Fact: New York state Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan‚ who has issued a gag order to silence former President Donald Trump‚ has been revealed as the father of a far-left anti-Trump political activist daughter. And allegedly the husband of a one-time staffer for the infamous Trump antagonist‚ New York Attorney General Letitia James.And the New York State Bar Association closes its eyes.On the face of it‚ Merchan should recuse himself from Trumps case. Which‚ as of this writing‚ he refuses to do. (RELATED from Jeffrey Lord: MSNBC Throws a Tantrum: Judge Luttig Rages at Trump)Newsweekmagazine has reported the following:Judge Merchan imposed a gag order on Trump on Tuesday‚ barring him from making public statements about those involved in the case.According to a June 2022 wedding announcement in Politico‚ Loren Merchan was the president and partner of Authentic Campaigns‚ a progressive political consulting firm.The announcement read: Loren Merchan‚ president and partner of Authentic Campaigns‚ and Taylor Harper‚ geographer at the U.S. Census‚ got married on Saturday in Moseley‚ Va. The ceremony was officiated by the brides father‚ New York CountySupreme CourtJustice Juan Merchan.Authentic Campaigns has listed Vice PresidentKamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign‚ Kamala Harris for the People‚ the Biden-Harris campaign andSchiffs super Political Action Committee (PAC) as clients.Loren Merchan was also listed as the director of digital persuasion for the Kamala Harris for the People campaign in an archived January 2019 announcement.According to [her] biography‚ Merchan has also had other roles in various marketing and communication firms‚ including Revolution Messaging‚ Bayard Advertising and Discovery Communications. She worked her way up to vice president of advertising at Revolution Messaging‚ a progressive political marketing firm.Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett has captured the considerably obvious problem. His headline:The New York Judge Who Gagged Trump Should Recuse HimselfIs it any wonder that many Americans have lost confidence in courts of law?Jarrett writes:[Judge] Merchan donated to Trumps opponent‚ Joe Biden‚ and also gave money to an anti-Trump cause‚ although the amount was small.But the judges daughter is also fair game for criticism. Loren Merchan is a public figure who runs a prominent progressive political consulting firm that handles outspoken Trump opponents like Adam Schiff‚ who was infamously censured by his own colleagues in Congress for peddling endless lies about Trump and the notorious Russia Hoax.Significantly‚ Merchans daughter has a financial or economic interest in her fathers case. She and her clients raised some $93 million in campaign donations by citing the Trump prosecution in their solicitation mailings‚ according to reporting by The New York Post.On this basis alone‚ Judge Merchan was obligated to recuse himself because a member of his family which is identified a child under strict ethical guidelineshas a private‚ vested interest in the outcome of the case. Yet‚ he refuses to step aside despite the glaring conflict of interest. Meaning‚ the fix is in.Bingo. Jarrett has nailed it exactly: The fix is in.One of the most amazing things to come out of this massive and decidedly corrupt effort by far-left-wing legal authorities to Get Trump is the revelation of the lengths decidedly unethical lengths that they will go to accomplish their thoroughly unethical objective.Indeed‚ Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz has written an entire book on that topic: Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties‚ Due Process‚ and Our Constitutional Rule of Law.At this point‚ Judge Merchan has made himself the poster child for judicial corruption. Knowing knowing! that he is both a Biden contributor and the father of a far-left anti-Trump activist‚ Merchan goes on blithely trying to silence presidential candidate Trump in a massive exercise in election interference.To say the least‚ someone like this has no business in a judges robes.The question now as with other others in the legal community who have similarly disgraced themselves is what the various supervisory authorities in New York will do to end this corruption.Where is the New York Bar Association? Amazingly‚ if not surprisingly‚ it is sticking with its buddy Judge Merchan. Here is the headline from the associations website:New York State Bar Association Condemns Threats to the Family of Supreme Court Justice Juan MerchanThe headline is accompanied by this statement:Richard Lewis‚ president of the New York State Bar Association‚ issued the following statement about Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan:The mission of the New York State Bar Association is to protect the rule of law and to facilitate the administration of justice. Thats why we must condemn in no uncertain terms the unfounded attack on Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan and his family. All judges must be free to decide cases and issue rulings without fear for their safety or that of their family. While they cannot speak out to protect themselves‚ we can‚ and we will. Our system of justice depends on it.Which is to say that the New York State Bar Association will simply close its eyes to the blatant conflict of interest vividly illustrated by Merchans corrupt conduct.Got it. Message received. The fix is in.What a disgrace.The post The Get Trump Fix Is in With New Yorks Judge Merchan appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

That Disney has been dying a slow death for a long time should be clear to anyone even remotely familiar with the entertainment industry. Last summer‚ the company lost $900 million at the box office‚ and its streaming platform‚ Disney+‚ lost 1.3 million subscribers in just the last quarter of 2023.READ MORE: Disney Still Hasnt Learned Its Lesson. Gina Carano Is Proof.Numbers like these should be easy red flags to stockholders and investors as should the growing amount of blowback condemning woke content in TV shows and blockbuster films.But they arent.Ahead of the annual board meeting on April 3‚ Disney investors and stockholders cast votes for board directors all of whom (with one exception) were up for reelection. After spending $40 million in a campaign to convince its own stockholders to vote for the status quo‚ Disney beat out investor Nelson Peltz (who spent just $19 million but still won 31 percent of the vote).Unfortunately‚ Disneys internal political squabbles arent irrelevant to the culture. The battle over who should be on the entertainment companys board was a proxy war over its woke content.Restore the Magic at DisneyThis isnt the first time Peltz has waged a war on Disneys board. Last year‚ Disney CEO Bob Iger was able to stave him off by announcing plans for layoffs and massive cuts. This fall‚ Peltz announced a new campaign dubbed Restore the Magic and nominated two new board members himself and Jay Rasulo (Disneys former chief financial officer).Iger wasnt happy‚ and the board agreed to spend millions of dollars to campaign among its shareholders and investors. They even sent out mailers featuring favorite Disney characters‚ including Anna and Elsa from Frozen.Peltz wasnt the only shareholder trying to infiltrate the board. Blackwells Capital also nominated three new directors‚ and ValueAct agreed to back Disneys board nominees in exchange for sharing information and giving the investor the opportunity to meet with the company‚ the Wall Street Journal reports.From one perspective‚ Peltzs attempt to change things up at Disney wasnt a total failure. He may have gotten just 31 percent of the vote‚ but‚ as the Telegraph points out‚ 31 percent is quite high for a man with no real strategic vision beyond wanting a guy who doesnt have media experience on the board.Getting Politics Out of the BoardroomPeltzs fundamental squabble with Disney isnt necessarily the woke content but instead the companys ongoing hemorrhage of millions of dollars but he does see the two as being related.A recent interview with Financial Times reveals Peltz as something of an agnostic when it comes to politics and culture‚ but an agnostic who has a fair bit of common sense. Peltz is no Republican. He publicly abstained from voting in 2016. Although he did run a fundraiser for Donald Trump in 2020‚ he then apologized on CNBC after Jan. 6. Hes offered his support from Trump in 2024‚ but hes tepid about it at best he just doesnt want Joe Biden in the White House‚ and Trump is the only other option.When it comes to Disney (or any other company in which the activist investor is involved)‚ Peltz advocates for keeping ideology out of the boardroom.People go to watch a movie or a show to be entertained‚ Peltz told Financial Times whenspeaking about Disneys latest Marvel releases‚ The MarvelsandBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever. They dont go to get a message. Why do I have to have a Marvel thats all women? Not that I have anything against women‚ but why do I have to do that? Why cant I have Marvels that are both? Why do I need an all-black cast?The 81-year-old multi-billionaire wants to make Disney a profitable company. While Iger has complained that Peltz doesnt have experience in the entertainment industry‚ Peltz pointed out that Disney doesnt seem to be doing so well itself. Theyve lost first place in animation‚ theyve lost first place in features maybe its time to change management in those divisions‚ he said.Peltz and his shareholding company‚ Trian Partners‚ also own a portion of Unilever‚ the company that runs Ben &;amp; Jerrys. Hes been critical of the woke direction that company has taken. Youve got to get politics out of the board room‚ he said‚ commenting on Ben &;amp; Jerrys recent call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Ben &;amp; Jerrys job is to sell ice cream‚ not to make political statements. And these people use anything for a soap box that they have no right to do.Cant Please EverybodyYou might think that Iger would learn his lesson. Peltz may have been nowhere near close to unseating Igers control of Disney‚ but that so many investors voted for an upstart with no plan and little experience in the industry indicates growing discontent with the status quo (never mind the fact that consumers are fleeing Disney for its competitors).But Iger remains as tone-deaf as ever.In dealing with the very credible accusations that Disney is forcing wokeness on unwilling audiences‚ Iger feigns ignorance. He recently told Deadline:The bottom line is that infusing messaging as a sort of a number one priority in our films and TV shows is not what were up to. They need to be entertaining. [G]enerally speaking‚ we need to be entertainment for an entertainment first company‚ and Ive worked really hard to do that.Its not easy‚ you cant please everybody all the time‚ right?Perhaps Iger believes that by denying whats apparent to everybody‚ hell talk them into returning to theaters. Worse‚ its possible that hes embraced wokeness so wholeheartedly that he simply doesnt see it anymore.Either way‚ Disney had a chance at shaking things up and it blew it.The post At This Point‚ Disney Deserves to Die appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

For all its gesticulations about free speech‚ the conservative mainstream often plays a supporting role in Americas censorship regime. Its a two-step dance: The Right styles itself as the sworn defender of free speech and the mortal enemy of censorship while simultaneously downplaying or outright ignoring brazen censorship of speech that ventures a bit too far outside the Overton window. By claiming to defend all free speech in principle but only defending some in practice‚ the Right concedes‚ by omission‚ that certain ideas fall outside the bounds of free expression and that its perfectly appropriate (or‚ at least‚ not particularly objectionable) to bring the full force of regime power to bear against any individual so unwise as to express them.READ MORE from Nate Hochman: The True Meaning of Diversity in BusinessIn this sense‚ the conservative opposition to left-wing censorship actually legitimates and perpetuates it. The Rights silence baptizes the operating premise of the new censorship: That ideas or individuals beyond the rigidly policed boundaries of acceptable opinion have‚ in effect‚ forfeited their right to participate in public discourse.The irony‚ of course‚ is that the ideas and individuals in question i.e.‚ those who stray too far to the right are often the subject of the most vigorous‚ aggressive‚ and consistent censorship‚ both from major tech platforms and the apparatus of the American state. But the so-called far Right tends to be a canary in the coal mine. Invariably‚ censorship of the right-wing fringe is only ever a pretext for much broader censorship of ideas and figures well within the conservative mainstream. In 2016‚ the first few rounds of permanent Twitter bans came for figures such as Milo Yiannopoulos and Richard Spencer (as well as Spencers think tank and journal). In 2017‚ the censors graduated to Roger Stone and Andrew Tate; in 2018‚ Alex Jones. By 2020‚ the scope of censorship had expanded to include factual reporting from the New York Post‚ and‚ by 2022‚ comedy from the Babylon Bee.Last November‚ I wrote a column for the American Conservative criticizing the Rights response to this phenomenon‚ in the specific context of social media censorship:Many self-styled free speech advocates will speak about internet censorship in broad terms‚ while going to great lengths to avoid saying the names of the most frequent subjects of that censorship‚ for fear of being accused of harboring ideological sympathy for the far-right. But that fear represents its own kind of capitulation; by implicitly accepting ideological limits to the free speech well defend‚ we accept the very framework that enables and justifies censorship in the first place. Its impossible to fight censorship if you refuse to specify the instances in which it occurs. Free speech belongs to all of us.The same could be said of the remarkable silence from conservative media outlets and pundits regarding VDARE‚ a prominent right-wing anti-immigration outlet. VDARE‚ which was founded in 1999‚ expresses views on race and immigration that often veer beyond the limits of acceptable opinion in modern America. As a result‚ New York Attorney General Letitia James has taken it upon herself to crush the outlet altogether‚ using the flimsy pretext of nonprofit law. (James appetite for lawfare has apparently only grown since she launched her campaign against Former President Donald Trump.) VDARE has not been charged with any crime‚ Christopher Brunet noted in the American Conservative earlier this week. But [a]fter years of aimless fishing expeditions‚ what James has latched onto is VDAREs real estate dealings‚ revolving around a $1.4 million castle in West Virginia that VDARE purchased to use as a conference space because hotels kept canceling their meetings. Brunet continues:As part of this investigation‚ Letitia James is demanding that VDARE hand over 40 gigabytes of emails which [could reveal VDAREs anonymous donors and writers]. VDAREs donors and writers wish to remain anonymous because they will lose their jobsor worseif their identities are linked to what they support online. While the court has ostensibly extended a courtesy by permitting VDARE to redact their names from these emails‚ the estimated fees for such redactions are projected to come to $150‚000. This presents VDARE with a stark dilemma: incur a hefty $150‚000 expense to protect the anonymity of its donors and writers‚ or risk revealing their identities. The lesson here is that if your speech falls outside the Overton window‚ the state of New York will aggressively attempt to bankrupt and/or doxx you.The latest development in this scandal came on March 27‚ when VDARE was held in Contempt of Court because we have not yet complied (because we were fighting it) with [James] January 23‚ 2023 order that we meet NYAG James massive and crippling subpoena demands‚ Peter Brimelow‚ VDAREs founder and editor‚ wrote last week. We have fought NYAG Letitia James‚ at a cost of up to $1 million‚ for nearly three years. But now we are literally hanging on the cross.VDARE has been the subject of a sustained campaign of harassment from powerful left-wing groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center‚ which went so far as to send activists to badger the residents of the small‚ 750-person West Virginia town where the outlet is based. Now‚ those activists and their allies in the governments of states like New York appear to have found their opening and intend to take down every American who ever donated to‚ or wrote for‚ VDARE in the process. (After James office got ahold of Nikki Haleys donor list in 2022‚ the list bearing a stamp from James office was mysteriously leaked to the media. One can only imagine whose hands the list of VDARE donors would accidentally fall into.)Laffaire de VDARE has broad implications across any number of different issues: free speech and censorship‚ the unholy marriage and subsequent weaponization of public and private power‚ the limits of reasonable debate surrounding topics like immigration and race‚ and the use of nonprofit law to crush the speech of political dissidents. (Its notable that the case against VDARE is being spearheaded by Rick Sawyer‚ New Yorks Special Counsel for Hate Crimes‚ rather than anyone in the offices charities bureau.) But at its heart‚ its a straightforward issue of basic and essential constitutional rights. If conservatives cant be expected to defend those‚ then they cant be expected to defend much of anything at all.The post VDAREs Fight Against Letitia James Is Our Fight‚ Too appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

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Sickening account highlights why so many Americans are taking their kids out of public schoolsA family living in the liberal hellhole of Portland‚ Oregon‚ is suing the citys school district after school administrators allegedly tried to cover up the gang-raping of their nine-year-old daughter.NEW: Portland family sues Portland Public School district for $9 million after their daughter was allegedly gang r*ped in the school bathroom.The girl was allegedly assaulted by two male students in the Schools Uniting Neighborhoods program.It gets worse. The boys only pic.twitter.com/EJLRDgzTm6 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 4‚ 2024According to court documents‚ a pair of older male students told the girl to ask the teacher to go to the restroom or else theyd find out where she lived.Next‚ the boys were accused of following the girl into a bathroom stall‚ removing her pants‚ and taking turns raping her as she tried fighting back.One boy would allegedly block the door to the restroom as the other molested the child.URGENT! Keep Alex Jones in the fight against the NWO! Please pray &;amp; contribute atDefendJones.comtoday!Credit goes to the father of one of the boys‚ who contacted school officials after learning about the incident.The lawsuit claims school officials undertook their own internal investigation by interviewing the victim‚ but not calling her family or the authorities.When the girls father learned of the tragic situation‚ he took her to a local hospital as well as an abuse facility where experts concluded the reported sexual abuse was highly concerning.After doing its own investigation‚ the district suspended each boy for one day.The restroom molestation wasnt the girls first encounter with unwanted sexual advances at the school‚ as she claimed another student previously touched her privates over her clothes and another tried to kiss her without consent.The school district is being accused in the lawsuit of not teaching students about sexual boundaries‚ not enforcing rules around sexual behavior on school property and not communicating with other adult caregivers about the plaintiffs history and safety concerns‚ according to The Oregonian.The girls family is seeking up to $9 million in damages from the district.

Accused Trump Doral National shooter says he once hired to conduct sexual activities with Diddy and ex-girlfriend.Shocking footage going viral on social media features a man arrested for going on a shooting spree at Donald Trumps National Doral hotel in Miami in 2018 claiming he once served as a sex slave to rap icon Diddy (AKA Sean Combs).The footage shows Jonathan Oddi‚ a former fitness trainer and male performer who was detained following a shootout with police at the hotel‚ telling investigators in a police interrogation room that he was like a sex slave for Combs and his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.He also tells an investigator that rappers associated with P. Diddy‚ including Rick Ross and DJ Khaled‚ are gay.Warning: Graphic content. Viewer discretion advised.One of She Diddy sex slaves happens to be the same person that shot up Trump National Hotel in 2018. pic.twitter.com/KeLZJoDtmHWinter Sun Plus is NOW 25% off! Boost your natural defenses with this powerful vitamin D3 and K formula! (@Eyeoftheworld_) April 4‚ 2024Infowars is unable to corroborate Oddis claims‚ but others on social media have gone down the rabbit hole:I read FL State Atts report on Oddis shooting by PD &;amp; this jumped out. The only redactions are in a statement given by an employee at his apt complex who stated hes a veteran suffering from __ &;amp; is medicated for __. Obvs cant help but wonder about control IYKYK pic.twitter.com/iEiwCAUhyZ ParaPower Mapping (@KlonnyPin_Gosch) April 4‚ 2024Im a lil shocked ppl arent talking about this bc his naming in Rodneys suit prob confirms his claim he settled w/ Diddy outside of court for $4.15 mil prior to shooting up the ceiling at Doral? Also see: these articles re his sudden windfall &;amp; real estate investments in 14 pic.twitter.com/bJv2xBgjqe ParaPower Mapping (@KlonnyPin_Gosch) April 4‚ 2024Snavely‚ whose DNA was found on the scene at the Pompano Beach mansion where millionaire psychiatrist del Broccos body was discovered‚ starred in a Dancing Bear prod w/ a 15 yr old beauty queen‚ one of the minors in FL whove accused BangBros of selling child p o r n pic.twitter.com/Lb9vyGGDDD ParaPower Mapping (@KlonnyPin_Gosch) April 4‚ 2024Oddi in 2018 broke into the Trump National Doral Resort and ranted about President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama before placing an American flag in the lobby and proceeding to get in a shootout with police‚ who responded by shooting him in the leg.The years-old video has resurfaced after Homeland Security agents raided two homes belonging to Diddy last week reportedly in connection to a federal investigation into sex trafficking‚ sex assault‚ and solicitation and distribution of illegal drugs and guns.Heres a longer clip of the interrogation:This is the interrogation of Jonathan Oddi‚ the Trump National Doral shooter from 2018. In this video‚ he makes very strong allegations against Sean (P Diddy) Combs. Now it all comes full circle. pic.twitter.com/iNAR2Jxpwc Yoshi The Patriot (@yoshithepatriot) March 29‚ 2024

Don';t miss out on this exclusive discusison!Brian Kassenstein joins Owen Shroyer live on The Alex Jones Show to discuss the various scandals of President Biden.