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Despite facing involuntary manslaughter charges and trauma, as most would feel returning to the scene where they allegedly shot two people, Alec Baldwin is determined to finish his Western. Instead of focusing on his defense, Baldwin is preparing to resume filming “Rust,” a project which was postponed indefinitely after the gun Baldwin was rehearsing with went off, wounding director Joel Souza and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. As Hot Air reports: The director of the film, Joel Souza, is still attached to the project and will be returning. That’s at least a little surprising, at least to me, because Baldwin also…

U.S. Senator John Fetterman, D-Pa., has checked himself into Walter Reed Medical Center. Fetterman, who survived a near-fatal stroke last year, acknowledged through his staff that he has become severely depressed as he adjusts to his new work-life balance. Fetterman started receiving in-patient treatment at Walter Reed Wednesday night. The New York Times reports: “While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks,” Adam Jentleson, his chief of staff, said in a statement. He said that after undergoing an evaluation on Monday by Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the attending physician in…

Another woke prosecutor strikes back. Days after a deranged gunman opened fire at Michigan State University (MSU), killing three innocents and wounding five, reporters have learned that the law should have barred him from legally owning a firearm. If only it had been properly enforced. In 2019, then-Ingham County District Attorney Carol Siemon dismissed felony gun charges against future alleged mass murderer Anthony McRae. The Washington Free Beacon has more: Anthony McRae was charged in June 2019 with illegally carrying a concealed handgun without a permit, but later had those charges dismissed by the office of Ingham County district attorney…

The Justice Department will not prosecute Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz on sex trafficking charges. The news comes after a years-long investigation into Gaetz, with federal prosecutors examining if he broke sex trafficking laws and whether he had sexual relations with a 17-year-old girl. The New York Times reports: A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment. The department’s decision was earlier reported by CNN. A lawyer for Mr. Gaetz, Marc Mukasey, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Mr. Gaetz has maintained he did nothing wrong. “I have a suspicion that someone is trying to recategorize my generosity to ex-girlfriends…

One of South Dakota’s top Democrats is implying that traditional families are “dangerous” and “un-American.” State Rep. Erin Healy’s remarks came in a tweet berating the Family Heritage Alliance, a Rapid City-based Christian nonprofit. The Daily Caller’s Laurel Duggan explains: Healy was rebuking Family Heritage Alliance’s claim that a home with a married mother and father was the safest place for a child. Critics came to the group’s defense, with some pointing to data supporting the claim that married biological parents are the safest adults for children to live with. “Extremist group Family Heritage Alliance said this morning that the safest place for…

A Georgia judge will release parts of a report on former President Donald Trump’s alleged attempted interference in the 2020 Georgia vote count after the grand jury raised concerns about witnesses potentially lying under oath. It’s unclear which witnesses have been implicated, as The New York Times reports: In making his ruling, the judge, Robert C.I. McBurney of Fulton County Superior Court, said the special grand jury raised concerns in its report “that some witnesses may have lied under oath during their testimony.” But the eight-page ruling included few revelations about the report, the contents of which have been carefully guarded,…

The special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election has summoned former Vice President Mike Pence to testify. The development follows months of negotiations between Department of Justice prosecutors and Pence’s legal team. WATCH: https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1624019211159801857 Per The Wall Street Journal: The move represents an escalation in the Justice Department investigation and sets the stage for a likely court battle over executive privilege, which lawyers for Mr. Trump have raised in recent years to block or slow the testimony of former administration officials in various probes. … Mr. Pence’s former chief of staff, Marc Short, and his former…

A temporary staffer hired by Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., to work in his congressional office is accusing the congressman of sexual harassment. Derek Myers identified himself as the victim in a tweet, adding that he filed a report about the alleged misconduct to Capitol Police. https://twitter.com/DerekMyers/status/1621618733906071552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1621618733906071552%7Ctwgr%5Ebdaf78d14f3efdfc98d35422372c55ec2db19b27%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fjohn-s-2%2F2023%2F02%2F04%2Fshort-term-staffer-accuses-george-santos-of-sexual-harassment-n528451 https://twitter.com/DerekMyers/status/1621618743620018176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1621618743620018176%7Ctwgr%5Ebdaf78d14f3efdfc98d35422372c55ec2db19b27%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fjohn-s-2%2F2023%2F02%2F04%2Fshort-term-staffer-accuses-george-santos-of-sexual-harassment-n528451 The New York Post further reports: Myers, 30, contends that Santos hired him as an assistant on Jan. 23 and that two days later, they were in the rep’s Washington, DC, office going over the mail. He claims that Santos wanted them to sit together on a small sofa, then put his hand…

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) analyzed Russian customs data showing how the Chinese dragon has stealthily propped up the floundering Russian bear. Despite an array of sanctions imposed on Russia by the West, Beijing has provided the Kremlin with crucial military technology to sustain its war of aggression. WSJ explains: The customs records show Chinese state-owned defense companies shipping navigation equipment, jamming technology and fighter-jet parts to sanctioned Russian government-owned defense companies. Those are but a handful of tens of thousands of shipments of dual-use goods—products that have both commercial and military applications—that Russia imported following its invasion last year,…

America’s top diplomat is suspending his high-stakes visit to China after a suspected surveillance balloon was discovered loitering above nuclear missile silos in Montana. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing hoped to stabilize U.S.-Chinese relations at a time when a future conflict between the two nations seems more likely than not. Per Fox News: Blinken was to travel to Beijing this weekend to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war with Chinese officials and meet with President Xi, White House National Security Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said. Top Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee demanded that Blinken confront Xi over the spy…