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https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/03/13/revealed-tesla-vandalism-terrorism-coordinated-across-vast-leftwing-online-network/
Revealed: Tesla Vandalism, Terrorism Coordinated Across Vast Leftwing Online Network
On Thursday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” Republican Liberty Caucus National Secretary Jessico Bowman talked about anti-Tesla violence and terrorism.
Bowman said, “It’s definitely organized at a broader level. There is a website up that people can go visit that’s out there today, and I’ve actually posted this on my X account, I’ve shared some of these events, but they’re coordinating it with people locally across…not just the Indivisible groups, really, but, like, multiple groups and individuals that are, like, posting these events where people show up and they already have, like, pre-printed graphics…signs and stickers and things like you mentioned that basically depict Teslas being set on fire.”
She added that protests are happening at charging stations “and it says on there that they’re actually trying to intimidate Tesla owners.”
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/03/13/doj-launches-criminal-probe-into-nyc-hotels-used-as-migrant-shelters/
DOJ Launches Criminal Probe into NYC Hotels Used as Migrant Shelters
Two hotels used as migrant shelters in New York City are now under criminal investigation, the news coming after Mayor Eric Adams (D) said his city was overflowing with border crossers and illegal aliens.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is now probing funding and operations at the locations that have also received subpoenas, Fox News reported Thursday.
The Roosevelt Hotel was being used as a migrant shelter and intake center, while the Stewart Hotel was being used as a migrant shelter. In addition, the Hotel Chandler also received a subpoena but the location is reportedly only a shelter for the homeless.
The Fox article said the subpoenas mention an alleged violation of federal immigration law. According to CBS New York, about 170,000 migrants have been processed via the Roosevelt Hotel since 2023.
The outlet said officials are reportedly asking for the names and birth dates of migrants connected to the locations:
In regard to the Roosevelt Hotel, the Fox article said, “According to reports, New York City agreed to pay up to $220 million to the hotel, which is owned by the government of Pakistan. The deal was reportedly part of a $1.1 billion IMF [International Monetary Fund] bailout package to help Pakistan avoid defaulting on their international debt, according to former investment banker and author John LeFevre.”
In January 2024, Adams said his city was out of room as over 160,000 border crossers and illegal aliens had arrived since early 2022, according to Breitbart News.
More recently, the Elon-Musk lead Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) found a $59 million FEMA payment to house illegals in “luxury hotels in New York City,” Musk announced, according to Breitbart News.
“The payment comes after the Biden administration had claimed FEMA was not using funds to support illegal aliens. ‘It’s just categorically false. It is not true,’ former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters in October,” the report said.
Not long after Musk’s announcement, Adams said in late February that the Roosevelt Hotel would be shut down over the next several months.
“The services provided by the Roosevelt Hotel will be meted out to other facilities and the hotel is one of 53 shelters to be shuttered by June, the Adams administration says,” per Breitbart News.
https://www.rt.com/business/614198-us-sanctions-waiver-expires/
Trump allows waiver for Biden-era Russia sanctions to expire – media
The exemption was part of the rollout of stringent measures targeting the Russian oil trade
The US Treasury allowed a 60-day waiver for energy-related financial transactions with sanctioned Russian banks to expire on Wednesday, according to multiple news outlets citing officials.
Originally issued by the administration of President Joe Biden on January 10, General License No. 8L provided 12 major Russian financial institutions, including the country’s central bank, limited access to US payment infrastructure.
The grace period was meant to give time to clear remaining transactions as the outgoing government imposed stricter sanctions on Russian oil trade. The escalation of sanctions was reportedly coordinated with Donald Trump’s transition team before he became president, aiming to strengthen his position in negotiations with Moscow.
Upon taking office, Trump initiated talks aimed at normalizing relations with Russia. However, he has also warned of imposing additional sanctions if Moscow is unwilling to compromise regarding the Ukraine conflict.
The Trump administration “remains focused on ending the fighting and fostering negotiations to resolve the war,” an emailed statement from a Treasury spokesperson, quoted by Reuters on Friday, asserted. “We continue to implement our sanctions, which remain one of the levers to facilitate these goals.”
This week, Trump proposed a 30-day ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia after pressuring Kiev to reassess its previous stance that no truce could occur without Western security guarantees. Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed support for such an initiative, contingent on Ukraine refraining from using the pause to rearm and regroup before resuming hostilities.
https://www.rt.com/russia/614193-moscow-ukrainian-drone-raid/
Moscow targeted in new Ukrainian drone raid – mayor
Kiev’s latest attack comes after a US envoy’s visit to discuss ceasefire talks proposed by Washington
Moscow has repelled another Ukrainian drone attack, just days after the Russian capital was targeted in a major multi-wave raid involving over 90 UAVs that killed three civilians, according to Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.
The attack on Friday morning comes just hours after US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, departed from Moscow. Witkoff reportedly met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday night to discuss the results of US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia and relay Moscow’s position back to Washington.
“The Russian air defense forces have repelled the attack of four drones flying toward Moscow,” Sobyanin wrote on Telegram shortly after 7am local time, adding that emergency services were working at the crash sites.
There were no immediate reports of casualties. Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport has suspended operations in response to the drone raid.
On Tuesday morning, Kiev launched a major multi-wave assault on several Russian regions, with Russian air defenses neutralizing a total of 337 drones, including 91 over Moscow Region. The attack killed three civilians and injured a number of others.
Just hours later, representatives from the US and Ukraine held talks in Saudi Arabia, where they issued a joint statement offering Moscow a 30-day ceasefire.
Putin expressed support for a potential ceasefire, but raised concerns regarding how it could be implemented. Speaking on Thursday, Putin warned of potential loopholes and strategic disadvantages.
“These 30 days – how will they be used? To continue forced mobilization in Ukraine? To receive more arms supplies? To train newly mobilized units?” Putin said. Enforcing a ceasefire over the vast battlefield will be difficult, he added, and violations could easily be disputed, leading to a blame game between both sides.
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https://nypost.com/2025/03/13/us-news/top-irs-lawyer-demoted-amid-doge-push-to-gain-taxpayer-data-report/
Top IRS lawyer demoted amid DOGE push to gain taxpayer data: report
The Internal Revenue Service’s top lawyer has reportedly been demoted as Elon Musk’s DOGE agency continues its push to get access to confidential taxpayer data.
William Paul, the IRS’ acting chief counsel, was recently removed from his position, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing multiple sources.
The IRS’ top lawyer, William Paul, has been removed from his post, according to a report. REUTERS
Paul is expected to be replaced by another IRS lawyer, Andrew De Mello, who was nominated to be the Education Department’s inspector general during President Trump’s first administration, according to the sources.
The exact circumstances surrounding Paul’s demotion weren’t immediately clear.
Paul, who is a non-political appointee, has been running what is essentially the tax agency’s law firm since his predecessor resigned at the end of former President Joe Biden’s term.
News of the internal reshuffle surfaced as Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been working at the IRS to gain access to its sensitive tax database — with fraud becoming a major focus of the deficit-cutting initiative.
It comes, too, as the IRS drafts plans to potentially axe half its 90,000-strong workforce with a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, sources said.
Roughly 7,000 probationary IRS employees with one year or less of service were already laid off in February.
In addition to the layoffs, the Trump administration intends to lend IRS workers to Homeland Security in a bid to assist with immigration enforcement.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last month requesting to borrow workers to help with migrant crackdown efforts.
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-trump-admin-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-executive-order-on-birthright-citizenship-to-partially-take-effect
BREAKING: Trump admin asks Supreme Court to allow executive order on birthright citizenship to partially take effect
The administration has asked the high court justices to allow a portion of the order to go into effect.
The Trump administration has taken new action to enact the executive order Trump signed to change the precedent on birthright citizenship in the US. The administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow some of the order to go into effect while the lawsuits are playing out in the lower courts.
The administration has asked the high court justices to allow a portion of the order to go into effect and to "narrow court orders entered by district judges in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington that blocked the order," per the AP.
President Donald Trump ran on a promise of revoking the concept of birthright citizenship and was sued by many states claiming that the order was in violation of the 14th Amendment. The order was temporarily blocked by a lower court after several states brought suit.
The suit stated that "The Plaintiff States will also suffer irreparable harm because thousands of children will be born within their borders but denied full participation and opportunity in American society. Absent a temporary restraining order, children born in the Plaintiff States will soon be rendered undocumented, subject to removal or detention, and many stateless."
The order reads: "It is the policy of the United States that no department or agency of the United States government shall issue documents recognizing United States citizenship, or accept documents issued by State, local, or other governments or authorities purporting to recognize United States citizenship, to persons: (1) when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth, or (2) when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States was lawful but temporary, and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth."
https://www.rt.com/russia/614161-echr-ukraine-guilty-odessa-massacre/
Ukraine guilty over 2014 Odessa massacre – ECHR
Kiev failed to both prevent the tragedy and to properly investigate it, the court has ruled
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that the Ukrainian authorities were responsible for the deaths of 42 anti-coup activists in the city of Odessa in 2014. They lost their lives when Ukrainian nationalists, who supported the armed takeover in Kiev weeks earlier, torched the port city’s Trade Unions House where the protesters had gathered.
“The Court concluded that the relevant authorities had not done everything they reasonably could to prevent the violence, to stop that violence after its outbreak, and to ensure timely rescue measures for those trapped in the fire in the Trade Union Building,” the ECHR said in its decision published on Thursday.
More than a decade later, Kiev has not named or prosecuted any of the perpetrators. Instead, it pinned the blame on Moscow, claiming that the events in Odessa were “a pre-planned and well-financed operation” by the Russian security services. Moscow has repeatedly called for an investigation, even a special tribunal on the massacre.
Relatives of 25 victims, as well as three people who had survived the fire, filed complaints against Kiev with the ECHR. The court found the Ukrainian police “had ignored the available intelligence and the relevant warning signs” and failed to make any “meaningful attempt to prevent the clashes” that led to the fire. The ECHR believes that “propaganda from Russia had had its part” in stirring up tensions, but said that does not absolve Kiev of responsibility for the massacre.
The nation’s law enforcement did not make “any real attempt” to prevent the violence or to stop it, or to save those trapped in the burning building. “The deployment of fire engines to the site of the fire had been deliberately delayed for 40 minutes, and the police had not stepped in to help evacuate people,” the decision said, adding that “negligence” of Ukrainian officials “went beyond an error of judgement and carelessness.”
The authorities also did not make “enough effort” to properly secure, collect, and assess all the evidence, according to the court. It noted that a criminal investigation against a pro-Western activist suspected of shooting at anti-Maidan protesters was discontinued four times for “identical” reasons.
The ECHR has ordered Kiev to pay all the applicants varying amounts of compensation and cover their legal costs. According to the Ukrainian media, the claimants are to receive between €12,000 and €17,000 each ($13,028 to $18,456). Ukraine has not commented on the ruling so far.