News From Around the Web
#10 ‘Tren de Aragua’ Venezuelan Gang Spreading Around the US - Jorge Ventura and Rich Johnson for News Nation, SHO'NUFF, George, and Lisa Rosestars on X
It started in a prison in the Venezuelan state of Aragua nearly a decade ago. Now, the gang known as “Tren de Aragua” (TDA) has expanded into what the Justice Department calls a “transnational criminal organization” with branches in most of the Western Hemisphere. TDA figures in more than 100 police investigations around the U.S., including Texas, New York, Colorado, and Wisconsin. And, according to reports, its leaders have given members the green light to open fire on U.S. law enforcement. “This TDA is a very special threat,” said former New York State Homeland Security adviser Michael Balboni. “They’ve created a transnational drug pipeline,” he told NewsNation. The gang has also been called “MS-13 on steroids,” invoking the name of the notorious gang formed by Salvadoran immigrants in Los Angeles in the 1980s...
#9 Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine Is Sending Troopers, $2.5m to Springfield — City Facing Surge of Haitian Migrants - Chris Donaldson for American Newswire, D Scott, Lollita Negrita on X
While a media that acts as a public relations arm for Democrat nominee Kamala Harris has been insisting that there is no problem in Springfield, OH, actions by the state’s governor show that they are lying again. The invasion of the southwest Ohio city by thousands of Haitian migrants – some of whom have allegedly been capturing and eating cats – has sparked outrage and shined a light on the performance of Harris as President Joe Biden’s “border czar” at a time when the U.S. is being overrun by millions of illegal aliens, many of them violent criminals. While the media is dismissive of the hellish situation of suffering Springfield residents, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is sending state troopers and $2.5 million to the beleaguered city of around 60,000 to help deal with the more than 15,000 Haitians who have been relocated there since the COVID pandemic...
#8 What Came First: The Chicken or the Immigrant? - Dave Swinford for UncoverDC, and Colonel Slanders on X
While big cities all over the country are struggling with the influx of immigrants, it's not just happening there. In small towns across Alabama, Haitian immigrants are showing up in buses and exposing problems that come with hosting an influx of people who don't speak the language and who may or may not have employment. What isn't clear is how much of it is due to the 'push' of immigrants from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and how much of it is due to the 'pull' of immigrants by the chicken processing companies. Most recently, these immigrant issues have been seen in the small Alabama cities of Sylacauga and Albertville and larger cities such as Athens...#7 Coast Guard's U.S. Marine Transportation System Vulnerable to Cyberattacks - Wendi Strauch Mahoney for UncoverDC and on X
According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), the Marine Transportation System (MTS) "is the backbone of the U.S. economy," integral to critical infrastructure. The OIG continues, saying that "about 90 percent of U.S. imports and exports travel by ship." Unfortunately, a July 9, 2024, OIG report states that the U.S. Coast Guard is not doing enough to protect this critical infrastructure...#6 Florida Sheriff Tells Parents to ‘Do Your Job’ After Students Allegedly Make Bogus School Threats - Stephen Sorace for Fox News, RGArl52.0 on X
A Florida sheriff has called out parents and students after saying his agency spent nearly $21,000 investigating dozens of hoax school threats posted on social media in less than a day. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood spoke Friday at a news conference alongside Volusia Public Schools officials, describing the situation as "absolutely out of control." Chitwood said that 54 threats were reported to the Fortify Florida app, which allows citizens to report suspicious activity to law enforcement agencies, in less than 24 hours. "That means investigators in the school district have been running around the clock to investigate these tips, which are all turning out to be false. So far, it's cost $21,000 to do these investigations," the sheriff said...
#5 "Results Could Take A While": NY Times Primes Voters For Election Night Malarkey - Tyler Durden Zerohedge and X
Some of us are old enough to remember that virtually every election in US history has been decided the same night - sometimes stretching into the wee hours, but we always woke up to the winner. That all changed in the 2020 'mail-in ballot' election, when several major Democrat cities stopped counting ballots at 9 PM - in one instance because an alleged 'burst pipe' forced an evacuation in Fulton County, Georgia. Then there were ballot-counters in Detroit who covered windows with cardboard so that observers couldn't watch the count...#4 Schumer Announces Senate to Vote on IVF Bill a Second Time Tuesday - Samantha-Jo Roth for Washington Examiner, Iowa Capital Dispatch, Jessica Wherman and Craig Caplan on X
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced a Tuesday vote on an in vitro fertilization bill that resembles a proposal from former President Donald Trump in a letter on Sunday, a strategy to put Republicans on defense over reproductive politics ahead of the election. In a Dear Colleague letter, the New York senator unveiled his plans to hold a secondary vote on a bill Senate Democrats offered up earlier this summer in an attempt to capitalize on recent comments from Trump, who has called for mandating free access to IVF...
#3 Bombshell UFO Hearings to Take Place in Congress as New Footage Emerges of ‘Huge’ Craft Near US Nuclear Weapons Base - Matthew Phelan for Daily Mail, Disclose TV and Edward Dowd on X
Another round of public UFO hearings are in store for Congress within mere weeks, according to a senior member of the Senate's Armed Services Committee. The new Senate hearing, which could arrive as early as September, follows another bizarre summer of US military whistleblower claims about these baffling airborne mysteries — including ex-Pentagon official Luis Elizondo's revelations that he personally handled an 'alien' implant removed from a veteran servicemember. New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who confirmed the hearing, said: 'It's a priority for me because I think it's very important we continue to make things publicly available.' The alleged gunman who authorities said targeted former President Donald Trump while he golfed in Florida on Sunday afternoon previously declared on social media that “Democracy is on the ballot” this year and “we cannot lose” — echoing the anti-Trump rhetoric used by Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden. Law enforcement sources identified the suspect as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58. Routh, who has a lengthy criminal record from North Carolina, frequently posted about politics and exclusively donated to Democratic candidates and causes dating back to 2019... Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said the state will conduct its own investigation into the apparent assassination attempt against former President Trump at his golf club Sunday in West Palm Beach. “The State of Florida will be conducting its own investigation regarding the attempted assassination at Trump International Golf Club,” DeSantis wrote in a post on X Sunday evening. “The people deserve the truth about the would be assassin and how he was able to get within 500 yards of the former president and current GOP nominee.” The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country’s fiercely fought avian election on Monday, offering hope to supporters of the endangered bird that recognition from its victory might prompt a revival of the species. It followed a campaign for the annual Bird of the Year vote that was free of the foreign interference scandals and cheating controversies of past polls. Instead, campaigners in the long-running contest sought votes in the usual ways—launching meme wars, seeking celebrity endorsements, and even getting tattoos to prove their loyalty. More than 50,000 people voted in the poll, 300,000 fewer than last year, when British late night host John Oliver drove a humorous campaign for the pūteketeke -- a “deeply weird bird” which eats and vomits its own feathers – securing a landslide win...
#2 Alleged Would-Be Trump Assassin Ryan Routh, 58, of Hawaii Echoed Harris, Biden’s Anti-Trump Rhetoric as He Backed Dem Candidates - The New York Post, Donald Trump Jr., Dr. Simon Goddeck on X
#1 Desantis: Florida Will Conduct Its Own Investigation of Assassination Attempt - Miranda Nazzaro for The Hill, Ron DeSantis, Election Wizard, and George on X
And Now for Something Special
A Smelly Penguin Wins New Zealand’s Hard-Fought Bird Election - Charlotte Graham-McLay for AP, and The Guardian Australia on X
