Trump Releases Statement After Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Flees as Rebels Seize Damascus: “Russia and Iran are in a Weakened State Right Now”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/trump-claims-victory-syria-president-bashar-al-assad/

President Donald Trump took to his social media platform to declare the end of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s reign. Assad has reportedly fled the country as rebel forces stormed Damascus, seizing control of the capital.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has collapsed as rebel forces, led by Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the former commander of Al-Qaeda and now leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), entered Damascus with minimal resistance.

President-elect Donald Trump has asserted that the United States should refrain from military involvement in Syria, emphasizing that the conflict is not America’s fight and should be allowed to play out without U.S. intervention.

Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday morning: Continue…

Dem Rep. From Colorado Claims FBI and DOJ Stonewalling in Investigation of First Trump Assassination Attempt

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/dem-rep-colorado-claims-fbi-doj-stonewalling-investigation/

Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, a Democrat, recently told National Public Radio that the FBI and the DOJ are stonewalling congress as they attempt to investigate the first assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, PA.

One of the frustrating aspects of this crime is that the public still knows so little about the shooter and how he was able to get so close to Trump with so many obvious red flags. There are also still many lingering questions about motive.

Surprisingly, Crow claims that the Secret Service has been very forthcoming so far.

Breitbart News reports: Continue…

Donald Trump’s Controversial Surgeon General Nominee, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, Linked to Accidental Tragic Shooting of Her Father at Age 13

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/donald-trumps-controversial-surgeon-general-nominee-dr-janette/

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, was linked in a tragic accident at the age of 13 that resulted in her father’s death.

Last month, Trump announced that Dr. Janette Nesheiwat will be the “Nation’s Doctor” as the United States Surgeon General.

“Dr. Nesheiwat is a fierce advocate and strong communicator for preventive medicine and public health. She is committed to ensuring that Americans have access to affordable, quality healthcare, and believes in empowering individuals to take charge of their health to live longer, healthier lives,” Trump said in a statement.

Dr. Nesheiwat has become a prominent figure in medicine, serving as a medical director for CityMD and contributing to Fox News.

Her nomination has sparked discussions for her strong endorsement of COVID-19 vaccinations, masking protocols, and her praise of social media platforms censoring vaccine skeptics during the height of the pandemic.

At the time, she referred to these measures as “necessary tools to protect public health.” However, her enthusiastic support for such policies alienated a significant portion of Trump’s conservative base, who viewed them as government overreach and an infringement on personal liberties. Continue…

Media Darling and Global Warming Fanatic Greta Thunberg Tells Crowd: “Fk Germany! Fk Israel!” in Mannheim, Germany (VIDEO)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/media-darling-global-warming-fanatic-greta-thunberg-tells/

Toxic global warming fanatic Greta Thunberg joined hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters in Mannheim, Germany on Saturday. The anti-Israel activist laughed as she told the crowd “f*k Israel” and “fck Germany” during her talk. Continue…

Melania Reveals Jaw-Dropping Persecution After Leaving WH, Was Even Kicked Out of Bank

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/melania-reveals-jaw-dropping-persecution-leaving-wh-even/

Incoming First Lady Melania Trump opened up about the persecution she’s endured since leaving the White House in 2021.

Trump shared her experience with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo in an Oct. 7 interview.

Trump said the persecution began as soon as President-elect Donald Trump announced his decision to run for president in 2015 but that it continued after leaving the White House. Continue…

JUST IN: Biden Regime Announces An Additional $1 Billion in Military Aid to Ukraine… While Americans Struggle!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/just-biden-regime-announces-additional-1-billion-military/

January 20th can’t come fast enough.

The Biden Regime on Saturday announced another $1 billion in military aid for Ukraine.

“Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the Pentagon will send nearly $1 billion to Ukraine, bringing the total the United States has committed to Ukraine to more than $62 billion since Russia launched its invasion in February 2022.” ABC News reported.

“The package dedicated an additional $988 million to Ukraine and will provide the country with more drones, rockets for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, and support for maintenance and sustainment.” ABC News reported.

The Pentagon announced: Continue…

WATCH: United Health Group CEO Tells Employees “We Guard Against… Unnecessary Care” in Leaked Video

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/watch-united-health-group-ceo-tells-employees-we/

United Health Group CEO Andrew Witty gave an address to the company’s employees on Friday after the previous CEO, Brian Thompson, was gunned down in New York City while attending an investor’s conference in Midtown. Continue…

US Bill Would Reverse ATACMS Order

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-bill-would-reverse-atacms-order

A bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) would prohibit the U.S. from sending long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine to be fired into Russia.

As U.S. personnel and satellites are required to fire the missiles from Ukrainian territory, Moscow considers it a direct U.S. attack on Russia putting it in a state of war with the U.S. which could lead to nuclear conflict.

To remove the potential of nuclear war, the proposed legislation seeks to end ATACMS launches into Russia. The bill reads:

(a) Prohibition.—For the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending at the close of January 20, 2025, notwithstanding any other provision of law, during any period for which a state of conflict exists between Ukraine and the Russian Federation—

1) no Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) may be transferred to Ukraine; and

(2) U.S. Military Services or intelligence agencies may not provide support to Ukrainian units operating High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HMARS) platforms utilizing ATACMS munitions to strike outside of internationally recognized Ukrainian territorial borders—

(A) targeting intelligence support;

(B) mission planning support; and

(C) any other type of support.

Several members of Congress and their staff said they were taken off guard by President Joe Biden’s reversal of his previous decision not to allow the use of ATACMS to be fired into Russia from Ukraine.

The members and their staff made these remarks during meetings on Thursday on Capitol Hill with former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter and activists of Code Pink, led by Medea Benjamin. Continue…

USDA Orders Raw Milk Testing Under Guise Of Bird Flu Amid War On Small Farms

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/usda-orders-raw-milk-testing-under-guise-bird-flu-amid-war-small-farms

Nationwide demand for raw milk has never been higher, as out-of-control bureaucrats in their ivory towers in Washington, DC, exploit bird flu outbreaks in dairy herds to financially crush small farms while ensuring that large-scale farms owned by mega corporations, which produce questionable/unhealthy food (hence America's obesity crisis), remain in control of the nation's food supply chain.

The latest overreach in the war on raw milk comes as the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) ordered dairy farmers to work with the federal agency to test for bird flu (H5N1).

On Friday, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack wrote in a statement, "This new milk testing strategy will build on those steps to date and will provide a roadmap for states to protect the health of their dairy herds."

"Among many outcomes, this will give farmers and farmworkers better confidence in the safety of their animals and ability to protect themselves, and it will put us on a path to quickly controlling and stopping the virus' spread nationwide," Vilsack said. Continue…

Gaetz, Hegseth, Gabbard, Then RFK Jr: Megyn Kelly Warns 'Deep State Is Coming For Them All'

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/gaetz-hegseth-gabbard-then-rfk-jr-megyn-kelly-warns-deep-state-coming-them-all

As Pete Hegseth - president-elect Trump's pick for SecDef - runs the gauntlet of the nomination process, amid a cornucopia of media amplified unsubstantiated accusations against him, Sirius XM host Megyn Kelly has warned that the political establishment, both Democrats and Republicans, are attempting to derail Trump’s second term before it has even begun by targeting his cabinet picks.

As Steve Watson writes at Modernity.news, Kelly pointed to Pete Hegseth, who who is fighting to stay in the running for Secretary of Defense amid a cornucopia of media amplified unsubstantiated accusations against him.

Kelly warned that if Hegseth falls like Matt Gaetz did, then RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and anyone else Trump picks will likely be next. Continue…

EPA Ends Shortcut Approvals For So-Called 'Forever Chemicals'

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/epa-ends-shortcut-approvals-so-called-forever-chemicals

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated regulations on Dec. 3 that will prevent PFAS, often referred to as forever chemicals, from being fast-tracked for approval through an exemption process.

The new rule ends the eligibility of PFAS for the Low Volume Exemptions process, which allowed certain chemicals to bypass the full review if they were to be produced in limited quantities. This exemption rule has historically applied to more than 600 PFAS compounds.

The updated rules are designed to ensure that PFAS undergo a comprehensive safety review before they can be manufactured. According to the EPA, this change is designed to protect public health and the environment by subjecting PFAS to the agency’s full risk assessment process. Continue…

OP-ED: A rush to the exits – forget immigration, Canada has an emigration crisis

https://tnc.news/2024/12/08/inniss-emigration-crisis-c2c/

Canada’s open immigration policy has often been hailed as a positive thing, contributing to the building of the country. Yet the Trudeau government’s decade-long determination to drive immigration numbers ever-higher – a policy that public outcry now has it scrambling away from – has obscured an important and discouraging phenomenon. Every year, tens of thousands of Canadians leave the country, taking their skills and ambitions with them, and leaving Canada diminished.

Emigration is the flipside of the immigration issue — a side that has been largely ignored. Statistics Canada estimates that more than 104,000 people left Canada in 2023-2024, a number than has been rising for the past few years. Another study put the number of Canadian citizens living abroad in 2016 at between 2.9 million and 5.5 million, with a “medium” scenario of 4,038,700 — or about 12.6 percent of the Canadian population that year (the latest for which this kind of analysis exists).

This trend isn’t just an abstract problem; it undermines the very economic goals policymakers hope to achieve through immigration. Emigrants are younger, better educated, and earn higher incomes than the average Canadian, according to Statcan’s study: “The departure of people with these characteristics raises concerns about the loss of significant economic potential and the retention of a highly skilled workforce.” Canada is losing its best and brightest, many of them to the U.S. A survey by the U.S. Census Bureau this year said the number of people moving from Canada to the U.S. was up 70 percent from a decade ago. Continue…

Canada’s unemployment rate hits a near-eight-year high

https://tnc.news/2024/12/08/canadas-unemployment-rate-hits-a-near-eight-year-high/

Canada’s unemployment rate hit a near-eight-year high last month, increasing to 6.8% in November despite the economy adding a net 50,500 jobs.

According to Statistics Canada’s latest Labour Force Survey, the unemployment rate increased 0.3 percentage points to 6.8% last month, the highest rate since January 2017, excluding the COVID-19 pandemic years.

The unemployment rate has been steadily trending upward since April 2023, increasing 1.7% over that period.

“The number of unemployed people—those looking for work or on temporary layoff—increased by 87,000 (+6.1%) in November, bringing the total number of unemployed persons to 1.5 million. On a year-over-year basis, the number of unemployed people was up by 276,000 (+22.2%),” reads the report.

“The unemployed population includes people who lost or left their previous job, as well as people who are new entrants to the labour force.” Continue…

Edmonton budget proposes 6.1% tax hike in 2025, further increase in 2026

https://tnc.news/2024/12/08/edmonton-budget-tax-hike/

Edmonton homeowners will face higher property taxes following the coming increases revealed in the final budget of the city council’s term.

Edmonton City Council has approved a 6.1% property tax increase for 2025, with an additional 6.8% increase to follow in 2026.

Mayor Amarjeet Sohi emphasized that the adjustments reflect the city council’s priorities of maintaining core services while addressing inflation and a growing population.

“Today’s approval of the 2025 budget adjustments represents a significant step forward in building a more inclusive and sustainable Edmonton,” Sohi said in a press release. “These decisions reflect our shared priorities of protecting core services, investing in critical infrastructure, and ensuring fiscal responsibility.”

The city council said it has been making adjustments since last fall in response to inflation, rapid population growth, and changing service needs.

“Edmontonians are feeling the pressures of inflation, stagnant provincial funding, and a rapidly growing population. These challenges are further intensified by an affordability crisis that affects nearly every household,” said Sohi in a statement. Continue…

Canada Post strike delays mail for millions as public sympathy splits: poll

https://tnc.news/2024/12/08/canada-post-strike-public-sympathy-splits/

While almost seven in ten Canadians report being affected by delays from the Canada Post strike, opinions on where sympathies lie are split.

According to a poll published Wednesday by the Angus Reid Institute, most Canadians (34%) side with the Crown corporation, Canada Post. Only slightly less (29%) side with the striking workers. However, just under a quarter (23%) support neither group. The remaining 14% said they’re not sure where their sympathies lie.

The strike began on Nov. 15 as the Canadian Union of Postal Workers announced its 55,000 workers would begin a strike, which has already delayed around 10 million package deliveries.

A few weeks later, the United States Postal Service suspended all mail and package delivery to Canada due to the strike. Continue…

Western Canada home to the country’s most dangerous organized crime groups: report

https://tnc.news/2024/12/08/western-canada-dangerous-crime-groups/

Western Canada is home to four criminal organizations considered high-level threats to national security, according to Criminal Intelligence Service Canada.

The federal agency released its 2024 Public Report on Organized Crime, which contains data from law enforcement across the country.

The report found that “organized crime remains a preeminent threat to Canada’s security, contributing to thousands of deaths annually from overdoses due to illicit drugs, as well as firearms and gang violence.”

Nearly half, 45% of Organized Crime Groups are “assessed to operate beyond their base provinces. OCGs engaged in criminal activity in provinces beyond their base primarily originate from and operate within Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Quebec.”

These groups are said to be involved in multiple and diverse illicit markets which cooperate with transnational networks. Continue…

Israel An Apartheid State Responsible For Genocide

https://www.truth11.com/satans-chosen-people-2/

Susan Abulhawa’s blistering speech at the Oxford Union was the most ferocious indictment of Israel in the last decade. Author Abulhawa—who is a long-term human rights activist—summarized the iniquitous history of the Jewish state in a few succinct paragraphs while shedding light on the obscene toxic ideology that has permeated the nation’s doctrine from the very beginning. Abulhawa ignored the fictitious claim that Israel was created to provide safety and security for the Jewish people and, instead, showed that the country’s founders were maniacally focused on seizing land while expelling or exterminating the indigenous population. Ethnic cleansing and land theft are not an unavoidable response to sporatic Palestinian violence, but the cornerstones of the pernicious dogma that animates the Zionist state. Needless to say, Abulhawa’s presentation was met with riotous applause that lasted for more than three minutes as the audience expressed their appreciation for her heartfelt testimony. Here’s part of what she said: Continue…

PHOTOS: 21 new cardinals created by Pope Francis at the Vatican

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/photos-21-new-cardinals-created-by-pope-francis-at-the-vatican/

By the end of 2024, with the addition of the new cardinals, Pope Francis will have created 111 of the 140 eligible voters for the next papal conclave.

Pope Francis today presided over a consistory to create 21 new cardinals for the Church, with the diverse group of cardinals hailing from far-flung corners of the world and many being noted for their favorability to LGBT issues.

On December 7, Francis added a new swathe of members to the College of Cardinals, firmly cementing the predominance of his picks in the College of Cardinals.

The consistory, announced October 6 at the start of the final session of the Synod on Synodality, comprised of 20 new cardinal electors – those under the age of 80 – and one already too old to vote, namely Cardinal Angelo Acerbi who is an emeritus Apostolic Nuncio.

According to the Vatican’s own statistics {which are curiously missing two voters: Cardinals Oswald Gracias and Christoph Schonborn}, this consistory serves to cement the domination of Francis-appointed cardinals in the college. There are now 255 cardinals, of whom 142 are able to vote.

By the end of 2024, with the new cardinals and with two others aging out (reaching their 80th birthday and being too old to vote in a papal conclave), Francis will have created 111 of the 140 eligible voters.

Of these 111, Benedict XVI appointed 24, and John Paul II appointed 6. Continue…

WATCH: Netanyahu on Fall of Assad Regime in Syria: ‘Great Opportunity, Significant Dangers’

https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/12/08/watch-netanyahu-on-fall-of-assad-regime-in-syria-great-opportunity-significant-dangers/

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Israeli-Syrian border on Sunday and delivered a statement calling the fall of the Assad regime “a historic day for the Middle East,” noting both opportunities and dangers.

This is a historic day for the Middle East. The collapse of the Assad regime, the tyranny in Damascus, offers great opportunity but also is fraught with significant dangers. This collapse is the direct result of our forceful action against Hezbollah and Iran, Assad’s main supporters. It set off a chain reaction of all those who want to free themselves from this tyranny and its oppression. Continue…

Pope Francis Proclaims Special Jubilee for LGBTQ+ Community

https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2024/12/07/pope-francis-proclaims-special-jubilee-lgbtq-community/

Pope Francis has proclaimed a special jubilee pilgrimage for gays and all LGBTQ+ people, Italian media announced this weekend.

For the first time, a specific Jubilee event will be dedicated to Catholic homosexuals and LGBT people, noted the Italian daily, Il Messaggero, despite the Catholic Church considering homosexual acts to be intrinsically disordered.

On September 5, Catholic members of the LGBTQI+ community will be hosted by the Jesuit Church of the Gesù, in central Rome, for a vigil service.

The Jubilee 2025 initiative is sponsored by Jonathan’s Tent, an Italian pro-LGBTQ organization founded in 2018 by Catholic priest Father David Esposito that aims to reconcile “homosexuality and faith.”

The news was welcomed by other LGBT advocacy groups. Continue…

Trudeau throws cops under the bus at Indigenous event, calls Canada ‘systemically racist’

https://thecountersignal.com/trudeau-throws-cops-under-the-bus-at-indigenous-event-calls-canada-systemically-racist/

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to allegations of police brutality against Indigenous peoples by saying that authorities need to be better and that Canada is “colonialist” and systemically racist.

Trudeau listened to crying Indigenous mothers on Thursday at the Assembly of First Nations, who alleged that their children were murdered by police.

Trudeau responded, telling them that Canada has “built-in colonialist, systemic discrimination, the racism that continues to exist without our systems. These are things that should not be,” he said.

The assembly focused on issues like policing, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, and Gender-Diverse People (MMIWG2S+), and child welfare.

Later in the event, the Prime Minister was heckled by attendees while he left the stage.

Isra-HEIL And The New American Order

https://odysee.com/@DollarVigilante:b/Isra-HEIL-VIDEO-720p:8

The US government has just been completely taken over by a satanic death cult that all worship Moloch. Watch today’s video for even more Trump-swamp and billionaire-bankster ‘I Toad A So’s’.

Dec 8 - Did Russia Just Trade Syria for Ukraine?

https://henrymakow.com/2024/12/dec-8–did-russia-just-trade.html

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WARMINGTON: Mayor who stood up to Pride group has bank account garnished

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-mayor-who-stood-up-to-pride-group-has-bank-account-garnished

Emo Mayor Harold McQuaker faces stiffer justice from authorities than bank robbers and carjackers

LGBTQ2+ activists have literally made Emo Township Mayor Harold McQuaker pay for daring to stand up to them.

Although the Northern Ontario municipal leader vowed not to honour a $5,000 fine the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) levied against him for comments surrounding town council not approving a motion to approve Pride month, he wasn’t given a choice.

In fact, the winner of the judgement that McQuaker called “extortion” has boasted it has already gone into his bank account to collect the money.

“Sure, sex is great, but have you ever garnished your mayor’s bank account after he publicly refused to comply with a Tribunal’s order to pay damages?” states a Borderland Pride post on Facebook.

It seems like they are enjoying this.

Council may not have let them raise a rainbow flag for Pride month but they are planting a flag in the ground to show Emo is their town.

“Mayor McQuaker’s comments in the Toronto Sun and other media were very clear that he did not respect nor intend to comply with the Tribunal’s orders,” Borderland Pride said in an email. “Consequently, it was apparent he would not voluntarily make payment of the damages ordered. We took immediate action to garnish his bank account.”

What McQuaker told the Sun was, “I utterly refuse to pay the $5,000 because that’s extortion” and also said he would not partake in an Ontario Human Rights Commission re-education course.

On ensuring he did pay, Borderland Pride said, “The garnishment was issued by the court and delivered to the CIBC in Emo, which is the only bank in that community” and ”there is no hearing or application to issue a notice of garnishment – it is a service provided at the court counter or online once a person has an order for the payment of money.”

Borderland Pride also wrote, “Orders of the Tribunal can be enforced in the same manner as any civil judgment for the payment of money. We intend to ensure the Tribunal’s orders are complied with.”

Turns out Mayor McQuaker is not in charge there – Borderland Pride is. Continue…