Friday, August 30, 2024

Kamala Harris Falls Apart at Georgia Campaign Event, Sounds More Incoherent Than Joe Biden

Kamala Harris and Stolen Valor Tim Walz spoke at a campaign rally in Savannah, Georgia on the final day of their bus tour.

With no famous singer performing, the Harris campaign had to bus in supporters.

WATCH:

Kamala Harris fell apart at her Savannah campaign event.

She managed to make Joe Biden look coherent.

“He even called for termination of the United States supreme, the c— the supreme land of our nation – the United States Constitution!” Harris said.

With no famous singer performing, the Harris campaign had to bus in supporters.

Kamala Harris and Stolen Valor Tim Walz spoke at a campaign rally in Savannah, Georgia on the final day of their bus tour.

“Hold up, hold up for a second.

Let me just say something … I am speaking now,” Harris said.

Hold up for a second.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/kamala-harris-falls-apart-georgia-campaign-event-sounds/ 

They want to destroy the middle classes and the elderly

Governments everywhere want to destroy their economies.  Why? So they can push up inflation and interest rates. And they’re going to succeed everywhere. 

Destroying the economy, the middle classes and the elderly is all part of Net Zero.

Governments everywhere want to destroy their economies.

So they can push up inflation and interest rates.

Governments everywhere (which manage to be both fascist and communist) want to destroy their economies in order to push up inflation and interest rates.

And they’re going to succeed everywhere.

https://expose-news.com/2024/08/30/they-want-to-destroy-the-middle-classes/

Ultraviolet blood irradiation treats a wide range of conditions; it somehow reactivates the body’s innate ability to regulate and heal itself

In the 1930s, ultraviolet blood irradiation (“UVBI”) emerged as a revolutionary treatment.

Hospitals across America adopted it, and it produced miraculous results for patients, demonstrating remarkable efficacy against a wide range of conditions (e.g., infections, autoimmunity, cardiovascular disease and pregnancy issues).

When ultraviolet (“UV”) light enters the bloodstream, it can unlock phenomenal health benefits.

Natural light is a crucial nutrient many of us lack.

In my eyes, the story of ultraviolet blood irradiation provides one of the clearest examples of this corruption.

The existing evidence demonstrates UVBI’s efficacy for severe ailments such as: This wide range of benefits hence suggests that UVBI is somehow able to reactivate the body’s innate ability to regulate and heal itself (e.g., by turning off the cell danger response or restoring blood circulation).

Many believe that sunlight, especially its ultraviolet (“UV”) component, is dangerous.

https://expose-news.com/2024/08/30/ubi-the-body-regulates-and-heals-itself/

Remdesivir – What You Must Know

According to the journal ‘Science’, in October 2020, “The World Health Organisation’s Solidarity Trial showed that remdesivir does not reduce mortality or the time covid-19 patients take to recover.” And “a second, smaller placebo-controlled study of remdesivir on hospitalised covid-19 patients in China, published online by The Lancet on 29th April 2020, found no statistically significant benefit from the treatment – and the antiviral surprisingly had no impact on levels of the coronavirus.” I find it difficult to see why the FDA, the EU and the UK’s drug regulator all approved remdesivir, though they appear to have done so without worrying too much about the research showing that it was pretty useless.

Side effects which can occur in patients taking remdesivir may include: • Puffiness or swelling of the eyelids or around the eyes, face, lips or tongue • Yellow eyes or skin (a possible sign of liver problems) You will be relieved to know that not all patients would be expected to have all of these side effects, though a number of these side effects are classified as “common.” Please share this article with everyone you know.

Any doctor prescribing remdesivir should know of these interactions – which are listed on the NICE website.

Remdesivir was introduced for the treatment of covid-19 patients who were in hospital suffering from covid-19, with or without pneumonia.

If you are being given Veklury, you are being given remdesivir.

Remdesivir is described as a “broad spectrum antiviral drug.” It is an RNA polymerase inhibitor which disrupts the production of vital RNA.

You can form your own opinion on whether remdesivir ever has a value by reading the following information. 

https://expose-news.com/2024/08/30/remdesivir-what-you-must-know/

Recycled plastics are a nightmare concoction of BPA and phthalates, but recycling makes a great cover story for “greenwashing” the plastics industry

 Recycled plastics are a nightmare concoction of BPA and phthalates, but recycling makes a great cover story for “greenwashing” the plastics industry The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is facing mounting criticism over its lack of oversight concerning the recycled plastics that are used in new food packaging.

Researchers warn that chemical companies are practically regulating themselves, incorporating a nightmare concoction of phthalates and BPA into recycled plastics.

For example, major companies like Coca-Cola and General Mills have adopted recycled plastics for their products, including Coca-Cola’s 100% recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles and General Mills' Annie’s cereal boxes with 35% recycled plastic liners.

FDA’s review of recycled plastics is a voluntary process that allows companies to do whatever they want Since the early 1990s, the FDA has approved over 340 voluntary applications for food contact materials made from recycled plastics, with the number of approvals increasing significantly in recent years.

The recycling process itself introduces additional complexities.

Approvals for recycled plastic products have tripled since 2019, going from 7-8 approvals per year prior to 2019 to an average of 23 approvals per year since.

Studies indicate that recycled PET, commonly used in bottles, can harbor substances like bisphenol-A (BPA), phthalates and other hazardous chemicals at higher levels than virgin PET.

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-08-29-recycled-plastics-a-nightmare-concoction-bpa-phthalates.html

Energy ‘Transition’: It’s a Federal Bribe (versus consumer demand)

U.S. Joint Committee on Taxation 2019 & 2023; U.S. EIA; Congressional Budget Office Perhaps these claims are efforts to distract from massive renewable energy subsidies that are driving the “energy transition” from fossil fuels to renewables.

The amount of fossil fuel subsidies is very exaggerated.

It is common for advocates of renewable energy to complain about the subsidies given to fossil fuels.

Though the proportions vary based on the energy type, the vast majority of federal energy subsidies are in the form of tax expenditures, or tax credits.

We see all these things happening in the U.S. energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables.

Whitehouse claims the U.S. subsidies in 2022 alone were $20 billion.

Energy subsidies from the U.S. government come in three forms: tax expenditures, direct expenditures, and research and development expenditures. 

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/08/29/energy-transition-its-a-federal-bribe-versus-consumer-demand/

Fifty Shades of Central Bank Tyranny

Definitions matter.

They may use different words and different propaganda, but their goals converge.

While we can’t simply vote out of this predicament, we can opt out entirely.

In this article, I will define what a Central Bank Digital Currency is by exploring its major categories.

Adding programmability is just the next logical step.

Ultimately, both Republicans and Democrats are steering us toward the same destination: total digital control.

However, the fear of central bank control over your transactions is, in fact, a red herring.

The United States has had a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) since the late 1990s—or possibly even as far back as the 1970s, depending on how you define it.

The real threat lies with our government, which has already perfected the art of surveillance.

Just as the bestselling novel 50 Shades of Gray explores the complex dynamics of control and submission in a relationship, our financial system has evolved into what could be called “50 Shades of Central Bank Tyranny.” Each layer of our digital currency system peels back the seductive mask of freedom, revealing progressively darker shades of control.

A CBDC is a Central Bank Digital Currency.

Just as 50 Shades of Gray reveals the intricate power plays in a seemingly consensual relationship, so too does our current financial system reveal its true nature as a digital dominatrix—one that has been steadily adding links to the chain of financial enslavement, tightening its grip on our autonomy for decades.

After all, the Patriot Act was anything but “patriotic.” The CARES Act, while sounding warmly empathetic, cared more about large multinational corporations than small businesses, about Big Pharma over American health, and above all, about the expansion of the surveillance state and protection of the censorship industrial complex over the liberty and free speech of the American people.

We can’t vote our way out.

The existing system is already digital, programmable, and trackable.

Currently, I’m hosting over 15 four-hour workshops nationwide—and soon internationally—educating people on using alternative currencies to avoid CBDCs and evade The Great Taking, the carefully engineered process that could strip us of our stocks, bonds, and 401(k)s to benefit the largest banks through legal maneuvers across all 50 states.

I will also show that the Federal Reserve (the Fed) can introduce more dystopian elements into this system—such as programming restrictions on when, how, and where you can spend your money without requiring Congressional approval.

I handed a copy of my book to Vivek Ramaswamy, and after reading it, our conversations helped bring the CBDC issue to Donald Trump’s attention.

So, are we a 92% CBDC?

Since I exited my personal bank account in 2019, this has impacted me personally.

This dedication led me to write a book, The Final Countdown, and even run for President to raise awareness about the issue.

Our politicians work their sleight of hand by manipulating language itself to give a false impression, masking either a different intent or simply trying to gain the appearance of a victory with little or no actual underlying achievement.

https://brownstone.org/articles/fifty-shades-of-central-bank-tyranny/

Jack Smith, Democrat-Lawfare Complex Hit Man

The modern Democratic Party operates like a Mafia family.

Like the Mob, Democrats have a specific organizational hierarchy.

To find out more about Josh Hammer and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

In the year 2024, so-called special counsel Jack Smith — yes, only so-called, as both Justice Clarence Thomas and Judge Aileen Cannon recently concluded — is the foot soldier par excellence for the Democratic Party, and the Democrat-lawfare complex that now serves as the party’s tip of the electoral spear.

The American people can definitively send Smith — and the rest of the Democrat-lawfare complex — packing this November.

There are the grand bosses who sit atop the entire food chain, such as the Obamas and the Clintons.

And then, as in any organized crime outfit, there are the street-level foot soldiers — the hit men. 

https://spectator.org/jack-smith-democrat-lawfare-complex-hit-man/

Arizona migrant busing continues as feds send nearly $50 million more in aid

Over $47 million in federal taxpayer dollars is going toward service programs in Arizona as the state continues to facilitate migrant requests for transportation to other parts of the country, albeit fewer than before.

According to a news release from Congressman Ruben Gallego's office, $19.2 million is being allocated toward the state government, $18.7 million is going toward Pima County, $7.5 million for the Regional Center for Border Health in Yuma County and $1.8 million for the Borderlands Resource Initiative.

Katie Hobbs told The Center Square at a media availability on Thursday that migrant busing to one's desired location continues to play a critical role in managing the crisis.

Texas stopped busing migrants roughly two months ago as the state continues to make their own border security reforms due to fewer numbers of them crossing into the United States, NBC News reported.

The funds are part of $380 million in supplemental funds for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and United States Customs and Border Protection for the Shelter and Services program, which a news release states is used for "food, shelter, clothing, acute medical care, and transportation to noncitizens" that are waiting for their immigration court date in the U.S. Gov.

"When it comes to community safety... avoiding unsheltered street releases of migrants is a critical, critical piece of that," Hobbs said, adding that the state has done a successful job of not doing street releases so far.

On Wednesday, the Democrat faced criticism on X, formerly known as Twitter, for referring to the funding as "border security," as the administration argues that preventing street releases is a critical facet of managing the border. 

https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_5e886ada-6636-11ef-bbfc-8fada053a331.html

Chicago budget deficit balloons to almost $1 billion under Mayor Johnson

 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says the city’s budget deficit will grow to nearly $1 billion next year.

The report estimates a $222.9 million deficit for the end of 2024 and a $982.4 million deficit in fiscal year 2025.

Chicago Fifth Ward Republican Committeeman Tyler Shasteen said Mayor Johnson did not inherit the budget gap.

The mayor’s office released the city’s 2025 Budget Forecast on Thursday.

“Don’t forget that the mayor also rolled over a $50 million budget surplus from 2023 into this year’s budget and still had this large of a deficit,” Shasteen said.

Mayor Johnson said the budget forecast presents a significant challenge for the city.

According to Chicago Budget Director Annette Guzman, the forecasted budget gap is a clear indication of the financial pressures facing the city. 

https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_06f9db7e-6649-11ef-ad4b-c3d5b3c078a8.html

New Wage Data Show No STEM Worker ‘Shortage’

Although the BLS does not generally publish ECEC data on STEM workers specifically, we obtained the data from BLS through a custom request.

Below we harness new data to help explain why STEM workers are actually not in short supply.

No Upward Trend in Compensation for STEM Workers If the demand for STEM workers exceeds the supply, then we should see U.S. firms offering increasingly generous compensation to recruit and retain these allegedly scarce workers.

As Howard University Professor Ron Hira has observed, “Unsubstantiated claims that there is a significant shortage of STEM talent have been a running feature of STEM workforce policy discussions” for decades.

Time and time again, activists assert that there is a shortage of workers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

A new National Academies report released yesterday, entitled “International Talent Programs in the Changing Global Environment”, is the latest to argue that the U.S. needs to recruit and retain more immigrants to work in STEM fields.

Moreover, the foreign-born share of STEM workers is approaching one in three. 

https://cis.org/Camarota/New-Wage-Data-Show-No-STEM-Worker-Shortage

CNN Releases First Clip of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Softball Interview – But Won’t Release Full Transcript of All 18 Minutes… What’s Being Cut Out?

CNN’s Dana Bash interviewed Kamala Harris and her emotional support animal Tim Walz nearly 40 days after Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race.

CNN released a teaser clip of their pathetic interview with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

Harris and Walz only agreed to sit down with Dana Bash and CNN is refusing to release the full transcript of all 18 minutes.

Kamala Harris refuses to do a live press conference and answer any questions after she stole Biden’s delegates in July.

My values have not changed,” Harris said.

CNN won’t release the full transcript of all 18 minutes.

And should they feel comfortable and confident that what you’re saying now is going to be your policy moving forward?” Dana Bash asked Kamala Harris. 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/watch-cnn-releases-first-clip-kamala-harris-tim/

South African Vaccine Injury Group Rebukes WHO’s Monkeypox Emergency Shots

The South African ‘SA Vaccine Injury Medico-Legal Study Group‘ has issued a statement on August 18 challenging the World Health Organization’s (WHO) proposed Monkeypox vaccine rollout following the emergency declaration issued for the Monkeypox outbreak in Africa.

First is that the current ‘Monkeypox’ vaccine being shipped out is actually just a Smallpox vaccine that is known to cause serious side effects and is not effective in combatting ‘Stage 1’ Monkeypox and may even resurrect the Smallpox disease.

Keep Alex Jones in the fight against the NWO.

The group’s statement listed several points which counter the emergency declaration and the Monkeypox vaccine’s safety, efficacy and necessity.

The second is the potential use of mRNA technology in future Monkeypox vaccines, a technology the group as well as many others have found to be extremely harmful following the Covid mRNA vaccine rollout.

“We are deeply concerned about the recent announcements made by Africa CDC Director General Jean Kaseya on 13 August 2024 and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on 14 August 2024.

A caller to the Alex Jones Show recently reported that Monkeypox vaccine is being shipped around the U.S. as well. 

https://www.infowars.com/posts/south-african-vaccine-injury-group-rebukes-whos-monkeypox-emergency-shots/

How To Destroy an Economy—Kamala’s Housing Plan

Political analysis is often pointless, given the utter dishonesty with which politicians spew nonsense, especially during an election year.

In building the narrative of her candidacy, Kamala has made a slew of recent remarks about things like price gouging, the housing shortage, and apartment rents.

Kamala Harris and her team know this.

By their nature, subsidies allow inefficient producers to compete with those who are more efficient.

They know their proposed policies are inflationary, immoral, and historically ignorant.

What follows is a high-level analysis of her proposed solutions, such as they are currently.

The Continued Assault on Private Property—Apartment Rents From the eviction moratorium enacted during the Covid panic to the more recent proposal to cap apartment rent growth at 5% annually, apartment operators are increasingly in the cross hairs of government bureaucrats. 

https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-destroy-economy-kamalas-housing-plan

Kamala’s Stolen Working-Class Valor

Tim Walz has been found guilty of puffing up his military record to look more manly – also known as stolen valor.

Now it looks as though Kamala Harris has committed her own version of stolen valor by claiming a working-class medal that she may never have earned.

(The line about Harris’ “working mother” is also a stretch.

So, we are left with a question: If Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are so willing to lie about their past to win votes, why should anyone believe anything else that comes out of their mouths?

In other words, Harris shoved aside real working-class folks so she could pretend to rub elbows with the hoi palloi.

The Washington Free Beacon did some digging and found that: More evidence that Harris’ working-class roots are phony came when her campaign staged a photo op at the popular Primanti Bros. sandwich shop outside Pittsburgh.

https://issuesinsights.com/2024/08/30/kamalas-stolen-working-class-valor/ 

'Train wreck for Harris': Kamala is ripped to shreds for 'word salad' CNN softball interview as ex-Obama strategist gives brutal verdict ahead of Trump debate showdown

Kamala Harris was last night ripped to shreds for her 'word salad' answers in a softball liberal media interview - her first since Joe Biden dropped out 40 days ago.

Donald Trump told his Truth Social followers it was 'BORING!!!'

Harris at times appeared nervous and hesitant in her responses which were branded 'word salad' by many on social media.

That sentiment was echoed by GOP polling guru Frank Luntz who tweeted: 'A lot of people think Kamala Harris has done well so far in this interview.

He added: 'If tonight's interview is judged not on policy but on performance, Kamala Harris will be found lacking.'

On immigration, Harris claimed that her work 'on the root causes' had reduced the number of illegal migrants.

The Harris campaign now looks ahead to the presidential debate on ABC on September 10.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13795301/harris-interview-cnn-dana-bash.html

DOJ in Full-Blown Panic as Wisconsin Towns Thornapple and Lawrence Ditch Electronic Voting Machines in Favor of Hand Count — DOJ Threatens to File Lawsuit

Biden’s Gestapo DOJ has threatened legal action against the small towns of Thornapple and Lawrence in northern Wisconsin for their decision to abandon electronic voting machines in favor of hand-counted ballots.

“HAVA authorizes the Attorney General to bring an action in federal district court for such declaratory and injunctive relief as is necessary to carry out the requirements of Title III of HAVA.

The DOJ’s threats come after Thornapple and Lawrence officials opted out of using electronic voting systems, citing concerns over their reliability and potential for manipulation.

Biden’s Gestapo DOJ has threatened legal action against the small towns of Thornapple and Lawrence in northern Wisconsin for their decision to abandon electronic voting machines in favor of hand-counted ballots.

Disability Rights Wisconsin is asking the Wisconsin Elections Commission to order Thornapple to make accessible voting machines available.

Many believe that hand-counted ballots provide a more transparent and trustworthy alternative, ensuring that every vote is accounted for without the risk of technological errors or tampering.

Despite a warning from the U.S. Department of Justice, the town allegedly conducted the August primary election using only hand-counted, paper ballots.

WPR reported: A complaint filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission says a town in Rusk County is breaking the law by refusing to make voting machines available to voters with disabilities. 

https://loudobbs.com/news/doj-in-full-blown-panic-as-wisconsin-towns-thornapple-and-lawrence-ditch-electronic-voting-machines-in-favor-of-hand-count-doj-threatens-to-file-lawsuit/

Harris says she did not support banning fracking in 2019

 Vice President Kamala Harris insisted that she did not support a fracking ban, even though in 2019 she strongly backed a nationwide ban on it.

“I made it clear on the debate stage in 2020 that I would not ban fracking. As vice president, I did not ban fracking. As president, I would not ban fracking,” she told CNN in an interview Thursday night.

But before she dropped her bid for president in 2019 and joined President Biden’s ticket, Ms. Harris said in a CNN town hall, “There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking.”

When asked whether her views on fracking changed, Ms. Harris insisted that her policies hadn’t shifted.

“In 2020 I made very clear where I stand. We are in 2024 and I have not changed that position nor will I going forward. I kept my word and I will keep my word,” she said.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/29/kamala-harris-says-she-did-not-support-banning-fra/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

Harris Misleadingly Claims Biden Added 800,000 Manufacturing Jobs

Claim: Vice President Kamala Harris said that she and President Biden have created 800,000 manufacturing jobs.

“We created over 800,000 new manufacturing jobs.

Recent government figures show that manufacturing employment is shrinking, and the manufacturing sector has been contracting.

U.S. manufacturers increased their payrolls by around 742,000 workers between January 2021 when Biden took office and October 2022 but most of those were not “new” manufacturing jobs as Harris claimed.

What’s more, only 20,000 jobs have been added since October 2022, indicating a year and a half of stagnant manufacturing job growth.

This shows that only 170,000 new manufacturing jobs have been added under Biden-Harris, an average monthly gain of just around 4,000.

If anyone was seeing a manufacturing job boom early on in the Biden administration, that has long since fizzled out. 

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/08/29/harris-800000-jobs-again/

Thursday, August 29, 2024

US Government-Funded Censorship Arm ‘Atlantic Council’ Targeted Telegram Just Two Months Before Durov Arrest

 The lab is one of the most established and influential full-time censorship institutions in the world.17 Atlantic Council DFR Lab created the foreign-facing DisinfoPortal in June 2018, working directly with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and 23 organizations to censor election narratives leading up to the 2019 elections in Europe.18 In 2018, Facebook named Atlantic Council, an official partner in “countering disinformation” worldwide.19 US taxpayer funding to the Atlantic Council comes from the Defense Department, the US Marines, the US Air Force, the US Navy, the State Department, USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy, as well as energy companies and weapons manufacturers.

It is unclear from the charging documents what exactly the French authorities’ argument is regarding Durov’s culpability, and French President Emmanuel Macron defensively took to X (formerly Twitter) to assure the public that the arrest wasn’t “political.” Nonetheless, it’s extraordinarily unlikely that Durov’s arrest is unconnected to Durov’s well-known refusals to cooperate with intelligence agencies’ censorship and law enforcement requests.

Durov, who is the CEO and founder of popular messaging app Telegram, faces a number of serious charges from French authorities ranging from drug offenses to child sexual exploitation offenses.

As though it’s not suspicious enough that the Atlantic Council is funded by US government intelligence agencies, the Atlantic Council was also infamously funded by notorious Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Pinchuk (more on this below).

Of course, none of these charges have anything to do with Durov directly but rather refer to activity that allegedly occurred on Telegram, Durov’s privacy-focused messaging app that boasts nearly 1 billion active users.

Indeed, just two months ago, the Atlantic Council’s “disinformation censorship” arm, DFR Lab, put out a video singling out Telegram for criticism.

The Atlantic Council’s DFR Lab is a major censorship arm of the US regime, whose censorship activities were prominently featured in the recently released Twitter Files, as well as the associated testimony of Shellenberger to the Judiciary Committee.

https://revolver.news/2024/08/atlantic-council-us-government-funded-censorship-arm-targets-telegram-just-two-months-before-durov-arrest/

RINO Sellout Mitch McConnell Moves to Torpedo Election Integrity Efforts by Blocking SAVE Act In Upcoming Spending Bill – And Open Door to Illegals Voting in US Elections

According to reports, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been undermining conservative demands to include the SAVE Act in the upcoming short-term spending bill.

According to reports, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been undermining conservative demands to include the SAVE Act in the upcoming short-term spending bill.

The SAVE Act proposes an amendment to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 that would enact stricter voting regulations, including requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.

Supporters argue that this legislation is critical to restoring election integrity and should be a top priority for conservatives, especially with the election approaching.

However, McConnell’s team has recently indicated that GOP conservatives should abandon the SAVE Act to avert a government shutdown just before the elections.

Critics argue that by sidelining this legislation, McConnell is compromising the party’s commitment to safeguarding election integrity.

As negotiations surrounding the short-term spending bill progress, the rift within the Republican Party is becoming increasingly apparent.

In the end, McConnell’s actions epitomize the broader malaise plaguing the Republican Party—an unwillingness to engage in the hard battles necessary to uphold election integrity, leaving many disillusioned and yearning for true representation.

Footage Shows Pelosi Admitting Dems 'Totally Failed' On J6

They should have been here to start out.”

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanded congressional leadership "Take some responsibility" over the Capitol security failures on Jan. 6, 2021, in newly unearthed video footage.

According to Just the News, the tapes were obtained and released by the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee led by Chairman Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga. "We will have totally failed," Pelosi said on camera, "And we've got to take some responsibility."

Previous footage of the speaker's evacuation on Jan. 6 released in June showed Pelosi admitting her own culpability in the failures to secure the Capitol.

"Why weren't the National Guard there to begin with?" Pelosi asked incredulously in the back of an SUV. "They clearly didn't know, and I take responsibility for not having them just prepare for more."

As speaker of the House, Pelosi had been urged to deploy the National Guard multiple times ahead of the joint session of Congress on Jan. 6.

Pelosi refused to accept an offer from the White House at the time to station National Guard reinforcements at the Capitol, and her hand-picked panel to investigate the riot concealed evidence of then-President Donald Trump's requests for added security.

Republican House members barred from Pelosi's select committee found the speaker's office coordinated closely with senior security officials in the run up to Jan. 6, 2021, but failed to accept support from the National Guard over concerns surrounding "Optics." Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, who resigned in the riot's aftermath, said Pelosi's deputies turned down requests for preemptive deployment of the National Guard six times before the date of electoral certification.

https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/28/new-footage-shows-pelosi-admitting-dem-leadership-totally-failed-on-jan-6/ 

16-Times Deported Illegal Alien Charged with Killing 64-Year-Old Colorado Man Faces Max ONE YEAR in Prison After Democrat DA Seeks Lenient Sentence

 A 16-times deported illegal alien charged with killing a 64-year-old Colorado man will serve a maximum of one year in prison after radical Democrat prosecutors sought a lenient sentence.

Democrat prosecutors in Jefferson County charged the illegal alien with misdemeanor traffic violations!

Scott Miller’s widow lashed out at the Democrat prosecutors for “I’m mad that I’m not going to get justice for my husband, mad because the least the most this man can get is a year for murdering my husband because the DA refused to charge him with more charge,” Deann Miller said, according to 9 News.

Ignacio Cruz-Mendoza, 47, was arrested and charged in June with vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, reckless driving, and driving without a commercial driver’s license in connection with the death of 64-year-old Scott Miller.

This is far more lenient than similar crashes involving semi-truck drivers.

Cruz-Mendoza was driving a semi-truck and working for an American trucking company even though he had no driver’s license at the time of the deadly crash.

Recall that the same DA’s office sentenced an American truck driver in Colorado to 110 years in prison after a deadly accident.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/16-times-deported-illegal-alien-charged-killing-64/

Ohio Investigators Looking Into Suspect Voter Registrations Tied To Left-Wing Firm

“She had not moved and did not complete the registration form.” ‘Trying to Defraud the Elections’ The false form was one of many suspect voter registration issues tied to the left-wing Black Fork Strategies.

The new address that was submitted on these registration cards was actually the place of business for Ms. Cassandra,” Elections Board Director Sherry Poland told Hamilton BOE members at a meeting last month.

Earlier this year, Cincinnati-area voters Cassandra and Harry Scott were puzzled to receive voter registration updates showing they had changed their address.

The Hamilton County Board of Elections had received two registration forms for the voters from Black Fork Strategies LLC, an Ohio-based “engagement firm that focuses on all aspects of community and electoral field work.” Elections Board staff made the requested changes in the voter rolls and, per Ohio law, sent notice to the voters at their “new address.” That’s when Cassandra and Harry Scott showed up at the BOE office.

“Both of those voters appeared at our office during normal business hours after receiving those acknowledgement cards.

Staff had more questions for Black Fork.

Election Board staff reached out to the company, which “provided information” on the canvasser responsible for the Scotts’ voter registration forms, Poland said.

“Black Fork Strategies take any allegations of possible voter registration fraud seriously and cooperates with investigations,” Black Fork’s statement concludes.

LaRose has taken issue with some of the changes election integrity advocates have sought, insisting that the legislature would have to pass laws to do so.

‘Committed to Fair Elections’ Black Fork Strategies officials did not return a request for comment.

Cuyahoga County elections officials asked LaRose’s Public Integrity Division to investigate the suspicious voter registration cards in July 2023.

https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/29/this-is-fraud-ohio-investigators-looking-into-suspect-voter-registrations-tied-to-left-wing-firm/ 

Illegal aliens cost taxpayers $150 billion in just one year

The implication is that the illegal aliens are paying their way.

When they raise these concerns, though, they’re immediately told, “quit yer whining” because even illegal aliens pay taxes and buy American products.

One of the things that riles even those Americans who aren’t politically inclined is seeing their tax dollars pay for illegal aliens’ education, housing, food, and medical care.

The state comptroller estimated that, by the end of 2025, illegal aliens will have cost taxpayers $4.3 billion.

According to leftist sites, illegal aliens are a net good to the economy.

Last year, US taxpayers shelled out some $150 billion in government services and support to help the 20 million illegal migrants in the country, according to a study from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).

FAIR, in turn, thinks that New York State taxpayers shelled out around $10 billion for illegal aliens in 2023. 

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/study_illegal_aliens_cost_taxpayers_150_billion_in_just_one_year.html

FBI has mishandled reporting of child sexual abuse investigations, watchdog says

The FBI's handling of child sexual abuse investigations must improve, an internal watchdog said in a new report released on Thursday.

The report comes more than 3 years after it came to light that the FBI was aware of U.S. gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar molesting female athletes but did not act quick enough.

"The DOJ OIG found that further improvements are needed to build upon the FBI’s recent changes to its crimes against children and human trafficking (CAC/HT) program to ensure it appropriately addresses child sexual abuse allegations," read a summary of the report.

The OIG findings included suspected child abuse cases that "lacked any recent investigative activity or case updates, logical investigative steps, or referrals to appropriate agencies."

OIG also discovered "leads that were not appropriately covered" and "instances of substantial non-compliance with FBI policy." 

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/fbi-handling-child-sexual-abuse-investigations-must-improve-watchdog?utm_source=mux&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=social-media-autopost

Jack Smith's Weak, Watered-Down Election Interference Gambit

After a year of legal, judicial, and political drama, Special Counsel Jack Smith just filed a superseding indictment to replace the first indictment he handed down against Donald Trump in August 2023 related to the events of January 6 and the former president’s alleged attempts to “overturn” the 2020 election.

The special counsel removed a large swath of evidence related to Trump’s interactions with his Department of Justice, activity the court determined fell firmly within the scope of a president’s “official” and Constitutional authority.

Trump faces the four same charges—three conspiracy and one obstruction count—but the new version is nine pages shorter as Smith had to follow the presidential immunity guidance set forth by the Supreme Court in the Trump v US opinion published on July 1.

Which explains another change in Smith’s indictment.

“Jack Smith has made largely cosmetic changes to his original indictment,” Clark told me via text Wednesday morning.

Earlier this week, Smith filed his first brief in the appeal of Judge Aileen Cannon’s July 15 order dismissing the classified documents case based on Smith’s unconstitutional appointment.

“For more than two months following election day on November 3, 2020, the Defendant spread lies that there had been outcome-determinative fraud in the election and that he had actually won,” Smith wrote on August 27. 

https://www.declassified.live/p/jack-smiths-weak-watered-down-election

Brand New Voter Registration Scam Uncovered In MI… Will MI AG Nessel Reveal The Criminals Behind The Scam If She Discovers They’re Tied To Democrats?

Last year, The Gateway Pundit reported about a massive statewide voter registration scheme that we discovered after an MI election integrity expert, Phil O’Halloran, shared a shocking MI State Police report with me.

A new voter registration scam has been uncovered in the must-win state of Michigan, whose elections and top law enforcement agency are headed up by Democrats with a less-than-stellar reputation for honesty or fairness.

In a statement to WDIV, MI SOS Jocelyn Benson’s office claims they will investigate the text message voter registration scam and turn it over to AG Nessel’s office or the proper law enforcement authorities.

Considering that MI AG Nessel never mentioned the GBI Strategies voter registration crimes to the public and then downplayed its significance after the Gateway Pundit exposed the statewide investigation, why should we believe that if a Democrat group is behind these text messages, they will be held accountable for their crimes?

The Democrat-funded GBI Strategies/Empower MI was clearly not your typical “voter registration” or “get out the vote” operation… It’s now been revealed that a local Detroit news station, WDIV, has uncovered a new voter registration scam in Michigan, which is equally disturbing, given how easily fake voter registrations can be created by individuals or groups with nefarious intentions.

In a clip from the interview with Ms. Hawkins, she tells MI AG Investigator Morse that she identified at least 1,000 fraudulent voter registration applications in the Muskegon GBI Strategies office.

Ann Meisch, the Muskegon, MI clerk, notified the local Muskegon Police Department when she received between 8,000 and 10,000 voter registrations in the mail with the initials “E.M.” (Empower Michigan) and a return address from the Staybridge Hotel in Auburn Hills, MI, (which is on the other side of the state). 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/wow-brand-new-voter-registration-scam-uncovered-mi/

China Dominates Global Coal Consumption

In 2023, China increased its coal consumption from 88 EJ to nearly 92 EJ—totalling 56% of global coal consumption.

Despite many nations transitioning away from fossil fuels, in 2023, world coal consumption reached a staggering 164 exajoules (EJ) of energy, a record high for any year.

However, a heavy reliance on coal in the Asia Pacific region has led to global coal consumption remaining essentially the same over the past 10 years.

For this graphic, Visual Capitalist's Alan Kennedy has partnered with Range ETFs to explore the role coal plays in the global energy mix and determine which regions still consume large quantities of coal.

The Role of Coal in Global Energy Coal is a significant player in the global energy mix, contributing 26% of the world’s energy in 2023, more than all non-fossil fuel sources combined.

Many developing nations are now expanding their coal consumption, presenting potential opportunities in the coal market.

This contributed significantly to Asia Pacific leading the world with a staggering 83% of global coal consumption. 

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/china-dominates-global-coal-consumption

Georgia Secretary Of State Brad Raffensperger Is In Costly Litigation For Peddling Lies About GOP Election Volunteer

 Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is facing a powerful defamation lawsuit arising from false claims he made about a Republican election volunteer in his 2021 book "Integrity Counts." He wrote and published that a video presentation of unsupervised ballot counting at State Farm Arena in Atlanta had been "Doctored," "Chopped up," "Cut," "Sliced up," and "Deceptively sliced and edited so that it appeared to show the exact opposite of reality," allegedly including a "Slice of video that had removed the clear evidence" that the law had been followed.

Jacki Pick, a Republican volunteer on the Trump legal team, was the sole presenter of the video to Georgia legislators to show that Republican election observers' claims about unsupervised ballot counting in Georgia's largest county were true.

He had faced a deluge of criticism from election integrity advocates over various decisions he and his office made in the run up to and aftermath of the 2020 election.

After several Democrat counties poorly administered primary elections in 2020, Raffensperger voluntarily embraced "Zuck Bucks," the scheme by which Democrat operatives took over government election operations in the blue areas of swing states and helped run Get Out The Vote programs.

Corasaniti without evidence characterizes the video presentation made by Pick as having included "Debunked claims of election fraud." In fact, her presentation showed undeniable evidence of unsupervised ballot counting in a county known for troubled election administration.

Again, Raffensperger is being sued not for his work as an election official but for his personal 2021 book in which he defamed Pick.

"Ms. Pick never once asked Mr. Raffensperger to make statements regarding the 2020 election; her only concern is in repairing her damaged reputation caused by false statements made by Mr. Raffensperger in 2021, a full year later. Ms. Pick will hold Mr. Raffensperger accountable for making false statements about her, and the fact he's more interested in diverting attention to a 2020 election narrative that portrays him favorably and away from addressing his 2021 defamatory statements shows he is extremely concerned that justice will be served," said Bill Whitehill, a member of her legal team.

https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/28/georgia-secretary-of-state-brad-raffensperger-is-in-costly-litigation-for-peddling-falsehoods-about-a-republican-election-volunteer/

ATCM: 'Spies and Journalists: A Very Special Relationship'

 It's hard to understate the irony of [Carl] Bernstein's complaining about journalists collaborating with intelligence officials when he had served as the unquestioning recipient of leaks by Mark Felt, the onetime head of FBI counterintelligence, motivated by Felt's bureaucratic beef against the elected president of the United States.

Bernstein's relationship with Felt can be thought of as the alternative model of intelligence-journalist cooperation, where the eyes of the intelligence services are not on foreign foes, but domestic political and bureaucratic opponents.

Instead of journalists being the eyes and ears of American spies, it's now the spies who observe and report to their journalist assets, not to relay facts, but to spread narratives that serve the opaque purposes of the government mandarins.

Journalists seeking to remain in the good graces of the intelligence community have returned the favor by pre-emptively tailoring their reporting to the needs of the spies.

Coziness between spies and journalists has grown exponentially worse as society has progressed further into the digital era.

So today the intelligence doyens of D.C. don't really have any better understanding of the ways of the wider world than do the know-nothing journalists to whom they leak.

Like Bernstein with Felt, journalists are perfectly comfortable being the patsies of deep-throated spies if the target is a Republican, and not some foreign foe.

https://the-pipeline.org/atcm-spies-and-journalists-a-very-special-relationship/

Decoding Democrat Hypocrisy

 Texas Governor Greg Abbott exposed the Democrat hypocrisy here.

A few months back, a Democrat PR agent masquerading as a member of the press published a sting operation on President Trump where he was surreptitiously taped on the golf course of Mar-a-Lago.

Sting ops only work when they expose hypocrisy.

The hypocrisy also shows that the Democrats don't want to suffer the consequences of their bad policies.

He was critical of Biden, Harris, and the Democrats, the only difference was the smattering of profanity.

Abbott dispatched illegal aliens to their localities such as Martha's Vineyard where the Obamas reside or to Democrat bastions in NYC.

Trump never claimed to be a monk.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/08/decoding_democrat_hypocrisy.html

ESG Is Reshaping America’s Institutions

You may have heard the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) movement described as a juggernaut that has steamrolled through our institutions for over two decades.

If only ESG were a unified force towering over corporate America and beyond.

Attended by a cadre of global elites including finance executives, bankers, and investors, the conference focused on integrating “environmental, social and corporate governance issues in asset management, securities brokerage services and associated research functions.” In other words, from its inception ESG has posed a formidable threat to national sovereignty, cultural identity, and fundamental economic principles.

It’s commonly thought that ESG is a behemoth that has gorged itself on reams of academic pablum, with few daring to disrupt the chorus of virtue signaling that dominates modern business scholarship.

ESG is not a Leviathan but rather a hydra—a multi-headed beast of disparate interests, a loose confederation of academic theorists, corporate opportunists, bankers, investors, lobbyists, non-governmental organizations, and misguided do-gooders, all jockeying for position to appear as the most righteous.

Stopping this global project is necessary to revive self-government.

By challenging these power dynamics and advocating for the norms and values that ESG marginalizes, we can safeguard the culture and individual freedoms fundamental to America’s strength and vibrancy.

https://americanmind.org/salvo/esg-is-reshaping-americas-institutions/

Top 6 LAST DITCH ATTEMPTS the Communist-controlled Democratic Party may put into play to REMAIN in POWER

Top 6 LAST DITCH ATTEMPTS the Communist-controlled Democratic Party may put into play to REMAIN in POWER. The snakes, rats, and Gila monsters are now backed into a corner, and they're hissing and snarling, ready to fight to the death.

The next steps for the Democrats to remain in control include massive cheating for the election, killing or jailing Trump and new mass shootings staged for gun-grabbing laws.

Here are the top 6 last-ditch-attempts the Communist-controlled Democratic Party must put into play to keep their dream of a Marxist America going.

Around 40 million FAKE votes are crafted, shifted from Trump to Harris, and recorded for Kommie Kamala and the mass media simply "Calls it" for Harris to win POTUS. World War III begins, and the election is postponed for what they say is temporary, but it will be permanently put off.

A new "Lone shooter" working in tandem with the Secret Service, the globalists, the FBI and local police make sure the second Trump rally assassination attempt doesn't "Miss." Democrats refuse to certify a Trump win, and use the "Insurrection Clause" by showing forced and false confessions by their January 6 political prisoners that they're torturing every day in DC gulags.

Should Trump really win the election and finalize it, that would make every Democrat "Election denier" and "Protester" like a January 6'er that Trump could put in prison, by their own method of operation.

If they want election denial to be a criminal offense, then patriots help Trump secure the White House and put the REAL election deniers behind bars.

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-08-28-top-6-last-ditch-attempts-communist-democratic-party.html 

January 6 was a Deep State False Flag

 Unlike RFK Jr. As before, for the next few days, I am going to run short - 1-3 minute reads - excerpts from a new book, Against the Corporate Media, 42 Ways the Media Hates You - a book of essays to which I contributed, along with forty-one others.

In the words of the late great Rush Limbaugh, today's journalists are nothing more than "Stenographers for the regime." And rather than holding the state accountable, they are actively persecuting and vilifying private citizens whom the state targets, and they are giving the neighbors, friends, and customers of these people permission to hate, despise, and persecute them as well.

The media had launched their mission, which continues to this day, to destroy, utterly, as many of the January 6 attendees as possible.

Make no mistake-the media has relentlessly backed the demagoguery coming from Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and the rest of the Democrat party machine, intentionally and relentless planting the idea that everyone who went to Washington that day was a criminal, an "Enemy of democracy," and must be destroyed.

For the media, these "Insurrectionists" were guilty until proven innocent.

The result of the media breathlessly regurgitating whatever the government accused these people of doing, while never committing any acts of real journalism by exploring the facts-that most of these people were law-abiding citizens who had never been arrested for any crime before in their lives-was that their communities, their neighbors, their customers, all turned against them.

The media gave permission to hate these people-after all, every single one of them was called a violent, racist, white supremacist insurrectionist who deserved the scorn and hatred of anyone who believed in "Democracy." America is a representative republic, designed as such to protect us all from mob rule.... buy the book here.

https://elizabethnickson.substack.com/p/january-6-was-a-deep-state-false

Candace Owens Under FBI Investigation for Exposing Elite Pedophilia in Hollywood

Candace Owens is being investigated by the FBI for publishing material about elite pedophilia in Hollywood, according to reports.

Celebrity far-left rabbi Shmuley Boteach filed a complaint with the FBI against Owens on Monday, bizarrely alleging that Owens’ determination to expose the inner workings of the entertainment industry represents a threat to his family and to Jewish people nationwide.

Taktuk told The Jerusalem Post: “Candace Owens lies through her teeth every day, to millions of people – that we Jews kill Catholics on Passover, that we Jews are inherently pedophilic, that we control Hollywood and murder black entertainers, that Zionism is satanic and devilish.” She added that Owens did say one thing that was true: “I went after her and attacked her ruthlessly for two years straight.

According to Boteach, Owens, months ago, “insinuated that I killed Michael Jackson.

The dispute intensified when Boteach criticized Owens for not condemning West’s antisemitic remarks, leading Owens to claim that Boteach and his daughter had harassed her for years.

Owens further accused Boteach of threatening her with public defamation and linked him to a broader narrative involving alleged blackmail rings in Hollywood.

“Yesterday, before more than one million people in a live X feed,” who he called, “arch antisemites,” Candace Owens, “arguably the foremost female Jew-hater in America, accused me of trying to murder her, in collaboration with the world’s Zionists, thereby putting a national target on my back and naming me specifically from all American Jewish leaders,” Boteach wrote to the FBI. 

https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/candace-owens-under-fbi-investigation-for-exposing-elite-pedophilia-in-hollywood/

Biden-Harris DHS to Resume Fraud-Plagued CHNV Parole

The Biden-Harris DHS earlier this month paused its “parole” program for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua amidst findings of fraud.

Trafficking, exploitation, forced marriage, peonage, and national-security threats, for starters.

Third, although it’s packaged as a “parole” program, CHNV doesn’t meet most parole requirements.

The Washington Times now reports that the administration is restarting “CHNV Parole”, and in an interesting twist, the department is soliciting volunteers to “confirm” (read: “process”) those applications — volunteers who don’t need any prior experience.

In lieu of deterring CHNV aliens from coming illegally by detaining them or expanding Vice President Kamala Harris’ root causes portfolio in response to that migration shift, the administration decided to bribe would-be illegal migrants from the four CHNV countries not to come illegally through the back door by opening the front door (U.S. international airports) to them, using CHNV parole.

An “alert” appears at the top of USCIS’s CHNV parole page, which states: “DHS has temporarily paused the issuance of Advance Travel Authorizations (ATA) for new CHNV beneficiaries while it undertakes a review of the supporter application process.” ATAs are the documents the agency issues to CHNV beneficiaries allowing them to board the planes to fly here and to be processed at U.S. arrival airports — i.e., a kind of imitation visa.

The number of illegal migrants from the four CHNV countries ( uba, aiti, icaragua, and aiti) who were apprehended by Border Patrol at the Southwest border rose from just over 17,500 in FY 2020 to more than 600,000 in FY 2022. 

https://cis.org/Arthur/Report-BidenHarris-DHS-Resume-FraudPlagued-CHNV-Parole

Supreme Court Blocks Harris-Biden Regime from Stealing Taxpayer Money to Cancel Student Loan Debt

 The Supreme Court *for the second time in a year* ruled against Kamala and Joe’s plan to use taxpayer money to cancel student loans without Congress.

The Harris-Biden Regime sought to revive its vote-buying gimmick and cancel student loan debt in an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court after the high court already struck down the plan.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed a Biden administration plea seeking to revive the latest plan to tackle federal student loan debt.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the plea seeking to lift the nationwide injunction and said the appeals court will render its decision.

Last year the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against Joe Biden’s student loan relief program so the Department of Education rolled out a workaround forbearance program to cancel $39 billion in student loans by counting non-payments as payments for a period of time.

In January Biden unilaterally canceled another $5 billion in student loan debt for 74,000 borrowers in his latest vote-buying gimmick.

Joe Biden also announced he would cancel student loans for borrowers who took out less than $12,000 and have been in repayment for 10 years.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/just-supreme-court-blocks-harris-biden-regime-stealing/

Judge Merchan’s Daughter Slapped With Subpoena

 On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena to Loren Merchan, the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan, amid allegations that her work with former President Donald Trump’s political adversaries could have influenced her father’s rulings.

This, they argue, could have influenced Judge Merchan’s decisions, making his impartiality questionable at best.

Judge Merchan, who presided over Trump’s criminal trial, has already faced significant scrutiny.

“Did Authentic Campaigns service Donald Trump’s political adversaries?

The move comes as tensions continue to escalate over the Manhattan District Attorney’s prosecution of former President Trump, a case that many argued is politically motivated.

Popularly elected prosecutors, such as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, have engaged in an unprecedented abuse of authority by prosecuting a former President of the United States and current nominee for that office.” The letter goes on to say that it is the Committee’s belief that the involvement of Judge Merchan’s daughter in such a politically charged environment created the appearance of impropriety.

The question now is whether the revelations about Loren Merchan’s work will impact the trial’s outcome, or if it will be seen as another attempt by Trump’s opponents to undermine his re-election bid.

https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/new-juan-merchans-daughter-slapped-with-subpoena-mace/

California legislature passes bill banning voter ID laws

The California legislature passed a bill banning local governments from adopting voter identification laws for local elections.

“An overwhelming body of evidence proves that voter ID laws only subvert voter turnout and create barriers to law abiding voters,” wrote bill author State Sen. Dave Min, D-Irvine.

California does not require identification to vote, but earlier this year, the City of Huntington Beach approved a voter ID requirement for municipal elections starting in 2026.

“To register to vote in California, voters are already required to provide their driver's license number, California identification number, or the last four digits of their social security number.” State Assemblymember Bill Essayli, R-Corona, introduced a failed amendment to the bill, SB 1174, that would have explicitly banned undocumented immigrants from voting.

This bill would override Huntington Beach’s policy.

Huntington Beach argues that the fact legislators introduced SB 1174 suggests that was, in fact, permissible for its voters to approve such an ordinance.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Huntington Beach for its ordinance, claiming it violates state and federal law because most elections involve voting for municipal, state, and federal office at the same time.

https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_cfdc8586-658c-11ef-96c6-03a19f4f4791.html

FISA: How a Watergate-Era “Reform” Turned into a Mechanism of Massive State Surveillance

One solution to limit increased unauthorized surveillance of US citizens was to enact a law to limit the president and federal personnel from authorizing surveillance of US citizens.

The FISA was designed to prevent secret surveillance by the president and others in the federal government after Watergate.

History shows how federal government surveillance grew over time when governing personnel were granted a new power by law.

The act created the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court as a tribunal tasked with reviewing requests from federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies like the FBI and National Security Agency who sought permission to begin wiretap surveillance on any "Foreign power or an agent of a foreign power" within the US The FISC was comprised of seven federal district court judges.

After the September 11, 2001, terror attacks the newly-signed USA Patriot Act expanded FISA surveillance orders duration, allowed authorities to share information placed before a grand jury with other federal agencies, and permitted authorities to gather foreign intelligence information on US citizens and non-citizens.

The 2007 law amended FISA by removing warrant requirements for federal surveillance of foreign intelligence targets outside the US and anyone in the US that communicated with them.

What started out after Watergate to prevent secret unauthorized surveillance of US citizens by the president and others in the federal government resulted with an abundance of secret and warrantless surveillance of US citizens and non-US citizens by the federal government. 

https://mises.org/mises-wire/fisa-how-watergate-era-reform-turned-mechanism-massive-state-surveillance

Why the Crony Class Loves Artificially-Low Interest Rates—And Why You Shouldn’t

In our bureaucratically-managed economy, financial prosperity increasingly depends on how close one can position himself to the dissemination of newly-created money.

The federal government’s persistent deficit and the Federal Reserve’s inflation policy necessitate continuous money creation.

Understanding this critically means identifying the link between this “prosperity” and newly-created money.

Since creating money from nothing can’t possibly be productive, or enhance wealth in any real way, there is no direct link to prosperity.

As this money flows into specific sectors or assets, prices rise.

For money bureaucrats and the crony class, this is a highly sought-after feature of fiat money.

Those with early access gain significantly, while others face relative wealth decline. 

https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-crony-class-loves-artificially-low-interest-rates-and-why-you-shouldnt

Biden Admin Pushed Group to Cut Trans Surgery Age Requirements, Faces Probe

“Officials applied this inappropriate pressure by urging for the removal of age limits that expands the pool of children and adolescents recommended for irreversible gender transition surgical procedures.” Pointing to reporting from The New York Times, the committee said in its letter that WPATH published a draft of its recommendations online which included age limits of 14 for hormone drugs, “age 15 for transgender mastectomies, age 16 for transgender breast augmentation and facial surgery, and age 17 for transgender genital surgeries and hysterectomies.” Emails reportedly show that Biden administration officials, including Admiral Rachel Levine, assistant secretary for HHS who is a transgender woman, pressured the group to remove the age limits altogether.

A U.S. House Committee has launched a probe of the Biden-Harris administration after reports that the White House pressured the World Professional Association of Transgender Health, a leading professional nonprofit association, to remove the age limits for transgender surgeries and drugs for minors.

“Despite WPATH’s initial minimum age recommendations, Admiral Levine and [Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Sarah] Boateng’s clear, concise instructions to remove age recommendations from SOC-8 led to their ultimate removal, notwithstanding the Biden Administration’s now public statement that it opposes providing such surgeries to minors,” the letter said.

Critics have raised concerns that those surgeries, which do irreversible changes to the body, are often regretted.

“We are concerned that HHS officials, acting in their official capacity, inappropriately applied pressure for changes to international pediatric medical standards,” the letter said.

Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., chair of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, sent a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra opening the probe, which requests all documentation and communication around the alleged “political interference” and whether HHS has pressured other medical groups to alter its guidance. 

https://tennesseestar.com/politics/biden-admin-pushed-group-to-cut-trans-surgery-age-requirements-faces-probe/tcsquare/2024/08/29/

Can We Entrust The Future Of This Country To Politicians That Are Constantly Flip-Flopping In A Desperate Attempt To Get Votes?

 All over America, Democrats deeply hate Republicans and Republicans deeply hate Democrats.

Voters have come to tolerate a certain level of inconsistency in our politicians, but Kamala Harris is taking things to an entirely new level that we have never seen before.

How can we trust someone that will literally say anything to get elected?

All she cares about is getting elected.

Of course Donald Trump has not exactly been a model of consistency either.

Let’s eliminate that,” Harris wrote in 2019.

She is disavowing a whole host of far-left positions that she previously deeply believed in, and she is trying to convince all of us that she is now a “moderate” that is deeply in touch with what the American people truly want.

https://citizenwatchreport.com/can-we-entrust-the-future-of-this-country-to-politicians-that-are-constantly-flip-flopping-in-a-desperate-attempt-to-get-votes/

Judge Releases Jan. 6 Protester Citing Supreme Court Ruling

A federal judge has ordered the release of a defendant convicted in the January 6 Capitol attack due to a Supreme Court ruling.

The Supreme Court ruled in June that federal felony "obstruction of an official proceeding" charges are only valid if the government can prove that a defendant "impaired the availability or integrity" of documents or records rather than merely obstructing an official proceeding.

Howell cited the Supreme Court decision in her ruling, which granted Stedman's motion for release pending appeal.

Stedman will not be released until October 27 because he is still serving a mandatory 12-month sentence from his misdemeanor convictions, on which the Supreme Court ruling had no impact.

ET: This article has been updated to include a comment from Patrick Stedman's attorney Rocco C. Cipparone, Jr.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ordered the release of defendant Patrick Stedman, who was convicted of the felony obstruction charge and four additional misdemeanor counts last year.

Stedman's misdemeanor convictions include entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, demonstrating or picketing inside a Capitol building. 

https://www.newsweek.com/judge-releases-january-6-protester-patrick-stedman-1945822

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

NY Times Turns On Kamala! Publishes NUMEROUS OpEds on ‘Weak,’ ‘Phony’ and ‘Ignorant’ Democrat Nominee

The Old Gray Lady turned on Kama-Kama-Kama Kama-chamelion.

We didn’t expect this on our 2024 bingo card!

Has The New York Times turned on Kamala, the nation’s most unpopular vice president?

The Times on Friday posted a hit on Kamala Harris titled, “Joy is Not a Strategy.” Then, on Monday, The NY Times published an op-ed titled, “Trump Can win on character,” something that must have made the leftist elites vomit in their mouths.

On Monday night, former Biden spox Jen Psaki faced a harsh reality when Don Lemon told her that “no one” knows who Kamala Harris is in the swing states he visited last week.

To read and listen to their florid praise is to believe that Harris is already a shoo-in for president – and not an 11th hour replacement as Democratic nominee… …The reliably liberal New York Times was among the first to suddenly change tack on Friday, taking aim at what many perceive to be Harris’s fatal lack of clear policy with a brutal headline that read: ‘Joy Is Not a Strategy’.

On Monday, the newspaper published a guest essay titled ‘Trump can win on character’, by conservative commentator Rich Lowry.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/breaking-ny-times-turns-kamala-publishes-numerous-opeds/

Georgia Secretary Of State Brad Raffensperger Is In Costly Litigation For Peddling Lies About GOP Election Volunteer

 Jacki Pick, a Republican volunteer on the Trump legal team, was the sole presenter of the video to Georgia legislators to show that Republican election observers’ claims about unsupervised ballot counting in Georgia’s largest county were true.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is facing a powerful defamation lawsuit arising from false claims he made about a Republican election volunteer in his 2021 book “Integrity Counts.” He wrote and published that a video presentation of unsupervised ballot counting at State Farm Arena in Atlanta had been “doctored,” “chopped up,” “cut,” “sliced up,” and “deceptively sliced and edited so that it appeared to show the exact opposite of reality,” allegedly including a “slice of video that had removed the clear evidence” that the law had been followed.

While she did not show the entire 20 hours of the video in her 12-minute presentation, nothing she showed was edited, chopped up, sliced, or diced, in any way.

For example, in March 2020, Raffensperger succumbed to the legal efforts of Democrat activist Marc Elias to water down signature verification requirements for mail-in ballots.

Pick never once asked Mr. Raffensperger to make statements regarding the 2020 election; her only concern is in repairing her damaged reputation caused by false statements made by Mr. Raffensperger in 2021, a full year later.

It came a year after he oversaw one of the most controversial state elections of 2020.

None of that was true.

https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/28/georgia-secretary-of-state-brad-raffensperger-is-in-costly-litigation-for-peddling-falsehoods-about-a-republican-election-volunteer/

Media: The Enemy of the People

The members of the media don't prefer the Democrats, they are Democrats.

Bias means an inclination, leaning, or preference, but nothing beyond that.

The word 'bias' is inadequate to describe what the mainstream media has devolved into.

If they talk about it, they either blame circumstance, call it unavoidable, or resort to their favorite -- you guessed it -- blame President Trump.

The attack didn't quite catch fire, even among liberals.

How do they cover Biden?

It isn't even good propaganda, because propaganda that looks like propaganda is bad propaganda. 

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/08/media_the_enemy_of_the_people.html

Biden-Harris rapidly 'Trump-proofing' Justice Department as election looms

 The Biden-Harris administration has deployed a little-known hiring mechanism to staff key divisions of the Department of Justice (DOJ) ahead of the 2024 election, according to documents provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation by Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT).

Hundreds of people, primarily lawyers and judges, have been appointed to the Environmental and Natural Resources (ENRD) and Antitrust and Immigration Review divisions of the DOJ using its “Schedule A” hiring authority since President Joe Biden took office, documents shared with the DCNF by PPT show.

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Schedule A hiring does not require appointments to be made on the basis of merit and appointments do not expire at the end of the current president’s term, meaning these bureaucrats will stick around even if former President Donald Trump takes office in 2025, according to the Office of Budget and Management.

“Until recently, antitrust enforcement was a relatively technical and non-partisan division,” PPT’s press release reads.

The DOJ did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

That number had ballooned to 3 million under the Biden-Harris administration, PBS reported in January.

https://www.wnd.com/2024/08/biden-and-harris-rapidly-trump-proofing-justice-department-as-election-looms/

Party Over for Alarmists as Sea Temperatures Plunge Around the World

Surface ocean temperatures are plunging rapidly around the world with scientists reported to be puzzled at the speed of the recent decline.

For almost two years, this boiling ocean trope has been a reliable standby for every alarmist spiv promoting the Net Zero insanity.

Plebs flying to Benidorm for an annual holiday and causing ‘global heating’ was a favourite explanation, although mainstream media put it in marginally more polite terms.

Until recently, the surface sea temperature (SST) graph below showing measurements up the Arctic and down to Antarctica was rarely out of the public prints.

But expect the scare to be parked for a while along with coral reefs, polar bears and Arctic sea ice.

Less puzzlement was to be found when the oceans were ‘boiling’ during the last two years.

Last August she claimed that while scientists have known that the sea surface would continue to warm up because of greenhouse gas emissions, “they are still investigating exactly why temperatures have surged so far above previous years”. 

https://dailysceptic.org/2024/08/27/party-over-for-alarmists-as-sea-temperatures-plunge-around-the-world/

Statin drug industry generates OBSCENE PROFITS from institutional lies about cholesterol and the oversimplification of heart disease

 Statin drug industry generates OBSCENE PROFITS from institutional lies about cholesterol and the oversimplification of heart disease But today, doctors are indoctrinated and incentivized to push statin drugs on people at an early age, while ignoring all the dietary and lifestyle factors that influence heart disease risk.

The oversimplification of the causes of heart disease leads to widespread pill-pushing that benefits a statin drug industry that's built on a history of lies.

The pharmaceutical industry has long profited from the widespread belief that high cholesterol is a primary cause of heart disease.

In one study, COVID-19 outcomes are more severe for individuals with low cholesterol, suggesting that statin drugs cause immune-deficiencies that lead to worse outcomes for infectious disease.

The sugar industry, especially the high fructose corn syrup industry, is really at the heart of this controversy.

Internal documents reveal that the industry bribed scientists to downplay the link between sugar consumption and heart disease, shifting the blame onto saturated fat and cholesterol.

According to Data Bridge Market Research, the U.S. statin market size was valued at $4.53 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach $5.10 billion by 2031.

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-08-27-statin-drug-industry-profits-from-lies-about-cholesterol.html

A Stain on the Vermont Supreme Court

If the courts of the nation do not uphold constitutional laws, who will protect young children from Big Pharma, experimental vaccines, government mandates, or even malfeasance? The Vermont Supreme Court’s Politella decision is an atrocious legal precedent.

This surreal desecration of parental consent was justified by deference to federal statutes governing vaccinations, ignoring both federal and state constitutional liberties.

Vermont’s highest court has ruled that citizens have no legal recourse if their children are administered an experimental vaccine against parental wishes by public school personnel unless they prove willful misconduct and their child suffers serious physical injury or death.

This outcome is directed by the United States Constitution.

The family sued in state court under various state causes of action; the Vermont Supreme Court ruled the PREP Act barred their complaint.

If the courts of the nation do not uphold constitutional laws, who will protect young children from Big Pharma, experimental vaccines, government mandates, or even malfeasance?

Fortunately, the young boy suffered no adverse effects from the vaccine. 

https://brownstone.org/articles/a-stain-on-the-vermont-supreme-court/

Just How Bad is Legacy Media?

The first is the rise of politicized media “fact-checkers,” and the second is Facebook, the social media site.

It is arguable we have never had a completely free media, but today, independent media is pretty much there.

In 2016, I wrote a piece for the magazine’s website bluntly calling Facebook’s plan to collaborate with outside media organizations to fact check content on the platform “a terrible idea.” And years before that, in 2011, I had written a cover story for the magazine headlined “Lies, Damned Lies, and ‘Fact-Checking.’” It was the first major—and deeply critical—examination of media “fact checking” organizations, such as PolitiFact and The Washington Post Fact Checker.

For the next few days, I am going to run short - 1-3 minute reads - excerpts from a new book, Against the Corporate Media, 42 Ways the Media Hates You - a book of essays to which I contributed, along with forty-one others on just what happened.

“What do you two do?” one finally asked.

In 2017, editors above my paygrade decided that we were going to be one of a handful of media outlets that agreed to collaborate with Facebook for the social media giant’s “fact checking” program.

I had just escaped snowy London; the house in which I lived had no central heating because my landlady felt that “central heating kills a house”. 

https://elizabethnickson.substack.com/p/just-how-bad-is-legacy-media

A Cashless Society Is A Controlled Society- If Everything Must go Through an Online Banking or Credit Card Process, Then You Have Just Lost Virtually all Control Over What You Buy.

Having cash makes it easier to buy direct from individuals.

Transactions such as getting a great deal on a vintage bureau on Craigslist or scooping up a baby stroller at a garage sale are easier with cash for everyone involved.

And those possible situations are just everyday occurrences.

You also might want to avail yourself of a chance to get in on a friend’s bulk purchase by buying just one pair out of a dozen gloves or a small bag of artisan flour out of a 50-pound sack.

It also would be a shame to pass up a purchase of fresh delectable produce at a stand beside the road, or to miss an opportunity to donate a few dollars to a good cause because you did not have money handy to do so.

Building up a supply of money at home for true disasters works on the same principle.

Stuff happens. 

https://madgewaggy.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-cashless-society-is-controlled.html

Democrats Lose Effort to Block Cornel West from Michigan Ballot

 For months, we have been discussing the concerted effort of Democrats to bar challengers to President Joe Biden from primary ballots and block third-party candidates like Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Cornel West from appearing on the November ballots.

Now, a state judge has issued a stinging denial of the effort of Democratic officials to block West from the Michigan ballots.

West issued a statement: “Victory in Michigan!

As both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris insisted that “Democracy is on the ballot,” their allies sought to deny the ability of voters to cast their ballots for other candidates.

Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson helped lead the effort to prevent citizens from being able to vote for West in Michigan.

One does not have to support Trump, West, or the other third-party opponents to find this effort repulsive.

We brought thousands of voices to the table, and the court listened, rejecting the Democrats’ technical challenges.

https://jonathanturley.org/2024/08/27/democrats-lose-effort-to-block-cornel-west-from-michigan-ballot/

Biden admin pushed group to cut trans surgery age requirements, faces probe

“Officials applied this inappropriate pressure by urging for the removal of age limits that expands the pool of children and adolescents recommended for irreversible gender transition surgical procedures.” Pointing to reporting from The New York Times, the committee said in its letter that WPATH published a draft of its recommendations online which included age limits of 14 for hormone drugs, “age 15 for transgender mastectomies, age 16 for transgender breast augmentation and facial surgery, and age 17 for transgender genital surgeries and hysterectomies.” Emails reportedly show that Biden administration officials, including Admiral Rachel Levine, assistant secretary for HHS who is a transgender woman, pressured the group to remove the age limits altogether.

(The Center Square) – A U.S. House Committee has launched a probe of the Biden-Harris administration after reports that the White House pressured the World Professional Association of Transgender Health, a leading professional nonprofit association, to remove the age limits for transgender surgeries and drugs for minors.

“Despite WPATH’s initial minimum age recommendations, Admiral Levine and [Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Sarah] Boateng’s clear, concise instructions to remove age recommendations from SOC-8 led to their ultimate removal, notwithstanding the Biden Administration’s now public statement that it opposes providing such surgeries to minors,” the letter said.

Critics have raised concerns that those surgeries, which do irreversible changes to the body, are often regretted.

Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., chair of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, sent a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra opening the probe, which requests all documentation and communication around the alleged “political interference” and whether HHS has pressured other medical groups to alter its guidance.

McClain’s subcommittee and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, also have an investigation into reports that healthcare providers have been fraudulently billing Medicaid for pediatric transgender work.

“We are concerned that HHS officials, acting in their official capacity, inappropriately applied pressure for changes to international pediatric medical standards,” the letter said. 

https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_7eaaa51a-6499-11ef-b07c-d3fc940307fb.html

Trump Rally Sniper Exposes FBI ‘Cover-Up’ in Trump Assassination Attempt: ‘Evidence Tampering’

 According to SWAT counter-sniper Ben Shaffer, the FBI engaged in systematic “evidence tampering” in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.

A SWAT counter-sniper who was working the Pennsylvania rally where former President Donald Trump was shot last month has come forward to expose what he believes is a FBI cover up of what really happened that day.

Shaffer admitted that it was ‘absolutely’ concerning that the roof of the AGR International building where gunman Thomas Matthew Crook, 20, was scrubbed of biological evidence so quickly after the July 13 assassination attempt.

‘Do you find it odd that literally only days after the attempted assassination on President Donald J Trump, while the roof was too sloped to place individuals for counter-sniper operations, that it wasn’t too sloped of a roof for the FBI to go ahead and tamper, in my opinion, with evidence by washing the roof off that may have had significant evidence on it?’ Mills questioned Shaffer.

‘Any suggestion the FBI is interfering with congressional efforts to look into the attempted assassination which took place in Butler, Pennsylvania is inaccurate and unfounded,’ it said in a statement to the New York Post.

‘This pattern of investigative scorched Earth by the FBI is quite troubling.’ But the bureau has denied any wrongdoing.

He said that his effort to examine Crooks’ body on August 5 created ‘quite a stir and revealed a disturbing fact… the FBI released the body for cremation 10 days after July 13.’ ‘On July 23, Crooks was gone,’ Higgins wrote, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/trump-rally-sniper-exposes-fbi-cover-up-in-trump-assassination-attempt-evidence-tampering/

Trump Is Likely Right about Illegal Immigrants Accounting for Job Growth

Former president Donald Trump wrote in an August 20 post on Truth Social that “most new jobs under Biden went to illegal immigrants.” Predictably, “fact checkers” attacked his assertion.

It is the case that a significant share of job growth went to the native-born in 2021 as the economy recovered from Covid.

The foreign-born, often colloquially called “immigrants,” are all those who were not American citizens at birth — including naturalized citizens, permanent residents (green-card holders), temporary visitors (mostly guest workers and foreign students), and illegal immigrants.

The Census Bureau, which collects the CPS, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which analyzes the data each month, are both clear that illegal immigrants are included in the data.

It is possible that some of the growth in 2021 is overstated owing to problems with collecting the survey during the pandemic.

The government’s Current Population Survey (CPS) asks members of the general public each month whether they are working, looking for work (unemployed), or neither working nor looking for work.

In a series of reports, we have chronicled the dramatic growth of the foreign-born in the monthly CPS since President Biden took office.

https://cis.org/Camarota/Oped-Trump-Likely-Right-about-Illegal-Immigrants-Accounting-Job-Growth

Hush Money? Records Show Biden/Harris Campaign Paid $15K to Emhoff’s Ex in 2020

Investigative journalist Laura Loomer alleged in a recent X post that the Biden–Harris campaign in 2020 paid hush money to the ex-wife of second gent Doug Emhoff.

Kerstin Emhoff, the second gent’s first wife, who is now CEO of a film-production company called Ventureland, received a payment from the campaign for nearly $15,000 in 2020.

“We sometimes joke that our modern family is almost a little too functional,” Harris claimed, adding that the nontraditional family is perfectly possible “if everyone approaches it in the way that there’s plenty of love to share.” In addition to pointing out the hush-money mayments, Loomer reported that both Ventureland and Pretty Bird—another one of Kerstin Emhoff’s companies—shared an office building with NPR, which, like most of the corporate media, appears to favor Harris.

“To know Cole and Ella is to know that their mother, Kerstin, is an incredible mother,” Harris wrote in a 2019 essay for Elle magazine, claiming that she and Kerstin were “dear friends” and a “duo of cheerleaders” for the kids.

The childless Harris has sought to normalize herself to voters by appearing to be the co-parent to Emhoff’s children, claiming they had affectionately dubbed her “Momala,” even though Cole, 29, and Ella, 25, were both in their late teens when she married their father in 2014.

She posted an Instagram picture of herself inside Chicago’s United Center with the caption “So excited for this week!” Loomer speculated that the payments had helped to placate Kerstin Emhoff, who recently revealed in an interview with CNN how much she loved sharing her children with Harris.

Moreover, she has reportedly contracted with the 2024 Harris–Walz campaign for video production services, including some of the work at the recent Democratic National Convention. 

https://headlineusa.com/biden-harris-paid-15k-emhoff-ex/