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On July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously ruled in U.S. v. Nixon that the 37th president, Richard M. Nixon, could not exert executive privilege over White House recordings related to the Watergate break-in. The ruling ended months of refusal from Nixon to release the tapes on the grounds that they were covered under executive privilege. In its now classic — or infamous, for Nixon fans — ruling, the court held that executive privilege cannot be used to “withhold evidence that is demonstrably relevant” in a criminal matter, adding, crucially, that no “President is above the law.” Nixon complied, but when the tapes were released, it was found that somebody had erased 18 and a half minutes of their most incriminating portions. The tapes were, and are, seen as the smoking gun proving that Nixon had engaged in a criminal coverup, and they paved the way for his impeachment. He resigned before that could happen. READ MORE: Robert J. Costello, Esq., Should Be Trump’s Defense Witness No. 1 Now President Joe Biden, taking a page from Nixon, has decided to assert executive privilege over recordings of his interviews, some five hours in all, with special counsel Robert Hur, taken last October on the matter of the president’s potential mishandling of classified documents: a criminal matter. (Former President Donald Trump has been indicted in Florida for the very same offense.) House Republicans have been after the Hur tapes for months following Hur’s Capitol Hill testimony in February, in which he painted a portrait of a confused, possibly senile Biden struggling to answer basic questions. Hur’s unflattering portrayal of Biden’s state during the interview enraged Democrats and prompted them to accuse the former of being a Republican operative engaged in a smear campaign against the sitting president in the middle of an election campaign.  After Hur’s testimony, House Republicans wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that he turn over the tapes. Garland refused (contempt of Congress charge, anyone?), and today Biden upped the ante by asserting executive privilege over the tapes, which only raises more questions about what the tapes might reveal and how damaging they might be to him, both personally and politically. Aside from potentially showing his weak mental state, the tapes could also breathe new life into the presently dormant classified-documents investigation of Biden, which could be political gold for Republicans.  Republicans should sue to get the tapes released, going all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary, though it’s not clear that the current court would necessarily rule in their favor. The Roberts Court, with its 6–3 conservative, pro-Executive majority, could very well rule that Biden is within his rights. The court has already ruled that Trump must turn over documents in various matters in recent years. But with the Hur tapes, Biden is withholding evidence related to a criminal inquiry, which U.S. v. Nixon expressly forbids, and precedent is precedent.  In any case, the matter of the Hur tapes deserves to be heard by the Supreme Court. No man is above the law, as we’ve heard a lot here lately in regard to Trump. And what goes for Republican presidents should go for Democrat ones too. The post 50 Years Ago, Nixon Was Forced to Hand Over Recordings. Biden Should Be Too. appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

“My ‘Never Again’ is trumping my ‘Never Trump’ these days.” Thus Cliff Asness, a multi-millionaire Nikki Haley donor, was quoted Tuesday in the Free Press. READ MORE from Shmuel Klatzkin: Chamberlain and Biden: Appeasement Then and Now “Never Trump” has acted as a foundational principle for those who took it up. In the extreme case, as it has been pushed by its most calculating supporters, it serves as the beginning and the end — an a priori, a fundamental, quasi-religious truth. Those who do not accept this principle are heretics who must be shunned. Those who still have a moral code aside from that dictated by current politics are finding that “Never Trump” is not so absolute an imperative as stopping another Holocaust. And they find themselves morally compelled to oppose President Joe Biden’s passive-aggressive psychodrama with Israel.  And, so, they exit the childish reductionism of Never Trump to reenter the real world in which they have to assess moral priorities, as mature adults must. And, lo and behold, they are assigning a higher priority to stopping a redux of the Final Solution to the stopping of former President Donald Trump. And Biden, in pursuit of a crazed left-wing that would never, ever vote for Trump, is cementing his choice every day, though his backers think that their method of playing both sides is still giving supporters of Israel an excuse to stay with him.  It is clear after this week that Biden — and/or those who control him — has chosen to support Hamas over Israel. The steps toward Biden’s betrayal of Israel were carefully hidden, but it was clear at least from February that his administration had committed itself to ensuring that there would be no Israeli victory and that America would force the end of hostilities before the hostages would be released. Actual threats to discontinue American military aid were made in the February phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but this betrayal was kept secret for nearly two months so that Biden could speak at the Holocaust Day observances without massive protest. He fooled the Jews, clever man that he is.  He (or his handlers, as we must always say) was fooling himself (themselves). There are many, many Cliff Asnesses now, blinking awake to the horrific reality that the party of Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Joe Lieberman is now headed by those who pick Hamas over Israel. This week brought some news that tops what we have heard before. Though the Washington Post broke the story, for reasons about which I will not speculate, you will find little mention of it in the tarnished-legacy media. But in sources that have thrived by filling in the objectivity vacuum left by the mainstream media, you can find the story. Here, the Washington Post story is covered by the Daily Mail: Biden administration officials are said to be offering Israel exact locations of Hamas leaders in a bid to stop the IDF invading the Gazan city of Rafah.  The president has reportedly offered highly-classified information that also includes the locations of Hamas’ secret tunnels to try and stave-off what he fears could be a humanitarian catastrophe.  Let’s put aside the sanctimonious assumption that any government accountable to its people could ever choose the survival of an enemy sworn to their destruction to their own. Let’s see what this story inescapably implies: Biden has known where the Hamas leaders are — and he has not told Israel.  Joe Biden has been protecting and continues to protect the organizers of the orgy of murder, rape, abduction, and pillage of Oct. 7 who are committed to repeating such orgies until their dying day or until Israel is annihilated. Joe is actively helping them avoid their dying day and so allow them to pursue Israel’s annihilation. Joe did not give this information about the location of the tunnels to Israel when he was pretending to be its ally. Now he wants Israelis to trust him to give that information if they first call off their push to victory. Only people so dedicated to lying and manipulation that they believe their own lies could imagine that such a stunning betrayal can be covered over by further assurances. It seems that most everyone else has seen enough to be done with the duplicity, however slick. For more and more people who — only a year ago, only a month ago, only a week ago — were in the Biden camp, the stench of betrayal overwhelms everything else. And the more they follow the stench, the more they are realizing that it is all rot. They have no more home with those they had thought were their friends. They know they have been played. It comes to them like an earthquake. But the next seismic shock in America is going to be for those who have betrayed them. Their priority remains Never Again. And they know Joe has chosen to stand with the Nazis on the other side. He has made it a choice between his own political death or Israel’s.  Forced to make that choice, these people are ready to do what it takes to see that Israel still lives. The post It’s Final: Biden Has Chosen to Support Hamas appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

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Republicans argue law will help police identify agent provocateurs at protests who are abusing the Covid-era mask rules to hide their faces. North Carolina’s Republican-dominated senate this week voted to ban face masks in public, asserting agent provocateurs at protests are using the facial coverings to conceal their identities. “House Bill 237 would ban everyone, not just protesters, from wearing masks in public for medical reasons if it becomes law,” reports WRAL.com. “It passed 30-15, with every Republican in favor and every Democrat opposed.” Republicans argue the law will help police identify agitators who are abusing the Covid-era mask rules to commit violence during protests. “Police will be expected to use ‘common sense’ not to use it to arrest ‘Granny in the Walmart,'” bill sponsor Sen. Buck Newton stated, according to Newsweek. Newton said the bill is intended to “deal with organizations and individuals who are intent on breaking the law and hiding their identity.”Power up with Nitric Boost that’s now 40% OFF! This potent formula gives you the massive edge in strength and superior circulation for that unparalleled performance you've been looking for! However, Democrats claim the rule would prohibit people from wearing masks for medical reasons, including barring cancer patients from using them, which Republicans argue is a gross mischaracterization of the law. “Is it really that you find masked chemo patients that threatening? Something about them makes you really angry?” Sen. Natasha Marcus (D-Mecklenburg) asked this week. “Or is this, more likely, a desire to score some political points with the anti-mask crowd during an election year, at the expense of vulnerable people?” One cancer-surviving Democrat senator, Sen. Sydney Batch (D-Wake) asserted it was her “freedom” to wear a mask, saying, “This bill criminalizes their behavior, and mine… We talk a lot about freedoms in this chamber. I hear it all the time. I should have the freedom — my children and my husband should have the freedom — to wear masks in order to protect and save my life, without fear of being arrested and charged.” “Someone walking around with tuberculosis, wants to wear a mask to protect everybody else is no longer able to do that based on this bill,” she added. Newton contends “there is no record of anyone being arrested in North Carolina prior to the pandemic for wearing a mask, even though it was technically illegal,” Newsweek reports. The bill will next head to Democrat North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk, who could veto the legislation; however, Republicans have a legislative supermajority which they can use to override the veto. The globalists are increasing their attacks on Infowars and the stakes have never been higher! Please consider donating and visit InfowarsStore.com for merch, nutraceuticals and survival gear.

Moreover, the same climate professor also called Florida Surgeon General "bonkers" for urging residents against new Covid vaccines! A resurfaced message from London-based professor Bill McGuire, who recently deleted a post on X that stressed how a mass culling of humanity via a deadly pandemic was the “only realistic way” to avoid a climate disaster, shows him praising the vaccination program of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). “Public sector #NHS + #Vaccination programme = spectacular success,” said McGuire back in February 2021. “’nuff said!” Private sector SERCO + Test & Trace = complete farcePublic sector #NHS + #Vaccination programme = spectacular success’nuff said!#COVID19 #COVID #vaccine #ToryIncompetence #ThursdayThoughts #fridaymorning #FridayFeeling #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/SAXkECApSE— Bill McGuire (@ProfBillMcGuire) February 4, 2021 Today, the NHS is now infamous for its handling of the plandemic. London Climate Professor Calls For ‘Culling Of Human Population By Pandemic With Very High Fatality Rate’Save 10% on ALL storable food and Alexapure Pro Water Filtration Systems! Secure your independence with our delicious kits TODAY to beat the coming demand! The affinity of pro-jab individuals also being a depopulationist brings to mind Bill Gate’s very public exploits on the matter. Watch Alex Jones break down alarming remarks by Gates and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla where they essentially admit to conducting global mRNA and oncological experiments on the human population: Bill Gates & Pfizer CEO Bourla Brag About Deadly Covid Shots & Upcoming Cancer Jabs – What Could Go Wrong? Moreover, McGuire also called Florida surgeon general Dr. Joseph Ladapo “bonkers” for urging residents against new Covid vaccines: Good Grief!Even the doctors are bonkers in Floridahttps://t.co/fRLmctiJZS— Bill McGuire (@ProfBillMcGuire) September 9, 2023 For posterity, here’s a screenshot of McGuire’s deleted X post: Interesting thing to say. pic.twitter.com/HN6WiMR161— RAW EGG NATIONALIST (@Babygravy9) May 13, 2024 Alex Jones Was Right: Bill Gates Confesses To Experimenting On the Public With COVID Shots

'Diks of Hazard' stunt has New Yorkers laughing New York artist and activist Scott LoBaido sent into the air dozens of phallus balloons with the face of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and other Democrat operatives taped on them. Judge Engoron, Judge Merchan and special counsel Jack Smith, key players in the ongoing anti-Trump judicial witch hunt, were also pictured on the balloons. The stunt, filmed and posted on X this week, caused a stir as police officers tried to collect the floating genitalia while the balloons drifted out from the back of a box truck and bystanders laughed at the chaotic scene. NEW: Artist Scott LoBaido (@ScottLoBaido) has unveiled his "Diks of Hazard" in NYC, featuring the faces of Alvin Bragg, Judge Engoron, Judge Merchan, and Jack Smith on p*nis balloons. The stunt was pulled off outside the courthouse in NYC. LoBaido says he spent $1500 on the… pic.twitter.com/lUkd14k2rE— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 16, 2024 LoBaido titled the street art “The Diks of Hazard” on social media:Save 40% on our limited edition Brain Force Ultra that’s loaded with proprietary super ingredients! “unveiling of “The Diks of Hazard”Alvin Bragg, Judge Engoron, Judge Merchen, Jack Smith. pic.twitter.com/qs1j8IlfBa— Scott LoBaido (@ScottLoBaido) May 16, 2024 One America News covered the artist’s stunt and featured the classic scene from the film Austin Powers where a large genital-shaped object appeared on radar and in the sky. Funniest news interview opener!Re: Yesterday’s balloon art. ???? pic.twitter.com/yLrVei243R— Scott LoBaido (@ScottLoBaido) May 17, 2024

'Going to Barron’s High School Graduation. Great student, wonderful boy! Very exciting!!!' former president announced on Truth Social. Donald Trump and his wife Melania on Friday attended the high school graduation of their son Barron Trump, weeks after speculation an NYC judge might not allow the former president to attend. ?President Trump's motorcade arrives for Barron Trump high school graduationCongratulations, Barron! pic.twitter.com/3gHGcwjwTQ— AJ Huber (@Huberton) May 17, 2024 Photos and video show Trump and Melania seated among guests at the Oxbridge Academy in Palm Beach, Florida. Here, you have one of the most famous men alive sitting as part of a crowd watching his son, Barron Trump, graduate from high school. It's absolutely bizarre to see him blending in a crowd like this, but I'm here for it. pic.twitter.com/qGzEvlLo7j— Green Lives Matter (@Ultrafrog17) May 17, 2024 Barron walked on stage and received his high school diploma.Save 40% on Ultimate Fish Oil today and improve your supplement routine & experience the world-renowned powerhouse formula! BREAKING: Barron Trump just received his High School diploma!pic.twitter.com/l9Wsp1Wfjv— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) May 17, 2024 Just weeks ago, Trump’s attendance at the graduation was thrown into question when Judge Juan Merchan, overseeing his “hush money” case, mulled over Trump’s request to skip May 17 to attend Barron’s graduation, at one point threatening him with arrest if he disrupted proceedings or skipped the trial. “If you disrupt the proceedings, you can be excluded from the courtroom and committed to jail based on your conduct and the trial will continue on in your absence,” Merchan reportedly told Trump. “If you do not show up, there will be an arrest…Do you understand?” Here are a few more photos from Barron’s graduation highlighting Trump’s immense pride in his youngest son. Image credit: GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images Image credit: GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images Image credit: GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images Image credit: GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images Image credit: GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images Image credit: GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images The globalists are increasing their attacks on Infowars and the stakes have never been higher! Please consider donating and visit InfowarsStore.com for merch, nutraceuticals and survival gear. Follow the author on X, Facebook, Gab, Minds, Truth Social and Gettr. Flashback from Mar 27 2020 — Witless Hollywood Goblin Demands Barron Trump Face Coronavirus Exposure