tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50512472024-03-18T10:25:20.366-05:00PrairiePunditCommentary on politics and the continuation of policy by other means.Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.comBlogger108071125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-11530950056880840122024-03-18T10:02:00.007-05:002024-03-18T10:24:48.275-05:00The Blue State Exodus<p> Gateway Pundit:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/census-data-americans-still-fleeing-blue-states-their/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">CENSUS DATA: Americans Still Fleeing Blue States in Droves, Moving to Texas and Florida</span></a></b></p></blockquote><p>My family moved to Texas when I was a teenager and I have lived here ever since except for the time I was in the Marine Corps when I spent time in Virginia, Florida, and Vietnam. Texas continues to be a destination state with low taxes and warm weather.</p><p>See also:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/16/exclusive-florida-gop-says-state-is-solid-red-democrats-are-toast/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Exclusive — Florida GOP Says State Is Solid Red: ‘Democrats Are Toast’</span></a></b></p></blockquote>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-90115288742205727182024-03-18T09:56:00.009-05:002024-03-18T10:22:52.719-05:00Minority voters fleeing Biden<p><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2920458/why-democrats-are-losing-minority-voters/"> Washington Examiner:</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><blockquote><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">When <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/joe-biden/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; pointer-events: auto; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Donald Trump">President Joe Biden</a> narrowly defeated <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/donald-trump/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; pointer-events: auto; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> in 2020, he carried 87% of the black vote and 65% of the Latino vote while losing white voters 41% to 58%. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Now, multiple recent polls show Biden’s support among minority voters collapsing, including just 63% of black people in the <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/01/01/biden-trump-poll-odds-black-hispanic-young-voters/72072111007/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; pointer-events: auto; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="">most recent <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">USA Today</em> poll</a> and 66% in the<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/05/us/elections/times-siena-poll-registered-voter-crosstabs.html" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; pointer-events: auto; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title=""> latest <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">New York Times</em> poll</a>. Both polls also show Trump outright winning Latinos, including by a 46% to 40% advantage for Trump in the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">New York Times</em> poll.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">As much as it might be tempting to blame these numbers on Biden’s age or Trump’s celebrity appeal, <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/609776/democrats-lose-ground-black-hispanic-adults.aspx" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; pointer-events: auto; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="">Gallup numbers</a> that track party identification show similar, if not yet as dramatic, shifts among black people and Latinos away from Democrats and toward Republicans.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Just four years ago in 2020, an overwhelming 77% of black people told Gallup that they considered themselves Democrats compared to just 11% who said Republican. That margin has slipped to 66% Democrat and 19% Republican today. Among Latinos, in 2020, 57% said they were Democrats compared to 29% who said they were Republican. Now, just 47% of Latinos consider themselves Democrats, and the percent saying they were Republican has risen to 35%. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Biden’s performance in office is assuredly playing a large role in driving these numbers. Despite what Democrats and their media allies may claim, Bidenomics has not been good for minority voters. Sure, gross domestic product may be up, and the stock market is near all-time highs, but aggregate GDP numbers don’t put food on the table, and few working-class minority families own stocks.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">...</p></blockquote><p>Biden has dramatically increased inflation and that is hard to ignore especially for minorities. The tax increases Biden is proposing are also a problem.</p><p>See also:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/16/opinion/pres-biden-is-squandering-the-crucial-hispanic-vote/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">If Biden loses in November, it may be over squandering the crucial Hispanic vote</span></a></b></p></blockquote><p>And:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://redstate.com/joesquire/2024/03/16/are-democrats-really-losing-younger-nonwhite-voters-the-data-sure-suggests-it-n2171485"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> Are Democrats Really Losing Younger, Nonwhite Voters? The Data Sure Suggests It</span></a></b></p></blockquote><p>And:</p><blockquote><p> <b><a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/03/good-news-from-voter-registration-data.php"><span style="color: #0b5394;">GOOD NEWS FROM VOTER REGISTRATION DATA</span></a></b></p><p>It is always fun to get good news from the <i>New York Times</i>, which always try to spin the data so it doesn’t look too bad for Democrats. A case in point: “Share of Democratic Registrations Is Declining, but What Does It Mean? Virtually every group of voters under 70 has become less likely to register as Democrats compared with Republicans since 2019.”</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>... </p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-14850148588785794022024-03-18T09:49:00.007-05:002024-03-18T09:51:36.113-05:00Russians vs. Russia<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/16/world/europe/anti-putin-russians-ukraine-attacks.html"> NY Times:</a></p><blockquote>Gathered in a Ukrainian farmhouse, soldiers checked their kits: rifles, machine guns, grenade launchers, spare batteries for radios, red and white flashlights, all that would be needed for a stealthy and daring night assault across the border into Russia.<br /><br />The soldiers are Russians who have turned against the government of their country’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, and are now fighting for the Ukrainian side by making incursions back into Russia.<br /><br />Their goal has been to break through a first line of Russian defenses, hoping to open a path for another unit to drive deeper into Russia with tanks and armored personnel carriers.<br /><br />“We will jump in their trench and hold it,” one of the soldiers, who declined to be identified for security reasons, explained. “Either we take them out, or they take us out.”<br /><br />By both Ukrainian and Russian accounts, fierce fighting has raged along Russia’s southern border for five days in the most sweeping ground attacks into Russia since its military invaded Ukraine two years ago.<br /><br />Three Russian exile groups, which were openly backed by Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, say the assaults are timed to undermine the sense of stability that underlies Mr. Putin’s quest for a fifth term, in which three days of voting wrap up on Sunday.<br />...</blockquote><p>The Putin regime has its critics despite his attempt at internal control. While russia has a history of rebellions it is such a large land mass that it is hard for anyone to control. </p><p>See also:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/16/europe/schools-closed-belgorod-strikes-russia-intl/index.html"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Russian border region closes malls and schools as Ukrainian attacks escalate</span></a></b></p></blockquote>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-79482394506200916872024-03-18T09:26:00.008-05:002024-03-18T09:26:39.398-05:00Biden sanction exemption for Iran<p><a href="https://dcdailyjournal.com/congress/joe-biden-receives-a-letter-from-congress-with-a-serious-demand/"> DC Daily Journal:</a></p><p></p><blockquote><p>...</p>According to<i> The Washington Free Beacon</i>, the Biden administration extended its sanctions exemption against the Iranian government on Wednesday, allowing billions of dollars in previously blocked funds to be released to Iran once again.<br /><br />The original report claims that Tehran is now able to access $10 billion in formerly blocked Iranian income from electricity exports, thanks to the extension of the sanctions waiver for an additional four months. The Biden administration has come under fire for adopting a soft approach towards Iran, which has not shown encouraging results. This includes lowering sanctions and paying “ransom” for captives in an attempt to placate the regime and stop it from acting resentfully against the West.<br /><br />Mark Dubowitz, the head of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), shared with reporters, “Leave it to the Biden administration to be giving access to $10 billion to an Islamist regime that has killed three American soldiers, maimed dozens more, shut down shipping in the Red Sea, is barreling ahead with its nuclear weapons program and is attacking Israel, America’s closest ally in the Middle East.”<br />...</blockquote><p>Iran is still a terrorist state and it is a mistake to allow it to fund its operations even if it is done indirectly. </p>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-15401064933356295222024-03-18T09:17:00.006-05:002024-03-18T09:17:53.413-05:00Biden not prosecuted for doing same thing with documents as Trump<p> Katie Pavlich:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2024/03/12/newly-released-transcripts-further-highlight-bidens-cognitive-decline-n2636390?_hsmi=298410890"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Newly Released Biden Transcripts Show DOJ's Double Standard on Trump</span></a></b></p></blockquote><p>There appears to be an attempt to criminalize Trump for doing what others like Biden have done. </p>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-3201549138609402024-03-18T09:11:00.001-05:002024-03-18T10:09:48.717-05:00The 'bloodbath' slur against Trump<p> </p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 550px; text-align: center; width: 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context.</div></div></blockquote>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-59612040189930334752024-03-18T09:03:00.006-05:002024-03-18T09:13:40.012-05:00Censorship of COVID-19 issues<p> Headline USA:</p><blockquote><div class="td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_63 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1" data-td-block-uid="tdi_63" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 19px; position: relative;"><div class="tdb-block-inner td-fix-index" style="box-sizing: border-box; transform: translateZ(0px);"><div class="tdb-block-inner td-fix-index" style="box-sizing: border-box; transform: translateZ(0px);"><b><a href="https://headlineusa.com/u-s-supreme-court-to-hear-case-alleging-government-censorship-of-social-media/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case Alleging Government Censorship of Social Media</span></a></b></div><div class="tdb-block-inner td-fix-index" style="box-sizing: border-box; transform: translateZ(0px);">'Gvernment officials transformed private platforms into state actors...'</div></div></div></blockquote><p>The Biden regime is accused of illegally trying to suppress speech about COVID-19 that turned out to be more truthful than what the Biden regime was saying. </p><p>See also:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://redstate.com/beccalower/2024/03/17/scotus-set-to-hear-free-speech-case-on-biden-admin-colluding-with-big-tech-to-stifle-misinformation-n2171525?bcid=ddde636e91c1aba9dac3ea4e34a73c80"><span style="color: #0b5394;">SCOTUS Set to Hear Free Speech Case on Biden Admin Colluding With Big Tech to Stifle 'Misinformation'</span></a></b></p></blockquote>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-18525333399782340992024-03-18T08:51:00.001-05:002024-03-18T08:51:03.231-05:00Willis accused of using illegally obtained evidence<p><a href="https://www.newsmax.com/politics/fani-willis-georgia-donald-trump/2024/03/17/id/1157583/?ns_mail_uid=09250907-887c-4822-b474-dc73a78eb8e2&ns_mail_job=DM593609_03182024&s=acs&dkt_nbr=010504byy5rk"> Newsmax</a>:</p><blockquote>Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' racketeering case tied to the 2020 election against former President Donald Trump could be upended if allegations are true that the Georgia prosecutor's evidence was illegally obtained.<br /><br />A recently released book on Willis' probe claims that the phone call between then-President Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — a key piece of evidence in the indictment — was recorded illegally.<br /><br />Authors Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman write in "Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election" that Georgia Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs taped the conference call.<br /><br />"Find Me the Votes" says Fuchs recorded the call to protect Raffensberger from possible false claims Trump might make about the conversation.<br /><br />But Fuchs, the authors say, made the recording while out of state in Florida.<br /><br />Florida, however, is a two-party consent state, making it potentially illegal for one party, such as Fuchs, to have recorded another without approval.<br /><br />Juscelino Colares, a law and political science professor at Case Western Reserve University, said Trump's legal team could argue that the recording should be excluded from the case because it was illegally obtained.<br />...</blockquote><p>The term "find me the votes" is not the same as telling someone to create votes to rig and election.</p>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-51302396676996621092024-03-18T08:42:00.006-05:002024-03-18T10:14:02.691-05:00Border Patrol catch Hezbollah terrorist<p><a href="https://www.newsmax.com/us/hezbollah-terrorist-ice/2024/03/17/id/1157581/">Newsmax:</a> </p><blockquote>A self-admitted member of the Hezbollah terrorist organization was reportedly caught by U.S. Border Patrol earlier this month, coming over from Lebanon during Ramadan and heading for New York to conduct a terrorist bombing.<br /><br />Basel Bassel Ebbadi, 22, was stopped crossing the border illegally March 9 near El Paso, Texas, and admitted to plotting a terrorist attack in New York City, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/17/us-news/illegal-migrant-from-lebanon-admitted-terror-ties/">New York Post reported</a> Sunday.<br /><br />He said, "I'm going to try to make a bomb," according to a Border Patrol document reviewed by the Post.<br /><br />Ebbadi had been training with Hezbollah for seven years and served four years as a member of the armed Middle East terrorist group, guarding weapons, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Post reported.<br /><br />The training entailed "jihad" and killing people who were "not Muslim," but he sought to get away from Lebanon to head to the U.S. because he "didn't want to kill people" anymore, he reportedly told ICE.<br /><br />"Once you're in, you can never get out," he reportedly added.<br /><br />Ebbadi was stopped trying to cross the U.S. border without documents showing his Lebanese background, claiming his documents were stolen in Costa Rica at knife-point, according to ICE.<br /><br />He admitted to using fake names in Sweden, Ecuador, and Panama.<br /><br />He was destined for New York City before plans to move around the U.S., he added.<br />...</blockquote><p>The guy appears to be something of a world traveler with several identities. He apparently saw New York City as a target-rich environment. </p><p>See also:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/migrant-caught-border-admitted-terrorist-184917836.html"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Migrant caught at border admitted terrorist plans to 'make a bomb' in US: report</span></a></b></p></blockquote><p>And:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/17/us-news/illegal-migrant-from-lebanon-admitted-terror-ties/"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> Illegal migrant from Lebanon caught at border admitted he’s a Hezbollah terrorist hoping ‘to make a bomb’ — and was headed for NY</span></a></b></p></blockquote>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-22981127041066522282024-03-18T08:30:00.006-05:002024-03-18T08:32:59.729-05:00Dems have a dark money advantage<p><a href="https://dcdailyjournal.com/congress/chuck-schumer-has-egg-on-his-face-after-his-idiotic-statement-from-two-years-ago-resurfaced/"> DC Daily Journal:</a></p><blockquote>...<br /><br />Ahead of the crucial 2024 elections, a significant influx of untraceable funds is pouring into politics, as revealed by a report from OpenSecrets. The report indicates that Democrat-aligned groups have garnered the highest monetary support thus far. In 2023 alone, dark money groups contributed approximately $160 million to political committees, marking the largest sum for this stage in any election cycle since the landmark Citizens United v. FEC ruling, which granted committees unlimited spending capabilities on political communications.<br /><br />Of this amount, Democrat-aligned groups received around $84.5 million, while Republican-aligned committees secured just over $74 million, according to OpenSecrets.<br /><br />The report delineated Democratic groups as those directing funds towards attacking Republicans or endorsing Democrats, while Republican groups were identified as those targeting Democrats or endorsing Republicans.<br /><br />Additionally, groups categorized as “other” accounted for roughly $2.4 million in political spending.<br /><br />Since 2018, Democrats have consistently garnered more support from dark money groups in each election cycle, according to OpenSecrets. Notably, while federal law mandates super PACs to disclose their donors regularly, social welfare organizations, specifically 501(c)(4) nonprofits, are exempt from this requirement, as outlined by the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.<br /><br />This of course flies in the face of the comments that Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made two years ago lamenting the influx of “dark” money in the election process. He tried to claim that legislation should be passed to prevent dark money from taking over elections.<br />...</blockquote><p>There does not appear to be any control over this funding. While Democrats are the primary beneficiaries of them, they are also the biggest complainers about this type of funding. </p><p>See also:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://americanactionnews.com/featured/2024/03/17/pac-running-republican-voters-against-trump-campaign-primarily-funded-by-major-democratic-donors/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">PAC Running ‘Republican Voters Against Trump’ Campaign Primarily Funded By Major Democratic Donors</span></a></b></p></blockquote>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-75491705264214689282024-03-18T08:21:00.006-05:002024-03-18T08:21:31.975-05:00General concerned about drone traffic on southern border<p><a href="https://dcdailyjournal.com/immigration/u-s-general-sounds-the-alarm-on-this-terrifying-national-security-threat/"> DC Daily Journal:</a></p><p></p><blockquote><p>...</p>Now a top general told senators on Thursday that more than 1,000 drones cross into U.S. airspace near the Mexican border each month.<br /><br />The amount of unmanned drone incursions is “alarming” and poses a “growing” potential threat to national security, Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot, commander of North American Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.<br /><br />“The number of incursions was something that was alarming to me as I took command last month,” Guillot said in response to a question from Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC).<br /><br />“I don’t know the actual number – I don’t think anybody does – but it’s in the thousands,” he added.<br /><br />When Budd probed Guillot on the period used by the general to establish his estimate, he replied, “We can probably have over 1,000 a month.”<br /><br />The top NORAD official stated that, while the number of invasions concerns him, he has not “seen any of them manifest in a threat to the level of national defense.”<br /><br />“But I see the potential only growing,” Guillot said.<br /><br />According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, Mexican cartels have been using drones to track the whereabouts of authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border, making it easier to smuggle humans and drugs.<br /><br />Rio Grande Valley Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez told the House Oversight Committee in February 2023 that in her Texas sector alone, over 10,000 drone intrusions and 25,000 drone sightings had been reported in the previous year.<br /><br />“The adversaries have 17 times the number of drones, twice the amount of flight hours and unlimited funding to grow their operations,” Chavez told the House of Representatives.<br /><br />In January 2023, officials acquired drone footage of Border Patrol agents purportedly shot by human smugglers during a raid on what was thought to be a safe house used to conceal migrants illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.<br /><br />“Human smugglers using drones to surveil the Border Patrol is a growing trend that we’ve observed along the border,” San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Aaron M. Heitke said in a statement.<div>...</div></blockquote><p>The drones are likely used by the drug cartel for both intelligence purposes and also for transporting drugs in small quantities. The Border Patrol appears to be outmanned and out-armed in the battle with drones. If the US had sufficient drones it could use them to trace the incursions and arrest the perps.</p><div></div>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-7637460599533639012024-03-17T09:22:00.006-05:002024-03-17T10:09:41.474-05:00Biden's idiotic illegal's immigration policy<p><a href="https://americanactionnews.com/featured/2024/03/14/biden-admin-spending-big-to-make-ports-of-entry-green-while-trying-to-yank-border-wall-funds/"> American Action News:</a></p><blockquote>The Biden administration is spending more than $1 billion to make America’s land ports of entry more climate-friendly while it tries to redirect funds away from border wall construction amid an unprecedented surge in illegal immigration into the U.S.<br /><br />The General Services Administration (GSA) — a federal agency that is responsible for managing federal buildings and real estate, among other things — will spend more than $1 billion on various projects to make dozens of land ports of entry more green, the agency <a href="https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/land-port-of-entry-modernization-projects-bolster-security-advance-clean-manufacturing-through-president-bidens-investing-in-america-agenda-03142024">announced</a> Thursday. The Biden administration is deploying these funds while it is locked in a legal battle in which it is seeking to <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/13/texas-border-barrier-funds-biden/">redirect</a> funds away from the construction of a border wall amid an <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/14/border-patrol-nabbed-terror-watchlisted-individuals-four-months-years-combined/">ongoing</a> illegal immigration <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/11/exclusive-shot-between-eyes-border-patrol-chiefs-testify-cartel-violence-against-border-crossers/">crisis</a> at America’s borders.<br />...</blockquote><p>Biden has not made the case for allowing millions of illegals into the country. He has allowed more illegals already than the population of several states. </p><p>See also:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/03/15/biden-dhs-withholding-info-on-illegal-alien-charged-with-laken-rileys-murder-n2636557"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Biden DHS Withholding Info on Illegal Alien Charged With Laken Riley's Murder</span></a></b></p></blockquote><p>And:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watch-dozens-migrants-breach-border-wall-take-selfies-us-side-mass-illegal-crossings-continue"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> WATCH: Dozens of migrants breach border wall, take selfies on US side as mass illegal crossings continue</span></a></b></p><p>Immigration and border security have become central issues of the 2024 presidential election</p></blockquote><p>And:</p><blockquote><p> <b><a href="https://www.newsmax.com/us/donald-trump-open-borders-joe-biden/2024/03/16/id/1157516/?ns_mail_uid=09250907-887c-4822-b474-dc73a78eb8e2&ns_mail_job=DM597951_03172024&s=acs&dkt_nbr=0101028p9d3m"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Trump on Migrant Crisis: 'Nobody Could Afford This, Morally It's So Wrong'</span></a></b></p></blockquote><p>And:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/03/16/the-border-patrol-calls-out-biden-for-being-senile-and-i-cant-stop-laughing-n2171471?bcid=252cda523db898494dfb71218fd9f03991faa47bbba13f6d36468d4f154650d3"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> Border Patrol Slams Joe Biden for Being Senile, As Things Are Getting Downright Scary</span></a></b></p></blockquote>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-23716991231952159452024-03-17T09:13:00.009-05:002024-03-17T09:24:29.734-05:00Biden's goofy Israeli policy<p><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/03/15/pollak-biden-attack-on-netanyahu-causes-worst-crisis-in-history-of-u-s-israel-relations/"> Breitbart:</a></p><blockquote>President Joe Biden’s endorsement Friday of a call by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for Israel to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and hold new elections marks the worst crisis in the history of U.S.-Israel relations.<br /><br />Israel is currently fighting to defeat Hamas, which murdered 1,200 people in the October 7 terror attack. It is also under attack from Hezbollah in Lebanon, and has even faced missile attacks launched by Houthi rebels in Yemen.<br /><br />All of these groups are funded and armed by Iran, which views the United States as its enemy. Instead of backing Israel fully, Biden is not only criticizing Israel in increasingly strident terms, but demanding it remove its democratic leader.<br /><br />Biden is also slapping sanctions on Israelis who have not been convicted of any crime; this week, he also <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/03/14/biden-slaps-more-sanctions-on-israel-while-giving-10-billion-sanctions-waiver-to-iran/">sanctioned</a> two geographic areas under Israeli control in the West Bank. At the same time, he gave Iran a $10 billion sanctions waiver.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Senate — at Schumer’s direction — is refusing to pass billions of dollars in military aid for Israel. And there are <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/03/15/report-israel-believes-biden-slow-walking-ammunition-we-might-lose-this-war/">reports</a> that the Biden administration is “slow-walking” deliveries of ammunition already promised to Israel.<br /><br />This is happening because Netanyahu — like most Israelis — rejects Biden’s plan to impose a Palestinian state after the war, which would reward Hamas for terror. Israelis also want to win the war — not to wait, and allow Hamas to survive.<br /><br />Biden is furious, and wants Netanyahu out of the way. So he, and Schumer, have sent a message to Israel: if you do not replace Netanyahu, you will not be receiving more money and more weapons. You will be on your own against terror.<br /><br />If Israel complies, and elects a new leader — should one be found who accepts Biden’s policies, which are rejected by the majority of Israelis — then Israel might receive aid and ammunition, but it would definitely fall short of its war goals. It would probably not be able to complete the defeat of Hamas in Rafah, and it would almost certainly be unable to secure northern Israel against Hezbollah. Israeli shipping through the Red Sea will remain impossible. Israel will lose the war.<br />...</blockquote><p>The Biden-Schumer policy makes no sense. Israel should not be forced to live with a terrorist entity like Hamas. I can understand why Israel would not want to give a state to a bunch of mass murderers like Hamas.</p><p>See also:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/03/biden-admin-like-obama-before-it-has-found-an-enemy-its-willing-to-fight-bibi-netanyahu/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Biden Admin, Like Obama Before It, Has Found An Enemy It’s Willing To Fight: Bibi Netanyahu</span></a></b></p><p>The attacks on Netanyahu are escalating from the White House: Biden says capturing Hamas’ last stronghold in Rafah is “a red line” while Harris says: “It’s important to distinguish and to not conflate the Israeli government with the Israeli people.”</p></blockquote>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-42770404188560832322024-03-17T09:06:00.002-05:002024-03-17T09:06:07.418-05:00Florida passes anti-squatting law<p><a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/state-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-anti-squatting-bill-permanently/"> Gateway Pundit:</a></p><blockquote>Lawmakers in Florida are finally addressing the problem of squatting, one of the most egregious property rights violations going on in America today.<br /><br />This month, both chambers of the state Legislature unanimously passed a <a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/621">bill</a> allowing law enforcement to immediately remove squatters without waiting weeks or months for a case to move through the courts, according to <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2024/03/08/florida-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-bill-to-combat-squatting-giving-property-owners-positive-hope/">WJXT-TV</a>.<br /><br />If signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the measure would go into effect on July 1.<br /><br />The move comes as a relief to Florida property owner Patti Peeples, who dealt with <a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/couple-purchases-2-million-dream-house-find-unwelcome-guest-already-living-inside-total-nightmare/">squatters</a> last year.<br /><br />“It gives me a real feeling of positive hope that we still have the ability to discuss challenges in our society and work with our legislatures in a bipartisan way,” she told WJXT.<br /><br />Peeples shared her story during a state Senate Criminal Justice Committee hearing in February.<br /><br />“Imagine for a moment that you leave from your day of serving the citizens of Florida as a senator and you return to your home,” she said, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/squatters-booted-immediately-bill-lawmakers-state-unanimously-passed">Fox News</a>. “But when you walk in, there are strangers sitting on your sofa, watching your TV, eating your food.”<br /><br />“You ask who they are and what they are doing, and they tell you that they have rented this house and present you with a lease.”<br /><br />It took Peeples over a month to get the law to evict the squatters, and in the meantime the crooks caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage to her home.<br /><br />“At the crux of this issue is just basic unfairness,” she told WJXT. “If we don’t have the right to inhabit our own property, then what kind of world are we living in?”<br /><br />The bill also makes it a misdemeanor to present a fake lease and a felony to cause property damage in excess of $1,000 while squatting.<br /><br />Naturally, liberals claimed before the bill’s passage that it would give “bad-acting landlords” the power to throw people on the streets, <a href="https://www.wuwf.org/florida-news/2024-02-27/concerns-remain-over-florida-bill-that-would-harshen-penalties-for-squatters">WUSF-AM</a> reported.<br /><br />“We see the language that says it’s limited to folks who are staying in the property against the will of the owner,” said Cynthia Laurent, a “housing justice campaigner” with the group Florida Rising. “But what we know to be true is that a process that’s so expedited won’t even allow a person the time to verify that they’re authorized to be there.”<br /><br />However, the bill also protects legitimate tenants, allowing them to sue property owners if they are wrongfully evicted. Florida Rising told WJXT it is now “neutral” on the bill’s passage.<br />...</blockquote><p>It is hard to imagine people with the gaul to just move into someone else's home and take it over. </p>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-90562245867221856542024-03-17T08:31:00.006-05:002024-03-17T08:31:46.424-05:00Musk see need for red wave this fall<p><a href="https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/03/16/elon-musk-calls-it-like-he-sees-it-there-will-be-either-a-red-wave-in-november-or-america-is-doomed-n2171491"> Red State:</a></p><p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"></span></p><blockquote><p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Twitter/X owner Elon Musk was busy posting to the social media platform that he owns Friday and Saturday, interspersing stories of <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1768820129708532114" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">SpaceX rockets taking off</a> with searing political commentary about the state of our nation under Joe Biden and the Democrats.</span></p><div class="my-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5rem !important; margin-top: 1.5rem !important; max-width: 100%;"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">His outlook was anything but positive should things continue as they have under the current administration: </span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1769065882955682112" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1769065882955682112&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fbobhoge%2F2024%2F03%2F16%2Felon-musk-calls-it-like-he-sees-it-there-will-be-either-a-red-wave-in-november-or-america-is-doomed-n2171491&sessionId=c2abc28b7420e9c6e2f644b008c88284dbe6d842&siteScreenName=RedState&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 843px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">One of his main concerns is illegal immigration, where under the Biden administration, as many as <a href="https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/03/15/its-not-just-illegals-at-the-border-its-cartel-drones-over-1000-encounters-a-month-n2171415" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">10 million people</a> have slipped into the country. Biden has made no effort to secure the border and casts blame everywhere he can think of – except on his own disastrous policies.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Musk calls the president’s approach “insane” as he reacts to the awful story of 22-year-old nursing student <a href="https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/03/03/laken-rileys-mom-posts-heartbreaking-message-to-facebook-calls-murder-by-illegal-an-avoidable-tragedy-n2170871" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">Laken Riley's murder</a> at the hands of a Venezuelan illegal:</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; text-align: center !important; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1768686500625948758" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1768686500625948758&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fbobhoge%2F2024%2F03%2F16%2Felon-musk-calls-it-like-he-sees-it-there-will-be-either-a-red-wave-in-november-or-america-is-doomed-n2171491&sessionId=c2abc28b7420e9c6e2f644b008c88284dbe6d842&siteScreenName=RedState&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 489px; margin: 0px auto; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">The billionaire and current holder of the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/#702262a63d78" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">number three spot</a> on the list of the world's wealthiest humans is not known as a conservative firebrand; in fact, he himself has revealed that he's <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/10/business/media/elon-musk-politics-twitter.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">voted plenty of times for Dems</a> in the past:</span></p><div class="my-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5rem !important; margin-top: 1.5rem !important; max-width: 100%;"></div><blockquote style="border-left: 5px solid rgb(184, 31, 36); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 26px; padding: 10.5px 21px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">“To be clear, my historical party affiliation has been Independent, with an actual voting history of entirely Democrat until this year,” he wrote on Twitter the day before the midterm election. “And I’m open to the idea of voting Democrat again in the future.”</span></p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">In recent years, however, much of his commentary veers sharply from today's progressive orthodoxy, and he's also been an outspoken supporter of free speech. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">As we reported, Musk <a href="https://redstate.com/benkew/2024/03/06/why-did-elon-musk-meet-with-donald-trump-at-mar-a-lago-n2170994" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">visited with former President Donald Trump</a> at Mar-a-Lago in early March, sparking speculation that he's going to go all in on Republicans. But at the time, <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1765397025967710542" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">he posted to X</a> that it wouldn't be the case: "Just to be super clear, I am not donating money to either candidate for US President."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">He warns that although the predicted red wave <a href="https://redstate.com/dennis_santiago/2022/11/14/bi-partisan-establishment-turned-a-red-wave-into-a-puddle-n658888" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b81f24;" target="_blank">never materialized</a> in the 2022 midterm elections, we're in real trouble if voters keep Biden and the Dems in power this time around....</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">...</span></p></blockquote><p>Musk is an intelligent person who can clearly see the damage Biden has done to the US. Biden's open borders policy is clearly a disaster. The US needs to return to sanity and that starts with reelecting Donald Trump this fall. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"></span></p>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-5744541853234065912024-03-17T08:09:00.003-05:002024-03-17T08:09:47.882-05:00ISIS engaged in human smuggling at US border<p><a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/11/us-news/fbi-director-very-concerned-about-isis-ties-to-human-smuggling-network/"> NY Post:</a></p><blockquote>FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Monday the bureau is “very concerned” about a human smuggling network with ties to ISIS terrorists that utilizes the southern border to gain entry into the US.<br /><br />Wray confirmed the potential threat during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing and said the FBI, along with other federal authorities, have been actively investigating the human trafficking cell. <br /><br />“So, I want to be a little bit careful how far I can go in open session, but there is a particular network that, where some of the overseas facilitators of the smuggling network have ISIS ties that we’re very concerned about and that we’ve been spending enormous amount of effort with our partners investigating,” the FBI director said in response to a question from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)<br /><br />“Exactly what that network is up to is something that’s, again, the subject of our current investigation,” he added.<br /><br />Last August, CNN reported that the bureau was investigating whether dozens of asylum-seekers from Uzbekistan were <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/29/politics/migrants-us-southern-border-smuggler-isis-ties/index.html">aided in traveling to the US-Mexico border</a> by a Turkish smuggler with ties to ISIS. <br /><br />“That’s a threat stream that we’re very concerned about,” Wray told lawmakers about the incident when asked by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas).<br /><br />“We’re very actively investigating, working with DHS on both people whose travel was facilitated but also members of the facilitation network in some other way overseas,” he added. “There’s probably more I could share on that in closed session if you would like.” <br /><br />When asked by Cornyn if terrorists could be among the 1.8 million “gotaways,” or people who illegally made their way into the US without being apprehended by border agents, under the Biden administration, Wray suggested that it was a distinct possibility. <br />...</blockquote><p>You would think that with this kind of intelligence, Biden would be more concerned about millions that have been coming in since he opened to borders. President Biden seems indifferent to the problem. The US should finish the border fence to better control the migrants.</p>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-70700866248582609942024-03-17T07:56:00.003-05:002024-03-17T07:56:25.610-05:00Squad members in Congress accused of supporting Hamas<p><a href="https://dcdailyjournal.com/congress/cnn-broke-ranks-and-absolutely-demolished-this-top-democrat/"> DC Daily Journal:</a></p><blockquote>NBC, CNN, and the like are known for running cover for Democrats constantly. That relationship may be on the rocks.<br /><br />Because CNN broke ranks and absolutely demolished this top Democrat.<br /><br />Several “Squad” members were outraged when CNN analyst Scott Jennings referred to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as a “public relations agent for Hamas” during a recent panel discussion.<br /><br />Jennings participated in a talk moderated by CNN’s Abby Phillip, and he responded to Omar’s commitment to vote to re-elect President Joe Biden in 2024, despite whatever reservations she may have about his administration’s sustained support for Israel in the war against the terrorist group Hamas.<br />...<br /><br />Phillip started by asking Scott if he was surprised to hear Omar declare she would vote for Biden, adding, “And some of her colleagues, I’m pretty sure, wouldn’t say that today.”<br /><br />“No, she’s a Democrat. They’re gonna vote for Biden. I’m not surprised about that,” Jennings replied.<br /><br />“I am surprised that, in the year of our Lord, 2024, there is a public relations agent for Hamas sitting in the United States Congress.”<br /><br /><div>Jennings went on to say that Omar and many others had called for a quick ceasefire but had made no mention of the fact that Hamas was still holding hostages kidnapped from Israel during the October 7 terror assaults, which killed over 1,200 people.<br />...</div></blockquote><p>Hamas has engaged in the mass murder of Jews and should be held accountable. It is still holding some hostages. It leadership has called for the genocide of the Jews. </p><div></div>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-68801571342302107812024-03-17T07:44:00.002-05:002024-03-17T07:44:43.432-05:00Willis threatened with contempt of Congress for attacks on Trump<p><a href="https://americanupdate.com/uncategorized/jim-jordan-threatens-to-hold-fani-willis-in-contempt/"> American Update:</a></p><blockquote>Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio threatened Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with contempt proceedings in a Thursday letter.<br /><br />The House Judiciary Committee <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/02/house-judiciary-committee-subpoenas-fani-willis-fulton-county-da-donald-trump-corruption/">issued</a> a subpoena to Willis on Feb. 2 for records pertaining to oversight of her office’s use of federal funds, ultimately resorting to having a United States Marshal <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/09/fani-willis-congressional-subpoena-judiciary-committee-fulton-county-marshals-service/">hand-deliver</a> the document when she refused to accept it via email. Willis <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/14/grand-jury-hands-up-10-indictments-georgia-2020-election-case/">secured</a> an indictment against Trump and other defendants in August over the former president’s efforts to contest the results of the 2020 election in Georgia, which Joe Biden won by <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Georgia_election_results,_2020">less than 12,000 votes</a>.<br /><br />“The Committee expects that you will produce all responsive documents to the subpoena in the categories prioritized by the Committee no later than 12:00 p.m. on March 28, 2024,” Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote in the <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-03-14%20JDJ%20to%20Willis%20re%20subpoena%20noncompliance%20and%20contempt.pdf">letter</a> to Willis. “If you fail to do so, the Committee will consider taking further action, such as the invocation of contempt of Congress proceedings.”<br />...<br /><br />Willis’s conduct has drawn scrutiny since attorneys for Michael Roman, a Trump co-defendant, <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/08/fani-willis-allegedly-hired-romantic-partner-trump-case/">filed</a> a motion for Willis’ disqualification on Jan. 8 alleging that Willis, who hired Wade as a special prosecutor to help probe and prosecute the former president, was in a romantic relationship with Wade.<br /><br />Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/01/judge-indicates-he-will-rule-on-fani-willis-disqualification-within-two-weeks/">said on</a> March 1 he would rule by Friday whether Willis would be disqualified following a hearing during which attorneys for Trump and other defendants <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/01/defense-attorney-identifies-6-concrete-examplesconflicts-disqualify-fani-willis/">outlined</a> their case for Willis’ removal.<br /><br />Jordan previously demanded Willis answer questions related to allegations that the Fulton County DA coordinated with the Biden administration in an August 2023 <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-08-24-jdj-to-da-willis-re-trump-investigation.pdf">letter</a> sent shortly after Willis secured the indictment against Trump.<br /><br />“It is noteworthy that just four days before this indictment, you launched a new campaign fundraising website that highlighted your investigation into President Trump,” Jordan wrote in the August letter. “Additionally, the forewoman of the special grand jury you convened to investigate President Trump earlier this year bragged during an unusual media tour about her excitement at the prospect of subpoenaing President Trump and getting to swear him in.”<br />...</blockquote><p>This is another example of how Democrats have tried to criminalize Donald Trump and some of his supporters for questioning the results of the 2020 election. </p>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-403680398895179522024-03-17T07:31:00.006-05:002024-03-17T07:31:57.510-05:00Trump vows to free Jan. 6 'hostages'<p><a href="https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-campaign-rally/2024/03/16/id/1157529/"> Newsmax:</a></p><blockquote>In a new wrinkle to his presidential campaign rallies Saturday in Dayton, Ohio, former President Donald Trump opened with a salute to the Jan. 6 "hostages," a term that has caused consternation among Democrats and their liberal media allies.<br /><br />"You see the spirit from the hostages, and that's what they are: hostages," Trump told a rally that aired live and in its entirely on <a href="https://www.newsmaxtv.com/">Newsmax </a>and simulcast on the <a href="https://www.newsmaxtv.com/n2">Newsmax2</a> online streaming platform. "They've been treated terribly and very unfairly. And you know that and everybody knows that."<br /><br />The rally began with the Pledge of Allegiance, as repeated by the Washington, D.C., jail that has housed the Jan. 6 defendants that have yet to have been prosecuted — and uncharged in some cases.<br /><br />"We're going to be working on that soon as the first day we get into office," Trump said. "We're going to save our country. We're going to work with the people to treat those unbelievable patriots — and they were unbelievable patriots — and are you see[ing] the spirit? Just cheering.<br />...</blockquote><p>The January 6 event was a demonstration of discontent with the outcome of the 2020 elections. I don't think it was all that different from other such demonstrations. I was in DC when several militants demonstrated at Richard Nixon's inauguration and they were chased around town by the DC police. The difference at the January 6 demonstration is that the Biden administration chose to criminalize the people dissatisfied with Biden's election.</p>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-90302928859926495982024-03-17T07:21:00.011-05:002024-03-17T08:35:35.952-05:00Republicans push for better border protection<p><a href="https://americanactionnews.com/featured/2024/03/16/a-complete-failure-conservatives-chafe-at-gop-plan-to-lock-in-homeland-security-spending-with-no-border-changes/"> American Action News:</a></p><blockquote>Conservatives are already pushing back against an as-yet unannounced plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and its border enforcement efforts, at current levels with a continuing resolution through the end of fiscal year 2024.<br /><br />Republican leadership is considering putting forth a continuing resolution (CR) for the agency that wouldn’t include spending cuts or new policy proposals, several sources familiar told the Daily Caller News Foundation on Friday. Such a plan has already come under fire by conservatives in both chambers, including Republican Reps. Andrew Clyde of Georgia and Chip Roy of Texas, as well as GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah.<br /><br />“Any spending measure that continues funding DHS without significant policy riders to secure the border and protect the American people is a complete failure,” Clyde told the Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement. “Congress must use the power of the purse to stop President Biden’s intentional illegal invasion from further damaging our country and terrorizing our communities.”<br /><br />Roy shared Clyde’s sentiment in a Friday social media <a href="https://x.com/chiproytx/status/1768654103826096175?s=20">post</a>.<br /><br />“Why is the [House GOP] going to push the 2nd half of the cap-busting mega-Omnibus government funding bill next week with DHS funded with a “continuing resolution” – and no policy reforms – while radical progressive democrats force this horror on Americans?” Roy wrote.<br /><br />Congress faces another deadline on March 22 to fund the remaining federal agencies, including DHS, after partially <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/08/senate-passes-consolidated-spending-bill-to-partially-fund-government-for-2024/">completing</a> the appropriations process last week.<br /><br />“If it’s a very short-term DHS continuing resolution, it could help us gain leverage on border security,” Lee <a href="https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1768691474110320896?s=20">wrote</a> on X. “But if it’s a CR to fund DHS at current levels through the end of FY2024, a DHS CR would solidify Biden’s border-security disaster. Secure the border. Or shut it down.”<br /><br />A source familiar with the DHS plan under consideration argued it will provide President Joe Biden with the necessary tools to “secure the border” if he so chooses.<br /><br />“During negotiations, Democrats insisted on undercutting border enforcement and rejected any common-sense proposals to make the border more secure — a non-starter for Republicans,” the source told the DCNF. “While a CR is not ideal, it is far better than supercharging President Biden’s disastrous border policies. At a minimum, a CR would provide what’s needed to secure the border *if* the President changes his policies. If he fails to do that, the crisis at the border will continue to be one of his choosing.”<br /><br />Congress has already <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/29/both-houses-congress-pass-fourth-continuing-resolution-avert-government-shutdown/">passed</a> four continuing resolutions to temporarily fund the agencies since the fiscal year began on Sept. 30. Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2024/03/09/press-release-bill-signed-h-r-4366/">signed</a> the lawmakers’ latest legislation on March 9 to avert a government shutdown, which included six appropriations bills.<br />...</blockquote><p>Congress needs to deal with Biden's irresponsible border policies and attempt to bring some sanity to the border. Ideally, the US would return to the Trump border policies. Biden has let millions of illegals in and Democrats are pretending that they are not illegal immigrants but undocumented. They are engaged in the politics of fraud.</p><p>See also:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/03/15/judge-halts-biden-from-diverting-border-barrier-funds-n3784740"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Judge Halts Biden from Diverting $1.4B in Border Barrier Funds</span></a></b></p></blockquote>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-60056843870505553892024-03-16T10:32:00.002-05:002024-03-16T10:32:24.723-05:00Russians vs. Russians in border region near Ukraine<p><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-official-two-russian-border-220417472.html"> Reuters:</a></p><blockquote>A senior Ukrainian intelligence official said on Thursday that armed groups he described as Russians opposed to the Kremlin were pressing an incursion into Russian territory and had turned two border regions into "active combat zones".<br /><br />But the governor of one of the Russian regions hit by the attacks said, after a visit to villages in an area, that hostile troops were no longer there.<br /><br />Three Ukraine-based groups issued statements saying they were pursuing armed operations in Belgorod and Kursk regions and asking residents to evacuate localities for their own safety.<br /><br />"Kursk and Belgorod regions are now an area of active combat actions. This is what we confirm," Andriy Yusov, a spokesperson for the GUR intelligence directorate, told national television.<br /><br />"And as stated by the volunteers and rebels, we are talking about Russian citizens who, having no other options, are defending their civil right with arms against the Putin regime."<br /><br />Vyachslav Gladkov, governor of Russia's Belgorod region, said in an account posted on Telegram that there were no Ukrainian forces in one of the areas that had come under attack.<br />...</blockquote><p>This is not particularly surprising since Putin has done away with democracy in Russia, dissidents have no viable alternatives. </p>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-83574867063245927832024-03-16T10:06:00.001-05:002024-03-16T10:37:07.360-05:00Trump dominating electoral map<p><a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/14/trumps-electoral-map-and-coalition-are-expanding/"> Washington Times:</a></p><blockquote>The 2024 presidential election will be an issues-based campaign whether President Biden likes it or not.<br /><br />Mr. Biden can try desperate tactics like taunting former President <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/donald-j-trump/">Donald Trump</a> and foolishly threatening to go for his jugular while trying not to fall over, but Americans won’t be distracted from the mess he’s made. Bad Biden policies will be the dominant factor for the next eight months because this race is about which candidate the voters can depend on to address the foreign policy failures, border catastrophe and economic malaise that this president created. <br /><br />This is precisely the reason Mr. Biden is trailing Mr. <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/donald-j-trump/">Trump</a> in both national and state polls. It’s simply a matter of common sense to understand that the person responsible for open borders, skyrocketing costs, and a chaotic foreign policy can never be trusted with four more years.<br /><br />There are many similarities between the disastrous presidencies of Jimmy Carter and Mr. Biden. During Mr. Carter’s one term in office, our country suffered from a crisis of confidence just like today. During Mr. Carter’s 1980 reelection campaign, America’s economy was in horrible shape, and we were getting our clocks cleaned on the world stage by the Soviet Union and Iran.<br /><br />In that election, voters soundly rejected the idea of giving Mr. Carter another four years to figure it out. There was a sense of urgency to solve our problems, just as there is today. And there’s no one better at finding solutions and getting things done fast than Mr. <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/donald-j-trump/">Trump</a>. Moreover, Mr. <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/donald-j-trump/">Trump</a> has a four-year record of accomplishment on these very issues.<br /><br />The 2024 election will be fought and won in many of the battleground states we have grown accustomed to over the past few presidential campaigns. Whoever wins the 77 electoral votes in the six swing states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin and Michigan will almost certainly carry the day.<br /><br />Because of Mr. Biden’s horrendous policies, however, Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes will also be in play. First, in 2016, Hillary Clinton carried Minnesota by just 44,000 votes against Mr. <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/donald-j-trump/">Trump</a> even though he barely campaigned there. And the fact that a whopping 18.9% of voters chose “Uncommitted” in Minnesota’s recent Democratic presidential primary could be a sign of things to come. The Muslim American community’s opposition to Mr. Biden’s foreign policy in the Middle East will be a huge factor in Minnesota.<br /><br />In the 1992 presidential election, businessman Ross Perot received nearly 24% of the vote in Minnesota, which allowed Democratic challenger Bill Clinton to win the state decisively over President George H.W. Bush.<br /><br />This year, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer and a member of the famous Democratic political family, will almost certainly be on the ballot in Minnesota, siphoning votes from Mr. Biden, the unpopular incumbent.<br /><br />No one knows for certain how many votes Mr. Kennedy will get in Minnesota. Still, it’s a state that elected third-party candidate and former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura governor in 1998 with just 37% of the vote. If the stars align and Mr. Trump goes on offense across the Rust Belt, the Land of 10,000 Lakes could turn red.<br />...</blockquote><p>Electing Biden was a mistake aided and abetted by much of the mainstream media. Biden's incompetence is hard to ignore now that he is in office and even the media has to see it. </p><p>See also:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/dont-know-trumps-2024-promises-201236886.html"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Don't Know What To Make Of Trump's 2024 Promises? Just Look At What He's Actually Done.</span></a></b></p></blockquote>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-13407229470917853332024-03-16T09:55:00.002-05:002024-03-16T10:42:14.686-05:00Supreme Court to determine whether Texas can arrest illegal migrants<p><a href="https://www.chron.com/news/article/how-texas-plans-to-arrest-migrants-for-illegal-19099612.php"> Houston Chronicle:</a></p><blockquote>Texas' plan to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally is on hold while the Supreme Court considers a challenge to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's latest move over immigration.<br /><br />The nation's highest court put the law on pause over a lawsuit led by the Justice Department, which argues that Texas is overstepping the federal government's immigration authority. Under the law, any police officer in Texas could arrest migrants for illegal entry and a judge could order them to leave the U.S.<br /><br />Justice Samuel Alito has ordered a stay until Monday at 5 p.m. EDT, when the law could potentially take effect.<br /><br />A federal judge in Texas had blocked the law in a sweeping rejection last month, calling it a violation of the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Texas swiftly appealed the ruling and argued that it has a right to take action over what Abbott has described as an “invasion” of migrants on the border.<br />...<br /><br />The law Abbott signed in December allows any Texas law enforcement officer to arrest people suspected of entering the country illegally. Once in custody, migrants could either agree to a Texas judge’s order to leave the U.S. or be prosecuted on misdemeanor charges of illegal entry. Migrants who don’t leave could face arrest again under more serious felony charges.<br /><br />Arresting officers must have probable cause, which could include witnessing the illegal entry themselves or seeing it on video.<br /><br />The law cannot be enforced against people lawfully present in the U.S., including those who were granted asylum or who are enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.<br /><br />Critics, including Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, have said the law could lead to racial profiling and family separation. American Civil Liberties Union affiliates in Texas and some neighboring states issued a travel advisory warning of a possible threat to civil and constitutional rights when passing through Texas.<br />...</blockquote><p>Texas is taking this matter because of Biden's irresponsible border policy. If Biden allowed the Border Patrol to do their job, it would not be necessary for Texas to step in and stop illegals.</p><p>See also:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/fwc-stopped-boat-carrying-25-haitian-migrants-off-florida-desantis/3259842/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">FWC stopped boat carrying 25 Haitian migrants off Florida: DeSantis</span></a></b></p><p>Governor discusses measures to stop migrants from entering Florida</p></blockquote><p>And:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/illegal-alien-haiti-arrested-raping-15-year-old/"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> Haitian Man Arrested For Raping 15-Year-Old Disabled Girl Came to US on Biden’s Parole Program</span></a></b></p></blockquote>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-47636620101835008772024-03-16T09:50:00.002-05:002024-03-16T09:52:16.432-05:00Jan 6 committee accused of document concealment and destruction<p><a href="https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/03/15/house-may-refer-members-of-january-6-committee-for-prosecution-n4927346"> PJ Media:</a></p><blockquote>House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) announced this week that the House may refer members of the partisan January 6 Committee to the Department of Justice for alleged misconduct involving document concealment and destruction.<br /><br />During his ongoing investigation into the January 6 Committee's activities, Loudermilk revealed that the Committee had disposed of documents and records despite being warned by then-incoming Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to preserve all records. This news comes in the wake of a House report that found that the <a href="https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/03/12/new-house-report-exposes-bias-of-jan-6-committee-n4927223">Democrat-led committee withheld exculpatory evidence about Trump from the public.</a><br />...</blockquote><p>It did have the appearance of a partisan witch hunt even though there were GOP members on the the panel they were obviously hostile to Trump. </p><p>See also:</p><blockquote><p><b><a href="https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2024/03/14/federal-judge-looks-at-what-antifa-got-away-with-and-tosses-out-case-against-another-extremist-group-n4927324"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Finally: Federal Judge Nails DOJ for Giving Pass to Antifa While Selectively Prosecuting Trump Supporters</span></a></b></p></blockquote>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051247.post-31866816942915821402024-03-16T09:16:00.001-05:002024-03-16T09:16:15.927-05:00Biden flunks the normality test<p><a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/10/opinion/joe-biden-was-normal-in-2020-now-a-total-disaster-on-the-border-and-everything-else/"> Rich Lowry:</a></p><blockquote>Joe Biden won the normality test in 2020. <br /><br />There wasn’t anything remarkable about him.<br /><br />He just seemed like a steady hand who had been around for a while, who didn’t look or sound like a radical and who knew how Washington worked. <br /><br />He wasn’t the leader of a movement, wasn’t charismatic and wasn’t particularly witty or well-spoken.<br /><br />He was, in fact, completely uninteresting and utterly conventional. He was just the most normal guy in the room. <br /><br />He benefited from a favorable contrast with the magnetic, endlessly interesting, constantly outrageous, norm-busting President Donald Trump, whose theatrical and chaotic governance made him vulnerable to a basement campaign run by a candidate happy, in ice-cream terms, to be vanilla to Trump’s rocky road. <br /><br />If Democrats hope to rerun the 2020 campaign, they will once again have plenty of material to work with against Trump, who provides more of it on a regular basis.<br /><br />It’s the other side of the equation that’s the problem — the supposed safe alternative is AWOL and never coming back. <br /><br />That erstwhile Joe Biden, the generic, broadly acceptable president, didn’t survive contact with the reality of his presidency. <br /><br />Of course, he destroyed his reputation as the steady hand with his disastrous mishandling of Afghanistan.<br /><br />It’s not just that he kneecapped our allies and abandoned Americans — all accompanied by Fall of Saigon-like images of chaos and desperation on the ground — but that he insisted everything was fine. <br /><br />After this, it was impossible to look at Biden the same, and indeed his approval rating has never recovered.<br /><br />Maybe you could say that he was dealt a bad hand in Afghanistan, or, after 20 years, the intervention had to end one way or the other. <br /><br />The border, however, is even more damning.<br /><br />Biden took a situation that was under control, blew it up, refused to readjust when the consequences became obvious, insisted the crisis wasn’t a crisis as it began to be felt all over the country and engaged in implausible blame-shifting — all because he was beholden to a new, radical ideology hostile to borders as such. <br /><br />This wasn’t moderate or competent.<br /><br />And it certainly wasn’t normal. <br /><br />...</blockquote><p>Biden has demonstrated that he is not up to the job. It is time to move on. </p>Prariepundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228445930795743935noreply@blogger.com0