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#1 Trump Ally Walks Free After Governor Slashes Her 9-Year Sentence - Paul Farrell for Independent, Todd S. Regelski, Corinne Cliford, Juan O Savin 107, Vince Langman, and CaptKyle Patriots ® on X
Tina Peters, a Colorado elections clerk and proponent of election conspiracy theories, is set to be released from prison on Monday, having served less than a quarter of her nine-year sentence. Her early release follows a commutation by Governor Jared Polis, a Democrat, who acted last month after facing significant pressure from Donald Trump. Peters was the first local election official to face charges for breaching security protocols after the 2020 election. She facilitated an outside computer expert linked to My Pillow Chief Executive Mike Lindell – a prominent figure who denied Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential race – to copy Mesa County's Dominion Voting Systems computer server during a 2021 update...
#2 Democrats Pass Controversial ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ - Blake Schaper for Daily Wire, Nick Shirley, RightLeaningFacts, Salty Berserker/JB Pritzker, Carol, and Defiant L's on X
The California State Assembly passed a controversial piece of legislation dubbed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act” by Republican lawmakers. The bill, authored by Democrat Mia Bonta — the wife of California Attorney General Rob Bonta — passed the State Assembly in a 57-19 vote. All who voted in favor of the bill were Democrats. The bill was proposed as journalists around the country have pushed to uncover government fraud, including independent journalist Nick Shirley. Shirley recently investigated misappropriation in California and Minnesota, and investigations by Daily Wire reporter Luke Rosiak have focused on apparent Medicaid fraud in Ohio...
#3 ‘Cancel It’, Trump Says After Artists Drop Out of US Freedom 250 Festival - Sakshi Venkatraman for BBC, Liberty4All, The Project, Academic Block, Rep. Jack Kimble/Osiwahn, and Deadline on X
US President Donald Trump has said musical performances celebrating the country's 250th birthday should be called off after several artists dropped out, citing the event's affiliation with the White House. "Cancel it," he said in a post on Truth Social, calling the slated performers "overpriced" and "boring". As of Sunday, only a few musical acts were still scheduled to perform out of nine featured artists originally announced on Wednesday. Martina McBride, The Commodores, Young MC, and Bret Michaels dropped out. Vanilla Ice and Milli Vanilli are still on for 26 June, as is Flo Rida on 2 July. Trump said he is now considering replacing the event with a "Make America Great Again rally".
#4 Graham Platner Slams Article on Alleged Sexting Scandal as “Gossip” and “Journalistic Malpractice” - Renata Schmidt & Francis Flisiuk for WMTW 8 ABC, OutlawShamrock, It's politics/TrumpForce 4547, Collin Rugg, MoreThanAConqueror/Sarah Longwell, and Joe on X
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is now responding to claims first published by the Wall Street Journal about alleged sexually explicit text messages between him and several other women, calling the story "journalistic malpractice." Platner was answering questions after a campaign event hosted by the Maine People's Alliance in Portland and accused the media of running "gossip" instead of wanting to talk about his policy positions. "They never want to talk about policy," said Platner alongside his wife, Amy Gertner. "I have a very loving and very happy marriage. They would very much like to try to rip that apart. They're going to come after us in every awful way that they possibly can, and we're just going to keep talking about the fact that the hospitals are closing, the fact that child care facilities are closing, the fact that teachers and nurses aren't paid enough and the fact that everybody down here continues to work harder and longer and get less."...
#5 New Jersey Governor Blames Out-Of-State Agitators for Inflaming Newark ICE Detention Protests - Karen Freifeld for Reuters, Nick Sortor/Divincii, Donnie Cope, SalzOld/NewYork-Insight, and Americaforever on X
Out-of-state agitators have escalated tensions at protests outside a Newark immigrant detention center, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill said on Saturday, as the city imposed an overnight curfew around the embattled Delaney Hall facility. Sherrill, who had ordered state police to take control outside the facility, said five of six arrested Friday were from out of state, and that "national extremist groups" had joined Saturday's protests, heightening tensions in the city...#6 Dem Lawmakers Gripe About the ‘Economic Violence’ of Not Being Paid to Stay Home From Work When Menstruating - Kaylee Holland for Fox News, Kurth, New York Post/InTheCape, Honey Bomb, and Breitbart News/Bad Kitty Unleashed on X
Democratic lawmakers complained in late May about employers not providing paid leave for painful menstruation cycles, calling it "economic violence." "Forcing a worker to choose between paying her rent or losing a day's pay to recover from a grueling gynecological procedure is not a choice. It’s economic violence," Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., said during a press conference on May 21. Grijalva was joined by Reps. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who are backing Ansari's Reproductive Healthcare Leave Act, which is a part of her "H.E.R." (Healthy, Equity, Rights) Agenda...
#7 What to Know About ‘UFC 250’ at the White House - Dominick Mastrangelo for The Hill, Clint Butler, Mimi J, Arizona Winger/Liberty Wing Media, Chris Lopez, and World News on X
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is bringing its high-octane show to Washington, D.C., next month, staging a prime-time fight at the White House as part of the country’s “America 250” celebrations and commemorating President Trump’s 80th birthday. Preparations have been underway for weeks ahead of the widely buzzed-about combat sports spectacle, which the president is expected to attend. It will combine politics and sports in a way rarely seen, beginning with the massive set constructed on the South Lawn...
#8 States Balk at the High Price of Medicaid Work Requirements Amid Budget Crunch - Robert King and Alice Miranda Ollstein for POLITICO, Alice Miranda Ollstein, The Watcher/Furkan Gözükara, Ethan Hale/Official Layoff, Kevin Griffith, and Journal Advocate on X
The Trump administration is counting on Medicaid work requirements to save the government billions of dollars. But well before the rules formally go into effect Jan. 1, they’re costing already-strapped states millions or tens of millions to implement. State health departments are having to funnel resources into hiring more staff, paying for overtime, and upgrading their aging technology systems so they can determine which low-income residents are working, volunteering, caregiving, or studying enough hours to keep their Medicaid coverage. They are also building new systems to determine who is sick enough to qualify for an exemption...
#9 Nvidia Bets on AI Personal Computers With New Chip Powering Windows Laptops - Chan Ho-Him and Taijing Wu for AP/ABC News, David Robert, ShadowAgent.ai, AlphaBronze, Waleed Tariq, and Crypto India on X
Nvidia unveiled Monday new powerful chips that would bring advanced artificial intelligence functions into laptops and desktop computers, with the new personal computer models from brands including Microsoft and Dell set to roll out later this year. While Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia has already been massively successful in supplying high-end chips for data centers riding the worldwide AI demand boom, it is plotting different plans to expand its presence across AI systems and products...
French police detained 780 people involved in violent clashes in Paris and other French cities that erupted Saturday night after Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League title. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said 57 officers were wounded, with most suffering minor injuries, as soccer fans set fires and vandalized shops. One small group even tried to storm a Paris police station. Nuñez said at a news conference Sunday that “the situation has been largely brought under control.” “Most of the celebrations took place peacefully” across the French capital, he said, noting most incidents happened in the Champs-Élysées neighborhood and close to the Parc des Princes stadium in western Paris, where fans had gathered to watch the match...
#10 France Detains Hundreds After Violent Clashes as Paris Saint-Germain Wins Champions League - AP/NBC News, Mario Nawfal, Russia News, iRitvik, Scott Morgan/Right Angle News Network, and Jerry L Neff/Lara Logan on X
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