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| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | ⚖️ Fani Willis is pushing to reinstate charges against Trump. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is urging a Georgia appeals court to restore six criminal charges against Donald Trump and his co-defendants in her 2020 election interference case. Earlier this year, Judge Scott McAfee dismissed the charges due to insufficient detail, but Willis argues that her indictment provided enough evidence for the case to proceed. | 🔥 Kamala Harris faced the heat during a Fox News interview. Vice President Kamala Harris faced her hardest questioning yet from Fox News' Bret Baier, struggling to address key issues like immigration, Biden's mental acuity, and the perception that America is on the wrong track. Throughout the interview, Harris repeatedly deflected to criticize Trump and rarely answered a question directly, much to the frustration of Baier. | 🚨 Biden admin. admits that an Afghan terrorist in the US was not properly vetted. Fox News confirmed that Nasir Ahmed Tawhedi, accused of planning an Election Day terror attack, was not thoroughly vetted before entering the country as was previously asserted by the Biden administration. Tawhedi was in contact with ISIS-K to plan his murder spree, and had even previously worked for the CIA in Afghanistan. | 💣 US forces struck Houthi weapons sites in Yemen. US military forces launched airstrikes targeting Iran-backed Houthi weapon storage facilities in Yemen, aiming to disrupt ongoing attacks on international shipping lanes in the Red Sea. The precision strikes involved B-2 bombers and other aircraft, targeting underground sites storing missiles and munitions used to attack vessels. |
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| | | WHAT WE'RE HEARING | Kamala Harris, while calling Donald Trump unstable, could not answer when she first saw President Biden's mental faculties diminishing. A CNN panel was baffled when Ryan James Girdusky mentioned that violent crimes increased following the Furgeson and George Floyd riots. Tim Walz said he isn't quite sure what venture capitalists do. Bill Clinton said, during Ethel Kennedy's funeral, that she was "the cat's meow" and that she used to flirt with him.
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| | | IN THE LOOP | The US announced a new $425 million military package for Ukraine. Donald Trump fielded questions from Latino voters during a Univision town hall event. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to pay $880 million to settle more than 1,300 claims of clergy sexual abuse. A watchdog group filed an FCC complaint against CBS News for its deceptive editing of recent interviews. The most clicked link in our last newsletter was ABC News debunking the claim that Trump had a "senior moment."
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| | | WASHINGTON | The media goes silent on Doug Emhoff abuse allegations | | Doug Emhoff was accused of physically assaulting a former girlfriend, claims backed by multiple witnesses and corroborating documents Despite the gravity of the claims, major media outlets have largely ignored the story Recent and former accusations against Emhoff challenge his cultivated image as a champion for women
| The story | Serious accusations have surfaced against Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing him of physically assaulting a former girlfriend during a high-profile event in Cannes, France, in 2012. | According to a detailed report by the Daily Mail, three close friends of the alleged victim confirmed that Emhoff struck the woman in the face during a drunken confrontation. The altercation allegedly took place after Emhoff became jealous, believing the woman was flirting with a valet. Witnesses claim he slapped her so hard that she spun around, leaving her distressed and in shock. | The friends provided supporting documentation, including flight itineraries and contemporaneous communications that corroborate the timing and details of the incident. | Despite these damning claims, Emhoff has only issued a vague denial through an unnamed spokesperson to the news outlet Semafor, calling the report "untrue" without addressing the specific accusations. | In August, the Daily Mail also revealed that Emhoff had an affair with his children's nanny during his first marriage, leaving her impregnated. The image he has cultivated as an advocate for women's rights and equality is severely tarnished by these accusations, while the media has done little to investigate the matter. | The politics | For conservatives, the allegations against Emhoff are a bombshell, exposing what they see as hypocrisy within the Harris campaign and the mainstream media. | Megyn Kelly was one of the first major commentators to discuss the allegations and called out members of the media for refusing to ask him about the credible accusations of assault during the three times he has been interviewed since the story broke. | Conservative sports show host Clay Travis likewise asked a media member why he didn't question Emhoff about the allegations, and Daily Wire reporter Mary Margaret Olohan brought attention to the media's silence. | Left-leaning outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CBS News have not mentioned these allegations even once. | Where the media went wrong | After the story broke over the summer of how Emhoff impregnated his child's nanny during his first marriage, the media mostly came rushing to his defense. The New York Times wrote how Emhoff and his ex-wife remained friends after the affair and deflected to attack Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) for his comments about "childless cat ladies." | However, even weeks after the story came to light, another mainstream media juggernaut, The Washington Post, published an article titled "The ground-breaking normalcy of Doug Emhoff," touting his role as Kamala Harris' number two and for being a family man. | Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki — now a host at MSNBC — interviewed Emhoff just before the assault allegations dropped, where she asked him questions like how his role as second gentleman "has reshaped the perception of masculinity." Emhoff responded to the question by saying, "It's the right thing to do, you know, support women." | Most recently, Doug Emhoff sat down with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, where he asked the second gentleman about allegedly hitting his ex-girlfriend in the face. Emhoff notably did not deny the accusation but merely responded that it was "a distraction" from the campaign. | The mainstream media has shown little interest in investigating these allegations against a man whose wife could potentially become the President of the United States. | Why it matters | The allegations against Doug Emhoff are significant because they undermine the notion that the political left champions women and women's rights when a major Democratic figure faces little media scrutiny for credible accusations that he struck a woman in the face. | Nearly every mainstream media outlet covered former First Lady Melania Trump recently breaking with her husband and the GOP for coming out in support of abortion, yet when possibly the next first spouse is accused of violence against women, all they have to offer is silence. | |
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| | | The Man Who Negotiated Peace In The Middle East | | David Friedman was the US ambassador to Israel from 2017 to 2021 during the Trump administration. He played a key role in relocating the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. | On Biden's Handling of Iran | "When we left office, Iran was broke. Now, under Biden, Iran has more than doubled its GDP. | They've used that money to fund the Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Gaza." | On What Trump Would Do Differently | "On day one, we'd restore sanctions on Iran, cutting off billions of dollars to Russia and China." | "We'd look our adversaries in the eye — whether it's Iran or Hezbollah — and tell them they have a week to release the hostages or face consequences like they've never seen before." | |
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| | | OUR QUESTION TO YOU | 📊 Is it fair to attack the family members of politicians?Poll results will be in Monday's newsletter. | | | POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Is there ever a situation where a non-citizen should be allowed to vote? | ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👍 Yes (16) | 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 👎 No (1704) | ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (11) | 👍 Yes: "I know several green card holders who have held productive jobs and paid US taxes for years. They should be allowed to vote." — R.D. 👍 Yes: "If they served our country and risked their lives for my freedom then they have done more for the country than half of the US citizens. — F.M. 👎 No: "The constitution is clear." — Monty 👎 No: "Non-citizens should never have a say in our government. I don't go to another country and expect to vote, for goodness sake!" — Anonymous 🤔 Unsure: "Only in a municipal election if they are a permanent resident." — Anonymous | | | | 1,704 votes |
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| Today's newsletter was written by Brandon Goldman and Ari David. | |
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