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It’s no secret that Kamala Harris is a power-hungry authoritarian… here she is explaining the immense power she wielded as a prosecutor – which she then implied she’s used responsibly (vs. the evil Donald Trump).Now, a clip from May of 2019 has resurfaced in which Harris fantasizes about weaponizing the DOJ against speech the government doesn’t like, and the platforms that allow it.Speaking at the annual NAACP ‘Fight for Freedom Fund’ dinner in Detroit, Harris threatened: “We will put the Department of Justice of the United States back in the business of justice. We will double the civil rights division,…
Hardhat workers in the stands behind President Trump at a rally in Johnstown, PA, August 30, 2024, photo by Kristinn Taylor. President Trump announced on Thursday that he will make interest payments on car loans COMPLETELY Tax deductible as President. President Trump made the remarks today at the Detroit Economic Club. The former president told the audience, “This will stimulate massive domestic auto production and make car ownership dramatically more affordable for millions and millions of working American families.” Via George Behizy. BREAKING: Trump just announced that he will make interest payments on car loans FULLY tax deductible for all…
Topline Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs again failed to secure bail for the rapper and music mogul Thursday when a New York judge ruled he will stay behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn while awaiting trial, now set for May, on charges including sex trafficking. Sean “Diddy” Combs on Oct. 20, 2023 in Washington, DC.Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs Key Facts At a pretrial hearing Thursday, Judge Arun Subramanian set a trial date of May 5, according to multiple reporters at the courthouse, in line with requests from Combs’ team for an April or May trial.…
By Robert Kogon A German “Citizens Council” has submitted recommendations to the German Ministry of the Interior calling, among other things, for the potential criminalisation of “disinformation.” The council was assembled by the Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany’s most influential public policy think tank, in partnership with the Ministry of the Interior itself, and it was tasked with formulating recommendations on how best to combat “disinformation.” The project as a whole, known as “Forum Against Fakes,” included both a “council” of 120 German citizens, ostensibly selected to represent the diversity of German society, and an online survey. The “Citizens Report,” which was handed over to Minister…
In a rejection of U.S. President Joe Biden’s position, Canada’s conservative opposition leader Pierre Poilievre — who currently leads the polls to be the next Canadian prime minister — endorsed Israel’s right to strike the nuclear sites of “genocidal” Iran, arguing such a move would be a “gift by the Jewish state to humanity.” In a press briefing held Tuesday outside Canada’s House of Commons, Poilievre, the outspoken leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, defended his support for Israel’s proactive defense measures against Iran’s nuclear ambitions. WATCH — Trump: Israel Should Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program: C-SPAN Poilievre’s firm stance was underscored…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5 percent cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for retirees translates to an average increase of more than $50 for retirees every month, agency officials said. About 72.5 million people, including retirees, disabled people and children, get Social Security benefit. Commissioner Martin O’Malley said the adjustment will help “tens of millions of people keep up with expenses even as inflation has started to cool.” But even before the announcement, retirees voiced concern that the increase…
Justice Neil Gorsuch undercut government claims that the ATF’s “ghost gun” rule is not a new interpretation of existing statutes during Tuesday’s oral arguments in Garland v. VanDerStok by noting that as recently as 2021 the government held a different view. Breitbart News reported that the case is Garland v. VanDerStok, and it is focused on ATF Final Rule 2021-05F. A central part of this rule was redefining what the word “firearm” means so as to designate “partially completed pistol frames” and other gun parts as “firearms.” During oral arguments, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar claimed the ATF’s classification of incomplete frames as “firearms” is in keeping with the same…
(Bloomberg) — Gold pared a weekly decline, after hotter-than-expected inflation and a slowdown in the labor market amplified debate over the size of the Federal Reserve’s expected interest rate cut next month.Most Read from BloombergBullion rose as much as 0.7% to trade at $2,647.25 an ounce, building on gains made in the previous session that came after mixed US economic data. Separate US reports on Thursday showed underlying inflation rose more than forecast in September, while applications for unemployment benefits last week increased to a more than one-year high.Fed policymakers John Williams, Austan Goolsbee and Thomas Barkin were unfazed by…
Supporters of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan attempted to seize the streets of the capital Islamabad in October 2024. A video of a massive demonstration circulating on social media, however, does not show the recent protest. The video, viewed tens of thousands of times, was actually filmed in the country’s largest city Karachi and was earlier shared online following Khan’s ouster in April 2022.”D-Chowk Islamabad,” read the Urdu-language caption alongside the video posted on Facebook on October 4, 2024.”D-Chowk” refers to an interchange in Islamabad located near key buildings including the Parliament House, Presidential Palace and Supreme Court (archived…
Video evidence helped Clovis, N.M., police investigators identify a 36-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting death of his grandfather’s wife, police officials said.Police arrested Dany Lucero early Thursday morning, charging him with murder in the Wednesday fatal shooting of 78-year-old Virginia Montoya at her home in the 1300 block of Traver Street, according to a Clovis police news release.Clovis, N.M. Police DepartmentClovis patrol officers responded to the home after an 80-year-old man called 911 saying his wife had been shot as she answered her front door.Responding officers and emergency medical personnel found Montoya sufferig a single gunshot wound…