Chinese national accused of impersonating US marshal to scam victim
Data show government impersonation scams are a growing problem in the United States.
A Chinese citizen is accused of impersonating a U.S. marshal in an attempt to con a New York resident out of $98,000.
The St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office in Canton, New York, announced that its criminal investigation division had arrested Chinese national Chi Liqing and charged him with attempted second-degree grand larceny.
The suspect was arrested before he was able to collect money from a local resident as part of an impersonation scam in which individuals posed as U.S. marshals, said authorities.
In September last year, the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana warned that criminals had been spoofing the district office’s real number to deceive people into sending payments. The criminals’ tactics included trying to convince people that they would need to pay a fine for offenses, such as failing to report for jury duty, or go to trial.
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Data show government impersonation scams are a growing problem in the United States.
A Chinese citizen is accused of impersonating a U.S. marshal in an attempt to con a New York resident out of $98,000.
The St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office in Canton, New York, announced that its criminal investigation division had arrested Chinese national Chi Liqing and charged him with attempted second-degree grand larceny.
The suspect was arrested before he was able to collect money from a local resident as part of an impersonation scam in which individuals posed as U.S. marshals, said authorities.
In September last year, the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana warned that criminals had been spoofing the district office’s real number to deceive people into sending payments. The criminals’ tactics included trying to convince people that they would need to pay a fine for offenses, such as failing to report for jury duty, or go to trial.
#USA #Crime #FindTruth
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Military seizing massive swaths of public lands at the border
The government has transferred thousands of acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to be controlled by the Department of Defense (DoD). The transfer is part of an ongoing expansion of the military’s presence along the border which the administration claims is necessary to control illegal immigration.
Critics of the land transfer, including some who live near the affected areas, have raised concerns about the environmental impact of military operations on these large swathes of land. Additionally, much of the land now under the jurisdiction of the military encompasses national parks and other federal lands which the public is losing access to.
Pictures from the DoD highlighting operations at the southern border show troops walking along a grassy, mountainous area in San Diego and a Stryker combat vehicle driving along roadless terrain in New Mexico.
The Army responded to several questions about potential environmental consequences and disruption to communities that rely on access to these lands. The Trump administration has indicated that the Army’s jurisdiction over the National Defense Areas will last for three years at least.
#USA #Mexico #Border #FindTruth
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The government has transferred thousands of acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to be controlled by the Department of Defense (DoD). The transfer is part of an ongoing expansion of the military’s presence along the border which the administration claims is necessary to control illegal immigration.
Critics of the land transfer, including some who live near the affected areas, have raised concerns about the environmental impact of military operations on these large swathes of land. Additionally, much of the land now under the jurisdiction of the military encompasses national parks and other federal lands which the public is losing access to.
Pictures from the DoD highlighting operations at the southern border show troops walking along a grassy, mountainous area in San Diego and a Stryker combat vehicle driving along roadless terrain in New Mexico.
The Army responded to several questions about potential environmental consequences and disruption to communities that rely on access to these lands. The Trump administration has indicated that the Army’s jurisdiction over the National Defense Areas will last for three years at least.
#USA #Mexico #Border #FindTruth
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'Politburo' secretly ran Biden White House
Alex Thompson, co-author of the provocative new book Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, has ignited a firestorm across Democrat Party circles, asserting that a secretive cadre of aides ran the White House like a shadowy “politburo” to conceal President Joe Biden’s failing mental health.
Thompson told The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg that he began questioning the White House’s narrative about Biden’s mental fitness in April 2023, after hearing concerns from administration insiders about Biden’s capacity to endure a reelection campaign or another term.
Despite repeated denials from the White House, which labeled such claims false, Thompson’s reporting uncovered a different reality, eroding his trust in their statements. He described a tight-knit group of aides - referred to by some within the administration as the “Politburo” - effectively steering the White House. This inner circle, Thompson noted, included longtime Biden aides like Mike Donilon, Steve Ricchetti, Bruce Reed, and Ron Klain, alongside key figures close to the Biden family, such as First Lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, Jill’s chief of staff Anthony Bernal, and deputy Annie Tomasini, who often serves as Biden’s traveling chief of staff.
The term “politburo” refers to the elite inner circle of a communist regime, wielding unchecked power at the top.
#USA #Biden #FindTruth
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Alex Thompson, co-author of the provocative new book Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, has ignited a firestorm across Democrat Party circles, asserting that a secretive cadre of aides ran the White House like a shadowy “politburo” to conceal President Joe Biden’s failing mental health.
Thompson told The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg that he began questioning the White House’s narrative about Biden’s mental fitness in April 2023, after hearing concerns from administration insiders about Biden’s capacity to endure a reelection campaign or another term.
Despite repeated denials from the White House, which labeled such claims false, Thompson’s reporting uncovered a different reality, eroding his trust in their statements. He described a tight-knit group of aides - referred to by some within the administration as the “Politburo” - effectively steering the White House. This inner circle, Thompson noted, included longtime Biden aides like Mike Donilon, Steve Ricchetti, Bruce Reed, and Ron Klain, alongside key figures close to the Biden family, such as First Lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, Jill’s chief of staff Anthony Bernal, and deputy Annie Tomasini, who often serves as Biden’s traveling chief of staff.
The term “politburo” refers to the elite inner circle of a communist regime, wielding unchecked power at the top.
#USA #Biden #FindTruth
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The American Pravda sues the Trump administration
In a recent executive order President Trump called for an end to taxpayer funding of NPR and “public” television (PBS), created by Congress in 1967 to laughingly create an “independent” news source.
Yes, they have always been independent of the free market and of the hapless American taxpayers, but certainly not independent of the deep state Washington establishment. NPR has always been a government-subsidized propaganda organ. If Americans want even more government propaganda thrown at them than what they already get from the “mainstream media,” Hollywood, the universities, Google, Facebook, and dozens of television networks, NPR and “public” television should have no problem at all at attracting investors and viewers for a very profitable private business.
NPR’s lawsuit claims that President Trump’s executive order deprives the employees at NPR of freedom of speech, with the implicit assumption that only government subsidies allow them to have freedom of speech and that that freedom will be abolished if the subsidies are ended.
Full story
#USA #NPR #FindTruth
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In a recent executive order President Trump called for an end to taxpayer funding of NPR and “public” television (PBS), created by Congress in 1967 to laughingly create an “independent” news source.
Yes, they have always been independent of the free market and of the hapless American taxpayers, but certainly not independent of the deep state Washington establishment. NPR has always been a government-subsidized propaganda organ. If Americans want even more government propaganda thrown at them than what they already get from the “mainstream media,” Hollywood, the universities, Google, Facebook, and dozens of television networks, NPR and “public” television should have no problem at all at attracting investors and viewers for a very profitable private business.
NPR’s lawsuit claims that President Trump’s executive order deprives the employees at NPR of freedom of speech, with the implicit assumption that only government subsidies allow them to have freedom of speech and that that freedom will be abolished if the subsidies are ended.
Full story
#USA #NPR #FindTruth
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China is on its way to becoming world’s first ‘Electrostate’
China leads the world in electrification, with a 30% electrification rate—far ahead of the U.S. and EU at ~22%—dominating sectors like transport and industry.
Massive investment in electric vehicles, high-speed rail, and renewables has positioned China as a superpower in clean energy technologies, with renewables now making up 10% of GDP.
In 2024, electric vehicles made up approximately 47.9% of the total passenger car sales in China, a huge increase from 2020, when plug-in EVs accounted for just 6.3% of total sales. In comparison, electric vehicles accounted for less than 23% of new car sales in Europe over the timeframe.
The rapid expansion of China’s modern rail network has also helped supercharge the electrification of the country's transport sector. China boasts a 45,000 km high-speed rail network, five times the size of the EU’s. That figure is expected to expand to 60,000km by 2030.
China now leads the 4th Industrial Revolution, making huge strides in electrification, renewable energy, AI, robotics and the Internet of Things. And, just as oil and gas drive the petrostates of the Arab world, clean energy technologies are powering China’s growth.
However, China remains the world’s biggest polluter and emitter of greenhouse gases. China’s power sector emissions hit record highs last year, driven by a surge in coal consumption.
#China #Energy #EV #FindTruth
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China leads the world in electrification, with a 30% electrification rate—far ahead of the U.S. and EU at ~22%—dominating sectors like transport and industry.
Massive investment in electric vehicles, high-speed rail, and renewables has positioned China as a superpower in clean energy technologies, with renewables now making up 10% of GDP.
In 2024, electric vehicles made up approximately 47.9% of the total passenger car sales in China, a huge increase from 2020, when plug-in EVs accounted for just 6.3% of total sales. In comparison, electric vehicles accounted for less than 23% of new car sales in Europe over the timeframe.
The rapid expansion of China’s modern rail network has also helped supercharge the electrification of the country's transport sector. China boasts a 45,000 km high-speed rail network, five times the size of the EU’s. That figure is expected to expand to 60,000km by 2030.
China now leads the 4th Industrial Revolution, making huge strides in electrification, renewable energy, AI, robotics and the Internet of Things. And, just as oil and gas drive the petrostates of the Arab world, clean energy technologies are powering China’s growth.
However, China remains the world’s biggest polluter and emitter of greenhouse gases. China’s power sector emissions hit record highs last year, driven by a surge in coal consumption.
#China #Energy #EV #FindTruth
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German industrial giant Thyssenkrupp to be ‘virtually dissolved’
Germany’s iconic industrial group Thyssenkrupp will be broken up and turned into a financial holding no longer producing steel.
According to a report seen by German media, the multinational planned to sell large parts of its current structure.
“At the end, Thyssenkrupp is virtually dissolved,” high-ranking sources from the company were quoted as saying.
After becoming a financial holding, staff numbers at its current headquarters would shrink from 500 to 100. Further job cuts were planned in administration, where 1,000 people were currently still employed.
As media quotes insider, “Only a parent company without content remained.”
Thyssenkrupp’s steel trading division, the brand’s historic core unit, would be sold to Czech billionaire businessman Daniel Křetínskýan. The automotive supplier division was also to be closed or sold. “Only a hull remains in the best case,” a manager said.
#Germany #Economy #FindTruth
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Germany’s iconic industrial group Thyssenkrupp will be broken up and turned into a financial holding no longer producing steel.
According to a report seen by German media, the multinational planned to sell large parts of its current structure.
“At the end, Thyssenkrupp is virtually dissolved,” high-ranking sources from the company were quoted as saying.
After becoming a financial holding, staff numbers at its current headquarters would shrink from 500 to 100. Further job cuts were planned in administration, where 1,000 people were currently still employed.
As media quotes insider, “Only a parent company without content remained.”
Thyssenkrupp’s steel trading division, the brand’s historic core unit, would be sold to Czech billionaire businessman Daniel Křetínskýan. The automotive supplier division was also to be closed or sold. “Only a hull remains in the best case,” a manager said.
#Germany #Economy #FindTruth
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A culture of impunity in corruption cases in the European Parliament and the European Commission
Former ombudsman O'Reilly compares the European Commission to the mafia and its leadership to “powerful consiglierei” (advisors to mafia bosses).
The EU is often shaken by high-profile scandals, but the system does not react to them.
Henrik Hololei, the director of an EU department from Estonia, was caught with gifts from the Qataris who paid for his expensive flights. This took place while Hololei's department was negotiating an airline deal with Qatar. The upshot is that no EU rules were violated and the official quietly moved on to a comfortable position as a senior advisor. The Estonian blamed Russia for his problems.
Emily O'Reilly, the European ombudsman, found four cases of unfair hiring, including a startling scam. The European Commission organized a selection process for a new deputy secretary general only to have it taken over by the son-in-law of a senior executive.
Harassment is also rife in the EU leadership. MEPs are being stripped of their subsistence allowances for them.
Investigations into gerrymandering, conflicts of interest, unethical behavior and abuse of position - from Pfizergate to schemes to promote “their own” - rarely result in real consequences.
“Ethical carelessness and political irresponsibility have created a culture of impunity that undermines EU citizens' trust in the institutions and plays into the hands of Eurosceptics,” says European law professor Alberto Alemanno.
Even when courts recognize violations, as in the case of European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen with Pfizer, or when an anti-corruption agency reveals fraud in personnel policy, the European Commission and the European Parliament impose formal penalties. There are even more uninvestigated cases - what is only bribes to officials paid to them by green NGOs.
European media live on the credits of states and oligarchs, so they do not write about scandals.
#EU #Corruption #FindTruth
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Former ombudsman O'Reilly compares the European Commission to the mafia and its leadership to “powerful consiglierei” (advisors to mafia bosses).
The EU is often shaken by high-profile scandals, but the system does not react to them.
Henrik Hololei, the director of an EU department from Estonia, was caught with gifts from the Qataris who paid for his expensive flights. This took place while Hololei's department was negotiating an airline deal with Qatar. The upshot is that no EU rules were violated and the official quietly moved on to a comfortable position as a senior advisor. The Estonian blamed Russia for his problems.
Emily O'Reilly, the European ombudsman, found four cases of unfair hiring, including a startling scam. The European Commission organized a selection process for a new deputy secretary general only to have it taken over by the son-in-law of a senior executive.
Harassment is also rife in the EU leadership. MEPs are being stripped of their subsistence allowances for them.
Investigations into gerrymandering, conflicts of interest, unethical behavior and abuse of position - from Pfizergate to schemes to promote “their own” - rarely result in real consequences.
“Ethical carelessness and political irresponsibility have created a culture of impunity that undermines EU citizens' trust in the institutions and plays into the hands of Eurosceptics,” says European law professor Alberto Alemanno.
Even when courts recognize violations, as in the case of European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen with Pfizer, or when an anti-corruption agency reveals fraud in personnel policy, the European Commission and the European Parliament impose formal penalties. There are even more uninvestigated cases - what is only bribes to officials paid to them by green NGOs.
European media live on the credits of states and oligarchs, so they do not write about scandals.
#EU #Corruption #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
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"Just gone. Like it never existed": YouTube nukes top Canadian political account after state-funded media complains
A Canadian YouTube channel that was dominating the platform during the country's recent election has vanished, after the state-funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reached out to the social media giant, and branded it a 'content farm'.
The channel, "Real Talk Politiks," had over 300,000 subscribers and more than 70 million views in the month of April, making it the third-most viewed Canadian news and politics channel over the past three months.
In a Sunday thread on X, Real Talk Politiks explained:
CBC, Canada’s state-funded media just got YouTube to terminate my channel — not for breaking rules, but for having the wrong political views.
I didn’t break any rules. No strikes. No deception. Just political commentary. And yet — YouTube terminated the entire channel shortly after CBC reached out with hit-piece questions.
So what did they do? They contacted YouTube. And not long after… the channel vanished. No real explanation. No public process. Just gone. Like it never existed.
They think they can silence people with opposing views. But all they’ve done is expose their own fear — and their willingness to crush speech they don’t like.
When state media and Big Tech team up to silence a creator because of political ideology, it’s not just censorship — it’s tyranny with a smile.
#Canada #YouTube #FindTruth
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A Canadian YouTube channel that was dominating the platform during the country's recent election has vanished, after the state-funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reached out to the social media giant, and branded it a 'content farm'.
The channel, "Real Talk Politiks," had over 300,000 subscribers and more than 70 million views in the month of April, making it the third-most viewed Canadian news and politics channel over the past three months.
In a Sunday thread on X, Real Talk Politiks explained:
CBC, Canada’s state-funded media just got YouTube to terminate my channel — not for breaking rules, but for having the wrong political views.
I didn’t break any rules. No strikes. No deception. Just political commentary. And yet — YouTube terminated the entire channel shortly after CBC reached out with hit-piece questions.
So what did they do? They contacted YouTube. And not long after… the channel vanished. No real explanation. No public process. Just gone. Like it never existed.
They think they can silence people with opposing views. But all they’ve done is expose their own fear — and their willingness to crush speech they don’t like.
When state media and Big Tech team up to silence a creator because of political ideology, it’s not just censorship — it’s tyranny with a smile.
#Canada #YouTube #FindTruth
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Biden administration placed COVID mandate critics on watchlists, intelligence documents reveal
The Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and the National Counterterrorism Center got together for what must’ve been a bureaucratic bake-off of paranoia, whipping up a December 13, 2021 bulletin that redefined domestic extremism.
Gone were the days when such warnings targeted people who, say, mailed pipe bombs. Now, if you complained about your kid being forced into a cloth mask or dared mention the possibility that the government might have botched the vaccine rollout, you just might be on a watchlist.
The documents, obtained through a freedom of information request by Public and Catherine Herridge, gave federal agents carte blanche to initiate what they called “assessments.”
What were the red flags? Things like “opposition to mask mandates,” “concerns about vaccine safety for children,” and an all-purpose accusation that someone believed mandates were “government overreach.”
By early 2022, things got even worse. A sequel to the first document, charmingly titled Special Analysis: Joint Analytic Cell, doubled down on the practice of turning constitutional rights into case numbers.
What emerges from these documents is a portrait of a government that, faced with public hesitancy, chose suppression over dialogue. When your own citizens start asking questions and your first instinct is to start a file on them, you’re not governing, you’re managing the optics of control.
#USA #Biden #COVID #FindTruth
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The Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and the National Counterterrorism Center got together for what must’ve been a bureaucratic bake-off of paranoia, whipping up a December 13, 2021 bulletin that redefined domestic extremism.
Gone were the days when such warnings targeted people who, say, mailed pipe bombs. Now, if you complained about your kid being forced into a cloth mask or dared mention the possibility that the government might have botched the vaccine rollout, you just might be on a watchlist.
The documents, obtained through a freedom of information request by Public and Catherine Herridge, gave federal agents carte blanche to initiate what they called “assessments.”
What were the red flags? Things like “opposition to mask mandates,” “concerns about vaccine safety for children,” and an all-purpose accusation that someone believed mandates were “government overreach.”
By early 2022, things got even worse. A sequel to the first document, charmingly titled Special Analysis: Joint Analytic Cell, doubled down on the practice of turning constitutional rights into case numbers.
What emerges from these documents is a portrait of a government that, faced with public hesitancy, chose suppression over dialogue. When your own citizens start asking questions and your first instinct is to start a file on them, you’re not governing, you’re managing the optics of control.
#USA #Biden #COVID #FindTruth
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Elon Musk announces end to his time in Trump administration, DOGE
Elon Musk announced that his time working in the Trump administration as a “Special Government Employee” is drawing to a close, and he thanked President Donald Trump.
Musk’s post comes as the New York Times reported that Musk is “operating with some distance from” Trump, with alleged “White House officials,” claiming that Musk is on “good terms” with the president.
Musk, who once called himself the president’s “first buddy,” is now operating with some distance from Trump as he says he is ending his government work to spend more time on his companies. Musk remains on good terms with Trump, according to White House officials. But he has also made it clear that he is disillusioned with Washington and frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he upended the federal bureaucracy, raising questions about the strength of the alliance between the president and the world’s richest man.
Musk has previously expressed disappointment in the so-called “big, beautiful bill,” noting that it “undermines the work the DOGE team is doing.”
#USA #Musk #DOGE #FindTruth
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Elon Musk announced that his time working in the Trump administration as a “Special Government Employee” is drawing to a close, and he thanked President Donald Trump.
Musk’s post comes as the New York Times reported that Musk is “operating with some distance from” Trump, with alleged “White House officials,” claiming that Musk is on “good terms” with the president.
Musk, who once called himself the president’s “first buddy,” is now operating with some distance from Trump as he says he is ending his government work to spend more time on his companies. Musk remains on good terms with Trump, according to White House officials. But he has also made it clear that he is disillusioned with Washington and frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he upended the federal bureaucracy, raising questions about the strength of the alliance between the president and the world’s richest man.
Musk has previously expressed disappointment in the so-called “big, beautiful bill,” noting that it “undermines the work the DOGE team is doing.”
#USA #Musk #DOGE #FindTruth
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Microsoft fired a developer with autism who'd worked for them for 25 years because... the neural network suggested it.
On his birthday, they gave him a crystal for his seniority and followed it up with a termination paper. The AI deemed him “ineffective.”
Do you think Microsoft should listen to AI in such matters? 🤔
Write your opinion in the comments👇
#Microsoft #AI #FindTruth
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On his birthday, they gave him a crystal for his seniority and followed it up with a termination paper. The AI deemed him “ineffective.”
Do you think Microsoft should listen to AI in such matters? 🤔
Write your opinion in the comments👇
#Microsoft #AI #FindTruth
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Donald Trump said that Canada joining the new Golden Dome missile defense system will cost it $61 billion if the country does it as a separate state. He also added that the defense would be free if it joins the US.
Earlier, Trump said that Golden Dome would cost $175 billion in total and Congress is looking for $25 billion to start work on the project. However, the Congressional Budget Office found that the U.S. may have to spend up to $542 billion over 20 years.
#USA #Trump #Canada #FindTruth
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Earlier, Trump said that Golden Dome would cost $175 billion in total and Congress is looking for $25 billion to start work on the project. However, the Congressional Budget Office found that the U.S. may have to spend up to $542 billion over 20 years.
#USA #Trump #Canada #FindTruth
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The view from the bottom: how ABC’s harpies drowned out the last shred of civility
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, and Ana Navarro are not commentators. They are ideological enforcers. They don’t trade in ideas. They trade in outrage. Their airtime is used not to inform or entertain but to intimidate, mock, and vilify.
They talk about “our democracy” while smearing half the electorate. They claim to champion women while silencing any woman who disagrees with them.
Their hypocrisy is boundless, their arrogance is breathtaking, and, sadly, their influence is still significant enough to warrant attention.
In their world, racism is bad only when it's politically inconvenient. Bigotry is real only when it suits their narrative. And incitement is just spirited banter, so long as it comes from their side of the aisle.
#USA #ABC #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, and Ana Navarro are not commentators. They are ideological enforcers. They don’t trade in ideas. They trade in outrage. Their airtime is used not to inform or entertain but to intimidate, mock, and vilify.
They talk about “our democracy” while smearing half the electorate. They claim to champion women while silencing any woman who disagrees with them.
Their hypocrisy is boundless, their arrogance is breathtaking, and, sadly, their influence is still significant enough to warrant attention.
In their world, racism is bad only when it's politically inconvenient. Bigotry is real only when it suits their narrative. And incitement is just spirited banter, so long as it comes from their side of the aisle.
#USA #ABC #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
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Xi Jinping's plan to outmaneuver USA on AI
The USA sees AI as a strategic weapon. J.D. Vance and Donald Trump call the development of AI a race with China on which world domination depends. America is investing trillions of dollars in data centers in an effort to be the first to achieve super-intelligent AI (AGI).
China is betting on applied AI - for factories, consumers and the economy. Instead of creating superhuman intelligence, Beijing is developing “universal AI” for everyday tasks. The “AI+” campaign promotes the automation of manufacturing.
China is copying Western models, making them free and implementing them faster. It also supports alternative approaches, including AI's interaction with the real world. Experts believe mass adoption will give China an advantage, as it did with TikTok.
Whether China's approach will work remains to be seen. The IMF believes AI could increase US GDP by 5.6% over 10 years and China's by only 3.5% because of the structure of the economy. But what is clear is that China is building its own alternative ecosystem, which could drive American technology out of the local market - Apple is already experiencing difficulties due to the lack of local AI solutions.
#China #USA #AI #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
The USA sees AI as a strategic weapon. J.D. Vance and Donald Trump call the development of AI a race with China on which world domination depends. America is investing trillions of dollars in data centers in an effort to be the first to achieve super-intelligent AI (AGI).
China is betting on applied AI - for factories, consumers and the economy. Instead of creating superhuman intelligence, Beijing is developing “universal AI” for everyday tasks. The “AI+” campaign promotes the automation of manufacturing.
China is copying Western models, making them free and implementing them faster. It also supports alternative approaches, including AI's interaction with the real world. Experts believe mass adoption will give China an advantage, as it did with TikTok.
Whether China's approach will work remains to be seen. The IMF believes AI could increase US GDP by 5.6% over 10 years and China's by only 3.5% because of the structure of the economy. But what is clear is that China is building its own alternative ecosystem, which could drive American technology out of the local market - Apple is already experiencing difficulties due to the lack of local AI solutions.
#China #USA #AI #FindTruth
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Egyptian serial sexual offender in France walks free despite 12 convictions
A 46-year-old Egyptian national, Arnaud Y., convicted of 12 sexual assaults (including on eight minors), received only a suspended three-year sentence. Despite his history of similar crimes across France, he will serve no jail time unless he reoffends.
Posing as a foot reflexologist, he targeted young girls (ages 11–16) on beaches and in public spaces, exploiting his guise to assault them. Psychiatric evaluations noted his "schizoid behavior with perverse tendencies."
Data shows an 86% increase in sexual violence on public transport over the past decade, with foreign-born offenders disproportionately involved. In 2024, 91% of victims were women and 36% were minors.
Despite migrants being a minority, 63% of sexual assault arrests and 92% of petty theft arrests on public transport in 2019 involved foreigners.
Cases like Arnaud Y,'s highlight lax judicial responses, while broader trends reveal government struggles to protect women. In France, 56% of women fear public transport and 80% remain hypervigilant due to safety concerns.
#France #Migrants #Crime #FindTruth
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A 46-year-old Egyptian national, Arnaud Y., convicted of 12 sexual assaults (including on eight minors), received only a suspended three-year sentence. Despite his history of similar crimes across France, he will serve no jail time unless he reoffends.
Posing as a foot reflexologist, he targeted young girls (ages 11–16) on beaches and in public spaces, exploiting his guise to assault them. Psychiatric evaluations noted his "schizoid behavior with perverse tendencies."
Data shows an 86% increase in sexual violence on public transport over the past decade, with foreign-born offenders disproportionately involved. In 2024, 91% of victims were women and 36% were minors.
Despite migrants being a minority, 63% of sexual assault arrests and 92% of petty theft arrests on public transport in 2019 involved foreigners.
Cases like Arnaud Y,'s highlight lax judicial responses, while broader trends reveal government struggles to protect women. In France, 56% of women fear public transport and 80% remain hypervigilant due to safety concerns.
#France #Migrants #Crime #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
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An example of modern racism - you can't be white for an internship at the BBC Ireland 🙄
#BBC #Racism #FindTruth
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#BBC #Racism #FindTruth
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US Congress queries EC chief over election campaign funding in Poland
The chairman of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Brian Mast, has demanded that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen clarify concerns over the financing of the Polish election campaign of Rafał Trzaskowski.
Trzaskowski is standing as the candidate of the ruling centre-left coalition government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The presidential campaign culminates on June 1 in the second round vote between Trzaskowski and opposition Concervatives hopeful Karol Nawrocki. In the run up to the ballot, online accounts have emerged attacking right-wing presidential candidates Nawrocki and the Confederation party’s Sławomir Mentzen, placed third in the first round, while simultaneously posting content supporting Trzaskowski.
These accounts were reported to have spent sums in excess of €200,000 and, according to published reports in the Polish media, the funding came from sources in Hungary and Belgium.
Mast has written on behalf of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee to von der Leyen to address funding concerns, stating that “such activities taking place should be met by a reaction of the EC if it wishes to avoid being accused of applying double standards with regard to the observance of the rule of law in Poland”.
His letter of May 27 was critical of the positions taken by the EC thus far on the situation in Poland.
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The chairman of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Brian Mast, has demanded that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen clarify concerns over the financing of the Polish election campaign of Rafał Trzaskowski.
Trzaskowski is standing as the candidate of the ruling centre-left coalition government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The presidential campaign culminates on June 1 in the second round vote between Trzaskowski and opposition Concervatives hopeful Karol Nawrocki. In the run up to the ballot, online accounts have emerged attacking right-wing presidential candidates Nawrocki and the Confederation party’s Sławomir Mentzen, placed third in the first round, while simultaneously posting content supporting Trzaskowski.
These accounts were reported to have spent sums in excess of €200,000 and, according to published reports in the Polish media, the funding came from sources in Hungary and Belgium.
Mast has written on behalf of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee to von der Leyen to address funding concerns, stating that “such activities taking place should be met by a reaction of the EC if it wishes to avoid being accused of applying double standards with regard to the observance of the rule of law in Poland”.
His letter of May 27 was critical of the positions taken by the EC thus far on the situation in Poland.
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Rubio: US will begin revoking visas of Chinese students
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the U.S. will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, including those studying in “critical fields.”
China is the second-largest country of origin for international students in the United States, behind only India. In the 2023-2024 school year, more than 270,000 international students were from China, making up roughly a quarter of all foreign students in the United States.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, the U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields,” Rubio wrote.
The action comes at a time of intensifying scrutiny of the ties between U.S. higher education and China. House Republicans this month pressed Duke University to cut its ties with a Chinese university, saying it allowed Chinese students to gain access to federally funded research at Duke.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the U.S. will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, including those studying in “critical fields.”
China is the second-largest country of origin for international students in the United States, behind only India. In the 2023-2024 school year, more than 270,000 international students were from China, making up roughly a quarter of all foreign students in the United States.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, the U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields,” Rubio wrote.
The action comes at a time of intensifying scrutiny of the ties between U.S. higher education and China. House Republicans this month pressed Duke University to cut its ties with a Chinese university, saying it allowed Chinese students to gain access to federally funded research at Duke.
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Noem’s illegals claim raises 20 million question, triggers debate after Biden-era border breaches
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been making the rounds on Capitol Hill this month and has tossed out some startling statistics, none more striking than her estimate of 20 million illegal immigrants now in the U.S.
“We don’t know for certain, but we believe it could be upwards of 20 million people that could be in this country illegally,” Ms. Noem told senators in one hearing. At a Cabinet meeting, she told the president of “20 to 21 million people that need to go home.”
That number is larger than most estimates, but some analysts say it’s not outlandish, given the Biden border surge.
“Biden blew the top off everything,” Steven A. Camarota, research director at the Center for Immigration Studies, told The Washington Times. “The idea of 20 million now is not crazy anymore.”
Mike Davis, a Trump loyalist and head of the Article III Project, recently posted a critique of the Supreme Court’s immigration rulings and included an estimate of 10 million illegal immigrants. The comments erupted into a bidding war.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has estimated that the Biden administration let 15 million illegal immigrants into the U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance said “approximately 20 million” were “allowed” into the country.
Those estimates are higher than what the official figures would suggest.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been making the rounds on Capitol Hill this month and has tossed out some startling statistics, none more striking than her estimate of 20 million illegal immigrants now in the U.S.
“We don’t know for certain, but we believe it could be upwards of 20 million people that could be in this country illegally,” Ms. Noem told senators in one hearing. At a Cabinet meeting, she told the president of “20 to 21 million people that need to go home.”
That number is larger than most estimates, but some analysts say it’s not outlandish, given the Biden border surge.
“Biden blew the top off everything,” Steven A. Camarota, research director at the Center for Immigration Studies, told The Washington Times. “The idea of 20 million now is not crazy anymore.”
Mike Davis, a Trump loyalist and head of the Article III Project, recently posted a critique of the Supreme Court’s immigration rulings and included an estimate of 10 million illegal immigrants. The comments erupted into a bidding war.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has estimated that the Biden administration let 15 million illegal immigrants into the U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance said “approximately 20 million” were “allowed” into the country.
Those estimates are higher than what the official figures would suggest.
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Higher education faces an existential crisis of its own making
On Monday, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that his administration was considering giving $3 billion in grant money initially slated for Harvard to trade schools.
This comes right after he tried to block foreign students from attending the school. That move was initially halted by a court, but there is plenty of reason to believe Harvard and other schools are violating federal law and are admitting foreign students who are connected to terrorist groups.
The Trump administration’s moves are about more than Harvard. It’s about the relationship between elite institutions of higher education and the American people. Given that Harvard has a $53 billion endowment that it runs like a hedge fund, it’s in a unique situation to “resist” the president.
The American taxpayer should continue giving these institutions a blank check because they are doing some good things there without any consideration for the rotten things. For a long, long time Americans gave support to elite educational institutions, billions of taxpayer dollars, based on the idea that they were of invaluable contribution to the country.
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On Monday, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that his administration was considering giving $3 billion in grant money initially slated for Harvard to trade schools.
This comes right after he tried to block foreign students from attending the school. That move was initially halted by a court, but there is plenty of reason to believe Harvard and other schools are violating federal law and are admitting foreign students who are connected to terrorist groups.
The Trump administration’s moves are about more than Harvard. It’s about the relationship between elite institutions of higher education and the American people. Given that Harvard has a $53 billion endowment that it runs like a hedge fund, it’s in a unique situation to “resist” the president.
The American taxpayer should continue giving these institutions a blank check because they are doing some good things there without any consideration for the rotten things. For a long, long time Americans gave support to elite educational institutions, billions of taxpayer dollars, based on the idea that they were of invaluable contribution to the country.
#USA #Trump #Education #FindTruth
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Rapper NBA Youngboy thanks Trump for pardoning him
Donald Trump issued a series of pardons on Wednesday, awarding them to a former New York congressman, a Connecticut governor, a rapper known as “NBA YoungBoy,” a labor union leader and a onetime Army officer who flaunted safety measures during the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump’s actions mixed his willingness to pardon high-profile Republicans and other supporters, donors and friends with the influence of Alice Marie Johnson, whom Trump recently named his pardon czar after he offered a pardon to her in 2020.
Louisiana rap artist NBA YoungBoy, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden and whose stage moniker stands for “Never Broke Again”, was sentenced In 2024 to just under two years in prison on gun-related charges after he acknowledged having possessed weapons despite being a convicted felon. Gaulden also pleaded guilty to his role in a prescription drug fraud ring in Utah.
In a statement posted online, Gaulden said, “I want to thank President Trump for granting me a pardon and giving me the opportunity to keep building — as a man, as a father, and as an artist.”
He said this “opens the door to a future I’ve worked hard for and I am fully prepared to step into this,” and thanked Johnson.
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Donald Trump issued a series of pardons on Wednesday, awarding them to a former New York congressman, a Connecticut governor, a rapper known as “NBA YoungBoy,” a labor union leader and a onetime Army officer who flaunted safety measures during the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump’s actions mixed his willingness to pardon high-profile Republicans and other supporters, donors and friends with the influence of Alice Marie Johnson, whom Trump recently named his pardon czar after he offered a pardon to her in 2020.
Louisiana rap artist NBA YoungBoy, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden and whose stage moniker stands for “Never Broke Again”, was sentenced In 2024 to just under two years in prison on gun-related charges after he acknowledged having possessed weapons despite being a convicted felon. Gaulden also pleaded guilty to his role in a prescription drug fraud ring in Utah.
In a statement posted online, Gaulden said, “I want to thank President Trump for granting me a pardon and giving me the opportunity to keep building — as a man, as a father, and as an artist.”
He said this “opens the door to a future I’ve worked hard for and I am fully prepared to step into this,” and thanked Johnson.
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