President-Elect Trump believes that if the sentence is allowed to be carried out, it will forever damage the presidency. He sees this charade as permanently damaging the role. He is concerned about the gag order. Trump responded to the sentencing for the concocted New York crime being scheduled ten days before the inauguration by writing: […] The post July 10th: The End of the American Presidency As We Know It? appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Indie screenwriter and director Jeff Baena died Friday at age 47 in Los Angeles. The cause of death remains unknown at this time. A spokesperson for Baena confirmed his death, Variety reported. Baena, the husband of “White Lotus” and “Parks and Recreation” actress Aubrey Plaza, is best known for his work on “The Little Hours,” and “Life After Beth,” which starred Plaza. The pair wed on their 10th anniversary in 2021, in an impromptu backyard ceremony. He is survived by Plaza; his mother, Barbara Stern; his stepfather, Roger Stern; his father, Scott Baena; his stepmother, Michele Baena; his brother, Brad Baena; and his stepsiblings, Bianca Gabay and Jed Fluxman. This is a breaking story; please refresh for updates. 

Baena was pronounced dead at the scene; officials told TMZ he died by suicide

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. As we previously reported would be the case, the celebration about the shutting down of the US government’s most overt censorship unit would be short-lived. The State Department is moving forward with plans to reassign employees and resources from a controversial office accused of stifling media into a newly created internal unit, as revealed by documents obtained by the Washington Examiner. This maneuver is already drawing criticism, with some alleging it is a thinly veiled attempt to rebrand and continue the disputed activities of the defunct office. The Global Engagement Center (GEC), established in 2016 to counter foreign disinformation, faced fierce scrutiny from Republicans over claims it collaborated with groups like the Global Disinformation Index to target and demonetize right-leaning US media outlets. In late 2024, Congress defunded the GEC, effectively shutting it down. Yet, a December 6 communication from the State Department to Congress outlined a plan to “realign” 51 GEC employees and nearly $30 million in funding into a new “Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Hub.” Republicans are expected to investigate the matter closely, with concerns that the new hub could replicate the GEC’s controversial operations. A Legacy of Controversy The GEC claimed its mission was to counter foreign disinformation, but allegations of domestic overreach cast a long shadow. It funded initiatives like the Global Disinformation Index and NewsGuard, groups accused of pressuring advertisers to blacklist certain US media outlets. These actions prompted legal challenges, including a December 2023 lawsuit by conservative outlets The Federalist and The Daily Wire, alongside the State of Texas. Despite its closure, top officials from the GEC have already found new roles in the State Department. The hub will report to the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and will inherit significant resources. According to the documents, $69 million previously allocated to the GEC will be redistributed across the State Department, with $29.4 million designated for the R/FIMI hub. This funding includes salaries, contract staff, and operational support. However, a source noted that, unlike the GEC, the new hub would lack grantmaking authority. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post State Department Rebrands Defunded Global Engagement Center into New Counter-Disinformation Hub appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

Now, it can be told. President Joe Biden wasn’t capable of discharging his duties as Commander in Chief for large swathes of his single-term presidency. New reporting from The Wall Street Journal shared some, but not all, of the shocking details. The rest will likely come from tell-all tomes to be published in the coming years. Except most clear-thinking Americans already knew about Biden’s cognitive decline. They saw years of cringe-worthy videos where Biden couldn’t speak clearly, moved haltingly and needed basic cues to enter and exit the stage.   Biden reads a teleprompter cue, "repeat the line," before repeating a quote. pic.twitter.com/mRoSaVskFA — Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) July 8, 2022   Biden finishes his speech, turns around, spins in a circle and looks confused before someone off camera appears to direct him off stage pic.twitter.com/HkxE9T3tVl — Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) October 20, 2022   President Biden appears to be lost on stage as he tries to make an exit. FLOUTS has to direct him. When will there be a cognitive health evaluation?pic.twitter.com/UcL722ePTs — Katie Daviscourt ? (@KatieDaviscourt) September 28, 2022   Corporate journalists knew even more than Joe and Jane Sixpack, but they dutifully covered it up like their Democratic masters demanded. They weren’t alone. Late-night comedians, the satirists tasked with speaking truth to power, played along with the ruse. A few took it further, raising funds for a president incapable of handling basic duties like holding press conferences or sitting for softball interviews. Progressive comedians like Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers pretended as if Biden was fine … until a fateful debate shamed them into telling the truth. Sort of.     These far-Left propagandists poked fun at Biden’s age for most of his presidency, framing the gags as harmless riffs on senior living. Case in point: Here’s Colbert referencing reports that Biden’s aides protected him from over-exerting himself. “But Biden doesn’t see it that way,” he added. According to aides, the president frequently reports that he “feels so much younger than my age”. “Well, good for you, sir! You don’t look one day over let’s change the subject,” Colbert joked. Ha ha. This isn’t about an older man taking sensible precautions. Biden’s restrictions went far beyond that. Here’s just one example drawn from the WSJ investigation. Once concerns arose early on, Biden advisers instructed top lawmakers and allies to keep exchanges with the president “short and focused,” according to the Wall Street Journal. Staffers reportedly also ensured most of Biden’s meetings were held later in the day due to the president not being “at his best” first thing in the morning, with the option to scrap meetings entirely if he was having an “off day.” Imagine if a global crisis struck during such a “day.” Ironically, the WSJ published a similarly frightening article earlier in the year, noting some of the alarming issues Biden’s deterioration raised. Colbert rushed to the rescue at the time, acting like a de facto White House press secretary. He’s actually a political satirist carrying water for Team Biden.  “You heard that right, ladies and gentlemen: Joe Biden is old,” Stephen Colbert said. “Which, of course, could disqualify him from being president. After all, being old is a felony.” There’s more: “This blockbuster lid-blower-offer also included this little nugget explaining that Biden is someone who has both good moments and bad ones, in a clear contrast with his opponent, who only has bad ones.” Meyers of NBC fame carried plenty of water on his own. “The Wall Street Journal published an article yesterday that claims President Biden appears to be slipping in private meetings. He keeps saying crazy stuff that makes no sense like, ‘a convicted felon is beating me in the polls.’” Colbert also worked overtime to diminish a scathing report from Special Counsel Robert Hur labeling Biden an “elderly man with poor memory.” “Voters are just going to have to choose between a sympathetic well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory or a contemptible malicious elderly rapist with a poor memory.” Biden and Trump are both old and have poor memories. Nothing to see here. Move along. We saw the truth differently. It was spreading like wildfire on social media. Watching political satirists ignore it felt like a special kind of “cheap fake.”     Sometimes politically-expedient monologues weren’t enough. Meyers met one-on-one with Biden earlier this year in an attempt to downplay the “age” factor. That kind of propaganda messaging is priceless.     Jimmy Fallon, who has turned NBC’s iconic “Tonight Show” into an also-ran on the late-night circuit, failed to hold Biden accountable for his serial, age-related gaffes. He opted not to do damage control like Colbert and Meyers, but he also refused to alert Americans to the problem. Many late-night viewers accepted the charade at face value. sadly. John Oliver, unlike his late-night colleagues, mostly ignored the age issue. Apparently, he and his writing team never saw any of those embarrassing Biden videos. The worst came earlier this year when both Colbert and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel literally passed the hat around for Biden’s re-election campaign. Both comedians saw Biden up close and said nothing about his diminished state. Kimmel even defended Biden after the leader froze up at the end of their fundraising appearance. The corrupt corporate media had Kimmel’s back with the lie, publishing a phony fact check and echoing Team Biden’s “cheap fake” attack line. We know that Oscar-winner George Clooney noticed Biden’s decline during their fundraising appearance together. The star held his tongue until political expediency interceded.   Joe Biden appears to freeze at his LA fundraiser. Has to be led off stage by Obama. pic.twitter.com/iUKALvdqPD — Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 16, 2024   Bill Maher, the most respectable of the liberal late-night crew, hit both sides of Biden’s age issue. Earlier in Biden’s presidency, Maher suggested the president lean into his wizened state. Later, Maher worried the age factor could hurt Biden’s chances of defeating Trump a second time. He suggested the president admit his flaws and focus on policy. Maher, despite his ability to call out his own side with regularity, downplayed the obvious cognitive decline most Americans noticed with horror. Colbert and co. will spend the next four years holding Team Trump accountable. They’ll lean into plenty of Fake News along the way, if past is prologue. They hope we’ll forget how they not only ignored the biggest scandal of the decade, they actively made it worse. Not a chance, gang.

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