Miles Taylor‚ a former member of the “resistance” in the Trump administration‚ predicted Thursday that former President Donald Trump could “turn off the internet” if elected to the White House again. Taylor made the claim during an appearance on MSNBC to host Jen Psaki‚ who served as the White House press secretary for President Joe Biden before joining the news network. Taylor became famous in 2020 after leaving the Trump administration and claiming authorship of an anonymously published New York Times op-ed from a “resistance” official under Trump. Psaki said Trump‚ if elected to another term in the White House‚ could “use the levers of government to bend to his will.” “You’ve worked in government. What scares you the most?” the MSNBC host asked Taylor. “The possibilities are almost limitless‚” Taylor stated. “The biggest concerns for me are on the national security side. I think Americans still don’t understand the full extent of the president’s powers‚ and things Donald Trump could do‚ bubble-wrapped in legalese‚ that could be damaging to the republic.” Taylor then spoke of a “doomsday book” inside the White House‚ and said that the Department of Homeland Security had authorized him to reveal its existence to the public for the first time. The book‚ according to Taylor‚ “is supposed to be used to protect the country in instances of armed foreign invasion or rebellion.” “It’s the president’s most extraordinary powers‚” Taylor said‚ adding that it “could be picked up by Trump and used for domestic political purposes.” “He could invoke powers we’ve never heard a President of the United States invoke – potentially to shut down companies or turn off the internet or deploy the U.S. military on U.S. soil‚” he said. “We don’t know‚ because the things that are in there‚ the emergency powers of the president‚ aren’t widely known to the American people.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “That’s a big worry for people like me and others who worry about what he could do. But that weaponization of government could extend across the interagency to places we haven’t seen it before – the Department of Education‚ the Department of Veterans Affairs – ways to wield that power and those budgets to help his allies and to hurt his enemies‚” he continued. MSNBC's @MilesTaylorUSA: If elected‚ Trump may "turn off the Internet." https://t.co/OstdHL4n9T pic.twitter.com/IcE9rtRfM5 — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 14‚ 2023 In addition to Taylor‚ numerous other prominent Trump critics‚ such as former congresswoman Liz Cheney and former Trump fixer Michael Cohen‚ have predicted similarly disastrous outcomes from a second Trump presidency. Cohen claimed Trump would “annex” Canada and become an American “fuhrer” and “make everyone raise their hand and solute him.” The news monitoring service Grabien created a supercut of some of the most radical predictions of a second Trump term. SUPERCUT! Media warn if Trump wins again every bad possible thing will happen pic.twitter.com/8u9PeFYoUV — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 12‚ 2023

Emma Watson opened up about stepping back from acting and explained that when she was surrounded by all those famous people at the height of her career‚ she realized that no level of success would make her happy unless she was true to herself. In an interview for British Vogue‚ the 33-year-old actress said her new-found freedom would not have been possible if she’d stayed in front of the camera and on the big screen. “I’m just so glad that I did‚” Watson told the outlet of taking a break. “Because I have this feeling of having my own voice and creative space and sovereignty in some way that I don’t think I did before—more autonomy.” “I’m so glad that I allowed things to be messy for a minute and to really allow myself to not know [what’s next]‚ because the knowing that I’ve come to‚ I wouldn’t trade that for anything‚” she added. Forever the month of fresh starts and new beginnings‚ the January 2024 issue of #BritishVogue is focused on a re-energised commitment to mindful fashion. So who better to begin proceedings with than actor and activist #EmmaWatson. Read about her personal and professional reset… pic.twitter.com/T8rmdKTBYK — British Vogue (@BritishVogue) December 14‚ 2023 “I get a front row seat [with] some of the most successful‚ beautiful‚ incredible people in the world‚” Emma said of being part of Hollywood. “And when you have that seat it becomes very‚ very clear that there is just absolutely no level of success that will make you in any way happy or content if you do not like who you are or enjoy what you’re doing when no one’s watching.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Watson — who became a world-wide celebrity after landing the role of Hermoine Granger in the “Harry Potter” franchise at 10-years-old — has mostly stepped away from acting following her appearance in the 2019 “Little Women” remake. Earlier this year‚ the actress said she left Hollywood because she “wasn’t very happy.” “I think I felt a bit caged‚” Watson said. “The thing I found really hard was that I had to go out and sell something that I really didn’t have very much control over. … It was very difficult to have to be the face and the spokesperson for things where I didn’t get to be involved in the process.” “I was held accountable in a way that I began to find really frustrating‚ because I didn’t have a voice‚ I didn’t have a say‚” she added. “And I started to realize that I only wanted to stand in front of things where if someone was going to give me flak about it‚ I could say‚ in a way that didn’t make me hate myself‚ ‘Yes‚ I screwed up‚ it was my decision‚ I should have done better.'” She has since tried her hand at directing‚ E! News noted. Related: ‘I Wasn’t Very Happy’: ‘Harry Potter’ Darling Explains Long Absence From Hollywood

Here's my take!

‘When I talk to grownups‚ I take my hat and my glasses off’

'It is understandable why he wants to go fast'

'I didn't receive any help from the NRA'

‘Continually Fail’: GOP To End Debate Season In The Arms Of CNN‚ Disney Media

'Massive threat to consumer welfare'

'True-blue conservative'

To borrow from an old saying‚ nothing can be certain except for death and taxpayer funding for the abortion industry. At the request of pro-life members of Congress‚ the Government Accountability Office released the latest round of data detailing how much taxpayer funding goes to Planned Parenthood and other international abortion organizations. From 2019 through 2021‚ Planned Parenthood in the U.S. received $1.7 billion in taxpayer subsidies. Congress has been requesting GAO reports on Planned Parenthood’s public financing dating back to 1994. Over the last 29 years‚ American taxpayers have been on the hook for at least $7.9 billion in subsidies for Planned Parenthood’s dominance in the abortion industry. This all while the number of Planned Parenthood facilities has been declining yet its share of the abortion market has been increasing. When the GAO began publishing these reports in 1994‚ Planned Parenthood was receiving $163 million a year while performing around 9% of all abortions in the U.S. Now‚ as the federal government continues to increase the amount of taxpayer funding Planned Parenthood receives‚ it is now performing over 40% of all abortions in the U.S. The American Life League publishes annual surveys of the amount and kind of Planned Parenthood facilities in operation. The total number has been declining since 1995; however‚ the share of facilities that perform abortions is increasing. In 2021‚ Planned Parenthood had 567 facilities‚ of which 391 performed abortions. Most notable is the increase in chemical abortion-only (abortion pill) facilities‚ which now outnumber the facilities that perform surgical abortions. In 2021‚ American taxpayers paid an average of $1.4 million to each Planned Parenthood facility that performs abortions. Despite many positive executive actions to curb federal funding for the abortion industry under the Trump administration‚ Planned Parenthood still hauled in over $550 million each year from 2019-2021. One of the signature policy victories for the Trump administration was the Protect Life Rule‚ which properly interpreted the Title X Family Planning statute to require complete physical and financial separation between Title X clinics and abortion facilities. Planned Parenthood and other organizations receive Title X dollars specifically for the distribution of contraceptives and other family planning‚ not for abortions. After a lengthy court battle‚ this new rule went into effect in 2019. Rather than comply with the new standards and separate its business into abortion facilities and family planning clinics‚ Planned Parenthood chose abortion over helping women in need of family planning services and backed out of the Title X program altogether. In doing so‚ it sacrificed an estimated $60 million a year. Many abortion-friendly states stepped in to help make up the lost federal funds‚ and as this GAO report shows‚ Planned Parenthood more than made up the difference in Medicaid funds. In 2018‚ according to a previous GAO report‚ Planned Parenthood received $467 million from Medicaid. Its Medicaid funding jumped dramatically to around $530 million in both 2020 and 2021‚ an increase of $63 million each year. Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood are not an annual grant like the Title X program‚ but rather as individual Planned Parenthood facilities perform Medicaid-eligible services like sexually transmitted disease tests or contraception prescriptions for individuals‚ they are reimbursed through Medicaid. This figure is constantly changing‚ depending on how many people on Medicaid use Planned Parenthood and what services they use it for. In the last few years‚ Medicaid reimbursements to the abortion giant have been trending upward. Interestingly‚ in November 2020‚ the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld actions from Texas and Louisiana that prohibited Planned Parenthood from being a Medicaid-eligible provider after it was revealed it bought and sold aborted fetal tissue for profit. This was the first time that any state was able to successfully cut out Planned Parenthood completely from the Medicaid program. Despite this‚ the abortion chain was still able to haul in $530 million from Medicaid in 2021. This shows that no matter what federal or state policies are in place‚ if Planned Parenthood is still an eligible Medicaid provider in any state‚ it will continue to receive millions of dollars a year in taxpayer subsidies. This large increase in Medicaid funding starting in 2020 and 2021 could have been due to Planned Parenthood’s increased involvement in providing COVID-19 services and the increased federal match for Medicaid established in the CARES Act‚ which was a response to the pandemic. Another CARES Act program‚ the Paycheck Protection Program was yet another funding source that Planned Parenthood tapped into. That program provided taxpayer funding for businesses to keep paying their employees during the pandemic shutdowns. Despite Sen. Marco Rubio working with pro-life members in Congress to ensure the text of the CARES Act made clear that Planned Parenthood and its affiliates would not be eligible to receive Paycheck Protection Program loans‚ 38 Planned Parenthood affiliates applied for‚ received‚ and eventually were forgiven $90 million in loans. This was only possible because of a major failure by the Small Business Administration to not follow the clear intent of Congress to exclude Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood is an organization that has a known eugenics past‚ has proved to choose abortion ideology over serving its patients with family planning needs‚ and openly flouts federal law to receive taxpayer-guaranteed loans‚ and yet our elected representatives think it necessary to underwrite its bottom line. If only pro-life pregnancy resource centers had an ounce of the public backing and financial support as Planned Parenthood‚ they would be able to serve even more expecting mothers and their unborn children. Instead‚ the federal government has turned a blind eye to the physical threats of violence and vandalism these pro-life centers face‚ and some members of Congress openly attack them with visceral lies about the services they provide. In the end‚ no matter how many political or legislative victories the pro-life movement may have‚ the abortion industrial complex will be alive and well so long as the American taxpayer is forced to prop up this barbaric industry. 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 As Planned Parenthood’s Abortion Market Share Goes Up‚ So Does Its Taxpayer Funding appeared first on The Daily Signal.