US Sen. Bob Menendez is petitioning to run for Senate as an independent candidate, in a last ditch attempt to save his political career.

The embattled New Jersey Democrat is facing federal charges of fraud, extortion, bribery and acting as a foreign agent for Egypt between 2018 and 2022 — while serving as chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Menendez, who bowed out of his state’s Democratic primary, has been personally collecting signatures to get ballot access, according to the New Jersey Globe.
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President Biden plans to address former President Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial in a “White House setting” when the jury delivers its verdict, according to a report. 

The 81-year-old president’s message will be tailored to the outcome of the trial, according to Politico, but in any scenario, he intends to stress that the US legal system worked and Americans should respect the process. 

Biden will deliver remarks whether the 77-year-old former president is convicted, acquitted or the jury cannot agree on a verdict. 

Closing arguments in Trump’s trial over alleged hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels are set to commence on Tuesday. 

It is believed that the jury could reach a verdict as early as next week. 
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RFK Jr has handed out rubber chickens for people to make noise during President Trump’s speech

Why would the Secretary of State have any say at all in who the FBI arrests and who they do not? 🤔

John Kerry obstructed justice for political purposes and Comey and Lynch let him:

"Records reveal the Obama-Biden State Department (State) forced the FBI, between 2015 and 2016, to stand down on arrests in eight cases – one of which involved an Iranian subject on the Terrorism Watch List – due to 'on-going politics'. Records further show State’s actions, at the direction of former Secretary Kerry, endangered national security, hamstrung the FBI’s law enforcement efforts and counteracted our government’s stance against Iran."

https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-johnson-uncover-obama-biden-state-departments-politically-motivated-obstruction-of-fbi-law-enforcement-efforts

Get the guys to top 5.

Let’s do it. HIT THAT LIKE BUTTON OR 👍🏼👍🏼

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(We can forgive the misspelling of “Pepe”, given the ridiculously awesome outcome 😁)

“Safe and effective.”

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NEW - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says it's time to use NATO weapons to strike targets inside Russia's territory.

@disclosetv

President Trump goes golfing with a couple special guests - His granddaughter and Pikachu.

He doesn’t look too worried to me.

Perhaps we shouldn’t be, either. 😎🐸

What if I told you the girl who posted the now infamous Facebook video of George Floyd had posted a near-foretelling of said incident AND its aftermath just 11 days prior?

I'm sure it's just a coincidence...

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Senate Democrats have again blocked the “Laken Riley Act,” which would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take into custody illegal aliens arrested, charged, or convicted for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) spoke on the Senate floor urging Senate Democrats to bring a vote on the “Laken Riley Act” — named after 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley who was murdered allegedly at the hands of illegal alien Jose Antonio Ibarra of Venezuela.
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How private equity rolled Red Lobster
When a private-equity firm bought the iconic seafood chain in 2014, it sold the real estate under the restaurants for $1.5 billion. Then the restaurants struggled to pay the rents.

“Asset-stripping occurs when an owner or investor in a company sells off some of its assets, taking the benefits for itself and hobbling the company. This practice is favored among some private-equity firms that buy companies, load them with debt to finance the purchases and hope to sell them at a profit in a few years to someone else. A common form of asset-stripping is known as a sale/leaseback and involves selling a company’s real estate; this type of transaction hobbled Red Lobster.”


“The $1.5 billion sale crippled Red Lobster. After the real estate was sold, Red Lobster had to pay rent on stores it had previously owned, significantly increasing its costs. According to the bankruptcy filing, by 2023 its rents totaled $200 million a year or approximately 10% of its revenues.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/private-equity-rolled-red-lobster-rcna153397