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JERUSALEM – Considering the number of top – and in the case of several of Hezbollah's leaders – internationally wanted criminal terrorists who have met their demise over the last few months, it is the fate of two in particular about which there is currently enormous intrigue.
In ascending order of importance, the far more junior of these two figures is Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar. He has not been heard from for several weeks, with rumors spreading like wildfire that he had met his demise in an Israeli missile strike on his former Rafah stronghold. A recent image of IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi shows a split screen behind him with Hezbollah's top leaders on one side and Hamas' on the other. Almost all of Hamas' top leaders had a big red cross through their images (as did Hezbollah's) – indicating they had been eliminated – but for Sinwar, a large question mark appeared.
One doesn't want to bandy about the Hitlerian comparisons too readily, although it is inescapable. A leader who gambles his people's fate, attacking a stronger enemy and after initial successes trying to marshal ever-more-illusory military resources as the tide turns, and taking to hiding in an underground bunker as the vice's grip becomes ever tighter. The fact there is an assumption if Sinwar is still alive that he is "protected" by those he deems the most high-value hostages is a slight departure.
Meanwhile, according to Israel's Channel 12, Qatari officials mediating hostage deal talks with Hamas told the families of captives last week that Sinwar was no longer calling them. If this is the case, it is no doubt due to the fate of thousands of Hezbollah operatives – up to and including Hassan Nasrallah – whose whereabouts were pinpointed following the astonishing success of the bombs in beeper and two-way radios operation. Presumably, Sinwar, who if nothing else has a cast-iron desire for his own preservation – no matter the cost to the people he purportedly represents – is taking extra precautions to avoid Nasrallah's fate. Indeed, Qatari officials have strongly suggested Sinwar, who is only using pen and paper with which to communicate, is still alive.
Some in Israel's defense establishment assess Sinwar was likely killed in an Israeli airstrike, although this is not a view American officials share. They argue his retreat from view is the most effective way he can try and secure his longevity; and furthermore, he is not at all out of the loop, and is an integral part in Hamas' decision-making. With the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre imminent, will there be renewed Hamas attacks – possibly with longer-range missiles targeting central Israel – and will Sinwar reappear to give the impression he is orchestrating them?
There are arguments on both sides of the ledger. Rawhi Mushtaha, a trusted Sinwar consigliere, who was instrumental in the note-passing business, was killed some three months ago, which Israel only announced on Thursday. Perhaps there are echoes of the death of Mohammed Deif too. His presence at a Hamas meeting on July 13 was confirmed and his location pinpointed – again through the use of a courier – and immediately followed by massive ordnance at that exact site. Israel was almost certain it had gotten its man – at something like the eighth time of asking – although it took until Aug. 1 for Hamas to verify the rumors.
Sinwar's potential killing also raises very uncomfortable questions for both Israel's political and military leaders. If he was not able to be drawn away from the hostages that almost every intelligence source admits he surrounds himself with, it seems inevitable they would be killed along with him. Despite his position as Public Enemy #1, there would likely be serious ramifications for the government if some two dozen hostages – according to some estimates – were slain at the same time as the architect of Oct. 7
However, even more critical than Sinwar, is an answer to the fate of Esmail Qaani, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force general. There are several (uncorroborated) reports that the successor to Qassem Soleimani, whom the United States eliminated on Iraqi soil in 2020, was visiting Beirut in the wake of Israel Air Force missile strikes, which decimated and decapitated Hezbollah's leadership.
Qaani's last public appearance was in Tehran, some 48 hours after the massive missile strike which extinguished Hassan Nasrallah. The IRGC leader was a notable absence from Friday prayers in Tehran, which eulogized and exalted the slain Hezbollah leader. Qaani was thought to be meeting Hashem Safieddine, who was chosen to replace Nasrallah, in Beirut's Dahiyeh neighborhood. Three Iranian officials have subsequently confirmed the Quds Force leader was indeed in Beirut at the time of the Israeli strike. His absence and the manner of his apparent demise is also said to be causing wide-spread panic among IRGC operatives.
Following Iran's ballistic missile attack on Israel, which is thought to have at least partly successfully targeted military bases and installations, the entire region is on a knife's edge. Israel has yet to respond to this latest attack, although the Home Front Command in the Jewish state has warned citizens an Israeli strike on Iran – whether it's Tehran itself, one or more nuclear facilities, and/or Iran's petroleum industry – will likely be met with more ballistic and cruise missiles flying in the other direction. Qaani's potential death at Israel's hands might only harden Iran's resolve – if any were really needed – to keep those missiles flying.
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There's been a lot reported about the vice presidential debate between GOP candidate JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz.
What they said has been in many reports, including Walz's claim to be friends with school shooters.
And there was Vance when he called out the CBS moderators, who had promised not to fact-check, for lying about that and fact-checking anyway.
But now the comments from a "body language expert" are revealing that there was "panic" on Walz's face when he was asked about China.
It concerns Walz's previous claims to have been in Tiananmen Square in China around the time of that horrific and deadly confrontation between protesters and the communist regime's military.
It turns out that he was in Nebraska at the time he's suggested that he was overseas, and CBS asked.
According to a report by Fox, body language expert Scott Rouse noted that Walz was panicky, and tried to avoid answering.
"One of the debate's most surprising moments came when the CBS debate moderators confronted the governor about his claim that he had been in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests, when he actually traveled to Asia in August 1989, a few months later," Fox reported.
Rouse said Walz's face showed his fear.
"And the rest of this, this is panic, we see his eyes doing this, that's panic," Rouse said, drawing on a screen. He added further that Walz's lower face and head indicated he was in "panic mode."
The report noted Rouse then called attention "to what he said was Walz's biggest hand gesture of the night."
"This is the one that's come out further from his body than anything else, because he's trying to make sure – 'I want you to believe me! You gotta believe me!' That's what we're seeing, the panic here. Wide eyes, grief muscle, and everything's far out."
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Kamala Harris, facing an electoral challenge in Michigan where there is a large population of American Muslims unhappy with America being allied with Israel, has allowed her vice presidential pick, Tim Walz, to promise that religious community a "side-by-side" role in her White House, should she be elected.
"Vice President Harris and I are committed that this White House will continue to condemn in all forms anti-Islam, anti-Arab sentiments being led by Donald Trump, but more importantly, a commitment that Muslims will be engaged in this administration and serve side by side," he promised.
His comments were made during an appearance with the Islamic advocacy group called Emgage Action.
The promise comes from a candidate, who in his current position as governor of Minnesota, repeatedly has advocated for an anti-Christian agenda. He's schemed for literally unrestricted abortion, has authorized a law allowing his state to take custody of children in order to give them transgender body mutilations, and has essentially banned Christians from teaching in public schools because he requires all instructors to advocate for the LGBT agenda.
A report at the Gateway Pundit pointed to Walz's efforts "to try and woo Muslim voters."
"Amid growing concern among party strategists that the conflict in Gaza may be hurting their support among American Muslims, Walz joined the Islamic advocacy group Emgage Action to promise them they will have an equal voice in policymaking should the Democratic ticket win in November," the report said.
Walz also promised to block Israel's response to the war launched by the Hamas terrorists in Gaza when they invaded Israel a year ago and slaughtered some 1,200 innocent civilians.
Walz promised, without details, "The scale of death and destruction in Gaza is staggering and devastating."
The report added, "In May, The Gateway Pundit reported on the 'Abandon Biden' movement, which has now turned its attention to Kamala Harris. The campaign urges people to refrain from voting Democrat until it takes a position as a pro-Palestinian party. Such a loss in support is particularly troubling for Harris in a state such as Michigan, which has a sizeable Muslim population that could determine the outcome of a close election given its position as one of the largest and most important swing states."
A Democrat Michigan Senate candidate, in fact, openly has doubted Harris' prospects in the state.
Reuters added details about Walz's promise for a Muslim-specific influence with Harris.
"Though Emgage has endorsed Harris, other Muslim groups have urged supporters not to back her in the election, especially after Democrats rejected requests for a Palestinian speaker at the party convention in August," the report said. "Harris has offered no substantive policy differences on Israel from Biden, who stepped aside as presidential candidate in July."
President Donald Trump has expressed strong support for Israel. During his first term he moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, and he orchestrated the Abraham Accords, key peace agreements involving Israel and multiple Arab neighbors.
The Reuters report said other Muslim groups have not supported Trump. Nor have they given in to Harris' entreaties so far, often offering backing to Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
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Gordon Sondland, a wealthy business magnate appointed to an ambassadorship by President Donald Trump, was a witness for the prosecution in one of ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's failed impeach-and-remove schemes against Trump.
Sondland expressed at the time his concern that the events of Jan. 6, 2021, the protest-turned-riot at the Capitol, were a threat to democracy, and he was fired by Trump.
Now he's voting for Trump.
Why? Because the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris "threats" to democracy are eclipsing the perceived danger from Jan. 6.
Sondland, interviewed on MSNBC, was asked about his earlier commitment that he was a "no" vote on Trump.
"No, I don't stand by that, and I'll tell you why," he said.
"I've now lived four years under the Biden Harris policies and I have to say that those policies are not only becoming an existential threat to our country's way of life but to our allies as well."
Interrupted by the MSNBC talk show entertainer, he said, "I want to finish."
When asked about the idea the Jan. 6 events were "bigger" than policies, he said, "I am seeing so many attacks on democracy that eclipse January 6."
The Biden Harris agenda, besides the moral and social issues of abortion and transgenderism for children, which the administration constantly promotes, has included destroying the First Amendment, pursuing lawfare cases against political opponents to jail them, including attempts, just days before the election, to create negative publicity about Trump with unproven claims, and worse.
Sondland, a businessman who built a chain of hotels, was U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, by Trump's appointment, from 2018 to 2020.
He testified as a witness at Pelosi's impeachment scheme, and was dismissed after Trump was acquitted of Pelosi's charges.
In that post he was caught up in the Democrats' wild claims about a telephone call between President Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
In fact, he had affirmed that there were no "quid pro quos" in Trump's call for an investigation into Biden family financial scandals involving Ukrainian companies.
He later said he did believe that a U.S. offer of an aid package was dependent on Ukraine reopening an investigation into a reportedly corrupt Burisma corporation that was paying Hunter Biden $1 million a year to be on its board, even though he had no energy industry experience.
Evidence has suggested that the payments were being made to obtain favor from Joe Biden when he was vice president for Barack Obama and assigned to handle U.S. relations with Ukraine.
In fact, Joe Biden is on video boasting that he was the one who demanded that a prosecutor investigating Burisma be fired or he would withhold American aid to Ukraine.
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Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, Tim Walz, has had a relationship with the communist Chinese spanning decades, a relationship that has caused much concern as the 2024 presidential election nears this November.
According to Time, the Minnesota governor has traveled to the People's Republic of China over 30 times, including for his honeymoon, which was mentioned in Walz' congressional biography.
But Walz' links to China have come under scrutiny in recent months, with Republicans pointing out the issue with having a potential vice president in the pocket of the Chinese Communist Party.
Committee Chairman U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said in a news release the DHS has information regarding Walz on file in both classified and unclassified documents that will be relevant to their investigation.
"The Committee has recently received whistleblower disclosures informing the Committee of serious concern among Department of Homeland personnel regarding a longstanding connection between the CCP and Minnesota Governor Timothy James Walz. Specifically, through whistleblower disclosures, the Committee has learned of a non-classified, Microsoft Teams group chat among DHS employees – titled 'NST NFT Bi-Weekly Sync' – that contains information about Governor Walz that is relevant to the Committee's investigation. The Committee has also learned that further relevant information regarding Governor Walz has been memorialized in both classified and unclassified documents in the control of DHS," Comer said.
Comer stated the investigation into Walz had been going on for some time in order to understand to what extent the CCP had been able to infiltrate, influence, and weaken the U.S. through its relationship with a state governor.
"The Committee's investigation of the CCP – begun long before Governor Walz was elevated to be the vice-presidential candidate for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris – seeks to understand the extent of the CCP's infiltration and influence campaign and to identify legislative reforms to combat CCP political warfare targeting prominent Americans for elite capture. In particular, if a state governor and major political party's nominee for Vice President of the United States has been a witting or unwitting participant in the CCP's efforts to weaken our nation, this would strongly suggest that there are alarming weaknesses in the federal government's effort to defend the United States from the CCP's political warfare that must be urgently addressed," Comer wrote.
Walz fashions himself as a moderate Democrat, however, some of his past comments have come under the spotlight, including Walz once saying during an interview, "one person's socialism, is another person's neighborliness."
According to Fox News, Walz has attempted to downplay his visits to China, walking back previous statements he made during a congressional hearing in 2016, when he said he had visited China "dozens of times." A spokesperson for the Harris-Walz campaign is now insisting it was "closer to 15."
While the number of trips Walz made to China appear to be getting a whitewash by Harris' campaign, Walz lived and worked in both Hong Kong and mainland China as a teacher in an era when China was still largely cut off from the rest of the world. After a language training program in Hong Kong, Walz reportedly relocated to Foshan in the Guangdong province in southern China teaching English and American History.
Walz seems to have a habit of stretching the truth, however, after he was caught out during the vice presidential debate Tuesday, lying about his presence during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Hong Kong, where official numbers of protestors killed by the People's Liberation Army ranged from 400 to several thousand.
When asked to clarify the discrepancy in what Walz had previously claimed, he gave the moderator a non-answer, and then said he is a "knucklehead at times," and "I learned a lot of what needed to be in governance."
The next day, Walz was still unable to get his story straight, repeating that he only had "15 back and forths" to China with his students, and further claiming he wanted to teach Chinese students about democracy.
Fox News reported Tuesday, the travel had allegedly been paid for by the Chinese government.
The Daily Mail reported Walz' ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, the likely the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Walz has further come under scrutiny after it was discovered he secured approximately $7 million in funding for the Hormel Institute at the University of Minnesota, which published research and worked closely with Chinese scientists from the Wuhan lab.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., wrote a letter to the institute, which was obtained by the Daily Mail, and demanded to know the full extent of the institute's involvement with the Chinese lab, which Cruz said is a national security concern.
"I write to you today with growing concern regarding the Hormel Institute's long standing partnership with China's Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) … It is critical to understand the full extent of your institute's involvement in a partnership that risks benefitting our nation's chief geopolitical adversary … Your institute's ongoing partnership with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and by extension the People's Liberation Army, reflects a troubling disregard for national security concerns," Cruz wrote.
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A federal judge in Washington, who has established her own bias by repeatedly and publicly criticizing and condemning President Donald Trump, now has taken Jack Smith's edited claims against Trump regarding the 2020 election and shoved them at voters just in time for Democrats to use them in their campaign against him.
The Gateway Pundit explained that Tanya Chutkan, who is hearing Smith's claims that it was criminal for Trump to disbelieve and challenge the 2020 count, unsealed Smith's 165-page "immunity motion" "to do the maximum damage to Trump before the election."
Department of Justice standards previously have been that no such case, no such motion should be made public in the immediate runup to an election, when that case could affect the election.
The motion came about because Chutkan, in a hurry to try make the most of the attack on Trump, ruled earlier that Trump had no immunity for his actions as president. But she didn't establish any sort of evidence on the dispute. The Supreme Court pointed that out when it confirmed Trump does have various levels of immunity at different times, and it sent the case back to Chutkan.
Smith, appointed by Merrick Garland's Department of Justice to carry out this arm of the lawfare that has been assembled against Trump, submitted his claims now that Trump was a "private" individual for all regards concerning his re-election.
Smith's claims include, "The defendant asserts that he is immune from prosecution for his criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election because, he claims, it entailed official conduct. Not so. Although the defendant was the incumbent President during the charged conspiracies, his scheme was fundamentally a private one. Working with a team of private co-conspirators, the defendant acted as a candidate when he pursued multiple criminal means to disrupt, through fraud and deceit, the government function by which votes are collected and counted—a function in which the defendant, as President, had no official role," the Gateway Pundit quoted.
In fact, many of Trump's actions and comments were, in fact, as president, not a private individual.
"The Biden-Harris Justice Department waited nearly three years to bring two unprecedented indictments against their bosses' former and future chief political opponent. Federal courts, including the Supreme Court, halted this unprecedented lawfare and obvious election interference."
He added, "Undeterred by these major legal setbacks, the Biden-Harris DOJ and DC Obama Judge Tanya Chutkan are unnecessarily and shamefully releasing a one-sided political story—for the non-crime of objecting to a presidential election just like Democrats did in 1969, 2001, 2005, and 2017—during the height of 2024 presidential election season.
"The American people—not partisan Democrat prosecutors, judges, witnesses, and other operatives in Democrat hellholes like DC—get to decide the presidential election."
He called for Trump, if president in January 2025, to have the DOJ "fully investigate this criminal conspiracy against rights."
The Gateway Pundit reported Smith earlier released part of his filing, "with cherry-picked quotes to do the maximum damage to Trump shortly before the presidential election."
Trump lawyers had pointed out that Smith's filing was four times as long as what normally would be allowed by the court, but that limit was overlooked by Chutkan.
They warned that Smith's allegations and claims, supported or unsupported, would now "enter the dialogue around the nation," just before the election.
WND had reported only hours earlier on a commentary that explained there were multiple suspicious circumstances of that election:
– President Donald Trump set a record for votes, but career political hack Joe Biden got MILLIONS more? That would be millions more votes than the super-popular Barack Obama had gotten previously.
– State and local elections officials repeatedly broke their own state laws to count votes during COVID, including accepting ballots long after the legal deadline had passed.
– Mark Zuckerberg handed out some $400 million to local elections officials to help with deal with election requirements, and those officials often used the flood of cash to recruit Democrat voters, a campaign financing scandal that now is illegal in some states.
– The FBI and other federal agencies, conspiring with major media and tech corporations, falsely claimed that the details about the Biden family scandals documented in Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop were disinformation, and ordered the details suppressed. The scandals were true.
– A later polling showed that had that information been available ordinarily, enough voters would have withheld their support from Joe Biden to cause him to lose the election.
– Multiple lawsuits alleging elections misbehavior simply were tossed by judges who claimed the plaintiffs had no "standing," or valid interest in the alleged wrongdoing, so the actual claims, the merits of the lawsuits, never were addressed.
Even so, Democrats have claimed those who have doubts are "insurrectionists," leftist judges have used those thoughts against those who trespassed at the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021, and extremists like Colorado's secretary of state, Jena Griswold, even have campaigned to ban Trump from the ballot over the issue.
Now Julie Kelly, a Real Clear Investigations researcher and writer and self-described "insurrection denier," explains online that those opinions are legitimate.
She wrote, "DOJ and federal judges have made election 'denial' a crime in Washington. J6ers texts and memes about the 2020 election are used as incriminating evidence and reason for excessive sentences. Judges routinely berate J6ers for believing 'lies' from a 'charlatan' that the 2020 election was stolen.
"Except it's not a crime to believe the 2020 election was illegitimate because it was. Two-thirds of Republicans still believe it was an unlawful election; independents have trended in that direction over the past 4 years."
The Washington Examiner said Smith is now accusing a Trump campaign worker of allegedly trying to disrupt operations at a vote counting center in Michigan.
Therefore, Smith claims, "Shortly after election day, the defendant began to target the electoral process at the state level by attempting to deceive state officials and to prevent or overturn the legitimate ascertainment and appointment of Biden's electors."
Smith claims that statements regarding problems with election fraud were "false."
Smith's arguments extend to desperation, as the entire case could collapse if the courts ultimately decide Trump's immunity stands.
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Cleanup work from the devastating, and historic Hurricane Helene that decimated parts of Florida, Georgia and North Carolina over the weekend is under way.
And the lives for many never will be the same.
Joe Biden commented immediately that the federal government was working on aid for the states hit by the category 4 behemoth that has left more than 100 dead.
He was asked if there were any more resources the federal government could provide, and he said, "No."
Virtually all of the descriptions of the storm and its aftermath included, somewhere, the word "catastrophic."
Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region Thursday night as a Category 4 hurricane and reports called it the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Big Bend on record.
The storm also impacted South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said 25 in his state have died, including a 27-year-old mother and her month-old twin boys, who died when a tree fell on their home.
The Buncombe County region in North Carolina was among the hardest hit, with 35 fatalities there and an estimated 600 individuals still remaining unaccounted for.
Some points reported up to 30 inches of rain from the storm and flooding covered fields, streets, homes and businesses, cutting off travel. Much damage came from trees that were toppled in the fierce winds and hit buildings and vehicles.
As of Monday, millions still remained without power or the ability to travel.
As the week began, the storm, still filled with thunderstorms and the threat of violence, was moving into the mid-Atlantic.
Online, Biden and Harris were facing a backlash over a slow response, with one commenter suggesting they get that "check" back from Ukraine and send it to Asheville, N.C., which was a bull's-eye for the storm.
A report at BizPacReview scorched the Democrats for, as the storm destroyed lives, "Biden had returned to his beach and Harris had her handout as she continued bucking for a promotion."
The Center Square reported damage estimates of up to $100 billion already had been calculated.
A report at the Federalist unleashed a critical assessment of Biden and Harris as "Biden remained lounging at the beach this weekend while Appalachian valleys in North Carolina and Tennessee suffered deadline flooding."
"Biden's public schedule had him depart for Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Friday, the day after the hurricane's initial landfall. He was initially expected to be there through late Sunday evening, but the president reportedly returned to Washington earlier on Sunday as tensions escalate in the Middle East," the report noted.
It cited the assessment of Ryan Cole, the assistant director for emergency services in Buncombe County, over the "biblical" flooding from the storm.
"You've heard us say, 'catastrophic devastation within our county.' I would go a little bit further and say we have biblical devastation through the county. We've had biblical flooding here, and it has been extremely significant."
"We are in the midst of the most significant natural disaster in our community," said Buncombe County Manager Avril Pinder.
Newsweek reported President Trump criticized Biden and Harris, saying the Democrats were "sleeping" while the storm hit.
In fact, Harris was at a fundraiser.
Trump said he plans to visit some of the devastated areas soon.
Harris also plans to visit "as soon as it is possible without disrupting emergency response."
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President Donald Trump, facing Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race, over the weekend delivered a one-liner about Harris that a publication confirms "ended" her career.
What he said was, "Joe Biden became mentally impaired. Kamala was born that way!"
The Gateway Pundit's blunt reaction was, "The Wisconsin crowd roared as Trump ended Kamala Harris's career with an epic one-liner."
That crisis was created when virtually all of Trump's border security plans implemented during his first term were trashed by the Democrats. The result is that millions and millions of illegal aliens have since invaded America, including thousands of those convicted of rape or murder.
Trump's comments included how violent crime has been more of a problem under Harris' actions under her assignment, from Biden, essentially to be the nation's "border czar."
"More than 15 million illegal aliens – mainly military-age men – have invaded the U.S. under Kamala Harris's watch," the report said. "ICE revealed last week that there are currently 13,000+ illegal aliens convicted of homicide AND 15,000+ illegals convicted of sexual assault who are roaming the U.S. thanks to 'Border Czar' Kamala Harris."
Trump featured the mugshots of criminal illegal aliens on stage.
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A federal court ruling has ordered Louisville, permanently, to stop enforcing its speech restrictions in areas just outside of abortion businesses.
According to a report from the American Center for Law and Justice, the district court handed down a "favorable resolution," stopping the city completely from enforcing a so-called buffer zone against people in Louisville.
The fight began in 2021 when two sidewalk counselors protested the city's use of its governmental power to impose "unconstitutional speech restrictions" outside of abortion businesses as well as health care facilities.
Specifically involved were EMW Women's Surgical Center and Planned Parenthood, which provided abortion at the time.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals soon was called into the dispute, and ruled that the counselors likely would be able to prove their constitutional speech rights were being limited.
When the case then was returned to the lower court, city officials claimed the case should be thrown about because abortion no longer was allowed in the state.
But the ACLJ pointed out that the counselors' speech rights continued to remain under threat from the city. The city's motion to dismiss failed and the court soon released its opinion supporting the speech rights of the counselors.
The city now is permanently banned from enforcing its speech restriction ordinance.
The ACLJ reported, "This ruling is a victory for free speech and the rights of sidewalk counselors. Should abortion ever be reinstated in Kentucky, and should EMW resume abortion services, our clients will be protected in their mission to offer women alternatives to abortion immediately outside the clinic's entrance. In the interim, our clients, along with any other citizens, are free to pray and offer counseling outside any healthcare facility in the city, including EMW and Planned Parenthood."
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Joe Biden assigned Kamala Harris to handle the crisis at the southern border they created when they took office and immediately smashed down all of the security plans implemented by President Donald Trump.
That would be the remain-in-Mexico practice, the border walls, the deportations and more.
As a result, Harris soon was known as the "border czar" and her extensive travels included to Central America to determine the "root causes" of the catastrophe, with one political voice explaining that would be to make those economies as good as America's, to eliminate the incentive for illegal immigration.
But her work has, according to a report from Fox News, left "tens of thousands of illegal immigrants with sex offenses and homicide convictions … loose on the streets."
"Border Czar Kamala Harris has had nearly four years to protect America and failed," RJ Hauman, president of the National Immigration Center for Enforcement, told Fox News Digital. "She is allowing tens of thousands of murderers and rapists to roam free. She puts criminals first and the safety and security of you and your family last."
The numbers are from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Specifically, the agency told Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, that as of July, there currently are more than seven million people listed as being ordered to be removed, but are not in ICE custody.
"The data says that, among those not in detention, there are 425,431 convicted criminals and 222,141 with pending criminal charges," Fox reported.
The numbers are intimidating: There are 62,231 convicted of assault, 14,301 convicted of burglary, 56,533 with drug convictions and 13,099 convicted of homicide, the report said.
Another 2,521 have kidnapping convictions and 15,611 have sexual assault convictions.
The "pending" charges list another 52,000 names.
"As of July 21, 2024, there were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on ICE's national docket—13,099 criminally convicted MURDERS!" Gonzales charged.
ICE actually issued a note blasting the "sanctuary" practices of leftist enclaves, where authorities do not cooperate with the federal government in tracking and removing alien criminals.
"ICE recognizes that some jurisdictions are concerned that cooperating with federal immigration officials will erode trust with immigrant communities and make it harder for local law enforcement to serve those populations. However, 'sanctuary' policies can end up shielding dangerous criminals, who often victimize those same communities," it said.