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Looters strike Apple, Foot Locker and Lululemon stores in Philadelphia; at least 15 people arrested in mass chaos . . . A group of young looters created havoc in Philadelphia Tuesday night, stealing from several stores in a spree that is unrelated to earlier peaceful protests over a judge’s decision to drop charges against a cop who fatally shot Eddie Irizarry, police said. The unruly crowd outnumbered responding officers as they went store to store
in Center City — lifting merchandise and stuffing the loot in large plastic bags, CBS Philadelphia reported. The shoplifters hit a Foot Locker and Apple store near 15th and Chestnut Streets as well as a Lululemon in Rittenhouse Square and are accused of assaulting a security guard at the shoe store, according to the local station. At least 15 people were arrested in connection to the frenzied mass-shoplifting event, according to ABC7. New York Post
'YOU'RE FREE': Video shows hundreds of migrants being released into US
FBI refuses to release documents in probe into possible nationwide voter registration fraud . . .
The FBI took over a 2020 probe into voter registration fraud that began in Michigan but has denied a Freedom of Information Act request regarding the investigation, citing an exemption in that law regarding ongoing investigations. According to the dozens of pages of police reports from the Muskegon Police Department and Michigan State Police, a firm called GBI Strategies was under scrutiny as an organization central to alleged voter registration fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The
matter was initially investigated by city and state authorities before the FBI took over. Just the News
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High stakes for GOP debate: 5 things to watch . . . Who will be target No. 1? Will the candidates attack Trump? Can DeSantis stand out? Do Haley, Ramaswamy capitalize on their polling bumps? Will anybody
walk away with new momentum? The Hill
Trump says he will
carry out the 'largest domestic deportation operation in American history' if elected . . . Former President Trump announced his plans to carry out "the largest domestic deportation operation in American history" if he is elected to a second term in the White House. Trump blasted President Biden for the "nation-wrecking catastrophe on our southern border." Fox News
Trump fraud ruling that cancels his business licenses a
‘devastating’ blow for ex-president, experts say . . . A ruling by a New York judge that Donald Trump had committed fraud — leaving the fate of his business empire dangling in uncertainty — was a “devastating” blow for the former president, legal experts said Tuesday night. If not successfully appealed, the decision will revoke the Trump Organization’s “business certificates,” preventing the 77-year-old from conducting business in the Empire State until the revocation is rescinded. New York Post
State Election Officials Will Defer to
Courts on Removing Trump From 2024 Ballot . . . Top election officials in multiple states have said they would defer to the courts on the question of removing former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot. Lawsuits to remove Trump from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars certain government officials who took an oath to the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection” from holding office, have been filed in a number of states, including Colorado,
Michigan, and Minnesota. Daily Signal
Some Republican donors now eye Haley as best hope against Trump . . . Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley appears to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' faltering campaign, with more donors saying they are looking more closely at her candidacy as an alternative to frontrunner Donald Trump. Reuters spoke to four donors and one source close to a major donor who were impressed by the former South Carolina governor and U.S.
ambassador to the United Nations in the first Republican presidential debate in August and said they were keen to donate should she continue to strengthen as a candidate. Reuters
Trump gaining ground among Hispanic voters, poll shows . . . Former President Donald Trump is gaining momentum among Hispanic voters, according to a recent Univision poll, which claims to be the largest Hispanic bipartisan primary public polling of the 2024 election cycle so far. Among Hispanic Republicans, Trump maintains a strong lead, with 50%
responding they would vote for him in the GOP primary, the poll found. Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis follows in second place with 12%, and pharmaceutical businessman Vivek Ramaswamy trails behind at 9%. Fox News
National Security
The War in Ukraine Is Also a Giant Arms Fair . . . Ukraine has become the world’s largest arms fair.
Companies that make the weapons being used in Ukraine have won orders and resurrected production lines. The deployment of billions of dollars worth of equipment in a major land war has also given manufacturers and militaries a unique opportunity to analyze the battlefield performance of weapons, and learn how best to use them. Wall Street Journal
U.S. enemies and adversaries reveal intentions at United Nations General Assembly . . . The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly opened this month with dictators and elected leaders alike — the U.N. does not prefer one or the other — descending upon New York City to
deliver mind-numbing speeches replete with misinformation and disinformation. It’s called the “General Debate,” but if you see the UNGA (pronounced un-gah) as a great deliberative body, I suggest you consult a competent ophthalmologist. Those concerned about America’s national security, however, can find morsels of significance in the word salads served up by our adversaries and enemies. (The difference between adversaries and enemies? The former intend to defeat us. The latter intend to
destroy us.) Washington Times
The Evidence of Russian New START Treaty Cheating is Growing . . . While Russia has “suspended” its observance of the New START Treaty (clearly in violation of the Treaty), it nonetheless claims that it is
continuing to observe its limitations. However, in its annual 2023 report on the New START Treaty, the U.S. Department of State was unable to certify Russian compliance with the numerical limitations of the Treaty. Enough time has passed since the last New START Treaty on-site inspection in March 2020 for Russia to have uploaded all or most of its strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. Real Clear Defense
Hillary Clinton pokes Putin on NATO expansion: 'Too bad, Vladimir' Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton needled Russian President Vladimir Putin about NATO enlargement on Tuesday, saying: "Too bad, Vladimir. You brought it on
yourself."
Returning to the State Department for the unveiling of her official portrait, Clinton also used the occasion to display distaste for the policies of Republican former President Donald Trump, who defeated her in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Reuters
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In a first, Israeli minister arrives in Saudi Arabia as envoy visits West Bank . . . Israeli Tourism
Minister Haim Katz left for Riyadh Tuesday as the first Israeli minister to head an official delegation to Saudi Arabia, where he will take part in a conference of the United Nations Tourism Organization. A statement issued by the Tourism Ministry said that during the two-day conference marking International Tourism Day, Katz will participate in several events and meetings with his international counterparts, particularly those from the Middle East.
North Korea says it will expel Travis King, the U.S. soldier who ran across the border . . . North Korea said Wednesday that it will expel Travis King, the U.S. soldier who intentionally ran across the border into the isolated country this summer. King, 23, bolted across the heavily armed border on July 18 during a public tour of the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. A statement reported by the state-run news agency KCNA said that King will be
"expelled" at an unspecified time. CNBC
Inside Iran’s influence operation . . . In the spring of 2014, senior Iranian Foreign Ministry officials initiated a quiet effort to bolster Tehran’s image and positions on global security issues — particularly its nuclear program — by building ties with a network of influential overseas academics and researchers. They called it the Iran Experts Initiative. The scope and scale of the IEI project has emerged in a large cache of Iranian government correspondence and
emails reported for the first time by Semafor and Iran International. The officials, working under the moderate President Hassan Rouhani, congratulated themselves on the impact of the initiative: At least three of the people on the Foreign Ministry’s list were, or became, top aides to Robert Malley, the Biden administration’s special envoy on Iran, who was placed on leave this June following the suspension of his security clearance. Semafor
Poland Won’t Stand for Lectures on Ukraine . . . By Marek Magierowski, Poland’s ambassador to the U.S. On
Sept. 15, the Polish government extended its ban on the sale of Ukrainian grain within its borders. Five days later, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki remarked that Poland is “no longer transferring weapons to Ukraine because we are now arming ourselves with more modern weapons.” The response has been swift and merciless, with politicians and pundits describing Poland as two-faced, disloyal, pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian. These claims are farcical and have served as a pretext to bash my country
for its apparent change of heart. President Volodymyr Zelensky even took such swipes at the United Nations General Assembly last week. Wall Street Journal
Poland Member of Parliament Dominik Tarczynski explains to European Parliament members why there are "Zero" terrorist attacks in Poland
Inside the vast digital campaign by Hindu nationalists to inflame India . . . The BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and affiliated Hindu nationalist groups have been in the global vanguard of using social media for political aims — to advance their ideology and cement their grip over the world’s largest electoral democracy. They have perfected the spread of inflammatory, often false and bigoted material on an industrial scale, earning both envy and condemnation
beyond India’s borders. Modi swept into power nearly a decade ago. Since then, he has repeatedly rallied voters in this vast democracy and entrenched his party’s power by exploiting differences between the Hindu majority and Muslim minority. Washington Post
Money
‘Bidenomics’ fiscal shock: Managing America’s staggering debt . . . By Peter Navarro. The debate over a debt limit deal now raging in Congress offers the last possible exit ramp for future American prosperity. Absent significant spending cuts, “Bidenomics” will send America over a fiscal cliff while institutionalizing 1970s-style stagflation on steroids. America’s looming fiscal cliff is as unprecedented as it is
staggering. The legislation that most define Bidenomics — the American Rescue Plan, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the (anything but) Inflation Reduction Act — are catalyzing the most rapid increase in America’s national debt ever witnessed in a peacetime economy. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the national debt will soar from $33 trillion today to $45 trillion in 2030. By 2050, the annual federal budget deficit will increase from 5% of gross domestic product in
2030 to a mind-bending 13%. Washington Times
Target says it will close nine stores in major cities, citing violence and theft . . . Target said Tuesday that it will close nine stores in major cities across the country, citing violence, theft and
organized retail crime. The company will close one store in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, two locations in Seattle, three stores in the San Francisco-Oakland area and three more in Portland, Oregon. The discounter said it will shutter the stores for good on Oct. 21. CNBC
China’s Tencent Profited Off Fraudulent PPP Loans . . . China’s Tencent profited off fraudulent federal COVID relief program loans, according to court records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. The court records reveal that Tencent co-owned one of
the main investors in Womply, a San Francisco startup that raked in $2 billion in 2021 by helping businesses get expedited Paycheck Protection Program loans—and which was accused of profiting from "rampant fraud" in the application process. Free Beacon
‘Erroneous’: ICE Wasted Over $1 Million On Contracts To Transport Illegal Aliens, Gov’t Watchdog Says . . . U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) wasted over $1 million dollars on contracts for transporting illegal aliens, according to an inspector general report released on Monday. A
number of problems with ICE’s oversight of transportation contracts led to $408,975 in “erroneous or unsupported” payments and $900,144 in expenditures that could have been put to better use, according to the report. The excessive spending is the result of ICE’s partial failure to follow federal guidelines for managing contracts and auditing expense. Daily Caller
Hunter Biden Received $250,000 From Chinese Business Partners In
Wires Addressed To Joe Biden's Home . . . Hunter Biden’s Chinese business partners paid him more than $250,000 during the summer of 2019 in wires addressed to President Joe Biden’s Delaware home, according to bank records obtained by the House Oversight Committee that were publicized on Tuesday. Free Beacon
Mortgage demand shrinks as interest rates hit the
highest level in nearly 23 years . . . Mortgage interest rates just hit a level not seen since the year 2000. As a result, mortgage demand is now sitting near a 27-year low. Total mortgage application volume fell 1.3% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted index. Volume was 25.5% lower than the same week one year ago. CNBC
James Clapper: "Real Concern For Many Of Us" That Trump Will Try To Jail Political "Enemies List" .
. . Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper discussed his concerns about being on former President Trump's "enemies list" during an interview Monday night on CNN. Real Clear Politics
Clapper, Brennan, Comey who orchestrated the Trump-Russia collusion covert influence operation targeting 2016 presidential election must be held accountable. The same goes for the 51 intelligence officials who signed the Hunter Biden laptop Russian disinformation letter, in a influence operation targeting 2020 election. If
these characters aren't punished, they will repeat the playbook at any time against any candidate they don't like.
Sitting all day increases dementia risk — even if you exercise . . . In news that we shouldn’t take sitting down, a study just published in JAMA finds that people who
stay seated for long hours at work and home are at much higher risk of developing dementia than people who sit less. The negative effects of extended sitting can be so strong, researchers found, that even people who exercise regularly face higher risk if they sit for much of the day. Washington Post
Joe Biden's dog Commander bites another Secret Service agent . . . Commander, the president's dog, has bitten another Secret Service agent. It's the 11th such instance during President Joe Biden's time in the White House. According to documents obtained by Judicial Watch via the Freedom of Information Act, Commander bit 10 Secret Service agents between September 2022 and January 2023, hospitalizing one. Washington Examiner
The government’s new attack on Amazon could
completely restructure the giant . . . The U.S. government is launching its most consequential attack on the dominance of Big Tech in Americans’ daily lives: a sweeping antitrust lawsuit targeting retail giant Amazon Inc. The legal challenge, filed in a federal court in Washington state Tuesday, will be a defining cornerstone of the Biden administration’s pledge to curb the power of the nation’s largest tech companies, including Google, Facebook and Apple, which have been accused
of running modern monopolies that don’t fit within the confines of antiquated antitrust laws. Politico
Guilty Pleasures
Tortoise escapes from Pennsylvania vet clinic for third time . . . Residents of a Pennsylvania
town are being asked to keep a lookout for a tortoise who escaped his home at a veterinary clinic for the third time. The Mahoning Valley Animal Hospital in Leighton said in a Facebook post that Tank, a tortoise belonging to veterinarian Mike Nelson, escaped from his outdoor pen outside the clinic. This is Tank's third escape. UPI
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