‘This is gaslighting, this is propaganda’: How Hurricane Helene victims have been ABANDONED by the government
While the news cycle has shifted its focus to the president-elect and other timely issues, the people of North Carolina are still suffering in silence after Hurricane Helene ravaged the place they call home — with government assistance almost nowhere to be found.
Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker was on the ground in North Carolina following the deadly storm — and what he saw is something he can’t soon forget.
“You see the devastation, and you see houses up in trees, 30 feet above the current water level, that are still there, and it all of a sudden dawned on me, multi-hour, winding, 150-mile journey to Tennessee through the back roads, is I didn’t see a single military transport at all, of any kind,” Baker tells Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.”
“Not one troop on the ground of any kind, either active duty or National Guard,” he adds, noting that as soon as he got back to Dallas, Texas, he began asking some serious questions.
“The first thing that I discovered was that in fact, the National Guard had been withdrawn on the 19th of this month,” Baker explains, adding, “So, as I’m starting to dig through this, I go to the X account of the North Carolina National Guard.”
According to Baker, the pinned post on the Guard’s X account said, “This is a no fail mission. We are there for you until it’s over.”
“No, they’re not,” Baker comments. “So we’re working on this story for the last several days, and then just yesterday, all of the sudden, whoever their social media person is is populating the X page with all these new posts showing photos of all the work that they’re currently doing, except that some of those photos have green leaves on the trees still in the background.”
“This is gaslighting, this is propaganda, and so we’re asking the questions,” he adds.
How Hurricane Victims in North Carolina were ABANDONED by the Gov’t
Sara Gonzales and her guests Steve Baker and Matthew Marsden focus their attention on the absence of government relief and aid in hurricane-ravished North Carolina.
Where the North Carolina National Guard posted photos and video showing its around-the-clock assistance to all that needed aid only for it to be exposed as older and outdated footage.
Turns out the National Guard vacated the area some time before and was trying to appear as though Guardsmen were still on the ground helping the hurricane victims.
North Carolina hurricane victims left without temporary shelter as military leaves, winter looms
The North Carolina victims of Hurricane Helene have been victimized again as the National Guard and the U.S. Army XVIII Airborne Corps have exited areas of the state that are still trying to recover from the storm.
Multitudes of people are living in tents and waiting to find out if they can get temporary housing as cold weather approaches, Blaze media reported. Elderly people were unable to wash their hands or shower long after the hurricane moved as they faced weeks of a water shortage.
Joint Task Force North Carolina — a combined force of National Guard and regular force US Army and US Air Force personnel – had 4,000 people deployed to the region as of Oct. 29 but sources told Blaze that they are no longer in the area delivering assistance.
National Guard members have all gone home. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers remains on-scene completing a water treatment system near Asheville.
Major Aimee Valles, a public affairs officer with the XVIII Airborne Corps, confirmed that all airborne members went back to base “a little more than a month ago.” The North Carolina National Guard was unable to tell Blaze about the evacuation of its members but suggested the media outlet talk to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, which has not bothered to respond to the query. Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) was no more helpful with information.
Some residents had been living in hotels as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) response but have been forced to live in tents when told it was time to move out of the hotels….
The Troubling Past of the Police Officer who Shot Ashli Babbitt on J6
The Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt has a bad track record with firearms. Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker says the government actively covered up details around January 6 to continue promoting a black and white narrative.
However, that may soon change, as Jack Smith has filed to dismiss the January 6 charges against Donald Trump.
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EXCLUSIVE: Rumble Sues California For ‘Censorship’ Over Laws Restricting User Speech
Rumble is suing California for allegedly forcing the social media platform to alter its own speech and censor its users’ speech, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by The Daily Wire.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division. Rumble is challenging California’s latest laws punishing speakers for certain political commentary, which California Governor Gavin Newsom has framed as measures that will combat the “harmful use of deepfakes in political ads and other content.”
California’s AB 2655, the “Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024,” “deputizes” Rumble to restrict its user’s speech, ADF said in a release, while AB 2839, “Protecting Democracy Against Election Disinformation and Deepfakes,” uses vague standards to punish individuals posting political content about elections.
“California’s war against political speech is censorship, plain and simple,” ADF Senior Counsel Phil Sechler told The Daily Wire. “We can’t trust the government to decide what is true in our online political debates.”…
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Court Stops VA from Building Temp Housing for LA Vets
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Afederal appeals court has granted the government’s motion to stay a judge’s ruling ordering the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to build more than 100 temporary housing units for disabled veterans on VA property in West Los Angeles, according to court papers obtained Tuesday.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals previously issued a temporary stay of U.S. District Judge David Carter’s order for the immediate placement of modular housing on designated space on the VA grounds pending the court’s resolution of the VA’s motion.
The appellate decision on Monday means that, as the government sought, no action will be taken to construct temporary housing or speed the process of building permanent housing on the VA campus until after the government’s appeal is decided.
“We appreciate that the court accelerated the hearing on the government’s appeal, so the case will be heard in April,” Mark Rosenbaum, an attorney representing the veterans, said in a statement. “The government argued to the court that the VA, with an annual budget of $407 billion, had no resources for the purposes of putting housing ordered by the court on the 388-acre West LA grounds, which were deeded to the government to serve as a home for unhoused veterans whose disabilities like brain trauma, PTSD, and severe mental illness were incurred as result of service to the nation.”
Rosenbaum said the cost of such housing is “less than one-hundredth of 1% of the VA’s annual budget. The government’s action in seeking a stay, claiming a lack of resources, makes a lie of their stated commitment to end veteran homelessness as rapidly as possible. This Thanksgiving, the government should be thankful for the sacrifices unhoused disabled veterans made on its behalf. It’s an American tragedy that in return, these heroic disabled veterans have no reason to be thankful to their government as the reason for their continuing to be homeless.”
Marine Corps Worried About How to Move and Supply Troops After Navy Sidelines 17 Support Ships
The Navy will sideline 17 ships to contend with a shortage of civilian mariners, the Military Sealift commander said last week, prompting concerns from the Marine Corps about how it will support and transport its own forces.
Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, the MSC commander, told reporters on Thursday that the move to dock more than a dozen ships was meant to give overworked and understaffed civilian mariners a break as the command looks to get “the foundation back intact” for ship maintenance.
While Sobeck said this plan would take place “over the next two years,” he wouldn’t say how long it will take to get ships back in the water. The result is that ships that support the Marine Corps will not be available, causing worries for the amphibious service that will compound existing challenges getting Marines to the field.
The sidelining of the support ships comes as the Navy grapples with low readiness rates for its amphibious fleet, ships that Marines rely on to respond to crises around the world.
In the last few years, the Marine Corps has been hard-pressed to quickly deploy following incidents of global turmoil, including in the aftermath of an earthquake in Turkey, evacuation of Americans from Sudan, and not having a “MEU out when Russia started forming on Ukraine’s border” in 2022 given the inability to deploy amphibious ships on time, now-retired Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl told Military.com earlier this year….
Israel-Hezbollah cease fire in Lebanon; Iran strives for a new front vs Israel TV7 Israel News 27.11
1) Israel and the Iranian-proxy Hezbollah adopt a 60-day ceasefire – despite the latter’s pledge not to abide by the U.S.-brokered outline.
2) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays out three reasons that triggered Jerusalem’s decision to accept the U.S.-mediated cessation of hostilities.
3) Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz instructs the IDF to confront Iran’s efforts to establish an eastern front against Israel.
Landlords Evicted Maui Residents and Housed Wildfire Survivors for More Money. FEMA Didn’t Take Basic Steps to Stop It.
When the federal government stepped in to rent housing for survivors of the devastating 2023 fires on Maui, officials said they didn’t want to drive up rental rates or give landlords an incentive to evict tenants in order to secure lucrative government contracts.
On paper, the plan sounded good: It would rely on finding empty vacation rentals and second homes, which was consistent with Federal Emergency Management Agency policy.
But new reporting shows that FEMA didn’t take basic steps to ensure that happened:
When the agency inked contracts with private companies to identify homes they could rent for survivors, it didn’t prohibit them from signing up properties that had been occupied by long-term residents.
Without such safeguards, and with FEMA offering rates well above what residents typically paid each month in rent, some landlords kicked out tenants and housed wildfire survivors for more money.
Local economists warned that rents could rise across the small island and that Maui’s housing crisis could intensify — and both have come to pass, Civil Beat and ProPublica found.
A study of the impact of emergency housing programs on Maui’s economy, commissioned by FEMA itself, found that median rent rose 44% from early 2023 to June 2024. Though researchers concluded that was primarily due to the loss of so much housing in the fires, they said anecdotal evidence and hundreds of complaints to state agencies indicated that “the behavior of some landlords may have changed” in response to FEMA’s high prices, leading to increased rents and displacement….
TAX DODGERS’: GOP sen. ‘utterly astounded’ by what she found after auditing IRS
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, discusses her audit against the IRS, DOGE’s efforts and Biden reportedly requesting more aid for Ukraine.
America’s Health Crisis EXPOSED – Why Toxic Food Industry FEARS RFK Jr.
Patrick Bet-David highlights, America is facing a health crisis and what RFK plans to do as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Find out how we can make America healthy again in this eye-opening video. Learn about the steps we need to take to improve the health of our nation.
Israel Intercepts Vast Iranian Arms Shipment Intended for West Bank
Israel’s security forces recently thwarted an attempt by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to smuggle heavy weaponry to Palestinian terrorist cells in the West Bank city of Jenin, the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) said on Wednesday.
Israeli intelligence believes that the arms were sent by Unit 4000 — the special operations division of the IRGC’s Intelligence Organization — and Unit 18840, the special operations unit of its Quds Force in Syria.
Among the weapons seized by Israel were 40 standard large Claymore mines, including detonators and wireless activation systems; 37 handguns; 33 improvised Claymore mines; 24 RPG-18 and RPG-22 rockets; 20 60mm mortar shells; seven Hunter sniper rifles; six RPG-7 launchers; six M16 rifles and 1 M4 rifle, along with ammunition; three 107mm rockets; and two 60mm mortar barrels, the joint statement said.
The majority of the weapons were buried in a location that was discovered by Israeli forces after the shipment was intercepted….
Trump nominees targeted with ‘violent’ threats
Fox News’ Peter Doocy reports the latest on the threats from the White House. The ‘Outnumbered’ panel reacts to the threats targeting various of the president-elect’s nominees, including Pete Hegseth, Elise Stefanik and John Ratcliffe.
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Trump Cabinet Nominees Targeted With Bomb Threats And ‘Swatting’
Some newly appointed members of President-elect Donald Trump’s administration and several of his cabinet nominees were targeted in a series of threats Tuesday and Wednesday, his transition team and the FBI said Wednesday.
Trump’s transition team described the threats as “violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them,” including bomb threats and “swatting” attacks, which are false reports that trigger a law enforcement response.
The FBI said in a statement it is “aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees” and is working with its law enforcement partners.
A bomb squad responded to a pipe bomb threat Wednesday at the Florida home of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Trump’s initial pick for attorney general who withdrew his name from the running last week, according to Punchbowl News, which reported a search of Gaetz’s mail box by a bomb-sniffing dog was inconclusive, triggering the bomb squad response.
Incoming United Nations ambassador Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., said Wednesday in a statement her upstate New York home was targeted by a bomb threat, prompting a response from state and local law enforcement and Capitol police; Stefanik said she and her family were not at their residence and were driving home when they were informed of the threat.
It’s unclear which other appointees and nominees were targeted and if any arrests were made a result of the incidents.
Trump’s transition team said “law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted” and thanked officials for their “swift action.”…
WATCH: Texas builds border wall at ranch it wants to gift Trump for deportations
Under gray skies with patriotic music blaring in the background, construction crews on Tuesday put up a border wall on land the state recently bought and offered to the incoming Trump administration to use for deportation facilities.
Texas General Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham visited the construction site and promised that one mile of the planned 1.5-mile-segment will be built by Christmas.
Buckingham last week announced that she has offered these 1,402-acre ranchlands to the incoming Trump administration.
On Tuesday, she told Border Report they had not yet accepted.
But Tom Homan, whom President-elect Donald Trump has tapped for his “border czar,” has indicated to media that he likes the idea. And he has high praise for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star state border initiative, which is funding this section of border wall.
It’s being named after Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old girl from Houston who was killed in June. Two men from Venezuela have been charged with her death.
Jocelyn’s mother, Alexis Nungaray, came to the border wall Tuesday. She said Jocelyn always wanted to be famous while she was living and now so many people know who she is because of her death….
You Don’t Need Studies to Know “Gender-Affirming Care” Is Evil
Corrupt “science” has paved the way for the mutilation of children, all disguised as gender ideology.
Protecting kids from this evil isn’t up for debate or delay—it’s a moral imperative.
FBI Most Wanted Terror Suspect Arrested… in Rural Wales
The BBC reports Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, is in custody after an operation Monday backed by counter terrorist police and North Wales Police.
The fugitive now faces extradition to the U.S. after being arrested at a remote property near woodland in north Wales by Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA).
The NCA said the Berkeley, California-born runaway was arrested at the request of U.S. authorities and appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Tuesday, where extradition proceedings began.
The FBI has previously called the suspect an “animal rights extremist” and was the first alleged domestic terrorist to be added to the U.S. agency’s most wanted terrorists list.
CNN notes San Diego is charged in the U.S. with planting two bombs that exploded about an hour apart in the early morning of August 28, 2003, on the campus of a biotechnology company in Emeryville, California….
Unidentified drones spotted over US bases in the UK, do not appear belong to ‘hobbyists’
Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin reports that four U.S. military bases in the U.K. that house the American F-15 Strike Eagle and F-35 fighter jets have been targeted by “swarms of small drones” since Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Military officials say they are “alarmed” at what appears to be a coordinated effort to test security at RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall and RAF Feltwell in eastern England, as well as RAF Fairford in southwestern England.
The U.K. military has sent around 60 personnel to protect the bases being targeted by multiple drone incursions.
A senior U.S. official told Fox that the drones do not appear to be those of “hobbyists.” Witnesses say they are small quadcopters and octocopters and are more sophisticated than those that can be bought off the shelf.
U.S. officials have not revealed the origin of the drones, but the coordinated nature suggests an aggressive state actor that began a day after Ukraine used long-range American ATACMs to target Russia after President Biden lifted restrictions on the use of longer-range missiles….
3 House races that still have not been called
Although it has been over three weeks since Election Day, there are three House races that are still up in the air.
Republicans have secured their slim House majority of 219 seats while the Democrats have won 213 seats. While the GOP is expected to hold onto yet another narrow majority, several Republicans have been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to serve in the upcoming administration.
With potential House vacancies on the horizon, every race remains crucial for Republicans.
In California’s 13th congressional district, Republican incumbent Rep. John Duarte is hoping to fend off Democratic challenger and former Rep. Adam Gray. The two candidates are currently less than 200 votes apart, with Gray inching ahead of Duarte.
Gray previously represented California’s 13th congressional district from 2012 to 2022 when Duarte unseated the Democrat. Duarte defeated the then-incumbent by just 564 votes, making him the first Republican to win the district since 1974.
The district has historically been held by Democrats, and Gray is still within striking distance of Duarte, making this one of the closest House races to date.
Further south in California’s 14th congressional district, Republican incumbent Rep. Michelle Steel is falling behind Democratic challenger Derek Tran. Tran has pulled ahead of Steel with an approximate 600-vote margin…
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