A 16-year-old student at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, North Carolina, faced a three-day suspension last week, the Carolina Journal reported.
The cause? His use of the term ‘illegal alien’ during a vocabulary assignment in English class.
The Carolina Journal has omitted the teenager’s name due to his minor status and in order to safeguard his privacy. Similarly, The Gateway Pundit has also chosen not to disclose the student’s identity.
Leah McGhee, the mother of the student, reported that the vocabulary exercise included the word ‘alien’. Trying to clarify, her son inquired, “Like space aliens or illegal aliens without green cards?”
This question led to a confrontation with another student, escalating to the point where the teacher summoned the assistant principal.
The administrative staff subsequently determined the term used by McGhee’s son as ‘offensive and disrespectful’ towards Hispanic classmates, leading to his suspension.
In his defense, the student stated, “I didn’t make a statement directed towards anyone; I asked a question. I wasn’t speaking of Hispanics because everyone from other countries needs green cards, and the term ‘illegal alien’ is an actual term that I hear on the news and can find in the dictionary.”
The Carolina Journal reported that this suspension could potentially tarnish the student’s academic record and jeopardize his aspirations for an athletic scholarship. Besides being a diligent student, he is also a committed athlete, participating in school clubs, track, and cross country.
Leah McGhee wrote in an email to local officials, “He is devastated and concerned that the racism label on his school record will harm his future goal of receiving a track scholarship. We are concerned that he will fall behind in his classes due to being absent for three consecutive days.”
Despite attempts to rectify the situation, the assistant principal has not agreed to remove the infraction from the student’s record.
The family has engaged an attorney to address the issue in hopes of preventing any long-term negative impact on the student’s future.
State Senator Steve Jarvis has reached out to the school district’s superintendent regarding the matter, emphasizing the need for a fair resolution while acknowledging his limited understanding of the incident’s specifics.
Elon Musk has weighed in, labeling the incident as “absurd.”
Central Davidson High School’s principal, Heather Horton, told The Gateway Pundit, “We cannot discuss a specific student or their actions due to federal student privacy protections. Please know that Davidson County Schools administrators take all discipline incidents seriously and investigate each one thoroughly. Any violation of the code of conduct is handled appropriately by administrators.”
Back in 2021, Joe Biden proposed some changes to immigration policy. His initiatives aimed to create an eight-year pathway to citizenship for approximately 11 million individuals residing in the U.S. without legal status, along with removing the term ‘alien’ from legal terminology, which he described as “dehumanizing.”
I’m pretty sure the term “illegal alien” has been used as the official term for the U.S. Government for a very long time.
That didn’t stop Biden from trying to ban it in 2021.
Regardless, free speech means being able to use any term one wants.
An Indiana National Guard member reportedly shot an illegal immigrant who stabbed another unlawful immigrant at the U.S.-Mexico border.
According to an internal Border Patrol bulletin obtained by News Nation, a member of the Indiana National Guard discharged his weapon at an illegal alien, stabbing another illegal immigrant on U.S. soil near the edge of the Rio Grande River.
The National Guard’s Media Department responded to the shooting by releasing a statement that reads, “The Indiana National Guard is aware of the incident that happened Sunday, April 14.”
“We support and care for our soldiers and airmen supporting Operation Lone Star.” added the National Guard.
At the beginning of April, Indiana sent guard members to the southern border to assist Governor Greg Abbot’s Operation Lonestar, which aims to “enforce federal and state laws preventing migration along the border.”
An Indiana National Guard member was involved in a shooting at the southern border Sunday but details are scant while an investigation continues.
According to a NewsNation report, the soldier saw an individual stabbing a fellow migrant along the river’s edge in El Paso, which is on U.S. soil. The soldier shot at the individual, who ran back into Mexico. It is unclear what they were shot with or whether they were struck.
Indiana National Guard officials deferred specific questions to Texas military officials.
“The Indiana National Guard is aware of the incident that happened Sunday, April 14. We support and care for our soldiers and airmen supporting Operation Lone Star,” the Guard said in a statement.
The Texas Military Department released a statement saying “Early on the afternoon of 14 April, a National Guard Servicemember assigned to Operation Lone Star discharged a weapon in a border-related incident. The incident is under investigation. More information will be made available as the investigation progresses.”
Reports: Migrant shot by Indiana National Guard soldier at southern border https://t.co/7tF5kRNGvA
A Wisconsin registered sex offender who identifies as a “transgender vampire” has been convicted of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled girl — and charged with homicide for allegedly strangling a similarly disabled man.
Adam “Sabrina” Hetke, 35, was convicted last week of first-degree sexual assault by threatening the use of a dangerous weapon and second-degree assault of a mentally ill victim for an attack on a 16-year-old developmentally disabled girl.
Hetke was already a registered sex offender and was released from prison in November 2020
The Waukesha County Freeman reports, “According to the complaint in the case, Hetke met a 16-year-old girl with cognitive disabilities at a Waukesha gas station on July 6, 2021, went to her nearby home, and allegedly sexually assaulted her while keeping a knife nearby and threatening to use it before she jumped out of a bedroom window.”
“Victim A said that the Defendant ‘told her that he was a vampire and that he would bite her if she didn’t do what he wanted,” the complaint said.
Hetke is to be sentenced for the sexual assault on June 7.
The self-described “vampire” is also facing homicide charges in Milwaukee for the April 2021 death of Vydale Thompson-Moody, 28, who also had a cognitive disability.
“Hetke told Milwaukee police the victim in that case was ‘possessed by a demon’ and began stabbing himself in the chest with tongs. Hetke said she was able to exorcise the demon, but the demon then caused the victim to wrap a cord around his neck and pull the ends,” the complaint says.
The New York Post reports, “One witness said he was scared of Hetke, who also went by the name ‘Morrigan’ and claimed she could inject demons into people’s bodies.”
Hetke told the witness that he could inject demons into people’s bodies.
“I killed him. God can’t bring him back, but I can because I’m the devil,” Hetke said, according to the complaint.
The calendar seems to melt away – over 3 years ago J6 political prisoner Jake Lang was arrested by the Biden regime. Jake was identified from his social media and arrested on January 16th, 2021, and remains incarcerated without bail or trial for over THREE YEARS now.
On January 6, 2021 Jake attended the protest and rally in Washington DC because he believed the election was stolen from Donald Trump. Jake was one of the over one million Trump supporters who turned out that day to hear President Trump speak at the Ellipse in Washington DC.
Later that day, Jake walked to the US Capitol, where he was gassed and trampled when Capitol Police pushed Trump supporters down the stairs. Jake was nearly killed when he was buried under a sea of bodies as US Capitol police continued to push Trump supporters down the steps on top of him.
Jake was able to crawl out from under the pile. He then saw that Trump supporter Philip Anderson was knocked out and being smothered under the pile of protesters so he pulled Philip to safety and saved his life. Jake and others were there when Rosanne Boyland was killed that day. Rosanne was pushed down by police, trampled, and then beaten with a police stick by Officer Lila Morris. Rosanne died on the steps of the US Capitol.
Two weeks ago, General Michael Flynn and The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft held a Twitter space for Jake Lang who was “celebrating” his fourth birthday in prison. Jake has not been tried yet in a DC Kangaroo Court for his actions that day.
After the Twitter Space Jake was removed from his cell in the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center and placed in isolation.
No one has heard from Jake Lang since then.
On Monday afternoon Jake Lang left a horrifying message on Jim Hoft’s phone. Jake Lang is being tortured in the Brooklyn MDC.
Hey, Jim Hoft. Hey, Jim Hoft. Oh, man, this is horrific. This is the most grotesque and inhumane conditions of confinement I have ever had to suffer under. Brooklyn MDC has retaliated and tossed me into solitary confinement for exercising my First Amendment right in that beautiful birthday, my fourth birthday in prison with General Flynn and yourself.
We had thousands of people listening live, and they have now stripped me of my First Amendment rights. I was able to get one phone call out in 30 days, and now I’m able to call through a legal line. My lawyer set up.
So I’m making a plea to the American people. They are torturing January 6ers. They’re torturing prisoners inside Brooklyn Federal Prison. I’ve been wearing the same pair of underwear for a week, shirt, socks. They have completely denied any entertainment whatsoever. No books, no radio, no phone calls home. I’m just in a bleak, desolate prison cell, separated completely from society.
They tried to “unperson” me. They tried to make me a non person not into and stripping of all my constitutional and God-given rights. And this is an aberration of justice that cannot stand.
Please call Brooklyn MDC and complain about Edward Jacob Lang being held in solitary confinement for doing virtually nothing wrong.
Thank you, Jim. God bless you. God bless The Gateway Pundit. Please call.
So where are the human rights groups? Where are the ACLU, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch?
Jake Lang also filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland where he describes the horrible prison abuse and torture he has suffered.
President Trump on Tuesday morning once again called out the far-left judge presiding over the Stormy Daniel’s ‘hush money’ trial.
NY Judge Juan Merchan imposed a strict gag order that prevented Trump from criticizing his family members.
Merchan ordered Trump to refrain from making any public statements about witnesses and jurors in the Stormy Daniels case. Alvin Bragg accused Trump of violating the gag order when he criticized Merchan’s daughter even though she isn’t a witness or a juror.
The judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, is a far-left political operative who worked for the Biden-Harris campaign.
Loren Merchan’s firm, Authentic Campaigns, Inc., has received tens of millions of dollars from Democrats who want to take down Trump.
According to The New York Post, Loren Merchan helped Democrats raise $93 million off of her father’s case.
President Trump is still allowed to trash Judge Merchan and Alvin Bragg.
Trump went off on Judge Merchan on Tuesday morning.
“This conflicted, Trump Hating Judge won’t let me respond to people that are on TV lying and spewing hate all day long. He is running rough shod over my lawyers and legal team. The New York System of “Justice” is being decimated by critics from all over the World. I want to speak, or at least be able to respond. Election Interference! RIGGED, UNCONSTITUTIONAL TRIAL! Take off the Gag Order!!!” Trump said in a Truth Social post Tuesday morning.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday filed a motion to hold Trump in contempt for violating the judge’s gag order.
Judge Merchan will hold a hearing on the contempt order on April 23.
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After warning us for months that 2024 could see another deadly pandemic, the medical establishment and governmental health organizations are sounding the alarm bells on bird flu.
Not only are they drawing comparisons to COVID-19, they are in fact claiming that bird flu has the potential to be 100 TIMES MORE DEADLY!
Fear Mongering, Food Supply Threat, Virus with a Deadly Past, BARDA Self-Amplifying mRNA Vaccines–A Perfect Storm is Brewing . . .
Bill Gates and the World Economic Forum (WEF) believe we should reduce our reliance on animal food products as part of their globalist views. Thus, a food scare in westernized countries with market recalls and destruction of poultry and meat would further dystopian goals for the Davos club]. H5N1 has a historical fatality rate of 52.16% in humans and fear alone could drive considerable anxiety in large populations not only about exposure through food, but pets, and other humans.
It’s difficult to determine if H5N1 is the next ‘Disease X’ at the moment. It’s possible due to the abundance of GOF research and biotech interests, ready-made vaccines, and powerful drivers of mass panic in the wings. If more cases occur in clusters or bona fide outbreaks with human-to-human transmission, we could be well on our way to a 2024 avian influenza pandemic crisis.
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Corona Farmers Market in Queens, New York is one of the most dynamic and diverse farmers markets in the city and is steps off the subway and mass transit system for the city. USDA Photo by Preston Keres
The California economy should serve as a cautionary tale for the rest of the nation, showcasing the negative impact of illegal immigration combined with liberal social welfare programs that discourage citizens from working.
The ‘Californication’ of the United States would exacerbate illegal immigration, depress market-driven labor rates, expand welfare rolls, significantly raise taxes on those employed, and prompt the government to address the diminished standard of living by imposing an exorbitant minimum wage.
Increasing the labor pool through illegal immigration drives down wages. The most basic law of economics, supply and demand, states that when supply increases and demand remains the same, price goes down.
You need water to live, but water is cheap because there is a large supply. Gold and diamonds are less of a necessity for maintaining life, but they are expensive because there is a large demand and limited supply. If tomorrow a new goldmine was discovered which quadrupled the supply of gold, the price of gold would go down.
Illegal immigrants increase the supply of workers, which brings down the price of labor, i.e., the wage. And although it is true that illegal immigrants are concentrated in certain industries, the decline in wages affects all industries.
The industries with the highest percentage of illegal immigrants are construction, cleaning, maintenance, food service, garment manufacturing, and agricultural occupations. The Americans who were displaced from those industries went to work in other industries, increasing the quantity of labor and driving down wages.
Using California as an example of what some people want to do to the entire country: illegal immigrants comprise 9% of the population. The market wage for workers was low because of the large pool of immigrants.
The Democratic legislation addressed this issue by imposing a draconian minimum wage of $16 an hour for all workers and $20 for those working in fast food.
The state also has liberal unemployment and welfare rules. As market wages drop and unemployment or welfare benefits increase, people are disincentivized to continue working.
In many Democrat-led states, workers can earn more on benefits than they can working. And a minimum wage of $20 an hour will not fix this problem. Jobs like landscaping and construction used to pay more than $20 an hour.
And jobs in maintenance and janitorial services, while not the highest paid, used to have job security and benefits when they were done on the books, by legal workers.
The Americans who lost those career jobs to illegals cannot make up the lost income by flipping burgers. Removing the illegal immigrants from the labor force will cause the natural rate of wages in landscaping, construction, and maintenance to increase, motivating people to go back to work.
The high taxes, high minimum wage, and lack of law enforcement have caused a steady exodus of companies, resulting in rising unemployment. However, the minimum wage only applies to legal workers, not illegals, so many of the unemployed citizens were replaced by illegal immigrants.
And now, the taxpayers are paying for it in the form of unemployment or welfare benefits. However, the illegals do not pay taxes. So, the tax burden on each legal worker is increasing, which then disincentivizes people from working. And the circle goes on and on, spiraling steadily downward.
At the national level, Democrats in favor of illegal immigration claim that low unemployment rates in the US are proof that “we need illegal immigrants” to fill those jobs. However, this claim ignores the labor force participation rate, which took a nosedive in 2020 and has never returned to pre-pandemic levels.
The labor force participation rate refers to the percentage of the working-age population (usually defined as individuals aged 16 and older) who are either employed or actively seeking employment.
People who are on unemployment are still counted as being part of the labor force because they are allegedly looking for a job. Only those who give up or go on permanent welfare or benefits are no longer counted.
There are two important points here. By liberalizing unemployment benefits, increasing the amount and the duration of the payments, the Biden Administration gets to count these people as part of the labor force.
And yet, the labor force participation rate is declining. This brings us to the second point. The federal government spent $1.3 trillion on welfare programs in 2023. If social benefits were not plentiful, more people would remain in the workforce.
In California, the labor force participation rate has been trending steadily downward since 1989. Currently, only 62% of legal adults are part of California’s labor force. Meanwhile, California has one of the highest incidences of tax in the country.
It also has 28% of the total homeless population of the United States, with the number having increased by 40% over the past 5 years. In short, California is a mess of outcomes that could not happen in a free-market economy that enforced immigration laws and was tough on crime.
According to Pew Research, 87% of Democrat voters agree that illegal immigrants only do jobs Americans won’t do. This notion is completely false. The reality is, there is no job Americans won’t do if they are paid for it.
Removing the illegals and canceling the benefits programs will bring about an equilibrium between wages and labor force participation. Taxes could be cut, and the minimum wage for unskilled work could go back to a reasonable market rate.
People would be incentivized to work and to better themselves, while the burger-flipping jobs would revert to the high school and college students who previously held them.
For its nearly universal control over the news-industrial complex, the left has failed to penetrate the one and only media format dominated by conservatives: talk radio.
Despite repeated liberal incursions into the medium, from Mario Cuomo to Tom Daschle to Air America, the left cannot make a showing. Now, it has launched a series of deceptive websites and bought up talk radio outlets — apparently in hopes that, where persuasion failed, cold hard cash may prevail.
“Over the last two years, Soros Fund Management, the firm founded by the billionaire investor and now controlled by the Open Society Foundations, has become an increasingly key player in the oldest electronic mass media: radio,” Semafor reported.
Two months ago, the business arm of the Soros empire bought out Audacy, giving it control of more than 230 radio stations and innumerable podcasts. The fund is now openly discussing taking over Cumulus Media, which owned and operated 403 radio stations across 85 markets in the United States last year, according to its website.
Soros facilitated the buy-out of 18 Univision radio stations by a consortium of former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, known as The Latino Media Network, for $60 million in cash. When Vice Media faced bankruptcy in 2019, Soros provided part of the $250 million in debt relief that kept it afloat.
“Soros specifically funneled at least $131,111,250 between 2016 and 2020 into 253 journalism and activist media groups worldwide to spread his radical leftist ideas on abortion, Marxist economics, anti-Americanism, defunding the police, environmental extremism and LGBT fanaticism,” reported the Media Research Center in a three-part exposé.
Some $103 million of the $131 million went directly to media outlets, including $2 million to Wikipedia — which, despite its dependably left-leaning bias, poses as an impartial encyclopedia.
Donor-driven deception seems to be a recurring theme for the Soros media takeover, as numerous beneficiaries disguise left-wing political advocacy in the form of “local news” websites.
Among the practitioners of this art is Tara McGowan, a Democratic political operative who worked for the 2012 Obama-Biden re-election campaign and for the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign’s primary super PAC, Priorities USA Action. (To give you a flavor, a 2012 Priorities USA ad falsely charged Utah Republican Mitt Romney with causing a woman to die of cancer.)
After Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump, McGowan got concerned, writing in a 2019 memo that the “Democratic Party, long reliant on television and radio, is losing the media war.” To fill the gap, she created Courier Newsroom, owned by another McGowan organization, Good Information Inc. Courier’s media outlets use apolitical news stories with local content to deliver Democratic diatribes.
“The goal was to get persuadable voters engaged with unassuming content, then feed them political persuasion content, using underwriters who would pay Courier to come up with the content,” a former Courier employee revealed.
George Soros is one of those underwriters. So, too, is Planned Parenthood. The nation’s leading abortion franchise gave McGowan’s faux news media empire a quarter of a million dollars in the 2021-2022 fiscal year alone. Yet McGowan did not disclose either contributor, which one investigator noted “cannot be traced through public records until years after the fact.”
Courier also has another revolving door with the Biden administration: McGowan has visited the Biden White House 20 times, according to a review of White House visitor logs carried out by Fox News. One visit produced an exclusive interview with Biden — but the rest seem to have influenced Courier’s journalism in other ways.
McGowan met with Patrick Stevenson, Biden’s senior advisor for digital strategy, raising questions about whether McGowan coordinated its media activities with the administration. (That would be old hat. A 2016 email from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign manager outlined a strategy of illegal “coordination of some ads with Priorities” USA.)
The left followed the same blueprint in the 2022 midterm elections. Last time, the misleading media strategy worked through The American Independent, the grotesquely misnamed company then led by Media Matters founder David Brock. The group, now branding itself “TAI News,” hosts “local” websites in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Montana, where incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester faces a difficult re-election race. “It’s been widely reported that where local news outlets shut down, dis- and misinformation grows,” said Jessica McCreight, then TAI’s executive editor, in 2022. “To combat this challenge, The American Independent has expanded to bring readers local, fact-based news and information on topics and issues that impact their communities.”
TAI used McGowan’s model of writing local news to sell its political product. For instance, the Pennsylvania Independent’s story “Pennsylvania is home to the world’s mushroom capital” sits alongside headlines slamming alleged GOP “health care cuts” and touting Biden’s “clean energy investments in Pennsylvania farms.” Yet the state websites carry dizzyingly repetitive content for an operation purportedly dedicated to local news.
Each site carries the same national news stories, usually as the lead. Very little original local content takes place: As of this writing, the Wisconsin website has the same story, with the same graphic, side-by-side as the lead story in both the Politics and Economy sections.
TAI News also shares McGowan’s troubles with the truth and ties to partisan hacks. TAI’s current president, Joe Conason, wrote a baseless 1992 article claiming that President George H.W. Bush had an affair with longtime aide Jennifer Fitzgerald and a 2003 book titled “Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth.”
TAI’s former president, Matt Fuehrmeyer, had been a senior aide at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Ownership and management of media matters. Look at Fox News since Rupert Murdoch stepped back from day-to-day affairs, leaving its direction to his children. As part of its 2022 Pride Month coverage, Fox News Channel carried a news story celebrating a child’s gender transition.
Last April, FNC fired its top-rated host, Tucker Carlson, days after he delivered a revival-themed address to The Heritage Foundation. While Fox News still has outstanding hosts and guests, its retreat from social issues mirrors the views of management.
This seeming minutiae impacts citizens’ ability to make a difference for Christ in the public square. Since information fuels and directs action, intelligence is a vital asset of spiritual warfare. The world’s greatest calamity occurred when our first parents acted on erroneous information (Genesis 3:5).
On the other hand, God asks rhetorically whether His people know of His power to cast aside kingdoms that violate His laws by asking in Isaiah 40:21, “Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told you from the beginning?”
The anti-life crowd believes it can hide its venomous viewpoint in objective-looking news sites. If you do not know the bias and ownership of your “local” media site, why not read — and promote — news outlets like this one that share your Christian worldview? We will never sell out to shadowy leftist billionaires. We have already been bought with a price (I Corinthians 7:23).
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose election campaign received significant funding from radical left billionaire George Soros, has filed a motion to hold former President Donald Trump in contempt of court.
The motion alleges that Trump violated a gag order set by Judge Juan Merchan during the jury selection phase of the Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ trial.
Earlier this month, far-left judge Merchan expanded Trump’s gag order and barred the former president from criticizing his family members. In March, Judge Merchan issued a gag order against Trump.
Merchan ordered Trump to refrain from making any public statements about witnesses and jurors in the Stormy Daniels case. Alvin Bragg accused Trump of violating the gag order when he criticized Merchan’s daughter even though she isn’t a witness or a juror.
Trump threw down the gauntlet and blasted Judge Merchan in a series of Truth Social posts after the far-left judge expanded the gag order.
President Trump said he will continue to tell the truth and “gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela” and is willing to “sacrifice my Freedom for that worthy cause.”
“Now, we have Merchan, who is not allowing me to talk, thereby violating the Law and the Constitution, all at once. It is so bad what he is trying to get away with – How was he even chosen for this case??? I heard he fought like hell to get it, and all of the rest of them also! If this Partisan Hack wants to put me in the “clink” for speaking the open and obvious TRUTH, I will gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela – It will be my GREAT HONOR. We have to Save our Country from these Political Operatives masquerading as Prosecutors and Judges, and I am willing to sacrifice my Freedom for that worthy cause. We are a Failing Nation, but on November 5th, we will become a Great Nation again. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump said on Truth Social a couple of weeks ago.
The Manhattan DA’s office said in the motion that Trump’s actions, which included labeling Cohen as a “disgraced attorney and felon” in one of his posts and referring to Judge Merchan and prosecutors as “thugs,” represent a willful violation of the court’s directives.
The motion said:
“It is absolutely critical that defendant immediately halt any conduct that would violate the April 1 order’s narrow restrictions to protect the integrity of the ongoing trial. A finding of criminal contempt, imposition of sanctions, and stark warnings from this court are the minimum remedies necessary to achieve this indispensable objective.”
Judge Juan Merchan has set a hearing for April 23 to consider the prosecutors’ request to find the former president in contempt.
On Monday, the office of the Manhattan District Attorney not only sought a finding of contempt but also requested the imposition of sanctions against Trump. These include a financial penalty for each alleged violation and a stern warning that further violation could result in jail time.
The DA’s office outlined its request for the court to enforce a $1,000 sanction for each of three prior posts, demand their removal, and caution Trump against future violations under threat of incarceration.
According to the motion:
In addition, this Court should again admonish defendant to comply with his obligations under the order. And finally, this Court should warn defendant that future violations of the Court’s restrictions on his extrajudicial statements can be punished not only with additional fines, but also with a term of incarceration of up to thirty days.
It is absolutely critical that defendant immediately halt any conduct that would violate the April 1 order’s narrow restrictions to protect the integrity of the ongoing trial. A finding of criminal contempt, imposition of sanctions, and stark warnings from this Court are the minimum remedies necessary to achieve this indispensable objective.
Judge Merchan has indicated his intention to sign an order that will outline the procedures for addressing the contempt motion.
“This conflicted, Trump Hating Judge won’t let me respond to people that are on TV lying and spewing hate all day long. He is running rough shod over my lawyers and legal team. The New York System of “Justice” is being decimated by critics from all over the World. I want to speak, or at least be able to respond. Election Interference! RIGGED, UNCONSTITUTIONAL TRIAL! Take off the Gag Order!!!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social Tuesday.
More than a dozen Republican attorneys general have raised concerns alleging that Bank of America (BoA) is “de-banking” some customers because of their religious or political views.
Fox News Digital obtained a letter from Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach to BoA’s CEO Brian T. Moynihan suggesting that the company “appears to be conditioning access to its services on customers having the bank’s preferred religious or political views.”
“Your discriminatory behavior is a serious threat to free speech and religious freedom, is potentially illegal, and is causing political and regulatory backlash,” the letter sent Monday states. “Your bank needs to be transparent with and assure us, its shareholders, and others that it will not continue to de-bank customers for their speech or religious exercise,” the AGs wrote.
Media relations representative, Bill Halldin, denied the claims in a statement saying, “Religious beliefs are not a factor in any account-closing decision.”
“We are proud to provide banking services to non-profit organizations affiliated with diverse faith communities throughout the United States,” he said.
The AGs claim that Bank of America has previously denied services to gun manufacturers, distributors, and sellers, fossil-fuel producers, contractors for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and private prisons and related services.
Additionally, the letter references reports that the bank cooperated with the FBI and U.S. Treasury to profile conservative and religious Americans as potential “domestic terrorists.”
The Gateway Pundit reported that in November 2023, Chairman Jim Jordan of the House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government issued a subpoena to BoA over their data-sharing practices.
Documents from 2021 reveal that BoA voluntarily provided the FBI with details of individuals who transacted in the Washington, D.C., area from January 5-7, 2021. This action was taken without any legal mandate, prompting the committee’s inquiry into whether the bank collaborated with the FBI to collect data on American citizens outside of legal boundaries.
The letter to Moynihan reads in part, “Those agencies outrageously used innocuous information—such as whether someone shopped at outdoor stores, supported Trump, purchased religious texts, had conservative views on COVID-19 or immigration, or associated with groups like Alliance Defending Freedom, Family Research Council, and the Ruth Institute, which champion mainstream views on free speech, religious freedom, and life—to tar ordinary Americans as potential domestic terrorists.”
“We are deeply concerned that Bank of America is willing to cooperate in the infringement of its customers’ constitutional and privacy rights to help federal law enforcement surveil and target millions of conservative Americans, many of whom live in our states,” the letter continues.
In addition to Kansas, attorneys general from Mississippi, Idaho, Iowa, Alabama, Utah, Texas, Montana, Virginia, Arkansas, South Carolina, South Dakota, Indiana, Missouri, and Nebraska asked for a written report from the financial institution about their account-cancellation policies and practices.
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Located 400 miles off the coast of China, Kadena Air Base is largely considered the hub of U.S. airpower in the Asia-Pacific region. However, as claims about military leadership rise, its combat mission could be compromised.
The Gateway Pundit spoke to Jamie Walker, an Air Force member who has devoted many years to the defense of America. The service member used a pseudonym because of concern about reprisals and emphasized the views shared do not reflect those of the Department of Defense or Department of the Air Force.
While inside sources have shared the same experiences, Walker has also been a witness to the “highly toxic and lethal command culture” at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. Having worked for several commands in a variety of environments throughout a lengthy career, the service member has “never seen a level of dysfunction, mismanagement, and lack of oversight, as is chronically resident at the air base.”
Walker places the blame at the feet of the base’s special operations wing leadership. In the service member’s opinion, “Leadership is stagnant, risk-averse, and nearly always absent on official business trips, essentially doing nothing more than attempting to survive wing command because it’s the last steppingstone to general officer.”
“They’re never here, they’re leading by proxy,” Walker revealed. “They leave it to their deputies, to their staff.” As a result, “people who have no business being empowered are being given great empowerment in nearly every aspect of military affairs, often far beyond their capabilities, expertise, or experience.”
For Walker “This allows corrosion to fester and the subsequent decay allows vast overreach.” General Service (GS) civilian employees, and even civilian contractors, are being “given excessive power because command will not shoulder the responsibility,” the Air Force officer explained.
“Many of these unqualified people are making decisions that have an impact on unit climate and culture, and they’ve never even served in the military,” Walker lamented. “Some are even leading in areas that would require a clinical or educational background they do not possess.”
“Because they’re leading the people who are actually educated and credentialed in the field and who are the experts, their authority over them is questionable at best,” Walker said. “Their actions and demeanor are also toxic, and this combination requires them to rule with an iron fist to maintain control through fear.”
“This leadership by proxy has led to the mismanagement and misallocation of resources and personnel,” Walker said, adding that “the problem is magnified because there is a lack of oversight [from senior military leadership].” The circumstances have also enabled “fraud waste and abuse, and a culture of fear and frequent reprisal,” according to the member of the Air Force.
“There are daily examples of risk aversion by commanders ceding their power to lower ranking leaders, and even civilians, in an effort to avoid the decisions they should be making,” Walker said. “They’re doing the bare minimum to survive and move up, and they’re avoiding any responsibility for their subordinates’ actions.”
“We’re giving up our capabilities and training tools, destroying our special operations advantage,” Walker disclosed. “An understanding of special operations missions, vision, goals, and priorities no longer exists [at the 353rd Special Operations Wing],” according to the officer, warning that “this kind of mismanagement increases risk to the security of the Indo-Pacific theater.”
If senior military leadership fails to keep these things in order, and refuses to get operationally focused, Walker questions what impact their lack of ownership and cohesive strategy could have on America’s ability to deter strategic adversaries like China and North Korea.
Mission Jeopardized
Air Force Col. (Ret.) Rob Maness, a former bomber squadron commander with more than 30 years of service, expressed to The Gateway Pundit, “There is a very fine line between leaders delegating authority effectively and leadership by proxy.” Having served as a wing commander, he asserted that “personal leadership effectiveness required constant effort and flexibility.”
Maness understands that wing commanders are required to travel a lot, and for this reason, he said “it’s up to us to be the person on the base that gets the least amount of sleep.” Responsibility to his or her command must be prioritized. “If a commander is not out with the troops, even on the night shifts, on a consistent basis, his or her leadership feels remote or even non-existent,” he explained.
“Wing command also requires the mentorship and development of strong leaders in squadron command, group command, and vice wing positions by the person in the wing commander position,” he pointed out. “Those individuals are the face of command leadership, and if they are weak in these areas, can and do as much damage to mission accomplishment as the most senior commander.”
For Maness, command is about two things: being successfully prepared to complete the combat mission or completing the combat mission. “When tasked to do so,” he said, “a commander who is failing to lead as appears to be the case here [with Walker’s example], the mission is in jeopardy.”
Solution Forestalled
Emphasizing that his views don’t reflect those of the Department of Defense or the Department of the Army for fear of reprisals, Army Major Grant Smith said, “The scientific-technocratic methodologies of the managerial elite running our institutions have always had serious drawbacks.”
“In the private sector, these drawbacks are mitigated by the coordinating information provided by profit and loss,” he said. “Absent this information, government bureaucracy, including Department of Defense (DOD) is incapable of performing optimally towards achieving real-world objectives and always has been.”
According to Maj. Smith, “Walker’s comments demonstrate something has changed.” In the past, he said, “structurallimitations were somewhat mitigated by having people in the positions of the most influence in the military being those who had served and commanded at all prior echelons.”
But now, Maj. Smith said, “Many of these commanders are de-facto subservient to bureaucrats with zero actual military experience, let alone command experience at echelon.” In his opinion, “A functional military can’t emerge from such a perverse constellation of incentives.”
In conclusion, he said, “The recent decision by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to discard the Schedule F concept indicates the federal bureaucracy is already making moves to forestall any political solution to this dire situation.” He explained, “[The Schedule F] concept would have streamlined the removal of incompetent—or even malicious—members of the civilian workforce in position to functionally dictate policy to commanders at echelon.”
Rep. Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) speakership is in dire trouble after announcing his support for funding the war in Ukraine.
The Gateway Pundit reported last month Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion to vacate the chair and remove Mike Johnson as House Speaker thanks to his actions over the House Omnibus bill, which will fund the government until September 30.
Now, Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News has reported that Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) will co-sponsor MTG’s motion to vacate the chair.
NEW — TOM MASSIE said in a closed House Republican meeting that he’s going to cosponsor the motion to vacate, per several sources in the room.
Moreover, Massie told Johnson that the only way to avoid getting booted as Speaker was to “clean the barn and resign,” according to Sherman.
MASSIE told Johnson in front of the entire House Republican Conference that he should clean the barn and resign or else he’ll be vacated. https://t.co/hPMthGw9RW
What makes Massie’s support significant is the GOP only has a one-vote majority in the House thanks to the selfish early resignations by Kevin McCarthy (RINO-CA), Ken Buck (RINO-CO), and Mike Gallagher (RINO-WI) along with the stupid ousting of George Santos (R-NY). This means if every Democrat joined MTG and Massie in a motion to vacate, Johnson would be completely done as Speaker.
It appears more likely the GOP have another new round of House elections soon.
Israel officials announced on Sunday, April 14, that it will respond to Iran’s unprecedented attack “with actions, not words” in an unspecified retaliation to the drones and cruise missiles launched overnight by Tehran from Iranian soil.
The Revolutionary Guard, the elite force of the Islamic Republic, confirmed that the Iranian action was in response to the aggression attributed to the Jewish state against its diplomatic facilities in Damascus earlier this month.
To Iran International, an Iranian exiled broadcaster, a spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces said that the country will respond “with action, not words”. Earlier, Rear Admiral and Army spokesperson Daniel Hagari, quoted by The Guardian, stated that they are “ready to do whatever is necessary for the defense of Israel.”
Mr. Hagari said, “We have plans, the situation is fully underway.”
Haaretz reported that the War Cabinet met on Sunday at the Defense Headquarters in Tel Aviv to determine the response. According to Channel 12, the group received authorization from the Security Cabinet to make retaliatory decisions, eliminating the need for prior approval and expediting the process.
During the meeting, Benny Gantz, a member of the war cabinet quoted by The Guardian, stated in a release that the “price” to Iran will be exacted “in the manner and at the time that is right for us,” and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant took the opportunity to forge an alliance against the Iranian threat, according to Haaretz.
The House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs is hosting a hearing titled “How the Border Crisis Impacts Public Safety” this morning to “examine how the Biden Administration’s policy changes have benefitted criminal illegal aliens to the detriment of the safety and security of American citizens and legal residents,” according to a press release.
The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 am ET. Watch live below.
Biden facilitated the unprecedented border invasion. He took 94 executive actions in his first 100 days in office to weaken border security.
President Trump has more accurately dubbed the border and public safety crisis “Biden’s Border Bloodbath.”
Trump’s figurative use of the word ‘bloodbath’ while talking about the effects of foreign trade policy on the U.S. auto industry at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, on March 16, provoked outrageous smears from liberals and reporters who took his remarks out of context. Trump recently posted a video rebuking the smears and talking about the quite literal “Biden’s Border Bloodbath.”
One of the most notable effects of Biden’s Border Bloodbath was the horrific murder of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old student at the University of Georgia, whose skull was disfigured by a savage illegal alien that Joe Biden welcomed into the country.
Laken Riley/Facebook
More recently, an illegal alien from Mexico who had been deported by the Trump administration in 2020 was charged in the March 22 murder of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia, whose bullet-riddled body was found dumped on a Grand Rapids highway.
Ruby Garcia, family photo.
According to ICE, Ortiz-Vite was previously deported under the Trump Administration in 2020.
Yet Joe Biden takes no responsibility and even apologizes for calling these animals “illegal.”
Witness Ken Cuccinelli, Senior Fellow for Immigration and Homeland Security at the Center for Renewing America, retweeted an image from Libs of TikTok, which showcases some of the countless Americans who have fallen victim to Biden’s open border, commenting, “I will be testifying tomorrow in the House on crime emanating from @JoeBiden‘s open border. Sad.”
Libs of TikTok: These are the faces of Americans who lost their lives at the hands of criminal illegal aliens who were allowed to roam our country under Joe Biden. The same administration would want nothing more than to get rid of voter ID so these illegals can vote. Chip Roy and Speaker Johnson will be introducing the ‘Safeguard American Voter Eligibility’ (SAVE) Act which will make it a crime for any non-citizen to vote, impose penalties for any election official who registers an illegal voter, and require proof of citizenship to vote. The SAVE Act must pass!
I will be testifying tomorrow in the House on crime emanating from @JoeBiden‘s open border.
Sheriffs Bill Waybourn of Tarrant County, Texas, and Mike Chapman of Loudon County, Virginia, will also provide the committee with expert testimony on the open border’s impact on public safety.
Via House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs:
Grothman Announces Hearing on Biden Border Crisis’ Impact on Public Safety
WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) announced a hearing titled “How the Border Crisis Impacts Public Safety.” The subcommittee hearing will examine how the Biden Administration’s policy changes have benefitted criminal illegal aliens to the detriment of the safety and security of American citizens and legal residents.
“The words coming from President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas on their efforts to apprehend and remove illegal aliens are empty. The Biden Administration’s policies have allowed criminal aliens to roam freely in the United States, which exacerbates the harmful impacts felt by communities both along the border and across the nation. Every crime committed in the United States by an illegal immigrant is preventable yet Democrats seem to be allergic to discussing this issue due to their blind loyalty to President Biden and his disastrous policies. The safety and security of Americans should not be a partisan issue. I look forward to discussing with the expert witnesses invited before the subcommittee on what needs to change and why it hasn’t,” said Subcommittee Chairman Grothman.
WHAT: Hearing titled “How the Border Crisis Impacts Public Safety.”
DATE: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
TIME: 10:00 a.m. ET
LOCATION: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
WITNESSES:
Hon. Ken Cuccinelli, Senior Fellow for Immigration and Homeland Security, Center for Renewing America
Bill Waybourn, Sheriff, Tarrant County, Texas
Mike Chapman, Sheriff, Loudoun County, Virginia
The hearing will be open to the public and press and will be livestreamed online at https://oversight.house.gov/.
President Joe Biden was caught Monday with a sheet of instructions as he met in the Oval Office Monday with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’a Al-Sudani.
The latest in a long string of episodes in which Biden is instructed where to stand and what to say led to him being dubbed “commander-in-cheat” by the New York Post.
The Post report said Biden turned to his script often to check on what he was supposed to say concerning the attack on Israel by Iran, as well as to pause so an interpreter could translate his words.
“As you know, Iran launched an unprecedented aerial attack against Israel, and we mounted an unprecedented military effort to defend Israel. Together with our partners, we defeated that attack,” Biden said, according to the White House.
“We’re also committed to the security of our personnel and partners in the region, including Iraq. The partnership between Iraq and the United States is critical. We’ve seen over the last decade as our troops have served side by side to help defeat ISIS, and we’ve seen this in our Strategic Framework Agreement as well,” Biden said.
But members of the Republican Study Committee were not happy that the meeting was held at all, according to Fox News.
“As members of the Republican Study Committee, we write to express our deep concern with your decision to host Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani to the White House and your overall Iraqi policy,” the letter from Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina and Republican Study Committee Chair Kevin Hern of Oklahoma said.
“Despite hundreds of billions of dollars spent in Iraq over two decades and countless lost American treasure, Iraq is now solidly in Iran’s hands,” the letter said.
Two questions Biden should have asked Iran’s puppet in Baghdad:
“So why did you let Iran use your airspace, and why did you try to deny our use of our bases in Iraq to defend Israel?”
“Why don’t you use your U.S. trained ISOF units to target Iran’s Iraqi militias firing at… pic.twitter.com/Bno7Xkp2lf
“This is evident across Iraq’s institutions and within Prime Minster Sudani’s own government, which includes two U.S.-designated terrorist groups,” the letter continued, adding, “On Saturday Iranian-backed militias in Iraq joined Iran in directly attacking Israel.”
“In essence, the U.S. has effectively overseen China, Russia and Iran dominate Iraq, despite our overwhelming financial and human commitment to Iraq’s latest chapter,” the letter said.
Biden has been roundly mocked for his use of cheat sheets, including one in November that included pictures of the reporters he was told by his staff to call upon.
Q cards with pre-selected reporters and the answers to their questions. It was plain as day.
In November, he publicly apologized for forgetting the name of a CBS reporter he had been instructed to have lob him a question.
Last April, Biden was caught with a notecard bearing the name of Los Angeles Times journalist Courtney Subramanian under “Question #1,” along with a pre-written question, according to the Post.
Flyers instructing illegal immigrants to vote for Joe Biden in the forthcoming U.S. election have been reportedly distributed at a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Mexico, according to an investigation by The Oversight Project, a watchdog initiative linked to the Heritage Foundation.
The controversial flyers were discovered scattered around the Resource Center Matamoras (RCM), an establishment known for aiding migrants. Some of these were even found on the walls inside port-a-potties at the location.
These flyers were discovered by @realmuckraker throughout the Resource Center Matamoras (RCM) location including on the walls of port-a-potties
They also appear to be handed out when illegal aliens use the RCM for assistance in coming to the USA pic.twitter.com/hvlkwOI5Xs
The Muckraker.com, an investigative account on X, first brought this issue to light, showcasing images of the flyers that read: “Reminder to vote for President Biden when you are in the United States. We need another four years of his term to stay open.”
“CRITICAL – We exposed an NGO in Mexico that is instructing illegals to vote for Biden when they cross into the United States. Claims of illegals being instructed to vote in elections has been labeled a “conspiracy theory”, until now…” Muckraker wrote.
Read (translated):
Credit: The Oversight Project/X
More from The OVersighe Project:
RCM founder Gaby Zavala implied to Muckraker.com that she wants to help as many illegals as possible before President Trump is reelected.
RCM founder Gaby Zavala implied to @realmuckraker that she wants to help as many illegals as possible before President Trump is reelected pic.twitter.com/foIVJGMM3C
RCM bills itself as an operation which houses functions for Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), which helps illegal aliens enter the United States.
Sec. Mayorkas is a former board member of HIAS, which received numerous grants from Soros’ Open Society Foundation over the years
Credit: The Oversight Project/XCredit: The Oversight Project/X
RCM has significant ties to Soros-funded non-profits operating in the United States, including Save the Children, Team Brownsville Texas, and Angry Tias and Abuelas.
Credit: The Oversight Project/XCredit: The Oversight Project/XCredit: The Oversight Project/X
Save the Children received over $650,000 from Soros’ Open Society Foundation, and has provided grants to Team Brownsville.
Credit: The Oversight Project/XCredit: The Oversight Project/XCredit: The Oversight Project/X
According to documents obtained by Judicial Watch, Secretary Mayorkas himself recently met with some of these entities, including Team Brownsville and Angry Tias and Abuelas.
Credit: The Oversight Project/X
RCM is a fiscally sponsored project of the Asylum Seeker Network of Support (“ASNS”) ASNS 501c3 registration was forfeited in Texas in 2022 But Founder and Executive Director Gaby Zavala continued to operate despite the forfeiture.
Credit: The Oversight Project/XCredit: The Oversight Project/X
Gaby Zavala was previously an organizer for La Union del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), which listed the Open Society Institute as a partner.
Credit: The Oversight Project/X
ELECTION INTEGRITY IS UNDER ASSAULT. You do not need documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. You can vote if you simply swear you are eligible. This flyer obviously seeks to prey on unsophisticated illegals and encourages them to illegally vote.
The V24 undercover journalists spoke with Professor Rashid Khalidi, a PLO press agency director under Yasser Arafat in the 80’s and now the Edward Said professor of Arab studies at Columbia University, notorious for his hardline pro-Palestinian extremism.
Rashid Khalidi also happens to be a very close friend of Barack Obama from his Chicago days. You can read more on that below.
Rashid Khalidi is a Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University.
In the undercover investigation, Professor Khalidi made clear his devotion to the Palestinian cause and his excitement to witness young Jews siding with the Palestinians in the current Hamas war with Israel.
Khalidi also said the Jewish Anti-Semitic task force on campus was filled with bigots, fanatics, right-wingers and extremists.
He says it will take a long time for the country to distance itself from Israel but he is witnessing a shift today he never expected.
Rashid Khalidi: It’s not just we’re living in New York City, which is the largest Jewish city in the world. It’s the place where Zionism got a huge lift with the Biltmore Program in 1942. It’s a city where there are very politicized elements of the Jewish community, very supportive of Israel. You go out to the south and the west of this country, and you have people who are even more fanatical of Israel, who are evangelical..
. …Here, people will have maybe gone there (Israel) for their bar mitzvah or gone there on birthright or have a family there. There’s actually a physical human connection. So, they feel for Israel in ways, including people who are conflicted or who are pro-Palestinians. They still have a connection to Israel, a personal connection to Israel. I have many students like that. They’re anti-zionist or they’re non-zionist, or they’re critical of Israel, and they’re very sympathetic… There is a strand of Christianity that really believes that the coming of the Messiah can only happen with the return of the Jewish people, the one in Israel, after which there will be rapture and whoever doesn’t make it out by Christ will be burned in hell, including the Jews.
But that’s their belief. It’s a very strongly held belief. It’s been around for more than 150 years. It started in England and spread to here as a specific reading of the- St. John the Divine, the last book of the New Testament. And that’s going to be an issue, I think, much longer than this division among the Jewish community. I think that’s going to shift things in a better direction over time as older people get away and younger people. I mean, there are many, many families, Jewish families that are divided on a generational basis.
It’ll take a little time. You got to have some patience. It’s tough. It’s tough. I’ve been at this for a great long time. It looks very good to me in the sense that I’ve seen a shift that I never expected. It’s very bad because that has caused a backlash, which is what we are all feeling now. And in that moment of backlash, you just feel despair. You read the papers, and you watch the politicians, and you see what’s happening on campus, and you see all this stuff coming now. But that’s mainly because things are changing in a positive direction. They’re so hysterical.
They’re like the little boy putting his finger in the dyke, trying to make the sea go back, whatever. I think that change is slowly coming. I mean, look at things like these unions. It has not been reported in the mainstream media, but three of the biggest unions in the United States are calling for a ceasefire. United Auto Workers, the Nurses Union, and the Postal Workers Union, which represent, if you think about it, a lot of ordinary working class, diverse Americans all over the country. Well, those guys have taken a position against… They’re all Democrat, aligned with Democratic Party. They’ve taken a position against the President. And that means that their base has seen things that the Israel lobby doesn’t want them to see. And that’s a sign of the times.
The black pastors put a full-page ad in The New York Times, calling for a ceasefire, five weeks ago, six weeks ago, when Israel and the Biden demonstration were and still are dead set against it. Again, that’s a sign of the times. You listen to The New York Times and you think, well, right-thinking people are against anti-Semitism and any support for the Palestinians is blah-blah-blah genocidal.
So there’s a lot of change happening at the grassroots, and it’s going to be fought. They fight back. Protests at Columbia University over the crisis in the Middle East.
Here is the undercover video from V24 Investigations.
There is a strand of evangelicals which really believe in the coming of the Messiah, it can only happen with the return of the Jewish people to the land of Israel, after which there will be rapture and whoever doesn’t accept Christ will be burned in hell, including the Jews,”… pic.twitter.com/RouGvbxRmb
In October 2008 The Gateway Pundit broke the story that The LA Times was withholding video of Barack Obama praising radical former PLO operative Rashid Khalidi at a Chicago party.
TGP called the LA Times and they said they were not releasing the video.
The story then made national news.
The mainstream media did all it could to protect Barack Obama and prop up this radical far-left community organizer.
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Khalidi and the Obamas were great friends in Chicago and often spent time at each other’s homes.
Khalidi was also best friends with Bill Ayers.
Terrorist Bill Ayers- Barack Obama- Jew-hater Rashid Khalidi
Not only does Barack Obama’s church of 20 years support Hamas and Hezbollah but Barack Obama also has a longtime close friendship and financial association with suspected former PLO operative and Israel hater Rashid Khalidi.
In 2000, Rashid Khalidi, a former PLO operative who justified Palestinian terrorism as contributing to “political enlightenment,” threw a fundraiser for his friend Barack Obama.
Although he is described as a former PLO operative, via Free Republic, this is what Rashid Khalidi had to say about Palestinian terrorism against Jews– he said anti-Israel violence contributed to “political enlightenment.”
On Palestinian violence. Khalidi glorifies anti-Israel violence as contributing to “political enlightenment”[vii] and unsurprisingly admires those who carry it out. His loyalty to Palestinian terrorist groups run so deep that he actually dedicated his 1986 valentine to the PLO, Under Siege, to “those who gave their lives . . . in defense of the cause of Palestine and independence of Lebanon.”[viii] The book whitewashes PLO violence against Israelis and Lebanese, as well as the Syrian occupation.
The LA Times wrote an article about Obama’s association with Rashid Khalidi in April:
It was a celebration of Palestinian culture — a night of music, dancing and a dash of politics. Local Arab Americans were bidding farewell to Rashid Khalidi, an internationally known scholar, critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights, who was leaving town for a job in New York.
A special tribute came from Khalidi’s friend and frequent dinner companion, the young state Sen. Barack Obama. Speaking to the crowd, Obama reminisced about meals prepared by Khalidi’s wife, Mona, and conversations that had challenged his thinking.
In 2000, the Khalidis held a fundraiser for Obama’s unsuccessful congressional bid. The next year, a social service group whose board was headed by Mona Khalidi received a $40,000 grant from a local charity, the Woods Fund of Chicago, when Obama served on the fund’s board of directors…
At Khalidi’s going-away party in 2003, the scholar lavished praise on Obama, telling the mostly Palestinian American crowd that the state senator deserved their help in winning a U.S. Senate seat. “You will not have a better senator under any circumstances,” Khalidi said.
The event was videotaped, and a copy of the tape was obtained by The Times.
The afternoon, evening, and morning of April 13 and 14, 2024 displayed one of the largest ever missile barrages from one non-contiguous country to another when Iran attempted to devastate Israel. Most of the 350 plus drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles were fired from Iran – a first, but some were launched from Yemen. Iran started off the whole event with perhaps a deception operation.
Naval commandos from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC, which is a designated terrorist organization by the U.S. Government) conducted a “fast rope” operation off of helicopters to seize the Merchant Vessel Aries in the Straits of Hormuz. This was the same tactic used in November of 2023 to seize another ship, the Galaxy Leader, in the Red Sea which initiated the continuing naval war in the Middle East. The Iranians seem to be studious in the business forensics of ship ownership – both ships trace to Israeli businesses. The possible deception operation did little to distract from the missile volley that started in the afternoon.
First, the possibility of “Five Eyes Plus” coordinated cyber efforts to disrupt the Iranian launch process. The liquid fueled ballistic missile inventory of Iran is still significant and the fueling process, especially in underground, bunkered spaces, is dangerous even during peacetime training conditions. The wrong valve turned the wrong time could be catastrophic. Second, the comment seemed to be a pre-emptive attempt to undermine any Israeli counterstrike. Third, the Beltway tradition of talking on background to influence the story is alive and well. In addition to a possible projection of cyber capabilities, the turkey shoot of Iranian launched drones and missiles was stunningly effective and showed extraordinary coordination between American, French, British, Jordanian, Saudi, United Arab Emirates and Israeli air to air and ground to air defense shield that was magnificent.
Biden Administration has the power to decisively enfeeble Iran
The Iranians tried to make something out of the quashing of their historic barrage. The Chief of the Iranian General Staff, Gen Mohammad Bagheri, said the attack was a “a well-planned attack with appropriate design … that neither the Iron Dome nor the missile defence shield of the Zionist regime could significantly counter. This operation achieved its goal.” Not taking away from the overwhelming success in defeating the initial attack by Iran, the dithering interference and foot dragging by the Biden Administration only provides a strong message of lack of resolve and clarity that enables Iran.
The Biden Administration policy on the situation is one word: “Don’t”. This word seems more aimed at Israel than Iran since Iran conducted the onslaught despite Biden’s strong use of the word, “Don’t”. Inexplicably, the Biden Administration is still waiving and releasing $10B more in frozen Iranian assets. Iran is dependent upon this lifeline of unfrozen funds to survive. The Biden Team seems to not understand negotiations and negotiation advantage with an uncooperative adversary. Paying the other party and then expecting cooperation defies best practices of negotiations. It should always be pay for performance, not expectation of performance. Iran’s Government is officially listed as an “Adversary Government” in U.S. Law, yet the Biden Team incentivizes bad behavior by Iran.
A perfect score does not equal victory nor success
It was a remarkable night, but a perfect score does not equal winning. The Middle East violence is growing and should be looked at as a coordinated front in the worldwide conflict that is ongoing and growing. Ukraine was Putin’s contribution to the “No Limits” partnership to topple America, October 7 was Iran’s portion of the “No Limits” deal. The Middle East Front started with the bloody Hamas attack into Israel, but then followed in November 2023 with the broad assault on Merchant shipping in the region, and now is in its third phase with the missile assault on Israel.
The Biden Team is not connecting the dots on what is going on and is attempting to transactionally tamp down on the coordinated mayhem by micro-managing Israel, and appeasing Iran. The Iranian government would not exist if it was not for the continual release of funds by the Biden Team and Chinese purchases of Iranian oil (and the large “advisory” presence of Chinese personnel in Iran). The overwhelming success of the coordinated first night of defense of Israel was historic but should not be looked at as victory or success in the big picture. It was a good night but it is just the next phase on the continuum of a world at war. We’ve shifted from the 1938 period to the 1939 phase on the pathway of World War III. Biden is playing Chamberlain flawlessly.
Radical left Blackrock CEO Larry Fink was caught on audio Friday completely losing his mind as red states cut off funds to his woke company, including the Texas Permanent School Fund’s decision to withdraw $8.5 billion last month.
As Gateway Pundit readers know, BlackRock is the largest asset management firm in the world, overseeing trillions of dollars worth of assets. It was founded in 1988 by Fink.
The company used to focus solely on risk management and fixed-income securities management but has since attempted to force companies across America to adopt a social credit system akin to Communist China focused on Environment and Social Justice (ESG) or face penalties. This includes forcing companies to go along with the radical left’s DEI agenda and pressuring firms not to fund coal and other fossil fuel projects.
Bud Light’s partnership last year is a textbook example of how this scheme works.
Will Hild, Executive Director of Consumers First, was the first to obtain audio of Fink losing his mind over Texas and other states defying his dangerous woke agenda.
LISTEN:
JUST IN: @BlackRock CEO Larry Fink *absolutely lost it* on their latest earnings call, after the Texas Permanent School Fund pulled $8.5 billion from the woke asset manager over their continued ESG activism:
Fink: I’ve spoken before about the fear we see today. Some are stoked by increasing political polarization in the world.
Our industry and Blackrock have been the subject of political dialogue, mostly in the United States… We have done a better job of telling our story so people can make decisions based on FACTS, not lies or misinformation by others!
Unfortunately, there are still others out there who put short-term politics and continuously lie about these issues. They are putting issues above the long-term fiduciary responsibilities.
As a fiduciary, politics should never outweigh performance!
In addition to Texas, Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, South Carolina, Utah, and West Virginia have divested from Blackrock.
With more red states likely to join, we can look forward to more tantrums from Fink.
Let’s talk about Mayor Tiffany Henyard of Thorton Township, Illinois, and the media finally noticing that fighting white supremacy will not stop ghetto black men from attacking women and children.
Yes, Skiboky Stora has been attacking women in New York for years.
Skiboky Stora, 40, of East N.Y., was charged with assault. The failed politician who was arrested for allegedly punching a 23-year-old woman in Manhattan on Monday has a penchant for documenting his harassment of women on his multiple TikTok accounts. https://t.co/9JLxQCGjI1https://t.co/fGtH8Y16llpic.twitter.com/DUza6u4wVt
He also has a history of filming himself harassing white people. White people who were minding their business were most likely to think saying “thug” is racist. How ironic.
How many women need to be attacked by ghetto thugs or killed for Democrats to realize they are telling women to stand up against domestic violence while coddling a culture that harms women?
Jayvaun Prince (16) cracked a 68-year-old woman’s skull outside of her church.
He was arrested NINE TIMES before this, including 2x for assault. He was let out.
Just 3 days prior to the church attack, he targeted a different lady, mugged her, & carjacked her car. pic.twitter.com/dyxXgoWYuG
The fact a woman of that character was elected proves that racism isn’t the issue. Her constituents are disgusted with her antics, but even so, it says a lot about them and black supremacy when that is the best Illinois can do.
MLK said to judge people by “the content of their character.” He never said let all the ghetto black people take over the government.
Speaker Mike Johnson will fund the war in Ukraine with billions of tax-payer dollars.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) becomes more and more of a disappointment by the day.
The Louisiana congressman gave the FBI approval to spy on Americans without a warrant last week. Johnson was the deciding vote. Johnson also gave Democrats EVERY item they requested on the spending bill to bankrupt the country and increase the historic inflation.
And on Monday Johnson said he is ready to fund the hapless Ukraine War.
Johnson is not capable of fighting back against the Uniparty cabal so he joined them – once again.
Reporter: What is the plan land Republicans who say they’re hearing from constituents and have a real problem with any funding for Ukraine. What if that bill is carried by Democrats? How do you approach that?
Speaker Mike Johnson: Well, listen, the Ukraine piece is clearly on the Republican side, the most controversial one, I think, the one that has the most difference of opinion. I think there’s an idea that lethal aid is different than the humanitarian aid. If you convert some of this economic assistance to a loan, that makes a lot of sense to a lot of people. But I think the American people deserve to have it explained to them why it is in America’s interest to assist here.
Importantly, 68% of this package is the replenishment of our own munitions, our own weapons. Those are American jobs that build upgraded weapons and ammo here. A lot of those things need to be explained. They need to be analyzed independently. I think that we will probably do that here in this legislation and make it clear to people that what exactly they’re voting for and why. I think that’s really important for the American people.
Reporter: Aside from the separate bills, how does this legislation different from what the Senate has already passed?
Speaker Johnson: Well, the underlying text will have some of our innovations in it with regard to accountability for the funding and some of these other measures. We’ve talked a lot about the loan concept and for Ukraine, certainly on that piece, that will be a part of that. I think that you’ll see the text differs in those ways, but the overall concept is the same. It’s the same places that the funding would be sent, and you’ll see the House’s take on it. That’s how this process works. These are two separate chambers. I can’t be responsible for what happens in the Senate or how they do their business. My responsibility as a House of Representatives, and we’re going to do that. Thank you.
If you are a conservative voter – The Uniparty will never represent you.
More reaction to Speaker Johnson…
Good news folks …
After the biggest betrayal in political history of Fraud Mike Johnson voting for a proven corrupt deep state to spy on average American citizens without a warrant, and after lying about releasing the Jan 6 tapes, and after giving Democrats everything they… https://t.co/rU6xlDY4U0
Left wing activist and filmmaker Michael Moore thinks Biden is going to blow it for Democrats in 2024 like Hillary did in 2016.
According to Moore, millions of Michigan liberals are going to sit out the election over Biden’s handling of the Israel/Hamas conflict. He reminded MSNBC that Hillary lost Michigan in 2016 by a pretty small margin and he sees history repeating itself.
He may have a point. There have been multiple reports about all of the ‘uncommitted’ votes in the Michigan primary over this issue. Also, remember that Michael Moore was one of the few people on the left who understood Trump’s appeal in 2016.
Michael Moore warns Biden he’ll lose like Hillary did in 2016 over support for Israel
Liberal activist and filmmaker Michael Moore warned President Biden on Monday that he would lose to Donald Trump like Hillary Clinton did over his support for Israel, because voters would stay home in protest.
Moore said during his podcast, “Rumble with Michael Moore,” that Clinton lost “by two votes per precinct” in 2016. He addressed Biden and said, “that’s what’s going to happen to you.”
“President Biden, you could end this now. You know it’s wrong, I know you know it’s wrong. I know I sound like a broken record and I know you know you’re going to lose this election, in part because too many people are going to stay home,” Moore said. “They’re not going to vote for Trump. They’re not going to switch their vote from Trump to you, no, that is not how this is going to play out. As what happened with Hillary in Michigan, she lost by two votes per precinct. Two for the whole state. Two! And that’s what’s going to happen to you.”
Moore argued young people didn’t want war and told the president they were “sick” of what Biden’s been doing.
The Seattle Police Department has announced that they are ‘Closely Monitoring Conflict Between Israel and Iran’ for some reason.
Don’t the police in Seattle have A LOT more pressing issues to keep an eye on, right at home in their own city?
Is it possible that this is some bizarre effort to endear the police to the crazy leftists in Seattle who are obsessed with what’s happening in the Middle East?
SPD is Closely Monitoring Conflict Between Israel and Iran
The Seattle Police Department is closely monitoring the conflict between Israel and Iran and are working with local and federal agencies to ensure the safety of Seattle community members.
As a precaution, we will proactively increase patrols around infrastructures and sensitive areas. SPD’s Community liaisons are working with community leaders as a prevention measure. Currently there are no specific or credible threats.
As always SPD is committed to the safety of Seattle community members.
Former GOP Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who made waves for being the youngest challenger to Donald Trump in the race and perhaps the most likable, came out with a statement on Monday condemning Soros-funded Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s lawfare against President Trump.
Vivek always stood up for President Trump in the ongoing attempts by Democrats to take him out by other means, like sham indictments and challenges to remove him from the ballot, and destroyed GOP Primary opponents who refused to condemn the Biden Regime’s fascism. He frequently took aim at and destroyed neocon Nikki Haley for being a member of the RINO establishment who was happy to let the deep state destroy American civil rights and the leading Presidential candidate, Donald Trump.
After Vivek Ramaswamy’s departure from the race, President Trump invited him on the stage at a campaign event in Atkinson, New Hampshire, where Vivek declared, “We need a commander-in-chief who will lead us to victory in this war.”
Vivek, in his statement on Bragg’s ridiculous and legally flawed indictment, cited Bradley Smith, Institute for Free Speech Chairman, Capital University law professor, and former Federal Election Commission Chairman. Smith noted earlier in an op-ed for The Federalist that the made-up felony charges against Trump are completely baseless, setting aside the clear conflicts of interest with the prosecution and the judge.
DA Alvin Bragg argues that Trump falsified business records in order to “conceal crimes that hid information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election” and “boost his electoral prospects.” Under this theory, Bragg claims that Trump violated campaign finance laws by not publicly reporting so-called campaign expenditures to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.
Misreporting business expenses is normally, at most, a misdemeanor. Bragg seeks to ratchet it up to a felony here by arguing that the misreporting was done to cover up a crime. That alleged crime is a violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA). The theory is that Trump’s payments to Daniels were campaign expenditures and thus needed to be publicly reported as such. By not reporting the expenditure, the theory goes, Trump prevented the public from knowing information that might have influenced their votes.
But let’s think about this for a minute. Political candidates do things all the time that are “for the purpose of influencing an election,” but that, nonetheless, are not considered campaign expenditures. For example, a candidate cannot buy a new suit, get his teeth whitened, or pay for cosmetic surgery with campaign funds, even if he does so for the purpose of looking good on the campaign trail.
That’s because, in campaign finance law, these types of expenditures are known as “personal use.” FECA specifically prohibits the conversion of campaign funds to personal use, defined as any expenditure “used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense that would exist irrespective of the candidate’s election campaign.”
Does anyone really think a candidate should be able to use campaign funds to settle lawsuits, or threatened lawsuits, arising from activities that occurred long before his candidacy? It’s stressful being a candidate, and a little relaxation may make the candidate more effective on the stump. Does that mean your campaign contribution should pay for a candidate massage? How about a country club membership, or tickets to the Super Bowl (after all, the candidate might take along a potential donor)?
Herein lies the most frightening part of this prosecution: Had Trump made these payments with campaign funds, it seems a near certainty he would now be facing criminal charges for a knowing and willful diversion of campaign funds to pay personal obligations. If Bragg’s prosecution is successful, it will mean a candidate can use campaign funds to pay almost any obligation that, the candidate might argue, would benefit his candidacy. Perhaps worse, zealous prosecutors could get a candidate coming or going — falsification of records if campaign funds are not used, and illegal personal use if campaign funds are used.
According to Smith, Trump “has a defense on the merits, and his supporters should use it.”
Trump shared Smith’s piece earlier on Truth Social:
Regardless of the facts, they don’t even have a case against Trump. As Vivek put it, “The complete absence of a legal argument even to bring this case against Trump isn’t just embarrassing to Alvin Bragg, it’s embarrassing to our country.”
The Gateway Pundit reported earlier that prosecutors requested earlier during jury selection that the court hold President Trump in contempt for ‘violating’ his gag order and asked the court to impose sanctions while threatening Trump with jail time if he continues to speak out against this political witch hunt. They are trying everything possible to nail Trump with a fake crime and take away his right to a fair trial.
Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, said to a crowd of protesters outside the Manhattan courthouse, “The facts–think about this–are so weak in this case that Joe Biden would not even bring this case. That’s how bad this is. It took a Soros-funded District Attorney in order to bring this case. There’s no underlying felony.”
“Alvin Bragg‘s case against Trump rests on the ludicrous legal premise that a candidate must use *campaign* funds to make personal hush money payments. Yet if Trump had done that, they’d undoubtedly be going after him for that. This isn’t the pursuit of justice, it’s a political persecution that is tearing our country apart,” commented Vivek with a video statement attached.
Watch below:
Ramaswamy: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s prosecution of Donald Trump and its trial begins today. What a joke. I’m against these prosecutions on principle. I think they’re destructive to our country. But let’s just examine the facts and the law here. Alvin Bragg, effectively, is prosecuting Donald Trump for making hush-money payments—allegedly—to stormy Daniels and then paying Michael Cohen in a means that Alvin Bragg thinks is falsifying business records. Well, first of all, falsifying business records in New York is a misdemeanor, not a felony. And it falls outside of the statute of limitations, meaning it happened so far long ago that Alvin Bragg can’t bring the case unless he charges it as a felony, which requires an underlying crime that he’s advancing by falsifying those business records that was also a felony.
Here’s where the legal stretch really begins. That requires Alvin Bragg to say that Donald Trump’s payments should have been made out of a campaign account. That’s his theory of the case, instead of being made personally or else it’s a constructive campaign contribution. That’s bunk. Think about it. Look at smart people like former FEC Commissioner Bradley Smith, who has correctly pointed out that if Donald Trump did use campaign money, campaign contributions, to pay off hush money, that would arguably be an even stronger legal case to bring against him than the case they’re bringing now. So, in that version of the world, it’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t; they’re gonna get him going, or they’re going to get him coming. It’s almost as though they decided this is the person we’re going to prosecute. And then we’re going to figure out what we’re going to charge them with after the fact.
Well, guess what? That’s exactly what happened. You have Alvin Bragg, a Manhattan DA, who was elected on the promise of going after Donald Trump. For what crime? We had no idea, just the idea that they had to go after Donald Trump. This is a politician keeping his campaign promise. That is a bastardization of our legal system. That’s not how we do things in the United States, and that motivation accounts for why this case is so weak and emblematic of the other prosecutions that have since followed against Donald Trump. I think Trump is going to prevail. But most importantly, I hope we move beyond this phase of our history, where you have one political party that thinks it can use the legal system to prosecute its opponents. The same shoe can fit the other foot, and if we keep going down this direction, we’re not going to have a country left. And the complete absence of a legal argument even to bring this case against Trump isn’t just embarrassing to Alvin Bragg, it’s embarrassing to our country. I hope Donald Trump not only prevails in this trial, but that we prevail as a country to move beyond this phase of our national history. That’s what it’s going to take to reunite and rebuild this nation.
A neighborhood in New York City has been turned into an open-air market where illegal immigrants are selling goods, many of them stolen, and prostitution is common.
Locals are complaining and the police try to move the illegal vendors out but they’re replaced by others within minutes after the cops leave.
New York City is being transformed into a country within a country, with its own set of rules and regulations.
NYC block turned into illicit open-air market for migrant crooks, prostitution: ‘It’s relentless’
A stretch of Jackson Heights has deteriorated into an illegal migrant shopping district — an unchecked, open-air market where everything from women to stolen goods can be had, The Post has learned.
Roosevelt Avenue near 91st Street is littered daily with migrant vendors hawking goods they ripped off from shopkeepers just steps away, while prostitutes proposition passersby at all hours — and frustrated merchants and residents say they’re helpless to do anything about it.
“It’s relentless,” said Milton Reyes, who manages Mi Farmacia pharmacy on the avenue. “You should see it on Saturdays. It’s so heavy, you can’t even step onto the sidewalk. There are a lot of doctors’ offices right around here and my customers don’t even want to get dropped off.
“I’m not faulting the police,” Reyes added. “They will come by and they will pick up a few of them. But as soon as the police car pulls away, they start moving back. Twenty minutes later, they’re all set up again like nothing happened.”
The problem has been allowed to get to the point where they can’t control it now.
NYC cracking down on Fordham Road street vendors without permits, issuing summonses https://t.co/JJhfJ0dmkW
1/2 “Roosevelt Avenue near 91st Street is littered daily with migrant vendors hawking goods they ripped off from shopkeepers just steps away, while prostitutes proposition passersby at all hours — and frustrated merchants and residents say they’re . . .https://t.co/fh8paoCBTE
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley appeared on FOX News on Monday and explained why Trump is not likely to get a fair trial in New York.
The trial has entered the jury selection phase and this is key, according to Turley. He suggests that even if the court tries to find jurors who don’t dislike Trump, that Trump haters will lie just to get on the jury.
The people who are going after Trump know this. In fact, they’re probably counting on it.
JONATHAN TURLEY: Well, the more cases against Trump, the less justice we receive as a people. You know, the opponents of Trump would have been far better off with just one case, the Mar-a-Lago case. That’s based on real law, real precedent, and one can disagree with the interpretations. But it’s not a reach in the sense of this case.
This case is, creating something, it’s creating a criminal code just for Trump. You know, you have a misdemeanor whose time has expired, the statute limitations ran out, and it was revived in this rather curious way. He’s effectively arguing that Trump was filing false business records through his counsel to hide a federal crime. But it isn’t a federal crime, this wasn’t a campaign contribution.
None of that appears to matter. And that’s why a lot of us are looking at this and recoiling. This is not how the law is supposed to be. New Yorkers appear to like it this way. They elected James, who ran on bagging Trump for anything, didn’t even mention what. And they now are lionizing this district attorney putting together what many consider to be an absurd indictment…
The problem is that courts don’t feel comfortable asking who did you vote for, and so they are working around the edges to try to show bias. The most important thing here is to try to isolate the worst of the jurors, those are jurors who just desperately want to be on this jury, many people will want to be and are prepared to lie to do so. What the defense counsel has is not their veracity on these forms but their names. Even though we won’t see them, defense counsel can look at social media and see if they are lying.
Watch the video below:
Jonathan Turley on why Trump's Manhattan trial WON'T be fair: "The most important thing here is to try to isolate the worst of the jurors, those are jurors who just desperately want to be on this jury, many people will want to be and are prepared to lie to do so." pic.twitter.com/NbkRac8GaX
CNN canceled NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley’s new show “King Charles” after just six months.
King Charles, a talk show starring Charles Barkley and his co-host Gayle King, has been canceled by CNN due to its failure to produce ratings.
Nielson reported Barkley’s show was the lowest-rated prime-time weeknight TV series for CNN in the last ten years.
Originally, “King Charles” was supposed to air until the Spring, but due to only garnering an average of 459,000 total viewers during its first 14 episodes, CNN decided to pull the plug.
The CNN weekly prime time talk show co-hosted by basketball loudmouth Charles Barkley and CBS morning star Gayle King has ended a six-month run that failed to produce ratings.
The weekly call-in show “King Charles,” which aired at 10 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday nights failed to generate more viewers than reruns of the sitcom “Friends” and episodes of “South Park.”
It was the lowest-rated prime time weeknight series debut for CNN in at least a decade, according to Nielsen.
When the show launched in November, CNN said it planned to air it through the early spring.
The Gayle King/Charles Barkley CNN show has been cancelled after just six months. A ratings disaster. Charles is great on TNT with Kenny and Shaq, but pairing him with the patently-overrated Gayle King was a horrible (Chuck voice) idea from the get-go. https://t.co/w2n54cZban
Barkley made national headlines in March for stating, “I’m just going to say this. If I see a black person walking around with Trump mugs, I’m going to punch him in the face.”
In response to Barkley’s threat, Gayle King told Barkley she would “bail him out.”
Elica Le Bon, a British-born Iranian attorney and activist, shared a powerful message on social media for those who defend the brutal Iranian Regime.
The video has amassed almost 3 million views on X in less than 24 hours.
Le Bon began, “Hi. Iranian woman here. It’s become very apparent that you haven’t been listening to anything that we’ve had to say for the past two years, but I was wondering if you could just lend me a few minutes of your time in this ungodly hour to hear us now.”
“We’ve had to watch, over the last 24 hours, people clambering onto the internet to explain that Iran has the right to defend itself.
“In what capacity have you distorted the story to make the Islamic Republic the victim? That’s, I think, what we’re most curious about.”
“When we were screaming for the past two years that they were lynching us, where were you?”
Elica recalls the brutality of the regime in the aftermath of the murder of Mahsa Amini, who died from injuries sustained after her arrest for the “improper” wearing of a hijab, and the subsequent mass protests that followed.
“When we were screaming that they were killing Iranian women for not wearing a hijab, where were you? Where were you when they were lynching Iranian men from cranes for protesting…”
“Where were you?”
“Where were you when we were explaining that this is a terrorist occupying force, where were you? But all of a sudden, everyone’s graduated from Instagram school of law to say that this is a violation of international law and Iran has the right to defend itself.”
“First of all, you aren’t talking about Iran, you are talking about the Islamic Republic. What the Islamic Republic does is not a reflection of the Iranian people. We’ve been clear about what we want, which is peace.”
She then lays bare the Islamic Republic’s work to destabilize the Middle East.
“How about the terror proxies that the Islamic Republic has created to foster regional instability? What did you think they were there for? What did you think Hezbollah was there for? Hamas? Houthis? The militia groups in Iraq and Syria?”
“Did you think that they were there to instigate a system of public schooling education? To feed the poor? House the unhoused? What did you think that they were there for? Is that an act of war?”
Pro-Hamas protesters have blocked the road to arrivals and departures at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA), forcing passengers to leave their cars and walk on foot to the airport.
As KOMO News reported, several vehicles operated by protesters are blocking the road along with multiple people standing in the road.
The airport’s X account urges passengers to use alternate routes or public transit to reach their terminals.
Monday 4/15 3:00 p.m. A demonstration has closed the airport expressway leading to SEA Airport. Travelers coming to the airport are urged to use alternate routes or take Light Rail and public transit. We will post updates as they’re available. pic.twitter.com/eyLT3SKD6B
KOMO News reveals police and several tow trucks arrived shortly after the protest began. The tow trucks reportedly have started removing the vehicles blocking the road.
There is no word yet regarding whether any protesters have been apprehended. Because this protest is occurring in Seattle, arrests will likely not happen for several hours, if ever.
The protest is part of a globally coordinated protest as KOMO News notes. The agitators want the United States to force Israel to surrender to Hamas in the conflict and cut off funding to the Jewish State.
Earlier today, pro-Hamas agitators blocked off a road entering Chicago O’Hare Airport. At the same time, police did nothing, forcing some travelers to ditch their cars and walk to the airport. They also completely shut down the Golden Gate Bridge as police arrive to confront them in riot gear.
Agitators also shut down the Brooklyn Bridge and tried to occupy a road in Miami before cops took care of business.
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Idaho can enforce its ban on sex changes for children. Healthcare professionals can face up to 10 years in prison for mutilating children or providing puberty blockers to them.
In December Judge Lynn Winmill, a Clinton appointee, ruled that Idaho could not enforce the transgender ban while the lawsuit by two plaintiffs made its way through the courts.
The US Supreme Court 6-3 granted an emergency request filed by Idaho’s Attorney General.
Idaho previously enacted the Vulnerable Child Protection Act which protected children from dangerous puberty blockers and procedures that remove body parts.
Far-left activists sued to stop Idaho from protecting children so Idaho’s Attorney General quickly acted and appealed to the 9th Circuit. After the 9th Circuit denied its request, the Attorney General’s office appealed to the US Supreme Court to allow the law to take effect while the case makes its way through the courts.
Idaho’s Attorney General Raul Labrador celebrated the win.
BREAKING: The US Supreme Court just ruled to allow Idaho to enforce the Vulnerable Child Protection Act, a law that protects children from harmful and experimental drugs and procedure, while the case proceeds at the Ninth Circuit.
“Our state has a duty to protect and support all children. I’m proud to defend Idaho’s law that ensures children are not subjected to these dangerous drugs and procedures,” Raul Labrador said.
A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Idaho to mostly enforce a law that bans gender-affirming health care for transgender teens.
Granting an emergency request filed by Idaho officials, the court said the law enacted last year could go into effect statewide but cannot be applied against the two plaintiffs who challenged it.
The court’s three liberal justices objected to the decision, saying the law should have remained blocked in full.
U.S. District Court Judge Lynn Winmill ruled in December that the state could not enforce the law while litigation continues. The state has appealed to the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals but it has yet to rule.
The law, like measures enacted by other states, prevents the use of what Winmill called “generally accepted medical treatment” for transgender minors, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries.
The Indiana Fever made a historic decision by selecting the G.O.A.T., Caitlin Clark, the standout guard from the University of Iowa, with the first overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft.
The announcement was made amidst much anticipation on Monday night, setting the stage for what many believe will be a transformative era for the Fever.
Fever General Manager Lin Dunn expressed the organization’s enthusiasm, stating, “We are thrilled to add Caitlin Clark to our roster. This is a great day for the Indiana Fever and all of Pacers Sports & Entertainment. I am confident she will have an immediate impact on our team and the league. Any time you can add two consecutive No. 1 draft selections, it creates enormous interest and visibility.”
Caitlin Clark, hailing from West Des Moines, Iowa, brings a remarkable collegiate legacy to the Fever. At 6 feet tall, Clark has left an indelible mark on college basketball, establishing herself as the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer with a staggering 3,951 points.
Her records span both men’s and women’s college basketball, including being the top scorer in NCAA Tournament history, leading in field goals made, 3-point field goals made, and ranking impressively in assists and free throws made.
Her collegiate achievements are as extensive as they are historic. Clark is a four-time All-America recipient, has earned numerous player of the year awards, and led the Hawkeyes to consecutive national championship game appearances. Her ability to score, paired with her vision and playmaking, has not only captivated fans but has also significantly impacted her team’s success.
In their final NCAA basketball game against the South Carolina women’s basketball juggernaut, the Iowa women attracted an impressive audience of 18.87 million viewers.
Fever Head Coach Christie Sides highlighted Clark’s natural talent, saying, “Caitlin is one of the most naturally gifted basketball players I have ever seen enter the WNBA from the college level. Her shooting and passing abilities captivated an entire audience of basketball fans, and her ability to make those around her better was even more evident during her collegiate career. We can’t wait to bring her to Indiana and incorporate her into our locker room with a group ready to get back to the postseason.”
Clark’s senior year was nothing short of spectacular, leading the NCAA Division I in scoring and assists for four consecutive seasons and achieving back-to-back 1,000-point seasons—a first in Division I history. Her performance in the 2022-23 Women’s NCAA Tournament was historic, with Clark becoming the first player to score 40 points in back-to-back games.
Beyond her college career, Clark has also represented the United States on the international stage, winning gold medals with USA Basketball and being named to the 2024 USA Women’s National Team training camp roster.
Following the selection, Indianapolis was abuzz with excitement and congratulations from all corners:
With Caitlin Clark’s addition, the Indiana Fever is poised for an exciting future. Her arrival in Indiana is not just a win for the team but a promising development for WNBA fans and the league as a whole. As the Fever prepares for the upcoming season, all eyes will be on Clark to see how she transitions her game to the professional level and drives her new team towards success.
Chants of “Death to America” were also heard earlier in New York City, and one protestor burned an American flag.
As seen in the footage, a young man carrying an American flag is nearly set on fire as the flag he is carrying is torched, and his shirt catches flame. One self-hating American woman shouted, “I love it. Burn it down,” when asked what she thought of burning the American flag.
Laura Loomer shared footage of her confrontation with a Hezbollah flag-waving woman on Wall Street. At the same time she was confronting the woman who confirmed she does, in fact, support Hezbollah, the idiot next to her repeatedly said, “Donald Trump is antisemitic.” Another woman said, “America is a terrorist organization.”
Watch below:
Loomer: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO:
HEZBOLLAH FLAGS IN NYC!
A woman was waving a HEZBOLLAH terrorist flag on Wall Street in NYC at the pro HAMAS rally moments ago. I confronted her about it on video, and she shoved it in my face and screamed obscenities at me. One of the women told me my future children should be aborted because I’m Jewish.
Hezbollah was designated as an Islamic terrorist org by the US Justice Department in 2001. In 2010, State Department officials described Hezbollah as the most technically capable terrorist group in the world and a continued security threat to the United States
These pro-Palestine rallies are terrorist rallies. This is video evidence.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO:
HEZBOLLAH FLAGS IN NYC!
A woman was waving a HEZBOLLAH terrorist flag on Wall Street in NYC at the pro HAMAS rally moments ago. I confronted her about it on video, and she shoved it in my face and screamed obscenities at me. One of the women told me my future… pic.twitter.com/DaSfRht1tL
One young woman who got in the face of NYPD Deputy Chief Timothy Beaudette earlier in the day, screaming, “Are you f*cking kidding me?” was neutralized by the Chief:
Disclaimer: The following article includes descriptions of violence and emotional abuse towards a minor. Please be advised that the details might be disturbing for some readers.
Atlantic City Democrat Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife, Dr. LaQuetta Small (Credit: Instagram)
Atlantic City Mayor in New Jersey, Marty Small, Sr., and his wife, La’Quetta Small, a school superintendent, have been charged with child abuse involving their teenage daughter.
The couple was charged on Monday with allegations of physical and emotional abuse that reportedly occurred over several months.
Marty Small, Sr., a 50-year-old Democrat, faces charges of second-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child, third-degree Terroristic Threats, third-degree Aggravated Assault, and disorderly persons Simple Assault.
His wife, La’Quetta Small, a 47-year-old public schools superintendent, is charged with second-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child and three counts of disorderly persons Simple Assault.
The investigation, led by the Special Victims Unit of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, brought to light a series of disturbing incidents between December 2023 and January 2024.
In one incident, Mayor Small is accused of hitting his daughter with a broom on her head multiple times to the point of unconsciousness.
Further allegations detail how during a heated argument, he threatened to “earth slam” her down the stairs, grabbed her head, threw her to the ground, and hit her so severely that it was described as “smacking the weave out of her head.”
Additionally, he is alleged to have caused bruising to his daughter by punching her repeatedly in the legs.
La’Quetta Small is accused of similarly violent behavior. She allegedly punched her daughter multiple times in the chest, causing bruising, dragged her by her hair, and struck her with a belt on her shoulders, leaving marks.
In another incident, during an argument, it is claimed that she punched her daughter in the mouth.
BREAKING: Atlantic City mayor, wife charged with viciously beating teenage daughter, prosecutor says
“During one incident, Marty Small, Sr. is alleged to have hit his daughter multiple times in the head with a broom causing her to lose consciousness. Another incident alleged… pic.twitter.com/WKQ71pWQmV
Earlier this month, Mayor Small held a news conference in City Hall to say that a search of his home in late March involved “a private family issue,” not a crime.
Mayor Small said at the news conference that he and his wife have been interacting with state child welfare authorities and have nothing to hide.
“We’re going through family therapy, and that’s what this should be, a family matter,” he said.
We have opened Pandora’s box of gender insanity and unless we do a complete 180 soon, we may be stuck with this insanity forever.
As reported by Jim Hoft with the Gateway Pundit,
“A transgender athlete, Aayden Gallagher, from McDaniel High School, smoked female competitors at the Sherwood Need For Speed Invitational on Saturday.
Gallagher, who is in the 10th grade and identifies as transgender woman, competed in the girls’ track and field events, participating in the 200-meter, 400-meter, and 4×100-meter relay races.
In the 200-meter race, Gallagher secured a first-place finish in the heat with a time of 25.49 seconds, smoking the nearest competitor by more than five seconds.
This performance earned Gallagher a second-place finish overall in the girls’ 200-meter event, with the top spot going to Aster Jones from Roosevelt High School, who finished with a time of 24.43 seconds.
Gallagher also competed in the girls’ 400-meter race, finishing second with a time of 55.61 seconds—a time that would have ranked 57th in the boys’ category.”
This is a story that seems to have been playing on repeat for the last two years. The question now is what will we as a society do in response? Are parents going to continue to sit on the sidelines and watch as their daughters get destroyed by males? Or, are more parents going to join those who are outraged and take a stand for basic biology?
If something doesn’t change soon I fear we will be stuck living with the growing plague of collective insanity that is modern gender theory.
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) on Monday promised to halt US Senate business until Democrats hold an impeachment trial for DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
For weeks now Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has refused to hold the Senate trial for DHS Secretary Mayorkas.
Constitutional expert Hans Von Spakovsky recently informed Grant Stinchfield and the Real America Voice audience that holding an impeachment trial is not an option for Democrats – it’s their duty according to the US Constitution!
Hans Von Spakovsky: The Senate has a special rule that it put in place, a parliamentary rule, to handle impeachments. The rule was implemented back in the 1980s. That rule calls for a trial. There is no language in there whatsoever that simply allows a motion to dismiss and a vote on a motion to dismiss. Plus, look, the Constitution says the House votes on whether to impeach a federal official, and the Senate then is responsible for holding a trial and determining whether they are guilty or should be acquitted. There’s nothing in there about not h not holding a trial and simply throwing it out.
Tonight Senator Lee is holding Democrats accountable and is halting business until Democrats hold the DHS Secretary’s impeachment trial!
Here is Senator Lee’s speech from moments ago.
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT): Madam President, I rise today to speak in support of my motion to table the Ramona Manglona nomination. My issue with the nominee at hand is not with the nominee at hand. In fact, she’s quite well qualified. She passed out of the Judiciary Committee on which I serve, with my support, my vote in committee of 21 to zero.
The Senate should not be processing nominees right now. The Senate should be laser-focused instead on preparing for the trial for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whom the House impeached in February. Instead of confirming yet another nominee, we should be considering an organizing resolution to set up that trial, which we’re constitutionally compelled to conduct. But unfortunately, that’s not what we’re doing. Instead, Senator Schumer is preparing to enact a nuclear option by tabling the articles of impeachment.
For the first time in American history Senate Democrats want to avoid even examining the evidence presented against Mayorkas. We should not be going about business as usual while Senator Schumer prepares to nuke the Senate. If this motion to table is successful, then with respect to Manglona, we could move to legislative business to consider an organizing resolution for the impeachment trial.
I ask my colleagues for support. To that end, Madam President, I move to table the nomination of Ramona Villagomes, Manglona, and ask for the yays and nays.
The Senate doesn’t get to ignore its duty and give Secretary Mayorkas a pass for his border disaster.
I’m bringing business to a halt until we give the American people the trial promised by their Constitution. pic.twitter.com/2yjeUBagW5
The House of Representatives on Monday passed a Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider H.B. 7888, which passed on Friday to renew FISA 702 and allow warrantless surveillance of innocent Americans.
This was a betrayal of Americans.
Shortly before the final passage of H.B. 7888 on Friday, the House rejected a commonsense amendment from Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), which would have required a warrant to spy on Americans. However, 86 Republicans voted for authoritarianism, with Speaker Mike Johnson casting the decisive vote.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), in an interview with Maria Bartoromo this weekend, slammed Mike Johnson for voting with Democrats again to break the tie and “abdicating the power of the purse” to the Democrats in the latest spending package. “As I see it now, I’m not sure there’s a difference between Mike Johnson being in charge and the Democrats being in charge,” Senator Paul remarked:
Recall that official intelligence documents show that the FBI illegally used FISA 278,000 times to spy on Americans, including their political enemies like President Trump, Trump donors, and January 6 families. Republicans in Congress chose to screw the American people and allow unwarranted search and seizure of our private communications, giving the Biden Regime and FBI renewed authority to spy on Trump and innocent Americans, as they previously did, leading up to the 2024 election.
The final vote on Section 702 of the Foreign Surveillance Act was 273-147 on Friday, with 126 Republicans in favor of betraying the American people. On Monday, the legislation was brought back to a vote on a motion to reconsider, requested by Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) and demanded by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna in a recorded vote.
However, 117 Republicans voted with 142 Democrats in favor of a Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider, which was requested by House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH). The legislation now heads to the Democrat-led Senate, where it will presumably pass and then be signed into law by Joe Biden.
Recall that Mike Turner, a staunch opponent of FISA reform to end warrantless surveillance of innocent Americans, came under fire earlier this year for sending a letter to colleagues and raising concern over “an urgent matter with regard to a destabilizing foreign military capability that should be known by all Congressional Policy Makers.” According to Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), who asked Speaker Johnson for an inquiry and possible removal of the House Intelligence Chair from his committee, this was an attempt by Turner to create unfounded worry in pursuit of a “political agenda” to prevent the passage of FISA reform legislation.
The Gateway Pundit reported earlier that Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), following Friday’s disappointing vote by RINOs, Democrats, and Speaker Johnson, sent a letter to all 435 members of Congress on Monday urging them to protect civil liberties, follow the U.S. Constitution and fix the current legislation to make it constitutional.
“I urge all Members of Congress to vote NO on the motion to table the motion to reconsider,” states the letter. “I am specifically asking the 56 Members of Congress who voted for final passage of H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, after supporting and voting for Biggs Amendment #1 to vote NO on the motion to table.”
Friday’s legislation permits U.S. agencies to monitor foreign targets abroad but has come under scrutiny for its implications and past misuse in surveilling American citizens. The vote displayed a uniparty alliance, with 147 Democrats and 126 Republicans supporting the bill, while 88 Republicans and 59 Democrats opposed it.
Shortly before final passage, the House rejected a commonsense amendment from Rep. Andy Biggs, which would require a warrant to spy on Americans. 86 Republicans voted for authoritarianism, with Speaker Mike Johnson casting the decisive vote.
Here are the 117 RINOs who voted in favor of warrantless spying on the American people and President Trump’s campaign:
A huge fire erupted at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, according to initial reports.
The blaze at this crucial facility, responsible for producing the metal bodies of the U.S. Army’s 155 mm artillery shells, prompted an immediate response from local firefighting units.
NEPA Fire Photography first reported the incident, noting that Scranton firefighters were actively battling a structure fire at the Army Ammunition Plant location on Cedar Avenue.
The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP), a key component of the national defense infrastructure, is operated by General Dynamics and plays a pivotal role in manufacturing artillery projectiles for the U.S. military.
The situation appeared dire as “heavy smoke venting from the roof” was reported, with firefighting crews working tirelessly to control the blaze.
Efforts to extinguish the fire saw some progress, as it was later reported that “the bulk of the fire [had been] knocked down.”
Additional support was called in from the Greenwood Fire Department for ventilation assistance and the Chinchilla Hose Company of South Abington Township to stand by with a foam trailer, according to report.
At approximately 3:20 p.m. today, emergency personnel responded to a fire at the heat treat building at Scranton Army Ammunition Plant.
The fire has since been extinguished, with no injuries and all personnel accounted for. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. We are currently assessing the damage to determine possible impacts to facilities or production.
The safety of our workforce is our primary concern, and we appreciate the quick response of our emergency personnel.
According to The Bridge, the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant is a vital asset to the United States Army Joint Munitions Command (JMC) and the broader military infrastructure.
Managed by General Dynamics-Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS), the facility’s production capabilities include a wide array of military munitions such as 155mm and 105mm artillery projectiles, various mortar projectiles, and naval gun projectiles, among others.
It currently produces:
155mm and 105mm artillery projectiles
the 105mm PGU-45/B High Fragmentation (HF) Cartridges
A Brooklyn woman charged in a subway stabbing that left a good Samaritan injured was busted for knifing two people in Philadelphia – including a 1-year-old boy – just days after skipping out on a court date in her New York City case.
Takeira Hester, 28, was out on bail when she missed her April 11 hearing in the assault case for allegedly stabbing a 31-year-old man who tried to break up a fight between her and another woman on a lower Manhattan train in 2022, authorities said.
She now also faces attempted murder charges for the stabbing spree in Philly — which began at around around 8:30 a.m. April 13 when Hester allegedly randomly knifed a 24-year-old woman in the chest and hand in the Center City neighborhood, local cops said.
Just hours later at around noon, Hester allegedly stormed up to a 1-year-old boy riding in a stroller alongside his twin – and brazenly stabbed him in front of both parents on South 18th Street, authorities said.
Hester had a warrant out for her arrest out of New York City at the time after skipping out on her hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court on the assault case, prosecutors said.
Police across the country could learn a few lessons regarding how Florida takes care of pro-Hamas protesters who disrupt the daily lives of residents.
As WSVN reported, several of the losers were manhandled, dragged, and then arrested by Miami Police in riot gear and on horseback as they attempted to block the entrance to Port Miami. The incident occurred at roughly 1 PM on Monday.
The local police were joined by state troopers and armored vehicles in the process according to the outlet.
Bryan Griffin, the communications director for Governor Ron DeSantis, shared a clip of the Miami police taking out the trash. At the same time, other cities like Chicago and San Francisco coddled the protesters instead.
Compare this epic reaction by the cops to what’s going on along the Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco Police STILL have not done anything despite the protests dragging on for hours.
The Golden Gate Bridge has been blocked by pro-Palestinian protesters for hours
Like their fellowcomrades across the country, the protesters in Miami want the U.S. government to stop sending Israel weapons to defend themselves against Hamas and cut off aid to the Jewish State completely.
“After October 7, they have given more tax dollars, what we’re saying is that money could better be used to address the housing crisis in the US, the public education issue, the lack of accessible food and affordable housing, and better transportation,” whined protester Libra Sankara.
If every state were like Florida when dealing with unlawful protests, leftist clowns would think twice before attempting these publicity stunts.
Hundreds of anti-Israeli protesters wreaked havoc in Lower Manhattan on Monday, storming the Brooklyn Bridge and grinding traffic to a halt on its Manhattan-bound side as cops in riot gear fought to contain the unrest.
The marchers — including some who burned American flags, according to social media posts — converged on the historic span around 3:45 p.m., immediately disrupting cars and prompting NYPD cops to swarm the area and begin cuffing at least two dozen of them.
Photos posted on social media showed the massive mob invading the span during the disruptive rally — only the latest in the Big Apple since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel and the subsequent counter-offensive by the Jewish state in the Gaza Strip.
President Trump on Monday afternoon spoke to the press after the first day of the Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ trial in Manhattan.
Jury selection was underway on Monday morning for Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s lawfare case against Trump related to ‘hush payments’ made to porn star Stormy Daniels.
After refusing to recuse himself, Judge Juan Merchan on Monday threatened to put President Trump in jail if he doesn’t show up for trial.
The judge told Trump a warrant would be issued for his arrest if he failed to show up to trial without a valid reason.
President Trump asked the judge if he could skip the trial on Wednesday for his son Barron’s graduation.
Judge Merchan said that the decision “really depends on if we are on time and where we are in the trial.”
President Trump spoke out after Judge Merchan threatened him with jail if he skipped court.
President Trump: We had some amazing things happen today.
As you know, my son is graduating from high school, and it looks like the judge will not let me go through the graduation of my son, who’s worked very, very hard. He’s a great student. We’re very proud of the fact that he did so well. And he was looking forward for years to have this graduation with his mother and father there. It looks like the judges are not going to allow me to escape this scam. It’s a scam trial.
If you read all of the legal pundits, all of the legal scholars today, there’s not one that I see that said this is a case that should be brought or tried. It’s a scam. It’s a political witch hunt. It continues It continues forever. And we’re not going to be given a fair trial. It’s a very, very sad thing.
In addition, as you know, next Thursday, we’re before the United States Supreme Court in a very big hearing on immunity. And this is something that we We’ve been waiting for a long time. The judge, of course, is not going to allow us.
He’s a very conflicted judge, and he’s not going to allow us to go to that. He won’t allow me to leave here for a half a day, go to DC, and go before the United States Supreme Court because he thinks he’s superior, I guess, than the Supreme Court. We got a real problem with this judge. We have a real problem with a lot of things having to do with this trial, including the DA, because you go right outside and people are being muffled and killed all day long. He’s sitting here all day with 10 or 12 prosecutors over nothing, over what people say shouldn’t be a trial.
I just want to thank you very much.
How awful!
WATCH:
BREAKING: Donald Trump speaks out after Judge Merchan informed him that he could not attend his son Barron’s high school graduation or he will be jailed. pic.twitter.com/exkZVQeGSS
The months-long battle over FISA Section 702 reform legislation introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) to end warrantless surveillance of Americans and Biden Regime dissidents and the Intelligence Committee’s bill to reauthorize the controversial spying tool seemingly came to an end on Friday when 126 House Republicans joined Democrats to renew the FISA 702 by a vote of 273 to 147.
The final vote on Section 702 of the Foreign Surveillance Act was 273-147, with 126 Republicans in favor of betraying the American people. The legislation was headed to the Democrat-led Senate where it would presumably pass and then be signed into law by Joe Biden.
However, tonight, following a vote on a motion to table, requested by House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH), the House of Representatives will vote on a motion to reconsider the renewal of FISA 702. Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) called for reconsideration of the bill after it passed in the House on Friday, which was met with pushback from Turner.
Watch the votes live below.
Recall that Mike Turner, a staunch opponent of FISA reform to end warrantless surveillance of innocent Americans, came under fire earlier this year for sending a letter to colleagues and raising concern over “an urgent matter with regard to a destabilizing foreign military capability that should be known by all Congressional Policy Makers.” According to Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), who asked Speaker Johnson for an inquiry and possible removal of the House Intelligence Chair from his committee, this was an attempt by Turner to create unfounded worry in pursuit of a “political agenda” to prevent the passage of FISA reform legislation.
Friday’s legislation permits U.S. agencies to monitor foreign targets abroad but has come under scrutiny for its implications and past misuse in surveilling American citizens. The vote displayed a uniparty alliance, with 147 Democrats and 126 Republicans supporting the bill, while 88 Republicans and 59 Democrats opposed it.
Shortly before final passage, the House rejected a commonsense amendment from Rep. Andy Biggs, which would require a warrant to spy on Americans. 86 Republicans voted for authoritarianism, with Speaker Mike Johnson casting the decisive vote.
Biggs’ amendment would end the FBI’s ability to surveil Americans and end the current practice of collecting, storing and digging through Americans’ communications without a warrant.
The Gateway Pundit reported earlier that Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has not given up following Friday’s disappointing vote by RINOs, Democrats, and Speaker Johnson, sending a letter to all 435 members of Congress on Monday urging them to protect civil liberties, follow the U.S. Constitution and fix the current legislation to make it constitutional.
“I urge all Members of Congress to vote NO on the motion to table the motion to reconsider,” states the letter. “I am specifically asking the 56 Members of Congress who voted for final passage of H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, after supporting and voting for Biggs Amendment #1 to vote NO on the motion to table.”
Recall that official intelligence documents show that the FBI illegally used FISA 278,000 times to spy on Americans, including their political enemies like President Trump, Trump donors, and January 6 families. If Republicans in Congress continue to screw the American people and allow unwarranted search and seizure of our private communications, the Biden Regime and FBI will have renewed authority to spy on Trump and innocent Americans, as they previously did, leading up to the 2024 election.
Andy Biggs called on his colleagues to “vote down the expansion of Biden’s surveillance state” by adding the warrant requirement he previously requested to FISA:
The House has one last chance to vote down the expansion of Biden’s surveillance state.
Luna released the following video, where she slammed the two-tiered spy program and its weaponization against Americans on X, commenting, “Today we have an opportunity to #killFISA. IT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED TO REQUIRE A WARRANT FOR SURVEILLANCE. Voting starts at 6:30pm. Please phone your rep and ask them to protect your 4th amendment.”
Luna: [FISA] literally has been responsible and reached, I think, over a quarter of a million times, in addition to the fact that they actually had made carve-outs in this legislation for members of Congress, but not the general population, meaning that if you’re a member of Congress, you’ll be notified by the FBI nicely that you’re being under surveillance. But if you’re a normal person, you’re not, so that’s completely unacceptable.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), in an interview with Maria Bartoromo this weekend, also slammed Mike Johnson for voting with Democrats again to break the tie and “abdicating the power of the purse” to the Democrats in the latest spending package. “As I see it now, I’m not sure there’s a difference between Mike Johnson being in charge and the Democrats being in charge,” Senator Paul remarked:
Paul: Americans shouldn’t be spied on by their own government. The Fourth Amendment was put in by our founding fathers to protect us. FISA doesn’t obey the Fourth Amendment. And so, Speaker Johnson was incredibly wrong. He broke the tie. He voted with the Democrats. Here we have the leader of the Republicans in the House votes with the Democrats against a warrant requirement.We also have Speaker Johnson voting for the spending package, once again, with a majority of the Democrats. As I see it now, I’m not sure there’s a difference between Mike Johnson being in charge and the Democrats being in charge. The debt, the deficit this year will be $1.5 to $2 trillion, and that’s Mike Johnson’s bill. He put it forward, he supported it with a minority of Republicans with a majority of Democrats. This is not using the power of the purse. This is abdicating the power of the purse.
Monday’s motion to table vote is the culmination of months of infighting within the Republican Party over how to reform the key surveillance program. Though House Judiciary Committee members and other privacy hawks secured wins with a two-year sunset and a stand-alone vote on Rep. Warren Davidson’s (R-OH) bill, the Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act, sometime this week, House Intelligence Committee members and national security allies ultimately secured victory with no warrant requirements and a mostly-agreed upon base text.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faced severe backlash for the Biggs amendment, as the House tied 212 to 212, causing the amendment to fail. Many members accused the speaker of being a “tiebreaker” vote, despite his office claiming he was not the last member to vote on the amendment.
How the vote on the motion to table swings could impact whether the House needs to prepare for another FISA vote and whether Johnson needs to prepare for a possible motion to vacate. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) had said ahead of the vote that her decision on whether to move forward with the motion would depend on Johnson’s approach to FISA and Ukraine aid.
Israel underwent one of the most shocking and overwhelming attacks on its country by a foreign state in decades as Iran sent hundreds of drones, cruise missiles, and more over the weekend. Now, the US is embroiled in a conflict that could potentially escalate from regional to global very rapidly. Has the US last control of a country it considers a close ally?
President Trump, refusing to be silenced by a leftwing judge and Soros-funded prosecutor, is facing scrutiny for sharing a video of his allies exposing the conflicts of interest in the Stormy Daniels “hush money” case.
Jury selection is still underway for Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s lawfare case against Trump. Last April, Trump was hit with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and conspiracy.
The far-left judge overseeing the Stormy Daniels trial trampled all over Trump’s First Amendment rights with a strict gag order.
Juan Merchan earlier this month expanded Trump’s gag order to bar Trump from making factual statements about the judge’s far-left family members after it was learned that the judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, is a far-left political operative who worked for the Biden-Harris campaign and received tens of MILLIONS of dollars from Democrats who want to take down Trump.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, prosecutors are now seeking to hold President Trump in contempt for ‘violating’ the gag order and asking the court to impose sanctions while threatening Trump with jail time if he continues to speak out against this political witch hunt.
“Donald Trump did nothing wrong,” Laura Loomer began chanting outside the courthouse before she and Andrew Giuliani ripped into Judge Merchan, his wife, Soros-funded DA Alvin Bragg, and Bragg’s star witness, admitted perjurer Michael Cohen.
“The facts–think about this–are so weak in this case that Joe Biden would not even bring this case. That’s how bad this is. It took a Soros funded District Attorney in order to bring this case. There’s no underlying felony,” exclaimed the son of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
As Bradley Smith, Institute for Free Speech Chairman, Capital University law professor, and former Federal Election Commission Chairman, notes in an op-ed for The Federalist, the made-up felony charges against Trump are completely baseless, setting aside the clear conflicts of interest with the prosecution and the judge.
DA Alvin Bragg argues that Trump falsified business records in order to “conceal crimes that hid information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election” and “boost his electoral prospects.” Under this theory, Bragg claims that Trump violated campaign finance laws by not publicly reporting so-called campaign expenditures to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.
Misreporting business expenses is normally, at most, a misdemeanor. Bragg seeks to ratchet it up to a felony here by arguing that the misreporting was done to cover up a crime. That alleged crime is a violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA). The theory is that Trump’s payments to Daniels were campaign expenditures and thus needed to be publicly reported as such. By not reporting the expenditure, the theory goes, Trump prevented the public from knowing information that might have influenced their votes.
But let’s think about this for a minute. Political candidates do things all the time that are “for the purpose of influencing an election,” but that, nonetheless, are not considered campaign expenditures. For example, a candidate cannot buy a new suit, get his teeth whitened, or pay for cosmetic surgery with campaign funds, even if he does so for the purpose of looking good on the campaign trail.
That’s because, in campaign finance law, these types of expenditures are known as “personal use.” FECA specifically prohibits the conversion of campaign funds to personal use, defined as any expenditure “used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense that would exist irrespective of the candidate’s election campaign.”
Does anyone really think a candidate should be able to use campaign funds to settle lawsuits, or threatened lawsuits, arising from activities that occurred long before his candidacy? It’s stressful being a candidate, and a little relaxation may make the candidate more effective on the stump. Does that mean your campaign contribution should pay for a candidate massage? How about a country club membership, or tickets to the Super Bowl (after all, the candidate might take along a potential donor)?
Herein lies the most frightening part of this prosecution: Had Trump made these payments with campaign funds, it seems a near certainty he would now be facing criminal charges for a knowing and willful diversion of campaign funds to pay personal obligations. If Bragg’s prosecution is successful, it will mean a candidate can use campaign funds to pay almost any obligation that, the candidate might argue, would benefit his candidacy. Perhaps worse, zealous prosecutors could get a candidate coming or going — falsification of records if campaign funds are not used, and illegal personal use if campaign funds are used.
President Trump Truthed the following video from today’s protest outside the courthouse:
Loomer: We’re gonna be here every single day, talking to all of you fake news media freaks and letting you know that Donald Trump did nothing wrong until you start to report the truth. Judge Merchan’s wife literally worked for Letitia James. Michael Cohen’s lawyer, Andrew Laufer’s, Twitter profile banner is a photo of him with Letitia James, talking about getting Trump. He said that he had fundraisers for Kamala Harris. Tell me that this isn’t the witch hunt. How is this fair? How is this fair to Donald Trump?
Giuliani: You’re absolutely right. We’ve got to be out of here for President Trump. Let them know that he did nothing wrong. Let them know this is a political persecution by prosecution of the leading candidate for President of the United States. That’s what’s going on here. That’s what’s going on in the United States of America. The facts–think about this–are so weak in this case that Joe Biden would not even bring this case. That’s how bad this is. It took a Soros funded District Attorney in order to bring this case. There’s no underlying felony.
Shortly after posting this, Politico criticized Trump for “test[ing] the boundaries of the gag.”
Donald Trump doesn’t need to oblige the communist, crooked Judge Merchan.
If they arrest Trump he will raise over $100 MILLION.
Donald Trump Did Nothing Wrong!
He has a right to defend himself!
I will happily be a bullhorn in support of Trump since he’s been silenced! https://t.co/TN1g4RTaD5
Even as prosecutors were seeking a contempt ruling against Donald Trump for violating the gag order in recent days, Trump once again tested the boundaries of the gag during the trial’s lunch break.
He posted a video of one of his prominent allies, Laura Loomer, announcing through a bullhorn that “Donald Trump did nothing wrong.” Notably, Loomer used the same moment to criticize Justice Juan Merchan’s wife for purportedly working for New York Attorney General Tish James, a Trump political foe. Loomer also criticized prosecutors’ star witness, Michael Cohen, for employing the services of a lawyer with ties to Trump’s political opponents.
While Loomer’s views are well known, Trump’s decision to amplify them on Truth Social could be viewed as violating the gag, which prohibits him from commenting on Merchan’s family members or any witnesses in the case.
The Gateway Pundit will continue to provide updates on the ongoing jury selection in Alvin Bragg’s election interference case against Donald Trump.
Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer of the film “Rust” who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter last month for the 2021 on-set fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, was sentenced by a New Mexico judge to 18 months in prison Monday, the maximum possible punishment.
“I did not hear you take accountability in your allocution. You said you were sorry, but not (that) you were sorry for what you did,” Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said in announcing the sentence.
“You alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon,” the judge said. “But for you, Ms. Hutchins would be alive, a husband would have his partner, and a little boy would have his mother.”
Gutierrez Reed, 26, had no visible reaction to the sentence. She was taken from the courtroom after the sentence was announced.
In January Alec Baldwin was indicted by a grand jury on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal ‘Rust’ shooting.
If convicted, he faces up to 18 months in prison.
“We look forward to our day in court,” said Baldwin’s attorneys, Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro, in a statement on Friday, according to Variety.
Recall that last April, criminal charges against Alec Baldwin were dropped in New Mexico.
Last year, Alec Baldwin was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins.
Halyna Hutchins
Baldwin shot and killed 42-year-old Halyna Hutchins and injured 48-year-old Joel Souza on the movie set of ‘Rust’ in Santa Fe, New Mexico in October 2021.
Prosecutors requested a second analysis of the gun Alec Baldwin used.
Firearms expert Lucien Haag concluded the gun Alec Baldwin used on set had not been modified.
“Although Alec Baldwin repeatedly denies pulling the trigger, given the tests, findings and observations reported here, the trigger had to be pulled or depressed sufficiently to release the fully cocked or retracted hammer of the evidence revolver,” firearms expert Lucien Haag wrote.
“From an examination of the fired cartridge case and the operationally restored evidence revolver, this fatal incident was the consequence of the hammer being manually retracted to its fully rearward and cocked position followed, at some point, by the pull or rearward depression of the trigger,” Haag wrote.
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Florida’s Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, has been vocal about his concerns with the COVID-19 vaccines.
The Gateway Pundit reported in December that Dr. Ladapo sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Califf and CDC Director Mandy Cohen pressing for greater transparency about the potential for DNA integration into the human genome—a concern that could have far-reaching implications.
In May of 2023, Ladapo sent a letter to Califf and former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky regarding the risks of the experimental COVID-19 vaccines.
Recently, Ladapo joined Stay Free with Russell Brand to discuss the current state of public health in the U.S. and didn’t hold back when it came to Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Brand asked, “Can you tell us the lessons we can learn from the figure of Anthony Fauci.”
Dr. Ladapo responded, “Maybe lesson number one is to really examine the deliverer of your information. I think a lot of people, early on, were just completely snowed by Dr. Fauci.”
“But there were a few voices that could see him for who he is.”
“And who he is is a dishonest, self-serving political animal who happens to have scientific training.”
“And we saw him…he misled people in so many ways. The whole mask thing was just epic. He was sitting in that 60 Minutes interview saying, ‘No one really needs to wear one.’ Which actually was consistent with the science, because the science hasn’t been supportive.”
“And then he flipped the script, and we were up to maybe two or three masks by the time the pandemic was actually starting to cool down.”
“So you’ve got to look at the sources of information and really feel whether they resonate with you in terms of your connection with what feels true.”
“And he clearly…I don’t have anything against him, actually…but you can look at him, and he is obviously a dishonest and untrustworthy person.”
When Globalist and Euro-fanatic Donald Tusk was again elected Prime Minister of Poland, it was no secret that he was on a mission to enact all the failed Brussels policies: climate alarmism, unchecked mass migration, LGBT indoctrination… and, of course, abortion.
While Tusk is still licking his wounds from the electoral whiplash of seeing the former government party, the Conservative PiS, be the most voted in the local elections, he is nevertheless pressing hard with the ‘mission’ and, as we shall see later in this piece, is beginning to harvest the monetary rewards.
Today, it arises that Poland’s parliament has sent four different bills on liberalizing abortion laws to a special bipartisan committee for consideration.
This signals the cooperation between ruling coalition parties – despite deep divisions over the matter.
“‘We promised to stop bickering and we kept our word … We did it out of respect for democracy and concern for the durability of the coalition. Now we leave the fate of these bills in the hands of the committee members’, parliament speaker Szymon Holownia wrote on X after Friday’s vote.”
What Reuters disingenuously calls ‘women’s rights’ are very high on the agenda in Tusk’s Poland.
Under the previous nationalist government, the country enacted a near-total ban on abortion in 2021, ’embedding conservative social values in law during its eight-year rule’.
Now, take a look at how the news agency equates Globalists with ‘moderates’ as they rush to kill babies in the womb.
“Since winning election in October, Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s broad coalition encompassing the moderate left and right has reinstated public funding for in-vitro fertilisation and voted to change rules on access to emergency contraception.
However, the issue of abortion remains divisive, resulting in the three coalition parties presenting four bills on the matter: two allowing terminations without restrictions until 12 weeks of pregnancy and one de-penalising the procedure.
The fourth bill, proposed by Holownia’s Christian democratic Third Way party, reinstates the right to abortion in cases of fetal abnormalities, returning to the situation before a 2020 constitutional court ruling banned such procedures.”
The European Union demands its abortions.
Under present Polish law, abortion is legal only in the case of rape, incest, or a danger to the woman’s health or life.
The four new bills will now be debated by the special parliamentary commission.
But there is a catch: it is widely expected that current President Andrzej Duda, a conservative ally of the former ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, would veto any changes to abortion legislation.
So, as Tusk carries on with the dirty work, Brussels is making sure he feels appreciated.
The European Union has just disbursed 6.3 billion euros (about $6.7 billion) to Poland.
The funds are a part of the 27-nation bloc’s post-pandemic recovery fund, and it’s ‘the biggest single transfer ever to the country.’
“Poland’s former national conservative government, voted out of power in October, made changes to the judiciary which the EU said violated democratic checks and balances, and so decided to block the money.
The European Commission had said at the time Poland must meet certain “milestones” to guarantee the independence of the judiciary to get the funds. Brussels emphasized that an independent judiciary is vital to respecting the EU’s democratic norms, while some also argue that independent courts boost investors’ confidence in the country’s ability to adjudicate commercial disputes.”
But are the funds connected to the abortion legislation? Am I not making this up? Look at this part of the AP reporting in bold characters and notice the usual euphemisms.
“Poland’s pro-European coalition of three center-left parties led by current Prime Minister Donald Tusk won parliamentary elections and took over in December. It succeeded the nationalist Law and Justice party that had ruled for eight years and introduced changes to the justice system, reproductive rights and the media that put Poland on a collision course with the EU.”
The Commission announced in February that it would start releasing funds, confident in promises by the pro-EU Tusk to restore democratic norms.”
Senator Rand Paul recently came forward with more information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and its origins – and this time, US Government agencies are directly implicated. If it’s true that these agencies knew about COVID-19 since 2018, and still weren’t able to handle the outbreak properly – either we’re dealing with MALICIOUS or INCOMPETENT actors in these agencies. So which is more likely?
Jury selection was underway on Monday morning for Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s lawfare case against Trump related to ‘hush payments’ made to porn star Stormy Daniels. Last April Trump was hit with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and conspiracy.
Alvin Bragg still hasn’t named the underlying felony after he twisted the law and somehow upgraded the misdemeanor charges that were past the statute of limitations – to felonies.
The fix is in. The judge overseeing the case is a far-left operative whose daughter has made a lucrative career helping Democrats ‘get Trump.’
After refusing to recuse himself, Judge Juan Merchan on Monday threatened to put President Trump in jail if he doesn’t show up for trial.
Merchan read Trump his right to be in court during the trial.
The judge told Trump a warrant would be issued for his arrest if he failed to show up to trial without a valid reason.
President Trump asked the judge if he could skip the trial on Wednesday for his son Barron’s graduation.
Judge Merchan said that the decision “really depends on if we are on time and where we are in the trial.”
Judge warns Trump he could face jail for missing court
Merchan is talking about Trump’s right to be present in court — known as Parker admonitions.
Merchan is talking directly to the former president for the first time all day, issuing a stark warning that if he fails to show up for trial without a reason a warrant will be issued for his arrest.
The N.Y. courts provide a script for these which is below:
You have the right to be present in court at any proceeding including, in particular, a hearing and trial. Do you understand?
However, by your conduct, you can waive, give up, forfeit, or lose that right to be present.
Add if defendant is in jail:
If you deliberately refuse to come to court when required, or in any way deliberately obstruct or interfere with the effort to bring you to court, then, any proceeding in your case, including hearing, trial and, if you are convicted, sentence, can and will continue in your absence. Do you understand?
Add if defendant is at liberty:
If you deliberately fail to appear in court when required, then any proceeding in your case, including hearing, trial and, if you are convicted, sentence, can and will continue in your absence. A warrant for your arrest will be issued and you will be subject to separate prosecution and separate punishment for bail jumping no matter what happens in this case. Do you understand?
Alvin Bragg’s office is now asking the court to impose sanctions and threatened Trump with jail time.
Per MSNBC: Manhattan DA’s office asks court to impose a $1k sanction for each of 3 prior posts, order him to take them down, and warn him that further violations will result in jail time. DA notes a 9:12 am post today, potentially made inside the courthouse, also violates the order.
Judge Merchan said he will hear argument on Alvin Bragg’s application to hold Trump in criminal contempt for violating the gag order on April 24 at 2:15.
NEW: Judge Juan Merchan will hear argument on the Manhattan DA’s application to hold Trump in criminal contempt for violating the gag order on . . . April 24 at 2:15 pm. That means any sanctions against Trump for at least *these* violations won’t happen for more than a week. 1/
Disgraced former 2024 GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley has landed a new job after dropping out of the 2024 Presidential race in disgrace.
Haley announced Monday on her X account that she has joined the Hudson Institute, a conservative foreign policy think tank. She wrote that she looks forward to working with the organization to push her neoconservative agenda.
When our policymakers fail to call out our enemies or acknowledge the importance of our alliances, the world is less safe. That is why
@HudsonInstitute’s work is so critical. They believe the American people should have the facts and policymakers should have the solutions to support a secure, free, and prosperous future.
I look forward to partnering with them to defend the principles that make America the greatest country in the world.
When our policymakers fail to call out our enemies or acknowledge the importance of our alliances, the world is less safe. That is why @HudsonInstitute’s work is so critical. They believe the American people should have the facts and policymakers should have the solutions to… pic.twitter.com/7B5dIlzQQx
The Hudson Institute revealed that Haley will serve as the next Walter P. Stern Chair. The institute created this new role to acknowledge the accomplishments of former Hudson Chairman Walter “Wally” Stern. He played a critical role in making Hudson one of Washington’s most prominent research organizations.
Hudson President and CEO John P. Walters crowed that he was “honored” Haley decided to join their team and called her a “steadfast defender of freedom.”
“Nikki is a proven, effective leader on both foreign and domestic policy,” Walters said. “In an era of worldwide political upheaval, she has remained a steadfast defender of freedom and an effective advocate for American security and prosperity. We are honored to have her join the Hudson team.”
Sarah May Stern, chair of Hudson’s Board of Trustees, called the new role “fitting” for Haley.
“It is fitting that Nikki has taken on this title,” said Stern. “She is a courageous and insightful policymaker and these qualities are vital in making Hudson the powerhouse policy organization it is today, and I am extremely proud that she has joined the Institute.”
The Gateway Pundit previously reported Haley classlessly refused to endorse after leaving the race in an emotional farewell. Instead, she challenged President Trump to win over her supporters.
According to one poll, Trump is already winning over 10% of Biden voters.
President Joe Biden delivers a speech on the U.S. economy and “Bidenomics”, Thursday, September 14, 2023, at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Maryland. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
Biden talks up the economy’s strong growth but doesn’t address the fact that the inflation rate he’s given us surpasses the GDP growth rate. He also doesn’t mention that much of this growth was funded directly by government stimulus and other financial aid given to the public.
The White House claims the economy is roaring, and mainstream media suggests only Republicans doubt it. However, consumer sentiment is declining, albeit with a slight recent uptick, which both the White House and mainstream media quickly seized upon as a positive trend. Inflation also rose this month, but the White House contends it’s down compared to 2022 levels. It appears the White House chooses to cite macro or micro data depending on what makes them look better.
The average gas price increased by 7% this month compared to last month. However, it remains lower than the $4.90 it hit in 2022. So, I suppose the White House can chalk up another win.
The reality is, both the average American and business owner perceive the economy as dismal and lack confidence in the future. Despite high inflation, the specter of recession still looms large, suggesting stagflation may become a reality in the near future. We could easily find ourselves grappling with growing unemployment alongside escalating prices. Technically, we’ve been in a recession for some time now, but Janet Yellen’s assertion that a recession isn’t defined by two consecutive quarters of negative growth was surprising to me and most university economics professors, as it contradicts the textbook definition of a recession.
Regarding stagflation, it’s defined by rising prices and growing unemployment. In the strictest sense, the White House is correct that we haven’t reached that point yet. More jobs are being created each month. However, if you’re looking for a job, the difficulty in finding one is obvious. This is largely due to the fact that 70% of the new jobs being created are part-time, while about 20% are government jobs. Depending on one’s definition of “jobs,” an argument could be made that significant numbers of new full-time private sector jobs are not being created.
The truth is, the economy has been on shaky ground throughout Biden’s entire administration. The only thing preventing a complete collapse is government stimulus and government job expansion, both of which add to the deficit and debt, merely postponing the inevitable. And that inevitable end is fast approaching.
Several US municipalities have implemented excessively high minimum wages, reaching up to $20 an hour. As a result, retailers, fast food chains, and ride-hailing apps like Lyft and Uber are exiting these markets. Grocery stores are transitioning to self-checkout systems, while fast-food establishments are introducing order kiosks. Moreover, many CVS and Walgreens drugstores have significantly reduced their floor staff, in some instances to just one employee.
Under Bidenomics, we’ve witnessed a 46% increase in gas prices, with mortgage rates inching closer to 7%. Meanwhile, the demand for new mortgages is dwindling.
Real wages, adjusted for inflation, have dropped by an average of $371. The White House’s deception on this matter lies in presenting a chart of inflation that peaked in June 2022 and has since been declining, while wages have been on the rise. At first glance, it may seem that the worst of inflation is behind us and wages now surpass inflation. However, it’s crucial to remember that prices have not decreased.
The rate at which wages are increasing, at 5%, now exceeds the rate of price increases, at 3.2%. However, over the past four years, we’ve seen cumulative inflation of nearly 20%. So, whereas you once earned a dollar, you now earn $1.05, while goods that previously cost $1.00 now cost $1.20. As a result, your real wages, adjusted for inflation, have decreased.
In short, the money you earn buys you less stuff.
Due to a decline in inflation-adjusted income, US savings rates have dropped to 3.6% from the pre-pandemic level of 6%. Credit card delinquencies and car loan defaults have reached record highs. Many Americans report borrowing money each month just to cover their cost of living.
Bidenomics is a disaster, and the White House is still considering cutting interest rates, which would cause inflation to skyrocket.
Joe Biden on Monday held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Mohammed Shyaa Al-Sudani of the Republic of Iraq.
Biden’s meeting with the Iraqi PM comes a couple of days after Iran attacked Israel with drone and missile strikes.
“Our partnership is pivotal for our nations, the Middle East and the world,” said Biden.
Biden took a victory lap after Iran attacked Israel.
“In the 36 hours since, we have been coordinating a diplomatic response to seek to prevent escalation,” Biden said slurring his words. “Strength and wisdom need to be different sides of the same coin.”
He continued slurring, “As you know, Iran launched an unprecedented aerial attack against Israel and we mounted an unprecedented military effort to defend Israel.”
WATCH:
Biden — slurring as he reads directly from his pre-written notes — takes a victory lap over Iran’s attack on Israel pic.twitter.com/49LHHNVpUm
While some liberals try and rationalize abortion not being murder – despite the calls for it to be legalized well into the timeframe in which a baby has a heartbeat – show host and comedian Bill Maher took a very different approach. Recently, on his show ‘Real Time’, he admitted abortion was MURDER, but that he was okay with that – after which, the crowd goes silent. Are liberals starting to understand the actions they’ve been taking and the moral reality of them, or did Maher just say too much and let the mask slip?
Attorney General Ken Paxton, a staunch conservative voice in Texas, is being defended by a national coalition of attorneys general amid a politically motivated attack by the State Bar of Texas.
This action comes in the wake of Paxton’s staunch opposition to the “Democrat-Marxist onslaught” in Texas. Democrats and Secret Sleeper Republicans hate him for this.
The lawsuit criticized Paxton’s attempts to challenge the 2020 presidential election results in several key states. Paxton’s defense condemned the lawsuit as an overreach, suggesting it aims to dictate the Attorney General’s litigation strategies and legal theories.
The Republican-led Texas House in May impeached highly popular Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations of misconduct. The 20 articles include “bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust.”
The latest chapter in this saga involves the State Bar of Texas’s Commission for Lawyer Discipline, which sought to censure Paxton and his First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster for their actions surrounding the 2020 election, specifically the case known as Texas v. Pennsylvania.
While initial allegations were dismissed, the Commission appealed, and the case has escalated to the Supreme Court of Texas.
Rallying to Paxton and Webster’s defense, a national coalition of attorneys general filed an amicus brief, arguing against the misuse of the disciplinary process to penalize elected officials for performing their constitutional duties.
They contend such actions could set a precedent for using bar complaints as political weapons to hinder the work of attorneys general and their offices.
The brief explains: “The real question in this case… is whether courts will permit the politicization of the State Bars and weaponization of disciplinary rules against elected executive officers discharging their constitutional duties.… Moreover, there is an appreciable risk that this type of political activism will incentivize bar complaints made for the sole purpose of obstructing the ability of attorneys general and their staff to carry out their constitutional responsibilities. The weaponization of the attorney grievance process impedes the work of the people and frustrates the constitutional structure.”
Here is the roster of Attorneys General who have submitted the brief:
Austin Knudsen representing the State of Montana
Steve Marshall representing the State of Alabama
Treg Taylor representing the State of Alaska
Ashley Moody representing the State of Florida
Raúl Labrador representing the State of Idaho
Theodore E. Rokita representing the State of Indiana
Brenna Bird representing the State of Iowa
Kris Kobach representing the State of Kansas
Liz Murrill representing the State of Louisiana
Lynn Fitch representing the State of Mississippi
Andrew Bailey representing the State of Missouri
Michael T. Hilgers representing the State of Nebraska
Drew Wrigley representing the State of North Dakota
Gentner Drummond representing the State of Oklahoma
Alan Wilson representing the State of South Carolina
Marty J. Jackley representing the State of South Dakota
Sean D. Reyes representing the State of Utah
Patrick Morrisey representing the State of West Virginia
Attorney General Paxton has publicly thanked the supporting attorneys general, accusing the State Bar of exploiting politically motivated lawfare to dissuade elected officials from defending the Constitution.
“Thank you to my fellow attorneys general for siding with law and order. The State Bar is using a disgraceful tactic: weaponizing politically-motivated lawfare to intimidate elected leaders and their staff from upholding the Constitution when it inconveniences their political agenda. This attempt to punish First Assistant Attorney General Webster and me for standing up for our country, our State, and our citizens will not succeed,” Paxton wrote.
Thank you to my fellow attorneys general for siding with law and order. The State Bar is using a disgraceful tactic: weaponizing politically-motivated lawfare to intimidate elected leaders and their staff from upholding the Constitution when it inconveniences their political… https://t.co/StsKd5mQ0q
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) April 15, 2024
Is there anyone left who doesn’t see that Joe Biden is not the president? Joe Biden isn’t running the show.
Everyone in Washington DC knows Joe Biden is for all intents and purposes brain-dead. Everyone knows he should be in a nursing home with a sign around his neck listing his name and phone number in case he wanders off. Everyone knows he wears diapers. Everyone knows he doesn’t know what year it is, or most of the time, where he is, what he’s reading on the teleprompter, or what he’s signing.
This is the worst kept secret in history: Joe Biden is a brain-dead zombie puppet.
Biden is a wooden dummy and someone is the ventriloquist. Biden is the frontman for the biggest scam in world history.
So, why isn’t every Republican politician in Washington DC and America asking “Who is in charge? Who is running the country? Who is making the decisions that change our lives and our children’s future? Who is giving the orders?
Someone is making ridiculous, absurd, insane decisions. Someone wants America destroyed. Someone wants America weak and impotent. Someone wants to turn Americans into serfs and slaves, dependent on government to survive.
Someone wants America part of a One World government with all other poor and powerless nations of the world.
Who made the decision to leave the border open and invite the whole world in- including murderers, terrorists, Jew-hating Muslim radicals, Hamas, Hezbollah, MS-13, and Chinese military-age males? Who would want this?
Who made the decision to leave the border open- thereby allowing all the fentanyl and other deadly drugs in the world to flow into the USA and kill over 100,000 Americans a year? Who would benefit from that?
Who made the decision to add half a trillion dollars a year to the national debt to pay for 20 million new illegal aliens? Why do we need them? Who benefits?
Who made the decision to treat illegal aliens better than U.S. citizens, and better than even our hero military vets?
Who is making the decision to allow the violent criminals out with “no bail?” Look around- almost every crime in America is committed by criminals arrested or convicted 5 times, 10 times, 20 times, 50 times. Why are they walking the streets? Why are they still breathing? Why aren’t they in prison for life, or given the death penalty?
Who is making the decision to “feminize” the U.S. military and base it on DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion), CRT, climate change, and transgender ideology?
Who made the decision to release billions of dollars to Iran right before they funded one of the worst terror attacks in history upon Israel? Who gave them the green light to attack Israel twice without America lifting a finger to stop them?
Who made the decision over the weekend for the United States to not support Israel’s counterattack against Iran?
Who made the deadly decision to keep the printing presses running 24/7 to create the worst debt and worst inflation perhaps in our lifetimes, and thereby destroy the middle class?
Who made the decision to hurt the oil and energy industries and reverse America’s energy independence under President Trump? Who would want us dependent on our enemies in the Middle East, Russia and Venezuela?
Who made the decision to not refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at the exact moment World War 3 appears to be imminent?
The world is on fire because someone gave the order to abdicate our role as world leader. Who made that decision?
Who made the decision to weaponize our government against President Trump? And to violate the U.S. Constitution in order to censor and silence conservatives?
Who made the decision to mandate against their will every employee in America with an untested, experimental, emergency-use-only, vaccine based on OSHA rules?
Who gave the order to demonize and slander Ivermectin as a veterinary medicine for pigs and horses- even though it is now proven to be safe and effective for humans versus Covid, and could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives? Someone didn’t want those American lives saved. Why?
I could go on for hours.
Someone is making all these devastatingly wrong decisions that are intentionally destroying America. Why isn’t every Republican politician in America asking out loud, “Who is President? Who is making these decisions?”
And we should be saying it 24/7 until the election. Everyone in DC knows Biden can’t control his bladder, he’s certainly not running the country.
So, who is? Why are we allowing the greatest nation in world history to be destroyed by an unelected mysterious stranger, or foreign interests?
We know Joe Biden is reading teleprompter. We know his mic is cut off, if he strays from prepared words. We know the Easter Bunny led him off the White House lawn when reporters asked too many questions. We know his wife Jill often leads him off stage. We know he can’t walk up short stairs without tripping. We heard him actually say he doesn’t know what he’s signing.
We know Obama said he was “going to fundamentally change America.” We know Obama if he was elected gas prices would skyrocket.
I believe Obama is the real power behind the throne. Obama is giving the orders.
But who is his boss? The Deep State? China? The CCP? George Soros? Klaus Schwab? Valerie Jarrett? Satan?
Someone is the head of the snake giving the ultimate orders to destroy America. Someone is ordering this communist and globalist takeover of USA. Someone is turning our government against the people. Someone is being bribed billions of dollars to destroy us.
Why isn’t every GOP politician in America asking these questions LOUDLY 24 hours a day in the media and in television commercials?
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Prosecutors on Monday will be seeking to hold President Trump in contempt for ‘violating’ Judge Merchan’s gag order in the Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ trial.
Jury selection was underway on Monday morning for Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s lawfare case against Trump. Last April Trump was hit with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and conspiracy.
The far-left judge overseeing the Stormy Daniels trial trampled all over Trump’s First Amendment rights with a strict gag order.
Juan Merchan earlier this month expanded Trump’s gag order and barred the former president from criticizing his family members.
The judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, is a far-left political operative who worked for the Biden-Harris campaign.
Earlier this month Trump threw down the gauntlet and blasted Judge Merchan in a series of Truth Social posts.
President Trump said he will continue to tell the truth and will “gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela,” and is willing to “sacrifice my Freedom for that worthy cause.”
“Now, we have Merchan, who is not allowing me to talk, thereby violating the Law and the Constitution, all at once. It is so bad what he is trying to get away with – How was he even chosen for this case??? I heard he fought like hell to get it, and all of the rest of them also! If this Partisan Hack wants to put me in the “clink” for speaking the open and obvious TRUTH, I will gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela – It will be my GREAT HONOR. We have to Save our Country from these Political Operatives masquerading as Prosecutors and Judges, and I am willing to sacrifice my Freedom for that worthy cause. We are a Failing Nation, but on November 5th, we will become a Great Nation again. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump said on Truth Social a couple of weeks ago.
Alvin Bragg’s office is now asking the court to impose sanctions and threatened Trump with jail time.
Per MSNBC: Manhattan DA’s office asks court to impose a $1k sanction for each of 3 prior posts, order him to take them down, and warn him that further violations will result in jail time. DA notes a 9:12 am post today, potentially made inside the courthouse, also violates the order.
NEW: Manhattan DA’s office asks court to impose a $1k sanction for each of 3 prior posts, order him to take them down, and warn him that further violations will result in jail time. DA notes a 9:12 am post today, potentially made inside the courthouse, also violates the order.
Judge Merchan said he will sign the order to show case that sets forth a briefing schedule.
Merchan says during the lunch break, he’ll sign the order to show cause that sets forth a briefing schedule. With that, we break—and we’ll be back at 1:30.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that pro-Hamas agitators are blocked off a road entering Chicago O’Hare Airport while police are doing nothing, forcing some travelers to ditch their cars and walk to the airport. Now, they have completely shut down the Golden Gate Bridge as police arrive to confront them in riot gear.
According to KGO-TV, the protest started Monday morning on Northbound I-880 in Oakland where agitators blocked every single lane. They brought barrels onto the roadway and reportedly chained themselves to the barrels.
In the video below, the protesters can be seen holding signs reading “Stop the World for Gaza” and End the Siege on Gaza Now!”
WATCH:
NEW: Pro-Palestine protesters have blocked the Golden Gate Bridge just hours after another group shut down lanes at Chicago O’Hare airport.
The protest reportedly started in Oakland where they blocked lanes and chained themselves to barrels.
KGO-TV reveals the protests are a part of A15, a worldwide economic blockade in solidarity with “Palestine.” They want an arms embargo and an end to US taxpayer funding for Israel.
KRON-TV reports even more protests are planned in the Bay Area, further inconveniencing residents. One is scheduled at noon Pacific at UN Plaza and Market and Hyde streets in San Francisco by the Marxist, anti-military group Code Pink.
Another protest by the A15 group is planned at the Tesla Factory in Fremont, a possible troll of the company’s CEO (and X Owner) Elon Musk.
Drivers ditch cars to head to Airport thanks to illegal Pro-Hamas protest Credit: @wearedissenters screenshot
Pro-Hamas agitators are blocking off a road entering Chicago O’Hare Airport while police are doing nothing, forcing some travelers to ditch their cars and walk to the airport.
As ABC 7 Chicago reported, every lane is blocked on I-190 West between Bessie Coleman Drive and the airport.
Credit: @wearedissenters
The agitators are wearing signs reading “Free Palestine” and “Stop Genocide.” The group Chicago Dissenters, which helped organize the protest, claims they want the U.S. government to stop sending Israel weapons.
On this Tax Day, when millions are paying taxes which fund the ongoing U.S and Israeli bombardment of Gaza, protestors seek to take dramatic action, alongside other @a15actions organizers worldwide.
O’Hare International Airport is one of the largest in the country, and there will be NO business as usual while Palestinians suffer at the hands of American funded bombing by Israel.
The cops, unfortunately, are not doing anything to remove the protesters from the road at the moment.
The line outside of Chicago’s O’Hare airport is insane because a mob is blocking the entrance. Why aren’t the cops doing anything? pic.twitter.com/hYvfVbbP5G
Video footage captured video of passengers sitting on top of their cars, waiting for the protest to clear out and for the cops to take action. The response would likely be different if this were a pro-police or pro-Israel protest.
A demonstration in solidarity with Palestine has resulted in traffic being blocked off leading to O’Hare. Some individuals are sitting in their cars, while others are walking towards the airport.#ohare#chicagopic.twitter.com/pxy9ZPcU6d
Here is footage of flyers being forced to abandon their cars to walk to terminals while the protesters continue their stupid and illegal publicity stunt.
At some point, motorists in an American city are going to get fed up and run over these sorry clowns disrupting their daily lives. The cowardice of public officials will be to blame for such an avoidable tragedy.
A video of Brian Stelter’s previous interview, in which he was extremely triggered about his famous monikers “Humpty Dumpty” and “Potato,” has resurfaced and is now circulating the internet.
Fake news host Stelter, the former CNN mouthpiece, joined Sarah Longwell’s The Focus Group Podcast earlier this year to discuss why voters have turned on FOX News.
During the interview, Stelter recounted the episodes where he received unexpected packages in the mail due to the name-calling.
These packages included an actual potato and a Humpty Dumpty toy, sent by critics who have referred to him by these monikers in an attempt to mock or discredit him because of his lies and propaganda while working at CNN.
“It’s not just about the characters who are in, it’s also about the villains that the cinematic universe creates. I like to think that I’m a bit character in that universe,” said Stelter.
“I once had a potato mailed to me. It came in a FedEx box. It was an actual potato. I showed it to my kids, and of course, my kids are young. They have no idea why someone’s mailing me a potato. It’s because that within the Fox universe, I used to be called Humpty Dumpty, and from there, ‘Brian’s a potato,'” he said.
“Actually the other thing that showed up in the mail one day was a Humpty Dumpty toy and my kid actually played with it so that one the joke was on the [sender],” he added.
WATCH:
Brian Stelter: “I once had a potato mailed to me. I showed it to my kids. It’s because that within the Fox Universe, I used to be called Humpty Dumpty. From there, it became ‘Brian is a Potato’.
Imagine being such a Potato head you can’t explain why your nickname is ‘Potato… pic.twitter.com/jPd9mZr6C0
Back in 2018, Brian Stelter said he wanted Sean Hannity of Fox News to explain why he calls him “Humpty Dumpty.”
“The disclosure for me about Hannity is that, he calls me Humpty Dumpty for some reason, don’t know why,” Stelter said.
Here’s one of the videos of Sean Hannity calling Stelter Humpty Dumpty.
Sean Hannity roasts Brian Stelter after a college freshman called out CNN for its track record of pushing hoaxes:
“Little Humpty Dumpty, well he sat on a wall and he had a great fall and he couldn’t answer a question.” pic.twitter.com/jWNvVzHwJt
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) April 8, 2022
In 2022, TGP’s Cristina Laila reported that Brian Stelter’s days were numbered at CNN.
“SOURCE: Stelter is “down to weeks if not days” left at CNN. They go on “He is everything that reminds the new owners of the Zucker era they desperately want to get past”” Jon Nicosia reported.
Fake news Stelter is reportedly causing problems and “stirring discontent within the ranks.”
A CNN insider previously told The Daily Mail that “Brian Stelter should start looking for another job.”
CNN then canceled the Sunday media affairs program Reliable Sources. The show’s ratings tanked in recent months — and Stelter left the network.
Now that Brian Stelter no longer has a show on CNN, he apparently has a lot more time on his hands. He is running for a seat on a school board in New Jersey.
In a fascinating twist, Stelter is running as a Republican. Are we supposed to believe Brian Stelter is a Republican? Are voters in new Jersey going to buy that?
What indication has he ever given in public that he is a member of the GOP?
On Friday, the House voted 273 to 147 in favor of extending Section 702 of FISA, a provision originally enacted in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.
This legislation permits U.S. agencies to monitor foreign targets abroad but has come under scrutiny for its implications and past misuse in surveilling American citizens. The vote displayed a uniparty alliance, with 147 Democrats and 126 Republicans supporting the bill, while 88 Republicans and 59 Democrats opposed it.
The approved legislation proposes a two-year extension for the surveillance program.
Rep. Mary Miller (R-Illinois) stated her opposition, referencing past abuses: “I voted NO on reauthorizing FISA without a warrant requirement and serious reforms. FISA was misused by Obama to spy on the Trump campaign, and under Biden, to monitor his critics, including Tucker Carlson.”
An amendment was proposed by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), which would have required a warrant for the FBI to conduct surveillance on Americans under FISA. The floor vote resulted in a tie vote of 212-212. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) then broke the deadlock by casting the tie-breaking vote against the amendment, a move criticized by grassroots supporters.
Johnson betrayed Americans and defied the US Constitution.
As The Gateway Pundit readers are well aware, the Biden regime and deep state players have been targeting and spying on Trump and his supporters for several years now. This has to stop in order to preserve a free society!
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has not given up following Friday’s disappointing vote by RINOs, Democrats and Speaker Johnson.
Rep. Luna sent a letter to all 435 members of Congrees on Monday urging them to protect civil liberties, follow the US Constitution and fix the current legislation to make it constitutional.
I sent a letter to all 435 of my colleagues asking for them to #KillFISA today. We can amend the current form so that it is constitutional.
We will be voting at 6:30pm.
To my colleagues: please join me in protecting our civil liberties. We can fix this.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna sent this letter to all 435 members of Congress urging them to follow the US Constitution and correct the FISA bill in a vote this evening in the US House of Representatives.
Luna asks her colleagues: “Is the 118th Congress going to set the precedent that we, as Members of Congress, will be protected from warrantless searches but that the everyday Americans that we represent will not be?”
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Rep. Luna is specifically targeting the the 56 Members of Congress who voted for final passage of H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, after supporting the warrant amendment to vote NO on the motion to table on Monday.
We have a second vote on FISA TOMORROW!!!
I urge all Members of Congress to vote NO on the motion to table the motion to reconsider.
I am specifically asking the 56 Members of Congress who voted for final passage of H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America… pic.twitter.com/0GIYl4gnYd
Senator Mike Lee is urging Republican Representatives to VOTE NO today on the motion to table the motion to reconsider.
Senator Mike Lee: The FISA 702 fight in the House isn’t over.
Some representatives voted to reauthorize 702 even though the amendment requiring a warrant narrowly failed.
I suspect some of them are having regrets about how they voted on Friday—or at least they should be.
And tomorrow they have the chance to redeem themselves when the House votes on a motion to table the motion to reconsider the reauthorization of FISA 702 *without* a warrant requirement.
I implore all House members to vote “no,” and take a stand for the Fourth Amendment.
The FISA 702 fight in the House isn’t over.
Some representatives voted to reauthorize 702 even though the amendment requiring a warrant narrowly failed.
I suspect some of them are having regrets about how they voted on Friday—or at least they should be.
Here is Anna Paulina Luna’s message to Americans today.
Today we have an opportunity to #killFISA. IT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED TO REQUIRE A WARRANT FOR SURVEILLANCE. Voting starts at 6:30pm. Please phone your rep and ask them to protect your 4th amendment. pic.twitter.com/EQo7EvWbiL
The FBI’s investigation is separate from the ongoing investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Previously, The Gateway Pundit reported that the Dali ship’s owner filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Federal Court, claiming no responsibility for the Key bridge’s collapse.
Far-left Judge Merchan on Monday morning rejected Trump’s demand to recuse himself as jury selection was underway for the Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ trial.
President Trump recently filed a motion requesting that the judge overseeing the Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ case be recused because of his daughter’s political work.
The judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, is a far-left political operative who worked for the Biden-Harris campaign. The media has infantilized 34-year-old Loren Merchan in an effort to attack Trump’s First Amendment-protected speech.
Loren Merchan’s firm, Authentic Campaigns, Inc., has received tens of millions of dollars from Democrats who want to take down Trump.
According to The New York Post, Loren Merchan helped Democrats raise $93 million off of her father’s case.
The judge on Monday rejected Trump’s request to recuse himself as the former president appeared in court.
Judge Juan Merchan denied the motion for recusal and says he won’t consider it again until the appellate court rules.
Merchan says it’s the opinion of the court that Trump is using a “series of inferences, innuendos and unsupported speculation” to make his claims for recusal.
Trump appeared to be looking straight ahead, at a screen, biting his bottom lip as the judge rejected the recusal motion.
Sydney has been rocked by another stabbing incident just days after a tragic attack at a local shopping mall.
Bishop Mari Emmanuel of Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley was the target of a violent stabbing while preaching during an evening service.
The assailant, dressed in black, approached the altar and repeatedly stabbed the Bishop in the face and head in an attack that was inadvertently broadcast live on the church’s YouTube channel.
The horrifying scene unfolded on Monday just after 7 pm, leaving the congregation in chaos. Early reports indicate that at least two other individuals were also stabbed as they attempted to intervene. Footage of the incident has since been circulating online, capturing the terror.
A man has been apprehended by police and taken to an undisclosed location for questioning. While the motive behind the attack is still being investigated, the incident has led to widespread outrage within the community.
Below is the video of the attacker who stabbed the priest and other churchgoers while smirking the whole time.
Here is the Muslim immigrant who stabbed a Priest and 4 other Churchgoers during a sermon in Australia.
Look at the evil smirk. These people are a ticking time bomb that needs to be deported.
Tensions escalated further as the community clashed with police, resulting in injuries to at least two officers and damage to police vehicles.
The officers were reportedly struck by objects, including bottles and bricks, thrown by members of the community attempting to confront the accused stabber, according to New South Wales acting assistant commissioner Andrew Holland.
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BREAKING: Thousands of angry protesters have surrounded the Wakeley church and chanting ‘bring him out’ after mass stabbing attack in Sydneypic.twitter.com/MupeOEQ4ra
A pitched battle has erupted in California over the decision by one city to take an easement away from the Lions Club and remove a Christian cross the organization had illuminated at holidays for years.
The situation has been profiled by CBN, which noted the effort to restore the cross continues.
The cross has been on the site since several owners sold the city 1.1 acres of land in the 1970s, but the Lions retained an easement for the cross, the report said.
Atheists in recent years had complained they didn’t like it, so the city’s solution was to take over the easement and remove the monument.
Now a coalition of Christians is renewing their campaign to have the 28-foot-tall cross restored.
The metal and plexiglass structure had been illuminated on a hill overlooking Albany Hill for decades, CBN said.
It was the East Bay Atheists who began insisting in 2015 that the cross on the private easement be torn down.
They claimed it showed a “preference” for one religion and offended them.
The city’s mayor at the time in 2017 soon joined the campaign. Peggy McQuaid, in office, said the city did not support the “continued presence” of the cross.
Then in 2018 a judge claimed the cross, on a private easement, violated the Establishment Clause of the Constitution, which forbids setting up a state religion.
The city could have sold the plot of ground that was covered by the easement, but instead opted to pursue the destruction of the cross.
The Lions club now has sued to regain its easement, and the cross, the report said.
The complaint notes the court refused to acknowledge that the club had a property right “to display the cross.’
“The First Amendment of the Constitution protects individuals and private entities from such blatant state hostility to those wishing to express symbols of faith and hope,” Brad Dacus, president and founder of Pacific Justice Institute, told CBN.
“We at PJI are committed to defending such constitutionally protected expression.”
Lions Club chief Kevin Pope told the Washington Times in an interview that city leaders “seem to hate what it represents, and rather than take an amount of money for the land … they’ve decided to spend what we think is probably close to $1 million” fighting the cross.
Iran is China’s pawn. Neither China nor Russia would actually care if Israel or the United States retaliates against Iran. But they know, with Joe Biden as President, he will never attack them. That allows leaders in China and Russia to continue spewing tough talk and war-mongering propaganda without the threat of war with the U.S. ever becoming a reality.
Joe Biden is weak, and his ineptitude has caused chaos in the Middle East. China is using Iran to stoke the flames of danger only to create more weakness and uncertainty. In fact, Iran most likely got the go-ahead to launch drones and missiles at Israel from China.
It is my belief China knew full well that Iran’s drones and missiles would be shot down. It knew its “Attack” had a high likelihood of failure. It allows The U.S. to claim superiority, and since the attack caused very little damage, Joe Biden would tell Israel to stand down. Sources are telling the media that is exactly what has happened.
Though China is waging an electronic and cyber war against the United States, it has no desire for a full-blown kinetic war. China’s economy is far too fragile for that. So is the United State’s economy. Russia’s, too. It is tied up in Ukraine and can’t afford a wider conflict. The reality is, the world can’t afford a World War right now, and every world leader knows it.
So, all the calls that we are on the verge of WWIII are sensationalistic clickbait. The U.S. should hit back against Iran very hard. China and Russia will do nothing if we do. The sad part is that Joe Biden and his incompetent team of foreign policy rubes have no idea the best way to put Iran in its place is to hit them back hard.
President Trump speaks to reporters prior to his latest lawfare case on a noncrime in New York City.
President Trump was dragged off the campaign trail again on Monday to face a hostile courtroom in New York City where the far left judge and Soros-funded District Attorney are charging President Trump with non-crimes that have to do with accounting. DA Alvin Bragg has yet to clearly define what exactly Trump did wrong in this latest New York City lawfare fiasco.
President Trump spoke with reporters briefly before the jury selection began today.
President Trump: This is an assault on America. Nothing like this has ever happened before. There’s never been anything like it. Every legal scholar said this case is nonsense. It should never have been brought. It doesn’t deserve anything like this. There is no case, and they’ve said it. People that don’t necessarily follow or like Donald Trump said this is an outrage that this case was brought. This is political persecution. This is a persecution like never before. Nobody’s ever seen anything like it.
Again, it’s a case that should have never been brought. It’s an assault on America. That’s why I’m very proud to be here. This is an assault on our country. It’s a country that’s failing. It’s a country that’s run by an incompetent man who’s very much involved in this case. This is really an attack on a political opponent. That’s all it is. I’m very honored to be here. Thank you very, very much.
Paul Ingrassia wrote an exceptional piece today on this latest lawfare case against Trump and our country by the tyrannical left.
Tensions are running high in the Parliament of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, as a massive brawl erupted during the ‘debate’ of a polemic new bill.
The confrontation consisted of multiple fistfights that broke out among lawmakers today (15) as a parliamentary committee was supposed to be debating a bill on “foreign agents”.
Critics say the proposed legislation is modeled on draconian legislation in neighboring Russia.
“Video from inside the parliament building in the capital Tbilisi showed a brief but violent brawl between lawmakers after the chairman of the chamber’s legal affairs committee appeared to strike the leader of the United National Movement opposition party, which opposes the bill.
The governing Georgian Dream bloc last month announced that it supported the legislation, which still needs to pass other approval stages before it can become law.
The law would require organizations receiving more than 20% of their funding from overseas to register as “foreign agents” and submit to monitoring by the justice ministry, or else face hefty fines.”
The 2012 Russian law that opponents compare their legislation to is said to be used ‘to crack down on Russian civil society and independent media’.
Givi Mikanadze, ‘Georgian Dream’ lawmaker:
“Georgian society absolutely deserves to know which organisations are being financed, from which sources. We are talking about transparency and having an obligation (to the Georgian people).”
President Salome Zourabichvili will repertedly veto the bill, as she feels it endangers Georgia’s hopes of joining the EU and NATO.
“The scuffle came as dozens of Georgians rallied outside parliament against the proposed law, which they argue undermines Georgia’s bid for European Union membership.
Ahead of a rally planned for Monday evening, protesters could be seen unfurling a large European Union flag and shouting: “No to the Russian law!”
“Georgia’s society is strong enough not to allow the country to slide into Russian-styled authoritarianism,” Saba Gotua, an architect, said.
‘We will not let Georgian Dream waste Georgia’s historic chance to become an EU member’.”
Leftist media organizations are demanding that Donald Trump and Joe Biden commit to hold a series of debates in accordance with the “rich tradition” of doing so in the run-up to presidential campaigns.
In an open letter, media organizations, including ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, PBS, NBC, NPR, and The Associated Press, urged the two candidates to commit to the idea.
“If there is one thing Americans can agree on during this polarized time, it is that the stakes of this election are exceptionally high,” the organizations said in a joint statement.
Regime media release a joint statement urging Trump and Biden to publicly commit to participate in the general election debates prior to the 2024 November election. pic.twitter.com/EtdRYZ08fR
“Amidst that backdrop, there is simply no substitute for the candidates debating with each other, and before the American people, their visions for the future of our nation.”
However, as noted by CNBC, Biden is refusing to do so, possibly because his advisers are concerned about the ramifications of doing so:
Asked on March 8 whether he would commit to a debate with Trump, Biden said, “it depends on his behavior.” The president was visibly miffed by his opponent in the freewheeling first 2020 debate, at one point saying, “will you shut up.”
Trump campaign managers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita said in a letter this past week that “we have already indicated President Trump is willing to debate anytime, any place and anywhere — and the time to start these debates is now.” They cited the seven 1858 Illinois Senate debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, saying “certainly today’s America deserves as much.”
During his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening following Iranian attacks on Israel, Trump held up a placard that read: “Anytime. Anywhere. Anyplace.”
“We have a little, look at this, it’s for him,” he said. “See the podium? I’m calling on Crooked Joe Biden to debate anytime, anywhere, any place. Right there. And we have to debate because our country is going in the wrong direction so badly and while it’s a little bit typically early we have to debate. We have to explain to the American people what the hell is going on.”
Iran informed Turkey in advance of its planned operation against Israel, a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters on Sunday, adding that Washington had conveyed to Tehran via Ankara that any action it took had to be “within certain limits.”
Turkey, which has denounced Israel for its campaign on Gaza, said earlier on Sunday that it did not want a further escalation of tensions in the region.
The Turkish source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan had spoken to both his US and Iranian counterparts in the past week to discuss the planned Iranian operation, adding Ankara had been made aware of possible developments.
Earlier this week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Fidan to make clear that escalation in the Middle East was not in anyone’s interest.
“Iran informed us in advance of what would happen. Possible developments also came up during the meeting with Blinken, and they (the US) conveyed to Iran through us that this reaction must be within certain limits,” the source said.
A large crowd of angry Christians gathered outside the Assyrian Church in Sydney, Australia, where police are holding the man who stabbed four people during a church service.
People are in a near-riot outside the church, seemingly wanting to lynch the knifeman, who is now in police custody.
Restrained by parishioners, the apparent Islamist terrorist who attacked Assyrian Orthodox Bishop Mar Mari reportedly said in Arabic: ‘if He wasn’t criticizing my Prophet (Muhammad) and my religion (Islam), I wouldn’t have come or attacked’.
Following the attack on Assyrian Bishop H.G Mar Mari Emmanuel in Sydney, a crowd of hundreds of Angry Assyrians gathered at the church demanding that the police hand over the attacker to them.
Sydney Police surrounded the Nestorian Christian temple, fearing that the Assyrians might lynch and kill the Terrorist
“Police said they had arrested the suspect, and neither the priest’s injuries, nor those of three other people who were wounded, are thought to be life-threatening. Following the incident, hundreds of people gathered outside the church in west Sydney with videos on social media showing crowds chanting ‘bring him out’ and ‘an eye for an eye’.
One video appeared to show a ladder being used to shatter a window of the church, while police were allegedly forced to use tear gas to enable officers to get away from the area after a perimeter they had constructed was breached by rioters, reports claimed. New South Wales police urged members of the public to ‘avoid’ the area.”
Chris Minns, the New South Wales premier, has called for “calm” amid “disturbing” scenes in Sydney.
‘Disturbing scenes tonight in Wakeley tonight’, Mr Minns said. ‘My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and first responders who are working to keep us safe’.”
Watch: Restrained by parishioners, the Islamist terrorist who attacked Bishop Mar Mari reportedly said in Arabic: “if He wasn’t criticising my Prophet (Muhammad) and my religion (Islam), I wouldn’t have come or attacked”
Restreained by parishioners, the Islamist terrorist who attacked Bishop Mar Mari reportedly said in Arabic: “if He wasn’t criticising my Prophet (Muhammad) and my religion (islam), I wouldn’t have come or attacked” pic.twitter.com/Lo4L7V8Ebh
Recently, noted feminist Naomi Wolf joined Tucker Carlson for a conversation about her awakening during the COVID pandemic and how she became a primary target of the globalist left.
Naomi is always interesting and honest. Her words are thought provoking. It takes an enormous amount of courage to turn around and confront the status quo. She is one of the most courageous intellectual leaders of our time.
Naomi Wolf: I had looked for my research for that book at times and places throughout history where a fragile democracy had been undermined and there had been a coup, essentially, whether by fascist forces on the right or to tell a terrible forces on the left. I that tyrants always do the same 10 things. They took 10 steps to closing an open society. From having done that research, I saw quickly when Governor Cuomo announced that we couldn’t meet with more than six people at once in our homes in New York State, and we couldn’t assemble to pray. I realized we were at step 10, which is martial law. It’s emergency law. It’s the last step.
Tucker Carlson: We’re already at step 10!
Naomi Wolf: They fast forwarded. They jumped over all the other nine steps. I realized how dangerous that was because once you have emergency law, anything can happen. Then when I realized that I personally was being, I don’t know, damaged by Powerful Forces for not lying, that was a year later, pretty much in June of 2021, when I was doing what I’ve done for 35 years, which is reporting on a woman’s health issue. I’ve written three best sellers about women’s sexual and reproductive health. It’s not a new beat for me. No. No. And so I was reporting on Twitter that women were reporting eyewitness accounts of themselves, that they were having menstrual dysregulation or symptoms upon receiving the mRNA injection. Which had at that point rolled out. And I literally just accurately reported this and said something like, It bears more investigation.
And I was overnight, all at once, it was very extraordinary, deplatformed from Twitter, from Facebook, from YouTube, But also all the newspapers and news outlets where I’d been a commentator or columnist for 35 years ran pieces smearing me and saying I was spreading misinformation, and I was an anti-vaxxer, and My Wikipedia page changed overnight, which I now understand better because I didn’t understand the role of AI at that point in journalism.
Basically, I became a nonperson on the left. I was kicked out overnight from my comfortable perch in the liberal elite media. It was incredibly painful…
Naomi Wolf was one of the most famous liberal intellectuals in America. Then she questioned lockdowns and the Covid vax. It’s pretty amazing what happened next. pic.twitter.com/zR0VJ9dwUO
In another clip Naomi Wolf describes the absolute evil we witnessed globally surrounding the COVID cult.
Naomi Wolf: …I also asked myself, what is this evil? When I considered what I was seeing with all the heads of state of countries around the world walking in lockstep in an anti-human assault, and I saw this happening overnight, all these institutions devoted to good things like hospitals and schools were overnight devoted to their mirror image. What if when we stop doing our part in just living morally or trying to live morally, it does allow this vulnerability in which these horrible forces can just come in and flip all these institutions? What if there’s truth that there’s a certain safety we have as a society when we consecrate ourselves in our society to a higher good?
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce finds himself at the center of a social media storm after purportedly liking an Instagram post featuring former President Donald Trump.
The post, uploaded by former ESPN host Sage Steele, shows Trump during his visit to UFC 299 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, last month. He was seen engaging with the crowd and various personalities.
Trump, accompanied by his daughter Ivanka, was met with a mix of cheers and chants from the audience.
Trump’s presence at the sporting event was punctuated by a viral moment when a “F**ck Joe Biden!” chant broke out among the crowd, a video of which was captured by commentator Benny Johnson and has since been widely circulated online.
The controversy surrounding Kelce began when sharp-eyed fans noticed that the NFL star had liked Steele’s photo that featured her alongside Trump at the UFC event.
The action quickly sparked debate, given Kelce’s public image, which has been associated with Democratic-leaning stances due to his involvement in a Pfizer vaccine campaign and a Bud Light commercial.
Furthermore, Kelce’s relationship with pop icon Taylor Swift, who publicly supported Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, has reinforced this perception.
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#Breaking News: Travis Kelce, NFL star tight end and boyfriend of Taylor Swift, is causing controversy after liking a post of ESPN former reporter Sage Steele and Donald Trump at a UFC event.
I think everyone, even celebrities, are finally waking up and supporting the MAGA… pic.twitter.com/EpyGOV3zY3
Online users suggest a simpler, more personal rationale behind the like, theorizing, “He probably likes Sage. I wouldn’t go that far into it.” Another said, “Or maybe he just liked a post! I don’t think we need to overanalyze someone liking a post.” These online users lean towards viewing the interaction as a benign acknowledgment of Steele rather than an endorsement of the political context surrounding the photo.
Conversely, another faction of the online community speculates on a deeper evolution in Kelce’s political or social views, suggesting, “Maybe he’s awakened after all?”
Laura Loomer, Paul Ingrassia, Cara Castronuova and fellow trump supporters outside NYC courthouse on Monday.
President Trump is being whisked into Judge Merchan’s courthouse, beginning early Monday morning, before what is sure to be an unfair and biased proceeding implicating the presidential frontrunner.
First, the venue – perhaps behind only Washington, DC — New York City boasts one of the most hostile jury pools in the nation to conservatives in general, and Trump supporters in particular.
If we were operating under a normal system of justice that upheld traditional standards of judicial ethics, no jury would be allowed to draw its members from Manhattan, the most left-wing of the five boroughs in which over three in four residents voted for Biden over Trump in 2020.
If preserving the integrity of New York’s now deeply tarnished judicial system were an actual concern, Donald Trump’s counsel would have the ability to transfer venue to a district, such as upstate New York or Long Island (or out of state altogether), that would select from a more ideologically diverse pool of jurors – allowing him at least a fighting shot to convince them of his innocence in court.
(Of course, if integrity were truly the driving consideration, this case would have been dead on arrival.) This would be preferable to being damned by a system overseen by bad-faith, Soros-funded actors, like Letitia James and Alvin Bragg, who predetermined the 45th President’s guilty before he ever stepped foot in the courtroom.
Second, the judge. Judge Merchan is conflicted beyond repair. In a case that rivals, maybe even surpasses, the improprieties of the Fani Willis debacle, Judge Merchan, through his immediate family connections, has proven himself incapable of presiding over a fair trial – even if he tried – because of the conflict of interest that exists between him, his court, and the Biden Regime.
For one, Biden’s Justice Department tapped Matthew Colangelo, a senior level political appointee, to work closely alongside far-left District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, to investigate Michael Cohen’s alleged payment to Stormy Daniels, the basis for the underlying indictment.
Colangelo’s insertion into the investigation reeks of banana republic justice – and not just because of his direct ties to the Biden Regime, which is bad enough.
But, worse, his appointment came years after a series of district attorneys (including Bragg’s immediate predecessor, Cyrus Vance Jr.), special counsels, government agencies, and justice department officials evaluated the case, determined there was nothing to prosecute, and passed it over.
Stormy Daniels is not a new face – the public is already keenly aware of who she is, and all the major players (Michael Cohen and Michael Avenatti) involved. News of the alleged hush money payment is ancient history.
Both Cohen and Avenatti have been proven time and again to be fraudsters: Cohen was sentenced to federal prison for lying to Congress, and Avenatti is currently serving a ten-plus year federal prison sentence for extortion.
In 2018, Daniels penned a letter which stated, “each party to this alleged affair denied its existence in 2006, 2011, 2016, 2017, and now again in 2018,” and that “I am denying this affair because it never happened.”
Only once Biden came to power and his goons were ordered to encourage the far-left Bragg, who himself was even long diffident about prosecuting the case – even going so far as to place the case on hold after telling the New York Times that “he had doubts about moving forward with a case” against President Trump, did the case get a lifeline.
This prompted the two radical far-left prosecutors in Bragg’s office: Cary Dunne and Mark Pomerantz (who also is permanently conflicted with major ties to Hillary Clinton), to resign in protest.
Though a leftwing commie himself, Bragg has clearly been getting additional pressure from Clinton and Biden proxies to move forward with this prosecution – as bald-faced a political prosecution as there is, which has ratcheted up in recent weeks especially now that President Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee with poll numbers that consistently eclipse Biden’s in a general election matchup.
Then, there is the scandal involving Merchan’s daughter. As brilliantly exposed by Laura Loomer, Merchan’s impartiality has been irreparably muddied by reports that his daughter, Loren, serves as President of an organization called “Authentic,” which describes itself as a “digital agency” that “partner[s] with clients to build award-winning programs for progressive causes and campaigns.”
The organization proudly boasts Kamala Harris and Adam Schiff, who pushed the debunked Steele dossier claiming Russian meddling in the 2016 election, as two of its most valued clients.
To occupy such a high leadership role in a group whose client is, incredulously, the “Biden Harris campaign” is the paradigmatic example of a conflict of interest. And not that further evidence to support a conflict would be needed, but Loomer’s research also uncovered that, per FEC public filings, Loren donated thousands of dollars directly to Democratic politicians.
Thus, there is no chance that impartiality could be established for Judge Merchan’s courtroom – even the appearance of impropriety is sufficient, under the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct, to disqualify a Judge because of a conflict.
Clients of the Far Left activist group, Authentic, on which Judge Merchan’s daughter, Loren, based on myriad reports, serves as a Senior Executive.
Judge Merchan should be forced to recuse himself. The venue situation alone would otherwise qualify as sufficient grounds, in conformance with the letter and spirit of the canons governing proper ethical behavior for judges.
The fact that Judge Merchan’s own personal and familial biases is compounded by his own daughter’s direct ties to a group supporting the Biden campaign, puts this conflict in a league of its own, without precedent for how grave it is. Again, even the appearance of impropriety is sufficient grounds to disqualify judges from taking on cases.
Judge Merchan shatters that standard by leaps and bounds. His so-called “case” against President Trump is as blatant an act of election interference as one could possibly get. He is teeing up a potentially 6–8-week trial smack dab in the middle of a critical election year, forcing President Trump to remain in a (relatively speaking) nonimportant state, just as the campaign season really shifts into high gear.
The fact pattern on which Merchan’s prosecution is based has long been known to the public – its major purveyors, like Avenatti and Cohen — have been long discredited and prosecuted – and served prison time – for fraud, perjury, and all sorts of ethical and criminal breaches.
Furthermore, Merchan’s criminal case comes on the heels of two ludicrous civil cases, all based out of New York State, all attempts to bring down President Trump by weaponizing the levers of judicial power – in which President Trump has been handed the corporate death knell for run-of-the-mill business practices originally upwards of half a billion dollars.
Along the way, President Trump has been ignominiously stripped of foundational constitutional rights, as here with Merchan’s latest gag order, which denied him of his First Amendment rights to speak and criticize a deeply rigged judicial process.
President Trump would not otherwise have to plead his case so vigorously in the court of public opinion if he were given his constitutional right to a fair trial. However, the judicial actors that have predatorily targeted him denied him that opportunity from the get-go.
Thus, the need to plead his case to the public, which is the only “court” that allows him something of a fair hearing, becomes even more necessary.
The gag order lodged against President Trump by Merchan epitomizes the recurrent breaches of judicial propriety – and longstanding norms — that have dogged President Trump in every criminal and civil case, since he was unceremoniously ousted from office.
Its scope is arbitrarily large and unduly burdensome – further depriving the 45th President fundamental due process rights. Moreover, that a President of the United States, someone who should be accorded a baseline level of respect for the office he occupied, is being subject to such grave indignities flouts every single custom and precedent for judicial conduct.
President Trump did not, as the court duplicitously alleged, “attack” the members of Judge Merchan’s family – merely expose them for their biases that raises an extremely problematic conflict from a member of the Judge’s immediate family and President Trump’s likeliest opponent in the election being held a few short months down the line.
President Trump’s ability to speak freely about Judge Merchan’s daughter’s conflict is a very important distinction from an “attack,” a ridiculous assertion.
Furthermore, it bespeaks an unfortunate reality as well that President Trump must be his own advocate, for the mainstream media – including conservative media – is too often derelict in carrying out the kind of investigative reporting necessary to portray the proceeding in a fair and impartial light, one that is favorable to President Trump’s case, or at the bare minimum, does not needlessly impugn his case with preconceived biases, political narratives, propaganda, or gaslighting.
The bottom line is that President Trump, yet again, is being thrust into a New York courtroom – when he should be on the campaign trail, like any presidential candidate (let alone the frontrunner) pleading his case to the American people.
These tragic circumstances more deeply reflect a society in thrall to forces that would unwind the great handiwork of the Anglo-American legal system, one that once exalted the rule of law, due process, judicial impartiality, and the presumption of innocence — and destroy all that remains of the possibility of freedom in its wake.
Even in the most likely scenario that President Trump prevails in the courthouse, doubtlessly guided by the hand of Providence, his trials will have been a massive distraction from focus on more productive, constructive policies.
Whereas focus at this juncture should be on putting together an administration of high quality, loyal, and competent staffers, who are prepared to tackle the gargantuan challenges, that seeming worsen by the day, instead our society’s attention is preoccupied by a senseless trial that is a colossal waste of time, energy, and resources.
The latter fact is an egregious disservice to the American people, who deserve competent governance, rather the kind of government we now face – childish, dumb, and petty – a government that prefers to attack political opponents instead of proposing and resolving the mounting crises at hand.
From the border to inflation to a degenerating international order, the current Regime has engineered crisis upon crisis – all dangers that can and will bring down this republic for good if not swiftly put to rest with a dramatic course correction by a second Trump presidency.
Those, simply put, are the uber high stakes of this election. The responsibility to prevent further damage falls upon each and every one of us, to come together and expose the corruption and shine a light on the truth, or else, we face a grave risk of most assuredly, hanging separately – the same risk our Founding Fathers faced on the eve of the Revolution.
ATTENTION: I will be covering President Trump’s trial in lower Manhattan all day, and all throughout the week, on the Pro America Report with Ed Martin on Rumble. I will feature in my live reporting highlights from the scene and key interviews with major Trump surrogates from the ground. Join me all week long on the live Rumble broadcast at: https://rumble.com/c/ProAmericaReport.
President Trump’s Manhattan “hush money” criminal trial kicks off today with jury selection.
The Gateway Pundit reported last month on President Trump’s court hearings in New York, where Far-left Judge Arthur Engoron’s outrageous $464 million judgment in Marxist AG Letitia James’ civil fraud case was overturned, and Far-left Judge Juan Merchan set the Stormy Daniels trial for April 15. Trump held a press conference at his 40 Wall Street building where he slammed the judges and prosecutors for their election interference attempts to take out the leading presidential candidate.
Far-left New York Judge Juan Merchan released his questionnaire for potential jurors late Monday night, including questions about where the jurors get their news from, whether or not they’ve attended a Trump rally, and whether they follow President Trump on social media. The questions also ask if they have ever supported Q Anon, Proud Boys, Antifa, Boogaloo Boys, Three Percenters or Oath Keepers.
The highly conflicted judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, who, according to The New York Post, helped Democrats raise $93 million off of her father’s case, is a far-left political operative who worked for the Biden-Harris campaign. Merchan’s firm, Authentic Campaigns, Inc., has also received tens of millions of dollars from Democrats who want to take down Trump.
President Trump recently said the daughter of the far-left judge posted a photo of him behind bars. Merchan responded by expanding Trump’s gag order to bar Trump from making factual statements about the judge’s far-left family members.
For these reasons, Trump filed a motion to recuse Merchan from presiding over this unfair trial brought by Biden’s thugs earlier this month.
Recall that Trump’s lawyers also asked for a 90-day delay so they could pour over the thousands of pages of discovery, but the judge denied their request.
Trump blasted the Merchan yesterday, calling him “perhaps the most highly conflicted Judge in New York State history,” for giving his lawyers a short period of time to read through the hundreds of thousands of pages of documents that Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg illegally hid.
According to pro-Trump New Yorker Dion Cini, a rally in protest of Manhattan District Attorney “Fat Alvin” Bragg is scheduled from 8 am until 6 pm outside the courthouse at Collect Pond Park:
Reminder, all day tomorrow. Take the day off or quit your job, your life depends on it! https://t.co/79QdKTccP3
Pro-Palestinian activists cheered Iran for launching suicide drones at Israel during a Saturday march in Toronto, according to video by lawyer Carmya Sa’d.
During the Eid Unity March in downtown Toronto, a protest leader interrupted the demonstration to announce that “The Islamic republic of Iran has just sent tens of drones towards Israel!”
The crowd erupted in celebration, and the protest leader led them in shouts of “Allahu Akbar!”
“This has come as a direct response to the bombing of Israel to Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Israel has bombed multiple countries,” said the protest leader.
Thornhill MP Melissa Lantsman said that the display showed that “It was never about a ceasefire.”
Two days after six people were killed in a Sydney shopping mall by a serial stabber – who ended up shot death by a female police officer – the horror has visited the Australian metropolis yet again.
Bishop Emmanuel became notorious during the ‘pandemic’ when he slammed Sydney’s Covid lockdown as ‘mass slavery’ and claimed vaccines are futile because living ‘normally’ will boost immunity.
‘A bishop and several worshippers have been attacked in another stabbing rampage to rock Sydney.
Bishop Mari Emmanuel was preaching at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley in Sydney’s west on Monday just after 7 pm when a man dressed in black walked up to the altar and allegedly stabbed him multiple times.
Horrifying footage of the incident, which was being broadcast live on the church’s YouTube page, shows Bishop Emmanuel look up in astonishment as the attacker suddenly rains down blows on his face and head.
Early reports suggest at least two others were also allegedly stabbed in the ensuing tussle.”
“A bishop and several worshippers have reportedly been attacked in another mass stabbing in Sydney.
Footage shows the moment that Bishop Mari Emmanuel was preaching at The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley in Sydney’s west on Monday evening when a knifeman walked up to the altar and stabbed him multiple times.
The video was broadcast live on the church’s YouTube page, and it shows the bishop looking up in shock as the man suddenly starts striking him with the knife. He appeared to be stabbed in the face and the head in the horrifying incident.”
The disgraced former president of Harvard University, Claudine Gay, will return to teaching this fall, less than a year after her dramatic resignation.
Gay will reportedly teach a ‘Reading and Research’ ethics class as part of her commitments to the university which entitle her to a staggering $900,000 a year salary.
Back in January, Gay was forced to resign from her position after researchers found dozens of examples of plagiarism within her academic work. She was also the subject of significant criticism after refusing to condemn calls for the genocide of Jew from various Harvard students.
Claudine Gay resigned as the president of Harvard University in January over charges of plagiarism.
The university assured her she would remain employed for a salary of around $900,000 a year as an administrator. Harvard announced Gay would assume the role of teaching a… pic.twitter.com/fHoe7twR1R
According to Harvard’s website, graduate-level Reading and Research courses do not provide letter grades, but require “written work of sufficient quantity and quality so that the course is equivalent to a lecture course or a seminar.”
The College Fix, which first reported the news, reached out to Harvard about the details surrounding Gay’s teaching schedule but did not receive a response.
In her resignation letter back in January, Gay denied accusations that she had committed plagiarism as part of her PhD thesis and accused her critics of racism.
“It has been distressing to have doubt cast on my commitments to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor— two bedrock values that are fundamental to who I am — and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus,” she wrote at the time.
Controversy erupted at the Stronger Men’s Conference in Springfield, Missouri, organized by James River Church, a notable Pentecostal megachurch, when Pastor Mark Driscoll publicly criticized a ‘strip-show-like performance by Alexandr Magala, a sword swallower and Vegas performer known for his past as a male stripper.
The incident unfolded after Magala, also recognized for his appearances on “Britain’s Got Talent,” performed at the conference with a shirtless act. The outspoken pastor took the stage and expressed his dismay, suggesting that the performance was akin to the seductive acts found in a strip club and indicative of a “Jezebel spirit.”
The term “Jezebel spirit” originates from the Biblical figure Jezebel, the wife of King Ahab, who is mentioned in the Books of Kings in the Old Testament.
In contemporary Christian thought, the “Jezebel spirit” is seen as a demonic spirit or influence that leads individuals, particularly women (though not exclusively), to engage in similar behaviors ascribed to Jezebel, such as manipulation, sexual immorality, and rebellion against God’s ordained order.
Below is the performance from sword swallower Alexandr Magala:
Megachurch has strip-show-like performance at men’s conference. Guest speaker Mark Driscoll spoke out against it and was kicked off stage.
“The Jezebel spirit opened our event… On it was a pole… The same thing that’s used in the strip club for women who have the Jezebel spirit to seduce men. In front of that was a man who ripped his shirt off like a woman does in front of a pole at a strip club… That man, then, is sinning,” Driscoll said.
John Lindell argued that Driscoll had crossed a line by not bringing his concerns directly to him before addressing the audience.
“If your brother offends you, go to him privately. I talked to Mark for a half hour. There was not one word… If he wanted to say it, he could say it to me first. He didn’t. You may not agree with me. You may not agree with him. But we are brothers in Christ, and there’s a right way to handle this,” Lindell said.
According to social media users, the two pastors later returned to the stage to discuss the proper way to handle such disagreements within the church community.
The social media response has been mixed. One user defended the performance as mere male acrobatics, arguing that seeing it as sexual in nature speaks to the viewer’s own issues. Conversely, Twitter user Caeden, who shared the video, emphasized Magala’s history as a stripper, suggesting that the performance’s intent was indeed sexual.
He added, “This was NOT an issue with the Lindell, this was an issue with a performance that happened in front of the church, therefore it should be addressed publicly. Lindell made it an issue about him, which is even more alarming because he DID allow it.”
The Gateway Pundit has reached out to the Stronger Men’s Conference for a comment.
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NEW: Pastor Mark Driscoll gets kicked off stage at a men’s conference after he calls out pastor John Lindell for allowing a demonstration from a male stripper.
The incident happened at the Stronger Men’s Conference in Springfield, MO.
American golfer Scottie Scheffler triumphed at the 2024 Masters Tournament in Augusta on Sunday, but it is his comments about his faith that have also garnered attention in Christian circles.
Scheffler, the favorite going into the tournament and the number-one-ranked golfer in the world, won by an impressive four shots, defeating Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg, England’s Tommy Fleetwood (69) and fellow Americans and Collin Morikawa and Max Homa.
When asked earlier in the week as to whether golf defines him, Schleffer said it did not. “I’m a faithful guy,” he responded. “I believe in a Creator. I believe in Jesus. Ultimately, I think that’s what defines me the most.”
“I believe in Jesus. Ultimately I think that’s what defines me most.”
The number one golfer in the world, Scottie Scheffler, shares what defines him. pic.twitter.com/LoFnoySJY5
I feel like I’ve been given a platform to compete and show my talent. It’s not anything that I did. I think I sat up here a couple years ago doing the interview after the 2022 Masters, and it’s like, ‘Yeah, I was underprepared for what was about to happen. I didn’t know what was going to happen.’ I was very anxious that morning. I didn’t know what to expect, and it’s hard to describe the feeling.
But I think that’s what defines me the most — is my faith. I believe in one Creator, that I’ve been called to come out here, do my best, compete, and glorify God, and that’s pretty much it.
Scheffler is also awaiting the birth of his first child with his wife Meredith and indicated that he would leave at a “moment’s notice” if necessary.
“As far as her going into labor, I wouldn’t say I’m very concerned,” he said. “We haven’t seen any of the early signs. But pregnancy is weird. It can happen at any time. Yeah, open lines of communication and she can get ahold of me if she needs to.”
Fortunately for Scheffler, his wife did not go into labor and he won his second Masters victory in three years, collecting a cool $3.6 million in the process.
Screenshot: Groups that are against bill that makes buying a child for sex a felony (KCRA/Youtube)
California’s legislative battle intensifies as far-left ‘social justice’ groups stand in opposition to a bill aiming to strengthen the penalties for purchasing or soliciting a child for sex.
Under current state law, such an act is merely a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in county jail, a minimum of two days in jail, and a potential fine of $10,000. Additionally, offenders are required to register as tier-one sex offenders for at least ten years.
Republican State Sen. Shannon Grove is spearheading the push with SB 1414 to elevate the offense to a felony.
Senate Bill 1414 (SB 1414) was introduced last month to increase penalties for child sex trafficking. The bill would make it a felony to solicit or engage in commercial sex with a minor, and criminals could face two to four years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000.
Sen. Grove’s motivation stems from conversations with survivors of sex trafficking, who emphasize the necessity of targeting buyers to effectively combat the issue.
“A lot of the survivors of lived experience have said you’ve gotta go after the buyer, it’s just a misdemeanor and I said there is no way,” Grove told KCRA 3. “I thought they were mistaken.”
The proposed bill also aims to eliminate the requirement that those convicted must have known or should have known the age of the minor. Furthermore, it seeks to extend the sex offender registration requirement to ten years for buyers.
Grove is already facing resistance from fellow lawmakers wary of increasing prison sentences. The Senate Public Safety Committee’s analysis reveals clear opposition from criminal justice reform groups such as Californians for Safety and Justice, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and the California Public Defenders Association.
According to KCRA 3, this is not the first time a bill of this nature has been brought to the state capitol; similar efforts have faltered since 2014.
The Senate Public Safety Committee is scheduled to hear the bill on Tuesday, with Grove looking to capitalize on the momentum from last year’s successful bipartisan bill which classified child sex trafficking as a serious felony under California’s three strikes law.
Far-Left Groups Oppose Effort to Reclassify Purchasing a Child for Sex from Misdemeanor to Felony in California — Current Law Only Allows for Max One Year Jail Time and $10,000 Fine (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
California's legislative battle intensifies as far-left 'social justice' groups stand in opposition to a bill aiming to strengthen the penalties for purchasing or soliciting a child for sex. Under current state law, such an act is merely a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in county jail, a
Late Saturday Iran fired off missiles and 50-100 drones in an unprecedented attack from Iranian soil on the state of Israel.
Israel later announced that 99% of Iran’s missiles were taken down and did not reach their target. US ships assisted in shooting down the incoming missiles that crossed over Iraqi and Jordanian airspace before they were shot down by Israel.
This was the first time the Iranian regime fired on Israel directly – typically Iran uses its affiliates of Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthi rebels in Yemen to do their dirty work.
After Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel on Saturday-early Sunday morning, Khamenei threatened Israel, “Al-Quds will be in the hands of the Muslims, and the Muslim world will celebrate the liberation of Palestine.”
Obviously, Khamenei taunting the Israelis after his unprecedented strike against Israel just hours earlier.
Whenever Muslims speak about the liberation of Palestine they are talking about the total destruction of Israel.
Israeli Defense Minister Ben Gvir responded to the tweet — “Are you talking about the same holy Al-Quds that you wanted to shell yesterday and the Israeli defense prevented you from doing so?”
אתה מדבר על אותה אל קודס הקדושה שרציתם להפגיז אתמול וההגנה הישראלית מנעה מכם?
Iran is also threatening a harsh response of Israel strikes back against the regime.
BREAKING
Iran's Supreme National Security Council has approved a tenfold increase in the magnitude of strikes against Israel if Netanyahu decides to escalate the situation further
A frightening video that has gone viral on X shows an organizer with the Anti-War Committee Chicago teaching far-left activists how to chant “death to America” and “death to Israel” during an “anti-war” conference held at Teamster’s Union’s Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.
The Free Press reported during a breakout session at the “anti-war” conference, Shabbir Rizvi, who serves as an organizer with Anti-War Committee Chicago, began to teach far-left activists how to chant “death to America” and “death to Israel” in the Persian language Farsi.
Rizvi told the radical leftists in attendance to chant “Marg bar Israel,” which in Farsi means “death to” or “down with” Israel.
After the death to Israel chants concluded, one person in attendance at the break-out session asked, “Can we get a marg bar America?”
Rizvi responded to the man’s request, saying, “We can get a ‘marg bar America.”
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Anti-war activists in Chicago learn to chant “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” in Farsi.
Joe Iosbaker, an organizer with the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, which called October 7 a “good turn of events” in its press release about the terrorist attacks, tells me he supports Iran. His organization has since released a statement backing Iran, where citizens gathered to shout“Death to America” during their nation’s strike against Israel Saturday night.
“We demand hands off Iran,” the statement says. “The people have power, and we will exercise it in the streets.”
Earlier that day, before news of the attack broke, at a “breakout session” on “the anti-war movement,” Shabbir Rizvi, an organizer with Anti-War Committee Chicago, taught participants how to chant “death to Israel” and “death to America” in Farsi.
“Marg bar Israel,” he chanted, leading a group of about 80 attendees along with him. A man draped in a Soviet flag bearing a gold hammer and sickle clapped his hands. A man in a full black denim outfit shouted out behind his N95—“Can we get a ‘marg bar America’?”
“We can get a ‘marg bar America,’ ” Rizvi replied.
First Dearborn, now Chicago. Chants of ‘Death to America’ are becoming recurrent in American universities.
Just a week earlier, the Gateway Pundit reported Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan, chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” during an Al-Quds Day rally.
The German governing coalition is an unmitigated train wreck, with a grand total of 17% of citizens polled favoring it.
Led by Olaf Scholz, the most unpopular Chancellor in recent history, the coalition spends most of the time fighting against itself.
Now, Transport Minister Volker Wissing has attracted backlash from within his own ranks after he ‘threatened’ to impose weekend driving bans in the summer.
The move would be meant to conform to the ‘climate protection law,’ and it’s yet another latest dispute within Berlin’s failing coalition over their climate alarmist obsession with ‘decarburizing.’
“Greenhouse emissions of Europe’s biggest economy fell to the lowest level in 70 years in 2023, but the transport sector has been consistently failing to meet its climate targets.
According to the current climate protection law, the ministry responsible for underperforming sectors must launch an immediate program to put them back on track.”
Wissing has resisted introducing such a program for the sector. He says incoming amendments to the ‘climate protection law’ allow the sector to ‘miss its CO2 cuts’ target if Germany’s total emissions target is met.
“The transport ministry said reforming the sector is more challenging than other areas of the economy because it affects people’s everyday lives which cannot be changed quickly.”
The ‘traffic light’ government coalition between the Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and pro-business FDP is negotiating the amendments but has not yet reached an agreement.
So Wissing is putting the population against his coalition partners – and he is doing that by actually disclosing out loud what their insane plans are.
Pushing his coalition partners to quickly approve the amendment changes, Wissing said he would have to enforce a ban on driving to meet the current climate law requirements if the amendments do not come into force before mid-July.
“‘A corresponding reduction in traffic performance would only be possible through restrictive measures that are difficult to communicate to the population, such as nationwide and indefinite driving bans on Saturdays and Sundays’, Wissing wrote in a letter dated Thursday to coalition parliamentary group leaders.
The letter was heavily criticized by the coalition partners and environmental groups as irresponsible scaremongering at a time when Germans’ appetite for more green policy has seemed subdued.”
The transport ministry said that the minister’s letter was not a threat, but an opinion that the parliament should ‘live up to its responsibility and agree upon the amendment’.
“‘It is not responsible for a minister to stir up unfounded fears’, Green Party parliamentary group leader Katharina Droege said on Friday, calling on the minister to make sensible suggestions for more climate protection in the sector.”
There is hardly any need for opposition when they are at each other’s throats like that.
The Greens were joined in their criticism by the Social Democrats (SPD) who said that ‘scaremongering through absurd proposals does not help climate protection in the transport sector at all’.
LOOK: FDP party leader and Finance Minister Christian Lindner: supported Wissing’s threat:
UFC fighter Renato Moicano gave an epic pro-America speech after his thrilling victory against Jalin Turner on Saturday.
After completing his comeback against Turner, Moicano was handed the mic by podcaster and MMA commentator Joe Rogan and did not hold back:
I’m a huge advocate of the First Amendment, and of course, I want the $300k bonus, but they not going to give me because somebody says this is f**king Disney, you cannot curse…so I’m not going to do my speech, but first off all I love America, I love the constitution, I love the first amendment, I want to f*cking carry all the f***ing guns, I love private property, If you care about your f*cking country, read Ludwig von Mises and the six lessons of the Austrian economic school, motherf**ker.
The speech caught the attention of Canadian Professor Jordan Peterson, who described it as “unspeakably great.”
“What a world,” he wrote. “The satirists are Christian; the left shills for Big Pharma; and the deadly boxers have become profound economic philosophers.”
What a world. The satirists are Christian; the left shills for Big Pharma; and the deadly boxers have become profound economic philosophers.
— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) April 14, 2024
Back in February, Moicano used another post-fight interview to declare his admiration for America and confirmed his intention to become a citizen within the next two years.
UFC lightweight Renato Moicano just delivered an all-timer in his post-fight interview.
He tells Americans to have more kids, go to Church, and warns that we’re turning into a third-world country.
“I wanna tell you another thing, I love f**king America, you know?” Moicano said into the mic. “I’m not an American… but in two years, I will be an American. And after I am done with fighting, I will serve [as a] police officer. I want to be a SWAT team, and I want to kill the bad guys.”
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul did not hold back in his criticisms of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, accusing him of governing the country like a Democrat since assuming the role last year.
Paul made the comments in an interview with Maria Bartiromo, taking particular aim at Johnson’s willingness to support the passage of a $1.5 trillion spending bill.
“As I see it now, I’m not so sure there’s a difference between Mike Johnson being in charge and Democrats being in charge,” Paul explained. “The deficit this year will be 1.5 to 2 trillion dollars, and that’s Mike Johnson’s bill. He put it forward, he supported it with a minority of Republicans, with a majority of Democrats. This is not the using the power of the purse, this is abdicating the power of the purse.”
Paul also slammed Johnson for his willingness to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without a provision requiring warrants in order to spy on U.S. citizens.
.@SpeakerJohnson was incredibly wrong to vote w/ Dems against the 4th amend. when he killed the FISA warrant requirement and wrong to give in to the Dems spending demands. As I see it now, I’m not so sure there’s a difference between him being in charge and Dems being in charge. pic.twitter.com/NoyRhUrvRM
People have to be strong in their convictions. He was seen as a conservative before he came to the Speakership, but now he puts a tweet out the other day saying they whispered to him about 702, how important it is, and now he’s completely changed and lost all his principles on the idea that we shouldn’t spy on Americans without a warrant.
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The Democrats got everything they want in the spending and all the hawks got what they want too, this is a problem on the Republican side. We have people who want unlimited military spending, and then the Democrats want unlimited welfare spending and they get both.
But Johnson hasn’t held his ground. He has the power, he has the majority, use the power of the purse, Speaker Johnson. Do something to make us think you are different than a Democrat — but so far I don’t see a difference.
Earlier this week, Paul also revealed that 15 federal agencies were made aware back in 2018 that Wuhan laboratory in China was trying to create a COVID-19 virus that eventually paved the way for global lockdowns, vaccine mandates and rapid expansion of government authority.
A dozen of America’s most prominent mainstream media outlets have published an open letter urging Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debate before the 2024 election.
Letter signatories included ABC News, The Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News, NBC News, NewsNation, Univision, NPR, PBS NewsHour and USA Today.
The letter calls on the two leading candidates “to publicly commit to participating in general election debates before November’s election.”
C-SPAN joins other major news organizations to urge the presumptive presidential nominees to publicly commit to participate in general election debates prior to November’s election. pic.twitter.com/QoQtiZku2P
The organizations argued that debates have “played a vital role in every presidential election of the past 50 years, dating to 1976.”
“Though it is too early for invitations to be extended to any candidates, it is not too early for candidates who expect to meet the eligibility criteria to publicly state their support for – and their intention to participate in – the Commission’s debates planned for this fall,” the letter continues.
Trump has already vowed to debate Biden “anytime, anywhere anyplace,” but Biden has refused to commit.
Biden told reporters in February, “If I were him, I’d want him to debate me, too. He’s got nothing else to do.”
White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby was on Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream early today.
Kirby was defending Biden’s record on Iran despite the fact that they attacked Israel in direct defiance of Biden’s “warning” just hours before the interview.
“Why not support something that would have stopped that program or at least contained it in some way so it’s not launching at Israel and we aren’t having to get involved defensively?” Bream asked Kirby.
Kirby responded, “Just look at the sanctions we put in place against Iran, look at the resources we put into the region. It’s hard to take a look at what President Biden has done and say that we’ve somehow gone soft on Iran,”
Kirby continued by blaming the Trump administration for Iran’s hostility.
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Top spokesman John Kirby defends Biden enriching the Iranian regime with tens of billions of dollars through sanctions waivers and non-enforcement:
“It’s hard to take a look at what President Biden has done and say that we’ve somehow gone soft on Iran!” pic.twitter.com/KpJDzcGaKc
Iran was broke under President Trump and became much wealthier under crooked Joe Biden by unfreezing billions of dollars.
Kirby also insisted that the billions of dollars that were unfrozen were not going to the Iranian regime and blamed President Trump.
“Is it not fair to say that there have been moves by this administration that have opened up cash and other opportunities for them which we know are fungible in ways that are not helping the Iranian people but are benefiting the elites and people there who chant ‘death to America’ and ‘death to Israel?'” Bream asked Kirby.
“You and I have had this fungibility argument before, I obviously take a different issue, take an issue with that characterization,” Kirby continued.
Kirby continued, “The additional funds that have been made available to Iran due to sanctions relief program that the Trump administration put in place can only be used for humanitarian goods. It does not go to the regime,”
“It comports with their language though saying we will use this money in the way we want to use it,” Bream continued.
“They can’t,” Kirby replied.
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John Kirby insists the billions of dollars Biden has unlocked for Iran aren’t going to the regime, denies the funds are “fungible,” and blames President Trump pic.twitter.com/ihjIWzchGC
Ten suspected illegal immigrants were arrested in connection with child pornography charges in Chambers County, Texas.
The raid, which uncovered the group from Asia and Guatemala, was conducted at a residence identified as a hub for human smuggling activities, according to Homeland Security and local law enforcement officials.
The Chambers County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) executed a search warrant at 5118 Dripping Springs, located approximately 33 miles east of Downtown Houston, as part of an investigation triggered by a tip-off to the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.
The intelligence received by the task force indicated that child pornography was being downloaded at the address.
Upon arrival, deputies were forced to make a forced entry when occupants refused to open the door. Inside, they discovered 10 individuals who are believed to have been in the U.S. illegally.
Homeland Security was called to the scene to assist with the unfolding investigation, and the suspects were subsequently transported to Chambers County Jail for processing by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
“This is an ongoing investigation looking into possible human trafficking and/or human smuggling as well as other possible crimes,” according to CCSO’s Facebook post.
Police confiscated numerous electronic gadgets from the location, but the specifics of what these devices contain have not been verified, according to Fox 26. Additionally, items related to restaurant operations were discovered.
“Those types of downloads are illegal and are heavily monitored,” CCSO Captain Bryan Baker told Fox 26. “We’re just not going to tolerate that in our county.”
Texas Stash House Raid Leads to Arrest of 10 Suspected Illegal Immigrants on Child Pornography Charges | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
Ten suspected illegal immigrants were arrested in connection with child pornography charges in Chambers County, Texas. The raid, which uncovered the group from Asia and Guatemala, was conducted at a residence identified as a hub for human smuggling activities, according to Homeland Security and loca
A first-division Italian soccer match was abandoned on Sunday after a 24-year-old player suddenly collapsed with chest pains.
The match, a Serie A game between Roma and Udinese, was called off after defender Evan Ndicka fell to the ground in the 72nd minute and was taken off on a stretcher.
Following his collapse, Roma’s medical staff and emergency services came onto the field, and following discussions with the referee the, the match was abandoned.
Live Italian Serie A match suspended as Roma player N’Dicka suffers another ‘coincidence’ off the ball & is stretchered off.
At what point do athletes start demanding answers as to what’s happening?
In a statement on the X platform following his hospitalization, Roma confirmed he was undergoing tests in hospital.
“The team visited Ndicka in hospital,” the post read. “Evan feels better and is in good spirits. He will remain under observation for tests in hospital.”
La squadra ha fatto visita a Ndicka in ospedale.
Evan si sente meglio ed è di buon umore. Resterà in osservazione per accertamenti in ospedale.
The remainder of the match will now be played at a later date.
Last December, another top-flight match between English Premier League teams Bournemouth and Luton Town was also suspended after the latter’s 29-year-old captain, Tom Lockyer, collapsed without any contact with other players.
We all hope and pray for our leader and captain Tom Lockyer, who is thankfully responsive and has been taken to hospital.
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There is nothing like waiting until the last minute to file taxes.
The IRS office in Houston, Texas closed early on Saturday because a fight broke out in front of the building. Numerous people were lined up to get help with their taxes.
Tempers were out of control as impatient taxpayers were waiting for assistance. The deadline to file is Monday, April 15th.
HOUSTON – The Internal Revenue Service in Houston closed abruptly on Saturday after people say a fight broke out. It happened while taxpayers were trying to get assistance with filing their taxes.
Hundreds of people were lined up at the IRS building hoping to get help with their taxes. Instead, a field assistant from the IRS said they had to shut down early because of a riot that broke out.
Tempers flared outside the Internal Revenue Service’s building as hundreds of people trying to file their taxes and get identity verification were turned away.
“The Internal Revenue Service in Houston closed abruptly this weekend after a fight broke out. It happened during the IRS tax assistance event on Saturday. Now hundreds of people were lined up at the IRS building hoping to get help with their taxes, instead a field assistant from the IRS said they had to shut down early because of a riot that broke out,” Fox 26 reported.
“I see little kids out here, old people with canes,” said a taxpayer.
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The IRS office in Houston closed abruptly on Saturday after “a riot broke out.”
“All of the sudden everybody went in when they opened the door, and bum rushed and started skipping.” pic.twitter.com/ptoptnxqkd
The event was on a first come first serve basis. They did not set up any appointments for the taxpayers.
“Unfortunately, they did everything as a walk-in, no appointments and that’s really what caused all these problems,” ‘said Henry Castro, another visitor at the IRS center,'” Fox 26 reported.
The IRS has many helpful tips on their website for taxpayers to prevent situations like the one that occurred at their Houston office.
A nine-year-old girl became the victim of an unprovoked attack in the heart of New York City’s Grand Central Terminal.
The assailant, identified as 30-year-old Jose Carlos Zarzuela, was apprehended following the attack that occurred in the terminal’s bustling dining area.
According to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Police Department, Zarzuela, a recently released offender with a history of similar violent behavior, approached the young girl as she was standing near her mother and punched her in the face without any warning, amNY reported.
The impact of the assault caused the girl to suffer from pain and dizziness, necessitating her transportation to NYU Langone-Tisch Hospital. Thankfully, she is expected to recover fully from her injuries.
MTA Communications Director Tim Minton expressed outrage over the incident to amNY, questioning the recent release of Zarzuela, who had been charged with another random attack that resulted in a broken nose for the victim.
“It doesn’t make any sense that this guy — who recently was released after being charged with randomly punching someone else and breaking that victim’s nose — should be back in a public space where he can attack others, especially children,” Minton said.
“The people responsible for the criminal justice system need to learn from this episode before more innocent people become victims.”
After assaulting the girl, Zarzuela fled the scene but was later located and arrested in the evening. Surveillance footage from the terminal captured Zarzuela meandering near a Shake Shack before running onto the street post-attack.
Zarzuela has been charged with an array of offenses, including aggravated assault of a victim under 11, second-degree assault, third-degree assault, and attempted assault. His history with the law extends to eight other arrests, as indicated by sources close to the investigation.
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NEW: A 9 year-old girl was punched in the face at Grand Central Terminal on Saturday morning.
The girl was with her mother when she was attacked at the dining concourse.
Suspect well known to the police, Jean Carlos Zarzuela (30) fled the scene but was apprehended.
This latest incident follows an assault by Zarzuela on April 4, where he attacked a 54-year-old woman at Grand Central Terminal, resulting in a broken nose. Despite being initially charged with second-degree felony assault, his charge was reduced to third-degree misdemeanor assault, and after initially setting bail at 10,000, which was reduced to 2,500, Judge Laurie Peterson ordered his release without bail days later.
In that incident, MTA Police sources said, Zarzuela allegedly punched the victim in the face without provocation or warning, breaking her nose. MTA Police officers arrested him on the spot and booked him on a second-degree felony assault charge.
But that charge was downgraded to a third-degree misdemeanor assault count when Zarzuela appeared in New York County Criminal Court for arraignment later that day, according to court records. Prosecutors had requested that he remain behind bars on $10,000 bail; sources said that bail had been reduced to $2,500, which Zarzuela could not make.
However, five days later at a follow-up hearing, Judge Laurie Peterson ordered Zarzuela released from custody without bail, court records noted.
White House National Communications Security Advisor John Kirby was on “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday morning.
Kirby avoided answering his question and went off on a tangent.
“The President also called on Iran not to retaliate, but they did anyway, what does that tell you?” Stephanopoulos asked.
“What it tells me is that we can make good on our commitment to defend Israel. It tells me that Israel does have superior military capability, just think about the hardware that Iran threw into the sky and how little damage it caused,” Kirby responded.
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Stephanopoulos: Biden “called on Iran not to retaliate, but they did anyway — what does that tell you?”
Although Kirby accurately described Israel’s advanced capabilities, he gave no response regarding Iran’s defiance of Biden.
Biden has not been supportive of Israel retaliating against Iran for the drone attacks. He told them to “take the win” referring to the drones that were intercepted.
Biden cut his vacation short and headed back to the White House to deal with the attack on Israel.
With public pressure and President Trump calling him out on Truth Social forced crooked Joe Biden to head back to the White House to deal with the situation.
President Trump also blasted Biden for the weakness of his administration which contributed to Iran attacking Israel.
“I want to say God Bless the people of Israel, they are under attack right now, that’s because we show great weakness. This would not happen, the weakness that we’ve shown is unbelievable and it would not have happened if we were in office, you know that, they know that, and everybody knows that,” President Trump said.
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President Trump on Sunday blasted the far-left judge overseeing the Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ trial which is set to begin on Monday.
Recall that Trump’s lawyers asked for a 90-day delay so they can pour over the thousands of pages of discovery, but the judge denied their request.
Trump went off on Judge Merchan for giving his lawyers a short period of time to read through the hundreds of thousands of pages of documents that Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg illegally hid.
“Judge Juan Merchan, perhaps the most highly conflicted Judge in New York State history, only gave us a short period of time to read and study hundreds of thousands of pages of documents that D.A. Alvin Bragg illegally hid, disguised, and held back from us. Of course, and as the Judge knows, we need far more time than that. They could have started this Fake Biden Trial many years ago, not right in the middle of my campaign for President, and time would not be a problem. This is a blatant and unprecedented attack on Crooked Joe Biden’s Political Opponent (who is leading in every poll!), done in close coordination with the White House, that cannot be allowed to go forward!” Trump said in a Truth Social post on Sunday.
President Trump on Friday filed a motion requesting that the judge overseeing the Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ case be recused because of his daughter’s political work.
The judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, is a far-left political operative who worked for the Biden-Harris campaign. The media has infantilized 34-year-old Loren Merchan in an effort to attack Trump’s First Amendment-protected speech.
Loren Merchan’s firm, Authentic Campaigns, Inc., has received tens of millions of dollars from Democrats who want to take down Trump.
According to The New York Post, Loren Merchan helped Democrats raise $93 million off of her father’s case.
“In 2019, Ms. Merchan made public statements during a podcast regarding a conversation with Your Honor that reflect bias against President Trump from both speakers in that exchange,” Trump’s lawyers wrote Friday, according to Fox News. “Consistent with that conversation, President Biden and Vice President Harris are long-term clients of Authentic and Ms. Merchan, along with many other politicians and entities who are actively campaigning and advocating against President Trump right now.”
“Authentic’s clients disbursed more than $18 million to the company between the return of the Indictment and the present,” Trump’s attorneys wrote. “It is industry practice that Authentic would receive percentages based on funds raised and recipient engagement, and Ms. Merchan has had an ownership stake and leadership role in the company while this case is pending.”
Alvin Bragg indicted Trump last April on 34 felony counts related to ‘hush payments’ he made to Stormy Daniels.
Trump was accused of paying porn star Stormy Daniels, AKA, Stephanie Clifford, ‘hush payments’ through his then-attorney Michael Cohen in a scheme to silence her and stop the story about their alleged affair from being published in the National Enquirer.
The payments made to Stormy Daniels did NOT come from Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
The payments were made through internal business records – there was no tax deduction taken and there was no obligation to file it with the FEC, according to Trump attorney Joe Tacopina.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Trump was hit with a criminal charge for every payment he made to his former lawyer Michael Cohen in connection with the ‘hush payments’ to the two women.
Alvin Bragg didn’t explain what exactly he wanted to convict Trump of in the charging documents.
Bragg told reporters he doesn’t have to tell anyone what the underlying felony is.
He’s just allowed to charge Trump with 34 felonies without explaining what the underlying offense was.
This article originally appeared on Leo Hohmann’s Substack and was republished with permission.
Former Google engineer Geoffrey Hinton warns of ‘very nasty things’ now that AI is being relied on to make battlefield decisions.
The world could experience multiple untold disasters before the use of Artificial Intelligence weapons comes under proper regulation, according to award-winning scientist and tech pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, who is known in tech circles as the Godfather of AI.
Hinton says AI is becoming much more intelligent than people and could soon take over the battlefield. With wars breaking out all over the world, in Ukraine, the Middle East, and potentially the Far East, this is a major concern for humanity.
There has already been speculation that the recent death of aid workers in Israel could have resulted from an AI-powered military decision that would not have been made if actual people had full control of the battlefield strategy.
RT.com reports that Hinton, the former Google engineer who quit the company last year, compared the use of AI for military purposes to chemical weapons deployment – warning that “very nasty things” will occur before the global community arrives at a comprehensive agreement comparable to the Geneva Conventions.
“The threat I spoke out about is the existential threat,” Hinton told Irish broadcaster RTE News on Tuesday, emphasizing that “these things will get much more intelligent than us and they will take over.”
The computer scientist highlighted the impact of AI on disinformation and job displacement, and also on weapons of the future.
“One of the threats is ‘battle robots’ which will make it much easier for rich countries to wage war on smaller, poorer countries and they are going to be very nasty and I think they are inevitably coming,” Hinton warned.
He urged governments to put pressure on tech majors, especially in California, to conduct in-depth research on the safety of AI technology.
“Rather than it being an afterthought, there should be government incentives to ensure companies put a lot of work into safety and some of that is happening now,” Hinton said.
He underscored huge benefits that AI can bring to humanity, particularly in healthcare, adding that he does not regret any of his contributions to the technology.
Of course, one of the “benefits” of AI in healthcare is the ability to rapidly develop genetically modifying “vaccines,” using synthetic mRNA, so even this so-called benefit Hinton refers to is a fraud.
RT goes on to note that “Despite the mounting interest in AI, several high-profile figures in the tech industry have warned of the potential dangers posed by the unregulated adoption of the technology. Hinton has waged a media campaign to warn of the risks. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Yoshua Bengio, who is considered an AI pioneer for his work on neural networks, were among the top industry figures to co-sign a letter last year calling for aggressive regulation of the AI sector.”
A paper was published by the U.S. Army War College in 2020 stating that current military research supports the emergence and synchronization of AI and robotics.
So the guys who created AI are now warning of its risks. How rich. They create the beast, then fear-monger the public into believing this beast could take over the world, setting the stage for the beast’s creators to offer an even more frightening solution — total regulation of all information and all human behavior. Classic Hegelianism.
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The Louisiana House of Representatives has passed Bill 71, which requires all schools that receive state funding to display the Ten Commandments.
Bill 71, introduced by Rep. Dodie Horton (R), passed 82-19 and will now be voted on by Louisiana’s Senate.
The bill states,” Each public school governing authority and the governing authority of each nonpublic school that receives state funds shall display the Ten Commandments in each building it uses and classroom in each school under its jurisdiction.”
Bill 71 calls for all K-12 schools and colleges receiving state funding to display the Ten Commandments.
The Ten Commandments must also be framed and have minimum dimensions of eleven inches by fourteen inches.
BREAKING: Louisiana House has passed a bill to require classrooms that receive state funding to display the 10 Commandments.
Most Louisiana classrooms would be required to display the 10 Commandments under a measure now making its way through the state Legislature.
The Louisiana House of Representatives approved the measure 82-19 and sent it on to the Senate for consideration.
If approved as written, House Bill 71 would apply to K-12 schools that are public or charter plus any non-public schools that receive state funds. The bill also would apply to public and non-public colleges. And there would have to be displays in in each building it uses.
State Rep. Dodie Horton, of Haughton, is among the lawmakers who are bringing forward House Bill 71.
A transgender athlete, Aayden Gallagher, from McDaniel High School, smoked female competitors at the Sherwood Need For Speed Invitational on Saturday.
Gallagher, who is in the 10th grade and identifies as transgender woman, competed in the girls’ track and field events, participating in the 200-meter, 400-meter, and 4×100-meter relay races.
In the 200-meter race, Gallagher secured a first-place finish in the heat with a time of 25.49 seconds, smoking the nearest competitor by more than five seconds.
This performance earned Gallagher a second-place finish overall in the girls’ 200-meter event, with the top spot going to Aster Jones from Roosevelt High School, who finished with a time of 24.43 seconds.
Gallagher also competed in the girls’ 400-meter race, finishing second with a time of 55.61 seconds—a time that would have ranked 57th in the boys’ category.
Gallagher was part of the McDaniel High School team that took seventh place in the girls’ 100-meter relay with a time of 50.81 seconds.
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A trans-identified male just dominated the Girls 200m Varsity at the Sherwood Need for Speed Classic in Sherwood, Oregon.
Aayden Gallagher, a boy who “identifies” as a girl, set a new record after easily defeating his female competitors. pic.twitter.com/CWhVFeRXBP
One concerned parent, whose daughter also competed at the event, expressed distress over the implications for female athletes. “He will beat all of the girls, (except maybe 1) break records and be called a hero — for being a male who races against the girls and wins,” the parent commented.
The parent further suggested the introduction of a third, non-specific sex category in sports competitions to preserve the integrity of female athletics.
This boy will likely compete at the State track meet, where he will beat all of the girls, (except maybe 1) break records and be called a hero- for being a male who races against the girls and wins. These are the times of the Oregon 5A State track meet from last year… pic.twitter.com/NXsxoEyDGp
The controversy has also caught the attention of notable figures such as University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, who didn’t mince words in her criticism.
“Let’s call this what it is: encouraged AND celebrated cheating at the hands of the “adults” in the room. So many fingers to point, but shame on the parents, the schools, the boy, our weak administration, and Ossa Sports,” Gaines wrote.
Similarly, Dr. Naomi Wolf, an influential feminist author, weighed in on the developing situation highlighting the broader implications.
“This issue of biological boys competing against girls (whipped up by outsiders, I am sure) is not about targeting gender alone. It is also about targeting American kids’ belief in rules and meritocracy,” Wolf wrote.
A Vietnam veteran was sucker-punched by teens before they stole his 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe and crashed it after a short chase with police.
81-year-old Ernie Aimone was out delivering pizzas in the Jefferson Park neighborhood in Chicago last Wednesday night when a pack of teens ambushed him.
“They said, ‘Give me the keys’ and sucker-punched me from behind, hit me in the face. I was afraid for my life,” Ernie Aimone said to ABC 7 Chicago. “I got a daughter and a son. I gotta live for them.”
He said that he didn’t fight back. He lay face down in the street as the teens took off with his cell phone and car.
Several hours later, police spotted Ernie’s Hyundai on the expressway. The suspect crashed the Hyundai after a short case.
Ernie was been a pizza delivery driver for Joe’s on Higgins for the last 40 years and most of the customers ask for him to deliver their pies.
Ernie Aimone is a celebrity in the community. Everyone loves him and describes him as “family.”
A GoFundMe was set up to pay for car repairs or to buy a new car so Ernie can resume delivering pizzas.
“While he’s become a bit of a local legend, he has fallen on hard times as of late. Just a few nights ago, Ernie was carjacked by multiple individuals, who stole his phone, took his car for a joyride, and left the vehicle extremely damaged.” the GoFundMe, which was set up by the Gladstone Park Chamber of Commerce said.
"I Was Afraid For My Life" - 81-Year-Old Vietnam Veteran Sucker-Punched by Teens Before They Stole and Crashed His Car | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila
A Vietnam veteran was sucker-punched by teens before they stole his 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe and crashed it after a short chase with police. 81-year-old Ernie Aimone was out delivering pizzas in the Jefferson Park neighborhood in Chicago last Wednesday night when a pack of teens ambushed him. “They sai
Karenni Catholic Church inside the war zone in Burma/Myanmar, photo by Antonio Graceffo
Antonio Graceffo reporting from inside the war zone in Burma/Myanmar.
On Easter Sunday, the Burmese army launched an airstrike against a monastery in Karen State, where an entire village had taken refuge. The bombs fell for hours, and when the smoke had cleared, numerous civilians, including women, children, and monks, were dead.
There were no soldiers in the village, so 100% of the casualties were civilians. About half of them were Christians.
Burma is predominantly Buddhist, with a significant Christian minority comprising approximately 6% of the population. Many of these Christians belong to the country’s 135 ethnic minority groups, notably including the Kachin, Chin, Karen (also known as Kayin, as featured in the movie “Rambo IV”), and the Karenni (distinct from the Karen, despite the similarity in name).
The repression against Christians and the wholesale murder of civilians have been features of the Burmese civil war, which has been ongoing for about 70 years. However, targeted attacks against churches, monasteries, Catholic, and Baptist schools have intensified since the 2021 coup, which dashed any hopes of a transition to democracy.
Previously, I had worked with the Shan ethnic group and resistance fighters. However, recently, I decided that I wanted to focus my energy on the Christian minority in Karenni State (also called Kayah State), the smallest ethnic state in Burma.
About 50% of Karenni are Christian, with the majority being Catholic and the rest Baptist. Over the past three years, roughly 80% of the Karenni people have been displaced, and 3,000 civilians have been killed, from a total Karenni population of less than 400,000 people.
Catholic priests and nuns assigned to dioceses in Burma have risked their lives to remain with their flocks, offering what help and protection they could. In November, 1,300 civilians, including Christians, Buddhists, and animists, took refuge in Christ the King Catholic Cathedral complex in Loikaw, the capital city of Karenni State.
These people were internally displaced individuals (IDPs), meaning that the Burmese army had already destroyed their villages, and they had found their way to the Cathedral, where the priests and nuns were offering them refuge.
The Burmese army threatened to bomb the complex, but the priests implored the soldiers not to attack and to allow the people, who included the aged and the infirm, to remain in safety.
However, eventually, the Burmese army attacked, using heavy weapons, fighter jets, armored vehicles, and 120 mm cannons. Many people were killed, while the rest were forced to flee into the jungle, including the Bishop of Loikaw, H.E. Celso Ba Shwe, and the priests and nuns, who were finally forced to abandon their post. After the people fled, the Burmese army took over the center and are now occupying it.
Loikaw is the site of the most intense fighting in Karenni State. According to Lt. Colonel Mei Reh, a battalion commander in the Karenni Army, the Burmese junta has laid hundreds of landmines around their positions and uses drone jammers to protect themselves from the resistance fighters.
He estimated that counting soldiers, dependents, and support personnel, Loikaw is now occupied by about 10,000 Burmese who receive resupply by air. They are also protected by helicopters and jets.
The rebels, by contrast, are on foot, carrying what small arms and rations they have, walking for weeks in some cases to reach the front lines and fight to retake their country.
When I am inside Burma, I meet with internally displaced people and soldiers, filing reports on the war. I also pray with anyone who is willing, and the reception among the Karenni is astounding. Nearly everyone I meet wants to pray together.
Over the years that I have been reporting on this conflict, I have been inspired by David Eubanks, leader of the Free Burma Rangers. The lesson that I learned from him and from his faith as a missionary/soldier is to pray not for victory, but to pray that the hearts of the Burmese army will be changed by God’s grace and that they will stop fighting.
He teaches that Christian soldiers should pray for peace and an end to the conflict, and when they kill, to kill for love. They must remember that they kill to protect their people, their land, and their country, but not out of hate.
Amazingly, when I met Catholic soldiers, including a company commander, this is what they prayed for: to kill with love and to stop killing as soon as they could find peace and establish a democracy in their country.
The Free Burma Rangers have been spreading that message in Burma for more than 20 years, among all of the ethnic resistance armies. And now that I am working with Karenni Christians, I can say the message is getting through.
The United States is one of the few countries to ever win independence and establish a democracy by way of a bloody war. Usually, after a revolution, warlords and generals replace the previous dictator, and nothing changes.
Instilling ideals of love, compassion, and forgiveness in the soldiers and officers now will hopefully help to heal the country when the war ends, so they can avoid retribution killings and animosity that would result in a fractured state.
People back in the US ask, “How can you be a Christian and a soldier?” and the answer is, “to kill with love.” They ask me, “How can you support Burmese refugees but demand a secure southern border?”
And my answer is, the Karenni and other ethnics are not requesting to be resettled in the US or some Western country. They just want safety from the war now, and they want the war to be over so they can go home and resume their lives in their own land.
The Catholic Church in the camp where I was located had been hit by an airstrike a few months ago, so the people were afraid to go to worship there. However, the Catholic Karenni women told me that during Lent, they held prayer services in their huts every day.
On Good Friday, they decided to risk using the church building, and for the first time, they held service there. The priest could not make it to the camp because of the fighting, but two Karenni catechists trained at the seminary in Karenni State led the worship.
They did the same on Easter Sunday. These people could easily have lost their faith, being displaced by war and losing their families and their homes, but they trusted that God had a plan, and they would eventually return to their homeland in peace. Their faith should be an inspiration for all the people in wealthy countries at peace.
After the Catholic service, I attended the Baptist service on the other side of the camp. Although I am Catholic and love attending Mass, I have to admit, the Baptist service is more fun and has more singing and guitar playing.
The pastor asked me to address the congregation, and I reminded them of David and Goliath. Although the people of Burma are small and weak in comparison to the Burmese army, which is armed by Russia and China, the people have faith, and since the coup, they also have unity. As David Eubanks told me, “The army is stronger than the people. But it is not stronger than ALL the people if they work together.”
On the day before Easter, I was staying in a hut with the soldiers when a batch of new recruits arrived, and they just looked so young to me. I was 17 when I joined the military, but as we get older, young people look like children to us.
On Easter Sunday, looking out at the congregation, I saw so many bright young kids who were just about military age, many of whom would soon be joining the fight. It made me sad that they would never have a prom, never get a driver’s license, never have a part-time job at Wendy’s, and some of them would be killed, and soon.
Karenni Army recruits, photo by Antonio Graceffo
After the Baptist service, I was walking back to the house with the soldiers, feeling I had been given an amazing blessing to have spent this most crucial religious holiday with these wonderful and resilient people. I had found a moment of happiness in war and hoped to write an inspiring article about faith and happy endings.
When I reached the house and got a cell signal, I began receiving live feeds from the Free Burma Rangers, documenting the Easter massacre of the civilians at the monastery in Karen State. David Eubanks sent a message saying that in addition to the other casualties, the head monk’s body had been torn in half.
And just like that, I had no idea how I was going to end my story. What was I meant to take away from this experience?
The words of Htay Ree, the 25-year-old assistant pastor at the Baptist church, came to mind. He said, “God is love. God is for our spiritual health, not our physical being. We can get sick or even be killed.
God only guarantees our spiritual life; if we believe in Jesus, we can get eternal life.” He went on to say that God never said it would be easy. “But people who blame God for their physical suffering just do not understand. And this is an opportunity to teach. So, for me, it is not a problem,” he concluded.
Karenni Catholic cross damaged by bomb blast, photo by Antonio Graceffo
The people of Burma have lost everything — their homes, their freedom, their money, their food, their loved ones — and some even lose their faith. But the assistant preacher didn’t see any of that as a problem, just an opportunity to teach. And now I can pass that lesson along to the readers.
Alan Ritchson, known for his role as the lead character in Amazon Prime Video’s action-thriller series “Reacher,” has unleashed a barrage of criticisms against President Donald Trump.
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the actor delivered a scathing critique against President Trump, calling him “a rapist” and “a con man.”
The actor, a self-proclaimed Christian, expressed his bewilderment at the Christian church’s embrace of Trump, whom he views as fundamentally antithetical to Christian teachings.
“Trump is a rapist and a con man, and yet the entire Christian church seems to treat him like he’s their poster child and it’s unreal. I don’t understand it,” Ritchson said.
“I’m a Christian quite simply because of what Jesus calls us to do. Love other people until death. It doesn’t mean we’re all to be hung on a cross, but how can I suffer for you? That is a beautiful thing.”
“Christians today have become the most vitriolic tribe. It is so antithetical to what Jesus was calling us to be and to do,” he added.
“It’s worth saying that the atrocities that are happening in the church that are being actively covered up, even to this day with people not being held accountable, is repulsive,” he said, adding, “I can’t for one second support the Catholic Church while there are still cardinals, bishops and priests being passed around with known pedophilic tendencies.”
The interview turned to a 2020 Instagram post, showing the cop-hating liberal actor wearing a t-shirt with the message “Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor.”
Former Deputy Assistant Sebastian Gorka blasted “meathead” Ritchson.
My reaction to “Reacher” star Alan Ritchson’s recent interview bashing Christians who support President Trump, falsely calling Trump a “rapist” and “con man” before lecturing Christians on what they should believe.
The 16-year-old who was arrested and charged with robbery and assault for an attack on an elderly woman on church steps in Queens, New York has a long rap sheet.
Imagine our shock.
The violent attack happened last Sunday on the steps of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Queens.
The thief took off with a cellphone, credit cards and $300 in cash. He fled in a 2006 Nissan Altima, police said.
The teen suspect is being arraigned as an adult but law enforcement is still not identifying him because of his age.
“Despite being arraigned as an adult, the Queens District Attorneys Office says they will not be identifying the 16-year-old because of his age.” WABC reported.
The suspect has been arrested and released NINE TIMES in the last 8 months.
“He has been arrested nine times in Queens as an adolescent offender since August 2023. Eight of those arrests involved robberies and the ninth was criminal possession of stolen property.” WABC reported.
Irene Tahliambouris
According to a GoFundMe set up by family, 68-year-old Irene Tahliambouris is “fighting for her life” after she was violently shoved down church steps and robbed by a black male last Sunday.
“She suffered a fractured skull and a black eye, according to her family, and as she writhed in pain, the suspect allegedly stole $300, her cellphone and her car before fleeing the scene outside St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Queens, New York, on Sunday.” Fox News reported.
“We are devastated to even imagine the pain she is experiencing after being knocked off the stairs of the church, hitting the back of her head on the concrete while this vicious person, with no consideration for life, attacked her and took all her belongings and her car,” her family said in a statement.
Texas A&M University-Commerce is in mourning after the sudden passing of Keith Miller, a prominent member of its football team, who died at the age of 23, university officials confirmed on Friday.
Miller’s death came as a shock to the university community, having been found unresponsive in his apartment on Thursday evening. No cause of death has been announced.
“It is with great sadness that Texas A&M University-Commerce announces the passing of football student-athlete Keith Miller… The entire Lion community sends its deepest sympathy to Keith’s family, friends, and teammates,” the university statement read.
Head coach Clint Dolezel spoke on behalf of the team, sharing their collective heartache.
“Keith’s unexpected passing has left a void in our hearts. As a father, son, teammate, and student-athlete, he touched many lives. Our condolences go out to everyone affected by this tragedy. Keith’s memory will forever remain in our hearts.”
Miller was not only known for his skills on the field but also for his vibrant personality and the positive impact he had on those around him. Serving as a team captain in the 2023 season, his leadership and spirit were integral to the Lion football program.
Director of Athletics Jim Curry expressed the university’s shock and sadness at the news.
“The sudden departure of Keith Miller has deeply affected us all. At this moment, words seem insufficient to express our grief. We implore everyone to keep Keith’s family and friends in their thoughts during this period of mourning.”
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Keith Miller.
The entire Lion community sends its deepest sympathy to Keith’s family, friends, and teammates.https://t.co/b7CciTZFy5
Prior to joining Texas A&M University-Commerce, Miller was a dedicated player for the University of Colorado’s football team for two seasons.
The Colorado football program also released a statement, sharing their devastation over the loss of a former member. “The passing of Keith Miller, a former Buff, has deeply saddened us. Our condolences and thoughts are with his family, friends, and former teammates.”
We are deeply saddened by the passing of former Buff, Keith Miller.
Transgender partners Daniel and Grace Lavery and the third addition to their relationship, Lily Woodruff, have brought a baby into their complicated and gender-confused lives.
“Grace” Lavery is a biological man but identifies as a “woman,” and Daniel Lavery is a biological woman who now identifies as “male.”
The transgender couple began dating while both were in the middle of “transitioning” in 2018 and married in 2019.
They tied the knot one year later, but in 2021, the couple, who live in Brooklyn, New York, decided to add a third person to their romance: a woman named Lily Woodruff.
Now, they have welcomed a fourth member to their family after Lily gave birth to a son, named Rochbert Joseph Ozymandias, or Rocco for short, on Wednesday.
Grace shared the exciting news via Instagram, writing, ‘Friends. Allow me to introduce you to Rochbert Joseph Ozymandias. Rocco to you lot.’
The Instagram post continued, “He has blue eyes, grippy fingers, a laissez faire attitude to pronouns, the gentle aroma of late summer plums, a sleepy smile, and a sweet soft temperament befitting one of his undoubted rank and stature.”
The baby was born on April 3.
When Woodruff announced her pregnancy in December, she wrote that she would be having “the gayest baby in the Tri-State area.”
“Keep our multilateral parenting squad in your hearts and vibes until early April … We look forward to introducing you soon to the gayest baby in the Tri-State area,” she wrote.
Women’s basketball sensation Caitlin Clark from Iowa made an appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend before the WNBA draft this coming week.
University of Iowa basketball sensation Caitlin Clark capped off a record-setting two weeks with an appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend.
The Iowa women drew in a record 18.87 million viewers in their NCAA final game against the South Carolina last Sunday afternoon.
Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes had 4 million more viewers than the men’s final on Monday night.
Caitlin Clark and her Iowa teammates were involved in the four most-viewed games in women’s college basketball history.
The Caitlin Clark effect:
** 2023 NCAA Championship with Iowa vs. LSU — 9.9 million viewers.
** April 1 2024 NCAA quarterfinal game with Iowa vs. reigning champions LSU — 12.3 million viewers
** April 5, 2024 NCAA semifinal with Iowa vs. UConn Huskies – 14.2 million viewers (Almost topping the men’s final game)
** April 7, 2024 NCAA final with Iowa vs. UC – 18.87 million viewers almost doubling the previous year’s record!
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark broke every record imaginable this year in women’s AND men’s basketball.
• D-I scoring leader (3,951 pts)
• only D-I player w/ 3,500 pts, 1,000 ast & 850 reb in a career
• most pts in single season in D-I WBB (1,234)
• most 3pt in single season in D-I hist (201)
• most pts (491), ast (152), 3pt (78) in NCAAT in career
• only player w/ 40 pts, 10 ast in NCAAT gm (she has 2)
• only player w/ 30+ pt trip-dbl in NCAAT
• only D-I player to led CBB in pts & ast in single season 2x
• B1G all-time ast leader (1,144)
• only player w/ > 3 career 25+ pt trip-dbl (she has 10)
Caitlin Clark also brought excitement to the game of women’s basketball – something unimaginable before she entered college.
Look at how Caitlin compared to the rest of the women’s league in her performance.
(Open the tweet to see the little green mark in the upper right-hand corner of the chart. The chart helps explain the excitement surrounding Clark.)
Clark and her Iowa teammates sold out every home game and sold out or set attendance records at nearly every major venue they played at all season.
Despite Caitlin Clark’s enormous success and the record interest in women’s basketball for the first time EVER — the old stars of yesteryear showed nothing but jealousy and disgust for Caitlin this year.
But they can’t stop Caitlin’s appeal.
Last night Saturday Night Live invited Caitlin Clark on – And she was sensational!
“Hubby Loves His Robe – I bought the heavy-weight robe for my husband for Christmas. To say he loves it is an understatement, he wears it all the time.
It’s nice and heavy and keeps him warm as he is cold all the time. He also likes that it has long sleeves instead of 3/4 length like most robes. It also washes great.”
“I used these robes at a salon so I had to come on here and buy one. Absolutely love these.”
“The Heavyweight Champion of ALL robes everywhere!! – I bought a woman’s lightweight large gray for myself and two heavyweight gray XL for men as Christmas presents for my young son and a family friend last year…My son loves EVERYTHING about HIS robe and we got your slippers for our friend and he’s in love with them.”
The robe is made with luxurious Supima cotton. The extra-long staple fiber gives the MyPillow bath robe premium softness, strength, and color-retention.
A video of Biden from early 2020 claiming Trump will get us to war in Iran was making the rounds this weekend after Iran began drone strikes on Israel.
According to reports, more than 300 drone and missile strikes bombarded Israel on Saturday.
Israel’s Iron Dome intercepted the air attack.
Iran made its move against Israel on Saturday – not while Trump is president – but because the US is compromised by a feeble Joe Biden.
The Biden Regime has also funded Iran’s terrorism.
This would never have happened under President Trump – it didn’t happen under President Trump.
Joe Biden briefly made his way back to the White House on Saturday. He called a lid and refused to speak to the press.
Four years ago Joe Biden claimed Trump would get us to war in Iran.
“As the walls close in on this man, I’m worried that he’s going to get us to war in Iran,” Biden said.
Notice how Biden was able to speak more clearly four years ago.
WATCH:
2020. Biden on Trump – "As the walls close in on this man, I'm worried that he's going to get us to war in Iran." pic.twitter.com/HpSpQ9yBSg
2020 Biden on Trump: "As the Walls Close in on This Man, I'm Worried That He's Going to Get Us to War in Iran" (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila
A video of Biden from early 2020 claiming Trump will get us to war in Iran was making the rounds this weekend after Iran began drone strikes on Israel. According to reports, more than 300 drone and missile strikes bombarded Israel on Saturday. Israel's Iron Dome intercepted the air attack. https://y
“I think, we’re gonna have – we’re not gonna have any problems getting on the ballot ourselves so we won’t be running libertarian,” he just told me before his ballot access event in Iowa. pic.twitter.com/C4HxB9UVmY
Kennedy’s campaign confirmed the news in a statement to The Hill on Sunday.
“Mr. Kennedy has many areas of alignment with the Libertarian Party, including a strong stance on civil liberties and keeping the country out of foreign wars,” a spokesperson for Kennedy’s campaign told the outlet.
The statement continued, “Mr. Kennedy, however, is not contemplating joining the Libertarian ticket. He is running as an Independent candidate and will be on the ballot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.”
Both Democrats and Republicans have expressed concern that Kennedy may act as a spoiler for either party.
The 40-year-old was stopped in the knifing attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, which is in the city’s eastern suburbs, when a police inspector shot him after he turned and raised a knife, New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke told reporters.
“They just said run, run, run — someone’s been stabbed,” one witness told ABC TV in Australia. ”(The attacker) was walking really calmly like he was having an ice cream in a park. And then he went up the escalators … and probably within about a minute we heard three gunshots.”…
…police wouldn’t identify the man yet and were still working to determine his motivation.
BREAKING:
Video of #Australians fleeing in panic after the #Islamist terror attack in #Sydney.
Several people stabbed to death.
We don’t have to live like this.
Video người dân Úc hoảng loạn chạy trốn sau vụ tấn công khủng bố Hồi giáo ở… https://t.co/koIgd3NDTG
A mass stabbing attack at the Westfield Bondi Junction Shopping Centre in Sydney, Australia took place Saturday afternoon local time. Several people, including a baby, were reported wounded in the attacks, with several reported killed.
The knifeman was reportedly shot and killed in the mall by a policewoman who quickly responded to reports of the attack.
A Sydney policewoman kneels over the terrorist who killed five people in a stabbing spree at a Sydney mall.
The New Zealand Herald is now reporting that the killer, Joel Cauchi, was a male escort who had a history of mental illness.
The man who murdered six people and injured another 12 when he went on a frenzied stabbing attack in a Sydney shopping centre had a history of mental health issues, was schizophrenic and had been working as a male escort before his rampage.
He was Joel Cauchi, 40, of Brisbane.
He killed 25-year-old Dawn Singleton, 38-year-old Ash Good, 30-year-old Faraz Ahmed Tahir and 47-year-old Jade Young. Two other victims are yet to be identified.
He was known to police before Saturday’s tragedy.
According to the Metro – He had set up profiles on several male escort websites, including Australia Cracker, Empire Escorts and Escorts Australia, according to reports.
In the aftermath of Iran’s attack on Israel Saturday night, President Joe Biden said he will meet with allies on Sunday to consider what to do.
Biden said he will meet with G7 nations to craft a unified response, according to Reuters.
Biden said that during a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “I told him that Israel demonstrated a remarkable capacity to defend against and defeat even unprecedented attacks — sending a clear message to its foes that they cannot effectively threaten the security of Israel.”
“Tomorrow, I will convene my fellow G7 leaders to coordinate a united diplomatic response to Iran’s brazen attack,” he said. The G7 includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Great Britain.
On Saturday, Israel said Iran sent 170 drones, more than 30 cruise missiles and more than 120 ballistic missiles towards Israel, according to the Independent. Almost all of the weapons were intercepted before they reached Israel.
On Sunday, John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, avoiding escalation is uppermost in Biden’s mind.
“Every decision, every discussion that he’s had is all designed to not let this become a broad regional war, and that’s where his head still is,” Kirby said on Fox News, The New York Times reported.
Israel’s War Cabinet is meeting Sunday afternoon to craft Israel’s response.
Some experts said they do not believe Iran wants escalation.
“Iran’s government appears to have concluded that the Damascus strike was a strategic inflection point, where failure to retaliate would carry more downsides than benefits,” Ali Vaez, the Iran director of the International Crisis Group, said.
“But in doing so, the shadow war it has been waging with Israel for years now threatens to turn into a very real and very damaging conflict,” one that could drag in the United States, he added.
Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House, said Iran “made a choice to call Israel’s bluff, and they felt they needed to do so, because they see the last six months as a persistent effort to set them back across the region.”
“I think Tehran saw a need to draw this red line and make it clear to Israel that Iran does have red lines and would not continue to tolerate the slow degradation of its position,” she said.
The Times reported that Israel was considering a retaliatory strike last night, but the strike was called off after damage from the Iranian attack proved minimal.
Iran’s drone strikes show us President Biden’s approach with Iran and the Middle East is backwards. Now as we risk entering WWIII, the U.S. must stand by Israel’s commitment to democracy. The president must stand firm, and stop coddling Iran immediately.
In a post on X, Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina urged a strong American response.
“Iran’s drone strikes show us President Biden’s approach with Iran and the Middle East is backwards. Now as we risk entering WWIII, the U.S. must stand by Israel’s commitment to democracy. The president must stand firm, and stop coddling Iran immediately,” she posted.
We stand with the people of Israel against this brazen and callous attack. Iran hates democracy, Freedom, and basic human rights — making them an enemy of Israel and the United States. I expect the Biden Administration to stand up for these shared principles and hold Iran…
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who has been mentioned as a possible running mate for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, urged action.
“We stand with the people of Israel against this brazen and callous attack. Iran hates democracy, Freedom, and basic human rights — making them an enemy of Israel and the United States. I expect the Biden Administration to stand up for these shared principles and hold Iran accountable,” she posted.
Rep. Waltz spoke with Fox News host Jon Scott and shared, “There is no other way to describe the Obama-Biden Middle East policy except as a dangerous disaster. I mean, this is an utter calamity. Just a few years ago, under President Trump, ISIS was destroyed, Iran was broke and on their back foot, and we had the Abraham Accords, and look where we are now.”
Waltz continued, “I think the fundamental mistake, the fundamental underpinning, has been an appeasement strategy from the Biden Administration that is so focused on what they called de-escalation that it has signaled to the region, and certainly to Iran, that they have room to push, that they can achieve their goals as the Biden administration continues to try to appease and back away and that’s been reinforced.”
“Just last year, we refused to push the UN to renew sanctions on Iran’s drone and missile program. Now, they are literally flying towards Israel.”
“We have not enforced the oil sanctions, 90% of their oil is being sold to China. We have backed away from our greatest ally, Israel, very publicly.”
“And by the way, we spent the last couple of years practically begging Iran to get back into an Iran deal using Russia as an intermediary, and the lead negotiator is now under investigation by the FBI for some type of traitorous activity towards Iran … the list is so long that Iran clearly thinks it can get away with this and sees this as an opportunity.”
Waltz then shared what most Americans are thinking…“November can’t come soon enough,” adding, “We have to have a commander-in-chief that our enemies respect and fear.”
Green Beret Veteran Rep. Michael Waltz Blasts Joe Biden's Foreign Policy: "November Can’t Come Soon Enough" | The Gateway Pundit | by Margaret Flavin
On Saturday, Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) blasted Joe Biden's foreign policy after Iran launched drones toward Israel. Rep. Waltz spoke with Fox News host Jon Scott and shared, “There is no other way to describe the Obama-Biden Middle East policy except as a dangerous disaster. I mean, this is an utter
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), who happens to be a US Senator and a Doctor of Ophthalmology, released a stunning report on Tuesday where he discovered that 15 different federal agencies knew that the Wuhan laboratory in China was trying to create a COVID-19 virus and they knew this since 2018.
Not one single official or employee in these 15 agencies revealed the truth to the American public during the pandemic. They should all be fired.
Rand Paul announced on Sunday that a brave Lt. Colonel in the Marines stepped forward with the information on the COVID origins. He was the only honest person in 15 agencies brave enough to expose the truth.
On Sunday, Senator Paul joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures to discuss this explosive revelation and more.
Maria Bartiromo: Senator, real quick before you go, we’ve got to get into COVID as well. You are out with a report which shows that at least 15 federal agencies knew that gain-of-function research was being done in the Wuhan lab since what? 2018?
Senator Rand Paul: Yeah, we know this because a whistleblower revealed it. Nobody in the administration has told us anything. We’ve gotten all of our information from whistleblower, but we now know it wasn’t just one agency that China was approaching. China made a presentation or an American representative, Peter Daszak, made a representation to 15 agencies about creating a virus that, guess what, looks suspiciously like COVID-19 and looks like no other virus in nature from that family. They were working on this and presented it to 15 agencies. And in 2020, when they saw COVID-19, they should have all been calling and raising the alarm and saying, “My goodness, we saw this two years ago. We knew the Chinese were doing this. Lo and behold, they did it.” Nobody in government came forward. Not one person. I take that back. A brave Marine, a lieutenant colonel, came forward and gave us that information, or today, we would still not know any of this.
Maria Bartiromo: We haven’t seen any holding China to account for any of this, not just the leak, but then the cover up that followed. The Biden administration has yet to demand answers.
Senator Rand Paul: The Biden administration has signed a pandemic treaty to give away all of our sovereignty so people from around the world, third-world countries that run these organizations, can tell us what to do, what kind of masks to wear, whether to wear goggles, earmuffs, and all the other ridiculous things that were offered up to surround ourselves by plexiglas. All the moronic ideas we’ve now farmed out. It’s not bad enough to have people in the United States telling us this. They farmed it out to an international treaty to let the rest of the world tell us how we’re going to live our lives the next time something bad like this happens.
As reported earlier…
In 2019 the virus escaped from the Wuhan laboratory at the same time US President Donald Trump had crippled the Chinese economy with his economic policies. The rest is history.
Dr. Tony Fauci, who funded the Wuhan laboratory for some reason, repeatedly lied to the American public about the origins of the virus.
As The Gateway Pundit reported back in May 2023, Fauci gave a $1.88 million grant and $16.5 million in NIH funding to a British scientist in January 2020 if he kept his mouth shut about the origins of the COVID-19 virus.
On January 31, 2020, Danish-born and British-educated scientist Kristian Andersen, emailed Dr. Tony Fauci saying the virus looks lab-made.
Kristian Anderson, “Some of the features look engineered” and the “genome looks inconsistent with evolutionary theory.”
Thenon February 4, 2020, after a call with Dr. Tony Fauci, British scientist Kristian Anderson wrote that the lab leak theory was a conspiracy theory.
Kristian Anderson, “The main crackpot theories going around at the moment related to this virus being somehow engineered… and that is demonstrably false.”
So what happened between January 31, 2020 and February 4, 2020?
Dr. Tony Fauci called Dr. Kristian Anderson and ordered him to publicly say the COVID virus was NOT lab-made.
The New York Times reported on Anderson’s early email to Dr. Fauci in an article published in June 2021.
Over the past year, Dr. Andersen has been one of the most outspoken proponents of the theory that the coronavirus originated from a natural spillover from an animal to humans outside of a lab. But in the email to Dr. Fauci in January 2020, Dr. Andersen hadn’t yet come to that conclusion. He told Dr. Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, that some features of the virus made him wonder whether it had been engineered, and noted that he and his colleagues were planning to investigate further by analyzing the virus’s genome.
The researchers published those results in a paper in the scientific journal Nature Medicine on March 17, 2020, concluding that a laboratory origin was very unlikely. Dr. Andersen has reiterated this point of view in interviews and on Twitter over the past year, putting him at the center of the continuing controversy over whether the virus could have leaked from a Chinese lab.
When his early email to Dr. Fauci was released, the media storm around Dr. Andersen intensified, and he deactivated his Twitter account. He answered written questions from The New York Times about the email and the fracas. The exchange has been lightly edited for length.
Dr. Anderson switched his story in 4 days after his call with Tony Fauci.
But, The New York Times conveniently omitted that after his call with Dr. Fauci on February 1, 2020, Dr. Anderson was given a $1.88 million grant and $16.5 million in funding from NIAID, Dr. Fauci’s personal piggy bank.
Dr. Andrew Huff testified to this fact back in 2022. He released this information in a legal report he signed created by the Renz Law Group.
Dr. Andrew Huff reported that Dr. Anderson’s funding at the Scripps Research Institute increased from $393,079 per month, to $800,139 per month after he backed down on the COVID lab-leak theory.
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Now we learn from Senator Rand Paul that 15 different federal agencies knew in 2018 that the Wuhan laboratory was trying to create a coronavirus strain like COVID-19. Not one person had the guts to step forward and tell the truth to the American public.
And we all know it is likely that they will never be indicted or punished.
The feared night of Iranian attacks against Israel came and went – and many are left with the feeling that it could have been much worse and the fear that perhaps it will still be.
To retaliate against the air raid against its embassy in Damascus that killed 7 IRGC officers, Iran launched a massive attack that has been estimated to have consisted of 185 drones, 110 surface-to-surface missiles, and 36 cruise missiles in their attack on Israel.
The result of the attacks seems not to have been as terrible as could have been expected, with the missile defenses and the interception by military fighters having worked remarkably well, prompting feeble US President Joe Biden to tell Netanyahu that he should consider tonight’s events a ‘win’ for Israel.
Watch: Missiles reportedly arrive in Nabatin air base:
The most damaging missile arrivals seem to have taken place in Nabatim air force base in Negev Desert.
The air base was hit by at least 15 missiles last night, but it seems that it still operational, despite reports from Arab media that claim otherwise. Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) published a video of the landing of a F-35 Hadir Fighter jet from the sky defense mission.
The F-35 flew a 7-hour-long wave of sorties intercepting and downing Iranian UAVs and missiles over Jordan, Syria, and Israel.
Iranians took to the streets to celebrate what they saw as a great achievement over their sworn enemy.
Meanwhile, Israel has declared that it will respond and is already debating military options, which include long-range strikes on military bases or even nuclear installations in Iran.
It is estimated that Israel spent half a billion dollars in just a few hours in the defense against the attack.
According to Israeli sources, Israel will retaliate against Iran ‘in the next 48 hours’.
‘The next slap is louder. Your next mistake will be the end of your fake country’.
Meanwhile, a poster appears in Tehran with the following threat: ‘The next slap is louder. Your next mistake will be the end of your fake country’.
It bears reminding that Israel still hasn’t completed its military operation against Hamas, so engaging in a wider, more dangerous war seems unadvisable.
There is also a very real and tangible fear in the Biden administration that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu may be aiming to draw the US into a regional war.
While the U.S. military shot down a good portion of the drones fired from Iran using assets in Erbil, Iraq, Gulf States, and everything under CENTCOM, it has already announced that it will have nothing to do with any further attacks on Iranian territory.
But whatever Biden says, there is a danger it will be sucked into a real apocalyptic war, in its duplicitous position of defending Israel while simultaneously releasing billions of dollars of blocked funds to Iran a mere month before the attack.
While our worst fears have not materialized – yet – there’s no denying that an immense escalation just occurred. The world is more dangerous by the day, and no one is happy about it – but the Military Industrial complex.
After drastically depleting the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to buy votes during the midterm election, President Joe Biden’s Department of Energy has announced it will not purchase up to 3 million barrels of oil from a site in Louisiana in August and September, as originally intended.
“Keeping the taxpayer’s interest at the forefront, we will not award for the Bayou Choctaw SPR site in August and September and will continue to solicit available capacity as market conditions allow,” a department spokesperson said according to S&P Global.
“As always, we monitor market dynamics to remain nimble and innovative in our successful replenishment approach to protect this critical national security asset.”
Reportedly, the current oil prices are scaring away the DOE from purchasing, as current oil barrel prices are around $85 — above the $79 a barrel it’s aiming for.
Oil has gradually risen in price over the past few weeks, jumping a considerable 10 percent in the last month alone and 20 percent since mid-December, according to The New York Times.
Of course, oil and gas are far from the only thing rising under the Biden administration.
Inflation in general continues to miss the targeted goal, seeing considerable jumps monthly.
Nonetheless, regardless of rising prices in oil, the record-low levels can’t help but draw concern.
The SPR was originally signed into law by President Gerald Ford in 1975 following a massive oil crisis that followed the 1973-74 oil embargo.
The reserve was intended to function as an emergency source of fuel for the nation in times of crisis, ensuring essential functions such as our country’s military wouldn’t be ruined by a shortage.
Today, it doesn’t seem that same understanding is seen.
The four underground storage facilities for the SPR, located along the Gulf of Mexico, currently have an “authorized capacity” of 714 million barrels, according to the Department of Energy.
The most ever held for the SPR was close to 727 million barrels in 2009, according to Reuters. (Evidently they had a higher capacity at one time.)
In 2022, the Biden administration announced plans to sell 180 million barrels “in an attempt to lower gasoline prices after Russia invaded Ukraine,” Reuters reported.
Biden’s sale that year was in addition to 38 million barrels that Congress had ordered sold, a practice lawmakers came up with to fund government programs, according to the outlet.
Those sales drained the SPR to its lowest level in about 40 years. It now stands at 363.6 million barrels, according to Reuters. That’s just over half of where it should be in the best of times — and these certainly are not the best of times.
There’s a good reason that the SPR was created and with the levels it sits at now, it’s unlikely to be able to fulfill that purpose.
Incidentally, Biden’s predecessor recognized the importance of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and tried to replenish it, according to the National Review.
“When former president Donald Trump attempted to fill the SPR to the brim when oil prices were at a rock-bottom price of $24 a barrel, congressional Democrats blocked the purchase, claiming it would be an oil-industry bailout,” the outlet reported.
Oil is an essential part of everyday life, whether green energy advocates want to admit it or not.
When a crisis comes, the country will need sources of energy like oil to keep the military and economy properly functioning. Otherwise, things could get much worse.
But rather than existing for times of emergency or crisis, President Joe Biden decided to throw away what had been accrued for a handful of extra votes in 2022.
The saddest part is that Biden is doubly responsible for the issue at hand, being responsible for both the low levels of the SPR and the high prices of oil.
Rather than playing both sides to always come out on top, it seems the president is playing both sides to always lose.
Perhaps if earlier in his administration, Biden had permitted more drilling on federal land, we wouldn’t be in this situation.
Unfortunately, the commander in chief has constantly foiled any attempts to drill on federal land.
It’s almost like he’s intentionally forcing gas prices to climb.
Every solution that has been right in front of him he’s denied, constantly instead appealing to environmental extremists within his party.
Oil excavation is not pretty, but it’s necessary — fighting against it will only hurt the nation.
Biden and his climate freaks need to suck it up and do what’s best for the nation, even if it breaks their vapid little hearts.
Not refilling the SPR, even if it costs a pretty penny, could cost the nation far more.
Joe Biden will not support an Israeli counterattack against Iran after the Islamic regime escalated the conflict between the two countries.
On Saturday evening, Iran launched attack drones and missiles towards Israel in retaliation for an airstrike in Syria that killed a top Iranian general.
However, Axios reports that Biden said in a conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he will not support any retaliatory attacks from the Israeli Defense Forces:
Biden and his senior advisers are highly concerned an Israeli response to Iran’s attack on Israel would lead to a regional war with catastrophic consequences, U.S. officials said.
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Biden told Netanyahu the joint defensive efforts by Israel, the U.S. and other countries in the region led to the failure of the Iranian attack, according to the White House official.
Biden also reportedly urged Netanyahu to “take the win” after Israel successfully intercepted nearly all the drones with the support of the U.S. military:
Biden told Netanyahu the joint defensive efforts by Israel, the U.S. and other countries in the region led to the failure of the Iranian attack, according to the White House official.
“You got a win. Take the win,” Biden told Netanyahu, according to the official. The official said that when Biden told Netanyahu that the U.S. will not participate in any offensive operations against Iran and will not support such operations, Netanyahu said he understood.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke on Saturday with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant and asked that Israel notify the U.S. ahead of any response against Iran, a senior Israeli official said.
In his official statement on Saturday evening, Biden confirmed that he had spoken with Netanyahu but did not provide any specific details:
“I’ve just spoken with Prime Minister Netanyahu to reaffirm America’s ironclad commitment to the security of Israel. I told him that Israel demonstrated a remarkable capacity to defend against and defeat even unprecedented attacks – sending a clear message to its foes that they cannot effectively threaten the security of Israel.”
“Tomorrow, I will convene my fellow G7 leaders to coordinate a united diplomatic response to Iran’s brazen attack,” he continued. “My team will engage with their counterparts across the region. And we will stay in close touch with Israel’s leaders. And while we have not seen attacks on our forces or facilities today, we will remain vigilant to all threats and will not hesitate to take all necessary action to protect our people.”
A Haiti that exists mostly in the elegant salons of the Caribbean Community CARICOM is trying to implement an unelected nine-member transitional presidential council after repeated promises.
The problem with that is that the real Haiti that exists on the street level is completely removed from the proceedings, and the unabated violence makes it unlikely that the musings of the elegant leaders will ever become a reality.
Whatever remains of Haiti’s government has finally formalized the creation of the transitional council, a long-delayed move intended to be the first step towards restoring some semblance of security and order to the gang-ravaged Caribbean country.
To give an idea of how hard that will be, the names of the new council members have not even been announced since it would amount to a death sentence for them – the leader of the rebel gangs that control 80% of the capital Port-au-Prince, Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier, has threatened them and their families.
A time frame for installing the council and replacing outgoing Prime Minister Ariel Henry is also not divulged.
“Indicating the unelected Henry will initially retain oversight of proceedings, the decree allows the current prime minister to make the “necessary arrangements” ahead of the new appointments. Those chosen must then “participate, in agreement with the prime minister, in the formation of an inclusive ministers’ cabinet.”
It calls on the council to help speed the deployment of international troops Henry requested in 2022 to aid police in their battles with armed and increasingly powerful gangs.”
Almost 100k people have fled Port-au-Prince in the last month alone. Basic goods are lacking, as key ports remain closed.
“The decree, published in Haiti’s official gazette, names the nine political parties or social sectors to be represented on the council, including two non-voting observers, confirming an announcement made last month.”
The government’s decree stipulates that the council will be headquartered in the National Palace – a building that has come repeatedly under fire in the past weeks.
After the decree was published, it was ‘business as usual’: more gun fights took place, with a police officer shot dead.
It could still take quite some time before the council is installed, given the difficulties of processing legal documents.
“‘It could be very difficult’, [former justice minister Camille] LeBlanc told Reuters, adding that while he doubted the council’s prospects, he supported it if it could move the country past the current deadlock, help reopen ports and bring essential food supplies to a country facing acute hunger.
‘To declare the transition council must ‘rapidly’ name a prime minister is utopian’, added.”
Many believe that the outgoing Prime Minister Ariel Henry – who can’t even manage to return to the country, is disrupting the implementation of the Council process in order to hold onto power.
CARICOM leaders welcomed the new decree, reiterating the need ‘to urgently address the security situation’ so that schools and businesses can reopen and people can travel freely and access basic supplies.
The far-left New York Times has admitted that growing numbers of voters are looking back “more positively” on Donald Trump’s presidency as the Biden administration continues to fail at everything it does.
In an article published Sunday, the Times conceded that voters have a “rosier picture” of Trump’s tenure when compared with Biden, particularly on issues such as immigration, the economy and law and order.
Views of Donald J. Trump’s presidency have become more positive since he left office, bolstering his case for election and posing a risk to President Biden’s strategy of casting his opponent as unfit for the presidency, according to a new poll by The New York Times and Siena College.
While the memories of Mr. Trump’s tumultuous and chaotic administration have not significantly faded, many voters now have a rosier picture of his handling of the economy, immigration and maintaining law and order. Ahead of the 2020 election, only 39 percent of voters said that the country was better off after Mr. Trump took office. Now, looking back, nearly half say that he improved things during his time as president.
The poll’s findings underscore the way in which a segment of voters have changed their minds about the Trump era, recalling those years as a time of economic prosperity and strong national security.
It goes on to note that more voters ultimately believe that Trump’s leadership was “better for the country” than the current Biden regime.
Many voters still remember Mr. Trump as a divisive and polarizing figure, giving him low ratings on race relations and unifying the country. Yet, a larger share of voters see Mr. Trump’s term as better for the country than the current administration, with 42 percent rating the Trump presidency as mostly good for the country compared with 25 percent who say the same about Mr. Biden’s. Nearly half say the Biden years have been mostly bad for the country.
The piece does not make mention of Joe Biden’s catastrophic foreign policy failures. On Saturday evening, Iran launched a series of drone attacks towards Israel as tensions threatened to boil over across the Middle East.
While Joe Biden went to bed, Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania where he blamed Biden for the ongoing conflict. “I want to say God Bless the people of Israel, they are under attack right now, that’s because we show great weakness,” he exclaimed. This would not happen, the weakness that we’ve shown is unbelievable and it would not have happened if we were in office, you know that, they know that, and everybody knows that.”
Iranian regime chants “Death to Isreal! Death to America!” following unprecedented airstrike on Israel.
The Iranian Parliament celebrated “Operation Truthful promise” on Sunday following the unprecedented airstrike from Iranian soil on the state of Israel.
Iran fired off an estimated 150 missiles along with 50-100 drones in an attack from Iranian soil on the state of Israel.
Israel announced that 99% of Iran’s missiles were taken down and did not reach their target.
This was the first time the Iranian regime fired on Israel directly – typically Iran uses its affiliates of Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthi rebels in Yemen to do their dirty work.
Following the attacks, Iranian lawmakers chanted, “Death to Israel! Death to America!” from the floor of parliament.
President Biden is facing an uphill battle for a second term in the White House.
But this latest news is probably going to send his campaign into a panic.
A report by the Daily Caller shows that Democratic voter registrations have dropped in Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania — three hotly contested states in the 2020 election.
While Democrats still hold a voter registration advantage over Republicans in all three states, the gaps have shrunk significantly.
According to Pennsylvania state election data and reported by the Daily Caller, Democrats have lost 336,269 registered voters in the state since Nov. 3, 2020. Democrats still hold a nearly 400,000 voter registration advantage over Republicans, though this a sharp decline from the 685,818 lead Democrats held going into the last presidential election.
In North Carolina, Democrats saw a decrease of 212,084 voters from December 2020 to April 2024. Democrats now only outnumber Republicans by 170,943 voters, a decrease of over 200,000 voters since 2020.
The numbers in Nevada were less staggering, with Democrats losing only 27,757 voters since December 2020. The Democratic majority in registrations over Republicans has shrunk from 96,875 in 2020, to 55,116 today.
All in all, Democrats have lost 576,110 voters in the three states combined.
According to CNN, Fewer than 200,000 combined votes decided the winner in these states in 2020. Biden won Pennsylvania by a little under 81,660 votes, and Nevada by 33,596. Former president Trump won the Tar Heel state by 74,483 votes.
Biden will need a massive turnout in each of three states if he wants any shot at victory.
The latest RealClearPolitics polling averages show Trump holding a 4.0-point lead in North Carolina, and a 3.2-point lead in Nevada. Biden is currently edging out Trump in Pennsylvania by 0.1 points.
However, while these figures are surely not what the Biden campaign wants to hear, Republican strategist Scott Jennings is cautioning people to “not over read” the data, according to the Daily Caller.
“But certainly Biden has a real problem on his hands among many segments and you can clearly see that in these results,” Jennings added. “The trick, of course, is that once people are registered, then you have to turn them out.”
A recent analysis performed by the Pew Research Center showed that the nation is basically split when it comes to overall voter registration, with 49 percent of voters registered as Democrats compared to 48 percent who are registered as Republicans.
While Jennings is right to caution Republican optimism, recent history has shown that swings in voter registrations can be very beneficial for Republicans.
Take Florida, for example. According to the Florida Division of Elections, from 2018 to 2022, Democrats only lost 47,727 registered voters. They also lost the voter registration advantage they held over Republicans.
Despite the modest gains, Republicans swept the floor in the 2022 gubernatorial election, with incumbent governor Ron DeSantis defeating Democratic challenger Charlie Crist by 1,507,897 votes, or 19.4 percent.
The shift really had to do with the man on the ballot. DeSantis’ actions during the pandemic and refusal to cower in the face of wokeness turned him into one of the most popular governors in the country.
If Trump wants to capitalize on these shifts away from the Democrats, he needs to make this election about the other man on the ballot.
While Trump does not have the surging popularity DeSantis had in 2022, he is running against a widely unpopular incumbent. According to RealClearPolitics, Biden’s latest approval rating average currently sits at 40.6 percent.
Gallup reported in February that Biden’s approval rating for his third year in office was a mere 39.8 percent, the second lowest approval for a president’s third year in the Gallup polling era. Only Jimmy Carter’s 37.4 percent was worse than Biden’s.
Carter went on to be destroyed in the 1980 general election by Ronald Reagan, suffering one of the worst defeats in presidential election history.
If Trump wants to replicate the outcome of the 1980 election, he has to make the focus of the campaign about Biden’s presidency.
Every speech, every event, every rally needs to be about how Biden has failed to deliver on anything he promised in 2020, and emphasize that Americans are worse off under Biden than they were under Trump.
And it’s not a difficult argument to make: Americans are paying more across the board for goods and services, housing and gas now than they were under Trump. Biden has made life more difficult for Americans, not better.
If Trump can stick to these points, he should have no problem winning over these ex-Democrats in November.
CBP data released shows that under crooked Joe Biden, 404,000 illegals have been flown into the US under the regime’s CHNV parole program.
This program allows people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to apply for “humanitarian parole” in the United States and allows them to pursue employment. The cost of the flight is paid either by the individual or a sponsor and allows for up to a two-year stay.
Since these illegals are flown into the US, the numbers are not included in the border statistics.
Looking at the approximate breakdown for each country, 84,000 are from Cuba. 154,000 are from Haiti, 69,000 are from Nicaragua, and 95,000 are from Venezuela.
This will add to the already out-of-control border crisis. ICE currently does not have the resources to pursue individuals who stay past their allowed stay. Currently, the DHS does not see them as a priority for removal.
To make matters even worse, the government of Venezuela does not cooperate in deportations and will make it very difficult for any of its citizens to return home.
NEW: CBP just released new data which reveals 404,000 migrants have now been flown directly into the U.S. under the Biden admin’s CHNV parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, & Venezuelans, which grants the recipients two years of humanitarian parole in the U.S. and…
On “Meet the Press” in February, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas showed that he had no interest in securing the border or dealing with any illegal immigration for that matter. He has continually deflected the issue and refused to take responsibility for the border crisis.
“Do you bear responsibility for what is happening at the border?” Kristin Welker asked.
“We don’t bear responsibility for a broken system,” Mayorkas continued.
Watch:
WATCH: DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas says that DHS doesn’t “bear responsibility” for the “broken” immigration system.@SecMayorkas: “The system has not been fixed for 30 years. … Congress is the only one who can fix it.” pic.twitter.com/dzDH0GQPQW
Isaac has been seperated from Izzy for eight months while he was in the DC Gulag. In February, he was released from the Washington Correctional Treatment to await trial, and his quest to be reunited with Izzy began.
Isaac sent the following note to thank you for making it possible to get Izzy back by his side during an absolutely brutal, emotional, and difficult time after the Biden regime has left him with nothing.
During his confinement, two generous J6ers, Jalise and Mark Middleton, took care of Isaac’s beloved dog Izzy.
Unfortunately, they were found guilty and will be sentenced in May. So they could no longer take care of Izzy. This left Isaac afraid that he would lose Izzy forever.
On Saturday The Gateway Pundit readers raised over $10,000 for Isaac to be reunited with Izzy! THANK YOU!
Isaac wrote to TGP:
I would like to give a huge thank you to Jalise and Mark Middleton of American Patriot Relief for taking care of Izzy for me during my time in the DC Gulag. They did an amazing job making sure she was happy and taken care of.
Please keep Jalise and Mark in your prayers as they prepare for their sentencing next month. They are amazing Patriots who deserve so much better than this. I’m sure Izzy will miss them and miss Texas!!
Who knows, maybe we’ll get to go back someday when all of this is over and visit.
And thank you to The Gateway Pundit and their readers for continuing to support the J6ers.
On Sunday Iran launched an unprecedented missile and drone attack against Israel from Iranian soil.
Joe Biden and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei
In November 2023, the Joe Biden administration extended a sanctions waiver that allows Iran to collect another $10 billion in funds to assist the mullahs in funding their military operations in the region.
This comes one week after Iranian-backed Houthis attempted to shoot down a US drone in the region and one month after Iran-backed Hamas terrorists slaughtered 1,300 Jews in Israel and took another 240 Jews hostage.
It was the deadliest attack on Jews since World War II.
Joe Biden ignored the massacre to open the door and help Iran bring in another $10 billion in the next few months.
The Biden administration has extended by four months a sanctions waiver that will allow Iraq to continue to purchase electricity from Iran and gives Iran limited access to the proceeds to buy humanitarian goods.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed the 120-day waiver extension and it was transmitted to Congress on Tuesday, U.S. officials said. The move is likely to draw criticism from Iran hawks on Capitol Hill and elsewhere who believe the extension will reward Iran at a time when it is coming under increasing pressure to end its support for proxy groups, including Hamas, that are destabilizing the Middle East.
There is roughly $10 billion in Iraqi payments for Iranian electricity currently being held in escrow accounts in Iraq, and the waiver will allow Baghdad to maintain its energy imports without fear of U.S. penalties for violating sanctions on Iran.
Joe Biden has now gifted the Iranian regime with $80 billion since entering the White House.
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) told FOX News a month ago in October that Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen gave $3.5 billion to Iran through the International Monetary Fund several months ago.
This was not part of the $6 billion that Biden had also gifted the Iranian mullahs.
Senator John Kennedy: Several months ago, it wasn’t well publicized, President Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen gave Iran $3.5 billion through the International Monetary Fund. That’s not the $6 billion that we have objected to. $3.6 billion dollars cash. I’ll be glad to come on your show and explain how they did that. I objected to it at the time. I tried to pass a bill to stop it. They rolled over me. The press didn’t pick it up. But here’s the problem we face right now, the time to build the ark is before the rain.
But the $3.5 billion and $6 billion may only be part of Joe Biden’s cash for Iran.
Senator Kennedy spoke out about another transfer of money to the Iranian regime back in 2021. In a letter to Janet Yellen, Kennedy argued that the Biden administration’s plan would ultimately result in China receiving $22 billion, Russia receiving $18 billion, and Iran receiving $3.5 billion.
But that’s not all; according to The Daily Signal’s calculations, Iran has received approximately $70 billion more under Biden than it would have under Trump.
The mullahs must love Joe Biden. No one has been more generous to this killer regime.
They ought to build statues of Old Joe in Tehran.
On top of that, Israel faces a new challenge by the Biden-Obama threat.
Israel now faces the threat of a Biden-Obama-backed color revolution in the middle of its war against the Hamas barbarians and now the Iranian mullahs.
This chaos we are witnessing today was not by accident. This is all part of the Biden-Obama plan.
The Israeli regime suffered some $100 million worth of damage only in the early hours of Iranian missile and drone attacks on Sunday, according to reports from media outlets in the Israeli-occupied territories.
The reports cited by the Lebanon-based al-Mayadeen TV channel on Sunday said that the damage on Israel had been inflicted mostly on the regime’s missile defense systems as they were trying to intercept drones and missiles fired from Iran.
Israel’s Channel 14 said that several missiles had hit Arad, located 45 kilometers from Be’er Sheva, in the south of the occupied territories, injuring several people.
Several missiles also hit the Umm al-Fahm city in the north of the occupied territories, causing rescue workers and medics to rush to the scene.
Several other missiles hit the Negev desert in south of the Israeli-occupied lands.
Iran’s elite IRGC military forces said in a statement in the early hours of Sunday that it had fired dozens of missiles and drones at areas controlled by the Israeli regime.
This article was written by Swedish independent journalist Peter Imanuelsen, also known as PeterSweden. You can follow him at PeterSweden.com.
It’s now gone a few years since the British left the EU, in part because they didn’t like all the restrictions and rules that they were coming up with.
Now there is a new rule.
People will be banned from starting bonfires in their garden to burn garden waste such as grass, leafs and sticks.
This is because the new law requires that food and organic waste be sorted and recycled.
Meaning that people who are tending their garden will have to either compost their garden waster or deliver it in for recycling.
In Scandinavia it is tradition in the spring where homeowners tend their garden and start bonfires to burn up garden waste, which will now be banned.
What’s next, will they ban wood stoves too? Probably sooner or later…
So what if you are grilling and want to use sticks or wood from your garden on to fire up the grill? Looks like that will be illegal now, because garden waste must be recycled.
As far as I’m aware, I’m the only one reporting on this new law in English so far, so if you appreciate my work, please consider helping me out by becoming a paid subscriber.
Independent journalist Peter Imanuelsen has dedicated years to reporting the things the mainstream media ignores. You can follow him at https://petersweden.com/
‘We have to remove the stigma between life and death’
The campaign for euthanasia has been bathed in altruistic claims for several years already.
It relieves the terminally ill of pain. It allows them to die with dignity. It gives them control over their demise, which they otherwise might not have in a hospital or hospice. It is a right they should be allowed to exercise. And more.
But a new report from European Conservative documents that the chief of a health insurance conglomerate in Belgium, Luc Van Gorp, admits it is a “money-saving solution.”
He heads a group that styles itself as “Christelijke Mutualiteit,” or Christian Mutual Insurance.
He is lobbying for changes in the law that would allow people to be allowed to signal that their lives “are done with” and get state help in dying.
The prerequisite right now is that there be evidence of “unbearable suffering.”
The report explained the head of the “Christian-in-name-only” corporation expressed his hopes during a recent interview.
“We have to remove the stigma between life and death,” he said. “I have never understood why we always debate the quantity of life. We want people to get as old as possible, we do everything to accomplish this. But we never ask the question of how quantity relates to quality of life.”
He added, “This debate needs to be placed high on the political agenda. As a society we are going to have to consider how to organize that care [for the elderly] in the future, knowing that we are short on hands already today.”
He said an in-house study confirmed an aging population is becoming an issue in Belgium, because by 2050, the number of people over age 80 will double to 1.2 million.
“How are we going to prepare for that?” he wondered. “Not by building mass residential care centers if they won’t contribute to quality of life. If we are not going to be able to sustain the mass of people who need care, how are we going to engage in a talk with them?”
He insists people “should have the freedom to end their lives” “even if there is no unbearable suffering…”
“What if the quality of care is perfect, but the person still does not experience quality of life? What do you do then, when there are still people who indicate that they are done with life?”
He continued, “We have to remove the stigma between life and death. Not through harsh euthanasia, because that scares people away. But by allowing people to indicate that it [their life] has been good [and that it can end now].”
The Christian Institute explained Van Gorp was bluntly pushing for people who are “tired of life” to be allowed to die to “avert a social funding crisis.”
Far-left wacko activist actress Jane Fonda is back on the climate protest circuit.
In a recent talk with college students at USC Annenberg, Fonda said the climate crisis is a “manifestation of racism, misogyny and patriarchy.”
She then apologized to the young people at the event, “I’m sorry that we’ve created this issue for you.”
Last summer, Fonda gathered with heavy hitters in Hollywood and led a three-day summit to talk about how they can more effectively destroy their business with more leftist messages and push climate change propaganda.
“This is serious,” Fonda said Saturday in Cannes, according to Fox News. “We’ve got about seven, eight years to cut ourselves in half of what we use of fossil fuels, and unfortunately, the people that have the least responsibility for it are hit the hardest — Global South, people on islands, poor people of color. It is a tragedy that we have to absolutely stop. We have to arrest and jail those men — they’re all men [behind this].”
During the event, Fonda shared with the crowd how she got her start in climate activism, talked a bit about her Fire Drill Fridays rallies that she started in 2019 to protest inaction on climate change, and spoke about the time she spent in jail after being arrested during a protest.
“I turned 82 in jail. What was so great is that most of the people that came had never been to a rally before and never gotten arrested before,” she said.
The actress also apologized to the young audience as they must bear the damage caused by climate change. “I’m sorry that we’ve created this issue for you,” she said. “But we can overcome it if we work fast and create awareness.”
Fonda stressed the stakes of the moment, declaring, “We have to change people. The climate crisis is a manifestation of racism, misogyny and patriarchy. It’s a mindset. When we confront the fossil fuel industry, we have to work on our mindsets.”
There have been multiple polls in recent months that show Trump leading Joe Biden in the swing states and those polls are making Democrats very nervous, but another new poll has some Democrats much more worried.
This poll has to do with voter identification. Democrats have had a strong advantage on this for years but that has changed.
The split between Americans who identify as Democrat vs. Republican is now almost perfectly even.
Fascinating Poll Shows Another Major Voter Shift That Brings Good News for GOP
Since the 90s, when Republicans last had a lead in voter identification, there had been a shift toward people identifying as Democrats until there were 5 percent more voters identifying as Democrats than Republicans in 2020.
But now there appears to have been a shift back toward the right, according to a just-released Pew Research Center analysis comparing the numbers for the last twenty years until 2023.
However, the Pew results from 2023 reveal a significant shift in party affiliation this cycle, reporting that 49% of voters identify as Democrat or leaning Democrat, while 48% identify as Republican or leaning Republican.
Additionally, about 33% of respondents said they identify as being conservative or moderate in 2023, while the other side of the aisle only sees 23% identifying as liberal Democrats or leaning liberal.
That means Democrats had been five points up and now it’s almost even, and now more identifying as conservative than liberal as well.
Take a look at the breakdown below:
THIS is what has Insider & career politician Democrats losing their freaking minds.
Even as the U.S. was defending Israel from a sustained aerial attack by Iran and Joe Biden was speaking by phone to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, senior Biden administration officials were trashing Netanyahu and Israel in leaks to the media.
Joe Biden meets with his national security team in the Situation Room at the White House to discuss the attack by Iran on Israel, April 13, 2024, White House photo.
NBC News reported Biden has privately said he fears Netanyahu is trying to drag the U.S. into war while a senior administration official told NBC, “The Israelis don’t always make the best strategic decisions.”
Excerpt from NBC report headlined, “U.S. concerned Israel will respond to Iran without thought to potential fallout”
Some top U.S. officials are concerned Israel could do something quickly in response to Iran’s attacks without thinking through potential fallout afterward, according to a senior administration official and a senior defense official.
…President Joe Biden has privately expressed concern that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to drag the U.S. more deeply into a broader conflict, according to three people familiar with his comments.
…“I don’t think they had a strategy,” the senior administration official said. “The Israelis don’t always make the best strategic decisions.”
A week ago Biden threatened Netanyahu over aid to Israel over its conduct in Gaza trying to defeat Hamas, according to a White House statement issued April 4:
President Biden spoke by telephone with Prime Minister Netanyahu. The two leaders discussed the situation in Gaza. President Biden emphasized that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable. He made clear the need for Israel to announce and implement a series of specific, concrete, and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering, and the safety of aid workers. He made clear that U.S. policy with respect to Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel’s immediate action on these steps. He underscored that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilize and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians, and he urged the Prime Minister to empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home. The two leaders also discussed public Iranian threats against Israel and the Israeli people. President Biden made clear that the United States strongly supports Israel in the face of those threats.”
A Marine is outside the Oval Office- meaning POTUS is inside – as Israeli officials tell Fox President Biden is on the phone with PM Netanyahu right now pic.twitter.com/uF6MlIqgnr
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently speaking with US President Joe Biden, following the deliberations of the Security Cabinet and the War Cabinet. pic.twitter.com/v2oJqMSky4
Earlier today, Iran—and its proxies operating out of Yemen, Syria and Iraq—launched an unprecedented air attack against military facilities in Israel. I condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms.
At my direction, to support the defense of Israel, the U.S. military moved aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers to the region over the course of the past week. Thanks to these deployments and the extraordinary skill of our servicemembers, we helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles.
I’ve just spoken with Prime Minister Netanyahu to reaffirm America’s ironclad commitment to the security of Israel. I told him that Israel demonstrated a remarkable capacity to defend against and defeat even unprecedented attacks – sending a clear message to its foes that they cannot effectively threaten the security of Israel.
Tomorrow, I will convene my fellow G7 leaders to coordinate a united diplomatic response to Iran’s brazen attack. My team will engage with their counterparts across the region. And we will stay in close touch with Israel’s leaders. And while we have not seen attacks on our forces or facilities today, we will remain vigilant to all threats and will not hesitate to take all necessary action to protect our people.
Joe Biden meets with his national security team in the Situation Room at the White House to discuss the attack by Iran on Israel, April 13, 2024, White House photo.
US frees up billions in sanctions relief to Iran as Tehran proxies wreak havoc in region
White House national security advisor John Kirby on Friday said the funds from a sanction waiver extended this week by the Biden administration to permit Iraq to purchase energy from Iran will not go to its “mullahs.”
“None of this money goes to the mullahs. None of this money goes into Tehran. The sanctions relief that is provided actually goes to vendors that provide humanitarian assistance to the Iranian people,” he told Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich, during a Friday press briefing. “Not only do the Iraqi people not suffer because of this, the Iranian people aren’t going to suffer because of this.”
“That allows for Iraq to be able to work its way off of Iranian energy so that they can keep the lights on,” Kirby said.
The Biden administration on Thursday came under criticism after it again extended a sanction waiver despite repeated pushback from those concerned that Iran could misuse the funds.
This is all connected.
Donald Trump had Iran broke.
Joe Biden gave the Iran Regime hundreds of billions of dollars in sanctions relief, credit and cash.
Iran is now attacking Israel with Joe Biden’s money.
Let’s not forget Joe Biden signed off on a sanction’s waiver giving Iran access to $10 billion in cold hard cash in foreign banks. He signed off on the waiver on March 13, a full 6 weeks after an Iranian-backed drone attack killed 3 American soldiers.
Democrats in the Senate are pushing a multi-billion dollar bailout for struggling theater companies across the country and one of the companies that would benefit is New York’s Public Theater which staged a production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in 2017 that portrayed the central character as Trump. The play features the assassination of the title character.
Many of these companies are struggling because they and their supporters embraced the harshest Covid policies. They also alienated many former supporters by going fully woke.
In other words, many of these companies deserve to fail and will do so in time, whether they get a bailout now or not.
Failing Theaters Would Receive $5 Billion Taxpayer-Funded Bailout under Democrat Plan
Non-profit theater companies across the country would receive a $5 billion taxpayer-funded bailout under a new plan being promoted by a group of Democrats in the Senate. The proposed bailout comes as prominent stages are facing unprecedented financial crises following their embrace of woke identity politics, which has alienated audiences and donors.
Among the companies poised to receive the new federal dollars would be New York’s Public Theater, which staged the gruesome stabbing death of President Donald Trump in its infamous 2017 production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) is leading the way with the legislation, which is called the Supporting Theater and the Arts to Galvanize the Economy (STAGE) Act of 2024….
New York’s Public Theater, which recently laid off nearly 20 percent of its staff, staged the assassination of President Donald Trump in its 2017 Central Park production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The staging shocked many audience members and led to the cancellation of some corporate sponsorships, including Bank of America and Delta.
Professional non-profit theaters and artists that support millions of jobs and boost local economies.
That's why I'm introducing the STAGE Act with my colleagues to support the industry that enriches us all. pic.twitter.com/4OqVuaY75L
President Trump addressed Iran’s attack against Israel and said that if he had been in office these attacks would not have happened.
“I want to say God Bless the people of Israel, they are under attack right now, that’s because we show great weakness. This would not happen, the weakness that we’ve shown is unbelievable and it would not have happened if we were in office, you know that, they know that, and everybody knows that,” President Trump said.
Watch:
WATCH: President Trump makes first public remarks about Iran’s attack on Israel during speech in Schnecksville, PA pic.twitter.com/eNi5phkimM
President Trump also confidently called on Joe Biden to debate him.
“I’m calling on crooked Joe Biden to debate, anytime, anywhere, anyplace, right there. And we have to debate because our country is going in the wrong direction so badly and while it’s a little bit typically early, we have to debate. We have to explain to the American people what the hell is going on,” Trump continued.
Watch:
“I’m calling on Crooked Joe Biden to debate — ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANYPLACE!” — President Trump in Schnecksville, PA pic.twitter.com/ZfHVrB2S0P
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The joys of Democrat Progressive living. There's nothing like it! Democrat Party has a consistent track record of taking over the politics in an American city and turning it into a sh*thole in just a few short years. Today's example is Oakland, California. Via Reeve Swainston: Watch this. Especially
The latest Harris poll shows Donald Trump winning over 14% of Democrat voters.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Iran has officially launched kamikaze drones and missiles against Israel, a development that could spark an all-out war and draw in more countries.
As TGP readers know, Joe Biden’s appeasement of Iran and hostility toward Israel helped lead to this moment.
While Biden did cut his undeserved vacation short,, he decided NOT to speak to America tonight on the developing war.
Like the coward he is, Biden called a LID.
#BREAKING: The White House has called a press lid just before 5:13 PM today, indicating that President Biden will not be seen or heard from for the rest of the day making no statements tonight.
Trump responded by tearing apart Joe Biden this evening. He first pointed out that this attack would never have happened had he been president, a clear knock on Biden’s weak leadership.
He then mocked Biden for an alleged plan to release a taped speech instead of going live. Biden’s handlers were clearly afraid that he would humiliate himself in fornt of millions again.
Biden, on Israel, didn’t do his “Address to the People” LIVE. He taped it. This is no time for taped speeches!!!
After learning Biden would not be speaking at all, Trump claimed victory. He said this was because they got spooked by what he posted on Truth Social
AFTER READING MY TRUTH, BIDEN’S HANDLERS CONVINCED HIM NOT TO RELEASE HIS TAPED SPEECH ON ISRAEL. HE’LL NOW ATTEMPT TO DO IT LIVE, PROBABLY TOMORROW. HE DOESN’T WANT TO LEAVE HIS HOUSE, WITH THE CORVETTE, IN DELAWARE!!!
He closed by crowing about Biden returning to the White House tonight instead of tomorrow.
Calexico Mayor Raul Ureña, 26, is now facing a significant political backlash as the city grapples with social issues. After his transition following a 2022 re-election victory, Mayor Ureña has become the subject of a recall vote.
Ureña, 26, who openly embraces all pronouns with a preference for “she,” has notably shifted his office attire from traditional suits to low-cut dresses, proudly showcasing a still-hairy chest and declaring himself “sexy as hell,” New York Post reported.
Under his leadership, the city of Calexico has experienced rampant crime rates and the emergence of homeless encampments that have left the downtown area in distress.
Residents and business owners have expressed distress over the deteriorating conditions downtown, former Calexico mayor Maritza Hurtado, who is leading the charge against Ureña and Manzanarez wrote on her Facebook account, “I met another Calexico Downtown business owner yesterday who showed me these videos and with tears in her eyes asked, “What can we do?” These videos show two people in front of her store who are hunched over in a “zombie state” and frozen for a half hour! She got no help from the city. I told her, “We are going to organize and push for a safer downtown TOGETHER.” I honor all my fellow downtown merchants who are struggling thru this nightmare situation, We have work to do! Vote YES on Recall!!! Vote SI.”
The collective outcry has led to a vigorous campaign advocating for the recall of both Mayor Ureña and her key ally, City Councilman Gilberto Manzanarez, citing their failure to address the downtown’s decline and alleged incidents of public indecency and intoxication.
Former Calexico mayor Alex Perrone said, “I hold very truly to our constitutional rights… and he’s taking that away from us. “If you go to a council meeting, and you say something contrary to his beliefs, to his agenda, you’re his enemy.”
Former city council member Morris Reisin said, “They misuse the funds. They don’t spend the money the way they are supposed to. They want to put 300 beds for migrant workers downtown. We don’t want the migrant workers downtown. We have to fix downtown, we have to save downtown,” said Reisin.
In response, Ureña has pointed to transphobia as the driving force behind the recall, noting the personal attacks and share of photos meant to discredit her. “Predictable transphobia,” Ureña labeled the campaign.
The rapidly changing situation in Africa’s Sahel region saw the collapse of French post-colonial rule, but American influence is also at stake in the wake of coups in multiple countries, ushering into power military juntas that are developing bilateral relations with Russia.
In the case of Niger, this situation escalated up to the point where the Niger Junta Severed the ongoing US Military Cooperation Agreement and Ordered its troops and civilian personnel out of the Country
A spokesman for the Niger military junta, Major Amadou Abdramane, stated clearly, with no margin for interpretation: ‘The American bases and civilian personnel cannot stay on Nigerien soil any longer.’
Since then, the US has been scrambling to assess the future of its ‘counterterrorism operations’ in the Sahel.
Now, it arises that a crowd took to the streets of Niger’s capital today (13) to demand the departure of U.S. troops, mere days after the Junta welcomed new Russian military instructors.
“Marching arm in arm through central Niamey, the crowd waved Nigerien flags in a demonstration that recalled anti-French protests that spurred the withdrawal of France’s forces from Niger last year after the army seized power in a coup.
One hand-written sign in English read ‘USA rush out of Niger’, in a show of support for the junta and its decision in mid-March to revoke an accord that had allowed around 1,000 U.S. military personnel to operate on its territory out of two bases.
[…] Until the coup, Niger had remained a key security partner of France and the United States, which used it as a base as part of international efforts to curb a decade-old Islamist insurgency in West Africa’s Sahel region.”
The Niger junta has its counterparts in Mali and Burkina Faso in the process of ending military deals with the Western powers, quitting the regional bloc ECOWAS and strengthening diplomatic ties with Russia.
“The arrival on Wednesday of Russian military instructors and equipment was further evidence of the junta’s openness to closer cooperation with Moscow, which is seeking to boost its influence in Africa.”
Some people heard in the Reuters report do not want the Russian defense assistance to morph into a permanent presence.
“Student Souleymane Ousmane: ‘This is how the French and the Americans and all the other countries settled in Niger — from military cooperation, they ended up occupying large parts of our country’.”
At this point it’s unclear when US troops will leave. One of the main programs in Niger is a drone base known as Air Base 201, which cost more than $100 million.
The months-long battle over FISA Section 702 reform legislation introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) to end warrantless surveillance of Americans and Biden Regime dissidents and the Intelligence Committee’s bill to reauthorize the controversial spying tool came to an end on Friday when 126 House Republicans joined Democrats to renew the FISA 702 by a vote of 273 to 147.
The final vote on Section 702 of the Foreign Surveillance Act was 273-147, with 126 Republicans in favor of betraying the American people. The legislation now heads to the Democrat-led Senate where it will presumably pass and then be signed into law by Joe Biden.
This legislation permits U.S. agencies to monitor foreign targets abroad but has come under scrutiny for its implications and past misuse in surveilling American citizens. The vote displayed a uniparty alliance, with 147 Democrats and 126 Republicans supporting the bill, while 88 Republicans and 59 Democrats opposed it.
Shortly before final passage, the House rejected a commonsense amendment from Rep. Andy Biggs, which would require a warrant to spy on Americans. 86 Republicans voted for authoritarianism, with Speaker Mike Johnson casting the decisive vote.
This is despite official intelligence documents showing that the FBI illegally used FISA 278,000 times to spy on Americans, including their political enemies like President Trump, Trump donors, and January 6 families.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, less than 24 hours after the bill passed in the House, Speaker Johnson posted on X about America’s founding principles — after giving the regime power to spy on any American at will! Many see what he did as a betrayal of Americans and disregard for the US Constitution and ‘ratioed’ him with 3500+ comments and only 1400 likes.
Because of Mike Johnson and the RINOs, the FBI has renewed authority to spy on Trump and innocent Americans, as they previously did, leading up to the 2024 election.
Congressman Eli Crane (R-AZ) told The Gateway Pundit in December that he believes the federal government will abuse FISA authority and weaponize it against Trump again “in a heartbeat.”
“Anytime you try and change stuff up here in Washington, DC, the fearmongers always come out and start threatening people. I think Speaker Johnson fell prey to that,” said Crane after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) canceled a vote on FISA reform legislation on the House Floor late last year.
Loomer Unleashed correspondent Charles Downs confronted silent FBI Director Chris Wray on the FBI’s election interference last week.
Watch below:
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It seems like only yesterday, we were watching young adults running from a concert as Hamas terrorists ambushed them in Israel. Israelis and Americans were kidnapped, beaten, raped and murdered. Hamas is still holding Israeli and American hostages.
The video below shows Hamas terrorists hurling grenades at young adults hiding in shelters, murdering young women, and poking the eyes out of innocent Jews they slaughtered.
This is Evil. This is Hamas. The world must never forget.
Caution: Please note the extreme violence displayed in the video.
Israel’s Iron Dome system has been activated in response to a significant barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles, with the system actively shooting down numerous Iranian suicide drones over Jerusalem.
As the Iron Dome system engages the incoming threats, the skies over Jerusalem have become a battleground for technological warfare, with the Israeli system proving to be a crucial shield against the Iranian offensive.
More missiles and rockets fired by the Islamic republic over Jerusalem area. The Islamic republic has launched a war on the state of Israel. Big mistake on their part.
In November, the Joe Biden administration extended a sanctions waiver that will allow Iran to collect another $10 billion in funds in order for the mullahs to fund their military operations in the region.
This came one week after Iranian-backed Houthis attempted to shoot down a US drone in the region and one month after Iran-backed Hamas terrorists slaughtered 1,400 Jews in Israel and took another 240 Jews hostage.
Hamas is still holding over 100 Jewish civilian hostages, including Americans.
It was the deadliest attack on Jews since World War II.
Joe Biden ignored the massacre in order to open the door and help Iran bring in another $10 billion in the next few months.
To this day, the Hamas savages refuse to release the remaining Jewish hostages from their genocidal attack in southern Israel.
On Thursday, Secretary of State Tony Blinken warned that Israel risks becoming indistinguishable from Hamas.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that Israel risks becoming indistinguishable from Hamas if it continues to fail to protect civilians amid the Gaza war.
“What happened after October 7 could have ended immediately if Hamas had stopped hiding behind civilians, released the hostages, and put down its weapons, but Israel is not Hamas. Israel is a democracy; Hamas is a terrorist organization. Democracies place the highest value on human life, every human life. As it has been said, whoever saves a life, saves the entire world,” Blinken says during a press conference in Brussels, quoting a Jewish proverb.
“That’s our strength. It’s what distinguishes us from terrorists like Hamas. If we lose that reverence for human life, we risk becoming indistinguishable from those we confront.”
It is well-known that Hamas hides its operatives and operations in schools, homes, and hospitals.
Several of the released hostages said they were kept chained inside Palestinian homes. Israel is not dealing with a group of people who value life or international law.
But, Joe Biden and his Obama handlers want Israel to back off – until Hamas pulls off their next genocidal attack.
And now the Biden regime is comparing Israel to Hamas.
Will Joe Biden dare to compare Hamas to the terror-led regime in Iran? Will anyone dare to call out Joe Biden for the billions he recently gave Iran that was likely used to buy the drones and missiles they used to attack the innocent people inside Israel today?
DISCLAIMER: This post originally had video that was incorrectly labeled as being from Isreal. It was video from Argentina posted previously.
FOX Contributor Ellie Cohanim reported moments ago that the Iranian regime is sending out morality police into the streets of Iran.
The brutal regime is afraid of the possible protest movement that could develop in the streets.
Ellie Cohanim: I have no doubt the the Iranian leadership themselves are very scared right now… I have to tell our audience that just a few hours ago Iranians put out the morality police on the streets of the country. So it’s an interesting situation… I believe it’s because they expect perhaps the Iranian people might take to the streets at a moment like this, at a moment of war. So they have their morality police ready to attack Iranians. So they know themselves how vulnerable they are.
Alarms have been set off at the U.S. Embassy in Erbil, Iraq following a series of loud explosions in close proximity to the compound, which also houses facilities used by the international coalition.
Rody Sher, the Interim Editor in Chief at ACI MENA News, was among the first to report on the unfolding events.
“U.S. Embassy in Erbil activates alarm following loud explosions near embassy and international coalition facilities,” Sher reported.
#BREAKING | U.S. Embassy in Erbil activates alarm following loud explosions near embassy and international coalition facilities. Updates to follow. #Erbil#USembassy
Multiple additional explosions were reported near the U.S. Embassy and the sites associated with the international coalition forces. The nature and cause of these explosions are yet to be confirmed, but the reports suggest an ongoing security incident that has put the region on high alert.
#UPDATE: Multiple additional loud explosions reported in the vicinity of the U.S. Embassy and international coalition facilities in Erbil. Situation is ongoing. #Erbil#USembassy
Israel’s Iron Dome system has been activated in response to a significant barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles, with the system actively shooting down numerous Iranian suicide drones over Jerusalem.
It was reported earlier that the suicide drones still have a long way to go to reach Israel through Iraq and Syria.
This defensive response comes amidst reports of loud explosions echoing through the area as warning sirens wail across the city, signaling the gravity of the situation.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) disclosed in a press conference held on Saturday that Iran has launched a staggering total of over 100 drones and more than 100 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) targeting Israel. This aggressive action has prompted a swift and coordinated defense effort, showcasing the Iron Dome’s capabilities in real-time.
As the Iron Dome system engages the incoming threats, the skies over Jerusalem have become a battleground for technological warfare, with the Israeli system proving to be a crucial shield against the Iranian offensive.
More missiles and rockets fired by the Islamic republic over Jerusalem area. The Islamic republic has launched a war on the state of Israel. Big mistake on their part.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Iran’s mission to the United Nations claims that military action that began hours ago against Israel by Iran has concluded.
PERMANENT MISSION OF IRAN TO U.N RELEASE A STATEMENT REGARDING THE IRANIAN ATTACK ON ISRAEL.
“Conducted on the strength of Article 51 of the UN Charter pertaining to legitimate defense, Iran’s military action was in response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus. The matter can be deemed concluded. However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe. It is a conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, from which the U.S. MUST STAY AWAY!”
Only moments ago, Colin Rugg shared a statement that is allegedly from Iran’s mission to the United Nations, which reportedly claims that military action that began hours ago against Israel by Iran has concluded.
BREAKING: Iran has reportedly concluded their military action against Israel.
The announcement came as the United States reportedly intercepted drones launched by Iran against Israel.
“The matter can be deemed concluded. However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe. It is a conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, from which the U.S. MUST STAY AWAY!” Iran’s mission to the United Nations said.
BREAKING: Iran has reportedly concluded their military action against Israel.
The announcement came as the United States reportedly intercepted drones launched by Iran against Israel.
“The matter can be deemed concluded. However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake,… pic.twitter.com/55ome15kSe
The statement was reportedly published by Wall Street journalist Benoit Faucon. It reads:
Iran’s mission to the United Nations said that following the launch of the drones toward Israel, Tehran now considered its retaliation for an attack on its diplomatic compound in Damascus to be ended. “The matter can be deemed concluded,” it said. “However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe. It is a conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, from which the U.S. MUST STAY AWAY!”
BREAKING: PERMANENT MISSION OF IRAN TO U.N RELEASE A STATEMENT REGARDING THE IRANIAN ATTACK ON ISRAEL.
“Conducted on the strength of Article 51 of the UN Charter pertaining to legitimate defense, Iran’s military action was in response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus. The matter can be deemed concluded. However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe. It is a conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, from which the U.S. MUST STAY AWAY!”
Source: Iran_UN
Screnshot from Permanent Mission of IR Iran to UN, NY Twitter account
Only moments after sharing the alleged statement from Iran’s mission to the UN, stating that Iran had concluded their military action against Israel, Colin Rugg shared video footage that allegedly shows Israel attempting to intercept incoming Iranian missiles. Rugg also reported that the United States has successfully shot down multiple drones headed toward Israel.
JUST IN: Blasts heard in Jerusalem as Israeli defense systems are now attempting to intercept Iranian missiles.
Israel’s air raid alert system is sending out warnings throughout the country.
“Israel’s air raid alert system has sounded warnings across vast swaths of southern Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories of the West Bank and Golan Heights, indicating either missiles or enemy aircraft overhead,” the NYT reported.
BREAKING: INTERCEPTION OF DRONES AND MISSILES FIRED FROM IRAN TOWARDS ISRAEL- SEEN FROM OCCUPIED WEST BANK AND OCCUPIED PALESTINE. pic.twitter.com/RkGGGJIsCw
U.S. military personnel have successfully intercepted several unmanned Iranian drones that were purportedly heading towards Israeli territory this Saturday, according to statements from three high-ranking U.S. officials, Reuters reported.
The exact number of drones taken down, as well as the specific location of the interception, were not immediately disclosed by the officials.
However, according to Fox News, the U.S. military has shot down at least one Iranian drone headed toward Israel, citing a U.S. official.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have reported that the Iranian forces launched in excess of 100 bomb-laden drones directed at Israel. In a subsequent declaration, Iran announced the initiation of additional assaults using more potent ballistic missiles.
This military aggression comes on the heels of an airstrike earlier in the week, for which Israel has been largely held responsible, that resulted in substantial damage to the Iranian consulate in Syria. The attack claimed the lives of 12 individuals, among whom were two high-ranking officers of the Iranian military.
Iran’s representative to the United Nations has declared that the recent military action taken by Iran was a direct response to what they termed “aggressive maneuvers” by Israel against Iranian diplomatic premises in Damascus.
Describing the move as a defensive measure, the statement declared the incident “concluded,” but not without issuing a stern warning towards Israel regarding any future provocacies.
“Conducted on the strength of Article 51 of the UN Charter pertaining to legitimate defense, Iran’s military action was in response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus. The matter can be deemed concluded. However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe. It is a conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, from which the U.S. MUST STAY AWAY!”
Conducted on the strength of Article 51 of the UN Charter pertaining to legitimate defense, Iran’s military action was in response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus. The matter can be deemed concluded. However, should the Israeli…
— Permanent Mission of I.R.Iran to UN, NY (@Iran_UN) April 13, 2024
President Trump arrived in Pennsylvania earlier, where he is set to deliver remarks at a campaign stop in the town of Schnecksville, located north of Philadelphia.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Biden, too, will be in Pennsylvania next week for multiple low-energy campaign events after taking the weekend off at his home in Rehoboth Beach. After one day at the White House and campaigning in Pennsylvania next week, Biden will return to his beach house for another weekend.
Meanwhile, President Trump will be fighting off the Biden Regime’s lawfare attempts and the far-left judge overseeing the Stormy Daniels ‘hush payment’ trial on Monday.
Supporters in West Palm Beach, Florida cheered Trump on earlier as he departed from Palm Beach International Airport en route to Pennsylvania:
Scene outside of Palm Beach International for President Trump’s departure to Pennsylvania! pic.twitter.com/3EKw1ubcAo
Trump will likely respond to the Iranian missile and drone attacks on
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Joe Biden returned to the White House Saturday afternoon after abruptly canceling his weekend at the beach in Delaware to deal with the attack on Israel by Iran. Shortly after Biden arrived at the Oval Office the White House called a travel/photo lid.
C-SPAN video shows the 81-year-old Biden shuffling the short distance from the driveway to the Oval Office. Reporters were kept far away from Biden.
After Iran launches drones to attack Israel, Pres. Biden returns to White House to meet with his national security team. pic.twitter.com/FsPEWhz9NI
Independent reporter Andrew Leyden posted photos he took of Biden as his motorcade approached the White House that show a stern-faced Biden in the back of the Secret Service vehicle driven from Joint Base Andrews after he flew back from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Biden arrived at the Oval Office at 5:02 p.m. EDT with no plans to address the nation. Reporters were kept far away so they could not question Biden. Biden is set meet with his national security team in the Situation Room. Note: Kamala Harris is spending the weekend in Los Angeles with her husband and is participating in the meeting via remote.
President Biden is IN the Oval Office, the pool says, not expected to speak from there currently.
As Iran launches drones toward Israel, the WH announces that President Biden will gather in the Situation Room this afternoon with his national security team. Earlier he was briefed by NSA Sullivan & Deputy NSA Finer. pic.twitter.com/5U7kgHxNj1
While the whole world looks to the sky in anxious anticipation of the expected Iranian retaliation against Israel for the strike on its Damascus embassy, trouble started in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship, days after Tehran said it could close the crucial shipping route.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that an IRGC helicopter boarded the Portuguese flagged MSC Aries and taken into Iranian waters.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz accused Tehran of piracy and called on the West to list the IRGC as a terrorist organization.
“MSC, which operates the Aries, confirmed Iran had seized the ship and said it was working “with the relevant authorities” for its safe return and the wellbeing of its 25 crew.
MSC leases the Aries from Gortal Shipping, an affiliate of Zodiac Maritime, Zodiac said in a statement, adding that MSC is responsible for all the vessel’s activities. Zodiac is partly owned by Israeli businessman Eyal Ofer.
Video on Iranian news channels purporting to show the seizure included a figure abseiling from a helicopter on to a ship. Reuters was able to verify that the ship in the video was the MSC Aries but not the date it was recorded.”
The incident is yet another unintended consequence of the war between Israel and Hamas.
Israel and its ally the United States have clashed repeatedly with Iranian proxy groups in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen.
“Iran has threatened to retaliate for suspected Israeli airstrikes on its consulate in Syria’s capital Damascus on April 1 that killed seven Revolutionary Guards officers including two senior commanders.
On Tuesday the naval head of the Revolutionary Guards, Alireza Tangsiri, said it could close the Strait of Hormuz, which lies between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, if deemed necessary.”
The Western-led Joint Maritime Information Center said vessels navigating the Strait of Hormuz, should exercise caution and ‘not loiter’.
“Iran’s state-run IRNA said a special forces unit of the Guard’s navy carried out the attack on the vessel, the Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries, a container ship associated with London-based Zodiac Maritime.
[…] A crew member on the ship can be heard saying: “Don’t come out.” He then tells his colleagues to go to the ship’s bridge as more commandos come down on the deck. One commando can be seen kneeling above the others to provide them potential cover fire.
The video corresponded with known details of the MSC Aries. The helicopter used also appeared to be a Soviet-era Mil Mi-17 helicopter, which both the Guard and the Iranian-backed Houthis of Yemen have used in the past to conduct commando raids on ships.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz:
“Iran ‘is a criminal regime that supports Hamas’ crimes and is now conducting a pirate operation in violation of international law’, Katz said.”
Watch the IRGC commandos board the ship to seize it.
For decades Iran has promised to “wipe Israel off the map.”
Today the Iranian regime launched a series of aerial attacks on Israel from Iranian soil. This was an unprecedented attack. Israel vowed to retailiate.
Iran officially launched a massive drone attack against Israel, a development that could spark an all-out war and draw in more countries.
Iran is reporting that cruise missiles will also be launched.
#BREAKING: State media of #Iran's Islamic Regime just released official statement of the #IRGC regarding to its retaliatory strike at #Israel. They claim that they have launched tens of suicide drones from #Iran at Israel and they will also launch missiles as well. pic.twitter.com/aYZADacv1H
— Babak Taghvaee – The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) April 13, 2024
The missiles will be fired to coincide with the kamikaze drone attack.
JUST IN: Iran will likely "synchronize" their drone attacks with "faster moving" missiles which could be launched closer to the time the drones arrive.
The Iranian launched drones are "suicide drones" which will take hours to reach Israel.
When Ukraine approved its new mobilization law, most of the coverage revolved around the fact that it diminished the age for conscription from 27 to 25 years old.
But one sinister aspect that has passed almost unnoticed is that the military service limit provision was scrapped, meaning that – as it stands now – the Ukrainian soldiers are expected to stay in service until the war ends – unless they are injured or die before that.
Ukraine’s parliament finally adopted the mobilization law after months of debates and almost 4,300 revisions.
It left the troops ‘dumbfounded’ because earlier versions of the law had envisaged demobilization after 36 months of service.
“Without the limits – and with the failure of last year’s counteroffensive and months-long delays of Western military aid – they realize that their service may only end with their disability or death.
‘The government humiliated and offended them’, [soldier wife] Alina, who lives in Kyiv with two children, told Al Jazeera. ‘They’re not eternal. They want to see their children grow, to be at home’, she said.”
The demobilization provision was cut at the request of Ukraine’s top military command.
“’The enemy outnumbers us seven to 10 times’, Joint Forces Commander Yurii Sodol told lawmakers on Wednesday, urging them to pass the law.”
The law was passed with the support of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ‘Servant of the People’ party.
While the law boosts pay for front-line service and death benefits for families, both the troops and political opposition lambasted the scrapping of service limits.
Parliament urged the government to develop an additional bill on demobilization and rotation of servicemen.
Unsurprisingly, the scrapping of service limits drove seasoned soldiers mad. There are even people who started their service back in 2014 the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk Republics.
“’Who will I be next? Do I have to always remain a serviceman? Has my life been that insignificant? What makes other people’s lives more meaningful and less worthy of sacrifice than mine?’ [psychologist Artem Osipyan] asked rhetorically.”
Younger servicemen also find the situation unacceptable, and the uncertainty about demobilization is depressing and demoralizing soldiers and family alike.
“’You don’t have to be at war until you die, you need to know when your service ends’, the wife of a soldier stationed in the eastern town of Kramatorsk told Al Jazeera.”
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A Gen Z UConn basketball player described what it was like meeting Joe Biden at the White House after winning last year’s NCAA title.
According to the NCAA champ, Joe Biden had no idea what was going on.
“Took a picture with Joe Biden — a team picture. Joe Biden talked to us for about three minutes and then right after that, he asked us for a picture again…” UConn’s Donavan Clingan said.
“What did he say in that 3 minutes?” a friend asked Donavan Clingan.
“Completely ignored Coach Hurley. I really couldn’t understand what he was saying…” he said.
WATCH:
Last year UConn visited the White House to celebrate their title. They took a team picture with Joe Biden, Biden talked for three minutes, forgot they had taken the photo and asked for them to take a photo again. Per @clingan_donovan. He’s fine, guys: pic.twitter.com/3xoSSkCDKG
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A Gen Z UConn basketball player described what it was like meeting Joe Biden at the White House after winning last year's NCAA title. According to the NCAA champ, Joe Biden had no idea what was going on. "Took a picture with Joe Biden — a team picture. Joe Biden talked to us for about three minutes
Iran is reporting that cruise missiles will also be launched.
#BREAKING: State media of #Iran's Islamic Regime just released official statement of the #IRGC regarding to its retaliatory strike at #Israel. They claim that they have launched tens of suicide drones from #Iran at Israel and they will also launch missiles as well. pic.twitter.com/aYZADacv1H
— Babak Taghvaee – The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) April 13, 2024
The missiles will be fired to coincide with the kamikaze drone attack.
JUST IN: Iran will likely "synchronize" their drone attacks with "faster moving" missiles which could be launched closer to the time the drones arrive.
The Iranian launched drones are "suicide drones" which will take hours to reach Israel.
Yesterday, Biden said he expected an Iranian attack “sooner [rather] than later” — but left for the beach anyway.
It should be noted… In November 2023, the Joe Biden administration extended a sanctions waiver that will allow Iran to collect another $10 billion in funds in order for the mullahs to fund their military operations in the region.
Joe Biden has now gifted the Iranian regime with $80 billion since entering the White House.
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) told FOX News in October that Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen gave $3.5 billion to Iran through the International Monetary Fund several months ago.
Also:
** The commander of the US CENTCOM left Israeli territory.
** The Pentagon reported that Israel is under attack by Iran.
** Most of the kamikazi drones are now in Iraqi airspace. They still have a long way to go to reach Israel through Iraq and Syria.
** Yemen has closed its airspace. Drones and missiles are expected to be launched towards Israel.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a statement minutes ago.
IDF: Iran launched UAVs from within its territory toward Israel a short while ago.
The IDF is on high alert and is constantly monitoring the operational situation. The IDF Aerial Defense Array is on high alert, along with IAF fighter jets and Israeli Navy vessels that are on a defense mission in Israeli air and naval space. The IDF is monitoring all targets.
Iran launched UAVs from within its territory toward Israel a short while ago.
The IDF is on high alert and is constantly monitoring the operational situation. The IDF Aerial Defense Array is on high alert, along with IAF fighter jets and Israeli Navy vessels that are on a… pic.twitter.com/eEySouGVcN
UPDATE: IDF Spokesperson RAdam. Daniel Hagari released a statement moments ago.
“Together with our partners, the IDF is operating at full force to defend the State of Israel—and the people of Israel. This is a mission that we are determined and ready to fulfill.”
Michigan legislators claim that the state government infringed on their constitutional rights when it used ballot initiatives to change election laws.
Eleven Michigan Legislators have vowed to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after U.S. District Court Judge Jane Beckering, a Biden-appointed judge, dismissed their federal lawsuit on April 11, citing a lack of standing.
U.S. District Court Judge Jane Beckering
The lawmakers’ claim, filed Sept. 28, 2023, argues the 2018 and 2022 state constitutional amendments regulating time, place, and manner of federal elections are legally null and void because they usurped the legislators’ constitutionally protected rights.
Plaintiffs include Republican Senators Jonathan Lindsey and Jim Runestad; Republican Representatives Steve Carra, James DeSana, Joseph Fox, Neil Friske, Matt Maddock, Angela Rigas, Joshua Schriver, and Rachelle Smit.
The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 4 (the Elections Clause), requires state legislatures to regulate the times, places, and manner of federal elections.However, the 2018 and 2022 constitutional amendments bypassed the state legislature and, in doing so, infringed on the legislators’ federally mandated constitutional authority.
Representative Steve Carra (R), the House Freedom Caucus leader and a plaintiff in the case, disagreed with the judge’s decision and is optimistic the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case. “If I, as a legislator, don’t have standing to say laws are being passed without legislature approval, then who does? The Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution protects legislative authority to determine the times, places, and manner of elections.”
MI State Rep. Steve Carra (R)
State Senator Jonathan Lindsey (R), also a plaintiff, concurred with Carra. “I disagree with the judge’s decision to deny my right as a legislator to protect the role granted to me by the U.S. Constitution. When a federal judge misuses their power by denying a valid case to be heard, it damages our entire body politic. I look forward to appealing this decision.”
MI Senator Jonathan Lindsey (R)
Carra explained that the Founding Fathers feared the government would devolve into authoritarian rule. They wrote both the Elections Clause and the Electors Clause in Articles I and II of the Constitution of the United States, “specifically to put the power to protect elections in the hands of We the People through their locally elected state legislators.”
Erick Kaardal, who built his 30-year career based on suing the government for working people, explained, “Under the US Constitution’s Elections Clause, individual state legislators—not the group—have the federal right to vote on election laws subject to Congressionally-enacted laws. That power is supreme under the US Constitution. When those federal rights are violated by executive branch officials or otherwise, recourse to federal courts is necessary to protect the individual state legislators’ federal rights. The US District Court decision exclusively gives the Attorney General or the State legislature the right to sue. But reading the text of the Elections Clause shows the individual state legislators can sue too.” Kaardal, a partner in Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson, P.A., is representing the case, along with Attorneys David A. Kallman and Stephen P. Kallman of the Great Lakes Justice Center.
Erick Kaardal
State Senator Jim Runestad (R), a plaintiff in the case, emphasized the urgency of the Supreme Court’s ruling before the next election, saying, “It is extremely important to have these constitutional questions adjudicated as rapidly as possible. I am a firm believer in the Constitution. The people have a right to have this issue decided in a court of law, so everyone can have confidence that we are preserving civil rights and obeying the Constitution.”
MI Senator Jim Runstead (R)
The lawsuit (Case No. 1:23-cv-1025) was heard in the U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, Southern Division, and names as defendants Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, and Jonathan Brater, Bureau of Elections.
MI Democrat AG Dana NesselMI Dem Gov. WhitmerMI SOS Jocelyn Benson (D) and MI Bureau of Elections Director Jonathan Brater
At issue are constitutional amendments that ushered in the most dramatic changes to Michigan’s election laws in a decade.
The non-legislatively adopted provisions allow same-day voter registrations without valid proof of identity, nine to 29 days of early in-person voting, private funding of election administration, and no-excuse absentee voting procedures. The adopted ballot proposals also changed in-person voting procedures and canvasser authority and created an independent redistricting commission.
Carra maintains the amendment process was abused and “weaponized millions of dollars from out of state against the voting public of Michigan using deceptive tactics.” According to Ballotpedia, of the total $31.7 million spent to promote Proposal 2 in 2022, $23.6 million, 74% was from out of state. About half, $11.3 million, poured in from the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a 501(c)4 nonprofit based in Washington D.C. The George Soros Open Society Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in New York, accounted for $1.2 million.
In addition to hoping the Supreme Court will take the case and rule that the election amendments must be rescinded from the state constitution, Carra recommends that the legislature rescind all the laws it passed in order to implement the unlawfully enacted constitutional amendments. “The sheer fact that codifying into state law what was passed in an amendment by petition process carries far less political ramifications than enacting new statutes,” he said.
MI Lawmakers
Attorney Erick Kaardal, a partner of Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson, P.A., specializes in suing the government to improve it on behalf of working people. Throughout his three-decade career, Kaardal has overseen more than 1,000 cases and specializes in constitutional and appellate law. He has achieved 63 election integrity lawfare successes, including two U.S. Supreme Court victories. He graduated from Harvard and earned his law degree at the University of Chicago Law School.
Michigan Fair Elections is sponsoring the lawsuit and is a Michigan-based, non-profit 501(c)3 organization. Its local task forces are dedicated to restoring fair and honest elections through education, local citizen participation in elections, and litigation. MFE continues to remain at the forefront of defending the U.S. Constitution and election integrity through education and counter-lawfare.
One U.S. official reported that the number of drones is between 50 and 100.
#BREAKING: The attack by the Islamic Republic of Iran has begun. According to a U.S. official, in the first wave, between 50 and 100 suicide drones have been launched by Iran against Israel pic.twitter.com/Zzkq1KUEj8
An attack was widely expected to occur after Israeli forces killed a senior officer in Iran’s embassy in Damascus last week.
IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a televised statement Israel is "well-prepared" for the attack and will try to intercept the strikes.
We have prepared for diverse scenarios in advance. In order to intercept these launches, we have the circles of protection from both the Navy and the Air Force on several layers.
We are going to try to prevent them from reaching Israeli territory, that is our task. If they do enter Israeli airspace, then you will hear sirens and alarms wherever these threats enter and we will intercept them.
As Catturd helpfully reminds us, Biden's coddling of the Iranian regime also helped lead to this terrible moment.
Never forget the Biden regime recently released 8 billion dollars to Iran.
German authorities have arrested four teenagers on suspicion of plotting Islamic extremist attacks in multiple cities across the country.
The arrests, announced by prosecutors in Duesseldorf on Friday, highlight a concerning trend of youth radicalization within the country., Fox News reported.
The group, comprising two girls aged 15 and 16, a 15-year-old boy from various locales in North Rhine-Westphalia—Germany’s most populous state—and a 16-year-old boy from Baden-Wuerttemberg, was detained following the issuance of court warrants over the Easter weekend.
The suspects are believed to have expressed willingness to execute an “Islamist-motivated terror attack,” with plans in varying stages of formulation.
Due to the ongoing investigation and the juveniles’ ages, officials have been reticent about the specifics of these plans.
They are currently held on suspicion of preparing for a severe act of violence, along with declaring their readiness to commit murder and manslaughter.
The investigation was initiated based on the activities of the 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly planning to depart Germany to join the Islamic State group.
Evidence from her cellphone revealed discussions about potential targets in Dortmund, Duesseldorf, or Cologne, including churches and synagogues in her hometown of Iserlohn. These revelations led to the identification and arrest of the additional suspects.
According to the Telegraph, suspects are accused of planning attacks on Christians, with discussions surrounding the use of knives, Molotov cocktails, and firearms in their assault strategies.
The Daily Wire reported that the father of one of the suspects was previously under investigation for allegedly fundraising for ISIS.
Meanwhile, The Gateway Pundit reported earlier this month that an Idaho teenager has been arrested for pledging allegiance to ISIS and planning to attack local churches.
Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, of Coeur d’Alene, was arrested on Saturday, April 6, for attempting to provide material support and resources to the terror organization.
According to the affidavit in support of the criminal complaint, Mercurio pledged his allegiance to ISIS and “planned to attack individuals at churches in Coeur d’Alene on April 7 using weapons, including knives, firearms, and fire.”
Mercurio’s plan, according to the complant, was to attack his father with a metal pipe, steal his guns, and carry out a suicide attack at local churches.
Texas DPS pursued a truck towing a flatbed trailer containing over 20 illegal aliens in La Salle County on Friday. This effort was part of Operation Lone Star, which was designed to help stop illegals from entering Texas.
The brief pursuit happened on IH35 after the driver refused to stop for a safety inspection of a commercial vehicle. The driver finally stopped and fled on foot.
After DPS troopers opened the flatbed trailer, they found 23 illegal aliens concealed with little ventilation. The illegal aliens included males and females, along with minors. The countries included Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. One illegal was treated for dehydration and taken to a hospital.
The group of illegals was turned over to the Border Patrol. At this time, the driver has not been found.
Watch:
#NEW: @TxDPS recovered 23 illegal
immigrants concealed inside a flatbed trailer during an #OperationLoneStar traffic stop in La Salle County.
On April 12, 2024, just after 9:00 A.M., the driver of a white-truck tractor towing a flatbed trailer
on IH35 failed to stop for a DPS… pic.twitter.com/xMEnGph4Qq
The Texas DPS has worked tirelessly to crack down on illegal aliens in Texas. They also arrested two human smugglers after a high-speed chase in Webb County.
A sixteen-year-old smuggler was arrested, and two illegal aliens were caught and handed over to the Border Patrol.
Watch:
Outstanding work by our @TxDPS Troopers in chasing down & arresting two human smugglers after a high-speed chase in Webb County. One of the smugglers, a 16-year-old, was arrested. Two illegal immigrants were apprehended & turned over to #USBP. #OperationLoneStarpic.twitter.com/qE3Dy0QSyH
According to a new poll, fewer than one in four Americans have a favorable opinion about the federal government.
The Pew Research Center released data from their American Trends Panel survey on Thursday, which found only 22 percent of adults have a positive opinion of the federal government.
Pew reports, “State governments get mixed ratings: 50% of adults have a favorable opinion and 49% have an unfavorable view. This reflects a 4-point decline in favorability since 2022 and a 9-point decline since 2019.”
Additionally, “61% of adults rate their local government positively. But this, too, is down from 66% in 2022 and 69% in 2019.”
Democrats are approximately three times as likely as Republicans to have a positive view of the federal government.
Only about 11 percent of Republicans or Republican-leaning Americans have a similarly favorable view.
Pew reports that views on state governments vary widely depending on whether the respondents’ political party is in power.
“For example, 70% of Republicans living in states with Republican leadership have a positive view of their state government. By comparison, just 43% of Republicans living in states with split control – and only 22% of Republicans living in states with Democratic leadership – have a positive view,” Pew found. “The pattern among Democrats is similar.”
Local governments, on the other hand, have a majority favorable view across party lines.
“Americans differ little by party in opinion of their local government, with similar shares of Republicans (63%) and Democrats (64%) holding favorable views,” the report states.
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On April 12th, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized an Israeli ship near the Strait of Hormuz. While this represents one of the most overt and direct attacks by the IRGC against Israel, it underscores the broader support and training provided by the IRGC to groups like the
Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah, and other militias and terrorist organizations. This support contributes to the destabilization of the Middle East and poses a threat to both Israeli and U.S. interests in the region.
Established during the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stands as a formidable military force in Iran, operating directly under the authority of the Supreme Leader, presently Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Guided by an ideology vehemently opposed to Western influence, particularly directed towards the United States and Israel, the IRGC is renowned for its fervent slogans such as ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel,’ emblematic of its hostility towards these nations.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is known for its support of various militias and terrorist groups across the region. Notably, it provides assistance to Hamas in Gaza, furnishing weapons, financial aid, and training to bolster the group’s military capabilities.
Additionally, the IRGC backs Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip, Kata’ib Hezbollah, and Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq in Iraq, as well as Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Houthis are now active in disrupting shipping in the Red Sea.
The IRGC has been designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, including the United States. This designation is significant because the IRGC is an official government entity in Iran, making it one of the few state-backed actors to be labeled as a terrorist organization.
Most Americans have never forgotten nor forgiven the 1979 Islamic Revolution’s seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the subsequent hostage debacle, which went on for more than one year. Over the past decade or so, Iran-backed militias have indeed been involved in conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and Iraq, where U.S. soldiers have faced combat, encountered security threats, or lost their lives.
These militias have often been supported, trained, and equipped by the Iranian government or its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), contributing to instability and violence in these countries.
In response to Iran’s aggression, the US and its allies have launched repeated strikes against Iran-backed groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Apart from supporting Israel, the US also backs numerous local partners, including the Yazidis, Kurds, Sunni Arab Tribes, Turkmen, Arab Tribal Militias, and Chaldean Christians. Consequently, it could be argued that both the US and Israel have been engaged in a proxy war with Iran for some time.
Retaliating against Iran’s proxies has done little to curb Iran’s aggressive actions. Since October 7th, there have been repeated clashes between American and allied troops against targets in Syria and Iraq, yet Iran’s aggression persists. Despite US and UK bombings in Yemen, Houthi attacks on ships persist.
At this moment, not only are Hezbollah and Hamas attacking Israel, and the Houthis attacking everyone else’s ships, but it also seems that Iran is threatening direct attacks on Israel. President Biden has warned Iran that the US is committed to defending Israel.
After years of limited engagement, Israel’s strategy now appears to aim for the complete elimination of Hamas, while also showing readiness to confront Hezbollah directly in Lebanon.
The proxy model has proven costly for the US, both in terms of lives and finances, yielding no tangible gains, not even peace. Furthermore, China and Russia leverage US failures in the Middle East to caution Taiwan, the Philippines, Ukraine, and Japan about the unreliability of the US as a partner.
Israel’s new strategy of directly and unequivocally destroying the bad guys is the one that no leader has dared try up until now. But it makes the most sense. And it would seem that the most logical step would be to cut the head off the snake, in a direct conflict with Iran.
Those who oppose a direct conflict with Iran often say that it would trigger a world war. But the reality is, there are only three major armies in the world capable of waging war overseas: the US, Russia, and China.
And it would not be in either Russia or China’s interests to go to war with the US over Iran. If they wanted a war with the US, there are a million other pretexts they could have come up with, but neither country has a mutual defense agreement with Iran.
If the US and Iran went to war, Russia and China would condemn the US actions. They would bring a resolution to the UN Security Council, and the US would veto it. A war would destabilize the Iranian government, nullifying its ability to support terrorist groups.
At the same time, Iran’s support for China with cheap oil, and Iran’s support for Russia with cheap drones, would also evaporate, bringing an end to the Ukraine War much closer.
Sure, here's a proper attribution for the image:
"Photo by Mohammad Sadegh Heydari, sourced from [YPA.ir](http://www.ypa.ir/media/k2/galleries/517/02.jpg). Image depicts the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution exhibiting its main battle tanks during the Sacred Defence Week parade on September 21, 2012. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license."
Joe Biden will return to the White House Saturday afternoon, interrupting a weekend vacation at the beach in Delaware, the Biden press office announced:
“The President is returning to the White House this afternoon to consult with his national security team about events in the Middle East.”
File screen image.
Biden took off for his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware home Friday night with plans to not return until Sunday night, even as he told reporters earlier Friday that he expected Iran to attack Israel “sooner rather than later”:
NEW: Biden tells me “my expectation is sooner rather than later” when I asked how imminent is an attack on Israel from Iran. Asked what his message is to Tehran, he warned, “Don’t.”
He reiterated U.S. commitment to helping Israel defend itself.
TGP reported earlier Saturday that Biden had only one day of work (this Monday) at the White House scheduled over the next nine days even as the Middle East teetered on the edge of war between Iran and Israel after Israel reportedly killed several senior IRGC officers in an April 1 airstrike at a building in Syria that Iran claimed was a diplomatic facility.
On Saturday, Iran seized control of a cargo ship with alleged ties to Israel, in the Straight of Hormuz. The MSC Aries is reported to have a crew of 25.
MSC confirm that the MSC Aries container ship has been seized by Iran in Strait of Hormuz. MSC statement below: pic.twitter.com/MCAKiQKzBT
Biden National Security Spokesperson Adrienne Watson posted a statement condemning the seizure:
“We strongly condemn the Iranian seizure of the Portuguese flagged, British-owned MSC AIRES in international waters. The crew is comprised of Indian, Filipino, Pakistani, Russian & Estonian nationals. We call on Iran to release the vessel & its international crew immediately. Seizing a civilian vessel without provocation is a blatant violation of international law, and an act of piracy by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. It must be condemned unequivocally, & we will work with our partners to hold Iran to account for its actions.”
We strongly condemn the Iranian seizure of the Portuguese flagged, British-owned MSC AIRES in international waters. The crew is comprised of Indian, Filipino, Pakistani, Russian & Estonian nationals. We call on Iran to release the vessel & its international crew immediately.
Saturday afternoon, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan posted he spoke with his Israeli counterpart, “This morning, I spoke with my Israeli counterpart, National Security Advisor Hanegbi, to discuss events in the Middle East. During the call, I reiterated the United States’ ironclad commitment to the security of Israel.”
This morning, I spoke with my Israeli counterpart, National Security Advisor Hanegbi, to discuss events in the Middle East. During the call, I reiterated the United States’ ironclad commitment to the security of Israel.
The Pentagon also released a statement Saturday on a phone call between Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant:
“Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant today to discuss urgent regional threats and reiterated unwavering U.S. support for Israel’s defense. Secretary Austin made clear that Israel could count on full U.S. support to defend Israel against any attacks by Iran and its regional proxies.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), alongside former President Donald Trump, announced the introduction of legislation aimed at tightening the requirements for voter registration in federal elections.
He highlighted the ease with which individuals can register to vote while applying for a driver’s license under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, commonly known as the “motor voter law.”
“If an individual only asserts or simply states that they are a citizen, they don’t have to prove it. They can register that person to vote in a federal election. You see, states are currently prohibited,” Johnson said.
Emphasizing the need for legislation, Johnson announced, “Our bill will require that every single person who registers the vote in a federal election must prove that they’re an American citizen first. You have to prove it. That will be a new part of the federal law and a very important one.”
“Our bill also requires states to remove non-citizens from their existing voter rolls. That’s a big problem, too. And it will provide access to databases from the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to help the states administer this.”
“As the entity that is responsible for regulating federal elections, Congress has this responsibility. We cannot wait for widespread fraud to occur, especially when the threat of fraud is growing with every single illegal immigrant that crosses that border,” Johnson said.
In a serious country that actually cares about having free and fair elections, this would have already been the law of the land many years ago. Unfortunately there are some in our country that are already signaling that they oppose the legislation.
Why might someone oppose election integrity measures? There can only be so many motives for wanting to prevent what should be a bipartisan effort to ease the concerns of millions of Americans.
Democrats have been purposefully bringing in millions through mass illegal immigration with the not so subtle long term goal of turning those illegals into millions of democrat voters. Opposing this legislation should be very telling.
On Friday, the House voted 273 to 147 in favor of extending Section 702 of FISA, a provision originally enacted in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.
This legislation permits U.S. agencies to monitor foreign targets abroad but has come under scrutiny for its implications and past misuse in surveilling American citizens. The vote displayed a uniparty alliance, with 147 Democrats and 126 Republicans supporting the bill, while 88 Republicans and 59 Democrats opposed it.
The approved legislation proposes a two-year extension for the surveillance program.
Rep. Mary Miller (R-Illinois) stated her opposition, referencing past abuses: “I voted NO on reauthorizing FISA without a warrant requirement and serious reforms. FISA was misused by Obama to spy on the Trump campaign, and under Biden, to monitor his critics, including Tucker Carlson.”
An amendment was proposed by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), which would have required a warrant for the FBI to conduct surveillance on Americans under FISA. The floor vote resulted in a tie vote of 212-212. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) then broke the deadlock by casting the tie-breaking vote against the amendment, a move criticized by grassroots supporters.
Johnson betrayed Americans and defied the US Constitution.
Worse yet, less than 24 hours later Mike Johnson posted on X about America’s founding principles — after giving the regime power to spy on any American at will!
The man is either clueless or passive-aggressive as hell.
This did not go over well with Republican voters – especially after his actions on Friday.
Johnson was ratioed on X with 3500+ comments and only 1400 likes. It wasn’t even close.
You abandoned them weeks ago when you handed the democrats $1.3 trillion dollars and yesterday when you allowed Americans to be spied on without a warrant.
Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, said on MSNBC’s Deadline that Republicans would like LGBTQ people to “pull the trigger” and end their lives.
In an interview with host Nicole Wallace, Buttigieg described his own experience as a homosexual man:
It requires a lot of vulnerability. It’s really hard but for me, getting to grow up to be this person was a miracle. When I was 13, 14 years old and sitting in my parent’s basement, I would stare at my dad’s gun cabinet and I thought that was the only way out. I would never know love. I would never know family. I would never know community. I thought I was the only gay person in the world. I felt like the world was telling me to pull the trigger.
Buttigieg then went on to argue that Republicans would actively like to see vulnerable individuals commit suicide:
I very much feel this election is about one candidate who looks at that kid and says, ‘I’ve got your back,’ and another candidate who surrounds himself with people who are actively saying, ‘Pull the trigger.’ That’s what they believe. They do not support LGTBQ people. They do not support families like my own. They are not doing anything actively to make life better or safer for kids like my own, for families like my own and for many other people around this country.
However, Buttigieg has not always played the nice guy. Back in 2022, he mocked Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he was escorted out of a restaurant after being harassed by far left protesters.
“Sounds like he just wanted some privacy to make his own dining decisions,” Buttigieg wrote at the time, a reference to Kavanaugh’s vote in favor of overturning the federal right to an abortion.
Sounds like he just wanted some privacy to make his own dining decisions. https://t.co/pAUiYqxIHT
— Chasten Glezman Buttigieg (@Chasten) July 8, 2022
In 2019, he also led children in a ‘Pledge of Allegiance’ to the LGBTQ pride flag in which children were instructed to say: “I pledge my heart to the rainbow of the not-so-typical gay camp, to the gay agenda for which it stands. One camp, full of pride, indivisible, with affirmation and equal rights for all.”
The great European Farmers’ Revolt is still ongoing, with agricultural producers mobilizing in an unprecedented scale in most countries.
The demands from the food producers is pretty much the same all over, and it centers around the failed, crippling green environmental policies, emanating from Brussels, that threaten their subsistence and may also cause food insecurity and a major manufactured famine.
But some countries have an additional sticking beef: the cheap, low quality unregulated Ukrainian grain flowing through their borders.
This week, two of its neighbors, Hungary and Poland, saw developments in the battle against this economic invasion.
The conservative, nationalist government of Hungary is already moving on its own to try to protect its farming sector, but the new Globalist and Eurofanatic Polish government is still dragging its feet on the issue.
Hungary will place additional restrictions on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products, trying to shield Hungarian farmers from market fluctuations caused by cheaper Ukrainian imports.
“Agricultural Minister István Nagy told a news conference that a 2022 European Union decision to allow for duty-free imports from Ukraine, meant to help keep its economy afloat after Russia’s invasion, had led to ‘severe oversupply and significantly low prices’ in the European agricultural market.
He blamed the EU and its executive commission for failing to protect European farmers who could not compete with the cheaper imports, and said Hungary would pass additional protections ‘in its national competence’.”
‘Brussels and the European Commission have betrayed Hungarian farmers and are supporting Ukrainian oligarchs instead’, Nagy said.”
Hungary has not provided weapons to Kyiv or allowed their transfer across its eastern border, is against sanctions on Moscow and fiercely opposed EU financial assistance to Kiev.
Processed products made from Ukrainian grain would also be subject to the restrictions.
“Hungary last year introduced a ban on the import of 24 Ukrainian agricultural products, but said it would allow their transfer across its territory. The ban applied to grains, oil seeds, flour, cooking oil and several meat products. The government removed Ukrainian natural honey from the list last month.”
Not far from there, in Poland’s Subcarpathia province, right on the Ukraine border, farmers are still protesting, blocking the main highways out of the city of Mielec with tractors and other agricultural machinery.
During previous protests, farmers only slowed down these routes, but now it appears to be an escalating total block.
“’The government eats and has fun, and farmers go bankrupt’, ‘Stop Ukrainian imports’, ‘Stop the EU Green Deal’, ‘Stop restrictions on livestock breeding in Poland’ – the protesters’ banners read.
Farmers have begun protesting in the central Polish city of Lodz. The protesters have brought large agricultural equipment, mostly tractors, into the city, blocking several major intersections.
‘I am a farmer, not a slave’, ‘Stop agricultural products from Ukraine’, ‘No farmers. No food. No future’, are some of the slogans of today’s protests.”
On April 13th, a significant demonstration took place in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district, drawing attention to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) proposed Pandemic Treaty.
The treaty, set for adoption at the WHO’s General Assembly in May, has sparked controversy and fear among citizens, leading to one of the largest protests in recent Japanese history, according to Aussie17, a former Big Pharma employee.
The march began in Higashi-Ikebukuro Central Park, where thousands of participants gathered with banners and chants expressing their opposition to the treaty and the WHO’s overreach, Yahoo reported.
Protesters voiced strong opposition to mandatory vaccinations and the potential infringement on Japan’s sovereignty. “We strongly protest against the WHO for forcing people to be vaccinated, ignoring Japan’s sovereignty where vaccines are voluntary,” declared one of the banners leading the march.
The protest aimed to bring attention to several issues, including an increase in excess deaths and the lack of transparency regarding the adverse effects of vaccinations. The demonstrators demanded accountability and clearer information from both the Japanese government and global health authorities.
Eminent figures such as Professor Masayasu Inoue and historian Chikatsu Hayashi provided insights before the demonstration, criticizing the influence of pharmaceutical companies and private interests on global health policies.
Professor Inoue warned of the dangers of genetic vaccines and highlighted the significant funding the WHO receives from entities like the Bill Gates Foundation.
WATCH:
HAPPENING TODAY IN JAPAN
Thousands attend public demonstration against WHO and New World Order across multiple locations in Japan!
Pre-demonstration speeches:
Prof: Masayasu Inoue: …there indeed exists something very evil. It’s often dismissed with a single phrase as a… pic.twitter.com/zAXMLWLaFE
The WHO’s pandemic treaty negotiations, which began in March 2023, aim to establish legally binding regulations to enhance global cooperation in pandemic response.
According to the WHO’s website on March 30, 2021, it announced an “urgent call for an International Pandemic Treaty,” stating that such a treaty is needed to orchestrate a single globalized response to pandemics. And “25 heads of government and international leaders” have come together in a joint call to form the treaty.
The World Health Organization, alongside its 194 member countries, has been developing a global treaty to combat a hypothetical future pathogen, referred to as “Disease X.”
According to the article, the treaty “would be rooted in the constitution of the World Health Organization, drawing in other relevant organizations key to this endeavour, in support of the principle of health for all. Existing global health instruments, especially the International Health Regulations, would underpin such a treaty, ensuring a firm and tested foundation on which we can build and improve.”
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and any of his successors would have unrestricted authority to implement WHO regulations.
The treaty would provide “a framework for international cooperation and solidarity” and address issues like surveillance systems and responding to outbreaks, Ghebreyesus said when announcing the treaty during a March press conference. “The world cannot afford to wait until the pandemic is over to start planning for the next one.”
The World Health Organization “global pandemic treaty” includes a plan for a mandatory, universal digital passport and ID system.
Article 4 of the draft outlines the treaty’s overarching “principles,” including “universal health coverage,” “equity,” “transparency,” “inclusiveness,” “gender equality” and “diversity. “ Also, the treaty targets “misinformation” and “disinformation.”
In July 2020, former President Donald Trump formally withdrew the United States from the World Health Organization.
Immediately after taking office, Joe Biden reversed the decision and brought the US back into the WHO in one of his very first acts as president.
The amendments delegate the international body of unelected bureaucrats more authority to define what constitutes a pandemic, when a pandemic is in progress, how long a pandemic lasts and how “to prevent, detect and respond to future public health emergencies of international concern,” ultimately delegating the WHO total authority over emergency operations in the U.S. during a “public health emergency.”
Biden administration’s amendments along with amendments submitted from several other countries will be combined to create the new global ‘Pandemic Treaty” that would subject its member states to the authority of the international organization.
At a hearing on the treaty Feb. 5 Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, who chairs the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, spoke against the treaty. He said it demands too much of its funding from the U.S. and may require U.S. companies to share their proprietary vaccine or treatment formulas with other countries in future pandemics.
“We must ensure that final draft does not violate international sovereignty or infringe upon the rights of the American people or the intellectual property of the United States,” Wenstrup said.
Wenstrup said the WHO is not a responsible steward of an international pandemic response program, underscoring a growing Republican mistrust of international organizations.
“The COVID-19 pandemic showed us that the WHO, the World Health Organization, is not the preeminent global health institution that perhaps it once was,” he said. “Politics should never have a place in science.”
The treaty has two potential paths forward; the Senate can approve it by a two-thirds majority vote or the president can unilaterally approve it in a maneuver known as an executive agreement. If ratified, the treaty would have the force of law.
The WHO is aiming to finalize the treaty by May, when all member states will meet in Geneva for the annual World Health Assembly. A large amount of work remains, with 300 proposed amendments to consider before publishing a final draft.
After days of agitation in the European mainstream media, the popular AfD politician Petr Bystron has now become the target of a death threat combined with blackmail. As BILD reports, Bystron’s Bundestag office in Berlin received an anonymous letter with the text: “…if you value your life, then you quickly collect €100,000 and call here…”
The blackmailer insulted the AfD foreign politician as an “asshole” and added a collage with Bystron’s photo with a painted Hitler beard. The Bundestag police are taking the matter seriously and have started investigations (file number Vg/949/2024). The AfD politician said to the German Newspaper BILD of the death threat: “These are the fruits of the smear campaign of the last few days. I ask Czech Prime Minister Fiala: ‘Is this what you wanted to achieve?'”
Several insider authorities in Prague are accusing Czech Prime Minister Fiala of being personally responsible for mentioning Bystron’s name in connection with an affair surrounding the news portal “Voice of Europe.” At the beginning of last week, the Czech secret service made it public that it suspected two Ukrainians of covert propaganda for Russia. The accusations of collaborating with the portal and even taking money were directed against six European parties, all of which are against the war in Ukraine.
Bystron told the Czech newspaper BLESK that this was revenge for his appearances at the anti-government demonstrations in Prague, such as the demonstration on Wenceslas Square last year, where hundreds of thousands of Czechs cheered the AfD politician and at the same time loudly demanded the resignation of the hated Fiala government. According to the latest surveys, only 2% of its own citizens trust the Czech government.
Investigative journalists Michael Shellenberger and Gregor Baszak recently reported in the magazine “Public” that during the EU elections, state-financed NGOs such as “Correctiv” were used by the respective governments to create sentiment against the opposition in the run-up to the EU elections the respective countries. On behalf of NATO, they are supposed to publicly discredit the opposition forces fighting against the war in Ukraine with disinformation. In Germany, this particularly affects the AfD. The campaign against Bystron was also carried out in the Czech Republic by the local counterpart to Correctiv, “Dennik N” and the NGO “European Values,” which is financed by the USA and Soros.
The Schellenberg report unmasked the campaign in which Soros-NGOs and Czech intelligence services joined forces to fabricate a news story aimed at six European populist parties. Among them was the only true opposition party in Germany – the AfD (Alternative for Germany), with prominent figures in the line of fire. Our well-known friend Petr Bystron and his colleague Maximilian Krah, two leading candidates on the AfD election list for the European Parliament were named. Since the AfD is expecting to get around 20 seats, both are eager to join the ranks of the conservative movement in Brussels to fight the globalists on their home court.
Nevertheless, those facts don’t stop various German media as Spiegel and BILD from continuing the agitation against Bystron and accusing him of “dubious Kremlin contacts” and calling him a “Putin friend”, in spite of the fact, that Bystron never met Putin once (in contrast to Donald Trump) and did not express any expressions of friendship with Putin and only visited Moscow during an official business trip together with party head Alice Weidel. Bystron commented: “Everyone who has stood up for Germany’s interests in the last two years has been defamed as a Putin hooker. Anyone who advocated for U.S. interests was hailed as the great savior of Ukraine. Both are wrong.” The strategy of the campaign is quite clear: Portray the promising right-wing candidates as “Russian agents” and propaganda-slingshots.
Smear-Campaign presented by NATO?
In his report Shellenberger writes, Soros-funded NGOs like the German “Correctiv” and the “Institute for Strategic Dialogue” are de-facto “military and intelligence front groups spreading disinformation about German farmers and politicians”. He goes on to say: “Government, military and intelligence agencies are engaged in essentially political activities unrelated to national security and thus illegal.”
Particularly interesting for our case is the revelation, that this covert operation aims at German politicians and critical voices against the Ukraine war:
“Both NATO-funded and government-funded NGOs are working with government bodies to interfere in German elections. Their “influence operation” aims to keep Germany in line with American foreign policy objectives and undermine the European peace movement.”
It is in this context that the attacks on AfD-lawmakers Petr Bystron and Maximilian Krah make sense. The narrative is basically this: Bystron, Krah and other conservatives around Europe supposedly took bribes from Russia funnelled through a news-outlet called “Voice of Europe” with its main office in Prague. The evidence? Less than zero!
The agitation has reached its sad climax with the death threat against Bystron. Hopefully, it won’t go as far as the case with party leader Tino Chrupalla. He was stung by Antifa radicals with a syringe containing an unknown substance at an election campaign event,
Real Time host Bill Maher has admitted that abortion is murder but says that he is comfortable with this harsh reality.
During a discussion on his HBOtalk show with former CNN host Piers Morgan, Maher responded to another panelist who described using abortion as an electoral issue as “strange.”
He responded:
Not if you believe it is murder. That’s why I don’t understand the 15-week thing. Trump’s plan is let’s leave it to the states. So you mean so killing babies is okay in some states? I can respect the absolutist position, I really can. I scold the left when they say, ‘Oh, you know what, they just hate women, people who aren’t pro-choice.’ They don’t hate women. They just made that up.
They think it’s murder. And it kind of is. And I’m just okay with that. I am. There are 8 billion people in the world. I’m sorry, we won’t miss you. That’s my position on that.
Bill Maher openly admits the Left’s real position on abortion:
“They think it’s murder. And it kind of is. And I’m just okay with that. I am. There’s 8 billion people in the world. I’m sorry, we won’t miss you. That’s my position on that.” pic.twitter.com/ZCV5SwUZu1
Maher’s comments come after Donald Trump released a statement outlining his position on abortion if he gets back into the White House, amid growing concern that the issue is electorally damaging the Republican Party.
“This 50-year battle over Roe v Wade took it out of the federal hands and brought it into the hearts, minds, and vote of the people in each state was really something,” Trump explained.
WATCH: Trump releases new statement on abortion policy, saying abortion restrictions should be left to states. Do you agree? pic.twitter.com/hCv13xgt1h
“Now it’s up to the states to do the right thing,” he continued. “Like Ronald Reagan, I am strongly in favor of exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother. You must follow your heart of this issue, but remember, you must also win elections to restore our culture, and in fact, to save our country, which is currently, and very sadly, a nation in decline.”
Riddhi Patel, the pro-Palestinian activist seen on video threatening to murder the Bakersfield, California mayor and City Council members at a public meeting Wednesday, broke down in tears in court Friday as she was arraigned on 18 felony counts. Patel is being held on $1 million bond after pleading not guilty.
In fiery remarks to the council in support of a ceasefire in the Gaza war on Israel, Patel, 28, spoke of revolution, guillotines and threatened murder at Wednesday’s meeting.
Patel spoke twice during the meeting Wednesday in support of a ceasefire resolution in the Hamas war on Israel. Her first remarks began with mention of her belief Jesus would kill the City Council members (“You guys are all horrible human beings and Jesus probably would have killed you himself”), and ended with mention of violent revolution and her hope the City Council would be killed by guillotine one day (“I remind you that these holidays that we practice, that other people in the Global South practice, believe in violent revolution against their oppressors. And I hope one day somebody brings the guillotine and kills all of you motherf***ers!”)
Her second remarks included opposition to a proposal to use metal detectors for City Council meetings and ended with her saying, “We’ll see you at your house, we’ll murder you!”
Patel’s remarks went viral after video clips were posted by Libs of TikTok, “WILD: Unhinged Pro-Palestine protestor Riddhi Patel threatens to M*RDER Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh (R) in a psychotic rant during a city council meeting. Patel is being charged with 16 felonies and is being held on a $1 million bail.”
WILD: Unhinged Pro-Palestine protestor Riddhi Patel threatens to M*RDER Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh (R) in a psychotic rant during a city council meeting.
Patel is being charged with 16 felonies and is being held on a $1 million bail. pic.twitter.com/09PeBCWoNz
A video posted by KGET-TV Friday night shows Patel in tears in court:
Patel’s bio at the Center for Race, Poverty and the Environment, where her position is listed as Economic Development Coordinator, reads:
Riddhi joined the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment in September of 2020. She was born and raised in Bakersfield, CA and attended Stockdale High School. She then went on to achieve a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from Saint Louis University in 2017. After returning to Bakersfield in 2019, she began volunteering for the Bernie 2020 campaign where she found organizing. After the campaign ended, she quickly found a home in the Sunrise Movement, co-founding the local Sunrise Movement hub in Kern County with other local organizers.
Through her advocacy for common sense statewide setbacks to protect frontline communities across the state, she found CRPE in the fall of 2020. She prioritizes highlighting the intersectionality that comes with the environmental justice movement to achieve collective liberation for all oppressed communities. In her spare time, she enjoys holding elected officials accountable, watching endless amounts of movies, television series and sports, and enjoying time outdoors with her family and friends.
The 10 counts of threatening with the intent to terrorize are in regard to five City Council members — Andrae Gonzales, Bruce Freeman, Ken Weir, Manpreet Kaur and Patty Gray — as well as Mayor Karen Goh, City Clerk Julie Drimakis, Assistant City Clerk Sara Ortega, City Attorney Ginny Gennaro and City Manager Christian Clegg, according to the complaint The Californian requested from the Kern County District Attorney’s Office.
At Friday’s hearing, Court Commissioner Sally Ackerknecht granted a protective order that restricts Patel from going within 500 yards of the 10 individuals’ homes, businesses or schools that they attend or have events at. Patel is also ordered to stay 500 yards away from City Hall North and South if she posts bail, which is currently set at $1 million.
For the eight counts of threatening certain public officials, the complaint lists Gonzales, Freeman, Weir, Kaur, Gray, Goh, Clegg and Drimakis as the victims. Clegg and Drimakis are not elected officials, however, the complaint refers to them as such.
The other two City Council members who attended Wednesday’s meeting, Bob Smith and Eric Arias, are not considered victims because they did not feel threatened, DA spokeswoman Daniela Gonzaga said in an email to The Californian.
The next hearings for Patel are on April 24 and 25.
Pro-Palestinian Activist Who Threatened to Kill Bakersfield Officials Breaks Down in Tears in Court (Video) | The Gateway Pundit | by Kristinn Taylor
Riddhi Patel, the pro-Palestinian activist seen on video threatening to murder the Bakersfield, California mayor and City Council members at a public meeting Wednesday, broke down in tears in court Friday as she was arraigned on 18 felony counts. Patel is being held on $1 million bond after pleading
The depth of the United States infiltration by communist operatives is a grim reality that hasn’t even begun to be scratched.
But if the tale of the former US ambassador to Bolivia is any indication, it’s even deeper than we may suspect.
Hidden in plain sight during the Bill Clinton administration, Victor Manuel Rocha held several high-ranking posts in embassies around the world, and even worked at the White House.
His more than 20 years in ‘public service’ were actually in the service of the Cuban Communist dictatorship.
Rocha is a Colombian-born us career diplomat, and he always portrayed himself as a ‘Cuba hardliner’, someone opposed to the Fidel Castro regime, his real secret master.
Now, the former ambassador to Bolivia has been sentenced to 15 years in Federal prison.
“Miami-based US District Judge Beth Bloom accepted Victor Manuel Rocha’s guilty plea on two counts, including acting as an agent of a foreign government, before handing down his decade-and-a-half-long sentence and a $500,000 fine, the maximum penalty allowed.”
After four decades serving Cuba in a mission that he described as ‘enormous’, and that ‘strengthened the Revolution immensely’, Rocha was indicted last December.
Attorney General Merrick Garland described the case as ‘one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the US government by a foreign agent’ – we may add ‘that we know of so far’.
“’Today’s plea and sentencing brings to an end more than four decades of betrayal and deceit by the defendant’, Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen said Friday.
‘Rocha admitted to acting as an agent of the Cuban government at the same time he held numerous positions of trust in the U.S. government, a staggering betrayal of the American people and an acknowledgement that every oath he took to the United States was a lie’, the Justice Department official added.”
After leaving the State Department, Rocha continued to spy, this time as an advisor to the US Southern Command, whose area of responsibility includes Cuba.
According to the Department of Justice, the spy gained access to nonpublic and classified information – and worse, developed the ability to affect US foreign policy.
“Rocha admitted that his involvement with Cuba’s intelligence service began in 1973 and continued until the time of his arrest – spanning his entire career in government.”
“He was arrested after a series of meetings with undercover FBI agents posing as Cuban intelligence officials, during which Rocha acknowledged the “decades” of spying he had done on behalf of Cuba, spanning “40 years.” Rocha referred to the US as “the enemy” and praised the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro during his meetings with the undercover FBI agents, according to the DOJ.”
The DOJ did not charge Rocha with espionage, a crime that is harder to prove but that would’ve carried a stiffer sentence.
A New York Police Department waited a month before taking action to confiscate a firearm belonging to writer E. Jean Carroll
This move came after Carroll, during her testimony in a defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, revealed she possessed an unlicensed gun at her residence. The police action, according to a report by NBC News, did not lead to any charges being filed against Carroll.
The chief of Warwick, N.Y. police personally visited Carroll’s home on February 15 to address certain “open issues.” Among these was Carroll’s own admission, made while testifying on January 17, that she kept a “high standard revolver, nine chambers” by her bed without a valid license.
Officer John Rader indicated in the report that he “offered to secure the weapon at the police station’s property for safekeeping.” Carroll, accompanied by a member of her security detail, complied with the officer’s request the following day. The gun is to remain in police custody until Carroll can obtain a New York pistol license.
Under New York law, unlicensed possession of a firearm is a serious offense, potentially leading to felony charges with penalties that can include up to four years in prison. However, no charges have been filed against Carroll in relation to the unlicensed gun.
It is still unclear why police did not file charges against this serious offense. The reason behind the police’s delayed response to Carroll’s January testimony and the current status of the firearm also remains unclear.
The issue of Carroll’s gun ownership was a point of contention during the trial, particularly during cross-examination. Trump’s attorney, Alina Habba, questioned Carroll’s knowledge of the legal requirements for gun ownership, prompting U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan to express frustration with the line of questioning.
In 2019, E. Jean Carroll alleged Donald Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.
Trump has denied the allegations and called E. Jean Carroll a “whack job” who’s “not my type.” The jury found Trump sexually abused and defamed Carroll and ordered him to pay $5 million in damages.
Judge Lewis Kaplan, a Clinton appointee, ruled that Trump is liable for defamatory statements he made about E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of rape.
The Trump jury in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial returned a verdict: $7.1 million… $11 million… plus punitive $65 million! *TRUMP MUST PAY A TOTAL OF $83.3 MILLION TO E. JEAN CARROLL*
In a bizarre incident, 26 barges broke loose in Pittsburgh and drifted uncontrollably down the Ohio River on Friday night.
Shortly after the barges broke free, Pittsburgh authorities closed the McKees Rocks Bridge and the West End Bridge “out of an abundance of caution.”
Authorities reported that eleven barges were stopped by running into a river bank by Brunot Island, and now tugboats are on the scene pulling the barges out.
Nine were found stopped at the Emsworth Lock and Dam.
#UPDATE: Footage shows approximately 6-7 barges jammed up against the Emsworth Dam, with more expected on the way. Multiple bridges have been shut down, causing traffic disruptions. Additionally, more barges are on the loose after breaking free crews are watching the situation… pic.twitter.com/k2aBOcfUYi
The commander for the Pittsburgh district of the Army Corp of Engineers stated that a preliminary evaluation showed no damage to the dam, but extensive damage to a nearby marina was found.
How do 26 barges get loose? We have been doing this for more than two centuries. pic.twitter.com/C7Xb5DJYT1
Multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating after more than 20 barges broke loose and floated down the Ohio River.
The commander for the Pittsburgh district of the Army Corp of Engineers told KDKA the 26 barges that broke loose have been accounted for, with some of them resting against the Emsworth Lock and Dam on the Ohio River.
He said early investigation found no issues with the dam and no one was hurt.
Pittsburgh Police said the call came in around 11:30 on Friday night.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard said 26 barges broke away from a vessel at mile marker one. Of the 26 barges, 23 were loaded and three were empty.
McKees Rocks Bridge Shut After Barges Break Loose Near Pittsburgh – The New York Timeshttps://t.co/MvMbS0jNRA
So many important things have been ripped away from J6ers as the government continues its cruel treatment of conservative political dissidents.
The Gateway Pundit has shared the heartbreaking story of what has been done to J6er Isaac Thomas.
Isaac was orphaned at the age of 6 and endured years of abuse and neglect as a child— trafficked through various placements while in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services. Thomas emancipated himself at 16 and got involved in political activism.
Isaac was inspired to speak out for other victims of the failed foster care system and went to the United States Capitol with thousands of other Americans to peacefully protest and make their muffled voices heard.
Isaac was only 18 years old when he attended the January 6 protests.
In February, Isaac was released from the Washington Correctional Treatment following a ruling issued by US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to await trial.
Thomas has been incarcerated for seven months after he was detained in pretrial custody during a hearing last August when Judge Kotelly sided with prosecutors to revoke his bond.
After filing two motions, his new attorney, Steven Metcalf, presented new facts to the judge and dismantled the Justice Department’s bogus allegations leveled against Thomas in a series of comprehensive court filings and finally persuaded the judge to, at least temporarily, restore his freedom.
During his confinement, two generous J6ers took care of Isaac’s beloved dog Izzy. Unfortunately, they were found guilty and will be sentenced in May.
Isaac has been separated across the country from Izzy and is now looking for help to raise the funds needed to bring her home to him.
Any pet lover knows how important they are to us. They are family. They are unconditional love. They are a loving port in a storm when the world bears down on you. They are healing, and they are a blessing.
During an absolutely brutal, emotional, and difficult time, having Izzy back by his side will provide much-needed love and companionship for Isaac.
Hi, everyone; my name is Isaac Thomas. In January of 2023 I was charged for attending the January 6th protest. In August of 2023, my bond was revoked, forcing me to leave everything behind. I was released about a month ago with nothing pending trial, and I am starting fresh.
I’m making this fund because my puppy, Isabelle (Izzy) was sent to Texas during my time in the DC gulag and I need help funding the costs to get her brought home to me. I haven’t got to see her since I was locked up 8 months ago and would really like to get her home.
Please donate if you are able, thank you guys for supporting me and my family!
Joe Biden’s schedule for the next nine days has him only putting in one full day of work at the White House. Three days are set to be spent campaigning in Pennsylvania and five days are scheduled for vacation in Delaware.
Biden at Rehoboth Beach, August 2023, file image.
As the Middle East teeters on the brink of war between Iran and Israel that could involve the U.S., Biden told reporters, “I’m always concerned about Americans,” as he boarded Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews for a weekend at the beach in Delaware.
Asked if he is worried Iran will kill Americans, Biden told press pool he is always concerned about Americans. He's off to Delaware for weekend. pic.twitter.com/9Yi7lMRbHA
The White House said that traveling with Biden is Marc Gustafson, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for the White House Situation Room, indicating a concern the Middle East could blow up while Biden is on his beach weekend.
Biden arrived at his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Friday night where he will stay until Sunday night. Monday he has two state level meetings at the White House. Tuesday he travels to Scranton for campaign events. On Wednesday, after overnighting in Scranton, Biden heads to the Pittsburgh area. After returning to the White House Wednesday night, Biden heads right back to Pennsylvania for two more campaign events in Philadelphia on Thursday, after which he returns to the White House. On Friday, Biden takes off for his family home in Wilmington, Delaware where “he will remain throughout the weekend.”
All this effort by Biden in Pennsylvania comes after President Trump is scheduled to spend just one day campaigning in the Keystone State with a rally in the town of Schnecksville, located north of Philadelphia, on Saturday night.
Starting Monday, Trump will be in New York City for the start of the Biden administration orchestrated Democratic Party show trial put on by Democrat Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg over alleged campaign related payments to stripper Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
On Saturday, the President has no public events scheduled.
On Sunday, the President and the First Lady will return to the White House.
…7:30 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Rehoboth Beach, Delaware en route to the White House
…8:25 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive at the White House South Lawn
WEEK AHEAD 4/13-4/21
On Sunday, the President and the First Lady will return to the White House.
On Monday, the President will host Prime Minister Mohammed Shyaa Al-Sudani of the Republic of Iraq for a bilateral meeting.
Then, the President will host Prime Minister Petr Fiala of the Czech Republic for a bilateral meeting.
On Tuesday, the President will travel to Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Then, the President will participate in two campaign events.
On Wednesday, the President will depart Scranton, Pennsylvania and travel to the Pittsburgh area, Pennsylvania. In the evening, the President will return to the White House.
On Thursday, the President will travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Then, the President will participate in two campaign events.
In the evening, the President will return to the White House.
On Friday, the President will travel to Wilmington, Delaware where he will remain throughout the weekend.
A luxurious London pub and boutique hotel owned by celebrity British chef Gordon Ramsay has been taken over by a gang of squatters who are threatening legal action if an effort is made to remove them, according to reports that place the value of the property at 13 million pounds sterling (About $16.2 million.)
Gordon Ramsay, promotional photo.Gordon Ramsay’s York and Albany pub in Regents Park, London, image via Wikipedia.
The gang, said to be made up of at least six “professional squatters”, used Ramsay’s own kitchen appliances to barricade themselves in and have glued shut the locks.
Photos show the swanky bar area of the venue — which had been temporarily closed for a handover — resembling a tip, with debris sprawled everywhere and a squatter crashed out on a leather sofa.
Ramsay, 57, was about to sign over a multi-million pound lease to new partners when the gang broke in to the York & Albany pub and boutique hotel near Regent’s Park, central London.
The TV chef — who was embroiled in a legal battle over the venue back in 2015 — called the police last Wednesday but has been unable to remove the squatters from the 19th-century building.
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They have also slapped a legal notice on the front door, saying they are entitled to stay there as it “is a non-residential building”.
They claim that the law which prevents squatting is not applicable because it “was NOT designed or adapted, before the time of our entry, for use as a place to live”.
Incredibly, they then threaten legal action, suggesting that if anyone tries to enter “by violence” they could end up in jail for six months.
They warn: “Take notice that we occupy this property and at all times there is at least one person in occupation.
“That any entry or attempt to enter into these premises without our permission is therefore a criminal offence as any one of us who is in physical possession is opposed to such entry without our permission.
“That if you attempt to enter by violence or by threatening violence we will prosecute you.
“You may receive a sentence of up to six months’ imprisonment and/or a fine of up to £5,000.”
The note, signed by “The Occupiers”, also warns: “If you want to get us out you will have to issue a claim for possession in the County Court or in the High Court.”
The historic Regent’s Park pub that was at the heart of a court battle between Gordon Ramsay and the building’s owner is on the market with a guide price of £13 million.
Film director and actor Gary Love bought the freehold of the derelict former coaching inn in 2007 from the Crown Estate. He leased the premises to the celebrity chef on a 25-year term where Mr Ramsay opened the York and Albany hotel and gastropub.
Mr Ramsay claimed that the lease for the premises had been signed with an effectively forged signature, alleging his father-in-law, who was then CEO of his company, had used a ghost writer machine to sign his name on a document that made him personally liable for the rent.
Mr Ramsay was unsuccessful in his action and remained bound by the lease.
Now internationally renowned and holding 7 Michelin stars, Ramsay has opened a string of successful restaurants across the globe, from Singapore to the United States. These include a Le Pressoir d’Argent in Bordeaux; six restaurants in Las Vegas (including Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen at Caesars Palace, Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips at The Linq, Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris, Gordon Ramsay Pub and Grill at Caesars Palace and Gordon Ramsay Burger at Planet Hollywood); two restaurants in Atlantic City (Gordon Ramsay Steak at Harrah’s and Gordon Ramsay Pub and Grill at Caesars); two ventures in Versailles (Gordon Ramsay au Trianon & La Veranda); Bread Street Kitchen by Gordon Ramsay in Dubai; Bread Street Kitchen in Sanya, China and Bread Street Kitchen in Singapore.
In the UK, the Gordon Ramsay Restaurants has locations across major cities including London, Edinburgh, Manchester & Liverpool. These include iconic brands such as Lucky Cat, Gordon Ramsay Bar & Grill, Bread Street Kitchen, Heddon Street Kitchen, Street Pizza and Street Burger.
More from Ramsay, who is 57 years old:
While best known as a celebrity chef now, Ramsay is successful in a variety of other ventures outside of food and television. Most notably as a published author, Ramsay has released a number of books, many of which have become bestsellers around the world; including his autobiography, Roasting in Hell’s Kitchen. Aside from this, Ramsay has a global partnership with WWRD (Waterford, Wedgwood, Royal Doulton), which offers quality home and lifestyle products as well as HEXCLAD offering high performance cookware.
In 2006, in recognition of all that Ramsay has contributed to the industry, he received an OBE (Order of the British Empire awarded by Queen Elizabeth II). Since then, Ramsay and his wife, Tana, set up the Gordon and Tana Ramsay Foundation in 2014, to make a meaningful difference to the charities that are important to them. You can find out more about the Gordon and Tana Ramsay Foundation here.
Now, Ramsay splits his time between Los Angeles and South London, where he resides with his wife, Tana and six children, along with their dogs, cats and tortoise.
Ironically, Ramsay was the host of the reality show Hotel Hell that ran for three seasons over 2012-2016. Ramsay tried to revitalize rundown establishments like this one in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia:
Anarchy in the UK: Squatters Take Over £13 Million London Pub Owned by Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay | The Gateway Pundit | by Kristinn Taylor
A luxurious London pub and boutique hotel owned by celebrity British chef Gordon Ramsay has been taken over by a gang of squatters who are threatening legal action if an effort is made to remove them, according to reports that place the value of the property at 13 million pounds sterling (About $16.
The 40-year-old was stopped in the knifing attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, which is in the city’s eastern suburbs, when a police inspector shot him after he turned and raised a knife, New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke told reporters.
“They just said run, run, run — someone’s been stabbed,” one witness told ABC TV in Australia. ”(The attacker) was walking really calmly like he was having an ice cream in a park. And then he went up the escalators … and probably within about a minute we heard three gunshots.”…
…police wouldn’t identify the man yet and were still working to determine his motivation.
BREAKING:
Video of #Australians fleeing in panic after the #Islamist terror attack in #Sydney.
Several people stabbed to death.
We don’t have to live like this.
Video người dân Úc hoảng loạn chạy trốn sau vụ tấn công khủng bố Hồi giáo ở… https://t.co/koIgd3NDTG
A mass stabbing attack at the Westfield Bondi Junction Shopping Centre in Sydney, Australia took place Saturday afternoon local time. Several people, including a baby, were reported wounded in the attacks, with several reported killed.
The knifeman was reportedly shot and killed in the mall by a policewoman who quickly responded to reports of the attack.
A screen image from a viral video shows a man holding a large knife on an escalator.
At a press briefing Saturday evening local time, police reported that five people were killed and several other wounded were taken to hospital, including a young child. Police said the knifeman is believed to have acted alone, however they said they do not have any information on him as of the briefing, nor do they have evidence of a motive. The policewoman shot the man when he turned and raised his knife at her.
An NSW Ambulance spokesman said eight victims were transported to hospital and six were declared dead at the scene. These numbers could change as more information is developed.
WARNING: Photos and videos from the mall show victims bleeding out. Others show some people defending against the knifeman or running to the danger and the policewoman with the slain attacker.
WATCH: Video shows the suspect, who was later shot dead by police, on an escalator armed with a knife, he stabbed multiple people at Westfield Bondi Junction Shopping Centre in Australia.
In January federal prosecutors urged the judge in charge to reject Hunter Biden’s efforts to dismiss the gun charges brought against him.
This came after the prosecutors revealed that the brown leather gun pouch used by Hunter Biden tested positive for cocaine residue.
This case against Hunter delves back to 2018 when an investigation into Hunter Biden led to the discovery of the questionable substance on his gun pouch. The analysis, carried out by an FBI chemist, authenticated that the residue found was indeed cocaine. This alarming find was part of a broader court filing that was intended to bolster the case against Hunter Biden.
These charges include one count of making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm, one count of making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a federal firearms licensed dealer, and one count of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.
Two of these counts carry a maximum prison sentence of 10 years, while the third count has a maximum of five years.
Hunter Biden, a member of the favored class in America today, pleaded not guilty to three firearms charges at his arraignment.
Special Counsel David Weiss brought these charges after the DOJ’s sweetheart plea deal, which was initially expected to be a part of Hunter Biden’s resolution for the case, fell apart last August.
The Gateway Pundit was fist to report back in October 2020 that Hunter’s then-lover and deceased brother’s widow, Hallie Biden, tossed the gun in the trash. Hunter admitted this in an online conversation with his family when they accused him of inappropriate conduct in front of a child.
Hunter filmed himself naked with a gun and kept the video on his laptop from hell.
Hunter Biden walks free today. He comes from a family of Democrats.
On Friday, a Delaware judge refused to toss Hunter Biden’s gun charges. This must have come as a surprise to the family.
A federal judge in Delaware refused Friday to throw out a federal gun case against Hunter Biden, rejecting the president’s son’s claim that he is being prosecuted for political purposes as well as other arguments.
U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika’s ruling increases the prospect that Biden could face trial in the case as early as June, in the midst of his father’s reelection campaign. His efforts to scuttle the other criminal case he faces in California involving tax allegations have also failed.
Norieka denied several defense requests to dismiss the case charging Biden with lying about his drug use in October 2018 on a form to buy a gun that he kept for about 11 days.
His lawyers had argued the case was politically motivated and asserted that an immunity provision from an original plea deal that fell apart still holds. They had also challenged the appointment of Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss as special counsel to lead the prosecution.
Noreika, who was appointed to the bench by former President Donald Trump, has not yet ruled on a challenge to the constitutionality of the gun charges.
The Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) has issued a health alert after it was confirmed that a visitor to the Las Vegas Strip may have spread measles, a highly contagious virus.
This case comes on the heels of recent warnings by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the rise in measles cases both nationally and globally.
The person who tested positive for measles traveled from out of state and was present in Las Vegas from April 1 to April 6, KTNV reported.
During this time, the individual visited several locations where others may have been exposed to the virus.
Potential exposure sites, as identified by the SNHD, include:
MGM Grand
Grand Wok Noodle Bar, April 1 at approximately 5 p.m.
International Smoke Restaurant, April 2 at approximately 5 p.m.
MGM Fitness Center, April 2 at approximately 9 a.m.
Cirque du Soleil’s Ka, April 2
Food court at MGM, April 3
Harry Reid International Airport (Terminal 1), April 6 arriving at approximately 6 a.m. and departing from the A7 – A15 Gate area at approximately 9 a.m.
The SNHD release stated that “in addition to these known locations, the individual visited various places throughout Las Vegas and Henderson.”
Health officials warned that the measles virus can linger in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves an area. Symptoms typically develop within seven to 21 days after exposure and include fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes, and a distinctive rash that usually appears soon after the initial symptoms. Individuals can transmit measles for about four days before and after the rash appears.
During January 1, 2020–March 28, 2024, CDC was notified of 338 confirmed measles cases; 97 (29%) of these cases occurred during the first quarter of 2024, representing a more than seventeenfold increase over the mean number of cases reported during the first quarter of 2020–2023
The CDC blamed the “renewed threat” of the highly contagious airborne disease, which was completely eliminated in the United States in 2000, due to people not getting vaccinated.
“The U.S. measles elimination status will continue to be threatened by global increases in measles incidence and decreases in global, national, and local measles vaccination coverage,” the CDC said in a report.
“Risk for widespread U.S. measles transmission remains low because of high population immunity. However, because of the increase in cases during the first quarter of 2024, additional activities are needed to increase U.S. routine measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination coverage, especially among close-knit and undervaccinated communities. These activities include encouraging vaccination before international travel and rapidly investigating suspected measles cases,” it added.
One of the students who greeted President Trump was Michaelah Montgomery, founder of Conserve the Culture.
Montgomery shouted to the President, “I don’t care what the media tells you, Mr. Trump, we support you,” before a smiling Trump invited her for a picture and an appreciative hug.
Montgomery joined ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss her experience and had harsh words for the media.
Speaking to Lawrence Jones, Montgomery said, “The general consensus or social media would have you thinking that if President Trump were to show up to the HBCU [Historically Black Colleges and Universities] campuses … that like, some angry mob would form or a riot would ensue and that he would not be welcome, and clearly the sentiment in that room the other day was the complete opposite.”
“He was very welcome. People were excited to see him. People showed up in support of him, and people, of course, were from all four institutions within the AUC [Atlanta University Center], the local HBCU community in Atlanta, and they all showed up in support of him,” she added.
Recalling the interaction she said, “I really appreciate that we were able to not only let him know that regardless of what social media says… I know they’re trying to make us think we’re supposed to hate you, but we don’t.”
“And additionally, it was a learning experience for my students because they were able to see and experience firsthand how the media can warp that perception of an opinion or a person.”
“Because, like I said, to think that these students who attend these illustrious institutions aren’t smart enough to make their own decisions, so much so that they would only show support for Trump because he bought chicken sandwiches and milkshakes… that in itself is the most disturbing part of it all.”
She continued, “Especially when you think about the fact that it was mainly urban media outlets that were doing everything in their power to turn other Black people against these young Black kids who simply were not shy to explore other options.”
Montgomery pointed to Trump’s authenticity and his ability to communicate clearly regarding his agenda for his rising poll numbers in the Black community.
In 2020, Trump made significant gains among black voters and in 2024, his numbers are even greater.
“They feel like he’s honest. They feel like this is somebody who, while we might not agree with how he says things, how he goes about things, at least he’s telling us what it is,” Montgomery shared.
“We don’t feel like this is a snake in the grass waiting for his chance to bite us. This is somebody who’s telling us this is what my plan is. Here’s how I plan to execute it. Here’s the people involved, and here’s how you can get involved.”
She continued, “They just feel like he’s more relatable. They really feel like this is somebody who’s talking to them and not just saying what they want to hear.”
Supporter Who Warmly Embraced President Trump at Chick-fil-A Rips into the Media's False Narrative: "Isn't Honest About Black Community's Support" (Video) | The Gateway Pundit | by Margaret Flavin
On Wednesday, President Trump arrived in Atlanta for a high-dollar fundraiser. On the way, he stopped at a local Chick-fil-A, where he was warmly received by workers and HBCU (historically black colleges and universities) students. One of the students who greeted President Trump was Michaelah Montg
Mike Benz the founder and executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online joined Natalie Winters on The War Room on Friday evening to discuss the House vote to recertify FISA spying on American citizens.
Benz believes the FBI is the most corrupt agency, the most lawless in the country. And the only way “we will know there are checks and balances is when we see them in jail.”
So true. The more the lawless government agencies are allowed to abuse the American public with no consequence – the more the lawless government agencies will continue to abuse Americans without concern of any consequence.
Where are the good guys in the GOP?
Via the War Room.
Mike Benz: I share an identical rage that I feel emanating from you here. For him to take to the press conference like that and pivot to the border on exciting all the principles. If we don’t have a border, we don’t have a country. – This idea that, Oh, don’t worry about it, there’s checks and balances on it now. No, there’s not. It’s an empty check. It’s a blank check for the FBI to do whatever it wants, and it’s bluster instead of balances. FISA is, as Senator Mike Lee said it best, “Federal investigators stalking Americans.” And there’s something very sick and twisted about what’s happening right now with the FISA fight vis-a-vis the Republican Party. The Republican Party is in the middle of a civil war between the internationalist sect of the GOP, the blob sect of it, versus the Nationalist wing of the GOP, the populist faction. And FISA will not be used on the blob side, the internationalist side of the GOP. That side of the GOP associated with big international businesses is associated with the energy market, associated with the military.
In that empire managerial class of the GOP, FISA is not an issue to them. It won’t be used on them, but it will be used on their opposition in the GOP Civil War. Every single right wing populist, nationalist, Republican is a target of FISA.
FISA is this idea that you can get around the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution and use the Department of Dirty Tricks Power that our foreign policy establishment has to spy on foreigners, to spy on Americans, if you simply use the word counterintelligence instead of intelligence. We’re not doing intelligence spying on our own people. We’re doing counterintelligence spying on our people because they might be being spied on by Russia.
The foreign policy establishment, the Blob, has an in-process plan to seize Eurasia from Russia. Anyone who is nationalist populist, who decides United States has a high-profile voice or any political power, who wants to undermine Ukraine funding, who wants to roll back the ability to carry out war in Eurasia, they are immediately a counterintelligence target of FISA. Any crooked FBI agent can make the argument that if you do not support another 60 billion this year, 100 billion later this year, a trillion over the next five years to Ukraine, then you are helping Russia. Well, why are you helping Russia? Well, we better find out to decide if you have Russian contacts.
So boom, now they can tap your WiFi device. They can listen to your phone while you’re on the toilet or while you’re making love to your spouse. This is the most corrupt agency, the most lawless. We will know there’s checks and balances when we see them in jail. Peter Strzock was the head of counterintelligence for the FBI, and he tapped dance in front of the world after saying, “We have an insurance plan to make sure that the duly elected President doesn’t become President.”
This FISA trick is a thumby war between the two sides of the GOP and using this foreign-facing, dirty power to basically do that cheap thing with the pinky finger. That’s what’s going on here, and that’s why Mike Johnson is behind it.
Natalie Winters: I’m just curious how you think FISA, taking a step back from the actual current battle at hand right now, but how FISA fits into the broader weaponization that you’ve talked about, particularly on the censorship, the misinformation, disinformation front. How important of a fight is this in the context of all the ways that they have weaponized against us?
Mike Benz: Yeah. What it is, it is the FBI’s toolkit side of when you are losing in a fair fight in terms of voters and the electorate so you need to resort to dirty tricks like censorship or like prosecution or like mass domestic spying on everything to find the crime because every minute of life you’re being monitored by the FBI.
Just like with censorship, the only faction that was ever censored were populace, which was in this country, that’s MAGA Republicans, Nationalist populist Republicans, not Dick Cheney Republicans. It’s all one side because the blob side of the GOP is losing the Civil War within the party, losing power to the populist faction. And they’re also losing in the general with all the polls now showing Trump up 5-7 points in each of the seven battleground states. So as they continue to lose harder and harder in a fair fight, they are resorting to the rigging, basically loading up the gloves with a weight to try to win it in a rigged way. And FISA is rigging it through, essentially, the tortuous process of an American secret police.
Natalie Winters: I mean, how rich is it that you have Mike Johnson standing up there thinking that, oh, well, if I just say the words border security and I loop it together with election integrity, the MAGA base, they’re going to be happy. The War Room posse, they’re not going to call. They’re going to see that we’re actually doing… No, we’ve seen through you on day one. You guys have done absolutely nothing on the Southern border except a performative impeachment of Mayorkas, which you guys couldn’t really even follow through. And it was cagey if you could even really get there. Didn’t see Mike Johnson Wilson going down to Mar-a-Lago doing press conferences on that. I didn’t see him calling conference-wide calls or meetings on that. No, it’s only been on Ukraine aid and FISA that shows you what his priorities are. Mike, I really think you are in some ways, I would say, one of the leading experts on the government censorship, this dark money that is funneled through the government to skirt the First Amendment to use these various NGOs to then go after, like you said, the MAGA movement. I’m just curious in your estimation, we’ve focused a lot on this show as of late, how they know Trump’s going to win, right? Or at least in the polls, he’s dominating. And they’ve been cutting out these various ways, whether it was reupping the ad hominem attacks. They try to pretend like they’re tough on immigration, of course, the law fare.
But do you think that this doubling down on FISA, the spying on American citizens, of course, this dovetails quite nicely, I think, with a lot of their talk about cyber security your domestic terrorist threats because you voted for President Trump. Do you think that this is a marker for how they’re going to try to start shaping the narrative ahead of the 2024 election? In other words, they’re basically treating us like foreign terrorists. It’s not even domestic ones, right? They’ve upped the level. How do you think this fits into the 2024 election narrative?
Mike Benz: Yeah. I mean, say it with me now. Russiagate now, Russiagate tomorrow, Russiagate forever. Russiagate will never die, and And FISA is the ultimate weapon to be able to skewer anybody ensnared in a RussiGate allegation because the Atlantic’s Foreign Policy Faction’s goal is to seize Eurasia from Russia and using US taxpayer funds to fund that war. And if Americans decide, you know what? We want to focus on ourselves. We want to build our own roads. We want to be able to have affordable housing, affordable health care. We want to be able to build our own beautiful kingdom. And what’s happening in Eurasia is basically for the benefit of a bunch of oil and gas companies and a bunch of military contractors and a bunch of chamber of commerce companies that don’t even have their manufacturing here anymore. And while that fragile quasi-military, quasi-political campaign is being waged, and we are in decade, I don’t know, seven of that. As long as that is the plan of the Atlantacist’s foreign policy blob, Russiagate will always be here as the ghost hanging over everyone who wants to focus on our own domestic priorities because of the dirty trick power of being able to use a FISA-type power, a foreign-facing, dirty trick power, in order to knock out a domestic political opponent who is undermining support for that Atlanta’s foreign policy blob.
And so they’re intricately interconnected. The Internet censorship apparatus in this country was established through RussiaGate. And then once RussiaGate basically temporarily died in the summer of 2019 with the Muhler probe having nothing to back it up, then they simply transitioned to a democracy predicate, which is the same foreign policy watchword used to overthrow governments. It’s the same dirty trick except FISA arms the FBI. So as soon as RussiGate 3.0 breaks out in full, FISA is going to be weaponized to try to purge the Republican Party of any dissidence to clear the way for a Nikki Haley or Dick Cheney type Republican to take the helm again.
Screenshot: Yeixon Brito-Gonzalez handing his phone to the bank tellers. (FOX 8)
In a bizarre twist to bank robbery attempts, an alleged illegal immigrant tried to rob a bank in Sandusky, Ohio using a translator app on his phone to demand money from the tellers.
The suspect, identified as 20-year-old Yeixon Brito-Gonzalez from Venezuela, found himself in the grips of the law shortly after his failed attempt.
The incident happened on April 4, when local police were alerted to a suspicious individual inside a bank who was attempting to communicate with the tellers via his phone, without speaking, FOX 8 reported.
According to Sandusky Police Chief Jared Oliver, the security footage from the bank clearly showed Brito-Gonzalez using the translator app to convey messages such as “get the money” and “put the money in the bag” to the bank staff.
Despite his efforts, the tellers did not comply with his demands, leading Brito-Gonzalez to leave the premises empty-handed. His departure from the scene was short-lived, however, as Sandusky officers apprehended him nearby shortly after the incident.
Screenshot: Sandusky Police Department
“This is certainly a first for us,” Chief Oliver commented to FOX 8. “In my over 20 years of law enforcement, I’ve never seen someone attempt to use a translator app as a means to commit a crime like this.”
Upon his arrest, a Spanish-speaking officer communicated with Brito-Gonzalez, who revealed that he had recently lost his job and was in desperate need of money. Despite his dire financial situation, Brito-Gonzalez denied any intention of robbing the bank, claiming instead that he had merely asked the bank to give him money.
Now, Brito-Gonzalez is facing charges including attempted robbery, attempted theft, and criminal trespassing. The case has also caught the attention of federal authorities, with Chief Oliver disclosing that customs and border control have placed a hold on Brito-Gonzalez, raising questions about his legal status in the country.
WATCH:
An illegal migrant from Venezuela tried to rob a bank in Sadusky, Ohio.
The only problem?
He couln’t figure out how to say “give me your money” so he had to type it into a translator app…
Emerald Robinson and investigator Joe Rossi from Georgia on The Absolute Truth.
The Georgia State Election Board admitted to violation of election law in the 2020 election.
The State Election Board admitted to this in a recent letter to investigator Joseph Rossi.
The Georgia Election Board says in their letter to Rossi, “The matter is in the violation found category.”
Here is the letter below.
Emerald Robinson at The Absolute Truth on Frank Speech reported late Friday that the long awaited report from an investigation (SEB2023-025) into errors found in both the hand count & a machine count from the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County is officially on the agenda for a May 7th State Election Board meeting.
The investigation found violations into both the hand audit and machine count according to citizen investigator Joe Rossi.
Emerald spoke with Joseph Rossi this week.
Emerald Robinson: It looks like a new subpoena to the Secretary of State’s office as part of the Fannie Willis RICO case, might just force the board’s hand. Here to give us all the details as the source of these developments, Mr. Joe Rossi, who is the concerned citizen investigator who prompted the investigation into the discrepancies in the 2020 election count in Fulton County, Georgia. Joe, it’s good to see you. Tell us what you’re learning.
Joe Rossi: …As of last night, I also learned that it is now going to be on the agenda for the May seventh State Election Board hearing. As you may recall, as you mentioned, it got pulled at the last minute. It was noted as complete with violations found. It was pulled at the last minute before the December 19th hearing. And then for reasons, I don’t know why, it never got put on the February hearing. But now it looks like Between the subpoena or other pressures, it looks like it’s going to finally be on the agenda, or at least we hope so, for the May seventh SEB hearing. That’s the status of the hearing.
Emerald Robinson: Just a reminder, our viewers, now we’re talking about defendants in the Fannie Willis RICO case. There were 18 defendants along with Donald J. Trump. We don’t know which one of those defendants has subpoenaed the Secretary of State’s office, but look, it’s relevant. This report is relevant to pretty much every defendant’s case who has not yet pleaded guilty or done some deal with the county. This machine count, the count cannot be reconciled with the recount on December third. You know, you had heard before the meeting was scheduled in December that it shows that there were errors, and it points to errors, lies, and a cover up, correct?…
Watch the entire segment below.
BREAKING: The long awaited report from an investigation (SEB2023-25) into errors found in both the hand count & a machine count from the 2020 presidential election in Fulton Co. is officially on the agenda for a May 7th State Election Board meeting!
UCLA Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry hosted a talk on April 2 titled “Depathologizing Resistance,” which glorified self-immolation as a form of “revolutionary suicide.”
The talk was delivered by two UCLA psychiatry residents, Drs. Ragda Izar and Afaf Moustafa who seemed to encourage and even celebrate suicidal ideation.
According to The Free Beacon, which obtained slides and video from the talk, the disturbing remarks were “centered on the suicide of Aaron Bushnell, the U.S. serviceman who set himself on fire in February to protest U.S. support for Israel—or, as Izar put it,’”indigenous Palestine.’”
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Bushnell, an active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force, carried out the shocking act of self-immolation outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, according to officials from the Air Force and local law enforcement.
In the video, Bushnell, dressed in military uniform, said, “I am an active duty member of the United States Air Force, and I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I’m about to engage in an extreme act of protest. But, compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”
“Depathologizing Resistance” implied that a break from sane and normal behavior is less a sign of mental illness and more that an individual could be considered a “martyr who responded rationally.”
Bushnell had shown signs of mental distress before he died,according to a police report, and was widely seen as a casualty of mental illness. The presentation argued he could also be considered a “martyr,” a man in full control of his mental faculties who had responded rationally to a “genocide” unfolding thousands of miles away.
“Yes, he carried a lot of distress,” Izar said, according to audio of the talk reviewed by the Free Beacon. “But does that mean the actions he engaged in are any less valid?”
Isn’t it normal, she continued, “to be distressed when you’re seeing this level of carnage” in Gaza?
At UCLA, Izar and Moustafa, who are practicing psychiatrists, argued that self-immolation is a reasonable response to geopolitical events and that the taboo against it serves “the interests of power.” By “perpetuating the stigma of self-immolation,” they said, psychiatrists “discredit” resistance to “power structures” like “colonization,” “homophobia,” and “white supremacy,” framing legitimate acts of protest as signs of psychiatric dysfunction.
Can’t believe this has to be said, but if you’re considering suicide no matter the method, please DON’T. If your psychiatrist encourages your suicidal ideation, run as fast as you can. Please, please, don’t kill yourself. There is hope and help. Suicide Hotline: Dial 988. https://t.co/hQ9TPqZ8Tr
UCLA Medical School Talk Titled "Depathologizing Resistance" Glorifies “Self-Immolation” as a Form of "Revolutionary Suicide” | The Gateway Pundit | by Margaret Flavin
UCLA Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry hosted a talk on April 2 titled "Depathologizing Resistance," which glorified self-immolation as a form of "revolutionary suicide.” The talk was delivered by two UCLA psychiatry residents, Drs. Ragda Izar and Afaf Moustafa who seemed to encourage and ev
Who could have imagined it: Eating a concoction of chemicals made to imitate real meat appears to be actually quite bad for you.
A new study postulates that eating vegan meats can have major negative effects on an individual’s health, such as increasing the risk of diabetes.
As the Daily Mail reported, those who consumed notable amounts of fake meat brands like Impossible Burgers and Beyond Meat over eight weeks recorded higher blood sugar levels than those who consumed natural meats.
This increase in blood sugar levels could put plant-meat eaters at a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes in the future.
The 89 Singaporean study participants were chosen because they started out with a high risk of diabetes
The two-month study saw no noticeable changes in participants’ cholesterol, but did see considerable changes in the sodium levels for the group.
Meat-eaters reportedly had lower sodium levels than those who consumed fake meat products.
Most previous studies that found health benefits in the vegan diet looked at those who consumed natural foods. Researchers who conducted this trial specifically wanted to look at the consumption of highly processed vegan alternatives.
“A whole-foods, plant-based eating pattern generally includes legumes, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and nuts, and is high in fiber,” the study noted. “All of these elements have been found to be protective against diabetes.”
The ultra-processed plant-based meat diet study did not show those same benefits, the researchers concluded.
“A plant-based meat [analog] diet did not show widespread cardiometabolic health benefits compared with omnivorous diets over 8 weeks,” the study concluded. “The composition of [plant-based meat analogs] may need to be considered in future trials.”
In other words, the report implied that fake-meat manufacturers need to go back to the drawing board and create something healthier.
While the study undoubtedly is helpful to anyone trying to persuade a friend or loved one away from faux meats, it’s hard to say this wasn’t already clear.
A quick read-through of the nutrition facts on one of these products should quickly dissuade anyone interested in considering the products.
Of course, when big names of the establishment like Bill Gates push for the sheep of the world to flock toward these alternatives, it’s unlikely that these will be going away.
A pretty good way of determining whether a food is healthy for you is to simply ask yourself one question — Did God make it?
If it was made by the divine hands of the Creator to provide sustenance to His children, it should be pretty good for you in moderation.
If it was thrown together in a lab using different chemicals, it’s probably not going to be very healthy.
While the study is not definitive, it’s a good sign to confirm what any functioning member of society already knows.
A mass stabbing attack at the Westfield Bondi Junction Shopping Centre in Sydney, Australia took place Saturday afternoon local time. Several people, including a baby, were reported wounded in the attacks, with several reported killed. The knifeman was reportedly shot and killed in the mall by a policewoman who quickly responded to reports of the attack.
Screen image from a viral video shows a man holding a large knife on an escalator.
At a press briefing Saturday evening local time, police reported that five people were killed and several other wounded were taken to hospital, including a young child. Police said the knifeman is believed to have acted alone, however they said they do not have any information on him as of the briefing, nor do they have evidence of a motive. The policewoman shot the man when he turned and raised his knife at her.
An NSW Ambulance spokesman said eight victims were transported to hospital and six were declared dead at the scene. These numbers could change as more information is developed.
WARNING: Photos and videos from the mall show victims bleeding out. Others show some people defending against the knifeman or running to the danger and the policewoman with the slain attacker.
WATCH: Video shows the suspect, who was later shot dead by police, on an escalator armed with a knife, he stabbed multiple people at Westfield Bondi Junction Shopping Centre in Australia.
In this viral video the policewoman can be seen running toward the attacker, accompanied by civilians armed with a plastic chair. (Translation of the comment over the reposted video by journalist Steven Nabil reads, “urgent Armed attack on Westfield Bondi Mall in Sydney, Australia”)
Mass Stabbing at Sydney, Australia Mall; Knifeman Shot Dead by Policewoman | The Gateway Pundit | by Kristinn Taylor
A mass stabbing attack at the Westfield Bondi Junction Shopping Centre in Sydney, Australia took place Saturday afternoon local time. Several people, including a baby, were reported wounded in the attacks, with several reported killed. The knifeman was reportedly shot and killed in the mall by a pol
New York City has a serious and growing problem with empty office space. Between rising crime, high taxes, and the crazy rules of the pandemic a few years ago, people have fled the city in huge numbers.
Now the city is home to a record number of empty office buildings. The lack of revenue from these properties has got to be hurting the city’s bottom line and the policies of the current mayor are not helping.
Who would want to spend millions of dollars to open a new office in Manhattan right now?
Manhattan offices set new record high for emptiness
Big Apple office buildings have never been so empty.
While the peak era of remote work may feel long ago in the past, the number of vacant offices in Manhattan just hit a new record.
The borough’s office availability rate -– or, how much of that market is currently unfilled — hit 18.1% in the first quarter of 2024, the highest rate ever recorded. That’s according to a recent report by investment management company Colliers, Crain’s first reported.
In contrast, that number, which includes currently empty offices and those that will be empty in the very near future, was just 10% back in March 2020. The majority of the 8% vacancy increase that has occurred since then happened between 2020 and 2022.
Still, the rate has gone up even in the past 12 months, when it was 17.1%, and even last quarter, when it was 17.9%.
As we noted last summer, it’s not just the banks who are on the hook—we have individuals and pension funds that have invested in commercial real estate through what has been dubbed “alternative investment” opportunities. With inflation and interest rates chipping away at the worth of these assets and the possibility of loans being called, our country is barreling toward a situation where a Troubled Asset Relief Program will be needed to stop the bleeding.
How soon before NYC is looking for a bailout due to the crash of the commercial real estate market?
Earlier this week, an editor for National Public Radio went on the record exposing the extreme political bias of the taxpayer funded network.
He claimed that after the 2016 election, that the outlet went full-activist and did whatever they could to damage Trump and his presidency. They obviously pushed the Russia collusion hoax and refused to report on the Hunter Biden laptop story.
Someone must have shared the story with Trump, because he is now calling for an end to public funding for National Public Radio.
Donald Trump Demands ‘No More’ NPR Taxpayer Funding After Editor Unveils Network Bias
“NO MORE” tax dollars should fund NPR after a senior editor unveiled several examples of blatant network bias, former President Donald Trump said.
NPR employs 87 registered Democrats in editorial positions but zero Republicans in the same positions in its Washington, DC, headquarters, NPR Senior Editor Uri Berliner reported Tuesday in a scathing essay.
Berliner, who leans left, said he opposed many of the left-wing and perhaps false narratives NPR spun about the coronavirus “lab leak theory,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Hunter Biden’s laptop, former President Donald Trump, and the 2016 Russia hoax.
“NO MORE FUNDING FOR NPR, A TOTAL SCAM! EDITOR SAID THEY HAVE NO REPUBLICANS, AND IS ONLY USED TO ‘DAMAGE TRUMP,’” Trump wrote Wednesday on Truth Social. “THEY ARE A LIBERAL DISINFORMATION MACHINE. NOT ONE DOLLAR!!!”
A recent guest on the Dr. Phil show was there to argue in favor of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and things did not go well for her.
Dr. Phil pointed out that what she is arguing for is equality of outcomes, which just doesn’t work. He correctly pointed out to her that what she is talking about is essentially Marxism.
Dr. Phil nailed this. Equality of outcomes is communism and it has failed everywhere it has been tried throughout history.
HR LEADER: “How do we help level the playing field for everyone?”
DR. PHIL: “Okay, so that means you’re trying to create equality of outcome?”
HR LEADER: “Mm-hmm.”
DR. PHIL: “That’s what I hear you [Pastor James Ward Jr.] saying about playing God. How do you create equality of outcome when people aren’t the same? You’re right. Some people are shorter. Some people are taller looking over that fence. They can’t both play in the NBA. You can’t create equality of outcome. What gives a DEI program the right to come in and try and alter the nature of things to create equality of outcome? That’s been tried. That didn’t work. That was called Marxism.”
Watch the video below:
Dr. Phil Destroys DEI Advocate In Under 40 Seconds
“What gives a DEI program the right to come in and try and alter the nature of things to create equality of outcome?”
HR LEADER: “How do we help level the playing field for everyone?”
This story sounds like something out of a movie but it is all too real.
Three men set out to fish on a small skiff. They were headed from one small island to an even smaller one in Micronesia, but they ended up crashing on yet another small island called Pikelot, that looks like the setting for a story like Robinson Crusoe.
The men were able to live on coconuts and well water but they finally used palm fronds to spell out ‘HELP’ on the beach and were rescued.
3 stranded men were down to coconuts and a dead battery before Pacific rescue
Three men rescued this week from a remote atoll in the Pacific were subsisting on coconuts and well water when a U.S. Navy plane spotted their plea for help Sunday, a Coast Guard spokeswoman said.
The three, all in their 40s, had set out March 31 from Polowat Atoll, Micronesia, in a 20-foot skiff with an outboard motor for Pikelot Atoll, a 31-acre, uninhabited speck in a vast ocean, according to a Coast Guard news release Wednesday. The men were not identified by the Coast Guard.
“Their initial goal was to fish around Pikelot, but the skiff was damaged when they approached the island due to the swells surging on the island and surrounding shoal,” Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir of Coast Guard Forces Micronesia, Sector Guam told Stars and Stripes by email Thursday. “They were originally going to meet up with another family from Satawal [Atoll] at Pikelot. The Satawal family ended up not going due to weather and sea conditions.”
On Saturday a woman “reported her three uncles had not returned from Pikelot Atoll,” approximately 115 miles northwest of Polowat Atoll, both part the Federated States of Micronesia, according to the Coast Guard.
A U.S. Navy aircraft spotted the stranded men Sunday on Pikelot thanks to a message on the beach. Survival packages were dropped to help sustain them until they could be retrieved. https://t.co/5mSAPcXsIR
Three Men Rescued From Remote Island in the Pacific Ocean After Spelling Out 'HELP' on the Beach With Palms | The Gateway Pundit | by Mike LaChance
This story sounds like something out of a movie but it is all too real. Three men set out to fish on a small skiff. They were headed from one small island to an even smaller one in Micronesia, but they ended up crashing on yet another small island called Pikelot, that looks like the setting for a st
The New York City Council opened its Thursday meeting with an invocation praising Allah, recognized in Islam as the supreme deity.
Imam Abdoulazakou Traore of the Darou Salam Islamic Community Inc. led the council in prayer, beginning with an Arabic recitation followed by an English translation that expressed reverence for Allah as the “Lord of the world” and sought guidance for the city’s lawmakers.
The New York City Community Affairs Bureau estimates the Muslim population in the city to be between 800,000 and 1,000,000, with other sources citing numbers as high as 1.4 million. This demographic makes New York home to the largest Muslim population in the country, according to WiseVoter.
During his invocation, Imam Traore began by reciting Al-Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Quran, which is known to be one of the most significant Surahs (chapters) recited in daily prayers by Muslims around the world.
English Translation:
“In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the world, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgment. It is You we worship, and upon You we call for help. Guide us to the straight path, the path of those You have blessed, not those against whom there is anger, nor of those who are misguided.”
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NEW: The NYC Council began its meeting today by praising Allah as the supreme lord of the world, expressing their reverence in both Arabic and English. pic.twitter.com/yXX39lw61l
However, the council’s decision to open with a Muslim prayer has ignited a flurry of reactions online, with some social media users questioning the separation of church and state, while others expressed concern over the perceived favoring of one religion in a government setting.
Below are some of the comments online:
“Where are all of the “separation of church and state” lefties now?”
“Interesting.Judging by the condition of things in NY, they’re praying to the wrong God.”
“America has fallen.”
“I TOLD YOU OBAMA WAS THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE! We are a captured state. Your country has been invaded, captured and the terrorists are now in control. Prove me wrong.”
“So the made up seperation of church and state only matters when Christianity is involved?”
“New York is a Godless, liberal, anti-American cesspool.”
“So instead of New York we should just call it New Palestine?”
The views, opinions, and comments expressed by the users on social media are strictly their own and do not necessarily reflect those of our publication or our staff.
Australia is considering plans to deploy a civilian-led “national guard” for the next time that the country imposes its draconian lockdowns.
According to The West Australian, the Australian Federal Police Association is calling for a “feasibility study” into the idea as part of its inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic.
The paper reports:
Police forces nationwide were stretched to capacity during the pandemic, with officers forced to juggle normal frontline duties with emergency tasks including patrolling borders checkpoints, enforcing social distancing rules and managing quarantine.
In its submission to the inquiry, the AFPA said it was worth considering setting up a “national guard” to free up police officers to focus on their main job. The national guard in the US is essentially a civilian defence force which is regularly deployed into domestic emergencies, including natural disasters.
In its submission to authorities, the AFPA explained that “National guard personnel could be given special powers during a declared incident, such as biosecurity checking, the authority to request personal details, or the power to stop and detain for suspected breaches of pandemic or natural disaster restrictions.”
Meanwhile, AFPA president Alex Caruana argued that the police’s committment to enforcing the rules meant that regular policing “wasn’t getting the attention that it needed”.
>“In order to make sure that organised crime doesn’t capitalise on that, it is important that we are least consider it (a national guard) and look at the merits of having something set up,” he said. “Whether that be a national guard, or something similar, to fill that gap where it’s not policing and it’s not the military.”
Such a proposal will likely send a shiver down the spine of many Australians, millions of whom suffered immensely during the country’s draconian lockdown regime.
As part of their various measures “imposed” by federal and regional governments, healthy individuals were prevented from going outside for fresh air or even sitting on their balconies. Those entering the country were also forced to stay in specialized hotels where leaving their rooms would have exposed them to criminal investigation.
President Trump did not hold back in his latest statement on Joe Biden’s criminal lawfare cases against him. The Biden administration has been coordinating with far left prosecutors to bring down Trump and keeped him locked up in court during the 2024 election cycle.
Trump rightly condemns Biden for these efforts and calls these efforts by the Biden regime, “Bullsh*t!”
The Biden administration is using Marxist tactics in an obvious attempt to destroy their opposition – something we’ve seen repeated in banana republics and third world nations.
Thanks to Democrats, this is now a popular tactic of the radical left in America today.
President Trump: At what point are the actions of a sitting President using lawfare and weaponization against his opponent for purposes of election interference considered illegal?
I believe, as do various highly respected legal scholars, that Crooked Joe Biden has long since crossed over that very sacred threshold. He is a criminal. He is a horrible President. He’s the worst President in the history of our country. And the only way he thinks he can get elected is to take me to trials, take me to courts, city, state, and federal. They control them all.
All of these cases that you’re reading about are Crooked Joe Biden’s case because he can’t put two sentences together. He can’t do anything. So they weaponize government, and they take me to court on ‘bullshit.’
So we are going to win. We’re going to win big. We’re going to go through these horrible Biden trials. And at the end of the day, November fifth, everyone’s coming out to vote for Trump. Thank you very much.
NFL star Travis Kelce finally had the chance to walk across the stage and receive a diploma from the University of Cincinnati during an exclusive commencement ceremony.
However, Travis’ on-stage antics quickly overshadowed his academic accomplishments.
While receiving his diploma, Travis Kelce shook the hand of University of Cincinnati President Dr. Neville Pinto and proceeded to chug a beer on stage.
After chugging the beer halfway, the superstar tight end slammed it on stage, causing the beverage to splatter everywhere.
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Awesome: Travis Kelce finally receives his college diploma while SLAMMING down a beer pic.twitter.com/QfSKzUQSTQ
The commencement ceremony did not contain any other students; rather, it was an impromptu ceremony that the University of Cincinnati held for the Kelce brothers.
The Kelce brothers had graduated from the University of Cincinnati but hadn’t been able to celebrate that accomplishment at a commencement ceremony.
And the Kelce brothers like a good celebration.
Jason and Travis Kelce held an event at UC’s Fifth Third Arena for their “New Heights” podcast on Thursday. And at the end they received the diplomas they had already earned years ago. Travis honored the occasion as only the Kansas City Chiefs tight end can.
He shook the hand of UC’s president, Dr. Neville Pinto, and then slammed a can of beer on the stage while the Beastie Boys’ “Fight For Your Right” — a song that has become an anthem for Kelce and the Chiefs during their dynasty — played in the arena. Then Kelce spiked the mostly empty can like a football and took his diploma. Of course.
‘Taylor Swift must be getting sick of this’: Travis Kelce is SLAMMED over ‘cringe’ beer-guzzlin… https://t.co/dpHSttpLYK via @Femail
The battle between X-SpaceX-Tesla owner Elon Musk and the tyrannical Brazilian Supreme Court Justices is generating numerous developments in Latin America and all over the world.
So far, Musk’s tweets have generated almost 350 million views on X, catapulting the Brazilian censure overdrive to a much greater audience than one could dream for.
His courage and willingness to tackle this confrontation are starting to have a real impact in the political panorama of the Soputh American nation. Conservatives have embraced him in a major way.
“Javier Milei and Elon Musk met at the Tesla plant in Austin, Texas, to reaffirm the personal and ideological harmony they displayed in their successive contacts on the social network (formerly Twitter).
The meeting showcased the similarities between the president and the powerful businessman regarding the importance of market freedom, the progress of countries, the need to eliminate bureaucratic obstacles, the development of technology, and the necessity of preserving the rules of the game.”
This was not the first Argentine movement to help with the conflict: Diana Mondino, the Argentine Chancellor, posted a hint of an offer of asylum to X employees in Brazil who have been threatened with imprisonment.
“This government will always work for Freedom. Freedom of expression and the freedom to live in a democracy.
We ratify that our country and by extension its embassies will, absolutely always, provide refuge to all those who are persecuted for sharing these values.”
Elon Musk liked the post.
Meanwhile, conservatives keep closing ranks around Musk, while socialists try to get the government to retaliate against him.
Outspoken conservative, Brazilian congresswoman Bia Kicis called Musk a hero.
“We think he is a hero for us, you know it’s incredible what he has been doing is really incredible.
We had no light at the end of the tunnel, and he happens to be this light now for us now. We are so grateful.”
Meanwhile, The Brazilian government’s Secretariat of Communications (Secom) has suspended all Brazilian government institutional advertising on .
Since the beginning of Lula’s government in 2023, the Palácio do Planalto has spent over R$ 4.2 million on advertising on the platform.
The decision was prompted by a campaign coordinated by Sleeping Giants (an NGO funded by George Soro’s Open Society).
Other political players around the world also chimed in. Israeli Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, stated that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should be blocked on because he has the ‘habit of censoring and distorting the truth’:
“If anyone should be blocked or censored on X, it should be you, @LulaOficial. You have a habit of censoring and distorting the truth, so it’s no surprise that you are trying to censor others.”
Independent Dutch member of the European Parliament, Rob Roos asserts that ‘Brazil is no longer a democracy.’
“Most people are not aware [of the problems happening in Brazil]. So it’s very important for us to expose this. We will denounce what is happening now. With all this suppression, and freedom of expression, disappearing. […] It’s important for people to understand that Brazil is no longer a democracy.
We also know that there was interference in the [Brazilian] elections by Moraes on social media, on Twitter. And I’m glad that Elon Musk is exposing all of this. Freedom of expression is the foundation of the West. […]
I am aware [of the powers these judges possess]. Lula is just a puppet. And Moraes, well, he is the architect of evil. Now, we have to raise awareness about this, and also among European leaders.”
Ee Boston apprehends Colombian national convicted of sex crimes against a California minor
California State Assemblyman Bill Essayli spoke to The Gateway Pundit yesterday about new legislation to end California’s practice of releasing dangerous pedophile illegal immigrants back into the community and ignoring requests from ICE for deportation.
Essayli said California law enforcement is being “compelled by state law” to release illegal immigrants who are convicted of crimes back into the community. “The California legislature is very radical and extreme. They have passed sanctuary state laws that say it is illegal for any sheriff or any member of law enforcement to cooperate with ICE or to recognize any ICE detainers,” Essayli added.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, “Detainers request that state or local law enforcement agencies maintain custody of the noncitizen for a period not to exceed 48 hours beyond the time the individual would otherwise be released, allowing ERO [Enforcement and Removal Operations] to assume custody for removal purposes in accordance with federal law.”
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Assemblyman Essayli announced on Wednesday his plans to introduce legislation that would require California law enforcement to comply with immigration authorities and allow them to detain and deport illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes against minors.
This comes after a Colombian illegal immigrant, who was previously convicted for sex crimes against a minor in California, was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts, last week.
Essayli released the following video statement on Wednesday after the illegal immigrant, who was convicted of sexual intercourse with a minor in California at the end of 2022, was released and arrested all the way in Boston, Massachusetts. This is despite receiving a prison sentence in California of about four years.
Essayli: Hi, I’m Assemblyman Bill Essayli here with an urgent legislative announcement. Recently, Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a Colombian illegal immigrant who had been convicted of sex crimes against a minor in the state of California. ICE issued a detainer to release him into their custody for deportation. San Bernadino was unable to honor the detainer due to California sanctuary state laws. Yes, the laws of California prohibit law enforcement from handing over convicted child pedophiles to ICE for purposes of deportation. This is unacceptable in a civilized society. That is why today I am announcing that I have introduced legislation to reverse this misguided policy in the state of California and allow law enforcement to hand over pedophiles, people convicted of child sex offenses, to immigration to deport them and to get them out of our country. They have no business remaining here. Thank God, ICE was able to find and apprehend this individual before he’s able to hurt anyone else. This should never happen, and as lawmakers, we have an obligation and a duty to protect the citizens of this nation. And that is what I intend to do with this bill. Thank you
Voters can contact state legislators in California and demand that they allow ICE to deport illegal immigrants who are found guilty of sex crimes against minors.
Essayli joined The Gateway Pundit correspondent Jordan Conradson with more on Thursday.
Bill Essayli is running for re-election to represent California’s District 63 in the State Assembly. Learn more and support his campaign here!
Watch below:
Essayli: I woke up yesterday, and I saw Bill Melugin’s reporting. He does great work for the border. And he was reporting how ICE had arrested this pedophile, this child sex offender in Massachusetts, who was released from San Bernadino County Jail, and I immediately engaged because I know the Sheriff of San Bernardino, and it was not his fault. He was compelled by state law to release him into the community. The California legislature is very radical and extreme. They have passed sanctuary state laws that say it is illegal for any sheriff or any member of law enforcement to cooperate with ICE or to recognize any ICE detainers. It is illegal for them to do that, which is outrageous. So what I did is I had my staff craft a very narrow bill. Let’s make it very clear, if you’re a convicted child sex offender, you must be handed over to ICE. So, it’s going to require local law enforcement to cooperate with immigration authorities when an illegal alien criminal has been convicted of sex crimes against children. That’s what the bill does.
Conradson: Why stop at just pedophiles? Don’t you agree that all sanctuary laws in the state should be abolished?
Essayli: 100%. I mean, if I was running the place, I would get rid of all of it. But we have a super-majority Democrat legislature here and what they usually do, their tactic is if you just bring a blanket policy, they’re gonna pull out a grandma or some sob story of some guy who was popped for smoking weed, and they say, “oh, it’s not fair to deport this person who’s part of our community, blah, blah, blah.” So, to avoid all those ridiculous arguments, I brought a very narrow bill. So, I said, let’s just focus on illegal aliens, who’ve done the worst thing ever, which is commit a horrible act against a child. So, what is your excuse? I want to hear from the Democrats. What is your explanation and justification for shielding that individual from deportation? So, it’s a strategy to hold them accountable and expose their extreme, radical viewpoint. We did something similar last year with SB14, where we try to make child sex trafficking a serious felony. It initially was killed in the Public Safety Committee, and because of the outcry from the public, Newsom actually picked up the phone and called the Speaker of the Assembly and said, “What the hell are you guys doing? You guys need to reverse this.” It was making him look bad.So, we’ll see if we can shame them into doing the right thing again here.
Conradson: This guy was arrested on sexual intercourse and oral copulation with a minor. It carried a prison sentence of about four years, how have you figured out how he got out of prison or custody so quickly?
Essayli: What they’ve done with the prison system in California is a whole nother story. They have dumped prisoners out on the street because of our laws here. We went from 180,000 prisoners; now we’re down to 90,000 prisoners. So, what they’ve done is they’ve made it harder to keep people in prison for a long time. So, it’s not uncommon for people to serve no more than half their sentence in the state of California. So, if you’re sentenced to four years, you’ll never do more than two years, and now they’re coming up with all kinds of credits and ways to expedite even that timeline to get people out of prison.
Conradson: I thought you asked a great question on Twitter. Why do California Democrats support pedophiles? Do you know why that might be?
Essayli: Well, let’s see what they have to say. I’m gonna give them the opportunity to respond. So, I posed the question because that’s the effect of their policy is they are shielding and protecting pedophiles. So, let’s see; maybe that wasn’t their intent, and now they have the opportunity to do the right thing. And if not, then they can explain to us why they seek to protect pedophiles. I’d like to know the answer myself.
Conradson: Do you find it strange that the same party protecting these pedophiles is the same party that’s pushing this perverted sexual education, telling kids they are old enough and mature enough to choose their own gender and sexual identities in public schools?
Essayli: Make no mistake the Democrat Party, the radical elements of the Democratic Party are after your kids. They want to raise your kids. They want to indoctrinate your kids. And so it is totally consistent with their radical ideology, because they’re making a play for the next generation. And look, if you can convince a child that they can pick any number of genders, you can pretty much convince them of anything. So they’re making a play to separate children from their parents.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), alongside former President Donald Trump, announced the introduction of legislation aimed at tightening the requirements for voter registration in federal elections.
Speaker Johnson traveled to Florida on Friday for a crucial meeting with the one individual capable of saving his leadership position, former President Donald Trump. The meeting comes after he approved of warrantless spying on American citizens, jeopardizing the Fourth Amendment right.
Laura Loomer wrote earlier, “President Trump needs to cancel his meeting at Mar a Lago with Speaker Johnson. He just broke a tied vote and voted in favor of not requiring a warrant for the government to spy on Americans. Donald Trump said Kill FISA. Mike Johnson just helped Joe Biden have an easier time spying on President Trump’s 2024 campaign and paved the way for increased mass surveillance of Americans. He’s trying to sabotage Trump!”
In an attempt to save his career, Speaker Johnson emphasized the critical importance of upholding election integrity, citing concerns over non-citizens influencing election outcomes due to the “open border catastrophe.”
“States are currently prohibited from asking someone to prove they’re a citizen,” Speaker Johnson said.
He highlighted the ease with which individuals can register to vote while applying for a driver’s license under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, commonly known as the “motor voter law.”
“If an individual only asserts or simply states that they are a citizen, they don’t have to prove it. They can register that person to vote in a federal election. You see, states are currently prohibited,” Johnson said.
“Believe it or not, the states are prohibited from asking someone to prove that they’re a citizen. The federal voter registration form just has a check-up box. If you do that, you’re good. The states can’t allow it. We think that’s a serious problem.”
“We only want US citizens to vote in US elections. But there are some Democrats who don’t want to do that. We believe that one of their designs, one of the reasons for this open border, which everybody ask all around the country, why would they do this?”
“Right now, the administration is encouraging illegals to go to their local welfare office to sign up for benefits. Well, guess what? When you go to a welfare office, they also ask you if you would like to register to vote.”
“There are so many millions of illegals in the country that if only one out of 100 voted, they would cast potentially hundreds of thousands of votes in the election. That could turn an election. This could be a tight election in our congressional races around the country. It could, if there are enough votes, affect the presidential election,” Johnson said.
Emphasizing the need for legislation, Johnson announced, “Our bill will require that every single person who registers the vote in a federal election must prove that they’re an American citizen first. You have to prove it. That will be a new part of the federal law and a very important one.”
“Our bill also requires states to remove non-citizens from their existing voter rolls. That’s a big problem, too. And it will provide access to databases from the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to help the states administer this.”
“As the entity that is responsible for regulating federal elections, Congress has this responsibility. We cannot wait for widespread fraud to occur, especially when the threat of fraud is growing with every single illegal immigrant that crosses that border,” Johnson said.
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BREAKING: Speaker Johnson introduces legislation at a press conference with Donald Trump requiring people registering to vote in a federal election to prove that they are a U.S. citizen. The bill also requires states to remove non-citizens from their existing voter rolls. pic.twitter.com/oky20ASg3e
“This is 2024! Banning books! Attempting to erase history!” Biden said during virtual remarks at the National Action Network Convention in the South Court Auditorium.
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Biden speaks out against restricting sexually explicit and pornographic literature from elementary schools: “This is 2024! Banning books!” pic.twitter.com/pxiUn3fFlJ
Republican lawmakers removed sexually explicit books from schools so minor children are not exposed to pornographic material.
Why do Democrats insist on pushing porn books on kids?
One book that was found in several libraries is titled, Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe.
The book is a graphic novel with drawings that explains in lurid detail the sexual interactions between two underage school boys, has been inserted into high school libraries across America, despite it violating guidelines against pornography or sexually explicit materials being provided to minors and paid for with our tax dollars.
Gender Queer includes countless images of male-on-male sexual encounters, accompanied by words that one would expect to find inside adult porn shops or gay sex clubs. Even so, this book was purchased and pushed by school officials around the country, despite it clearly violating county guidelines.
This is the type of filth Joe Biden wants in school libraries.
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Here is a page from the book. Most Americans did not realize this is a PICTURE book with explicit drawings.
ICE Boston said the Middlesex County Superior Court did NOT honor their detainer request and released into the community – without notice – a highly dangerous 53-year-old Brazilian illegal alien indicted on 10 counts of aggravated child rape in Massachusetts.
“This Brazilian national has been charged with some horrific and disturbing crimes,” said ICE Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons. “This is certainly not the type of person that we want interacting freely with the children of our neighborhoods. ERO Boston will continue to work tirelessly to arrest and remove noncitizen child sex predators from our New England communities.”
NEW: ICE Boston says the Middlesex County Superior Court didn’t honor their detainer request and released into the community without notice a Brazilian illegal alien indicted on TEN COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED CHILD RAPE in MA. Yes, you read that correctly. ICE later found & arrested… pic.twitter.com/YcN8cc8Jws
According to ICE Boston, the illegal alien first entered the US back in 2001.
“The Brazilian national was admitted to the United States in Miami, Florida, on Sept. 6, 2001, as a nonimmigrant with authorization to remain in the United States until March 5, 2002. He failed to leave the United States by that date.”- ICE said in a statement.
He was deported in 2008 and illegally reentered the US at an unknown date.
“On Feb. 12, 2008, a Department of Justice (DOJ) immigration judge in Boston granted the Brazilian national voluntary departure from the United States to Brazil. The DOJ immigration judge gave him until June 11, 2008, to depart the country,” ICE said.
“He voluntarily departed the United States June 6, 2008. However, he unlawfully reentered the United States on an unknown date and at an unknown location without being inspected, admitted or paroled by a U.S. immigration official,” ICE said.
The illegal was arrested again in Everett, Massachusetts on December 20, 2021 for the charges of indecent assault and battery on a child and rape of a child.
However, the Middlesex County Superior court released him into the community.
“The Middlesex County Superior Court failed to honor ERO’s request and released the Brazilian noncitizen from custody Nov. 23, 2022.” ICE said.
An elite ICE unit tracked down the child rapist and took him into custody on March 28.
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer (left) Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates (right) By Matthew Casey/KJZZ
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, the dirty RINO who sued Kari Lake for defamation backed by the far-left Soros and Obama-linked henchmen at Protect Democracy who are trying to silence all election critics on the right, has come under fire for reportedly using staff and public funds to gather media content and likely evidence pertaining to his lawsuit against Kari Lake.
This could also be seen as an effort to influence Kari Lake’s election and stop a political opponent utilizing public funds. While Richer claims to be a Republican, he has made it a goal to stop people like Kari Lake from being elected to office.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Kari Lake recently pled no contest in the lawfare defamation case, which is backed by a Soros-linked nonprofit, so that she could focus on her campaign against Soros-funded Democrat Ruben Gallego.
The latest stunt is nothing new for Stephen Richer.
Richer previously came under fire for potentially violating the law and using his office for political gain to stop an election integrity ballot measure that would have prevented bogus mail-in ballots from being counted.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Richer was accused in a complaint filed with former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich of illegally using his office and public funds to campaign against the 2022 ballot initiative, Proposition 309, which would have created universal voter ID requirements for all voters to cast a ballot.
Proposition 309, named the Arizonans for Voter ID Act, would have required all voters to have proof of registration regardless of how, when, or where their ballot is cast, including when voting by mail. This is a common-sense measure to protect elections, but Richer lobbied against this ballot initiative and reportedly published a document, written by a County employee during work hours, in opposition to the County website, which appears to be illegal under Arizona laws that prohibit the use of public funds to influence an election.
The ballot initiative failed to pass by less than one percent last election cycle, where 60% of voting machines failed on election day and severely disenfranchised Republican in-person voters.
Similarly, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs recently came under fire after it was discovered her office may have violated the law by using government resources to advance her political career and influence elections in early 2019, immediately after she entered the Secretary of State’s office. As uncovered in public records, an employee at the Secretary of State’s office used government resources to acquire a blue ‘verified’ checkmark for Katie Hobbs’ personal and campaign Twitter page.
An Arizona legal expert told The Gateway Pundit, “At the time, this privilege was only available under very specific circumstances and, based on Twitter’s response, was not readily available to her, which could be a violation of ARS 38-504(C),” said the attorney. This was the same Twitter account that Hobbs used in 2017 to label Trump supporters “neo-Nazis” and for her political campaign in the last election.
Public records revealed that Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer tasked staff with compiling articles and online content pertaining to his personal defamation lawsuit against Kari Lake — Senate candidate and 2022 gubernatorial candidate — as well as topics of personal political interest.
Richer also tasked staff with printing his favorite articles and pieces of online content from these lengthy daily news compilations and organizing them in a binder. Richer admitted in one email obtained by public records that this daily content gathering assignment took a “significant amount of time” for staff to put together.
Richer filed his defamation lawsuit last June against Lake over her claims of him improperly administering the 2022 election. Lake has unsuccessfully petitioned to dismiss his lawsuit; her petition was denied earlier this month.
Records reveal that Richer has regularly tasked staff with tracking a wide variety of media reports and other online content on topics of personal political interest to Richer, unrelated to the statutory duties of the recorder’s office. This included coverage of other elected officials in Arizona and across the nation; the political landscape for the 2024 election; the indictments against former President Donald Trump; developments in social media; and updates on various public policies.
Some news and online content gathered by staff touched on legal challenges to free speech.
According to AZ Free News, Richer’s office responded to a request for comment with a statement that said, “Providing leadership with news clips relating to the office and regarding current events is a standard practice. It has been a practice of this office for the past three years and it was originally implemented by staff from former Senator McSally’s office, where it was a standard practice, who joined the Recorder’s Office in January 2021… Recorder Richer values news and being aware of developments within our state and relating to our statutory responsibilities.”
However, they did not respond to additional questions regarding what content was gathered and used in Richer’s defamation lawsuit and why staff were tasked with gathering content on Richer’s personal lawsuit and political topics unrelated to the Recorder’s office.
Representative Anna Paulina Luna has called for a rare procedural move to delay the Senate’s consideration of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702 extension, pushing for a new vote in the House of Representatives.
This move comes in the wake of the House’s approval of a bill that further empowers the ‘Deep State’ by allowing it to surveil Americans without a warrant.
On Friday, the House cast a vote of 273 to 147 in favor of extending Section 702 of FISA, a provision originally enacted in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.
This legislation permits U.S. agencies to monitor foreign targets abroad but has come under scrutiny for its implications and past misuse in surveilling American citizens. The vote displayed a uniparty alliance, with 147 Democrats and 126 Republicans supporting the bill, while 88 Republicans and 59 Democrats opposed it.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene expressed her frustration, criticizing the pressure tactics used to sway opinion: “Mike Johnson set up a private classified briefing room, telling members that people will die if we don’t pass FISA! Now, some Republicans propose that a two-year reauthorization, instead of five, will address our concerns. This is merely postponing the issue. We must end FISA now!”
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BREAKING – PURE BETRAYAL – SPYING ON AMERICANS WITHOUT WARRANT: @RepMTG EXPLODES, says, “Mike Johnson set up a private classified briefing room and inside members are being told that people are going to die if we don’t pass FISA! Now, some Republicans are saying reauthorizing… pic.twitter.com/k4zzeg4QCP
The approved legislation proposes a two-year extension for the surveillance program.
Rep. Mary Miller (R-Illinois) stated her opposition, referencing past abuses: “I voted NO on reauthorizing FISA without a warrant requirement and serious reforms. FISA was misused by Obama to spy on the Trump campaign, and under Biden, to monitor his critics, including Tucker Carlson.”
“America lost a lot of liberty today. The House version of FISA that passed today is worse than the status quo for American citizens,” said Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio).
Section 702 was initially scheduled to expire on April 19. As the House approved the extension, the bill will now proceed to the Senate.
Earlier, an amendment proposed by Rep. Andy Biggs, which would have required a warrant for the FBI to conduct surveillance on Americans under FISA, resulted in a tie vote of 212-212. This deadlock was broken by Speaker Mike Johnson’s tie-breaking vote against the amendment, a move criticized by Charlie Kirk: “Mike Johnson voted against the American people and his constituents by defeating the FISA 702 amendment requiring a warrant to spy on Americans. This is a blow to our Constitution, facilitated by the House GOP.”
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna took a bold step to delay the bill’s progression to the Senate by forcing another vote.
“The amendment to require a warrant to spy on Americans was lost by one vote. There will be a final vote on FISA on Monday,” Luna said.
“The Uniparty just voted to allow the Deep State to violate your Fourth Amendment rights and spy on millions of Americans for two more years. Rep Luna just forced an additional procedural vote to stop them,” Rep. Boebert wrote.
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The Uniparty just voted to allow the Deep State to violate your Fourth Amendment rights and spy on millions of Americans for two more years. @RepLuna just forced an additional procedural vote to stop them.
“It’s not over. There will be ONE more vote on Monday on a reconsideration of FISA in the U.S. House. The bill should be stopped because it lacks warrant protection for Americans – thanks to 86 Republicans & 126 Democrats who killed the warrant,” Rep. Chip Roy wrote.
Luna wrote in a subsequent post, “You cannot have a free and open society with the warrantless spying of Americans. Today, the bipartisan vote to force intelligence communities to get a warrant was lost by one vote. In an effort to stop this, I requested a rare procedural maneuver that will force a second vote on Monday. Hopefully we can change minds. I will be writing all 435 members over the weekend. Please help me. Talk to your reps. We have one last shot at this.”
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You cannot have a free and open society with the warrantless spying of Americans. Today, the bipartisan vote to force intelligence communities to get a warrant was lost by one vote. In an effort to stop this, I requested a rare procedural maneuver that will force a second vote on… pic.twitter.com/f4apWu62I6
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser were both warned about the security situation prior to January 6th and both of them turned down National Guard troops at the US Capitol that day.
Pelosi and Mayor Muriel Bowser turned down thousands of National Guard troops at the Capitol on January 6 for political reasons.
Chris Wray’s FBI also refused to notify the Trump administration and his cabinet secretaries that they believed there could be violence like the mass protests at the Capitol that took place that day.
Nancy Pelosi also refused the National Guard at the US Capitol due to politics.
Capitol Police Chief Steve Sund said he asked House and Senate security officials for permission to request that the D.C. National Guard be placed on standby in case he needed quick backup. But they both turned him down.
John Solomon from Just The News released an explosive report in 2022 that revealed Capitol Police were first warned about possible violence at the January 6th protests TWO WEEKS before the planned rallies.
Pelosi, Mayor Bowser, and other government officials turned down the National Guard anyway. They hoped for an “insurrection.”
Solomon says the DHS and District of Columbia were made aware of online threats of violence two weeks before the protests and rally.
On Friday, The Daily Mail released an explosive report that destroys the Jan. 6 Committee’s narratives on January 6!
At least THREE NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS will testify this coming week that they were ready to be deployed on January 6 but THE PENTAGON held them back!
This directly brings General Milley’s actions into question!
Kash Patel tipped us off last month that there were more reports like this coming.
Whistleblowers from the Washington D.C. National Guard will tell Congress that Donald Trump did want them deployed during the Capitol riot and the Army delayed telling them to mobilize in a bombshell hearing next week.
DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal that at least three officers will appear Wednesday before a House subcommittee to claim their stories were also ignored by the Democrat-led January 6 committee, because it didn’t fit their narrative.
The hearing will aim to further prove that Acting Defense Secretary at the time Christopher Miller did give advance approval of D.C. National Guard deployment at the direction of then-President Donald Trump.
A person familiar with the review by the House Administration Committee’s Oversight Subcommittee said the whistleblowers will provide testimony that then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy delayed by at least two hours providing official notice to D.C. National Guard Commander William Walker to deploy troops to the Capitol.
Instead of getting to the bottom of the breakdown in communication and focusing on improving Military preparedness for future incidents, the witnesses feel the January 6 panel was solely focused on pinning blame for the events that day on Trump…
Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund and DC National Guard leader Maj. Gen. Walker said that Army Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt (ret.), who was Army Staff Director at the time of the riot, delayed or ignored Sund’s request for National Guard support.
They accused Piatt of saying: ‘I don’t like the visual of the National Guard standing a police line with the Capitol in the background.’
…The D.C. National Guard whistleblowers will be able during Wednesday’s hearing to corroborate this despite Piatt testifying under oath that he never mentioned optics.
Think of how wicked these people are! Today there are hundreds of men and women in prison for their actions on on January 6. These rotten officials like Nancy Pelosi know this but don’t care how many lives they destroy to take down Trump.
A pro-Palestinian activist was arrested at a Bakersfield, California City Council meeting Wednesday after threatening to murder Mayor Karen Goh (R) and City Council members during a public comments session. Riddhi Patel, 28, was taken into custody at the meeting and was being held on $1 million bond as of Friday afternoon. Last month, pro-Palestinian activists smashed a glass door and injured a police officer after being removed for disrupting a City Council meeting. (UPDATE at end of article.)
Patel spoke twice during the meeting Wednesday in support of a ceasefire resolution in the Hamas war on Israel. Her first remarks began with mention of her belief Jesus would kill the City Council members (“You guys are all horrible human beings and Jesus probably would have killed you himself”), and ended with mention of violent revolution and her hope the City Council would be killed by guillotine one day (“I remind you that these holidays that we practice, that other people in the Global South practice, believe in violent revolution against their oppressors. And I hope one day somebody brings the guillotine and kills all of you motherf***ers!”)
Her second remarks included opposition to a proposal to use metal detectors for City Council meetings and ended with her saying, “We’ll see you at your house, we’ll murder you!”
Video clips of Patel’s remarks was posted by Libs of TikTok, “WILD: Unhinged Pro-Palestine protestor Riddhi Patel threatens to M*RDER Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh (R) in a psychotic rant during a city council meeting. Patel is being charged with 16 felonies and is being held on a $1 million bail.”
WILD: Unhinged Pro-Palestine protestor Riddhi Patel threatens to M*RDER Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh (R) in a psychotic rant during a city council meeting.
Patel is being charged with 16 felonies and is being held on a $1 million bail. pic.twitter.com/09PeBCWoNz
A protester arrested inside Bakersfield City Council chambers Wednesday night is accused of 16 felony counts after she made a threatening comment to council members and the mayor.
Riddhi Patel, 28, was arrested and booked into jail on suspicion of eight counts of threatening with intent to terrorize and another eight counts of threatening certain city officials during her comments on enhanced security at the meetings.
These upgrades, used on a trial basis at the previous City Council meeting on March 28, would permanently include metal detectors and bolstered security at future City Hall meetings. They were unanimously approved by the council later in Wednesday’s meeting.
Patel’s remarks on the matter came during the public comment portion of the meeting, during which she lambasted the proposed security upgrades.
“You guys want to criminalize us with metal detectors,” Patel said. “We’ll see you at your house, we’ll murder you.”
KGET-TV reported four pro-Palestinian activist were charged this week after a police officer was injured and a glass door smashed during a protest at a March 27 Bakersfield City Council meeting (excerpt):
Gabriela Lynn Mota, Lorena Salinas, Lance Mack and Ashley Vega have been charged in connection to a meeting March 27 during which protesters clashed with police at the front doors of city hall after being removed from chambers. A glass door broke and an officer was injured, police said.
Mota and Salinas are both charged with felony resisting arrest, and Salinas also faces a felony count of vandalism, court records show. Additionally, both face misdemeanor counts of remaining at the scene of a riot and resisting arrest.
Mack and Vega are charged with misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest and remaining at the scene of a riot, records show.
Patel’s remarks are at about 2:30:15 and 2:49:45 in the City Council live feed video:
The language of the communist includes talk of revolution, threats and intimidation, followed by revolution and murder. It is a sign the U.S. is well into a slow-rolling communist revolution when an activist is bold enough to publicly threaten officials with revolutionary death to their faces.
A pro-Palestinian protester arrested after telling the Bakersfield City Council, “We’ll see you at your house, we’ll murder you,” has been charged with 18 felony counts.
Riddhi Patel, 28, is charged with eight counts of threatening a public official and 10 counts of making terroristic threats, according to court records. Held on $1 million bail, she’s due in court at 3 p.m.
Friday night update: Patel pleaded not guilty and is due back in court at 9.am. April 24, with bail set at $1 million, reported KERO-TV’s Sam Hoyle (excerpt):
You might remember our story from earlier this week regarding the woman who threatened to kill several city council members. I’m Sam Hoyle, your neighborhood reporter, Riddhi Patel appeared in court on Friday, for a felony arraignment. She is facing 18 charges, 10 of them threatening with intensive terrorizing, eight of which threatened a public official. Patel did plead not guilty, her bail was set at $1 million. She is due back in court on April 24 at 9 am for one hearing and then her next hearing is set for April 25 at 8:30 am.
During the arraignment hearing several people in the gallery were there in support of Patel.
…as part of the felony arraignment hearing, the judge presiding over the case did say that if Patel were to bond out she must stay at least 500 yards away from several city buildings as well as the victim’s name in the case, namely the city officials that she allegedly threatened in Bakersfield.
KGET video report shows Patel broke down in tears in court:
Shock Video: Pro-Palestinian Activist Threatens to Murder Bakersfield Mayor and City Council Members at Public Meeting (Updated) | The Gateway Pundit | by Kristinn Taylor
A pro-Palestinian activist was arrested at a Bakersfield, California City Council meeting Wednesday after threatening to murder Mayor Karen Goh (R) and City Council members during a public comments session. Riddhi Patel, 28, was taken into custody at the meeting and was being held on $1 million bond
Hollywood mega-star Matthew McConaughey has made quite the name for himself in Hollywood and outside of Tinseltown with his public comments and activism. One statement recently has drawn attention to the Diddy and Nickelodeon scandals: is there REALLY an “INITIATION PROCESS” in Hollywood, and what exactly does that entail?
An illegal alien from Venezuela tried to rob a bank in Sandusky, Ohio with a translator app.
20-year-old Yeixon Brito-Gonzalez was arrested after he tried to rob a bank last week.
Since he didn’t speak English, police say he held up his phone using a translator app to tell the bank workers “get the money” and “put the money in the bag.”
It is unclear when or where Yeixon Brito-Gonzales illegally entered the United States.
Police said the illegal didn’t have any ID and didn’t speak any English.
“I have been in law enforcement for over 20 years and this is the first time I encountered something like this, someone using a translator app to try and rob a bank,” Sandusky Police Chief Jared Oliver told Fox 8. “First time our officers have dealt with it too.”
The illegal alien insisted he wasn’t trying to rob a bank and was just asking the bank teller to put money in a bag for him.
Police weren’t buying the illegal’s lies.
Yeixon Brito-Gonzalez with charged with attempted robbery, attempted theft and criminal trespassing, Fox 8 reported.
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An illegal alien from Venezuela tried to rob an Ohio bank — but didn't speak English, so "he typed his demands into a TRANSLATOR APP on his phone."
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