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US NEWS

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Joe Biden Demands Billions to Fly, Bus More Migrants into U.S. Communities

President Joe Biden’s deputies are asking Congress for $14 billion extra to help bus illegal migrants up to the U.S. border and onward into hotels in many cities and towns around the nation.

The request is being touted as “border security” even though very few funds would be used to exclude economic migrants. For example, Biden’s deputies have ushered more than 300,000 economic migrants through the U.S. border in September alone. The 2023 inflow has added up to roughly 2.5 million, not counting legal migrants and temporary workers.

Instead, much of the requested money would be used to help more job-seeking migrants reach the U.S. border, register and release them, and then bus them to hotels, job training, and American workplaces around the United States.

The massive request — buried in a larger $106 billion request — may be intended to cover planned migrant aid by Democrat-run cities through the 2024 presidential campaign. That cash flow would help pro-migration groups minimize voters’ recognition of the huge costs to cities, taxpayers, and Americans.

The government’s flood of illegal migrants is already displacing many lower-income Americans from decent jobs and housing as well as granting a huge windfall to employers, real estate investors, and government agencies.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Suggests Americans Must Be Ready to Import Palestinians

Ocasio-Cortez was asked whether Arab countries in the Middle East ought to open their borders to Palestinians rather than the United States.

In response, Ocasio-Cortez suggested she would support such Arab countries taking in Palestinians, but  Americans would also need to be open to refugee resettlement.

The exchange went as follows:

CNN ANCHOR: Should Arab countries be taking on the lion’s share of the burden to absorb what could be over a million, if not more, refugees from Gaza?

OCASIO-CORTEZ: I think there’s something to be said about the region’s partners being able to support and step up for Palestinians. However, that does not abdicate the United States from our historic role that we’ve played in the world of accepting refugees and allowing people to restart their lives here.

Ocasio-Cortez is one of just two Democrat lawmakers who have suggested the U.S. must resettle Palestinians in American communities. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) told the New York Post last week that the U.S. ought to “welcome” Palestinians.

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden’s administration and other Democrats have been silent on the issue.

What people don't realize is that is the same as telling terrorists to invade the US.  Why? Because the DHS no longer cares about background checks.

$200K Payment to Joe Biden from Brother James Appears Linked to Family Business

Evidence exists of a $200,000 payment to now-President Joe Biden — in 2018, before his election to the White House — from his brother, James Biden, and James’ wife, Sara Biden, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) revealed Friday.

The revelation shows Joe Biden personally accepting money from his family’s overseas business ventures, despite denying his involvement in the business at least nine times. “Where is the money? Joe Biden asked reporters in September. Comer believes he found some.

“A document that we’re releasing today raises new questions about how President Biden personally benefited from his family’s shady influence peddling of his name and their access to him,” Comer said in a video released on X. “Bank records obtained by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability have revealed a $200,000 direct payment from James and Sara Biden to Joe Biden in the form of a personal check.”

LATIN AMERICAN NEWS

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Mexican Police Chief Killed on 2nd Day at Work in Border State

A group of cartel gunmen killed the police chief of Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, who had just begun his second day on the job in a Mexican border state that continues to experience a dramatic spike in drug shootouts and killings.

The targeted killing took place on Thursday afternoon in the city of Hidalgo located in the northeastern part of the border state of Nuevo Leon, northeast of Monterrey. Lucio Juarez Trujillo, the police chief of the municipality of Hidalgo was driving his personal SUV when a group of gunmen ambushed him. The gunmen shot him several times.

Law enforcement sources revealed to Breitbart Texas that at least three SUVs with gunmen took part in the attack. By the time police forces responded to the scene, Juarez Trujillo had died from his injuries. Despite a search and a manhunt, authorities did not find the shooters.

Juarez Trujillo became the Public Security Secretary (police chief) for Hidalgo just two days before his murder. Before that, he had been an officer with Tamaulipas State Police.

The killing comes at a time when several drug cartels are engaged in fierce turf wars for control of main drug trafficking and distribution areas in Nuevo Leon. Those turf wars have led to numerous targeted killings, as well as several large-scale attacks on police forces in various parts of the state.

EUROPEAN NEWS

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Baby Formula Factory Shipping to China to Shut Down Due to Lack of Demand

Nestle, the world’s largest food company, announced on Wednesday that it will shutter or sell the Wyeth Nutrition baby formula factory in Askeaton, Ireland, no later than the first quarter of 2026.

The major reason given for this decision was that China’s birth rate has collapsed so much that the plant’s output, which was exported to Asia, is no longer needed.

“The number of newborn babies in China has declined sharply from some 18 million per year in 2016 to fewer than 9 million projected in 2023. The market, which had previously been reliant on imported infant formula products, is also seeing rapid growth in locally produced products,” Nestle stated.

The company said it would shutter a research and development center at the Askeaton plant by 2025, putting a total of 542 local jobs on the line.

London’s Met Police Threaten to Arrest Activists for Displaying Children Kidnapped by Hamas

This week, the Campaign Against Antisemitism group has been driving a convoy of vans with electronic billboards displaying kidnapped children throughout London in order to raise awareness about the barbaric acts of the Palestinian Hamas terror organisation during the October 7th terror attacks in Israel.

On Thursday, the campaign group shared footage on social media purporting to show the Metropolitan Police Force ordering the group to switch off their billboards or face “breach of peace” charges after they were confronted by pro-Palestine protesters. The group claimed that they were also ordered by police to leave central London.

Campaign Against Antisemitism chief executive Gideon Falter said: “How on earth could police stop people in central London, in our capital, from showing the pictures of children kidnapped by a terrorist organised banned by our government?”
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The CAA said that it is considering legal actions against the London police force for its “abysmal failure to uphold our rights and protect British Jews.”

MIDDLE EASTERN NEWS

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U.N. Chief Guterres Demands Egypt Open Gaza Border for Aid – Not Palestinians

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the closed-down Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza on Friday, demanding Egypt allow trucks full of humanitarian aid into the Hamas-controlled territory but failing to urge Cairo to accept Palestinian refugees.
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In preparation to respond to Hamas, the Israeli government has urged Palestinian civilians to leave north Gaza and Gaza City, where Hamas is believed to keep much of its weapons arsenal and logistics bases. Hamas has responded to Israel’s attempts to protect civilians by erecting roadblocks in Gaza and killing Palestinian civilians to prevent them from leaving. Egypt, the only other country bordering Gaza, has repeatedly insisted it would not accept any Palestinian refugees.

Guterres did not address allowing Palestinian refugees to leave Gaza while visiting the Rafah crossing, the only exit for Gazans seeking to flee. Instead, he urged the governments of Israel, Egypt, and the Hamas terrorist organization to let trucks full of humanitarian aid through Rafah.
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Guterres bizarrely concluded his remarks thanking the Egyptian government, which is responsible for keeping the border closed.

“I want to end by expressing my deep gratitude to the people and the Government of Egypt. Egypt is today the fundamental pillar that allows hope to exist on that side of the border,” the U.N. chief asserted. “Hope that these trucks will move to support them.”

Egyptian authorities reportedly agreed to open the Rafah border crossing on Wednesday, though no trucks appeared to be passing at the time of Guterres’s visit on Friday. Cairo had repeatedly claimed prior to nominally agreeing to open the border that the border was open already, although the government was allowing no transit in or out of Gaza.

First Image of American Mother and Daughter Hostages Released by Hamas

The photo shows 59-year-old Judith Tai Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter, Natalie Raanan, being escorted by Israeli soldiers on Friday, following their release by Hamas, which continues to hold an estimated 200 men, women, and children hostage, including ten Americans. Gal Hirsch, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s special coordinator for returning the hostages, is seen in the photo holding the hands of the freed Americans.

Judith, a aesthetician from Evanston, Illinois, and Natalie, a recent graduate of Deerfield High School, were in Israel to visit their family members at Kibbutz Nahal Oz for the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, when they were kidnapped by Hamas during the surprise attack on October 7.

During his Friday press briefing, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed the release of the two Americans, saying that he “shares in the relief that their families, friends, and loved ones are feeling.”

However, Blinken also noted that “there are still 10 additional Americans who remain unaccounted for in this conflict,” among the estimated 200 still held by Hamas.

Iran-Backed Militias Launch Rocket and Drone Attacks on U.S. Forces in Iraq

Rocket and drone attacks on Thursday targeted military bases in Iraq that host U.S. and coalition forces.

The attacks were an apparent effort by Iran-controlled Shiite militias to make good on their threats to attack American interests if the U.S. continues to support Israel against the terrorists of Hamas.

Reports documented multiple explosions at the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq’s western Anbar province, including detonations inside the perimeter of the base. At least two rockets were also fired at a base housing U.S. forces near Baghdad’s international airport.

There was no immediate report of casualties from Ain al-Asad. An American official told Reuters one of the rockets fired at the Baghdad airport base was intercepted, and the other struck an empty storage facility, so there were no casualties from that attack.

Wednesday also saw two attacks against Iraqi bases hosting U.S. forces, both involving drones. Pentagon officials said the force stationed at al-Asad was able to intercept two suicide drones launched against the airbase on Wednesday. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said a third drone launched against a position in northern Iraq was “engaged and destroyed” without “injuries or damage.”