Mediaite Got Through A Whole Podcast With The WHCA President Without Challenging His Race-Baiting Hoax
It's race-baiting season, and Fox's Brian Kilmeade is among the first of what promises to be many victims of the left's political game.It's race-baiting season, and Fox's Brian Kilmeade is among the first of what promises to be many victims of the left's political game.
Group of New York sheriffs say they will not aggressively enforce new gun control law that 'unfairly targets law-abiding citizens'
As the state of New York appeals a court decision blocking its sweeping new gun control law, a group of sheriffs say the law unfairly targets law-abiding citizens and that they won't aggressively enforce it.
The controversial Concealed Carry Improvement Act restricts licensed gun owners from carrying concealed weapons in so-called "sensitive locations," including public parks, houses of worship, government buildings, and private property except where the owners have posted signage permitting firearms on the premises. U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby temporarily blocked the law from taking effect on Oct. 6, ruling that these restrictions and other licensing requirements established by the state legislature were unconstitutional.
A half-dozen sheriffs agree and say they will exercise their discretion in enforcing the law, including Fulton County Sheriff Richard Giardino, who spoke to "Fox & Friends" Tuesday morning.
Giardino said his office will focus on criminals possessing weapons instead of pursuing complaints against otherwise law-abiding gun owners carrying concealed in public.
"We’re going to use our discretion to not go on complaints that say, ‘Oh, my neighbor has a bulge on his side, we think he's got a gun, he’s in a store,’" he said.
"We have limited resources. We have limited money and we're going to use that in the best capacity," the sheriff explained. "So it's not refusing to enforce it, it's using our discretion."
He added, "It unfairly targets law-abiding citizens who previously could carry concealed and could go into a store or a restaurant. And then on September 1, all of a sudden, they could be charged with a felony."
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Several parts of the Concealed Carry Improvement Act were declared unconstitutional after gun rights advocates brought a case against New York State earlier this year. Judge Suddaby found that the state's definition of "sensitive locations" where concealed-carry permit holders cannot take their weapons was too broad.
Additionally, requirements that permit applicants demonstrate "good moral character" and turn over their social media history to the state licensing agency were found to be unlawful.
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed an appeal on Monday asking the state's highest court to issue a stay against Suddaby's injunction, which would go into effect on Wednesday.
“Today my office filed a motion to keep the entire Concealed Carry Improvement Act in effect and continue to protect communities as the appeals process moves forward. This common-sense gun control legislation is critical in our state’s effort to reduce gun violence,” James said in a statement.
The filing claimed public safety would be at risk if the law is not permitted to go into effect.
The gun rights group representing the plaintiffs blasted the state's appeal.
“Not surprisingly, the anti-gunners in New York appear hellbent on wasting taxpayer dollars to continue defending their patently unconstitutional gun control law. We will continue to fight back, until those in Albany recognize that their citizens’ rights shall not be infringed,” said Erich Pratt, senior vice president of Gun Owners of America.
DeSantis on Fauci: 'He's done a lot of damage ... he should have been gone long ago'
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) took shots at White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday, saying that Fauci has "done a lot of damage" as the government's leading spokesman on the COVID-19 pandemic and has never apologized for being wrong.
“I think he’s done a lot of damage,” DeSantis said during an interview on “Fox & Friends.” “I think he should have been gone long ago. And if you think about what he’s done with his arrogance, that’s part of the reason why he’s advocated policies that have been so destructive. He thinks people that disagree with him are somehow beneath him.”
DeSantis said Fauci's recommendations were the "driving force" behind policies he has opposed as governor of Florida, including shutting down schools, masking children, and closing businesses to slow the spread of the virus.
"He cost people jobs. He destroyed people's businesses with his policies — and he was never willing to admit he was wrong when it was clear those policies don't work," DeSantis said.
\u201cFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Fauci's retirement: "I think he's done a lot of damage. He should've been gone long ago ... He thinks people who disagree with him are somehow beneath him ... was never willing to admit he was wrong when it was clear that those policies don't work."\u201d— Scott Morefield (@Scott Morefield) 1661257563
The governor's jabs come a day after Fauci announced he will be leaving his government job at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for other career opportunities.
Fauci has served in various public health roles for more than five decades, becoming the chief spokesman for the government's COVID-19 pandemic response over the last two years. His ubiquitous appearances on cable television and in news media during the pandemic made him a household name, but also brought intense scrutiny from those, like DeSantis, who opposed his policy recommendations.
DeSantis gained popularity in Florida and among Republican voters by setting himself up as a foil to "Faucism," a word the governor uses to describe divisive lockdowns, social-distancing, and mandatory mask policies.
Public health officials, including Fauci, insist those drastic measures taken to slow the spread of COVID-19 early in the pandemic were necessary to save lives. Their critics have argued lockdowns and similar measures failed to deliver on promises to mitigate virus spread and imposed grave socioeconomic costs including, but not limited to, a recession, inflation, an exacerbated mental health crisis, and children falling behind in school.
Though Fauci is set to leave office by the end of the year, DeSantis told "Fox & Friends" that Republicans should attempt to hold him accountable for his handling of the pandemic if they reclaim majorities in Congress after the upcoming November election.
"I hope if Republicans take control that they will get to the bottom of everything from the origins of COVID to all the manifest failures of the public health establishment, particularly Dr. Anthony Fauci."
Fox News host Steve Doocy rebukes Tim Scott, explains why DOJ wants FBI affidavit for Trump raid hidden from public
Fox News host Steve Doocy pushed back on Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) on Tuesday morning for demanding that Attorney General Merrick Garland release the FBI affidavit used to obtain a warrant for the search and seizure at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
Scott is one of several Republican officials who have chastised the Department of Justice and the FBI for arriving unannounced at Trump's home on Aug. 8 and raiding his possessions in search of purported classified materials that Trump allegedly held at Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House.
On "Fox & Friends" Tuesday, co-host Ainsley Earhardt noted that Republicans have argued there are "inconsistencies" in how federal law enforcement officials have treated Trump versus how they have dealt with Democrats accused of mishandling classified material, namely former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. She referred to an interview Scott gave to Fox News on Monday in which he blasted federal law enforcement for "the infrequent, inconsistent application of the rule of law as it relates to President Trump.”
"I can’t imagine how it feels to see a 232-year precedent go down the drain, over what? A dispute over what should or should not be included in our national archives," Scott said.
“To me, until we see specificity within the affidavit, we will not have the kind of clarity that the American people need to come to their own conclusion,” he told Fox News' Bret Baier. “And without that, this unprecedented, alarming raid remains at a high level of urgency to bring about real solutions that today are elusive because Merrick Garland refuses to cooperate in releasing all the information necessary to understand what happened.”
Garland announced last week that the Department of Justice would seek to unseal the search warrant, declaring it a matter of public interest because Trump and his supporters have accused the Biden administration of weaponizing the justice system against him. But the DOJ has asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart to keep the FBI affidavit that outlines what probable cause existed to obtain a warrant hidden from the public's view.
The government claims releasing the warrant would "cause significant and irreparable damage to this ongoing criminal investigation." Doocy pointed out that Scott should know this and also said, "The senator knows that in a criminal investigation like this, they don’t release it until they’ve figured out whether or not somebody’s going to be charged or not.”
“And if they’re not charged, they don’t release it, so that they do not unfairly tarnish the reputation of an innocent person,” Doocy said.
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This wasn't the first time the "Fox & Friends" co-host was critical of rhetoric against the FBI and Justice Department since the raid at Mar-a-Lago.
On Monday, Doocy said "it would be great" if Trump would put out a statement condemning "violent rhetoric" aimed at FBI agents. Trump did so Monday evening in a statement to Fox News, in which he said he "will do whatever" he can "to help the country" and that "the temperature has to be brought down" after the FBI raided his home.
"The country is in a very dangerous position. There is tremendous anger, like I've never seen before, over all of the scams, and this new one — years of scams and witch hunts, and now this," Trump said.
"If there is anything we can do to help, I, and my people, would certainly be willing to do that," he added.
(h/t: Mediaite)
Mark Levin clears up misconceptions about SCOTUS sending abortion conversation back where it belongs
Feminists are losing what little of their minds they had left in response to the long-overdue SCOTUS decision that removed abortion from federal jurisdiction.
In this clip, Mark Levin cleared up any misconceptions you might have about the Supreme Court's decision, and he gave a savage breakdown of the abortion process, how it works, and why it is evil. Watch the clip from the latest episode of "LevinTV."
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Piers Morgan lauds Musk's Twitter purchase after Musk pans 'woke mind virus': He is a 'flag-bearer' for free speech
Fox Nation host Piers Morgan spoke up in support of Elon Musk's Twitter purchase on Monday and said that such a move is good because Musk is a "flag-bearer" for free speech.
Musk acquired Twitter on Monday for $44 billion.
What's a brief history here?
Beyond the Twitter sale, Musk most recently made headlines for saying he believed Netflix was nosediving because it succumbed to the "woke mind virus."
He wrote, "The woke mind virus is making Netflix unwatchable."
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO added that he believed the "virus" was perhaps the biggest threat to modern civilization — a notion with which Morgan agreed on Monday.
What are the details?
During Monday's broadcast of "Fox & Friends," Morgan said, "Elon Musk is an absolute flag-bearer for free speech. He talks about this woke mindset virus. And think he is right. It is a virus. If you go around wanting to destroy everything that gets in your way that you don’t agree with, then you become a really dangerous thing in a society."
He added that Musk will be instrumental in returning free speech to the social media platform, and pointed out what he said was a double standard of banning former President Donald Trump from the platform while the likes of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Taliban are still permitted to use their accounts.
"How can that be right? How can it be justified?" he mused. "A social media platform allows them accounts, but bans Donald Trump. So I think you will see if Elon Musk takes control, I think you’ll see a much more tolerant view of all manner of people’s ... right to free speech, not just on the left but also on the right, who tend to be the only people that get no-platformed by Twitter and Facebook."
.@piersmorgan supports @elonmusk's potential takeover of Twitter: "Elon Musk wants to return free speech."pic.twitter.com/JOko993mSr— MRCTV (@MRCTV) 1650889585
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