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President Joe Biden’s advance team, those tasked with organizing Biden’s public speeches, is reportedly infested with “turmoil and toxicity” that could hinder the president’s campaign. The report, published by Politico on Monday, is the latest sign of infighting within the Biden world that surfaced in press reports. The “turmoil and toxicity” within Biden’s advance team is based on 18 current and former Biden staffers and those directly familiar with the team, Politico reported:

A girls high school basketball team forfeited a recent game after three players were injured, including one who was allegedly hurt during a play involving a 6-foot male player on the other team who identifies as female. The Collegiate Charter School of Lowell in Massachusetts forfeited its Feb. 8 game against the KIPP Academy at halftime, with coach Kevin Ortins deciding to end the game as his roster was getting depleted four days before a playoff game, the school said. Fox News reported the KIPP Academy girls team has a male player with facial hair on its roster who identifies...

Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that former President Ronald Reagan is “rolling over in his grave” because many Republicans are on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “team.” Slotkin said, “It is insane it is how many people we have in the Republican Party who are on team Putin.” Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that former President Ronald Reagan is “rolling over in his grave” because many Republicans are on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “team.” Slotkin said, “It is insane it is how many people we have in the Republican Party who...

People close to former President Trump made preliminary overtures to Robert F. Kennedy about the possibility of serving as his running mate, The Post has learned. “Trump operatives expressed an interest in Kennedy early on, but it was all premature,” said one person familiar with the matter, adding that it was “right out of the box when Bobby announced” in April 2023 he was running for president. “Anything’s possible. I wouldn’t write it off by any means,” the insider continued.

Critics of President Biden slammed the world leader on social media, Saturday, after he shared a photo bragging about America’s "dream team." Users took to X to loudly dispute his statement and picture, which included Biden, his wife Jill, Vice President Harris and her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, at the White House. The picture depicted the four of them standing in front of one of the White House doorways, flanked by Christmas trees. Biden’s caption indicated that he was sharing the photo to commemorate the three years to the day that he and Vice President Harris were inaugurated. He...

A former FBI supervisory special agent (SSA) confirmed the bureau’s headquarters tipped off President Joe Biden’s 2020 transition team about its plan to interview Hunter Biden, a newly released congressional transcript shows. The former FBI agent, who worked for the bureau for 20 years and retired in June 2022, corroborated IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley’s testimony that the Secret Service and the Biden transition team were tipped off about a planned interview of Hunter Biden during United States Attorney for Delaware David Weiss’ investigation.

Tweet from Justin Trudeau (see link below). We’re team Barbie. https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1688265604799574016

Cmdr. Robert Ramirez III was found dead in his home on Monday. The highly decorated commanding officer of Navy's SEAL Tean 1, Cmdr. Robert Ramirez III, was found dead at his San Diego County home on Dec. 19. In a statement on Wednesday, Naval Special Warfare Command officials said that foul play was not suspected in Ramirez's death, and that an investigation is being conducted by the San Diego police department...

President Joe Biden’s staffers worked furiously Thursday night to combat accusations that his speech at Independence Hall was too partisan against “extreme” MAGA Republicans. The president repeatedly condemned “MAGA Republicans” and supporters of former President Donald Trump as violent extremists who represented a threat to American democracy.

TheHill.com SUNDAY TALK SHOWS Biden team pushes back on recession fears BY ZACH SCHONFELD - 06/19/22 2:26 PM ET SHARE TWEET ... MORE Senior Biden administration officials on Sunday pushed back on some economists’ projections of an impending recession, arguing that it is possible to curb inflation without causing a major economic slowdown. “It’s President Biden’s top priority to bring it down, and [Federal Reserve] Chair [Jerome] Powell has said that his goal is to bring inflation down while maintaining a strong labor market,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday. “That’s going to take skill and luck, but I...

ABC legal analyst Sunny Hostin confronted former President Donald Trump’s press secretary and guest co-host Stephanie Grisham Wednesday on ABC’s “The View.” Hostin asked, “I have to ask, why did it take an insurrection to get you to quit?”

The wokest of all U.S. national sports teams just got a little less woke. U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) head coach Vlatko Andonovski has called up a roster that features youth and players the team will rely on in the future. It does not, however, feature noted USWNT anthem-protester Megan Rapinoe.

Health and Human Services Secretary biden Becerra said Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that the unvaccinated need to stop being “selfish” and get the vaccination. Mitchell said, “I want to ask you about mandating vaccinations because that’s happened in New York City, and we’re seeing protests today in Brooklyn, Becerra said, “Andrea, [cut] we have to be safe. I saw Mayor De Blasio last week, and I will tell you that the city is going to do— the city doesn’t want to go back, New York City doesn’t want to go back to what it experienced a year, two...

Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), a crucial centrist vote in the Democratic caucus, is signaling to colleagues that he won’t derail a $3.5 trillion budget resolution that contains many of President Biden’s legislative priorities. Senate Democrats say Manchin has indicated he will not stand in the way of the measure moving forward and will be generally supportive as long as he’s kept in the loop on his top concerns: how to pay for the bill and a clean energy provision. Manchin told colleagues Wednesday where he stood at a caucus luncheon attended by Biden, where Democrats discussed their plans for passing...

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday claimed President Biden’s administration is the most ethical “in history” — despite jobs flowing to relatives of senior aides and potential conflicts of interest involving first son Hunter Biden’s shady new art career. Obama administration ethics chief Walter Shaub last week tore into Biden for distributing official jobs to the wives, children and siblings of his senior aides. Shaub on Monday also slammed a high-dollar art auction from Hunter Biden — who hopes to fetch up to $500,000 for his paintings from buyers who will be kept confidential — as “shameful and...

Six pickup trucks work together to pull a semi truck up an icy, snowy hill in this video. It happened in Saline County, Arkansas this past week near Interstate 30 and Alcoa Road. According to the Facebook post by Stephanie Cole, initially three pickup trucks chained themselves to the big rig, but it wasn’t enough power, so a fourth, fifth, and sixth joined in to help, sled dog team style. In the clip, several of the pickups can be seen slipping and sliding, but the team eventually gets it done, and people can be heard cheering in the background as...

Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson urged the Democrat victors of the 2020 presidential election to move past the outcome and avoid plotting a post-inaugural war on Republican opponents.

Now that Black Lives Matter activists have served out their useful purpose for Democrats – energizing Black and White liberals voters to turn out for Joe Biden – they have apparently been dumped by the president-elect. Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, sent Joe Biden and Kamala Harris a letter shortly after the election, requesting a meeting. She argued, “Without the resounding support of Black people, we would be saddled with a very different electoral outcome. In short, Black people won this election.”

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, is set to meet virtually with former Vice President Joe Biden’s transition team Thursday to discuss the U.S. coronavirus response. Fauci told CBS News’s The Takeout podcast that he had spoken to Ron Klain, Biden’s pick for chief-of-staff but that those discussions were not “substantive.

MORE ON: JOE BIDEN Ice queen: Progressives slam Pelosi's flashy freezer stunt Pope Francis congratulates Joe Biden on election victory Dead people voted in 2020 election, Tucker Carlson says Progressives are betting on Biden leaning into their agenda At least 40 people working for President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team are or were registered lobbyists, a new analysis found. The report, published Wednesday by the Wall Street Journal, was done by searching the congressional lobbying databases for the over 500 appointees to the Biden transition team. In late September, as a Biden transition team was beginning to come together, the Democrat...