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#10 Head of Nonprofit That Promotes School ‘Segregation’ Received $20M From Gates, Bezos Foundations, Among Others - Louis Casiano for Fox News, Bari Weiss, Trump 2024 No Matter What, and The Free Press on X
Sharif El-Mekki makes a salary of $233,410 for his education activism. An activist who served as an adviser to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro believes Black students should be taught by teachers of the same race and heads a nonprofit that has received $20 million in funding from a myriad of notable donors, including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Nike. Sharif El-Mekki, a former middle and high school teacher and principal, lobbies for more Black teachers through the Center for Black Educator Development (CBED). The group's website describes its vision as a world where "all Black students have access to high-quality, Black teachers throughout their PreK-12 schooling" and where "all teachers demonstrate high levels of expertise in anti-racist mindsets."
#9 DDoS Cybercriminals Who Hit Big Tech and FBI Charged by US - Sead Fadilpašić for TechRadar, Akamai Security Intelligence Group, Andy Greenberg, and FBI on X
Two individuals accused of DDoSing big tech firms, as well as the FBI, have been officially charged by the US government. The duo, according to the indictment, were part of Anonymous Sudan, which engaged in recent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against the University of Cambridge, multiple French government agencies, Microsoft, and ChatGPT, to name a few. Now, in an unsealed indictment, the US Attorney’s Office claims Ahmed Salah Yousif Omer, and Alaa Salah Yusuuf Omer, are members of the hacking collective. They were "operating and controlling Anonymous Sudan”, the government agency says, “an online cyber criminal group responsible for tens of thousands of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against critical infrastructure, corporate networks, and government agencies in the United States and around the world."
#8 Florida Sues Biden-Harris Administration For Allegedly Refusing To Verify Immigration Status Of Voters - Eireann Van Natta for The Daily Caller, America First Legal, and Ned Ryun on X
The State of Florida and the Florida Department of State (FDOS) filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for allegedly refusing to verify the citizenship status of certain voters. The lawsuit alleges DHS failed to provide information regarding the immigration status of specific individuals registered to vote in Florida. The FDOS possessed evidence that numerous people were non-citizens, according to the lawsuit...
#7 US Responds to Death of Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar - Robert Sherman for News Nation, Mario Nawfal, Joe Truzman, Eyal Yakoby, and Nao Tishby on X
U.S. officials, past and present, say they are glad to hear Israeli forces have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the man believed to be the architect of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel. “It’s a good day for the whole world,” said former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton. “I think this presents Israel with an opportunity, really, to finish Hamas off in the Gaza Strip. This could be the beginning of the end of the Hamas threat,” Bolton says the people of Gaza will never be able to envision a normal life so long as Hamas rules them. “That’s really the only acceptable outcome for people who want to end the terrorist threat,” Bolton told NewsNation’s “The Hill.”
#6 ‘Evil’ Super Gang Seizes Four Apartment Complexes in Major Texas City in New Terrifying Show of Strength - Maryann Martinez for Daily Mail, Sully, Alex Jones and Libs of TikTok on X
A dangerous Venezuelan gang has taken over at least four apartment complexes in San Antonio, Texas, as it expands its reach in yet another American city, DailyMail.com can reveal. Dubbed the 'epitome of evil', Tren de Aragua (TdA) is known to run drug smuggling, child prostitution and human trafficking rings in South America, with its members crossing over into the US in recent years amid a wave of Venezuelan migrants. The tattooed mobsters have since unleashed a wave of crime across the country from Miami and Texas to Denver and New York...
#5 Border Patrol Agents Warn Of Mass Resignations If Kamala Harris Wins - Spencer Lindquist for The Daily Wire, David J Harris Jr, and Chief Nerd on X
Border Patrol agents are threatening to leave their jobs and warning of a mass exodus from the law enforcement agency if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the presidency in November, saying that working under the Biden-Harris administration has been “four years in hell.”The comments come as border security and illegal immigration have been ranked as some of the most important issues on the minds of voters as the election draws near. “I’m not doing this … again,” one anonymous agent said in an interview with the New York Post, going on to describe working under the Biden-Harris administration as “four years in hell.” Another agent added that “lots of guys who can retire will go” if Harris wins but that “if Trump wins, they’ll stay.”
#4 Firebrand Florida Sheriff Blasts Biden-Harris Open Border After Human Trafficking OP Nets 25 Illegal Aliens, Disney Employee - Paul Sacca for Blaze Media, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, Shadow of Ezra, and Amperdian on X
'Make no mistake about it, the government is complicit and is aiding and abetting human trafficking in the United States.'Outspoken Florida sheriff Grady Judd blasted the open border of the Biden-Harris administration after a human trafficking crackdown led to the arrests of 25 illegal aliens as well as a Disney employee. The operation netted 157 arrestees, and Judd — who heads up the Polk County Sheriff's Office — emphasized how the border crisis has substantially exacerbated human trafficking crimes in the United States. The sheriff's office held a press conference Thursday announcing the results of a multi-agency operation titled "Operation Autumn Sweep."
#3 First Day of Early Voting in North Carolina Could Set New Record Despite Helene - Anna Giaritelli for The Washington Examiner, Mark Robinson, Seth Keshel, and Election 2024 Updates on X
Voter turnout on the first day of early voting in the critical battleground state of North Carolina is on track to surpass all previous records despite the horrific toll that Hurricane Helene has taken on the state’s western region. The North Carolina State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell told reporters in Asheville Thursday afternoon that turnout had been “terrific” thus far statewide. “It is anticipated that this may actually be our best early voting day ever, or at least for the opening day, which is what we experienced in 2020. So, we’ll see,” said Brinson Bell. Early voting hours at locations statewide fluctuate depending on the day and week. As of Thursday, the state had early voting open in all 100 counties, including 76 early voting sites in the 25 counties severely hit by the hurricane...
#2 Families of Fentanyl Victims Ask Us for China Tariffs Over Opioid Crisis - Laura Gottesdiener and Michael Martina for Reuters, PiQ,
A group of families whose loved ones died of fentanyl overdoses filed a petition with the office of U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Thursday, requesting a probe into China's alleged role in fueling the U.S. synthetic opioid crisis. The petition was filed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, a statute that allows the U.S. to impose sanctions on foreign countries that violate trade agreements or hurt U.S. commerce. The families are seeking trade countermeasures that include tariffs of at least $50 billion on Chinese merchandise...#1 Trump Attends Al Smith Dinner for Catholic Charities While Harris Appears in Pre-recorded Video - CBS News, Calley Means, ALX, Defiant L, David Marcus, Laura Loomer, Brian Llenas, Overton, Charlie Kirk, Catholic Vote, and Lori Spencer on X
Former President Donald Trump headlined the annual Al Smith dinner, a Catholic charity event in New York Thursday night, where he was jeered eight years ago as he delivered a pointed speech targeting his 2016 opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Vice President Kamala Harris didn't attend the event in person, declining to leave the campaign trail in the battleground states, where polls show the presidential race is very tight. But she did appear on screen in a recorded video for a brief address to the dinner...
