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<a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a> spent more than $30,000 on escorts, many of those payments made to entities with Russian email addresses, from November 2018 and March 2019, according to documentation reviewed by <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/hunter-biden-russian-escorts-joe-payments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Examiner</a>.
The report said that Biden’s escorts were partly funded by his father, President Joe Biden, who sent Hunter $100,000 across multiple installments in December 2018 and January 2019. The Washington Examiner did not uncover any evidence that Joe knew about his son’s purchases of escort services, while some messages suggest that Hunter misled his father as to what he was spending the money on.
After the Examiner published the results of part of its investigation into records and messages contained on Hunter’s laptop, abandoned at a Delaware computer repair shop in 2019, Hunter reportedly emailed a Washington Examiner reporter: “What’s wrong with you?” Hunter did not respond to a request for comment from The Washington Examiner before the article was published Monday. Neither did Hunter’s attorneys nor the White House.
A backup of Hunter Biden’s iPhone found on his laptop contained a number of messages to someone identified as “Eva,” who was affiliated with a foreign escort service called “UberGFE.” UberGFE appears to be located in Kyiv, St. Petersburg, and Moscow. It does business in Russia and the United States, according to information uncovered by the Examiner.
On the evening of January 18, 2019, Hunter Biden negotiated with Eva on the cost of keeping an escort for 16 hours. The price came out to $9,500, which Eva instructed Hunter to wire to an account with a Russian email address. That same evening, Joe Biden’s then-assistant Richard Ruffner sent Hunter $5,000 from Joe’s account and later texted Hunter that $5,000 was all that could be sent “because the weekly limit is $7,500.”
In another transfer, Joe Biden sent his son $20,000 to pay for Hunter to stay in a rehab clinic in New York City. While Hunter told his dad he was checking into the clinic, no documents were found that he had ever visited the facility. Hunter was also struggling with a mountain of debt during that period, at one point showing debts totaling more than $800,000.
“‘We can all sympathize with Biden’s love for his troubled son while recognizing that he was shoveling prodigious sums of money to Hunter Biden when the neon lights were flashing that Hunter was compromised and using the money to become ever more compromised — and with Russia, of all places,’” former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy told the Examiner.
“‘The context here is that Democrats put the country through two years of anxiety on the false, Democrat-fabricated claim that Biden’s predecessor was an agent of the Kremlin,’” McCarthy said. “‘And of course, when compelling evidence arose that Biden is actually entangled in his son’s foreign business dealings, despite having denied even discussing them, Biden apologists <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://denvergazette.com/news/nation-world/joe-biden-unwittingly-helped-finance-hunters-trysts-with-russia-linked-escorts/article_400c3147-2d38-5c08-a20c-da32bcf33a40.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> with their standard deceptive deflection — it’s all Russian disinformation.’”
“‘Now, however, we learn that it was Russian information — Hunter’s reckless payments of thousands of dollars he’d received from his willfully blind father to sordid businesses with Russian email accounts — that Biden apologists were suppressing in the weeks before the 2020 election,’” he continued.
In a cellphone recording located on Hunter’s laptop, Hunter once <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hell-talk-about-anything-that-i-want-him-to-hunter-biden-talks-relationship-with-father-in-uncovered-audio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bragged</a> to a friend that his father would “‘talk about anything that I want him to.’” Hunter made the claim in a December 2018 conversation with British artist Phillipa Horan five months before Joe Biden announced his run for president of the United States.
“‘He’ll talk about anything that I want him to, that he believes in,’” Hunter said at the time. “‘If I say it’s important to me, then he will work a way in which to make it a part of his platform. My dad respects me more than he respects anyone in the world, and I know that to be certain, so it’s not going to be about whether it affects his politics.’”
Related: <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-stands-by-claim-that-hunter-biden-did-not-profit-off-chinese-business-deals-docs-show-his-companies-made-millions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House ‘Stands By’ Claim That Hunter Biden Did Not Profit Off Chinese Business Deals. Docs Show His Companies Made Millions</a>
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Hunter Biden

‘What’s Wrong With You?’: Hunter Biden Lashes Out After Lavish Spending On Russia-Connected Escorts Revealed, Report Says

Hunter Biden Responds After Lavish Spending On Russia-Connected Escorts Revealed: Report

Joe Biden

Russia

President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration">Joe Biden</a> and other world leaders are pursuing a cap on Russian <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/oil-and-gas">oil</a> prices.
Members of the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/g7">G7</a> are meeting in Austria to discuss the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/russia">Russian</a> invasion of <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/ukraine">Ukraine</a>, as well as climate change and public health. In one background <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2022/06/27/background-press-call-by-a-senior-administration-official-on-president-bidens-second-day-in-germany/">press call</a>, a senior Biden administration official announced that G7 leaders would “set a global price cap for Russian oil in shipments” to countries outside of the seven nations, which include Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Canada, and the United States.
“The goal here is to starve Russia — starve Putin of his main source of cash and force down the price of Russian oil to help blunt the impact of Putin’s war at the pump,” the official said. “The dual objectives of G7 leaders have been to take direct aim at Putin’s revenues, particularly through energy, but also to minimize the spillovers and the impact on the G7 economies and the rest of the world.”
Meanwhile, an Iranian official <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/qatar-host-indirect-talks-between-iran-us-reviving-2015-nuclear-deal-2022-06-27/">confirmed</a> that Qatar would host indirect talks between the United States and Iran on a revival of the Obama administration’s defunct <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-escalates-enrichment-at-underground-nuclear-facility-now-has-enough-material-for-weapon-reports">nuclear</a> deal — a reality that could lead to the <a href="https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-iran-nuclear-deal">lifting of oil sanctions</a> against the Islamic nation.
West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude oil prices rose slightly on Monday morning amid the news. The national average gas price in the United States is currently $4.90, according to <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/">AAA</a>.
Financial sanctions imposed against Russia have “significantly disrupted Russia’s ability to receive payments for exports, pay for imports and engage in cross-border financial transactions,” according to the <a href="https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2022/03/05/pr2261-imf-staff-statement-on-the-economic-impact-of-war-in-ukraine">International Monetary Fund</a>. However, the sanctions also <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/imf-warns-russia-sanctions-threaten-chip-away-dollar-dominance-ft-2022-03-31/">threaten the status of the dollar</a> as the global reserve currency.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged the impact of the sanctions on his nation. “Our economy will need deep structural changes in these new realities, and I won’t hide this — they won’t be easy; they will lead to a temporary rise in inflation and unemployment,” Putin said in March, per <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/putin-acknowledges-impact-of-sanctions-on-russian-economy-11647462258?mod=article_inline">The Wall Street Journal</a>.
Earlier this month, President Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-abuse-of-defense-production-act-will-drive-gas-prices-even-higher">invoked the Defense Production Act</a> — a federal law allowing the commander-in-chief to prioritize manufacturing certain goods in times of national crisis — to accelerate green energy production. Even as prices at the pump continue to rise, Energy Secretary <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/jennifer-granholm">Jennifer Granholm</a> repeated her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/energy-secretary-lays-out-the-only-way-to-avoid-high-gas-prices-and-its-not-producing-more-oil">argument</a> that the “only way out” of “boom-and-bust cycles” in energy prices is “deploying clean energy.”
“The real truth is that as long as our nation remains overly reliant on oil and fossil fuels, we will feel these price shocks again,” Granholm said last week. “This is not going to be the last time. The next time there’s a war, the next time there’s a pandemic or another hurricane, these extreme weather events we are experiencing — they will impact the access that we have to fossil fuels.”
The Biden administration also proposed a three-month suspension on the federal gas tax — a move that would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-shows-how-much-bidens-gas-tax-suspension-would-save-the-typical-american">save</a> the typical American a paltry $4.79 to $14.31 over the course of three months. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) — a key moderate — said last week that he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democratic-senator-not-a-yes-right-now-on-bidens-proposed-gas-tax-holiday">had not signed on to the idea</a> since the policy does not guarantee that the amount would “penny-for-penny come off of that price.”

G7 Leaders Convene For Summit At Schloss Elmau

Biden And Other World Leaders Want A ‘Global Price Cap’ On Russian Oil

World Leaders Weigh A Global Price Cap On Russian Oil

Oil and Gas

Ukraine

Two American <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/military">military</a> veterans from <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/alabama">Alabama</a> captured earlier this month by pro-<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/russia">Russia</a> forces in<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/russia"> Ukraine</a> could be executed.
Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh — who respectively served in the U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-army">Army</a> and the U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marines">Marines</a> — were fighting on behalf of Ukraine on June 9 when they were separated from their group. The pair were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russian-state-media-releases-video-of-two-alabama-veterans-captured-in-ukraine">subsequently captured</a> by a Russian patrol.
Earlier this week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the soldiers had been captured and said that because they were not official military personnel, they were not subject to protection under the <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/geneva-convention-relative-treatment-prisoners-war#:~:text=Prisoners%20of%20war%20must%20at,breach%20of%20the%20present%20Convention.">Geneva Convention.</a> It states that imprisoned soldiers cannot be subjected to physical mutilation or other inhumane treatment.
“They should be held responsible for those crimes they have committed. Those crimes have to be investigated,” Peskov told MSNBC, per <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/kremlin-says-american-basketball-player-griner-broke-law-faces-prosecution-ria-2022-06-20/">Reuters</a>. “The only thing that is clear is that they have committed crimes.”
John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, said that the United States is “trying to learn more about these two individuals,” yet denounced the Russian official’s sentiment.
“It’s appalling that a public official in Russia would even suggest the death penalty for two American citizens that were in Ukraine,” Kirby said, per <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/21/politics/white-house-americans-russia/index.html">CNN</a>. “And we’re going to continue to try and learn what we can about this.”
Kirby expressed concern about Peskov’s comments, regardless of the eventual fate of the two men.
“It’s equally alarming, whether they actually mean what they’re saying here and this could be an outcome, that they could levy a death penalty against two Americans in Ukraine,” Kirby continued. “Or that they just feel it’s a responsible thing for a major power to do, to talk about doing this as a way of signaling to the President of the United States and the American people. Either one of them is equally alarming.”
RT, a Russian state-funded media outlet, posted <a href="https://t.me/s/corrkosarev/703">videos</a> of Drueke and Huynh earlier this week.
“Mom, I just want to let you know that I’m alive and I hope to be back home as soon as I can be,” Drueke said in one video. “So, love Diesel for me. Love you,” he said in reference to his dog.
Based upon his use of a keyword and a gesture established before his service in Iraq, Drueke’s mother could confirm that he was okay. “Unmistakably under duress, but thank God they’re alive,” Bunny Drueke told <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missing-americans-ukraine-russia-alexander-drueke-andy-huynh-russia-video/">CBS News</a>. “I was just relieved he looks not like he’s been beaten or mistreated. That was really encouraging to me.”
Huynh’s fiancée, Joy Black, told the outlet, “They missed their rendezvous point and that had been a few days prior. They’ve gone and searched, they didn’t find anything. And later I found out they’d done drone searches and still found nothing, no traces.”
A State Department spokesperson told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/20/world/americans-missing-ukraine-donetsk-intl-hnk/index.html">CNN</a> last week that they “have seen the photos and videos of these two US citizens reportedly captured by Russia’s military forces in Ukraine” and were “closely monitoring the situation.”
“We are in contact with Ukrainian authorities, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and with the families themselves,” the spokesperson said. “Due to privacy considerations, we have no further comment on these cases.”

Ukrainian Army

Russia Might Execute Two American Veterans Captured In Ukraine

American Veterans Captured In Ukraine Might Be Executed By Russia

Alabama

Military

Ukraine-Russia War

Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov auctioned his Nobel Peace Prize on Monday for a record $103.5 million with the proceeds donated to help Ukrainian children.
The auction-record amount will support United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF) child refugee fund, according to Heritage Auctions. The donation will support Ukrainian child refugees impacted due to Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine.
&#8220;This award is unlike any other auction offering to present,&#8221; Heritage Auctions said in a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-nobel-peace-laureate-muratov-sells-medal-104-mln-aid-ukraine-children-2022-06-21/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> ahead of the sale.
&#8220;Mr. Muratov, with the full support of his staff at Novaya Gazeta, is allowing us to auction his medal not as a collectible but as an event that he hopes will positively impact the lives of millions of Ukrainian refugees,&#8221; it added.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HERITAGELIVE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HERITAGELIVE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DmitryMuratov?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DmitryMuratov</a>, EIC of Russian news outlet <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NovayaGazeta?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NovayaGazeta</a>, with HA, auctioned his 2021 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NobelPeacePrize?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NobelPeacePrize</a> to benefit UNICEF&#39;s child refugee fund. It sold for $103,500,000 <a href="https://t.co/MTW6PcX201">https://t.co/MTW6PcX201</a>
HA worked to ensure the winning bid is already in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UNICEF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UNICEF</a>&#39;s possession. <a href="https://t.co/BThlZTqjBq">pic.twitter.com/BThlZTqjBq</a>
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“I was hoping that there was going to be an enormous amount of solidarity, but I was not expecting this to be such a huge amount,” Muratov <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-dmitry-muratov-journalists-9a6bb6e61350e1bb8221924c1bfe30a3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during an interview after bidding ended on World Refugee Day. The highest previous amount paid for a Nobel Prize medal was $4.76 million in 2014, according to the Associated Press.
Muratov, the co-founder and former editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, won the prize in 2021 along with Filipino journalist Maria Ressa. He dedicated the prize to the members of his paper who had lost their lives in their work.
“Novaja Gazeta’s opponents have responded with harassment, threats, violence, and murder. Since the newspaper’s start, six of its journalists have been killed, including Anna Politkovskaya who wrote revealing articles on the war in Chechnya,” <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/news/journalist-who-won-nobel-peace-prize-auctions-it-for-record-103-5-million-to-help-ukrainian-children/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the Norwegian Nobel Committee in October, per Mediaite.
Until it suspended its operations, the publication had “published critical articles on subjects ranging from corruption, police violence, unlawful arrests, electoral fraud and ‘troll factories’ to the use of Russian military forces both within and outside Russia,” according to the committee.
Muratov was attacked in April with red paint while on a Russian train. U.S. government officials confirmed that Russian intelligence was behind the attack over Muratov&#8217;s criticisms of the Russian government.
“The United States can confirm that Russian intelligence orchestrated the 7 April attack on Novaya Gazeta’s editor in chief Dmitry Muratov, in which he was splashed with red paint containing acetone,” a U.S. official said in an April statement, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/28/russia-ukraine-muratov-attack-intelligence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> The Washington Post.
The attack highlighted the dangers to journalists who have opposed the Russian government. In addition to Muratov, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/moscow-murders-the-danger-of-standing-up-to-the-russian-regime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously reported</a> that on August 20, 2020, the leading political opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny, suddenly fell seriously and mysteriously ill while on a flight from the Siberian city of Tomsk to Moscow. After an emergency landing, Navalny was rushed to a hospital and put into a coma. Two days later, he was evacuated to a hospital in Germany.
There, five certified labs from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed that a nerve agent had been used to poison Navalny.
“The presence of this poison was discovered without any doubt,” then German Chancellor Angela Merkel <a href="https://youtu.be/C3Ou_JY2yV0">announced</a> at the time. “Therefore, it is now certain that Alexei Navalny is the victim of a crime. The attempt was to silence him, and I condemn this.”

Dmitry Muratov

Nobel Peace Prize Winning Journalist Auctions Award For Record $103.5 Million To Help Ukrainian Children

Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Prize

<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/russia">Russia</a> is reportedly preventing grain shipments from leaving <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/ukraine">Ukraine</a>, threatening much of the world with starvation.
The two eastern <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/europe">European</a> nations produce a combined 30% of the world’s traded wheat, according to the <a href="https://www.foodsecurityportal.org/node/1921">International Food Policy Research Institute</a>. As Russia blockades the Black Sea with ships and sea mines, thereby preventing Ukrainian exports, some Western officials have accused Russia of holding people in the developing world hostage.
“You cannot use the hunger of people as a weapon of war,” Joseph Borrell, the European Union&#8217;s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, <a href="https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/foreign-affairs-council-press-remarks-high-representative-josep-borrell-upon-arrival-2_en">said</a> to other diplomats this week. “Millions of tons of wheat remain blocked in Ukraine while in the rest of the world people are suffering hunger. This is a real war crime, so I cannot imagine that this will last much longer.”
Nearly half of <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/africa">African</a> wheat imports come from Russia and Ukraine, with some nations importing “more than one third of their wheat from the two countries,” according to a <a href="https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/osginf2022d1_en.pdf">United Nations</a> report released in March. Some countries — such as Egypt, Somalia, and Benin — import more than 80% of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine.
However, the potential for trade between African nations to replace the imports is “comparatively small” due to the continent’s low crop production, while “many parts of the continent lack efficient transport infrastructures and storage capacity.”
Even beyond Africa, Russia and Ukraine send 26% of their exports to Turkey, 23% to China, and 13% to India. Rising global food prices may contribute to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-claims-inflation-is-worse-everywhere-but-here-thats-not-even-close-to-true">worldwide inflationary pressures</a>, according to the United Nations.
Many officials are now calling upon the United States to increase agricultural exports to supplement the lost shipments from Russia and Ukraine. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/during-world-economic-forum-imf-leader-calls-for-america-to-increase-food-exports-amid-dire-global-food-shortages">said</a> at the World Economic Forum last month that global food shortages represent a “dire” situation and therefore recommended “openness in exports of food,” refraining from “food restrictions,” and not buying “more food than you need for your own country.”
Earlier this month, the Biden administration vowed ahead of the Summit of the Americas to provide another $331 million in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-commits-to-fighting-food-shortages-in-latin-america">food security and humanitarian</a> aid for Latin American nations.
“This contribution will complement the United States’ existing commitment to providing life-saving humanitarian assistance, responding to acute food insecurity, and advancing capacity-building activities that bolster disaster preparedness and response” across Latin America and the Caribbean, a White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/09/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-commitments-to-advance-food-security-in-the-western-hemisphere/">statement</a> said.
East African nations like Kenya and Ethiopia were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/asian-african-nations-face-famine-as-ukraine-crisis-hits-global-food-supply">already struggling with drought</a> and related livestock deaths before the added threat to the global food supply. According to Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu, the region is experiencing its fourth consecutive season without rain.
&#8220;This, coupled with other stress factors such as conflicts in both our region and Europe, the impact of COVID-19, and macro-economic challenges, has led to acute levels of food insecurity across the Greater Horn of Africa,” Gebeyehu said in April, per the <a href="https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/drought-tightens-grip-eastern-africa">World Meteorological Organization</a>. “The episode of droughts became very frequent in the Horn of Africa and the region was also affected by a devastating desert locust outbreak during the past two years.”

DENMARK-RUSSIA-BALTIC-DEFENCE

Russia Is Blocking Ukraine From Exporting Food, Threatening Africa With Starvation

Russia Blockades Ukrainian Food Shipments, Threatening World With Starvation

Africa

Europe

Two American <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/military">military</a> veterans from Alabama were captured by pro-<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/russia">Russia</a> forces in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/russia">Ukraine</a>.
Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh — who respectively served in the U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-army">Army</a> and the U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marines">Marines</a> — were fighting alongside Ukrainians when their group “came under heavy fire in the northeastern Kharkiv region” on June 9, according to <a href="https://www.al.com/news/2022/06/russian-tv-shows-videos-of-2-alabama-military-veterans-captured-in-ukraine.html">AL.com</a>. The pair traveled through the woods after they were separated from their colleagues and were subsequently captured by a Russian patrol.
“Mom, I just want to let you know that I’m alive and I hope to be back home as soon as I can be,” Drueke said in a Telegram <a href="https://t.me/s/corrkosarev/703">video</a> posted by RT, a Russian state-funded media outlet. “So, love Diesel for me. Love you,” he said in reference to his dog.
According to AL.com, Drueke used a key word and a gesture established by him and his mother ahead of a tour in Iraq so that she would know he was okay. &#8220;Unmistakably under duress, but thank God they&#8217;re alive,&#8221; Bunny Drueke, Alex Drueke&#8217;s mother, confirmed to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missing-americans-ukraine-russia-alexander-drueke-andy-huynh-russia-video/">CBS News</a>. &#8220;I was just relieved he looks not like he&#8217;s been beaten or mistreated. That was really encouraging to me.”
Huynh’s fiancée, Joy Black, told CBS, &#8220;They missed their rendezvous point and that had been a few days prior. They&#8217;ve gone and searched, they didn&#8217;t find anything. And later I found out they&#8217;d done drone searches and still found nothing no traces.”
A State Department spokesperson told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/20/world/americans-missing-ukraine-donetsk-intl-hnk/index.html">CNN</a> on Friday that they “have seen the photos and videos of these two US citizens reportedly captured by Russia’s military forces in Ukraine” and were “closely monitoring the situation.”
“We are in contact with Ukrainian authorities, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and with the families themselves,” the spokesperson said. “Due to privacy considerations, we have no further comment on these cases.&#8221;
Russian officials acknowledged that Drueke and Huynh were being held.
&#8220;They are soldiers of fortune,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told MSNBC, per <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/kremlin-says-american-basketball-player-griner-broke-law-faces-prosecution-ria-2022-06-20/">Reuters</a>. “They were involved in illegal activities on the territory of Ukraine. They were involved in firing at and shelling of our military personnel. They were endangering their lives.”
Peskov remarked that the men were not part of the Ukrainian military and therefore not subject to protections under the <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/geneva-convention-relative-treatment-prisoners-war#:~:text=Prisoners%20of%20war%20must%20at,breach%20of%20the%20present%20Convention.">Geneva Convention</a>, which says that captured soldiers cannot be subjected to physical mutilation or other inhumane treatment. &#8220;And they should be held responsible for those crimes they have committed. Those crimes have to be investigated,” he added. “The only thing that is clear is that they have committed crimes.”
Earlier this month, a court in the pro-Russia Donetsk People’s Republic sentenced two British citizens and one Moroccan national to death for working as “mercenaries” on behalf of Ukraine, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/europe/foreigners-death-penalty-dpr-ukraine-russia-intl/index.html">CNN</a>.
Though the United States has not sent military personnel to fight in the conflict, the Biden administration has provided extensive supplies to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Last week, President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-announces-another-massive-aid-package-to-ukraine">vowed</a> another $1 billion in weapons and ammunition, as well as $225 million in humanitarian aid. The latest batch of supplies follows <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/peanut-butter-and-anchovies-pelosi-goes-biblical-to-pass-40b-ukraine-package">$40 billion and $7 billion</a> packages.
“If this gift to Ukraine passes, our total aid to Ukraine will almost equal the entire military budget of Russia,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-cannot-save-ukraine-by-dooming-the-u-s-economy-rand-paul-blocks-immediate-vote-on-billion-dollar-ukraine-package">said</a> of the $40 billion provision last month. “And it’s not as if we have that money lying around, we will have to borrow that money from China to send it to Ukraine.”

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The vicar of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has declared that &#8220;World War III&#8221; has begun due to Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine and that &#8220;there are no metaphysical good guys and bad guys&#8221; participating in this calamity.
On Tuesday, the Catholic outlet America Magazine <a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2022/06/14/pope-francis-war-ukraine-nato-243153">flagged</a> that the pope made his comments to the Italian Jesuit publication, &#8220;La Civiltà Cattolica,” as well as a secular newspaper, &#8220;La Stampa.&#8221; The interview was released on June 14.
“The world is at war,” Pope Francis claimed. “For me, today, World War III has been declared. This is something that should give us pause for thought. What is happening to humanity that we have had three world wars in a century?”
The pope also suggested that the situation is not as simple as the media presents it.
“I am simply against reducing complexity to the distinction between good guys and bad guys without reasoning about roots and interests, which are complex,” Pope Francis said. “While we see the ferocity, the cruelty of Russian troops, we must not forget real problems if we want them to be solved.”
When asked, “What are your suggestions for communicating the situation in which we are living? How can we contribute to a peaceful future?”
“To answer this question, we have to move away from the normal pattern of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’: Little Red Riding Hood was good and the wolf was the bad guy,” the pope responded. “Here there are no metaphysical good guys and bad guys, in an abstract sense. Something global is emerging, with elements that are very much intertwined.”
The pope also explained why he believed that Russia was possibly &#8220;provoked&#8221; into war.
&#8220;&#8230; a couple of months before the war started, I met a head of state, a wise man, who speaks very little, very wise indeed,&#8221; the pope told the European outlets, &#8220;After we talked about the things he wanted to talk about, he told me that he was very concerned about the way NATO was moving.”
“I asked him why, and he said, ‘They are barking at the gates of Russia. They do not understand that the Russians are imperialists and will allow no foreign power to approach them,’” the pope continued. &#8220;He concluded, ‘The situation could lead to war.’ This was his opinion. On Feb. 24, the war began. That head of state was able to read the signs of what was taking place.&#8221;
The pope has consistently prayed for an end to the war since it began and has pled for peace.
In March, shortly after the war began, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pope-francis-consecrates-russia-ukraine-to-immaculate-heart-of-mary-drawing-on-prophecy-on-russia-world-war-from-our-lady-of-fatima">reported</a> that Pope Francis consecrated Russia and Ukraine to “the Immaculate Heart of Mary,&#8221; asking for her intercession to end the conflict.

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‘World War III Has Been Declared’: Pope Francis Weighs In On ‘Complex’ Situation In Ukraine

'World War III Has Been Declared': Pope Francis Weighs In On 'Complex' Situation In Ukraine

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Tennis players from Russia and Belarus will be forced to compete under a neutral flag in the upcoming U.S. Open, according to a statement from the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
The USTA made the announcement on Tuesday due to Russia&#8217;s military invasion of Ukraine. Belarus has served as one of Russia&#8217;s main allies in the invasion.
&#8220;Alongside the other Grand Slams, the ITF, the ATP, and the WTA, the USTA, which owns and operates the U.S. Open, has previously condemned, and continues to condemn, the unprovoked and unjust invasion of Ukraine by Russia,&#8221; the USTA&#8217;s statement <a href="https://www.usta.com/en/home/stay-current/national/usta-statement-regarding-russian-and-belarusian-players-at-the-2.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">read</a>.
&#8220;The USTA, standing with these other tennis entities, supported the banning of the Russian and Belarusian Tennis Federations from the ITF, and therefore all international team competitions, and the directive for players from those countries to play under a neutral flag when competing outside of international team competitions,&#8221; it added.
The USTA, in its capacity as owner and operator of the U.S. Open, had previously banned the Russian and Belarusian Tennis Federations from the ITF. To allow individual athletes from the two nations to compete, players from those countries must play under a neutral flag when competing outside of international team competitions, according to the USTA.
The U.S. Open is scheduled for August 29 to September 11 in New York City. The popular event claimed an <a href="https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2021-09-12/us_open_final_by_the_numbers.html#:~:text=631%2C134%3A%20Total%20attendance%20for%20the,record%2Dsetting%20attendance%20of%20737%2C919." target="_blank" rel="noopener">attendance</a> of 631,134 people in total in 2021.
The 2021 U.S. Open set a new record in prize money and total player compensation, with $57.5 million on offer in 2021 in the first year following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mike McNulty, USTA Chairman of the Board and President, shared the association&#8217;s solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
“Tennis has done much through Tennis Plays for Peace for humanitarian support of Ukraine. Unfortunately, the need for help only continues to grow. The USTA will be responding very soon with a broad set of initiatives that will include significant financial assistance and other programs to further support humanitarian relief and the people of Ukraine,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2022-06-14/usta_statement_regarding_russian_and_belarusian_players_at_the_2022_us_open.html#:~:text=Mike%20McNulty%2C%20USTA%20Chairman%20of,help%20only%20continues%20to%20grow.">said</a>.
The move comes after Russia was <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/russian-tennis-players-allowed-compete-us-open-85387217" target="_blank" rel="noopener">restricted</a> from two international team events in tennis in which it was the reigning champion, the Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup.
Wimbledon, which begins June 27, announced in April that it would ban all Russian and Belarusian athletes. The move barred men&#8217;s top-ranked player, Russian Daniil Medvedev, from the competition.
The USTA&#8217;s approach has also been different from other athletics organizations. Some sports, such as soccer&#8217;s World Cup, have completely banned Russia from competition.
The USTA also announced plans to offer additional financial assistance for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. The association intends to use the U.S. Open as a platform to raise awareness about the war.
“This is a horrific situation and we, along with everyone else in tennis, absolutely condemn what is an unprovoked and unjust invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and everything is framed in that context,” U.S. Tennis Association CEO and Executive Director Lew Sherr <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-sports-tennis-belarus-5c1877b35c79331ce14ab0475911ccff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “As difficult as some of these decisions may be, none of it amounts to the difficulties being experienced in Ukraine right now, and the tragedies and atrocities.”
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A Russian court has extended WNBA star Brittney Griner&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-wnba-star-detained-in-russia-on-drug-charges-could-face-up-to-10-years-in-prison">detention</a> for at least 18 more days.
Griner, held in Russia since February, will reportedly remain in custody until at least July 2, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/russian-court-extends-detention-wnba-star-brittney-griner/story?id=85385157&amp;cid=social_twitter_abcn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> Russian state media outlet TASS.
The announcement comes just one day after State Department officials met with Griner&#8217;s NBA team, the Phoenix Mercury.
“There is a lot involved in getting her back home and safe, they’re working relentlessly,” Mercury star Diana Taurasi <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-sports-basketball-brittney-griner-9dc0d1c8d810ae9cb52da03f176f5f63" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> after the meeting. “We’re here to do whatever we can to amplify and keep BG at the forefront, which is more important than any basketball game and anything else that’s going on in our lives. We want BG to come home as soon as possible, it’s number one on our list.&#8221;
The new report also comes after hopes that the State Department&#8217;s efforts would lead to progress in bringing Griner home to the U.S.
“Knowing the State Department at the highest level, from U.S President Joe Biden to the team that is working on bringing back all Americans who are wrongfully detained, gives us a lot of confidence that they’re working on it,” Taurasi said.
Last week, players from the NBA&#8217;s Boston Celtics showed support for Griner. Several players wore shirts before Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors with a QR code for an online petition on Griner&#8217;s behalf.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreeBrittneyGriner?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FreeBrittneyGriner</a> 👉 <a href="https://t.co/NilQSP8giS">https://t.co/NilQSP8giS</a> <a href="https://t.co/6tw5S3dwAL">pic.twitter.com/6tw5S3dwAL</a>
&mdash; Boston Celtics (@celtics) <a href="https://twitter.com/celtics/status/1533186092903477248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The petition has gathered more than 258,000 signatures that are being sent to the White House and State Department in Griner&#8217;s support.
&#8220;It is imperative that the U.S. government immediately address this human rights issue and do whatever is necessary to return Brittney home quickly and safely,&#8221; the petition <a href="https://www.change.org/p/secure-brittney-griner-s-swift-and-safe-return-to-the-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> in part.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brittney-griners-wife-begs-biden-to-get-wnba-star-freed-from-russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Griner, the 6-foot, 9-inch superstar for the Phoenix Mercury, was allegedly <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/cherelle-griner-wife-brittney-griner-president-joe-biden/story?id=84962987">caught</a> at a Moscow airport with vape cartridges containing hashish oil. She faces up to 10 years in prison under Russia’s strict anti-drug laws. Her wife, Cherelle Griner, appeared on national television in May, asking President Joe Biden to intervene.
“There is one person that can go get her, and that’s our president,” Griner told ESPN’s Angela Rye during the interview broadcast on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;Good Morning America.&#8221;
“He has that power. You know, I’m just like, ‘Why are we not using it? Like, urgently, use it.’ We’re expecting him to use his power to get it done,” she added.
State Department spokesperson Ned Price <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10036431-state-department-brittney-griner-visited-by-consular-official-for-2nd-time-in-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last month that a U.S. consular officer was able to meet with Griner on May 19.
Price reported that the officer &#8220;found her continuing to do as well as could be expected under these exceedingly challenging circumstances.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;But again, our message is a clear and simple one &#8212; we continue to insist that Russia allow consistent and timely consular access to all U.S. citizen detainees,&#8221; he added. &#8220;One-off visits are not sufficient, and we will continue to call on Moscow to uphold its commitments under the Vienna Convention for consistent and timely access, as well.&#8221;

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Russian Court Extends WNBA Star Brittney Griner’s Detention

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A desperate mother convinced her terrified son — who has Down Syndrome — that if he fled war-torn Mariupol with her, wrestler <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/john-cena-ukraine-war-survivor-russia?intcmp=tw_fnc">John Cena</a> would be at the end of their journey. <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/john-cena-blasted-after-apologizing-to-china-china-just-neutered-him-for-the-entire-world-to-see/">Cena</a> learned about their perilous trek — and her promise — and he made it happen.
Liana Rohozhyna and her son, Misha Rohozhyn, a 19-year-old who has Down Syndrome and cannot speak, fled <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/ap-investigation-finds-around-600-died-in-mariupol-theater-bombing-likely-more/">Mariupol</a> – and she explained to him that they had to keep moving because they were on their way to meet Cena.
&#8220;Misha is an example for moving toward your dream by believing in it,&#8221; Rohozhyna said.
According to a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/disabled-teen-who-fled-ukraine-meets-john-cena-the-wrestling-star-who-motivated-his-journey-11654605227?mod=e2tw">report</a> from The Wall Street Journal, the family&#8217;s journey — which crossed several international borders — included walking through minefields and encounters with Russian occupation forces.
And Cena, upon reading about Misha&#8217;s story, traveled to Amsterdam and met the teen there.
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Misha, a non-verbal teen with Down’s Syndrome, didn’t understand why his family had to flee Mariupol this year.
To placate him, his mother told him they were travelling to meet John Cena.
Cena heard… and went to Amsterdam to oblige. 
Just brilliant. <a href="https://t.co/vix2OhkXZs">pic.twitter.com/vix2OhkXZs</a>
&mdash; Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) <a href="https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1535498919307878401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;When I read about Misha&#8217;s story, it reached out to me,&#8221; Cena explained. &#8220;Not just Misha&#8217;s story, but the story of Misha&#8217;s mom as well. Having three days off from work right at the time when I read this story — and being an hour away by air — it turned immediately into &#8216;we&#8217;re going.&#8217; And that means spending an afternoon building blocks and eating cake.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s a — that&#8217;s a special afternoon when it comes to the new friends I was able to make,&#8221; he added.
Videos that circulated on social media showed Cena surprising the teen and hugging him, while his mother tearfully thanked the wrestler for making her son&#8217;s fantasy a reality.
&#8220;What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday. Misha and mother, Liana define #NeverGiveUp,&#8221; Cena tweeted. &#8220;Thank you to the @WSJ and @WWE who helped make this special visit possible.&#8221;
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What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday. Misha and his mother, Liana define <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NeverGiveUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NeverGiveUp</a>. 
Thank you to the <a href="https://twitter.com/WSJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WSJ</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a> who helped make this special visit possible. <a href="https://t.co/RpriCvjN3K">https://t.co/RpriCvjN3K</a>
&mdash; John Cena (@JohnCena) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCena/status/1534279215675228160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;If you only watch one thing on Twitter today please make it this. John Cena for the win…&#8221; Rex Chapman <a href="https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1535722965823799296">tweeted</a>.
Virgin Media News&#8217; Gavan Reilly noted that Cena was no stranger to making wishes come true — he has fulfilled more wishes with the Make-a-Wish foundation than anyone else.
&#8220;I don’t have a Soundcloud but as John Cena has fulfilled around 700 Make-A-Wish requests &#8211; more than anyone else in the world! &#8211; it would be cool to donate to @MakeAWish_ie (<a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://t.co/UL459foaYH" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://makeawish.ie/donate</a>) or its local equivalent near you,&#8221; he said.
The wrestler-turned-actor even continued to help grant wishes while COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were still in place.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCena?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JohnCena</a> is the best. ❤️ 
No one has granted more wishes. And a pandemic won’t stop him. 
Cena surprises 7-year-old battling life-threatening illness in Florida, via <a href="https://twitter.com/WFLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WFLA</a>: <a href="https://t.co/rWWgznGjzs">https://t.co/rWWgznGjzs</a> <a href="https://t.co/TcyBatl4Km">pic.twitter.com/TcyBatl4Km</a>
&mdash; Austin Kellerman (@AustinKellerman) <a href="https://twitter.com/AustinKellerman/status/1257082866321838084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Smelling disaster in the air for the upcoming November elections, Senate Democrats are rolling out accusations of possible Russian interference, laying the groundwork for an excuse if they get hammered at the polls.
17 Democrat senators, led by former Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Jack Reed (D-RI) sent a <a href="https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/c/e/ce53344c-db09-4fb2-bb90-9ffc0b4c7697/C4E2463963E65D6F8761B2CF0C1A9AEE.06-09-23-ic-letter-election-disinfo-002-.pdf">letter</a> to the highest-ranking national security officials of the Biden administration warning of Russian meddling in the 2022 elections.
“As the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to an increase in Russian disinformation and warnings of potential cyberattacks, we urge you to ensure that your agencies are prepared to quickly and effectively counter Russian influence campaigns targeting the 2022 elections,” the senators wrote to the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, the director of the FBI, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the National Security Agency, and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command,
The letter referred to “experts” who “have warned that the increase in Russian disinformation and cyber threats creates a security concern for U.S. elections.”
After citing confirmed Russian interference in 2016, 2018, and 2020 American elections, the senators wrote, “With primaries underway for the 2022 midterm election cycle and ongoing preparations for the November general election, it is vital that the federal government does everything in its power to ensure the integrity of our elections against foreign threats.”
The letter made no mention of Iran’s interference in the 2020 election in order to hurt the chances of former President Trump; that fact was part of a report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released in March 2021. The <a href="https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ICA-declass-16MAR21.pdf">report</a>, which also cited Russian interference, stated:
<blockquote>We assess that Iran carried out a multi-pronged covert influence campaign intended to undercut former President Trump’s reelection prospects &#8230; We assess that Supreme Leader Khamenei authorized the campaign and Iran’s military and intelligence services implemented it using overt and covert messaging and cyber operations.</blockquote>
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NEW: <a href="https://twitter.com/ODNIgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ODNIgov</a> releases unclassified report on attempted election interference in 2020 election&#8230; TAKEAWAYS — Russia tried to undercut Biden — Iran tried to undercut Trump — China attempted no influence campaigns — No attempts to alter &quot;any technical aspect of the voting process&quot; <a href="https://t.co/kxzCqQ6F7H">pic.twitter.com/kxzCqQ6F7H</a>
&mdash; Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/TocRadio/status/1371886959795318785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The same ODNI report concluded that China had not interfered in the 2020 election, although influence efforts were strongly considered by the communist regime. An August 2020 Trump administration <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/07/trump-china-russia-2020-election/">statement</a> from William Evanina, Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, had opined:
<blockquote>We assess that China prefers that President Trump – whom Beijing sees as unpredictable – does not win reelection. China has been expanding its influence efforts ahead of November 2020 to shape the policy environment in the United States, pressure political figures it views as opposed to China’s interests, and deflect and counter criticism of China.</blockquote>

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Former Congresswoman and Democratic presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tulsi-gabbard">Tulsi Gabbard</a> slammed the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party">Democrats</a> holding hearings regarding the events of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/capitol-riot">January 6, 2021</a>, when she appeared with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tucker-carlson">Tucker Carlson</a> on Thursday night.
Democrats running the hearings are being aided by former ABC News president James Goldston, who is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-abc-news-president-hired-to-promote-jan-6-hearings-was-in-charge-when-network-allegedly-buried-epstein-story">helping produce</a> the hearings shown in primetime starting Thursday night.
“This is not America,” Gabbard declared.
“Why are the news networks colluding with a political party to tell us this is the most important thing?” Carlson asked.
“Because whether you’re talking about the mainstream media or you’re talking about Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, or Congress, frankly, they don’t care about the real threats that we face domestically to our freedoms and our democracy,” Gabbard replied. “Instead, they’re focusing on this; they don’t want to deal with the real issues that Americans are struggling with every day across the country: increasing inflation, rising gas prices, increasing crime, open borders.”
After ripping Congress for its focus on the Russia-Ukraine war rather than domestic issues, Gabbard continued, &#8220;So this goes back to what are their priorities? Every member of Congress takes an oath of office and swears to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Well, the Constitution provides all of us with very specific rights and freedoms enshrined in that Constitution.”
“Right now we’ve got the Biden administration, we’ve got the Department of Justice, the mainstream media, Big Tech, all colluding to undermine our rights and civil liberties and freedoms,” she stated. “I don’t see Congress taking action to address and deal with that threat. So if they really wanted to uphold their oath they swore, that’s exactly what they should be focused on right now.”
“Members of Congress are not – again, they don’t have their priorities straight,” Gabbard snapped. “So much of this has been politicized; it’s been sensationalized with very specific objectives that have nothing to do with upholding the Constitution or what’s in the best interests of the country and the American people, and I think that the way that this hearing has been actually not even so-called produced, it’s literally being produced by somebody I think who is from ABC News in order to try to come with an objective that has nothing to do, again, with what’s best for the people, what’s best for the Constitution. They’re trying to achieve their own political interests. And it’s just really sad that they’re abusing their power in order to do that.”
“This is the kind of propaganda show that we used to make fun of when it took place in totalitarian [countries] when you were a kid,” Carlson recalled. “Do you remember that? We had this vibrant, lively news media and people debated things, and we’d look over at these totalitarian hellholes and say, ‘They turn on their TVs and they get this pre-produced lying.’ How shocking is this?”
“This is not America,” Gabbard said bluntly. “This is what’s so crazy and what’s angering and sad; all of these things at the same time is: This is not the vision that our Founders had for America.”
“And these people who serve in the people’s house, members of Congress literally go to work every day in the people’s house,” Gabbard pointed out. “And it just seems like so many of them have forgotten that’s who they work for and it’s such a privilege to have that responsibility; I’m grateful to have had it. And to see them going every day and abusing that privilege, abusing that responsibility, and not at all focused on what’s in the best interests of the people should be concerning for every American across the country.&#8221;
“And that’s why we have elections; we have the opportunity to fire those who are not putting the American people and our country first,” she concluded.
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