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A former FBI agent persecuted for his concerns about the government's weaponization against conservatives has warned the nation now to be prepared.

"Arm yourself and know how to defend yourself," explained Marcus Allen, a former FBI staff operations specialist, during a hearing held by the Judiciary Subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government.

He continued, "Make three to four friends in your neighborhood and promise to come to each other's mutual aid in times of hardship."

Further, he said, "And during the great depression, people stocked up their pantry, so I think that's a good practice especially in our economic times, and make sure you have three to four months of food."

Allen was testifying before the committee exploring how Democrats effectively have turned the government, factions such as the FBI, DOJ, CIA and more, into arms of the Democrat party.

The DOJ, for example, has tried to prosecute Donald Trump for having government documents after his presidency. Its prosecutors gave Joe Biden a pass on essentially the same charges.

A key difference in the cases is that Trump, as president, was authorized to declassify any of the documents he had. Biden, who at the time had only been vice president, did not.

Allen explained how the FBI attacked him for expressing concerns about how many federal agents were acting the part of protesters, or rioters, during the January 6, 2021, events at the Capitol.

A report in Modernity explained, "Allen testified the feds came down hard" following an email he sent months later, which his supervisors claimed contained hyperlinks to "extremist propaganda" from "questionable sources."

The report noted, "Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who testified alongside Allen, is investigating the FBI's security clearance and adjudication process, including the targeting of 'political conservatives who were seen as loyal to Trump or resistant to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.'"

Allen continued, "There are no words strong enough to describe the impact the FBI's lies about me have had on me and my family. The stress has taken a toll on our health and our children have suffered, traumatized by the thought of our door getting kicked in or Dad not coming home."

And the report said, "Allen also urged Americans to pray and read the Bible regularly."

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A new report from CNN has documented that leftist parents, those who call President Donald Trump a "Hitler" and refuse to associate with those who don't adhere to their chosen ideology, leave their children in the same limited social state – or even worse.

A report from PJMedia explains the CNN "study" revealed "left-leaning parents are instilling a deep-seated animosity toward Republicans in their children."

In fact, the report said CNN showed "stark polarization among kids based on their parents' political beliefs. The study found that Democrat-leaning children expressed extreme negative feelings about Donald Trump compared to their Republican counterparts' relatively mild sentiments toward Kamala Harris."

The study found one boy who charged: "Donald Trump, he did bad things. He's like Hitler," while another child claimed Trump wants to be president to control "everyone."

The PJMedia report noted, "Psychologist Ashley Landrum, who analyzed the responses, suggested that the intensity of these sentiments is a reaction to how their parents perceive Trump."

It gets worse, the report said.

"When asked about friendships across political lines, Republican-leaning children showed more openness to visiting households that support Democratic views. In contrast, Democrat-leaning kids were five times more likely to refuse a visit to a pro-Trump household," PJMedia said.

This, the report noted, is "a recipe for a society even more divided than is currently is."

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The North American Aerospace Defense Command has issued a statement stating that Russian military aircraft were detected operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone.

The Monday statement goes on to say the Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and stayed out of both U.S. and Canadian sovereign airspace, which the statement notes occur often and "is not seen as a threat."

However, NORAD said it is employing a layered defense network which includes the use of satellites, radars, and fighter aircraft, to employ response options in defense of North America.

On September 12, the U.S. Army deployed 130 soldiers as well as its rocket systems 1,200 miles southwest of Anchorage, to Shemya Island, in response to the increased activity of Russian military aircraft.

According to CBS News, the deployment came after eight Russian military planes, four navy vessels, and two submarines were detected close to the area within a week while Russia was conducting military drills with China.

Meanwhile, a Russian official has stated President Vladimir Putin will refrain from conducting any nuclear tests if the U.S. agrees to do the same. There has been speculation, according to Newsweek, that Putin has resumed nuclear testing in Novaya Zemlya for the first time in 30 years and has been conducting testing of his Satan II nuclear arsenal.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Russian media outlet Tass that "nothing has changed."

"As previously outlined by the Russian president, we can conduct such tests, but we will not hold any, given the United States refrains from such steps regarding [nuclear] tests," Ryabkov said.

Diplomatic relations between Russia and Ukraine continue to be strained, as both sides have taken jabs at each other this week over the war in Ukraine – with both nations stating they refuse to yield unless certain conditions are met.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News Monday that he believes the war with Russia will be coming to an end soon, and called on allies to strengthen his military forces.

"The plan of victory is strengthening of Ukraine … That's why we're asking our friends, our allies, to strengthen us. It's very important … I think that we are closer to the peace than we think … We are closer to the end of the war. We just have to be very strong, very strong," Zelenskyy said.

In response to Zelenskyy's comments, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said despite the confidence of Ukraine, victory will be with Russia.

"Victory is needed. They [the West] do not understand any other language. This victory will be ours, we have no doubt," Lavrov said, adding Russia is "truly united in the face of war."

The back-and-forth between Ukraine and Russia came ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City this week, where peace efforts were to be a focus.

However, the Associated Press reported Zelenskyy told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that Putin is committing an "international crime" and will not stop his war on his own.

Zelenskyy dismissed the prospect of peace talks with Russia, and urged global action to force Russia into a peace deal.

"And that's why this war can't simply fade away. That's why this war can't be calmed by talks. Russia can only be forced into peace, and that is exactly what's needed – forcing Russia into peace as the sole aggressor in this war, the sole violator of the U.N. Charter," Zelenskyy said.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called Zelenskyy's position a "fatal mistake" and noted Russia wants peace, but not by force, according to Reuters.

"Such a position is a fatal mistake, a systemic mistake. This is a profound misconception that will inevitably have consequences for the Kyiv regime … A position based on an attempt to force Russia into peace is an absolutely fatal mistake, because it is impossible to force Russia into peace … Russia is a supporter of peace, but on the condition that the foundations of its security are ensured," Peskov said.

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A wacky professor who held a machete to the throat of a New York Post reporter, generating outrage over her threatening actions, and who has pleaded guilty to harassment and menacing, is at it again. This time Shellyne Rodriguez has led a crowd in New York chanting about their ancestors, who, she said, "dreamed of us, slitting the master's throat."

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And constitutional expert Jonathan Turley, whose newest book, "The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage," addresses such behavior, was blunt: "She is the very face of an age of rage."

He explained, "For a person who chased reporters with a machete, it is a curious choice for a speaker against violence. However, Rodríguez is clearly revered by the crowd. The fact that she pleaded guilty to harassment and menacing charges clearly did not reduce her popularity. To the contrary, for some, it may have increased it," he said.

"This was the person that two colleges wanted on their faculties and resisted efforts to fire her, even after trashing a table in an insane diatribe against pro-life advocates. She is the person that the PSC Graduate Center declared was 'justified' in her violence against those peaceful advocates."

The Daily Caller News Foundation reported last year when Rodriguez was handed "therapy" during a plea deal to various charges.

"Shellyne Rodriguez, who was fired from her position as adjunct assistant professor at Hunter College after threatening to 'chop' up a Post reporter with her machete when he knocked on her apartment door, pleaded guilty to two counts of menacing in the second degree, court records showed. As part of the plea deal, Rodriguez's criminal record will be wiped clean if she is not rearrested for a year and attends a minimum of six months of 'behavioral modification therapy,' according to the Post," the DCNF reported.

At the time, Rodriguez wildly projected, "Right wing media organizations are weaponizing and sensationalizing this case to further their agenda, and using me as a prism through which to project their attacks on women, trans people, black people, Latinx people, migrants, and beyond."

She originally gained notoriety for vandalizing a pro-life display on a table set out by students at Hunter College. She verbally abused them because she claimed their speech was "triggering" for her students.

Eventually, she was dismissed from Hunter, later gaining employment at The Cooper Union, from which she also later was dismissed.

Turley explained he previously had commented on "the machete-wielding former Hunter College professor. Rodríguez," explaining she "is back with a large following shown in a video with protesters chanting with her about 'slitting the throats of the masters.'"

He pointed out, "Somewhere between the machete to the neck and chasing the reporters down the street, Hunter College finally decided that Rodríguez had to go," so Rodriguez condemned the school for its capitulation to "racists, white nationalists, and misogynists."

He then cited the video from journalist Andy Ngo, where Rodriguez is leading a mob of pro-Palestinians chanting, "Our ancestors … dreamed of us slitting the master's throat."

Turley noted, "The scene shows a clearly unhinged Rodríguez who is not just supported by these protesters but clearly thrilling them with her rage rhetoric."

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Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., has introduced a bill that will give a $100 million reward for the arrest and conviction of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.

In a news release, Scott said Maduro is continuing his efforts to steal a third Venezuelan election, after Maduro's highly contested victory during Venezuela's presidential elections this year.

Joined by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Scott will be introducing the STOP MADURO Act – otherwise known as the Securing Timely Opportunities for Payment and Maximizing Awards for Detaining Unlawful Regime Officials.

The legislation increases the maximum reward amount from $15 million to a maximum of $100 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Maduro. To fund the reward, the federal government will be using Maduro's already seized assets.

"The time has come for Venezuela to be liberated from the illegitimate regime of dictator Nicolás Maduro. For years, I have urged the Biden-Harris administration to put the full weight of the federal government to put an end to the Maduro regime, but it has refused and continued its failed appeasement that has only enriched and emboldened Maduro and his puppet masters in Cuba at the expense of the Venezuelan people. In 2020, the Trump administration did the right thing by offering a reward of up to $15 million, but it's time to up the ante," Scott said.

According to Scott, the U.S. Attorney's Office in South Florida along with federal law enforcement partners already have seized assets worth approximately $450 million.

The bill has bipartisan support, and companion legislation will be introduced in the House of Representatives by U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla.

"My STOP MADURO Act will increase the maximum reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Maduro to $100 million, using seized assets instead of U.S. taxpayer money to bring an end to the tyranny caused by this narcoterrorist. The Venezuelan people overwhelmingly voted for a new day of freedom and democracy on July 28 when they elected Edmundo González in an effort led by opposition leader María Corina Machado. It's clear Maduro will not step down on his own, and I urge my colleagues to support this bill to rid Venezuela and the world of Maduro's oppression and make way for President-elect González to bring democracy, freedom and opportunity back to Venezuela," Scott said.

Rubio said in a statement that U.S. lawmakers must do more to stop Maduro, and the new legislation will help make that happen.

"The U.S. must do more to arrest narco-dictator Nicolás Maduro. I've called for Interpol to issue a red alert notice to facilitate this, and this legislation builds on that call by increasing the reward for his arrest to $100 million. Maduro is one of the Venezuelan regime's most corrupt schemers and it's past time he is held accountable for his crimes," Rubio said.

Maduro, who became interim president following the death of President Hugo Chavez in 2013, is a socialist who has plunged his once prosperous nation into poverty. During his rule, Maduro has become increasingly more authoritarian, which has led to attempts by opposition to have him removed from office. Maduro's competitor Edmundo Gonzalez was forced to flee Venezuela for Spain after Maduro issued a warrant for his arrest.

While at a cultural meeting in Caracas on Friday, Maduro warned his government officials against accepting any electronic devices as Christmas gifts, according to MenaFN.

Maduro's comments come in the wake of the mass detonation of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon, which targeted terrorist group Hezbollah.

The detonation led to around 3,000 people being injured, while 37 people were killed.

"You've seen what happened in Lebanon; everyone should be on alert," Maduro reportedly said during the meeting.

According to the Miami Herald, a federal court in Argentina has court ordered the immediate arrest of Maduro, and Maduro's second-in-charge Diosdado Cabello, for alleged crimes against humanity.

The court order was issued in response to Venezuela's Supreme Court issuing its own arrest order for Argentina's President Javier Milei and two of his senior officials for seizing a Venezuelan cargo plane in Buenos Aires.

The Argentine Forum for the Defense of Democracy described the order against Maduro and Cabello as historic, after the case was first introduced in 2023, allowing countries to prosecute crimes against human rights no matter where they occurred.

"From now on, Maduro has become a fugitive from justice and the world has become increasingly smaller for those who have committed atrocious crimes," Forum secretary Elisa Trotta said in a statement to the Miami Herald.

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The Trump campaign has posted online a statement supporting a comment from Kamala Harris.

That would be the Republican nominee for president endorsing a comment from the Democrat nominee for president.

The stunner came in response to Harris' comment that, 'We just need to move past the failed … policies … that we have proven don't work.".

She, of course, apparently was referring to policies that came before the administration she has run with Joe Biden.

That's the administration that has made it so it costs American consumers 21% more for the same lifestyle as they had during President Donald Trump's tenure.

The administration where gasoline for cars has cost $6 a gallon. Where groceries are up by double-digit percentages. Where hundreds of thousands of Californians have lost their utility connections because they are unable to afford the bills of sometimes $1,000 a month.

Online commenters scorched Harris, with:

"She herself is a failed policy."

"Turn the page and vote Trump."

"She's right. We need to move past the policies she had a hand in creating and move to Trumps policies that worked. Maybe she has come to the realization that even she was better off 3 1/2 years ago than she is today."

One turned sarcastic, with the suggestion the message should be followed with, "I'm Donald Trump, and I approve this message."

Karoline Leavitt, Trump campaign press secretary, explained, "Kamala Harris is right about one thing — it's time to turn the page. She's had three and a half years to prove herself, and she has failed. Personal savings are down, credit card debt is up, small business optimism is at a record-low, and people are struggling to afford homes, groceries, and gas. Every time Kamala speaks, it becomes increasingly clear that ONLY President Trump will Make America WEALTHY Again."

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A new report has been released that documents an argument being described by promoters of the lucrative abortion industry as being about "abortion" actually is more accurately assigned to a completely different dispute: infanticide.

"The abortion industry and its sympathizers want to make this about abortion. It's not. It's about infanticide," explained Carol Tobias of National Right to Life. "It is barbaric that newborns who have the temerity to survive an abortion are considered the 'dreaded complication' by abortionists.'

"The baby who survives an abortion deserves the full protection of the law."

This controversy, pushed into the headlines in previous situations such as when Gov. Ralph Northam several years back confirmed a baby would be born, made comfortable, and then the doctor and mother would decide what to do with it, has returned.

It has resurfaced just as "pro-abortion groups have promoted false narratives about babies who are born alive during abortions. Additionally, vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is under scrutiny and criticism for his actions in reversing state protections for babies born alive following abortions," the report said.

Pending before Congress, in fact, is the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act" to require when a baby is born alive following an abortion, health care workers "must exercise the same degree of professional skill and care that would be offered to any other child born alive at the same gestational age."

WND reported that during a recent presidential debate, when ABC's moderator, Linsey Davis, was helping Democrat candidate Kamala Harris argue with GOP candidate President Donald Trump, Davis claimed, "There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it's born."

But that's not exactly correct. A published report at Live Action News noted, "Colorado, Michigan, and California have all recently enacted laws that include the term 'pregnancy outcomes.' These states have moved to make abortion a 'right' and allow women to make choices about abortion based on undefined 'pregnancy outcomes.' The vague term could encompass situations like birth, miscarriage, abortion, and even death after birth."

The report confirmed, "Since these 'outcomes' are not defined, a post-birth death that is caused deliberately or even by negligence is not excluded."

The new report from National Right to Life cited a Philadelphia Inquirer report that confirmed: "In legalizing abortion in 1973, the Supreme Court said it was reserving the right to protect the life of a viable fetus – that is, one with the potential to survive outside the womb. But the court never directly acknowledged the chance of an aborted fetus being born alive. And it therefore never gave a clear guideline for dealing with what Dr. Thomas Kerenyi, a leading New York expert on abortions, has called 'the dreaded complication.'"

There are estimates that hundreds of children survive abortion each year.

The report explained, "In the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Stenberg v. Carhart striking down Nebraska's law banning partial-birth abortions, the Court extended Roe beyond the unborn child and to the child who was partially born and moments from birth. According to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee report (107-186) issued on the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act in 2001, 'The Carhart Court considered the location of an infant's body at the moment of death during a partial-birth abortion–delivered partly outside the body of the mother–to be of no legal significance in ruling on the constitutionality of the Nebraska law. Instead, implicit in the Carhart decision was the pernicious notion that a partially-born infant's entitlement to the protections of the law is dependent upon whether or not the partially-born child's mother wants him or her. In response, Congress passed the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. While the legislation recognizes that a baby born alive following an abortion is legally a human being, the law does not impose penalties on medical practitioners who violate the law."

The report notes, "While federal law does recognize that a baby born alive following an abortion is a person under the law, there are no requirements to provide care for the baby following a failed abortion. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act would require that the live baby born after an abortion be treated as a patient and given the same care that would be given to an infant of the same gestational age who was born not following an abortion. This legislation would also allow a mother to sue the abortionist if he or she fails to provide care for the newborn and harm results from a violation of the law. The mother is not penalized for any reason."

Cited in the report is the case of Kermit Gosnell, who ran an abortion business and, when eventually investigated, was confirmed to have "routinely delivered live babies and then ended their lives by severing their spinal cords with scissors."

He was convicted on three counts of murder and remains imprisoned.

Further, in 2019, in the Virginia General Assembly, Delegate Kathy Tran sponsored House Bill 2491, a bill that would loosen Virginia's abortion laws and allow abortion for any reason until birth.

Majority Leader Todd Gilbert questioned her, and she openly admitted her bill would allow abortion even when the mother is showing imminent signs of giving birth.

Appropriately, in light of the approaching presidential election, the organization released details about Kamala Harris' perspectives on abortion.

She wants to use tax dollars to kill unborn children, to eliminate all state protections for the unborn and install "unlimited abortion until birth" in federal law. She also endorsed suspending safeguards that had been established for the use of chemicals to cause abortion, has overseen millions of federal dollars going to abortion industry members, has promised, if president, to demand on judicial nominees endorse unlimited abortion, and more.

Her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, aligns with virtually the same agenda.

In his state, he's already worked to call abortion a "fundamental right" which means that that state's protections for abortion patients all were struck down.

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The People's Republic of China is taking a hit economically, after U.S. tariffs, high youth unemployment, a lagging property market, and an increasing national debt, has begun to squeeze the Chinese economy.

According to Reuters financial columnist Jamie McGeever, China's response to the property crisis and growing deflation is "baffling."

"The impact of this muted response on China's economy has been stark. Growth in 2024 is likely to fall short of the government's 5.0% target, deflationary pressures are intensifying at an alarming rate, investment is collapsing, and credit growth is at a record low," McGeever said.

McGeever added Morgan Stanley economists are forecasting China's Gross Domestic Product is expected to only reach 3.9% this year and into 2025. The U.S. economy, meanwhile, is expected to have a GDP growth of 5.5%.

This is a drastic drop from the 4.2% forecast by Morgan Stanley in January, while Goldman Sachs had China with a 4.9% GDP growth, and JPMorgan predicted growth as high as 4.9%.

"China's stock market is also a notable laggard. As the rising tide of global monetary easing has lifted stock markets around the world to new highs, China has gone in the opposite direction. Shanghai's blue chip index is down 15% since May, has nearly halved since February 2021, and is close to making new multi-year lows," McGeever said.

According to a report from Bloomberg, China's car dealerships are facing an almost $20 billion loss, after Chinese consumers have become reluctant to make major purchases.

The China Automobile Dealers Association said in a statement Monday, the association is appealing to the Chinese government about the dealer's capital chain causing a price war.

"Recently, the China Automobile Dealers Association has received a large number of member companies to report that the drastic changes in the automobile market brought about by factors such as the continuous 'price war' have made auto dealers mired in a quagmire and face the outstanding problem of extremely tight capital liquidity," the association said.

The association formally submitted the "Emergency Report on the Current Financial Difficulties and Shutdown Risks of Auto Dealers" to the Chinese government, which analyzed the issue, and put forward policy recommendations to deal with it.

"At present, there are large-scale losses in the sales of new cars of auto dealers, and there is a general situation of cash flow deficit operation and the risk of capital chain rupture intensifying, and it is difficult to get rid of the dilemma of survival," the association said.

As China's economic woes deepen, many Americans are wanting to decouple from China. Former U.S. Navy SEAL and founder of Blackwater USA Erik Prince, said during an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo, that the supply chain needs to come out of the hands of China because it is a huge vulnerability for the U.S., and poses several national security risks.

A recent strike by Israel against terrorist organization Hezbollah, targeted 2,800 of its senior leaders through their telecommunication network, while dozens of its members were killed through the detonation of their walkie-talkies the very next day. The strike was carried out by getting into the supply chain, and planting the devices.

Prince said there is a chance China could carry out a similar attack in the U.S. because it has so much access to the supply chain.

"It's an extreme vulnerability that we have … even the processing of rare earth minerals to the manufacturer of the integrated circuits, to the guts of many of our appliances, to even our pharmaceuticals. Imagine what they [China] could do to painkillers or to basic antibiotics, or to a lot of the stuff still made abroad. It speaks to having to have control, or visibility," Prince said.

Tense international relationships are also starting to take a toll, after China has repeatedly increased its aggression toward the Philippines with its dispute over the South China Sea. Now India, one of the world's largest emerging economies, has also voiced its concern over doing business with China.

Despite being a part of BRICS – an international alliance consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, as well as Iran, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Ethiopia – India's commerce and industry minister recently ruled out the possibility of a free-trade agreement between India and China.

During an interview with CNBC, India's Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, rejected the idea that India would be joining one of the largest trade deals in the world – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership – citing it is not in the best interest of India's farmers.

"India is not going to join the RCEP because neither did it reflect the guiding principles on which ASEAN was started, nor is it in the nation's interest to do a free trade agreement with China," Goyal said.

ASEAN – the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – is a political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia, consisting of Brunei, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Loas, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Singapore.

The RCEP was first signed in 2020 by 15 Asia-Pacific countries – including ASEAN nations, Australia, South Korea, China, Japan, and New Zealand. India was initially included within the agreement, but pulled out in 2019 citing unresolved "core interest" issues, according to CNBC.

"It was not in our farmers' interest, RCEP did not reflect the aspirations of our small and micro medium industries and sector, and in some form, was nothing but a free trade agreement with China. When you see from the lens sitting outside the country, you don't realize how difficult it is to compete against a non-transparent economy," Goyal said, adding China is "very opaque in its economic practices."

While China continues to operate its business in a less than transparent way, it is also attempting to infiltrate the U.S. with CCP plants.

American journalist, lawyer, and political commentator Gordan Chang said in an interview with CPAC that China is sending operatives through the southern border into the U.S. mainland to attack Americans.

"I think China is behind some of this immigration, and they're sending operatives in the United States to attack us. You know, if we go back two years, we were seeing primarily family groups for Chinese coming across our southern border, and those are people who want to live in a free society. But now, about two-thirds of Chinese migrants are single males of military age, traveling without family members coming in packs of five to fifteen," Chang said.

Chang noted the amount of Chinese nationals who have recently been caught spying for the Chinese Communist Party inside important industries – like Verizon, which recently had a Chinese national working as an IT specialist in Florida, while he sent back intelligence to the CCP.

China has also been buying up farmland all over the U.S., with many of these areas close to important military installations.

"While this is occurring, we are seeing these increased incursions and attempted incursions into our military bases by Chinese. So, I think they are trying to scope out our bases, in preparation for attacks. We're seeing Chinese migrants take target practice just immediately after they arrive in our country," Chang said.

Chang added there is also a plan to attack Americans through biological weapons.

"This is an extremely dangerous situation, and one more point, there was a secret Chinese biological weapons lab in Reedley, California, which had at least 20 pathogens according to the official count, and almost 1,000 mice that had been genetically engineered to spread disease. Take the migrants and the mice and you have a biological attack on the United States in preparation for China's attack on us and our friends and partners," Chang said.

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A school mom in Pittsburgh has explained in a now-viral video how officials in her 17-year-old daughter's school pulled her from class and ordered her to register to vote as a Democrat, all the while pushing their hatred of President Donald Trump.

It is the Gateway Pundit that has extracted a transcript of the comments by Kay Montana describing how her daughter, Nyla, was "pulled out of class" and told that it was required that she follow school officials' demands that she register.

"To make matters worse, the school's staff allegedly pushed a blatant political agenda, suggesting that 'if Donald Trump was elected, Black people would be doomed,'" the report explained. The individual school was not identified, with the dispute apparently involving "Pittsburgh Public Schools."

"My 17-year-old daughter was pulled out of class and told she needed to register to vote. Not only was she told how to register, she was told who she should vote for," Kay said in her viral video.

A school official later denied making such statements, but apologized for the alleged "misunderstanding."

Montana explained that she found out about the school's political agenda when her daughter texted that, "They made me register to vote today. I didn't want to, but they forced me. I said I'll do it another time, but then she told me I had no choice, which I think is a lie. I'm not even 18 yet."

Nyla reported a "woman" "basically she kept saying how it would be bad if I picked Trump because of what he was doing to the Mexicans and stuff."

She explained she asked to register later, but was told by a school official that was not allowed.

Kay Montana's response, "She had no right to fill your head with lies and choose what party you are registering for. I am your mother, and I will talk to you about that. You won't even be 18 until the 5th!!!"

Nyla responded, "Yeah, she was definitely telling me all this bad stuff about Trump, saying we Black people are doomed and are going to be finished if they let Trump back in. I'm like, 'Ma'am, please!' That's what I said. She said I had no choice but to do it at that time."

The mother immediately confronted the school, "accusing them of projecting their political views onto her daughter," the report said, explaining, "When pressed on the allegations that her daughter was told Trump's presidency would 'doom Black people,' the staff member fumbled through an explanation, failing to take responsibility."

Identified in the report as a "minority inspector," a school official claimed, "you never, ever, ever discuss politics or your beliefs or anything like that."

But, that person admitted, "I did register her to vote, and we did have a conversation about it. She did ask me about Trump, she did ask me about Harris. So we started a conversation about what's going on. I wasn't projecting anything on her. I was just talking about things going on in the world."

The "inspector" claimed it was not intentional to be offending people.

"That's why I don't understand why the conversation even happened. What consent forms did I sign saying I was okay with my daughter being registered to vote in school? She's still 17 years old," Montana said.

The daughter, later, confirmed again that the school official said, "Black people would be doomed if Trump becomes President?"

The mother said she would be changing her daughter's registration.

And to the school official, she said, "You're saying you didn't say Black people would be doomed. She's saying you said it. I'm going to believe my daughter because she wouldn't lie to me about something like this. Why would she lie?"

The school official then told the family, "We're going to agree to disagree on this conversation. I apologize if you feel like you were pressured. I apologize for registering your daughter to vote without your consent, without you having the opportunity to have a conversation with her or even check anything online. All I can say right now is I apologize."

Montana said she would be taking her daughter out of that school.

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The Al Smith Dinner is an event organized by the Catholic archbishop of New York every four years, and is a white-tie gala that raises money for Catholic charities.

It traditionally includes both presidential candidates for a night of "lighthearted roasting" and "camaraderie."

In some 40 years, only one candidate has refused to participate: Walter Mondale, he of the campaign that lost 49 states.