As Chinese companies test their autonomous vehicles on American roads, concerns are growing about the vast amounts of data these “rolling surveillance devices” are collecting and the potential national security implications.
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Joe Oliver: The shameful disinformation campaign behind the Biden debacle
President Joe Biden’s debate debacle laid bare a disgraceful willingness to deliberately mislead the public about a subject of geopolitical significance — the failing mental capacity of the world’s most powerful person. Perpetrators of this reckless disinformation campaign include the Biden family, White House staff, Democratic members of Congress, senior Democratic Party spokespeople and the progressive mainstream media.
Adopt Deterrence: US Waning Support for Ukraine, Israel and the Philippines Is a Threat to the Free World
Whether US President Joe Biden remains in office or not, his recent debate with former President Donald J. Trump and has exposed the global catastrophe that US policies under the current administration have wrought.
The US neglect of vital security issues, from waning support for Ukraine and Israel, to its refusal to acknowledge the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear programme, is inflicting serious damage to America’s status as a global superpower.
Former Obama Pollster Pushes Democrat Poll Hyping Harris, Hillary
Former pollster for President Barack Obama, Fernand Amandi, published an internal survey on Monday that pushed Vice President Kamala Harris and two-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as better candidates than President Joe Biden.
Elon Musk Warns Democrats Are Preparing to Use Non-Citizen Votes to Steal Election
Billionaire Elon Musk issued a stark warning that Democrats are planning to steal more federal elections by allowing non-U.S. citizens to cast votes.
House Democrats are planning to block legislation that would require voters to prove their U.S. citizenship in federal elections.
🚨🚨🚨Immigration lawyer says his client voted in federal elections despite not being a US citizen because she was automatically registered when renewing a driver’s license.
“This is something that’s been happening in DMV offices all over the country”
ONLY US CITIZENS SHOULD… pic.twitter.com/XCPyLjqc3e
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 8, 2024
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Conrad Black: Should There Be Term Limits for Leaders in Democracies?
There is an almost constant debate in many Western countries about term limits for elected politicians. In general, these discussions are more frequent in non-parliamentary countries, where the executive does not sit in the legislature and many legislative districts tend to retain the same representative, or at least the same party, for many elections.
In the parliamentary system, the government almost automatically changes when the composition of parliament changes, and the phenomenon of a long and unbroken incumbency of the head of the government is comparatively rare. If Justin Trudeau leads the Liberal Party in the next election next year, he will be seeking to become the first Canadian federal politician to win four consecutive elections since Wilfrid Laurier succeeded in doing that in 1908.
‘I had to downgrade my life’ – US workers in debt to buy groceries
Stacey Ellis, a lifelong Democrat from Pennsylvania, should be the kind of voter that US President Joe Biden can count on.
But after four years of rising prices, her support has worn thin – and every time she shops at the supermarket, she is reminded how things have changed for the worse.
Ms Ellis works full-time as a nurse’s assistant and has a second part-time job.
But she needs to economise. She has switched stores, cut out brand-name items like Dove soap and Stroehmann bread, and all but said goodbye to her favourite Chick-fil-A sandwich.
Why US-Mexico border crossings are at a record low
President Joe Biden imposed asylum restrictions one month ago to “gain control of the border” ahead of the November elections. Migrant encounters subsequently crashed by 40%, with the White House boasting this week that they’d hit a record low.
Anecdotal stories from the Mexican side of the border suggest many migrants and the smugglers are taking a wait-and-see approach with the new executive order, which restricts asylum claims after encounters reach 2,500 between ports of entry. As a result, shelters along stretches of border regions have run out of space as asylum seekers are returned to Mexico. Other migrants have preferred to try their luck with an application known as CBP One, which allows them to request appointments for entering at ports of entry and presenting asylum claims.
Everything Dim Bulb Justin Trudeau has said publicly about Donald Trump
Everything Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said publicly about Donald Trump
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a measured tone when talking about Donald Trump during his first presidency, the Canadian leader has been a little more direct since.
“It wasn’t easy the first time and if there is a second time, it won’t be easy either,” Trudeau told the Montreal Chamber of Commerce in January. “There are clearly issues where I do not agree at all with Mr. Trump.”
Citing topics like climate change, Trudeau said another Trump presidency would be a “step back” and a win for a type of populism “that reflects a lot of anguish and fury … without necessarily providing solutions.”
Says the guy who turns everything he touches into shit.
Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden are used to being underestimated. That’s not helping now
The day after the disastrous presidential debate, CNN convened a panel that included Katie Rogers, a New York Times reporter who covers the White House. When the host asked her what those closest to President Joe Biden, including First Lady Jill Biden, were telling him, she paused to set the table first.
“I think it’s important to understand how this family works in a way, and her place in it, but also the children, the grandchildren,” she said. “They view obstacles as part of his story, as part of his tapestry, his long life in politics. And the way they’re talking about this is, ‘We’ve been here before, we can keep going.’”
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Where jihad is “a holy struggle in pursuit of a moral goal” and CIA bosses share information with Communist regimes.
It has now emerged that Gina Haspel, director of the CIA from 2018-2021, was aware of the October, 2020 letter from 51 “intelligence community” officials charging that Hunter Biden’s laptop was “Russian disinformation.” The signatories included three former CIA directors –Mike Hayden, Leon Panetta, and John Brennan, plus acting CIA directors John McLaughlin and Mike Morel. A full 41 signers were from the CIA – some still on contract to the agency at the time. In 2022, many of the signatories refused comment on the letter or ducked the question.
US cities can now punish homelessness. Will it help or hurt a crisis?
“I still have 20 more minutes before I have to move,” Anthony yelled from his green tent on a Hollywood sidewalk as he heard footsteps approaching.
Officials in Los Angeles had come by earlier to warn him that he could face arrest if he didn’t move his belongings.
They told him about the recent Supreme Court opinion that opened the door for cities and states across the US to punish anyone sleeping outdoors — the most significant ruling on homelessness since at least the 1980s, when many experts say the modern US homeless crisis began.
Ilhan Omar Slapped With Ethics Complaint From Conservative Watchdog Over Holding Rally With Ex-Somali PM
US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has been slapped with an ethics complaint by the American Accountability Foundation (AAF), a conservative watchdog group, for holding an event with former Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire.
Last weekend, Khaire took the stage with Omar in support of her reelection campaign. AAF argued Khaire’s presence at Omar’s campaign rally constituted a violation of the US Federal Election Campaign Act and demanded the congresswoman step down from office.
Ilhan Omar smiles as the Prime Minister says that she’s in Congress to serve the interests of Somalia, NOT Americans.
This translation describes a foreign asset. She should be thrown out of Congress over this and investigated for acting as a foreign agent.pic.twitter.com/FFGwbgaXkS
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) June 30, 2024
