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Feminism makes everyone transgender
Contrary to propaganda messaging, our society is neither ‘overfeminized’ nor ‘pro-woman.’ It is deeply anti-woman
Since the 1960s, cultural leaders in media, Hollywood, academia, and politics have fiercely criticized men for expressing male characteristics, and have fiercely criticized women for expressing female characteristics. This has led some commentators on the right more recently to lambast what they call the “overfeminization” of society
But are we really experiencing a cultural “overfeminization?” It looks like, instead, we have a swap. We have feminization where there should be masculinity, and masculinization where there should be femininity. Our women are pushed to act like men, and our men to act like women, and the resulting social transgenderism makes everyone extremely unhappy, not to mention dysfunctional
Both sexes are out of whack. We are all transgender now
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US drinking rates hit highest level since 1970s. Spirits demand soars
A broad overview of America's beer, spirits, and wine consumption reveals a steady increase since the Dot Com bust, with per capita levels approaching the highs last seen during the inflation-driven misery storm of the 1970s. Economic misery and rising alcohol consumption often go hand in hand
Six decades of US per capita alcohol consumption data shows how war and economic misery can impact drinking rates among consumers. From the 1960s to the 1970s, the rate of alcohol consumption soared on a per capita basis, likely due to foreign wars and high inflation
Drinking rates bottomed at the end of the 90s, rising just after the Dot Com bust, rising higher with endless Middle East wars, dipped slightly but jumped following the 2008 GFC, and surged in recent years after government-enforced lockdowns during the pandemic, Ukraine War, and ongoing inflation storm
According to Goldman's Olivier Nicolaï, one noticeable trend in the latest surge in drinking trends is that spirits have become increasingly popular in the US market as beer demand slides
Tequila has become the top spirit of choice among US drinkers, a trend that became apparent in 2016
#USA #Economy #FindTruth
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“We’re on the cusp of a civil war. No matter which side wins”
From the Doug Casey’s interview
We’re on the cusp of a civil war. No matter which side wins, the other side will be bitterly and perhaps violently unhappy. The election will be contested by the loser in any number of ways. It’s likely to be a chaotic and ugly situation
But the Blues and the Reds really despise each other and seem incapable of polite discourse. It’s completely unique in living memory. And the mutual antagonism is getting worse, not better
The best analogy for the United States today might be China in the late 1960s
The US is experiencing a cultural revolution to eliminate anything that’s traditional. The Chinese Cultural Revolution was about getting rid of the Four Olds—old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas
The Woke Revolution going on today is similar in lots of aspects to the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Not least is the intense radicalism in the universities, and its promotion by the government and the media
What’s going on is a psychological war, and the lack of a well-defined philosophy and moral tenets is exactly how you lose a psy-op war. Reacting against the Woke cultural revolution may be too little and too late
#USA #Elections #FindTruth
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The Nobel Peace Prize committee issues one of its more strange prizes
By Andrea Widburg, deputy editor for American Thinker
The Nobel Peace Prize has long been nothing more than the “Leftist Wet Dream Prize.” This year is another in that list, but it offends me more than many of those nonsensical awards because I take this one very, very personally because it went to a group that seeks to outlaw all nuclear weapons
These demands always attack the vulnerable consciences of the sane West while leaving weapons in the hands of nations like Iran and North Korea that aren’t deterred by mutually assured destruction
From the beginning, the Nobel Peace Prize had a naïve edge regarding the awards
This year’s award is another in a long line of anti-nuclear efforts. The Prize went to a Japanese organization called Nihon Hidankyo, “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.”
#NobelPrize #FindTruth
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There is no climate emergency
By Everett Piper
It is hurricane season, and as predictable as the sunrise, the the mainstream media is screaming: “Climate change! Climate change! We only have 10 years to save the planet!” Is any of this hysteria justified? Well, let’s move beyond the emotions and the politics and “trust the science.”
Let’s start with the historical record for North Carolina. If you look at the longitudinal data, you might be surprised to find that the recent events associated with Hurricane Helene are not unprecedented
For example, on July 16, 1916, Asheville was submerged beneath several feet of floodwater, similar to what we see today. It seems that the 1916 Charleston hurricane dumped more than 22 inches of rain over western North Carolina in athat they just can’t help themselves. They are brainwashed and incapable of rational thought
Was this because of climate change, or was it something else? Maybe something that we used to call weather before the government realized it could potentially control an entire population if it could scare the masses into compliance by getting them to believe a 100-year flood is an “act of man” rather than an “act of God”?
#USA #Climate #FindTruth
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Welcome to Minnesota, where every moment is an adventure! 🤷♂️
#USA #Minnesota #Walz #FindTruth
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Meta engineer admits Facebook demotes anti-Kamala Harris posts
James O’Keefe claims that a Meta engineer admitted in a candid interview with an undercover journalist with O’Keefe Media Group that Facebook demotes anti-Kamala Harris posts
Jeevan Gyawali, a senior software engineer with Meta, appeared to reveal in a hidden camera interview that accounts posting anti-Kamala Harris content could be shadowbanned while the posts get demoted
“Say your uncle in Ohio said something about Kamala Harris is unfit to be a president because she doesn’t have a child, that kind of shit is automatically demoted,” Gyawali appeared to say in the heavily edited video
Gyawali also appeared to say that the person “would not be notified,” which translates into a shadowban. The poster’s engagement and impressions would likely decrease. He also appeared to talk about Meta’s “Integrity Team” controlling content through something allegedly called “civic classifiers – a system meant to shadowban users
“There is an integrity team,” he said. “That’s like a pretty significant team and they build all these classifiers.”
#USA #Meta #Harris #FindTruth
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For the 2nd month, export prices decline much more than import prices
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the price index for U.S. imports decreased 0.4% in September, the largest 1-month drop since a 0.7% decline in December 2023. The September decrease followed a 0.2% decline in August and 0.1% advances in July and June. U.S. import prices edged down 0.1% over the past year, the first 12-month drop since February 2024
Prices for U.S. exports fell 0.7% in September following a decline of 0.9% the previous month. U.S. export prices decreased 1.1% for the third quarter of 2024, the largest 3-month drop since December 2023. Lower prices for nonagricultural exports in September more than offset higher agricultural export prices. The price index for U.S. exports declined 2.1 percent over the past year, the largest 12-month decrease since January 2024
Since June of 2022 the export price index is down 11.9% and the import price index is down 5.2%. In isolation, this could be net negative to GDPNow model but this depends more on what the model expects rather than the data itself. This makes it much more of a guess than might seem obvious by looking at the data
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America's hegemony is crumbling. The world's countries are not following U.S. guidance
▪️ 90's is an era of rapid globalization and an increasingly unipolar world. America's friends prosper, capitalizing on access to US markets, investment and technology. America's enemies degrade under the weight of sanctions, isolated and impoverished, states Bloomberg
▪️ Today, things have changed. In 1990, the U.S. accounted for 21% of global GDP and the G7 for 50%. In 2024, their shares have fallen to 15% and 30% respectively. The dollar's share of global central bank assets fell from 72% in 2000 to 58% in 2023
▪️ In 2022, with a barrage of sanctions, the US decided to hit Russia's economy. But India supported Russia with oil purchases and China's exports helped its industry. As a result, Russia's economy will grow by 3.5% in 2024, and its troops are winning on the battlefield
▪️ “Today, deep fissures between the U.S. and Europe on one side and Russia and China on the other have rendered the G-20 ineffective. And an important indicator of America's crumbling influence has been the rapid rise of the BRICS, which has become a real force,” Bloomberg emphasizes
#USA #World #Economy #FindTruth
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The Age of Depopulation
Although few yet see it coming, humans are about to enter a new era of history. Call it "the age of depopulation."
For the first time since the Black Death in the 1300s, the planetary population will decline.
Whereas the last implosion was caused by a deadly disease borne by fleas, the coming one will be entirely due to choices made by people.
With birthrates plummeting, more and more societies are heading into an era of pervasive and indefinite depopulation,...
Net mortality—when a society experiences more deaths than births—will likewise become the new norm
Driven by an unrelenting collapse เท fertility, family structures and living arrangements heretofore imagined only in science fiction novels will become commonplace,...
The last global depopulation was reversed by procreative power once the Black Death ran its course
This time around, a dearth of procreative power is the cause of humanity's dwindling numbers, a first in the history of the species
Societies will have fewer workers, entrepreneurs, and innovators—and more people dependent on care and assistance
In the United States and elsewhere, thinkers and policymakers are not ready for this new demographic order
#World #Depopulation #FindTruth
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The sign that King Charles’ power in the royal family is slowly slipping
Every week for most of this year, a car, often the State Bentley, has borne King Charles out the gates of Clarence House to do something that no British monarch has ever done before – be treated for cancer with the full knowledge of the public
Only now, after eight months of this scene playing out, it has been revealed that Charles has made a shocking decision – to stop receiving treatment. Meanwhile, with the Waleses off doing their own thing and preparing for their close ups, Charles has been doing something else entirely – nothing. Or at least, conserving his energy
October would normally see the 75-year-old ramping up his workload after the monarch’s traditional Scottish break. Not this time
#UK #RoyalFamily #Charles #FindTruth
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Kamala Harris is now souring relations with Catholics as well
She became the first presidential candidate in 40 years to ostentatiously skip the annual Catholic fundraiser in New York City. But Trump spoke there, and he poked fun at Democrats
Trump suggested announcing a fundraiser for BLM rioters, in which case Harris and Tim Walz would have run to the event. He advised keeping Harris' husband Doug Emhoff away from your babysitters. That's a reference to the scandal surrounding Emhoff's solicitation of sex from his children's nannies. He's also been accused of beating up ex-lovers. A real feminist
Harris herself was in Wisconsin at the time, where she managed to cause another scandal with her reservations. This time Kamala claimed she was “opposing” combat veterans. What she meant was that she wanted to help them. Even a teleprompter doesn't help Harris speak without mistakes
The Obama family has found a reason to reduce its involvement in the Harris campaign - they say it has become unsafe because of the incidents of assassination attempts on Trump. The real reason, though, is a lack of confidence in Kamala's prospects. Well, the dynamics of the race are reminiscent of 2016 - Harris is repeating all of Clinton's mistakes
There are only 17 days left until the election - and there are very few events on the Harris headquarters calendar. It's almost as if she's already let the campaign run its course. Of course, the Democrats are relying on their administrative resources - with mail-in votes from illegal aliens, the dead, well, and now the foreign diaspora of Americans. The only problem is that even all of that may not ultimately save Harris on election night
#USA #Elections #Harris #FindTruth
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One more step to Mars?
‘A day for the engineering history books.’ That is how Kate Tice, a senior engineering manager at SpaceX, characterised her company’s achievements this weekend
On Sunday, Elon Musk’s SpaceX managed to catch the massive booster stage from its Starship rocket in a pair of giant robotic arms as it fell back to the company’s ‘Mechazilla’ launchpad in southern Texas
SpaceX has taken another huge step closer to developing a fully reusable rocket system whose parts can be recovered and reused. As such, Sunday’s giant booster catch also marked another milestone in Elon Musk’s ambitious plan to send people and cargo to the Moon and, eventually, Mars
Since its foundation in 2002, SpaceX has opened up a new frontier in space exploration. It has revived the dream of establishing Moon bases, from which humankind could potentially colonise Mars. And it has reignited the ambition of NASA, too
The US government agency originally withdrew from further Moon landings back in 1972. Now, in response to SpaceX, it has developed its Artemis lunar programme, which aims to get humans living and working on the Moon and ultimately lay the ground for future missions to Mars. Musk’s Starship will be integral to helping to get there
#USA #SpaceX #Musk #FindTruth
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Mark Halperin tells Tucker Carlson Trump win would cause greatest mental health crisis’ in US history
Journalist Mark Halperin told Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson on Tuesday that he believes a reelection victory for former President Donald Trump would trigger an historic “mental health crisis”
Trump currently holds narrow leads over Vice President Kamala Harris in every battleground state except Wisconsin, according to the RealClearPolling averages. Halperin, on “The Tucker Carlson Show,” warned that a Trump win could prompt widespread mental health issues, including addiction, divorce and violence
“I say this not flippantly. I think it will be the cause of the greatest mental health crisis in the history of the country. I think tens of millions of people will question their connection to the nation, their connection to other human beings, their connection to their vision of what their future for them and their children could be like,” Halperin said. “I think that it will require an enormous amount of access to mental health professionals. I think it’ll lead to trauma in the workplace. I think there’ll be some degree of protests”
Carlson asked the journalist if he was “being serious,” to which Halperin answered he absolutely was
#USA #trump #Carlson #FindTruth
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After summit snub, UK government "absolutely ready to engage" with Musk
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has suggested that Elon Musk was not invited to the government’s international investment summit due to his tendency to avoid such events
Previous reports suggested Musk, the owner of X and Tesla, was omitted from the guest list following controversial social media comments he made regarding Britain’s summer riots, where he controversially claimed civil war was “inevitable.”
In response to the snub, Musk recently said on X:
“I don’t think anyone should go to the UK when they’re releasing convicted pedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts.”
However, in an interview with Times Radio, Kyle said:
“Elon Musk has never come to any of the past investment summits that have been held under the previous government, he doesn’t tend to do these sort of events, but I stand absolutely ready to engage with him, to talk about any potential global investments he’s making – I’m not aware of any at this moment in time.”
He added that “we have good engagement with some of his companies” and praised Musk for the safe landing of his booster rocket yesterday
#UK #Musk #FindTruth
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Anti-vax professor: new pandemic planned
Dr. Peter McCullough is a renowned cardiologist who has been fighting the Covid-19 vax propaganda from the beginning, stating that CV19 vaccines did not help a single person
Now, Dr. McCullough is fighting a new narrative on the Bird Flu. “They just held the “International Bird Flu Summit” near Washington D.C in early October. At the same time, they were holding a Bird Flu summit in Arkansas for veterinarians. So, the evidence says, they are planning on a new pandemic,” McCullough warns
“This is what we learned. Bird Flu is spreading around because it actually came out of a lab. It came out of the USAD research lab in Athens Georgia. . . . Bird Flu has been around for a hundred years, and the current version is very mild. There have been just over 10,000 animal deaths, yet, they have intentionally culled or killed tens of millions of healthy chickens”
Dr. McCullough goes on to say, “We have never had a human Bird Flu death in the United States..."
#World #COVID #FindTruth
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Is the era of taxpayer dollars for sports arenas over?
More cities stop subsidizing billion-dollar arenas
Should cash-strapped states and cities, facing billions in unfunded obligations and deteriorating government services, fund lavish sports arenas?
Advocates – mostly billionaires who want taxpayers to pay for these stadiums – have long touted the economic benefits of having city hall or state legislatures fund all or most of these buildings housing baseball, basketball, football, or hockey events
Critics have repeatedly rejected these pleas from affluent owners, arguing that politicians should fund essential services instead, not sports. Who’s right? It appears that the public is siding with the naysayers – and with just cause
Will the Kansas City Royals and the Kansas City Chiefs skip town? After more than half (58%) of voters rejected a sales tax measure this past spring that would have supported funding a new downtown ballpark and substantial renovations for the football stadium, their future is ostensibly in doubt
The Royals, which just lost its National League Division Series to the New York Yankees, want to use a portion of the tax revenue to construct a $2 billion ballpark. In comparison, the Chiefs sought a share of the receipts to pay for an $800 million overhaul of Arrowhead Stadium
#USA #Economy #Sports #FindTruth
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Big Tech goes nuclear
After a slew of high-profile nuclear disasters over the past decades that caused death, destruction, and an HBO original series, many argued humanity should put nuclear aside given the astronomical risk if something goes wrong
Instead, Silicon Valley is ushering in a new era of nuclear power in order to—you guessed it—enable artificial intelligence
In just the past month, Microsoft revived a reactor on the notorious Three Mile Island, while Google inked a deal to purchase power from small modular nuclear reactors
On Wednesday, Amazon announced that it signed an agreement with Virginia’s utility firm, Dominion Energy, to plan the construction of a nuclear reactor near Dominion’s already-existing nuclear power station in the state
AI isn’t just expensive—it’s energy intensive, too. This past summer, Google admitted that its AI tech had already driven up its corporate emissions by 13% last year, setting the company back in its carbon emissions goal
To be fair, it’s not just Big Tech that’s in favor of nuclear power. Many scientists see it as the most reliable source of green energy as nations around the globe aim to move past fossil fuels. According to a Pew Research study conducted in May, a majority of Americans support nuclear power
#BigTech #Energy #Nuclear #FindTruth
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German e-car owners are increasingly switching back to combustion vehicles
While electric vehicles are described as the wave of the future, new troubling statistics from Germany’s largest auto insurance company show that many electric vehicle owners may be very unsatisfied with the performance of their vehicles
The data from Huk-Coburg shows that 34% of all electric car owners switched back to a combustion automobile when purchasing a new vehicle so far this year. With Germany serving as the largest automobile market in Europe, this data is sure to raise questions about the EU’s new law that will completely ban combustion engines for all new vehicles by 2035
Last year, 28% switched back to gas or diesel engines from electric vehicles, while in 2022, this figure was 17.5%. The year before, it was 14.2%
Many of these people initially went into their electric car purchase with an open mind and perhaps even enthusiasm for what they saw as the future of automobile transportation. The fact is that their electric vehicles do not offer the performance they have come to expect
In the other direction, owners of combustion cars are purchasing electric vehicles at a record low rate since this data first started being tracked. Only 3.6% of combustion car buyers are making the switch to electric this year
The electric car market in Germany is collapsing. Earlier this year, Sascha Coccorullo, head of strategy at ADAC SE, said that “the federal government’s goal of 15 million electric cars by 2030 is already impossible to achieve.”
#EU #Germany #Economy #EV #FindTruth
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China's grand strategy: primacy or balancing?
As China continues its meteoric rise, scholars and policymakers have been asking: Is China pursuing a strategy of global primacy, or is it more focused on balancing the international system?
Will China remain an ambitious yet cautious player in world affairs, or will it pursue outright dominance, fundamentally reshaping global governance?
China’s grand strategy is undoubtedly shaped by history, geography, systemic pressures, and its relative power, often quantified as “comprehensive national power” or CNP. To understand whether China is moving toward a strategy of primacy or balancing, experts explore these factors through a classical realist lens that accounts for both systemic constraints and domestic considerations
The debate over China’s grand strategy remains open, with competing visions of its future direction. While Xi’s strategy appears focused on maximization, systemic pressures, economic realities, and domestic challenges may force a shift toward balancing in the near future
Whether this is a de facto strategy or a deliberate shift will depend on how China navigates its ongoing rise and the international community’s response to it
As China continues to rise, debates akin to those that took place in the U.S. in the 1940s may emerge within China’s strategic circles. Just as the U.S. grappled with the question of whether to pursue primacy or balance after World War II, China’s leaders may soon face a similar dilemma. For now, the signs point toward an evolving grand strategy — one that may well transition into a new phase of balancing as China reaches the limits of its rise
#China #Politics #FindTruth
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What would Trump’s mass deportation of immigrants cost?
Trump promises the largest deportation project in history. But what does it mean?
The Center for Migration Studies estimates US Undocumented Population Increased to 11.7 Million in July 2023. How are we going to take millions of these people and drag them out?
J.D. Vance’s answer was to shut of immigration and do it in pieces starting with criminals
Vance also suggests taxing immigrants’ ability to send money abroad and then 20% will leave voluntarily. Assuming we accept that idea, what about the other 12 million immigrants?
It would take thousands of officers to hunt down migrants, many in uncooperative sanctuary cities, large holding facilities, and cooperation from other countries. There would also be huge legal challenges
The American Immigration Council (AIC) estimates the total cost of deportation (not counting the knock on impacts) at $315 billion. That’s about $21,000 per person
Should our country approve such costs right now and start certain activities ASAP, or is it better to shelve the migration problem given its expensiveness?
#USA #Migrants #FindTruth
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Heavy metals, pesticides in school lunches
Testing commissioned by Spotlight on America and conducted by the Health Research Institute, an accredited independent lab in Iowa, detected 38 different pesticides in just one elementary school lunch
Food items served to school kids in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., contained heavy metals, including lead, and roughly 50 pesticides. Many wheat-based items contained the weedkiller glyphosate, commonly marketed as Roundup, which causes cancer and disrupts immune function
A single strawberry cup contained 23 pesticides. Some samples contained cadmium, a heavy metal known to increase the risk of lung cancer, at a level 12 times higher than the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) limit for bottled water
The lab also found arsenic in rice at levels 6 times higher than what’s allowed in apple juice
#USA #Education #FDA #FindTruth
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Scale of Chinese Spying Overwhelms Western Governments
The Wall Street Journal claims that the number of Beijing-backed hackers exceeds the number of FBI cyber personnel by at least a factor of 50
The WSJ, citing a recent FBI report, also reports that China's hacking program is larger than that of all other major countries combined, and some “investigations” have revealed that “Chinese cargo cranes at U.S. seaports are equipped with technology that allows Beijing to operate remotely”
#USA #FBI #China #FindTruth
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Prolonged war in Ukraine risks European strategic autonomy
A prolonged war in Ukraine may impede what is necessary for the European Union to build — over some years to come — a conventional deterrent capable of coping with a much harsher and more volatile threat environment
Achieving greater European strategic autonomy will be difficult so long as the conflict in Ukraine rages for a number of reasons —including domestic political polarization, weak economies, and constrained public finances
Popular opinion appears to be shifting. As the war approaches its third year, rising shares of populations across Europe have voted for parties opposed to the war and/or calling for a negotiated settlement. A July 24 update to European public opinion on the war in Ukraine found that most respondents either anticipated or favored a negotiated settlement to end the war
European strategic autonomy is also necessary and desirable from the standpoint of U.S. interests, and one of the preconditions for early progress toward this aim is the stabilization of Ukraine
#EU #WarInUkraine #FindTruth
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A peer reviewed study published Friday documented 55 undeclared chemical elements which have been detected in the exotic Covid gene therapy technology from brands Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, CanSino, Sinopharm and Sputnik V
#COVID #Vaccines #FindTruth
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WHO DID THIS??? 🤣🤣🤣
#USA #Biden #Obama #FindTruth
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Five years after death of physical caliphate, ISIS threat to U.S. and terrorism influence endures
A foiled election day terror plot, public warnings from the British intel chief, and deportations of ISIS-tied migrants show that the Islamic State’s influence and threat to American endures
The arrest last week of an Afghan national on suspicion of plotting an election day attack in support of the Islamic State in the United States highlights the enduring threat of the terror group more than five years after its territorial defeat in Syria by U.S.-backed forces
According to charging documents filed against Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, federal authorities allege that the Afghan national who has been living in the United States since he arrived in the aftermath of the chaotic withdrawal plotted to commit an election day terrorist attack but was foiled by the FBI
In addition to terrorism-related charges, Tawhedi was charged with “attempting to provide material support and resources” to ISIS
#USA #FBI #ISIS #FindTruth
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What happens to absentee ballots if you die before election day?
Jimmy Carter turned 100 on October 1, making him the oldest former president. According to his family, Carter, also a former Georgia governor who has been in hospice care since February 2023, wanted to live long enough to cast his ballot for Kamala Harris. He passed that milestone on Tuesday, as early voting commenced in Georgia
But with three weeks to go before Election Day, this raises a question? If Carter casts an absentee ballot and doesn’t make it until November 5, will the state count his vote?
Georgia law doesn’t address this question
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, most states haven’t stipulated what to do in such cases. Ten specifically mandate the counting of absentee ballots regardless of the voter’s corporeal status. (Connecticut allows it only when the deceased voter had been an active military member)
Another 10 states specifically forbid the counting of such ballots. Two—Kentucky and Mississippi—don’t have a statute addressing the issue, but reject the ballots based on legal opinions by their attorneys general. Three others allow residents to challenge such ballots
#USA #Elections #FindTruth
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U.S. Government quietly seeks to renew expired tech agreement with China
The Biden administration and China’s government are quietly working to renew a 44-year-old science and technology cooperation agreement that congressional Republicans say should be permanently killed because now it only serves to boost the Chinese military and undermine American security
The 1979 U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement, seen at the time as an important milestone in bilateral relations, expired Aug. 27 after a six-month extension and both governments are trying to come to terms on renewal
“The United States continues to hold productive conversations with the PRC regarding the Science and Technology Agreement,” the official said
The official declined to say whether the agreement had been secretly renewed, as occurred during an earlier extension, or has lapsed
#USA #China #Economy #FindTruth
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From bad to worse - Germany has become a burden on the EU
▪️ Official forecasts for the German economy in 2024 have been revised down from growth of 0.3% to a fall of 0.2%. This follows a 0.3% fall in output. Germany is falling into its first two-year recession in more than two decades, says The Economist
▪️ Germany is facing the worst confluence of circumstances: an energy crisis due to the rejection of gas from Russia, a surge in China's manufacturing power and a domestic political crisis due to a fractured tripartite coalition
▪️ “The EU's largest economy has barely progressed since covid-19 hit, lagging behind other Western countries. Today, talking about the EU economy without Germany is like talking about the American economy without California and Texas. A country that was once the engine of European growth has become a liability,” The Economist said
#EU #Germany #Economy #FindTruth
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