The agency is now being audited over controversy in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/homeland-security-inspector-general-confirms-audit-of-fema-over-trump-sign-controversy-5788207?utm_source=gab&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=etgab

India: It’s Worse Than You Think

Jayant Bhandari • December 20, 2024

https://www.unz.com/article/india-its-worse-than-you-think/

Most Westerners know nothing about India beyond vague ideas about Hinduism, yoga, gurus, and maybe a dash of Bollywood. To such people, this article will be a rude awakening.

I grew up in Bhopal in central India. Since as early as I can remember, I worked in my father’s printing press. I studied engineering in the nearby city in Indore and went to Manchester Business School in Britain to do an MBA. I returned to India to set up a subsidiary of a British company, which was a huge success. When I lived in Delhi, I wrote for the mainstream Indian media. I traveled widely in India and around the world.

I had first returned to India with the idea of improving it, but after 11 years, I realized that India was a sinking ship, with worsening and increasingly shameless corruption, degraded people, and a society that was falling apart. I had never met an honest bureaucrat or politician. I applied to emigrate to Canada and my application was approved in a record three weeks.

I now advise East Asian and Western corporations on investing in India. Most of what I tell them sounds to them exaggerated, unrealistic, and unbelievable. After much dance, drama, and a great deal of lost money, they begin to believe what I tell them. However, this learning is never institutionalized because of a refusal to understand India. This is a form of political correctness, a poison eating away the innards of Western values.

When I was a child growing up in India, I learned that “might makes right.” Power was often abused, with those in control acting as if they had a God-given right to exploit and dominate others. The display of authority could be so extreme that questioning it or expecting those in power to do their duty might lead to retribution. Those in authority seemed to believe that their positions were not for serving others but for personal gain.

People who showed respect appeared to have meekly accepted a lower, subservient position. Kind people had to hide their compassion, for being nice was seen as a weakness.

In India, I have rarely seen someone in authority take the initiative to solve a problem he was responsible for. When I was at university, an underaged boy who worked in the kitchen was raped and sodomized by the janitors. I reported the matter, but not only did no one in authority do what was right — something well within their power — the authorities and fellow students threatened me with severe consequences if I pursued the matter further. Devoid of empathy, they also made fun of the boy and me.

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Edmundo González said his son-in-law was taken while he dropped his children off at school.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/venezuelan-opposition-leader-says-son-in-law-was-kidnapped-by-masked-men-5788065?utm_source=gab&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=etgab

FIX THE ELECTIONS

"Elections ARE term limits" - Donald J. Trump

Panicked Mika Brzezinski Quickly Corrects Guest Who Falsely Refers to Trump as a 'Rapist' https://www.dailyfetched.com/panicked-mika-brzezinski-quickly-corrects-guest-who-falsely-refers-to-trump-as-a-rapist/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=gab&utm_source=socialnetwork

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Ukrainian mercenaries captured in Venezuela – Maduro

https://www.rt.com/news/610573-ukrainian-mercenaries-captured-venezuela/

'Canadians are touchy, eh?

Ontario Premier Doug Ford fired back at President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for Canada to join the United States as its 51st state by countering with a surprising offer: for the Great White North to purchase Alaska and Minnesota.

"You know something, to the president, I'll make him a counteroffer: How about if we buy Alaska and throw in Minnesota and Minneapolis at the same time?" Ford told reporters during a Monday press conference, addressing Trump’s looming threat of U.S. tariffs against Canada.

Trump, speaking at a freewheeling press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, expressed frustration over how the U.S. is treated by Canada, claiming that its biggest trading partner is subsidized by approximately $200 billion annually.

“They don't essentially have a military,” Trump said. “They have a very small military. They rely on our military. It's all fine but, you know, they have to pay for that. It's very unfair. Something has to be done.”..'

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/how-about-if-we-buy-alaska-top-canadian-politician-eyes-takeover-us-states-battle-trump

Wanna know how many people "work" for the Federal Government? Here ya go:

https://usafacts.org/how-many-people-work-for-the-federal-government/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ag-merrick-garland-intends-release-special-counsel-jack-smith-report-trump-election-case?intcmp=tw_fnc

BREAKING NEWS: AG Merrick Garland intends to release Jack Smith report on Trump election case

CBP agent at port of entry: "Sir, do you have anything to claim?"

https://www.kold.com/2025/01/07/rocket-launcher-rocket-propelled-grenades-seized-border/

View from the sky above LA.

Pacific Palisades and Malibu engulfed in flames. Absolutely Horrific.

https://x.com/DanHellie/status/1876863865612329127

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR: Study Finds Dan Crenshaw Ranks Among Top Stock Traders in Congress

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/08/dan-crenshaw-did-it-again-study-finds-he-ranks-among-top-stock-traders-in-congress/

JUST IN - British MPs have just voted against a national inquiry into the horrific grooming gangs.

https://www.disclose.tv/id/c9deqrif1a/

Former SAS Ant Middleton Confirms He May Run For Mayor Of London

https://armedforces.press/former-sas-ant-middleton-confirms-he-may-run-for-mayor-of-london/