Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), 75, who staved off a challenge from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to lead Democrats on House Oversight Committee, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/21/gerry-connolly-dies-cancer.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died</a> on Wednesday from esophageal cancer.
Connolly had served as the representative for Virginia’s 11th congressional district —which contains nearly all of Fairfax County — since 2009. The home of federal workers, the 11th district was the wealthiest congressional district in the nation from 2003 to 2013. Prior to that he had served as Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors since 2003. According to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210423141050/https:/projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fivethirtyeight</a>, he voted 100% of the time with former President Joe Biden. He won decisively in every congressional election except in 2010, when he narrowly defeated his GOP opponent.
“It is with immense sadness that we share that our devoted and loving father, husband, brother, friend, and public servant, Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, passed away peacefully at his home this morning surrounded by family,” read a statement from Connolly&#8217;s family.
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Connolly, as a top Democrat on the Oversight committee, became well-known for his outspoken opposition to President Donald Trump.
In April 2019, Connelly <a href="https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sitroom/date/2019-04-25/segment/02" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke</a> on CNN’s “The Situation Room” with host Wolf Blitzer. He called President Trump “the soulless occupant of the Oval Office,” then referred to the “amoral narcissistic kind of tendencies coming out of that office.” Meanwhile, he said of Joe Biden, “You can give him a complex subject and he get to the heart of it faster than anybody I know. The idea that he is not an intelligent man is simply false. And Mr. Trump is going to learn that the hard way.”
In December 2019, Connolly voted to impeach President Trump, <a href="https://connolly.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3724" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying:</a>
<blockquote>To extort a foreign country to investigate your political opponent is an unconstitutional abuse of power. To solicit foreign interference in an American election is an unconstitutional abuse of power. &#8230; The delicate balance of power that underpins our democracy is threatened when a President disregards the Constitution by obstructing Congress to cover up illegal behavior. In doing that, President Trump violated his oath.</blockquote>
In April 2024, when some Republicans considered the idea of renaming Dulles Airport in Washington D.C. after Trump, Connolly reacted, “Donald Trump is facing 91 felony charges. If Republicans want to name something after him, I&#8217;d suggest they find a federal prison.”
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Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Democrat who reps part of Dulles, weighs in on GOP bill to rename the airport after Trump.
&quot;Donald Trump is facing 91 felony charges. If Republicans want to name something after him, I&#39;d suggest they find a federal prison.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/axios?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Axios</a> <a href="https://t.co/GGYFT8qJnv">https://t.co/GGYFT8qJnv</a>
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His family says that his contributions to his community, including his fight for the extension of DC&#8217;s train system to the airport, will be his legacy.
“As a county supervisor, Mr. Connolly was one of the earliest proponents of extending Metrorail’s Silver Line from the inner suburbs to Washington Dulles International Airport. Elected to Congress in 2008, he helped secure additional funding for 23.2 miles of Silver Line expansion,” the Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/05/21/gerry-connolly-virginia-congressman-dead-obituary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.

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Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) did her best to force feed her pre-selected narrative into FBI Director Kash Patel&#8217;s mouth during a Thursday hearing — but when Patel immediately called her out, refusing to take the bait, Murray substituted her own testimony for his.
Murray began by questioning Patel about whether or not he was &#8220;weaponizing&#8221; the FBI, prompting him to lay out a series of the bureau&#8217;s more recent cases as evidence that the men and women of the FBI were doing their jobs and doing them well.
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KASH: “I think the common theme is you putting words in my mouth, and I’m not going to tolerate it.”
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&#8220;That&#8217;s not my question,&#8221; Murray interrupted. &#8220;We know that —&#8221;
&#8220;Well, you asked if I was weaponizing the FBI and I am not,&#8221; Patel pushed back. &#8220;I&#8217;m giving you the hard concrete examples of the men and women putting handcuffs on bad people doing harm to our children and innocent Americans. I do not see weaponization.&#8221;
&#8220;But you have placed on leave FBI employees responsible for the investigation of January 6th,&#8221; Murray asserted. &#8220;That sounds political to me.&#8221;
&#8220;I have not placed anyone on leave who has not violated their ethical obligation or their oath to the Constitution,&#8221; Patel replied.
&#8220;So &#8230; if they were investigating January 6th, you believe they were violating an ethic — obligation —&#8221; Murray tried again.
&#8220;No,&#8221; Patel said. &#8220;I think the common theme is you putting words in my mouth, and I’m not going to tolerate it, nor will the men and women of the FBI.&#8221;
Murray pressed onward: &#8220;Well, you did place on leave an analyst responsible for investigating Russia&#8217;s meddling in the 2016 election. Is that politicization? Is that retribution?&#8221;
&#8220;No. Not if she broke the law or the ethical guidelines,&#8221; Patel shot back. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know which case you&#8217;re talking about, but that&#8217;s the standard, and we will hold ourselves inwardly accountable and we will not be strayed from our mission because people think we are &#8216;politicizing&#8217; the bureau.&#8221;
&#8220;If you want to talk about someone who was attacked by a weaponized bureau, you’re looking at him. And now he’s the Director of the FBI and he&#8217;s cleaning it up,&#8221; Patel continued.
Murray, upon realizing that she was not going to be able to get Patel to say what she wanted him to, shifted gears then and testified herself.
&#8220;I would just say to everyone who&#8217;s listening that the FBI needs to be focused on its mission to keep the entire country safe,&#8221; she said, giving no evidence that the bureau, under Patel, was not doing exactly that. &#8220;It should not be weaponized for partisan political gain. Thank you.&#8221;

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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will sign a presidential memorandum targeting ActBlue for potentially unlawful activities, a White House document shared with The Daily Wire shows.
The president&#8217;s order directs the Justice Department to crack down on illegal &#8220;straw donor&#8221; and foreign contributions in United States elections, the document said, and instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate allegations regarding online fundraising platforms that make &#8220;straw&#8221; or &#8220;dummy&#8221; contributions or foreign contributions to political candidates or committees. Bondi will report the results of her investigation to President Trump.
The memorandum will specifically mention a congressional investigation showing &#8220;significant fraud schemes&#8221; using ActBlue, the Democratic Party&#8217;s major donation platform, as well as hundreds of ActBlue donations from foreign IP addresses using prepaid cards during the 2024 election cycle, &#8220;despite it being illegal for foreign nationals to contribute to U.S. elections.&#8221;
The move is aimed at addressing the actions of &#8220;malign actors and foreign nationals&#8221; who want to illegally influence American elections,&#8221; the White House said, alleging that recently uncovered evidence points to online fundraising platforms being used to &#8220;launder excessive and prohibited contributions to political candidates and committees.&#8221;
ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace Jones had warned of the coming move in an email to &#8220;trusted friends of ActBlue,&#8221; <a href="https://punchbowl.news/article/washington/actblue-warns-trump-eo/">writing in a Wednesday letter obtained by Punchbowl</a> &#8220;that the Trump administration was going to issue an Executive Order (EO) aimed at ActBlue,&#8221; and assuring recipients that &#8220;Our team sprung into action and made every preparation from a legal and communications perspective.&#8221;
&#8220;We are ready for whatever is next from the Far Right,&#8221; she wrote, adding that &#8220;we feel the weight of democracy resting on our shoulders.&#8221;

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Nadine Menendez, the wife of former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), was convicted on Monday of accepting bribes in a scheme that involved her husband while he was chairing one of the most powerful committees in the Senate.
The 58-year-old wife of the former senator was found guilty on 15 counts in the same New York courtroom where her husband was convicted last year, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/bob-menendez-s-wife-convicted-of-bribery-scheme?srnd=homepage-americas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Prosecutors said that Nadine and her 71-year-old husband, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison, were &#8220;partners in crime.&#8221;
Nadine&#8217;s charges included bribery, obstruction of justice, and conspiring to make Bob Menendez an agent of Egypt, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/nyregion/nadine-bob-menendez-wife-guilty-bribery-trial.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>. During her husband&#8217;s time in office, Nadine helped Menendez collect bribes, including cash, gold bars, and a Mercedes-Benz. In return, the former Democratic senator who chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee pushed for military aid for the Egyptian government and helped secure a monopoly for an Egyptian American businessman, according to prosecutors.
“This is about the defendant being partners in crime with a U.S. senator, helping a politician put his power up for sale,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Monteleoni said during closing arguments last week. “When there’s money on the line for her, the defendant sprung into action to get Menendez to take an official act or to promise that he would.”
The jury ultimately agreed with the prosecution after deliberating for over six hours. Nadine is scheduled to be sentenced on June 12. She faced a separate trial from her husband as she battled breast cancer. Last month, the former senator said it was &#8220;cruel and inhumane&#8221; to start the trial for Nadine while she struggles with breast cancer.
&#8220;My wife, who had breast cancer reconstructive surgery just days ago, is being forced by the government to go to trial tomorrow. Only the arrogance of the SDNY [Southern District of New York] can be so cruel and inhumane. They should let her fully recover!&#8221; Menendez <a href="https://x.com/SenatorMenendez/status/1901646953290568135" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
The couple began dating in 2018 and were married in 2020. During former Sen. Menendez&#8217;s trial, his lawyers attempted to shift blame to Nadine for accepting bribes without his knowledge. Menendez&#8217;s attorney, Avi Weitzman, argued that Nadine &#8220;kept him in the dark&#8221; about her financial struggles, and the couple had separate bank accounts and credit cards.
During a raid in 2022, authorities found hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gold bars in a closet and seized a Mercedes at the couple&#8217;s New Jersey home. Lawyers for former Sen. Menendez argued that he did not have a key to his wife&#8217;s closet. Menendez remained in his Senate seat following the bribery charges and throughout the trial. He finally resigned from the Senate after the guilty verdict.
The former Democratic senator is <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/biden-sen-bob-menendez-seeks-pardon-trump-rcna188214" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> seeking a pardon from President Donald Trump after he failed to get clemency from former President Joe Biden.

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One Democrat in Congress broke ranks to offer praise of President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221; tariffs.
Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), who hails from a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/maine-house-congress-golden-theriault-bb072ca55aaab2ebae3fb8b6339cb545" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hotly-contested</a> district and has a <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/jared_golden/412842/report-card/2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">track record</a> of cooperating with Republicans, endorsed the 10% baseline in the new tariff plan. The lower-end rate matches the one Golden put forward in a <a href="https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases/golden-introduces-legislation-to-establish-universal-10-percent-tariff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> earlier this year, the congressman noted.
&#8220;President Trump has introduced a number of new tariff policies, and I and my team are already digging into the details. I’ll have more to say on the specifics in the next few days,&#8221; Golden said in a <a href="https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases/golden-statement-on-president-trump-s-tariffs-announcements" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
&#8220;What I can say now is I’m pleased the president is building his tariff agenda on the foundation of a universal 10 percent tariff like the one I proposed in the BUILT USA Act,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This ring fence around the American economy is a good start to erasing our unsustainable trade deficits.&#8221;
Many congressional Democrats have spent the past day criticizing the new tariffs, which impose rates up to 50% on imports from dozens of countries.
&#8220;Trump&#8217;s tariffs are one of the dumbest decisions he has ever made as president—and that’s saying something,&#8221; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1907835779218653350" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X.
Some lawmakers on Capitol Hill have even <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bipartisan-pair-in-senate-moves-to-check-trump-on-tariffs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taken steps</a> toward reining in Trump’s tariffs, although these efforts also face challenges.
Taking a more constructive approach, Golden offered to assist the Trump administration while agreeing with the president&#8217;s <a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1907778962819829812" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stance</a> that decades of unfair trade practices have harmed the United States industrial base and American workers.
&#8220;I&#8217;m eager to work with the president to fix the broken ‘free trade’ system that made multinational corporations rich but ruined manufacturing communities across the country,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But tariffs must be paired with policies that prioritize American families’ prosperity.&#8221;
Golden also pushed for an approach that &#8220;benefits working people&#8221; and renegotiating trade deals like the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which Trump signed into law in 2018, &#8220;to support the Americans who are ready to ramp up production and support the rebuilding of our middle class — like the sawmills, processing plants, fishermen and farmers in the communities&#8221; he represents.

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Several House Democrats met with Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Wednesday, and followed the meeting with a press conference outside the Education Department — a press conference they clearly did not expect McMahon to crash.
Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) shared video from the press conference that showed Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) mocking the parental rights advocacy group Moms for Liberty and suggesting that they&#8217;d be unequipped to set education policy or create curricula without the oversight of the federal Department of Education.
&#8220;WATCH: House Democrats use an open discussion on education reform with @EdSecMcMahon to smear parents who want more involvement in their child’s education and spread lies about the “erasing of Black history” that is 100% NOT HAPPENING,&#8221; Owens posted along with the clip. &#8220;What a disgusting political stunt.&#8221;
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🚨WATCH: House Democrats use an open discussion on education reform with <a href="https://twitter.com/EDSecMcMahon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EdSecMcmahon</a> to smear parents who want more involvement in their child’s education and spread lies about the “erasing of Black history” that is 100% NOT HAPPENING.
What a disgusting political stunt. <a href="https://t.co/F2WAiVZTK9">pic.twitter.com/F2WAiVZTK9</a>
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&#8220;So why do we need a Department of Education?&#8221; she asked. &#8220;Let these Moms of Liberty write our curriculum. Let these Moms of Liberty tell us how to educate our children. Let these Moms of Liberty tell us that you should not teach black history, that you should wipe the pages clean. Remember now, this is a conversation that&#8217;s been going on for about 12 years.&#8221;
A short time later, while Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) complained that there was no real plan and that no one was going to &#8220;really protect our students,&#8221; McMahon herself joined the press conference, and the tone immediately shifted.
&#8220;She is here, perhaps I should give her the podium. We&#8217;re extraordinarily grateful that the Secretary gave us the space to have these conversations but, with all due respect, Madam, I think my biggest concern is that the states will not be able to protect the programs and services.&#8221;
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Democrats had a press conference outside the Department of Education — so <a href="https://twitter.com/EDSecMcMahon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EDSecMcMahon</a> came out to join them:
&quot;I believe — and I know <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> does believe this, as well — the best education is that that is closest to the child.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/AdSrMtf1ph">pic.twitter.com/AdSrMtf1ph</a>
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Secretary McMahon then took to the podium and promptly reiterated the case she has made since day one in office for transferring education policy power away from the federal Department of Education and into more local jurisdictions.
&#8220;I just want to express my gratitude to all of these folks who came today so that we could have an open discussion about what I believe is one of the most important things that we can have a discussion on or action on in our country, and that is the education of our young people,&#8221; McMahon said, noting that the next generation of leaders and scientists and doctors and lawyers were being educated now.
&#8220;I believe, and I know the president does believe this as well, the best education is that that is closest to the child, where teachers and parents, local superintendents, working together, and local school boards, to develop the curriculum for those students is the best way that it can happen,&#8221; she said.

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Former first lady Michelle Obama opened up about her marriage to former President Barack Obama and said she is &#8220;not interested&#8221; in ever running for office. 
During her appearance on Kylie Kelce’s “Not Gonna Lie” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx9-v_cD8IY">podcast</a>, Michelle talked about being married to Barack since 1992, and said one area where they don’t agree is bedtime.
“Bedtime is the best time of the day,” <a href="https://x.com/nglwithkylie/status/1902389606999335409" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the former first lady said</a>. “My husband teases me about how early I can go to bed. He just doesn’t understand.”
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Michelle reflected on getting into “some good sheets” at night when it’s “cool.&#8221; But she insisted that if they have guests, she’s “game” and will stay up later.
“I’m talking but, you know, the minute we finish up, I’m just trying not to go to bed before the sun goes down,” Michelle added before sharing that her ideal bedtime is “anytime after dinner.”
The comments came following weeks of rumors about the Obama&#8217;s marital struggles, which were fueled by Michelle’s absence alongside Barack at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral and President Donald Trump’s second inauguration.
Later in the interview, Michelle made it clear she wants to stay as far away from politics as she can, pointing to their daughters Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23, as the main reason.
“I was so glad when we got out of the White House,” the 61-year-old said, referencing when the Obamas family left the White House in 2017. “I wanted them [her daughters] to have the freedom of not having the eyes of the world on them.”
“They still are dealing with paparazzi and being who they are and trying to carve out their own identity,” she added. “So, when people ask me, would I ever run [for office], the answer is no. If you ask me that, then you have absolutely no idea [of] the sacrifice that your kids make when your parents are in that role.”
“Not only am I not interested in politics in that way but the thought of putting my girls back into that spotlight when they are just now establishing themselves, you know, I think we’ve done enough,” Michelle continued. “Question asked and answered. Never going to happen. They’ve already served their time. … It would be unthinkable. Nope.”
Despite the comments, Michelle was involved in the 2024 election, though an insider previously shared that the former first lady “showed up reluctantly for the election,” <a href="https://pagesix.com/2025/03/19/celebrity-news/michelle-obama-reveals-point-of-contention-with-barack-after-divorce-rumors/">Page Six</a> reported.
“They were united, but she doesn’t have to unify around [Trump],” the insider said in reference to her absence from Trump&#8217;s inauguration. “She doesn’t have to say anything. Her absence speaks volumes.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kid-rock-has-a-message-for-michelle-obama-after-she-decides-to-skip-trumps-inauguration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kid Rock Has A Message For Michelle Obama After She Decides To Skip Trump’s Inauguration</a>

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Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) admitted during a recent appearance on MSNBC that he had traveled to Europe with the intent to undercut the Trump administration&#8217;s agenda as presented by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Crow shared a brief video clip of himself speaking with MSNBC host Alex Witt about President Donald Trump&#8217;s policies, saying in his caption, &#8220;I’m in Munich because I refuse to let Vance and Hegseth be the voice of America to the world.&#8221;
Leaving out the fact that Vance and Hegseth, both part of Trump&#8217;s administration, were supposed to &#8220;be the voice of America to the world,&#8221; he continued, &#8220;There is a group of us here who are engaged in real diplomacy and communicating that our economy and security are tied to the well-being of Europe.&#8221;
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I’m in Munich because I refuse to let Vance and Hegseth be the voice of America to the world.
There is a group of us here who are engaged in real diplomacy and communicating that our economy and security are tied to the well-being of Europe. <a href="https://t.co/IOIZZDrqZr">pic.twitter.com/IOIZZDrqZr</a>
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&#8220;Alex, the Trump administration&#8217;s policies are changing not by the day, but by the hour,&#8221; Crow claimed. &#8220;And I think that is a reflection of the fact that they have no policy. There is no doctrine, there is no policy. They will put out a tweet, then they will pull it back and hour or two later.&#8221;
&#8220;The problem with that is that none of this is funny, none of this is comical,&#8221; he continued, bragging about his plan to effectively undercut the work the Trump administration was doing there. &#8220;Because it has really real consequences to our partnership, to our allies. You know, I am here in Munich because I refuse to let Donald Trump and JD Vance and Secretary Hegseth and others be the voice of America to Europe and to the world.&#8221;
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&#8220;There is a group of us here that are engaged in diplomacy, that are engaged in discussions to let them know that there&#8217;s a lot of people in America who understand that our economy is tied to Europe, that our peace and prosperity is tied to Europe, and that we can&#8217;t pull back into our own borders and forget what&#8217;s going on in other places.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-people-have-a-voice-vance-warns-europe-about-censorship-the-threat-from-within" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vance</a> and Hegseth, both of whom are in Europe as well, have been very clear that the Trump administration does not intend to abandon America&#8217;s allies — but they have been equally clear that some of those allies may have expectations that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hegseth-tells-ukraine-group-its-goals-are-unrealistic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cannot be realized</a>.

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Democrat Congressman Says He’s In Munich To Undercut Trump Administration Abroad

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In an apparent attempt to mock pro-life Republicans, a Mississippi Democrat state senator has introduced a bill with a highly unusual name.
State Sen. Bradford Blackmon (D) introduced the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act,” which would make it illegal for someone “to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.”
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Mississippi state Sen. Bradford Blackmon has made headlines due to his new bill, the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act.”
Essentially, the bill makes it unlawful for a person to ejaculate during sexual activity unless the intention is to conceive a child.… <a href="https://t.co/offpGdN2XC">pic.twitter.com/offpGdN2XC</a>
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“All across the country, especially here in Mississippi, the vast majority of bills relating to contraception and/or abortion focus on the woman’s role when men are fifty percent of the equation,” Blackmon told <a href="https://www.wlbt.com/2025/01/22/mississippi-politician-files-contraception-begins-erection-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WLBT News</a>. “This bill highlights that fact and brings the man’s role into the conversation. People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
Fines to be implemented would be $1,000 for a first offense, $5,000 for a second offense, and $10,000 for a third offense. The bill states that the law would not apply to sperm “donated or sold to a facility for the purpose of future procedures to fertilize an embryo or discharged with the use of a contraceptive or contraceptive method intended to prevent fertilization.”
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“You have male-dominated legislatures in Mississippi and all over the country that pass laws that dictate what a woman can and cannot do with her body,&#8221; Blackmon <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/23/bill-ban-unprotected-sex-mississippi/77903909007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said.</a> “I was raised by strong parents that preached equality for all. My mother and my father both believe in equal rights for women … When a bill has been filed that would regulate what a man is able to do with his own body in his own home, it suddenly has people in an uproar. I am trying to figure out when it isn&#8217;t okay for the government to dictate what you do in the privacy of your own home, apparently it is when the laws regulate men.”
“The reactions from some quarters relating to my bill indicate that men are not held to the same standard when it comes to the intrusion into their personal private affairs as women have been held to with the reversal of Roe v. Wade,” Blackmon <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/mississippi-contraception-begins-erection-act-abortion-rights-senate-2019615" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared.</a> ”It is rich that the landmark Supreme Court decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization began it all, here, in the state of Mississippi.”
Conservative pundit, Erick Erickson, responded to Blackmon&#8217;s bill on X, saying, &#8220;You can immediately tell this legislator is a Democrat because the piece doesn&#8217;t mention his party affiliation at all.&#8221;
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You can immediately tell this legislator is a Democrat because the piece doesn&#8217;t mention his party affiliation at all. <a href="https://t.co/gHXWPqYnfz">https://t.co/gHXWPqYnfz</a>
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) <a href="https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/1882222067153883179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> held a livestream to thank her supporters and grassroots volunteers, but their comments indicate that she left them feeling even more defeated and despondent than they were before they joined the call.
Harris held a joint event with her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz today, telling her supporters that she is “proud of the race we ran,” and that “we still have a lot to fight for.” The Harris voters on the call, however, found themself underwhelmed, deflated, and in some cases, upset by the failed candidate’s remarks.
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Kamala Harris and Tim Walz just called together all their supporters for a Zoom call.
It’s 16 minutes that you won’t get back, but here you go: <a href="https://t.co/k5ha94MPol">pic.twitter.com/k5ha94MPol</a>
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentScher/status/1861512662225461517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
“Feeling even more defeated,” one supporter on the call said as Harris’ speech came to a close. “That was such a waste, why did they even call this?” another added. “Trump&#8217;s about to be a dictator. And our voices won&#8217;t matter,” another Harris supporter said after her speech concluded.
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I&#8217;m currently watching a livestream where Kamala Harris is set to thank her supporters.
Meanwhile they&#8217;re in shambles in the comment section, calling for a recount and for someone to &#8220;take down&#8221; Donald Trump. 🧵 <a href="https://t.co/iF5AsTfADq">pic.twitter.com/iF5AsTfADq</a>
— Spencer Lindquist 🇺🇸 (@SpencerLndqst) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerLndqst/status/1861503683436982689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
“You could have saved my hope and sent a thank you text. Geez, you people beg me for my time, my money, my hope,” one of the most scathing comments read. “I am gobsmacked at the thoughtlessness, but I shouldn’t be so naive.”
The purpose of Harris’ speech, which did not include a fundraising pitch and recycled much of the same message from Democrat’s concession speech, was not readily apparent to many of her supporters.
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Harris vaguely stated that their movement was not over, but did not provide her supporters with any potential ways they could help or issue any calls to action, instead thanking her supporters who donated and &#8220;called in favors.&#8221;
&#8220;You called in favors, you said, &#8216;Hey, I showed up at your softball game, now I need you to show up at the campaign office,'&#8221; Harris said at one point during her speech.
The announcement of Harris’ speech, which lasted just ten minutes, apparently got certain supporters’ hopes up, however.
One commenter suggested that the failed candidate was using coded language and that Trump would actually be prevented from taking office somehow and that Harris had a trick up her sleeve that she could not yet reveal. “‘Outcome of this election is not what we wanted’ &#8211; notice she didn’t say ‘we lost’ &#8211; WE GET IT &#8211;  you can’t show your hand. That felon is going down.”
“Kamala I absolutely still see you taking office on 1/20,” one comment read, while another said in all caps, “WE CAN’T HAVE ANOTHER 4 YEARS OF TRUMP!!! TAKE HIM DOWN NOW!!!!!”
Numerous other Harris supporters called for a recount in the swing states, and some accused Trump of cheating with the help of Elon Musk.

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A Democratic congressional candidate in a toss-up Arizona district gave a donation from local police officers to a bailout fund for criminals.
During the protests and riots in the summer of 2020, Kirsten Engel, a Democrat running against Republican Congressman Juan Ciscomani in Arizona’s 6th congressional district, gave away the donation from the Tucson Police Officer’s Association (TPOA) to a far-Left organization that worked to defund the police and bailout criminals.
Engel admitted to receiving the $200 donation from the TPOA and then contributing that $200 to the Arizona Justice Bailout Fund in a 2020 post on Facebook. “I must disclose that my campaign did accept $200 from TPOA last year which was donated to the Arizona Justice Bailout Fund,” the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EngelForArizona/posts/pfbid02UXjD1xCGsJwTgAdPYRmLuAfXE6B9YSB9zmTmuyAPgRaA6iJuCBadg8j4V3pxZFUGl">post</a> reads. “I will not accept any future contributions from TPOA or any other police union.”
The bailout fund went to support the far-Left agitators who were arrested during the Black Lives Matter riots.
“Social justice leaders across the state are protesting against the consistent acts of police brutality we see every single day,” the <a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/azjusticefund">donation link</a> says. “The Arizona Coalition for Change is launching the Arizona Justice Bailout Fund to support millennials and leaders of color arrested during the protests that have occurred in Phoenix and Tucson. Please contribute to this fund to help us support these freedom fighters.”
The bail fund was organized by the Arizona Coalition for Change, a radical organization that openly supported the movement to defund police departments, insinuating that they perpetrate racially motivated violence.
“In this era of state-sanctioned violence and the injustice our Black communities are facing, it is important to understand the fight activists within Arizona and across the nation are relentlessly leading &#8211; to &#8216;defund the police&#8217; for the reallocation of funding in other areas of need and into communities of color,” the organization <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AzC4C/posts/pfbid0wz3arGbuwGRD9xkFG3GTkYFq91RFWBx46WnG9KSat5XmfypUsQbEeZ2ccPFaqHxvl">wrote</a> online.
Engel’s donation to the organization is not her only connection to far-Left efforts to disempower police, however. The candidate, who previously served in the state legislature, has ties to the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Living United For Change In Arizona (LUCHA), organizations that have advocated for defunding the police, abolishing prisons, and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is charged with deporting criminal illegal aliens.
One <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/az-dem-congressional-candidate-kirsten-engel-collaborated-with-anti-police-groups-while-in-state-legislature-emails-show/">recent investigation</a> by National Review found that Engel maintained a working relationship with the organizations, even asking them for support when crafting legislation on criminal justice.
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Engel even encouraged voters to &#8220;consider donating to, getting involved with, and learning from&#8221; far-Left organizations like the Minnesota Freedom Fund, the same bail fund <a href="https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/1267555018128965643" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supported</a> by Vice President Kamala Harris. The organization went on to <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/08/25/opinion/kamala-harris-support-for-bail-fund-that-freed-violent-criminals-shows-how-tough-on-crime-she-really-is/">bail out violent criminals</a>, including one individual who was freed after being charged with domestic abuse before going on to commit and plead guilty to murder.
The Democrat also <a href="https://freebeacon.com/elections/arizona-dem-signed-anti-cop-activists-slavery-reparations-pledge/">signed on to</a> a petition demanding reparations for slavery. The organization behind the petition called the Reparations Pledge PAC, was led by an activist who called defunding the police “a moral thing to do.”
Engel is currently projected to lose her race against incumbent Republican representative Juan Ciscomani, according to <a href="https://elections2024.thehill.com/forecast/2024/house/arizona-6/">forecasting models</a>. The two candidates faced off in 2022, with Ciscomani receiving 50.73% of the vote to Engel’s 49.23%.
Engel’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

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A North Carolina Republican is attacking his Democratic opponent using a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-video-shows-dem-ag-candidate-hugging-convicted-sex-offender-after-receiving-lgbtq-award">Daily Wire story</a> that exposed Rep. Jeff Jackson hugging a convicted sex offender after receiving an LGBTQ award in 2022.
The ad is the latest development in Dan Bishop and Jackson&#8217;s contentious and high-profile race to be the state’s next attorney general. Bishop&#8217;s team is releasing the ad as part of a seven-figure statewide media buy in all major markets, The Daily Wire has learned.
&#8220;Child molester Chad Turner became one of Charlotte&#8217;s most notorious sex offenders,&#8221; the ad&#8217;s narrator says over a video of Jackson hugging Turner, first reported by The Daily Wire this month. &#8220;A few years later, Jeff Jackson accepted an award from him, and embraced Chad Turner.&#8221;
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NEW: Dan Bishop&#8217;s team is launching this ad statewide today, based on our <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDailyWire</a> report showing Jeff Jackson hugging a convicted sex offender in 2022 after receiving an LGBTQ award. Ad depicts women reacting to the hug between Jackson and &#8220;child molester Chad Turner.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/M8aryfNqLh">pic.twitter.com/M8aryfNqLh</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1849166350863978667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The ad then shows women watching the video of Jackson, reacting with comments such as, &#8220;This is wrong,&#8221; &#8220;everyone knew about this guy,&#8221; and &#8220;how could a mom of any child trust Jeff Jackson?&#8221;
&#8220;When it deals with children, there are no words,&#8221; says one of the women featured in the advertisement.
&#8220;I voted for Democrats before,&#8221; says a final woman. &#8220;I can&#8217;t vote for Jeff Jackson.&#8221;
“We frankly don’t know why Jeff Jackson embraced and accepted an award from a notorious sex offender,&#8221; a Bishop campaign spokesman told The Daily Wire. &#8220;It defies belief that Jackson somehow didn’t know – Chad Turner’s past has been a point of media and political controversy for nearly a decade.&#8221;
&#8220;Jeff Jackson likes to say in campaign ads he’s a ‘normal person.’ Sure, he seems pretty normal – aside from accepting awards from sex offenders at glitzy galas,&#8221; he added.
The Daily Wire published footage on Oct. 10 showing the December 13, 2022, Carolinas LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce event where Jackson praised the work of LGBTQ activists on stage before embracing Turner, a registered sex offender and CEO of the Charlotte LGBT Chamber of Commerce.
Turner, who has not responded to requests for comment from The Daily Wire, <a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nc-bathroom-bill-opposition-leader-a-sex-offender/">was charged</a> with three cases of lewd acts on minors under the age of 16. He accused the boys of lying, but authorities sentenced him to 10 years in prison after convicting him in July 2000 of fondling a 15-year-old boy.
He only served two years of this sentence, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13093009/Powerful-LGBTQ-advocacy-group-Human-Rights-Campaign-welcomes-man-know-convicted-PEDOPHILE-gala-previously-handing-prestigious-award.html">according to the Daily Mail,</a> but remains a registered sex offender under the North Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry.
A Jackson spokesman previously told The Daily Wire that the congressman “did not know about an individual’s status,” and was simply given an award by a “local chamber of commerce for supporting economic development.” Jackson’s office did not say whether the congressman would return the award, or continue to work with the organization.
But Tami Fitzgerald, the executive director of the North Carolina Values Coalition, argued earlier this month that Jackson would certainly have known who Turner was, saying that his background was “common knowledge&#8221; in North Carolina political circles.
“This was common knowledge at the legislature, where Jackson served and carried water for Turner’s issues,” Fitzgerald told The Daily Wire. “It was also common knowledge and received widespread media attention in Jackson and Turner’s hometown of Charlotte. It is inconceivable that Jeff Jackson did not know.”

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