McCarthy To Resign From Congress At The End Of The Year

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks with members of the media following a meeting of the Republican House caucus on September 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. The government is expected to enter a shutdown at midnight if a last-minute budget deal is not reached by the House on Saturday. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks with members of the media following a meeting of the Republican House caucus on September 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

OAN’s Sophia Flores
8:52 AM – Wednesday, December 6, 2023

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Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy has revealed in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that he will leave the House of Representatives at the end of this month.

“I have decided to depart the House at the end of this year to serve America in new ways. I know my work is only getting started,” he said.

“I will continue to recruit our country’s best and brightest to run for elected office,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) continued. “The Republican Party is expanding every day, and I am committed to lending my experience to support the next generation of leaders.”

His announcement came a week prior to the House’s holiday recess.

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Israel Calls for UN Chief’s Resignation After Comments Justifying Hamas Attack

Israel Calls for UN Chief's Resignation After Comments Justifying Hamas Attack
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Israel is calling for the resignation of the United Nations secretary-general, António Guterres, for comments he made defending Hamas’s brutal attacks on Israel

After an obligatory reference to comments he says he made that “condemned unequivocally the horrifying and unprecedented 7 October acts of terror by Hamas in Israel,” Guterres took it all back.

Guterres said that “it is important to also recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum,” pointing to “56 years of suffocating occupation” that the Palestinian people suffered. So “56 years of suffocating occupation” justifies beheading babies, raping women, murdering defenseless civilians, and then celebrating the bloody rampage?

Why yes, says Guterres. Yes, it does. Except when it doesn’t.

“The grievances of the Palestinian people cannot justify the appalling attacks by Hamas,” he added. “Nothing can justify the deliberate killing, injuring, and kidnapping of civilians — or the launching of rockets against civilian targets.”

What planet does this guy live on?

Sorry, Mr. Moral Pygmy. You can’t have it both ways. I’ve said several times when writing about this war that when politicians have tried to straddle the Hamas atrocities by practicing bothsidesism, they ignore the fact that this is an either/or question. Either you justify Hamas atrocities or you stand with Israel against the barbarians. There’s no “in-between.” There’s no middle ground. And politicians like Barack Obama and Guterres who attempt to split the moral difference end up being morally diminished.

The New York Sun editorial board tried to give voice to the rage and hurt inflicted on Israelis and Jews all over the world by those mealy-mouthed words.

The speech today by the secretary general of the United Nations, António Guterres, blaming Israel for the attack on it by Hamas is one of the most shocking moments in the history of the world body. It absolutely infuriated Israel, its diplomats, and the Jewish community world wide. It is hard to imagine that the UN, already a deeply corrupted institution obsessed with Israel, can continue with business as usual.

We grasp that there was a certain diplomatic subtlety to the way Mr. Guterres couched his libel — a blood libel, at that.  There is no justification for the October 7 attack by Hamas, he said, and then justified it by claiming it “did not happen in a vacuum.” As our Benny Avni reports, he enumerated hardships inflicted on Palestinian Arabs. His remarks smacked of attempts by enemies of the Jews to suggest that the Jews deserved the Holocaust.

Israel’s foreign minister, Eli Cohen, responded to Guterres’s blood libel by fighting off tears while reading the names of the dead children murdered by Hamas in the October 7 attacks.

“Mr. Secretary-General, in what world do you live? Definitely, this is not our world.”

Later, Cohen said he would not meet with Guterres and that “there is no room for a balanced approach. Hamas must be erased from the world!”

Israel’s UN ambassador, Gilad Erdan, called on Guterres to resign.

“The U.N. is failing, and you, Mr. Secretary-General, have lost all morality and impartiality. Because when you say those terrible words that these heinous attacks did not happen in a vacuum, you are tolerating terrorism, and I think that the secretary-general must resign,” he said. “Because from now on, every day that he is here in this building, unless he apologizes immediately, today, we called him to apologize, there’s no justification to the existence of this building. ”

Would Israel leave the UN over this? Cohen seemed to hint it was a possibility. As long as Guterres remains as secretary general of the UN, Mr. Erdan told reporters, “there is no justification for this building.” He added that Israel will have to reassess its relations with the UN.

If Biden was truly “standing with Israel,” he would also call for Guterres’s resignation. But Biden is a Moral Pygmy too, and there’s no chance of that happening.

U.S. General Mark Milley Takes Hit At Trump During Retirement Speech

U.S. General Mark Milley Takes Hit At Trump During Retirement Speech

Retiring Gen. Mark Milley Assails Trump As "Wannabe Dictator" | FULL EVENT

Greg Kelly: Gen. Mark Milley 'sabotaged the country and brags about it'

Armed Forces Farewell Tribute Held In Honor Of General Mark A. Milley
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - SEPTEMBER 29: U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley as Biden arrives for an Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in Milley's honor at Summerall Field at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall September 29, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. Incoming Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown Jr. will be the 21st person to hold the position. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley as Biden arrives for an Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in Milley’s honor at Summerall Field at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall September 29, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

OAN’s Abril Elfi 
7:35 AM – Saturday, September 30, 2023

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United States General Mark Milley slammed Trump during his farewell speech saying that  troops take an oath to the Constitution and not to a “wannabe dictator.”

On Friday, the now-former general gave his final speech during his retirement ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia. Milley used his final speech as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to underline that troops take an oath to the Constitution, not a “wannabe dictator,” only days after former President Donald Trump recommended the nation’s highest officer be punished for his actions under the Trump Administration. 

“We don’t take an oath to a king, or a queen, or to a tyrant or dictator, and we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator,” Milley said. “We don’t take an oath to an individual. We take an oath to the Constitution, and we take an oath to the idea that is America, and we’re willing to die to protect it.”

The speech comes a week after the 45th president reportedly came after Milley on social media over reports that he had contacted his Chinese counterpart during the Trump administration to let them know that the U.S. was not planning to attack. 

In a speech last Friday, Trump had called the chairman “a Woke train wreck who, if the Fake News reporting is correct, was actually dealing with China to give them a heads up on the thinking of the President of the United States.”

“This is an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!” Trump continued.

As a response, Milley had told the press that he was taking adequate safety precautions to ensure his and his family’s safety. 

“I wish those comments had not been made, and I’ll take appropriate measures to ensure my safety and the safety of my family,” Milley said.

Not only did the general give his farewell speech but President Joe Biden also spoke at the retirement ceremony. 

The 46th president took his time on stage to address the possible government shutdown stating that if the House fails to fund the government it would be failing troops who would still show up without getting paid.

He also added how the longer the shutdown lasts, the harder it would become for military families to be able to pay their bills. 

“It’s a disgrace, you can’t be playing politics when our troops stand in the breach,” Biden said. “It’s an absolute dereliction of duty.”

Biden finished his speech with a tribute to Senator Dianne Feinstein, whose passing had been announced that morning, saying she was a historic figure and the country is going to “miss her dearly.” 

“She was a historic figure, trailblazer for women, and a great friend. Dianne made her mark on everything from national security to the environment, gun safety to protecting civil liberties,” Biden said. “The country is going to miss her dearly, and so will Jill and I.”

Milley received his retirement certificate, ending a nearly four-decade career that included appointments as Army chief of staff and commanding general of the United States Army Forces Command.

At the ceremony, the general handed down his title to his successor, General Charles Q. Brown Jr. 

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Sen. Bob Menendez trying to ‘hold back avalanche’ of calls to resign

The sweeping bribery case brought against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez includes allegations that he took cash and gold in exchange for interfering in a criminal case against a New Jersey real estate developer. The Hill’s Niall Stanage discusses the increasing demands that Menendez step aside, including members of his own party.