month stint on the research craft.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Have a great time in space, y&#8217;all!<br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Crew10?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Crew10</a> lifted off from <a href="https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASAKennedy</a> at 7:03pm ET (2303 UTC) on Friday, March 14. <a href="https://t.co/9Vf7VVeGev">pic.twitter.com/9Vf7VVeGev</a></p>
<p>— NASA (@NASA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1900684862035546258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>After some overlap with the stranded astronauts and the new crew, it is expected that Wilmore and Williams will splash down at some point next week.</p>
<p>During a recent interview, Williams said that she and Wilmore “appreciate all the love and support from everybody,” and that they are excited to be coming home.</p>

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WATCH: SpaceX Launches New Crew To Relieve Astronauts Stranded For 9 Months

<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/syria" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Syrian</a> terrorist rebels say that dictator Bashar Al-Assad has been <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syria-rebels-celebrate-captured-homs-set-sights-damascus-2024-12-07/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deposed</a> after more than two decades in power, claiming control of the capital city of Damascus.</p>
<p>Per military officers who spoke with Reuters, Assad allegedly fled Damascus to an “unknown destination” after earlier asking the United States for help as Syria fell to the terrorist rebels. An airplane potentially carrying Assad was tracked heading toward Syria’s coast before changing its trajectory and vanishing from detection.</p>
<p>The rebels, primarily Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a <a href="https://www.dni.gov/nctc/ftos/hts_fto.html#:~:text=Hay'at%20Tahrir%20al%2DSham%20(HTS)%20is%20a,ida's%20former%20branch%20in%20Syria.">designated</a> Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) that evolved out of Al-Qaeda’s former branch in Syria, have marched across the nation, seizing city after city in a blitz. Syria’s allies Russia and Iran have been too militarily depleted and distracted to aid Assad.</p>
<p>In just a little over a week, the rebels conquered Aleppo in northern Syria and quickly moved south, capturing Hama, Homs, and now the country’s capital city of Damascus. The rebels claimed to have overtaken Saydnaya Military Prison north of Damascus just hours before the city fell, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/syria-civil-war-12-07-2024-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>.</p>
<p>The rebels&#8217; Military Operations Command declared on Telegram: &#8220;We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad. &#8230; To the displaced all over the world, a free Syria awaits you.&#8221;</p>
<p>Bloomberg News reported that Assad had made “indirect diplomatic overtures to the US and President-elect Donald Trump” to save his dictatorship. The deals that he sought apparently would have allowed him to stay in power or have safe passage into exile if need be.</p>
<p>Earlier on Saturday, President-elect Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/syrian-dictator-assad-begs-u-s-to-save-him-as-terrorist-rebels-encircle-damascus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement that the United States should not intervene at all, and rather let the various terrorist groups fight amongst each other.</p>
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<p>“Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, &amp; THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT,” Trump said. “THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED!”</p>
<p>“Russia, because they are so tied up in Ukraine, and with the loss there of over 600,000 soldiers, seems incapable of stopping this literal march through Syria, a country they have protected for years,” he continued. “This is where former President Obama refused to honor his commitment of protecting the RED LINE IN THE SAND, and all hell broke out, with Russia stepping in.”</p>
<p><em>Ryan Saavedra contributed to this report.</em></p>

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Syrian Dictator Bashar Al-Assad Deposed As Terrorist Rebels Claim Damascus

<p>Billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729480318938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw04xzn_PaAX2ZQZ_ShMj2Gq">Elon Musk</a> announced during a town hall in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, that he will be giving away $1 million each day to a randomly-selected person in the state who has signed the America PAC petition.</p>
<p>“So, I have a surprise for you, which is that we’re going to be awarding a million dollars randomly to people who have signed the petition every day from now until the election,” Musk said at the town hall.</p>
<p>The billionaire then spoke about the difficulties of getting the word out about the petition because “legacy media won’t report on it.”</p>
<p>“This news, I think, is gonna really fly,” Musk added.</p>
<p>Musk had announced that his America PAC would give $47 to anyone who refers a registered swing state voter to <a href="https://petition.theamericapac.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://petition.theamericapac.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729480318938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0QK7DUSvNlxFM_0cVY2VC2">sign a petition</a> supporting the First and Second Amendments. America PAC <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1847115389676740899" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1847115389676740899&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729480318938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3o5tOXmsdDkv6YjWF7P3CO">already raised</a> the referral payment in Pennsylvania from $47 to $100 and Musk has made multiple appearances on the campaign trail for former President Donald Trump.</p>
<p>The outspoken billionaire shocked the cheering audience when he said the first million would be going out right then and there. After a man holding a comically-large check walked on stage, Musk announced the name of the person who won the cash. The winner, wearing a Make America Great Again, was ushered to the stage to accept the prize.</p>
<p><b><a href="https://www.amiracist.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amiracist.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729480318938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3M4yRIXZdxZcw5v8VneDuo">MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28</a></b></p>
<p>“You’re welcome,” Musk said jokingly.</p>
<p><strong>WATCH:</strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING: Elon Musk announces that he will be randomly awarding $1 MILLION every day from now until Election Day to registered Pennsylvania voters who sign America PAC’s petition and surprised a member of the audience as the first winner.</p>
<p>SIGN: <a href="https://t.co/PgHAgrlTFA" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://t.co/PgHAgrlTFA&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729480318938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0lp_XUoQ2Yo2B3d2NURdhV">https://t.co/PgHAgrlTFA</a> <a href="https://t.co/qd4ZRNe4z4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://t.co/qd4ZRNe4z4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729480318938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3etiCfu2Y5UteM0cSxl3WW">pic.twitter.com/qd4ZRNe4z4</a></p>
<p>— America (@america) <a href="https://twitter.com/america/status/1847794197832556895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/america/status/1847794197832556895?ref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Etfw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729480318938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0L60OcONgxrIclz4lbe2Cl">October 20, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The endeavor seems to be a way around certain election laws that forbid paying Americans to vote by instead encouraging individuals who support the Constitution to refer like-minded people to register to vote in critical swing states, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/musk-pac-signature-47-pay-refer-swing-state-voters-sign-petition-rcna174310" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/musk-pac-signature-47-pay-refer-swing-state-voters-sign-petition-rcna174310&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729480318938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ZdXSeBkSXcO2iaLgWRcYH">NBC News</a>.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/Pages/VoterRegistrationApplication.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/Pages/VoterRegistrationApplication.aspx&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729480318938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2kNohL6_Kn91T-hh-S3Z-i">deadline</a> to register in Pennsylvania is October 21.</p>

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Elon Musk Hands Man $1 Million Check At Town Hall, Says It Will Happen Every Day Until Election

<p>Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris,</a> who has overseen an unprecedented surge of illegal immigration during her time in office, sought to present herself as a border hawk on Friday as she visited the southern border for the first time since being handed the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.</p>
<p>Beginning her Arizona <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQJr1sM8G9Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a>, Harris presented herself as tough on immigration, saying “the United States is a sovereign nation, and I believe we have a duty to set rules at our border and to enforce them.”</p>
<p>“And I take that responsibility very seriously,” she added.</p>
<p>Harris continued, saying that American is “a nation of immigrants,” and as such pains must be taken to reform the immigration system so that it functions properly and “makes our country stronger.”</p>
<p>Despite her recent attempt to appear tough on illegal immigration, Harris has presided over an unprecedented flood of illegal immigrants into the United States as vice president.</p>
<p>As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-one-is-safe-mothers-of-illegal-alien-crime-victims-blast-kamala-border-policies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2455010/illegal-border-crossers-total-over-10-million-since-biden-inauguration/">more than 10 million</a> people have crossed the border under the Biden-Harris administration, with an estimated <a href="https://cis.org/Arthur/Blockbuster-House-Report-Reveals-How-Badly-Bidens-Broken-Our-Immigration-System">1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways recorded</a> since President Joe Biden was inaugurated in 2021. This is in contrast to the years 2018, 2019, and 2020 during President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration, which reported a total of 415,000 reported gotaways.</p>
<p>Harris also visited Trump’s border wall, which in 2019 she called a “<a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/08/27/kamala-harris-flip-flops-border-wall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">medieval vanity project</a>.” In 2020, she said the border wall was a “waste of taxpayer money and won&#8217;t make us any safer.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kamala: &#8220;President Trump&#8217;s wall is a racist vanity project.&#8221;</p>
<p>Kamala Harris after looking at her poll numbers on border security: <a href="https://t.co/3cLJpdk6oO">pic.twitter.com/3cLJpdk6oO</a></p>
<p>— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1839792949585977468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The vice president added during her Arizona speech that she supports the recent border security bill, a controversial bipartisan plan that faced intense criticism from many Republicans, and would, according to <a href="https://www.heritage.org/homeland-security/report/the-senate-border-bill-disaster-border-security">The Heritage Foundation</a>, codify “crisis levels of daily illegal immigration” and make it difficult for a future president to deal with the issue.</p>
<p>Harris continued: &#8220;On behalf of all, across our nation, who want to see these problems solved, I say, we cannot accept Donald Trump&#8217;s failure to lead, we should not permit scapegoating instead of solutions &#8230; or rhetoric instead of results.&#8221;</p>
<p>Despite promises to stand tough on illegal immigration, the Biden-Harris administration <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/bidens-reversal-trump-policies-created-border-crisis-expert-says-intentionally-unsecured" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ended</a> many Trump administration policies that restricted the flow of immigration into the United States, including the Remain in Mexico policy, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/05/12/1175865631/biden-administration-ends-title-42-what-now" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Title 42</a>, and <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/proclamation-termination-of-emergency-with-respect-to-southern-border-of-united-states-and-redirection-of-funds-diverted-to-border-wall-construction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Proclamation 9844</a>, among others.</p>

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Kamala Plays Border Hawk In First Border Visit As Democratic Nominee

<p>On Friday, Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/30/24231286/x-brazil-ban-elon-musk-legal-representative" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> that social media platform X, formerly Twitter, be suspended in the country. The order comes after X did not appoint a new legal representative, which is mandatory in Brazil.</p>
<p>In response to the order, X Global Government Affairs issued the following <a href="https://x.com/GlobalAffairs/status/1829296715989414281">statement</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Soon, we expect Judge Alexandre de Moraes will order X to be shut down in Brazil – simply because we would not comply with his illegal orders to censor his political opponents. These enemies include a duly elected Senator and a 16-year-old girl, among others.</em></p>
<p><em>When we attempted to defend ourselves in court, Judge de Moraes threatened our Brazilian legal representative with imprisonment. Even after she resigned, he froze all of her bank accounts. Our challenges against his manifestly illegal actions were either dismissed or ignored. Judge de Moraes’ colleagues on the Supreme Court are either unwilling or unable to stand up to him.</em></p>
<p><em>We are absolutely not insisting that other countries have the same free speech laws as the United States. The fundamental issue at stake here is that Judge de Moraes demands we break Brazil’s own laws. We simply won’t do that.</em></p>
<p><em>In the days to come, we will publish all of Judge de Moraes’ illegal demands and all related court filings in the interest of transparency.</em></p>
<p><em>Unlike other social media and technology platforms, we will not comply in secret with illegal orders.</em></p>
<p><em>To our users in Brazil and around the world, X remains committed to protecting your freedom of speech.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>The order also makes clear that anyone in Brazil who attempts to access X via other means, such as a VPN, will face daily fines of nearly $9,000.</p>
<p>De Moraes and X have been at odds since the company refused to limit accounts that were alleged to be spreading misinformation.</p>
<p>In April, following <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-vows-to-expose-corruption-from-brazils-dictator-who-launched-probes-for-not-restricting-free-speech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apparent orders</a> to censor certain X accounts, the company posted a <a href="https://x.com/GlobalAffairs/status/1776729732970594483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1776729732970594483%7Ctwgr%5E643fc435882492f8b20f058e4e72be93b51505d9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F6964518%2Felon-musk-brazil-judge-moraes-free-speech-disinformation%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> noting that they were not provided with reasons why the accounts had to be censored, and they were not allowed to say which accounts were affected or which court or judge had made the ruling.</p>
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<p>“We believe that such orders are not in accordance with the Marco Civil da Internet or the Brazilian Federal Constitution, and we challenge the orders legally where possible,” the statement concluded. “The people of Brazil, regardless of their political beliefs, are entitled to freedom of speech, due process, and transparency from their own authorities.”</p>
<p>X CTO and Executive Chairman Elon Musk shortly after <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1776742819111330202" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> that the accounts were no longer restricted. He also posted on X that the platform would <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1776989005848207503?s=61&amp;t=ExoE76Om1Imh1hGFmSWnKA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reveal</a> what had been demanded of them by the judge, and said that the judge &#8220;<span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the constitution and people of Brazil,&#8221; adding that &#8220;he should resign or be impeached.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>Musk later named Judge de Moraes, calling his order “draconian,” among other <a href="https://time.com/6964518/elon-musk-brazil-judge-moraes-free-speech-disinformation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statements</a>. In return, de Moraes said he would investigate Musk himself, accusing him of “flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian justice, incitement of crime,” and “the public threat of disobedience of court orders …”</p>

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