Morning Joe Panelist Urges Democrats to Embrace Their Loudest, Most Radical Voices (VIDEO)
August 20, 2025
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Today on Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough pointed out that Republicans are winning the battle for new voter registrations and asked panelist Molly Jong-Fast why Democrats are losing this fight.
Her answer was a real window into the progressive mind.
Her response was:
“So this is the $24 million dollar question, why are Democrats not… um… why are the polls bad? Why are they not breaking through? And I think it’s a couple things. I think one is, the people who are breaking through, are brave. Right? They talk like humans, they make the case. And again, it’s like Pritzker’s chief of staff told me, it’s not necessarily left versus center, it’s fight versus cave. And the people who fight get support. And the people who cave, or are mealy mouthed, or are very sort of corporatist-y, that crew, the crew that’s afraid, cannot break through. Does not appeal to voters.”
She then offers these examples as the fighters:
“Chris Murphy, Sherrod Brown, Mamdani, AOC…”
Watch the segment below:
Joe Scarborough cites report that Democrats lost ground to Republicans in all 30 states that track voter registration — “Why?”
Molly Jong-Fast: Democrats need more Chris Murphys, Mamdanis and AOCs.
So she wants more Mamdani and AOC for the Democrats? That’s her strategy for improving the party? OK then.
In terms of the voter registration battle, Scarborough is right. Republicans are winning that fight. See the graphic below:
NYT: Of the 30 states that track voter registration by political party, Democrats lost ground to Republicans in every single one between the 2020 and 2024 elections — and often by a lot.
“Can’t Talk About the CF” – IRS Began Investigation Into Clinton Foundation in 2019, But Abruptly Stopped, Cut Off Whistleblowers
August 20, 2025
The IRS began investigating the Clinton Foundation in 2019 but abruptly stopped and cut off whistleblowers, according to memos obtained by Just The News.
“Can’t talk about the CF [Clinton Foundation],” one of the memo stated as it cut off the two Clinton Foundation whistleblowers.
Years after the FBI was forced to shut down multiple corruption probes of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s charity, the IRS under President Donald Trump began a criminal tax investigation into the Clinton Foundation and its dealings with other players on the global charitable stage, but then abruptly stopped working with whistleblowers in spring 2019, according to IRS memos and internal emails reviewed by Just the News.
“Can’t talk about the CF,” a memo states in recounting how IRS agents suddenly cut off contact with two whistleblowers they had been working with for weeks. One of the whistleblowers was a decorated former federal money laundering analyst who had testified before Congress about issues like terrorism financing.
The documents, released under the Freedom of Information Act, add a new body of evidence about the federal government’s concerns about the former first family’s famous global charity as well as a persistent narrative of federal agents being thwarted in their pursuit of investigations tied to major Democratic Party figures.
John Moynihan, a retired Drug Enforcement Agency financial crimes analyst, and Larry Doyle, a corporate tax compliance expert, had spent years researching the Clinton Foundation, testifying to Congress about it and providing the IRS with evidence of alleged financial wrongdoing by the Clinton Foundation.
In 2018, the whistleblowers, Lawrence Doyle of DM Income Advisors and John Moynihan of JFM Associates, argued that according to their research, the Clinton Foundation was operating outside of its bounds as a 501c3 non-profit organization and instead operated exactly like the global fund in Geneva, Switzerland by brokering money and pharmaceuticals.
Mr. Moynihan also stated that 60% of the donations going to the Clinton Foundation were used for “administration fees” which is a stark difference from the industry norm of 10-15% for admin fees.
“The investigation clearly demonstrates that the [Clinton] Foundation was not a charitable organization per se, but in pointed fact was a closely held family partnership,” Mr. Doyle said.
Doyle continued, “As such, it was governed in a fashion in which is sought in large measure to advance the personal interests of its principles as detailed within the financial analysis…and further confirmed within the supporting documentation and evidence.”
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) asked the whistleblowers to elaborate on their claims the Clinton Foundation was operating as an agent of a foreign government.
“They were brokering money and they were brokering pharmaceuticals — they were an agent of money through these donors, they would take a vig (fee), broker the money and then they negotiated these relationships with the pharmaceutical companies — by the same token they were brokering the pharmaceuticals and again taking the vig (fee),” Doyle said.
Mr. Moynihan then explained to Congressman Jordan that the Clinton Foundation became a hybrid of a private foundation and a public charity which they were not approved to do.
In a shocking admission, Mr. Moynihan said, “Our analysis shows that this hybrid modeled the global fund in Geneva, Switzerland.”
The Clinton Foundation was doing all of this and not paying the same taxes as they would had they been operating as a partnership which means they potentially misled the IRS.
Recall that failed Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed US Attorney John Huber to investigate the Clinton Foundation in 2017.
The investigation ended without charges.
Huber never interviewed any key figures in the two-plus years of his investigation.
Key whistleblowers, Doyle and Moynihan, were never interviewed and their evidence against the Clinton Foundation was lost THREE TIMES during the sham investigation.
US Attorney John Durham took over aspects of Huber’s investigation into the Clinton Foundation and once again the probe concluded with no charges.
Trump Administration REVOKES Business License of Employer Who Hired Illegal Alien Responsible for Killing 3 in Florida Truck Crash
August 20, 2025
The Trump Administration has dropped the hammer on a reckless California trucking company that knowingly hired an illegal alien truck driver who went on to cause a deadly crash in Florida last week that claimed the lives of three innocent Americans.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that an illegal alien, who obtained his truck driving license (CDL) in the Democrat-run sanctuary state of California, killed three Americans after he made an illegal U-turn on a Florida highway this week.
The driver, identified as Harjinder Singh, was arrested and charged with three counts of vehicular homicide after he made an insane U-turn directly in front of a car to his left on Florida’s Turnpike.
The illegal alien showed zero emotion after he exited the 18-wheeler and examined what was left of the vehicle, a pile of mangled metal and three dead bodies.
The truck involved in the fatal Florida Turnpike crash belonged to White Hawk Carriers, a shady outfit based in Ceres, California, with a horrifying track record, according to the Miami Herald:
25 truck safety violations in just 24 inspections.
Two drivers busted in 2024 for driving on suspended licenses.
And now, an illegal alien driver who couldn’t even speak English—behind the wheel of a massive semi-truck.
According to the Miami Herald, as of Tuesday morning, White Hawk’s U.S. DOT entry shows their insurance canceled and status downgraded to “NOT AUTHORIZED to operate as a MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.” That means their interstate trucking operations are effectively shut down by the Trump Administration.
Governor Ron DeSantis joined Fox News’ Jesse Watters to break the news:
DeSantis: “We had an issue where you had an illegal alien truck driver that got a commercial driver’s license in the state of California, employed by a California company, kill three people in Florida. This guy didn’t even speak English. We’re bringing him up on charges. He’s going to face a lot. I can announce, Jesse, that I said initially the company needs to be held accountable. We’ve been working with the federal government, and they are pulling that company’s license to do business because you cannot employ somebody who cannot read the road signs.”
WATCH:
BREAKING: The Trump Administration is OFFICIALLY REVOKING the license of the business who employed the illegal alien who k*lled 3 people in Florida by doing an illegal U-turn on a semitruck.
“We’ve been working with the federal government and they are PULLING that company’s… pic.twitter.com/1KKIZ49Zrb
It was revealed that Singh received a work permit from the Biden regime in June 2021 after the Trump administration denied him one in September 2020.
While the illegal crossed in 2018, it was Biden who gave him permission to live and work in the United States, and it was California that illegally granted him a driver’s license.
Newsom’s press office responded to the incident by sharing a graphic, stating that the driver entered the U.S. under the Trump Administration and showing California’s law prohibiting illegal aliens from obtaining driver’s licenses.
Bizarrely, the post also claimed that “research consistently shows that issuing driver’s licenses for undocumented people improves public safety,” a slap in the face to the victims of the dangerous illegal driver.
As noted by the White House, Newsom’s team accidentally admitted that California broke its own law by giving the illegal a driver’s license while they were trying to blame Trump for the tragedy.
OMG: Donors Funneled Millions of Dollars Through Fidelity, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs to the Vera Institute of Justice to “Tip Illegals Off” (VIDEO)
August 20, 2025
The O’Keefe Media Group on Wednesday released its latest investigation into big financial institutions that have funneled millions of dollars into an organization that monitors federal immigration enforcement and helps illegal aliens evade deportation.
Santiago Mueckay, a Vera Institute Policy Advisor described how the organization “tracks ICE movements” and “pushes that information out” so illegals can evade federal agents.
Meanwhile, Keane Bhatt, a Policy Advisor for the Congressional Progressive Caucus, admitted they secured “injunctions” to “stop deportation flights.”
According to O’Keefe Media Group’s (OMG) latest investigation, major corporations including Goldman Sachs, Fidelity, Bank of America, and Universal Music Group have funneled millions of dollars to the Vera Institute of Justice, an organization that monitors federal immigration enforcement and circulates that information to help illegal immigrants evade deportation, according to documents reviewed by OMG and multiple sources familiar with the matter. Goldman Sachs contributed $5 million, Fidelity donated $1.3 million, and Bank of America gave $175,000, and Universal Music Group has contributed $50,000.
These revelations follow undercover footage of Santiago Mueckay, a Vera Institute Policy Advisor, who described how the nonprofit “tracks ICE movements” and “pushes that information out” so individuals can avoid federal agents. Mueckay also named high-profile contributors, saying that “Jeff Bezos” and “Bill Gates” were among Vera’s financial backers.
A review of Vera’s public-facing materials shows the group is not solely focused on immigration. On its website, Vera declares that America is “over-policing” and “over-enforcing” in Black communities, openly aligning with movements like Black Lives Matter and demanded to “defund police and shift power to communities.” The organization has also supported “Know Your Rights” campaigns that instruct immigrants on how to resist enforcement actions, advising them to demand warrants, refuse to open their doors, and rely on local governments to block ICE.
WATCH:
On Vera: Sources Confirm Donors Funneled Millions of Dollars Through Universal Music Group, Fidelity, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs to ‘Tip Illegals Off’ While Progressive Caucus Insider Admits Caucus Secured “Injunctions” to “Stop Deportation Flights”
CIPS and BRICS: How China Failed to Undermine the US Financial System
August 20, 2025
Prime Minister’s Office, India, GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons
China has promoted two main mechanisms to challenge the dominance of the US dollar and the US-led financial system: BRICS and the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS). Both have failed to achieve their goals.
BRICS remains only a political grouping, not a functioning trade bloc. CIPS, launched in 2015 to clear and settle cross-border renminbi (RMB) payments, was designed to reduce reliance on the dollar. Yet it is used mostly by China and a handful of sanctioned states, with limited global appeal.
By January 2022, CIPS claimed about 1,280 member institutions in 103 countries. However, that figure is misleading. The list includes Bank of China branches and subsidiaries abroad, the international offices of Chinese state-owned banks, a limited number of correspondent banks handling China trade, and even banking arrangements for Chinese diplomatic missions. In other words, this is not evidence of widespread international adoption but rather of China’s own institutional footprint.
Beijing has pushed trade partners to settle transactions in yuan instead of dollars, but most countries refuse. Even when yuan is used, it accounts for only a small share of any given transaction, since the US dollar remains the world’s reserve currency and few nations are willing to hold yuan.
The scale disparity underscores this reality. CHIPS, the US Clearing House Interbank Payments System, connects 11,000 institutions and processes $1.8 trillion daily. CIPS, by contrast, has barely more than 1,300 members and processes only around $91 billion per day. The gap between China’s system and the globally entrenched dollar system is enormous.
CIPS also remains heavily dependent on SWIFT, the global secure-messaging system that allows banks to communicate payment instructions with one another. Roughly 80 percent of CIPS transactions still use SWIFT messaging, making it impossible to function as a true alternative. Moreover, the renminbi’s global role remains negligible, accounting for just 2 to 3 percent of international payments and less than 2 percent of letters of credit.
CIPS exists primarily to expand the reach of a single nation’s currency. It lacks the neutrality of SWIFT, remains under Chinese regulatory oversight, and faces resistance from non-Chinese institutions that would need to install new messaging systems. In practice, it cannot replace SWIFT and functions only for yuan-based transactions.
The disparity in volume is staggering. SWIFT handles about 50 million messages daily and settles roughly $5 trillion per day, around $1.25 quadrillion annually. CHIPS processes $1.8 trillion daily, exceeding $400 trillion annually. By contrast, CIPS manages only about 30,500 transactions per day, with a daily value of $91 billion, totaling $24.47 trillion in 2024.
Despite years of promotion, CIPS has not meaningfully challenged the dollar system. Its “growth” reflects Russia’s isolation and China’s domestic push, not genuine global confidence in the yuan. Much of its activity has been driven by China’s own cross-border trade and Russia’s shift to CIPS after being cut off from SWIFT. In 2023, twenty-three Russian banks joined, and transaction volumes rose by 50 percent in 2022 and 25 percent in 2023—growth born of necessity, not international adoption. For now, both CIPS and BRICS remain symbolic rather than systemic threats to US financial dominance.
The other mechanism China has championed is BRICS. Originally comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, the bloc expanded to ten members in 2025. At the 2024 BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, members again floated the idea of creating a new reserve currency, possibly backed by gold or a basket of national currencies, as an alternative to the US dollar. The goal was to assert economic independence and compete with the international financial system dominated by the dollar, which still accounts for about 90 percent of all currency trading.
Yet the idea has never moved beyond discussion. At the July 2024 BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, a gold-backed common currency was quietly dropped from the agenda. Barry Eichengreen, historian and economist at the University of California, Berkeley, dismissed the project outright, calling it a charade. India’s Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar was equally blunt, stating: “India has never been for de-dollarization. Right now there is no proposal to have a BRICS currency.”
The obstacles are obvious. BRICS is not a homogeneous group with shared aims, and the members are reluctant to sacrifice monetary sovereignty. No central bank exists to manage a common currency, and creating an issuing authority would be politically impossible. Even when Russia demanded in 2023 that India pay for oil in yuan, India refused, insisting on either rupees or US dollars.
Beyond the currency question, BRICS lacks the institutional framework of a true economic bloc. There is no free trade agreement, despite China proposing one in 2022. Trade among BRICS members accounts for only 6 percent of their combined total trade. Nor is there a mutual defense pact or intelligence alliance that would cement their cooperation.
The group’s only standing institution, the New Development Bank, is 20% smaller than the World Bank and still funds most of its projects in dollars. While China has signed swap agreements with 41 central banks, these arrangements are cumbersome, limited, and have not created meaningful liquidity alternatives.
Russia’s increased use of the yuan since 2023 reflects sanctions pressure rather than genuine de-dollarization. Elsewhere, adoption of the yuan remains negligible. BRICS membership alone has not translated into greater GDP growth for the countries involved, nor has it advanced their financial independence.
The verdict is clear.
A June 2024 study by the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center found that the US dollar remains firmly entrenched as the world’s primary reserve currency. Both BRICS and CIPS reflect China’s ambition to erode US financial dominance, but both face overwhelming structural, political, and economic obstacles. Far from dethroning the dollar, these initiatives have had no meaningful impact on the dollar-dominated system that continues to underpin the global economy.
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