[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Georgia mayor has been accused of blowing thousands in taxpayer money for a 20-day luxury vacation to Ghana.
Khalid Kamau, a Black Lives Matter activist who has renamed himself Mayor Kobi, allegedly used the city's funds for non-official activities like the Ghana trip, food and a $1,300 drone.
Kamau used a city-issued credit card to spend nearly $26,000 in unauthorized purchases between October and December, according to bank records seen by WSB-TV.
Kobi bought multiple plane tickets totaling over $5,000 - including a flight on Air Kenya that cost more than $1,500.
He also made a single purchase on Amazon of over $1,800.
Local Reshard Snellings told the local outlet he wants to know if the luxurious trip Kamau flaunted on Instagram was paid by taxpayer funds.
'I wanted to find out if taxpayers paid for this trip,' Snellings said.
'We should not be asked to go without something so that our elected officials can travel all over the globe.'
Mayor Kobi posted on Instagram throughout his trip to Ghana, flaunting the over-the-top welcome he received at the airport.
It included traditional dancers and a cavalcade of luxury cars to pick him up.
He also posted images partying with the locals and enjoying a spacious apartment.
Councilwoman Helen Z. Willis told WSB-TV that the city of Fulton has no business with Ghana or Africa.
'Not to my knowledge, that isn’t even a priority,' Willis said.
City council has been looking into the mayor's trip and his spending, with Willis adding that 'We need more economic development here and we don’t need to go to Africa in order for the city to have a multi-business deal.'
City rules dictate that employees must obtain written authorization from the Purchasing Director and City Manager before making any purchases with taxpayer funds.
Willis says the mayor did not follow the rules for the controversial purchases.
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Kamau the Quiet Warrior, or, "Pleased to meet you, Mr. Bell!"
Swahili word, from the Kikuyu,
For someone who'd sneakily do you
And never get caught:
"Is it in yet, or not?"
"Dude, I'm through. Like, I already knew you."
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When did all this happen? Was Kamau there for the new Ghana president's inauguration, along with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass? They are, after all, birds of a feather.
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Some lady in accounting wasn’t signing off on that expense report.
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NEW: Bill Maher torches the LA Mayor for picking the “best lesbian” as fire chief instead of the best person.
“That’s not good enough.”
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I wanna see Californx v. California.
State sues itself for $10 Trillion in Carbon Credits to offset the CO2-spewing monster fires (no, not Schiff at a BBQ).
That'll learn 'em.
[Atlanta Journal Constipation] A voting rights group founded by Stacey Abrams will pay $300,000 for illegally supporting her 2018 gubernatorial campaign — the largest fine ever assessed for violating Georgia campaign finance laws. NOT the first time Stacey and "largest" have been linked in a sentence
Under a consent order approved by the State Ethics Commission on Wednesday, the New Georgia Project admitted it raised and spent millions of dollars to support Abrams’ unsuccessful campaign without registering as an independent political committee and disclosing its activities, as required by state law. It also supported the campaigns of other Democratic candidates that year, as well as the unsuccessful 2019 Gwinnett County MARTA referendum.
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An just like the HARRIS campaign, they spread lots of $$$$$$$$ around to certain greedy media & SIG's. The $300k fine is nothing out of her pocket or the DNC. It is coming from NON-PROFIT Funds. The same used & abused NON-Profit donated funds.
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Had to hunt around to find out why he got banned in the first place. Besides being a general P-i-t-a to the powers that be, he decided to badmouth a member of the legislature at his funeral. Casis Belli
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Moore should sue a lot of people for allowing the assault to happen, including the Georgia State Patrol. He should also be publically asking over and over when the battery charges will be filed.
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He'll save a buttload of $$$$ in upcoming elections. No chance of him being defeated in any future electon after taking on the Fulton County syndicate.
Sounds like the DC judges held quite the banger in court today--partisan hacks until the very end.
Per Politico:
Tanya Chutkan before sentencing a J6er to 10 days in prison on misdemeanor: “I only wish the rest of the country could see some of the things I see. This may be,…
… This may be, based on what happens outside these courthouse walls, the last one of these. I don’t know.” Chutkan claimed that “people came in and desecrated that beautiful space.” She went on and on. "Jan. 6 exposed … serious cracks in our democracy. We have not reached an understanding of what really happened that day. Anyone who ever thinks of doing something like that again has to understand there will be consequences.”
Judge Amit Mehta before sentencing the Oath Keepers' attorney to 12 months in prison. "You’ve done a lot of damage to the country." Her conduct, the always drama queen Mehta said, was “a coda to the events of Jan. 6 that hopefully will not be forgotten anytime soon.”
And Crisis Actor Mike Fanone, last seen drunk and raging in his mountaintop home on election night, gave a "victim impact" statement in the sentencing of a J6er accused of assaulting him. (Fanone has repeatedly lied under oath about the extent of his injuries.) Fanone to Judge Dabny Friedrich: “I no longer have faith in any of our institutions. Our justice system has proven feckless to hold those truly responsible for Jan. 6 to account. Sentence him to whatever the hell the government is asking because it’s nothing compared to what my family and I have endured, and will most likely endure for the rest of our lives.”
Friedrich sentenced the man to 71 months in prison, which is exactly what the DOJ asked for.
Trump to take oath of office in chamber Jan. 6 rioters ‘desecrated’ - POLITICO
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Try the judge, prosecuters and everyone else involved for deprivation of rights under the color of law, RICO and anything else they can toss at them, then hold them pre-trial for 3 years in a black site in a stan, any who live get to go to jail for decades.
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn ...Democratic Representative-for-Life from South Carolina. He has been warming his safe seat since 1993... believes Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body.... will go down as one of the greatest presidents in American history.
In an interview on MSNBC's Chris Jansing Reports, the South Carolina congressman said that history will judge Biden kindly.
''Given everything that was in place when he took office, Covid the economic challenges, do you think that this was in some ways inevitable?'' Jansing asked.
''And how do you think history will judge this presidency?''
Clyburn responded:
I think that he will go down as one of the greatest presidents we ever had. I think the same thing about Jimmy Malaise Carter
...only the second worst president ever. Now the third worst, after Obama and Biden... , who we just funeralized. Jimmy Carter left the presidency with very, very low ratings. Harry Truman, the same thing.
People who do big things, people who break with the status quo. These people do not get judged well in the currency.
But when history gets a chance to look back to read the things he said and did, rather than to respond to the way he said them.''
I heard people this morning or last night talking about him not being a great communicator.
Well, some people are good speakers, other people are great doers, and some people just know how to write. And that is what it is all about.
We are judging people on substance when we look back on them, not on style.
If you're looking for style, Joe Biden is not your guy. On substance, he's everybody's person.
[BREAKINGTHENEWS.NET] Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, is said to be exploring options to resolve a lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... in response to the network's interview with Vice President Kamala Harris What can be, unburdened by what has been , sources revealed to The Wall Street Journal on Friday.
The move comes as the company seems keen to make concessions in an effort to gain approval from the Trump administration for its proposed merger with Skydance Media, insiders noted.
In November, Trump sued CBS News, seeking $10 billion in damages over its "60 minutes" interview with the vice president. The lawsuit alleges that the network engaged in "partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference through malicious, deceptive, and substantial news distortion."
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Maybe they could settle by giving the J6 prisoners 5 million each for their time....
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They all guilty as hell and they know it. These are all PR moves to make it appear they have made concessions, so if there is real pursuit into the matter they scream persecution.
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It’s a novel legal theory. That generally only works for the Dems in NY and GA. See if the suit can make it to discovery. That would end 60 Minutes.
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#3 Probably could get a reasonable deal simply to rebroadcast NewsMax. Think of all the office space that would free up, let alone reduce the load in HR.
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] Multiple local police departments from areas surrounding Washington, DC will reportedly refuse to assist with security for Trump's inauguration on Monday as the swearing-in ceremony has been moved indoors.
The Gateway Pundit reported earlier that President Trump announced his ceremony will be held inside the Capitol Rotunda, citing cold weather. However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... there have also been concerns about Trump's safety following the two recent liquidation attempts.
Local police refusing to help comes after the Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith announced last week that "nearly 4,000 officers from across the United States who were generous enough to raise their hands and commit their time to assist the Metropolitan Police Department" during inaugural events.
However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... several agencies in nearby Maryland, including Montgomery, Howard, and Queen Anne's County police, have reportedly said they will not be assisting.
The reason they will not help is unclear, but it may stem from internal disputes over Metro PD's use-of-force policy. DC police agreed in a lawsuit settlement to restrict the use of sting balls or bombs on protestors and rioters.
Oy. Someone need to stage an intervention with the DC authorities. Perhaps it’s time for Congress to revoke their semi-independent status, because this is completely unacceptable.
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DC police agreed in a lawsuit settlement to restrict the use of sting balls or bombs on protestors and rioters.
'What are we supposed to use now, harsh language?'
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Pamela Smith joined the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPD) in May 2022 as the chief equity officer, assigned to the executive office of the chief of police.[4][8] She led the department's efforts on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).[4][8] She developed an organizational channel for department-wide accountability by providing strategic advice to the MPD chief of police, executive leadership, and senior management officials within the department.[4] In addition to her DEI focus, she supervised the directorates for employee well-being and support unit and equal employment opportunity office.
Its a non-serious choice to put a black woman in a position of authority. None of the biography cited above qualifies her to be the Chief of one of the largest police forces in the US.
Another item checked off before the handover, nonetheless. On the surface, however imperfect, he looks like someone President Trump can work with. and he’s another vote on the Republican side when things get close.
[Politico] Gov. Mike DeWine announced his own Lt. Gov. Jon Husted as the next senator from Ohio, passing over entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
"Jon Husted will be right at home in the United States Senate, and he’ll be at home on day one," DeWine said Friday in a press conference at the statehouse in Columbus.
Husted, a Republican more in DeWine’s institutionalist mold, had long planned to run for governor in 2026 to succeed DeWine. His ascent to the Senate will likely scramble the field in that race.
Ramaswamy learned mid-morning Friday he would not be the pick, according to a person familiar with the discussion and granted anonymity to describe it.
DeWine’s deliberations were upended when Ramaswamy, the billionaire Columbus-area entrepreneur and co-head of the Department of Government Efficiency, made a late appeal for the vacancy. Despite insisting he was interested in running for governor in 2026, the DOGE co-chair was "lobbying like hell" for the Senate post, according to a source familiar with DeWine’s thinking.
"It was bizarre," said this source.
A source close both to Trump world and Ramaswamy said that the Ohio billionaire enjoys the backing of the Trump family.
"They’re not supporters of DeWine," this person, granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the Trump family’s behalf. "They didn’t want to see Husted in the governor race. Trump supports this."
The governor, a former two-term senator himself, is an outspoken internationalist. And in recent years, he has openly expressed unease about his party’s drift toward the sort of isolationism Ramaswamy often voiced in his short-lived presidential bid. DeWine said he called Trump at 10 a.m. today to disclose his pick, but did not disclose their conversations.
"He’s a serious guy for very serious times," said the source of Husted. "And nobody knows the state better."
I wrote in December that Husted was "low-key building a gubernatorial campaign with the support of DeWine. He most likely doesn't want to go to the Senate, but never say never. Until he states publicly that he doesn't want the job, he can't be completely ruled out."
Never say never, indeed.
Husted, 57, has held elected office since 2001, first in the Ohio House (with four years as the speaker) and then in the Ohio Senate. He was elected secretary of state in 2010 and held that position until 2019 when he became the Buckeye State's 66th lieutenant governor.
DeWine had set out some qualifications ahead of his decision:
A good candidate who could both win primaries and keep the seat in Republican hands come 2026 (midterms tend to be challenging for the party in power) and again in 2028
He's looking for someone who wants to serve beyond 2026 rather than a "placeholder" because with seniority in the Senate comes more power
Potential to be productive in the Senate, serving the state's constituents rather than building a celebrity profile.
His press secretary, Dan Tierney, added one additional qualification in an interview with the Dayton Daily News last month: “The only additional thing is the governor served 12 years in U.S. Senate, so he’s got some strong opinions on what he likes to see in a senator. And what you probably know from covering the governor, is when he was in the Senate he really tried to do the work of the Senate in terms of working through the committee process, focusing on legislation, working across the aisle.”
Husted fits the bill with his long history in the legislature and state offices. He knows how to work the levers of power in legislative bodies, which no doubt appealed to DeWine.
Frank LaRose, who had been vying for the open Senate seat, praised Husted on X:
In an apples-to-apples comparison, Husted will be an improvement over moderate Sen. Rob Portman, whose resignation paved the way for Vance's Senate bid, but many Ohioans are still angry about the DeWine/Husted regime's draconian COVID lockdown policies. Husted was famously heckled at a 2020 Trump rally where he tried pushing masks.
Prior to today's announcement, there had been rumors swirling that Vivek Ramaswamy would be chosen, but that was never going to happen. DeWine is, at heart, an institutionalist, and Ramaswamy is a disrupter, which would go against everything in DeWine's long political career. Plus, there are rumors that Ramaswamy will run for governor. That may have been just the writing on the wall that pushed Husted to abandon his gubernatorial hopes. Anyone reading the room would know that Ohio is Trump country, and faced with the choice of a MAGA disrupter or a 20-year politician, voters would opt for the former. The Senate seat may very well have been Husted's consolation prize.
Over the last two years, Husted has built up a significant war chest in his bid to succeed DeWine. He won't be able to use any of that for a future Senate campaign, so it may end up in the coffers of the Ohio Republican Party. I would not be surprised if that played heavily into DeWine's decision.
Two years later, he became Ohio’s Secretary of State and oversaw elections and business registrations. He employed new technology to reduce the average time it takes to register a new business to only a few hours. He also slashed fees for business registration as well.
During his tenure as Ohio’s secretary of state, he ran the office without the use of taxpayer funds and generated a $10 million surplus before he left office.
In his position as lieutenant governor, Husted heads the Office of Workforce Transformation. This department helps to match workers to businesses. He has also been instrumental in decreasing business regulations.
He has focused his entire career, both in the private sector and public service, on creating a strong economy and thriving communities. As Lt. Governor, his work has driven some of the largest economic development deals the state has ever seen, including attracting new investment in every region of the state from companies like Ford, Abbott Labs, Medpace, General Motors, Honda - - and the largest economic development deal in Ohio's history with Intel’s chip manufacturing facility in Licking County.
As Director of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation, he’s worked to ensure our residents have the skills they need so all those new jobs are filled by Ohioans, in addition to attracting new talent to our state. He pioneered new strategies for job training through business (not government)-driven programs like TechCred and Industry Sector Partnerships in order to give new opportunity to every Ohioan.
As senator he will be one of a hundred, able to work at the national level on the things that drive him, and removed from the governor’s race. Governor DeWine knows how to play the game — the Senate Republicans need more people who bring that seasoning. Even if, as Walking Unvaxxed predicts, Mr. Husted does not get reelected in 2026, he can spend the next two years showing his inexperienced colleagues how it’s done.
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Dewine implemented the same Covid policy for retirement homes that was implemented in NY, Michigan and the Dem states with high death rates. I refused to sign his petition for re-election in my county GOP office. The folks weren’t pleased. Husted has an opportunity to tick us off as well. He will be primaried.
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[Breitbart] “The Legislature will address illegal immigration, condominiums, petition initiatives, and hurricane recovery this Session, which starts in 50 days,” Perez and Albritton said in their statement, adding, “Calling a special session at this time is premature.”
“It is completely irresponsible to get out ahead of any announcements President Trump will make, especially when uninformed or ill-timed state action could potentially impair or impede the success of President Trump’s forthcoming efforts to end illegal immigration, close our borders, and protect the sovereignty of our nation,” they added.
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