President Joe Biden and his administration have intentionally weaponized the judicial system to target Republicans while protecting Democrats.  Since taking office, Biden has used taxpayer resources to attack conservative parents on school boards, Catholics, and pro-life advocates. And that’s in addition to the blatant attempt to jail Biden’s top political opponent during an election year. If we don’t abide by the Constitution, which guarantees every U.S. citizen equal treatment under the law and the right to a fair trial, we are no better than Venezuela or communist China. The sham New York v. Trump case is perhaps one of the most egregious examples of the Left’s weaponization of justice. Whether you consider the lopsided jury, the gag order issued to silence only former President Donald Trump, the prosecution’s failure to describe the underlying criminal allegations, or the lack of a unanimous verdict required for conviction, this “trial” was a complete joke and a massive waste of taxpayer dollars. As if it weren’t obvious enough that this case was political, a former top Biden Justice Department official delivered opening arguments for the prosecution. The fact that the Biden campaign staged a press conference outside the court tells you everything you need to know.  Let’s be clear, this case would have never made it to court if Trump weren’t the presumptive Republican nominee for president. But it’s not just Trump the Left is going after. The Biden administration has used every tool available to try to silence conservative parents and families.  In 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a memo redirecting federal law enforcement and counterterrorism resources to identify, intimidate, and “prosecute when appropriate” parents who voiced concern at school board meetings about the woke propaganda being taught in our education system. Last I checked, freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment. Yet, countless parents have been investigated by the FBI simply for expressing concerns about how their taxpayer dollars are being used to push a political agenda on their children. Furthermore, Christian values have been blacklisted by the Biden administration. Following the leaking in May 2022 of the then-forthcoming Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision from the Supreme Court, attacks against pro-life pregnancy resource centers and Catholic churches across the country skyrocketed. Meanwhile, a leaked memo from the FBI’s Richmond, Virginia, field office revealed plans to use counterterrorism resources to investigate Catholic Americans as “potential domestic terrorists.” Those plans were partially implemented as pro-life protesters, such as Mark Houck, a Catholic father of seven, were arrested by the FBI at gunpoint for protesting outside of a Philadelphia-based Planned Parenthood clinic. Similarly, in the District of Columbia, pro-life activists were convicted and sentenced to nearly five years in prison simply for protesting outside of an abortion clinic. The Biden administration has selectively used the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act) to go after pro-life advocates while largely ignoring pro-abortion protesters vandalizing churches and pro-life pregnancy help centers. The double standard is astounding. At the same time, the Biden administration has stood by while terrorist-sympathizing activists have taken over college campuses across the country in the wake of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel. Columbia and other universities were overrun by violent protesters who harassed Jewish students, trespassed on private property, and prevented students from getting to class. What did Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg do in response? His office announced they were dropping all charges against the 30 students and staff arrested for breaking the law. So, the very same DA who campaigned on putting Trump in jail refused to do his job and hold terrorist sympathizers accountable to the law. Unsurprisingly, public confidence in the U.S. government and our institutions has plummeted during Biden’s time in office. Only 42% of Americans have faith in our judicial system, with overall confidence in our federal government at a stunningly low 30%. These numbers are gravely concerning, because if we lose the rule of law, we lose this country. Enough is enough. I refuse to stand by while Biden and his allies try to destroy our country as we know it. That’s why I signed a pledge with several of my Republican colleagues stating that we will not allow fast-tracking of Biden’s judicial and U.S. Attorney nominees through Election Day. We will not be complicit in the White House’s mission to pack our courts with activist judges who only follow the law when it benefits Democrats. I will continue to oppose the Biden administration until American voters have the opportunity to reject Biden’s attempts to impose his political agenda through the justice system. We must stand up for the Constitution and the rule of law before it’s too late. The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Heritage Foundation. 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Life was a wild ride for crocodiles in Ancient Egypt. As the Nile’s most iconic predator, the scaly beasts were the focus of a bizarre cult that saw them worshiped, spoiled rotten, and sacrificed, although it has taken thousands of years for researchers to figure out how the revered reptiles were lured from their natural habitat.The mystery of this ancient religious practice has now finally been solved thanks to a new analysis of a mummified Egyptian crocodile that had been sitting in a museum in the UK. A series of scans revealed the presence of a fish hook alongside an undigested fish inside the creature’s belly, indicating that the croc was wild-caught and killed almost immediately after being captured.“The ancient Egyptians venerated crocodiles as avatars of Sobek, Lord of the Nile and of the primeval swamp from which they believed the Earth was created,” write the authors of a new study describing the mummified animal. They go on to explain that “centers of sacred activity dedicated to the crocodile” have been discovered throughout Egypt, evidenced by the presence of huge numbers of mummified crocs, some up to 6 meters (19.7 feet) long.However, while countless crocodiles appear to have been sacrificed, some were also apparently pampered as “cult animals”, who were allowed to die a natural death. The most famous of these was named Suchus and lived at the cult center of Crocodilopolis.“Believed to be the living incarnation of Sobek, Suchus was provided with a dedicated pond within the temple complex where he received a lavish diet of bread, meat and wine delivered by the priests, and adornments of precious metals and jewels,” write the study authors. “As a cult animal, Suchus received the levels of care befitting a god on earth,” they add.What baffles researchers, though, is how the ancient Egyptians managed to procure so many giant crocodiles for their religious practices. Based on the discovery of an ancient hatchery at the archaeological site of Medinet Madi, some have suggested that the animals may have been raised in captivity, although it’s unclear how these ferocious creatures could have been kept and cared for once they reached adult proportions.Other sources – including the writings of the Greek historian Herodotus – indicate that the crocodiles were caught from the wild after being lured to the banks of the Nile by the sound of a pig being beaten. To figure out what really went on along the water’s edge, the study authors scanned a 2.2-meter-long (7.2-foot) mummified crocodile from the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. To their surprise, they found a bronze fish hook inside the animal’s stomach, suggesting that it was not raised in captivity but was “a wild animal hunted for the purposes of mummification.”Within the digestive tract, the researchers also found a small fish that had yet to be broken down by the crocodile’s digestive juices. This finding indicates that the creature ate its last meal a very short time before dying, which means it must have been killed and mummified almost immediately after being caught.“The apparent short time span between the ingestion of the fish and the death of the animal suggests that the crocodile was wild caught and the carcass processed for mummification shortly after,” explain the authors. Taken together, these findings point to the fact that the crocodile was “caught and mummified by the ancient Egyptians as an offering to the god Sobek,” they conclude.The study is published in the journal Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.

Remarkable rare footage has been captured of pygmy blue whales in the waters of Timor-Leste, revealing for the first time what it looks like when they try to win a mate – and when they empty their bowels. It comes following a decade-long citizen science project in the region that’s famous for its whale sightings.The starring whales are pygmy blue whales, a tropical subspecies (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) of blue whale that are around 10 meters smaller than the world’s biggest animals, but still one of the largest at a whopping 24 meters (79 feet) long. They are drawn to this part of the world because they complete an annual migration between southern Australia and the Banda Sea, taking them on a 5,000-kilometer (3,107 miles) jolly via the waters of Timor-Leste.Despite their massive size, we knew relatively little about their reproductive and calving behaviors, which is what makes footage like this so exciting. “From newborn calves and nursing mothers to amorous adults in courtship, the waters of Timor-Leste really are providing blue whale scientists with some of our first glimpses into the private lives of one of the world’s largest but most elusive animals,” said leader of the program and marine ecologist, Associate Professor Karen Edyvane of Charles Darwin University, in a statement.The below footage was captured in 2023 via drone and shows a rare encounter between two pygmy blue whales engaging in intimate courtship. There was also remarkable footage of what happens following such intimate encounters, as a mother whale was seen nursing its calf in a video captured underwater.Another drone captured the thrilling moment a pygmy blue whale let one rip, sending forth a plume of feces that makes for quite the impressive trail. Capturing defecation on camera might not seem all that exciting on the surface of it, but it tells us that these animals are foraging and feeding in the waters of Timor-Leste.“Timor-Leste’s deep, nearshore waters, particularly in the narrow Ombai-Wetar Strait along the north coast of the country, provide one of the most accessible and best locations for blue whale research in the world,” continued Edyvane.“Since 2014, our program has sighted over 2,700 blue whales in Timor-Leste’s waters, monitoring their annual migration along the country’s north coast. On a global level, these numbers are truly extraordinary.”The collaboration between scientists, tour operators, and fishers has opened up the opportunity to learn so much more about pygmy blue whale’s migration, and it’s hoped that the insights gleaned can inform better conservation of the subspecies moving forward.The research was presented to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in April, 2024.

The Department of Justice reported on Sunday evening that Boeing plans to plead guilty to criminal fraud stemming from two fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people, the Associated Press reported.Boeing was accused of violating a 2021 deferred prosecution agreement with the DOJ that protected the company from criminal charges for more than three years. Under that settlement, Boeing was asked to revise its compliance practices and submit to regular reporting.'Set the matter for a public trial.'Last week, the DOJ offered Boeing a plea deal that required the aircraft manufacturer to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration and pay a fine. Boeing allegedly "deceived" the FAA's Aircraft Evaluation Group "about an important aircraft part called the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) that impacted the flight control system of the Boeing 737 MAX," the department reported.Boeing has reportedly agreed to the deal and will pay $243.6 million, the same amount the company paid in the previous 2021 settlement that the DOJ claimed it violated. The company must also submit to third-party safety and quality audits for three years. According to the DOJ, the plea agreement only pertains to Boeing's actions before the two fatal crashes and does not provide immunity for incidents that occurred afterward, including a mid-flight door panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines plane earlier this year. Additionally, the agreement only covers the corporation and does not include its current or former officials.The 2021 settlement was slated to expire two days after the incident with the Alaska Airlines flight. A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board found that the aircraft likely left Boeing's factory without the key bolts needed to hold the panel in place. Boeing is expected to enter its guilty plea in the U.S. District Court in Texas. The judge overseeing the case accused the corporation of "egregious criminal conduct."Boeing said in a recent statement, "We can confirm that we have reached an agreement in principle on terms of a resolution with the Justice Department, subject to the memorialization and approval of specific terms."Relatives of the victims of the two fatal crashes were briefed last week about the DOJ's plea offer to Boeing. At the time, Paul Cassell, an attorney representing the relatives, said they plan to ask the judge to reject the "sweetheart plea deal," Blaze News previously reported.Cassell stated he would ask the judge to "simply set the matter for a public trial, so that all the facts surrounding the case will be aired in a fair and open forum before a jury." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A radio host is out of a job after admitting she used the Biden campaign's pre-written questions in an interview of President Joe Biden. After his disastrous debate performance, Biden participated in two radio interviews last week, one with Wisconsin radio host Earl Ingram and another with Philadelphia radio host Andrea Lawful-Sanders. Biden's campaign specifically selected the radio hosts because they have large black audiences, according to the New York Times, so the campaign hoped the interviews would alleviate concerns about Biden's cognitive decline. 'WURD Radio is not a mouthpiece for the Biden or any other administration.' On Saturday, Lawful-Sanders admitted on CNN that she asked Biden layup questions that Biden's team had sent her. "The questions were sent to me for approval; I approved of them," she said. "I got several questions — eight of them. And the four that were chosen were the ones that I approved." — (@) The Biden campaign later tried to downplay the significance of the incident by claiming that it is not "an uncommon practice for interviewees to share topics they would prefer." But the campaign also appeared to throw Lawful-Sanders under the bus. "We do not condition interviews on acceptance of these questions, and hosts are always free to ask the questions they think will best inform their listeners," said Lauren Hitt, a spokesperson for Biden's campaign. By Sunday, Lawful-Sanders and her employer, WURD, had "mutually agreed to part ways." In a statement, WURD Radio president and CEO Sara Lomax said that Lawful-Sanders' decision to use the pre-written questions violated WURD's company policies. "WURD Radio remains an independent voice that our audience can trust will hold elected officials accountable. As Pennsylvania’s only independent Black-owned talk radio station, WURD Radio has cultivated that trust with our audience over our 20-year history. This is something we take very seriously," Lomax explained. "Agreeing to a pre-determined set of questions jeopardizes that trust and is not a practice that WURD Radio engages in or endorses as a matter of practice or official policy." "WURD Radio is not a mouthpiece for the Biden or any other administration," Lomax declared.Meanwhile, Ingram later confirmed he also received pre-written questions from Biden's team. He admitted to asking the questions despite it preventing him from asking his own."Yes, I was given some questions for Biden," Ingram said. "I didn't get a chance to ask him all the things I wanted to ask." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

United States Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) recently sent a letter to the commissioner of America250, a taxpayer-funded project, requesting information about its alleged attempts to "undermine" the nation's founding principles.America250, a "nonpartisan initiative," is tasked with orchestrating celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in July 2026. The commission was established by Congress in 2016.'Finance projects that either distract from our founding or advance divisive ideologies.'According to its website, the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission aims to "engage Americans across the country in designing the largest and most inclusive anniversary observance in our nation's history." Lee's letter, obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, stated that the commission has received $50 million in taxpayer dollars to fund its activities."It is no secret today that younger Americans are losing touch with the principles of our founding," Lee wrote. "This has been intentionally accomplished by the hands of those who wish to dismantle our great nation and diminish the moral legitimacy of our system of government.""As a member of the Congressional America250 Caucus, it has been brought to my attention that the Commission is serving as a taxpayer-funded vehicle to advance and promote radical ideologies that undermine the principles found in our Declaration," he continued.Lee listed a number of alleged actions by the commission, including staffing a "Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion," who received $140,000 a year. In 2022, the former president of America250 "announced a partnership with the 400 Years of African American History Commission, asserting that 'our national story begins long before 1776 ... from 1619 to the present,'" Lee noted in his letter. Additionally, the commission announced funding awards to organizations holding activities promoting and discussing "social justice" and "digital equity," Lee claimed."Having been given $50 million in taxpayer funds to finance your activities, it is concerning to think future appropriations will also be used to elevate anti-American figures and finance projects that either distract from our founding or advance divisive ideologies," Lee wrote to the commissioner.Lee requested information from America250, including "a full accounting of every organization" that has received funding or made financial contributions. Lee also demanded a "full accounting of how all taxpayer money has been used" and a "comprehensive report detailing the work performed by" its vice president of DEI.An America250 spokesperson denied the claims, telling Blaze News, "We reviewed Senator Lee’s letter and believe he was given inaccurate information. For example, we do not have a DEI officer, nor did we issue grants to the organizations he lists. We look forward to formally responding to Senator Lee's letter, including pointing out additional inaccuracies in the concerns raised. We hope to meaningfully collaborate with Senator Lee as we work with more than 170 members of the bipartisan Congressional America250 Caucus to build a 250th celebration that will make all Americans proud."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

After all the mechanical malfunctioning in its Boeing 737 planes, you'd think United Airlines would be doing everything in its power to keep customers coming back. But apparently that's not the case. In fact, United Airlines is booting people off planes. Recently, a woman and her 16-month-old baby were kicked off a United Airlines flight when the mother accidentally misgendered a nonbinary flight attendant. In a video, which has since gone viral, the mother explains how she, her mother, and her baby were “denied boarding" because while “speaking to one of the flight attendants, [she] got their pronouns wrong.” Woman & Family Kicked Off This Airline for Saying This? youtu.be If that wasn’t bad enough, the plane crew “took [their] luggage,” which contained vital medications for both the woman and her mother. “I said ‘I'm really sorry ... I'm not very versed with pronouns,”’ she recounts in the video. “I was holding my son. He was having a temper tantrum. I had the car seat on my back. I wasn't really focusing on anything except getting my son's car seat on the flight and getting him comfortable and safe.” The United crew deemed the situation a “hate crime” and allegedly barred the woman from flying United ever again. “We don't even know how we're going to get back today,” she told the camera. “I don't know what to do ... I don't know what my rights are here.” While Dave Rubin “can't speak to the legitimacy of her claims,” he does think it’s highly probable the mother was “not causing a real problem on the plane" — not to mention it’s a scenario we’ve seen a hundred times before. “That is why these woke things are so dangerous,” he says. “They are breaking down the very fabric of society.” To see the footage of the mother recounting her nightmarish United Airlines experience, watch the clip above. Want more from Dave Rubin?To enjoy more honest conversations, free speech, and big ideas with Dave Rubin, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Players from the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds engaged in a lengthy patriotic standoff following the national anthem before an Independence Day game in the Bronx, New York.What started with at least five players participating in the standoff was whittled down to a final four as Yankees starting pitcher Marcus Stroman finished warming up. Reds pitchers Graham Ashcraft and Carson Spiers, along with Yankees pitchers Ian Hamilton and Cody Poteet, stood firmly with their hats over their hearts well after "The Star-Spangled Banner" had finished.'I don't have anything to do today. I'm staying until I win, get ejected, or both.'Bally Sports Cincinnati reporter Jim Day explained what was happening in front of the dugouts."We've got a good, old-fashioned baseball game and a good, old-fashioned standoff," Day said, reviewing recorded footage."You don't see these much in Major League Baseball any more, but Graham Ashcraft, Carson Spiers, three Yankees on the other side ... they've been at attention for a good five to 10 minutes at this point," Day added, throwing back to the live feed.With the four players remaining, none seemed willing to budge, even as umpires told the players to get off the field. First-base umpire Jonathan Parra was seen laughing as he attempted to reason with the Yankees players, who remained stone-faced and looking straight ahead while chewing gum."It wasn’t even planned," Ashcraft told MLB.com. "All of us, we're glancing over. We saw they weren't moving. One of the guys told Carson [Spiers] to stay. I was like, 'I'm staying with you because I'm not moving. I don't have anything to do today. I'm staying until I win, get ejected, or both," the pitcher recalled.Luckily for the participating players, home-plate umpire Alan Porter extended the standoff when he left to get more equipment. The players were then warned that if they kept up their antics once the first batter stepped in, they would all be ejected.Spiers was the first to leave, leaving Ashcraft to face the two Yankees. After at least 10-15 minutes, depending on the report, the Yankees decided to step down, leaving Ashcraft as the fist-pumping winner."If you're going to win, you've got to win, right?" Ashcraft told reporters. First baseman Spencer Steer added that he thought it was "pretty awesome" and gave the team "a little edge."Perhaps that edge worked, as the Reds won the game 8-4.The Fourth of July follies could have gone much worse, however, as history has shown that umpires are not always as accepting as they were at Yankee Stadium.An umpiring crew was not happy when a standoff caused a delay before a 2022 game between the Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals.Mariner Robbie Ray and Royal Luke Weaver were both ejected after home-plate umpire Adrian Johnson tried to wave the players back into the dugout.What at first seemed like a victory for the Mariners when Weaver moved first turned out to be an ejection for both players. The game was already three minutes late when the players were thrown out of the game.It seems that some umpires have a better sense of humor than others.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!