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Did Gen. Milley Seize Presidential Power? Banks And Grassley Demand Answers

BY: OLIVIA HAJICEK

JULY 15, 2022

Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, demanded Thursday that Gen. Mark Milley finally respond to allegations that he usurped presidential power over the military while he was President Donald Trump’s principal military adviser. Bob Woodward and Robert Costa raised the allegations in their 2021 book “Peril,” and according to the lawmakers, Milley still has not confirmed nor denied them.

“According to Bob Woodward’s book ‘Peril,’Gen. Mark Milley directed senior military officers not to follow the president’s orders unless General Milley approved them first,” Banks said in a speech on the House floor on Thursday.

Grassley said in a speech the same day thatMilley’s alleged actions “strike at the heart of our democracy — civilian control of the military,” adding that, if the allegations are true, the actions would have been unlawful.

“He may have stepped out of his lane as the president’s principal military adviser and into the statutory chain of command, where law doesn’t allow him to go,” Grassley said. “By law, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has no command authority.”

In a Jan. 13 letter to Milley, Grassley and Sens. Rand Paul and Marsha Blackburn, asked about another account contained in the book, in which Milley allegedly told Chinese general Li Zuocheng that if America were going to attack China, he would “call [Li] ahead of time ”

“It’s not going to be a surprise,” Milley allegedly told Li.

According to Grassley, Milley has yet to clarify whether the book’s accounts are accurate, in spite of multiple requests from Grassley and other members of Congress.

“I am calling on Gen. Milley to set the record straight,” Banks said. “Gen. Milley is accused of secretly seizing the president’s military powers. That is the most serious crime. If he is innocent, he has a duty to say so.”

https://thefederalist.com/2022/07/15/did-gen-milley-seize-presidential-power-banks-and-grassley-demand-answers/

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Why A Famed Liberal Scholar Is ‘Running Screaming From The Left’

Laurel DugganJuly 15, 2022 11:33 AM

Ruy Teixeira, a prominent scholar at the left-leaning think tank Center for American Progress (CAP), is leaving his job for a conservative organization because ofliberals’ obsession with race, gender and other identity issues, according to Politico.

The obsession with identity politics at CAP made it difficult for him to do work involving class and economics, he told the outlet, so he’s leaving for the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute. Left-leaning think tanks have given in to demands of junior staffers and made it difficult for scholars to discuss crime, immigration and other issues beyond a narrow set of default assumptions, according to Teixeira.

The culture within left-leaning organizations “sends me running screaming from the left,” Teixeira told Politico. “It’s just cloud cuckoo land … the fact that nobody is willing to call bullshit, it just freaks me out.”

Ruy Teixeira:

“Shockingly, white college Democratic support … is actually higher than support among all nonwhite voters. This is remarkable and has much to do with anemic Hispanic support for Democrats.” https://t.co/qPb2oi8PLn

— Timothy Noah (@TimothyNoah1) July 14, 2022

“My perspective is, the single most important thing to focus on in the social system is the economic system,” he told the outlet. “I’m just a social democrat, man. Trying to make the world a better place.”

Democrats need to win over voters who are moderate on social issues, but staff at CAP and other think tanks aren’t discussing these issues freely, he told Politico. He blames the radical culture on the left for Democrats‘ inability to hold on to the white working class voters who supported former President Barack Obama in 2008.

“It’s become very hard to have a conversation about race and gender and trans issues, even crime and immigration,” Teixeira told Politico. “You know, ‘How should the left handle these?’ There’s a default assumption about how you’re supposed to talk about these things, even the language. There’s a real chilling effect on all of these organizations.”

Teixeira, coauthor of the 2004 book “The Emerging Democratic Majority,” helped pioneer the idea that Democrats had to win with young and diverse voters to see electoral victories, according to Politico.

“I would say that anybody who has a fundamentally class-oriented perspective, who thinks that’s a more important lens and doesn’t assume that any disparity is automatically a lens of racism or sexism or what have you … I think that perspective is not congenial in most left institutions,” he said.

CAP employees were confused by Teixeira’s decision to leave, according to Politico.

“I am confident that he is unable to give expression to a single example when either his research or his thought leadership found resistance in the organization,” Patrick Gaspard, CAP president, told Politico.

Teixeira did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/15/ruy-teixeira-center-for-american-progress-running-screaming-from-left/

Oh Brother

Trump’s First Challenger? Gov. Noem Runs Ad In Key Primary States

Nicole SilverioJuly 14, 2022 4:56 PM

Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem ran a new political advertisement in key primary states in June.

The advertisement, “Saddle Up,” details the personal hardships she endured as a child after losing her father in an accident and nearly losing their ranch, which was saved through “grit” and “God’s grace.” The ad touted South Dakota’s economy, tourism and the trend of families moving to the state.

“Here, freedom runs free. So saddle up, we’re just getting started,” the governor said in the ad.

Her campaign released a total of nine ads. Overall, the advertisement earned one quarter of its audience size from South Dakota, 11% in South Carolina, 10% in Ohio, nine percent in Pennsylvania and six percent in Iowa, according to Meta summary data.

The advertisement earned the majority of its audience size from probable key swing states in the 2024 presidential election, including New Hampshire, Ohio and Iowa. One version of the ad earned 86% of its audience from New Hampshire, another earned 93% of its views from Ohio, and one garnered 87% of its views in Nevada. A separate advertisement earned 86% in Pennsylvania.

Another ad earned the majority of its views from Texas, followed by California, Florida and Pennsylvania. One ad had an audience solely from South Carolina, while another had 86% of its audience come from Iowa.

One of the ads, which earned an estimated audience size of over 1 million, earned the majority of its viewership in South Dakota with six percent coming from Texas. An estimated four percent came from her own state, Ohio and Florida and three percent from California, Mississippi, Michigan and Tennessee.

A recent poll found that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is narrowly leading former President Donald Trump among Republican support in a potential 2024 presidential primary. The Florida governor garnered 39% of support while Trump attained 37%. Noem garnered one percent of support.

https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/14/trumps-first-challenger-kristi-noem-runs-ads-key-primary-states/

Sen Liz Warren Can’t Get Away Fast Enough As Reporter Asks About SCOTUS Bounties

Nicole SilverioJuly 14, 2022

Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren refused to say if a pro-abortion organization offering a bounty to track down Supreme Court justices is “too far” Thursday.

Shut DC Down, a left-leaning activist organization, offered to Venmo anyone $50 for a “confirmed sighting” of one of the six conservative Supreme Court justices who rule to overturn Roe v. Wade and $200 if they were still at the sighting location 30 minutes later in a July 8 tweet.

DC Service Industry Workers… If you see Kavanaugh, Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Coney Barrett or Roberts DM us with the details!

We’ll venmo you $50 for a confirmed sighting and $200 if they’re still there 30 mins after your message. https://t.co/xXWZ5JZiE7

— ShutDownDC (@ShutDown_DC) July 8, 2022

Fox Business reporter Hillary Vaughn asked the Massachusetts senator if offering money to track down the justices’ location goes “too far” in front of Capitol Hill.

“Senator, an activist group is offering to pay people if they send in the locations of justices. Do you think that this has gone too far at this point?”During the questioning, Warren entered the passenger seat of a vehicle and quickly shut the door behind her.

https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/14/elizabeth-warren-abortion-bounty-supreme-court-justices/

House Agrees To Fund Psychedelic Research For Vets With PTSD

Kay SmytheJuly 15, 2022 11:45 AM

Two amendments were added Wednesday to the National Defense Authorization Act that would expand research into psychedelic treatments for veterans and active-duty service members.

Republican Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw and Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are behind the two amendments, which seek to expand research into the impacts of various forms of psychedelics in treating mental health issues, according to the Texas Signal. Ocasio-Cortez’s amendment authorizes research on MDMA and psilocybin as alternative options to opioids, the outlet reported.

Crenshaw spoke Wednesday in support of his amendment, which will “create a grant program for psychedelic treatment for PTSD.” He argued that the United States is “losing the battle with veteran suicide” and “new ideas” are needed to help win the war, according to his statements in the House.

“And for our active-duty service members, the situation is even worse as they are precluded from even trying treatments, such as psychedelics, that could save their lives and bring hope to their families,” Crenshaw continued. “I aim to change that. First of all, this form of treatment actually isn’t new. It’s proven and it’s tested.”

Crenshaw was quick to note that the amendment does not legalize or de-schedule psychedelics, according to the clip. He focused on private sector research that has found positive results in the use of various psychedelics for treating and even mitigating PTSD, citing examples from his own friendship group.

Both Crenshaw and Ocasio-Cortez’s amendment were approved shortly after he spoke, according to the Intercept.

The $839 billion National Defense Authorization Act was approved Thursday in a 329-101 vote, Politico reported. Along with increasing veteran and active duty service members’ access to treatments for PTSD, the bill provides troops with a 4.6% pay rise, the outlet noted.

https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/15/psychedelic-research-funded-ndaa/