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The open borders policies of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are suspected of pushing women and children into prostitution, according to a new report from the Washington Stand.

It was Pawel Styrna, of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, who explained, "This tragic reality underscores why the new administration's promises to secure our borders, end the incentives for foreign nationals to put their lives at the mercy of ruthless criminals, and begin the process of removing Tren de Aragua and other brutal gangs from our soil are fully justified.

"Those genuinely concerned about the welfare and safety of women and children should support secure borders and the rule of law, rather than misguided open-borders policies that empower and enrich cartels and gangs that force women, and even children, into prostitution."

The Washington Stand explained, "Human sex traffickers may have used a Biden administration program that imported tens of thousands of illegal immigrants a month into the United States 'to exploit women and girls,'" according to a new congressional report.

The review, from the House Judiciary Committee, cited the tens of thousands of illegal aliens the Biden administration moved into the United States – some 30,000 a month – from just Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela alone, under Biden's CHNV program.

"To mask the border crisis and artificially decrease historically high border encounters, President Biden and Vice President Harris implemented programs and policies that allowed aliens to bypass the southwest border so they would not be included as encounters in Border Patrol data," the report charged.

"Sex traffickers have potentially used CHNV to exploit women and girls. A fraud analysis of CHNV applications revealed that some applications that were sent from the same IP addresses were submitted on behalf of a high proportion of female CHNV aliens … raising concerns about potential sex trafficking. In one such case, 21 supporter applications were submitted from the same IP address on behalf of 18 females and only three males. At least six of the females were under the age of 18. Another concern surrounded the use of the same physical address by many supporters. According to the DHS analysis, 100 physical addresses were used at least 124 times each on behalf of 19,062 CHNV aliens," the report said.

The facts are, the report said, that Biden and Harris now are unable to account for some 320,000 children whom it placed with U.S. sponsors.

The CHNV program was halted briefly during the summer, but then restarted. At that time FAIR obtained evidence of the use of "666666666" as a Social Security number, over and over, 2,839 forms including non-existent zip codes. 1,908 forms with fictitious phone numbers and more than 1,800 applications with the same, 184-word answer to a question.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that subjugates parental rights to school politics.

The ruling that had come out of the 7th U.S. District Court of Appeals in a Wisconsin fight claimed that parental rights were not affected when schools secretly encouraged children to be transgender, so the parents had no standing to bring the case.

Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas would have granted the petition, according to the court announcement, as it's an issue that is coming up more and more.

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The author of "Laptop from Hell," the book documenting alleged crimes by Biden family members, is now predicting the next pardons coming from Joe now that the president has excused his son Hunter, and says the listing of names likely to receive "preemptive pardons" demonstrates their guilt.

"All the people that are listed as going to get pardons, there's sort of diplomatic immunity or Democratic immunity for crimes not even charged by Joe Biden," author and New York Post columnist Miranda Devine told Maria Bartiromo on "Sunday Morning Futures" on the Fox News Channel, "they're obviously guilty of something because otherwise why would they be wanting pardons."

Among those whose names have been floated for preemptive pardons are Sen.-elect Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; former NIH Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.; and Gen. Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for "making secret phone calls to China during President-elect Trump's first term in office, unbeknownst to the commander in chief," Bartiromo noted.

Devine added: "I think this shows with Liz Cheney there is a lot of allegations around about her untoward behavior during the J6 committee that she was vice chair of.

"And there's a lawyer Stefan Passantino who has made a bar complaint in the D.C. Bar against her for communicating with his client Cassidy Hutchinson without him when she was on the J6 committee and asking her to testify."

"Wow, this is just incredible," Bartiromo reacted.

When asked specifically to predict who would receive a pardon next, Devine said it would likely be the president's brother Jim.

"I think probably Jim Biden is the priority for Joe Biden because, remember, Jim was involved in a lot of the China grift with Hunter Biden and participated in the money. Also signed those checks, or his wife did, to Joe Biden, the $200,000 checks that came pretty much 10% of the Chinese money that came in a couple of times," Devine explained.

"And that money was very strangely moved around between bank accounts, taken out in cash, put back into another account and then a check was signed by, basically, Joe Biden's sister-in-law.

"But written on the check was loan repayment. And the White House maintained that line that it was a loan repayment and, therefore, the Republicans in the House that uncovered those checks accepted that that was, you know, we couldn't go any further than that, they said.

"They couldn't find any evidence to refute the idea that Joe Biden had very generously lent his brother, his ailing brother some money, and then his brother paid it back when he came into money.

"But it was interesting that it was 10% for the Big Guy exactly of the money that Jim Biden had received. And Jim Biden's been under investigation anyway."

Watch Miranda Devine's full interview with Maria Bartiromo:

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Jimmy Carter's presidency featured sky high inflation for Americas, including mortgages at 15% and 16%, and the disastrous situation in which Iranian Islamists took Americans at the nation's embassy there and held them hostage for months.

Richard Nixon, of course, left the office following revelations about what he did, and didn't do, during his election campaign and that infamous invasion by "burglars" of a Democrat office at the Watergate office complex.

But both of them are more highly esteemed by the American public than Joe Biden, who will leave office in just a few weeks after one term of flamboyant advocacy for abortion and transgenderism, the spending of trillions of dollars on "climate change" ideology, and a publicly noticeable decline in mental abilities.

The results are from an exclusive poll at the Daily Mail.

The report explains voters have branded Biden "the worst president in almost 50 years."

Carter, the report noted, was "voted out after a single term after presiding over double-digit inflation and a botched effort to rescue American hostages in Iran." And Biden is worse than Nixon, "who (was) forced to resign rather than face impeachment over the devastating Watergate scandal."

The poll had 1,006 registered voters rank the last nine presidents in order.

Biden was the bottom.

"Some 44 percent placed him as one of the worst two, while only 14 percent placed him in the top two, giving him a net score of 30 points underwater," the report said.

Nixon was negative 25, Donald Trump a negative 15, George H.W. Bush a negative one, Carter at zero, George W. Bush plus one, Bill Clinton plus 17, Barack Obama plus 21 and Ronald Reagan plus 30.

James Johnson, cofounder of J.L. Partners which conducted the poll, told the publication was it was "diabolical" result for Biden.

And he said Biden's numbers were worse than he expected.

"Voters have obviously looked at his age, general conduct in office, his botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, the situation at the southern border, and decided that, in their view, it qualifies him to be the worst president in modern history.

"And that's the position in which he leaves office. From the man who beat Trump to the man who let him back in, and who voters feel has been fundamentally a bad president," he said.

Biden, who will leave office at age 82, abandoned his bid for another term shortly after a disastrous presidential race debate with Trump last summer. He was trailing badly at the time.

Trump then defeated Democrats stand-in Kamala Harris in the election.

Biden's most recent approval rating was 37%.

These are some of the reasons for the rating:

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Adam Schiff, one of the most devoted adherents to the false narrative created by Democrats two elections ago that then-candidate Donald Trump was colluding with Russia, and then a devotee of ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's failed agendas to impeach and remove him, is quitting his House seat.

He'll be taking up a role in the U.S. Senate after November's election,.

The Washington Examiner said Schiff is to be sworn into the Senate next week.

The report said Schiff ends a 24-year tenure in the House "with a reputation as a chief antagonist to President-elect Donald Trump, leading the first House impeachment involving withholding aid to Ukraine in return for investigations of Hunter Biden."

Because he "misused intelligence for political purposes," according to then-Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Schiff was stripped of his position on the intelligence committee.

"In June 2023, Republicans voted to censure Schiff, and McCarthy delivered a public reprimand that said Schiff misled the public during congressional investigations into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia. Trump this year referred to Schiff as 'an enemy from within,' fueling speculation that President Joe Biden should issue preemptive pardons for Schiff and others to shield them from Trump's possible legal retribution," the report explained.

Schiff beat Reps. Katie Porter, D-Calif., and Barbara Lee, D-Calif., in a primary and then won the election to replace the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

Because the position was open, Schiff is being installed before the rest of the newly elected senators, meaning he will have "seniority" over others who will be installed in January.

A few weeks ago, columnist Rachel Alexander in a commentary at WND said, "It is no secret that far-left California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff uses sleazy tactics to go after his political opponents. While most members of Congress usually skate on ethics charges or receive light penalties, once in a great while their behavior is so overtly criminal that they end up prosecuted. Although Democrats are far more likely to use lawfare against Republicans than vice versa, when the behavior is so criminal, even Democrats – such as New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez who is being prosecuted for bribery – can't escape justice.

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Middle East/Israel:

IDF recovers body of murdered hostage Itay Svirsky

Israeli security forces have recovered the body of Itay Svirsky, 38, after 425 days in Gaza. He was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, the same day his parents were killed in the Hamas attack. The recovery comes after confirmation of his death in January alongside fellow hostage Yossi Sharabi after 99 days in Hamas captivity.

Forces loyal to Assad driven from key hub of Hama; prior to potential last stand in Homs

Syrian rebels ousted pro-government forces from Hama on Thursday, bringing the insurgents a major new victory after a lightning advance across northern Syria and dealing a new blow to President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies .

The Syrian army said it was redeploying outside the city "to preserve civilians lives and prevent urban combat" after what it called intense clashes.

Hamas terrorists likely executed 6 Israeli hostages as troops drew near

Hamas terrorists likely executed the six Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered from southern Gaza on Aug. 20, the Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday following a comprehensive probe.

While the military said it was not possible to determine with absolute certainty how Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Yoram Metzger, Avraham Munder, Haim Peri and Nadav Popplewell were killed, their bodies were found with gunshot wounds, unlike their six guards, who are believed to have died in an Israeli Air Force strike in the area.

Report: Trump wants hostage deal before inauguration

Donald Trump's Middle East envoy has traveled to Qatar and Israel to kickstart the U.S. president-elect's diplomatic push to help reach a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal before he takes office on Jan. 20.

Steve Witkoff, who will officially take up the position under Trump's administration, met separately in late November with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, according to a source.

Amnesty International publishes report accusing Israel of 'genocide' in Gaza

Amnesty International says Israel is "committing genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza, in a new report that it calls a "wake-up call" for the international community.

The London-based rights organization says its findings are based on "dehumanizing and genocidal statements by Israeli government and military officials," satellite images documenting devastation, fieldwork and ground reports from Gazans. It did not, however, go to Gaza itself, or interview any serving or former IDF soldiers to get a more balanced view. Indeed, the Israeli branch rejected the parent group's accusation.

Hamas threatens to 'neutralize' hostages if IDF makes additional rescue attempts

Hamas leaders ordered the organization's operatives to "neutralize the hostages" if Israel launches a rescue operation to free them,

A report cites an "\internal document" in which Hamas leaders ordered operatives holding the Israeli hostages to "neutralize them," after Hamas leaders claimed that "information has been received that Israel is planning an operation to rescue the hostages."

U.S. claims Hezbollah already 'trying to rebuild' after IDF onslaught massively denuded weapons reserves

Hezbollah is trying to restore its power and rebuild the stockpiles lost to Israel over the course of Operation Northern Arrows.

An American official, an Israeli source, and two American Congress members who were exposed to the information confirmed that U.S. intelligence agencies assessed in recent weeks that Hezbollah, even during the operation, acted to recruit new terrorists and attempted to find creative ways to acquire new weapons – including local production and smuggling of materials from Syria.

British chief of defense staff says Israel set Iranian missile production back by a year; world entering 'third nuclear age'

"Global power is shifting and a third nuclear age is upon us," said Britain's Chief of the Defense Staff, Adm. Sir Tony Radakin. "The era of state competition primarily through geo-economics has shifted to a resurgence of geo-politics. And it will last decades."

U.N. resolution demands Israel return Golan Heights to Syria's Assad

At the same time as Sunni jihadist rebels are battling Iranian client Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, the U.N.G.A. called on Israel to "desist from … its repressive measures against the population of the occupied Syrian Golan."

The United Nations estimates that the Syrian civil war has claimed the lives of over 300,000 civilians since it began in 2011. The annual resolution, which does not consider the fate civilians in the Golan would face under Assad, passed with 97 countries in favor, eight against, and 64 abstentions.

O.E.C.D. cuts Israel's growth forecast as war costs continue to mount

The O.E.C.D. significantly downgraded its growth projections for Israel, forecasting a mere 0.6% GDP growth in 2024 – a sharp reduction from the 1.9% previously estimated in May – and 2.4% growth forecast in 2025, down from the earlier projection of 4.6%. These figures imply negative per capita growth in 2024, with the economic outlook bleak amid inflationary pressures, fiscal imbalances and geopolitical instability. Inflation expectations have been revised upward, reaching 3.1% for 2024 and 3.6% for 2025, well above the government's target range.

IDF spokesperson R.Adm. Hagari in hot water after criticizing bill that could protect intel leakers

Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari drew widespread backlash on Wednesday when he criticized a law being advanced by the government that would shield members of the defense establishment from prosecution should they give classified intelligence to the prime minister or defense minister without authorization.

During a press briefing, Hagari said the bill would be "very dangerous for the IDF and national security" should it become law.

Qatari emir given royal treatment after he lands for state visit

After rolling out the red carpet for Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Tamim Al Thani, the U.K. government announced plans to double joint U.K.-Qatar humanitarian assistance with a $100 million fund intended to "tackle key global challenges" in Gaza, Syria, Somalia, and beyond.

The humanitarian pledge was the first initiative announced during Al Thani's two-day state visit to Britain, which kicked off with pomp and circumstance on December 3. Prince William and Princess Catherine greeted the emir and his wife before King Charles III formally welcomed the Qatari couple along London's Horse Guards Parade.

Nearly one-third of Jewish Ontario doctors considering emigration over vertiginous spike in antisemitic incidents

Nearly one third of Jewish medical practitioners in Ontario are considering leaving the country in response to rising antisemitism, according to a new survey that found that doctors across Canada are worried about what's happening to their profession.

The data released by the Jewish Medical Association of Ontario (JMAO) on Wednesday reveal widespread concerns of antisemitism among health-care practitioners across Canada.

IDF eliminates senior Hezbollah representative to Syrian army in targeted airstrike

The Israeli Air Force recently announced the elimination of the Hezbollah terrorist Salman Nemer Jama'a who represented Iran's Lebanese proxy in the group's dealings with the Syrian Army. He held various positions in the terrorist organization over the past several years, particularly those involving links to the Syrian military.

"Jama'a was a key figure in the terrorist group which supported these operations," the IDF said. "The Syrian regime has actively supported Hezbollah, allowing the smuggling of weapons into Lebanon and endangering Syrian and Lebanese civilians."

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Joe Biden's lies about his son Hunter's legal jeopardy this week, in the course of using his presidential power to pardon him from any possible punishment through America's justice system, have added to his record of willful misstatements.

Hunter Biden was convicted of gun charges, and pleaded guilty to tax charges, with the possible penalties being years in prison.

So Joe Biden, after months and months of repeatedly assuring Americans he would not issue a pardon to Hunter, did exactly that.

But how he did it, by blaming prosecutors and judges for being unfair to Hunter and for singling him out for their cases, now has drawn a rebuke from a federal judge.

Fox News said it was U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi, who is overseeing Hunter Biden's tax case and had a sentencing scheduled, who responded to Joe Biden's fabrications.

In a five-page order, the judge described how Joe Biden is trying to be "rewriting history" with the pardon, and he cited a technical illegality in Joe Biden's decision.

"The Constitution provides the president with broad authority to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, but nowhere does the Constitution give the President the authority to rewrite history," the judge said.

He noted that the president told the judiciary of his flip-flop on the issue, and the resulting pardon, through a press release.

"Rather than providing a true and correct copy of the pardon with the notice, Mr. Biden provided a hyperlink to a White House press release presenting a statement by the president regarding the pardon and the purported text of the pardon," the judge said. "In short, a press release is not a pardon."

Then he continued, with, "the president asserts that Mr. Biden 'was treated differently' from others 'who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions,' implying that Mr. Biden was among those individuals who untimely paid taxes due to addiction. But he is not."

And, the judge pointed out, "According to the president, '[n]o reasonable person who looks at the facts of [Mr. Biden's] cases can reach any other conclusion than [Mr. Biden] was singled out only because he is [the president's] son.' But two federal judges expressly rejected Biden's arguments that the government prosecuted Mr. Biden because of his familial relation to the president. And the president's own attorney general and Department of Justice personnel oversaw the investigation leading to the charges."

The judge commented how Joe Biden considers "this legion of federal civil servants, the undersigned included, (as) unreasonable people."

The judge said the pardon would be processed in the legal case once the official pardon is provided.

But he also noted that the pardon, issued on December 1, was for any acts that included those through the end of that day.

"The Supreme Court long has recognized that, notwithstanding its nearly unlimited nature, the pardon power extends only to past offenses," he wrote.

He pointed out, "Because the period of pardoned conduct extends 'through' the date of execution, the warrant may be read to apply prospectively to conduct that had not yet occurred at the time of its execution, exceeding the scope of the pardon power."

The Washington Examiner characterized the judge's comments as being "harshly" critical of Joe Biden.

And he said Joe Biden's characterizations "stand in tensions with the case record."

The report noted, "Hunter Biden pleaded guilty in September to nine tax charges, and as part of his plea, the first son admitted that every accusation made by special counsel David Weiss in his indictment was true, including that he committed tax crimes while he was sober."

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President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly considering Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the nation's new defense secretary, following a concerted Democrat and media narrative that has claimed Trump's first pick, Pete Hegseth, may have a drinking problem.

It was NBC News that claimed "two sources" identified DeSantis as a possible nominee, following a report on the issue by the Wall Street Journal.

The network said, "Other possible contenders for the Pentagon top job include Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., according to two sources familiar with the decision-making. Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., whom Trump had chosen for White House national security adviser, is also a possible pick for leading the Pentagon, two other sources said."

The narrative that was unleashed following Trump's pick of Hegseth has included various stories about his drinking and a "sexual assault" in 2017 for which he was not charged.

Hegseth has denied he mistreated women and explained the incident involving the woman who accused him was a consensual event.

Hegseth, on social media, has cited the "smear" campaign based on "fake" and "anonymous" sources.

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HIALEAH, Florida – After flipping by double digits in the 2024 election the former Democrat stronghold of Miami-Dade County, President-elect Donald Trump is now being honored by local officials with a street named for him.

Palm Avenue, a main thoroughfare in the Cuban-packed city of Hialeah, is now President Donald J. Trump Avenue.

The approval vote Tuesday from the county commission was 9 to 1, and Democrats could have blocked the measure as they hold seven of the 10 seats.

Trump had personally signed one of the street signs when attending a memorial service in Florida.

"Miami-Dade County strongly supported President Trump during the election, and this designation serves as a lasting tribute to his leadership and vision for our nation," Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera said on X.

Commissioner Marleine Bastien, a Haitian-American who represents northern Miami, was the sole vote against Trump Avenue.

"I respect the fact that President Trump won the popular vote, the Electoral College and Miami-Dade County," Bastien said, according to the Miami Herald.

"However, his victory does not erase the collective trauma that immigrants and citizens alike felt during this election cycle."

She specifically pointed to "falsehoods about Haitians eating cats and dogs in Ohio" and "derogatory comments about Haiti, Mexico, and some African countries in the past."

In both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, Trump lost Miami-Dade County to Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, respectively.

"I want to thank the commissioners that supported this item, as well as the City Council of Hialeah who had endorsed this effort from the moment President Trump visited Hialeah," Hialeah Mayor Esteban Bovo said.

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A top conservative is a warning about the 2028 presidential possibility of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., should she decide to run for the White House.

"AOC has a lot of talent. She has tens of millions of followers on social media, and she needs to be taken seriously. If she were to run for the presidency within the Democrat party, intially she would be formidable," said Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, on "Sunday Morning Futures" on the Fox News Channel.

"As Republicans, we can laugh and we can try to make fun of her, but she understands where the energy of the Democrat base actually is which is a progressive energy."

"Now, good luck winning in Ohio or Michigan or Wisconsin or Pennsylvania, in any of these rust-belt states with that sort of radical, left-wing perspective."

Kirk added whether or not AOC runs for the presidency "will be a very interesting litmus test of where is the center and the soul of the Democrat party. "

"Are they going to double- and triple-down on what we would consider to be woke ideas or policies or are they going to try to moderate themselves the way Bill Clinton did in the 19990s and was able to kind of build a southern Democrat strategy that ended up being very, very successful for them in the 1992 and 1996 election?

"My bet is there are far too many people on the woke side of the Democrat party, I think it's going to go more in the direction of AOC, and she should be taken very seriously."

Fill-in host Jackie DeAngelis noted the Cabinet picks of President-elect Donald Trump are "filling up the Republican bench. There's so much youth, there' so much vigor to combat what they're putting out there. And ultimately, you think to yourself, he's really setting up the Republicans in a great positioning for 2028."