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Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze
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We must be involved in Ukraine for "as long as it takes" and piecemeal blank checks but he wants Israel to submit to a ceasefire after 90 days.
Axios @axios
SCOOP: Biden last week pressed Netanyahu to scale down the Israeli military operation in Gaza, stressing he is not in it for a year of war.
A Biden adviser told Axios the White House is very concerned about losing young voters.
https://trib.al/6Q2v7OC //
American by Nature -> LightsOnAndAtHome
3 hours ago
Joseph Robinette is a made man. The criminal enterprise (the Deep State) that sponsors him, will support him, for he does their bidding.
A government without a constitution is an organized crime syndicate. When patriotic Americans understand that, what is happening to our country will make sense.
10:33 AM · Jan 26, 2024
Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson
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🚨 25 states have signed a letter pledging their support to Texas and its constitutional right to defending the Southern Border:
ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARKANSAS
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
IDAHO
INDIANA
IOWA
LOUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO… Show more
6:20 PM · Jan 25, 2024
Letter: https://t.co/mqSz1aItqm
Is there going to be a major confrontation on the border following Joe Biden's ultimatum that Texas National Guard forces be removed from Shelby Park and other "disputed" areas? Not if the rank-and-file of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol have anything to say about it. //
Border Patrol Union - NBPC @BPUnion
Rank-and file BP agents are not going to start arresting TX NG members for following their LAWFUL orders. That's fake news.
TX NG and rank-and-file BP agents work together and respect each other's jobs. Period. If TX NG members have LAWFUL orders, then they have to carry out those orders.
TX NG members realize that rank-and-file BP agents have their orders as well. Lawful orders, no matter how unpopular or distasteful amongst rank-and-file agents, must be followed. Unlawful orders (as determined by competent legal counsel and not what some outhouse lawyer behind a keyboard says) will not be followed.
Rank-and-file BP agents appreciate and respect what TX has been doing to defend their state in the midst of this catastrophe that the Biden Admin has unleashed on America.
We want to be perfectly clear, there is no fight between rank-and-file BP agents and the TX NG, Gov. Abott, or TX DPS. It may make flashy headlines, but it simply isn't true.
1:03 PM · Jan 26, 2024 //
Griff Jenkins @GriffJenkins
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BREAKING: A Senior CBP Official tells FOX:
"the relationship between Border Patrol, Texas DPS, & TMD remains strong... Bottom line: Border Patrol has no plans to remove infrastructure (c-wire) placed by Texas along the border. Our posture remains the same." @FoxNews
1:54 PM · Jan 26, 2024 //
The governor writes:
The federal government has broken the compact between the United States and the States. The Executive Branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting States, including immigration laws on the books right now. President Biden has refused to enforce those laws and has even violated them. The result is that he has smashed records for illegal immigration.
Despite having been put on notice in a series of letters - one of which I delivered to him by hand - President Biden has ignored Texas's demand that he perform his constitutional duties. //
The failure of the Biden Administration to fulfill the duties imposed by Article IV, § 4 has triggered Article I, § 10, Clause 3, which reserves to this State the right of self-defense. For these reasons, I have already declared an invasion under Article I, § 10, Clause 3 to invoke Texas's constitutional authority to defend and protect itself. That authority is the supreme law of the land and supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary. The Texas National Guard, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and other Texas personnel are acting on that authority, as well as state law, to secure the Texas border. //
In the Constitution, Article I, § 10, Clause 3 states:
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Random US Citizen anon-e8p6
6 hours ago
The Navy ran away. They bravely ran away. When danger reared its ugly head they bravely turned their tail and fled... //
Steve In Texas
7 hours ago
Joe Biden has managed to make our US Navy weak enough to lose to Houthis. This may be the saddest news of the day. The world has turned upside down in three years.
The federal attorney being quoted is reading more into the Supreme Court's ruling than exists. The ruling simply lifted an injunction that stopped the federal officials from cutting the razor wire. The ruling did not say that Texas must allow federal officials access to the areas where the razor wire is. That is now going to be the point of this conflict going forward, and it will likely take another court ruling to settle the matter.
Abbott should stand tall on this. He's got absolutely nothing to lose. What is the Biden administration going to do? Open fire on the Texas National Guard if they don't clear out? The federal government has no leverage here and no ability to exact its will. Texas is holding Shelby Park and the other "disputed" areas, and they have no obligation to leave.
It is insane that this is even an argument. The border crisis has reached horrific proportions, and the Biden administration is wasting its time and resources trying to cut razor wire laid out to stop illegal entries. Texas has a right to self-defense. It has a right to protect its territory. If the federal government refuses to do the job, that's on its leaders, not state officials who are just trying to do the common sense thing.
In short, Abbott should tell Biden to pound sand. //
It wasnt me > Secession!
4 hours ago
No. I hope Governor Abbot, alone in his wheelchair, sits before whoever the President sends.
Let's all watch men armed with automatic weapons in full tactical gear toss an Handicapped Elected Governor in a wheel chair on live TV.
At first I thought Trump should stand beside him.
And then ALL the Governors should fly down and stand with him too.
But one man alone in a wheelchair...
Think Tiananmen Square.
Do not present us with a plan that doesn’t have a wall and doesn’t have total enforcement of the immigration laws with ironclad enforcement provisions. Everything needs to be notwithstanding other laws, so they can’t sue to stop you. There has to be a grant of standing for states to sue to enforce the laws. And there has to be a cut off of any kind of aid the second the border reopens. Good gosh, this isn’t hard. But it seems really hard for you guys. I attribute that to the fact that, and I want to be charitable about this, a lot of you are really stupid.
Stop trying to do immigration deals with the Democrats.
You’re not smart enough to pull it off. Just say no to everything until the Dems comply. What’s the worst case? We have a wide-open border, and we’re not spending money on other people’s wars? That compares favorably to the present situation, where we have a wide-open border, and we are spending money on other people’s wars. //
I don’t know how many times I have to say this because I’ve been around for a while, and I’ve seen this same thing happen again and again and again when squish GOP senators try to negotiate with the Democrats about immigration. I know it’s meant to bully mental defectives, but when it comes to the GOP Senate caucus, that rule does not apply since some of its members apparently cannot learn from experience and must learn through pain. Here is a message to you, spineless Republican senators….
Stop trying to do immigration deals with the Democrats.
This same sorry scenario gets replayed over and over again. //
Maximus Decimus Cassius
5 hours ago edited
Hey Kurt, maybe its not because RINO Senators are horrible negotiators, or naive buffoons, but perhaps we need revisit Hanlon's razor. I mean, how many times have RINO doofuses tried to "negotiate" an immigration deal and they wind up getting hosed? It goes as far back as our beloved Ronald Reagan.
So maybe its not naivete or stupidity. Maybe its just plain greed and treachery.
The headline is chilling enough. Add in the rest of the story and it's easy to see why President Joe Biden is a clear and present danger to the security of the United States and has been such since his first day in office — intentionally so, as revealed by a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report.
As the CBO reported, Biden — eagerly assisted by Homeland Security head Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken — has summarily allowed at least 6.2 million illegal aliens to walk into the country, with virtually no questions asked. //
So let's do the math: 1.2 million, 2.7 million, and 3.3 million — up to October 2023 — add up to 6.2 million illegal aliens encountered and summarily released in just three years.
Now add in gotaways — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources have confirmed over 1.7 million known gotaways at the Southwest border — the number of which is unknowable, and estimates of the total number of illegal aliens released into the country by Team Biden reach 9 million or more.
Biden claims that he hasn't believed the border was secure for the last ten years and that he's been saying that for the last decade. Of course, that's completely untrue. He and his people have insisted that the border was secure right up until this comment that he just made this week. So this is a huge falsehood he's attempting here. How can you trust anyone who is this delusional and dishonest? //
He seems to want to blame Republicans here for not giving him money. It isn't about money, it's about enforcing the law. It's because Biden undid everything former President Donald Trump had in place that was working and then things exploded. Plus, he had a Democratic Congress for the first two years. //
Laocoön of Troy Mildred's Oldest Son
6 hours ago
None of the explanations have been particularly satisfying. Last week I heard one that made more sense. Alot of hard-blue states are exporting population as quick as U-Haul can get the trucks. Those voters and the nums that they generate go into the census. The Congressional Districts where the U-Hauls are going are in red states. Blue states down and red ststes up. It's a freakin' lightmare for the left.
Unless more warm bodies can be shoehorned into Chicago, NYC, LA, San Francisco, Boston, and other crazy urban areas...those states are gonna lose ALOT of House seats and electoral votes after the next census. It's not about generating fake votes...which would be a bonus for the lefties...it's about pumping up their nums to slow the bleeding in terms of House seats.
Don't know if that's supported by data...but it makes sense to me.
The "Today" report goes on to say that Biden is encouraging House Speaker Mike Johnson to work with his administration to solve the border crisis. Does anyone actually believe this stuff?
Biden has ushered in the worst border crisis in American history, and it's not because we need "reform." It's because he has steadfastly refused to enforce the law and has dismantled provisions that were in place helping to stem the tide. It was a choice to get rid of "Remain in Mexico." It was a choice to escalate the practice of "catch-and-release" of illegal immigrants into the interior. //
When the deal falls apart, Biden wants to be able to claim he had every intention of securing the border but those dastardly Republicans stopped him.
He has no actual intention of doing that, no matter what the outcome in Congress is.
Between Biden's cavalier attitude and the observable results, this is starting to look like a tabletop exercise in how to create regional instability and a global economic downturn.
Perhaps most important is US prestige. American diplomatic, economic, and military influence has kept the peace since 1945. Biden's timidity and the collection of third-string midwits that he's moved into critical positions are shattering that hard-won credibility. //
As if to add insult to injury, the French have started to escort French ships
Ryan Petersen @typesfast
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The French Navy just posted these photos as they escort French container ships through the Red Sea. Before the American-led order that followed World War 2 this is how trade was done, with each nation protecting its own ships. Is this the future of globalization?
11:48 AM · Jan 16, 2024 //
The chorus of the Marine's Hymn honors America's history of suppressing piracy for the common good. Instead of trying to micromanage possible "escalation" and worrying about making Iran angry, we should be laying down a marker that says interfering with international trade is a terrible evolutionary strategy.
We can't complain about broken supply chains, high prices, inflation, unemployment, and regional instability if we won't take even a baby step toward teaching rogue actors that there are limits on acceptable behavior. Most of all, we can't let ourselves become a laughingstock. Without American power lurking on the horizon, other areas of the world could take a page from the Houthi lesson and interfere with global trade to get attention.
Simon Ateba @simonateba
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BREAKING - EXPLOSIVE: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon tells CNBC people are voting for Trump because he was right about the economy, immigration, and China, says people should be a bit more respectful of MAGA people. They know what they are doing. WATCH
10:57 AM · Jan 17, 2024
Salty Steve
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This is priceless. Jill Biden speaking to kids at "Hunter High."
What staffer pulled that one off?
@flotus
12:43 AM · Jan 17, 2024
from Henderson, NV
I mean in Jill Biden's defense, it is the name of the school.
But one would think that her handlers would have had the sense to pick one that didn't incidentally have the same name as the notorious Biden family member...
houdini1984
an hour ago
If Republicans try to wait for a better deal after November's election, senators say, they could end up with GOP control over Congress and the White House — but Democrats who are in no mood to deal on the issue.
And?
If the Republicans end up with GOP control over Congress and the White House, they would only need to enforce existing law. Build the wall. Forcibly stop newcomers from entering unlawfully. Begin mass deportations to remove those who are already here.
Any deal that normalizes the current status quo must be a non-starter. The system is not broken; those who are responsible for enforcing its legal processes are simply not doing their jobs.
Here's What FBI Agents Found When They Removed Hunter Biden's Gun From the Evidence Vault – RedState
It turns out that while preparing for Hunter's July court appearance FBI investigators decided to take photographs of the handgun Hunter's then-girlfriend ditched in a dumpster in Delaware back in 2018, and which was seized by Delaware State Police at that time and placed into evidence. Meaning, the firearm and its storage pouch have been in a sealed evidence bag, in a Delaware State Police vault, since October 2018. When FBI investigators opened the evidence, they found a "white powdery substance," had it tested, and, surprise, surprise, it was cocaine.
White House claim: “On Friday night, a woman and two children drowned near Eagle Pass, and Texas officials blocked U.S. Border Patrol from attempting to provide emergency assistance.”
DOJ filing: The migrants had already drowned at 8pm, and Border Patrol didn’t inform Texas until an hour later at 9pm.
This, like the horseback patrol “whipping” claims - took off as a false narrative, generating headlines that claimed Texas blocked a federal rescue effort, leading to the drownings of three migrants. The DOJ now confirms, those migrants had been deceased for an hour before Texas was even alerted about it. //
Make no mistake, President Biden's policies are not just putting our national sovereignty and safety at risk, they are directly responsible for the conditions that caused these illegal immigrants and hundreds of others just like them to die. Since Biden took office, over 1,000 illegal immigrants have died trying to illegally enter the United States, ... ///
Only 1000, out of 10 million in three years??
Kevin Kiley @KevinKileyCA
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It's official. Gavin Newsom's war on workers has just been taken national by Biden and Julie Su. They've announced an "Independent Contractor" rule based on California's notorious AB 5 law. It will put millions of Americans out of work.
Here are some of the reviews AB 5 received… Show more
1:28 PM · Jan 9, 2024
That's a conservative estimate. Since 2022, there are 57.3 million Americans who consider themselves freelancers, independent contractors, self-employed, or entrepreneurs. The legacy media's tendency to lump all of these categories under the "gig" economy simply frames it in people's minds as technology or rideshare; but these are your dental hygienist, your child's soccer coach, fabricators, farriers, and home health care providers, to name just a few. Over 600 professions have been identified that would be upended or outright eliminated when this DOL IC Rule takes effect. //
The Independent Contractor Rule was recorded in the federal register on January 10, 2024, and is scheduled to take effect on March 10, 2024. It is 339 pages of essentially the Department of Labor justifying why independent contractors should not be allowed to exist. The rule acts from the premise that independent contractors have no right to determine whether they are independent or an employee. It is the DOL's job to do that for you. //
The term "economic reality" appears 345 times within the Rule as one of the means to deny an independent contractor their right to earn money as they choose. It's positively chilling, and if Americans refused to pay attention when California independent professionals raised the alarm on AB5, then they very well need to pay attention now. //
Kevin Kiley @KevinKileyCA
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We are using every possible tool to stop the Biden-Su "Independent Contractor" rule from destroying the livelihoods of millions of Americans:
First, I'm introducing legislation under the Congressional Review Act to nullify it. This is a fast-track procedure for overriding an… Show more
11:16 AM · Jan 12, 2024
Just 23% of Haley supporters say they would vote for Trump in a matchup with Biden. The plurality of Haley supporters, 43%, would vote for Biden instead. //
Chris Paige
2 hours ago
Nope, you're reading that poll wrong: what it says is that Haley's supporters are Ds who either will not or cannot admit they're Ds. The last thing we should want as a nominee is someone who is preferred by Biden voters (you're guaranteeing ZERO enthusiasm &, even if by some miracle you win, you're guaranteeing that she'll be a RINO in office). These people don't agree w/ us on anything, so why should we put them in office? Better to run them out of the party for the same reason & in the same way that the Whigs always lost & the GOP won - trying to hold the pro slavery Whigs in the party was just doomed to failure; we had to get rid of them & we need to get rid of Haley's people. This is addition by subtraction (just like when we rid ourselves of pro slavery Whigs). //
afeblue32
2 hours ago
All that tells me is 1) Democrats are looking for anyone else, and 2) Nikki Haley appeals to Democrats.
Current and elected members of the Guatemalan Congress have reported that they have been intimidated and are currently being preassured by US Embassy personnel with visa removals, business blockades and other sanctions if they do not vote to elect a specific candidate as Speaker of the House. They have gone as far as using an employee of UN-Women to communicate that the US knows where they and their families live. //
It's interesting that Jovel says "they have gone as far as using an employee of UN-Women to communicate that the US knows where they and their families live," given that Attorney General Porras has been working to dismantle institutional corruption involving the UN. //
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee
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Why is @CBP holding Alejandro Giammatei for questioning at the airport in Miami? Could it have anything to do with this administration’s chronic disdain for his father, the conservative former president of Guatemala, who completed his term of office today?
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10:25 PM · Jan 14, 2024 //
Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell added that the younger Giammattei had an approved form to enter the United States when he left Guatemala.
He had an approved form. But today, his status changed when he landed in Miami. Did @PowerUSAID ask for his late denial? Did the U.S. Embassy? Did Todd Robinson?
HAWLEY: Let's talk a little bit about who's really benefiting from this administration's climate agenda, and from these draconian electric vehicle mandates. So, Mr. Turk, you've already alluded to this. I know you know the answers to these questions. Currently, one nation accounts for 60 percent of the world's electric vehicle production. That nation is?
TURK: China
HAWLEY: One nation accounts for 76 percent of the world's lithium battery production. That nation is?
TURK: China
HAWLEY: Yet, your administration, the president's administration, the mandates that you put in place require that two-thirds of our new vehicle sales in just the next eight years be electric vehicles. Your policies are driving us and our supply chains into the hands of our greatest geo-strategic enemy, enriching them, enriching their government ....
So, Mr. Turk, why is it good for the American worker that we force our supply chains to a country that is our greatest rival and adversary, and why is it good for the American consumer? //
Meanwhile, China remains the world's largest emitter of carbon emissions, and they aren't slowing down anytime soon. Think about how insane that dynamic is. We are knee-capping Americans for "climate change" to enrich China, which is continuing to build coal-fired power plants like they are pop-up houses. If the Biden administration was purposely trying to sabotage the United States, what would it be doing differently? //
anon-608f
5 hours ago
The EV mandates have nothing to with environmental conservation and everything to do with limiting citizens freedom of travel. The globalist elites intent is to depopulate the world in accordance with their ideology and new religion.
They learned all they needed from the Soviet Union and the Holodomor- disarm a population, make them politically unsavory, restrict their ability to communicate with the outside world, restrict their ability to flee, then starve them out of existence.
Make no mistake, Whites are first in their sights but no one is safe...only temporarily useful.