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Biden Calls Testimony, Video from Jan. 6 Committee Hearing 'Devastating' President Joe Biden stands with his money as he waits for his ice cream cone at a Baskin-Robbins in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Joe Biden described as "devastating" testimony and video from a Jan. 6 committee hearing two days ago, featuring congressional leaders in tense phone calls with Pentagon and White House officials during the assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Biden was speaking to reporters during a stop at an ice cream shop in Oregon as he campaigned for Tina Kotek, who is running for governor of the state.

"I think it’s been devastating," Biden said when asked about the latest hearing. "The case has been made, it seems to me, fairly overwhelming."

Biden said he had been going out of his way not to comment on the proceedings.

"Any more I say about it, you … are going to ask me if I’m trying to influence the attorney general. I'm not. I've not spoken with him at all," Biden said, referring to Attorney General Merrick Garland, whose Justice Department has the authority to pursue criminal charges related to the Capitol attack.

Some of the video footage came from the family of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi present at the Capitol that day. One of the clips showed the California Democrat in a call with Republican Vice President Mike Pence.

"When I spoke to him, I said, 'I'm so afraid for you to be in the Capitol still,'" Pelosi said on Saturday during remarks at a San Francisco community farming event.

Pence responded that the Secret Service thought more attention would be drawn if he and his entourage left the Capitol, Pelosi said. "Lord knows what might have happened if that entourage went out there," she added.

The House committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by Donald Trump's supporters voted unanimously on Thursday to subpoena the former president, a move that could lead to criminal charges if he does not comply.

The hearing followed eight others earlier this year and one in July 2021. There were no live witnesses on Thursday, but the panel presented videotaped testimony to build a case that Trump's efforts to overturn his November 2020 presidential election defeat constituted illegal conduct far beyond normal politics.

The committee's vote on Thursday may have been its last public action before the Nov. 8 congressional elections that will determine whether Biden's Democrats continue to control the House and Senate.

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Rep. Biggs to Newsmax: Biden's Warnings to Saudi Arabia Ring 'Hollow'

(Newsweek/"America Right Now")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Saturday, 15 October 2022 06:41 PM EDT

President Joe Biden's warnings of "consequences" against Saudi Arabia when it comes to oil and Russia ring "hollow" because the world's leaders "know that Biden doesn't do anything" when it comes to being tough on other nations, Rep. Andy Biggs said on Newsmax Saturday.

"He's incompetent to do anything," the Arizona Republican, who appeared on Newsmax's "America Right Now" with Retired Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, commented. "All he cares about is maintaining power domestically because we have we have emasculated ourselves internationally."

The United States and Saudi Arabia this past week traded barbs after the Saudi-led OPEC+ cartel, which includes Russia, cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day, starting in November.

Washington accused Riyadh of promoting Russia's interests, leading to Biden's "consequences" warning.

"And so when he says, 'Well, there'll be retaliation of some kind,' you know that that if it's cutting off arms sales, that Russia is able and willing to provide a substitute," said Biggs. "You have China stepping in as well, so it is not realistic for Biden to talk that way."

The best way to fight back, Biggs said, is for Biden to once again unleash America's energy dependence so the nation can become energy dominant again and become the power in the world again.

"But right now, you're seeing feckless policy; and that's why the Saudis don't care about what Joe Biden says," said Biggs. "They don't."

Shaffer, president of the London Center for Policy Research and a national security adviser for former President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, also commented that the solution for the United States' return to power is to return to energy dominance.

Meanwhile, there is concern that if Russia launches a strike, the response from the United States could prove dangerous.

"If Putin feels backed into a quarter and does use nuclear weapons, now we have a completely different animal because, quite frankly, most people in the world can't imagine what that would look like," said Biggs.

Biggs also on Saturday discussed reports that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas knew that the narrative about Border Patrol agents whipped a group of Haitian migrants was false but chose to denounce the officials to the nation.

"I think there are other reasons that he should be impeached from office for sure; but when he didn't stand behind his agents, it showed an incredible lack of leadership, lack of integrity. And that's what we've gotten and what we've seen from him all along," said Biggs. "Our border is open and porous, and he is allowing these innocent agents now to have to go through an administrative process as well."

Mayorkas, Biggs added, "should have resigned long ago. … and now I'm looking for him to be impeached in January."

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Dick Morris to Newsmax: GOP Candidates Won Debates 'Decisively'

(Newsmax/"Saturday Report")

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Saturday, 15 October 2022 02:35 PM EDT

Political strategist Dick Morris, the author of the best-selling "The Return: Trump's Big 2024 Comeback," Saturday on Newsmax declared that GOP candidates in Georgia, Michigan and Wisconson "decisively" won their debates Friday night, and predicted a "massive Republicans sweep" coming in November's elections because of the economy and the contrast between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.

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"There were three pivotal debates last night, and they were in different parts of the country. And they weren't covered by the national stations, but I hunted and looked through them. And the Republicans won all three, in my judgment, decisively," said Morris on Newsmax's "Saturday Report."

Herschel Walker, the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, defeated U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock decisively, as he was like an "experienced political pro," Morris said.

"When Warnock would bring something up, he would answer and he pivoted to inflation and Joe Biden," said Morris.

Then, Republican challenger Tudor Dixon "absolutely destroyed" Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan, said Morris, and, "I think she can win now."

Then, in the Wisconsin gubernatorial debate, Republican Tim Michels "completely outclassed" Democrat Gov. Tony Evers, said Morris, so "that one I think is also going to be a win."

Morris, meanwhile, noted that Republicans' numbers are growing in the generic ballot polling, which now is up by seven points, which "indicates a sweep in the House."

"If it goes higher, to 10 or 11, that indicates a complete massacre of the Democratic Party, and I suspect that's what's going to happen," said Morris. "My message to people now is whatever your district, whatever your state, whatever your supposed chances of winning, if you're a Republican, you have a shot to win. I think that [Lee] Zeldin is now going to beat Gov. Kathy Hochul in New York. I think that all of these governors' races are going to go Republican."

Morris said he pointed out in his book that there will be a "massive Republican sweep" in November, but this summer looked "very close" after the Supreme Court's decision on abortion.

"The Republicans are breaking away and the underlying factors that I cited in my book are coming into play and moving the Republican Party forward," said Morris. "At this point, I feel confident in predicting a Republican win in the Senate, and a massive Republican win in the House."

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Alan Dershowitz to Newsmax: Big Tech Power 'Great Issue of 21st Century' (Newsmax/"America Right Now")

By Eric Mack | Saturday, 15 October 2022 02:02 PM EDT

The Republican National Committee is preparing to sue Google for alleging blocking GOP emails on its Gmail platform, and legal expert Alan Dershowitz tells Newsmax there is a case to be made here both in courts and Congress with regard to Big Tech censorship.

"Congress does have a weapon to do this," Dershowitz told Saturday's "America Right Now" about addressing Big Tech's protections under the law. "The courts do also, and I think there are going to be some very serious considerations by the courts."

This is the "great issue of the 21st century," Dershowitz told host Tom Basile, asking the constitutional question under the First Amendment whether or not social media like Google and Twitter are subject government control.

"Everybody says that the First Amendment is relevant," Dershowitz told Basile. "Google says the First Amendment gives them the right to suppress and sensor and pick what emails they're going put in whatever basket, but the RNC says, 'no, no, no: They are more like a common carrier, and they can't discriminate.'

"This is an issue that has not been addressed by the United States Supreme Court. It's before them in a number of cases. Obviously President [Donald] Trump is involved and other people are involved."

It will take years, if not the rest of this decade to resolve the rights and protections afford Big Tech companies, according to Dershowitz.

"By the end of this decade, we will finally get a resolution of that issue, but probably not in the next two or three years," he added. "It's a work in progress."

The Constitution needs to be amended in the new modern era of Big Tech to define these issues in America, Dershowitz concluded.

"Look, Google and Twitter are not like the mom-and-pop-store private, and they're not like the state of Arizona: completely public," Dershowitz said. "They're somewhere in between. I think they're very analogous to what used to be the telegraph company or the telephone company: They are somewhere between private and public, and they perform an essential function.

"And the courts are going to have to deal and come to grips with what their exact status is as a matter of constitutional law."

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Alan Dershowitz to Newsmax: Big Tech Power 'Great Issue of 21st Century' (Newsmax/"America Right Now")

By Eric Mack | Saturday, 15 October 2022 02:02 PM EDT

The Republican National Committee is preparing to sue Google for alleging blocking GOP emails on its Gmail platform, and legal expert Alan Dershowitz tells Newsmax there is a case to be made here both in courts and Congress with regard to Big Tech censorship.

"Congress does have a weapon to do this," Dershowitz told Saturday's "America Right Now" about addressing Big Tech's protections under the law. "The courts do also, and I think there are going to be some very serious considerations by the courts."

This is the "great issue of the 21st century," Dershowitz told host Tom Basile, asking the constitutional question under the First Amendment whether or not social media like Google and Twitter are subject government control.

"Everybody says that the First Amendment is relevant," Dershowitz told Basile. "Google says the First Amendment gives them the right to suppress and sensor and pick what emails they're going put in whatever basket, but the RNC says, 'no, no, no: They are more like a common carrier, and they can't discriminate.'

"This is an issue that has not been addressed by the United States Supreme Court. It's before them in a number of cases. Obviously President [Donald] Trump is involved and other people are involved."

It will take years, if not the rest of this decade to resolve the rights and protections afford Big Tech companies, according to Dershowitz.

"By the end of this decade, we will finally get a resolution of that issue, but probably not in the next two or three years," he added. "It's a work in progress."

The Constitution needs to be amended in the new modern era of Big Tech to define these issues in America, Dershowitz concluded.

"Look, Google and Twitter are not like the mom-and-pop-store private, and they're not like the state of Arizona: completely public," Dershowitz said. "They're somewhere in between. I think they're very analogous to what used to be the telegraph company or the telephone company: They are somewhere between private and public, and they perform an essential function.

"And the courts are going to have to deal and come to grips with what their exact status is as a matter of constitutional law."

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Doug Mastriano to Newsmax: DeSantis Warned Me About October 'Suppression Polls' (Newsmax/"Wake Up America")

By Eric Mack | Saturday, 15 October 2022 12:32 PM EDT

Echoing back to the mantras of former President Donald Trump campaigns, Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano on Newsmax stressed crowd sizes matter and "suppression polls" will not accurately capture the nature of his race.

"It's funny, Carl, Ron DeSantis in August when he came here to campaign for me in Pittsburgh, he's like, 'Doug, stay away from the polls in October, because they're going to show you behind,' just like they showed him behind," Mastriano told Saturday's "Wake Up America" host Carl Higbie.

"This time last year they had [Virginia GOP Gov. Glenn] Youngkin, there was no chance he was going to win in Virginia."

Mastriano noted even the long-revered The Trafalgar Group has him trailing, but he told Higbie "we're not seeing that" in his internal polling.

"It's kind of weird; what we're seeing on on the ground is record crowds, and in fact, Rasmussen says they're projecting Pennsylvania is going to break plus-five Republican," Mastriano continued. "That's more like we're seeing. My own, we're looking like more plus R-9."

Mastriano also noted his public campaign appearances go from intimate gatherings to full-blown rallies.

"This does not happen in gubernatorial races," Mastriano said.

"Two weekends ago, we were in Philly. We had a meet and greet in the morning — supposed to just be, you know, a few 100 people there; that's a small crowd for me, too, by the way — but it turned into a rally because too many people show up in the fire hall, 500 people."

Mastriano added just an hour and a half later north of Philadelphia, he had over 1,000 people show up.

"Never before have this been happening, you know, in a gubernatorial race," Mastriano said. "Wherever I go, our crowds are actually growing. Meanwhile, my opponent can't draw flies. He'll go to a city and have a dozen people show up."

Mastriano noted the wave of violent crime in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania as a state has come under Democrat Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who is running against him for governor.

Mastriano cannot fathom how anyone in the state can vote for Shapiro to be governor after allowing crime to run rampant.

"They're just so full of it," Mastriano said. "If you think about this, my opponent is the attorney general of Pennsylvania and has been the senior law enforcement official for six years."

The lawlessness is on Shapiro's regime, including rising homicides, carjacking, fentanyl deaths, theft, and "an open-air drug market," Mastriano added.

"My opponent, Josh Shapiro, has done nothing about that," Mastriano said. "He's turning a back on the African-American, Latino communities in the city. He doesn't care about their suffering."

The crime is also affecting the economy in the state, Mastriano, a 29-year Army veteran who retired as a colonel, said.

"Why would a business person stay, unless they're stuck?" he asked.

The polling needs to catch up to capturing the nature of Pennsylvania and the troubles being experiences under Democrat rule, Mastriano concluded.

"I do call these suppression polls and when you focus on making phone calls in the southeast and to a certain demographic, I mean, you're gonna get a certain result," he said.

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Federal Judge Rejects Trump Lawyer Eastman's Request for DOJ to Return His Phone

(Newsmax/"John Bachman Now")

By Solange Reyner | Saturday, 15 October 2022 12:06 PM EDT

A federal judge on Friday rejected former Trump lawyer John Eastman's motion requesting the Department of Justice return his phone, reports Politico.

FBI agents seized Eastman's phone in June pursuant to a search order in the criminal probe surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

Eastman, who played a crucial role in former President Donald Trump's efforts in late 2020 and early 2021 to overturn the presidential election, argued that the court should order the DOJ to return his phone and keep a copy "of whatever information it could have lawfully searched."

U.S. District Court Judge Robert Brack said Eastman's motion was premature but directed both parties to communicate a "realistic timeline" for the phone to be returned.

The DOJ argued that Eastman's claims were without merit, as he has already purchased a replacement phone and has never contacted federal officials to request the phone's return.

Eastman in 2020 asked Vice President Mike Pence to delay certification of the election.

"What we asked him to do was delay the proceedings at the request of these state legislatures so they could look into the matter," Eastman said, according to a report in the New York Times last October.

"The delay was kind of new to him," Eastman said about Pence, "and he wanted to think about it over and meet with his staff about it. But I didn't think he would do it. My sense was he knew an irretrievable break with Trump was about to come, and he was trying to delay that uncomfortable moment for as long as he could."

Eastman's legal advice he gave to Trump has been repeatedly raised by the House committee investigating the events on Jan. 6, 2021.

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A federal judge on Friday rejected former Trump lawyer John Eastman's motion requesting the Department of Justice return his phone, reports Politico.

Rep. Tenney to Newsmax: 'Naive' Dems Want 'Idealized World' With Guns

Rep. Claudia Tenney (Getty)

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Saturday, 15 October 2022 11:43 AM EDT

"Naive" Democrats want an "idealized world where no one has guns except the criminals," and that's what they're getting with their restrictive gun laws, such as the one in New York City that establishes no-gun zones in locations such as Times Square, Rep. Claudia Tenney said on Newsmax Saturday.

"They have a naive view of what's happening," the New York Republican said on Newsmax's "Wake Up America." "They want to blame the criminals or blame the gun violence."

Police officers are being killed and there is a "terrible crime wave" not only in New York City but all across the state because Albany passed laws in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's case overturning New York's concealed carry law, said Tenney.

"This was a civil rights case … Justice [Clarence] Thomas was very clear about that in his great decision, and you know who is suffering the most? The people in minority communities, the people in rural areas who are now being told they can't defend themselves," she added.

Cashless bail policies are also allowing criminals to return to the streets to continue breaking the law, Tenney continued, but "the Democrats don't want to deal with this. They just want to go after the guns, not the people behind the guns."

Meanwhile, people who should be able to have guns can't have them, Tenney said.

"My son is a Marine, and he doesn't want to come back to New York because he can't protect himself," she said. "He can't be safe."

Several other "far-left liberal states" are also being affected, said Tenney.

"It's all about taking control of your ability to defend yourself, to be independent, to be self-reliant," said Tenney. "Meanwhile, we have this defund the police movement; and we have a problem with recruitment, with retention and keeping police officers. You're seeing an unprecedented number of police officers, police unions and police groups supporting a lot of Republicans who typically don't get union support."

There is also a problem with law enforcement leaders, particularly New York Attorney General Letitia James, said Tenney.

"[She is] one of the most lawless and worst attorney generals we've ever had," said Tenney. "Remember, I'm comparing her to Eric Schneiderman, Eliot Spitzer and Andrew Cuomo, who preceded her; so she is corrupt."

James, she added, is involved in "malicious prosecution" against the Trump family, former Ambassador Nikki Haley and more.

"We have crime, not just with gun violence on the streets, but we have a government that is attacking law-abiding citizens," said Tenney. "We're going to have a lot more loss of life if we continue to take away the basic fundamental rights, the Second Amendment rights of Americans and New Yorkers and everyone across this nation."

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Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Portal Launches Beta, Taking Applications (Newsmax)

By Eric Mack | Saturday, 15 October 2022 11:15 AM EDT

Despite legal challenges to the Biden administration's student loan debt forgiveness plan, the administration has begun a beta testing period and is taking applications to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt.

The website released a "beta launch" Friday night.

"We're accepting applications to help us refine our processes ahead of the official form launch," the website disclaimer read. "If you submit an application, it will be processed, and you won't need to resubmit."

The official unveiling is later this month, after President Joe Biden announced a plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt.

Once processing officially begins, borrowers who qualify will begin receiving debt relief within weeks, CNN reported.

The program is tailored to forgiving federal student loan debt once the COVID-19 pandemic freeze on repayments expires in January, according to the report.

The Job Creators Network Foundation filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block the program, which joins similar lawsuits from Republican states.

Elaine Parker, president of Job Creators Network Foundation, slammed the program as executive overreach and complained that it does nothing to address the root cause of rising debt: the "outrageous increase in college tuition that outpaces inflation every single year.”

"This bailout is going to affect everyone in this country because of the mass size of the program," she said. "And everyone should have the opportunity to provide their views to the government."

"These universities need to be held accountable for this student debt crisis."

Six Republican-led states filed suit late last month, accusing the Biden administration of overstepping its executive powers, as did the Pacific Legal Foundation, a Sacramento, California, legal advocacy group. Their lawsuit, filed in federal court in Indiana, calls the plan an illegal overreach that would increase state tax burdens for some Americans who get their debt forgiven.

The latest lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against the U.S. Education Department and its secretary, Miguel Cardona, takes issue with how the plan was developed. It alleges the Biden administration violated the Administrative Procedure Act's notice-and-comment procedures. It also challenges the administration's legal justification for the program.

The suit includes two plaintiffs: one who does not qualify for debt forgiveness because the plan excludes commercially held loans that are not in default, and one who did not receive a Pell grant and is therefore entitled to less debt forgiveness under the plan.

"Behind closed doors, the department promulgated a new Debt Forgiveness Program that will affect tens of millions of Americans and cost hundreds of billions of dollars," the lawsuit reads. "Instead of providing notice and seeking comment from the public, the Department hammered out the critical details of the Program in secret and with an eye toward securing debt forgiveness in time for the November election."

It also alleges the department "made numerous arbitrary decisions about the Program, including which individuals will receive debt forgiveness, how much of their debt will be forgiven, and which types of debt will qualify for the Program."

"The result of this arbitrariness is predictable: some will benefit handsomely, some will be shortchanged, and others will be left out entirely," it reads.

The case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor, who most notably ruled in 2018 that the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court reversed that decision last year. O'Connor, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, also has ruled against other policies pursued by Democrat administrations. Last month, he ruled that an ACA provision that required coverage of an HIV prevention drug violates a Texas employer's religious beliefs.

Civil lawsuits filed in the federal court in Fort Worth have a 90% chance of going either to O'Connor or Judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, according to a 2020 order of the court.

The Biden debt forgiveness program will cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for individuals making less than $125,000 a year or households making less than $250,000. Pell grant recipients, who typically demonstrate more financial need, will be eligible for an additional $10,000.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the program will cost taxpayers $400 billion over the next three decades.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Portal Launches Beta, Taking Applications (Newsmax)

By Eric Mack | Saturday, 15 October 2022 11:15 AM EDT

Despite legal challenges to the Biden administration's student loan debt forgiveness plan, the administration has begun a beta testing period and is taking applications to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt.

The website released a "beta launch" Friday night.

"We're accepting applications to help us refine our processes ahead of the official form launch," the website disclaimer read. "If you submit an application, it will be processed, and you won't need to resubmit."

The official unveiling is later this month, after President Joe Biden announced a plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt.

Once processing officially begins, borrowers who qualify will begin receiving debt relief within weeks, CNN reported.

The program is tailored to forgiving federal student loan debt once the COVID-19 pandemic freeze on repayments expires in January, according to the report.

The Job Creators Network Foundation filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block the program, which joins similar lawsuits from Republican states.

Elaine Parker, president of Job Creators Network Foundation, slammed the program as executive overreach and complained that it does nothing to address the root cause of rising debt: the "outrageous increase in college tuition that outpaces inflation every single year.”

"This bailout is going to affect everyone in this country because of the mass size of the program," she said. "And everyone should have the opportunity to provide their views to the government."

"These universities need to be held accountable for this student debt crisis."

Six Republican-led states filed suit late last month, accusing the Biden administration of overstepping its executive powers, as did the Pacific Legal Foundation, a Sacramento, California, legal advocacy group. Their lawsuit, filed in federal court in Indiana, calls the plan an illegal overreach that would increase state tax burdens for some Americans who get their debt forgiven.

The latest lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against the U.S. Education Department and its secretary, Miguel Cardona, takes issue with how the plan was developed. It alleges the Biden administration violated the Administrative Procedure Act's notice-and-comment procedures. It also challenges the administration's legal justification for the program.

The suit includes two plaintiffs: one who does not qualify for debt forgiveness because the plan excludes commercially held loans that are not in default, and one who did not receive a Pell grant and is therefore entitled to less debt forgiveness under the plan.

"Behind closed doors, the department promulgated a new Debt Forgiveness Program that will affect tens of millions of Americans and cost hundreds of billions of dollars," the lawsuit reads. "Instead of providing notice and seeking comment from the public, the Department hammered out the critical details of the Program in secret and with an eye toward securing debt forgiveness in time for the November election."

It also alleges the department "made numerous arbitrary decisions about the Program, including which individuals will receive debt forgiveness, how much of their debt will be forgiven, and which types of debt will qualify for the Program."

"The result of this arbitrariness is predictable: some will benefit handsomely, some will be shortchanged, and others will be left out entirely," it reads.

The case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor, who most notably ruled in 2018 that the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court reversed that decision last year. O'Connor, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, also has ruled against other policies pursued by Democrat administrations. Last month, he ruled that an ACA provision that required coverage of an HIV prevention drug violates a Texas employer's religious beliefs.

Civil lawsuits filed in the federal court in Fort Worth have a 90% chance of going either to O'Connor or Judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, according to a 2020 order of the court.

The Biden debt forgiveness program will cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for individuals making less than $125,000 a year or households making less than $250,000. Pell grant recipients, who typically demonstrate more financial need, will be eligible for an additional $10,000.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the program will cost taxpayers $400 billion over the next three decades.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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Giuliani Outlines 17 Witnesses for Law Suspension Appeal in D.C.

(Newsmax/"Greg Kelly Reports")

By Eric Mack | Saturday, 15 October 2022 10:13 AM EDT

Rudy Giuliani, facing a legal ethics case in Washington, D.C., submitted his witness list of people offering evidence the 2020 presidential election was rigged.

The 17-witness list includes prominent lawyers and conservatives who backed former President Donald Trump's challenge to the past presidential election, particularly in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania.

Giuliani's case with the D.C. Court of Appeals addresses his temporary suspension as a member of the D.C. legal bar.

The court filing stated what Giuliani believes witness testimony will be in a bullet format:

1. "Giuliani will testify that he had a reasonable basis to make the arguments that he made on behalf of his client then President Trump in the Pennsylvania litigation."
2. Lawyer Christina Bobb, who was a media reporter at the time, will testify "she
   spoke to people who witnessed voting irregularities and allegations of fraud."
3. Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi will testify she "witnessed in Philadelphia the exclusion of Republican inspectors and poll watchers including herself from inspecting any ballots."
4. Lawyer Katherine Friess, a GOP poll inspector, will testify GOP inspectors and poll watchers were blocked in Pittsburgh and "watchers and conveyed to Respondent numerous allegations of fraud."
5. Lawyer Julie Levin, who assembled the legal team, will testify the pressures on prospective lawyers for the team not to assist in the legal challenges of the election.
6. Col. Phil Waldron will testify on the methods used to investigate voting irregularities and illegalities.
7. Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai will testify on statistical analysis of voting results.
8. Corey Lewandowski, former Trump campaign manager, will testify "he witnessed the exclusion of Republican
   inspectors and poll watchers including himself from inspecting any ballots" in Philadelphia.
9. Peter Navarro, former White House trade adviser, will testify on analysis of voting irregularities and illegalities.
10. Russell Ramsland will testify on statistical analyses of voting records.
11. Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano, then a GOP state senator, will testify on "evidence of voting irregularities and alleged illegalities," having arranged and presided over a hearing in Gettysburg.
12. Michael Roman, the chief investigator in Pennsylvania, will testify he instructed Giuliani on "incidents of voter irregularities and allegations of fraud."
13. Joann Miller will testify that she assisted Navarro in his analysis and reporting findings to Giuliani.
14. John Droz, Jr. will testify about his reports of "irregularities and improprieties in the Pennsylvania election" as briefed to Giuliani before Pennsylvania litigation.
15. Lawyer Jenna Ellis will testify on being the No. 2 lawyer on the Pennsylvania litigation team.
16. Lawyer Jeremy Mercer will testify he "was in charge of numerous Republican inspectors and poll watchers who were excluded from inspecting ballots."
17. Former NYPD Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik will testify he was one of the chief investigators into voting irregularities and fraud allegations in Pennsylvania.

Giuliani has argued on Newsmax that the move to suspend his license to practice law is a politically motivated attack. Also, he has contrasted his treatment for seeking court remedies amid the election challenge with the lack of an ethics inquiry into New York Attorney General Letitia James, who campaigned on getting Trump and vowing to sue him if she reached office. She did, and she has, as promised.

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Dick Morris to Newsmax: 'Looking Very Good' For GOP in Midterms

By Charles Kim | Friday, 14 October 2022 10:43 PM EDT

Political commentator and author Dick Morris told Newsmax Friday that he thinks things "look very good" for Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections.

"You can't make these final predictions, but I would say it's looking very good [for Republicans] right now," Morris, a former adviser to former presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, said during "Prime News" Friday. "I'm very happy."

Saying there are "teasing indications" Republicans will do very well during next month's midterm elections, Morris cautioned that public polling still giving Democrats a slight edge in some key races does not consider a potential four- to five-percentage-point bias for the left.

"There are teasing indications of a massive Republican sweep," Morris said. "On the other hand, when you look at the published polls in those four key [Senate] races — J.D. Vance [in Ohio], Blake Masters [in Arizona], Dr. [Mehmet] Oz [in Pennsylvania] and Herschel Walker [in Georgia] — you see tight races, sometimes a Democratic edge. But those are the published polls, and the I believe that it's very possible that those polls are basically wrong."

Morris said that many of the polls today are conducted through computers, which are used more by younger and mostly left-leaning individuals, compared to landline telephone surveys, which reach more conservatives.

"The Public Nationalist Association of Survey Research Professionals — I talked about in my book — study of the 2020 election found the average poll had a five-point Democratic bias, and that's not necessarily because they're liberal," said Morris, author of "The Return: Trump's Big 2024 Comeback." "It's because they conduct the polls online, and the people who are online most of the time and really live on the computer tend to be younger and more liberal and more Democrat."

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Morris also said that it was interesting that President Joe Biden visited Oregon to campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate there.

According to Ballotpedia, Democrat Tina Kotek is facing leading competitors Republican Christine Drazan and Independent Betsy Johnson in the race to replace Democratic incumbent Gov. Kate Brown, who cannot run again because of term limits in that state.

The unusual nature of a trio running brings about the possibility that the winner may have less that 41% of the vote, according to Ballotpedia.

"I think that that's very significant that the Democrats feel the Oregon race is close enough to send the president out there," he said. "There's also a congressional race in Rhode Island with the Republican likely to win in probably the single most Democratic state in the country."

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Walker, Warnock Trade Blows in Debate Walker (Getty)

David Morgan Friday, 14 October 2022 09:08 PM EDT

Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Republican challenger Herschel Walker sparred over a range of issues from abortion and policing to personal integrity on Friday as a key contest that could help determine control of the Senate came to a head in a contentious televised debate.

Walker, a onetime football star and political novice backed by former President Donald Trump, sought to brand the incumbent as a rubber stamp for Democratic President Joe Biden's agenda, which Republicans have painted as responsible for inflation, crime and other social ills.

"This race ain't about me. It about what Raphael Warnock and Joe Biden have done to you and your family," Walker said. "I'm here to fix it."

Warnock, pastor at a historic Atlanta church who has served less than two years in the Senate, presented himself as a committed public servant who has worked to cap the price of insulin, control gun violence and protect rights.

Their showdown is one of the most closely watched contests in the Nov. 8 congressional elections. During the hourlong debate in Savannah, Walker accused Warnock of attacking the police, empowering criminals and allowing the powerful painkiller fentanyl into Georgia by not protecting U.S. borders.

"We will see time and time again tonight, as we have already seen, that my opponent has a problem with the truth. And just because he says something doesn't mean it's true," Warnock responded to applause from the audience.

The race had already been rocked by media reports that Walker, who has voiced opposition to abortion without exceptions, paid for an abortion in 2009 to terminate the pregnancy of a woman he was dating and who later gave birth to one of his children. Walker has called the allegation a "flat-out lie." Reuters has not independently confirmed the claim.

During the debate, Walker repeated his statement that the reports are false and reiterated his position on abortion: "I'm a Christian. I believe in life."

Democrats hold slim majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives. Senate control could be decided by the outcome of races in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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In footage shown on CNN, on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) threatened physical violence against then former U.S. President Donald J. Trump during the January 6th protest.

The footage was filmed by Pelosi’s daughter, who is a documentary filmmaker. In a clip, Pelosi said she would “punch out” President Trump if he stepped foot on the Capitol.

“I hope he comes,” Pelosi said. “I want to punch him out. This is my moment. I’ve been waiting for this. For trespassing on the Capitol grounds. I want to punch him out, and I’m going to go to jail, and I’m going to be happy.”

Trump was mulling a visit to the Capitol grounds as lawmakers were expected to certify the election results of the 2020 presidential election. Democrats along and the mainstream media have claimed that the 45th President promoted violence during the 2016 campaign trail and beyond.
On Thursday, the January 6th Committee subpoenaed Trump while no federal charges have been thrown at Pelosi.

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Senate Rivals Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock Debate in Georgia (Dreamstime)

David Morgan Friday, 14 October 2022 07:28 PM EDT

Republican Herschel Walker's bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia came to a head on Friday when the two rivals met for their sole televised debate in a contentious race that could help determine which party controls the Senate.

The battle between Walker, a onetime football star and political novice backed by former President Donald Trump, and Warnock, pastor at a historic Atlanta church who has served less than two years in the Senate, is one of the most closely watched contests in the Nov. 8 congressional elections.

The race has been rocked by media claims that Walker, who has voiced opposition to abortion without exceptions, paid for an abortion in 2009 to terminate the pregnancy of a woman he was dating and who later gave birth to one of his children. Walker has called the allegation a "flat-out lie." Reuters has not independently confirmed the claim.

But it was not clear what role the issue would play as Walker and Warnock took to their respective podiums in Savannah. Opinion polls show the race as a toss-up.

Republicans have sought to steer voter attention toward a broader issue: the need to gain control of the Senate, focusing upon concerns including inflation, crime and border security.

President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats hold slim majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives. Senate control could be decided by the outcome of races in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Georgia was a reliably Republican state, with two Republican senators, until Biden beat Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Warnock and fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff then claimed the state's two Senate seats in January 2021 run-off elections.

Two prominent Senate Republicans – Rick Scott and Tom Cotton – campaigned with Walker this week, delivering a message that Republicans need to secure a majority in the chamber to stop Biden's legislative agenda.

Scott also joined Walker in Savannah on Friday for a debate that could prove pivotal in the campaign.

"There aren't that many people who are undecided in the race," Republican strategist Charlie Black added. "But those who are undecided are looking for something to reassure them that he's capable. If Herschel does well, then that's going to help him."

Walker has been known to make confusing statements on policy issues such as climate change. He tried to lower expectations in an interview with the Savannah Morning News last month, saying: "I'm a country boy. I'm not that smart. He's a preacher."

Warnock is an eloquent speaker who is senior pastor at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, where slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King once preached.

The Democrat is expected to stress his independence from Biden. Ahead of the debate, his campaign issued a memo that emphasized his willingness to work with conservative Senate Republicans including Ted Cruz and his readiness to stand up to the Biden administration to protect jobs at a Georgia combat training center.

If neither candidate gets more than 50% of the vote on Nov. 8, the race would be decided in a Dec. 6 run-off election.

An opinion poll conducted by the University of Georgia showed Warnock leading Walker 46% to 43% among likely voters. Other polls show a considerably tighter, more competitive race.

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Campaign Finance Record Broken in Pennsylvania Governor Race Pennsylvania Attorney General and Democratic Nominee for Governor Josh Shapiro reacts while speaking with supporters during a Northampton County Meet & Greet event at United Steelworkers on September 22, 2022 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty)

Associated Press Friday, 14 October 2022 07:09 PM EDT

Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania's Democratic nominee for governor, has smashed the state’s 2-decade-old campaign spending record as he competes against Republican Doug Mastriano, who was on track to spend less than a tenth as much.

The race between Shapiro and Mastriano may test how powerful that campaign spending is in one of the nation’s highest-profile races for governor. One candidate has spent more money than any other gubernatorial nominee ever in Pennsylvania, and the other has spent less than any other major party nominee in at least the past two decades.

The money raised by Shapiro has enabled him to run TV ads every day dating to April, helping him lead in polling since the race began. In recent days, Mastriano began running his first TV ad since he won the GOP primary in May, even as he complains that the national party isn't coming to his help.

Mastriano still predicts victory and touts his campaign as an unrivaled grassroots operation, but he also acknowledges that he is being hammered in the race for donations.

“There’s a lot of well-meaning people out there that have never run for office or a statewide campaign that have all this great advice: ‘You need run more TV ads,’" Mastriano told a conservative radio show host on Friday. “OK, that’s a great idea, how about if you donate and help us do that?”

All told, Shapiro has outspent Mastriano by 16 to 1 in the 2021-22 campaign cycle, according to campaign finance filings through the state's latest reporting deadline of Sept. 19.

Shapiro has reported $44 million in spending, including in-kind contributions, eclipsing the 2001-02 campaign spending record set by Democrat Ed Rendell of just under $42 million. He still has weeks left to add to that total.

Mastriano, in turn, has reported spending of less than $3 million. Shapiro reported having $11 million still in the bank; Mastriano reported $2.6 million.

The spending imbalance is at least in part explained by Shapiro’s fundraising prowess and deep connections to party donors.

But also, it is explained by Mastriano, a political novice who has turned off bedrock GOP donors by campaigning with far-right figures, backing a complete ban on abortion with no exceptions, and peddling conspiracy theories, including former President Donald Trump's lies of a stolen election in 2020.

Mastriano also was outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection and was photographed watching demonstrators attacking police before he supposedly walked away.

“It’s pretty clear, he’s an extremist candidate,” said Jim Schultz, a Republican campaign fundraiser, strategist and lawyer who supports Shapiro. “It doesn’t surprise me that, one, Republican donors are supporting Josh Shapiro and two, that they’re not giving to Mastriano in any meaningful way.”

Labor unions also have consolidated support around Shapiro, giving him more than $8 million to take on Mastriano, whom they view as an existential threat because of his support for right-to-work laws.

With just three weeks until Election Day, prospects for national GOP support for Mastriano are fading.

Shapiro has reported receiving millions of dollars — more than $5.5 million so far — from the party's national organization that supports candidates for governor, the Democratic Governors Association.

Mastriano said Friday that he has not seen a dime of aid from the GOP's counterpart organization, a frequent gripe of his.

His biggest donor is the Midwest shipping supply magnate Dick Uihlein and his wife, who are large contributors to conservative causes and gave Mastriano $1 million.

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Devin Nunes to Newsmax: Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Was 'All Pelosi's Fault'

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By Charles Kim | Friday, 14 October 2022 05:57 PM EDT

Former Congressman Devin Nunes, who is now CEO of Trump Media, told Newsmax Friday that the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was "all [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi's fault."

"People have the right to go protest; and the fact that there were no National Guard, no fencing — all Pelosi's fault," Nunes said during "The Chris Salcedo Show" Friday. "Even I knew this was a security risk."

Nunes said that he was in Congress for 20 years and Pelosi was there for 35 years, and that she should have known the risks associated with big protests.

"She knows damn well that it was going to be a big protest, and fencing and the proper security should have been called up," he said, referring to recently released video from Jan. 6 in which Pelosi threatened to "punch out" former President Donald Trump if he showed up at the Capitol. "That was a special camera crew that came in to film what I guess was a documentary. It's almost as if they wanted this to happen, and they wanted to get her on tape."

In the video, published on the TMZ website, Pelosi said she "was waiting for this," hoping Trump would go to the Capitol following his speech so she could assault him for "trespassing" on the Capitol property.

"I'm going to punch him out, and I'm going to go to jail and I'm going to be happy," she said in the video.

Nunes went on to say that Democrats on Capitol Hill seemed pleased later in the day when they returned to complete the joint session of Congress to validate the 2020 presidential election.

"I can tell you that the Democrats late at night, they were laughing," Nunes said. "They weren't sad. They weren't crying. They weren't scared. They were laughing and saying, 'We're going to get there. This is going to be political.' I even saw some in the dark of night, down in the tunnels beneath the Capitol, giving each other high-fives."

He said they are doing all of this because they are still scared of Trump some two years after he left office.

"I mean, it's amazing. Here we are," he said. "He's been out of office for nearly two years now, and they spend every waking moment attacking the former president, whether it's raiding Mar-a-Lago or whether it's attacking Truth Social, we're being attacked every single day by the screwballs."

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Justice Dept. Seeks End to Arbiter's Review of Trump Docs (AP)

ERIC TUCKER Friday, 14 October 2022 05:15 PM EDT

The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court on Friday to overturn a judge's appointment of an independent arbiter to review documents seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate.

The appeal is the latest salvo in weeks of litigation over the scope of duties of the arbiter, also known as a special master. He was assigned last month by a judge to inspect the thousands of records taken in the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and weed out from the investigation any that may be protected by claims of legal privilege.

The special master process has caused some delays to the Justice Department’s investigation into the storage of top-secret documents at the home. But a major hurdle was cleared last month when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit lifted a temporary bar on the department’s ability to use the seized classified documents as part of its criminal probe.

The move permitted a core aspect of the probe to resume, greatly reducing the chances that the special master process could have a significant impact on the investigation. But department lawyers returned to the court Friday to ask for the entire special master review to be shut down, saying the judge who made the appointment had no basis for doing so and Trump was not entitled to an independent review of the seized records or to claim privilege over them.

“Plaintiff has no plausible claim of executive privilege as to any of the seized materials and no plausible claim of personal attorney-client privilege as to the seized government records — including all records bearing classification markings,” according to the department's brief.

“Accordingly," they added, ”the special-master review process is unwarranted."

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