Gawd the Dems are turning RFKjr into a republicans as they speak. I guess there used to be honest democrats

WATCH: Democrats Try to Censor the Censorship Hearing

Joel B. Pollak20 Jul 2023

House Committee on the Judiciary

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Democrats tried to censor one of their own, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after his passionate opening statement on Thursday at a hearing on censorship at the House Weaponization Subcommittee.

Kennedy had just defended his record on racism and antisemitism, disputing claims by 102 Democrats in a letter that he had allegedly “spread vile and dangerous antisemitic and anti-Asian conspiracy theories.”

He said that his remarks had been taken out of context, and noted his strong support for Israel. Waving the Democrats’ letter, “I know many of the people who wrote this letter. I don’t believe there’s a single person who signed this letter who believes I’m antisemitic. I do not believe that. There’s no evidence of that.”

He noted that he had been censored on social media platforms — not just on the topic of vaccines, but on ordinary issues.

House Committee on the Judiciary

Following his remarks, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), who had used an earlier hearing to attack the practice of professional journalism itself, moved that the hearing be moved into “executive session,” ending the public testimony. She cited rule 11, section 2, of the House, which provides for an executive session if testimony “would tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person.” Republicans moved to table the motion.

Democrats then demanded a roll call vote, and used their votes to deliver short speeches, with Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) calling the committee, without irony, a “Soviet politburo,” as he voted to censor Kennedy.

“This is a hearing on censorship that began with an effort .. to censor Mr. Kennedy!” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) later exclaimed.

As the hearing continued, Democrats attacked Kennedy, with the minority party ranking member, Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), accusing him of trying “to target the black community” with vaccine misinformation.

Breitbart News’ own political editor, Emma-Jo Morris, testified at the hearing about the censorship of her reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop:

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Democrats tried to dispute whether the FBI had verified the authenticity of the laptop at the time of her reporting, when the agency had reached out to Twitter and to other social media platforms to warn them that such stories could be Russian disinformation (which it was not).

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/07/20/watch-democrats-try-to-censor-robert-f-kennedy-jr-at-censorship-hearing/

Censorship Hearing: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Responds to Smears from Stacey Plaskett

Hannah Bleau20 Jul 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded to smears lodged by Democrat Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, who represents the U.S. Virgin Islands, on Thursday at the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government’s hearing on censorship.

Plaskett chose to use her five minutes of time to lambast Kennedy, seemingly painting him as an anti-vaxxer who has discouraged black individuals to get vaccinated — a point he vehemently denied. Ironically, Plaskett decried the fact a particular post from Kennedy was not censored, concluding it made her wonder “about the extent of censorship, when the post is still there.”

“But more importantly, again, I go back to just the fact that we are creating a platform for these for this kind of discussion, not about the censorship, not about free speech, but the content of some of that speech that we’re amplifying in this room. I’m appalled. And just so troubled by colleagues that I have to work with that these are individuals who would bring a witness who’s promoted a video that compared the COVID vaccine to the Tuskegee trials, the Tuskegee trials,” Plaskett said, asserting that such a comparison “preys on black people’s feelings about the atrocities of the past in order to prevent them from seeking life saving vaccines in the present.”

Notably, Plaskett did not acknowledge that the coronavirus vaccines neither prevents one from contracting the coronavirus nor does it prevent transmission, as President Biden and other officials originally pitched.

She also brought Kennedy’s family into the mix, asserting that they disagree with his position. Yet, despite making a point out of that, she still claimed that it “doesn’t mean anything” as families disagree.

“You know, I’m not going to talk about the money that’s received from the Children’s Health Defense from his anti-vaccine organization that’s responsible for a majority of the false information about their out there about COVID and the notoriety that’s gained from it by manipulating black and other vulnerable communities to propagate these pseudo-sciences,” she added.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) later gave time for Kennedy to speak, which the presidential hopeful largely used to address Plaskett’s smears.

“The irony and cognitive dissonance from the other side of the aisle, it’s deafening. You could cut it with a knife.They are at the same time denying that censorship is occurring, but suggesting that there’s more material that needs to be censored,” Massie exclaimed.

“What you have stated and tried to associate me with through guilt by association is simply inaccurate, virtually everything. Every statement that you just made about me is inaccurate,” Kennedy said, making it clear that he is not anti-vaccine, nor has he told the public to avoid general vaccination.

“I believe vaccines should be tested with the same rigor as other medicines, medication. You tried to associate me a moment ago with the replacement theory which is racist,” he said before Plaskett attempted to respond.

“To say that, I wrote a I created a film that encourages blacks not to get adequate medical care is just completely abhorrent,” he continued, speaking against further “ad hominem attacks.”

Kennedy then defined malinformation as requested by Rep. Massie, explaining that it describes “information that Facebook and Twitter and the other social media sites understood was true, but the White House and other federal agencies wanted to censor anyway for political reasons because it challenged official orthodoxies.”

“I’ll give you one example. I was included in a group … and Facebook and others were asked to censor us, which they did,” he said, explaining that these determinations stemmed from a “very shady group,” the Center for Digital Hate “that’s funded by dark money,” which he said should be looked into.

(I really wonder what non-radical democrats think of their leaders today?)

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/07/20/censorship-hearing-robert-f-kennedy-jr-responds-to-smears-from-stacey-plaskett/

Consumer Choice vs. Big-Box Retailers: Unraveling the Hidden Agenda of the Credit Card Competition Act

Electronic Payments Coalition (Sponsored)

20 Jul 2023

The following content is sponsored by the Electronic Payments Coalition.

As Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Marshall’s (R-KS) proposed Credit Card Competition Act of 2023 gains momentum, it’s time to put a stop to it before its impact affects our communities. The credit routing mandates imposed by this bill could unwittingly undermine competition, harm consumers, and crush the very institutions that form the backbone of local economies — small banks.

Predictably, Sen. Durbin attempts to present his legislation as a proponent of free market principles. However, a closer analysis reveals that this is not the case. It’s extremely concerning that the legislation has garnered support from trusted elected officials, including Republicans who have been swayed by the populist sentiment against banks such as Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH).

It’s important to note that when consumers opt for specific market alternatives, it does not indicate a lack of competition. Instead, the legislation would ultimately favor major retailers while disadvantaging consumers and small businesses. This outcome clearly contradicts the principle of promoting competition.

The initial intention behind the Durbin Amendment, in 2010, was to address perceived issues of lacking competition within the debit card market. It is worth noting, though, that after this bill passed, consumers did not reap the supposed benefits. For instance, research from the Federal Reserve proved that big-box retailers pocketed the savings. Banks of all sizes made up for lost income by raising fees, eliminating debit card rewards, and reducing free checking. While this was unfortunate for consumers, the Durbin Amendment turned out to be a major gain for mega-retailers such as Walmart, Home Depot, and Target.

Additionally, since the implementation of the Durbin Amendment, small banks and credit unions have suffered from the debit routing mandates. They do not possess highly profitable revenue streams, like large banks, and thus would be forced to increase fees, reduce services, or even merge with other institutions. It is no surprise that community banks and credit unions strongly oppose this proposal.

As an important reminder, the credit card payment world doesn’t need new “fake competitive” measures. I am sure you and many other consumers have a wide variety of credit cards in your wallet, such as Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Amex, or even store-branded cards. Depending on the available rewards, points, and miles, these cards compete for our purchases. Adding another layer into how payment networks operate would only complicate the processes, create delays, and cause confusion for consumers. It also unnecessarily complicates an otherwise seamless, convenient, and secure transaction process.

It is high time we recognize the adverse ramifications of this legislation and seek alternative solutions that foster a truly competitive and consumer-friendly financial landscape.

Visit StopTheBigBoxBaitAndSwitch.com and tell your lawmakers to put consumers and small businesses ahead of Walmart and Target!

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/07/20/consumer-choice-vs-big-box-retailers-unraveling-the-hidden-agenda-of-the-credit-card-competition-act/

Exclusive—Rep. Matt Gaetz: Congress Has Failed to Terminate Syria’s Never-Ending National Emergency

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)20 Jul 2023

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The Constitution establishes a system of checks and balances to prevent any branch of government, including the executive, from having unchecked power. Yet, Congress has consistently failed in its constitutional and statutory duty to review 41 national emergency declarations, including the national emergency regarding Syria.

Section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (NEA) legally requires Congress to review declared national emergencies declared by the president every six months. Without reviewing national emergencies, Congress is allowing these declarations to act as slush funds. It enables the president to spend untold sums of money, with no transparency or accountability. Such declarations also unlock 135 statutory provisions for the president that, if invoked, could have profound and troubling implications that have the potential to violate Americans’ civil liberties. Some of the potential violations to our civil liberties include drafting Americans into the military without their consent and freezing their assets and bank accounts.

I previously brought a War Powers resolution to the floor of the House of Representatives to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, highlighting that the futility of our excessive entanglement in the region’s great power competition was not making life better for Syrians, while also endangering the lives of our service members present there. Yet, my plea was dismissed on a bipartisan basis, leaving U.S. service members and contractors as sitting ducks, which has led to the unnecessary loss of American lives.

Now, this week, I came to the floor to offer a joint resolution to terminate the national emergency regarding Syria. Since this national emergency was first declared by President George W. Bush in 2004, this was the first time a vote has been taken on its continuation. If it had passed, the resolution would have reasserted Congress’ statutory duty and constitutional oversight role to review decades-long national emergency declarations, but unfortunately, it was also not adopted. The vote was 24-394—not even close.

Over the last nearly 20 years, the United States has become the neighborhood Crime Watch of certain areas in Syria.

If ending the national emergency regarding Syria is being soft on Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, the logic significantly undermines the idea that the 2004 national emergency declaration was an anti-Assad tool. If the national emergency nearly two decades ago was intended to be Assad kryptonite, it’s been the worst Assad kryptonite you could ever imagine. Assad has never been stronger.

If the principal argument against ending the national emergency regarding Syria is due to still wanting to maintain sanctions against bad actors, the executive has many other existing authorities to sanction regimes. Also, let’s not forget that Congress can always vote to impose sanctions.

Nothing should be allowed to be an emergency for 20 years. If this were really an emergency, there probably would have been a cataclysmic event of biblical proportion before reaching 20 years. And if it’s still an emergency—20 years later—it’s a chronic condition. The United States cannot be the world’s policeman, and we cannot be the world’s piggy bank.

Matt Gaetz represents Florida’s first congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/07/20/exclusive-rep-matt-gaetz-congress-has-failed-to-terminate-syrias-never-ending-national-emergency/

‘That Will Teach me For Trusting the BBC’: Top Journo Apologises to Nigel Farage

“That will teach me [for trusting the] reporting of my old employer”, says former top BBC man as he issues a good-natured apology to Nigel Farage for repeating now-apparently-false claims about the Brexit leader.

Once one of the most familiar faces on Britain’s embattled state broadcaster, Jon Sopel is now turning into a fierce critic, saying he should have known better than to trust the BBC’s reporting on Nigel Farage and slamming its handling of the Huw Edwards scandal earlier this month. Responding to the revelation this week that briefings against Nigel Farage by Coutts bank, part of the partially state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland-Natwest group published by the BBC were not actually factual, former top BBC editor Sopel wrote:

Always believed when I get things wrong, I own up to it. I got it wrong. Sorry. That will teach me to trust reporting of my old employer… If your political views were even part of the reason why account was suspended from [Coutts] that is totally reprehensible[.]

While the message was in response to a provocative message from Farage challenging Sopel to admit the error, his response was equanimous, writing in response:

Jon, Thank you so very much for those words. I fully accept the apology and wish you well. As broadcasters we now have a duty to fight for free speech for our viewers and listeners.

Former European Parliament colleague of Mr Farage, Martin Daubney noted the exchange and said it was “fair play” to Mr Sopel for having the guts to admit when he’d been misled by the BBC.

Mr Farage revealed that his ban, with whom he has worked for decades, were closing his account last month and that he had been unable to open another account at any other UK bank, leading to claims he was a victim of politically-motivated ‘debanking’. The BBC appeared to hit back at those claims, their Business editor reporting that: “Nigel Farage fell below the financial threshold required to hold an account at Coutts, the prestigious private bank for wealthy customers the BBC has been told… [the bank] rejected the notion that the decision to close his Coutts account was in any way political.”

Mr Farage sensationally published internal Coutts documents he acquired proving this was false this week, and that he had in fact been debunked for political reasons. The consequences of this scandal appear to be growing by the day, with establishment newspapers speaking of a major scandal for the bank involved and the government reportedly moving to legislate to require banks to protect freedom of speech.

Despite Sopel moving quickly to apologise, others haven’t yet moved to do the same for apparently maligning Farage, including BBC editor Jack. It is reported by the Daily Telegraph today that just the night before that story broke, Jack sat next to Natwest chief executive Dame Alison Rose, from whom it is now implied the story could have originated.

Both the bank and BBC have refused to comment on that speculation by the Telegraph. Farage has said the Natwest boss should be “hauled” before Parliament’s Treasure committee to answer urgent questions on her actions.

The admission by Sopel that he might have known better than to trust a BBC report on Nigel Farage is significant, given Sopel worked for the BBC from the early 1980s until last year, holding several top editorial positions and becoming something close to a household name in the United Kingdom for his prominent camera-facing role in many world events. His remarks to Farage, even tongue-in-cheek as they may have been follow other comments last week where Sopel questioned the BBC’s handling of the allegations that a top star at the corporation was entangled in an underage explicit pictures scandal.

Sopel said: “I think that some of my colleagues in BBC News need to look at themselves… “I think the BBC is a complicated beast and it would be lovely to think of it as a streamlined organisation where one bit knows what the other is doing. But the BBC is a series of completely uncoordinated limbs… And I just thought: ‘Hang on, does one know what the other is doing?’.”

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/07/20/that-will-teach-me-for-trusting-the-bbc-top-journo-apologises-to-nigel-farage/

Nolte: ‘Indiana Jones 5’ a ‘Disaster of Epic Proportions’ for Disney

John Nolte20 Jul 2023

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is “shaping up to be a disaster of epic proportionsfor parent company Disney and its veteran CEO, Bob Iger,” Fortune reported.

Dial of Destiny “could potentially rival John Carter as the Mouse House’s worst-ever live-action commercial bomb,” continues the report, “and call into question the future of [Lucasfilm] boss Kathleen Kennedy, a former Fortune Most Powerful Woman.”

John Carter is still seen as one of the most notorious box office failures of all time. Produced in 2012 for $260 to 300 million, it grossed $285 million worldwide. Once you add marketing costs, this $350 million disaster lost Disney somewhere in the range of $200 million. That same year, studio chief Rich Ross resigned.

Luckily for Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy, she has a vagina. Without it, she would have been fired years ago after killing Star Wars as a film franchise.

Disney was a different company in 2012, a sane company where performance mattered more than identity politics and the desire to sexualize absolutely everything, especially children’s content. Disney is now a full-blown, left-wing propaganda outlet, an institution that would never admit Kennedy killed Star Wars and Indiana Jones because to do so would be to admit her obsession with identity politics and sexual fetishes was to blame. That kind of admission can never be allowed.

As of Tuesday, after 20 days in theaters, Dial of Destiny has only grossed $307 million worldwide. At this point, it will be lucky to reach $350 million. Do the math: cost $425 million minus $175 million in net box office receipts (theaters take about half), andyou’re looking at a $250 million loss. That is a quarter of a billion dollar loss — not on a risky and obscure John Mars, a property no one under the age of 100 was familiar with. No, that is a quarter of a billion dollar loss on an Indiana Jones movie, one of the most beloved and iconic franchises in Hollywood history.

In 1981, more than 40 years ago and without adjusting for inflation, Raiders of the Lost Arkgrossed $380 million worldwide. Adjusted for inflation, that’s $1.275 billion with a “B” in today’s dollars.

In 1984, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom grossed $333 million worldwide. Adjusted for inflation, that’s $977 million.

In 1989, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusadegrossed $474 million worldwide. Adjusted for inflation, that’s $1.166 billion with a “B.”

In 2008, the dreadful Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull grossed $790 million worldwide. Adjusted for inflation, that’s $1.12 billion with a “B.”

When you factor in inflation, you are talking about Dial of Destiny flopping in ways that seemed inconceivable a couple of months ago: a $250 million loss and an anemic box office haul $700 to $900 million lower than its predecessors. But that’s what happens when you use a sexless, unappealing woman to emasculate a beloved screen hero.

John Carter was a legitimate risk.

But until Kathleen Kennedy got her grubby, talentless, sex-obsessed, leftist hands on it, Indiana Jones was one of the surest things in the world. But, then again, so was Star Wars,and look at what Kennedy did to that.

Can the fact she’s a chick still save Kathleen Kennedy’s job after this fiasco? I don’t know. Transitioning into a black man might be her only hope.

Disney is evil, and good people revel in its every failure.

https://youtu.be/eQfMbSe7F2g

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/07/20/nolte-indiana-jones-5-a-disaster-epic-proportions-disney/

Meghan and Harry Told No After Requesting Lift on Air Force One For Queen Elizabeth II Funeral: Report

Oliver JJ Lane20 Jul 2023

Pugnacious royals Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan asked the Biden White House for a lift back from Britain on Air Force One after Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral but were turned down, a report claims.

It’s carpooling on a grand scale: wayward son of the British monarch Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex flew into the United Kingdom last year to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral andasked for a lift home from the U.S. President, claims a report in tabloid The Daily Mail. Per the claims, the request was turned down in case it should cause a “commotion” — possibly referring to the potential political fallout from a sitting U.S. President showing preference to a rebellious young prince.

While one might assume the infamously woke Meghan and Harry might wish to share a flight to cut down on the environmental impact of their flights, the Mail report asserts that requesting a lift on Air Force One is, in fact, part of a campaign by the couple to get close to top U.S. political figures and brand-build. It is claimed the request was barely discussed by the American side and was treated as a “non-starter”.

The paper says both Buckingham Palace — which rarely if ever comments on press claims anyway — and the White House both declined to comment on the story.

The claim of the blunt refusal comes amid a difficult time for the pair, who are adjusting to life as self-exiled Royals who, removed from the designation of front-line working Royals, are left without official standing as servants of the state. Last month is was reported one of their greatest money-spinners, the mega-millions deal to produce podcast content for audio giant Spotify had come to a crashing halt.

It is alleged Spotify executives called the pair “fucking grifters” and a top Holywood talent agent said of Meghan after the Spotify debacle that she’s “not a great audio talent, or necessarily any kind of talent”.

The brutal reflections are a sad outcome for the pair, who appear to have squandered a great deal of public goodwill in the United Kingdom to defy the Royal Family, to no clear end.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/07/20/meghan-and-harry-told-no-after-requesting-lift-on-air-force-one-for-queen-elizabeth-ii-funeral-report/

Democrats Go All in Defending Obamacare for DACA Illegal Aliens: ‘They’re American!’

John Binder19 Jul 2023

Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, Democrats are going all in to defend forcing American taxpayers to subsidize health insurance benefits for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

In April, President Joe Biden announced plans to open Obamacare and Medicaid rolls, both subsidized by American taxpayers, to nearly 600,000 DACA illegal aliens. Former President Barack Obama first created the DACA program via executive order, shielding more than a million illegal aliens from deportation through the years.

Currently, about 25 million Americans remain uninsured. Even for those with health insurance, recent polling has found that about half of Americans say they struggle to pay monthly insurance costs.

POTUS / Twitter

During a subcommittee hearing this week, Democrats seemingly made giving Obamacare benefits to DACA illegal aliens a policy plank that they hope to extend, eventually, to all of the nation’s 11 to 22 million illegal aliens.

“We’re having a hearing today as to why people who are American, they’re American, do not deserve healthcare. They’re here lawfully,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said. “They pay more taxes than Facebook does, they pay more taxes than many of our federal corporations do, they pay for — DACA recipients pay for members of Congress’s healthcare more than Facebook does.”

Ocasio Cortez also suggested that DACA illegal aliens “are oftentimes more patriotic” than American citizens.

“They give and give and give to a country that does not love them back in their actions,” she continued.

Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) called illegal immigration at the United States-Mexico border “a racist myth” and urged Congress to pass legislation that would give Obamacare benefits to all illegal aliens living in the country.

“Healthcare is a human right and it should be available to everyone who resides in this country no matter who they are,” Lee said. ” … this should be an easy fix.”

Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) called it “absolutely shameful” for the U.S. not to give Obamacare benefits to DACA illegal aliens, suggesting that the illegal alien population has “earned” the right to health insurance.

Meanwhile, Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) claimed illegal aliens do not come to the U.S. seeking free health insurance, though an investigationby the House Homeland Security Committee found that to be exactly the case.

Illegal aliens cost American taxpayers, the report states, billions in unpaid medical bills every year. In Yuma, Arizona, executives with the Yuma Regional Medical Center reveal that in just one year, taxpayers were left with $26 million in unpaid medical bills from illegal aliens who showed up to the hospital requesting free care.

Likewise, the Federation for American Immigration Reform reported that illegal immigration costs the nation’s hospital systems at least $23 billion annually — $8.2 billion of which is uncompensated medical care for illegal aliens.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/07/19/democrats-go-all-in-defending-obamacare-for-daca-illegal-aliens-theyre-american/

206 Drugged Migrants Bound for U.S. Border Found Locked in Trailer in Mexico

Randy Clark19 Jul 2023

Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) officers rescued 206 Central American migrants trapped in a sealed semi-tractor trailer. The Guatemalan and Honduran migrants, including women and children, told authorities cartel smugglers drugged them to inhibit the urge to use a bathroom during the trip. The migrants were encountered in the Mexican state of Veracruz on Saturday evening.

National Institute of Migration officers found 206 migrants, including small children, drugged and locked in a tractor-trailer in Veracruz, Mexico. (National Institute of Migration/Government of Mexico)

According to INM, authorities from multiple agencies discovered the tractor-trailer on the side of a roadway near Cardel, Veracruz. An inspection of the trailer revealed the hidden human cargo within. Twenty of the 206 migrants found inside were unaccompanied migrant children wearing identity bracelets placed on them by the migrant smugglers.

Authorities indicate the trailer appeared to have been modified by adding a support structure to afford a second floor. This enabled the trailer to accommodate more migrants. An additional modification was made to defeat the use of X-ray technology used by authorities to detect the migrants hidden inside. The migrants were found to be suffering from dehydration and claimed they were forced to ingest an unknown medication to reduce bodily functions while being transported.

According to INM, the group consisted of 144 members of family units, 42 single adults, and 20 unaccompanied migrant children.

The migrant encounter on Saturday was one of three migrant smuggling cases encountered by INM authorities in tractor-trailers in just two days. In all, more than 500 migrants were discovered inside three tractor-trailers in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

In the first case, Mexican law enforcement authorities discovered 107 migrants being transported in a trailer headed to Puebla from Veracruz. Police stopped the driver of the tractor-trailer for speeding. An inspection of the vehicle led to the discovery of the migrants. In that incident, the migrants were from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Cuba. The driver of the vehicle and five other suspects connected to the case now face criminal charges related to migrant smuggling.

In the second of three tractor-trailer cases in two days, 196 migrants were discovered in an abandoned tractor-trailer parked along a roadway near Fortin de las Flores, Veracruz. In that incident, five Indian nationals were discovered among the group of mostly Central American migrants. Nineteen unaccompanied migrant children were also discovered inside the tractor-trailer. No arrests were made in relation to this case.

Lacking statutory arrest authority in Mexico, the INM categorizes all detentions related to foreign nationals lacking proper immigration permits as rescues. According to INM, in 2022, more than 746,000 irregular migrants, likely headed to the United States, were rescued by the agency.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/07/19/206-drugged-migrants-bound-for-u-s-border-found-locked-in-trailer-in-mexico/

Ex-Dem GA State Rep. Mainor: Dems Own Problems in Major Cities, Those Cities Aren’t Run by GOP

Ian Hanchett20 Jul 2023

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN Primetime,” Georgia State Rep. Mesha Mainor, who recently switched parties from Democrat to Republican, discussed her party switch andstated that schools in her Atlanta district are failing and crime rates are high, and because “There is not a Republican in office” in the area, “we can’t blame Republicans. Democrats need to blame themselves for the problems in our community,” Mainor also stated that “Every single policy issue that is important to my community was a policy issue that the Republican Party was supporting.”

Mainor stated, “Every single policy issue that is important to my community was a policy issue that the Republican Party was supporting.So, it’s not party. It’s really policy. Who is supporting my community? Who is trying to uplift my community? I tell people, look around you, the schools are failing. We have high crime.There is not a Republican in office. So, we can’t blame Republicans. Democrats need to blame themselves for the problems in our community, and I’m just trying to make a difference, honestly.”

Mainor also stated thatschool choice in the face of failing schools, defunding the police, and lax prosecution of crimeare issues that were key to her decision to switch parties.

(If one from Atlanta can wake up, a lot more can wake up before they get paid off by the system. It’s interesting when she says we do not have a republican governor, she’s talking about Kemp, who ran as Republican. So she knows he’s a democrat or pawn used by them. She just revealed Kemp for who he is.)

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/07/20/ga-state-rep-mainor-dems-own-problems-in-major-cities-those-cities-arent-run-by-gop/

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Georgia state lawmaker switches from Democrat to Republican

Dianne Gallagher. July 13, 2023

A Georgia lawmaker who represents part of Atlanta in the state House of Representatives switched her party affiliation to Republican this week after repeatedly breaking with her former party on several key votes this session.

State Rep. Mesha Mainor announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party for the Republican Party at a news conference on Tuesday.

District 56 is a Democratic stronghold that covers a swath of Fulton County stretching from parts of Atlanta’s westside up to midtown. Mainor won her last primary against two other Democrats with 65% of the vote and she ran unopposed in the 2020 and 2022 general elections. President Joe Biden won Fulton County with more than 70% of the vote in 2020.

Shortly after her news conference, she tweeted, “I represent a blue district in the city of Atlanta so this wasn’t a political decision for me. It was a a MORAL one. I will NEVER apologize for being a black woman with a mind of my own.”

Democrats called the flip a betrayal, pointing to the deep-blue district Mainor was elected to represent.

Republicans, including Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, sent tweets welcoming her to the GOP, with several posting interviews she did on Fox News shortly after the announcement. Mainor was also welcomed to the GOP on social media by Tricia Cotham, a North Carolina state representative from a blue district who switched from Democrat to Republican earlier this year.

A two-term member, Mainor had come under fire by members of the Democratic Party this session after voting with Republicans on a number of issues, including on police budgetsand an oversight commission for prosecutors.

She was the lone Democrat to vote for a failed bill on private school vouchers, which prompted a then-fellow Atlanta Democrat – State Senator Josh McLaurin – to tweet, “All I need is a name,” with a photo of a blank check for $1,000 for a primary challenger in Mainor’s district.

“The harassment and intimidation is much bigger than three votes,” said Mainor, surrounded by a handful of supporters and the state GOP chairman, at her announcement. “It’s about fear, fear of an outsider coming to the capitol working for the people she came up here to serve.”

“Rep. Mesha Mainor’s switch to the GOP is a stinging betrayal of her constituents, who elected a Democrat to represent them in the state legislature,” said US Rep. Nikema Williams, who chairs the state’s Democratic Party, in a statement. “House District 56 deserves a representative who will do the job they were elected to do, including fight for high-quality public education. Georgia Democrats look forward to electing a strong Democrat next year in H.D. 56 who will serve the people, not personal political ambitions.”

The switch gives Republicans a 102 to 78 majority in the Georgia House. It also makes Mainor the only Black Republican currently serving in Georgia’s legislature and the first Black woman Republican ever to serve in the state House, according to the House GOP caucus.

The last party switch in the Georgia state legislature happened in 2021, when Vernon Jones – a major supporter of former President Donald Trump – flipped from Democrat to Republican near the end of his state House term.

(She won’t embrace Trump yet, but GA republicans are a bunch of cowards)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/politics/georgia-lawmaker-party-switch-democrat-republican/index.html

20 Jul, 2023 13:11

Russia launches more ‘retaliatory strikes’ on Ukraine – MOD

The third barrage in as many nights followed Kiev’s deadly attack on the Crimean Bridge on Monday

The Russian Defense Ministry has reported conducting “retaliatory strikes” on targets in Ukrainian port cities for a third consecutive day. It comes in response to a naval drone attack on the Crimean Bridge, which killed two civilians on Monday morning.

In its latest briefing on Thursday, theRussian ministry identified “manufacturing workshops and storage locations of naval drones” in the Black Sea port ofOdessaand its satellite port of Ilyichevsk, which Ukraine calls Chornomorsk, as the targets of the latest attacks.

The Russian military also hit fuel infrastructure and ammunition depots in the city of Nikolaev, another major Ukrainian port, the statement added. The ministry said the strikes had achieved their intended goals.

Earlier in the day, the Ukrainian military claimed to have intercepted five cruise missiles and 13 kamikaze drones out of 19 missiles and an equal number of UAVs, which it claimed were launched by Russian forces at Odessa and Nikolaev. The Russian ministry offered few details about the munitions used, only stating thatthey were “precision naval-launched and air-launched weapons.”

Russia has been targeting Ukrainian port cities every night since Monday. Odessa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov described the barrage on Wednesday morning as the largest he had seen since hostilities between the two nations broke out in February last year.

The drone attack on the Crimean Bridge on Monday, which Russia called a Ukrainian terrorist attack, killed a couple and seriously injured their 14-year-old daughter, who was traveling in the same car. Investigators claim the key transport link was attacked by naval drones.

Ukrainian media cited government sources asconfirming that the strike had been launched by Kiev. The SBU, the security service that allegedly co-organized the operation with the Ukrainian military, reacted by promising to release details about the incident after the conflict with Russia is over.

(The message is “stop killing innocent civilians”, Ukraine should listen because they are not fighting a war, they are hitting easy targets. From the pattern I’ve seen, every indiscriminate attack on civilians by Kiev, equals 3x the attack by Russians. They should wise up!)

https://www.rt.com/russia/580027-strikes-odessa-nikolaev-retaliation/

20 Jul, 2023 15:26

Ukraine begins using US-provided cluster munitions – WaPo

The controversial artillery shells are being used in the effort to break through Russian defensive lines, the outlet has reported

Kiev has begun using US-made cluster artillery shells, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing unnamed Ukrainian officials familiar with the matter. Specifically, the US-provided munitions are being used in “a push to break up” Moscow’s defensive lines amid efforts to reinvigorate Kiev’s stalled counteroffensive, according to the WP.

The US recently opted to provide the controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine, despite them being banned in over 100 countries and widespread opposition from human rights groups. The so-called dual-purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICMs), namely in the form of 155mm artillery shells, arrived in Ukraine last week.

US President Joe Biden described the move as a stopgap measure, claiming that Washington and its allies were running short on regular munitions of the standard NATO caliber to prop up Kiev in the ongoing conflict with Moscow.

The move, however, has proven to be controversial even for Washington’s allies, with multiple countries, including the UK, Canada, and Spain, criticizing the decision. The UN has opposed the move as well, expressing concerns of the potential use of such ordinance on civilians.

Cluster shells contain multiple smaller submunitions – when fired, they open up in the air and pelt a large area with said bomblets. The munitions exhibit higher dud rates, with unexploded submunitions posing a threat for years on. The US had to circumvent its own rules to make the delivery happen, as it had prohibited exports of weaponry with dud rates of more than 1%. The DPICMs delivered to Kiev, however, are said to have dud rates of at least 2.35%.

Washington insisted Kiev had promised to use the cluster weaponry responsibly, with Undersecretary of Defence for Policy Colin Kahl claiming it pledged not to use these munitions in “civilian-populated urban areas.”

The Ukrainian military, however, has a long account of indiscriminate use of controversial munitions, including cluster rockets with PFM ‘petal’ mines, claymore-style MON mines, artillery shells with flechettes and other weaponry, originating from its domestic stockpiles left from the Soviet times.

More than 100 nations agreed to ban cluster weaponry due to its tendency to leave behind unexploded submunitions, signing the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) back in 2008. Neither Ukraine, nor the US – or Russia, however, are parties to the convention.

Moscow has condemned Washington’s decision to supply the controversial weaponry to Ukraine, promising to retaliate in kind and use “equivalent weapons.”

“It should be noted that Russia has cluster munitions, as they say, for all occasions.They are much more effective than American ones, their range is broader and more diverse,”Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said shortly after the delivery was first announced.

(So Russia has warned they were not going to use cluster bombs on Ukraine until the US gave them to use on Russia and innocent Ukrainians.)

https://www.rt.com/russia/580031-ukraine-us-cluster-munitions/

20 Jul, 2023 03:32

Ukrainian drone strike kills teenage girl in Crimea – governor

The incident follows a series of Ukrainian attacks targeting the Russian peninsula

A suspected drone strike damaged at least four buildings and killed a young girl in northwest Crimea on Thursday morning, according to the leader of the peninsula, Sergey Aksyonov.

As a result of the “enemy drone” strike, “four administrative buildings” were damaged and at least one person killed, Aksyonov claimed on Telegram shortly after 6am local time, without naming the exact location of the strike.

“Unfortunately… a teenage girl died,”Aksyonov wrote. The official expressed his “sincere and deep condolences” and promised to provide the victim's family with “all the necessary support.”

The incident follows a series of Ukrainian attacks on the Russian peninsula this week.

On Wednesday morning, a suspected drone strike triggered a fire and a series of explosions at a munitions depot in eastern Crimea. Local authorities closed a segment of the Tavrida highway, running across the peninsula and issued evacuation orders to about 2,200 people in four nearby villages.

On Tuesday, Russian air defenses intercepted 28 airborne drones targeting multiple locations across Crimea.

A maritime drone also struck the Crimean Bridge on Monday, damaging one section of road, killing two civilians and orphaning a 14-year-old girl. Traffic on the bridge was partially restored less than a day later.

Crimea voted to join Russia in the wake of the 2014 Western-backed coup in Kiev. The regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye did the same after holding referendums in September 2022. Ukraine considers these territories illegally occupied by Russia.

(I hardly believe only one person in Crimea died. Trump is right they are underreporting how many actually die.)

https://www.rt.com/russia/579997-crimea-drone-strike-girl-killed/

Ok anons I’m not gonna send this but I told my sibling not to use the word “debunked” and previously they said I can’t use “retard”. Some of his response, and my response!

Yes I’m processing this, before I cause a family world war!Don’t worry I’m not trying to totally be hated and shunned:

“Debunked”

”Sibling” you may want to reconsider using this statement below in the future, because you are using something to shame me, for even telling you its a word used by those that want to shame people. Think about it!

Sibling statement:

“Thirdly-I didn’t put myself through 6 years of college, earning degrees, honors, and invitations to honorary societies because I can’t tell the difference between “bullshit”, nonsense, and fact. Or do research, I will add.”

Your statement is basically saying “I say bullshit because all the people you were mentored by, think its bullshit”. That makes your statement formed by others, taught you, what they thought was bullshit or didn’t want you to know from others, rather then “your trusted sources”, and you won’t read anything else”!

Did you ever consider your education was meant to make you believe you are always right, and others that disagree, are always wrong? Think about it, why were you invited? Were you just thrilled that the elite invited you in? Or was it that they know something you didn’t?

My statement:

I didn’t put my life through 48 years of hard work and study to be dismissed by a sibling that needs to prove they are superior and smarter than me because they went to college. We both have high IQs, it cannot be dismissed by a petty quarrel. And if you don’t agree, I have no comment. All I know is you and I, are contrarian and we both try to prove it.

We can have this tit for tat or we can agree to disagree. I’m sorry to have mentioned this knowing that your worry about xxxx’x health is stressful. I should have been more sensitive.

Any feedback by smart and trusted anons would be appreciated

>>19213174

Me too, I refuse to stop…kek

Excellent >>19213176