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September 29, 2021
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There are forces that wish to destroy America. Some of them are visible, and some are stealth . . . The visible forces include terrorists and certain nation states, such as Iran. Radical Islamic preachers cry “death to America” in their sermons, encouraging martyrdom through suicide bombings. Sept. 11 was their crowning achievement, so far. There likely will be other attacks. Some of our military leaders have so predicted. China might
also make the list, if not as a destroyer, then as a nation that wants to supplant America as the world’s top economic and military power.
Those who would destroy by stealth include illegal immigrants flowing across our southern border. Their intention may not be to destroy America, but that will be the effect if we don’t quickly stop the influx and discourage others from coming. Some in the liberal media claim we have a “moral obligation” to help immigrants when we are ignoring the plight of women in Afghanistan and so many other areas. Some Democratic progressives shout “racism” because the latest flood includes
Haitians. Signs rapidly appear. Some say, “Stop deportation now!” Where did the signs come from? Who are the people carrying them, and where do they come from? Is someone paying them? The media never ask these questions.
Illegal immigrants are not only attracted by low-paying jobs, but by lots of free stuff, like access to health care and public schools, all paid for by American taxpayers. If a pregnant noncitizen gives birth on U.S. soil, her child instantly becomes a U.S. citizen with all the benefits of full citizenship. Opinion. Daily Signal
In the long-term unlimited immigration will destroy the country. In the short-term, the negative impact of Illegal immigration disproportionately affects blacks and other minorities, who are born in the U.S. or live here legally. Sharing with you a podcast channel that is hosted by three black Americans. Charles Love, Shemeka Michele, and Dr. Wilfred Reilly discuss the news of the day and cultural issues plaguing our society from
the standpoint that is rarely featured by mainstream pundits. Cut the Bull
Leftist Democrats threaten to blow up Biden’s whole agenda . . . A large faction of House liberals is threatening to derail President Joe Biden’s economic agenda by voting against a critical infrastructure bill Democrats hope to pass this week.
More than half of the 95-member House Progressive Caucus will vote against the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that Speaker Nancy Pelosi planned to bring up for a vote later this week. The group is insisting that the House and Senate first pass a $3.5 trillion social welfare spending bill that is not yet written and lacks full support among Democrats. White House Dossier
Clock ticking for U.S. Congress as Friday government shutdown looms . . . The U.S. Congress on Wednesday had just two days left before the federal government begins shutting many of its operations unless Democrats manage to pass a bill providing new funding for the fiscal year that begins on Friday.
Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives and Senate were expected to put a temporary funding bill, possibly extending through Dec. 3, up for a vote as soon as Wednesday in the hope that Republicans will support it. Reuters
Kamala Harris commends student for speaking ‘your truth’ after coed accuses Israel of ‘ethnic genocide’ . . . “I see that over the summer there have been, like, protests and demonstrations in astronomical numbers” about the Palestinian cause, the student said. She went on to note how “just a few days ago there were funds allocated to continue backing Israel, which hurts my heart because it’s ethnic genocide and displacement of people, the same
that happened in America, and I’m sure you’re aware of this.” Harris responded that she was glad the student spoke out. “This is about the fact that your voice, your perspective, your experience, your truth, should not be suppressed and it must be heard, right? And one of the things we’re fighting for in a democracy, right?” Harris said. White House Dossier
Sure, it doesn’t matter to our vice president if you accuse Jews of a form of “genocide,” as long as you are speaking “your truth.” Between Kamala and the squad, plenty of anti-semitism and hate towards Israel in the Democratic Party, yet the majority of Jews vote Democratic. Go figure.
Trump looms large as Youngkin, McAuliffe trade barbs in final Va. governor debate . . . Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday hit back at Democrat Terry McAuliffe over painting him as a loyalist to former President Donald Trump. Mr. Youngkin addressed the attacks in the second and final debate between the two gubernatorial candidates, which was held at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria.
“There’s an over and under tonight on how many times you’re going to say Donald Trump, and it was 10 and it [was] just busted through. You’re running against Glenn Youngkin,” Mr. Youngkin said. Mr. McAuliffe attacked his opponent on his plans on election integrity, saying he was pandering to the former president’s claims of voter fraud. The Democrat also reiterated that Mr. Youngkin has been endorsed by Mr. Trump several times.
“He is bought and paid for by Donald Trump,” Mr. McAuliffe said. Washington Times
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Biden Paints Himself Into a Corner on the Iran Nuclear Deal . . . At the United Nations General Assembly last week in New York, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian sought to dash the Biden administration’s hopes for a follow-on agreement to President Obama’s nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. “We will not have a so-called longer and stronger deal,” Mr. Amir-Abdollahian declared. He added that
to resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal, the Biden administration would have to offer more sanctions relief than the Obama administration did. The administration refuses to use the stick and return to President Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign. President Biden likely will use his approach of “maximum-carrots diplomacy," meant primarily to deter covert actions by Israel’s military and intelligence services against Iran, which Jerusalem is committed to expanding. Wall Street Journal
Top generals dispute Biden’s claims on Afghan withdrawal . . . Top military leaders on Tuesday confirmed that they advised the White House to keep at least 2,500 troops in Afghanistan and to reject an arbitrary timeline for withdrawal, seemingly contradicting President Biden, who said the Pentagon brass was on board with his Aug. 31 exit date regardless of conditions on the ground and warning signs of a likely Taliban takeover. The
acknowledgments from Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley and Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., the head of U.S. Central Command, were among the most significant revelations from a heated hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The three witnesses faced questions about decision-making that led to the hasty pullout, the chaotic and violent finals days of the U.S. combat mission, and the problems of fighting terrorism without a U.S. military presence inside
Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Washington Times
Yeah, but no worries, Joe Biden will make arrangements with his buddy, "killer" Putin to let us bases in Central Asia, in order to conduct air strikes with Gen. Milley's super-duper "over-the-horizon" capabilities. Spot-on targeting - 10 civilians, mostly children, eliminated from the "battlefield." Theater of absurd.
Havana Syndrome Attacks Widen With CIA Officer’s Evacuation From Serbia . . . The CIA evacuated an intelligence officer serving in Serbia in recent weeks who suffered serious injuries consistent with the neurological attacks known as Havana Syndrome, according to current and former U.S. officials. The latest episode is an example of a steady expansion of attacks on American spies and diplomats posted overseas by unknown assailants
using what government officials and scientists suspect is some sort of directed-energy source. Still more suspected attacks have occurred overseas and in the U.S., the current and former officials said, along with recently reported ones in India and Vietnam. “In the past 60 to 90 days, there have been a number of other reported cases” on U.S. soil and globally, said Dr. James Giordano, a Georgetown University professor of neurology who is advising the U.S. government on the
issue.” Wall Street Journal
U.S. Deports High-Profile Hacker to Russia Before End of Prison Sentence . . . The U.S. released a high-profile Russian cybercriminal from its custody this week, at least a year before his prison sentence was expected to finish, handing him over to Russian authorities despite long resisting Moscow’s efforts to retrieve him. Alexei Burkov, 31, was placed on a commercial airline flight on Monday after being released from federal prison last
month, officials said. He was detained by Russian authorities at a Moscow airport Tuesday, according to Russian state media.
Mr. Burkov was extradited to the U.S. in late 2019 from Israel on hacking-related charges, including fraud, identity theft, computer intrusion and money laundering. He pleaded guilty to running web forums where hackers swapped stolen data and in June 2020 was sentenced to nine years in prison, including time served while being held in custody by the Israelis since 2015. Wall Street Journal
Another gift from President Biden to Putin. Why not keep the guy here, debrief him, turn him to work for us, and run offensive counterintelligence ops against our adversaries. You could do all sorts of things with this type of characters. Let's see whom Joe will be getting in return. Or is it a truly gift-gift?
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With Gen. Bar as new IAF chief, 3 top IDF officers favor pre-empting nuclear-armed Iran . . . Gen. Tomer Bar, 52, was named Israel’s new Air Force Chief on Monday, Sept. 28, just hours before Naftali Bennett’s first address to the UN General Assembly as Israel’s prime minister. This move served to fortify Bennett’s comments on Iran: “Words won’t stop centrifuges. Iran has reached a watershed moment, but so have we,” he said.
We will never let Iran have a nuclear bomb. If we use our resourcefulness, we can prevail. And that is what we intend to do.” The new air force chief’s appointment may have surprised Tehran as it ponders a possible Israeli military assault on its nuclear program. DEBKAfile
China's Belt and Road plans losing momentum as debt mounts: study . . . China's vast Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is in danger of losing momentum as opposition in targeted countries rises and debts mount, paving the way for rival schemes to squeeze Beijing out, a new study showed on Wednesday. President Xi Jinping launched BRI in 2013 to use China's strengths in financing and infrastructure construction to "build a broad community
of shared interests" throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America. But Xi's "project of the century" is now facing major challenges and significant backlashes abroad, according to a study by AidData, a research lab at the College of William and Mary in the United States. Reuters
North Korea says it successfully tested hypersonic missile . . . North Korea successfully test-fired a hypersonic missile into the sea this week, a new weapon it said bolsters the isolated country’s defense, North Korean state news outlet Korean Central News Agency claimed, according to reports. "The development of this weapons system...[has increased] the nation's capabilities for self-defense in every way," KCNA said. The Hwasong-8
missile appears far from ready for combat and is in an early stage of development, South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff said after analyzing the launch. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said the launch highlighted "the destabilizing impact of (North Korea’s) illicit weapons program." Fox News
I have serious doubts about NK's ability to produce and launch a viable, combat-ready hypersonic missile. Politicians like to amplify the North Korean danger but, really, it's nothing, compared to the missile threat posed by China and Russia. Look at it this way, if NORTHCOM/NORAD can't protect the homeland from a couple of North
Korean missiles, they all might as well just pack up and go home.
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Ivermectin disinformation leads to new kinds of chaos . . . An avalanche of misinformation about the antiparasitic drug ivermectin’s ability to treat COVID-19 has caused a series of national problems, from increased calls to poisoning centers to a shortage of the medicine itself. Patients have become desperate for a treatment that’s most commonly used for livestock and have taken their disputes over ivermectin with hospitals to court.
Disinformation has flooded the internet, where dozens of Facebook groups centered around ivermectin remain active despite insufficient evidence that the medicine works in treating people for COVID-19. It’s also gone well beyond the internet to popular podcast hosts like Joe Rogan, who has touted the medicine to his millions of listeners. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), other state health departments and even Merck, the drug’s main manufacturer, have all warned against using
ivermectin for COVID-19. The Hill
This is what happens when people stop trusting the government and the media.
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House Dems Propose $100 Billion Tax Hike Targeting The Poor . . . The Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget proposal relies on a $100 billion tax hike that disproportionately targets the poor, lines the pockets of organized crime, and increases inequality. The plan doubles the federal tax on cigarettes, which would break President Joe Biden's promise to raise taxes only on those earning more than $400,000. Households with an income of
$35,000 or less smoke at three times the rate of households with incomes of more than $100,000. Richard Marianos, a 27-year veteran of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives who worked on gang violence, said a tobacco tax increase will punish vulnerable communities. "You're punishing lower-income people, which the administration promised it wouldn't do," Marianos told the Washington Free Beacon. Washington Free Beacon
USPS Mail Delivery Will Soon Get Slower and Temporarily Pricier . . . The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Oct. 1 will implement “new service” standards for first-class mail and periodicals, meaning some mail will take even longer to be delivered in some cases, and some prices will be raised. USPS will “implement new service standards for First Class Mail and Periodicals,” spokeswoman Kim Frum said in an emailed statement to several
media outlets, noting that the changes will slow the transit time for mail traveling long distances by roughly 30 percent. “Most first class mail (61%) and periodicals (93%) will be unaffected” by the new service changes, Frum said. Single-piece first-class mail or “standard sized letters and flats” being delivered in the same region will still have a two-day delivery time the spokeswoman said, noting that first-class packages will be affected by the changes starting Oct. 1. Epoch Times
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Police struggle with recruiting new officers to empty academies . . . Police departments large and small are struggling to attract new officers after more than a year of negative public sentiment toward law enforcement and an intense focus on police misconduct. Leaders of police departments nationwide say they can’t fill their academies or overcome rapidly worsening officer shortages as interest in law enforcement careers dwindles to such
lows. In some places, the pandemic compounded the problem by putting police training on hold. Philadelphia halted police training in March 2020 and did not resume until June 2021 — exacerbating an officer shortage that has grown to as large as 370 officers. Washington Examiner
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‘No Time to Die’ is Bond shaken, not stirred — and a fitting last outing for Daniel Craig . . . James Bond movies are so formulaic you can usually mouth along to the script, so it’s nice to know that after six decades, they can still throw in a few shockers. Barbara Broccoli and her brother Michael G Wilson have been dedicated stewards of their father Albert “Cubby” Broccoli’s 007 series since they took the reins in 1995. The producers
have made solid creative choices and earlier this year smartly kept Bond on the big screen where he belongs. With the 25th film, “No Time To Die,” they shake up the franchise, shirking most of the conventions we’ve come to expect. The film itself can be happily grouped with Craig’s better jaunts as the super spy — “Casino Royale” and “Skyfall” — rather than the dreadful “Quantum of Solace” and meh “Spectre.” New York Post
No Time To Die. Runtime: 2 hours 43 minutes. In theaters Oct. 8
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