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Fulton County’s Voter Rolls: A Complete Mess Requiring Federal Action
Transparency shouldn't be controversial.

The FBI’s Jan. 28 raid on Fulton County, Georgia, election offices was sorely needed. It should have happened in 2020.

Americans should be proud of this country but ashamed of its Fourth World voting system. While Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has modernized Florida’s elections, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has light years to go before Georgians can feel equally confident about its votes.

Greater Atlanta is the black hole in which election integrity goes to die. 

“Fulton County’s voter rolls are, have been, and continue to be a complete mess,” Republican state Sen. Greg Dolezal says in a jaw-dropping new video on X. In the Peach State, “it is illegal to be registered to vote from anywhere other than your primary residence.”

As of Jan. 5, “about 70 people are registered to vote right here,” Dolezal marvels at a UPS Store.

Dolezal visits 850 Oak Street. “There are 19 people registered to vote at this abandoned house,” he explains. Its windows are broken or boarded up. A brown and green blob of weeds and ivy slowly devours the front porch. Nineteen people do not live there. Nonetheless, that’s where they are registered to vote.

Next: 1445 Woodmont Lane. Dolezal says that “138 people registered to vote here”—a virtual-mailbox enterprise called .

“This is 477 Peachtree Street,” Dolezal states. “There are 70 people registered to vote here. It’s a homeless shelter that closed in 2017”—approaching nine years ago.

At 2625 Piedmont Street, Dolezal observes: “Another UPS Store—96 registered voters here, in direct violation of Georgia law.”

Such corruption should be alien to the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. Yet here it is, in a mid-term election year, with Sen. Jon Ossoff’s, D-Ga., seat at stake and the GOP’s emaciated majority in play. Control of Congress could hinge on “voters” enrolled at homes populated solely by termites.

The FBI absolutely should probe the perpetrators behind political lawbreaking. During the 2020 election, Fulton County was a full-blown crime scene.

The Election Oversight Group LLC last month released a shocking document—“Fulton County: Report of Investigation of the 2020 General Election.”

— “According to Fulton County and the State’s own records, 148,319 absentee ballots were counted for the 2020 General Election, but only 125,784 voters were recorded as casting ballots. Therefore, 22,535 more ballots were counted than voters given credit for voting.” That’s right: 22,535 more ballots than voters. That’s called stuffing ballots. If Joe Biden scored just 52.2% of these phony ballots, that would equal his statewide 11,769-vote “margin of victory.”

— “It’s important to note that the number of absentee ballots literally doubled from midnight on Election Day, with 74,024 ballots reported,” the study states. “All 148,318 absentee ballots were accepted and counted without first performing mandatory signature verification.”

— “Of all 376,863 ballots cast in-person (early voting and election day) every corresponding ballot image was willfully destroyed in violation of both state and federal law.”

— “Thousands of ballots appear in the original November 3rd count that were not included in the …

5 Egregious Examples of Leftist Earmarks in Shutdown-Ending Funding Bill
This is performative politics again.

The bill President Donald Trump signed in order to end the government shutdown also included mandatory spending that will contradict his policy goals.

The $1.2 trillion package included funding for specific entities—some of which the Trump administration is currently threatening to defund. Other funded entities provide legal defenses for illegal aliens facing deportation, while some hospitals receiving money practice late-term abortions.

“Avoiding a protracted government shutdown of some of the largest agencies like [the Department of Health and Human Services] and the Department of War is a laudable goal, but passing bills that undermine the president’s agenda to cut woke and weaponized spending is not the way to do it,” Connor Semelsberger, government relations director at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal in a statement Thursday.

“The Trump administration has taken more steps to eliminate woke spending then any president in recent history, starting first and foremost with entities pushing horrific practices like gender mutilation of children and late term abortions of unborn children whom can feel pain,” he added. “Unfortunately, the appropriations bills passed by Congress provide funding to these exact entities against the will of the American taxpayers.”

When Congress funds the government, each agency usually has discretion in how to spend the money. Yet Congress can stipulate that the agency give the money to a specific entity in a process called “congressionally directed spending.” This mandatory spending—often referred to as “earmarks”—does not appear in the text of the bill Trump signed, though the bill mentions it. Instead, the Senate Appropriations Committee released the earmarks last month, in files that stretch to hundreds of pages.

Here are five of the most egregious examples.

1. Funding Health Centers Performing Transgender ‘Treatments’

While the Department of Health and Human Services is currently investigating some hospitals for performing experimental medical interventions on minors, the funding bill explicitly directs taxpayer money to those hospitals, albeit for other purposes.

Fox News reported that Seattle Children’s Hospital in Washington state will receive $3 million, due to a request from Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., while the Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago will receive $1 million, thanks to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. The Department of Health and Human Services has investigated both hospitals for performing the “chemical and surgical mutilation” of minors. Lurie has paused transgender interventions for minors amid the investigation.

Both senators defended the funding in comments to Fox News, emphasizing the health centers’ work. Critics note, however, that money is fungible and that these earmarks appear to directly undermine HHS’ ability to use a threat of defunding to convince the health centers to cease operating on minors.

Neither Seattle Children’s Hospital nor Lurie Children’s Hospital responded to The Daily Signal’s request for comment by press time. The Daily Signal reached out to the senators for comment, and did not receive responses by publication time.

2. Funding for Health …

How Luna Says GOP Can Force a National ID Requirement to Vote
Transparency shouldn't be controversial.

Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna wants the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship and photo identification for voters in federal elections, to become law. For that to happen, she says it might have to be attached to a “must-pass” foreign intelligence bill.

“The Senate has now sat on this for over 300 days,” Luna, R-Fla., told Punchbowl News in an interview published Friday. “Something that … many members of Congress are tired of is ‘messaging bills’ … It doesn’t actually feel like we’re doing much of anything.”

“Messaging bills” are pieces of legislation with little possibility of becoming law that members support to amplify their political messaging.

Next week, the House will vote on the SAVE America Act. A previous version of the bill, the SAVE Act, passed by a 220-208 vote in April 2025.

The new bill, if signed into law, would enforce a national requirement of photo identification in order to vote in federal elections, in addition to requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration.

It would also, as in the original SAVE Act, require states to clear voter rolls of individuals who cannot prove their citizenship for federal elections.

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From the SAVE Act and the filibuster to the Russia-Ukraine war and even UFOs

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But Luna said that, in order to pressure Congress to approve it, Republicans may have to insert the bill into another bill reauthorizing part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, also known as FISA.

On April 20, the federal government’s authority to conduct warrantless surveillance on noncitizens will sunset and require renewal from Congress.

“I do believe that the only way voter ID is going to pass is if it is attached to a must-pass piece of legislation. I think that that’s going to be FISA,” said Luna, who noted her previous opposition to FISA.

Asked if she believed Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., agreed, Luna replied, “I think the speaker is with me on this understanding that … we’re going to do it on a stand-alone and hope the Senate does the right thing, but that it’s likely going to have to go in FISA.”

Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request from The Daily Signal to confirm or deny Luna’s description of his views.

Luna has also recently called for Senate Republicans to overcome the typical 60-vote threshold for debate to end a bill, the filibuster, by forcing Democrats to speak continuously to stall passage of the SAVE Act, a procedural move known as the “talking filibuster.”

Luna added in the interview, “I don’t speak for the speaker, but that’s based on my conversations.”

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., a supporter of the SAVE Act, recently told The Daily Signal that he believes Republicans must place it in must-pass legislation in order for it to become law.

“If we want any leverage, I think we should attach voter ID … If not the whole SAVE Act, some subset of the SAVE Act …

Canada swipes at Trump’s Greenland ambitions as Maple Leaf raised on island
We're watching the same failure loop.

Canada opened a new consulate in Greenland on Friday and showed support for the Arctic island’s sovereignty and ties to Denmark, marking diplomatic pushback to President Donald Trump’s ambitions to acquire the island.

Natan Obed, president of Canada’s Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, used the grand opening to take a swipe at Trump and said the symbolism of the consulate wouldn’t resonate with the president. 

“I’m not quite sure that Donald Trump is going to be at all moved by Canada opening a consulate here,” Obed said. 

Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand presided over the inauguration in Nuuk, raising the Canadian flag outside the freshly established diplomatic mission and touting shared interests in environmental, security, and economic cooperation. 

Anand said the consulate has been part of Canada’s foreign agenda for some time, adding that it also plans to open one in Anchorage, Alaska, according to reporting by Politico. 

Additionally, Anand said the opening represents support for the people of Greenland.

“It also is a show of support for Greenlanders during a time in their long history, where they are feeling a sense of anxiety and concern,” Anand said. 

France opened its consulate the same day, a move that paired with Canada’s opening, and underscores European and Canadian aims to reassure Greenlanders worried about a possible annexation. 

The consulate openings signal a broader effort by like-minded countries to affirm the Arctic alliance and counter unilateral pressure.

Obed noted the cultural ties between Canada and Greenland’s Inuit indigenous peoples. 

“I can’t even imagine, for the Inuit here from Greenland, what it is like to read about yourselves in the papers in such ways that are disrespectful and don’t follow the self-determination, the human rights, and the territorial autonomy that you have over your homeland,” Obed said.

The diplomatic expansion comes after more than a year of rising tension sparked by Trump’s vocal interest in Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of NATO member Denmark, which he has described as a vital U.S. national security interest and repeatedly suggested the U.S. should control. 

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recently alluded to severing dependence on the U.S. in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Although he never called out Trump by name, Carney said the world system is in “a period of intensifying great power rivalry, where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic …

Bill Clinton demands public hearing on his connections to Epstein: ‘Kangaroo court’
Same show, different day.

Former President Bill Clinton is demanding that his House oversight committee testimony about his relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein be in a public hearing.

In a social media post Friday evening, Clinton blasted Republicans and Oversight committee chairman James Comer’s (R-KY) decision to have his testimony behind closed doors, saying he will “not sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court by a Republican Party running scared.”

Clinton continued, “If they want answers, let’s stop the games & do this the right way: in a public hearing, where the American people can see for themselves what this is really about.”

The former president and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, are set to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee later this month after being threatened with contempt of court. Hillary Clinton’s testimony is set for Feb. 26, and Bill Clinton’s is set for Feb. 27.

Clinton, whose relationship with Epstein has been subject to public scrutiny, said his desire for a public hearing is out of respect for Epstein’s victims and claimed Comer, who presides over the committee, is using Clinton as a political pawn. 

“Now, Chairman Comer says he wants cameras, but only behind closed doors. Who benefits from this arrangement?” Clinton wrote on X. “It’s not Epstein’s victims, who deserve justice. Not the public, who deserve the truth. It serves only partisan interests. This is not fact-finding, it’s pure politics.”

In a tranche of files released in December, Clinton was pictured with Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislane Maxwell, as well as with women whose faces have been redacted.

Both Bill and Hillary Clinton’s agreement to testify before the committee came at the eleventh hour, as the House prepared to hold them in contempt for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena for their testimony.

CLINTONS DODGE CONTEMPT AND SET DATES TO TESTIFY BEFORE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

The Clintons have said any information they knew was in their sworn statements, but Comer has pushed for the two to appear before the committee.

The Department of Justice published over 3 million documents related to its investigation into the Epstein files last week, in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act signed into law last year.

SBA freezes over 100,000 California borrowers in sweeping $9B pandemic fraud crackdown
We're watching the same failure loop.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced Friday that it suspended more than 100,000 California borrowers amid suspected fraud, with the alleged abuse totaling nearly $9 billion.
SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler said the agency suspended 111,620 California borrowers tied to suspected fraudulent activity across SBA pandemic-era loan programs. Those borrowers received 118,489 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) loans totaling more than $8.6 billion.
"Once again, the Trump SBA is taking decisive action to deliver accountability in a state whose unaccountable welfare policies have created a culture of fraud and abuse at the expense of law-abiding taxpayers and small business owners," Loeffler said in a statement.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS CALL MINNESOTA FRAUD PROBE 'TIP OF THE ICEBERG' AS MORE BLUE STATES FACE SCRUTINY
"Today, we announced we have suspended nearly 112,000 borrowers tied to at least $9 billion in suspected fraud," she said. "This staggering number represents the most significant crack-down on those who defrauded pandemic programs, and it illuminates the scale of corruption that the Biden Administration tolerated for years."
Loeffler referenced the Trump administration’s fraud crackdown in another blue state, saying, "As we did in Minnesota, we are actively working with federal law enforcement to identify the criminals who defrauded American taxpayers, hold them to account, and recoup the stolen funds."
She added that, "As we continue our state-by-state work, our message is clear: pandemic-era fraudsters will not get a pass under this Administration."
GOP SENATORS LAUNCH TASK FORCE TO CRACK DOWN ON FRAUD TIED TO MINNESOTA SCANDAL
The announcement comes after the SBA said last month that it suspended 6,900 Minnesota borrowers after uncovering what it said was widespread suspected fraud.
The agency previously reviewed thousands of PPP and EIDL loans approved in Minnesota, identifying nearly $400 million in potentially fraudulent loans tied to borrowers.
That suspected activity included 7,900 PPP and EIDL loans approved during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Loeffler.
The SBA previously said that at least $2.5 million in PPP and EIDL funds issued during the pandemic era were connected to a Somali-linked fraud scheme based in Minneapolis.

Trump refuses to apologize for video depicting Obamas as monkeys: ‘I didn’t make a mistake’
Transparency shouldn't be controversial.

President Donald Trump declined to apologize for a video portraying former president Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as gorillas shared on his Truth Social account Friday morning. 

Before boarding Air Force One to head to Mar-A-Lago on Friday night, Trump explained that he did not watch the full video that was largely about election technology.

“No, I didn’t make a mistake,” the president said when asked if he planned to apologize after Republicans called for him to do so. “I look at thousands of things. I looked at the beginning of it. It was fine.”

In recounting the post that garnered widespread criticism, he called the clip of the Obamas “some kind of a picture that people don’t like” and said that he “wouldn’t like it either.”

He added that he “has no message” for Americans who were offended by the video because he “didn’t know about it.” 

When asked if the video being shared hurts his likeness with minority voters, Trump expressed that black voters have been great to him and he has been great to them, arguing that he is the “least racist president you’ve had in a long time.” 

“Nobody knew that was at the end, if they would have looked they would have seen it, and probably they would have had the sense to take it down,” Trump said. 

The video sparked criticism from Republican lawmakers, including Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who called for the president to remove the post and called it “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.”

Trump said that he spoke to Tim Scott about the video, including that he had not watched all the way through, and said Scott “understood that 100%.” 

TRUMP TAKES DOWN VIDEO DEPICTING OBAMAS AS MONKEYS AFTER SWIFT BIPARTISAN CRITICISM

The White House said Friday that a staffer “erroneously” posted the video overnight. It was up for about 12 hours before being deleted. A source close to the president told the Washington Examiner that the president “had not seen that video before it was posted.”

The clip of the Obamas was from a video created with artificial intelligence that overlaid politicians’ faces over jungle and safari animals. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at first defended the post, saying the video was a clip from a meme of The Lion King. However, the Disney movie does not feature gorillas.

Hegseth says National Guard members shot in DC ambush by Afghan national will receive Purple Heart
Equal justice apparently isn't equal anymore.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Friday that two West Virginia National Guard members — Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe — who were shot in an ambush-style attack near the White House late last year, will receive the Purple Heart.
Calling the Nov. 26 incident "a terrible thing" and saying the troops were "attacked by a radical," Hegseth made the announcement while speaking at a National Guard reenlistment ceremony at the Washington Monument, where he administered the oath of enlistment to more than 100 Guardsmen from nine states serving in Washington, D.C.
"And we had a terrible thing happen a number of months ago," Hegseth said. "Andrew Wolfe, Sarah Beckstrom, one lost, one recovered, thank God, in miraculous ways. Both soon to be Purple Heart recipients because they were attacked by a radical."
The remarks mark the first public confirmation from Hegseth that the service members will receive the Purple Heart, one of the nation’s oldest military decorations, awarded to those killed or wounded by enemy action.
AFGHAN NATIONAL ACCUSED IN DC NATIONAL GUARD SHOOTING PLEADS NOT GUILTY, PROSECUTORS MAY SEEK DEATH PENALTY
The Purple Heart traces its origins to the American Revolution, when George Washington established the Badge of Military Merit in 1782, to recognize enlisted soldiers wounded or killed in service. The modern Purple Heart was revived in 1932, and is awarded in the name of the president to U.S. service members wounded or killed by enemy action.
Beckstrom, 20, and Wolfe, 24, were shot just blocks from the White House in what officials described as an ambush-style attack.
Beckstrom died a day after the shooting. Wolfe was seriously wounded and continues to recover.
BONDI DESCRIBES WOUNDED NATIONAL GUARDSMAN AS A 'MIRACLE,' SAYS 'HE'S ABLE TO OPEN BOTH EYES'
The accused gunman, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, faces nine charges related to the shooting, including first-degree murder while armed and assault with intent to kill while armed. He has pleaded not guilty.
In a statement posted on X, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey thanked Hegseth for the announcement and said the recognition was long overdue.
"I thank Secretary @PeteHegseth for announcing that U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe will soon receive the Purple Heart, an honor that reflects their courage and sacrifice in defense of our nation," Morrisey wrote.
Morrisey said he formally requested the Purple Heart awards Dec. 19, adding that the announcement "brings long-overdue honor to their service, offers meaning and …

Trump says talks with Iran in Oman were ‘very good’
Who benefits from this decision?

President Donald Trump said that the talks with Iran on Friday were “very good,” and that the country appears to want to finalize a deal with the United States.

Aboard Air Force One, before heading to Mar-a-Lago, Trump discussed ongoing negotiations with Iran after top envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, met with Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, for talks in Oman.

“We … had very good talks on Iran. Iran looks like it wants to make a deal very badly. We have to see what that deal is,” the president said. 

Araghchi shared Trump’s sentiments, saying the talks were “a good start” and would continue.

Prior to the meeting, Iran insisted the negotiations remain limited to its nuclear program, insisting ballistic missiles and regional influence issues are off the table, while the U.S. sought to expand the agenda to include those concerns. 

Trump told the Washington Examiner aboard before heading to Florida that there is a nuclear deal that would be acceptable. 

“There is a deal that would be acceptable, but the one thing, and right up front, would be no nuclear weapons,” the president said. “If we could have made that deal two years ago, we would have made that deal, but they weren’t willing to do that.” 

Trump said that Iran is more willing to agree to negotiations now than at the beginning of his term.

“We’ve only been doing this for exactly one year, and we started with them a few months after the beginning of this term,” Trump said. “If they would have offered this deal, originally when we first started, that would have been accepted immediately.” 

The president’s comments come after the State Department imposed new sanctions on Iran’s shadow fleet. 

TRUMP TARGETS IRAN’S ‘SHADOW FLEET’ WITH NEW SANCTIONS ON TEHRAN OIL NETWORK

The administration’s push to squeeze Iran economically will target 15 entities, two individuals, and 14 vessels, accused of facilitating the illicit export of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products, and petrochemicals through a shadowy maritime network designed to evade long-standing U.S. sanctions.

The State Department cited the Iranian government’s treatment of protesters and destabilization of the region as reasons for the newly imposed sanctions. 

Naomi Lim contributed to this report.

Hegseth ending military education ties with Harvard amid Trump feud: 'We train warriors, not wokesters'
What's the administration thinking here?

The Department of War said Friday that it will end all professional military education, fellowships and certificate programs with Harvard University.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth slammed the university in a video announcement posted on X, saying the department would be cutting ties with Harvard for active-duty service members beginning in the 2026–27 school year — a move he said was "long overdue."
"Harvard is woke; The War Department is not," Hegseth stated.
While Hegseth, who has a master’s degree from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, said the U.S. military has had a "rich tradition" with the Ivy League school, he argued that Harvard has become one of the "red-hot centers of Hate America activism."
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL ANNOUNCES LAYOFFS AFTER TRUMP CUTS BILLIONS IN FUNDING
"Too many faculty members openly loathe our military. They cast our armed forces in a negative light and squelch anyone who challenges their leftist political leanings, all while charging enormous tuition. It's not worth it," he said.
"They’ve replaced open inquiry and honest debate with rigid orthodoxy."
The announcement comes amid the Trump administration’s ongoing feud with the Ivy League school.
President Donald Trump said Monday he is seeking $1 billion in damages from Harvard University, which the Trump administration has made a primary target in its effort to leverage federal funding to crack down on antisemitism and "woke" ideology.
40-YEAR HARVARD PROFESSOR PENS SCATHING PIECE ON SCHOOL'S 'EXCLUSION OF WHITE MALES,' ANTI-WESTERN TRENDS
Lawyers for the Trump administration have appealed a judge’s order requiring the restoration of $2.7 billion in frozen federal research funding to Harvard. The university sued the administration in April over the funding freeze, arguing in court that the move amounted to an unconstitutional "pressure campaign" aimed at influencing and exerting control over elite academic institutions.
Hegseth also criticized Harvard’s campus environment, alleging that research programs have partnered with the Chinese Communist Party and that university leadership has encouraged an atmosphere that celebrates Hamas, allows attacks on Jews, and prioritizes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives.
"Why should the War Department support an environment that's destructive to our nation and the principles that the vast majority of Americans hold dear?" Hegseth said.
"The answer to that question is that we should not, and we will not."
HARVARD DEAN REMOVED AFTER ANTI-WHITE, ANTI-POLICE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS RESURFACED
"For too long, this department …