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Ron Johnson on Ilhan Omar getting attacked: "Let's talk about how crazy this is. Had that been a Republican member of Congress and an illegal immigrant spraying something at them, in Minneapolis what would probably happen is they would release that illegal immigrant."

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Ron Johnson on Ilhan Omar getting attacked: "Let's talk about how crazy this is. Had that been a Republican member of Congress and an illegal immigrant spraying something at them, in Minneapolis what would probably happen is they would release that illegal immigrant."
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Had that been over 1300 magastani’s on January 6th, the GOP would just pardon them.
 
MAGA conspiracy Theorist Candace Owens continues to go after Erika Kirk after Leaked Video call that took place 11 days After Charlie's death

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Erika Kirk’s leaked audio raises eyebrows as Candace Owens shares clip of her after Charlie’s death​


Just when we thought Candace Owens and Erika Kirk had put their feud behind them with their one-on-one meeting last month, the former woke up and chose violence this week. Owens recently leaked audio of Erika that has raised eyebrows over her attitude regarding her husband, Charlie Kirk’s, death. In the audio clip, Erika can be heard speaking with her staff the success of the Turning Point USA event and the strong sales of associated merchandise. Erika also appeared to downplay Charlie’s death during the conversation.


On January 27, 2026, Owens leaked the alleged clip of Erika talking about the success of TPUSA, shortly after Charlie’s death. The Right-wing figures haven’t been on good terms since the September 10, 2025, shooting that killed Charlie. Owens has since spread numerous conspiracy theories about the incident. Erika and Owens met in December, which Erika described as “a very productive conversation.” Owens, however, continued with her belief that the person charged with Charlie’s murder, Tyler Robinson, was not solely responsible for the killing.

In her new YouTube video, Owens claimed that she got her hands on an audio recording of a TPUSA conference call that took place shortly after Charlie’s death. Soon after TPUSA lost its founder, Erika quickly stepped in as their new CEO. In the alleged clip, which Owens claimed was recorded only 12 days after his death, Erika could be heard discussing his memorial event while “giggling”.

Erika allegedly said, “I don’t even know where to begin. The fact that we were able to pull off an event of a century, like, it’s just insane. We had over 275,000 people that attended, and [the] stadium overflow, west gate. Insane, you guys. And then you have, was it 100 million? That heard the gospel, and all about Charlie and all about everything that you guys do, and the hard work of Turning Point USA is insane.”


The mother of two continued in the unverified clip, “We had thousands that were registered to vote. I think we’re at, like, over 200,000 for merch sales. Don’t quote me on that because I think it just keeps, like, bumping up like crazy.”

Hearing Charlie’s widow speak so gleefully about merchandise sales in the wake of his death was sure to raise eyebrows. But her apparent dismissal of her husband’s passing was even more astonishing. Midway through her discussion, Erika candidly urged her staff to resolve any past conflicts among themselves before going on to comment on his death.

Erika could be heard saying, “My husband’s dead. Like, I’m not trying to be morbid, but he’s dead. And it puts life into perspective of how short life is, and relationships.” Owens reacted to the audio clip on her YouTube channel, saying she was surprised by Erika’s seemingly poised reaction. The Conservative influencer noted, “In my imagination, I just thought that she would be more upset.”
 
🩺↩️ THE POISON PILL: Florida Just Swallowed Its Own Medicine…by Brent Molnar

The chickens have again come home to roost in the Sunshine State. For years Governor Ron DeSantis and his rubber stamp legislature have been passing laws designed to weaponize the medical profession. They wanted to give doctors and nurses the legal right to refuse care based on their personal beliefs. They told us this was about religious freedom. They told us it was about protecting the conscience of providers. But what they really meant was that they wanted to protect the right to discriminate against people they didn't like. Now that the shoe is on the other foot they are screaming about professional standards.

The incident that sparked this meltdown involves Erik Martindale. He is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist who allegedly posted a manifesto on social media that sent the Florida GOP into a tailspin. The post stated clearly that he would not perform anesthesia for any surgeries or procedures for MAGA supporters. He cited his right and his ethical oath and claimed he stood behind his education. It was a mirror image of the exact rhetoric the state has been using to justify refusing care to LGBTQ patients for years.

The irony here is thicker than the humidity in Tallahassee. This is the direct result of Senate Bill 1580 which DeSantis signed with a flourish in 2023. The law allows healthcare providers and insurers to refuse to provide or pay for care based on conscience based objections. The language explicitly includes moral and ethical beliefs. They wrote the law broadly because they thought they would always be the ones wielding it. They never imagined that a liberal nurse might have a moral objection to treating a fascist.

Now that the law is being tested in a way they didn't intend the state is panicking. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has publicly called for the Board of Nursing to investigate and revoke Martindale’s license. She argues that refusing care based on political affiliation violates professional standards. Suddenly the state cares deeply about the Hippocratic Oath. Suddenly discrimination is bad again. It is amazing how quickly their principles evaporate when they are the ones being targeted.

Let’s be clear about the defense here. Martindale has since deleted the post and claimed he was hacked. That is the standard maneuver when the internet mob comes for your job. But whether he wrote it or not is almost beside the point. The legal question has been asked. If the law protects a doctor who refuses to treat a trans kid because of their "ethical beliefs" then it must also protect a nurse who refuses to treat a MAGA supporter for the same reason. You cannot have it both ways.

This is exactly what legal experts warned would happen. When you carve out massive loopholes in medical ethics you invite chaos. You cannot legislate that discrimination is legal only when it targets the people you hate. The law is a blunt instrument. If you create a license to discriminate you have to accept that eventually someone is going to use that license against you. The Florida GOP built a trap for their enemies and then walked right into it.

The reaction from the right exposes their fundamental hypocrisy. They cheered when pharmacists refused to fill prescriptions for birth control. They cheered when doctors turned away gay couples. They argued that a provider's personal conscience trumps a patient's need for care. But the moment a nurse applies that same logic to a political ideology they clutch their pearls and demand an investigation. They don't want freedom of conscience. They want a monopoly on bigotry.

This creates a terrifying precedent for the future of healthcare. If this interpretation stands we are heading toward a system where your medical care depends on your voting record. Imagine checking into a hospital and having your surgeon check your party registration before scrubbing in. That is the world DeSantis built. He turned the operating room into a culture war battlefield and now he is upset that the other side is shooting back.

The hacking excuse might save Martindale’s job but it won't save the statute. The flaw in SB 1580 has been exposed. You cannot legislate morality without unintended consequences. Florida wanted to create a healthcare system where providers could pick and choose their patients based on personal bias. They succeeded. And now they are finding out that bias cuts both ways.

The lesson here is simple. Be careful what you wish for. The Republicans in Florida spent years chipping away at the universal obligation to provide care. They thought they were building a shield for their base but they actually built a weapon. And now they are staring down the barrel of their own legislation wondering how it all went so wrong.



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Michigan Republican accused of carpetbagging as he campaigns from Florida mansion​

Former Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, now running for Senate in that state on a pro-Trump platform, keeps accidentally revealing his close ties to Florida, reported the Detroit Metro Times on Wednesday — and reopening old accusations that he actually lives there.

Rogers, who also ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2024, was also hit with carpetbagging accusations at that time, as he owns a home in Cape Coral and, at the time, was even registered to vote in Florida.

He has since done everything in his power to boost his Michigan bona fides — but the new investigation reveals he is still running much of his campaign out of Florida.

"Metro Times found that Rogers spent more than a week in November 2025 campaigning from his Florida mansion, beginning with a fundraiser in Naples on Nov. 19 and followed by a series of media interviews that appear to have been recorded from inside his Cape Coral home," said the report. "Those included a virtual interview on Nov. 20, a social media video the next day, and another virtual interview on Nov. 26. In between, Rogers told a Michigan-focused audience in a Nov. 24 interview on Wood Radio that 'my whole life is here [in Michigan],' despite being in Florida at the time."


Rogers briefly listed his Cape Coral residence for sale after launching his new campaign, but according to Metro Times, he has already withdrawn it from the market. And during an interview earlier this month on "Breitbart News Sunday" with Florida-based reporter Matthew Boyle, Rogers quipped, “Wouldn’t we all like to be with Matt right now on the beach in Florida. It’s even colder in Michigan,” which was met with laughter.
 
So an Arizona House GOP Rep is trying to is trying to repeal the 17th Amendment and take away the ability for Citizens to Vote on Senators

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Arizona House Republican proposes repealing 17th Amendment, "They want to ban people from voting for senators"​


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Polds4OSU said:
🩺↩️ THE POISON PILL: Florida Just Swallowed Its Own Medicine…by Brent Molnar

The chickens have again come home to roost in the Sunshine State. For years Governor Ron DeSantis and his rubber stamp legislature have been passing laws designed to weaponize the medical profession. They wanted to give doctors and nurses the legal right to refuse care based on their personal beliefs. They told us this was about religious freedom. They told us it was about protecting the conscience of providers. But what they really meant was that they wanted to protect the right to discriminate against people they didn't like. Now that the shoe is on the other foot they are screaming about professional standards.

The incident that sparked this meltdown involves Erik Martindale. He is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist who allegedly posted a manifesto on social media that sent the Florida GOP into a tailspin. The post stated clearly that he would not perform anesthesia for any surgeries or procedures for MAGA supporters. He cited his right and his ethical oath and claimed he stood behind his education. It was a mirror image of the exact rhetoric the state has been using to justify refusing care to LGBTQ patients for years.

The irony here is thicker than the humidity in Tallahassee. This is the direct result of Senate Bill 1580 which DeSantis signed with a flourish in 2023. The law allows healthcare providers and insurers to refuse to provide or pay for care based on conscience based objections. The language explicitly includes moral and ethical beliefs. They wrote the law broadly because they thought they would always be the ones wielding it. They never imagined that a liberal nurse might have a moral objection to treating a fascist.

Now that the law is being tested in a way they didn't intend the state is panicking. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has publicly called for the Board of Nursing to investigate and revoke Martindale’s license. She argues that refusing care based on political affiliation violates professional standards. Suddenly the state cares deeply about the Hippocratic Oath. Suddenly discrimination is bad again. It is amazing how quickly their principles evaporate when they are the ones being targeted.

Let’s be clear about the defense here. Martindale has since deleted the post and claimed he was hacked. That is the standard maneuver when the internet mob comes for your job. But whether he wrote it or not is almost beside the point. The legal question has been asked. If the law protects a doctor who refuses to treat a trans kid because of their "ethical beliefs" then it must also protect a nurse who refuses to treat a MAGA supporter for the same reason. You cannot have it both ways.

This is exactly what legal experts warned would happen. When you carve out massive loopholes in medical ethics you invite chaos. You cannot legislate that discrimination is legal only when it targets the people you hate. The law is a blunt instrument. If you create a license to discriminate you have to accept that eventually someone is going to use that license against you. The Florida GOP built a trap for their enemies and then walked right into it.

The reaction from the right exposes their fundamental hypocrisy. They cheered when pharmacists refused to fill prescriptions for birth control. They cheered when doctors turned away gay couples. They argued that a provider's personal conscience trumps a patient's need for care. But the moment a nurse applies that same logic to a political ideology they clutch their pearls and demand an investigation. They don't want freedom of conscience. They want a monopoly on bigotry.

This creates a terrifying precedent for the future of healthcare. If this interpretation stands we are heading toward a system where your medical care depends on your voting record. Imagine checking into a hospital and having your surgeon check your party registration before scrubbing in. That is the world DeSantis built. He turned the operating room into a culture war battlefield and now he is upset that the other side is shooting back.

The hacking excuse might save Martindale’s job but it won't save the statute. The flaw in SB 1580 has been exposed. You cannot legislate morality without unintended consequences. Florida wanted to create a healthcare system where providers could pick and choose their patients based on personal bias. They succeeded. And now they are finding out that bias cuts both ways.

The lesson here is simple. Be careful what you wish for. The Republicans in Florida spent years chipping away at the universal obligation to provide care. They thought they were building a shield for their base but they actually built a weapon. And now they are staring down the barrel of their own legislation wondering how it all went so wrong.



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📬 https://substack.com/@brentmolnar

🎥 https://youtube.com/@brent_molnar
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Anesthesiologist loses nursing license after vowing to refuse care for MAGA patients​

A Florida anesthesiologist has forfeited his nursing license following a firestorm over controversial social media posts in which he said he would refuse to perform anesthesia for MAGA fans.

State Attorney General James Uthmeier declared Thursday that "effective today, Erik Martindale is no longer a registered nurse in Florida."

"Healthcare is not contingent on political beliefs, and we have zero tolerance for partisans who put politics above their ethical duty to treat patients with the respect and dignity they deserve," he wrote on X.

Controversy erupted after Martindale posted a since-deleted message stating, "I will not perform anesthesia for any surgeries or procedures for MAGA. It is my right, it is my ethical oath, and I stand behind my education. I own all of my businesses and I can refuse anyone!"

Martindale later claimed his Facebook account was hacked, Fox News reported.

State officials alleged Martindale also violated the nursing compact agreement by relocating to Indiana without notifying the state's Nursing Board. According to the Florida Department of Health's portal, Martindale voluntarily relinquished his license. a distinction that technically "does not constitute discipline," per state regulations.
 
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State Attorney General James Uthmeier declared Thursday that "effective today, Erik Martindale is no longer a registered nurse in Florida."

"Healthcare is not contingent on political beliefs, and we have zero tolerance for partisans who put politics above their ethical duty to treat patients with the respect and dignity they deserve," he wrote on X.
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Wait a minute, didn't Florida pass a law allowing healthcare to be contingent on political beliefs contrary to what has occurred in this country forever? So, are only the political beliefs that align with attorney general protected?


Where is the ACLU? They should be suing the bejezus out of Florida for this.
 
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Wait a minute, didn't Florida pass a law allowing healthcare to be contingent on political beliefs contrary to what has occurred in this country forever? So, are only the political beliefs that align with attorney general protected?


Where is the ACLU? They should be suing the bejezus out of Florida for this.
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If you read the story, he voluntarily gave up his license and has moved to Indiana

However, the State wanted to REMOVE his license by Force

SO yeah, he exposed them. Per the AG only their own Political Beliefs are protected and the AG was ready to Legally pursue him over that
 
The ugly downside of US tax treatment of expats. Likely bankrupted and destitute to pay the US fines for not reporting accounts to the US treasury when there was NO US tax to be paid and the money was not even US origin. Ridiculous.

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FBAR Penalty: Appropriating Retirement Savings of the Elderly?

On November 7, 2025 the U.S. Justice Department, acting on the request of the secretary of the Treasury, brought an action against an elderly couple living in C
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FBAR Penalty: Appropriating Retirement Savings of the Elderly?​


On November 7, 2025 the U.S. Justice Department, acting on the request of the secretary of the Treasury, brought an action against an elderly couple living in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Action alleges that the couple willfully failed to report their interest in foreign financial accounts from tax years 2005 to 2012 and claims penalties of more than US $3.6 million, plus amounts for interest and late-payment.

......

Both are U.S. citizens. Barribeau was born in the United States3 while Solomon was born in the United Kingdom, grew up in South Africa, and in 1976 moved back to the United States where she became a naturalized citizen.4 They married in the United States in 1977,5 leaving to become South African residents in 1984.6 In 1991, they moved to New Zealand7 and became citizens of the country in 2003.8 They have lived there ever since.
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For each of the years 2005 through 2012, Barribeau has been assessed civil penalties in amounts ranging from $99,003 (for 2008) to $189,082 (for 2006).17 The average penalty per year is $138,800.18 The total penalties assessed for Barribeau are about $1.1 million.19 For each of the years 2005 through 2012, Solomon has been assessed civil penalties in amounts ranging from $181,562 (for 2005) to $393,562 (for 2007).20 The average penalty per year is $315,239.21 The total penalties assessed for Solomon are about $2.5 million.22 The total combined penalties for Barribeau and Solomon amount to more than $3.6 million, plus interest and late-payment penalties.23
.......
Barribeau and Solomon are retired and, most likely, older (probably in their 70s or early 80s).24 The funds in the accounts represent most, if not all, of their retirement savings and likely a large portion of their total net worth (depending on the value of their home and other assets). Further, the funds have no connection to the United States other than the U.S. citizenship of the account holders. That is, the amounts in the accounts are employment and inheritance proceeds from outside the United States. Likely, their inheritance came from nonresident aliens. The United States played no part in the generation of the funds. No U.S. income tax was due in relation to either type of proceeds. For the funds generated from Barribeau’s employment, the foreign earned income exclusion and/or foreign tax credits applied.25
 
steross said:
The ugly downside of US tax treatment of expats. Likely bankrupted and destitute to pay the US fines for not reporting accounts to the US treasury when there was NO US tax to be paid and the money was not even US origin. Ridiculous.

papers.ssrn.com

FBAR Penalty: Appropriating Retirement Savings of the Elderly?

On November 7, 2025 the U.S. Justice Department, acting on the request of the secretary of the Treasury, brought an action against an elderly couple living in C
papers.ssrn.com

FBAR Penalty: Appropriating Retirement Savings of the Elderly?​


On November 7, 2025 the U.S. Justice Department, acting on the request of the secretary of the Treasury, brought an action against an elderly couple living in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Action alleges that the couple willfully failed to report their interest in foreign financial accounts from tax years 2005 to 2012 and claims penalties of more than US $3.6 million, plus amounts for interest and late-payment.

......

Both are U.S. citizens. Barribeau was born in the United States3 while Solomon was born in the United Kingdom, grew up in South Africa, and in 1976 moved back to the United States where she became a naturalized citizen.4 They married in the United States in 1977,5 leaving to become South African residents in 1984.6 In 1991, they moved to New Zealand7 and became citizens of the country in 2003.8 They have lived there ever since.
....
For each of the years 2005 through 2012, Barribeau has been assessed civil penalties in amounts ranging from $99,003 (for 2008) to $189,082 (for 2006).17 The average penalty per year is $138,800.18 The total penalties assessed for Barribeau are about $1.1 million.19 For each of the years 2005 through 2012, Solomon has been assessed civil penalties in amounts ranging from $181,562 (for 2005) to $393,562 (for 2007).20 The average penalty per year is $315,239.21 The total penalties assessed for Solomon are about $2.5 million.22 The total combined penalties for Barribeau and Solomon amount to more than $3.6 million, plus interest and late-payment penalties.23
.......
Barribeau and Solomon are retired and, most likely, older (probably in their 70s or early 80s).24 The funds in the accounts represent most, if not all, of their retirement savings and likely a large portion of their total net worth (depending on the value of their home and other assets). Further, the funds have no connection to the United States other than the U.S. citizenship of the account holders. That is, the amounts in the accounts are employment and inheritance proceeds from outside the United States. Likely, their inheritance came from nonresident aliens. The United States played no part in the generation of the funds. No U.S. income tax was due in relation to either type of proceeds. For the funds generated from Barribeau’s employment, the foreign earned income exclusion and/or foreign tax credits applied.25
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Explain this to me like Im 5. They didn't have to pay income tax in the US but because they didn't report what they made they have to pay a penalty for that?
 
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