Fox’s Laura Ingraham GRILLS Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick — Demands to Know How Letting 600,000 Chinese Students Flood Into America Is “America First?”

Laura Ingraham:

An issue, Mr. Secretary, for—I think—the base of the Republican Party, and certainly for the Ingraham Angle for many, many years, is this: conservatives have raised concerns about foreign students coming to the United States and taking spots that would normally, obviously, be open to American students. The President addressed this issue as part of the Chinese trade deal, which might be in the offing… Mr. Secretary, with all due respect, how is allowing 600,000 students from the Communist country of China putting America first?

Howard Lutnick:

Well, the President’s point of view is that what would happen if you didn’t have those 600,000 students is that you’d empty them from the top. All the students would go up to better schools, and the bottom 15% of universities and colleges would go out of business in America. So his view is he’s taking a rational economic view, which is classic Donald Trump looking at higher education and saying, until we modify that.

Laura Ingraham:

But why are you helping Harvard? That just helps Harvard and UCLA and UC Berkeley. You’re all helping those schools. Why? They’re basically factories of anti-American propaganda. Now they’re getting a big influx of cash because of the Chinese students. I know President Trump has always been very pro-Chinese student. I just don’t understand it. For the life of me, those are 600,000 spots that American kids won’t get.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1960131955648827761

https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1960145337093378246

Hunter Biden's Lawyer To File Lawsuit Claiming "Trump Has No Authority" To Fire Fed Governor

Update (0830ET): Mainstream media is abuzz this morning with the news of Trump's firing of Fed Governor Cook over her alleged mortgage cheating. Given that she has apparently refused to leave, this puts The Fed (and in particular Chair Powell) in an awkward position.

As Jim Bianco explains in a brief post on X:

If they allow her to continue with her duties as Fed Governor, starting this morning, and the courts find that the President does have the authority to fire her, even if it's months later during an appeal, anything she does on behalf of the Fed as a Governor starting today will not be valid.

And the Fed could be held responsible for allowing a non-employee to continue to act like an employee.

Restated, if the Fed allows her to stay and continue to be a Governor, and the court rules that Trump can fire her (again, even if it is later in an appeal), then Jay Powell has potentially committed a "for-cause" offense for which he could be fired.

(allowing a non-Fed employee to make decisions and policy on behalf of the Federal Reserve.)

Additionally, Cook has hired former first son Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, to represent her.

In a statement, Lowell vowed to take “whatever actions are needed” to stop what he described as Trump’s “illegal action.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-fires-lisa-cook-potentially-criminal-conduct-creating-another-opening-fed-board

Coast Guard Intercepts Record 76,000 Pounds of Drugs.

The U.S. Coast Guard seized more than 75,000 pounds (34,000 kilograms) of illegal drugs this summer from boats far out to sea in the Pacific and Caribbean, which the service called its largest-ever haul worth nearly half a billion dollars.

The Coast Guard worked with the Department of Defense on these seizures, catching 19 drug-carrying vessels off the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, the coast of Venezuela, Mexico, the Dominican Republican, Jamaica and Aruba, the Coast Guard said.

Some of the vessels were spotted by maritime patrol aircraft before being intercepted and searched by boarding teams. The Coast Guard said 34 suspected drug traffickers were detained, but authorities didn’t specify the total number of suspects detained from all of the interdictions.

The Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloaded the combined 76,140 pounds (34,500 kilograms) of drugs at Port Everglades, Florida, on Monday, including about 61,740 pounds (28,000 kilograms) of cocaine and about 14,400 pounds (6,500 kilograms) of marijuana seized by multiple Coast Guard vessels.

The agency estimated the drugs’ street value at around $473 million.

The Trump administration has promised to overhaul the Coast Guard, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, increasing the service’s fleet and boosting its military workforce by at least 15,000 by the end of fiscal year 2028. The Coast Guard has more than 43,000 active duty members, 8,000 reservists, and 30,000 auxiliary members.

https://mynorthwest.com/national/the-coast-guard-seized-a-record-76000-pounds-of-drugs-this-summer-off-central-and-south-america/4124452

https://www.antiwar.com/

The is what they've been doing in Australia

Democrats Open DNC Summer Meeting With ‘Land Acknowledgement’ Claiming Minneapolis is ‘Stolen Land’

Democrats Open DNC Summer Meeting With ‘Land Acknowledgement’ Claiming Minneapolis is ‘Stolen Land’ (VIDEO)

August 26, 2025

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Just last week, Democrat strategists released a list of ‘woke words’ that they recommended Democrats stop using if they want to win elections. Some people on the right suggested that Democrats could never do it and this story seems to be proof of that.

At the opening of the summer meeting of the DNC, they included a ‘land acknowledgement’ that claimed Minneapolis sits on stolen land.

This is the type of woke nonsense that Democrats just can’t seem to divorce themselves from. They can’t let go of it, even as their approval numbers continue to sink.

From FOX News:

WATCH: DNC opens summer meeting with land acknowledgment, claims that US suppresses indigenous history

The Democratic National Committee kicked off its annual summer meeting in Minneapolis with a “land acknowledgment” that included an assertion that the U.S. perpetuates a system of suppression.

“Let’s talk about the land for a second,” said Lindy Sowmick, treasurer of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) and self-described “Indigenous queer woman,” after DNC Chairman Ken Martin introduced her to recite the acknowledgment.

“The DNC acknowledges and honors the Dakota Oyate – the Dakota people – who are the original stewards of the lands and waters of Minneapolis,” Sowmick continued. “The Dakota cared for the lands, lakes and the Wakpa Tanka – the ‘Great River,’ the Mississippi River – for thousands of years before colonization. This land was not claimed, or traded – it’s a part of a history of broken treaties and promises. And, in many ways, we still live in a system built to suppress Indigenous peoples’ cultural and spiritual history.”

Sowmick encouraged members of the Democratic Party to see the “land acknowledgment” as more than just “the checking of a box.”

https://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2025/08/democrats-open-dnc-summer-meeting-with.html

From Intel to Boeing, Trump floats plan for government stakes in private companies and the line between public and private blur

The government wants control. Not oversight. Not partnership. Control. It starts with Intel. It ends wherever this administration decides. The Trump administration purchased a 10 percent stake in a private chipmaker. Now conversations swirl around Lockheed, Boeing, and Palantir. The logic is simple and raw. “We use them. We want a piece.” That is not policy. That is possession. And the precedent is permanent.

“There’s a monstrous discussion about defense. Lockheed Martin makes 97 percent of their revenue from the U.S. government. They are basically an arm of the U.S. government” MSN.

This is a confession. When a company relies almost entirely on government contracts, the line between public and private disappears. Commerce Secretary Lutnick is not proposing oversight. He is proposing ownership and calling it fairness.

“If we are adding fundamental value to your business, I think it’s fair for Donald Trump to think about the American people” Politico.

The pivot is clear. From procurement to equity. From service to stakeholding. What is framed as populist rhetoric is in reality statist mechanics. The consequences are permanent. The government does not want just to buy services. It wants a piece of the supplier itself. And once that door opens, it does not close. Not under this administration. Not under the next.

“Why shouldn’t the U.S. government say, ‘You know what? We use Palantir services, we would like a piece of Palantir. We use Boeing services, we would like a piece of Boeing’” MSN.

This is a blueprint. The government imagines itself as shareholder in the companies it is supposed to regulate. Oversight becomes investment. Accountability becomes profit.

“Today it’s Intel, tomorrow it could be any industry a future Commerce Secretary decides to control. Socialism is literally government control of the means of production” Politico.

The backlash exists, but it is muted. The stakes are buried under jargon. Fundamental value. Strategic alignment. National interest. The emotional cue is fear. The tonal spike is ownership.

No one asks what happens when the government owns the companies it is supposed to regulate. When oversight becomes investment. When accountability becomes profit.

This is not a policy shift. It is a structural mutation. A creeping fusion of state and supplier. Once fused, it does not unfuse. Not without pain. Not without risk. Not without precedent. Economies collapse under the weight of their own control.

The American people did not vote for this. They were not asked. They were told. Told it is about winning. Told it is about value. Told it is about defense. What it is really about is ownership. And once the government owns the means, it owns the ends.

https://citizenwatchreport.com/from-intel-to-boeing-trump-floats-plan-for-government-stakes-in-private-companies-and-the-line-between-public-and-private-blurs/

No one believes this bullshit ISRAEL! - no evidence as usual

Six killed in Nasser Hospital were terrorists, IDF finds, as probe into tank shelling continues

Numerous IDF officials had already slammed the decision to use tank fire on a hospital, as opposed to other precise targeting measures and operations.

The IDF on Tuesday revealed that six of the around 20 Palestinians killed in the military’s tank shelling of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis on Monday morning were Hamas terrorists.

However, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir did not make this declaration to clear the military of mistakes in the operation.

Rather, this was only the second release of additional details, with more probing necessary into why tank shells were mistakenly approved for the operation and who gave the order.

Curiously, the IDF statement distinguished between potential errors made by commanders in the field as well as commanders back at IDF Southern Command Headquarters in Beersheba.

Numerous IDF officials had already slammed the decision to use tank fire on a hospital, as opposed to other precise targeting measures and operations, which have been used more often in the last two years.

Also curiously, Zamir said that the target was a video surveillance camera and not the six terrorists.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-865388

Germany's Merz: Israel's attack on Gaza hospital did not target journalists

Germany's chancellor defended Israeli strike on Khan Yunis hospital, supporting assertions that the IDF was not intentionally targeting innocents.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that he did not believe at this time that an Israeli attack on a hospital in Gaza that killed at least 20 people was targeting journalists.

"But the Israeli army and the Israeli government have both promised to launch a comprehensive investigation into this incident," said Merz at a press conference in Berlin.

"And I would like to wait for the results of this investigation before making a final judgment," he added.

Israel struck Nasser hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera, and others.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-865365

IDF admits mistaken attack on hospital killing journalists, other civilians

Khan Yunis's Nasser Hospital was probably shelled, but there remains some dispute regarding what the target was.

The IDF on Monday finally admitted mistakenly attacking Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, killing well-known journalists, including from Reuters, and as many as 14 others.

Next, the military admitted that the attack on the hospital was approved, meaning there was some Hamas target in place. It said it is probing the attack, meaning significant aspects of the attack and its results are viewed as a major mistake.

The IDF said it did not intend to harm journalists or innocent Palestinian civilians.

Earlier in the day, IDF sources told The Jerusalem Post the IAF was not in charge of anything related to any operation in that area. They said the “address” for managing any such attack would have been IDF Southern Command, which is headed by Maj.-Gen. Yaniv Asor, although different levels of officials approve targets of varying levels of sensitivity.

It appeared that the attack was carried out with shelling, although it was still unclear whether the shells were fired by a tank or by artillery, with no IDF sources denying this narrative.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-865233

Germany, UK, Australia, India, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland, Korea, Japan, and Thailand suspend postal services to US

It is a blackout. Thirteen nations have turned off the flow of mail to the United States. Germany. The UK. Australia. India. Sweden. Denmark. Italy. France. Austria. Switzerland. Korea. Japan. Thailand. No press release. No explanation. Just silence and severed logistics. The lifelines of commerce and family vanish overnight, and no one in Washington seems to notice.

The collapse began quietly. June 2025 saw U.S. overseas tourist arrivals plunge. Buried in the numbers was a fracture that went deeper than vacations:

“UK, Australia, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, Poland, and other major markets drive steep decline in U.S. overseas tourist arrivals.”

Travel and Tour World

https://citizenwatchreport.com/germany-uk-australia-india-sweden-denmark-italy-france-austria-switzerland-korea-japan-and-thailand-suspend-services-to-us/

Israel Wants U.S. Greenlight To Attack Iran Again ‘Pre-Emptively’

Israeli Colonel Jacques Neriah, a former intelligence official and a special analyst for the Middle East, warned on August 24 that a second war could soon break out between Israel and Iran.

The first war broke out on June 13, when Israel launched a surprise attack against Iran’s nuclear program. The fighting ended when a ceasefire was suddenly announced on June 24, just two days after the U.S. joined Israel by attacking three key nuclear sites in the Islamic Republic.

“There is a sense that a war is coming, that Iranian revenge is in the works. The Iranians will not be able to live with this humiliation for long,” Neriah was quoted as saying on Israel’s 103FM by the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic newspaper.

“Israel must launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran in its present state, as a large part of its military capabilities is paralyzed,” he added.

Neriah considered a naval exercise held by Iran in the northern Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman last week a clear public display of such intent. Another recent warning sign, according to the former colonel, was that Lebanon’s Hezbollah had instructed its members to distance themselves from their phones.

He also said that Iran was worried about a near agreement between Israel and the new Islamist-led interim government in Syria.

“Iran views the [Ahmed] al-Sharaa regime as something that needs to be toppled,” Neriah added.

Citing security sources in Israel, Asharq Al-Awsat said that the Israeli military is making preparations to launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran and wants a green light from the United States.

Israel is trying to convince the administration of President Donald Trump to join a new round of attacks on Iran, according to the sources, who noted that Israel will ask for green light to attack on its own if Washington does not want to join in.

Earlier this month, Israel’s military chief of staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir hinted at the possibility of launching another attack on Iran.

During a speech at a military ceremony August 14, Zamir said that the Israeli military was ready to repeat its strike on Iran if necessary.

“If necessary, we will know how to act again with precision, intensity and lethality,” the commander said at the time.

https://southfront.press/israel-wants-u-s-greenlight-to-attack-iran-again-pre-emptively/

JD Vance gets brutal fact check over claims about WWII

Vice President JD Vance was ruthlessly mocked online for incorrectly claiming that World War II ended with 'negotiations.'

The vice president joined Kristen Welker on MSNBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, when he was asked about President Donald Trump's strategy to end the war in Ukraine.

Vance explained that Trump is simply trying to mediate negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky.

'If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict win human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation,' the vice president stated incorrectly.

Many online were then quick to point out that World War II did not end with negotiations between the Allies and the Axis powers, but rather ended in 1945 with the unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15033883/JD-Vance-fact-check-World-War-II.html

Israeli media confirms the bombing of the hospital was approved by Israeli leaders to target the journalists and medical workers — Channel 14

The strike was coordinated with senior command, and they knew before it was carried out!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1960247485080682678

President Trump Should Return to an ‘America First’ Foreign Policy

by Ron Paul

After four years of unnecessarily confrontational foreign policy under President Biden, Americans elected Donald Trump in part for his promise to put America first at home and overseas. He promised a war-weary America that he would start no new wars and would get us out of the existing ones. Eight months into his second Administration it appears his promise remains to be fulfilled, as his approval rating continues to slip.

On Ukraine, President Trump wisely observed coming into office that the conflict is “Joe Biden’s war” not his own. Unfortunately he could not resist the temptation to get involved in the conflict, even under the guise of “peacemaker.” I’ve often said that getting out of conflicts overseas is not that complicated: we should just come home. Even when there are no troops involved, “just come home” means disengage from the conflict. But President Trump wants to play referee in the war while arming and supporting one side. Is it any wonder he is making no progress in ending the war?

Likewise with Israel and Gaza, Trump’s promise to put America first has faltered. President Biden put Americans on the hook for additional billions of dollars to support Israel’s actions in Gaza without even a word about the slaughter and destruction. As more Americans become disgusted by Israel’s obliteration of the property and population of that tiny strip of land, Trump shows no signs of shifting from Biden’s approach. More money and more weapons are sent as starvation claims more and more children each day. Trump has reportedly remarked to a donor that his own base is turning against him because of his Israel policy. Yet he refuses to alter course and “just come home.”

Trump has even returned to the failed Latin America policy of his first Administration, in last week’s move toward a military confrontation with oil-rich Venezuela. Trump sent two warships and 4,000 US troops to the waters near Venezuela under the highly suspect accusation that the country’s president is actually head of an international drug cartel. He should have learned from the almost comical recognition of Juan Guaido as the real president of Venezuela in his first term that meddling in that country is not in America’s interest. It seems the neocons around him, including warhawk Marco Rubio, are sucking him into another unnecessary conflict.

Add in Trump’s military attacks on Yemen and Iran and the balance sheet thus far does not point to an “America first” foreign policy.

There is still time for President Trump to change course and fulfil his promises to the American people. Put Ukraine and Russia on notice that from this point the US is withdrawing from any role in the conflict. Let the Europeans work it out if they feel it is in their interest. Getting us out of NATO is also a good idea.

End US financial and military support for an Israel that cannot seem to get along with its neighbors. Perhaps without the US backstopping Israel’s warmongering, the country and its leadership would start to reflect on the wisdom of starting wars with multiple countries in its neighborhood.

Stop trying to overthrow Venezuela’s Maduro and everyone else the neocons have placed on the “hit list.” End all sanctions and open up trade instead. Maduro’s failed socialist economic policies will be his undoing, not American sanctions or saber-rattling.

America first above all means “just come home.” It’s that simple.

https://original.antiwar.com/paul/2025/08/25/president-trump-should-return-to-an-america-first-foreign-policy/

Christopher Jon Bjerknes is a leading author on Judaism. He claims to be of Norwegian and Jewish origin. In the following link, he explains why the Jews can NOT make peace because their "religion" is to genocide all others:

Bjerknes says: "They [the Jews] are absolutely commanded to exterminate these people [all Mid-East Arabs] and that is what they intend to do. All they need is the cover of a big war, and they are going to kill them all off".

One must bear in mind that the Judaic Customs of the Old Testament were abandoned when "New Judaism" was founded around 500 AD as the successor of Pharisaism. "New Judaism" teaches the Denial of Jesus and the genocide of all non-members, and it comprises 90 percent satanic Talmud, and 9 percent black-magic Kabbalah.

Hence, in "New Judaism", the Ten Commandments only apply to how a Jew is supposed to treat other Jews, but NOT to how to treat non-Jews, whom the satanic Talmud refers to as "animals" or Goyim "Livestock".

Also, because the Talmud commands the genocide of all non-Jews, "New Jews" never cold-call new converts like Jehovah's Witnesses. Why bother when the genocide of all non-Jews is what is ordered? So Jews are the "opposite" of Jehovah's Witnesses, since genocide is the top focus of "New Judaism".

https://old.bitchute.com/video/rWaZtOvawQoZ/

Tel Aviv

Peter Thiel's Secretive 'Tech Bilderberg' Group Eyes Global Expansion

Dialog, the exclusive forum co-founded by billionaire Peter Thiel and entrepreneur Auren Hoffman, is planning a permanent Washington headquarters as the PayPal co-founder's investment portfolio gains deeper federal government ties through companies like Palantir.

The invitation-only network is scouting real estate to build a "campus in the D.C. suburbs," according to reports, marking a strategic expansion into the nation's political center.

"Dialog, often compared to a tech-era Bilderberg, has quietly become one of the most elite, and mysterious, gatherings for CEOs, elected officials, and intellectual heavyweights," Axios reports.

The move comes as Thiel's influence in government circles has grown substantially, driven by lucrative federal contracts secured by his portfolio companies. Palantir, the data analytics firm he co-founded, has become a key supplier to U.S. intelligence and defense agencies.

A source with ties to Dialog told Axios that the permanent facility reflects "rising demand for quieter reflection in an always-on world. Dialog bills itself as offering global elites the chance to talk candidly across ideological lines, away from their phones and the pressures of social media, the news media, and their stakeholders."

The forum's secretive nature appears to be a selling point. "Given declining trust in institutions and anti-establishment fervor," the source added, "the group actively keeps its inner workings secretive and hidden from public scrutiny." The network's "secretive nature allows participants to share controversial and concerning ideas that they would not be comfortable sharing elsewhere."

Dialog has hosted events in the U.S. and Italy and is planning satellite gatherings in the Middle East and other locations, signaling global ambitions beyond its Washington expansion.

The forum attracts a bipartisan roster of power players, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya, KKR & Co. co-founder Henry Kravis, and Maryland Governor Wes Moore. Other participants include Senator Cory Booker, former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

As the late, great comedian George Carlin once famously said: It's a big club and you ain't in it.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/peter-thiels-secretive-tech-bilderberg-group-eyes-global-expansion

>>23511995

Dear Israel we found a Hamas base under the Fed, the state dept., the pentagon, the CDC

and all Western Parliament buildings

Australia Breaks With Iran - Sign Of A New War Coming?

The Aussies just trashed their relations with Iran based on nothing but obscure say-so.

Australia throws out Iran ambassador over alleged antisemitic attacks

Canberra expelled Tehran’s ambassador after accusing Iran of masterminding at least two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the country’s intelligence services had linked Iran’s military to arson attacks in Sydney and Melbourne, throwing out an ambassador for the first time since World War II, a move The Sydney Morning Herald’s national affairs editor dubbed “the diplomatic equivalent of the nuclear option.”

Iran rejected the charge.

I have searched and read several news pieces on this issue and have found no mention of any fact that would connect two months ago arson incidents in Australia with Iran.

The whole thing came out of nowhere based solely on the say-so from the Australian spy service ASIO:

What Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called ASIO's "deeply disturbing conclusion" is that the Iranian government was involved in these "extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a foreign nation on Australian soil", identified as the activities of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/08/australia-breaks-with-iran-sign-of-a-new-war-coming.html#more

>>23512064

Good they are weapons company

>>23512126

Don't play with the AI it's learning how to control you

>>23512154

Why are you posting Israeli propaganda?