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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is being slammed on social media for comments she made about her "connection" with China that she spoke about during a press conference on Thursday. Pelosi said that she has always had a special connection with China because of a childhood memory. "When I was a little girl, I was told at the beach if I dug a hole deep enough, we would reach China, so we've always felt a connection there," Pelosi said . Pelosi made the comment during a trip to the Indo-Pacific. NANCY PELOSI LANDS IN TAIWAN AMID CHINESE THREATS, MILITARY ACTIVITY "We are truly led by imbeciles," Outkick founder Clay Travis said. "LOL what?," Turning Point USA's Benny Johnson said. "Make sure we look like idiots to the rest of the world, a Twitter user said. PELOSI TAIWAN TRIP: 4 US WARSHIPS POSITIONED EAST OF ISLAND "you’re telling me this person was our best choice to visit taiwan?," another Twitter user said. Pelosi mad...

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As states across the country were  banning private funding of election administration in response to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg spending about $400 million on the process in 2020, Montana election officials expressed urgent opposition in email exchanges to the same thing happening in their state. In March 2021, an email from an official with the Montana Association of Counties informed county election clerks the bill to ban what are sometimes called "Zuckbucks" is "dead and indefinitely postponed." In emails, one county official responded "Woot! Woot!" One wrote, "You’re all amazing." Another wrote, "That is so awesome." The responses demonstrate local election officials are "addicted" to private money from potentially politicized actors, according to a recent report from the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a watchdog group that analyzed emails obtained in a public records request. While Zuckerberg announced he has...

Anne Heche joins a list of stars who have been involved in major, near-fatal accidents. Heche, 53, crashed a blue Mini Cooper into a Mar Vista, California, home, Friday, igniting a fire. She was transported to a hospital in critical condition, according to emergency responders. Paul Walker was riding shotgun with his friend Roger Rodas when the pair were involved in a car accident in Santa Clarita, California. The "Fast & Furious" star did not survive the crash and died at 40. Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker was involved in a plane crash in 2008 and was one of two survivors on board the private plane. Barker, 46, only recently flew again thanks to his wife, Kourtney Kardashian. TIGER WOODS CAR CRASH CAUSE REVEALED, GOLFER WAS DRIVING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED Here’s a look at other stars who have been involved in major accidents over the years. Tiger Woods was involved in a single-vehicle rollover car wreck in February 2021. The golf pro’s accident occurred on a downhil...

Officials have announced arrangements for the funeral of Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski , who was killed in a car accident this week. Walorski's funeral will be held Aug. 11 at 11 a.m. ET at Granger Community Church in Granger, Indiana, and is being arranged by Palmer Funeral Home.  Visitation will be held at the church Aug. 10, from noon to 7 p.m. INDIANA GOP CONGRESSWOMAN JACKIE WALORSKI KILLED IN CAR CRASH Walorski, 58, communications director Emma Thomson, 28, and district director Zachary Potts, 27, were killed in a head-on collision Wednesday in Elkhart County, Indiana after the vehicle carrying Walorski crossed the center line, the Elkhart County Sheriff's Office said. REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS REACT TO REP. WALORSKI'S TRAGIC CAR CRASH DEATH: ‘JUST THE WORST NEWS’ Edith Schmucker, 56, the sole occupant of the colliding vehicle, was also killed. Elkhart County's Sheriff's Office released updated information Thursday that corrected what the offic...

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The White House summoned Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang Thursday night amid increased tensions in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Friday. The meeting came as China has suspended all planned discussions with the U.S. on key international issues as retaliation against the visit and is holding live-fire military exercises surrounding Taiwan.  "We felt it was important to bring the ambassador in, to make clear our positions about their provocative actions," Kirby told reporters. "And as I said in my readout we condemn the military actions." CHINA HALTS MILITARY, CLIMATE TALKS WITH US IN RETALIATION FOR PELOSI VISIT Kirby added: "We also made clear to the ambassador that Beijing's actions are concern not only to us, but to Taiwan and to the rest of the world. And made clear that – we wanted to make sure that he knew how much the international community was also opposed to this....