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President can deploy troops to enforce Immigration Law
President-elect Trump’s confirmation last month of his plan to deploy military assets for immigration enforcement sparked a constitutional debate. A careful examination of a pair of longstanding statutes reveals military support for immigration enforcement is permissible
The issue hinges on two 19th century laws: the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 and the Insurrection Act of 1807. When properly understood, both allow the President to use active-duty military forces to support the deportation of illegal immigrants
The military currently provides support for immigration enforcement. Today, roughly 4,000 service members assist Customs and Border Protection along the southwest border. They operate surveillance aircraft, transport Border Patrol personnel, and maintain vehicles
The incoming administration has the potential to significantly expand this support role. Military aircraft could transport detainees, military installations could provide temporary housing facilities, and military personnel could assist with administrative and logistical tasks. None of these activities would violate Posse Comitatus because they do not involve direct law enforcement actions
#USA #Trump #Migrants #FindTruth
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An Irish citizen asks a Syrian migrant, a refugee from Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship and celebrating the dictator's fall:
“Does that mean you're going back to Syria now?”
“- Uh... well... the economic situation there is not very good yet.”
#Syria #Ireland #Migrants #FindTruth
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Promises to cut $2 trillion clash with Trump's expensive plans
Ambitious budget cuts will meet political reality in Trump’s second administration
"At least $2 trillion" was Elon Musk's casual preelection response when asked how much a new Donald Trump administration could cut from the federal government. As a goal for the new administration, $2 trillion in cuts is both perfectly reasonable and politically impossible
The federal government, now burning $6.8 trillion annually, ran on $4.4 trillion just five years ago—hardly a time of fiscal restraint. But any ambition to curb government spending will have to contend with a political reality that isn't exactly primed for austerity—especially under a second Trump administration, where a potent combination of executive power, cronyism, and party infighting looks likely to dominate
#USA #Trump #Economy #FindTruth
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EU birth rate falls to historic low
3.665 million babies will be born in the 27 EU member states in 2023, the lowest since record-keeping began in 1961. Compared with 2022, the drop in births was 5.5%. This is the biggest drop ever recorded,” states the British Financial Times
Since peaking at nearly 7 million births in the mid-1960s, birth rates in the countries that now make up the EU have plummeted and are at about the same level as in the US
A shortage of children in Europe will increase pressure on public finances as the working-age population shrinks and costs in areas such as health care and pensions rise
#EU #Economy #FindTruth
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Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen describes how the government has de-banked dozens of startup and crypto figures
Marc Andreessen, who has started numerous successful high-tech firms and is an investor in the field, recently appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast and talked about how the U.S. government quietly works with large financial institutions to de-bank people they see as a threat, including people who are just trying to create startups or invest in crypto
Oddly, this never seems to happen to people on the political left
According to Andreessen, the government debanked over 30 tech startups including crypto founders over the past four years. He also claims that the exercise goes back 15 years during the Obama administration when several ‘unconventional startups’ including marijuana businesses were debanked
#USA #Economy #Crypto #FindTruth
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The (State of California) authorities are so incompetent that they spent $1.7 million dollars to build a one-and-only public restroom in San Francisco. One toilet! For $1.7 million dollars! So it's ugly, I've seen pictures. This whole thing in front of you cost me less than that!
#USA #Trump #Economy #FindTruth
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ICE says nearly 180,000 non-citizens deliberately not detained, roaming free in US cities
In the second and third quarters of fiscal 2024, U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents removed nearly 68,000 illegal border crossers, ICE says
ICE claims the number “reflects a 69% increase over removals during the third quarter in fiscal year 2023, and is more than 140% of ICE removals for all fiscal year 2023”
According to the latest data published by ICE, 179,937 illegal foreign nationals, who under current federal law are inadmissible and required to be removed, weren’t detained but were living freely in the U.S. through ICE’s “Alternatives to Detention” (ATD) program, as of June 2024
Greatest number illegally living in the U.S. are in California
#USA #ICE #FindTruth
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New “Thank You, Dr. Fauci” documentary exposes entire COVID charade
Award-winning documentarian Jenner Furst has released a new documentary film about Tony Fauci called "Thank You, Dr. Fauci" that dives deep into the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) "pandemic" scam and associated coverup
Furst is a two-time Peabody Award-winning and four-time Emmy nominated director and self-described progressive who broke rank with the Democrat Party. His journey into the content for the film started in early 2020 when he was contacted to write a puff piece for Fauci, who used to head up the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Furst never ended up writing the Fauci piece, but instead ended up down a rabbit hole through which he came out the other side with "Thank You, Dr. Fauci," a project that the mainstream press is ignoring. Even the popular Rotten Tomatoes critic website refuses to touch the film
#COVID #NIH #Fauci #FindTruth
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Electric vehicle fires: How worried should we really be?
Electric vehicles bring not just environmental promise, but also raise critical safety questions – chief among them, the fire risks posed by their lithium-ion batteries. While indispensable for powering EVs, these batteries present unique challenges, especially in confined spaces like parking garages, where the potential for fires carries significant consequences
At the core of this risk lies the lithium-ion battery (LiB), a powerful energy storage device with considerable vulnerabilities. Thermal runaway is a self-accelerating reaction that leads to a rapid temperature increase. It is often caused by overcharging, overheating, damage, or defects, and once initiated, it can cause uncontrollable fires that are difficult to extinguish
The risk of thermal runaway is mitigated by built-in Battery Management Systems (BMS), which include real-time monitoring, automatic deactivation features, and compartmentalised modules to isolate fires. However, as the range and performance of EVs improves, their batteries are getting bigger, making fire safety a serious challenge, especially in indoor environments
So is it safe to own an EV?
The answer is yes, but only if certain safety measures are followed. Individual EV owners play a vital role in minimising risks. Owning an EV with a home-charging setup offers great convenience, but it’s essential to address potential hazards
#EV #Safety #FindTruth
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One of the many thieves in the states stole laundry detergent and was shot by a store customer
#USA #Economy #FindTruth
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DOJ arrests Chinese national over shipping weapons, ammo from California to North Korea
Shenghua Wen, 41, who had been illegally residing in the United States, was charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. The press release described Wen as being a Chinese nation who had overstayed his student visa in the U.S. and who was “therefore prohibited from possessing any firearms or ammunition”
Violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act is described as a “felony that carries a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison,” according to the press release
Wen reportedly “exported to North Korea shipments of firearms, ammunition and other military items” that had been “concealed inside shipping containers” from Long Beach. The containers were then shipped from Long Beach to Hong Kong and from Hong Kong to North Korea
#USA #China #NorthKorea #FindTruth
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No good prospects for EU economy
According to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, Eurozone economic growth could be weaker in the months ahead and the medium-term outlook is uncertain with downside risks dominating
The eurozone economy has been virtually stagnant for the past 18 months, and a long-predicted recovery has not materialised
Weak growth has helped tame runaway inflation, but some policymakers are concerned growth is so weak that inflation could fall below the ECB’s 2% target, much like in the pre-pandemic years
“Survey-based data suggest that growth will be weaker in the short term, on the back of slowing growth in the services sector and a continued contraction in manufacturing,” Lagarde told the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in Brussels
“The medium-term economic outlook is uncertain, however, and dominated by downside risks,” Lagarde added. “Geopolitical risks are elevated, with growing threats to international trade”
Given the open nature of the bloc, trade barriers pose a threat to manufacturing and investment, Lagarde added
#EU #Economy #FindTruth
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There are many texts on the causes of the recession in Germany. But since the downward trend started long before 2022, Russian gas is clearly not the only reason
If we highlight the most important one, it is, of course, some incredible unwillingness to spend, both at the federal budget level and at the consumer level. And it's expressed in a tremendous dislike of debt
So when you are told that living in debt is immoral because you are ensuring your quality of life at the expense of future generations, remember this graph: Living within your means can hurt future generations just as much
#Germany #Economy #FindTruth
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Looks like 25 y.o. at 52. Who is Kim Keon-hee, the first lady of South Korea?
Born as Kim Myeong-sin on September 2, 1972 in Yangpyeong, she attended Myungil Girls’ High School. She did her graduation from Kyonggi University with an art degree. She changed her name to Kim Keon-hee in 2008
Her father died when she was still in the middle school. Her mother Choi Eun-sun was tried and acquitted on charges of operating an elderly care hospital without a medical license from 2013 to 2015, and is currently serving a one-year sentence for real estate fraud after being convicted in 2023
Since 2009, she is the chief executive officer and president of the art exhibition company, Covana Contents
Today Kim Keon-hee, South Korea's First Lady, has faced numerous allegations, including non-payment of taxes, resume falsification, academic plagiarism, stock manipulation, and accepting a luxury Dior handbag. These controversies have contributed to a decline in approval ratings and calls for a special investigation amid ongoing political turmoil
#SouthKorea #FindTruth
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The FBI is asking Americans to urgently switch to encrypted messages, blaming the “worst hack of U.S. communications in history” on Chinese Salt Typhoon hackers (the introduction of viruses became known on November 22, and no one knows how long they worked in the system undetected)
The humor of the situation is that the hackers “were able to listen to phone calls and read text messages” using a system that the U.S. authorities themselves (the same FBI) implemented to wiretap U.S. citizens as part of criminal investigations. Now the same U.S. authorities are advising their suspected citizens to “encrypt their correspondence,” expecting that the messenger companies will provide the keys only to their government agencies
#USA #FBI #Surveillance #FindTruth
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They will choose until they choose “correctly”: Romania annulled the results of the first round of presidential elections
The Constitutional Court has decided to cancel the results of the first round of the presidential election, where the so-called “pro-Russian” candidate won. Now the whole process of the presidential election begins anew
We shall remind you that Georgescu, who won the election, earlier promised not to allow interference in the country's internal affairs, as well as to stop military aid to Kiev and the export of Ukrainian grain through the country
#Romania #Elections #FindTruth
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The “verdict” to the regime of Bashar al-Assad was issued de facto on November 29th in Moscow following his after his unsuccessful visit to the Kremlin
Upon his return on November 30th in Damascus, Assad faced with widespread betrayal by his security forces, who saw
the lack of support from Moscow as a compromise already decided for the Kremlin
as part of some kind of arrangement behind Damascus' back
A significant mistake of Bashar al-Assad himself was the decision to visit Moscow, where he arrived on November 27, together with all members of his family. The news of the Assad family's presence in Moscow at the time of the outbreak of hostilities in the north of the country was in fact proof of the regime's fragility, which played a significant role in the militants' moral and psychological superiority over the Assad government forces
Assad was flown to Moscow by a Russian airplane. It flew out of Latakia, then turned off its transponder and headed toward Russia. The board could have taken off from the Russian military base Hmeimim or from Latakia airport. The data was provided by Flightradar, a website that monitors aircraft movements. The plane's transponder was briefly turned on near Moscow and turned off again before landing, the BBC writes.
#Syria #Turkey #Russia #FindTruth
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‘Keep nine litres of water in storage’: how Baltic and Nordic countries are preparing for a crisis or war
With war raging in Ukraine, the sabotage of undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, and increasingly aggressive nuclear rhetoric from Russia, many countries in the region are giving their citizens advice on how to prepare for a crisis, emergency or war
The Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which share borders with Russia, – have regularly updated public information over the past decade. This partly stems from historical experiences of Soviet occupation, and fears of something similar happening again
On the other side of the Baltic Sea, emergency preparedness advice has also been updated this year in Denmark and Norway
The Danish information is not directly linked to war, but mentions other possible crises such as extreme weather and cyber attacks. The advice focuses on how citizens could be prepared to cope for three days, without power, including having your own water supply of nine litres in storage and having a stock of canned food. The Norwegian information also talks about how to survive for one week without power. It suggests having food, matches, candles and iodine tables in case of nuclear attack
#Baltic #Military #WarInUkraine #FindTruth
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How Jaguar became a vehicle for LGBT idiocy
The unveiling of Jaguar’s new electric concept car this week was predictably overshadowed by that advert it released earlier this month
The Jaguar ad was widely mocked, and deservedly so. Its miserabilist cast looked like they had discharged themselves from an institution for the radically neurodivergent, before raiding some bins for random things to wear. ‘Copy nothing’, read the slogan
The campaign was so bonkers it was tempting to assume it was a joke or an accident. Some of the company’s fans tried to insist the ad was merely a clever way of generating coverage. If only that were true. It actually represented the culmination of a decade-long campaign to groom a classic British brand by the increasingly demented LGBT lobby
One hint of this could be spotted in a wildly favourable review of the ad in LGBT magazine Attitude. The same article also revealed that the magazine’s publisher, Darren Styles, had been among a select group of journalists given a sneak preview of the car ahead of its official launch
It is not surprising that a tiny LGBT magazine was invited to a major car brand’s top-secret marketing event. For almost a decade, Attitude has been guiding Jaguar in a high-risk pivot away from its traditional customers and towards the LGBT community
#UK #Jaguar #LGBT #FindTruth
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'Times have changed': Debate over fluoridated water resurfaces across U.S.
Studies about the potential link between high levels of fluoride and lower IQ in children, plus comments from President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for health and human services secretary, are fueling the debate to the chagrin of dental experts who say fluoridated water is irreplaceable
Abilene, Texas, stopped adding fluoride to city water in September after a federal judge in California ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to draft regulations in response to plaintiffs’ concerns that levels of the mineral might pose a risk to pregnant women or the IQ levels of their children
The judge did not conclude that fluoride is “injurious to public health” but ruled that an “unreasonable risk of injury” requires a response
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom Mr. Trump nominated for health secretary, called for the end to fluoridation after the Jan. 20 inauguration. He said fluoride is an “industrial waste” capable of causing bodily defects such as bone cancer and thyroid issues
#USA #Health #FindTruth
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Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa
“It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday morning during her daily press conference, adding that the amount seized surpasses 20 million doses
“Think (about it), the consumption of a person addicted to fentanyl over the course of a year is like a packet of sugar. Then think about a ton of fentanyl, we are talking about more than 20 million doses, and close to eight billion Mexican pesos ($394 million),” the president said
The raids come days after US President-elect Donald Trump promised massive hikes in tariffs on goods from Mexico on the first day of his administration – a move he claims to be in retaliation for illegal immigration and “crime and drugs” coming across the border
“This tariff will remain in effect until such time as drugs, in particular fentanyl, and all illegal aliens stop this invasion of our country!” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on November 25
#Mexico #Fentanyl #Trump #FindTruth
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France's political crisis and Macron's big problems
The French president joined the company of Ukraine's Zelensky, Georgia's Salome Zurabishvili and South Korea's Yun Seok-yeol in saying he would not resign after a vote of no confidence in Michel Barnier's government on the evening of Dec. 4
The situation in France is a rare one, with virtually no chance for Macron's political career. 331 of 577 French lawmakers voted to dismiss Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a vote of no confidence after he tried to pass a tough budget to reduce the country's huge deficit
Barnier will become the shortest-serving prime minister and the first prime minister to be sent out of office by parliament since 1962. At the same time, lawmakers have also started demanding Macron's resignation - he has already refused
The desire to send Macron to resign has become a unique example of unity between the left and the right, and it may turn out that the latter will still have to comply. It will be no easier to form a new government than it was three months ago, when it succeeded with great difficulty. Macron, on whose initiative early parliamentary elections were held, has created a problem for himself - it is impossible to dissolve parliament and appoint new elections now according to the procedure until the summer of 2025. How France will be without a government is still unknown, but the country will definitely meet the New Year without a budget
There is an option - the departed Barnier can be left as an acting minister by Macron's efforts, but the budget requires higher powers. This means that the problem goes beyond France and becomes a European one: if the second eurozone economy does not know when it will adopt a budget, and it is not clear what it will be, it is not good for the euro. Investors are already quoting France at the same level of investment risk as Greece
The current arrangement puts Marine Le Pen, if not at the top of the real power ranking, then at the top of it. Because Barnier was appointed only thanks to the votes of Marine Le Pen, and now she has a chance to get Macron's resignation due to her influence in the parliament and “golden share” in the voting.After that, the road to the post of president in the elections of 2027 is actually open for Le Pen herself
#France #Macron #FindTruth
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Global freezing: Surface temperatures in frigid Greenland have been dropping for 20 years
A team of Thai scientists and mathematicians has determined that surface temperatures throughout Greenland have actually been dropping over the past several decades as opposed to increasing
In other words, surface temperatures in Greenland, one of the coldest regions in the world, have been slightly decreasing year after year, according to the new research
Casting serious doubt on the "net zero" theory of a coming climate collapse, the new research debunks the claims that ocean waters are "boiling" and that the Greenland ice sheet is in danger of catastrophic melting. If anything, Greenland is gradually entering an even deeper freeze the longer time passes
Antarctica has likewise not been warming as is widely claimed. For the past 20 years, Antarctica's temperatures have remained largely the same
#World #Climate #FindTruth
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The Biden guide to loving your boy
By Andrew Stiles
9 helpful tips for elderly fathers of adult criminals
President Joe Biden on Sunday issued a sweeping pardon to his 54-year-old son Hunter Biden, the former crackhead and Ukrainian oil executive, which applies to all federal crimes he may have committed over the past decade
As many of Biden's defenders have already pointed out, the president made these questionable choices, which will further erode the public's faith in the American justice system, because he is a devoted father and family man who is only guilty of loving his son too much. Some historians have argued Joe Biden is one of the best fathers of all time, which is why we've compiled the following list of parenting tips to help you, our humble readers, who will never measure up to Sleepy Joe, love your own son like a Biden
1) Let him make mistakes
2) Consequences are for other people's kids 3) Always put your own ambitions first
4) Support his career decisions, but always get a cut
5) Be nice to his foreign associates
6) Encourage him to experiment with drugs 7) Stay out of sibling drama
8) Let him know your door is always open
9) Encourage him to express his feelings
#USA #Biden #FindTruth
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California bill would allow public university admission priority for slaves’ descendants
A California lawmaker introduced a bill Monday to allow admission priority to the descendants of slaves at the University of California and California State University, two of the largest public university systems in the nation
Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, a Democrat who represents parts of Los Angeles and authored the legislation, said it would help rectify past and current discrimination at universities
An earlier analysis of ancestry-based reparations shared by the National African-American Reparations Commission suggested there are more white than Black descendants of slaves in California, putting the bill at odds with its stated goal
According to the Census Bureau, 4.4% of children in California are Black, compared to 4% of Cal State students and 4.7% of UC students
Earlier this year, the California Senate passed a bill that would have created the California American Freedman Affairs Agency, which would have established a “Genealogy Office” charged with developing a process for determining and assisting with determining individuals’ eligibility for “descendant” status. The bill passed the Senate but failed in the Assembly
#USA #California #FindTruth
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Worse than 2008 Great Financial Crisis
By Milan Adams
What’s worse than an all-out financial collapse? There is something worse than an all-out collapse hitting America and the world, and it is worsening by the day
It’s inflation. Typically, inflation is contained in one country or a group of closely intertwined nations. Normally, we don’t see inflation coupled with so many external forces coming together in a perfect storm- pandemics, lockdowns, an energy crisis, supply chain disruptions, and so forth. This isn’t the first global inflationary crisis, but it is the first with these modern fiscal controls, exchanges, and an intricately woven global supply chain. The inflation we are about to see worldwide is unique, and even expert economists readily confess they have seen nothing like it and cannot accurately say where or how it will end
You have to realize that global inflation will mean more than just paying a dollar ten for the same goods that you paid a dollar for just a few months before. An inflation threat at this level has the potential to alter the economies of nations fundamentally. It threatens every aspect of our world from food, to land ownership, to government stability, to retirement plans, to simply surviving. Here we will explore how this inflation isn’t local to your country but a global problem right now, how we don’t have the tools to avert it, what is going to happen, and what you still have a little time to do to encourage your survival through it. Let’s explore what’s going on…
#World #Economy #FindTruth
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German activist fined for ‘incitement’ after being knifed allegedly by Islamist
Michael Stürzenberger, a German activist and critic of political Islam, has been sentenced to pay a €3,600 fine for “incitement of the people” by a court in Hamburg
The penalty on November 25 came six months after he was almost knifed to death, allegedly by an Afghan Islamist
He has been expressing his alarm over what he has referred to as the dangers of political Islam for more than a decade
He is the chairman of the citizens’ movement Pax Europa, whose mission is to inform the public about what it sees as the existential dangers the spread of political Islam creates for democratic societies in Germany and Europe
On 31 May 2024, during an open-air event in the centre of Mannheim, Stürzenberger was attacked with a knife, allegedly by Sulaiman Ataee, an Afghan immigrant
He was stabbed multiple times and had to undergo emergency surgery. Several bystanders were also targeted and Ataee allegedly also stabbed a police officer in the head and neck. The officer, Rouven Laur, later died of his injuries
#Germany #Migrants #FindTruth
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A mysterious disease epidemic is spreading in Congo
An unknown deadly virus that has already claimed 143 lives is spreading rapidly in Congo. Local doctors are throwing up their hands, unable to diagnose and prescribe treatment
Symptoms resemble flu and coronavirus, but there are differences in the form of severe headaches. The World Health Organization seems to be starting a new play, with Covid not really working out
#Congo #Covid #Epidemic #FindTruth
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Violent conflict at a congressional hearing on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump - Acting Director of the U.S. Secret Service Ronald Rowe nearly got into a fight with Republican Congressman Pat Fallon
▪️Congressman Pat Fallon accused the Secret Service of a slow response to the first assassination attempt, noting that Rowe did not visit the scene in Butler until days after the incident
Fallon also presented a photo of Rowe standing next to Trump during a 9/11 memorial event in New York City with no visible security, which Fallon believed jeopardized the president-elect's safety
▪️Rowe responded by stressing that his presence at the 9/11 event was to honor the memory of the more than 3,000 victims, including Secret Service personnel, and recalled that he was personally involved in the aftermath of the attacks, working at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center towers. He accused Fallon of using the Sept. 11 tragedy for political purposes, prompting an emotional response and an exchange of harsh remarks
#USA #Rowe #Fallon #FindTruth
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How corporations rob Americans of the joys of fixing their own property
By David Dunmoyer
I recently built a coffee table. This was my first foray into woodworking, so the table is far from perfect — with slight asymmetries and an uneven finish. A level would tell me it misses the mark of an IKEA table’s engineered flatness. But if you’ve ever built something with your hands as a hobbyist, you would know my reaction looking at this table in satisfactory triumph — “Who cares?”
Unfortunately, when it comes to trying your hand at repairing your personal property, certain manufacturers do care, and they’re getting in the way of consumers and hobbyists who just want to get their own electronics, appliances, and vehicles up and running again. This assault on our property rights and agency is at the core of the national push for legislation that secures the “Right to Repair” our personal property and explains why a half dozen states have already codified such a law
There are innumerable legal and philosophical arguments that support the right to repair, which the Texas Public Policy Foundation addresses in a recent research paper. But I want to return to the coffee table illustration for a moment and pull on the thread of tinkering
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#USA #Economy #Corporations #FindTruth
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