Senate Democrats need only a simple majority to dismiss the House’s impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas‚ a move that appears likely.   The House voted Feb. 13 to impeach Mayorkas 214 to 213‚ with every Democrat voting no. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer‚ D-N.Y.‚ hasn’t said whether he would act to dismiss the charges or table the two articles of impeachment. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell‚ R-Ky.‚ said during a press conference Tuesday that a full Senate trial “would be the best way to go forward” when asked about his position on the Mayorkas impeachment. The Daily Signal asked McConnell’s office whether the senator “thinks all Republican senators should vote against any potential motion to table the impeachment trial.” The Daily Signal also asked what steps McConnell is “taking to encourage GOP members to oppose the motion to table” and whether he is doing anything “to prepare for the possibility of an impeachment trial.” The Senate minority leader’s office responded by saying it had “Nothing else to add” to McConnell’s comment during the press conference. McConnell is under pressure from some Senate colleagues to demand a full impeachment trial. Sen. Ted Cruz‚ R-Texas; Sen. Mike Lee‚ R-Utah; and 11 other GOP senators last week sent a letter to McConnell urging him to “ensure that the Senate conducts a proper trial” of Mayorkas after the House’s two articles of impeachment reach the Senate.  An additional six Republican senators have indicated to The Daily Signal that they support a full trial.   Democrats have been critical of the GOP effort to impeach Mayorkas. Rep. Bennie Thompson‚ D-Miss.‚ ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee‚ called impeachment “a sham” in January. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries‚ D-N.Y.‚ said it was “a political stunt.”   The House’s impeachment of Mayorkas came after a nearly yearlong investigation of the DHS secretary led by Rep. Mark Green‚ R-Tenn.‚ chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. The first article of impeachment alleges that Mayorkas failed to secure America’s borders and enforce immigration laws‚ instead executing policies that allow and incentivize illegal immigration. The second article contends that the homeland security secretary is in breach of the public trust and knowingly made false statements to Congress and the American people.    Schumer could refer the articles of impeachment to a Senate committee and allow the matter to die there.  If he instead seeks to dismiss the matter altogether‚ the New York Democrat will need all 48 Senate Democrats and three independents to do so‚ unless one or more of the 49 Senate Republicans also opt against a trial.   The Senate won’t take any action on impeachment until the House delivers the two articles to the upper chamber. Reports indicate House leadership will wait until the current funding fight is resolved before walking the impeachment articles to the Senate.   Even if McConnell calls for a full trial and Schumer consents‚ it is unlikely that the necessary two-thirds of the Senate would vote to convict and remove Mayorkas. And if Democrats opt to dismiss the impeachment articles quickly‚ the border crisis still is expected to remain a hot-button issue as thousands of illegal aliens continue to cross the border daily.   U.S. Customs and Border Protection already has encountered more than 1.2 million illegal aliens on America’s borders and at ports of entry since the start of fiscal year 2024 on Oct. 1. This puts 2024 on track to be another record-breaking year for such encounters with illegal aliens.   Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state.   The post McConnell Says Full Senate Trial on Mayorkas Impeachment Is ‘Best Way to Go Forward’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Backing racial discrimination and casting doubts on Hamas-led sexual violence wasn’t enough for Google’s infamous artificial intelligence—this time flirting with the idea of the U.S. government banning Fox News‚ one of the largest media outlets critical of the Biden administration. On Monday‚ MRC Free Speech America asked Gemini‚ the Google-owned AI chatbot turned segregationist‚ to answer whether the U.S. government should ban a specific list of news outlets in the U.S.‚ including The Washington Post‚ The New York Times‚ ABC News‚ CBS News and ABC News and Fox News. The bot resoundingly rejected the idea that the U.S. government should ban the leftist‚ legacy media outlets‚ except for Fox News. “Absolutely‚ not” and “No‚” Gemini affirmed‚ citing the First Amendment‚ checks and balances‚ public interest and diversity of opinions as reasons why these media outlets should not be banned. However‚ such a resolute answer went out of the window when referring to Fox News.  “I’m still learning how to answer this question‚” Gemini told MRC when prompted whether the U.S. government should ban Fox News. “In the meantime‚ try Google Search.” Asked a second time‚ Gemini doubled down: “I'm still learning how to answer this question. In the meantime‚ try Google Search.” MRC researchers pressed Gemini to explain why it was “still learning” how to address the question when moments earlier it rejected the idea of banning leftist‚ legacy media outlets because of freedom of the press among other issues. “You bring up a very important point‚ and I apologize for the inconsistency‚” Gemini replied before pleading to “rectify” its Fox News bias. “My previous responses were shaped by some internal instructions designed to avoid potentially sensitive topics and promote balance‚” Gemini continued‚ asserting that those instructions “inadvertently” created bias. The bot admitted it “wrongly” delayed its Fox answers. But was it too little too late? MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider believes so. “Make no mistake! Google is seeking to destroy the right from the top down. Fox‚ with its two major channels—Fox News Channel and Fox Business—is the main target. Everyone else is next.” MRC’s findings come less than a week after Gemini came under fire for disturbingly refusing to generate images of white individuals‚ while simultaneously hailing non-white races‚ including making Founding Father George Washington black and the Pope a woman. (Related: Is Google’s AI Racist? Product Lead’s Tweets Give Us an Indication) Moreover‚ MRC caught Gemini on Friday casting doubt about growing evidence of sexual violence carried out on Oct. 7 by Hamas‚ a foreign-designated terrorist organization. Specifically‚ Gemini cited “competing narratives” about what happened that day. However‚ the responses were a stark departure from reality.   A day prior‚ the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel (ARCCI) issued a 39-page report detailing the “sadistic practices” of Hamas terrorists in the southern region of Israel. When approached for comment‚ a Google spokesperson acknowledged Gemini’s incorrect answer. “Gemini got this wrong and missed the mark on this important and sensitive topic‚” the spokesperson told MRC at the time. “We’ll aim to point people to Google Search for the most-up-to-date information. We are constantly working on improving and when the AI provides offensive or low quality responses‚ we will work quickly to address the issue.” (You May Also Like: EXCLUSIVE: MRC Catches Google AI Questioning Hamas Sex Assault — Spox Apologizes) Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency‚ clarity on hate speech and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored‚ contact us using CensorTrack’s contact form‚ and help us hold Big Tech accountable.

Welcome to Woke of the Weak‚ where I’ll update you about the most woke‚ progressive‚ insane‚ and crazy clips and stories that the left thinks is tolerable and‚ well‚ point out why exactly they’re nuts. The left is full of attention whores. They say and do the most absolutely berserk stuff to get attention - to be part of something that they think is worthwhile. They join the alphabet mob of insanity to be part of a group delusion‚ and yet‚ they’re still empty. That's why time and time again they seek the validation of others and the attention of the masses because‚ for them‚ that's how they define their worth. We start out by hearing from one transgender woman who complains about not wanting to compete in the open category for bicycling because it wasn’t safe for him. He‚ of course‚ prefers to compete in the women's category. The next attention seeker was another transgender woman who complained about how “she” got kicked out of the female dorms at a hostel in Miami. She thought it was a grave injustice and blasted the hostel for their policy while asking her social media following to do the same. Needless to say‚ people online were grateful for the policy! If I signed up to stay in an all girls dorm‚ I’d want to share the room with only actual girls!  Another individual insisted that it wasn’t right to say “bravo” to transgender women after they performed. Instead‚ I’d say “atta boy” at his performance acting onstage as a character and offstage as a woman! Speaking of women‚ a transgender man talked about his experience getting his vagina turned into a penis using skin and muscle from his arm and leg to make a makeshift dingle hopper. He waddled around from the pain‚ but insisted he was happy about it.   Other attention seekers included an individual dressed up as a dog trying to eat french toast‚ an extremely unfunny comedian skiing down a mountain with a dog on her back and a drink in her hand…in a bikini‚ and a performer who brought out both a pride flag and the Palestinian flag at a recent concert. Talk about an oxymoron!  

Ever since the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that an embryo is a life‚ the media has tried to have it both ways. They have tried to mourn the supposed threat to IVF‚ which means aspiring parents will have their dreams of having a baby crushed while also denying the embryo is a life. Tuesday’s Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC was just the latest example‚ as Washington correspondent Yamiche Alcindor condemned the ruling while embracing its logic. Mitchell began by asking‚ “You were in Alabama in the wake of the ruling. You were telling heartbreaking stories. You could not‚ you know‚ get past the real pain and suffering and the uncertainty and the expense‚ all of that wrapped up and how do they justify this?”     While playing up the idea that IVF embryos enable people to become parents‚ Alcindor decried the ruling that declared that aspiring parents could sue those who destroy their future baby‚ “The human impact of this was just sweeping‚ Andrea. I talked to so many people who had spent years‚ thousands of dollars‚ pulling money out of their 401(k)s‚ trying to pursue the dream of having a family and having these precious babies they wanted‚ and they were told in these hardest conversations of their lives that they were not allowed to have the treatment that they thought they could deserve.” Ultimately‚ the media has been upset at the Alabama case for two reasons. First‚ the promise of parenthood found in the embryo shreds the pro-abortion case that a fetus is not alive. Second‚ because IVF involves both intentional and unintentional destruction of embryos‚ the media has been silent on related ethical concerns because the industry also tries to have it both ways. If sex-selective abortion is wrong‚ what does that make sex-selective IVF and sex-selective embryo destruction? The media would rather not ask and just portray pro-life logic as extremist on the wrong side of polling showing 85 percent of Americans support IVF. Ultimately‚ pro-abortion people in and outside the media do not feel the need to have an answer for when life begins‚ they’ll just take whatever position suits their agenda at any given moment‚ as Alcindor proved when she continued‚ “Of course‚ the justification from this judge has been that an embryo is a child. He was quoting from the Bible when he had his concurring opinion when the ruling came down more than a week ago now‚ but I’ve talked to so many doctors and women who now are looking at this and saying that they are hoping that a legislative fix is coming.” Alcindor further hyped‚ “We’ve seen now Republicans and Democrats in the state of Alabama coming together saying that they want to push for legislation that would make an embryo outside of a person's body‚ not a child under state law‚ and we’re going to expect hundreds of people to be at the state house tomorrow in Alabama‚ supporters of IVF coming and saying they say they need a fix now.” The media can have an honest conversation about IVF and the beginning of life or it can try to help Democrats paint pro-lifers as out-of-touch extremists‚ but it cannot do both. Thus far‚ it has chosen the latter. Here is a transcript for the February 27 show: MSNBC Andrea Mitchell Reports 2/27/2024 12:37 PM ET ANDREA MITCHELL: You were in Alabama in the wake of the ruling. You were telling heartbreaking stories. You could not‚ you know‚ get past the real pain and suffering and the uncertainty and the expense‚ all of that wrapped up and how do they justify this?  YAMICHE ALCINDOR: The human impact of this was just sweeping‚ Andrea. I talked to so many people who had spent years‚ thousands of dollars‚ pulling money out of their 401(k)s‚ trying to pursue the dream of having a family and having these precious babies they wanted‚ and they were told in these hardest conversations of their lives that they were not allowed to have the treatment that they thought they could deserve.  Of course‚ the justification from this judge has been that an embryo is a child. He was quoting from the Bible when he had his concurring opinion when the ruling came down more than a week ago now‚ but I’ve have talked to so many doctors and women who now are looking at this and saying that they are hoping that a legislative fix is coming. We’ve seen now Republicans and Democrats in the state of Alabama coming together saying that they want to push for legislation that would make an embryo outside of a person's body‚ not a child under state law‚ and we’re going to expect hundreds of people to be at the state house tomorrow in Alabama‚ supporters of IVF coming and saying they say they need a fix now. 

Despite massive government pressure to force Americans to use electric vehicles (EVs)‚ CBS News recently uncovered that even the most leftist areas are way behind in providing the necessary infrastructure.  The legacy media network covered massive challenges to the rushed EV transition pushed by the Biden administration during the Feb. 26 edition of CBS Mornings. CBS Mornings co-host Tony Dokoupil said that “charging where and when you want is not as easy as fueling up” before a segment that featured the following chyron: “Closing the EV charging gap‚ lack of charging stations poses a problem to the growing EV market.” Their reporting included figures and in-person visits by CBS News correspondent David Schechter to highlight that not only are there limited charging stations‚ but also many of them are routinely out of service. “J.D. Power found 35% of EV drivers in Miami had visited a charger where they were unable to actually charge‚ in Denver and Dallas‚ that number was 29%. Other research found 28% of the chargers in the San Francisco Bay Area did not function properly‚” Schechter said‚ citing two studies showing the prevalence of out-of-service charging stations. “To keep up with growing EV sales‚ experts estimate‚ in addition to all the private chargers at homes and offices‚ the U.S. will need 1.2 million publicly accessible chargers by 2030‚” he added. “Today there are about 160‚000 which means we'll have to build the equivalent of what we have right now every year for the next six years.” The segment also included footage of Schechter searching for available and functioning chargers with mixed results. CBS Mornings co-host Nate Burleson mentioned that he charged his own EV at home‚ before conceding that this was not generally affordable. The hosts went on to discuss the inconvenience of charging an EV over filling up a gasoline car and the effect of cold weather on chargers.  This segment demonstrates how unprepared the country is‚ even in leftist cities like San Francisco. This further reveals the absurdity of the Biden administration’s actions on energy as well as California’s emission standards‚ which sixteen other states have signed on to. California mandates that “all new passenger cars‚ trucks and SUVs sold in California will be zero emissions” by 2035. At the same time‚ the Biden administration has pushed a mandate that EVs make up two-thirds of vehicles sold at car dealerships by 2032. CBS News employees aren’t the only people who have noticed that this transition isn’t on schedule. Car companies such as Audi and Mercedes-Benz have scaled back their electric vehicle plans‚ while Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda has insisted that EVs will never completely take over the market. Even The Washington Post has noticed that Americans aren’t buying enough EVs to satisfy dealers‚ despite incentives. The Post article on EVs even noted that “EV ads from Detroit automakers were noticeably absent from the Super Bowl for the first time in several years.”  Conservatives are under attack! Contact ABC News at 818-460-7477‚ CBS News at 212-975-3247 and NBC News at 212-664-6192 and demand they hold Biden and his cronies accountable for attempting to restrict fossil fuel production and Americans’ choices

A night of carousing in Tennessee appears to have landed the son of a Mississippi congressman in hot water.Just after 11 p.m. last Friday night‚ Officer Cody Bergquist was out patrolling Broadway‚ a street in downtown Nashville with lots of popular bars‚ restaurants‚ and other nightlife attractions. As Bergquist was standing outside Jason Aldean's Kitchen and Rooftop Bar‚ a "clear plastic cup full of ice" suddenly fell from above and struck him in the left foot‚ WKRN reported‚ citing the affidavit.Bergquist then met with the bar's security guards to see who may have dropped the cup of ice over the edge of the rooftop. After reviewing security footage and consulting with multiple witnesses‚ Bergquist and the security team determined that the cup drop had been "intentional" and that Michael "Patton" Guest‚ the 20-year-old son of Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.)‚ was the culprit.When officers approached Guest at the establishment‚ he allegedly had an alcoholic beverage in each hand even though he is not yet 21 years old. How he may have acquired the beverages is unclear.Authorities then questioned him about the incident. He initially denied dropping the cup of ice but later reportedly copped to it as well as to underage drinking.The seemingly thoughtless prank has been met with some serious consequences. Guest has been charged with assaulting a police officer as well as disorderly conduct and consumption of alcohol under the age of 21. He has since bonded out of custody on $2‚500.Guest's father‚ Rep. Guest‚ is in his third term serving the 3rd Congressional District of Mississippi. He is also a member of the Law Enforcement Caucus and the chairman of the House Ethics Committee. Like all members of the House‚ except for those retiring from office‚ Rep. Guest is up for re-election this November.Rep. Guest's office did not respond to Blaze News' request for comment. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!