A former GOP operative predicted that Todd Blanche should expect a double blow to his career on the horizon. "I'm going to make a prediction," Steve Schmidt said during an interview with former CNN anchor Jim Acosta. "Todd Blanche will not be confirmed as Attorney General, and I'll even lean into it more."Blanche faced another uncomfortable hearing earlier this week. However, Schmidt said that Blanche's actions as acting AG will hurt his chances of winning the permanent role. Trump said this week that he'll nominate Blanche for the AG role. However, Schmidt noted that Blanche still has to go through another confirmation vote, but doubted Blanche's chances."There's a much greater likelihood of Todd Blanche being disbarred," Schmidt said. "He's going to be disbarred not this year, but soon enough."Schmidt said that Blanche's defense of Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund "has to be addressed in law." He described the move as "unbelievable."Last week, a New York bar complaint was filed against Blanche by the Campaign for Accountability, a watchdog group, after a judge flagged vindictive prosecution in the case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The complaint called for an investigation into Blanche.
Sen. Josh Hawley criticizes four Republicans who voted with Democrats to block the SAVE Act voter ID amendment in the Senate reconciliation package.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a second case of a flesh-eating screwworm parasite in Texas on Friday, as it races to contain and eradicate the outbreak before it severely impacts the cattle population. A New World screwworm was detected in a one-month-old calf in Zavala County after testing a “number of suspected cases,” according…
New World screwworm was detected again in Texas as officials monitor nearby livestock.
On Friday morning, former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele delivered a social media gut punch to President Donald Trump, declaring that the commander-in-chief “might think of himself as a UFC champ, but in real life he’s more of a McDonald’s guy.” The prominent conservative’s jab came in reference to the UFC cage match Trump is preparing to host at the White House, which is being held in mid-June to mark the United States’ 250th birthday as well as Trump’s 80th. “Trump wants to create the perfect backdrop as he rings in his 80th year to a testosterone-soaked spectacle of blood and chokeholds,” continued Steele, “surrounded by svelt men in uniforms.”Steele made the statement while sharing an article in which he asserted that “the fitness requirements for Trump’s UFC fight show [are] a double standard.” He starts the piece by noting the inherently ridiculous nature of the event, but says that “somehow, the cage match isn’t even the height of absurdity.”Citing recent reporting by the Washington Post, Steele goes on to explain that “military troops hoping to attend must meet specific body composition and fitness standards. In a memo that reads more like a casting call than a military directive, the Pentagon says service members seeking tickets to Trump’s UFC event must satisfy specific height-to-waist standards and meet all fitness requirements.”“I wouldn’t normally pass judgement on other people’s fitness,” notes Steele, “but the president is the one who started this, and it’s not the first time he’s brought up the subject.” In fact, as Steele details, Trump is outright obsessed with the perception of fitness, if not its reality. “The president has spent years cultivating an image of himself as a peak specimen of physical vigor,” writes Steele. “Former White House physician Ronny Jackson famously described him as having ‘incredibly good genes.’ Earlier this year, Trump’s latest White House physician reported that he stood 6-foot-3, weighed 224 pounds and enjoyed ‘excellent cognitive and physical health.’ One of the supporting pieces of evidence? His golf victories. Can we stop with this nonsense? At the reported ‘238’ pounds and a BMI of 29.7, Trump sits just shy of the obesity cutoff. It’s very convenient math.”As Steele explains, Trump has long displayed a fragile relationship with measurements of all kinds, “whether we’re talking about crowd sizes, election margins or, apparently, his own height. When he stood next to Prince William, who is also 6-foot-3, Trump appeared visibly shorter. Social media has receipts. The mystery of his real height resurfaced when Lara Trump, who is 5-foot-11, appeared nearly the same height as the reportedly 6-foot-3 president in an Instagram video for her show, ‘My View With Lara Trump.’ In photos from China, she appeared to tower over her father-in-law despite his officially listed height. High heels may narrow the gap, but the photos illustrate how Trump’s height has become part of the factually challenged mythology around the president.”What’s more, says Steele, while Trump demands that those around him be in top shape, his attempts to fudge the state of his own fitness have fallen flat with an unconvinced public. “If the goal of the White House UFC spectacle is to project strength, it may not be working,” Steele concludes. “In a recent YouGov poll, two-thirds of respondents said they think the average American would defeat Trump in a physical fight. Just 10 percent picked the president. So while the administration is reportedly checking troops’ waistlines, the public appears unconvinced about the physical prowess of the man hosting the event.”
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated he is installing "roadblocks" within the Justice Department to prevent Democrats from prosecuting President Donald Trump after his presidency ends. In an exclusive NewsNation interview with Katie Pavlich surfaced by journalist Aaron Rupar, Blanche expressed concern about the actions some Democrats might take against Trump once his presidency ends.This marks the latest in a series of moves critics argue have converted the DOJ into Trump's personal protection service. Previously, Blanche signed an addendum declaring the federal government "FOREVER BARRED" from pursuing IRS audits or tax claims against Trump, his family, or businesses — part of a settlement over leaked tax records. Critics dispute whether this protection extends to future audits. Blanche also defended a nearly $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund before withdrawing support after Senate Republican resistance, reports Axios. Last November, he urged lawyers at a Federalist Society conference to wage war against rogue activist judges blocking Trump's agenda, drawing rebuke from 50 former federal judges. Blanche previously served as Trump's personal criminal defense attorney.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.
Security for the FIFA World Cup is expanding skyward, with law enforcement agencies preparing for drone activity that could range from a nuisance to a serious threat as the United States hosts the tournament starting next week.
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has endured a brutal week of reporting on his personal history and unsavory interactions with women — issues that have left many people wringing their hands over the state of the race. However, MS NOW's Chris Hayes, who interviewed Platner earlier in the week, noted that Maine voters on the street largely seem unfazed.Part of the reason, he suggested, is that there is genuine disgust with longtime GOP incumbent Susan Collins — despite their "reservations about his character.""A lot of them ... really do not want to send Susan Collins back to the Senate," said Hayes. For all her posturing over the years as a dealmaker and moderate, she "is really a party line Republican" and "a rubber stamp for the Trump agenda during both terms.""I also think Senate Republicans realize she's in trouble, right?" he continued. "I mean, this is a state that Donald Trump has lost three times. She managed to win in 2020, but she's got a real tough road ahead of her."Because they realize she's in trouble, he continued, they organized a "sham vote" in the reconciliation bill for an amendment to formally restrict President Donald Trump's $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization" slush fund — and while the GOP voted it down, Collins and two other vulnerable Republicans were allowed to vote against it."Everyone knew that it was doomed to fail from the beginning," said Hayes, because Republicans would not let such a huge rebuke to Trump pass, even though his Justice Department is now claiming the fund won't go forward anyway. "They don't actually want to bar your money from being stolen from the government to pay off cop-beaters and seditionists. And so what they do is Collins gets to pretend to be independent when the stakes don't actually matter."When they do, though, said Hayes, Collins reliably joins the party line — most famously being "the key vote to get Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court" while falsely assuring voters he would never restrict abortion rights. - YouTube youtu.be