[RedState] Spoiler Alert
We now know who California Gov. Gavin Newsom's retained to represent him in an alleged federal criminal investigation, and the name will surprise no one.
During an unrelated press conference on Tuesday, Newsom confirmed that he and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, retained Abbe Lowell, who previously represented Hunter Biden and Letitia James, among other prominent Democrats.
Sacramento political journalist Ashley Zavala reported that sources told her earlier this month that Newsom had retained Lowell, but Lowell's firm has not responded to the station's "repeated request for comment since July 9."
Newsom announced in mid-June that he and his wife were the targets of a federal criminal probe and lamented that their friends, family, and former employees were being door-knocked by federal investigators and asked about the Newsoms' business interests and transactions. Of course, Newsom left out the fact that many of their close friends and family members are also involved in their business dealings, including Gavin's sister, who runs Plumpjack, and his best friend's wife, who handles his blind trust. As of Tuesday, neither Newsom nor his wife has received subpoenas or been contacted by federal investigators.
Hunter Biden appeared on Gavin Newsom's podcast a few weeks ago, and the two discussed Hunter's legal troubles and his plea deal. Maybe Hunter recommended Lowell to Newsom?
[FoxNews] Smithsonian American History Museum Director Anthea Hartig repeatedly declined to answer whether men could become women
Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig appeared stumped by a basic question on sex and gender from Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C.
During a House hearing on alleged "extreme political activism" on display at the Smithsonian, Mace asked Hartig, "Do you believe that men can become women?"
Hartig hesitated before answering, "Ma'am, as the director of the museum, that's not relevant in this case."
"It's very relevant," Mace shot back. Motioning to images of Smithsonian displays featuring drag queens, Mace continued, "You've got men dressed up as women, and you have them on displays in front of kids. Do you think men can become women? Yes or no?"
Hartig did not answer the question but instead began to discuss one of the drag queen displays pictured on the board behind Mace. The congresswoman interrupted her.
"What is a woman, Dr. Hartig?" Mace demanded.
Hartig began to answer that "as a director and as a historian, it's not my-" before Mace cut her off again, saying, "You sexualized the American History Museum. So, this is a fair question. What is a woman?"
Looking down for a moment, Hartig responded, "We strive to represent and not categorize all Americans."
"OK, I have another question for you," Mace continued. "There's a glossary at the museum that informs visitors that while American culture traditionally recognizes two genders, other countries recognize three or more."
"So, enlighten me this morning: how many genders are there?" Mace asked.
Hartig hesitated again before asking, "Ma’am, which glossary?"
"This is a display, and it has a glossary that says other countries recognize three or more genders. So, I would like you to enlighten me today; you're the director of the American History Museum, who's sexualized things in front of kids. I want to know, I want to ask you, how many genders are there?"
Finally, Hartig responded, "I'm not sure which glossary you're speaking," before adding, "I’m happy to get back to you about that glossary."
[MSN] State Representative James Talarico has shattered fundraising records in Texas's 2026 Senate race, hauling in $30 million in just three month; more than triple Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's $9 million; while the contest remains effectively tied in polling and tilted slightly Republican in prediction markets.
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Talarico is outpacing Beto's 2018 fundraising.
Beto lost, like every Democrat in a state-wide race in Texas since 1994. What proportion of the Talarico donations came from out-of-state donors?
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He's been running the same ad during Jeopardy and Wheel for weeks. All the good stuff the (R) legislature has done is all thanks to Talrico, And, BTW, OramgeMadBad.
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A portion of the Dem apparatus is a structure of operatives that cascade cash down through multiple levels especially in city districts or precincts. They call it “Get Out the Vote.” I suspect there is a good amount of different corruptions in the system. If the system is not adequately lubricated with cash every election, the structure goes away. I don’t think Talarico is a viable candidate, but I expect the system will flow funds out through its arteries to its capillaries like he can win. It’s pretend. I think that’s what we saw with Beto. He wasn’t viable, but the system needed to simulate as if he might win in order for it to continue to exist. They swapped out Beto because the game if pretend was too obvious.
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latest report is that about 40% of Talarico's funds come from out of state
there are many weeks to the election -- lots more fundraising ===
lots more commercials to have to interrupt programming
lots more billboards
lots more newspaper inserts
lots more brochures slipped under the door
yay
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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