Democrat strategist James Carville, who served as the top political adviser for former President Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign, said this week that President Joe Biden needs to “get out the way” and let someone else be the party’s nominee this fall. Carville made the remarks during a Monday interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper while discussing Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week against former President Donald Trump. “We have a country that 72 percent want something different,” he said. “If the Democratic Party can’t produce something different that 72 percent of people want, then why do we exist? What are we here for? I mean, the country is clamoring for change and what are we going to offer them? The same stuff? It doesn’t make any sense.” “I don’t take any pleasure in this,” he added. “I’m going to be 80 in October. You can’t fight this stuff. It’s just there.” When asked what Democrats should do, Carville responded: “Something different. I don’t know. It’ll be messy. It’ll be — it’ll be a mess. You know, that’s where change is. But if the Democratic Party is so committed to the status quo, and so committed to sticking with something that three-quarters of the country doesn’t want, then we have to say, ‘why do we exist? What are we here for?'” “If we can’t bring something that people want, I have to doubt our rationale for being here,” he said. “I really do.” He said Democrats should not be fighting the “inevitable desire” to replace Biden on the ticket: “Get out the way and let a thousand flowers bloom.” He said all the excuses Biden’s team made for his poor debate performance were “nonsense.” WATCH: JAKE TAPPER: What do you suggest Democrats should do? JANES CARVILLE: Something different. I don’t know. It will be messy. It’ll be a mess. That’s what change is. pic.twitter.com/KA3H8ndXsh — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 2, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security announced on Tuesday that it conducted a deportation of Chinese illegal immigrants over the weekend, flying them back home on the first large deportation charter flight to China since 2018. The DHS did not specify how many illegal immigrants were on the flight, saying that the removal of Chinese migrants was part of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas’ “continued efforts to engage the [People’s Republic of China] on areas of mutual interest.” Mayorkas was impeached by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives earlier this year over his handling of the border as record numbers of encounters have been reported under his watch. The Democrat-controlled Senate dismissed the articles of impeachment against him. “We will continue to enforce our immigration laws and remove individuals without a legal basis to remain in the United States,” Mayorkas said in a press release announcing the deportation flight to China. “People should not believe the lies of smugglers.” According to the DHS, “Together, the United States and PRC are working to reduce and deter irregular migration and to disrupt illicit human smuggling through expanded law enforcement efforts.” While the exact number of Chinese migrants transported over the weekend remains unknown, one planeload of migrants pales in comparison to the number of Chinese nationals who Customs and Border Protection have apprehended under the Biden administration. CNN reported that in the first 11 months of 2023, 31,000 Chinese nationals were apprehended while attempting to unlawfully cross the U.S. southern border. That number was higher than the previous 10 years combined. A DHS press release touted an executive order signed by President Biden last month that temporarily suspended the entry of some migrants into the country if daily border encounters pass 2,500. “DHS enforces our immigration laws and delivers tough consequences for those who do not have a lawful basis to remain, consistent with international obligations,” the department added. Biden has been criticized for waiting until months before a presidential election to take executive action on the border, action that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called “window dressing.” “If he was concerned about the border, he would have done this a long time ago,” Johnson added. Citizens from U.S. nemesis China are not the only security concerns crossing the southern border. Last month, eight suspected terrorists with suspected links to ISIS were arrested after illegally entering the U.S. According to The New York Post, which cited “unnamed ICE sources,” the investigation into the suspected terrorists “featured a wiretap which revealed one of the now-arrested individuals was talking about bombs.” The Biden administration has also been blasted for its handling of the border crisis in the wake of multiple murders allegedly committed by illegal immigrants. During last week’s debate, former President Donald Trump mentioned the alleged rape and murder of 12-year-old Texas girl Jocelyn Nungaray, saying that he spoke to her mother before taking the stage in Atlanta. “This is horrible what’s taken place,” Trump said. “What’s taken place in our country, we’re literally an uncivilized country now.”

Singer Melissa Etheridge said her children’s sperm donor, the late musician David Crosby, also fathered many other children the same way. The 63-year-old recording artist discussed the situation with People magazine while promoting her upcoming docuseries, “Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken,” which will air on Paramount+.   “The situation was special with my partner at the time because she had been adopted and she wanted her children to know who their biological father was,” Etheridge told People of deciding to have children with ex-girlfriend Julie Cypher. “So we weren’t going to go to a sperm bank because she wanted them to know.” She added, “To me, I didn’t want someone who wanted to be a father… I didn’t want all of a sudden my children to have…’Oh, there’s dad.’ And who am I? That sort of thing.” Etheridge said Crosby’s wife, Jan Dance, was the one who suggested he become their sperm donor. She had two children via Crosby’s donation: Bailey, age 27, and Beckett, who died of a drug overdose in 2020. “They had just had help having their son and they appreciated that. They wanted to pay it forward,” she told the outlet. “We’re still finding kids from David Crosby out in the world. My daughter’s like, ‘I have another half-sister.'”   “He did not need to be [a father]. And that’s what really made it clear for me, was that he was willing to say, ‘Yeah, I was the biological father.’ And my kids call him bio dad, so he’s the biological father, but they didn’t need a relationship with him,” Etheridge went on. Crosby died in January 2023 from complications related to COVID, per his family. Etheridge posted about it on social media, calling him, “the gift” of her family. “I am grieving the loss of my friend, and Bailey’s and Beckett’s biological father, David,” Etheridge wrote on Instagram. “He gave me the gift of family. I will forever be grateful to him, [son] Django, and [wife] Jan. His music and legacy will inspire many generations to come. A true treasure.” Crosby is known for being a member of the Byrds in the mid-1960s and later of the group Crosby, Stills & Nash, which became massively popular with their California rock music in the 1970s.

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A video shared on X claims to show former President Donald Trump’s plane flying over Washington, D.C., after the June 27 debate. Trump Force One conducts a low-altitude, high-speed pass over near Washington DC after winning the debate. Badassed. pic.twitter.com/QpF047KVBA — Mila Joy (@MilaLovesJoe) June 30, 2024 Verdict: False The video is from a simulator. It […]

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