Author: Freedom Watch

Kasich says ‘even clowns were embarrassed’ by Texas GOP convention The Hill June 23, 2022 Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) on Monday bashed the Texas Republican Party’s proposed platform, part of which claims that President Biden was not legitimately elected president and that homosexuality is an “abnormal” lifestyle. “What happened in Texas was a clown show, and I think even clowns were embarrassed by what they saw down there,” Kasich told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. The former Republican presidential candidate, who supported Biden in 2020, said that when people who are interested in “common sense in politics” leave…

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French court confirms ban on ‘burkinis’ in city’s swimming pools By Joseph Ataman and Tara Subramaniam CNN June 23, 2022 Paris (CNN)A day at the pool will be out of reach for some women this summer in the eastern French city of Grenoble, after a higher court upheld a ban on full-length swimsuits known as “burkinis’ in public swimming pools. Following a series of protests by local Muslim women, the city had passed an edict in May 2021 allowing bathers at public pools in Grenoble to use the swimwear. But later that month, the city’s administrative tribunal overruled…

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2024 intrigue: DeSantis declines to ask Trump for reelection endorsement By Gary Fineout POLITICO June 22, 2022 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has plenty of advantages ahead of his November reelection. More than $100 million in the bank. A growing statewide Republican voter advantage. Massive popularity with the conservative base. What DeSantis doesn’t need and isn’t requesting: former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. According to four people connected to the governor and former president, DeSantis has not asked Trump for a formal endorsement and isn’t planning to. It’s a clear sign that DeSantis, who more than…

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Andrew Gillum, DeSantis’ 2018 opponent, indicted for wire fraud, false statements NBC News June 22, 2022 Andrew Gillum, the once-rising Florida Democratic star who narrowly lost the 2018 governor’s race to Ron DeSantis, was hit with a 21-count federal indictment Wednesday for wire fraud, related conspiracy charges and making false statements. Gillum, the former Tallahassee mayor, was charged along with his mentor, Sharon Lettman-Hicks, for fraudulently fundraising from “various entities” between 2016 to 2019, according to a Department of Justice press release. The Justice Department said the two allegedly diverted some of the money to a company controlled…

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Paige Spiranac says she’d turn down any approach to work with LIV Golf By Ben Smith Golf Magic June 22, 2022 Golf social media superstar Paige Spiranac has claimed she would turn down “any” approach to be part of LIV Golf. Spiranac, 29, recently joined the bunkered podcast, where she spoke on a number of topics including Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson. The golf world is currently braced for more departures from the PGA Tour to the Saudi-backed ����255million series that is being spearheaded by Greg Norman. Continue Reading…..

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By Chris Cillizza CNN June 22, 2022 This was an actual exchange between former Vice President Mike Pence and Fox Business Network host Larry Kudlow on Monday: Kudlow: “Have you ever seen a president who refuses to accept blame, and I want to add to that, commits so many falsehoods? I’m being very polite here, calling it falsehoods — falsehoods, you know, on any given day. He’s out there saying stuff that just ain’t true. Have you ever seen anything like that?” Pence: “Never in my lifetime. I said today that there has never been a time in my…

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Lynch: The Saudis put a horse’s head in Brooks Koepka’s bed. He couldn’t refuse their offer Golfweek June 22, 2022 Koepka has always fancied himself more an athlete than a golfer, but this is an admission that he’s neither, that he’s just an entertainer doomed to play exhibitions against the washed-up veterans and no-name youngsters that he’s long considered unfit to sniff his jockstrap. There’s a reason behind the tacit acknowledgment: Koepka’s body has been degrading for years and a nagging injury has him perilously close to surgery and a lengthy layoff. He might have committed to the…

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(Jupiter Florida, June 22, 2022) Today, Larry Klayman, the founder of both Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch and a former federal prosecutor in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), a former U.S. Senate candidate in Florida, and who was on the DOJ trial team that broke up the AT&T monopoly, had this to say about the Professional Golf Association’s (“PGA’s”) attempt to use its dominant market power to stifle competition in the golf industry through monopolization, group boycotts, market division and other anti-competitive acts. “Jay Monahan, the arrogant commissioner of the PGA, in a press…

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