Despite endorsing Kamala Harris on his way out, Joe Biden has seemed to be at odds with his vice president. “Biden hasn’t been very happy about Kamala Harris taking his job,” Blaze Media senior editor for politics Christopher Bedford tells Jill Savage and Matthew Peterson of “Blaze News Tonight.” “That’s been kind of clear. The whispers in Washington, D.C., for weeks and months now have been that he figures he’s the person to have done the job, and it’s actually looking like ‘Well, he may not be vindicated on that point; he’ll certainly be vindicated in his suspicions that Kamala Harris is able to defeat Donald Trump,” he continues. Not only does Bedford believe Biden doesn’t care much for Kamala, he thinks Biden may actively have been sabotaging her. “He gave her some impossible jobs to tackle, like the border, and he boxed her out of conversations that she thought she would be a part of,” Bedford explains, noting that it’s only gotten worse over time. “He’s really begun to seem like he’s actively undermining her,” he says, recalling Biden’s impromptu press conference while Kamala was speaking to union workers — with whom she’s been struggling. “Now, the issue was important. It was the hurricane response. But he doesn’t do a lot of press conferences, and why did it need to be right then?” he asks. Biden also called it “my administration,” not “our administration." “Here’s the funny thing: Every time he goes out and does this, Kamala Harris holds him tighter. Every time he goes out and undermines her publicly, she’ll go on the air and say how tight they are. It’s like an apology tour playing out in real time,” Bedford adds. Want more from 'Blaze News Tonight'?To enjoy more provocative opinions, expert analysis, and breaking stories you won’t see anywhere else, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

The re-election efforts of a sitting city councilwoman in Michigan may be in jeopardy after she allegedly forged signatures on a petition in hopes of helping someone else qualify for the ballot.Monique Lamar-Silvia, a 64-year-old pageant organizer and prison minister, is a member of the city council of Saginaw, Michigan, a blue-collar city of some 44,000 residents located about 100 miles northwest of Detroit. She is also among the 11 candidates currently vying this year for five seats on the council with four-year terms. After examining those signatures, City Clerk Kristine Bolzman determined that at least three of the new signatures were not legitimate.One local resident, Eric Eggleston, is not among those who qualified to run for a Saginaw city council seat in 2024, but Lamar-Silvia apparently did her best to help him try.The official deadline for filing to run for the council was July 23 at 4 p.m. That day, Eggleston reportedly learned that he was six signatures shy of the 50 signatures required to qualify for the race.Video footage captured inside and outside Saginaw City Hall shows Eggleston and Lamar-Silvia venturing to the building late that afternoon, less than an hour before the deadline, MLive reported.Eggleston entered the building, took two more petition sheets, and went back outside to try and wrangle up six more signatures. Lamar-Silvia attempted to help him, video showed, though an official soon warned her that she had to step off the entrance ramp to do so.Lamar-Silvia complied and eventually gathered at least one more signature for Eggleston. Carly Hammond, who is also running for a two-year partial seat on the council, happened to arrive at city hall at about that time and agreed to sign Eggleston's petition."I was there. I signed the petition. I was trying to help them as they rushing to get signatures," Hammond later told WJRT.The clock was ticking though, and Lamar-Silvia eventually knelt down beside a concrete surface near the entrance of the building and began writing on Eggleston's petition sheets for some time, video indicated. She did also interact with some individuals during this time.With just two minutes to spare, Eggleston submitted new forms with six new signatures. However, after examining those signatures, City Clerk Kristine Bolzman determined that at least three of the new signatures were not legitimate."It was evident that" the voters "had not signed the sheets themselves," someone from Bolzman's office wrote in a memo obtained by MLive through a Freedom of Information Act request.Other correspondence from the office obtained by MLive revealed that staff there suspected that Lamar-Silvia had attempted "to falsify signatures on the nominating petition forms" after witnesses saw her "writing for a length of time on the petition sheet" "while checking her phone repeatedly."Bolzman then contacted Michigan election officials about the incident, and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's office later confirmed that Lamar-Silvia remains under investigation.Michigan law strictly forbids an individual from signing a petition with multiple names, and anyone caught doing so can be charged with a felony.Lamar-Silvia did not respond to multiple requests for comment from MLive. Eggleston, however, defended her: "I fully support and stand with my Councilwoman."Eggleston never ended up qualifying for the 2024 ballot. He is not the subject of any investigation.Like the other Saginaw city candidates included on the unofficial Saginaw County general election list, Lamar-Silvia has no formal party affiliation.H/T: Dave BondyLike Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A prominent south Florida developer hired numerous hitmen to kill his wife of 32 years, according to the FBI. The multi-millionaire reportedly killed himself just as law enforcement officials were closing in on him. The FBI said they have recorded phone calls that have incriminated several suspects accused of traumatizing Tatiana Pino — the estranged wife of Sergio Pino.Investigators believe the motive for the husband's alleged murder-for-hire plot was because his wife rejected his divorce settlement offer of $20 million.On June 23, a male allegedly pointed a gun at Pino's daughter — 26-year-old Alessandra Pino. The daughter reportedly told a 911 operator, "Oh my gosh. My mom is here. They might have shot her."Pinecrest Police Department Chief Jason Cohen told Fox News, "[Tatiana] came home from her morning errands, and as she pulled in the driveway, this person pulled up, got out of the car with a firearm. Her daughter actually came out of the house and kind of went face to face with this gunman who clearly wasn't there for the daughter because he, from what I understand, he had the ability to shoot her if he wanted to, and he didn't."Cohen added, "The guy ended up fleeing because our officers started responding, and he was not able to do what we believe he was there to do that day. We think he was there to likely take her life, Tatiana's life at that point."A year earlier, someone slammed a rented Home Depot truck into an SUV that Tatiana was driving — in the same driveway where the gun threat took place. Cohen explained, "She came home from being out, and when she pulled into her driveway, there was a Home Depot flatbed rental truck that was sitting on the street waiting for her. And as she pulled in, it kind of rammed her vehicle and took off.""It was brought to our attention that this incident here was likely much more than just somebody crashing into her while she's coming home," Cohen stated. "We were made aware of a lot of the background of what had been going on with Mrs. Pino, the accusations of her being poisoned or drugged by potentially her soon-to-be ex-husband … it started to make sense that this was just another piece in that big puzzle."Tatiana filed for divorce in April 2022.The murder-for-hire plot to kill Tatiana reportedly began as early as July 2022. 'Now you can’t shake the rap. Your two boys now, or whoever the f*** they are, they can shake the rap.'U.S. attorney Markenzy Lapointe said hitmen even "obtained fentanyl to assist Sergio Pino in his effort to kill his wife.""Mrs. Pino had to die before their next divorce proceedings," Lapointe said.The FBI investigated the case and zeroed in on Sergio Pino.On July 16, the FBI conducted a search and arrest operation at the Pinos' $8 million waterfront Coral Gables home, but Pino allegedly committed suicide just as law enforcement officials were closing in on him. The FBI said in a press release that "Sergio Pino was discovered by the FBI inside the residence deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound."Sam Rabin, Pino’s criminal defense attorney, stated that "Sergio Pino took his own life today. The level of law enforcement activity at his residence was unprecedented and unnecessary, especially since we had offered to surrender him, should that have become necessary. Today’s events mark a very tragic ending to an investigation that we were confident we could successfully defend. There were many rumors and allegations, but what was lacking was evidence."Pino's alleged suicide ended the criminal case against him, but police have been scrutinizing other suspects. The U.S. Attorney's Office announced in a July 31 news release that suspects have been charged and indicted for their "respective involvement in a campaign to stalk, torment, and attempt to kill" Tatiana Pino, including Bayron Bennett, 33; Fausto Villar, 42; Avery Bivins, 36; Clementa Johnson, 47; Diori Barnard, 47; Jerren Keith Howard, 38; Michael Jose Dulfo, 42; and Edner Etienne 27. If convicted, the suspects would face a maximum penalty of life in prison.The FBI said it has recorded phone calls between Villar and Bivins. Both served time in Florida state prison — Bivins for attempted felony murder and armed robbery and Villar for armed robbery. “It’s going to be good, everything gonna be straight,” Bivins allegedly told Villar. “Straight. But the f***ing smoke has to clear,” Villar replied. “Everything has to clear, smoke has to clear. So with what you got, try to fend off.”“It’s going to be good, everything gonna be straight,” Bivins tells him.“When this b**** gets over and done with, know this — we’re all good, you know what I’m saying?” Villar allegedly told Bivins. “Everything is going to be good.”After members of Bivins' crew was arrested, Villar became worried about law enforcement cracking down on them. “Why would you, if you get pinched, they’re going to have, this becomes now a conspiracy,” Villar reportedly told Bivins. “Now you can’t shake the rap. Your two boys now, or whoever the f*** they are, they can shake the rap.”Villar advised Bivins to delete his social media accounts. The FBI said Bivins agreed to a deal of $150,000 from Villar to murder Tatiana and had already paid him $75,000. Reportedly, there was a $150,000 bonus in the offing if the act were to have been carried out without law enforcement detection. Cohen said of the case, "I've been in law enforcement for 27 years, and something like this ... it seemed like something out of a Hollywood movie, but this was unfortunately real life." Investigators believe the motive for the husband's alleged murder-for-hire plot was because his wife rejected his divorce settlement offer of $20 million. Financial statements revealed in the couple's divorce case showed the pair's 2022 net worth at more than $153 million and as much as $359 million.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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