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The U.S. Secret Service has placed at least five agents on leave, including the head of the Pittsburgh field office, as a result of its investigation into last month’s assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. One agent on Trump’s detail and three others in the Pittsburgh office were among  those placed on leave. However, it might […] The post 5 Agents on Leave After J13 Assassination Attempt on Trump appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Thursday to allow Arizona to require proof of citizenship when people register to vote using the state’s voter registration form.  The ruling came after the Republican Party asked for an emergency stay from the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked Arizona from implementing a 2022 voter integrity law. The ruling is only a partial win for Republicans in the battleground state as the court did not allow a part of the law requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections or voting by mail to go into effect.  The ruling says that the portion relating to federal elections is on hold pending a review from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.  Justices John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, and Neil Gorsuch voted to allow the proof of citizenship requirements for the state form to take effect. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch would have allowed the entire law to take effect.  Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan in voting to block any implementation of the law.  Republican Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma called the decision a “step in the right direction.” “I look forward to continuing this litigation in the 9th Circuit to vindicate all of Arizona’s common sense voting laws and eventually bringing this case before the Supreme Court for a full merits review,” he said.  Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley said the ruling was “a major victory for election integrity.” “While Democrats have worked to undermine basic election safeguards and make it easier for non-citizens to vote, we have fought tooth and nail to preserve citizenship requirements, see the law enforced, and secure our elections,” he said. “The Supreme Court has sided with the RNC, and the American people, to protect the vote in November.” A statement from the RNC added that it was confident that “documentary proof of citizenship requirements in presidential elections and vote by mail will eventually be upheld.” The Biden-Harris administration challenged the federal voting components of the Arizona law, claiming that it violated the National Voter Registration Act, while other liberal groups challenged the state voter form citizenship requirements. There are reportedly around 40,000 voters in Arizona who have only registered for federal elections, meaning they have not had to provide proof of citizenship.  Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. Conservative legal scholars have argued that Congress should amend the National Voter Registration Act to make clear that states can mandate proof of citizenship for registering to vote using the federal voter registration form.   “In fact, given concerns around, and documented instances of non-citizens registering and voting, other states should follow Arizona’s lead and take the commonsense step of requiring proof of citizenship when voters register using a state form,” Heritage Foundation legal scholar Zach Smith said in response to the ruling.  Republicans have argued that there is a danger of non-citizens voting in American elections, while Democrats and members of the legacy media have maintained that there is no evidence of non-citizen voting.  Arizona is expected to be one of the key states determining the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. 

CNN political commentator Scott Jennings, who served as former President George W. Bush’s special assistant as well as his deputy director of political affairs, stated that the Biden-Harris administration ran the country “off into a ditch,” adding, “you cannot leave the same people in charge.” Speaking of Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, Jennings stated, “What she did not do is take any amount of responsibility for her current job, which is Vice-President of the United States for the last three and a half years under Joe Biden. There was not an ounce of humility about the inflation gripping the country. She talked about immigration without talking about all the things that happened right up until this border bill that they had hung all their hats on over at the Biden White House.” “So to me, where the Republicans are going to be headed is all the pablum, all the platitudes, all that aside, you cannot leave the same people in charge,” he went on. “If you believe the country is on the wrong track, if you believe they made all the mistakes on the economy and on immigration, you cannot leave the same people in charge that have run the country off into the ditch. Until she comes up with a good answer for that, which I suspect will have to be litigated at the debate on September 10, Donald Trump is still in a very good position.” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. All the Harris pablum and platitudes aside, you can’t leave the same people in charge who’ve run the country into the ditch. My latest for @cnn wrapping up from Chicago. pic.twitter.com/0iyxhoz3Jg — Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) August 23, 2024 After fellow CNN commentator Kate Bedingfield, who served as White House Communications Director in the Biden administration from 2021 to 2023, insisted, “The country wants to see change. She’s embracing that,” Jennings replied, “If the people walk into the voting booth and say, ‘Who gave me better results, Trump or Biden and Harris? Would you take that right now? Would you take that bet?” WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI He added, “I think people have looked back over the whole thing and said, my God, we traded in somebody who gave us a good economy for somebody who claimed to be the adults in the room, and they never acted like adults one time,” continuing later, “The last time the Biden-Harris team showed up and told you the adults are now back in the room, everything they did from that point forward proved that they were not. Whether it was on Afghanistan, whether it was on the economy, whether it was on the border, they told you the competent, moderate, dealmaking adults were back, just like she’s arguing right now, and it was a total lie. They could not deliver on it.” He said Trump could argue, “And when I was in office, yes, maybe you don’t like some of the stuff I say, but you had money in your pocket, the border was secure, America was respected around the world.”