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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has quietly begun asking people whether they would join a 2028 presidential campaign, according to a report published Wednesday. The Texas Republican has traveled to Iowa three times this year while working the podcast circuit and promoting a new book, the Wall Street Journal reported. Cruz’s spokeswoman declined to comment. Asked on a podcast released Wednesday how much President Donald Trump’s endorsement would matter in 2028, Cruz declined to treat it as decisive. “It carries weight, but I think the voters are going to make their own determination,” Cruz said. The Independent characterized the answer as…

A local Florida judge resigned after she was caught making $30,000 in donations to left-leaning political organizations and candidates, including Joe Biden. Diana Tennis served on the Ninth Circuit Court in Orange and Osceola Counties for more than a decade. An investigation revealed that Diana Tennis broke the Florida Code of Judicial Conduct and made 900 donations to left-leaning candidates. The Florida Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits judges from making political donations. Judge Diana Tennis resigned four months before her term ended. WESH 2 reported: A local judge is resigning following an investigation that revealed she was making political contributions.…

Brazil Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Thursday demanded an investigation into fellow Justice André Mendonça for “abuse of authority” after Mendonça unsealed a police report with alleged messages between de Moraes and an arrested banker accused of corruption. The situation has prompted what local and international outlets are now describing as a “civil war” within Brazil’s top court. STF Chief Justice Edson Fachin has demanded explanations from those involved in de Moraes’ allegations amid the ongoing judiciary crisis. Justice André Mendonça is one of the STF judges currently overseeing the “Banco Master” case, a large corruption scandal…

On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Open Interest,” White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Christopher Phelan responded to a question on whether the White House has any further policies lined up to deal with inflation by pointing to Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh’s statements on inflation and saying that “I would leave it with the man I consider to be a very capable choice for Fed Chairman.” Co-host Michael McKee asked, “Well, you’ve done what you can do in terms of gasoline prices. There’s not much left in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The president has now agreed to let more beef…

Thursday on MS NOW’s “State of Play,” former White House lawyer Ty Cobb said non-citizens voting “is not a real scenario.” Host Peter Alexander said, “You have been very outspoken about this. You’ve warned that the president is, to use your language, stacking every card in the deck. What legal guardrails exist If the president does something severe, like say, declare a national emergency?” Cobb said, “So it’s very difficult, in the face of the president declaring a national emergency, invoking the Insurrection Act for the courts to respond in a timely way that would actually get troops off the…

Ratcliffe’s hush-hush visit may be less about Moscow than helping turn Baltic alarm and Brussels money into new business for US arms makers Speculation abounds over the reason for CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s recent trip to Moscow. Which probably could have been an email. Or a social media post. Just like everything else this administration does.Oooh, don’t tell me! He went to demand that Russian President Vladimir Putin not help Iran! Or he went to ask whether they’re still up for more speed dating to talk peace in Ukraine! Or maybe just to talk about swapping prisoners. Which happens fairly…

A Burning Man attendee died after experiencing a ‘medical emergency’ at the music festival, The Burning Man Project announced. Tens of thousands of ‘Burners’ flocked to the Nevada desert this year to engage in debauchery. Burning Man is a yearly drug-infested music and art festival in Northern Nevada, in Black Rock City. Attendees engage in sexually degenerate activities such as “whippings by a dominatrix priestess,” “circle jerks,” “c*ck fights” and orgies. Last year, a wicked dust storm kicked up on the first day of the festival and it ruined camp sites. Winds reached more than 45 miles per hour. This…

President of Argentina Javier Milei on Thursday threatened to impose sanctions on oil companies operating on or near the Falkland Islands, a British territory that Argentina insists has been rightfully Argentine for nearly two centuries. The prospective sanctions are part of a broader set of measures Milei announced during a government broadcast to “exercise our sovereignty” over the Falkland Islands on Thursday night. Some of the measures include the construction of a new naval base in the Tierra del Fuego province, the establishment of a National Security Council, and “modernizing” Argentine military equipment. Milei signed some of the measures into law…

The city council for Democrat-run Danbury, Connecticut, voted to allow non-citizen migrants to serve as city police officers. The vote was taken in retaliation after federal immigration forces had recently conducted raids in the town. The city council members said that they voted to allow migrants to serve as cops to send a message to federal immigration officials. The vote was lopsided in favor of supporting illegals as only two of twenty council members voted against the measure, the Hartford Courant reported. The qualifications for police in the town now include DACA recipients and non-citizen legal residents. Left-wing city council…

Clancy’s defense lawyer Kevin Reddington on Friday afternoon launched a nasty attack against the one male juror who refused to acquit child killer Lindsay Clancy. Reddington was gunning for the lone male juror who was digging in his heels. Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children to death in January 2023. The young children, Cora (5), Callan (8 months), and Dawson (3), were found dead in the Clancy, Massachusetts, home’s basement. Lindsay Clancy admitted to killing her three children, however, her defense team is arguing she should not be found guilty by reason of insanity. On day seven of deliberations, the…