The insurrectionist left is looking to purchase InfoWars, the media empire built by Alex Jones, who must now sell off his assets after an unjust lawsuit in which Jones was never allowed to make a credible defense against the charges. The court awarded the parents of the victims of Sandy Hook $1.5 billion, an amount that openly violates the 8th amendment, making cruel and unusual punishment unconstitutional.
Alex Jones’s Enemies Want to Buy InfoWars at Auction and Bastardize It With Leftist Propaganda | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com Source Link Excerpt:
Last month, a bankruptcy judge ruled that the company must be liquidated and auctioned in order to help pay the unprecedented $1.5 billion judgement against him for defaming the families of the Sandy Hook massacre.
According to a report from Semafor, several media outlets, including Media Matters for America, are reportedly looking into bidding for the company just so they can bastardize it for their own purposes.
The report states:
The open auction has sparked some serious behind-the-scenes interest among liberal groups and some nonprofit organizations dedicated to fighting misinformation, who see it as an opportunity to transform an infamous source of online hatred, conspiracies, and oddities into something quite different.
Angelo Carusone, the president of the left-leaning conservative media watchdog group Media Matters for America, confirmed that the organization would explore bidding on InfoWars.“We are diligently considering this acquisition,” he said in an email.
Carusone said that in addition to taking control of the brand’s eponymous digital channels, he was equally interested in what InfoWars hasn’t published, and wondered if the archives could contain some interesting revelations.
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Other left-leaning media players closer to home also see an opportunity. Jeff Rotkoff, the publisher of the new Texas-focused digital publication The Barbed Wire, told Semafor that although he isn’t currently in a position to buy the Austin-based company outright, he was having conversations with people in his network and was seriously considering how the site could partner with other interests or publishers to get in on the bidding.
In a brief telephone conversation this week, Rotkoff, who is also the Texas state director of Democratic-aligned super PAC Forward Majority, said that he remembers being baffled while watching Jones on local television decades ago when he was in college in Texas.
A third current executive at a left-leaning media company said they’d looked into it this week, and an adviser to several progressive nonprofit news organizations said they are speaking with big donors about placing a bid or launching a crowdfunding campaign.
Several misinformation-focused news executives who were previously unaware of the InfoWars auction before Semafor reached out expressed interest in acquiring some of its assets or buying it outright.
Leticia James had a bad day at court this week, with appellate court judges questioning the legitimacy of the charges being filed in the first place given the first overriding fact that there were no victims in this “fraud.” One U.S. attorney, Joyce Vance, is convinced it is more likely than not the charges are about to be thrown out.
Vance declared in her podcast, “My crystal ball is never very good on appellate courts. It sounds like an outright reversal, right, as opposed to a reduction. Whether they’ll ultimately debate among themselves and split the baby in some way remains to be seen. This was not a good day in court for Tish James.”
Letitia James’ Donald Trump Win Under Threat of ‘Outright Reversal’—Lawyer – Newsweek Source Link Excerpt:
New York Attorney General Letitia James’ win in former President Donald Trump‘s civil fraud case could be completely reversed, according to a former federal prosecutor.
Joyce Vance, a former U.S. attorney in Alabama, made the comments on the CAFE Insider podcast that she co-hosts with Preet Bharara, another former U.S. attorney.
Asked by Bharara if she wanted to predict the odds of “outright reversal versus reduction,” Vance said: “My crystal ball is never very good on appellate courts. It sounds like an outright reversal, right, as opposed to a reduction.”
She added: “Whether they’ll ultimately debate among themselves and split the baby in some way remains to be seen. This was not a good day in court for Tish James.”
New York Attorney General Letitia James on February 16, 2024 in New York City. Joyce Vance said the judgement in the case could be reversed. New York Attorney General Letitia James on February 16, 2024 in New York City. Joyce Vance said the judgement in the case could be reversed. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Newsweek has contacted Vance for further comment.
James’ lawsuit led to Judge Arthur Engoron ruling in February that Trump had lied for years about his wealth on documents given to banks, insurers, and others to make deals and secure loans. The judge ordered the former president and the other defendants to pay more than $350 million in penalties—a sum that has now ballooned with interest to over $489 million.
Trump’s lawyer John Sauer said during arguments on Thursday that the penalty in the case was “draconian” and that there were no direct victims since the banks involved in the transactions were satisfied.
He argued that if the verdict is allowed to stand, “people can’t do business in real estate” without fearing they’ll face similar scrutiny.
On CAFE Insider, Vance said that when appellate judges review a case, they are “very deferential to the finder of facts’ view of the facts.”
“In this case, it’s Judge Engoron who’s looking at facts and making these decisions, and they’ll defer to their decision about what the true facts are. But that’s not what this case is about now.
“It appears that these concerns are about legal theories and the way statutes were interpreted, and the appellate courts will take a fresh look at those issues and make up their own minds about whether they believe the trial judge got it right or wrong. So this is a verdict that’s really in jeopardy based on what we heard at oral argument.”
In what appears to be an intentional sabotage of American free radio, the FCC has apparently bent the rules to fast track the approval of the purchase of 200 radio stations from Audacity, most of which currently carry conservative radio talk hosts. FCC Commissioner Brenda Carr said of the then-pending deal (before congress), “The FCC is not following its normal process for reviewing a transaction. We have established over a number of years one way in which you can get approval from the FCC when you have an excess of 25 percent foreign ownership, which this transaction does. It seems to me that the FCC is poised to create, for the first time, an entirely new shortcut.”
The House Committee is looking to put a freeze on this deal, challenging its legality and the political motivation that might be leading it. The GOP-led House Committee wrote the FCC Chair a letter, stating, “Despite the unprecedented nature of this action, the FCC majority has apparently decided to approve licenses on an accelerated timeframe for a company in which George Soros has a major ownership stake, and with stations in 40 media markets reaching ‘more than 165 million Americans.’ By all appearances, the FCC majority isn’t just expediting, but is bypassing an established process to do a favor for George Soros and facilitate his influence over hundreds of radio stations before the November election.”
FCC Approves Radio License Transfer from Audacy to Soros-Funded Nonprofit – The Presidential Prayer Team Source Link Excerpt:
The Federal Communications Commission has provided regulatory approval for Audacy to transfer its licenses to a nonprofit funded by George Soros. Audacy will be able to come out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy through the sale, and Soros Fund Management will acquire over 200 radio stations. Audacy’s executives and management team will remain the same.
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability questioned the FCC’s facilitation of the deal. The chair announced an investigation into the agency’s potential politicization of the deal and possible attempt to interfere with the 2024 election.
Prior to the approval, FCC Commissioner Brenda Carr testified before Congress, “The FCC is not following its normal process for reviewing a transaction. We have established over a number of years one way in which you can get approval from the FCC when you have an excess of 25 percent foreign ownership, which this transaction does. It seems to me that the FCC is poised to create, for the first time, an entirely new shortcut.”
The House committee wrote to FCC Chair Jessica Roseworcel, saying, “Despite the unprecedented nature of this action, the FCC majority has apparently decided to approve licenses on an accelerated timeframe for a company in which George Soros has a major ownership stake, and with stations in 40 media markets reaching ‘more than 165 million Americans.’ By all appearances, the FCC majority isn’t just expediting, but is bypassing an established process to do a favor for George Soros and facilitate his influence over hundreds of radio stations before the November election.”
The one and only Vice-Presidential Debate happened Tuesday, October 1, 2024, leaving the right confident Vance won while the Democrats express concerns at what they call Walz’ weakness. Polling indicates Vance won the debate across multiple demographic groups, including independent voters in swing states, but not by a wide margin.
The key moment in the debate came when Walz declared “I am friends with school shooters.” The second key moment came when CBS moderators appear to have run interference for Walz by “fact checking” Vance with fake news that, when Vance tried to rebut it, led to them cutting off Vance’s mic. The debate most likely has not significantly moved the needle in the polls, though we will soon find out if that’s the case.
‘Knucklehead’ Tim Walz Bumbles Through Primetime Debate with a Smooth J.D. Vance– freebeacon.com Source Link Excerpt:
Gov. Tim Walz (D., Minn.) made several dubious claims during the vice presidential debate against Sen. J.D. Vance (R., Ohio) on Tuesday, but insisting he “enjoyed” the evening was easily the most far-fetched.
Ever since Vice President Kamala Harris picked Walz as her running mate in August, journalists and other Harris supporters have fawned over his “folksy” charm and “cuddly” demeanor. Some questioned why the Harris campaign has been so reluctant to make “someone billed as Mr. Likable” available for interviews with national outlets. Walz’s bumbling performance on Tuesday answered that question once and for all.
Walz appeared nervous throughout and spoke too fast, tripping over his words. His facial expressions conveyed a mixture of confusion and sheer terror, especially when asked to explain why he repeatedly lied—as recently as 2019—about being in China during the Tiananmen Square massacre in June 1989 when he was actually home in Nebraska until August of that year. Walz proceeded to give one of the most baffling answers ever recorded in the history of American politics.
“Look, I grew up in small rural Nebraska, town of 400, town that you rode your bike with your buddies till the streetlights come on, and I’m proud of that service,” Walz said in response to the question about his China falsehoods. “Now, look, my community knows who I am. They saw where I was at. They, look, I will be the first to tell you, I have poured my heart into my community. I have tried to do the best I can, but I’ve not been perfect, and I’m a knucklehead at times, but it’s always been about that.”
Mayor Adams asks court to dismiss bribery charge, says favors for Turkish government were legal – gothamist.com Source Link Excerpt:
Less than a week into his federal corruption case, lawyers for Mayor Eric Adams filed a motion Monday to dismiss a charge that Adams accepted bribes from Turkish officials, citing a three-month-old Supreme Court decision that weakened federal enforcement of bribery.
Attorney Alex Spiro’s motion attempts to undermine federal prosecutors’ argument that Adams accepted luxury travel in exchange for pressuring FDNY officials to allow a new Turkish consulate to open even while the 36-story skyscraper was riddled with dozens of safety defects.
“That extraordinarily vague allegation encompasses a wide array of normal and perfectly lawful acts that many city officials would undertake for the consulate of an important foreign nation, such as arranging meetings with regulators, offering advice about how to navigate the city’s bureaucracy, and referring diplomatic personnel to attorneys who specialize in regulatory affairs or building-code disputes,” Spiro wrote.
The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York indicted Adams Thursday on federal charges including bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy. The indictment capped one of at least five investigations swirling around the mayor and members of his inner circle over the last year and a half.
In another possible probe, the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — which first indicted Adams fundraisers in July 2023 — seized yet another Adams official’s phone Friday, the same day federal law enforcement served her a subpoena.
Smith Drops October Surprise on Trump with Court Filing Release
“Special Counsel” Jack Smith, who may or may not have the legal authority he is assuming, filed a 165-page “complaint” against Donald Trump claiming he committed crimes by challenging the legitimacy of a mass mailer election (which is no election at all). Critics are accusing Smith’s filing of being filled with misinformation of out-of-context “facts.”
Smith claimed “Ultimately, the defendant and his co-conspirators would use these fraudulent electoral votes—mere pieces of paper without the lawful imprimatur of a state executive—to falsely claim that in his ministerial role presiding over the January 6 certification, Pence had the authority to choose the fraudulent slates over the legitimate ones, or to send the purportedly ‘dueling’ slates to the state legislatures for consideration anew.”
Jack Smith Parrots Phony ‘Fake Electors’ Smear In Get-Trump Brief– thefederalist.com Source Link Excerpt:
Special Counsel Jack Smith regurgitated Democrats’ phony “fake electors” smear in his latest brief filed against Donald Trump in federal court on Wednesday. Smith previously indicted Trump for questioning the administration of the 2020 election.
Writing in his 165-page screed about Trump’s legal efforts challenging the results of the 2020 contest, Smith claimed that Trump engaged in criminal activity by, among other alleged actions, “manufacturing fraudulent electoral votes in the targeted states.” This “plan,” the Merrick Garland appointee contended, was designed to “cause” Trump electors in these states to “sign and send to [Vice President Mike Pence], as President of the Senate, certifications in which they falsely represented themselves as legitimate electors who had cast electoral votes for [Trump].”
“Ultimately, the defendant and his co-conspirators would use these fraudulent electoral votes—mere pieces of paper without the lawful imprimatur of a state executive—to falsely claim that in his ministerial role presiding over the January 6 certification, Pence had the authority to choose the fraudulent slates over the legitimate ones, or to send the purportedly ‘dueling’ slates to the state legislatures for consideration anew,” the brief reads.
Contrary to Smith’s claims, the naming of contingent Republican electors during the 2020 election cycle was neither unprecedented nor unlawful. In fact, the process conducted in contested states like Georgia parallels a similar endeavor that occurred during the 1960 presidential contest between Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard Nixon.
As The Federalist’s Margot Cleveland previously reported, Kennedy and Nixon electors cast their votes for their respective candidates when a disagreement arose over who won Hawaii’s electoral votes. While the state’s acting governor certified the election for Nixon initially, a legal challenge followed by a court decision ultimately resulted in Kennedy receiving the electoral votes.
LEFTISTS LOOK TO BUY INFOWARS, TURN IT INTO INSURRECTIONIST BRAND – The insurrectionist left is looking to purchase InfoWars, the media empire built by Alex Jones, who must now sell off his assets after an unjust lawsuit in which Jones was never allowed to make a credible defense against the charges. The court awarded the parents of the victims of Sandy Hook $1.5 billion, an amount that openly violates the 8th amendment, making cruel and unusual punishment unconstitutional.
Mayor Adams asks court to dismiss bribery charge, says favors for Turkish government were legal – gothamist.com Source Link Excerpt:
Less than a week into his federal corruption case, lawyers for Mayor Eric Adams filed a motion Monday to dismiss a charge that Adams accepted bribes from Turkish officials, citing a three-month-old Supreme Court decision that weakened federal enforcement of bribery.
Attorney Alex Spiro’s motion attempts to undermine federal prosecutors’ argument that Adams accepted luxury travel in exchange for pressuring FDNY officials to allow a new Turkish consulate to open even while the 36-story skyscraper was riddled with dozens of safety defects.
“That extraordinarily vague allegation encompasses a wide array of normal and perfectly lawful acts that many city officials would undertake for the consulate of an important foreign nation, such as arranging meetings with regulators, offering advice about how to navigate the city’s bureaucracy, and referring diplomatic personnel to attorneys who specialize in regulatory affairs or building-code disputes,” Spiro wrote.
The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York indicted Adams Thursday on federal charges including bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy. The indictment capped one of at least five investigations swirling around the mayor and members of his inner circle over the last year and a half.
In another possible probe, the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — which first indicted Adams fundraisers in July 2023 — seized yet another Adams official’s phone Friday, the same day federal law enforcement served her a subpoena.
John Kerry Vows Democrats Will ‘Change’ First Amendment to ‘Hammer Disinformation Out of Existence’– slaynews.com Source Link Excerpt:
Unelected globalist John Kerry has warned that the Democrats “need… to win” so his party can “change” the First Amendment to eliminate so-called “disinformation.”
According to Kerry, if Democrats “win” in November, the party will “hammer [disinformation] out of existence.”
However, he warns that Americans’ free speech rights are standing in the way of this alleged crusade to fight “disinformation.”
The “First Amendment stands as a major block” for the Democrats’ agenda, Kerry warned fellow globalists.
Kerry made the extreme remarks during a discussion with the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Green Energy.
THE CENTER SQUARE—Requiring students to make a DEi statement to qualify for a course is “inappropriate” and could cross the line of compelled speech, according to a Brookings Institution expert.
Stanford University is requiring that those applying to enroll in “Global Entrepreneurial Marketing,” a course offered by the Department of Management Science and Engineering, make a statement on diversity and inclusion.
“Diversity is an important part of the mission of the Stanford MS&E Department and this class,” text describing the required diversity and inclusion statement reads. “Please use this opportunity to describe how you will contribute to a culture of diversity and inclusion in this class.”
Brookings’ Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow in governance studies, questioned the requirement in a post on his X account.
“Here’s what some @Stanford engineering instructors are requiring of prospective students for course enrollment,” Rauch wrote.
Department of Justice Sues Alabama to Keep Illegal Aliens on Voter Rolls › American Greatness– amgreatness.com Source Link Excerpt:
The Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against the state of Alabama over its recent purging of illegal aliens from its voter rolls, demanding that non-citizens be put back on the rolls and allowed to vote in November.
According to Fox News, the lawsuit stems from Secretary of State Wes Allen’s (R-Ala.) decision to remove 3,251 people from the state’s voter rolls who have been issued non-citizen identification numbers, meaning that they are recognized by the federal government and still have to pay taxes despite being non-citizens. These numbers are issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and also serve to provide illegals with the means of getting driver’s licenses and providing proof of residence in the country.
“I have been clear that I will not tolerate the participation of noncitizens in our elections,” said Allen in a previous statement. “I have even gone so far as to testify before a United States Senate Committee regarding the importance of this issue. We have examined the current voter file in an attempt to identify anyone who appears on that list that has been issued a noncitizen identification number.”
DID KAMALA’S 60 MINUTES INFOMERCIAL WAKE UP THE GOP? – After the highly edited interview CBS’ 60 Minutes conducted of Kamala Harris was released, it was obvious to everyone who had access to any of the raw footage the edits were designed to put Kamala Harris in the best light possible. In other words, this was an infomercial, an illegal campaign ad created by CBS for the DNC-CCP.
As many of our readers know, this writer has long been calling for GOP Attorneys General to prosecute the MSM whenever and wherever it continues to violate campaign finance laws, advertising laws, and more (including inciting violence). Now, Donald Trump may have fired the first shot across the bow of the MSM, calling for CBS News to be investigated after the obvious campaign advertising edits were applied to the aired interview.
Trump wrote, “I’ve never seen this before, but the producers of 60 Minutes sliced and diced (‘cut and pasted’) Lyin’ Kamala’s answers to questions, which were virtually incoherent, over and over again, some by as many as four times in a single sentence or thought, all in an effort, possibly illegal as part of the ‘News Division,’ which must be licensed, to make her look ‘more Presidential,’ or a least, better.”
Voting Machines in Dallas Fail Critical Test and No One Seems to Care! (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com Source Link Excerpt:
It is outrageous to think that in a city the size of Dallas that voting machines would fail an initial validation test but that is exactly what happened. During the recent Logic & Accuracy Test, the Central Accumulator, the main tabulation computer that counts votes on election night, made serious tabulation errors for multiple Dallas County races.
Even more shocking is the lack of accountability or sense of urgency to fix the problem. If Democrats want to steal Texas, their path goes straight through Dallas and Houston. These issues must be rectified before Election Day.
Also, I will play for you a man who may be the worst, most evil Federal Judge in America, Matthew Barret. He sentenced former Mesa County Colorado Elections Clerk Tina Peters to nine years in Federal Prison for simply trying to expose election fraud. The judge called her a more dangerous criminal than the violent felons marched through his courtroom. You will hear his entire speech before laying down this outrageous sentence.
CBS’s Fake Kamala Interview Is Disinfo Meant To Sway Voters– thefederalist.com Source Link Excerpt:
In 2004, CBS News apologized and hired an independent panel to do an investigation after Dan Rather aired a bogus “October Surprise”-type story on President George W. Bush that was based on fake documents. The network was quick to recognize the potential damage that false reporting about a presidential candidate could do during an election, with the network firing the producer and Rather voluntarily leaving the network.
But while producing stories about political candidates that include inaccurate or manipulated material to interfere in an election was once considered career suicide, it is now standard editorial practice — if the propaganda press’ candidate of choice stands to benefit.
On Sunday, CBS News aired a clip of Vice President Kamala Harris stumbling through an answer to Bill Whitaker about why some foreign leaders disregard the Biden-Harris administration.
“We supply Israel with billions of dollars in military aid and yet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to be charting his own course,” Whitaker said. “The Biden-Harris administration has pressed him to agree to a ceasefire; he’s resisted. You urged him not to go into Lebanon; he went in anyway. He has promised to make Iran pay for the missile attack, and that has the potential of expanding the war. Does the U.S. have no sway over Prime Minister Netanyahu?”
Intelligence officials say US adversaries are targeting congressional races with disinformation – ABC News Source Link Excerpt:
WASHINGTON — It’s not just the presidential election: Foreign governments are targeting House and Senate races around the country in their effort to meddle with American democracy this election year, intelligence officials warned Monday.
Russia and China have launched influence operations designed to help or hurt candidates in specific congressional races. Without giving specifics about the number of affected races, an official from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Monday that both countries have zeroed in on races where they believe they have a national security interest at stake.
Other smaller nations may be trying their own influence operations, officials said. Cuba is “almost certainly” trying to boost candidates that the Cuban government believes would support their interests in America, according to a report on foreign election threats released Monday, roughly a month out from the election.
The warning from intelligence officials comes during a particularly tight battle for the House and Senate, where control could be decided by just a handful of races. While much of the attention has focused on attempts by foreign adversaries to influence the presidential race, Monday’s warning underscores the threat that online disinformation also poses in state and local contests.
‘Buying Down Premiums to Buy Votes’– www.dailysignal.com Source Link Excerpt:
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in September that it would be reducing certain Medicare prescription drug premiums in what experts who spoke to the Daily Caller News Foundation called a ploy to buy votes before the November election.
Enrollees in the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit are slated to have lower average monthly premiums for their pharmaceutical drugs next year due to the Biden-Harris administration pouring billions into subsidies for insurers, with premiums set to fall $7.45 from $53.95 in 2024 to $46.50 in 2025, according to a press release from the agency.
The move by the Biden-Harris administration is a political bribe aimed at securing the votes of Americans aged 65 and over who have the highest voter turnout historically, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“The $2,000 cap [on Medicare out-of-pocket prescription drug costs], as well as other Inflation Reduction Act provisions were slated to triple the cost of Part D,” said Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the libertarian Cato Institute. “If millions of senior citizens see their premiums triple, they’d go to the polls and vote out those responsible. The Biden administration wanted to avert that.”
Minnesota election officials brace for vote count litigation, delays – minnpost.com Source Link Excerpt:
WASHINGTON – A chaotic election season isn’t likely to end on Election Day as challenges, slow counts and other problems are predicted to thwart a speedy decision on who has won the presidential race and other close races.
Elections are run by individual states, and there’s always been a difference in how quickly ballots are counted. California, for instance, is the slowest to tally results, and Florida the quickest.
But on Election Day 2024, other hurdles are expected in a presidential race that many analysts say is too close to call right now.
“Our work is not going to be done on election night,” predicted Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, president of the National Association of Secretaries of States (NASS).
Besides post-election legal challenges to results, which Simon and many of his NASS colleagues expect, there are a host of other issues that threaten to unleash chaos on Nov. 5.
“The post-election period is going to be key,” Simon said. “It will be as fraught or more so than 2020.”
39K Nevada Voters To Receive New Ballots Following Clerk Error– thefederalist.com Source Link Excerpt:
Approximately 39,000 voters in Carson City, Nevada, will receive new ballots next week after an error by the clerk’s office mistakenly listed a third-party candidate as a Democrat.
The revelation came after the Nevada Appeal reported on Saturday that Carson City residents who received their mail-in ballots for the 2024 election discovered a mistake pertaining to the Silver State’s 2nd Congressional District. Lynn Chapman — a member of the Independent American Party — was incorrectly listed as a Democrat.
The mistake was not present on sample ballots, the outlet reported.
Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District is considered safe for Republicans this November, according to RealClearPolling. The seat has been held by GOP Rep. Mark Amodei since 2011.
New York law changing local elections to even years ruled unconstitutional – Washington Examiner Source Link Excerpt:
A New York judge ruled Tuesday that a state law that moves various local elections to even years violates the state constitution.
The law, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) in 2023, would have moved various local elections, except New York City elections, to even years, in line with congressional and state elections. Various localities in the Empire State challenged the law for violating the state constitution’s protections for local governments to determine how their governments are set up.
State Supreme Court Justice Gerard Neri agreed with Onondaga County officials who brought the legal challenge against the state.
“The prerequisites of a special law were not followed, and the subject matter of the Even Year Election Law is inherently a local issue as it affects no state offices. The Even Year Election Law is unconstitutional as specifically prohibited by Article IX of the New York State Constitution,” Neri said in the ruling.
LABOR UNION HOPES NON-CITIZENS WILL REGISTER TO VOTE IN UPCOMING 2024 ELECTION – The Laborers’ Union of North America (LiUNA) is hoping to find Democrat voters in Missouri among the recently imported de facto illegal aliens. The organization has been sending mail to “noncitizen migrant workers” that say “Stop the Steal by stopping Trump’s allies. Vote for Harris-Walz and pro-worker candidates.”
As a bulwark against this threat, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft told Fox2 “You can register online without any proof of citizenship. You can register without even and ID. Now, we have implemented in Missouri a requirement that no one is allowed to get a ballot, even if they’re registered, unless they have proven their identity at least once; so that is an extra check we have.”
US presidential election 2024: US top court rejects Republican lawsuit, allows mail-in ballot corrections in Pennsylvania – indiatoday.com Source Link Excerpt:
Pennsylvania election officials will be able to notify voters of any mistakes in their mail-in ballots and let them make changes, the state’s top court ruled, in a blow to Republicans who sought to block the practice in a state crucial to determining who will be the next US president.
In declining on Saturday to hear a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee and its state affiliate against so-called notice and cure procedures, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said the RNC filed the case too close to the November 5 election, which pits Republican former President Donald Trump against Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris.
Pennsylvania is one of seven key battlegrounds likely to sway the state-by-state Electoral College outcome that determines the winner of US presidential elections. Whichever candidate wins Pennsylvania will receive 19 electoral votes toward the total of 270 needed for victory.
FRAUD: Democrats Pushing to Flood Election with 5 Million Fake Overseas Votes– lidblog.com Source Link Excerpt:
The Democrat Party has launched an initiative to flood the polls with nine million “overseas votes” despite the fact that feds say there are only 4 million eligible voters living overseas.
The Democrat voter fraud group called “Democrats Abroad” announced that it is looking to gather nine million votes from people they claim are citizens living overseas that are eligible to vote by mail in the 2024 elections.
The group, which describes itself as the “official Democratic Party arm” in charge of “mobilizing the overseas vote,” has put $300,000 toward the vote gathering project.
If this group does gather nine million votes, that number would far exceed the number of eligible overseas voters seen in 2016.
Voter Registration Group Giving Away Taylor Swift Tix Is Led by Eric Adams Operative—Who Was Convicted of Voter Fraud– freebeacon.com Source Link Excerpt:
A voter registration group aligned with Democrats is led by a political operative convicted of voter fraud who now works for indicted New York City mayor Eric Adams, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
Civic Innovation Works, a New York-based nonprofit, is using a variety of tactics to turn out voters in battleground states like North Carolina, Georgia, and Arizona, according to analysis of its Facebook ads. At the center of its efforts is a contest offering two tickets to Taylor Swift’s November concert in Indianapolis. To qualify, entrants are required to enter their personal information—name, physical address, email address, phone number, and date of birth—in order to “check” whether they are registered to vote.
“Taylor’s got a message: Register to vote! Check your registration status, and you could win 2 tickets to her Nov 3rd show in Indianapolis. Are you in?” the ad reads.
Civic Innovation does not publicly declare a party affiliation, but the Swift-themed contest appears aimed at getting Democratic voters to the polls, leaning into the pop superstar’s recent endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. Civic Innovation is running the contest in conjunction with TargetSmart, a prominent Democratic data firm, and Vote.org, a “nonpartisan” charity that has historically aligned with liberal causes.
Harris/Biden Admin Fighting Attempts to Remove Noncitizens From Voter Registries – RedState– redstate.com Source Link Excerpt:
The survival of any nation, any republic, like the United States, depends on defined, enforced borders and trustworthy elections. Right now, our republic has neither. Our borders have been thrown wide open to all and sundry since, oh, let me think, January of 2021, and now the Harris/Biden administration has filed a lawsuit against the sovereign state of Alabama over that state’s attempts to remove non-citizens from the voter rolls. This is a lawsuit that could have far-ranging implications.
On Sept. 9, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidance seemingly threatening legal action against governmental authorities and election integrity watchdogs who might work with them to clean voter rolls, should they endeavor to do so within 90 days of Election Day. The Biden-Harris DOJ claims such actions would violate the so-called “quiet period” provision of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993.
Now, the DOJ has made good on that threat, filing a lawsuit against the state of Alabama that could have national repercussions. At issue is an effort initiated by Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen on Aug. 13 — some 84 days from Election Day 2024 — to inactivate and seek to remove non-Americans among a population of 3,251 individuals registered to vote in the state but who have been issued noncitizen identification numbers by the Department of Homeland Security.
October 7, 2024
2020 FAKE ELECTION WHISTLEBLOWER AND GOLD STAR MOM THROWN IN PRISON FOR 9 YEARS – Former Mesa, Colorado Clerk Tina Peters was sentenced to 9 years in prison for the crime of documenting evidence that the 2020 election Arizona’s Mesa County was fraudulent. She sought to preserve the security passwords of the county’s Dominion voting system to document how the system was vulnerable to outsider hacking.
Peters, 68, is also a God Star mother, meaning she lost a child to war who was fighting to serve the American republic. Her sentence of 9 years is more lenient than illegal immigrants get for beating up the police. Peters’ defense of her actions highlights the criminality of this illegal conviction and treasonous sentencing from Democrats abusing their government powers to serve the party, even if it means denying basic American Rule of Law.
She stated, “We have a secretary of state that is drunk with power. She makes emergency decrees and when we query her – she refuses to answer in violation of the state law. When I started having citizens come to me and tell me that something didn’t’ seem right in our local city elections from years ago to our 2020 election I said if there is a there we will do something about it. I am a Republican — I am a conservative and she’s not and she weaponizes her position to attack people who disagree with her. I’ve been persecuted. They are trying to take over our election office. We are the last bastion of freedom in Colorado,” the Mesa County. “We have listened to people. They send me things from all over and there are some discrepancies there that I cannot deny or unsee.”
Alabama moves to toss out DOJ lawsuit on purging noncitizen voter registrations – Washington Examiner Source Link Excerpt:
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice that argued the state was removing people from its voter registration list too close to Election Day, according to a court motion filed Wednesday.
Lawyers for Alabama’s attorney general argued that the state’s decision to switch more than 3,000 voters to inactive status was a legal move after the DOJ argued Allen violated a provision of the National Voter Registration Act that implements a “quiet period” in the 90 days before an election.
The Alabama attorneys said the lawsuit should be tossed out because the DOJ, as well as private plaintiffs who are part of the suit, did not identify any violation of the NVRA provision.
The NVRA, a landmark bill signed into law in 1993, requires states to complete “any program the purpose of which is to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters” before the 90-day quiet period begins.
Allen’s office identified 3,251 people on its voter rolls who could be noncitizens based, in part, on their alien numbers, which the Department of Homeland Security assigns to noncitizens, some of whom could become citizens.
RNC Sues Fulton County Elections Director for Refusing to Hire Republican Poll Workers — Only 15 Republicans Hired Out of Over 800 Election Staff | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com Source Link Excerpt:
Nadine Williams, the Director of Fulton County Department of Registration & Elections, allegedly excluded qualified Republican poll workers from the hiring process for the upcoming November 2024 election.
The Republican National Committee (RNC), along with the Georgia Republican Party and the Fulton County Republican Party, has filed a lawsuit against Nadine Williams, the Director of Fulton County Department of Registration & Elections.
The lawsuit alleges that Williams intentionally excluded qualified Republican poll workers from the hiring process for the upcoming November 2024 election, hiring only 15 Republicans out of 804 total election staff.
The lawsuit, filed in Fulton County Superior Court, seeks an emergency writ of mandamus, demanding Williams immediately appoint the Republican poll workers that were submitted for consideration.
Under Georgia law, political parties are entitled to submit lists of qualified individuals to serve as poll workers, and election officials are required to ensure balanced representation from both parties at polling places.
However, according to the lawsuit, the RNC and its affiliates claim that Williams has outright ignored their lists, violating the state law meant to ensure fair elections.
Out of 62 qualified Republicans submitted to work on election day, only 6 were hired. Similarly, of the 45 Republicans who applied for early voting positions, a mere 9 were selected.
According to the filing:
“As of the date of filing this Application for Emergency Writ of Mandamus, RNC, GRP and Fulton GOP believe that a total of 62 individuals on their list have applied with Defendant to work on Election Day. However, Defendant has only hired 6 of these 62 qualified workers.
A large percentage of these 62 qualified workers have never been contacted or have no idea of whether Defendant Williams intends to issue an order of appointment.
Based upon information and belief, Defendant Williams has found that 12 of the 62 individuals that are willing to work on Election Day are qualified to work the elections. However, rather than issue an appointment, Defendant Williams has put these qualified poll workers “on reserve.”
Defendant Williams has ostensibly placed the RNC, GRP and Fulton GOP’s list of qualified workers at the back of the line for Election Day work.”
October 3, 2024
DOJ accused of shielding ineligible voters after suing Alabama – Washington Examiner Source Link Excerpt:
The Biden Justice Department is facing accusations from Republicans of enabling noncitizens to vote in the 2024 election after it sued Alabama last week over the state’s recent plans for a voter roll purge.
A lawsuit was filed against Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, a Republican, on Friday alleging he attempted to remove 3,251 people registered to vote from the state’s rolls. Allen said on Monday it was his “constitutional duty to ensure that only American citizens vote in our elections” but did not elaborate further, citing the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Right-leaning groups such as America First Legal Foundation, founded by former Trump administration adviser Stephen Miller, accused the Biden administration of trying to “keep illegals on voter rolls.”
NEWSOME’S ILLEGAL ELECTION DEEP FAKE LAW STRUCK DOWN – Gavin Newsome revealed the anti-American beliefs of the DNC-CCP when he signed a bill passed by a Democratic Party super majority California legislature that attempted to make it illegal for Americans to create AI Deep Fake parodies targeting the 2024 election.
U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez ruled the law unconstitutional, stating in his ruling that the law was “a blunt tool that hinders humorous expression and unconstitutionally stifles the free and unfettered exchange of ideas. While California has a valid interest in protecting the integrity and reliability of the electoral process, AB 2839 is unconstitutional because it lacks the narrow tailoring and least restrictive alternative that a content based law requires under strict scrutiny,”
Michigan Requires Clerks Record Signature Verification After Suit– thefederalist.com Source Link Excerpt:
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has updated guidance to clerks after the Republican National Committee claimed in a lawsuit that officials counted thousands of improperly processed ballots.
The RNC sued Benson earlier this month, claiming her guidance caused officials to count “thousands” of ballots in the state’s primary without the legally-required markers showing signatures were verified, as The Federalist previously reported. Benson has since updated her guidance to clerks, telling them to indicate signature verification. The RNC said in a press release this was “in response” to its suit.
“The clerk must verify that the signature on a returned absent voter ballot envelope matches the voter’s signature on file,” reads the updated guidance. “Approval can be expressed by completing and initialing the portion of the ‘clerk section’ indicating that the signature was verified.”
Officials Can’t Say How NV Stops Abuse Of Online Voting System– thefederalist.com Source Link Excerpt:
Nevada has used the “Effective Absentee System for Elections” (EASE) system to allow military and overseas voters to vote electronically for roughly the past decade. Since the 2020 election, the state has opened the EASE system to voters who are disabled or live on an Indian reservation, allowing them to vote online. But when asked how officials ensure the system is only used by eligible voters, the office of Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar could only point to each voter’s word.
Nevada’s EASE system is “an online application that seamlessly integrates voter registration and electronic ballot delivery and marking.” EASE is described as “the first entirely online application, from registration to requesting a ballot to ballot delivery to a ballot marking system using a digital/electronic signature,” according to the secretary of state’s website.
Voters who are registered with EASE can use an electronic image that is already on file with the county or state to “mark a digital image of their ballot and return their ballot submission electronically, negating the requirement of printing and signing the ballot before returning it,” according to the secretary of state’s website. Gabriel Di Chiara, the secretary of state’s chief deputy, said the program “is entirely secure,” according to Nevada Current.
October 2, 2024
Judge bars Arizona official from enforcing disputed election rules – Arizona Daily Star Source Link Excerpt:
Calling what Secretary of State Adrian Fontes proposed “utterly without precedent’’ and comparing it to a nuclear weapon, a federal judge blocked him from refusing to include a county’s vote in the statewide totals if local supervisors fail to certify the election’s results.
In the ruling late Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Liburdi acknowledged there was at least one attempt in the past by a board of supervisors to delay certification. That action threatened to hold up the formal canvass of all the votes throughout the state and to change the outcomes of some races.
But Liburdi said the solution Fontes incorporated in Arizona’s Elections Procedures Manual — allowing him to skip over uncertified votes simply to finalize the state results — would unfairly and illegally disenfranchise the voters who had cast their ballots.
A shadow leftist group is committing large-scale voter fraud in Michigan.
The far-left group “The Voter Project Michigan” is sending blank absentee ballot applications to tens of thousands of Michigan voters who did not request them in the mail.
Along with the Michigan ballot application, the recipients receive a message from soulless Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and a letter promoting Democrat causes.
The suspicious far-left group, Voter Project Michigan, does not have a website.
It’s address is listed in the letter as a PO Box:
The Voter Project Michigan
PO Box 205
Dexter, Michigan 48130
Dexter is north-west of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Here is a copy of the letter and ballot sent out by The Voter Project Michigan.
A far-left organization The Voter Project Michigan is sending out ballots with liberal talking points to thousands of voters in Michigan. The ballots were not requested but were sent to thousands of homes anyway. – via No Consensus
The Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against the state of Alabama over its recent purging of illegal aliens from its voter rolls, demanding that non-citizens be put back on the rolls and allowed to vote in November.
According to Fox News, the lawsuit stems from Secretary of State Wes Allen’s (R-Ala.) decision to remove 3,251 people from the state’s voter rolls who have been issued non-citizen identification numbers, meaning that they are recognized by the federal government and still have to pay taxes despite being non-citizens. These numbers are issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and also serve to provide illegals with the means of getting driver’s licenses and providing proof of residence in the country.
“I have been clear that I will not tolerate the participation of noncitizens in our elections,” said Allen in a previous statement. “I have even gone so far as to testify before a United States Senate Committee regarding the importance of this issue. We have examined the current voter file in an attempt to identify anyone who appears on that list that has been issued a noncitizen identification number.”
Elon Musk: California governor signs law banning voter ID requirements; ‘Joker is in Charge’, says Elon Musk – Times of India Source Link Excerpt:
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has once again stirred up controversy by criticising California’s recent legislation that prohibits local governments from mandating voter ID requirements. Following governor Gavin Newsom’s signing of the bill into law, Musk took to X (formerly Twitter) to voice his disapproval.
The new law prevents local authorities from requiring residents to present valid identification in order to cast their vote.In his post, he expressed his concerns about election security and voter fraud, stating, “Wow, it is now illegal to require voter ID in California! They just made preventing voter fraud against the law. The Joker is in charge.”
His comment quickly generated a flurry of responses, with some supporting his viewpoint while others criticized his stance.
Users shared their apprehensions about the new legislation. One user wrote, “Democrats don’t even hide stealing elections anymore,” while another questioned, “If you need a driver’s license to drive a car, why wouldn’t you need an ID to vote in an election?”
In support of Musk’s position, a user commented, “The only reason. The only reason that you would ban voter ID is because you want to cheat. Period”.
However, another user countered this argument, saying, “Nah. New Zealand doesn’t require voter identification to vote or to enroll. It’s not “to cheat”. It’s to make voting as accessible as possible. If you call “allowing everyone who is legally able to vote, to vote as easily as they can” a form of ‘cheating’, well…”.
Eight Illegal Immigrants Arrested For Looting Evacuated Homes– www.louderwithcrowder.com Source Link Excerpt:
Eight migrants were arrested for reportedly looting victims of Hurricane Helene in eastern Tennessee and it’s unclear how many of them will be deported.
FEMA’S ANTI-DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN IS DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN DENYING MILLIONS SPENT FUNDING PLANVASION – The captured anti-American Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is spreading disinformation to attack truth by calling truth a lie. The agency, through Homeland Security Secretary Alehandro Mayorkas (one of the main engineers and executioners of the illegal Plandemic campaign currently being conducted the Democratic Party) claimed they weren’t funding illegal aliens after he said “FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season. We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have,”
The government’s own FEMA website, however destroys their efforts to spread fake news intended to incite violence against the victims of Hurricane Helene now claiming FEMA isn’t doing anything to help them (and is actually blocking aid and relief), stating they have spent more than $1 billion funding their “Shelter and Services Program,” a program designed to fund illegal aliens’ travel to America, as well as fund their “stay.”
The purpose is as plain as the nose on your face, to fund an illegal Planvasion intended to destroy the American Republic from within. From the website:
“The Shelter and Services Program (SSP) is administered by the FEMA in partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). SSP provides financial support to non-federal entities to provide humanitarian services to noncitizen migrants following their release from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The intent is to support CBP in the safe, orderly and humane release of noncitizen migrants from short-term holding facilities.”
BREAKING: FBI Search Ongoing, Armed Men Tried Barricading Congregation in Texas Church, Shots Fired– wltreport.com Source Link Excerpt:
Reports are emerging of a potential terror attack that may have been thwarted in Burnet County, Texas — northwest of Austin. Details are sketchy at this time, though a BOLO has been issued and local authorities have been augmented by FBI assistance in the search for the individuals who are reported to have been stopped in the process of a possible terror attack.
Reports say that 2 dark-skinned Mideastern Men, armed with rifles and wearing “Jihadi” garb (robes and turban) were noticed by security at a church attempting to block entrances, allegedly trying to barricade the church members inside the building.
One of the armed security members of the church is reported to have fired at least 1 round, and both men fled northbound on Hwy 281 towards Lampasas, Texas.
Law enforcement is looking for two armed suspects that fled from outside a Burnet County church Sunday morning after they were confronted by a security guard. https://t.co/ccT8u0DJwO
KAMALA LET IN 13K MURDERERS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CRIMINALS IN PLANVASION INVITATION– The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released a damning report that reveals more than 13K murderers were let in, 9K sex offenders, and over 400K total convicted criminals, along with nearly 250K facing pending charges. The numbers show that 9 percent of the total 7.4 million allowed to illegally enter this country (thanks to illegal executive orders and a refusal to enforce existing laws) are criminals or charged with crimes.
WALZ COPS DON’T HAVE TO BE U.S. CITIZENS ANYMORE – Thanks to a bill signed into law by Democrat Vice Presidential Candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a non-citizen woman from Somalia is about to walk the beat, armed with a gun, to arrest American citizens for violating American law. The officer, Lesly Vera, who has lived here since she was 4 (she is now 23), sets a dangerous precedent for police department across America as the DNC-CCP works to replace cops who won’t violate the constitution with those who will.
Non-citizen cop can now arrest you in Walz’s Minnesota– www.americanthinker.com Source Link Excerpt:
We give our police officers extreme power. We provide them with the right to arrest us before we are convicted in court or even indicted by a Grand Jury. We give them guns and qualified immunity to use those firearms.
I’ll assume Somali-native Officer Lesly Vera is a good woman. Now 23, she emigrated legally when she was four. Although she has been here for 19 years, we wonder how much of America she really understands, and respects. Rather than moving to a town where she could assimilate into our American culture, her mother took her to the largest Somali community in the U.S.
If a mother wants to adopt good American values, Minneapolis is a bad choice. The reason the choice is bad extends beyond tampons in boys’ bathrooms. The Somali influx and influence in the North Star State is so strong, according to Wiki, almost 100,000 Minnesotans speak Somali at home. Many were drawn to Minnesota’s huge welfare benefits, giving them free housing, free food, free medical care, and free education. If you weren’t born here, you could name anything you need in Minneapolis, and a government program or charity will probably give it to you. And when it comes to obeying the law… in parts of the city, Muslims have imported Sharia Law as an essential part of their culture.
Eight Illegal Immigrants Arrested For Looting Evacuated Homes– www.louderwithcrowder.com
HEZBOLLAH LEADERS DYING AS FAST AS THEY’RE APPOINTED – The last 3 Hezbollah leaders have all been eliminated by precision military strikes conducted by Israeli Defense Forces, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is letting the world to know that trend will continue as long as Hezbollah exists. Commemorating the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Massacre that set off the current war, Netanyahu vowed to continue the war until Hezbollah and Hamas are completely destroyed.
Hezbollah Heir Apparent Safieddine Likely Eliminated in IDF Airstrike, Israeli Defense Minister Gallant Says– legalinsurrection.com Source Link Excerpt:
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant indicated that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s likely successor, Hashem Safieddine, may have been killed in a recent Israeli airstrike.
Defence Minister Gallant told senior Israeli military officials that the Iran-backed terrorist group has been rendered “headless” after the elimination of its long-time chief, Nasrallah, and his likely successor, Safieddine, the Israeli media reported Tuesday.
Safieddine, a long-time Hezbollah operative, and Nasrallah’s cousin was targeted in an Israeli airstrike on a terrorist stronghold in southern Beirut. The mainstream media widely regarded the 60-year-old terrorist as a ‘potential successor’ to Hezbollah chief Nasrallah after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike nearly ten days ago.
Netanyahu Vows Victory Against Hamas, Hezbollah on Anniversary of Oct. 7 – RedState– redstate.com Source Link Excerpt:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that the nation would be victorious in the war against its enemies in remarks made just before the one-year anniversary of the start of the war in Gaza against Hamas.
On October 7, 2023, the terrorist group launched a surprise attack on Israel, murdering scores of Israeli civilians. Since then, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have been engaged in a military effort to eradicate the terrorist group.
Recently, Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terrorist group based in Lebanon, became a larger player in the war after Israel launched an attack to prevent a planned October 7-style assault.
While addressing IDF troops, Netanyahu vowed that Israel “will win” its war against Hamas and Hezbollah. “A year ago, we suffered a terrible blow. Over the past 12 months, we have completely transformed reality,” Netanyahu told troops, according to his office.
The prime minister said the “whole world admires the blows you are delivering to our enemies, and I salute you.”
Russia’s ‘Merchant of Death,’ Released by Biden in Prisoner Exchange, Now Selling Arms to Houthi Terrorists– freebeacon.com Source Link Excerpt:
Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer released by the Biden administration nearly two years ago in exchange for U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, is now selling weapons to Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen.
Bout, known as the “Merchant of Death,” met with Houthi representatives in Moscow in August under the guise of purchasing pesticides and vehicles to negotiate a $10 million deal for automatic weapons, the Wall Street Journalreported. The Houthis, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, have repeatedly launched drone and missile attacks against Israel and terrorized Israeli commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
The Biden administration faced intense scrutiny in December 2022 after agreeing to swap Bout for Griner, a WNBA star who had been arrested in Russia on drug charges. Critics say that the deal favored Moscow by releasing a high-value prisoner while failing to secure the release of Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine detained in Russia since 2018 on espionage charges.
Israeli military deploys fourth division in Lebanon ground offensive | Lebanon– www.theguardian.com Source Link Excerpt:
Israel has said it is expanding its ground operation in Lebanon with the deployment of a fourth division after another night of intense airstrikes across the south and east of the country.
The reservist 146th division was sent to southern Lebanon overnight, hours after Israel announced the mobilisation of a third standing division, meaning the number of troops on the ground is now likely to number 15,000.
Launching what it has called Operation Northern Arrows last week, the Israeli army said the ground offensive would involve “limited, localised and targeted raids” to remove Hezbollah infrastructure along the disputed de facto border between the two countries, known as the blue line.
‘My Jake died here…it breaks my heart into a million pieces,’ says mum of victim at vigil a year on from Hamas massacre– www.thesun.co.uk Source Link Excerpt:
A BRITISH couple poured out their heartbreak — and fury — as they joined families of October 7 victims at a remembrance vigil in Israel yesterday.
Michael and Lisa Marlowe were the only Britons among victims’ relatives at a gathering marking the first anniversary of the Hamashorror.
Mum Lisa fought back tears as she recalled her 26-year-old son Jake — a happy-go-lucky boy “living his best life” who had everything to look forward to.
“But I had to come here because this is the place where I feel closest to him now — it’s become sacred to me.
Israel considering exiling Hamas leaders in Gaza as part of ceasefire deal– www.mirror.co.uk Source Link Excerpt:
Israeli officials are considering exiling Gaza’s Hamas leaders including the shadowy boss Yahya Sinwar – and having them sent to Sudan.
The Sudan option, if done with Sinwar’s consent, would be part of a ceasefire deal involving the release of hostages still in the Palestinian Strip. If the swap-for-exile agreement is struck it may mean some of Hamas’ assets frozen in Sudan by its government could be unfrozen, although it is not known where they would go.
Massive Explosions Rock Beirut and Southern Lebanon as Israel Steps Up Bombing Campaign – democracynow.org Source Link Excerpt:
Dozens of massive explosions rocked the Lebanese capital overnight Sunday, marking Israel’s heaviest bombardment on Beirut and the city’s southern suburbs since Israel widened its war on Lebanon two weeks ago. Earlier today, Israeli warplanes bombed a fire station in the town of Baraachit, killing at least eight people. Hezbollah fired rockets at the Israeli port city of Haifa, wounding at least 10 people. Israeli’s assault has now displaced 1.2 million people in Lebanon. After headlines, we’ll go to Beirut for the latest.
October 4, 2024
As the War in Gaza becomes the Middle East war with Israel now invading Lebanon and declaring war on Iran after being hit by ballistic missiles from Iran, the U.S. is announcing plans to send 1,000 or more additional U.S. troops to the region, bringing the total number in the region to as much as 43,000.
As the U.S. announced its plans, Iran launched more than 200 ballistic missiles into Israel, with President Biden responding by saying“I’m more aware than you might know (of the missile attacks), and I’m comfortable with them stopping. We should have a cease-fire now.”
The US is sending a few thousand more troops to the Middle East to boost security – Baltimore Sun Source Link Excerpt:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending a “few thousand” troops to the Middle East to bolster security and to defend Israel if necessary, the Pentagon said Monday. The announcement follows word that Israel has already launched limited raids across the border into Lebanon.
The additional forces would raise the total number of troops in the region to as many as 43,000.
The increased presence will involve multiple fighter jet and attack aircraft squadrons, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters. U.S. officials said the total includes small numbers of other troops to augment the presence as well.
U.S. condemns Iran attack on Israel, says there will be consequences– www.cbsnews.com Source Link Excerpt:
The U.S. vows severe consequences for Iran over its attack on Israel, but what those are remain unclear. President Biden has pushed for a cease-fire in Lebanon to avoid a wider war, but he also stressed the U.S. is fully supportive of Israel.
LEBANON
Israel attacks heart of Beirut as Hezbollah pushes back in southern Lebanon | Israel attacks Lebanon News– www.aljazeera.com Source Link Excerpt:
Israel’s military has killed at least six people in an air attack on central Beirut after suffering losses in fighting with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
The attack on Lebanon’s capital occurred overnight, hitting an apartment building in the residential district of Bashoura, not far from the parliament. Lebanese health officials said a further seven people were wounded.
The attack is the second one on the Lebanese capital this week, with Hezbollah-aligned al-Manar TV station saying the apartment building was linked to the armed group’s health unit.
Reporting from the scene, Al Jazeera’s Laura Khan said the sound of the explosion “reverberated around the buildings and shocked everyone nearby”.
Meanwhile, missiles also hit Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, a densely packed residential area that is also a Hezbollah stronghold and where the group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed last week.
Israeli military says regular infantry, armored units joining limited ground operation in southern Lebanon– www.foxnews.com Source Link Excerpt:
The Israeli military announced Wednesday that regular infantry and armored units were joining what it described as its limited and localized ground operations in southern Lebanon.
This comes after Israel said Tuesday that commando and paratroop units had crossed the border in a ground operation in Lebanon, according to Reuters.
The military said that special forces units had been conducting ground raids against Hezbollah terror targets across the border for months in which tunnels and weapons were found under homes.
The Israeli military said regular infantry and armored units were joining what it has called its limited and localized ground operations in southern Lebanon. (IDF)
The infantry and armored troops from the 36th Division include the Golani Brigade, the 188th Armored Brigade and the 6th Infantry Brigade.
As Israel’s decapitation strategy has Hezbollah reeling, Biden administration hopes to avert wider war– www.washingtonexaminer.com Source Link Excerpt:
HEZBOLLAH DEFANGED: Israel’s stunningly effective campaign to decapitate Hezbollah’s leadership with exploding devices and precision airstrikes has left the once fearsome terrorist group rudderless and seemingly in disarray.
The death of Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s longtime leader, capped a week in which the group’s entire military chain of command was wiped out, along with several high-ranking Iranian commanders working with Hezbollah.
“Nasrallah … made the fateful decision to join hands with Hamas,” President Joe Biden said in a statement. “His death from an Israeli airstrike is a measure of justice for his many victims, including thousands of Americans, Israelis, and Lebanese civilians.”
Both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who hopes to succeed him, expressed support for Israel’s right to defend itself while warning of the risk of escalation.
“I have an unwavering commitment to the security of Israel. I will always support Israel’s right to defend itself against Iran and Iran-backed terrorist groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis,” Harris said in her statement.
US warns Iran as tensions rise over Israel-Hezbollah conflict – jpost Source Link Excerpt:
US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that he would speak with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – at a time when the two men are at odds over Lebanon and amid a fear of an all-out war regional war.
”I’ll tell you what I say to him when I talk to him,” he told reporters but did not say when the conversation would take place. Asked whether the all-out war in the Middle East could be avoided, he replied: “It has to be. We really have to avoid it.”
Biden’s Latest Response to the Israeli Missile Strikes in Yemen Shows He’s Cooked– townhall.com Source Link Excerpt:
One thing that comes to mind is that if you’re a Democrat, you must be relieved that this man is no longer your 2024 nominee. President Joe Biden spoke to the press about the recent Israeli missile strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen. It did not go well, with Biden seemingly thinking that the two parties were involved in a labor dispute.
“They gotta settle the strike. I’m supporting the collective bargaining effort,” he said.
Holy smokes Biden thought Israeli missile strikes in Yemen were WORKER STRIKES.
“They gotta settle the strike. I’m supporting the collective bargaining effort.”
Kamala worked to cover this decline up for the past 4 years. Never forget that.pic.twitter.com/GjWKj48qyv
IDF meets little resistance in Lebanon after weeks of hitting Hezbollah hotspots, leaders– www.foxnews.com Source Link Excerpt:
Israel has been increasing its strikes for weeks against the terrorist organization in southern Lebanon, as well as with targeted strikes in Beirut.
On Tuesday, the IDF confirmed in a statement shared with Fox News Digital that since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel – after which Hezbollah began striking military posts along Israel’s northern border – the IDF has conducted dozens of “targeted operations” to “dismantle Hezbollah’s terrorist capabilities” that pose a threat to civilians in the north.
Israeli Forces Enter Hezbollah’s Underground Tunnels Ahead of Likely Ground Assault– freebeacon.com Source Link Excerpt:
Israeli forces have been quietly conducting cross-border raids in southern Lebanon, entering Hezbollah’s sophisticated underground tunnel network to prepare for a likely ground assault on the terror group’s remaining strongholds.
The raids, first reported in the Wall Street Journal, are part of a broader effort to kneecap Hezbollah ahead of a ground assault teased by Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant on Monday. President Joe Biden responded with dismay, saying he would be “comfortable with [Israel] stopping.”
“The elimination of [Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah is a very important step, but it is not the final one. We will employ all the capabilities at our disposal,” Gallant told “infantry and tank brigades” positioned near the Lebanese border. “We will use all the means that may be required—your forces, other forces, from the air, from the sea and on land.”
Israeli special forces are said to be using the “targeted” raids to collect intelligence as they prepare for the full-blown assault, which would aim to destroy the Radwan Forces, Hezbollah’s own special forces unit, along Israel’s northern border.
Hezbollah’s tunnel system is key to moving militants and arms closer to Israeli territory. By dismantling these networks, Israel is setting the stage for its troops to clear out any remaining Hezbollah outposts that pose a threat to the Jewish state’s northern communities. Upward of 50,000 Israelis have been forced from their homes since Hezbollah began lobbing missiles and drones at towns along the northern border in the wake of Oct. 7.
“If you’re going to tell people it’s safe to come home, it better be safe to come home,” said Richard Goldberg, a former White House National Security Council member and regional analyst. “Getting rid of tunnel infrastructure, clearing out missile stockpiles and ensuring no one ever sees a Hezbollah flag from their window ever again is the only way to give people the confidence to return.”
Israel Begins Ground Operations Against Hezbollah in Lebanon– legalinsurrection.com Source Link Excerpt:
Israeli military on Monday night began ground operations against the terrorist group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. “Israeli ground forces crossed into southern Lebanon early Tuesday,” the Associated Press reported. “Israeli artillery units pounded targets in southern Lebanon and the sounds of airstrikes were heard throughout Beirut.”
According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), current ground operations are limited to Hezbollah-held border areas of southern Lebanon. “In accordance with the decision of the political echelon, a few hours ago, the IDF began limited, localized, and targeted ground raids based on precise intelligence against Hezbollah terrorist targets and infrastructure in southern Lebanon. These targets are located in villages close to the border and pose an immediate threat to Israeli communities in northern Israel,” the Israeli military said early morning Tuesday.
After operating in Gaza, where the soldiers of the 98th division gained skills and operational experience, they moved north and are now conducting limited, localized, targeted operations that began last night.
IDF begins ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon– www.euronews.com Source Link Excerpt:
The Israeli military said it was carrying out “targeted ground raids” in villages close to the Israeli border.
Israeli raids force 100,000 to flee Lebanon for Syria | Israel-Lebanon attacks News– www.aljazeera.com Source Link Excerpt:
Some 100,000 people have fled to Syria from Lebanon in a bid to escape Israeli air raids, according to the head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).
“The number of people who have crossed into Syria from Lebanon fleeing Israeli airstrikes – Lebanese and Syrian nationals – has reached 100,000,” Filippo Grandi said on X on Monday. “The outflow continues,” he warned.
The number of displaced people crossing the border has more than doubled over the past two days, according to the UN official’s figures.
UNHCR was “present at four crossing points, alongside local authorities and (the Syrian Red Crescent) to support new arrivals,” Grandi added.
According to UNHCR, the mass displacement of people into war-torn Syria began a week ago, on September 23, as the focus of Israel’s air attacks widened from Gaza to include Lebanon, where it says it is targeting the Iran-backed Hezbollah armed group.
Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut for the first time in nearly a year of conflict– www.euronews.com Source Link Excerpt:
Israeli airstrikes flattened a multi-storey apartment complex in central Beirut, killing at least one and wounding dozens more.
The first apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict levelled an apartment building early on Monday.
The airstrike hit a multi-storey residential building, according to witnesses. Videos show ambulances and a crowd gathered near the building in a mainly Sunni district with a busy thoroughfare lined with shops.
‘Israeli intelligence likely spent years inserting agents into Hezbollah operations’– www.mirror.co.uk Source Link Excerpt:
The Mirror’s Defence and Security Editor Chris Hughes shares his analysis of the latest events in the Middle East and says Israeli spies have exploited the mayhem of the Syrian civil war, which may have led to the degrading of the Hezbollah network’s security checks
Another high-ranking Hezbollah commander killed by Israeli airstrike as conflict escalates– www.cbsnews.com Source Link Excerpt:
The Israeli military said Sunday that it killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official in an airstrike as the terrorist group in Lebanon reels from a string of devastating blows and the killing of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah.
The Israel Defense Forces said it killed Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of Hezbollah’s Central County, in an airstrike on Saturday. Hezbollah confirmed his death, making him the seventh senior Hezbollah leader slain in Israeli strikes in a little over a week. They include founding members who had evaded death or detention for decades.
Kaouk was a veteran member of Hezbollah going back to the 1980s and served as Hezbollah’s military commander in southern Lebanon during the 2006 war with Israel. He often appeared in local media, where he would comment on politics and security developments, and he gave eulogies at the funerals of senior militants. The United States had announced sanctions against him in 2020.
Iranian officials visit Hezbollah office in Tehran to offer condolences over Nasrallah’s martyrdom Source Link Excerpt:
TEHRAN – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared that the world should recognize that the blood of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and his associates will fuel a strong resistance against tyranny and oppression.
During his visit to Hezbollah’s office in Tehran on Monday, Pezeshkian honored Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader who was killed in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut on September 27, which utilized munitions supplied by the U.S.
Pezeshkian criticized the United States and its allies for their disregard for human rights, stating that those who claim to defend human dignity ironically label those fighting oppression as “terrorists.” He praised Nasrallah for dedicating his life to the liberation of the Palestinian people and assured that Iran would continue to support both the Palestinian and Lebanese causes.
In a cabinet meeting on Sunday, he emphasized the need for Tehran to respond decisively to the Israeli regime’s actions.
Additionally, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi paid a visit to Hezbollah’s office in Tehran and offered his condolences for the martyrdom of Nasrallah.
Multiple U.S. states were devastated by Hurricane Helene, who hit Florida as a Category 4 Hurricane and then dumped record levels of rainfall on North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, George and the aforementioned Florida. Days later, people are still trying to piece together what happened and what’s happening, with conflicting claims the Federal government is responding “adequately” and others saying not only are they not helping, they’re threatening to arrest people who are helping.
As of October 2, 2024, the reported death toll is 100, but there are reports of 1,000 or more people missing, and that report is from North Carolina alone. Donald Trump has toured some affected areas but Biden and Harris have yet to make appearances. Whole towns are reported wiped out, but many have already pledged to rebuild.
Whistleblowers Allege FEMA Wasted Taxpayer Funds, Left Local Responders Without Deployment Orders– wltreport.com Source Link Excerpt:
According to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), whistleblowers alleged that FEMA has wasted taxpayer dollars, misappropriated funds, and left local responders without deployment orders in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
The Florida congressman described the whistleblower allegations in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
“FEMA whistleblowers allege agency misappropriated funds amid Hurricane Helene disaster, withheld pre-disaster aid, and left first responders and service members waiting in hotels without deployment orders,” Benny Johnson wrote.
BREAKING: FEMA whistleblowers allege agency misappropriated funds amid Hurricane Helene disaster, withheld pre-disaster aid, and left first responders and service members waiting in hotels without deployment orders pic.twitter.com/HFSZS6CO1o
Yesterday, you stated that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is a part of your department, “does not have enough funds to make it through the [hurricane] season.” This news comes after FEMA has spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on migrants due to Border Czar Kamala Harris’ open border instead of prioritizing funding for Americans impacted by disasters.
My office has been in contact with whistleblowers in numerous emergency-management functions at the federal, state, and local levels, and they all point to the same critical mismanagement issues. FEMA has wasted taxpayer funds, misappropriated funds, and left other federal, state, and local responders without deployment orders on the ground. As reported and further confirmed by my office, hundreds, if not thousands of service members were deployed by the Department of Defense to North Carolina and have sat idle, waiting for FEMA. We have confirmed FEMA employees deployed, on the clock, awaiting orders in hotels. FEMA pre-disaster aid was withheld, exacerbating the emergency. It is also public that NGOs have purchased airline tickets for migrants through the use of FEMA funds.
FEMA Doled Out Millions Pushing ‘Equity’– www.dailysignal.com Source Link Excerpt:
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Federal Emergency Management Agency in May 2023 launched a $12 million grant program designed to increase “equity” in disaster responses by making greater investments in communities with high concentrations of racial and sexual minorities, documents show.
FEMA’s 2023 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program sought to disburse multimillion-dollar grants designed to bolster disaster preparedness “equity” for what it called “underserved communities,” a label later defined in grant documents as “populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, who have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social and civic life.” Examples of these groups cited in the FEMA documents include African Americans, Hispanics, Middle Easterners, LGBTQ+ people, and people living in rural areas, among others.
“LGBTQIA people, and people who have been disadvantaged, already are struggling,” FEMA emergency management specialist Tyler Atkins said in a leaked Zoom recording that surfaced on Sunday. “They already have their own things to deal with. So, you add a disaster on top of that, it’s just compounding on itself.”
Private Helicopter Mission Delivers 500,000 Pounds of Supplies Near Asheville, North Carolina (Video) | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com Source Link Excerpt:
Savage Operations Center is helping to deliver supplies to those impacted by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina./Image: Video screenshot.
As the Biden-Harris regime continues to utterly fail Americans devastated by Hurricane Helene, their fellow citizens continue to step up to help their neighbors.
The Gateway Pundit has reported on the regime’s deliberate neglect of Hurricane Helene’s victims while passing out billions of dollars to illegal aliens straight from FEMA’s budget while offering a paltry $750 to American citizens.
Adam Smith was concerned when he was unable to contact his daughter and her mother after the hurricane. He told WRAL News that he drove 18 hours from Texas and finally reached them using a private helicopter.
After reuniting with his family, Smith organized a private helicopter mission, Savage Operations Center, to deploy privately owned helicopters and volunteer pilots to deliver aid to those trapped and isolated in the mountains of North Carolina.
Smith told WRAL News he started the operation when he couldn’t get in touch with his daughter and her mother. He drove 18 hours from Texas to find his family, ultimately getting on a private helicopter to be reunited with them.
Using privately-owned helicopters and volunteer pilots, Savage Operations is using 150 volunteers to deliver supplies to people trapped and isolated in the mountains. Already 500,000 pounds of supplies have been delivered.
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Thirty helicopters touched down in a single day this week to deliver food, water and supplies.
“We didn’t answer”: DeSantis refuses to take calls from Kamala Harris as another hurricane looms– www.salon.com Source Link Excerpt:
Despite his state dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and anticipating yet another devastating storm, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won’t answer calls from Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss federal relief efforts, purportedly believing that the calls “seemed political,” NBC News reported.
“Kamala was trying to reach out, and we didn’t answer,” a DeSantis aide told the outlet.
DeSantis also missed a call from President Joe Biden because he was on a plane. He also did not attend a post-hurricane meeting held by Biden in Northern Florida, despite being invited. He has spoken with FEMA director Deanne Criswell, NBC reported.
“It’s up to him if he wants to respond to us or not,” White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said at a press conference Monday. “But what we’re doing is we’re working with state and local officials to make sure we are ready to be there for the communities that are going to be impacted. We are doing the job.”
Disaster Relief No Longer About Emergency Response, It’s About ‘Disaster Equity’ › American Greatness– amgreatness.com Source Link Excerpt:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is supposed to be the government’s premier emergency relief organization in times of disaster, like the situation now faced by victims of Hurricane Helene’s aftermath in North Carolina and Tennessee.
But according to the FEMA website, the agency now places higher priority on instituting Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity guidelines than on easing the suffering of Americans displaced by disaster.
We just released our 2022-2026 Strategic Plan.
“We will remain focused on increasing equity in our programs & policies, leading resilience in a changing climate and strengthening the emergency management workforce.”– @FEMA_Deanne
THOUSANDS FEARED DEAD IN NORTH CAROLINA ALONE AFTER HELENE HITS – More than two weeks after Hurricane Helene first hit American soil, residents in North Carolina are not only still counting their dead, but they’re also still finding them, and the morgues are overrun, so family backyards are becoming graveyards.
One North Carolina official quoted by the Spectator, said, “According to folks on the ground — fire, medical, law enforcement officials — they’re way underreporting the numbers. All the morgues are full and they’ve hauled a ton [of bodies] to Greensboro. People are starting to bury them in their yards because they have no place to put them.”
10-07-2024
FEMA’S ANTI-DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN IS DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN DENYING MILLIONS SPENT FUNDING PLANVASION – The captured anti-American Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is spreading disinformation to attack truth by calling truth a lie. The agency, through Homeland Security Secretary Alehandro Mayorkas (one of the main engineers and executioners of the illegal Plandemic campaign currently being conducted the Democratic Party) claimed they weren’t funding illegal aliens after he said “FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season. We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have,”
The government’s own FEMA website, however destroys their efforts to spread fake news intended to incite violence against the victims of Hurricane Helene now claiming FEMA isn’t doing anything to help them (and is actually blocking aid and relief), stating they have spent more than $1 billion funding their “Shelter and Services Program,” a program designed to fund illegal aliens’ travel to America, as well as fund their “stay.”
The purpose is as plain as the nose on your face, to fund an illegal Planvasion intended to destroy the American Republic from within. From the website:
“The Shelter and Services Program (SSP) is administered by the FEMA in partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). SSP provides financial support to non-federal entities to provide humanitarian services to noncitizen migrants following their release from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The intent is to support CBP in the safe, orderly and humane release of noncitizen migrants from short-term holding facilities.”
10-03-2024
THANKS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FUNDING, FEMA WARNS HURRICANE FUNDS ARE TAPPED – Anti-Americanist Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas released a chilling message this week that claims FEMA’s emergency hurricane fund is tapped after Hurricane Helene. Mayorkas told reporters “We are meeting immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. We do not have the funds.”
As Mayorkas makes this assertion, reports of FEMA spending hundreds of millions of dollars to fly illegal aliens to various parts of the country, then fund their stay, are causing Americans to question if the Harris administration intentionally denuded America’s crisis emergency fund to not only fund her planvasion, but to further sabotage America.
Kamala Harris Announces How Much Hurricane Victims Will Get — And People Are PISSED!– wltreport.com Source Link Excerpt:
To all the victims of Hurricane Helene in multiple different states…
Who have lost their entire houses…
Entire towns….
Entire lives….
Family members washed away and killed….
Kamala Harris just announced that help is on the way!
FEMA will be sending you…..$750!
Absolutely unreal:
Kamala Harris is in Georgia to announce that FEMA will be providing federal relief in the form of $750 to those affected by Hurricane Helene. Generous.
More than 1,000 missing in NC county devastated by Hurricane Helene | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com Source Link Excerpt:
“I cannot convey in words the sorrow, heartbreak and devastation my sisters and I are going through nor imagine the pain before us.”
In a North Carolina county hard hit by Hurricane Helene, more than 1,000 people are missing and 10 have been confirmed dead on Sunday. Buncombe County authorities released the tragic toll in an emergency meeting for locals to learn about crisis medical shelters and the status of rescue operations in areas flooded by the Category 4 storm., the New York Post reported.
Officials have established an emergency website to seek and coordinate assistance in finding those who remain unaccounted for. Hurricane Helene demolished the small town of Steinhatchee, Florida, wiping it “off the map” in its murderous swing through the South.
“This is insanely sad,” Olivia Rondeau posted on X. “The below image was posted from Asheville NC by Jessica Drye Turner moments before the roof collapsed. She survived, but her parents in the bottom right corner and her 6-year-old nephew drowned.”
Bipartisan group urges Congress to act on Helene disaster relief– www.washingtonexaminer.com Source Link Excerpt:
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pleading with Congress to pass some sort of disaster relief for the agricultural sector in states ravaged by Hurricane Helene.
In a letter sent to congressional leaders Tuesday, 33 lawmakers urged the top lawmakers to pass an appropriations package “as soon as possible” to address the agricultural damage caused by the storm. The letter includes signatories from both parties, stretching across the ideological spectrum from firebrand Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA) to left-wing Democrats such as Rep. Maxwell Frost (FL).
“Farmers and growers nationwide, not only those damaged by Helene, have now faced multiple growing seasons without sufficient federal support,” the lawmakers, led by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA), said in their letter. “Federal agricultural disaster is essential to help our States and our Nation recover. We urge you to work with the administration to ensure disaster relief resources are made available to our growers.”
Lawmakers left town last week and are not expected to return until after the election on Nov. 12. So far, Congress has no plans to reconvene to pass additional disaster relief.
Hurricane Helene wreaks havoc across Asheville, NC; National Guard deployed, 119 rescued– www.foxnews.com Source Link Excerpt:
As of Sunday morning, the North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) activated more than 500 soldiers and airmen and more than 200 vehicles and aircraft, including hoist and emergency aviation assets as well as high-water response vehicles.
The NCNG reported that it completed 16 air missions, resulting in the rescue of 119 citizens and 11 pets.
“Our National Guard air assets have identified people on the ground, and utilized social media and emergency calls to locate, identify, and evacuate citizens in Western North Carolina,” the NCNG wrote in an update on X.
Biden Stayed At The Beach While Floods Hit Appalachia– thefederalist.com Source Link Excerpt:
President Joe Biden remained lounging at the beach this weekend while Appalachian valleys in North Carolina and Tennessee suffered deadly flooding from Hurricane Helene.
As of Sunday morning, dozens had died across the southeastern United States, but the death toll is likely to rise following the torrential downpour from the Category 4 storm that smashed into the Big Bend of Florida on Thursday.
Biden’s public schedule had him depart for Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Friday, the day after the hurricane’s initial landfall. He was initially expected to be there through late Sunday evening, but the president reportedly returned to Washington earlier on Sunday as tensions escalate in the Middle East.
Floodwaters almost completely isolated the North Carolina city of Asheville from the outside world, breaking roads and knocking out power and cell service. State officials are scrambling to airlift supplies into the region. Ryan Cole, the assistant director for emergency services in Buncombe County, said the “Biblical” flooding had wrought devastation in the area.
“You’ve heard us say, ‘catastrophic devastation within our county.’ I would go a little bit further and say we have Biblical devastation through the county,” Cole told reporters Saturday. “We’ve had Biblical flooding here, and it has been extremely significant.”
🚨 Asheville and Western North Carolina are UNDERWATER.
Biden’s at the beach and Kamala’s at fundraisers with West Coast Elites
People Notice Something Peculiar About a Staged Kamala Harris ‘Briefed by FEMA’ Photo – RedState– redstate.com Source Link Excerpt:
… It is perhaps with that in mind that Harris (or her handlers) posted a photo to the Twitter machine late Sunday night showing her with her cell phone in front of her, a pen in her hand, and wearing her earbuds, looking like she was doing official work:
“I was just briefed by @FEMA_Deanne Criswell on the latest developments about the ongoing impacts of Hurricane Helene. We also discussed our Administration’s continued actions to support emergency response and recovery.
I also spoke with @NC_Governor Cooper about the ongoing rescue and recovery efforts in North Carolina.
Our Administration will continue to stay in constant contact with state and local officials to ensure communities have the support and resources they need.
Doug and my thoughts are with all those who lost loved ones and those whose homes, businesses, and communities were damaged or destroyed during this disaster.”
I was just briefed by @FEMA_Deanne Criswell on the latest developments about the ongoing impacts of Hurricane Helene. We also discussed our Administration’s continued actions to support emergency response and recovery.
Kamala Goes ‘Full Biden’ As Reporters Are Forced Out of FEMA Meeting – RedState– redstate.com Source Link Excerpt:
Joe Biden was hanging out at the beach over the weekend, and Kamala Harris was at swanky fundraisers in California as people were suffering from Hurricane Helene.
But then it was Kamala Harris who went to FEMA on Monday and read from a script saying they support the people who are suffering from the storm’s catastrophic effects.
She also was there apparently for a FEMA meeting. But she had nothing to say about that either. You have to check this out — can we say Joe Biden 2.0? It had everything, from the smirking, confused, and dismissive look on the face and refusing to answer any of the shouted questions — just like Joe — to the aggressive handlers pushing the press out of the room. Let’s be real: She can’t answer them without a script of talking points, and she looks like she’s in over her head.
Kamala goes Full Biden, refusing to take questions on the botched hurricane response as the press is forced out of her staged FEMA briefing pic.twitter.com/RwDs2SoKzY
Biden Accuses Trump of ‘Lying’ About White House Response to Hurricane Helene– townhall.com Source Link Excerpt:
President Joe Biden accused former President Donald Trump of “lying” about the federal response to Helene, a Category 4 hurricane that wreaked havoc in six states, killing at least 130 people, with many more still missing.
When asked by a reporter to respond to Trump’s accusations that he’s been “ignoring” the affected communities, Biden fired back.
“He’s lying and the governor told him he was lying. I’ve spoken to the governor,” Biden said. “I don’t know why he does this and the reason I get so angry about it, I don’t care about what he says about me, but I care what he communicates to the people that are in need. He implies that we’re not doing everything possible. We are. I assume you heard the Republican Governor of Georgia talk about that. He was on the phone with me more than once. So that’s simply not true. And it’s irresponsible.”
Donald Trump is a liar.
I’m working with governors and local officials to help those impacted by Hurricane Helene. pic.twitter.com/N2rzfFEftV
Biden and Harris’ Response to Hurricane Helene Is Part of a Disturbing Pattern– townhall.com Source Link Excerpt:
Hurricane Helene dissipated over the weekend, but not before smashing into Florida’s Big Bend as a category four storm, inflicting “biblical” damage across the southern United States. After landfall, the heavy rains led to catastrophic flooding that’s killed almost 100 people so far. In the Newport area of Tennessee, about 60 miles outside Knoxville, residents were forced to scramble after the Waterville Dam failed.
And where’s Biden and Harris throughout this crisis? It’s part of an unseemly pattern with this administration: when disaster strikes, everyone runs away. A train derails in East Palestine, Ohio—the Biden White House drags their feet. Severe wildfires strike Maui, the deadliest in 100 years, and it takes Joe forever to get out there. Joe’s mind is applesauce. Kamala is too stupid to know what to do—and the rest of this government is stacked with incompetents and other invalids. Meanwhile, there are reports that hundreds of thousands of people in Ashville, North Carolina, could be without access to water for weeks.
Yes, this is a campaign issue because we have an administration that can’t do disaster response.
Really bad timing for such a natural disaster. The President’s mind is pudding, and he’s in involuntary retirement.
Vice President is retarded and on the campaign trail.
Cabinet members are all morons focused on implementing gay race communism and importing the third world.
The city of Asheville has announced that nearly 100,000 residents may be without access to water for weeks following the tragic… pic.twitter.com/dZi0d9NPla
Biden Treats Deadly Hurricane Disaster As An Inconvenience– thefederalist.com Source Link Excerpt:
Joe Biden needs lots of rest. Earning $400,000 a year as president of the United States is exhausting work.
And it’s been a rough weekend for Biden. His schedule had him starting his weekend time off at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Friday at 2:15 p.m., but it was 3:30 before his motorcade snarled local traffic on Route 1 on his way to the beach. Gaa! Late.
Then when he got to his beach house, thanks to Hurricane Helene, the sky was overcast, and the waves were really high. Don’t you hate when you go to the beach and the weather is subpar?
Meanwhile Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee were being terrorized by Helene. Flooding surged into villages and cities. Mudslides and torrents of water washed away everything in their path: homes, bridges, powerlines.
RNC Response
Trump Does What the Biden-Harris Bunch Won’t Do, He’s Visiting the GOP-Voting Disaster Areas They Ignore – RedState– redstate.com Source Link Excerpt:
Former President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he will do something no high-ranking member of the Biden-Harris administration has done: visit some of the areas devastated by Hurricane Helene. On Monday, Trump will be in Valdosta, GA, to talk to recovery teams and help deliver relief supplies. Over 90% of Lowndes County, GA, for which Valdosta is the county seat, is still without power.
The fairly useless head of the Biden-Harris Federal Emergency Management Agency, longtime emergency management apparatchik Deanne Criswell, says she will get around to visiting the massive disaster area spanning four states “as soon as it is possible.” [OPINION: if you can’t be bothered to move your headquarters to the sound of the guns, maybe you should just pack your s*** and get off the battlefield.]
Somehow, Trump making political hay out of this is wrong, never mind that only weeks after his inauguration, Trump was blamed for the response to Hurricane Maria despite the years of neglect and corruption by Democrat regimes in Puerto Rico. See — Trump brings Hurricane Helene into the 2024 campaign.
This is Trump’s schedule and the venue where he will speak.
Here’s the schedule and a picture of the building in Valdosta. Huge cluster f*** pic.twitter.com/JFXeqUgcXt
It is good to see Trump will make the Biden-Harris response to the disaster, particularly in Georgia and the Carolinas, a campaign issue.
During a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, Trump accused President Joe Biden of “sleeping” at his beach house in Delaware and dragged Vice President Kamala Harris for holding fundraising events in California over the weekend “when big parts of our country have been devastated by that massive hurricane.”
Trump Speaks, Distributes Supplies to Those Affected by Hurricane Helene– legalinsurrection.com Source Link Excerpt:
Oh, look. Former President Donald Trump is the first on the scene of a disaster. Not President Joe Biden. Not VP Kamala Harris.
Trump is in Valdosta, GA, to meet with officials, distribute relief supplies, and address the media.
He should speak at 2PM ET. Here is the livestream.
🚨 NOW: President Trump just arrived in hurricane-stricken Valdosta, Georgia to deliver aid and resources
Trump Orchestrates Effort to Help Helene Victims, Supporters Step Up in Incredible Way– www.westernjournal.com Source Link Excerpt:
Forgiving the powerful people who have harmed American citizens in recent years will require much future reflection and prayer.
In the meantime, the moment calls for acts of generosity, which, by God’s infinite wisdom, can lead us to forgiveness.
On Monday, former President Donald Trump initiated a GoFundMe campaign to help victims of Hurricane Helene. As of early Tuesday morning, the campaign had already raised over $1.9 million, far exceeding its original goal of $1 million.
A big reason that GoFundMe thrived? The former president helped spread word of the relief effort via his social media platform Truth Social.
Not Just Ohio: Biden-Harris Have Flown Hundreds of Thousands of Haitians All Across the Country– lidblog.com Source Link Excerpt:
Recently the problems that Springfield, Ohio, is suffering with the thousands of Haitians shipped there by the Biden-Harris regime has been at the top of the news. But, it isn’t just one little town in Ohio being hit with this problem. Biden and Harris have been inundating small towns all across the country with these migrants and the ills they bring…
Since fiscal 2021, more than 485,000 Haitian illegal border crossers, a record, have been reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The overwhelming majority were reported this fiscal year, nearly 216,000, compared to 48,727 in fiscal 2021.
Since fiscal 2021 through August, the majority have been apprehended at the southwest border of nearly 262,000, followed by nearly 221,000 nationwide and nearly 2,300 at the northern border, according to the data.
Additionally, since July, 205,000 Haitians have been released through the CHNV parole program, according to CBP data. Of the more than 765,000 illegal foreign nationals released into the country through the CBP One app, the top nationality is Haitian. Through these programs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also extended Temporary Permanent Status to them and granted work authorization.
Risking escalation everyday American soldiers are on the ground in the middle of the Gaza and Lebanon War, the U.S. decided to double down on this risk in the wake of further escalations of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. The Defense Department announced plans to send dozens more soldiers to the region.
Major General Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said of the decision, “In light of increased tension in the Middle East and out of an abundance of caution, we are sending a small number of additional U.S. military personnel forward to augment our forces that are already in the region.”
Pentagon to Send More U.S. Troops to Middle East as Tensions Rise – The New York Times Source Link Excerpt:
The Pentagon is sending additional U.S. troops to the Middle East as tensions continue to rise after Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah killed at least 350 people in Lebanon, Defense Department officials said on Monday.
The troops will number in the dozens, one official said, and will head to the region to help protect the thousands of Americans who are stationed there.
Maj. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, declined to say exactly how many troops were deploying, citing operational security.
“In light of increased tension in the Middle East and out of an abundance of caution, we are sending a small number of additional U.S. military personnel forward to augment our forces that are already in the region,” he said.
America First Legal has begun an investigation into the connections between the current DNC-CCP nominee Tim Walz, who is also the governor of Minnesota, and the Chinese Communist Party. Walz has lived in China for years with connections to high-ranking members of the CCP. He also continues to be an apologist for the CCP, calling white people more of a threat to America than the Chinese Communist Party.
AFL Launches Probe Into Tim Walz’s Alleged China Ties– trendingpoliticsnews.com Source Link Excerpt:
America First Legal has opened a new investigation into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s “extensive, multi-decade entanglement with the People’s Republic of China (PRC),” the group announced in a press release on Tuesday.
On August 16, 2024, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) opened a congressional investigation into alleged ties between Walz and Chinese government officials. Comer reported that Walz has visited China at least 30 times and operated Travel Adventures Inc., a for-profit enterprise that organized trips to China for American children from 1991 through 2003.
In addition, Walz was a fellow at the Macau Polytechnic University during his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, a Chinese institution that characterizes itself as having a “long held devotion to and love for the motherland.”
New transcripts from the White House reveal that President Donald Trump directly requested more troops for January 6 but was turned down. He was apparently the only voice calling for more troops, meaning, most likely, most of the people around him were in on the true insurrection, assuring a mass mailer election, which is no election at all, was illegally certified.
President Trump’s Request for More Troops on January 6th was Denied › American Greatness– amgreatness.com Source Link Excerpt:
After years of mainstream media accusations that former President Donald Trump did nothing to protect the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, new transcripts reveal that the then-president was the only one who wanted extra security, only for his requests to be refused.
As reported by Just The News, the transcripts show that President Trump ordered officials to “do whatever it takes” to protect the Capitol on the day that the electoral votes for the 2020 election were being certified, out of fear of protests against the suspicious and probably fraudulent election results.
The transcripts were recorded during interviews with top government officials in the aftermath of January 6th by the Pentagon’s inspector general. One of the key witnesses was Mark Milley, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. During his interviews, Milley admitted that during a meeting on January 3rd, President Trump had already approved the use of the National Guard and active-duty troops to maintain law and order in the nation’s capital on the 6th.
“The President just says, ‘Hey look at this. It’s going to be a large amount of protesters coming here on the 6th, and make sure that you have sufficient National Guard or Soldiers to make sure it’s a safe event,’” Milley recalled to the inspector general. Milley then said that Christopher Miller, who was acting Secretary of Defense at the time, assured the president of security plans for that day: “Miller responds by saying, ‘Hey, we’ve got a plan, and we’ve got it covered.’ And that’s about it.”
Later in the same interview, Milley again confirmed that President Trump was the one who insisted on higher security.
“It was just what I just described, which was, ‘Hey, I don’t care if you use Guard, or soldiers, active-duty soldiers, do whatever you have to do,” Milley continued. “Just make sure it’s safe.”
However, when Miller was interviewed by the inspector general, he confessed to refusing to use additional security for fear of political repercussions.
“There was absolutely — there is absolutely no way I was putting U.S. military forces at the Capitol, period,” said Miller at the time. The former acting secretary went on to say that officials instead utilized an interagency process to come up with an alternative plan that would delegate some DC National Guard troops to the job of directing traffic, but not to actually guard the Capitol; this proposal was suggested by Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D-D.C.).
“The operational plan was this, let’s take the D.C. National Guard, keep them away from the Capitol,” Miller explained. “Let’s put — the request, it wasn’t my request, Bowser and her Metropolitan Police Department were like ‘Let’s put D.C. National Guard on traffic control points and at the Metro stations to free up credentialed law-enforcement officers that can go out and arrest people.’”
The transcripts of the interviews were released by House Administration Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.). The bombshell revelations vindicate President Trump, and raise even more questions about the roles that officials like Milley, Miller, and Bowser played in the lead-up to the peaceful protest which went inside the Capitol, which has since been widely and falsely described as an “insurrection.”
Just before the Department of Justice sued Via for allegedly becoming a monopoly in the debit card market, former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) had her husband Paul sell off more than $500K in Visa stocks, possibly enough as much as $1 million in stocks. The move makes it clear Pelosi is using her office to financially feather her own nest and it is perfectly legal for her and other congressmembers to do so.
Nancy Pelosi’s Husband Sold Over Half a Million in Visa Stock Before Antitrust Lawsuit › American Greatness– amgreatness.com Source Link Excerpt:
Public records prove that Paul Pelosi, the husband of former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), sold over $500,000 worth of Visa stock shortly before the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced antitrust charges against the company.
According to the New York Post, Pelosi’s transaction occurred less than three months before the announcement of the federal lawsuit on Tuesday. The DOJ alleges, after an investigation over the course of several years, that Visa has become a monopoly in the debit card market. The company, the DOJ claims, has subsequently used its position of power to punish customers and businesses who use rival payment processors.
A congressional filing from July 3rd revealed that Paul Pelosi had sold about 2,000 shares of Visa, worth at least $500,000 and as much as $1 million. The disclosure form was posted on X by Christopher Josephs, a tech entrepreneur and the owner of the “Nancy Pelosi Stock Trader” account, which documents Pelosi’s various stock dealings and scrutinizes the circumstances under which certain transactions take place.
J6ers undergoing re-education under threat of harsh sentences – afn.net Source Link Excerpt:
It’s not enough to be kept incarcerated indefinitely for simply being present at the Capitol that day. Now, prisoners have to admit that Trump is “bad” and that the events that day were a “threat to democracy.”
Treniss Evans, a “J6er,” testified at a special live hearing last week led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) that those who are incarcerated are also going through re-education.
“May I share a couple of titles?” Evans asked. “These were re-education materials distributed to them about: ‘Trump’s big lie,’ ‘Trump’s crimes before he called for the attack on our democracy,’ ‘Donald Trump: How he has attacked our democracy. Negligence, obstruction, rape, tax evasion.’ These are actual lesson plans.”
According to Evans, prisoners are given credit for taking these courses. But Sandy Rios, host of the Sandy Rios 24/7 podcast, said she knows that if prisoners don’t take the courses or otherwise admit they were wrong, then they receive “draconian sentences.”
“Never in an American court have I ever seen them insist on so-called ‘criminals’ or defendants to actually swear that they have changed their minds or that their thinking was wrong,” she tells AFN.
These J6ers, she says, have to admit to the narrative that the Left has set.
Rios
“In many cases in these court rooms, people have had to admit, according to the Left, to judges that Trump did not win the election,” she describes. “They have to state it and state it out loud in court or write out that he did not win the election in 2020 – that there was no election interference.”
The podcast host also explains that many of them have had to take these re-education courses around everything that happened on January 6 – such as lessons on democracy.
Additional narrative, she explains, that they have to agree to includes that the riot was “an attempt to change the outcome of the election.”
“And many people, because they were afraid, scared to death, actually did go through with this and sign statements that they were wrong, that Trump really did not win, that Joe Biden is the rightfully elected president of the United States,” she adds.
She says not even in a criminal trial – for example, in a murder trial – is the defendant required to recant or admit guilt. “We’ve never, to my knowledge, in this country had this happen,” Rios laments.
A new study from Just Facts “found that about 10% to 27% of non-citizen adults in the U.S. are now illegally registered to vote… The U.S. Census recorded more than 19 million adult non-citizens living in the U.S. during 2022. Given their voter registration rates, this means that about two million to five million of them are illegally registered to vote. These figures are potentially high enough to overturn the will of the American people in major elections, including congressional seats and the presidency.”
Millions of Non-Citizens Plan to Vote in 2024 Election, Study Finds– slaynews.com Source Link Excerpt:
A troubling new study has revealed that millions of non-citizens living in the United States are planning to vote illegally in the 2024 presidential election.
Just Facts, a nonprofit research institute, found that 2.7 million non-citizens are likely to cast votes in November.
The shocking discovery further adds to concerns that the outcome of the presidential race will not reflect the will of the only people permitted to vote in federal elections – American citizens.
The study “found that about 10% to 27% of non-citizen adults in the U.S. are now illegally registered to vote,” Just Facts noted in an overview.
“The U.S. Census recorded more than 19 million adult non-citizens living in the U.S. during 2022,” it says.
“Given their voter registration rates, this means that about two million to five million of them are illegally registered to vote.
The Department of Justice released a threatening letter sent by Ryan Wesley Routh, the man who was allegedly hoping to assassinate Donald Trump while he was golfing, in which he offered $150,000 to complete the job should he fail to complete his mission (which is to kill Donald Trump).
Routh Allegedly Wrote a Very Disturbing Letter Months Ago About Trump. Why Did DOJ Release It?– townhall.com Source Link Excerpt:
Would-be Trump assassin Ryan Wesley Routh allegedly wrote a chilling letter about his plan to take out the former president, a new filing released by federal prosecutors shows.
A witness contacted investigators on Sept. 18 informing them that Routh dropped off a box at his home “several months” before the Sept. 15 incident when Secret Service opened fire on Routh, who had been waiting in the shrubbery with a rifle for Trump, who was playing golf at his club in West Palm Beach. It was after this that the witness opened the box to find “ammunition, a metal pipe, miscellaneous building materials, tools, four phones, and various letters,” according to the filing.
One of the letters, allegedly written by Routh, was addressed to “The World” and said, in part, “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you. I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job.”
A photo of the first page of the letter was included in the filing, which also shows Routh criticizing Trump for being “unfit” to serve as president.
The filing claims Routh also wrote, Trump “ended relations with Iran like a child and now the Middle East has unraveled.”
U.S. hits Russian state media with sanctions for raising money for Moscow’s troops in Ukraine – LA Times Source Link Excerpt:
The U.S. State Department has announced new sanctions on Russian state media, accusing a Kremlin news outlet of working hand in hand with the Russian military and running fundraising campaigns to pay for sniper rifles, body armor and other equipment for soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
While the outlet, RT, has previously been sanctioned for its work to spread Kremlin propaganda and disinformation, the new allegations suggest its role goes far beyond influence operations. Instead, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday, RT is a key part of Russia’s war machine and its efforts to undermine its democratic adversaries.
“RT wants its new covert intelligence capabilities, like its longstanding propaganda disinformation efforts, to remain hidden,” Blinken told reporters. “Our most powerful antidote to Russia’s lies is the truth. It’s shining a bright light on what the Kremlin is trying to do under the cover of darkness.”
U.S. Soldiers Destroy Kamala Harris for Her Debate Lie about Having No Soldiers in a War Zone– lidblog.com Source Link Excerpt:
During last week’s debate, Kamala Harris claimed that her and Biden’s administration marks the first time in decades that no U.S. soldiers are serving in a war zone. Butt now a video has surfaced made by U.S. soldiers that rips Harris to pieces over her debate lie.
Here is the lie Harris delivered last Tuesday: “As of today, there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone, in any war zone around the world for the first time this century.”
But some U.S. soldiers who are currently serving on active duty in a war zone had one little question for the vice president.
WATCH:
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Kamala Harris Sees No Gain in Polls After Debate › American Greatness– amgreatness.com Source Link Excerpt:
New polling confirms that Vice President Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) did not see any major boost as a result of her first debate with former President Donald Trump, despite claims from the mainstream media that she was the winner of the debate.
As the Daily Caller reports, the latest poll from ABC News and Ipsos saw that Harris only gained one percentage point in a general election matchup against President Trump, now at 51% to Trump’s 47%. This was despite 58% of respondents in the same poll saying that they believed Harris won the debate.
The poll was conducted online between September 11th and September 13th, with a sample size of 3,276 registered voters and a margin of error of 2%. In the same poll, Harris leads Trump among all adults with 51% to 46%, with her lead increasingly slightly among likely voters, with 52% to Trump’s 46%.
Republicans favored to regain Senate as key race shifts in GOP’s favor – nypost Source Link Excerpt:
Republicans are in pole position to take back the Senate majority for the first time in four years after a widely respected analysis shifted a key race toward the GOP candidate Thursday.
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report assessed the Montana contest between incumbent Democrat Jon Tester and challenger Tim Sheehy as “lean Republican.”
If all three races break the Republicans’ way, the GOP would begin the 119th Congress with 53 members of the upper chamber, providing a key check on Democrats should Kamala Harris win the White House and her party regain the House.
Montana Democrat Jon Tester (above) is facing challenger Tim Sheehy as “lean Republican,” according to an assessment from Cook Political Report. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, told an “inter-faith” gathering that “every religion is a way to arrive at God.” The statement came in the Singapore Catholic Junior College.
He further clarified “There are different languages to arrive at God but God is God for all. But my God is more important than your god, is that true? There is only 1 God & each of has a language to arrive at God. Sikh, Muslim, Hindu, Christian, they are different paths.”
BREAKING: Pope Francis: ‘Every religion is a way to arrive at God’– www.lifesitenews.com Source Link Excerpt:
SINGAPORE (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis today told young people of different faiths that “every religion is a way to arrive at God.”
Addressing an inter-religious meeting of young people in Singapore just before departing for his return flight to Rome, Pope Francis turned to one of the central themes of his pontificate – inter-religious dialogue.
“One of the things that struck me about all of you here is your ability to engage in inter-religious dialogue, and this is very important,” he told the crowd, assembled in Singapore’s Catholic Junior College.
Notwithstanding any comments to the contrary, the Catholic Church has consistently and clearly taught that it is the only true Church, the Body of Christ (Eph 1:22), and it exercises the charge given by Christ to spread the Gospel to all nations and to bring souls into the Church (Mark 16).
‘Every religion’ reaches God
Leaving aside his prepared speech and speaking without a script {transcript subsequently published here}, Francis instead spoke chiefly on dialogue between religions, having just taken questions from a Catholic, a Sikh, and a Hindu.
NEW: #PopeFrancis on inter-religious dialogue:
“Every religion is a way to arrive at God. There are different languages to arrive at God but God is God for all.
But my God is more important than your god, is that true?
There is only 1 God & each of has a language to arrive at… pic.twitter.com/TMHRDjEuJ9
The meeting’s widely varied mix of creeds represents Singapore’s status as one of the most diverse religious nations in the world. Focusing on this, Francis urged that no religion be given priority but that individuals instead focus on parity between beliefs:
If we start to fight amongst ourselves and say “my religion is more important than yours, my religion is true, yours is not,” where will that lead us? Where?
It’s okay to discuss [between religions].
Continuing, the Pope declared that each religion is a means to attain God, stating:
Every religion is a way to arrive at God. There are different languages to arrive at God, but God is God for all. And how is God God for all? We are all sons and daughters of God. But my god is more important than your god, is that true?
There is only one God and each of us has a language to arrive at God. Sikh, Muslim, Hindu, Christian, they are different paths.
The Pope’s words were warmly welcomed by those present in the hall, which included leaders and representatives of Singapore’s many religious bodies and the large papal retinue.
Courage to pursue religious harmony
Francis also dedicated time warning of the dangers of “bullying” and urging young people to have “courage” to move forward in inter-religious dialogue.
In order to have inter-religious dialogue between youth it takes courage, because youth is really the time when there is courage in our lives. But you can also have this courage and use it for things that really don’t help you, or you can use that courage to move forward and engage in dialogue.
Engaging in a discussion with the selected young people on the stage about the evils of bullying, Francis urged that to “move past” differences “helps with inter-religious dialogue.”
“You can build and move forward with inter-religious dialogue when you respect each other, and this is very important.”
He encouraged them to build a “safe space” where they could discuss their differences without fear of bullying. “Because dialogue is something that creates a path, a way,” Francis said.
He closed the meeting by calling on all present to “pray for each other” in silence. The Pope did not give a formal blessing – echoing his actions in Indonesia – but instead vocally called for God’s blessings on those present:
Let’s pray for each other … May God bless all of us. And as time passes and you become older, especially as you become grandparents, pass this on to the children and grandchildren.
God bless you and pray for me, but pray in favor, not against [me].
Following the conclusion of Francis’ comments, the young people assembled made an inter-religious pledge, committing to promote religious dialogue and harmony:
We the future generation pledge to be a beacon of unity and hope by promoting cooperation and friendships that nurture the harmonious co-existence between people of diverse beliefs.
Speaking to a similar inter-religious gathering of youth in Indonesia only last week, Francis said “Here, you are from diverse religions, but we have only one God, He is only one.”
Catholicism and salvation
Pope Francis has made numerous inter-religious statements and collaborated in formal documents on the matter – notably the controversial 2019 Abu Dhabi document and the Istiqlal Declaration, signed just days ago in Indonesia. The Abu Dhabi text has been described as seeking to “overturn the doctrine of the Gospel” due to its promotion of equality of religions in a form of “fraternity.”
However, the much-loved and widely respected approved catechism, the Baltimore Catechism, reminds readers simply that “The one true Church established by Christ is the Catholic Church.” {Q. 152}
Catholic doctrine teaches that this fact is knowable since the Catholic Church alone has the four marks of being the true Church: one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic.
As a result, the Church teaches that all souls must “belong” to the Church to be saved: “All are obliged to belong to the Catholic Church in order to be saved.” {Baltimore Catechism Q 166.}
This teaching of “Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus” (no salvation outside the Church), has been increasingly rejected by modernizing activists in recent years, yet remains valid and unchanging in the Church’s teaching.
Pope Leo XIII pronounced it clearly in his 1824 encyclical letter UbiPrimum:
It is impossible for the most true God, who is Truth Itself, the best, the wisest Provider, and the Rewarder of good men, to approve all sects who profess false teachings which are often inconsistent with one another and contradictory, and to confer eternal rewards on their members. For we have a surer word of the prophet, and in writing to you We speak wisdom among the perfect; not the wisdom of this world but the wisdom of God in a mystery.
By it we are taught, and by divine faith we hold one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and that no other name under heaven is given to men except the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth in which we must be saved. This is why we profess that there is no salvation outside the Church.
The Vatican’s 1949 decree from the Holy Office instructed bishops charged with promoting true ecumenism to draw souls to the Church, and that they must always teach the fullness of the Church’s priority:
By no means is it permitted to pass over in silence or to veil in ambiguous terms the Catholic truth regarding the nature and way of justification, the constitution of the Church, the primacy of jurisdiction of the Roman Pontiff, and the only true union by the return of the dissidents to the one true Church of Christ.
The Catholic Church notes that it is possible for those remaining outside the Church “through no grave fault of their own” and who are somehow unaware that the Church is the true Church, to still be saved “by making use of the graces which God gives them.” However, salvation in these cases of “invincible ignorance” is not found through other churches, but is through the Catholic Church as the channel of grace, as taught by St. Thomas Aquinas.
Vance says Trump’s plan to end the war would likely force Ukraine to give up land, NATO aspirations– www.washingtonexaminer.com Source Link Excerpt:
VANCE’S VISION OF UKRAINE PEACE: Former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), has laid out a vision of how he expects Trump’s plan to bring the war in Ukraine to a quick end will play out, and it’s pretty much everything Russian President Vladimir Putin could have hoped for.
Trump has repeatedly refused to say he wants Ukraine to win but has promised to end the war as soon as he wins the November election — before he actually takes office. “I will get that settled and fast, and I’ll get the war with Ukraine and Russia ended,” Trump said at this week’s debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. “If I’m president-elect, I’ll get it done before even becoming president.”
“I think what this looks like is, Trump sits down, he says to the Russians, the Ukrainians, the Europeans, you guys need to figure out, ‘what does a peaceful settlement look like?’” Vance said in a podcast interview Thursday with former Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan.
“And what it probably looks like is something like the current line of demarcation between Russia and Ukraine — that becomes like a demilitarized zone, it’s heavily fortified so the Russians don’t invade again,” Vance said. “Ukraine retains its independent sovereignty. Russia gets the guarantee of neutrality from Ukraine, it doesn’t join NATO, it doesn’t join you know some of these sort of allied institutions. And I think that’s ultimately what this looks like.”
Russia and China Conduct Largest Military Drills since Cold War › American Greatness– amgreatness.com Source Link Excerpt:
In the last week, the military forces of China and Russia conducted some of the largest drills in the last 30 years, marking an alarming increase in the two nations’ displays of military strength.
According to Fox News, the week-long drills will include 90,000 troops, 400 naval vessels, and 120 aircraft, and will take place in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, as well as the Baltic, Caspian, and Mediterranean Seas. The drill has been named “Ocean 24.”
The display of power takes place as representatives from the United States meet with leaders of the European Union in Brussels, specifically focusing on rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific Region. China and Russia have slowly been growing closer together in recent years, with the former supporting the latter’s invasion of Ukraine.
The United States has been critical of China for providing “very substantial” support to Russia’s ongoing war effort.
“These are not dual-use capabilities,” said U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell after the latest reports of China providing military supplies to Russia. “These are basically being applied directly to the Russian war machine.”
The one and only Vice-Presidential Debate happened Tuesday, October 1, 2024, leaving the right confident Vance won while the Democrats express concerns at what they call Walz’ weakness. Polling indicates Vance won the debate across multiple demographic groups, including independent voters in swing states, but not by a wide margin.
