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EXCLUSIVE Inside the insidious Democratic plot to keep Biden in office using harassment tactics out of a spy novel The plan included sending clowns and musicians to harass No Labels founder The proposal also suggested 'bird dogging' members of Congress Read all the details of the plan below By EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT IN WASHINGTON D.C. Published: 20:20 GMT, 24 November 2024 | Updated: 20:54 GMT, 24 November 2024 e-mail 18 View comments Democratic allies of Joe Biden plotted a secret harassment campaign to keep a third-party challenger out of the 2024 election in order to ensure his victory, even as polls showed voters wanted another option and there were concerns about the president's health. Their plan included 'bird dogging' members of Congress who would support such an option by sending activists to confront them at their offices. It also details a target harassment campaign against No Labels founder Nancy Jacobson and her husband, Mark Penn, a longtime Democratic operative. The plan was to send clowns to block their Georgetown home and drive their neighbors crazy with early morning noise. No Labels - which Penn is not a part of - was running a $70 million effort to field an alternative presidential candidate and get a third-party line on state ballots. But the centrist group dropped its efforts after Biden's allies damaged their ability to recruit a contender. No Labels is now fighting back in federal court and public documents show an incredible proposal from Democrat strategists to clear the way for Biden to win a second term, using techniques straight out of a spy novel. 'Everyone loves a good wake up action- especially the neighbors,' the email read. 'For this, we'd show up at 6am with a truck carrying musical performers and activists marching and chanting. It usually lasts for an hour. We can hire getty to get the event on the wire,' a Democratic strategist wrote in emails exchanged between various people involved with efforts to oppose No Labels. Other options for targeting the couple included 'hire clowns to hangout on their block,' embarrassing them at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner and targeting them with negative ads in a local Georgetown society newspaper. 'The overall cost of this proposal is $180,000 on the low range to $400,000 for 2-4 months of intense activity,' the email read. Not all the documents in the case have been made public so the final figure could be larger. It's also unclear how deeply involved top White House officials and Democratic Party leaders were in the plan. President Joe Biden's allies plotted a secret campaign to keep him in office The proposal included tactics to harass No Labels founder Nancy Jacobson and her husband Mark Penn The emails were sent in May 2023 when the full extent of Biden's health problems remained hidden from the public. Donald Trump had yet clinch the Republican nomination but was the frontrunner. Polls at the time showed voters were desperate from a third option. An NBC News poll released in April found 60% of U.S. adults did not want Trump to run, and 70% did not want Biden to run. Read More Trump Cabinet pick facing most jeopardy in Senate confirmation hearings No Labels was exploring a 'unity ticket' with the goal of giving Americans that option. Democratic operatives, obviously worried about situation, plotted to stop it. Many Democratic groups publicly slammed No Labels at the time, accusing the group of trying to ensure Trump's re-election. But the court documents reveal an entire second level of tactics that go behind the norms of public editorials and on-the-record quotes. The proposal also included plans to 'bird dog' members of Congress who were part of the Problems Solvers Caucus, a group No Labels founded to find bipartisan solutions to the nation's problems. 'One important and effective method to uplift this battle against No Labels is to go directly to their minions in Congress,' the proposal read. 'We will have activists calmly talk to them in the hallways while being recorded. We can then post and share the good videos. We can hit up the entire Problem Solvers Caucus in the House and their key allies in the Senate.' 'We will name and shame the members of the Problem Solvers Caucus who are affiliated with No Labels,' the memo vowed. Ultimately the proposal was never adopted. The Washington Post first reported some of the details of the campaign. DailyMail.com is the first to publish the entire memo outlining the harassment campaign. The detailed proposal outlined by Democratic strategists LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is a prominent Biden supporter and the new George Soros of political funding One of the men behind the emails Dmitri Mehlhorn, a co-founder of Investing in US, a political operation funded by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. Hoffman is the new George Soros of political funding and he was heavily invested in Biden having a second term. He donated $2 million to help fund the campaign during the New Hampshire primary that urged Democratic voters to write Biden's name on New Hampshire primary ballots. Biden hadn't registered for the New Hampshire primary to comply with a new Democratic National Committee rule that made South Carolina the first state to hold a primary. New Hampshire held its first-in-the-nation primary anyway, which Biden won as a write-in. Hoffman is a massive anti-Trumper. He helped fund writer E. Jean Carroll's sexual assault suit against Trump and supported former Rep. Liz Cheney's 2022 re-election bid, which ultimately failed. He and Mehlhorn split in July 2024 after Mehlhorn had to apologize for comments he made after the assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pa., which Mehlhorn suggested was staged. Mehlhorn left Investing in US and joined the Lincoln Project. Biden, after his disastrous debate with Trump in July, ultimately exited the presidential race. Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee and lost to Trump in a landslide. Joe Biden Politics Share or comment on this article: Inside the insidious Democratic plot to keep Biden in office using harassment tactics out of a spy novel e-mail Add comment
Dean McCullough has faced his fish gut fear in the latest Bushtucker Trial Coleen Rooney was praised for her 'silence' during the trial Newtownabbey DJ Dean McCullough has finally faced his fish guts fear after managing to pick up nine stars alongside campmate Coleen Rooney in Sunday’s I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! The pair, who viewers watched be selected to face ‘Absolute Carnage’ on Saturday night, took on the latest Bushtucker Trial in the ITV reality series As the pair headed down to the trial area, the NI man wasted no time in joking about his previous trial appearances, having been selected to face every challenge except one in the series so far. He turned to hosts Ant and Dec and remarked: “We need to stop meeting like this.” Dean McCullough has faced his fish gut fear in the latest Bushtucker Trial Watch: Coleen and Dean face tonight's Bushtucker trial - Absolute Carnage on I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! Absolute Carnage – which Coleen speculated correctly in true Wagatha Christie style would involve the celebrities being locked in a car – marked the first trial for the wife of former England captain Wayne Rooney. Her husband may have had a part in selecting her for the trial after he took to social media on Saturday night and advocated for his wife to be selected to “entertain their boys.” Luckily, she shared his enthusiasm as she arrived to take on the challenge. “I’m excited for my boys back home to see me do something. Hopefully I’m gonna do well, I’m gonna try my best,” she said. Ant and Dec then explained what ‘Absolute Carnage’ would entail – one of them would be locked inside the back of the ute with all of the stars. The stars were locked into place with different fastenings and they required different tools to undo each one of them. The other celebrity’s job was to search for the different tools around the garage and pass them over to the back of the ute once found. Radio 1 star Dean decided to take the role of searching for the tools, which meant Coleen was positioned in the back of the ute. But as the klaxon sounded, Coleen was joined by cockroaches, crickets, giant mealworms and rats, whilst Dean was left to search high and low in the surrounding garage area, coming face to face again with his arch nemesis - fish guts. Working as a team with 12 minutes to unlock all the stars, Coleen and Dean successfully won 9 stars for camp.
Rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels rushed for 127 yards, throwing for another 227 and for three touchdowns, including the game-winning touchdown pass to Zach Ertz. The Commanders staged a dramatic comeback from a 10-point deficit at half-time, sending them to the play-offs for the first time in four years. The win was enough to give the Los Angeles Rams the NFC West title as it ended the Seattle Seahawks hopes ahead of their meeting in the final week of the season. The Falcons need other results to go their way along with a win over the Carolina Panthers in their final game. Saquon Barkley became the ninth running back in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season as the Philadelphia Eagles clinched the NFC East title with a victory over the Dallas Cowboys. The 27-year-old achieved the feat with a 23-yard run during the fourth quarter of the Eagles’ crushing 41-7 success at Lincoln Financial Field. Barkley is 100 yards short of Eric Dickerson’s record of 2,105 yards, set in 1984 for the Los Angeles Rams, ahead of next week’s regular season finale against the New York Giants. However, he could be rested for that game in order to protect him from injury ahead of the play-offs. The Minnesota Vikings scored their ninth consecutive win after hanging on to beat the Green Bay Packers 27-25. Sam Darnold threw touchdowns to Cam Akers, Jordan Addison and Jalen Nailer, pushing his total for the season to 35. The victory set up a final-week showdown with the Detroit Lions for both the division title and top seed in the NFC. The Miami Dolphins kept themselves in the play-off race with a 20-3 victory over the Cleveland Browns. With Dolphins’ quarterback Tua Tagovailoa out with a hip injury, replacement Tyler Huntly threw for 225 yards and a touchdown. Miami will need to beat the New York Jets and hope the Denver Broncos lose to the Kansas City Chiefs to clinch the final AFC wildcard berth. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers kept alive their dreams of reaching the play-offs by overcoming the Carolina Panthers 48-14. Veteran quarterback Baker Mayfield produced a dominant performance at Raymond James Stadium, registering five passing touchdowns to equal a Buccaneers franchise record. The Buffalo Bills clinched the AFC conference number two seed for the post season with a 40-14 success over the New York Jets at Highmark Stadium. Josh Allen passed for 182 yards and two touchdowns, while rushing for another. Buffalo finish the 2024 regular season undefeated at home, with eight wins from as many games. The Indianapolis Colts’ hopes of reaching the play-offs were ended by a 45-33 defeat to the Giants. Malik Nabers exploded for 171 yards and two touchdowns and Ihmir Smith-Marsette broke a 100-yard kick-off return to give the Giants their highest-scoring output under head coach Brian Daboll. Quarterback Drew Lock threw four touchdown passes and accounted for a fifth on the ground to seal the win. Elsewhere, Mac Jones threw two touchdowns to help the Jacksonville Jaguars defeat the Tennessee Titans 20-13, while the Las Vegas Raiders beat the New Orleans Saints 25-10.Guidehouse Names Shannon White Leader of Defense & Security SegmentImproved ultrasound technique produces previously unattainable images inside live cells
The big night is finally here - Santa, Rudolph and the gang have started their big journey and are expected to reach the first homes in the Rebel County at midnight tonight. But if you want to know when to get the milk and cookies out - and of course some carrots for the reindeer - we've got a few resources to help you track Santa's sleigh throughout Christmas Eve. Cork Beo received confirmation from the North Pole that Father Christmas left the toy workshop at 11am this morning, and is expected to give out approximately 115,000 presents to children in the Rebel County alone. As he zooms across the globe, there is a high-tech radar tracker that allows all the girls and boys to watch Santa on his journey. You can keep an eye on him to see when he gets near Cork on the Norad Tracker here The team at Cork's National Space Centre are also keeping tabs on Santa again this year with their 100ft radio telescope. Located in the aptly named Elfordstown in Cork, this dish is a cornerstone of Ireland’s space communications history and has been in operation for 40 years. Originally built in 1984 by Eircom to send trans-Atlantic calls to North America via satellite, it has also been used to listen for the birth of stars in the cosmos and as a teaching device. Santa’s annual round-the-world trip officially started at around 11 am Irish time this morning. A midnight sweep through Ireland will be one of his last stops before he heads towards chimneys in North and South America. As always, Santa is using the bright light of the International Space Station (ISS) to help guide him on his travels. Just like his sleigh, the ISS is a state-of-the-art piece of machinery that glows really bright in the night sky as the sun reflects off its metallic surface. Santa's sleigh will be set to 'sprint' mode - matching the speed of the ISS which can travel once around the world every 90 minutes in a furious orbit. Anyone looking for some behind-the-scenes info can use the Santa Tracker from emailsanta.com , which also shows a live chat between Santa and the North Pole communications team. The North Pole Chief Elf told CorkBeo that Santa is expected to reach the Rebel County at around midnight, and wants to thank all the boys and girls in advance for leaving out carrots to feed his reindeer.