Ousted CNN anchor Don Lemon had a tentative deal to host a new show on Elon Musk&#8217;s X platform — but according to a recent report, the whole thing might have fallen apart over Lemon&#8217;s &#8220;diva demands.&#8221;
The New York Post reported that, among other things, Lemon had <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/15/media/don-lemon-demanded-tesla-cybertruck-5m-advance-equity-in-x-before-elon-musk-canned-him-sources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded some control</a> over other news content that might make its way onto the platform — and had aspirations of hosting the &#8220;first podcast in space.&#8221;
The alleged list of demands, according to The Post, included &#8220;a free Tesla Cybertruck, a $5 million upfront payment on top of an $8 million salary, an equity stake in the multibillion-dollar company, and the right to approve any changes in X policy as it relates to news content.&#8221;
Lemon also reportedly wanted to helm the &#8220;<a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/19/media/don-lemon-wanted-seat-aboard-elon-musks-rocket-to-do-first-podcast-in-space-sources/?_gl=1*1scr8yc*_ga*MTkzMTkwODE1Ni4xNjY3OTUyODk2*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTcxMTAzOTc3NS40Ny4wLjE3MTEwMzk3ODIuMC4wLjA.&amp;_ga=2.127897869.1676480561.1711035583-1931908156.1667952896" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first podcast in space</a>,&#8221; suggesting that Musk use SpaceX to make that happen.
Lemon had also set up an interview with Musk — which was initially set to air as his debut episode — and had reportedly attached another list of demands to their planned meeting in Las Vegas. Among those were a suite, drinks, and massages for Lemon and his fiancé — and a private jet flight on X&#8217;s dime.
Despite knowing about the demands at the time of their interview, Musk agreed to do it anyway — but cut ties with Lemon afterward, calling him &#8220;underwhelming.&#8221;
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In the days since, Lemon has blown off claims that he had asked for such things – but he didn&#8217;t deny them outright.
&#8220;That is nonsense. People negotiate all the time, but that’s, come on,&#8221; Lemon told <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/it-wasnt-a-gotcha-interview-don-lemon-on-elon-musk-and-the-shocking-meltdown-of-his-deal-with-x/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mediaite&#8217;s</a> Aidan McLaughlin. &#8220;It’s obviously a deflection. Because it has nothing to do with the interview, and I’m not going to fall into that. I don’t read the New York Post, but I do love their horoscopes. It’s great. I’m a Pisces, by the way, so you can read my horoscope to know what’s going on in my life.&#8221;
A number of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-explains-how-dei-hurts-medicine-several-times-don-lemon-still-doesnt-get-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clips of the interview</a> have since been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-issues-statement-after-don-lemon-claims-their-partnership-for-his-new-show-was-canceled" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> and gone viral.

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Don Lemon’s X Deal May Have Evaporated Over His ‘Diva Demands’: Report

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The New York Post Editorial Board published a piece Thursday laying into a recently-introduced bill that they argued would turn <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/canada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canada</a> into an Orwellian nightmare.
The bill in question (Bill C-63), referred to as the Online Harms Act, was first introduced by Justice Minister Arif Virani in February — and would <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/14/world-news/canadian-law-endorsed-by-trudeau-could-imprison-people-for-speech-crimes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">empower the government</a> to place citizens on house arrest if social media posts provide &#8220;reasonable grounds&#8221; for officials to believe that someone &#8220;will commit&#8221; a crime.
&#8220;No, Canada!&#8221; the Post&#8217;s Editorial Board wrote in response. &#8220;The country that brought you debanking protesters and government-assisted suicide for the poor now wants to criminalize speech to lock up people for life and to put wrongthinkers under house arrest if the state sees a chance they will commit a crime. Doesn’t get more Orwellian than that.&#8221;
Minister Virani claimed that the bill was all about safety on the internet, something that he said hit close to home because he had children himself — and suggested that it would be no different than forcing toy manufacturers to abide by certain product safety regulations.
Another provision in the bill addresses &#8220;advocating for genocide&#8221; and increases the penalty for that particular infraction from five years to life in prison — and the Post noted an inherent risk in that provision as well.
&#8220;We’re sure a law that criminalizes &#8216;advocating for genocide&#8217; could never be twisted to criminalize support for Israel,&#8221; they wrote. &#8220;The pro-Hamas left will have a field day.&#8221;
The penalties for social media companies would be steep as well if they dared to refuse cooperation if the bill becomes law: fines could be upwards of a staggering 6% of global revenue.
&#8220;Handmaid&#8217;s Tale&#8221; author Margaret Atwood pointed out the dystopian future the bill was likely to help facilitate, saying via X, &#8220;If this account of the bill is true, it’s Lettres de Cachet all over again. The possibilities for revenge false accusations + thoughtcrime stuff are sooo inviting! Trudeau’s Orwellian online harms bill.&#8221;
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If this account of the bill is true, it’s Lettres de Cachet all over again. The possibilities for revenge false accusations + thoughtcrime stuff are sooo inviting! Trudeau’s Orwellian online harms bill <a href="https://t.co/GziivgfNGt">https://t.co/GziivgfNGt</a>
&mdash; Margaret E Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) <a href="https://twitter.com/MargaretAtwood/status/1766323300853297262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
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NYPost Slams Canadian ‘Thought Crime’ Bill That Goes Full ‘Minority Report’

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Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> ignored recommendations while attorney general of California to investigate an alleged pyramid scheme at a company linked to her husband, according to documents obtained by The New York Post. 
The Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/17/business/bill-ackman-accuses-kamala-harris-of-conflict-of-interest-on-herbalife/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Saturday that it had documents showing that Harris discounted recommendations from staff to investigate Herbalife in 2015 over pyramid scheme suspicions at the same time her husband Doug Emhoff worked at a law firm that represented Herbalife. Herbalife is a Los Angeles based dietary supplement company that <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/refunds/herbalife-refunds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was sued</a> by the Federal Trade Commission in 2016 over accusations that the company was lying to customers about how much money they could make selling Herbalife products.
While she was attorney general, Harris was given a memo from her staff saying that Herbalife was “engaging in a number of tactics designed to maximize the number of distributors selling its products, which results in cash flow back to those at the top of the organizational pyramid,” according to a March 2015 document obtained by the Post.
The memo was written by Supervising Deputy Attorney General Judith Fiorentini and Deputy Attorneys General Sanna Singer and Jinsook Otha. They said that there was a “need for formal investigative authority” to look into whether Herbalife was trying “to skirt around” product distribution regulations. 
Harris’ staff wanted to interview former Herbalife distributors, subpoena company documents, and begin an undercover investigation. They wanted two deputy attorneys allocated to look into the company. 
“Conducting an investigation of Herbalife at this juncture will send the message that this office takes continued monitoring and enforcement of its existing judgements very seriously,” the memo reads. “In addition, it will ensure that Herbalife is held accountable for the acts of its distributors.”
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Despite her staff’s urging, Harris did not open up an investigation into Herbalife. Meanwhile, Emhoff worked at Venable LLP, which represented Herbalife after it was sued by the FTC. Emoff <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/us/politics/doug-emhoff-kamala-harris-law.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did not</a> personally represent Herbalife, though he was head of the Los Angeles branch of Venable.
In 2016, Herbalife <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/refunds/herbalife-refunds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">settled</a> with the FTC, agreeing to pay customers $200 million and restructure its business. 
Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman, who previously shorted Herbalife back in 2012, pointed out on Thursday the ties between Emhoff and Herbalife. He also critiqued Harris’s decision not to investigate the company.
“As a result, her staff leaked its memo to us and the media at that time. Unfortunately, by then no one was interested in the story,” he said. “Interestingly, at that same time, AG Harris’ husband was a partner at Venable, one of HLF’s top law firms. HLF has always been very savvy about managing its regulatory and legal risks.”
“The whole situation is an incredibly damning indictment of how our regulatory enforcement apparatus works,” Ackman said of the settlement with the FTC and Harris&#8217;s ignoring of the memo.

Sen. Kamala Harris Speaks At Her Alma Mater Howard University

Kamala Harris Ignored Recommendation To Investigate Fraud Allegations Against Company Linked To Husband: Report

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New <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67511701/united-states-v-biden/?order_by=desc">filings</a> in the ongoing case against President Joe Biden&#8217;s embattled son confirm that the laptop tied to Hunter Biden was, in fact, his — and that the Justice Department knew it.
New York Post reporter Miranda Devine — who has been working on the Hunter Biden story since the very beginning — laid out some of the new details in a thread posted to X. She noted that in addition to the Bidens and the Justice Department being fully aware that the laptop was Hunter&#8217;s, they had even been able to match the contents discovered on the laptop to content stored on the cloud under his account.
&#8220;In a new court filing today, the DOJ confirms Hunter Biden’s laptop is real, that he left it at a computer store, and that the contents matched what they obtained from a search warrant of his iCloud. Don’t hold your breath for a retraction from Joe Biden (&#8216;It’s a Russian plant&#8217;), the #Dirty51 or myriad dishonest media operatives. They blamed Russia when the Bidens knew it was Hunter &#8211; and so did the FBI. Hunter also blamed Russia when he was caught using adultery site Ashley Madison,&#8221; Devine posted to start off her thread.
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Special counsel David Weiss’ prosecutor Leo Wise has been busy today. Multiple filings including new evidence about his allegedly illegal gun purchase while addicted to crack cocaine for which he is being prosecuted in Delaware after his sweetheart plea deal fell apart: <a href="https://t.co/cUycBuZm8B">pic.twitter.com/cUycBuZm8B</a>
&mdash; Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1747423975259394190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Other details in the most recent filings included additional information about Hunter Biden&#8217;s allegedly illegal firearm — and the federal form he had allegedly filled out dishonestly in order to obtain it.
Among the evidence was a text message — allegedly sent by Hunter Biden within 48 hours of purchasing the firearm — in which he stated that he was &#8220;meeting a drug dealer,&#8221; &#8220;smoking crack,&#8221; and sleeping in a car.
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The DOJ presents its best evidence that Hunter Biden was a cocaine user when he bought the gun: “To be clear, investigators literally found drugs on the pouch where the defendant had kept his gun.” <a href="https://t.co/o99L2foFUt">pic.twitter.com/o99L2foFUt</a>
&mdash; Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1747425395387850968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The filing also stated that cocaine had been found &#8220;on the pouch&#8221; in which the younger Biden had stored the gun in question, suggesting that he had the gun and the drugs in close proximity and at the same time.
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Devine concluded by acknowledging the two IRS whistleblowers — Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler — who had brought the story into public view.
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Oh, and none of this would have come to light or been prosecuted if it were not for the integrity of two IRS whistleblowers, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler &#8211; who remain employed by the IRS where they currently are being retaliated against. At least, unlike what the FBI does to…
&mdash; Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1747427259856597300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The New York Post said Tuesday that a lawyer for Harvard University &#8220;threatened&#8221; them for looking into plagiarism allegations against the school&#8217;s president.
The Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/12/12/news/harvard-secret-plagiarism-probe-into-president-claudine-gay/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> it contacted the university on October 24 asking for comment on 27 alleged instances in which Harvard President Claudine Gay&#8217;s work appears very similar to other academics&#8217; words and phrasing.
Harvard&#8217;s senior executive director of media relations and communications, Jonathan Swain, who is also a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanlswain/details/experience/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former</a> Hillary Clinton aide and served as a <a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/11/18/harvard-swain-tomasini-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">member</a> of the Biden administration&#8217;s transition team, responded by asking for more time to review Gay&#8217;s work, the Post said.
The next day, Swain said he would “get back in touch over the next couple of days” but then did not respond after that.
Then on October 27, a major Virginia attorney, Thomas Clare of the law firm Clare-Locke, contacted the Post saying he was Harvard&#8217;s and Gay&#8217;s defamation counsel.
Harvard finally publicly admitted on Tuesday that the school had investigated Gay&#8217;s academic work for plagiarism, a day after the Manhattan Institute&#8217;s Christopher Rufo <a href="https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1733977126020481266" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> questions about Gay&#8217;s PhD dissertation on social media.
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In a letter to &#8220;members of the Harvard community,&#8221; the college said the probe began in late October after the school &#8220;became aware&#8221; of allegations about Gay&#8217;s work.
The investigation found &#8220;a few instances of inadequate citation&#8221; but concluded she had not violated Harvard&#8217;s “standards for research misconduct.” Harvard said Gay would request four corrections in two of her published works to insert citations and quotation marks that had been “omitted.”
&#8220;In this tumultuous and difficult time, we unanimously stand in support of President Gay,&#8221; Harvard&#8217;s letter added.
The controversy around Gay&#8217;s academic writings comes on the heels of her highly criticized congressional testimony on Harvard&#8217;s response to anti-Semitism on campus.
Gay along with the presidents of MIT and the University of Pennsylvania avoided answering whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated the universities’ codes of conduct.
“It can be, depending on the context,” Gay told the lawmakers. She said such hate speech is “at odds with the values of Harvard” and that when that kind of “speech crosses into conduct, that violates our policies.”
Some of the academics whose work appeared very similar to Gay&#8217;s said they did not feel she had plagiarized them.
However, Anne Williamson, a professor of political science at the University of Miami in Ohio, was less happy, even &#8220;angry,&#8221; she told the Post.
Gay&#8217;s 2017 paper “A Room for One’s Own? The Partisan Allocation of Affordable Housing” has phrases that are very similar to a 2011 paper by Williamson.
“It does look like plagiarism to me,” Williamson told the Post. “If they are going to do what they did, then I should be cited as a reference. My first reaction is shock. The second reaction is puzzlement. There was a way to draw from my paper. All she had to do is give me a credit.”
Gay, 53, became Harvard&#8217;s first black president earlier this year.

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NY Post Says Harvard ‘Threatened’ Them For Looking Into Plagiarism Claims

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A reporter chided <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a> Press Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/karine-jean-pierre" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karine Jean-Pierre</a> after she refused to call on him.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-post" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a>&#8216;s Steven Nelson spoke up during a press briefing on Wednesday, lamenting, &#8220;You haven’t called on me in two seasons, Karine.”
Jean-Pierre replied, “And I’m not calling on you today.&#8221; She tried to move on, repeatedly telling another reporter in the room, &#8220;Go ahead,&#8221; but Nelson wasn&#8217;t done.
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REPORTER (<a href="https://twitter.com/stevennelson10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@stevennelson10</a>): &quot;You haven&#39;t called on me in two seasons, Karine!&quot;
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: &quot;I&#39;m not calling on you today!&quot;
REPORTER: &quot;You should be ashamed of that! That shows disrespect to a free and independent media!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/YVCrTmgxKy">pic.twitter.com/YVCrTmgxKy</a>
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“You should be ashamed of that,&#8221; Nelson said. &#8220;That shows disrespect to a free and independent media, to blacklist one of our country’s largest and most widely read newspapers, Karine &#8230; that shows contempt for a free and independent press.”
Jean-Pierre refused to engage. “Go ahead,&#8221; she said again to another reporter. &#8220;I’m calling on somebody who I haven’t called on for a long time as well. Go ahead.&#8221;
Video clips of the clash got shared on social media by the Republican National Committee and others.
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&#8220;The [New York Post] is our country&#8217;s oldest daily newspaper. We have 4th-largest print circulation and only NY Times has more web traffic,&#8221; Nelson <a href="https://twitter.com/stevennelson10/status/1712182085207675035" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in response to one of the posts on X.
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYPost</a> is our country&#39;s oldest daily newspaper. We have 4th-largest print circulation and only NY Times has more web traffic<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> last called on me in May, and on a colleague in July. The May exchange was also about press freedom issues: <a href="https://t.co/lNhoE8KSfD">https://t.co/lNhoE8KSfD</a> <a href="https://t.co/4FdRDZvlQ3">https://t.co/4FdRDZvlQ3</a>
&mdash; Steven Nelson (@stevennelson10) <a href="https://twitter.com/stevennelson10/status/1712182085207675035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Jean-Pierre, who is often called &#8220;KJP,&#8221; &#8220;last called on me in May, and on a colleague in July. The May exchange was also about press freedom issues,&#8221; he added.
Indeed, at the very end of May, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/05/31/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-national-security-council-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-12/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nelson asked</a> Jean-Pierre about the White House Press Office pre-screening reporters for President Joe Biden&#8217;s large indoor events and concerns about <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1663983236530225156" target="_blank" rel="noopener">restricted press access</a>. In response, Jean-Pierre insisted, &#8220;There is no restriction.&#8221;
It&#8217;s not for a lack of trying that Nelson has not been able to get Jean-Pierre to answer questions during a press briefing in the intervening months.
At the end of a briefing in September, he asked about Biden interacting with his son Hunter&#8217;s foreign business associates. The press secretary ignored the question and walked out of the room.
&#8220;Never an answer,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1702064909222019128" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a> New York Post columnist Miranda Devine.
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&quot;Can you explain why the president interacted with so many of his son&#39;s foreign business associates!? More than half of voters told CNN they believe the president was involved and he lied! You can&#39;t have a response to that, Karine?&quot;
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: *walks out* <a href="https://t.co/mSusQmrNbh">pic.twitter.com/mSusQmrNbh</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1702024189903839670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Jean-Pierre&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kjp-snaps-at-reporter-for-asking-if-biden-lied-to-the-public-incredibly-inappropriate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">icy exchanges</a> with the media also extends to Fox News reporter Peter Doocy, including in May when she pushed for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karine-jean-pierre-erupts-when-pressed-over-claims-that-biden-has-lowered-illegal-immigration-by-90" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;the dramatics&#8221;</a> to &#8220;come down a little bit&#8221; after he asked about illegal immigration.

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‘You Should Be Ashamed’: Reporter Scolds KJP For Refusing To Call On Him

'You Should Be Ashamed': Reporter Scolds KJP For Refusing To Call On Him

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) subpoenaed an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> agent accused of coordinating suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story after the Justice Department prevented the agent from appearing for a transcribed interview with lawmakers. 
Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued a subpoena on Friday to Elvis Chan, an FBI agent based in San Francisco, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/facebook-docs-reveal-fbi-agent-made-completely-false-congressional-statements-involving-hunter-biden-laptop-jordan-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Republicans say</a> was “the main conduit” between the bureau’s Foreign Influence Task Force and Big Tech companies to suppress the story of Hunter&#8217;s scandalous laptop in the weeks before the 2020 presidential election.
&#8220;The Committee on the Judiciary is conducting oversight of how and to what extent the Executive Branch has coerced and colluded with companies and other intermediaries to censor speech,&#8221; Jordan <a href="https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2023-09/2023-09-15-jdj-to-chan-re-subpoena-cover-letter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a letter to Chan. &#8220;As the primary liaison between the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF) and social media companies, you are uniquely positioned to aid the Committee’s oversight.&#8221;
Chan previously told lawmakers that the FBI had not communicated with Facebook outside of a meeting that occurred the same day the New York Post published the Biden laptop article on October 14, 2020. But according to the Jordan, Chan was involved in a “secret ‘follow up’ call” with the social media giant the next day, allegedly contradicting a claim he made during a November 2022 deposition in the government censorship case Missouri v. Biden.
The federal agent also spoke with a Facebook employee that same day, who said, “Chan advised that he was up to speed on the current state of the matter within the FBI.” Chan also told the social media platform that “there was no current evidence to suggest any foreign connection … of the leaks,” according to the documents released by Jordan.
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In the letter, Jordan referenced the increasing evidence showing coordination between the White House and social media companies to suppress conservative content, outside of the Post&#8217;s story on Hunter&#8217;s laptop.
“Numerous documents that have been made publicly available reflect the weaponization of the federal government’s power to censor speech online directly and by proxy. It is necessary for Congress to gauge the extent to which FBI agents coerced, pressured, worked with, or relied upon social media and other tech companies to censor speech,” Jordan wrote. 
Documents released by Congress last month <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-pressured-fb-to-suppress-daily-wire-content-push-users-to-legacy-outlets-newly-released-docs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show</a> that a White House official asked Facebook to promote legacy outlets and stifle The Daily Wire’s reach in order to accomplish the administration’s directives on suppressing content that clashed with its COVID vaccine agenda.

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Some redacted parts of former President Barack Obama&#8217;s letter to his ex-girlfriend were revealed over the weekend, in which he reportedly said that he fantasized about men on a daily basis.
The news comes after historian David Garrow — who wrote Obama’s 2017 biography “Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama” — during a recent interview with journalist David Samuels <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-fantasized-about-making-love-to-men-in-letter-to-his-girlfriend-his-biographer-says">talked</a> about various aspects of the president&#8217;s life, both politically and personally. Garrow said the letter was the most surprising thing he learned about Obama.
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/12/barack-obama-told-ex-i-make-love-to-men-daily-but-in-the-imagination">reported</a> that the redacted portion of the 1982 letter — which is owned by Emory University and no one is allowed to photograph — was transcribed by Garrow&#8217;s friend Harvey Klehr and sent to Garrow.
&#8220;In regard to homosexuality, I must say that I believe this is an attempt to remove oneself from the present, a refusal perhaps to perpetuate the endless farce of earthly life,&#8221; Obama wrote in 1982. &#8220;You see, I make love to men daily, but in the imagination.&#8221;
Obama, 21 years old at the time, said in the letter to Alex McNear that his mind was part male and part female.
&#8220;My mind is androgynous to a great extent and I hope to make it more so until I can think in terms of people, not women as opposed to men,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But, in returning to the body, I see that I have been made a man, and physically in life, I choose to accept that contingency.&#8221;
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Garrow said that when he read Obama&#8217;s book, &#8220;Dreams from My Father,&#8221; he found the entire work to be &#8220;a crock.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s not history,” he said. “It’s all make-believe. Who knows what the real story is?”
Garrow said that the first time he met Obama at the White House in the Oval Office, Obama had “this big pile of all his journals over the years.”
“And he’s arranged it this way on purpose—to show me that he has them, and so he can tell me that I can’t see them,” he said. “He’s got this big sack, I want to call it a cloth sack or a canvas sack, in the bottom of which are the journals. And then on the top of it is the typescript printout of my manuscript. So he’s carrying them around together.”
Garrow said that the materials Obama had included were his letters to and from one of his girlfriends and that they would likely never be made public. “I wouldn’t be astonished if he burns them,” he said.
When asked why Obama did not want anyone to see his journals and letters, Garrow said, “He wants people to believe his story. For me to conclude that Dreams from My Father was historical fiction—oh God, did that infuriate him.”

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The New York Post was reportedly denied press credentials for a White House event that took place on Monday, just days ahead of a possible indictment for President Joe Biden&#8217;s embattled son <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-walls-close-in-on-hunter-biden-as-charging-decision-nears" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>.
The Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/08/white-house-bans-new-york-post-from-biden-event-as-hunter-indictment-looms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> early Monday that the outlet had been told via email — just hours ahead of President Biden&#8217;s only public event for the day – that the White House would not &#8220;be able to accommodate&#8221; their request for press credentials.
&#8220;We are unable to accommodate your credential request to attend the Investing in Airline Accountability Remarks on 5/8. The remarks will be live-streamed and can be viewed at WH.gov. Thank you for understanding. We will let you know if a credential becomes available,&#8221; the email read.
According to the Post&#8217;s report, of some 50 seats that had been reserved for reporters, 20 remained empty throughout the president&#8217;s remarks — but the outlet also noted that the email declining their request for credentials did not state that limited space was the reason for the rejection.
The event, which took place in the White House-adjacent Eisenhower Executive Office Building, addressed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/airlines-may-soon-be-on-the-hook-for-delayed-and-canceled-flights-transportation-dept-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">federal airline policies</a> and also included remarks from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
Biden&#8217;s remarks come just two weeks after an April 26th meeting between the Justice Department and Hunter Biden&#8217;s legal team – a move that some think could signal that the DOJ is nearing a decision on whether or not to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-urges-feds-not-to-indict-hunter-biden-before-wednesday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indict the president&#8217;s son</a>.
President Biden has had to field a growing number of questions about Hunter&#8217;s foreign business dealings — and his own alleged involvement in both his son&#8217;s business relationships and, according to a whistleblower complaint, a possible <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whistleblower-alleges-fbi-has-evidence-of-biden-engaging-in-bribery-scheme-with-foreign-national" target="_blank" rel="noopener">money-for-policy arrangement</a> of his own.
Based on whistleblower testimony, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has set a press conference for the middle of the week — and has urged the DOJ to wait until after that to make a final decision regarding a possible indictment.
&#8220;My message to the Department of Justice is very loud and clear: Do not indict Hunter Biden before Wednesday,&#8221; he told &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; host Maria Bartiromo over the weekend.

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> made a series of cringeworthy jokes at the expense of Irish people at a St. Patrick&#8217;s Day event Friday.
While speaking at the annual <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0mxqTkotiw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Friends of Ireland Luncheon</a> with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar Friday afternoon, Biden made a series of jokes stereotyping Irish people as drunks and criminals. Biden said that because he doesn&#8217;t drink and doesn&#8217;t have relatives in jail, he&#8217;s &#8220;really not Irish.&#8221; Twitter users pointed out the stereotypes, and also that he does, in fact, have relatives in legal trouble.
Biden began his remarks with a quote attributed to the 20th-century Irish diplomat Shane Leslie. &#8220;Every St. Patrick’s Day, every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to,” Biden said. “Well, that’s why I’m here.&#8221;
He then recounted a story from his time as vice president, when a previous prime minister, or Taoiseach, told former President Obama to stop sending Biden on trips. “[T]he Taoiseach — I brought him into the Oval and he sat down. And before Barack could say anything, he said &#8216;For God’s sake, Barack, let the boy come home.’” Biden said in a butchered Irish accent. “‘Let him come home.&#8217; And he said, &#8216;You keep sending him to places like Afghanistan, Iraq, and all the — let him come home.’”
Next, Biden talked about a previous trip to Ireland to visit his ancestral family. &#8220;It was a great experience,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I’d been to Ireland many times, but not to actually look up to find my actual family members — and there are so many.  And they actually weren’t in jail.&#8221;
&#8220;And one of the things that — and the Finnegans were from County Louth,&#8221; he said of his distant family line. &#8220;And they’re still — if you go to County Louth, there’s still a place called &#8216;Finnegan’s Pub,&#8217; which is — it’s related to my family.  And I’m the only Irishman you’ve ever met, though, that’s never had a drink. So, I’m okay. I’m really not Irish.&#8221;
Commenters under a New York Post <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1636813878624485377?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a> blasted Biden for stereotyping the Irish.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve found the one nationality it&#8217;s still acceptable to make fun of!&#8221; one Twitter user commented.
&#8220;guy did the first irish american hatecrime since like 1910,&#8221; one user tweeted.
&#8220;As an Irishman, I wouldn&#8217;t even *mind* this, and would think it kinda funny&#8230; If it didn&#8217;t come from a guy who&#8217;s continually lecturing me and everyone else how racist *WE* are&#8230;&#8221; another user wrote.
&#8220;This is about the most Irish-American (pejorative) thing a yank can say,&#8221; said another.
&#8220;Joe Biden is in fact less Irish than Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy,&#8221; The Spectator editor at-large <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1636854710236749825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1636854710236749825%7Ctwgr%5E8d36cc24b40a1bfd95f710087c2164aa6dab991b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fbdomenech2Fstatus2F1636854710236749825widget%3DTweet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Domenech</a> noted. &#8220;Biden is an English name and his paternal lineage is overwhelmingly English.&#8221;
Other users mocked Biden&#8217;s comment about not having family in jail, noting that several members of the Biden family are currently in trouble with the law.
&#8220;Joe Biden’s relatives have had many MANY serious run ins with the law — but have managed to avoid jail time in every case,&#8221; the New York Post&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/1636835637046267904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1636835637046267904%7Ctwgr%5E84e2cd4923b971af6775eea2a9cd77282b0b3439%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FLevineJonathan2Fstatus2F1636835637046267904widget%3DTweet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jon Levine</a> tweeted, linking to a Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/07/11/joe-bidens-family-has-a-long-rap-sheet/amp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> from 2020 detailing legal troubles of his niece Caroline, daughter Ashley, brother Frank, and son Hunter.
&#8220;He’s sent two kids and a niece to court-ordered rehab,&#8221; one user added. &#8220;The Bidens are doing more than their part to ruin the curve.&#8221;
&#8220;No but he has a son who isn&#8217;t sober and should be in jail,&#8221; said another, referring to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter</a>&#8216;s shady business dealings.

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Hunter Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-accuses-delaware-computer-repairman-of-invading-his-privacy-in-countersuit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed a countersuit</a> Friday against the Delaware computer repairman, John Paul Mac Isaac, who claimed to have worked on Hunter&#8217;s personal computer way back in 2019. The president&#8217;s latchkey son is alleging that Mac Isaac illegally obtained and distributed his &#8220;electronically stored data,&#8221; thereby invading his privacy.
Yet, his attorneys insist that the legal action in no way should be taken as proof that the &#8220;laptop from hell&#8221; is real.
&#8220;This is not an admission by Mr. Biden that Mac Isaac (or others) in fact possessed any particular laptop containing electronically stored data belonging to Mr. Biden,&#8221; the first footnote in the 42-page <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunter-biden-files-countersuit-laptop-repairman-john-paul-mac-isaac-alleging-privacy-violations">countersuit</a> filed in Delaware states. &#8220;Rather, Mr. Biden simply acknowledges that at some point, Mac Isaac obtained electronically stored data, some of which belonged to Mr. Biden.&#8221;
Oddly enough, despite not admitting that Hunter&#8217;s laptop existed, they claim that if it did exist, Mac Isaac broke the law by accessing the data instead of taking measures to properly secure it.
As readers well know, Mac Isaac has claimed that Hunter dropped off his laptop and never returned. Mac Isaac has also claimed that Biden signed a contract stating that any equipment left after 90 days would become Mac Isaac&#8217;s possession.
Hunter&#8217;s attorney denies that and argues that Delaware state law would overrule such an agreement. Furthermore, they claim that the &#8220;Repair Authorization Form&#8221; still wouldn&#8217;t give Mac Isaac access to any stored personal data on a laptop that they won&#8217;t admit exists.
&#8220;At no time did Mr. Biden grant Mac Isaac any permission to access, review, copy, or disseminate for his own purposes any electronically stored data that ever was created or received or maintained by Mr. Biden (regardless of how Mac Isaac came into possession of such material),&#8221; the countersuit claims. (emphasis added)
So how did Mac Isaac get Hunter&#8217;s personal data? His attorneys have no idea how. They can&#8217;t even say which personal data they are talking about.
&#8220;In or before April 2019, Counterclaim Defendant Mac Isaac, by whatever means, came into possession of certain electronically stored data, at least some of which belonged to Counterclaim Plaintiff Biden,&#8221; his attorneys wrote. (emphasis added)
Now, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/collections/the-hunter-biden-files" target="_blank" rel="noopener">audience knows</a> that conservative news outlets have verified that the laptop belongs to Hunter. It appears that The New York Post, the first to report this bombshell story that got them <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/24/elon-musk-says-full-disclosure-is-needed-on-twitters-censorship-of-the-posts-hunter-biden-laptop-story/">censored</a> on Twitter in 2020, has been fully vindicated.
After the 2020 election, once Biden was inaugurated and the story could do less damage to the Democratic Party, legacy media outlets finally began looking into whether they exist or not. Politico, The New York Times, and The Washington Post all confirmed it was Hunter&#8217;s laptop. Here&#8217;s how Hunter&#8217;s attorneys responded to that reporting:
<blockquote>Mr. Biden denies that any Politico story confirmed the validity of the New York Post exposé.
Mr. Biden denies that any New York Times story confirmed the validity of the New York Post exposé. 
Mr. Biden denies that any Washington Post story confirmed the validity of the New York Post exposé.</blockquote>
We already know that Hunter <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunter-bidens-lawyers-demand-criminal-investigation-laptop-leakers-rudy-giuliani">requested</a> that his dad&#8217;s Department of Justice investigate Mac Isaac and others associated with the story. Since that didn&#8217;t work, it appears Hunter is not content to throw up a lawsuit, chillingly accuse Mac Isaac of consorting with &#8220;political enemies of Joseph Biden,&#8221; and neither confirm nor deny the existence of said laptop.
As attorney Jonathan Turley put it, it&#8217;s a &#8220;rather a curious countersuit.&#8221;
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&#8230;This is rather a curious countersuit. Hunter left his his computer with a third party, refused repeated request to retrieve them, and agreed that he would lose all claim to the files if abandoned. Now, years later, he is objecting vehemently that his privacy was not protected.
&mdash; Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonathanTurley/status/1636734436984143872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 12: WFP USA Board Chair Hunter Biden speaks during the World Food Program USA’s 2016 McGovern-Dole Leadership Award Ceremony at the Organization of American States on April 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – MARCH 09: U.S. President Joe Biden pauses to cough while talking about his proposed FY2024 federal budget during an event at the Finishing Trades Institute on March 09, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Seen as a preview to his re-election platform, Biden’s proposed budget is projected to cut the deficit by $3 trillion over the next 10 years but will find no support in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

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The art gallerist who deals in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>&#8216;s artwork issued a fawning statement on Thursday about the first son&#8217;s paintings, just a day after Republicans requested his records.
George Berges, the owner of the George Berges art gallery in New York City, praised the younger Biden and his artwork effusively in a statement to the New York Post. Berges&#8217; statement came just a day after the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to him demanding he hand over any and all communications he may have had with the White House, as well as information on his dealings with Hunter Biden.
“I represent Hunter Biden because I feel that not only his art merits my representation, but because his personal narrative, which gives birth to his art, is very much needed in the world,” Berges said in his <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/26/hunter-biden-dealer-plugs-his-unrelenting-divinity-after-gop-sales-record-request/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> to the New York Post. “His is a story of perseverance; Hunter’s story reflects what I believe is the beauty of humanity, judged not by the fall, but by having the strength to rise up, by having the character required to change and the courage to do it. Hunter Biden’s art reflects all of that and more. His art gives us hope; it reminds us that tomorrow brings a new day, a new beginning, a new possibility.&#8221;
“Hunter Biden will become one of the most consequential artists in this century because the world needs his art now more than ever,&#8221; Berges continued. &#8220;In a world that beats us down, we need art in our lives that reminds of the unrelenting divinity within each of us.”
“Almost 10 years ago I opened a gallery that has a global perspective on the human experience and that seeks to find artists who I feel will be consequential not just in the art world but in the broader culture,” the art dealer went on. “Artists that are relevant to the times, not to esoteric circles where art and exhibitions come and go unnoticed by society, by the people, by culture, but relevant innovative artists and exhibitions that challenge us, and engage us.”
Berges told the outlet that further inquiries should be referred to his lawyers. He added that his primary focus is &#8220;the integrity of our artists and the privacy of our art collectors.&#8221;
Berges&#8217; fawning statement comes just a day after House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-01-25-Letter-G.-Berges-HB-art.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) sent a letter to Berges demanding information on Hunter Biden&#8217;s art dealings as part of their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-will-trace-the-money-flowing-into-penn-biden-center-hunter-biden-art-sales-comer-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation</a> into the Biden family&#8217;s business dealings. In the letter, Comer slammed Berges for not cooperating with the Committee when Republicans were in the minority, then requested the same information again.
In the letter, Comer demanded all relevant documents and communications between the dealer, his gallery, and the Biden White House or Hunter Biden; the agreements or contracts between Berges or the gallery and Hunter Biden; documents related to the prices for his artwork; any ethics guidelines set down in conjunction with the White House; and documents sufficient to show who attended the opening of Biden&#8217;s art shows and bought his pieces.

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