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Ron Paul Anticipates a ‘Black Swan’ Event in Revealing Interview with Tucker Carlson
In an enlightening discussion on the Tucker Carlson Show, former Texas Representative Ron Paul shared his insights on the likelihood of a ‘Black Swan’ event—a rare and unpredictable occurrence with profound consequences. Reflecting on the current state of global geopolitics and recalling his predictions about the conflict in Ukraine back in 2014, Paul emphasized his long-standing commitment to principle and foresight, especially in matters of economic and foreign policy.
Paul’s warning of an imminent, unanticipated event underscores his belief in the ‘black swan’ theory. “I think we’re reaching this point where some sudden thing is going to happen. I believe in that theory of the black swan. Yes, it’s going to pop up, and it’s not going to be controllable,” he stated during the interview.
Paul further cautioned against the dangers lurking behind societal and economic turbulence and advocated for a decentralized approach to governance, empowering states to act more independently.
Biden admin shatters all-time record for embassy evacuations, “Biden is breaking all the wrong records”
President Joe Biden’s administration has overseen a record 11 evacuations of U.S. embassies, more than any other presidential administration in U.S. history.
The latest evacuation occurred in Haiti, where a Marine Corps special unit was dispatched to protect the evacuation of nonemergency personnel and fellow Marines from the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince.
The first embassy evacuation under the Biden administration occurred on March 30, 2021, in Burma, also known as Myanmar, following a military coup. The State Department ordered the departure of “non-essential diplomatic personnel and all personnel family members”.
Man Receives More Than 10 Life Sentences For Gruesome Crimes Against Children
David Calhoun, 38, tortured several children similar to the way prisoners of war and political prisoners were tortured during the Korean and Vietnam wars, prosecutors said, according to Fox 4.
The abuse was inflicted on several of his stepchildren and nephews who lived with him in a fifth-wheel trailer near Gainesville, Texas.
Investigators learned about the abuse in 2022 after police found Calhoun’s 16-year-old nephew in a Nebraska hotel room with several unrelated adults.
The boy told police he ran away from home to escape extreme physical and psychological abuse. He showed them scars across his body and outlined instances in which he was tied up for days, set on fire with gasoline, beaten with a metal pipe, stabbed with a kitchen knife and burned on his face and genitals almost daily with either a lighter or a cattle prod.
GOP Budget Proposal Touts Toughest Iran Sanctions in History and Eradication of ‘Woke’ Military Programs
The Republican Study Committee (RSC), which is spearheading the $895.2 billion defense spending proposal, says its vision was sculpted with the recognition “that President Biden has failed as commander-in-chief.” It takes aim at millions of dollars in military spending on “woke” cultural priorities, including climate initiatives and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training.
The budget also focuses heavily on Iran, touting the most comprehensive set of sanctions in recent memory, and would block the Biden administration from using any federal funds to conduct diplomacy with Tehran over a revamped version of the 2015 nuclear deal.
It also would codify a Trump administration-era order designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, further complicating the administration’s efforts to ease pressure on Tehran.
The budget package highlights glaring gaps between the Biden administration and congressional Republicans when it comes to defense spending and military priorities. It is likely to garner widespread traction in the narrowly GOP-controlled House,
Next spending bill includes more beds for immigration detention centers but lacks policy changes
There will also be a 25% increase in spending for border-related technological advancements and a 20% reduction in funding for non-governmental organizations, Johnson’s office confirmed. In addition, there is a 6% reduction in foreign aid spending through the rest of fiscal year 2024.
The full legislative language of the compromise as well as the overall spending package haven’t been released publicly yet.
Brandon Judd, president of the Border Patrol Union, has said Tuesday that more money for U.S. Customs and Border Protection as an agency isn’t going to solve the migrant crisis at the southern border.
“There’s no policy and that’s the problem. Again, I don’t care about money. We don’t need money. We don’t need infrastructure, technology, resources. We need policy, and there is no policy and this is strictly based upon dollars and cents. And when we do that, then the taxpayer is the one who suffers because they’re throwing money into a black hole,” he said on Tuesday during the “Just the News, No Noise” TV program. “That’s not going to stop any of this problem.”
Ohio senator wants to stop ‘sanctuary cities’ within higher ed
Sen. J.D. Vance believes college and university leaders want their campuses to be safe havens for people living in or entering the country illegally.
He says the institutions violate federal law when those people get hired.
Vance wants to stop the practice by requiring any college or university that receives federal funds or student aid to use the E-Verify Program. He also wants the Department of Education and the Department of Homeland Security to monitor compliance with immigration law.
“Left-wing college administrators want to transform their campuses into sanctuary cities,” the first-term Republican senator said. “Their latest scheme at the University of California is the most lawless yet: ignore federal law and hire illegal immigrants. Our legislation would put this madness to an end. If universities want to receive federal funding, they have to abide by federal immigration law and participate in E-Verify. We cannot let American tax dollars fund illegal wages.”
Attorneys general coalition ask Ninth Circuit to intervene in Mayorkas asylum case
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas created the policy through a federal rule, the “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways,” which codifies aspects of the Los Angeles Declaration of Migration and Protection, endorsed by 21 countries in June 2022. The declaration “specifically lays out the goal of collectively expanding access to regular pathways for migrants and refugees into the United States,” according to a February 2023 Federal Register entry.
The “lawful pathways” rule is one of over a dozen identified as illegal by House Republicans when they impeached Mayorkas last month. In one of the numerous lawsuits filed to stop them, 20 states sued and recently lost their first round in court.
Among other things, the “lawful pathways” rule involves the U.S. State Department partnering with multiple countries to move foreign nationals into the U.S., DHS building and expanding dozens of processing facilities, and moving hundreds of thousands of people into the U.S. through a phone app.
Trump campaign responds in force after Biden cracks down on gas cars, vows ‘Day One’ reversal
“Joe Biden’s extreme electric vehicle mandate will force Americans to buy ultra-expensive cars they do not want and cannot afford while destroying the U.S. auto industry in the process,” Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital in a statement. “This radical policy is anti-jobs, anti-consumer and anti-American.”
“It will destroy the livelihoods of countless U.S. autoworkers while sending the U.S. auto industry to China. President Trump will reverse Joe Biden’s extreme electric vehicle mandate on Day One.”
Meanwhile, under the regulations unveiled Wednesday, the federal government will enforce the most stringent tailpipe emissions restrictions ever finalized beginning with model year 2027 light-duty and medium-duty vehicles. Those regulations are slated to progressively ramp up through 2032, forcing most new car purchases to be battery electric and plug-in hybrid within that time frame.
In one “low cost” model EPA outlined in the rule, administration officials said automakers would be forced to ensure 56% of light-duty car sales are battery electric and another 13% are hybrid by 2032, meaning nearly 70% of new cars would be zero-emissions or low-emissions by then.
Alabama judge unseals report accusing top LGBTQ+ rights attorneys of improper judge shopping
The practice of judge shopping, or trying to get a case in front of a judge who will side with attorneys, is not illegal, though it’s a practice the federal judiciary recently has tried to discourage. It has recently gotten attention as a tactic used in cases brought by anti-abortion groups.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Liles Burke released a 50-page report by a three-judge panel in the Middle District Court of Alabama that accuses 39 attorneys of judge shopping in a 2022 case they brought challenging Alabama’s ban on gender-affirming health care for trans youth. Of those, nine face possible sanctions that could at least complicate, if not end, their legal careers.
Among those named in the report are some of the nation’s most prominent LGBTQ+ civil rights attorneys, including the National Center for Lesbian Rights’ Shannon Minter; GLAD’s Jennifer Levi; James Esseks of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU); and Carl Charles, who recently departed Lambda Legal for a position in the Department of Justice.
Drunk driving, fraud, and an agency ‘golden boy’: Blaze Media’s Steve Baker exposes apparent scandals in the US Capitol Police
Steve Baker, an investigative reporter with Blaze Media who was recently arrested in connection with his work as an independent journalist documenting the events of January 6, has an explosive new report that indicates that several current and former uniformed members of the United States Capitol Police — including a USCP assistant chief who recently testified in front of Congress — effectively failed upward, receiving prestigious promotions despite previous professional scandals that were ultimately hushed up.
As unsavory as some of Colmore’s behavior has been, Erickson’s past transgressions are even worse. Not only was he implicated in the overtime scheme and ordered to serve a 20-day suspension and pay back at least some of the defrauded money, but he was reportedly twice caught driving under the influence, once while on duty.
Of the three USCP uniformed officers caught in the overtime scandal, Sean Gallagher should have suffered the worst penalties. At the time the scandal was uncovered, Gallagher was a captain, entrusted with signing off on timesheets such as those submitted by Colmore and Erickson. Yet on his timesheets, Gallagher forged the signature of his superior, Inspector Daniel Malloy, apparently choosing different-colored pens to conceal his misconduct.
As distastefully as some in federal law enforcement have behaved, the larger problem with these scandals at the USCP is that they seem to have put unscrupulous people into positions with significant power, Steve Baker claimed. Earlier this month, Assistant Chief Sean Gallagher even testified at a congressional hearing about pipe bombs placed near the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic National Committees hours before the protest on January 6.
Idaho manhunt underway after inmate escapes hospital, leaving 3 officers shot
Idaho authorities are looking for two suspects after an accomplice helped free a prison inmate from a Boise hospital, leaving three officers shot during the process.
The Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC) said the incident began early this morning after officers transported inmate Skylar Meade to Saint Alphonsus for medical treatment.
Boise police responded to the active shooter threat at the hospital. One officer fired his gun at another armed officer, believing that he was the suspect.
Authorities said Meade has been serving time for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer with a firearm enhancement and has prior convictions including felony possession of a controlled substance, grand theft, and introduction of contraband into a correctional facility.
He has been behind bars since October 2016, and he was set to be released in October 2036.
Charges Dropped Against Gold Star Father Who Interrupted Biden’s SOTU
The decision to not prosecute Steve Nikoui, father of late Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, was confirmed Tuesday evening by Fox News.
Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb’s office told Fox News that it decided to drop the charges because they don’t typically prosecute similar forms of protest.
The outlet reported that Nikoui was said to be “thrilled and humbled” with tears of joy when he was told the good news by Rep. Darrel Issa (R-CA).
Reps. Mast, Issa, Michael Waltz (R-FL), and House Foreign Affairs Chair Michael McCaul all called for Schwalb to drop the charges.
China Tells Hamas Chief It Is ‘Keen on Relations’ in First Meeting Since October 7
The Chinese Communist Party has been largely favorable to Hamas since October 7, particularly at international venues such as the United Nations and BRICS coalition meetings, despite Beijing orchestrating an ongoing genocide of Turkic Muslims in occupied East Turkistan and justifying it by claiming it is necessary to prevent terrorism.
China has similarly supported the geopolitical goals of other jihadist terrorist groups despite its claim to oppose radical Islamic terrorism, most notably the Afghan Taliban.
According to the Middle East outlet Al-Monitor, Haniyeh pressured China to help Hamas “end the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and see the displaced return home, as well as for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the enclave.” He also demanded help in establishing a Palestinian state headquartered in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.
Hamas also claimed this week that, during his meeting with the Chinese diplomats, Haniyeh “praised the role that China plays in the Security Council, the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, and in sending humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.”
US opposes Israeli offensive into Rafah; UNHRC makes unfounded claims vs Israel TV7Israel News 20.03
1) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterates that Jerusalem cannot afford to leave Hamas in any functioning capacity in the Gaza Strip.
2) The United States rejects the UN Human Rights Council unsubstantiated claims that Israel is somehow deliberately using hunger as a method of war.
3) Qatar acknowledges that talks to try and reach a hostage release deal are ongoing.
Jonathan Turley: This was ‘incredibly disgraceful’
Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley discusses the latest in Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis’ misconduct investigation and unpacks key Supreme Court cases.
The New York Times ADMITS the Deep State Exists and DEFENDS It?!
While much of the media has spent the past few years denying the existence of a “Deep State,” The New York Times has released a piece admitting that it’s REAL.
However, the piece also DEFENDS the Deep State as helpful and “actually kind of awesome.” Glenn and Stu tear apart this argument and explains to the Times what the Deep State really is.
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US B-52 bomber tests ARRW hypersonic missile to narrow gap with China
In a major development, the US Air Force has confirmed the test launch of a live AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) hypersonic missile.
A B-52H bomber flying from the US Pacific island territory of Guam fired the hypersonic missile earlier this week, according to TWZ.
The ARRW systems have undergone several successful and less successful tests over the last few years, with some questioning the future of the weapon system.
This time, again, the Air Force has only provided limited information about the test’s outcome. It has refrained from explicitly stating whether or not it was successful. Furthermore, it did not disclose the speed at which the weapon had been achieved.
China tests nuclear-powered ‘shrinkable’ engine for Mars spaceship
Chinese scientists have allegedly developed a new 1.5-megawatt “shrinkable” fission reactor, reports the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The new reactor, they claim, could enable China to build a nuclear-powered spaceship, potentially for a trip to Mars and back.
The new lithium-cooled reactor is designed to expand from a container-sized volume into a structure as large as a 20-story building to power a spaceship.
Developed in collaboration with research institutions around the country, this could help China build a rival to SpaceX’s much-vaunted Starship.
According to the researchers, a nuclear-powered spacecraft could complete a round trip from Earth to Mars in just three months. The prevailing scientific consensus is that this technology will be vital for interplanetary missions.
China and Russia Reveal Plan To Build A Nuclear Power Plant On The Moon!
DC US Attorney Matthew Graves Threatens to Seek More Prison Time For J6ers if Supreme Court Reverses ‘Obstruction’ Statute This Summer
The Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision on Fischer v United States this summer which means hundreds of J6 cases could be upended.
Biden’s corrupt DOJ has charged more than 300 J6ers with 18 USC §1512(c)(2). Additionally, two of the four charges against Trump in Jack Smith’s DC case are conspiracy to obstruct so the Supreme Court’s ruling could torpedo the special counsel’s case against Trump as well.
Matthew Graves, the DC US Attorney who is now arresting and charging thousands of non-violent J6ers who didn’t even enter the Capitol building, is now threatening to seek more prison time for J6 defendants if the Supreme Court reverses the obstruction count.
Per investigative reporter Julie Kelly: If the Supreme Court reverses the statute and jailed J6ers ask for release, the DOJ will respond with a request for consecutive sentences and enhancements.
Okay, So Now Marriage is Racist
Letiecq says that “marriage as an institution has allowed white heterosexual couples ‘to gain access to benefits, rights, and protections.’” Letiecq “concludes,” says the Fix, “that only white heterosexual couples reap the social and financial benefits of marriage subsidized by the government while minority Americans do not gain any such benefits.”
That’s just a lie. Exactly which benefits, rights, and protections, Ms. Letiecq, are available to white heterosexual married couples but not to non-white couples, and for that matter not to gay couples ever since the legalization of gay marriage?
Of all the risible claims that leftists have made over the past few years, this is one of the most ridiculous, as well as one of the most potentially destructive. The stigmatization of marriage, which Letiecq is actively abetting, could lead to more children being abandoned by their fathers, and to an intensification of all the myriad social and cultural ills that flow from that. Bethany Letiecq’s pseudo-intellectual garbage is not just silly; it’s toxic. And in that, it’s emblematic of the entire academic world in America today.
Woke College Redefines Racism: Minorities Can Be Bigots, but All Whites Are Racist
According to Davidson College, a private institution in North Carolina, if you are white, you are a racist. If you are a person of color, you can be prejudiced or bigoted, but you can’t be racist.
This definition of racism is based on the belief that “systemic racism” exists and is therefore based on power.
An alumni-run free speech organization, the Davidsonians for Freedom of Thought and Discourse, exposed the video. According to the College Fix, the group stated, “In one clip of the film that we uncovered is the unequivocal repetition that all white people are racist, and people of color cannot be racist.”
Nonprofit Caught on Video Handing Residency Papers to Man Without ID
Video shot by Muckraker.com and obtained by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project appears to show the nonprofit organization, La Jornada, saying that distributing such documents is against the law but then proceeding to do so with another person the next day. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s news and commentary outlet.)
The video also shows the organization distributing paperwork to get a government-issued New York City identification card through the city’s IDNYC program.
Such a process suggests that an illegal alien easily could get a city ID card under a phony name through the nonprofit.
La Jornada, which operates out of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Queens, describes itself as an organization that is “helping migrants navigate the complex asylum processes and other legal procedures.”
Oversight releases new video showing President Biden, impeachment witnesses’ contradictory claims
This statement is immediately followed by footage of the closed door testimony of Tony Bobulinski, a key impeachment witness who previously partnered with both Hunter Biden and presidential brother James Biden to court Chinese company CEFC China Energy.
Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., made clear in prepared opening remarks reviewed by Just the News that the next phase of the inquiry will lay out evidence that he believes shows the Bidens’ business model was to sell the influence of their most famous namesake rather than deliver tangible work products.
Hunter Biden and his lawyer have argued Comer’s impeachment inquiry has turned up no evidence of this central claim.
Georgia judge allows Trump team to appeal Fani Willis ruling
Former Assistant DA Phil Holloway reacts to the ongoing House hearing on the Biden family’s business dealings, the quickly approaching deadline for former President Trump to pay his $454 million bond and the latest news on Fani Willis.
South American ‘burglary tourists’ hit homes across US
Fox News’ William La Jeunesse reports the latest from Los Angeles. Seattle radio host Jason Rantz also joined ‘The Faulkner Focus’ to discuss the new crime trend and the media’s meltdown over Trump’s ‘bloodbath’ remark.
The 12-Month, $404 Million Contract to Transport Migrant Kids — that You’re Paying For
As part of the Center’s efforts to bring transparency to the U.S. immigration system using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Colin Farnsworth — our chief FOIA counsel — requested a contract between the U.S. government and a private entity to transport unaccompanied alien children (UACs) from shelters run by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) in the Department of Health and Human Services to their sponsors in the United States.
We received all 119 pages of it, and the bottom line is that taxpayers forked out $404 million over a 12-month period, in part to complete a criminal conspiracy, under a contract that failed to detail how “care provider escorts” would identify the “sponsors” they were giving the kids to or how they would assess whether those kids would be safe.
That’s a big deal, given the likelihood that this was the last contact many of those children would have with the U.S. government.
Nothing in the contract provides any guidance whatsoever to assist the escort in determining whether at the point of contact the situation or the sponsor is unsafe for the child.
Again, that drop-off could be the last time the U.S. government or any of its agents has contact with that child, and yet there’s no guidance in the contract — or in the Guide, for what it’s worth — explaining what exactly “concerns regarding the safety of the situation” entail.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Georgia to Disbar DA Fani Willis
“I am requesting an investigation of Fani Willis, her suspension, and her disbarment,” Greene wrote in a complaint filed with the State Bar of Georgia that was reviewed by Bloomberg News. The bar association can discipline lawyers for violating its rules of professional conduct.
Georgia law permits anyone to file a grievance against a licensed lawyer. Proceedings are confidential, so any decision by the Georgia State Bar to investigate or to drop Greene’s complaint wouldn’t be made public. The state’s supreme court has the final say over public discipline of attorneys.
The complaint is another obstacle confronting Willis as she pursues one of four prosecutions of Trump, the former president and presumed Republican nominee to face Biden again in November. She also faces investigations by the House Judiciary Committee over her use of federal funds, a state Senate committee and the Fulton County ethics board. It isn’t clear what impact, if any, these efforts will have on the election interference case
Hamas terror chief Marwan Issa was vaporised in airstrike ‘with no human shield casualties’
The sources told the Times that his location would have been identified either through interrogation of a captured Hamas fighter or after a member of his close circle mistakenly used a mobile phone, whose data Israeli intelligence are able to track. No hostages were injured in the strike, the sources said.
He was likely killed during a rare trip out of the tunnels where he was hiding, or in a compound that was smashed by the airstrike, they said.
According to the report, Issa spent much of the war in the north and centre of the Gaza Strip while other Hamas senior leaders retreated south.
Known as ‘the shadow’ for his rare public appearances — his last known photograph is from 2011 — Issa, 58, is the most senior Hamas leader to be killed since the Israeli offensive in Gaza began.
It Takes the World’s Largest Plane to Deliver Green Energy Wind Turbine Blades
Remember, we need to build solar panels and wind turbines for “clean green energy” to save the planet.
Now those turbine blades are not really recyclable, have a limited shelf life and delivering them will require the world’s largest plane (which doesn’t run on wind or solar) and it will require special airport facilities.
Off-shore wind farms also need specialized vessels.
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