Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that would make additional documents from the 2006 grand jury case into pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein disclosed to the public.

The FBI has carried out a search at New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ top aide‚ according to multiple sources. 

Jack Teixeira has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors to plead guilty.

JBS Meatpackers sells meat. They want to sell more meat and want to go public‚ and they are selling it too enthusiastically for Letitia James. Letitia ‘Tish’ James‚ New York’s Attorney General and top law enforcement officer in the state‚ has never found a target she can’t call a fraud. Such is the case of […] The post NY AG Sues Meatpacker for Fraud Without the Fraud appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has announced that in the fall he is going to step down from his position as GOP leader‚ presumably before the 2024 presidential election. McConnell announced his decision in the well of the Senate.  The question‚ of course‚ is who will replace him. The blowback on his announcement has been extraordinary. On the political Right‚ people are now shouting about the evils of Mitch McConnell. McConnell is one of the most effective Machiavellian political operators of my lifetime. I don’t like a lot of what he passed‚ but to pretend he was not an effective operator is just false. The reason there is a 6-3 Republican-appointed majority on the Supreme Court of the United States is: Mitch McConnell. It is not Donald Trump. It’s McConnell because McConnell is the person who actively said we will not allow Merrick Garland to be appointed to the court. And then‚ of course‚ Trump got elected.  This isn’t to deprive Trump from much of the credit. But it was McConnell who made the decision he was going to hold open that seat until after the election. And it was McConnell who made the decision he was going to hold Democrats’ feet to the fire to their own rules. It was Democrats who‚ in 2013‚ decided they were going to use the nuclear option to ram through Barack Obama’s judicial nominees. WATCH: The Ben Shapiro Show And it was McConnell warning them in 2013 that if they did‚ it would come right back around and hit them. He was right. In 2013‚ a younger Mitch McConnell said‚  The majority leader promised‚ he promised over and over again that he wouldn’t break the rules of the Senate in order to change them. If you want to play games and set yet another precedent that you’ll no doubt come to regret‚ I say to my friends on the other side of the aisle‚ you’ll regret this. And you may regret it a lot sooner than you think. So McConnell was incredibly competent at his job‚ and again‚ this does go to what jobs are in the Senate‚ what they are in the House. There has been a mistaken assumption that the Senate majority leader or the House speaker is the person who sets the Republican agenda and that person is a spokesperson for conservatism and that if they don’t hold true to conservative principles in every single thing they do without compromise‚ then they are somehow betraying the cause. That is not the job of the House speaker or the Senate majority leader. That is generally the job of a president; it might be the job of the head of the RNC. But the point of the House majority leader‚ the House Speaker‚ the Senate majority leader‚ or anybody who’s in a position to count votes actually has several jobs. McConnell’s job‚ which he was very competent at‚ was trying to pick people running for the Senate because he controlled how monies were dispersed to various senatorial candidates. McConnell‚ it turns out‚ was much better at that than Trump was. As a point of fact‚ McConnell led Republicans to a very‚ very sizable Senate majority. But over the last couple of election cycles‚ selection of primary candidates that went against what McConnell was recommending did not end well for Republicans. That is job number one for the Senate majority leader. Job number two is to raise a lot of money‚ which McConnell did. And job number three (which is really job number one in order of importance) is to decide the rules and procedures by which legislation moves through the Senate and pick exactly how that legislation gets made. That means counting votes. It means back-scratching. It means ugly politics‚ the seamy side of politics‚ the stuff that nobody likes and nobody wants to see. If you are a popular Senate majority leader with the general public‚ it is likely because you are bad at the job — because Senate majority leaders are people who do have to make these Machiavellian decisions all the time. That’s how the sausage gets made. And the sausage getting made is really ugly. But you have a choice. The sausage gets made or it doesn’t get made. And the reason that’s relevant is because when it comes to replacing Mitch McConnell‚ the question becomes who exactly is going to replace him? Is it going to be somebody who considers himself a philosophical purist‚ or is it going to be somebody who wants to make the sausage? CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP The reality is that philosophical purism ends with minority status in the Senate of the United States‚ just as it is very likely at this point that philosophical purism in the House may lead to a Republican minority in the House. It turns out that Americans just want the sausage. They don’t want to see how it gets made. They’re not interested in the Machiavellian manipulations. They just want the thing done. That’s true of any job that we delegate power to in our lives. You don’t care how the plumber fixes the drain; you just care that the drain gets fixed. And if he comes to you and says‚ “As a principled matter‚ I am not fixing the drain‚” guess what? I didn’t hire you to do that. I hired you to fix the drain. When it comes to the Senate‚ we can have arguments. Should you vote for a certain bill? Should you not? But if you neglect the part of the job that is the core of the job — counting votes‚ manipulations‚ back-scratching‚ the ugly part of politics — then what you’re going to end up with is somebody who says pretty words and does not achieve what you need them to achieve and then gets your party booted from majority status in the Senate of the United States. Purism is a wonderfully easy way of appealing to the public without actually benefiting your party in any serious long-term way. But that’s our job. We’re outside of the government. In the end‚ it’s also the voters who are going to vote these people in. And it’s the job of people like me to be purists in order to suggest what I think is the principle — and then to explain how far our politicians are straying from the principle. But it is the job of people like Mitch McConnell to try to get the most of the loaf they can. And McConnell overall got a lot of that loaf‚ although I’m still very critical of his stances on topics like immigration and the border. But if McConnell is replaced by somebody who is far less interested in making the sausage or who refuses to make the sausage at all in the name of political purism‚ then Republicans will just end up without any power. That’s the reality. 

On Thursday‚ former President Donald Trump shared a new moniker for California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom‚ a top campaign surrogate for President Joe Biden who is widely seen as a potential White House contender in the future. The swipe at Newsom happened as Trump delivered remarks during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass‚ Texas‚ while speaking on the topic of illegal immigration — a hot button issue in the run-up to November’s election. “You look at what this Governor New Scum from California — isn’t that his name? New Scum. What he’s done to California is unbelievable‚” Trump said while critiquing policies that he argued were driving illegal immigration into the United States. Trump refers to California Governor Gavin Newsom as “Governor New Scum” pic.twitter.com/kqe2JFtV2Y — TheBlaze (@theblaze) February 29‚ 2024 Trump visited Eagle Pass‚ the epicenter of a standoff between Texas and the Biden administration over how to deal with migrants and illegal crossings‚ as Biden paid a visit to the border in Brownsville‚ Texas. It remains to be seen if the nickname for Newsom sticks‚ but Trump has a history of bestowing upon his political opponents mocking nicknames‚ dating back to the 2016 Republican nomination contest. During his CPAC speech last weekend‚ Trump called the president “Crooked Joe Biden‚” repurposing a label he used against Hillary Clinton. He also took a shot at Newsom during that same address. “A lot of people think Gavin Newsom is going to run. In a certain way‚ I hope so‚” Trump said. “I hope so. Because he’s destroyed California.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Newsom spoke critically of Trump during an interview on NBC’s “Meet The Press‚” which aired on Sunday‚ as he rejected the notion that Democrats are underestimating the former president in the 2024 election. “I think he’s weakness masquerading as strength. I think he’s more unhinged. He’s more – he’s less interesting than he was even a few years ago‚” Newsom said. Newsom also said Biden should debate Trump in the general election and shrugged off concerns about Biden’s fitness to lead at the age of 81‚ saying‚ “It’s because of his age that he’s been so successful.” When pressed on whether he would completely rule out a presidential run in 2024‚ Newsom claimed‚ “100%. It’s not even an interesting conversation.”

Former President Donald Trump spoke at a news conference in Eagle Pass‚ Texas‚ on Thursday and addressed the brutal murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley‚ saying he spoke with Riley’s parents‚ who “are devastated beyond belief.” Riley‚ 22‚ was killed last week allegedly by 26-year-old Jose Ibarra‚ an illegal immigrant from Venezuela who is accused of attacking Riley while she was on a run‚ “disfiguring her skull” and dragging her body to a secluded area. Trump called Riley a “great” and “beautiful” person “in so many ways” and slammed President Joe Biden for failing to address the nursing student’s murder. “The monster that’s charged in the death is an illegal alien migrant who was let into our country and released into our communities by crooked Joe Biden‚” Trump said‚ adding‚ “What [Biden] is doing is just unbelievable. Joe Biden will never say Laken Riley’s name‚ but we will say it‚ and we will remember it.” “Joe Biden will never say Laken Riley’s name. But we will say it. And we will remember it.” President Trump confirms he has spoken to Laken Riley’s parents. And blasts Biden for refusing to say her name. pic.twitter.com/6oRXdyP5yg — Daniel Baldwin (@baldwin_daniel_) February 29‚ 2024 Both Trump and Biden are visiting the southern border on Thursday as the U.S. continues to face record numbers of illegal immigrants crossing into the country. While Trump visited the heavily trafficked Eagle Pass section of the southern border‚ Biden traveled to Brownsville‚ Texas‚ an area of the border that has seen fewer illegal crossings in recent weeks. The border crisis has remained at the center of attention in the 2024 presidential election cycle as Riley’s murder and numerous other horrific crimes allegedly committed by illegal immigrants have dominated headlines in recent weeks. Earlier this month‚ ICE arrested 275 convicted sex predators who were illegal immigrants‚ and The Daily Wire reported on Thursday that an illegal immigrant was arrested in Utah for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl. The man accused of killing Riley was held by Border Patrol on September 8‚ 2022‚ after illegally entering the United States near El Paso‚ Texas‚ but was released for further processing‚ according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Ibarra was then arrested by New York police in August 2023 and charged with acting in a manner to injure a child less than 17‚ according to ICE. Riley’s family released a statement after her death‚ saying she “was an amazing daughter‚ sister‚ friend and overall person in general.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “Her love for the Lord was exemplified in every aspect of her life. She will be missed every day‚ but we promise to honor her life moving forward in a very big way‚” the statement continued. “During this most difficult time‚ we ask that you respect our privacy‚ and provide us the time and space necessary to grieve our daughter’s life that was tragically cut short.” Hank Berrien contributed to this report.