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Migrants cheer, hanging off sides of packed train heading towards US
Astounding footage of the FerroMex train was shot as the locomotive with hundreds in tow could be seen coming out of the Central Mexican city of Zacatecas as it made its way northbound on the 750-mile journey toward the U.S.
Container after container could be seen filled with migrants getting an easy ride as the goods train zoomed by.
There was whistling and cheering from those on board as the group hitched a ride. Some of the travelers could even be seen hanging out from the sides of the train.
The train was headed for the U.S. southern border – where in the southwest, roughly 2 million migrants have already made their way into America in 2023.
Border towns have been crushed by the influx thanks to the lax border policies of the Biden administration.
Federal government approves plan to house migrants at former airbase
More than 2,000 migrants will be housed at a former New York City airfield under a lease agreement between the state and federal governments as the city continues to grapple with an influx of asylum seekers.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Friday that the Biden administration has agreed to lease space at Floyd Bennett Field to the state to use as a humanitarian center, and the state will be picking up the costs of maintaining the site.
The shelter is the latest to be set up on federal property in New York, including a facility on Randall’s Island.
Adams welcomed the move and thanked Gov. Kathy Hochul for pushing for the authorization but blamed Washington and Albany for not doing enough to deal with the migrant crisis.
National Debt | Full Measure
If you and I consistently spend more than we make, we’re probably going to end up in trouble.
The federal government just adds onto the national debt.
After a huge bump in Covid spending, the nation’s current debt is now around $33 trillion. That’s closing in on $100,000 each owed for every man, woman, and child in America.
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Kash Patel sues FBI director, former Trump DOJ officials for allegedly targeting personal records
Former Trump National Security Council official Kash Patel filed a lawsuit Monday against FBI Director Chris Wray and former Trump Justice Department officials, accusing them of violating his Fourth Amendment right to protection from unreasonable searches and seizures when they tried to obtain Patel’s personal records.
The FBI and Justice Department officials named in the lawsuit obtained a subpoena in November 2017 for Patel’s “personal information as part of a politically motivated investigation,” and Google handed over responses to the subpoena the following month, the lawsuit obtained by Just the News states.
Patel said he was completely unaware of the subpoena until December 2022, when Google notified him about it.
The defendants, which include then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, “improperly and politically targeted Mr. Patel’s personal records because of his official position and actions in furtherance of the United States House of Representatives’ lawful investigation into the Department of Justice’s handling of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation,” the lawsuit also states.
Moms for Liberty | Full Measure
Across the nation, parents are pushing to wrest control from school systems that they claim are overreaching, whether it’s advancing a transgender agenda or pressing critical race theory that some allege to be racist.
Two Florida moms who started a grassroots movement have seen their star rise. Lisa Fletcher catches up with them on the national stage in Philadelphia.
Pro-Life Protesters Face 11 Years in Prison After Biden Justice Department Wins Guilty Verdicts in Washington D.C.
U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and Assistant Director David Sundberg, of the FBI Washington Field Office were proud to announce on Friday that Jean Marshall, 73, of Kingston, Mass.; Joan Bell, 74, of Montague, NJ; and Jonathan Darnel, 41, of Arlington, Va. were each convicted of a felony conspiracy against rights and for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
The two elderly pro-life women are facing prison sentences that could keep them locked up until they are in their mid-80’s.
The punishment for each of the defendants includes “up to a maximum of 11 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $350,000,” according to the D.C. Attorney’s Office’s press release.
U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee, “ordered the defendants immediately detained as required by statute.”
The pro-life activists had borrowed a tactic that has been commonly used by left-wing agitators, but with only minor legal consequences. They blocked the entrance to the D.C.-based Washington Surgi-Clinic (WSC).
Ivanka Trump quietly traveled to Maui after wildfires to help devastated families with food, supplies
Former President Trump’s daughter joined CityServe International for a humanitarian mission that distributed 250,000 prepackaged meals to displaced families in Lahaina, according to the Daily Mail.
The group visited a Christian church that acted as a food pantry for the residents who survived the deadliest wildfire in US history. The church is helping families rebuild their lives.
Ivanka Trump showed up in green cargo pants and a black tank top wearing a simple name tag that said “Iva.” Like other volunteers, she handed out fresh vegetables and prepackaged supplies to those in need.
“Pastors and church members whose entire neighborhoods were wiped out by the flames are healing their own hearts by volunteering. They’re toting supplies, hefting boxes, passing out meals, giving toys to children, and praying for the afflicted who’ve lost everything,” CityServe said on its website.
Florida Beachgoers Return Massive Stranded Shark Back to Water
Some brave beachgoers rallied to help a massive shark in distress back into the water.
Exclusive: Mark Levin Issues Warning Against ‘One-Party Tyranny’ as ‘The Democrat Party Hates America’ Hits #1 on Amazon Charts
The book surpassed high-profile writers for the number one spot, including Oprah’s latest self-help book, a new novel from Stephen King, and Walter Isaacson’s buzzy biography of Elon Musk.
Levin told Breitbart News in an exclusive comment, “This book is like none I’ve written and none anyone has read.
The Democrat Party is an autocratic party that has never embraced Americanism. And today it’s destroying our culture, Constitution, voting system, educational system, citizenship, law and order, and more.
It is an evil and poisonous party and always has been.
I unravel all the lies and propaganda Americans have been fed by the party’s press and surrogates for more than a century. And it’s leading a revolution to fundamentally transform our country into a one-party tyranny.”
In The Democrat Party Hates America, Levin reveals “the radically dangerous Democrat agenda that is upending American life,” according to the book’s description.
The book will be released on Tuesday, September 19, 2023.
In July of this year, Target informed the book’s publisher it would not carry the title in its stores. Levin then urged his supporters to preorder the book to defy the “corporatist leftwing censorship.”
“Target has informed my publisher, Simon & Schuster, that it will not carry my new book when it is released on September 19. It claims that certain customers might be offended by the title. Imagine that! So, the corporatist leftwing censorship begins,” Levin wrote.
Hunter Biden Sues IRS Alleging Agency Whistleblowers Improperly Disclosed Info to Congress
Hunter Biden’s lawyers claim when IRS agents informed Congress and news organizations of the Justice Department’s alleged mishandling of its tax probe into the president’s son, the IRS whistleblowers allegedly disclosed the damning allegations improperly.
Among the allegations, the whistleblowers alleged Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf refused to allow investigators to ask about President Joe Biden being “the big guy,” the DOJ twice prevented United States Attorney David Weiss from bringing stronger charges against Hunter Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland refused to name a special counsel in the tax investigation, and the IRS recommended charges against Hunter Biden that were not approved by Garland.
Hunter Biden’s lawsuit against the IRS comes as his attorneys reportedly pushed the DOJ to prosecute the whistleblowers after the committee voted to approve the public disclosure of IRS whistleblower allegations.
According to the New York Times, the DOJ planned to let Hunter Biden off the hook without charges until two whistleblowers came forward:
Blue state becomes first in nation to eliminate cash bail
FOX News’ Mike Tobin reports on the new law and safety fears from critics
Trump Blasts Biden Iran Hostage Deal: ‘I Brought 58 Hostages Home’ and ‘Never Paid Anything’
“Toward the end, it got so that countries didn’t even start the conversation asking for money, because they knew they would not get it. Once you pay, you always pay, & MANY MORE HOSTAGES WILL BE TAKEN. Our grossly incompetent ‘leader,’ Crooked Joe Biden, gave 6 BILLION DOLLARS for 5 people. Iran gave ZERO for 5,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
He wrapped up his post by calling the president “dumb as a rock.”
The White House confirmed on Monday that five imprisoned Americans are being swapped for freeing up Iranian assets and granting clemency for five Iranian citizens imprisoned in the United States.
Trump predicted the White House’s deal would lead to “kidnapping, ransom, and blackmail against Americans across the globe,” something senior administration officials pushed back on in discussions with The Messenger.
Arrest made in ambush killing of LA Sheriff’s Deputy: sources
The sheriff department’s Special Enforcement Bureau tactical team then went to a home in Palmdale – where the shooting of Clinkunbroomer happened Saturday – and made contact with a relative of the suspect who provided specific details about the case.
The male suspect inside that home then was taken into custody without incident after gas was deployed at the property, the sources added.
The video, obtained by FOX 11 Los Angeles, shows a black car pulling up to the left of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s cruiser at a red light. It is not possible to see any shots fired, but the black vehicle drives away as the sheriff’s cruiser slowly rolls forward and then comes to a stop.
A citizen saw the deputy slumped in his cruiser in front of the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station in Palmdale and went inside the station to alert other deputies.
“I’m Built Differently”; Trump Shuts Down NBC Host Who Suggested He’s “Afraid” To Go To Jail
Former President Donald Trump engaged in a confrontational exchange that lasted over an hour with new ‘Meet the Press’ moderator Kristen Welker at his Bedminster, New Jersey residence.
Their discussion covered a wide range of topics, including his legal troubles, involvement in the events of January 6th, and propagation of falsehoods related to the 2020 election.
Throughout the interview, Trump repeatedly attempted to maintain flexibility on crucial matters such as abortion, the conflict in Ukraine, interest rates, and even his assessment of his party’s endeavors to impeach President Joe Biden.
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EU states respond to Ukrainian grain lawsuit threat – media
Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia are withdrawing from an EU platform coordinating Ukrainian grain imports after Kiev announced that it would sue the three nations for banning the import of Ukrainian produce, Polish media reported on Monday.
The Ukrainian government announced on Monday that it would bring a case against the three countries at the World Trade Organization (WTO), after they announced unilateral bans on the import of Ukrainian seeds and grains.
Earlier this summer, the EU allowed five Eastern European nations to block the import of these products for domestic sale, but refused to reauthorize the ban on Friday.
As a result, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia imposed bans of their
Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy travels to US for UN summit
Ukrainian troops have broken through a Russian defensive line south of Bakhmut, the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Monday.
“Fierce fighting continues in the area of Bakhmut,” he said. “As a result of the successful actions of our troops, the enemy’s defense line which runs [south] from Bakhmut to Gorlivka was broken.”
After Ukrainian forces retook the small villages of Andriivka and Klishchiivka over the weekend, the localized breakthrough represents a third small success south of Bakhmut ahead of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s United Nations address in New York this week.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says that Berlin will give another €400 million (roughly $430 million) of arms and aid to Ukraine.
He made the comments to German newspaper Bild a day before talks at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
“We are supplying additional ammunition,” the minister said.
“In addition, we will help with armoured vehicles and mine-clearing systems,” he said, adding that Berlin would also provide Ukraine with clothing and power generators.
The Moscow-installed governor of the Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Denis Pushilin, has said that explosions at the local government headquarters were caused by a Ukrainian rocket attack.
“According to the information we have so far, there were no deaths of injuries,” Pushilin said in a Telegram video, adding that civilian infrastructure in Donetsk city center had been damaged.
Russia’s state news agency RIA had reported series of blasts earlier on Monday, while the Russian-installed mayor of the city of Donetsk wrote on Telegram that the downtown area had come under fire.
Nigel Farage rages at EU for ignoring migrant crisis in Italy: ‘I warned you but no-one listened!’
Taking to social media, the GB News presenter unleashed a furious tirade against the bloc demanding that migrants coming to the small Italian island of Lampedusa be sent back.
The island, which lies in the middle of the Mediterranean between Malta and Tunisia, saw as many as 8,000 migrants come to its shores over the past four days.
Meloni has said her country is under “unsustainable pressure”.
Farage warned the “invasion” of the Italian island could be an omen for migrants coming to British shores.
“The invasion of Lampedusa in the last few days spells catastrophe for the EU and for us,” Farage said.
“These young men must be sent back or millions more will come.”
During her visit to the island, von der Leyen acknowledged the migrant crisis was a “European challenge and needs a European answer”.
China sends fighter jets in show of force off Taiwan
China over the weekend sent warships and a large group of fighter jets near Taiwan as Beijing further ratchets up tensions in the region.
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said on Monday it had identified 103 Chinese aircraft over the sea and six warships near Taiwan between Sunday and Monday morning.
Forty of the aircraft had crossed the median line or entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, the ministry said.
The number of plane incursions “has reached a new high in recent times and has posed severe challenges to the security of the Taiwan Strait and the region,” the ministry said in a statement, calling the activity “continued military harassment.” It called on China “to take responsibility and immediately stop such destructive unilateral actions.”
Analysts speculate that this could amount to the largest-ever single-day total of Chinese military aircraft around Taiwan. The previous record was 91, on April 10.
IAF Strikes Hamas in Gaza; Iran bans IAEA inspectors, reducing scrutiny further TV7Israel News 18.09
1) Tensions are seemingly on the rise on Israel’s southern front with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
2) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travels to New York for the annual UN General Assembly.
3) Germany, France and Britain announce their intention to maintain sanctions on Iran regardless of any looming sunsets under the JCPOA and Security Council resolution 2231.
China top diplomat heads to Russia for 4-day talks
Wang is due to meet Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev for annual security talks during the visit, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. He’s also meeting his counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.
The visit comes after Wang’s stop in Malta over the weekend, where he discussed the situation in Ukraine with US national security adviser Jake Sullivan. The talks were candid, substantive and constructive, both sides said, without releasing details.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry described Wang’s visit as a “routine event.” It said the visit aimed to “promote the development of bilateral relations, and conduct in-depth communication on important issues involving the strategic security interests of the two countries.”
Wang and Lavrov’s meeting will cover issues including “contacts at higher and the highest levels,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said last week.
Thousands protest against EU state’s pro-Western government
It is estimated that some 10,000 people attended the rally, which was held at Prague’s Wenceslas Square, according to local reports cited by Reuters.
The PRO party, however, claims that over 100,000 people participated in the anti-government demonstrations, which were the third of their kind organized by the populist group this year.
The head of the party, Jindrich Rajchl, claimed during the event that the Czech Republic’s current five-party ruling coalition, headed by Prime Minister Petr Fiala, was “following orders from Brussels” and criticized the government’s continued military support for Ukraine, as well as its close ties with the United States.
Protesters also took issue with the way the current government has been handling inflation – which has hit double digits – tax changes, pension adjustments, measures to reduce fossil fuel usage in the automotive industry, and Covid-19 restrictions that were adopted under PM Fiala.
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Republican who has just given BIRTH and has an infection vows to fly back to vote against spending bill because it’s so ‘important’ as GOP goes to battle
Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna vowed to fly back to Washington, D.C. while battling an infection three weeks after giving birth to vote no against the deal if necessary.
‘If I’m needed, I’m coming,’ she said in a statement.
A spokesperson confirmed to DailyMail.com she had just gotten over a four-day fever and infection and is being treated with antibiotics, ‘but will fly to vote no because I know how important this is.’
Luna is one of around a dozen Republicans who so far have said they won’t vote for the deal released Sunday night that would extend government funding until October 30, giving Congress and extra 30 days to push through spending bills.
But the bill can only pass with a small handful of GOP defections.
Candidate Ramaswamy | Full Measure
We begin today with our first in a series of 2024 presidential candidate interviews. Vivek Ramaswamy is a 38-year-old businessman who’s never held political office. He got a biology degree from Harvard, a law degree from Yale, and built a billion-dollar fortune in part on a drug development company he founded.
He says he’s looking to attack systemic government corruption, eliminate numerous federal agencies, and change Washington, D.C. as we know it. We caught up with him in Iowa where the first 2024 Republican primary votes in the nation will be cast in less than four months.
Biden’s Electric Vehicle Push Will Cost an Estimated 120,000 Union Jobs
@A1Policy’s Chief Economist Michael Faulkender tells @jfradioshow how the UAW strike is really about the union trying to save jobs that will be lost due to Biden’s electric vehicle mandate. “Their fight is not with the auto companies, it is with this administration,” says Michael Faulkender.
Trump lawyer: Attacks against Trump prove his point about justice | Newsline
On Monday’s “Newsline,” Trump lawyer Christina Bobb and Mike Howell call out the hypocrisy of the left’s Second Amendment defense of Hunter Biden and the persecution of Donald Trump.
Report: George Soros Is Funding Joe Biden’s ‘TikTok Army’ to Promote Leftist Propaganda
George Soros is funding a “TikTok army” of Gen-Z social media users to push his left-wing propaganda, praise President Joe Biden, and attack conservatives, according to documents obtained by the New York Post.
Tax filings show that Soros’ Open Society Foundation gave $5.5 million to Accelerate Action Inc. in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, that nonprofit then gave at least $300,000 to another nonprofit, Gen Z for Change, which boasts a network of 500 “activists, organizers, and creators.”
While in office, President Biden has leaned on Gen Z for Change to push his policy agenda on social media.
Last year, top White House officials briefed these woke lackeys on the ongoing U.S. effort in Ukraine.
They have also met with the president himself in the Oval Office, as well as with Biden’s Surgeon General Vivek Murthy regarding the Chinese coronavirus.
Gen Z for Change social media influencers also take to social media to advocate for abolishing border enforcement, defunding police, and ending cash bail.
Democrat Produces Video Alleging Bridgeport Mayor Stole Election By Stuffing Ballot Boxes
Bridgeport, Connecticut is pretty incredible, and so far, a cursory search shows there’s not a single story from a national news outlet about it.
It turns out Gomes had good reason to question the validity of the ballots, and this wasn’t some outrageous attempt to delegitimize the election.
Ganim also won the 2019 primary election with a come-from-behind victory that resulted from counting absentee ballots. Media accounts surrounding that election reported the absentee ballots in that election were “rife with irregularities.”
On Aug. 30, almost four full years later, Connecticut’s State Elections Enforcement Commission recommended criminal charges for three people connected to Ganim’s campaign relating to their suspected mishandling of absentee ballots in the 2019 election.
Now John Gomes has released video that he says shows city employee Wanda Geter-Pataky, who is affiliated with the Ganim campaign, stuffing ballots into drop boxes.
“State statute says absentee ballots can be returned only by the ballot applicant, their family members, police officers, local election officials or someone who is directly caring for someone who receives an absentee ballot because they are ill or physically disabled,” according to the Mirror.
What we’re seeing should be very concerning for Democrats: Concha
FOX News contributor Joe Concha joins ‘Fox & Friends First’ to discuss the backlash facing NBC after its interview with former President Trump and the continued criticism of Kamala Harris.
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[CLIP] Is ESG Illegal?: Kevin Stocklin on the ‘High Priests of Society’ Transforming America
“If you’re a farmer, you pretty much have to dance to their tune. And they have gone out and they’ve said to their farmers as a result of the ESG movement, ‘This is what we want you to do. This is how we want you to produce.
These are the processes that we want you to follow if you’re going to sell to us,’” says Mr. Stocklin. “It’s the banking industry, it’s the asset management industry, and it’s the insurance industry. And if you can get these folks on board, you can control everything else.”
How does the ESG mechanism work? Who are the players involved? And is there a way to push back?
“We’re starting to see the power that private industry has to control us in a way that, in the West at least, the governments legally can’t do,” says Mr. Stocklin.
He explains how ESG is both an industry and an ideology. Put simply, it is a way to use consumer money to impose a progressive agenda on the private sector in America.
Thomas Sowell: This is why the left only focuses on race
Hoover Institution senior fellow Thomas Sowell discusses his new book ‘Social Justice Fallacies’ and makes the case for why race is not always to blame on social justice issues on ‘Life, Liberty & Levin.’
Creating God? AI May Be Last Invention Of Mankind
This all stems from an idea conceptualized in the 1940s and finally figured out a few years ago. That could solve all of the world’s problems or destroy every single human on the planet in the snap of a finger—or both. Machines that will potentially answer all of our unanswerable questions: Are we alone in the universe? What is consciousness? Why are we here? Thinking machines that could cure cancer and allow us to live until we’re 150 years old. Maybe even 200. Machines that, some estimate, could take over up to 30 percent of all jobs within the next decade, from stock traders to truck drivers to accountants and telemarketers, lawyers, bookkeepers, and all things creative: actors, writers, musicians, painters. Something that will go to war for us—and likely against us.
Artificial intelligence.
Thinking machines that are being built in a 50-square-mile speck of dirt we call Silicon Valley by a few hundred men (and a handful of women) who write in a language only they and computers can speak. And whether we understand what it is they are doing or not, we are largely left to the whims of their creation. We don’t have a say in the ethics behind their invention. We don’t have a say over whether it should even exist in the first place. “We’re creating God,” one AI engineer working on large language models (LLMs) recently told me. “We’re creating conscious machines.”
Then there’s the new drug discovery. People using AI therapists instead of humans. Others are uploading voicemails from loved ones who have died so they can continue to interact with them by talking to an AI replica of a dead parent or child. There are AI dating apps (yes, you date an AI partner). It’s being used for misinformation in politics already, creating deepfake videos and fake audio recordings. The US military is exploring using AI in warfare—and could eventually create autonomous killer robots. (Nothing to worry about here!) People are discussing using AI to create entirely new species of animals (yes, that’s real) or viruses (also real). Or exploring human characteristics, such as creating a breed of super soldiers who are stronger and have less empathy, all through AI-based genetic engineering.
“It excites me and worries me in equal proportions. The upsides for this are enormous, maybe these systems find cures for diseases, and solutions to problems like poverty and climate change, and those are enormous upsides,” said David Chalmers, a professor of philosophy and neural science at NYU. “The downsides are humans that are displaced from leading the way, or in the worst case, extinguished entirely, [which] is terrifying.” As one highly researched economist report circulated last month noted, “There is a more than 50-50 chance AI will wipe out all of humanity by the middle of the century.”
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