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Reelecting John Thune to Senate leadership is literally the definition of insanity.

🚨BREAKING: Tim Burchett just responded to John Thune reportedly trying to block him from Marsha Blackburn's Senate seat: "I LOVE the fact that he's not for me!" Double digits up in the polls. A million dollars raised last quarter. And now the Thune-dorsement. John Thune doesn't get to pick Tennessee's next Senator - Tennessee does, through the Governor they just elected. Your call, Marsha!

IF THE ROLES WERE REVERSED, THIS WOULD BE NATIONAL NEWS In this video, the officers appear to be Muslim. The woman they stopped does not. Now flip it. Same stop. Same grabbing. But it's a woman who appears to be Muslim, and two officers who appear to be white putting their hands on her. The media would be camped outside City Hall. Every outlet would be hounding the Mayor and the Police Commissioner for answers. They'd be demanding the bodycam by the end of the day. Instead? Crickets. Equal justice means the same questions get asked no matter who is on either side of the stop. Release the bodycam. Original video by @nuyoricannomad on TikTok, shared on X by @JessiAngel143.

AS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE NYPD: WAS THERE ANY REASONABLE SUSPICION FOR THIS STOP? This is a little long, but please bear with me and hear me out. This video went viral over the weekend, and because of my career in law enforcement, many of you have asked for my take. Here it is: Many people are concerned because they believe these officers are Muslim. That is NOT my focus right now. I can't get inside these officers' heads, and I can't know whether their religious beliefs, if they are in fact Muslim, had anything to do with initiating this stop or how they treated this woman. That is for an NYPD INVESTIGATION to determine. What we have is the VIDEO, and the question is simple: was this stop LEGALLY JUSTIFIED to begin with? Based on my training and experience as a former NYPD officer (1996–2002), from the information available at this time, there does NOT appear to be any articulable REASONABLE SUSPICION for the initial stop of this woman. The officer says she was stopped for walking in the street. She says she was IN THE CROSSWALK. Crossing mid-block or against the light has been LEGAL in NYC since 2025. If that's what this was, there was NO TICKETABLE OFFENSE to justify the stop. If reports of a disorderly conduct summons are accurate, it flows directly from an UNJUSTIFIED STOP. Technically, "FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE" is a legal doctrine about throwing out evidence, but the principle is the same: when the stop itself is BAD, everything that comes from it is TAINTED. That summons should be THROWN OUT. The lengthy detention, the demand for ID and the physical contact all flow from that same lack of justification. And if the officers claim this was about her SAFETY, the full 16-minute video says otherwise: -The officers NEVER say they were concerned for her well-being. -They NEVER ask if she has a medical condition or is on medication. -NO ambulance is called, even after she tells them she has a "surgery foot" and a "medical issue." Instead, she is told she is NOT FREE TO LEAVE and is held for about NINE MORE MINUTES waiting for a supervisor. Note: The officers' body cam footage has NOT been released yet. New information could come to light that changes this entire conversation. That is EXACTLY why the NYPD needs to handle this AS SOON AS POSSIBLE and be COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT. Release the footage and let the public see the full encounter. Until then, from the information we have, this is CONCERNING, to say the very least!

JUST IN: PRESIDENT TRUMP PUBLICLY QUESTIONS WHETHER THE MIDTERM ELECTION WAS HONEST This is the first time since Election Night that he's raised it in his own words. On Nov 3, he told The New York Times he was "absolutely willing to accept" the results. Over the weekend, he shared other people's theories but stopped short of saying it himself. Not anymore👇🏼