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uaw
September 15, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Economy
News

United Automobile Workers Strike Against Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis.

United Automobile Workers (UAW) members are taking unprecedented strike action against Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis at three plants across the Midwest, demanding wage increases on par with recent hikes in compensation for the chief executives of the three automakers as inflation bites.

Thousands of workers are striking at plants in Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio as bosses remain at loggerheads with UAW president Shawn Fain, offering workers roughly half the wage increase he is demanding and rejecting his other proposals on healthcare, pensions, and other issues of concern outright.

UAW workers have never downed tools at plants for all three companies at once, but the strikes are still targeted fairly narrowly, with the vast majority of the 150,000 unionized workers for the automakers continuing to work elsewhere – at least for now.

The prospect of a broader strike is worriesome for Joe Biden, who claims to be the “most pro-union president in American history,” especially as the UAW has not yet endorsed him for 2024 and members seem dissatisfied with his efforts – or lack thereof – to resolve the dispute.

“I don’t know what he’s done,” remarked Garry Quick Quick, UAW president in Fain’s hometown of Kokomo, Indiana.

“Ask him. I don’t think he knows what he’s done. Seriously. I’m not trying to be mean,” Quick added.

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United Automobile Workers (UAW) members are taking unprecedented strike action against Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis at three plants across the Midwest, demanding wage increases on par with recent hikes in compensation for the chief executives of the three automakers as inflation bites. show more
immigration
September 15, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
News

Immigrant Population Surges to 46 Million Under Biden.

U.S. Census Bureau statistics show the immigrant population in the United States now stands at some 46 million, having increased dramatically since Joe Biden replaced Donald Trump as President.

“The foreign-born population zoomed up,” said Brookings Institution demographer William Frey of the figures, noting that the “gain in 2022 was as big as the previous four years put together.”

The rise has been driven not just by a surge in illegal immigration, which the Biden regime has failed to control, but by the government going out of its way to import thousands of migrants from countries such as Afghanistan, as well as ramping up regular immigration.

Donald Trump has pledged to implement “a merit-based immigration system that protects American labor and promotes American values” if returned to the White House, and reimplement anti-illegal immigration policies such as ‘Remain in Mexico’ and a ban on ‘catch and release’.

He has also vowed more robust action at the southern border, vowing to not just finish the wall but take military action against the cartels and impose the death penalty on human traffickers.

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U.S. Census Bureau statistics show the immigrant population in the United States now stands at some 46 million, having increased dramatically since Joe Biden replaced Donald Trump as President. show more
September 15, 2023
News
TECH

TikTok Fined $368 Million.

European regulators have fined the Chinese Communist Party’s TikTok app $368 million for violating children’s privacy, making it the first time the platform has been penalized for breaching Europe’s strict data privacy rules. The Irish Data Protection Commission, the lead privacy regulator for major tech companies in Europe, fined TikTok 345 million euros and reprimanded the platform for violations that occurred during the second half of 2020. The investigation found that the sign-up process for teenage users made their accounts public by default, posing a risk to children under 13. Additionally, a feature intended for parents to manage settings allowed adults to enable direct messaging for users aged 16 and 17 without their consent.

TikTok, of course, disagreed with the decision and said the regulator’s criticisms focused on settings from three years ago. The company noted they had already implemented changes, such as making accounts for users under 16 private by default and disabling direct messaging for 13- to 15-year-olds.

TikTok is also under investigation for potentially violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation by transferring users’ personal information to its base in China.

In the past year, Instagram, WhatsApp, and their parent company Meta have also faced significant fines by the Irish regulator. To address concerns about security and user data ending up in China, TikTok has begun localizing European user data and has opened a data center in Dublin this month, the first of three centers planned for the continent.

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European regulators have fined the Chinese Communist Party's TikTok app $368 million for violating children's privacy, making it the first time the platform has been penalized for breaching Europe's strict data privacy rules. The Irish Data Protection Commission, the lead privacy regulator for major tech companies in Europe, fined TikTok 345 million euros and reprimanded the platform for violations that occurred during the second half of 2020. The investigation found that the sign-up process for teenage users made their accounts public by default, posing a risk to children under 13. Additionally, a feature intended for parents to manage settings allowed adults to enable direct messaging for users aged 16 and 17 without their consent. show more
libya
September 15, 2023
News
World

Libya Flood Deaths Pass 11,000, With 10K Missing.

The death toll in eastern Libya following devastating floods has surpassed 11,000, according to the Libyan Red Crescent. On Friday, the organization reported least 11,300 people have died, with another 10,100 reported missing. Widespread flooding in the North African nation has been attributed to Mediterranean storm Daniel, which caused heavy rain, washed away entire neighborhoods, and carried bodies out to sea. The city of Derna was particularly affected, with two dams collapsing, resulting in the destruction of a quarter of the area. Local officials declared the city a disaster zone, with electricity and communication services cut off.

Aid from numerous countries has been pledged, but delivering supplies to the affected regions has proved challenging due to blocked roads and destroyed bridges. The ongoing political situation, where the country is divided between two warring governments, has further hindered rescue efforts. The lack of a functioning meteorological service has also been pointed out as a contributing factor to the high number of casualties. The head of the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization stated on Thursday that most of the flooding-related deaths could have been prevented if the country had a reliable meteorological service in place.

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The death toll in eastern Libya following devastating floods has surpassed 11,000, according to the Libyan Red Crescent. On Friday, the organization reported least 11,300 people have died, with another 10,100 reported missing. Widespread flooding in the North African nation has been attributed to Mediterranean storm Daniel, which caused heavy rain, washed away entire neighborhoods, and carried bodies out to sea. The city of Derna was particularly affected, with two dams collapsing, resulting in the destruction of a quarter of the area. Local officials declared the city a disaster zone, with electricity and communication services cut off. show more

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September 14, 2023
News
Politics

Trump Dominates in South Carolina, DeSantis in 4th.

Former President Donald Trump is leading the Republican field in South Carolina, according to a new poll conducted by The Washington Post and Monmouth University. The poll reveals that 46 percent of potential voters back Trump, while the state’s former governor, Nikki Haley, follows in second place with 18 percent support. Senator Tim Scott received 10 percent of the support, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is in fourth place on 9 percent.

The poll also found that 57 percent of GOP voters in South Carolina believe Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election due to voter fraud, compared to 36 percent who believe the Democrat “won fair and square”. The figures are 87 percent versus seven percent among Trump supporters.

Examining South Carolina Republicans’ views on some specific issues, the pollsters found 49 percent believe “Whites losing out due to preferences for Blacks and Hispanics” is a bigger problem than “Blacks and Hispanics losing out due to preferences for Whites,” compared to 22 percent who hold the opposite view. Fifty-eight percent believe abortion should be illegal.

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Former President Donald Trump is leading the Republican field in South Carolina, according to a new poll conducted by The Washington Post and Monmouth University. The poll reveals that 46 percent of potential voters back Trump, while the state's former governor, Nikki Haley, follows in second place with 18 percent support. Senator Tim Scott received 10 percent of the support, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is in fourth place on 9 percent. show more
biden speech
September 14, 2023
News
Politics

Biden Plans McCain Institute Speech After Next GOP Debate.

President Biden is planning to deliver a major speech on what he claims are the ongoing threats to democracy later this month, with the address scheduled the day after the next Republican presidential primary debate. The McCain Institute is being considered as a potential venue for the speech, after Biden creepily kissed a statue to former Senator John McCain in Vietnam earlier this month.

Anita Dunn, a top White House adviser, disclosed details about the upcoming speech to Democratic donors on Wednesday in Chicago, the chosen location for the party’s 2024 convention. The White House and Biden campaign have not yet responded to requests for comment. In addition to the speech, major contributors to the Democratic National Committee were invited to a preview of the party’s convention in Chicago this week. The Biden Victory Fund, which encompasses the Biden campaign, national party, and all state parties, has the ability to accept contributions as large as $929,600 from big donors.

Last September, Biden delivered a Hitlerian speech in Philadelphia framing the midterm elections as a “battle for the soul of this nation,” echoing his 2020 campaign slogan.

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President Biden is planning to deliver a major speech on what he claims are the ongoing threats to democracy later this month, with the address scheduled the day after the next Republican presidential primary debate. The McCain Institute is being considered as a potential venue for the speech, after Biden creepily kissed a statue to former Senator John McCain in Vietnam earlier this month. show more
salman rushdie
September 14, 2023
Jake Welch
Culture
Media
News

Salman Rushdie, Who Hid In the Free West for Decades, Says It Was Never Great.

Author Salman Rushdie, recently attacked by a radical Islamic terrorist in New York, is now claiming the West in which he has sought refuge for decades is not so great, and that a “golden age myth” lays behind movements such as “MAGA” and Brexit.

Despite relying upon the West’s commitment to freedom of expression and millions of dollars in taxpayer resources that have ensured his safety after former Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a “fatwa” against him in 1989, Rushdie told an audience on Wednesday:

“Make America Great Again’ – that’s always made me want to ask: ‘When exactly was that?’ What is the date to which we are looking backwards? Was it, for example, when there was slavery? Was it before women had the right to vote? Was it before the civil rights movement?”

Rushdie also hit out at Republicans voters specifically, claiming they no longer value democratic values enshrined in the First Amendment and are embracing authoritarianism due to concerns about the fairness of the 2020 presidential election. He argued, “When you have the large majority of Republican voters believing that the last election was stolen… if the assault on truth has reached that level of success, then we’re in real trouble.”

He made no comment on the authoritarian use of power by the left, in order to imprison those with differing opinions on the matter, including President Trump. Rushdie went on to suggest Brexit – which has never been fully implemented by the British government – was a “catastrophe”.

“In England, the Brexit catastrophe was the result of another golden age myth, which is: ‘England used to be this glorious country and it could be that glorious country again, if only we could get rid of all these foreigners,” Rushdie retorted, without signaling whether or not he, a foreigner, would return to his native India. Probably not, though.

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Author Salman Rushdie, recently attacked by a radical Islamic terrorist in New York, is now claiming the West in which he has sought refuge for decades is not so great, and that a "golden age myth" lays behind movements such as "MAGA" and Brexit. show more
migrants arizona
September 14, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
News

Migrants Released Into Streets in Arizona as Facilities Overwhelmed.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is releasing illegal aliens into the streets in Cochise County, Arizona, due to its processing and holding facilities being overwhelmed by the surge of migrants Joe Biden is allowing to cross the Mexican border.

“Today’s announcement that CBP will begin migrant street releases into Cochise County is just another reflection of the fracture within the [Department of Homeland Security] infrastructure regarding the security of our southern border,” complained Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels in a social media post warning residents of the releases.

“These releases are a direct result of over-capacity by CBP which is forcing these migrant releases into our communities,” he continued, noting that the migrants were bussed into his county from elsewhere to be dumped on it.

Within hours of this post, Sheriff Dannels reported two separate people-smuggler interdictions, catching one transporting a group of five migrants, including a 12-year-old boy, and another transporting 12 migrants.

The CBP insists it is “working according to plan” in accordance with “immigration enforcement proceedings consistent with our laws.”

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is releasing illegal aliens into the streets in Cochise County, Arizona, due to its processing and holding facilities being overwhelmed by the surge of migrants Joe Biden is allowing to cross the Mexican border. show more
biden
September 14, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

‘My Son Was Dying’: Biden’s Rationale for Ignoring Ukraine Conflicts of Interest.

President Joe Biden said that he was never warned about potential conflicts of interest he had regarding Ukraine during an unearthed 2019 interview, claiming he was preoccupied with his dying son, Beau Biden. It is yet another example of Biden using the unfortunate death of his son Beau to excuse his and his family’s corruption.

In a heated exchange with NPR’s Rachel Martin, Biden was pressed about testimony by George Kent, a State Department Official who said he raised ethical concerns with the Vice President’s staff regarding Hunter Biden’s relationship with Ukrainian energy company Burisma but was informed that Biden had no bandwidth due to family matters.

Biden snapped back at Martin, stating that his staff had never told him of Kent’s concerns before adding, “Well, my son was dying, so I guess that’s why he said it, because my son was on his deathbed.”

Biden, who now faces an impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives, has on several occasions used his son Beau’s death to deflect his culpability in what appears to be the abuse of public office to enrich himself and his family through foreign business dealings.

White House spokesman Ian Sams recently claimed that the reason Joe Biden was on his son Hunter Biden’s business calls with foreign companies and individuals was because, “He was checking in with Hunter during a particularly hard time, I might add, a time where the family was going through Hunter’s brother, Beau’s illness.”

The corporate media echoed the claim as well. MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire dismissed the appearance of corruption during Biden’s tenure as Vice President arguing, “We should put this in context: This is a time when Beau Biden, the President’s other son, was ill and then dying and then passed away, so perhaps he was not as attentive to what he should have been here.”

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President Joe Biden said that he was never warned about potential conflicts of interest he had regarding Ukraine during an unearthed 2019 interview, claiming he was preoccupied with his dying son, Beau Biden. It is yet another example of Biden using the unfortunate death of his son Beau to excuse his and his family's corruption. show more
clinton foundation
September 14, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics
World

Pope Francis, Tony Blair, & Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Join Clinton Foundation Event Promoting Globalism.

The Clinton Foundation has announced Pope Francis will participate in the charity’s annual “Clinton Global Initiative” between September 18 and 19 next week, with the pontiff expected to discuss various topics including climate change, the migrant crisis, child welfare, and projects involving children’s hospitals alongside former United States President Bill Clinton.

Pope Francis will be one of a number of influential figures involved in the annual event, with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Governor of California Gavin Newsom, CEO of Pfizer Albert Bourla, former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, among multiple others, all set to join.

The CGI was first launched by the Clintons in 2005 and claims to convene “global leaders to create and implement solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges, including climate change, inclusive economic growth, and health equity.”

Pope Francis has become increasingly vocal throughout his papal tenure, such as recently suggesting U.S. Catholic conservatives are “backward” as well as calling for “global governance” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Clinton Foundation has announced Pope Francis will participate in the charity's annual "Clinton Global Initiative" between September 18 and 19 next week, with the pontiff expected to discuss various topics including climate change, the migrant crisis, child welfare, and projects involving children's hospitals alongside former United States President Bill Clinton. show more