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I exclusively uncovered the identities of prominent U.S. journalists flown to China by a CCP-linked influence operation seeking โfavorable coverageโ and โpositive messagesโ about Beijing. ๐งต
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Scott Presler doesnโt run campaigns or hold office. He organizes. Since April, he has been publicly pressuring Senate Majority Leader John Thune to deliver the SAVE America Act โ doing it loudly, on social media, on the ground in states where the base is watching. The South Dakota GOP apparently decided theyโd had enough of it.
Presler had a ticket to the SD state GOP convention dinner where Thune and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin were speaking. He was blocked at the door and told to leave. The man who turned him away explained his reasoning on camera, while Presler was livestreaming to Facebook:
โ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต? ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ. ๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.โ
Then Presler made his own closing statement, calmly: โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ? ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ต๐ข ๐๐๐.โ
John Thune controls the Senate floor schedule. The SAVE America Act โ backed by the president and the MAGA base โ has been stuck in that legislative limbo. Preslerโs entire operation is built on ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ when they stall the agenda the base voted for. A Thune event staffer ejecting him on a Facebook livestream is the kind of moment that travels.
The establishment GOP has a long history of treating the grassroots as a constituency to be managed rather than a coalition to be served. The crowd that voted for Trump twice doesnโt forget which senators made them wait.
๐๐ข๐๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ.
RIP. Oklahoma Deputy Sheriff Thomas "Walker" LeMay was murdered when he was shot and killed during a welfare check in Wister, at a home off of Highway 270 at approximately 11:00 a.m.
On April 19, officers from the LeFlore County Sheriff's Office, the Wister Police Department, and the U.S. Forestry Department, were called to assist with a welfare check at a residence. Upon arrival they were met with gunfire; when the officers returned fire the suspect retreated into the residence and barricaded himself inside. During the exchange of gunfire, Deputy Sheriff LeMay and a Wister police officer were struck, and Deputy Sheriff LeMay was pronounced dead at the scene.
After several hours, and the response of additional agencies including the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the suspect surrendered and was treated for minor injuries, then taken into custody.
The Wister officer was moved to a local hospital where he remains in stable condition.
Deputy LeMay was a true servant of the people, he is survived by his parents, brother, and a baby girl.
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