Jill Biden: Trump Supporters Are "Insurrectionists, Dangerous Extremists", Joe "Works Hard Every Single Day"

During an interview with MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski Thursday, Jill Biden labelled all supporters of Donald Trump as “insurrectionists” and “dangerous extremists,” saying she can’t believe what they have done to the country.

Brzezinski asked Biden’s wife how she feels about being labelled part of ‘the Biden crime family,’ noting “I have one congresswoman: The Biden crime family sold out America, Marjorie Taylor Greene. He’s a liar. He’s mentally incompetent.”

“And let’s not even talk about what ‘Let’s go, Brandon’ means, but you have U.S. senators holding signs that say that,” the host added.

Dr Jill responded, “It’s hard to realise it’s our country, isn’t it? I mean, to look at it, what we used to have, and what the other side, the extremists have turned this country into.”

“I mean, we would never see things like that, say, 10 years ago,” she added.

She continued, “it is a little scary… not just for me and for Joe, but just to see what happened. I mean, look at the insurrection that took place. I mean, it’s just so hard to believe that the United States of America witnessed an insurrection. I think Americans were just stunned by that.”

Brzezinski then noted that Trump is calling those arrested for entering the Capitol (or just walking around it) ‘hostages’.

“Or patriots, you know, as he - he doesn’t call them what they were, insurrectionists, dangerous extremists,” Dr Jill responded.

She then said she ‘doesn’t know’ what will happen to Democracy and can’t think about it if Biden doesn’t beat Trump in November.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jill-biden-trump-supporters-are-insurrectionists-dangerous-extremists-joe-works-hard

Trump a ‘threat’ to Europe – ECB chief

The former US president’s potential return to the White House in 2025 is a source of concern, according to Christine Lagarde

Donald Trump’s potential election as US president in 2024 is “clearly a threat” to Europe, judging by the policies he pursued during his first term in office, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde has warned.

Lagarde’s comments, which were delivered in an interview with France 2 on Thursday, come amid growing anxiety among EU leaders over a potential Trump victory in November’s election.

“If we draw lessons from history, by which I mean to say the manner in which he [Trump] carried out the first four years of his mandate, it is clearly a threat,” Lagarde stated.

“It is enough to look at trade tariffs, the commitment to NATO, the fight against climate change,” she added, noting that “in these three areas alone, in the past, US interests were not aligned with those of Europe.”

Lagarde, who has headed the ECB since November 2019, had been critical of Trump before, particularly over trade tariffs. However, her latest comments are unusually strident for the head of a central bank, a role that typically precludes involvement in politics.

Meanwhile, as the 2024 race moves into high gear, current US President Joe Biden faces lagging approval ratings. He finished last year with a job approval rating of just 39%, the lowest for any of the last seven presidents at the same point in their first term, according to Gallup. By comparison, Trump ended his single term in office with 45% approval, while former President Barack Obama had a slightly lower 43% rating.

https://www.rt.com/business/590545-trump-election-europe-threat/

Texas Military Seizes City-Owned Border Park — Ejects Federal Agents

The Texas Military Department seized a city-owned golf course located in the busiest border crossing point along the Rio Grande. The Texas National Guard then ejected U.S. Border Patrol agents from the park and took total control of this section of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Border Patrol officials told Breitbart Texas that Texas National Guard units quickly moved into Shelby Park in Eagle Pass on Thursday. The guardsmen erected barriers around the park and instructed Border Patrol agents to leave the area.

“This move only serves to raise tensions at the ground level between the State and Border Patrol agents who are bound by policy set in Washington D.C.,” the official stated. If the number of crossings we saw in December return, we will be the first ones the State calls to deal with another humanitarian crisis of that magnitude.”

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/01/12/texas-military-seizes-city-owned-border-park-ejects-federal-agents/

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Arrives in Kyiv, Announces New Funding for Ukraine

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak traveled to Kyiv on Friday to unveil a new support package for Ukraine, including an increase in military funding for its war with Russia that after 22 months shows no sign of ending.

The 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) in military funding for Ukraine over the next financial year will cover long-range missiles, thousands of drones, air defense, artillery ammunition and maritime security, according to a statement from Sunak’s office.

Those are some of the items that Kyiv officials have been urging Ukraine´s Western allies to send more of, as the grinding war of attrition brings little change along the front line and both sides turn to long-range strikes.

Ukraine and Russia are seeking to replenish their arsenals this year, military analysts say, in anticipation of possible major ground offensives in 2025.

“I am here today with one message: the U.K. will also not falter,” Sunak said. “We will stand with Ukraine, in their darkest hours and in the better times to come.”

Sunak first visited Ukraine in November 2022, soon after he became prime minister. Britain has been one of Ukraine’s most vocal backers.

Britain is the second-biggest donor of military aid to Ukraine after the U.S., giving a total of 4.6 billion pounds ($3.3 billion) in 2022 and 2023.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/01/12/uk-prime-minister-rishi-sunak-arrives-in-kyiv-announces-new-funding-for-ukraine/

FF incoming?

U.S. Intelligence Officials Issue Warning About Potential Hezbollah Terrorist Attack On American Soil

U.S. intelligence officials have warned of an increasing threat posed by the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist group, suggesting that it might strike American interests in the Middle East or even within the United States, according to a report by POLITICO.

Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, is believed to have a more sophisticated network and capability to launch attacks compared to other terrorist organizations such as ISIS. The warnings come amidst rising tensions in the region, which have escalated the risks of an assault, especially on U.S. personnel stationed overseas.

Hezbollah’s expansive international network is seen as a means for the group to activate its operatives to carry out significant attacks within the U.S.

The concerns about Hezbollah’s capabilities and intentions have been highlighted by the recent surge in violence in the region. As of January 9, 2024, a US spokesperson counted 127 attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria since mid-October 2023.

Nasrallah added, “America is fully responsible for the war in Gaza, and Israel is just the tool. The United States is the one preventing the condemnation of Israel in the UN Security Council, and it is the United States that is preventing a ceasefire in Gaza.”

In October, during an address to the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in San Diego, California, FBI Director Chris Wray issued a dire warning about the rise of violent extremism, both domestic and international.

Wray indicated that there has been a significant uptick in reported threats following the attacks in Israel, cautioning the public to remain vigilant for “lone actors.”

“In this heightened environment, there’s no question we’re seeing an increase in reported threats, and we’ve got to be on the lookout, especially for lone actors who may take inspiration from recent events to commit violence of their own.”

“So I encourage you to stay vigilant, because as the first line of defense in protecting our communities, you’re often the first to see the signs that someone may be mobilizing to violence. And I’d also ask you to continue sharing any intelligence or observations you may have. And on our end, we’re committed to doing the same, so that together, we can safeguard our communities,” he added.

According to an internal memo dated Oct. 20, which was obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, the CBP San Diego field office sent out a memo to its officers warning of Jihadists trying to get into the U.S. through the southern border. The terrorist attacks against Israel have potentially inspired Hamas, Hezbollah, and other Jihadists to make their way into our nation.

“San Diego Field Office Intelligence Unit assesses that individuals inspired by, or reacting to the current Israel-Hamas conflict may attempt travel to or from the area of hostilities in the Middle East via circuitous transit across the Southwest border,” the memo reads.

“Foreign fighters motivated by ideology or mercenary soldiers of fortune may attempt to obfuscate travel to or from the US to or from countries in the Middle East through Mexico,” the memo adds.

POLITICO reported:

Still, Lebanese Hezbollah has so far avoided major attacks on Israel or U.S. troops since the most recent conflict kicked off. The group, however, does have a history of targeting Americans and U.S. interests overseas.

In 2011 and 2012, two U.S.-based operatives allegedly surveilled American and Israeli targets in Panama as well as in New York City. And the Islamic Jihad Organization, which later became part of Hezbollah, attacked the U.S. embassy in Beirut in 1983, killing 63 people.

The State Department has increased security at the embassy in recent weeks to stave off any attack on diplomats based in Lebanon, one of the officials said.

“The Lebanon front is ready to kick off. And these Iranian militia are pounding the U.S. in eastern Syria and Iraq,” said Andrew Tabler, who served as special envoy for Syria engagement at the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in the Trump administration. “It’s interesting that this is all going on in the background and people are focusing on the Gaza theater, but the war is actually much larger than that.”

In November, the Mossad, Israel’s secret service, aided Brazil’s Federal Police in thwarting terrorist attacksplanned by Hezbollah. Brazilian law enforcement initiated an intelligence operation that led to the arrest of two individuals linked to the terrorist group.

http://www.womensystems.com/2024/01/us-intelligence-officials-issue-warning.html

Irish lawyer's stunning speech at The Hague accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza

https://youtu.be/yhsWyBWGoCU

Israeli army ordered mass Hannibal Directive on 7 Oct: Media

An investigation from Israel's leading newspaper indicates Israel deliberately killed many of its own civilians and soldiers during Hamas' Operation Al-Aqsa Flood to prevent them being taken captive back to Gaza

The Israeli military implemented the “Hannibal Directive” during Hamas’ attack on 7 October, killing some of its own civilians and soldiers to prevent Hamas from taking them as captives back to Gaza, according to an investigation by Israel’s leading newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, which will be published in full on 12 January.

The Hebrew edition of the paper wrote on 11 January that “one of the revelations revealed in the investigation is that at noon on October 7, the IDF [Israeli army] ordered all of its combat units in practice to use the ‘Hannibal Procedure’ although without clearly mentioning this explicitly by name.”

The order was to stop “at all costs any attempt by Hamas terrorists to return to Gaza, that is, despite the fear that some of them have abductees,” the paper wrote.

The Times of Israel described how the Hannibal procedure, or directive, "allows soldiers to use potentially massive amounts of force to prevent a soldier from falling into the hands of the enemy. This includes the possibility of endangering the life of the soldier in question in order to prevent his capture.”

A previous Haaretz investigation of the directive concluded that “from the point of view of the army, a dead soldier is better than a captive soldier who himself suffers and forces the state to release thousands of captives in order to obtain his release.”

During the 7 October attack, Hamas and other Palestinians successfully took some 240 Israeli soldiers and civilians from the settlements (also known as kibbutzim) and military bases back to Gaza as captives.

Hamas hoped to exchange them for the thousands of Palestinians, including women and children, held in Israeli prisons.

Hamas used the Toyota pick-up trucks and motorcycles with which they entered Israel, as well as cars stolen from the settlements, to take Israeli captives back to Gaza. Some were also taken to Gaza on foot and even in carts pulled by tractors by other Palestinians who crossed into Israel after the Hamas fighters breached the border fence.

According to Yediot Ahronoth, about a thousand “terrorists and infiltrators” were killed in the area between the settlements and the Gaza Strip.

But the paper added it is not clear at this time how many of the Israeli abductees were killed due to the activation of the Hannibal directive:

“In the week after the attack, soldiers of elite units checked about 70 vehicles that were left in the area between the settlements and the Gaza Strip. These are vehicles that did not reach Gaza, because on the way they were shot by a combat helicopter, an anti-tank missile or a tank, and at least in some cases everyone in the vehicle was killed.”

https://new.thecradle.co/articles/israeli-army-ordered-mass-hannibal-directive-on-7-oct-media

Germany says will intervene at The Hague on Israel’s behalf, blasts genocide charge

Berlin suggests will intrude in South Africa’s primary case in which ICJ will decide if Israel violated Genocide Convention; PM speaks with Scholz, praises ‘stance on side of truth’

The German government sharply rejected on Friday allegations before the UN’s top court that Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza and warned against “political instrumentalization” of the charge, as it announced it would intervene as a third party before the International Court of Justice.

Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said in a statement that Israel was “defending itself” after the “inhuman” onslaught by Hamas on October 7.

He said Germany would intervene as a third party before the International Court of Justice under an article allowing states to seek clarification on the use of a multilateral convention.

The move allows Germany to present its own case to the court that Israel has not infringed the genocide convention and has not committed or intended to commit genocide.

Germany is not claiming to be legally impacted by South Africa’s case and therefore it does not require the ICJ’s permission for third-party intervention.

As a signatory of the 1948 Genocide Convention, it has the right to join cases and put forward its arguments on the case. The convention was enacted in the wake of the mass murder of Jews in the Holocaust, and defines genocide as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.”

Hebestreit stated that Germany “intends to intervene as a third party in the main hearing,” suggesting Berlin will intrude in South Africa’s primary case against Israel in which the court could take years to decide whether or not Israel has violated the Genocide Convention.

Accordingly, the move does not appear to influence this week’s proceedings — hearings where South Africa has requested an interim injunction from the court compelling Israel to implement a ceasefire. A decision on that more immediate matter is expected within one month.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-says-will-intervene-at-the-hague-on-israels-behalf-blasts-genocide-charge/

"Israel may have the right to put others on trial, but certainly no one has the right to put the Jewish people and the State of Israel on trial." – Ariel Sharon

CBP Whistleblower Calls Biden’s Border Agenda ‘Satanic and Evil;’ Says Regime is Turning Border Patrol Agents Into Human Traffickers

Women and young girls are being trafficked into the country “on a scale bigger than anyone can imagine,” an anonymous U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent told OMG’s James O’Keefe during an emotional and explosive X Spaces conversation Wednesday. The whistleblower, who’s voice was anonymized to protect his identity, lamented that the Biden regime has turned men who signed up to protect the border into human traffickers. He called the regime’s agenda “Satanic and evil.”

During the bombshell interview, the agent also told O’Keefe that although the regime wants to portray the “migrant crisis” as consisting of mostly women and families, in reality, he’s seeing a disturbing number of buses “filled with single adult men—all of military age.”

“I’ve seen hundreds of buses of men 18 to 30 years old. They have hatred in their eyes and they disrespect Border Patrol agents,” he said, adding that the American people have no idea how bad the situation is.

“That’s something that we’ve heard before, but I’m telling you, I’m seeing it firsthand and the government is doing it in secret and hiding it,” he said.

“If they get a call to action to bring down this country, I guarantee you everything, they will rise up,” the whistleblower added. “These men are not men of God.”

O’Keefe said he has spoken with this Border Patrol whistleblower before, and was able to confirm that he is an active CBP agent.

The whistleblower said that most Border Patrol agents are “sick to their stomachs” about the human trafficking operation they see going on at the southern border, but they don’t speak out because they don’t want to lose their jobs. He said they “see horrors on a daily basis.”

The agent told O’Keefe, “I joined Border Patrol because I have a duty to protect my country. I’m a man of God and honor.” But he acknowledged that he is taking a risk by coming forward.

“I’ve seen firsthand the power that the government can come down upon those who speak out, so yes, I’m petrified,” he said.

The agent added that the trafficking of little girls and women is an “ongoing, largescale operation and it’s scary to see what’s occurring.”

“They stuff these little children, women and men into tents,” he explained, adding that the women and girls have to share space with single adult males from places as far away as Africa and Asia. He suggested that these foreigners were coming into the country for nefarious reasons.

These are “people who can’t read or write who will not be able to contribute to society in any way, shape or form,” the whistleblower alleged.

https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/11/cbp-whistleblower-calls-bidens-border-agenda-satanic-and-evil-says-regime-is-turning-border-patrol-agents-into-human-traffickers/?utm_medium=email

Navy Sailor Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Entice And Meet A 13-Year-Old Child To Engage In Sexual Activity

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/navy-sailor-pleads-guilty-attempting-entice-and-meet-13-year-old-child-engage-sexual

House of Saud Turns on Israel

Israel’s chances of normalization in the region is basically dead.

Saudi Arabia declared support for South Africa's genocide case against Israel.

https://citizenwatchreport.com/house-of-saud-turns-on-israel/

Trailblazing LGBTQ Rabbi Accuses Progressive Protestant Seminary That Fired Her of Intolerance

The Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley rejected the claim, saying Rabbi Jane Litman was fired following a 'employer-employee disagreement'

NEW YORK - A rabbi responsible for Jewish programming at one of the first Protestant seminaries in the United States to focus on pan-denominational issues and social justice says she was fired from her job this week because of religious and political intolerance.

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2024-01-12/ty-article/.premium/trailblazing-lgbtq-rabbi-accuses-progressive-protestant-seminary-of-intolerance/0000018c-fe67-d517-af9d-fe7fc1df0000