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Elon Musk put his Twitter takeover on hold early Friday amid speculation he paid too much for the social media platform. In a follow-up tweet, the world’s richest man reiterated that he is “still committed to the acquisition.” For now, the buyout is “temporarily on hold,” pending an investigation into the number of fake/spam accounts on the site. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1525049369552048129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1525080945274998785%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaite.com%2Fnews%2Fjust-in-elon-musk-twitter-takeover-bid-on-hold-pending-report-on-proliferation-of-spam-bot-accounts%2F The Daily Wire reports: Musk has vowed to clean up spam accounts on Twitter by “defeating the spam bots.” The company has long been plagued by fake accounts set up to post automated content, some of which has been deemed misinformation.…

The U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack has subpoenaed a small group of some of the most influential Republicans in the House. The subpoena list is a who’s who of GOP and conservative leaders, most prominently aspiring House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). The select committee of seven Democrats and two Republicans (Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger) also sent summonses to Jim Jordan, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.). https://twitter.com/January6thCmte/status/1524800687317598213 All five men had refused requests to appear before the committee voluntarily. CNN further reports:…

A Member of Congress has made a bombshell claim amid a baby formula shortage that has left millions of new parents searching for food. In a Facebook video posted Wednesday, Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) claimed the federal government is sending pallets of baby formula to holding facilities near the U.S.-Mexico border while stores nationwide struggle to keep it on the shelves. As Fox News reports: Cammack posted pictures to social media of empty formula shelves in Florida next to the pallets of food being sent to the border, saying in the video that a concerned border patrol agent sent her…

Whistleblowers have long claimed the FBI investigated parents concerned about school COVID policies using laws intended to fight terrorists. Now Republican Reps. Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Mike Johnson (La.) say they have proof, despite U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s assurances it never happened. (RELATED: US Attorney General Accused of Using Federal Terror Authority to Protect Family Business Interests) The targeting of parents who spoke up at school board meetings or against school officials allegedly occurred after a hyperbolic letter from the National School Boards Association (NSBA) arrived at the White House in September. Shortly afterward, Garland joined the NSBA’s cause, directing the FBI to…

Former President Donald Trump suffered his first high-profile setback in the 2022 primary election season on Tuesday night. The news came at 11:23 p.m. Central Time (CT) when the Associated Press called the Nebraska Republican gubernatorial primary for University of Nebraska regent, veterinarian and farmer Jim Pillen. Pillen enjoyed the support of term-limited Gov. Pete Ricketts but not Trump, who aggressively campaigned for businessman Charles Herbster. With almost all precincts reporting, Pillen leads Herbster by 3.7%. Shortly after Trump revealed his endorsement, Ricketts said, “While I agree with President Trump on many things, I strongly disagree that Charles Herbster is…

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is widely considered a rising star within the Republican Party. Since being sworn into office in January, he’s received a wave of good publicity. However, today news came from Virginia state capital that no one wants to hear. An unknown perpetrator fired a single gunshot into a window at Miyares’ office in Richmond. Capitol Police are investigating, as The Daily Wire reports: “Capitol Police were called to the Barbara Johns Building at 7:13 p.m. Monday for a report of a bullet that may have been fired into the building from outside,” Public Information Officer Joe…

Congressman Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) announced minutes ago on the House floor that he has resigned effective immediately. WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtORq_6KP4g Reed was accused of sexual misconduct one year ago. It’s unclear if the allegation brought against him factored into today’s decision. Nicolette Davis said Reed drunkenly groped her in an article published last March in The Washington Post. Reed had represented New York’s 23rd Congressional District since 2010. Although the redistricting process isn’t finished in New York, the 23rd District is all but guaranteed to remain in the Republican column. The Hill has more on today’s developments: Punchbowl News, which first…

While speaking at an automobile conference, Telsa CEO Elon Musk said for the first time that he would reverse Twitter’s ban on former President Donald Trump. WATCH: https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1524083040594673669 Musk will soon own Twitter after the social media giant accepted his buyout deal. The Washington Post has more on Musk’s remarks condemning Twitter for banning the 45th president: “I think it was a morally bad decision to be clear and foolish in the extreme,” he said at a Future of the Car event hosted by the Financial Times.He added: “I do think it was not correct to ban Donald trump I…

Filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza is voicing his frustrations today with Tucker Carlson and the conservative cable news channel Newsmax over their coverage, or lack thereof, of his debunked election conspiracy film, “2000 Mules.” D’Souza tweeted this morning, alleging that both Tucker Carlson and Newsmax dictated what Catherine Engelbrecht, who provided research for D’Souza’s new film, could and could not say on their air. https://twitter.com/DineshDSouza/status/1523659231341461504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1523659231341461504%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fdinesh-dsouza-slams-tucker-carlson-newsmax-over-new-documentary-coverage-1704863 Engelbrecht founded True the Vote, an anti-voter fraud group, in 2009. As Newsweek reports: D’Souza also accused Newsmax of “blocking coverage” of the film. https://twitter.com/DineshDSouza/status/1523676024336424960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The film alleges that widespread voter fraud took place during the 2020 presidential election, something that…

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his family have moved to an undisclosed location for their safety. The development comes days after a draft opinion from Alito leaked, indicating that the Court’s conservative majority would overturn Roe v. Wade. A far-left group called Ruth Sent Us later published the home addresses of the Court’s conservative justices. The protesters hope to intimidate the justices expected to sign off on Alito’s opinion. As Hot Air’s Karen Townsend reports: Breitbart is reporting that this happened after militant leftists began making threats to the justices, as well as organizing protests in front of their homes. The leftists…