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The devastation that Tropical Storm Helene inflicted on western North Carolina is still heartbreaking several days after the storm has passed. Countless North Carolinians are stranded in the mountains and valleys of that part of the state, many of them without medications or other things that they need to survive.Towns and cities like Asheville are dealing with widespread damage and power outages. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has several road and trail closures, even as U.S. 441, the main highway between Cherokee and Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge/Sevierville, remains open and passable.It's hard to describe how difficult people in North Carolina have...

The Biden administration expanded its sanctions on Israelis on Tuesday, even as Israel faced attacks from Hezbollah and Iran, listing new sanctions against “Hilltop Youth,” an organization that does not actually exist. As Breitbart News has reported, the Biden administration has sanctioned a broad range of Israelis and Israeli organizations on the political right, at the behest of left-wing anti-Israel organizations, since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. These sanctions have targeted people who have not been accused of of any crimes; they have also often targeted what would be, in the United States, constitutionally protected protest or political...

On Friday, a letter sent to Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX) by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) revealed that nearly half a million convicted criminals have been released into the United States as of July 2024. The letter comes as Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to visit the US-Mexico border in Douglas, Arizona According to the document, the ICE director confirmed that over 425,000 known convicted criminals have been caught at the southern border and released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into America. Among that figure are over 13,000 illegal immigrants convicted of homicide, over 15,000 for sexual...

Today Immigration and Customs Enforcement released some utterly mind-boggling data. Biden and Harris have released killers and rapists into this country and not just a few. We have known about the problem, but enormity of this crime is just now surfacing. There are more than 13,000 non-detained illegal immigrants convicted of homicide currently inside the U.S., according to a top Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official. According to a letter ICE Deputy Director Patrick Lechleitner sent to Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, with statistics on non-detained non-citizens with criminal convictions still inside the U.S. Non-detained citizens include those apprehended at the...

The Department of Homeland Security knows of at least 660,000 illegal immigrants at large in the U.S. with criminal records, including 13,000 convicted killers, nearly 16,000 convicted of sexual assault and 56,000 involved with dangerous drugs. Thousands of other migrants have been charged but not yet convicted of those and other crimes. They are part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s “non-detained docket,” a list of more than 7 million illegal immigrants that ICE is supposed to be monitoring as they roam free in the U.S. ICE provided the data to Congress and the House Homeland Security Committee released it...

President Biden said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure a hostage deal after six captives were found dead in a Hamas terror tunnel in Gaza. Biden, returning to the White House after a two-week vacation in California and Delaware, was asked by a reporter whether Netanyahu had done enough and replied, “No.” He was quickly hailed by the families of the dead hostages. “We urge Prime Minister Netanyahu to demonstrate similar resilience, determination, and commitment to the lives of the hostages,” the Hostages Families Forum Headquarters said in a statement. Biden also said...

Biden and the entire crooked clan are on vacation at a billionaire’s California estate. That’s where Biden headed after yelling about how all his opponents are a threat to democracy at the DNC convention (presumably not his own party bosses who ousted him and replaced him with Kamala.)That’s before Biden leaves his vacation in California to go on vacation in Delaware. (snip)

Two days after RFK Jr. declared a "Unity Party" with Donald Trump, the White House has pulled his Secret Service. Kennedy is still on the ballot in 40 out of 50 states. He did NOT drop out of the race. Now, after partnering with Trump, Kennedy is a major target. The empire is deliberately putting him in danger. Regardless of where your vote lies, this man deserves protection for the bravery he has shown. Share this!

President Biden has signed off on a highly classified plan that shifts America’s nuclear strategy to focus on China as a nuclear threat — and prepare for the possibility that the communist nation could team up with North Korea and Russia against the US, according to a new report. Biden made the shift in March because the Pentagon believes China’s nuclear arsenal will rival the US and Russia, the New York Times reported Tuesday, citing sources. The new strategy is called the “Nuclear Employment Guidance” and also readies the US for a possible coordinated threat between China, Russia and North...

'The program is in a death spiral,' former domestic policy adviser to former President Trump says In a move critics say is designed to shield the Biden-Harris administration from election fallout, the administration has leveraged taxpayer funds to mask upcoming increases in Medicare premiums. Under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which was intended to cap out-of-pocket drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries, insurers are poised to significantly hike monthly premiums, with average bids for Part D plans expected to triple by 2025. In response to potential voter backlash, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rolled out a three-year "demonstration...

The move to take the conflict outside Israel’s borders by the Netanyahu-led Israeli government is proving to be quite a slippery slope that has us seemingly barreling towards getting fully involved in yet another endless war in the Middle East. On Friday, the Pentagon announced its plans to send additional fighter jets and Navy warships to the region. This strategic move aims to bolster existing US forces and strengthen support for Israel. It comes in response to increased tensions and threats from Iran and its allies, including Hamas and Hezbollah, as IDF forces carry out targeted strikes in Lebanon and,...

Joe Biden’s senior economic advisor Gene Sperling resigned on Monday after stocks tumbled around the world. Japan’s Nikkei lost 4,451 points on Monday, its biggest single day loss since 1987. The ‘Magnificent Seven’ will shed $1 trillion in value, Reuters reported. Apple and Nvidia led the sell-off. The DOW tumbled more than 1,000 points on Monday. Gene Sperling stepped down as Biden’s senior econ advisor to go work for the Harris campaign. “Under Gene’s leadership, the American Rescue Plan has delivered economic relief to cities and counties across the country, protected millions of union pensions, made the largest-ever federal investment...

Making clear he was alarmed at Trump returning to office, he wrote: “If a future president incites a violent mob to storm the Capitol and stop the peaceful transfer of power — like we saw on Jan. 6, 2021 — there may be no legal consequences.” In addition to his so-called No One Is Above The Law Amendment, Biden proposed term limits for Supreme Court justices, advocating for the president to be able to appoint a new justice every two years to spend 18 years in active service on the high court.

President Joe Biden is reportedly planning to unveil a dramatic Supreme Court reform next week in an attempt to overhaul the high court. Two people familiar with the matter told Politico that the president is likely to endorse establishing term limits for justices, and bring in a code of ethics. The 81-year-old is expected to push for an amendment that would limit immunity for presidents and other officeholders. His amendment would come directly after the court ruled that presidents are shielded from prosecution for officials acts, in a case brought by Donald Trump. It is said that Biden will call...

Frankly, as the ladies say, I am “exhausted” after a week of assassination attempts, Secret Service blame dodging, and Donald Trump infuriating the noblesse by ad-libbing his acceptance speech. But it all comes down to this. If we elect Donald Trump president in November we are likely voting for three things. First, we are voting to stop illegal immigration. Second, we are voting to stop the Green New Scam. Third, we are voting to grow the economy. Okay, I can think of some more. Fourth, we are going to push back against woke. Fifth, we are going to abolish the...

With the arraignment of Donald Trump on charges brought under the Espionage Act, America’s cold civil war pitting blue cities against red regions has gotten considerably hotter. But that’s inevitable when you manipulate the nation’s laws to designate the leader of a movement representing one half of the country a traitor. Legal experts say the Justice Department’s case against Trump is strong. Even many on the right agree. “This indictment contains serious charges,” says Trump’s former Vice President Mike Pence. The former president is “toast,” says his onetime Attorney General William Barr. But to others, the 37-count indictment looks like...

Who needs U.S. citizenship, or for that matter, legal authorization to live in the U.S. when you've got Joe Biden's open borders? That looks like the story with illegals receiving Social Security benefits, a lifetime benefit that until recently had been perceived as nominally reserved for U.S. citizens, not illegal border crossers, and which Democrats are now trying to debunk. At the debate, NewsNation reported that Trump said:“Social Security … he’s destroying it because millions of people are pouring into our country and they’re putting them onto Social Security,” Trump said. “They’re putting ‘em onto Medicare and Medicaid. Putting them...

Joe Biden’s disastrous June 27 debate has sparked an ongoing meltdown within the Democratic Party that has yet to subside. His ABC News interview didn’t quell any concerns about his mental health. He might have accentuated them with the gross poll denialism exhibited by the president. There have been so many stories about discord, anger, anxiety, and Joe losing his mental faculties that the primary one of concern is getting lost in the noise: who is running the country? The tales of pervasive senility are not new or lost on conservatives; we’ve seen Joe and know he’s half-dead. But an...

The Biden administration said this week that it opposed gender-affirming surgery for minors, the most explicit statement to date on the subject from a president who has been a staunch supporter of transgender rights. The White House announcement was sent to The New York Times on Wednesday in response to an article reporting that staff in the office of Adm. Rachel Levine, an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, had urged an influential international transgender health organization to remove age minimums for surgery from its treatment guidelines for minors.

'The economy is fine!' 'Wages are up!' 'Inflation is down!' If all of those things sound familiar, it's because that's what the Biden administration has been telling us for years. They bragged about saving you a whopping 16 cents on your Fourth of July dinner a couple of years ago and bragged about cheaper Thanksgiving dinners, too. Now -- four months from the election -- Biden finally admits grocery prices are still too high. This is something 99.9% of Americans could've told you, and something that pops up as a major concern in polling. And here's Biden's plan to 'fix'...