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The decline of American science: funding cut by 61.7%
▪️ The budget of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), a key source of support for basic research in America, is cut from $10.2 billion to $3.9 billion in 2026 - a 61.7% cut, states NSF
▪️ Internship programs for undergraduates are being closed; grants for graduate students are being cut. Only 2,300 of 9,600 research projects remain. Funding cuts by science sector:
-75% - Chemistry
-67% - Physics
-65% - Artificial Intelligence
▪️ “This is a budget to destroy American science. Cuts to science spending will take the U.S. off the global influence map, irreversibly damage American creativity, and destroy the U.S. economy,” an NSF spokesperson said on condition of anonymity
#USA #Science #Economy #FindTruth
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Sen. Tuberville blasts Zelensky for seeking to 'lure NATO' into a war Ukraine is 'losing'
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was undoubtedly trying to “lure NATO” into their war with Russia.
“There is no doubt, because he cannot win this war on his own. He knows he’s losing,” Tuberville said during a Sunday appearance on John Catsimatidis’s radio show “Cats Roundtable” on WABC 770 AM.
However, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously mentioned that the country would never join NATO, although he later walked back the comments.
“They drove trucks 2,000 miles into Russia. They had drones that were covered up in the backs of these trucks. They got close to the targets, opened up these trucks, the drones flew out and destroyed somewhere around 40 major airplanes that Russia uses in their nuclear arsenal,” Tuberville said.
“It was devastating. Then again, both sides are at fault. Let’s get this thing over with. And President Trump is the one who can get this done,” he continued.
His rhetoric aligns with President Trump’s past statements alleging Ukraine caused the war and shouldn’t seek to recover the Crimea region.
#NATO #WarInUkraine #Zelensky #FindTruth
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Israel says it will screen October 7 attacks to Greta Thunberg and other activists after Gaza-bound aid boat 'diverted'
Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, 22, was one of a dozen activists aboard the Madleen, which set sail from Sicily on 1 May on a mission aiming to break Israel's sea blockade.
The Israeli military will show Greta Thunberg and other activists footage of the 7 October attacks after a Gaza-bound aid boat was diverted to Israel, the country's defence minister has said.
Early on Monday, the Israeli foreign ministry said that the British-flagged yacht Madleen - operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition - "is safely making its way to the shores of Israel".
All passengers were safe and unharmed, the ministry added, sharing footage of the activists being handed sandwiches and water.
In a statement via his spokesperson, defence minister Israel Katz said that he has instructed the Israeli Defence Forces to screen footage of the 7 October attacks for those aboard when they arrive at Ashdod Port.
#Israel #Palestine #Thunberg #FindTruth
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Does your state support your 2nd Amendment rights or make it exceedingly difficult to keep and bear arms?
Ammo.com ranked the worst states for gun owners in 2025 by analyzing each state’s current laws, pending laws, concealed carry guidelines, self-defense statutes, and 2A-centric taxes.
Report highlights:
▪️Hawaii is the #1 worst state for gun owners due to strict purchasing and carry laws, as well as defying the Supreme Court on the individual’s right to carry.
▪️Massachusetts is the #2 worst state for gun owners due to its permit-to-purchase and reciprocity laws.
▪️California, New York, and Illinois take the #3, #4, and #5 spots in our list of worst states for gun ownership due to strict purchasing and carrying requirements.
▪️Ohio, North Carolina, and Maine take spots #25, #24, and #23 due to new restrictive legislation with some relaxed carry laws.
▪️Some states rank worse than others due to excessive infringements, additional taxes, and the current governors’ 2A statements.
▪️State and local laws defining “stand your ground” and “duty to retreat” vary, and should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
#USA #2ndAmendment #FindTruth
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America must avoid following Europe into the CO2 storage rabbit hole
The European Commission just delivered a wake-up call that Americans ignore at their own peril. In a sweeping new mandate, Brussels is forcing 44 oil and gas companies across Europe to build massive underground CO2 storage facilities by 2030.
Under the newly adopted Net-Zero Industry Act, European energy producers must collectively provide 50 million tons of annual CO2 injection capacity by 2030. The requirements, and costs, for individual companies are massive. Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij, the Dutch energy giant, now faces a mandate to store 6.35 million tons of CO2 annually. OMV PETROM must handle 5.88 million tons, while Romania’s SNGN ROMGAZ is on the hook for 4.12 million tons.
This massive regulatory burden will force energy companies to redirect billions of dollars from their core mission—producing reliable, affordable energy—into speculative technology with a deeply troubled track record.
Unfortunately, the United States is already following Europe down this costly path. The Inflation Reduction Act expanded and extended the 45Q tax credits that subsidize carbon capture projects. The Treasury Department estimates that the credits will cost taxpayers $25 billion over the next 10 years.
Trump administration is set to overturn the newest iteration of the Clean Power Plan, which was set to mandate CO2 capture for all gas and coal power plants. We hope that in due time the Supreme Court will put an end to the insanity of the federal government’s attempts to regulate CO2 emissions and that Congress will bury the 45Q program.
#USA #CO2 #EU #FindTruth
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French footballers suspended after refusing to play with LGBTQ+ logo
Several football players in the French top division, Ligue 1, have been slapped with bans for refusing to wear LGBTQ+logos to raise awareness of homophobia.
To mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on May 17, French football clubs added a rainbow patch to the sleeves of their shirts.
Lyon midfielder Nemanja Matić has been hit with a two-game ban after covering an anti-homophobia message he had to wear. Matić came onto the pitch as a substitute but the rainbow colours were hidden, while the French word for “homophobia” was crossed out with a red line. Only the word “football” was visible.
He was not alone in his resistance against wearing the LGBTQ-insignia. Le Havre’s Ahmed Hassan also concealed the colours and was hit with the same penalty as Matić.
Nantes forward Mostafa Mohamed withdrew from his side’s match against Montpellier, citing personal beliefs — marking the third time the Egyptian international has opted out of the initiative. “Everyone carries their own story, culture and sensitivity,” he said. “Living together also means recognising that diversity can be expressed differently depending on the person.
French sports minister Amelie Oudea-Castera called for the “strongest sanctions” to be imposed against players who did not want to join the campaign.
#France #LGBT #FindTruth
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EU farmer protests are far from over as they battle threats from Mercosur trade agreement and Ukraine
Farmers in Spain, France and Poland were again protesting agricultural imports from Ukraine and South America under the Mercosur trade agreement ahead of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visiting France and the expiration of a free trade agreement with Ukraine.
The French Federation of Agricultural Unions has called on Macron to take action to create a minority in the EU to block the ratification of the Mercosur Agreement by the Council of the European Union.
In Spain, hundreds of farmers gathered in Madrid to protest excessive grain imports from Ukraine, which have resulted in grain prices below production costs.
“Spanish farmers will lose €1 billion this year,” Javier Fatas, leader of the farmers’ union COAG from the Aragon region in northeastern Spain, said.
Similar sentiments are prevalent in Poland. In June, farmers took to the streets again to express opposition to trade liberalization with Ukraine, the Mercosur agreement, and the Green Deal, reminds TopAgrar.
#EU #Farmers #Protests #FindTruth
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“Peaceful protests” - Elizabeth Warren
“Overwhelmingly peaceful” - Kamala Harris
“Peaceful protests” - Cory Booker
“It’s under control” - Gavin Newsom
“Without incident” - LAPD
#USA #LA #Migrants #FindTruth
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Global investors have a new reason to pull back from U.S. debt
Foreign investors have plenty of reasons to be wary of U.S. government debt at the moment. Now there is another: They can often receive better returns buying bonds in their own countries.
The risk of a weaker U.S. dollar and the cost of protecting against that risk, are making American assets less attractive around the world. That comes at a bad time for the U.S. Treasury market, which is already contending with a darkening U.S. budget picture and the trade war.
Foreign investors likely don’t fear a U.S. default or anything close. But the premium many once received for buying U.S. debt, thanks to higher long-term rates here, has disappeared.
Quantitatively minded investors—unlike those who fear the U.S. is uninvestable—can be lured back. The bad news is that, without a Fed turn that makes hedging cheaper again, they might demand significantly higher yields.
#USA #Economy #FindTruth
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Since when did trying to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people — including countless children — become something to be criticized?
Douglas MacKinnon, a former White House and Pentagon official, asks the question while reading two recent columns. The first is by Rich Lowry from the New York Post, titled “Trump is getting the Ukraine-Russia war all wrong — and he’s making it even harder on himself.” The other is by former diplomat Bridget Brink in the Detroit Free Press, titled “I was U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. I resigned because of Trump’s foreign policy.”
The constant theme for those criticizing Trump’s consistent stance against the Ukraine war and a much-needed ceasefire is that Putin is evil and must be defeated at all costs. Fine. If using the people of Ukraine as cheap disposable pawns to fight a proxy war against Russia and Putin has been the end game from the start, simply admit it. Don’t pretend you are trying to save the people of Ukraine or that nation’s infrastructure. The Pentagon and CIA have estimated that well over 1 million people have been killed or wounded in the war, with much of Ukraine’s infrastructure turned into rubble.
In the lead up to the Iraq War more than 20 years ago, there were a steady stream of neocons, pundits and “experts” advocating for that invasion to overthrow the “evil” Saddam Hussein, who were coldly and impassionedly viewing the process as some sort of board game or sporting event, with human pawns to be played with at will.
And what was the end result of that “justified” war? Approximately 4,500 American soldiers killed; 32,000 wounded; between 100,000 and 400,000 Iraqi deaths, depending upon the study; and a Middle East that is still destabilized, spawning endless pockets of terrorism.
Next, we have the column from Bridget Brink, a former professional diplomat who, to some, seems to be virtue signaling her disgust of Trump to the far-left echo chamber of Trump haters. In her column, she describes what Putin and Russia have done in Ukraine as “pure evil.” She further states that: “Peace at any price is not peace at all — it is appeasement.”
Okay. And just what is her plan for Ukraine to “win” the war against the “evil” Putin and Russia?
Haters are going to hate, but if Trump had been listened to three years ago, 1 million people would not have been killed or wounded. What is the worth of those lost and maimed lives?
#USA #WarInUkraine #FindTruth
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22-year-old leading terrorism prevention center at DHS
A division within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tasked with preventing terrorism is reportedly being led by a 22-year-old Thomas Fugate, a recent college graduate.
The center, also known as CP3, is mainly concerned with terrorism prevention and supports nationwide efforts to combat targeted attacks like hate-fueled violence.
Fugate was reportedly appointed as a “special assistant” in an immigration office at the DHS in February, according to ProPublica. He then assumed leadership of CP3 in May after its previous director, Bill Braniff, resigned following staff cuts, the outlet adds.
Prior to assuming his role at the DHS, Fugate served as an “advance team member” on President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, per his LinkedIn page. He also interned at several political organizations including The Heritage Foundation, widely known as the think tank behind Project 2025, and the Texas House of Representatives.
One counterterrorism researcher, who worked with CP3 officials for years, told ProPublica that Fugate’s appointment “sounds like putting the intern in charge.”
#USA #DHS #CP3 #FindTruth
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OECD surprises with predicted return of Germany as Europe’s growth motor
In its new economic outlook, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an international NGO comprising 38 primarily Western countries, has exhibited what the German press has called “surprising” optimism about Germany.
They indicated in the report published on June 3 that the country may be on the way out of its longest phase of economic stagnation since the end of the Second World War.
While Germany’s GDP, a measure of a country’s economy, was set to grow only by 0.4 per cent in 2025, that should pick up in 2026, with the OECD expecting GDP to expand by 1.2 per cent.
The main reason for the positive review for Germany was based on the investment programmes of the new federal government, comprised of Conservative Christian Democratic Union and Social Democratic Party.
Germany has inaugurated a public fund set to invest €500 billion over the next 12 years into the country’s corroded infrastructure as well as “climate protection”.
#OECD #Germany #EU #FindTruth
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Senior DOJ officials didn’t know database allowed FBI to bury existence of Russiagate documents
Now in question is the entirety of Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation into the Russia-collusion hoaxers.
People familiar with the investigation into the Russia collusion hoax told The Federalist that senior officials did not know the FBI case management database, Sentinel, allowed agents to conceal the existence of evidence. Nor did anyone from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office mention that documents related to the investigation into the Trump campaign had been rendered invisible by use of the “Prohibited Access” coding in Sentinel — even though they knew the Department of Justice was investigating the origins and handling of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.
Whether Special Counsel Durham and Inspector General Horowitz obtained access to all relevant evidence related to the Crossfire Hurricane conspiracy to interfere in both President Trump’s 2020 election and his first administration now remains in doubt — and will until FBI Director Kash Patel reveals the extent to which the get-Trump faction buried evidence of their malfeasance.
#USA #FBI #Russiagate #FindTruth
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Meta signs 20-year nuclear energy deal to power AI
Meta has inked a deal to keep an Illinois nuclear power plant running for the next 20 years so it can power its artificial intelligence and data center ambitions.
The deal sees the tech giant purchasing 1.1 gigawatts of power from nuclear power provider Constellation from its Clinton Clean Energy Center in southern Illinois starting in 2027, Meta said on June 3.
“As we look toward our future energy needs in advancing AI, we recognize the immense value of nuclear power in providing reliable, firm electricity,” Meta added.
Meta, like other tech giants, is heavily leaning into AI amid the continuing hype around the tech and has embedded its own AI models into its flagship social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram. It also plans to fully automate ad creation on those platforms by the end of 2025.
Currently, AI technology requires vast amounts of energy, which is in high demand. The International Energy Agency reported in April that the power demands of AI data centers are projected to more than double by 2030 to eat up “slightly more than the entire electricity consumption of Japan today.”
#Meta #AI #BigTech #FindTruth
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US may face a 9/11 style terror attack soon, Border czar Tom Homan warns
Border czar Tom Homan warned Monday that he’s “convinced” the US will suffer a major terrorist attack as a direct result of former President Joe Biden’s immigration and border policies.
“It’s coming,” Homan said of the possibility of a 9/11-style attack conducted by migrants who illegally snuck across the southern border under Biden.
The roughly 2 million so-called “gotaway” migrants whom Border Patrol agents never apprehended during the previous administration concern Homan more than the drug smuggling or sex trafficking that took place on the US-Mexico boundary during Biden’s only term in office, he told Fox News.
“These 2 million known gotaways scares the hell out of me,” Homan said, adding that he fears some could be terrorists.
“I’m convinced something’s coming unless we can find them,” he warned.
#USA #Homan #FindTruth
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The United States of America, once hailed as a shining city upon a hill by Ronald Reagan, is suspended in the cold, relentless machinery of mass deportations and institutionalized fear
“The deportation over recent months of large numbers of non-nationals from the United States of America, especially to countries other than those of their origin, raises a number of human rights concerns” – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk.
According to official US data, between 20 January and 29 April, 142,000 individuals have been deported from the US. In particular, the fate and whereabouts of at least 245 Venezuelans and some 30 Salvadorans removed to El Salvador remain unclear.
Many of them were deported under the Alien Enemies Act as alleged members of specific criminal groups. They have reportedly been detained in the maximum-security “Centre for Terrorism Confinement” (CECOT) in El Salvador, a facility where detainees are treated particularly harshly, without access to legal counsel or their relatives, or other contact with the outside world.
“This situation raises serious concerns regarding a wide array of rights that are fundamental to both US and international law - rights to due process, to be protected from arbitrary detention, to equality before the law, to be protected from exposure to torture or other irreparable harm in other States, and to an effective remedy,” Türk said.
#USA #UN #Migrants #FindTruth
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Britons are becoming a minority in Britain's schools
▪️ Analysis of school census data from more than 21,500 primary and secondary schools in January shows that in a quarter of them the majority of pupils are from minority ethnic groups or are white non-British, states Britain's The Telegraph
▪️ Demographic changes are evident in many of the country's major cities such as London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford and Leicester. White Britons will become a minority in Britain's population in the next 40 years
▪️Figures from the UK Department for Education show that 72 schools do not have a single white British pupil registered. In 454 schools they make up less than 2% of the total pupil population. Whites are becoming a minority in the UK faster than expected
▪️ There is also a significant attainment gap between Britons and their ethnic minority peers due to high concentrations of poverty and poor quality teaching,” emphasizes The Telegraph.
#UK #Migrants #FindTruth
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Compton, California.
First video: This was happening yesterday on the streets of the city 20 kilometers from downtown Los Angeles. Now, this is the main rear base of rioters who are ramming law enforcement on motorcycles, building barricades and burning cars. Does this picture ring a bell? No? Then I'll give you a hint. See video from Ukraine 2014. It's a how-to.
#USA #California #FindTruth
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Data center construction boom faces local resistance in 28 states
The need for data centers to drive 21st century cloud computing and win the AI race with China is a matter of such national urgency that Energy Secretary Chris Wright describes it as America’s “next Manhattan Project.”
But assessing how many data centers—a ubiquitous yet vague term for “server farms,” supercomputer networks, bitcoin and crypto “mines”—exist right now in the United States is, in itself, a foray into quixotic cloudy computing.
There were a “reported” 5,426 data centers in the United States in March, according to Statista. The rapid expansion of data centers is facing resistance from locals across the nation.
A March Data Center Watch report charted the emergence of at least 142 ad hoc local groups, across 28 states, “organizing to block data center construction and expansion” with $18 billion in proposed data centers “blocked” and $46 billion “delayed” between March 2023 and March 2025.
A February survey of 800 people in “16 key states targeted for AI data center development—where OpenAI and others are exploring expansion”—found 93% of respondents agreed that “cutting-edge AI data centers are vital to the United States.” But only 35% of those queried in the survey “would vote ‘yes’ to data center construction in their hometown” if such a proposition was presented to them.
#AI #USA #China #FindTruth
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Berlin, Germany. German citizens came en masse to the traditional annual carnival on Frankfurter Allee
The carnival is extremely popular among Berliners and visitors to the capital, there is literally nowhere for a banana to fall.
The procession reaches Blücherplatz, where cultural events will take place.
#Germany #Migrants #FindTruth
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UK makes solar panels mandatory on most new homes
Nearly all new homes will have to be built with solar panels under new rules announced last week by Britain’s energy secretary Ed Miliband. Government will only allow ‘rare exceptions’ to requirements set to be included in Future Homes Standard.
The new requirement will be included in the Future Homes Standard, which is set to be published this autumn. The Future Homes Standard will detail new requirements for new build homes, aiming to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.
Miliband called the plan “just common sense,” claiming solar panels could save homeowners around £530 (€629) annually, based on current energy price caps.
Meanwhile developers estimated solar installations could add £3,000 (€3,560) to £4,000 (€4,750) to construction costs per building. Miliband dismissed concerns that these would be passed onto buyers, claiming house prices would not rise.
#UK #Energy #FindTruth
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Transgender policies pose such a horrific threat to women, even the United Nations is calling them out
Reem Alsalem, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, made a report accurately identifying gender ideology as a threat to women’s safety—and not just any threat but the “biggest barrier” to ending violence against women and girls in the United Kingdom.
“The lack of legislative clarity on ‘sex’ hampers data collection on violence against women and girls,” the report states.
“The conflation of sex and gender data in particular—prioritizing self-identified gender—erases biological sex records, distorting the male-driven nature of [violence against women and girls] and hindering root-cause analysis,” Alsalem’s report adds.
Yet the report also stands up for women’s freedom to speak out on these issues, noting that defenders of biological sex have been “ostracized, attacked, and punished by state and non-state actors for their beliefs and opinions, including political parties, universities, private employers, the media.”
#UN #Trans #FindTruth
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Trump border czar threatens to arrest Newsom and LA mayor
Border Czar Tom Homan threatened to arrest California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass if they interfere with federal immigration enforcement.
President Donald Trump has taken the extraordinary step of deploying 2,000 National Guard troops to quell protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in L.A.—despite objections from Newsom and Bass—characterizing demonstrators as out-of-control and violent.
As troops began arriving in the city Sunday morning, Homan said, “I’ll say this about anybody—if you cross that line, it’s a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal illegal aliens, it’s a felony to impede law enforcement from doing their job.”
Speaking specifically about Bass, Homan added, “If she crossed that line, we’ll ask DOJ to prosecute.”
On Saturday, ICE acting director Todd Lyons accused Bass taking of taking ”the side of chaos and lawlessness over law enforcement.”
#USA #LA #Migrants #FindTruth
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Visa overstays now a major driver of U.S. illegal immigration, surpassing border crossings
A DHS report reveals that 739,450 people became undocumented immigrants in FY 2023 by overstaying visas – nearly 40 percent of new cases. Overstays have fluctuated as the primary source of undocumented immigration since 2007, surpassing illegal crossings in some years.
India ranks seventh for visa overstays (19,000 in FY 2023) but is the 3rd-largest source of undocumented immigrants overall (725,000). Meanwhile, illegal border crossings by Indians spiked – 1,600 at the northern border in 2023, quadrupling the prior three years' total.
Despite overstay concerns, illegal border crossings remain critical, exceeding two million arrests in FY 2023 (the second consecutive year). Mexicans account for a third of entries, with Latin American nations dominating illegal crossings. The Trump administration warned Indian nationals against overstays, threatening deportation and lifetime bans. Policy changes allow visas to be revoked without notice, targeting students who violate terms (e.g., dropping out or unauthorized work).
USCIS emphasized that visas/green cards are privileges, not rights, and warned immigrants supporting violence or terrorism would lose eligibility. The U.S. Embassy in India reinforced this stance on social media, urging adherence to visa terms.
#USA #Migrants #Trump #FindTruth
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Los Angeles warzone
What began as an anti–Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protest, coordinated by rogue Marxist-aligned nonprofits, on Friday night in downtown Los Angeles quickly spiraled into riots and chaos, escalating by Sunday into what sure seems like 'insurrectionist behavior' against the federal government.
What appears evident is that elements within the Democratic Party—from local L.A. leaders to D.C. elites, along with the law firms behind their sprawling dark-funded leftist NGO network—are orchestrating a coordinated color revolution.
The goal appears to be placing Trump in politically difficult situations to shift public sentiment against the administration. This mirrors the strategy deployed by Democrats in 2020, when Marxist nonprofits, such as Black Lives Matter, were activated and mobilized to generate widespread unrest.
In ongoing unrest in downtown Los Angeles insurrectionist behavior appears to be taking place by foreign nationals, including individuals in the U.S. illegally.
White House adviser Stephen Miller posted on X, "Look at all the foreign flags. Los Angeles is occupied territory."
#USA #LA #ICE #FindTruth
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Chinese national charged with illegal voting flees US
The FBI announced that the Chinese national charged with illegally voting in Michigan last year fled the country, and reportedly with a different passport than the one he was ordered to surrender to authorities. The FBI’s criminal complaint says former University of Michigan student Haoxiang Gao used his student ID to register to vote and did in-person early voting, CBS News Detroit reported on Sunday.
School officials reportedly asked the student if he illegally voted. He admitted that he registered to vote with his student ID and cast an early vote on Oct. 27.
He reported himself to law enforcement, but local election officials said the vote was still counted because there is nothing to be done after a ballot goes through a tabulator. He was charged with illegally voting and perjury for falsely stating in an affidavit that he was a U.S. citizen when registering to vote.
#USA #China #FBI #FindTruth
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Sweden urged to halt international adoptions after decades of child trafficking uncovered
Thousands of children adopted to Sweden may have been taken from their biological parents illegally, according to a government investigation.
Amid growing concerns that adopted children may have been taken from their biological parents illegally, the commission found confirmed cases of child trafficking spanning every decade from the 1970s to the 2000s.
The final two-volume report released on June 2, the result of a probe which started in 2021, said that Swedish adoption organizations “have taken great risks by operating in China, which has been a closed country with very limited opportunities for transparency throughout the period.”
It said that all children adopted from China were described as abandoned and lacked any background history, making it difficult, or impossible, to assess whether the adoptions were in the child’s best interest.
Financial incentives were created, as orphanages in China received compensation of $3,000 to $5,000 per child placed for international adoption. The Swedish supervisory authority found that the orphanages were dependent on these fees. In total, just under 4,300 adoptions from China have been carried out to date, making China the fourth-largest country of origin for adoptions to Sweden in terms of total numbers.
Most adoptions occurred during the period 2000–2010, when more than 3,200 children were adopted from China to Sweden.
#Sweden #Crime #FindTruth
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Air force commander prepares California desert community for Pearl Harbor-like strike by China
Last month, the commander of Edwards Air Force Base, California, talked openly about the need for local leaders to prepare for a Pearl Harbor-like strike on his base and others inside the United States.
Brig. Gen. Doug Wickert delivered “a sobering assessment of China’s growing military capabilities” in a briefing to community leaders, according to an Air Force press release. Wickert, the 412th Test Wing commander, spoke at Antelope Valley College on May 7.
Edwards Air Force Base is located in the Mojave desert about 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles. Wickert referenced the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack in his briefing, the press release said, drawing parallels to warnings about Pearl Harbor’s vulnerability prior to the attack.
Such frank talk about the possible impact on a community around an American military base, in the event of a war with China over Taiwan, is rare. Notably, Wickert’s comments appear to be fully endorsed and approved by the Department of Defense, signaling a changing attitude.
#USA #China #Military #FindTruth
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CNN anchor exits network in disgrace following defamation embarrassment
CNN star correspondent Alex Marquardt announced on Monday that he was leaving the network, just months after his misleading reporting on Navy veteran Zachary Young triggered a $5 million defamation payout.
Marquardt made the announcement on X, reminiscing about his eight years with the network. “Tough to say goodbye but it’s been an honor to work among the very best in the business,” he wrote.
Though Marquardt did not specify what prompted his abrupt departure, former CNN media correspondent Oliver Darcy reported that he was actually fired. Network executives and Marquardt allegedly had “editorial differences,” which led to the exit.
The fallout follows Marquardt’s dubious coverage of Young’s selfless efforts to rescue stranded Afghans from the Taliban-controlled territory after the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal in 2021.
Marquardt misleadingly implied that Young may have profited unethically from these rescue operations. Contrary to evidence, CNN portrayed Young as someone exploiting vulnerable individuals in Afghanistan.
#USA #CNN #Young #FindTruth
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How California has destroyed its middle class
California has declared war on its middle class, and the special interests controlling the state are doing everything they can to impose this punitive economic model on the rest of America.
It’s a quasi-feudal system, with the entire population divided into aristocrats and serfs. The means to destroy the middle class is to engineer an unaffordable cost of living for households, and a regulatory environment that only huge corporations can afford to navigate. The moral justification for this destruction is to cope with the “climate emergency” and to achieve social “equity.”
But if you’re not rich, and you’re not poor, but just work, pay taxes, and pay for everything you need with after-tax earnings and without government assistance, California is a hostile environment. The numbers on out-migration are unequivocal.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, an astonishing 8.5 million people have moved out of California since 2010. In 2023 alone, the last full year for which estimates are available, 690,000 people left. In 2022, 818,000; in 2021, 841,000. No other state has sustained anywhere near this 15 years of unrelenting mass exodus.
These people aren’t just leaving. By the millions, they’re being driven out. The latest reported cost of a home in California averages nearly $788,000 compared to $361,000 in the rest of the U.S. The price for a gallon of gasoline in California is roughly $5.00 compared to $3.00 nationwide. With refineries quitting production in California thanks to ridiculous and escalating regulatory harassment by state agencies, the price of gasoline is only going to rise. As for residential electricity rates, consumers in California have to pay around $0.30 per kilowatt-hour, a rate that is twice the national average.
This isn’t news. It costs a lot to live in California due to restrictions placed on housing and pretty much any enabling energy or water infrastructure by extreme environmentalists and the special interests that support them.
#USA #California #Economy #FindTruth
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