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Nations that allow Muslim terror organizations to exist, even if they are minority groups, increasingly are facing the threat of deadly violence from them, according to a new report.

It is the Gatestone Institute that confirms Uganda, for example, has faced a growing threat from Islamic groups including Allied Democratic Forces-National Army for the Liberation of Uganda and the Islamic State.

The report explains Christian persecution monitor Open Doors has pointed out that the organizations have claimed responsibility for deadly violence.

"Uganda and other African nations – especially Sudan, Nigeria, Algeria, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ivory Coast, Mali, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mauritania, Cameroon, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Tanzania – are increasingly suffering at the hands of radical Islamists," the report confirmed.

"They are proof of how much even majority non-Muslim, secular nations are vulnerable at the hands of jihadist groups. To prevent jihadists from massacring, abusing or enslaving non-Muslims, and taking over the continent, countries need immediately to crack down on all extremist groups. Do not grant them space to operate."

An example of the violence is the attack on a Christian boarding school in Uganda just about a year ago. Islamic terrorists there murdered 42 people.

The terrorists invaded the grounds of the Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School and "firebombed student dormitories."

"Students fleeing the fire were either gunned down or hacked to death with machetes. Students trapped in the dormitories burned to death as the terrorists shouted 'Allahu akbar!' … Some of the victims' bodies, burnt beyond recognition, required DNA testing to identify them. Six students were kidnapped," the report confirmed.

The report explained a "majority" in Uganda, 49.7 million, is Christian. And Muslims are 14% of the population.

Even so, "Uganda has faced a growing threat from radical Islamic groups" that target Christians.

In other attacks by Muslim terrorists, a honeymoon couple and their guide were murdered, and an attack on a village left a 75-year-old woman and her two grandchildren dead.

Open Doors confirms, "ADF-NALU, formed in 1995, aims to establish an Islamic state in Uganda and has been a recurrent source of violence. Its founder, Jamil Mukulu, was arrested in 2015 and faces multiple charges, including terrorism. ADF-NALU operatives, trained in North Kivu (DRC), continue to infiltrate Uganda. ADF-NALU has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. Meanwhile, ISIS has also claimed responsibility for various attacks."

Other terror groups are deploying "trained fighters" there and using explosives to target and kill.

Open Doors added, "In parts of Uganda, especially in the eastern region where the Muslim community makes up the majority, the hostility faced by Christians, particularly by converts from Islam, is severe. Christians in these areas are frequently targeted for bullying and harassment that can escalate to severe consequences like community expulsion, physical assaults, and in extreme cases, even killings."

The report noted Africa "has become a major focus of ISIS' post-caliphate strategy, and Uganda appears to be one of the jihadists' targets."

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Joe Biden's agenda during his time in the White House to push abortion, for all, at all times, under all circumstances, and at taxpayer expense, isn't likely to resonate for anyone outside the leftist ideology he inhabits.

Especially Republicans.

That's confirmed in a new poll shows that 66% of GOP respondents want the party to keep or even strengthen the party's current position protecting the lives of the unborn.

The 2016 Republican Party platform calls for a constitutional amendment protecting the unborn, and additional state and federal protections.

It is the Stand, a publication of Family Research Council, that has confirmed its polling results.

"On the issue of life, the survey showed that 66% of GOP voters think that Republicans should keep (32%) or strengthen (34%) the party’s current platform position on the protection of unborn life. … Regarding the issue of families and religious freedom, GOP voters likewise were not backing down. Of the likely Republican voters, 74% said that the party should either keep the current positions (23%) or adopt a stronger position (51%)," the report said.

FRC Action commissioned the polling, and FRC Action chief Tony Perkins explained, "This survey demonstrates a bold, clearly articulated platform that continues to embrace life, promotes the family, and defends religious freedom matters to voters.

"The platform not only gives insight to voters, it gives direction to Republican elected officials. According to research by Dr. Lee Payne, the parties follow their platforms. Between 1980 and 2004, Republican lawmakers followed their platform 82 percent of the time."

Republicans are scheduled to meet in Milwaukee starting next week to work out their party platform, and candidates, in preparation for the national convention.

"WPA put this question to 1,000 likely voters: 'Leading up to 2024 the Republican Party Platform has included strong positions on unborn human life, strengthening the family, and religious freedom. Would these issues impact your vote this fall a lot, just some, not too much, or not at all?'

"The poll found 62% of Republican voters said that the party platform positions on these issues would impact their vote (37% said it would impact it 'a lot,' and 25% said it would impact it 'just some'”)."

Perkins explained, "As Ronald Reagan noted, 'There are cynics who say that a party platform is something that no one bothers to read, and it doesn’t very often amount to much.' But he said 'a banner of bold unmistakable colors with no pale pastels' would reveal the difference between Republicans and the other party."

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The legacy media has not given up on Joe Biden, despite his debate performance that left many shocked by his confusion, stumbling, slurring, staring eyes, and more.

The event triggered open discussion among many, even some Democrats, about replacing him on the 2024 Democrat ticket.

But there are those in mainstream media that largely have been a cheerleading section for Biden in recent years, and have worked to cover up his mental decline, who haven't given up.

It was AP that said, of Biden "at 81: Sharp and focused but sometimes confused and forgetful…"

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida wanted to make sure people knew it was a real article, not satire:

 

The Post Millennial reported, "The Associated Press was slammed after publishing a report on Wednesday that said Joe Biden is 'often sharp and focused' at 81 years old, but is also 'confused and forgetful' at the same time. The report comes after Biden had a disastrous debate performance last week against Donald Trump.

"There were five AP reporters on the byline of the article titled, 'Biden at 81: Often sharp and focused but sometimes confused and forgetful,' which was slammed repeatedly online for the article. The article title sparked backlash from many users online."

One commenter posted an altered image of Biden, standing at a podium but with a computer "spinning circle" added on his forehead.

Another said, "'Sharp but forgetful' is the new 'Fiery but peaceful'. All they do is lie – what they call 'spin.'"

It was a reference to a reporter's infamous comment during the massive Black Lives Matter riots across America a few years back in which the reporter, standing in front of a block of buildings fully engulfed in flames during the riots, said the civil unrest actions were "mostly peaceful."

 

Another reporter, apparently with the same intent, simply posted "It's real."

Another responded, "@AP that's called an oxymoron, they teach that in the 5th grade."

Yet another said, "Yep.. That @AP headline is like a weather forecast that says 'It's going to be clear to partly cloudy, if it doesn't rain or snow.'"

 

Those at the Babylon Bee, a premiere satire site, objected:

"How are we at @TheBabylonBee supposed to compete with @AP?"

The Post-Millennial said, "The report from the outlet was a look at Biden and his 'conduct behind closed doors' as well as in meetings at various different locations. The outlet reported from speaking to those who are around Biden, 'He is often sharp and focused. But he also has moments, particularly later in the evening, when his thoughts seem jumbled and he trails off mid-sentence or seems confused. Sometimes he doesn’t grasp the finer points of policy details. He occasionally forgets people’s names, stares blankly and moves slowly around the room.'"

The report said, "Biden’s occasional struggles with focus may not be unusual for someone his age."

Biden has promised he will stay in the 2024 race.

 

One commenter turned the focus back on AP, stating, "AP in 2024: accurate and fair but sometimes partisan and shoddy."

Libs of TikTok said, "Nobody is falling for this BS anymore."

ZeroHedge explained AP's agenda: "AP gaslights with new 'fiery but mostly peaceful' propaganda."

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A homeowner fighting a Seattle law that demands $75,000 for permission to build a home for one family is vowing to continue the battle.

The promise comes from Anita Adams, who sued over the city's "Mandatory Housing Affordability" scheme that could set her back a huge sum just for a permit.

A lower court dismissed her case, but she says it's not over.

The Institute for Justice is helping her.

"Despite its name, Seattle's Mandatory Housing Affordability law does the opposite of what it intended—it makes it unaffordable for people like Anita to build housing on their own property," explained Suranjan Sen, of the IJ.

"At a time when Seattle faces a housing crisis it boggles the mind that the city would impose fees on someone who is doing her best to build affordable housing for her family. While frustrating, today’s decision is not the last word on the constitutionality of the law. We firmly believe that Seattle’s MHA program violates the constitutional rights of homeowners and small developers and we are appealing this decision to ensure justice for Anita and others like her."

The IJ reported, "Adams grew up and raised her family in the city's Central District. With Seattle's housing costs frustratingly high, Anita’s family members were forced out of their neighborhoods. That didn’t sit right with her, so she started to dream about building an addition to her property with room for her two kids and father-in-law. But when she started to research the process, she determined that although the city’s zoning code made her plans permissible, the MHA effectively made it too expensive to build her addition: the law could force her to pay tens of thousands of dollars in fees just to get a building permit. That made Anita’s dream unattainable."

William Maurer, of IJ's Washington office, pointed out, "The court’s decision today is very limited, holding that there may be circumstances in which the city may apply the law constitutionally, and that Anita needed to seek a waiver of the MHA conditions and be rejected before she could sue."

He said, "The court’s decision does not lift the specter of unconstitutionality from this law. It simply holds that any challenger to the law must first go through the city’s waiver process before she may file suit. That is incorrect, as the waiver process itself is often prohibitively expensive, as it was for Anita. We expect that the Ninth Circuit will recognize that forcing property owners to undergo—in the name of affordability—a long and expensive waiver process to avoid an unconstitutional condition just to build on their own property is a real harm."

The lawsuit challenged the city based on the Fifth Amendment's limitations on government takings." That requires "just compensation" when a government takes property, or imposes regulations that deprive the owner of the effective use and value of a property.

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A new plan is being pushed in the state of Wyoming that would literally eliminate any potential for computer errors or manipulation as ballots are counted.

Because there would be none.

Computers involved, that is.

The Cowboy State Daily explains there's a new agenda to eliminate electronic vote counting machines in favor of hand counting.

Secretary of State Chuck Gray is in support of the plan from Wyoming Voter Initiatives to put the plan on the 2026 ballot, and have it in effect for 2028.

The plan also would toss in public ballot inspections, strict voter ID requirements and a ban on ballot dropboxes, which are suspected of helping fraud through mass numbers of votes dropped off when there are no monitors.

Spokesman Brent Bien, a leader of the campaign, said for people to vote, they must have confidence in the system.

Of the last several elections, there have been widespread accusations that voting machines didn't operate properly, changed votes and worse.

Hand counting is the answer, he said.

"Having those trustworthy, transparent elections to where the people feel confident again. It's one thing for every vote to count, it’s another thing entirely for every vote to count for the intended recipient."

The state Legislative Service Office also has been asked to draft a bill for the upcoming state Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee meeting later this month "that would implement hand count auditing of election ballots," the report said.

"I have made clear to all of the county clerks that I believe that we need to move toward a hand audit of the election," a promoter explained.

Gray said he also intends to announce a working group to study hand audits of elections, to make clear in Wyoming law that "hand audits are required."

State records, the report said, show officials first allowed automated voting machines in 1957. And digital machines were added in the early 2000s.

The report explained, "The push for a hand-counted election follows directly in line with former President Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Trump’s claims popularized a previously fringe belief that voting machines are tampered with and hacked into during American elections."

Actually, evidence now shows that the real undue influences on the election were Mark Zuckerberg's $400 million in handouts to local elections officials who mostly used the cash to recruit voters from Democrat districts, and the interference from the CIA and FBI.

Those federal agencies, weaponized against President Donald Trump, first allowed a scheme to move forward in which dozens of intelligence "experts" claimed that Biden family scandals listed in a computer Hunter Biden abandoned was Russian disinformation.

Then the bureaucrats told news agencies to suppress information about those scandals, and the results were that Joe Biden, who likely would have lost the vote if that information had been widely available, won.

"Various counties throughout the country have reverted to hand count elections. The push for hand count in Wyoming first started picking up momentum around early 2022 in Park County," the report said. "In 2023, at least eight states introduced legislation banning the use of vote counting machines, according to VerfiedVoting.org. One proposal in Arizona would have effectively banned vote counting machines by requiring equipment be configured in ways that do not currently exist."

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JERUSALEM – Israel's north came under heavy bombardment today, as Iranian Shi'ite proxy group Hezbollah responded to the IDF's killing yesterday of one of its senior commanders, Muhammad Nimah Nasser, also known as Abu Nimah.

Hezbollah claimed to Al-Jazeera that it had fired some 200 rockets and at least 20 drones at targets in northern Israel, several of them thought to be IDF military bases. The IDF subsequently released a statement saying Hezbollah fired 160 rockets at northern Israel and launched 15 drones; the majority of which were shot down.

Sirens blared for several hours on Thursday morning across large swathes of northern Israel, including the areas that abut the Lebanese border, as well as parts of the Western Galilee, including Acre and Nahariya. In the Golan, which stretches from the banks of the Sea of Galilee to the border area between Lebanon and Syria, there were also several incoming drone and rocket alert sirens. There were reports in Katzrin, a town with a population of some 7,500 people that lies about 50 kilometers south of Israel's highest point – Mt. Hermon – and only approximately 12 miles from Lebanon's southernmost settlement, of power outages.

In response, Israel Air Force jets hit multiple targets in southern Lebanon. A post in Hebrew on the official IDF X account said, "Following the activation of alerts in the north of the country regarding the infiltration of hostile aircraft and the firing of missiles and rockets, suspicious aerial targets and launches that crossed from Lebanon were identified. The air defense fighters and fighter jets… successfully intercepted several targets and launchers." Indeed, Lebanon's National News Agency reported that Israeli jets broke the sound barrier in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon.

The barrages sparked numerous fires across northern Israel, which has experienced temperatures well above 90 degrees Fahrenheit for several weeks, turning grassland into tinder. Indeed, while the Israeli government officially evacuated tens of thousands of people from border towns in the north to places farther south, some agricultural workers remain, including those who work in the many vineyards dotted around that part of the country. It is estimated that some 4,100 acres of forested land have been burned since Hezbollah started launching rockets on October 8, 2023. Israel is perhaps the only country on the planet that ended the twentieth century with more trees than it had started 100 years previously.

Tensions remain very high in the region, despite some evidence of marginal progress regarding a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Gaza. According to reports in both the Israeli and wider media, a halt to the fighting in the coastal enclave would provide Hezbollah with an off-ramp to de-escalate the situation on Israel's northern border. Indeed, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to speak with U.S. President Joe Biden today about the Gaza situation. This will be followed in the evening with Netanyahu holding a cabinet meeting to come up with a reply to Hamas' latest response to a proposal for a hostage deal and possible pause to the war.

The IDF top brass has intimated that the war against Hamas should be drawn down. They have argued about a lack of remaining significant targets, as well as already having carried out a largely successful campaign of greatly reducing Hamas' fighting capabilities. They also seem to understand the need to potentially focus on the much bigger issue of the threat Hezbollah faces across the northern border. However, it appears the military rationale for ceasing the fighting and the requirements of political expediency are misaligned.

At a memorial event for Hezbollah's slain commander, another senior leader warned Israel that the terrorist group would aim its missiles at new and unexpected sites. Hashem Safieddine said, "The series of responses continues in succession, and this series will continue to target new sites that the enemy did not imagine would be hit," according to the Times of Israel.

Meanwhile, Israeli-Arab influencer Yoseph Haddad took to his social media channels and warned his hundreds of thousands of followers, "We've lost the north. Hezbollah is firing missiles and launching drones with impunity; it doesn't matter which leader we've eliminated if we allow this to continue without declaring war. What are we waiting for? That they will repeat the slaughter of October 7?! If rockets are falling on Akko, it is time that missiles will fall on Hezbollah areas - including Beirut."

"The people of the north have for nine months been evicted from their homes, and Hezbollah struts around as if they own the place. It's a security weakness that is impossible to live with. If we don't have leaders who are prepared to release the IDF from its shackles and act in a way that the people would support to relieve the north, then make way for leadership that does have the balls to do the necessary work."

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The now-deceased shooter who killed three children and three adults at Nashville's Covenant school a year ago had been diagnosed with five mental health disorders, according to a new report from the Tennessee Star.

The report explains that's what her parents, Ronald and Norma Hale, told Metro Nashville police in 2023 during an interview.

The parents, with their lawyer, "provided the list of mental disorders after MNPD investigators questioned whether Audrey Hale was formally diagnosed with autism," the report explained.

Those issues, the report said, were identified as "anxiety disorder, social phobia, dysthymia disorder, major depressive disorder, and autism spectrum disorder."

The diagnosis came in 2011 when she was in high school, the report said.

Those with an anxiety disorder could “respond to certain things and situations with fear and dread” or “experience physical signs of anxiety, such as a pounding heart and sweating,” according to the Cleveland Clinic, which similarly explains that social phobia causes “fear and anxiety” when “around people in social situations.”

The report citing various sources, said dysthymia disorder is a persistent depressive disorder characterized by chronic depression that is not as severe as some, but lasts longer, while major depressive disorder is when "an individual has a persistently low or depressed mood, anhedonia or decreased interest in pleasurable activities, feelings of guilt or worthlessness, lack of energy, poor concentration" and more.

Further autism spectrum disorder has symptoms appearing early in life and is characterized by limited interests, repetitive behaviors, and difficulty communicating.

The report explained, "Ronald Hale and Norma Hale told MNPD investigators that Audrey Hale was given the diagnosis after a series of tests were administered by an individual who appears to be employed by Vanderbilt University and affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where police documents revealed Audrey Hale was a 22-year mental health patient before her March 27, 2023, attack…"

Audrey Hale also was evaluated twice for commitment at VUMC after episodes of suicide ideation, but was not committed, the report said.

The report noted, "Star News Digital Media, Inc., which owns and operates The Star, and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy are plaintiffs in the ongoing lawsuits which seek to compel both MNPD and the FBI to release Audrey Hale’s full writings, including those sometimes called a manifesto."

The FBI has argued against releasing her writings, wanting the information kept from the public.

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Michigan residents in Green Charter Township just outside of Big Rapids in Mecosta County are pushing back against a Chinese Communist Party-affiliated EV battery manufacturer – Gotion Inc. – after the company was approved to purchase land and install a new battery component manufacturing plant.

Gotion proposed a deal that would bring close to $2.4 billion into the Michigan economy and provide 2,350 new jobs, according to a news release from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Office in October 2022.

"Gotion’s $2.36 billion investment creating 2,350 good-paying jobs in Big Rapids is the biggest ever economic development project in Northern Michigan and will shore up our status as the global hub of mobility and electrification," Whitmer said in her statement.

While Whitmer was enthused over the proposal, the Daily Caller reported in August of 2023 that Gotion’s parent company – Gotion High-Tech Power Energy Co. – employs 923 members of the CCP, including one member who is the CEO.

Because of the close ties between the company and the CCP, the deal started an uproar within the local community, including a legal fight between Gotion and Big Rapids resident Stephan Fenstermacher, who was sued for violating the terms of an occupancy agreement when Gotion purchased his property.

Michigan News Source reported in March 2024 that Gotion was seeking to terminate Fenstermacher’s tenancy and regain possession of the property. According to the court documents, Fenstermacher failed to maintain the property, and allegedly made unauthorized alterations without permission.

Furthermore, Gotion alleged that Fenstermacher allowed guests onto the property without consent from the landlord and fed deer – which is prohibited by law.

Green Charter Township also is currently locked in a legal battle with Gotion. On the town's website, a GoFundMe has been set up to help with litigation costs.

"Green Charter Township is a small, rural Northern Michigan Township currently being sued by Gotion, Inc. regarding Gotion's installation of a large-scale EV battery plant. As a rural township, we are seeking help to defray what we anticipate to be significant legal costs defending ourselves in litigation against Gotion, Inc.," the GoFundMe page says.

Residents are concerned about the natural resources that are available in the area, and fear those resources will fall into the hands of China.

Also of great concern is the potential risk to national security. Tudor Dixon, the former Republican nominee for Michigan governor, is among those sounding the alarm, about China spying on America from the facility.

"I stand with the residents fighting back against having a 700-acre Chinese battery plant in their backyard that could easily double as a base for spying on Americans," she tweeted.

The town ousted five of its seven elected officials, which included the town’s supervisor, clerk, two trustees, and treasurer, in November after they voted for the project 7-0.

Mecosta Environmental and Security Alliance also has threatened to sue over environmental impacts. The non-profit organization says it is dedicated to protecting Mecosta County and neighboring communities "from both the environmental and national security threats of the proposed Gotion gigafactory in Green Charter Township, Michigan."

The nonprofit states it exists to help provide legal funds to stop the construction of the facility, and opposes having any businesses that threaten to harm the environment, or have ties to governments that threaten to harm America.

In a not-so-shocking move, however, Gotion announced in mid-June that the U.S. Department of Treasury's Committee on Foreign Investment – which assesses the risk to national security – found the purchase of land in Mecosta County by Gotion was not covered under the Defense Production Act of 1950, according to a report from Michigan Live.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, said in a post on X that both Gotion Inc. and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. – another Chinese EV battery manufacturer – use slave labor and should be prohibited from operating in the U.S.

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