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Friday, October 4, 2024

Israel Launches Airstrike, Kills New Leader of Hezbollah

Reuters: An Israeli strike on Beirut targeted senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, Axios reporter Barak Ravid said in a post on social media platform X early on Friday. Safieddine is the man widely regarded as the heir of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (Reuters). Dr. Eli David: Initial reports that Hashem Safieddine, Hezbollah’s new leader that replaced Nasrallah, was eliminated moments ago (X). Visgrad24: New video of tonight’s Israeli assassination attempt on the new Hezbollah leader Hashem Safieddine (X).

Illegal Immigrants Send to Swing States In Mass Numbers Under the Biden, Harris Administration

Market Watch: Several swing states are home to large numbers of unauthorized immigrants or have seen a large surge in their numbers since 2021, according to federal court data compiled by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. While these data aren’t a comprehensive account of where all undocumented immigrants are residing, TRAC says they do provide a general sense of which destinations are attractive. The most popular destinations are large states with strong economies, including Texas, Florida, California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York. But several key swing states have also seen their unauthorized populations grow (Market Watch). Elon Musk: The Dems are doing deliberate voter importation to swing states & fast-tracking them to citizenship. The only question is when (not if) enough migrants can vote to flip all swing states, shifting the whole country to permanent one-party rule, just like what happened to California after the 1986 amnesty. Diabolically smart tbh. That’s why I keep saying that, unless Trump wins and reverses this scam, 2024 is the last election in America. The Dem machine’s voter importation scam is the true threat to democracy, not Trump (X)!

Dockworkers Reach Tentative Deal, Will Return to Work

Fox News: Striking U.S. dockworkers will return to work Friday after reaching a tentative agreement with employers on an improved wage offer. The conditional offer was for a 62% wage increase. The offer is on the table for the next 90 days. If no deal is reached within that timeframe, the proposed wage hike will be pulled from the table. The International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents 45,000 striking U.S. workers, said the union and USMX have reached a “tentative agreement on wages and have agreed to extend the Master Contract until January 15, 2025 to return to the bargaining table to negotiate all other outstanding issues.” Dockworkers at dozens of ports in the U.S. went on strike Tuesday for the first time in nearly 50 years over better wages and the use of automation (Fox News). Associated Press: In a statement later, Biden applauded both sides “for acting patriotically to reopen our ports and ensure the availability of critical supplies for Hurricane Helene recovery and rebuilding.” Biden said that collective bargaining is “critical to building a stronger economy from the middle out and the bottom up.” The union’s membership won’t need to vote on the temporary suspension of the strike. Until Jan. 15, the workers will be covered under the old contract, which expired on Sept. 30 (Associated Press).

Fire Fighters Union Deals Blow to Harris/Walz Campaign, Refuse to Endorse a Candidate in Race

Daily Wire: Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz suffered another major loss on Thursday after the nation’s largest firefighters union refused to endorse them. Edward A. Kelly, General President, International Association of Fire Fighters, announced that the IAFF Executive Board voted to not endorse any candidate this year. IAFF is one of the most powerful unions in politics with its Political Action Committee, FIREPAC, registering among the top one-half of 1% of all PACs in the U.S. IAFF’s decision to not endorse either candidate is a major blow for Democrats as the group has endorsed every Democrat presidential nominee, with the exception of twice-failed candidate Hillary Clinton, for several decades (Daily Wire).

Millions in the South Left Without Power as Death Toll Rises to 200 in Wake of Hurricane Helene

USA Today: The death toll reached 200 as the need for power and water grew more urgent Thursday for hundreds of thousands of residents across the Southeast a week after Hurricane Helene began a deadly, devastating march across the region. Almost 1 million homes and businesses remained without power in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Tens of thousands of residents, most in western North Carolina, remained without running water (USA Today). Just the News: Both Republican and Democratic senators from the affected states wrote a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., saying the damage was going to cost tens of billions of dollars (Just the News). Trump War Room: Kamala went to Georgia today and bragged about giving $750 in federal assistance to the hurricane victims — whose entire livelihoods have been completely destroyed. Illegal aliens get free health care, shelter, and college, though (X).

Legacy Media Admonished for Ignoring Allegations of Kamala Harris’ Husband Hitting a Woman

Daily Wire: Political commentator Megyn Kelly slammed the media for ignoring a story that was published this week about accusations that Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, hit a woman he was dating in the face because he thought she was flirting with another man… Kelly then showed a clip of former Biden-Harris official and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki declaring in a recent interview with Emhoff that he had “reshaped the perception of masculinity” (Daily Wire). Eric Abbenante: Megyn Kelly on the Daily Mail report that Doug Emhoff beat his ex wife: “Interesting gesture there at the end with the hand in your face. This ‘so-called always supporter of women’ actually smacked an ex girlfriend in the face. This super guy who redefined toxic masculinity actually beat a woman that he was dating prior to Kamala” (X). Commentator Ian Miles Cheong: Chris Cuomo, Bill O’Reilly and Stephen A. Smith blast the media for ignoring Doug Emhoff hitting a woman in the face. They know that if it were a Republican or conservative it would be everywhere (X). End Wokeness: Doug Emhoff timeline: 2009: Impregnated his child’s nanny. 2012: Physically assaults his girlfriend. 2023: Lectures us on toxic masculinity. 2024: Hailed for redefining masculinity (X).

Tim Walz Confirms He Favors Censorship

Federalist: The most important exchange in Tuesday’s vice presidential debate has been almost entirely ignored by the corporate media. Not surprisingly, that’s because it makes Walz look like an authoritarian and a fool in one fell swoop… (Federalist). Daily Caller: Tim Walz previously came under fire for a resurfaced MSNBC clip where he stated there is “no guarantee to free speech on misinformation or hate speech,” and he appeared to reiterate that claim (Daily Caller). Reporter Libby Emmons: Tim Walz doubled down on his statement that the First Amendment is not absolute, says he’d criminalize “hate speech,” whatever that means (X).

Liz Cheney (R-WY) Joins Kamala Harris on the Campaign Trail

Townhall: Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) will appear on the campaign trail with Vice President Kamala Harris… The anti-Trump “Republican” and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, announced their support for Harris last month. “As a conservative, as someone who believes in and cares about the Constitution, I have thought deeply about this, and because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, but I will be voting for Kamala Harris,” Cheney said during a speech at Duke University. While she’s not an official surrogate, Cheney said she would be doing all she could in battleground states to help Harris defeat Trump. Her father likewise spoke about the “threat” Trump posed to the nation in his endorsement of Harris (Townhall). Greg Price: This is what Liz Cheney said about Kamala Harris four years ago (X).

Judge Strikes Down California Law Banning Deepfakes, Parody Posts

Post Millennial: A California law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom late last month that was in direct reaction to his disgust at AI parodies of his friend Vice President Kamala Harris has been struck down after US District Judge John A. Mendez ruled that it was in violation of the First Amendment. The Plaintiff in the case has been granted a preliminary injunction, stopping the law from going into effect while the case goes forward (Post Millennial). Mario Nawfal: A federal judge has blocked a California law that would have restricted “materially deceptive” deepfakes related to elections. The judge ruled that the law, AB 2839, likely violates the First Amendment. The court found the law was overly broad, sweeping in even parody or satire videos that could be considered to “undermine confidence” in an election. The judge argued this amounted to unconstitutional suppression of political speech (X). Elon Musk: California’s unconstitutional law infringing on your freedom of speech has been blocked by the court. Yay (X)!

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Five Chinese Nationals Caught Photographing Military Base

Newsweek: U.S. federal authorities announced charges against five Chinese nationals this week for covering up a visit to a military site in Michigan. On Wednesday, the FBI announced the charges against the five Chinese nationals who were students at the University of Michigan at the time of the incident in August 2023. The five individuals were allegedly caught near a military site in Michigan at night, where drills were taking place. The five individuals are not facing charges for the events at Camp Grayling in August 2023. Instead, a federal criminal complaint accuses them of lying to investigators about the trip and conspiring to delete photos from their phones. In a court filing on Tuesday, the FBI pointed out that there have been previous cases involving Chinese college students photographing critical U.S. defense sites. However, the filing from the FBI did not provide any details of where the five individuals were found (Newsweek). Breitbart: One of the students, 23-year-old Renxiang Guan, changed his story after he was detained at Detroit Metropolitan Airport while attempting to travel to Shanghai a few months later. Guan reportedly claimed the five were “stargazing,” but two photos of military vehicles taken on the day of their visit to Camp Grayling were found in his personal electronics (Breitbart).