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October 17, 2024
Crime
Data
Election 2024

FBI Quietly Alters Crime Data, Confirming Spike in Murder, Rape, and Robbery Under Biden-Harris.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revised its crime statistics for 2022, now reporting a 4.5 percent rise in violent crime for that year under the Biden-Harris government, contrary to its earlier claim of a 2.1 percent decrease. The updated figures include significant increases in the rates of murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults, amounting to 80,029 more violent crimes compared to 2021.

Even more concerning is that the FBI only briefly mentions the revisions in a discreet update to the data on its website, stating: “The 2022 violent crime rate has been updated for inclusion in CIUS, 2023.” Meanwhile, the top federal law enforcement agency has made no effort to update the public regarding the changes—the new numbers were not included in its September 2024 press release announcing last year’s crime statistics.

Critics and researchers have expressed concern over the lack of transparency surrounding these adjustments. Carl Moody, a crime specialist at the College of William and Mary, highlighted that changes of this magnitude had not been observed in past FBI reports. The FBI’s silence on the corrections has raised doubts about the dependability of its data, including its 2023 crime numbers.

‘CRIMINAL’ MISINFORMATION.

Democratic officials, including President Joe Biden, had used the original, unrevised report to assert a decrease in crime due to the government’s policies. On June 11, 2024, Biden referenced the data to claim a significant reduction in crime under his and Vice President Kamala Harris’s leadership. However, skepticism about the report’s accuracy emerged as critics noted the absence of data from numerous police precincts.

Researchers argue that the stealthily added and contradicting FBI numbers call into question the reliability of crime data as a measure of actual crime rates, pointing to nonreporting as a significant issue. For example, the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) indicated a 4.1 percent increase in reported violent crime for 2023, conflicting with both earlier and revised FBI data. Concerningly, the NCVS numbers suggest there has been a 55 percent rise in violent crime since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office in 2021.

Compounding these concerns, independent experts emphasize the importance of distinguishing between reported and unreported crime rates in public discussions, as the FBI’s data reflects only reported incidents. The agency’s opaque extrapolation methods and reliance on varying data sources further complicate the picture.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revised its crime statistics for 2022, now reporting a 4.5 percent rise in violent crime for that year under the Biden-Harris government, contrary to its earlier claim of a 2.1 percent decrease. The updated figures include significant increases in the rates of murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults, amounting to 80,029 more violent crimes compared to 2021. show more
October 17, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare

Fani Willis Is Attempting to Restart Trump Prosecution, Asks Appeals Court to Restore Six Charges.

Disgraced Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is attempting to restart her RICO prosecution of President Donald J. Trump over allegations he and his campaign interfered in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election. In two rulings earlier this year, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee dismissed nine of the 41 charges filed by Willis against Trump and his codefendants. However, Willis is now asking a Georgia appellate court to reinstate six counts.

Judge McAfree tossed out the six charges in question in a March ruling. According to the judge, Willis and her prosecutors had failed to provide specificity regarding the six counts, effectively denying Trump and his codefendants the right to prepare an adequate defense.

However, Willis contends in her filing with the appellate court that her office “more than sufficiently placed (Trump and his five codefendants) on notice of the conduct at issue and allowed them to prepare an intelligent defense to the charges.”

“The indictment included an abundance of context and factual allegations about the solicitations at issue, including when the requests were made, to whom the requests were made and the manner in which the requests were made,” Willis continued in her filing.

Willis is not challenging the additional charges thrown out by McAfee in September. In that ruling, the judge determined that three of the charges—two of which applied to Trump—were outside the District Attorney’s jurisdiction and needed to be removed from the indictment.

Meanwhile, Willis herself continues to battle for control of the case. Currently, a Georgia appeals court is considering whether the Democrat District Attorney should be disqualified from the RICO prosecution following revelations she engaged in and attempted to cover up a romantic relationship with one of her appointed prosecutors, Nathan Wade.

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Disgraced Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is attempting to restart her RICO prosecution of President Donald J. Trump over allegations he and his campaign interfered in Georgia's 2020 presidential election. In two rulings earlier this year, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee dismissed nine of the 41 charges filed by Willis against Trump and his codefendants. However, Willis is now asking a Georgia appellate court to reinstate six counts. show more
October 17, 2024
William Upton
Immigration
NatSec

Biden-Harris Govt Grants Protected Status to THOUSANDS of Lebanese Nationals & Stateless Migrants.

The Biden-Harris government is announcing it will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to any Lebanese nationals in the United States as of October 16, 2024. This move will allow them to remain in the country for a total of 18 months and legally apply for work.

Announced by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday, October 17, the order also applies to “any individuals having no nationality who last habitually resided in Lebanon.” This would include displaced Palestinians and others—some of whom resided in Lebanon as refugees for decades but are currently in the U.S.—to receive protection from deportation and work permits.

According to DHS estimates, the TPS status would apply to upwards of 11,000 individuals. The Biden-Harris government says the decision stems from the ongoing conflict in Lebanon. At the end of September, Israel launched a limited ground invasion of southern Lebanon, intending to disarm the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group.

The invasion comes on the heels of Israel successfully killing the Islamist cleric and leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, in an airstrike on the terrorist group’s command bunker in a suburb of Beirut on September 27.

The decision to extend TPS status to Lebanese nationals raises serious national security concerns. It is unknown to what extent U.S. national security officials have vetted the 11,000 Lebanese nationals and stateless individuals.

Earlier this month, an Afghan national was arrested in Oklahoma for plotting an Election Day terrorist attack on behalf of the Islamic State. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi entered the United States through the “Special Immigrant Visa” (SIV) program after the U.S. exit from Afghanistan.

Concerningly, it is believed that Tawhedi had been vetted by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) while working in a security role for the agency in his native country.

Image by Adam Schultz / Biden for President.

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The Biden-Harris government is announcing it will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to any Lebanese nationals in the United States as of October 16, 2024. This move will allow them to remain in the country for a total of 18 months and legally apply for work. show more
October 17, 2024
William Upton
War
World

Israel Believes It Has Eliminated the Head of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) believe they have eliminated Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Hamas terrorist group and plotter of the October 7, 2023, attacks against the Jewish state, in a military strike in Gaza. Reports indicate DNA testing has confirmed Sinwar’s identity.

In recent months, the Israelis have stepped up retaliatory strikes, beginning with the assassination of senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in late July. Yahya Sinwar served as the chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau since August of this year. Along with Haniyeh, he was accused of being a primary plotter of the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas against the Jewish state, which saw 1,200 Israelis killed and several hundred—including American citizens—taken hostage.

In late September, the Israelis carried out a massive strike in Lebanon, targeting another Iranian-backed terror group, Hezbollah. Most of the terror organization’s senior leadership, including cleric and Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah, were killed.

ESCALATION LADDER.

Israel’s move against Hamas and Sinwar will likely have deep repercussions throughout the Middle East. In just a handful of months, Iran has seen many of its terror proxies in Lebanon and Gaza wiped out. However, the Islamist regime still maintains its own formidable arsenal. At the start of October, Iran—responding to the elimination of Nasrallah and other senior Hezbollah leaders—rained down rockets, suicide drones, and ballistic missiles on Israel. While most of these weapons were intercepted by defense systems, some hit their targets, damaging military installations.

Responding to the heightened tensions—and an anticipated Israeli counter-strike against Iran following the early October barrage launched by the Islamist regime—the Biden-Harris government has dispatched a number of U.S. soldiers and
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems to Israel. The Pentagon says the THAAD systems are intended to reinforce Israel’s capabilities to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles. However, the increased U.S. presence in the conflict is drawing some concern as a potential—if unintentional—escalation.

Image by Israel Defense Forces.

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) believe they have eliminated Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Hamas terrorist group and plotter of the October 7, 2023, attacks against the Jewish state, in a military strike in Gaza. Reports indicate DNA testing has confirmed Sinwar's identity. show more
October 17, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News

Pelosi: ‘I Hope I Don’t Burn in Hell.’

Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has said she hopes she does not “burn in Hell” on the Politics Weekly America podcast. The Speaker Emerita, 84, claimed on the show that she avoids using former President Donald J. Trump’s name in favor of euphemisms like “what’s his name,” likening it to a profanity that could leave her soul in a state of sin.

Pelosi, who is seeking reelection in November, told the Guardian-run podcast that Trump is “a grotesque word,” explaining, “I’m afraid, you know, when I grew up Catholic, as I am now, if you said a bad word, you could burn in hell if you didn’t have a chance to confess. So I don’t want to take any chances. It’s up there with, like, swearing.”

When she did utter Trump’s name later in the podcast, she soon exclaimed, “I said his name, oh my gosh, I hope I don’t burn in Hell.”

However, despite her claims to be a staunch and lifelong Catholic, Pelosi has already been banned from receiving Holy Communion by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco over her strong support for aborting children, in open defiance of Church teaching.

“As you have not publically repudiated your position on abortion, and continue to refer to your Catholic faith in justifying your position… you are not to be admitted to Holy Communion, until such time as you publicly repudiate your advocacy for the legitimacy of abortion and confess and receive absolution of this grave sin in the sacrament of Penance,” he ordered in May 2022.

Bishop Robert Vasa of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, and Bishop Joseph Strickland, then of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, issued similar bans shortly afterward.

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Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has said she hopes she does not "burn in Hell" on the Politics Weekly America podcast. The Speaker Emerita, 84, claimed on the show that she avoids using former President Donald J. Trump's name in favor of euphemisms like "what's his name," likening it to a profanity that could leave her soul in a state of sin. show more
October 17, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Immigration
World

Europe May Normalize Relations With Syria’s Assad to Begin Deportations.

Several European states are reportedly considering normalizing their relations with Syria‘s President Bashar al-Assad to facilitate deportations to his country. Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is calling on the European Union (EU) to reconsider its relationship with the Assad government as the bloc looks to increase deportations of illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers. Western governments have been seeking to oust the Russia-backed leader since 2011, with moves to potentially normalize ties serving as a tacit acknowledgment that regime change efforts have failed.

“It is necessary to review the European Union Strategy for Syria and to work with all actors, to create the conditions for Syrian refugees to return to their homeland in a voluntary, safe, and sustainable way,” Meloni said.

The EU has not had formal relations with Assad’s Syria since 2011. Still, Meloni is reportedly looking to push the issue with other EU leaders on Thursday during a meeting in Brussels.

Over the last several months, partly due to a surge in the popularity of populist parties in elections in France, Germany, and Austria, EU governments have begun to take a much more pro-borders stance.

Germany, with its leftist coalition government, has enacted border checks at all of its land frontiers. At the same time, Poland wants to deny the right of asylum to migrants crossing into the country illegally via Belarus.

The move to normalize relations with President Assad also comes as he has seen leaders in the Middle East begin to restore their own ties with the Syrian leader.

Last year, Assad attended a meeting with Arab leaders for the first time in over ten years, being hugged by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia had previously backed some of the Syrian insurrectionists fighting to overthrow Assad’s government.

Syrian migrants in Europe have been behind many high-profile crimes, including a mass stabbing at a diversity festival in Solingen, Germany, earlier this year that left three people dead.

Germany has the largest proportion of Syrian migrants in Europe—at least 972,000—and most are on welfare.

Image via Wikimedia Commons.

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Several European states are reportedly considering normalizing their relations with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to facilitate deportations to his country. Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is calling on the European Union (EU) to reconsider its relationship with the Assad government as the bloc looks to increase deportations of illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers. Western governments have been seeking to oust the Russia-backed leader since 2011, with moves to potentially normalize ties serving as a tacit acknowledgment that regime change efforts have failed. show more
October 17, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Immigration
World

Meloni’s Migrant Removal Could Set a New Precedent.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is hailing her country’s asylum deal with Albania. The agreement allows migrants trying to reach the European Union (EU) country to be offshored to the Muslim-majority Balkan country to have their asylum claims processed, and the first 16 have now been transferred.

“It is a new, courageous, unprecedented path, but one that perfectly reflects the European spirit and has all the makings of a path to be taken with other non-EU nations as well,” Meloni told the Italian parliament on Tuesday, October 15.

Of the 16 migrants sent to Albania, 10 are from Bangladesh, and the remaining six are Egyptians. It is unlikely any of the men will be eligible for asylum, and according to Meloni, those whose claims are rejected will be deported. Presently, few asylum seekers in the EU are deported even if their claims are found to be bogus, and the hope is that the threat of ending up in Albania instead of a relatively prosperous EU welfare state will deter arrivals. Up to 36,000 migrants can be housed and processed annually in Albanian centers.

All 16 migrants sent to Albania were picked up in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Italy. However, under the plan, only migrants picked up in international waters by the Italian government or naval vessels are eligible to be sent to Albania. Those who reach Italian territory are not.

EUROPE’S MIGRANT CRISIS.

Italy has seen hundreds of thousands of illegals arrive in recent years, many of whom disappear from reception centers to begin working illegally or move onward to another EU country or the United Kingdom.

While over 157,000 migrants entered Italy during Meloni’s first year as prime minister, the number of arrivals has declined by around 64 percent so far in 2024.

Several other European countries have recently announced their own anti-illegal immigration measures, including Germany, which has reintroduced border controls for six months after several fatal mass stabbings.

Image by European Union, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is hailing her country's asylum deal with Albania. The agreement allows migrants trying to reach the European Union (EU) country to be offshored to the Muslim-majority Balkan country to have their asylum claims processed, and the first 16 have now been transferred. show more
October 17, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Immigration
World

EU Chief Talks ‘Tough’ on Deportation.

The head of the European Union Commission has taken a new harder line on the deportation of illegals, drafting a letter that appears to support the idea of asylum processing centers outside of the EU. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen released her letter on illegal migration on Tuesday, October 15, calling for measures to increase the number of illegal migrants deported.

Among the proposed policies is a call for the EU to develop better relationships with countries outside of the continental union to better facilitate deportations and cooperation in anti-people trafficking operations. Von der Leyen cited cooperation with North African states as a reason Italy has seen a decrease in illegal arrivals this year.

The letter also indicates that withholding or limiting visas for countries who refuse to take back their nationals has also had a positive effect, with Von der Leyen stating the EU should be ready to leverage visa policy in other areas like trade.

People smuggling, a multi-billion dollar illegal business, is also mentioned, with Von der Leyen calling for a greater sense of urgency in tackling the issue and stating members should “follow the money” to track, disrupt, and arrest people traffickers.

In a significant shift, Von Der Leyen also states that she is now open to using third countries to process asylum claims, noting Italy and Albania, a non-EU country, have signed such a deal.

She adds that using third countries to process asylum claims can deter migrants from trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, which is extremely dangerous due to both weather conditions and people smugglers overpacking boats.

Last year, the United Nations estimated that 1,908 migrants either died or disappeared trying to cross the Mediterranean.

Image by Mstyslav Chernov.

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The head of the European Union Commission has taken a new harder line on the deportation of illegals, drafting a letter that appears to support the idea of asylum processing centers outside of the EU. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen released her letter on illegal migration on Tuesday, October 15, calling for measures to increase the number of illegal migrants deported. show more
October 16, 2024
William Upton
Corruption
Election 2024
NatSec

Top Kamala Ally Forged Deep Ties to Chinese Communist Party.

A close ally of Vice President Kamala Harris has worked to forge close business ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), promising to leverage the voices of African Americans in the United States to help the colonial-esque aims of the Chinese on the African continent. Ron Busby—the leader of the U.S. Black Chambers business group—has been praised by Harris as an “extraordinary leader” and held numerous official meetings with Biden-Harris government staff, including dozens of visits to the White House.

While Harris and other national Democrats have praised Busby for his work on behalf of black businesses in the United States, he has leveraged that attention to build close ties to key CCP leaders. The U.S. Black Chambers chief’s work with New York Democrats has been especially beneficial in these regards.

In September 2017, Busby joined a delegation of New York state officials and business leaders on a 10-day junket to China, where they met with their Communist Party counterparts in Shanghai, Xi’an, and Beijing.

Earlier this year, a top aide to New York governors Andrew Cuomo and Kathy Hochul was arrested on the suspicion she acted as an unregistered foreign agent for Communist China. The Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in New York, implicated in the foreign agent scheme, underwrote the 2017 junket.

AFRICA & NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS.

Concerningly, Busby appears to have involved himself—and, as a consequence, other leaders in the black business community—in Chinese colonial efforts on the African continent.

“[China understands] the importance of being on the continent obviously, but they also understand that there needs to be a relationship between the people on the continent, and they understand that African Americans have a natural relationship here, and so we [three] will work together to bring their resources that they have along with the ingenuity, creativity that we have in the United States, to bring that here,” Busby said regarding the 2017 junket while at conference in Durban, South Africa. He added: “Collectively, all three continents can grow, and they’re very excited as well as we are.”

Even more troubling, according to documents reviewed by Fox News, Busby promised to share resources between America’s black business community and Chinese Communist officials in Xi’an, raising national security concerns. The Chinese state report reads that Busby’s “[U.S. Black Chambers, Inc.] administered more than 100 chambers, and he is willing to share and communicate the resources with Xi’an in various fields.”

Vice President Harris’s running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), also has extensive ties to China and the Chinese Communist Party, which has prompted a Congressional probe.

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A close ally of Vice President Kamala Harris has worked to forge close business ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), promising to leverage the voices of African Americans in the United States to help the colonial-esque aims of the Chinese on the African continent. Ron Busby—the leader of the U.S. Black Chambers business group—has been praised by Harris as an "extraordinary leader" and held numerous official meetings with Biden-Harris government staff, including dozens of visits to the White House. show more
October 16, 2024
Election 2024
Politics
Religion

Catholics Rallied Against Whitmer’s Communion Mockery, Forcing Her to Apologize.

Around 100 Christians gathered outside Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s residence on Sunday to pray the Holy Rosary. The event was held in protest after the Democratic governor appeared to mock the Catholic faith, as part of a pressure campaign that forced her to apologize.

The rally, organized by CatholicVote, was in response to a video in which Governor Whitmer placed a Dorito chip on the tongue of Canadian feminist and pro-abortion activist Liz Plank while she kneeled down, appearing to mock Holy Communion. A video posted by CatholicVote on social media showed a line of rally-goers in raincoats and holding umbrellas outside the governor’s Lansing home.

Republican State Representative Josh Schriver of Oxford promoted the event, calling it a “Response to Whitmer’s Communion Mockery.”

Whitmer and Plank’s video also garnered criticism from Catholic religious leaders, including the Michigan Catholic Conference, which represents the state’s Catholic bishops. “It is not just distasteful or ‘strange;’ it is an all-too-familiar example of an elected official mocking religious persons and their practices,” Michigan Catholic Conference President Paul A. Long said of the incident.

Following backlash, Whitmer released an apology, claiming she never meant to insult anyone’s faith, claiming, “Over 25 years in public service, I would never do something to denigrate someone’s faith.”

“What was supposed to be a video about the importance of the CHIPS Act to Michigan jobs has been construed as something it was never intended to be, and I apologize for that,” she added.

However, a reference to the CHIPS Act was only added to the video’s caption after the backlash had begun.

During the video, Whitmer wore a hat supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign. Harris was previously seen as snubbing Catholics by refusing to attend the annual Al Smith Dinner, sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York. She is the first presidential candidate to skip the dinner since Walter Mondale in 1984.

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Around 100 Christians gathered outside Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's residence on Sunday to pray the Holy Rosary. The event was held in protest after the Democratic governor appeared to mock the Catholic faith, as part of a pressure campaign that forced her to apologize. show more