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Open borders Biden

 DC Daily Journal: ... There’s been much made about the crisis at the southern border with Mexico and how there’s simply far too many people making fake asylum claims and individuals just outright trying to invade the United States illegally. Illegal immigrants represent about 20-30% of all foreign-born residents in the United States. Illegal immigration is back on the rise after actually stabilizing and declining between 2017 and 2021 during the Donald Trump administration. About 5% of the American workforce is made up by illegal immigrants. All this and more, without even mentioning the terrible rise in drug proliferation and violent crime that southern states have been experiencing as a result of illegal immigration. Even some high-profile Democrats are sounding the alarm on this issue because they know it’s one that the Biden administration has utterly failed. Joe Biden’s hand-picked “border czar” – his Vice President Kamala Harris – has done next to nothing to address the border c

Majority does not trust the media

 Just the News: Americans do not trust several major U.S. institutions, including the national news media. The recently released Center Square Voters’ Voice poll found that 43% of Americans say the media is trustworthy, compared with 54% who said it is not trustworthy. Younger people were more likely to trust the media, with 47% of those ages 18-34 saying they trust it and 46% saying the opposite. The numbers steadily worsen as likely voters get older, with 41% of likely voters 65-years-old and older saying they trust the media, compared to 57% who do not. With the presidential election coming in November, the poll also asked voters how confident they feel about the following statement: “The media will report on the issues that matter most to you.” Only 42% said they were confident that was the case, while 54% said they were not confident. When asked whether the "media will cover all candidates fairly,” only 31% were confident the media would do so while 65% were not confident. .

Solar vulnerability to hail storms

 Red State: Oops, Giant Hail Destroys Large Portions of 3,000-Acre Texas Solar Farm, Residents Fear Chemical Leak The Big Green agenda has its vulnerability to weather extremes. 

The push-back against squatters

Red State: Between Ron DeSantis  scoring  yet another victory against Woke Disney on Wednesday and the recent  settlement  on the Parental Rights in Education law where not a word of it was changed, it's been a pretty good month for the Florida governor, who continues to walk the walk when it comes to delivering results for the Sunshine State. The roll continued earlier as DeSantis signed into law a unanimously passed  bill designed  to combat so-called "squatters' rights" and which puts the power back into the hands of law-abiding property owners and local law enforcement. He posted a video teaser to the Twitter machine prior to the signing: At the signing presser, DeSantis  declared  that his state was "putting an end to the squatters scam".... ... It is hard to understand why squatters on someone else's property have any right to live there.  It is not clear why any state is allowing this kind of taking.

Questioning the Big Green agenda

American Update: Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson sent a cease and desist letter to investment manager giant BlackRock on Tuesday night over claims the company misleads clients about its involvement in environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. The letter claims that BlackRock incorporates ESG factors into its investment funds that are designated as non-ESG due to a broader commitment to have all assets under management advance the agenda of reducing carbon emissions to “net zero.” The order also serves as a notice of intent to impose administrative penalties on BlackRock for its use of ESG factors when managing investment accounts to prevent “immediate and irreparable public harm.” “Investment companies will not push their political agenda on Mississippians, especially through fraudulent and deceptive means,” Watson said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation. “All citizens should have the opportunity to make informed and educated decisions when in

Questioning the Biden family business

 National Review: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R., Ky.) is officially inviting President Joe Biden to answer questions about his family’s foreign business dealings. Comer wrote a letter to President Biden Thursday afternoon asking Biden to testify so he can explain the role he appears to have played in his family’s alleged influence-peddling schemes, the main focus of the House GOP’s impeachment inquiry into the president. “The Committee has accounted for over $24 million that has flowed from foreign sources to you, your family, and their business associates. The Committee has identified no legitimate services to merit such lucrative payments,” Comer’s letter begins. ... It would also  be interesting to see if the Biden family paid taxes on that income. 

Dems want your money

 Fox News: Democrats want to tax your home, your retirement, your everything With $4.4 trillion in revenue, US could manage a sane budget, but Democrats want to tax and spend The Democrats have become the party of government greed. 

The Russian-Nork axis

 AP: A veto Thursday by Russia ended monitoring of U.N. sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program , prompting Western accusations that Moscow is seeking to avoid scrutiny as it allegedly violates the sanctions to buy weapons from Pyongyang for its war in Ukraine. Russia’s turnaround on the U.N. monitoring reflects how Moscow’s growing animosity with the U.S. and its Western allies since the start of the Ukraine war has made it difficult to reach consensus on even issues where there has been longstanding agreement. The veto came during a vote on a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have extended the mandate of a panel of experts monitoring sanctions on North Korea for a year, but which will now halt its operation when its current mandate expires at the end of April. The vote in the 15-member council, with 13 in favor, Russia against, and China abstaining, has no impact on the actual sanctions against North Korea, which remain in force. Russia had never before tried

San Francisco politics moves to the right

  Politico: San Francisco mayoral candidate Mark Farrell said Thursday that, if elected, he will ask California to send more armed National Guard troops into downtown to fight the city’s open-air drug markets. The announcement, part of Farrell’s plan to address the fentanyl overdose crisis, is the latest example of how the Democrat and venture capitalist is trying to oust Mayor London Breed in November by outflanking her to the right. Breed and Gov. Gavin Newsom, both Democrats, have used the National Guard and California Highway Patrol to help local police dismantle fentanyl rings, especially ahead of the city hosting the APEC summit last fall. But Farrell wants to see more military personnel deployed for an indefinite period of time — though he didn’t specify how many or for how long. His rhetoric, especially his call for “more armed California National Guard,” is sure to strike a political nerve in San Francisco. The city has increasingly leaned into tough-on-crime policies despite

A warning to Biden about Jewish votes

 Newsmax: ... Dershowitz shared the document in Thursday's Wall Street Journal , one day after Lieberman, 82, died from complications after a fall in his home. "It's a warning to President [Joe] Biden saying you can't count on pro-Israel Jewish votes, and you can't mortgage our votes to what we call the two-state solution, namely Michigan and Minnesota," Dershowitz said. "Being fearful of losing a couple of hundred thousand Muslim and Arab votes in Michigan, we think has caused a lot of changes in the attitude. So Joe and I were working on a statement when I learned about his death, and I published the statement today in The Wall Street Journal, and we're going to continue in his memory." In the statement, with Lieberman's edits, the colleagues said they appreciated Biden's statements after the Oct. 7 Hamas "barbarisms" against Israel and that they believe Israel must be allowed to disable Hamas. "We have become concerned a

Polls show Trump advantage with most demogrphics

  Trump looks like he has turned around support compared to the 2020 election.  Voters appear to recognize their mistake in supporting Biden.  The results should not be that surprising.  Biden's policies increased inflation hurting the finances of most groups and his weakness resulted in expensive wars in Europe and the Middle East where the Biden administration shipped billions of dollars. The country was clearly doing better during the Trump administration both domestically and in foreign policy. Biden does have impressive dentures, but I give credit for that to his dentist.

The migration crisis

 NY Post: A new, 2,000-person migrant caravan is making its way north to the US border — and is expected to reach El Paso, Texas, in just the next few days. Videos posted online show a swarm of people walking through the streets of southern Mexico on Monday. In one clip , an apparent leader could be seen encouraging the group through a bullhorn to chant “A la frontera” — meaning “To the border.” The group proclaimed in Spanish, “We are not criminals, we are international workers.” Church-run border shelters are preparing for the group’s arrival, as they run out of space to house the thousands of migrants trying to make their way into the United States, according to Border Report. “We are in contact with people and personnel in migrant shelters in south Mexico,” the Rev. Francisco Bueno Guillen, director of the Casa del Migrante shelter in the border city of Juarez, Mexico, told the news station. “They saw many people have come into the country recently and are being joined by others a

Oop!

 Daily Mail: Woman 'nurses stricken baby hedgehog' overnight only to 'discover' it was a fluffy hat bobble when she took it to an animal hospital ... The animal lover claims she found what she believed to be an injured creature on the pavement and 'spent a night looking after it' - despite it being somewhat lighter and fluffier than the spiky creature. The next morning, she took what she says she thought was a motionless mammal to Lower Moss Wood Nature Reserve & Wildlife Hospital, in Knutsford, Cheshire, in a box meticulously lined with newspaper and even placed a small dish of food next to it, as she remained by its bedside. But when hospital manager Janet Kotze opened the box, she realised the 'hedgehog' actually belonged on a woolly hat. ... It does not appear to be life-like to the rest of the world. 

New York's squatter policies

 NY Post: Joe Rogan has hit out at woke squatter policies in cities like New York that he says are “basically allowing people to steal other people’s homes.” The podcaster was discussing recent reports of homeowners struggling to take back their houses from squatters with comedians Dave Attell and Ian Fidance on his show Saturday — noting how one woman in Queens was even arrested after she changed her locks to force them out. Under New York law, squatters have rights to a property after living there for just 30 days. “That is bananas,” Rogan said. Fidance then mentioned that squatters have taken over more than 1,000 homes in Atlanta, Ga. “A thousand is crazy,” Rogan replied. “That means they know how to do it and they know the loophole — and you need to tighten that loophole up, you f–heads,” he said, apparently referring to the woke politicians. ... It is the theft of property and there should not be a time limit on prosecution for it. Allowing squatters to obtain property is ridicu

Hamas war crime

 Telegraph: Hamas guard sexually assaulted me at gunpoint, says Israeli hostage An Israeli hostage kidnapped by Hamas was sexually assaulted in Gaza, doctors have confirmed. Amit Soussana, a 40-year-old lawyer, went public with the story in an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday. Her testimony has been backed by two doctors and a social worker who spoke to her shortly after she was released. She also recounted being tortured at another location. ... Hamas should be held responsible for its crimes against Israeli captives.  See also: IDF: Hamas gunmen are ‘destroying’ Shifa, firing from emergency room, maternity ward Israel rejects responsibility as terror group claims 13 patients have died because of IDF raid; Hamas admits key operatives killed, nabbed at hospital; 8 rockets fired at Ashdod

GOP threatens classified document case against Biden

 AP: House Republicans threatened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he did not turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents . In a letter Monday — obtained by The Associated Press — Reps. James Comer and Jim Jordan demanded that Garland comply with the subpoena the two Republican chairmen sent last month as part of their emerging investigation into Special Counsel Robert Hur's decision not to charge the president. Comer, chair of the Oversight Committee, and Jordan, chair of the Judiciary Committee, ordered the Justice Department to turn over the unredacted audio and transcripts of Hur's hourslong interviews with Biden and his ghostwriter by April 8. “If you fail to do so, the Committees will consider taking further action, such as the invocation of contempt of Congress proceedings,” the two lawmakers wrote. The Justice Department reacted to the letter late

Invasion video

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 NY Post: Video catches migrant cutting Texas border fence before National Guard troops stop illegal crossers   A migrant with bolt cutters snipped a wire border fence Sunday, then led dozens of migrants through the hole — only to be turned back to Mexico by National Guard troops. The Post observed as the migrants pulled fencing away and pushed through the state’s concertina-wire barrier near a gate in the wall, entering the US illegally, near El Paso, Texas. Footage of the incident taken by The Post showed guardsmen appearing and blocking the migrants, and directing them away from Gate 45, which is not a legal port of entry, and back to Mexican territory. The incident comes days after another encounter a few miles away at Gate 36 in the border — where more than  100 people bum-rushed  Texas National Guard soldiers last Thursday. 5 A migrant uses bolt cutters to cut Texas border wire near El Paso. James Breeden for NY Post 5 Texas National Guard troops push back migrants who’ve crossed

The Dems' law and order problems

 Charles Lipson: Polling data shows Democrats are in deep trouble on the issues of domestic safety and unbiased justice. Voters say they want law and order and aren’t getting it. They want enforcement of criminal statutes duly passed by their representatives. They abhor favoritism for some and targeting for others. They want personal safety and basic fairness. They deserve them. And they are angry. They resent the wide-open border, street shootings, street-corner gangs dealing drugs, carjackings, and unchecked shoplifting. They are stunned that squatters can simply take over houses from their rightful owners. They are troubled by the aggressive prosecution of Donald Trump, while Joe Biden skips away from his family’s extensive grifting operation and a garage full of classified documents. Although these issues are usually considered separately, they are also important together. The concerns overlap and reinforce each other, harming Biden and his political party. Democrats are seen as we

The dangers of Biden's open borders policies

Daily Caller: President Joe Biden is currently considering granting amnesty to illegal migrants in a bid to act on the worsening immigration crisis, according to Politico. Biden and his administration are weighing several ideas to take a tougher stance on the southern border crisis and illegal immigration amid criticisms he has thus far failed to act on either. The administration could start dolling out green cards to illegal immigrants who have long stayed inside the United States, thereby giving them amnesty to stay in the country, three people familiar with the planning told Politico. (RELATED: Immigration Overtakes Inflation As Top Voter Concern In 2024: POLL) The plan would grant migrants who have been in the country for more than 10 years access to the cancellation of removal program provided that they have relatives who would suffer if they were deported, according to Politico. Migrants could then receive a green card — a permanent residency grant — if they meet the cancellat

The problem with Biden's EV agenda

 NY Post: ... The Biden administration’s push to get people into electric vehicles is running directly into the chief advantage of internal-combustion-engine cars, which is the sheer convenience. People don’t really have “range anxiety,” the fear their electric vehicle will run out of its charge. Electric cars have acquired more range now, and most people aren’t driving 300 miles in a single trip, regardless. No, it’s the time it takes to charge an electric car compared with the ease of a trip to the gas station that is the issue. Gas stations already exist (about 145,000 of them with a million gas pumps), and no one had to subsidize their creation. They are convenient and cost-effective and make economic sense. Making charging stations available on a comparable scale will present formidable obstacles. As Mark Mills of the National Center for Energy Analytics points out in a paper on electric cars, transporting the large amounts of energy at the necessary scale using electric energy v

Biden administration emboldens Hamas

 Newsmax: The U.S. government was able to unify Israel and the terrorist group Hamas on one key issue: Both sides now agree that President Joe Biden has undergone a shift on policy toward America's Jewish ally. Israel decried and Hamas praised an abstention by the U.S. from a United Nations Security Council vote Monday that called for a cease-fire without demanding the release of the remaining hostages. While the U.S. asserts that the resolution is nonbinding, experts say it is. Regardless, Hamas, the terrorist group that occupies and runs Gaza, is now more emboldened to do nothing in hostage negotiations. "Regarding the American administration, there is no doubt that there are clear changes in its policy towards Israel," Hamas spokesperson Ghazi Hamad told Newsweek. "And this is perhaps due to the stupid and foolish policy of the occupying state, which commits genocide, killing civilians, and starvation. "America has found that Israel is putting it in an awkwar

The crimes of the illegals

 Real Clear Investigations: When President Biden’s supporters attacked him for describing the man who allegedly murdered Georgia co-ed Laken Reilly as an “illegal,” they shined a light on one of the most contested words in American politics. The progressive push to describe border crossers as undocumented or unauthorized can also serve to downplay and obscure the massive issue of crime perpetrated and spawned by the influx of millions of migrants since Biden was elected – often in ways that leave the migrants themselves as victims. While migrant advocates argue that illegal arrivals commit crimes at lower rates than Americans, the claim is unverifiable because the federal government and most states do not break down crimes by immigration status. Criminologists also note that it ignores the vast web of statutory crimes concurrent with illegal immigration – drug smuggling, human trafficking, child labor violations, prostitution, the black market in employment, and so on. What remains und

Biden losing support

 Jazz Shaw: Biden Is Driving Heavy Domestic Migration And:   The Great Divorce: 3.7 Million Have Fled Counties That Voted For Biden And:   Why Biden Is Bleeding Non-White Voters Black and Latino voters have been hit hard by inflation and they aren't buying Biden's happy talk. And:  Even MORE bad news for Biden as a new poll shows 40% of black voters say they DON'T want to vote in the 2024 election The Biden presidency has been a disaster for many Americans as well as some allies.  It is also bad news for Democrat politicians who have backed him. 

Ukraine knocks out Russia Black Sea operations

 Business Insider: The UK's defense ministry declared Russia's Black Sea Fleet "functionally inactive" after Ukraine claimed to have struck another two of its ships. UK Defence Minister Grant Shapps wrote on Sunday that Ukrainian attacks are taking a "massive" toll on the Russian fleet, in a post that appeared to confirm a pair of strikes Ukraine announced on Sunday. "Russia has sailed the Black Sea since 1783 but is now forced to constrain its fleet to port," Shapps wrote. "And even there Putin's ships are sinking!" ... Earlier on Sunday, Ukraine announced that it had struck two large landing vessels in the port of Sevastopol, in Crimea. Some sources said the missiles used to hit the Yamal and Azov were likely UK-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles. The Yamal sustained critical damage to part of its upper deck and is taking on water, Ukraine's Defense Intelligence claimed on Monday . A communications center and several infra

Trump was a more successful president than Biden

 Red State: Marco Rubio Leaves Jonathan Karl Spluttering As He Lays Out Successes of Trump Versus Failures of Biden Rubio is right about Trump, but it is typical of the leftist media to miss the differences with Biden.  I think it is because of the media's Trump-hatred. 

Trump has 5 point lead

Newsmax :  With majorities deeply concerned President Joe Biden is too old to be president (63%) and is mentally unfit to serve (57%), presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump maintains a 5-point lead in the full field in the latest poll released by the Harvard Center for American Political Studies. Trump leads Biden by 3 points (47%-44%) in the head-to-head matchup, but his lead stretches further when the other candidates are added, showing third-party challengers cut into the incumbent while Trump holds steady. ... Biden's sagging numbers show a lack of confidence in his age and mental fitness as 63% said he is too old to be president and 57% said he is unfit to serve. Also, a plurality of 48% said Biden is getting worse as president as the weeks go on. Electing a president who is mentally unfit is "dangerous" for the country, according to 60% of the respondents. There is also considerably doubt about Biden's "plausible deniability," as whistleblower Tony Bob

Container ship causes bridge collapse

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 Baltimore Sun: Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning after a support column was struck by a container ship, sending at least seven cars into the Patapsco River, launching a search-and-rescue operation and prompting Gov. Wes Moore to declare a state of emergency. In a Tuesday morning news conference, just a few hours after the incident, Baltimore Fire Department Chief James Wallace said authorities are “still very much in an active search and rescue posture,” noting they are searching for “upwards of seven individuals” and that sonar has detected the presence of vehicles in the water. There is no indication that the event was intentional, Wallace said. “This is a tragedy that you could never imagine … It looked like something out of an action movie,” Mayor Brandon Scott said. The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed overnight after being struck by a ship in the early morning of Tuesday, March 26. Video from the incident shows the container ship