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Illegal Aliens Flee Sanctuary Cities for Their Native Countries: ‘American Dream Doesn’t Exist Anymore’

In interviews with the Chicago Tribune, some of the nearly 21,000 border crossers and illegal aliens who have arrived in the sanctuary city of Chicago, Illinois, said they wish they had never made the journey up to the United States–Mexico border.
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“The American Dream doesn’t exist anymore,” said Castejon as he laid [sic] on a blanket on the bare floor of the station the afternoon before they left. “There’s nothing here for us,” he added.

Migrants said they’re realizing the city is at a breaking point. Not only is there no more space in shelters, they also acknowledge that some residents in Chicago oppose the opening of more shelters for them. Castejon said that despite the dangerous trek to get here — often begging for money and sleeping in the streets to cross several borders — the journey had not been worth it.
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“We didn’t know things would be this hard,” he said. “I thought the process was faster.”

According to the Tribune report, Catholic Charities is raking in lucrative cash from taxpayers across the United States in states like Illinois, Colorado, and Texas as they help relocate newly arrived border crossers and illegal aliens to other states.

In Illinois, for instance, Catholic Charities is using taxpayer money to send more than 2,000 border crossers and illegal aliens to other states. At the same time, Catholic Charities in Colorado and Texas are using taxpayer money to send more border crossers and illegal aliens to Illinois.

Chicago is not the only sanctuary city to see dissatisfied border crossers and illegal aliens. In New York City, new arrivals told the New York Post that they are furious over the prospect of the city moving them into the historic Floyd Bennett Field in southeast Brooklyn.

15 Shot, Five Killed, During Weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Chicago

ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times reported the weekend’s first fatal shooting occurred Friday night around 8:30 p.m. “in the 7600 block of North Greenview Avenue.” A 36-year-old man was sitting in a car when another vehicle pulled along side him and someone in the second vehicle opened fire.

The 36-year-old was transported to a hospital where he died.

At 3 a.m. Saturday morning two men, a 31-year-old and a 32-year-old, were sitting in a car “in the 1400 block of North Avers Avenue” when someone in another vehicle opened fire on them as well. Both men were shot multiple times, and the 31-year-old succumbed to his wounds.

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest around 2:50 p.m. “in the 13000 block of South Drexel Avenue.” He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and he later died.

Hours later, at 6:40 p.m., a 40-year-old man “in the 7900 block of South Western Avenue” was approached by someone who drew a gun and  opened fire. The 40-year-old was transported to a hospital for his wounds and he died shortly thereafter.

Shots Fired After 3 People Try to Break Into Secret Service SUV in Crime-Ridden D.C.

The Associated Press reported that the incident occurred in Georgetown, when the agents “saw the three people breaking a window of the parked and unoccupied SUV.”

One of the agents opened fire, causing the three individuals to flee in a red vehicle.

FOX News noted that the Secret Service released a statement on the incident, indicating, “There was no threat to any protectees and the incident is being investigated by the DC Metropolitan Police Department and the Secret Service.”

The AP observed, “Police have reported more than 750 carjackings this year and more than 6,000 reports of stolen vehicles in the district.”

Violent crime is up over 40 percent, compared to where it was last year.

It's just the Bidens growing paranoid like anybody else in D.C. nowadays.

San Francisco Erects Barricades to Keep out the Homeless for Xi Jinping

Barricades and fencing have been erected in San Francisco as the city scrambles to clean up its homeless population ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Photos and videos showing metal barricade structures outside of the Moscone Center, where leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group are set to gather Wednesday, have garnered criticism on social media.

“San Francisco built a wall and made all the homeless people disappear for Xi,” End Wokeness, an account with more than 1.8 million followers, posted on X. “If only they cared about pleasing their own constituents as much as they care about pleasing a world dictator.”

Biden and Xi are to meet on the “sidelines” of the San Francisco summit on Wednesday, reports Fox News.

More images from the city’s streets show before-and-after photos in which homeless encampments were seemingly cleaned up right before the Chinese leader’s arrival.

“Xi has done more to clean up our filthy cities than any elected U.S. official,” former White House speechwriter Darren J. Beattie wrote on X.

And even before anybody claims that they're exaggerating, please read Newsom's response first.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) responded to the backlash at a press conference, saying “it’s true” that San Francisco has been cleaned up for all “those fancy leaders who are coming into town.”

“Because it’s true,” the progressive governor said. “But it’s also true, for months and months and months prior to APEC, we’ve been having different conversations.”

Stacey Abrams-Founded Nonprofit Once Headed by Raphael Warnock Under Investigation for Financial Corruption

A Georgia voter registration project founded by failed Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is facing scrutiny for financial corruption, a six-month-long Politico investigation revealed.

The New Georgia Project (NGP), once headed by leftist Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), was founded to “build power with and increase the civic participation of the New Georgia Majority—Black, Latinx, AAPI, and young Georgians,” according to their website.

Revelations about NGP’s internal investigation into suspected financial mismanagement came from the Politico report that dug into the sudden departure of their longtime director Nsé Ufot, who the group is demanding repay thousands of dollars in “non-work-related” reimbursements.
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NGP is now under an external ethics investigation from the state of Georgia, suspected of participating in unlawful political activity as well as being in a dispute with the IRS over payroll taxes, which new CEO Kendra Davenport Cotton claimed to Politico has been settled.

The outlet’s report cited financial disclosures, internal documents, and interviews with former staffers to back up the claims of corruption, including examples of improper expense tracking on prepaid Visa gift cards to employees, and failures to account for salary advances.

NGP, as well as their 501©4 action fund, NGPAF, raked in a whopping $36.4 million during the 2020 election cycle, and $16.1 million in 2021.

According to former employees who were questioned, the mismanagement of the multimillion dollar pot led to the allegations of financial corruption.

Columbia U. Suspends Pro-Terror Student Groups Including Students for Justice in Palestine

“Columbia University is suspending Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) as official student groups through the end of the fall term,” Gerald Rosberg, Senior Executive Vice President of the University and Chair of the Special Committee on Campus Safety, said in a statement.

“This decision was made after the two groups repeatedly violated University policies related to holding campus events, culminating in an unauthorized event Thursday afternoon that proceeded despite warnings and included threatening rhetoric and intimidation,” Rosberg added.

The statement went on to explain that “suspension means the two groups will not be eligible to hold events on campus or receive University funding.”

“Lifting the suspension will be contingent on the two groups demonstrating a commitment to compliance with University policies and engaging in consultations at a group leadership level with University officials,” Rosberg said.

MIDDLE EASTERN NEWS

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Still Convoluted Indeed

Saudi Arabia Welcomes Iran’s President for Anti-Israel ‘Islamic Cooperation’ Summit

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this weekend for a meeting of 57 Muslim world leaders to condemn Israel in response to its ongoing self-defense operation against the genocidal Hamas terrorist organization.

Raisi’s visit to Saudi Arabia was his first since assuming the office of the presidency – which is subordinate to “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – and included an in-person meeting with the de-facto leader of the country, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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Saudi Arabia’s state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) published an image of bin Salman meeting with Raisi on the sidelines of this weekend’s meeting, which brought together the members of the “Organization for Islamic Cooperation” (OIC) to condemn Israel.
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Prior to the in-person meeting, bin Salman and Raisi held their first phone call in October, also to discuss Israeli self-defense operations. Neither the call nor the meeting in Riyadh resulted in a joint statement or any material coordination between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi government had reportedly planned to convene a meeting of the smaller Arab League to address Israel’s operations to protect its people against Hamas but extended the invite to all members of the OIC, which include non-Arab nations such as Iran and Turkey.

The OIC event formally ended on Monday but featured speeches by heads of state on Saturday. Raisi used his address to condemn the United States and demand that all Muslim countries establish a trade embargo on Israel, a demand the state parties to the meeting already maintaining ties to Israel, such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, ignored.

Israel Uncovers Hamas HQ in Children’s Hospital; Weapons, Evidence of Hostages

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a video Monday night showing evidence that the Palestinian Hamas terror organization used the Al-Rantisi Hospital for Children in western Gaza to house weapons and perhaps hostages.

Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the IDF spokesman, visited the site of the hospital and showed that it was near the home of a Hamas naval commando leader, which was also close to a school, putting both of those civilian sites in danger. Hagari also showed a tunnel next to the commando leader’s house, which was supplied with electricity from solar panels. Hagari noted that the IDF was using robots to probe the tunnel and had already found that it led to a bulletproof door that was reinforced against explosions.

Inside the hospital, Hagari showed a cache of Hamas weapons found in the hospital. “This kind of gear is gear for a major fight. These are explosives,” Hagari said, noting that the dangerous items were stored among patients and children. In addition, Hagari showed evidence that Israeli hostages were likely held in the hospital basement: a motorcycle riddled with bullets; a chair with a rope, women’s clothes, and a baby bottle; and an improvised toilet, along with diapers. (Hamas is known to hold at least 30 child hostages, including several infants.)

There was also an improvised ventilation system; and a room in which a curtain had been placed against a blank wall, suggesting that the room had been used for filming hostages. There was also a log of guard duty shifts.

Palestinian Women, Children Joined Hamas in Looting in October 7 Attack

Photos and victim testimonies have emerged showing that Palestinian women and children joined the looting of at least one Israeli community during the October 7 terror attack by the Palestinian Hamas organization.
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The evidence was presented by survivors from the community of Kibbutz Nir Oz during a conference for journalists in Eilat, Israel. Nir Oz is 2km away from the Gaza border on a straight road; it lost one fourth of its residents to murder and kidnapping.

Nir Oz resident Eyal Barad, 40, shared still images from a camera mounted on his house in Nir Oz, which captured events throughout the twelve-hour ordeal as he and his family of five hid in their home’s “safe room.” He made screenshots of the camera footage on his smartphone as it was transmitted to him via a related app throughout the October 7 terror attack.

One image shows a Palestinian woman riding a bicycle during the attack — likely one of the many bicycles stored at Nir Oz, a community that banned cars from the grounds.

Several other images show children, apparently between the ages of ten and fourteen, also joining in the looting, also by taking bicycles that appear to have belonged to the kibbutz.

Schoolteacher Natalie Yohanan spoke about hiding in her family’s “safe room” while Palestinian civilians, including a woman, made food in her kitchen and stole everything they could — including “women’s items,” such as underwear and toiletries.

Army Identifies Five Special Operators Killed in Black Hawk Crash Deployed to the Mediterranean

U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) on Monday released the names of five Army special operators who were killed Friday in a helicopter crash in the Mediterranean Sea.

The deceased were: Chief Warrant Officer 3 Stephen R. Dwyer, 38, of Clarksville, Tennessee; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane M. Barnes, 34, of Sacramento, California; Staff Sgt. Tanner W. Grone, 26, of Gorham, New Hampshire; Sgt. Andrew P. Southard, 27, of Apache Junction, Arizona; and Sgt. Cade M. Wolfe, 24, of Mankato, Minnesota.

The soldiers were assigned to 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne).

“We mourn the loss of these five incredible Soldiers, each of them a national treasure. They hail from rare patriotic families with deep military service ties that span multiple generations and formations,” said Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga, commander of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, in a statement.