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Private sector job growth cools sharply in September to slowest pace since 2021: ADP
Hiring by U.S. companies slowed more than expected in September, pointing to a labor market that is starting to cool in the face of higher interest rates, according to the ADP National Employment Report released Wednesday morning.
Companies added 89,000 jobs last month, below the 153,000 gain that economists surveyed by Refinitiv predicted. That is also much lower than the revised 180,000 increase recorded in August.
It marked the worst month for job creation since January 2021.
“We are seeing a steepening decline in jobs this month,” said Nela Richardson, ADP…
Federal court says executive branch agencies likely violated 1A, barred from coercing social media
“Ultimately, we find the district court did not err in determining that several officials—namely the White House, the Surgeon General, the CDC, the FBI, and CISA—likely coerced or significantly encouraged social-media platforms to moderate content, rendering those decisions state actions. In doing so, the officials likely violated the First Amendment,” the court said in its decision, which came after the defendants appealed an order issued earlier this summer by Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee for a Louisiana federal court.
The court additionally found that “CISA was the ‘primary facilitator’ of the FBI’s interactions with the social-media platforms and worked in close coordination with the FBI to push the platforms to change their moderation policies to cover ‘hack-and-leak’ content.”
The court concluded: “CISA used its frequent interactions with social media platforms to push them to adopt more restrictive policies on censoring election-related speech. … Thus, CISA likely significantly encouraged the platforms’ content-moderation decisions and thereby violated the First Amendment.”
They Were Just Cold’: Distraught Father Finds Wife, Two Children Dead Inside Alabama Home
A mother in Alabama is accused of drowning her two young children in a bathroom before strangling herself.
Investigators believe Nancy Johnson, 37, also slashed her 5-year-old’s throat.
The Law&Crime Network’s Sierra Gillespie spoke to Johnson’s husband, Derek, about the gruesome discovery he made last week.
Exclusive: Donald Trump Followers Targeted by FBI as 2024 Election Nears
The federal government believes that the threat of violence and major civil disturbances around the 2024 U.S. presidential election is so great that it has quietly created a new category of extremists that it seeks to track and counter: Donald Trump‘s army of MAGA followers.
Newsweek spoke to over a dozen current or former government officials who specialize in terrorism in a three-month investigation to understand the current domestic-security landscape and to evaluate what President Joe Biden‘s administration is doing about what it calls domestic terrorism.
Newsweek has also reviewed secret FBI and Department of Homeland Security data that track incidents, threats, investigations and cases to try to build a better picture.
It was a subtle change, little noticed, but a gigantic departure for the Bureau.
Trump and his army of supporters were acknowledged as a distinct category of domestic violent extremists, even as the FBI was saying publicly that political views were never part of its criteria to investigate or prevent domestic terrorism.
Where the FBI sees threats is also plain from the way it categorizes them—a system which on the surface is designed to appear nonpartisan.
This shifted subtly days after the events of January 6 when it comes to what the Bureau calls AGAAVE.
Though Trump and MAGA are never mentioned in the official description of AGAAVE-Other, government insiders acknowledge that it applies to political violence ascribed to the former president’s supporters.
The revelations that some Trump supporters are being specifically targeted by the FBI fits with accusations from among them that the Bureau has them in its sights and is the political tool of a repressive deep state in Washington, D.C., bent on preserving the hold of the political establishment at the cost of democracy.
Pelosi’s Head of Security Likely PERJURED Himself With Jan 6 LIE | Blaze Media EXCLUSIVE
How much of the January 6th “evidence” that our justice system used to convict Americans has been a lie?
Investigative reporter Steve Baker has done a year-long deep dive into the CCTV footage and REAL facts of Jan. 6 and has released his first report with Blaze Media.
Baker joins Glenn to reveal the evidence that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s head of security, U.S. Capitol Police Special Agent David Lazarus, gave false testimony about his whereabouts during a key encounter with members of the Oath Keepers.
If this false testimony led to the imprisonment of Americans, what else have we been lied to about?
Video: Watch police bust blue county official accused of producing child porn
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works was arrested Tuesday on felony charges of producing, possessing and disseminating child pornography.
Detectives with the San Bernardino Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and Specialized Crime Unit served a search warrant at Steven Frasher’s residence in Redlands, California.
The 62-year-old was investigated after authorities received a tip that he downloaded illicit child pornography images and saved them in an online storage account, according to police.
“Through further investigation, the suspect was found to have numerous images of Child Sexual Abuse Material on his electronic devices,” the caption for the video reads. “The suspect was arrested for several felony charges, and the digital evidence was recovered.”
West Virginia man, woman arrested after teens found locked in shed
“Deputies had to force entry into the barn where they located a juvenile male and juvenile female locked inside an approximate 20×14 foot room,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release. “The children had no means to exit the barn on their own, no running water, no bathroom facilities, and were obviously deprived of adequate hygenic care and food.”
The teen girl told deputies they were last given food at approximately 6 a.m. Monday morning and had been locked inside the shed since. She also said this was a regular occurrence for the siblings and that they were not allowed inside the house, per WSAZ.
Another small child was found locked inside the house. Deputies found the child in “an unprotected loft, approximately 15 feet high,” the sheriff’s office said.
Whitefeather reportedly admitted to deputies that the children were left in the shed and allegedly said “they like it.”
Tupac Shakur murder suspect makes first appearance in Las Vegas court
Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ arraignment was delayed until Oct. 19.
Police say Davis was the mastermind behind the fatal shooting. He was indicted on the charge of open murder with use of a deadly weapon along with a gang enhancement, prosecutors first revealed during a press conference Friday.
The charges were revealed hours after Davis, 60, was arrested while on a walk near his home.
Grand jurors also voted to add sentencing enhancements for the use of a deadly weapon and alleged gang activity. If Davis is convicted, that could add decades to his sentence.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo said a grand jury had been seated in the case for “several months.” The district attorney described Davis as the “on-ground, on-site commander” who “ordered the death” of Shakur.
’45 or more’ kids in DC routinely steal from CVS, then ‘stomp on’ food and beverages as shelves remain empty
“Staff at CVS have been alerted that thieves are aware of when new shipments come in and that’s when they target the store,” the outlet added.
Fox 5 was told that “street vendors are allegedly paying people to go in and steal stuff so they can resell it.”
Fox 5 also reported that it noticed “street vendors selling tooth brushes, men and women body wash, car fresheners, as well as laundry and cleaning supplies, which are some of the same items no longer available at CVS.
However, there is no direct evidence at this time that it did come from the store.”
WATCH: Female Raiders Fans Duke it Out in the Stands During Game Against the Chargers
On Monday, we showed you the viral fight between a Chargers fan in a Justin Herbert jersey and a Raiders fan in a Howie Long jersey. For those of you who haven’t watched yet, it was a rough day for Howie Long guy.
Next, we bring you to another scene at SoFi Stadium, where two female Raiders fans decided to fight each other.
As always, it’s hard to tell what started it because people don’t usually start filming until the fight is about set to go off.
But, whatever led to it, things got very heated between these two ladies.
Sheriff Sounds Alarm on Gangs of Illegal Aliens Getting into U.S. through Border to Burglarize Americans
Oakland County, Michigan Sheriff Michael Bouchard, as well as other law enforcement agencies across the U.S., is warning that illegal aliens from the southern border are burglarizing members of their communities at an increasing rate.
“These are transnational gangs that are involved in this that come from South America, looking to do burglaries and violate our communities, not just in Oakland County but across America,” Bouchard said.
In particular, Bouchard said the gangs of illegal aliens “are going after jewelry, high-end purses and watches, currency and safes.”
House of Horrors: 11 Illegal Aliens Among Men Accused of Gang Raping Girls in Small Minnesota Town
The victim said she was staying with an adult male relative when he put her in a car with other men and she had a bag put over her head.
The men allegedly brought the victim to the residence at 1821 America Court NW, pushed her down a flight of stairs, forced her to consume alcohol, and tied her up.
The victim alleges a man nicknamed “Panda,” later identified as 22-year-old Oscar Ernesto Luna of Mission, Texas, raped her while four men watched.
The victim said she was then gang raped by an unknown number of men.
Police said the victim described a house of horrors where another young girl was tied up and unconscious in a closet of the bedroom and that a 16-year-old girl was also tied up. Two other girls were also tied up, the victim said, as she was gang raped.
7K Migrants Apprehended in 4 Days in Texas Border Sector
Over the weekend, RGV agents apprehended 3,904 migrants, Chavez reported. The sector classified an additional 114 migrants as known got-aways.
While the world’s attention remains focused on the spike in migrant crossings in Eagle Pass, the media is paying little attention to a very close number of apprehensions in the Rio Grande Valley.
In September, Del Rio Sector agents apprehended nearly 48,000 migrants. Rio Grand Valley Sector agents apprehended more than 45,000 migrants in September, according to unofficial Border Patrol reports reviewed by Breitbart Texas.
The difference in media focus could be the availability of dramatic photo ops in Eagle Pass where most of the migrants are crossing in a very small area.
The highly visible crossings and the detention of migrants in the open air under the international bridge attracted a broad swath of media outlets.
World News.
Russia sees biggest drone assault on its own territory | World News | WION Pulse
India: Highways, buildings washed away in Sikkim flash floods; 8 dead, 22 army personnel among many missing
The flash floods were caused due to a sudden cloudburst above Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim that made the Teesta River swell within Lachen Valley on Wednesday.
The situation worsened after the release of water from Chungthang dam that submerged camps and vehicles, and resulted in the washing away of 22 army personnel.
The floods washed away a portion of Malli Road, the Indreni steel bridge in Gangtok’s Singtam and the main highway connecting Sikkim to West Bengal state.
A “cloudburst in portions of Lhonak Lake, which caused the rise of water levels with very high velocities downstream along the Teesta River basin in the early hours of Wednesday”, damaged many establishments in Mangan, Gangtok, Pakyong, and Namchi districts, the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority (SSDMA) said in a press release.
Shoplifters MUST be detained according to Policing Minister
Former Met Police Detective, Mike Neville, gives his take on tackling shoplifting, following the Policing Minister’s calls to arrest those caught stealing from stores.
Rishi Sunak reported to police over Nicola Sturgeon conference speech comments
Rishi Sunak has been reported to Police Scotland after making comments about former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during his conference speech earlier today.
The Prime Minister suggested Sturgeon could end up going to prison following Operation Branchform’s investigation into SNP finances.
He said: “Nicola Sturgeon wanted to go down in the history books as the woman who broke up our country but it now looks like she may go down for very different reasons.”
Iran threatens Israel with destruction; Frmr Israeli NSA speaks on Saudi peace TV7 Israel News 04.1
1) Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated his conviction that Israel would “definitely be destroyed” and warned Saudi Arabia against betting on, what he referred to as: “a losing horse.”
2) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responds to the threats voiced in Tehran; Proclaiming Jerusalem’s undeterred aspiration to enlarge its circle of peace.
3) Former Israeli National Security Advisor Dr. Eyal Hulata asserts that Saudi-Israeli peace would “fortify the existence of Israel in the region.”
Far-left activists CLASH with Rebel News during Montreal’s climate protest
Iranian girl, 16, beaten into coma by morality police in Tehran over hijab, human rights group claims
“Her present condition is reported to be critical,” Hengaw told Fox News in a statement. “After two days, she remains in a coma in the ICU. Government security forces have established a secure environment at Fajr Hospital, denying access to visitors, including her family members. According to our latest information, Iranian authorities have confiscated the mobile phones of Armita’s family members following the publication of a photograph of her in a coma.”
Iran’s state-run Fars news agency, however, has claimed that the teen had fainted after a drop in her blood pressure and hit her head on the side of the train car.
The edited footage was published on state-run media and does not show what happened inside the train. The footage instead shows only the teen walking onto the train and cuts to her apparent friends carrying her out. It was unclear if she was wearing a head covering in the footage.
Ties blossom between Israel and Saudi Arabia
Israel’s Communications Minister leads a delegation in Saudi Arabia, the second in just a few weeks.
Peace Activist, Loay Alshareef breaks down what this means for normalization between these two nations.
Russia restricts abortion drug sales until 2030
The restrictions will go into effect on Sep. 1, 2024 and last for exactly six years.
Health Minister Mikhail Murashko first suggested adding the two abortion drugs to the registry in July, saying they pose both medical and ethical risks for Russian women.
Russia is currently experiencing a cultural shift in its attitudes toward abortion.
Previously rather liberal on the issue, the country’s leadership and conservative communities have seized the current climate to propagate anti-abortion regulations.
Video: Draft dodgers: the Ukrainian men fleeing conscription
Since the beginning of the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of men have volunteered to defend their country. Now Ukraine needs to fill the ranks through conscription and some men are looking for ways to leave.
Swiss Writer Sentenced to 60 Days in Jail for Calling Journalist a ‘Fat Lesbian’
The Lausanne court sentenced French-Swiss polemicist Alain Bonnet, who goes by Alain Soral, for the crimes of defamation, discrimination and incitement to hatred on Monday.
He was ordered to pay legal fees and fines totaling thousands of Swiss francs (dollars) in addition to the time behind bars.
Soral lashed out at Catherine Macherel, a journalist for Swiss newspapers Tribune de Geneve and 24 Heures, in a Facebook video two years ago. He called her a “fat lesbian” and said Macherel’s work as a “queer activist” meant she was “unhinged,” according to Swiss public broadcaster RTS.
Hong Kong universities to step up oversight of orientation camps following incidents of alleged sexual assault
Hong Kong’s universities will review extracurricular orientation activities and implement measures aimed at enhancing “moral education,” after two men were arrested over alleged sexual harassment at induction camps for two separate institutions.
In a Legislative Council paper published on Tuesday, the Education Bureau (EDB) said it had collected information from the city’s eight public universities on their existing policies relating to the student-led orientation activities and their plans to enhance the management of such events.
“As individual incidents of the orientation activities of the current academic year have given rise to wide concern in society, many universities have indicated that they will review the management of the orientation activities and put forward improvement measures,” the EDB wrote.
Liverpool Bomber Entered Country to Watch ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ But Stayed for Years as Gov’t Failed to Deport Him
A two-year investigation into the November 2021 bombing at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital by Emad Al Swealmeen, 32, has found that while he had a history of mental illness, the attack was likely motivated by Britain rejecting his claims for asylum.
According to initial findings from Operation Itonia, Al Swealmeen originally came to the United Kingdom on a Jordanian passport with a six-month visitor visa to allegedly attend the filming of the Britain’s Got Talent television programme in Belfast.
However, just days later, the would-be bomber falsely told authorities that he fled from Syria in an attempt to gain asylum status in the country.
His asylum requests were rejected the following year, and by rights, should have been deported.
Yet, he launched a series of appeals and dubiously converted to Christianity from Islam in 2017 and legally changed his name to Enzo Almeni. His appeals were rejected, but the government failed to deport him before he died during the 2021 bombing.
Border checks back in several European countries
Some countries in the Schengen visa-free travel zone have resumed checks at internal European borders, citing a rising number of undocumented migrants.
Slovakia on Wednesday said it would temporarily reinstate controls at its border with Hungary from Thursday.
It follows similar moves by Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria to tighten their borders with Slovakia.
Slovakia’s reported around 40,000 undocumented migrants, mainly from the Middle East, entered the country since the beginning of the year, many coming through Hungary.
The controls include spot checks at road, rail and waterway crossings.
Politics.
Judge at Trump’s NY civil fraud trial slams hand on bench, loses his cool during testimony: ‘This is ridiculous!’
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The judge’s annoyed reaction came after Trump’s side claimed that Donald Bender, a partner at accounting firm Mazars USA, was evading their questions.
The attorneys had also repeatedly insisted they needed to meticulously go through Trump’s financial records with Bender “year by year.”
“Don’t waste time,” Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron said sternly.
Trump attorney Jesus Suarez had spent part of Tuesday afternoon and all of Wednesday morning cross-examining Bender — and said he would continue with the questioning through the end of the day.
“This is ridiculous!” Engoron said, hitting his hand on the bench.
“Mr. Bender isn’t on trial here,” Engoron reminded the lawyers, after Suarez’s aggressive questioning.
Another Trump attorney, Christopher Kise, said the only things Bender “seems to recall are what the government wants him to recall.”
The defense filed a notice of appeal on Wednesday of Engoron’s bombshell ruling from last week siding with the AG on one of her main claims that Trump should be liable for fraud.
Biden Admin Cancels Another $9B in Student Debt, Affecting 125,000 Borrowers
The relief itself comes in the form of restructured income-driven repayment plans and Public Service Loan Forgiveness, the core focus of Biden’s debt agenda following the Supreme Court’s striking down of his unilateral cancellation earlier this year.
In total, $5.2 billion of Wednesday’s allotment will be extended to 53,000 borrowers through Public Service Loan Forgiveness programs, and $2.8 billion comes from amending income-driven repayment plans so that “borrowers who made 20 years or more of payments” can receive “the relief they were entitled to,” according to the White House.
Biden also wiped $1.2 billion in loan debt for 22,000 borrowers with “a total or permanent disability.”
Since entering office, Biden has approved roughly $127 billion in student loan debt cancellation for 3.6 million borrowers.
Inflation and illegal migration ‘will destroy the middle class’ in America | Rep. Victoria Spartz
Rep. Victoria Spartz discusses the pressing national security concerns of the national debt, inflation, and open borders, highlighting the need for effective leadership in Congress to address these critical issues.
‘It’s unacceptable to use government to takedown a presidential candidate’ | Rep. Victoria Spartz
Rep. Victoria Spartz from Washington, DC, speaks out against the misuse of government to target presidential candidates, highlighting the need for strong leadership in Congress and the importance of representing the people’s interests.
Rishi Sunak’s vision for Britain: From HS2 to smoking – the Prime Minister’s major announcements in full
He told the conference in Manchester that the UK’s decision to leave the EU was a “statement of our belief that Britain could begin a new story”.
The Prime Minister said: “We must keep making the case for taking back control because if we don’t our opponents will try and neuter this change – to align us with the European Union so that we never seize the full opportunities of Brexit.”
He also hinted at leaving the European Convention on Human Rights saying the UK will do “whatever is necessary to stop the boats”.
Sunak also used his conference speech to set out how he wants to change the political system.
GOP House Majority Leader Scalise enters speaker race
His announcement came hours after fellow GOP Rep. Jim Jordan announced his bid and also sought support from members of their House Republican Conference for the nomination.
“You know my leadership style I’ve displayed as your Majority Leader and Whip,” Scalise wrote in a letter to his GOP colleagues. “I have a proven track record of bringing together the diverse array of viewpoints within our Conference to build consensus where others thought it impossible.”
Judge is trying to railroad Trump: Jason Miller | Newsline
On Wednesday’s “Newsline,” Trump advisor Jason Miller slams the judge and New York Attorney General Letitia James in the ongoing civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump.
Jim Jordan announces bid for House speaker after McCarthy ouster
Jordan said Wednesday morning that he would step up to run for the job. House Republicans plan to hold a candidate forum next Tuesday and an election the following day.
Other names that have been floated for the speaker’s gavel are Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La.; Republican Study Committee Chair Kevin Hern, R-Okla.; and Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla.
Jordan is the leader of one of three House committees investigating President Biden and his family. That investigation culminated into an impeachment inquiry being led by the House Oversight Committee.
Commentary.
WOAH! Biden & Musk Go To WAR Over Free Speech – They’re Coming For Us ALL – Stay Free #216
They’re coming for Rumble; they’re coming for X. While discussing Elon Musk’s influence over X and its policies, Joe Biden spoke about concerns around “misinformation”. Plus, our guest is Richard Hanania – the author of ‘The Origins of Woke’ talking about how civil law changed from expanding freedom to control, populism and the future of society.
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