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Immigration
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DACA Recipient Arrested on Human Smuggling Charges.

A Mexican national in the United States under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was arrested on human smuggling charges, according to a social media post by a U.S. Border Patrol official. Gregory K. Bovino, Chief Patrol Agent of the Border Patrol’s El Centro Sector, said the suspect was returned to his home country following apprehension. El Centro Sector covers 70 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border in Southern California’s Imperial Valley.

The DACA policy, introduced by former President Barack Obama in 2012, was declared illegal by a federal judge in September. The judge, however, issued no directive to cease the program. Serving roughly 830,000 individuals, the DACA program grants certain privileges to non-citizens as long as the recipient maintains lawful conduct.

United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data indicates that nearly 380,000 illegal immigrants were encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border within the first two months of fiscal year 2024, beginning on October 1, 2023. This follows 2,045,838 encounters in fiscal year 2023, 2,206,436 in fiscal year 2022, and 1,659,206 in fiscal year 2021. Former President Donald Trump has called the border crisis — ignored and arguably facilitated by the Biden government — an “invasion.”

Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Biden government, permitting Border Patrol officers to remove concertina wire installed along Texas’s border with Mexico. Texas Governor Greg Abbott erected the fencing in response to the Biden administration’s lack of border security enforcement.

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Trudeau Xi
11 hours ago
William Upton
Immigration
NatSec

Public Inquiry Finds Chinese Election Interference Aided Justin Trudeau – Is The Same Tactic Happening Here?

Revelations in February that the Chinese communist government sought to interfere in the past two Canadian elections on behalf of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the ruling Liberal Party have sparked a public inquiry in Ottowa. Over the past three weeks, the inquiry commission has heard testimony from top Trudeau government aides, national security and intelligence officials, and the Prime Minister himself. Despite Trudeau’s insistence that the 2019 and 2021 Canadian elections were “free and fair,” testimony from intelligence officials suggests otherwise.

‘CHINA GOT THE OUTCOME IT WANTED.’

“It would just seem very improbable that the Chinese government itself would have a preference in the election,” Prime Minister Trudeau testified last week before the inquiry, which Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Marie-Josée Hogue heads. However, intelligence documents made public in the course of the inquiry detail a sophisticated and concerted effort by agents acting on behalf of China to push Chinese-Canadian voters to back Liberal Party candidates over their Conservative Party opponents. In response to the proceedings, The Washington Post concluded: “China got the outcome it wanted in 2021 — the reelection of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with a minority government.”

A Canadian intelligence investigation into Chinese activities during the 2021 election concluded that the communist regime used Chinese immigrants, members of their diplomatic service, political proxies, as well as Chinese-language news outlets to induce — or even coerce — Chinese-Canadian voters to back candidates they viewed as friendly or open to Beijing’s global agenda.

While this meant pushing Liberal Party candidates in 2019 and 2021, there is concerning evidence that the Conservatives may also be the subject to Beijing’s influence. Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre has sought to improve the party’s standing among Chinese-Canadians. In January, Poilievre appeared at a Toronto Chinese community event alongside several individuals with extensive ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

U.S. IMPLICATIONS.

The Chinese efforts to influence Canadian elections also hold stark implications for the United States. The ongoing immigration crisis at the U.S. southern border has seen a historic number of Chinese enter the country illegally. Many of these individuals are men of military age whom U.S officials know little about — raising concerns about their roles in potential Chinese intelligence operations in America.

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Revelations in February that the Chinese communist government sought to interfere in the past two Canadian elections on behalf of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the ruling Liberal Party have sparked a public inquiry in Ottowa. Over the past three weeks, the inquiry commission has heard testimony from top Trudeau government aides, national security and intelligence officials, and the Prime Minister himself. Despite Trudeau's insistence that the 2019 and 2021 Canadian elections were "free and fair," testimony from intelligence officials suggests otherwise. show more
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Colorado Semiauto Ban
11 hours ago
2A

Colorado House Passes Semiautomatic Firearm Ban.

On Sunday, Colorado‘s Democratic-majority House advanced a measure aimed at banning the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms. The bill, which got through on a 35-27 vote, is set to be introduced next in the Democratic-led state Senate.

Should the legislation succeed, Colorado would join other states, including California, Illinois, and New York, in instituting such bans. However, the proposed bill potentially faces tougher opposition in the state Senate than it did in the House. Governor Jared Polis, a Democrat, has also expressed hesitation towards the concept in the past.

Democrats previously passed four more moderate gun control bills, signed into law by Gov. Polis. These cover raising the legal firearm purchasing age, instituting a waiting period between gun purchase and receipt, adjusting the state’s red flag law, and modifying legal protections for the gun industry. These actions followed a mass shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub that left five people dead.

Opponents, largely Republicans, have labeled the proposed law as an excessive encroachment on the Second Amendment, arguing that it does not address root issues like mental health and societal value for life.

It appears that the Biden regime is emboldening anti-Second Amendment Democrats. The Colorado bill follows the introduction of a draconian national bill by Democrats in Congress that seeks to ban gun ranges and private security.

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11 hours ago
William Upton
Education
TECH

Zuckerberg Pushes for Meta VR in School Classrooms.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is launching a new product line for their virtual reality (VR) Quest headsets targeted at educators for classroom use. Nick Clegg, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and President of Global Affairs at the multi-national social media giant, made the announcement on Meta’s website, stating: “Of all the ways in which metaverse technologies like virtual, mixed and augmented reality could prove to be transformative, the potential they have for education is one of the most exciting.”

Clegg makes clear that Meta‘s interests, however, aren’t purely altruistic. In his post, he notes, “Education and training providers represent a considerable market for technology products.” While Clegg and Meta tout the alleged benefits of using VR in the classroom, their claims it increases student safety may be one of the more suspect. The National Pulse reported that a study by the British National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children indicated that pedophiles use online VR spaces to exploit children both on the internet and eventually in the real world.

The presence of VR in classrooms also raises concerns about how certain programs may be used to influence or even indoctrinate students, forcing them into digital experiences that don’t necessarily reflect socio-political reality. A VR program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) came under heavy criticism last year for allowing users to experience alleged incidents of discrimination as a virtual Muslin individual in an exchange with a fellow airline passenger.

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Biden Border
12 hours ago
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
Politics

Biden’s So-Called ‘Nuclear’ Border Option is Just Basic Trump-Era Policy.

The “nuclear option” being considered by Joe Biden to tackle the border crisis reportedly amounts to little more than reviving baseline Donald Trump administration policies.

While the White House has argued it cannot protect the border without the passage of a controversial Senate bill focused primarily on aid for Ukraine and Israel, rumors have circulated for weeks that Biden may take executive action to mitigate the crisis, which is hurting the Democrats in the polls.

Touted as a “nuclear option,” reports now indicate he would merely resort to section 212(f) of the federal code, previously used by Donald Trump to restrict immigration from several countries deemed to be terror risks, immigrants without health insurance, and immigrants in general during the coronavirus pandemic.

Section 212(f) empowers the President to “suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants” if their entry “would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.”

Biden has seemed indifferent as to whether or not any executive action actually stops the border crisis, however, telling Univision: “Some are suggesting that I should just go ahead and try it, and if I get shut down by the court, I get shut down by the court.” An outright majority of Americans believe he has been  “encouraging” illegal aliens to enter the United States to “create a permanent majority” for the Democrats.

Since is inauguration, the 81-year-old Democrat has overseen an influx of at least 9.4 million illegal aliens, on course to match all legal immigrants processed at Ellis Island from 1892 to 1954.

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Civil War 2024
12 hours ago
Culture

DATA: Just 5% of ‘Civil War’ Moviegoers Identify As Conservative.

A24’s latest film, Civil War, debuted with an impressive $25.7M opening, largely supported by Democrat and Liberal moviegoers.

Data collected by Screen Engine/Comscore’s PostTrak revealed that 22 percent of the movie’s audience identified as Liberal and 19 percent identified as Democrats, with Republicans and conservatives representing a smaller demographic. Only six percent of audience members described themselves as Republicans or Evangelical Christians, respectively. Just five percent identified as politically conservative.

The film, which former screenwriter and resident Breitbart film critic John Nolte described as a “ridiculously dopey, anti-Trump snuff film,” depicts the eruption of civil war through the eyes of a photojournalist, played by Kirsten Dunst, after secessionist forces rebel against an authoritarian President who is serving an unconstitutional third term. The President, played by Nick Offerman, is a barely-concealed caricature of former President Donald Trump.

Large, left-leaning markets such as L.A., San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., were strongholds for the film. The film’s release date — just months before the November Presidential election — is widely seen as intentional. “Civil War‘s timing surely isn’t a coincidence, as it hits cinemas amid a contentious election year in which President Biden and former President Trump are once again the leading candidates for their respective parties and Trump seeks to return to the White House,” reported Hollywood Reporter.

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Marg Bar America
13 hours ago
Jack Montgomery
Politics
War
World

‘Death to America’ Chants in Chicago As Local Muslims, Leftists Laud Iran’s ‘Resistance.’

Hundreds of Islamists and far-left activists converged on the Teamsters Union headquarters in Chicago to learn anti-America and anti-Israel chants on Saturday. News of Iran’s mass drone and missile attack on Israel broke during the meeting, prompting cheers of support, followed by demands Israel and the U.S. refrain from retaliating.

News of the attack earned applause from the crowd of around 300 Islamists and leftist ideologues, most of whom sported N95 masks. “Iran is part of the arc of resistance because the enemies are Israel and the USA,” declared one attendee. She listed Hezbollah, Yemen, and the Syrian government as allies in that resistance, according to reporting by The Free Press.

Despite cheering the Iranian strikes, the meeting switched back to anti-war mode when Palestinian Community Network leader Hatem Abudayyeh warned they would “have to assume that the United States is going to try to retaliate against Iran,” prompting cries of “shame!”

Abudayyeh, whose house was raided by the FBI in 2010 amid an investigation into “material support of terrorism,” told the crowd it was “incumbent” on Americans to “stop the United States from expanding this war and hitting Iran.”

“We’ve got to be the strong, powerful anti-war movement that we are,” Abudayyeh said, prompting chants of “Hands off Iran!”

‘DEATH TO AMERICA!’ 

The Freedom Road Socialist Organization, represented at the meeting by an activist who called the October 7 attack on Israel a “good turn of events,” subsequently put out a statement headlined with the “Hands off Iran!” slogan, saying the U.S. and Israel “bear the entire responsibility for what is happening.”

Before the Iranian attack, Anti-War Committee Chicago organizer Shabbir Rizvi had taught around 80 enthusiastic attendees how to chant “Marg bar Israel” and “Marg bar America,” Persian for “Death to Israel” and “Death to America.”

His audience included at least one man wearing a Soviet flag.

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14 hours ago
Ed Kozak
Crime
News

‘Rust’ Armorer Gets 18 Months in Prison, Alec Baldwin’s Trial Approaches.

Hannah Guttierez-Reed, the head armorer on the set of the Alec Baldwin film Rust, was sentenced on Monday to 18 months in prison for the 2021 fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin. Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in March.

However, Guttierez-Reed may not be the only individual who faces a jail sentence over Hutchins’s death. Baldwin, who was the star of the film and its co-producer, was indicted — for a second time — for involuntary manslaughter by a grand jury in January. His trial is set for July 10.

Baldwin stands accused of killing Hutchins either through negligence or “total disregard or indifference” for safety on set. Gutierrez-Reed’s attorney argued that the armorer was being set up as a scapegoat and that Baldwin was truly responsible for Hutchins’s death.

“It was not in the script for Mr Baldwin to point the weapon,” defense attorney Jason Bowles said during trial. “She didn’t know that Mr. Baldwin was going to do what he did.”

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Hannah Guttierez-Reed, the head armorer on the set of the Alec Baldwin film Rust, was sentenced on Monday to 18 months in prison for the 2021 fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin. Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in March. show more
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Barron Trump
14 hours ago
William Upton
Lawfare

Judge May Force Trump to Miss Son Barron’s High School Graduation.

The Democrat-connected judge presiding over the New York hush money trial of former President Donald Trump acknowledged that he received a request to excuse the former President from the court on May 17 so that he could attend his son Barron Trump‘s high school graduation in Florida. New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan said he wouldn’t immediately rule on the request, adding: “It really depends on if we are on time and where we are in the trial.”

Earlier on Monday, Merchan announced the trial schedule, noting that the court would work through lunch on April 22 and April 23 — the first two days of the Jewish celebration of Passover. He added that the court would not convene on the last two days of Passover, April 29 and April 30.

In addition to former President Trump’s request to attend his son’s graduation, one of District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s prosecution team members requested the court adjourn on June 3 so they may attend their child’s graduation. Aside from the requested adjournments and court schedule around Passover, the judge announced that the trial would not convene on Wednesdays.

The initial stage of the trial, jury selection, began on Monday. That process is expected to take upwards of two weeks, meaning the argument stage of the trial won’t start until the end of April or early May.

Judge Merchan recently expanded a gag order on former President Trump, effectively barring him from mentioning the judge’s family members and those of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The former President has used social media to draw attention to the fact that Judge Merchan’s daughter has numerous ties to prominent Democrat politicians, including New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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The Democrat-connected judge presiding over the New York hush money trial of former President Donald Trump acknowledged that he received a request to excuse the former President from the court on May 17 so that he could attend his son Barron Trump's high school graduation in Florida. New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan said he wouldn't immediately rule on the request, adding: "It really depends on if we are on time and where we are in the trial." show more
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PFAs Hot Spots
15 hours ago
Ed Kozak
Health

Map Reveals ‘Forever Chemicals’ Hotspots – Are You Near One?

Researchers have uncovered a troubling prevalence of “forever chemicals,” or PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), in water systems across the U.S. and worldwide.

A recent study published in Nature Geoscience tested samples across the globe, of which 69 percent exceeded Canada’s recommended PFAS limit, while six percent surpassed the stricter European Union threshold. The U.S. hosts several of the identified hot spots, with especially high PFAS concentrations in New England, the Midwest, and the West Coast.

PFAS are notorious for their longevity and are commonly found in everyday household items, ranging from nonstick cookware to toilet paper. Health risks associated with these “forever chemicals” include elevated cholesterol levels, impaired immune function, and increased likelihood of specific cancers.

The U.S. intends to impose its first enforceable drinking water standard for PFAS, geared towards alleviating the adverse health impacts of these long-lasting chemicals.

Further research is needed to uncover the full extent of PFAS contamination globally, as the findings to date may only represent areas subjected to extensive testing. As additional testing is performed, more regions could potentially be added to the list of identified PFAs hot spots. These chemicals’ ubiquity, broad industrial use, and linked health risks make this a matter of global concern.

A study performed last year found that nearly half of all U.S. drinking water is contaminated with PFAs. A recent study in the UK found PFAs in over half of the country’s fruit and vegetables.

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Orthodox Jews
16 hours ago
Ed Kozak
Lawfare

Judge Blocks Orthodox Jews, Who Overwhelmingly Back Trump, from Trial Jury.

Judge Juan Merchan is being accused of purposefully scheduling proceedings on Fridays to prevent Orthodox Jews from participating in the jury in former President Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial. An American Jewish Committee (AJC) poll found that 74 percent of Orthodox Jews favored Trump over Joe Biden in the 2020 elections.

Fox News host Mark Levin and Dan Schneider, vice president for the Media Research Center’s Free Speech Alliance group, are among those questioning Merchan’s schedule. They argue the choice of Fridays, rather than Wednesdays, sidelines Orthodox Jews, who observe the Shabbat starting on Friday evenings.

“Leftwing anti-Trump Democrat judge in phony case against Trump starting tomorrow has purposely scheduled trial days to include Fridays to prevent more conservative pro-Trump Orthodox Jews from serving on the jury,” Levin posted on X (formerly Twitter). “This is yet another sleazy move by this judge.”

“Orthodox Jews to be excluded from [Manhattan District Attorney Alvin] Bragg’s jury pool. The NYC demographic group most strongly supportive of Trump is the orthodox Jewish community,” Schneider posted on X. “So, no surprise that the very biased judge in Bragg’s case scheduled the trial to include Fridays instead of Wednesdays. Very unusual, but understandable since this switch will necessarily exclude all orthodox Jews from the jury pool. Democrat operatives are very clever.”

As Trump heads into this unprecedented trial, he has labeled it as a form of “election interference” and branded it an “assault on America.” Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 charges in the case centered around falsifying business records, with the trial expected to span approximately six to eight weeks.

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Judge Juan Merchan is being accused of purposefully scheduling proceedings on Fridays to prevent Orthodox Jews from participating in the jury in former President Donald Trump's 'hush money' trial. An American Jewish Committee (AJC) poll found that 74 percent of Orthodox Jews favored Trump over Joe Biden in the 2020 elections. show more
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