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Nobody outside of the Swamp probably ever heard of Natalie Harp before comments made Sunday about the president’s aide by Senator Jon Ossoff (D.-GA), who called her Trump’s “security blanket to make him feel good about himself.” The implication was that she is a sycophant who feeds Trump all the positive news she cab find in print, on the air, or on social media. The Ossoff comments could also be interpreted to imply that she is Trump’s version of Monica Lewinsky, former intern and aide to President Bill Clinton. (You probably know the story.) To wit: “He doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace, gifted by the Emir of Qatar,” Ossoff said Sunday during a speech in Atlanta. Harp, 34,  scours the news daily/hourly and prints out anything she finds, whether opinion or reporting, that is favorable to the president and the job he is doing. For this role, she has earned the not-pejorative nickname of “the human printer.” Natalie Harp has become one of the most visible—if least discussed—figures in Donald Trump’s inner circle, a former cable news anchor turned executive assistant whose constant

After Luigi Mangione entered a guilty plea to federal charges in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, his defense attorneys moved quickly to shut down the parallel state case against him. Their argument: trying him again in New York would amount to double jeopardy — being punished twice for the same act. Prosecutors in Manhattan disagree, and a state judge will ultimately have to decide who is right. The dispute turns on a tension between two different bodies of law — one federal, one rooted specifically in New York State statute — and the answer is far from obvious. The Federal Rule: Two Governments, Two Sets of Laws The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that no person can be tried twice for the same offense. But that protection has a significant carve-out that has been tested and upheld repeatedly in federal courts: the dual sovereignty doctrine. Under this principle, the federal government and each state government are considered separate sovereigns, each drawing their authority from independent sources. Because of that separation, both governments are generally permitted to prosecute the same individual for the same underlying act, so long as each is enforcing its own distinct

The woman who believes America’s most popular holiday — Thanksgiving — is a racist/slaveholding celebration just narrowly lost an election for Democrat Party nominee for governor in Wisconsin. Francesca Hong was defeated by less than half a percentage point by another candidate who is far left also, but not so far as to be a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) card-carrying advocate. For V.I. Lenin acolytes such as Hong, there is just a momentary setback. Even Lenin had to wait until the time was right to board a train at the Finland Station and return to Russia. Last week, the tables were turned in another narrow vote margin. Far, far, far, far left candidate Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Representative Haley Stevens in a divisive and costly Democrat Senate primary in Michigan. The winner of yesterday’s down-to-the-wire contest was Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley. Before the election, he told the Wall Street Journal: “There are a lot of people who are scared. She is a self-proclaimed socialist. There are a lot of people worried about not just this party, but this country moving in that direction.” Of course, his views tend to be on the far side of the left’s spectrum, though he’s smart enough