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Lawyers with the Institute for Justice have announced that they have worked with the city of Wilmington, Delaware, to install new protections for automobile owners who have parking tickets or other infractions to resolve those issues short of having their car confiscated and destroyed.

The IJ said the city has agreed to reform "predatory impound practices."

The issue was the subject of a 2021 lawsuit on behalf of Ameera Shaheed and Earl Dickerson, who lost their vehicles to private companies working at the behest of the city.

"These companies operated 'cost-free' for the city by keeping the profits off scrapping cars," the IJ said.

"I'm really proud of the work everyone put in and the system we helped create," said IJ Attorney Will Aronin. "Our goal is to make it so nobody loses their car and we were able to craft a new system that has strong protections to keep that from happening."

The settlement agreement involves Wilmington installing a new system to provide multiple notices to those with tickets, "very liberal and easy payment plans," and convenient hearings to resolve disputes.

"Most importantly, even if someone does have their car towed, they will be able to go get it back without being forced to pay, so long as they either go to the hearing or enter into the easy payment plan. Under this system, Ameera Shaheed and Earl Dickerson would not have lost their cars," the IJ said.

Under the old rules, the IJ explained, "the city repeatedly ticketed Ameera's legally parked car and then towed it because they issued so many tickets. When Ameera couldn't pay the full sum, the city let the towing contractor just keep the full value of the car."

Part of the agreement also has the city compensating the plaintiffs in the lawsuit for "well above what their cars were worth."

"I'm glad that my lawsuit is ending with meaningful change for the people of Wilmington," Ameera said in a statement released by the IJ. "It was hard when Wilmington took my vehicle even though I was parked legally. I wasn't the only one mistreated but hopefully this will never happen again in our city."

WND had reported when a federal judge declined to dismiss the case against the city.

U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly had issued a decision allowing the lawsuit to continue.

The judge said, "Wilmington can't have it both ways."

He said either the victims have an argument that taking the whole value of their car for simple parking tickets is an excessive fine, or the owners have a claim that the city is taking property from them without compensation since their tickets don't rise to the value of the cars.

The old system put Wilmington people at risk of losing their vehicles to an impound system that profits from scrapping the cars that are taken, the IJ explained.

But that violated the Fourth Amendment, it said.

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Associated Press this week posted a false report on a comment by GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance, and Democrats quickly grabbed it to use in their campaign, even though it was, in fact, deleted for being false.

The AP statement, later deleted, claimed JD Vance "says school shootings are a 'fact of life.'"

The reality is that Vance said, "I don't like that this is a fact of life."

The legacy wire service announced, when it released a new statement, that it "replaces an earlier post that was deleted to add context to the partial quote from Vance."

The correction was seen by thousands even though the original incorrect posting was seen by millions. And the correction wasn't used by Democrats, only the original.

"Kamala HQ" said, "JD Vance responds to the deadly shooting in Georgia by saying school shootings are just 'a fact of life' and attacking common sense gun safety reform."

"Kamala Harris" then reused it.

So did Gavin Newsom:

Vance called out Harris for the misleading statements:

A commentary at Twitchy said, "Shame on the Associated Press. Well, we'd shame them if they had shame. But they're incapable of it."

Then it posted an image of the deleted claim.

Social media concluded, "This is a really misleading headline and tweet. AP should really change it."

But, Twitchy explained, "It was intentionally misleading."

Another pointed out Vance's full statement was: "I don't like that this is a fact of life. But if you are a psycho and you want to make headlines, you realize that our schools are soft targets. And we have got to bolster security at our schools."

Townhall noted the false statement was seen by at least 2.2 million; the correction only 100,000.

The Harris campaign later put out a fuller statement, explaining, "Harris said 'it doesn't have to be this way' in response to another senseless school shooting. Donald Trump and JD Vance think school shootings are a 'fact of life' and 'we have to get over it.'"

The Daily Caller News Foundation said the Harris campaign "and some liberal media outlets pushed a false claim on Thursday night indicating that Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance referred to school shootings as a 'fact of life.'"

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A board assembled by Meta, Facebook's parent company, has adopted the anti-Israel position that the slogan that long has threatened the very existence of the Middle East democracy, "from the river to the sea," actually is not "hate speech."

That means the call for the destruction of Israel is welcomed on the corporation's software platforms, including Facebook.

The Meta board confirmed that the slogan expresses "solidarity with Palestinians" but doesn't necessarily call for violence "or exclusion," even though that has been the express intent of the slogan for decades.

Meta said its advisory board found, "In upholding Meta's decisions to keep up the content, the majority of the board notes the phrase has multiple meanings and is used by people in various ways and with different intentions."

The report from Meta did admit that a "minority" on the board was concerned "that because the phrase appears in the 2017 Hamas charter and given the October 7 attacks, its use in a post should be presumed to constitute glorification of a designated entity, unless there are clear signals to the contrary."

It has been the Anti-Defamation league that has confirmed the phrase "inherently" calls for the elimination of Israel.

"It is fundamentally a call for a Palestinian state extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, territory that includes the state of Israel, which would mean the dismantling of the Jewish state. It is an antisemitic charge denying the Jewish right to self-determination, including through the removal of Jews from their ancestral homeland," the organization has confirmed.

The anti-Israel activists at the Council on American-Islamic Relations praised the decision, and in the course of its statement redefined it.

The organization said it "welcomed a decision by Meta's (Facebook's parent company) oversight board that the use of the phrase 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,' which some activists say they use to call for Israelis and Palestinians to live together in one state with equal rights, does not inherently constitute hate speech."

Actually, for Israelis and Palestinians "to live together in one state with equal rights," already is the status quo in Israel, which does not deprive residents of rights because of their beliefs.

The problem for Palestinians is that the Jewish nation, which features that level of equality, still exists.

CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper, in a prepared statement, said, "We appreciate Meta recognizing that the Jewish, Palestinian and other activists who sometimes use this phrase as their way of advocating for Israelis and Palestinians to live together in one state with equal rights are not engaging in hate speech."

He charged that there is "genocide in Gaza," apparently over Israel's response to the terrorists of Hamas who invaded Israel from Gaza last Oct. 7 and butchered some 1,200 innocent civilians, often in horrific ways.

But even leftist sources on the web confirm that "from the river to the sea" is a political phrase referring to the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea that has been used since its creation to mean that region, including Israel, should consist of one state.

As far back as the 1960s, the Palestine Liberation Organization used it to call for a "state … that would replace Israel."

The web explanation notes, "any pro-Palestinian activists consider it 'a call for peace and equality' after decades of Israeli military rule over Palestinians, while for many pro-Israeli activists it is seen as a call for the 'destruction' of Israel."

Hamas terrorists used it in their 2017 charter, prompting critics to charge is calls for the "removal or extermination" of the Jewish population there.

Sources actually do not agree on the origin of the phrase, and some claim it stems from different wording that was used over the years. Some claims suggest it advocates for Palestinian freedom from Israel, Jordan and Egypt.

But in 1969 the PLO said the phrase called for "a single democratic secular state that would replace Israel."

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A team of researchers that included a number of medical experts as well as individuals with creditable science backgrounds has uncovered what is believed to be an "off switch" that could be used by those who were given the COVID-19 mRNA treatments, and now face that possibility of "turbo cancers, heart failure, strokes, blood clots, and damaged immune systems," according to a new report.

It is Slay News that revealed the "historic discovery" that now "offers hope to the billions of people around the world who have been injected with the 'vaccines.'"

The report cites a preprint study called, "Strategic Deactivation of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines: New Applications for RIBOTACs and siRNA Therapy."

The promoters of the experimental treatment originally said the "vaccine" injection would stay in a person's arm but tests show it spreads, which has prompted health experts to express concern about the safety.

The report confirmed the "spike protein triggered by the mRNA from the shots has been linked to multiple deadly diseases and sudden death."

The study, led by renowned American cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough, uncovered a novel approach using "small interfering messenger RNA (siRNA) and ribonuclease targeting chimeras (RIBOTACs) to bind and deactivate the mRNA from these vaccines."

The report said evidence is that that process allows a body to clear out mRNA from the injections.

McCullough said he already uses products like "Patisiran" and "Inclisiran" in his practice.

The process is that they "bind up messenger RNA to inactivate it."

That, the report said, hits at the mRNA and its potentially lethal spike protein call and reduces the overall toxicity.

"The urgency for an 'off switch' becomes even more pressing since Moderna's mRNA vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus and influenza were recently approved," the report said.

The threat is, McCullough said, "Without any way to turn off the messenger RNA, we think every single messenger RNA shot, because it's been made synthetic and resistant to human breakdown, is going to make people progressively sick."

Slay News noted McCullough previously raised an alarm after finding data showing that COVID mRNA shots caused an increase in brain clots by 112,000%.

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In a move that assured some of the most scandalous details about Joe Biden's years-long influence-peddling operations will not be publicized during a trial, First Son Hunter Biden pleaded guilty Thursday to a series of tax charges.

His lawyers first had insisted on an "Alford" plea, in which Biden would plead guilty but still maintain his innocence, a plan to which prosecutors objected. Then Hunter Biden submitted an ordinary guilty plea.

A former federal prosecutor, who asked not to be named, told the DailyMail.com publication a possible reason for the sudden change, from not guilty to guilty, was to "get a quick verdict without a salacious trial, followed by a pardon or commutation from Hunter's father, President Joe Biden."

Hunter Biden still could be given that pardon by his father, even though Joe Biden has said that's something he would not do.

"As long as he is president, through January 2025, he has the power to reduce or forgive any sentence his son receives," the report said.

The report said another lawyer, Samuel Dewey, a former congressional chief counsel, told DailyMail.com "he also suspected the change of plea was part of a political pact to protect damaging information about Joe Biden from being aired in public."

"We know the trial was going to involve detailed evidence of foreign influence peddling that likely would involve the broader Biden family and the president," Dewey said.

He was referring to prosecutors' evidence that Hunter "earned $1 million from allegedly lobbying U.S. State Department officials on behalf of a Romanian real estate magnate charged with bribery – a scandal first revealed by DailyMail.com two years ago."

Dewey explained, "A plausible theory for why this odd turn happened now, is that Hunter has run out the clock and will not be required to report to prison until after November 4, when he will be pardoned without massive political damage to the Democratic nominee in the 2024 general election."

A congressional investigation already has revealed the Biden family collected some $27 million from the family's influence peddling, largely to overseas interests and unfriendly nations.

There were nine tax evasion charges, including three felonies, to which Hunter Biden admitted responsibility.

The "Alford" stunt failed after what the Mail described as a "fiery exchange between prosecutors and the defense."

Judge Mark Scarsi then explained the penalties in the case could be 15 years and a $1 million fine.

Prosecutor Leo Wise read the indictment to put all the allegations on the record.

The report said, "The indictment includes details of Hunter's shady overseas deals with Romanian businessman Gabriel Popoviciu who has been convicted of bribery, and with Chinese oil giant CEFC, which has been linked to a Chinese government influence operation."

Also included were allegations about Hunter Biden paying prostitutes and drug dealers instead of his taxes.

Scarsi ordered that the probation and pretrial services officials should meet and assemble a sentencing recommendation.

The Mail itself suggested Hunter Biden's change of plea "was an apparent Hail Mary strategy by the defense to try to stop damaging and embarrassing evidence being presented to the jury."

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has executed more than 30 of his own officials after the country was rocked by a series of devastating floods over the summer.

According to South Korean news outlet TV Chosun, the North Korean government shot between 20 and 30 people at the end of August for failing to prevent floods that killed over 3,500 North Korean citizens.

Korean Central Television – a state-owned broadcaster in North Korea – had stated "those who caused unacceptable loss of life should be severely punished. Kim Jong Un held an emergency meeting following the flooding of the Yalu River, and fired several top officials, including the minister of social security, and the chief secretary of the party of Jagang Province.

A North Korean official confirmed the officials had been executed, including the fired Kang Bong-Hoon – the chief secretary of the Jagang Party.

"It has been determined that 20~30 cadres in the flood-affected area were shot dead at the end of last month…We are also investigating the circumstances that included Kang Bong-Hoon, the party's chief secretary of the Jagang Party, who was sacked," the official said.

TV Chosun stated the North Korean government is trying to control public sentiment by terrorizing its citizens, especially in areas close to the border. In that effort, North Korean authorities have allegedly "added charges of corruption and neglect of duty to the flood victims."

According to the George W. Bush Presidential Center, "North Korea is among the world's most repressive states, engaging in widespread and systematic human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions, torture, forced abortion, arbitrary detention, and denial of the rights of expression, association, assembly, and religion."

North Korea also punishes three generations of a person's family if they commit a crime against the regime through a system called songbun. Songbun is used to classify a citizen's attitude towards the regime – this determines career prospects, food, and housing.

The law was introduced by North Korea's founder and late-leader Kim Il Sung, who believed anyone who had anti-government sentiments should be wiped out entirely, and up to three generations of their family should be punished for it.

Leaving North Korea is prohibited. If defectors are caught, they are then imprisoned within the regime's network of forced labor camps. Currently, there is an estimated 120,000 political prisoners within these camps, where they are subjected to torture, and are confined indefinitely.

A report from the Council on Foreign Relations states North Korea is entering into a rapid period of change, despite the regime being historically resistant to outside influence. This will be a challenge for Kim, as he needs to cultivate strong support from elites while successfully managing the changes to meet his goal of making North Korea prosperous.

Kim's international relationships, particularly with Western nations, continue to deteriorate due to North Korea's growing relationship with Russia, which includes Kim's export of ballistic missiles in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol condemned Kim's actions during a summit in Seoul Wednesday. In a joint statement from Luxon's office, both sides called for the complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea, and urged Kim to take up offers of international dialogue.

The Strait Times, a South Korean news outlet, reported Wednesday the North Koreans have been sending balloons across the border to the south filled with garbage, and in some instances, human waste. According to a joint statement from South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, the garbage-filled balloons were last delivered a month ago.

North Korea said the balloons were in response to South Korean activists sharing anti-propaganda materials which posed a threat to the regime. In a petty back-and-forth, South Korea has played K-Pop and other propaganda over loudspeakers since 2015.

In June, Kim played host to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which both agreed to provide military aid to each other in the event one of them is attacked. Kim has since increased his testing of ballistic missiles around the South Korean border.

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In a move that likely will attract a lot of support from voters who have been hit by those 20% inflation penalties courtesy of the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris regime, President Donald Trump wants an audit.

Of the U.S. government.

The ENTIRE U.S. government.

To crack down on fraud, waste and worse, all of which costs voters their paychecks.

Is it the Post-Millennial that reported Trump promised a "Government Efficiency Commission" to audit and analyze the finances of the federal government – and all of its trillions of dollars in spending.

X Space chief Elon Musk had suggested the idea.

Trump said, "I will create a Government Efficiency Commission tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government — and making recommendations for drastic reforms."

He pointed out that Kamala Harris is inextricably linked to the policies and failures of the Biden-Harris administration and the 20% inflation they have produced to hurt Americans during her tenure.

And he warned Harris would double down if elected in November, with her promise of a corporate tax rate of 28%. Trump's proposal is 15%.

He also warned of the Harris plan for a 25% tax on unrealized capital gains. That means some high-dollar voters would have to pay taxes on increase in their property or asset values, even though they've gotten none of that increase because they haven't sold.

His economic plan, his supporters say, would bring inflation down rapidly and trigger a huge growth in the economy.

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A state judge in South Dakota has scheduled a trial for later this month on charges that abortion industry promoters cheated to get the signatures they used to put a pro-abortion scheme on this November's ballot in the state.

Promoters of the lucrative abortion industry had hoped that Minnehaha County District Judge John Pekas would dismiss the complaint brought by Life Defense Fund, a prolife group that includes Dell Rapids Republican Rep. Jon Hansen.

The lawsuit accuses abortion activists of violating multiple state laws in their methods of assembling signatures for the ballot initiative.

Pekas had tossed the lawsuit months ago, but it was reinstated by the state Supreme Court which noted there was no record developed at any point, so the lower court's decision could not stand.

A report in the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader explained because of the short time before the election, and the fact that either side could go to the state Supreme Court again, the issue will be on the November ballot, but it's uncertain now whether any of those votes will be counted.

Abortion promoters had argued that there should be no arguments over their alleged misbehavior because it was too close, and discussing those issues would be "election interference."

Life Defense Fund said the abortion initiative supporters now will have to turn over all documents related to their petition circulation efforts of the abortion-up-to-birth constitutional ballot measure.

The court also pointed out it has the authority to determine whether the abortion promoters' repeated violations of petition law can disqualify them from circulation efforts in the future.

Sara Frankenstein, lawyer for Life Defense, said, "We are grateful to the court for its decision today as we move toward trial. We are anxious to finally receive the discovery in this case. LDF has disclosed its trial exhibits and witnesses and yet we have received no discovery from D4H."

The seven-day trial now is to begin Sept. 23.

It was Rapid City lawyer James Leach, arguing against any review of his clients' possible illegal activities, who said a trial amounts to election interference.

He claimed a review could damage voter confidence when citizens already believe the system is corrupt. He claimed courts "should not contribute to that perception" by allowing the ordinary course of the legal process to take place.

Life Defense Fund, in fact, cited multiple disputes over ballot questions that have not been decided until the last minute before an election, or even after.

Frankenstein noted that in South Dakota, its state Supreme Court ruled in 2021, after the 2020 election, that a marijuana-promoting measure was invalid, even though residents already had cast their votes, because it ran counter to a requirement limiting such plans to a single issue.

She explained that Dakotans for Health simply were trying to run out the clock and obtain their goal.

She noted courts have a responsibility to step in when laws are violated to get an amendment on the ballot.

Pekas pointed out that the state Supreme Court had returned the case to him with instructions to create a record, following his earlier dismissal which did not even consider the merits.

WND previously reported on documentation of problems in the ballot issue dispute.

The state fight in South Dakota is just one of many across the nation, after the UI.S. Supreme Court overturned the fatally flawed Roe v. Wade ruling, which created a "right" to abortion, in 1973.

The change didn't ban abortion, but it did turn over regulation of the lucrative industry to states, creating what is now the battleground as abortion business operators seek to assure their financial future.

Among the states, about half have now imposed major roadblocks to the commercial-level killing of the unborn, including some that have outright bans; but about half have not.

The fight in South Dakota will be seen as a precedent for more attacks on other pro-life standards around the nation.

"A Kamala (Harris) presidency means more health risks to women and more babies aborted," Caroline Woods, a spokeswoman for the Life Defense Fund, which is fighting to protect the lives of the unborn, told WND.

"When undercover videos showed Planned Parenthood executives cavalierly talking about selling baby parts in California, then-Attorney General Kamala Harris viciously went after those who exposed Planned Parenthood's illegal actions. She will act no different as president, and she has made it her goal to legalize abortions across the nation."

In fact, there have been accusations that Harris schemed to send state agents to undercover reporter David Daleiden's home, to confiscate his videos and equipment, as he was releasing a series of reports on those agendas among abortionists to sell unborn baby body parts for higher and higher amounts.

One abortionist explained the need for that: "I want a Lamborghini."

Woods' organization sued the "Dakotans for Health" which is pushing for the plan that would unleash literally unrestricted abortions by eliminating more than 100 requirements the state already has. The fight also is significant because if pro-abortions radicals can succeed in South Dakota, in the heart of America and with food production, tourism and finance as major industries – nothing like Hollywood or New York – they would feel confident of taking their campaign anywhere.

"A vote for Amendment G is a vote for the Kamala Harris' radical agenda for America. In South Dakota, we reject her extreme abortion plans that endangers women and children," Woods said.

She warned, "South Dakota can be an example to the rest of the nation by once again showing that we are pro-woman and pro-children. Amendment G is the most radical abortion measure we've seen in our country, and we will fight to make sure children aren't aborted up to birth and women are protected from unsafe, unclean medical practices."

"We want South Dakota to blaze a path for a pro-life victory and show the rest of the nation how we can beat the abortion lobby."

She said the court case revolves around allegations of unethical, even illegal, behavior by the petition collectors.

"They say 'Let the people vote,' but what they're really saying is, 'Let us cheat.' In the same way Olympic teams are banned from performing if they cheat, this abortion amendment should be disqualified from appearing on the ballot since Dakotans for Health broke South Dakota election law, cheated, and lied directly to South Dakotans to advance their radical agenda."

Reports confirm there are allegations petition circulators left petition sheets unattended, a violation. They misled signers, a violation. The tried to bait-and-switch voters, a violation.

They apparently included nonresidents, a violation.

The pro-abortion faction went to federal court, trying to get the state case killed, and the judge has refused.

Woods described the proposal as "one of the most extreme abortion laws in the nation."

It would "legalize painful, late-term abortion, all the way to the point of birth." And it would kill a multitude of existing state abortion policies that have been created over time on a bipartisan basis.

For example, a provision for parents to know when a minor daughter is being pressured into abortion would be killed.

Killed would be protections for a mother from being forced to have an abortion against her will.

Killed would be conscience protections so that doctors and nurses cannot be forced to participate in performing abortions against their will.

Killed would even be basic health and safety requirements for abortionists to follow, including requirements that abortions be done by a physician and an inspected and clean facility.

Among the allegations the abortion industry promoters are facing:

Bait and switch. A couple told pro-lifers during a Farmers Market in 2023, where abortion promoters were gathering signatures, they were telling people the petitions were regarding a tax proposal.

The couple, not named, said the signature collector even checked, when they asked for the tax petition, and said, "This is the one you want," handing them the abortion plan.

Also, abortion promoters were collecting signatures but failing to provide a required statement from the attorney general.

There also were incorrect claims that the new petition supported exactly the same thing that Roe did back in 1973. The promoter explains, "This is exactly what the Supreme Court did in '73. In the first three months, it's a woman's choice. Then there are stipulations and exceptions. … They say it's up to nine months and that's not true…"

Here is Tiffany Campbell, a petition coordinator, explaining just how extreme is the amendment.

She boasts, "The legislature can't mess with it." And "It's gonna wipe off 113 abortion regulations that we have now."

Cited are the 24-hour waiting period, parental notification, 22-week ban … "Everything goes away."

Signing the petitions twice? No problem, the extra signature is just "crossed off."

And leaving petitions unattended:

Giving incorrect information, where a signature collector accuses someone of lying if they say abortions would be allowed through nine months, which they would be.

Other videos suggest verbal abuse by petition collectors and worse.

Woods already has written in National Review that abortion activists are "doing anything they can to get their way, including deceiving voters."

She continued, "Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many conservative states like my home state of South Dakota activated trigger laws on abortion. These laws were passed while Roe was still operative and were designed to be implemented the moment Roe v. Wade was overturned. They typically outlawed abortion unless the doctor believed it was needed to save the life of the mother. Since then, the abortion lobby has aggressively centered its efforts around gathering petition signatures and putting abortion measures on the ballot in states like South Dakota, among many others."

She noted polling reveals three-quarters of Americans support abortion bans after 15 weeks.

And she said Amendment G allows non-doctors to do abortions, too.

Woods explained her organization has "over 100 hours of video capturing pro-choice petition circulators, much of which showed them breaking South Dakota law."

Such evidence already has prompted the state's attorney general to reprimand the abortion promoters.

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A new investigation is intended to reveal whether Joe Biden and Kamala Harris engaged in a months-long election interference scheme by vastly inflating the actual number of jobs created during their tenure in the White House.

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshal has announced that he's pursuing a review of their actions for lying about those numbers.

In fact, the federal government already has confirmed a revision of those numbers, taking them down by 818,000, or by about 30%.

It previously was reported there were that many jobs created, as reported by the government, between April 2023 and March 2024, which never existed.

According to the Daily Caller News Foundation, "Economists at Goldman Sachs (GS) and Wells Fargo anticipated the government had overestimated job growth by at least 600,000 in that span, while economists at JPMorgan Chase had predicted a lesser decline of 360,000, according to Bloomberg. The downward revision follows a trend of the BLS overestimating the number of nonfarm payroll jobs added, with the cumulative number of new jobs reported in 2023 roughly 1.3 million less than previously thought as of February 2024."

A researcher at the Heritage Foundation's Center for the Federal Budget charged, "There's been a clear pattern of economic data being revised down (worse) in the last several years. It is very similar to the onset of the great Recession, when the BLS was struggling to keep up with rapidly deteriorating economic conditions. Assumptions built into models no longer represented reality, although they may have just a year or two prior."

A report at the Gateway Pundit said Marshall's investigation will include claims that the Biden-Harris duo "inflated job creation numbers, misleading the American public about the state of the economy."

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A new report has found Chinese operatives are using social media platforms to impersonate American voters and spread divisive narratives about issues in the U.S., particularly social issues, and political conversations around the 2024 presidential election.

Graphika, a company that analyzes online social media behaviors, published their report titled "The #Americans" Tuesday, detailing how Spamouflage – a Chinese state-linked influence operation – has become increasingly aggressive on social media platforms, using personas disguised as Americans to sew divisive narratives.

Spamouflage is an influence operation first monitored by Graphika in 2019. Active on over 40 online platforms, it uses inauthentic accounts to promote pro-China and anti-Western narratives. Graphika determined the origins of the operation are linked to the Chinese government.

A new report has found Chinese operatives are using social media platforms to impersonate American voters and spread divisive narratives about issues in the U.S., particularly social issues, and political conversations around the 2024 presidential election.

Graphika, a company that analyzes online social media behaviors, published their report titled "The #Americans" Tuesday, detailing how Spamouflage – a Chinese state-linked influence operation – has become increasingly aggressive on social media platforms, using personas disguised as Americans to sew divisive narratives.

Spamouflage is an influence operation first monitored by Graphika in 2019. Active on over 40 online platforms, it uses inauthentic accounts to promote pro-China and anti-Western narratives. Graphika determined the origins of the operation are linked to the Chinese government.

President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and Vice President Kamala Harris have also all been targeted by these accounts in the run-up to the 2024 election, which both "seeded and amplified content denigrating Democratic and Republican candidates."

The report states Graphika's findings built on research conducted by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, which published findings in April that the Chinese were using Spamouflage accounts to impersonate MAGA supporters.

While attempts to pose as American social media users have increased significantly, analysts note the accounts failed to get any traction, with the exception being a single Spamouflage account on TikTok that garnered 1.5 million views.

"Many of the accounts' bios suggested the U.S. is deteriorating and filled with discrimination. For example, some posed rhetorical questions with awkward grammar, such as 'is the present America still our America?' or 'is the current president our president?' likely to present themselves as U.S. voters disappointed in the current administration," the report states.

The Chinese government has recently upped its spying efforts both inside and outside of the U.S.

Recently, Chinese military installations have been rumored to have been erected along the coast of Cuba to spy on American military bases in Florida, as well as the state's space program.

Other instances include Chinese agents being planted inside important political offices, where they quickly use their position to advance China's interests. New York's Gov. Kathy Hochul, has recently been caught in a scandal after a former aide in her office was accused of working as a Chinese agent.

Hochul's former aide, Linda Sun, was indicted on charges of not registering as a foreign agent, visa fraud, alien smuggling, and money laundering conspiracy. Sun's husband, Christopher Hu, allegedly laundered millions of dollars paid to the couple by the Chinese Communist Party. Hu has been charged with money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and misuse of means of identification.

According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Sun and Hu appeared in federal court in Brooklyn Tuesday, with both pleading not guilty to the charges.

U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said Sun and Hu enriched themselves while furthering the interests of the CCP.

"As alleged, while appearing to serve the people of New York as deputy chief of staff within the New York State Executive Chamber, the defendant and her husband actually worked to further the interests of the Chinese government and the CCP… The illicit scheme enriched the defendant's family to the tune of millions of dollars. Our office will act decisively to prosecute those who serve as undisclosed agents of a foreign government," Peace said.

It is also alleged Sun blocked representatives of Taiwan from accessing the governor, worked to prevent meetings with Taiwanese officials, and attempted to manipulate public statements made by the governor about China.

The U.S. Attorney's Office further stated Sun repeatedly violated internal rules and protocols, which included providing falsified invitation letters from Hochul's office, allowing CCP representatives to enter the U.S. unlawfully.

The 64-page indictment alleged Sun and Hu bought luxury homes with the proceeds, including a $4 million home in Long Island, a $2 million condo in Hawaii, and a fleet of luxury sports cars, including a 2024 Ferrari Roma.

Gov. Hochul stated during an interview with WNYC she was "outraged" by the allegations, calling Sun "brazen."

"I'm furious, and I'm outraged, and absolutely shocked at how brazen her behavior was. It was a betrayal of trust," Hochul said.

WND reached out to Hochul's Office for comment on the charges against Sun, but did not receive an immediate reply.

Sun was released on a $1.5 million bond, while Hu was released with a bond of $500,000. Bail conditions include Sun being forbidden to contact the Chinese consulate.