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Delta, American Airlines fly illegal immigrants from Biden’s Arizona processing centers into domestic US on late night flights
Ari Hoffman, West Coast editor for The Post Millennial and host on Talk Radio 570 KVI, noticed when he landed that illegal immigrants were sleeping on the floor of the airport. According to Hoffman, the illegal immigrants had no possessions, only a phone and a packet containing travel information.
Ashley St. Clair, contributor for the Babylon Bee, while waiting for a flight back to New York’s JFK International, noticed that her Delta Airlines flight was filled with illegal immigrants.
In the video, St Clair showed a line of illegal immigrants waiting to board her flight and said, “I’m at the Phoenix airport right now. I’m waiting to board my flight to New York, to JFK, and it looks like we have a whole lot of migrants who are also boarding this flight that the U.S, taxpayers are paying for.”
Woman gets ‘hospital potato’ from work as Christmas bonus — has to pay tax on it: ‘I need my job’
“My work is doing a potato bar as our Christmas bonus. I’m literally getting a hospital potato as a bonus,” Amanda J Panda said on X in a post that has since gone viral.
“They also said it has a $15 value so it will be taxed on our next check. Does anyone need an assistant so I can just quit right now?”
The flummoxed worker sent off a series of tweets describing the bizarre gift, calling the situation her “Charlie Brown villain origin story.”
Major Pharmacy Chains Handing Over Patient Records To Law Enforcement Without Warrants
A startling revelation has emerged from a recent congressional investigation: several leading pharmacy chains in the United States, including CVS Health, Kroger, and Walgreens Boots Alliance, have been found to provide patients’ medical records to law enforcement agencies without warrants.
Initiated in June, the congressional review targeted eight prominent pharmacy chains to scrutinize their privacy practices in response to rising public concerns about health privacy and surveillance.
Key findings from the probe:
Florida Woman Charged for Being Inside Capitol on January 6
The 23-year-old woman was arrested on the charges on December 14.
According to the attorney’s office, Balmaseda traveled to D.C. from Florida and exchanged messages in which she expressed her belief that the 2020 presidential election was stolen — a belief still held by countless Americans.
The office alleges that Balmaseda was seen near a crowd of rioters who were climbing the scaffolding on the west side of the Capitol and was later “present towards the front of the mob of rioters on the west front of the Capitol grounds,” eventually climbing over equipment to make her way closer to the Capitol’s northwest stairs.
CIS Study: 59 Percent of Illegal Aliens Use Welfare
The high welfare use of immigrant households is not explained by an unwillingness to work, the CIS analysis states:
“Immigrants’ higher welfare use relative to the U.S.-born is partly explained by the larger share with modest education levels, their resulting lower incomes, and the greater percentage of immigrant households with children.”
The use of taxpayer-funded welfare among undocumented immigrants as well as legal immigrants is significant as the nation’s foreign-born population hits new record highs under President Joe Biden.
In October 2023, the Foreign-Born Share Was the Highest in History
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The Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS) shows that the total foreign-born or immigrant population (legal and illegal) was 49.5 million in October 2023 — a 4.5 million increase since President Biden took office and a new record high.
At 15 percent, the foreign-born share of the U.S. population is also the highest ever recorded in American history.
As the debate rages over the ongoing border crisis, this finding is important because administrative numbers such as border encounters or even legal immigrant arrivals do not measure the actual size of the immigrant population, which is what ultimately determines immigration’s impact on the country.
World News.
Driver of stolen U-Haul taken into custody after citizen abducted at gunpoint, police say
The driver of a stolen U-Haul truck has been arrested after allegedly kidnapping another individual at gunpoint and then leading police on a pursuit through the streets of Toronto.
Police say that officers were in the area of Danforth and Warden avenues at around 11:30 a.m. as part of an investigation into the Dec. 6 stabbing of an off-duty officer outside a Scarborough Best Buy.
Insp. Maher Abdel-Malik says that while in the area police located the suspect in the stabbing in a stolen U-Haul and attempted to stop the vehicle.
Israel uncovers major Hamas command center in Gaza City as cease-fire talks gain momentum
The Israeli military on Wednesday said it had uncovered a major Hamas command center in the heart of Gaza City, inflicting what it described as a serious blow to the Islamic militant group as pressure grows on Israel to scale back its devastating military offensive in the coastal enclave.
The army said it had exposed the center of a vast underground network used by Hamas to move weapons, militants and supplies throughout the Gaza Strip. Israel has said destroying the tunnels is a major objective of the offensive.
The announcement came as Hamas’ top leader arrived in Egypt for talks aimed at brokering a temporary cease-fire and a new deal for Hamas to swap Israeli hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
Land of Fire & Ice! Riveting Footage of Iceland Volcanic Eruption
The Land of Fire and Ice! Footage from Iceland over Monday and Tuesday shows riveting footage of a lava flow from a volcanic eruption.
Israel intensifies war in Gaza; Houthis declare ready to face U.S. in open war TV7 Israel News 20.12
1) Israel has further intensified its offensive campaign against the Islamist Hamas terror organization in the Gaza Strip.
2) The Houthi-dominated Iranian-proxy Ansar-Allah declares that it is ready to face the United States in open war.
3) The United States acknowledges that while attacks on maritime shipping in the Red Sea is executed by the so-called Houthis – Iran is the facilitating actor behind those hostilities.
A look inside the Israeli town attacked by Hamas
Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst has the latest on the Israel-Hamas war on ‘America Reports.’
Politics.
Congress ends 2023 as most inactive year since Great Depression
This year, according to the congressional public law website, the U.S. House has voted on 724 pieces of legislation. The U.S. Senate held 352 votes. Of the 12,103 bills introduced, the 22 enacted represent a 0.001% success rate.
The first bills of the year were not signed into law until March 20. (In comparison, the 117th Congress had its first bill of the year passed into law on Jan. 22, 2021, three weeks after convening.)
This year’s first was a joint resolution to disapprove of and nullify the District of Columbia council’s revised criminal code. Biden also signed the COVID-19 Origin Act to require the director of national intelligence to declassify information relating to potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China and COVID-19.
The third bill ended the COVID-19 national emergency declaration in April.
Of the 22 pieces of legislation passed into law, eight related to veterans affairs. Two bills designated healthcare facilities. Six bills were introduced by Democrats, including three by Montana Sen. Jon Tester.
FLASHBACK: Biden promised to ‘make sure’ Trump would not become president
A clip of Biden from a November 2022 press conference has resurfaced after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump is ineligible to be on the 2024 primary ballot, in which Biden said that he was making sure Trump would not be the next president.
“Well, we just have to demonstrate that he will not take power by — if we — if he does run. I’m making sure he, under legitimate efforts of our Constitution, does not become the next President again,” Biden said. Trump launched his 2024 presidential campaign on November 15, 2022.
MTG presses Biden impeachment inquiry to expand to border crisis, suggests treason involved
Americans “share our frustration that Republicans have not impeached Mayorkas at a minimum is outrageous,” she told the John Solomon Reports podcast. “We should be impeaching Joe Biden over the border.
And I’m starting to think impeachment is not enough. I think these people should be held accountable for treason over what is happening at our southern border.”
The second-term congresswoman made clear in unvarnished terms that she will pressure, cajole and if necessary shame her GOP leadership next year if it continues to fail to deliver in its core 2022 “Commitment to America” promises, ranging from FISA reform to shrinking the size and cost of government.
Dana Perino: What are they thinking?!
The ‘America’s Newsroom’ co-host joined ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss Colorado banning Trump from the state’s primary ballot.
CO Supreme Court Removes Trump From 2024 Ballot
“A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution,” the ruling reads. “Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot.”
The execution of the court’s decision is on hold until Jan. 4 to allow a further appeal.
The unique ruling stems from a lawsuit that focused a little-known provision in the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Other state courts – namely, Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota – have ruled otherwise on the same insurrection argument.
Treasury warns budget deficit up 13% compared to this time last year, debt reaching $34 trillion
The deficit is $44 billion higher than it was at the end of November 2022, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Congress passed a “laddered” continuing resolution in November with a final expiration date of February 2. Conservative House Republicans have been calling for a reduction in federal spending to reduce the budget deficit.
Congress must pass another spending bill to keep the government funded past Feb. 2.
Commentary.
“Manipulating Laws to Keep Trump Out” – Colorado Supreme Court Decision to Remove Trump from Ballots
Patrick Bet-David, Adam Sosnick, Tom Ellsworth, and Vincent Oshana are joined by Emily Austin as they discuss the Colorado Supreme Court barring Donald Trump from the state’s ballot in 2024, ruling he’s disqualified by January 6th actions.
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