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Merchan Bragg
November 12, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare

Judge Delays NY Fraud Case Proceedings Against Trump… Again.

New York Judge Juan Merchan is moving to delay his decision regarding whether to dismiss the New York business record fraud case against President-elect Donald J. Trump for a week while he weighs a request by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s office to suspend the proceedings while Trump is in office as President of the United States. Meanwhile, attorneys for Trump are reiterating their request that Judge Merchan outright dismiss the case against Trump, citing a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.

Merchan notified the attorneys for both Trump and Bragg that he would not rule on the future of the case until November 19. If the judge decides to merely suspend the proceedings, the sentencing stemming from the guilty verdict could resume once President Trump is no longer in office.

Should Merchan decide to suspend proceedings for the next four years, it would make it difficult for Trump’s attorneys to appeal the case and have a higher court throw out the charges. However, the judge could still side with Trump’s attorneys and rule to vacate the charges entirely.

District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office says it agrees with Merchan’s order, noting: “The People agree that these are unprecedented circumstances.” In response to the stay order, attorneys for President-elect Trump are asking Merchan again to dismiss the case against him, arguing this is “necessary to avoid unconstitutional impediments to President Trump’s ability to govern.”

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New York Judge Juan Merchan is moving to delay his decision regarding whether to dismiss the New York business record fraud case against President-elect Donald J. Trump for a week while he weighs a request by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office to suspend the proceedings while Trump is in office as President of the United States. Meanwhile, attorneys for Trump are reiterating their request that Judge Merchan outright dismiss the case against Trump, citing a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. show more
November 12, 2024
Election 2024
Immigration

Would-Be Illegal Migrants Are ‘Sad’ About Trump’s Victory.

Hundreds of migrants in Reynosa, Mexico, near the U.S. border, are anxiously awaiting an opportunity to cross into the United States as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration approaches. Approximately 850 migrants reside at the Senda de Vida shelter in the town bordering McAllen, Texas. Many have been using the CBP One app to schedule entry appointments.

With months of waiting behind them, the migrants want to claim asylum in the U.S. However, Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris signals a likely tightening of border policies. Trump has reaffirmed his commitment to border security, appointing former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Thomas Homan as the border czar. Homan advocates for stringent deportation measures.

“If Harris had won, people would be jumping for joy and as you can see right now, they look sad, they are feeling down,” one migrant in Senda de Vida told the media.

Speaking at the Republican National Convention earlier this year, Homan was unequivocal: “I got a message to the millions of illegal aliens that Joe Biden has released into our country in violation of federal law: You better start packing now.”

Illegal border crossings have increased under the Biden-Harris government, with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) numbers indicating nearly three million instances in fiscal year 2024 alone.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Hundreds of migrants in Reynosa, Mexico, near the U.S. border, are anxiously awaiting an opportunity to cross into the United States as President-elect Donald J. Trump's inauguration approaches. Approximately 850 migrants reside at the Senda de Vida shelter in the town bordering McAllen, Texas. Many have been using the CBP One app to schedule entry appointments. show more
November 12, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Crime
Religion
World

Islamist Teen Arrested for Plotting Christmas Market Truck Attack.

A teenager believed to have radical Islamist links has been arrested for allegedly planning to drive a truck through a busy Christmas market in a bid to murder as many people as possible. Police in Elmshorn in Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein region arrested a 17-year-old Turkish-German national who they say was planning a truck attack at the city’s Christmas market.

Intelligence tips from the United States alerted the German authorities to the suspect in the spring of this year. After a Federal Criminal Police Office investigation, he was arrested on November 6. The description of the alleged plot matches the 2016 Christmas market attack in Berlin that Tunisian asylum seeker Anis Amri carried out. Amri drove a large truck through the German capital, killing a dozen people and injuring another 56.

Christmas markets across Europe have been targets of radical Islamic terrorists for years, with many now having to be guarded by armed police. Germany, specifically, has seen several Islamist terror attacks this year, including a mass stabbing at a diversity festival in Solingen over the summer, which left several dead.

As of September, Europe had seen at least 21 attempted terrorist attacks this year, many of which were linked to the Islamic State terrorist group.

The fatal stabbing of three children in Southport in the United Kingdom may also have been linked to radical Islam. Suspect Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, a migrant-background teenager, was said to have been in possession of jihadist terror manuals and attempted to create the deadly nerve agent ricin. However, police only revealed the possible connection months after the stabbing took place in July.

Image by Daderot.

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A teenager believed to have radical Islamist links has been arrested for allegedly planning to drive a truck through a busy Christmas market in a bid to murder as many people as possible. Police in Elmshorn in Germany's Schleswig-Holstein region arrested a 17-year-old Turkish-German national who they say was planning a truck attack at the city's Christmas market. show more
November 12, 2024
Election 2024
News
Politics

ELECTION DATA: Parents of Minor Children Shifted Support to Trump.

Election polls reveal that parents of minor children voted for President-elect Donald J. Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris, becoming a crucial part of the Trump campaign’s victory. This demographic showed a noteworthy shift from the 2020 election, with Trump receiving 53 percent of their votes, compared to 44 percent for Harris.

Parents of children under 18 were vital in Trump’s victory. They represented 27 percent of the overall electorate and shifted 15 points from the previous election when they favored Joe Biden by a six-point margin.

Fathers with dependent children broke for Trump by a dramatic 23-point margin in 2024, a substantial increase from their nearly equal split in 2020. Although mothers of minor children also shifted toward Trump, they still favored Harris by a five-point margin overall, marking an eight-point move compared to four years prior.

A central topic in the election was transgender issues related to children. Trump released an ad during the campaign that highlighted how Harris had supported allowing biological men to compete in girls’ sports.

Under the Biden-Harris regime, children have been subjected to pro-LGBTQ agenda lessons in several states. A federal court in Maryland even ruled this year that parents were not allowed to opt out of the lessons.

The Biden-Harris regime even used taxpayer-funded foster care funds to pay for children wishing to change their gender identities. The money was earmarked for a variety of things, including fake penises for young girls pretending to be boys.

Between 2019 and 2023, doctors in the United States massively profited from sex change procedures for minors. Medical professionals made a total of over $120 million during the period, which saw thousands of minors having gender reassignment surgeries or puberty blockers.

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Election polls reveal that parents of minor children voted for President-elect Donald J. Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris, becoming a crucial part of the Trump campaign's victory. This demographic showed a noteworthy shift from the 2020 election, with Trump receiving 53 percent of their votes, compared to 44 percent for Harris. show more
November 11, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Crime
Immigration
World

Amsterdam Aflame as Pro-Palestinian ‘Youths’ Riot.

A tram has been set on fire, and at least one man attacked in the streets, as pro-Palestinian “youths” have taken to the streets of Amsterdam in the Netherlands days after prior antisemitic violence.

Groups of masked people dressed in black descended on the Plein area on Monday, November 11, and began rioting and setting off fireworks. In one case, which was caught in video, a tram had its windows smashed and was set on fire. A man on a bicycle was also attacked in the area as the rioters chanted pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel slogans.

Local police say that the violence started at around 7:15 PM and that a large group of people took part in the violence. Several arrests were made, but it is unclear how many people were arrested.

The violence comes just days after antisemitic mobs carried out attacks on Jews and supporters of the Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer club. At least 62 people were arrested following that violence, which caused at least five people to be injured and was described as a “pogrom” by Dutch anti-Islamist populist leader Geert Wilders.

Five more people were arrested in neighboring Belgium in the city of Antwerp on Sunday, November 10, as authorities discovered a social media group of men trying to organize further violence against Jews.

Messages on the social media platform Snapchat indicated that people in the group wanted to take “action” against Jews in Antwerp. Anyone seen in the city’s Jewish neighborhood wearing balaclavas or carrying Palestinian flags was preemptively arrested.

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A tram has been set on fire, and at least one man attacked in the streets, as pro-Palestinian "youths" have taken to the streets of Amsterdam in the Netherlands days after prior antisemitic violence. show more
November 11, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare
Politics

White Stripes Drop Lawsuit Against President Donald Trump.

The White Stripes are dropping their lawsuits against President-elect Donald J. Trump‘s campaign over using their song ‘Seven Nation Army’ in a video posted to social media. According to a filing in the U.S. District Court’s Southern District of New York, the band—through its frontman Jack White—is asking the case be “dismissed without prejudice” and is dropping “all claims against Defendants Donald John Trump, Donald J. Trump for President 2024, and Margo McAtee Martin.”

Jack White and his ex-wife Meg White comprise the two members of The White Stripes; however, the former appears to be the primary instigator behind the litigation. The National Pulse reported in September that White announced the lawsuit following Margo Martin’s posting of a video featuring the band’s song. White filed a copyright infringement lawsuit, accusing the campaign of “flagrant misappropriation” of the song.

It remains unclear if the Trump campaign had a licensing agreement with the music’s license holder. Such agreements are often a hurdle for music artists who become upset with certain political candidates using their music. Regardless of the license status, White’s decision to sue Trump garnered him and his band headlines for several days and the adulation of Democrats supporting Vice President Kamala Harris.

Despite insisting the lawsuit was serious and aimed to bar Trump’s use of the song and recoup any losses, White has now quietly moved to withdraw the legal action. Trump’s landslide victory in the 2024 election and the relatively low chances of White’s lawsuit being successful—despite its media accolades—were likely motivating factors in the decision.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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The White Stripes are dropping their lawsuits against President-elect Donald J. Trump's campaign over using their song 'Seven Nation Army' in a video posted to social media. According to a filing in the U.S. District Court's Southern District of New York, the band—through its frontman Jack White—is asking the case be "dismissed without prejudice" and is dropping "all claims against Defendants Donald John Trump, Donald J. Trump for President 2024, and Margo McAtee Martin." show more
November 11, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News

BREAKING: Lee Zeldin Will Head Trump EPA.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has tapped former Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY) to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in his new administration. Trump says Zeldin “has been a true fighter for America First policies” and “will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards, including the cleanest air and water on the planet.”

“I am deeply honored to have been asked by President Trump to serve in his Cabinet. As EPA Administrator, we will restore American energy dominance, revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, make the United States the global leader of Artificial Intelligence advancement, and slash the red tape holding back American workers from upward economic mobility,” Zeldin said.

“We will accomplish all this while conserving our environment, protecting access to clean air and water, and keeping the American people healthy. I look forward to contributing to President Trump’s agenda to build a more prosperous future for our nation,” he added.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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President-elect Donald J. Trump has tapped former Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY) to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in his new administration. Trump says Zeldin "has been a true fighter for America First policies" and "will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards, including the cleanest air and water on the planet." show more
November 11, 2024
UK
War

Britain and France Are Already Trying to Scupper Trump’s Peace Plans.

Britain’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and France’s President Emmanuel Macron are preparing to discuss efforts to challenge U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s potential reduction in support for Ukraine. This meeting, scheduled for Monday in Paris, will cover a range of topics, including whether Joe Biden can be convinced to permit Ukraine to launch Storm Shadow missiles deep into Russian territory—significantly escalating the war before Trump has a chance to end it. These discussions will coincide with Starmer’s visit for an Armistice Day ceremony, marking the end of the First World War in 1918.

The leaders’ discussions will also touch on concerns about the Middle East and the threat of a trade war between the U.S. and Europe. The forthcoming weeks present a critical window for Biden to influence U.S. policy as Trump takes office on January 20.

Biden has been actively working to cement U.S. support for Zelensky. White House initiatives announced last week involve continuing humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. Trump’s potential policy shift is underscored by news that his incoming administration will exclude hawkish figures like Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley.

However, Zelensky has publicly welcomed Trump’s election, saying, “I appreciate President Trump’s commitment to the ‘peace through strength’ approach in global affairs,” adding: “We look forward to an era of a strong United States of America under President Trump’s decisive leadership.”

Image by Simon Dawson/No 10 Downing Street.

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Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and France's President Emmanuel Macron are preparing to discuss efforts to challenge U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump's potential reduction in support for Ukraine. This meeting, scheduled for Monday in Paris, will cover a range of topics, including whether Joe Biden can be convinced to permit Ukraine to launch Storm Shadow missiles deep into Russian territory—significantly escalating the war before Trump has a chance to end it. These discussions will coincide with Starmer’s visit for an Armistice Day ceremony, marking the end of the First World War in 1918. show more
November 11, 2024
Health
News

Immediate Vaccine Suspension Ordered Over Contamination Fears.

An immediate halt to the use of Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines has been called by Port Hedland’s local government in Western Australia. The move follows claims of synthetic DNA contamination in the vaccines. During a special meeting on October 11, councilors voted 5-2 to alert all 537 local councils across Australia about the potential risks linked to this contamination.

The council is expressing serious concerns about possible health impacts, including genomic integration, cancer, hereditary defects, and immune system issues. Healthcare providers in Port Hedland received correspondence urging them to inform patients considering these vaccines. Federal Member of Parliament (MP) Russell Broadbent echoes the council’s stance. He is also demanding an investigation into the contamination.

The initiative came after testing by Canadian virologist Dr. David Speicher found synthetic DNA in vaccine vials at levels allegedly exceeding regulatory limits. Similar findings in other countries have brought attention to DNA remnants that result from the vaccine production process. These findings have sparked responses from health officials like Florida‘s Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, who previously called for suspending the vaccine program.

In contrast, regulatory bodies, including Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), maintain that the vaccines pose no safety risks. The TGA has described reports of contamination as “misinformation,” although detailed evidence to counter these claims has not been released publicly. The agency has tested several vaccine batches and declared them compliant, but the results remain redacted.

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An immediate halt to the use of Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines has been called by Port Hedland's local government in Western Australia. The move follows claims of synthetic DNA contamination in the vaccines. During a special meeting on October 11, councilors voted 5-2 to alert all 537 local councils across Australia about the potential risks linked to this contamination. show more
November 11, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
Politics

Border Hawk Stephen Miller to Become White House Deputy Chief of Staff.

According to insiders familiar with the transition planning, President-Elect Donald J. Trump will appoint Stephen Miller as White House deputy chief of staff for policy. Miller served as White House Director of Speechwriting and Senior Advisor to the President during the first Trump administration, focusing particularly on immigration and border security.

Miller, 39, has remained close to Trump’s circle since the end of the first term, supporting the 2024 campaign. Under the Biden-Harris government, he worked to preserve Trump’s legacy, founding the America First Legal firm to counteract some of the worst excesses of Democratic policy. In May, a lawsuit brought by America First Legal successfully shuttered the Biden-Harris Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Homeland Intelligence Experts Group due to the fact it had been packed with partisan actors such as James Clapper and John Brennan, who helped to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020.

Trump has consistently promised to prioritize the nation’s immigration crisis in his second term, including taking firm action to end illegal border crossings and deport illegal aliens en masse. Miller’s appointment signals a commitment to fulfilling these promises.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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According to insiders familiar with the transition planning, President-Elect Donald J. Trump will appoint Stephen Miller as White House deputy chief of staff for policy. Miller served as White House Director of Speechwriting and Senior Advisor to the President during the first Trump administration, focusing particularly on immigration and border security. show more