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  • Republican changes Van Hollen's office plaque after Dem's visit to El Salvador

    04/19/2025 2:52:09 PM PDT · by george76 · 8 replies
    Fox News ^ | April 19, 2025 | Rachel Wolf
    Rep. Mike Collins mocked Sen. Chris Van Hollen over his visit to El Salvador ... Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., claimed in a post on X that he altered the name plaque outside the office of Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. The Republican lawmaker’s post included a photo in which the plaque outside Van Hollen’s office says that he represents El Salvador. ... Sen. Chris Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador ... "margarita-gate." ... Collins has repeatedly criticized Van Hollen for traveling to El Salvador to meet with MS-13 member and illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego-Garcia .... when...
  • Why Renee DiResta Leads The Censorship Industry (How a former CIA fellow came to lead US government efforts to stamp out disfavored speech on the Internet)

    04/04/2023 11:11:38 PM PDT · by Chad C. Mulligan · 20 replies
    substack ^ | 03 April 2023 | Michael Shellenberger
    Since the 2016 elections, politicians, journalists, and many others have raised the alarm about “foreign election influence” and “disinformation,” demanding greater “content moderation” by social media platforms. It is too easy, they argued, for foreign and malign actors to quickly “go viral” at low cost, leaving the good guys unable to correct bad information. We must become more “resilient” to disinformation. It’s now clear that all of that rhetoric was cover for a sweeping censorship effort by the federal government and government contractors. Since December, a small but growing group of journalists, analysts, and researchers have documented the rise of...
  • Leo XIV: The modest missionary in Peru who became the first American pope

    05/11/2025 4:06:43 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 8 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | May 11, 2025 | Chico Harlan , Samantha Schmidt , Kim Bellware and Bianca Padró Ocasio
    VATICAN CITY — Two-and-a-half years ago, Pope Francis was trying to fill a big job. For decades, that position — heading the powerful office that helps vet and select bishops — had gone to consummate Vatican insiders. But Francis had staked his papacy on expanding the boundaries of the Catholic Church. And he had his eye on a surprise contender: an American-born missionary operating in the coastal plains of Peru, some 6,000 miles from Rome.“You know that I am very happy in Peru,” the missionary, then-Bishop Robert Prevost, recalled telling Francis. “But if you ask me to take on a...
  • Peru Congress to make third attempt to impeach president

    12/07/2022 8:24:43 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 4 replies
    France24 ^ | December 7, 2022
    Lima (AFP) – Peru's opposition-dominated Congress will on Wednesday debate whether to impeach President Pedro Castillo in the third attempt to unseat him since his election a year and a half ago. Castillo, a former school teacher who unexpectedly took power from Peru's traditional political elite, has faced non-stop crises since coming to office, with repeated cabinet reshuffles, multiple corruption investigations and protests against his leadership. The opposition seeks to impeach him for moral incapacity, a constitutional provision that has seen two presidents sacked since 2018.
  • Peru's president impeached, arrested

    12/07/2022 12:20:30 PM PST · by cll · 39 replies
    ABC.es ^ | 12/07/2022
    [Spanish language media only so far, quick translation] Perú President Pedro Castillo attempted to dissolve Congress, which in turn impeached him. Unlike with Fujimori in 1992, this time the Police and the Armed Forces did not back the presidency, and promptly arrested him as he sought to flee to Mexico.
  • Peru's President Pedro Castillo replaced by Dina Boluarte after impeachment

    12/07/2022 3:01:18 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 10 replies
    BBC ^ | 12/7 | Vanessa Buschschlüter
    Peru has a female president for the first time, after ex-president Pedro Castillo was impeached - hours after he tried to dissolve parliament.Dina Boluarte - previously the vice-president - was sworn in after a dramatic day in Lima. Earlier in the day, Mr Castillo had said he was replacing Congress with an "exceptional emergency government". But lawmakers ignored the announcement, and in an emergency meeting impeached the president.
  • Peru protests: Ministers quit as death toll mounts

    12/16/2022 5:10:27 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 12 replies
    BBC ^ | 12/16/2022
    Two government ministers have quit their posts in Peru after days of sometimes violent protests over the impeachment of the former president. Officials say eight more people died on Thursday during clashes between the army and supporters of Pedro Castillo. Meanwhile, thousands of tourists are trapped in the city of Cusco after protesters forced the airport to close. The demonstrations began after Mr Castillo was removed from office by a congressional vote. Peru has been through years of political turmoil, with the latest crisis coming to a head on 7 December when the former president announced he was dissolving Congress...
  • Peru gives Mexican ambassador 72 hours to leave as spat deepens

    12/21/2022 1:21:15 AM PST · by blueplum · 7 replies
    BBC ^ | 20 Dec 2022 | George Wright
    Peru has ordered the Mexican ambassador to leave within 72 hours after Mexico granted asylum to the family of ousted Peruvian President Pedro Castillo. Mr Castillo was removed from office earlier this month after he tried to dissolve Congress.... ...Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has called the removal of Mr Castillo undemocratic. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday the government was negotiating safe passage for the family of Mr Castillo, who were inside Mexico's embassy in the Peruvian capital Lima.... ...Peru's foreign ministry said in its social media accounts that it was expelling Mr Monroy because "of...
  • Peru's President Pedro Castillo replaced by Dina Boluarte after impeachment

    12/07/2022 6:37:14 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 17 replies
    bbc ^ | 12/07/2022
    Peru has a female president for the first time, after ex-president Pedro Castillo was impeached - hours after he tried to dissolve parliament. Dina Boluarte - previously the vice-president - was sworn in after a dramatic day in Lima on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Mr Castillo had said he was replacing Congress with an "exceptional emergency government". But lawmakers ignored this, and in an emergency meeting impeached him. He was then detained and accused of rebellion. Ms Boluarte, a 60-year-old lawyer, said she would govern until July 2026, which is when Mr Castillo's presidency would have ended. Speaking after...
  • Abrego Garcia Pulled Over In Vehicle Owned By Convicted Human Smuggler

    04/25/2025 6:20:35 AM PDT · by george76 · 13 replies
    Daily Caller News Foundation. ^ | April 23, 2025 | Jason Hopkins
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal migrant whose deportation to El Salvador has garnered nationwide controversy, was once pulled over in a vehicle owned by a convicted human smuggler, federal authorities have confirmed. Abrego Garcia was pulled over on a Tennessee highway in 2022 and suspected of human smuggling after local authorities discovered he was transporting eight passengers with no apparent luggage. The vehicle Abrego Garcia was driving belonged to Jose Ramon Hernandez-Reyes, an illegal migrant who was sentenced to prison for human smuggling in 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed Wednesday ... When a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer...
  • Alleged MS-13 Gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia Suspected of Human Trafficking, Feds Say

    04/18/2025 11:29:58 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 29 replies
    New York Post ^ | April 18, 2025 | Jennie Taer
    The feds suspected alleged MS-13 gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to El Salvador in an error, was engaged in human and labor trafficking in 2022, according to an internal memo obtained by The Post. The DHS intelligence report noted that Abrego Garcia was pulled over by the Tennessee Highway Patrol on Dec. 1, 2022, after he was caught speeding. Officers found eight other individuals in the car with Abrego Garcia, who said he was driving “three days ago” from Houston, Texas, to Temple Hills, Maryland, “to bring in people to perform construction work,” according to the memo. The...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Department Of Homeland Security Confirms Abrego García Stopped On Suspicion Of Human Trafficking

    04/17/2025 1:44:46 PM PDT · by DFG · 28 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 04/17/2025 | Amber Duke
    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to the Daily Caller that Kilmar Abrego García, a recently deported alleged member of MS-13, was stopped in December 2022 on suspicion of human trafficking. During a Dec. 1, 2022 traffic stop by a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer, Abrego García was found to be transporting eight passengers across the country, sources told the Tennessee Star. He allegedly did not have a valid driver’s license and was suspected of trafficking the passengers but was let go at the request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Documents from Homeland Investigations provided to the Daily Caller...
  • 'Intentional Vandalism' Causes Mass Power Outage in NC County Bordering Ft. Bragg, US Army Special Forces Command

    12/04/2022 9:20:37 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 18 replies
    Red State ^ | 12/04/2022 | Jennifer Van Laar
    Moore County, in the Sandhills region of central North Carolina, is mainly known for its golf courses, especially Pinehurst No. 2. The county is also home to thousands of active-duty soldiers (many of whom are Special Forces) stationed nearby at Fort Bragg, the home of the US Army Special Operations Command and the 82nd Airborne, making the rural county’s infrastructure an attractive target.Saturday night that infrastructure was attacked when numerous power substations throughout the county were targets of what the Moore County Sheriff labeled “intentional vandalism,” leaving more than 40,000 people without power.Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields reported on Facebook...
  • BREAKING: Trump Secures Release of Another American Hostage

    03/20/2025 8:18:14 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 18 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 03/20/2025 | Matt Margolis
    After more than two years in captivity in Afghanistan, the Taliban released American hostage George Glezmann on Thursday following negotiations between the Trump administration and Qatari officials, a diplomatic source familiar with the release told Fox News Digital.“Glezmann departed the Kabul airport Wednesday evening local time on his way to Doha where he will then be met by U.S. hostage envoy Adam Boehler along with a team from the Qatari Foreign Ministry,” Fox News Digital reports. “The release of the 65-year-old American, abducted while visiting Kabul as a tourist on Dec. 5, 2022, comes after Boehler met with officials from...
  • White House will FLY $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill to Biden in St Croix for him to sign - as he vacations in billionaire Democrat donor’s beachside mansion.

    12/29/2022 3:20:08 PM PST · by DFG · 21 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 12/29/2022 | Emily Goodin
    The White House will fly the federal budget to St Croix for President Joe Biden to sign into law ahead of the December 30 deadline, so the government doesn't shut down over New Year's Eve. The 4,000-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus package to fund the government through September 2023 arrived at the White House on Wednesday evening, after it completed the legislative enrollment process. It now needs to make its way to St Croix, where Biden is spending the holiday week in a luxury villa owned by a billionaire Democratic donor. 'The White House received the bill from Congress yesterday evening...
  • Albuquerque Police arrest former House candidate tied to shootings at elected officials’ homes

    01/16/2023 6:46:33 PM PST · by Coronal · 9 replies
    KRQE News ^ | January 16, 2023 | Chris McKee, Marilyn Upchurch
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police says a former New Mexico House candidate who lost his election in November is now accused of conspiring to shoot at the homes of four Albuquerque lawmakers in December and January. The department made the announcement late Monday afternoon, saying Solomon Peña is accused of shooting at the homes of two Democratic Bernalillo County commissioners and two Democratic state lawmakers. A 39-year-old Republican, Peña ran and lost the race for House District 14 in the November 2022 election. APD arrested Peña during a SWAT situation Monday afternoon near downtown Albuquerque. Albuquerque Police Chief Harold...
  • Marine veteran shot dead hailed as hero for defending Vallejo restaurant server from robber

    12/17/2022 8:37:25 AM PST · by artichokegrower · 22 replies
    KTVU ^ | December 12, 2022 | Henry Lee
    VALLEJO, Calif. - A Vallejo restaurant worker says one of her regular customers is a hero for coming to her aid when she was confronted by an apparent robber, who shot him dead. "He saved my life. That's the type of person he was. He saved my life. He's always going to be my guardian angel for life," said Teresa Brasher.
  • The Senator Warning Democrats of a Crisis Unfolding Beneath Their Noses

    08/19/2024 10:13:18 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 12 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Aug. 19, 2024 | James Pogue
    In December 2022, early into what he now describes as his political journey, Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut gave a speech warning his fellow Democrats that they were ignoring a crisis staring them in the face. For over a year, President Biden and his allies had been promoting data showing an economic miracle, as friendly pundits described it — a record-setting stock market, low unemployment and G.D.P. growth outpacing that of almost every other Western nation. But very few voters believed the story those metrics were telling. In poll after poll, they expressed a bleak view of the economy —...
  • Jailhouse Interview: Stewart Rhodes warns Trump is next for politically motivated prosecution

    12/28/2022 12:00:45 PM PST · by RandFan · 24 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | Dec 28 | By Joseph Clark
    Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers militia who was recently convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, said his case is a harbinger of what the Justice Department has in store for former President Donald Trump The former Army paratrooper and Yale Law School graduate turned militia leader warned that his conviction on the rare Civil War-era charge has set an ominous precedent that should be a wake-up call for conservatives. “Their success in my trial is paving the way for them to keep rolling through other people building up to Trump,”...
  • DEM SENATOR DEMANDS FBI TO COME CLEAN ABOUT HACKING AND SPYING ON AMERICANS- NOW!

    12/22/2022 11:33:51 AM PST · by Enterprise · 17 replies
    https://libertyonenews.com ^ | 12/22/22 | Erica Carlin
    The FBI has obtained Pegasus spyware from the Israeli company NSO Group, which allows the agency to take complete control of a person’s phone without their knowledge. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has demanded answers from the FBI about how often it uses this invasive tool to hack Americans and whether the agency has gotten authorization from the courts to do so.“The American people have a right to know the scale of the FBI’s hacking activities and the rules that govern the use of this controversial surveillance technique,” Wyden said in a letter Tuesday to FBI Director Chris Wray.In particular, Wyden...