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Supreme Court rejects Florida suit against other states over immigrant truck drivers
Florida sought to sue Washington and California for allegedly issuing commercial driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants.
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Drew Carey calls Spencer Pratt a serial scammer and urges voters to reject campaign
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“The Price is Right” host Drew Carey is facing major pushback after needlessly insulting Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt. “Anyone who votes for, or endorses Spencer […]
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Prestigious hospital gave Epstein 24/7 access, house calls and other favors: report
Newly released Justice Department files reveal the extraordinary lengths to which Mount Sinai Hospital staff went to provide VIP medical care to Jeffrey Epstein, even years after his 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor.The documents expose a network of doctors and administrators at the prestigious Manhattan medical institution who arranged after-hours emergency room access, made house calls to Epstein's homes and private island and facilitated professional opportunities for people in his circle, reported CNN.One notable instance involved Dr. Jess Ting, a plastic surgeon at Mount Sinai, who repeatedly traveled to Epstein's residences for medical consultations. In emails obtained by the Justice Department, Ting described Epstein as a "VIP" and pledged that "for Mr. Epstein anything is possible." When Epstein's assistant asked if Ting could perform a procedure at 10 p.m., Ting simply responded: "yes. See you then."Hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin, a prominent trustee of the Mount Sinai Health System and primary founder of a namesake breast cancer center at the hospital, is mentioned numerous times in the Epstein files and is now married to Epstein's ex-girlfriend Eva Andersson-Dubin, who used her connections for special treatment from the hospital.Robin Solomon, who headed trustee services at Mount Sinai, provided Andersson-Dubin with a 24/7 emergency room contact number in 2013. "All he has to say is he's a friend of yours and EVERYONE is great," Solomon wrote, according to the files.The revelations have created significant tension within Mount Sinai's medical community. Multiple doctors told CNN they had no knowledge of Epstein's connections to the hospital and expressed shock upon learning the details.One anonymous physician affiliated with the institution called for the hospital to rename the Dubin Breast Center, fire implicated doctors and sever ties with the Dubin family."I think they're just focused on the money and not upsetting people in power," the doctor said, suggesting that financial considerations from wealthy donors continued to influence institutional decision-making.The hospital has largely remained silent on the controversy. Mount Sinai's statement acknowledged that Epstein's actions were "reprehensible" but declined to address specific questions about its internal investigation, the total amount of donations received, or the conduct of staff members involved in providing preferential treatment.The files also document instances where Epstein leveraged his hospital connections for personal favors unrelated to his own medical care. When his girlfriend Karyna Shuliak was rejected for a dental residency at Mount Sinai, Epstein forwarded the rejection email to Solomon, who subsequently promised to intervene: "I'm going to call my contact tomorrow and get her interviewed.""The Epstein files indicate that the New York financier appears to have given over $300,000 to Mount Sinai-affiliated organizations, with at least $125,000 donated directly to the Dubin Breast Center," CNN reported."In 2013, Andersson-Dubin tried to pitch Epstein on helping to fund post-surgery recovery rooms for women, telling him that the floor could be called 'The Epstein Floor for Women,'" the report added. "The next year, hospital employees discussed putting up a plaque at the Dubin Breast Center that would say it was in honor of Epstein. It is not clear if this plaque ever went up."The DOJ's release of millions of Epstein files has prompted Mount Sinai to form a committee to investigate its ties to the financier, but hospital leadership has provided no public updates on that investigation or any corrective measures being considered.
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SCOTUS Sides With Blue States, Rejects Florida Challenge Over Issuing Driver’s Licenses to Illegal Aliens
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Florida’s lawsuit against California and Washington over their issuance of commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. The post SCOTUS Sides With Blue States, Rejects Florida Challenge Over Issuing Driver’s Licenses to Illegal Aliens appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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Spencer Pratt Buries Drew Carey with a Devastating Reminder After the “Price Is Right” Host Melts Down Over His Mayoral Bid
Spencer Pratt's daring run for LA Mayor has angered all the right people, especially his fellow Hollywood celebrities. The post Spencer Pratt Buries Drew Carey with a Devastating Reminder After the “Price Is Right” Host Melts Down Over His Mayoral Bid appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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Supreme Court rejects cop’s bid to toss excessive force claim from a George Floyd protest
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a Michigan police officer’s attempt to evade an excessive force claim arising from an incident that took place during a protest in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing
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‘Put us down for Ken Paxton’: Trump endorsement energizes Texas voters ahead of runoff
Trump's endorsement of Ken Paxton looms large as Texas Republicans choose between the attorney general and Sen. John Cornyn in the GOP runoff.
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‘Reform’ the Court? I Reject the Premise Completely
The Supreme Court does not need altering — it has not done anything wrong.
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'Vote these Republicans out': Swing state's Black voter surge signals Dem momentum
Last week’s primary election didn’t feature any races with both a Democrat and a Republican on the ballot, but Georgia Democrats still feel like they won.If you are one of the more than 2 million Georgians who cast a ballot, you will likely recall the poll worker asking you to choose a Democratic, Republican or nonpartisan ballot.In all, Democrats pulled more than 1 million ballots to Republicans’ nearly 940,000, or about 52.6% to 45.4%.Democratic Party of Georgia Chairman Charlie Bailey said that margin is the biggest for Democrats since 1998 and shows that voters are ready to line up in November behind candidates like U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democratic nominees for U.S. Senate and Georgia governor.“It’s just another piece of evidence of growing Democratic momentum, the work of the party, the strength of Jon Ossoff, the strength of Keisha Lance Bottoms coming into this governor’s race,” he said. “People are fed up with (Republicans), and what those numbers in the primary tell you is that that momentum is building towards November, when they’re going to vote these Republicans out.”In 2018, a midterm year with President Donald Trump in the White House and an open race for Georgia governor at the top of the ticket, Republicans pulled more ballots than Democrats by about 52% to 48%.Comparing the number of ballots drawn is not a perfect measure. Some people choose the other party’s ballot because they live in an area dominated by that party and they want to have a say in local races, or because they want to promote a weaker opponent for their candidate in the general election.Still, the discrepancy spells good news for Democrats looking ahead to the Nov. 3 election, says Emory University political science professor Andra Gillespie.“What it connotes or implies is that Democratic candidates are capturing the imagination of voters in ways that, if this energy can be sustained, could be helpful for them in terms of flipping seats nationally, and in Republican states like Georgia, narrowing those margins between Democrats and Republicans, even in contests where Republicans are the odds-on favorite,” she said.The difference in ballots is even more notable because Republicans had more high-profile races, said University of Georgia political science professor Trey Hood. No Democrat challenged incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, while Republicans had competitive races for U.S. Senate and Georgia governor at the top of the ticket.Hood said it’s also notable that Republicans who voted on Election Day did not outnumber Democrats by a large margin. Republicans only had about 4,000 more voters on Election Day than Democrats, about 508,000 to 504,000. Hood said that might signal a shift in GOP voter behavior, with more conservatives preferring to cast a ballot during Georgia’s three weeks of early voting.“I don’t know that we can expect to necessarily see a huge surge in Republican turnout on Election Day anymore,” he said.Voter demographics strong for DemocratsResults also show demographics that tend to favor Democratic candidates in Georgia had a strong showing.Statistically, Black voters in Georgia largely favor Democrats, and they made up nearly 32% of the vote.“If Black turnout was 31% in a general election, yeah, that would be probably a good Democratic year,” Hood said. “I mean, before now, the highest it’s ever been is about 29%. And the more Black turnout as a percentage of the total electorate, the less of the white share of the vote you have to draw off as a Democrat. So if that pattern held and Black turnout was 31% in the general, it would be big.”Data from the secretary of state’s office also shows that the electorate was nearly 57% female and 43% male. That number is likely boosted by high turnout among Black women, who are registered to vote at a higher rate than Black men.Reality check?Still, the high Democratic turnout was not enough to land a pair of Democratic-aligned candidates on the state Supreme Court, and not everyone thinks the numbers show the wind is at Democrats’ back.Georgia Republican Party Chairman Josh McKoon said turnout in primary elections does not correlate with general election turnout.McKoon said he chalks up the ballot discrepancy to the typical midterm backlash to the party in the White House and Democrats having a competitive field for governor for what he said was the first time in more than two decades.“It was Mark Taylor and then it was Jason Carter, then it was Stacey Abrams twice,” he said. “Now, this time they actually had a wide open primary, and a lot of people ran. And so, yes, it’s not surprising that they had more than their usual turnout because usually they don’t have anything to turn out for.
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