Author: Freedom Watch

Most Democrats Don’t Want Biden in 2024, New Poll Shows By Shane Goldmacher New York Times July 11, 2022 President Biden is facing an alarming level of doubt from inside his own party, with 64 percent of Democratic voters saying they would prefer a new standard-bearer in the 2024 presidential campaign, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll, as voters nationwide have soured on his leadership, giving him a meager 33 percent job-approval rating. Widespread concerns about the economy and inflation have helped turn the national mood decidedly dark, both on Mr. Biden and the trajectory of…

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PGA Tour Under Investigation for Potential Antitrust Violations amid LIV Conflict Bleacher Report July 11, 2022 The United States Department of Justice is reportedly investigating the PGA Tour regarding potential anticompetitive behavior in its response to LIV Golf, per Louise Radnofsky and Andrew Beaton of the Wall Street Journal. The DOJ’s antitrust division has contacted players’ agents to discuss the PGA Tour’s bylaws as well as the organization’s recent actions related to LIV Golf. Several high-profile golfers have joined the upstart league, which is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, including Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Brooks…

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Joe Biden’s oil gamble set to backfire as Saudi Arabia sticks with Russia By Jack Dutton Newsweek July 11, 2022 Many countries in the West, including the U.S., want Saudi Arabia to produce more oil to help mitigate the growing global energy crisis that was ignited by the Ukraine war. More production will also punish Russia, a major oil exporter, by bringing global prices down. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, U.S. officials said Biden will discuss Saudi Arabia’s human rights record during the trip. The paper reported that Saudi officials are not…

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Louisville Courier Journal July 11, 2022 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Western Kentucky man who claimed a police officer “let us in” to the U.S. Capitol building during the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, riot in Washington, D.C., was sentenced Thursday to 14 days in jail. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg ordered Jordan Revlett, of Island, Kentucky, to also serve one year of supervised probation and 80 hours of community service as well as pay $500 in restitution and not possess firearms while on probation. Revlett, 23, had pleaded guilty in January to a count of parading, demonstrating or picketing…

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China’s Former 1-Child Policy Continues To Haunt Families NPR.org July 11, 2022 LINYI, China — Outside, rain falls. Inside, a middle-school student completes his homework. His mother watches him approvingly. She is especially protective of him. He’s the youngest of three children this mother had under China’s one-child policy. Giving birth to him was a huge risk — and she took no chances. She carried her son to term while hiding in a relative’s house. She wanted to avoid the “family planning officials” in her home village, just outside Linyi, a city of 11 million in China’s northern…

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Rocket carrying new nuclear missile component explodes in late-night test Yahoo News July 10, 2022 A military rocket exploded Wednesday during the first test launch of a key component of America’s future land-based nuclear missiles. The rocket, known as the Minotaur II+, blew up about 10 seconds after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, around 11 p.m. local time. “There were no injuries in the explosion and the debris was contained to the immediate vicinity of the launch pad,” the base said. Continue Reading…..

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Mick Mulvaney says a ‘friend’ in the White House said former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows displayed incompetence, had a ‘nervous breakdown’ on January 6 By John L. Dorman Business Insider July 9, 2022 “You sort of get this impression that things had really broken down and Mark Meadows as the chief of staff — which is a critical position, especially in these critical moments — had checked out entirely,” he added. Hutchinson during her June testimony spoke of the exasperation that she felt at Meadows’ lack of urgency when the Capitol was being ransacked. “I start…

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By Yelena Dzhanova Business Insider July 9, 2022 “I’m probably going to lose my job as a pastor after this,” he said, according to court documents. The Capitol riot left five people, including one police officer, dead. Members of the Proud Boys, which is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, were present, a Vice reporter tweeted. Organizers were emboldened by former President Donald Trump’s urges to protest the results of the 2020 election with him, despite Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory. While members of Congress were meeting inside the Capitol to certify the results…

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