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NEW: Thermal drone video from our team in Eagle Pass, TX shows a large group of migrants crossing illegally into private property early this morning.
Per CBP source, there have been over 1,400 illegal crossings in the Del Rio sector in the last 24 hours & 69,000 since 10/1. pic.twitter.com/N1FjKVVuDa— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) November 17, 2022
Gun sales more than doubled in Oregon with Ballot Measure 114 (BM 114) pending, and Oregon State Police are struggling to keep up with the demand for background checks. Continue reading “Gun Sales More Than Double as Oregon Residents Race to Get Ahead of New Controls”
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that would be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world when it goes forward.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s unanimous vote on the lower Klamath River dams is the last major regulatory hurdle and the biggest milestone for a $500 million demolition proposal championed by Native American tribes and environmentalists for years. The project would return the lower half of California’s second-largest river to a free-flowing state for the first time in more than a century. Continue reading “‘Momentous:’ US advances largest dam demolition in history”
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House Republicans announced on Thursday that they will investigate serial liar and crook Joe Biden. Continue reading “House Republicans Announce Investigation of Joe Biden and Biden Crime Family”
Special interest groups, many of which are donors to Republican and Democrat lawmakers, say the GOP must quickly throw support behind an amnesty for illegal alien farmworkers so the legislation can be rushed through the lame-duck Congress. Continue reading “Donors Rush Republicans to Throw Support Behind Farmworker Amnesty”
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The largest dam demolition and river restoration plan in the world could be close to reality Thursday as U.S. regulators vote on a plan to remove four aging hydro-electric structures, reopening hundreds of miles of California river habitat to imperiled salmon. Continue reading “US regulators to vote on largest dam demolition in history”
More than two decades after 9/11, the federal government is struggling to address the most significant terrorist threat currently facing the nation.
That is the crux of a new report released Wednesday by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Democratic majority. The 128-page report is the culmination of a three-year investigation into the rise in domestic terrorism and the federal government’s response. Continue reading “New Senate report finds FBI, DHS failing to address threat of domestic terrorism”
Update(1314ET): A fresh White House statement has backed the Poland and NATO assessment that the Tuesday Polish border explosion was “most likely the result of a Ukrainian air defense missile that unfortunately landed in Poland.” Continue reading “White House: Ukrainian Missile Landed In Poland, But Ultimate Blame Still On Russia”
County sheriffs in Oregon are taking a stand against the state’s newly-adopted gun law and say they will not enforce a major piece of the law that sets limits on magazine capacity because it violates the Second Amendment, wastes law enforcement resources and is the product of “pure anti-gun politics.” Continue reading “Oregon sheriffs won’t enforce new gun law: ‘Infringes on Second Amendment’”
Never let a crisis go to waste. Or a market crash for that matter.
With equity and bond markets stuck in brutal bear markets and providing a sufficient distraction to what is happening behind the scenes, the Fed and a group of banks have been quietly preparing for the next stage in the “organized crash” pipeline: the rollout of CBSC. Continue reading “Here Come “Programmable Dollars”: New York Fed And 12 Banking Giants Launch Digital Dollar Test”
At the close of a wild roller-coaster of a day following the alleged “Russian missile attack” on a Polish border town, and despite little to nothing in the way of official confirmation of just what happened or whodunnit, and urgent phone calls flying between Western heads of state pledging “solidarity” – it’s perfect timing for the US to shovel out another nearly $40 billion to Ukraine… Continue reading “Biden Unveils $37BN More In Emergency Ukraine Aid On Heels Of Polish Border ‘Attack’”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday again declined to hear a lawsuit involving a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns. Continue reading “Supreme Court rejects another bump stock ban case”
Over the past month, technology companies have laid off tens of thousands of employees. And the momentum in layoffs only appears to be worsening. Continue reading “Amazon To Fire 10,000 Employees, Largest Layoff In Company History”
Congress is moving forward with plans to send a multi-billion dollar weapons package to Taiwan in an effort to ward off a potential invasion from China.
Bipartisan congressional leaders are seeking to avoid another Ukraine situation and hope to preemptively arm Taiwanese forces, the Washington Post reported. The plans come as President Biden held his first in-person meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Bali on Monday. Continue reading “Congress aims to fast-track weapons aid to Taiwan amid tensions with China”
Breitbart – by Jordan Dixon-Hamilton
Two planes crashed mid-air during the Wings Over Dallas air show at the Dallas Executive Airport on Saturday afternoon, Dallas Fire-Rescue officials confirmed. Continue reading “Two Planes Collide Mid-Air During Dallas Air Show”
A Georgia man acted heroically when he heard a child in distress and rushed to help, holding an adult suspect at gunpoint until police arrived at the scene. Continue reading “Georgia man holds suspected kidnapper at gunpoint until police arrive”
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor turned away an emergency application on Nov. 10 to halt New York City’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate that applies to firefighters, police officers, and other government employees. Continue reading “Supreme Court’s Sotomayor Denies NYC Workers’ Bid To Halt Vax Mandate”
The U.S. Department of Labor filed a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against a sanitation company on Thursday, alleging that the company attempted to interfere with an investigation into reports claiming the service used child labor. Continue reading “Dozens of kids found illegally working to clean Midwest meat plants, Labor Department says”
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As votes continue to be counted throughout Oregon, the Linn County Sheriff is already preparing for the possible passage of one measure that is some of the strictest gun control legislation in the U.S. Continue reading “Linn County won’t enforce Measure 114 if passed, Sheriff says”
These past few months have seen the ‘war of drones’ play a decisive role on the Ukrainian battlefield. For the Russian side, drones were heavily utilized in the ramped up air campaign to degrade Ukrainian energy infrastructure following the bombing of Crimea’s Kerch Strait Bridge. For Ukraine’s army, Western-supplied drones have allowed them to strike increasingly behind Russian front lines. There’s meanwhile been international condemnation over the prevalence of Iran-supplied suicide drones launched from the Russian side. Continue reading “White House Slams Door On Advanced Drones For Ukraine”