RedState Weekly Briefing: Gutfeld's Had Enough - and So Have We All

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Welcome to the RedState Weekly Briefing  — where we take a quick look at the week’s most viewed stories in case you missed any of them. What do you suppose caught people's attention in this latest whirlwind week? Grab a cup of coffee (or something stronger if you're so inclined), and sit down with this 21st Century Weekend Edition of your favorite (online) publication — here we go!

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#1 - Greg Gutfeld Reaches His Breaking Point With Co-Host, Encapsulates GOP Anger Over Russia Collusion Hoax — by Bonchie

We'll get to Tarlov's response momentarily, but what Gutfeld is illustrating is how so many conservatives are feeling, having seen every mainstream press outlet amplify and spread the Russia collusion hoax for years on end, only to turn around and drop the story the moment the truth comes out. It was never about the evidence. It was always about the narrative, and that's beyond clear at this point. 

Tarlov's mention of Epstein is also transparent. This is a woman who could not have cared less about that story until the last five minutes, when she, along with every other Democrat, decided it was politically useful. That's ghoulish behavior. But let me address what she says next, because it shows just how dishonest she is.

#2 - New: Pam Bondi Just Exercised the Nuclear Option on the Judges Who Removed Alina Habba — by Bonchie

But in a stunning turn of events, Attorney General Pam Bondi appears to have exercised the nuclear option on Tuesday afternoon by using her power to remove Grace — or at least initiate that process.

.@USAttyHabba has been doing a great job in making NJ safe again. Nonetheless, politically minded judges refused to allow her to continue in her position, replacing Alina with the First Assistant. 

Accordingly, the First Assistant United States Attorney in New Jersey has just been removed. 

This Department of Justice does not tolerate rogue judges — especially when they threaten the President’s core Article II powers.

As noted, Bondi described the judges who booted Habba as "rogue" and "politically minded." She went on to say the decision threatened the Article II powers of President Donald Trump.

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#3 - 'Report' of ICE Deporting an 82-Year-Old Legal Immigrant Gets a Bombshell Update, Press Left in Shambles — by Bonchie

To say things weren't adding up would be an understatement. Key details in the story didn't even match up with the reality of how the American immigration system works. That included the idea that Leon went to replace his green card, something that hasn't been available to do in person for years, and on Monday night, the house of cards finally toppled. 

As it turns out, not only did Guatemala have no record of Leon entering the country, but the hospital he was claimed to be at had no record that he was ever there either. An even bigger bombshell dropped, though. Chilean authorities are now saying that a man with the name Luis Leon, who had the same birth date as the Luis Leon from this story, died in their country in 2019.

#4 - Karoline Leavitt's Takedown of CNN Reporter Over Russia Collusion Hoax Docs Is a Thing of Beauty — by Katie Jerkovich

"What would you say to people who believe that you are only releasing these documents now to improve your standing with the president after he said that your intelligence assessment of [Iran's nuclear capabilities, before the successful airstrike] were wrong?" Collins asked Gabbard.

The DNI's initial reaction to the CNN reporter's questions was telling as she looked away from the reporter with what appeared to be a clear look of disgust on her face at the mere suggestion.

Leavitt then took the microphone and proceeded to dismantle Collins piece by piece.

She pointed out that what was in the newly declassified information was something we didn't have before, and that is the fact that the "intelligence community was concocting this narrative that the president colluded with the Russians."

"That the president's son was holding secret meetings with the Russians," she added. "All of these lies that were never true."

The press secretary then called out the CNN correspondent for her disgusting suggestion about the reason behind the release of the documents.

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#5 - The Receipts Have Dropped: Tulsi Gabbard Posts Russiagate Evidence Obama Had Been Fearing — by Rusty Weiss

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released further evidence Wednesday morning, which she claims shows the Obama administration's direct involvement in the 2016 post-presidential election Russia hoax.

Gabbard, describing the plot as the "most egregious weaponization and politicization of intelligence in American history," posted a series of lies which have, in her view, been debunked by declassifying a 2020 House Intelligence Committee report.

The report was an assessment of how the Obama administration manufactured a January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment, which portrayed Russia as having influenced the 2016 election in favor of Donald Trump.

That assessment was "false," Gabbard writes, noting that the Obama administration "conspired to subvert the will of the American people," and, working in conjunction with a willfully ignorant media, staged "a years-long coup against" Trump.

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