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DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Hunter Biden pleaded guilty Thursday to federal tax charges in California, according to multiple reports. President Joe Biden‘s son pleaded guilty to each of six misdemeanor and three felony counts he faced for allegedly failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes and filing falsified tax paperwork, according to CNN. Judge Mark Scarsi of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California accepted the younger Biden’s plea. [Scarsi told Biden he could get 17 years in prison and a $1 million fine.] Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 16. Some legal pundits, including former Justice Department official John Yoo, have said that the president’s son is likely to face jail time. ‘Legal Death Wish’: Jonathan Turley Says Hunter Biden Likely Headed To Jail https://t.co/B2tBH97Ynq — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 5, 2024 Hunter Biden’s legal team attempted to offer a so-called Alford plea earlier Thursday, whereby he would effectively maintain his innocence while accepting whatever punishment eventually may be handed down, CNN reported. Biden’s attorneys said later that he would be amenable to an “open plea,” in which the president’s son would essentially admit that his behavior does amount to satisfying the charges he faced. >>> Related: Biden Deals and ‘Blatant Lies’: 6 Big Highlights From Impeachment Hearing Prosecutors had alleged that the younger Biden was spending money on luxury hotels, prostitutes, and vehicles at the time that he was committing tax fraud, CNN reported. The president’s son said under oath Thursday that nobody made any promises or pressured him into pleading guilty. The elder Biden stated that he would not use his authority as president to pardon his son. However, it is unclear whether the president’s position has changed since he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, according to CNN. In June, Hunter Biden was convicted on three federal gun charges by a Delaware jury. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty to Tax Charges appeared first on The Daily Signal.

After many years, a calico cat can finally move on from the rigors of the streets and seek the comfort of a loving home. Duchess and her kittensLittleWanderersNYCNot long after Duchess, the cat, was rescued from the streets, she went into labor and gave birth to four kittens, two of which looked like her.The beautiful calico likely had spent her whole life outside, fending for herself against the elements and other animals, having litter after litter. Once she was secured in a foster home, she realized she could finally relax."She was probably born on the street and made it this far, which is amazing," Little Wanderers NYC (an animal rescue) shared. LittleWanderersNYCEstimated to be eight years old, Duchess showed the early signs of cataracts but didn't let it slow her down. She cradled her babies in the nesting area, catering to their every whim.Before the kittens' eyes had even opened, Dreamsicle, the ginger boy, possessed the ferocious attitude of a lion cub. Duchess and the ginger kitten, DreamsicleLittleWanderersNYCHe hissed and spit at unfamiliar scents, an instinct to protect himself in the wild, and let nothing hold him back.Duchess was loving and protective of her kittens. After having multiple litters outdoors, she was relieved to care for her last litter in the comfort of a foster home. As she warmed up to the cozy indoor life, the wariness in her eyes melted away. LittleWanderersNYCWhen the kittens started exploring beyond their nest, Duchess stayed close, guiding them as they discovered their new world.Little Duchess, named after her mom, was the last kitten to be born and a bit timid around strangers. "Dreamsicle loans her some of his courage. She loves sitting on laps and learning (by observing her siblings)." Duchess and Little DuchessLittleWanderersNYCMama Duchess has a soft spot for her little lookalike and showers her with extra cuddles.She encourages Little Duchess to go on new adventures and keeps her company when she lounges by the window or in the cubby bed. "(Mama) isn't friendly to people and would prefer not to be bothered. However, she enjoys the company of other cats." LittleWanderersNYCBy watching other kittens zip around with playful antics, Little Duchess's confidence grew. She began batting at toys and chasing sunbeams across the floor.Dusty, the other calico from the litter, was a whirlwind of mischief and energy from an early age. DustyLittleWanderersNYCDusty tears through the house like a mini tornado, but when it is time to sleep, she flops over, limbs everywhere. She has never met a stranger as she struts around and happily snuggles with anyone who crosses her path. Little Duchess and DustyLittleWanderersNYC"Dreamsicle is the only boy of the bunch. He is rambunctious, playful, affectionate, and friendly. He looks out for his sister, Little Duchess.""Our fourth kitten, Sparky, is the cute odd one out. She was the last to walk but is now the first to explore and play. She is a snuggler and also incredibly playful." Sparky and DreamsicleLittleWanderersNYCDuchess is perfectly content staying indoors. While she enjoys her space from people, she is fond of being around other cats and dreams of a home with feline friends where she can feel safe, loved, and free from worry."No more babies. Only R & R for Duchess. She deserves a golden retirement from the rigors of the street." LittleWanderersNYCShare this story with your friends. More on the feline family and Little Wanderers NYC on Instagram and Facebook.Related story: Kitten Named 'Macaroni' Has Many Toes, Finds Kind Person to Help Him So He Can Run Around Like Other Kittens

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On Thursday’s CBS Mornings, co-host and Kamala Harris donor Gayle King reacted to Wednesday’s deadly shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia by continuing her decade-plus crusade for mass gun control, arguing this time the deaths of two students and two teachers was proof Americans believe “it’s okay to kill kids” since nothing’s been “done to stop” school shootings. King began the show by quibbling with the local sheriff’s declaration that “hate will not prevail” by insisting there’s “a lot of hate, it seems, in this country” as evidenced by “another American community reeling from deadly gun violence.”     “I just keep thinking, we all think this, how many more stories do we have to report like this? I don’t want us ever to become desensitized to it. I thought Vice President Harris said it right, it doesn’t have to be this way,” King later said after having heard from a student who lost his algebra teacher. Chief campaign and election correspondent Robert Costa followed, huffing that Wednesday “was supposed to be about kitchen table issues and courting voters in battleground states, but..outrage and revived debates over gun violence have also now been thrust into this campaign.” After Costa cartoonishly insisted another political headline of Liz Cheney endorsing Harris would be “pretty significant” moment come November, King turned back to guns by admitting “[i]t’s so hard for me to focus on anything other than the shooting. I have to say, guys.” She then leveled her despicable charge: “It is very difficult for me right now. It’s hard for me to accept the fact that we live in a country where I guess we think it’s okay to kill children, because if we didn’t think it was okay, something would be done to stop it, and it doesn’t seem to matter who’s in office[.]” Co-host Nate Burleson agreed by saying “[s]omething would have been done a long time ago.” How or what that would thwart shootings was not provided. Co-host Tony Dokoupil gave his two cents that one would have hoped the country had long been able to have “find a compromise that enshrines the Second Amendment, but keeps our children safe.” Like all ardent gun control advocates, King insisted she doesn’t “want to take guns from responsible gun owners.” In the second hour, King doubled down during an interview with Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), whose wife and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) was nearly killed in a January 2011 shooting. King first asked what Kelly feels and thinks whenever he hears about a mass shooting, which gave Kelly room to promptly discard “the bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which is going to expand background checks and do a number of other things on this issue” as not enough. Showing her lack of depth, King proclaimed: “But we all say this, we hear people say we got to do more. We all say we’re strong, we all say love overrules, hate doesn’t win. And then it happens again, and again, and again.” “Yes, so we’re in this vicious mourn, pray, repeat cycle and it’s so frustrating to me because we all keep hearing the same thing and nothing changes,” she huffed. Kelly argued this comes down to Americans supporting candidates who support “background checks” and “safer communities”, but King lamented many Americans (read: Republicans) oppose that and thus they “think it’s okay to kill kids at school.” A search of the NewsBusters archives revealed over a dozen examples of King calling for some form of gun control or casting vile aspersions on the American people. The most vile example came in May 2022 after the slaughter inside Uvalde Elementary School when she smeared millions by saying certain “people just don’t want to do what needs to be done” to remove “assault rifles” from our country because “nobody needs” one and stop “blam[ing] [shootings] on the mental health” (click “expand”): [T]here is something that can be done. People just don’t want to do what needs to be done. There is — I don’t even know how we can continue to watch this happen time after time after time, and say that it’s okay for these assault rifles to be on the streets, and now blame it on mental health. I don’t care who you are. Nobody needs an assault rifle in this country, unless you are a trained professional. It just doesn’t make any sense. So when we say there’s nothing we can do, that’s just not true and the pain that that man felt, I saw him say, you know, she was such a good girl. You know, she brushed her teeth every day. I mean, that was such a relatable, and such a thing that as parents, we all know, when we all rejoice. This pain is too much. This pain is too much. And we keep hearing this, too. Maybe this will be the time, maybe this will be the time. I have to keep holding onto that. In May 2023, King lectured Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) that “it’s no longer a matter if” you’ll become a mass shooting victim, but “a matter of when” and falsely claimed “guns are still the leading cause of death for children.” A month and a half earlier, King claimed after the Covenant School shooting that the country would be better off if Republicans banned “assault rifles” instead of “banning books”. “I’ve come to the point, and it’s difficult to think that, that we live in a country where, apparently, we value guns over children. We value guns over the lives of fellow human beings,” she exclaimed. Rewinding to 2022, King said on at least three occasions (here, here, and here) that the Second Amendment was only intended for muskets, thus claiming (and falsely so) that the Constitution allows for Congress to outright ban all sorts of firearms. On May 25, 2022, she huffed she was convinced “when the Founding Fathers wrote that they were talking about muskets” and thus would support her calls to ban “assault rifles.” This has been such a long-held view of hers we found her as having said this back in 2015. That time, she claimed too many people own….AK-47s. She’s made all kinds of other arguments in her time at CBS in the AM. In 2013, she questioned whether gun manufacturers put profits over “human lives”. Two years later, she blasted then-Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) for opposing her style of gun control despite being a father. By December 2015, she claimed (vague) gun control measures would prevent mass shootings. And, in March 2019, she suggested the U.S. take New Zealand’s approach of mandatory, mass gun confiscation. To see the relevant CBS transcript from September 5, click here.

The FBI raided the homes and confiscated the phones of top aides in the administration of Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to numerous sources. 'Have you ever seen this much chocolate leading the City of New York?' The purpose of the investigation remained unclear. Law enforcement sources said federal agents raided the homes of Deputy Mayor Phil Banks as well as Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright.Another aide, Timothy Pearson, reportedly had his phone confiscated. Former MTA official and current lobbyist Terence Banks, brother to Phil Banks, was also reportedly targeted in the investigation. Finally, the FBI also reportedly raided the home of NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban, an ally of Adams'. “The Department is aware of an investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York involving members of service," read a statement from a spokesperson for the NYPD. "The Department is fully cooperating in the investigation." The investigation appeared to be unrelated to another federal investigation into Adams' dealings with Turkey. He received a subpoena as a part of that investigation in August. In February, Adams claimed to be persecuted unjustly in the same way as Jesus Christ and specifically referred to his deputy mayors because they were people of color. "Look at this team, folks. Look at this team. Look at my, look at my deputy mayors!" he exclaimed. "Have you ever seen this much chocolate leading the City of New York? And then go down the line. Look! Look who's here. This is representative of the city. That's why people are hating on me. You trying to figure out why they're hating on me?"Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

An update to Nate Silver's election prediction model has former President Donald Trump increasing his chances to beat Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. Previously, the model said that Trump had a 52.4% chance to beat Harris, but the updated assessment from Wednesday drops her chances to 41.6%. It places Trump's chances to beat Harris at an astounding 58.3%. 'They haven't really found a 2nd gear after Hot Brat Summer.' The model calculates that Trump would win 274.7 electoral votes while Harris would only garner 263.3. To win the election, a candidate must win a majority of electoral votes, or more than 270. Silver explained that new polling from swing states didn't help the Harris campaign because the model adjusts against partisan-sponsored polling that showed the two candidates in a tie. "Our polling averages apply a relatively harsh 'house effects' adjustment to partisan-sponsored polls, so it interprets ties in partisan polls as losing. And PA/MI/WI polls are really important to the forecast," wrote Silver. He said Harris had dropped her lead in Pennsylvania from 1.8% to only 1%. "In addition to Pennsylvania, Michigan has become something of an issue for Harris. National polls and polls of other swing states [are] mostly decent for Harris, but erosion in PA/MI hurts a lot in the model," he explained. He went on to say that some of Harris' weakness comes from hiring so many Biden people onto her campaign. "There was a surge of enthusiasm for Harris post-Biden dropout, but that might have happened no matter what. Thought convention speech was good, but bypassing Shapiro [is] beginning to look bad and they haven't really found a 2nd gear after Hot Brat Summer," he added. Silver also had a tip on how to improve Harris' chances to win. "If I were a rich D donor and wanted to maximize Kamala's chances of winning, I'd pay a $10M bounty to lure ex-Biden senior staffers away from the campaign and replace them with fresher/better people. Give them a nice job consulting on the Luxembourg parliamentary election etc.," he tweeted. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!