So far, Taylor Swift has stayed out of the election cycle, and yes, we are all quite shocked by it. But she’s been busy performing on tour and being in love with her normal, all-American, football-playing boyfriend. She’s also been busy getting to know all of his relatively Republican friends like Harrison Butker, Brittany Mahomes, and — randomly — my dog sitter’s brother. None of this, however, has stopped some of the Swifties from trying to mobilize for Kamala on her behalf — but not all the Swifties. 
Enter: Swifties for Trump.
In previous years, Taylor Swift has been outspoken on the American political front as depicted in her documentary, “Miss Americana.” In 2018, she spoke out in favor of Democratic Senator candidate Phil Bredesen and vehemently against Marsha Blackburn. Though she was raised in a Republican home, she girlbossed her way to despising Trump and her red home state of Tennessee. Last year, she posted an Instagram story the Tuesday before National Voter Registration Day encouraging her followers to register to vote: 
<div id="attachment_790063" style="width: 361px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-790063" class="wp-image-790063 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/1swiftie.png" alt="Source: Instagram" width="351" height="345" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/1swiftie.png 351w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/1swiftie-300x295.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px" />Source: Instagram</div>
But this year? She’s been silent. And the fans have been talking about it — and not loving it. 
<div id="attachment_790067" style="width: 299px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@mason2877/video/7404867414430600491?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-790067" class="wp-image-790067 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/2swiftie.png" alt="Source: TikTok" width="289" height="512" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/2swiftie.png 289w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/2swiftie-169x300.png 169w" sizes="(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px" /></a>Source: TikTok</div>
TikTokers are asking questions like, “Any idea why Taylor Swift is suddenly silent on politics? Even after Trump just posted the fake images of her endorsing him? Y’all I think that man is getting to her.” There is some debate in the comments on this one as to whom “that man” is — Trump or Travis. Most believe Travis because he isn’t as Left-wing as they originally thought.
So, in Miss Swift’s silence, her fans decided to take it upon themselves to begin her political movement, creating Swifties For Kamala (@swifties4kamala) across basically every social media platform available. Their Instagram has 49k followers.
<div id="attachment_790073" style="width: 522px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-790073" class="wp-image-790073 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/3swiftie.png" alt="Source: Instagram" width="512" height="283" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/3swiftie.png 512w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/3swiftie-300x166.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" />Source: Instagram</div>
The Swifties for Kamala idea came from one lone Swiftie who tweeted that “U.S. swifties should mass organize and help campaign for Kamala Harris” so they can have a plan “to move and push blue votes.”
<div id="attachment_790075" style="width: 522px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-790075" class="wp-image-790075 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/4swiftie.png" alt="Source: X/Twitter" width="512" height="188" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/4swiftie.png 512w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/4swiftie-300x110.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" />Source: X/Twitter</div>
The movement took off from there and ran right up to a Swifties for Kamala Zoom call. (Which makes me think maybe we should hop on this Zoom call trend. Maybe a Rational People Who Can’t Stand Kamala call?) But what a special time the call appears to have been.
<div id="attachment_790079" style="width: 302px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@eringeorgiana/video/7407963338463808811?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-790079" class="wp-image-790079 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/5swiftie.png" alt="Source: TikTok" width="292" height="512" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/5swiftie.png 292w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/5swiftie-171x300.png 171w" sizes="(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px" /></a>Source: TikTok</div>
During the call, Elizabeth Warren gave what I assume she thought were words of encouragement: “I want to start with you, and that is what I love best about Swifties. You are resilient, and you know how to take on bullies, and you know how to be your most authentic, most joyful selves. And you overcome pretty much anything that life throws at you. And that’s what the Kamala Harris campaign is all about.” What does any of that even mean? It is superficial, and it is fluff. Perhaps instead of advocating to stand up to Donald Trump, she could go do something — anything — productive for the United States.
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Then, in a strange showing of one of Swift’s songs, Carole King entered the call as a surprise guest. Once upon a time, I loved Carole King. I grew up listening to her. For my own sake, she should have just sat this one out.
<div id="attachment_790085" style="width: 282px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@kristen_iz/video/7407968594476305710?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-790085" class="wp-image-790085 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/6swiftie.png" alt="Source: TikTok" width="272" height="512" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/6swiftie.png 272w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/6swiftie-159x300.png 159w" sizes="(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px" /></a>Source: TikTok</div>
But even through all the cringe, this mobilization, as they call it, does not appear to have much power behind it. That is probably why the mainstream media got involved. Cosmopolitan published an article this week <a href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a61913759/swifties-for-kamala-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">titled</a>, “Swifties for Kamala Is Mobilizing Taylor Swift Fans — Even if Taylor Herself Isn’t,” which they posted on Instagram.
<div id="attachment_790093" style="width: 347px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-790093" class="wp-image-790093 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/7Swiftie.png" alt="Source: Instagram" width="337" height="512" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/7Swiftie.png 337w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/7Swiftie-197x300.png 197w" sizes="(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px" />Source: Instagram</div>
But the comments were telling quite a different story, correcting Cosmo with #swiftiesfortrump.
<div class="image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-790097 aligncenter" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/8Swifitie.png" alt="" width="512" height="493" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/8Swifitie.png 512w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/8Swifitie-300x289.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></div>
<div class="image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-790099 aligncenter" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/9swiftie.png" alt="" width="512" height="469" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/9swiftie.png 512w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/9swiftie-300x275.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></div>
<div id="attachment_790101" style="width: 501px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-790101" class="wp-image-790101 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/10swiftie.png" alt="Source: Instagram" width="491" height="512" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/10swiftie.png 491w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/10swiftie-288x300.png 288w" sizes="(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px" />Source: Instagram</div>
I would guess Cosmo wasn’t expecting this response — but they should have been. If they had spent any time on TikTok lately, they would have known better. One photo in particular seemed to circulate fast and furious:
<div id="attachment_790103" style="width: 394px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-790103" class="wp-image-790103 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/11swiftie.jpg" alt="Source: TikTok" width="384" height="512" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/11swiftie.jpg 384w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/11swiftie-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px" />Source: TikTok</div>
And then Swifties for Trump really picked up steam. Now, these videos are <a href="https://twitter.com/Huberton/status/1824616864045035717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1824616864045035717%7Ctwgr%5E0a21f4a9517f76eedb6ee525d9a99c57f1c36b6d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eviemagazine.com%2Fpost%2Fswifties-for-trump-trending-despite-media-s-propaganda-kamala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">everywhere</a>.<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@erosec/video/7403532255630544170?_r=1&amp;_t=8pEfqvZdS1O"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-790105 aligncenter" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/12swiftie.png" alt="" width="283" height="512" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/12swiftie.png 283w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/12swiftie-166x300.png 166w" sizes="(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px" /></a>
All hope is not lost when it comes to women or the Swifties. To reiterate a point I’ve made several times: I don’t view Taylor as a detriment to society as many conservatives do. She is a far better role model than most, is said to be quite kind, is close with her family, and upholds her values. Now, she is proving to be tolerant enough to have friends whose ideas differ from hers. That alone speaks volumes.
#swiftiesfortrump
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‘Swifties For Trump’: Taylor Nation Is Fracturing Over The Election

'Swifties For Trump': Taylor Nation Is Fracturing Over The Election

2024 Election

Brett Cooper

Donald Trump

Elizabeth Warren

Harrison Butker

Kamala Harris

Opinion

Taylor Swift

Travis Kelce

Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elizabeth-warren" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elizabeth Warren</a> (D-MA) claimed Thursday night that electing Vice President Kamala Harris president would lead to lower grocery prices despite the fact that inflation has skyrocketed over the last four years during the Biden-Harris administration.
Warren made the comments as she spoke during the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday. Throughout her speech, she claimed that Harris would be better on economic and social issues.
“You know what I love best about Kamala Harris? Kamala Harris can’t be bought and she can’t be bossed around,” Warren <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/election-wire-the-crowning-of-comrade-kamala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> after walking onto the stage and breaking out into tears. “We need to make life more affordable for working people.”
Warren repeatedly attacked former President Donald Trump over his legal battles, referring to him as a “criminal” and a “felon.”
“Donald Trump, the felon, has no plans to lower costs for families. He doesn’t know how, and basically, he doesn’t really care,” she claimed. “The only bills he worries about are from his criminal defense lawyers.”
Warren claimed that Harris would take on price gouging and would “lower costs for your family” as president.
“And there it is: groceries, gas, housing, health care, taxes, abortion,” she said. “We need Kamala Harris. This election is about your family and your future.”
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Inflation has consistently plagued the Biden-Harris administration, hitting 40-year highs at different points with bread, ground beef, fruits, meat, and vegetables all jumping under her watch.
Dairy products such as milk, cheese, and butter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-pac-launches-interactive-website-to-show-how-food-prices-have-skyrocketed-under-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have also jumped</a> more than 30% in price since 2020, according to <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/much-grocery-prices-increased-since-140029491.html">Yahoo Finance</a>. Eggs are up 54% and cereal has gone up 28% on average across the country.
Last week at a rally in North Carolina, Harris admitted that prices were higher now than they were under Trump.
&#8220;We all know that prices went up during the pandemic when the supply chains shut down and failed, but our supply chains have now improved, and prices are still too high. A loaf of bread costs 50% more today than it did before the pandemic. Ground beef is up almost 50%,” she said.
Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113008312945793702" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reacted</a> on Truth Social to Warren’s speech by criticizing her over her dubious claims of American Indian ancestry.

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Elizabeth Warren Claims Kamala Will Lower Grocery Prices After Inflation Skyrocketed Under Biden-Harris

Chicago

Democratic National Convention

Elections

groceries

Inflation

Politics

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said over the weekend that Vice President Kamala Harris, if she becomes the next president of the United States, will making sure that the millions of illegal aliens that have flooded into the U.S. under President Joe Biden become U.S. citizens.
Warren made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Jake Tapper on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; while talking about how President Joe Biden appointed Harris to be his border czar.
&#8220;President Biden charged Vice President Harris with addressing the root causes of mass migration at the border by going to those Central American countries,&#8221; Tapper said. :She&#8217;s consistently defended his handling of the border crisis. I don&#8217;t know — I don&#8217;t need to tell you voters overwhelmingly disapprove of how the Biden/Harris administration has handled the border.&#8221;
&#8220;By giving the nomination to one of the leaders of the border effort, aren&#8217;t Democrats doubling down on one of your party&#8217;s biggest vulnerabilities?&#8221; he asked.
Warren claimed that border crossing are lower under the Biden administration than they were under the Trump administration and that it was a problem that Congress had to solve.
&#8220;We need the tools in order to have more resources at the border, to have more resources in the states and cities that are supporting migrants. And I believe we need to create a pathway to citizenship. All of that is part of what we need to do for comprehensive immigration reform,&#8221; Warren said. &#8220;Kamala Harris will work with Congress and get that done.&#8221;
WATCH:
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🚨Elizabeth Warren says on CNN that Kamala Harris will keep the border open and grant citizenship to more than 10 million illegal aliens:
“I believe we need to create a pathway to citizenship&#8230;Kamala Harris will work with Congress and get that done.”
<a href="https://t.co/G4z40fkeiv">pic.twitter.com/G4z40fkeiv</a>
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) <a href="https://twitter.com/CortesSteve/status/1817574579759673373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2024</a></blockquote>

Senator Warren On Making Millions Of Illegal Aliens U.S. Citizens: Kamala Harris Will ‘Get That Done’

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) refused to deny over the weekend that Vice President Kamala Harris would be the most far-left president in U.S. history as she seeks to officially wrap up the Democratic nomination for president after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.
Warren was asked about the matter by Jake Tapper during a Sunday interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; in response to former President Donald Trump calling Harris &#8220;the ultra-liberal driving force behind every single Biden catastrophe.&#8221;
&#8220;Is it not true that a President Harris would be the most progressive president in American history?&#8217; Tapper asked. &#8220;And, in your view, isn&#8217;t that a good thing?&#8221;
Warren refused to answer the question and instead said: &#8220;What I see is a vice president who is ready to be president.&#8221;
&#8220;She&#8217;s been out there fighting for working families,&#8221; Warren claimed. &#8220;I first got to know her 14 years ago, when she was the one who was shoulder to shoulder fighting back against the giant banks that were foreclosing against the homeowners that they had tricked and were now going to force them to lose their homes.&#8221;
She later claimed that Harris was leading the charge on advancing abortion rights, calling her the &#8220;national leader&#8221; of the leftist movement.
&#8220;Kamala Harris, if she can get the right kind of Congress, a Democratic Congress, is going to sign Roe v. Wade into law, so that every woman across this country is fully protected,&#8221; she concluded. &#8220;Those are going to be the big issues. And she is the right person to lead on them.&#8221;
WATCH:
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WATCH: Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren refuses to deny that Kamala Harris would be the most extreme left-wing president in U.S. history. <a href="https://t.co/nPXxXkf2Az">pic.twitter.com/nPXxXkf2Az</a>
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1817640198525886524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Senator Warren Refuses To Deny That Kamala Harris Would Be The Most Far-Left President In U.S. History

Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elizabeth-warren" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elizabeth Warren</a> claimed in a Wednesday interview that her former colleague Kamala Harris&#8217; &#8220;biggest accomplishment&#8221; while serving as vice president was being the first sitting vice president to visit an abortion clinic.
Warren made the comment during an interview with CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins, arguing that Harris&#8217; willingness to lean in to issues that were not always comfortable to talk about made her well-suited to her new role as the Democrats&#8217; de facto 2024 presidential nominee.
WATCH:
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenWarren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenWarren</a> on Harris’ biggest accomplishment as VP: She was the &#8220;first vice president in history to visit an abortion clinic&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/v2CpjHnebB">pic.twitter.com/v2CpjHnebB</a>
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1816115893966864644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;What do you think has been her biggest accomplishment since she&#8217;s been vice president?&#8221; Collins asked.
&#8220;Oh, I have to say, since the Dobbs opinion, the way that she has rallied women and friends of women, also called men, around this country on the issue of abortion, and just taken it home,&#8221; Warren raved.
Warren went on to praise Harris for being the &#8220;first vice president in history to visit an abortion clinic,&#8221; adding, &#8220;Go get &#8217;em!&#8221;
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&#8220;You know, she&#8217;s someone who talks openly about things that were kind of challenging for some people to talk about, but also to talk about it with —&#8221; Warren continued.
&#8220;President Biden didn&#8217;t even mention the word abortion,&#8221; Collins agreed.
&#8220;But Vice President Harris has, and she&#8217;s talked about it with compassion, but also with a sense of what is right,&#8221; Warren said. &#8220;How can we be a country that half of America lost rights because of an extreme Supreme Court put in place by Donald Trump.&#8221;
In stark contrast to Harris, former President Donald Trump also made history when he became the first sitting President of the United States to address the largest annual pro-life gathering, the March for Life.

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‘Go Get ‘Em!’: Elizabeth Warren Says Kamala Harris’ Biggest Accomplishment Is Visiting An Abortion Clinic

'Go Get 'Em!': Elizabeth Warren Says Kamala Harris' Biggest Accomplishment Is Visiting An Abortion Clinic

Abortion

Media

Supreme Court

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said over the weekend that Democrats want a &#8220;pathway to citizenship&#8221; for the millions of illegal aliens that have entered the U.S.
Warren made the remarks during a Sunday ABC News interview on &#8220;This Week&#8221; with Martha Raddatz when pushed about President Joe Biden&#8217;s failure on immigration and border security.
&#8220;We need a pathway to citizenship for people who are here, for spouses, for dreamers, for essential workers, for people who serve in our military, for people who come to school here and want to help make this a stronger country,&#8221; she said.
Warren blamed Republicans for the crisis that Biden unleashed on the U.S. southern border when he came into office and reversed all of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s border policies.
Raddatz compared the number of illegal aliens that have entered the U.S. under Biden, which some estimates say is north of 10 million, to the 2 million who entered during Trump&#8217;s first term in office.
&#8220;What did the president do wrong?&#8221; Raddatz asked.
&#8220;No, this isn&#8217;t about what the president did wrong,&#8221; Warren claimed. &#8220;Remember, on the very first day that he was sworn into office, President Biden asked Congress both for the resources and for comprehensive immigration reform. The Republicans blocked it, blocked it, blocked it, blocked it.&#8221;
Raddatz fired back: &#8220;Donald Trump didn&#8217;t have that either, Senator. He didn&#8217;t have that either, and there were 2 million during his entire term.&#8221;
Raddatz also noted that voters overwhelmingly trust Trump more than Biden when it comes to immigration and securing the border.
WATCH:
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Senator Warren: Democrats Want ‘A Pathway To Citizenship’ For All Illegal Aliens

ABC News

Martha Raddatz

A watchdog group has raised a red flag over a promise — from President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>’s choice to head up the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nih" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Institute of Health</a> — to not take any money or work for a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/big-pharma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Big Pharma</a> company for four years after leaving her position. 
Monica Bertagnolli, Biden’s pick to head up the NIH, made the promise in a <a href="https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Bertagnolli%20Letter%20to%20Senator%20Warren%2008.2023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> sent earlier this month to Massachusetts Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elizabeth-warren" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elizabeth Warren</a>. The promise, though, is “bogus” because it would still allow her research to be funded by pharmaceutical companies, according to the American Accountability Foundation. 
&#8220;Monica Bertagnolli is one of the worst nominees Biden has chosen. Her history of incompetence as a doctor and her tight relationship with Big Pharma make her unqualified for this position. Her attempts now to fool Congress with this bogus &#8216;ethics pledge&#8217; just reinforces this. Sen. Warren needs to reject this ploy and make Dr. Bertagnolli answer for her past,” said AAF President Tom Jones in a statement to The Daily Wire. 
Bertagnolli has faced opposition after her appointment three months ago, including from Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who has been using her nomination <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/29/biden-elizabeth-warren-concession-nih-director-00113307" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to pressure</a> the White House over drug prices. 
“In response to our conversation, I am willing to voluntarily extend the recusal period from two years to four years for all particular matters involving companies with which I have a previous working relationship,” Bertagnolli wrote. “If confirmed as NIH Director, I will also further commit for four years following my tenure to not seek employment with or compensation from, including as a result of board service, any pharmaceutical company with annual revenues at or above $10 billion.”
Research associated with Bertagnolli, has brought in hundreds of millions of dollars, including tens of millions from COVID vaccine manufacturer Pfizer, <a href="https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/physician/114497" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service&#8217;s Open Payments site. 
According to Open Payments, Pfizer gave over $30 million to research associated with Bertagnolli in 2022 and biotech company Seagen Inc. gave over $22 million that same year. Associated research is defined as funding “for a research project of study where the physician is named as a principal investigator.”
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A <a href="https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-nih-biden-pfizer-cancer-882296155977" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fact-check</a> from the Associated Press on a social media posting about Bertagnolli’s ties to Pfizer said that the funding was not directly to her, but that much of the funding went toward a clinical trial for cancer treatment. 
“That may be accurate, but it misses the point. Monica Bertagnolli is profiting handsomely off of the pharmaceutical industry’s support for her research. Funds have flowed through to her salary at Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Dana Farber Cancer Institute where she is a researcher,” a memo from the AAF said. 
The AAF has also pointed to Bertagnolli’s previous ties to Natera, where she earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock and was on the board, before she joined the National Cancer Institute. Natera has been scrutinized in the media, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/01/upshot/pregnancy-birth-genetic-testing.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> the New York Times, who reported that Natera’s genetic testing products can often lead to false positives or negatives.

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elizabeth-warren" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elizabeth Warren</a> (D-MA) and Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) sent letters to large depositors of collapsed <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/banks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">financial</a> institution <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/silicon-valley-bank?_gl=1*1k8vnbd*_ga*NzUzNDA5ODIxLjE2NzkzMjkzNzM.*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY4MTE1MTI2Ni44MC4xLjE2ODExNTcxMDYuNDkuMC4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Silicon Valley Bank</a> to ask about their approaches to risk management.
The implosion of Silicon Valley Bank, where the vast majority of account balances exceeded the $250,000 threshold backed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, prompted the government-backed company to secure all accounts at the firm last month in order to prevent additional bank runs. Some $13.3 billion of the $18 billion taken from the Deposit Insurance Fund to protect Silicon Valley Bank were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/13-billion-in-silicon-valley-bank-bailout-money-went-to-just-10-accounts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">used</a> to back deposits for only 10 accounts.
Warren and Ocasio-Cortez, both of whom have been critical of bank management in the weeks after the firm’s demise, contended in <a href="https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/combinepdf%20(3).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letters</a> to the 14 largest depositors that Silicon Valley Bank “did not function like a normal bank” because the firm catered almost entirely to technology companies, producing an undue degree of exposure to the recently volatile sector.
The conditions enabled a handful of venture capital firms, who controlled many of the companies which held accounts at the bank, to suddenly encourage withdrawals amid signs of distress at Silicon Valley Bank.
“Congress, bank regulators, and the public are owed an explanation for the bank’s hyper-reliance on tech industry firms and investors,” the lawmakers wrote, “the extent to which this resulted in an abnormally high percentage of deposits that were not insured by FDIC, and the role that companies like yours might have played in precipitating the $42 billion single-day run.”
Reports indicated that Silicon Valley Bank maintained “white glove” treatment of some venture capital customers, provided lower-rate mortgages for startup founders, and sponsored multiple industry conferences. Silicon Valley Bank also required companies to deposit their money in exchange for venture debt agreements, then offered the deals to founders and executives.
“If the reports are accurate, these mutual backscratching arrangements could help explain why some customers placed massive, uninsured deposits,” Warren and Ocasio-Cortez continued. “And if these deposits were made by company executives and allowed by corporate boards in exchange for personal perks, that behavior raises potential concerns about whether they were meeting their fiduciary duties.”
The lawmakers asked the depositors, which included firms such as digital hardware manufacturer Roku, bankrupt cryptocurrency lender BlockFi, and gaming platform Roblox, to provide complete timelines of their relationships with Silicon Valley Bank and information about their decisions to deposit large amounts of assets with the firm.
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The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, which also had a majority of depositors with account balances exceeding the $250,000 threshold, provoked calls from some officials to introduce more regulations in the financial sector. The White House recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-calls-for-crackdown-on-senior-bank-executives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> lawmakers to introduce regulations that would “hold senior management accountable when their banks fail” or enter into the control of the FDIC, while House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) <a href="https://financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=408652" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that he has “confidence in our financial regulators and the protections already in place to ensure the safety and soundness of our financial system.”
Warren has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-democrats-say-fdic-should-reexamine-250000-deposit-insurance-threshold" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> that the $250,000 deposit insurance limit should be re-examined. The FDIC funds deposit insurance through fees on covered banks rather than taxpayer dollars.

AOC, Warren Press Large Companies With Deposits At Silicon Valley Bank Over Risk Management Concerns

AOC, Warren Press Large Companies With Deposits At Silicon Valley Bank

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Remember when the price of eggs soared, and providers said it was inflation and higher transportation costs and a sudden drop in production and some kind of avian flu?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
But it turns out that Cal-Maine Foods, the largest U.S. producer, more than doubled its revenue last quarter to nearly a billion dollars because of sharply higher egg prices &#8212; and profits surged 718%. And production wasn&#8217;t down. Cal-Maine, which controls about 20% of the domestic egg market, said the total number of eggs it sold rose by 1%, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/business/egg-profits-cal-maine/index.html">reported</a>.
The company said the average selling price for a dozen eggs in the quarter ending February 25 was $3.30. That&#8217;s more than twice what a dozen cost a year earlier, when its average price was $1.61, Cal-Maine said. Thus, net income soared to $323.2 million from just $39.5 million a year ago, CNN reported.
In January, the cost of a dozen eggs surpassed the price of a pound of beef, marking the first time that’s happened since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) began keeping <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111">data</a> in 1980. The average price of a dozen large Grade A eggs ran at $4.82 in January 2023, while a pound of ground beef was $4.64, the BLS said. In January 2022, eggs were $1.93, and beef was $4.77, but egg prices have soared by 70% in the last year alone, according to the bureau.
Farm Action, a farmer-led advocacy group, says the “real culprit” behind sky-high prices is a “collusive scheme” among top U.S. egg producers to fix prices to gouge consumers. In a January letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Farm Action <a href="https://farmaction.us/2023/01/19/farm-action-calls-for-ftc-to-investigate-record-high-egg-prices/?utm_source=substack&amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_medium=email">said</a> the alleged collusion has helped egg producers to “extract egregious profits reaching as high as 40%.”
The letter said avian flu is not to blame. “Examining publicly-available financial data from the egg industry, the letter determines that the supply disruption caused by the avian flu outbreak had an ‘apparently mild impact on the industry,&#8217;” the group said in a press release.
The group also said egg producers are making money hand over fist. “For the 26-week period ending on November 26, 2022, Cal-Maine reported a ten-fold year-over-year increase in gross profits — from $50.392 million to $535.339 million — and a five-fold increase in its gross margins,” the letter said.
Some lawmakers have criticized egg producers’ pricing, accusing them of price gouging.
“American families working to put food on the table deserve to know whether the increased prices they are paying for eggs represent a legitimate response to reduced supply or out-of-control corporate greed,” said a letter sent by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) to Cal-Maine and other large egg producers last month.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Massachusetts Democratic Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elizabeth-warren" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elizabeth Warren</a> called for a new Federal Reserve Chairman on Sunday as she lashed out at Jerome Powell&#8217;s job performance.
Appearing on several Sunday talk shows, Warren accused Powell of taking a &#8220;flamethrower&#8221; to regulations on big banks and failing to control inflation. In the wake of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/silicon-valley-bank" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Silicon Valley Bank</a> collapse, Warren called for the Federal Reserve and Congress to impose more regulations. She also said that Powell should not be chairman of the Fed.
&#8220;Donald Trump ran for president saying he would lighten the regulations on these banks,&#8221; Warren said on CBS News&#8217;s &#8220;Face the Nation.&#8221; &#8220;And then Jerome Powell just literally took a flamethrower to these regulations in order to make them less and less effective.&#8221;
&#8220;Jerome Powell has said that all he wants to do is lighten regulations on the banks,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I opposed him as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank precisely for that reason. I said he was a dangerous man to have in this position.&#8221;
Warren went on to call for &#8220;accountability&#8221; from Powell and the financial regulators who &#8220;clearly fell down on the job&#8221;; and from financial executives who she says enabled the SVB collapse with risky investments.
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“We need accountability for our regulators who clearly fell down on the job,” <a href="https://twitter.com/SenWarren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenWarren</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@margbrennan</a> on the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, adding that it “starts with” Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who she says “was a dangerous man to have in this position.” <a href="https://t.co/B2VYr0uZYM">pic.twitter.com/B2VYr0uZYM</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1637447666903777281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2023</a></blockquote>
Warren echoed similar sentiments on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/full-warren-calling-data-privacy-a-tiktok-issue-by-itself-misses-the-elephant-in-the-room-165659205854" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meet the Press</a>.&#8221;
“He has a dual mandate,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Yes he is responsible for dealing with inflation, but he is also responsible for employment. And what Chair Powell is trying to do– and he has said fairly explicitly– is that they are trying to, in effect, slow down the economy so that – this is, by the Fed’s own estimate – two million people will lose their jobs. And I believe that is not what the chair of the Federal Reserve should be doing.”
NBC&#8217;s Chuck Todd then asked Warren whether Powell should be fired.
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&#8220;My views on Jay Powell are well known at this point,&#8221; Warren responded. &#8220;He has had two jobs. One is to deal with monetary policy. One is to deal with regulation. He has failed at both.&#8221;
&#8220;Look, I don&#8217;t think he should be chairman of the Federal Reserve,&#8221; she concluded. &#8220;I have said it as publicly as I know how to say it. I&#8217;ve said it to everyone.&#8221;

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‘I Don’t Think He Should Be Chairman’: Elizabeth Warren Blows Up At Jerome Powell Over Inflation, Bank Failures

Elizabeth Warren Blasts Jerome Powell Over Inflation, Bank Failures

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elizabeth-warren" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elizabeth Warren</a> (D-MA) and Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/maxine-waters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maxine Waters</a> (D-CA) asserted that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation should “reexamine” the $250,000 deposit insurance threshold on <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/banks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bank</a> accounts.
The vast majority of deposits at <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/silicon-valley-bank" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Silicon Valley Bank</a>, which offered services to nearly half of the venture-backed technology and healthcare firms in the United States before its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/parent-company-of-silicon-valley-bank-explores-bankruptcy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">collapse</a> last week, exceeded the $250,000 threshold insured by the FDIC. Regulators scrambled to guarantee all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank such that the remainder of the financial system, in which roughly half of deposits surpass $250,000, would remain safeguarded against bank runs.
Waters, a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, said in an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/business/maxine-waters-fdic.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with The New York Times that lawmakers should contemplate increasing the deposit insurance threshold. “When you have something like Silicon Valley Bank with over 90% of its depositors uninsured,” she remarked, “do we increase the amount of premiums that banks will pay in order to have a bigger insurance fund or do we just remain the way that we are and take it on a one-by-one basis for consideration?”
The current threshold of $250,000 is suitable for most individuals, yet businesses such as the ones served by Silicon Valley Bank often retain larger sums to conduct operations and pay employees. The FDIC now directs holdings maintained by Silicon Valley Bank, while the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve vowed that depositors both above and below the $250,000 limit will have their assets insured. Signature Bank was likewise closed by regulators on Sunday.
Waters said that any acquisition deal involving Silicon Valley Bank should avoid consolidation with major financial institutions. “I’m not interested in mergers so much,” she added. “I don’t want this country to become a country where we rely on just four or five big banks.”
Warren, a member of the Senate Banking Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, meanwhile remarked that lawmakers should “reexamine, just overall, about why we have limits” at the $250,000 threshold. “Some small business, some nonprofit, needs a place to manage its money,” she said in an interview with CNBC, according to a <a href="https://thehill.com/business/banking-financial-institutions/3901205-warren-says-250000-cap-in-deposit-insurance-for-banks-should-be-reexamined/#:~:text=Sen.%20Elizabeth%20Warren%20(D%2DMass.)%20on%20Wednesday,on%20CNBC's%20%E2%80%9CSquawk%20Street.%E2%80%9D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Hill. “They need to be able to make payroll, they need to be able to pay the utility bills, and they need a safe place to have that money where somebody’s going to keep it safe.”
The lawmaker has <a href="https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-warren-delivers-speech-on-bank-failures-and-new-bill-to-reverse-trump-era-deregulation-of-banking-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contended</a> that portions of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, which was signed by former President Donald Trump to ease oversight for banks between $50 billion and $250 billion in assets, should be repealed. She submitted legislation alongside Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) meant to implement “stronger oversight” which would “help protect our economy from heightened risk.”
“Last week the FDIC was forced to rush in to take over two failing banks, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, and then take extraordinary actions to protect those banks’ customers and prevent the contagion from spreading throughout the economy,” Warren said on the Senate floor. “If Congress and the Federal Reserve had not rolled back key provisions of Dodd-Frank, these banks would have been subject to stronger liquidity and capital requirements to help withstand financial shocks.”

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Top Democrats Say FDIC Should ‘Reexamine’ $250,000 Deposit Insurance Threshold

Top Democrats Say FDIC Should ‘Reexamine’ Current FDIC Threshold

One high-profile Democratic lawmaker abstained from endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for re-election less than two years out from the 2024 contest.
During a recent interview, Sen. Liz Warren (D-MA) said she wants to wait on President Joe Biden, who has not formally declared another campaign.
“I really want to defer to what makes Biden comfortable on his team,” <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2023/01/27/warren-stops-short-of-backing-harris-for-vp-in-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Warren told Boston Public Radio (BPR)</a>. “I’ve known Kamala for a long time. I like Kamala. I knew her back when she was an attorney general and I was still teaching and we worked on the housing crisis together, so we go way back. But they need — they have to be a team, and my sense is they are — I don’t mean that by suggesting I think there are any problems. I think they are.”
So far, Biden has only said he intends to run again. According to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-prepares-2024-re-election-launch-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">multiple</a> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-reelection-bid-announcement-after-state-of-the-union-address/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a>, he is expected to make an announcement shortly after his State of the Union address on February 7. As for his plans for a running mate, a little more than one year ago, Biden said he was <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/19/biden-commits-to-harris-as-his-running-mate-2024-527418" target="_blank" rel="noopener">committed to Harris</a> in 2024 if he sought a second term.
“She’s going to be my running mate, number one,” he said at the time, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/19/biden-commits-to-harris-as-his-running-mate-2024-527418" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to POLITICO</a>. “And number two, I did put her in charge. I think she’s doing a good job,&#8221; he added of Harris&#8217; role in voting rights policies.
Approval ratings tell a different story for Harris and her boss. Biden sits at 41.6% while Harris is at 38.4%, <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approval/kamala-harris/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to FiveThirtyEight</a>. During the past two years, Harris has dealt with constant negative headlines detailing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/another-kamala-harris-staffer-leaving-post" target="_blank" rel="noopener">high turnover in her office</a>. The vice president&#8217;s critics have also piled on for what they say is her failure to take her lead role in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/busloads-of-migrants-dropped-off-at-kamala-harris-home-on-christmas-eve" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tackling the migration challenges at the U.S.-Mexico border</a> seriously.
Warren, like Harris, was a senator who competed for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2020 contest before rallying behind Biden. Warren says she is <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/08/warren-will-run-for-reelection-2024-486024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seeking re-election</a> as senator in 2024 and joined another leftist who previously ran for president, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/06/14/bernie-sanders-2024-primary-joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)</a>, in voicing support for Biden if he does vie for a second term in the White House.
&#8220;Yes. He should run again. And he is running again,&#8221; Warren told BPR. The senator insisted Biden has &#8220;gotten a tremendous amount done&#8221; and described some accomplishments during his administration, including the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and an increase in funding for science.
Questions posed to Warren about Biden stressed the president&#8217;s age, which has become a point of concern among critics and allies alike. At 80, Biden is already the oldest person to be president. He would be 82 for a second inauguration and 86 at the end of a second term.
If Biden does run again, he might find himself in a general election rematch against former President Donald Trump, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-launches-third-bid-for-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced another bid for the White House in November</a>.

Elizabeth Warren Says She Will ‘Defer’ On Supporting Kamala Harris For Re-Election

Elizabeth Warren Says She Will 'Defer' On Supporting Kamala Harris For Re-Election

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